New Star Trek

Description: Lindelof compared the film's Romulan faction to pirates with their unique tattoos and disorganized costuming. Their ship is purely practical with visible mechanics, as they are on a mission, unlike the Enterprise crew who give a respectable presentation on behalf of the Federation. The Romulan actors spent two to four hours applying make-up. The... ( +expand to view full text )

Description: Lindelof compared the film's Romulan faction to pirates with their unique tattoos and disorganized costuming. Their ship is purely practical with visible mechanics, as they are on a mission, unlike the Enterprise crew who give a respectable presentation on behalf of the Federation. The Romulan actors spent two to four hours applying make-up. The actors shaved their heads for the roles to differentiate them from Vulcans. Previous series in the franchise attempted this by designing the Romulans with ridged foreheads. Industrial Light & Magic is creating the visual effects. Visual effects supervisors Roger Guyette and Sherri Hanson worked with Abrams on Mission: Impossible III. Abrams avoided using bluescreen and greenscreen as much as possible, with the exception of one scene, because it "makes me insane". Instead, he used special effects to extend the scale of sets and locations. For example, when filming at California State University, bluescreens were placed to hide palm trees, and a silver Aptera Typ-1 was placed in a corner of the location.