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horizon-matters [2016/09/14 23:21] – [Why Star Trek–Horizon’s Success Matters] fixes person tense Carlos Pedrazahorizon-matters [2017/02/11 18:11] – [Why Star Trek–Horizon’s Success Matters] reformatted Carlos Pedraza
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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.  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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 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.
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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.