Fan Film

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See also:	vidding, fic trailer
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Fan Films are films made by fans set in a fandom's universe but with fan-made footage, rather than remixes of existing footage as in vidding. Clive Young's book "Homemade Hollywood: Fans Behind The Camera" (2008) provides a fairly exhaustive history of fan films up until the time of publication.

Examples

• The Legend of Zelda
  • The Hero of Time [1]
• LOTR
  • Born of Hope [2]
  • The Hunt for Gollum [3]
• Perry Rhodan
  • Der Einsame der Zeit [4] (1969-present)
• Stargate Atlantis
  • Stargate Atlantis: A Mini Adventure by fraggledragon [5]
• Star Trek
  • Raumschiff Highlander [6]
    • The Return of Captain Norad (1995)
    • Captain Norad, Ruler of the Universe (1996)
    • Captain Norad, King of the Impossible (1997)
    • Raumschiff Highlander: History (1998)
    • Norad - Resurrection (1999)
  • Star Trek: New Voyages [7]
  • Steam Trek: The Moving Picture by Dennis Sisterson (1994) [8]
• Indiana Jones
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation

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• Fan filmmaking and copyright in a global world: "Warhammer 40,000" fan films and the case of "Damnatus", article by John Walliss in Transformative Works and Cultures, Vol 5 (2010).