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Published: 2015-06-17 05:38:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 1651; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 102
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I love getting a close look at the LCARs panels on Star Trek. I have found a prety nice collection over the years and recently found those of the ST-TNG films.Related content
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That's Tactical...
I used to know Melinda Snodgrass, who had been the script editor for Next Generation. You might already know this (but in case you don't), but she said that the computer displays were often added as a special effect after filming, especially if part of the display was animated. She showed the episode in which Data was on trial because he refused to be dismantled, after final editing but before music or effects were added. Characters using the computer displays were often staring at or even touching blank screens.
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I will not claim to be an expert on Star Trek, but I have read a lot about how the show was made. I was only vaguely aware of the fact you have shared.
My question is .... should I share more of my collection?
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As I recall, most of the displays were ‘static’, meaning that they were not animated, and were created by painting the display images on the inside of a sheet of glass by an artist they kept just for that task. There were also ‘hybrid’ displays, mostly painted but with animated inserts. Whenever characters were speaking with someone on a video link on a monitor, the video of the person they were speaking to was inserted as an after-effect over a square area painted blue. The first true CGI in a Star Trek series didn’t happen until Voyager, although NG was the first TV series to use computer-generated orchestration in the music score (sometimes) And that’s the limit of my Trek Trivia.
Although I did sit next to William Shatner on a panel at Worldcon! He even asked me reasonably intelligent questions about being Native American.
To answer your question - yes, if you are creating an archive of things like panels that were actually used in the series or movies, there are people out there who would want to see that, and perhaps some that might need practical research.
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I'll begin the upload tonight.
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