gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly) (01/21/85)
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Last Saturday Channel 32 here in the Chicago area showed the first
season episode "Operation-Annihilate" (that's the one where Spock
gets attacked by a flying barf creature). The set for the space colony
looked like some university campus, spiffed up with some silly modern
sculpture. Does anyone know where those scenes were shot?
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The exterior scenes for "Operation:Annihilate" were filmed at TRW's "Building S" (the cafeteria). Sometimes I think they used some of the cafeteria products to provide the flying rubber-barf critters, but this opinion doesn't reflect the opinions of TRW, the other employees, the management, Simon Ramo, or Gene Roddenberry (is that everyone?) Mike
mike@asgb.UUCP (01/22/85)
[] > Last Saturday Channel 32 here in the Chicago area showed the first > season episode "Operation-Annihilate" (that's the one where Spock > gets attacked by a flying barf creature). The set for the space colony > looked like some university campus, spiffed up with some silly modern > sculpture. Does anyone know where those scenes were shot? One source I've seen says it was filmed at a TRW office site (or was it the company headquarters?) somewhere in the great Southern California megalopolis. BTW, those weren't flying barf creatures, they were fried eggs. Mike Rosenlof hplabs!sdcrdcf!\ ihnp4!sabre! -bmcg!asgb!mike { ihnp4, ucbvax, allegra }!sdcsvax!/ Burroughs Advanced Systems Group Boulder, Colorado
barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) (01/24/85)
I don't think anything in the Star Trek series was shot on location. It
was all shot in sound stages, I believe. Star Trek had enough trouble
staying under budget because of the special effects, that I doubt that
they could afford location filming.
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UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmarthr@cbscc.UUCP (Tim H. Robinson) (01/24/85)
> -- > Last Saturday Channel 32 here in the Chicago area showed the first > season episode "Operation-Annihilate" (that's the one where Spock > gets attacked by a flying barf creature). The set for the space colony > looked like some university campus, spiffed up with some silly modern > sculpture. Does anyone know where those scenes were shot? > -- Contrary to some beliefs, the space colony scenes in the episode "Operation-Annihilate" were filmed at TRW in Rodondo(sp?) Beach, CA, near L.A. - Tim Robison
barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) (01/24/85)
> > I don't think anything in the Star Trek series was shot on location. It > was all shot in sound stages, I believe. Star Trek had enough trouble > staying under budget because of the special effects, that I doubt that > they could afford location filming. > -- > Barry Margolin > ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics > UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar This couldn't possibly be right, unless my conception of what "on location" means is completely bogus. What about all the obviously "outdoor" scenes, such as the one this refers to, (the "college" from *Operation -- Ammihilate!") the amusement planet from *Shore Leave*, or the indian village from *Paradise Syndrome*? Pretty big soundstage to include those fir trees and lakes! I do remember reading somewhere that they avoided location stuff whenever possible for just the economic reasons mentioned; the best possible situation was an episode which took place entirely on board the Enterprise. Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 -- barnett@ut-sally.ARPA, barnett@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!barnett
wales@ucla-cs.UUCP (01/25/85)
One very small part of the outdoor planet scene in "Operation: Annihi-
late" was filmed at UCLA.
Shortly after the landing party beams down, Kirk looks off in the dis-
tance and says, "My brother's lab is over there." Following this line
is a 2-second shot of UCLA's Schoenberg Hall (our music building).
Since none of the rest of the scene was filmed at UCLA, I assume they
took this one shot separately (since there was no motion, it might even
have been a single still picture duplicated as necessary to fill in the
desired amount of time). There is no reason to suppose that any of the
cast came to UCLA during the filming of this episode.
Incidentally, this shot of Schoenberg Hall is backwards. What you are
seeing is the NW corner of the Schoenberg lobby; the camera was facing
slightly south of due east, from the far corner of a raised patio area
outside the building. For some reason -- perhaps just by accident --
left and right were reversed in the final print.
True Star Trek fanatics may wish to come to UCLA and see if they can
discover for themselves the exact camera angle used for this scene. If
you try this, keep in mind that the trees around Schoenberg have grown
quite a bit since the late 60's; in particular, there is a large tree
limb in the line of view now that evidently wasn't there 17 years ago.
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+-------------------------------------------------------------+tli@uscvax.UUCP (Tony Li) (01/27/85)
> I don't think anything in the Star Trek series was shot on location. It > was all shot in sound stages, I believe. Star Trek had enough trouble > staying under budget because of the special effects, that I doubt that > they could afford location filming. > Barry Margolin Actually quite a bit was shot on location? You remember the episode with the Gorn? Well, that was shot up in Antelope Valley (near LA). I remember reading someplace (I think it was in The Making of Startrek) that location shots were cheaper than sound-stage shots, just from the cost of building large, expansive sets. Also in that book is a picture of Bill Shatner standing next to a mirror assembly. -- Tony Li ;-) Usc Computer Science Uucp: {sdcrdcf,randvax}!uscvax!tli Csnet: tli@usc-cse.csnet Arpa: tli@usc-ecl
herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) (01/27/85)
In article <693@ut-sally.UUCP> barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) writes: >> >> I don't think anything in the Star Trek series was shot on location. It >> was all shot in sound stages, I believe. Star Trek had enough trouble >> staying under budget because of the special effects, that I doubt that >> they could afford location filming. >> -- >> Barry Margolin >> ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics >> UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar > >This couldn't possibly be right, unless my conception of what "on location" >means is completely bogus. What about all the obviously "outdoor" scenes, >such as the one this refers to, (the "college" from *Operation -- Ammihilate!") >the amusement planet from *Shore Leave*, or the indian village from *Paradise >Syndrome*? Pretty big soundstage to include those fir trees and lakes! > >I do remember reading somewhere that they avoided location stuff whenever >possible for just the economic reasons mentioned; the best possible >situation was an episode which took place entirely on board the Enterprise. > > >Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 > >-- barnett@ut-sally.ARPA, barnett@ut-sally.UUCP, > {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!barnett at least a dozen or so episodes were filmed away from the soundstage. according to "The Making of Startrek", part of the reason was economic and the other part was lack of "alieness" of on-location shooting were the main reasons for shooting on soundstages. Herb Chong... I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... UUCP: {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!water!watdcsu!herbie CSNET: herbie%watdcsu@waterloo.csnet ARPA: herbie%watdcsu%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa NETNORTH, BITNET, EARN: herbie@watdcs, herbie@watdcsu
zubbie@ihlpa.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck) (01/29/85)
> > I don't think anything in the Star Trek series was shot on location. It > was all shot in sound stages, I believe. Star Trek had enough trouble > staying under budget because of the special effects, that I doubt that > they could afford location filming. > -- > Barry Margolin > ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics > UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar In the book the making of Star Trek released in the mid '70's pictures and text clearly indicated the loaction settings for several ST episodes Jeanette Zobjeck ihnp4!wlcrjs!zubbie
marcum@rhino.UUCP (Alan M. Marcum) (01/29/85)
Another "location" shot used was of MIT's Great Dome (Building 10
for you Techies), in, if I recall, "Of Bread and Circuses" (the
story about the parallel Roman Empire).
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...!{ihnp4, ucbvax!amd, hpda, sri-unix, harpo}!fortune!rhino!marcumkevin@voder.UUCP (The Last Bugfighter) (01/29/85)
> > I don't think anything in the Star Trek series was shot on location. It > was all shot in sound stages, I believe. Star Trek had enough trouble > staying under budget because of the special effects, that I doubt that > they could afford location filming. > -- > Barry Margolin > ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics > UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE, DEAR *** What about all those outdoor scenes in Arena (probally shot in back of the studios)? And all the outdoor scenes in Shoreleave? That pond certainly wasn't an indoor set. Granted that they didn't go outside very often. -- Kevin Thompson {ucbvax,ihnp4!nsc}!voder!kevin "It's sort of a threat, you see. I've never been very good at them myself but I'm told they can be very effective."
mnw@trwrba.UUCP (Michael N. Washington) (01/29/85)
>-- >Last Saturday Channel 32 here in the Chicago area showed the first >season episode "Operation-Annihilate" (that's the one where Spock >gets attacked by a flying barf creature). The set for the space colony >looked like some university campus, spiffed up with some silly modern >sculpture. Does anyone know where those scenes were shot? >-- > *** *** >JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** > ****** ****** 20 Jan 85 [1 Pluviose An CXCIII] >ken perlow ***** ***** >(312)979-7188 ** ** ** ** >..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** *** The location of where this was filmed was at TRW Electronics and Defense Sector in Redondo Beach, Calif. The silly modern sculputures are not ours. They were added. At the time, our buildings looked quite modern. Remember, in 1964-65 time period, ST was expensive to produce and did not have the greatest budget. Many times, ST used the landmarks around the LA area and didn't travel far to do outside the sound studio shots. "Live Long and Prosper!" Michael N. Washington TRW E&DS Redondo Beach, Ca. 90278 {ucbvax,decvax,hplabs}!trwrb!trwrba!mnw
edward@ukma.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett) (01/30/85)
<munch> In article <244@ihu1m.UUCP> barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes > >I don't think anything in the Star Trek series was shot on location. It >was all shot in sound stages, I believe. Star Trek had enough trouble >staying under budget because of the special effects, that I doubt that >they could afford location filming. >-- > Barry Margolin > ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics > UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar Are you nuts?! Just look at 'Fridays Child', 'A Private Little War', 'Arena', 'Bread and Circuses', 'The Paradise Syndrome', 'Shore Leave' (filmed at Africa USA, a Hollywood outdoorsey place used in the `60's), 'This Side of Paradise' and 'The Alternative Factor'. (sorry, got carried away) The episode originally referred to was 'Operation Annihilate', it was filmed at the California headquarters of T.R.W. (wherever that is?). resident Trekker, edward ...cbosgd!hasmed!qusavx!ukma!edward Where was the Planet Eater heading?
ayers@convexs.UUCP (02/08/85)
*********************************************************************** I don't think anything in the Star Trek series was shot on location. It was all shot in sound stages, I believe. Star Trek had enough trouble staying under budget because of the special effects, that I doubt that they could afford location filming. *********************************************************************** Awwww, come on. Surely it is cheaper to travel to a galaxy "far far away" and shoot "on location" than it is to rent all those sets!!!!!! Frum a tru believer; tho not verie brite: blues, II