Streaming shorts to precede the Star Wars movies?
November 8, 2015 10:31 AM Subscribe
I'm showing the Star Wars movies to a mixed set of 1st to 8th graders (who have mostly seen it before) and I think they'd be receptive to a short film preceding each movie, in the manner of those old dream palace bills. Suggestions for something streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon or YouTube?
A TRIP TO THE MOON is on Netflix, and I know a few of them have watched HUGO or read the Selznick book, so I thought I'd start there. I don't know if any of the FLASH GORDON-esque serials that inspired Lucas are handsomely presented for streaming anywhere, but that's a possibility. Also considering a DOCTOR WHO short for some nerd breadth. Is there a good Genndy Tartovsky STAR WARS animation snippet to seek out? A great online fan film?
A TRIP TO THE MOON is on Netflix, and I know a few of them have watched HUGO or read the Selznick book, so I thought I'd start there. I don't know if any of the FLASH GORDON-esque serials that inspired Lucas are handsomely presented for streaming anywhere, but that's a possibility. Also considering a DOCTOR WHO short for some nerd breadth. Is there a good Genndy Tartovsky STAR WARS animation snippet to seek out? A great online fan film?
So in the old days you had a cartoon and a newsreel.
Could you show a really old newsreel about space, planet or similar?
The cartoon could be one of the old ones about martians.
posted by ReluctantViking at 10:35 AM on November 8, 2015
Could you show a really old newsreel about space, planet or similar?
The cartoon could be one of the old ones about martians.
posted by ReluctantViking at 10:35 AM on November 8, 2015
Or, and this is a longshot, but if you can find a copy you could show the beginning of The Hidden Fortress, which was one of Lucas's inspirations for the interaction between R2 and 3PO.
posted by LobsterMitten at 10:38 AM on November 8, 2015
posted by LobsterMitten at 10:38 AM on November 8, 2015
YouTube is FULL of old Serials!
The Captain Marvel one is quite good.
They might be interested in the Captain America or one of the Batman ones (1943 or 1949).
The Undersea Kingdom.
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars.
Happy hunting! This is a great idea!
posted by Major Matt Mason Dixon at 10:40 AM on November 8, 2015
The Captain Marvel one is quite good.
They might be interested in the Captain America or one of the Batman ones (1943 or 1949).
The Undersea Kingdom.
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars.
Happy hunting! This is a great idea!
posted by Major Matt Mason Dixon at 10:40 AM on November 8, 2015
See if you can find real-world newsreels or classic movie trailers with events that mirrored or inspired the films. So for Episode 4, try finding something about the Dam Busters of Operation Chastise and some clips from The Hidden Fortress. For Empire, the battle of Stalingrad and the ghost scene from Hamlet. For Jedi, where audiences meet a supposedly unsophisticated aboriginal population of Ewoks, a couple of scenes from Nanook of the North or The Last of the Mohicans.
posted by infinitewindow at 10:52 AM on November 8, 2015
posted by infinitewindow at 10:52 AM on November 8, 2015
Hardware Wars! Or Hardware Wars Special Edition!
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 11:05 AM on November 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 11:05 AM on November 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
There are so many good animation shorts available online now that you should have a cartoon as part of every bill. Start with Burning Safari. The Lost Thing is beyond wonderful. A few PES films always make a nice addition. Konstantin Bronzit will make kids laugh. Nina Paley's FETCH is delightful. You'll have to decide whether your audience is mature enough for Headless Studio's Strange Oaks. Personally it slays me, as do several of their other shorts available at the same place.
My tastes tend a little bit dark, but hopefully some of these will amuse. Write if you need more.
posted by cleroy at 4:21 PM on November 8, 2015
My tastes tend a little bit dark, but hopefully some of these will amuse. Write if you need more.
posted by cleroy at 4:21 PM on November 8, 2015
In homage to the new owners of the Star Wars franchise, what about some of the really old Disney shorts?
posted by sarahsynonymous at 4:26 PM on November 8, 2015
posted by sarahsynonymous at 4:26 PM on November 8, 2015
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Or, Laurel and Hardy for the buddy-comedy aspect that goes with R2 and 3PO?
posted by LobsterMitten at 10:35 AM on November 8, 2015