#4010116 - 09/15/14 05:06 PM
Re: SimHQ - SciFi Sunday (September 14, 2014)
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Thanks for posting these. Even if I don't get to watch right away I save them in a playlist. Its unfortunate how many great shorts there are but rarely a good scifi full length movie.
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#4010500 - 09/16/14 03:03 PM
Re: SimHQ - SciFi Sunday (September 14, 2014)
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Also, don't forget that it is generally easier to write a good short story than a good novel. This applies to films and TV as well. A TV series with only 10 eps a season is going to have better stories than one that had 26. Quality trumps quantity. A 15 min film is literally 1/8 the length of a feature, so you don't need to pad out your main story or add subplots to make it the right length.
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#4010837 - 09/17/14 05:57 AM
Re: SimHQ - SciFi Sunday (September 14, 2014)
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Both THX and Jedi are spot on with their assessments.
Additionally, these scifi short films on the net are made specifically to cater to a niche audience. Full length Hollywood productions must by virtue of their production costs appeal to a wider audience. I would have thought that the purpose of these projects, which aren't cheap, and involve a lot of volunteered time, would be as a demo, a production credit, promoting the participants as competent craftsmen, and perhaps supporting the main creators' bid for funding for a full commercial project. Sort of, do what you really like, and have fun, while creating a resum item to further your career.
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#4010902 - 09/17/14 12:52 PM
Re: SimHQ - SciFi Sunday (September 14, 2014)
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I agree with points brought up by Panzer and Jedi. Saying that we have the unicorns from Hollywood to the likes of:
2001 Alien Brazil Blade Runner Moon
So it can be done if a group of individuals in California decide to do so.
Eh, only ONE of those was made in this century. That one was very low budget (it hid it well) so it didn't need to appeal to a large market. Last big budget artsy films I can think of were Cloud Atlas (bomb!) and Life of Pi. The Jedi Master
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