The VFX History of Star Trek: The Next Generation

A look at the visual effects team behind the iconic television show and how they used practical effects, model photography and artistry. This was the TV show that first sparked my interest in visual effects and over the years, I've come back to it time and time again. In the decades since it was broadcast, there's been breadcrumbs scattered over how the VFX were created and I've done my best here to gather them all up to share. I searched the web for blu-ray extras, exclusive releases, podcasts and of course, Cinefex. Robert Legato, Dan Curry, Ron Moore, Gary Hutzel, Michael & Denise Okuda and many others were brought together by producer Peter Lauritson to work behind the scenes creating magic (or should that be "sufficently advanced science"?) Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/shiveringcactus* ▶️ Playlists Makin' Star Trek    • Makin' Star Trek   VFX History    • VFX History   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📖 Bibliography Campbell, G. and Trotter, D., 1989. Special Effects: The Next Generation. Cinefex, (37) Curry, D. and Robinson, B., 2021. Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry. London: Titan Books. Amazon link to Dan’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Trek-Ar... ▶️ Video sources (I cannot guarantee these links will continue to work)    • STV—Dan Curry on TNG S2 BLuray VFX —and Do...      • Star Trek Visual Effects Magic: A Roundtab...      • Ron Moore on Battlestar, Outlander, For Al...      • Star Trek: TNG The Trek Not Taken 2013 Spe...   John Knoll: Old School Cool - https://vimeo.com/391366006    • The Cult of... Tripods   Thanks to: - ‪@GCKoerner‬ for pointing out that the model motion control was shot at Image G, not Foundation Imaging. - ‪@faldor‬ for letting me know the Dauphin was in Season 2, not Season 3. ------------------------------------------------------------ 🔖Chapters 00:00 Introduction 03:10 Shoot on Film, Edit on Video 07:25 Video Compositing 11:03 Shooting models 16:21 Practical Elements 18:10 Self-repairing Borg Cube 19:17 3D Viewscreens 20:30 Faking motion control 21:19 Undercranking *Models*: Enterprise D, Alex3D : www.alex3d.space Enterprise D bridge, WhyNotBoth - https://open3dlab.com/project/2d64fe2... "FREE - SkyBox Sci-Fi Space Room Interior" (https://skfb.ly/oIJv6) by Paul is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ‪@AdobeVideo‬ #aftereffects #startrek #vfx I'm an Adobe Community Expert - which means you can find me on the Adobe forums if you need any help. https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-... #AdobeCommunityExperts