AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Collision course: integrating CG and practical effects allows Star Trek's Enterprise to boldly crash as no Enterprise has crashed before. (Film).

Computer Graphics World

| January 01, 2003 | Moltenbrey, Karen | COPYRIGHT 2003 PennWell Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

It's hard to believe that it has been nearly four decades since the television show Star Trek, now a science-fiction phenomenon, was first beamed into our living rooms. Over the years, Star Trek fans have been treated to several incarnations of the original TV series, nine feature films, an animated television series, a Star Trek theme park, and more conventions than even the most faithful fan would care to count. From the mid-1960s to the present, the starship Enterprise has been damaged, retrofitted, destroyed, and restored several times over--each incident more incredible than the other. In the newest film, Star Tick: Nemesis. the effects artists boldly venture "where ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Engaging Nemesis effects work: Digital Domain used a combination of...
Magazine article from: Post Restuccio, Daniel January 1, 2003 700+ words
SANTA MONICA -- Star Trek: Nemesis warped onto the...by Oscar-winning studio Digital Domain (wwwd2.com). Nemesis...based on the billiondollar Star Trek franchise. So how did Digital Domain (D2) tackle the project...
Star Trek returns: in the beginning it was dirty. Gritty. And hyper-real, just...
Magazine article from: Post McGorry, Ken May 1, 2009 700+ words
...ll trust Abrams with Star Trek's character development...or about one hour of Star Trek screen time. (Other...contributed work include Digital Domain, Svengali and Lola VFX...and technicians--at Star Trek shots. For Russell Earl...
Digital Domain Using LightWave 3D to Complete High-Impact Projects.
Press release article from: PR Newswire August 14, 2001 700+ words
LightWave 3D Allows Digital Domain Projects to Be Completed On Time...products, announced today that Digital Domain continues to use LightWave 3D...American Express "Blue" campaign. Digital Domain has a team of artists working...
Digital Domain Completes Multi-Million Dollar Discreet Systems and Software...
Press release article from: Business Wire April 7, 2003 700+ words
...quickly." Recently, Digital Domain applied its extensive...blockbuster movies, Digital Domain has long relied on...the Ring, XXX and Star Trek: Nemesis. "Discreet...systems every time." "Digital Domain has long been a key...
Digital Domain team forms new effects company. (Station X Studios L.L.C.)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal Fine, Howard February 2, 1998 700+ words
...added. Boucher said Digital Domain's heavy reliance...Boucher had come to Digital Domain with a group of six...seaQuest" and "Star Trek: Voyager." The team...computer platforms. At Digital Domain, Boucher's team...
LightWave Enables Digital Domain to Meet Production and Quality Goals in X-MEN.
Press release article from: PR Newswire July 24, 2000 700+ words
Digital Domain Turns Once Again to LightWave for...video products, today announced that Digital Domain used its LightWave 3D animation software...LightWave excels," said David Prescott, Digital Domain's computer graphics supervisor...
Digital Domain's Scott Ross and HDNet's Mark Cuban to Keynote iHollywood...
Press release article from: Business Wire October 24, 2002 700+ words
...that Scott Ross, CEO and Founder of Digital Domain, and Mark Cuban, Founder and CEO of...Edge Post John Lee, President and CEO Digital Domain Scott Ross, Chairman and CEO DigitalFilm...Visual Effects Producer (Paramount), Star Trek Ron Frankel, Previsualization Supervisor...
Star Trek Generations(TM), the Highly-Anticipated Action Adventure PC CD-ROM...
Press release article from: PR Newswire May 20, 1997 700+ words
...Internet Contest Takes Fans to Pepsi, STAR TREK: CONTINUUM(TM) and MicroProse(R...NNM: SBYT) announced today that its Star Trek Generations CD-ROM for Windows(R...Paramount Digital Entertainment, producer of STAR TREK: CONTINUUM, the official Star Trek...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA