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-<wrap lo>**DELAYED RELEASE** //A scene from the trailer for //Star Trek: Temporal Anomaly. <wrap lo>Image/Samuel Cockings</wrap></wrap>+<wrap lo>**DELAYED RELEASE** //After months of reworking his fan film at CBS' behest, producer Samuel Cocking finally releases his two-part //Temporal Anomaly// debut online.// <wrap lo>Image/Samuel Cockings</wrap></wrap>
  
-====== CBS Moves Against New Fan Film Over Guidelines ======+<fs x-small>MARCH 31, 2018<wrap indent>|</wrap><wrap indent>UPDATED FEBRUARY 3, 2019</wrap><wrap indent>|</wrap><wrap indent>9 MINS READING TIME</wrap></fs>
  
-//**'Star Trek: Temporal Anomaly' Delays Release Pending CBS Concerns**//+====== After Trouble with CBS, 51-Minute Fan Film Sees Release ====== 
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 +//**'Temporal Anomaly' Debuts With Some Dispensation From Guidelines**//
  
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-The British-made fan film, //Star Trek: Temporal Anomaly//, was due to be released March 31, 2018, but concerns from [[CBS]] led producer Samuel Cockings to delay its release, as he explained in a Facebook post:+After months of reworking following a brush with CBS over violating its fan film guidelines, British fan film //Temporal Anomaly// finally debuts, attracting notice for its 51-minute running time thanks to dispensation by Star Trek’s owner. 
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 +"//Temporal Anomaly// has a custom arrangement with CBS which allows for its release with its longer run time," explained producer Samuel Cockings. "This project was started in 2013 and created long before the fan film guidelines; to allow its release we got a separate arrangement with CBS."(([[yout>DdmU2IprGVg|Temporal Anomaly - A Star Trek Fan Production (Part 1) (2019),]] Power543 Fan Films channel, YouTube, 1/31/19.)) 
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 +Originally scheduled  to be released March 31, 2018, Cockings ran into trouble when he posted his trailer:
  
 > While the intent was to release //Temporal Anomaly// today we were contacted by CBS and are now delaying release of the film until those discussions are concluded and resolved. These have been polite communications and we thank CBS for their approach in dealing with these concerns.(([[face>StarTrekTemporalAnomaly/posts/1008315279320782|Star Trek: Temporal Anomaly Facebook page]], Samuel Cockings, 3/31/18.)) > While the intent was to release //Temporal Anomaly// today we were contacted by CBS and are now delaying release of the film until those discussions are concluded and resolved. These have been polite communications and we thank CBS for their approach in dealing with these concerns.(([[face>StarTrekTemporalAnomaly/posts/1008315279320782|Star Trek: Temporal Anomaly Facebook page]], Samuel Cockings, 3/31/18.))
  
-[{{ ::trekyards.jpg|**TREKYARDS**' producers were vocal supporters of Axanar but have distanced themselves from controversial producer [[Alec Peters]] to preserve the show's contacts in the Star Trek community.}}]+<WRAP 525px> 
 +<WRAP>//**__<wrap em>Watch 'Temporal Anomaly'</wrap>__**//</WRAP> 
 +{{youtube>DdmU2IprGVg?large|Temporal Anomaly, Part 1}} 
 +<fs smaller>Part 1 of //Temporal Anomaly// debuted on YouTube on January 31, 2019.</fs> <fs x-small>//Video/Power543 Fan Films YouTube channel//</fs> 
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 +===== Getting Attention ===== 
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 +After its release, //Temporal Anomaly// got the attention of the scifi news site, io9, which described it like this: 
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 +> All told, that’s a lot of Trek, such a substantial amount, in fact, that it required a special dispensation from CBS to let it get around certain guidelines the company has set up for fan films. And with designs and character types drawn from all eras of the series, it’s dripping in fan service. Check it out.(([[https://io9.gizmodo.com/temporal-anomaly-is-a-star-trek-fan-film-half-a-decade-1832306881?fbclid=IwAR0dsWQKMvjg_HVDcl79JJM2fu9H7F41BuAsyP-Jjl1PxzcDcMo3psLvUNw|"Temporal Anomaly is a Star Trek Fan Film Half a Decade in the Making,"]] io9/Gizmodo, 2/3/19.)) 
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 +===== CBS Dispute Resolved ===== 
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 +[{{ ::temporal_anomaly_revised.jpg?150|<wrap lo><wrap lo>//Source: Facebook//</wrap></wrap>}}] 
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 +On April 24, 2018, Cockings announced CBS would allow him to release the now-renamed //Temporal Anomaly: A Star Trek Fan Film// in three parts later in 2018. In a post on the film's [[face>TemporalAnomalyStarTrekFanFilm/posts/1022564681229175|Facebook page]], he stated: 
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 +> Per my discussions with CBS, //Temporal Anomaly// will be released later this year to the public in three parts with a new soundtrack and without the first/last scenes. … Other parts of the production that I won’t go into now have been given a guideline exemption by CBS just as //Star Trek Continues// and others have in different ways. The changes I am making are based on my discussion with CBS to allow the production to be released in a form acceptable to both parties.(([[face>TemporalAnomalyStarTrekFanFilm/posts/1022564681229175|Temporal Anomaly Facebook page]], Samuel Cockings, 4/24/18. Quotation slightly edited for clarity.)) 
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 +As it turned out, Cocking released his film in just two parts, one 26:46 minutes in length, the other 24:20.
  
 ===== Producer and Production ===== ===== Producer and Production =====
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 He said he raised £1,741 (USD $2,440) on Kickstarter to make //Temporal Anomaly//, though he spent many hundreds more to complete the project. He said he raised £1,741 (USD $2,440) on Kickstarter to make //Temporal Anomaly//, though he spent many hundreds more to complete the project.
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 +[{{ ::trekyards.jpg|**TREKYARDS**' producers were vocal supporters of Axanar but have distanced themselves from controversial producer [[Alec Peters]] to preserve the show's contacts in the Star Trek community.}}]
  
 ===== CBS Contact ===== ===== CBS Contact =====
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 **RUN TIME** Cockings said his "director's cut" is 50 minutes long — 20 minutes longer than prescribed by [[cbs_guidelines|Guideline 1]]. **RUN TIME** Cockings said his "director's cut" is 50 minutes long — 20 minutes longer than prescribed by [[cbs_guidelines|Guideline 1]].
  
-==== Watch the 'Star Trek: Temporal Anomaly' Trailer ==== +**SCORE** //Temporal Anomaly// uses music soundtracks from various Star Trek movies and series — the rights to which CBS does not control — which is prohibited by [[cbs_guidelines|Guideline 3]].
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-{{youtube>zfVrokHlN0g?large|Star Trek: Temporal Anomaly}} \\+
  
 ===== Do the Guidelines Apply? ===== ===== Do the Guidelines Apply? =====
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 ==== Grandfathered Productions ==== ==== Grandfathered Productions ====
  
-It's become something of an urban myth among the fan production community that somehow productions that began before the guidelines did not have to abide by the guidelines, pointing to a [[guidelines-podcast|comment]] podcast appearance made by CBS official Van Citters shortly after the guidelines were released.+It's become something of an urban myth among the fan production community that somehow productions that began before the guidelines' release did not have to abide by them, pointing to a [[guidelines-podcast|podcast appearance]] made by CBS official Van Citters shortly after the guidelines were released.
  
-In that interview, Van Citters specifically addressed only whether CBS would seek to take down from such platforms such as YouTube fan films that didn't conform to the guidelines. He said takedowns would only be sought against productions released henceforward.(([[https://overcast.fm/+GuW5Epb-k|Engage: The Official Star Trek Podcast]], Episode 5, 6/28/16.)) He never said the guidelines as a whole didn't apply to fan films that had not yet been released.+In that interview, Van Citters specifically addressed only whether CBS would seek to take down, from such platforms as YouTube, fan films that didn't conform to the guidelines. He said takedowns would only be sought against productions released henceforward.(([[https://overcast.fm/+GuW5Epb-k|Engage: The Official Star Trek Podcast]], Episode 5, 6/28/16.)) He never said the guidelines as a whole didn't apply to fan films that had not yet been released.
  
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 [{{ ::samuel_cockings.jpg?nolink|**Samuel Cockings**}}]<wrap lo>**TNG CLIP TO SET STAGE** \\ [{{ ::samuel_cockings.jpg?nolink|**Samuel Cockings**}}]<wrap lo>**TNG CLIP TO SET STAGE** \\
-<wrap indent>Cockings said he wanted to start his film with "a cleverly edited 'new scene' of TNG, weaving together dialogue from multiple episodes and any cutaways from the feature films that existed. This was to set up the scene and give the audience a special start. This only lasts about a minute."</wrap> \\ \\ <wrap indent>He added he did not realize he was possibly the first fan producer to use original footage in this way. "It seemed natural to me given how I edited together show footage/green screen/new footage for my //Stargate// fan film released in 2012."</wrap></wrap>+<wrap indent>Cockings said he wanted to start his film with "a cleverly edited 'new scene' of TNG, weaving together dialogue from multiple episodes and any cutaways from the feature films that existed. This was to set up the scene and give the audience a special start. This only lasts about a minute."</wrap> \\ <wrap indent>He added he did not realize he was possibly the first fan producer to use original footage in this way. "It seemed natural to me given how I edited together show footage/green screen/new footage for my //Stargate// fan film released in 2012."</wrap></wrap>
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 ==== Aware of the Guidelines ==== ==== Aware of the Guidelines ====
  
-Cockings said he planned to release his film "in a form that represents what was written in 2013 and filmed in 2013-2014. … I am, of course, well aware of the guidelines (not rules) and wanted to try to release the film as intended first and if CBS had any problems I was happy to chat to them." He added, "I was of course hoping the age of my film would have allowed it to come out as intended."+Cockings said he planned to release his film "in a form that represents what was written in 2013 and filmed in 2013-2014. … I am, of course, well aware of the guidelines (not rules) and wanted to try to release the film as intended first and if CBS had any problems I was happy to chat to them." 
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 +He added, "I was of course hoping the age of my film would have allowed it to come out as intended."
  
 ===== Resolution ===== ===== Resolution =====
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 <wrap em>COMMENTS</wrap> \\ <wrap em>COMMENTS</wrap> \\
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-**Keywords** {{tag>Fan_films Guidelines}}+**Keywords** {{tag>Fan_films Guidelines CBS}}