I think they partly there to cover up the fact that the viewscreen is indeed segmented, since each individual bridge module was made to be pulled out separately without causing havoc to the others.
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This, and the segments clearly don’t visibly line up with each other in that picture. They don’t look like support brackets at all to me.
I'm curious, what sources do you have for the red carpet being added just for the video? Is it supposed to be the same black decking as in WoK?
They mostly line up in TMP but clearly don't in TWOK. I do think they're meant to represent brackets some sort, but are also there to disguise the frame's segmentation.
Just to expand on that, remember that the Kobayashi Maru bridge set was supposed to be a completely different location, in-universe, but used the same set as the Enterprise bridge in TWOK. The viewscreen sections separated at the end of the Kobayashi Maru sequence and for some reason, they were not able to get those frame sections to line up again. I'm sure the misalignment was not intentional, but it existed through the rest of the movie, nonetheless. At that point, the "brackets" were certainly meant to be a delineation of the frame sections, but I'm not sure they were meant to be that in TMP and were rather simply decoration or some sort of frame brackets.
Yup. For those that don't know, here's some shots.
This is the main viewer as it appears as part of the bridge set. Note the tight inner corners of the viewscreen frame:
And here is an image of the miniature viewscreen which was heavily used for VFX sequences in TMP and a little in TSFS. IIRC, it wasn't used in TWOK at all. Note its rounded inner corners of the viewscreen frame:
The weapon's console had a similar minature version used for VFX inserts, presumably so those working on VFX wouldn't have to go down to visit the sets if they needed shots. Note the panels to the left and right of the monitor, which don't exist on the actual setpiece:
And here's an image of the miniature from a Christie's auction:
They also had a miniature version of the communications console they used for insert shots:
For my project, I'll be modeling the pieces as they existed on set. Not the miniatures.
Yup. For those that don't know, here's some shots.
This is the main viewer as it appears as part of the bridge set. Note the tight inner corners of the viewscreen frame:
And here is an image of the miniature viewscreen which was heavily used for VFX sequences in TMP and a little in TSFS. IIRC, it wasn't used in TWOK at all. Note its rounded inner corners of the viewscreen frame:
The weapon's console had a similar minature version used for VFX inserts, presumably so those working on VFX wouldn't have to go down to visit the sets if they needed shots. Note the panels to the left and right of the monitor, which don't exist on the actual setpiece:
And here's an image of the miniature from a Christie's auction:
They also had a miniature version of the communications console they used for insert shots:
For my project, I'll be modeling the pieces as they existed on set. Not the miniatures.
TBH, I didn't know the Communications station insert was a miniature. Honestly, I thought it was just a bad insert graphic that stood out like a sore thumb. It looks completely 2-dimensional and (to me) not very well rendered.
It's a shame they did such a poor job on the Communications station insert, because apart from the greebles flanking the targeting display, the Weapons station actually looks really good. The other one, though, the colors don't match, you've got those brushed aluminum bezels on the display monitors... 
The communications station has two circular displays next to each other on the bottom:
http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/tmp2/tmphd2343.jpg
http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/tmp2/tmphd2343.jpg
Being able to freeze frame HD content brings out the anomalies 
Donny, those shots are wonderful. I'm not sure I'd ever seen them!
Was anyone REALLY going to notice that the damage to the Enterprise at the beginning of The Search for Spock didn't match the end of The Wrath of Khan?
I wonder if that changes anything in film making. Back in the Day they could show Where No Man Has Gone Before because it was going to be on ONCE and really, who was going to care?
Was anyone REALLY going to notice that the damage to the Enterprise at the beginning of The Search for Spock didn't match the end of The Wrath of Khan?
Thing is, the damage control display that Kirk and Spock consult after Khan's first attack shows the damage that eventually becomes visible on the starboard side of the secondary hull in TSFS:
http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/twok-dc-hd/chapter10/st2-twok-dc-1323.jpg
So why didn't ILM "scar up" the other side of the model?
http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/twok-dc-hd/chapter10/st2-twok-dc-1323.jpg
So why didn't ILM "scar up" the other side of the model?
Funny that "TWoK" is mentioned here in this context. Wasn't it the first (or one of the earliest) prerecorded videos to sell for less than 80 dollars (around half that much, 40 bucks), helping to really push the concept movies on media for domestic viewing? With the copies it sold, other movies followed suit and eventually, the price was slash again to the 20 dollar mark. If so, it can be argued that movie was the source of that "scourge".
It actually more closey matches the communications display, since the console graphics below the monitors match that of the communications console, and it has an elliptical monitor next to a circular monitor, the only place on the bridge this occurred is in fact on communications. The shapes of the trapezoidal panels also matches the communications console. The miniature was also used for the photic sonar reading insert, which occurred at and was reported from Uhura at her station. Therefore I think it’s safe to say that this miniature was definitely meant to replicate communications station, but was also used for an insert shot of the science station.
