Parsec 2008 Awards Results

The Parsec Awards ceremony was held this past weekend at Dragon-Con in Atlanta and unfortunately, “Disunity” did not take home the prize.  Regardless of this result, I can’t help but be thrilled with this nomination as this episode was the first one for our series – and my directorial debut – so the fact that we could be in contention with established and original sci-fi productions is still a wonderful pat on the back.  On behalf of the Unity team, I want to thank the Parsec Awards for nominating “Disunity” as one of the best Sci-Fi audio dramas for 2007.

Star Trek Unity’s Premiere Episode “Disunity” Nominated for 2008 Parsec Award!

The team behind the “Star Trek: Unity” project is thrilled to announce that the first episode of the series, “Disunity”, has been nominated for the 2008 Parsec Award, in the category of “Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form including Independents)”. The Parsec Awards are “dedicated to rewarding excellence in various aspects of Speculative Fiction Podcasting”. Our premiere episode, “Disunity”, was selected, along with four other audio production nominees, by the Parsec Awards Steering Committee and their assignees for this year’s award, the winner of which will be announced at the DragonCon convention, that will be held from August 29^th to September 1^st.

The nominees for the 2008 Parsec Award in the category of “Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form including Independents)” are –

Sneak Preview Of Unity Animated Series . . . Coming Soon

I realized recently that I forgot to mention in our blog here news about a special side project that Matt and I are currently working on. This project will give our audiences a sneak preview, if you will, of what the animated series of “Star Trek: Unity” will look like.

Slice of Sci-Fi Interview with ”Disunity” Director Tanveer Naseer Now Online

The interview Slice of Sci-Fi did with me about a week or so ago is now available on their website. You can check out the interview, and with it my comments about both “Disunity”, the upcoming episode “Disunity, Part 2″ as well as what we’re planning on doing with our series, at the link below -

Slice of Sci-Fi Interview WIth “Disunity” Director Tanveer Naseer

Happy reading!

Slice of Sci-Fi Announces Upcoming Interview with ”Disunity” Director Tanveer Naseer

The science fiction news site, Slice of Sci-Fi, has announced the news that they will be releasing an interview with the director of “Disunity” and “Disunity, Part 2″ (In other words, yours truly). In some ways, this interview will be a follow-up to the Director’s Commentary I did for “Disunity” as I discuss both the next episode, as well as the “Star Trek: Unity” series in general.

Roll Cameras, er, Microphones – Production on “Disunity, Part 2″ Has Started!

Well, here we go again.

Production on our second episode “Disunity, Part 2”, has finally started with us hitting the ground running. After many weeks of pre-production, I’m not only relieved to finally see this day come, but I’m actually very excited about it for two reasons. First, with this news, we can now move from being a one-shot release to a viable series production. And the second reason, and for me the most important, is that this is a really good, character-driven story.

”Star Trek: Unity” Makes The Move To Full CGI Animation!

Matt Boardman, the project’s Head of Graphics and lead animator, announced today that “Star Trek: Unity” has moved from using machinima as the animation technique to be used in the creation of the animated series to full CG animation.

Director’s Commentary for “Disunity” is Now Available

Well, I finally sat down to record a director’s commentary for our first episode “Disunity”, which is now being made available as part of the Star Trek: Unity podcast. And with any director’s commentary, you’ll get to hear what were my thoughts and what I wanted to accomplish in how I directed this episode. Of course, to add a little something extra to this commentary, I also drop a couple of hints about what you can expect to hear in our next episode. (Don’t ya just love those carrot sticks?)

Star Trek Unity’s ”Disunity” Now Available As Podcast!

Well, we finally got our first audio episode, “Disunity”, added onto our new podcast feed for our series. Already, this feed can be found on many of the podcast directories out there. All you need to do is do a search for “Star Trek Unity” and there’s a good chance you’ll find us. If not, you can simply add this feed into your RSS feeder and subscribe to it –

Star Trek: Unity’s Premiere Episode – ”Disunity”

Star Trek: Unity’s premiere episode, “Disunity” is a mystery/suspense story featuring Special Guest Star Kurt Carley. Although we can’t divulge the exact plot for this episode (since that would only ruin the mystery), we can say that the story is an allegory to a contemporary issue facing our world today.

To download the episode, visit www.startrekunity.com/disunity.html

Original Release Date: December 15th, 2007.