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dk

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There is a lot of really good writing from members here. What if an existing short was decided on and arrangements could be made to do a ten minute short? Members could pony up a few bucks to an Admin sanctioned fund perhaps and make something by fans for fans? Here is an example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4drucg1A6Xk

 

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Blackwinter-witch
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I'd be up for that, I've been experimenting with teaching myself to write in Script format...hardest part is REMEMBERING to do so :D

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There are tons of shrt movies out there and well made too. My example didn't even have dialogue and didn't need it. Figure if 10,000 members could cough up $10 for a 10 minute short. Not a bad budget for someone who knows how to do it. There might be enough for a profit instead of people doing it "for the sake of the art".

For this, I am just an idea guy. There has to be someone out there who could make it happen.

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There has to be an incentive. A budget and good story is a good way to start.

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It's a good idea, I agree, and the trail has been blazed by The Animated Story found here in this forum I have to mention in addition. :)

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I missed that. Link?

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Hell yeah!! That's a great idea.

Have you seen the fan-funded fan-fiction, community made Predator short??? It is superbly done, and shows what dedicated fans can do!!

Predator: Dark Ages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRD8jAk274I

 

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We could get involved in a big old brain-storming session to see what collectively we can come up with!

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10,000 members contributing $10 would total up to $100K, or roughly the budget of independent horror film The Void (look it up). I have an idea similar to this, only it involves 300K and a storyboard/screenplay (I should be fully done with it in about a month). I already have the material I need to make the opening credits for a kickstarter. 

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Here's the link to the Animated Series
Introducing Alien: Covenant The Unofficial Animated Series!

 

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We need to find out who could do it. then we need to find out how much it would cost and somehow decide. Then we need to decide which story makes the cut. Again, for this, I only have the idea. Members should put feelers out.

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DK - I am always interested in aiding in the ongoing fight against the Nothing! :)

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We need to decide a story within a time constraint, who can do it and what it would cost. Then we should have a time frame with some oversight. Otherwise we should let the people alone and enjoy what happens imo.

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DK - How would we decide these facets of pre-production? :)

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Maybe someone else should take the lead?

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Something Real
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DK - Hmm...I believe we, each of us, could provide something valuable to this process if we are organized properly. :)

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We could totally do a feature-length 'non-canon independent' Alien film for what you are proposing ($100K). A short (I am assuming 21 min) would cost about an eigth of that (around $20k)...

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DK - Lovely thought !!

We would probably need to expand our search for the contributors. 10K is a lot. We only average about 127 (rough) online at a time and seem to be familiar users.

However if we accompany it with a Patreon or GoFundMe account and maybe ask the YT audience (sorry if that hurts)

Getting the YT bloggers and any other Film related guys to promote. I would gladly spend a piece of my day in the comments trying to plug it on various sites if it is something we believe is achievable.

Would need to be an intricate long term vision and perhaps voted decisions from members on here?

Could aim to have it done just B4 Awakening drops (If it does but i think it will)

Im willing to help anyways is what im saying

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Cool!

 

Oh and speaking of fan films:         What ever happened to that Newt Alien adventure? The one where Fox asked them not to make it, because it was similar to Alien 5?

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How about an animated one? That would make certain things easier. Something like Akira, i know it's an Anime but some are better than live action movies.

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OMG that sounds AWESOME! ...I think I'll have a hard time assuaging my husbands predictable fears that I'm giving money to a scam or something, though...

 

Sorry to be so shameless and self aggrandizing but... IS ANYBODY INTERESTED IN USING ON OF MY STORIES?? :D :D :D I have some ideas for how to adapt one of them for the screen...

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