To this end, the actual production studio models of the two vessels were sent over to Universal for filming. ![]() These effects, deemed necessary to cover the story-line of the video (specifically, for the scenes where the two vessels encounter the "fantastic space creatures", as specified in the brochure quoted below), were separately shot at Universal Studios. The video featured additional visual effects sequences of the Klingon Bird-of-Prey and the refit- Enterprise which was not covered by stock footage from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. The Enterprise model in newly shot scenes for the Adventure video Production companies who have worked on the attraction included, MCA/Universal Recreation Services, Task Research, McFadden Systems, and Smith Bruni Design. The latter in particular warranted attention, as it was one of the very few times that a refit- Enterprise bridge recreation has seen the light of day, as it has been the original Enterprise bridge, considered the quintessential Star Trek set by many in the Star Trek community, which was the one that has been recreated numerous times for these kind of occasions. Sets that were (partially) recreated in the Panasonic Theater included a bridge of the Klingon Bird-of-Prey, a transporter room, a nondescript landscape, main engineering and the bridge of the refit- USS Enterprise. The attraction had the capacity to do ten performances a day, each taking up approximately thirty minutes in total. The "actors" had the opportunity to purchase a VHS copy of their video after the show for US$29.95 (plus tax). ![]() The scenes were recorded on video, inter-cut with stock footage from the movies, edited into a eight-minute short film, and shown to the audience in the newly built, 1200 seat Panasonic Theater. Other audience members played the alien Preceptors, who were testing both crews via mind control. A very young audience member became a "dragonhound" (as coined in the end credit roll), based on Kruge's Klingon reptilian dog seen in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Four audience members competed for the role of the Klingon captain in a growl-off, with the runners up playing his crew members. In the performance, ten volunteers from the audience were dressed in Starfleet uniforms, placed on sets and coached to deliver scripted dialogue for several Star Trek scenes with Captain Kirk, Spock, Doctor McCoy, and Montgomery Scott. The Los Angeles venue opened on 9 June 1988 with Gene Roddenberry and the cast (excepting Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner) in attendance. The eight-page kit contained an two-page studio introduction, a four-page " United Federation of Planets Directive" written from an in-universe perspective, presenting a format for a contest broadcasters could employ to give away admission tickets for the attraction from 1 July onward, and a two-page contest comic book format for the press media. The US$7 million live-action performance attraction was formally announced to the general public on 8 April 1988 with the release of a press kit presented to the media.
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