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Spock was originally going to use hypnosis before NBC's "precautions to avoid hypnotizing a viewer" led to the creation of the Vulcan mind meld (lemmy.ml)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37876959

https://www.slashfilm.com/1823758/star-trek-vulcan-mind-meld-nbc-meddling/

screenshot of text in quotation marks: "In accordance with our precautions to avoid hypnotizing a viewer, the act of hypnotizing must be either out of context or done off-camera. Further, since you are portraying hypnotism as a legitimate medical tool, Van Gelder should be hypnotized by Dr. McCoy rather than Mr. Spock unless Mr. Spock can be established as being qualified in the use of this technique."
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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's a single frame, where they would make a mask of the person and run the same film on that part every single time. The film they used was a slow motion shot of falling metal dust, upside down.

It probably took minutes to make those shots once they had the stock footage made.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The film they used was a slow motion shot of falling metal dust, upside down.

    I swear I read it was gold glitter in water that was swirled

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