VFX in season 2 (and short treks)

[pst]

since the old visual effects in discovery thread has been dormant for 7 months and discovery is back in just over 1 month, let's discuss discovery (and discovery adjacent) VFX.

just going by the latest trailer (and the opening shot of short trek: runaway), it looks like season 2 is going to be lit more naturally than season 1's (arguably) garish approach to space shots:

 

[Sketcher]

And thank God. Season 1's VFX reminded me of Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda", which came out...15 years before DIS. Also is it a good idea to always have the shuttlebay doors open like that??

 

[pst]

Also is it a good idea to always have the shuttlebay doors open like that??

seems like they're just leaving them open all the time now because... eh who wants to keep opening and closing some space doors?

 

[F. King Daniel]

The shutter broke.

 

[BillJ]

The shutter broke.

It is odd. We didn't see that "always open" shuttle bay setup until TNG. Now, apparently, it was around during TOS. Wonder why the Enterprise was never upgraded during its numerous refits?

 

[Tuskin38]

Maybe there's a lot of scenes in Season 2 where they use shuttles

 

[pst]

i don't think there's a single shot in this trailer with the shuttle bay doors closed, here's another one with the door hanging open:

 

[F. King Daniel]

*whispers* I can see her shuttles

 

[Rahul]

since the old visual effects in discovery thread has been dormant for 7 months and discovery is back in just over 1 month, let's discuss discovery (and discovery adjacent) VFX.

just going by the latest trailer (and the opening shot of short trek: runaway), it looks like season 2 is going to be lit more naturally than season 1's (arguably) garish approach to space shots:

Just sayin': Somebody already created a thread for that just two months ago:

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/improved-vfx-and-models-for-s2.296313/

Whoever that was must have had a sharp eye. And been very smart. And handsome.

(Just kidding, continue!)

 

[pst]

Just sayin': Somebody already created a thread for that just two months ago:

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/improved-vfx-and-models-for-s2.296313/

Whoever that was must have had a sharp eye. And been very smart. And handsome.

(Just kidding, continue!)

oh man i'm terribly sorry.

the creator of this thread clearly only exhibits two of those three qualities.

 

[Tyr]

It is odd. We didn't see that "always open" shuttle bay setup until TNG.

What "always open" shuttlebay setup in TNG?

 

[BillJ]

What "always open" shuttlebay setup in TNG?

We saw the TNG shuttle bay opened quite a bit during the series run.

 

[Tosk]

We saw the TNG shuttle bay opened quite a bit during the series run.

They opened them to use them, I don't recall them just generally being open all the time.

[Just for the record, I really don't care if Discovery has the bay open a lot or not.]

 

[GaiusBaltarBand]

https://imgur.com/tlZcuqM

This is the one bad effects shot of the trailer that looks like season 1 quality effects.

 

[pst]

https://imgur.com/tlZcuqM

This is the one bad effects shot of the trailer that looks like season 1 quality effects.

hard to say how bad it is from that screen shot, but at least the subtle nebula in the background isn't a mess of hot pink or something like it would've been last season

 

[Noname Given]

Just sayin': Somebody already created a thread for that just two months ago:

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/improved-vfx-and-models-for-s2.296313/

Whoever that was must have had a sharp eye. And been very smart. And handsome.

(Just kidding, continue!)

^^^
So, someone OTHER than yourself...got it!

 

[PixelMagic]

The Season 2 shots are much improved, but they should bring me on as VFX supervisor if they really want to nail it.

 

[PixelMagic]

In the past 4 hours, Pixomondo has released 7 videos with visual effects breakdowns. Yet no Discovery. Hmm...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZMbSuZ2bVP4669HDg7EEzg/videos

 

[pst]

In the past 4 hours, Pixomondo has released 7 videos with visual effects breakdowns. Yet no Discovery. Hmm...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZMbSuZ2bVP4669HDg7EEzg/videos

yeah but they did one for crazy rich asians.

 

[Rahul]

In the past 4 hours, Pixomondo has released 7 videos with visual effects breakdowns. Yet no Discovery. Hmm...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZMbSuZ2bVP4669HDg7EEzg/videos

To be honest, their DIS season 1 work is really nothing to brag about. And I guess they are only allowed to show season 2 footage after it aired.

But I'm fully expecting visual effects breakdown videos from season 2 onward of Discovery.