Thank You for documenting those Wonderful times, with groups of talented people materializing everybody’s dreams, taking the challenges and producing those models . And for many of them: “ cheers in heaven “
Believe it or not this is surprisingly ambitious for a tv show.. motion control technology by this time was at its best but big sound stages designed primarily for exploding star ships was unheard of even for Star Wars productions
..I remember this program and this episode because ds9 had either just premiered or was about to. Seth McFarlane is being laughed at because he wanted all of the orville to be a model, not cgi except for minimal needs, but all the detail and beauty shots is an old fashioned model
Voyager probably hadn't started when they filmed this behind the scenes, especially if they're showing the pilot episode of DS9 (filmed in 1992). DS9 is far from stupid, it actually requires intelligence to really get the most out of it.
As much as I liked Voyager, having a woman with smoker's voice as a captain was a stretch. One of the reasons Genevieve Bujold bowed out was because they asked her to wear a padded bra. They eventually got their shapely space babe when Jeri Ryan joined the cast.
3D requires a LOT of work. Just because a computer is involved, it doesn't make it as easy as pushing a few buttons. I'm making a no-budget film right now. I need a rat monster creature for it. I've dabbled in 3D modelling and animation for 15 years - and still I've opted to build a rod puppet for the rat creature instead. As complicated a process as it has been, I think it would be way more difficult to get a good result with 3D graphics on my own.
@@dogwalker666 really? Isn't CGI no longer exclusive to big production companies by today and indies are getting used to it? I thought it's save cost on materials and space and time.
@@Joshua_N-A it's getting cheaper, but on a recent film it cost ten times more to desi6and model the SFX in CG as apposed to miniatures and the film was much more believable.
The narrator for Movie Magic was Neil Ross who voiced characters like Keith, Pidge, Jeff, Chip and other characters on Voltron: Defender of the Universe, hook, slag and Springer on Transformers G1, Shipwreck on G.I. Joe. He’s also the announcer for the Press Your Luck revival in 2019.
At the same time as "Movie Magic," another network (TLC, perhaps?) ran a rival series called "Hollywood FX Masters," hosted by Christopher Reeve. It, too, is well worth a look...if you can find it anywhere.
Hello Brad, yes, I have spent the whole of 2020 lockdown filming 'The Chase' made all the characters, all sets, wrote all the music, made all the camera tracks etc, my brief being: Do not spend ANY money! Now in the edit. How about you? Stay safe mate. 🏆⚒️🇬🇧
@@djphilter Keep me posted Jeremie! I spent last week making 'clouds' and no joke... They look better than clouds on the screen! Here's what I did: One of my many girlfriend's came round to visit (it's France 😂🤣) , I showed here my filmed 'sky' on the TV... Her remark was "Beautiful... What film is that from?" Then I showed her the 'set' which was a roll of old chicken-wire and an old pillow, and she didn't believe it, frankly neither do I!! I think one of the secrets is a camera with a small sensor though I am no photographer much less a cinematographer... But I am the King of making do 👍⚒️🎬
@@nigelcarren That is fascinating. Indeed it is really cool that we can make things look so real when in reality, it could be nothing more than some scrap junk laying around the house! I'm currently trying to make a cyberpunk style night city, with lights, fog, cars, ads and all kinds of stuff. My main inspiration has come from the film Slice of Life on RU-vid.
@@djphilter Me too!! My first challenge is a TOTAL rework of my RU-vid channel showing all my miniature armour coming to life. The clouds are for above a castle which is at the end of my channel trailer. I live in a sort of ruined Manoir, and I wanted a transition from the model castle to one of the Arrowslits where I live. I built it all... Twas a thing of 500 LED's, but the colour was way off (I wanted warm welcoming candlelight), So in the end 2.5Volt torch bulbs solved the problem, but A) Try finding a box of those and B) They get hot which melts the model!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrr
DS9 was not actually in Federation space (at first) since Bajor did not join the Federation until sometime in the last couple seasons. Sometime while the Dominion was occupying the station, actually according to Memory Alpha.
Agree, they don't use practical effects as much. But its funny that CGI often costs as much or more than practical effects. Some CGI effects are amazingly done, and you don't even notice that they are CGI. The real answer is they should do both and blend them together. More practical affects would be pretty awesome! They also have a better charm than CGI.
lol pretty much all the movies you hate the cgi use, use models as well, and when cgi is great you don't even notice it, only when it's bad. Not even cars in modern action movie car chases are real any more. Ever notice 3/4th of the cars in the bourne chase scenes are CGI? No? Notice how helm's deep was a miniature? No? Or the bus stop and city and everything except 2 actors in ugly betty were CGI? The entire airport in avengers? Think the SW prequels had no practical effects or real models? Think again. Etc Etc Etc. Good movie makers simply use the best tool for the current scenario, sometimes that's CGI, sometimes a model, often a combination of techniques. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bL6hp8BKB24.html is a good starter.
CGI is actually more expensive to produce to a high standard degree. Models are amazing but it just didn't evolve as fast as CGI did. People believe it couldn't be done any better. The most that models can compete in now are hard-surface objects (The buildings and some vehicles in Blade Runner 2049).
