We’re a few days past last week’s “Point of Light,” and now that its story points have been revealed, episode director Olatunde Osunsanmi has shared a few looks behind the scenes from production — and we’ve also got a few new Season 2 promos.
Osunsanmi, who also wrote a lengthy breakdown of the episode’s filming for StarTrek.com last week, took to show off some self-shot video from the Klingon-filled production.
First up, discussing the impending stunt and fight work with the cast:
@marythechief @shazad @MrKenMitchell just before rehearsal. Besides all the rehearsals before shooting day, many rehearsals occur on the day at half speed to make sure everyone understands timing—Cameras need to know where performers will be etc. pic.twitter.com/AetncaCc8I
— Olatunde Osunsanmi (@CenterWillHold) February 4, 2019
Next, the full-speed fight scene where Kol-Sha (Ken Mitchell) and the House of Kor takes on L’Rell (Mary Chieffo) and Ash Tyler (Shazad Latif):
BTS vid of the epic Klingon Fight from my ep #PointofLight #StarTrekDiscovery choreog by stunt co. #ChrisMcGuire Acting in prosthetics with emotion and truthfulness is very taxing on the performer. But fighting, and doing so in those gorgeous costumes? It takes colossal effort!! pic.twitter.com/c4xYQyKRBj
— Olatunde Osunsanmi (@CenterWillHold) February 4, 2019
He also shared this amusing photo of Chieffo and Latif off-stage, fighting through the heay of stage lighting and on-set fire.
@Shazad cooling off @marythechief. It’s hot under all those layers of silicone. Seriously. And of course #Mother demands to be fanned at all times:) pic.twitter.com/Dk9ImoWqlO
— Olatunde Osunsanmi (@CenterWillHold) February 4, 2019
Moving the final moments of the episode, Osunsanmi showed this interesting look at the two-tiered Section 31 ship set in action, while Tyler and Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) discussed their situation.
BTS Vid of the first scene shot on the 31 set. Before I hit record, that crane came in from the first floor, rose to the second, and did a 180 to follow Georgiou’s walk to Tyler. pic.twitter.com/0TavmA5dl1
— Olatunde Osunsanmi (@CenterWillHold) February 4, 2019
He also revealed this fascinating look at the Section 31 command center — which began life as the USS Shenzhou bridge set last season — just prior to filming.
Section 31 just before I shot it for the first time. @tamaradeverell built this set on Stage 8. It’s a beauty to shoot. Everywhere I point the camera is a perfect frame. This set was challenging for the Art Dept. cause of the two stories, glass floors and massive size. pic.twitter.com/81sy9S9Y1s
— Olatunde Osunsanmi (@CenterWillHold) February 4, 2019
Moving forward from “Point of Light,” CBS has also released some additional promotion for the series – starting with this Spock-centric TV spot which aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday evening.
Netflix, who distributes Star Trek: Discovery outside of North America, used this footage of Ethan Peck in a similar promotion back in mid-January when the new season kicked off.
We also now have a standalone version of the Discovery 204 preview, for this coming Thursday’s “An Obol for Charon,” courtesy of Netflix:
There’s also new this Season 2 promo which includes some small bits of new footage from (we believe) Episode 206 “The Sounds of Thunder,” with Tilly talking about a ‘time tsunami,’ but also ends with a notable spoiler: Spock (Ethan Peck) and Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) speaking to Leland (Alan Van Sprang) aboard the Section 31 ship.
And finally, thanks to an early preview from StarTrek.com, we have a (low-resolution) look at Engineer Jett Reno (Tig Notaro), who remains aboard the Discovery after her rescue in “Brother,” the Season 2 premiere.
We expect to have a better view of this image, and more photos from the next Discovery episode, in the next day or two — so check back soon for more!
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