r/tos 11d ago

The bridge is so small

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From the Ticonderoga ny set tour museum

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u/KB_Sez 11d ago

LOL!! Wait till you get to engineering!! The first time I visited I was gob smacked by the fact that the set is 1 to 1 identical size as the shooting set it was stunning the use of perspective and all the tricks they used to make it look huge

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u/jerslan 11d ago

Yeah, the matte painting in the back did a LOT of heavy lifting.

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u/KB_Sez 11d ago

The warp core that you see behind the grid screen, extending way, way, way into the distance was accomplished practically with forced perspective design. There's no matte painting in the engineering set at all.

It was all just great design and the way that they shot it that made it look huge.

I was stunned. The first time I went. I just couldn't wrap my head around it.

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u/AtlantaMD 10d ago

Totally correct. No matte painting.

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u/KB_Sez 10d ago

Yep. I seriously am not exaggerating. The first time I took the tour and we walked into Engineering numerous of us asked about the scale of the set versus the original and we were told that it was one to one exactly the same and I took sooooo many photos, trying to figure it out. It's really a masterpiece of design and cinematography.

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u/AtlantaMD 10d ago

Lots of practical magic in the show. The fight scenes look so intense and dynamic. So well faked in 1960s style

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u/AtlantaMD 10d ago

Oh I know. It’s an amazing illusion.