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"Yorktown: A Time to Heal" - Official thread for the Sulu fan film!

I would suggest a letter goes to CBS/Paramount mentioning the duration of part 1 and 2 - noting they do not exceed 30 minutes in total - and that this is a pre-existing student film starring George Takei which was being finished as a labour of love as the new rules came in...

I think it is key not to "ask permission" to complete it by the end of the year but to check they have "no objection" to you completing it by the end of the year.

A very short letter seeking no objection can be waived through easier than a permission request amidst all the paperwork in a big HQ like CBS/Paramount.
 
Looking at the pictures available, the uniforms aren't quite the same as classic Trek and they don't use the Starfleet arrowhead symbol. The andorian and klingon may be problematic, and that's clearly a classic Enterprise bridge set. The CG can be redone so the Yorktown doesn't immediately resemble a Trek ship. And, depending on the dialogue and plot, some words like "Starfleet" and "Klingon" can be cut or re-dubbed.

It may not be possible, but I thought it worth suggesting.
 
Honestly this was the only fan film I had any real interest in. Like many I first learned about it years ago in that Starlog article.

I think you are taking the best approach right now. Talk to CBS before making drastic changes. Most of the work has already been done hard to adjust it now.

Also you are forgetting George was not the only one who worked on official Trek who worked on this. Didn't Andy Probert design one of the ships?
 
I would still almost recommend that you create the second little short video describing some element of making the movie, or a couple of outtakes if you've got any, or something. I know you're allowed to finish now, without that, and that is AWE-SOME :beer:, but I think it would be nice if even the fan films already in progress honor as many of the guidelines as they possibly can without hacking up their work. Sort of a way to show appreciation to CBS/P for being magnanimous, and also that the non-Axanar fandom is willfully cooperative.
 
Shuttlecraft approaching the USS Yorktown. Seems friendly enough.

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