News NOW ON-LINE: "The Gift" -- a Star Trek fan production

[Potemkin_Prod]

Now On-line! "The Gift" from the Starship Endeavour creative team

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The crew of the U.S.S. Endeavour have happened upon the famous missing ship, the Geschenk. But what is the ship doing out so far from Federation space, and what has happened to its crew?

Starring Jack Zumwalt as Captain Houston, Rachel Andrews Vickery as First Officer Marix, Terrell Manasco as Science Officer Serrek, Denise Prescott as Doctor Nahl, Mark E Holmes as Chief Engineer Crowe, Ricky Jordan as Chief Tactical Officer Clay, Zack Vice as Navigator Ravusi, and Jason Furman as Helmsman Hisshok. Guest starring Victoria Price as the girl. Featuring Ben Crawford as Security Officer Wildman and Jason Furman as the ESA Flight Doctor.

Written by Terrell Manasco and Dave MacKenzie. Directed by William C. Searcy. Edited by Randy Landers. Music and Sound by Michael Walworth. VFX by Michael Day and Chris Kroznuski. Associate Producer / Webmaster Michael Day. Producer David A. MacKenzie. Co-Executive Producer Rick Foxx. Executive Producer Randall Landers.

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[dmac]

Awesome Fan Film!

 

[Reanok]

Excellent fanfilm I really liked it alot.

 

[Barbreader]

I enjoyed it!

 

[MikeH92467]

Well done, without a single pew-pew-pew!

 

[Potemkin_Prod]

Thanks, folks! This one was truly a labour of love, and we're delighted with its response.
Be sure and check out our other on-line offerings if you haven't already!
https://www.youtube.com/user/Potemkin1711/videos

P.S. @MikeH92467 We just don't have a lot of pew-pew in our stories.

 

[dmac]

Well done, without a single pew-pew-pew!

I knew I forgot something..... lol
But I did stop at a Sushi bar in Emmitt.

 

[Maurice]

Sadly the sound was low and muffled in some places. I for the life of me could not make out a few bits of dialog.

 

[Barbreader]

Try downloading it from Vimeo and watching the downloaded version, vis:

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[Maurice]

^^^That's better. I don't know what their problem is with audio and YouTube. I never have the kind of issues the Potemkin productions do with it.

A quick note for future: the VFX guys should be mindful about lighting changes in a scene. at 5:40 the lights come on in the virtual set yet there's zero light change on the live action element. All the compositor has to do is darken the that element until the lights come up, which marries the whole thing together.

 

[Potemkin_Prod]

That was an afterthought, to be honest. Wish I'd thought of it while we were filming.

We don't know what the issue is with YouTube and our sound either, but as Barbara points out, its better on Vimeo. We also have a new person mixing the sound these days, and I think there's much improvement.

 

[MikeH92467]

I knew I forgot something..... lol
But I did stop at a Sushi bar in Emmitt.

So that's how you kept it under 15 minutes! ETA: in Emmitt they call it "raw fish"

 

[Potemkin_Prod]

In Georgia, we call it bait. But I really dig it.

 

[Maurice]

That was an afterthought, to be honest. Wish I'd thought of it while we were filming.

If this is in reference to the lighting change, yeah, better done on-set, but the brightness could still have been tweaked in post to match better when the lights come on.

 

[dmac]

So that's how you kept it under 15 minutes! ETA: in Emmitt they call it "raw fish"

It was great meaning you Mike, We had an awesome time up North. I have about 500 miles of digital film to sort through now.