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The Genesis of "359"
My first Star Trek fan film production was not the first Star Trek  fan film I set out to make. I was a film and television major in...
David Ellis
Dec 24, 20243 min read
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Writing the Script for 359
***SPOILERS AHEAD (WATCH THE FILM FIRST!) *** For me, writing is always the easiest part. Once I have an idea in my head, it kind of...
David Ellis
Dec 24, 20244 min read
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Casting 359
***POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD! WATCH THE FILM FIRST!*** It's pretty much a given that anyone who is so into Star Trek  that they'd go to...
David Ellis
Dec 24, 20246 min read
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Shooting 359
Pre-Production Because it was conceived as a film that could be produced during the pandemic, "359" was always planned as a green screen...
David Ellis
Dec 24, 20246 min read
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Editing 359 (Part 1: Storyboarding and Tools)
The "Zoom call in space" format for 359 made production easy. Well, easiER, anyway. All the actors played directly to camera, so there...
David Ellis
Dec 24, 20245 min read
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Editing 359 (Part 2: The Visuals)
With the shot logs and storyboard in hand (see Editing Part 1 ), I sat down to start the edit. I was kind of learning as I went so, early...
David Ellis
Dec 24, 20246 min read
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Editing 359 (Part 3: Sound and Music)
No...I said, "Sound AND music." When I was working in video games, I became friends with quite a few sound designers, and I'm still in...
David Ellis
Dec 24, 20247 min read
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