Half-Life Fan Film

They did this for $500. That's shocking and awesome. The effects remind me of those Neill Blomkamp shorts that he did before he was selected for the Halo film.
 
They did a lot of things very right, and a lot of things not so right. The CG and blending of the game graphics is spot on. The costumes, props, and locations are excellent.

Didn't like the acting, the casting, or the story. The sound editing/mix could have been better (more dynamic), though I give them big props for implementing all of the games sound effects.
 
Seeing this makes me want to see the following video games done as fan films:

-- Contra (maybe integrate some side scrolling shots)
-- Fallout (costumes and props and a good abandoned building location with some matte paintings could make this world come to life)
-- Mass Effect (this would be pretty expensive)
-- Gears of War (so would this)
-- Metal Gear Solid (find a big old ware house and CGI gurus to make the Metal Gears)
 
This is ironic... I just started working with a guy that reminds me so much of Gordon Freeman. This guy's hair is nearly white... but he definitely looks right for it.

I've been daydreaming about how to get him to act... and how to work a story around a non-experienced actor that only looks right.

I actually asked him the other day if he was familiar with HL2... he said it was one of his favorite games ever... hmm... is this serendipity?
 
Love the game, love the fan film.

This was really good and captured the feeling of the game quite well. Yes a few things could have been better but considering the budget these guys really pulled off one amazing little film.

The game sound effects were great. Very nice tie in.

MAH
 
Someone had WAAAAAAAAYYYYY to much free time on their hands... and it paid off. Very well done for a shoe string budget. Actually, very well done. Period. Kinda makes me giddy for HL2: Episode 3 to come out.
 
Loved the game, still waiting for the movie, WARNER!

Yeah, I thought they did a great job with the FX and really captured the mood. Acting, not seasoned pros ofcourse but good enough that I could play along and look by it, especially with a budget of $500. If they did a full length version of the game I'd watch it for sure, hands down.

Hear that, WARNER!?!?!. :) :beer:
 
been waiting for a properly done HL film for ages....

because .... this game actually had a story....
 
Had to go back and watch this one again. Very nice work with the visual effects.
I like the teaser stuff at the end as well.

Can't wait until they release the next one.

MAH
 
I actually think doing fan films is one of the better ways to build a brand for yourself. Especially now with properties like Star Wars actually having a festival put on by Lucasfilm. The guy who did Grayson ended up getting funding for a feature project, as did the guy who did Batman: Dead End, largely based on the popularity of their fan films.

Heck, this Half Life fan film has gotten 2.3 million hits via this single posting already! I think fan films on the internet are going to be the new short film festivals. It will be a way for filmmakers to show off their HD workings and show what they can do on a micro budget with a blockbuster-level property.

Can't wait to see how far this goes!
 
Chamber005 said:
...Heck, this Half Life fan film has gotten 2.3 million hits via this single posting already! I think fan films on the internet are going to be the new short film festivals. It will be a way for filmmakers to show off their HD workings and show what they can do on a micro budget with a blockbuster-level property.

Can't wait to see how far this goes!
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Yeah, kind of my sentiments. I mean, here we have big studios that are hell bent on formula and totally disregard the people they are trying to sell to, or maybe it's too much red tape to get it done in a timely manner. If it takes ten years to develop a decent HL movie, it's too late. The Halo Movie, tooooo late.

I'm tending to think do these people have any agents involved in the real world looking for anything of current popularity/interest? Anyone at all? Besides some old rich living-in-a-bubble fart that only has the attitude of "this is hows it's been done before and that has always worked" mentality. It's frustrating.
 
Raptor365 said:
Yeah, kind of my sentiments. I mean, here we have big studios that are hell bent on formula and totally disregard the people they are trying to sell to, or maybe it's too much red tape to get it done in a timely manner. If it takes ten years to develop a decent HL movie, it's too late. The Halo Movie, tooooo late.

I'm tending to think do these people have any agents involved in the real world looking for anything of current popularity/interest? Anyone at all? Besides some old rich living-in-a-bubble fart that only has the attitude of "this is hows it's been done before and that has always worked" mentality. It's frustrating.
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Yeah, and what's weird is that you SO do not need the same level of visual effects online that you need in a movie theatre or even on a big screen HiDef television set. The companies could be making some solid 15 minute "webisodes" of these products on a bi-weekly basis, maintaining the public's interest in the property -- and could still eventually release a big screen movie. I think they just sit around waiting for 300 million dollars of investor funds (studio funds) and are SO paranoid about making something that's saleable (not necessarily good or keeping with the themes of the original material) that they just end up with movie after movie after movie of video game adaptation crapola...

::SIGH::

ANYway, thank goodness for the fans, right? And thank goodness for people like George Lucas and Joss Whedon urging fans to make these films. Heck, even DC/Warner issued a statement in the last year saying they will not actively pursue any legal actions against any of these fan filmmakers so long as they're not making a profit off of their properties. Pretty cool...

As of right now, though, there's only about 10 fan films that are really, truly awesome and well done -- and 6 of them are Star Wars fan films.
 
Chamber005 said:
Heck, even DC/Warner issued a statement in the last year saying they will not actively pursue any legal actions against any of these fan filmmakers so long as they're not making a profit off of their properties. Pretty cool...
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Do you have a link for this statement?
 
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