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Ernst-Jan 'Sidewinder' van Melle
Mar 4, 07 - 2:54 PM |
the resurrection: dusty fans, live again!
While this forum doesn't look to much alive right now, I'll post this anyway, on as much forums as possible. I have to reach all Anderson fans, if possible. Let me introduce myself, my name is Ernst-Jan van Melle, and I have been hooked on everything Anderson since my father sat me down and showed me 'Pit of Peril' when I was only two. I since been living symbiotically with all Thunderbids, Captain Scarlet and all the other videos. I'll come straight to the point: while there certainly are a lot of Anderson fans still around, we are like speakers of dead languages right now. We sit around and regurgitate all left-overs that still remain from the magical days. It makes me feel kind of sad that this fantastic legacy looks bound for a slow, waning death. While Gerry Anderson is still admirably going strong in his late 80s (bless the old man), and while it was certainly nice to see Captain Scarlet return to the screen, I think many will agree with me when I say that it 'isn't quite the same'. Sure it's great to see our favourite colour-code Captain jumping and martial arting himself in all directions, it isn't the brilliant glowering puppet piloting the fantastic SPV (which in my opinion is highly superior to the Rhino), and it automatically lacks due to the fact Barry Gray's superhuman scores are missing. What I'm trying to say is, we haven't seen the real magic since the late 60s, or actually, that 'Anderson-element' has been missing since Sylvia buggered off. Before you think that all I'm going to do here is whine abou how great eeverything was in the past (while it was), let's move on and examine another cultural phenomenon on this planet, the Star Wars universe. While Star Wars spans six films and mountains of second-party input in the form of the Expanded Universe, there is one element there that has always struck me as the most sincere sign of fan dedication: the Fan Film. If you don't know what I'm talking about, Fan Films are fan-made movies inspired their respective films, varying from amateuristic 1-minute clips to full fledged hour-long features. Fans from all over the world share their knowledge on how to create lightsabers, the opening title crawl, holograms, blue-screen effects, anything. I am an aspiring Compositor, and while I love Star Wars, it has been grossly overdone, and last night I found myself contemplating on what kind of fan film, if ever, I'd like to do. Immediatly, Captain Scarlet sprung up, and then, a tiny voice inside my mind argued, "Why the hell hasn't that been done before?" |
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Ernst-Jan 'Sidewinder' van Melle
Mar 4th, 2007 - 2:56 PM |
Re: the resurrection: dusty fans, live again!
Yes, Anderson-inspired fan films. "We can't possibly replicate stuf from series that cost 380,000 pounds apiece!" Nonsense, I tell you! This is the digital era! I've seen many of you creating exquisite 3d models of Anderson craft, which you also could've animated!And where Derek Meddings needed a ton of chemical components to create an explosion, I could direct you to a website right now that sells usable video explosions for eleven lousy dollars! Besides, who needs to duplicate the episodes? Those were entire worlds and universes created in those shows! What about a short film recounting 'Nosey' Parker's criminal career? A continuation of the Secret Service? A drama about a father trying to gather his disparate sons and attempt to recruit them into an unrealistic organization, where they're expected to risk there life constantly for people they don't even know? What about those dozens of other staff at Moonbase Alpha? What are they going through?Imagination is the key. What I want is for all of you to shake of all that dust, pick up a camera and start adding to the legend! For all doubters, I'm busy right now creating a short effects demo reel involving a few Thunderbids toys to prove what effects can be yielded with a little time and effort. In two months I'll be in London a few days, to pick up a few high detail models at Comet Miniatures, to start at serious fan films. I'm also starting work at website where I will post my future films, and hopefully, if anyone has read this, films of other enthusiasts like me. Furthermore, I will post tutorials on the site to achieve certain classic Anderson effects (once I've figured them out myself). If you're one of those types whose asking "Who are you anyway? Why should we pay attention to you?" I answer "I'm a semi-professional filmmaker in training, I have nothing to show except a handful of small festival awards. My only true credential is a lifelong, immortal enthusiasm for those puppets and spaceships." The legend will only burn out if you allow it to. Please leave a comment below on how you feel about this, or send me an E-Mail: ej.vanmelle@planet.nl Furthermore, here's a selection of links that might be useful to look over: -Detonationfilms.com, the site I mentioned that sells compositable explosions. www.detonationfilms.com -Theforce.net Fanfilms, the largest Fanfilm site on the web, also boasting a lot of extra stuff like tutorials. Mostly Star Wars, but features some other things too. http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/ Now, even if everyone thinks I'm completely nuts, I will keep skimming these forums. Soon, the test reel will be complete, maybe that will help you change your thinking (if it turns out well). If you've reached this part, thank you for sticking with me, if I've generated even the slightest fragment of inspiration it's SIG for me. |
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