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Rare Matt Jefferies Enterprise Bridge illustration

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^^ Your very welcome, blssdwlf and Bernard, and all who liked my post.
Another interesting thing about the little side sketch is that it shows a console directly opposite the viewscreen, indicating that the turbo-lift would be off the centerline as it is on the set, and not in-line with the C/L axis as it is on the bridge dome. So make of this what you will
 
The turbolift IS along the centerline of the bridge dome. For some reason it's the bridge, itself, that is offset.

I'd seen a much tinier version of this image in the past, but thank you for posting the higher-resolution version.
 
The sketch on the right shows a small diameter looking bridge. It makes me think this bridge was designed for the smaller ship before it was doubled in size.
 
^^ I thought about that as well, but I'm not sure. I think if the diameter shown was intentional, then maybe Jefferies was simply trying to illustrate why the dome at the smaller scale would not work with the bridge set they were designing? Keep in mind this was somewhat of an important issue since they were planning the opening "zoom in" shot for the pilot and the interior and exterior had to look like they matched if the scene was going to work convincingly.
 
TIN_MAN said:
^^ I thought about that as well, but I'm not sure. I think if the diameter shown was intentional, then maybe Jefferies was simply trying to illustrate why the dome at the smaller scale would not work with the bridge set they were designing? Keep in mind this was somewhat of an important issue since they were planning the opening "zoom in" shot for the pilot and the interior and exterior had to look like they matched if the scene was going to work convincingly.
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Yet, the "professionals" still mucked up the FX shot. If only they recessed the interior down, and zoomed in over Spock's station at a steeper angle would align the turbolift to the outside nub feature. It is obvious to me and I'm a noob.
 
Henoch said:
Yet, the "professionals" still mucked up the FX shot. If only they recessed the interior down, and zoomed in over Spock's station at a steeper angle would align the turbolift to the outside nub feature. It is obvious to me and I'm a noob.
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The steepness of the angle they could achieve was probably limited by the height of the soundstage roof. And they didn't have motion control or video playback to help them align the live shot and the miniature shot. For 1964 television, with the available time, technology, and budget, it's a damned impressive shot.
 
Thank you for posting this. I'm wondering how this compares to the dimensions of what got built? Might be interesting to see that versus the design here.
 
^^The larger scaled cross section on the left does seem to be a match for the contours and proportions of the actual set, but that's just from a quick eye-ball comparison. I hope to do a more thorough analysis when I have the time.
 
Henoch said:
Yet, the "professionals" still mucked up the FX shot. If only they recessed the interior down, and zoomed in over Spock's station at a steeper angle would align the turbolift to the outside nub feature. It is obvious to me and I'm a noob.
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Those "professionals" did what they could within the limitation of the budget, schedule, and tools of the time. Too bad you seem unable to appreciate it and have to diminish their efforts. Consider stepping out from under that little rain cloud. :D
 
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