As a general rule of thumb, every good Star Trek story has to be set on – or near – a starship. The hero ships of the ages include the Enterprise, the Defiant, Voyager and of course Discovery… In the fan film world, where CGI budgets are very limited, we often don’t get to see too many ship shots but when we do, we’re blown away. This category is for them…
Visual effects are big business in the professional film making world, and they’ve become such an integral part of a film’s story that it’s almost impossible to live without them.
In our crop of Star Trek fan films, MTM and I were on the look out for not just the best looking films – but also ones that contributed meaningfully to the story they were trying to tell…