Morphing shot Originally designed as articulated model motion control shots, the on-stage environment resulted in the elements being shot without the proper motion control registration and the sets were struck before the problem's full implications were understood. Eventually, with the techniques smoothed out, the very first scene in the film where the gag was used was morphed. This was critical because this was the first time the audience saw this effect, and if it didn't work here, it was not going to work for the rest of the film.
More morphing was used to do the opening up of Ra's ship, avoiding a model shot with motion control.
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Ra's ship arrives!
The moon images are from NASA's Voyager mission to Jupiter, on which I worked prior to getting into movies.
