"Polaris" - Page 49

Admiral Buzzkill · August 3 2011, 09:01 PM

Now, there's a right side and a wrong side to these reflectors.

As far as I'm concerned, the shady side is the right side.

Potemkin_Prod · August 3 2011, 09:53 PM

I am so glad that we're filming in a sub-tropical environment. It's probably hotter ambient temperature wise (around 100F when we wrap at noon), it's definitely more humidity (around 95% the whole time we film), but at least there's plenty of trees to stand under and set up under. I shot last weekend with the cast in the shade and me in the sun, and I practically died by the time we wrapped for the day.

Anyways, we feel for you filming in the sun light like that.

IcecreamLtDan · August 3 2011, 10:54 PM

Nice T-shirt, have a few of them myself.

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Maurice · August 4 2011, 04:01 AM

Related to my previous post, this is the interface artwork that appears on the prop used by Dr. Valerie Young in POLARIS. It is based on graphics seen on the Command Deck set, and was printed on translucent material so that the practical lights on the prop (red and yellow) can show through the white areas. Sections of the upper portion were cut away to fit elements of the prop and allow practical switches to come through.

The four letter designators by each of the triangles are the first initial and first three letters of the last names of members of the crew who decorated the Command Deck Set.

CorporalCaptain · August 4 2011, 04:38 AM

Great! This is giving me my geek-fix of the day. What can you tell us about the cool looking script on the 12 buttons?

Maurice · August 4 2011, 09:06 AM

It's based on a font called Omnicron that Dennis used with modifications on some of the Command Deck displays and so on. I took some of the letters and then cut them up and rearranged them to make symbols that looked like letters but weren't recognizable.

The idea for the control surface is that there are four sensor modes (the triangles), and you can drag the columns of icons for REC, SCAN and REV (as on a smartphone) to line up different combinations to do different things. I used to design video game interfaces so I automatically think a little about how to make something functional, even if it's never shown actually being used. It just "smells right" if it's thought out.

CorporalCaptain · August 4 2011, 10:03 AM

Excellent.

Admiral Buzzkill · August 4 2011, 06:51 PM

Admiral Buzzkill · August 4 2011, 07:07 PM

We didn't all have to wear costumes...

CorporalCaptain · August 4 2011, 07:13 PM

What sort of matte work are you planning to do in the location shots? I know you are putting in the galaxy. Will you be adding other elements, like mountains or structures, and will you be covering up things like vegetation and structures that had to be in shot?

Admiral Buzzkill · August 4 2011, 07:44 PM

Yep, and various kinds of color correction. I think we're going to allow for a certain amount of vegetation - it's more plausible that a planet with air we can breathe would have a biosphere than that it wouldn't.

Maurice · August 4 2011, 08:27 PM

Dennis wrote:

We didn't all have to wear costumes...

Hey, I was the most sensibly dressed person on the crew!

Admiral Buzzkill · August 4 2011, 09:12 PM

Probably.

August 5 2011, 11:36 AM

This might have been covered before...but Dennis, Do you make a cameo in the movie? I think that would be kinda fun.

FalTorPan · August 5 2011, 01:12 PM

Crewman Number 6, mayhaps?

August 3 2011, 09:01 PM	#721
Admiral Buzzkill The Man Location: Defying Gravity	Re: "Polaris" Now, there's a right side and a wrong side to these reflectors. As far as I'm concerned, the shady side is the right side. __________________ I had steak and a loaded baked potato for dinner on Sunday. As a steak I enjoyed it a lot, but as macaroni and cheese I thought it was disappointing.

August 3 2011, 09:53 PM	#722
Potemkin_Prod Fleet Captain Location: Southwest Georgia	Re: "Polaris" I am so glad that we're filming in a sub-tropical environment. It's probably hotter ambient temperature wise (around 100F when we wrap at noon), it's definitely more humidity (around 95% the whole time we film), but at least there's plenty of trees to stand under and set up under. I shot last weekend with the cast in the shade and me in the sun, and I practically died by the time we wrapped for the day. Anyways, we feel for you filming in the sun light like that. __________________ Randy -------------------- Project Potemkin http://www.projectpotemkin.com Last edited by Potemkin_Prod; August 4 2011 at 12:32 AM. Reason: got interrupted by a desperate customer needing some TLC

August 4 2011, 04:01 AM	#724
Maurice Rear Admiral Location: Maurice in San Francisco	Re: "Polaris" Related to my previous post, this is the interface artwork that appears on the prop used by Dr. Valerie Young in POLARIS. It is based on graphics seen on the Command Deck set, and was printed on translucent material so that the practical lights on the prop (red and yellow) can show through the white areas. Sections of the upper portion were cut away to fit elements of the prop and allow practical switches to come through. The four letter designators by each of the triangles are the first initial and first three letters of the last names of members of the crew who decorated the Command Deck Set. __________________ * * * "Star Trek…at times sparkled with true ingenuity, and pure science fiction approaches, and at other times was more carnival like, and very much more the creature of television than the creature of a legitimate literary form." —Rod Serling, 1970"

August 4 2011, 04:38 AM	#725
CorporalCaptain Vice Admiral Location: In pre-production	Re: "Polaris" Great! This is giving me my geek-fix of the day. What can you tell us about the cool looking script on the 12 buttons? __________________ John

August 4 2011, 09:06 AM	#726
Maurice Rear Admiral Location: Maurice in San Francisco	Re: "Polaris" It's based on a font called Omnicron that Dennis used with modifications on some of the Command Deck displays and so on. I took some of the letters and then cut them up and rearranged them to make symbols that looked like letters but weren't recognizable. The idea for the control surface is that there are four sensor modes (the triangles), and you can drag the columns of icons for REC, SCAN and REV (as on a smartphone) to line up different combinations to do different things. I used to design video game interfaces so I automatically think a little about how to make something functional, even if it's never shown actually being used. It just "smells right" if it's thought out. __________________ * * * "Star Trek…at times sparkled with true ingenuity, and pure science fiction approaches, and at other times was more carnival like, and very much more the creature of television than the creature of a legitimate literary form." —Rod Serling, 1970"

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August 4 2011, 10:03 AM	#727
CorporalCaptain Vice Admiral Location: In pre-production	Re: "Polaris" Excellent. __________________ John

August 4 2011, 06:51 PM	#728
Admiral Buzzkill The Man Location: Defying Gravity	Re: "Polaris" __________________ I had steak and a loaded baked potato for dinner on Sunday. As a steak I enjoyed it a lot, but as macaroni and cheese I thought it was disappointing.

August 4 2011, 07:07 PM	#729
Admiral Buzzkill The Man Location: Defying Gravity	Re: "Polaris" We didn't all have to wear costumes... __________________ I had steak and a loaded baked potato for dinner on Sunday. As a steak I enjoyed it a lot, but as macaroni and cheese I thought it was disappointing.

August 4 2011, 07:13 PM	#730
CorporalCaptain Vice Admiral Location: In pre-production	Re: "Polaris" What sort of matte work are you planning to do in the location shots? I know you are putting in the galaxy. Will you be adding other elements, like mountains or structures, and will you be covering up things like vegetation and structures that had to be in shot? __________________ John

August 4 2011, 07:44 PM	#731
Admiral Buzzkill The Man Location: Defying Gravity	Re: "Polaris" Yep, and various kinds of color correction. I think we're going to allow for a certain amount of vegetation - it's more plausible that a planet with air we can breathe would have a biosphere than that it wouldn't. __________________ I had steak and a loaded baked potato for dinner on Sunday. As a steak I enjoyed it a lot, but as macaroni and cheese I thought it was disappointing.

August 4 2011, 09:12 PM	#733
Admiral Buzzkill The Man Location: Defying Gravity	Re: "Polaris" Probably. __________________ I had steak and a loaded baked potato for dinner on Sunday. As a steak I enjoyed it a lot, but as macaroni and cheese I thought it was disappointing.

August 5 2011, 11:36 AM	#734
Jetfire Guest	Re: "Polaris" This might have been covered before...but Dennis, Do you make a cameo in the movie? I think that would be kinda fun.

August 5 2011, 01:12 PM	#735
FalTorPan Vice Admiral Location: Out there... thataway.	Re: "Polaris" Crewman Number 6, mayhaps? __________________ Watch ASTRONUTS! Visit Trekplace! Check out my personal website!