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Post by jkikerx78 on Jul 19, 2007 6:16:58 GMT -5
My brother and I settled on a lighting kit to purchase, the second item on my wish list, and it's going to cost approx 400 dollars! It has everything we need and a training DVD as well...so I hope we are getting what we're paying for.
Got to go for quality, don't want our GAH fan film to look like a home made movie lol!
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jul 19, 2007 8:11:39 GMT -5
My brother and I settled on a lighting kit to purchase, the second item on my wish list, and it's going to cost approx 400 dollars! It has everything we need and a training DVD as well...so I hope we are getting what we're paying for. Got to go for quality, don't want our GAH fan film to look like a home made movie lol! Good thing you haven't had to pay in the challenge: More money to spend on the movie.
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Post by jkikerx78 on Jul 19, 2007 12:16:49 GMT -5
i guess it all balances out in the end lol
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jul 27, 2007 9:20:57 GMT -5
i guess it all balances out in the end lol Gotten your equipment yet and tinkered with it? Where are these updates you promised?
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Post by jkikerx78 on Jul 28, 2007 15:09:07 GMT -5
lol...your so right! I had to shell out some money for a dvd drive, so I could load the editing software to my pc...just as it finished, the program tells me I need a graphics card to even start it up! So now, this week some time, I have to get a graphics card...80 more dollars gone. After that, I can start saving for the light equipment.
As far as movies go...it's hard to get more "behind the scenes" than this. You hardly ever get to watch a movie studio getting built lol. I promise to keep more updates coming...and I'm sure you'll keep me to that promise!
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jul 28, 2007 17:46:07 GMT -5
You should make videos of the behind-the-scenes.
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Post by Lauren on Jul 28, 2007 21:50:40 GMT -5
Behind the scenes of the behind the scenes.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jul 28, 2007 22:34:32 GMT -5
Hey! A DVD extra is a DVD extra...original songs and all.
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Post by Lauren on Jul 28, 2007 23:54:34 GMT -5
Didn't say anything's wrong with that. I'd love any extras!
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Post by jkikerx78 on Aug 2, 2007 15:09:06 GMT -5
Behind the scenes of the behind the scenes. That's to funny! My brother has a graphics card on his pc, and tried our editing suite out...and his PC still couldn't handle it lol. So it looks like we both have to do a systems upgrade. I'm also working on a new job and new apartment...which means more money and more room to shoot test footage...in other words more behing the scenes of "behind the scenes" lol. Wish me luck...I really want to get this project off the ground and get the greatest american hero into the modern world!
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Aug 2, 2007 15:22:10 GMT -5
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Post by jkikerx78 on Aug 2, 2007 20:51:40 GMT -5
lol...that's the fun thing about the GAH mythology, there are so many different stories that can be told.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Aug 15, 2007 14:59:30 GMT -5
lol...that's the fun thing about the GAH mythology, there are so many different stories that can be told. True. How's it going? Have a script and everything?
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Post by Ms Boku on Aug 16, 2007 0:33:46 GMT -5
You don't even want to know what I heard. They were going to bring back Heroine! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! After all the time I took to get rid of her. It had just better be a rumor.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Aug 16, 2007 0:43:50 GMT -5
You don't even want to know what I heard. They were going to bring back Heroine! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! After all the time I took to get rid of her. It had just better be a rumor. Oh...did you get rid of her? I think the HEROINE angle should not be ignored. Just because you are all hopelessly devoted (nice GREASE tie-in, huh?) to Katt's character does not mean it should be ignored that there was a revival attempt. Get over it...Katt is out because he was too ego-driven. Yes, you have sobered him up NOW, Ms. B by stealing his clothes and showing his girly physique...but that was not the case back then.
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Post by MelMac on Aug 16, 2007 16:40:50 GMT -5
You don't even want to know what I heard. They were going to bring back Heroine! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! After all the time I took to get rid of her. It had just better be a rumor. Oh...did you get rid of her? I think the HEROINE angle should not be ignored. Just because you are all hopelessly devoted (nice GREASE tie-in, huh?) to Katt's character does not mean it should be ignored that there was a revival attempt. Get over it...Katt is out because he was too ego-driven. Yes, you have sobered him up NOW, Ms. B by stealing his clothes and showing his girly physique...but that was not the case back then. Katt was not out because he was ego-driven: Ralph was out because of that. Katt was out because he was in the "Perry Mason" movies (and doing well in them). And, since the majority of causal viewers don't know about the attempt, they can ignore it, or if they must include it, there's several ways around it, some that don't require a dream. Personally, I hope the comment made about a heroine being in tgah.com is wrong. I don't see it working to begin with, but if they're going to bring back the show, they should have a male in the suit. (Yes, I say this and write a spinoff with a female wearer.)
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Post by jkikerx78 on Aug 16, 2007 16:59:15 GMT -5
The "Heroine" character may have worked, if it wasn't for the bad quality of the pilot. It was rushed story wise and ended Ralph's run as the hero in a very disrespectful way. I would be fine with a female hero in the suit and a new partner for her...someone who has nothing to do with the original series.
As far as my fan film, I'm building a green screen in my spare room...for test flights in the costume I bought online (not the costume that will be in the movie). Money is tight right now, so it's getting done in baby steps...really wish I had that studio money lol.
The movie is entirely removed from the original series, to take advantages that they couldn't before. He gets to keep the instructions, but that doesn't mean he understands them. Remember the episode where he was shot and later healed by the aliens? He ended up with new instructions...when he read them out loud, they sounded like something only a PHD in physics could understand. So I wanted to have some fun with that...he tries his best to understand the instructions, trying new powers...but often gets them wrong(fun by trial and error).
He also can fly better than Ralph, which was influenced by the new animation on this website. The panels showed Ralph flying with more control...which I like. On the other hand, I loved seeing Ralph crash...so I will be writing that in. He just can't seem to slow down, which means we can look forward to exciting flying scenes and hilarious landings! I know some people may not want to see a GAH flying the right way...but I really don't care lol.
I'm aiming to make this film a little more serious than the tv show...because it's a more serious world, but it will still be a comedy as well. I'm not one for a lot of camp, but I do love humor...so it will be interesting trying to walk that line. Anyway...hope that is enough for now, and of course feedback is always welcomed.
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Post by jkikerx78 on Aug 16, 2007 17:05:58 GMT -5
Almost forgot...the costume will be slightly altered as well. Retract the claws folks...it will still be the red and black suit, only more modern looking. The idea is that this suit is for a new generation of "hero". It's a upgrade from the old suit...though not a muscle suit, which I'm never really fond of, it will look like it can make a man fly.
I'll try to do some concept art this weekend, if I get a moment of free time lol. I'll post it here and let the complaining begin...let's face it, we all hate change lol. I'll take feedback, and of course I'll take the "you suck!" comments as well haha.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Aug 16, 2007 17:16:01 GMT -5
Nice job. I hope we all like it...then, maybe you will have financial backing.
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Post by jkikerx78 on Aug 16, 2007 17:28:06 GMT -5
lol...I'll hold you to that!
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