Monthly Archives: April 2009

More Stop-Motion Animation Secrets of Star Wars Tales

April 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Comic Books, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Star Wars, Writing, science fiction, stop motion animation

In December, FCT covered Danny Mosier’s extensive fan film, Star Wars Tales, a stop-motion animated action figure flick that spins a slew of new short stories that take place in the Star Wars Universe. Mosier spent three years animating the flick, which makes him either extremely dedicated or utterly insane (or both). Speaking with FCT, [...]

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Stop-Motion Animation Secrets of Star Wars Tales

April 21st, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Writing, stop motion animation

In December, FCT covered Danny Moiser’s extensive fan film, Star Wars Tales, a stop-motion animated action figure flick that spins a slew of new short stories that take place in the Star Wars Universe. Mosier spent three years animating the flick, which makes him either extremely dedicated or utterly insane (or both). Speaking with FCT, [...]

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The Greatest Fan Film of All Time: Is It?

April 20th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Batman, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, Iron Man, News, Review, Spider-Man, Superheroes, Superman, Writing, marvel comics, science fiction

“We’ve created Batman’s Gonna Get Shot in the Face and Nintendo: Oldschool Revolution, and they’ve both racked up millions of views,” Larry Longstreth told me. “We’re proud of them, but we also realize that we have got to move beyond the realm of fan films if we want to grow. So, we’re saying goodbye with [...]

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Star Wars, Orcs & Skateboards: Fan Cinema Today’s Week In Tweets

April 17th, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Books, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Horror Movies, Lord of the Rings, Mainstream Media, Monster Movies, News, Publishing, Star Wars, , friday the 13th, science fiction, stop motion animation,

If you follow the Fan Cinema Today Twitter feed, you know that you get extra stories that don’t appear on the blog; everyone else is missing out on that extra fan film awesomeness. On the other hand, I hate to see a good thing go to waste, so here’s some Tweets of the Week. For [...]

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Happy Birthday + Highlander + Fan Film = Only One

April 16th, 2009 | Posted in Fan Film, Filmmaking, News, Review, science fiction

What if you could live forever? You’d have an epic existence, filled with adventure and excitement…but there would still be no escape from the numbing day-to-day details of life. Immortal or not, sooner or later, you’d get roped into a kiddie birthday party, boring as hell—unless your arch enemy of the ages turned up! So [...]

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4 FREE Video Editing Programs for Mac

April 16th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, Software

Everyone has a computer these days; heck, you’re using one right now. For a fan filmmaker, however, a computer is far more than just a piece of hardware for surfing the internet; it’s an all-in-one movie studio. Realizing that aiding creativity is a good way to get people to buy a computer, Apple includes its [...]

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Swing into Indiana Jones and the Staff of Ra

April 15th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, News, Publishing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg, Writing

There are characters that people never tire of—James Bond…Batman…Winnie the Pooh. You can definitely include Indiana Jones on that list. We’ve covered a ton of indie Indy flicks on Fan Cinema Today, from the famous Mississippi trio that made a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark throughout the 1980s (which I wrote about [...]

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Call Me Mr. J: When Harley Met Joker

April 14th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, News, Superheroes, Writing,

Chris Notarile of Blinky Productions, the most prolific fan filmmaker on the planet, recently released his latest flick, Call Me Mr. J, and while it finds him in the title role of The Joker (AKA “Mr. J”), the flick centers on the origins of the villain’s main squeeze, Harley Quinn. Taking place after The Dark [...]

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Pink Five Returns…Sort Of

April 13th, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Pink Five, Public Screening, Publishing, Sandy Collora, Star Wars, Superheroes, Superman, Writing, , science fiction

When it comes to the Women of Star Wars, well, you can keep ‘em. Slave-bikini Leia? Whatever. Wimpering Amidala? Yawn. Or how about…um…there really aren’t any other women in Star Wars, unless you count Aunt Beru. Me, I’d want to hang out with Stacey, the Valley Girl heroine of Pink Five—and I’m not alone on [...]

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Star Wars Gets Sexy In New Fan Film

April 10th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, Mainstream Media, News, Review, Star Wars, , science fiction

I may be the only guy on the planet to say this, but Princess Leia in the Metal Slave Bikini never really did anything for me. Meh. There aren’t many women in the Star Wars movies in the first place, so I’ve always found it to be a rather sexless saga—which is likely just how [...]

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Monthly Archives: April 2009

More Stop-Motion Animation Secrets of Star Wars Tales

Stop-Motion Animation Secrets of Star Wars Tales

The Greatest Fan Film of All Time: Is It?

Star Wars, Orcs & Skateboards: Fan Cinema Today’s Week In Tweets

Happy Birthday + Highlander + Fan Film = Only One

4 FREE Video Editing Programs for Mac

Swing into Indiana Jones and the Staff of Ra

Call Me Mr. J: When Harley Met Joker

Pink Five Returns…Sort Of

Star Wars Gets Sexy In New Fan Film

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