Hidden Frontier: Remastered

Discussion in 'Fan Productions' started by Kastrol, Nov 29, 2014.

  1. Kastrol

    Kastrol Lieutenant Junior Grade Red Shirt

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    Coming soon from Hidden Frontier Productions and exclusive to YouTube, remastered DVD quality episodes of the classic Hidden Frontier episodes! In a statement, executive producer Rob Caves said...
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    I'm looking forward to working on this project; a dream come true to not only see Hidden Frontier in the best quality, but to actually make it happen!
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  2. Danlav05

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    Well The Original Series, Next Generation and movies have been reborn on blu ray so how fitting that one of our finest fan series is getting remastered - OK maybe not full HD but still as high quality as possible!
     
  3. batboy853

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    Hell Yes.

    I don't know why they dont switch to an animation format show to keep it going, the shows stopped due to lack of funds, but an all animation show would be nearly free except for the actors fees.
     
  4. Harcourt F. Mudd

    Harcourt F. Mudd Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    Cool! The web files they released were pretty rough. I'd love to see something closer to the quality the show was mastered at.
     
  5. borgboy

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    My understand is that animation is pretty expensive.
    I'd be happy for HF to continue on as audio dramas, which they had started to do before they abruptly shut down.

    I'm doing a massive Trek rewatch/re-read marathon, and I was already planning to watch HF after all the official shows/movies, so this is great news.
     
  6. Danlav05

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    Even if it's a one off a Hidden Frontier reunion would be amazing, I think there are a couple of audio shows like Henglaar MD continuing the story.

    Of course the Excelsior crew got their movie comeback in 'Operation Beta Shield'.

    I think Intrepid mentioned a desire to bring a certain HF character back but it would mean them vacationing to Scotland! Because of the major crossover events Intrepid I see that show as much a part of that series/universe as the shows made in California (Odyssey/The Helena Chronicles/Federation One).
     
  7. Avon

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    awesome news
     
  8. Kastrol

    Kastrol Lieutenant Junior Grade Red Shirt

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    And look out, cos here's the first episode!

    [yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=car-c3_dKUM[/yt]
     
  9. Kastrol

    Kastrol Lieutenant Junior Grade Red Shirt

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    Just a quick update that the full first season of remaster's are now on YouTube.
    Starting work on the first episode of S2.
     
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  10. northstar

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    Hmm, ok - I think I may have a different understanding of what "remastered" means.
     
  11. doubleohfive

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    ^^Read the original post in this thread. :)
     
  12. Barbreader

    Barbreader Fleet Captain In Memoriam

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    Here are my links to Season 1 (not including the general Hidden Frontier Series page at the Hidden Frontier Website) including every newly remastered release, clearly labeled:


    Season 1
    1.1 Enemy Unknown
    With Portuguese Subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga9JrpPqR0g (14:44)
    A Review:
    Fan Film Friday: Star Trek: Hidden Frontier: ‘Enemy Unknown’
    Remastered and re-released November 30, 2014: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=car-c3_dKUM (14:55)
    Remastered and re-released December 1, 2014 : Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTwC4M7M2LA (18:15)
    Remastered and re-released December 4, 2014 : Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg2i9nsh0yQ (25:01).
    1.2 Two Hours, remastered and re-released December 11, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1d5ZHl7nug (23:28)
    With Portuguese Subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw3u6Mt_V1Y (18:03)
    1.3 Perihelion remastered and re-released December 15, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLBY0VLCmjs (23:01)
    1.4 Echoes remastered and re-released, December 20, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_BWkzyASc4 (23:51)
    A review: http://anthonyslewis.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/space-the-hidden-frontier/
     
  13. northstar

    northstar Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    I did - they are talking about DVD quality. Which this clearly isn´t. Neither in resolution nor in quality.

    Nothing wrong about that, if the material is not available in any better format. But calling it DVD quality is setting expectations way too high.
     
  14. Mage

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    I have to agree. This doesn't look like dvd quality to me either.
     
  15. Kastrol

    Kastrol Lieutenant Junior Grade Red Shirt

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    Sorry, perhaps my wording was wrong. Last month I was merely a fan, now I'm working on regrading the second series for official release for the team.

    Rob has kindly provided me with the DVD, - that being the footage in it's best quality (both CGI and live action footage). It would indeed be incorrect to suggest that they are in DVD quality however they are in the best quality possible.

    I'm hopeful that as the series continues, you'll see better leaps in quality between the originally released editions and the remastered's.

    Again, let me apologise for any misunderstandings caused by my lack of clarity.
     
  16. USS Intrepid

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    I'm not sure what final resolution HF worked with in the earlier season, they were shooting in SD and keying live by the latter series. As I recall, the camera wasn't capable of widescreen, so Rob was cropping the footage for 16:9 presentation (which would drop the resolution somewhat). Again, that was my experience on the shoots I attended, so may not be entirely accurate.

    Keep in mind, HD wasn't even available (or at least not financially viable) to most people outside commercial production companies. So it really is a limitation of the equipment available to Rob and co at the time.

    I would also imagine, that the price of storage media might have been a consideration. Video takes up a lot of space, and hard drives ten years ago were, much, much more expensive. So storing all that footage could have been problematic.

    But that's just my 0.02c, so shouldn't be taken as gospel. :)
     
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  17. Kastrol

    Kastrol Lieutenant Junior Grade Red Shirt

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    Just wanted to bring this over to the next page so it didn't get overlooked. :)

    Edit: Now I'm logged in it's on the front page. Sorry guys.

     
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  18. Maurice

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    "Remaster" means to go back to the source elements and make a new master copy. If these are from the original tapes and rendered out more clearly, they're remasters. If not, they're not.