Fedcon 2009 Opening Animation

This is the opening movie for the FedCon 2009 Science Fiction convention. Since the convention was held one week before the official opening of the new Star Trek movie, I thought it would be a good idea to show off the two most prominent ships of the new movie - the Kelvin and the Enterprise. Since these two ships would have never been able to meet, this is just a "what if" variation. Because, as you know - in SciFi, anything is possible. All elements of the movie, except the music, are done by Tobias Richter of The Light Works. www.thelightworks.com

[@michaelramsey82]

It's a pity the actual movie didn't have the slow, majestic shots of the ship like this does, giving a feeling of just how enormous these things really are. That was one of my favorite aspects of the original movies, and it's been sorely missing from everything since. The Kelvin is actually quite a cool-looking ship when you have time to admire it. This was a pleasure to watch!

[@vladmcjagger]

Love the detail that the Kevlin has some kinda "ehh" shields that keep the hull from getting damaged for a bit while the Enterprise has a bubble shield that is clearly much stronger. Makes sense with the tech upgrade and what their ships function would have been and I think details like that should be in the actual films honestly.

[@omegaprime9794]

The Kelvin could have hull polarization.

[@nicholasmiller5643]

That's what I was thinking too@@omegaprime9794

[@MoonsingerMedia]

More than 10 years later and this video is still going strong. Was my greatest pleasure to write the music for this .. and I can only hope it gave all the fans chills with that ending. Very satisfying for me personally. Tobias’s incredible model actually made me fall in love with this Enterprise design .. wasn’t such a fan before hand. Superb video made by one helluva talented 3D artist. And love it or hate it .. the music was my pleasure to write for this epic film and I’ve no regrets!

[@Confederate-Gamer-1863]

The music is amazing!!!!

[@EvandroBarra]

The appearence of the enterprise in this movie is so beautiful!!!

[@deLimitedProductions]

This work is almost a decade old, and it still holds up and looks fantastic today.

[@aramax1001]

this is beautiful!! so fantastic!! as if jim kirk, when he and his fine ship come on in, is saying, in essence: "I'm here to save you, Dad!!" such a very wonderful little vignete....

[@mikekean8344]

And a fight with his first order warships that would be an interesting battle

[@darthkurland]

“Space: The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new lifeforms and new civilizations, To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before.”

[@mikekean8344]

A line from Leonard Nimoy

[@derpytwerpgameryt4955]

kirk : hey dad its good to see u mind if we drop on in

[@tlwtobiasrichter]

Thanks - the visuals were done by just one person in around 4 months time (including modelling the two ships). And of course Hetoreyn doing the music.

[@somegeekyperson4645]

2:24 Oh god, i felt a chill in my spine seeing the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 warped in along with the original theme!

[@MoonsingerMedia]

Oh that pleasure was all mine 😏, but you’re welcome!

[@tlwtobiasrichter]

Thanks for all the recent comments. This movie was done 6 years ago. It was purely done to show the Kelvin and the Enterprise prior to the actual movie (based only on images from the trailer). The "story" is intentionally simple. There are no phaser cannons because at the time I made this animation, the movie was not out yet and I did not know the Enterprise had these Phaser cannons. There will be no updated version or continuation of this short little movie. You can see more of my work in fan-produced movies and series like "Star Trek - New voyages", "Star Trek: Axanar" and "Star Trek: Renegades".

[@connor4317]

Tobias Richter can i edit this and use 2:25 as my intro with credit of course. 😊

[@tlwtobiasrichter]

If it is strictly for personal use, you can use it. Please with credit.

[@connor4317]

Tobias Richter thank you

[@connor4317]

Tobias Richter This absolutely beautiful.🙃

[@OpticHanAlone]

That music tho.

[@alasdairgardiner2313]

I have to admit that the Kelvin Timeline Enterprise has really grown on my a lot, though I suspect it may have something to do with the fact that I have a Kelvin Timeline Constitution-class Heavy Command Cruiser of my own - the U.S.S. Jupiter NCC-1734 - in Star Trek Online. It really has become one of my favourite Starships, though the top spot still goes to the Constitution-class Starship (Refit) from the Prime Timeline with the Enterprise-A taking the number 1 spot. I do love how the Enterprise warps in just in time to rescue the Kelvin though Kirk is on the bridge saying 'Hold on Dad, I'm coming to save you.'

[@richardched6085]

USS Jupiter (NCC-1734) is an Archernar subclass Heavy Cruiser in the Prime Universe. Did you know this or did you name your ship that by coincidence? Either way awesome!

[@alasdairgardiner2313]

I did know this and for some reason I liked the name and number and had been trying to write a fan series about her career - in the technical specifications that I have written she was commissioned in 2254 and decommissioned in 2297 after a career of 43 years and I had been planning to use the name for a Constitution-class Starship (Refit) in Star Trek Online, but then I obtained my Kelvin Timeline Constitution-class Heavy Command Cruiser and decided to call it the U.S.S. Jupiter NCC-1734, commanded by my in-game character, Fleet Admiral/Federation Ambassador Phillip Christopher Pike. In the technical specifications for the Jupiter, I have said that the Kelvin Timeline ship is also an Achernar-subclass Starship and that she was built at the Tranquility Base Fleet shipyards, where the U.S.S. Defiant NCC-1764 and U.S.S. Excalibur NCC-1664 were also built. According to another website, the Jupiter was the Flagship of the Starfleet 12th Fleet, headquartered at Starbase 19 - another bit of information I have used in the technical specifications.

[@richardched6085]

@@alasdairgardiner2313 awesome! I tried to get the Kelvin Timeline Connie 2 years ago but I wasn't familiar with microtransactions... Wasted $10 lol. In my headcanon Starfleet had at most 150+ Constitution class Starships in service by 2265 (With there being the original 12 launched in 2245 hence Kirk's line about there only being 12) Bonhomme Richard, Archernar, Tikopai class ships would be used for patrol and combat purposes while the Enterprise was mainly an Exploratory Vessel. In the Kelvin Timeline it seems like the registry numbers are all over the place... 1734 had been taken by the USS Hood (However it's supposed to be 1703 lol) so it still works for the Jupiter.

[@alasdairgardiner2313]

I got the Jupiter from the lockboxes, can't remember how many I tried but eventually I succeeded and the rest is as they say, history. I also feel that the look of the Kelvin Timeline Constitution-class Heavy Command Cruiser has grown on me a lot and it is one of my favourite designs after the Prime Timeline Constitution-class Starship (Refit), especially the 2009/Into Darkness version. I am not too keen on the look from Star Trek Beyond - it just made the Enterprise look too skinny and too easily destroyed, though if that version was ever introduced into Star Trek Online I might modify the Jupiter with the Star Trek Beyond style saucer section with the additional phaser turrets. Occasionally I have used the red Bussard ramscoop option in Star Trek Online to suggest a slight modification to the Jupiter's engines, however I do prefer to keep her looking more like the 2009 Enterprise. Other things I have on the Jupiter include the blue retro TOS phasers, Quantum Torpedoes and the Lorca Manoeuvre - the Spore Drive. Phillip Pike and his crew have the Wrath of Khan-era uniforms because they are my favourite Starfleet uniform, but I have had a few different uniforms, but sadly Admiral Pike missed out on the Kelvin Timeline Admiral's uniform like the one Admiral Marcus/Admiral Pike had in Into Darkness.

[@darthkurland]

Alasdair Gardiner that might have been an interesting concept for “Star Trek XIV.”

[@mikhaelgonzalez8815]

Back in 2011-2014 this was my childhood, thank you so much for making this Here as of April 16, 2021 Thursday 5:17 PM

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

Those attacking ships look like teeny weeny versions of the Son'a battleship.

[@gugeyewalker]

thegreenmanofnorwich The look like romulan fighters to me.

[@darthkurland]

gugeyewalker whatever they are, they’re toast against the Enterprise.

[@UniqueModelCreations]

Love the video!! I really appreciate that your work allows us to see both ships in full glory, with slow passes, like original Trek movies of old, showing the beauty of the ships as characters and not just the ships the cast were flying around in! Great Work!!!

[@esecallum]

STD IS TOTAL CRAP WITH AWFUL SOUND EFFECTS PEW PISS PHIST PHIST...

[@Grymmorgan]

Christ, I"m glad I wasn't the guy who had to mop up all the nerd-jizz from the FedCon floor after this showed!! x^D

[@TheDragonWhelp]

This is simply amazing, the way you've modeled and animated this BEFORE the release of the movie is simply jawdropping. It almost looks as good as the actuall thing, or at least it does is damn good justice. May i ask you, how long did the enire process take, from idea to final render? How many people worked on this?

[@thereclaimer2945]

Loved the music & sound effects perfecto!

[@xavier_5587]

I'd love to see a 4k remaster of this amazing opening movie in the future! ❤

[@darthkurland]

One thing that I was hoping to see in the 14th film was seeing three different time periods in the life of James T. Kirk. 1. The present day (Chris Pine) 2. The past (Chris Hemsworth as George Kirk) 3. The future, 50 years later (William Shatner) And all of them have to work together to combat whatever the threat is. To borrow a deleted, but appropriate, quote from William Shatner in Generations, “Let’s try and cheat death together.”

[@BBP749]

Me when Kelvin is crashed: sad Me when Enterprise and Kelvin are together sailing into the beyond: *ITS BEAUTIFUL*

[@FoxCDN]

Such incredible work on all that you've posted! Thank you for sharing!!

[@hablom1977]

Wonderful work Mr Richter!

[@oldmangreg]

Why do big starship always fly through an asteroid field? Didn't they watch the Empire Strikes Back?

[@gordon5004]

You brilliant folks are artists. Thank you so much.

[@gugeyewalker]

Some of the best CG starships I've ever seen!

[@shotojukukai]

Absolutely Majestic! Your parents must be proud!!!!!!!!

[@spilbeen5213]

WOW!WOW!WOW!and some WOW!on top of that,now that was BLOODY GREAT!!!BRAVO!! well done!.

[@CASA-dy4vs]

This class of ship especially with the TOS era deflector and collector really tickled my fancy ngl

[@seanwolslau-holdren6731]

Well, at least the Kelvin and Enterprise still know how to kick ass.

[@SB34Fireball]

That was absolutely awesome, i've been following the build of both ships since you started working on them, fantastic work!

[@tylerchristensen7434]

I wonder of Star Trek 4 will look anything like this, if so, I'm excited!

[@normsharp6497]

Thank you sharing this. It was pure gold to me :)

[@EchoStarlite]

This is absolutely gorgeous.

[@emmeriankiwi6993]

Saw this and I was like instead of the enterprise escaping singularity, its transported straight to exactly when the Kelvin was attacked but instead arriving earlier...

[@MSkallywagg]

why no phaser's from Enterprise

[@tlwtobiasrichter]

Because at that time I did not know if there were any and how they look

[@darthkurland]

Tobias Richter now that you do, how would you handle that weaponry?

[@spockvskhan4561]

I followed up your statement. That was ridiculous --no phasers???

[@tacticalblade970]

It’s not enterprise

[@quimstabber]

@@tacticalblade970 then why does it say enterprise on the ship?

[@alancarter3142]

Wonderful work

[@cubdukat]

Such a long way from those Amiga days... My hat is off to you, Mr. Richter...

[@WelshmanSudios]

How can anyone put a thumbs down to this video?

[@SierraThunder]

Probably some A**wipe from Paramount

[@hobbs1701a]

Stunning visuals, and wonderful music. My only negative is that the Enterprise would not use photon torpedoes like that. They'd use phasers first. But, that's just me. Otherwise, awesome job.

[@donaldbestkorea2248]

Check what the creator commented

[@blitsgaming8954]

Tobias Richter, I remember when you made that star trek game back on the Amiga, or Atari ST, and was known as Tobias Trekkie, and this is brilliant

[@zamafendy6755]

damn...its so awesome.now i wish we could really build it someday in future.

[@reptohunter]

Exzellente Animation! Das fragt man sich wirklich, warum deutsche Kinofilme meist derart grottige Effekte, wenn es doch so talentierte Künstler gibt, die man engagieren könnte.

[@Lx3IV]

That was beautiful ! ! !

[@yoongbusaracomkul5495]

That is some bad ass work

[@casivona]

Mind-blowing! Fantastic work!!

[@Zazwaz]

very well done!

[@wrlord]

Really brilliant. One quibble, not even worth mentioning - Starfleet ships, like US Navy ships, have the name on the back, not the serial number. I don't know if the people responsible for the new movie are aware of that.

[@hikermatt]

First saw this on the LightWorks site, glad I stumbled upon it on KZbin too! Absolutely fantastic video!

[@SAMURAI_GLOBAL]

One of my favorite animations.

[@77TheStarWarsMan07]

FedCon! The place to see old friends and make new ones! A place where you can forget all the problems in the world relax and have fun! I could never forget that year! From another parrallel universe to you... This is Captain Riker Great Work!!!

[@jamesmagill5433]

Excellent visual story!

[@Brian-pz3wh]

Nice job guys, really good work.

[@johannesdd]

Absolutely fantastic indeed! :)

[@phongbong]

I wish stuff like this happened in the movie. :(

[@stevenewman1393]

🖖😎👍Very cool and very greatly well done and executed in every detail way shape and form and format, A job very nicely well done indeed!,👌.

[@jder06]

You know that I loved this , but where were our Phaser cannons ? The older ship , the Kelvin, showed it did have Plasma cannons firing. But still , I loved it.

[@ciscokitty8]

this is making me want to watch Star Trek XI again....seen it twice already

[@juanvilches530]

Hace 15 años??? Los felicito muy bueno, hagan más , o una serie

[@tlwtobiasrichter]

No, just some alien ships I have in my library for quite some years.

[@toracedunlap9345]

very very awesome but who dare to attack that USS Kelvin.

[@species6339]

@Kodos1 even though they resemble son'a ships more than likely they are klingon as they are green with red highlights, besides starfleet hadn 't encountered the son'a until the khitomer accords as their original homeworld is located in the briar patch which is within klingon space

[@OscarCastillo1]

Pretty bad ass work.

[@wesleymccurtain166]

Lovely animation!

[@DangerousParent]

Perfection😘 I'd love to see the Kelvin perform a barrel roll🤔

[@chanmatthew1125]

Well I thought uss Kelvin was a badass ship but it kinda got rekt on this animation anyway well done another u made a masterpiece

[@ExiledPiasa]

2022 and the visuals still look good👍

[@soledweller]

loved it. a real enjoyment and great to watch.excellent work.

[@jefftappan3091]

Good stuff, Maynard.

[@tlwtobiasrichter]

The weapons of the Kelvin are controlled by a rig in Maya that fires particles (which are actually geometry in the shape of a shot) automatically.

[@Heavydood]

Top class......excellent stuff!!

[@alonzoalvs8226]

IT WAS IMPRESSIVE AMAZING

[@tlwtobiasrichter]

Just taken from what was available back then - screenshots of the trailer, mostly.

[@Confederate-Gamer-1863]

The music of the enterprise showing up!!!!

[@jamieolberding7731]

Tobias Richter 1.21K subscribers 0:59 to 3:57 Those unknown affiliation attacking alien pirate ships look like the Son'a battle cruiser's from Star Trek: Insurrection. Am I correct?

[@gurney_3915]

Ah, the micro Son'a battleships, haven't seen those since Insurrection!

[@senmovie]

Brilliant animation. I have some problems with with mindless aliens attacking a ship they can barely create damage to on some sort of mass suicide missions. But this seems to be a common 'storyline' in sf these days...

[@youownittakeit]

Wow thank you thank you thank you!!

[@tlwtobiasrichter]

@aeromaxout - No, you are not the first one. The E doesn´t use its phasers because this was done way before the movie was out and I did not know how the phasers would look, so I choose to not show them.

[@billypilgrim3795]

good work! thanks for posting!

[@tlwtobiasrichter]

@ToushiroHitsugaya1 As you´ve mentioned, the model for the Kelvin is available, but at the moment I do not have plans to release the Enterprise as well.

[@CptPakundo]

Hi there. I'd like to say I apologize for having this exact same video on my channel, under the title "Federation Convention Opening animation, by The Light Works - Digital Imagery". For all this time I was unaware that you, who HAVE made this, have uploaded this yourself, and I believe my video is stealing views from you. Please note, when I uploaded it I thought no one else did, so I thought it'd be useful for others. My apologies, the now deleted video was at /watch?v=c3OR7OaUCVw

[@AlexOoiue]

brilliant animation!

[@Hylanvahr]

Unbelievable work, Tobias! That was very enjoyable. Did you get to do any post work for the movie? This clearly proves they should have hired you. :-)

[@nickpond9337]

HOLLEY SH ~ GREAT JOB GREAT TEAM WORK ;

[@philipd1979]

Wow that it amazing work love it hope to see more or maybe a movie

[@WeebLabs]

Brilliant work, Tobias! -- "animator" of SFM.

[@Pikatroid42]

I just noticed that the Klingon and Federation weapons switched. Usually, it's the Federation phasers that are a beam, and the Klingon weapon (I forget what it's called) that's a lot of small bolts, isn't it?

[@mr.red.pandac1407]

The literal definition of f around and find out 2:42

[@laughinkitti4169]

That would, of course, be Sulu at the helm, because he's the best Federation Starpilot ever. Diane Duane said so ;)

[@wrenchman3702]

Cool video!

[@Shadowkey392]

very good!

[@SovietHighCommand]

Fun fact: the u.s.s kelvin has advanced weaponry and has only one nacelle the other one isnt a nacelle its a deflector dish and a shuttle bay much like the enterprise

[@aaronheryford3507]

I love it so much

[@WelshmanSudios]

I loved this video, what software did you use, what type of computer did you use? And how and where did you learn to animate so brilliantly

[@tlwtobiasrichter]

Software used was Maya, Photoshop, Fusion, Aftereffects. Pretty much Standard PCs, but lots of them. 20 years of experience. Thank you!

[@junito1957]

you done a great job on the texture of those ships , the panels look real , by the way i am a blender user and blender is better then Maya!!,lol

[@retropolis1]

I use blender , too, because it's free, and it is powerful. But better than maya..naaaaah :D

[@shauljonah6955]

Great 👍 video and effects 😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@josephs.garcia8258]

Just commenting now, yes a little late I know but hey.. better le than never! My wife Sonja & I have been attending FedCon since I have been stationed here, (for a while now), and it is always great! Mainly we had the honors of being called the " Riker " and " Troy "of this wonderful convention. The opening animation is great, so for those of you who do not know how to do this, (film), do not be negative about it. First learn how it's done, do it, then add your remarks! Wish I could do this! Hats off to Tobias Richter!

[@missbish1000]

Sweet,only 1 issue, the kelvin class is much more heavily armed than portrayed here.

[@leppy111]

nice job

[@bondsan]

2:24 Captain, there's another ship coming in......