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| prelude_awards [2018/02/05 11:30] – adds new material regarding percentage of Axa awards from these award events Carlos Pedraza | prelude_awards [2020/09/12 17:13] (current) – Carlos Pedraza | ||
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| - | <wrap lo>//As many as one-third | + | <wrap lo>//As many as 35 percent |
| ====== The Story Behind Prelude to Axanar' | ====== The Story Behind Prelude to Axanar' | ||
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| - | //**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user> | + | //**__<wrap em> |
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| ===== Award Winners ' | ===== Award Winners ' | ||
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| > So when you say on your LinkedIn that you are "an award-winning writer & producer" | > So when you say on your LinkedIn that you are "an award-winning writer & producer" | ||
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| <wrap lo>**How Many Awards Did //Prelude// Actually Win?** | <wrap lo>**How Many Awards Did //Prelude// Actually Win?** | ||
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| ==== Meaningful Awards ==== | ==== Meaningful Awards ==== | ||
| - | Moreover, how do // | + | Moreover, how do // |
| ===== Suspect Festivals and Awards | ===== Suspect Festivals and Awards | ||
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| - | ==== One-Third of ' | + | ==== More Than One-Third of ' |
| - | Of the 45 confirmed awards won by // | + | Of the 45 confirmed awards won by // |
| ==== 'Award Factories' | ==== 'Award Factories' | ||
| - | Instead, 10 of the festivals granting awards to //Prelude// appear to be what are known in filmmaking circles as "award events," | + | Ten of the 24 festivals granting awards to //Prelude// appear to be what are known in filmmaking circles as "award events," |
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| + | The film festival submission site, [[http:// | ||
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| + | //**__« A high quantity of awards diminishes its impact and often feels more like a bait to reel in filmmakers. »__**// <wrap indent> | ||
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| Film journalist and director of the scifi festival Out in Austin, Bears Fonte, goes so far as to deride such events as " | Film journalist and director of the scifi festival Out in Austin, Bears Fonte, goes so far as to deride such events as " | ||
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| > The number of filmmakers I’ve met that have blindly spent hundreds of dollars on film festivals that bore no fruit is astounding. You can Google “scam film festivals” and find a ton of horror stories. There are no showings that I can see for this first batch, though many claim to have " | > The number of filmmakers I’ve met that have blindly spent hundreds of dollars on film festivals that bore no fruit is astounding. You can Google “scam film festivals” and find a ton of horror stories. There are no showings that I can see for this first batch, though many claim to have " | ||
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| <wrap lo>**HOW AWARD FACTORIES WORK** \\ | <wrap lo>**HOW AWARD FACTORIES WORK** \\ | ||
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| * **A Year-Long or Rolling Submissions Period**. "Many shady festivals may keep their submissions period going for a really long time, even a whole year," Wong writes. " | * **A Year-Long or Rolling Submissions Period**. "Many shady festivals may keep their submissions period going for a really long time, even a whole year," Wong writes. " | ||
| * **Huge Number of Awards**. " | * **Huge Number of Awards**. " | ||
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| ==== Axanar' | ==== Axanar' | ||
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| The Nevada Film Festival was specifically identified as a " | The Nevada Film Festival was specifically identified as a " | ||
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| + | //**__ More than one-third of // | ||
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| The remaining three questionable festivals were a mix of awards and some kind of public event: \\ | The remaining three questionable festivals were a mix of awards and some kind of public event: \\ | ||
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| The last two appear to be set up for filmmakers to pay to get an award, which is then presented at a live event. It was difficult to confirm whether the " | The last two appear to be set up for filmmakers to pay to get an award, which is then presented at a live event. It was difficult to confirm whether the " | ||
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| === Festivals Delegated to Axanar Fan === | === Festivals Delegated to Axanar Fan === | ||
| - | According to Axanar spokesman Bawden, Peters himself did not handle the festival submission process. | + | According to Axanar spokesman Bawden, Peters himself did not handle the festival submission process. |
| === The Remaining Awards === | === The Remaining Awards === | ||
| The remaining awards for //Prelude to Axanar// did appear to come from legitimate film festivals, though The Zone, which gave //Prelude// six of its awards, now explicitly states fan films are no longer eligible, having created a separate festival for them. | The remaining awards for //Prelude to Axanar// did appear to come from legitimate film festivals, though The Zone, which gave //Prelude// six of its awards, now explicitly states fan films are no longer eligible, having created a separate festival for them. | ||
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| + | ==== Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards ==== | ||
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| + | Discuss this article in [[face> | ||
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| - | **Keywords** {{tag> | + | **Keywords** {{tag> |