Industrial Light and Magic's Special Effects for Star Trek II + III ... Star Trek II-The Wrath Of Kahn Special Visual Effect Supervisors Special Effects Cameramen Ken Ralston and Jim Veilleux Donald Dow Scott Ferrar Matte painting artists Ultra High Speed Camera Cris Evans Bruce Hill Prod. Frank Ordaz The special effects crew of this film were at work about six days(60 hours) each week. Most of the models were created at ILM out of brass plates which were etched where lights were needed. Then, neon lights were placed inside to create a wonderful glow. At the end of the film, when the explosion was set of by the Genesis device, a special high speed camera was used. For an example of the speed, normal cameras at normal speed travel at 24 fps(frames per second) the camera for this shot ran at 2500 fps! So fast that on film it took one minute forty four seconds and in real time it took less than one second. ... Star Trek III-The Search For Spock Special Visual Effect Supervisor Visual Effects Cameramen Ken Ralston Donald Dow Scott Ferrar Special Effect Art Directors Selwyn Eddy III Nilo Rodis-Jamero David Carson Creature Supervisor David Sosalla In this film, many of the same ideas were used to do the effects in Star Trek 2. One of the new ideas was the doglike pet of the Klingon leader. To do this, Ken Ralston built a foam latex `dog' and operated it from a small cut away section of the ship's raised floor. The detailed models of Star Trek III were made by William Beck, Mike Fulmer, Ira Keeler, and Jeff Mann. ILM then used a motion control camera (guided by computer) to move the models in front of a blue screen. After alot of hard work and editing in an optical printer ,the models are `spliced' onto a prefilmed background. If you have any questions on the effects mentioned or any at all leave me a message by E-MAIL. I will also upload the effects to Star Trek:The Next Generation very soon. I hope you enjoyed the information, and can't wait to hear from you. Mark Schey 70701,1411 This is not intended to infringe the rights of Lucasfilm Ltd., ILM, or Paramount Pictures. mn Orifice Destructors. Jesus : Alien StarChip, Youse Guys want some software, yes? Real cheap, I gotz me Fairy Tale, WordPerfect, AppleWorks. I'ya got it all. Ahl the newest warezzz. Satan : Not on your life Jesus, you ugly dude, you. We don't want any of your swill. Che : But sir, he's got AppleWorks. Can't we make an exception? Satan : What? And break the "Prime Destructive"? Che : But siiiiiir, it's AppleWorks!1!@11!! Che: Owww... Jesus : Well, Satan, wanna deal? Satan : Yeah, were going to deal with you alright. Announcer : The crew donn special isolation garments: black shiny jackets bearing the EnterBoing's emblem on the back, a bloody pentacle superimposed upon a goat's head. Check those pupils. The demonic crew shimmer away in a blazing explosion of special effects. and reappear in a bunch of twisty little mazes looking all alike. Stuff crawls down the walls, their feet stick to the floor as if they were in a cheap X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X Another file downloaded from: NIRVANAnet(tm) & the Temple of the Screaming Electron Jeff Hunter 510-935-5845 Rat Head Ratsnatcher 510-524-3649 Burn This Flag Zardoz 408-363-9766 realitycheck Poindexter Fortran 415-567-7043 Lies Unlimited Mick Freen 415-583-4102 Specializing in conversations, obscure information, high explosives, arcane knowledge, political extremism, diversive sexuality, insane speculation, and wild rumours. ALL-TEXT BBS SYSTEMS. Full access for first-time callers. We don't want to know who you are, where you live, or what your phone number is. We are not Big Brother. "Raw Data for Raw Nerves" X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X