It all started as a joke, of course, and is becoming very big: Star Force, from the makers of Robo-Knight. They are not just any creators: James McAvoy (X-Men), Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) and Brendan O'Rourke (also GoT) and they were bored because everything was lying still. And still is. So they set about making a film, using themselves and their phones as camera crew, actor and director, plus a totally off-the-wall screenplay.
It's corny as hell, but beware: creators and creators Ross and Kevin Mains put more hours into it than you'd think, and that's the hidden quality of this gag, which is also getting considerably out of hand as a result. In The Guardian describe how they themselves pre-do each shot and then forward it to the actors, who then perform it at home, in the kitchen, exactly as intended. Otherwise, the editing doesn't work.
The charm of the joke is that it works. And it works because instead of trying to overcome the limitations, they take them for granted. And so that's when magic happens. Because then the multi-million-dollar special effects and computer-generated imagery suddenly turn out not to be really necessary to bring a story convincingly: actors and story are enough. Just as on a stage it is enough if an actor says he is on the beach of Illyria, or by the chalk cliffs of Dover. We think up the images ourselves.
These actors sit at their kitchen table and we fly through space with them. Art can be that simple because we, the viewers, actually make the story. Not to mention the enjoyment of the play which is heartwarming. This makes everyone happy, right?
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