Small spoiler from Yelchin

[Cranston]

Over at TrekMovie.com, Anton Yelchin gives away this small spoiler:

Spoiler: Possible Trek Villain-Related comment:

Yelchin: Chekov is just on the Enterprise. A lot of it is green screen. I mean, the Enterprise itself, J.J.’s trying to shoot as much of it as he can with out green screen, but I think a lot of space is obviously green screen — what I’m looking at while seeing the Klingon warships.

Interesting. I wonder if it's just ships, or whether we'll see them individually too?

 

[Procutus]

^

Hopefully, both.

 

[Jon1701]

Anthony seems to have confirmed it.

Could be from the Kobyashi maru though.

 

[Chindogu]

jon1701 said:
Could be from the Kobyashi maru though.

I wonder if they'll use or mimic the footage from TMP.

 

[Kegek]

Mimic, maybe. But I doubt they'll actually use stock footage. Which IMHO is a good thing.

And that comment about Abrams trying to avoid using greenscreen is certainly encouraging. I've defended greenscreen elsewhere, but I think full greenscreen immersion is only really good for something fantastic or purposefully unreal. If you want to make the Enterprise feel like a 'real' environment, you still need sets.

 

[Son_of_Soong]

The only problem with greenscreen is that the actors have nothing to react to. The sets they can create from greenscreen can look just as real as the real thing.

 

[Woulfe]

I'm starting to think that the "greenscreen" happens to be the main viewscreen on the bridge.
After all when was the last time they used "bluescreen" for the main viwer anyway ?

 

[Son_of_Soong]

I dont think Trek ever uses bluescreen actually, they have a lot of blue in most of their shots so every single production picture I have ever seen is a greenscreen.

 

[Woulfe]

^ Odd, I seem to recall seeing a big blue field on the TNG bloopers where the Viewscreen is....
- W -
* Or maybe i'm getting too old in my old age *

 

[TorontoTrekker]

Son_of_Soong said:
I dont think Trek ever uses bluescreen actually, they have a lot of blue in most of their shots so every single production picture I have ever seen is a greenscreen.

That's because they need to use a colour that nobody is wearing and doesn't appear on the set; otherwise, the special effects could be inadvertantly overlaid on top of something other than the viewscreen.

In TNG, nobody on the bridge wore blue (except Troi, briefly, and it was probably a sufficiently different shade). That would be why they could use a bluescreen. In TOS, Spock's uniform could cause a problem, but nobody is wearing green.

 

[Son_of_Soong]

*wonders if he could remember how to do bluescreen stuff*

 

[cooleddie74]

Maybe this will be a Kobayashi Maru scenario in a simulator, since Chekov is still supposed to be a greenie Academy cadet in this movie isn't he? Still, either way I expected to see Klingons since they're easily the most accessible and well-known TREK villains in the history of the franchise, even moreso than Khan, the Borg or Romulans.

 

[Jack Bauer]

cooleddie74 said:
Maybe this will be a Kobayashi Maru scenario in a simulator, since Chekov is still supposed to be a greenie Academy cadet in this movie isn't he?

Probably. DS9 established that Starfleet Academy cadets serve a tour of duty on a starship or starbase during their stay at the Academy. So Chekov could easily be on the Enterprise.

 

[MrPointy]

Jennifer Garner as Klingon confirmed!!!

Well, not really, but I can dream.