Hace un par de meses había comentado un crossover entre Firefly y Battlestar Galactica, en una escena de Battlestar se veía claramente a la nave Serenity despegar de un espacio-puerto. En aquel momento había dicho que probablemente eso se debiese a que los encargados de efectos especiales de Firefly eran los mismo que los de los efectos especiales de Battlestar Galactica, y esta noticia que publica Sci Fi Wire confirma el hecho: Firefly F/X Led To Galactica.
En la noticia nos cuenta como cuando Ronald D. Moore, productor de Battlestar Galactica, vio los efectos especiales usados en Firefly, decidió que esa era la forma en que quería que se rodase su serie. Le encantaron esos planos donde parecía que la cámara estaba montada sobre un ala de la nave y temblaba con esta y se salía de foco cuando cambiaba de plano para después enfocar otro objeto, nave o detalle…
Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore and visual effects supervisor Gary Hutzel saw the visual effects that had been pioneered for director Joss Whedon and Serenity’s predecessor TV show, Firefly, they came to Peristere. They told him «that’s the way it should be photographed, and please bring those rules to Galactica,» Peristere said in an interview. «That is the way this should be shot. And now Galactica has taken on its own set of rules. But it started with appreciation for Firefly and appreciation for work Joss had begun.»
In Serenity, digital animation of the title spaceship taking off in the rain included raindrops on the camera lens. «When you have a massive ship lifting off, it would be hard for the cameraman to keep the lens clean,» said Peristere, who worked with Whedon on both the TV show and movie. «We proposed this as a style to Joss, where the animation would have mounted cameras, depth of field, zoom lenses, all in CG, and he’s like, ‘Well, yeah, my whole movie is a documentary. Find the story in the camera design.’ And we went with it.»
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