tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post2950789849334917342..comments2024-03-27T23:06:28.849+13:00Comments on Matte Shot - a tribute to Golden Era special fx: The Wild and Wonderful World of John P.FultonNZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-37857970197853217322021-10-11T14:46:25.795+13:002021-10-11T14:46:25.795+13:00Hello Candace
Thank you so very much for writing ...Hello Candace<br /><br />Thank you so very much for writing this note. I'm always so thrilled when my bloggings have some personal touch with families and kin folk of those I attempt to celebrate.<br />I'm delighted you enjoyed this article.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />PeterNZPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-13382541484273275452021-10-11T13:16:00.664+13:002021-10-11T13:16:00.664+13:00Thank you for publishing this informative blog. J...Thank you for publishing this informative blog. John Fulton’s middle name was Phipps, which was his mother Sarah’s middle name. She was married to Dr. John Blythe Fulton, who was a doctor in the civil war. They had nine children, six boys and three girls, all of whom were extremely artistic. Fitch Fulton was their 8th child and their oldest was my great grandfather Oliver. The Fulton brothers formed an acting stock company and traveled throughout the Midwest in the early days of the 20th century. Oliver’s daughter, Vivian Fulton McKoane was my paternal grandmother. My grandparents visited John P. Fulton after attending my parents’ wedding in San Luis Obispo in May of 1943. Years later their daughter Marianne, my aunt, visited John along with her cousin. John took them to the studio and explained he’s process for parting the Red Sea. I am fortunate to have inherited one of Fitch Fulton’s beautiful, California landscape oils.<br />Candace MCKoane McLaughlinCandace McKoane McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756443372097330211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-9820280532555397632021-10-11T12:57:08.126+13:002021-10-11T12:57:08.126+13:00Thanks for publishing this informative blog. John...Thanks for publishing this informative blog. John Fulton’s middle name was Phipps, which was his grandmother Sarah’s middle name. Sarah was married to Dr. John Blythe Fulton, who was a doctor in the civil war. They were my great, great grandparents. The Fultons, who lived in Beatrice, Nebraska, had nine children, six boys and three girls. Fitch Fulton was their 8th child and Oliver, who was the oldest, was my great grandfather. The Fulton children were extremely artistic and formed an acting stock company which toured the Midwest in the early days of the 20th century. My grandmother, Vivian Fulton McKoane was Oliver’s daughter and her oldest child, James Fulton McKoane, was my father. My grandparents visited cousin John in L.A. after attending my parents’ wedding in San Luis Obispo in May of 1943. When years later their daughter Marianne and her cousin Joanie visited John, he took them to the studio and explained his process of parting the Red Sea. I never met John or Fitch, but I was fortunate to have inherited one of Fitch’s beautiful, California landscape oils from my aunt, Marianne McKoane, who had inherited it from her parents. <br />Candace McKoane McLaughlinCandace McKoane McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756443372097330211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-42612561739727504292018-07-09T13:27:42.233+12:002018-07-09T13:27:42.233+12:00I would guess that the 'P' may well be an ...I would guess that the 'P' may well be an 'F', which in that case would be John's father Fitch Fulton who was a well known artist and highly accomplished matte painter too.<br /><br />PeteNZPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-22011718694026926682018-07-07T09:23:23.098+12:002018-07-07T09:23:23.098+12:00I have an original oil tall ship with seagulls sig...I have an original oil tall ship with seagulls signed: P. Fulton. Any idea as to the artist?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649779420287311609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-49478029389661958042017-12-01T13:49:41.516+13:002017-12-01T13:49:41.516+13:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704256099143378323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-13779501936590669132015-11-24T03:03:36.779+13:002015-11-24T03:03:36.779+13:00Well, I greatly admire James Cameron as a director...Well, I greatly admire James Cameron as a director but not sure I could survive working for him as he is also well-known for having little empathy for the human condition. But Fulton was one amazingly brilliant effects artist. It's too bad we never got to see what he'd have done with the effects for THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. I'm sure they'd have been amazing.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514705928810860359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-73361814129820683712015-11-23T18:21:40.181+13:002015-11-23T18:21:40.181+13:00Hi Mike
As far as interpersonal relationships go,...Hi Mike<br /><br />As far as interpersonal relationships go, Fulton had a dreadful reputation unfortunately. Even his daughter told me how difficult the man was, with strained relationships with practically EVERYONE. She mentioned how laughable it was (in a sad sort of way) how her father so wanted to become a director, yet he had absolutely not a shred of 'empathy' for the human condition whatsoever. Domela's daughter told me numerous stories of Fulton and how fraught the atmosphere was at Paramount. Incidentally, Bill Taylor also mentioned to me, that while admiring Fulton's technical genius Taylor had, quote, "never met anyone who ever had a good word for John"... and Bill worked with Fulton's original rotoscope artist, Millie Winebrenner, in Universal's matte dept with Whitlock, among others.<br /><br />PeteNZPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-62239002354857281082015-11-22T02:58:51.887+13:002015-11-22T02:58:51.887+13:00Hey NZ Pete! Hope you are doing well. We used to...Hey NZ Pete! Hope you are doing well. We used to correspond on the old stopmotionanimation.com site. I wondered, did Fulton treat all his staff Jan Domela or was Domela just Fulton's personal "whippin boy"? Do you know about what point it was that Fulton did THE BAMBOO SAUCER? The traveling mattes are so bad, they are actually hard to watch.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514705928810860359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-31997903081688384582013-03-23T17:01:03.691+13:002013-03-23T17:01:03.691+13:00I saw THE TEN COMMANDMENTS on a re-release in the ...I saw THE TEN COMMANDMENTS on a re-release in the late '60's or early 70's, I forget which. I can vividly remember the glorious color, also the blue screen shots, which kind of hit the whole audience in the face. But it was the pioneering movie of blue screen shots, and of course had the complications of Vistavision and Technicolor. It wouldn't have been as jarring in the 50's. Our local paper, the DETROIT FREE PRESS, explained the water effects as being done with gelatin, as they had read somewhere that that's how it was done, never thinking about the fact that it was the silent version. Nobody knew anything then! boriskarloffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-6815285294144319282012-08-21T22:27:18.105+12:002012-08-21T22:27:18.105+12:00A reply for the first two comments. I find also f...A reply for the first two comments. I find also funny when people claim or think that computers make stuff easy for Visual Effects or think they just "push buttons". So a photographer is no longer talented or deserves credit for using a digital camera instead o film, or a painter just because he paints directly on to a computer? VFX involves much more than a digital workstation. Guess what, technology evolves and so as Resolution which demands higher quality of work involving more hours and attention to detail. I say this because I work in the industry ( and worked several big feature films ) and let me tell ya guys FX not only involve explosions, spaceships, monsters..they also involve painting out cranes, camera guys, wires, replacing actors and many things that its mainly impossible to pick up and are also part of the game in order to achive a look of a shot. Long story short I can tell ya I have worked on shots that are less than 3 seconds long that wont denote anything that would point to an "Effect" and spent more than a month. Your kind of comment can apply to doctors, Engineers, etc.. anything linked to technology through their tools. Tools are just Tools, Talent and hard work is something no one cant buy to themselves. John P Fulton, true master in VFX, if still alive I bet ya he we would still be innovating and envisioning future possibilities in cinema to help tell stories. Daniel Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-64183400154255171692010-10-27T06:00:23.258+13:002010-10-27T06:00:23.258+13:00Great read! What cool pictures! Where did you find...Great read! What cool pictures! Where did you find them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-20487560791276209212010-09-05T12:51:58.680+12:002010-09-05T12:51:58.680+12:00I love your blog! One correction - It was Doris Da...I love your blog! One correction - It was Doris Day - not Debbie Reynolds - in 'The Man Who Knew Too Much!<br /><br />thanks DsnyguyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-15033193908723501932010-08-29T13:12:49.518+12:002010-08-29T13:12:49.518+12:00Hi
I couldn't agree more - hence this lifelo...Hi <br /><br />I couldn't agree more - hence this lifelong admiration to these guys (and most were 'guys') who achieved the impossible without the 'undo button'. It's funny showing example of this stuff to younger generations who simply cannot get their heads around a time BEFORE bloody computers. They just can't comprehend this old hand done stuff.<br /><br />PeterNZPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-10728748337013856362010-08-29T11:27:52.552+12:002010-08-29T11:27:52.552+12:00Hey, I came across your blog by accident and haven...Hey, I came across your blog by accident and haven't stopped reading it. Great work man. I love the original visual effects artist and the shear talent and ingenuity still amazes me to this day. Much more interesting than just reading about some guy sitting behind a computer pushing buttons in After Effects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com