Sockets,
The Worlds Angriest Clown, Meets the Boy Who Would Not Smile
was Sometimes Ys baptismal production, launched upon an unwitting
populace in late 1995. Created and geared towards the... how should
we put it... sick and twisted demographic, Sockets was intended
to be a comic counter point to all those sappy, happy clowns you
see running amuck at circuses and birthday parties.
The 16mm color film runs three minutes. The character was created
and animated by Derek Vowles on a Mac 7100 and shot off the screen
with a Bolex camera. The original soundtrack and theme music (now
lost to time) was created and composed by Greg Rutledge. First screened
in early May, 1995.
The
story: Well, the title pretty much sums it up!