Filming Locations / Engineering
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IMDb has.
- Bakersfield, California, USA
- California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Lebec, California, USA
- Long Beach City Hall - 333 W. Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, California, USA
- Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA
Yeah, I'm quite curious about that myself. How did they transform an industrial location into a 23rd century Engineering section?
I had found these locations listed on IMDB as well.
I remember reading last year before production started that there were plans to do some filming on a massive soundstage at Universal Studios, but never heard anything more about it.
Maybe that soundstage at Universal was originally planned for the engineering set, and somehow became unavailable, so the production was forced to use the "redressed industrial location"
I remember reading last year before production started that there were plans to do some filming on a massive soundstage at Universal Studios, but never heard anything more about it.
Maybe that soundstage at Universal was originally planned for the engineering set, and somehow became unavailable, so the production was forced to use the "redressed industrial location"
Vasquez Rocks? again? LOL
Saw them in Space: Above and Beyond, too. Kept waiting for the Gorn Camptain to come around the corner and yell "SsSssssSSllllLSSSSSLLLLSSSSSLL!" at the Wildcards.
AG
Saw them in Space: Above and Beyond, too. Kept waiting for the Gorn Camptain to come around the corner and yell "SsSssssSSllllLSSSSSLLLLSSSSSLL!" at the Wildcards.
AG
A good CGI can do it.
CGI is the work of the devil and must be purged from this film.
Don't you read any threads in SF&F? *loud shouting*
I'm pleased to see Vasquez Rocks in that list. 
Has anyone ever seen the movie Space Mutiny (the guys at MST3K gave it their treatment, and that's where I saw it). In Space Mutiny the 'film makers' (I'll use that term lightly) used some industrial building -- a power plant or refinery or something -- as the engineering room on the ship. It was painfully obvious that they were inside a large building rather than the engineering room of a spaceship. The roof structure was over 50 high, and I can swear I saw factory-type windows near the ceiling.
But then again, the budget for Space Mutiny probably isn't even enough to cover the catering bill for Abrams' film (seriously), so I'm not worried about this too much.
It's just not TOS without good old Vasquez Rocks in there somewhere
- W -
* Humming the fight music from that episode with the Gorn *
I wonder if we'll see Bill and Ted and their Evil Robot counterparts too?
I believe some of the engine room scenes in James Cameron's Titanic were shot in a real ship's engine room (obviously not to scale). And some of the shots were done in miniature with extras shot against greenscreen.
I just checked. Per the IMDb, some of Titanic's engine room scenes were shot aboard the WWII ship SS Jeremiah O'Brien.
Personally, I like the idea.
I just checked. Per the IMDb, some of Titanic's engine room scenes were shot aboard the WWII ship SS Jeremiah O'Brien.
Personally, I like the idea.
Not to forget William Sadler as Death (who would later play Section 31's Luther Sloan on DS9).It's just not TOS without good old Vasquez Rocks in there somewhere
I wonder if we'll see Bill and Ted and their Evil Robot counterparts too?
Everything comes back to Trek in one way or another, doesn't it?
Sounds like Engineering is one element of cost cutting they needed to do. Presumably the bulk of money is on CGI for exteriors and interior extensions, then physical sets, the rest locations and redressing actual places. Will that section of the ship have a rougher appearance than the rest of the ship, hence a power plant location? They've used such places in the past, such as Rigel X in ENT Broken Bow, but usually as the bowels of a trading port and not a high-tech starship. I'll admit it's slightly worrying after years of sets standing on the lot... even if they needed to employ forced perspective and actors under four foot.
Lucas shot the control room sequences for the Death Star's primary weapon in a power plant's control room. Using real industrial locations redressed to portray other high-tech environments is not unprecedented.
It's just my speculation, but I'd guess engineering aboard the new version of the Enterprise will appear a bit more industrial and hardcore than we're used to seeing.
It's just my speculation, but I'd guess engineering aboard the new version of the Enterprise will appear a bit more industrial and hardcore than we're used to seeing.
Just watch.
The movie will be a success, but when they go to do a sequel, either the place "Engineering" was filmed will be unavailable (a fire, a demolition, whatever) or the owners will want to charge big bucks for its use the second time.
They'll end up having to build an expensive set that duplicates the look of the place, or do some fancy greenscreen/CGI stuff that won't look quite right no matter what they try.
I really feel filming in "real" places instead of "standing sets" is a bad move.
The movie will be a success, but when they go to do a sequel, either the place "Engineering" was filmed will be unavailable (a fire, a demolition, whatever) or the owners will want to charge big bucks for its use the second time.
They'll end up having to build an expensive set that duplicates the look of the place, or do some fancy greenscreen/CGI stuff that won't look quite right no matter what they try.
I really feel filming in "real" places instead of "standing sets" is a bad move.
It's just not TOS without good old Vasquez Rocks in there somewhere
- W -
* Humming the fight music from that episode with the Gorn *
I wonder if we'll see Bill and Ted and their Evil Robot counterparts too?
Don't be silly. They're not TREK characters.
Yet.
I hear Alex Winter is really, REALLY available....It's just not TOS without good old Vasquez Rocks in there somewhere
- W -
* Humming the fight music from that episode with the Gorn *
I wonder if we'll see Bill and Ted and their Evil Robot counterparts too?
Don't be silly. They're not TREK characters.
Yet.
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