'Lost' Degeneration

Summary


On a Thursday morning in August, on the fourth floor of the nearly deserted Science Hall at William Paterson University, Barry Smith stares into a DVX 100 camcorder and delivers a lengthy "Lost"- inspired "orientation" speech written for him by student filmmaker Jeff Heimbuch.

Wearing a starchy white lab coat and a badge bearing the "Dharma Initiative" logo, the 55-year-old Smith, a sometime-actor and recently retired air traffic controller, then brings his palms together, nods, and says "Namaste," moments before Heimbuch yells, "Cut!"

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'Lost' Degeneration

Heimbuch's epic, tentatively titled "Lost: Off the Island," is a fan film based on the popular ABC series one of a growing number of "Lost" homages that college-aged fans have produced for Internet release and small, independent film festivals. (Heimbuch expects his finished film to run 30 to 40 minutes and will offer it on YouTube and at his own Web site, bamferproductions.com.)

Between shots, Heimbuch explains that his movie is about Scott, a...

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