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  • A Point of Light in the Stars.

    Posted on April 29th, 2021 dstipes No comments

    A unique effects solution to a Star Trek send-off

    Deep Space Nine, the space station, was always a physical model except for the last shot of the series. For the final episode, “What you leave behind,” the last shot in the script called for a camera pull-back from Jake and Kira out a DS-9 window and away until the station was just another point of light in the stars.

    The challenges of this shot were enormous.  We had to film a live-action camera zoom-out from Jake and Kira in the window on the set and later match that move and extend it to an infinite pull-back from a model.  Using the existing DS-9 model was going to be a problem.

    Cameraman Stephen Lebed with 6 ft DS-9

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