Fan Film Project Corvallis Branch

09/23/2016

I got an email from Kirk Johnson yesterday informing me that he's getting ready to start things back up with The Fan Film Project and its associated goals.

This came just as we (the behind the scenes folks here at the Corvallis branch aka Hybrid-Divergent Productions) were discussing starting things up again, independently of the global organization, this January.

I'm not yet sure when TFFP as a whole is going to get running again, nor what the priorities will be (though I have some suspicions on the latter). On the other hand, watch this space in November and December for likely announcements about HDP and possibly TFFP as well.

04/09/2016

I received official word this week that Kirk Johnson, the founder and leader of the global organization, has decided to, as he put it, "throw in the towel." The Fan Film Project, as a global effort, is no more.

This means that such projects as "Doctor Who 2.0 Origins," "Intergalactic Space Rangers," and the like are no longer being pursued.

At this time I don't know whether Kirk is giving up on it altogether, or just putting it on a shelf with the possibility of revisiting it at some later date. I'm hoping for the latter, as are many other people who have been involved at the global level, but right now I just don't know. (I suspect that Kirk doesn't either.)

What does this mean for us, in our local group? Well, there's going to be a name change for this Facebook group; most likely I'll just go with Hybrid-Divergent Productions, though I may go with something else if a good one comes to me.

The only project we've had planned that this news should affect is "Shadows of Enkara," since that's based on some of Kirk's intellectual property; I'm still trying to work out whether we can still produce that or not..

Other projects, including "Crossed Swords," "Erasure," "Doctor Nose," and so forth, can go forward without any additional troubles (on top of what we're already experiencing). How that will happen has yet to be worked out, but at least they're not much affected by the closure of TFFP.

03/27/2016

Due to lack of personnel and attendance, we will be suspending our regular meetings until further notice.

However: this does NOT mean that we're suspending operations! We're still working toward recording audio dramas, and there's a very real possibility of one of them appearing on the stage some time in the next year.

We also are seeing some hope of actually putting something on film (well, digital video) in the near future.

I need to keep details under wraps for now, but hopefully there will be some good news about these in the next few weeks.

11/07/2015

Because of the holidays (and a variety of other issues), we will have only one meeting in November, and only one in December.

Let's be ready to jump on things in January. Those of you cast in "Shadows of Enkara," please work on your lines so we can record stuff.

For the same reason, if you get an idea for an audio skit, please go ahead and write it out.

(As a reminder, we are focusing for now on audio recordings; filming stuff will wait until we get a camera, or springtime, whichever is later.)

10/15/2015

Due to a variety of conflicts, all remaining Saturday meetings for the month of October will be cancelled.

We hope to see some people at our next meeting, November 7 (unless of course that's cancelled too for some reason).

09/06/2015

We decided today to set aside our film-based projects.

We're not quitting them altogether; we're just not going to be actively pursuing them for a while. We lack the equipment to do anything with them, and the people (knowledgeable or otherwise) to operate that equipment. We simply do not have the skills and other resources we need for effective fundraising and recruitment.

(Note that this applies only to the local-based films such as "Crossed Swords" and "Erasure," not to the global projects such as "Intergalactic Space Rangers.")

We will continue to work on audio dramas such as "Shadows of Enkara," and whatever else we can think up. Adaptations of classic works -- given our own twists, of course -- is one distinct possibility. These are works that we can put together relatively easily, using only equipment that we already have on hand.

Hopefully these audio works, posted to appropriate websites, will eventually (or, better yet, quickly) help us to earn the money and visibility we'll need to make actual videos.

08/13/2015

Again, due to some scheduling troubles and other conflicts, we will not be meeting this coming weekend (15 August).

On the other hand, I'm inching closer to being able to record our audio dramas and skits at the following meeting (22 August). I'll let you all know for sure as soon as I know myself.

07/31/2015

Because of various health issues (and how the hot weather affects some of them) there will be no meeting this coming Saturday afternoon (1 Aug).

I'm still planning on a meeting the following Saturday (8 Aug), and if things go well we may get to start recording some parts for our audio dramas. If you're seeing this and you have a part in "Shadows of Enkara" that you still want, please post a Reply to this (it's not required; it's just to relieve some of my anxiety).

04/28/2015

This video shows some of the fight choreography that has been done toward "Crossed Swords," which we hope to make as one of our first short films. It also describes some of the story.

(This video will be included in our upcoming Indiegogo campaign.)

The first film that we're planning to make is "Crossed Swords," an homage of sorts to NBC's Grimm. It involves a confrontation between Fiona Valentine (Kelly...

04/28/2015

This is the first episode of what is to be an ongoing series of audio dramas produced by the global-level TFFP. The series is "Doorways and Dimensions," something between "Twilight Zone" and "Tales from the Crypt."

"Breathe" is about a space pilot on an important personal mission who, running out of air, comes in to a space station only to find that it's abandoned -- but not unpopulated.

This is the first of a series of Science Fiction audio books that will be made available for free to you on a month to month basis. Doorways and Dimensions i...

04/27/2015

Please remember: we need to create some early "buzz" for our projects, so please share the YouTube videos and other links liberally.

I'll post a couple of those in here tomorrow, in case anyone needs help with it.

04/15/2015

The cancellation of this weekend's meeting has been cancelled.

In other words, we are meeting this Saturday after all, as reflected in the changed meeting time.