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By GustavoLeao / 12:13, 2 October 2012 / Trek Books
TrekCore.com posted a new interview with Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block, authors of the new book Star Trek The Next Generation 365. Here is an excerpt from the interview.
TrekCore: For those fans who know nothing about the “365” format, could you tell us a bit about it, and how you came to be involved with “TOS 365” with Abrams Books, a project which led on to the amazing “TNG 365” which will be released next month?
Paula & Terry: Abrams came up with the idea for the first book—they wanted it as part of their very successful “365” series of coffee table books. These books are quite unique, full of stunning images. They’ve done 365 books on all sorts of subjects: the Beatles, the punk music scene, New York City, Star Wars, astronomy, Andy Warhol.... All different, but what they have in common is their unique dimensions—9 and ¼ inches wide by 6 and ¼ inches tall—and their format: 365 spreads, each featuring a beautiful full-page photo and a facing page of anecdotal information about the photo.Once Abrams obtained the license to publish a Star Trek book like that from CBS (the current rights holder for all Star Trek consumer products, including publishing), they asked CBS who might be a good candidate as author. Paula had overseen Star Trek publishing for the studio for nearly two decades, and had co-written Star Trek behind-the-scenes books with Terry, who worked as a publicist on several Star Trek films. When Abrams came knocking, we accepted as a team.
TrekCore: Please tell us a bit about the inspiration behind “TNG 365”. What propelled you to compile this amazing resource? You mention in the foreword that whilst writing “TOS 365” you always hoped that a positive fan reaction would allow you to create a version for TNG… The book’s release coincides with TNG’s 25th Anniversary. Is that just a happy coincidence, or did you plan it that way?
Paula & Terry: There are no coincidences! Our editor, Eric Klopfer, began talking about a TNG version of the book when we started turning in text and photos for the first one. He realized how cool that book was turning out, and promised that if TOS 365 was embraced by the fans, we’d do it again. When we pointed out to him that 2012 was TNG’s 25th anniversary, he was more committed than ever.
TrekCore: The book contains a huge number of never-before-seen photographs. As a website which covers Star Trek media, we were shocked at just how many shots were new to us! Where do you find the photos? And can you give us an idea of how long it took to compile the collection? Who takes the photos?
Paula & Terry: The studio’s publicity/marketing department assigned photographers to do still coverage of TNG while the series was filming. We knew the studio had binders and binders full of imagery; the licensing department had provided many of those images to licensees for use in their products over the years. Paula was familiar with what had been used and she worked very hard to steer us away from the ones that had been seen over and over again. In the hopes of finding something new, she took an especially close look at the black and white photography. The licensees had always requested color shots. So while many of the color images repeatedly appeared in books and magazines over the years, very little of the black and white photography was used at all. On any given day on the TNG set, the assigned still photographer would shoot both color and black and white film, generally using one or the other to cover different angles, or even different scenes. It was in the black and white where we found many of the rarest behind-the-scenes shots, like early versions of costumes and hairstyles, cast and crew indulging in unscripted and rather unorthodox behavior, and actors attending script readings and rehearsals in non-regulation attire.And there’s another reason why these rare photos didn’t surface earlier—back when the show was in production, the studio didn’t like to release too many “behind-the-scenes” images because they felt that it would give away “the magic.” They wanted people to focus on the show, not on how the show was made. These days, no one worries about that. The magic has been transformed into nostalgia.
The full extensive interview is here.
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