TOS Set Renderings (Doug Drexler)

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:53 am

Most of us are familiar by now with Doug Drexlers stuff. I was surfing his blog just now and found these:

http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/get-set/
http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/03/ ... t-details/
http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/08/ ... -turns-up/

And it includes the real life reason why the E-D had that weird ramp bridge; the TOS bridge was awkward to shoot on with it's multiple levels.

And the TNG set:

http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/tng-stage-9/

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:26 am

Nice find.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:35 am

That is cool. So, I wonder how many sets in total they built for the E-D?

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:40 am

Indeed, very interesting.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:15 pm

I always wondered though why they didn't make the bridge just a flat level. Did the bridge REALLY need to be a multi level affair?

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:00 pm

I presume that the set designers did what they felt looked better, and the difficulty of filming on such a set probably never occurred to them.

Lighthawk · Post by **Lighthawk** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:11 pm

It's probably to let them get as many of the characters at once in the screen with the minimal amount of people blocking anyone standing behind them.

Post by **Mikey** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:54 am

Or to center a shot on the command area and still be able to include a character in the scene who's seated at one of the perimeter consoles.