Star Trek: Of Gods and Men Finale Online Early!
The final chapter of the mega fan film, Star Trek: Of Gods and Men, has hit the web a day earlier than promised. While it’s supposed to go up at 5PM on Father’s Day, instead they have a ‘sneak peak’ online a day early. To be honest, I haven’t watched any of them other than [...]
Fan Film News Updates
We’re always on the case here at Fan Cinema Today (actually everyone’s always on my case, but hey, that’s just details). Here’s some new news on some old news: • • • A while back, I mentioned that the actor who played Superman in Sandy Collora’s World’s Finest fan film, Mike O’Hearn, is now a [...]
Last week, I wrote how MGM shot down a classic James Bond fan film, mentioning in passing that the studio has a history of money troubles. Now The New York Times has revealed that the finances are worse than anybody thought: MGM is choking on $3.7 billion in debt, forcing it to cough up more [...]
Celtx: Free Screenwriting and Production Software
If you’re gonna make a fan film, you need a script (no, seriously). If you’re really ambitious, you might even want to storyboard your movie, like the guys from Troops did. Once you get into production, you’ll want to keep track of who’s gonna be where on what day so you can shoot, edit, set [...]
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Indiana Jones Templars Fan Film Scores
One of the cool things about the upcoming fan film, Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Templars, is that not only does it look good (you can watch the first 12 minutes of the movie here), but it sounds good, too, in part because it has its own soundtrack composed by George Shaw. On [...]
Star Trek Fan Film Review Site
Recently, FCT covered Star Trek Fan Film News, a website that tracks the progress of Star Trek fan films—and man, are there a lot of ‘em. With so many to choose from, where’s the best place to start if you want to watch a few? If you need a little Trek fan film viewing advice, [...]
YouTube has debuted Video Annotations, which allows uploaders to add text right on top of their videos. The feature opens up some interesting possibilities for fan filmmakers, including the ability to create interactive flicks. Currently in beta, the new feature lets you add comment boxes, speech bubbles and even links to other movies. Viewers can [...]
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One of James Bond’s greatest enemies is the secret organization SMERSH; in the world of James Bond fan films, however, the biggest opponent is another outfit with a name of initials: MGM. The Hollywood studio struck again Tuesday, as the fan film, Moonraker ’78, was forced off YouTube. Fan filmmaker Stuart Basinger, who produced and [...]
Sometimes there’s no greater, more sublime pleasure in the world than sitting around with the guys, drinking beer and watching some crummy movie. Somebody makes a joke about what’s on the screen, and before you know it, you’re neck-deep in a two-hour contest of one-upmanship, seeing who can be the funniest, wittiest or (more likely) [...]
Maybe the movie Be Kind, Rewind didn’t make much of a dent at the box office, but it’s had at least one cultural impact: “Sweded” has become part of the international vocabulary. In the film, Jack Black’s character lies that all his homemade movie remakes are from Sweden—hence, once he’s finished making a cardboard homage, [...]
YouTube has debuted Video Annotations, which allows uploaders to add text right on top of their videos. The feature opens up some interesting possibilities for fan filmmakers, including the ability to create interactive flicks. Currently in beta, the new feature lets you add comment boxes, speech bubbles and even links to other movies. Viewers can [...]