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Post by vanhagar3000 on Nov 11, 2003 18:04:06 GMT -5
I was just wondering what is your opinion on MST3K fan vids. Some people say that they are tributes others say they are rip offs?
My personal opinion is that as long as they stay fan vids and don't get too cocky, they are okay. Most of them I have seen is like an okay or even a little better episode of MST3K. Now they almost seem necessary since MST3K was put off the air. I think since many of them are fairly enjoyable they are okay.
I've been thinking of doing my own MST3K recently. Just something around a large group of people (so I can't just riff at my house). It would be pretty low budget, just dubbing over the movie no bluescreen or silhouettes. I may be able to get someone else to do a puppet, so the best I would be able to is Crow and BEEPER! I'd call it Mystery Science Theater 2000, the prequal to MST3K. I'd have kid version of Dr. Endhardt and Dr. Forrester. Each one would have a short and a film first couple of films are Plan 9, Godzilla vs. Smog Monster, SST Death Flight, and Glen or Glenda.
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Post by Skyroniter on Nov 11, 2003 20:19:37 GMT -5
Go for it! I've seen some great fan vids with high production values (Mystery Fandom Theater) and some excellent ones (Count Xigeous' Halloween Bloodbath for example) that had no production values.
Search em out and see what others have done. Creativity can shine despite the budget. Just ask Roger Corman! On second thought...
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Post by Pete on Nov 11, 2003 20:46:44 GMT -5
As long as you don't try to make a profit from it, how could they be interpreted as anything but a tribute?
Though I've yet to see one, I think fan vids are a great idea, especially now that the MST3K is gone and soon to be off-the-air.
So go ahead and do it, Good Luck.
-Pete
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Post by Trash2000 on Nov 11, 2003 22:06:42 GMT -5
My friends and I are working on a fanvid right now but it's going kind of slow due to lack of funds and time (We're all in high school). I have all the basic software and equipment to do the shadowrama and I'm working on building Crow but the problem is that the movie we chose (R.O.T.O.R) is so horrible I can only stand watching it in half hour increments, which hurts the writing process. Hopefully, the pain of watching it will dull after several viewings. I'm considering postponing R.O.T.O.R and trying another movie first, but I will probably stick with R.O.T.O.R since I have already written several pages of riffs for it.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Nov 11, 2003 22:34:17 GMT -5
I love the idea as fanvids, though I've never seen one myself. I oughtta pick up one some day, just to see if they're any good.
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Post by mightyjack on Nov 12, 2003 0:03:55 GMT -5
I can understand wanting to work the creative spirit and have fun making these tributes to the show.
Fandoms probably the best. Buuut, no ones comes close to the originals. Makes you realize what a talent group they had at Best Brains.
I'd love to give one a shot. But the cost, the mechinics of it AND trying to get a group of funny people together for writing and filming... That would be an uphill battle.
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Post by Ator on Nov 12, 2003 3:29:39 GMT -5
Fandom Theater is really, really good. It's near MST quality in the theater aspect in terms of riffs. I thought the host segments were kinda lame though. Get Starcrash. VERY funny.
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Post by Ator on Nov 12, 2003 3:30:55 GMT -5
Oh, and I would LOVE to do my own episode. I've got time-a-plenty to do it too. Who live in northwest Florida?
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Nov 12, 2003 12:34:54 GMT -5
 The MST3K Reviews Fan-Vid!
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Post by Monstrcaldgamera on Nov 13, 2003 19:37:49 GMT -5
I'm doing a new fan-vid series, but from what you guys have been saying, maybe I should keep it hush hush at this site... ;D
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Post by mightyjack on Nov 14, 2003 0:42:48 GMT -5
Ha, I just did the same. I rented an old B-Movie favorite, jotted 'em down as they came to me and ended up with about 40 riffs by the end of it (I know, I'll need a LOT more than that!). If I could just do this quick and dirty, don't worry about the bots, get a few friends to write some more jokes and simply do voice overs.
I wonder how you'd do that? Or who I could call for info. One of those public access stations perhaps?
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Nov 14, 2003 9:51:43 GMT -5
Public Access might have the technology to do it. Also, I know of computer software that can let you add voices to an already existing movie file.
You could also go the hard way and construct either a blue screen or you could build a giant TV set. These aren't recommended, though.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Nov 14, 2003 9:53:26 GMT -5
Oh, and there's always the unethical way to make a fan vid.
See, first you have to kidnap a person or three, and then trap them in an inescapable location, one room of which happens to be a movie theater....
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Post by FanvidLister on Jan 12, 2004 13:06:47 GMT -5
There's all kinds of computer software that will allow you to mess with audio, but why not go ahead and do some shadorama? You'll be messing with the video anyway. There's a tutorial on my website that shows how to do shadorama very cheaply, with computers. If you're really only interesed in doing voice-overs, the quick and dirty way would be to have two VCR's. Play the movie on one, with the volume up on the TV, and connect a microphone to the audio input of a second VCR. The microphone should be able to pick up the sound of the movie audio from the TV and the voices of the riffers. You'll need to connect the video out of the playing VCR to the video in on the recording VCR, too. What you're really only doing is replacing the audio, and that's not too hard. The hardest part, besides finding a good balance between TV volume and riffer voices, is finding a mic with the right connector to plug into your VCR. Ha, I just did the same. I rented an old B-Movie favorite, jotted 'em down as they came to me and ended up with about 40 riffs by the end of it (I know, I'll need a LOT more than that!). If I could just do this quick and dirty, don't worry about the bots, get a few friends to write some more jokes and simply do voice overs. I wonder how you'd do that? Or who I could call for info. One of those public access stations perhaps? |
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Post by LordKaT on Jan 13, 2004 6:40:21 GMT -5
My local Communiy Access Television allows anyone to produce a show, as long as you take the classes and get registered for it.
They also offer classes for video/audio editing. Chroma-Keying is possibly one of the neatest effects in the world. Layred Chroma-Keying is one of the more difficult effects to pull off, but MST3K did it with such style and grace, it makes my jaw drop.
--LordKaT
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