# Ghostbusters - Pirates of the Classroom **URL:** \ **Category:** Fan Videos\ **Created:** [July 10, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-pirates-of-the-classroom/34714 "2008-07-10T20:06:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JT94](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/jt94/32/5912_2.png) [@JT94](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/JT94)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-pirates-of-the-classroom/34714/1 "2008-07-10T20:06:59Z")
Well, i thought it was about time to post something about the project i have been working on recently, it’s a lot of writing i know but it has to be done. As the title suggests it’s about Ghostbusters and some pirates that are haunting a school. I wrote the script (about 4,000 words) in June 2007 whilst i was invigilating our schools internal exams (hope my boss doesn’t read this!). That helped pass the time as it took around 5 hours to write. I then set about building 3 neutrona wands before we broke up for summer. I had one [proton pack](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack) already from a fancy dress party from the previous October so i hoped making the new three scratch build packs would be easier (It was). I wanted to do the guns first this time as i rushed it at the end last time. I built the 3 new packs over the summer holidays and then set about building the trap, [pke meter](https://www.gbfans.com/shop/mattel-pke-meter), pirates chest during october and november. Four new costumes in Khaki and 4 in black were made and we were ready to go by December (see my profile for pics). After asking people and getting asked by people to be be in the film (Including loads of kids) i worked out a rough cast of teachers and began filming just before the Christmas break. My initial plan was to film the 14 scenes by Easter giving us 13 weeks to film scenes after school. This plan was soon abolished as it took an hour to film 3 minutes one the first scene, i began to realise what an enormous task i had set myself . The other problem was getting everybody together at the same time, one person would have a meeting and another would have to go home straight away, these things started to get in the way so i filmed what i could when got a chance. My original plan to film everything in order to help the editing soon proved impossible so everything is all over the place on the tape and a half i have so far. The current status of the project is that i’m just over half way through the filming. I hope to start editing soon as i plan to do a lot of filming in the upcoming holidays to get it wrapped. I’ll be editing the effects using the old fashioned painting over each frame method. Three hours for 8 seconds when i did a test run. Hopefully i’ll get faster and better at it as i also have to sort out the sound fx as well. My plan is to have it ready for the 16th December 08, just before christmas. The whole point of this apart from allowing me to play being a Ghostbuster is to raise money for Comic Relief (I’m not sure if it’s a worldwide thing but its a national bi-annual event to raise money for charity in the uk). It’ll be kind of a donate money to watch your teachers make dicks of themselves kind of thing. I’m hoping that doesn’t cause a problem in terms of the whole “you’re not allowed to make money from fan films as it’s a breach of copyright” as i’m theoretically not selling the film as such. All money donated goes to charity so we’ll see how that goes down. I keep thinking i would never do something like this again, as it’s too time consuming and stressful. But it’s a good laugh and gves me something else to think about when the little B’s are getting to me. I’m going to update on the blog section of my profile as i go from now on and my props can also be seen on there, here’s the link if anybody’s interested. You can also see the dire attempt at us performing ghostbusters at the schools talent show ( It’s total cringe worthy). I’ll also add any footage i get done, particularly the trailer. > **[JT94 - GBFans.com](http://www.gbfans.com/fans/jt94)** > > JT94 - I'm a Design and Technology Teacher at a secondary school, trying to build up a portfolio of work of props and stuff in my spare time to hopefully bre Here’s some pics of us in our gear after filming a scene (me on the right). ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/5/7/57441561ad17f57d847e81fb009671a86de1b35b.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/6/7/67d7a1602367f2c6b1e2120b61626a48786625ac.jpeg) and yes we get some abuse from some kids but generally they think it’s funny even if they don’t know much about Ghostbusters - Yet! - At least i’m teaching them something! ---
**Author:** ![Sunna1000](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Sunna1000](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Sunna1000)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-pirates-of-the-classroom/34714/2 "2008-07-16T07:06:34Z")
THATS SO VERY CUTE _0_ SEE MY VIDEO [![](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/8/b/8b9d0243aa30a0d8af9f94b02cd7d55dbcfc78c7.jpeg "The Ghostbusters Remix") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAAxT583iy8) ---
**Author:** ![thegreatgalling](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/thegreatgalling/32/131867_2.png) [@thegreatgalling](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/thegreatgalling)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-pirates-of-the-classroom/34714/3 "2008-07-16T18:30:35Z")
I love the green straps. Great job man ---
**Author:** ![CAZAFANTASMA](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@CAZAFANTASMA](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/CAZAFANTASMA)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-pirates-of-the-classroom/34714/4 "2008-07-17T21:36:11Z")
hey, i like the trap hehehe great. DId you slap the last Gb in the chicks? ---
**Author:** ![JT94](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/jt94/32/5912_2.png) [@JT94](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/JT94)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-pirates-of-the-classroom/34714/5 "2008-07-24T20:00:30Z")
Well i’ve starting editing and doing some test fx. I’m animating the proton stream a frame at a time and although it’s a bit old fashioned and time consuming but i prefer it to the newer after effects proton streams. I am using after effects with adobe premier as well. Getting to grips with it but i’m having a lot of trouble with the format of the shots. It keeps changing from 4:3 to 16:9 and i’ll tell you what the effect is… it’s ■■■■■■■ me off! Anyway the story continues, still got a lot of filming to get done but the release date in December is still on track at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![JT94](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/jt94/32/5912_2.png) [@JT94](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/JT94)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-pirates-of-the-classroom/34714/6 "2008-08-16T21:23:07Z")
Teaser Trailer here at last! [![](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/c/6/c6374afde4f6a355d9c9244cafbc962af5fff7ac.jpeg "Ghostbusters Pirates of the Classroom Teaser Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkpVuEsgAqA) ---
**Author:** ![Coover5](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Coover5](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Coover5)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-pirates-of-the-classroom/34714/7 "2008-08-23T00:24:55Z")
nice teaser trailer btw if u do any other videos i would use stuff from [www.screamteam.com](http://www.screamteam.com) ---
**Author:** ![JT94](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/jt94/32/5912_2.png) [@JT94](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/JT94)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-pirates-of-the-classroom/34714/8 "2008-08-23T09:54:41Z")
> [@Coover5](#): > > nice teaser trailer btw if u do any other videos i would use stuff from [http://www.screamteam.com](http://www.screamteam.com) Wow, those effects are awesome, if i used something like that then i’d really have to improve the whole production to do it justice. Thanks for the link though, could come in handy on halloween.