The Elongated Corridor (Caution, This is Rather Disenchanting)

[JoeD80]

Ya didn't really think they build a long freakin' hallway, did ya?

Well, they are always bragging about how huge the DS9 sets were. The find in the OP, presuming it is an accurate analysis, seems to fly in the face of them taking great pains to build huge sets. If the photo theory is true, then that's evidence of them cutting corners to make the sets appear bigger than they are.

That's not cutting corners; that's building to the physical limitations of the sound stage. There's not infinite space in there, and if you want other more interesting sets you're better off building your hallway short.

You know, come to think of it, I have never seen the actual DS9 set plans. The most I've seen are the Promenade layouts from the DS9 TM. Kind of odd, when you consider how easy it is to find the TOS and TNG/VGR set plans on the internet. (I don't think I've ever seen the ENT set plans, either.)

I think the old "Making of Deep Space Nine" book that came out between season 2 and 3 has a map of the how the sets were arranged on the stage.

Did you remember the main hall in Babylon 5? That was the worst hallway mat painting EVER! lol

The hallway painting for the corridor in Babylon 5 was only used in season 1. They physically extended it in season 2.

 

[AdmiralGarak]

I think the old "Making of Deep Space Nine" book that came out between season 2 and 3 has a map of the how the sets were arranged on the stage.

Unfortunately, that wouldn't cover the Defiant sets, the ward room, etc...

I've seen the whole floorpans once before around this BBS. Probably in Trek Art or somesuch.

Of course, it was all in flux. Several of them were built or torn down over the course of the series. One that shocked me when I was looking through the Memory Alpha pages was that Defiant's engineering had been torn down to make room for the Klingon ship and Cardassian command center sets. I hadn't noticed that they stopped using engineering, but it's pretty obvious in hind sight.

 

[Marie1]

To be fair to Herm Zimmerman et al, the production team wasn't expecting the clarity of dvd reproduction when they designed these routine sets. They hoped - not unreasonably - that the audience would be watching the foreground action. But when you've seen the same show a dozen times or more, details DO slip out

Good point. I don't think DS9 considered DVD or any higher quality reproductions at all... such a pity. :S

 

[Braxton]

I never really noticed this. If Paramount ever decides to remaster DS9, I'm sure they'll change this to be CGI. Either way, it doesn't really look bad.