An excellent example of blue stage shooting and digital editing, this seemingly superfulous shot was a lot of fun. Sisco and Dax are seen playing 3D chess as Kirk and Spock enter the cafeteria. The DS9 characters were shot on a blue stage so that their background could easily be removed for insertion on top of the original footage. What I noticed immediately was the uncharacteristic tilt to Sisco's head as he sat across from Dax. Upon viewing the original footage I realized why: Sisco had to block as much of the original actor as he could. As it is, though, the digital artists still had to replace some of the background behind Kirk which was not covered by Sisco's head. Even more impressive than that, however, is that some of Kirk's moving legs had to be added (although it was only four frames worth). J. Trent Adams is a new media producer specializing in direct-to-digital video production. He designed and continues to produce the first nightly video webcast.