▁worked ▁to ▁transform ▁the ▁written ▁ideas ▁for ▁the ▁script ▁into ▁concrete ▁story boards ▁and ▁visual s . ▁The ▁detailed ▁sequences ▁were ▁essential ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁film ' s ▁effects ▁from ▁spir aling ▁out ▁of ▁control ▁and ▁driving ▁up ▁costs , ▁as ▁had ▁occurred ▁with ▁The ▁Mot ion ▁Picture . ▁Each ▁special ▁and ▁optical ▁effect , ▁and ▁the ▁duration ▁of ▁the ▁sequences , ▁was ▁listed . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁six ▁weeks , ▁the ▁produ cers ▁determined ▁the ▁basic ▁look ▁and ▁construction ▁of ▁nearly ▁all ▁the ▁effects ; ▁the ▁resulting ▁sh ots ▁were ▁combined ▁with ▁film ▁foot age ▁five ▁months ▁later . ▁Indust rial ▁Light ▁& ▁Magic ▁( IL M ) ▁produced ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁effects , ▁and ▁created ▁the ▁new ▁models ; ▁the ▁R eli ant ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁non - Const itution - class ▁Federation ▁star ship ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁series . ▁Origin ally , ▁the ▁R eli ant ▁was ▁conce ived ▁as ▁a ▁Constitution - class ▁star ship ▁identical ▁to ▁the ▁Enter prise , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁felt ▁aud ien ces ▁would ▁have ▁difficulty ▁distingu ishing ▁between ▁two ▁al ike ▁ships . ▁As ▁the ▁script ▁called ▁for ▁the ▁R eli ant ▁and ▁Enter prise ▁to ▁inf lict ▁significant ▁damage ▁on ▁each ▁other , ▁IL M ▁developed ▁techniques ▁to ▁illustrate ▁the ▁damage ▁without ▁phys ically ▁harm ing ▁the ▁models . ▁R ather ▁than ▁move ▁the ▁models ▁on ▁a ▁bl ues creen ▁during ▁shooting , ▁the ▁V ista V ision ▁camera ▁was ▁p anned ▁and ▁track ed ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁ill usion ▁of