Finished Widevision Format Effects Photos
(Currently These Pictures are only Prototypes)

This web page will eventually display twelve widescreen format scenes that will feature my new 6' Star Destroyer model, my new 4'-6" internal/external landing bay model, as well as some other store bought models, and even some inserted ships from actual scenes from the movies. Currently, all of the photos on this web page are only prototype photos, sort of like fancy movie storyboards.

I have already created all of the starfield background plates for use in all of the finished scenes. In addition, I have created all of the asteroid and gas nebula effects that will appear in selected scenes, and I have already composited them with the appropriate starfields.

To give the reader a better feel for how the scenes will eventually look once I have built the models, I have temporarily composited in various "stand in" prototype Star Destroyer models into the scenes shown on this web page. The "stand in" Star Destroyers are either my 5' 3" prototype Star Destroyer model, my 4'-6" prototype internal/external Star Destroyer landing bay model, or an 18" store bought version of the model.

Clicking on any of the below pictures will bring up that photo's web page. Each of the web pages consist of a 575 x 240 pixel picture of the scene, as well as a textual description of each scene, as well as description of all of the separate film elements that I expect to have to composite together to form the resulting image. I have also included a Special Notes section that gives brief descriptions of any interesting or unusual elements involved in making the scene. In all of the web page descriptions, TESB stands for the The Empire Strikes Back and ROTJ stands for Return of the Jedi. The original size of all of the images is 3000 x 1250 pixels, and all the images are stored in 24 bit true color. Each full color image requires 10.7 MB of disk space. Click here for a description of the basic processes that were used to create all of the prototype widescreen photos that are linked from this web page.

All the Star Destroyer prototype models shown on this web page were shot using either a 28 or 50 mm lens. In order to hold the focus for each shot over the largest possible distance, I typically set each lens to an f-stop of f22. My exposure time at this f-stop was either 2 or 4 seconds, and I like to shoot the models using Kodak Gold 200 speed film.

NOTE: Not all of the film elements described on these web pages as appearing in the final widescreen photos have yet been composited into this crop of prototype images. Inclusion of all of the advertised elements into these photos will continue over the next few months.

The Widevision Effects Photos

Frame 1
Darth Vader's Star Destroyer is shown chasing down Princess Leia's Rebel Blockade Runner


Frame 2
The escape pod carrying C-3PO and R2-D2 leaves the Rebel Blockage Runner


Frame 3
Darth Vader's shuttle lands in the interior landing bay of a Star Destroyer


Frame 4
The Millennium Falcon makes a 90 degree dive to avoid three colliding Star Destroyers


Frame 5
An underside view of the three colliding Star Destroyers with four attacking Tie fighters


Frame 6
The Millennium Falcon makes a medium angle drifting dive away from an attacking Star Destroyer


Frame 7
The Millennium Falcon makes a frontal attack on a pursuing Star Destroyer


Frame 8
The Millennium Falcon is shown attached to the bridge of a Star Destroyer


Frame 9
Darth Vader's shuttle is shown leaving the interior landing bay of a Star Destroyer


Frame 10
Four X-Wing fighters are shown making a vertical attack on a Star Destroyer


Frame 11
Two Tie fighters have crippled a Y-Wing fighter, which is now spiraling down toward the bridge of a Star Destroyer


Frame 12
Two Star Destroyers and a couple of Tie fighters are shown rounding Earth's moon in order to take up an attack position in Earth orbit