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 <wrap lo>**TOMMY KRAFT'S** fan film, //Star Trek–Horizon//, is set to overtake //Prelude to Axanar// on YouTube.</wrap> <wrap lo>**TOMMY KRAFT'S** fan film, //Star Trek–Horizon//, is set to overtake //Prelude to Axanar// on YouTube.</wrap>
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 ===== Why Star Trek–Horizon’s Success Matters ===== ===== Why Star Trek–Horizon’s Success Matters =====
  
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 //**Star Trek–Horizon**// remains on track to surpass //Prelude to Axanar// on YouTube on or about August 23. Why is this important? Chiefly, because //Prelude//'s popularity is central to Axanar's claim of legitimacy as "the most successful Star Trek fan film ever." //**Star Trek–Horizon**// remains on track to surpass //Prelude to Axanar// on YouTube on or about August 23. Why is this important? Chiefly, because //Prelude//'s popularity is central to Axanar's claim of legitimacy as "the most successful Star Trek fan film ever."
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-//<wrap lo>See also: [[axanar-accusation|Axanar Accuses Horizon of Buying Views]]// and //[[dummy_tweets|What's Behind All the Simultaneous ‘Prelude’ Tweets?]]</wrap>// 
  
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-You see the narrative spun repeatedly in //Axanar// director Robert Meyer Burnett's Twitter posts and most recently in [[Alec Peters]]' interview for Reason magazine's video. Central to their narrative is the notion that millions of fans watched and enjoyed //Prelude//, and that their wishes for more  content justified Axanar's eventual fundraising goal of $2 million. +//<wrap lo>See also: [[axanar-accusation|Axanar Accuses Horizon of Buying Views]]// and //[[dummy_tweets|What's Behind All the Simultaneous ‘Prelude’ Tweets?]]</wrap>//
  
 [{{ ::horizon-stats.jpg?direct&300|**NIPPING AT THE HEELS** of //Prelude to Axanar//'s astonishing viewership is upstart fan film //Star Trek–Horizon//, projected to surpass //Prelude//'s views on August 23. (Click icon to view full size)}}] [{{ ::horizon-stats.jpg?direct&300|**NIPPING AT THE HEELS** of //Prelude to Axanar//'s astonishing viewership is upstart fan film //Star Trek–Horizon//, projected to surpass //Prelude//'s views on August 23. (Click icon to view full size)}}]
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 +You see the narrative spun repeatedly in //Axanar// director Robert Meyer Burnett's Twitter posts and most recently in [[Alec Peters]]' interview for Reason magazine's video. Central to their narrative is the notion that millions of fans watched and enjoyed //Prelude//, and that their wishes for more  content justified Axanar's eventual fundraising goal of $2 million. 
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 +//**__« It's ironic that //Axanar//, a fan film concept drawn from the Original Series, is being rapidly eclipsed by the one set in the much-maligned //Enterprise// era. »__**//
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 And while //Prelude// is, indeed, a notable achievement, its claim has been [[dummy_tweets|quietly threatened]] by an upstart, [[kraft_experience|Tommy Kraft]], whose film //Horizon// has almost eclipsed //Prelude'//s YouTube views in only five months since its release; it took two years for //Prelude// to accumulate that many views. And while //Prelude// is, indeed, a notable achievement, its claim has been [[dummy_tweets|quietly threatened]] by an upstart, [[kraft_experience|Tommy Kraft]], whose film //Horizon// has almost eclipsed //Prelude'//s YouTube views in only five months since its release; it took two years for //Prelude// to accumulate that many views.
  
-Meanwhile on Twitter, Axanar [[axanar-accusation|disputed the validity]] of the viewer numbers, accusing //Horizon//'s producers of artificially inflating viewers by [[buying-youtube|buying YouTube views]].+**ON TWITTER**, in the meantime, Axanar [[axanar-accusation|disputed the validity]] of the viewer numbers, accusing //Horizon//'s producers of artificially inflating viewers by [[buying-youtube|buying YouTube views]].
  
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 The more rapid growth of //Horizon// is not the only important difference between it and //Axanar.// Tommy Kraft pulled this off with a budget of less than $30,000 — a feature film, widely praised and wildly popular, that delivered what it promised. The more rapid growth of //Horizon// is not the only important difference between it and //Axanar.// Tommy Kraft pulled this off with a budget of less than $30,000 — a feature film, widely praised and wildly popular, that delivered what it promised.
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 Axanar, by comparison, with its fundraising success, decided to prioritize building an [[annual_report#the_infrastructure_kickstarter|expensive revenue-generating studio]] ahead of actually producing a film. The cost for that sucked up the biggest chunk — [[annual_report#axanar_spending_by_category|38 percent]] — of Axanar's $638K Kickstarter money. Meanwhile, most of the creative and logistical talent behind the success of //Prelude// has departed, making the leap from 20-minute mockumentary to feature-length narrative an even greater challenge than before. Axanar, by comparison, with its fundraising success, decided to prioritize building an [[annual_report#the_infrastructure_kickstarter|expensive revenue-generating studio]] ahead of actually producing a film. The cost for that sucked up the biggest chunk — [[annual_report#axanar_spending_by_category|38 percent]] — of Axanar's $638K Kickstarter money. Meanwhile, most of the creative and logistical talent behind the success of //Prelude// has departed, making the leap from 20-minute mockumentary to feature-length narrative an even greater challenge than before.
  
-It's ironic that //Axanar//, a fan film concept drawn from the Original Series, is being rapidly eclipsed by the one set in the much-maligned //Enterprise// era.+**IT'S IRONIC** that //Axanar//, a fan film concept drawn from the Original Series, is being rapidly eclipsed by the one set in the much-maligned //Enterprise// era.
  
-The lesson here is that a creative producer, dedicated to their fans, focused on their goal, putting every penny they raise on the screen, can deliver a high-quality production that has attracted an astounding audience in record-setting time, solely on word-of-mouth, without having to rely on a sophisticated marketing operation. +The lesson here is that a creative producer, dedicated to his fans, focused on his goal, putting every penny he raised on the screen, can deliver a high-quality production that has attracted an astounding audience in record-setting time, solely on word-of-mouth, without having to rely on a sophisticated marketing operation. 
  
 One might observe that's a sign of the most successful Star Trek fan film ever. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} One might observe that's a sign of the most successful Star Trek fan film ever. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}