Looking forward to seeing this one. Fingers crossed and all that!
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The USS Enterprise on green screen soundstage 25 at Universal Studios for the filming of First Frontier:
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That is one sexy model.
Here are the links to the live streaming of the filming of First Frontier that took place on Saturday 18/02/17
Part one: Part two: Part three: Part four: Part five:
Part one: Part two: Part three: Part four: Part five:
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Very intriguing! 
Top-notch fan-made film quality!
Top-notch fan-made film quality!
Man, I'm trying real hard not to get too excited here. I'm more than half expecting CBS/Paramount to drop the legal hammer on this film any minute now, grandfather clause be damned. Movie length, semi-professional look, Star Trek name, Horner music... the words 'red flag' and 'bull' come to mind.
Not fond of the reused Wrath of Khan music. I hope if this gets made, it has an original score. The model work is great.
Hopefully it's not all pewpew.
Hopefully it's not all pewpew.
I'm intrigued at the promise of actual character arcs from the trailer, but I'm going to hold judgment until the final movie premieres.
That Enterprise model is impressive, but there's something about the top of the saucer that looks... off. Ill-proportioned, I'd say.
That's on purpose, I think. Kenny's using the original 1964 Matt Jefferies construction plans, which weren't finished before Richard Datin actually started building the model (beginning with the saucer) in November of that year. In the shooting videos above, the bottom of the saucer looks flatter with a larger sensor dome, which would also fit the early Jefferies plans.
In-universe this would presumably be corrected in the ship's first refit (2250-53?) before the ship was handed from April to Pike.
Awesome.
So, I'm thinking that the general fan film rule is, Stay in the TOS sandbox and you can do whatever you want.....
If you look like the 1960s, who cares..... ;D
Slick modern looking productions that mock the look of the movies, or Enterprise, or some other big budget style.... Axanar, Horizon, movie era stuff like Farragut Forward, 24th century stuff.... maybe not so much....
So, I'm thinking that the general fan film rule is, Stay in the TOS sandbox and you can do whatever you want.....
If you look like the 1960s, who cares..... ;D
Slick modern looking productions that mock the look of the movies, or Enterprise, or some other big budget style.... Axanar, Horizon, movie era stuff like Farragut Forward, 24th century stuff.... maybe not so much....
Was'nt Robert April always performed as a Brit ?
The thing that excites me the most is that amazing 11-FOOTER MODEL in the green screen soundstage. VFX the way God intended them!
I believe this hasn't been posted yet. An interview of Smith and a glimpse into the making of the production.
http://fanfilmfactor.com/2017/03/19...st-trailer-interview-with-kenny-smith-part-1/
http://fanfilmfactor.com/2017/03/24...st-trailer-interview-with-kenny-smith-part-2/
I believe this hasn't been posted yet. An interview of Smith and a glimpse into the making of the production.
http://fanfilmfactor.com/2017/03/19...st-trailer-interview-with-kenny-smith-part-1/
http://fanfilmfactor.com/2017/03/24...st-trailer-interview-with-kenny-smith-part-2/
"I had originally planned to contact James Horner to gauge interest in writing a new piece for the film. He died in his plane crash the month I planned to approach him. I ended up scoring using Star Treks II and III, and I am dedicating the film to James Horner."
Noble as that is, that's exactly the thing that's going to break this film across a lawyer's knee. Somebody needs to find him a new composer, stat!
Noble as that is, that's exactly the thing that's going to break this film across a lawyer's knee. Somebody needs to find him a new composer, stat!
You know - I realize this is a fan production and all - but IMO, AS a TOS era fan, using the music and character fonts from the TMP film era just take me out of TV TOS era they're wanting to portray, but that's me.
Most of Horner's later work contains a lot of of TWoK elements (Aliens, Willow, etc.) I know all composers have a style and reuse similar riffs, but James Horner 's early works all sound VERY much alike. So much it's hard to tell them apart (IMO).
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