Film Study
The film I have chosen to study is Star Trek The Motion Picture. The film was released in 1979, at which time computer graphics were not good enough to have shot some of the scenes and so a lot of models were used instead. In the first 25mins 8/9 models have been seen on screen.
In total production crews, including model makers, worked on 21sets throughout the film.
For the film the Star ship Enterprise was re–built to represent a new 23rd century upgrade to the ship. For the film the model makers made two of the Enterprise. One was 8feet long and was used for close up scenes such as the dry-dock scene, near the beginning of the movie. The other was 20inches long; it had less detail and was mainly used for distance shots. These models took 6 months to build in total with work being done on them after, during filming.
The dry–dock scene is the launch of the new Enterprise, in the images below you can see the models of dry–dock and enterprise are being set up, then in the next image filming is being done one the model, this I presume is the 8foot long model. Finally you can see the ship launching in the actual film, complete with a background of space and earth.
As stated there are 8/9 models, maybe more used on screen in the first 25 minutes. There is a battle at the start of the film between Three Klingon Cruisers and the unknown threat. At least three models have been used in this scene for the three cruisers. Each would have been made with the same care as the enterprise model, despite them getting destroyed not 10 minutes through the film.
In the pictures, going from left to right again, the first is actual footage of a Klingon ship preparing to fire. The next shows a similar view of the model without the effects from the film, and finally an image of the model in production
There were also several other Klingon Cruiser models made for the film, each of which was used to test effects and film on. One effect I read about was the ships ability to be destroyed, which the film crew enjoyed experimenting on.
For this particular film there has been a great amount of work contributed by the model making department. Not only have the ships all been produced, but the sets themselves, would have been made as scale models to indicate what they will look like, before they are made, or approved by the director.
The film I have chosen to study is Star Trek The Motion Picture. The film was released in 1979, at which time computer graphics were not good enough to have shot some of the scenes and so a lot of models were used instead. In the first 25mins 8/9 models have been seen on screen.
In total production crews, including model makers, worked on 21sets throughout the film.
For the film the Star ship Enterprise was re–built to represent a new 23rd century upgrade to the ship. For the film the model makers made two of the Enterprise. One was 8feet long and was used for close up scenes such as the dry-dock scene, near the beginning of the movie. The other was 20inches long; it had less detail and was mainly used for distance shots. These models took 6 months to build in total with work being done on them after, during filming.
The dry–dock scene is the launch of the new Enterprise, in the images below you can see the models of dry–dock and enterprise are being set up, then in the next image filming is being done one the model, this I presume is the 8foot long model. Finally you can see the ship launching in the actual film, complete with a background of space and earth.
As stated there are 8/9 models, maybe more used on screen in the first 25 minutes. There is a battle at the start of the film between Three Klingon Cruisers and the unknown threat. At least three models have been used in this scene for the three cruisers. Each would have been made with the same care as the enterprise model, despite them getting destroyed not 10 minutes through the film.
In the pictures, going from left to right again, the first is actual footage of a Klingon ship preparing to fire. The next shows a similar view of the model without the effects from the film, and finally an image of the model in production
There were also several other Klingon Cruiser models made for the film, each of which was used to test effects and film on. One effect I read about was the ships ability to be destroyed, which the film crew enjoyed experimenting on.
For this particular film there has been a great amount of work contributed by the model making department. Not only have the ships all been produced, but the sets themselves, would have been made as scale models to indicate what they will look like, before they are made, or approved by the director.
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