Template:Realworld
The Bajoran garden in DS9's "In the Hands of the Prophets"
Griffith Park is a large park located in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California. It was used as filming location for several Star Trek episodes. The Griffith Observatory is also located in the Griffith Park.
Star Trek locations
In 1987, director Corey Allen shot the very first day of shooting for the Star Trek: The Next Generation pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint" at Griffith Park. The scene included actors Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, and Wil Wheaton and stood in for the scenes on the holodeck. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
In 1993, director David Livingston chose the location of Fern Dell, a section of Griffith Park, as location for the Monastery of the Kai in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "In the Hands of the Prophets", the last episode of the first season. The scene involved Avery Brooks and Philip Anglim and their "first meeting" in the series. According to Livingston, he was able to do a location shoot because of the high budget for the episode and he chose Fern Dell which is close to the studio. It was the easiest location for a director to shoot because of its narrow path that restricts movement which prohibits wider shots, according to unit production manager Robert della Santina. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
In 2004, on their second day of shooting, 22 July 2004, the production team of the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Storm Front, Part II" went on location in Griffith Park to film the wood scenes between the Enterprise crew and the Na'kuhl and Nazi soldiers. [1]
Bronson Canyon
The Bronson Canyon caves in Star Trek VI
The Bronson Canyon and the Voyager digital effects in 1995
Bronson Canyon, part of Griffith Park, has become famous as location for several movies and television series. It was used many times for location shoots of all five live action Star Trek series as well as the movies.
In 1967, the Bronson Canyon was used as a filming location for TOS: "This Side of Paradise".
In 1991, the Bronson Canyon caves stood in for the cave shots of Rura Penthe in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. (David G. Trotti, ENT Season 2 DVD special "Enterprise Secrets")
Also in 1991, the canyon was used as a location for TNG: "Darmok" and TNG: "Ensign Ro".
In 1995 the production of the Star Trek: Voyager episode "The 37's" moved to Bronson Canyon to shoot several scenes there. The surface scenes of the unnamed Delta Quadrant planet and the landing and starting of the USS Voyager were filmed in the Bronson Canyon. The VOY Season 2 DVD trivia text version of "The 37's" featured several information about the location: TNG: "Darmok" and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country were filmed there and the place is a famous filming location since the 1930's including productions such as The Scorpion King, The Searchers, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and the well known home for the Batcave in several Batman features.
Regarding the Voyager, standing beside the mountains, special effects supervisor Dan Curry said that he used a foam core mock.up to plot camera angles and perspectives of the Voyager matte painting. For the scenes showing the Voyager the special effects team had to remove the legendary Hollywood sign for some scenes.
External links
- Griffith Park at LAParks.org - official site
- Griffith Park at Wikipedia
- Bronson Canyon at Wikipedia