Star-Trek Fan Productions

The complete anthology by David Zusiman

The “canon” Star-Trek timeline

Canon or not-canon? This is the Question! (Alek W. Shakespeare)

• The Star-Trek franchise created for us an alternate future from TOS through the movies and ENT.

• This relates to everything from history, places, events, people, technology and even uniforms.

• What is part of the Rodenberryverse is CANON.

What will we do without canonized productions?

Watch them over and over until the Romulans come or worse, the Borg??

What will we do without canonized productions?

Make them ourselves!

Canon or not-canon? This is the Question! (Alek W. Shakespeare)

• There were some productions and books that created some different stories that did not relate to the CANON and they were quickly dismissed by the fans as impropriate.

• Alternate universes can be defined as CANON but only if already depicted in the original series.

• The Abramsverse is a new continuity, but it is definitely meant to be canon. Well, it’s not. It may be presented as an “alternative universe” but it’s not.

• In WIKIA this is called “Star-Trek – Expanded Universe”

What I want to contribute to you today:

• The fullest yet introduction to the world of fan-productions.

• What there is to see.

• What there is worth seeing.

• What to watch for!

• Hundreds of hours of non franchised productions are waiting for you.

• All is left is that you enjoy!

• Disclaimer: I’m not a very strict ST fan myself so I maybe wrong sometimes. Will be glad to be corrected!

So What is REAL Star-Trek for you?

What do we require from a star-trek production made by fans (and not by a

“formal” franchised Star-Trek entity to put on the screen for us?

It’s about the captains

It’s about the spaceships

It’s about the species

It’s about the characters

It’s about the sets, uniforms etc.

It’s about the technology

It’s about the geo-cultural-social-political issues

It’s about keeping the timeline

Give me the short version! What do we have? What’s there to watch?

• We have today more than 45 productions that are complete (mostly) or in process (small but growing)

• Some are drama films.

• Some are drama series.

• Some are parodies, animated, Vignettes.

• Some made one production and phased out. Some have more than 10 episodes.

• As many things in our life, we are witnessing a renaissance of fan-made movies. An explosion of productions well funded and high-profiled.

We’re not discussing the following:

• Books.

• PC Games

• Movies produced with PC games storyline (although some are well made!)

• Star-Trek on-line (and everything abut it)

• Audio series

We will be discussing:

• Mainly - CANON-based productions made with CBS owned franchise remarks

• Cartoon based productions

• Parodies

Star-Trek movie made by Fans?Star Trek: A New Beginning

Star-Trek movie made by Fans?Star Trek: Axanar

Star Trek: New Voyages/Phase II• Star Trek New Voyages is a Fan-Film project made by James Cawley

• Continue to tell the story of the final two years of Enterprise’s five year mission under captain James T. kirk.

• has been going strong for 13 years now (2002-2015),

• 9 full episodes + 3 more in various stages of production

• Now they’re turning back to the fans to help them with a fresh Kickstarter campaign.

Star Trek: New Voyages/Phase II

Star Trek Continues

• Has taken fan films to a new level, with professional actors, as well as top-notch sets, lighting, camera work and music.

• It really feels like the good old Star Trek and not at all like a re-enactment by fans

TOS

Starship Farragut• An online series which focuses on the

adventures of the starship Exeter (NCC-1706) in the TOS era, with production design matching the time.

• This series features extensive use of interior starship sets and many human, Klingon, and Andorian characters.

Star Trek: Hidden Frontier• longest-running Star Trek fan film project, is

considered the "grandfather" of almost all modern Star Trek fan films.

• 7 seasons with 45 episodes (~30 minutes each) published between 2000 and 2006

• Produced on digital video, Hidden Frontier's sets are almost 100% virtual

• the series focuses on the starship Excelsior and its home base, Deep Space 12 , as they mediate disputes between various races, and fend off attacks from a powerful new alien race, the Grey

• The series incorporated gay and lesbian characters, and their struggles and relationships in the24th century: a step Star Trek producers never took with

Star-Trek : Odyssey• Set after the end of Hidden Frontier, Odyssey follows the

USS Odyssey as it struggles to get home from a dangerous mission that has taken it and her crew 2.5 million light years from home... to the unknowns of the Andromeda Galaxy

• The series has 10 episodes

The “fruits” of the Hidden Frontier

Star Trek: Federation One• serves as a continuation of the Star Trek: Hidden Frontier universe.

• Star Trek: Federation One Season 1 consists of two filmed episodes focusing on the President of the United Federation of Planets and their entourage aboard the Federation's diplomatic flagship, Federation One.

• Prelude episode (1 hour) and First episode (36 minutes) aired in 2009 and were quite good

• Second episode was out in 2013 and was Audio only

• Nothing in the near future.

Star-Trek: Aurora

• Original animated movie set in the Star Trek universe. This movie focuses on the exploits of civilian merchanters, rather than Starfleet officers.

• This movie combines all previously released parts into a single movie

Star Trek: Horizon• is a feature-length film set during the time of Enterprise (the fifth Star

Trek series). • Horizon is a two-hour feature film that follows Captain Harrison

Hawke and the crew of the Earth vessel NX-04 Discovery. In 2160, the Coalition of Planets, a young alliance of worlds led by Earth, is at war with the Romulan Empire.

• Desperate for a chance to gain the upper hand in the war, the Coalition forms an alliance with T'mar, a Romulan defector, in the hope that she can provide valuable intelligence on her former masters.

• Now in Post-Production. No release date• Teaser Trailer

ENT

The Multiverse Crisis By George Kayaian

• Owner of UpAllNight productions

• Producer of 4 series: • THE INFINITE CHAIN – 2010-2012 – Part 9

• Incident at Beta 9 – 2009

• The Final Darkness – 2012-2013

• Star Trek: ANTYLLUS– 2013-2014 – Episode 4

TOS

Star Trek: Phoenix

??? • Cloak & Dagger - Part I was made in 2011 – was quite good!

• Tried to raise funds for more episodes but failed.

• The main cost is the sets

Star Trek: Of Gods and Men• Forty years after their first mission,

Chekov and Uhura, along with John Harriman, former Captain of the Enterprise-B, come together for the dedication of a very special ship.

• However, their reunion is cut short when they receive a distress call from an all-too-familiar planet, where they meet up with an almost-forgotten face, and in an instant something happens, or rather, doesn't happen, that presses the three friends to embark on a mission that will forever change their lives...

• Nice casting. Bed movie.

TOS

Star-Trek: Dark Armada

• It was started in March, 2005 by an energetic group of young film-makers gathered from Star Trek fan clubs in the Netherlands and Belgium.

• Dark Armada takes place ten years after the events in Star Trek: Nemesis on board the USS Batavia, named after the famous 17th-century Dutch ship

• Capt Richardson and his crew make a shocking discovery which will determine the fate of life on Earth and throughout the Federation.

• Filming began in Jan 2006, a test/pilot episode was released that September, and 7 very short episode were released between 2009 until 2014. It's Dark... Get Over It Vs. Almost time

• 8th is in post-production

VOY

Star Trek: Encarta

• Began in early 2000 with Star Trek: Encarta The Motion Picture, and spawned three sequel film productions

• based upon Star Trek: The Next Generation era, circa Star Trek: Insurrection/Star Trek: Voyager

• The film saga to date has won 12 local film festivals and has been revamped to target larger markets.

• Here’s a sneak peak

TNG

Croud-sourced funded fan movies….

Star-Trek Renegades• we feel the true home of Star Trek is as a continuing episodic series. The goal of this

project is to make that happen.

We, the team who brought you Star Trek: Of Gods and Men, are proud to announce Star Trek: Renegades, a professionally produced television pilot to be presented for a possible online series.

Renegades, as the name suggests, will be bold, edgy and a little dark.

• Renegades will feature a combination of familiar Star Trek faces, plus a collection of hot, new rising actors.

Renegades will be a departure from previous Treks -- delving into the dark side of the human psyche, pushing our heroes to their limits, forcing them to carry out actions that they never would have as Starfleet officers. The rules have changed, and they realize they might be the last hope to save the Federation.

Star Trek: Renegades will be action oriented, filled with suspense and espionage; all while exploring new worlds, encountering both familiar and new alien species, and boldly going where no Trek has gone before.

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Renegades Official Teaser Trailer

• It is ten years after Voyager’s return from the Delta Quadrant, and the Federation is in a crisis.

• The Federation’s main suppliers of dilithium crystals are disappearing. Space and time have folded around several planets, effectively isolating them from any contact with outside worlds.

• And this phenomenon is not natural – someone or something is causing this to happen.

• This necessitates drastic measures; some of which are outside the Federation’s normal jurisdiction.

• For this, Admiral Pavel Chekov, head of Starfleet Intelligence, turns to Commander Tuvok, Voyager’s former security officer and current head of the newly reorganized Section 31.

• Tuvok must put together a new covert, renegade crew – mostly outcasts and rogues – even criminals.

• This new crew is tasked with finding out what is causing the folding of time and space, and stopping it – at all costs. But will they be able to put aside their differences and stop trying to kill one another in time to accomplish their mission?

Starship Axanar• Axanar takes place 21 years before the events of “Where no Man

Has Gone Before”, the first Kirk episode of the original Star Trek.

• Axanar is the story of Garth of Izar, the legendary Starfleet captain who is Captain Kirk’s hero. Kirk himself called Garth the model for all future Starfleet Officers.

• Garth charted more planets than any other Captain and was the hero of the Battle of Axanar, the story of which is required reading at the academy.

• This is that story.

Star Trek:Uncharted

• A concept for a new Star Trek TV series, modernized for the 21st century with a new format, new technology, a new crew and a new mission.

• Producer’s goal is to get the pitch in front of Paramount/CBS/Bad Robot and, hopefully, have it go into production in time to air on the 50th anniversary of Star Trek in 2016.

• Interesting, diverse characters who interact and grow.

• A progressive, optimistic view of the future.

• The thrill of discovery, the adventure of the unknown.

• Space exploration.

• High concept sci-fi, but with a respect for and grounding in real science.

• Cutting-edge technology

Mission and Setting• Mission:

• •To explore the Andromeda Galaxy.

• •Seek out new life and new civilizations.

• •Establish first contact.

• •Form alliances and diplomatic relations.

• •Joint mission between Starfleet and civilian scientists

• Setting

• The future, after Kirk & original Enterprise

• • New technology developed – a Spacefold Gateconstructed to warp jump to Andromeda.

• •Enterprise is the first ship assigned to the new galaxy.

• •Other ships will follow after first season.

• •Starbase being built, will be complete at end of firstseason and two more ships will arrive.

• • Enterprise will occasionally return to Milky Way for staffing changes, refits, extended leave.

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Starbase Studios”"

Star Trek: The Lost Episode

Red Shirt Diaries

• The private diary of a security officer named ensign Willams at the time of TOS.

• 3 minutes programs named after each TOS program and follows exactly the same story-line

• There’s one season with 10 episodes.

• Here’s a sneak-peak

• Now filming the second season with 20 episodes after a successful Indiegogocampaign

ST:FM website

The future of Fan Productions ?

• The Star-Trek fandom seems stronger than ever. Demand for new content is rising

• New CBS franchise spun-off from a fan production series ? Un-Likely…• New CBS/Paramount production which is “Abramsverse” like. More likely• New Fan Productions will be regularly funded by crowdfunding sites or

Patreon like platforms• New and better stories. Better script writers Better actors, producers and

directors. Better editors. • New CGI engines will be made available. New Studio sets will be made

available. • The Star-Trek Legacy will go on forever! ?

Shalom Chaver

Thank you! Glad to keep in touch

David Zusiman

+972-50-22-482-88

david@zusiman.com