2001 : A Space Odyssey 1/80 Clavius Base Second Airlock.
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 10:44 pm
SHOOTING SCRIPT / 2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY BY ARTHUR C. CLARKE AND STANLEY KUBRICK [EXCERPT]
FILM STILL [1080p] 2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY
CLAVIUS BASE OVERVIEW
Clavius Base is a lunar settlement in the fictional Space Odyssey universe created by Arthur C. Clarke. The base, located at Clavius crater, is featured in both the novel and film versions of 2001: A Space Odyssey. According to the novel, the base was finished in 1994 by United States Astronautical Engineering Corps. If necessary, the base can be self-sustaining. As depicted on screen, Clavius Base features some surface features (a landing pad and control tower, together with other ancillary support structures), but the vast majority of the base is located beneath the Lunar surface to protect it from micro-meteoroid impacts and solar radiation. Incoming spacecraft set down on a landing platform beneath a dome which opens as the vessel descends. The landing platform is part of an enormous elevator, which lowers the spacecraft into a cavernous docking bay, illuminated in red. Although not a reuse of the Clavius model, Moonbase Alpha from the TV series Space: 1999 is designed using the same concept as Clavius. It is located in another crater, Plato. Clavius Base is, apparently, the central focus of American activities on the Moon, and is under the control of the United States Astronautics Agency.
GREAT AIRLOCK [1080p] SCREEN CAP
SECOND AIRLOCK (1080p] SCREEN CAP
B&W STILL / JAPANESE MOVIE PROGRAM
PREMISE
Matthew and I are going to build this to support the Atomic City (aka Captain Cardboard) Models 1/80 "Aries 1b" from "2001: A Space Odyssey." Specifically I am going to attempt to blueprint by decoding color stills what the supports are beneath the three plinths of the landing platform and scale these to the model. I am also going to build a cardboard mockup and I will be building the four support arms on the sides supporting the plinth itself. At that point, Matthew and I will get together with a bunch of PVC pipe, a cutter (and a case of cold beer), as well as whatever else I am able to scrounge up to add details to the elevator supports. I am thinking—and Matt approves—to build this base so it splits apart to make carrying easier; so the supports will be half size then fit together, or something along those lines. The Aries 1b is built, but there are a few fixes necessary. I need to add a few exhaust nozzles which popped off, so I am thinking about fabricating all of the nozzles with open centers to reflect the original model.
ORIGINAL FILMING MINIATURE
FILM STILL [1080p] 2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY
CLAVIUS BASE OVERVIEW
Clavius Base is a lunar settlement in the fictional Space Odyssey universe created by Arthur C. Clarke. The base, located at Clavius crater, is featured in both the novel and film versions of 2001: A Space Odyssey. According to the novel, the base was finished in 1994 by United States Astronautical Engineering Corps. If necessary, the base can be self-sustaining. As depicted on screen, Clavius Base features some surface features (a landing pad and control tower, together with other ancillary support structures), but the vast majority of the base is located beneath the Lunar surface to protect it from micro-meteoroid impacts and solar radiation. Incoming spacecraft set down on a landing platform beneath a dome which opens as the vessel descends. The landing platform is part of an enormous elevator, which lowers the spacecraft into a cavernous docking bay, illuminated in red. Although not a reuse of the Clavius model, Moonbase Alpha from the TV series Space: 1999 is designed using the same concept as Clavius. It is located in another crater, Plato. Clavius Base is, apparently, the central focus of American activities on the Moon, and is under the control of the United States Astronautics Agency.
GREAT AIRLOCK [1080p] SCREEN CAP
SECOND AIRLOCK (1080p] SCREEN CAP
B&W STILL / JAPANESE MOVIE PROGRAM
PREMISE
Matthew and I are going to build this to support the Atomic City (aka Captain Cardboard) Models 1/80 "Aries 1b" from "2001: A Space Odyssey." Specifically I am going to attempt to blueprint by decoding color stills what the supports are beneath the three plinths of the landing platform and scale these to the model. I am also going to build a cardboard mockup and I will be building the four support arms on the sides supporting the plinth itself. At that point, Matthew and I will get together with a bunch of PVC pipe, a cutter (and a case of cold beer), as well as whatever else I am able to scrounge up to add details to the elevator supports. I am thinking—and Matt approves—to build this base so it splits apart to make carrying easier; so the supports will be half size then fit together, or something along those lines. The Aries 1b is built, but there are a few fixes necessary. I need to add a few exhaust nozzles which popped off, so I am thinking about fabricating all of the nozzles with open centers to reflect the original model.
ORIGINAL FILMING MINIATURE