Summary of The Enterprise Bridge Mystery: why do they draw it at an angle?

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The video argues that the discrepancy between the depiction of the Enterprise bridge on television and in real life is due to the use of dramatic convention. The video claims that the turbo lift was meant to be aligned with the ship's center line, but was instead built with the cameras located where the weapons subsystems and defense systems stations were, which were on the front right quarter of the bridge set.

• 00:00:00 The Enterprise bridge is depicted on television as being at an angle, due to the fact that it faces the ship's port bow, rather than forward. This discrepancy is explained by the use of dramatic convention, in which the turbo lift is meant to be aligned with the ship's center line, but was instead built with the cameras located where the weapons subsystems and defense systems stations were, which were on the front right quarter of the bridge set.
• 00:05:00 The Enterprise Bridge Mystery is the title of a video that asks the question of why the bridge's lift doors are set up so that they are upstage right of the center stage. The video argues that this was done to emphasize the interaction between the characters on the bridge and those who arrived via the turbo lift.