Cinefex

Template:Realworld Cinefex is a magazine that, in each issue, specifically focuses in-depth on the technical aspects of the special and visual effects used in a particular movie or television production. Launched in 1980 under stewardship of Don Shay, it has become the foremost periodical magazine on special effects in the business and is as of 2009 still being published.

Though there is a certain overlap in the subject matter with the contemporary magazines American Cinematographer and Cinefantastique, the focus lies on the various aspects of creating special effects whereas American Cinematographer is focused on the actual filming techniques and Cinefantastique covers a lesser indepth but wider range of behind-the-scenes aspects. As such the magazines can be considered complimentary.

Noteworthy is that Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan has not received any coverage in the magazine, though an article apparently had been written. As former freelance writer Kevin Martin recalled, "There was in fact a Star Trek II article commissioned by publisher/then-editor Don Shay, but he found it unsatisfactory and 'killed' it. I freelanced for the magazine from 1990 to 1998 and was staff writer there till the end of 2000 (wrote their coverage for ST TUC, GEN, FC and INS, though they really messed up the editing on GEN), and I spent a lot of that time trying to get a look at the TWOK manuscript without success. It must have been a real disaster, because I know of very few Cinefex pieces that were killed off rather than printed.". (1)

Of particular interest to Star Trek are the following issues:

Issue #	Year	Cover	Contents
1	March 1980		Star Trek: The Motion Picture: - Into the V'Ger Maw with Douglas Trumbull, Don Shay, pages 4-33
2	August 1980		Star Trek: The Motion Picture: - Greg Jein-Miniature Giant, Brad Munson, pages 24-49 - Star Trekking at Apogee with John Dykstra, Don Shay, pages 50-72
18	August 1984		Star Trek III: The Search for Spock: - The Last Voyage of the Starship "Enterprise", Brad Munson, pages 42-68
29	February 1987		Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home: - Humpback to Future, Jody Duncan Shay, pages 4-31
37	February 1989		TNG Season 1: - Special Effects The Next Generation, Glenn Campbell & Donna Trotter, pages 4-21
42	May 1990		Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: - Sharing the Pain, Paul Mandell, pages 44-68
49	February 1992		Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country: - Letting Slip the Dogs of Wars, Kevin H. Martin, pages 38-60
61	March 1995		Star Trek Generations: - Kirk Out, Kevin H. Martin, pages 62-77
69	March 1997		Star Trek: First Contact: - Phoenix Rising, Kevin H. Martin, pages 98-119
77	April 1999		Star Trek: Insurrection: - Lost in the Briar Patch, Kevin H. Martin, pages 68-95
93	April 2003		Star Trek Nemesis: - Through a Glass Darkly, Bill Norton, pages 88-111
118	July 2009		Star Trek:

External links

• Cinefex.com - Official website
• Cinefex at Wikipedia