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Redshirt Blues
''Redshirt Blues'' is a 2001 fan film that was Fan-made, made by fans of original ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek''. It was written, directed and produced by David O. Rogers. It satirizes the use of Redshirt (character), redshirts on the television series as well as the show itself, its fans, and popular culture. Plot The disillusioned and disgruntled redshirt Crewman Averson is stuck on patrol on an unknown planet when he meets optimistic Crewman Leeds, who is new on board the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), USS ''Enterprise''. As the two search for an energy field, Averson tells Leeds the true nature of redshirts as cannon fodder: "Redshirts die first" and goes on about his opinions on Captain James T. Kirk, Kirk, Spock, and other fixtures of the show. Leeds on the other hand says he is eager to serve in Starfleet, wants to learn to speak Klingon Language, Klingon "just for fun" and his observation about how Qui-Gon Jinn doesn't disappear in ''Star Wars: Episode I – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fan Film
A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book, book, or video game created by fans rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators. It is a form of fan fiction. Fan filmmakers have traditionally been amateurs, but some of the more notable films have actually been produced by professional filmmakers as film school class projects or as demonstration reels. Fan films vary tremendously in quality, as well as in length, from short faux-teaser trailers for non-existent motion pictures to full-length motion pictures. Fan films are also examples of fan labor and the remix culture. Closely related concepts are fandubs, fansubs and vidding which are reworks of fans on already released film material. History The earliest known fan film is ''Anderson 'Our Gang'',Young, Clive (2008) Homemade Hollywood: Fans Behind The Camera, Continuum Books, New York / London which was produced in 1926 by a pair of itinerant filmmakers. Shot in Anderson, South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |