Finding Independently Produced TV Shows? 151
bornagainpenguin writes "Slashdot recently reported that Stargate Universe was canceled, taking with it yet another of the vanishingly smaller network Sci-Fi shows to watch on TV. In the comments of that story someone mentioned Pioneer One as an alternative to traditional network series. I'm downloading it now and looking forward to seeing it, but I'm wondering what else is available that is independently produced and has a greater emphasis on plot and actually finishing the story? I'm already a fan of efforts like Batman: City of Scars, Starwreck: In the Pirkinning, and Star Trek: Phase II so I know that great things are possible, I just don't know where to find them! Can you help by making some recommendations?"
Re:Working links? (Score:5, Informative)
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/12/17/1943224/Stargate-Universe-Cancelled [slashdot.org]
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/06/18/batman-fan-film-city-of-scars/ [comicsalliance.com]
http://www.starwreck.com/ [starwreck.com]
http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/ [startreknewvoyages.com]
http://www.pioneerone.tv/ [pioneerone.tv]
If you like Star Trek: Phase II... (Score:5, Informative)
You'll like:
Starship Farragut: http://www.starshipfarragut.com/ [starshipfarragut.com]
Starship Farragut Animated: http://www.farragut-animated.com/ [farragut-animated.com]
Star Trek: Intrepid: http://www.starshipintrepid.net/ [starshipintrepid.net]
Frontier Guard: http://www.frontier-guard.com/ [frontier-guard.com]
These will give you a good start...
There are about 10 good shows out there, and... (Score:5, Informative)
I'm an indie filmmaker myself (used to be a tech nerd a few years ago, but turned into movie magic 3 years ago). I'm constantly trying to find such good shows too, online. And I have quite a list for you. :-)
- Continuum, scifi: http://www.facebook.com/ContinuumTV [facebook.com] (shot with a Canon 7D dSLR)
- Pink http://www.pinktheseries.com/ [pinktheseries.com]
- http://mindseyeseries.com/ [mindseyeseries.com]
- http://www.minglemediatv.com/CursedWebSeries.html [minglemediatv.com]
- http://www.crackle.com/c/Trenches [crackle.com]
- http://www.crackle.com/c/Fear_Clinic [crackle.com]
- http://www.asylumseries.com/ [asylumseries.com] (shot with a RED One)
- http://www.crackle.com/c/The_Bannen_Way [crackle.com]
- http://www.crackle.com/c/Urban_Wolf [crackle.com]
- condition:Human http://vimeo.com/user1160921 [vimeo.com]
- http://compulsions.tv/ [compulsions.tv]
- and of course, the videos in these two Vimeo Channels: http://vimeo.com/channels/hd [vimeo.com] and http://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks [vimeo.com] if you have a Roku, or a GoogleTV you can view most of these shows above via RSS, or via the Vimeo application for these two platforms. The videos in these two Vimeo channels, are really, really good indie work.
There's one more sci-fi web series coming out soon, but I can't remember its name. They use Canon dSLRs to shoot it.
Feel free to email me btw, if you like to discuss any of that, I'm a lot into indie filmmaking: http://eugenia.queru.com/ [queru.com]