Star Trek

Virtually one hundred matte paintings were used for Star Trek - The Motion Picture.
Matte paintings made by the great artist Matthew Yuricich and the young Rocco Gioffre.

Rocco Gioffre giving the final touch to a matte of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Preparations to photograph a matte for Star Trek - The Motion Picture.
Matthew Yuricich with his matte painting of the Air Tram Station in San Francisco.
One of the tricky mattes, if not the most difficult optical matte shot for 
the first Star Trek picture.
The live-action plate for the matte composition of the Air Tram Station.
The live-action set for the Air Tram composite was staged in the Paramount studios.
In the middle of the station set you can see the lower part of a pillar.
They didn't have an escalator on stage, the actors were lifted by a forklift.
The finalized Air Tram Station composite shot.
The Yuricich matte was used to optically enlarge the Air Tram Station studio set.
The famous Starfleet Command - Federation Council building matte composite in 'Star Trek IV'.
Chris Evans was the matte painting superisor on that show.
The live-action plate was photographed on the Oakland International Airport with costumed extras. 
The challenging plan was to let these extras interact with the matte elements (Orbital Shuttle) 
and to get movement and additional depth into the otherwise motionless shot.
The largest part of the composite is determined by the matte painting of Chris Evans.
The matte has sharply defined edges, the buildings seem polished, pretty static and chilly. 
The black areas were left blank for the Oakland Airport live-action plate.
Without the movement of the live-action plate, the composition would look lifeless. 
Live-Action plate - position of matte painting (black areas).
The formidable finalized matte composite shot photographed by Craig Barron.
The Orbital Shuttle looks a little out of place, but I like the complex shot.
Awesome how the ground staff interacts with the painted Shuttle. 
Born March 26, 1931 – Died February 27, 2015.

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