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“The Emperor’s New Cloak” vfx
Posted on May 29th, 2009 No commentsJohn Eaves has published drawings of the portable cloaking device for Star Trek Deep Space-Nine episode, “The Emperor’s New Cloak” on his blog, Eavesdropping with Johnny at: http://johneaves.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/klingon-cloaking-device/
When this episode was photographed I was on set as the vis efx supervisor. It was decided that since the cloaking device was “cloaked” or invisible, we didn’t need to do any visual effects. I wondered if the pantomime was going to really sell that they had a mechanical device they were stealing. I kept asking if the producers were sure there would not be an effect; that they didn’t want me to take camera measurements and documentation of the set up just in case. I was repeatedly reassured there would be no visual effects.
We did set up a rectangle of string that the actors playing Rom and Quark held in their hands. This enabled them to keep some semblance of size and distance between their hands and each other as they moved along. After all, they were supposed to be carrying a rigid heavy device of a specific size together. I am so glad we did that.
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Romance, Deep Space Nine style
Posted on May 1st, 2009 No commentsRomance between a “changeling” and a “solid” was not going to be easy on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. For the episode, “Chimera,” Odo and Kira decided to take their relationship to a new level. Because she was a solid, Kira could never “meld” into oneness with the changeling, Odo, so they did the next best thing which was …. what?
At this point the DS9 production team was stumped. What could Odo do?
“Uh, anybody have any ideas?” “How about Odo becoming a cloud and snowing on Kira?” Nope. The women in the production thought it too cold sounding. “Kira could snuggle into Odo as he morphs into a pillow or a blanket.” Hmmm, Odo would have to morph through his goo state to become a pillow or blanket. That didn’t sound warm or cozy. Nothing suggested felt visually beautiful or romantic. So production filming began without this sequence finalized.
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