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Posted:
08:21:35 on September 15 2001
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: Enterprise | www.stenterprise.com
The official Star Trek web site has launched its new ENTERPRISE web site at this address:
http://www.startrek.com/launch/default.asp.
The site includes several features: biographies of the characters, a timeline of Star Trek's history up to 2151, video interviews from the Television Critic's Association Press Junket function, and new interviews from Supervising Producer Peter Lauritson and Makeup Supervisor Michael Westmore.
Lauritson talks of the challenges in creating a new show like ENTERPRISE:
"We are always trying to move forward with new technology and so forth. Any new television series is birthing a new baby, we really try to — of course we have the experience of the other series behind us to guide us — but we're trying to create a whole new thing. The interesting part about this one is we're going backwards in time so it's kind of a retro approach. But what I find interesting about this series is that it's closer to our reality and I think everybody is responding to that all the way down the line. Everything's in its developmental stages and so are we. I think the effort is to try to do something that's prior to Kirk, but that doesn't mean it can't be very cool and very new to everyone. We've created the digital model of our new ship, Enterprise, and it's the most highly-detailed digital model we've ever done. And that goes for all the new devices that are going to become present — as well as a completely new soundscape. We have to create all new sounds for the ship and new environments and so forth and we're trying to encourage a little bit of experimentation with new elements in terms of music as well. We're creating something completely new and it affects all areas. As far as the visual effects, we are able now to do more interactive spatial environments and we're utilizing CGI characters much more. We've scanned every member of our cast so that we can do some stunts and put them in some environments that humans wouldn't be very comfortable in and so forth. There are new things like that that we're doing that challenge us."
http://www.startrek.com/launch/firstthoughts/lauritson.asp.
Westmore talks about how far technology has come from the days of TNG and how it helps him do his job:
"That's come a long way. I mean, even the adhesives we use now are silicone as opposed to the spirit gum. And that allows us to make up an actor over and over and over again without winding up with skin problems because it's an inert adhesive as opposed to spirit gum, which can burn you. If you apply an appliance over it wet, without really letting it dry out, if you have sensitive skin. The adhesives we use now don't have any solvents or chemicals in them that can create a burn. They also come off easier than spirit gum. They clean up easier than spirit gum. So in the application process, the adhesives are able to speed up the process and be gentler to the actor's skin. Also in the past, for painting a prosthetic, the rubber had to be sealed up totally and then you would paint on top of it with old formulas of rubber paint and greasepaint. And that's the way TNG started. And now we actually have sealer-based paints and we don't use that much grease any more on an appliance. And every makeup artist that works at Star Trek knows how to use an airbrush. By having knowledge of airbrush it speeds up the whole process. So now instead of somebody having to sit in the makeup for hours, the airbrush speeds the process up. Plus we can pre-paint things, like we had with a Talaxian episode on Voyager where we had fifteen Talaxians. All those heads were pre-painted and the spots were all airbrushed on them ahead of time. So when the actor sat in the chair, the head could just flip on. Then, when you put the nose and the cheeks on, all you had to worry about was the front face. Just blend it in because the back of the head was all done. Of course, to do the whole head, you could add another hour, hour and a half on your make-up time."
http://www.startrek.com/launch/firstthoughts/westmore.asp.
The site also promises a "watch and win" contest, involving answering four trivia questions about ENTERPRISE episodes each week. The grand prizes will be two cast-autographed ENTERPRISE scripts.
http://www.startrek.com/launch/watchandwin.asp.
The site also promises a tour of the Enterprise NX-01 and cast Q&A sessions "coming soon."
See Also: STENTERPRISE.com
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