Editing Prometheus (Stargate) (section)

===Construction and sets===

The set was originally constructed on Stage 6 at [[The Bridge Studios]] in [[Burnaby]], [[Canada]].<ref name="on the set day 1">{{Cite web |last=Ritter |first=Kate |date=15 July 2002 |title=ON THE SET - DAY ONE |url=http://rdanderson.com/stargate/features/articles/2002-07-setday1.htm |website=rdanderson.com}}</ref><ref name="unnatural selection commentary 1">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Unnatural Selection (Stargate SG-1)|Unnatural Selection]]" |date=2 February 2004 |last=Mikita |first=Andy |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=1:01 |quote=This set we built in Stage 6 at The Bridge Studio facility and we put it up rather quickly and had to light it rather quickly as well. As you were saying, Andy Wilson the director of photography on the part 1 "Prometheus" episode, directed by Peter Woeste, he had to do a lot of the lighting very, very quickly before they started shooting and you [Jim Menard] had a few things that you had changed.}}</ref> The set was designed and built so that it could be easily taken apart, either entirely or as individual sections; with walls, windows and doors built on wheels or hinges allowing them to be moved for better access during filming.<ref name="unnatural selection commentary 6">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Unnatural Selection (Stargate SG-1)|Unnatural Selection]]" |date=2 February 2004 |last=Mikita |first=Andy |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=10:48 |quote=This is a really great set design that Bridget and the rest of the design and construction people did. The wall are all on hinges and slide out very, very easily.}}</ref><ref name="unnatural selection commentary 8">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Unnatural Selection (Stargate SG-1)|Unnatural Selection]]" |date=2 February 2004 |last=Mikita |first=Andy |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=13:28 |quote=That front window is really cool, the whole thing just rolls on wheels which makes it really easy to shoot in.}}</ref> Two main spaces were initially constructed, the bridge and a multi-purpose room, which were interconnected by a hallway.<ref name="Bridget McGuire 1" /> The multi-purpose room was designed to be redressable, initially serving as the ship's engine room, dining room and storage room.<ref name="grace commentary 2">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Grace (Stargate SG-1)|Grace]]" |date=3 May 2004 |last=Davidson |first=Mark |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=2:00 |quote=It's quite a large set, it actually takes up the entire interior of a warehouse. This is the bridge, we have hallways, an engine room which we change over to dining rooms, storage rooms, what-have-you.}}</ref> The hallways were constructed in a figure of 8 configuration allowing for [[walk and talk]] scenes to loop round and round the ship as per the needs to the scene, whilst doors and bulkheads could be moved into place to change the layout of the hallways.<ref name="prometheus commentary 1">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Prometheus (Stargate SG-1)|Prometheus]]" |date=2 February 2004 |last=Woeste |first=Peter |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |author-link=Peter Woeste |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=11:05 |quote=it's not apparent in this shot, but the set is octagonal and fairly small. So what we had to do is we had to walk actors through the same area in two different directions and do sort of a figure of eight through the middle of the octagon, and sold the allusion that it's a lot of corridors, and bigger corridors, than were really available to us.}}</ref> 
<ref name="memento commentary 3">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Memento (Stargate SG-1)|Memento]]" |date=2 February 2004 |last=DeLuise |first=Peter |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |author-link=Peter DeLuise |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=4:18 |quote=The design of the ship by the art department was so clever that they put so many blast doors that meant you could change the configuration of the hallways and make it look like a new space every time.}}</ref><ref name="memento directors series">{{Cite AV media |title=SG-1 Directors Series Peter DeLuise: "[[Memento (Stargate SG-1)|Memento]]" |date=2 February 2004 |last=Deluise |first=Peter |type=DVD Featurette |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |author-link=Peter DeLuise |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]''}}</ref> Construction of the set was done to a "very tight schedule", with set decorator Mark Davidson describing it as "an incredible collaboration of different departments to get it as fast as we did".<ref name="prometheus commentary 2">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Prometheus (Stargate SG-1)|Prometheus]]" |date=2 February 2004 |last=Wilson |first=Andrew |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=12:00 |quote=this ship was actually constructed on a very tight schedule and really finished only the day before we had to work in there, so Rick and I were in there late one night lighting the ship, literally the night before we had to shoot in the set.}}</ref><ref name="grace commentary 8">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Grace (Stargate SG-1)|Grace]]" |date=3 May 2004 |last=Davidson |first=Mark |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=8:10 |quote=The art department did do a very good job when it came down to designing this because it was a very, very fast drawing, they did this very quickly within a 3 month period to design the look, to build it, to put all the applicator that you see on the walls. There was an incredible collaboration of different departments to get it as fast as we did. Was that faster than usual? It was, the scheduling made it happen that way.}}</ref> Three different build crews were put together, one for constructing the beams, another the bulkheads and the third crew built the windows and walls.<ref name="Bodnarus prom" /> As the set was not going to be entirely complete by the time filming was scheduled to commence, the story for the first episode to feature the ship was changed slightly to reflect the fact that the ship was still under construction.<ref name="on the set day 1" /> Once filming commenced on the episode "[[Prometheus (Stargate SG-1)|Prometheus]]", set decorator Mark Davidson and the construction team were still actively building the bridge set, meaning director [[Peter Woeste]] was limited to only filming in the multi-purpose room for the first day of shooting.<ref name="prometheus commentary 6">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Prometheus (Stargate SG-1)|Prometheus]]" |date=2 February 2004 |last=Dean |first=Rick |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=14:10 |quote=Well they were actually still building parts of the ship whilst we were shooting in there, and we had to shoot around construction.}}</ref><ref name="grace commentary 9">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Grace (Stargate SG-1)|Grace]]" |date=3 May 2004 |last=Davidson |first=Mark |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=8:43 |quote=When we first did it for the first episode, we were still working in the bridge whilst you guys were shooting in the engine room because we hadn't finished it yet, which of course on the day wasn't a very happy thing for production because of the noise factor. We had to stop between takes.}}</ref>

Dressing the set, the naval theme was continued, whilst also looking to make the decor slightly more "futuristic" and a "cross between military and alien". Initially 15 flatscreen monitors were used to decorate the ship, whilst the older [[Cathode-ray tube|CRT]] monitors were built into set pieces, with cutouts over-the-top "to make them look a little more high end".<ref name="krista 02">{{Cite magazine |last=Mclean |first=Krista |date=July 2002 |title=Coming Up, On SG-1... |department=Season Six Preview |magazine=[[TV Zone]] |publisher=[[Visual Imagination]] |issue=Special 46 |page=76 |issn=0960-8230 |quote=The show's graphic artist Krista Mclean has been busy helping come up with the interior look of the X-303. "We're trying to establish a look that is a cross between military and alien," she says. "So that's been a challenge, but a fun one. The basic concept is a battleship in Space. So we're looking at the inside of a real aircraft carrier and then taking that and combining it with something a bit more futuristic in style. For example, we put a number of ordinary radar screens behind a row of cut-outs on the set to give them a different look. When you turn all the lights on it definitely looks like this ship - or set - is ready to fly through Space. |interviewer=Steven Eramo}}</ref><ref name="boyd">{{Cite magazine |last=Godfrey |first=Boyd |date=March 2003 |title=Design: Prometheus |magazine=[[TV Zone]] |publisher=[[Visual Imagination]] |issue=Special 50 |page=56 |issn=0960-8230 |quote=When it comes to my job, which is set decoration and adding details to props, the biggest challenge for me this year was the Prometheus. We knew it was going to be an Earth based spaceship and Peter, the fellow who designed it, basically gave us carte blanche to run with the graphics the way we thought they should look. Of course, it's every little boy's dream to do something like that, and here we were as adults getting to 'play' as well. With this set, the challenge wasn't so much the size of the job but the time frame in which we had to finish the job. We probably could have gone 10 steps further given more time, but they began shooting on the set as the paint was drying. Still, the end result was something to be very proud of. |interviewer=Steven Eramo}}</ref><ref name="grace commentary 10">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Grace (Stargate SG-1)|Grace]]" |date=3 May 2004 |last=Davidson |first=Mark |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=10:36 |quote=The other aspect of this is all of the computers. The monitors that you see, all the monitors in the Prometheus, I believe there's 15 flatscreen monitors and there's a variety of regular old monitors - there's 8 of those but we built them into cabinets to make them look a little more high end.}}</ref> Ladders were installed around the ship to give the impression of the scope of Prometheus and that the ship had multiple levels.<ref name="grace commentary 11">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Grace (Stargate SG-1)|Grace]]" |date=3 May 2004 |last=Davidson |first=Mark |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=12:11 |quote=To give the allusion that the size of the set, to have a ladder like you saw on the left hand side there, going up to nothing. It's just there to give you feel of the size and scope of the ship.}}</ref> Numerous pieces of [[electronic test equipment]] were also purchased and then taken apart, reconfigured, combined with various pieces made by the model shop and then built into various consoles and set pieces to provide the actors with switches, buttons and lights to interact with.<ref name="grace commentary 13">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Grace (Stargate SG-1)|Grace]]" |date=3 May 2004 |last=Davidson |first=Mark |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=14:46 |quote=Control panels, like you see behind Daniel, they're always interesting to do, cause you have to get a variety of different testing machines and what-have-you and you take the faces off and what you do is you put blinky lights in and you basically put them on a flat surface to make it look like some sort of high-tech mixing machines per se. But then you don't want to make it look too busy or too much.}}</ref><ref name="Bridget McGuire 1" /><ref name="full alert commentary 1" /> Other features, such as the star-map console on the bridge were made from [[Poly(methyl methacrylate)|plexiglass]] whilst Davidson constructed the ship's crystal trays from [[mainframe computer]] drawers.<ref name="grace commentary 6">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Grace (Stargate SG-1)|Grace]]" |date=3 May 2004 |last=Davidson |first=Mark |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=6:45 |quote=This here is a draw out of a computer unit; a mainframe computer unit.}}</ref><ref name="grace commentary 4">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Grace (Stargate SG-1)|Grace]]" |date=3 May 2004 |last=Davidson |first=Mark |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=6:03 |quote=The star map behind is just basically routed plexiglass that just really reflects nicely off of light sources.}}</ref> Davidson combined the more futuristic elements with what he thought of as more "retro" pieces, such as [[Telephone|corded telephones]] and [[fire extinguisher]]s and [[Aircraft lavatory|a sink/toilet]] unit from an aircraft.<ref name="grace commentary 5">{{cite AV media |last1= Davidson |first1= Mark|date= 3 May 2004|series= ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |title= "[[Grace (Stargate SG-1)|Grace]]" |medium= [[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |minutes= 6:09 |quote= In the background there, the red boxes are fire extinguisher containers}}</ref><ref name="grace commentary 7">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Grace (Stargate SG-1)|Grace]]" |date=3 May 2004 |last=Davidson |first=Mark |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=7:22 |quote=See there, we're on a ship but we have a telephone. You know that's retro.}}</ref><ref name="grace commentary 12">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Grace (Stargate SG-1)|Grace]]" |date=3 May 2004 |last=Davidson |first=Mark |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=13:11 |quote=That sink is actually out of an aircraft and it pulls down to become a toilet.}}</ref>

As a cost saving measure the ''Prometheus'' set was redressed to also serve as the Earth ship ''[[Daedalus (Stargate)|Daedalus]]'' which was introduced in the second season of ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''. The set would then be reused again as the setting for more Earth spaceships and stations, including the ''Apollo'' and ''Midway Station'' in ''Stargate Atlantis'', ''Odyssey'' and ''Korolev'' in ''SG-1'' and finally the ''Hammond'' in ''[[Stargate Universe]]''.<ref name="things">{{Cite web |last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |date=15 March 2013 |title=Things Stargate! |url=https://josephmallozzi.com/2013/03/15/march-15-2013-things-stargate/ |website=josephmallozzi.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |date=16 February 2008 |title=February 16, 2008 |url=https://josephmallozzi.com/2008/02/16/february-16-2008/ |website=josephmallozzi.com}}</ref> The set was expanded upon for its use as subsequent ships and stations, with new consoles, fixtures, corridors and rooms.<ref name="sga s2 comp 1" /><ref name="things" /><ref name="things middway">{{Cite web |last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |date=15 March 2013 |title=Things Stargate! Midway Set |url=https://i0.wp.com/josephmallozzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/midway.jpg |website=josephmallozzi.com |format=.jpeg}}</ref> In 2010 at the end of the [[Stargate Universe (season 1)|first season]] of ''Stargate Universe'' the set was taken down and placed into storage, before eventually being entirely dismantled for auction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |date=23 August 2010 |title=Sushi at home! More Art Department pics! The power of positive denial! Mailbag! |url=https://josephmallozzi.com/2010/08/23/august-23-2010-sushi-at-home-more-art-department-pics-the-power-of-positive-denial-mailbag/ |website=josephmallozzi.com}}</ref>