Anonymous
Anonymous asked:
What's your Brony story?
My Brony story is a relatively interesting one. I first heard about My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic from my Disneyland friends, Rachel and Leanne. The both of them are HUGE animation fans and they had asked me one Sunday when I was hanging out with them “Eric have you seen My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?” To which I responded “My Little Pony?”
They assured me that the show was really good, so out of pure curiosity I watched the pilot and I thought it was cute for what it was. Eventually I ended up marathoning a majority of Season 1 (I came into the fandom when Cutie Mark Chronicles was the latest episode) in a day or two. At first, I didn’t really know what to think of the show.
It wasn’t until I learned that my dear friend Edward Marmet (AKA Co-Producer of Journey of the Spark) was talking to me about how he was making fanart for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. That was when I became aware that Bronies existed and that I wasn’t alone in actually liking the show for its merits because at the time I thought I was going to be judged and ostracized for liking a show based on a franchise made specifically for little girls.
I eventually decided to go back and watch Season 1 all over again, now with the Season being completed, and I started to fall in love with it. It was then that I came across my first Brony creation: PONIES: The Anthology. I became a Brony almost instantly and my undeniable love and affection for both the show and the fandom hasn’t ceased since then.
Anonymous
Anonymous asked:
I think that we all know that someday... whether that be after Season 4 (which has been confirmed) or even Season 5... My Little Pony Friendship is Magic will come to an end. I've got two questions... 1.) Do you think that with the end of MLP FiM the Brony fan base will fizzle out or do you think it'll stay strong 2.) With as popular as MLP is now, Hasbro is bound to make another rendition of My Little Pony when FiM is over... where do you want that series to go personally?
To answer both questions, let’s just take them in order:
1) I think Ashleigh Ball said it the best when she was at BronyCon January 2012: Bronies will always exist so long as My Little Pony exists. That is something I will stick by. I have no worries about the fanbase fizzling out even after the show is over because with all of these fan projects coming out, the show’s legacy will still live on and not to toot my own horn or anything, but I think Journey of the Spark will help revive the interest in the show even after its over.
2) Personally, I don’t really care which direction Hasbro takes the My Little Pony brand when FiM ends. Just so long as they are able to take more chances with getting top tier talent on the brand and creating new shows and stories and ideas that fall in the same line of quality as FiM, I think the property will last for a while. That’s what I think anyways.
Anonymous
Anonymous asked:
Do you normally think about other internet films that aren't MLP related?. When I think of internet films. I think of the TGWTG movie trilogy consisting of Kickassia, Suburban Knights and To Boldly Flee.
No, not really. I don’t watch too many internet films or fan-films simply because I don’t have the time to. I think the only fanfilm I have seen fully is the Mega Man fan film and even that one was remotely decent. I enjoyed it. But I don’t think I’d watch it again.
Anonymous
Anonymous asked:
Any advice to aspiring film makers working on their own MLP FiM fan films?
One of the biggest pieces of advice that I can give to anyone is that it is much wiser to go and make a film simply because you want to make it. Don’t stoop down to dumbing down your story or the source material simply to appeal to the Brony fandom.
With that said though, you need to have a great deal of knowledge on how filmmaking works. Simply being a good leader of a team does not make you a good director. Understanding how everyone’s job on the project works will help you get your vision out there better. But you need to know how the process of making a film goes.
Also, the best types of stories are the ones that introduce something familiar but thought-provoking at the same time. Everything in your story needs to have a point. Why are the characters going on this quest? What is the purpose of them doing so? What do they learn from this experience?
Also, do not try to rush your product out the door. I see too many projects in the community that feel that they have to get their films out the door by Summer next year. In actuality, those projects are not going to last. Being ambitious is one thing, but you need to be practical too. Films take years to make. They don’t get made overnight.
Often times, you’re going to find yourself in the development stage for years because you want to make sure that your story is just right. It takes several drafts to get a story perfectly tuned. Take your time with your project, but most importantly… actually give two shits about the story you’re trying to tell and have a LOT of patience.
Anonymous
Anonymous asked:
When the film is finished, and you've screened it at conventions, will you take requests for the film to be screened in theaters, for example: if somebody volunteered to pay their local theater to screen Journey of the Spark would you allow it... and lastly will it be available on DVD?
I have wanted to screen Journey of the Spark in a theater. But due to copyrights, I believe that it would be a dodgy process getting the film in theaters. The thing is though, if you want to volunteer to screen Journey of the Spark at your local movie theater, the admission to see the film would have to be for free. You would not be able to charge for tickets.
