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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Where did they do this scene?
Message-ID: <876@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 27-Jan-85 15:40:31 EST
Article-I.D.: watdcsu.876
Posted: Sun Jan 27 15:40:31 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 28-Jan-85 05:04:53 EST
References: <244@ihu1m.UUCP> <3484@mit-eddie.UUCP> <693@ut-sally.UUCP>
Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <693@ut-sally.UUCP> barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) writes:
>> 
>> I don't think anything in the Star Trek series was shot on location.  It
>> was all shot in sound stages, I believe.  Star Trek had enough trouble
>> staying under budget because of the special effects, that I doubt that
>> they could afford location filming.
>> -- 
>>     Barry Margolin
>>     ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics
>>     UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar
>
>This couldn't possibly be right, unless my conception of what "on location"
>means is completely bogus.  What about all the obviously "outdoor" scenes,
>such as the one this refers to, (the "college" from *Operation -- Ammihilate!")
>the amusement planet from *Shore Leave*, or the indian village from *Paradise
>Syndrome*?  Pretty big soundstage to include those fir trees and lakes!
>
>I do remember reading somewhere that they avoided location stuff whenever
>possible for just the economic reasons mentioned;  the best possible 
>situation was an episode which took place entirely on board the Enterprise.
>
>
>Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
>
>-- barnett@ut-sally.ARPA, barnett@ut-sally.UUCP,
>      {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!barnett

at least a dozen or so episodes were filmed away from the soundstage.
according to "The Making of Startrek", part of the reason was economic
and the other part was lack of "alieness" of on-location shooting were
the main reasons for shooting on soundstages.
Herb Chong...

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