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 Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:51 am Post subject: Firefly Fan Film Roundup |
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I figured I'd post a list and info on the Firefly Fan Films out there.
I know of:
Mosquito
Faith of a Man
Into The Black
Bellflower
Big Iron
Browncoats: Redemption
Courage: The Series
Fool Me Twice
Reaverized
The Ruins of Du-Khang
The Game
Freedom: The Series
Across The Black
Cache
STAND
Independence War
Mosquito, Faith of a Man, Reaverized, The Game, Browncoats: Redemption, Ruins of Du-Khang, The Game and Cache are done.
Across The Black and Big Iron have some filming complete.
Big Iron last updated in March of 2009.
Across The Black last updated in February 2011
STAND is currently in production; filming and set building.
Independence War is a new production (2012) and is currently filming
Into The Black is in post-production.
The last production update for Into the Black was June 2012, on Facebook.
Bellflower is in post-production.
They recently posted their first eight minutes online and are looking to release as they go.
Courage: The Series is kaput.
Freedom: The Series has taken their story out of the Firefly IP universe,
so I'm changing their listing to reflect that.
I'm using the Titles as place-holders as I fill in pics and information.
Mike
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Mosquito
http://www.mosquitoverse.com/index.html
The first FFF was a parody.
Cast and Crew:
After the first ten minute spoof, Mosquito switched to a webcomic format.
64 episodes with the last posted in March of 2009.
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Big Iron
http://www.myspace.com/golemcp
The story of a 'verse character who interacts with the crew of Mal Reynold's Serenity.
Started in December of 2007, the last updates were posted in March, 2009.
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“Fool Me Twice”, a Firefly Fan Film
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fool-Me-Twice/131531913523793?
This is an introduction for those who haven’t seen this before, and an update for those previously involved in the creative process.
The basic story centers around an Alliance sergeant, at the end of his career,
sent to squelch former-Independent businessmen who have turned to smuggling
under UAP rule.
This is NOT what the sergeant fought for (and watched his friends die for)
in the war to unite the planets.
That personal conflict is brought to a head in a meeting with the ex-Browncoats.
Our sergeant notes, “Yeah, well, there’s plenty for whom the cost of Unification exceeds the value.”
The story is an introduction of characters who could have many more adventures in the Firefly ‘verse.
Sergeant Aaron Wyatt is an Alliance noncom who is more Independent than Alliance.
Lieutenant Amber Fitzpatrick is a local sheriff on Hera whose tenure pre-dates the Alliance takeover.
Colonel David Anthony is an Alliance officer whose rise reflects influence more than competence.
Quintan Shang's brother was killed by the Purplebellies in the war. Makes her a might resentful. She's also a bit brash.
Buddy Lee Creek is a tough Independent who can take care of business with a pen or a gun, which ever is appropriate.
Rancher Dan Anderson was one of the Generals who made the decision to surrender at Serenity Valley; a scar on his soul that hasn't healed yet.
Smuggler Randall Rourke is a mountain of a man who served honorably in the Independent Army.
And, of course, a whole slew of secondary and background characters for Browncoats to play.*
The stumbling block for getting "Fool Me Twice" made is my lack of filmmaker connections.
Especially filmmakers who want to make a Firefly fan film.
I feel that step one is to find a producer to take charge of rounding up talent.
I need actors, wardrobe supervisor, a DP, sound person and the aforementioned producer to fill in everything I forgot.
I need to reconnect with the gentleman who started making my CGI space craft and see if he would like to finish it, or pass it off to someone else.
So, consider this a “Help Wanted” ad for east-coast Browncoats.
I’d like to have enough people, with the right combination of skills,
to hold a few production meetings around the third week in August 2010,
with the intention of shooting in October/ November 2010.
*Secondary Characters:
Alliance Corporal
Alliance Heavy MG crew (2 Fed troops)
Alliance Guards (2 Feds in Colonel’s CP)
Local law enforcement officer
Smuggler on radio
Independent guard
IAV Dortmunder Fire Control Tech
Waitress in a NOT-Alliance-friendly bar
Background Characters:
4 Alliance Feds (shootout)
1 Alliance medic (shootout)
5 different Alliance Feds (outside CP)
Background Independents (as many as will supply their own costume!)
Fool Me Twice Locations
Locations for “Fool Me Twice consist of :
A shootout in the woods,
a meeting and journey along a path,
the main confrontation/ conference in a barn,
a makeshift Alliance headquarters,
a fire control center on an Alliance Interstellar Vessel,
and a NOT Alliance-friendly bar.
The location shots for the shootout in the woods, the meeting and journey along a path,
the main confrontation/ conference in a barn, and the makeshift Alliance headquarters,
were scouted on a fifty-acre farm outside of Gettysburg.
I expect the shooting schedule to take place over two weekends.
Barn interior shots in the morning so dew and light aren’t an issue,
the gunfight scenes during midday, and the path scenes in the afternoon.
My expectation is that the bulk of the filming would be done the first weekend,
with the command post scene, pick-up and fill in work done the following weekend.
The fire control center scene should be a single day, with two main characters and a couple of background extras.
The NOT Alliance friendly bar should be a single day shoot, preferably at a real restaurant or bar that is closed for the day. Shots would be done in two distinct phases. The first would be a number of takes showing the décor and patrons of the bar. The atmosphere shots would be done with everyone talking as people do in a bar. The second shots would be of the principal characters. The background characters would pantomime their conversations so the mics could pick up the principals’ dialog. Background chatter could be added back in, in post-production.
So, the shooting schedule for “Fool Me Twice” should take four weekends.
Two of those weekend shoots are at the mercy of the weather, two are interior scenes that aren’t affected by weather.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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| pennausamike wrote: | | 64 episodes with the last posted in March of 2009. |
I use to keep up with the webcomic, but a year ago it just stopped...... Not sure what happened. Dug the comic. Hate to see it dry up.
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There's also this that was just pointed out to me:
The Ruins of Du-Khang
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Firefly-The-Ruins-of-Du-Khang/115929519126
Another small scale fanfilm project that actually looks as though it will be completed, something I find encouraging. More projects means more interest means more projects means more Browncoats means etc etc 
Nick
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| Lemming wrote: |
SNIP
More projects
means more interest
means more projects
means more Browncoats
means etc etc
Nick |
Thanks for the heads up!
I'm adding this one today.
Also, I'll be doing a monthly column on Fan Film Follies,
http://www.fanfilmfollies.com/
which I'm tentatively calling "Triple F on the Triple F".
That will be a monthly posting with an occasional extra as the mood or info hits me.
Once I have my first column up,
I'll be giving a shout-out on the various Firefly boards.
This is a fascinating corner of the hobby to watch unfold.
As one small example, note the different production methods being utilized.
Bellflower has built extremely detailed sets in 360 degrees over as long as it took to get the look they wanted.
Browncoats: Redemption has approached set building more like a low-budget movie or TV production,
using two-sided or simplified background elements to meet a rigid schedule.
Courage: The Series is purported to be using green-screen sets to meet their production schedule.
Reaverized and The Ruins of Du-Khang are relying on existing locations.
Most of the FFF are using computer graphics; looks like The Ruins of Du-Khang is doing model-work.
I'm inspired by the creativity the fan-filmmakers are using to get their projects moving.
Mike
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:30 am Post subject: |
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I've posted all my current info for "Fool Me Twice" in this thread.
Just consider it a "help wanted" ad!
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A couple of new entries:
First, "Freedom: The Series"
http://freedomtheseries.blogspot.com/
| Quote: | Freedom is fan series inspired by the 'verse created by Joss Whedon for Firefly and Serenity.
It is completely not for profit, and will be given away for free on the internet.
Our creative process will be as transparent as possible - we'll even be posting the scripts online and asking for feedback.
We want this to be made by the fans, because there are no fans like Firefly fans.
We'd love to have feedback on all aspects of the show, so we've set up a forum
http://freedomtheseries.forumotion.com/forum.htm
for just that purpose.
It's also an easy place to volunteer for other aspects of the show.
But be warned - when it says "Writer's Room," it really is.
We're not holding anything back here.
There'll be lots of spoilers.
We will gladly accept donations, except that we cannot accept any money.
If you would like to donate your time, talents, 'verse-ish props, or anything else, then let us know.
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Courage has gone the way of the dodo.
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| Really? Courage is dead? How'd that happen? |
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Once upon a time...
(Lot's of crap in the middle)
...the end.
It boils down to all the things that could happen and did happen, but primarily what didn't happen after what did. Or in other words, it's a long story, and sometimes Browncoats are very not nice to one another. As Mal would say, the wheel keeps on turning.
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Well that ruttin' sucks. I was looking forward to Courage. Sorry for all the mishaps and the issues with other browncoats.
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| BrownCoat1 wrote: |
Well that ruttin' sucks. I was looking forward to Courage.
Sorry for all the mishaps and the issues with other browncoats.
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Although I wish success for any Firefly fan film undertaking,
there were elements of Courage I was less than thrilled with.
On the plus side, some of the top talent connected with Courage,
like 'verse graphics whiz Yellowjacket,
are free to gravitate toward other sincere Browncoat fan films.
Hopefully the lessons learned from the problems with Courage will benefit the other projects out there.
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Some of the talent that was brought together by Courage is now involved in Freedom.
Just posting here for those who don't make it to fireflyfans.net |
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News and updates:
First, a new Firefly fan film has popped up.
"Across the Black" caught my notice when they posted a "We are Browncoats" video on the Browncoats: Redemption Facebook page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-c5EkqrmUo
Their, "coming...eventually...maybe" trailer is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_3fsLFPNTk&NR=1&feature=fvwp
which led to the intro video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZF_na-8Cs4&feature=related
All three can be found on their Youtube Channel here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AcrosstheBlack
Their most recent posting was 4 months ago:
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AcrosstheBlack Thanks for subscribing! Because of our unfortunately low subscription numbers we can use all the help we can get in sending the word out broadwave about Across the Black. It's not Serenity 2, but it's important to me, as well as the rest of the cast and crew!
Thanks again, and hang on tight!
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And I know how important these small films are to their creators.
So, I'm doing my bit to spread the word.
At "Across The Black", I'll be trying to get a little more info on your production.
Where are you from, what's the basic story; anything you want folks to know.
If you see this first, post on this thread with some additional info and let everyone know how its going!
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Second;
the following thread popped up on fireflyfans.net
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=2&t=47331
from the Bellflower team announcing that their project is moving again.
I've always loved the production quality of Bellflower
and I'm glad to see they've overcome a number of challenges to get their project rolling again.
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Comin' outta the woodwork now, huh?
Lookin forward to seein them in completion. Then Ill get all of 'em together and add to my collection.
Me an mine are working on other projects atm, I wanted to hone our skills a bit, as I may only get one pop at a FfFF. Havent settled on a working title yet even!
Thanks for the updates Mike, nice digging skills.
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| pennausamike wrote: | Second;
the following thread popped up on fireflyfans.net
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=2&t=47331
from the Bellflower team announcing that their project is moving again.
I've always loved the production quality of Bellflower
and I'm glad to see they've overcome a number of challenges to get their project rolling again.
Mike |
Yep, see the latest post from Bentley Ousley on the new forum:
http://shindig.signalpodcast.com/index.php?topic=385.0
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Anyone have issues getting their dvds from the folks over at Redemption? I ordered my dvd the second week of March and still nothing. I emailed a couple of times in May, after allowing the 2-4 weeks the website mentions for shipping time, and finally got a response from Mike there that they were having issues getting restock. I waited another couple of weeks and sent another email and get a response that they hope to have the dvds in soon. Now my emails go unanswered. 
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:43 am Post subject: |
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| BrownCoat1 wrote: |
Anyone have issues getting their dvds from the folks over at Redemption?
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Apparently, yes.
I ordered the upgraded edition back in mumblemumbleIdunno knowing it would be awhile.
Based on what I read on their Facebook page, I believe they will ship in June.
I'd say you're fine until they announce that the DVD's have finally shipped.
If you don't get yours then, then I'd say there is a problem.
The whole operation is less than a half-dozen people.
I reckon your current email is part of a flood of emails, since the SE BC:R has been delayed several times.
I'm guessing BC:R is just hoping the Facebook announcements are answering folks questions.
I'm not connected with BC:R in any way,
but I am aware of the accountability they are held to by the studios
to maintain their charitable-use-of-intellectual-property status.
They may have problems, but I don't believe there is any skullduggery afoot.
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