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 ====== Axanar Kickstarter Details ====== ====== Axanar Kickstarter Details ======
  
 <wrap lo>//Main article: [[Crowdfunding Platforms]]// \\ <wrap lo>//Main article: [[Crowdfunding Platforms]]// \\
-//See also: [[Prelude Kickstarter Details]] and [[Axanar Indiegogo Details]]//</wrap>+//See also: [[Prelude Kickstarter Details]], [[Axanar Indiegogo Details]] and [[ambition_vs._achievement|Ambition vs. achievement]]//</wrap>
 [{{ ::starfleet-patch-5.jpg?200|**FIRST TO THE FIGHT** This Starfleet patch was a reward offered only to early backers in Axanar's second Kickstarter campaign.}}] [{{ ::starfleet-patch-5.jpg?200|**FIRST TO THE FIGHT** This Starfleet patch was a reward offered only to early backers in Axanar's second Kickstarter campaign.}}]
  
 This is an analysis of the publicly available information about Axanar's second Kickstarter campaign, a month-long effort launched in July 2014, following release of the short film, //[[Prelude to Axanar]]//. The effort succeeded in raising $638,471 from 8,548 backers; its goal was $100,000. Of the three [[crowdfunding platforms|crowdfunding campaigns]], this one raised the most in the shortest time. This is an analysis of the publicly available information about Axanar's second Kickstarter campaign, a month-long effort launched in July 2014, following release of the short film, //[[Prelude to Axanar]]//. The effort succeeded in raising $638,471 from 8,548 backers; its goal was $100,000. Of the three [[crowdfunding platforms|crowdfunding campaigns]], this one raised the most in the shortest time.
  
-**CONTROVERSY** This campaign is also the production's most controversial, as it marks the production's [[#moving the goalposts|departure from its original goal]] of simply producing //Star Trek: Axanar//, the feature film, and instead investing a significant portion of donors' dollars in the infrastructure of [[Ares Studios]], a for-profit venture by [[Axanar Productions]] to produce future Star Trek-related films and other science fiction properties.(({{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|Axanar Annual Report 2015, Revised}}, pp. 7, 8, 15, 20.))+**CONTROVERSY** This campaign is also the production's most controversial, as it marks the production's [[moving the goalposts|departure from its original goal]] of simply producing //Star Trek: Axanar//, the feature film, and instead investing a significant portion of donors' dollars in the infrastructure of [[Ares Studios]], a for-profit venture by [[Axanar Productions]] to produce future Star Trek-related films and other science fiction properties.(({{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|Axanar Annual Report 2015, Revised}}, pp. 7, 8, 15, 20.))
  
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 While the total amount raised in this campaign was $638,471, only $610,065 (95.6 percent) came from 8,272 people (96.8 percent of total backers) who selected rewards among the 22 reward levels offered. While the total amount raised in this campaign was $638,471, only $610,065 (95.6 percent) came from 8,272 people (96.8 percent of total backers) who selected rewards among the 22 reward levels offered.
  
-The remaining $28,406 came from 276 backers who appear to have not selected any rewards, so the amount of their contributions were not publicly disclosed. The average undisclosed donation was about $103.+The remaining $28,406 came from 276 backers who appear to have not selected any rewards, so the amount of their individual contributions were not publicly disclosed. The average undisclosed donation was about $103.
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 ==== Donations Divvied Up ==== ==== Donations Divvied Up ====
  
 Consequently, the analysis below is based only on the total raised from donors who did choose rewards, for a total of $610,065.(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/description|Axanar Kickstarter campaign page]], retrieved 3/1/16.)) Consequently, the analysis below is based only on the total raised from donors who did choose rewards, for a total of $610,065.(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/description|Axanar Kickstarter campaign page]], retrieved 3/1/16.))
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 The following charts demonstrate: The following charts demonstrate:
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 The following charts tease out interesting information about backers and the rewards they selected. The following charts tease out interesting information about backers and the rewards they selected.
  
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 === Top 5 Rewards === === Top 5 Rewards ===
  
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 ^ ^ Top 5 rewards raised $334,925 (55 percent of total) from 6,534 backers (79 percent of total) ||| ^ ^ Top 5 rewards raised $334,925 (55 percent of total) from 6,534 backers (79 percent of total) |||
  
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 <WRAP centeralign><wrap lo>//Figure 3//</wrap></WRAP> <WRAP centeralign><wrap lo>//Figure 3//</wrap></WRAP>
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 === High-End Rewards === === High-End Rewards ===
  
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 {{section>crowdfunding platforms#Source Data}} {{section>crowdfunding platforms#Source Data}}
  
-===== Moving the Goalposts ===== +{{page>moving the goalposts?}}
-<wrap lo>//See also: [[copyright infringement#Fan Films and Infringement]] and [[fan_films_breaking_the_unwritten_rules_and_defining_profit|Fan Films: Breaking the Unwritten Rules and Defining Profit]]//</wrap> +
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-The controversy surrounding "scope creep" for the project as it formally [[Axanar Productions#Subsidiary Activities|branched out]] beyond just the Axanar project. +
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-Podcast references from TrekBBS messages.+
  
-Also: latest podcast 37 https://www.facebook.com/groups/CBSvsAxanar/permalink/1164065853604783/ */ 
  
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-**Keywords** {{tag>stub crowdfunding commercial}}+**Keywords** {{tag>crowdfunding commercial}}