Re: To Know A Jedi
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PurposeDriven
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I watched it. All I have to say is SAD. You have the time and resources to make a feature film and you make a Star Wars film. Challenge yourselves, write something original. "But we did work hard, the Special Effects took a long time, Our script was original." I think you should have spent that time on something else. I am just depressed that someone would actually make a feature about this.
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I watched it. All I have to say is SAD. You have the time and resources to make a feature film and you make a Star Wars film. Challenge yourselves, write something original. "But we did work hard, the Special Effects took a long time, Our script was original." I think you should have spent that time on something else. I am just depressed that someone would actually make a feature about this.
J.R. Hudson
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I feel simillar about the STAR WARS Fan Films.
Although I have some seen some interesting work and impressive FX. I curse the day they made Lightsabre effects available to everyone!
I've always been more of a Han Solo kind of guy. I always thought Luke was kind of a Nancy.
I was going to watch this but it was like some ridiculous wait (I have fast computer) and was like "For a Star Wars Fan Film? Naaawwwww."
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I feel simillar about the STAR WARS Fan Films.
Although I have some seen some interesting work and impressive FX. I curse the day they made Lightsabre effects available to everyone!
I've always been more of a Han Solo kind of guy. I always thought Luke was kind of a Nancy.
I was going to watch this but it was like some ridiculous wait (I have fast computer) and was like "For a Star Wars Fan Film? Naaawwwww."
PurposeDriven
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I started the DL, forgot about it, 45 minutes later i heard the beep. I was like, Aliright, i'll skim it. It was just sad.
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I started the DL, forgot about it, 45 minutes later i heard the beep. I was like, Aliright, i'll skim it. It was just sad.
J.R. Hudson
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I like how they always try and recreate the forest in JEDI (What was that planet?) and it's behind some houses in the woods.
Sigh...
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I like how they always try and recreate the forest in JEDI (What was that planet?) and it's behind some houses in the woods.
Sigh...
PurposeDriven
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At least the lightsabers were semi-good? ???
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At least the lightsabers were semi-good? ???
J.R. Hudson
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Sorry D Man!
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Sorry D Man!
Mike_Donis
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When I was younger (read, grade nine) I made a star wars fan film. It was a short, and was an attempt at special effects and stuff like that. I got some decent compositing effects, and learned how to rotoscope lazer beams and the like. It was definitely a good experience, and it let me practice NLE editing and effects without having to worry about being creative. I just got to play.
Like I said though, I was in grade nine.
These guys, who (though i havent seen the video) im assuming are adults, boggle my mind, making a 90 minute feature that they can't even sell? They can't even show it at most festivals because of legal issues. That makes absolutely no sense.
Not having seen it, I don't know if they did a good job with it...But I don't get why grown men would spend SO MUCH TIME on something they can never do anything with, but show their friends.
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When I was younger (read, grade nine) I made a star wars fan film. It was a short, and was an attempt at special effects and stuff like that. I got some decent compositing effects, and learned how to rotoscope lazer beams and the like. It was definitely a good experience, and it let me practice NLE editing and effects without having to worry about being creative. I just got to play.
Like I said though, I was in grade nine.
These guys, who (though i havent seen the video) im assuming are adults, boggle my mind, making a 90 minute feature that they can't even sell? They can't even show it at most festivals because of legal issues. That makes absolutely no sense.
Not having seen it, I don't know if they did a good job with it...But I don't get why grown men would spend SO MUCH TIME on something they can never do anything with, but show their friends.
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its certainly worth doing if you enjow doing it, and its fun for you. and you are proud of it in the end. otherwise i would tell my little girl that her crayon "drarwings" are useless too. but i think what mike means is that if your going to get start spending real money like 3000 for a camera, and involving all sorts of people, and time, and expensive equipment to make somthing that goes nowhere... its still art, but its just not filmmaking as usual. it's not nescessarily all about profit though. its about sharing that art with the masses. about being heard and making a difference. but i cant say i havent put a ton of time into somthing just for myslef ever before either.
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its certainly worth doing if you enjow doing it, and its fun for you. and you are proud of it in the end. otherwise i would tell my little girl that her crayon "drarwings" are useless too. but i think what mike means is that if your going to get start spending real money like 3000 for a camera, and involving all sorts of people, and time, and expensive equipment to make somthing that goes nowhere... its still art, but its just not filmmaking as usual. it's not nescessarily all about profit though. its about sharing that art with the masses. about being heard and making a difference. but i cant say i havent put a ton of time into somthing just for myslef ever before either.
J.R. Hudson
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It's all good Daniel. IF you dig it, then you dig it!
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It's all good Daniel. IF you dig it, then you dig it!
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No way I'm going to sit for a two-hour fan flick.
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No way I'm going to sit for a two-hour fan flick.
PurposeDriven
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I watched more than I should have and the acting was crap, I felt nothing for the characters, and I thought the blonde kid (The evil one) was the worst lightsaber fighter I have ever seen. I just didn't like it, esp. not 90 minutes of it. Hope ya'll had fun making it, just doesn't deserve to be in this forum in my opinion. If it was shot with the DVX, then they would have had 1 thing I liked about it. :-/
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I watched more than I should have and the acting was crap, I felt nothing for the characters, and I thought the blonde kid (The evil one) was the worst lightsaber fighter I have ever seen. I just didn't like it, esp. not 90 minutes of it. Hope ya'll had fun making it, just doesn't deserve to be in this forum in my opinion. If it was shot with the DVX, then they would have had 1 thing I liked about it. :-/
PurposeDriven
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I'm not!
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I'm not!
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Weird. How come the person who originally posted the thread, Daniel Runyon, removed all of his posts including the link?
It might have been because he saw himself as getting bashed when he was trying to share something that he honestly thought was cool and/or interesting, but then I really don't know.
I skimmed the film and personally didn't care for it. However, I do think that it had a place in this forum, which I believe to be about people freely coming together as a supportive/positive community to share ideas and opinions about what they are passionate about, film and the DVX. If your opinion is negative and you must express it, there are positive ways to critically get your point across without making someone else feel small. As I said I didn't really care for the film, but I respect the effort that someone put into making it. They did it; they got off their butt and made a feature length film for $800. Good for them. I'm sure that they learned a lot and their next project will be better. There is just as much to learn from bad art as there is from good art even if it's not as fun to watch.
Just my 2 cents.
Weird. How come the person who originally posted the thread, Daniel Runyon, removed all of his posts including the link?
It might have been because he saw himself as getting bashed when he was trying to share something that he honestly thought was cool and/or interesting, but then I really don't know.
I skimmed the film and personally didn't care for it. However, I do think that it had a place in this forum, which I believe to be about people freely coming together as a supportive/positive community to share ideas and opinions about what they are passionate about, film and the DVX. If your opinion is negative and you must express it, there are positive ways to critically get your point across without making someone else feel small. As I said I didn't really care for the film, but I respect the effort that someone put into making it. They did it; they got off their butt and made a feature length film for $800. Good for them. I'm sure that they learned a lot and their next project will be better. There is just as much to learn from bad art as there is from good art even if it's not as fun to watch.
Just my 2 cents.
Mike_Donis
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Yeah, that's true. But then again, the artistic factor kind of goes right out the window when its a complete copy...
Again....I did make a star wars movie when I was younger...but I'm re-iterating, they're grown men, and its a full length feature :-/
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Yeah, that's true. But then again, the artistic factor kind of goes right out the window when its a complete copy...
Again....I did make a star wars movie when I was younger...but I'm re-iterating, they're grown men, and its a full length feature :-/
Do you have a trailer for it? something that doesn't take forever to download? Oh and what was it shot with?
J.R. Hudson
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I have to agree with Daniel on this. Although it's not my bag (I'd do more of a Han Solo type one anyway!) it is creative and original. It just so happens to be set in the world of Star Wars. Would I do this? No. I would rather spend this enormous amount of time and energy on my own original ideas. But this is THEIR film; not ours.
We can't sit here and pass judgement on what these filmmakers have chosen to do. Some filmmakers choose to film flowers and their relation to coca-cola. Not my bag, but not my film.
Props to them for actually making a movie.
I have to agree with Daniel on this. Although it's not my bag (I'd do more of a Han Solo type one anyway!) it is creative and original. It just so happens to be set in the world of Star Wars. Would I do this? No. I would rather spend this enormous amount of time and energy on my own original ideas. But this is THEIR film; not ours.
We can't sit here and pass judgement on what these filmmakers have chosen to do. Some filmmakers choose to film flowers and their relation to coca-cola. Not my bag, but not my film.
Props to them for actually making a movie.
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Bully. They're out there gettin' it done.
Bully. They're out there gettin' it done.