, ▁and ▁the ▁F ang oria ▁shot , ▁with ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁g ore ." ▁Foot age ▁of ▁a ▁giant ▁model ▁of ▁Ko enig ' s ▁ear ▁was ▁disc arded ▁from ▁the ▁the atr ical ▁release ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁vis cer al ▁reaction ▁it ▁el ic ited ▁in ▁test ▁aud ien ces . ▁ ▁Add itional ▁optical ▁effects ▁were ▁provided ▁by ▁Visual ▁Con cept ▁Engineering ▁( V CE ), ▁a ▁small ▁effects ▁company ▁head ed ▁by ▁Peter ▁Kur an ; ▁Kur an ▁had ▁previously ▁worked ▁at ▁IL M ▁and ▁left ▁after ▁finishing ▁The ▁Empire ▁St rik es ▁Back . ▁V CE ▁provided ▁effects ▁including ▁ph aser ▁be ams , ▁the ▁Enter prise ▁re actor , ▁additional ▁sand ▁on ▁Cet i ▁Al pha ▁V , ▁and ▁an ▁updated ▁trans porter ▁effect . ▁Meyer ▁and ▁the ▁production ▁staff ▁were ▁ad am ant ▁about ▁not ▁using ▁free ze ▁frames ▁for ▁the ▁trans porter , ▁as ▁had ▁been ▁done ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁television ▁series . ▁Sc enes ▁were ▁shot ▁so ▁that ▁convers ations ▁would ▁continue ▁while ▁characters ▁were ▁in ▁mid - transport , ▁although ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁mat te ▁work ▁V CE ▁created ▁was ▁disc arded ▁when ▁the ▁production ▁decided ▁not ▁to ▁have ▁as ▁much ▁action ▁during ▁trans ports . ▁ ▁The ▁W r ath ▁of ▁Khan ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁films ▁to ▁extens ively ▁use ▁computer ▁graphics ▁to ▁speed ▁production ▁of ▁special ▁effects ▁sh ots . ▁Computer ▁graphics ▁company ▁Evans ▁& ▁S uther land ▁used ▁the ▁Dig ist ar ▁planet arium ▁simulation ▁computer ▁to ▁generate