Jasper Morello (Blog Prompt #7)

Steampunk can take many forms: movie, book, or apparently music. The short film The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello falls under the category of Steampunk. Among its attributes are the futuristic forms of technology, still bound by 19th century mechanics. Alongside this is the dark, post-apocalyptic air that shrouds the environment.
Within Jasper Morello are many different forms of technology. The whole of the world is in mid-air (the reason behind this is not explained) and most travel takes place through a sort of mid-air railway. This does not include the air-ships, which are aerial vehicles fashioned after the design of old sea-ships. Jasper Morello, an air-navigator, also has a compass which resides inside of a box that, when a specific button is pressed, opens up in such a way that can be counted as somewhat fancy. However, all of these pieces of equipment hold one common factor: they all seem to be steam driven. Their design is very Da Vinci-esque, so although the devices are very futuristic, their design remains bound to nineteenth century thought.
The other blatant Steampunk characteristic within Jasper Morello is the dark, gloomy, post-apocalyptic environment that envelops the world in which the characters live. The whole of the environment is foggy and in a sort of sepia tone, and all of the characters are silhouettes. A plague is spreading rapidly across the region, and it is the job of Jasper Morello and the crew with whom he sails to find a cure. The dark, somewhat gothic undertones that lie within the story are defining traits of Steampunk.