Directing.2C cinematography and music Trials and Tribble-ations

original tribbles writer david gerrold helped make sure 2 episodes matched up

a number of directors considered episode, jonathan west being given job. west had been cinematographer on staff both deep space 9 , next generation, directing several episodes of franchise. had 9 days of preparation time before shooting began. sought match same production values original series found lighting style , color saturation film had changed in intervening years. visual effects supervisor dan curry directed of second-unit sequences, , west , cinematographer kris krossgrove worked rectify these issues. achieved switching finer grain of film, utilizing different lenses shooting specific angles. gerrold on set extra, west used him unofficial advisor on matching scenes trouble tribbles .

the actual digital insertion of actors conducted in same manner seen in film forrest gump (1994). original footage remastered, , seen such improvement inspired subsequent clean-up , re-release of of original series episodes. remaster conducted hutzel , first transfer since 1983, when version created vhs , laser disc release. hutzel identified 19 scenes trouble tribbles matched in trials , tribble-ations . scene matching between new footage , old took 9 weeks complete budget of $3 million. involved both two-dimensional , three-dimensional tracking shots insertion of matte shots , use of both blue , green screens actors. not shots seen in episode taken trouble tribbles . scene sisko meets kirk on bridge towards end of episode instead taken episode mirror, mirror .

due in part special effects, costuming, set re-constructions , residual payments original series cast, behr later described trials , tribble-ations expensive hour of episodic tv ever produced . member of original series cast spoken directly producers leonard nimoy, enthusiastic idea , surprised had taken them long come it. remaining cast members each contacted through paramount s legal department. dennis mccarthy wanted re-work jerry fielding score used on trouble tribbles . said intended use production equipment , orchestra available bring score same scale seen on deep space nine. however, producers wanted new score , mccarthy explained composed in fielding-inspired mindset. piece directly re-recorded mccarthy alexander courage theme star trek , involved 45 piece orchestra.