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====== Axanar Website' | ====== Axanar Website' | ||
- | On April 2, 2016, Axanar published an updated FAQ on its website addressing production questions and the impact of the [[copyright infringement]] [[lawsuit]] it faces from [[CBS]] and [[Paramount Pictures]]. | + | <WRAP round info> |
+ | <wrap lo>On April 2, 2016, Axanar published an updated FAQ on its website addressing production questions and the impact of the [[copyright infringement]] [[lawsuit]] it faces from [[CBS]] and [[Paramount Pictures]]. | ||
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- | ===== Our Shiny, New FAQ ===== | + | {{http:// |
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+ | We’ve been hard at work creating a new FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) to provide answers to the most frequently-asked questions we receive via email and through social media. | ||
- | We’ve been hard at work creating a new FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) to provide answers to the most frequently-asked questions we receive via email and through social media. | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
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- | ==== About The Lawsuit ==== | + | ==== Lawsuit ==== |
--> Who is suing Axanar Productions and why?# | --> Who is suing Axanar Productions and why?# | ||
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- | --> Why didn’t Axanar Productions get CBS and/or Paramount’s permission to make PRELUDE TO AXANAR | + | --> Why didn’t Axanar Productions get CBS and/or Paramount’s permission to make ' |
Our understanding is that CBS doesn’t establish guidelines or give out explicit permission to fans to produce fan films (despite what you may have read to the contrary). According to CBS, every fan production relies on the benevolence of CBS in order to exist. Nevertheless, | Our understanding is that CBS doesn’t establish guidelines or give out explicit permission to fans to produce fan films (despite what you may have read to the contrary). According to CBS, every fan production relies on the benevolence of CBS in order to exist. Nevertheless, | ||
- | The last meeting between Alec and CBS took place at the Las Vegas Star Trek convention in August of 2015. At that meeting, CBS’s representatives told Alec they would not say what a fan film could or could not do but that they’d let him know if AXANAR | + | The last meeting between Alec and CBS took place at the Las Vegas Star Trek convention in August of 2015. At that meeting, CBS’s representatives told Alec they would not say what a fan film could or could not do but that they’d let him know if Axanar |
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- | --> Is it possible to make changes to either | + | --> Is it possible to make changes to either |
- | PRELUDE TO AXANAR | + | //Prelude to Axanar// |
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- | ==== About the History of Axanar Productions ==== | + | ==== History of Axanar Productions ==== |
--> When did Axanar Productions come into operation?# | --> When did Axanar Productions come into operation?# | ||
- | Axanar Productions was created in 2013 in anticipation of a March 2014 crowdfunding campaign to finance the twenty-minute short film, PRELUDE TO AXANAR. | + | Axanar Productions was created in 2013 in anticipation of a March 2014 crowdfunding campaign to finance the twenty-minute short film, //Prelude to Axanar//. |
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--> What kind of company is Axanar Productions?# | --> What kind of company is Axanar Productions?# | ||
- | Axanar Productions is registered with the state of California as an S-Corporation. We are also operating as a California Non-Profit Corporation which is the first step towards achieving registration with the IRS as a federally tax-exempt non-profit corporation (commonly referred to as a 501(c)(3)). To date, Axanar Productions has not charged viewers to watch PRELUDE TO AXANAR, and had no intention of charging viewers to watch AXANAR. All fan donations raised have gone to the costs of producing the film. | + | Axanar Productions is registered with the state of California as an S-Corporation. We are also operating as a California Non-Profit Corporation which is the first step towards achieving registration with the IRS as a federally tax-exempt non-profit corporation (commonly referred to as a 501%%(c)%%(3). To date, Axanar Productions has not charged viewers to watch //Prelude to Axanar//, and had no intention of charging viewers to watch //Axanar//. All fan donations raised have gone to the costs of producing the film. |
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- | --> After the lawsuit and the fate of the AXANAR | + | --> After the lawsuit and the fate of the ' |
Axanar Productions’ mission is making fan films inspired by Star Trek. What the company does in the future will depend on the outcome of this lawsuit. | Axanar Productions’ mission is making fan films inspired by Star Trek. What the company does in the future will depend on the outcome of this lawsuit. | ||
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--> How many people are employed by Axanar Productions?# | --> How many people are employed by Axanar Productions?# | ||
Everyone who works on Axanar Productions projects is an independent contractor; the company does not have any employees. Of all the contractors, | Everyone who works on Axanar Productions projects is an independent contractor; the company does not have any employees. Of all the contractors, | ||
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+ | ==== Funding ' | ||
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+ | --> When did Axanar Productions launch the first crowdfunding campaign for ' | ||
+ | The first Kickstarter campaign to fund //Prelude to Axanar// was launched in March of 2014. | ||
+ | The //Prelude to Axanar// crowdfunding campaign raised $101,171. | ||
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+ | --> How much of these funds were spent to make the short film?# | ||
+ | //Prelude to Axanar// actually cost over $125,000 to make. The shortfall between the amount raised and the actual costs were covered by the subsequent crowdfunding campaign for // | ||
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+ | --> When did the first crowdfunding campaign launch for ' | ||
+ | The first crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for the production of //Axanar// launched in July of 2014 following the premier of //Prelude to Axanar// at San Diego Comic-Con International. | ||
+ | During the first crowdfunding campaign for the //Axanar// feature film, Axanar Productions said it needed $400,000 (inclusive of perks and fundraising fees) to cover the cost of set construction, | ||
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+ | As explained in the Axanar Annual Report, all of the costs associated with the studio space ran over budget. Part of this was due to the delay in receiving Kickstarter funds following the first campaign and the resulting lost opportunity to rent a lower-cost space to use as a studio. But most of the overrun resulted from decisions made to ensure the studio space could accommodate the physical space required for longer-term set storage and meet the production demands of future projects. | ||
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+ | --> This first crowdfunding campaign for the ' | ||
+ | No. Axanar Productions explained in both the pitch video and web copy that the Kickstarter campaign was intended to address two significant cost centers: acquiring and building out the production studio space, and funding the feature film. \\ | ||
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+ | If you add those two cost centers together, you come to an ultimate financial goal of approximately $1.15 million (after including crowdfunding charges and the cost of perks). | ||
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+ | --> The second crowdfunding campaign for the ' | ||
+ | With the enthusiasm behind //Axanar// telling us fans wanted to see something spectacular, | ||
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+ | Axanar Productions attempted to address these budget shortfalls in the revised production budget presented as part of the crowdfunding campaign launched in July of 2015 on Indiegogo. | ||
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+ | --> How much money is still left from the crowdfunding campaign?# | ||
+ | The amount of money left over from last year’s crowdfunding changes every month due to the “burn rate” of maintaining the studio while Axanar Productions works through the details of the lawsuit with CBS and Paramount. \\ | ||
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+ | Whether it’s enough money to fund the production of //Axanar// in whatever form the story will take (assuming a timely and satisfactory resolution to the suit), remains to be seen. | ||
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+ | ==== Producing ' | ||
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+ | //Prelude to Axanar// and //Axanar// are two very different kinds of films. As it was originally envisioned, //Axanar// was to be a full-length movie while //Prelude to Axanar// is a mockumentary. | ||
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+ | It generally takes an average of three to five years to make a feature film. Effects-heavy films (i.e. science fiction, fantasy, horror) can sometimes take even longer. | ||
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+ | --> Why do other fan films seem to take less time to produce than ' | ||
+ | This question usually results from a comparison of //Axanar// to other Star Trek fan projects like //Star Trek: New Voyages// or //Star Trek Continues// | ||
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+ | --> Is the script for the ' | ||
+ | In August of 2015, Axanar Productions “locked” the script for the purposes of budgeting, set construction and costume design. However, it is common practice that scripts continue to be developed, which is why most shooting scripts have many pages of revisions. \\ | ||
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+ | Scenes may be added or eliminated; dialogue may change; characters may be dropped or new characters created, as we’ve just heard about with the new Star Trek feature film. According to writer/ | ||
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+ | --> Has ' | ||
+ | No. | ||
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+ | --> Will the cast of ' | ||
+ | All of the cast members from //Prelude to Axanar// – with the exception of Tony Todd (Admiral Ramirez) had agreed to consider reprising their roles in ' | ||
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+ | --> When will principal photography start on the ' | ||
+ | This depends on how the suit is resolved. | ||
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+ | --> How long will the visual effects take?# | ||
+ | Axanar Productions relies on outside contractors to provide the visual effects (VFX) for //Axanar//. Our main contractor started working on VFX last October and managed to create about a quarter of the shots needed for the feature before the lawsuit stopped production. | ||
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+ | --> How long will editing and post-production take on the feature?# | ||
+ | Axanar Production’s original production schedule called for 10 weeks (about 2-1/2 months) to edit the feature-length film. | ||
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+ | --> Doesn’t everyone work for free on a fan film?# | ||
+ | No. Several fan films have paid professional actors to appear in their films and crew to work. | ||
+ | But what other people are paid, if they’re paid at all, is a mystery to us. No other fan film production besides those produced by Axanar Productions has been as forthcoming about how their donations are spent by making any kind of public financial disclosure. | ||
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