Reaverized Fan Film

POSTED BY: micjwelch
UPDATED: Friday, July 29, 2011 15:26
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MICJWELCH

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 9:17 PM

The video is up, and the reviews are in! My four year old called it "cool" and "fun," while my wife said "that wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be." You have to love her honesty.

"Always be yourself. Unless You suck." - Joss Whedon

BYTEMITE

Thursday, March 25, 2010 2:02 AM

Fun! I think I might actually recognize some of the scenery. One of those pioneer parks, I think, and maybe someplace up at the U of U? Unless you're BYU people, don't know much about Utah County.

Changed your concept a little from what I read before, but it works good. Haha, you totally wrote Mal in just to have a chance to wear your browncoat and run at the camera firing the assault rifle. :)

MICJWELCH

Thursday, March 25, 2010 3:04 AM

We filmed at Fort Bonaventura in Ogden, and ITT Tech in Murray.

And yeah, it's not the script I posted. My actress for River quit three days before filming. We recast the girl who was going to do Kaylee as River, and made a browncoat in 10 hours (no kidding). We finalized the story about an hour before we started shooting it.

"Always be yourself. Unless You suck." - Joss Whedon

BYTEMITE

Thursday, March 25, 2010 3:10 AM

Eep!

Well, I guess things never do go according to plan... It's great though that you all seemed to manage to adjust on the fly. Looks like it was fun, too.

MICJWELCH

Thursday, March 25, 2010 3:50 AM

Oh, yeah. We were walking around going "Once, just once, I want things to go according to the gorram plan!"

"Always be yourself. Unless You suck." - Joss Whedon

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:21 AM

Great stuff! A lot of work went into this and you can tell.

Thanks for sharing. Mind if I post a link on some other sites?

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MICJWELCH

Thursday, March 25, 2010 1:17 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Thanks for sharing. Mind if I post a link on some other sites?

Have at it. I made it for sharing.

"Always be yourself. Unless You suck." - Joss Whedon

YELLOWJACKET

Thursday, March 25, 2010 2:15 PM

Fun and fast.

PENNAUSAMIKE

Thursday, March 25, 2010 2:22 PM

I posted your film on this thread listing all the Firefly Fan Films that I know of:
http://fireflydvd.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=37708#37708

Nice job.
My only observation is that this story could have been told without the Firefly characters.
Another minute or two of dialog could have defined new 'verse characters
as hunters, smugglers, ranchers, etc.

I'm curious to know if most folks prefer seeing re-imaginings of established characters,
or the introduction of new characters to the 'verse?
I'm sort of thrown off when "not-the-people-I-know" play characters I think of as certain actors.

Like I said, only an observation.
The most important thing is to put out what satisfies your artistic vision.

Thanks,
Mike

PIRATENEWS

Thursday, March 25, 2010 2:58 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by micjwelch:

my wife said "that wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be." You have to love her honesty.

That's what wives are for.

PHYRELIGHT

Friday, March 26, 2010 1:41 AM

can't... breathe... laughing... too... hard... XD

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YELLOWJACKET

Friday, March 26, 2010 7:08 PM

I look forward to the next one.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Friday, March 26, 2010 7:30 PM

Micjwelch - that was awesome!

I absolutely enjoyed this. So much fun and that's the best kind of entertainment. Seriously nice work. There are some beautifully observed moments in there like when River just walks along and shoots that guy on the floor without even glancing at him. Good observation. That's totally a thing River would do. Nice! Man nice.
Good work by that actor falling off the table aswell - that couldn't be easy with your hands strapped up. That's a genuine stunt.

I've done a few productions with friends and I know how much WORK is involved with something like this. Even though it may look small I know the endeavour was enormous, so well done with it all. From props to getting your crew and cast to meet-up on time and at the same location!

By the way what did you use to do the machine gun muzzle flashes? Was it after effects?

Again well done. I liked it alot. I will be showing it to some friends - they too will get a kick out of.

ACE!!!

MICJWELCH

Friday, March 26, 2010 9:24 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Good work by that actor falling off the table aswell - that couldn't be easy with your hands strapped up. That's a genuine stunt.

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By the way what did you use to do the machine gun muzzle flashes? Was it after effects?

That was me falling off the table. And yeah, that hurt. A lot. Even with a mattress on the floor.

The muzzle flashes are from www.detonationfilms.com. Most of their stuff is free. You just use a luma key or something similar to add them to your videos. Everything was done in Premiere Elements.

"Always be yourself. Unless You suck." - Joss Whedon

YELLOWJACKET

Thursday, October 7, 2010 4:36 PM

Is it wrong that your pratfall off of the table is my favorite part?

MUTT999

Friday, October 8, 2010 11:01 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by micjwelch:
my wife said "that wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be."

I fell on the floor when I read that!

Really, nice job! It was funny. Special effects were cool. And you just can't have too many Blue Sun decals in my opinion!

Doing any more episodes?

WISHIMAY

Friday, October 8, 2010 1:37 PM

That was cute, I liked it alot.

Can I borrow your Reavers, I'm all outa flying monkeys......Got a few people I need them to snack on, heh.

MICJWELCH

Friday, October 8, 2010 4:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Mutt999:
Doing any more episodes?

Actually, we're working on a web series with all original characters. There's info at http://freedomtheseries.blogspot.com/

"Always be yourself. Unless You suck." - Joss Whedon

YELLOWJACKET

Monday, October 11, 2010 3:06 PM

Reaverized II. Reavers in Jaynestown!

SMOOTIFUL

Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:30 PM

How about getting Mark Shepherd?

SPACEJANITOR

Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:44 PM

That was fun. I want that Blue Sun coat.

MICJWELCH

Friday, July 29, 2011 3:26 PM

More shameless self promotion!

I've redone all of the effects, included original music from Philip Alexander De Lorenzo and Tally Deushane, and added an all new blooper reel. DVDs of the short film are being sent out for the CSTS screenings (along with some very fine hats that my wife knitted).

"Always be yourself. Unless You suck." - Joss Whedon