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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 2:08 AM

I whipped together a fake trailer for a hypothetical sequel to Serenity, using clips from the series, the movie, and other movies. Where possible I tried to use clips from deleted scenes in order to make it feel a little more "fresh".

It's available on youtube at:

Let me know what you think!

Hans

UPDATE!!! The "full trailer is up as of August 2nd, with even more shiny goodness!

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 2:14 AM

PENGUIN

I love the idea of returning to Serenity Valley...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 2:15 AM

FOLLOWMAL

Hans,

You are our first entrant in our Firefly video competition! YAY!

Thank you so much for this!

Excellent vid!

Oh, I'm so excited, I'd like to see more of these!

Anyone else interested, here is our thread re: what we're lookin' for.

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=21915

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

Click here www.fireflyfans.net for info about the Serenity Summer Campaign and how you can help!

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 2:34 AM

MIRAMEL

wow, looks great! you've got me all dissapointed it ain't real :P

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 3:33 AM

FOLLOWMAL

Hey, Hans, your trailer has been Whedonesqued!!

Very shiny indeed!

Here's the link:

http://whedonesque.com/

Check it out, second from the top!

Congrats!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 3:44 AM

STILLSHINY

Ok, I gotta admit. I'm liking this. Very well done.

"We had ties that could not be broken, except by the passing of time. Like a rock. A broken time rock. And you're very special to me, my broken time rock people." - Nathan Fillion

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 4:40 AM

CAPERCAILLIE

I am there! Where's the ticket line?

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 6:15 AM

HANS

I didn't even know there was a video contest. Sure, go ahead and enter it!

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 6:22 AM

FOLLOWMAL

Yup, there is Hans and if you know anyone else that does vids have 'em enter. It'll be awfully hard to top yours though.

Here's the link to the thread:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=21915

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

Click here www.fireflyfans.net for info about the Serenity Summer Campaign and how you can help!

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 6:32 AM

SAMEERTIA

WOW!!!!!!!
Beyond totally rocked!

2 Questions:
1) Is there a way to get that into the hands of Universal studio execs? Create our own pitch on Joss's behalf?

2) What software are folks using for their video captures and editing? I don't want to spend alot of money, but I guess I'm prepared to if need be.

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 6:40 AM

EMMARIGBY

Loved that! Immediately got me thinking about what the plot would be! Any writers willing to take up the challenge to draft an outline?

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Hissssssssss!

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:03 AM

HANS

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Originally posted by EmmaRigby:
Loved that! Immediately got me thinking about what the plot would be! Any writers willing to take up the challenge to draft an outline?

Actually, I had quite a detailed plot in mind when I made the trailer, though of course it's hard to tell a new story using old footage, so it doesn't really come through.

What I had in mind: It's a year after the events in the movie. The Miranda incident has upset the political stability of the 'verse, and an economic depression has hit the system. Things are so bad that Mal can't even keep the ship fuelled, and the whole crew has settled down on some remote rim planet. Zoe has bought a farm and is raising her baby, Wash junior. Simon is the doctor for a small town, and lives with Kaylee. That kind of thing. The crew keep in touch but life is hard.

However, there's neferious deeds afoot. There's some sort of treasure (I think of it as "confederate gold", it's as good a MacGuffin as any) hidden at Serenity Valley. A group of no-good thieves (backed by Niska maybe?) are going after it. Part of their plan includes killing Mal, who knows something about this hidden treasure from his time fighting on Hera. The assassination attempt fails. Knowing Mal's life is in danger, the crew gathers together what cash they can, helps Mal get the rusting old ship off the ground, and they head in-system, trying to get to the treasure before the bad guys do. Space battles, bar fights, quickdraws, and run-ins with the law result.

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:23 AM

HAIDAO

That's a great plot. You should consider writing it out in script form.

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 11:19 AM

HANS

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Originally posted by SameErtia:
WOW!!!!!!!
Beyond totally rocked!

2) What software are folks using for their video captures and editing? I don't want to spend alot of money, but I guess I'm prepared to if need be.

Glad you're rocked. I used Windows Movie Maker, which comes with XP Home (I think). I have a TV tuner card in my PC, and fed the DVD images in though that to capture the images. Plus, there's a whole pile of freeware out there to do things like capture audio from a DVD, editing audio files (I used FX audio editor - fairly powerful and free 30 day trial), etc.

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 11:32 AM

RMMC

Shiny! Very, very shiny!!

*****
RMMC

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 12:11 PM

Best part was:

'Zoe, change course.'

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'It's Braedan. With an A.'

'Shiny moments aren't a destination any of us get to, and stay put forever. They're unknowable, brief flashes in time. That's what makes them shiny.' -GorramReevers

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 12:54 PM

DARKJESTER

Loved how you pulled in Purplebellies from Starship Troopers! Very good work, Hans.

MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 2:28 PM

MORWEN112

Frickin Sweeet! And shiny! Sweet and shiny! If I saw that in a theatre, I would have jumped up and screamed. More please!

Mine is an evil sugar high laugh! Bwahahahaha!

Morwen

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 2:46 PM

INDIANABANZAI

I like your choice of music from 'For a Few Dollars More'.

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 8:20 PM

WHITEFALL

Lol, aside from that odd chord in the Serenity soundtrack that still gets me, (right between the guitar and whatever that deeper instrument, whatever it is, there's an upswing in the tone, and it just sounds so full-on, gorram happy that it jerks me from the firefly mindset)...

Twas AWESOME, especially the Zoe-Simon voiceover, I never realized how good an intro to the series it made. Right when you start the theme music and the voiceover, that when I got that "aww hells yeah" feeling trailers try to get, and I thought, DAMNIT WHERE'S MY SEQUEL!!!

"But, these strong women characters?"

"Why aren't you asking 100 other guys why they don't write strong women characters?" -Joss Whedon

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 7:53 AM

ZOID

Hans:

I got goosebumps. (NB: That's a very good thing.)

Nice idea for a basis, and well-fleshed out, in a teaser-y way. There was clearly a story to be told, and I wanted to see that story...

v/r,
-zed

P.S.
Somebody remind me why we can't see 24 Firefly-based mini-movies (say, an hour long each) every year? I mean, I've heard the excuses, but they just don't make reasonable sense...

The 'verse is just ripe with possible stories -- and considering the apparent dearth of fresh ideas in Hollywood -- why isn't someone in power out there jumping through his own sphincter to tap that potential? It's just insane to let that opportunity pass...

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:01 AM

BOBECC

Very well done. Only bad part is that it got me all exciteable for another movie...

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 11:00 AM

WINDIE

Most excellent, totally agree with all of the above and using my crystal ball all of the below as well.

Cracking idea for a follow up.

Why have they taken the sky from ME

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Wednesday, August 2, 2006 2:05 AM

HANS

Here's another fake trailer for "Return to Serenity", the non-existent sequel to Serenity. Think of this as the "full trailer" to the "teaser trailer" I posted before. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope that one day there will be a real sequel! Thanks for all the comments here which encouraged me to finish this project.

I'm pretty happy that about 90% of it is from deleted scenes or other movies, which hopefully gives it a fresh feeling. If you're bored, you can try and guess what movies I took clips from (other than Serenity and Firefly, obviously).

Music in this trailer includes: "The Man With the Harmonica" (Once Upon a Time in the West) by Ennio Morricone, "Jayne and Zoe - Final Battle" (Serenity) by David Newman, and "River's Jig" (On the Drift) by the Bedlam Bards. The last is used with permission ( www.bedlambards.com), the rest under fair dealing.

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Wednesday, August 2, 2006 2:13 AM

WINDIE

I like that, it gives me an itch and makes me want to see more.

It also makes me sad as I know it aint coming just yet !!

Why have they taken the sky from ME

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Wednesday, August 2, 2006 2:22 AM

ASARIAN

Quote:
Originally posted by Hans:

I whipped together a fake trailer for a hypothetical sequel to Serenity, using clips from the series, the movie, and other movies. Where possible I tried to use clips from deleted scenes in order to make it feel a little more "fresh".

It's available on youtube at:

Let me know what you think!

Hans

That was frakkin' shiny! You done good!

I agree, the Zoe voice-over was awesome. Had a kinda poetry to it.

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"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam

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Wednesday, August 2, 2006 10:18 AM

HANS

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Originally posted by asarian:

That was frakkin' shiny! You done good!

I agree, the Zoe voice-over was awesome. Had a kinda poetry to it.

Asarian (and others), don't miss the brand new trailer, linked to a few posts above this one (and I just edited the URL into the first post in this thread). It's hopefully a little more polished than the "teaser trailer", and at very least if you like the first you should like the second...

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