Special Effects In Stargate

What could be more exhilarating then traveling between the stars as easily as walking through a door? That’s exactly what the highly anticipated film Stargate depicts. A team travels across the known Universe in an instant, leaving them on a strange new world, not knowing what to expect or who they might meet. This science fiction film will be released in October of 1994. With big names like James Spader and Kurt Russel playing the main characters, as well as being directed by Roland Emmerich. Showcasing an all-star cast, excellent directing, and an exceptional storyline this film really comes to life and is on course to be a mega hit the whole family can enjoy. However, it is undoubtedly the combination of surreal special effects and intricate
The CGI team used cutting edge technology and methods to painstakingly craft all of the effects for the film. From the first time the Stargate is activated and the viewers see the rippling puddle fill the large circular device, or watch Jackson step through for the first time and being whisked away suddenly as the camera follows behind, flying along a path through the stars. To witnessing Ra’s mothership as it lands on a great pyramid with bolts of lightning flashing through a sandstorm. As well as, Ra using a hand device to violently knock people back and kill them. Even the effects of the explosion that destroys Ra’s mothership and kill Ra appear breathtaking and otherworldly. The CGI team went above and beyond the requirements to make sure the effects do the rest of the film justice, while still appearing as realistic as
Due to the need for gigantic sets, the team turned a colossal dome into the largest soundstage ever used, so as to make the environments large enough to be realistic. The sheer size of the stage is most evident as the team first sees the enormous pyramid the stargate is housed in on the alien world. As well as in the large scale slave rebellion in the latter half of the film with hundreds of if not thousands of people rushing Ra’s forces to take control of the planet. Additionally, the extent the set team went to in adding intricate details to the set adds an incredible realism to the Stargate, alien planet, and Ra’s mothership. From the actual working stargate prop containing a rotating inner ring complete with asterism symbols, or the details and intricacy of the beautiful golden rooms and halls aboard Ra’s mothership with hieroglyphics lining the walls. The hard work and dedication of the set crew in producing detailed, grand landscapes; brings Stargate to the next level of film making and pushing other movies to follow