ives ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁existing ▁materials ▁from ▁The ▁Mot ion ▁Picture . ▁ ▁The ▁Enter prise ▁was ▁ref urb ished ▁for ▁its ▁space ▁sh ots , ▁with ▁its ▁sh iny ▁exterior ▁d ul led ▁down ▁and ▁extra ▁detail ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁frame . ▁Comp ared ▁to ▁the ▁newly ▁built ▁R eli ant , ▁the ▁Enter prise ▁was ▁h ated ▁by ▁the ▁effects ▁artists ▁and ▁cam er amen ; ▁it ▁took ▁eight ▁people ▁to ▁mount ▁the ▁model , ▁and ▁a ▁for kl ift ▁tr uck ▁to ▁move ▁it . ▁The ▁R eli ant , ▁mean while , ▁was ▁l ighter ▁and ▁had ▁less ▁complex ▁internal ▁w iring . ▁The ▁ships ▁were ▁fil med ▁on ▁a ▁blue ▁screen ▁with ▁special ▁film ▁that ▁does ▁not ▁register ▁the ▁color ▁blue ; ▁the ▁resulting ▁sh ots ▁could ▁be ▁added ▁to ▁effects ▁sh ots ▁or ▁other ▁foot age . ▁Any ▁reflection ▁of ▁blue ▁on ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁h ull ▁would ▁appear ▁as ▁a ▁hole ▁on ▁the ▁film ; ▁the ▁g aps ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁patch ed ▁frame ▁by ▁frame ▁for ▁the ▁final ▁film . ▁The ▁same ▁camera ▁used ▁to ▁film ▁Star ▁Wars , ▁the ▁D yk st raf lex , ▁was ▁used ▁for ▁sh ots ▁of ▁the ▁Enter prise ▁and ▁other ▁ships . ▁ ▁The ▁bar ren ▁desert ▁surface ▁of ▁Cet i ▁Al pha ▁V ▁was ▁sim ulated ▁on ▁stage ▁ 8 , ▁the ▁largest ▁sound ▁stage ▁at ▁Param ount ' s ▁studio . ▁The ▁set ▁was ▁elev ated ▁ 2 5 ▁feet ▁off ▁the ▁ground ▁and ▁covered