“Don’t let the bright lights and loud sounds fool you. This is fan art, not the work of Joss Whedon.”
Why did Billy Boy want to give Penny keys to a shiny new Australia? What’s the deal with Johnny Snow? Why the heck do people like Captain Hammer so damn much anyway? Answers to all these questions and more are now just a click away.
Shot in several locations around Houston, Texas, Horrible Turn tells the story of Billy Boy before he receives his PhD in Horribleness…you know, high school. It features 12 original songs, a talented cast of young performers, enough insider Whedon jokes to please the brownest of Browncoats and the Guildies.
Oh yeah, and it’s completely fan created.
Tubefilter had a chance to catch up with Chance McClain who directed, co-wrote, and co-produced this intrepid not-actually-canon-but-darn-good prequel. “We had a vision and fought to bring it to light at any cost,” said McClain. “401K’s were cashed in, tax refunds were used, and we inched across the finish line … The crew size varied. Some of the shoots were just me with Joey (Wright) or Kevin (Ryan) on camera. We would set the lights and start shooting. Other days we would have 10 or more people working crew. We would have a boom operator and three people setting lights, a hair dresser, make-up…like a real movie set!”
Joss Whedon and his creative team has always been encouraging of fan generated content, having run a contest to include video applications to the Evil League of Evil on the Dr. Horrible DVD. One of these entries grew to become the transmedia web series Fury of Solace.
