Fanarchy
Cosplayers Maria Brine and Zack Young at Halcon, Halifax, Nova Scotia during the filming of Fanarchy.
Film Critic, Leonard Maltin, at his home in Los Angeles, California, during the filming of Fanarchy.
Fan filmmaker Vic Mignogna, Director of Star Trek Continues at Toronto Fan Expo during filming of Fanarchy.
Adrian Sayce, Star Wars Revisited, at his home studio in Wolverhampton, London, UK during the filming of Fanarchy.
Writer/Director Chris Demarais of Rooster Teeth at Comic-con during filming of Fanarchy.
Barbara Dunkelman, Community Manager at Rooster Teeth Productions, on location in Austen, Texas, during the filming of Fanarchy.
Harry Knowles, Film Critic Ain’t It Cool News, at Wizard World Austen, Texas, during the filming of Fanarchy.
Writer, Director, Actor, Brea Grant, at her home in Los Angeles, California during the filming of Fanarchy.
Obi-wan Ranch.
We’re in the midst of a huge cultural transformation where media has become a participatory sport. Fans are no longer satisfied being passive consumers of content. With affordable technology at their fingertips, fans are now producing more new content per month than studios or networks combined.
Whether it’s an original idea or their own personal spin on a favorite film or TV show, fans are taking the reins, revamping the old system and blurring the line between amateur and professional.
Fanarchy uncovers a subculture of die-hard fans who risk life, limb and financial bankruptcy in their quest to pay homage to the films and stories they love.
While the resulting films range wildly in quality but rank high in entertainment value. It’s hard to resist a shot-by-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark made by a bunch of kids, a passionate makeover of a Marvel superhero, or a seamlessly accurate continuation of the original Star Trek series.
Look out Hollywood, the barbarians are at the gate! Fan culture is on the rise and is challenging the entertainment industry by becoming a creative force in its own right.
Fanarchy exposes this burgeoning media landscape and the issues that potentially complicate it – copyright, intellectual property and the concept of originality in a remix culture.