So as everyone knows when the Enterprise shakes violently it's not really the set shaking it's the camera and the actors try to copy the fashion the camera shakes.
I've always enjoyed watching these shots to see how in sync they are. Sometimes they are pretty good, sometimes it's funny as hell how off they are.
In TWOK it's really amusing because in the span of a few minutes there is one of the best shots of that kind to one of the worst. So the shot of the bridge crew, where someone screams (I think it's Sulu) all being thrown to the right of the screen when Khan's first blast hits I thought was excellent. I've watched it in slo mo and they were all really in sync and it looked great, even if it was a quick shot.
Yet only a few minutes later when Khan fires the photon torpedo that hits the bridge if you watch the person standing at the console at the very back of the bridge near the turbolift door you can see he totally throws him self away on purpose in almost a cartoon like fashion when noone else moves, and he does so a good few seconds before the console explodes. It was a terrible telegraph I noticed even as a kid.
While I'm on the topic a few similar things that always kind of made me laugh.
* In the same initial confrontation scene with Reliant when Enterprise fires back there's some damage to the Reliant's bridge including some wires and panels falling from the ceiling. There's a guy in that that looks like he was literally up in the ceiling and he comes diving down with all the debris? That always made me laugh.
* Also in TWOK a moment after Spock says they are entering the Mutata Nebula there's a jolt that causes the bridge crew to all lurch forward EXCEPT KIRK who literally doesn't move a muscle. I know he has the arm restraints in the captain's chair that would help, but even so you'd think his head or upper body would lurch a little, but nothing. I always wondered if Shatner did that on purpose to make Kirk look stronger than everyone else and Meyer either didn't catch it or just let it go.
* Finally in TUC when Excelsior is first hit there's a shot similar to TWOK where the bridge crew is thrown to the right. Only it looks like the flying Graysons. I swear some of the stuntmen were perched on shelves off camera and jumped because they were already 5 or 6 feet off the floor and it looks all the world to me that one or two of them are actually doing cartwheels.
It's always amusing watching how well they get the actors and stuntmen to cooridinate their movements.....especially on TOS.
I've always enjoyed watching these shots to see how in sync they are. Sometimes they are pretty good, sometimes it's funny as hell how off they are.
In TWOK it's really amusing because in the span of a few minutes there is one of the best shots of that kind to one of the worst. So the shot of the bridge crew, where someone screams (I think it's Sulu) all being thrown to the right of the screen when Khan's first blast hits I thought was excellent. I've watched it in slo mo and they were all really in sync and it looked great, even if it was a quick shot.
Yet only a few minutes later when Khan fires the photon torpedo that hits the bridge if you watch the person standing at the console at the very back of the bridge near the turbolift door you can see he totally throws him self away on purpose in almost a cartoon like fashion when noone else moves, and he does so a good few seconds before the console explodes. It was a terrible telegraph I noticed even as a kid.
While I'm on the topic a few similar things that always kind of made me laugh.
* In the same initial confrontation scene with Reliant when Enterprise fires back there's some damage to the Reliant's bridge including some wires and panels falling from the ceiling. There's a guy in that that looks like he was literally up in the ceiling and he comes diving down with all the debris? That always made me laugh.
* Also in TWOK a moment after Spock says they are entering the Mutata Nebula there's a jolt that causes the bridge crew to all lurch forward EXCEPT KIRK who literally doesn't move a muscle. I know he has the arm restraints in the captain's chair that would help, but even so you'd think his head or upper body would lurch a little, but nothing. I always wondered if Shatner did that on purpose to make Kirk look stronger than everyone else and Meyer either didn't catch it or just let it go.
* Finally in TUC when Excelsior is first hit there's a shot similar to TWOK where the bridge crew is thrown to the right. Only it looks like the flying Graysons. I swear some of the stuntmen were perched on shelves off camera and jumped because they were already 5 or 6 feet off the floor and it looks all the world to me that one or two of them are actually doing cartwheels.
It's always amusing watching how well they get the actors and stuntmen to cooridinate their movements.....especially on TOS.
