Editing Stargate SG-1 (section)

== Production ==
{{See also|List of Stargate SG-1 episodes{{!}}List of ''Stargate SG-1'' episodes}}

=== Conception ===
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[[Brad Wright]] and [[Jonathan Glassner]] had worked together on the [[MGM]] television series ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' since 1995. Upon hearing of MGM's plan to create a television spin-off series of the feature film ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'', Wright and Glassner independently and unbeknownst to each other approached MGM and proposed their concept for the television series. MGM president John Symes greenlit the project on the condition that Wright and Glassner work together as executive producers of the new show.<ref name=dvdlegacy>{{cite video |people=[[Brad Wright|Wright, Brad]]; [[Jonathan Glassner|Glassner, Jonathan]]; Greenburg, Michael; [[Richard Dean Anderson|Anderson, Richard Dean]]; [[Michael Shanks|Shanks, Michael]] |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Timeline To The Future – Part 1: Legacy Of The Gate | medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> The show was named ''Stargate SG-1'' after Wright flightily agreed to Symes's pitch question of whether the team should be called "SG-1". MGM released posters titled ''Stargate SG-1'' within the next week without the knowledge of Wright or Glassner.<ref name=dvdprofilewright>{{cite video |people=[[Brad Wright|Wright, Brad]] |date=2006 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 9 – Profile On: Brad Wright | medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>

John Symes approached Michael Greenburg and [[Richard Dean Anderson]], former star of the long-running ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]''.<ref name=dvdlegacy/> Anderson agreed to become involved if his character [[Jack O'Neill]] were allowed more comedic leeway than [[Kurt Russell]]'s character in the feature film. He also requested that ''Stargate SG-1'' be an ensemble show, so that he would not be carrying most of the plot alone as he had on ''MacGyver''.<ref name=tvzones46_4>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Richard Dean Anderson – Mr Anderson – Colonel O'Neill |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 46 |pages=4–9 |date=July 2002}}</ref> The American subscription channel [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] made a two-season commitment for 44 episodes in 1996.<ref name=dvdlegacy/> Principal photography began in Vancouver in February 1997.<ref name=dvdproductiondesign/>

=== Casting and cast changes ===
After Anderson accepted the part, Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner reviewed several thousand taped auditions and invited approximately 25 promising actors to screen tests in Los Angeles.<ref name=dvdproducingstargate>{{cite video |people=[[Brad Wright|Wright, Brad]] and [[Jonathan Glassner|Glassner, Jonathan]] |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Producing Stargate | medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and Christopher Judge are said to have gravitated towards each other during the casting process before they knew that they would ultimately be cast.<ref name=dvdprofiledaniel>{{cite video |people=[[Michael Shanks|Shanks, Michael]] |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Profile On Daniel Jackson | medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> The producers found Judge the easiest to cast due to his muscular presence.<ref name=dvdlegacy/> Shanks was cast because he did "the perfect imitation of James Spader", according to Wright.<ref name=dvdlegacy/> The producers knew Don S. Davis from his work as a stand-in and stunt-double for [[Dana Elcar]] in ''MacGyver'' and approached him to read for the role of George Hammond.<ref name=dvdprofilehammond>{{cite video |people=[[Don S. Davis|Davis, Don. S]] |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Profile On General Hammond | medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref name=gw_intimate1>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/09/intimate-portrait-part-1/|title=Intimate Portrait – GateWorld talks with Don S. Davis (Part 1)|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=September 2006|access-date=December 29, 2008|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126101323/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/09/intimate-portrait-part-1/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Showtime's announcement that it would not renew ''Stargate SG-1'' after Season 5 coincided with Michael Shanks's decision to leave the show over concerns of being underutilized.<ref name=storm_61>Storm 2005, pp. 61–63.</ref> The [[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]] picked up the show<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2002-05/20/14.00.sfc |title=Wright: Stargate SG-1 Fits SCI FI |publisher=Sci Fi Wire, ([[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]]) |date=May 30, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020606114305/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2002-05%2F20%2F14.00.sfc |archive-date=June 6, 2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and substituted a new character, played by [[Corin Nemec]]. Casting agents had met Nemec in the courtyard of MGM's [[Santa Monica]] offices by chance and had offered him the role of Jonas Quinn.<ref name=tvzones46_22>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Corin Nemec – Jonas Quinn |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 46 |pages=22–26|date=July 2002}}</ref> Addressing rumors that it had forced Shanks's departure, Sci Fi said in February 2002 that the network had "absolutely never requested that any cast changes be made... and although we regret the loss of Michael Shanks, we think that Corin Nemec will be a great new presence in the cast."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2002-02/11/10.00.sfc |title=SCI FI Clarifies SG-1 Casting |publisher=Sci Fi Wire, ([[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]]) |date=February 11, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020413072034/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2002-02%2F11%2F10.00.sfc |archive-date=April 13, 2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nemec's early appearances, beginning with the penultimate episode of Season 5 "[[Meridian (Stargate SG-1)|Meridian]]", failed to win over some of the show's fans.<ref name=storm_61/> Nemec was willing to continue playing the character after Season 6 or in a feature film or a spin-off series.<ref name=tvzones46_22 /> However, the producers reached an agreement with Shanks to return full-time in Season 7, leaving Nemec with a recurring role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2002-11/15/13.00.sfc |title=Stargate Cast Returning |publisher=Sci Fi Wire, ([[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]]) |date=November 15, 2002 |access-date=November 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060325043143/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2002-11%2F15%2F13.00.sfc |archive-date=March 25, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Don S. Davis left ''Stargate SG-1'' after Season 7 for health reasons,<ref>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/09/intimate-portrait-part-2/|title=Intimate Portrait – GateWorld talks with Don S. Davis (Part 2)|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=September 2006|access-date=December 29, 2008|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101020834/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/09/intimate-portrait-part-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> but appeared in a recurring capacity until his death on June 29, 2008.

Due to prior engagements, [[Claudia Black]] of ''[[Farscape]]'' fame could not accept the offers to guest-star on ''Stargate SG-1'' until the Season 8 episode "[[Prometheus Unbound (Stargate SG-1)|Prometheus Unbound]]".<ref name=sg_mag_april07>{{Cite journal |title=Vala Unveiled |journal=Official Stargate Magazine |pages=20–21 |date=April 2006}}</ref> The producers liked the on-screen chemistry between Black's Vala Mal Doran and Shanks's Daniel so much that they re-introduced her in a six-episode story Arc to cover for the maternity leave of Amanda Tapping at the beginning of Season 9.<ref name="Rudolph 41">{{Cite journal |last=Rudolph |first=Illeane |title=Black Is Back |journal=[[TV Guide]] |issue=February 27 – March 5, 2006 |pages=41 |date=February 27, 2006}}</ref> At the same time, Richard Dean Anderson left the show to spend more time with his daughter (his schedule had been reduced incrementally since Season 6).<ref>Gibson 2003, p. 66, p. 117.</ref> The role of the leading man was filled with [[Ben Browder]] (also of ''Farscape'' fame), who had met with the ''Stargate'' producers as soon as the introduction of new main characters for Season 9 was discussed.<ref name=tvzones64_12>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Ben Browder – Work in progress |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 64 |pages=12–16 |date=July 2005}}</ref> The producers had met him during sci-fi conventions and had previously discussed casting him in other ''Stargate'' roles.<ref name=making_901>{{cite web|last=Mallozzi|first=Joseph|author-link=Joseph Mallozzi|url=https://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s9/avalon-part-1/in-the-making/|title=In the Making – Avalon Part 1|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=July 2005|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022162639/https://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s9/avalon-part-1/in-the-making/|url-status=live}}</ref> The producers approached [[Emmy Award]]-winning actor [[Beau Bridges]] directly to play the role of Hank Landry.<ref name=tvzones64_50>{{Cite journal|last=Eramo|first=Steven|title=Beau Bridges – Helping Bridge the Gap|journal=[[TV Zone]]|issue=Special 64|pages=50–52|date=July 2005}}</ref> Claudia Black's guest appearances were so popular with the cast, crew and audience<ref name="Rudolph 41"/><ref name=gw_i_claudia>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/07/i-claudia/|title=I, Claudia – An Interview With Claudia Black|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=July 5, 2006|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205003316/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/07/i-claudia/|url-status=live}}</ref> that the actress returned for the last two Season 9 episodes (with her pregnancy worked into the plot) and she joined the cast full-time in Season 10.

=== Crew ===
[[File:Robertcooper.jpg|thumb|Robert C. Cooper became ''SG-1''{{'}}s show runner in Season 7.]]
Most of the producers, crew members and guest actors involved in ''Stargate SG-1'' were Canadian.<ref name=vs_success/> Creators Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner were executive producers and show runners of ''Stargate SG-1'' in the first three seasons,<!--based on the closing credits--> having the final say (besides MGM and the network) on stories, designs, effects, casting, editing and episode budgets.<ref name=gw_brad/> After Glassner's departure, Wright ran ''Stargate SG-1'' alone for three seasons.<!--based on the closing credits--> Executive producer [[Robert C. Cooper]] took over as show-runner in Season 7 when Brad Wright took time off to develop the [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] series ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2004/08/willsg-1gatetoseasonnine.shtml |title=Will SG-1 gate to Season Nine? |publisher=[[GateWorld]] |date=August 8, 2004 |access-date=March 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519065345/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2004/08/willsg-1gatetoseasonnine.shtml |archive-date=May 19, 2009 }}</ref> Cooper and Wright remained show-runners of their respective shows until the end of ''SG-1''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/02/new-seasons-begin-filming-in-vancouver/|title=New seasons begin filming in Vancouver|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=February 28, 2005|access-date=March 25, 2009|archive-date=January 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130180006/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/02/new-seasons-begin-filming-in-vancouver/|url-status=live}}</ref> Also serving as executive and co-executive producers were Michael Greenburg and Richard Dean Anderson (Seasons 1–8), N. John Smith (Seasons 4–10) and the writer team [[Joseph Mallozzi]] and [[Paul Mullie]] (Seasons 7–10).

Although ''Stargate SG-1'' employed freelance writers, most of the 214 ''Stargate SG-1'' episodes were written by Brad Wright (Seasons 1–10), Jonathan Glassner (Seasons 1–3), [[Katharyn Powers]] (Seasons 1–6), Robert C. Cooper (Seasons 1–10), [[Peter DeLuise]] (Seasons 4–8), Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie (Seasons 4–10), [[Damian Kindler]] (Seasons 6–10) and Alan McCullough (Seasons 9–10). [[Martin Wood (director)|Martin Wood]] and Peter DeLuise directed the most episodes, with 46 episodes (Seasons 1–10) and 57 episodes (Seasons 2–10), respectively. Wood and DeLuise regularly made cameo appearances in their episodes and notably played the [[show-within-a-show]] directors in the cameo-heavy milestone episodes "[[Wormhole X-Treme!]]" and "[[200 (Stargate SG-1)|200]]". [[Andy Mikita]] had been an assistant director since the pilot episode and directed 29 episodes from Season 3–10. ''SG-1'' director of photography [[Peter Woeste]] and camera operator [[William Waring]] directed 13 episodes each. Most staff writers and staff directors held producer positions. Several cast members also contributed story ideas and directed ''SG-1'' episodes.

=== Filming ===
[[File:Bridge Studios.jpg|thumb|''Stargate SG-1'' was filmed at The Bridge Studios in [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]], Canada.]]
''Stargate SG-1'' was filmed in and around [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], mainly at [[The Bridge Studios]] and NORCO Studios,<ref name=dvdsecrets/><ref name=gw_bridge>{{cite web |author1=Sumner, Darren |author2=Read, David |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/02/stargate-universe-begins-principal-photography/ |title=''Stargate Universe'' begins principal photography |publisher=[[GateWorld]] |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=February 18, 2009 |archive-date=February 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220150649/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/02/stargate-universe-begins-principal-photography/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which offered ''Stargate SG-1'' tax breaks throughout its run.<ref name=vs_success/> The cost of an ''SG-1'' episode increased from US$1.3 million<ref name=v_levitates>{{cite magazine |last=Dempsey |first=John |url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/stargate-levitates-1117871914/ |title='Stargate' levitates |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=August 26, 2002 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> in the first seasons to an estimated US$2 million per episode in Season 10, partly due to unfavorable exchange rates.<ref name=vs_success/><ref name=mcn_200/> Many Vancouver area landmarks were incorporated into the episodes, such as the campus of [[Simon Fraser University]], which became the setting of the capital of the [[Tollan (Stargate)|Tollan]], an alien civilization.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Heckman, Candace |author2=Chansanchai, Athima |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/251525_hollywoodnorthact3.html |title=Vancouver: A sci-fi film and TV fan's paradise |newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date=December 12, 2005 |access-date=March 21, 2009 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612135135/https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/Vancouver-A-sci-fi-film-and-TV-fan-s-paradise-1189540.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Production faced many weather problems because of the moderate oceanic [[climate of Vancouver]], although rain could be eliminated from film. The Season 3 episode "[[Crystal Skull (Stargate SG-1)|Crystal Skull]]" was the first episode to be filmed on a virtual set.<ref name=dvdsecrets/>

The main setting of ''Stargate SG-1'', the fictional [[Stargate Command]] (SGC) at the (real) [[Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station]] near [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], was filmed at stage 5 of The Bridge Studios.<ref name=gw_bridge/> Martin Wood filmed half a dozen stock shots of the real Cheyenne Mountain complex for use in the series approximately ten days before the premiere of the pilot episode. Although these shots wore out over the years, the producers did not film new shots until the beginning of Season 9, thinking that ''Stargate SG-1'' would be cancelled after each current year.<ref name=ac_904>{{cite video |people=[[Joseph Mallozzi|Mallozzi, Joseph]], [[Martin Gero|Gero, Martin]] |date=2006 |title=Audio Commentary for "[[The Ties That Bind (Stargate SG-1)|The Ties That Bind]]" |medium= DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref name=ac_701>{{cite video |people=[[Martin Wood (director)|Wood, Martin]] |date=2004 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 7 – Audio Commentary for "[[Fallen (Stargate SG-1)|Fallen]]" |medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> By then, visitor questions and fan theories about the existence of a Stargate at the real Cheyenne Mountain complex had become so common that Cheyenne Mountain had installed a seemingly high-security door labeled "Stargate Command" for one of their storage rooms holding brooms and detergent.<ref name=comiccon>{{cite video |people=[[Martin Wood (director)|Wood, Martin]]; [[Amanda Tapping|Tapping, Amanda]] |date=2008 |title=Stargate: The Ark of Truth – Stargate at Comic-Con | medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>

The first seven seasons had 22 episodes each, which was reduced to 20 episodes for the last three seasons. Episodes of the first seasons were filmed over a period of 7.5 working days, which decreased to a targeted average of six working days in the last seasons.<ref name=ac_803/> All episodes were filmed in [[16:9]] wide-screen, although ''Stargate SG-1'' was broadcast in [[4:3]] aspect ratio in its first years.<ref name=gw_rainmaker>{{cite video|people=Woloshyn, Bruce|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/02/a-day-at-rainmaker/|title="A Day At Rainmaker – An Interview With Bruce Woloshyn|date=February 14, 2005|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref> The transition to the broadcast of episodes in the wider 16:9 ratio gave directors more freedom in frame composition.<ref name=ac_1019>{{cite video |people=[[Will Waring|Waring, Will]] and McCullough, Alan |date=2007 |title=Stargate SG-1 Season 10 – Audio Commentary for "[[Dominion (Stargate SG-1)|Dominion]]" |time=7&nbsp;min |medium= DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> The first three seasons of ''Stargate SG-1'' were filmed on [[16 mm film|16&nbsp;mm film]], notwithstanding scenes involving visual effects that had always been shot on [[35mm movie film|35&nbsp;mm film]] for various technical reasons. After a test run with the Season 3 finale, "[[Nemesis (Stargate SG-1)|Nemesis]]", ''Stargate SG-1'' switched to 35&nbsp;mm film for all purposes at the beginning of Season 4.<ref name=ac_401_jt>{{cite video |people=Tichenor, James |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 4 – Audio Commentary for "[[Small Victories]]" |medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> Digital HD cameras were used for filming beginning with Season 8.<ref name=ac_803>{{cite video |people=[[Will Waring|Waring, Will]] and Menard, Jim |date=2005 |title=Stargate SG-1 Season 8 – Audio Commentary for "[[Lockdown (Stargate SG-1)|Lockdown]]" |time=1 and 8&nbsp;min |medium= DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>

=== Production design ===
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The art department generated all of the concepts and drawing for the prop department, the set decoration department, the construction department, the paint department and the model shop. They also collaborated with the visual effects department.<ref name=dvdsecrets>{{cite video |people=Hudolin, Richard; Greenburg, Michael; Smith, N. John |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Timeline To The Future – Part 2: Secrets Of The Gate | medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> ''Stargate SG-1'' employed about 200 Canadian union workers, although that number could exceed 300 when new sets were built.<ref name=vs_success/> Lead production designer Richard Hudolin joined the project in October 1996. Bridget McGuire, ''SG-1''{{'}}s art director since the pilot episode, took over as lead production designer in Season 6.<ref name=dvdproductiondesign/><ref>Gibson 2003, p. 130.</ref>

Hudolin flew to Los Angeles in 1996 to gather material from the feature film as reference and found the original Stargate [[Theatrical property|prop]] stored outside in the Californian desert. Although the prop had severely deteriorated, he was able to take a detailed mold for ''Stargate SG-1'' production to build its own prop. The new Stargate was engineered to turn, to lock the chevrons and to be computer-controlled to dial specific gate addresses. A portable Stargate prop was built for on-location shoots and required six workers and one full day to set up.<ref name=dvdlegacy/><ref name=dvdproductiondesign/> Since visual effects are sometimes faster and cheaper,<ref name=dvdproductiondesign/> a computer-generated Stargate was occasionally used in on-location shoots in later seasons.<ref name=ac_403/>

The SGC set had to be twice as high for shooting as the {{convert|22|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} Stargate prop,<ref name=dvdproducingstargate/> but one of Hudolin's original plans of a three-level set was rejected in favor of a two-level set.<ref name=dvdproductiondesign/> The gateroom was the biggest room on set and could be redesigned for other scenes.<ref name=ac_403>{{cite video |people=[[Martin Wood (director)|Wood, Martin]] and Tichenor, James |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 4 – Audio Commentary for "[[Upgrades (Stargate SG-1)|Upgrades]]" |medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> Two multi-purpose rooms were frequently redecorated into the infirmary, Daniel's lab, the cafeteria or the gym.<ref name=dvdproductiondesign/><ref name=ac_601_mw>{{cite video |people=[[Martin Wood (director)|Wood, Martin]] |date=2003 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 6 – Audio Commentary for "[[Redemption (Stargate SG-1)|Redemption (Part 1)]]" |medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> The SGC set and all other sets from the pilot episode were constructed within six weeks in January and February 1997, incorporating some original set pieces from the feature film.<ref name=dvdproductiondesign>{{cite video |people=Hudolin, Richard |date=2001 |title= Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Production Design: Richard Hudolin | medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> The SGC set would be largely dismantled in late 2008 to make room for the Icarus Base set of ''[[Stargate Universe]]''.<ref name=jm_090120>{{cite web |last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |author-link=Joseph Mallozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/january-20-2009-the-return-of-norman-shuttlecock-junior/ |title=January 20, 2009: The Return of Norman Shuttlecock Junior |date=January 20, 2009 |access-date=January 21, 2009 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718101601/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/january-20-2009-the-return-of-norman-shuttlecock-junior/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Make-up and costumes ===
Most of the main ''SG-1'' characters are US [[airmen]] and wear authentic [[United States Air Force]] uniforms. During missions, the members of the SG-1 team normally wear olive green [[Battle Dress Uniform]]s.<ref>{{cite video|url=http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/sci-files/cinema/stargate/index.shtml |title=Science Fiction in the Cinema – Stargate |publisher=[[Discovery Channel]] |date=2006 |time=29&nbsp;min |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418013915/https://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/sci-files/cinema/stargate/index.shtml |archive-date=April 18, 2009 }}</ref> Richard Dean Anderson and Don S. Davis received a regular military-style haircut on set.<ref name=tvzones58_28>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Christopher Judge – Judge For Yourself |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 58 |pages=28–32 |date=July 2004}}</ref><ref>Gibson 2003, p. 144.</ref> Amanda Tapping had her hair comparably short until the filming of the direct-to-DVD films. Playing a civilian, Michael Shanks adopted James Spader's hairstyle from the feature film but cut it short for the Season 2 finale and subsequent seasons.<!--Hair of AT and MS obvious--> The Jaffa alien Teal'c (Christopher Judge) was the only main character whose look required more than basic make-up. His Egyptian look was reflective of the Goa'uld Ra from the feature film and was complemented with a forehead symbol and a gold skin tone, although his make-up process was simplified over the years.<ref name=tvzones46_62>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Jan Newman – Born With It – Make-up |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 46 |pages=62–65 |date=July 2002}}</ref> Judge shaved his head at home each day until the producers allowed him to let his hair grow in Season 8.<ref name=tvzones58_28/> As a trained nurse, key make-up artist Jan Newman could make burns, cuts, bruises and the SG-1 team's other wounds look authentic.<ref name=tvzones46_62/>

For the look of aliens, the make-up department collaborated with prosthetics companies from Vancouver and Los Angeles, including [[Steve Johnson (special effects artist)|Steve Johnson]]'s XFX (first three seasons only) & Todd Masters. While the human origins of many alien races and human civilizations were left recognizable, the recurring characters who were members of the [[Unas (Stargate)|Unas]] race required elaborate prosthetics and make-up work.<ref name=tvzones46_62/> To convey the cultural origins of the various fictional human civilizations living on different planets after their displacement from Earth, the costume designers combined elements of their respective Earth cultures with modern fabrics, elaborate trims and chains to produce a historically rooted yet otherworldly appearance.<ref name=dvdcostumedesign>{{cite video |people=McQuarrie, Christina |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Costume Design: Christina McQuarrie | medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> The look of the Goa'uld such as Apophis was initially based on the look of Ra in the feature film.<ref name=tvzones46_62/> For the design of the Ori and the Priors in Season 9, the art department looked at Japanese and samurai garments for costume design. Art director James Robbins found the face painting, scarification and burns of remote jungle tribes mystical and these served as inspiration for the face scarification of the Priors and the Doci. Early ideas to include finger extensions and scarification on these characters' hands were discarded as impracticable.<ref name=tvzones64_24>{{cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven |title=Stargate SG-1 Season 9 preview – Nine Lives |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 64 |pages=24–30; 44–48 56–60 |date=July 2005}}</ref>

=== Visual effects ===
''Stargate SG-1'' was one of the biggest employers in the Vancouver [[visual effects]] market,<ref name=playback/> spending $400,000 per episode.<ref>Gibson 2003, p. 8.</ref> The largest role was played by [[Rainmaker Digital Effects]],<ref name=playback/> whose senior digital compositing artist, [[Bruce Woloshyn]], worked approximately 10 months a year in close collaboration with ''SG-1''{{'s}} visual effects supervisor/producer James Tichenor and visual effects supervisor Michelle Comens.<ref name=gw_bruce/> Many companies were hired to create the Stargate's water-like event horizon in the beginning, but Rainmaker eventually became the only company to create those visual effects.<ref name=gw_rainmaker/> Rainmaker's regular effects shots included the activation and use of the Stargate itself (with well over 300 event horizon shots in the first few years), the transport rings and the blast shots of the staff weapons and zat guns. They created the visual effects for Goa'uld cargo ships and death gliders on a less regular basis.<ref name=gw_bruce>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2002/12/the-rain-maker/|title=The Rain Maker: An Interview With Bruce Woloshyn|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=December 19, 2002|access-date=November 24, 2020|archive-date=October 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010182536/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2002/12/the-rain-maker/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lost Boys Studios provided visual effects for ''SG-1'' from the very beginning of the series up to the end of Season 5,<ref name="LBStudios">{{cite web|url=http://www.lostboys-studios.com/tv/stargate.php |title=Lostboys Studios: Digital Effects For Film & Television |publisher=Lost Boys Studios |access-date=May 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807091630/http://www.lostboys-studios.com/tv/stargate.php |archive-date=August 7, 2009 }}</ref> and [[Image Engine]] worked on the show from Season 2. ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' were responsible for an estimated 30% to 40% of the business of [[Atmosphere Visual Effects]].<ref name=playback>{{cite magazine |last=Careless |first=James |url=http://playbackonline.ca/2006/05/01/sg1post-20060501/|title= B.C. post shops create series' alien worlds |magazine=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]] |date=May 1, 2006 |access-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref> James Tichenor considered the few episodes with big visual effects budgets the most likely works to contain visual cues that would impress award judges.<ref name=variety>{{cite magazine |last=Zahed |first=Ramin |url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/awards/emmys-nominees-sci-fiers-impress-with-innovative-effects-1117850978/ |title=Emmys nominees: Sci-fiers impress with innovative effects |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=August 8, 2001 |access-date=March 14, 2008}}</ref> ''Stargate SG-1'' helped win the local post production shops industry recognition, with Season 4's "[[Small Victories]]", Season 5's "[[Revelations (Stargate SG-1)|Revelations]]" and Season 7's "[[Lost City (Stargate SG-1)|Lost City]]" receiving the most visual effects awards and nominations ''(see [[List of awards and nominations received by Stargate SG-1]])''.

=== Music ===
According to composer [[Joel Goldsmith]], ''Stargate SG-1'' had a traditional action-adventure score, "with a sci-fi, fantasy flair" that goes "from comedy to drama to wondrous to suspense to heavy action to ethereal".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Burlingame |first=Jon |url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/sci-fi-series-a-musical-odyssey-1117870437/ |title=Sci-fi series: a musical odyssey |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=July 29, 2002 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner had known Goldsmith since the second season of ''The Outer Limits'' before they approached him to work on the pilot episode of ''Stargate SG-1''. Goldsmith and [[David Arnold]], the composer of the original feature film score, discussed themes for a television adaptation. The main titles of ''Stargate SG-1'' were a medley of several themes from the feature film, although Goldsmith also wrote a unique end title for ''SG-1'' to establish the show as its own entity.<ref name=joel/> MGM eventually insisted on using Arnold's score in the pilot episode instead of Goldsmith's, but Brad Wright's 2009 direct-to-DVD recut of ''[[Children of the Gods]]'' uses Goldsmith's original score.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sumner|first1=Daren|last2=Read|first2=David|name-list-style=amp|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2008/05/breaking-the-ice-part-2/|title=Breaking The Ice – GateWorld talks with Brad Wright (Part 2)|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=May 23, 2008|access-date=March 24, 2009|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126092605/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/05/breaking-the-ice-part-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>

For each episode's score, Goldsmith simulated a real orchestra with a synthesizer palette of an eighty-piece symphony orchestra for budgetary reasons,<ref name=joel/> although he occasionally used two or three musicians for added orchestral authenticity.<ref name=companion56_150_151/> Goldsmith's long-time assistant Neal Acree started composing additional music for ''Stargate SG-1'' in Season 8.<ref name=gw_emotion/> The amount of composed music varied between 12 and 33 minutes out of a 44-minute episode, with an average of around 22 to 26 minutes,<ref name=gw_emotion>{{cite web|last=Read|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2009/03/the-language-of-emotion/|title=The Language of Emotion – GateWorld talks with Neal Acree|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=March 28, 2009|access-date=March 31, 2009|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127175838/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/03/the-language-of-emotion/|url-status=live}}</ref> making the full symphonic score of ''SG-1'' more time-consuming to create than for general TV shows.<ref name=joel/> Since Goldsmith lived a thousand miles away from Vancouver, he and the producers discussed ideas over the phone<ref name=companion56_150_151>Gibson 2003, pp. 150–151.</ref> and exchanged tapes via [[Federal Express]] for several years until the show switched to Internet file transfers.<ref name=joel2>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/11/gate-harmonics-part-2/|title=Gate Harmonics – GateWorld talks with Joel Goldsmith (Part 2)|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=November 30, 2006|access-date=March 24, 2009|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128081429/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/11/gate-harmonics-part-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Goldsmith's reliance on Arnold's score decreased over the seasons when ''Stargate SG-1'' departed from the Goa'uld theme and introduced new characters and races. Goldsmith had a thematic approach to races and spaceships.<ref name=joel>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/11/gate-harmonics-part-1/|title=Gate Harmonics – GateWorld talks with Joel Goldsmith (Part 1)|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=November 23, 2006|access-date=March 24, 2009|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126051019/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/11/gate-harmonics-part-1/|url-status=live}}</ref> For example, he wanted a mechanical, repetitive musical motif for the Replicators;<ref name=joel2/> Gothic, [[Gregorian chant|Gregorian]] and Christian themes were the inspiration for the Ori motif.<ref name=joel/> The Ancient theme was deliberately carried over to ''Stargate Atlantis''. The end of "Lost City" has a basic melody that would become part of the main title of ''Atlantis'' per a suggestion by Goldsmith's assistant.<ref name=joel2/> Non-original music was rarely used on ''SG-1'', although Goldsmith chose the aria "[[Vesti la giubba]]" from [[Leoncavallo]]'s ''[[Pagliacci]]'' for season 3's "[[Shades of Grey (Stargate SG-1)|Shades of Grey]]".<ref name=gw_brad>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2002/07/the-man-at-the-top/|title=Interviews – Brad Wright|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=July 14, 2002|access-date=March 24, 2009|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805132228/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2002/07/the-man-at-the-top/|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, [[Lily Frost]]'s song "Who am I" played in Season 7's "[[Fragile Balance (Stargate SG-1)|Fragile Balance]]" and [[Creedence Clearwater Revival|CCR]]'s song "[[Have You Ever Seen the Rain?]]" played in the series finale "[[Unending]]". A television soundtrack with Goldsmith's adapted score was released in 1997,<ref name="ost1997">{{cite web |title=Stargate SG-1 Soundtrack |url=http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=1044 |publisher=SoundtrackNet |access-date=May 29, 2010 |archive-date=November 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121132730/http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=1044 |url-status=live }}</ref> followed by a best-of release in 2001.<ref name="ost2001">{{cite web |last=Goldwasser |first=Dan |title=The Best of Stargate SG-1 Soundtrack |url=http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=2844 |publisher=SoundtrackNet |access-date=May 29, 2010 |date=August 29, 2001 |archive-date=November 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121130225/http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=2844 |url-status=live }}</ref> In Season 1 Episode 7, "[[The Nox]]", the music that played when The Nox appeared was Spinning The Silk from the album Chrysalis by 2002.

=== Opening title sequence ===
''Stargate SG-1'' has had several opening title sequences, which are generally preceded by a [[teaser act]]. The credits are normally sixty seconds long. Richard Dean Anderson was the only ''SG-1'' actor whose name appeared before the show's title. Michael Shanks' name was moved near the end of the opening credits with the appendage "as Daniel Jackson" after his return to the show in Season 7. Some DVD versions of early ''SG-1'' seasons have different opening credits from the television versions, as do the direct-to-DVD films. Composer Joel Goldsmith adapted [[David Arnold]]'s ''Stargate'' feature film score for ''SG-1''{{'}}s opening title theme, which remained the same during the run of ''Stargate SG-1'' and its direct-to-DVD films.

[[File:King Tut Ankh Amun Golden Mask.jpg|thumb|The opening credits of ''Stargate SG-1''{{'s}} first five seasons show Ra's mask in close-up, which is similar to [[Tutankhamun]]'s golden mask (pictured).]]
The first opening title sequence, used in the first five seasons, shows a slow-pan camera move over [[Ra]]'s mask. The ''Stargate SG-1'' producers had run out of time before the premiere of Season 1 and simply re-used the accelerated opening title sequence of the feature film.<ref name=ac_402/> [[Ra]]'s mask had been created in the feature film's model shop and had originally been filmed with a [[motion control photography|motion-control camera]].<ref>{{cite video |people=[[Dean Devlin|Devlin, Dean]] and [[Roland Emmerich|Emmerich, Roland]] |date=2001 |title=Audio Commentary for [[Stargate (film)|Stargate]] |medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> Partly because [[Ra]]'s mask looked cross-eyed, Brad Wright approached the art department in the following years to produce a new opening title sequence; however, the sequence remained the same until the show's move to the Sci-Fi Channel. During the first five seasons when the show was syndicated, a separate introduction was used; this intro is still used by Sci-Fi for Seasons 1–5. This version uses action shots of the original cast.<ref name=ac_402>{{cite video |people=[[Peter DeLuise|DeLuise, Peter]] and Tichenor, James |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 4 – Audio Commentary for "[[The Other Side (Stargate SG-1)|The Other Side]]" |medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref name=ac_610>{{cite video |people=[[Andy Mikita|Mikita, Andy]]; [[Damian Kindler|Kindler, Damien]]; Menard, Jim |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 6 – Audio Commentary for "[[Cure (Stargate SG-1)|Cure]]" |medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>

The opening title sequence of the first two Season 6 episodes shows a turning Stargate, for which a [[Frazier lens]] was put as close as {{convert|1/8|in|mm}} to the Stargate prop.<ref name=ac_610/> The opening credits of the following episodes intercut this material with live-action shots of the characters from previous seasons and ended with the SG-1 team stepping through the Stargate. The opening credits stayed the same in the next two seasons except for minor clip and cast changes. The opening credits of Season 9 intercut shots of the Stargate with action sequences similar to the previous opening credits, although the Stargate was visibly computer-generated. The Sci Fi Channel cut the opening credits from sixty to ten seconds in their original broadcast of the first half of Season 9, but reinstated the full opening credits after strongly negative fan reactions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2005/09/sci-fi-to-reinstate-full-length-openings/|title=SCI FI to reinstate full-length openings|date=September 1, 2005|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|access-date=July 20, 2007|archive-date=January 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128162549/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/09/sci-fi-to-reinstate-full-length-openings/|url-status=live}}</ref> The writers poked fun at this move in ''SG-1''{{'}}s milestone episode "[[200 (Stargate SG-1)|200]]" in Season 10, showing a five-second clip instead of the full titles.<ref name=ac1006rccbw>{{cite video |people=[[Robert C. Cooper|Cooper, Robert C.]] and [[Brad Wright|Wright, Brad]] |date=2007 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 10 – Audio Commentary for "[[200 (Stargate SG-1)|200]]" |medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> Beginning with Season 10's "[[Company of Thieves (Stargate SG-1)|Company of Thieves]]", the last clip of the opening credits shows Vala Mal Doran almost missing SG-1's trip through the Stargate.

=== Collaboration with the military ===
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The [[U.S. Department of the Air Force]], through the Air Force Office of Public Affairs, Entertainment Liaison in Los Angeles, co-operated closely with the ''Stargate SG-1'' producers. Before the beginning of the series, the Air Force granted production access to the Cheyenne Mountain complex to film stock shots. They also read every script for mistakes and provided help with plausible background stories for all characters, ribbons, uniform regulations, hair advice, plot lines and military relationships and decorum on an active military base.<ref name=dvdbeyond/> The USAF flew up several [[Northrop T-38 Talon|T-38 Talon]], [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|F-15]] and [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16]] fighter jets to Vancouver for various episodes and direct-to-DVD films.<ref name=comiccon/><ref name=tvzones46_66/><ref name=ac_910/> Many of the extras portraying USAF personnel were real USAF staff.<ref name="air force press release"/>

Two successive [[Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force|Chiefs of Staff of the Air Force]], Generals [[Michael E. Ryan]] and [[John P. Jumper]], appeared as themselves in Season 4's "[[Prodigy (Stargate SG-1)|Prodigy]]" and Season 7's "[[Lost City (Stargate SG-1)|Lost City]]", respectively. General Jumper's second scheduled appearance in Season 9's "[[The Fourth Horseman (Stargate SG-1)|The Fourth Horseman]]" was cancelled due to ongoing real-world conflicts in the [[Middle East]].<ref name=ac_910>{{cite video |people=[[Andy Mikita|Mikita, Andy]] and [[Damian Kindler|Kindler, Damian]] |date=2006 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 9 – Audio Commentary for "[[The Fourth Horseman (Stargate SG-1)|The Fourth Horseman (Part 1)]]" |medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> The [[Air Force Association]] recognized Richard Dean Anderson at its 57th annual dinner on September 14, 2004, for his work as actor and executive producer of the show and for the show's positive depiction of the [[United States Air Force]].<ref name="air force press release">{{cite web|last=Thar |first=Doug |publisher=Air Force Link |url=https://www.af.mil/News/story/storyID/123008593/ |title=Air Force to honor actor, producer |date=September 9, 2004 |access-date=March 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212202328/http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008593 |archive-date=December 12, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> General Jumper made Anderson an honorary brigadier general, matching his on-screen promotion to that rank.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000588556/ |title=Air Force honors SG-1 actor, producer |publisher=United States Air Force}}</ref>

Several scenes of Season 4's "[[Small Victories]]" were filmed aboard and outside a decommissioned Russian [[Foxtrot-class submarine|''Foxtrot''-class submarine]], which had been brought from [[Vladivostok]] to Vancouver by a private owner.<ref name=dvdproductiondesign/> The [[United States Navy]] invited the cast and producers to film aboard the nuclear submarine {{USS|Alexandria|SSN-757}} and at their [[Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station]] in the [[Arctic]] for the direct-to-DVD sequel ''[[Stargate: Continuum]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stargate.mgm.com/news_detail.php?id=5 |title=SG-1 headed to the Arctic |date=March 14, 2007 |publisher=[[MGM]] |access-date=May 17, 2009 |archive-date=May 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523184613/http://stargate.mgm.com/news_detail.php?id=5 |url-status=dead }}</ref>