STAR TREK The Motion Picture 1979 miniature effects (part 1)

I met a bunch of these guys including Mark Stetson plus Robert Wise with whom I had a nice convo for the better part of an hour.🥰 Indelibly memorable experience.

"Stellar model makers."

Lol... I see what you did there.

I would be interested in reading the synopsis of this lady's Alien sequel script.

iMO, using computer graphics instead of models in like cheating. Plus most of it looks fake. Specially the later Trek movies.

The ship designs these guys cranked out are god like. Still untouchable to this day.

Great to hear from this small community that worked hard to bring fans their artwork during the heyday of SciFi.

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(1) Great video...👍

(2) I may have posted this question under a previous video, but I have never quite understood why the "MAGICAM" video synchronization effects process -- patented by Doug Trumbull[?] -- never got much use outside of Carl Sagan's COMOS and the TV movie THE INTERRUPTED JOURNEY {if I am remembering the name correctly} starring James Earl Jones.

The same thing here a bunch of thieves,an minipulators

I'm pretty sure one of these mustachioed marvels is who shows up in the porthole as the space pod is docking with the Enterprise during Kirk's tour / arrival in TMP.

The redesigning of The USS Enterprise and Klingon vessels was great. Kept in respect to the original series without going overboard.

The original Enterprise (TOS) ended up in the Smithsonian, but what about the refit filming model used here (my favorite btw). Does anyone know its whereabouts?

All these Star Trek ship models should be in the Smithsonian next to the original one!!

el chino es el que sale menos, Buillyng? donde?

My 4K Director's Cut arrives today. One of my all time favorite movies. Looking forward to watching it in ultra high definition!

I ish she told us what was her Alien sequel about

Good video Pierce Unit.

Leslie Ekker imdb amongst many things mentions an uncredited model making role for Bladerunner just thought I'd say

What talent... Wow

These artists are so BRILLIANT ! Brought many decades of happiness to me. Star trek The motion Picture is still the grandest looking of all the films.

The best the Enterprise has ever looked. I'm still in awe of her in drydock. Its breathtaking.

Was just Going through Syd Meads Amazing book with his gorgeous designs for Vger! loved this 2 parter! thanks.

terrific, thanks

Where are all those models? They should be collected in a museum where everybody can go and enjoy them.

These were great craftsmen who made real plastic resin model ships with they're hands and put in long hours to make a movie and not like today's stupid cgi where people tap on a keyboard and electronic pen turning out some crappy movies

God Bless Douglas Trumbull, he will be missed.

The Klingon battle cruiser is still 43 years later a truly fantastic design. The detailing, paintwork, everything is just exquisite.

Movie was crap. Only got better when Nimoy started directing.

Thank 's all of you.

I wonder how many seconds of footage some of those Vejur models translated into.

I just saw Star Trek The Motion Picture and I wasn't bored at all. The falsehood that it's boring has persisted for years and it's just not true. The plot is character driven and requires a slightly slower pace. It dosen't mean it's boring. Give the film a try. You won't regret it.

Star Trek TMP is my favorite ST movie. Watching the Enterprise in dry dock on the big screen was an unforgettable experience. It looked so real. Thanks for the video it's great

The movie was good visually but very boring.

How much more of hours do you have of all this incredible documentaries do you have anyway???? I’m so hooked to your channel I keep rewatching the videos!!!

TMP came out three years before I was born, and for a long time in my youth I was terrified of the movie (literally nightmares and looking over my shoulder for over a decade). But now, I have a tremendous amount of awe and respect not only for the movie itself but the insane amount of work that went into getting it done!

While the Enterprise is the unquestioned jewel of Star Trek and it's always a thrill to see the movie version of her, what impresses me the most about this specific video (I'm looking forward to part two!) is the significant amount of pictures of V'ger you have featured here- I've never seen most of them!

FANTASTIC ! I have no words for these last videos about Star Trek The Motion Picture. INCREDIBLE.

I had the honor of working for Mark Stetson and his crew on The Hudsucker Proxy. Wonderful people.

OMG - Where did you find this footage. Thanks guys

Is part 2 coming soon?

This is the doco I've wanted made for decades! So informative. Wonderful photos and stories. Such a great team of people making something truly special! Wow!

Star Trek the Movie was the best for me. The Enterprise is just glorious.

In this time period the Gods of the film were the VFX motion control operators. Often an elite club of people who's giant machines would end up being dinosaurs once motion tracking could be done without the needs for motion control and the restrictions that system carries with it.