For those complaining it doesn't explain it well, they're optically stretching the model. They're lighting it slowly in a fine strip of light from front to back, whilst moving the camera forward with an open exposure, the photographic film will only be exposed to the lit parts of the model as the camera moves, so the result is that the model will look stretched along its length 3-dimensionally in each frame of the film that they take this way.
John Prudent thank you, it’s _very_ hard to put these kinds of old school optical processes into simple words succinctly, and reading it back I’m not entirely sure I managed it, so it’s good to know it helped someone, cheers.
I distinctly remember watching the the series premiere and being blown away by how movie-quality the special effects were, especially the two alien jelly-fish at the end.
@Tin Watchman Post production has always existed (at its most basic level, it's simply editing), and simple CGI and digital effects like image warping were a thing back then, but I suspect doing it in-camera probably produced the best results.
It would've looked a lot faker if they did a simple optical stretch - you can see the stretch being 3D, with parts of the ship occulding other parts as they stretch. That's why it's so mindblowing to look at.
IIRC, because of the way the warp jump was done, the visual effects team were only able to make something like three different shots of the jump. It was just basically flipped left for right, to create some variation. Also, the blue flare from the nacelles was necessary to hide the transition from the large 6 foot model to the 2 footer. You can tell because the shape of the saucer changes slightly, and the lighting has higher contrast.
No way around it unless you have absolutely huge tracks. The longest track on a MoCo shot I've supervised was around 90 ft ... and I doubt that's enough to pull off the shot convincingly with the 6 ft model.
Entertainment Tonight shows a clip of them filming the stretch and I knew enough about FX to know they were doing a slit scan technique to stretch the ship.
I do love rhe Enterprise D warp drive. But seriously though... VOYAGER ROCKS IT.. Nacells going from fullu extended and locked to roughly 45 degrees locking and engaging.. no doubt fir purpose of warpfield dynamic increase. I love Voyagers warp drive.
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What is the name of this documentary? I would quite like to see the entire documentary. With that last man at the end, clearly he was cut off mid-sentence.
I don't know if they're still available on RU-vid, but it's from the 2002 Season 1 DVD, in the Special Features. There are 4 videos in total, this specific clip comes from the one titled "The Beginning", and the other three are called "Selected Crew Analysis", Making of a Legend", and "Memorable Missions".
@@HowIamDriving I don't know, I saw First Contact so long ago that I can't remember the music. Also, I think because I'm older, my music taste may have matured, so I like it better now.
I thought originally they had a break apart model enterprise that they stretched into several pieces. In fact if you paused the old vhs and maybe even youtube, you see this in the original intro.
There was a very large model for hero shots and a smaller model for effects shots. The smaller model was different in some details (the curve of the nacelle pylons is easiest to spot), and you can see the details change when the engines flash just before the last jump to warp in the intro.
I had almost given up looking, but I finally found it! It's from the 2002 Season 1 DVD, in the Special Features. There are 4 videos which you can find on RU-vid if you search for "STTNG Archival", this specific clip comes from the one titled "The Beginning". The other three are called "Selected Crew Analysis", Making of a Legend", and "Memorable Missions".
The impulse engines do. On both intake and exhaust cams. Also they have direct injection. The older class starships had only 2 valves per cylinder but made up for it with cool 80s turbos
Anyone disappointed in this effect when you first watched TNG? I remember the early TNG promo the ship just streaked and vanished when it went to warp. I was disappointed in the transporter effect too.
kurtb8474 As much as I despise the JJ-verse (although " _Star Trek Beyond_ " was not _as_ offensive as its two immediate predecessors), I thought the first five minutes of the first movie (aka "the _Kelvin_ sequence") was done marvelously. As far as I'm concerned, the scene involving the _Kelvin_ had just the right pinches of drama, effects, writing, tone, music, acting and direction. But from the second after you see the title card "Star Trek" , it's a shit show of mass mistakes.
