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Check out the blog articles to learn about how crowdfunding works. Exploring the world of Star Trek fan films. Fan Film Factor features reviews of fan-made films on Star Trek. The blog features content on fan film features, editorials, news, personal stories, biographies, Axanar, and more.
Fan Film Factor Blog » Crowd-Funding
3w ago
Well, folks, this makes it fourteen…fourteen fan films from THE FEDERATION FILES fanthology series, run by GLEN L. WOLFE and DAN REYNOLDS, the co-owners of WARP 66 STUDIOS in northern Arkansas. Beginning in 2016, they have used their TOS set recreations plus other custom-built sets to tell stories in the Prime Star Trek Universe spanning ..read more
Fan Film Factor Blog » Crowd-Funding
3w ago
Don’t look now, but my last published Fan Film Factor blog was on January 9th! And for a guy who prides himself on posting at least one or two new blogs a week, that’s almost an eternity of radio silence! Indeed, it had gotten so noticeable that one fan filmmaker actually IM’d me recently to ..read more
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2M ago
From 1999 through 2010, a humble little house on the border of Pasadena and Altadena, California was one of the hubs of the early Star Trek fan film scene. The house belonged to fan filmmaker and CG artist ROB CAVES, and it served as the “studio” for 50 episodes of STAR TREK: HIDDEN FRONTIER and ..read more
Fan Film Factor Blog » Crowd-Funding
2M ago
Back on November 1, GLEN WOLFE and DAN REYNOLDS announced that entries were now open for the fourth annual DIRECTORS CHOICE AWARDS. The deadline to submit an entry is January 11, 2025…as in next Saturday!! If you made a fan film (of any genre, not limited to just Star Trek) that was released during calendar ..read more
Fan Film Factor Blog » Crowd-Funding
2M ago
First, my friends, I must apologize for being a bit less diligent in my coverage of Star Trek fan films this past year. Granted, I’ve still published over 65 blogs since January 1, 2024, but that’s compared with 90 blogs in 2023 and 114 in 2022. The reason behind my diminished output is that I’ve ..read more
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3M ago
Do you have nine minutes to spare? If so, you can watch THREE full fans films from Australian filmmaker AARON VANDERKLEY. I last interviewed Aaron back in September after the release of the first of three planned SHORT VOYAGES, “UNAVOIDABLE DELAYS.” Aaron had already made quite a name for himself with the release of five ..read more
Fan Film Factor Blog » Crowd-Funding
3M ago
At the beginning of this year, I posted a video interview with STEVE SHIVES after the release of his fourth STARFLEET [JOBS] video in 2023. In release order, those one-man fan films were: The idea behind them is simple, but their depth is wonderfully complex. On the one hand, these films appear to be basic ..read more
Fan Film Factor Blog » Crowd-Funding
3M ago
Jackets are petty awesome. Wanna make your superhero look more snazzy and cutting-edge? Ditch the tights and cape and give them a cool jacket. And in Star Trek? Jackets dated back to the first pilot, “The Cage,” continued into The Motion Picture, and probably reached their pinnacle with those snazzy maroon bomber jackets worn by ..read more
Fan Film Factor Blog » Crowd-Funding
3M ago
Sometimes a fan filmmaker produces a fan film that inspires a completely different fan filmmaker to produce something—be it a tribute, continuation, or some other expansion of the original—based in whole or in part on the original work. This has come to be known as “a fan film of a fan film.” The term was ..read more
Fan Film Factor Blog » Crowd-Funding
3M ago
Ho, ho, ho, everybody! I realize that this blog isn’t Star Trek or fan film related—other than “SANTA” SAL LIZARD having been the president of STARFLEET, The International Star Trek Fan Association from 2008-2011—but I’d still like to take a few moments for a special message to all of you. In case you ween’t aware ..read more