3D World

Trevor Hogg boards the USS

Discovery to learn about the visual

and special effects expertise needed

to envision a universe consisting

of Klingons, alternative realities

and holodecks

Captain’s

Log

nspired by Jonathan

Swift’s Gulliver’s

Travels, American

screenwriter

and producer

Gene Roddenberry sought to

explore intellectual themes

within suspenseful spacefaring

adventures with Star Trek. A

cultural phenomenon was born

consisting of seven television series

and 13 feature films spanning 52

years. The latest small-screen

incarnation, Star Trek: Discovery,

takes place a decade before the

original TV show with the primary

objective being to honour the

legacy of the franchise. “I thought

this was a great opportunity, but

also daunting,” notes production

visual effects supervisor Jason

Zimmerman (Sleepy Hollow), who

looked after the creation of just

under 5,000 shots and received

a VES Award nomination for the

pilot episode.

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