Part 3 of 8 is now online–sort of. Let me explain, after the jump.
Posts Tagged Constellation
Part 2 of 8 now back online!
Dec 10
Part 2 of 8 has been posted at YouTube! You can thank my chronic insomnia for the much sooner-than-anticipated completion of the new viewscreen insert.
Onward with Act II!
Part 1 of what I project will be eight parts has been posted at YouTube! Since I revised the appearance of the planet killer somewhat for its debut in Act II, I have to re-render the viewscreen inserts from the end of Act I before I can post part 2 of 8… hopefully that will be completed in the next week or so.
And yes, I plastered a permanent “watermark” copyright on all of the live action footage from 1967. My intent here (indeed, my intent all along) is not to steal from Paramount/CBS Video or deprive them of a DVD sale. The original footage is posted merely to present my revised effects in the context of the original episode–nothing more. Hopefully, the constant watermark won’t be too annoying, but I feel that it’s necessary. ‘Nuff said.
I am bemused…
Sep 24
…to note that if you enter the search terms
doomsday machine
in Google, I don’t pop up until page 7 on the Web tab, page 5 on the Images tab and page 2 of the Videos. But if you enter
doomsday machine constellation
I suddenly jump to fourth place on the Web tab and the runner-up spot in Images (but am a no-show on the Videos… fooey).
Second place? Hmmph... you're #1 in my book
I guess there’s still some life in the old girl yet! :)
Some ortho shots
Jul 29
Here are some orthographic shots of the Enterprise and our “guest stars”. Click to embiggen…
Family Portrait
The Enterprise (orthographic port)
The Enterprise (orthographic starboard)
Act I now online!
Jul 28
Act I of my “Doomsday Machine” project is now online!
The Enterprise Approaches the Constellation
You can view the Teaser and Act I as one continuous sixteen minute clip by downloading the Windows Media Video (WMV) file from the following link:
Star Trek: The Doomsday Machine (Compressed ZIP file, 324,665,282 bytes)
Decompress the zip file and watch the movie on your local workstation–easy peasy!
I tried uploading Act I to Vimeo but their encoding process badly mangled the sound synchronization, so for now this is the only way to view Act I, I’m afraid. Hopefully I’ll be able to get this straightened out sometime this coming weekend.
(I’m terribly sorry, but I have (temporarily, I hope) removed all “Doomsday Machine” videos from my website… here’s why.)
We’ll take her in tow…
Jul 16
Another frame grab from Act I.
We'll take her in tow
I’m really pleased with how this sequence turned out, but at the moment I’m very annoyed with LightWave 9.6 (the modeling and rendering software I’m using for this project). Read the rest of this entry »
The Constellation
Jul 10
A frame grab from Act I, which is still looking good for later this month.
The derelict Constellation adrift amidst the rubble of System L-374
Getting close!
Jun 5
Only one scene to go: the viewscreen contents behind Kirk as he walks in front of it. (The rotoscoping was done years ago… literally years ago.)
Another snapshot from the “dailies” while you wait. The color balance in this image is more like what you’ll see in the finished product (the Enterprise was way too dark in the frame grab I posted earlier this week).
Enterprise approaches the Constellation (click to embiggen)
