The STARGATE's Signature Visual Effect (Dial the Gate)

THERE'S PROBABLY NO VISUAL that is more uniquely Stargate than the "KAWOOSH" – that unstable energy vortex that "flushes sideways" (to quote Samantha Carter) to establish a stable wormhole between two points.

It was a centerpiece of Ronald Emmerich and Dean Devlin's 1994 film, but when it came time to adapt the concept for television the movie team wasn't involved ... so a completely new team of visual effects artists had to figure out how to reproduce the signature visual for themselves. Then came the "puddle pass" – the CG work for painting out an actor in parts as they crossed the gate's event horizon.

Enter James Tichenor, who worked as STARGATE SG-1's visual effects supervisor and producer off and on throughout most of the show's run. James talks about his work on the show, the VFX challenges, and reproducing the kawoosh in this conversation with "Dial the Gate."

This clip is from Dial the Gate's full-length, 100-minute conversation with James. Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-IT91Uj-cM

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★ Stargate SG-1: https://www.gateworld.net/sg1/
★ Energy vortex (Omnipedia): https://www.gateworld.net/wiki/Energy_vortex
★ https://www.DialtheGate.com/

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