tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70635926771871487992024-03-03T15:05:02.405+13:00Matte Shot - a tribute to Golden Era special fxThis blog is intended primarily as a tribute to the inventiveness and ingenuity of the craft of the matte painter during Hollywoods' Golden Era.
Some of the shots will amaze in their grandeur and epic quality while others will surprise in their 'invisibility' to even the sophisticated viewer.
I hope this collection will serve as an appreciation of the artform and both casual visitors and those with a specialist interest may benefit, enjoy and be amazed at skills largely unknown today.NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-9090832540362824042024-01-18T23:01:00.000+13:002024-01-18T23:01:08.236+13:00MATTE & EFFECTS FILMS CELEBRATED: Part Four<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSgJZmpd-snuYRzN196YgLf5tZgRuV4toM9BfKxtl6DdB1GHKT84ZYhHPYHk_RBdpifDD7TDcZt-XLaAm-c6ysjUmheczPnKvaseUcNLNPYm3oXANd2YIcKYR-6kx2IRhytohvI1rKU3KQcUHNL87BXouDEwI4FLwJgAa5XLdea8T8XK-ZFMKn86Gj8E/s2246/BLOG%20header%20Jan2024%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="2246" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSgJZmpd-snuYRzN196YgLf5tZgRuV4toM9BfKxtl6DdB1GHKT84ZYhHPYHk_RBdpifDD7TDcZt-XLaAm-c6ysjUmheczPnKvaseUcNLNPYm3oXANd2YIcKYR-6kx2IRhytohvI1rKU3KQcUHNL87BXouDEwI4FLwJgAa5XLdea8T8XK-ZFMKn86Gj8E/w640-h452/BLOG%20header%20Jan2024%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Greetings to all and sundry, it's now 2024 believe it or not. It sounds so odd when saying it, and even more so when typing in "2024". Shouldn't we all be living like<b> 'The Jetsons'</b> <i>(a cool futuristic Hanna-Barbera cartoon series of the sixties for those too young to get the reference).</i> Where are the flying cars, transporter beams and such like?<p></p><p>Anyway, here we are again with a veritable bounty of all great things matte, model and old time trick shot wizardry, in what I'm confidant will be enjoyed by many <i>(hey there my Dutch matte shot friend William, I'm talking to <u>you</u>!)</i>. I've collected some amazing material here, with so much never before seen, and the usual (and unusual) assortment of motion pictures that I'd bet the majority of readers will not have seen nor heard of, but are well worth the time and energy to discover, or re-discover I really should 'clip the bus ticket' as they say and get a percentage from studios or something for bringing lost gems of filmdom to fresh new audiences!</p><p>Now folks, among the line up today are some really breathtaking pieces that have fallen into my lap from afar. Among them, a selection of <u>never before seen</u> original matte paintings by esteemed maestro of the artform, Matthew Yuricich. More about that in a minute. Also in this vast and most comprehensive article/post are some amazingly ingenious trick shots a-plenty from a wonderful British war film; some magnificent Technicolor Newcombe shots from not just one but a <u>pair</u> of classic Elizabeth Taylor films; a mystery Albert Whitlock painting of unknown title; a ludicrously miscast WarnerColor period epic; a sinister B&W Sidney Greenstreet drama; an absolutely unique Polish-Soviet fantasy adventure; a couple of quality westerns; a massive bio-pic of a certain General Custer and if <u>that</u> weren't enough, a longtime horror flick anonymous matte shot puzzle now finally solved! Also, to round it all off, I'm drawing readers attention to a fantastic and long running magazine <i>(yes, the real kind, printed on paper and bound between heavy covers!)</i> that fans of genre pictures would do well to seek out. More about that shortly. God damn folks... who could ask for more?? <u>Seriously</u>!! </p><p>So, as I sit here dripping from the 98% summer humidity, trying not to fry the laptop keyboard with sweat, I will divert my thoughts away from the horrific ethnic cleansing being perpetrated upon the People of Palestine by the war criminal Netanyahu, and focus entirely on the wonders, illusions, ingenuity and fascination with all things motion picture magic. </p><p>Enjoy the ride....</p><p>Peter</p><p><br /></p><p><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;">***This vast and utterly exhaustive post, and all 182 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by <i>Peter Cook</i> for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"> </span></p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Matthew Yuricich's Matte Collection.</b></p><p>I have had considerable good fortune of late. In my previous blogpost I detailed the wonderful package of vintage mattes sent to me in the post by the daughter of old time matte painter Jan Domela. Well, whoever said lightning <u>doesn't</u> strike twice? I've been having a number of communications with Matthew Yuricich's son Dana, contributing some essays and such for Dana as part of an upcoming auction of a small selection of Matt's original effects art. Well, to cut a long story short, it turns out that the wider Yuricich family still own almost 80 original matte paintings - many of them being Matthew's work. Naturally my curiosity went 'through the freakin' roof' with this new found knowledge. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aaYTmnwbkGpqA6W9SKGKfoV8x9QCnJ-b2r_aM2HG1yFur3UqJFSfSa7IR8Y3pFhvO6fIVqpXEakRUoTWaoZ346M_XUwF_JCxz94SebliZFU0GJQ3pS3rVPORvrqHEASSAMzP7o_Z_M6FV21KuNlRjQIpjqtkUST3B_UrOjcLfLKNTGmekfGtSvBG-Bc/s1596/Matt%20Yuricich%20pics.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="1596" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aaYTmnwbkGpqA6W9SKGKfoV8x9QCnJ-b2r_aM2HG1yFur3UqJFSfSa7IR8Y3pFhvO6fIVqpXEakRUoTWaoZ346M_XUwF_JCxz94SebliZFU0GJQ3pS3rVPORvrqHEASSAMzP7o_Z_M6FV21KuNlRjQIpjqtkUST3B_UrOjcLfLKNTGmekfGtSvBG-Bc/w640-h246/Matt%20Yuricich%20pics.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two photos of Matthew, with the one at left from an exhibition of paintings some years ago (note the NORTH BY NORTHWEST matte there - one of many in the collection). The pic at right was probably taken at Boss Films or EEG, at which Yuricich would work often.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Well, as something of a Christmas gift for NZ Pete, Dana very kindly sent me a vast set of images - mostly high rez - of the entire collection. You can well imagine my sheer delight/thrill not no mention heart palpitations when receiving these wonderful artifacts. As something of a 'teaser', I'm including a few here today, as well as a couple of others scattered amongst this article where appropriate. I will add other fantastic images in subsequent blog posts as I don't want to 'shoot my load'(!) too soon, especially as there seems to be a declining readership in matters 'matte', sadly. :(</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptwjk9DPMRFM5igWitG7a0Rxe237ozQi5rmbrkuXKwn_cEJ7a2RzMjxBAFaFDbi440c6lXRtUVkdZne7gr4zEXLYyIHMVywRLfg7PnWAtc3iGi7N9diCgeodD2N1e9FKwMSOCG3CQv_CwQIrfEbHjNe9lV5njZGcysLWwWS9avzMLzIXCfI4n1q2_onU/s1706/Matt%20on%20Ben%20Hur.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="1706" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptwjk9DPMRFM5igWitG7a0Rxe237ozQi5rmbrkuXKwn_cEJ7a2RzMjxBAFaFDbi440c6lXRtUVkdZne7gr4zEXLYyIHMVywRLfg7PnWAtc3iGi7N9diCgeodD2N1e9FKwMSOCG3CQv_CwQIrfEbHjNe9lV5njZGcysLWwWS9avzMLzIXCfI4n1q2_onU/w640-h453/Matt%20on%20Ben%20Hur.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>So, shown below are just a <i>sample </i>of incredible paintings from the wonderful, talented, amusing Mr Matthew Yuricich, whom I had the pleasure of publishing a substantial career oral history with back in 2012, with the very much appreciated help of Craig Barron in making the interview happen. <div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9I_w0Lsi0WBG7sr5V8aOub16NCdxv7vJ_MnluksMwDMrcChaB9GGKWvLmqMPqeDAr0SVsEwwxj1IZNuQAy39qSmZkKnA2aVhhKmB5tZD3lE9bIzZ9Y8V6HgmbFe0mPh_0_0Nmm-dtY5IW4Bjn3LpKJR9ukkjV3vykNktDgE6sLCSCuCwsQoct8jluXgs/s1920/Dunwich%20Horror-final%20comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9I_w0Lsi0WBG7sr5V8aOub16NCdxv7vJ_MnluksMwDMrcChaB9GGKWvLmqMPqeDAr0SVsEwwxj1IZNuQAy39qSmZkKnA2aVhhKmB5tZD3lE9bIzZ9Y8V6HgmbFe0mPh_0_0Nmm-dtY5IW4Bjn3LpKJR9ukkjV3vykNktDgE6sLCSCuCwsQoct8jluXgs/w640-h360/Dunwich%20Horror-final%20comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, the oddly effective American International horror flick THE DUNWICH HORROR (1969) had forever had me baffled as far as the couple of matte shots went. I wondered if this one was a Whitlock shot as that sky really had me going Albert's way? But, no..... after all these years of head scratching it turns out to be an uncredited Matt Yuricich shot all along!!!! The effects for the film were contracted to Butler-Glouner, as were some others in Matt's incomplete filmography.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0oJayG0e0Zzwi3D-vUH4gMwpYcNcIu-u48Ql_F4mIbUuV80lw9BjFoU4lgtwGopO4YfleRWdtI2jXy7K3ja2T5QQnC2EjDwqcvmNLPjVtpCj0w7wUvDj1N4f9xISW-LC9lyhnOSRooWfyPfUZbs_inrh5F3Q5W-DazvPqQpRHPoxqSapRfMdqXdclmQ/s2312/Dunwich%20Horror%20(M.Yuricich)sm%20B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="2312" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0oJayG0e0Zzwi3D-vUH4gMwpYcNcIu-u48Ql_F4mIbUuV80lw9BjFoU4lgtwGopO4YfleRWdtI2jXy7K3ja2T5QQnC2EjDwqcvmNLPjVtpCj0w7wUvDj1N4f9xISW-LC9lyhnOSRooWfyPfUZbs_inrh5F3Q5W-DazvPqQpRHPoxqSapRfMdqXdclmQ/w640-h480/Dunwich%20Horror%20(M.Yuricich)sm%20B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not only is the true provenance known, but here is Matthew's glorious original painting which the Yuricich family still hold in safe keeping, and in fine condition! God, almighty... when I saw this piece among the collection I admit uttering a <i>very</i> loud profanity - possibly <u>too loud</u> as the neighbours complained!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuYGAJR-4nl_ZBR8wBWSycbGteLaGMwmKOKjDmx2nOIGX_Z1k5GPJw-4999TGTm6zJ9VYYxSy-QG97wln8qqQQMd4_PhvHTCWqKxEET1m4Ov-y1mWl6jHeh3_yrqKY3m12tCJkEn3v9YFnWtncgC6c8AshrgIWzDhX0_EIZbVhRb6kxdHWkkHKFvXqUg/s2202/Dunwich-detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="2202" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuYGAJR-4nl_ZBR8wBWSycbGteLaGMwmKOKjDmx2nOIGX_Z1k5GPJw-4999TGTm6zJ9VYYxSy-QG97wln8qqQQMd4_PhvHTCWqKxEET1m4Ov-y1mWl6jHeh3_yrqKY3m12tCJkEn3v9YFnWtncgC6c8AshrgIWzDhX0_EIZbVhRb6kxdHWkkHKFvXqUg/w640-h364/Dunwich-detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail from this terrific piece. Matthew's sky is jaw dropping. The one factor that had me quizzing whether Whitlock may have done it was that the clouds were static, and Albert wouldn't have stood for that for a minute. Still, a classic matte that would look very nice hanging on my wall, if I had any space left.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEAfJddU_pvdYma0wNlxycfQI8MPJn_b9lb3wBz6k1_U-tFBFoMwITzuCxGGMwJQLMLN9csVdVKTc-v_rvFSSjdvsX6EaZMzDzwedrboVVn_yf7AhQeO0pE4XXU9pdhovom5ilB3mIPxb41zhcSLvJ7GE9uhuq1aUkiZYkJGhMy0gmAinSCzqpzsWuKo/s2204/Dunwich-detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="2204" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEAfJddU_pvdYma0wNlxycfQI8MPJn_b9lb3wBz6k1_U-tFBFoMwITzuCxGGMwJQLMLN9csVdVKTc-v_rvFSSjdvsX6EaZMzDzwedrboVVn_yf7AhQeO0pE4XXU9pdhovom5ilB3mIPxb41zhcSLvJ7GE9uhuq1aUkiZYkJGhMy0gmAinSCzqpzsWuKo/w640-h450/Dunwich-detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">NZ Pete gives matte fans their money's worth... <u>another </u>detailed close up! How many 'matte and fx' web sites would do that? ;)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMIyb72jdNB-ZSd3BZPkatoCxjQVCZ5SbdWXtILyjk2Fyi9-Qech1NUXrYUgcVczU70OV9GH7q5I3AXXPX1HOheZ6BwLUg9SfVvP2010jY5rnkvR6XDIoLtwYf2D87m2l8R4t78RQgBhEqwEVQLciOzNdDI1OL_K9DpkpqhSJzCSvLymwb_9F3zclNVM/s1240/Kings%20Of%20The%20Sun-63%20(unused)%20Yuricich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="1240" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMIyb72jdNB-ZSd3BZPkatoCxjQVCZ5SbdWXtILyjk2Fyi9-Qech1NUXrYUgcVczU70OV9GH7q5I3AXXPX1HOheZ6BwLUg9SfVvP2010jY5rnkvR6XDIoLtwYf2D87m2l8R4t78RQgBhEqwEVQLciOzNdDI1OL_K9DpkpqhSJzCSvLymwb_9F3zclNVM/w640-h326/Kings%20Of%20The%20Sun-63%20(unused)%20Yuricich.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here is an odd one. This Yuricich matte was prepared for the Yul Brynner Aztec era actioner KINGS OF THE SUN (1963) and it looks wonderful. Oddly, for reasons unknown, the director J. Lee Thompson eventually settled for the exact same shot, though used the initially <u>unpainted</u> 'plate' photography for this scene. Instead of utilising Matt's beautifully rendered sky, tree line and additional painted Aztec warriors, they just chose the shot <u>minus</u> Matt's evocative sky brushwork. Note: Although a United Artists picture, the two mattes were obviously farmed out to MGM as the telltale method of painting onto large photographic blow ups was a standard practice under Clarence Slifer and J.MacMillan Johnson.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQHfCISMrVIOTnu5Z_mrdpGQBHiHnDKh_bs0aa91kSF3gxAx2acgsvenVefA1TE6FsMFJzhivHMk2sx9i4uqC4IIvLn35CC8h7w-uX8dPUAx5EAPC-ofd3dS4kYbPrR3obltCI0yGzTMc6qsMcUa3F2Y1_6vGUg0-kmrRL9z4S6zq1ITGETx0_sJG970/s783/Kings%20of%20the%20Sun-detail1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="783" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQHfCISMrVIOTnu5Z_mrdpGQBHiHnDKh_bs0aa91kSF3gxAx2acgsvenVefA1TE6FsMFJzhivHMk2sx9i4uqC4IIvLn35CC8h7w-uX8dPUAx5EAPC-ofd3dS4kYbPrR3obltCI0yGzTMc6qsMcUa3F2Y1_6vGUg0-kmrRL9z4S6zq1ITGETx0_sJG970/w640-h344/Kings%20of%20the%20Sun-detail1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">KINGS OF THE SUN closer look at Matt's excellent sky.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBqAdzbvGJIxUGsHchviPBJclciOYmksXmN12MrYoRScd4Etbr6mo4epiKbST96m2cDiWyxre0NG19vmqrAx4NZDQ2PjTIlOSJO4Mi35h1pt9_GXDAL1z4WbndL6f0Xu0RXfCvJRY8GanvTCTUqeSefUdQce6hv0KynNmUo5yyCVrWkrRj6u9mSOdqXc/s1920/Fool's%20Parade-comp%20(Butler-Glouner).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBqAdzbvGJIxUGsHchviPBJclciOYmksXmN12MrYoRScd4Etbr6mo4epiKbST96m2cDiWyxre0NG19vmqrAx4NZDQ2PjTIlOSJO4Mi35h1pt9_GXDAL1z4WbndL6f0Xu0RXfCvJRY8GanvTCTUqeSefUdQce6hv0KynNmUo5yyCVrWkrRj6u9mSOdqXc/w640-h360/Fool's%20Parade-comp%20(Butler-Glouner).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here is another film that has been a mystery to me as to the ownership of the brushwork. The terrific James Stewart-George Kennedy-Kurt Russell 1920's set comedy action flick FOOL'S PARADE (1971) was a fun treat all the way. This matte has had me mystified for years....... until now!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStk_Ut-IL-kzS76ol2OOFn0h86aRa5DSkr5oplz-Oa-vBxvZNkgINijVzOlibxUqjQiBvfoZdL2uxouzgyi92kLaMcX1ogaSlQaUzm4wDxtz575sqnSAfnPqx-ik7P-z8YyLPhzseJQoGy0jdU1G_NgpRopw_4AV9_e6h2qvzRRtRKEyGOvV-gPNDzTg/s1937/Fool's%20Parade-71%20Yuricich.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="1937" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStk_Ut-IL-kzS76ol2OOFn0h86aRa5DSkr5oplz-Oa-vBxvZNkgINijVzOlibxUqjQiBvfoZdL2uxouzgyi92kLaMcX1ogaSlQaUzm4wDxtz575sqnSAfnPqx-ik7P-z8YyLPhzseJQoGy0jdU1G_NgpRopw_4AV9_e6h2qvzRRtRKEyGOvV-gPNDzTg/w640-h428/Fool's%20Parade-71%20Yuricich.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And here it appears, as a long stored away artifact among the family of Matthew Yuricich. Another wonderful piece that slipped by almost undetected in the movie. This was another Butler-Glouner effects show, so Matt was doing a lot of freelancing through those years.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30HEwVsd8QFL5__7WbsS3OaKlpaYT9ka3iaoYjBRSdPjoadW5a0iRM8Eg8tAkQUm0ADxEhitgfaKAjLI3J19AirJa60BPqNc8SDw857m_oqlSUUpZoUiTMHo7ktk5QDVO3_BagWL14jckxdXye4-EDkCm5cgDZkkN3nVzbDbKxLcWbDxjRw7KKb2L07k/s2267/Fool's%20Parade-detail%20Yuricich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="2267" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30HEwVsd8QFL5__7WbsS3OaKlpaYT9ka3iaoYjBRSdPjoadW5a0iRM8Eg8tAkQUm0ADxEhitgfaKAjLI3J19AirJa60BPqNc8SDw857m_oqlSUUpZoUiTMHo7ktk5QDVO3_BagWL14jckxdXye4-EDkCm5cgDZkkN3nVzbDbKxLcWbDxjRw7KKb2L07k/w640-h378/Fool's%20Parade-detail%20Yuricich.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer look at the brushwork of Matthew. Great little flick by the way, well worth rediscovery.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I will cover <i>more</i> from this amazing collection in upcoming blogs, but there is a <i>special </i>bonus below...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b>A Mystery Albert Whitlock Matte.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Among Matthew's collection were several paintings by other artists; a Jim Danforth one, some Howard Fisher pieces and a couple of Henry Hillinick's from the old MGM days. Also stashed away is this extremely<i> rare</i> Albert Whitlock matte painting which Matthew said he picked up when doing an assignment at Howard Anderson's effects company. Any clues on this one?</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpYKyE0p67mRZs2cZSSusm8VCenuXX8PEUKobeCcczxXdVMJm3siA2V8SWebST9czUEFld7agLuN_6D8_mZxP95q10jwfAdLIeNncqmdoDGQ6rUj84XkMRoiPU1E-9ydMk4v3-UkW5XPuhzMS0LTB2q-7mIhF7tQubi8XBeKaMOukFwTmlvCxtvYJS_k/s1485/Unknown%20WHITLOCK.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1485" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpYKyE0p67mRZs2cZSSusm8VCenuXX8PEUKobeCcczxXdVMJm3siA2V8SWebST9czUEFld7agLuN_6D8_mZxP95q10jwfAdLIeNncqmdoDGQ6rUj84XkMRoiPU1E-9ydMk4v3-UkW5XPuhzMS0LTB2q-7mIhF7tQubi8XBeKaMOukFwTmlvCxtvYJS_k/w640-h316/Unknown%20WHITLOCK.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This rare Albert Whitlock matte is a real baffling one. It won't be from a Universal film as it was one of Al's freelance jobs done at Howard Anderson, probably late 1960's or early 70's. Probably not for a tv show due to the 'Scope' dimensions. I wondered whether it might be from MAROONED (it wasn't) or something like that, but no - plus that was a Butler-Glouner fx show, though Al did a fair bit for them as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijzjPBxlAgqaI2pAjmSCZdFzO1SulCdL9gOhTHqDu9tJrcAHhw4vnzLFVGCk2QVGbVW0h2rD7NWyUAbqeRmLFq8FSCxEeY9qvSlbDtYrj_FHFV_Iyk1_wVrQlUVX5134QRaJKmRbuQ3YEaLZYXt0uXK2H9mjsm9gPZZuUGyavvCl1bC5DOIPPFgzZ_CQ/s972/Unknown%20WHITLOCK%20detail1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="972" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijzjPBxlAgqaI2pAjmSCZdFzO1SulCdL9gOhTHqDu9tJrcAHhw4vnzLFVGCk2QVGbVW0h2rD7NWyUAbqeRmLFq8FSCxEeY9qvSlbDtYrj_FHFV_Iyk1_wVrQlUVX5134QRaJKmRbuQ3YEaLZYXt0uXK2H9mjsm9gPZZuUGyavvCl1bC5DOIPPFgzZ_CQ/w640-h268/Unknown%20WHITLOCK%20detail1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer view of what Matthew said was <i>"the Gemini rocket on the launchpad".</i> He said that the painting was<i> "just kicking around when I was at Howard Anderson"</i>, so he did the decent thing and rescued it - as well he should as such things were routinely thrown in the skip and lost forever. Any identification on this would be welcomed. You know who to call. ;)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Bookshelf: Recommended Reading.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>The era of the 'monster mag' is long gone - or so we thought! Many of us grew up on things like Forry Ackerman's utterly essential <i>Famous Monsters of Filmland </i>as well as the numerous spin offs, rip offs and later on some pretty damned impressive fanzines that filled many a gap in highly impressionable teenaged minds for those among us <i>(or, 'who walked among us'! ... egads!!) </i>who thrived on genre movies. Old time horror, sci-fi, animation, monsters, aliens, creature features and all of it. Film maker and author Ted Bohus has been putting together quality journals along these lines for a number of years now, with the earlier SPFX mag being a solid read back in the day.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZD_fjjhCqCWuYEVIQaECH34o9We_ikdfjXIcDW9diQj7f2kf2sHWWEhBAjs_Lb0fdIB7Cd7E1zlv2oZmZOUifbpOmUStnnASl6dEzCSGfzqK4yhVxJ5RGzyNmT7xD9hfrqnEFu7DFKI37BP-lAtlNdDnaTFR8Qj-0w65I0oLTGLs0BKjXXhbJRZbjtc/s850/candid2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="850" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZD_fjjhCqCWuYEVIQaECH34o9We_ikdfjXIcDW9diQj7f2kf2sHWWEhBAjs_Lb0fdIB7Cd7E1zlv2oZmZOUifbpOmUStnnASl6dEzCSGfzqK4yhVxJ5RGzyNmT7xD9hfrqnEFu7DFKI37BP-lAtlNdDnaTFR8Qj-0w65I0oLTGLs0BKjXXhbJRZbjtc/w640-h422/candid2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Ted's<b> CANDID MONSTERS</b> comes with my highest recommendation for those with their feet firmly rooted in films of old along the lines of those described above. Ted has covered, in the 21 or so issues thus far, so many of the films we love: THE INVISIBLE MAN; THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD; WAR OF THE WORLADS; THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL; THE TIME MACHINE; KING KONG (naturally); <u>everything</u> Ray Harryhausen ever did, and even an all time fave of mine, I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE <i>(much better and scarier than it sounds!) </i> All the movies we know and love.</div><div>The latest issue sent to me even has a vast and worthy 40 page piece on the VFX work on MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, by some fellow called <i>'Peter Cook'</i>(!)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmY0anZSWsojZQGEOrzsI9_uoKR5agyFRGEcuo-dYDBnwkTFBEg98AknjOosbIY-LVU2PwGnlVQvnjhhIONwLwoEb3maeTG9ao4rqBWXdkZeolLDMxlBROmtgk0QfjI40O6Dpk0OFXd7aDu8OoqYtUHJB5mANEx-VZmh3caRqJSWlGJXf7MiZUenVdhpY/s1827/IMG_2745%20sm.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1827" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmY0anZSWsojZQGEOrzsI9_uoKR5agyFRGEcuo-dYDBnwkTFBEg98AknjOosbIY-LVU2PwGnlVQvnjhhIONwLwoEb3maeTG9ao4rqBWXdkZeolLDMxlBROmtgk0QfjI40O6Dpk0OFXd7aDu8OoqYtUHJB5mANEx-VZmh3caRqJSWlGJXf7MiZUenVdhpY/w400-h280/IMG_2745%20sm.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XlkmY8ovSjrRoYoJPou4R84E-KSVBmrO777NTC0reRxxOcJYWLjg099H2V35uZjU6TOho29tPjH2_yUJ-eGiXQ0PDFhe6mPSOQNExiM_Dg7ykek9qfOBhZ4_KyFmRlzLX5T4VT3Xx8BTc_WRzeXVpu4rfWhuxmj1KlSkgMukKTReuBO9ZE_mS54Aizk/s1902/IMG_2744.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="1902" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XlkmY8ovSjrRoYoJPou4R84E-KSVBmrO777NTC0reRxxOcJYWLjg099H2V35uZjU6TOho29tPjH2_yUJ-eGiXQ0PDFhe6mPSOQNExiM_Dg7ykek9qfOBhZ4_KyFmRlzLX5T4VT3Xx8BTc_WRzeXVpu4rfWhuxmj1KlSkgMukKTReuBO9ZE_mS54Aizk/w400-h300/IMG_2744.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The 21 or so journals to date are <u>jam packed</u> with rare photos - all high quality reproductions, the interviews with cast, directors and many key participants are all fascinating and very revealing to say the least. Each issue of 150 odd pages is a solid 'cover to cover read' as far as I'm concerned. I hope Ted sends me more issues, these are great. Highly recommended.</div><div>Contact Ted <a href="https://www.thedeadlyspawn.com/candid-monsters/"><b>here</b></a> for further info etc. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KDHEXl2sRU_U4h73OgMB3opINN9tobDpjqoP8rHLYntmVpPTm6oVXeviv-_ntAGDBG6slpZ7LZBfeHsO8UZGc7fah8IL3Nb-jsdk8ytPkYnhadT0JwFQzzsDmCQR8j_XzyJs7-NjdCNK6wBtOuCj3sgrI5v8gvopH8A2rCgBapHqYe17fVZkiRgiol8/s1276/Candid%20Monsters%20mag.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="1254" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KDHEXl2sRU_U4h73OgMB3opINN9tobDpjqoP8rHLYntmVpPTm6oVXeviv-_ntAGDBG6slpZ7LZBfeHsO8UZGc7fah8IL3Nb-jsdk8ytPkYnhadT0JwFQzzsDmCQR8j_XzyJs7-NjdCNK6wBtOuCj3sgrI5v8gvopH8A2rCgBapHqYe17fVZkiRgiol8/w629-h640/Candid%20Monsters%20mag.jpg" width="629" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The cover art is all commissioned expressly for <b>Candid Monsters</b>, and it's great.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b>An Odd Find in my Archives.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>In going through my quite extensive archive I dug out an old photo I have from years ago that is of some significance. Famed matte artist Al Whitlock was a close personal friend of the legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, with very early interactions as far back as the 1930's, and much later reunited for all of the Universal films Hitch made. Hitch was a devotee of fine art and would often ask Albert to 'copy' a genuine masterpiece so that he could hang it in his West Coast home.</div><div>Hitchcock was also a first class practical joker, so whether he requested Whitlock to paint this 'revised' view of Mt Rushmore, or Al took it upon himself is not known.</div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzWsyAh46ISANJ3nwsTMcfKnJgV-h61vz3qD03UabfTp_uxSRQFfT2Du0hHVr71ms7pxyxqbqbb_DUmgTLugpoe-mTB_kb4kAZjvcAY-hAwuVK5RLePNkI7MCgPjcfZ0CCQE1L_xEQYl_3p4efQ1ztVhaTO4uNno1FaKVIDLNt6uNrOMPlXR-ME4KDG4/s900/Hitchcock%20-%20Rushmore%20joke.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzWsyAh46ISANJ3nwsTMcfKnJgV-h61vz3qD03UabfTp_uxSRQFfT2Du0hHVr71ms7pxyxqbqbb_DUmgTLugpoe-mTB_kb4kAZjvcAY-hAwuVK5RLePNkI7MCgPjcfZ0CCQE1L_xEQYl_3p4efQ1ztVhaTO4uNno1FaKVIDLNt6uNrOMPlXR-ME4KDG4/w640-h480/Hitchcock%20-%20Rushmore%20joke.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, I read the other day that a high percentage of American youth have not a clue who those chaps are on Mount Rushmore.... But only <u>one</u> murdered Janet Leigh in the shower... but which one?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>So, now on with the matte shot retrospectives...</p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b>ANGELS ONE FIVE - recreating the Battle of Britain with extensive trickery</b>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6-wseqlgRCHCJ6xKptuoqLbJCxCYPks6PxeqlRLECLwpX1wgp_ZRGXuXWWJSM3RU5IESrtIZTWFMFqG5HsLAlgJTNW62tEIvvOojgEejAqELB5k0V26fMPOvsIREmczKiyEI2d4Uq7z8Hbj6B-PqbMdjR1TyNNMUoM0fettzac1Gd6OIjAwSsHiqS_4/s1402/Angels%20One%20Five-header2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1402" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6-wseqlgRCHCJ6xKptuoqLbJCxCYPks6PxeqlRLECLwpX1wgp_ZRGXuXWWJSM3RU5IESrtIZTWFMFqG5HsLAlgJTNW62tEIvvOojgEejAqELB5k0V26fMPOvsIREmczKiyEI2d4Uq7z8Hbj6B-PqbMdjR1TyNNMUoM0fettzac1Gd6OIjAwSsHiqS_4/w640-h394/Angels%20One%20Five-header2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm a sucker for old war films, and this one is quite a remarkable feat of impressive cinematic knowhow and extensive trick photography.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGtz44uqoaQLQRQYuTQUWStd96iVaDJoDckgmOBGUuMZKTy8sjf5NzLhgkSj9quQH95PkJeCR_ZRlyjZMJde4SywbaF158ryhcEzjqxmOvVZTxhscDYgczbPKPLlCAQ0-Bk4eIlJc6o87EFxcN0CHAXG89wtOOJN4Enko1zQgNFZybylbn3W2STo-DqY/s1442/Angels1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="1442" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGtz44uqoaQLQRQYuTQUWStd96iVaDJoDckgmOBGUuMZKTy8sjf5NzLhgkSj9quQH95PkJeCR_ZRlyjZMJde4SywbaF158ryhcEzjqxmOvVZTxhscDYgczbPKPLlCAQ0-Bk4eIlJc6o87EFxcN0CHAXG89wtOOJN4Enko1zQgNFZybylbn3W2STo-DqY/w640-h450/Angels1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ANGELS ONE FIVE (1952) was a massive success in Britain and in her colonies such as here in New Zealand, though probably remains unknown in the US and such. A moderately budgeted affair, the film is packed with an extensive array of trick shots, and some very complex ones at times. Miniature expert George Blackwell and optical cinematographer Bryan Langley deservedly got screen credit for their huge contribution.-</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNa65TwStLKCu3s02rM739cpXEGqWp0Zxszb1iWE8dKR2utsDsz5xuWEGXzxo9X3I7oAf7ovwk0uH-8kaLvH-RQBBZEilSInb9OGvgjH25paWJFzo2AIX0BWmALPZC5T4s_8C7rZyIduA0jhJhVQ7CFySh0LiDrTLzQZTTGiFANgBK8tikI-ddo9z9fRo/s1738/George%20Blackwell%20ANGELS%20ONE%20FIVE%20(1952).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1738" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNa65TwStLKCu3s02rM739cpXEGqWp0Zxszb1iWE8dKR2utsDsz5xuWEGXzxo9X3I7oAf7ovwk0uH-8kaLvH-RQBBZEilSInb9OGvgjH25paWJFzo2AIX0BWmALPZC5T4s_8C7rZyIduA0jhJhVQ7CFySh0LiDrTLzQZTTGiFANgBK8tikI-ddo9z9fRo/w640-h388/George%20Blackwell%20ANGELS%20ONE%20FIVE%20(1952).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the UK's most respected effects men, George Blackwell, had experience in all manner of physical effects but was most often drawn toward miniature work on scores of films. Oscar nominated for the still essential classic DAMBUSTERS, George did superlative work on shows like CAPT. HORATIO HORNBLOWER, NIGHT OF THE DEMON and the Ray Harryhausen film ONE MILLION YEARS BC among many others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGycYopKbD4NCmTLkjAresQb5ILzoDr5Ed2aK4i2ijY7KLnhyphenhypheni7uwv0el2PqwWY5hAdY_-04ZbbfF83k3q-xmvIqct00J5H0fG6Ie-lGblpUNKZxekljWCj_P3vmK9Vbe98gs2GzE8TebVnhOPz-fIpvXt3XJIXrKHjqIqo6sHNY9_KxNFgh11AW-lrQ/s578/ANGELS%20ONE-FIVE%20fx%20KineWeekly%201951%20crop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="578" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGycYopKbD4NCmTLkjAresQb5ILzoDr5Ed2aK4i2ijY7KLnhyphenhypheni7uwv0el2PqwWY5hAdY_-04ZbbfF83k3q-xmvIqct00J5H0fG6Ie-lGblpUNKZxekljWCj_P3vmK9Vbe98gs2GzE8TebVnhOPz-fIpvXt3XJIXrKHjqIqo6sHNY9_KxNFgh11AW-lrQ/w640-h548/ANGELS%20ONE-FIVE%20fx%20KineWeekly%201951%20crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7RSd8_m2sJiax-Ohf1cqfhjeAO7iTSx6U79vahyrNUKBbc2LuqBq1U_SiKmlgckMfxayo32hk1c6xshOHn1ODzK9to6X0dOeWJjQbW4MADxG7ALSCz82UEkOMfyI2z7bFCYjUGcDNm9VE2r18Kwg9ydxQSIo769wswYWP5qbNgII0l1lkpcLBeg3Ig1g/s572/ANGELS%20ONE-FIVE%20fx%20KineWeekly%201951%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="572" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7RSd8_m2sJiax-Ohf1cqfhjeAO7iTSx6U79vahyrNUKBbc2LuqBq1U_SiKmlgckMfxayo32hk1c6xshOHn1ODzK9to6X0dOeWJjQbW4MADxG7ALSCz82UEkOMfyI2z7bFCYjUGcDNm9VE2r18Kwg9ydxQSIo769wswYWP5qbNgII0l1lkpcLBeg3Ig1g/w640-h128/ANGELS%20ONE-FIVE%20fx%20KineWeekly%201951%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnur078l4ka9W_ZVPHpnaixKEhQIXH6ZL9V71kKs0XezIaHQLm_Q1-mlSFf0ooT5OHs0XSsTxCS74R8UPbVTMB2OjzMjF56Dqgwp51P5v_RMBByjR1a1D6pAykk-pU8JE_mz1Y08e3L3xSLvzB5yRVpnSMAWqA9eaiVUCYmjx3RtZoOhAYSG4RKxX9t7g/s2066/Angels2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="2066" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnur078l4ka9W_ZVPHpnaixKEhQIXH6ZL9V71kKs0XezIaHQLm_Q1-mlSFf0ooT5OHs0XSsTxCS74R8UPbVTMB2OjzMjF56Dqgwp51P5v_RMBByjR1a1D6pAykk-pU8JE_mz1Y08e3L3xSLvzB5yRVpnSMAWqA9eaiVUCYmjx3RtZoOhAYSG4RKxX9t7g/w640-h470/Angels2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film is absolutely loaded with vfx shots, so many in fact that it takes a keen eye to spot them all, such is the quality. This seemingly 'actual' stunt, where two Hurricanes barely miss each other on a runway due to miscommunication was a superbly done composite with the one real plane taxiing, while the second plane was a miniature combined flawlessly by travelling matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUvShu3P_fphxja9oa-hb76unIQkTLoIWYNrtUcFt5BsXLia-_7stsBlnY5JjNw-EkkWpS70A-pdpX1M90q5KeeTZQgZ8db9fMjQNcmSG_bz7z7mXuEpQ08y4UbPEgHj-HYP19PFxG-SCDApONjLgvjqH1tt8gQ9wVojVV46goZ69WfjQiFWB9vLqbvE/s1480/Angel1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUvShu3P_fphxja9oa-hb76unIQkTLoIWYNrtUcFt5BsXLia-_7stsBlnY5JjNw-EkkWpS70A-pdpX1M90q5KeeTZQgZ8db9fMjQNcmSG_bz7z7mXuEpQ08y4UbPEgHj-HYP19PFxG-SCDApONjLgvjqH1tt8gQ9wVojVV46goZ69WfjQiFWB9vLqbvE/w640-h468/Angel1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This film was one of the most extensive to utilise the travelling matte process to combine miniatures and occasionally painted aircraft into action sequences.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz44mClS3hZLv7OQk7KAezPRQSUhKSmfKLMq88xRBVaJDkK3VeLViGqSZ4imCuf-gPbClPqn1CCgRwVqEOmozIAtscnxzqPru9SkQRNnBCBjG3SNxdwMsNH8JmPRWNLYUcuAdZimCuu6lqcdE2Rywwkvllyk2caBRMsju1Amppz3cPITe5PO0nm_drFdU/s1856/Angels3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="1856" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz44mClS3hZLv7OQk7KAezPRQSUhKSmfKLMq88xRBVaJDkK3VeLViGqSZ4imCuf-gPbClPqn1CCgRwVqEOmozIAtscnxzqPru9SkQRNnBCBjG3SNxdwMsNH8JmPRWNLYUcuAdZimCuu6lqcdE2Rywwkvllyk2caBRMsju1Amppz3cPITe5PO0nm_drFdU/w640-h452/Angels3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The now out of control plane comes down hard and plows straight off the runway and into a building. Excellent miniature photography combined, presumably, through very good process projection. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepN6GEdeSGXrwLyOtQWDZVBdNdFysOgvhAln5JrZp5Vm71GjfQb1Uj_bqdFbpvdg_N_aTiG1e0uIo6msUo4ndK0PmZxe8yR8tB0znPWyyslU3IRntCBJSOfvhQmvl7GD6KBAs6WvZhWOx5aVcKmEyoXbzKuofsfiPQ66onQ7EM-2XqGi_9H-sgUDPsBw/s577/ANGELS%20ONE-FIVE%20fx%20KineWeekly%201951%20crop2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="577" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepN6GEdeSGXrwLyOtQWDZVBdNdFysOgvhAln5JrZp5Vm71GjfQb1Uj_bqdFbpvdg_N_aTiG1e0uIo6msUo4ndK0PmZxe8yR8tB0znPWyyslU3IRntCBJSOfvhQmvl7GD6KBAs6WvZhWOx5aVcKmEyoXbzKuofsfiPQ66onQ7EM-2XqGi_9H-sgUDPsBw/w640-h358/ANGELS%20ONE-FIVE%20fx%20KineWeekly%201951%20crop2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The filming of that plane as it skids into camera on a miniature set at Elstree.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLkbaqi6qhyPGGa3830dVhhfUBdsapOprYhfYyGf8kC_uppUjSI8OphNnRrTjoVypw0TQhHxlwQvvFHcMqk7ni4FgB3xlclJYlmq_pU1l1mDIvMXm6Nskx5EAdA_e7v6b3B0T3Zl39oN4rrwI7MfZ0_roCWCqRhRqWV6uQhlPOmOC66NRJzOyzBrq2D0/s1480/Angel2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLkbaqi6qhyPGGa3830dVhhfUBdsapOprYhfYyGf8kC_uppUjSI8OphNnRrTjoVypw0TQhHxlwQvvFHcMqk7ni4FgB3xlclJYlmq_pU1l1mDIvMXm6Nskx5EAdA_e7v6b3B0T3Zl39oN4rrwI7MfZ0_roCWCqRhRqWV6uQhlPOmOC66NRJzOyzBrq2D0/w640-h468/Angel2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I wonder whether this was a blue backing shot, as the article mentions it. It's far too crisp and evenly 'projected' to be a back projection shot?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-v_2ddUJS_bn50yLwSUXkjz5Bad6LdyCyw33c8dqeyqR095Ju01Du1w7BKzMJm7TIJYu2yaeGQhhcmwNK3KmYn7-sg7vUxY6g9wAF_FmCYZ1nHCJkLSJGS8eA7p6jwVtZkHBYqIyC1fpdRCR_nD5X76cyn9_f_Q555Gi6Bu1uA_BrtM2-Oi4Kl3pRTM/s2094/Angels4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="2094" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-v_2ddUJS_bn50yLwSUXkjz5Bad6LdyCyw33c8dqeyqR095Ju01Du1w7BKzMJm7TIJYu2yaeGQhhcmwNK3KmYn7-sg7vUxY6g9wAF_FmCYZ1nHCJkLSJGS8eA7p6jwVtZkHBYqIyC1fpdRCR_nD5X76cyn9_f_Q555Gi6Bu1uA_BrtM2-Oi4Kl3pRTM/w640-h240/Angels4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As for actual aircraft, by the time they shot the picture there were only two flyable Hurricanes in Britain, and absolutely no German bombers at all, unsurprisingly. Models were needed extensively.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEig7wqfukA2OHZZQMv2IzIrrUrGMFxgceK3kD5-QZtsd1XEsZMaTMPxJfOGhNXkeb8JNMKI0t7vmPKbauKRha01uU0EOHMeONFASkLwSn9M1lyFtsTWxz2b9FPIl_FbzN-_5KsIX7BdZ-2hwHoN9oUO4TFfaH8kZDqZMd2DV0P64a1QXAEcalld-DtaFIE" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="320" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEig7wqfukA2OHZZQMv2IzIrrUrGMFxgceK3kD5-QZtsd1XEsZMaTMPxJfOGhNXkeb8JNMKI0t7vmPKbauKRha01uU0EOHMeONFASkLwSn9M1lyFtsTWxz2b9FPIl_FbzN-_5KsIX7BdZ-2hwHoN9oUO4TFfaH8kZDqZMd2DV0P64a1QXAEcalld-DtaFIE=w640-h468" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Shots like this were most effective, as they introduced a subtle aerial 'drift' so that they weren't all in a sort of 'glued in' formation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPb9zsq2cLVRUoOouCSzKh0N1FBfdR_Siq-_uZop5-OZeBOxN_Sh_FK5R9ezRN8TMMx10KrX9snaTM2HBC_JZw9nsLRb8niJJkcZAwclNST5PRfX9UdyXVB7rzw2aTGv5Ktgoa3cs1cSZT72z_knakL4u3zqDw2-yX7ObTZNN7C0B9VsJaiI71Dq6LJj8/s1480/Angel4a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPb9zsq2cLVRUoOouCSzKh0N1FBfdR_Siq-_uZop5-OZeBOxN_Sh_FK5R9ezRN8TMMx10KrX9snaTM2HBC_JZw9nsLRb8niJJkcZAwclNST5PRfX9UdyXVB7rzw2aTGv5Ktgoa3cs1cSZT72z_knakL4u3zqDw2-yX7ObTZNN7C0B9VsJaiI71Dq6LJj8/w640-h468/Angel4a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A formation of German bombers - painted on glass - coming in to create havoc. Note the animated flak explosions in the air. One of the few other war pictures I can recall that relied almost entirely on matted in fighter planes and such was the 40's picture THE NORTH STAR - a film absolutely bursting at the seams with trickery, and one that saw Clarence Slifer nominated for his marvellous effects work. I covered that film in great detail here a few years back.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhDVSVJpGGc5HF7hyphenhyphenaWNJaggq_8i5jQ2hCBj_jQn-6hyphenhyphengUDlJpVCGD70h9h1Jod25k2_W2Oo67al6wkfTwUMOMlN99tvy-BiJnxQLnfYl-V5D9vnM9OuvhINVXgvGlN2AVSeGwWCO0WpPAc4-A21NKFAR70vXzfhSk52nyDsO4yZS5zx4gFENyvFeAwY/s2064/Angels7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="2064" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhDVSVJpGGc5HF7hyphenhyphenaWNJaggq_8i5jQ2hCBj_jQn-6hyphenhyphengUDlJpVCGD70h9h1Jod25k2_W2Oo67al6wkfTwUMOMlN99tvy-BiJnxQLnfYl-V5D9vnM9OuvhINVXgvGlN2AVSeGwWCO0WpPAc4-A21NKFAR70vXzfhSk52nyDsO4yZS5zx4gFENyvFeAwY/w640-h242/Angels7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The full scale mechanical fx on the ground were impressive too. This sequence is typical of the ingenuity of Blackwell and Langley, with the Heinkel added in later on Bryan Langley's optical printer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7H6B-KNQXswaFIJJscPnnkdp5FMLCZTYuDHZ2nZrRF8KMSD8FMatR0Y59H-A9-QpWALhwUYLCunIhC8kG22gMRS6JnFn8SqnTOkvSo8kzohCiIwZnhyphenhyphen1H0c6JLkIein0F9f9HiRJIm77Wf4KrM2EFr5rttd4B9dvuRgnFunOWQfj7M1Mi-Wd7UbrBYs/s1480/Angel6a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7H6B-KNQXswaFIJJscPnnkdp5FMLCZTYuDHZ2nZrRF8KMSD8FMatR0Y59H-A9-QpWALhwUYLCunIhC8kG22gMRS6JnFn8SqnTOkvSo8kzohCiIwZnhyphenhyphen1H0c6JLkIein0F9f9HiRJIm77Wf4KrM2EFr5rttd4B9dvuRgnFunOWQfj7M1Mi-Wd7UbrBYs/w640-h468/Angel6a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The producers stated that a considerable amount of consultation with <i>"the boffins" </i>- as they termed it - in the photographic effects industry had to be carried out way before the green light was given due to the difficulties in recreating such scenes on a medium (by UK standards) budget.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIwiuTaakalWf9MEyFKVVuG0aYINJVFdZZez8WQ_HFgklJcSXc-91Ag-2gqJ2EVOPAXmdgomXXT-8yPBERULkbAr6cyNU0zy-ByIkIyVy1m5GWzrYOWxKUtTvSI-HxW-cnsMaHgNSF5Cl-hG11_druohbK4BZXmY65snE0zaUnUSUem7KEV_JAUlYfhUg/s2062/Angels8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="2062" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIwiuTaakalWf9MEyFKVVuG0aYINJVFdZZez8WQ_HFgklJcSXc-91Ag-2gqJ2EVOPAXmdgomXXT-8yPBERULkbAr6cyNU0zy-ByIkIyVy1m5GWzrYOWxKUtTvSI-HxW-cnsMaHgNSF5Cl-hG11_druohbK4BZXmY65snE0zaUnUSUem7KEV_JAUlYfhUg/w640-h466/Angels8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Example of excellent optical work, with German Heinkel miniatures 'marionetted' in front of a blue screen, with the guide wires purposely painted blue to permit optical elimination when added to footage of Jack Hawkins and explosions etc. Very impressive.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIDTewM1Ipe0980S3o2rg8-cKOFsSZUisWbrLFvycrsTOx7AZzzOfY82ZnxonQwlymPWysiJlC4bbUPh7W-oOsPhIcNdz1GvpGvLMLujhhMFcBk12uzIFAyFi-VdRsmcASoAf2AHkecH7ZQ_1XTUujmju8F9Fd4RbXnr4-x28J6zLIapuZUtashiMjX8/s1480/Angels6-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIDTewM1Ipe0980S3o2rg8-cKOFsSZUisWbrLFvycrsTOx7AZzzOfY82ZnxonQwlymPWysiJlC4bbUPh7W-oOsPhIcNdz1GvpGvLMLujhhMFcBk12uzIFAyFi-VdRsmcASoAf2AHkecH7ZQ_1XTUujmju8F9Fd4RbXnr4-x28J6zLIapuZUtashiMjX8/w640-h468/Angels6-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Optical cinematographer Bryan Langley was an old hand in the UK film industry, having started off as a camera assistant on silent pictures before graduating to full 'lighting cameraman'<i> (or D.o.P as the Yanks call it).</i> Bryan got involved early on with the Schufftan Process' - of using partially silvered mirrors to combine live action with miniatures or artwork. Later on Bryan became an expert in all facets of the travelling matte process at J.Arthur Rank's Pinewood Studio, under the <i>Independent Frame</i> ethic. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXyWhGKEEGLZLV0bUwn3LaxPxANssR2XJqOcKugUPByMNQmrCjpgZN8iocIS8y_XnOJMK2terV3ojgMXotTlxIPtEUBvzdVvfWVygH9sau1gfHVgtBfQq6e0vwYfAjo2wQtV3jnvbASSUzTLkEoC1-Y5xaupcLJqsWzSSMbxZQKndBd0motxDuVKtUsk/s1480/Angel5a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXyWhGKEEGLZLV0bUwn3LaxPxANssR2XJqOcKugUPByMNQmrCjpgZN8iocIS8y_XnOJMK2terV3ojgMXotTlxIPtEUBvzdVvfWVygH9sau1gfHVgtBfQq6e0vwYfAjo2wQtV3jnvbASSUzTLkEoC1-Y5xaupcLJqsWzSSMbxZQKndBd0motxDuVKtUsk/w640-h468/Angel5a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bryan Langley specialised in the yellow backing sodium process, devised at Rank by George Ashworth with his specially built beam splitter camera, and used very extensively on their films in preference over rear projection. The sodium method was later exported by Disney to the States and used on practically every Disney picture.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRTE943w5uHNCYSipIegKQ2skqqxsq3_Mktp_JltuHMvDuBIfIIx3ihBK9RSFGK1tcqL_3tUmCs-1tvLphQqm-ioD5Moeo6WLSE3dGnkc28MjSMVps2STSrEg66NFE_ZtC7GPSNQt2jYR2Et4tGDmLYHIUc-xkoZCwNyDKJ76T-rsbecCzDe9hW1Lgmc/s1534/Angels5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="1534" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRTE943w5uHNCYSipIegKQ2skqqxsq3_Mktp_JltuHMvDuBIfIIx3ihBK9RSFGK1tcqL_3tUmCs-1tvLphQqm-ioD5Moeo6WLSE3dGnkc28MjSMVps2STSrEg66NFE_ZtC7GPSNQt2jYR2Et4tGDmLYHIUc-xkoZCwNyDKJ76T-rsbecCzDe9hW1Lgmc/w640-h458/Angels5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another very effective bit where miniature planes were matted over the rooftops, with the roar nearly giving the lady a coronary.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZZseHyXC0KGbE5tkLLcG89bnnJmDtmlHKMkQC5TCI9CfKcAW3IJ7w_ZUsFoIfKUPdedN94GnpaeL1K98Hy9xDf7E5v3Zj4rgJN3-W8v305g_hgpVWf8MQa4uF1-ZSefElN01ZPdMBmsIRcfmF5d6B7JqVkK6bH41ZBhECxD_dTsi7D01YKs2vhsVv6c/s2056/Angels9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="2056" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZZseHyXC0KGbE5tkLLcG89bnnJmDtmlHKMkQC5TCI9CfKcAW3IJ7w_ZUsFoIfKUPdedN94GnpaeL1K98Hy9xDf7E5v3Zj4rgJN3-W8v305g_hgpVWf8MQa4uF1-ZSefElN01ZPdMBmsIRcfmF5d6B7JqVkK6bH41ZBhECxD_dTsi7D01YKs2vhsVv6c/w640-h242/Angels9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Excellent full scale physical effects, which I first thought to be a miniature truck, but on repeat rewinds reckon it was real.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNyFFtuXYmiCA4IsiRrxPyzR1jvVHV4fUWyVRDbIpVWYrAlTLYrZZynY_J7va_SlHOd1Q8XzeSzzFakSiVx8lcyLY8IS_pgpIyJ43mzG_WrjhFn8cgblq2xCmIL1qteU0h30KdP0OIehA4xEzfubFHk5qDxg2MpWZ_1e_XsylZNy43WezjubwX05WGuU/s2064/Angels%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="2064" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNyFFtuXYmiCA4IsiRrxPyzR1jvVHV4fUWyVRDbIpVWYrAlTLYrZZynY_J7va_SlHOd1Q8XzeSzzFakSiVx8lcyLY8IS_pgpIyJ43mzG_WrjhFn8cgblq2xCmIL1qteU0h30KdP0OIehA4xEzfubFHk5qDxg2MpWZ_1e_XsylZNy43WezjubwX05WGuU/w640-h470/Angels%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There was a detailed article about the making of this film in a British industry journal whereby they state some seventy travelling matte shots were made - the most for any picture up until 1951 - with many of those having multiple elements combined into a single shot. The producer said that<i> "this film would have been impossible to make without the TMP"</i> - the travelling matte process. The stated that the actors were going goggle eyed performing constantly in front of blue screens for all of the cockpit sequences, as it wasn't common at the time as it is now.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4aGex-QYrPEFLB80g3XRvO0w6ArK6fZz8AKtyn3QSihFZV1pf4Qk3SqDuYdj5omHMhdOvzqOlo2JB9DOog-RpTLmldD942y1hHaDavFkw6X08_IbQwX9Xzt5vheb3-uGDlml5o0wWSaKOZNctChPGq3Xlib9MdsgURZ2TlLigvc5M3kMElm-9V2nH46U/s1480/Angel7a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4aGex-QYrPEFLB80g3XRvO0w6ArK6fZz8AKtyn3QSihFZV1pf4Qk3SqDuYdj5omHMhdOvzqOlo2JB9DOog-RpTLmldD942y1hHaDavFkw6X08_IbQwX9Xzt5vheb3-uGDlml5o0wWSaKOZNctChPGq3Xlib9MdsgURZ2TlLigvc5M3kMElm-9V2nH46U/w640-h468/Angel7a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably the most impressive shot in the film was this seemingly straightforward shot. Aerial cameraman Stanley Grant's live plate of the English Kent countryside has had a formation of German bombers added flawlessly. All the planes were painted on glass and shot against a blue backing, though what sold the scene was the cloud bank that partially obscured the planes as they flew through. A superb optical assembly by Langley and his assistant Reg Johnson. Producer John Gossage loved the shots and wrote: <i>"The actual location background used included a certain amount of cloud, and the 'boffins' were able to matte the studio effects shot so that the planes actually appear to fly in and out of clouds".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7_3TKOW2nVOcdrCWggeXcfvBoHrM0hm-eY1OiqRQOEHTudCXJQqggS8tc2jKUVCGHan_rygmNEdpyAnsfzGEgl9vV_GZDUx_S5bsl3WwlcaNesrdj2yHDVLJYHipruGR7x5pDn6EX2-CY0OPlwk3ct4tF50P7e8Hsu8TBHEixZF7UZkgSKVAAsRvcqU/s2056/Angels6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="2056" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7_3TKOW2nVOcdrCWggeXcfvBoHrM0hm-eY1OiqRQOEHTudCXJQqggS8tc2jKUVCGHan_rygmNEdpyAnsfzGEgl9vV_GZDUx_S5bsl3WwlcaNesrdj2yHDVLJYHipruGR7x5pDn6EX2-CY0OPlwk3ct4tF50P7e8Hsu8TBHEixZF7UZkgSKVAAsRvcqU/w640-h246/Angels6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The big disadvantage the film makers found was the extreme time delay from shooting to finally seeing completed effects shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bGh4j5QPBn8aaAbFRKegX4QiGRfB9NT91m3Zs1sZjU3SwM81zMKA1sGZp59yJm9PpG4F5E3wNzS678GopFJ7eS68wpDcSat-KPVLlcBUII_AcdZK_JltZsovcUfNG3ZxQAqNj6mm5Rsr4-vdgXT_mcYqI6I0TDHZsojLhY1UT7EIs6lfabsoAv9pcYA/s1480/Angel9a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bGh4j5QPBn8aaAbFRKegX4QiGRfB9NT91m3Zs1sZjU3SwM81zMKA1sGZp59yJm9PpG4F5E3wNzS678GopFJ7eS68wpDcSat-KPVLlcBUII_AcdZK_JltZsovcUfNG3ZxQAqNj6mm5Rsr4-vdgXT_mcYqI6I0TDHZsojLhY1UT7EIs6lfabsoAv9pcYA/w640-h468/Angel9a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The article stated: <i>"The use of models was extensive. The larger ones had practical propellors, guns and bomb releases - all electrically controlled with the current passed down the wires they were suspended from, hung from a mobile cross tree very similar to that which puppeteers use".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh37Brd6aeUBkpJPELyQ6A7RqUAvbRyVfaJUVQ2bRkya1OiczYT0NnTNqDVUwMuKdbz7X0kVrLOZnIzqVI7tUXG5Qckr_tKTAw5Wi0LvAMa9k4GzvKvUE3WOB7SWnMdqHNQuVH2ws1hhK5mV2uEfnKFiuYiFqakctIuZ7_U43BInGsHu4LDVHHDB6qrgY/s1860/Angels%2020.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1860" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh37Brd6aeUBkpJPELyQ6A7RqUAvbRyVfaJUVQ2bRkya1OiczYT0NnTNqDVUwMuKdbz7X0kVrLOZnIzqVI7tUXG5Qckr_tKTAw5Wi0LvAMa9k4GzvKvUE3WOB7SWnMdqHNQuVH2ws1hhK5mV2uEfnKFiuYiFqakctIuZ7_U43BInGsHu4LDVHHDB6qrgY/w640-h462/Angels%2020.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another extremely impressive sequence has a British fighter dive down and blow the shit out of some German formation. An incredibly well photographed and composited sequence which combined live aerial footage - very smoothly shot - along with several German Heinkels and ME109's flying at differing altitudes and directions, with all of this combined as an eagle eyed POV from the Hurricane pilot. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtT5EGKttO1rixLcYHtXyVr7cg4tad-gnEGOZtInZveC14ICG3V2vGFHQP3s5uhgD8cuYght-b_PDM9TLh_MH0rLDfPClI5bHT9CvBgXZxzKZQgF4iXRobThdLXNbkoZy0SZVT9E1EPb0bS-6LsBY2Jq3hhIqowRqlQ_hL32zN6Uh1XQiHcXznEQsxh0/s1480/Angel8a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtT5EGKttO1rixLcYHtXyVr7cg4tad-gnEGOZtInZveC14ICG3V2vGFHQP3s5uhgD8cuYght-b_PDM9TLh_MH0rLDfPClI5bHT9CvBgXZxzKZQgF4iXRobThdLXNbkoZy0SZVT9E1EPb0bS-6LsBY2Jq3hhIqowRqlQ_hL32zN6Uh1XQiHcXznEQsxh0/w640-h468/Angel8a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Apparently they did a great deal of experimentation with different background plates and alternate model action before settling on the perfect, multi-layered result. Outstanding! Some shots were made up of several layers: the 2nd unit landscape below; multiple German aircraft flying around; a separate constructed cockpit window and panel for squibs and bullet hits; and lastly the actor playing the pilot filmed simply sitting on a stool in front of a blue screen. Langley and Johnson married all of those elements together beautifully.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_6YAc_-CDG30MPY12jnHh3GuSf4Qc8oILNCkLTmQhat-LFq9SyZQAoiple_XGsslYQvIrcWuWcQABef4pfnHMk6e6ZQwwZCxsRJQ8pC04KAJBcSsyeKK2KV-KvBnQfFqZxsW2tJHqFZqCB2lhND80Y50NZbR2tV-DKuf2MypTG9stdrVRxHjshilcx8/s1962/Angel9c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1962" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_6YAc_-CDG30MPY12jnHh3GuSf4Qc8oILNCkLTmQhat-LFq9SyZQAoiple_XGsslYQvIrcWuWcQABef4pfnHMk6e6ZQwwZCxsRJQ8pC04KAJBcSsyeKK2KV-KvBnQfFqZxsW2tJHqFZqCB2lhND80Y50NZbR2tV-DKuf2MypTG9stdrVRxHjshilcx8/w640-h470/Angel9c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bryan Langley worked on a number of films with extensive optical requirements such as the original 1984 starring Michael Redgrave; the Royal Navy story THE GIFT HORSE, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB and was co-screen credited alongside Albert Whitlock on the sci-fi show THE NET (aka PROJECT M7).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XEZ32eeZkcfwAovF2cfXmGhet3wzW6mifXSeVBSe47YP_6KiJ3VZv2vHtXrEbYp6kaVfFgJp2XnA0K2I2XBXGE2M7Zu1Y3ym_OEcxXUp9AUBpp4nx209RkxXalJxl3dGKlO795Z_Q-6nVj7WdRldxnBGAx2CMwz9zofCsN6axxr7o9bgzJxvhOLXX8w/s1480/Angels%2021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XEZ32eeZkcfwAovF2cfXmGhet3wzW6mifXSeVBSe47YP_6KiJ3VZv2vHtXrEbYp6kaVfFgJp2XnA0K2I2XBXGE2M7Zu1Y3ym_OEcxXUp9AUBpp4nx209RkxXalJxl3dGKlO795Z_Q-6nVj7WdRldxnBGAx2CMwz9zofCsN6axxr7o9bgzJxvhOLXX8w/w640-h468/Angels%2021.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Daring do over the Kent landscape. It was indeed 'their finest hour'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIiCBNzicjQAMLHaMEyBM7bCVK57qFFF49lmMkRz5iCdLb9ibRK-N5PX1IDQ0D_3Fi_vLS51tHZAeSX7APMev67Jd10IPdcnVDNv7wWImKHHkeDu4yjYBRSI7EL0jRNcFxK76zcFWj7o-QzGV4PMh4NZEXrJU6eKknorGkjEH7XXOGtbxSbiobdhs9xI/s2311/Angels%2022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="2311" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIiCBNzicjQAMLHaMEyBM7bCVK57qFFF49lmMkRz5iCdLb9ibRK-N5PX1IDQ0D_3Fi_vLS51tHZAeSX7APMev67Jd10IPdcnVDNv7wWImKHHkeDu4yjYBRSI7EL0jRNcFxK76zcFWj7o-QzGV4PMh4NZEXrJU6eKknorGkjEH7XXOGtbxSbiobdhs9xI/w640-h242/Angels%2022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As Freddie Mercury once famously sang: <i>'Another Kraut bites the dust'.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGM1Qp25ziBXEA_O3-Jy32elXOTirQThROS3Toj3PwxYq8S3cjDVb5NLhvl4gn4TUqq_hEhWYVoo0oR1GA10mA-PZRr3GMOMJc8h1IPm77Rp7KLgdfax_NeYYlExDa7EZCS0hrYL1Fl7BqnbslNIApYMejgevoFZ7jzsah61pqnEtPVFUv-eEcKYVelU/s1480/Angel9b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGM1Qp25ziBXEA_O3-Jy32elXOTirQThROS3Toj3PwxYq8S3cjDVb5NLhvl4gn4TUqq_hEhWYVoo0oR1GA10mA-PZRr3GMOMJc8h1IPm77Rp7KLgdfax_NeYYlExDa7EZCS0hrYL1Fl7BqnbslNIApYMejgevoFZ7jzsah61pqnEtPVFUv-eEcKYVelU/w640-h468/Angel9b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An evocative matte painted sky with added squadron in flight.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVL2Rg0Yd0YMQbjyiv25nsfFmHhfSuwV1rdZ2NfE9YBbjCGS-m0Da-dPjv-vUkEIqCX0i-_xcoFtvOX-Id_5DgtjjOoTK7Ase2Tfalr10P8gj4pyJBdx9P5c8nrUZGakCRiLjjiNKOiS78JurD6EyYhqnHOB3un_EU1zb1vcSDdrpoQMjbexNagqB6QHc/s1791/Angels%2010a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="1791" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVL2Rg0Yd0YMQbjyiv25nsfFmHhfSuwV1rdZ2NfE9YBbjCGS-m0Da-dPjv-vUkEIqCX0i-_xcoFtvOX-Id_5DgtjjOoTK7Ase2Tfalr10P8gj4pyJBdx9P5c8nrUZGakCRiLjjiNKOiS78JurD6EyYhqnHOB3un_EU1zb1vcSDdrpoQMjbexNagqB6QHc/w640-h470/Angels%2010a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The closing sequence is a massive pullback starting on an interior set at Elstree and extending way out. The set merges into a detailed painted matte - artist unknown - and subsequently moves back over a multiplane glass shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYU2wsJGBkaUx1I6T9w0hxnqymOIo2-SB5OoA1l86Dh3qPJiE-ECmXZF7CsZB7ut4GoDrEIOZcCZl7JXOHAz7yaQyFPx7G884ndeQOmWuLyOMHRn_a5n8oY8CuoRsiFfwvqRFQePNbia4dAYAUxHubN8k70gk9XQT9HQ-ywerZYPu7FkSTkab4mHNpng/s1480/Angels%2012a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYU2wsJGBkaUx1I6T9w0hxnqymOIo2-SB5OoA1l86Dh3qPJiE-ECmXZF7CsZB7ut4GoDrEIOZcCZl7JXOHAz7yaQyFPx7G884ndeQOmWuLyOMHRn_a5n8oY8CuoRsiFfwvqRFQePNbia4dAYAUxHubN8k70gk9XQT9HQ-ywerZYPu7FkSTkab4mHNpng/w640-h468/Angels%2012a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painted ruins...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzbVeb5vY0yYxkGJay9lz400RsSkntwDkHGAFiyvr2KGfDSvd0olpiZBWCYM2i0-ItejYHyFgoqCTLI9xbkhfQZOeQWpSa33lqzFadhSu0oWU1Mzh9kOqxjDrpMeNfTej6njBhrPO9mCRQ8UsAS_r0FxFlMmpVPzeaqWLgQB_Nn0ZL-AUSM9hyphenhyphenqRPbI8/s3104/Angels%2012.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="3104" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzbVeb5vY0yYxkGJay9lz400RsSkntwDkHGAFiyvr2KGfDSvd0olpiZBWCYM2i0-ItejYHyFgoqCTLI9xbkhfQZOeQWpSa33lqzFadhSu0oWU1Mzh9kOqxjDrpMeNfTej6njBhrPO9mCRQ8UsAS_r0FxFlMmpVPzeaqWLgQB_Nn0ZL-AUSM9hyphenhyphenqRPbI8/w640-h320/Angels%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The massive pullback using either multi-plane glasses or painted cut-outs.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3ja-lWCTZlriUI252JOLfj1MMA0_41j4X43cfNo3jIYsOaveFB95n2q_vROIBrz4RS-C7KvGvTN13HGUA99TRtHSkUloQCiePjVMci4ARn-LiVXw9jC5OxyXScBRmt9LZUhXxtVV2bFwLZ1azBGDsC3RHKEj2alao1WOhXZeo4OfkRNQbcNf0WzpVPw/s1480/Angels%2012b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3ja-lWCTZlriUI252JOLfj1MMA0_41j4X43cfNo3jIYsOaveFB95n2q_vROIBrz4RS-C7KvGvTN13HGUA99TRtHSkUloQCiePjVMci4ARn-LiVXw9jC5OxyXScBRmt9LZUhXxtVV2bFwLZ1azBGDsC3RHKEj2alao1WOhXZeo4OfkRNQbcNf0WzpVPw/w640-h468/Angels%2012b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">detailed view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfnlZmFTfrbmqaqXoPbegGkkz89WHG0Wa28SAWMkgCb5CR-Ak9vTgqU5aiJd2-QHqS6iE4lk122_5UuIfFI4fS3bMKEY7WdAF2CQk5LRFwias7na1dYkqQaoJvQkq1OORoONO2r04CVc_dU_1KyDhgC5XsgidFDexkeU1EebK9ZyXc1E-E89mLa9GADY/s1480/Angels%2012c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfnlZmFTfrbmqaqXoPbegGkkz89WHG0Wa28SAWMkgCb5CR-Ak9vTgqU5aiJd2-QHqS6iE4lk122_5UuIfFI4fS3bMKEY7WdAF2CQk5LRFwias7na1dYkqQaoJvQkq1OORoONO2r04CVc_dU_1KyDhgC5XsgidFDexkeU1EebK9ZyXc1E-E89mLa9GADY/w640-h468/Angels%2012c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure what they were trying to achieve here. Maybe the aerodrome runway beyond, although the perspective is way, way off, or a more representational stylised interpretation, I dunno?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGaH8YqYgnLhz0LrcCLf89b6oQva5r8b7vU7WG37QIseEkO2tOfDYY1YnCoFdxfAwC7n-O8n7Mzh0hxp1zNbtwY_tKJ8ODPoTBkPnfvjiKTyLtCfFsMTWR-uPm-3SC2GBFUwg_OUkZdSALQ73N52sZjWtDo3yAO5yeB5T3SmrXA_sGBNspyFMPB7F5P4/s1480/Angels%2012d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGaH8YqYgnLhz0LrcCLf89b6oQva5r8b7vU7WG37QIseEkO2tOfDYY1YnCoFdxfAwC7n-O8n7Mzh0hxp1zNbtwY_tKJ8ODPoTBkPnfvjiKTyLtCfFsMTWR-uPm-3SC2GBFUwg_OUkZdSALQ73N52sZjWtDo3yAO5yeB5T3SmrXA_sGBNspyFMPB7F5P4/w640-h468/Angels%2012d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">All up, a great movie, little known today. And you can never go wrong with anything starring Jack Hawkins, now can you?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Du0DRB2WY-gmQFMKYz1WWsGpkNzO9MKhBA35-Clnm-b_CZ6Q2V5EcolDaAsTxNmbkyM9HBsk8jonjDIwB1aUq9XH26aUBkpf5qY5k75xtfxHXx5UpLIFkRmAc4F3_ejKrxrmXRxGv_hRckntSQsOAnZa0PzajNir2tFRi1UIYJkZg35iDO-OeLJeeu0/s1480/Angels%2012e.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Du0DRB2WY-gmQFMKYz1WWsGpkNzO9MKhBA35-Clnm-b_CZ6Q2V5EcolDaAsTxNmbkyM9HBsk8jonjDIwB1aUq9XH26aUBkpf5qY5k75xtfxHXx5UpLIFkRmAc4F3_ejKrxrmXRxGv_hRckntSQsOAnZa0PzajNir2tFRi1UIYJkZg35iDO-OeLJeeu0/w640-h468/Angels%2012e.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Truer words were never spoken... The great Winston Churchill, whose 1100 page life story I'm currently reading. Amazing fellow, sadly 'dumped' by the Brit's after the war despite all he did.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Jtby4NTMLTMMIqPZ7Fj0uqEBPA3vyZ7WoOibQIJ9a_oS5XpchkBjn6oFiIYBE1S4SvzVAEdQEhmrbffr1P0l32wLrSW_LVHHbmeNtAas09uPd9Wz1BbjkXp_hET5A-kX9yDNNAGZ-tuZsCG7M5nioNdOdsgopkHg6QmFopMYbx84JNkxcCvAdrcB-b4/s1635/Angels-trailer.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1635" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Jtby4NTMLTMMIqPZ7Fj0uqEBPA3vyZ7WoOibQIJ9a_oS5XpchkBjn6oFiIYBE1S4SvzVAEdQEhmrbffr1P0l32wLrSW_LVHHbmeNtAas09uPd9Wz1BbjkXp_hET5A-kX9yDNNAGZ-tuZsCG7M5nioNdOdsgopkHg6QmFopMYbx84JNkxcCvAdrcB-b4/w640-h476/Angels-trailer.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the action packed trailer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b>RAINTREE COUNTY - The Civil War is lost by battling, buxom Southern Belles.</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9UUqQdGR9a7kyScztNByXn8kcOJWvjjtKPpR3eeyOVVgAtwu-NsK1aj9nGD0boXKnl-2be2QNu9lVDx9i8ha8NREdo4FWZoYbRhCHqknA-KE97Dn3g4a3-j-4DKNG-1K7sI0PQKRGKSyndUxLpWuLc6wN41433DB0WWCciPL6zOo39-jk_yfR-YxgGM/s1029/Raintree%20ad%20art2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1029" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9UUqQdGR9a7kyScztNByXn8kcOJWvjjtKPpR3eeyOVVgAtwu-NsK1aj9nGD0boXKnl-2be2QNu9lVDx9i8ha8NREdo4FWZoYbRhCHqknA-KE97Dn3g4a3-j-4DKNG-1K7sI0PQKRGKSyndUxLpWuLc6wN41433DB0WWCciPL6zOo39-jk_yfR-YxgGM/w400-h284/Raintree%20ad%20art2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MGM's epic scaled, but tragically overlong RAINTREE COUNTY (1957)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoi0RjBHjtGAkcQ7ks21OZ3CfOS1qCdBSE6rhIVLm48Mh8fXzqYlBfF3HLPHc2CBR9Pk0vFcXCrEQkTwYi3rdFl75RPXb36waZAD57MCQ50YqkIcXH3f4N4Sutzpnf60IJA-wpZynLn83xVwZWaEAd3SrkQa4y6u449NcBRM5xtxc9vKKjztGAZCwzR7U/s1869/Raintree1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1869" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoi0RjBHjtGAkcQ7ks21OZ3CfOS1qCdBSE6rhIVLm48Mh8fXzqYlBfF3HLPHc2CBR9Pk0vFcXCrEQkTwYi3rdFl75RPXb36waZAD57MCQ50YqkIcXH3f4N4Sutzpnf60IJA-wpZynLn83xVwZWaEAd3SrkQa4y6u449NcBRM5xtxc9vKKjztGAZCwzR7U/w640-h284/Raintree1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MGM's answer to David Selznick's vastly superior GONE WITH THE WIND, at least had a strong cast, and Monty Clift was always a bloody fine actor who passed away far too early<i> (see him in JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG)</i>. RAINTREE was shot in the celebrated Camera 65 format that MGM was starting to use - that is 65mm negative for maximum fidelity of image.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6oD_Ro6j84NESiG64q7ghIf9BdIkqKgL97HA9jq6iSDHeZYp7zKvT8Gele8kGYDIy8NhIqyvNN-BOjT3F8kWmUQdkZ9war8jUILzSp7m1TWxco8Bl_RQ_rPG6zDcxtaiwSN101vlz_ES1CVlLXxrfwCweYIXGFrgQ-THf0r11AVj2zrUDbll4YnWy-xY/s2516/Raintree-Hillinick%20matte1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="2516" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6oD_Ro6j84NESiG64q7ghIf9BdIkqKgL97HA9jq6iSDHeZYp7zKvT8Gele8kGYDIy8NhIqyvNN-BOjT3F8kWmUQdkZ9war8jUILzSp7m1TWxco8Bl_RQ_rPG6zDcxtaiwSN101vlz_ES1CVlLXxrfwCweYIXGFrgQ-THf0r11AVj2zrUDbll4YnWy-xY/w640-h274/Raintree-Hillinick%20matte1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film is surprisingly scarce in the matte art department, which for a Civil War epic isn't really on! Very little 'broad scale' in the film, though the couple of mattes worked nicely. Old time MGM veteran Henry Hillinick painted on this film, assisted by Matthew Yuricich, to whom Henry was mentor. This establishing shot is nice, combining a rural locale with some MGM backlot and a good deal of matte art to tie it all together.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_KWpwM-C8Sw0HOhYyQFhmydwOYSm_8ntdOyDDj4cHTf-ILI9NTkAdt4wNiozHfeYbQTE9UiZQEm43L0yQn7dgIEgI6ySs2fd2IC_Y8w_pcsCZtNYMruGfJowE1Mk1M2y8QicdnA4WvZEH89y2rZUEkJwWM1LxxpWVd3gGjjF59f-9AbTCOvIEo4nih4/s1646/Raintree-cropped%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1646" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_KWpwM-C8Sw0HOhYyQFhmydwOYSm_8ntdOyDDj4cHTf-ILI9NTkAdt4wNiozHfeYbQTE9UiZQEm43L0yQn7dgIEgI6ySs2fd2IC_Y8w_pcsCZtNYMruGfJowE1Mk1M2y8QicdnA4WvZEH89y2rZUEkJwWM1LxxpWVd3gGjjF59f-9AbTCOvIEo4nih4/w640-h266/Raintree-cropped%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've zoomed this in for a closer look. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgen_1L7-U0ftXwLq-WSOpnxZYcMSomzbws-L93j2ahcyRAfyyS8wfb93iNaQBHC_hm5EzmMu_f68wggmOfURLQbx8xbNech_hrF54gKG5XImNfL2IlpqdM67-jwliceKMc-1iHwAEa7tewjnykPF90hs0dgH4EqrE3DSWpmFDnUWRUBXKw92yw2G1p4ZE/s2516/Raintree2%20(Hillinick%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="2516" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgen_1L7-U0ftXwLq-WSOpnxZYcMSomzbws-L93j2ahcyRAfyyS8wfb93iNaQBHC_hm5EzmMu_f68wggmOfURLQbx8xbNech_hrF54gKG5XImNfL2IlpqdM67-jwliceKMc-1iHwAEa7tewjnykPF90hs0dgH4EqrE3DSWpmFDnUWRUBXKw92yw2G1p4ZE/w640-h274/Raintree2%20(Hillinick%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The second, and only other confirmed matte in RAINTREE COUNTY was this undetectable view at the end of the very long 3 hour shmooze-fest, with the train pulling out of the town. Half the frame here is painted (see below), and blended beautifully by MGM's vfx cameraman Mark Davis. *See below for a real treat, courtesy of Pete...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbm3RC8wbOeN2NfnlAJVLEQR9_iRCUhaNXKj6NNmM-41PyyKs4O2QvcBJKMXinLPZWHohGEqP5izWcAduG-FqC0AzkE5OL2ErE6tytueFiODQOdVNTHroDQ9sdl4CL7hRP1Jq4VcFy0pUl51iRfL79dOE0Aduf4NIw-InK-SeNJT8PN8Du2iB3Jo9e1Ko/s2067/Raintree%20County-57%20matte%20art%20(Henry%20Hillinick).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="2067" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbm3RC8wbOeN2NfnlAJVLEQR9_iRCUhaNXKj6NNmM-41PyyKs4O2QvcBJKMXinLPZWHohGEqP5izWcAduG-FqC0AzkE5OL2ErE6tytueFiODQOdVNTHroDQ9sdl4CL7hRP1Jq4VcFy0pUl51iRfL79dOE0Aduf4NIw-InK-SeNJT8PN8Du2iB3Jo9e1Ko/w640-h314/Raintree%20County-57%20matte%20art%20(Henry%20Hillinick).jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the Matthew Yuricich collection comes this wonderful original Henry Hillinick matte, still in pristine condition. Matthew said that when that Kerkorian megalomaniac started to bulldoze all the old MGM backlots and departments in the early 70's to flog off as real estate - the old matte department included - Matthew grabbed a bunch of old mattes and saved them, this being one. He said it broke his heart to see all those decades of artistic talent basically dumped and carted away, though somewhere along the ways a great deal of those fell into the hands of others and have subsequently shown up at various auctions etc. I have a couple.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtT95M_YYhsQvC6hL1kFhOjuyb6Pbb4gOIWSB6eMNCt1gvBgHqntq86D0QlG8qxA6IE-7qbKPSOpnYRtA6PnAz68lEb7iahaSJRN05McbAtE_Lc4MWqwpHwMKDRNMNBw2oLGIm6d2op3AlhksC3UDUWPUdcrUMPSC0HspG-JRP4du2bNAk0QDzBjWBiA/s2043/Raintree-detail%20end1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="2043" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtT95M_YYhsQvC6hL1kFhOjuyb6Pbb4gOIWSB6eMNCt1gvBgHqntq86D0QlG8qxA6IE-7qbKPSOpnYRtA6PnAz68lEb7iahaSJRN05McbAtE_Lc4MWqwpHwMKDRNMNBw2oLGIm6d2op3AlhksC3UDUWPUdcrUMPSC0HspG-JRP4du2bNAk0QDzBjWBiA/w640-h344/Raintree-detail%20end1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of the detail that I just <u>know</u> you want to examine... Henry was an all round ace painter, and Matt held him in the highest regard. Henry had worked as far back as the original KING KONG doing backings and things. Like most matte guys, he never had an on-screen credit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGtjyHnKIqcgm72OTV_MlnI8hIRETMEZjKMYGS-_DgiGfPBK_0HWFBAmC6JC_A6Urg2rtE1R7ho6cOB8F9AFsO5b83JvFGLRrvIgPI0CXcF3C3nFj0pHrGHwUntlQxG9TdzVJf4nc00hTNBsFYxA-Emvga7ku02C7cNItddLISnYIUNQwyRJsN30u0nA/s2057/Raintree-detail%20end2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="2057" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGtjyHnKIqcgm72OTV_MlnI8hIRETMEZjKMYGS-_DgiGfPBK_0HWFBAmC6JC_A6Urg2rtE1R7ho6cOB8F9AFsO5b83JvFGLRrvIgPI0CXcF3C3nFj0pHrGHwUntlQxG9TdzVJf4nc00hTNBsFYxA-Emvga7ku02C7cNItddLISnYIUNQwyRJsN30u0nA/w640-h366/Raintree-detail%20end2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More sublime detail. Henry definitely wasn't one of the 'big brush' school of matte exponents. His work was fine, detailed and exacting - probably because head of department Warren Newcombe demanded such. This detailed piece is important as this was where Henry taught Matthew how to use a razor blade to create a nice textured effect, by gently scraping the blade over the surface of the painted stone and brickwork for the desired texture - something Matt used often and passed on to others like Michele Moen and likely Rocco Gioffre too.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvFp_mvDpX9YU3GVATXsn7t2nGFNYX8fNX34a6dpSbsP_QwkZy_CEO4ZshhFwypKHEYvwcOZBsbrsik0d4La8xK00ud3eACeXflxA0U3v8HGulefoOCKYMV9ePwup_f3WrE9yt2GlNSMvVkUEdAN4ZOA0eN2bnL_lDOs0wohOciALfJyAU_-4qiT2m0U/s2065/MGM%20unknown%20Scope.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="2065" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvFp_mvDpX9YU3GVATXsn7t2nGFNYX8fNX34a6dpSbsP_QwkZy_CEO4ZshhFwypKHEYvwcOZBsbrsik0d4La8xK00ud3eACeXflxA0U3v8HGulefoOCKYMV9ePwup_f3WrE9yt2GlNSMvVkUEdAN4ZOA0eN2bnL_lDOs0wohOciALfJyAU_-4qiT2m0U/w640-h310/MGM%20unknown%20Scope.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I can't confirm what this is from. The scene doesn't appear in RAINTREE COUNTY but the painting has the same 'feel' to it to my eyes and may have been an unused shot. Whatever, here it is in all its glory, and a magnificent piece it is too! Feel free to thank Pete any time now for including this beauty, regardless of its certainty! ;)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlCntlO1HvmbhGniAVPQI20Ou8XAx-RM3l4HWI23pXs1xIfvmZbaxzahNhK1ot8SveqySI2pmUOd7PFaaup_LH22EOmZn-mCBKFHlhRMFhqWfFAX9wgfSLJ6ASexHSqgS-o3RoZCPu43oe97OeS5siW1aclaYEhUU3p3XWSLmrO7Dxss0_uccLIVJAGk/s1905/MGM%20Unknown-No24%20detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1905" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlCntlO1HvmbhGniAVPQI20Ou8XAx-RM3l4HWI23pXs1xIfvmZbaxzahNhK1ot8SveqySI2pmUOd7PFaaup_LH22EOmZn-mCBKFHlhRMFhqWfFAX9wgfSLJ6ASexHSqgS-o3RoZCPu43oe97OeS5siW1aclaYEhUU3p3XWSLmrO7Dxss0_uccLIVJAGk/w640-h356/MGM%20Unknown-No24%20detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail of the brush work</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6uzXyMLcvqAeXY5LHVdixyQy7NbRfd0-NPxNpHhAD5JNQYuA0mQCS0I760PvcnJF9-JgTzhrO8kImB4qrouIi7DPjq1bXFKSdjSpV7nu0zQMfdoSYjkimIXE4eZT8i91Cj8t_IypL8K5okUecp9QQ-Bv1xoeUS7cEZLPq3RgXthEIGzUU9f99UtPfeA/s1839/MGM%20Unknown-No24%20detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="1839" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6uzXyMLcvqAeXY5LHVdixyQy7NbRfd0-NPxNpHhAD5JNQYuA0mQCS0I760PvcnJF9-JgTzhrO8kImB4qrouIi7DPjq1bXFKSdjSpV7nu0zQMfdoSYjkimIXE4eZT8i91Cj8t_IypL8K5okUecp9QQ-Bv1xoeUS7cEZLPq3RgXthEIGzUU9f99UtPfeA/w640-h378/MGM%20Unknown-No24%20detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More detail. If anyone can clarify, or put me straight on the possible film, then let me know.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b>CATTLE DRIVE: Down on the Ranch with Joel McCrea.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcxb627TNejR0JNrHKzn8wRAehoUZFqXciYusSwDWe1LczQMVYomHSoTcMhO0zzIzbjSA02eeMaLAqpkvA_wGwyM9qyscrTZHGTkUpt5yTOY1syTskXkXiGr4qR1jYHvgiMsPgDXaYc7ycfWXWh6-HYRAzJRF4tjjhj5u3a52XdZ-lD6-h9PDoaDGKuo/s1702/Cattle%20Drive-header.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1702" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcxb627TNejR0JNrHKzn8wRAehoUZFqXciYusSwDWe1LczQMVYomHSoTcMhO0zzIzbjSA02eeMaLAqpkvA_wGwyM9qyscrTZHGTkUpt5yTOY1syTskXkXiGr4qR1jYHvgiMsPgDXaYc7ycfWXWh6-HYRAzJRF4tjjhj5u3a52XdZ-lD6-h9PDoaDGKuo/w640-h342/Cattle%20Drive-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I enjoy old westerns, and with the great Joel McCrea one really can't go wrong. *If any twat asks <i>"who is Joel McCrea"</i>, I swear I will hunt you down and horsewhip you! See SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS for his finest film, though he stated he always preferred acting in movies with horses, tumbleweed and cactus! True story!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-i6gqA0etMCsSezuUMGlF4gldsn4HYAXt-JmgjoDdBgeryS4M4C2ymlfwU086RXEflwCt-uBmBlFRJt-IuMx8ISGBeQfbUwv93nVEdkR1_Szl6OEBxr8ewXqgOeBDTPVCcTSOLsRjSHvyu0KRYfTK8UKUM_9jXong__XQbgL994k-nx3cLvI1QzdEeQ/s1073/Cattle%20Drive-title.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-i6gqA0etMCsSezuUMGlF4gldsn4HYAXt-JmgjoDdBgeryS4M4C2ymlfwU086RXEflwCt-uBmBlFRJt-IuMx8ISGBeQfbUwv93nVEdkR1_Szl6OEBxr8ewXqgOeBDTPVCcTSOLsRjSHvyu0KRYfTK8UKUM_9jXong__XQbgL994k-nx3cLvI1QzdEeQ/w640-h480/Cattle%20Drive-title.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Actually a really good little 1951 western, with top notch performance by the young Dean Stockwell (didn't he die quite recently??)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpsWMaW_ggS2ok3XOztVLpI6P5UoSlmZ-hvycdgpP9rGb5I5_K1bC6EfT7w48RJznzDlcjAYEw6pR923YhUfotrq6rhMNpUP9J7fitbLLn7AEn1P7FvWf7W0sZJcHI4gNfm8Ehy9yzVDGUw2SMH8mMjd8dcSGpM2w6vQLjg3M2s-ViNMR3z2q2uqky7M/s1440/Cattle%20Drive1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1440" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpsWMaW_ggS2ok3XOztVLpI6P5UoSlmZ-hvycdgpP9rGb5I5_K1bC6EfT7w48RJznzDlcjAYEw6pR923YhUfotrq6rhMNpUP9J7fitbLLn7AEn1P7FvWf7W0sZJcHI4gNfm8Ehy9yzVDGUw2SMH8mMjd8dcSGpM2w6vQLjg3M2s-ViNMR3z2q2uqky7M/w640-h476/Cattle%20Drive1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film has a handful of good matte shots in it by Russell Lawson, with one shot in particular being a real standout <i>(I show <u>that</u> one in a bit...) </i> This one <u>is</u> intriguing.. a well rendered full frame painting that does <u>not</u> include a railway track, even though a<i> second </i>cut shortly afterward appears to use the same painting, this time modified somewhat, and <u>now with a railroad track</u>! It's like the damned <i>Twilight Zone </i>in that valley - another dimension!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRouJMyQwZK6VfTGNo92ifp595EZQQC-IAXeeqFV9DpTtlYUR22bD-2AsAO1kzwzjf1SVxdc45LV6zK6t3zD7VpK8KdcdYyH8jzYb9fPhg2DAcCiWemz8XV86sJN1fA9zR2fyMJ9_AjzKrf3At2ExufV5PPTW07lixr9Z6bWcqKd0YUt8ejAUZo6YUl4/s2427/Cattle%20Drive-bef&aft%20Lawson%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="2427" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRouJMyQwZK6VfTGNo92ifp595EZQQC-IAXeeqFV9DpTtlYUR22bD-2AsAO1kzwzjf1SVxdc45LV6zK6t3zD7VpK8KdcdYyH8jzYb9fPhg2DAcCiWemz8XV86sJN1fA9zR2fyMJ9_AjzKrf3At2ExufV5PPTW07lixr9Z6bWcqKd0YUt8ejAUZo6YUl4/w640-h224/Cattle%20Drive-bef&aft%20Lawson%20sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after Lawson shot, with train.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-X7_2mFt1TRC4fvjiKFU42ecz4_MR5mpQmy7Zdj7m4Gx7sIYVq_FbVOEGJdPIyjEQIh_tIvvqN2ZE9q5_XVxWSSok66X5i5fEVn5ymhgbSmov_P4lQZx_lM9je9pvVB7fK_QC6AbEsaMTMIXr6mL6L58dM4Y7B4S4cGhhyvtpDP4pdgTP9bD1ERmRuD4/s1440/Cattle%20Drive1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1440" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-X7_2mFt1TRC4fvjiKFU42ecz4_MR5mpQmy7Zdj7m4Gx7sIYVq_FbVOEGJdPIyjEQIh_tIvvqN2ZE9q5_XVxWSSok66X5i5fEVn5ymhgbSmov_P4lQZx_lM9je9pvVB7fK_QC6AbEsaMTMIXr6mL6L58dM4Y7B4S4cGhhyvtpDP4pdgTP9bD1ERmRuD4/w640-h476/Cattle%20Drive1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Larger view of the matte with the train rolling on and some modified bits of scenery.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfMnYv1A2IO0DUHHsbLga8P9rPnxPlhIWMOlmwtuOUN1OTwXJ4ucY8vq13p_Hr0NwsfXNrCv5-GbskU8Nl2MtVKiU5GPc_TGmrfXMhojUQDup-COyZbAfYt2WFbGdQWO5EtzbIvlfz9wCBpP6asNWNXR9d1XZd5jBtVOun092VIc2PgxaYqbk6pK8w5c/s1440/Cattle%20Drive2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1440" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfMnYv1A2IO0DUHHsbLga8P9rPnxPlhIWMOlmwtuOUN1OTwXJ4ucY8vq13p_Hr0NwsfXNrCv5-GbskU8Nl2MtVKiU5GPc_TGmrfXMhojUQDup-COyZbAfYt2WFbGdQWO5EtzbIvlfz9wCBpP6asNWNXR9d1XZd5jBtVOun092VIc2PgxaYqbk6pK8w5c/w640-h476/Cattle%20Drive2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now friends, this is one terrific matte shot, and one that is so bold. Some folks dismiss Russ as just a brush for hire, but the guy did some inventive things over his very extensive career, mostly at Universal. He, and fx cameraman Roswell Hoffman, weren't afraid of running matte lines <u>through</u> the sky - that is painted sky to actual sky - as I've seen in many examples. Here is a prime one. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpgRmI9UaQn8PYI3pRx-owQ8ASn2VPDnIxWLkBg0AjBhyphenhyphenMfwtr9-CKeIgdSzGqhjjnPx7YSSq1wjOLK6IZ30ZIXXA8SWSp9jmsYgKeLk0u40amzhbDQIXeqnAkGSXy4hxgRfMljun_GaNuVmAklwQXqBZVHqBg6QX81S_wfmbvPr009m0oaTSqo-IgqE/s1440/Cattle%20Drive2A%20matte%20line.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1440" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpgRmI9UaQn8PYI3pRx-owQ8ASn2VPDnIxWLkBg0AjBhyphenhyphenMfwtr9-CKeIgdSzGqhjjnPx7YSSq1wjOLK6IZ30ZIXXA8SWSp9jmsYgKeLk0u40amzhbDQIXeqnAkGSXy4hxgRfMljun_GaNuVmAklwQXqBZVHqBg6QX81S_wfmbvPr009m0oaTSqo-IgqE/w640-h476/Cattle%20Drive2A%20matte%20line.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same shot broken down<i> (as best I can do it, sadly)</i>. Real train, real people, real water spout, half sky real while other half painted. Large water tank, ladder, mountains, roof of train carriages <b>all painted</b> in! Russ has run his matte line around the edge of a cloud, which unless you were really paying attention, you'd never spot. Lawson and Hoffman did this on many shows to excellent effect. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwmxPV2s0Bv43kQTzWBOJxIYnYNND1SpVdg637fL-2n8hWSwA9TJvwXnhUWwdamDdiICv1X_qFEn1pm1kucx9CJshZ6sHiQaxBK3UjgyUh8MOG-CjKBX2stUYs32E4E8zfC2F1W0z9uAb9SmCwmlRkCu8FavQfTfaIi18YZ61b15Kd8CXPjStLrKzw9Q/s2470/Cattle%20Drive5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="2470" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwmxPV2s0Bv43kQTzWBOJxIYnYNND1SpVdg637fL-2n8hWSwA9TJvwXnhUWwdamDdiICv1X_qFEn1pm1kucx9CJshZ6sHiQaxBK3UjgyUh8MOG-CjKBX2stUYs32E4E8zfC2F1W0z9uAb9SmCwmlRkCu8FavQfTfaIi18YZ61b15Kd8CXPjStLrKzw9Q/w640-h252/Cattle%20Drive5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two more CATTLE DRIVE mattes with mountain range and skies added in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ROBIN HOOD - Starring the Biggest Box Office Name of the Silent Era.</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_cL_kWeWvn95K6gpTOWXzBk0mtRG8ptOOYvmxTUZyt4WEXCmBzqk6HNypwtm2Fl3aM8n6X9sB4O3CfQ-q4iIUZ50eBzhZpFQ-boLyP-1vmYpgEn_u1Mi3p6EDM9uej8kjYjq0Q55qAiqfX8Ha-YOmd9Uj_f0vOMXdIOWSCBTDJ_mAzkR7BZnENNN_Zg/s1256/Robin%20Hood%20header.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1256" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_cL_kWeWvn95K6gpTOWXzBk0mtRG8ptOOYvmxTUZyt4WEXCmBzqk6HNypwtm2Fl3aM8n6X9sB4O3CfQ-q4iIUZ50eBzhZpFQ-boLyP-1vmYpgEn_u1Mi3p6EDM9uej8kjYjq0Q55qAiqfX8Ha-YOmd9Uj_f0vOMXdIOWSCBTDJ_mAzkR7BZnENNN_Zg/w640-h362/Robin%20Hood%20header.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Silent classic ROBIN HOOD (1922). Yep, Douglas Fairbanks was <u>the</u> biggest star of his day. The Tom Cruise of the twenties, except that Fairbanks <i>could</i> act. Like Tom, Douglas was a little fella, and as the great 'Hedley Lamarr' said in Mel Brook's Blazing Saddles, <i>"How did he do such incredible stunts, with such little feet"</i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFts5PIh_6JfeRwCqPVn1zXaiN4OeF_yBwmFJTOiKLzukFWQYyHad1V64kBsdOOoZKLNHePY1-nfmS8yb3MbDLAnyc2b21f1PtvpN-RSbQcWzr2BwpcXYxH-P4SpBwS2Yd11GoPCmx4wZ-I53zWqY9K_7IUX3HkwsqImD7BjdTbk_Qv2M3mAau03AGJ8/s1038/Robin%20Hood%20filming.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="1038" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFts5PIh_6JfeRwCqPVn1zXaiN4OeF_yBwmFJTOiKLzukFWQYyHad1V64kBsdOOoZKLNHePY1-nfmS8yb3MbDLAnyc2b21f1PtvpN-RSbQcWzr2BwpcXYxH-P4SpBwS2Yd11GoPCmx4wZ-I53zWqY9K_7IUX3HkwsqImD7BjdTbk_Qv2M3mAau03AGJ8/w640-h504/Robin%20Hood%20filming.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fairbanks on the set leaning against the biggest godammned megaphone ever constructed!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMfWnuyPJlUqCQZVfinFLSJcbYykprorYRTDAIbWey_G9Wyj2fJqF-Vi6fn1tibsT92JPZJ9fZdDouNawz8NdjUJMfTFn_E7f6s-wSZnlHRO27RFyClANcAld69e86sGvXna77k17As6TzgGiGrXmNGFRLjMz5IQlezMNHdA8Cg3gWbZycSyUI6U_81M/s3004/F.P%20Earle%20Robin%20Hood%201922%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="3004" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMfWnuyPJlUqCQZVfinFLSJcbYykprorYRTDAIbWey_G9Wyj2fJqF-Vi6fn1tibsT92JPZJ9fZdDouNawz8NdjUJMfTFn_E7f6s-wSZnlHRO27RFyClANcAld69e86sGvXna77k17As6TzgGiGrXmNGFRLjMz5IQlezMNHdA8Cg3gWbZycSyUI6U_81M/w640-h238/F.P%20Earle%20Robin%20Hood%201922%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ROBIN HOOD (1922) was a beautifully shot adventure and includes a number of stunning matte and glass shots. Matte artist was the uncredited Ferdinand Pinney Earle - a pioneer in the technique, though a pioneer who seemed to always be in lawsuit battles with his competitor Norman Dawn, over just who invented it (my money's on Dawn). These shots show Earle and his assistants busy at work on glass shots in his specialist studio.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3OdkVDs7POu_rrI4z2D6F3aoaJkMLws2T8tLQCDSKdmTALE8wrYYVlRgL-jxaDkCs7OFFqLUmSQLvLP-PJuNxA3eD6TC_lZ_NSCZFFeXy3w9DUlSnsVQeIOUI6N3Yy1lzrQjdFQTnQl7WKgOKvNS5nYPmd2ikiQ26itygRNvKUQ-5E1DFQ_WF3bMnDY/s1016/Robin%20Hood%20schematic.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1016" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3OdkVDs7POu_rrI4z2D6F3aoaJkMLws2T8tLQCDSKdmTALE8wrYYVlRgL-jxaDkCs7OFFqLUmSQLvLP-PJuNxA3eD6TC_lZ_NSCZFFeXy3w9DUlSnsVQeIOUI6N3Yy1lzrQjdFQTnQl7WKgOKvNS5nYPmd2ikiQ26itygRNvKUQ-5E1DFQ_WF3bMnDY/w640-h484/Robin%20Hood%20schematic.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and afters of the most recognisable ROBIN HOOD shot by F.P Earle.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01-P_hhyphenhyphenIa3yqJ6DjXvMyueSOpn9IgPRVP_LZZ__NoY8nU2uLvlqwjEGuUfyEhv1yXeQPRGsddFlqL1AW__Fl8hsigaWmakOUOhxmeeHTxCnNigk4SPVY17QGUpKQN_BSEA4EsNzjWnbsnw-OJwoWsW6logc61SsBqIPTdf1lPIWFLc5kCA5NeLZeci4/s1440/robin%201922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01-P_hhyphenhyphenIa3yqJ6DjXvMyueSOpn9IgPRVP_LZZ__NoY8nU2uLvlqwjEGuUfyEhv1yXeQPRGsddFlqL1AW__Fl8hsigaWmakOUOhxmeeHTxCnNigk4SPVY17QGUpKQN_BSEA4EsNzjWnbsnw-OJwoWsW6logc61SsBqIPTdf1lPIWFLc5kCA5NeLZeci4/w400-h300/robin%201922.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQhyvzfALlm9mP_QT3LKmFbrvubu92f0Hk1Zac2sJolTY9j3owP7OP2seJJaElygaKuFyXTwiv4_ZutdeQlaGd3ZlRe7RamB-jT17RgWrAkVDPfGUNK0xss3S_5hVM92TkD-kfPrKYliMJ5K9Zko95mt-adYev4zOK5F93h9nkramh0ENp9UqHC32InE/s1606/F.P%20Earle.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1606" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQhyvzfALlm9mP_QT3LKmFbrvubu92f0Hk1Zac2sJolTY9j3owP7OP2seJJaElygaKuFyXTwiv4_ZutdeQlaGd3ZlRe7RamB-jT17RgWrAkVDPfGUNK0xss3S_5hVM92TkD-kfPrKYliMJ5K9Zko95mt-adYev4zOK5F93h9nkramh0ENp9UqHC32InE/w640-h400/F.P%20Earle.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ferdinand Earle at work, plus an old article on his trick work from one of his lost films.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNMRz58XpS5W5TdSgNzTpMvPlFIGbGe4gVd35pttlPGR0clGhQEzUU9vJTQQseOjNZTiQbBaGRWq5uTo1tVpnhC7nNqFjJ5yLuvDSHOvl7_YFt3mAQecrv-tWKma7Kk8QT1Wa91ZgHvlGN7isEIXa3sqYy5p7ls0Rfge4PkITytU-qE5KwvYolmw-VZg/s2366/Robin%20Hood2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="2366" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNMRz58XpS5W5TdSgNzTpMvPlFIGbGe4gVd35pttlPGR0clGhQEzUU9vJTQQseOjNZTiQbBaGRWq5uTo1tVpnhC7nNqFjJ5yLuvDSHOvl7_YFt3mAQecrv-tWKma7Kk8QT1Wa91ZgHvlGN7isEIXa3sqYy5p7ls0Rfge4PkITytU-qE5KwvYolmw-VZg/w640-h253/Robin%20Hood2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Of note to film buffs - Alan Hale co-starred both here in the 1922 film <u>and</u> again alongside Errol Flynn in the 1938 Technicolor remake - each time as the exact same character! Not to be confused with his son, Alan Hale jnr, who starred in tv's 'Gilligan's Island'. Now remember that fact in case the question comes up when you are facing The Governess on<i> 'The Chase</i>'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyeeQbx7cziKSkBSHXhimj5MvcE-HCuqwFr74tuG_QGC6zi9nZaYfPliznDHmVo7IhYaCz7Np9RyX2ioMm-_SIYvHIqE55kMPwyjIqfskg1-I2Pu89f5Bu_XZA2vPzsvJkRDfh6eqfdZhe-Ga_OOd4jiHVGN3-R3Nc4JScozonJEliLJZock0bU_P11T0/s1440/Robin%20Hood4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyeeQbx7cziKSkBSHXhimj5MvcE-HCuqwFr74tuG_QGC6zi9nZaYfPliznDHmVo7IhYaCz7Np9RyX2ioMm-_SIYvHIqE55kMPwyjIqfskg1-I2Pu89f5Bu_XZA2vPzsvJkRDfh6eqfdZhe-Ga_OOd4jiHVGN3-R3Nc4JScozonJEliLJZock0bU_P11T0/w640-h480/Robin%20Hood4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film opens with this gorgeous glass shot. Must have been on glass as the painted clouds are moving across the sky. Several mattes have the same cloud movement.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj737mUv-9t6ZWya0Lp2Cfa2KUjXpd7Y7_UOxlr4iCdepdPVUON70NMV2YKXomxgoXTiRn0pfw1m7pP1L0zQlA7dYDq5c9ULcM6OTk085fU5ZjciFrU7a83iBJ7GvONQR8pmNBfvsubUKQWNPy_QHHUUuZK484bFV2KuYkcnwKSv026ZDcBB0OB0QJoAf8/s1440/Robin%20Hood3a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj737mUv-9t6ZWya0Lp2Cfa2KUjXpd7Y7_UOxlr4iCdepdPVUON70NMV2YKXomxgoXTiRn0pfw1m7pP1L0zQlA7dYDq5c9ULcM6OTk085fU5ZjciFrU7a83iBJ7GvONQR8pmNBfvsubUKQWNPy_QHHUUuZK484bFV2KuYkcnwKSv026ZDcBB0OB0QJoAf8/w400-h300/Robin%20Hood3a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_lvUpy2wnBeOqa2yhgKL19Fov5_usjYsegXN4ZYk_F8tzY5ggq10wGECK8oIvQWSHsTFZCJPm73Uy0aX_LfZ8-fgk9xvTxF3EzI2MSGeTDGc0o17serBP4I3z66QWOEdpzWMGBBQtsd_4q4YeD-D_eNtbOvhcqs7unXCOJywRMGuhKCo-uWAmW98sQQ/s2484/Robin%20Hood5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1886" data-original-width="2484" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_lvUpy2wnBeOqa2yhgKL19Fov5_usjYsegXN4ZYk_F8tzY5ggq10wGECK8oIvQWSHsTFZCJPm73Uy0aX_LfZ8-fgk9xvTxF3EzI2MSGeTDGc0o17serBP4I3z66QWOEdpzWMGBBQtsd_4q4YeD-D_eNtbOvhcqs7unXCOJywRMGuhKCo-uWAmW98sQQ/w640-h486/Robin%20Hood5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A beautifully done soft dissolve from one painted castle to another.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsV-A11_5luQN9wnQgNRTMCsQ1BEAq27z4n6Ma0yyd5IKXo5gE3nhGewVXAcFy-AALxaR-ZU-m7b5YzlTzM6rJVG9TfSuANEOkxSm34_muqiyM-LAaq_6WXCIrytgvv7qGOAIXN7qq4z48VulyInK6gJ6WLx7a_ymbxhyphenhyphenN5RStqWvP6IE5nu2dfr20Rbo/s1440/Robin%20Hood4a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsV-A11_5luQN9wnQgNRTMCsQ1BEAq27z4n6Ma0yyd5IKXo5gE3nhGewVXAcFy-AALxaR-ZU-m7b5YzlTzM6rJVG9TfSuANEOkxSm34_muqiyM-LAaq_6WXCIrytgvv7qGOAIXN7qq4z48VulyInK6gJ6WLx7a_ymbxhyphenhyphenN5RStqWvP6IE5nu2dfr20Rbo/w400-h300/Robin%20Hood4a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The intertitles are very poetic.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLxPuGKKpugEHEwDUZ5OvwddhKS3PFu2io8wybaBMGVw3twcQLA-FHrAaPyq3VrDlExBUvDaQclvNvf2U-ZqDWzVTfkUfb0ySQgn4IOttLjOPo2_PDbW-f3XH1q-bC1jsGd0s2GRCAdqhIt8OY1zjosjOyF2kbJEs58JKOE1olUkfJ6KDK6p8q4DhM-w/s1440/Robin%20Hood6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLxPuGKKpugEHEwDUZ5OvwddhKS3PFu2io8wybaBMGVw3twcQLA-FHrAaPyq3VrDlExBUvDaQclvNvf2U-ZqDWzVTfkUfb0ySQgn4IOttLjOPo2_PDbW-f3XH1q-bC1jsGd0s2GRCAdqhIt8OY1zjosjOyF2kbJEs58JKOE1olUkfJ6KDK6p8q4DhM-w/w640-h480/Robin%20Hood6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From one matte painted castle to another...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3msrLZ99njcnv5MS-i9S4Dg0r70xegg22X2c0c0t5MiL2DLw5g-KvTvWbzx5mXdDo6vCT7aeewr0VEhNr0ednfhbasMFAIyaNFxzjQPknd01t3Wc8xQFzBUmIMV238zC2j6KKvB1bJ6qrBslparV9tuJPsleFetCRnR48Vx7o1E7NOTO6RNjKnRLNjQ/s1440/Robin%20Hood6a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3msrLZ99njcnv5MS-i9S4Dg0r70xegg22X2c0c0t5MiL2DLw5g-KvTvWbzx5mXdDo6vCT7aeewr0VEhNr0ednfhbasMFAIyaNFxzjQPknd01t3Wc8xQFzBUmIMV238zC2j6KKvB1bJ6qrBslparV9tuJPsleFetCRnR48Vx7o1E7NOTO6RNjKnRLNjQ/w400-h300/Robin%20Hood6a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOT_OkJda8dxS9-VG8uMITRjL7C4J64IqaOaciSPu5hfe1e5_wxw48j6z5XJWcgw1W_P9sbYD2fTkP0vlppisXmQbf-gXmkCed68jemkk4x1wZozyZghWcwozrbW2TDEfW8ggsbQavTmlOdhFpfU3uMqxLlC6u1N208xYF7AiCq77uEzJKQpLgijg47Lg/s1440/Robin%20Hood3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOT_OkJda8dxS9-VG8uMITRjL7C4J64IqaOaciSPu5hfe1e5_wxw48j6z5XJWcgw1W_P9sbYD2fTkP0vlppisXmQbf-gXmkCed68jemkk4x1wZozyZghWcwozrbW2TDEfW8ggsbQavTmlOdhFpfU3uMqxLlC6u1N208xYF7AiCq77uEzJKQpLgijg47Lg/w640-h480/Robin%20Hood3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Further soft dissolve brings us this ruin. I do wonder if this is a model or at least a partial miniature set up. The sky is moving too.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjQ8089uKa4Q561MV6FtXiIIlERJkQc8aDxz3cWIJRDGJynjDvQE-BzB5iH95tXrOSxiu1gQqcYWzztXas1McqXFkokMbjMrbxvCdlUMaDaiPwRJajKygMSZ4sLV8fTDSR8ZWJAFRMTHiNXu9wnO4WBtg9Tgyk2lI25F21K5prjX2fcgRevrCbNktABY/s2320/Robin%20Hood7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="2320" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjQ8089uKa4Q561MV6FtXiIIlERJkQc8aDxz3cWIJRDGJynjDvQE-BzB5iH95tXrOSxiu1gQqcYWzztXas1McqXFkokMbjMrbxvCdlUMaDaiPwRJajKygMSZ4sLV8fTDSR8ZWJAFRMTHiNXu9wnO4WBtg9Tgyk2lI25F21K5prjX2fcgRevrCbNktABY/w640-h246/Robin%20Hood7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The production design was most impressive and the sets were the most talked about and documented of the day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoMtBGY14dpH4nDbKZv-T_VmKBr5kMe5rE47YYlpGoC18yh_OkHua6NAnCJf-mXmuf2jppgwmTCf5k0zjOaaMC5qzE0ep7iBpjLkqbqrqck__lGNBl6c2dNU_nJ8V41g6QMJErcoehni5FC6KhXgVjsW96WIE8sNV2Xux07j3PiGhKJFtKZjtysVuwWY/s1440/Robin%20Hood8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoMtBGY14dpH4nDbKZv-T_VmKBr5kMe5rE47YYlpGoC18yh_OkHua6NAnCJf-mXmuf2jppgwmTCf5k0zjOaaMC5qzE0ep7iBpjLkqbqrqck__lGNBl6c2dNU_nJ8V41g6QMJErcoehni5FC6KhXgVjsW96WIE8sNV2Xux07j3PiGhKJFtKZjtysVuwWY/w640-h480/Robin%20Hood8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The master shot of the castle and battlements remains an F.P Earle masterpiece. The actual standing set was immense even before the matte art was added. The clouds here also drift across the sky.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsKN-7F5fRLql-lQgy4apefztwoESPN2zCkK_05B6IOGTEgar-Z8Ip41HIHzoIIhh6hwVU6LYjfYUamWxiBgmScD3BVJjDwP5EOxJIn29UBxjJ8mQTiDdRQk4M6U2atn0jZinKRNk5aWlabGGMrcQfSRSBmUftKTCFNJAOlusrI_smLhW2JnJzzE0SuY/s1440/Robin%20Hood9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsKN-7F5fRLql-lQgy4apefztwoESPN2zCkK_05B6IOGTEgar-Z8Ip41HIHzoIIhh6hwVU6LYjfYUamWxiBgmScD3BVJjDwP5EOxJIn29UBxjJ8mQTiDdRQk4M6U2atn0jZinKRNk5aWlabGGMrcQfSRSBmUftKTCFNJAOlusrI_smLhW2JnJzzE0SuY/w640-h480/Robin%20Hood9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A breathtaking interior set extension. Apparently Earle was one tough customer and not an easy fellow to live with, or so I once read. His son became a background artist on 1940's Disney animated features.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiN5OvAHJy4yfmLDI0I5ztp2y2o3YOlg7GyASTdLx853qlU7-DuWEwWo4gsaVwttmrg-zuzq19mPJH3eU_Gjdn5PnP0_EccgzdmyT13014Oy4L1mbWvtax_C05lBugaUIb671JHpTVycMyl8HrHusJTCwhN-v5o_jrKKiRdiou8iuOHVvFyMVJnqn5ng/s2182/Robin%20Hood9a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="2182" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiN5OvAHJy4yfmLDI0I5ztp2y2o3YOlg7GyASTdLx853qlU7-DuWEwWo4gsaVwttmrg-zuzq19mPJH3eU_Gjdn5PnP0_EccgzdmyT13014Oy4L1mbWvtax_C05lBugaUIb671JHpTVycMyl8HrHusJTCwhN-v5o_jrKKiRdiou8iuOHVvFyMVJnqn5ng/w640-h246/Robin%20Hood9a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbeb8GL1-m7Ahkc2cQh4iW3RagiaoWfXAjvb931iTaYS3GfIUa8ZIG9JospLsKDBCAsQdxI6cFJuPztoBraMFlU76egH9gOi6KrCkV4151Le1ltjkh03wwichWcA1eQgnxDFbQWXRCw2j7fqeqP5ZDA6BugA74wZv1kDE1F4KANZVRMoLl5FxdYw40nY/s1440/Robin%20Hood%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbeb8GL1-m7Ahkc2cQh4iW3RagiaoWfXAjvb931iTaYS3GfIUa8ZIG9JospLsKDBCAsQdxI6cFJuPztoBraMFlU76egH9gOi6KrCkV4151Le1ltjkh03wwichWcA1eQgnxDFbQWXRCw2j7fqeqP5ZDA6BugA74wZv1kDE1F4KANZVRMoLl5FxdYw40nY/w640-h480/Robin%20Hood%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ferdinand Pinney Earle was classically trained in the fine art academies of Paris under first rate painters such as Bougereau - as some other matte exponents did at the time such as Jan Domela, Hans Ledeboer and I think Spencer Bagtatopolis, Emil Kosa and maybe Walter Percy Day too.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaqfT8aWvOxU6YYCUrvn67YNkYVnCxeZmLk3wWsnSyF4vWJiFG9Diw9diraYqfYsI3SEmJnx83FDpgeeEQZb7uUZUOpHUAmaadJ8Lt1qkMGbx3PAfpVKG_K-uRiBMEErUHVpzFnAdMS9D04Hd0b_l5EtdaMfAhG-GXkD-Pq1zvGq6tJjr3VEKwEq6C2w/s1440/Robin%20Hood%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaqfT8aWvOxU6YYCUrvn67YNkYVnCxeZmLk3wWsnSyF4vWJiFG9Diw9diraYqfYsI3SEmJnx83FDpgeeEQZb7uUZUOpHUAmaadJ8Lt1qkMGbx3PAfpVKG_K-uRiBMEErUHVpzFnAdMS9D04Hd0b_l5EtdaMfAhG-GXkD-Pq1zvGq6tJjr3VEKwEq6C2w/w640-h480/Robin%20Hood%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other notable matte artists got their start under F.P Earle such as Paul Detlefsen who went on to head the Warner Bros matte department and later over at RKO in it's final days.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrzSAtEfAY8JJFU0s7p_t1s7xmv_o1ml4gmLstMpkkrVbINtZqiBEObnn0G2wL8__z99LutLtwBHpdV0dK1gdssT8mTgvdMda-AeOdhzguBUwsrE1cFLXN19IHAJGk6WzW0PYgrPTHsxZRBPjfvnyc1TEM-yeuTwdaSkIQGwT-lOBmpyR5Tj1Q0bwcng/s2451/Robin%20Hood%2012.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="2451" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrzSAtEfAY8JJFU0s7p_t1s7xmv_o1ml4gmLstMpkkrVbINtZqiBEObnn0G2wL8__z99LutLtwBHpdV0dK1gdssT8mTgvdMda-AeOdhzguBUwsrE1cFLXN19IHAJGk6WzW0PYgrPTHsxZRBPjfvnyc1TEM-yeuTwdaSkIQGwT-lOBmpyR5Tj1Q0bwcng/w640-h244/Robin%20Hood%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Earle found fame with his illusions by creating motion pictures with exotic locales almost entirely within the silent era studio through carefully planned use of his matte art techniques whereby seemingly impossible scenes could be brought to the screen by merging glass paintings with separately filmed actors shot against black velvet, though sadly many of those films are lost today.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SAMPO: Finland's Fanciful Fairytale</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZnRK4trhRZhOBA-XWnPPWRPgh6869kK9RWBuOx2L9WAIQzIFjBtccBSuftjp40oSRpwnlu4B-Tc2rcu3xqYGNmaEuqGA5ADhMgpQGzDg1kR0MnbHeZH_8BtwDQ5lK3DrQEqwpj_GhxyCV_htyOfY3eu3x-vrx8X-pYZ_lr141EiNlsSfb4JFgyF4X-w/s1493/Sampo%20ad%20art2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1493" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZnRK4trhRZhOBA-XWnPPWRPgh6869kK9RWBuOx2L9WAIQzIFjBtccBSuftjp40oSRpwnlu4B-Tc2rcu3xqYGNmaEuqGA5ADhMgpQGzDg1kR0MnbHeZH_8BtwDQ5lK3DrQEqwpj_GhxyCV_htyOfY3eu3x-vrx8X-pYZ_lr141EiNlsSfb4JFgyF4X-w/w640-h446/Sampo%20ad%20art2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've seen a number of Nordic-noir thrillers from Finland but never before have I come across an effects filled fairytale like this. SAMPO (1959) was a visual feast with competent and often astounding trick work. I bet you've never heard of this one.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7XQz6Rw6A7IsEqBb6oL6cow5d_WtEFdHxneZxEGGbui_Hy5jQlZdk66R5KfHVjaKU8NFUTl-vwmc0Ky3EZgTGaQ9zI9X77X2Qpt-N7kRgbnzqyYiP7QK3R-RnYwaqJGFa6P7Y29lBs7ighyphenhyphenQeWzwPZVEn5NVqfLHQIru7I9u3rtPDqU6Cn3wolJx9OM/s1065/Sampo-day%20earth%20Froze-64.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1065" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7XQz6Rw6A7IsEqBb6oL6cow5d_WtEFdHxneZxEGGbui_Hy5jQlZdk66R5KfHVjaKU8NFUTl-vwmc0Ky3EZgTGaQ9zI9X77X2Qpt-N7kRgbnzqyYiP7QK3R-RnYwaqJGFa6P7Y29lBs7ighyphenhyphenQeWzwPZVEn5NVqfLHQIru7I9u3rtPDqU6Cn3wolJx9OM/w400-h288/Sampo-day%20earth%20Froze-64.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">No, your eyes aren't fooling you... Apparently some jerk US distributor bought the rights and recut and retitled the Finnish flick as, get this, THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE <i>(yeah... really!)</i> and released it some years later! Sadly, the Americans had a habit of doing this sort of thing to foreign films!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkltidYXlNEUyYs8MOZ46M9fPjklS0Aj_3CFKpG4FfDI_PGqDdaPOCV6Jj1UfedIPwPiT57r_3aFrf5pOJiFAU4UbtxQKCP7n8CL7x5iPot1BNkwcW8UiliPwMhh0IrBvfwLtEtZ7Pbl9rgFBedHgpb-rMsETWjChoctJDaA9aFd_WRzU1eDCNp9RCrSc/s1567/Sampo-titles.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1567" data-original-width="1404" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkltidYXlNEUyYs8MOZ46M9fPjklS0Aj_3CFKpG4FfDI_PGqDdaPOCV6Jj1UfedIPwPiT57r_3aFrf5pOJiFAU4UbtxQKCP7n8CL7x5iPot1BNkwcW8UiliPwMhh0IrBvfwLtEtZ7Pbl9rgFBedHgpb-rMsETWjChoctJDaA9aFd_WRzU1eDCNp9RCrSc/w574-h640/Sampo-titles.jpg" width="574" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm thinking that might be an effects credit, 'Trikki..." something or other. It <i>has</i> to be a vfx credit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwMft4ZR5gK5xyu8oyBesdo5MXiksD7IA6pRkiU7MY-nqxzUd3ARBlQW08Jk278c2mAzYOpt24axsT5UOsLrUuK7XbfOyCwnS1eTlR_uphfyR2VPLDohcmoVsVkIXCMdlKEGbxtlU3m0icGkeag1caW13TcznpA8XzJw_2nYMfBEorT33fbpOO53-FWE/s1920/Sampo3%20(pan%20matte%20shot).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwMft4ZR5gK5xyu8oyBesdo5MXiksD7IA6pRkiU7MY-nqxzUd3ARBlQW08Jk278c2mAzYOpt24axsT5UOsLrUuK7XbfOyCwnS1eTlR_uphfyR2VPLDohcmoVsVkIXCMdlKEGbxtlU3m0icGkeag1caW13TcznpA8XzJw_2nYMfBEorT33fbpOO53-FWE/w640-h268/Sampo3%20(pan%20matte%20shot).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film was a grand extravaganza, filled with colour, imaginative vista's and amazing art direction such as shown in this matte shot which was made with a pan across to left making me think it was a glass shot mounted in front of a studio tank.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XlZd2SoXAuSCIChlM1jg-UVIrRNnUVc4vuOXrdG_jgFF01wo3FeA-ksh7FEhjGeHWCdhLXmuJglAVtfFNvWb2PXpPD42zGNgYCYbwL7_-TeaQoiGKr2vFLspFka7cjsKrFm7_LAecNks_ExuCtX8FR9NbGymzmZ6QJrJ1PuGa_5lDKsXJ4k1E-NQzeY/s1920/Sampo-59%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XlZd2SoXAuSCIChlM1jg-UVIrRNnUVc4vuOXrdG_jgFF01wo3FeA-ksh7FEhjGeHWCdhLXmuJglAVtfFNvWb2PXpPD42zGNgYCYbwL7_-TeaQoiGKr2vFLspFka7cjsKrFm7_LAecNks_ExuCtX8FR9NbGymzmZ6QJrJ1PuGa_5lDKsXJ4k1E-NQzeY/w640-h268/Sampo-59%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I understand SAMPO was a Finnish-Soviet co-production. Actually, the Soviet film industry were highly adept at produced some amazing photographic effects work on a great many films - at least from the few examples I've managed to see. The matte artist was Zoya Morakova, who would paint on scores of Soviet films over a long career. *Some other examples are shown at the end of this SAMPO piece. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXW0MuyIIU7JUrbN5n_7lM2JmWGe0bsjQpTNSr-ibFMbrZ20XkTBh-z7ogS3RDJ5Fxw9mG8KSFKVvM1vMpi5nwci9SwAW2ujQ0CMnlAdEIx1TDNwIfYy1C3xf9Rx7LEzrBz0-RAxyuThoQOt_2zec-v7UHx04OX6jvvWUBqotQMyeLao0P1aghAv8iZ8/s1518/Sampo-59%20perspective%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="1518" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXW0MuyIIU7JUrbN5n_7lM2JmWGe0bsjQpTNSr-ibFMbrZ20XkTBh-z7ogS3RDJ5Fxw9mG8KSFKVvM1vMpi5nwci9SwAW2ujQ0CMnlAdEIx1TDNwIfYy1C3xf9Rx7LEzrBz0-RAxyuThoQOt_2zec-v7UHx04OX6jvvWUBqotQMyeLao0P1aghAv8iZ8/w640-h264/Sampo-59%20perspective%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This one appears to be a simple perspective gag, with the actor positioned some distance <i>behind</i> the foreground miniature set, a-la DARBY O'GILL.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivgWE9MyH4vo-OL0NL6p0EVpxbkbK_W0FoJP2QkrhUPG5h29T5-zOXBRL9uKYu_5KmKn9dwpG62oE4PYzB85_jS4yOIEG1WxOiFHIArQ0fL3FFhzVDcVEt_Cgn5Xsd6NzAWA_f4TvUUxjlCIbJ1gAyBalz_iIVAU4ZXttx5FDJ2P9Sp8kzmI0slDIwRow/s1920/Sampo2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivgWE9MyH4vo-OL0NL6p0EVpxbkbK_W0FoJP2QkrhUPG5h29T5-zOXBRL9uKYu_5KmKn9dwpG62oE4PYzB85_jS4yOIEG1WxOiFHIArQ0fL3FFhzVDcVEt_Cgn5Xsd6NzAWA_f4TvUUxjlCIbJ1gAyBalz_iIVAU4ZXttx5FDJ2P9Sp8kzmI0slDIwRow/w640-h268/Sampo2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Much matte painted set extension here, and beautifully designed too. The story was kind of hard to follow, but had much to do with magical rainbows and a delightful character attempting to stop some devilish witch from stealing the sun - or something. Very popular in its homeland of Finland I believe.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lf99eMifrOcck9ct34PIrXGwypXSH17taffv4QFhkIPDRJCmyKb5Y2LNn8hQaT9ax_kd1PoYsmx-3qgeIQkzJvG0DxMB9xKIJxNjUp3ljTd3qkXfsgu27ZFWWPpWE3aMEAvG9_GtMAoCMy9DMjF5ISvPZPu_6KP_Nc0mmVzLHiV8Q0c2aBOyBbfKzsg/s1920/Sampo4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lf99eMifrOcck9ct34PIrXGwypXSH17taffv4QFhkIPDRJCmyKb5Y2LNn8hQaT9ax_kd1PoYsmx-3qgeIQkzJvG0DxMB9xKIJxNjUp3ljTd3qkXfsgu27ZFWWPpWE3aMEAvG9_GtMAoCMy9DMjF5ISvPZPu_6KP_Nc0mmVzLHiV8Q0c2aBOyBbfKzsg/w640-h268/Sampo4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More matte art here, used to add in much of the set above the heads of the cast.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvFNn_ekUgX6nVOGhqmNAORuX5nvROu_EwhO984QmV2SV5IQP_abHmVhb0rJyD7xN_CgzmTv8uCLcaNsPuE43RkzlT2eCDmFLdKvdAXfDwcAQZ0iKjK1ygxiepyYJcxqisD_SEc8rvD-bRiTYWyVQ7DHHTF80IhlcOUBYWNfmmZYGAY-2aEG5ZfaSW-M/s1920/Sampo6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvFNn_ekUgX6nVOGhqmNAORuX5nvROu_EwhO984QmV2SV5IQP_abHmVhb0rJyD7xN_CgzmTv8uCLcaNsPuE43RkzlT2eCDmFLdKvdAXfDwcAQZ0iKjK1ygxiepyYJcxqisD_SEc8rvD-bRiTYWyVQ7DHHTF80IhlcOUBYWNfmmZYGAY-2aEG5ZfaSW-M/w640-h268/Sampo6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Filmed in 2.35 CinemaScope, or 'SinemaSkop', or 'Dyaliscope' or even 'VistaScope', depending on which advertising material you come across and who you believe!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQhvsLWO9s7dpA_hCia-aGKQeVbe6p4G_b2hRPkkrvp3xx62PpAYU3zXrGtAyKkdeHnFlz4bp41iF3IIY3QedNNLRHBE3dsICQZYMH6orCJWFECQoj3ACHedGIPFOnJ52FeAJWNUOaQy98ftqmhJFGlJz1QVBWymB4bo6aliKo3ggBkSaHHt7aj0ugpo/s1920/Sampo7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQhvsLWO9s7dpA_hCia-aGKQeVbe6p4G_b2hRPkkrvp3xx62PpAYU3zXrGtAyKkdeHnFlz4bp41iF3IIY3QedNNLRHBE3dsICQZYMH6orCJWFECQoj3ACHedGIPFOnJ52FeAJWNUOaQy98ftqmhJFGlJz1QVBWymB4bo6aliKo3ggBkSaHHt7aj0ugpo/w640-h268/Sampo7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Excellent model work for this snow storm, which presumably formed the basis of the severely re-cut, dubbed and disemboweled American release version THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSiYLVeLixtRgixpeb7fBHyv83x_RygeWVfA7SmTXJZ4Fx9mJ60BRkarZOXzu3ErKbJnTFuYAYrYRWFJjIvQmPyYcKuOlgFX91iOaKl41Pj0hh3rAb1OwcvEfHYDuPjC_zO8UBZYB4RomasoNvEdGL1-Y9xAMJ0bL_SKXSw3tRs0fX-7FHGcfPOAVOpk/s1920/Sampo8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSiYLVeLixtRgixpeb7fBHyv83x_RygeWVfA7SmTXJZ4Fx9mJ60BRkarZOXzu3ErKbJnTFuYAYrYRWFJjIvQmPyYcKuOlgFX91iOaKl41Pj0hh3rAb1OwcvEfHYDuPjC_zO8UBZYB4RomasoNvEdGL1-Y9xAMJ0bL_SKXSw3tRs0fX-7FHGcfPOAVOpk/w640-h268/Sampo8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Part of an exquisite fx sequence where the Northern Lights appear in the night sky.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISefQYrUUMMlGsXqQbada8HAwq1K6q3owvOBDsP2M8ul2lYKIkgGltL4fmFxU3DNXs1t4EjwfqT2g9BH6gehghWrO8zRj5KuKtvgiA3MIEcDCyFHPcCPE-wlKuebP6iqmIkerXco8wBHnTjVy5y6Uv8nFVulV_T9YTj6Nfj6AhTnAqSN1AyJn9C0ofLc/s1616/Sampo9a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1616" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISefQYrUUMMlGsXqQbada8HAwq1K6q3owvOBDsP2M8ul2lYKIkgGltL4fmFxU3DNXs1t4EjwfqT2g9BH6gehghWrO8zRj5KuKtvgiA3MIEcDCyFHPcCPE-wlKuebP6iqmIkerXco8wBHnTjVy5y6Uv8nFVulV_T9YTj6Nfj6AhTnAqSN1AyJn9C0ofLc/w640-h536/Sampo9a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Wonderful matte painted composite with gentle light in the sky added.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNMYjduR53nIhGkAeneeSLtCll_1xfwHYHhoQA0G0SP8Mui8wLTQf6Jx9SGdMfdZzgsDCibvThyphenhypheny5fPNxn91OsWqhjmFEN7EEpSFzRn0o2HloMYVYFqnibDT1Z8V99U6OQCe1Ov6pCmwutyu4VaCkgcmCResGC5SRDvFSg5hZJLWvZf9UPLH2ClZHevs/s1920/Sampo9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNMYjduR53nIhGkAeneeSLtCll_1xfwHYHhoQA0G0SP8Mui8wLTQf6Jx9SGdMfdZzgsDCibvThyphenhypheny5fPNxn91OsWqhjmFEN7EEpSFzRn0o2HloMYVYFqnibDT1Z8V99U6OQCe1Ov6pCmwutyu4VaCkgcmCResGC5SRDvFSg5hZJLWvZf9UPLH2ClZHevs/w640-h268/Sampo9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Film critic and author Tim Lucas, who used to put out the excellent review mag <b>Video Watchdog</b> back in the 90's called SAMPO<i> "an impossibly beautiful film".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhej5M74dgT4sSVGmIC0a7AdpmtZ6H8p4Dvu5lKujmZQ53cIa7CTBgavqajC0pubD-Wr5amK4QCUONToQiLjww_zdDQ71VFBdyDmAyKkaLkFcq8szm7IAJIzNfJhTnCZRI9y7gG3WeHKpqQhvAFZubjnubaXCPFq5U_ApC6RAFvu6kwUcAVjJl8_VzGWZA/s1920/Sampo%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhej5M74dgT4sSVGmIC0a7AdpmtZ6H8p4Dvu5lKujmZQ53cIa7CTBgavqajC0pubD-Wr5amK4QCUONToQiLjww_zdDQ71VFBdyDmAyKkaLkFcq8szm7IAJIzNfJhTnCZRI9y7gG3WeHKpqQhvAFZubjnubaXCPFq5U_ApC6RAFvu6kwUcAVjJl8_VzGWZA/w640-h268/Sampo%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'd be most intrigued at how many MatteShot blog readers have heard of, or even seen this mysterious, yet fascinating film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEaSHc-KKlHFAeoUJSUZ6mnAqo24cUviXnN9gWvr986-nfLXlrBbNRf6obwWYcq2LAj2Z_MAT_n3XYyOwtfMKNdRnu35E0QWnSiAjtfkTV3vUFicEXpcb8CzyWBUuAez0Uqj0OPPlR3XSTcYg0zPjd7A7cIRtaFij53e7Q82qqzSLNqPB0lyAuUA81Bk/s1920/Sampo%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEaSHc-KKlHFAeoUJSUZ6mnAqo24cUviXnN9gWvr986-nfLXlrBbNRf6obwWYcq2LAj2Z_MAT_n3XYyOwtfMKNdRnu35E0QWnSiAjtfkTV3vUFicEXpcb8CzyWBUuAez0Uqj0OPPlR3XSTcYg0zPjd7A7cIRtaFij53e7Q82qqzSLNqPB0lyAuUA81Bk/w640-h268/Sampo%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm particularly fond of this matte shot. Photographic effects cameraman was Lev Dovgvillo who did fine work with combining Zoya Morakova's wonderful matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWadBn5IYZaVSa4RR9D7908yjtQFf-GwDueToYussw8oK_sYRUnqT7LXC4SM6IOOm4H2bgxbPD6qGlTHZ6cHYizLhtwYuTgjq_dOusgzMHyjWU5QcArSLwrGxVtaVA96OVKHyG_HXQ6r3zAm0yLO7H4t-VXhhlbJtyMPfIyYCuCuMgp8zAW134kx7KJBQ/s1920/Sampo%2013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWadBn5IYZaVSa4RR9D7908yjtQFf-GwDueToYussw8oK_sYRUnqT7LXC4SM6IOOm4H2bgxbPD6qGlTHZ6cHYizLhtwYuTgjq_dOusgzMHyjWU5QcArSLwrGxVtaVA96OVKHyG_HXQ6r3zAm0yLO7H4t-VXhhlbJtyMPfIyYCuCuMgp8zAW134kx7KJBQ/w640-h268/Sampo%2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Miniature boats with both the ice flows and the sky being matte art. The film was directed by renowned Russian film maker Aleksandr Ptushko.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtc-_zCnIqAGYZvc2c6aVVZ8EmVT6psstcn1nXoLBMqhLm3BiN1L-poTfC9tTnNtG3EICVz11kOa-4ZoSPLfic-05_DFQMcEBO1gfLGDTH8fu8LEK6O7MQAyKXMc7bEw-40yPaALsqbf7SQeU6AXgknnM1t5p9vAKs4glqD9FjjNx4nXNNaSt03VMgOQ/s1920/Sampo%2014.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtc-_zCnIqAGYZvc2c6aVVZ8EmVT6psstcn1nXoLBMqhLm3BiN1L-poTfC9tTnNtG3EICVz11kOa-4ZoSPLfic-05_DFQMcEBO1gfLGDTH8fu8LEK6O7MQAyKXMc7bEw-40yPaALsqbf7SQeU6AXgknnM1t5p9vAKs4glqD9FjjNx4nXNNaSt03VMgOQ/w640-h268/Sampo%2014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another great shot from the film has our character braving the ferocious snow storm in this very nicely done partial set augmented with matte painted rooftop and trees.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZe7erqhqeEe718homsYwT02pMlgKNCbrgrxOtVQ9s8XtcWK_yToRPpAgZlMlb0Y7wk6ak1v_qEPlXTM8uhAi-F9viwBq_EZrEToHxwKBut_exWdk297KriTm_RlsfpH1m4GyrbRQ_I8d3A5q0ltCZQ3eHosA51s-VgZ_Gc5EmOpJrR9n-KrNFEIXVzw/s1624/Walking%20Over%20Three%20Seas%20(Rus)%20sm%20Zoya_Moryakova.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1624" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZe7erqhqeEe718homsYwT02pMlgKNCbrgrxOtVQ9s8XtcWK_yToRPpAgZlMlb0Y7wk6ak1v_qEPlXTM8uhAi-F9viwBq_EZrEToHxwKBut_exWdk297KriTm_RlsfpH1m4GyrbRQ_I8d3A5q0ltCZQ3eHosA51s-VgZ_Gc5EmOpJrR9n-KrNFEIXVzw/w640-h422/Walking%20Over%20Three%20Seas%20(Rus)%20sm%20Zoya_Moryakova.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although these three images are not from SAMPO, I decided to include them as examples of Zoya Morakova's matte art from other films. This is from WALKING OVER THREE SEAS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Wi_IHE8KSx7ti_XAifkF43vs0kh6E8eJLVosrbykuSASFQMP8cSld3iu6gsIcCFq_ALOSssPCTCHImjOsBrcYjqA6ONLT13Qmxe9KGcdkU68s1VryHr4bDiWY4QikHZuxIWdGAvA27BxsX-uf9ETlKj5tkbHIBVZSODLxvW9g9qH4kTtAi71yAC8s6o/s1358/Walking%20Over%20Three%20Seas%202%20(Russia)%20Zoya_Moryakova.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1358" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Wi_IHE8KSx7ti_XAifkF43vs0kh6E8eJLVosrbykuSASFQMP8cSld3iu6gsIcCFq_ALOSssPCTCHImjOsBrcYjqA6ONLT13Qmxe9KGcdkU68s1VryHr4bDiWY4QikHZuxIWdGAvA27BxsX-uf9ETlKj5tkbHIBVZSODLxvW9g9qH4kTtAi71yAC8s6o/w640-h408/Walking%20Over%20Three%20Seas%202%20(Russia)%20Zoya_Moryakova.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail from a Zoya matte for the same film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPu-Wl1y4hYaNVoGmVUvWczvSlM9XDAKQvx9AZWoj4qfbDrSnFKq4qpIMLdxomPUWRLofupbfsWzeXvvdduWyt4VzdDrvRRTO7QAnJzr2hkQvYy2LTWR4nU_KCwP02sYZak1VIjKE9q4ROvqCAy1sklMWlCq2f0I6-lSrFYq1sNRmjyy5-207T873Ueik/s2552/Zoya%20Morakova%20matte%20LOVE%20FOR%20LOVE-83.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="2552" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPu-Wl1y4hYaNVoGmVUvWczvSlM9XDAKQvx9AZWoj4qfbDrSnFKq4qpIMLdxomPUWRLofupbfsWzeXvvdduWyt4VzdDrvRRTO7QAnJzr2hkQvYy2LTWR4nU_KCwP02sYZak1VIjKE9q4ROvqCAy1sklMWlCq2f0I6-lSrFYq1sNRmjyy5-207T873Ueik/w640-h210/Zoya%20Morakova%20matte%20LOVE%20FOR%20LOVE-83.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A before and after Morakova matte from LOVE FOR LOVE, made in 1983. I think I got these images from my friend in Madrid, Domingo. If so, he knows far more about Euro-Russian fx than I do.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7c5ho4PagmILIzekxMe4NcOp5CEQoFDRZ5_N3XNFWWfVFV_Tp2M7Rzfz-AKtriySNDepU0xB5Gq8m0PfnBdGkuksHSUfKIdt-5OiU_UskUm2TnNijDIxRv1ED3V_q0UKnbUBrvokcRjg3Zi80pUOr1lSded4N6jX7Q6Ns5ktooJycfSgsQU0B-qlh9ao/s1118/Sampo%20(1959).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1118" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7c5ho4PagmILIzekxMe4NcOp5CEQoFDRZ5_N3XNFWWfVFV_Tp2M7Rzfz-AKtriySNDepU0xB5Gq8m0PfnBdGkuksHSUfKIdt-5OiU_UskUm2TnNijDIxRv1ED3V_q0UKnbUBrvokcRjg3Zi80pUOr1lSded4N6jX7Q6Ns5ktooJycfSgsQU0B-qlh9ao/w640-h448/Sampo%20(1959).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mexican poster for SAMPO.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b>THE MAN FROM COLORADO: Great Cast and Fine Matte Art</b></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMDkSmWBULxpN1QU4TRXNKcsrArcR2v2hf6_-Uzi0NOUu1aXJqooRNUqum1jF5TIs2FVJGDp42TjWGQPA_lFws0tYCbDAItjmBmnGq2qKficAlw2mURmE3Qw4NziF1U_xJT3pWu6f-PpAmVCvUesaTNlYoTqFJMX0gPv3vuhr8vzu5YQU1Ve5-ft_cSg/s1196/Man%20From%20Colorado-poster%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1196" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMDkSmWBULxpN1QU4TRXNKcsrArcR2v2hf6_-Uzi0NOUu1aXJqooRNUqum1jF5TIs2FVJGDp42TjWGQPA_lFws0tYCbDAItjmBmnGq2qKficAlw2mURmE3Qw4NziF1U_xJT3pWu6f-PpAmVCvUesaTNlYoTqFJMX0gPv3vuhr8vzu5YQU1Ve5-ft_cSg/w640-h500/Man%20From%20Colorado-poster%20art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">What could be better than a good, solid old school western starring both Glenn Ford <i>and</i> William Holden - THE MAN FROM COLORADO (1948) fits the bill nicely.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTchpy8FCCmUZWFABRTdeEdSVdU2I4rNGbRmeAHcTT9dbZM5rdZ9qIP7ikxPellHKwB_N8B1lZ2x0oLE0Rdq0Fb_jEDS4hJzhK-RJPGgcgr5wPF8qJ-fYeooYgUke2HmBw4Q22F3cSHxNgNUHndhNUqASuSBFqh2UttzL7YwVqc1nLTasS9Lzc9vgrcI/s1228/Man%20from%20Colorado1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1228" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTchpy8FCCmUZWFABRTdeEdSVdU2I4rNGbRmeAHcTT9dbZM5rdZ9qIP7ikxPellHKwB_N8B1lZ2x0oLE0Rdq0Fb_jEDS4hJzhK-RJPGgcgr5wPF8qJ-fYeooYgUke2HmBw4Q22F3cSHxNgNUHndhNUqASuSBFqh2UttzL7YwVqc1nLTasS9Lzc9vgrcI/w640-h486/Man%20from%20Colorado1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Columbia were often under rated for their product, no doubt as a result of the tight fisted rule of studio boss Harry Cohn, whom nobody liked and many regarded as a total thug.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbl4h_16vFR1jBtHl8Rt_suCZmlU4Lu8X1C2b9tC36X-4_ID0vsoN9dJcg9wyHP0FLyvIEkPgb2a52JMmq-zSOCxpqUdFI5Y62VMuNWIlHi_aZKwJ_QOGxIEmLcXhwGUdNYZx6FayPDZzDXFXt8odijhu3VfmUSE9PxwpaN-uJZt4u4dlorgcoIeISCaQ/s1971/Juan%20Larrinaga%20Columbia%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="1971" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbl4h_16vFR1jBtHl8Rt_suCZmlU4Lu8X1C2b9tC36X-4_ID0vsoN9dJcg9wyHP0FLyvIEkPgb2a52JMmq-zSOCxpqUdFI5Y62VMuNWIlHi_aZKwJ_QOGxIEmLcXhwGUdNYZx6FayPDZzDXFXt8odijhu3VfmUSE9PxwpaN-uJZt4u4dlorgcoIeISCaQ/w640-h328/Juan%20Larrinaga%20Columbia%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although they rarely put up a screen credit for effects, let alone matte work, Columbia by this time had the legendary Lawrence W. Butler running the effects department, with long time vfx cameraman Donald Glouner and, shown above, experienced matte artist Juan Larrinaga - the brother of Mario Larrinaga who was over at Warner Bros. Both Juan and Mario worked together on KING KONG (1933) and its sad sequel, SON OF KONG over at RKO.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZK-jVJmyfvB3G-YHVaEcTTNVTpr8HftzXKowRunfo04TEwsxZ_h7t2HqErepSLXSTqIWAyRjj8eyQ3wrm0FraycAJEx-wJw7pzGhxV-LzuEZU4sUObVJerv9B58wIG0hqLgjP7_RAqPmXpEpMUD7g0k4FLTP2Qf8x6cbv6yIje9Q_sn0smqiA1ITAR1I/s1440/man%20from%20colorado2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZK-jVJmyfvB3G-YHVaEcTTNVTpr8HftzXKowRunfo04TEwsxZ_h7t2HqErepSLXSTqIWAyRjj8eyQ3wrm0FraycAJEx-wJw7pzGhxV-LzuEZU4sUObVJerv9B58wIG0hqLgjP7_RAqPmXpEpMUD7g0k4FLTP2Qf8x6cbv6yIje9Q_sn0smqiA1ITAR1I/w640-h484/man%20from%20colorado2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The flick is a compact and exciting little western, and for cowboy buffs like Pete, it was a good nights viewing. Several matte shots were used to expand the settings, with this painted venue being an important part of the plot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1Yne9m0s6wtx5kIvtgwzFAs4rlaM9-R5sVw0zMDYTZ07FDw7Qrj6uvfhMdLzt19dDTB2tYNWbrHEx6yCLIBZjsqlKn_CyypzuErYdPrBcFX-MypPpxTTDCTy8qA1EbKNKf724CSaCFFR1wtMq_JpTKOdJ86tRICYes2pnhiqK0QnXpnyyq9A9m3is-Q/s1440/Man%20From%20Colorado3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1Yne9m0s6wtx5kIvtgwzFAs4rlaM9-R5sVw0zMDYTZ07FDw7Qrj6uvfhMdLzt19dDTB2tYNWbrHEx6yCLIBZjsqlKn_CyypzuErYdPrBcFX-MypPpxTTDCTy8qA1EbKNKf724CSaCFFR1wtMq_JpTKOdJ86tRICYes2pnhiqK0QnXpnyyq9A9m3is-Q/w640-h484/Man%20From%20Colorado3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now this shot is an outstanding matte. One of the best of its era in fact. Everything above the people has been added in superbly. Beautifully rendered, presumably by Juan Larrinaga, the feeling of light, depth and hue - not to mention the outstanding soft blend marrying the art to the set, one could almost be forgiven in accepting it as a 1970's Albert Whitlock o/neg shot as it's <u>that</u> good.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4yL0nOJ2YLufVKSBYu1Vr5ouzPebYBXjvMC4_qcgkDnmzHcSI6FoI5JXhT1jguYLGzSQ14dqSSW2wzFcV_4ZVDBV0TxnDypeXURW2G_IZJ8xAsm4Jk_bcticBNWftUbAuKHPPmIF5z65gIilmvx200uV6VT_CLpit80dqT91TUdpsLM0HTnX9Vs8WJU/s1440/Man%20From%20Colorado4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4yL0nOJ2YLufVKSBYu1Vr5ouzPebYBXjvMC4_qcgkDnmzHcSI6FoI5JXhT1jguYLGzSQ14dqSSW2wzFcV_4ZVDBV0TxnDypeXURW2G_IZJ8xAsm4Jk_bcticBNWftUbAuKHPPmIF5z65gIilmvx200uV6VT_CLpit80dqT91TUdpsLM0HTnX9Vs8WJU/w640-h484/Man%20From%20Colorado4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While not as effective as the previous sensational matte, this still works.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4umuGTOcNheQyxCdr3fFtZhYyBsrb0xrnUIu3T8UGWjE-N_aRljPlA4LIWGyoVHLe4R1mKv7qVJL-qVgwkFYYWhcoyRvw6XjiGY4uk_TcUqgDepaVOxI2EK7MEd2WRq4CNIK2pCVCLW9XSlQ2avWMso5GFNPrYa7AAJsjLzqaOnByKo2Q444_oCFTrI/s1440/Man%20From%20Colorado5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4umuGTOcNheQyxCdr3fFtZhYyBsrb0xrnUIu3T8UGWjE-N_aRljPlA4LIWGyoVHLe4R1mKv7qVJL-qVgwkFYYWhcoyRvw6XjiGY4uk_TcUqgDepaVOxI2EK7MEd2WRq4CNIK2pCVCLW9XSlQ2avWMso5GFNPrYa7AAJsjLzqaOnByKo2Q444_oCFTrI/w640-h484/Man%20From%20Colorado5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer matte view of the canyon where things are about to 'kick off'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFZUPiyhyphenhyphenXWY2nWRxCy6zhmI9BLX187QC7s5tX0ZR7RRKMz3ACkWdq7l_V7vNIjFQhm-JPfOKmhJzGI2z_UFZfA8zckiHbzTpaeuwkx9V2ADCZBESpijvgwgMeiGjyv4OjPlUsZUVIJOlOm2eHydlszOUaP2m-KK8VgQ1aNE9T2Ogkbq3bbbnCIE0zMg/s2175/Man%20From%20Colorado6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="2175" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFZUPiyhyphenhyphenXWY2nWRxCy6zhmI9BLX187QC7s5tX0ZR7RRKMz3ACkWdq7l_V7vNIjFQhm-JPfOKmhJzGI2z_UFZfA8zckiHbzTpaeuwkx9V2ADCZBESpijvgwgMeiGjyv4OjPlUsZUVIJOlOm2eHydlszOUaP2m-KK8VgQ1aNE9T2Ogkbq3bbbnCIE0zMg/w640-h248/Man%20From%20Colorado6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lawrence and Donald ran the Columbia effects dept for many years before finally branching out and establishing their own specialist effects house, Butler-Glouner. Larry's father William Butler had been a key optical effects man for Warners back in the late silent days, with Larry joining him when aged only 15. Larry had a massive career, gaining an Oscar for THE THIEF OF BAGDAD in 1940, and would run Warner's famed 'Stage 5' trick department for many years, whereby that studio's best and most adventurous visual effects work was created with jaw dropping shots on things like RHAPSODY IN BLUE, ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN, HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT and my all time fave fx show, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY. Even in his old age Butler was being sought after for effects consultation. Spielberg hired him as advisor for CE3K long before Trumbull and co came on board, and as a small tribute, Steven even named a character 'Larry Butler' in the final film! True story.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b>RUTHLESS: Sinister goings-ons and treachery afoot</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDMfVZEFvtuUbzrxjVxobVW3JzQtHj2K5SLQykwWeEbiyoW-VtlMW0b7FpmmMoZrJuyRhIz7-xHXzLvhmHFENu2g44SDOx963tvpAK8QtstUpGSxp89pUtMQ7lOZI4K3IsTPpxWn1DH5-8X_J3cK8LNxnvECZb8lLWwf2QnzsIUZy5yMEjJb-LV_Jo6o/s1246/Ruthless%20ad%20art2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1246" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDMfVZEFvtuUbzrxjVxobVW3JzQtHj2K5SLQykwWeEbiyoW-VtlMW0b7FpmmMoZrJuyRhIz7-xHXzLvhmHFENu2g44SDOx963tvpAK8QtstUpGSxp89pUtMQ7lOZI4K3IsTPpxWn1DH5-8X_J3cK8LNxnvECZb8lLWwf2QnzsIUZy5yMEjJb-LV_Jo6o/w640-h506/Ruthless%20ad%20art2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rip roaring and moody <i>noir-esque</i> melodrama that few today would have heard of, RUTHLESS (1948) was a winner for NZ Pete. An outstanding cast, with Zachary Scott better than ever. Plus, <u>any</u> film with Sidney Greenstreet is a must see for me. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTDc5C5qHwmq3r_UH4SX7S_MDF1Zqfqf4myEkg4xxcwiYLLRepg4MDs7yanMyWnvw3fipXQEtt04N5z0MtRVlD-wda5FtW7x1xIhiRkawtG2q6PDDkphCuFAkPCDPQDcryvhFKa9XnOEe0o-SmgDBhPrU3t2-9K_p1BmxKn7BII2K3ernCiMfYm8294U/s1188/Ruthless-48%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="1188" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTDc5C5qHwmq3r_UH4SX7S_MDF1Zqfqf4myEkg4xxcwiYLLRepg4MDs7yanMyWnvw3fipXQEtt04N5z0MtRVlD-wda5FtW7x1xIhiRkawtG2q6PDDkphCuFAkPCDPQDcryvhFKa9XnOEe0o-SmgDBhPrU3t2-9K_p1BmxKn7BII2K3ernCiMfYm8294U/w640-h464/Ruthless-48%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">No effects credit but being an Eagle-Lion show I'd offer an educated guess that Jack Rabin and Irving Block were likely involved as their visual effects shop, Studio Film Service just happened to be right there on the Eagle-Lion lot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNuk9wGVKs_8Hmf1qHtx6F46jNEfg1ZTQqnApPxSnInQfpI4zRiI0IKhkf5tYnjCzOwsxdAOTUet0RrhTIYcdJAiP2yyALSl-NkD_K3GVvxIiCFuLWmRsO87WUm38jr49z2BTUlOeUbSwRyYZvxc7Dc5g0nfgjEtUbQc1ZreXVxbwx8Y6_HkDXCLES38/s2050/Ruthless2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2050" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNuk9wGVKs_8Hmf1qHtx6F46jNEfg1ZTQqnApPxSnInQfpI4zRiI0IKhkf5tYnjCzOwsxdAOTUet0RrhTIYcdJAiP2yyALSl-NkD_K3GVvxIiCFuLWmRsO87WUm38jr49z2BTUlOeUbSwRyYZvxc7Dc5g0nfgjEtUbQc1ZreXVxbwx8Y6_HkDXCLES38/w640-h474/Ruthless2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A dark and at times malevolent drama, especially when Greenstreet is around. The femme lead, Diana Lynn, was an absolute honey, and thus gets her lovely picturesque self immortalised forever in this blog! Sexist? So, sue me!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OHMeVOrGNM9g2X3Fmebgs4d8ebVKXrtqVPMqPTfuABjHqcZ5ClivcyW4YnQAcE2e_cZLm0-CWkHmQhpE4EF44-jxZgHTabYGGEUI4KsV_ZFEDJX3vuQwLO8xJTCR6eYKPv3VqMMZHTLrSNJMjKBk4OpXdBlwZ1wibOU2l98IDGL662SFnTq8TNJON_s/s1484/Ruthless3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OHMeVOrGNM9g2X3Fmebgs4d8ebVKXrtqVPMqPTfuABjHqcZ5ClivcyW4YnQAcE2e_cZLm0-CWkHmQhpE4EF44-jxZgHTabYGGEUI4KsV_ZFEDJX3vuQwLO8xJTCR6eYKPv3VqMMZHTLrSNJMjKBk4OpXdBlwZ1wibOU2l98IDGL662SFnTq8TNJON_s/w640-h466/Ruthless3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There are just a half dozen mattes in the film, but it's always been my brief to bring 'unknown' or forgotten flicks to life through my blog. This is a great shot actually. Practically all painted, with the addition of an animated lighthouse beam high atop the frame that is constantly revolving.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD7wHSzPDQKyN9YpMmNnPdpZCzR3vszwQBa2bPJvcT3e_m5LdGLUZYIUxNoHhRKBl7bqNCJf_tlcAWe2E5kNOU6D8nbvi_NjpRhZPWo71PcXTxE12U6OSwjxzDG9YVDzlDX6M7evcWqJjHq3sSQUnNbmaIfm1mUSRBYKrFj-9tSYMD0_ZyXn_y9BK7J4/s1484/Ruthless4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD7wHSzPDQKyN9YpMmNnPdpZCzR3vszwQBa2bPJvcT3e_m5LdGLUZYIUxNoHhRKBl7bqNCJf_tlcAWe2E5kNOU6D8nbvi_NjpRhZPWo71PcXTxE12U6OSwjxzDG9YVDzlDX6M7evcWqJjHq3sSQUnNbmaIfm1mUSRBYKrFj-9tSYMD0_ZyXn_y9BK7J4/w640-h466/Ruthless4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Putting a roof on a set was forever the most common requirement for a matte shot, be they a vast cathedral, a ballroom or just a plain flat ceiling to hide the studio lights and rigging, the matte guys did a million 'top ups' over the years, and most you'd never notice.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_x9dBf0MEKiuUvMCXzeLw1PtvedeHYptsKVfRmH-kSwQhxH5sOhFuQbIDKhtbEPJvxJJ-Sek2A8TkxKrGaJA0roYL86fd_fJ3ue2NtLm-4b9W8qQBvCiCY9nEyaIvu7sUgTG1WnX8mzsunoLnpZZRfzwQAlTiqt7JNitgRLxid6-5pljhqPjUjjC4xjs/s1484/Ruthless5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_x9dBf0MEKiuUvMCXzeLw1PtvedeHYptsKVfRmH-kSwQhxH5sOhFuQbIDKhtbEPJvxJJ-Sek2A8TkxKrGaJA0roYL86fd_fJ3ue2NtLm-4b9W8qQBvCiCY9nEyaIvu7sUgTG1WnX8mzsunoLnpZZRfzwQAlTiqt7JNitgRLxid6-5pljhqPjUjjC4xjs/w640-h466/Ruthless5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Reverse angle with all painted in from midway up the frame, including the 'candle' illumination.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkduBhHTJ5jkKiT0iWOMGgc9BYbgg5qzEei5nDvhsiItHLs1poc_xHPKunfJ2DuVdW8_o-Smqlx6PXqZkCScldz5b3ths75XBui7fNh6wIys1XqWLsZBMDIZfp5w74HhEOJyASiqobSx7Oo29dh-W0Jy3y_gE6fxTSDp8Kt2RhrRD0SBdUDr4nZdOvCK8/s1484/Ruthless6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkduBhHTJ5jkKiT0iWOMGgc9BYbgg5qzEei5nDvhsiItHLs1poc_xHPKunfJ2DuVdW8_o-Smqlx6PXqZkCScldz5b3ths75XBui7fNh6wIys1XqWLsZBMDIZfp5w74HhEOJyASiqobSx7Oo29dh-W0Jy3y_gE6fxTSDp8Kt2RhrRD0SBdUDr4nZdOvCK8/w640-h466/Ruthless6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nicely rendered sky in what is pretty much a 50/50 matte to actual exterior.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlfqLpgTVeTTeCeDlYA-62Cezg6Tq03DIsIvHOv_7yn3nZPOJKCSiXM6f4nEB0k5_a1T2sqvTTQOFoGWFOZGGteAo_50K9bvjoXqTk2428tup-rh5TSseJP5nDfIdC-XL_a0TbFWMsTQ8ZEYkAdvYpV5Ov6Cw5QrwlJ3ti4Ek49AdFm9Qqtxo5z87R-Y/s1484/Ruthless7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlfqLpgTVeTTeCeDlYA-62Cezg6Tq03DIsIvHOv_7yn3nZPOJKCSiXM6f4nEB0k5_a1T2sqvTTQOFoGWFOZGGteAo_50K9bvjoXqTk2428tup-rh5TSseJP5nDfIdC-XL_a0TbFWMsTQ8ZEYkAdvYpV5Ov6Cw5QrwlJ3ti4Ek49AdFm9Qqtxo5z87R-Y/w640-h466/Ruthless7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jack Rabin and Irving Block had very long careers in effects. Rabin started with Jack Cosgrove at Selznick, with Rabin and Block meeting up at Fox in the 1940's. Block went on to MGM as one of Newcombe's staff of matte painters and eventually both got back as business partners - with title artist Louis DeWitt - and set up their own optical facility, specialising in low<i> (and <u>extremely</u> low)</i> budget assignments for guys like cheapskate Roger Corman. They did do the occasional prestige job though, such as Charles Laughton's classic NIGHT OF THE HUNTER.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b>NATIONAL VELVET: Liz takes the micky out of Mickey(!)</b></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6WJgSLt_NMQgaCaycX2AsQkplVOYIPeYMEGcYTxGkVDQtm2PB0VPNrK4yj_H7O9D5baY8PLkHHE3LfzZ0gmU7fKYWzbSKh3tecEGvPh8af_Qu2B_iEi66bI6NHNbYu0V0uaSeqUGNw4xn8hExhvLfVg1YFau5w0q6ZtsXNBiyWf-NQ96IoQhB8-VCNs/s1375/NV%20ad%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1375" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6WJgSLt_NMQgaCaycX2AsQkplVOYIPeYMEGcYTxGkVDQtm2PB0VPNrK4yj_H7O9D5baY8PLkHHE3LfzZ0gmU7fKYWzbSKh3tecEGvPh8af_Qu2B_iEi66bI6NHNbYu0V0uaSeqUGNw4xn8hExhvLfVg1YFau5w0q6ZtsXNBiyWf-NQ96IoQhB8-VCNs/w640-h512/NV%20ad%20art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Star chemistry, and then some! The very young Elizabeth Taylor and the massively talented Mickey Rooney..... what could go wrong?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVlYhS1-URkzZ3hAXQfWwi7SbK26yh-lP5dNjvpPkkX0Rqtcp9hOuehF3yEkeN17oRI9Fdg8JuFRzGeVJim0sY_2XOf7o-dh1soJfZ3X3xH8h4Zp6Ir1u8iHzDtcYpPE9OOMZHAyTo-HqPdbJLvhxnKzTvBo94ONbB8RRq4cRvulB83rdZXMqGNcRvEY/s1303/NV1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1303" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVlYhS1-URkzZ3hAXQfWwi7SbK26yh-lP5dNjvpPkkX0Rqtcp9hOuehF3yEkeN17oRI9Fdg8JuFRzGeVJim0sY_2XOf7o-dh1soJfZ3X3xH8h4Zp6Ir1u8iHzDtcYpPE9OOMZHAyTo-HqPdbJLvhxnKzTvBo94ONbB8RRq4cRvulB83rdZXMqGNcRvEY/w640-h472/NV1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The massively popular family film NATIONAL VELVET (1944) still stands the test of time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-Nu5dK_BEd-4unqL05nBdUlEfKeOFPQD-nNRe6Szm_9er_Ry1FEYUlk6ES5GAedxUkJlY1mE_1FnjkJTpaGB0dRHkvxacaYGhOA4BcDhqGzVxs6WhIxClYNxJWvJ8_OC3YBTGLW2gscfA22YKo07I1uDFE9SvXzlm-MUP5EPKR7XHt-aOT1SdJemgqY/s1685/NV%2021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="1685" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-Nu5dK_BEd-4unqL05nBdUlEfKeOFPQD-nNRe6Szm_9er_Ry1FEYUlk6ES5GAedxUkJlY1mE_1FnjkJTpaGB0dRHkvxacaYGhOA4BcDhqGzVxs6WhIxClYNxJWvJ8_OC3YBTGLW2gscfA22YKo07I1uDFE9SvXzlm-MUP5EPKR7XHt-aOT1SdJemgqY/w640-h472/NV%2021.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Interestingly, the actor Jack Nicholson was once interviewed and asked who he thought was the best actor ever. He quickly responded, "Mickey Rooney". He said that Rooney could do anything - and he did. Right from a small kid, through to song and dance, comedy, drama, thrillers, the number one box office draw for several years...you name it, the little fella was mega talented, but must have lost a fortune with so many divorces among his 8 <i>(count 'em eight) </i>wives! Jesus!! Oddly, I think Liz Taylor went through as many husbands as Mickey went through wives.... that's like <b>16 divorces</b> between them! Though, I digress........</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifmAbNYOR9V6z0hc_z80OqeTj3naC7Y5qMQDFjwhLva3HFeG6JFpDC4V9NjbEZPEqNUQsFIorQuHawR7k57JRFDHwxaa6KfFqhq5W4iULxV7Xqk1S8JzYyTnBwj23KkVtoLg3aoRLax1ztQXWaBC99sXEoPgHYJUtv1aPka0pVyVrYx4FUya5TnQ6MVY/s1480/NV2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifmAbNYOR9V6z0hc_z80OqeTj3naC7Y5qMQDFjwhLva3HFeG6JFpDC4V9NjbEZPEqNUQsFIorQuHawR7k57JRFDHwxaa6KfFqhq5W4iULxV7Xqk1S8JzYyTnBwj23KkVtoLg3aoRLax1ztQXWaBC99sXEoPgHYJUtv1aPka0pVyVrYx4FUya5TnQ6MVY/w640-h468/NV2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The family film is loaded to the gills with so many matte shots. I almost lost count.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMehLSJhL_Cc7FPG4VLu82PnirmcOjeYi3aXG_1sB0XCUHZf9FNurKnNz59eP7tH47m7ef4ksYSw51CrCmjP-CrUc-ktG7_zE4U2_7My1CUtzimYB2nL0rHMIS9znsIUtS9jD9Evhz4dbRY-BLjrJM3QF6tEt_QTGOZ3EVPManH0GD1NiK6grpPJZJgg/s1480/NV3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMehLSJhL_Cc7FPG4VLu82PnirmcOjeYi3aXG_1sB0XCUHZf9FNurKnNz59eP7tH47m7ef4ksYSw51CrCmjP-CrUc-ktG7_zE4U2_7My1CUtzimYB2nL0rHMIS9znsIUtS9jD9Evhz4dbRY-BLjrJM3QF6tEt_QTGOZ3EVPManH0GD1NiK6grpPJZJgg/w640-h468/NV3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Warren Newcombe took screen credit but as was common knowledge never so much as picked up a paint brush. That's what 'heads of departments' get... all the credit where credit's not entirely due. Newcombe was however, a superb manager of his large staff, and knew exactly what the director required. As such, MGM turned out many of the best mattes in Hollywood, especially in the 1940's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDseMIzbSQkNN_h2hgg83TEIm6pgosgIzRyZytTC1Tbg1ZXS8TqnTdKDpBU5QK4AvCHgxFVOaq3gwqmLoKyoiIDW7PeKNV07YxafgXfa9MKWzPDIeTBemtjsxe41qUvlujAKOQxGVMZn191Zz7OXPzSVgOipIkFuAnXxvTiwrTXfYexTiJfV7daH3C48/s1480/NV4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDseMIzbSQkNN_h2hgg83TEIm6pgosgIzRyZytTC1Tbg1ZXS8TqnTdKDpBU5QK4AvCHgxFVOaq3gwqmLoKyoiIDW7PeKNV07YxafgXfa9MKWzPDIeTBemtjsxe41qUvlujAKOQxGVMZn191Zz7OXPzSVgOipIkFuAnXxvTiwrTXfYexTiJfV7daH3C48/w640-h468/NV4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A magnificent matte painted London, complete with moving traffic on the bridge. This matte would crop up again in several other films over the years.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GHPUOVBF1BvM3WnCc02C6vM-GXswGaLYwuvAwmwgPGoYFZidyD1nspi2ioG85ywxTE-iJA62k4t5LglqZF_wWOiqeOS6j2IkJhTozl-6ZBX7efmXjrGnoaNd1N-qyVKMYB1IdNOlL3TEI7bkByfgc443EbHqv4e7J-GpLP65mn2HPgbtRxrYjrvQBWI/s1480/NV5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GHPUOVBF1BvM3WnCc02C6vM-GXswGaLYwuvAwmwgPGoYFZidyD1nspi2ioG85ywxTE-iJA62k4t5LglqZF_wWOiqeOS6j2IkJhTozl-6ZBX7efmXjrGnoaNd1N-qyVKMYB1IdNOlL3TEI7bkByfgc443EbHqv4e7J-GpLP65mn2HPgbtRxrYjrvQBWI/w640-h468/NV5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">What always impressed me with Newcombe shots were the brilliant blends between the art and the live action. Rarely were there ever any obvious matte lines on show, and almost always senior matte cameraman Mark Davis seemed to use soft matte blends - and often in the <i>least</i> obvious of places. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmt3I1Wemb2ud1g_GIhwuNjjL27KwmK0qouDOoPczTIXXyPbhO5QqWBI0UOeyqBj0O-VR4THrBxpI16XjBrB8JzweeX63ZHghea3t4l3Z5kQfEBT1JrHbwyLI3ctSWodhe5tyf7eHyieq7RAQxqmnW-xn88YzmnU8ApmUgc45dpxnaQPkU3k5_FRKa8Q/s1480/NV6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmt3I1Wemb2ud1g_GIhwuNjjL27KwmK0qouDOoPczTIXXyPbhO5QqWBI0UOeyqBj0O-VR4THrBxpI16XjBrB8JzweeX63ZHghea3t4l3Z5kQfEBT1JrHbwyLI3ctSWodhe5tyf7eHyieq7RAQxqmnW-xn88YzmnU8ApmUgc45dpxnaQPkU3k5_FRKa8Q/w640-h468/NV6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A typical example of a superb blend to <i>marry the fact to the fiction</i>, as I like to phrase it. This is one first class bit of matte work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNLfcLRMyPdud2JiSwKPL3GlX4LARAfNnWoqP-W74RlOWEqlBwoD-MKIKXW6brkwMoFyWXZwv6ya5Rz0Qymc_WCOfcBBuVBt1JFXUnqOaD-71JsNrd3Wy3IksNT8iCRQewYt6NMw3H-GMyfJmaHCdyc911f6KOQ75AAF9kkyksbrtig4faR5dQ1t1iSQ/s1480/NV7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNLfcLRMyPdud2JiSwKPL3GlX4LARAfNnWoqP-W74RlOWEqlBwoD-MKIKXW6brkwMoFyWXZwv6ya5Rz0Qymc_WCOfcBBuVBt1JFXUnqOaD-71JsNrd3Wy3IksNT8iCRQewYt6NMw3H-GMyfJmaHCdyc911f6KOQ75AAF9kkyksbrtig4faR5dQ1t1iSQ/w640-h468/NV7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The colour matching when exposing the elements was always very good at MGM, though things tended to slip a little once CinemaScope came in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9DVtzKzPzMhlVbhc2Km5gbv56bYgyniW7QBdcLZjT6gxjWSidWgjjvHv4zS_yAQZZRsb7vPteQypNPES_GpqYW9Gh9pTFbvqM9RH5P4pjisIw33jLfuTh0_y46Qv2RKcHz1fWPUn14m2ACUPmeZYhnsn5evz0GwZM70nDmlecrQ6KWo6Xy6QMos6e4M/s1480/NV8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9DVtzKzPzMhlVbhc2Km5gbv56bYgyniW7QBdcLZjT6gxjWSidWgjjvHv4zS_yAQZZRsb7vPteQypNPES_GpqYW9Gh9pTFbvqM9RH5P4pjisIw33jLfuTh0_y46Qv2RKcHz1fWPUn14m2ACUPmeZYhnsn5evz0GwZM70nDmlecrQ6KWo6Xy6QMos6e4M/w640-h468/NV8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MGM had the dough to spend and would commission mattes by the score, even if they weren't sure they were needed. I've seen so many paintings made for specific films that never appeared in the final cut, almost as if they were rendered purely as a 'standby' just in case.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjVT4Rd639qrVIiNzB0XpNSjh8lYzwOL5ye6J7LUBYGIQesWGxcELg5YcuDzIuNYjgTpE1sdItMcgSxF2DBhSiEFpqROWKUBlyNou94onKbAZLrCaia50T2OUpShKuBmlKEyc4_MKJdXY-m5Q16Qftm8UqVqR1QN2H_oMRRAymhqk6odIXopeCjEzm4A/s1912/NV9%20tilt%20down.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1912" data-original-width="1460" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjVT4Rd639qrVIiNzB0XpNSjh8lYzwOL5ye6J7LUBYGIQesWGxcELg5YcuDzIuNYjgTpE1sdItMcgSxF2DBhSiEFpqROWKUBlyNou94onKbAZLrCaia50T2OUpShKuBmlKEyc4_MKJdXY-m5Q16Qftm8UqVqR1QN2H_oMRRAymhqk6odIXopeCjEzm4A/w488-h640/NV9%20tilt%20down.jpg" width="488" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very impressive tilt down shot where the entire thing is a large painting, with just the fluttering flag 'burnt in' later. A number of 'drilled away' slot gags are evident in the painted crowd, where 'movement' is simulated through backlit devices behind the artwork - an old trick that the Newcombe department were masters at.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNC8dJJ5ZZ64Qockxu2yQT5b2pYcprV_Zu5_nd98TRtvOxA0HjSouvdBF6L3-K1Yt7ndn_wVhHaG0IkkM2ggMKXv3JTeqPNiQl6om6A6DcgZ8r7cUYoEguqclDfdN06482Z30Rxz_Den0hTHFdHajUUyLsAl1HepEWj9AqY0gXkuiQHL3Anf5raog3FbM/s1480/NV9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNC8dJJ5ZZ64Qockxu2yQT5b2pYcprV_Zu5_nd98TRtvOxA0HjSouvdBF6L3-K1Yt7ndn_wVhHaG0IkkM2ggMKXv3JTeqPNiQl6om6A6DcgZ8r7cUYoEguqclDfdN06482Z30Rxz_Den0hTHFdHajUUyLsAl1HepEWj9AqY0gXkuiQHL3Anf5raog3FbM/w640-h468/NV9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer look at the painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Jojpu7ASbgn_xpQZk7yrhXSZzwyUcnQAQxh3bBR7At0UWDxWRHU5jyBa9vUU8RflNe1HnMUa4L0ga049joONCMxLnAuNSnob7yOSbkdC1_vBQi8x5SqEoPZmTcNL6cbstQMYutqHJID0lp8qmlukje_M7O9vO2pzWhwWlbFMsoFNVoKulO-53aj7-XA/s1480/NV%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Jojpu7ASbgn_xpQZk7yrhXSZzwyUcnQAQxh3bBR7At0UWDxWRHU5jyBa9vUU8RflNe1HnMUa4L0ga049joONCMxLnAuNSnob7yOSbkdC1_vBQi8x5SqEoPZmTcNL6cbstQMYutqHJID0lp8qmlukje_M7O9vO2pzWhwWlbFMsoFNVoKulO-53aj7-XA/w640-h468/NV%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In a number of shots the matte art is so convincingly assembled that a few rewinds are in order to figure things out.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzKJXrndaNYhwb9sW3MBQVtwtr3dHvzxZlhWsSjc8vrgEf_iDYQGWKtHldAJeHPEm8ShHAXD_KEafuPRA1sSi5d9x-bBSciXL9aHIzrXHN7nSAq7UL-lSuF2-jHE-u-9kvodgUcIPvDsK7sCAcOdD3MmaENjW68xK__TPgQj-6C4GAcMXt9PAmEkoggY/s1480/NV%2018.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzKJXrndaNYhwb9sW3MBQVtwtr3dHvzxZlhWsSjc8vrgEf_iDYQGWKtHldAJeHPEm8ShHAXD_KEafuPRA1sSi5d9x-bBSciXL9aHIzrXHN7nSAq7UL-lSuF2-jHE-u-9kvodgUcIPvDsK7sCAcOdD3MmaENjW68xK__TPgQj-6C4GAcMXt9PAmEkoggY/w640-h468/NV%2018.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Key matte artists working then were Howard Fisher, Henry Hillinick, Otto Kiechle, Hernando Villa, Henry Peter McDermott and others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZldXAdZYawLZbv-z9iKHR6Sg8KI9HdskwJby1I0ZNT8yRxt0k-SqVx_4x_LxAGYk2iWZmR42G4iCtEcswGEFn8vlmwgSDvotuSOEIP2b4bTMkkjscRtSGGsvag-4tNu5S8XKUz210TLDXeikXcLnrxcz6nRZh_2RMlHDd_mtl1JYA7l_0-t6SkzSYLc/s1480/NV%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZldXAdZYawLZbv-z9iKHR6Sg8KI9HdskwJby1I0ZNT8yRxt0k-SqVx_4x_LxAGYk2iWZmR42G4iCtEcswGEFn8vlmwgSDvotuSOEIP2b4bTMkkjscRtSGGsvag-4tNu5S8XKUz210TLDXeikXcLnrxcz6nRZh_2RMlHDd_mtl1JYA7l_0-t6SkzSYLc/w640-h468/NV%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As incredible as it may sound, I heard from Matthew Yuricich that the artists under Warren at MGM were never allowed to view their own tests or finals in the projection room! Strictly heads of department to watch, and out of bounds to minions such as the poor son-of-a-bitch who actually painted the damned thing! From those 'test' viewings the head of dept would relay to the matte artist what was wrong and where corrections needed to be made, without the artist ever having the benefit of seeing the thing on film himself! Unbelievable!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIwBZlnlnu9eVVCT544YeKhcrSNIxi8lFwj1WGFAovbqZAekt8DbDrd0OxYlC6CdVdEiQWpdMRm_zHlFBeYetNxTgXyf_UbRnIFj_PSfLK9Lqv25M_ApEdtw_lQZZfUK1YB0nEXxngS6csTSCQgiH2cGT96vlpgaD4EoCw5yNBjeo57hPiorFlV-g-7Zg/s1480/NV%2012.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIwBZlnlnu9eVVCT544YeKhcrSNIxi8lFwj1WGFAovbqZAekt8DbDrd0OxYlC6CdVdEiQWpdMRm_zHlFBeYetNxTgXyf_UbRnIFj_PSfLK9Lqv25M_ApEdtw_lQZZfUK1YB0nEXxngS6csTSCQgiH2cGT96vlpgaD4EoCw5yNBjeo57hPiorFlV-g-7Zg/w640-h468/NV%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although NATIONAL VELVET was way before Yuricich's time, he said that according to guys like Howard and Henry, the average matte would take about 2 to 3 weeks to complete, once any problematic areas had been sorted out. They had a draftsman named Bill Meyer who would meticulously draw in everything that was required, and the matte painter would by and large, just follow that outline and fill it in. Apparently Meyer was very skilled with this.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWwMG3Jwzt8ov0rhp_eNmLbjvybYWx1Lt4GAAABMgrkVrhZMwPCb0HcsKWQL1mjcT_yNycbbT6VrN_6loZNRu1zp59h0CJ6z0u8K9hsGbMa1OlFo-W78qZCBSkhbIPUVDjsKDXStvqyIY7-T8yIypkDwMLng-Wn6SDktplBZ5pIoMhLg3E_48fvQMOgQ/s1480/NV%2014.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWwMG3Jwzt8ov0rhp_eNmLbjvybYWx1Lt4GAAABMgrkVrhZMwPCb0HcsKWQL1mjcT_yNycbbT6VrN_6loZNRu1zp59h0CJ6z0u8K9hsGbMa1OlFo-W78qZCBSkhbIPUVDjsKDXStvqyIY7-T8yIypkDwMLng-Wn6SDktplBZ5pIoMhLg3E_48fvQMOgQ/w640-h468/NV%2014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A superbly invisible matte that would also appear years later in the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis comedy MONEY FROM HOME.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAnE_LIYqLy_jl8vuFe8_arJvlBD_758Dsq64S7X4dM4SletD8t5Fplwg-lDCYxMKzcFVkubGVSzr-_pcqDR7B8j2akAFRrhRWCoWdHzpGJJGcm3lPfQYvJz9BuYf4o1HsomUrN8fz-bjdvk4T9vzl28bz3_yShw9RprlTd1_UNB89yPp-PNA2K2QDTI/s1480/NV%2017.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAnE_LIYqLy_jl8vuFe8_arJvlBD_758Dsq64S7X4dM4SletD8t5Fplwg-lDCYxMKzcFVkubGVSzr-_pcqDR7B8j2akAFRrhRWCoWdHzpGJJGcm3lPfQYvJz9BuYf4o1HsomUrN8fz-bjdvk4T9vzl28bz3_yShw9RprlTd1_UNB89yPp-PNA2K2QDTI/w640-h468/NV%2017.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The big Derby with little Liz in the front. Lots of paint here, with just the foreground, the horses and some of the mid-ground crowd being actual.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8X99moiyxa2Gh-K3xs9o34r2U99yZd8gyaCCRTSrSmbaiuY8ERAgAWrKuXRRDROj9styogE1axQF15joHE2clMeaafzHhu_Nx5hY2tsBlD4H_scRPL78WMIh7hffo1V2_LF-zq6VmYmDgT2xIXodoYxx8K8ZLF1vwicRzPdu83tV-6nHDwo1dRPwLpOo/s1480/NV%2019.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8X99moiyxa2Gh-K3xs9o34r2U99yZd8gyaCCRTSrSmbaiuY8ERAgAWrKuXRRDROj9styogE1axQF15joHE2clMeaafzHhu_Nx5hY2tsBlD4H_scRPL78WMIh7hffo1V2_LF-zq6VmYmDgT2xIXodoYxx8K8ZLF1vwicRzPdu83tV-6nHDwo1dRPwLpOo/w640-h468/NV%2019.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">At MGM, while most artists would paint standing up with the traditional easel, both Howard Fisher and Henry Hillinick preferred to paint while seated with their mattes on drawing-drafting tables tilted down. Howard was what you could call a 'photo realist' with his approach, while Henry tended to be more experimental at times and use a thick impasto style for certain things, possibly due to his early training as a scenic backing painter, though looking at his finely detailed matte at the end of RAINTREE COUNTY (see earlier in this post), his work could be very meticulous.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWlCyisbjDaNxRiF9A9KjPZrVMo5ieBJQ9QcGkRyPVUcO1oHozCZtWi_sO_kk0YKZiniRqbmxFrT02lbkBOgLzycTadeO9Li6cHm3JGsIcK0NRSH-lnEHhAOT9FobMiv9nDCc3o1w72BPrW6buppeHLsMdFEDv7u2IjglNmy7ND0_7a1pi8FPh0eMEBs/s1814/NV%2015.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="1814" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWlCyisbjDaNxRiF9A9KjPZrVMo5ieBJQ9QcGkRyPVUcO1oHozCZtWi_sO_kk0YKZiniRqbmxFrT02lbkBOgLzycTadeO9Li6cHm3JGsIcK0NRSH-lnEHhAOT9FobMiv9nDCc3o1w72BPrW6buppeHLsMdFEDv7u2IjglNmy7ND0_7a1pi8FPh0eMEBs/w640-h474/NV%2015.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the extended racetrack sequence at the climax, scores of mattes were employed for shot after shot, with many being invisible to the casual viewer. All of the shots with the grandstand visible were painted, and all of the distant crowd were mere artwork (see below).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJ-9757SCiwbwk-qlccafQ4eBW7G5WN9WgaZ02oxk3W30D3ECUzf1q1E6jVpcCgvhs_avFgPYkFXS_l0vkmPWx8KcUQl3FYejZlPwatNvISvSOQU-VYxDeiCZ4hMpsy43xVRH6cWJQGj7MUzL1Sw8k7_2MzqYefOcnjRLJfwah3MKyZGzCDZ9Z_WzOB4/s1724/NV%20close%20up%20paint%20crowds.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1724" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJ-9757SCiwbwk-qlccafQ4eBW7G5WN9WgaZ02oxk3W30D3ECUzf1q1E6jVpcCgvhs_avFgPYkFXS_l0vkmPWx8KcUQl3FYejZlPwatNvISvSOQU-VYxDeiCZ4hMpsy43xVRH6cWJQGj7MUzL1Sw8k7_2MzqYefOcnjRLJfwah3MKyZGzCDZ9Z_WzOB4/w640-h408/NV%20close%20up%20paint%20crowds.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've deliberately cropped a couple of frames here to illustrate just how much of what you saw on screen was in fact trick work. Practically all of the onlookers were painted in, and augmented by interference gags behind the painting at specific points to simulate 'movement' where in fact there was none.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPwzAGMS0tW0IGHVvwyN0HRWIiSACDa23CF4ihDnnACt0gdJA1r0JEoHJbK3ZqF0-jlhpU8APaoZStLYIauH_XkyFfuTHcfEBk6RxiuwEZX6jijT6zYTCRDLEJe1qqRAKY3DKFeGETmZTnrJcT3kwJtPnkTdmRkrrvVyfsGEwZY5YNDi7Q4bulB9_5o4/s1249/take%20me%20out%20to%20the%20ball%20game.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1249" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPwzAGMS0tW0IGHVvwyN0HRWIiSACDa23CF4ihDnnACt0gdJA1r0JEoHJbK3ZqF0-jlhpU8APaoZStLYIauH_XkyFfuTHcfEBk6RxiuwEZX6jijT6zYTCRDLEJe1qqRAKY3DKFeGETmZTnrJcT3kwJtPnkTdmRkrrvVyfsGEwZY5YNDi7Q4bulB9_5o4/w640-h508/take%20me%20out%20to%20the%20ball%20game.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">These are not from NATIONAL VELVET, rather an example of a painted crowd from another MGM picture TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME which came out a few years later. Note the apparent attention to detail, though the people are pretty much rendered as blotches of paint, though applied in a manner that would read as the real thing on film, especially with specific 'slot gags' in play.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVlob6ZV40CMNaCDNnGCvDZDAPi5mccmiASoe5SEk68qs64B432xSorQaRHNDS7V6lJh93fLnNicQgyRMcSOhMdWPrN6yxW-5g2iw83g_C3apz0pmHh-05fF7XRlJKcqomkdz_3_bPWud_rV-PIRYGGJh1WvU0hhnTQkfh-iyUWXIz3ceo6QSzrTMPfY/s1701/take%20me%20out%20ball%20game-b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1701" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVlob6ZV40CMNaCDNnGCvDZDAPi5mccmiASoe5SEk68qs64B432xSorQaRHNDS7V6lJh93fLnNicQgyRMcSOhMdWPrN6yxW-5g2iw83g_C3apz0pmHh-05fF7XRlJKcqomkdz_3_bPWud_rV-PIRYGGJh1WvU0hhnTQkfh-iyUWXIz3ceo6QSzrTMPfY/w640-h426/take%20me%20out%20ball%20game-b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u>All</u> painted as shown in this close up, though I only have B&W high rez photos of this, sadly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxx3pGCgrjDhwJMGmjqE_mXbe958c3lagpkg39Z6ABxiZGXfme6zJXRLz84zX5HRV-tl8e4QbSFk3GTvPXDi7AFkndnWELhBSv8BQhU26C4a_sG2xYHlxkheGNr4rX51YSJZu0xD1QZld3asrLSrthyQq9GXLAA2u4yi95U7QwsQTHoWVu10MHtxbSZpI/s1480/NV%2020.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxx3pGCgrjDhwJMGmjqE_mXbe958c3lagpkg39Z6ABxiZGXfme6zJXRLz84zX5HRV-tl8e4QbSFk3GTvPXDi7AFkndnWELhBSv8BQhU26C4a_sG2xYHlxkheGNr4rX51YSJZu0xD1QZld3asrLSrthyQq9GXLAA2u4yi95U7QwsQTHoWVu10MHtxbSZpI/w640-h468/NV%2020.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And NATIONAL VELVET concludes with this majestic sunset. Virtually a full painting here with just a tiny strip of gravel road with Mickey Rooney on. Wonderful stuff.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<div><br /></div><div><b>CUSTER OF THE WEST: Big screen bio-pic of a larger than life legend.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9-TLk59OTgjRiuKtenL_EjTwJGp0blkSttXL4bpF5HvcNkMlQeR0mFgZUr1Th7LqE-IXa_mA8y1AV3nJSqrDk4Ls0I8KxEpZeeoqZ07gRib6KIlj_Og8rU-wnQTpZY21kdOFWZBv_bnxNO-oyc7zTzXNFYZLLWXM6B6KQu92yovDtTfUJvVli0e5W5s/s1172/Custer-poster%20art%20UK.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1172" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9-TLk59OTgjRiuKtenL_EjTwJGp0blkSttXL4bpF5HvcNkMlQeR0mFgZUr1Th7LqE-IXa_mA8y1AV3nJSqrDk4Ls0I8KxEpZeeoqZ07gRib6KIlj_Og8rU-wnQTpZY21kdOFWZBv_bnxNO-oyc7zTzXNFYZLLWXM6B6KQu92yovDtTfUJvVli0e5W5s/w640-h400/Custer-poster%20art%20UK.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sensational ad art as was the style in the late sixties, CUSTER OF THE WEST (1968) was an epic mounting of great scale and ambition.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsdRAenYwXRNZYOYAQMT5d64Ii2UVY8YnSTt1g2PgORcYdfB2r32RCubI0POSRMVwy_Nja2VR7OvdLPhdX6MqkP76lw2JCievTyUDF0qjGy-7gtmnPiCJDQFgPPTCybyOEkkS9mwASDcfYsTRRQ1RI2JuJs1-WtdVw5gSUqGoQiILOV1ygMf6bNFnwmQ/s1366/Emilio%20Ruiz%20Del%20Rio.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1366" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsdRAenYwXRNZYOYAQMT5d64Ii2UVY8YnSTt1g2PgORcYdfB2r32RCubI0POSRMVwy_Nja2VR7OvdLPhdX6MqkP76lw2JCievTyUDF0qjGy-7gtmnPiCJDQFgPPTCybyOEkkS9mwASDcfYsTRRQ1RI2JuJs1-WtdVw5gSUqGoQiILOV1ygMf6bNFnwmQ/w640-h378/Emilio%20Ruiz%20Del%20Rio.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Among the sprawling adventure were several excellent matte painted shots, rendered by the legendary Spanish artisan, Emilio Ruiz del Rio. Although uncredited, Emilio contributed some top notch glass shots for the big screen Super Technirama 70mm production.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCzs29sfs2zGC4BigiUJHDNBIiZ8Qana621i5H8aZUhStq7PD3tHL4Yaw9CmiDmlljKbRcPq-vkjwH-8RyViy7Hctfhq1mYdG63m00k0NNNi1dpgbnYdOjVq2hb5cEBsk2alPU9H9fCfjA_taLeN5r_DNzjqFhK77WLwjDSdLqjXZsDXsyNN1glYjHJw/s960/Emilio%20Ruiz%20painting%20demo%20glass%20shot.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCzs29sfs2zGC4BigiUJHDNBIiZ8Qana621i5H8aZUhStq7PD3tHL4Yaw9CmiDmlljKbRcPq-vkjwH-8RyViy7Hctfhq1mYdG63m00k0NNNi1dpgbnYdOjVq2hb5cEBsk2alPU9H9fCfjA_taLeN5r_DNzjqFhK77WLwjDSdLqjXZsDXsyNN1glYjHJw/w640-h480/Emilio%20Ruiz%20painting%20demo%20glass%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmpCb7WwZc6MuSRSnyMraOSeVBnjjx2j84K5yZiz_p_4c-V5zJa6u-bA8m_g_0cKk_oNR2wzAFXPzMRtQUvprWQwcgjBcqCHDqX4rFPZvFDvtHSXnItrQ2GPCQ7qGnFCzugkYE9821KS6H0SvkZdKgTgr8uNk48a8Qfq-PeKf2XndqXfelkmqGB7Ni2E/s1032/Ruiz%20&%20Prosper%20on%20Custer%20set.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1032" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmpCb7WwZc6MuSRSnyMraOSeVBnjjx2j84K5yZiz_p_4c-V5zJa6u-bA8m_g_0cKk_oNR2wzAFXPzMRtQUvprWQwcgjBcqCHDqX4rFPZvFDvtHSXnItrQ2GPCQ7qGnFCzugkYE9821KS6H0SvkZdKgTgr8uNk48a8Qfq-PeKf2XndqXfelkmqGB7Ni2E/w640-h348/Ruiz%20&%20Prosper%20on%20Custer%20set.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two master craftsmen in front of a large miniature set - matte artist Emilio Ruiz at left, and model specialist Francisco Prosper at right, both men enormously skilled and backed up with hundreds of screen credits between them.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_jh-i3Liy3C-EaRRqAA-G4etfkgxYJ5PkoLksrsdA1S6-TJsK9Pwabe8EIeuoz3kP-NA_dRwUQog5a2OAXBVujSLFMi2O8qq0LPMjAISTirzqFyAG7bvKOfAi2qGSH886AhROsSeDKINDk8p8KI-ijaYDvRuj-sC1F9RPEbgCr-EZ2m4FFRX9halChM/s1485/Custer1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="1485" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_jh-i3Liy3C-EaRRqAA-G4etfkgxYJ5PkoLksrsdA1S6-TJsK9Pwabe8EIeuoz3kP-NA_dRwUQog5a2OAXBVujSLFMi2O8qq0LPMjAISTirzqFyAG7bvKOfAi2qGSH886AhROsSeDKINDk8p8KI-ijaYDvRuj-sC1F9RPEbgCr-EZ2m4FFRX9halChM/w640-h506/Custer1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although a Cinerama film 'presentation', it wasn't filmed or projected in true 'Cinerama' as that process had been put out to pasture for some years. True <i>Cinerama</i> involved complicated triple head photography and the resulting triple unit projection, spreading 3 individual strips of film projected separately in left, centre and right panels across an <u>extremely</u> wide screen to breathtaking effect. MGM's HOW THE WEST WAS WON was one of the most famous.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2u-nTAvdjUh4_VvwuSsYH4ELiyo9LRdcpEFoLDsoiutHm60hShlQn9uKsWn2tjIDNma8VU3dsfczP3HhQj-8j-5zMfHaigZ1crBEnNEN1BQiS_NXcq3LdchR5jbL7vX8sbx0cmtNmk6Ewnv33wcp0wJxcUHRh1J3-vyQVoyOLvWHLadWSjlVwRd0PjCM/s1938/Custer%20of%20the%20West-Ruiz%20(full%20tilt%20matte%20shot).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="1938" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2u-nTAvdjUh4_VvwuSsYH4ELiyo9LRdcpEFoLDsoiutHm60hShlQn9uKsWn2tjIDNma8VU3dsfczP3HhQj-8j-5zMfHaigZ1crBEnNEN1BQiS_NXcq3LdchR5jbL7vX8sbx0cmtNmk6Ewnv33wcp0wJxcUHRh1J3-vyQVoyOLvWHLadWSjlVwRd0PjCM/w640-h338/Custer%20of%20the%20West-Ruiz%20(full%20tilt%20matte%20shot).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A superb glass shot by Emilio Ruiz, filmed with a tilt up. There is <u>far</u> more here painted than you might think. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxU_zJHkf6n20jTH2lwzgNFDatOEp26BDmV_EehNE6h0tQjBDYky4Qd_LMNlyDWN_zQKM3GgwcWiXQStMAh3qlLTouKT73g2foUVOOAv-w6MVNgz1ZVQtBIBGODuvH-P4QbPLDGWOtxr0hy8LA6wMhgg0B4WcK_Jqk6uaisgGsbWVkJoZ7UerCktSJbwk/s1752/Custer-detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1752" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxU_zJHkf6n20jTH2lwzgNFDatOEp26BDmV_EehNE6h0tQjBDYky4Qd_LMNlyDWN_zQKM3GgwcWiXQStMAh3qlLTouKT73g2foUVOOAv-w6MVNgz1ZVQtBIBGODuvH-P4QbPLDGWOtxr0hy8LA6wMhgg0B4WcK_Jqk6uaisgGsbWVkJoZ7UerCktSJbwk/w640-h298/Custer-detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A close view of substantial artwork where Emilio has added in an entire community of Indian tents as well as all of the background mountain range.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87SkRblLT79fsX6O2XQgTpSlyEknseDR-f16mrjFPUQupNkaAtaf9Ecb5-XQP3DIWQ4fnNA4aF9h5fluWvfbKwtIeFN4053ijSX2SeQ9XS838UGPsqd0h7hyphenhyphenzCLAGyufHzfoTnPd82TEK7QSMpXmFhU47qwRMCFwjTyJPRwtOxnaYK3fP1FKu5I9piIk/s1116/Custer-detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1116" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87SkRblLT79fsX6O2XQgTpSlyEknseDR-f16mrjFPUQupNkaAtaf9Ecb5-XQP3DIWQ4fnNA4aF9h5fluWvfbKwtIeFN4053ijSX2SeQ9XS838UGPsqd0h7hyphenhyphenzCLAGyufHzfoTnPd82TEK7QSMpXmFhU47qwRMCFwjTyJPRwtOxnaYK3fP1FKu5I9piIk/w640-h350/Custer-detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The left side has vegetation added in as well as all of the background hills and mountains.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvKXbRcPDr2B5sctqsTy79oiKityA86EeePwP943DsUyYRSaYY-s5itCskOQH_2l_g4eddtW1v8B7Uf-2NiPhZW40YjusKH5lPRO0yj6lEA9q_J6kocaocx2VgUSjQEdUHR2Jw8PknFEh_ejTgIcbvqSJtUWlOzBjvmNlr-9WEywR9HA6Zn4IkKbKxRE/s1920/Custer2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvKXbRcPDr2B5sctqsTy79oiKityA86EeePwP943DsUyYRSaYY-s5itCskOQH_2l_g4eddtW1v8B7Uf-2NiPhZW40YjusKH5lPRO0yj6lEA9q_J6kocaocx2VgUSjQEdUHR2Jw8PknFEh_ejTgIcbvqSJtUWlOzBjvmNlr-9WEywR9HA6Zn4IkKbKxRE/w640-h278/Custer2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Ruiz's mattes that fool the viewer's eye as being a regular (Spanish) location.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoxk8-MCJNNiOa5tW40b6JmZYXNQjd_Ya0AzlmrwXXQse1G0Os5oPsLtyQrd3lFepUMg6z1Sv0c5U-kl0rDc94LboNWFqc9GekEB-jfww8p7mHgAbcKohGltIq_RmdF2D0V9C5UjQiHvA-DOjtDXaKqWGWbSJ5R1EwthtYO2CUsm5HQkdXz6rqZk5yAo/s1294/Custer-detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1294" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoxk8-MCJNNiOa5tW40b6JmZYXNQjd_Ya0AzlmrwXXQse1G0Os5oPsLtyQrd3lFepUMg6z1Sv0c5U-kl0rDc94LboNWFqc9GekEB-jfww8p7mHgAbcKohGltIq_RmdF2D0V9C5UjQiHvA-DOjtDXaKqWGWbSJ5R1EwthtYO2CUsm5HQkdXz6rqZk5yAo/w640-h302/Custer-detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer look at it demonstrates excellent brush work and quite a loose style. Most likely done on a piece of sheet metal, mounted in front of the camera and shot <i>in situ </i>as a foreground matte shot directly onto the original negative, which was Emilio's tried and true method since the 1940's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLH6RMKoafhBQKr58a5-h8vUUV9NS7XpjiFnzFZNuSTuRYjLIJswNEniGuV462f0h65it0lYiX0kBlMuigKRK_0pYpUtyZ1wIYpW99MziykcGi6QoPji41CV5BUE2MHe8hxsQrMT4ZOMq9vXg7kKNKaym_2Wdmjs6mxcZnkj4YOkcQigFLvm6Dv5gXRNI/s1920/Custer4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLH6RMKoafhBQKr58a5-h8vUUV9NS7XpjiFnzFZNuSTuRYjLIJswNEniGuV462f0h65it0lYiX0kBlMuigKRK_0pYpUtyZ1wIYpW99MziykcGi6QoPji41CV5BUE2MHe8hxsQrMT4ZOMq9vXg7kKNKaym_2Wdmjs6mxcZnkj4YOkcQigFLvm6Dv5gXRNI/w640-h278/Custer4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another in camera matte by Ruiz. Emilio worked on so many films - numbering around 400 I believe - with notable work on things like the excellent and sorely under rated GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD, where CUSTER's miniatures expert, Francisco Prosper also provided wonderful model sets.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcQLdVen4hLStXB7cg5fMiTZBszx6ao2GEFTP9oyw-CH2uqJyjEy8C_BcCQVRKmQi-K2Ufp_gvZXCb-H40S3T1cn6Y4t6z1CPl_5VlIxxEu51CrsDxDKyUyEGXGy5lwSQXC4ZWB605-_R1aUwlcFXbuqnurLAyw3oqk8NcAYtw14Rati4LO6Kz0vtlZo/s1512/Custer5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1512" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcQLdVen4hLStXB7cg5fMiTZBszx6ao2GEFTP9oyw-CH2uqJyjEy8C_BcCQVRKmQi-K2Ufp_gvZXCb-H40S3T1cn6Y4t6z1CPl_5VlIxxEu51CrsDxDKyUyEGXGy5lwSQXC4ZWB605-_R1aUwlcFXbuqnurLAyw3oqk8NcAYtw14Rati4LO6Kz0vtlZo/w640-h508/Custer5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A major action set piece sees a heavily laden locomotive come to grief.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAvvXE-AL4otH-FFGzQzEZ2EFKavUc3HxUl_oPvwy5LNAfKzliVIdLKrORXIOWrT_4qa3hNwYwVW5_ow4ozO3TnZ9lyEL7rwD-MrK1TnFzWkGpB9IDNi52hU_pxKOpBMDHWvmk8F_n-Ta2ceMY-7wnVRDpPK63kgasNoJt1uDDqConGUah5J7SJGvoD0/s1286/Custer6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1286" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAvvXE-AL4otH-FFGzQzEZ2EFKavUc3HxUl_oPvwy5LNAfKzliVIdLKrORXIOWrT_4qa3hNwYwVW5_ow4ozO3TnZ9lyEL7rwD-MrK1TnFzWkGpB9IDNi52hU_pxKOpBMDHWvmk8F_n-Ta2ceMY-7wnVRDpPK63kgasNoJt1uDDqConGUah5J7SJGvoD0/w640-h522/Custer6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Miniatures supervised by Francisco Prosper who did remarkable work on shows like the huge KRAKATOA EAST OF JAVA and BATTLE OF THE BULGE - both with substantial miniature effects requirements.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMFDhe-CW95kFze-Oo08tFoU-99osxt5Q_X9fXuxXE3mbchQalQC67Zlp-ugjqlkt_Su_SdHPebWEuyGT51-dRZ8SLXyF1JCqsYBn67KPyjVoVKf_Eir8ezQKx9jXwo4N1CCPLGYIKXXk5xX8vO6obsgWL65wbO4l9oqUilsApVsqjNT5RDJD3l6cML8/s1682/vlcsnap-2019-04-03-00h49m58s664.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1682" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMFDhe-CW95kFze-Oo08tFoU-99osxt5Q_X9fXuxXE3mbchQalQC67Zlp-ugjqlkt_Su_SdHPebWEuyGT51-dRZ8SLXyF1JCqsYBn67KPyjVoVKf_Eir8ezQKx9jXwo4N1CCPLGYIKXXk5xX8vO6obsgWL65wbO4l9oqUilsApVsqjNT5RDJD3l6cML8/w640-h278/vlcsnap-2019-04-03-00h49m58s664.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Trouble is afoot, at the foot of the trestle bridge railway.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhla2B_a6L3KVUpMAbOl6SI6hfVvWonbTjicxzfsAV5BoeO6XwzBIso_0sA0eunsqa1r9NAtKhn5Wy6789oitHxE14qyJy5bZ8SYUnl6Jq3GO-BbTqDGYxareV214yXCVhEouRSm879a83lhKiV0fUjrsfKENxJXLjsbvk1GQwBmzDc4RGnW318xVPXTdM/s1920/vlcsnap-2019-04-03-00h51m12s285.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhla2B_a6L3KVUpMAbOl6SI6hfVvWonbTjicxzfsAV5BoeO6XwzBIso_0sA0eunsqa1r9NAtKhn5Wy6789oitHxE14qyJy5bZ8SYUnl6Jq3GO-BbTqDGYxareV214yXCVhEouRSm879a83lhKiV0fUjrsfKENxJXLjsbvk1GQwBmzDc4RGnW318xVPXTdM/w640-h278/vlcsnap-2019-04-03-00h51m12s285.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Runaway carriage...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhM4WKAeLdpfZdTCwT8uh06GgKVcYblG7hbRDiydrmw3fXuuyNYhEiYCBClMzMXqit5WU7rp50pgomAlVVdjNhJ93iXgc_fwTipzdxN1woYbpEhoocRr4l4pNfNZhWhwfcnfmBk8QbuN6Gmj42TKKtjzgXeZkbZuMc9hpKW2qW_RS_CDnQLnc96OY2DJ4/s1280/vlcsnap-2018-07-12-14h37m18s659.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="1280" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhM4WKAeLdpfZdTCwT8uh06GgKVcYblG7hbRDiydrmw3fXuuyNYhEiYCBClMzMXqit5WU7rp50pgomAlVVdjNhJ93iXgc_fwTipzdxN1woYbpEhoocRr4l4pNfNZhWhwfcnfmBk8QbuN6Gmj42TKKtjzgXeZkbZuMc9hpKW2qW_RS_CDnQLnc96OY2DJ4/w640-h274/vlcsnap-2018-07-12-14h37m18s659.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fabulous work here, especially when compared to the dismal work featuring a similar train disaster in the 1977 flick THE CASSANDRA CROSSING.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8jiJgc0bw8QgR5xPjC8MYv2V_8FC4PRZf_ejVPUpXUxizN6FyrBiW7tiIaeuumJnywMqESYRjrxzcEurdmqh2g2qJqrCF8bOm-rHzFB6Tph5Nysw9LwzTk5q1Ys6-87jP1Ya6ed6lC0ErPA-CTyxjV-2S2yEYYh45P9NjTpZKe3WZPbpBvLeV-eUEUM/s1920/Custer7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8jiJgc0bw8QgR5xPjC8MYv2V_8FC4PRZf_ejVPUpXUxizN6FyrBiW7tiIaeuumJnywMqESYRjrxzcEurdmqh2g2qJqrCF8bOm-rHzFB6Tph5Nysw9LwzTk5q1Ys6-87jP1Ya6ed6lC0ErPA-CTyxjV-2S2yEYYh45P9NjTpZKe3WZPbpBvLeV-eUEUM/w640-h278/Custer7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Good scale model construction plus shooting in actual daylight makes for top quality sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcjUcvEorOIs3i3NAjAX7vtPz0Rur3HSc4MCKy1zkvkRhv4mM6Z-tLW5uqSOGBD7MwSPI354Sc8lHkGNJkjVqD8wUGM7sjV_1_7iFs4XVq5HJpeeFeoCl2s5IwJNrSsNq_HPK-rybW4tU0ClY1gptDzTC6U0H-fHSpYWEvXinMrggPzQfJ8oZaUMxDGw/s1920/Custer8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcjUcvEorOIs3i3NAjAX7vtPz0Rur3HSc4MCKy1zkvkRhv4mM6Z-tLW5uqSOGBD7MwSPI354Sc8lHkGNJkjVqD8wUGM7sjV_1_7iFs4XVq5HJpeeFeoCl2s5IwJNrSsNq_HPK-rybW4tU0ClY1gptDzTC6U0H-fHSpYWEvXinMrggPzQfJ8oZaUMxDGw/w640-h278/Custer8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9OjY3cyhhJvuOpXFh3rFRQ1zL1_1XkDGo4wh7PhcJghwwvXMOrO85GazxdNKDCSn3-Oy2fb670azSZWqPbcUMBdU01sZhbD_uLUJMT0AWFDITt5Q5zmwVbLhWS591SnAU-CtwPmoqWSeeV1gMp2babJGqU8I2nOss2fxv2wvfl9oTWfj93NM_MlUhmw/s1314/Custer9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1314" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9OjY3cyhhJvuOpXFh3rFRQ1zL1_1XkDGo4wh7PhcJghwwvXMOrO85GazxdNKDCSn3-Oy2fb670azSZWqPbcUMBdU01sZhbD_uLUJMT0AWFDITt5Q5zmwVbLhWS591SnAU-CtwPmoqWSeeV1gMp2babJGqU8I2nOss2fxv2wvfl9oTWfj93NM_MlUhmw/w640-h518/Custer9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final vfx shot is another of Emilio's painted mattes, though they decided to superimpose Robert Shaw over the shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>KING RICHARD AND THE CRUSADERS: An extremely miscast wide screen adventure.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCoVgQRFxLUDGGM5YgR5Gb7kOfdIoHVgpnPVRO_cXYAu37yaZ-rffJc6LSM7vDk3G4M9iYqrcyqrmx5GLNRJRnOJmWg4HXzDMS2-xPuIkdJ9Dtj4VXDmVDH6OV-KPhPv-ooJ6vLVMHIqpCDYoOCUfR2WE_qx0s31yv_9N0lcz_vundoqvP-uHKefTrM4/s1454/King%20Richard-ad%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1454" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCoVgQRFxLUDGGM5YgR5Gb7kOfdIoHVgpnPVRO_cXYAu37yaZ-rffJc6LSM7vDk3G4M9iYqrcyqrmx5GLNRJRnOJmWg4HXzDMS2-xPuIkdJ9Dtj4VXDmVDH6OV-KPhPv-ooJ6vLVMHIqpCDYoOCUfR2WE_qx0s31yv_9N0lcz_vundoqvP-uHKefTrM4/w640-h348/King%20Richard-ad%20art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">KING RICHARD AND THE CRUSADERS (1954) - an early venture into CinemaScope for Warner Bros. that was a tedious and at times ludicrous affair.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrsZz3KNJImy6qhFx4WAXC1CyFjQT3Qpnzhpt_RarxMm4ySBi2dt4MAo8xF82sWx3RTX4yz2Mx1afydZu7nnB8wS_klS_5n95MhAd1XzwXXj5Wcy8na1Ju5IzrsgiA4xe6CKnboVTp-aBFCB1oMNgImrJrqRN9GvwMXliSZVK-pQE0zNDMQMM-o5govo/s1662/King%20Richard1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1662" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrsZz3KNJImy6qhFx4WAXC1CyFjQT3Qpnzhpt_RarxMm4ySBi2dt4MAo8xF82sWx3RTX4yz2Mx1afydZu7nnB8wS_klS_5n95MhAd1XzwXXj5Wcy8na1Ju5IzrsgiA4xe6CKnboVTp-aBFCB1oMNgImrJrqRN9GvwMXliSZVK-pQE0zNDMQMM-o5govo/w640-h346/King%20Richard1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I love old school hand painted title cards like these - a highly skilled profession in itself. Usually hand lettered on glass, they really were an artform in a class of their own.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSuEpmGCWYlImeO-M_ggo-DbDrTKV9JKKqQzKQYwr4G8_gENILI_Fjt6OEBkcMBJE5EF9IAaYU3dArlgW1ZSCOKb-693eocw8QOxFUi4puwM9meb-mwcd9hHfuoeErmjBnx5Q16XlWOqgANXf41L_Mq-sNvdOUTejoxtCEDvNuP7A4qrhuipedAPInUQ/s1920/King%20Richard2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1920" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSuEpmGCWYlImeO-M_ggo-DbDrTKV9JKKqQzKQYwr4G8_gENILI_Fjt6OEBkcMBJE5EF9IAaYU3dArlgW1ZSCOKb-693eocw8QOxFUi4puwM9meb-mwcd9hHfuoeErmjBnx5Q16XlWOqgANXf41L_Mq-sNvdOUTejoxtCEDvNuP7A4qrhuipedAPInUQ/w640-h260/King%20Richard2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">No effects credit but most likely it was Louis Litchtenfield running the special photographic effects unit at Warners. Lou was a veteran matte artist with his work appearing in films like MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, THE FOUNTAINHEAD and LAND OF THE PHAROAHS among others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGUmb12-naTxFagygHF7Ka3CLRWnXRtv7oC_v60PoQLCFXxFlJUHUUms34SsAEjEMmu4Hg4IQRFNCHuStm2ZgWB5LKl98Kir0DjwSMprDScav206GNcnlLqSLzb0UtsykBVgUq1NiSl1AJFJqugK4nKlSsqMEtcJk0Zyq0WUa-6rf5oVgsGjSEAxQNdM/s1920/King%20Richard3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1920" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGUmb12-naTxFagygHF7Ka3CLRWnXRtv7oC_v60PoQLCFXxFlJUHUUms34SsAEjEMmu4Hg4IQRFNCHuStm2ZgWB5LKl98Kir0DjwSMprDScav206GNcnlLqSLzb0UtsykBVgUq1NiSl1AJFJqugK4nKlSsqMEtcJk0Zyq0WUa-6rf5oVgsGjSEAxQNdM/w640-h260/King%20Richard3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The first few mattes are all desert shots with oasis groves and distant fortifications painted in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrUeR5Bnt7LZPpKCjeQvwv5yMtRHGOuwmyy32uxGU0bZpScXM0vCnj5TGHweINzQgTL3cu-fIOttAD2MLzpDZaeVyMwsu3ZC5yfRxw3PCY7sL88XHZPSKZscB04l8aMFD2t6aWNRP0N9kbXCWs3siR_F8laPeP8ITB02ckYgbmm0oawtwoJ-eiCDkXXg/s1920/King%20Richard4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1920" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrUeR5Bnt7LZPpKCjeQvwv5yMtRHGOuwmyy32uxGU0bZpScXM0vCnj5TGHweINzQgTL3cu-fIOttAD2MLzpDZaeVyMwsu3ZC5yfRxw3PCY7sL88XHZPSKZscB04l8aMFD2t6aWNRP0N9kbXCWs3siR_F8laPeP8ITB02ckYgbmm0oawtwoJ-eiCDkXXg/w640-h260/King%20Richard4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painted in oasis as the <i>'collecting his pay-cheque' </i>Rex Harrison looks on. Rex was a good actor in many films, with the certified classic UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (1948) being an absolute high point whereby I split my sides laughing. Later on he starred in the 100% dreadful DOCTOR DOOLITTLE (1968) and reportedly hated every minute of it with a pathological passion, bursting into a tirade whenever the director yelled 'cut' then resuming character for the next take, then cursing the producer again when cut was called. Must have been a fun set. As an aside, that dire DOOLITTLE film stole the Oscar for it's effects from the vastly superior war picture TOBRUK that year... but don't get me started on Oscar injustices.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmLgBcG4DyPLdq0FEtDxApbjeIHmfDtaxvc7I5nseRALN3QZ8nhHgfBW76jSxGPgfgRz7LWHPQWeqnQY0WOmfUaigF0LDGISZ6cJ34_wfJk0g0UBw7F7sowF5I4NNTxsZiwf749oqjoPq24nh48u4NIaifws_nC5ek7hCMzf-UPbxoM1Vv1Ny9w2gNxI/s1920/King%20Richard5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1920" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmLgBcG4DyPLdq0FEtDxApbjeIHmfDtaxvc7I5nseRALN3QZ8nhHgfBW76jSxGPgfgRz7LWHPQWeqnQY0WOmfUaigF0LDGISZ6cJ34_wfJk0g0UBw7F7sowF5I4NNTxsZiwf749oqjoPq24nh48u4NIaifws_nC5ek7hCMzf-UPbxoM1Vv1Ny9w2gNxI/w640-h260/King%20Richard5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Late in the film we shift to greener pastures and Litchtenfield provided some rather nice mattes. Love the sky here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWq6UsP775V5RFqI19GX_Y1NgqZBlmJ7mUiJ921c8GWKK0m56IVAQn59k4Fv_md0H-naCvY58EjJRN41xcoyozvL0_utzOMtFCePjFczGOH5DyiMGGFEwHZpYVZj16VEOdWnYQxwKIz_Zij8upWuTMkXPaeJxkRNYIWfxqBpUHGG-ygTBnSAExpUl3Yc/s1917/King%20Richard6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1917" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWq6UsP775V5RFqI19GX_Y1NgqZBlmJ7mUiJ921c8GWKK0m56IVAQn59k4Fv_md0H-naCvY58EjJRN41xcoyozvL0_utzOMtFCePjFczGOH5DyiMGGFEwHZpYVZj16VEOdWnYQxwKIz_Zij8upWuTMkXPaeJxkRNYIWfxqBpUHGG-ygTBnSAExpUl3Yc/w640-h260/King%20Richard6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another wider view later on. Also in the Warners matte department at the time was old time vfx artist Jack Cosgrove, so perhaps he had input as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtyXa-PQDFXQ5yIIqbYXt7EIh4_c4loQ7hAQh0gJEn8BbP7fb04BrQ6D-lwVteJH9gYJesCT9gGsuBuvjaWIKAAj2qxJNwOudCKDWKvthRGARld6y6hK5IjQab2N9ut_pC-92-9SQyjWZYVcM_yfImYJGXytRYCPmNuUdqFgphRCOf3jm9kyAqUjsYsE/s1920/King%20Richard7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1920" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtyXa-PQDFXQ5yIIqbYXt7EIh4_c4loQ7hAQh0gJEn8BbP7fb04BrQ6D-lwVteJH9gYJesCT9gGsuBuvjaWIKAAj2qxJNwOudCKDWKvthRGARld6y6hK5IjQab2N9ut_pC-92-9SQyjWZYVcM_yfImYJGXytRYCPmNuUdqFgphRCOf3jm9kyAqUjsYsE/w640-h262/King%20Richard7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same as early castle shot but colour hue and time of day etc are different.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hzYrQRg7U9cQa5IK7IsoHwkgaOD9y51wkwh80uHLNTVUUu_qrdjiEWesIRMAzvjVmMF5kTex4_AK0_KG-zZYSDGYr9ojqjQrwYtZ8dV3SQQ2id41RAEJUuXM_mQUi1Rn4ty-REVz5eIiQ_RimwV5wRcHj3n1PNSG_afiHPGPsyz7vwFPytB8yOrva4k/s1920/King%20Richard8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1920" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hzYrQRg7U9cQa5IK7IsoHwkgaOD9y51wkwh80uHLNTVUUu_qrdjiEWesIRMAzvjVmMF5kTex4_AK0_KG-zZYSDGYr9ojqjQrwYtZ8dV3SQQ2id41RAEJUuXM_mQUi1Rn4ty-REVz5eIiQ_RimwV5wRcHj3n1PNSG_afiHPGPsyz7vwFPytB8yOrva4k/w640-h260/King%20Richard8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Excellent matte of King Richard's place of residence. Again, I like the sky.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Well, that's about it for another post/article. I hope that journey down the movie magic rabbit hole was fruitful, interesting and entertaining. Your feedback is welcome.</div><div><br /></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b>FINAL WORD:</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSg-yCvCdrc4VDRWNFYnztTCgJ2T4stS_dmuW0TRyRgf51iBqZidABI69Omxv1Fn8_dVzq6aC1oFPnJXS71C8EptyMVL2SxNuUzOoUcyYAtXFc0-hDY6nEg9ssSgeLXUryZA0qZV30PMTU7nMrPFVzUZfjviBopAdMcxK8FhzeS4d_aYw6oYxW0YBpJSQ/s986/flag%20of%20State%20of%20Palestine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="986" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSg-yCvCdrc4VDRWNFYnztTCgJ2T4stS_dmuW0TRyRgf51iBqZidABI69Omxv1Fn8_dVzq6aC1oFPnJXS71C8EptyMVL2SxNuUzOoUcyYAtXFc0-hDY6nEg9ssSgeLXUryZA0qZV30PMTU7nMrPFVzUZfjviBopAdMcxK8FhzeS4d_aYw6oYxW0YBpJSQ/w640-h376/flag%20of%20State%20of%20Palestine.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>My thoughts go out to the people of the<b> State of Palestine </b>as they face the relentless holocaust that the rest of the world<i> (with one or two exceptions)</i> see plainly as Israeli state orchestrated ethnic cleansing.</div><div> </div><div>The Zionist sanctioned wholesale destruction of the Palestinian population's homes, hospitals, schools, businesses, farms, places of worship and what the fascist Israeli invaders jokingly call 'safe zones' where every Palestinian, regardless of age, gender or profession is targeted with complete and unabated prejudice. </div><div> </div><div>The International Criminal Court investigating war crimes will try it's best to prosecute the ultra extremist Netanyahu regime<i> (that is rapidly looking more and more 'Neo-Nazi' as the days pass by)</i> though we all know full well the US would crawl over broken glass to block any and <u>all</u> such justice from having any likelihood of ever being carried out in any international court of law.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh, and just to set the record straight, yes, the Jews were persecuted and murdered on a mass scale by the seriously fucked up National Socialist Germany, without question, and yes, Hitler and his <u>entire</u> evil band were complete and utter cunts, without exception, the likes of which the world had never seen. But none of that gives the Zionists a 'free pass' to completely obliterate the people of the State of Palestine as they have been slowly and steadily doing by decree for over seven painful decades.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>FREE GAZA NOW</u> ... Surely all that potential prime coastal real estate isn't worth the tens of thousands of innocent Palestinian lives. It's all looking more and more like another sorry 'Final Solution', this time on the part of the ultra right wing government of Israel.</div><div><br /></div><div>Pete</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This vast and utterly exhaustive post, and all 182 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by <i>Peter Cook</i> for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-29112237021643251132023-11-22T20:26:00.001+13:002023-11-22T20:26:27.506+13:00MATTE & EFFECTS FILMS CELEBRATED: Part Three<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Geg17bannmlMJ_qk2ZzoRLHEACFlK6zIs2Sk5o0_WSWWHNrbtCvdV2-rymZvaoQf6PvqWS8YqDIdhCG0BU3ZMH23qE4PQ1oDEQjkZqaH4AduWkxSzAp7ZgCxbig4yVsdhCtBMGwr4NPW3CoVWlkWpIon-a_wq7umhzPGS858-Sp7jqP5yoGI3eXlyY4/s2124/BLOG%20header%20Nov23%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="2124" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Geg17bannmlMJ_qk2ZzoRLHEACFlK6zIs2Sk5o0_WSWWHNrbtCvdV2-rymZvaoQf6PvqWS8YqDIdhCG0BU3ZMH23qE4PQ1oDEQjkZqaH4AduWkxSzAp7ZgCxbig4yVsdhCtBMGwr4NPW3CoVWlkWpIon-a_wq7umhzPGS858-Sp7jqP5yoGI3eXlyY4/w640-h426/BLOG%20header%20Nov23%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello there folks. I know it's been an eternity since one of these substantial and value for money(!) blog posts on all great things matte related, but I have had other things to do, such as home renovation work after the destructive cyclone and floods here last January <i>(yes, it took 7 months for the damned insurance to come through... with 50'000 odd claims, most <u>far</u> more serious than ours!)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That aside, as mentioned ad nauseam over the <i>fourteen</i> or so years that these bloggings have been rolling off the cyber presses, I've just got to be in the exact mood to tackle 'em. It's a matter of waking up and the somewhat rusty brain issuing instructions that <i>'Today, <u>is</u> indeed <b>the</b> day'</i>. I could never work to a 'deadline' type scenario.... simply does <i>not</i> compute I'm afraid.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, here we are, and what a 'bumper issue' as the saying goes that I have for rabid fans of traditional painted mattes, miniatures and old hand made cel animated gags that we all love so much<i> (if you aren't a lover of this stuff, then this blog most definitely ain't for you!) </i> None of that CGI crap here. It's all old style roll-your-sleeves-up, hand made, sweat-off-the-brow, gut instinct movie magic, just how they used to do it, and we just loved it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tl1dmjn0RZPl6nssqBykJLHQ6U_8votSBoOF85XK66nZh1-1_fbbAZtJgCxeD7HP8XqBQCKqkhCPQ9mD5yo3uMIRYTCOaeuIn_4Pw1KXigb3JvWZHC9Jm3wn5RiLLFiC5T0xBNSNegS7g7DxojoCt2mPv1p-64ajjt-Cjma5TGflUYuZvSDiBQUUnvg/s3196/Paramount%20glass%20shot%20progress4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="3196" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tl1dmjn0RZPl6nssqBykJLHQ6U_8votSBoOF85XK66nZh1-1_fbbAZtJgCxeD7HP8XqBQCKqkhCPQ9mD5yo3uMIRYTCOaeuIn_4Pw1KXigb3JvWZHC9Jm3wn5RiLLFiC5T0xBNSNegS7g7DxojoCt2mPv1p-64ajjt-Cjma5TGflUYuZvSDiBQUUnvg/w640-h260/Paramount%20glass%20shot%20progress4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Among the fabulous retrospectives on show here today - and I defy anyone to lay claim to have seen or even heard of 50% of the titles reviewed, such is my penchant for digging out lost and forgotten gold - I have a lushly extravagant MGM musical comedy; a long forgotten thirties disaster picture; a hokey feline spy thriller(!); a sweaty & lusty Brit potboiler; a very dark PG rated Disney flick; a taut James Stewart WWII drama; a run-of-the-mill Errol Flynn CinemaScope costumer; a now confirmed Albert Whitlock matte from long ago, AND, best of all, a long forgotten, filed away dossier of rare Jan Domela mattes and behind the scenes photos from many Paramount assignments I've never seen till now!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, if that isn't enough to wet one's appetite then I don't know what is.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Enjoy... </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Pete</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This vast and utterly exhaustive post, and all 181 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by <i>Peter Cook</i> for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>A PACKAGE OF LOST & REMARKABLE MATTES BY JAN DOMELA:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5tIUs1E-0Zcq6LKvSwWS-hC3jJBtvEWcH-IE7yuYSIRE9SC0zBbPR8avqdtY7XwLjApM0wo7oKFoUwUFqtrAw6cq1DBMLxWSZ5c3qCQv0fhnwODCazX_jrww8uqEsTKqrBacz688ZroYeR_OJD1VhCQGPkwyhTZLtdTxxre-j7bVPC2wTIbnDzNXn64/s1744/Domela%20negs%20header%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1744" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5tIUs1E-0Zcq6LKvSwWS-hC3jJBtvEWcH-IE7yuYSIRE9SC0zBbPR8avqdtY7XwLjApM0wo7oKFoUwUFqtrAw6cq1DBMLxWSZ5c3qCQv0fhnwODCazX_jrww8uqEsTKqrBacz688ZroYeR_OJD1VhCQGPkwyhTZLtdTxxre-j7bVPC2wTIbnDzNXn64/w640-h394/Domela%20negs%20header%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I am always grateful when somebody sends me artifacts or images that they know will tickle my proverbial fancy, and never more so than when a literal parcel is delivered to my mailbox <i>(the <u>actual</u> mailbox, not the cyber one) </i>from afar. The parcel in question was sent to me by the daughter of long, long, long time Paramount matte and glass shot artist Jan Domela, and contained a bounty of extremely rare, never seen before 35mm clips, tests and proof sheets. You can easily imagine the thrill for NZ Pete to have possession of such a treasure trove. **Photo top right shows Jan seated while effects cinematographer Irmin Roberts (at left) and an unidentified grip set up an in-camera glass shot on a location, circa 1930-33. More of that below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvu6ydnQGqQ_8buO1y4-4i2mRP9sd_wTGh58mJUkQTzO1syjfNdFXufaLLekpsD8Q1Rc75e4Jo_NvGqru2SKMayXSic5h7VgiOQ_eSFxkiQkT0UhuhwRo7ovjuB5ZWZHA4d8aqmPk9Je04TvOI40BBrJ6WsidWV_qXgR5M5BVYl3KwXpwhRZy8RPffRFI/s3444/Domela%20strips%20etc.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="3444" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvu6ydnQGqQ_8buO1y4-4i2mRP9sd_wTGh58mJUkQTzO1syjfNdFXufaLLekpsD8Q1Rc75e4Jo_NvGqru2SKMayXSic5h7VgiOQ_eSFxkiQkT0UhuhwRo7ovjuB5ZWZHA4d8aqmPk9Je04TvOI40BBrJ6WsidWV_qXgR5M5BVYl3KwXpwhRZy8RPffRFI/w640-h406/Domela%20strips%20etc.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jan's daughter Johanna has been extremely helpful and generous over the years with a ton of old stills and transcribed letters of her Dad, and I cannot thank her enough. I have put together a selection of matte shots as enlarged from these 35mm trims <i>(Nitrate!!! Somewhat a dodgy proposition in itself, though I'm certain that only those of us of a 'certain age' will even know what that amounts to)</i>.<br />Many of the later colour negs and trims from the sixties were in really bad shape, so couldn't be included, though here is a pretty fair representation of this lost collection, with most titles a mystery.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWsLq34v9JxbGsjwLxitCBc42_Eau7IT3wBQycNGgDrfZE90OBF5k_EZqzdx32OHVGfXadnY3OWvnek-0s0cuDrbMKKSnVMbXHsrBs3gNLN3OUb5NkpDljbHOD7MLpfjHcwbRi_8I4pppyZAAkBQCnH7hiTFUfTlGyrZAjWMnlTTcee9-hu6w5yX9Drw/s2652/Jan%20&%20Irmin%20location1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="2652" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWsLq34v9JxbGsjwLxitCBc42_Eau7IT3wBQycNGgDrfZE90OBF5k_EZqzdx32OHVGfXadnY3OWvnek-0s0cuDrbMKKSnVMbXHsrBs3gNLN3OUb5NkpDljbHOD7MLpfjHcwbRi_8I4pppyZAAkBQCnH7hiTFUfTlGyrZAjWMnlTTcee9-hu6w5yX9Drw/w640-h188/Jan%20&%20Irmin%20location1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">On location, circa 1933 based on the ancient envelope included, with a 3 cent Geo.Washington stamp and 1933 postmark addressed to Domela at Paramount. Love this old stuff so much. Top left is Jan with matte camera minus mag. Middle pic is veteran Paramount effects cameraman Irmin Roberts, while at right we see Irmin setting a rough 'gaffer tape' outline upon the glass according to Jan's instructions as he lines up the prospective glass shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGtRTbTlj7rs8rJqb0IZyS08HDqELG7mbU-gbULXhY06FFskRAClKDcRnkKTxpIui-1F2LfZmYfQDR1ZV0E-HTfphFjW4Tu4rofecUYLREj8h4L-zwjy7KD8HHvM78ATjGVvSIOFxhsSkp1MlPblUMiXv0LmYHvpra-63_pCFophr8PouccuUeKkB1jI/s2312/Irmin%20Roberts%20ASC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="2312" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGtRTbTlj7rs8rJqb0IZyS08HDqELG7mbU-gbULXhY06FFskRAClKDcRnkKTxpIui-1F2LfZmYfQDR1ZV0E-HTfphFjW4Tu4rofecUYLREj8h4L-zwjy7KD8HHvM78ATjGVvSIOFxhsSkp1MlPblUMiXv0LmYHvpra-63_pCFophr8PouccuUeKkB1jI/w640-h328/Irmin%20Roberts%20ASC.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Irmin Roberts, ASC with matte camera. Irmin had a mammoth career with Paramount, from around 1927 through to the 1960's, on big shows like THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, WAR OF THE WORLDS and one of the best vfx movies ever, George Pal's THE NAKED JUNGLE, with later forays into process cinematography and 2nd Unit on things like SHANE; IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD; TORA, TORA TORA; AIRPORT and his last film, SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION. Irmin was the inventor of the now popular <i>'reverse zoom'</i> so-called trombone camera gag for Hitchcock's VERTIGO, and many years later utilised extensively by guys like Spielberg to brilliant effect in JAWS as Roy Scheider witnesses the shark eat the kid on the boogie board!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrv7duEUz0d1DexvlpL3tQyLAC99mmbgkg1-ftVtv9aXLvyMb_MU971P2KcrzQ5Ystk8rLX_ybqinaqu1tOTb6qqr88zHKOgut_-L4cuW0pVGUtQ2F738aBuO029S2dbPai8qI7WDgIJIo5k3PvkECoiJQyXLFup0GIzRzdx6McrMeepVPWLe6j60bkw/s3364/Jan%20&%20Irmin%20location2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="3364" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrv7duEUz0d1DexvlpL3tQyLAC99mmbgkg1-ftVtv9aXLvyMb_MU971P2KcrzQ5Ystk8rLX_ybqinaqu1tOTb6qqr88zHKOgut_-L4cuW0pVGUtQ2F738aBuO029S2dbPai8qI7WDgIJIo5k3PvkECoiJQyXLFup0GIzRzdx6McrMeepVPWLe6j60bkw/w640-h190/Jan%20&%20Irmin%20location2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The glass rigged awaiting for addition of painted elements.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSaQ-TvouXmX-L1ahY7BHnj1e5HfZKMV8-cCzcvMZ-xWZSq-pxQnFQd1HYtEoaJhGt0O4SnFZsqLJnO2cB5rBQwW1fv0nV2I1rPZ1T_yJe9OwO_8onCAkr303VVNBdDMCU8RMblD1BIL1sAFx2s4dW3odgSBn9xoPcGOZY4TlmxHiIclTzhU_fDON9ef4/s3176/location%20glass%20set%20up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="3176" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSaQ-TvouXmX-L1ahY7BHnj1e5HfZKMV8-cCzcvMZ-xWZSq-pxQnFQd1HYtEoaJhGt0O4SnFZsqLJnO2cB5rBQwW1fv0nV2I1rPZ1T_yJe9OwO_8onCAkr303VVNBdDMCU8RMblD1BIL1sAFx2s4dW3odgSBn9xoPcGOZY4TlmxHiIclTzhU_fDON9ef4/w640-h176/location%20glass%20set%20up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">That may be Para's chief of effects, Gordon Jennings at left(?). Note the temporary 'shack' rigged around the glass to eliminate unwanted reflections etc.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaAEefgClP09ThtHmwcxhF4qRJAFVfJ8VpWwoCQIaP46_YopTtY8mjM2sFXFFoWm0gucTGxjOMLexg_OC8r7-9_TD-E_5eB8z_h8iHkHrkxdUrGKI9PIntmdGD7TLWzYiKTzR429DVpMyelEwLQsnxg12Xt1p_NLC6rbqRdOVVaDztYCspHVFdB2VQZk/s2716/Domela%20matte%20front%20&%20back.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="2716" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaAEefgClP09ThtHmwcxhF4qRJAFVfJ8VpWwoCQIaP46_YopTtY8mjM2sFXFFoWm0gucTGxjOMLexg_OC8r7-9_TD-E_5eB8z_h8iHkHrkxdUrGKI9PIntmdGD7TLWzYiKTzR429DVpMyelEwLQsnxg12Xt1p_NLC6rbqRdOVVaDztYCspHVFdB2VQZk/w640-h284/Domela%20matte%20front%20&%20back.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Glass matte art from both sides. Domela has painted in an array of buildings to conform to the cliff edge as well as a fleet of ships out in the bay. With these snapshots being taken out of line-up, the ships appear to be 'in the sky', but will all conform nicely for the final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTb62pM6RMNCWI3IwWF9vUsKqUCExEExfpSk_YW9LYyxsYmLmYSMJMrjv6z-lQpkJ6jEw4qrycCVLJVzFALPeQeOwN21TUc1Deap67HUf4khpDh6nuljh_6KAyJoxV9mBdwQ3fsotgndFxfz8pruK0KU1WkvuLuwRwK-MW_3tLqocGBZrp-GOUVHK6nDk/s2744/Domela%20&%20grip.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="2744" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTb62pM6RMNCWI3IwWF9vUsKqUCExEExfpSk_YW9LYyxsYmLmYSMJMrjv6z-lQpkJ6jEw4qrycCVLJVzFALPeQeOwN21TUc1Deap67HUf4khpDh6nuljh_6KAyJoxV9mBdwQ3fsotgndFxfz8pruK0KU1WkvuLuwRwK-MW_3tLqocGBZrp-GOUVHK6nDk/w640-h248/Domela%20&%20grip.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An interesting snapshot at left of Domela by the 'grip truck' - in fact a studio car crammed to the limits with flats, supports, clamps, screws, rostrums, tripods, magazines, camera gear, and presumably the vital paints, brushes and turpentine! Shot at right shows Jan with his grip/assistant posing in front of finished glass painting. The actual on screen shot is shown below in a bit...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jqpG0bUwtcmwDtvLJ9Fy0FOAGqmkUHNJ2XM8fUojQp7c5sdeoVLmDcc-D8S7shY9WpODJod0IiW0M5T0RpRwev284eTq1JChK9m-ymvalENeA6LKjfbo7tsPD-DAqEDana3trj0eJya9LVAKKKYvgN5E33JGPH_Pb9244wSnf7szbmUYUxX-tZxsK8E/s2904/Domela-Jennings%20on%20shoot%201930.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="2904" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jqpG0bUwtcmwDtvLJ9Fy0FOAGqmkUHNJ2XM8fUojQp7c5sdeoVLmDcc-D8S7shY9WpODJod0IiW0M5T0RpRwev284eTq1JChK9m-ymvalENeA6LKjfbo7tsPD-DAqEDana3trj0eJya9LVAKKKYvgN5E33JGPH_Pb9244wSnf7szbmUYUxX-tZxsK8E/w640-h258/Domela-Jennings%20on%20shoot%201930.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Possibly Gordon Jennings at left. Jan at right eyeing up the shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZQ4SA1vgLSbd_ZAXXWa1TBngh_JJq5yHVUxO9rpehncPgSlslVsC2BGTQd_d0asOnIl0DVE8qFH2BUQq4EIgNACOL6lNRt2OVSK2NDqDI26yhJn0oGI4ZN187ewbI6-UiVj3lD64IMuIsk-D_GWAbEcs97Lt1-XyolMe_txEy8L78-nuJq_9QHP1rbs/s2108/Glass%20shot%20filmed%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="2108" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZQ4SA1vgLSbd_ZAXXWa1TBngh_JJq5yHVUxO9rpehncPgSlslVsC2BGTQd_d0asOnIl0DVE8qFH2BUQq4EIgNACOL6lNRt2OVSK2NDqDI26yhJn0oGI4ZN187ewbI6-UiVj3lD64IMuIsk-D_GWAbEcs97Lt1-XyolMe_txEy8L78-nuJq_9QHP1rbs/w640-h278/Glass%20shot%20filmed%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This 'old stuff' is absolutely fascinating to this writer/researcher.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KKGnYNK7t_4ZE8BVVav-0RiAMGk40-Qdg3_xd7bGsSTeohTJ-v4_gB3UrPw20szXswRgIAL8FESe3Bezr0jMv7p01zCya597uc9auon9aPucJS8zsDOBoqr9Y9Qbqr6vtTqXMIy5EO3nl-nR1Br_OC8BlNFnipgMfCC69cTEKAwXMVQO8DuKMXaayRM/s1860/bef&aft%20glass%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1860" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KKGnYNK7t_4ZE8BVVav-0RiAMGk40-Qdg3_xd7bGsSTeohTJ-v4_gB3UrPw20szXswRgIAL8FESe3Bezr0jMv7p01zCya597uc9auon9aPucJS8zsDOBoqr9Y9Qbqr6vtTqXMIy5EO3nl-nR1Br_OC8BlNFnipgMfCC69cTEKAwXMVQO8DuKMXaayRM/w640-h360/bef&aft%20glass%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after snapshots taken on a stills camera. See below.......</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKC7zKG9oDjteajyQ5zhnQLck-QlVn3pGHiZzQjubNm8BBIDkBjHOas9P9ZGEi6gci5lE4h9-g9ukC1_pJ3uGO5MuRq1cIzJ-eN950Z8u9OJ-D-wgkLB4Fh0Yf0dgwRQmdWk9gDkor4F3kIVZ0Are7X2kb90jiq0CdiLKm3dTQUdt1ZnWzKSnMDPVmKsg/s1868/IMG_2515%20finished%20glass%20shot%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="1868" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKC7zKG9oDjteajyQ5zhnQLck-QlVn3pGHiZzQjubNm8BBIDkBjHOas9P9ZGEi6gci5lE4h9-g9ukC1_pJ3uGO5MuRq1cIzJ-eN950Z8u9OJ-D-wgkLB4Fh0Yf0dgwRQmdWk9gDkor4F3kIVZ0Are7X2kb90jiq0CdiLKm3dTQUdt1ZnWzKSnMDPVmKsg/w640-h488/IMG_2515%20finished%20glass%20shot%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished glass shot as it appeared in an unknown film. If anyone can i.d it, or any of the others featured below, then you know who to contact!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPW-bOMFVMVltTJicWueLKTwvy7fXSzmTXIkk4wvL59-OZUTCTlWVZTnGqJ1r19dsu5KaBOktNwencSNxbC23Rreevr6A76IOMtAgG71cEqdbzs5EGoMnzW9k95HjwhAHUCERqG-tHKo99_QNMBKmxLYovt1w43GLJTPcjQpTTkYersr6v9wFrIlxMXuI/s1920/A%20Farewell%20To%20Arms%20(1932)%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPW-bOMFVMVltTJicWueLKTwvy7fXSzmTXIkk4wvL59-OZUTCTlWVZTnGqJ1r19dsu5KaBOktNwencSNxbC23Rreevr6A76IOMtAgG71cEqdbzs5EGoMnzW9k95HjwhAHUCERqG-tHKo99_QNMBKmxLYovt1w43GLJTPcjQpTTkYersr6v9wFrIlxMXuI/w640-h466/A%20Farewell%20To%20Arms%20(1932)%20sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the old 35mm trims was this nice shot from A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1932)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG78UzqNsPXzy6l2SuGmm_wVuZj5nE2P9V2Ze2Xrycj0BA1nojZTjwzY-k-c2-4sNbnYH9ptHG9Sh_GZ7Q7ApUMtf_KR4jDzCMWE10MXdhG79WpVYzEHGOzwbJSj5hD49mPipvI5-9vTzVKQsNtA3ru9WtYOrTjlKiNG5wtHPqghMHwjVq8uqScDGvoP0/s1456/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_125911142%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1456" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG78UzqNsPXzy6l2SuGmm_wVuZj5nE2P9V2Ze2Xrycj0BA1nojZTjwzY-k-c2-4sNbnYH9ptHG9Sh_GZ7Q7ApUMtf_KR4jDzCMWE10MXdhG79WpVYzEHGOzwbJSj5hD49mPipvI5-9vTzVKQsNtA3ru9WtYOrTjlKiNG5wtHPqghMHwjVq8uqScDGvoP0/w640-h502/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_125911142%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A beautiful matte from a mystery film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEvErkxxax3E4UTajQTb6B36BTIot6Fj1Y9YFDiyjBfJChEcp6I1ErnCS-3z3Ql7mwDQ-TFiTPBRr9FYHEaM4O7Oxo-t6yl5k4LyylnFx0tl0eqAvTiV7ewVTO3r-l8WDiW23dPpulJV80SLOcaP3eggYOrvYLKNI-7JWFMVZVBhIKWuLJgsxcO-TKks/s2096/FilmScan_slide_135_16M_20231024_123342489%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="2096" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEvErkxxax3E4UTajQTb6B36BTIot6Fj1Y9YFDiyjBfJChEcp6I1ErnCS-3z3Ql7mwDQ-TFiTPBRr9FYHEaM4O7Oxo-t6yl5k4LyylnFx0tl0eqAvTiV7ewVTO3r-l8WDiW23dPpulJV80SLOcaP3eggYOrvYLKNI-7JWFMVZVBhIKWuLJgsxcO-TKks/w640-h476/FilmScan_slide_135_16M_20231024_123342489%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another from what looks like the same film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeSKXXi4M3MsETMuK7pPcd6EkZl2TDh2oieI_EW1JJeyAxRRJJpttHMEi-O01YF8iLELo51XN24gGmGVEXhlIhN3uLd_TWT4d4Vu5s9ONr-Lj6TkSVeJoj1wAfLupU_lElWqK3k_XkxuF1m0tmd9znNQJdDCvNKwqWyyq9qdlB9i7FhPhyphenhyphenQ-glQRl1XM/s2097/FilmScan_slide_135_16M_20231024_124049240%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="2097" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeSKXXi4M3MsETMuK7pPcd6EkZl2TDh2oieI_EW1JJeyAxRRJJpttHMEi-O01YF8iLELo51XN24gGmGVEXhlIhN3uLd_TWT4d4Vu5s9ONr-Lj6TkSVeJoj1wAfLupU_lElWqK3k_XkxuF1m0tmd9znNQJdDCvNKwqWyyq9qdlB9i7FhPhyphenhyphenQ-glQRl1XM/w640-h484/FilmScan_slide_135_16M_20231024_124049240%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cityscape painted in for mystery film?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_vbn7NxlBpYKVPBIN2jj_cjLkMFh0lu7plJo_0S1-IA4Hw89GHc3tR3K3gtlJpJ6cuxuJLq3POm_UE6yoAayQWT4xk1OB4UqKPPxgswL-ubSrshAxquM1mMSvo_fXfQ-Q59HfQN2VQUWiYc_1ZU8JKMG3CSJmURrbKS9XWmWeXVl5gMelWQBGFCcWhM/s1472/If%20I%20Had%20A%20Million%20(1932).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1472" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_vbn7NxlBpYKVPBIN2jj_cjLkMFh0lu7plJo_0S1-IA4Hw89GHc3tR3K3gtlJpJ6cuxuJLq3POm_UE6yoAayQWT4xk1OB4UqKPPxgswL-ubSrshAxquM1mMSvo_fXfQ-Q59HfQN2VQUWiYc_1ZU8JKMG3CSJmURrbKS9XWmWeXVl5gMelWQBGFCcWhM/w640-h474/If%20I%20Had%20A%20Million%20(1932).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Very nice matted set extension from IF I HAD A MILLION (1932)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja91d1KZp2YzeeGrbcS-KLjyDeEva1Y6FNsC9hSNFos5AwvWJO_ecByJks5efRcNWHeNXmZY5nsmZNsv9WBCuYx0Wp9K4d0bu0ekVYOZzQMFqPKCHtymxzGKAFZ6TQWzWxwZ_O7PwUNStRtVWlCOtEfgyHEyzhuI-6LHHpWcHdAKJeLSuo2Iq06r1u3V4/s2207/FilmScan_slide_135_16M_20231024_124712491%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1677" data-original-width="2207" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja91d1KZp2YzeeGrbcS-KLjyDeEva1Y6FNsC9hSNFos5AwvWJO_ecByJks5efRcNWHeNXmZY5nsmZNsv9WBCuYx0Wp9K4d0bu0ekVYOZzQMFqPKCHtymxzGKAFZ6TQWzWxwZ_O7PwUNStRtVWlCOtEfgyHEyzhuI-6LHHpWcHdAKJeLSuo2Iq06r1u3V4/w640-h486/FilmScan_slide_135_16M_20231024_124712491%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Unknown</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SVUWl7NaGcA6nU1FC5x0eIPYMlkwsQ5JcGbvvs4INf8vL7ckRhek8EcoalIr2Y3cbIMdCven790Kkp_FzRDF_y-oItP_i-Mq-cXYVywHEmWH0Tl0UWiY6xJLh9gaRQkBuZwnVSSAlZsIhX0W5KBYduPri1SEUxojGsxOimf3dd33YKSELAmpkeij4m0/s1733/FilmScan_slide_135_16M_20231024_131006980%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="1733" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SVUWl7NaGcA6nU1FC5x0eIPYMlkwsQ5JcGbvvs4INf8vL7ckRhek8EcoalIr2Y3cbIMdCven790Kkp_FzRDF_y-oItP_i-Mq-cXYVywHEmWH0Tl0UWiY6xJLh9gaRQkBuZwnVSSAlZsIhX0W5KBYduPri1SEUxojGsxOimf3dd33YKSELAmpkeij4m0/w640-h478/FilmScan_slide_135_16M_20231024_131006980%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Romantic Venice, as painted by Jan for, you guessed it, a mystery production, circa 1930-ish.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbiBXJclu1iHGMtT0PMhAk0BoqvvoiNfZ0LwgLLnIvjdDFqaLlhsnbu_5fmFCfbl4s2xw1Lzm_IRG4cQdEiNjKe5SkhB1fYnYfCRcK8BYTmx2ZlC0c36zYMfghUdBSww2z9Sr88BPIjqqoYLEUC1pniNX0OBIXyWfNqFyELUwuvTP7gvz4IWm82sVz2g/s1093/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_130915349%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1093" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbiBXJclu1iHGMtT0PMhAk0BoqvvoiNfZ0LwgLLnIvjdDFqaLlhsnbu_5fmFCfbl4s2xw1Lzm_IRG4cQdEiNjKe5SkhB1fYnYfCRcK8BYTmx2ZlC0c36zYMfghUdBSww2z9Sr88BPIjqqoYLEUC1pniNX0OBIXyWfNqFyELUwuvTP7gvz4IWm82sVz2g/w640-h476/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_130915349%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yes...the exact same shot, though it was hard getting a decent scan from the 35mm clip so I included 'em both. **Incidentally, just trying to buy a slide & neg scanner was a bloody nightmare. Tried (repeatedly) the utterly 101% useless Jeff Bezos' <i>(Bozo more like it)</i> <b>Amazon</b> - which <u>used to be</u> soooo reliable and user friendly (especially the UK store), but no more! Ordering from that godamned company is almost impossible these days, with the various order purchase steps, payment etc carried out only to get a notice <u>after</u> all that at the very end of the process <i>"We are unable to ship to your country/destination. Please choose another destination"</i>. Yeah Jeff.... ship it to damned Uganda or Iceland and I'll pick it up from there! Wankers one and all at the pitiful Amazon! No I'm <b><u>not</u></b> making this up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6da9iWJBis5pjj5Vpemv9RDj2LFFUB5JiTRGy555FZv3RxK_ke0j6tcv7lxV16_MNwwoAqM4VXk8zFn7J6TlaWehCcs2itDONxF83Nvcy1ErxoRcSEIa9LbnFiDHfNsCAY_gAH905CQgNOPcksaih7lpziewRBbPK-DBSOCOKn3JKv4BNz8pPmUVu_tc/s1317/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_132024410%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1317" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6da9iWJBis5pjj5Vpemv9RDj2LFFUB5JiTRGy555FZv3RxK_ke0j6tcv7lxV16_MNwwoAqM4VXk8zFn7J6TlaWehCcs2itDONxF83Nvcy1ErxoRcSEIa9LbnFiDHfNsCAY_gAH905CQgNOPcksaih7lpziewRBbPK-DBSOCOKn3JKv4BNz8pPmUVu_tc/w640-h480/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_132024410%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">With that off my chest, here's the same as a romantic moonlit scene.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlY7MnkamXTG-R6XPmQ-659lSIHb2NVbcPXOBBMQjeiRRyEkOuvlxgrtlJx200YINIBzF2Iww2eAhHVRCXqpytisminmpJJl4Ff8GOmvuDQriGoRne906IDRYikrw6NIxSYG-YA7WukIiXoiFBJ4TIF8gpo_Fi9edyFuoP_wohEiG1kbG1tDsE51nn6LY/s1405/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_130612406%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1405" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlY7MnkamXTG-R6XPmQ-659lSIHb2NVbcPXOBBMQjeiRRyEkOuvlxgrtlJx200YINIBzF2Iww2eAhHVRCXqpytisminmpJJl4Ff8GOmvuDQriGoRne906IDRYikrw6NIxSYG-YA7WukIiXoiFBJ4TIF8gpo_Fi9edyFuoP_wohEiG1kbG1tDsE51nn6LY/w640-h508/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_130612406%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Forboding looking penitentiary by Jan Domela from an unknown picture.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGGZ8geH0DHsMW7eNbVNXvKQRpAYTwys-8dnEah0dYQbX91OaUGyk3ihPQ5U206hwD7oN00wFXpwASw7wbNV-sAx0tbl6U1iDOmAi3iTDFzcXQCy-eUvB9q2gBAjEX_d1Z3Ydw7gj7A2Pib92FDo_ZeW_wF-H1im4voiIk6-grL4gdHLj5ovRGa0xWqI/s1482/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_131137882%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1482" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGGZ8geH0DHsMW7eNbVNXvKQRpAYTwys-8dnEah0dYQbX91OaUGyk3ihPQ5U206hwD7oN00wFXpwASw7wbNV-sAx0tbl6U1iDOmAi3iTDFzcXQCy-eUvB9q2gBAjEX_d1Z3Ydw7gj7A2Pib92FDo_ZeW_wF-H1im4voiIk6-grL4gdHLj5ovRGa0xWqI/w640-h474/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_131137882%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A wonderful matte, possibly from the same film? I also have various night views from the same setting</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCZEpr4J3yBoawLkTNNLIRTFCQipuyJxkdO1gJdG1w-D1uXBKsLvuCCc-I1YHrNhJrE5j3B2HsbLeQsrABSz8OxM8pVTKKYoi8A7V2hU4MZolfYoOaRyQfA9vKllFvfJkkl64TuCWkY6GjqTL4uRXK0_opLK16fYUOwQnHbcsFTA9CO9J6l_gjd20HQA/s1235/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_125706276%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1235" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCZEpr4J3yBoawLkTNNLIRTFCQipuyJxkdO1gJdG1w-D1uXBKsLvuCCc-I1YHrNhJrE5j3B2HsbLeQsrABSz8OxM8pVTKKYoi8A7V2hU4MZolfYoOaRyQfA9vKllFvfJkkl64TuCWkY6GjqTL4uRXK0_opLK16fYUOwQnHbcsFTA9CO9J6l_gjd20HQA/w640-h494/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_125706276%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Unknown</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKo8wEUAOUU0VTkBuxzAmr1fliLNQbWR4N0PWggVf6eiUceMPBUsjy7ws1SjtABF3QLu1pxEQq0UCvTAo4s8T9VD8Ur1TsdSQVpl9PxBJ0h_rI-NivUO9KaVN8_gHapUU5VBtFBAlqmCThtD-Vo7dDKVVzpJYJUDcTJxvx8wD1d5ecUOLTxaeuI9B9jlE/s1456/Geronimo%20(1939)%20Jan%20Domela%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1456" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKo8wEUAOUU0VTkBuxzAmr1fliLNQbWR4N0PWggVf6eiUceMPBUsjy7ws1SjtABF3QLu1pxEQq0UCvTAo4s8T9VD8Ur1TsdSQVpl9PxBJ0h_rI-NivUO9KaVN8_gHapUU5VBtFBAlqmCThtD-Vo7dDKVVzpJYJUDcTJxvx8wD1d5ecUOLTxaeuI9B9jlE/w640-h474/Geronimo%20(1939)%20Jan%20Domela%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This one's a beauty... it's from GERONIMO (1939). The thirties and early forties are my favourite era's for matte shots. There was just a palpable sense of 'romance' to the art form that I still find utterly irresistible.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdscDheXMILkUrwkUl7AZwNq38e3LEojVBf4nNTGE-ruyOUJwDr8yGBeKWo6sSRnFrhqf5ZturzP9zcVbWubBBQtIBa_f3A6H1elI9a3HWpAm7gaAwFrTbWUcbS-utsyYDeTGosAVcxFo-jTL59COHKwjEAtcPBl7JHx3BJoydZ1t_mu0wslb6wBengZY/s1056/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_125233108%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1056" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdscDheXMILkUrwkUl7AZwNq38e3LEojVBf4nNTGE-ruyOUJwDr8yGBeKWo6sSRnFrhqf5ZturzP9zcVbWubBBQtIBa_f3A6H1elI9a3HWpAm7gaAwFrTbWUcbS-utsyYDeTGosAVcxFo-jTL59COHKwjEAtcPBl7JHx3BJoydZ1t_mu0wslb6wBengZY/w640-h462/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_125233108%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also unknown</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yFs54zRoSWR_i6l5wIlfyNfq1DCvX_hnxc_lTkHp2gOfnmhxs5TU5ydfRSnB4nKqDFBmhY0L4R78LYFTHTWIvPx7bY60gfOGv9F2z0FdNHsMYzb-1Hlw2rRilPwBdxX9tjHunHWZMsfTolXblxdxCTil9rj-N6BVO4THohOsD2DAp6Xc0FSVcxyH9Sc/s1870/Love%20Me%20Tonight%20(1932)%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="1870" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yFs54zRoSWR_i6l5wIlfyNfq1DCvX_hnxc_lTkHp2gOfnmhxs5TU5ydfRSnB4nKqDFBmhY0L4R78LYFTHTWIvPx7bY60gfOGv9F2z0FdNHsMYzb-1Hlw2rRilPwBdxX9tjHunHWZMsfTolXblxdxCTil9rj-N6BVO4THohOsD2DAp6Xc0FSVcxyH9Sc/w640-h470/Love%20Me%20Tonight%20(1932)%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ahhh, this one I do know: LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fgBmmfKyj0Y9lJpLZYKZJj8ocEDUSUgKKAN6d9vchbfXEP9Lk3k1bQMO7VmUpw6smklZBpEHYKaKGnwdo35iqrG87pVf7G5dJzH2APZ8CMcKSUB1ts7bDpjLbEvQgupvA9J-Y_JN5cVi5INEfFj38Pnejufls22xfZdBSNYT4p8DfTq1dT07lr1Wkvw/s1575/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_131525546%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1575" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fgBmmfKyj0Y9lJpLZYKZJj8ocEDUSUgKKAN6d9vchbfXEP9Lk3k1bQMO7VmUpw6smklZBpEHYKaKGnwdo35iqrG87pVf7G5dJzH2APZ8CMcKSUB1ts7bDpjLbEvQgupvA9J-Y_JN5cVi5INEfFj38Pnejufls22xfZdBSNYT4p8DfTq1dT07lr1Wkvw/w640-h472/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_131525546%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Extensive painted additions, above the pedestrian's heads. Film a mystery though.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJWIs7Yv1trf0RJ4zhZK3Rtf9gLsXlECCiMBqkeNGuqQGfgLor77NAzml3ynuIp1XUxdiUhP_DbTeTi-ThCBT8AueqGHZHZydM5Qi2sv0wtQ05HRIHdAbuSu6qUIBO45fqhqrAeFK5-hQSi6ID2zWJyTiSwo9EOd_hi-VM0SAPAZyDOEJtaswdVxTsgM/s1428/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_131844875%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="1428" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJWIs7Yv1trf0RJ4zhZK3Rtf9gLsXlECCiMBqkeNGuqQGfgLor77NAzml3ynuIp1XUxdiUhP_DbTeTi-ThCBT8AueqGHZHZydM5Qi2sv0wtQ05HRIHdAbuSu6qUIBO45fqhqrAeFK5-hQSi6ID2zWJyTiSwo9EOd_hi-VM0SAPAZyDOEJtaswdVxTsgM/w640-h512/FilmScan_slide_126_16M_20231024_131844875%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I do wonder if this belongs to the film with those prison matte shots?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfz8TUc4qJh9TDYM6vdEnzD850L416SsjQMfTDI_155cwPFo0LeJGgOqGe0530bYc-LY1s8JdJ25dmpl1nEhQDp9wGItHyVWJHaGkkIzq_UpHHtYAZPvMGGyjCGDiMpwM7qCOtwVR73yzIYGS_8pS7kvIyyQ6t23lHzhBtaDnCGDyJaAmTg3tcQ3gAtvk/s1422/Dangerous%20To%20Know%20(1938)%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1422" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfz8TUc4qJh9TDYM6vdEnzD850L416SsjQMfTDI_155cwPFo0LeJGgOqGe0530bYc-LY1s8JdJ25dmpl1nEhQDp9wGItHyVWJHaGkkIzq_UpHHtYAZPvMGGyjCGDiMpwM7qCOtwVR73yzIYGS_8pS7kvIyyQ6t23lHzhBtaDnCGDyJaAmTg3tcQ3gAtvk/w640-h486/Dangerous%20To%20Know%20(1938)%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This one I recognised from Paramount's DANGEROUS TO KNOW (1938)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjasCLdKu7HsxxdfgbnAFC7vNER7Ukt6Nc2Alutt1qhm9Y-aV9YFB-mSepqpSG3Lv0Tt_RpsMlneQsfg_sFwtXFGSdUO7Onjitz9uFw8wiXXYg41ZETbP5axogcGEZGxmTP_QWJ4odY03nVV-X1fD4D_OrYAv394RBNJgjm_0tJVPHKpubTw2QgKEUovOw/s1655/FilmScan_slide_135_16M_20231024_132930472%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1655" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjasCLdKu7HsxxdfgbnAFC7vNER7Ukt6Nc2Alutt1qhm9Y-aV9YFB-mSepqpSG3Lv0Tt_RpsMlneQsfg_sFwtXFGSdUO7Onjitz9uFw8wiXXYg41ZETbP5axogcGEZGxmTP_QWJ4odY03nVV-X1fD4D_OrYAv394RBNJgjm_0tJVPHKpubTw2QgKEUovOw/w640-h474/FilmScan_slide_135_16M_20231024_132930472%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure about this one? I did wonder if it might have been from SHANE (1953) ??</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl__uz_mg_skPtKPGqxPgxKFOz9JWIZ5VJcqrNS2BFxYAL-jFiyh6LLoBqaofVO7gH4mcTMFTauKoEmUSpHBcVO1pQnKLoeGbjJtS43GuhArNqr2RVkw3FMVox-_r-pUOtGQENAvuYwvyTifOzkt-SHvHZdvx-XJB2zwtOYIfk7BcgsQOSOTlx1CUuZi4/s3084/Domela%20Scope%20unknown1%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="3084" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl__uz_mg_skPtKPGqxPgxKFOz9JWIZ5VJcqrNS2BFxYAL-jFiyh6LLoBqaofVO7gH4mcTMFTauKoEmUSpHBcVO1pQnKLoeGbjJtS43GuhArNqr2RVkw3FMVox-_r-pUOtGQENAvuYwvyTifOzkt-SHvHZdvx-XJB2zwtOYIfk7BcgsQOSOTlx1CUuZi4/w640-h180/Domela%20Scope%20unknown1%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Several scope/anamorphic trims were in the package too, with a pair from this film that I failed to identify. With the colour all but gone I can't make out the supposed 'period' of the setting. Maybe Renaissance Italy or something? I know that Fox needed help and hired Jan to paint some mattes for the Charlton Heston epic THE AGONY AND THE ECSTACY in 1965, though I don't recognise this, nor the following shot as being from that film. May have been left on the cutting room floor?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydQ-lvavaZcWznk5lIFfNstTYBdvfYCiXuM7hXsIETjuvOqOBRBKtwB-4NLJdhSZOF3jCoA410w7DhCC2OxvJg1oaE-gDY9EKswRGZy7HL4pj-yp59dVG2Z1Xs88kRLE4I0qu1c9l1i4IlWACMOMWdY_QSyMaoM_8zqMCR6lUbSS1yHXludOULQFc8kk/s1839/Domela%20Scope%20unknown2%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1839" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydQ-lvavaZcWznk5lIFfNstTYBdvfYCiXuM7hXsIETjuvOqOBRBKtwB-4NLJdhSZOF3jCoA410w7DhCC2OxvJg1oaE-gDY9EKswRGZy7HL4pj-yp59dVG2Z1Xs88kRLE4I0qu1c9l1i4IlWACMOMWdY_QSyMaoM_8zqMCR6lUbSS1yHXludOULQFc8kk/w640-h520/Domela%20Scope%20unknown2%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the same film. I made a monochrome copy from the slide so as to better observe the setting, but to no avail sadly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QflcqlEr6kxQAJ-kPAZB1dC6m9TIQGE1oCVqlsfEljOfPaxSof6M-VqSKGul-c91qRLpaqJDfVDg-fvUa1LdmRjaZLGCn17_y1SPuPTt8lBqbzDqX8147Oab22Lqh9HpugeBcL6p3pgVitY6sqaOX0vDVdOSlA1Sj9jz-6k88wWcdIxe0iHUIq66Zn8/s2908/Domela%20GSET%20tests1(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="2908" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QflcqlEr6kxQAJ-kPAZB1dC6m9TIQGE1oCVqlsfEljOfPaxSof6M-VqSKGul-c91qRLpaqJDfVDg-fvUa1LdmRjaZLGCn17_y1SPuPTt8lBqbzDqX8147Oab22Lqh9HpugeBcL6p3pgVitY6sqaOX0vDVdOSlA1Sj9jz-6k88wWcdIxe0iHUIq66Zn8/w640-h170/Domela%20GSET%20tests1(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also included were a whole bunch of takes, tests and finals from the mammoth George Stevens epic THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965) on which Jan worked on alongside Matthew Yuricich. Some fascinating clips, though mostly pretty much buggered as far as rejuvenating any form of colour. I'm always fascinated with out takes and tests such as these. The inscriptions scraped into the emulsion by Jan himself would be a means to keep a track of the process and repeat takes or rejects.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5fbt7HCE-ef3JEXyW0Yv_WV3qpWQKhG-ptgqw3nlx2i_xKnaU8nLjHHz0MmvH1fNqLK_HqZDWbo2xooWsAjP-KDxP-jD3kMzXfrSEA8oxHSpx9ldLaX8IQMGF_Pgbu1wDGP1qWB2nvrSn_yyGE1jico3SU3s0FI11KOSEbrTpRVw83KA1Kxf_GppfMU/s2141/GSET%20unused%20valley%20matte%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="2141" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5fbt7HCE-ef3JEXyW0Yv_WV3qpWQKhG-ptgqw3nlx2i_xKnaU8nLjHHz0MmvH1fNqLK_HqZDWbo2xooWsAjP-KDxP-jD3kMzXfrSEA8oxHSpx9ldLaX8IQMGF_Pgbu1wDGP1qWB2nvrSn_yyGE1jico3SU3s0FI11KOSEbrTpRVw83KA1Kxf_GppfMU/w640-h236/GSET%20unused%20valley%20matte%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An extremely rare look at one of Jan's paintings and takes that never appeared in the final print unless it did in the original very, very long cut as did other deleted mattes I have on file before the film was trimmed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWM9sznpdjKvPaX9s1UvBMLRnAbiHyDTqVHhalFkCGVXoWRH-r0niFTgB3CIaJo6jWcedLnauRaSGQW8lqS1LgzXrmsjXAXG0ok0pNasypG4yWVq1gQp8hVP6kf-htCGTULiTSrPouBcrLtWSfbE4nvaqSDIS5Bd-54ZxpqNfnJtRQNv65Wi_Jkml5Tj8/s2200/GSET%20tests%20valley2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="2200" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWM9sznpdjKvPaX9s1UvBMLRnAbiHyDTqVHhalFkCGVXoWRH-r0niFTgB3CIaJo6jWcedLnauRaSGQW8lqS1LgzXrmsjXAXG0ok0pNasypG4yWVq1gQp8hVP6kf-htCGTULiTSrPouBcrLtWSfbE4nvaqSDIS5Bd-54ZxpqNfnJtRQNv65Wi_Jkml5Tj8/w640-h306/GSET%20tests%20valley2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Test frames from a superb matte that did make the cut, interestingly known as the <i>'gun sight shot Jerusalem'</i> for some strange reason?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7q7h0NtDMKfKGDtDMxMxWDt6Hw4sm9z5HVD1iNvWbL-_1i_nU4GE2cTB2rTt31VEzFUtoilQFycWE7i5eDGb9roAZORKRyw9NQqasY0VN5L0KEWtCgjywwAiNkCWoCFQvtwUPn6jIrlAZspbnw5G9HUwhz73m0kGIpFqc7BdrmnqGludOrcRjIX9SQI/s1920/GSET%20valley%20Domela%20final.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7q7h0NtDMKfKGDtDMxMxWDt6Hw4sm9z5HVD1iNvWbL-_1i_nU4GE2cTB2rTt31VEzFUtoilQFycWE7i5eDGb9roAZORKRyw9NQqasY0VN5L0KEWtCgjywwAiNkCWoCFQvtwUPn6jIrlAZspbnw5G9HUwhz73m0kGIpFqc7BdrmnqGludOrcRjIX9SQI/w640-h232/GSET%20valley%20Domela%20final.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Domela's final matte as it appeared in the BluRay edition of THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjl6RBg9EVerBxZe1nM9yK2eUb9l2f2Y5d8GBEV9-ERuztTYkvA5RHYzMsNEknKP01yk1fKdsbV4tsWXVcOxUELyus-IOXulfkHs-nMCxzbI6_KKBIEw-C6ztieR77NRrrwlcgfH_ZltNDNescvq__TwnvN6UIq9vV7sU30_GVF88AzFPhk2fvjIKKn8/s2448/image_67219457%20(sm).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="2448" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjl6RBg9EVerBxZe1nM9yK2eUb9l2f2Y5d8GBEV9-ERuztTYkvA5RHYzMsNEknKP01yk1fKdsbV4tsWXVcOxUELyus-IOXulfkHs-nMCxzbI6_KKBIEw-C6ztieR77NRrrwlcgfH_ZltNDNescvq__TwnvN6UIq9vV7sU30_GVF88AzFPhk2fvjIKKn8/w640-h538/image_67219457%20(sm).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some interesting notations made by Jan relating to some of the other shots he made, with references to <i>"retake to eliminate dust"</i>, and make alterations to mountains etc. Fascinating and then some!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Thank you for these wonderful artifacts Johanna. I do hope those misplaced before and after slides of Jan's work for VERTIGO turn up at some stage. </p><p><br /></p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b>DU BARRY WAS A LADY: a lavish Technicolor musical comedy from MGM</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTp2kSPa5-a-p5w2Mp4xIx78qSMAqPINOglWCOP8TU1DM5bAb35pBvAeiRNf80wXeYTFxn7xRh1GbE3dx-5FHTuC0qNUNPaDYWTPQJz2-z8ojI53yAedpoG0zwr1QKfVwUnB1ZKaWBwUdXRB4vCuKvV6tEpTrhIP_j_wMbYDUIyL-1itgUlgK99vo4FhM/s1472/DuBarry1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1472" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTp2kSPa5-a-p5w2Mp4xIx78qSMAqPINOglWCOP8TU1DM5bAb35pBvAeiRNf80wXeYTFxn7xRh1GbE3dx-5FHTuC0qNUNPaDYWTPQJz2-z8ojI53yAedpoG0zwr1QKfVwUnB1ZKaWBwUdXRB4vCuKvV6tEpTrhIP_j_wMbYDUIyL-1itgUlgK99vo4FhM/w640-h456/DuBarry1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DU BARRY WAS A LADY (1943) was a funny, enjoyable romp, with a nice time travel twist. Grand production values, great mattes, eye-popping Gene Kelly dance routines and some amazing Tommy Dorsey orchestral showpieces, including a couple of fantastic Buddy Rich<i> 'going crazy on his drums'</i> bits that positively <u>demand</u> rewinding and repeat viewings!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FpG-TmVNgdRwwsW0m-twUPKFB4eZvx6bzCTeQ5IgLKfmIzHGXQtEd2KRdtf-n3_AyFoFAA6BnkAgDQCcTpf1ReI-BwL1Luw99tVuSTmdio2vSa8L_3oFVqtcARJNwuBJaNgYP8FGQ6pZVxDG0ekZbGbqkvhwJFDRgX3VXE1tqLlQnUXgNN_zrLpXanw/s1600/DuBarry2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="1600" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FpG-TmVNgdRwwsW0m-twUPKFB4eZvx6bzCTeQ5IgLKfmIzHGXQtEd2KRdtf-n3_AyFoFAA6BnkAgDQCcTpf1ReI-BwL1Luw99tVuSTmdio2vSa8L_3oFVqtcARJNwuBJaNgYP8FGQ6pZVxDG0ekZbGbqkvhwJFDRgX3VXE1tqLlQnUXgNN_zrLpXanw/w640-h498/DuBarry2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The cast were great, and even the usually 100% insufferable Zero Mostel had his moments to shine!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnh_IjLlVtGpLUcmlPN3R5gZGkG-tUpGgUvnk1hj8B2xqxTRscpHQaWZ_FbQWgSSj8s9efW5Cxutxj0t-I4x6lgDHAYGjew4NUoLYz-H9zD9ssHDuMlrFXvWyjtepy8hg1AYAXpy7EjueIUstuz2kyHzBBkOvyZzNL4KwfRh_zBNjOPhXDCFBP0Tn1JcI/s1480/DuBarry3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnh_IjLlVtGpLUcmlPN3R5gZGkG-tUpGgUvnk1hj8B2xqxTRscpHQaWZ_FbQWgSSj8s9efW5Cxutxj0t-I4x6lgDHAYGjew4NUoLYz-H9zD9ssHDuMlrFXvWyjtepy8hg1AYAXpy7EjueIUstuz2kyHzBBkOvyZzNL4KwfRh_zBNjOPhXDCFBP0Tn1JcI/w640-h468/DuBarry3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Warren Newcombe was credited for 'special effects', though as was common knowledge, Warren never painted any of the shots himself. He was however, a grand manager and overseer when it came down to the high quality matte effects that came out of his incredibly talented stable of artists and cameramen, easily among the best the industry had at any one time. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9T556akntDqNbUXXosWLYD9MFpjqjE65HVrZVQOxSjD-zgx1XHVyDUTeu7yRqLDA9mBvfqhCGboSWNql8OIVBXbYuoU_U-u0pU1cJPWrc-O5qPeg20SW0vaitujzRFdt_JvX-D5Vv7GDoy8MI9M-sSbV-UEnSiwILzwZiyzDPh_7LMibQnyjm85zcqI/s1480/DuBarry4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9T556akntDqNbUXXosWLYD9MFpjqjE65HVrZVQOxSjD-zgx1XHVyDUTeu7yRqLDA9mBvfqhCGboSWNql8OIVBXbYuoU_U-u0pU1cJPWrc-O5qPeg20SW0vaitujzRFdt_JvX-D5Vv7GDoy8MI9M-sSbV-UEnSiwILzwZiyzDPh_7LMibQnyjm85zcqI/w640-h468/DuBarry4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Top ups and grand ceilings etc were the bread and butter for budding matte exponents throughout the golden era of mainly studio sound stage bound movie production.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDk9PGG8OhQR2Z_sKdaW6I2IAXeBmKyY6nw6RH0CI1MTivpH3Uryr9XfeIlCcxV9q7s8xZ8SIhpwPixDVUp2QHoe0hEjSA5I71Q0wIOPUychSzNMHrhjo_DJn3xrq_-otC6byVNwa1S2qrjyp7U4Cssc6-AZtXYIal89T0K6bwJuGGLJka-NFR1GSres/s1480/DuBarry5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDk9PGG8OhQR2Z_sKdaW6I2IAXeBmKyY6nw6RH0CI1MTivpH3Uryr9XfeIlCcxV9q7s8xZ8SIhpwPixDVUp2QHoe0hEjSA5I71Q0wIOPUychSzNMHrhjo_DJn3xrq_-otC6byVNwa1S2qrjyp7U4Cssc6-AZtXYIal89T0K6bwJuGGLJka-NFR1GSres/w640-h468/DuBarry5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A phenomenal matte out of Newcombe's department for DU BARRY WAS A LADY. I heard from Matthew Yuricich that during the war years many studio technicians were abroad fighting for the good, so studios were forced to hire temporary artists etc to fill the gaps, with many coming from a 'technical illustration' background.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7Uu3Ya3BEbPghbiZwwQr-HliQA9I6upstMkgzekoFPNsxgWeWHqxNYDxRJaqgIUEsC3RdA54CeCLyLDMfVObsKciAXEN7zqYvcDVT6HbkcMD6e_q4j5GfuA7oG7mF6MV4ditq_gnPwTHN7pMVv_oJyyvp32OOsa4cai9_4O231G3PH0eOE9DrbD9IDE/s1480/DuBarry6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7Uu3Ya3BEbPghbiZwwQr-HliQA9I6upstMkgzekoFPNsxgWeWHqxNYDxRJaqgIUEsC3RdA54CeCLyLDMfVObsKciAXEN7zqYvcDVT6HbkcMD6e_q4j5GfuA7oG7mF6MV4ditq_gnPwTHN7pMVv_oJyyvp32OOsa4cai9_4O231G3PH0eOE9DrbD9IDE/w640-h468/DuBarry6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A spectacular matte composite. I always admired the MGM shots as the matte lines were almost always impossible to detect, with clever use and application of soft splits and expert blending. Mark Davis was chief matte cameraman, with key painters being Howard Fisher and Henry Hillinck among others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b>JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG - Confirmation of Matte Artist</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQHmk0Dbj2dye5vQHkLVNy4nOR2wefOFG_ewgMQ-ce4ROChYB-MsCJjO_BH-1maawv-Z1XC8ebIft-8xPGkaHEs2Bt_NXoSNGdsn0Ltz5V7570yNFoGTksFjOMZSzgvW81secPRv9sV0hHwQCh2MtNJWie-a-vjVAwgxwbbys2bVaVGajeGlfMBXHEew/s2475/Judgement%20Nuremberg-Whitlock%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1113" data-original-width="2475" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQHmk0Dbj2dye5vQHkLVNy4nOR2wefOFG_ewgMQ-ce4ROChYB-MsCJjO_BH-1maawv-Z1XC8ebIft-8xPGkaHEs2Bt_NXoSNGdsn0Ltz5V7570yNFoGTksFjOMZSzgvW81secPRv9sV0hHwQCh2MtNJWie-a-vjVAwgxwbbys2bVaVGajeGlfMBXHEew/w640-h288/Judgement%20Nuremberg-Whitlock%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The brilliant and powerful Stanley Kramer picture JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961) has long had me wondering who painted the sole matte shot which opens the film. Now we can confirm Albert Whitlock provided this shot, as I had suspected all along, as per a set of typed documents found among the papers held by Syd Dutton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b>THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII - Making the earth move, 1930's style</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6aOdrVjS9bFCICDtlOBjl6yh_Tl6K7yI9R-CBobL99TA1FGT4cf9ycGexY59flTHgavou1en-RPFgbmUVM6xBhomvmPRcAbq3fRrlp_ZX3wm_ec4Jgg9Nqzy_akAebqmBazbcKX6eK8LQPLRjNwdNTTI_xDy_P_3uZ1jZVhYtM5LWKX-vnjH9ugOdfZg/s1680/Pompeii-header.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="1680" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6aOdrVjS9bFCICDtlOBjl6yh_Tl6K7yI9R-CBobL99TA1FGT4cf9ycGexY59flTHgavou1en-RPFgbmUVM6xBhomvmPRcAbq3fRrlp_ZX3wm_ec4Jgg9Nqzy_akAebqmBazbcKX6eK8LQPLRjNwdNTTI_xDy_P_3uZ1jZVhYtM5LWKX-vnjH9ugOdfZg/w640-h470/Pompeii-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pretty much the entire crew and trick shot talent behind the legendary KING KONG and it's sad sequel SON OF KONG were on board for THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII (1935). Note, the publicity paste up's above were somewhat more exciting than anything the film delivered, such was film promotion of the day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVblCU0W1Kw8bs_qdtYBxB8IpTKCXvxqYEUUavbZ_vRp4KwrvGJX1bA7GFRiPsu90ZZwzZZAoe_1aKaL41B1TZ6e-fi_CSOdcKZYv2fN2EDyF7MDL5Dn9QhwMTkrqUgJnxsGCjBUfb1nkmsQXwfAc6FQo5qe4UBY0jEpAXkLwJ6OLrI0JFGPz4tTg8SLQ/s882/pompeii-ad%20art1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="882" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVblCU0W1Kw8bs_qdtYBxB8IpTKCXvxqYEUUavbZ_vRp4KwrvGJX1bA7GFRiPsu90ZZwzZZAoe_1aKaL41B1TZ6e-fi_CSOdcKZYv2fN2EDyF7MDL5Dn9QhwMTkrqUgJnxsGCjBUfb1nkmsQXwfAc6FQo5qe4UBY0jEpAXkLwJ6OLrI0JFGPz4tTg8SLQ/w640-h502/pompeii-ad%20art1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hand coloured front-of-house stills like this probably did wonders, probably made for a re-issue. Scenes like this were scripted but dumped due to budget concerns sadly. Tremendous and substantial cut and paste job here by some ambitious publicity guy.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqMlr8ilY4ferAkx9GwegV3LzmvJ_qeSyXKgdqkklAYKYm5uy0uVPaDxdga81d0Z2sQmU4CIyDWhoxCmjF6tx_3e40t0vIToAJPxypRaGNKU-eCTT0eys6ljK-fgrgsCyWEvD_utbfrYlZzy2zyFJW1wfQX3b1-xGXg-HqLvdydNEO7_5zuX0MjAMzXHI/s882/pompeii-ad%20art2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="882" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqMlr8ilY4ferAkx9GwegV3LzmvJ_qeSyXKgdqkklAYKYm5uy0uVPaDxdga81d0Z2sQmU4CIyDWhoxCmjF6tx_3e40t0vIToAJPxypRaGNKU-eCTT0eys6ljK-fgrgsCyWEvD_utbfrYlZzy2zyFJW1wfQX3b1-xGXg-HqLvdydNEO7_5zuX0MjAMzXHI/w640-h492/pompeii-ad%20art2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Likewise, a mind blowing, though way over the top PR job again</span>. <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Incidentally, Cooper and Schoedsack had initially <i>intended</i> to make the film in Technicolor, but the cost was just too great.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0d-ewML6RDhYHqB91EldcZjRpA32foKPJSuSA460zE2ejjzazU0wpVuBEVLRYbdKh75NfioxCh42HoNnqpOVoW0ln_9O48dPDn8fzFOSGn7hJyLrwKwFb3HG3dPJEMmgZa0mxhMEFt8IVVw0CPwdGBGvT_cYuYijC6ICUtvkWMCcb3dWEiSrfrQDi24/s2244/Pompeii-title1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="2244" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0d-ewML6RDhYHqB91EldcZjRpA32foKPJSuSA460zE2ejjzazU0wpVuBEVLRYbdKh75NfioxCh42HoNnqpOVoW0ln_9O48dPDn8fzFOSGn7hJyLrwKwFb3HG3dPJEMmgZa0mxhMEFt8IVVw0CPwdGBGvT_cYuYijC6ICUtvkWMCcb3dWEiSrfrQDi24/w640-h426/Pompeii-title1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLORGEVz6paOXr5Grx1m5R9o78GVdOkzJ_urT6PJm2EDqONyGFHvxplKznvRDhYO7Jnqq7leCISSK0JEJp6ehCp-diyIVj5GyjXl_fropG4eByg54j1ZuE7uIw1lm5EL7SsQiyWwzDvu0TygGMCf7C9dnSpYm30grqjRdhMB2WKhzSErlE2RYfK1JpmZQ/s1540/Pompeii-title2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1540" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLORGEVz6paOXr5Grx1m5R9o78GVdOkzJ_urT6PJm2EDqONyGFHvxplKznvRDhYO7Jnqq7leCISSK0JEJp6ehCp-diyIVj5GyjXl_fropG4eByg54j1ZuE7uIw1lm5EL7SsQiyWwzDvu0TygGMCf7C9dnSpYm30grqjRdhMB2WKhzSErlE2RYfK1JpmZQ/w640-h440/Pompeii-title2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The great Willis O'Brien headed up the creative team of KONG veterans such as glass shot artist Byron Crabbe and optical supervisor Vernon Walker. Harry Redmond had a key role in the physical aspects of the destruction, while uncredited miniaturist Gus White and matte cameraman Clarence Slifer - both KONG staffers - played an important role as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdP1oxTIkQgzp7b5UJndwkb-6_8KkF0ceKCjhQ6eK-7vwjWLIQEps3wXHACB-mpXBWAsbS8uU0nY4P-8iKZU1PWQMcq4lGK-N5VeLTyMLXQcIewb-CDZlfAJmUjzekvdsO4Xr8GyO4QDsgCvLXnELJ5NsKHfTroqwxd8vWTrNyFBMRT_H6i_YqN_bVJc/s1887/Willis%20miniature%20galleon.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1887" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdP1oxTIkQgzp7b5UJndwkb-6_8KkF0ceKCjhQ6eK-7vwjWLIQEps3wXHACB-mpXBWAsbS8uU0nY4P-8iKZU1PWQMcq4lGK-N5VeLTyMLXQcIewb-CDZlfAJmUjzekvdsO4Xr8GyO4QDsgCvLXnELJ5NsKHfTroqwxd8vWTrNyFBMRT_H6i_YqN_bVJc/w640-h418/Willis%20miniature%20galleon.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Willis O'Brien with one of the miniature galleons built for POMPEII. For readers unfamiliar <i>(I find that hard to comprehend!)</i>, O'Bie was a certified genius in the pantheon of visual storytelling, with many hats to his name, and as many unfinished projects as there were finished and celebrated films. O'Bie did some amazing trick work even before his monumental classic KING KONG in 1933, with things like the never completed CREATION and the spectacle THE LOST WORLD - both silents from the twenties. O'Bie was a visionary, a talented artist, sculptor, stop-motion animator, cameraman, modeller and matte painter. He had a grasp of all aspects of the 'fantastic' and how to create the impossible. Sadly, Willis was often sidelined, over ruled and eventually put out to pasture, despite his enormous talents, with later shows and dodgy producers simply cashing in on his name to sell a picture, many of those 'B' at best. So many future effects guys owe their lot to the great Willis H. O'Brien <i>(go on...you know who you are!)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYLdipArKPvfgSk7VELdmRNjnZ9KzCSiKLkeFmPWOpwQd-9ck_rBOiJ0pSYtjTafEfNWrNet9tb2QzXqIsztNQ40HTMGfWi4m7bO7uOottDfgHT6pptjak1KOB-NbsQLYAL3o9S0Wes10ej8e2TpDbGwNsCRus52cLVANg8FJ688jeJwSRbYdxbM6_pw/s2544/Walker-O'Brien-Dunn.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="2544" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYLdipArKPvfgSk7VELdmRNjnZ9KzCSiKLkeFmPWOpwQd-9ck_rBOiJ0pSYtjTafEfNWrNet9tb2QzXqIsztNQ40HTMGfWi4m7bO7uOottDfgHT6pptjak1KOB-NbsQLYAL3o9S0Wes10ej8e2TpDbGwNsCRus52cLVANg8FJ688jeJwSRbYdxbM6_pw/w640-h224/Walker-O'Brien-Dunn.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Three key players in RKO's 'Camera Effects Department'. Left: Vernon Walker. Mid: Willis O'Brien. Right: Linwood Dunn</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOR7lComHedprgI8D1H8Wcg7dwEHShokRoD-GDSss25-fdcoekJALr0WPUPgWJBNr8_ge7L-zudlnU8So3aXH5xhKx5hcYj3_kf6vbVP0fglNOalLLcsbE7oG0PKiDya-WqszbZNGoR3sna6k0JSqf7RIA4fCOTBES2j3kxYvnQhs7eeP4NSNOdtD-aE/s1134/miniatures%20pompeii.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="1134" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOR7lComHedprgI8D1H8Wcg7dwEHShokRoD-GDSss25-fdcoekJALr0WPUPgWJBNr8_ge7L-zudlnU8So3aXH5xhKx5hcYj3_kf6vbVP0fglNOalLLcsbE7oG0PKiDya-WqszbZNGoR3sna6k0JSqf7RIA4fCOTBES2j3kxYvnQhs7eeP4NSNOdtD-aE/w640-h214/miniatures%20pompeii.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">O'Bie, as he was known, shows off two of the miniature sets built by Gus White, another KONG alumni.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUceNulLIPcmQnsJLI6TVnHhp6AckLkZGy2yvuzgH9PrjKbIgtcteNLZR4W0fFSQxPnPzwHLycpW72Y18-jZTmT4A4viDc88XYcFO7Nob-tmJjSyjFWOv7-fmKSzNih_Cj8tPRZazIXlueMglHE54SXDcNtkgmQLUnAX5Eed5OY89o6ziIgfYTQi67E18/s1572/Byron%20Crabbe.large.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="1572" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUceNulLIPcmQnsJLI6TVnHhp6AckLkZGy2yvuzgH9PrjKbIgtcteNLZR4W0fFSQxPnPzwHLycpW72Y18-jZTmT4A4viDc88XYcFO7Nob-tmJjSyjFWOv7-fmKSzNih_Cj8tPRZazIXlueMglHE54SXDcNtkgmQLUnAX5Eed5OY89o6ziIgfYTQi67E18/w640-h418/Byron%20Crabbe.large.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painter Byron Crabbe at work on a vast glass shot of the Gladiatorial arena that would ultimately not be fully utilised to it's best advantage in the film, unfortunately. Byron would paint on many films around the thirties, often with friend Jack Cosgrove on various projects. Crabbe started designs for matte work on GONE WITH THE WIND under Cosgrove, but died suddenly during pre-production.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfj_0dc0kPyEJxYbT5IiZVlbPqhKPKiQDdaK_XFvWIbTgde834mHrIcf7ShVshbq226q8NKkne1viJdAh9RG8fVXsGPb3gCnSU_Vju0vPoVH1-fnNgU4lRQl1DUtuS6zz3RYIU6dpEWG4XlTgrkV7gE211J9v9gFd_rB9DThFPfgITYWRv8Dh6da_0tw/s1000/LastDaysPompeii-Pykeproduction%20sketch.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="1000" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfj_0dc0kPyEJxYbT5IiZVlbPqhKPKiQDdaK_XFvWIbTgde834mHrIcf7ShVshbq226q8NKkne1viJdAh9RG8fVXsGPb3gCnSU_Vju0vPoVH1-fnNgU4lRQl1DUtuS6zz3RYIU6dpEWG4XlTgrkV7gE211J9v9gFd_rB9DThFPfgITYWRv8Dh6da_0tw/w640-h244/LastDaysPompeii-Pykeproduction%20sketch.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A pre-production concept sketch rendered by Mario Larrinaga who had a solid association with O'Bie and Crabbe, going way back.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZM6aNx1RoFp4i8TuljLnsxqhQAbU20cFSzcxgHwZhzBIwBRxnotDo14ZUNHftGlhDoskHHHxYxcd7AYaYIbVL1cdWo-zk7fSK92b3Y6ZSkDCpzcOEE9BIPZVGleYVq-JI_OsNx5ECyyTsH-6HL_PrfuIS7Wg8JKLRNJ3CucnBxaBhekzdbONSVD4noo/s1929/O'Bie%20&%20Eddie%20Linden.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="1929" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZM6aNx1RoFp4i8TuljLnsxqhQAbU20cFSzcxgHwZhzBIwBRxnotDo14ZUNHftGlhDoskHHHxYxcd7AYaYIbVL1cdWo-zk7fSK92b3Y6ZSkDCpzcOEE9BIPZVGleYVq-JI_OsNx5ECyyTsH-6HL_PrfuIS7Wg8JKLRNJ3CucnBxaBhekzdbONSVD4noo/w640-h472/O'Bie%20&%20Eddie%20Linden.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">O'Bie with cameraman Eddie Linden who acted as both production cinematographer <i>and</i> overall effects cinematographer on POMPEII as he did on KONG, which was quite unusual for the time, and rarely occurred at all even after the fact!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fASuskPlLvfjPniTzLlzfSVDdGSI_R7_9c0M4PYJlAeGKvwWSgbngXgzwkU6E6NapQRq_ez80HSso1_lXbGlkGC2465Ql7Kal9bpQS9xHcfRMlVYN-N5OX0dVAKzWSGxCcYapk6DhTyXjW9t24mCrF45Ob4DUg9EPGPMQdXYuF4jarASZXnhrWekHQc/s2076/Willis%20&%20Pompeii%20crew%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2076" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fASuskPlLvfjPniTzLlzfSVDdGSI_R7_9c0M4PYJlAeGKvwWSgbngXgzwkU6E6NapQRq_ez80HSso1_lXbGlkGC2465Ql7Kal9bpQS9xHcfRMlVYN-N5OX0dVAKzWSGxCcYapk6DhTyXjW9t24mCrF45Ob4DUg9EPGPMQdXYuF4jarASZXnhrWekHQc/w640-h422/Willis%20&%20Pompeii%20crew%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A nice relaxed moment for O'Bie and his miniatures unit, one of whom must be W.G 'Gus' White who made the memorable model sets for KING KONG.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJ5T_AbaBGd9_1FDmWScP_xNE1FKrrp94bTRsfB24i31EZbwbhXqQ-XmjLtD6eFxu99X-VdNgb0vEtjCXBZYqf2BUpOxLXR0NQnmJYPGIdQ-rw0Sk2-QobWJRwDnytJpisgrlXeoNqBeXL4e9_7TPlp0mQH4PavEs_G2rGAUQXKwcMW7gvcFLBRsrJS4/s1774/Pompeii%20model%20shop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1774" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJ5T_AbaBGd9_1FDmWScP_xNE1FKrrp94bTRsfB24i31EZbwbhXqQ-XmjLtD6eFxu99X-VdNgb0vEtjCXBZYqf2BUpOxLXR0NQnmJYPGIdQ-rw0Sk2-QobWJRwDnytJpisgrlXeoNqBeXL4e9_7TPlp0mQH4PavEs_G2rGAUQXKwcMW7gvcFLBRsrJS4/w640-h436/Pompeii%20model%20shop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">RKO's resident sculptor, Italian born artisan John Cerasoli and his hand made figurines aboard the Roman vessel. John did similar assignments for the two KONG films with skillfully sculpted figures and tiny props.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI64SXvbXgFy-BB3gWXykBfjscGWn64S466oZAC0lHyHEsHZ-zTVojHlw514gp6Z4mr_Ouhxvp1iHwXB12-HkfRO8KCY1zuPt7iqiSYrsKzJ1QpGz5G2JX3ha2zgGHyp8dh1T2eku_iPfXsAx7SVw3caRWyt_RE0R4JYn5rdMfecfS7EDivOonbVNAPcA/s2712/Pompeii-shot1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="2712" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI64SXvbXgFy-BB3gWXykBfjscGWn64S466oZAC0lHyHEsHZ-zTVojHlw514gp6Z4mr_Ouhxvp1iHwXB12-HkfRO8KCY1zuPt7iqiSYrsKzJ1QpGz5G2JX3ha2zgGHyp8dh1T2eku_iPfXsAx7SVw3caRWyt_RE0R4JYn5rdMfecfS7EDivOonbVNAPcA/w640-h242/Pompeii-shot1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The opening shot was this multi-layered optical/matte with various planes of glass art, projected smoke, real water and a foreground with actors added as a travelling matte element, possibly via the Dunning double matting process.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocJBT2XWjlJQWJl8HthpAQXKyYfbJyLyLN12LNn_pttdN-LXurYV0z_jQprii0t77QGeS29TjZ_9_KAVb7RJ69mGmMaWoRwpWGcKeskkHPr-DTUqyccyYRpqc4-Lx0l4R5z9RU0F-MjjNklpWwwL4fhNBGZwJBHf38Q8B6_OKaXI5MydDFv74sGbZw1M/s1920/Pompeii-bef&aft%20volcano%20etc.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1920" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocJBT2XWjlJQWJl8HthpAQXKyYfbJyLyLN12LNn_pttdN-LXurYV0z_jQprii0t77QGeS29TjZ_9_KAVb7RJ69mGmMaWoRwpWGcKeskkHPr-DTUqyccyYRpqc4-Lx0l4R5z9RU0F-MjjNklpWwwL4fhNBGZwJBHf38Q8B6_OKaXI5MydDFv74sGbZw1M/w640-h260/Pompeii-bef&aft%20volcano%20etc.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after multi-plane glass shot from an article in a technical magazine of the day, I think it was <i>Popular Mechanics</i> which occasionally had this sort of article.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinx5lJtgApP2Cz43rMch8QrIeoT32BiygcwKpGiOdQdI-74whI_nWWXkfIR_ZRhqiYAtd9hxTp1iWhJZY_tfHXOTgvs4Otv8s8deLDxITfgcYLYhyphenhyphen4FMyVfsBT3O_soGVozS8z6BAKqddD530ToVFDiti5GReoG6DiLCOqe2EBzUWm1eyzy-dStVmsqGc/s965/Pompeii_002.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="965" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinx5lJtgApP2Cz43rMch8QrIeoT32BiygcwKpGiOdQdI-74whI_nWWXkfIR_ZRhqiYAtd9hxTp1iWhJZY_tfHXOTgvs4Otv8s8deLDxITfgcYLYhyphenhyphen4FMyVfsBT3O_soGVozS8z6BAKqddD530ToVFDiti5GReoG6DiLCOqe2EBzUWm1eyzy-dStVmsqGc/w640-h482/Pompeii_002.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Byron Crabbe's rendering of Pompeii combined with water shot off San Pedro. This original production blow up is good, but the shots when seen in the film were less crisp. With the many exposures required once the live action was added with the people on the boat, the shot suffered with excessive grain and contrast, which was unavoidable due to the number of runs through Linwood Dunn's optical printer. Cinematographer Eddie Linden wrote in American Cinematographer at the time about the visuals: <i> "One of the first tasks was making the Vesuvius smoke and the threatening clouds. In the case of the smoke, we shot it in different ways at several different speeds ranging from four to twelve times the normal speed, and in shades ranging from black & white, and just a thin, lazy wisp, to a magnificent roaring volume. Thousands of feet of negative were exposed on smoke alone. At 700 feet or more per minute it doesn't take long to run up a lot of footage! Then we would get into a huddle in the projection room and pick the best takes to use in our various composite shots. You'd be surprised at just how much argument there is in just plain smoke!"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5V8gO8tB9PTsPinWJXEcQh96KWOTD6VZf025_lBBVqOCmLPY4W_oUVSjCF4lS1sPvoZumQVl4fnLG5offW3oHEqVbuF4XWBhx8toUgQS-Wf7vn6lo4CUAJso6oWVWBJlxbFOGrha-71dB7oGeVvsY3JFw0ARDHoY4jCjP3-PYrxiZBKsUsCYylwtVolw/s1138/1935%20POMPEII.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1138" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5V8gO8tB9PTsPinWJXEcQh96KWOTD6VZf025_lBBVqOCmLPY4W_oUVSjCF4lS1sPvoZumQVl4fnLG5offW3oHEqVbuF4XWBhx8toUgQS-Wf7vn6lo4CUAJso6oWVWBJlxbFOGrha-71dB7oGeVvsY3JFw0ARDHoY4jCjP3-PYrxiZBKsUsCYylwtVolw/w640-h362/1935%20POMPEII.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The title page from an old 1935 issue of American Cinematographer where cameraman Eddie Linden explains the numerous processes used. I will include various quotes as captions henceforth.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfk8X1ZRTia6U6Tt77hYBc8mG9DYMxBFB_OxXlCMzrc2eSg-WIXcL8R1k7aPF_RHozu16uv-lYRh1l4fFRjW0X5Bm5MFoeZ9u2tN3gTUoE8vglOCXDIGdnBBOs55BlXHL-sitHgEt4oLX6X2QDTfCeKgQEuwOC1c8DDBflKOUtg_jNrcKAyVJmvH46VM/s1920/Pompeii-shot2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfk8X1ZRTia6U6Tt77hYBc8mG9DYMxBFB_OxXlCMzrc2eSg-WIXcL8R1k7aPF_RHozu16uv-lYRh1l4fFRjW0X5Bm5MFoeZ9u2tN3gTUoE8vglOCXDIGdnBBOs55BlXHL-sitHgEt4oLX6X2QDTfCeKgQEuwOC1c8DDBflKOUtg_jNrcKAyVJmvH46VM/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Glass shot of the Temple of Jupiter if I recall.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBq5u2TkhfZiWLmtZ-0I1IF7r5pwbQgp6hNoX_z0br_RlWHJis8zhNPsKY5Niqa3fTPhNDCpzVaZi_EbghHxWwr_16WkDE3tmuP7VVDDX_hkz-6cmgA0aAGklhP8RRvNGidykSPthB9e9dxQ3fopLSi-dlDyNDlqU5iJNwTvlJcnbjJWfmNqs4q-kbT8/s720/pompeii3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBq5u2TkhfZiWLmtZ-0I1IF7r5pwbQgp6hNoX_z0br_RlWHJis8zhNPsKY5Niqa3fTPhNDCpzVaZi_EbghHxWwr_16WkDE3tmuP7VVDDX_hkz-6cmgA0aAGklhP8RRvNGidykSPthB9e9dxQ3fopLSi-dlDyNDlqU5iJNwTvlJcnbjJWfmNqs4q-kbT8/w640-h480/pompeii3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-ym2JGlZ7rmlRO9edcg77jb-z5AYhrfpvNiRNEnhFZvCnWWTMUbl_Be1zlEOPrThPAua6z8dQvvuGdQSiKqr5blAnzZj9gec71lyYYnFNmJZ1x1XaQwoOO-dEukbhY6BdJj4XKAN00H0aK1QKjcWPLuZA3y_9vP3yCho12axPxNSMI2acpNEEan0LMM/s968/Pompeii_001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="968" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-ym2JGlZ7rmlRO9edcg77jb-z5AYhrfpvNiRNEnhFZvCnWWTMUbl_Be1zlEOPrThPAua6z8dQvvuGdQSiKqr5blAnzZj9gec71lyYYnFNmJZ1x1XaQwoOO-dEukbhY6BdJj4XKAN00H0aK1QKjcWPLuZA3y_9vP3yCho12axPxNSMI2acpNEEan0LMM/w640-h478/Pompeii_001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer, sharper reproduction of the matte shot of the temple as seen in one of O'Bie's fx photos of 1935.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVF5GoCLVbhqCUWw2Nd2dVe17HszV_AEkGixAnWsizIA9GQcPreMCmPgQcbWpjTLe8xkPENrA2VRB45pZaMTkMRnU7vQSoutwKp6oEY6UjYSKIkGaRjPCl7tOU1dPRLdaU57F5aNWsg1CRSRN4x-OTGt_uevf86ZFPodI6YLVVwlTfG0gusFlBtV_9ME/s1920/Pompeii-shot4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVF5GoCLVbhqCUWw2Nd2dVe17HszV_AEkGixAnWsizIA9GQcPreMCmPgQcbWpjTLe8xkPENrA2VRB45pZaMTkMRnU7vQSoutwKp6oEY6UjYSKIkGaRjPCl7tOU1dPRLdaU57F5aNWsg1CRSRN4x-OTGt_uevf86ZFPodI6YLVVwlTfG0gusFlBtV_9ME/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Upper part of the frame painted in as a cost saver and to hide stage fixtures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJpIa9WIvru5VyD46-Ehl-M9_fJElaw2fLu-DgIpb0uqSEmKB4_s7_sIwszyTAfNwDuttKVmVPogxD8oXHKfQZLllbgWrWYHW3FtncN5HJP34UA1Y5kQNBlSFnYcS9gDTv5Wnah5fvmLTleD9CsZZ-sn5dp_a2HEdY-u9IxOQiCtl-jn0hkiFmV57hS0/s1920/Pompeii-shot5%20comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJpIa9WIvru5VyD46-Ehl-M9_fJElaw2fLu-DgIpb0uqSEmKB4_s7_sIwszyTAfNwDuttKVmVPogxD8oXHKfQZLllbgWrWYHW3FtncN5HJP34UA1Y5kQNBlSFnYcS9gDTv5Wnah5fvmLTleD9CsZZ-sn5dp_a2HEdY-u9IxOQiCtl-jn0hkiFmV57hS0/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot5%20comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An invisible matte painted set extension. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAAe-0RMx4k4qqBIaqKjFrqwVdJYEVsiVlTqKn_sZeX8SlryyhFu2WfX9GQe-t3-yppI4m84jHmuyrawDR_qAe10DB-l71_lkjnsHNCMXrNhtLupjwZ7QRWFqkp2ymBw424xexv08QNOh79q9tJ-YQLqh3h59BL6_vm-JFJDsX_aMVqXE86B8GMHTjxc/s3084/Pompeii-bef&aft%20interior.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="3084" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAAe-0RMx4k4qqBIaqKjFrqwVdJYEVsiVlTqKn_sZeX8SlryyhFu2WfX9GQe-t3-yppI4m84jHmuyrawDR_qAe10DB-l71_lkjnsHNCMXrNhtLupjwZ7QRWFqkp2ymBw424xexv08QNOh79q9tJ-YQLqh3h59BL6_vm-JFJDsX_aMVqXE86B8GMHTjxc/w640-h268/Pompeii-bef&aft%20interior.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after tells all.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5EtkJAua1js9bPMXHKopTMbYBZNoss2HI5lwL5lPu2Mg1NDMro-0m7rRgHnlpP_zv0tlYoN-cZ5pv1wE6YbuiTJZroFgq7bFFN03RzKhbMcAm6m7Mkyhb9Lz62kYsHeOuqP4gHbbuS6Hix72d0625c7uzObMbKLqe79Tftn8hnhCDv19L64DyeXECNE/s1920/Pompeii-shot8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5EtkJAua1js9bPMXHKopTMbYBZNoss2HI5lwL5lPu2Mg1NDMro-0m7rRgHnlpP_zv0tlYoN-cZ5pv1wE6YbuiTJZroFgq7bFFN03RzKhbMcAm6m7Mkyhb9Lz62kYsHeOuqP4gHbbuS6Hix72d0625c7uzObMbKLqe79Tftn8hnhCDv19L64DyeXECNE/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The spectacular Roman estate and sprawling hill suburbs of Pompeii as it appears on screen.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwATq8nx29MvpUyN4McTBl2buqEfJuxmyJ4NUfPzmRDqjqGPN_VkGU5KkRHv9Ag6wO-3-x_ioSUEV6UnTptmz4i7PZ1tEAO3pFqX69wDEUVBLMgf-0k8RjXOVu92bLCQH1STjEimjMtvVsXoDELOw-PBUOAWu3VS_f8DhrsJ1u9ccJXq4qGMhxweqjLto/s1308/Pompeii-miniature%20set1%20(sm).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1308" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwATq8nx29MvpUyN4McTBl2buqEfJuxmyJ4NUfPzmRDqjqGPN_VkGU5KkRHv9Ag6wO-3-x_ioSUEV6UnTptmz4i7PZ1tEAO3pFqX69wDEUVBLMgf-0k8RjXOVu92bLCQH1STjEimjMtvVsXoDELOw-PBUOAWu3VS_f8DhrsJ1u9ccJXq4qGMhxweqjLto/w640-h448/Pompeii-miniature%20set1%20(sm).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The actual Roman estate large scale miniature by Gus White minus the matted in water.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Note the painted background.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQ9B8IFN29A5NLnKkRsRvSoxuzEih0Vt2ZqlvnR4wNXEVBcos-1NGUMBa01q-sHvBXm6krwGL8jnpSb4aJbdkTnpbMWQhv7RI_xjlhupogDv-MXb0B27n4Oll-6kQX5sxI2jZHWXLEkBk_NomE-yMvCC9KtMlgxcymJ26YdcuTN9I_JsuMW25ox57ElI/s1920/Pompeii-shot8a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQ9B8IFN29A5NLnKkRsRvSoxuzEih0Vt2ZqlvnR4wNXEVBcos-1NGUMBa01q-sHvBXm6krwGL8jnpSb4aJbdkTnpbMWQhv7RI_xjlhupogDv-MXb0B27n4Oll-6kQX5sxI2jZHWXLEkBk_NomE-yMvCC9KtMlgxcymJ26YdcuTN9I_JsuMW25ox57ElI/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot8a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Meticulous detail on White's miniature.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPh0WP6IIhDOEqjopGVABCklVYqs7pOefQoi4joHTwjcMSUnTGuIKCHoUUYvb1mOGqImiOE5r0o6GgR6XKOgnAmBLB9a6va4dUNVciLE6jYuWdWyodo9-IJmt1BI0wrhkWHQU_MTSZ_u5WiI4sTMrz9gIKl1WLC1HIt9qXKPhPXm1ERmz4dMbnV5IPM0s/s1641/IPompeii-O'Bie%20miniature%20temple2%20(sm).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="1641" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPh0WP6IIhDOEqjopGVABCklVYqs7pOefQoi4joHTwjcMSUnTGuIKCHoUUYvb1mOGqImiOE5r0o6GgR6XKOgnAmBLB9a6va4dUNVciLE6jYuWdWyodo9-IJmt1BI0wrhkWHQU_MTSZ_u5WiI4sTMrz9gIKl1WLC1HIt9qXKPhPXm1ERmz4dMbnV5IPM0s/w640-h404/IPompeii-O'Bie%20miniature%20temple2%20(sm).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbwbef2nY-21Ws6LoB8DwPeiRL2VxtC8jt5gKs2bRgk-wErrbtMNjbbcsxyv-PzJud4vc91FJZooXZ5WX-VLS3H0kb8zgVoJcoXCrwuwm80Bn7tRHPrpnhM22KKiKVmz5jOjy7_VZest22uEe2NSKOreXLy3B4w8h7Zboy_nZmNbsae6h4FJDPydT0Hc/s1920/Pompeii-shot6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbwbef2nY-21Ws6LoB8DwPeiRL2VxtC8jt5gKs2bRgk-wErrbtMNjbbcsxyv-PzJud4vc91FJZooXZ5WX-VLS3H0kb8zgVoJcoXCrwuwm80Bn7tRHPrpnhM22KKiKVmz5jOjy7_VZest22uEe2NSKOreXLy3B4w8h7Zboy_nZmNbsae6h4FJDPydT0Hc/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An excellent addition to a minimal set courtesy of Byron Crabbe's paint brush.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1EnVp3M7SScx7a7P1xzhYqXEfGRKSiZPbz_BCBT4m6Xvj9ufn7ycTduKv23DrI5wdaAKLTDkUG-3h-YRiCG2AMXKfjzIfNEL9zfSQNFhKcicVQNTcFGEAb4S3Jo8sQdABNm4hGl84MdABGdxXzIBcjISPt4b6iswVg1RMzeCaoHAmptPUsvJ-84t-cw/s1920/Pompeii-shot7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1EnVp3M7SScx7a7P1xzhYqXEfGRKSiZPbz_BCBT4m6Xvj9ufn7ycTduKv23DrI5wdaAKLTDkUG-3h-YRiCG2AMXKfjzIfNEL9zfSQNFhKcicVQNTcFGEAb4S3Jo8sQdABNm4hGl84MdABGdxXzIBcjISPt4b6iswVg1RMzeCaoHAmptPUsvJ-84t-cw/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A hauntingly atmospheric vista of literally Biblical proportions!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoCkY6AcS9DUCsxooqTEBaB8_Lbni8I95X6DD_un0jKp8AveLOWUbDpIj6ZFlhjlZ3yBMnSoWUZdup9IEixZMIiQI6_KfbncWvpqO2f-E10sgD68s_XKQ5EFhgGgMxg3gDvWjfkdaIJp8cZYZO2Y5PMnPcs4fLVXu3vUShaa1pIOPRIj1pm-sRb2o87k/s1920/Pompeii-shot9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoCkY6AcS9DUCsxooqTEBaB8_Lbni8I95X6DD_un0jKp8AveLOWUbDpIj6ZFlhjlZ3yBMnSoWUZdup9IEixZMIiQI6_KfbncWvpqO2f-E10sgD68s_XKQ5EFhgGgMxg3gDvWjfkdaIJp8cZYZO2Y5PMnPcs4fLVXu3vUShaa1pIOPRIj1pm-sRb2o87k/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Multi-element fx shot with actors added as a travelling matte component. At the time both the Williams Matting System and the competitor Dunning Double Printing System were in use in Hollywood, though which was employed for POMPEII I don't know. Both had their advantages, yet both had failings under certain conditions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUSmMSiF61dFFLi7dZBaiCL6WLOVd2t7YrmOq3Ek9ABgoc3l46fqzY7J4PYNjQzbAdDfPHFKo5G9l39hixgxNaxk1mCE0KTEUjeVDd9BimE3BZek3EfB8x3IWpdu6pxpEYL5MxIKDoxVQQaZpa_OQXIe_3vTxKZTmfc150M0uXTjXnPjVby4Eh2Iy4bg/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2010%20(better).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUSmMSiF61dFFLi7dZBaiCL6WLOVd2t7YrmOq3Ek9ABgoc3l46fqzY7J4PYNjQzbAdDfPHFKo5G9l39hixgxNaxk1mCE0KTEUjeVDd9BimE3BZek3EfB8x3IWpdu6pxpEYL5MxIKDoxVQQaZpa_OQXIe_3vTxKZTmfc150M0uXTjXnPjVby4Eh2Iy4bg/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2010%20(better).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbrwqXi5K_3o68DMN1hhm4JjvUx3jvev9lmnRBJRb0JM7mrOvTVnD2RPglFDDxDjmZ9LSyArp_8zzIdln-2UIMZDuDxrMo8vguCRNzIMWttJ4kikd3fbI1mkZU0KW9DFbWL_LgKfuPIUHBOyKmIVfael65dKGS2Lobq86KCafqjnPVn5w02mQQr9kMZc/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2011%20(better).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbrwqXi5K_3o68DMN1hhm4JjvUx3jvev9lmnRBJRb0JM7mrOvTVnD2RPglFDDxDjmZ9LSyArp_8zzIdln-2UIMZDuDxrMo8vguCRNzIMWttJ4kikd3fbI1mkZU0KW9DFbWL_LgKfuPIUHBOyKmIVfael65dKGS2Lobq86KCafqjnPVn5w02mQQr9kMZc/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2011%20(better).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A wider view of the Temple of Jupiter and the crowded square. See below for matte art!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmsuv_Pw0GiinLZelCyAt7MyvQmDx6KI6aD68CqBxG-p5TISouLsrlEL_eOmyRjRy5CFS3Vx0P6yTWgUsjsXH1YZcHlxazwrmKFldI-3DwQR-kEXENxd5TxmAKH3VaMoy7EqD5kr9Gl85IXEYBBoWlDr1s2qiVgfJyAhYwtVnzY_liiXISJXgQId9D2A/s1807/Last%20Days%20of%20Pompeii%20(original%20matte%20art).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="1807" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmsuv_Pw0GiinLZelCyAt7MyvQmDx6KI6aD68CqBxG-p5TISouLsrlEL_eOmyRjRy5CFS3Vx0P6yTWgUsjsXH1YZcHlxazwrmKFldI-3DwQR-kEXENxd5TxmAKH3VaMoy7EqD5kr9Gl85IXEYBBoWlDr1s2qiVgfJyAhYwtVnzY_liiXISJXgQId9D2A/w640-h476/Last%20Days%20of%20Pompeii%20(original%20matte%20art).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An incredibly rare artifact here is this high resolution picture of the original Byron Crabbe glass painting for the above scene. I must thank profusely my fellow matte fan Steven way over there in New York for sending me this amazing image. Very much appreciated my friend.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPhzB4pOXlOcGoAWwnRG8ryVuj-0ExGWrQRl0Rgn1ZGo6ueaqWm7wjDqWTScQV1IlpBFsHVrPFNuJwFWlWo7-p-t0UIL88EluE-DabEQwgfVxi3luRyQJwSXiASoZYPq3hgMQyMStbv0_zPete7NPxg6zd2CLYvKbAsaRYGgejDgBLKhMYswvpHsa7Z0/s1562/Last%20Days%20of%20Pompeii%20(original%20matte%20art%20detail).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1562" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPhzB4pOXlOcGoAWwnRG8ryVuj-0ExGWrQRl0Rgn1ZGo6ueaqWm7wjDqWTScQV1IlpBFsHVrPFNuJwFWlWo7-p-t0UIL88EluE-DabEQwgfVxi3luRyQJwSXiASoZYPq3hgMQyMStbv0_zPete7NPxg6zd2CLYvKbAsaRYGgejDgBLKhMYswvpHsa7Z0/w640-h314/Last%20Days%20of%20Pompeii%20(original%20matte%20art%20detail).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up of the detailed brushwork rendered by Crabbe. Magnificent.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvreP9SzV9I7ouDNBZzDjh7a_vuIbW4A433jn8MKYz63s6TtUYNJN1dn1_A8MvBHWfNK95DtRpq-exfAU5i2f_OUqp6iN1LKsqX_UL_j2k9tFzXFu3oGm8d-v_JNXgmPZOAztQb9D_wLX52l0fduuWgung3QPyRSh4VuU4rjzMgdG46MbtKyindOuuY5I/s2728/Pompeii-shots%2012.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="2728" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvreP9SzV9I7ouDNBZzDjh7a_vuIbW4A433jn8MKYz63s6TtUYNJN1dn1_A8MvBHWfNK95DtRpq-exfAU5i2f_OUqp6iN1LKsqX_UL_j2k9tFzXFu3oGm8d-v_JNXgmPZOAztQb9D_wLX52l0fduuWgung3QPyRSh4VuU4rjzMgdG46MbtKyindOuuY5I/w640-h246/Pompeii-shots%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure about the shot at left. May be a full set as too large a shot to be 1935 rear projected well, and no fringing detectable as a Dunning shot. Frame at right is a multi-layered vfx shot though. A miniature of the huge Colossus statue, a glass painted arena, projected 'people' in the stands, a smoke element also projected, and this all provided as a plate for the addition of the foreground action as a travelling matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqTpVwTXjR5MVtIiQ5C4-4jBzo-0WtLh3tCsy_LamLhQXhyphenhyphenC_o_59YNkrkOe_P2ikC40QM7uiBNMOP6Nww3bCNYTmDn8H4LMBuAYcuPfgeGc_tKBE2il1ogsVYrxkzOiwr2-43Y_ZhnXrEcCHvrFhBi-MrRAYY0jMP3gB5hzVywAp6xHBXw57UGG3N7w/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqTpVwTXjR5MVtIiQ5C4-4jBzo-0WtLh3tCsy_LamLhQXhyphenhyphenC_o_59YNkrkOe_P2ikC40QM7uiBNMOP6Nww3bCNYTmDn8H4LMBuAYcuPfgeGc_tKBE2il1ogsVYrxkzOiwr2-43Y_ZhnXrEcCHvrFhBi-MrRAYY0jMP3gB5hzVywAp6xHBXw57UGG3N7w/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Composite shot down in the arena just before the shit literally hits the fan!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_RX_BS8G1PE-OyPfZyD9FL4NIsRXyHGv8KHmzIcjWHvx7_1ilGlJMdq4Z6cwb7AkfdudyFneTRlG59eBx868tPH-4w2RrTjv-twQOTNKp2jq8DcfylPgjehEII3ciU1SyyGAxViTRDjSo6UfoyRkTGQSP6zrpU0ceYGKf5Oibqs0T-3_KgGMpZM2CII/s2712/Pompeii-arena%20bef&aft%20(sm).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="2712" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_RX_BS8G1PE-OyPfZyD9FL4NIsRXyHGv8KHmzIcjWHvx7_1ilGlJMdq4Z6cwb7AkfdudyFneTRlG59eBx868tPH-4w2RrTjv-twQOTNKp2jq8DcfylPgjehEII3ciU1SyyGAxViTRDjSo6UfoyRkTGQSP6zrpU0ceYGKf5Oibqs0T-3_KgGMpZM2CII/w640-h210/Pompeii-arena%20bef&aft%20(sm).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after with Gus White's miniature set etc.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEO2vQRrIxCqnAkPLurgnIeBZORLE5RzZEr23Jem6xHOssxceKHX-d3gISdtkvYiejmBljLVu4iAvN1F5z8nkISRTy8Ey8M6e8X3ZZ0qAr6xkm6ic94pkpUzd0CVpsngclIoQN1Q7X32nqLka3vJMUD-y5UqqKaB4aqXbyHWa5y8p3bkCxnj-RQSoX9w/s1380/Pompeii%20unused%20matte%20Crabbe.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="1380" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEO2vQRrIxCqnAkPLurgnIeBZORLE5RzZEr23Jem6xHOssxceKHX-d3gISdtkvYiejmBljLVu4iAvN1F5z8nkISRTy8Ey8M6e8X3ZZ0qAr6xkm6ic94pkpUzd0CVpsngclIoQN1Q7X32nqLka3vJMUD-y5UqqKaB4aqXbyHWa5y8p3bkCxnj-RQSoX9w/w640-h230/Pompeii%20unused%20matte%20Crabbe.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Crabbe at work on his arena glass painting which sadly is never shown to full advantage in the final cut. We only ever get to see a heavily cropped version with barely any matte art visible in the finished edit. The pic at right is a test that only appears in the film with much additional close foreground action obscuring the matte composite. The editor should have used a full cut before cluttering up the view.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-m-ntSeS4JbFdeIhyphenhyphenFnhmEVBRwDcABUrOnrqQfogKpsCrQrl0w1fidmC9UoxmFvntTXvg7TME_0-dao5MCAVZS_me_YCbPhLBTVKMJ_2VPxCSQiycYQY6-B4lotIiey_5z_UzZFUe1L6BdSIrMK7yD-1tFWDCGm2vQTwjaO7DSvEWDC08hZ2h9-rU5o/s2176/Pompeii-shots%2014.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1628" data-original-width="2176" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-m-ntSeS4JbFdeIhyphenhyphenFnhmEVBRwDcABUrOnrqQfogKpsCrQrl0w1fidmC9UoxmFvntTXvg7TME_0-dao5MCAVZS_me_YCbPhLBTVKMJ_2VPxCSQiycYQY6-B4lotIiey_5z_UzZFUe1L6BdSIrMK7yD-1tFWDCGm2vQTwjaO7DSvEWDC08hZ2h9-rU5o/w640-h478/Pompeii-shots%2014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'Thar she blows...'</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fMQprDmDc9corhJpK_yrrpHxt3aYiZW7jNqBO6tq2AdSCKtocIgQrno-mHSf-NioMZWfn8NadDVS5Mf2Y2wEe_SnaFkyuqCsaPy_OgLOpaq4d9h27bFlWuKOlPaSYsFwCl0K08pLccHwx6E8jbYgHMMTgh3TuTKREgFGxdm5fa4DE2s38km_V1aYuxM/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2015.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fMQprDmDc9corhJpK_yrrpHxt3aYiZW7jNqBO6tq2AdSCKtocIgQrno-mHSf-NioMZWfn8NadDVS5Mf2Y2wEe_SnaFkyuqCsaPy_OgLOpaq4d9h27bFlWuKOlPaSYsFwCl0K08pLccHwx6E8jbYgHMMTgh3TuTKREgFGxdm5fa4DE2s38km_V1aYuxM/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2015.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The volcanic blast and subsequent earthquake cause mayhem. Colossus cracks apart and falls upon the panicked Gladiators in this combination miniature/live action shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYY2-7-lHB4OSGFU1e120BEQFM-YbquLFhCGQKYtWUadw3iEwWRJtZXSVeD3cqawgH1EVNKMcU510C5PrVf8ViuqMJSidwsk35XTUr0TNN2SpYEtXU6nIBfQX5BVntd7JxCJVQ4AyUIar5KOgPpXvUY1vTFREcm48VlKONupjPul_4PKc9tJQCzX0Xg9M/s1645/pompeii-statue.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="1645" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYY2-7-lHB4OSGFU1e120BEQFM-YbquLFhCGQKYtWUadw3iEwWRJtZXSVeD3cqawgH1EVNKMcU510C5PrVf8ViuqMJSidwsk35XTUr0TNN2SpYEtXU6nIBfQX5BVntd7JxCJVQ4AyUIar5KOgPpXvUY1vTFREcm48VlKONupjPul_4PKc9tJQCzX0Xg9M/w640-h180/pompeii-statue.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of the KONG alumni, Clarence W. Slifer was on the unit for POMPEII. Slifer was matte cinematographer on the film and would go on to be a major 'backroom talent' on a hundred or so films at various studios over the next 45 years, as effects cameraman at Selznick International, 20th Century Fox and mostly at MGM, though rarely credited. According to his long time friend <i>(and occasional nemesis)</i> Matt Yuricich, Clarence just loved being in his optical room and devising new and improved systems for his optical printers and camera equipment.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_4BHMtDbeETrpqjVsryS10cxkGFIExhxiXb1dOiPO1R_ice_FkK_tENPJ6mefUSvoSOyxPuZJXKEPfSmY9djFQLcS9Y0aj_MgM4mTotB3_k5AgjUSQqohGJxpLCa4orwzDXDy7u2IwfBKugfKq2NMxQJzIgxkkJk5CgOZdC6s3c6MNw63kylGqOt_Jc/s855/Pompeii-miniature%20statue.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="687" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_4BHMtDbeETrpqjVsryS10cxkGFIExhxiXb1dOiPO1R_ice_FkK_tENPJ6mefUSvoSOyxPuZJXKEPfSmY9djFQLcS9Y0aj_MgM4mTotB3_k5AgjUSQqohGJxpLCa4orwzDXDy7u2IwfBKugfKq2NMxQJzIgxkkJk5CgOZdC6s3c6MNw63kylGqOt_Jc/w514-h640/Pompeii-miniature%20statue.JPG" width="514" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Members of Gus White and Harry Redmond's effects crew shoot high speed take of the Colossus biting the dust.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XewkA6b5keCIwQMQ8Ahvq4Zyy_LqhbXViZuY5Lv4hlPdLpVHyhoRYXMxJT2CsjyE5N6ImG-WoMgUOWsLZVH6IAETZW-VeqkhJlZEvr8kTobnuDP_Cj4o9nV4EwbpWkXjZ9tXgTUdJjeWDeG6ZJxLwYprybynDMlL6vTN7Oo1BL-Yu1H8LELW05r8qPY/s1924/Pompeii-statue%20miniature%20figure%20(sm).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1924" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XewkA6b5keCIwQMQ8Ahvq4Zyy_LqhbXViZuY5Lv4hlPdLpVHyhoRYXMxJT2CsjyE5N6ImG-WoMgUOWsLZVH6IAETZW-VeqkhJlZEvr8kTobnuDP_Cj4o9nV4EwbpWkXjZ9tXgTUdJjeWDeG6ZJxLwYprybynDMlL6vTN7Oo1BL-Yu1H8LELW05r8qPY/w640-h328/Pompeii-statue%20miniature%20figure%20(sm).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewbfM8XJEWIXeAnaKIvyPzEF1LUz8SM5UZ-0vJp7n9uBy_9YJe7xiDi5tC3Iw9KiqaGGueYBPy4eOJ6-kj0ygXOgUxJGtaxo9nrcog3qXydagtw_coZfsWXqU0OARu-onpKuBCOQ108iEip4SOtAHCiwi9-Pr-5zuSD89UQpnt_GI2ISZ9hKm76hh530/s1523/Willis%20with%20temple%20model.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1523" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewbfM8XJEWIXeAnaKIvyPzEF1LUz8SM5UZ-0vJp7n9uBy_9YJe7xiDi5tC3Iw9KiqaGGueYBPy4eOJ6-kj0ygXOgUxJGtaxo9nrcog3qXydagtw_coZfsWXqU0OARu-onpKuBCOQ108iEip4SOtAHCiwi9-Pr-5zuSD89UQpnt_GI2ISZ9hKm76hh530/w640-h426/Willis%20with%20temple%20model.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A faded 1935 colour snapshot of Willis in front of the majestic Temple of Jupiter miniature, all carefully wired and rigged by Harry Redmond for what he hopes will be a successful demolition (it was!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmnwOtt3BVYZW7E-6H9ch6TEORxVxnFwX87UQOttBmtUR_A6iPe6yll7J4jpy89z5KYqcyOMjv6DAdY20SBnA_mEFTsxtnwp16FzHKJyaU8ITNZyGJPTRrPVSFY5FwlFyMD62ub7Esy-uKS1jcQyWv71979r06L52oKPsvXsP0Nn5I-RqXWtsIg3x6pI/s2660/O'Bie%20direct%20mayhem%20(sm).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="2660" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmnwOtt3BVYZW7E-6H9ch6TEORxVxnFwX87UQOttBmtUR_A6iPe6yll7J4jpy89z5KYqcyOMjv6DAdY20SBnA_mEFTsxtnwp16FzHKJyaU8ITNZyGJPTRrPVSFY5FwlFyMD62ub7Esy-uKS1jcQyWv71979r06L52oKPsvXsP0Nn5I-RqXWtsIg3x6pI/w640-h190/O'Bie%20direct%20mayhem%20(sm).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">O'Bie with loudspeaker shouts 'action' with his twenty man crew all knowing their roles. The model comes down by means of a mass of hidden wires and a series of concealed metal rods within the actual columns that could be literally slipped out in stages thus allowing the pre-scored column structure to self collapse. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOjdHGRQRXouhQ42CvMB4Z_V47Wmi_-jT5sJcaMRje0xwWuwO5BkLQPGpQCL0g2x1ayo_cBgjxa8xpJIveCixrLGR9RRDrEoBMcC1Y0pzqzAabQiAHNzReLW3dtusB3OmmVRzsgAzCoLMxEwb0zzeeJCDKDr4Lbt7Ag9a0wMqBgu7Vjhh-TYjFAU1PPM/s1920/Pompeii-temple%20collapse1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOjdHGRQRXouhQ42CvMB4Z_V47Wmi_-jT5sJcaMRje0xwWuwO5BkLQPGpQCL0g2x1ayo_cBgjxa8xpJIveCixrLGR9RRDrEoBMcC1Y0pzqzAabQiAHNzReLW3dtusB3OmmVRzsgAzCoLMxEwb0zzeeJCDKDr4Lbt7Ag9a0wMqBgu7Vjhh-TYjFAU1PPM/w640-h466/Pompeii-temple%20collapse1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An excellent composite with miniature starting to shake and a hundred Roman extras fleeing as a travelling matte element, probably through the <b>Williams</b> Matte Printing Process. As I understand it, such a wide shot would have needed a vast amount of orange light upon the actors, with a blue screen at the back, to facilitate hold out mattes through the <b>Dunning</b> Process. The alternative <b>Williams</b> Process could avail a more simple bright 'white' illuminated backing <i>(or sometimes black) </i>behind the actors to pull high contrast silhouette mattes which would later be combined as bi-pack elements. Later developments by Frank Williams - with John P. Fulton - utilised a blue screen backing and white lit actors.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11HOP-dPrtTt5mW5UTPYWerCR-1lnXrGkq0RoUq9WBZb8VeUbI2JpA88Q6Ps2ZRQXB0-WuYp2iiRUuPcfgX7GTC30TJgQjcyGAsC2kaUWRcjERQ6sGZA0li4kM8vZEorjL7F4COMYMMcnuuYcaoxZDEPS0ikjVfgTqHZjNgq1qVSY5X0ZBqr96IUAsog/s1205/pompeii-temple%20collapse1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1205" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11HOP-dPrtTt5mW5UTPYWerCR-1lnXrGkq0RoUq9WBZb8VeUbI2JpA88Q6Ps2ZRQXB0-WuYp2iiRUuPcfgX7GTC30TJgQjcyGAsC2kaUWRcjERQ6sGZA0li4kM8vZEorjL7F4COMYMMcnuuYcaoxZDEPS0ikjVfgTqHZjNgq1qVSY5X0ZBqr96IUAsog/w640-h474/pompeii-temple%20collapse1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cameraman Eddie Linden spoke about this in the 1935 American Cinematographer article on the film's effects: <i> "One of the finest examples of miniature building was The Temple of Jupiter, constructed under the supervision of Willis O'Brien by Gus White and his assistants. It was one of those nerve-racking shots for it had to be made, and made right, in just one take. The slightest slip up on the part of any one of the 20 men who worked on this shot would mean weeks of hard work rebuilding and re-shooting the scene, not to mention the thousands of dollars extra spent by the studio". </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WxKCUKmT62W6kE5ZSZkqyRoXKt5dh33EUUbsbJIl2QrxvQG8_sFtsQsOzgITRmDvgN2Pej09rSAnhnRR1mnJ3KE-aCyt6x5vk1nUXzIz7-U6LTfiTZb-cUpS-jb82PD6eotBRh7FUO4WB2W8Blreqi8mlfbQhthV_469GTvlGapgJ4uOBEdb2lo6PHQ/s1920/Pompeii-temple%20collapse%201c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WxKCUKmT62W6kE5ZSZkqyRoXKt5dh33EUUbsbJIl2QrxvQG8_sFtsQsOzgITRmDvgN2Pej09rSAnhnRR1mnJ3KE-aCyt6x5vk1nUXzIz7-U6LTfiTZb-cUpS-jb82PD6eotBRh7FUO4WB2W8Blreqi8mlfbQhthV_469GTvlGapgJ4uOBEdb2lo6PHQ/w640-h466/Pompeii-temple%20collapse%201c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Linden: <i>"We made tests of all of the effects shots except the actual crash of the temple - the most important effect and the only one we couldn't test'.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWyhSAJQmHzjTOyeaOeHVTiGJPCvLoSn2ks3ZrlL6PPeSFpX3QWKOFm_lny8Hfg7S5YQXUWO0KNJnvQqkBhDAvHk3Xg4CzIVcIA8cEPOLzrelaPUsZRsVEB6QvG4RNN_Sf7_I5xBadN8RvEFwVa8NgAhBEVn6dHmDup7JOBFjaBbmO-kUffh1G3cfEqU/s1920/Pompeii-temple%20collapse%201b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWyhSAJQmHzjTOyeaOeHVTiGJPCvLoSn2ks3ZrlL6PPeSFpX3QWKOFm_lny8Hfg7S5YQXUWO0KNJnvQqkBhDAvHk3Xg4CzIVcIA8cEPOLzrelaPUsZRsVEB6QvG4RNN_Sf7_I5xBadN8RvEFwVa8NgAhBEVn6dHmDup7JOBFjaBbmO-kUffh1G3cfEqU/w640-h466/Pompeii-temple%20collapse%201b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Linden: <i>"Thanks to the efficiency of Harry Redmond's 'effecters', only minor changes were needed. A little less smoke here, a little more flame there, and so on. Then, the four cameras were again tested for steadiness, as the real people and the horses had to be processed in later, and even a movie earthquake couldn't explain a background that jiggled while the foreground didn't".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0VFDHGlnA55sgcat1EbPfZ6CvV20yU8vxq2v8jbNex_TA8G86FGV5bHMWn9tynbtSXWSKTwinV0mcqttbzQmOfNoE7rfn7yAVuJh_GJLB_Sc30u2CmKAzMUnPpY_3Bh8xetPLbSbqZdlviiOyb_yDE9FZBRFTwaz-gzKmfIADy3oyGEL2CG1QcTjY7k/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2022a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0VFDHGlnA55sgcat1EbPfZ6CvV20yU8vxq2v8jbNex_TA8G86FGV5bHMWn9tynbtSXWSKTwinV0mcqttbzQmOfNoE7rfn7yAVuJh_GJLB_Sc30u2CmKAzMUnPpY_3Bh8xetPLbSbqZdlviiOyb_yDE9FZBRFTwaz-gzKmfIADy3oyGEL2CG1QcTjY7k/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2022a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Linden: <i>"The tests were made and projected, and the final minute changes are made. Zero hour is now at hand. The order 'Hit 'em' is given by Willis. The lights blaze on. Flames and fire pots are lighted. Hundreds of smoke pots are timed electrically. Everything is ready".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgmlGbkFvYH1X9kKBam8KKp-rodDdoeYjniPw9cZdpPTZZvWC1rhH0GcMvvb7mc8E8iAoDoR5g7DCXMIUxEtSXvrG3UwFYYwaAwmqyTz0nvhVBMlaO8U0BjNchKRXdUoU4vM9hDz1S1Fb7Yf61qZpNcN4FQsroshoIel1s9g_gMNFAWELeq93yjSrwVI/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2022b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgmlGbkFvYH1X9kKBam8KKp-rodDdoeYjniPw9cZdpPTZZvWC1rhH0GcMvvb7mc8E8iAoDoR5g7DCXMIUxEtSXvrG3UwFYYwaAwmqyTz0nvhVBMlaO8U0BjNchKRXdUoU4vM9hDz1S1Fb7Yf61qZpNcN4FQsroshoIel1s9g_gMNFAWELeq93yjSrwVI/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2022b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Linden: <i>"Camera! Let 'er go. The rocking motion of the quake starts. The wires start the building to crumble, and 'go' she does".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtidngMevxJLcvNDi_PsK10pIQoEgPINN9pTaSV7yTyx5QPQzJ9ljUokeH0BLXvFI2MGCR4qRyN5CFDwAttvfbrUBTvZ1ltcn9cMmlWdPOBNCtpq8UFwNUigITTeYpRCjTmdWALzM_YKaD6NZXNvRIDafk7_7CPnYBs94HMUUR7p7xnYrwEDgwQHXXOtY/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2022c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtidngMevxJLcvNDi_PsK10pIQoEgPINN9pTaSV7yTyx5QPQzJ9ljUokeH0BLXvFI2MGCR4qRyN5CFDwAttvfbrUBTvZ1ltcn9cMmlWdPOBNCtpq8UFwNUigITTeYpRCjTmdWALzM_YKaD6NZXNvRIDafk7_7CPnYBs94HMUUR7p7xnYrwEDgwQHXXOtY/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2022c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Linden: <i>"Aaaah... all hands sigh with relief. Perfect the first time. Does it look real? There were some who saw the rushes who wouldn't believe it was done in miniature."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJf_yogA-h0d3s187PDDTF6N6b-wcHysRB7t3yzwHJ3vUxdxrjkg8w1ZUIRwvTWqqv4EuhZA4mLEehqPVMLjnlB8-ZigLXa6b0XEi9647n8WSJvKilQL0fFTJTkqoPyrwPE2ch8j-jNyjiJndz04ils7yZ125Ue4Zg-bepQU1lw_Pp9hjJEPanWu75_bo/s2528/Pompeii-shot%2020.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="2528" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJf_yogA-h0d3s187PDDTF6N6b-wcHysRB7t3yzwHJ3vUxdxrjkg8w1ZUIRwvTWqqv4EuhZA4mLEehqPVMLjnlB8-ZigLXa6b0XEi9647n8WSJvKilQL0fFTJTkqoPyrwPE2ch8j-jNyjiJndz04ils7yZ125Ue4Zg-bepQU1lw_Pp9hjJEPanWu75_bo/w640-h248/Pompeii-shot%2020.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A great full size physical effect by Harry Redmond as the ground opens up and swallows folks. Similar gags were applied by Fox in THE RAINS CAME (1939) and at MGM to outstanding effect in both SAN FRANCISCO the following year, and the epic GREEN DOLPHIN STREET in 1947 which deservedly won the Oscar for the effects work (as did the aforementioned Fox film).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCtK3GVynZQ-vFtUbL3GnIMLU2_bRS0CGnZG5RHLOoRdjZ81CFKGOFhtQmmyCW-vhukZFSq8wAuzem9TyEsZIKGFXLrDF4BxFkTwIH_lprtW6SIrCRuPVKRuD1MR7o5rUNRO76a88BsuxfXO2dkN0-_NAzl6azHVOuIp_o7UXfa8ygix54_PHQz22TOs/s3108/Pompeii-shot21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="3108" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCtK3GVynZQ-vFtUbL3GnIMLU2_bRS0CGnZG5RHLOoRdjZ81CFKGOFhtQmmyCW-vhukZFSq8wAuzem9TyEsZIKGFXLrDF4BxFkTwIH_lprtW6SIrCRuPVKRuD1MR7o5rUNRO76a88BsuxfXO2dkN0-_NAzl6azHVOuIp_o7UXfa8ygix54_PHQz22TOs/w640-h168/Pompeii-shot21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pompeii's property values suffer a considerable slump!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREnXM34YIMeSrx1bfcTlF06WctqRhFzcaL9BXtR4Q2OESEywnBUTIzC1AHCLNjlXjwWDluyE-INlCSN2p6EexjNKVXVvuuiPUhPJCCV_hQRBfayIGVVPNIarhFfDm53T4i-HKb8E8zE4gUJyzQcZE3UMCvNyp7bBTksf-GTqQQ63fbtMg3jFF3f0vWOs/s713/Pompeii-miniature%20set.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="713" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREnXM34YIMeSrx1bfcTlF06WctqRhFzcaL9BXtR4Q2OESEywnBUTIzC1AHCLNjlXjwWDluyE-INlCSN2p6EexjNKVXVvuuiPUhPJCCV_hQRBfayIGVVPNIarhFfDm53T4i-HKb8E8zE4gUJyzQcZE3UMCvNyp7bBTksf-GTqQQ63fbtMg3jFF3f0vWOs/w640-h456/Pompeii-miniature%20set.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A behind the scenes pic of O'Bie and associate on the miniature set all rigged up for the great outpouring of lava (note cylinders, piping and pumps at right).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEsKtJK6WXZoL7CEcxK903Lfxnb2NGCib_gRzxxAPxx_ikYc9cVn5RXaXuqMdiTg4Agcely39ULX34a1uZdleX3zb2MCx6Df2TmwYI6OE-BsZkTZSoUNbjn5PZ_qDJzxR3sQ4PHk8NsQas5ToU7s3z_TiurCu5tXm1faFun2X2Enodg8wsRrzft66I9o/s615/Last%20days%20Pompeii-O'Bie%20miniature.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="615" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEsKtJK6WXZoL7CEcxK903Lfxnb2NGCib_gRzxxAPxx_ikYc9cVn5RXaXuqMdiTg4Agcely39ULX34a1uZdleX3zb2MCx6Df2TmwYI6OE-BsZkTZSoUNbjn5PZ_qDJzxR3sQ4PHk8NsQas5ToU7s3z_TiurCu5tXm1faFun2X2Enodg8wsRrzft66I9o/w640-h484/Last%20days%20Pompeii-O'Bie%20miniature.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A still taken on the miniature set as the deluge of lava is unleashed. The final shot will include many additional elements such as smoke, fire, foreground debris falling and of course, actors, all assembled on Cecil Love and Linwood Dunn's optical printer under Vernon Walker's supervision. Lava frames to follow...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR16_SO_nsLWIzqCdSNk-ypfbxjo2LMz9Ptd6Ks8Oncri-So5AvMtkF95QOXBtt8fPYUo1sjaE4GbjzKH10zrrVCC9mgd_3Z_laLCuE79LzqFnQedcRCaL-lpvAjMXg8I9GTs3Klglvxl8l60zRIB1uEAqDWtK-FmA8EbQWDvMofZ7RdJmrV6MXakOQTE/s2120/Pompeii-shot%2018.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="2120" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR16_SO_nsLWIzqCdSNk-ypfbxjo2LMz9Ptd6Ks8Oncri-So5AvMtkF95QOXBtt8fPYUo1sjaE4GbjzKH10zrrVCC9mgd_3Z_laLCuE79LzqFnQedcRCaL-lpvAjMXg8I9GTs3Klglvxl8l60zRIB1uEAqDWtK-FmA8EbQWDvMofZ7RdJmrV6MXakOQTE/w640-h246/Pompeii-shot%2018.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Presumably a split screen shot with model destruction.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dBryte4UnnCBBCxXn4MkJdKjMeYEIH88Y66RTe7MI1SEgzIo9xXhJzT5R4bekGz0wc2hofaEijIysG6hReFBk4fVmDTXBMC1SOFbTyzYND_BxiZ8rF3AyOHWffJ_G2g0npEy-cfiTPzOnpD7gSPFfTltBowQeHb_gOtA1MQTQ4p0k4tGfRMQXxvpEtQ/s2288/Pompeii-shot%2016.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="2288" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dBryte4UnnCBBCxXn4MkJdKjMeYEIH88Y66RTe7MI1SEgzIo9xXhJzT5R4bekGz0wc2hofaEijIysG6hReFBk4fVmDTXBMC1SOFbTyzYND_BxiZ8rF3AyOHWffJ_G2g0npEy-cfiTPzOnpD7gSPFfTltBowQeHb_gOtA1MQTQ4p0k4tGfRMQXxvpEtQ/w640-h246/Pompeii-shot%2016.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably a full sized bit of mayhem?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtatTMp1wBg8r1idfXSuB0mlpSt2ycO8G9h8ZMYF_3MHCL_ELjyLGv8IrURMMytq7u4YH5Ce6XjQTI3XsNcQ1ZlNYqIOdsFN-QI1nOC9gXLPsLGjQsm1ncdE2ifMcm59zdwGWQyw3_MJBAS_LV9MYlzfvoUnMj3QDI-rgjtOUDmU5T64w0fTxKaD0wDo/s2424/Pompeii-shot%2019a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="2424" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtatTMp1wBg8r1idfXSuB0mlpSt2ycO8G9h8ZMYF_3MHCL_ELjyLGv8IrURMMytq7u4YH5Ce6XjQTI3XsNcQ1ZlNYqIOdsFN-QI1nOC9gXLPsLGjQsm1ncdE2ifMcm59zdwGWQyw3_MJBAS_LV9MYlzfvoUnMj3QDI-rgjtOUDmU5T64w0fTxKaD0wDo/w640-h238/Pompeii-shot%2019a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another layered photographic effects composite with much going on.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnsl8fFN8Eka54sJixsD-HwhDMzl5cm_S9ZqZ5GmBMGjrz56YSzUL0jiMpm3HzxHrm1fV2n8yhRkprL277XTlz3I3WYz3L0YRnbHmGmensqUbXTtLP3UUAnMzDoIss6ILufJV5rcl57y1CctIY_ZHiS6VzawSeywqnsuK3FoYgaiFdneCzyVgUeraVEPc/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2019.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnsl8fFN8Eka54sJixsD-HwhDMzl5cm_S9ZqZ5GmBMGjrz56YSzUL0jiMpm3HzxHrm1fV2n8yhRkprL277XTlz3I3WYz3L0YRnbHmGmensqUbXTtLP3UUAnMzDoIss6ILufJV5rcl57y1CctIY_ZHiS6VzawSeywqnsuK3FoYgaiFdneCzyVgUeraVEPc/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2019.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Eddie Linden wrote: <i>"We had one scene in the film - the long shot of the destruction of Pompeii - which required seven separate exposures. Two were made at six times the normal camera speed; one at ten times normal; three were stop-motion exposures; and the seventh was a normal 24 fps shot. In any of these exposures camera movement, or even vibration, which would pass unnoticed in a normal shot, would have ruined the entire job as a complex effects shot". </i>*<b>Note</b>= the stop-motion Linden mentioned wasn't animation <i>per-se</i>, but was frame by frame miniature rear projection of specific elements into shots. Pete</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dfFkUdW8165YH6-KMik0kWcHm0FU_k1qxF9MLIMetAPXf4qPTByYr5T95-tb63p-zYKXCkQO_xrFM8KzjHqskaalLWi-xH2vWFNYqVDjNVLZ6xRbJAEX_vNcJudRZfet_-Kzt9yPD9LeuLeHxIiTMjeHl8uwPRdmWSiMpjtQTU4CQmQAtyVc7nhQK0w/s2524/Pompeii-shot%2023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="2524" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dfFkUdW8165YH6-KMik0kWcHm0FU_k1qxF9MLIMetAPXf4qPTByYr5T95-tb63p-zYKXCkQO_xrFM8KzjHqskaalLWi-xH2vWFNYqVDjNVLZ6xRbJAEX_vNcJudRZfet_-Kzt9yPD9LeuLeHxIiTMjeHl8uwPRdmWSiMpjtQTU4CQmQAtyVc7nhQK0w/w640-h258/Pompeii-shot%2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Miniature action combined with travelling matted extras. In several instances some of the actors become 'invisible' or 'fade out' due to the inherent difficulties in pulling moving mattes from a vast crowd where blue (or orange) spill onto actors would bleed out parts of the action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvgbcqzXpwapTR1OFgGrY6lhJ98Ky5RM9aWYP_wDXeCd_8kdVKXOjBXbjP4NCDgIFCH7yMjB5d3CsUIo2Z4K-BH49SsG03Ur2Jd8zd_zvud7Dt5exCG95vovbrQTW7BHi5xvHGhB9jlLvpoSsXV_EI4-ehVTxeFlDRhI301yOA_wPMBsSYwNi8QL_6ZI/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2025.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvgbcqzXpwapTR1OFgGrY6lhJ98Ky5RM9aWYP_wDXeCd_8kdVKXOjBXbjP4NCDgIFCH7yMjB5d3CsUIo2Z4K-BH49SsG03Ur2Jd8zd_zvud7Dt5exCG95vovbrQTW7BHi5xvHGhB9jlLvpoSsXV_EI4-ehVTxeFlDRhI301yOA_wPMBsSYwNi8QL_6ZI/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2025.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTdC1pq3mO6Sbbc4S2GbWrgseDbyD2LnLcNDb7EcA39btHoDW0lTkDIQs-njeGVgVuhfibDeIaEfhOjpQSqP6HbAyoQz8a72iiNVpieCszRLdZu1wHHCf7a4Wc8ZqTANHziD9tU5atAAdAextVzFZYGIGXdREJIT-DGSNhF0mPJPWp9y8CGH-ftoO6E0/s2408/Pompeii-shot%2024.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="2408" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTdC1pq3mO6Sbbc4S2GbWrgseDbyD2LnLcNDb7EcA39btHoDW0lTkDIQs-njeGVgVuhfibDeIaEfhOjpQSqP6HbAyoQz8a72iiNVpieCszRLdZu1wHHCf7a4Wc8ZqTANHziD9tU5atAAdAextVzFZYGIGXdREJIT-DGSNhF0mPJPWp9y8CGH-ftoO6E0/w640-h498/Pompeii-shot%2024.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'Pompeii............ oh the humanity'. Not unlike Gaza today as it is pummeled to death by it's illegitimate neighbour, though I digress</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDky099Di5wYmfjinjE0rw6hkbkfs-sxPpYph3LwxClNEyAQ2wa_x2R7s1xLw3O8kbJOFjFd4uFe9hHFMajZ5zylaLKig9nAN8nlKbqpSJkZ6f7N0dYKHHljY4DDAyMYACbhsznSylTlBSRR2ixui_vcThKTsuDZh6F6jzurUlfjol4Blcy3Ul16qqYCE/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2027.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDky099Di5wYmfjinjE0rw6hkbkfs-sxPpYph3LwxClNEyAQ2wa_x2R7s1xLw3O8kbJOFjFd4uFe9hHFMajZ5zylaLKig9nAN8nlKbqpSJkZ6f7N0dYKHHljY4DDAyMYACbhsznSylTlBSRR2ixui_vcThKTsuDZh6F6jzurUlfjol4Blcy3Ul16qqYCE/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2027.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The lava flow envelopes the citizens of Pompeii.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD851WGf832zqnZy47kYyuOM8Qo6rhc1atCKw8lTin7klXbZVOv386rLvPk22vqDFAoKsqMleoRl7wBdM9RFGarVrk4r90G2NCWP21U5nXFRUOTBEiU9E_tgVTGxzDiU2XuD57YQv9LTT2YtGy-gcn7gRby0Ct1UhQ_samUNdG9H0lHf8s3RLRQvdC5dM/s1501/pompeii-lava.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="1501" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD851WGf832zqnZy47kYyuOM8Qo6rhc1atCKw8lTin7klXbZVOv386rLvPk22vqDFAoKsqMleoRl7wBdM9RFGarVrk4r90G2NCWP21U5nXFRUOTBEiU9E_tgVTGxzDiU2XuD57YQv9LTT2YtGy-gcn7gRby0Ct1UhQ_samUNdG9H0lHf8s3RLRQvdC5dM/w640-h250/pompeii-lava.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cleverly devised set up with stunt performers doubled into O'Bie's miniature destruction, with some rotoscoped lava wrapping over the people to good effect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQKk8uh9TRo5-MAsqm9PhClZc_7CNQ_SN1oT_Ss9QGMDBCaseGaDRY5DGbBKwq5N2MxfaXpDIOk1uPnKmLV4Vj1Yle8dNgOy27UdBkZM9h0BZdmoeD6AxDMOUE8w1EMv1woBA1AUHhEO6JGk7dMUOLq7j_O5uny_3qJI-DYYbf6s7XWTWa3el2iU-AA0/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2027b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQKk8uh9TRo5-MAsqm9PhClZc_7CNQ_SN1oT_Ss9QGMDBCaseGaDRY5DGbBKwq5N2MxfaXpDIOk1uPnKmLV4Vj1Yle8dNgOy27UdBkZM9h0BZdmoeD6AxDMOUE8w1EMv1woBA1AUHhEO6JGk7dMUOLq7j_O5uny_3qJI-DYYbf6s7XWTWa3el2iU-AA0/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2027b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The optical printer(s) and operators sure got a workout on LAST DAYS OF POMPEII.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4U7qOLz55nu5v4ILeJe1ikiJw1-EWR-oL2cc64TVFvkBEnEUayHrVK3dj5X8nc1LZTnx3ttpvt0gSMDe9T-SWrHAmm98N1WhkZ6mzgd6yPKHpk77bXLH5WuJSYGqlwFA-fNTIr0neHUCHHZCHulCj87rCQuyX8ks3QYFkVKtJHYVyHa14Ztd3GCUzS5s/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2026.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4U7qOLz55nu5v4ILeJe1ikiJw1-EWR-oL2cc64TVFvkBEnEUayHrVK3dj5X8nc1LZTnx3ttpvt0gSMDe9T-SWrHAmm98N1WhkZ6mzgd6yPKHpk77bXLH5WuJSYGqlwFA-fNTIr0neHUCHHZCHulCj87rCQuyX8ks3QYFkVKtJHYVyHa14Ztd3GCUzS5s/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2026.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">High speed photography with actors matted as a static matte shot behind some rocks.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcH-2s67l0Fz3OZJL0OR2P0CoqPM8qCiSRdI1rM7IeT2FcNO5wbwftX6NVBOOP37P1do2xCD9IJPkzIi4manqYI-4oQlmDQRHK5MvvHsC8D3h787UH76NtwO_34adTVe6CoSnoIFsrbrAIpHQDi2Gq41ypmMt84MI1uLU8H-Y-6Wu6rgLPkNq8w2pvHvg/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2027a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcH-2s67l0Fz3OZJL0OR2P0CoqPM8qCiSRdI1rM7IeT2FcNO5wbwftX6NVBOOP37P1do2xCD9IJPkzIi4manqYI-4oQlmDQRHK5MvvHsC8D3h787UH76NtwO_34adTVe6CoSnoIFsrbrAIpHQDi2Gq41ypmMt84MI1uLU8H-Y-6Wu6rgLPkNq8w2pvHvg/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2027a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Unavoidable matte line fringing around the people, but the cuts are rapid and nobody really notices.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Tr0FYmJDhG3IuibJlpDnXoLqdJzJe193fePTMraDN1g-emjrHsvVrqGn7K66LNOgrR1f2F8-S4dshBnvsOUufpMt9Z40HaWRO58uydFrf8vKN5XIw8PBkF4peVeJ1gUfW3wXijN-gNX50uTWdbm2X0zqLTuYoyKwqHC31qMaCbFhyip2SzVYiJXwtao/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2028.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Tr0FYmJDhG3IuibJlpDnXoLqdJzJe193fePTMraDN1g-emjrHsvVrqGn7K66LNOgrR1f2F8-S4dshBnvsOUufpMt9Z40HaWRO58uydFrf8vKN5XIw8PBkF4peVeJ1gUfW3wXijN-gNX50uTWdbm2X0zqLTuYoyKwqHC31qMaCbFhyip2SzVYiJXwtao/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2028.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Live action in a tank, combined with glass paintings and added smoke and fire. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjweo4lOfEoRzrxKM1Ih_ytvuQiCdcPaqRWJikfksooZjq5h6bb3QYqU_dGqevSTf0AL8Ny4khcC2ncdYk3n-n9TV5y7KhKvZK5FGKncbcpUwBcqQV9-V-qI7rREjYlIpWMdrhsMNWUvb11NCrP9IfasCA75PMUK5bg6T0uaexx9PIZujKOYo8ji61zs/s2624/Pompeii-shot%2029.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="2624" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjweo4lOfEoRzrxKM1Ih_ytvuQiCdcPaqRWJikfksooZjq5h6bb3QYqU_dGqevSTf0AL8Ny4khcC2ncdYk3n-n9TV5y7KhKvZK5FGKncbcpUwBcqQV9-V-qI7rREjYlIpWMdrhsMNWUvb11NCrP9IfasCA75PMUK5bg6T0uaexx9PIZujKOYo8ji61zs/w640-h488/Pompeii-shot%2029.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Large miniature collapses onto hapless doubled in extras with good final results.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0A6JquBgnLj2uaEpqQq32bZ0fssbObVmd5xniPt48_PYxUgNyNrVZQp9UmTcRIpckH92ArPADQtMbwel6MC8SycXZNU6pJChO11PlDEQ3dh_iJzZrurnNZgdxVU_gPeLs48Opqv9NB-EPf1kCJ14-ThWbWC8GN5tyE-K9mgQV0vMRHXkjFxF99-U4H4/s1920/Pompeii-shot%2030.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1920" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0A6JquBgnLj2uaEpqQq32bZ0fssbObVmd5xniPt48_PYxUgNyNrVZQp9UmTcRIpckH92ArPADQtMbwel6MC8SycXZNU6pJChO11PlDEQ3dh_iJzZrurnNZgdxVU_gPeLs48Opqv9NB-EPf1kCJ14-ThWbWC8GN5tyE-K9mgQV0vMRHXkjFxF99-U4H4/w640-h466/Pompeii-shot%2030.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A highly complex shot, as explained by cinematographer Eddie Linden: <i>"Unwanted camera movement of any vibration meant extreme care had to be taken with the cameras being conditioned, tested and tied down securely. We were fortunate in only having to make one take of this shot. We had to keep people from even walking across the stage floor when we were shooting! Ordinarily, a well constructed stage floor would be regarded as a pretty solid piece of construction, but our tests showed that ordinary footsteps walking across the stage floor produced enough vibration to endanger our shot. Therefore when we made our shot, we had to rope off the stage so that nobody but the crew actually needed for the shot could approach within 30 feet of the cameras. The city and volcano, which were glass paintings, were lined up in their proper relation. The smoke, clouds and the foreground water were projected into their proper places by stop-motion rear projection. The flames - well some of them - were also projected in, and others were painted in on yet another glass, carefully lined up with the others. Of course partially silvered mirrors were employed in some instances, to simplify the physical grouping of all these various elements. Obviously, the shot had to be lined up very carefully, and many tests were made to make sure that the smoke didn't roll from the wrong place, or some other mis-alignment didn't occur".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kQEpBFYRz4l_P7LMNeGZAtSwSE-NwRZ3aQdo8YXJwr0M2mnGuZOmoO5oQGmq220nSFeRdil2BzYLNh3uiD2KX3JVLNz4tEYMqDOmRsGxQwl6dvIYbsMs6Q8x8RafxB1IBm0L5Rz4-LMdEgGuzXzmxpBRzqExcTSMQtXcQgD6zyBzD7oO53cnVyIC9BM/s1801/Pompeii-promo's%20(sm).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="1801" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kQEpBFYRz4l_P7LMNeGZAtSwSE-NwRZ3aQdo8YXJwr0M2mnGuZOmoO5oQGmq220nSFeRdil2BzYLNh3uiD2KX3JVLNz4tEYMqDOmRsGxQwl6dvIYbsMs6Q8x8RafxB1IBm0L5Rz4-LMdEgGuzXzmxpBRzqExcTSMQtXcQgD6zyBzD7oO53cnVyIC9BM/w640-h520/Pompeii-promo's%20(sm).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">At left is O'Bie posing for a gag photo with a Marcel Delgado built marlin, which was intended as a part of the film where the Gladiator's arena gets flooded and this great swordfish goes amok. It never got filmed, though would have made a sensational bit, much like the lost spider canyon sequence that O'Brien did on KONG.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXun1fLCqMUfC2uRN-ZshkG4dfDVbCAuAYWpbxD6yNaRDzWGnOKKZ2baIf3uQBcmCuTSU4t03Bm3tFv2eCYsN-aAiQaxtN8-yYvWl5CQ-HcPomp7QStmkaV6CAns2SRoS814Po1w8IrRAwQ4N0dW-diMk28CROg4z6zFB3_woC70k_zgpGGHQWhelvW4/s500/the-last-days-of-pompeii-re-release-movie-poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="500" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXun1fLCqMUfC2uRN-ZshkG4dfDVbCAuAYWpbxD6yNaRDzWGnOKKZ2baIf3uQBcmCuTSU4t03Bm3tFv2eCYsN-aAiQaxtN8-yYvWl5CQ-HcPomp7QStmkaV6CAns2SRoS814Po1w8IrRAwQ4N0dW-diMk28CROg4z6zFB3_woC70k_zgpGGHQWhelvW4/w400-h321/the-last-days-of-pompeii-re-release-movie-poster.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<div><br /></div><div><b>THE WARRIORS, aka THE DARK AVENGER - in like Flynn<br /></b><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gdakxECwCuaxSzsOZrFabJbH85WSYT7FRAbM84lBw93FCCQzNgOF_Z8AerStvtPLubRbMBdQVKxEFeJYnu5C_4gRTdS0Bqxr44Vs5DaZCWdq9D_fVi2gC1WNJlSxh7nWgpTyKSuYptOmvaClAD7bAmkPVBBt9VqPQJALM6wIJbaFCuEziIMur3Gcnjg/s1626/Dark%20Avenger-The%20Warriors%20posters.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1626" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gdakxECwCuaxSzsOZrFabJbH85WSYT7FRAbM84lBw93FCCQzNgOF_Z8AerStvtPLubRbMBdQVKxEFeJYnu5C_4gRTdS0Bqxr44Vs5DaZCWdq9D_fVi2gC1WNJlSxh7nWgpTyKSuYptOmvaClAD7bAmkPVBBt9VqPQJALM6wIJbaFCuEziIMur3Gcnjg/w640-h334/Dark%20Avenger-The%20Warriors%20posters.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Depending upon where you live, this film was released under two titles, THE DARK AVENGER and some prints as THE WARRIORS (1955). I presume the former title was the British and Commonwealth one as that's a UK Quad poster there at left.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHbcZrB9SiatnJrPYy3kA2N_PdLEmOFZHDnRLBmVQOySPO8UvMWMSkOR-yoeQhZ5EUxuFuJzbo2i8-uHGFfWQ8eYVMB6O3phWKqfWGhp5nbQNNZT29CCX53MCuqEaZxIgUnNfUjf-UAiQXB8TmT1GLqloTsb5p2yynHCUqm2UQcv6byC9po9zUm2Okb8/s2185/Warriors-Dark%20Avenger1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="2185" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHbcZrB9SiatnJrPYy3kA2N_PdLEmOFZHDnRLBmVQOySPO8UvMWMSkOR-yoeQhZ5EUxuFuJzbo2i8-uHGFfWQ8eYVMB6O3phWKqfWGhp5nbQNNZT29CCX53MCuqEaZxIgUnNfUjf-UAiQXB8TmT1GLqloTsb5p2yynHCUqm2UQcv6byC9po9zUm2Okb8/w640-h238/Warriors-Dark%20Avenger1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A minor though passable time filler with a good cast and quality production values, including several mattes in CinemaScope by person or persons unknown. I like Errol Flynn, and reckon OBJECTIVE BURMA was probably his best and most exciting film - even if it did stretch the truth somewhat.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wYr-NfJSSCa0KdbwL2V0DVME41tlsGkpxGulFKhgX5H79fivvKXGC_wnSYM7pNsR27Jdj9qJXsDqY9lBOQpRww9oZIz3GiNYE9dAx-5kLtnQi-nR2arqaY2rDVPZoBytoyOa2Cb2aCdanTrI5WYppc6VMvXcZs9aGSWgGVvrmnMARMPUvas3WFv6veM/s1920/Warriors2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1920" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wYr-NfJSSCa0KdbwL2V0DVME41tlsGkpxGulFKhgX5H79fivvKXGC_wnSYM7pNsR27Jdj9qJXsDqY9lBOQpRww9oZIz3GiNYE9dAx-5kLtnQi-nR2arqaY2rDVPZoBytoyOa2Cb2aCdanTrI5WYppc6VMvXcZs9aGSWgGVvrmnMARMPUvas3WFv6veM/w640-h250/Warriors2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Much matte painted detail in here, though no effects credit, the flick was a British made show so must have been assigned to either Wally Veevers at Shepperton, Cliff Culley at Pinewood, or, my best guess would be Tom Howard at MGM-UK.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTWRIK3MhtRWxRtUh0r6NAVC6tXWhDZtT4F69sHBneDDXshUo58IwtzXxrE0EiSlyemOzuXhsxPKT-v8dSXJmFJK94KXxeVXO4j03Db_C6m7-laMBKvR393R7YmP2Wj8E_fZqaVhPB-RIdRlX9gsXOx8Yxnu-VRJyuN0xuXaj3aJxM_hhVQ6PJ8WBPTA/s1920/Warriors3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1920" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTWRIK3MhtRWxRtUh0r6NAVC6tXWhDZtT4F69sHBneDDXshUo58IwtzXxrE0EiSlyemOzuXhsxPKT-v8dSXJmFJK94KXxeVXO4j03Db_C6m7-laMBKvR393R7YmP2Wj8E_fZqaVhPB-RIdRlX9gsXOx8Yxnu-VRJyuN0xuXaj3aJxM_hhVQ6PJ8WBPTA/w640-h250/Warriors3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very elaborate, almost full frame matte painted shot, with just a small slice of live action in the middle of the frame. I'd love to know who did the work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkBsGZT4cWb1fHVt7shVbMQSPBAcNDh1DIVyIIujTNVGGhtT1m6Gp4_iNWlVNIm5vzgXbdnTj5wsWmWmWwghh_np7nC5PVq7448gegUW0Cme1osU9EnsWzoIyTQzvdNMs8fpyEawbDFCPE6ApJ5tRdLoLG63hzSWODWf86gSKwt013fhQReO5nE1-w_o/s1920/Warriors4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1920" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkBsGZT4cWb1fHVt7shVbMQSPBAcNDh1DIVyIIujTNVGGhtT1m6Gp4_iNWlVNIm5vzgXbdnTj5wsWmWmWwghh_np7nC5PVq7448gegUW0Cme1osU9EnsWzoIyTQzvdNMs8fpyEawbDFCPE6ApJ5tRdLoLG63hzSWODWf86gSKwt013fhQReO5nE1-w_o/w640-h250/Warriors4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An expansive wide-screen matte of medieval battle and a rather flash homestead. See below for an interesting revelation...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKZOsXIMg9LYSjM0aKcyBsxZ7CDk25Y1TyIxmO45Qsvjw8k09Bj086I0yhscDddAhTa7zpceyDvnUhetbKoa61I6CPexemNCBrfXd6YpajzD3jNu8MAe0Y2gsrNKKNEuiHb6KTFiRogOWftB4jkj22UprawgHQpD6IZMctCAWPV7ATaHdiwycm75K1f8/s1034/Warriors-bef&aft%20castle.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1034" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKZOsXIMg9LYSjM0aKcyBsxZ7CDk25Y1TyIxmO45Qsvjw8k09Bj086I0yhscDddAhTa7zpceyDvnUhetbKoa61I6CPexemNCBrfXd6YpajzD3jNu8MAe0Y2gsrNKKNEuiHb6KTFiRogOWftB4jkj22UprawgHQpD6IZMctCAWPV7ATaHdiwycm75K1f8/w640-h496/Warriors-bef&aft%20castle.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Top frame I recall I found in another fifties British period piece, KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, which nicely matches to the <u>identical</u> setting as seen in THE WARRIORS-DARK AVENGER, though with extensive painted additions. The KNIGHTS picture was a Tom Howard job at MGM-Boreham Wood, so I suggest the latter film discussed here is also a Tom Howard assignment. If so, Tom's matte artist at the time was Judy Jordan.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8RySAimDxjZF1U0tNkwewqSB2EVQrEfPymbXE2W0ml4W3kROriFzUHciVpQBeccVjHzMLchddBSvzGQWXmCb1KcCez0U3hBgI_DRoIS7M6cwMJP-wr70oUwQkwHLq_N8p2kwwoLmTsZxb82ulqyYHJALJT9pY0ey8KisIjMFOnvTrARWNKab07Y4Z-o/s1920/Warriors6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1920" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8RySAimDxjZF1U0tNkwewqSB2EVQrEfPymbXE2W0ml4W3kROriFzUHciVpQBeccVjHzMLchddBSvzGQWXmCb1KcCez0U3hBgI_DRoIS7M6cwMJP-wr70oUwQkwHLq_N8p2kwwoLmTsZxb82ulqyYHJALJT9pY0ey8KisIjMFOnvTrARWNKab07Y4Z-o/w640-h250/Warriors6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More quite extensive matte trickery where much of the setting has been added in with the painter's brush, including the entire foreground and castle. Peter Ellenshaw was always bold with this sort of thing - painting just about everything, right up to the tip of the audience's nose!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpJ_WbapXWyHRt73k6kH2Vekch0w3i2HXs81TfTqpQysX5Z2F8L0hjaF8Y9PrUVegIeqmzxborF1zO7ep0TUlQtclAuqKzFRl0olLDmPUxqSpgUNXS-8cf4ESlFyOgKURnlKUIZOfu7JkPB_HPmKZzxvmR9dw1t0VZXkH8VoaHuWgKWWP2SM-hT10HY0/s1920/Warriors7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1920" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpJ_WbapXWyHRt73k6kH2Vekch0w3i2HXs81TfTqpQysX5Z2F8L0hjaF8Y9PrUVegIeqmzxborF1zO7ep0TUlQtclAuqKzFRl0olLDmPUxqSpgUNXS-8cf4ESlFyOgKURnlKUIZOfu7JkPB_HPmKZzxvmR9dw1t0VZXkH8VoaHuWgKWWP2SM-hT10HY0/w640-h250/Warriors7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Just a tiny sliver of actual film here in the middle of a sprawling matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagsn0kMQu_62O-IkzVRr3_BBoMNkHDRMLj5EaMiUh_tmx7D4zF2WjW-0Y5m450K36EwKP5_vw4tJ0ZK-u2UYHsO1ObXnJeQQuKZYL4C9nrFppjczuwFBK5vqiLNTw4bFuABX__6l76oCseVFTbYUko_sf0-YqgYqCCZECoO2r5PDJyezXeTIICDy1CK8/s1920/Warriors8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1920" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagsn0kMQu_62O-IkzVRr3_BBoMNkHDRMLj5EaMiUh_tmx7D4zF2WjW-0Y5m450K36EwKP5_vw4tJ0ZK-u2UYHsO1ObXnJeQQuKZYL4C9nrFppjczuwFBK5vqiLNTw4bFuABX__6l76oCseVFTbYUko_sf0-YqgYqCCZECoO2r5PDJyezXeTIICDy1CK8/w640-h250/Warriors8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Partial set with painted extensions to flesh things out.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b>THE MORTAL STORM - the rise of Fascism</b><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisanIBNhVS_vUFpIt9CpA8mEMxfyhAuN33q-MLi-6eIXGTHMzY4DjhaXD9PQjoCSXXb00kFKoTgS_gzwROAYQqIXsSbU90pAYSEAm86HO01ChRsTud1x3c0xG67_4PYVcLmpOhSWMrM-TiS0J3iwBbcSEkOtqRW_q9Bbx8x4Dp8E61vWk2tFqQxb5H0c4/s754/Mortal%20Storm-art1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="754" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisanIBNhVS_vUFpIt9CpA8mEMxfyhAuN33q-MLi-6eIXGTHMzY4DjhaXD9PQjoCSXXb00kFKoTgS_gzwROAYQqIXsSbU90pAYSEAm86HO01ChRsTud1x3c0xG67_4PYVcLmpOhSWMrM-TiS0J3iwBbcSEkOtqRW_q9Bbx8x4Dp8E61vWk2tFqQxb5H0c4/w640-h504/Mortal%20Storm-art1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBlBY8Gh7xqpgFh0MfctSMN160p0iDdz-eG1UkhO8iprN0x60I6vQ8F70QYTBjGtm4e1WNZ8c8EmyvJD3CrgOkF9DOtHTIi7yx2n3gRapA8qbuBYNFKMh53-lPkDcb7TyD7C9-lxi8Rvfnv2bPZVD0VBS-P71_tvd7F9WuMGXAGgkTGk1yW5BBFfWiX8/s1728/Mortal%20Storm1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1728" height="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBlBY8Gh7xqpgFh0MfctSMN160p0iDdz-eG1UkhO8iprN0x60I6vQ8F70QYTBjGtm4e1WNZ8c8EmyvJD3CrgOkF9DOtHTIi7yx2n3gRapA8qbuBYNFKMh53-lPkDcb7TyD7C9-lxi8Rvfnv2bPZVD0VBS-P71_tvd7F9WuMGXAGgkTGk1yW5BBFfWiX8/w640-h445/Mortal%20Storm1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A marvellous drama from MGM that still packs a punch today. THE MORTAL STORM (1940) tells of the stealthy rise of Nazism in the early thirties, Germany, and it's effects on various day to day folk. Beautifully acted and photographed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kFEqopja6_WwTzFleu3n8nKBC6Ww53V5BOrCFukRvCzr1I7XYpKyhcDV6NE5ElF7Ylx-17GAtV7Idw4x3qIapx_e-y0HhkkdcExIBXPjImvrLsKbcWb5hQqNEiA16j4Z6f7oh4_kT44BTMAjdaoGGyTY0tnu0rem1RfUeUbiVTv1my-m7JHzGQPBcwo/s1486/Mortal2a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kFEqopja6_WwTzFleu3n8nKBC6Ww53V5BOrCFukRvCzr1I7XYpKyhcDV6NE5ElF7Ylx-17GAtV7Idw4x3qIapx_e-y0HhkkdcExIBXPjImvrLsKbcWb5hQqNEiA16j4Z6f7oh4_kT44BTMAjdaoGGyTY0tnu0rem1RfUeUbiVTv1my-m7JHzGQPBcwo/w640-h466/Mortal2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOQxGIkbDQbkLGBO-sMI3sISa9_xg_SNZBzGYbtFHCrlCMYQOPUPly56YwkTyn_C4EBwGumcUa8vO9hvn50sRpf5sdROH5ngCtpb5GBImXq9oXNq-GiOHv0gqoxc6AXS-ZC8dTXu_hp1fhpm-GP9ez2xZ0FK3Xo-USZRB8FnohDXBtApJxLhHkfVWS0ow/s1486/Mortal2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOQxGIkbDQbkLGBO-sMI3sISa9_xg_SNZBzGYbtFHCrlCMYQOPUPly56YwkTyn_C4EBwGumcUa8vO9hvn50sRpf5sdROH5ngCtpb5GBImXq9oXNq-GiOHv0gqoxc6AXS-ZC8dTXu_hp1fhpm-GP9ez2xZ0FK3Xo-USZRB8FnohDXBtApJxLhHkfVWS0ow/w640-h466/Mortal2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MGM's famed Newcombe department contributed several glorious shots to THE MORTAL STORM, mostly being various establishing shots of the small town and surrounds.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjre19oAKMXODvmk3kv-8I5T4Zkme7xXnInppGO2elACP6GQO3ugZ8StfTSkrrVnHoGqA58ZpAMlqMvNAsN4mVV4nXkxLGXmMfuZEMUXDYMIXSexPiQpCNpzJq5nHA-L_HIgaU22PiXuPqsC5w5m36nedHApvTOsKVHPsRqe8COsI-WQeB3rB2R3oxKkp0/s1486/Mortal3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjre19oAKMXODvmk3kv-8I5T4Zkme7xXnInppGO2elACP6GQO3ugZ8StfTSkrrVnHoGqA58ZpAMlqMvNAsN4mVV4nXkxLGXmMfuZEMUXDYMIXSexPiQpCNpzJq5nHA-L_HIgaU22PiXuPqsC5w5m36nedHApvTOsKVHPsRqe8COsI-WQeB3rB2R3oxKkp0/w640-h466/Mortal3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A nice crane down shot over the church and onto the town was possibly a dual plane matte shot with the steeple etc painted on a foreground glass, or even more likely, a miniature foreground as there is a nice parallax shift as the camera moves down.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2-U3-nZCivXEFkf5lWGpb4y1r7ERRILxx-k_POVoof8cSpe9c69WdUYXlfRSLmaodwpPCUuEdQ5TS8-k_0A0Ww2Kpxk5nvVtYJRs1MlIwyqwzYjKvSaMe7jRLMYyBPUEhrpL19ZjuqAAOq9rVLKL-P_xNxrcj87vEvJxUNGr-vb8HviMNYhYKnJp6_8/s1486/Mortal3a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2-U3-nZCivXEFkf5lWGpb4y1r7ERRILxx-k_POVoof8cSpe9c69WdUYXlfRSLmaodwpPCUuEdQ5TS8-k_0A0Ww2Kpxk5nvVtYJRs1MlIwyqwzYjKvSaMe7jRLMYyBPUEhrpL19ZjuqAAOq9rVLKL-P_xNxrcj87vEvJxUNGr-vb8HviMNYhYKnJp6_8/w640-h466/Mortal3a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnHe6HZfxQXC-jxjuh0XkjkS0X0XTIO-heGVtuNWLY5GouUKikmn3JE_5ZoYD34KM2sntrfPy8vAc9SPvNO7s2B6QgEg_2jumwEhPeW0V0FAv185Kzv7_JkxLRMIZdpcVyomMywLDzbzHrKAzCeCWqrC9raPsZpqJo_UVuISt0KGJ2u6Iy0APXePZwvc/s1486/Mortal4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnHe6HZfxQXC-jxjuh0XkjkS0X0XTIO-heGVtuNWLY5GouUKikmn3JE_5ZoYD34KM2sntrfPy8vAc9SPvNO7s2B6QgEg_2jumwEhPeW0V0FAv185Kzv7_JkxLRMIZdpcVyomMywLDzbzHrKAzCeCWqrC9raPsZpqJo_UVuISt0KGJ2u6Iy0APXePZwvc/w640-h466/Mortal4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A magnificent night matte of the James Stewart abode - a full matte painting with added smoke element.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6wCKuBASW0eWhSwLM-tRMrA1I2axfAO863_EWaH4h8Xz85rcBktDJ62QY66UZOAXyr7j3O4m0O-FShZi1Axa-7MBOX1UlRi9Ng54bMi8qgxYB1HUPyTTOI5pK4n8-1Lai44Pv5AfBQh68fGHKDawftzsNutx9zY2M4ATmIUAl-C0gXJJ04TXtrkWRrM/s1486/Mortal5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6wCKuBASW0eWhSwLM-tRMrA1I2axfAO863_EWaH4h8Xz85rcBktDJ62QY66UZOAXyr7j3O4m0O-FShZi1Axa-7MBOX1UlRi9Ng54bMi8qgxYB1HUPyTTOI5pK4n8-1Lai44Pv5AfBQh68fGHKDawftzsNutx9zY2M4ATmIUAl-C0gXJJ04TXtrkWRrM/w640-h466/Mortal5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A later wider shot which looks like an actual 2nd unit plate with the central area painted in, possibly directly over a large photo blow up, which Newcombe's department did quite often.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2eMNdqY6xe8R7xuLEiUp2VD9i25DUGVH_kr1gOCmsGExm2PEPRBiob4kMQ8BMmzWFDpeUBnBd9sFNAKl9NLk46h09_0BB86-Fd1efriHk4l9x8QJXbY169lKsVqy0acJcrHdSgd4yE9vK-1S4XJEtzKeKv0zR5qCC2Md3SvMeZhJkjyB-fLg8iUOT_g/s3052/Mortal6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="3052" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2eMNdqY6xe8R7xuLEiUp2VD9i25DUGVH_kr1gOCmsGExm2PEPRBiob4kMQ8BMmzWFDpeUBnBd9sFNAKl9NLk46h09_0BB86-Fd1efriHk4l9x8QJXbY169lKsVqy0acJcrHdSgd4yE9vK-1S4XJEtzKeKv0zR5qCC2Md3SvMeZhJkjyB-fLg8iUOT_g/w640-h236/Mortal6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A brief miniature sequence with steam train rolling through the snow covered countryside. MGM's resident model genius was the incredibly talented Donald Jahraus who did jaw dropping work on so many films at MGM over his career, with Oscar winning fx shows like 30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO and GREEN DOLPHIN STREET being 100% standouts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayRrivJQMCF6R-rjzJJi8L-zNmHDksGoLjnkcTn_AAn20JhfwryUTjRya9tSO9u4b0Xp6vFjHFXU_VQtGgTjJpwQUXf4fwbwBK5y0XApNxPxXlC-YlIIphX0WvIiW01OmTYcDp8mqV8mbag1VEqhLRgl8sw_NDQo5LcNCw6eVB-pJ-yNTx2QwBG7tyWI/s1486/Mortal7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayRrivJQMCF6R-rjzJJi8L-zNmHDksGoLjnkcTn_AAn20JhfwryUTjRya9tSO9u4b0Xp6vFjHFXU_VQtGgTjJpwQUXf4fwbwBK5y0XApNxPxXlC-YlIIphX0WvIiW01OmTYcDp8mqV8mbag1VEqhLRgl8sw_NDQo5LcNCw6eVB-pJ-yNTx2QwBG7tyWI/w640-h466/Mortal7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure about this beautiful shot. It may well be a straight out production shot with doubles for the actors, or some sort of extremely well done trickery. Probably the former.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlXkwbc8XIz2A5DXLa2E93v0Suf1fZjtphPlAHEII43Lo5dJfJ6nTs9H1bRfUupg1Z9FVsyFgm3Z71ql2qNvXQVAIqhtYKjUtOT6pxj5-uiNRQrXdFFr9KhouepQFLUlAskTf2jaQ-6lL6WUaWLovCj9I2N8LRAJCyf6Opo1viHPDkxf0F1f0VNI9G54/s2264/Mortal8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="2264" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlXkwbc8XIz2A5DXLa2E93v0Suf1fZjtphPlAHEII43Lo5dJfJ6nTs9H1bRfUupg1Z9FVsyFgm3Z71ql2qNvXQVAIqhtYKjUtOT6pxj5-uiNRQrXdFFr9KhouepQFLUlAskTf2jaQ-6lL6WUaWLovCj9I2N8LRAJCyf6Opo1viHPDkxf0F1f0VNI9G54/w640-h444/Mortal8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now this is one sensational effects shot! The sun rises over the Austrian Alps. I don't have any idea how this was done. Possibly a miniature set with carefully controlled interactive 'sunlight' to cast a natural spread of light across the tips of the hills and trees, with shadows being the real deal?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCM8uFB1cUJ8VtHjGkTGCGzV8FCSqzsBOVE0uoJ_2cN6cNeQoYqdt7Pcgq_DwyBKRxwdRSSEclnBZQeBRSy1cH3qNHJhZPEICnlOaCJxKuCcX7J5F6-0kgB0RHg_iBgONQ6PQ0aXT0FsDSFdVFnyZRahbvdxXXA3xpyA7viLhnSHq69edyaQgcvXMkid4/s1486/Mortal9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCM8uFB1cUJ8VtHjGkTGCGzV8FCSqzsBOVE0uoJ_2cN6cNeQoYqdt7Pcgq_DwyBKRxwdRSSEclnBZQeBRSy1cH3qNHJhZPEICnlOaCJxKuCcX7J5F6-0kgB0RHg_iBgONQ6PQ0aXT0FsDSFdVFnyZRahbvdxXXA3xpyA7viLhnSHq69edyaQgcvXMkid4/w640-h466/Mortal9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A glorious vista during troubled times.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPb0caW21SnpE5vdh8dm9KvI99LRA58cPgGwqPIIGGqGdryvA8ZOEXJL_sy4v2_JHW9y6vHHaNLa1ht1VzycGA_igVLX8M2JHnXzq1q8TcMtv6nDmSY5ZF-u_1zuXoi_s7i52h2HS6pZez20ewMRUBY-jovXCNE3J6l_VT9oqaZdMNBbvxGtF8DaKYgQ/s1486/Mortal%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPb0caW21SnpE5vdh8dm9KvI99LRA58cPgGwqPIIGGqGdryvA8ZOEXJL_sy4v2_JHW9y6vHHaNLa1ht1VzycGA_igVLX8M2JHnXzq1q8TcMtv6nDmSY5ZF-u_1zuXoi_s7i52h2HS6pZez20ewMRUBY-jovXCNE3J6l_VT9oqaZdMNBbvxGtF8DaKYgQ/w640-h466/Mortal%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Once again, most likely an actual location, secured as a large format photographic still, with the matte artist painting directly onto the enlargement the village etc.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpS4dv3d5n8rF3gufRpUfwkbT2Af2kAJqCLFs1Ad2O5ucAfQf8t3ybn1et45YKwFN_cNFD_w-8xD1_ejZ3LrCAj9miqLhDk5L_MEcLJIJmmu75TeVwAX8auiyzqdriMDpsq-COqSP-NlIIAgnTmYY1db7WvOMBBg4hJaWMHX-hkJI1bmO-Qiz5RqgMBs/s1486/Mortal%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpS4dv3d5n8rF3gufRpUfwkbT2Af2kAJqCLFs1Ad2O5ucAfQf8t3ybn1et45YKwFN_cNFD_w-8xD1_ejZ3LrCAj9miqLhDk5L_MEcLJIJmmu75TeVwAX8auiyzqdriMDpsq-COqSP-NlIIAgnTmYY1db7WvOMBBg4hJaWMHX-hkJI1bmO-Qiz5RqgMBs/w640-h466/Mortal%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same thing I suspect, with our leading man and friend skiing to freedom. Great film, well worth a look.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b>SPY HUNT - Espionage with a feline twist</b></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OaFPItLYIYn5gI03JSktj_DIur0OnXpCmRRWZBIeLaBSzt6KpPJ358gUe3H8JBf8D23L6hicjti3YpOI-fS00QiktXwz7teHjUvSYhoQQ2mrxRYNvKX-loFvAnbxzYYS16up3jdBxZTvINm8I16hAQ31dXNCFuipMEaK4ZcFPuwtICQ3wvMugW05vrg/s1329/Spy%20Hunt%20poster.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1329" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OaFPItLYIYn5gI03JSktj_DIur0OnXpCmRRWZBIeLaBSzt6KpPJ358gUe3H8JBf8D23L6hicjti3YpOI-fS00QiktXwz7teHjUvSYhoQQ2mrxRYNvKX-loFvAnbxzYYS16up3jdBxZTvINm8I16hAQ31dXNCFuipMEaK4ZcFPuwtICQ3wvMugW05vrg/w640-h476/Spy%20Hunt%20poster.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A bit hokey, but a generally satisfying Saturday night's viewing was SPY HUNT (1950) - a <i>noir</i> styled chase flick with danger at every front!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQcy416WrvzZZYbKsm_PhVU6il_d3lOPwKMv3hHodDMCqjtGYycJ3GauZwVzyGeXjneK_rcupQ7uLDzunbNGxz7HN54A6YXxm-7onS0UMn4YjCDI0HATeorJa9qoOQKV1IFzyrNT3r7kjei17vACGaer-6uMgWgbjwhXsQiSu6_k6zPPsRUTSfbnvqFA/s1404/Spy%20Hunt1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1404" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQcy416WrvzZZYbKsm_PhVU6il_d3lOPwKMv3hHodDMCqjtGYycJ3GauZwVzyGeXjneK_rcupQ7uLDzunbNGxz7HN54A6YXxm-7onS0UMn4YjCDI0HATeorJa9qoOQKV1IFzyrNT3r7kjei17vACGaer-6uMgWgbjwhXsQiSu6_k6zPPsRUTSfbnvqFA/w640-h470/Spy%20Hunt1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fairly minor, but had a number of good visual effects sequences including an excellent runaway train miniature and several matte shots, all supervised by David Stanley Horsley - a long time Universal photographic effects man who had worked at the studio since THE INVISIBLE MAN and FRANKENSTEIN back in the early thirties, through to all those trick filled ABBOTT & COSTELLO features and sci-fi flicks like THIS ISLAND EARTH. Horsley was called back in his old age to do some miniature shots for THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY in the mid seventies.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4tD4OWH1y5D3zkOnN-5FGGmMWLO7OaUkUWiiHWdt_1y4nAxXtJ_KTJYQYlWUj8au5RFdB98NDnc5PjihjieHWkquexlvS7ktWSURDldP5O3k6XZIS3UjNQ13mEDCxwer6Pm-0TacmYN6u6m45f70udX6hzdAjN8frlgVpUMO4BpJpIbzbFkuAEsBSkM/s3504/Spy%20Hunt%20(bef&aft%20Lawson%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="3504" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4tD4OWH1y5D3zkOnN-5FGGmMWLO7OaUkUWiiHWdt_1y4nAxXtJ_KTJYQYlWUj8au5RFdB98NDnc5PjihjieHWkquexlvS7ktWSURDldP5O3k6XZIS3UjNQ13mEDCxwer6Pm-0TacmYN6u6m45f70udX6hzdAjN8frlgVpUMO4BpJpIbzbFkuAEsBSkM/w640-h182/Spy%20Hunt%20(bef&aft%20Lawson%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The espionage scenario starts off with a couple of effective matte shots by Russell Lawson where an entire railway shunting yard has been painted in very effectively.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5s-eve1RPZXG7eXE1Fg1PFSY4MT7lzXBYj7bpT-AWRjVMF44vwiHVfLoX3voKaf7kl9vx8kcqg1MwsFmk5JPnF22srVIZumToXeDVbUa3qzSlIwS4vrGtw8Xqs9uFigNcEfRWyALpldbJxHAT_JhpWTy3e3htzT1tUjRjodWF7cq_OsY822LBKhP76M/s1484/Spy%20Hunt2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5s-eve1RPZXG7eXE1Fg1PFSY4MT7lzXBYj7bpT-AWRjVMF44vwiHVfLoX3voKaf7kl9vx8kcqg1MwsFmk5JPnF22srVIZumToXeDVbUa3qzSlIwS4vrGtw8Xqs9uFigNcEfRWyALpldbJxHAT_JhpWTy3e3htzT1tUjRjodWF7cq_OsY822LBKhP76M/w640-h466/Spy%20Hunt2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Really an invisible trick shot. Note the smoke coming from the stack of the train down the track.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgDclNjFBT-sXZRSba83FOXwXMw5pP9F5C75cQALZDPQHp7mQhIls2sw-mSuBRmslTTrYj404D7vk_S_PadMQSPQnTVBd_TWsEMmeuVPAVYzfQqe-EX2fqQV0tzB7zg1imkgRQFqWUhBsnTzwniGbWn23BB8o_ru-tO9R6kZAnD0xBsl51L_A2kG45mw/s1484/Spy%20Hunt3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgDclNjFBT-sXZRSba83FOXwXMw5pP9F5C75cQALZDPQHp7mQhIls2sw-mSuBRmslTTrYj404D7vk_S_PadMQSPQnTVBd_TWsEMmeuVPAVYzfQqe-EX2fqQV0tzB7zg1imkgRQFqWUhBsnTzwniGbWn23BB8o_ru-tO9R6kZAnD0xBsl51L_A2kG45mw/w640-h466/Spy%20Hunt3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A subsequent variation where the train has already passed by. Fine work by Russ Lawson.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIj6Zq7fegTMTZ1uGD4SKo_zF2VX5U8qRjLVzlASxBFxeHiQdC3B7cfx2sJKhkJisgADDra-RJTvKv-UN4WXcHwKJO8S6SilQaJ_KWmPWUi-oW8ssz_IqgYiwfTpW2GJXnpvZk-hEF9rR1itNz0DBGaSr0GUwD0QQNTCJMLkPOVJ7TaGP3m6tPH7QnRb8/s3036/Spy%20Hunt4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="3036" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIj6Zq7fegTMTZ1uGD4SKo_zF2VX5U8qRjLVzlASxBFxeHiQdC3B7cfx2sJKhkJisgADDra-RJTvKv-UN4WXcHwKJO8S6SilQaJ_KWmPWUi-oW8ssz_IqgYiwfTpW2GJXnpvZk-hEF9rR1itNz0DBGaSr0GUwD0QQNTCJMLkPOVJ7TaGP3m6tPH7QnRb8/w640-h236/Spy%20Hunt4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The plot revolves around a circus panther with some sort of highly desirable microfilm hidden in his collar, which the Commies want <i>verrrry</i> badly. The big pussycat is just the start of their problems! Shot here has a guy out back of the train unhooking the coupling to free up the wagon with the big cat. Nice travelling matte work, with guy nearly falling onto tracks.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaD77IABjJFdUsX5MGY3uG3J96nTES4uytxPNFHaPF7wOZqGUxm01ANDhjfx3h4dsuVKZ4k3SIU_htMNS9rmJ3FG2tiMZgRwFp_uYAW6LjSd3QKN4-xx9Z1qI3YVD5AtcjNYTodWRi1ARfwPKAJMhDwtJPA_p3aZiCR4gCwgvQqFkX_xHk6eD9fnM7dAw/s1484/Spy%20Hunt5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaD77IABjJFdUsX5MGY3uG3J96nTES4uytxPNFHaPF7wOZqGUxm01ANDhjfx3h4dsuVKZ4k3SIU_htMNS9rmJ3FG2tiMZgRwFp_uYAW6LjSd3QKN4-xx9Z1qI3YVD5AtcjNYTodWRi1ARfwPKAJMhDwtJPA_p3aZiCR4gCwgvQqFkX_xHk6eD9fnM7dAw/w640-h466/Spy%20Hunt5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The rear wagon is released. Outstanding miniature work by Universal's reliable Charlie Baker, who, along with other fx staffers, had been with the studio most of his life, from the 1930's right through to EARTHQUAKE in the seventies, and the last AIRPORT pictures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJYDfO5Yh9wjkmdY41GdRKz3cnl1ro95sMnkry7Ui1KbfC3Ab5BXTmajzwyErQq9A1DU06uD5D29aPk24vxS0bTyBetTxPFmPOMaTOgSXmDrl4U2tNPxMGRUTNMizjLY9Wz6wFQZ-VFAfukDA0nfSZvVSQrWsmW6PFlfZ_vifw55zhfm0NWWcb_r2N58/s3044/Spy%20Hunt6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="3044" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJYDfO5Yh9wjkmdY41GdRKz3cnl1ro95sMnkry7Ui1KbfC3Ab5BXTmajzwyErQq9A1DU06uD5D29aPk24vxS0bTyBetTxPFmPOMaTOgSXmDrl4U2tNPxMGRUTNMizjLY9Wz6wFQZ-VFAfukDA0nfSZvVSQrWsmW6PFlfZ_vifw55zhfm0NWWcb_r2N58/w640-h236/Spy%20Hunt6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Models shot out in daylight was always the way to go for convincing shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxUdcoA5tOM-4TZEbCkwdXTlF41QreIgi7hqQhdwmPU7bPMlRBVP3RF_yXGjz4WO166Y_oeWw5klUbKc9YsSUvkFdUDaXgPBgBY_gzZ89qj8W5O8c0UYR2gxd15bBtpgbPjXeXf6ZpG033BEQwmyB3mlXaLVzsTtOMzNqh_BRQL7IF-re-0UWuwq87WY/s1484/Spy%20Hunt7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxUdcoA5tOM-4TZEbCkwdXTlF41QreIgi7hqQhdwmPU7bPMlRBVP3RF_yXGjz4WO166Y_oeWw5klUbKc9YsSUvkFdUDaXgPBgBY_gzZ89qj8W5O8c0UYR2gxd15bBtpgbPjXeXf6ZpG033BEQwmyB3mlXaLVzsTtOMzNqh_BRQL7IF-re-0UWuwq87WY/w640-h466/Spy%20Hunt7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIkuGHzvGo8qBpdifojQAfO7V_i-V15AHZ2GMKVERiKE6Pyj9-ZzK1fy2UaYefKjSsObbWKjdAqOOve_tLBa16t23hFL5pYCJ2DsppVcTReOldW5NAhoV-hSA7YfIe7Xh8ufvfYDbzMkPhwR4le5thSx0WTpd5FtTmSgNuSvZloc8ob5YmtdNxio6wk0/s2052/Spy%20Hunt8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="2052" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIkuGHzvGo8qBpdifojQAfO7V_i-V15AHZ2GMKVERiKE6Pyj9-ZzK1fy2UaYefKjSsObbWKjdAqOOve_tLBa16t23hFL5pYCJ2DsppVcTReOldW5NAhoV-hSA7YfIe7Xh8ufvfYDbzMkPhwR4le5thSx0WTpd5FtTmSgNuSvZloc8ob5YmtdNxio6wk0/w640-h466/Spy%20Hunt8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Possibly filmed by Horsley himself, or maybe Roswell Hoffman?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvFws2r2c6MpvjcC9f5KXNVg8X8IleGwM32yxwFShh-CAbGqZpxw3J5eJ4riUuFsBlvsEaI7zux111gjFdl9o1SiaABg-C5UJ50OCUifF5OwcF-BScq1R9764qptLgTM7S0KbgzJ6TsB5wn31Pg1TNNBR8wmjINnxnNxHpOghyphenhyphen8eqFE6gmfrUKV0XLuU/s1484/Spy%20Hunt9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvFws2r2c6MpvjcC9f5KXNVg8X8IleGwM32yxwFShh-CAbGqZpxw3J5eJ4riUuFsBlvsEaI7zux111gjFdl9o1SiaABg-C5UJ50OCUifF5OwcF-BScq1R9764qptLgTM7S0KbgzJ6TsB5wn31Pg1TNNBR8wmjINnxnNxHpOghyphenhyphen8eqFE6gmfrUKV0XLuU/w640-h466/Spy%20Hunt9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sadly, I never had a model train layout as a kid :(</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CoVsZgncI2hsrmx7JGgTrmWjWljuh4nWsyaQCCjLAjTuinUC9THmd4AyIitb4LxjO6bYlTZobGq8KWjKrhLsb5lKN3_juqanP-k6bm-0wQDBrr3Ca23sE6joqagSaBT3UrSAL_AAZwNNNcmMhKlhc8SNU2Ys5jocriM3cWJ7TT86uOaLkeeD8nuHuTU/s1820/Spy%20Hunt%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="1820" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CoVsZgncI2hsrmx7JGgTrmWjWljuh4nWsyaQCCjLAjTuinUC9THmd4AyIitb4LxjO6bYlTZobGq8KWjKrhLsb5lKN3_juqanP-k6bm-0wQDBrr3Ca23sE6joqagSaBT3UrSAL_AAZwNNNcmMhKlhc8SNU2Ys5jocriM3cWJ7TT86uOaLkeeD8nuHuTU/w640-h474/Spy%20Hunt%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The train wagon looks a decent large scale.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-CXJUi-q9E1cvJG3H3ZECGTHiHPE7dy6faBIWb7bhzzyX9KWSMMyA-fc8u63oVQ4gJIyHY3TjLUeKz2aSQbQ2xlOvP9gW-qrC7gZY17oiSKl6MP4_4RkHTC_rU9DMUU_Wy9yUcaGQ2OUeftm3qfAwVIF7DtYwFvoRI-ktyZktqv7Uei_WLACtZymBGM/s3036/Spy%20Hunt%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="3036" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-CXJUi-q9E1cvJG3H3ZECGTHiHPE7dy6faBIWb7bhzzyX9KWSMMyA-fc8u63oVQ4gJIyHY3TjLUeKz2aSQbQ2xlOvP9gW-qrC7gZY17oiSKl6MP4_4RkHTC_rU9DMUU_Wy9yUcaGQ2OUeftm3qfAwVIF7DtYwFvoRI-ktyZktqv7Uei_WLACtZymBGM/w640-h236/Spy%20Hunt%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The wagon tumbles down the gully, and yes, you guessed it, the panther in question makes a dash for it, leading all manner of good guys and bad guys to seek out the aforementioned pussy (as one does!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Vqd2T-tirfKfbxBUFkUXFyaXZWIRDkaCEOigK76pFagNP4a9tCfivX0SgrkH_UFHvvkfYbZWly1XueTP534Ztz7RLhqz8DDluXrB1BbIF0MjPbv1uPJeNG96w1kxzIX1CuW6dNo1cUGyokwpaXSRtBqoU7O1rItHhx2rpSsHWo1diFiVNEnfi-ORRCg/s1484/Spy%20Hunt%2012.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Vqd2T-tirfKfbxBUFkUXFyaXZWIRDkaCEOigK76pFagNP4a9tCfivX0SgrkH_UFHvvkfYbZWly1XueTP534Ztz7RLhqz8DDluXrB1BbIF0MjPbv1uPJeNG96w1kxzIX1CuW6dNo1cUGyokwpaXSRtBqoU7O1rItHhx2rpSsHWo1diFiVNEnfi-ORRCg/w640-h466/Spy%20Hunt%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tracking down the cat, the isolated farm house holds a few secrets. **<b>Note</b> - it's always an issue trying to get acceptable matte grabs from older Universal films. Reason being that, firstly, the mattes are always dupe shots, thus a bit degraded to start with; and secondly it's almost always the case where mattes are establishing shots of one sort or other and inevitably occur <u>within</u> an optical dissolve - yet <u>another</u> layer of duped to death degradation of the original shot. A decent lab would intercut the awful duped dissolve quickly into the (interpositive?) original with just a slight flicker where one generation cuts to the other better generation, A&B rolls and all of that. Universal - shame on them - almost always 'held' the mega-duped matte from the dissolve literally until the action cut to a different shot/scene, thus we the viewer are stuck with the shittiest looking matte shot - no fault of the artist at all who must pull his hair out when it's screened. Worst of all is when you get a dissolve to a matte comp, <b><u>and</u></b> a superimposed title card over the top... that's like 4 fucken' generations! Take a look at the Audie Murphy war picture TO HELL AND BACK (1955) to see what I mean when they go to Rome!!! Having just watched a bluray of Uni's SIGN OF THE PAGAN and others, the otherwise competent matte painting work looks absolutely awful directly as a result of cheapskate lab practices. If I were the matte artist or fx cameraman of the day I'd leave a pile of burning dog shit on the doorstep of Technicolor labs, though as usual, I digress.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttsrIFADr9q20Fd04qes61GCjW-AMdMLHAmWMWTy-ERNNeTgfxkcoEnnxrC6LhIb2nwGnuo9fd7ynXgYCnuVVr92u5spz6ePDNl4pT36VfB0LR6T6iP6PCuprsMZ8xbBgGmYNdrCrybL_gM4wINnqD3W50EKLSAOSdI8EZmYlgNpJ9RXhRgczu2p1FQI/s1484/Spy%20Hunt13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttsrIFADr9q20Fd04qes61GCjW-AMdMLHAmWMWTy-ERNNeTgfxkcoEnnxrC6LhIb2nwGnuo9fd7ynXgYCnuVVr92u5spz6ePDNl4pT36VfB0LR6T6iP6PCuprsMZ8xbBgGmYNdrCrybL_gM4wINnqD3W50EKLSAOSdI8EZmYlgNpJ9RXhRgczu2p1FQI/w640-h466/Spy%20Hunt13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Much treachery afoot in this seemingly homely mountain lodge.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXqHrhuTRNRITtTj1R2efWrJYKzpVpFW_2qETDrAEdpSrpNXkds6OMrxrJkQn1KGvsNa58uFLp-OU8NHCNsArvIfcrTlBu4tSr5fGwkM9SEvq72mUmw0cUX1f1JNBZQEwicZ6ml1DTZgClhyphenhyphenw5assTpslnO6Sm0qPQlES5Ptu5PqtNt2i5iDEKyXz_Wc/s1484/Spy%20Hunt%2014.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXqHrhuTRNRITtTj1R2efWrJYKzpVpFW_2qETDrAEdpSrpNXkds6OMrxrJkQn1KGvsNa58uFLp-OU8NHCNsArvIfcrTlBu4tSr5fGwkM9SEvq72mUmw0cUX1f1JNBZQEwicZ6ml1DTZgClhyphenhyphenw5assTpslnO6Sm0qPQlES5Ptu5PqtNt2i5iDEKyXz_Wc/w640-h466/Spy%20Hunt%2014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Howard Duff and Marta Toren spy the aforementioned panther down below in this multi-piece matte shot by Russell Lawson and Ross Hoffman.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b>SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES - Not all the usual Disney sunshine & happiness.</b></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqo8hdoVlVtZzZKIfyC2Rhni30elVjBoipg6pN7yP6zgrmOc99yNcqmF7yoWWH8p00wo5ap7IMgzD01R5CPsI3FTIc_iV09TFwBtvpMoHgerxZ1Jxfl1FhsDm0Luds1Db2WLAtyEb3xuPyhfNiRszRgiLKlV9raXDIkFoQ61VhB7Fm8JIeVv7Ev9cPgk/s1567/Something-poster%20art.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1567" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqo8hdoVlVtZzZKIfyC2Rhni30elVjBoipg6pN7yP6zgrmOc99yNcqmF7yoWWH8p00wo5ap7IMgzD01R5CPsI3FTIc_iV09TFwBtvpMoHgerxZ1Jxfl1FhsDm0Luds1Db2WLAtyEb3xuPyhfNiRszRgiLKlV9raXDIkFoQ61VhB7Fm8JIeVv7Ev9cPgk/w640-h450/Something-poster%20art.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Great poster art for a quite interesting, though not altogether successful 'adult' film from the Disney organisation which is worth rediscovery. In the most bizarre of coincidences, I was in communication just yesterday while in the midst of writing this, to Harrison Ellenshaw, who acted as vfx consultant on the picture. To our mutual amazement just a <u>week</u> or so ago the Disney Studio sent out an invitation to former staffers - one being Mr Ellenshaw - to come along to the screening room to view, oddly, the original unreleased rough cut of SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES not unspooled since 1982(!!) You can't make this stuff up! True story!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtU3TPDlYxyaqP0_XcKZ4gUbeJbVcMo76vbByEPuSV8plkugnrCBRJ6xKvKooIozw88LfTbWl8gc1tPLU3BmDdxo7QCxJnS3dyvHDDaSd_P7Zv2i6TKPn_6QpL-AKHkQZ-vn60ncJf4zMXqNVPgEQx0P7Mz08LC4Q4qxE88H5DNiRLNZLF52L8iXbrzY/s1944/Something-title.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1944" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtU3TPDlYxyaqP0_XcKZ4gUbeJbVcMo76vbByEPuSV8plkugnrCBRJ6xKvKooIozw88LfTbWl8gc1tPLU3BmDdxo7QCxJnS3dyvHDDaSd_P7Zv2i6TKPn_6QpL-AKHkQZ-vn60ncJf4zMXqNVPgEQx0P7Mz08LC4Q4qxE88H5DNiRLNZLF52L8iXbrzY/w640-h338/Something-title.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Based on a Ray Bradbury story SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1982), has the feel of an old Rod Serling TWILIGHT ZONE type story stretched out to 96 minutes. That said, it's worth the time and showed a watershed moment when Disney went 'dark' and 'diabolical', and all the better for it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQGzcVM7hQ_WmUs-o3qj6w5D7F4jZycXvsgYzRpEMAf6W3rSs2u_eof-VEJMJcj6qB8_8gKxeLUoJ_2h5XfB1vQQqU9B8sOqCw9_mCkTS0Wbq9IWtox9tyW34klV8LuTaLZSVcMPvx76BSiGUWvoqgqLaUGRzL-nYO3PKxXN7O4o5Oxx1CZWbO8grHSM/s1759/Something%20Wicked1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1759" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQGzcVM7hQ_WmUs-o3qj6w5D7F4jZycXvsgYzRpEMAf6W3rSs2u_eof-VEJMJcj6qB8_8gKxeLUoJ_2h5XfB1vQQqU9B8sOqCw9_mCkTS0Wbq9IWtox9tyW34klV8LuTaLZSVcMPvx76BSiGUWvoqgqLaUGRzL-nYO3PKxXN7O4o5Oxx1CZWbO8grHSM/w640-h420/Something%20Wicked1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The effects miniatures unit with visual effects supervisor Lee Dyer at left and effects consultant Harrison Ellenshaw in the middle. The fellow at right escapes Harrison, to his embaressment. The miniature climax involved the entire Dark carnival being literally sucked up from the Earth to who-knows-where. The entire set was rigged on the ceiling, with structures and carnival rides all pre-set to <i>fall</i> away, though photographed <i>inverted</i> to provide the illusion of all and sundry sucked skyward. The photo at right shows Harrison finalising the quite extensive rigging required for the effects shoot. Incidentally, my pal Harrison found the film to be an utter 'snoozefest' - no matter which cut one sits through.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTRe8CWY_WxtpMPlsYujdWX-ECxsvOmhtZwR7-QbEewxxz4GdTFJz9ZvJ7OOkXDdkOK4A7s9jJUnH9gTaW3qygGA8cgAAbEnanmfqr28OaJUcO_EBvzr6WklVmk7OQxT2zv2YCfbydL5gyEaZlqovqi2uWUu2iRhmRAnKf6j6x7U3IuTEJrFU1SUOp7Q/s1005/Michael%20Lloyd-Dick%20tracy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="1005" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTRe8CWY_WxtpMPlsYujdWX-ECxsvOmhtZwR7-QbEewxxz4GdTFJz9ZvJ7OOkXDdkOK4A7s9jJUnH9gTaW3qygGA8cgAAbEnanmfqr28OaJUcO_EBvzr6WklVmk7OQxT2zv2YCfbydL5gyEaZlqovqi2uWUu2iRhmRAnKf6j6x7U3IuTEJrFU1SUOp7Q/w640-h460/Michael%20Lloyd-Dick%20tracy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Michael Lloyd was one of the two matte artists on the film. Michael is shown here painting on the later DICK TRACY.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBpKjRKiaXznwZ22ahT1pDTTFbDIKceB7gNmXKSXnrElcIQQ1T4JkaaoKOlU8hgn_Aow_DSWYOtyRpp0E_HbB1RV1C9uCnIB5ZAIOEWDFxVH9s9YPtCcNOcr27GGQveFEoAcbMNEcnYMOQdTgZp-HAsHk569JzsV2SEKIuh785mNDpCkyvSjOz-Ndwwo/s863/Something%20Wicked%20This%20Way%20Comes2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="863" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBpKjRKiaXznwZ22ahT1pDTTFbDIKceB7gNmXKSXnrElcIQQ1T4JkaaoKOlU8hgn_Aow_DSWYOtyRpp0E_HbB1RV1C9uCnIB5ZAIOEWDFxVH9s9YPtCcNOcr27GGQveFEoAcbMNEcnYMOQdTgZp-HAsHk569JzsV2SEKIuh785mNDpCkyvSjOz-Ndwwo/w640-h398/Something%20Wicked%20This%20Way%20Comes2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jesse Silver was associate matte artist and contributed a number of vivid renderings. Some matte art was also done by Harrison Ellenshaw during Silver's absence due to illness.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSHNWTW9cRu9yz4j24s6p_GMw_JjpKxIIC3kLeKC9qs46UY2B5X5xD9LqUQVthyphenhyphenA3OAqJ5kLyGN4Hhjt7Uw4X3_snXKbF45cxbFEcFPxiU10-ZZ4xe_5__IS5xNG3MCCLzkfzW905mLdcHglsAlYnaH6WnJ-d1PSVaRUuel6jj2pFECqAs3JO1asMcdY/s1920/Something2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSHNWTW9cRu9yz4j24s6p_GMw_JjpKxIIC3kLeKC9qs46UY2B5X5xD9LqUQVthyphenhyphenA3OAqJ5kLyGN4Hhjt7Uw4X3_snXKbF45cxbFEcFPxiU10-ZZ4xe_5__IS5xNG3MCCLzkfzW905mLdcHglsAlYnaH6WnJ-d1PSVaRUuel6jj2pFECqAs3JO1asMcdY/w640-h346/Something2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film opens with an expansive rural matte painting as Tom Fury, played by actor Royal Dano - a wonderful and reliable old time character actor of 1000 westerns - drifts into the small town. Reportedly, some 16 or so mattes were painted for the film, though some evidentally never made the final cut.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6z19z3rNygrcZIcwXOlOAFWbUtgECp0E8JWwggGmLr_OjXW47Z_-evrvIu3vAAIA3YJU8Lp2hNzVJvV4D_ANnIa37oIWlUEN_P0FRf3jdC6MaaeInRcKqrc0nHXlWAh4uF2V5o0tEzFfl0EHNjd6sH3RapauqHFtAbvoILbAWSomPNiZgaJaPJmKtFc/s1920/Something4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6z19z3rNygrcZIcwXOlOAFWbUtgECp0E8JWwggGmLr_OjXW47Z_-evrvIu3vAAIA3YJU8Lp2hNzVJvV4D_ANnIa37oIWlUEN_P0FRf3jdC6MaaeInRcKqrc0nHXlWAh4uF2V5o0tEzFfl0EHNjd6sH3RapauqHFtAbvoILbAWSomPNiZgaJaPJmKtFc/w640-h346/Something4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same sequence, as Tom glances back over his shoulder to spy somewhat dodgy clouds moving on in. Matte painted shot with the actor added in, probably as a sodium vapour shot which Disney swore by.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WmVk7YzGpFZyHK1TFkhF_10ip14M_oHuFX8wpwP1uioZ56VG_dqTeuDHpInz7c2BOzHaWLYCI16lfAVS2J0ehfDQ1Ks8G9-qGcoZNJzjsc1ghZPpNJ6FWGMBHOTAJcZtS6U4seU6EqxBoKzoyor2m3DAXLSE7TG6G7mzY_fyjxm67Dh7hBI-7IKQjUA/s1920/Something3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WmVk7YzGpFZyHK1TFkhF_10ip14M_oHuFX8wpwP1uioZ56VG_dqTeuDHpInz7c2BOzHaWLYCI16lfAVS2J0ehfDQ1Ks8G9-qGcoZNJzjsc1ghZPpNJ6FWGMBHOTAJcZtS6U4seU6EqxBoKzoyor2m3DAXLSE7TG6G7mzY_fyjxm67Dh7hBI-7IKQjUA/w640-h346/Something3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A follow up shot is a closer push in on the matte where it appears a great deal of the scene is in fact a painting. Disney almost always relied upon rear projected plates to form their matte shot composites, though often these were a bit washed out. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VEzAZkoczSsV-nRPIaUdjSqoAEzB3jl-gUwk4OK0mctcOOxD06qQ8AnSimrkQTzhyphenhyphenfeqM427bpuMJ5OZZmSAuIsd4A7dZLbz6DZGUDgG5hKWAj3I7qdaWhnYXPh06e-gdm1G2D2IpnMyujH6869PNDKix-gcjrLrWpuEK9aBJtgR9S2vNJMciK1mJ9s/s1920/Something5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VEzAZkoczSsV-nRPIaUdjSqoAEzB3jl-gUwk4OK0mctcOOxD06qQ8AnSimrkQTzhyphenhyphenfeqM427bpuMJ5OZZmSAuIsd4A7dZLbz6DZGUDgG5hKWAj3I7qdaWhnYXPh06e-gdm1G2D2IpnMyujH6869PNDKix-gcjrLrWpuEK9aBJtgR9S2vNJMciK1mJ9s/w640-h346/Something5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The mysterious carnival arrives by steam train in the distance. Entirely an effects shot rendered as a complex series of some four painted glasses by artist Michael Lloyd and photographed in multi-plane fashion. The foreground houses were on the nearest glass; the the train on a second glass; the distant town on a third and the far horizon and sky on the forth glass. By using multiple glasses, a subtle simulated camera move inward was able to be carried out, allowing a natural looking perspective shift on the foreground artwork. Reportedly, initial expensive attempts to render the arrival as experimental early computer 'wireframe' generated animation failed and were done but rejected. Apparently, the bulk of the film had been shot and in the can as they say before any visual effects work was even planned, let alone commenced(!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzZZoFivvMWZVPSCFZ-1C0ebQdocUeygcz_6fyr3FV7xzjzhgemsHHtwsset5vsPKYBk2Q-3brKS39NNlyn_wqsEMBErH-W99HIP7WXrRDpwVQXpgNZtJLSZvxXXXNJkOc7in76h812I4YUUk-ZPCRcahuEbaLkVnQhA7nUTnqv2_v5SMH965Fr6iIRA/s1578/Something6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="1089" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzZZoFivvMWZVPSCFZ-1C0ebQdocUeygcz_6fyr3FV7xzjzhgemsHHtwsset5vsPKYBk2Q-3brKS39NNlyn_wqsEMBErH-W99HIP7WXrRDpwVQXpgNZtJLSZvxXXXNJkOc7in76h812I4YUUk-ZPCRcahuEbaLkVnQhA7nUTnqv2_v5SMH965Fr6iIRA/w442-h640/Something6.jpg" width="442" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A dramatic pull back shot from the carnival appears to be a multi-plane glass or miniature/painting combination. The last frame with the trees at the edges certainly looks like painted glass.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YElEg0OWTc7iXtfnWye1wxhq1b7ocUg1koD_DEmze1r5zFzt__5T6-fQnl9Xx6Bqy_SRP0HmHgkA-KE0b0l_wC0LAKLLz_kdFbp2MkQst6-068ZJ-m6mB9VE9NtBPqjXx5AoneaX0JmQ8UnYeXUAX82_dYv0X_-CsilQ0Oqc7F9fRLVKhH59djaWV_E/s1920/Something7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YElEg0OWTc7iXtfnWye1wxhq1b7ocUg1koD_DEmze1r5zFzt__5T6-fQnl9Xx6Bqy_SRP0HmHgkA-KE0b0l_wC0LAKLLz_kdFbp2MkQst6-068ZJ-m6mB9VE9NtBPqjXx5AoneaX0JmQ8UnYeXUAX82_dYv0X_-CsilQ0Oqc7F9fRLVKhH59djaWV_E/w640-h346/Something7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A matte shot with the dark carnival in the fields which was the ultimate shot preferred over the initial version illustrated below.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibM9rkOHpB_YhCltkreKy9NtimC2MmiZ87v7cARTDMpRvwQ7nnfCA8jNUDY3zBcwYF4Jbh3Gu4IznfA61SymnjJXWBlzNgXOWLQJEtrS-2bERDgP3EWuqvOHCJkhwEt8H-_8PBzIAt0uRymiGHKaDpXxrRDxluvndsltAN3Eaprc1YxsC_jTkOQvlXyrg/s2304/Something%20Wicked2%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="2304" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibM9rkOHpB_YhCltkreKy9NtimC2MmiZ87v7cARTDMpRvwQ7nnfCA8jNUDY3zBcwYF4Jbh3Gu4IznfA61SymnjJXWBlzNgXOWLQJEtrS-2bERDgP3EWuqvOHCJkhwEt8H-_8PBzIAt0uRymiGHKaDpXxrRDxluvndsltAN3Eaprc1YxsC_jTkOQvlXyrg/w640-h244/Something%20Wicked2%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The elaborate fx scene that was abandoned. If the reader has a decent computer screen the original <i>Cinefantastique</i> caption would be so easily readable. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcLFQ_Quhmx78kAdW4z-mXFAu66BHfrnFPpghBfhd6T8FzNEuUsXFskgbba6KmUow7FTQLMMruXXKoHhtpM9xCGlB5pUX26TxvdmLH7derA0-UGKMjCAQPCEOwae_jKtJ-TSahCtQEZd_wDcE9lg5h1cjamJWypBpE1l9iu5dTsfNkQX33Rhqo6BD8ME/s1920/Something-optical1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcLFQ_Quhmx78kAdW4z-mXFAu66BHfrnFPpghBfhd6T8FzNEuUsXFskgbba6KmUow7FTQLMMruXXKoHhtpM9xCGlB5pUX26TxvdmLH7derA0-UGKMjCAQPCEOwae_jKtJ-TSahCtQEZd_wDcE9lg5h1cjamJWypBpE1l9iu5dTsfNkQX33Rhqo6BD8ME/w640-h346/Something-optical1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The carnival holds a great many secrets and can grant one a wish or two. This one legged fellow will soon need to have <i>twice </i>as many socks to wash! See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBmmFZkoGmcI4S-sCy-6zkS9zmn9ZCQIYMpDIFxZGiAdRJbSsDdkqYZFzR1DzGBas9_Ar_hnNcvnln4cl1yfhxivBQ8tlJNwWe3gqcZOT1T6soS87gB3fJh5z3edgPBMs24iJFCnckF9WPc4Y1h8OgtAOKcspPkkXxcXnWeQmQgHRyu7koZ_lTZCPhU0/s1532/Something-optical1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="1496" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBmmFZkoGmcI4S-sCy-6zkS9zmn9ZCQIYMpDIFxZGiAdRJbSsDdkqYZFzR1DzGBas9_Ar_hnNcvnln4cl1yfhxivBQ8tlJNwWe3gqcZOT1T6soS87gB3fJh5z3edgPBMs24iJFCnckF9WPc4Y1h8OgtAOKcspPkkXxcXnWeQmQgHRyu7koZ_lTZCPhU0/w624-h640/Something-optical1a.jpg" width="624" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Don't say I never told you so.... Travelling matte with some roto articulation cured all his ills.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj068Ksne7aCiiiut8h0eY12aIbcLe_A7kG0Zg7l6P9thYoxg2-qE7adG6W1DDYGG47ay7lCDrYLarVUfufHvBvITexnov8PagjnkgTnc3cRfEgl68QudpfyX5uDum3AHVDgFwqiOBms3TqFVLA07BV09rwQJuzSYjQrCa6ErSqUiq8mPtUZ4l-5m0YiX0/s1920/Something8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj068Ksne7aCiiiut8h0eY12aIbcLe_A7kG0Zg7l6P9thYoxg2-qE7adG6W1DDYGG47ay7lCDrYLarVUfufHvBvITexnov8PagjnkgTnc3cRfEgl68QudpfyX5uDum3AHVDgFwqiOBms3TqFVLA07BV09rwQJuzSYjQrCa6ErSqUiq8mPtUZ4l-5m0YiX0/w640-h346/Something8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Don't know about this... may be genuine, may be some of Mr Dark's mystical magic... or could be a bit of well executed Disney trickery? I suspect the latter.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyh4picfEREa6pUF4aoHcPG3pu3btKrS4YEHpvgP6IydH-DGzaidPAc7Drz2zDSJdpY4XZwY6UEm66C_wgGSvqMWA5jbr_9rhlysreEtAheDodVuAAlQXoSJat334CDFwJ88Hu3hhJygCECnOgPgANn4-nYAbgdLElwK6CCGxfWjoMjhmriUmd7Kch-Q/s1484/Something-optical2b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="1412" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyh4picfEREa6pUF4aoHcPG3pu3btKrS4YEHpvgP6IydH-DGzaidPAc7Drz2zDSJdpY4XZwY6UEm66C_wgGSvqMWA5jbr_9rhlysreEtAheDodVuAAlQXoSJat334CDFwJ88Hu3hhJygCECnOgPgANn4-nYAbgdLElwK6CCGxfWjoMjhmriUmd7Kch-Q/w608-h640/Something-optical2b.jpg" width="608" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Merry-Go-Round sequence was a ripper, and surprisingly creepy for a Disney show. Originally the sequence was done in a very straight forward fashion involving substitution of the actor each time the Carousel comes around. Deemed inadequate, later re-shoots were somewhat more complicated, with highly effective optical 'stutter' introduced to create a nightmarish cascade-like effect. The scene was designed by Lee Dyer and as far as I know, farmed out to an optical house called <i>Symmetricon</i>. Each individual 35mm frame was repeatedly superimposed with five consecutive frames, each at slightly different printer light values, which created an impressive strobe result.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaDXxTPa2itjIw4lVhxNvn-03jWoic4SbGnM2mWIPVzVN3Xzx9SOlqBfHIi2DRh7oZ8xqgKwgiDaK-6SqIrnNtv46at8eBr_iDaGqLQ2fKBI1yMxhKzVb9-54nmasoOG1FIuWteCq_HnO7qoHNYimjPJjW7-oXFiNYSu0gBn-Q6CvccBXdokOTXGKOJg/s1504/Something-optical2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="1464" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaDXxTPa2itjIw4lVhxNvn-03jWoic4SbGnM2mWIPVzVN3Xzx9SOlqBfHIi2DRh7oZ8xqgKwgiDaK-6SqIrnNtv46at8eBr_iDaGqLQ2fKBI1yMxhKzVb9-54nmasoOG1FIuWteCq_HnO7qoHNYimjPJjW7-oXFiNYSu0gBn-Q6CvccBXdokOTXGKOJg/w622-h640/Something-optical2.jpg" width="622" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other shots had the two boys matted into the foreground which lent an even more un-earthly feel to the event.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUa2wJ51AhKglX7mikNSDjbu2ceA3vj81U2Heog8iu04WNuGf1dIXPFPZf2Mq0iR8vEQWWoACmnq-6rdLM15yCUxZbtFpt3oAbZFzr9nchfCHaJ7fTYCktxYQVMUAq5RAeYSlikyu0BHk20SI9lm6uL4IECajnHIfoVTC0Gll-IQqJfI-abD_fZl2RcA/s1920/Something-optical2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUa2wJ51AhKglX7mikNSDjbu2ceA3vj81U2Heog8iu04WNuGf1dIXPFPZf2Mq0iR8vEQWWoACmnq-6rdLM15yCUxZbtFpt3oAbZFzr9nchfCHaJ7fTYCktxYQVMUAq5RAeYSlikyu0BHk20SI9lm6uL4IECajnHIfoVTC0Gll-IQqJfI-abD_fZl2RcA/w640-h346/Something-optical2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mr Dark, as played most effectively by Jonathan Pryce. Why is it that the best ever screen villains are played by Brit thespians? I'm thinking Laurence Olivier in MARATHON MAN; Richard Burton in 1984; Charles Laughton in MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY; Maurice Evans in PLANET OF THE APES; Herbert Lom <i>(actually Hungarian)</i> in <u>every</u> picture he appeared in... etc etc.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGWnKCHO4wwIh9YMWt0JKqhtJXJnhZrTrE7pQAd-ocjxsXA2UB_4Ac-OUkR3nZOc0CkgB0Am-CCAkuD2HHMl5r8yxrE9JBaqQDaWHeoVQAz7g_zIbsUIsjvdADA5HQE3y6sAz0uR67w1XgWerk876MRtPFGYaXzfmEQvyQuXH2EGz4lidNmu1NlsGKoA/s1920/Something-optical2c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGWnKCHO4wwIh9YMWt0JKqhtJXJnhZrTrE7pQAd-ocjxsXA2UB_4Ac-OUkR3nZOc0CkgB0Am-CCAkuD2HHMl5r8yxrE9JBaqQDaWHeoVQAz7g_zIbsUIsjvdADA5HQE3y6sAz0uR67w1XgWerk876MRtPFGYaXzfmEQvyQuXH2EGz4lidNmu1NlsGKoA/w640-h346/Something-optical2c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Remember, this was the old photo-chemical days with optical printers and actual film (celluloid stuff with sprocket holes down both sides)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvADYmH0JnxNkqiX9tGuVFqPLmds2MFEoLYGAzt3G-LPTB46kOIGrmX9Xij-tZA_wM2pYC0kpvYWKHmPpwOpu6XVyQ4pQwWQu_EEpPhTrWcyLAb3RRHmTX17vzWn-yrAsM3Bk4J0pJ1nLANThoh3EyMzubauLWvFm3L14zlBC8eclcF-537x1_4Ck91I/s1920/Something-optical2d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvADYmH0JnxNkqiX9tGuVFqPLmds2MFEoLYGAzt3G-LPTB46kOIGrmX9Xij-tZA_wM2pYC0kpvYWKHmPpwOpu6XVyQ4pQwWQu_EEpPhTrWcyLAb3RRHmTX17vzWn-yrAsM3Bk4J0pJ1nLANThoh3EyMzubauLWvFm3L14zlBC8eclcF-537x1_4Ck91I/w640-h346/Something-optical2d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Originally, the film had no planned visual effects, let alone elaborate optical jigsaws.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7FSKcH-0FBiotvDJ6uzIbtBa-TTj1yjr9uS8x1Py3_ohDwY6Bx1jKL102qBdMkSIO4O_U9MSSzTIEMoBZWV7Df0mqCu95AC2-pPUGBQ1EHMm6PffaEW1j2DfmT4swMG-Ow0D08KHoboz_D5K9SB2_tD2bP8BMBoipm8hZMDhT6cooB1XqMhS69NNC00/s1920/Something-opt3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7FSKcH-0FBiotvDJ6uzIbtBa-TTj1yjr9uS8x1Py3_ohDwY6Bx1jKL102qBdMkSIO4O_U9MSSzTIEMoBZWV7Df0mqCu95AC2-pPUGBQ1EHMm6PffaEW1j2DfmT4swMG-Ow0D08KHoboz_D5K9SB2_tD2bP8BMBoipm8hZMDhT6cooB1XqMhS69NNC00/w640-h346/Something-opt3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of my favourite actresses and queen of bad-ass cinema throughout the seventies, the incredible Miss Pam Grier shows up as a particularly mean spirited - some might say downright evil - the Dust Witch <i>(you have a hell of a lot to live down if your parents named you Dust Witch!)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEive3aECua_EYb20_Hu9-Q6i1CsZpaYGBzvTbIfMhKe35gOKLKwqWaMni3nrQnGfcTWFHb63Awn-YcO9oT74h_vsQYxnbLbmi5akWEZbYNAdOrM-aB5URpBodV0nFu1y8Fvjd7sV1sRFY_EoTGBbLIdJE10_jjo1HZYywrtjlpUfnBAga7U8Rm3j14fVnM/s1920/something-opt3a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEive3aECua_EYb20_Hu9-Q6i1CsZpaYGBzvTbIfMhKe35gOKLKwqWaMni3nrQnGfcTWFHb63Awn-YcO9oT74h_vsQYxnbLbmi5akWEZbYNAdOrM-aB5URpBodV0nFu1y8Fvjd7sV1sRFY_EoTGBbLIdJE10_jjo1HZYywrtjlpUfnBAga7U8Rm3j14fVnM/w640-h346/something-opt3a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In an elaborate vfx set piece, the Dust Witch sort of breaks free of what I suppose to be a glass tomb(?) Great cel animated effects work by Disney's animators.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOu9l43tjgGy5CrrcLxjCSP2dZ5Vf06gZz4Nd4a9v3b00h0m1bhkmZEdpVVoS2bCuNpSOB7EYLrog1MQ6RHx6ud7szMEqk5Pi49ae1St_Rx_C0I9LVAmExHeu1kG6KgtAD7N2JQ6IJq15zjri0vvCwE6WetPwZ_VasDDHK-xmlbs_O7ptsuJ3u3Nq3Byw/s1920/Something-opt3b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOu9l43tjgGy5CrrcLxjCSP2dZ5Vf06gZz4Nd4a9v3b00h0m1bhkmZEdpVVoS2bCuNpSOB7EYLrog1MQ6RHx6ud7szMEqk5Pi49ae1St_Rx_C0I9LVAmExHeu1kG6KgtAD7N2JQ6IJq15zjri0vvCwE6WetPwZ_VasDDHK-xmlbs_O7ptsuJ3u3Nq3Byw/w640-h346/Something-opt3b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFdRkzSAkLeZhVLgcrssEIKZnsrjb-JxCqDoGIij8_Z0NvkT1_SmmSDnHAbUeMz_FVRZte1r3RubqYaloQ5ptRsd39EXrkMsHwbMgRGNcf9-xSfwfGsQ_EiNA3jpuq4bpD27xTTfMi9mYBtqxzmdBToLnhHDtHJoDzEVCSbmFfx_PmRC0lxDuO4PbG_A/s1920/Something-opt3c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFdRkzSAkLeZhVLgcrssEIKZnsrjb-JxCqDoGIij8_Z0NvkT1_SmmSDnHAbUeMz_FVRZte1r3RubqYaloQ5ptRsd39EXrkMsHwbMgRGNcf9-xSfwfGsQ_EiNA3jpuq4bpD27xTTfMi9mYBtqxzmdBToLnhHDtHJoDzEVCSbmFfx_PmRC0lxDuO4PbG_A/w640-h346/Something-opt3c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tp0JB2BNsmNJOz5CSa3vk1QoAQAHpCWBGclgfrtgCLWLRYABqVMd894Ce49tguyNV4vKW0YQiNWYcWx8pdKhH40ykwsRGKDxgW9O5smcJbukIyHcTsL-WzGRkbwFHa2mRwc8dqUrWfAd4jI9PRBXxHnIP2RydB2T_cDAb8UirXf5jNTt_M1t6j74Mog/s1920/Something-opt3d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tp0JB2BNsmNJOz5CSa3vk1QoAQAHpCWBGclgfrtgCLWLRYABqVMd894Ce49tguyNV4vKW0YQiNWYcWx8pdKhH40ykwsRGKDxgW9O5smcJbukIyHcTsL-WzGRkbwFHa2mRwc8dqUrWfAd4jI9PRBXxHnIP2RydB2T_cDAb8UirXf5jNTt_M1t6j74Mog/w640-h346/Something-opt3d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm an absolute sucker for old time hand drawn cel animated work. Disney, naturally, had the market cornered, and deservedly so. The cel work on things like 20'000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA; LT ROBINSON CRUSOE, USN; DARBY O'GILL & THE LITTLE PEOPLE; THE GNOME MOBILE and MARY POPPINS of course. I could watch those showreels back to back for a year!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIH8hUhG41yus7a4A2bfnbgYXA4wnWR_YvOuuDp794lXvZVRTQjducWaWq4e_tQ1DIhVjmyBW8dnbTbILwmGKX-Jkhaq_Odry8fddkYjmtV4HKL-lm83TAadLCsy4qVgYUBQ_EzH0-nofQIi7NbJZkOPegfc2bV5SZNoDYP38NLYAJ-5QGPlPiWmQ514/s1523/Something-opt3e.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1523" data-original-width="1502" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIH8hUhG41yus7a4A2bfnbgYXA4wnWR_YvOuuDp794lXvZVRTQjducWaWq4e_tQ1DIhVjmyBW8dnbTbILwmGKX-Jkhaq_Odry8fddkYjmtV4HKL-lm83TAadLCsy4qVgYUBQ_EzH0-nofQIi7NbJZkOPegfc2bV5SZNoDYP38NLYAJ-5QGPlPiWmQ514/w632-h640/Something-opt3e.jpg" width="632" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">...and here arriveth the incredible, though shamefully underused, Pam Grier, in all her magnificence (for now, at least).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQ8Fl5_lZhWeP98GXTF8yDvX5TxPJSExAS3FA-ypzJIVEL4jVGPmJl7V-ygsQ8WEGF7tHBsn2iwEY5UI2GRBI-5FF43iNvzF6uU1a9wH4UvMs_-MQ3ShlkqNDgw1xlE83zSk4TcXMOtvGIc7RmWAObC1FgdqtYbaWevzx5Hdcf2nufd6e7JKtpYSREdg/s1920/Pam%20Grier.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQ8Fl5_lZhWeP98GXTF8yDvX5TxPJSExAS3FA-ypzJIVEL4jVGPmJl7V-ygsQ8WEGF7tHBsn2iwEY5UI2GRBI-5FF43iNvzF6uU1a9wH4UvMs_-MQ3ShlkqNDgw1xlE83zSk4TcXMOtvGIc7RmWAObC1FgdqtYbaWevzx5Hdcf2nufd6e7JKtpYSREdg/w640-h346/Pam%20Grier.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pam... we love 'ya baby!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXvf5HxHs8fjJ9ye4pGkcGAu9M29d4KLbqZ64Rt-fSd9FTxQPxV-NFjqUB99loZtEks4Q8QuTQZL6adRtZ2cU1ADtrM_sKBs39_c3OXr74C5wEVjbFZPZhpPJiowcr89K1Ag9F7AE6j5hjwbhnmY6hr82Hr0oPrIegDOiZs3MgagfHAoaDn7zEwXXL6E/s1552/Something-opt4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1552" data-original-width="1540" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXvf5HxHs8fjJ9ye4pGkcGAu9M29d4KLbqZ64Rt-fSd9FTxQPxV-NFjqUB99loZtEks4Q8QuTQZL6adRtZ2cU1ADtrM_sKBs39_c3OXr74C5wEVjbFZPZhpPJiowcr89K1Ag9F7AE6j5hjwbhnmY6hr82Hr0oPrIegDOiZs3MgagfHAoaDn7zEwXXL6E/w636-h640/Something-opt4.jpg" width="636" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">No doubt a first for a Walt Disney picture... a character in the electric chair getting his brains fried. The film is set in the fictional <i>Green Town</i>.... more like the freakin' <i><b>Green Mile</b></i> thinks I.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfS-Wr2xs204fASSqMAuX1UsceKunabYn7-hE94IAKjifC9Cy1LbJ5ZfVzxYj_OjgzTK9DLlm4kZ4SaS5MHMbIgfETsnWDDX75M7oJ_LPY7AH0PwVsddnPGELmtZmtmf8NzIc-a2U51T3fz3M2tyrv92Ggbgl1cGypkswxciogPn2eeQVy2LAE6dBkdSc/s1704/Something-opt5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="1576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfS-Wr2xs204fASSqMAuX1UsceKunabYn7-hE94IAKjifC9Cy1LbJ5ZfVzxYj_OjgzTK9DLlm4kZ4SaS5MHMbIgfETsnWDDX75M7oJ_LPY7AH0PwVsddnPGELmtZmtmf8NzIc-a2U51T3fz3M2tyrv92Ggbgl1cGypkswxciogPn2eeQVy2LAE6dBkdSc/w592-h640/Something-opt5.jpg" width="592" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pam is not one to be crossed! Believe me, I've seen <u>all</u> her movies!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKiKwVJg8TD2SPLKjQgoxrZBSjeMQJqiKbOBB95WJDGwfqFOdpyLNOXDUxddlIx1sBzw4dMfMUUuCNzM7BBBe1siTizQkCqT3LEZwZVHDh2GIRYb6Q1jVhnId0t0ZlV7kBS5E7_psgqynlYHujP8EKxMHL3-fooVI7Lzl2O3Jim48zxcCDaTOd8BCYzU/s1920/Something9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKiKwVJg8TD2SPLKjQgoxrZBSjeMQJqiKbOBB95WJDGwfqFOdpyLNOXDUxddlIx1sBzw4dMfMUUuCNzM7BBBe1siTizQkCqT3LEZwZVHDh2GIRYb6Q1jVhnId0t0ZlV7kBS5E7_psgqynlYHujP8EKxMHL3-fooVI7Lzl2O3Jim48zxcCDaTOd8BCYzU/w640-h346/Something9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Michael Lloyd matte painting of the neighbourhood where some diabolical stuff goes down...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsN5GqS15t0e-ktBQ3WYpOP3Av_l5CXKdpFHHdvaOt_eos3jM3_UCYXHaGDLtFOSK5__qKB0bHhquVEhuYQVhuWIXhHnbSbogUYuDCxK2tcATuALGKqWal4i8kLXD5z4G_Szr32IKLnHSMACjF52gDtpDOX6oQmgxfchvNjBqlPYDoK9wNSE-ZSjW0qI/s2313/Something%20Wicked-matte%20room.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="2313" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsN5GqS15t0e-ktBQ3WYpOP3Av_l5CXKdpFHHdvaOt_eos3jM3_UCYXHaGDLtFOSK5__qKB0bHhquVEhuYQVhuWIXhHnbSbogUYuDCxK2tcATuALGKqWal4i8kLXD5z4G_Szr32IKLnHSMACjF52gDtpDOX6oQmgxfchvNjBqlPYDoK9wNSE-ZSjW0qI/w640-h170/Something%20Wicked-matte%20room.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A peek inside the matte room some years later when it became Buena Vista Visual Effects. Matte painter Paul Lasaine (with ponytail) shows new artist Justin Brandstatter some of the old mattes, including the Lloyd rendering of the house. In the video clip Paul is pointing out some odd perspective choices in the painting. *Note, on the wall behind is the surviving big Southern prison matte art from THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJWVHXGPrhuhRMWYrX4BmN1UHaSfCswqq_RbyrMxAU8wQXsjY3FmYCyFjd2IWPNzkEvVxWJieYqxX0zHLTB8S-K7zN7WXT-KuVQ2cW6qb-LKTLcfD-XVDLQUp2O9eL2gbjqBMWI1IF5Wp4mOyJ29bF91_-i7RxzOYr_wtg5ijvBQVx7s2dl1xgLRgaGg/s1435/Something%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1435" data-original-width="1402" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJWVHXGPrhuhRMWYrX4BmN1UHaSfCswqq_RbyrMxAU8wQXsjY3FmYCyFjd2IWPNzkEvVxWJieYqxX0zHLTB8S-K7zN7WXT-KuVQ2cW6qb-LKTLcfD-XVDLQUp2O9eL2gbjqBMWI1IF5Wp4mOyJ29bF91_-i7RxzOYr_wtg5ijvBQVx7s2dl1xgLRgaGg/w626-h640/Something%2010.jpg" width="626" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Subsequent matte shots by Lloyd and Silver with animation doubled in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMIOuk4XnTk8ZWZw4p7zCiuTKmi-P6NeQ_0C8uPp_Wu9VcatQfWwuSIVY1c2W1p0f_gjJBfCOhVClA-jZBKsvMaN0mMASXJ2g5bUtQWCR5k4e2PA2rbF4cT1VkpBWWNpbPH9zokpw9dHe0z96wH4xb0ebdth6_E-5sUk0zqbcB1bnp0PGP23JuGV9XMk/s1920/Something%2011.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMIOuk4XnTk8ZWZw4p7zCiuTKmi-P6NeQ_0C8uPp_Wu9VcatQfWwuSIVY1c2W1p0f_gjJBfCOhVClA-jZBKsvMaN0mMASXJ2g5bUtQWCR5k4e2PA2rbF4cT1VkpBWWNpbPH9zokpw9dHe0z96wH4xb0ebdth6_E-5sUk0zqbcB1bnp0PGP23JuGV9XMk/w640-h346/Something%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIqpoFMl46WVw9DAipyvs2-abTGk9hv_12bS5JVCtPRDRN3hfp6rlBTHN7C_pdXK0IazWHnqGJ4hchz6bFA0AIExE_1GgrQmuKuxUD_2zW-vfspV25KfoKeH02k93yRAijRSDR5jLyz8nOzbD8Ckx_wS9NuEIof4qQmCAhwkCUn7flT-Dr5nmsnSbGW4/s2660/Something-opt6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="2660" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIqpoFMl46WVw9DAipyvs2-abTGk9hv_12bS5JVCtPRDRN3hfp6rlBTHN7C_pdXK0IazWHnqGJ4hchz6bFA0AIExE_1GgrQmuKuxUD_2zW-vfspV25KfoKeH02k93yRAijRSDR5jLyz8nOzbD8Ckx_wS9NuEIof4qQmCAhwkCUn7flT-Dr5nmsnSbGW4/w640-h332/Something-opt6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, this sequence, though subtle, I found most impressive. Mr Dark's Jonathan Pryce confronts Jason Robards and rips pages from a book, with each page bursting into a bright other-worldly glow. Great cel animated work by Gale Fox, who also added subtle interactive rotoscope 'glow' to the faces of the two actors. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1wiwqhW8fpUUlpZ9ZH1Lqmt0Kno8WOxWuJi9rVcJMX6k3vAX0kKEAiSGnxFp1XYmYztL6aCyxcgqv_n_B3Urb7wn5iCC_5EgzcQGjVjEpfYI7njonl0bQWem-P9h95s5r3u_ck2pnPqJbOrOGFnLiCpSoNEC0gXNTTAOEeo38k55UtegPCiQbo5kLig/s1920/Something12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1wiwqhW8fpUUlpZ9ZH1Lqmt0Kno8WOxWuJi9rVcJMX6k3vAX0kKEAiSGnxFp1XYmYztL6aCyxcgqv_n_B3Urb7wn5iCC_5EgzcQGjVjEpfYI7njonl0bQWem-P9h95s5r3u_ck2pnPqJbOrOGFnLiCpSoNEC0gXNTTAOEeo38k55UtegPCiQbo5kLig/w640-h346/Something12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Traditional cloud tank physical effect combined with matte painted carnival and surrounds. This storm <u>really</u> means business.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGFqOvJnH9avN9OVYn7Yxvu4Mwc7xSKFUHzDVQN22fA7FucJAsI4StGnb6tfHP6PsXop6c-VjZndWH8F2g-rC4eIa_OLH0iMSxJ52rpgtFtodlEmq383bu_sI7EraQo-3nTNSoUJQNc-ZM_hiDGijmwLwZ3Uci4iaAY7RiuI0JLyq-nfWn876qK0_dWs/s1476/Something13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1452" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGFqOvJnH9avN9OVYn7Yxvu4Mwc7xSKFUHzDVQN22fA7FucJAsI4StGnb6tfHP6PsXop6c-VjZndWH8F2g-rC4eIa_OLH0iMSxJ52rpgtFtodlEmq383bu_sI7EraQo-3nTNSoUJQNc-ZM_hiDGijmwLwZ3Uci4iaAY7RiuI0JLyq-nfWn876qK0_dWs/w630-h640/Something13.jpg" width="630" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The ever lovely Pam Grier gets a literal 'bolt from the blue', and is impaled on a lightning bolt. I couldn't actually figure out what this was all about, but here it is anyway...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBW7ii2ggAWc3d14eeIGmf7zXe3Hl-XmG4Yl26ofmfLUIXzdeUGU-_pM7oNX5vByr9TqoJ9PGvtf5WzrgxoD-77vh263b7rWriDsAGb1wf4JHzdnf9fIU8Wp_n9nHVyFy4Ka0l84SM1uHsSn_FZKjjRMXdO4N8qOeC9P-nMCP8TnVHakWOKWsLC_4hX4/s1920/Something13a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBW7ii2ggAWc3d14eeIGmf7zXe3Hl-XmG4Yl26ofmfLUIXzdeUGU-_pM7oNX5vByr9TqoJ9PGvtf5WzrgxoD-77vh263b7rWriDsAGb1wf4JHzdnf9fIU8Wp_n9nHVyFy4Ka0l84SM1uHsSn_FZKjjRMXdO4N8qOeC9P-nMCP8TnVHakWOKWsLC_4hX4/w640-h346/Something13a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pam proves utterly electrifying...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMuseyVjSBJGVe-9WYnDwqMfhQEpruvOWJ9oNS20X6w0rs969aJnSE6MQYz-3e9XTemWr38kk-YCNRYd-awfCf6LaSMvupR-ZXM3iG_9dz9K6Dfxcfgo72dZRBt8oAlF-Jokk7QBghcckdwTjZJ7-QY3oIajnHI6EGSXQgig7DDPtSR0F5bIqAUMHhIc/s1920/Something13b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMuseyVjSBJGVe-9WYnDwqMfhQEpruvOWJ9oNS20X6w0rs969aJnSE6MQYz-3e9XTemWr38kk-YCNRYd-awfCf6LaSMvupR-ZXM3iG_9dz9K6Dfxcfgo72dZRBt8oAlF-Jokk7QBghcckdwTjZJ7-QY3oIajnHI6EGSXQgig7DDPtSR0F5bIqAUMHhIc/w640-h346/Something13b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Once again, some 'A-Grade' cel animated work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NUoFq0INKeqM4f8g0vp6m-3WiK6lBZAISVItVgW8Zs5L4__mRrzFJVeAeo4JBNEWZsPUwwiZp1RwDbA9v4KSjapz91cxU7OY0gaUrx7no4aWwB82gBXQcoL-NSbXhm8QRFEGEcc8ZvM5rNwJ5tNCoAa7lU8PTVap91KgqBXekTs2x1ZN6-RhkFu9_G0/s1920/Something13c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NUoFq0INKeqM4f8g0vp6m-3WiK6lBZAISVItVgW8Zs5L4__mRrzFJVeAeo4JBNEWZsPUwwiZp1RwDbA9v4KSjapz91cxU7OY0gaUrx7no4aWwB82gBXQcoL-NSbXhm8QRFEGEcc8ZvM5rNwJ5tNCoAa7lU8PTVap91KgqBXekTs2x1ZN6-RhkFu9_G0/w640-h346/Something13c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekTJV4befi4Rs13Ch1o6_-LRB3JRYrcmXEaE-wZWZ_Hmcqwt9rrHjxmWQLqBol-9vaKcm81s71hAJqHOQ_TtSXjOKkXzR0NHTtmlYn3csQrBkWKtRDBl1aI2EhXFaMpIshGedwGGNW_ZTXoIuIdnh3ZHsd-RU0I-dL16hoxtdizJgfT32oLTYl-bwWD0/s1492/Something13e.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1492" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekTJV4befi4Rs13Ch1o6_-LRB3JRYrcmXEaE-wZWZ_Hmcqwt9rrHjxmWQLqBol-9vaKcm81s71hAJqHOQ_TtSXjOKkXzR0NHTtmlYn3csQrBkWKtRDBl1aI2EhXFaMpIshGedwGGNW_ZTXoIuIdnh3ZHsd-RU0I-dL16hoxtdizJgfT32oLTYl-bwWD0/w640-h634/Something13e.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'She wasn't all that tough after all, or so it would seem...' Mind you, in all her other flicks she's toting a pump action shotgun or 357 Magnum. Street vigilante Pam was <u>far</u> more resilient in days gone by than any stupid fantasy <i>Dust Witch</i>. 'Motherfuckers... watch out!'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6iZBFSYKUmu8TErLK_poMOG_wWx1o3QUPvGbXKAP0VacQ7VajBGKrkNNKQOE1jOXgzHTYlO1UWaqSN693s_8-QSO0-0TTrf1ygQYn9XQ94EIW5Jzi9gokj3fjtSFfk8t-fKJF5zZG-ow_veUB4q66eXIahhPgEFo7cMOb3rt5OkAdL6zTqzfq0wpFkI/s1920/Something14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6iZBFSYKUmu8TErLK_poMOG_wWx1o3QUPvGbXKAP0VacQ7VajBGKrkNNKQOE1jOXgzHTYlO1UWaqSN693s_8-QSO0-0TTrf1ygQYn9XQ94EIW5Jzi9gokj3fjtSFfk8t-fKJF5zZG-ow_veUB4q66eXIahhPgEFo7cMOb3rt5OkAdL6zTqzfq0wpFkI/w640-h346/Something14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably a matte painted shot, with cloud tank footage added(?)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVf_uUsmcuK5kXQ2zCH0HMAII81001GhVrctq_jfvNcqkXC9ukwEXpVXmaPLHmcNXs91X5yVDFHCEbQFRJ1jB22_vEpKK_0gjvs6mLySpNHHhz82eHfu2ItEn1TNQozrXkN7Yp_xeJx0sSpgoXoyV5VdXmwKQJvRYIajf-USHVXOoJPIpDh70niTrync/s1532/Something16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="1464" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVf_uUsmcuK5kXQ2zCH0HMAII81001GhVrctq_jfvNcqkXC9ukwEXpVXmaPLHmcNXs91X5yVDFHCEbQFRJ1jB22_vEpKK_0gjvs6mLySpNHHhz82eHfu2ItEn1TNQozrXkN7Yp_xeJx0sSpgoXoyV5VdXmwKQJvRYIajf-USHVXOoJPIpDh70niTrync/w612-h640/Something16.jpg" width="612" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mr Dark's horrendously malfunctioning carousel goes completely banana's and self destructs. The best carousel out-of-control sequence since Hitchcock's brilliant STRANGERS ON A TRAIN many years ago. Classic!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17VkgC9S3_Yp2nKM2L1JnWZQrootmz6-vM2SWZNnfdkVzJ0mvqlAwUKPTUJ3o8KhHem4RtA8D5qQ8Pmvc7zuPyNd8HBAWYxuaymR-96mQY_Y9ywJf-QJOW6osbmeNxgi8o4tcUjtpU6LywS-CI9XIeelckt0bJZ3sp_C2up-of-1diS2kcRYA1Uzv7GI/s2644/Something-opt9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="2644" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17VkgC9S3_Yp2nKM2L1JnWZQrootmz6-vM2SWZNnfdkVzJ0mvqlAwUKPTUJ3o8KhHem4RtA8D5qQ8Pmvc7zuPyNd8HBAWYxuaymR-96mQY_Y9ywJf-QJOW6osbmeNxgi8o4tcUjtpU6LywS-CI9XIeelckt0bJZ3sp_C2up-of-1diS2kcRYA1Uzv7GI/w640-h346/Something-opt9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A most grisly demise for our Mr Dark, thanks in no small part to the Disney fx animation department.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NMblEpykFEvV4zUQwC7hcVKPU9y0fFn1eGwJdEfCQS3CnjIn2WTosHNNs8Zl9-beCsuiIXufcSmBFl5CwTjlcideksIdBqFDve3Mazgf43tWxOn1s9y8hUmcop3iULMVwNt0W-aB7cdCkhzTxeTWD0APxRQx689xnYc53l4iTifcGscXQMmJ6M_ekaY/s1608/Something-opt9a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1608" data-original-width="1580" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NMblEpykFEvV4zUQwC7hcVKPU9y0fFn1eGwJdEfCQS3CnjIn2WTosHNNs8Zl9-beCsuiIXufcSmBFl5CwTjlcideksIdBqFDve3Mazgf43tWxOn1s9y8hUmcop3iULMVwNt0W-aB7cdCkhzTxeTWD0APxRQx689xnYc53l4iTifcGscXQMmJ6M_ekaY/w628-h640/Something-opt9a.jpg" width="628" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Originally planned and even filmed minus any visual trickery, and just animatronic and make up effects devices. Test screening to the exec's saw the vote to spice this (and much more) up considerably with optical and various trick shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYIl5wTeZmmbD5aT-hCqMQo8pFN5_UDT1Eqn59ac0CU142P2uOB5c7JBdJpYLKi3Fe-jHO-of2nViP7nQ7FmsMpELX8RM72xKx7VPO1ruhUR6P3xeAKQt2DBVozPDtUWNTpnEGH0Rk8_gnyzFnHET8P2UwqmmyOk4iRUmrnNHTCB1rJwuspY2x_KhVPM/s1920/Something-opt9b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYIl5wTeZmmbD5aT-hCqMQo8pFN5_UDT1Eqn59ac0CU142P2uOB5c7JBdJpYLKi3Fe-jHO-of2nViP7nQ7FmsMpELX8RM72xKx7VPO1ruhUR6P3xeAKQt2DBVozPDtUWNTpnEGH0Rk8_gnyzFnHET8P2UwqmmyOk4iRUmrnNHTCB1rJwuspY2x_KhVPM/w640-h346/Something-opt9b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oddly, first attempts to re-do with cel effects work were farmed to an <i>outside</i> provider due to the Disney people all tied up with mega-work on TRON. The sub-contractor's efforts were resoundingly rejected outright, and the shots were ultimately redone by Disney animation staff.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_BPxpZWMWmUjOrm5FfK14D4IUntUcs5TJtfLbBl0IRTaCMvdtthHzJHzun9CkEkOCQfnZrTWfJKdsmm2GfQSzhvgSJ3pcNH3tNHzweIOB1KhjDd5pO4ZyVb8fc64we9ZOKoWX_Dh0dzjiDtX-NhNEWtEElD3Z78PDRkGNrhhttxCsgGbH_QwfGdYjYY/s1920/Something-opt9c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_BPxpZWMWmUjOrm5FfK14D4IUntUcs5TJtfLbBl0IRTaCMvdtthHzJHzun9CkEkOCQfnZrTWfJKdsmm2GfQSzhvgSJ3pcNH3tNHzweIOB1KhjDd5pO4ZyVb8fc64we9ZOKoWX_Dh0dzjiDtX-NhNEWtEElD3Z78PDRkGNrhhttxCsgGbH_QwfGdYjYY/w640-h346/Something-opt9c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Decidedly horrific for a Disney picture as Mr Dark's entire being deflates and dissolves away. Much animatronic puppeteering supplemented with optical overlays.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLSoh2COvQ6Y83K08PSuUVCcfimCf8YmzIPkyLfdBBw6xTTBUJSzI14My4nXLp37f5mH0vPbBFhuEKoAuvJ2iLN4-bM0-lRU6pLs7P4RIFiLrpxorWeW6JFm8lsvGNZ_pNe9t3mUIkyQcocB0NJMybP9YuNZUr6qLWz1bRSd9_JrKrYHa3BreYiZ1BUQ/s1920/Something-opt9d.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLSoh2COvQ6Y83K08PSuUVCcfimCf8YmzIPkyLfdBBw6xTTBUJSzI14My4nXLp37f5mH0vPbBFhuEKoAuvJ2iLN4-bM0-lRU6pLs7P4RIFiLrpxorWeW6JFm8lsvGNZ_pNe9t3mUIkyQcocB0NJMybP9YuNZUr6qLWz1bRSd9_JrKrYHa3BreYiZ1BUQ/w640-h346/Something-opt9d.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWtWZLOfGEB5KmE1T9EXhwOCcGyjLqgkcTRdipxQxn3ukXGbbOg8vo8fjr2cfVc8ScSyCbuItjKNbSUX6oqjzoHDLp-XV3Yn4MkHbIE_TApgovFwCIu-81EVjYecvpoWx-jUS4pVkfQ9cj4GhWayjfkwQ-7b2TCVVffPOezF4OC5KZgMlIsyW24ckQkg/s1920/Something9e.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWtWZLOfGEB5KmE1T9EXhwOCcGyjLqgkcTRdipxQxn3ukXGbbOg8vo8fjr2cfVc8ScSyCbuItjKNbSUX6oqjzoHDLp-XV3Yn4MkHbIE_TApgovFwCIu-81EVjYecvpoWx-jUS4pVkfQ9cj4GhWayjfkwQ-7b2TCVVffPOezF4OC5KZgMlIsyW24ckQkg/w640-h346/Something9e.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Make up effects engineered by veteran Robert Schiffer. I miss the days of physical appliances, real on set make up fx and such like. Geniuses like the great Dick Smith, John Chambers, Jack Pierce, Rick Baker, Nick Maley, et al. Today's CG can't come close to stuff Dick Smith did on the actors in front of the camera.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKubew5Q0-xKaBTuG3pz7AmF4PMiOuzL5A9VTM9ik7xdydD4uHndBFjJHXBWIOesVuLEPxku1ehuz2e9yNZO_ydSW7oOq1oHccxRFF77bR2Mwozb_EDVE6H3x9W__NdDv7hd_yn5rVGMZnJCzDMl0sH6T4HbTtFdURak239JHTyhDEsugLY6zHVoNyzU/s1920/Something9f.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKubew5Q0-xKaBTuG3pz7AmF4PMiOuzL5A9VTM9ik7xdydD4uHndBFjJHXBWIOesVuLEPxku1ehuz2e9yNZO_ydSW7oOq1oHccxRFF77bR2Mwozb_EDVE6H3x9W__NdDv7hd_yn5rVGMZnJCzDMl0sH6T4HbTtFdURak239JHTyhDEsugLY6zHVoNyzU/w640-h346/Something9f.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I guess it's just going to be one of <u>those</u> days!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOT_Ko6WDvpKs_ocGOzoBzw7fdiMFG-k9vZEmdwpaDqL-HGA6z7Y3XImCIRpAe032ohL_FbOAF0BITATDhmSEhbPzcn9vmqmDlF1yXr_cTLRT8nq30oAUA-KR8jU8QqGuEjtZSlAxklOBO8buH6-SPT6Hlc1Pt9sLNSclZdd8IzfoV3_y7dUDeAV9gDM4/s1588/Something17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="1588" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOT_Ko6WDvpKs_ocGOzoBzw7fdiMFG-k9vZEmdwpaDqL-HGA6z7Y3XImCIRpAe032ohL_FbOAF0BITATDhmSEhbPzcn9vmqmDlF1yXr_cTLRT8nq30oAUA-KR8jU8QqGuEjtZSlAxklOBO8buH6-SPT6Hlc1Pt9sLNSclZdd8IzfoV3_y7dUDeAV9gDM4/w640-h618/Something17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The entire Dark carnival self destructs in rather dramatic fashion, and, to put it crudely, literally <i>disappears up it's own fundamental orifice</i>(!) <b>;)</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTOjPggyxpQ3E0DmgU4BuMeFAv_Wrr-DLt5qA-J25Dax3ljSsqwTUt6aTjhlse6Y5kZQB4Syi5S5blt4TvXgKJEL-_R73LD_jZAJw5sqQ31jW0oEz_RkwhMV5CQCJgU0D8FxLxgPk-NUK-0H15pqPtlUlYWtICu-ha3zOLbNVHrkm8uuVQHhHFOtSa_k/s1332/HE%20052.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1332" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTOjPggyxpQ3E0DmgU4BuMeFAv_Wrr-DLt5qA-J25Dax3ljSsqwTUt6aTjhlse6Y5kZQB4Syi5S5blt4TvXgKJEL-_R73LD_jZAJw5sqQ31jW0oEz_RkwhMV5CQCJgU0D8FxLxgPk-NUK-0H15pqPtlUlYWtICu-ha3zOLbNVHrkm8uuVQHhHFOtSa_k/w640-h398/HE%20052.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Miniatures supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw perched atop a scaffold, high in the rafters of a Disney stage as he gives the "go" on the inverted destruction of the carnival. Shot high speed with 4 cameras, it looked good in the final film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuFjrm3F0yOH_JtmOvDo1WMGbMgsFzHab3IWXiNkEhYXWTQQXCLRDtiKCuLP_2uaxLImVV4erJvl1z6cd7t6_NRW3IBm9KO1fY_RLFqmefbgY4IOLJndXw3hSVg_mrn2OZMiT-KPdncVQJlkcVw6uwrsZcCVmVpaW9Ym4UslxC6_d51u303cLXWd1uz0/s1920/Something18.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuFjrm3F0yOH_JtmOvDo1WMGbMgsFzHab3IWXiNkEhYXWTQQXCLRDtiKCuLP_2uaxLImVV4erJvl1z6cd7t6_NRW3IBm9KO1fY_RLFqmefbgY4IOLJndXw3hSVg_mrn2OZMiT-KPdncVQJlkcVw6uwrsZcCVmVpaW9Ym4UslxC6_d51u303cLXWd1uz0/w640-h346/Something18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An effective tornado, created in a large water filled tank, as per the standard system for years. Possibly some optical manipulation there later to further stir up the converging vortex and such like.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24CsGl-mZW3PRLilrOPNWAJm4ulqhQAlSsEvT1wUu-zRNKfz8a8oN6jpLVL_qDsPSnPBBuQZ6lZGvR5iZZII2l3WjUFk1TdxxmgQNWvTirCSaeVLW29WWkEOzZFe8fBh9APmGDBAy1BfjZSLLmCWtHBDdOl9VsASNblAW3ibinjS4n3AduXzi1BiAY90/s2476/Something19a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="2476" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24CsGl-mZW3PRLilrOPNWAJm4ulqhQAlSsEvT1wUu-zRNKfz8a8oN6jpLVL_qDsPSnPBBuQZ6lZGvR5iZZII2l3WjUFk1TdxxmgQNWvTirCSaeVLW29WWkEOzZFe8fBh9APmGDBAy1BfjZSLLmCWtHBDdOl9VsASNblAW3ibinjS4n3AduXzi1BiAY90/w640-h330/Something19a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nice composite shot here with cloud tank physical effect combined via travelling matte by old time effects cameraman Art Cruikshank. Art had been with Disney since the days of FANTASIA, and worked on scores of films in an uncredited capacity. In the mid 1960's he moved over to 20th Century Fox and at last started to get some recognition. He provided grand optical cinematography duties for the Oscar winning FANTASTIC VOYAGE among many other Fox films. Art died shortly after completing his assignment on SOMETHING WICKED.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8LNI1H1-Hbsl_JHM97iYuDC2So9UnEHw-GhnGDCD92eXhyphenhyphengIVt02UNQvOpu4JB8wltKGg2p5B6I-Ti82i24O8aswMYiolewybpjPTJBHDASn0IuUuoN1XnpoOv23UYOgkOjxHFCHt0Ivj9W2b3XsZpp_4CyJi7_U0__i9nZbddcHGNePQNHtx5m6bSQ/s1920/Something19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8LNI1H1-Hbsl_JHM97iYuDC2So9UnEHw-GhnGDCD92eXhyphenhyphengIVt02UNQvOpu4JB8wltKGg2p5B6I-Ti82i24O8aswMYiolewybpjPTJBHDASn0IuUuoN1XnpoOv23UYOgkOjxHFCHt0Ivj9W2b3XsZpp_4CyJi7_U0__i9nZbddcHGNePQNHtx5m6bSQ/w640-h346/Something19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Eerily atmospheric - no pun inferred - with excellent use of of sound editing to compliment the visuals.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEzU3b71VTYjUP8mkVpyDClcfvhMhTDNlDD6Z557TeErtubmvJeTsZwRK0gOpI5_M1fpatyDY1eDf913jeEVsKEanhDm0yrzSMiPMRdC3cn-b-oWjDQQOyA4pK6pXlOrPqXcvmfBrXiVx3OXXSGn-4Sj-i4M8RJnnyfB9fZaY0XTfBnuSuI1-s-SJeUM/s1920/Something20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEzU3b71VTYjUP8mkVpyDClcfvhMhTDNlDD6Z557TeErtubmvJeTsZwRK0gOpI5_M1fpatyDY1eDf913jeEVsKEanhDm0yrzSMiPMRdC3cn-b-oWjDQQOyA4pK6pXlOrPqXcvmfBrXiVx3OXXSGn-4Sj-i4M8RJnnyfB9fZaY0XTfBnuSuI1-s-SJeUM/w640-h346/Something20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Terrific shot as the vortex sucks all to oblivion and beyond.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAO-yR9rmc20KSh3C06mA456BBG26WXd6vOkpGXCIhJJ9EuiDyagdw1QmJo1LvAuHJescg6ariW5-0FEqg8GUtubjDlF9sgSOD7dURzP77VAyfiTld-g-xneOdDxoNrqFnvatgFDXRf82TRU_-PkArYTt7AxsWC8PwfGfj9BlB-G6oc_PRDOCPU_s8cQ/s1920/Something20a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAO-yR9rmc20KSh3C06mA456BBG26WXd6vOkpGXCIhJJ9EuiDyagdw1QmJo1LvAuHJescg6ariW5-0FEqg8GUtubjDlF9sgSOD7dURzP77VAyfiTld-g-xneOdDxoNrqFnvatgFDXRf82TRU_-PkArYTt7AxsWC8PwfGfj9BlB-G6oc_PRDOCPU_s8cQ/w640-h346/Something20a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cloud tank presumably, combined with matte painting. The tank itself was some 9 feet wide, 6 feet deep and 6 feet high. The clouds and vortex were created by injecting standard Tempera paint in varying mixtures and configurations.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlrUySmI9B2o4KeApx_nbiLfIIvOaexR7W2MvmyaFr7gjHqVbRsT8G3w0VK_wcwuoOtvAGUJH9l_MHa35R7OgK6x0X1ZUVFYEk1ilvBJzwl93Z9Wj9TdJUaSWeNzKW2JT7JgWroAg0u9X56I8wD8BL8aqAubBsmnSf4YBZcGGIVmgCKPO9Se5lnJLy30/s1920/Something21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlrUySmI9B2o4KeApx_nbiLfIIvOaexR7W2MvmyaFr7gjHqVbRsT8G3w0VK_wcwuoOtvAGUJH9l_MHa35R7OgK6x0X1ZUVFYEk1ilvBJzwl93Z9Wj9TdJUaSWeNzKW2JT7JgWroAg0u9X56I8wD8BL8aqAubBsmnSf4YBZcGGIVmgCKPO9Se5lnJLy30/w640-h346/Something21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">All's well, that ends well. The morning after the night before where we are back in the lush storybook Disney environs we all remember as kids. An extensive matte painting combined with a VistaVision live action plate as a rear projected element, as per standard Disney photographic effects methods.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIs0TWW2TwsdioW5dPdZ6hrOIaJ_eJC88XlyTxWOtdY6MzVwwgvlRWn4jd7XySnS94R533acoqQOaLnlIl-q96bMSFR6N5aEch1JgOKsMJJdJUvNCgBFIZLCLwlKJzY2z6W8wZ58M5hxu1Y6YxmMaEbVAXFEu_iPxbMh15dEVgQtd6cc4QDgewx5m1fI/s1920/Something21a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIs0TWW2TwsdioW5dPdZ6hrOIaJ_eJC88XlyTxWOtdY6MzVwwgvlRWn4jd7XySnS94R533acoqQOaLnlIl-q96bMSFR6N5aEch1JgOKsMJJdJUvNCgBFIZLCLwlKJzY2z6W8wZ58M5hxu1Y6YxmMaEbVAXFEu_iPxbMh15dEVgQtd6cc4QDgewx5m1fI/w640-h346/Something21a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Further, the camera pulls out for a wider view. Jesse Silver discussed the methods employed where he used airbrush techniques, oil pigments, acrylics as needed in his various mattes, from storm clouds to landscapes. Disney uses YCM separation masters - that is black & white records of the print system, yellow, cyan and magenta. Using separation masters the artists are able to re-balance and alter the colours in various ways to match the original live action plate. Disney was not an advocate of the original negative technique which arguably provides the finest results as all first generation is as good as it gets. Some early effects shows from the studio did work on the original negative such as DARBY O'GILL for some shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRb-1n56NfC3NpzzDeY2V2T2jYZhwFY42-BryJY94TERYhsKbhSqoIcI5pXm4obiyDkQrXB2nCJx3fbGOdJUOPE9KACRBJhpoT3hrb6xj9r-2QDNb19I1AMnwAQYfc81yJ8uVEhTm-1JYshOmw5Lgb7v4uIxDe8JKtk0XZKNxNfXZLfyjLQ02YEJML5o/s1903/Something-credits.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1611" data-original-width="1903" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRb-1n56NfC3NpzzDeY2V2T2jYZhwFY42-BryJY94TERYhsKbhSqoIcI5pXm4obiyDkQrXB2nCJx3fbGOdJUOPE9KACRBJhpoT3hrb6xj9r-2QDNb19I1AMnwAQYfc81yJ8uVEhTm-1JYshOmw5Lgb7v4uIxDe8JKtk0XZKNxNfXZLfyjLQ02YEJML5o/w640-h542/Something-credits.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The vfx people behind the scenes...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipfmXwSN6z-PEg3tuCMdU6RBXekow74wo4T71cxC88p-_KXa0iGfg80nVHWJfEJ3EuNlZNOyCx1ocXrOhnml0Vsic9Mp0xraPUMj78JptmnEb15RBZ5lhqCKSbAdZz0L30imnH4fgxc1Xn_jrGpRI_gOesnsAP4a06VKn_hPvNh7kbOd4Z47ax3TrU6RY/s1707/Pam%20Grier%20tribute%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1707" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipfmXwSN6z-PEg3tuCMdU6RBXekow74wo4T71cxC88p-_KXa0iGfg80nVHWJfEJ3EuNlZNOyCx1ocXrOhnml0Vsic9Mp0xraPUMj78JptmnEb15RBZ5lhqCKSbAdZz0L30imnH4fgxc1Xn_jrGpRI_gOesnsAP4a06VKn_hPvNh7kbOd4Z47ax3TrU6RY/w640-h372/Pam%20Grier%20tribute%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I think I may have made vague mention of the legendary <b>Pam Grier</b>... sadly wasted (literally!) in SOMETHING WICKED with very little to do. Pam was the all out queen of 1970's action, blaxploitation & W.I.P cinema. Classics like THE BIG BIRD CAGE; COFFY; FOXY BROWN; FORT APACHE-THE BRONX; BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS; BUCKTOWN; THE ARENA; BLACK MAMA WHITE MAMA; THE BIG DOLL HOUSE and years later the decidedly mainstream Tarantino tribute piece, JACKIE BROWN and more!! They don't make 'em like that any more folks. Just the mere fact <i>Disney</i> hired her was a statement in itself. (*W.I.P= <i>women in prison</i> movies)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b>SHE PLAYED WITH FIRE - FORTUNE IS A WOMAN: fooling around with the wrong gal.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9K7ppHF5-0uQe7eZrrHZvkRGlqK7BK3kqLJDr98_5toi_jq0VROwxjwqBciFF0iY5vPDssq6wjJqBwiFi4t1ACO9fPitEdxhjfCuVUUTs5_7JaHzEz1ne8mUvlSYR8CGwy7Q7GbEcm_ElPpgJWH9GEKm3b-i7zqxFLOLbrT854yA7nSTkvGoqz7rmUBM/s668/She%20played-poster.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="668" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9K7ppHF5-0uQe7eZrrHZvkRGlqK7BK3kqLJDr98_5toi_jq0VROwxjwqBciFF0iY5vPDssq6wjJqBwiFi4t1ACO9fPitEdxhjfCuVUUTs5_7JaHzEz1ne8mUvlSYR8CGwy7Q7GbEcm_ElPpgJWH9GEKm3b-i7zqxFLOLbrT854yA7nSTkvGoqz7rmUBM/w640-h454/She%20played-poster.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The always reliable British actor, Jack Hawkins had his hands full with this 'fire-bug' babe in SHE PLAYED WITH FIRE (1957), which was also released as FORTUNE IS A WOMAN.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSR_eGSf0JOLVvKgMzuBEVRGJARDtybgFTupcvW9HO_S6JkgGDN7EJRL8bnnyKBV_gX_NhPt4if4astFD-O11VJ8ybq9N7k59Y1bQQ9VvrA4339wZD_CQGOQJb8HLhvfFVWLS6DFahpx5jnsqa2ec1Tn5RLaI3mi9pqXMS1ebImfIMlLlzp1aBa03JMI/s2223/She%20Played%20With%20Fire1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="2223" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSR_eGSf0JOLVvKgMzuBEVRGJARDtybgFTupcvW9HO_S6JkgGDN7EJRL8bnnyKBV_gX_NhPt4if4astFD-O11VJ8ybq9N7k59Y1bQQ9VvrA4339wZD_CQGOQJb8HLhvfFVWLS6DFahpx5jnsqa2ec1Tn5RLaI3mi9pqXMS1ebImfIMlLlzp1aBa03JMI/w640-h248/She%20Played%20With%20Fire1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An interesting little British potboiler with some effective matte shots painted by long experienced George Samuels, under the direction of old hand Wally Veevers. There were just a handful of trick shots, but I thought they were quite successful.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmcrJrmg5yq-0vemljojc5ZbdrYZHDSOfHN3t-W8LWC7eak8-aLE9eQ-8qazGurz0aMMF5tMurJqW9u-ZVFc-4BcyW2egvKBXauFI2WYhf0vc-6xeblqg5nttmOi1eCmMvdtl5ckR35vmBLYj4rJudDnSbFQiAgdZ9fQOyNaS20V_hCEVCpQBZmNYofE/s828/She%20played2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="780" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmcrJrmg5yq-0vemljojc5ZbdrYZHDSOfHN3t-W8LWC7eak8-aLE9eQ-8qazGurz0aMMF5tMurJqW9u-ZVFc-4BcyW2egvKBXauFI2WYhf0vc-6xeblqg5nttmOi1eCmMvdtl5ckR35vmBLYj4rJudDnSbFQiAgdZ9fQOyNaS20V_hCEVCpQBZmNYofE/w602-h640/She%20played2.JPG" width="602" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I only have a DVD copy so I made the best I could of the effects shots. Top a nicely rendered set extension, pretty much half the frame painted in invisibly. Bottom, another effective shot where the mansion house and it's immediate surrounds have been added in by George Samuels. I had to replay that shot a few times to be sure it was what I thought it was (it was!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFIHRrmufgqbriQeSvmhofQofKu_Y4B3zKFuIHp9tsrQ04spa6Q0k7-yCZX4yeAPbsJQYMZBRgjVQtZOfygZZep2yl4xFrUuzmpUKpFkSC_IN9emejPQoc7PzGIXrktV_EmX8jOPCUq_dmPJROm9apaoOyrLwaX1m2brTzW3bg29_9dW68rlUcST_y3c/s807/She%20played3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="760" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFIHRrmufgqbriQeSvmhofQofKu_Y4B3zKFuIHp9tsrQ04spa6Q0k7-yCZX4yeAPbsJQYMZBRgjVQtZOfygZZep2yl4xFrUuzmpUKpFkSC_IN9emejPQoc7PzGIXrktV_EmX8jOPCUq_dmPJROm9apaoOyrLwaX1m2brTzW3bg29_9dW68rlUcST_y3c/w602-h640/She%20played3.JPG" width="602" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">George had a long career with Shepperton Studios, initially as one of Percy 'Pop' Day's artists. When Day retired in the early fifties, Samuels became chief matte painter and oversaw a team of artists. Pop Day's former cameraman, Wally Veevers, would head the special photographic effects department. Samuels died suddenly in 1963 and was replaced by a young Doug Ferris.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBELbc_bjW_qwwrF73b8XMxnX1Na8kDAYOC2GeiG-7AHSLJjtWJBKxIfsA6EK7Uk51WxAcluv8ZcwwcS_c_MatPQ-tzU5gpjwPcvgGc4YHcrGhLjWWekaeXGag7blc5HXgmNmbfLHEWGAk2aorGzQ5v1TMjTsBstgSZZ0UIL5EhC5bv0vMaGrSsQh2B8/s1478/She%20played4.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1478" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBELbc_bjW_qwwrF73b8XMxnX1Na8kDAYOC2GeiG-7AHSLJjtWJBKxIfsA6EK7Uk51WxAcluv8ZcwwcS_c_MatPQ-tzU5gpjwPcvgGc4YHcrGhLjWWekaeXGag7blc5HXgmNmbfLHEWGAk2aorGzQ5v1TMjTsBstgSZZ0UIL5EhC5bv0vMaGrSsQh2B8/w640-h348/She%20played4.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The chick that Jack is messing around with is a nut-job with a penchant for lighting fires. A good effects sequence where Hawkins escapes the conflagration as his stately home burns to the ground. The fire elements are separately shot and carefully matted into the windows. A brief shot lower right shows Jack's head pass under the otherwise undetectable matte line.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2qwGZo_2k0ihQY5MYc0uqrlZI21i_36D95pzmR73kyj5he9-0w2GMPJwyIbxGw4t7x1GU4CQbQORUefms5D9vqYQ6No3X2ZwIipFnP5BhDIXD5wu5LtOKXyDitl-5-dZV-aVLUCSKCbCJZNHKrRRlz3xBP5XBH55KnXEt8NCAaBJBGCUPuvn0cgj8qw/s1054/She%20played5.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1054" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2qwGZo_2k0ihQY5MYc0uqrlZI21i_36D95pzmR73kyj5he9-0w2GMPJwyIbxGw4t7x1GU4CQbQORUefms5D9vqYQ6No3X2ZwIipFnP5BhDIXD5wu5LtOKXyDitl-5-dZV-aVLUCSKCbCJZNHKrRRlz3xBP5XBH55KnXEt8NCAaBJBGCUPuvn0cgj8qw/w640-h348/She%20played5.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Either a matte or a miniature of the destroyed mansion house, with Hawkins matted in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b>**<span style="color: #800180;"><u>FINAL COMMENT</u>:</span></b></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;">My sincere thoughts and wishes go out to the Palestinian people, of the <b>State of Palestine,</b> as they are faced with the relentless genocidal destruction of their homeland and people, yet again.</span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;">The legitimate population of the <b>State of Palestine</b> have suffered endlessly since 1948, with the brutal, fascist jackboot of Israel pressed aggressively against their collective throats for over seven decades.</span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;">The swaggering sense of Israeli superiority, emboldened no doubt by their cocky self assurance as being the protected <i>de-facto</i> 51st State of America, whereby any and all extrajudicial acts and state sponsored multiple daily abuses of any and all normal accepted human rights are treated with utmost impunity - even in times of what could loosely be termed 'peace' - yet go, happily, unpunished, and are in fact, militarily supported. </span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><b>Enough!</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;">Pete</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaRzuRsYas1ci2h3Lqzpg2kA_yZF6qDu3TAb9uiM8Mch-me2ackDBSThp-V-C5BJEnPxCUONbphyyCadregdw0Jd55gHwqTsula5wPdqoEFIW31nEl6RBusjkuCh5tcMgAfK4yfSc0sGwgYpg5HAPQsEi8nt4rqYBOcRgDzZBOBFJj59esv8SHvEAK1M/s986/flag%20of%20State%20of%20Palestine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="986" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaRzuRsYas1ci2h3Lqzpg2kA_yZF6qDu3TAb9uiM8Mch-me2ackDBSThp-V-C5BJEnPxCUONbphyyCadregdw0Jd55gHwqTsula5wPdqoEFIW31nEl6RBusjkuCh5tcMgAfK4yfSc0sGwgYpg5HAPQsEi8nt4rqYBOcRgDzZBOBFJj59esv8SHvEAK1M/s320/flag%20of%20State%20of%20Palestine.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;">***This vast and exhaustive post, and all 181 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by <i>Peter Cook</i> for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a><br /><div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div></div></div>NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-69727581413204961932023-06-20T20:42:00.001+12:002023-06-20T20:42:28.576+12:00MATTE & EFFECTS FILMS CELEBRATED: Part Two<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPbi8sxW5D6W1G_Hbt6KmVv63SSJaElDUzeqBplPYs3ookrYMP56XJRCk-AxlBzgzxObeNhT7HjJEwevkaikzfhziUD64a0to4qax7gNNjd7tdiYE0qJgpdHrPLmOtLRkdPrONkc66xsFlN7SSK3saojgYLlnay2RMWFJKzRPufbyTgUAILUUHrd1/s2380/BLOG%20header%20June23%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="2380" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPbi8sxW5D6W1G_Hbt6KmVv63SSJaElDUzeqBplPYs3ookrYMP56XJRCk-AxlBzgzxObeNhT7HjJEwevkaikzfhziUD64a0to4qax7gNNjd7tdiYE0qJgpdHrPLmOtLRkdPrONkc66xsFlN7SSK3saojgYLlnay2RMWFJKzRPufbyTgUAILUUHrd1/w640-h452/BLOG%20header%20June23%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Hi Guys and Gals.... it's matte magic time once again, with a healthy round up of films and genres, from a wide spectrum indeed. I've got 'B' grade monsters, big budget Technicolor fantasy, gritty British WWII action, a thirties comic classic, a VistaVision epic, a wonderful Disney true story, and to top it off, a biopic of the late Tina Turner! <u>Plus</u>, a long forgotten and previously <i>unidentified</i> matte shot by Albert Whitlock when he was in England in the 1940's is also in today's line up! And as if <i>that</i> weren't enough, I've got a cavalcade of rarely seen <b>Matte World </b>paintings that are currently being auctioned off. You can't accuse Pete of shirking his vfx responsibilities! There is nothing worse than an online search that leads you to some disappointing venue where you get not much more than a paragraph of text and 3 pictures (if you're lucky). Not so here. It's an 'all or nothing' kind of a gig for Pete.</p><p>There's something here for everyone <i>(well almost everyone)</i>... though, please make the effort to view on a proper sized monitor/screen/laptop. If I find anyone viewing these blogs on a damned cellular phone toy thing, I <u>will</u> find you, and, mark my words, '<i>go full Liam Neeson on your sorry arses'!</i> <b>;)</b></p><p>***Oh, and just before we begin the thrilling ride, an important disclaimer: <b><u>None</u></b> of the following <i>(nor preceding blog posts for that matter)</i> have been created through 'AI' - Artificial Intelligence <i>(some might dispute the term "intelligence" in any respect with my blogs, though I digress...)</i>, <b>nor</b> through that godammed CHAT-GPT, whatever the hell that is! It's all the <u>real deal</u>... a labour of love, from Pete. All 'old fashioned, traditional, hand crafted blogging'... just like those old matte shots I love so much. 'AI'.... well fuck 'em I say!</p><p>Enjoy</p><p>NZ Pete</p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b>YOU TUBE SERIES ON THE WORK OF AL WHITLOCK AND SYD DUTTON</b></p><p>Firstly, I must do my duty and make mention (and firm recommendation) of my pal Thomas Higginson's ongoing YouTube series of excellent documentaries on Albert Whitlock and Syd Dutton. Absolutely <u>essential</u> viewing for all who are fascinated by traditional matte and trick shot wizardry. A number of doco's are online thus far, with many more in various stages of completion. I was most honoured to be invited to participate in a few of these, with SHIP OF FOOLS and the James Bond film DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER being two I've provided my <i>'2 cents worth'</i> already online. Click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TraditionalMattePaintings/featured"><b>here</b></a> for the nine videos available to date, though likely to be more by the time you read this. </p><p>Incidentally, as thorough and magnificent a job as Tom did in assembling all of the DIAMONDS material, he seriously slipped up in omitting one of the key 'visual effects' from the show altogether(!) Said incredible 'visual effect' may be found at the <u>end</u> of this blog post. I've had harsh words with Tom over this sorry omission and he assures me this slip up will never happen again. ;)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXF7u5Do4QUV82WKb080_REwzW7qyGBIXM22m3xCTDvgcYUVXRyZJqiH7_j_ZD8ftIMTs30X_KUZBnBEW1Ur8yhkDyaZds2sPsl1GSvSqGWWrBeqUgXNpNo8wtNQPaHkzLwd0BtSWXTRQbM36VU2heqQrPZUyqlkTIvrM5RrkCXe_r4xcFp5moA3X/s1280/vlcsnap-2023-04-28-13h05m56s312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXF7u5Do4QUV82WKb080_REwzW7qyGBIXM22m3xCTDvgcYUVXRyZJqiH7_j_ZD8ftIMTs30X_KUZBnBEW1Ur8yhkDyaZds2sPsl1GSvSqGWWrBeqUgXNpNo8wtNQPaHkzLwd0BtSWXTRQbM36VU2heqQrPZUyqlkTIvrM5RrkCXe_r4xcFp5moA3X/w640-h360/vlcsnap-2023-04-28-13h05m56s312.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A clip that never made the final cut for the DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971) doco demonstrates the state of the original 35mm Whitlock showreels, that even though the material was stored in a temperature controlled environment, suffered significant colour loss, with a magenta bias having to be painstakingly colour corrected by Thomas.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNjd38qlRBy7TnXpQtTOsag5aAJ_0JLhgxiZvbOeTWC1m_TX5KW6cXooO6vunTYMX6okVEnp7Py2a4VBYqRnFWsysaMqy7lgA361m2XbRaCqOJk4hDm31YbXKL9qYq5OULrdSt0kbN8tbxu0F5L-GQKRWonwISac6u5NY4iwzHeI-tAaP3AZKVUHd/s1539/DAF3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1539" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNjd38qlRBy7TnXpQtTOsag5aAJ_0JLhgxiZvbOeTWC1m_TX5KW6cXooO6vunTYMX6okVEnp7Py2a4VBYqRnFWsysaMqy7lgA361m2XbRaCqOJk4hDm31YbXKL9qYq5OULrdSt0kbN8tbxu0F5L-GQKRWonwISac6u5NY4iwzHeI-tAaP3AZKVUHd/w640-h264/DAF3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up view of the fictional Whyte House skyscraper in Las Vegas, was a full matte painting by Whitlock, augmented by subtle outdoor elevator ascending to Penthouse, done as either stop motion miniature element or as an animated painted cel overlay, which was Albert's traditional approach.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73rytQNbFtLItlfNdlOejLVsZzb0KVTgs0zYuZlzRE94_Jbjc0r2HRH0t6Z_FpSh7Dm_GXGZp5yyOlOj3uY0VUm5rGMH_milPh5Puim64U0DOMOn4lMq-62Ewc9kcZud7Ma4TmfrdXJIcKiKWYbxPRSyoW1ohCACtlx45C5WsMXRWdqw9Tw-1vTTF/s2112/DAF-white%20cel%20roto%20blog%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2112" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73rytQNbFtLItlfNdlOejLVsZzb0KVTgs0zYuZlzRE94_Jbjc0r2HRH0t6Z_FpSh7Dm_GXGZp5yyOlOj3uY0VUm5rGMH_milPh5Puim64U0DOMOn4lMq-62Ewc9kcZud7Ma4TmfrdXJIcKiKWYbxPRSyoW1ohCACtlx45C5WsMXRWdqw9Tw-1vTTF/w640-h364/DAF-white%20cel%20roto%20blog%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A montage of DIAMONDS frames from the devastatingly complex Chinese nuclear missile battery shot, with a massive amount of time and energy put into, not just the completed scene, but <u>Tom's own</u> reconstruction of the multitude of elements required for this white cel rotoscope travelling matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGH-X5ncqcnY8Te3VgdYLCyiwuGXAqTPz0W9CcX277X2SvjAYwh64pGGArqhGpU-lP-YSLbLXn9-G6OmTXzBj-8uH8IOBzG9n6TRSpHjuAq1QKYdlXDRvQh1FXG8oPVQ9apRcnI5YY8j69ix9zHEvXvqlzlTe6956Z2HeWi261UIWv3tburXNpRY2/s2036/Deliver%20Us%20From%20Evil-73%20bef&aft%20valley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="2036" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGH-X5ncqcnY8Te3VgdYLCyiwuGXAqTPz0W9CcX277X2SvjAYwh64pGGArqhGpU-lP-YSLbLXn9-G6OmTXzBj-8uH8IOBzG9n6TRSpHjuAq1QKYdlXDRvQh1FXG8oPVQ9apRcnI5YY8j69ix9zHEvXvqlzlTe6956Z2HeWi261UIWv3tburXNpRY2/w640-h232/Deliver%20Us%20From%20Evil-73%20bef&aft%20valley.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A terrific before and after from the most recent featurette on Tom's YouTube site. This is from the George Kennedy, Jan Michael Vincent tele-movie DELIVER US FROM EVIL (1973)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b>A LONG FORGOTTEN ALBERT WHITLOCK MATTE SHOT</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lhsit40gjXu7oD4BjIprerfuGcC-hnhAlEF1BBxTcjxEBeK_aRkXWlJH2Y3V-fUItgSVGdfip3IuOmlisEpXQBh5yiahOEi9UkwldVD4VtUAkWSDmWHoC4TaRqJKxANxRlQ1kI3Ww0qi3DRv7n2mgb6lnr_9IP893mboDCR_ej3oxG7JvioTtubJ/s2397/Diamond%20City-49%20(Gainsborough).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="2397" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lhsit40gjXu7oD4BjIprerfuGcC-hnhAlEF1BBxTcjxEBeK_aRkXWlJH2Y3V-fUItgSVGdfip3IuOmlisEpXQBh5yiahOEi9UkwldVD4VtUAkWSDmWHoC4TaRqJKxANxRlQ1kI3Ww0qi3DRv7n2mgb6lnr_9IP893mboDCR_ej3oxG7JvioTtubJ/w640-h250/Diamond%20City-49%20(Gainsborough).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some years ago, my Madrid based vfx friend, Domingo, sent me a mystery matte before and after that had apparently been posted online (see below) somewhere by Al's grandson. The mystery film as it turns out is an ancient British 'Boer era gemstone western' set in 19th Century South Africa(!), titled DIAMOND CITY, made in 1949. Oh, and Whitlock also painted that Gainsborough logo as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6H2me_dPDP7sAnsXRXzU6pm5p27RY1-H9p54tQfm7luaUgdmZnsamXzGgxpGLJSooBnj8Uz8OzJLkrrkegXYlGK5WskVIOaIj8ocEFGjpx2tGWTXFg-MdbKImvwXm4y-jG_WCdI9ePlPmb31OYbom6otDEEMJJ1l2QpjAOI5-tFhXpK5ZHb07E2kj/s1702/Diamond%20City-49%20AW%20bef&aft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1702" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6H2me_dPDP7sAnsXRXzU6pm5p27RY1-H9p54tQfm7luaUgdmZnsamXzGgxpGLJSooBnj8Uz8OzJLkrrkegXYlGK5WskVIOaIj8ocEFGjpx2tGWTXFg-MdbKImvwXm4y-jG_WCdI9ePlPmb31OYbom6otDEEMJJ1l2QpjAOI5-tFhXpK5ZHb07E2kj/w640-h214/Diamond%20City-49%20AW%20bef&aft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rare Whitlock before and after matte from DIAMOND CITY (1949).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><b>RARE ORIGINAL MATTE PAINTING AUCTION</b><div><br /></div><div>Every now and then an auction house comes forth with a selection of original painted mattes, made available for the very first time to collectors and interested parties. <b>Prop Store</b> currently has a number of never before seen mattes for auction, with almost all appearing to be from Craig Barron's company <b><i>Matte World</i></b>. The auction pages can be found <b><a href="https://propstoreauction.com/search?key=matte+painting&xclosed=no">here</a></b>. Below are several of the most intriguing examples.<br /><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50Jhk1n7kGaVrgMJUDiVcj6_wiuxTj8pJqxLXIZRwzXfmZCZUjXTFxsAsZG2IY-6K5iufhY9nIUUKkXCEOf57r_oYVF__eleXwjvN46T3c0-DYeIaVKpUowy_W6JEhYynW3f8-Lm3XEREZmsRzTSqZVftsefzcZ4NDGnQ5-xq7o06wVmMo0q6ZkWz/s1996/Far%20and%20Away-bef&aft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1996" data-original-width="1956" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50Jhk1n7kGaVrgMJUDiVcj6_wiuxTj8pJqxLXIZRwzXfmZCZUjXTFxsAsZG2IY-6K5iufhY9nIUUKkXCEOf57r_oYVF__eleXwjvN46T3c0-DYeIaVKpUowy_W6JEhYynW3f8-Lm3XEREZmsRzTSqZVftsefzcZ4NDGnQ5-xq7o06wVmMo0q6ZkWz/w628-h640/Far%20and%20Away-bef&aft.jpg" width="628" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While a fixture at Matte World, in Northern California, the incredibly talented Michael Pangrazio rendered many superb mattes for film, tv and commercials. Here is a before and after of Mike's amazing burnt out homestead from FAR AND AWAY (1993).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_asAQDOJWOPQKjxdPRdVema0R0HhkavTw3Ue1YWkGQiB_RCj1ukwzG7SfaNOB8e03hdIkj0dlo4fxKakCf0IgfjMNJgB-uRrHpGq0VCHyK7GeRf0w7Pc-2HrLTWwJr0uy88t8uANeUxNko8ht3C3w7xhkI-dkEn4IRCamAhG5Rfr3msIX93Az1wYl/s1620/Far%20and%20Away-detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1620" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_asAQDOJWOPQKjxdPRdVema0R0HhkavTw3Ue1YWkGQiB_RCj1ukwzG7SfaNOB8e03hdIkj0dlo4fxKakCf0IgfjMNJgB-uRrHpGq0VCHyK7GeRf0w7Pc-2HrLTWwJr0uy88t8uANeUxNko8ht3C3w7xhkI-dkEn4IRCamAhG5Rfr3msIX93Az1wYl/w640-h356/Far%20and%20Away-detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefScEQDf5xjTw16a0MW3H-s5PnYxTsOMUef1R4GKAm8gyl9S8BodslJrLh2QtZC_Sfi7QzYGT9VU2dSffiAHBDADeuAWagkke8VXKolK5wXZUuo4-ShrGH-0TlPzT-8WRITj-hpNaTC3bL1cl5QD4r7S2BBjHoV8Cu0f2AZFz5F3cOmKZ5Pg-wXw3/s2514/DRAC-matte%20&%20detail1%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="2514" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefScEQDf5xjTw16a0MW3H-s5PnYxTsOMUef1R4GKAm8gyl9S8BodslJrLh2QtZC_Sfi7QzYGT9VU2dSffiAHBDADeuAWagkke8VXKolK5wXZUuo4-ShrGH-0TlPzT-8WRITj-hpNaTC3bL1cl5QD4r7S2BBjHoV8Cu0f2AZFz5F3cOmKZ5Pg-wXw3/w640-h296/DRAC-matte%20&%20detail1%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now here's a ripper.... Brian Flora's sublime matte from the Francis Ford Coppola version of DRACULA (1992)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMPqvfvuG56IWkvJ6JeRx4HmLBRcvLFpwMSUdWr-rdS8hoiBc7zHxXT3xV49rCCekA5oEDfxin3vx3JVPRSg5eNELYHf3oKWXg4zeP0KqMkEtYxwat2TEVRjQIoPXVBCgFC3DJ73IqfhU6kaPj1KxytTE89zY9uIl8V2WqUGdqye-gY9ikdxCf5aU/s1920/vlcsnap-00408a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMPqvfvuG56IWkvJ6JeRx4HmLBRcvLFpwMSUdWr-rdS8hoiBc7zHxXT3xV49rCCekA5oEDfxin3vx3JVPRSg5eNELYHf3oKWXg4zeP0KqMkEtYxwat2TEVRjQIoPXVBCgFC3DJ73IqfhU6kaPj1KxytTE89zY9uIl8V2WqUGdqye-gY9ikdxCf5aU/w640-h346/vlcsnap-00408a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DRACULA final comp.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGdlh8XlTbIIduF0gDI2AmOn4iBytwrcqZx1-z_xuppMrcKEw-duHPPnr98nyh30j0yNpi8iHX0uS9pP4WiY6pFBfsdw3X229TGskTsy5WI1xqt6Z5ttg4yftVpCGaMuis48SjF0ILCrzwox-UdDigRldLH-0ESPHWwA9vKKOboJBukO1xZL1cnzX/s2800/DRAC-matte2%20&%20detail%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="2800" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGdlh8XlTbIIduF0gDI2AmOn4iBytwrcqZx1-z_xuppMrcKEw-duHPPnr98nyh30j0yNpi8iHX0uS9pP4WiY6pFBfsdw3X229TGskTsy5WI1xqt6Z5ttg4yftVpCGaMuis48SjF0ILCrzwox-UdDigRldLH-0ESPHWwA9vKKOboJBukO1xZL1cnzX/w640-h298/DRAC-matte2%20&%20detail%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from DRACULA was this beautiful Bill Mather matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhLVkijpincdc-Q7DMwPbEPGQxjYgierywsL50sakOxrlCR9rXFucPoT_l20VbiUFAZtQrzco9y9L0Xg9RtdY6Ggj6W0ApUEn4GWMa-45Rt-AZvwRdUBrHRTPWtJQX41NAa2UFHhvoxF3XYcB9_ah6g_zBI-6mFMtP_PC1CT7d9WvrTjYiMmVjqY-/s1920/DRAC-castle%20comp%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1920" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhLVkijpincdc-Q7DMwPbEPGQxjYgierywsL50sakOxrlCR9rXFucPoT_l20VbiUFAZtQrzco9y9L0Xg9RtdY6Ggj6W0ApUEn4GWMa-45Rt-AZvwRdUBrHRTPWtJQX41NAa2UFHhvoxF3XYcB9_ah6g_zBI-6mFMtP_PC1CT7d9WvrTjYiMmVjqY-/w640-h354/DRAC-castle%20comp%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final comp of Bill Mather's painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmbO2tVqZQqXel_lBsb3GGjfUpuxoafPOnam13gCR8tKL8JbSJ77eET3_6oTn8OBR-jXSrSJk2IzztXkewrWDTDi2EebpDVOL_i7NQ1wFbgBZMQtCpH5TqBW-hltr67C6T1YUPM4tK7IQBE6DqUIJy3t1V2hT-Wg5yS7AfRU8nW-gYO0p9PPJLiBa/s3248/Prancer-89%20bef&aft%20town.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="3248" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmbO2tVqZQqXel_lBsb3GGjfUpuxoafPOnam13gCR8tKL8JbSJ77eET3_6oTn8OBR-jXSrSJk2IzztXkewrWDTDi2EebpDVOL_i7NQ1wFbgBZMQtCpH5TqBW-hltr67C6T1YUPM4tK7IQBE6DqUIJy3t1V2hT-Wg5yS7AfRU8nW-gYO0p9PPJLiBa/w640-h214/Prancer-89%20bef&aft%20town.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Michael Pangrazio painted this chilly vista for a film titled PRANCER (1989)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh025bwaANrcrFNdUa6mPL6_pQZ5ONRr6VbaGfCDMJVnST1nDtxQ-wXracivdvUDxNjJ1GkelK4ekzdy71XFndisid2lllU0QnP0tRjIJD9M38slY00-QCyqBIHLdjHLMLmEutOma0SzvrqOUYwzifFdcQD2bcqT5O2wvm8uVuZeu8r3olV2YF_-q_k/s2340/Steal%20The%20Sky-88%20Pangrazio%20matte%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="2340" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh025bwaANrcrFNdUa6mPL6_pQZ5ONRr6VbaGfCDMJVnST1nDtxQ-wXracivdvUDxNjJ1GkelK4ekzdy71XFndisid2lllU0QnP0tRjIJD9M38slY00-QCyqBIHLdjHLMLmEutOma0SzvrqOUYwzifFdcQD2bcqT5O2wvm8uVuZeu8r3olV2YF_-q_k/w640-h304/Steal%20The%20Sky-88%20Pangrazio%20matte%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Pangrazio matte from a show titled STEAL THE SKY (1988), possibly a tv movie, though I've never heard of it?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQ7ycHBrEwUVqhR4tNGn4uv1YiFEFNT4fYdRZxVZBaIyq7VJp-tuEjFEZJCf35Gh3JnxU56Gt4uX9nGUFocEhQso_xfVOXzKrphzpg56BBNSjXlRALbIrs4a9DVt25tNspsz9z_HJIfCIM2qxoYeGgUm3akqi4mxDThAdQ0l0SCpo98L6UV_tC4Ng/s3368/Malice-93%20Pangrazio%20matte%20B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="3368" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQ7ycHBrEwUVqhR4tNGn4uv1YiFEFNT4fYdRZxVZBaIyq7VJp-tuEjFEZJCf35Gh3JnxU56Gt4uX9nGUFocEhQso_xfVOXzKrphzpg56BBNSjXlRALbIrs4a9DVt25tNspsz9z_HJIfCIM2qxoYeGgUm3akqi4mxDThAdQ0l0SCpo98L6UV_tC4Ng/w640-h210/Malice-93%20Pangrazio%20matte%20B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An atmospheric matte from the erotic-thriller MALICE (1993), probably by Mike as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXxVRwlD9Tsme9yvlbxu4399JMTBNUICgSjp5uSPH_iK_6j2rHbzOLmtYX9snKjNNBp2h6Kap_PmzRjRN-cz7gJQuP3yHyycXvvE8L7jbcROtEQouL42j7XJI0mm7dsGmgzDfjG34hj6ygxbPxG5f26aY43-EdK5szDLTdgo1tDuIu7gp9Shrnign/s3048/The%20Shadow-Chris%20Evans%20downview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="3048" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXxVRwlD9Tsme9yvlbxu4399JMTBNUICgSjp5uSPH_iK_6j2rHbzOLmtYX9snKjNNBp2h6Kap_PmzRjRN-cz7gJQuP3yHyycXvvE8L7jbcROtEQouL42j7XJI0mm7dsGmgzDfjG34hj6ygxbPxG5f26aY43-EdK5szDLTdgo1tDuIu7gp9Shrnign/w640-h208/The%20Shadow-Chris%20Evans%20downview.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The comic book hero actioner THE SHADOW (1994) had a substantial matte and effects load, with the chores being split between Matte World and Illusion Arts. This is a Matte World shot, and though the Prop Store page says it's a Pangrazio matte, I seem to recall in correspondence with fellow MW artist Christopher Evans, that it was his matte. Great flick BTW.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhaHE3WZVQls_jaqZJ6AOdqNBEUfp8DvM5NdHKIHcKksOaVozmRKIJNVuULRfstUwnFU2Piwm8UfXqQb6J6cUa0NMhHkOwHbMWDxXWTAA-iNFsMd8xGwihoecA6Nn0pnbi_4KOWYvmjwwyCf2-9I6I2-fs2CYj8uvmbuL3UXg32n34FpCn6eS84DM/s1455/The%20Shadow%20Pangrazio%20matte%20(detail).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1455" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhaHE3WZVQls_jaqZJ6AOdqNBEUfp8DvM5NdHKIHcKksOaVozmRKIJNVuULRfstUwnFU2Piwm8UfXqQb6J6cUa0NMhHkOwHbMWDxXWTAA-iNFsMd8xGwihoecA6Nn0pnbi_4KOWYvmjwwyCf2-9I6I2-fs2CYj8uvmbuL3UXg32n34FpCn6eS84DM/w640-h394/The%20Shadow%20Pangrazio%20matte%20(detail).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail. Note the unpainted strip which was intended to facilitate rear projected street traffic action. Note: A second, very spectacular and extensive wide overview of the Empire State viewing deck and city surrounds - also painted by Chris Evans - was sadly reduced to tiny shards of broken glass in a handling accident at Matte World. <i> The Horror..</i>........... :(</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4v7yTqF3pbLwV0INZh89NZa9sgqiZsw6IQIIP4QzJ_6U8RD7uw-ocnFkl4nt2w2ZkFtTvQzOnYGc35tY9thU97YtO47BvGausLIxfAZxRFObOMEoMRXngEa95Z4uVauZWFE7zaKXsnzYCKD-f7mhhdMNLz9bwuZ76UJB_Nh0pyvSaYMPfB-mBFiz/s1920/Matte%20World%20Pangrazio%20matte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1511" data-original-width="1920" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4v7yTqF3pbLwV0INZh89NZa9sgqiZsw6IQIIP4QzJ_6U8RD7uw-ocnFkl4nt2w2ZkFtTvQzOnYGc35tY9thU97YtO47BvGausLIxfAZxRFObOMEoMRXngEa95Z4uVauZWFE7zaKXsnzYCKD-f7mhhdMNLz9bwuZ76UJB_Nh0pyvSaYMPfB-mBFiz/w640-h504/Matte%20World%20Pangrazio%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, this one's definitely interesting. It was painted on the <i>rear </i>of the SHADOW matte - hence the scraped away strip for RP - though the sheer vandalism here is unforgivable! Does a <u>new</u> sheet of glass really cost so much to break the sundries budget for Matte World? The auction site say's it's from THE SHADOW, though it doesn't resemble any scene that I can recall?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdfYglNDR02iV3cTCJGABnkIG283gBIyEHATnuVzMT8qJ1HgMaBcoErHmriZihZUmFDSd1WLvkpGJOnT6RyZqJ2UBrN-npzdnNyq1eIN6pFDQlLx2v8T27p6Oh_1uhv-DzHZPIjPJulY3NcKlRtVA236lPvCc2DlqBPUJaGZdwbFUgu2_Z_3LaQeT/s1533/Batman%20Returns%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1533" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdfYglNDR02iV3cTCJGABnkIG283gBIyEHATnuVzMT8qJ1HgMaBcoErHmriZihZUmFDSd1WLvkpGJOnT6RyZqJ2UBrN-npzdnNyq1eIN6pFDQlLx2v8T27p6Oh_1uhv-DzHZPIjPJulY3NcKlRtVA236lPvCc2DlqBPUJaGZdwbFUgu2_Z_3LaQeT/w640-h470/Batman%20Returns%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from Matte World was this matte for BATMAN RETURNS (1992). Bill Mather was artist.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb40ULd5ubweMTPVk9jH6y6SYmYQxNYRVP_M6G4UBBoAWmcom77fXfDMW4UoM6ZeLx1wtY3H97oHVsOyozGTQBI4IqxtQF0El3-EtDMJPpnWLazbl63EIJ8HqibZeSoMx0bpugArZ1CXrnG3ZwqB5XaLQOKGB0caKkAyytbChLEEZD6FvQZ-kYwxNo/s1920/Batman%20Returns-92%20(comp).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb40ULd5ubweMTPVk9jH6y6SYmYQxNYRVP_M6G4UBBoAWmcom77fXfDMW4UoM6ZeLx1wtY3H97oHVsOyozGTQBI4IqxtQF0El3-EtDMJPpnWLazbl63EIJ8HqibZeSoMx0bpugArZ1CXrnG3ZwqB5XaLQOKGB0caKkAyytbChLEEZD6FvQZ-kYwxNo/w640-h360/Batman%20Returns-92%20(comp).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BATMAN RETURNS finished shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7bQUj59bR7MkHMCypntergPvFNl12HXHdimvXV_MtklxbzBehGV2dJlzmrzkZGff2NIhCA76yKxuXxkjzv86Sdz3M1aFLOHEIA84NPVCNDXwFP8xLdaLoAtCfeFMRg-tYwFDHZagN_YwiPNBgEso-K5tGgu7RUjCDTtdJIP2md9NbhBZL6FZ-8JR/s1430/Solarbabies%20Yuricich%20matte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1430" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7bQUj59bR7MkHMCypntergPvFNl12HXHdimvXV_MtklxbzBehGV2dJlzmrzkZGff2NIhCA76yKxuXxkjzv86Sdz3M1aFLOHEIA84NPVCNDXwFP8xLdaLoAtCfeFMRg-tYwFDHZagN_YwiPNBgEso-K5tGgu7RUjCDTtdJIP2md9NbhBZL6FZ-8JR/w640-h306/Solarbabies%20Yuricich%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">No, <i>not</i> from Matte World this time, but from <i>Matt Yuricich</i>! A wonderful canyon with busted down bridge as seen in the excrutiatingly awful teen sci-fi mess, SOLARBABIES (1986).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWVBtpioefyadu9TyOk2Gt6QhfTp6oK0nkBmF07tIGvWtGyl6H52Vzm9ccAXfDl8agz1HFDnUaAjlbDYNapvoqacEDVBXb5yqV-dkvsFpGNe6jgMotOn42mQwut4HjveQFTCgbCNHdMv0rYUsm5LGhc_dAVHTRmlLmvrbOd5MM8QggFCk4T-qO-G04/s1538/Solarbabies-detail1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1538" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWVBtpioefyadu9TyOk2Gt6QhfTp6oK0nkBmF07tIGvWtGyl6H52Vzm9ccAXfDl8agz1HFDnUaAjlbDYNapvoqacEDVBXb5yqV-dkvsFpGNe6jgMotOn42mQwut4HjveQFTCgbCNHdMv0rYUsm5LGhc_dAVHTRmlLmvrbOd5MM8QggFCk4T-qO-G04/w640-h414/Solarbabies-detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXrGQFU-PF9R9rcLbRbahJyQnCFOZuFYNAGmg9DtBgPdFBrW0CowCDiS2JULF0ly9BSVVK0hnr8uz-QyWnZOouROhalZi2SiYUmfOi_gEP1W77DRwcQEp3_sR_5b607dkfYuuxKC9d_dFQe8kdgbSXN5V3qY8MEjP4hHKXygKkKggJOH52xa19pgr/s1126/Matt%20Yuricich%20SOLARBABIES.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="1126" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXrGQFU-PF9R9rcLbRbahJyQnCFOZuFYNAGmg9DtBgPdFBrW0CowCDiS2JULF0ly9BSVVK0hnr8uz-QyWnZOouROhalZi2SiYUmfOi_gEP1W77DRwcQEp3_sR_5b607dkfYuuxKC9d_dFQe8kdgbSXN5V3qY8MEjP4hHKXygKkKggJOH52xa19pgr/w640-h248/Matt%20Yuricich%20SOLARBABIES.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matthew Yuricich with brush in hand...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRA5npicLHu8kv2ulT5R92TU9uRm1qRmp20qVS0P4F2R4jRrGPYYvOnjqooKZzQt6JVvgxUFVIwIjZlvi4803PSbtPKddY_MwP_kfIQDFi9f2qhkDkZAGRM1C4QmMlaU3nGKrtSYBjujgFcICigy26rDd5FgDRXiQZ1Z1aes9GZgqaLHBqhljACbk/s1671/Solarbabies-bef&aft%20town.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="1671" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRA5npicLHu8kv2ulT5R92TU9uRm1qRmp20qVS0P4F2R4jRrGPYYvOnjqooKZzQt6JVvgxUFVIwIjZlvi4803PSbtPKddY_MwP_kfIQDFi9f2qhkDkZAGRM1C4QmMlaU3nGKrtSYBjujgFcICigy26rDd5FgDRXiQZ1Z1aes9GZgqaLHBqhljACbk/w640-h558/Solarbabies-bef&aft%20town.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another shot from the<i> mind numbingly dire</i> SOLARBABIES, though this one I strongly suspect was the work of Michele Moen who was Matthew's long time friend and assistant matte painter. The technique doesn't suggest Yuricich's style.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGt-9EO2vh8eYffNmclJyo42YPa2B2s3sx6pMtnNCE3tQE8gKZ4FcCRZXNbAzNbTzyCAFYNg8MxtG3aQSG4_tiuc3EQi2q1UCKkI6BiOTg7cDOz9ZQZHUCBPOU6MZ4opss9TGWDjNA9YCchkWp-eY33tja0k13n6XSAU2qtmCtDcNKSHOl0OmCvD6y/s3472/GB%20Michele%20Moen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="3472" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGt-9EO2vh8eYffNmclJyo42YPa2B2s3sx6pMtnNCE3tQE8gKZ4FcCRZXNbAzNbTzyCAFYNg8MxtG3aQSG4_tiuc3EQi2q1UCKkI6BiOTg7cDOz9ZQZHUCBPOU6MZ4opss9TGWDjNA9YCchkWp-eY33tja0k13n6XSAU2qtmCtDcNKSHOl0OmCvD6y/w640-h180/GB%20Michele%20Moen.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This one's from the <i>still</i> popular (original) GHOSTBUSTERS (1984). The final shot was a multi-part effect, with miniature street, guy in Stay-Puft suit, painted tenement buildings, foreground live action and nice cel animated elements. The final close up of the Marshmallow face may have been a puppet. Matthew Yuricich was chief matte artist, with Michele Moen and Deno Ganakes assisting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #c0a154; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #c0a154; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><b>***This post, and all 180 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by <i>Peter Cook</i> for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></div><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTL5LGJVP7imp_IkXNFcoeEmdkgdG7VrFEvqTP3rmvvsP9yuSozEUvPq3JYiKeYagDV36GGrvNn-JCdCbh5dtTU1ufOCKnO2S7yZayWuDEVUqdIWTM8U2_pdJN4DNmsUczxaQkhr0whir0WM40aKf8k-ihBbSan21SUKedQjz0HRzfzr9MMAg_et9/s1464/Loco-poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1464" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTL5LGJVP7imp_IkXNFcoeEmdkgdG7VrFEvqTP3rmvvsP9yuSozEUvPq3JYiKeYagDV36GGrvNn-JCdCbh5dtTU1ufOCKnO2S7yZayWuDEVUqdIWTM8U2_pdJN4DNmsUczxaQkhr0whir0WM40aKf8k-ihBbSan21SUKedQjz0HRzfzr9MMAg_et9/w640-h434/Loco-poster.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Long before Disney got entwined with often silly kiddie fare, the studio produced some solid, mature dramatic pictures. THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE (1956) was one such film. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltxgoxkZdQ2bvmx0nekN_Ywm2zCT5449zS-6teJo85qAgP2bNxbNipsqYQojrIn5I58R7qSu_EVJGFaNcahNeg9VOEW3eQ5DvsKLPaikQnCeYnMoYHDhK6Qk3nRzl6HHKLjNWsKRQNyTtNE3MU7qptSyzNZ6h_bG3i7pk-3-7M2oHYOo8Ijj9cExc/s1556/Loco1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1556" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltxgoxkZdQ2bvmx0nekN_Ywm2zCT5449zS-6teJo85qAgP2bNxbNipsqYQojrIn5I58R7qSu_EVJGFaNcahNeg9VOEW3eQ5DvsKLPaikQnCeYnMoYHDhK6Qk3nRzl6HHKLjNWsKRQNyTtNE3MU7qptSyzNZ6h_bG3i7pk-3-7M2oHYOo8Ijj9cExc/w640-h398/Loco1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The grand CinemaScope true story of Civil War rivalries and subterfuge, was a beautifully photographed, well written and directed affair, with often edge of the seat moments of action.</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Beautiful etchings too for the nice title sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHPEfwoKj16mt0T4YUkS9UcF30l5UI_pgvaWZEUa5gJEVPzQgFWdMPOfPuH0qJsP5Lj5D5n-mFNu5vBfAvqLzP4xBmjxOd1mNsbD43wgck8q5Vq6fc1TBCsxgAdcM7IENHc8U4KtPv7iaZwWwxOL3BosRprakM-vnueQ8gTa4riU6rY5fkvl0BqVB/s943/Loco1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="943" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHPEfwoKj16mt0T4YUkS9UcF30l5UI_pgvaWZEUa5gJEVPzQgFWdMPOfPuH0qJsP5Lj5D5n-mFNu5vBfAvqLzP4xBmjxOd1mNsbD43wgck8q5Vq6fc1TBCsxgAdcM7IENHc8U4KtPv7iaZwWwxOL3BosRprakM-vnueQ8gTa4riU6rY5fkvl0BqVB/w640-h460/Loco1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peter Ellenshaw was matte artist, with a screen credited Albert Whitlock as assistant matte painter.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZuZzM5duHlW_1DkUHZY3KutaGCTQIYiayHzNxRRIAB9iITpo4CBHAFuTIGqWG2gX6m1w-BfMibCFikTBDJDbRyIDH1EWjudMmAiGh_-umjGG_AJynJCkl5dnEvaAHPCBC4MuL0pLBLTXf-yGxuPbd2zoQvzwQEjecRNidXm0D98HU_17-XDJVzUH/s1976/P%20Ellenshaw%20at%20Disney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="1976" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZuZzM5duHlW_1DkUHZY3KutaGCTQIYiayHzNxRRIAB9iITpo4CBHAFuTIGqWG2gX6m1w-BfMibCFikTBDJDbRyIDH1EWjudMmAiGh_-umjGG_AJynJCkl5dnEvaAHPCBC4MuL0pLBLTXf-yGxuPbd2zoQvzwQEjecRNidXm0D98HU_17-XDJVzUH/w640-h512/P%20Ellenshaw%20at%20Disney.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Various images of Peter at work, with the top right image of Peter in his Disney office whereby a key matte from the opening scene in GREAT LOCO is seen on wall behind him.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxV4g523L1THI2H6gFzeZ8Zky8ARQNCxlYlMRKK1Q5XTWX4QZQJ6GQ1yx8iLvV3RLYaM_Ei-ZBTd9_9zNE5oM_XuOIGGVpge8SNxCVl9DSGvot_cbuvyNsd9qr-UO9HSPxAkefN_1sZ-_HtLEypE8IPYQwQb4bA1ZyRd-5afPjflYgXR_4BQTT00N/s1916/Loco2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1916" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxV4g523L1THI2H6gFzeZ8Zky8ARQNCxlYlMRKK1Q5XTWX4QZQJ6GQ1yx8iLvV3RLYaM_Ei-ZBTd9_9zNE5oM_XuOIGGVpge8SNxCVl9DSGvot_cbuvyNsd9qr-UO9HSPxAkefN_1sZ-_HtLEypE8IPYQwQb4bA1ZyRd-5afPjflYgXR_4BQTT00N/w640-h272/Loco2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The spectacular opening shot was a full Ellenshaw painting of mid 19th Century Washington DC.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1K1YMJ26LYXYt5dp2TCQWC-SRZx4AIqtaXwh_gwWsm4QHor2-K34z4i-JvQONgUBw00pb7HcyK4c5Gg6CorwilDo2IYTQwukH9YaJmuipNETSJmrQ8d0r63JBvu-uSCtmYdnFNcgCUHenPRXk-Z95bxwzcpt8aMh02N8M5MKJ19jolB0-PhccI3m/s2115/Great%20Loco%20Chase-56%20original%20PE%20matte%20painting%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="2115" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1K1YMJ26LYXYt5dp2TCQWC-SRZx4AIqtaXwh_gwWsm4QHor2-K34z4i-JvQONgUBw00pb7HcyK4c5Gg6CorwilDo2IYTQwukH9YaJmuipNETSJmrQ8d0r63JBvu-uSCtmYdnFNcgCUHenPRXk-Z95bxwzcpt8aMh02N8M5MKJ19jolB0-PhccI3m/w640-h278/Great%20Loco%20Chase-56%20original%20PE%20matte%20painting%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now for a sensational examination of Ellenshaw's original 1956 matte - <i>still</i> in pristine condition - as it was presented for auction recently from the Ellenshaw family collection.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKrAG8NeVRWMvwGl1QreBCHc6BY3eEWK0vXmD6lKpN6mrrOoIe3rxpos3h4JhKHStThlBrsTtLfqJhQXK5SM3wO7zAqAXRZvo3ZgTKUYp1MB9zWrJW6vX0R86h2io698jOVDi4WrbxsdO1QUpnc4zgXJtJwz4ZN2OAJemxd9iTSuDuFg_xgdVzg3x/s1426/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="1426" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKrAG8NeVRWMvwGl1QreBCHc6BY3eEWK0vXmD6lKpN6mrrOoIe3rxpos3h4JhKHStThlBrsTtLfqJhQXK5SM3wO7zAqAXRZvo3ZgTKUYp1MB9zWrJW6vX0R86h2io698jOVDi4WrbxsdO1QUpnc4zgXJtJwz4ZN2OAJemxd9iTSuDuFg_xgdVzg3x/w640-h284/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 1</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2__scKLgd-RIJP21D0bT21U1uR4NJUlEc9Zk7ZXpC-0IBEDfPBSJyU-be4xNTbsVC2AagKro9p3AL80P40v4Ba-Yv9gqL1xyNESrogPmScjc84i3dmrLTB2Y7FzYMv4CchBFTLAnoYHvhAUjdZ_9qJeQzyqWM4tHuWdok6R7a5uM3e4I8ANoM6Rw/s1446/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="1446" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2__scKLgd-RIJP21D0bT21U1uR4NJUlEc9Zk7ZXpC-0IBEDfPBSJyU-be4xNTbsVC2AagKro9p3AL80P40v4Ba-Yv9gqL1xyNESrogPmScjc84i3dmrLTB2Y7FzYMv4CchBFTLAnoYHvhAUjdZ_9qJeQzyqWM4tHuWdok6R7a5uM3e4I8ANoM6Rw/w640-h280/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 2</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QXT9W9YZd659C11b4zyxJVfDLUN3IqDW06gn1cjSjsETJ-8R6QVgqF8uL6f2X4LVrBUne6rS1ARtCbLNQBGx7vIF-v36U7M15pbaC4RjVALWtapHI1hGbH9DBY2tl03VqgaDTqp-mmgmNjm-Q2Ceqi11M9Zf28dbsZhFuAsaKhfa4CgUs_531Pak/s1455/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="1455" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QXT9W9YZd659C11b4zyxJVfDLUN3IqDW06gn1cjSjsETJ-8R6QVgqF8uL6f2X4LVrBUne6rS1ARtCbLNQBGx7vIF-v36U7M15pbaC4RjVALWtapHI1hGbH9DBY2tl03VqgaDTqp-mmgmNjm-Q2Ceqi11M9Zf28dbsZhFuAsaKhfa4CgUs_531Pak/w640-h282/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 3</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpcH33DfjhBkLb-pNvTbxUKPr8LX5QD9GeqJu4edD-gYJ2ay9s7Rv4kgF6j1VOHd5SVV73tmaEbXV9g_Pws5DtL7YMJwHd9_tLzD2IDjjjVA7Uu6Hwx8lKhqTqr4h34W51_vlYmIqrYbWmiuOhoiH7sFIM2KHTSannYDFBpKjm2IOdoqo0dLnJHHh/s1450/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1450" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpcH33DfjhBkLb-pNvTbxUKPr8LX5QD9GeqJu4edD-gYJ2ay9s7Rv4kgF6j1VOHd5SVV73tmaEbXV9g_Pws5DtL7YMJwHd9_tLzD2IDjjjVA7Uu6Hwx8lKhqTqr4h34W51_vlYmIqrYbWmiuOhoiH7sFIM2KHTSannYDFBpKjm2IOdoqo0dLnJHHh/w640-h280/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 4</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQNo79nee5H5y9tEGmzA4l7HBQbn9Nc4h99a1o-v1Tdydv2pCzwvsZDlfSJF4c3RFHZL-TxoY1kehJRMMxX0VSOhMkT5u6z30tQy0ynz-CLro9dTl0nmlwV3tcfqwlqv5o9-_5LOWfziOPhM0jHOrzYyW99nhrq-DYBBFKcFXCLq0SzuH1Qlx1kZ_/s1450/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1450" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQNo79nee5H5y9tEGmzA4l7HBQbn9Nc4h99a1o-v1Tdydv2pCzwvsZDlfSJF4c3RFHZL-TxoY1kehJRMMxX0VSOhMkT5u6z30tQy0ynz-CLro9dTl0nmlwV3tcfqwlqv5o9-_5LOWfziOPhM0jHOrzYyW99nhrq-DYBBFKcFXCLq0SzuH1Qlx1kZ_/w640-h276/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 5</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYfnkyaAdlRsM-duv3M4s01HJsy0bO1hNNTWZpFi2JINacDQapWSkA87sXD-3fx6qKNu1Kk3RI_noSkLjsiMSIrJcCWqj_eyi3npJtipjqxZe6_bmP2bUCFaXTPa25hFo-Wr_47o65fgchyBA24sHkkQMjjbS2reZm7ZCQe5Bt605CfIcwXqZBVd-/s1439/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1439" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYfnkyaAdlRsM-duv3M4s01HJsy0bO1hNNTWZpFi2JINacDQapWSkA87sXD-3fx6qKNu1Kk3RI_noSkLjsiMSIrJcCWqj_eyi3npJtipjqxZe6_bmP2bUCFaXTPa25hFo-Wr_47o65fgchyBA24sHkkQMjjbS2reZm7ZCQe5Bt605CfIcwXqZBVd-/w640-h280/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 6 Note the construction work on the Capitol dome.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJC7M3czb-eTr-qWJBHLQ08HBQUqLCxchSfuqrYV5TKxIAYxpS396h2gu9kjk7PK-MkXy87kP-ok-wRBFqA2zT47mQ5MhsAzMSIJFMQ1wb4HUzX3SfdnINeSyt6yTrnDlKfjn-XFmO67a-W_1oDCNzCJAsCeTiGPnGU4Z-rDtvQ4eO_l4XabVFvSdg/s1452/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail9b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="1452" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJC7M3czb-eTr-qWJBHLQ08HBQUqLCxchSfuqrYV5TKxIAYxpS396h2gu9kjk7PK-MkXy87kP-ok-wRBFqA2zT47mQ5MhsAzMSIJFMQ1wb4HUzX3SfdnINeSyt6yTrnDlKfjn-XFmO67a-W_1oDCNzCJAsCeTiGPnGU4Z-rDtvQ4eO_l4XabVFvSdg/w640-h284/Great%20Loco%20Chase-detail9b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 7. According to Peter's memoir, the whole painting took about 5 days to complete.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0ZJebjdpxKVkoB9FOIK85KTgkSv4k9aNUc4WajMF3KyuRM4YnXGxfdClth_Lo6TXqWkuFsoQsGxhxssJHVXbkcJnf6HJ-6fbsAMZxFTHhcgKZHCsDspTvw6ky8JHh1asi-TcnTWnCB1W6OwSDEGUat4LGce4FdXfluL5O8LgXLh_XrTbeo2cPiOK/s1916/Loco3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1916" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0ZJebjdpxKVkoB9FOIK85KTgkSv4k9aNUc4WajMF3KyuRM4YnXGxfdClth_Lo6TXqWkuFsoQsGxhxssJHVXbkcJnf6HJ-6fbsAMZxFTHhcgKZHCsDspTvw6ky8JHh1asi-TcnTWnCB1W6OwSDEGUat4LGce4FdXfluL5O8LgXLh_XrTbeo2cPiOK/w640-h272/Loco3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I know that most - if not all - of the mattes in GREAT LOCO CHASE were made as<i> in-camera</i> foreground paintings on location, with some on glass and others on hardboard, or Masonite as the Yanks call it. All of the shots are rock steady making me wonder if this was the case, with only the <i>final</i> matte being an obvious dupe, and completed in post production.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrNuuHv5dKXYABS2Vmp3WabOIhQkzfj5mpL8dve0cs3g-MFTVLvcwsaZvk67defGP0NhaXdZ8S8-wF93HvrBTeOk5WLUsTnQs_2hlGppTjgsLB8mc75RWCJhmMXoRF99Z24_UHOIRjvbFgrEDGsKXTV_AT74U3TqeG_En-lJnMYg0r7DbZv4P7Y3i/s1916/Loco4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1916" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrNuuHv5dKXYABS2Vmp3WabOIhQkzfj5mpL8dve0cs3g-MFTVLvcwsaZvk67defGP0NhaXdZ8S8-wF93HvrBTeOk5WLUsTnQs_2hlGppTjgsLB8mc75RWCJhmMXoRF99Z24_UHOIRjvbFgrEDGsKXTV_AT74U3TqeG_En-lJnMYg0r7DbZv4P7Y3i/w640-h272/Loco4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I asked Peter's son Harrison, and he was pretty certain the shots were all done as original in-camera shots on location with the large painted mattes mounted in front of the camera. Instant composite.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wL109oZYjdYoLKkxaAnXQzTa93zaerIWYa4AabBjvw2xyFmwioFm1hE2x6zvMLb23ne3nRv-FWCIieBbq4oQoXAoKlhxxxxIpAYlS3C10yblNVyukJHAfwUCpGbLiygFpWQ1JRXwOsnk7c86SyBpyPkGg0ygF7i2BHnJgrzySvcGX2xr8ZSe1NHa/s1916/Loco5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1916" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wL109oZYjdYoLKkxaAnXQzTa93zaerIWYa4AabBjvw2xyFmwioFm1hE2x6zvMLb23ne3nRv-FWCIieBbq4oQoXAoKlhxxxxIpAYlS3C10yblNVyukJHAfwUCpGbLiygFpWQ1JRXwOsnk7c86SyBpyPkGg0ygF7i2BHnJgrzySvcGX2xr8ZSe1NHa/w640-h272/Loco5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably a full painting, as I don't recall any live action here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_DP8Zw2_DpTl8dYX2Wbvl3HmRHPCSNH4ix2Nqm_e028qifp_V5NLeSPjSOVyfgz-amlxGKih9jn3ux399fdhrW4jmo4qvWeIqnuqFRGccdvcTud--L_0rC_HnnsN9pkiEq33Lg2oC-Su0ipaV-zfyC4xQ455R4GrLt2NGdPGOQeS99hz0XnG_PYb/s1916/Loco6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1916" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_DP8Zw2_DpTl8dYX2Wbvl3HmRHPCSNH4ix2Nqm_e028qifp_V5NLeSPjSOVyfgz-amlxGKih9jn3ux399fdhrW4jmo4qvWeIqnuqFRGccdvcTud--L_0rC_HnnsN9pkiEq33Lg2oC-Su0ipaV-zfyC4xQ455R4GrLt2NGdPGOQeS99hz0XnG_PYb/w640-h272/Loco6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This is a great shot that nobody ever noticed. The true 'invisible trick shot'. As explained and illustrated below by the film's director, Peter supplied an entirely painted second story to the partial set. But who'd have ever known?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rqgHEm15md04SBo3_E2uNWdERMW1gmO_GwsNX9klSg4f3NC3eJZnzxqysK1oISHCH4xDBGdkm6uF5dq9Rh5teHRcpsnuMLCy0xxeGMn9sy9cFbxgv3qlVzpRGOI-XwK_g7YS3vBzRklm0aG6bjZ1jrYfUr4XgzJ5UjGbcAoa7qQ2VE0OXfxFjCZg/s1518/Gt.Loco%20Chase6a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="1023" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rqgHEm15md04SBo3_E2uNWdERMW1gmO_GwsNX9klSg4f3NC3eJZnzxqysK1oISHCH4xDBGdkm6uF5dq9Rh5teHRcpsnuMLCy0xxeGMn9sy9cFbxgv3qlVzpRGOI-XwK_g7YS3vBzRklm0aG6bjZ1jrYfUr4XgzJ5UjGbcAoa7qQ2VE0OXfxFjCZg/w432-h640/Gt.Loco%20Chase6a.jpg" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Director Francis Lyon with Walt. Note the semi-built facade beyond, awaiting Peter's matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXUst5KjUboVXWuTr2jANq8TOMwYDVokfkDPjRwEZI2VRnQEzLZJErnxp3wWizqAMOdvO5qdakzSPJtIWgglG25-lAY0ZCzIfAPhzJ4SOFY9g7GDCkAHQ3d2O98G6eiCTDupemvGM54FUNBHcRrQKk869ENUJQaU5IF_fzog3R6YW6gM021yBBMPO/s2379/PE%20in%20cam.painted%20extension%20B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="2379" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXUst5KjUboVXWuTr2jANq8TOMwYDVokfkDPjRwEZI2VRnQEzLZJErnxp3wWizqAMOdvO5qdakzSPJtIWgglG25-lAY0ZCzIfAPhzJ4SOFY9g7GDCkAHQ3d2O98G6eiCTDupemvGM54FUNBHcRrQKk869ENUJQaU5IF_fzog3R6YW6gM021yBBMPO/w640-h316/PE%20in%20cam.painted%20extension%20B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some amazing frames taken from a very rare 1956 newsreel - probably made for the Disney tv series - where we can see Peter arrive at the location in a very, <u>very</u> tiny car, <i>(I half expected 15 clowns to hop out!)</i> with matte art roped to the roof(!) Subsequent footage shows Peter lining up the painting with the set, with assistant - possibly Whitlock - making final touches to blend the matte art with the set. I sent the video clips of this time capsule to Peter's son Harrison and asked him some questions about it. Harrison was of the opinion that his Dad likely didn't have a stand alone matte studio of sorts on the Tennessee location, but more likely just had his stack of Masonite panels, glasses, brushes, oil paints and turpentine on or in the grip truck nearby. I mentioned to Harrison how astounded I was at the apparent flimsiness and rough handling of the painted matte panel as Peter hauls it off the car, with it flexing and flopping all over the place(!) Harrison said that the oil painted artwork would have been quite flexible at that stage, and only dangerous and likely to cracking and peeling when aged and brittle. Oh, and he also mentioned that the helper seen working alongside Peter was most likely not Albert, and more likely just a grip, as Peter didn't take his assistants onto shooting locations as a rule. I do wonder though, as heavily unionised as is/was the US film industry, if a mere <i>grip</i> would be permitted to so much as <i>pick up</i> a paint brush, let alone <i>apply pigment</i> to a matte painting, without there being a huge <i>hull-a-balloo</i> and an all out strike! I've heard of union walk-outs on a stage when a cameraman moved a lamp a couple of feet to the side!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WQbIxLNcVnndEJpcG9A4ZOgOLUaCrzQafcOv1stDmHJCaLwSSa3RvhD8b1BZLRd3CN3OFWdbVujUB1ivrZ-IuTMzteI5yZ-2nxRev0zdBLg0GqS8uunk1ofSYNv2vA_VsvDvyGF9RGdan__JOHFSbgjGHjN25GgIrQjA88o77oxqIMtkVbqEwmfp/s1916/Loco7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1916" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WQbIxLNcVnndEJpcG9A4ZOgOLUaCrzQafcOv1stDmHJCaLwSSa3RvhD8b1BZLRd3CN3OFWdbVujUB1ivrZ-IuTMzteI5yZ-2nxRev0zdBLg0GqS8uunk1ofSYNv2vA_VsvDvyGF9RGdan__JOHFSbgjGHjN25GgIrQjA88o77oxqIMtkVbqEwmfp/w640-h272/Loco7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another great in-camera composite, made right there on location, where Peter has extended a small physical setting of a few tents, to a vast Confederate battalion and surrounding Southern countryside.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRml9rdr06F3PYRoCnlVkxM7dj2FwM0g0n1-R8ZMj8Ko8-IUmdobAkIpqA7ET9hhlkGysrINEyKPnN_MkERjlriR107-9N9SYLm-YgvRsBehIl1c4TeGOuhWNlq_8pDD-xzYJMlVyMg2zCueaq5mpRjPr-Dz9XKZSK51lOuWMSqvES3lzs_xRf_q9/s1916/Loco8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1916" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRml9rdr06F3PYRoCnlVkxM7dj2FwM0g0n1-R8ZMj8Ko8-IUmdobAkIpqA7ET9hhlkGysrINEyKPnN_MkERjlriR107-9N9SYLm-YgvRsBehIl1c4TeGOuhWNlq_8pDD-xzYJMlVyMg2zCueaq5mpRjPr-Dz9XKZSK51lOuWMSqvES3lzs_xRf_q9/w640-h272/Loco8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another flawless foreground glass shot (see below). Not just the sprawling township had been painted in, but also the near foreground sheds and partial rail track on the grass. Neat.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTa_A4fSIgyGEbrrxQqLxzyoDgFqVoEN_PVBnXmu0Oj2XCfLhKa5xgOWMjMGvIHD0of-gxhwRpuwgWyBfWF7TTft4CQW9OWQbSKuOKh0e1NunO0xPEwy6M1fGFHf25Mcvtnm2fs40Li6hcGkmYs9JmmjKyrf1URuLiQ3fsvgLiVIot8YMcRUJAMd9/s1874/Loco-glass%20town.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1874" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTa_A4fSIgyGEbrrxQqLxzyoDgFqVoEN_PVBnXmu0Oj2XCfLhKa5xgOWMjMGvIHD0of-gxhwRpuwgWyBfWF7TTft4CQW9OWQbSKuOKh0e1NunO0xPEwy6M1fGFHf25Mcvtnm2fs40Li6hcGkmYs9JmmjKyrf1URuLiQ3fsvgLiVIot8YMcRUJAMd9/w640-h256/Loco-glass%20town.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The specially constructed and secured raised platform with matte crew. A deep set up as they were shooting CinemaScope, with huge anamorphic lens and limited focal depth and inherent optical distortion at the edges, which were a limitation of the early Scope process, with the painted matte of the distant town etc positioned at an appropriate distance to ensure focus on both artwork and actual scenic setting. I recall reading in Peter's memoir that a train came along during the night when nobody was around, and knocked the huge trestle tower down! Presumably the glass painting wasn't yet installed? </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEDJIsh9PkIWNFMys-KYcLpPTxmYHMR6lo32FqTBoINXKAYqemITPQDbWESBZ08KF799RLCx49mEtMizAttC0AmxpqPK7oUPRdzoTfkVbhqmvfeK5UlowSFdEX1hcjPJzFw0pcPSSPE4v5bLGExfjq4xFmLmnjUVoqK8jfFSXb2XIulhQOYHmSdpb/s1916/Loco9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1916" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEDJIsh9PkIWNFMys-KYcLpPTxmYHMR6lo32FqTBoINXKAYqemITPQDbWESBZ08KF799RLCx49mEtMizAttC0AmxpqPK7oUPRdzoTfkVbhqmvfeK5UlowSFdEX1hcjPJzFw0pcPSSPE4v5bLGExfjq4xFmLmnjUVoqK8jfFSXb2XIulhQOYHmSdpb/w640-h272/Loco9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As mentioned, Al Whitlock painted on this - and many other Disney shows. In later years Albert would regale Bill Taylor as to how much he learned from watching Peter paint. Al said: <i>"Peter never taught me. He just allowed me to observe him".</i> Albert was able to pick up many of the short cuts such as the 'big brush' to sell a good matte from Ellenshaw, and said his own style loosened up considerably as a result then, whereas his early days in England Al's style, by his own confession, was <i>"so tight, I'd be tied up in knots all of the time".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfKhg0NOM0Z4S9noWppp00HNB0kDE0hWF97OPBMsJYgwJLFdBfe_Fdc76babX8odhFElVuZOcZ5u-rJVGVrlt7NOdxovzfV3HiJRaZ7zDEj5QAkSRNdWPCq3_iKQf7diHgmGtTXNvkmNj-EBq7SGPLbhfhlvnCcXNfRcaVP72p0tlLnVbB3t2Y1y8m/s1916/Loco%2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1916" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfKhg0NOM0Z4S9noWppp00HNB0kDE0hWF97OPBMsJYgwJLFdBfe_Fdc76babX8odhFElVuZOcZ5u-rJVGVrlt7NOdxovzfV3HiJRaZ7zDEj5QAkSRNdWPCq3_iKQf7diHgmGtTXNvkmNj-EBq7SGPLbhfhlvnCcXNfRcaVP72p0tlLnVbB3t2Y1y8m/w640-h272/Loco%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ellenshaw's wonderful Civil War era trestle railway matte painting.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnp25M7lQJLQXIlKeFMw35jOGBNrZQpjSGVKgbsHgFonUUGtdfYSSItopTc-sLX7kLd5yr6RExLCZGODT75Kf3bh2v9Hh5Lr3uqIe-QKcmkrNIHWIajQXl-EXL0cPAWJvqCHU9LP2_PoW5ySGzJ0292OYyOH9TwrcT7Qlc-QKtXPc-U_vbJgCUD_X/s1430/Loco%20Chase-before%20after.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1430" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnp25M7lQJLQXIlKeFMw35jOGBNrZQpjSGVKgbsHgFonUUGtdfYSSItopTc-sLX7kLd5yr6RExLCZGODT75Kf3bh2v9Hh5Lr3uqIe-QKcmkrNIHWIajQXl-EXL0cPAWJvqCHU9LP2_PoW5ySGzJ0292OYyOH9TwrcT7Qlc-QKtXPc-U_vbJgCUD_X/w640-h436/Loco%20Chase-before%20after.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">On location snapshots of Peter lining up his rough block in of the trestle train bridge for the above matte, and all in the sweltering summer Southern heat.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVtyoDB1YSuT495qFf-Kw5DsYvoZUl8UFFA2AGEQof-BslIQW8eP9KMXaP4z3bvw13MLbBtdSLHXRBu6ee6KqLvmqQ83DtjeyXql6UjC7bf_9QMP_FCBixyOYxdPMke8VCLwk3NwmCLAZJyQPOvVrUiSKog2wETd3n6B476PbFCgkaaJTrM4h3EAL/s1916/Loco%2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1916" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVtyoDB1YSuT495qFf-Kw5DsYvoZUl8UFFA2AGEQof-BslIQW8eP9KMXaP4z3bvw13MLbBtdSLHXRBu6ee6KqLvmqQ83DtjeyXql6UjC7bf_9QMP_FCBixyOYxdPMke8VCLwk3NwmCLAZJyQPOvVrUiSKog2wETd3n6B476PbFCgkaaJTrM4h3EAL/w640-h272/Loco%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the hazards when working with early CinemaScope, as mentioned, was a depth of field issue. That is apparent here as the foreground painted town and second floor hotel are slightly out of focus, probably due to a too wide an <i>f-stop</i> and not enough light.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZfY6L9hmKYcthwah24F4yl6jPbf9J9PPscoDU5w4M55UB9ZF2FUqtnMsNihGhkeo7lZ96PuFiEF2pPSTdR0RTdYK_Nwf4hRHssM41PYSHfuHHTIlfCBXKEwtMS_qE1RJ-TtSHwX0otGoYxb9De36xXxIf0ohBFm9LT7Ja5MXlGG_UIxuiJ-yJfFg/s1916/Loco%2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1916" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZfY6L9hmKYcthwah24F4yl6jPbf9J9PPscoDU5w4M55UB9ZF2FUqtnMsNihGhkeo7lZ96PuFiEF2pPSTdR0RTdYK_Nwf4hRHssM41PYSHfuHHTIlfCBXKEwtMS_qE1RJ-TtSHwX0otGoYxb9De36xXxIf0ohBFm9LT7Ja5MXlGG_UIxuiJ-yJfFg/w640-h272/Loco%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A virtually full matte painted setting of the Confederate Prison. Just a part of the courtyard was actual, with all else being artwork. I think the painting still exists in the Disney archives, as I've seen pics of it on the wall of the Buena Vista Visual Effects matte room from the mid 1990's. Here's hoping!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPqcEk-lt-9JMf-FVrU2lBLraCdNa4Dm9laP8ziw4vATVHI6KfCbux3ea8x__7zdUo7OJdmQJvvBUFFsAl4Ak85cXsTV5J1QzfqwPIIBzTXIGgiefm-v9W0B647-tc_mBt2mMz3ls_l0ss5QuBK0LlaX-nzZlz1Zt1kXMfIbZpd0QFAJabh9NkqM-n/s1916/Loco%2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1916" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPqcEk-lt-9JMf-FVrU2lBLraCdNa4Dm9laP8ziw4vATVHI6KfCbux3ea8x__7zdUo7OJdmQJvvBUFFsAl4Ak85cXsTV5J1QzfqwPIIBzTXIGgiefm-v9W0B647-tc_mBt2mMz3ls_l0ss5QuBK0LlaX-nzZlz1Zt1kXMfIbZpd0QFAJabh9NkqM-n/w640-h272/Loco%2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final matte, and the only one that looks as if it were a post-production composite, likely made as a rear projection comp, with a broad 90% entire painted scene, and a group of soldiers matted into a small 'pocket' mid frame. It has a very 'second generation' look about it, as opposed to the other work in the show. Still, a really good film from Disney, and like 20'000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, made two years prior, represent the Mouse Factory at it's best in my humble opinion. <i> (Are my 'opinions' ever reallllly 'humble'? Nahhh, probably not, but whatcha gonna do?)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDpmuaIF4FCuYJZLleKjJMUNiCZFiZi1qmOI5efOEBEZXQ4-XGZBGqKju5JR0SLyT2gdiQX0U3Jdl-rjBksfmHg99I0muIai-4aez-x8n1lq8gkHIHW3A38ClPksnbVaRXsZZdhEyzacyBBqmUwC3DuSI3fFwJI22lqZVEKHFzshzEPsr2gZH-7w4/s1554/Viking%20Women-blog%20art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1554" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDpmuaIF4FCuYJZLleKjJMUNiCZFiZi1qmOI5efOEBEZXQ4-XGZBGqKju5JR0SLyT2gdiQX0U3Jdl-rjBksfmHg99I0muIai-4aez-x8n1lq8gkHIHW3A38ClPksnbVaRXsZZdhEyzacyBBqmUwC3DuSI3fFwJI22lqZVEKHFzshzEPsr2gZH-7w4/w640-h526/Viking%20Women-blog%20art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I learned years ago as a kid attending endless Saturday & Sunday double bills, to always be wary of over zealous one-sheet artwork.... It still never stopped me from buying my ticket and watching the flick though! Damned movie advertising departments!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1lhBYBhaJHX_HMqS9nnyXf5DxaZs5pz9lwAuZFJKoOJ6NvZS-bGEiAO2OuP240uJbLc2f_nJbYMZTiH3wVtj3YeyxjI8qxmgplmBQoWkTvzZdClaSroEVO7KktV-5YN9qfYqEUNBtTHP6HmHJdFHXramjTyrzS3L-qZ7QPtfNE-5ySpEghhkvIoj/s2200/Viking-titles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="2200" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1lhBYBhaJHX_HMqS9nnyXf5DxaZs5pz9lwAuZFJKoOJ6NvZS-bGEiAO2OuP240uJbLc2f_nJbYMZTiH3wVtj3YeyxjI8qxmgplmBQoWkTvzZdClaSroEVO7KktV-5YN9qfYqEUNBtTHP6HmHJdFHXramjTyrzS3L-qZ7QPtfNE-5ySpEghhkvIoj/w640-h392/Viking-titles.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The unwieldy tongue-twisting original title got shortened to VIKING WOMEN AND THE SEA SERPENT (1957). One of Roger Corman's earliest features, and as far as $10 flicks go, wasn't too bad, and the production value on screen somewhat exceeded expectations.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4VHUwJQa0iGGxn5rn9o4RVLz5FNrmrMgnSMZ13XkFx-HQDTshS5Azf2YtTBHhj2Una11A7712Obf5bff2aboeaFX-HEQp8mPk6GqtZY-PtcAk_3ye9pqn58w290IFx5tXXvYJ9qm3bSpDuenEUbZ5IV_M6B_ffMiLY2xr9T0EIooOYlTZuAgVb_R/s992/Rabin%20&%20Block.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="992" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4VHUwJQa0iGGxn5rn9o4RVLz5FNrmrMgnSMZ13XkFx-HQDTshS5Azf2YtTBHhj2Una11A7712Obf5bff2aboeaFX-HEQp8mPk6GqtZY-PtcAk_3ye9pqn58w290IFx5tXXvYJ9qm3bSpDuenEUbZ5IV_M6B_ffMiLY2xr9T0EIooOYlTZuAgVb_R/w640-h596/Rabin%20&%20Block.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Familiar names in the budget conscious world of 'B' pictures, Rabin, Block & DeWitt were constantly called to furnish cut price mattes, opticals, process shots, animation, models, titles and more for a hundred pictures from the late 1940's and well into the early 1980's. Jack Rabin (top left) was an old hand in opticals, camera fx and matte painting, having worked with legends like Jack Cosgrove at Selznick, and other periods at Warners and 20th Century Fox under Fred Sersen. Irving Block (top right and bottom right) was a veteran matte artist from MGM and also Fox, where he met Rabin and teamed up to open their own independent effects house with title artist Louis DeWitt (not pictured).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBSfh9H7w2Kp44v6xiumHWdBa8D3Wut6ZFaNYr0gVy6UDaTi_oKNobH_X9VZugHyd8LcalyUYo9S_nZnkQF-xI00zFWmosU_u3EMAFv4MKotlW9XGDflXHZzgLrZ-O7t_wifixrG0xivhSjzkxKPbl-enebOaTTk8hrrWLF78iDcO7MKQN3K4kWdn/s1920/Viking1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBSfh9H7w2Kp44v6xiumHWdBa8D3Wut6ZFaNYr0gVy6UDaTi_oKNobH_X9VZugHyd8LcalyUYo9S_nZnkQF-xI00zFWmosU_u3EMAFv4MKotlW9XGDflXHZzgLrZ-O7t_wifixrG0xivhSjzkxKPbl-enebOaTTk8hrrWLF78iDcO7MKQN3K4kWdn/w640-h360/Viking1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">VIKING WOMEN AND THE SEA SERPENT may have been a rush job, as most Corman pictures of the day were, but it did make good use of photographic effects on a slim budget.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZMQ-kBssxQcm-33DEc05WNUgD3lnK93LDnKtMIW-6QR4PZfkT27Emk1swQW3F9VmWUS-9zb1p-vEYz7dKMl-O4VIP25Vv8XkFJgMwYtmNYcqnTn61Rm0yaCiAukpDx6DjG4jjzB1C_moG-HUebZu3lzMS_aY-hWilZDbsmyE2jXvZZ336HdFJ3Lu/s1920/Viking2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZMQ-kBssxQcm-33DEc05WNUgD3lnK93LDnKtMIW-6QR4PZfkT27Emk1swQW3F9VmWUS-9zb1p-vEYz7dKMl-O4VIP25Vv8XkFJgMwYtmNYcqnTn61Rm0yaCiAukpDx6DjG4jjzB1C_moG-HUebZu3lzMS_aY-hWilZDbsmyE2jXvZZ336HdFJ3Lu/w640-h360/Viking2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The band of spear wielding bikini clad Bronze Age babes are inspired to journey to the ends of the earth when witnessing this apparition in the sky, where the clouds form a sort of Viking galleon. Nice full matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TgTiq35biz9H782Le4aqkMIKeS9TQc33WpbRvMuSm2Dh2WEtbRJo2LMoMtCDXW2YYu9jW7_kXybi0lP5tr1o0bqhR7Hj-iCn2qSfEUKKU2mH2Of_LrjzMl6F23Nm7cTMjMEWgbpskqoXPGronFm___QzM7zxxUdPSFrjqyN5Vle3rW1JhIbaaomb/s2368/Viking3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2368" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TgTiq35biz9H782Le4aqkMIKeS9TQc33WpbRvMuSm2Dh2WEtbRJo2LMoMtCDXW2YYu9jW7_kXybi0lP5tr1o0bqhR7Hj-iCn2qSfEUKKU2mH2Of_LrjzMl6F23Nm7cTMjMEWgbpskqoXPGronFm___QzM7zxxUdPSFrjqyN5Vle3rW1JhIbaaomb/w640-h358/Viking3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The journey commences, with some surprisingly good rear projection supplementing their sound stage tethered vessel. Note the behind the scenes pic of process set up and stage hands armed with hoses.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7WMh2sbzdqRtyckXJQ-9I7jpq77_V8L7j5cPekKGoISKkBB06oboW8Q2ozHvzJo-mBbJZBGkqRMoXSj4MYcbSFPqr1pwy-u6ybK0kP2YmxZSGJth4gXfADzFETNbK713DQJraSpCLevNXtOH1dghnqrxpFn9CNb9kLUSBRJAVxGd7wahZJbimcB_/s1920/Viking4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7WMh2sbzdqRtyckXJQ-9I7jpq77_V8L7j5cPekKGoISKkBB06oboW8Q2ozHvzJo-mBbJZBGkqRMoXSj4MYcbSFPqr1pwy-u6ybK0kP2YmxZSGJth4gXfADzFETNbK713DQJraSpCLevNXtOH1dghnqrxpFn9CNb9kLUSBRJAVxGd7wahZJbimcB_/w640-h360/Viking4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The demon beast of the North Sea makes his appearance. The puppet was dressed around the arm of fx artist Irving Block and filmed in a small tank.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8EAlYbBC7iZe2C9Y-7fd1Kzb6MJePx0PFty6SWOto4evqGr5NcIEyadEEk6sIltzdUNXotZca_F4h6LarrTdhAB-dJKvgoFc2WVgejq_GxgiGsnSvxOIRSWd2iM0WB7WwNbB5y0RqUUKlpoSixP6v0T23vPvIMQKAzGGHlSUoD8VXQ2aAwhDqJVZ/s2384/Viking5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2384" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8EAlYbBC7iZe2C9Y-7fd1Kzb6MJePx0PFty6SWOto4evqGr5NcIEyadEEk6sIltzdUNXotZca_F4h6LarrTdhAB-dJKvgoFc2WVgejq_GxgiGsnSvxOIRSWd2iM0WB7WwNbB5y0RqUUKlpoSixP6v0T23vPvIMQKAzGGHlSUoD8VXQ2aAwhDqJVZ/w640-h366/Viking5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably would have looked cool at the Drive In when canoodling in your Chevy convertible with your gum chew'n bobby-soxer back in '57</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMAS88kqynO709R7_1bgxIyTetPaL44c6fZOfCYdMIVdOb8wLAI8ALMSWte6Z5hjjlQtSKba9dd__DzILCR_DgdP3cvAOAipkJVhls4GtDqOud3sTnGrVp5sOQS5VwibT7rQbabQEflIX16iMsvli4Ybjlx1gNNy1Urmgu1kzw4aNf3xaB-XjG-fl/s2044/Viking6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="2044" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMAS88kqynO709R7_1bgxIyTetPaL44c6fZOfCYdMIVdOb8wLAI8ALMSWte6Z5hjjlQtSKba9dd__DzILCR_DgdP3cvAOAipkJVhls4GtDqOud3sTnGrVp5sOQS5VwibT7rQbabQEflIX16iMsvli4Ybjlx1gNNy1Urmgu1kzw4aNf3xaB-XjG-fl/w640-h376/Viking6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tragedy strikes, as does lightning, which sets their miniature galleon alight. Too late to remember the 'maritime safety drill' girls!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtTuMFjdmi8eVneOgw9eE_EtYQaPHeawJC4tkDzK2LrOqbs1EreotrDJ2idbm3DgATkR-AmmRKWa1kygDOnhNyGsd2nm4lXI1_5grHkjHmcPGd-KFw3_WW6HwNlHh3omenFJBF2Lt7xzCK_I9gwigLlUMS6CAAPQ8gX74gogiBQOwfg9QVEbP6UVR/s1920/Viking7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtTuMFjdmi8eVneOgw9eE_EtYQaPHeawJC4tkDzK2LrOqbs1EreotrDJ2idbm3DgATkR-AmmRKWa1kygDOnhNyGsd2nm4lXI1_5grHkjHmcPGd-KFw3_WW6HwNlHh3omenFJBF2Lt7xzCK_I9gwigLlUMS6CAAPQ8gX74gogiBQOwfg9QVEbP6UVR/w640-h360/Viking7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Irving Block's full matte painting of the Viking village and castle. Nice shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_R1EQfkV2SZW75hsiG21REy3IhNUzyeuZKRnskfjq8R6NO31uiwun57Q3ZWuNajJyXWDIcb0esipuXj-0jCNvQY9Tpml6Hg6wtQdyXN03MUP7DDhQKzsJgt16WwatCKTtMjf7-uZUcORa98hN5jHLZsENnaALFX7PJChJHNP2UIgDUCSNQtGtpeX/s1920/Viking8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_R1EQfkV2SZW75hsiG21REy3IhNUzyeuZKRnskfjq8R6NO31uiwun57Q3ZWuNajJyXWDIcb0esipuXj-0jCNvQY9Tpml6Hg6wtQdyXN03MUP7DDhQKzsJgt16WwatCKTtMjf7-uZUcORa98hN5jHLZsENnaALFX7PJChJHNP2UIgDUCSNQtGtpeX/w640-h360/Viking8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Following up, the gals and some burly 'surfer dude' looking Vikings, approach the castle. A substantial matte painting here, with not only the castle but the foreground trees, wall and archway all painted in. The actors' heads all get 'chopped' beneath the low hanging painted foliage though.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_AtWglWan5SbQx77RUXYR1FFax59mX1amII3JSRhe8CtBpyx6W5B65NC0MJsUsyQYsX8fzPGi4Ca9Z8thsUkkDOPzFpJN0-UQwW19bwgzTOjp-Xo-GapI1OPaDKOJi-5IjjmOv204ubzQXWViFBSNrfxkEQOlccVoxakNYGvLMIuTYRi-oZ6bDhx/s1920/Viking9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_AtWglWan5SbQx77RUXYR1FFax59mX1amII3JSRhe8CtBpyx6W5B65NC0MJsUsyQYsX8fzPGi4Ca9Z8thsUkkDOPzFpJN0-UQwW19bwgzTOjp-Xo-GapI1OPaDKOJi-5IjjmOv204ubzQXWViFBSNrfxkEQOlccVoxakNYGvLMIuTYRi-oZ6bDhx/w640-h360/Viking9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The actual paintings by Block are surprisingly crisp and sharp, while in some cases like this, the live action plate is washed out and soft, suggesting possibly rear projected composite? </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AB032CaTJa7GH9rBv1dhgF5bxvpgUz6AohumT9ulrGSQHFhvNybXh-eFnRfqwItvZtPykWM-W1wQPndZ8_Dg2CYmPybqPOuw04TM48gLfcjMp32HrfFNr_LIoJHCEScDlTW29qm0FqKnIysX-E1gOv9XBCOnuXWYEzez_xucSKasKJK0hmg8YgzY/s1920/Viking%2010a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AB032CaTJa7GH9rBv1dhgF5bxvpgUz6AohumT9ulrGSQHFhvNybXh-eFnRfqwItvZtPykWM-W1wQPndZ8_Dg2CYmPybqPOuw04TM48gLfcjMp32HrfFNr_LIoJHCEScDlTW29qm0FqKnIysX-E1gOv9XBCOnuXWYEzez_xucSKasKJK0hmg8YgzY/w640-h360/Viking%2010a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another interior set extension, with frantic 'Go-Go dancer' from days long gone.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_FJv43L9H28OQ5WTeNFDV4xlHWVnpv2OMPUSg3nKYQArEmlhQ6V3WImi5oSDTjiUcUmTYGdk0HXwZocnTzr1lNHtpQbislpMwiLTsdwmxJpwsdF5cln7o_bHVnYWHHsxxajlpVa7dGABcz1oh6NQH0VtzLUpFBCKlI-DydFmmgXd8Lg8btnJ-MRr/s1700/Viking%2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="1504" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_FJv43L9H28OQ5WTeNFDV4xlHWVnpv2OMPUSg3nKYQArEmlhQ6V3WImi5oSDTjiUcUmTYGdk0HXwZocnTzr1lNHtpQbislpMwiLTsdwmxJpwsdF5cln7o_bHVnYWHHsxxajlpVa7dGABcz1oh6NQH0VtzLUpFBCKlI-DydFmmgXd8Lg8btnJ-MRr/w566-h640/Viking%2012.jpg" width="566" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hand puppet manipulated by matte artist - and general <i>jack of all trades</i> - Irving Block.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ygSgNS0_rzybjEXp7dA7-HcFXmS7vs7Ak3TxrfXcrcsJHW0lz2axrolbNk1a0fll9r2zwZSrKafKX_CGx2YZk3zuDOZPBdzQNEySZt0AkVRlQf1gtYElxq_Yw1Pd-k4KIDkKHqjVpWD6nLnOVQ-hNQO4I4h0TpSBTz_ha-QfwNu6j0gCdUnNPHvh/s1920/Viking%2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ygSgNS0_rzybjEXp7dA7-HcFXmS7vs7Ak3TxrfXcrcsJHW0lz2axrolbNk1a0fll9r2zwZSrKafKX_CGx2YZk3zuDOZPBdzQNEySZt0AkVRlQf1gtYElxq_Yw1Pd-k4KIDkKHqjVpWD6nLnOVQ-hNQO4I4h0TpSBTz_ha-QfwNu6j0gCdUnNPHvh/w640-h360/Viking%2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A beautifully atmospheric matte by Irving, who, as an aside, the year before wrote the original screenplay for the big budget MGM sci-fi classic FORBIDDEN PLANET.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7K0zzCGSQ1eGEqddkkJ-uf5fqtkhsId_9NoP3K60AiaZpQteBgfLW6vLcj3atDNuTY1fjWkf55KnNtCrRmq-V1yZr7R8LNvjTOBDv99WEAQ9O-NT66AH2YJjuhM6nki1CRlKC0MZvSQF_mg1_vn_MFO-b5J1aEA8bya95LJAn39NtODVW4OoWAoLg/s3080/Viking%2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="3080" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7K0zzCGSQ1eGEqddkkJ-uf5fqtkhsId_9NoP3K60AiaZpQteBgfLW6vLcj3atDNuTY1fjWkf55KnNtCrRmq-V1yZr7R8LNvjTOBDv99WEAQ9O-NT66AH2YJjuhM6nki1CRlKC0MZvSQF_mg1_vn_MFO-b5J1aEA8bya95LJAn39NtODVW4OoWAoLg/w640-h194/Viking%2014.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T4v5dUeTImSYMdnVdWR4OtkdOJ33ydr51nKipSXwaT2JbW8RoBZ2lZ05FTWQIo09Y1xpI_B1HuBySw28bj8vEE8E5Y6n8iBKiWA9hs4bkGdrJ07ise4s-6E293VqY7ag4uJLnI-cLqJFx9HNg1HWTxjZ15jOmMrn23Y3WZfOwL2r9p0K1M65rZON/s1450/Blue%20Bird%20art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="1450" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T4v5dUeTImSYMdnVdWR4OtkdOJ33ydr51nKipSXwaT2JbW8RoBZ2lZ05FTWQIo09Y1xpI_B1HuBySw28bj8vEE8E5Y6n8iBKiWA9hs4bkGdrJ07ise4s-6E293VqY7ag4uJLnI-cLqJFx9HNg1HWTxjZ15jOmMrn23Y3WZfOwL2r9p0K1M65rZON/w640-h516/Blue%20Bird%20art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Time now for an expensive, lavish, Technicolor, major studio spectacle... And I <u>do</u> mean spectacle! THE BLUE BIRD (1940) received a completely deserved nomination for Best Special Effects that year, and to me, it was <u>the</u> strongest contender. More about 'Oscar injustices' later...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6eQyh-Cm5zyqYSm2RewmpiKOWJNG9kZpUwq1d7pVbzkrsav73lAF9DK05qVC8PUg_e0hTfNj4Kkb0qNB70NZCyUp2pfDwwnWXpsmd8zmibof_dC0-ZtpJBzyYPsrVLtjOgLBCqPNxPmUghr-jZ-JVY4FO9DoYaSh5WsPub15MMRmZDJXngsd1KrJ/s1486/Blue-title.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1486" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6eQyh-Cm5zyqYSm2RewmpiKOWJNG9kZpUwq1d7pVbzkrsav73lAF9DK05qVC8PUg_e0hTfNj4Kkb0qNB70NZCyUp2pfDwwnWXpsmd8zmibof_dC0-ZtpJBzyYPsrVLtjOgLBCqPNxPmUghr-jZ-JVY4FO9DoYaSh5WsPub15MMRmZDJXngsd1KrJ/w640-h484/Blue-title.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Arguably the biggest box-office sensation of the thirties, and on into the early forties - Shirley Temple was 20th Century Fox's answer to printing their own money. A phenomenal draw card. THE BLUE BIRD (1940) was a sweet natured, vividly designed and lushly photographed family fantasy. This was the second of at least 3 versions of the film, with the first being a silent back in 1918, and the latter being in 1976.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaHat0QBoGAC7Rc1k-J-AR1rJTRIi_osXlC55lT6PLBhBuAQq78ioUw6LGSLE48zOwyd07uDI1xuwsUZAfjUcM5lZF0euZlHqzcfOTSHbvZG_XgvtyCdu3olEJbfFE868VLW2Hr9LwKvJkS7mw90gJ0a9L5V1T1ZzXlqBLToh2A-dKxUfJd-jRvzK/s1791/Blue0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="1791" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaHat0QBoGAC7Rc1k-J-AR1rJTRIi_osXlC55lT6PLBhBuAQq78ioUw6LGSLE48zOwyd07uDI1xuwsUZAfjUcM5lZF0euZlHqzcfOTSHbvZG_XgvtyCdu3olEJbfFE868VLW2Hr9LwKvJkS7mw90gJ0a9L5V1T1ZzXlqBLToh2A-dKxUfJd-jRvzK/w640-h476/Blue0.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm assuming the film must have been a very expensive affair, what with the sets and the <u>very</u> extensive special visual effects requirements, a significant portion of the film later on is literally wall to wall effects shots, without let up!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRcyKUDIGhhfNfC70AnJqcitfq_qxD5GKgB0mHhrva6Mzd4BvWXaCd_HnpZU-waLMWS0wiCnJ--NrH6lFls5zk4UZm28OnGAJZXG95wyiHI4aqnZj7ZxejiBmRXlUBJOopYYTOAbf84djbEq0PTNSY67r7OfM373mTK9uBxFuKMXioFTZUJtN8bn8/s1440/Blue1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRcyKUDIGhhfNfC70AnJqcitfq_qxD5GKgB0mHhrva6Mzd4BvWXaCd_HnpZU-waLMWS0wiCnJ--NrH6lFls5zk4UZm28OnGAJZXG95wyiHI4aqnZj7ZxejiBmRXlUBJOopYYTOAbf84djbEq0PTNSY67r7OfM373mTK9uBxFuKMXioFTZUJtN8bn8/w640-h480/Blue1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yes, I know I stated it was a lush, saturated <i>Technicolor</i> affair, but bear with me, THE BLUE BIRD does commence in black & white - as did a similar film THE WIZARD OF OZ in <i>Sepia-tone</i> - but the story switches into all of the colours of the rainbow once the magic kicks in. This opening sequence is a gem, and one that passes by completely unnoticed as a trick shot. The Austrian alpine town was a substantially large matte painting mounted on set as a foreground glass shot so as to permit a natural, fluid camera move as the characters walk through the woods. Naturally, being wartime in Europe in 1940, no scenes could be shot on location, nor would it be expedient to ship Miss Temple all the way across the pond for just a couple of establishing shots. See below for more...</span><br /><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIfmLjrU8-1yXVLyY4hYMDNP26FRRSxneTWl2OpEYP6oFUzmDqhtSO_EQuEjr18sig3kXZp6qZX7mhn1ZQi-qAGNA3kfFQnmjHgCU1KBBi5P7tBKJ6e0az4ASrk-6nS3ta7RS8ANtmRBg4mApSuU97VL8v2jsAco6OiOSc8R5x4LerwVY9Vkz-Z8c/s1712/Blue1a%20pan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="1712" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIfmLjrU8-1yXVLyY4hYMDNP26FRRSxneTWl2OpEYP6oFUzmDqhtSO_EQuEjr18sig3kXZp6qZX7mhn1ZQi-qAGNA3kfFQnmjHgCU1KBBi5P7tBKJ6e0az4ASrk-6nS3ta7RS8ANtmRBg4mApSuU97VL8v2jsAco6OiOSc8R5x4LerwVY9Vkz-Z8c/w640-h502/Blue1a%20pan.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The impressive glass shot with camera move <i>(shown twice in the film, both moving to, and away from the distant village).</i> Fox were absolutely 100% <i>gung ho</i> about carrying out trick shots using this method, with the legendary master Fred Sersen being a firm believer in the gag, as engineered on countless Fox films over the decades, and all with absolutely convincing, first generation quality. The foreground trees strategically conceal the rigging for what must have been a very large painting. Love this stuff!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC24qvFG70BBIA4b92XBGzbcTsquiBs_N97VlrCMhXxrSwkFt7GCIZaY8jQWreCo9l-MPbsmFFWygEDmWyIfjxqIxIiaKGfnp8G-DEuiOnYtkxq9r5oBfhKvCFihoYqRMFwdopHweLDH6FnJ6qFVfTYe7iFskFyy9Czhev1Ry8Pj4ZVBjiorJqX8po/s1440/Blue2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC24qvFG70BBIA4b92XBGzbcTsquiBs_N97VlrCMhXxrSwkFt7GCIZaY8jQWreCo9l-MPbsmFFWygEDmWyIfjxqIxIiaKGfnp8G-DEuiOnYtkxq9r5oBfhKvCFihoYqRMFwdopHweLDH6FnJ6qFVfTYe7iFskFyy9Czhev1Ry8Pj4ZVBjiorJqX8po/w640-h480/Blue2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte shot made on the Fox back lot for THE BLUE BIRD (1940)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioseNYJQk1HgTwQqlI1tSast840i0V5VyftLsrq25z5OsqX5LGOG-N-aKNWXsdxDKQD8YvXakVRHepAUoyCYKoLuaVkHR0tz-9e9jdz46ww-mB6hxe5Pw4mAttpj5IbpcyR6-_QFADVKSupY8geZeIO3WX_mJcCndhChmHLkW4Y7rkQbPdxtJE-8iK/s1713/Blue3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1713" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioseNYJQk1HgTwQqlI1tSast840i0V5VyftLsrq25z5OsqX5LGOG-N-aKNWXsdxDKQD8YvXakVRHepAUoyCYKoLuaVkHR0tz-9e9jdz46ww-mB6hxe5Pw4mAttpj5IbpcyR6-_QFADVKSupY8geZeIO3WX_mJcCndhChmHLkW4Y7rkQbPdxtJE-8iK/w640-h482/Blue3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The flick kicks into full steam ahead Technicolor once the kids are given the mission to seek out the 'Blue Bird of Happiness'. A nice optical transition here, no doubt overseen by Fox's long time optical department head, James B. Gordon.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5bniIQrmnrPdY4mYA6U0USGgW1-v2Q35uqy4mtG5KHIDhH47dtT9CdmI4MeE7d3HMSJ9iqTpdhMUGL2JB4paT7AF19QHC-pfjQRVre4fKNEbF8lmCFuhHswawECdWGP5UYxEuN5iWZI5meU9E9zF6JHC0DAq1ViH9u8QOMUMcZqK86o8Vi5ZeH_a/s1440/Blue4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5bniIQrmnrPdY4mYA6U0USGgW1-v2Q35uqy4mtG5KHIDhH47dtT9CdmI4MeE7d3HMSJ9iqTpdhMUGL2JB4paT7AF19QHC-pfjQRVre4fKNEbF8lmCFuhHswawECdWGP5UYxEuN5iWZI5meU9E9zF6JHC0DAq1ViH9u8QOMUMcZqK86o8Vi5ZeH_a/w640-h480/Blue4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The kids on their journey into a magical otherworld, filled with matte art, optical combinations, miniatures and absolutely eye-popping devastation that must have given kids nightmares back in the day!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLlMMSjDMP15AOheYYHY2vYPL8T7kPPwoGJZVJ0kcUxTyUIr6NuEG-Uj8p70frlZw9JU88qmyUy2aSGLWpP2WRtiOy0KAQAl3b--x5jYDku5InL5nGbWRMiG9w_y56qvzCYrjwX9IvXTM4e_kT2pc_RM1_opDVz5L6IqUefQi26JqY8U78O69RHTs/s1440/Blue5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLlMMSjDMP15AOheYYHY2vYPL8T7kPPwoGJZVJ0kcUxTyUIr6NuEG-Uj8p70frlZw9JU88qmyUy2aSGLWpP2WRtiOy0KAQAl3b--x5jYDku5InL5nGbWRMiG9w_y56qvzCYrjwX9IvXTM4e_kT2pc_RM1_opDVz5L6IqUefQi26JqY8U78O69RHTs/w640-h480/Blue5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As I've written extensively in my blogs, Fox had a huge photographic effects department, and certainly one of, if not <i>the</i> best in Hollywood. Fred Sersen ran a very tight ship, and didn't suffer fools gladly. Sersen himself was primarily a matte painter, beginning in the 1920's, and ventured into effects cinematography. Fred was nominated for the Best SFX Oscar some 8 times and won twice.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyeg8Q97c5UM_SXJ2PRIE1ZfiJ90JUIYbPmwKoLmMWfp7OKLjW70aCcTre5OGa_AI_dNMWD3BW61Cvq2hs_6ayMVI6ApgdHede1nAM-aZHpdZPzEFLJePJVbHzeWQVUtkEeyn7qfNInwq5mx_SvqObJdnuWSt07de5-hQk4TCUleWYOOHeIMc2PZe8/s1440/Blue6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyeg8Q97c5UM_SXJ2PRIE1ZfiJ90JUIYbPmwKoLmMWfp7OKLjW70aCcTre5OGa_AI_dNMWD3BW61Cvq2hs_6ayMVI6ApgdHede1nAM-aZHpdZPzEFLJePJVbHzeWQVUtkEeyn7qfNInwq5mx_SvqObJdnuWSt07de5-hQk4TCUleWYOOHeIMc2PZe8/w640-h480/Blue6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sersen's long time right hand man and assistant, Ray Kellogg, was key matte painter on BLUE BIRD, with Ray being instrumental in a great many fine effects films produced under the Fox banner for some years, eventually becoming head of the effects department in the early 50's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eSuWZ0qKLKPXMplSnsmULOJGtdtt5U_CBr77WPQD4K2lwUW73jBmVUveiRbsitPbKFduI9xgb4XOmKf5kiIgy7iu0UDFjQuufM09Jb-06wq7P4Z9Y_2LYcNud-dEnU4KSUr2t7ewxpPvvt_22Pwd9N6h9rCGlHx_jdOhBnd7mP1vv8R33NSjhNLL/s2972/Blue7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="2972" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eSuWZ0qKLKPXMplSnsmULOJGtdtt5U_CBr77WPQD4K2lwUW73jBmVUveiRbsitPbKFduI9xgb4XOmKf5kiIgy7iu0UDFjQuufM09Jb-06wq7P4Z9Y_2LYcNud-dEnU4KSUr2t7ewxpPvvt_22Pwd9N6h9rCGlHx_jdOhBnd7mP1vv8R33NSjhNLL/w640-h242/Blue7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painted in ornate ceilings were very much a part of the golden era of matte work. A cost saver and a means of concealing the bothersome rigging and lighting fixtures above the main set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_XX_4XmDGMboTYjrv4sefeNOaToLCMazeAo60OgZgFEI572L2YE-wImHKINnU2MXQ-Cu9TFxCISuzuN85dls7cGrFBBErKymDsbJ5BDDOnVfmQwG64TsS8NjN_LyZJb8B1HTjjnDY0uS7LY62Fv0TMGcybUPcM2BqB0i2v6yGQIE9kZqqCOTsK5T/s1440/Blue8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_XX_4XmDGMboTYjrv4sefeNOaToLCMazeAo60OgZgFEI572L2YE-wImHKINnU2MXQ-Cu9TFxCISuzuN85dls7cGrFBBErKymDsbJ5BDDOnVfmQwG64TsS8NjN_LyZJb8B1HTjjnDY0uS7LY62Fv0TMGcybUPcM2BqB0i2v6yGQIE9kZqqCOTsK5T/w640-h480/Blue8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The kids, the kindly old guy and the evil Gale Sondergaard <i>(you just know she's gonna be trouble as soon as you see her name in the credits!) </i>enter the forest where all hell breaks loose. Many matte painters worked at Fox at the time this was made. Names such as Ralph Hammeras, Clyde Scott, Joseph Serbaroli, Hector Serbaroli, Emil Kosa snr & jnr, Gilbert Riswold, Fitch Fulton, Menrad von Muldorfer, Chris von Schneidau, Ray Kellogg, Barbara Webster, Charles W. Hulett and Max DeVega.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0W-1UOodnKcpy4OwPdor9dkDZzji0e7pX9EKtoFuCFGSfpfUB0yOsL7DhqQspHaxHMPnlH4-QpvUDTqKND2aIideb_tNK_cWZbJpy2xoZXYBlfyhTjiUT7ANrWSpElINGXDS3Dm8zM9Gzk4gILpYIqyQjjauSP8EK9CVjSgELyScHRTK7iJwbssv/s1440/Blue9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0W-1UOodnKcpy4OwPdor9dkDZzji0e7pX9EKtoFuCFGSfpfUB0yOsL7DhqQspHaxHMPnlH4-QpvUDTqKND2aIideb_tNK_cWZbJpy2xoZXYBlfyhTjiUT7ANrWSpElINGXDS3Dm8zM9Gzk4gILpYIqyQjjauSP8EK9CVjSgELyScHRTK7iJwbssv/w640-h480/Blue9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Delightfully fanciful matte painted top half of set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEjo7nIdhhHGSfy0pHPUnP48t3LyTtEYw_i3zAGB9ZzcolHlXMjAeBDEgQnFCnXJPU5VR76JS3jyxuE4TxG7Z4hXIb2ZbenN18q0qtGJ38waHfCHE7GF-LOaPwW5d1K76nvweW2krwwVeG2WjDIG-oIgJ8OQUPYY9C-0rRNfkZ2FAEyE1XsLt-LVQ/s1692/Blue%2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1692" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEjo7nIdhhHGSfy0pHPUnP48t3LyTtEYw_i3zAGB9ZzcolHlXMjAeBDEgQnFCnXJPU5VR76JS3jyxuE4TxG7Z4hXIb2ZbenN18q0qtGJ38waHfCHE7GF-LOaPwW5d1K76nvweW2krwwVeG2WjDIG-oIgJ8OQUPYY9C-0rRNfkZ2FAEyE1XsLt-LVQ/w640-h490/Blue%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The tranquil forest is deceiving. A mega storm rolls in and much trouble comes with it. An excellent vfx shot here, with miniature trees and a brilliantly orchestrated raging storm forming above, with lightning and all. Don't know how Fred did this shot? I'd <i>guess</i> a separate 'storm plate' with perhaps time lapse clouds, lightning animation optically added, and this all rear projected behind a miniature forest mounted horizontally, with the process 'flash' catching naturally upon the model tree props?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZZHX81OvDKS7hPLo2rlcOA_yPbQEi1UjswTMiTdVDVLmceys0VQp3EdMHNzBeker76xbGQQpGqv6KhNzMwmXH8tGSO_KJZ8AOgoaaQxULHvRTYuO8TrM-Pp0Yuhg21RuKNBTDVevzNcSuYEhJ61ngmoD3C1py3-K5DVahwoZWCXwZjLM9ReNc0k7/s1440/Blue%2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZZHX81OvDKS7hPLo2rlcOA_yPbQEi1UjswTMiTdVDVLmceys0VQp3EdMHNzBeker76xbGQQpGqv6KhNzMwmXH8tGSO_KJZ8AOgoaaQxULHvRTYuO8TrM-Pp0Yuhg21RuKNBTDVevzNcSuYEhJ61ngmoD3C1py3-K5DVahwoZWCXwZjLM9ReNc0k7/w640-h480/Blue%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And so begins one of the most superbly executed and complex photographic effects set pieces I've ever seen, and one that lasts for several minutes of non-stop screen action. The static frame captures don't even come near to illustrating the dynamic, <i>state of the art</i> vfx sequence. Seriously! </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLOX8ltzHdmAs-4Aazc6OIoKYDI-g1cjiWlzbWFQc0rvqmV6e1HWq4jZ2p8qkseDohmWXegZmKzrdaxHw9Mt1dfAW6zmonG6Z5Ks0aZQnSDw6aJlHc66iDI8u_LBVpuBCu7F8sYRjStLBkR8eWb7_hWTQMkvbwJiVXR4I8rpdEGM-NOnv73eYSlW0/s2776/Blue%2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="2776" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLOX8ltzHdmAs-4Aazc6OIoKYDI-g1cjiWlzbWFQc0rvqmV6e1HWq4jZ2p8qkseDohmWXegZmKzrdaxHw9Mt1dfAW6zmonG6Z5Ks0aZQnSDw6aJlHc66iDI8u_LBVpuBCu7F8sYRjStLBkR8eWb7_hWTQMkvbwJiVXR4I8rpdEGM-NOnv73eYSlW0/w640-h328/Blue%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The violent thunderstorm and lightning strikes and causes a catastrophic firestorm that devastates the entire forest. One of the finest effects sequences ever committed to celluloid, with <u>each and every shot</u> being a manufactured Sersen department effect. Miniatures, mechanical fx, pyrotechnics, mattes, roto animation, optical combinations, process, and often <u>all of these</u> merged in single shots! The shot above has the group running for their lives as lightning brings down a massive tree just as they pass under it via perfect frame by roto work. One of numerous jaw droppingly complex shots that saw the film nominated for the FX Oscar. All carried out with large miniature forest set, with actors added in through travelling mattes... <u>and in 1940 Technicolor!</u> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsh_M1Yof6XgFyJMvsAfC2ZnabbqqXirXrLwaY8sSU6oA6opT4GK9aTYZsbuMWsBUr9o1ZWyUsv1T4yx1_ypBy9Lzf85vFtRjx1ZUCG_WeDNMvqrtZizValMHl0R0LnA62S0Ewv-tgu-7snqoLpjKdQ9rcSCpMP-50uBXGfwXLs0tOFyAXWaW0X5m/s1440/Blue%2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsh_M1Yof6XgFyJMvsAfC2ZnabbqqXirXrLwaY8sSU6oA6opT4GK9aTYZsbuMWsBUr9o1ZWyUsv1T4yx1_ypBy9Lzf85vFtRjx1ZUCG_WeDNMvqrtZizValMHl0R0LnA62S0Ewv-tgu-7snqoLpjKdQ9rcSCpMP-50uBXGfwXLs0tOFyAXWaW0X5m/w640-h480/Blue%2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More of same, with vast miniature set with falling trees crashing down just short of crushing our young cast through precise rotoscope matting. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcp7DXASSVR68WfqkHISCrcxZm0Ydwbgna8EL_vDmhukJhy3I-o3bv4g92GsO2SMjk_rGCFsuFYzTW60qwqSZWT1wv1pe5tJgpwEUVBiPSqT4ltSatGXTTabRH40bWCC-bupzG2MTKMjXH1BqiTYaYYGRKL0lTwPOyGL9zBHzORUkHD5jRXZI7FHP/s2972/Blue%20Bird%2014fix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2232" data-original-width="2972" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcp7DXASSVR68WfqkHISCrcxZm0Ydwbgna8EL_vDmhukJhy3I-o3bv4g92GsO2SMjk_rGCFsuFYzTW60qwqSZWT1wv1pe5tJgpwEUVBiPSqT4ltSatGXTTabRH40bWCC-bupzG2MTKMjXH1BqiTYaYYGRKL0lTwPOyGL9zBHzORUkHD5jRXZI7FHP/w640-h480/Blue%20Bird%2014fix.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">When viewed in motion, the work is sublime, and one can but wonder of the time spent on the lengthy sequence (much more still to come...)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgFpQP7D3ggQG18SlxyNswMUrHFmM8R10M7ZjwhJCaGzEJ3pN9UyVcwF2_t-MwW8gI1nWO6f7QJOjJ-mOU6BHbQKxYHU-y1IbccbBUd_u65p2K9W5YVgflAnhMrk1PyjD_B9928faYAyGeIb2rF6HiWY4d7Dvc2FDU2P8qPJ3e0laiXcv0Ff0_xqO/s2964/Blue%2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="2964" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgFpQP7D3ggQG18SlxyNswMUrHFmM8R10M7ZjwhJCaGzEJ3pN9UyVcwF2_t-MwW8gI1nWO6f7QJOjJ-mOU6BHbQKxYHU-y1IbccbBUd_u65p2K9W5YVgflAnhMrk1PyjD_B9928faYAyGeIb2rF6HiWY4d7Dvc2FDU2P8qPJ3e0laiXcv0Ff0_xqO/w640-h240/Blue%2015.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Travelling matte comp at left, with highly effective RP comp at right. Sol Halperin was Fox's process specialist, and he had a life long association with the studio.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBcvOWaaisFC3IdShTe6x7q891a-q8urJHxvf5qvx0xnyYXa27N_TxlyzV6pIJy_ndD67Orod57X7OPHIdUWb9pg0LbqPX7LTnI_gU96kjYxiujJyORZ9aCdwBpCGsnOy6jHGFA2SRuy94ZKhvgTcrz7nqyw93mc19rTMb4WvLAceb0nPFhSNBvtZ/s2019/Blue%2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1491" data-original-width="2019" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBcvOWaaisFC3IdShTe6x7q891a-q8urJHxvf5qvx0xnyYXa27N_TxlyzV6pIJy_ndD67Orod57X7OPHIdUWb9pg0LbqPX7LTnI_gU96kjYxiujJyORZ9aCdwBpCGsnOy6jHGFA2SRuy94ZKhvgTcrz7nqyw93mc19rTMb4WvLAceb0nPFhSNBvtZ/w640-h472/Blue%2016.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The only film I've ever seen with comparable model trees uprooting and falling down was the outstanding Academy Award winning work of Arnold Gillespie and Donald Jahraus for GREEN DOLPHIN STREET (1947), though <i>that</i> wonderful work was in black and white.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL3Z2VkySo_LcBes3rcARu2xqnwZCJM2nbMQKVNElLZcqb0mjyKQnN3YXyK--DJqp4dppnrrQpVddlAM7n-TPJ6UnxFLlFqwpOYpM6f1p1pL4-CFJFiqDNeDpkr3VsCA_tw0BtJxJbhOqWDVr-cHYlkUljQ6CzyFejPr_j8maz_Ifb_dAS1CrLuof/s1440/Blue%2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL3Z2VkySo_LcBes3rcARu2xqnwZCJM2nbMQKVNElLZcqb0mjyKQnN3YXyK--DJqp4dppnrrQpVddlAM7n-TPJ6UnxFLlFqwpOYpM6f1p1pL4-CFJFiqDNeDpkr3VsCA_tw0BtJxJbhOqWDVr-cHYlkUljQ6CzyFejPr_j8maz_Ifb_dAS1CrLuof/w640-h480/Blue%2017.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Superb miniature cinematography, with the good depth of field suggesting a very sizable miniature set, probably occupying a substantial piece of back lot acreage, much as Sersen did for epic effects films like THE RAINS CAME and IN OLD CHICAGO - both astonishingly fine fx films.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVK1nk-IfRTeEO0-hsJIY2Uo-Muqn1xIDUppNFKWXqgC2Oz29fmsojXVvIhZsNBWHFrmxYDHCzKz8FLkB0a5q29ykNAchvKWdgv72_YsL25AeFg5ExpRD2DCk7c4lYz73C7uZLmLRPmhIkpjv5TP9UdOE65LtkhUpAUHqXdcD4ZZm7yxcIcxhY6tR/s1888/Blue%2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="1888" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVK1nk-IfRTeEO0-hsJIY2Uo-Muqn1xIDUppNFKWXqgC2Oz29fmsojXVvIhZsNBWHFrmxYDHCzKz8FLkB0a5q29ykNAchvKWdgv72_YsL25AeFg5ExpRD2DCk7c4lYz73C7uZLmLRPmhIkpjv5TP9UdOE65LtkhUpAUHqXdcD4ZZm7yxcIcxhY6tR/w640-h472/Blue%2018.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The scale of the pyro and actual fire physical effects suggest very, very large model trees. I'd hazard a guess at these being some 8 to 10 feet in height(?)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTE4qhQcPC-dofpv5ZtbVHUWFmtG-3DBvLbtmlqsjqM0LeJRB2XDQBmDPi86umYolqAym5X1oA557-DLQP1tpLOAAm9sRA1OrlmXSHWNdULcjYabntevlAGJPLyc48HKnTZWepRB7qb3BiVRgmRqgUlh8VKG-hRJpUQmy5YwB63MEgEZ3ufis-q91h/s2964/Blue%2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="2964" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTE4qhQcPC-dofpv5ZtbVHUWFmtG-3DBvLbtmlqsjqM0LeJRB2XDQBmDPi86umYolqAym5X1oA557-DLQP1tpLOAAm9sRA1OrlmXSHWNdULcjYabntevlAGJPLyc48HKnTZWepRB7qb3BiVRgmRqgUlh8VKG-hRJpUQmy5YwB63MEgEZ3ufis-q91h/w640-h240/Blue%2019.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Again, the realistic scale of flame enveloping the falling tree is <u>so</u> impressive.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdzh5LE-ffgq4Y1FV-wQO_tukRPhMkKBlHiHn6qoVY78CCpo27aOs7ewVaWAjeeaREM9ZV6zuC6AsoE1zkVs89GGNu9_cljmNF9zPp6S0Oe5dh8sCxzMFZm5YyYjcbE6OgK4avLm3NorvP9siEJPHiACzwUd115rubu7ZxbfhC7YZ7xmYfql3Y5Vg/s1440/Blue%2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdzh5LE-ffgq4Y1FV-wQO_tukRPhMkKBlHiHn6qoVY78CCpo27aOs7ewVaWAjeeaREM9ZV6zuC6AsoE1zkVs89GGNu9_cljmNF9zPp6S0Oe5dh8sCxzMFZm5YyYjcbE6OgK4avLm3NorvP9siEJPHiACzwUd115rubu7ZxbfhC7YZ7xmYfql3Y5Vg/w640-h480/Blue%2020.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Effects cinematographers at Fox included Artilio 'Til' Gabbatini, Al Irving, Lenwood Ballard (L.B) Abbott, Ralph Hammeras, Edwin Hammeras, Harry Dawe, James B. Gordon & Paul Mohn. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zqyQBLBVKxHKIm28cRwhq1ejSS0s5heN3ilWEC-oPYt139ATAhng6aAkaqlSGl71c1v2nNx1vRb8f5ntFxCVDq0bTmIH2mMVCRo5IIHa6Ljji-Mrnk-VbVLHUs05Rqud4qsgu5p5T0YU-vzXbY4qFwFL_nHXNjNdGJQOEHjZssotNWkqA92VppRP/s1440/Blue%2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zqyQBLBVKxHKIm28cRwhq1ejSS0s5heN3ilWEC-oPYt139ATAhng6aAkaqlSGl71c1v2nNx1vRb8f5ntFxCVDq0bTmIH2mMVCRo5IIHa6Ljji-Mrnk-VbVLHUs05Rqud4qsgu5p5T0YU-vzXbY4qFwFL_nHXNjNdGJQOEHjZssotNWkqA92VppRP/w640-h480/Blue%2021.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Outstanding composite optical photography. I don't know what method was used to shoot and isolate the actors and create silhouette mattes, especially given this was early 3-Strip Technicolor? The optical line ups and associated roto enhancements, where required, are <u>still</u> mind blowing. Did I mention that this was all <i>nineteen forty</i> and 3-strip Technicolor?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrZOohfmZAI8MrrqLEAgWP1gmxUsnoRPK02FqQC75XcfgDsXF6sz9PxzW3xFicJNMZ2KNmNNuj1Mk4CVbXAO9nxrv8G60i0Fdu9Lf9dzxPkJfX7PHMLTM0R1S_t1DE4EkBU5-2NDqDQ-iBt6mZKmeO13Lec2NPZZNh66F2W8DaWU6ZUVuqxZEmvAJ/s2952/Blue%2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="2952" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrZOohfmZAI8MrrqLEAgWP1gmxUsnoRPK02FqQC75XcfgDsXF6sz9PxzW3xFicJNMZ2KNmNNuj1Mk4CVbXAO9nxrv8G60i0Fdu9Lf9dzxPkJfX7PHMLTM0R1S_t1DE4EkBU5-2NDqDQ-iBt6mZKmeO13Lec2NPZZNh66F2W8DaWU6ZUVuqxZEmvAJ/w640-h242/Blue%2022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BLUE BIRD was one of some, amazingly, <b>14</b> <i>(yes, fourteen no less) </i>films up for the Best Visual Effects Oscar in 1940(!!!) The line up was an odd mixed bag of titles and studios: BOOM TOWN (MGM); THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (Universal); DR CYCLOPS (Paramount); FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (United Artists); INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS (Universal); THE LONG VOYAGE HOME (United Artists); ONE MILLION BC (Hal Roach); REBECCA (Selznick); THE SEA HAWK (Warner); SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (RKO); TYPHOON (Paramount); WOMEN IN WAR (Republic) <i>and</i> THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (Korda) which won the Oscar. Now, I've seen 12 of those films, and as good as THIEF OF BAGDAD was, I don't feel it should have taken that Oscar. The travelling matte work and miniatures in BLUE BIRD were exceptional in my book, and should have been rewarded. Among the others here, BOOM TOWN would have been a runner up in my book - outstanding trick work by Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe and Irving G. Ries.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwL8H_qni9hZo3OsE8gtI3t27zoKTFIlk23voi7YxS2m-bvb8ltMhRBEX5WQ-VjNTOAQ9dcPWSwkcvzTRrweS-BW6fXais3UtnlH6YWGpe9Xq8MubUcfeOXvJMCOOOBrE6oU4-gaGIc_L0lhN2SpLMz-CdHe701KG5bFoikLbd8WKiZcgyraA29A1/s2010/Blue%2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2010" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwL8H_qni9hZo3OsE8gtI3t27zoKTFIlk23voi7YxS2m-bvb8ltMhRBEX5WQ-VjNTOAQ9dcPWSwkcvzTRrweS-BW6fXais3UtnlH6YWGpe9Xq8MubUcfeOXvJMCOOOBrE6oU4-gaGIc_L0lhN2SpLMz-CdHe701KG5bFoikLbd8WKiZcgyraA29A1/w640-h490/Blue%2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Absolutely terrific rear projection work supervised by Sol Halperin. No mean feat as RP work in Technicolor was usually dreadful, with ghastly washed out process plates, unstable images and lacklustre colour. Very 'slow' 35mm film certainly hindered things, but the work here in BLUE BIRD stands head and shoulders above the rest... and it was 1940! I don't know if Halperin had any sort of double or triple head projection gear as other studios did, but I assume so due to the richness of the plates as combined with the action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jSB7THJIpNwS3XmB-BsFlrfl-0Zcp-dPwpeJllhgVNYu0arup2w1zn8Nar4kdcyI8ri5FWi6ppUCl7ImQMFNZCyZ1u2oNRvBjx4aAkDypgvPm_JgEJOml2voMKoJrLjH9DJmlydF0w4fGJe1voBgc4-kuDaRgLYt3n0jIvK-0L8iX3fhfBfbEGYS/s2168/Blue%2024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="2168" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jSB7THJIpNwS3XmB-BsFlrfl-0Zcp-dPwpeJllhgVNYu0arup2w1zn8Nar4kdcyI8ri5FWi6ppUCl7ImQMFNZCyZ1u2oNRvBjx4aAkDypgvPm_JgEJOml2voMKoJrLjH9DJmlydF0w4fGJe1voBgc4-kuDaRgLYt3n0jIvK-0L8iX3fhfBfbEGYS/w640-h478/Blue%2024.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u>Spoiler alert</u>: The scheming and snarling Gale Sondergaard gets too close to the conflagration. Superb miniatures, physical effects, camerawork and optical compositing. Oscar worthy alone.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddqI4YVpV61ScOt4k94k5KrOY2fIfLH74ePRsdhBbWUpxgUY7Z0W-Asfa3hqnyUN3Rhd0uKVnY_zZrZa4gprJiafhEziKGmDBDyQpzhAaeK8IO4AFpRvwvH3F6aF1I_O2QpYnjBhh-ty0AapX3m3mrDSJHtE_pZzJeYRRlSyCMJrexHK5aSDTfYVk/s1440/Blue%2025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddqI4YVpV61ScOt4k94k5KrOY2fIfLH74ePRsdhBbWUpxgUY7Z0W-Asfa3hqnyUN3Rhd0uKVnY_zZrZa4gprJiafhEziKGmDBDyQpzhAaeK8IO4AFpRvwvH3F6aF1I_O2QpYnjBhh-ty0AapX3m3mrDSJHtE_pZzJeYRRlSyCMJrexHK5aSDTfYVk/w640-h480/Blue%2025.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'd so love to see a breakdown and behind the scenes pics from this film. If you've got any, you know who to contact :)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4o3KX5mJrXoI9mGbAS_H1j4p-Ws3qbubTMRLZYueCileipMRsbJdN-70NX27b1QEjvzZEPEyz7mNa65JNmrb6OOeKuqxXwHfLemxwKxS1H8FvwpAuwWE6qHDLWjO1Sw9YoTER8ZFfqmNyxK6U5Y2_qYyxzp9ZnVUokfUVMA3iDAqlxmp6mBttKrRk/s2984/Blue%2026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="2984" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4o3KX5mJrXoI9mGbAS_H1j4p-Ws3qbubTMRLZYueCileipMRsbJdN-70NX27b1QEjvzZEPEyz7mNa65JNmrb6OOeKuqxXwHfLemxwKxS1H8FvwpAuwWE6qHDLWjO1Sw9YoTER8ZFfqmNyxK6U5Y2_qYyxzp9ZnVUokfUVMA3iDAqlxmp6mBttKrRk/w640-h242/Blue%2026.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Again, excellent process work, and mind bogglingly bloody good miniature/optical combination work. It don't get much better than this folks.... and at risk of repeating myself, this was <i>nineteen-fucken-forty</i>, not 1980, and bulky, cumbersome old 3-strip Technicolor to boot!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YTn5NvYi4R3Wh9nXIEKqENAonzecCP23-XZlOyjPC8NCj1IH9MhjJo7TjmXJ5aRHHZfnxCfaX2W5lKBVgink1w6zSjF4xFDn7L7KatRp1OuYX3YxMbdEJ2oyGhSJIx1FD3umxeSD4fGk-Z_1Tcibt62ipd0TZk-AelFVhQnoZlaajlf1Ia5Bu4BP/s1440/Blue%2027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YTn5NvYi4R3Wh9nXIEKqENAonzecCP23-XZlOyjPC8NCj1IH9MhjJo7TjmXJ5aRHHZfnxCfaX2W5lKBVgink1w6zSjF4xFDn7L7KatRp1OuYX3YxMbdEJ2oyGhSJIx1FD3umxeSD4fGk-Z_1Tcibt62ipd0TZk-AelFVhQnoZlaajlf1Ia5Bu4BP/w640-h480/Blue%2027.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I did lighten up some of these shots a little, as the sequence is at night and the copy I have is quite dark, hence some matte lines here which <u>aren't</u> visible in the actual film as it runs.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRMh_wXAimurggKtyF8nBeGiZ95LSiaoprfePrDnsyJFDFo_xw5z31hMk4hU2-Z3E6P3rEPiJvWi3XprMAuat6XLX_IN5Jz3cyDvqTMQwfkOEse128urlx_wbyW-kFdQlb60HXxXPwJE29C8NFPultPdR_pksmeILgqWb1f_YpmMpxP8Pai0WseX6/s1953/Blue%2028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="1953" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRMh_wXAimurggKtyF8nBeGiZ95LSiaoprfePrDnsyJFDFo_xw5z31hMk4hU2-Z3E6P3rEPiJvWi3XprMAuat6XLX_IN5Jz3cyDvqTMQwfkOEse128urlx_wbyW-kFdQlb60HXxXPwJE29C8NFPultPdR_pksmeILgqWb1f_YpmMpxP8Pai0WseX6/w640-h486/Blue%2028.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Who ever said that lightning never strikes twice?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXATpc8TZYyYfv2Cqoy_cYCahJw-9jLlEC9LxBd2f2RU9_tUfvPhbqJx320Lm2oT6UXGDUuroF5c4ht_fn8onsH9M2Z4SWOHdXoa6wk0Th4PyoJ39kW0_s20xiiXhI7Q6wxBCDTtvFP43l05xPhbQFGu3XRtu92CJdVXULr_nkFdHjIrjPNclBLLYG/s1440/Blue%2029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXATpc8TZYyYfv2Cqoy_cYCahJw-9jLlEC9LxBd2f2RU9_tUfvPhbqJx320Lm2oT6UXGDUuroF5c4ht_fn8onsH9M2Z4SWOHdXoa6wk0Th4PyoJ39kW0_s20xiiXhI7Q6wxBCDTtvFP43l05xPhbQFGu3XRtu92CJdVXULr_nkFdHjIrjPNclBLLYG/w640-h480/Blue%2029.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHFpOtWe8006FbIgEp08WxuCh2YeX4LlK472fZ_J1D5wU1G9ZwctmmgGdzKsWwS-Wynfv77El3Aa7UYUWB7h3wbxEiZZE6bIRsLAtTH7N_ZasKUUk8A_BzrsC6j6x78ecI1ggu-Zz8Jh2-cGJIMvQSR5-RXisyjFJa7IGxlcDvOFhs2tVQYzvdFNN/s2960/Blue%2030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="2960" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHFpOtWe8006FbIgEp08WxuCh2YeX4LlK472fZ_J1D5wU1G9ZwctmmgGdzKsWwS-Wynfv77El3Aa7UYUWB7h3wbxEiZZE6bIRsLAtTH7N_ZasKUUk8A_BzrsC6j6x78ecI1ggu-Zz8Jh2-cGJIMvQSR5-RXisyjFJa7IGxlcDvOFhs2tVQYzvdFNN/w640-h244/Blue%2030.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The 'kids in peril' aspect must surely have frightened young audiences of the day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjk1Op14MYg7iBImubgn3ZAQnwFtWtn3HLG1RJJnyOpp16lGKZ9-bQZbuv2RLluehHr9ZFbQiveao5JMp-Mh2n-jhNqhVe1Yp72QHAZwg42oOO3ZbYljYkzt-CAC2tn3CSieEWWhnPUGJdU3B-5-bZmYu0dVMX-tn42O02XzZ72JKDB9HkG4RJyTvJ/s1440/Blue%2031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjk1Op14MYg7iBImubgn3ZAQnwFtWtn3HLG1RJJnyOpp16lGKZ9-bQZbuv2RLluehHr9ZFbQiveao5JMp-Mh2n-jhNqhVe1Yp72QHAZwg42oOO3ZbYljYkzt-CAC2tn3CSieEWWhnPUGJdU3B-5-bZmYu0dVMX-tn42O02XzZ72JKDB9HkG4RJyTvJ/w640-h480/Blue%2031.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Made all the more devastating with the sound editing by Edmund Hansen and Roger Heman, who, as was the Academy nomination selection system for decades, the sound supervisor or sound fx re-recording guy, were <i>always</i> automatically co-nominated with the visual effects guy. It always seemed so strange an arrangement.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_ddPZ8_UGou0NKuRu9db9Zlx1ccUF_KNoS1ULV8nqLqasUvYlrsgTR_aGTNToDHaz4TuYXHAKztzw0FMb_V8neRtQQ1VnS3piIXjtYzngosVrFXYYx6ONHMGZl55TISa3P-jDBHbjDeGdjGf_zBT_Npu2frl32KAp_pFeIkfwWAY3BiJh9cl9m0h/s1923/Blue%2032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="1923" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_ddPZ8_UGou0NKuRu9db9Zlx1ccUF_KNoS1ULV8nqLqasUvYlrsgTR_aGTNToDHaz4TuYXHAKztzw0FMb_V8neRtQQ1VnS3piIXjtYzngosVrFXYYx6ONHMGZl55TISa3P-jDBHbjDeGdjGf_zBT_Npu2frl32KAp_pFeIkfwWAY3BiJh9cl9m0h/w640-h486/Blue%2032.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other celebrated effects films from 20th Century Fox that also utilised extensive 'insertion' of live actors within miniature settings via travelling mattes included THE RAINS CAME <i>(which won the Best FX Oscar in 1939)</i>; IN OLD CHICAGO; THE BLACK SWAN; SUEZ; CRASH DIVE; DANTE'S INFERNO; THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR and many more. The Sersen unit <i>really</i> were leaders here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjuGJKHGSWJsxnVBlJutqo7XjeMAsNhTgOpatos37fxkKIrCN5smi99dABiGIzRcDqe7x7OwVxYnodhN7T_zBPk79XSofwFspx9U0-19G-3e1kqSET4jodttU1Jc_2n3i4KdEfJYQsb7f0NwlcuQAzimYEtpLplHTPxE-Ooa63SAqW7sK_ORr-kOe/s1440/Blue%2032a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjuGJKHGSWJsxnVBlJutqo7XjeMAsNhTgOpatos37fxkKIrCN5smi99dABiGIzRcDqe7x7OwVxYnodhN7T_zBPk79XSofwFspx9U0-19G-3e1kqSET4jodttU1Jc_2n3i4KdEfJYQsb7f0NwlcuQAzimYEtpLplHTPxE-Ooa63SAqW7sK_ORr-kOe/w640-h480/Blue%2032a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4crQXO2ugx0hoXhUoiE8nnsKV6METsF0im7tQo9bI7jLfREfAe1uLW0clLxDC_h1fO5L7hd6AdGsr59xzxzxEZ4ixk6nxmr49sBRkv-nGjdwdmHNGRH2I-JrCPR-9qsYiNKqrfihqxTfN2dqsDWrRYLmImkqLIKYNhpea29Oyko58HTLsIrTFpgN/s2964/Blue%2033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="2964" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4crQXO2ugx0hoXhUoiE8nnsKV6METsF0im7tQo9bI7jLfREfAe1uLW0clLxDC_h1fO5L7hd6AdGsr59xzxzxEZ4ixk6nxmr49sBRkv-nGjdwdmHNGRH2I-JrCPR-9qsYiNKqrfihqxTfN2dqsDWrRYLmImkqLIKYNhpea29Oyko58HTLsIrTFpgN/w640-h242/Blue%2033.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oh, brother... what a breathtaking shot!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqY0Fsi6gjUQXYdVZ4yawqrYvCKiO76tXFOueaOVCgVSy_vG1NBz6ISKsMsrIPHHerPsu206hI70XpK1xfIlRk6B1NCLrr4nSSBt1VCnMmB6we0Vvhesg8mwvvp1Vq8uxxUCKUxF9O3cyEXmSmv87bWc2R7fPa-T57IwuPDFC6h8wMzthu6GHhrSeJ/s1440/Blue%2034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqY0Fsi6gjUQXYdVZ4yawqrYvCKiO76tXFOueaOVCgVSy_vG1NBz6ISKsMsrIPHHerPsu206hI70XpK1xfIlRk6B1NCLrr4nSSBt1VCnMmB6we0Vvhesg8mwvvp1Vq8uxxUCKUxF9O3cyEXmSmv87bWc2R7fPa-T57IwuPDFC6h8wMzthu6GHhrSeJ/w640-h480/Blue%2034.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Words fail me...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEtxc4PwRm7VRNLrIvzJyFc5tpjiL_Z_qGEwb2rrkHTJdj2w13QF3Hn1R2oF6Yb4TfZ3etnGjUhChr4p03JAelLjWxvbJcXBnSshe0TsZ9lo3hJBMa1MJnxFyRG1nlYugBGnq9MJcFhibHZYOCIu3BnSJ-gnEiLORVbq9kD9m0YZn5i-ZzIb8EkcM/s1440/Blue%2035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEtxc4PwRm7VRNLrIvzJyFc5tpjiL_Z_qGEwb2rrkHTJdj2w13QF3Hn1R2oF6Yb4TfZ3etnGjUhChr4p03JAelLjWxvbJcXBnSshe0TsZ9lo3hJBMa1MJnxFyRG1nlYugBGnq9MJcFhibHZYOCIu3BnSJ-gnEiLORVbq9kD9m0YZn5i-ZzIb8EkcM/w640-h480/Blue%2035.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably the best fx shot in THE BLUE BIRD, with this completely out of control, raging inferno almost enveloping our fresh faced cast. Man, this must have looked a million dollars up on the big screen at the local Odeon back in the day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGn2czTx7taAveciNly2NBeXSMW-gIeeVZul0RMy0sXFOMQhCSpQBD7VXnQldSWlEVklRSZlbW1YfwatgCwZo_poO9H4RwNqK4nsfd0UDz5yTmilileAi-cT4nPT9gH8sRotuj4J2-JHgEKGiHVNWRUucRQ49SvintXHMPV3CLFVMDUqXVAgkMjZnv/s1440/Blue%2035a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGn2czTx7taAveciNly2NBeXSMW-gIeeVZul0RMy0sXFOMQhCSpQBD7VXnQldSWlEVklRSZlbW1YfwatgCwZo_poO9H4RwNqK4nsfd0UDz5yTmilileAi-cT4nPT9gH8sRotuj4J2-JHgEKGiHVNWRUucRQ49SvintXHMPV3CLFVMDUqXVAgkMjZnv/w640-h480/Blue%2035a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRlDo0K96jLKRSM3fciaUwYfqLhGKBK3Cs2eOntIaO0ywrX7FIVI7MrqnlVe0hDjMec9-K9z-gh6w6u0qF_VQlxrOD5uhlX7A_KwkqCQ96mGpswEGqb76AsTcFIRJNDjqgxWNQWQmlcnbYZQ3XhzoQa3hMo711lTAqi1Klw58C39tNk5rgs3LkeBH/s2058/Blue%2036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2058" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRlDo0K96jLKRSM3fciaUwYfqLhGKBK3Cs2eOntIaO0ywrX7FIVI7MrqnlVe0hDjMec9-K9z-gh6w6u0qF_VQlxrOD5uhlX7A_KwkqCQ96mGpswEGqb76AsTcFIRJNDjqgxWNQWQmlcnbYZQ3XhzoQa3hMo711lTAqi1Klw58C39tNk5rgs3LkeBH/w640-h478/Blue%2036.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Too many frames do I hear you mutter? I don't like to do these things by halves, and fine visual wizardry absolutely deserves as <u>complete</u> a coverage as possible. Agreed?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0tOIdkcLDxg54VA2mN_F4bPbc4BMiMMULVNz6_Aex2sGgTZ3oIF7H6wxkXuEvGujPitjQktAUfVy39j_sqj9WSJQGDmGaA6Vovib1lZmg-lIA31SbPJEKeLDRCMBHdkjBXuHdK0EBJ3i5LhyW9P_394xQOJLFVWQvpbCLLBZtqD3zQO9YHJNMG1y/s1440/Blue%2037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0tOIdkcLDxg54VA2mN_F4bPbc4BMiMMULVNz6_Aex2sGgTZ3oIF7H6wxkXuEvGujPitjQktAUfVy39j_sqj9WSJQGDmGaA6Vovib1lZmg-lIA31SbPJEKeLDRCMBHdkjBXuHdK0EBJ3i5LhyW9P_394xQOJLFVWQvpbCLLBZtqD3zQO9YHJNMG1y/w640-h480/Blue%2037.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60y7NDxWTk7CRGh29U0e5Ctxp-cdlxdZ7D6g-oGr4Lduw3YIg9CvlJKUEpixVfDZtSJYiL4VnAUoNFoPgmIhiLMsoMRTPE2LD1kmnVhKCVknzini8FKuXzRDZ4grhFp27L67-qMdMhlAvxXRX7W3qKdLhcEca59239ZdF5gbvqY03qJG-6Wf4foRi/s1968/Blue%2038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="1968" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60y7NDxWTk7CRGh29U0e5Ctxp-cdlxdZ7D6g-oGr4Lduw3YIg9CvlJKUEpixVfDZtSJYiL4VnAUoNFoPgmIhiLMsoMRTPE2LD1kmnVhKCVknzini8FKuXzRDZ4grhFp27L67-qMdMhlAvxXRX7W3qKdLhcEca59239ZdF5gbvqY03qJG-6Wf4foRi/w640-h474/Blue%2038.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A stray fireball ignites and brings a huge tree down, <u>almost</u> obliterating Miss Temple and pals.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="2964" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljdMhktDz3FWwyrNMI0a_Yiwx8ZqvKZhAMGEFFHjkA-LcBnCcVbAc1G0n1o3AHziElQJosr3Qvko2rcmzUCVc4tLVUg4iv2rIf8b0bTbI6ng5KuI9XSB32C0KHKHBNWnQOXpcNGzh92aCv7wP2PO2w2uv0n5j6c7_JIaPI1vHi5HSgHMye7XoqR3B/w640-h244/Blue%2039.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">You can practically feel the intense heat from here!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljdMhktDz3FWwyrNMI0a_Yiwx8ZqvKZhAMGEFFHjkA-LcBnCcVbAc1G0n1o3AHziElQJosr3Qvko2rcmzUCVc4tLVUg4iv2rIf8b0bTbI6ng5KuI9XSB32C0KHKHBNWnQOXpcNGzh92aCv7wP2PO2w2uv0n5j6c7_JIaPI1vHi5HSgHMye7XoqR3B/s2964/Blue%2039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i></i></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXgYWgpmOug9D1tgewKK3Ac7eugWf2yWeZa8ALvlNOTZlDyW53BJ77CaRZ8yo0MVoSLstdA4wO8Alq5j8fNAf3S0URR4qf-cyR4zqc9HgoAnhO5QSpbeCaNMIjhEJOaKUPB0wiK6DL1jGMRcJFyjj17OQOyrlxKwGRRqlWPCcX0d42M6SXPIe_J8r/s1440/Blue%2040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXgYWgpmOug9D1tgewKK3Ac7eugWf2yWeZa8ALvlNOTZlDyW53BJ77CaRZ8yo0MVoSLstdA4wO8Alq5j8fNAf3S0URR4qf-cyR4zqc9HgoAnhO5QSpbeCaNMIjhEJOaKUPB0wiK6DL1jGMRcJFyjj17OQOyrlxKwGRRqlWPCcX0d42M6SXPIe_J8r/w640-h480/Blue%2040.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbiDjxbyckXgE89T93fUUsLLJR7K74AFuGMTlwrSCQ4pCvLlY6OFZffg7g3aq-YKnweE36h-RKFz46mf1_C8PApdQi9JQ8LYirnmxtcB7PhOMtP2AXQckHhnhKt5uWRQt8-W2G8KNSlr2LQY7E8u6CmtjsSviuKuEGE9coy9ciFJp_XPv4RsgePLa4/s2166/Blue%2041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1614" data-original-width="2166" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbiDjxbyckXgE89T93fUUsLLJR7K74AFuGMTlwrSCQ4pCvLlY6OFZffg7g3aq-YKnweE36h-RKFz46mf1_C8PApdQi9JQ8LYirnmxtcB7PhOMtP2AXQckHhnhKt5uWRQt8-W2G8KNSlr2LQY7E8u6CmtjsSviuKuEGE9coy9ciFJp_XPv4RsgePLa4/w640-h476/Blue%2041.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm incredibly impressed with how well the physical fire aspects of these shots were handled. The utmost in carefully designed and executed 'miniaturised pyro' - not an easy element to control. The scale factor here is as good as <u>anything</u> else I've ever seen. Really should have taken home that elusive Oscar that year!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4h5Ri2woDYhqrvHZbkJrkTZHMXK9dhDmNaTNGGwMHQDxrtQmgEfiA2tqm0KQJjIWKnm2YaQX9khLjKA5QUbLHQpNWNwRNZDu1uOiwiGAKS6RDMet0VBuo78njixjSrmXY-8yJQeenpHWKzXaeB5K3PNXvsCi5_WB57InngOqQeZbvqfovYEzPHclB/s1440/Blue%2042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4h5Ri2woDYhqrvHZbkJrkTZHMXK9dhDmNaTNGGwMHQDxrtQmgEfiA2tqm0KQJjIWKnm2YaQX9khLjKA5QUbLHQpNWNwRNZDu1uOiwiGAKS6RDMet0VBuo78njixjSrmXY-8yJQeenpHWKzXaeB5K3PNXvsCi5_WB57InngOqQeZbvqfovYEzPHclB/w640-h480/Blue%2042.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The trio escape the conflagration and drift downstream to where the most exquisite of 'good fairies' has a meet & greet. Mostly painted shot here of course.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJl37qHuLWn60jJBb0F3Gs3FeosRvZvop90TEyVZ389YkJVEE7w9jbgyjiO-d9VIcXdKqcGpaIFsRrcBvFWGTLs8xUpx8ClQXSQdBpA5QF_5-VNgvWeZUo17-6kjyuzK-Ahf587vdqcE4c2tn8WdKq4_AVOJXYvR2ZHqR6PLxE8SkbJTnd77t7zNrn/s2211/Blue%2043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1605" data-original-width="2211" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJl37qHuLWn60jJBb0F3Gs3FeosRvZvop90TEyVZ389YkJVEE7w9jbgyjiO-d9VIcXdKqcGpaIFsRrcBvFWGTLs8xUpx8ClQXSQdBpA5QF_5-VNgvWeZUo17-6kjyuzK-Ahf587vdqcE4c2tn8WdKq4_AVOJXYvR2ZHqR6PLxE8SkbJTnd77t7zNrn/w640-h464/Blue%2043.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">After all the big budget commotion that preceded it, the kids finally get to go home and find their Blue Bird of Happiness right on their doorstep. And they all lived happily ever after... excepting Gale Sondergaard, who was spectacularly burned to a crisp, but she deserved it because she wasn't really very nice at all.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tPTV8EuCuqz5sB9m3ebYdqKW4wMHSJXZ7YQ7U5errIOw1r0i4JXj_XJ559j36CQ6iCKTI33RUNqzlg790YTdYXaN4uWiMEyZ_k6ik6-bTDPROWyqONteSLi8j98NwnKXrIkTmz9fygjsSwZCkaQN7c-oxoJlFO0f2MyNplTghgEpw27XW2LyF1fO/s1389/silent%20enemy-artwork.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1389" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tPTV8EuCuqz5sB9m3ebYdqKW4wMHSJXZ7YQ7U5errIOw1r0i4JXj_XJ559j36CQ6iCKTI33RUNqzlg790YTdYXaN4uWiMEyZ_k6ik6-bTDPROWyqONteSLi8j98NwnKXrIkTmz9fygjsSwZCkaQN7c-oxoJlFO0f2MyNplTghgEpw27XW2LyF1fO/w640-h448/silent%20enemy-artwork.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oh yes... I absolutely love a good WWII flick, with the British action true account THE SILENT ENEMY (1957) being a solid, gripping, worthwhile event.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcfj1r6-QpN3nmRlgt-Fo69fRRqn-Ihi_qLKFkdR7BEZV8HvgxMi-giaIoSqeHO81d7zKVc-psP3-mDXBBLs4izQrzlm8LbjKeytXMs78seuNKw7epRXos0_6ZfSah61gzGc3LHTZL10xfJkPD6HN6Ye_Y9kxWARLKV4E-Cyh_7q4yNkd8y6Fciip/s1768/silent1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="1768" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcfj1r6-QpN3nmRlgt-Fo69fRRqn-Ihi_qLKFkdR7BEZV8HvgxMi-giaIoSqeHO81d7zKVc-psP3-mDXBBLs4izQrzlm8LbjKeytXMs78seuNKw7epRXos0_6ZfSah61gzGc3LHTZL10xfJkPD6HN6Ye_Y9kxWARLKV4E-Cyh_7q4yNkd8y6Fciip/w640-h510/silent1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Shepperton Studio production, the film is <u>packed</u> with special effects, mattes and miniature work, all supervised by veteran Wally Veevers. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHiNlHnzIKtxFglGeW3XHUceHU3ARSJdOkBtzpzxiW2DZoGLWKCpSDl3IPdcPQXBgHJphMZ4uZuf56Xl6BhxqzR-YpJRJ_eXwoKvS4XBVlWJhlT18NP5Y3zG2hKxcpA4yBJqADMEkrVSIQlGxCCvodn6bq_e17gedySrVMeHzOukJv2Rn2PvozZr-/s3024/silent2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="3024" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHiNlHnzIKtxFglGeW3XHUceHU3ARSJdOkBtzpzxiW2DZoGLWKCpSDl3IPdcPQXBgHJphMZ4uZuf56Xl6BhxqzR-YpJRJ_eXwoKvS4XBVlWJhlT18NP5Y3zG2hKxcpA4yBJqADMEkrVSIQlGxCCvodn6bq_e17gedySrVMeHzOukJv2Rn2PvozZr-/w640-h238/silent2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An impressive opening shot of a huge fleet in the port of Alexandria, Egypt, was a superb matte painting, likely by Bob Cuff, who described painting on this film. Bob was one of Wally's foremost artists and worked on scores of notable British films such as HOBSON'S CHOICE, MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, MACKENNA'S GOLD, COLDITZ STORY, THE GUNS OF NAVARONE and THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN. Bob also worked on Kubrick's 2001 with Wally, whereby as a change of pace, he created forced perspective physical moonscape miniature sets.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilU7wIxGWZu_43sT9IH46lXm03piIUuOmhLTUzs4IeffhZIQJuaYENZRY7z7fpyFtwhpndrJ8zMa4jBIsXxkL7PkGwUX1s1hUV68mpffNMwkigjcuS7qoxxFWVtCysaLWfuqOPM0frvICZOzRwNo6RsBmrA6skRlI0i3yqF41Ntm4GwlEHJbzYzpsC/s1480/Silent3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilU7wIxGWZu_43sT9IH46lXm03piIUuOmhLTUzs4IeffhZIQJuaYENZRY7z7fpyFtwhpndrJ8zMa4jBIsXxkL7PkGwUX1s1hUV68mpffNMwkigjcuS7qoxxFWVtCysaLWfuqOPM0frvICZOzRwNo6RsBmrA6skRlI0i3yqF41Ntm4GwlEHJbzYzpsC/w640-h468/Silent3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A serene maritime setting just prior to a major underwater demolition job. An entirely manufactured visual effects shot utilising Wally's preferred method of matting miniature (or painted) ships into real water, complete with a superb painted sky. I can't be certain whether these ships were models or painted, but feel after several viewings they are likely matte painted, almost certainly by Bob Cuff who just loved intricate, highly detailed work such as this.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhgfo3hCAYJUYDFyRANCRGbkdLxOn3jSxEo0VizCXpI1XA-eUNaPtah2Deh_kr6FrYYZex9Ly0WmUxNqichE7cjJi-bJrdiTFSFyWYp2-gJkxDt80JhLK_rAzfMiJk2VAwzJgi7BRDtyHtk7157NXtW4Uo8iuErAisDsqibziOW7CeZzu5eBl0LEy/s1480/silent4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhgfo3hCAYJUYDFyRANCRGbkdLxOn3jSxEo0VizCXpI1XA-eUNaPtah2Deh_kr6FrYYZex9Ly0WmUxNqichE7cjJi-bJrdiTFSFyWYp2-gJkxDt80JhLK_rAzfMiJk2VAwzJgi7BRDtyHtk7157NXtW4Uo8iuErAisDsqibziOW7CeZzu5eBl0LEy/w640-h468/silent4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same harbour setting in a subsequent day shot leading up to the dramatic action piece. Once again, not entirely sure but feel the ships possibly painted on a separate plane to the painted city and sky beyond.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fP4SBLBtYYhnzufzDn-fnzJ1deWNkeG6MD7GVgK7IphI59T7nmfBCLAB6Yeua2_91MCZum8SZvx0bVBh6RK60lB6QrIMW_52LS9ZtvW8VeWdQTqUJYo78wHcbddu4e6f0TfkWOysiplCrvwcN3NyFguazLHuIpKTIflEb2yzBLCGXnKw_Hz9UKcy/s1820/silent5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1820" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fP4SBLBtYYhnzufzDn-fnzJ1deWNkeG6MD7GVgK7IphI59T7nmfBCLAB6Yeua2_91MCZum8SZvx0bVBh6RK60lB6QrIMW_52LS9ZtvW8VeWdQTqUJYo78wHcbddu4e6f0TfkWOysiplCrvwcN3NyFguazLHuIpKTIflEb2yzBLCGXnKw_Hz9UKcy/w640-h492/silent5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frames from the moment of destruction, with excellent cel animation supplemented mine explosion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMkhHycJ-wCKbT9CfA0sAmnkpyYWRkZ9JkXPb1y8ONwsJuuvoGLkJ9gkOE5b-5CD6i6lzhUJmRcvszyJBGu5peOYLl2OKZzdQ9yfN6cZz9f-k1kItivytJmexAvThfcxbWiTVf-ILXhjdfYjhRLb3yi1TnD-3kBIx05ZnoGr7dclgFsD_Jp8gweaT/s1480/silent6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMkhHycJ-wCKbT9CfA0sAmnkpyYWRkZ9JkXPb1y8ONwsJuuvoGLkJ9gkOE5b-5CD6i6lzhUJmRcvszyJBGu5peOYLl2OKZzdQ9yfN6cZz9f-k1kItivytJmexAvThfcxbWiTVf-ILXhjdfYjhRLb3yi1TnD-3kBIx05ZnoGr7dclgFsD_Jp8gweaT/w640-h468/silent6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Complex shot with an already multi-element composite further extended with additional matted in explosion element.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLXlGGWp1Z4urgT0o49S_nuYPKRdvKuZ79Th8G97RA2K5PW5958laLVvJ-5PDGqIGlkg-BhP2xqa3ugPt2z8iTVLtatpQeiKURf3SNjswt3z4Av3Ns1l28NcMqegNEKM-FXDDlWcE-fNAKgC2Fh251jqQhuHFP7jHeUzUG-aNbMOB293MM-HjYqZt/s2140/silent7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="2140" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLXlGGWp1Z4urgT0o49S_nuYPKRdvKuZ79Th8G97RA2K5PW5958laLVvJ-5PDGqIGlkg-BhP2xqa3ugPt2z8iTVLtatpQeiKURf3SNjswt3z4Av3Ns1l28NcMqegNEKM-FXDDlWcE-fNAKgC2Fh251jqQhuHFP7jHeUzUG-aNbMOB293MM-HjYqZt/w640-h484/silent7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I think it's a really impressive photographic effect, even considering the bottom of the 'explosion plate' set up is clearly evident here as still frames, but never visible really in the actual sequence. Probably some soft roto mattes around the water eruption to excellent blend result.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheHQO8g7eSfpct-AvWji_KXKfxVv9t0darLCY05rZXiyIP_aF3wPOnFz3Ed2q-qBgTbJWY-MXnOdN_BG6zW1zxb4rqBOM3eAWpO67MtR49QotqWeBDM3WoEoNdn-nkKz0_zp2S3qqB6bDtQjh1EJ2L7rpmAO_ZTZhVJG9IkW3-Ex5i5fu0OBetLOh/s1480/silent8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheHQO8g7eSfpct-AvWji_KXKfxVv9t0darLCY05rZXiyIP_aF3wPOnFz3Ed2q-qBgTbJWY-MXnOdN_BG6zW1zxb4rqBOM3eAWpO67MtR49QotqWeBDM3WoEoNdn-nkKz0_zp2S3qqB6bDtQjh1EJ2L7rpmAO_ZTZhVJG9IkW3-Ex5i5fu0OBetLOh/w640-h468/silent8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Wally was himself, an experienced vfx cinematographer, with a substantial catalogue of films and trick shots under his belt. For many years he was matte cameraman to the legendary Walter Percy 'Pop' Day, and they worked together until Day's retirement, at which point Veevers assumed command of the Shepperton effects department around 1952. Wally had a knack for inventing devices and equipment for effects shots, usually at home in his workshop where all the tools were at hand. He developed important 'motion repeater' devices for shooting mattes and models on films like THE BLACK ROSE and BATTLE OF BRITAIN and contributed enormously to Stanley Kubrick's 2001. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiyuDGN1TzwM5SirHyNfhJGA5Shggl4Aw7Wn35smQPg00_iSxu6rNXcU64phqyFaBvgX4H06pJDQ4_cO2kflxXfv9bNFtz35SfLlZS_V2wQyB17s2o6vYg3WGwPig-2zCrLztf68P5HphEfqJjbeFeBfSioBJLFe50ImlLLYtVsXTo_FUSo_hdwH_/s2264/silent9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="2264" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiyuDGN1TzwM5SirHyNfhJGA5Shggl4Aw7Wn35smQPg00_iSxu6rNXcU64phqyFaBvgX4H06pJDQ4_cO2kflxXfv9bNFtz35SfLlZS_V2wQyB17s2o6vYg3WGwPig-2zCrLztf68P5HphEfqJjbeFeBfSioBJLFe50ImlLLYtVsXTo_FUSo_hdwH_/w640-h462/silent9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The second destroyer blows sky high as well. Again, a very complex combination visual effect scene here, <u>and</u> to add the icing to the cake, Wally has this second ship sway violently from the blast, coming close to a capsize. Absolutely superb fx design and execution here, and my hat's off to Wally and his unit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XjfJ1kO1GThR9BJTxBV_K0p-NXFE2TM7nGkb7ZMGTc-prlZLRw4iJpQUKhhXHSE-MxbXSpuKqYh22Neeakj4AgnLNe-SZmHIt98msH-i-EMZBT2OWnq8_SN5Blx5mflVG39AiY1HexENH0jWGd7bALaLp_V0r8O94fAxaJyfxBX9QOg7gyyN6XLE/s1480/silent9a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XjfJ1kO1GThR9BJTxBV_K0p-NXFE2TM7nGkb7ZMGTc-prlZLRw4iJpQUKhhXHSE-MxbXSpuKqYh22Neeakj4AgnLNe-SZmHIt98msH-i-EMZBT2OWnq8_SN5Blx5mflVG39AiY1HexENH0jWGd7bALaLp_V0r8O94fAxaJyfxBX9QOg7gyyN6XLE/w640-h468/silent9a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Again, I'm trying to figure whether it's model destroyer action or painted, with the otherwise static glass painting tilted frame by frame to suit what will be an explosion element doubled in later. Note: Many years later Al Whitlock also used a similar <i>'frame by frame tilt'</i> of a large painted glass of the HINDENBURG zepplin, hand cranked one frame at a time, for the shot at the climax where the airship explodes and drops down a few degrees at the mooring mast in New Jersey. This SILENT ENEMY sequence is incredibly well done, though if my reader(s) are more of the <i>'DC'/'Marvel Universe'</i> bent, then this will all be so nil interest, sadly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnt-J83sPpZHCA-KsH_WvIANeuxqeNk5IYJHzuPfGN5PeP61XTQAehvrmvcG5b2TyucR-aW6y0i6QmEQGlwFLR9x4LsL9--f4Nebh0AklqVugTVTcfuk6iBeNyoKGOoMb8PQ4198yKzqGInXpXNbNIBlSK-R3Ib8WCHo6UecoOLflEngPj1OFJTwFC/s3044/silent%2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="3044" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnt-J83sPpZHCA-KsH_WvIANeuxqeNk5IYJHzuPfGN5PeP61XTQAehvrmvcG5b2TyucR-aW6y0i6QmEQGlwFLR9x4LsL9--f4Nebh0AklqVugTVTcfuk6iBeNyoKGOoMb8PQ4198yKzqGInXpXNbNIBlSK-R3Ib8WCHo6UecoOLflEngPj1OFJTwFC/w640-h238/silent%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Rock of Gibraltar and harbour filled with warships, as viewed from an airplane, was a <u>full</u> matte painting, again likely another of Bob Cuff's mattes. Bob was a highly respected technician in the UK film industry. I was sharing some emails with Kent Houston, whose fx company Peerless Optical in London, would always try and go out of his way to try to secure Bob's services for any matte assignments on film, tv and commercials. Kent told me that Bob was an absolute gentleman, as well as the finest matte artist he'd been involved with.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxQE7Ppae9WAOLS40fELHmTY3QeEWg13WI-kDE16TDlSy4FiUj1H4GFlIcg07XJNRvvf-S0lYYRBlytFFtsxvwAZX3x7rbw0WL2y42L5Wvk-P3fFLDi2dom0LptREtp4N_nYZPgXdg-fGTutve4jkrs893WtypF2K120tIMb0TzPdrT87Fe_xeUlf/s1480/silent%2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxQE7Ppae9WAOLS40fELHmTY3QeEWg13WI-kDE16TDlSy4FiUj1H4GFlIcg07XJNRvvf-S0lYYRBlytFFtsxvwAZX3x7rbw0WL2y42L5Wvk-P3fFLDi2dom0LptREtp4N_nYZPgXdg-fGTutve4jkrs893WtypF2K120tIMb0TzPdrT87Fe_xeUlf/w640-h468/silent%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painters also working alongside Bob at Shepperton at the time included Albert Julion, David Hume and head matte painter, George Samuels, the brother of Ted Samuels, who was chief physical effects man for many years.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7rlr0Sp-dMZCvvmEgwbyqT1tj4cepc3_IycqgbV10W2perVrKiA1P_zJyhusJPm0snyyHhf6445jyzY0NLT24YHA51ej7Mk6VAIF9L8PkjOKNItzJefawu4za91z49vCJcYRsgGnLt2nKYBYKNlTDv4z3Fbny96HTUGw-JxKlTJZA_dyNmCDXs7b/s1940/silent%2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1940" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7rlr0Sp-dMZCvvmEgwbyqT1tj4cepc3_IycqgbV10W2perVrKiA1P_zJyhusJPm0snyyHhf6445jyzY0NLT24YHA51ej7Mk6VAIF9L8PkjOKNItzJefawu4za91z49vCJcYRsgGnLt2nKYBYKNlTDv4z3Fbny96HTUGw-JxKlTJZA_dyNmCDXs7b/w640-h486/silent%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Massive maritime miniature mayhem. Sadly, the high speed photography wasn't anywhere near 'high' enough to scale down the boom sufficiently. I don't know what high speeds were possible back in the 50's.... probably not much more than 72fps - at most - I'd imagine?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTuOmlCs0TW_-O1ClD-JQEYQ0Nc0QsZfTfp9D0fEwGFPOTvEP8yoUrGngWlVNWKQgAJI_Vw2ZW63AcUZJpHy9G6uMHsP6uGqJx6WqLq-tw1FOSu6VKMhT1fEx7rVzgjZg6yoA5Xtt3f-5NAVH6ybvL6ImkgJsWcL7EWuN1FLjQfEJQ-iO6F-06ZcLy/s1480/silent%2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTuOmlCs0TW_-O1ClD-JQEYQ0Nc0QsZfTfp9D0fEwGFPOTvEP8yoUrGngWlVNWKQgAJI_Vw2ZW63AcUZJpHy9G6uMHsP6uGqJx6WqLq-tw1FOSu6VKMhT1fEx7rVzgjZg6yoA5Xtt3f-5NAVH6ybvL6ImkgJsWcL7EWuN1FLjQfEJQ-iO6F-06ZcLy/w640-h468/silent%2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Plane shot down was a split screen job with model plane in tank with painted backing at Shepperton, while the foreground ocean is the real deal, matted in, as Veevers often did, to lend an authentic scale to the sea.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGffScu6Dm6_Tq1XOXv8SamZd4_MhzbjOk0ZvdQM2zr3P2cgLXYNsKNx8jU0T-FOJZYSzt4Ul6kNPvFwL6WnP2cRMHcQYJro0lU4ngvfxGlnCd-BfA7S4fXPB0evpQkAT0LIb9n8b8fAOlL05TXw-2LleB-AelDsNru7L1F_henJYoqrxHezR8dPi/s1980/silent%2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="1980" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGffScu6Dm6_Tq1XOXv8SamZd4_MhzbjOk0ZvdQM2zr3P2cgLXYNsKNx8jU0T-FOJZYSzt4Ul6kNPvFwL6WnP2cRMHcQYJro0lU4ngvfxGlnCd-BfA7S4fXPB0evpQkAT0LIb9n8b8fAOlL05TXw-2LleB-AelDsNru7L1F_henJYoqrxHezR8dPi/w640-h436/silent%2014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Looks like the exact same 'explosion' element used for the ship scenes earlier on.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lZ3UbGB9rGsHF_cFATB_Soo1whpPrz9VFd2j6seLwckve4_e3NMxvpwQB55iRLCG7EgnEbmDLolLf8dSe-NlVPV_8zHG3qSCjUezpUUcrWgxeJvXYu-_uFmvmz8RvO5A5XySFpiNw1ymO89jWd9sjSsu5nk1Sl0a6w5-rsFm9nuX2sjNSY610bR3/s1480/silent%2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lZ3UbGB9rGsHF_cFATB_Soo1whpPrz9VFd2j6seLwckve4_e3NMxvpwQB55iRLCG7EgnEbmDLolLf8dSe-NlVPV_8zHG3qSCjUezpUUcrWgxeJvXYu-_uFmvmz8RvO5A5XySFpiNw1ymO89jWd9sjSsu5nk1Sl0a6w5-rsFm9nuX2sjNSY610bR3/w640-h468/silent%2015.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte art from just above Laurence Harvey's head.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23BI8Y4pAHu7Mc2uPXQtm7NYCg4tPZkkniZxBEysWs2xW2wVVN5G1Del660QyjHLvPeR7XfCqIMVD45HlKFi3cJKmnIEZRgGnSLCs2Ox5MKiM6giE_0rqqRk351Wy5sZ3GkXUVH-qXsq7UhDzPdcDpbnPGDzo5yfB8w4e73TBMHPCSgt7JJtuzdkj/s1480/silent%2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23BI8Y4pAHu7Mc2uPXQtm7NYCg4tPZkkniZxBEysWs2xW2wVVN5G1Del660QyjHLvPeR7XfCqIMVD45HlKFi3cJKmnIEZRgGnSLCs2Ox5MKiM6giE_0rqqRk351Wy5sZ3GkXUVH-qXsq7UhDzPdcDpbnPGDzo5yfB8w4e73TBMHPCSgt7JJtuzdkj/w640-h468/silent%2016.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A full matte painted night scene with real ocean plate added in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoT-NoHLk2ivICoaWeKD7B9bHKS3-5w1k5E2ONySLoGTL1mmSEC-KVo41lJ5B_-T_IbtC9TR6vkUAZJVJqF017xmfaK0d6r28nnmFgINcJy6CZ-acPT_K-crRE0R9179thZaMRF6wcVdGy4ZWddkZvIrRt7IcdsaZWlKBSjswL59tgL2IZTOtcVak/s1996/silent%2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1996" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoT-NoHLk2ivICoaWeKD7B9bHKS3-5w1k5E2ONySLoGTL1mmSEC-KVo41lJ5B_-T_IbtC9TR6vkUAZJVJqF017xmfaK0d6r28nnmFgINcJy6CZ-acPT_K-crRE0R9179thZaMRF6wcVdGy4ZWddkZvIrRt7IcdsaZWlKBSjswL59tgL2IZTOtcVak/w640-h502/silent%2017.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More midnight mass destruction in miniature, though as mentioned, the shots didn't quite have a slow-enough motion to bulk it all out. Wally's effects cameramen, with him for many years, were John Mackie and Peter Harmon.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUMSGw6eeRBk-GWRIvvyv5ZWf74avVC6C-vW2yaNacNaePwfN90gaX69uJ7FJOt4YY_iIpTGA5adJJGk3HR1xlGElffGbPhqobCxuC8J9EEiUOsHQ_vywsXcHd1yWNEF-reAinouKvBDlvoqJvU64BE2m5X9XIj0WDwH0XCpZqSAA0ia-GuW2gHOd/s1480/silent%2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUMSGw6eeRBk-GWRIvvyv5ZWf74avVC6C-vW2yaNacNaePwfN90gaX69uJ7FJOt4YY_iIpTGA5adJJGk3HR1xlGElffGbPhqobCxuC8J9EEiUOsHQ_vywsXcHd1yWNEF-reAinouKvBDlvoqJvU64BE2m5X9XIj0WDwH0XCpZqSAA0ia-GuW2gHOd/w640-h468/silent%2018.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Split screened in foreground action with an extensive painted view of the ship and background vessels.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCCHmINCXUBnbOtqZq9VGklzR1mOP4H0UEoNYOdt2z0cbuA5mPdbm0x5_SN4g7GvBLc4ug7-ITOhQ-r8tQwnyyPeacf7gsjVbfpeeMI1-HA9aMMhcbCl7B5Nfb551ECo_uyfLo2Kh4mq082F6uKEjWctX1btk0msNM3fNK1KgjhNFzHaX40DUuuV4/s1480/silent%2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCCHmINCXUBnbOtqZq9VGklzR1mOP4H0UEoNYOdt2z0cbuA5mPdbm0x5_SN4g7GvBLc4ug7-ITOhQ-r8tQwnyyPeacf7gsjVbfpeeMI1-HA9aMMhcbCl7B5Nfb551ECo_uyfLo2Kh4mq082F6uKEjWctX1btk0msNM3fNK1KgjhNFzHaX40DUuuV4/w640-h468/silent%2019.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Multi-part composite: Real foreground water, painted ships, and various explosion elements strategically placed to excellent effect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZWELf9nkQFlU4ArphB-Ncrbp62Z24loQoYlWRmyJdp0Xrxljf2DwObAPWnQWbiY37xpjlegVYRYP8YIiSSW1ICLQwtvDXWmsSpCFDp8AsEkcFwQVZ6B6Hmt4DUFCUPspIHtDWlARgO0cj-BMY1iLcWjjUM0XdqfBz1wE5RmBPHA11YQrYORtGewJ/s1480/silent%2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZWELf9nkQFlU4ArphB-Ncrbp62Z24loQoYlWRmyJdp0Xrxljf2DwObAPWnQWbiY37xpjlegVYRYP8YIiSSW1ICLQwtvDXWmsSpCFDp8AsEkcFwQVZ6B6Hmt4DUFCUPspIHtDWlARgO0cj-BMY1iLcWjjUM0XdqfBz1wE5RmBPHA11YQrYORtGewJ/w640-h468/silent%2020.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Gibraltar harbour chock-filled with ships. The ships are all matte painted, and I assume the Rock itself and sky could be too, but I might be wrong? Possibly an actual live plate of Gibraltar and port, with just the Navy painted on glass, which on reflection I'd tend to think is the deal here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvIRULMEpkkV2P7bo0Iz_PgnISy8e8cxd5QA6VV4heOP24qoLRSXhrlyAGKYD8soIHXezhmAATGPQSUp1g0YFgRTAUEj11zW4cIih1beKcwNblFRdfKYhXEGc6lRlWbYbpRsUDCG2ovd9dcmS6h1RM7ZcRUDLCpMP-LMjlV2Ta7v9q2y7qySdIzdL/s1480/silent%2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvIRULMEpkkV2P7bo0Iz_PgnISy8e8cxd5QA6VV4heOP24qoLRSXhrlyAGKYD8soIHXezhmAATGPQSUp1g0YFgRTAUEj11zW4cIih1beKcwNblFRdfKYhXEGc6lRlWbYbpRsUDCG2ovd9dcmS6h1RM7ZcRUDLCpMP-LMjlV2Ta7v9q2y7qySdIzdL/w640-h468/silent%2021.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, <u>this</u> shot is very cool. Practically a full screen matte painting - even the close foreground with even the jetty and rope, as well as all of the sea traffic! Just a portion of 'real' ocean matted in for about the mid quarter of the frame.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWXTN5wouFjdaVCssdI8-HvnJ92cjBlxgorqiD9JaDZDYMokcWRyJjtY6Fv8ri12xsHyJWXyI2ixef8lgULWgpCIyW8ME1UYPv1HUBiQLsmexMsOdsD6t-xT_CymwXFkLu5FfV_wlY0F9hFWpXx7PgRuamuSHYrM2v0j15b3YX9BJdLkF82ze5HvX/s1480/silent%2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWXTN5wouFjdaVCssdI8-HvnJ92cjBlxgorqiD9JaDZDYMokcWRyJjtY6Fv8ri12xsHyJWXyI2ixef8lgULWgpCIyW8ME1UYPv1HUBiQLsmexMsOdsD6t-xT_CymwXFkLu5FfV_wlY0F9hFWpXx7PgRuamuSHYrM2v0j15b3YX9BJdLkF82ze5HvX/w640-h468/silent%2022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Large miniature, filmed in the tank this time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjem2EFN4f5Rq-Jn8hfq1zZXBzjgIJe6s_VXfXciEn4xBchyRhnPGdG9jKBWPB97aqzPblVvujYD7fkVbYONT8frsWBRIUzUmv-aBq-9Xnf5ZPoidx_JHSz-ZbikR5Z6I1HylCiKpYulocmZjp7bhZEhiez3qzftjfxi4tnmaLRPYEelv_h0Eb6sg5b/s1480/silent%2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjem2EFN4f5Rq-Jn8hfq1zZXBzjgIJe6s_VXfXciEn4xBchyRhnPGdG9jKBWPB97aqzPblVvujYD7fkVbYONT8frsWBRIUzUmv-aBq-9Xnf5ZPoidx_JHSz-ZbikR5Z6I1HylCiKpYulocmZjp7bhZEhiez3qzftjfxi4tnmaLRPYEelv_h0Eb6sg5b/w640-h468/silent%2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Merchant Navy suffers yet another blow...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJbv0Ihh2fPIvyNYxVWQUHV2b6ToUNm5PPSOVyMRS8UpOXkLoERuNPtsdaC93sPuVdD7wLbCidsFxN23u2pvtm4IeHA5tIw8gmP0VKqtq00BxqvLaNXVzz1Lg6EwHy1v8W-j2etTYkmrhVr22p8zn1Lt9fS4k62UBdYu-Q9rmXc3PeoQfMgezrvPr/s1480/silent%2022a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJbv0Ihh2fPIvyNYxVWQUHV2b6ToUNm5PPSOVyMRS8UpOXkLoERuNPtsdaC93sPuVdD7wLbCidsFxN23u2pvtm4IeHA5tIw8gmP0VKqtq00BxqvLaNXVzz1Lg6EwHy1v8W-j2etTYkmrhVr22p8zn1Lt9fS4k62UBdYu-Q9rmXc3PeoQfMgezrvPr/w640-h468/silent%2022a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A single frame - with each successive frame being dramatically different - from the cel animated underwater mine explosion. Looked good in final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKUFzxTN5DLk18icr6Z9XeGsJnIfvxUXWj1YVc91Ph8krlmbCKcwsWxa6nM6h3fLo8V1VflYfpeLGaR_tE9c1UUynhfmYecAQuJWXdQV72DQSLk4UjHzDftc6lmN5mZu3V9VRzZuVQEVzaGJdxn6LYt7uO0UcqA61S1-fyin8V-Pd9b9rGpQXOthp/s1480/silent%2024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKUFzxTN5DLk18icr6Z9XeGsJnIfvxUXWj1YVc91Ph8krlmbCKcwsWxa6nM6h3fLo8V1VflYfpeLGaR_tE9c1UUynhfmYecAQuJWXdQV72DQSLk4UjHzDftc6lmN5mZu3V9VRzZuVQEVzaGJdxn6LYt7uO0UcqA61S1-fyin8V-Pd9b9rGpQXOthp/w640-h468/silent%2024.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final scene, possibly a mix of foreground miniatures in tank(?) and extensive matte art for rest of it. The distant ships are all on a single moving glass, as all travel in unison at the same speed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLS1R24DaTSRliEP-iZvp9t1vEA0_Ws3bfDzZvL4MjvXxscIzHy0-HnEAD5etRCbEDIW6YEkByxZam_g8n1Gx0AT9ypfedi8DrwlYonJ7BK_1DtZnOxOvTDke6q2RtDbFIiyGqDUKfbkfr_S7DiX-1-sYuUTPxaLEN58tCj3zkZY7qjFcDdYB-2Xi/s600/Silent%20Enemy-art1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="600" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLS1R24DaTSRliEP-iZvp9t1vEA0_Ws3bfDzZvL4MjvXxscIzHy0-HnEAD5etRCbEDIW6YEkByxZam_g8n1Gx0AT9ypfedi8DrwlYonJ7BK_1DtZnOxOvTDke6q2RtDbFIiyGqDUKfbkfr_S7DiX-1-sYuUTPxaLEN58tCj3zkZY7qjFcDdYB-2Xi/w400-h305/Silent%20Enemy-art1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">So, all up, a great movie if you're anything like NZ Pete, who loves these 'special commando/saboteurs on dangerous mission' type scenarios. I read tons of true life accounts and have many books on WWII.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklUUStMFDqo4RptAiO-Mum1haxy1n1aHdaw5Rz67SeDquTPNU2eEDBVgilkw5fAXpwgnBC2O6koHsI8xb68J49Fh3tjsIBVEJTRrpfsYvP1Uka41w3yOK5FJmZ_rxxoW6gjlXcZZ1TaRwBeW3vH-WhoQS81C_Go-7KMP3UjIEBEnBjQ5ZdaO9VJ1i/s1266/Omar-artwork%20sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="1266" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklUUStMFDqo4RptAiO-Mum1haxy1n1aHdaw5Rz67SeDquTPNU2eEDBVgilkw5fAXpwgnBC2O6koHsI8xb68J49Fh3tjsIBVEJTRrpfsYvP1Uka41w3yOK5FJmZ_rxxoW6gjlXcZZ1TaRwBeW3vH-WhoQS81C_Go-7KMP3UjIEBEnBjQ5ZdaO9VJ1i/w640-h460/Omar-artwork%20sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Paramount's grand, Technicolor costume extravaganza, OMAR KHAYYAM (1957) was a pretty hokey affair, but then most of the 'desert romance/high adventure' flicks of the day weren't much more.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEup7I5d7TRuHunyCj5r8wEMvAC3y5tJVtcUMsE8QNWbfpXOtwRr1LREstSXC_hIqh5UGW-v9VZu5e-l7UXjNP_F9Szr7aJmoaxf1GRZvrJKUB-OIBlXvx8mJV3gSHF9O2P3GxCn6En6f4MKp93887CU3fSbQzLl_Y_w_IpjXGsMmlE8et0DwVf7o7/s2460/VistaVision.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="2460" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEup7I5d7TRuHunyCj5r8wEMvAC3y5tJVtcUMsE8QNWbfpXOtwRr1LREstSXC_hIqh5UGW-v9VZu5e-l7UXjNP_F9Szr7aJmoaxf1GRZvrJKUB-OIBlXvx8mJV3gSHF9O2P3GxCn6En6f4MKp93887CU3fSbQzLl_Y_w_IpjXGsMmlE8et0DwVf7o7/w640-h458/VistaVision.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As with all preceding Paramount logo's, this grand, widescreen rendering for the studio's VistaVision high resolution camera negative process, was painted by old time matte painter Jan Domela.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjyPuRRV-xPLXf5GcJW6rlzpVpmhnl4cSMTy1vtZe4NtSpguofWr70RYYK1XeP_8basDt_CWJ4CXj1vyvEY3AAwxnMJc4yQKtaT04TNEVKeRfdHHw-ywIywyh2TsxKuLgCy_1RRfr3rTzQpJgnlaScHPXBgGy5-l_8ZFawdvbjaRbkl3eO3az4k43/s1632/Omar-titles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1632" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjyPuRRV-xPLXf5GcJW6rlzpVpmhnl4cSMTy1vtZe4NtSpguofWr70RYYK1XeP_8basDt_CWJ4CXj1vyvEY3AAwxnMJc4yQKtaT04TNEVKeRfdHHw-ywIywyh2TsxKuLgCy_1RRfr3rTzQpJgnlaScHPXBgGy5-l_8ZFawdvbjaRbkl3eO3az4k43/w640-h338/Omar-titles.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">John P. Fulton was in charge of the photographic effects, which included mostly matte art and a bit of miniature work at the end. Farciot Edouart always made damned sure he got his name up on screen on every Paramount film, even though in this case it just amounted to one or two process shots. I was told a funny story about Edouart. As well as being quite arrogant and self important, he was determined to remain with the studio long into the break up of the special effects department, when <i>Gulf & Western</i> were cutting costs in all departments. Every time the 'suits' from the head office in NYC came to the Hollywood lot, Farciot would run off and literally hide in little 'boltholes' he knew about, scattered around the lot, in an effort to save his neck from the hatchet-men and their metaphorical axe! They caught him in the end, and I'll bet he was lead away kicking and screaming(??) Only in Tintseltown!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cQbN0dDXYQn9hQjxhp9HwnRkd_55EYDDqd7h23jPKfi8JsYb9HlDhfjJUV884EN9kyaTRSMyu_hYesbHqq29kW7-K_gi-p5XSR1IORbVzCBe8X_nRDMkIA2LGwCVzubI_-X4IWmMPeSIzQtz8RO00g-Sy44sYkTOaInx6HBTrTHsIJ4u50Q9aJin/s2852/Irmin%20&%20Jan%20with%20matte%20set%20up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="2852" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cQbN0dDXYQn9hQjxhp9HwnRkd_55EYDDqd7h23jPKfi8JsYb9HlDhfjJUV884EN9kyaTRSMyu_hYesbHqq29kW7-K_gi-p5XSR1IORbVzCBe8X_nRDMkIA2LGwCVzubI_-X4IWmMPeSIzQtz8RO00g-Sy44sYkTOaInx6HBTrTHsIJ4u50Q9aJin/w640-h222/Irmin%20&%20Jan%20with%20matte%20set%20up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Quite a number of painted mattes were used for OMAR KHAYYAM, with the usual duo of fx cinematographer Irmin Roberts (extreme left) and painter Jan Domela providing the shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pYiU7mIO913fUdHiVmfbJMYIItGK6w1USc7xeVfHwn6EnBNJpkrye39lZsCzEn3rGDLFQIq-714fUd_Lqc7VZbYo4Dz5JVgvJ35EkhWtl4kc4ScBBmHIfIdM3TObrz6zftlH2AvaQFLSEhxcsuvJbRrVCdJmgaT8MdzQH7Ak1N3K8vnWtBKRKdIu/s1920/Omar1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pYiU7mIO913fUdHiVmfbJMYIItGK6w1USc7xeVfHwn6EnBNJpkrye39lZsCzEn3rGDLFQIq-714fUd_Lqc7VZbYo4Dz5JVgvJ35EkhWtl4kc4ScBBmHIfIdM3TObrz6zftlH2AvaQFLSEhxcsuvJbRrVCdJmgaT8MdzQH7Ak1N3K8vnWtBKRKdIu/w640-h346/Omar1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The first matte was this view of the Holy city - a matte that was originally painted by Jan the year before for Alfred Hitchcock's THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956). Jan has altered and repainted small details here for the more 'historic era' context of OMAR KHAYYAM. See below for the <i>original</i> version for Hitchcock's film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUMxKy3pBwUXYUcUOHiyUfzvAyCJft1WkGPhmfhotHIGjcWXvn7iDffWbHpparz2TxMvI9Xc8X5MfIj6V4wXIbqpYJCn20i6i-Yvnce5LOZ7DG_a_0j4BfFSeG7gL0DRJbCSZg1bNtYHYECCsxqQShKnURO1EV80bpcoyRHsaX9bppAA0eYdijdhj/s1455/Man%20Who%20Knew%20Too%20Much-56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="1317" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUMxKy3pBwUXYUcUOHiyUfzvAyCJft1WkGPhmfhotHIGjcWXvn7iDffWbHpparz2TxMvI9Xc8X5MfIj6V4wXIbqpYJCn20i6i-Yvnce5LOZ7DG_a_0j4BfFSeG7gL0DRJbCSZg1bNtYHYECCsxqQShKnURO1EV80bpcoyRHsaX9bppAA0eYdijdhj/w580-h640/Man%20Who%20Knew%20Too%20Much-56.jpg" width="580" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The original Hitchcock matte art, seen at two different times of day. Note in lower frame the matting in of Muslim prayer guys on Minarets etc, as well as small cranes and refurbishing construction equipment, all of which was painted over for the OMAR film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHjWB3gKE6guPqKe2ukbn31KurWFSmLmd8NL0sh7dxCmp-9S-2AKd40jY6G_EbVO8ghaBCpWP9Zhn0i8pwZPLTU7778OMnusB-q9blr4JoiQD2J18yQQ2cgYnSkwauYL_g9Hd7VJPRNbymOiAlelKOcRBz_jiHECILP1RfytffbFWIhfkLOzkZgdQR/s1920/Omar2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHjWB3gKE6guPqKe2ukbn31KurWFSmLmd8NL0sh7dxCmp-9S-2AKd40jY6G_EbVO8ghaBCpWP9Zhn0i8pwZPLTU7778OMnusB-q9blr4JoiQD2J18yQQ2cgYnSkwauYL_g9Hd7VJPRNbymOiAlelKOcRBz_jiHECILP1RfytffbFWIhfkLOzkZgdQR/w640-h346/Omar2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A grand establishing shot, also entirely painted. Jan Domela would get upset with how some of his carefully chosen hues would show quite skewed when composited. Jan's daughter told me he would complain about <i>"cameramen and their use of filters that altered his colour schemes"</i>. For evidence, see below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDyPQE_RchbOpttga__OT5jGr1kz-YUKtxa9Tii0ntgJXnDY3OXJjsQjph6Z94rlu_YqUdJ_Z67L-jBE5KIc0lu8JAxL5DHnQv8M8cmomqsRmVP2L_nNpFoN57N2hqzxor6-RilPsawN1HLotWamWYH7ZNYZjzysJBzzMWvp_hkcP-cYXjjD5pMUe/s2348/Domela-OmarKhyayan%20painting1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="2348" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDyPQE_RchbOpttga__OT5jGr1kz-YUKtxa9Tii0ntgJXnDY3OXJjsQjph6Z94rlu_YqUdJ_Z67L-jBE5KIc0lu8JAxL5DHnQv8M8cmomqsRmVP2L_nNpFoN57N2hqzxor6-RilPsawN1HLotWamWYH7ZNYZjzysJBzzMWvp_hkcP-cYXjjD5pMUe/w640-h390/Domela-OmarKhyayan%20painting1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rarity indeed, inasmuch as no Paramount Studio mattes are known to still exist, unlike MGM for example, where hundreds are floating around out there. In Jan's daily studio diary he mentioned pulling the matte from storage and 'filling in' the blacked out area for it to be used as a 'stock matte' for subsequent productions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpO9UUv0bp7bEVg8hOq_gJuAtXUh2BdZPj45Gs9EnPpnwD7b4HpBd8Ltc9A9fh9UZAyZxtcnkrkSt0_wgO8LfIUlC8_UzzYlu3zh7Fol7goSVvauqHBYVgX3VVZ-zo3N-LsHYX6xcp4JqLiQcSt9FaHe1lUnF3ojjV-rIE3Tde4sBwH6h1_iOj320/s2088/Domela-OmarKhyayan%20paintingdetail1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2088" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpO9UUv0bp7bEVg8hOq_gJuAtXUh2BdZPj45Gs9EnPpnwD7b4HpBd8Ltc9A9fh9UZAyZxtcnkrkSt0_wgO8LfIUlC8_UzzYlu3zh7Fol7goSVvauqHBYVgX3VVZ-zo3N-LsHYX6xcp4JqLiQcSt9FaHe1lUnF3ojjV-rIE3Tde4sBwH6h1_iOj320/w640-h420/Domela-OmarKhyayan%20paintingdetail1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 1</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSIvEQIT89hBVQhfDMLqPYUWCphxLQug0jW_nEw0-dmcmUnZVzqeQ8YD9i5bBSaoiqL0rlghoC4AVZBFKWVUxnIZi24uWOj9G1KwZjc5UGtcClJDVINgm9ayanS6ysmRqMVchKIufh7Q24ij1kzLx21bkAbf5CDf5lqFNq539DScI8yYuqJs0SFNX/s2780/Domela-OmarKhyayan%20paintingdetail2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="2780" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSIvEQIT89hBVQhfDMLqPYUWCphxLQug0jW_nEw0-dmcmUnZVzqeQ8YD9i5bBSaoiqL0rlghoC4AVZBFKWVUxnIZi24uWOj9G1KwZjc5UGtcClJDVINgm9ayanS6ysmRqMVchKIufh7Q24ij1kzLx21bkAbf5CDf5lqFNq539DScI8yYuqJs0SFNX/w640-h462/Domela-OmarKhyayan%20paintingdetail2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some peeling and chipping of Jan's oil pigments evident.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WctRXHycRMqg9gaDy_XJOrquQc_OGuwd_pUdvJQJtmsX6uSNHsrULRH8FpzXZOi43H4WbDn6vcqLf1lQct7lrg5Tq6UU_2SM_TYR8Pz-c-dvB2uXKDqLzWXHFIAK3rZJxizJSDcUZtYzLUM0f9uuv-JLHdhUPVBVHNyz_rWMw8wkH6jNjM430rLJ/s2064/Domela-OmarKhyayan%20paintingdetail3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="2064" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WctRXHycRMqg9gaDy_XJOrquQc_OGuwd_pUdvJQJtmsX6uSNHsrULRH8FpzXZOi43H4WbDn6vcqLf1lQct7lrg5Tq6UU_2SM_TYR8Pz-c-dvB2uXKDqLzWXHFIAK3rZJxizJSDcUZtYzLUM0f9uuv-JLHdhUPVBVHNyz_rWMw8wkH6jNjM430rLJ/w640-h420/Domela-OmarKhyayan%20paintingdetail3.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More detail. Note Jan's gentle colour scheme when compared with the off-kilter final production comp.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-oPqJQvcGG-2guFeu61MX4RPXKHRWFE1sEmmH2sNlurMqOwaYH52FpPnC85vay4zwkcXxd-xIh2YjW0H0WFOCWq6wB-gXsdtcUowh4JAHam7jHLweZMq0dkYyuMKI2ByfWZ_wx8SH4-tuVc84cmgy3B63vk17S2oR5yDrFsyYfr1OI2dVEp1r9yj/s2684/Domela-OmarKhyayan%20paintingdetail4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2684" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-oPqJQvcGG-2guFeu61MX4RPXKHRWFE1sEmmH2sNlurMqOwaYH52FpPnC85vay4zwkcXxd-xIh2YjW0H0WFOCWq6wB-gXsdtcUowh4JAHam7jHLweZMq0dkYyuMKI2ByfWZ_wx8SH4-tuVc84cmgy3B63vk17S2oR5yDrFsyYfr1OI2dVEp1r9yj/w640-h406/Domela-OmarKhyayan%20paintingdetail4.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some fine close up detail. The matte is in the care of Jan's daughter, and she said <i>"he just came home with it one day".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUptIsgfTx9UnkgdY3xNF_ghqPvmNHrRkRtKPD0_2nyzITXudYL0q0ClJQ4hgBNWw-4GLkQS4TWIoj7XqiD0ljSjlR-XJm0vH5-n_QMDg1YWDjK2rxxkHgrmZJEG4jiyl7YHkkPQBeJMyYskLd71m6zdGlNl9QQCNpwKhzfuU5jS5YfWkgYWvnUK7/s1920/Omar3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUptIsgfTx9UnkgdY3xNF_ghqPvmNHrRkRtKPD0_2nyzITXudYL0q0ClJQ4hgBNWw-4GLkQS4TWIoj7XqiD0ljSjlR-XJm0vH5-n_QMDg1YWDjK2rxxkHgrmZJEG4jiyl7YHkkPQBeJMyYskLd71m6zdGlNl9QQCNpwKhzfuU5jS5YfWkgYWvnUK7/w640-h346/Omar3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Evening outside the palace. Note the oddly off-centre tower at right??</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKPMVltCbHrRsPEdiAv7OWO8qcZel1otoi_mNk4Mw-0eQy30r8PQiT8fmJ6tVbW9X96d4XeVYmSTWMFLEIZnayhEY-4DdbAhiSFGZxB2bE3kSmGTK2aNFIkLq8qlfyiRI0H9VaoDedCAcMsacwsDYzYlgjrfvB5W9vo8tJl349n_ClVEAxI7a2Fb2/s1920/Omar4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKPMVltCbHrRsPEdiAv7OWO8qcZel1otoi_mNk4Mw-0eQy30r8PQiT8fmJ6tVbW9X96d4XeVYmSTWMFLEIZnayhEY-4DdbAhiSFGZxB2bE3kSmGTK2aNFIkLq8qlfyiRI0H9VaoDedCAcMsacwsDYzYlgjrfvB5W9vo8tJl349n_ClVEAxI7a2Fb2/w640-h346/Omar4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Our swarthy hero, Cornel Wilde, rides toward the impressive mountain top fortress of the strange cult lead by Michael Rennie <i>(so good in many other films such as the brilliant THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, though, I digress...)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCk4PNpwGJutuauMQBq90nfEydqNwMl1fPdZUkIFVR1vgIcFY9C3FJ2mxyi97qGknMcMlLLfuXbQFvlEZNTcl81f-Lk5Z4TWXzQ7QfVPChwLB8H3qBK9MThlWQuste9G1StFS--PjTm2eg_RcaB2zRwezNy4lki-LnagtKVAyfCr6xpbwPsih7gOc/s2321/Domela-%20Omar%20Khayham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="2321" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCk4PNpwGJutuauMQBq90nfEydqNwMl1fPdZUkIFVR1vgIcFY9C3FJ2mxyi97qGknMcMlLLfuXbQFvlEZNTcl81f-Lk5Z4TWXzQ7QfVPChwLB8H3qBK9MThlWQuste9G1StFS--PjTm2eg_RcaB2zRwezNy4lki-LnagtKVAyfCr6xpbwPsih7gOc/w640-h370/Domela-%20Omar%20Khayham.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Unfinished test from Jan's album. Looks like the 'craft service' wagon at extreme right?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyvSR8JOzBdBKwU2ajMzsLKPsf582-pD_AypBp8LlBxIOVSDQ47q9vuqDp9qkI9gaYU6dGF7Id0PaoAhVUE9L5hthH7QFpfPuArlmb3OjIn43e8hJc8fytWCYxCXytiOq8erhfiTE2AZFLBQtq291ZUpBoizcdKayoe4RY0vuBqmqEnxKtqTlljiv/s1920/Omar5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyvSR8JOzBdBKwU2ajMzsLKPsf582-pD_AypBp8LlBxIOVSDQ47q9vuqDp9qkI9gaYU6dGF7Id0PaoAhVUE9L5hthH7QFpfPuArlmb3OjIn43e8hJc8fytWCYxCXytiOq8erhfiTE2AZFLBQtq291ZUpBoizcdKayoe4RY0vuBqmqEnxKtqTlljiv/w640-h346/Omar5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It was a solidly built, near indestructable fortress ... though it did have <i>one </i>fatal flaw!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3bqIR_PLciVBxWeBfXM8oK8Vqt6pneoHnDFWQ4xtzo8aPsb55qN8qRfVy2BK_VQLUwg6nLOjG33En8YaqKl5A7rH9_HLZBFsUFYXenjWCThh-0E_Z0Kfua92uyqXML2hsJ3u07wVwKJwcXUw17HyGKLbvScxen71bxDNkMsbiQgpi5vspOrYNvu2T/s1920/Omar6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3bqIR_PLciVBxWeBfXM8oK8Vqt6pneoHnDFWQ4xtzo8aPsb55qN8qRfVy2BK_VQLUwg6nLOjG33En8YaqKl5A7rH9_HLZBFsUFYXenjWCThh-0E_Z0Kfua92uyqXML2hsJ3u07wVwKJwcXUw17HyGKLbvScxen71bxDNkMsbiQgpi5vspOrYNvu2T/w640-h346/Omar6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very nice matte here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirn_cMqJEsZ-NH7727Ksro1oQqa5IcX9yORI9gtwMFOCndl2Y8W0TNDWlr7UVUApaQvAsTaJdvMGLs93_gwV0FkWzAZWpOqalGOOQfzsokiKeKK8-EUeqt-sBJ2D8Ao5Rf-F98TXgU8gwWiwfAj-r4GFJOTceFUCG6PaG6TRheRbRBG-rnfxG3pP6O/s1920/Omar7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirn_cMqJEsZ-NH7727Ksro1oQqa5IcX9yORI9gtwMFOCndl2Y8W0TNDWlr7UVUApaQvAsTaJdvMGLs93_gwV0FkWzAZWpOqalGOOQfzsokiKeKK8-EUeqt-sBJ2D8Ao5Rf-F98TXgU8gwWiwfAj-r4GFJOTceFUCG6PaG6TRheRbRBG-rnfxG3pP6O/w640-h346/Omar7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The luxury penthouse atop Michael Rennie's 5-star, high rise, sacrificial, religious cult pad. Groovy baby.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxCfiv202fOi-UA1EcaIpOTARfjhblq5uJmspvyda_aResYKSKu4ETUDK-2XC9kRYmueTsCehA3erNU2cFP_g0dcaZLiyGe3YaIqdZHOiI9Zsaby66lkhwM7tzWOjIUI4yXjnzkjn9lHB7mcqfZwX0n75ZN-ccrABV3_FP6DyfaA81d-z_uXwUh0S/s1920/Omar8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxCfiv202fOi-UA1EcaIpOTARfjhblq5uJmspvyda_aResYKSKu4ETUDK-2XC9kRYmueTsCehA3erNU2cFP_g0dcaZLiyGe3YaIqdZHOiI9Zsaby66lkhwM7tzWOjIUI4yXjnzkjn9lHB7mcqfZwX0n75ZN-ccrABV3_FP6DyfaA81d-z_uXwUh0S/w640-h346/Omar8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Militia encampment at dusk, as per Domela's matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtPTXv35P-fbdMOHdCD8qrq6yRCwkqzPvGa2BiV_gxroKqmmxr7lbFhjVL4L0mO6Mz-KuG7K2Q0ul4-LokOuF6i0pTQoL_YJqbwO7QDwvcNLf0dAa-pqCZ-jM57Izw4u-nzoK-1ik-2nNVtaODxGDRUJCgQihJLdD4V9p_DsWsDodZdbNSIS30mjG/s2152/Omar9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="2012" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtPTXv35P-fbdMOHdCD8qrq6yRCwkqzPvGa2BiV_gxroKqmmxr7lbFhjVL4L0mO6Mz-KuG7K2Q0ul4-LokOuF6i0pTQoL_YJqbwO7QDwvcNLf0dAa-pqCZ-jM57Izw4u-nzoK-1ik-2nNVtaODxGDRUJCgQihJLdD4V9p_DsWsDodZdbNSIS30mjG/w598-h640/Omar9.jpg" width="598" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The sunrise strikes the golden dome. Matte painting with an added glow effect, maybe as an optical superimposition?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_6oNAwWYE5BxpPOw-zzRRvd1a7nNy3tN1QLypZolGRFde72tKYSl5GQukfoQiezoWxZkq-FcJ7gw9L7-WmKIBrof0cDCFxBR34_sM5EwYBckCRCWtaxI2qLFWAieYwdIts3_yHGBuVvtdr0iEQ5tzSln6MQtKScxZSrHzM2LGWssugSgHQTqw59W/s1920/Omar%2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_6oNAwWYE5BxpPOw-zzRRvd1a7nNy3tN1QLypZolGRFde72tKYSl5GQukfoQiezoWxZkq-FcJ7gw9L7-WmKIBrof0cDCFxBR34_sM5EwYBckCRCWtaxI2qLFWAieYwdIts3_yHGBuVvtdr0iEQ5tzSln6MQtKScxZSrHzM2LGWssugSgHQTqw59W/w640-h346/Omar%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Things turn for the worst, as the attackers discover a clever ploy to destroy the mountain from within. Possibly a matte painting here with miniature upper part, or an entire miniature set up?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvYJPbTjPY5jK-ql-Gw5idoiCtOwTAaWpB2TnZT1QyUN4cjHzHFu9FUZVuUu-mG032BbF2zwJpCO2FVSMpfIY--B3eGs4QI83PUMeT-5ik4b6i5AndJ5QGFvJhSKMJK8fvWjwRnWbvuO-YhOtGlJnSfk11HqNNVH9Dd1lXFg6lKUUjOYBxAiJsjmU/s2040/Omar%2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="2040" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvYJPbTjPY5jK-ql-Gw5idoiCtOwTAaWpB2TnZT1QyUN4cjHzHFu9FUZVuUu-mG032BbF2zwJpCO2FVSMpfIY--B3eGs4QI83PUMeT-5ik4b6i5AndJ5QGFvJhSKMJK8fvWjwRnWbvuO-YhOtGlJnSfk11HqNNVH9Dd1lXFg6lKUUjOYBxAiJsjmU/w640-h190/Omar%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYezg7Ek9a-F7gDqUs7QMipclfB91e6Q6qlI9IcAKEiHHuBxIV2VMm48dWhTh9OGQ2wPB7NwzZtRQm_zOtIKfWqlydqEMRZafPYAyBh8DYjbnrvYqBtejvHDK_0W6T4Z20KE6ZL6eUOmH-dkXSlw5dHyyL9hfDrOfBqUx8moyhmu23rpiH7rqLJrmC/s1920/Omar%2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYezg7Ek9a-F7gDqUs7QMipclfB91e6Q6qlI9IcAKEiHHuBxIV2VMm48dWhTh9OGQ2wPB7NwzZtRQm_zOtIKfWqlydqEMRZafPYAyBh8DYjbnrvYqBtejvHDK_0W6T4Z20KE6ZL6eUOmH-dkXSlw5dHyyL9hfDrOfBqUx8moyhmu23rpiH7rqLJrmC/w640-h346/Omar%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Fulton department were still likely running on a high, having won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects the year before for DeMille's THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7Y3BXNB430lIox-tqliYamyHDqYWT-BIBbqHVrJzUH511Zeoqo1qMpO0scmCUj7Rs49Mdj1vP4_r7X-G6DjPF87cdCockyPnDSyccB9Ee1SNBXxTHgXGzwHygfvavJHJg5itVYCGwLdMvdyMquR5BsHtvPGilJBpxL20sUYiSFkDN4h6PeEUtdiE/s1446/Chump-blog%20art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1446" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7Y3BXNB430lIox-tqliYamyHDqYWT-BIBbqHVrJzUH511Zeoqo1qMpO0scmCUj7Rs49Mdj1vP4_r7X-G6DjPF87cdCockyPnDSyccB9Ee1SNBXxTHgXGzwHygfvavJHJg5itVYCGwLdMvdyMquR5BsHtvPGilJBpxL20sUYiSFkDN4h6PeEUtdiE/w640-h460/Chump-blog%20art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Laurel & Hardy's feature length films were often something of a mixed bag. Seemingly unrelated 'sketches' or irrelevant set pieces tacked loosely together to form an ill fitting hour and ten minutes of mischief. Still, I'll always watch 'em as I like old time comedians, though the utter brilliance of The Marx Brothers will <u>always</u> be my 'desert island' box-set choice by a country mile. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ILTgOBjJ_pNwAwa0YsMqg8IlTVKQHq872Who1dXK_tdF1yr9SMQM3OKtUrFuYnurAyaHv-NV-WqPNVc2E0k3hmB2PdiMrHj8cNvUGZshFEdJKOGFisjFkrMeLnDxhhqab1QN2psBqmyYWshJ7RpZkle155AzseUei2KLWpqsnbCzjbGcJQcXQVMW/s1612/Chump-titles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1612" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ILTgOBjJ_pNwAwa0YsMqg8IlTVKQHq872Who1dXK_tdF1yr9SMQM3OKtUrFuYnurAyaHv-NV-WqPNVc2E0k3hmB2PdiMrHj8cNvUGZshFEdJKOGFisjFkrMeLnDxhhqab1QN2psBqmyYWshJ7RpZkle155AzseUei2KLWpqsnbCzjbGcJQcXQVMW/w640-h460/Chump-titles.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Produced by the small Hal Roach Studio, A CHUMP AT OXFORD (1939) had it's fair share of laughs and clever bits by the highly experienced duo. Roy Seawright was in charge of Hal Roach's photographic effects department as usual.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTv54YIA1SCzwAXEBPWxIk5xxt9eBq0rSSMSNHEgfa9JSXq2_EM-4h94M-ZOPfdQnVbcmkdzOfVMUqmw9IJ5_QJCMvJ2JaBHOFX9GYKR8Pl46D6ZqzekYxCzJyCZZOu-XyFd5JQTscVzYD59-XvLqbOQab5D9StLm-pztUDUQ_-ZqsBThKHpD_gF0/s2540/Seawright%20vfx%20dept%201939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="2540" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTv54YIA1SCzwAXEBPWxIk5xxt9eBq0rSSMSNHEgfa9JSXq2_EM-4h94M-ZOPfdQnVbcmkdzOfVMUqmw9IJ5_QJCMvJ2JaBHOFX9GYKR8Pl46D6ZqzekYxCzJyCZZOu-XyFd5JQTscVzYD59-XvLqbOQab5D9StLm-pztUDUQ_-ZqsBThKHpD_gF0/w640-h320/Seawright%20vfx%20dept%201939.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For a small outfit, the Seawright department at Hal Roach made every cent count, and the on screen results time and again were impressive in many films such as ONE MILLION BC, TOPPER RETURNS and BONNIE SCOTLAND - all effects heavy films. Pictured here (main photo) is Roy Seawright with matte camera, and Jack Shaw, old time matte painter on scores of films for Roach, Selznick and Warner Bros. Top right; an overview of the effects workshop in 1939, with Jack Shaw at left with a horizontal matte stand; optical cameraman William Draper in middle and Seawright with optical man Frank W.Young next to optical printer. Bottom right: Draper, Young & Seawright with matte set up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigG9WAfv_2czKhFDnjKClO83dWsK83ExwDjvzcENAKE5xM-r5y2qqhwbTPAsNmAGrdCx11lbeggziqnSqqbJofJZaEILf2CLooDaTv4dBHC5Cj-MlNa_Z6oq4ottKC0p8r5WI1JnHnVo9d5EiMIt4BCaOliiIBky_bRVvJ2GCFvWWZWAn4SCIrRUJ_/s1436/Chump1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1436" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigG9WAfv_2czKhFDnjKClO83dWsK83ExwDjvzcENAKE5xM-r5y2qqhwbTPAsNmAGrdCx11lbeggziqnSqqbJofJZaEILf2CLooDaTv4dBHC5Cj-MlNa_Z6oq4ottKC0p8r5WI1JnHnVo9d5EiMIt4BCaOliiIBky_bRVvJ2GCFvWWZWAn4SCIrRUJ_/w640-h482/Chump1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">England's illustrious Oxford University, as depicted on the Hal Roach studio lot, with Jack Shaw's matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcoRCI2zlORrV-OJD-dyLfxcP0sF3PjZI_kgUf7FFMYive2WuP9gB1f03LB5H2bG-736rJZyVMSEG6kKz31IS3RHkIGIl0UBjSTbnnwq3LUIeKlpa-NYaF3nUwVkKZjrxRJEe5dzUuF5sW80OxwKBiyswsP6VLXtTL-x8_S34pWNQGnvsVLD6CeVIf/s1436/Chump2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1436" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcoRCI2zlORrV-OJD-dyLfxcP0sF3PjZI_kgUf7FFMYive2WuP9gB1f03LB5H2bG-736rJZyVMSEG6kKz31IS3RHkIGIl0UBjSTbnnwq3LUIeKlpa-NYaF3nUwVkKZjrxRJEe5dzUuF5sW80OxwKBiyswsP6VLXtTL-x8_S34pWNQGnvsVLD6CeVIf/w640-h482/Chump2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very funny extended set piece has our dumb duo trapped in a hedge maze, courtesy of student bully played by none other than the great Peter Cushing in his first screen role. Now, if you look carefully <i>(forget it if you are on a fucking cellphone... worthless for these blogs!)</i> you'll spot a superbly integrated flock of birds flying across the painted matte to lend some life to the effect - probably as a bi-pack element. Now, this was extremely rare in those days, and I can only think of a couple of other examples where animated birds have been introduced into a static matte or matte composite. KING KONG, THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME, SHE, and possibly the original LOST WORLD did it too.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN16RY4FpgUEjY4hrKbGZlySwJTVWjf8UI4pnBcchieGL2-Hj6aTMqCv8SEvPtGzoCA5b-i8_pYahdbDxExxFElb7q6-fDhgp_J8Ik_WtVKWCY_RFz743L8iyKrGfUEKzNSq1YUgk2UemHMgVPxdMq_qDKyIoqHW5-q9HlUREyT0ayYHdCSHPTOqKx/s1436/Chump3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1436" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN16RY4FpgUEjY4hrKbGZlySwJTVWjf8UI4pnBcchieGL2-Hj6aTMqCv8SEvPtGzoCA5b-i8_pYahdbDxExxFElb7q6-fDhgp_J8Ik_WtVKWCY_RFz743L8iyKrGfUEKzNSq1YUgk2UemHMgVPxdMq_qDKyIoqHW5-q9HlUREyT0ayYHdCSHPTOqKx/w640-h482/Chump3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A second view of the hedge maze, with practically all of it painted.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DiSFkXbTtlfdu1Mwyl28U3akaPyNkq1zHa-Z93LmeeO5Jo5EwvhhRIEO1c2Kovs23-Pk9orienf7HH8uIUsEVbG8mC99JJ9ZwhKjOaPQr1EIAh12Vj-pJI0Ga0bqsym3-tavFisM2tGjNhgobNZ1RB1S5VoGdyifEnNoIs6rPgVUVIB2AzPlqohU/s1436/Chump4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1436" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DiSFkXbTtlfdu1Mwyl28U3akaPyNkq1zHa-Z93LmeeO5Jo5EwvhhRIEO1c2Kovs23-Pk9orienf7HH8uIUsEVbG8mC99JJ9ZwhKjOaPQr1EIAh12Vj-pJI0Ga0bqsym3-tavFisM2tGjNhgobNZ1RB1S5VoGdyifEnNoIs6rPgVUVIB2AzPlqohU/w640-h482/Chump4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The matte painted clock tolls at midnight...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7hBlRg3VN1_V1pvu_B3zHayyIiMYi-EWpQ36Wn_kM6G16BtYPYe5mY2jF-9octn1ZTyIwM8rjzi86BBsWXHE-AzhCf8X2t3gi1yA9m2iWdp4w353pseX-RTzWhVJOhTssoT7g4mtOCoVaarEoQ8YNcb6kJRPz3r2WAaKa1Ixnu7VOt9aHgBmiMzK/s1436/Chump5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1436" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7hBlRg3VN1_V1pvu_B3zHayyIiMYi-EWpQ36Wn_kM6G16BtYPYe5mY2jF-9octn1ZTyIwM8rjzi86BBsWXHE-AzhCf8X2t3gi1yA9m2iWdp4w353pseX-RTzWhVJOhTssoT7g4mtOCoVaarEoQ8YNcb6kJRPz3r2WAaKa1Ixnu7VOt9aHgBmiMzK/w640-h482/Chump5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Night view as Cushing and his bullies get into their ghostly get-up for a prank.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVImsguxBsnWXsWEGEuCPLhdNe88Il_t5Ks66QVRx5qFZZQ9s97K_wq0fr_z7v8f1hxYp83a61INb4cuJWNusVDX0QXSPMeF0cvr7ECMifTmk0jdtsWpNEmo2dg0wzSZ6Ejx-ZalRuH3eU3QC6bxG7o8LCsLt3f_0MrIljSk21SllVwltNmIamVhWn/s1436/CHUMP6a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1436" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVImsguxBsnWXsWEGEuCPLhdNe88Il_t5Ks66QVRx5qFZZQ9s97K_wq0fr_z7v8f1hxYp83a61INb4cuJWNusVDX0QXSPMeF0cvr7ECMifTmk0jdtsWpNEmo2dg0wzSZ6Ejx-ZalRuH3eU3QC6bxG7o8LCsLt3f_0MrIljSk21SllVwltNmIamVhWn/w640-h482/CHUMP6a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bully gets jettisoned out of window, with Jack Shaw's painted Oxford University matted in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXYL7CRRDp8hcjc05ezxsqL8mWsde3aGH7MWIkptOvZUD3dajBV1AKFLHocIUL6gtxEYmuMmxuucIsdB2Gw-YJAr05iACIfb6Nm7od-cd8rcMI2TUeBH78UfOKC32SySPdseJo3Lri0SkxxCiW9NxSRafNhmuJhiqQB6C7vpvLhcalohVDPsoi1ts/s1436/Chump7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1436" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXYL7CRRDp8hcjc05ezxsqL8mWsde3aGH7MWIkptOvZUD3dajBV1AKFLHocIUL6gtxEYmuMmxuucIsdB2Gw-YJAr05iACIfb6Nm7od-cd8rcMI2TUeBH78UfOKC32SySPdseJo3Lri0SkxxCiW9NxSRafNhmuJhiqQB6C7vpvLhcalohVDPsoi1ts/w640-h482/Chump7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final matte, as bully-boy hits the pond.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiE-zfYwHsGTcuDyPmDXXbag0ZOIsXvP2RT6qaRMKZL_AkanbxE0hnGTxeYf_5LaBS09_eGHmabW9mkukGi3f5WwHsk_T7cCjFgneAfVQO_Oae95ZkTbj69ldPVNkqoQ4beItvZPO80U3K4--GU3EQjZqv0wW5akzLleistxbKHtRvzkZ9isNs4_6/s753/Tina%20Turner-art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="685" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiE-zfYwHsGTcuDyPmDXXbag0ZOIsXvP2RT6qaRMKZL_AkanbxE0hnGTxeYf_5LaBS09_eGHmabW9mkukGi3f5WwHsk_T7cCjFgneAfVQO_Oae95ZkTbj69ldPVNkqoQ4beItvZPO80U3K4--GU3EQjZqv0wW5akzLleistxbKHtRvzkZ9isNs4_6/w364-h400/Tina%20Turner-art.jpg" width="364" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, to round this all up, as a small tribute to the recently departed songstress, Tina Turner, I have the two mattes from TINA: WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT (1993). Incidentally, I liked Tina but never cared much for her later career stuff. Give me <i>Proud Mary, River Deep Mountain High</i> or the exceptional <i>Nutbush City Limits</i> any day of the week. Man... that gal could hold a tune!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPy2rDsjM6ACDtbJNb2ctFRh-Vucq5U5AfXKlf7L7yERe3AIWGer8Kz4vHv_E4jGS2TzSI_YXpVX3nFMTX7s6kPML5BRjOqtm0LS_tk7fv_cXkzssLwwhV0XAh8u8mJnunJGHqolHYWQwsRfFWoLHbRZhLtF_IZXarRceitgn_QBvGnckTdS-rnN4m/s1884/Tina%20Turner1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1884" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPy2rDsjM6ACDtbJNb2ctFRh-Vucq5U5AfXKlf7L7yERe3AIWGer8Kz4vHv_E4jGS2TzSI_YXpVX3nFMTX7s6kPML5BRjOqtm0LS_tk7fv_cXkzssLwwhV0XAh8u8mJnunJGHqolHYWQwsRfFWoLHbRZhLtF_IZXarRceitgn_QBvGnckTdS-rnN4m/w640-h258/Tina%20Turner1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Ken Marschall-Bruce Block vfx operation <i>Matte Effects</i> handled the contract for this film, though due to heavy commitments at the time they brought in another matte artist for this shot. Embarrassingly, neither Bruce nor Ken could recall who did this painting. Ken thought it was fellow matte exponent Rick Rische, who did some work for them at times, but I'm fairly sure Rick said it wasn't his shot. Anyway, a totally invisible matte, made, as was their motto at <i>Matte Effects</i>, on original negative. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6u6YjI1xTMwpQn6F5KCpKGiTnYSpZJ2QaC_aNNUeXQPs6Ze2hpoqBrdIZtw1fIjfatiBLzbFZ6Sm3Idb-dKRZ6ZIQPAWcgvc5DQXY4taRnjephtAmX070PKxjnIrkIr79wdO37-UbkszbODjgVC6fMhr2cI4aWE0-AVgyH0BVRFqGhSf7eY6zDlHl/s2804/Tina%20Turner2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="2804" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6u6YjI1xTMwpQn6F5KCpKGiTnYSpZJ2QaC_aNNUeXQPs6Ze2hpoqBrdIZtw1fIjfatiBLzbFZ6Sm3Idb-dKRZ6ZIQPAWcgvc5DQXY4taRnjephtAmX070PKxjnIrkIr79wdO37-UbkszbODjgVC6fMhr2cI4aWE0-AVgyH0BVRFqGhSf7eY6zDlHl/w640-h166/Tina%20Turner2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The second matte was one of Ken Marschall's, and as usual, it was absolutely superb. Here is the original Los Angeles plate photography, the conceptual painting by a member of the film's art department, and the plate masked off for Ken's painting to transform the LA neighbourhood to one of St Louis in the early 1960's. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UZuYeV3sDQGiwMBEN9npdfp8twfXeTCgEbcDQLzVSMYv7v9uTSkCRCC7gg-D5ZoQM4alkN4Lcm6HJlRXlauUQVaIiREL4kaOD5ZzALgo4QcWYetq6VSO2TY1_iLUtdqiIlNTjXj97nHIJCr_73cUDy803b3jeSWM1BhG6v0CETJaD8_7RyxS5eY8/s900/Tina%20Turner4,%20St.%20Louis%20street%20painting_lo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="900" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UZuYeV3sDQGiwMBEN9npdfp8twfXeTCgEbcDQLzVSMYv7v9uTSkCRCC7gg-D5ZoQM4alkN4Lcm6HJlRXlauUQVaIiREL4kaOD5ZzALgo4QcWYetq6VSO2TY1_iLUtdqiIlNTjXj97nHIJCr_73cUDy803b3jeSWM1BhG6v0CETJaD8_7RyxS5eY8/w640-h504/Tina%20Turner4,%20St.%20Louis%20street%20painting_lo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ken's magnificent matte painting, rendered with his usual exacting attention to detail and photo-real finish, much as a fine art illustrator would do, quite the opposite to other notable artists of the traditional era such as Whitlock, Yuricich, Ellenshaw jnr and Dutton, who would use a far more impressionistic approach, with liberal brushwork and broad block ins.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDNri4FTX9xFGOhM8dtfk9Vnkz_jlG5ltxOWYFFS0h1lQrQEbi-L1J3reMniDgjYxCSfl_yFJUv_cp5AcQwofQlkyJvwzdLsYN-I77laXnrw1e7rKGbmrJAZV_AY3oJG1Osq_hZhYBJGVrtDsNrJeZP9soOozkAB2HD0m9vQGh7rXUhHcC3n074JJu/s900/Tina%20Turner6,%20St.%20Louis%20street%20composite_lo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="900" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDNri4FTX9xFGOhM8dtfk9Vnkz_jlG5ltxOWYFFS0h1lQrQEbi-L1J3reMniDgjYxCSfl_yFJUv_cp5AcQwofQlkyJvwzdLsYN-I77laXnrw1e7rKGbmrJAZV_AY3oJG1Osq_hZhYBJGVrtDsNrJeZP9soOozkAB2HD0m9vQGh7rXUhHcC3n074JJu/w640-h492/Tina%20Turner6,%20St.%20Louis%20street%20composite_lo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The flawless, finished original negative composite, from Ken's own 35mm sample reels. Incidentally, the work went <u>un</u>credited as did so much of their matte assignments. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprx2S-NNbG1auJkww8e2wlobgDP6s4l8yOOAfJXFA9XTgHm-CrXR7TScI-w7qtMBUttpUGOoe7KBGkrDSZh6CNocXXQQBhzkoDIJqkm8NTflxVcT__hMAy_ydM8jMoTyZEa6jOzJQp76mJm61WlxvOcIWT2oSqYZxTMmePipVC574lPIakBSpocPB/s1152/Tina%20Turner-Marschall%20matte%20detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1152" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprx2S-NNbG1auJkww8e2wlobgDP6s4l8yOOAfJXFA9XTgHm-CrXR7TScI-w7qtMBUttpUGOoe7KBGkrDSZh6CNocXXQQBhzkoDIJqkm8NTflxVcT__hMAy_ydM8jMoTyZEa6jOzJQp76mJm61WlxvOcIWT2oSqYZxTMmePipVC574lPIakBSpocPB/w640-h402/Tina%20Turner-Marschall%20matte%20detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer view, with Ken's hand deliberately shown to demonstrate the very small size of his painting. Ken told me in my exhaustive 2015 three part career piece how he would usually paint his mattes while sitting down, on art card, laying flat atop his dining room table at home, in acrylics usually, though when needed he would use coloured pencils, vivid marker pens, sometimes airbrush and whatever else needed. Unlike other matte guys, Ken would use the tiniest brushes available on the market, and could never quite get his head around 'the big brush technique', nor the thought of standing at an easel for hours on end. Ken and Bruce's little two man effects house was an industry secret. They never went looking for jobs, most just came as word of mouth, often from Gene Warren jnr. For 20 plus years they had more than enough work to keep busy, and always wanted to remain 'below the radar'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #c0a154; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #c0a154; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><b>***This post, and all 180 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></div><p><br /></p><p><b>POSTSCRIPT OF NOTE:</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nD6GqMSJnP6OGWgdL4TNcMvAGT5xTaK0A578gHeWowNlepq-VARs3JcH3wonC9_KEwan2EM-xGyE0yWzdePhd6at6zzpcuuZiI5FbWBWjWMHT8gApEfElrrtIZFA9BxdRtml-a4K8Ju1lqGshryCepFyLyU4AACWH1cAGoMdvJ41P_VfdfFhMygi/s1732/Plenty%20O'Toole%20(Lana%20Wood).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1732" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nD6GqMSJnP6OGWgdL4TNcMvAGT5xTaK0A578gHeWowNlepq-VARs3JcH3wonC9_KEwan2EM-xGyE0yWzdePhd6at6zzpcuuZiI5FbWBWjWMHT8gApEfElrrtIZFA9BxdRtml-a4K8Ju1lqGshryCepFyLyU4AACWH1cAGoMdvJ41P_VfdfFhMygi/w640-h524/Plenty%20O'Toole%20(Lana%20Wood).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As promised... a <u>key</u> special visual effect in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER was the magnificent Lana Wood - younger sister of the late Natalie Wood. One of my fave Bond films, with screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz giving Lana a wonderful introduction to Sean Connery at the blackjack table. <b>LANA:</b> <i>"Hi... I'm Plenty"</i>. <b>SEAN:</b> <i>"Why of course you are!"</i>. <b>LANA:</b> <i>"No, I'm Plenty...Plenty O'Toole"</i>. <b>SEAN: </b> <i>"Named after your father perhaps"</i>. Cracks me up every time I've seen this flick... and that's about 30 times.</span></td></tr></tbody></table>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><p><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>I hope this blog post proved interesting, illuminating, entertaining, irreverent and educational...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Do pass on your feedback or comments as I always welcome that.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Oh, and keep tuned for Tom's YouTube documentaries.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Peter</b></div><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-21108398231624231162023-04-30T15:55:00.000+12:002023-04-30T15:55:39.468+12:00MATTE & EFFECTS FILMS CELEBRATED: Part One<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8bwEK7noe6oe18vaG9ZBla4RXW4S38DxP8VPBJXXMHqs8r8vpzgsHnSdGtaUtiApeNAzKDK5jbN2LeOTg0dJ3DNvo7egk8QxzAVuY2VwyOFIMNV_98VUeRN11xk-vC9LzAlmXc_6RzzwFo9-wzCb21AUmLjM1ZTWACNau4Rz7rKTtz9yhfrP4P8S/s2512/BLOG%20may23%20header%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="2512" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8bwEK7noe6oe18vaG9ZBla4RXW4S38DxP8VPBJXXMHqs8r8vpzgsHnSdGtaUtiApeNAzKDK5jbN2LeOTg0dJ3DNvo7egk8QxzAVuY2VwyOFIMNV_98VUeRN11xk-vC9LzAlmXc_6RzzwFo9-wzCb21AUmLjM1ZTWACNau4Rz7rKTtz9yhfrP4P8S/w640-h428/BLOG%20may23%20header%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Greetings friends and myriad enthusiasts of 'old time' traditional special photographic effects, mattes, miniatures, trick shots and all such 'lost' art forms of days gone by. It is time for yet another journey down that ever fascinating path of wonderful motion picture magic, that we all love so much.<div>Today, I've assembled a very broad cross section of films, from across the cinematic spectrum - from science fiction, western, swashbuckler, jungle adventure and epic desert romance genres - all here in the one packed blog post. As usual, I've included a few worthy titles that few - if any - may have heard of, let alone seen. Any younger readers probably haven't heard of <u><i>any</i></u> of the seven titles profiled here in depth. There is nothing as thrilling for NZ Pete than discovering some heretofore 'lost' or forgotten flick that not only is a revealing trick shot show, but also a highly enjoyable film in itself to top it off, and that reward came with at least one of the movies here today.</div><div><br /></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnaMBI8CQVnHjQ5t3sQcNFdQFTQdDp4isVSQDQ8qFhmu5W6yOYFcmLztga7oFFGfcwXZhFEiPIEdQrxX2iRVhiCsyk_SLol2sh5rQxj3LxsaWzarLQeRU04Za3BaFJquSJBTfeboHgavz62LyEmTkKhYGwfrcDg26Dp-herDErgKdOSVRi5BHsycZ/s2061/YouTube%20promo%20(sm).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="2061" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnaMBI8CQVnHjQ5t3sQcNFdQFTQdDp4isVSQDQ8qFhmu5W6yOYFcmLztga7oFFGfcwXZhFEiPIEdQrxX2iRVhiCsyk_SLol2sh5rQxj3LxsaWzarLQeRU04Za3BaFJquSJBTfeboHgavz62LyEmTkKhYGwfrcDg26Dp-herDErgKdOSVRi5BHsycZ/w640-h532/YouTube%20promo%20(sm).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Before we dive deep into the roster of effects films I've lined up, I must once again, bring to the attention of <u>all</u> readers out there the ever expanding You Tube channel, <b><i>'Albert Whitlock's Matte Department & Illusion Arts'</i></b> in which my friend Thomas Higginson has spent endless hours/days/weeks with his eye lids propped open with matchsticks, and endless cups of strong coffee, tirelessly putting together a series of tremendous behind the scenes matte shot reels from a selection of films. Films such as GENESIS II; BOUND FOR GLORY; THE TWILIGHT ZONE tv series; SHIP OF FOOLS and BUCK ROGERS have thus far been highlighted in great detail, with the BUCK doco being my particular favourite thus far. I'm sure I speak for all of us who love this medium of magic that we are extremely grateful to Tom for taking on this project and preserving and presenting these valuable pieces of celluloid photographic effects history and making so much available to the public at large, rather than archived away in some <i>Lost Ark</i> styled warehouse, and never seeing the light of day again. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1I-5cwoyi2Mi9r4Bn-q0c1xNWNsoku_yXx6byKdLmdT06IQMaybkqLvMjbiYZ4WFc2cCPurE-hibeS2jS73jGF4_X3ep206A14Rvx7u-iZrql2WyPPjmcABPlVZfGDimSSJS_Nixg-XnBv09W90IvRcOtrxmec32LhFqt1jonr5BDD3VzzeyjVtH/s2928/SD%20twilight%20zone.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="2928" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1I-5cwoyi2Mi9r4Bn-q0c1xNWNsoku_yXx6byKdLmdT06IQMaybkqLvMjbiYZ4WFc2cCPurE-hibeS2jS73jGF4_X3ep206A14Rvx7u-iZrql2WyPPjmcABPlVZfGDimSSJS_Nixg-XnBv09W90IvRcOtrxmec32LhFqt1jonr5BDD3VzzeyjVtH/w640-h146/SD%20twilight%20zone.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>As of this writing, several more are in the works, or nearing completion such as the Bond picture DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER <i>(due out any day now)</i>; the unrealised 80's remake of THE LOST WORLD; sci-fi classic COLOSSUS-THE FORBIN PROJECT; disaster epic EARTHQUAKE and many more. Absolutely essential viewing <i>(and <u>re</u>-viewing) </i>that any fan of Al Whitlock and Syd Dutton and the warehouse full of remarkable shots these guys turned out (in the several hundred!). Find it <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TraditionalMattePaintings/featured">here</a></b>!!!</div><div>Also well worth a look on the same site is a touching memorial video and photo tribute to the late Bill Taylor, with some wonderful anecdotes and most touching and occasionally quite funny tributes from some of those who knew Bill. I most strongly recommend it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCKbtc2TjeMtBfmC_ldT1nCzOVF1ACZ_PtQRYFjfyQDeGD4eAOhi8QOxSKGHPYWoO_I2gz656DMKpulWE5YhoTopCzM1ZSRFt-t_TZChAc1h-t6ywMXkeP0Y3ACbCGVnR57nMG-wW0NIFJakhIZvnXEFxO_uG-XH8MmSjhqeSf8zK_rM5j4KGBk9L/s1714/SD%20Buck%20city%20matte.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1714" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCKbtc2TjeMtBfmC_ldT1nCzOVF1ACZ_PtQRYFjfyQDeGD4eAOhi8QOxSKGHPYWoO_I2gz656DMKpulWE5YhoTopCzM1ZSRFt-t_TZChAc1h-t6ywMXkeP0Y3ACbCGVnR57nMG-wW0NIFJakhIZvnXEFxO_uG-XH8MmSjhqeSf8zK_rM5j4KGBk9L/w640-h300/SD%20Buck%20city%20matte.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, as per usual, it is time to board the interstellar ship for our journey through that galaxy of wonder that we recognise and appreciate as the traditional matte painted trick shot...<i>and</i> a healthy bounty of miniatures as well just to balance things out nicely. Oh, and do forgive me for slipping off topic on the odd occasion - going on about certain actors or directors or things seemingly unrelated - as I have a habit of doing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoy the ride</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peter</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Now.... on with the show</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><b>***This post, and all 179 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></div><p></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsquG2LJwdTrDX4AOq7w3dkGM5RbP5PKM-v0vK8u7xQNEH1pfOlIL74x-MqyZQ-akvclR00efzjtn2Z4Ma89WXupKiymFM6UnCTq5jTGmuMf8lGDO2bwHE3zayZGh4d4_rdLFQJ7N_RdYKo0L2Su6MJia9EWrE4zsO5mOTB9ttwBKwGJzYhapc2pdl/s1168/heart-title%20art%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="790" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsquG2LJwdTrDX4AOq7w3dkGM5RbP5PKM-v0vK8u7xQNEH1pfOlIL74x-MqyZQ-akvclR00efzjtn2Z4Ma89WXupKiymFM6UnCTq5jTGmuMf8lGDO2bwHE3zayZGh4d4_rdLFQJ7N_RdYKo0L2Su6MJia9EWrE4zsO5mOTB9ttwBKwGJzYhapc2pdl/w432-h640/heart-title%20art%20a.jpg" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Curiously, HEARTBEEPS (1981) was itself a planned 'making of' YouTube project but for various reasons the original Whitlock 35mm fx reels from Bill Taylor's collection weren't able to be digitized, despite a plan to do so due to lack of funding, for what is a very expensive exercise.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFMXIyS69W1SxPv3gaA_Zyfa01XXjhlufiVx-6w2M1XJ0Fahjn4GH576VagopPEami2jvEV6gMITGDEND1OY7Z2MY-8X7Tex9R2SNKfuP-Hji_wZo125cGgBZ54Zps8Unf9bKF8K863iC40qkrq3T2Bni923p4T4gOreCEEWQPgaCwSZD-0vsjF0w/s800/HB%20lobby%20card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="800" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFMXIyS69W1SxPv3gaA_Zyfa01XXjhlufiVx-6w2M1XJ0Fahjn4GH576VagopPEami2jvEV6gMITGDEND1OY7Z2MY-8X7Tex9R2SNKfuP-Hji_wZo125cGgBZ54Zps8Unf9bKF8K863iC40qkrq3T2Bni923p4T4gOreCEEWQPgaCwSZD-0vsjF0w/w640-h500/HB%20lobby%20card.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I didn't at all care for the film back in the 1980's, though, as I enter my twilight years I find myself mellowing somewhat and can now appreciate it far more as a cute, sweet natured fable, though certainly flawed, it definitely has it's heart in the right place. I'll talk more about the film's director, Allan Arkush shortly, but it's worth noting that Allan himself stated that he hadn't really been a special effects fan as such, and found this aspect in HEARTBEEPS - what with make up fx, mechanical devices and of course mattes - somewhat intimidating to say the least. Allan confessed to an interviewer that looking back, he never felt he used 'special effects' in this film as well as he should have. Unlike all of us reading this post, Arkush confessed that he never ever 'dissected' effects movies!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOF2KfhdJYedAD-VQs212zXhHZ-ImfdTAZAj24KSRYtoxXQskk8IUSZ5vHL-vUcXjB_8MVjm1Y-KyME5DGtMm6aZafO09RWuNrgpojQbvvJqGZ0zVwxRWJ3x4X2YxtWHUkkudjBkgzlb0vtZygiRuTR9RYqZlEwB5mGCkvFUrEz5kStTUDlrF8Cv3w/s1751/Andy%20&%20Bernadette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="1751" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOF2KfhdJYedAD-VQs212zXhHZ-ImfdTAZAj24KSRYtoxXQskk8IUSZ5vHL-vUcXjB_8MVjm1Y-KyME5DGtMm6aZafO09RWuNrgpojQbvvJqGZ0zVwxRWJ3x4X2YxtWHUkkudjBkgzlb0vtZygiRuTR9RYqZlEwB5mGCkvFUrEz5kStTUDlrF8Cv3w/w400-h283/Andy%20&%20Bernadette.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Basically, a gentle sci-fi love story set in the very near future, HEARTBEEPS sees a pair of robots fall in love and abscond from the vast android factory. A well cast Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters were the besotted mechanised pair, under significant and beautifully designed Stan Winston make up appliances.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxP3klFgd5o_2kd_vlC7STxZ6u2dBj3eAyQtxXZLOMEuUs5Puvq1H00J4dqg1nMA90YNBa4oFo6d2lKgTWy2eHPONRfeMfpLGLLmyydr1ABx47F58sXz-0fEUdHs_29Xn8-EATDBo4V3z1k0Ed3fcq5j9oanKuVhwMSKyE8rsaW1EWMAzlVXuAq3s/s1130/Heartbeeps-title.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1130" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxP3klFgd5o_2kd_vlC7STxZ6u2dBj3eAyQtxXZLOMEuUs5Puvq1H00J4dqg1nMA90YNBa4oFo6d2lKgTWy2eHPONRfeMfpLGLLmyydr1ABx47F58sXz-0fEUdHs_29Xn8-EATDBo4V3z1k0Ed3fcq5j9oanKuVhwMSKyE8rsaW1EWMAzlVXuAq3s/w400-h356/Heartbeeps-title.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albert Whitlock oversaw the many mattes and photographic effects shots, with uncredited assistant, Syd Dutton providing a number of mattes. Interestingly, in addition to fx cinematographers Bill Taylor and Dennis Glouner being screen credited, assistant grip Henry Schoessler got his name up there, as did Al's son Mark as general assistant.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaKUaeLm1pQRx8rN4tOm0vMDG6hZASNEsH3cWEKKIiZQUAVNLCjmosQW2qglaOp0zPD8yaC0EpQrxjZjWfxV9mEhlFXydkQ7odK6UomqQyLDlFZTmFGWmMG8Lc_XcOPXTWhhttgQw9hR1pO65cmKSJQeorymM6aiHDnD_DqgF1ZCUHyDLMzce5vd6/s1196/Albert%20on%20set%20of%20CLUE%20(1986).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1196" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaKUaeLm1pQRx8rN4tOm0vMDG6hZASNEsH3cWEKKIiZQUAVNLCjmosQW2qglaOp0zPD8yaC0EpQrxjZjWfxV9mEhlFXydkQ7odK6UomqQyLDlFZTmFGWmMG8Lc_XcOPXTWhhttgQw9hR1pO65cmKSJQeorymM6aiHDnD_DqgF1ZCUHyDLMzce5vd6/w640-h446/Albert%20on%20set%20of%20CLUE%20(1986).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Al Whitlock with trusty tied down and rock steady matte camera.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLLbfsxwZDR1JMJj-KlvCwySJxTapD-4Z28DjSdHx_aRA76lM6IwWbysV7U2sIsN-RVAo4CXzbJZNiPH4_9OD3kglRDBOQ42ftjffn-0rPsPrvaQW5ncInNhaeVZ2m8AdqPRIDu2br4Z9qPrSvgLxRpagrumVcLsY6uZK8DuEHfXG46tbd9lphQdR/s1047/AW%20MacArthur%20location%20set%20up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="1047" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLLbfsxwZDR1JMJj-KlvCwySJxTapD-4Z28DjSdHx_aRA76lM6IwWbysV7U2sIsN-RVAo4CXzbJZNiPH4_9OD3kglRDBOQ42ftjffn-0rPsPrvaQW5ncInNhaeVZ2m8AdqPRIDu2br4Z9qPrSvgLxRpagrumVcLsY6uZK8DuEHfXG46tbd9lphQdR/w640-h490/AW%20MacArthur%20location%20set%20up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A snapshot of Whitlock and his crew on location for the film MACARTHUR, made some four years previous.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9ofUetQmsIcF4z8RmnuYLvpcQqzFUXwSBMOju2NX4cIT1-6PMAcrtdH6jEpq30oGb4eBm35DsyTdzVp89SUhDWf4Pfe1c32-wH31tmusNy6PyHEhQpy0f84G4jkdvZ4eurSD3W6Xj8DO3AnDqH8lHkrW64IyZAV01cij1l3x9H6mrd3wdwb3WL2H/s2636/AW-BT-SD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2636" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9ofUetQmsIcF4z8RmnuYLvpcQqzFUXwSBMOju2NX4cIT1-6PMAcrtdH6jEpq30oGb4eBm35DsyTdzVp89SUhDWf4Pfe1c32-wH31tmusNy6PyHEhQpy0f84G4jkdvZ4eurSD3W6Xj8DO3AnDqH8lHkrW64IyZAV01cij1l3x9H6mrd3wdwb3WL2H/w640-h368/AW-BT-SD.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Universal Studio's resident masters of illusion, Albert Whitlock, Syd Dutton and Bill Taylor. Note: The top left pic appears to show the Mitchell matte camera mounted on a Nodal Point camera head.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUeyV9wr2AFI2mS7pJ6aD2IVQqf1UCF2-lkX4TIclmHV9svwzb8BAlQJ7vuNchQfE0Ce0W9zhBPdtLnFm3SCosSghZVDjr3BkIDB2HncHp1-QWEkj1iC4ncChlrMxY9WPNqGahX3xu_nvDzN5ZhfVFzKZVUpgRG4qDw6EOKRbQ_guBz2t9opBTn4NF/s1916/HB1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1916" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUeyV9wr2AFI2mS7pJ6aD2IVQqf1UCF2-lkX4TIclmHV9svwzb8BAlQJ7vuNchQfE0Ce0W9zhBPdtLnFm3SCosSghZVDjr3BkIDB2HncHp1-QWEkj1iC4ncChlrMxY9WPNqGahX3xu_nvDzN5ZhfVFzKZVUpgRG4qDw6EOKRbQ_guBz2t9opBTn4NF/w640-h272/HB1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The opening extremely wide pan shot - or at least a portion of it - with matte assistant Mark Whitlock in costume and added into an already very complex composite as a blue screen element. Mark would himself become a talented matte artist a few years after and painted on a number of films and tv shows including at least one shot for this film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVmkuwcINUvaWQGRjmCLz2TkKbh-6YDKGtI5c2pIgB1SqVeJeuakNn7AGuOEUlz8zCdVOEukin_sBfTRacVy1URwHrztN2dYViP-TjDI5iWue8nL2DGYCNC9xftoM6qz9NLZ7BefmkkHgnCl093AV1htuHtizOMO3f5uL7JTLLz-dzjLJ6P6SfAeX/s3240/heartbeeps1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="3240" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVmkuwcINUvaWQGRjmCLz2TkKbh-6YDKGtI5c2pIgB1SqVeJeuakNn7AGuOEUlz8zCdVOEukin_sBfTRacVy1URwHrztN2dYViP-TjDI5iWue8nL2DGYCNC9xftoM6qz9NLZ7BefmkkHgnCl093AV1htuHtizOMO3f5uL7JTLLz-dzjLJ6P6SfAeX/w640-h176/heartbeeps1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The very broad pan across a large painted setting and robot factory. A highly complicated multiple composite shot integrating live action elements, paintings, miniature props, animation and cel overlays, to brilliant effect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkac7Yi0a7Tvr9CnOBvh83ehU-626K9VSSOVrKcXf4XEKnTCLOtVqmxwNM-uF9nddNQFGVogCqcaFhH1NoXpcxECDLDmBNXHL0kddM7HktP2XdIVdBEL5F8l366khcR4bno6UzFcnl_9FvnJ_JLUcqnBBrwDOpu4BeJY95ikPiT3gOG_ZrnAzmOxly/s1972/HB%20bef&aft%20factory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1972" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkac7Yi0a7Tvr9CnOBvh83ehU-626K9VSSOVrKcXf4XEKnTCLOtVqmxwNM-uF9nddNQFGVogCqcaFhH1NoXpcxECDLDmBNXHL0kddM7HktP2XdIVdBEL5F8l366khcR4bno6UzFcnl_9FvnJ_JLUcqnBBrwDOpu4BeJY95ikPiT3gOG_ZrnAzmOxly/w640-h392/HB%20bef&aft%20factory.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Partial before and after... I spoke with the late (and very generous) Mr Bill Taylor some time ago about this shot which has intrigued me. As was Bill's typical way, he went out of his way to describe and illustrate the process to me: <i>"The HEARTBEEPS shot is one of the few made with our 'Super Lens', originally created for DUNE but never used on it. The Super Lens let us put a 2:1 squeeze on the long dimension [width] of the VistaVision frame, giving a 3:1 aspect ratio, which gave us more real estate for optical pans. The optical quality of the lens was okay at small apertures; it was a prototype and could have used another iteration in the design. The spinning whirly-gig was the only miniature element. The heatwaves in the final shot on right were built into the original negative shot - though too broad I think. The foreground chap who goes right over the painting is Mark Whitlock, shot on our blue screen stage. The Super Lens was also used for the opening matte shot of THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqFwchXaZ0D7aB1iGy-bQnjXxTK5ekLOss0J9D4ECHKhSyXqKLzX2mjwqFvXd7fRVhfNAC7iQmc0V6yUi55Lzq2JjzG89beXdx97L842rGHnISW_ViCHFrlMVC2gNEbsacqwsLJNuOaQ-aiqD2Po7BSV9HJ52UwT_DedxZGqXhG19JnE-GklBNfry/s1920/HB2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqFwchXaZ0D7aB1iGy-bQnjXxTK5ekLOss0J9D4ECHKhSyXqKLzX2mjwqFvXd7fRVhfNAC7iQmc0V6yUi55Lzq2JjzG89beXdx97L842rGHnISW_ViCHFrlMVC2gNEbsacqwsLJNuOaQ-aiqD2Po7BSV9HJ52UwT_DedxZGqXhG19JnE-GklBNfry/w640-h278/HB2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The latter part of the wide pan across the fictional setting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwGhq8M0k0EydQTXKNqq260FRrP0II8tyQAfVASW6U89Z3HZS2crniPc6TKwx5BHXVZQ1X04b_99KdMimAqkBxJWcz55gba-4-qjN-ijwCa3dfA7Xb5uj7em-7THDJXKlk_mndZiuOQn7Jgc5swNE1K79MFC73R-ukWC0IW8neLYn2SR-WHuERDtH/s3896/Heartbeeps%20Listing%20High%20Res%20(crop).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="3896" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwGhq8M0k0EydQTXKNqq260FRrP0II8tyQAfVASW6U89Z3HZS2crniPc6TKwx5BHXVZQ1X04b_99KdMimAqkBxJWcz55gba-4-qjN-ijwCa3dfA7Xb5uj7em-7THDJXKlk_mndZiuOQn7Jgc5swNE1K79MFC73R-ukWC0IW8neLYn2SR-WHuERDtH/w640-h252/Heartbeeps%20Listing%20High%20Res%20(crop).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Al's phenomenal painting. Syd told me that the work was split between the pair of them, with Al handling all of the exterior/outdoors scenes and Syd painting all of the various factory interiors.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7QyrOBYF4n5r4AzR0eJjzyyt9ZHtzlv0OT5n-6ML7icZkpC4phKFUR3NDw_cavtzmWQfixGPdUeoalRy-R8qjfg9Hj4MyqU2zWVDbptyaSmhLKfJqpVUsi0FpD4abh_sf3Nw5jSgVovHhq1_wAIZ-Ta32zLEK5KpaZjJGtTTB9Ry4tb2yfkwic11/s1562/HB-exterior-detail2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="1562" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7QyrOBYF4n5r4AzR0eJjzyyt9ZHtzlv0OT5n-6ML7icZkpC4phKFUR3NDw_cavtzmWQfixGPdUeoalRy-R8qjfg9Hj4MyqU2zWVDbptyaSmhLKfJqpVUsi0FpD4abh_sf3Nw5jSgVovHhq1_wAIZ-Ta32zLEK5KpaZjJGtTTB9Ry4tb2yfkwic11/w640-h404/HB-exterior-detail2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A splendid close look at Whitlock's magnificent piece, with all of the classic attributes Al was so respected for, such as his evocative feeling of how light plays upon objects, especially with a three-quarter backlight and long shadows. Al's sense of depth and expanse of distance through quite simple brushwork with his receding light. A master of the art form.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTefg9K2kw5ZRAyCb1ep_VZiBW0Q9DcTHKoil_syQx2-laxqcfPMI-n1VPLOlplxW2tdFtR6rNovuaN6av8Ef7J_EUBDOYcWUYXDohlJ16Cql8AFO4hYfVj0AG5Xe6O5S9-h5GtCFYTzzFB1q4n-SCxxuOuISXaDYwm1WaV42J3prHG5ycv_vQU1m/s1516/Whitlock%20Robotics%20Division%20Ptg%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1516" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTefg9K2kw5ZRAyCb1ep_VZiBW0Q9DcTHKoil_syQx2-laxqcfPMI-n1VPLOlplxW2tdFtR6rNovuaN6av8Ef7J_EUBDOYcWUYXDohlJ16Cql8AFO4hYfVj0AG5Xe6O5S9-h5GtCFYTzzFB1q4n-SCxxuOuISXaDYwm1WaV42J3prHG5ycv_vQU1m/w640-h436/Whitlock%20Robotics%20Division%20Ptg%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Al with his massive painting, which I believe was auctioned off a while back and is now proudly in the ownership of one of the effects industry's VFX supervisors. You'd need a vast wall space to accommodate this beauty! Note: the blacked out area at right was for addition of a large miniature prop and a full size painted wall facade, which will all blend in perfectly in Bill Taylor's final composite. Bravo!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9gyX0KH8ToBmwOgqRHztok3ddwk87K9Wta0xdNzAhQj7tV7MLH10a3jUlLkoBHaHOjSoILxpHzXkmHBPItn6AQM3eZ9FImmEsDIY0vFQD39p0yHvmjvvNzeupFj8LhKHq2H73g1gpBNzq-8S1jBejAv3WaJDi3vbYyGMidrbzW69z6BtUIzzTjlh/s1279/Whitlock%20with%20Backdrop%20and%20Dish(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1279" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9gyX0KH8ToBmwOgqRHztok3ddwk87K9Wta0xdNzAhQj7tV7MLH10a3jUlLkoBHaHOjSoILxpHzXkmHBPItn6AQM3eZ9FImmEsDIY0vFQD39p0yHvmjvvNzeupFj8LhKHq2H73g1gpBNzq-8S1jBejAv3WaJDi3vbYyGMidrbzW69z6BtUIzzTjlh/w640-h420/Whitlock%20with%20Backdrop%20and%20Dish(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nicely detailed and mobile miniature satellite dish, built by David Merritt, and roughly painted facade backing behind Whitlock which will blend invisibly with the separately rendered matte painting in the very complex finished shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnkSNULOQyR7sYWJkUFmX65zqarjan-LJb9KTxcIUzAkANBkgbatNC2LNQAG1OnBWImvcfSufm4ekABdgu0FuL4EK2mUnUn-7Con378Tp668PmLGdNcYTTa4kuutWfBWpi9mJOc1JCDKr8meDsCxGlr09v9NkZEt_uRkZbvZ_ddeZvASF6GCrllNi8/s1746/Crew%20%20with%20Robotics%20Dish%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1746" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnkSNULOQyR7sYWJkUFmX65zqarjan-LJb9KTxcIUzAkANBkgbatNC2LNQAG1OnBWImvcfSufm4ekABdgu0FuL4EK2mUnUn-7Con378Tp668PmLGdNcYTTa4kuutWfBWpi9mJOc1JCDKr8meDsCxGlr09v9NkZEt_uRkZbvZ_ddeZvASF6GCrllNi8/w640-h356/Crew%20%20with%20Robotics%20Dish%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Three integral members of the Universal matte crew; grip and highly resourseful modeller, Lynn Ledgerwood. Long time Universal matte camera operator, Mike Moramarco, and optical and matte cinematographer Dennis Glouner - who happened to be the nephew of old time Columbia effects cameraman Donald Glouner, with the Glouner family name going way back to old time Hollywood.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjUpip1N2mIjXJeoU2l4lU59oOO75k5eSUPbIGPha_6L14qT6oioQcMAOZ91yJca_hg18xPXHhzeDYxj_uUNCCFM3fUQdY9cOScD5lr1e6bWGy_f9_nv3KjoxBJEk1J4lHyHEzLvS-DAhUbS2iLp2cygNBlpkumaOdWwLJqYB_wd4hqHluP4x6TRl/s1161/heartbeeps-factory%20detail1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1161" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjUpip1N2mIjXJeoU2l4lU59oOO75k5eSUPbIGPha_6L14qT6oioQcMAOZ91yJca_hg18xPXHhzeDYxj_uUNCCFM3fUQdY9cOScD5lr1e6bWGy_f9_nv3KjoxBJEk1J4lHyHEzLvS-DAhUbS2iLp2cygNBlpkumaOdWwLJqYB_wd4hqHluP4x6TRl/w640-h426/heartbeeps-factory%20detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_07X_w6n2ijj2u6BKM28F3DGy5acEC7yW-yNLOgDHv_PB0UpMFI1G0-pU_Yn0zQlywes4Yf_dNn4T96fywUBvBKMeC6rhspQuXaAVksq-G-rAfN4gwLFmhnpUa3aTMOQoBsev5A8VDej_2wV7PnE6hMLOyO-o1-0w_3po_gfHTETmFISk2rOqg2w/s1920/HB3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_07X_w6n2ijj2u6BKM28F3DGy5acEC7yW-yNLOgDHv_PB0UpMFI1G0-pU_Yn0zQlywes4Yf_dNn4T96fywUBvBKMeC6rhspQuXaAVksq-G-rAfN4gwLFmhnpUa3aTMOQoBsev5A8VDej_2wV7PnE6hMLOyO-o1-0w_3po_gfHTETmFISk2rOqg2w/w640-h278/HB3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The first of several matte painted interiors rendered by Syd Dutton. Syd told me he didn't at all mind being lumped with these chores: <i>"I was quite happy to do the more tedious work".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjtbLA4AzM3-GFvNnLAjHBd7122FWmya0gthMocg-ah8UUgblf7U94ocvHI8EMjtjgzf2aYzZj4aIX4hhAzKBhl1DcBq7rLrbCIUMW699yKyNi89WsoTV68eKWhZKy-Sy0wNt5kQgSk3lSFOCcxKCk2_EgbZfEEnM8bbRzyqZ6yuRtVf6P1FaiSOp/s1920/HB4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjtbLA4AzM3-GFvNnLAjHBd7122FWmya0gthMocg-ah8UUgblf7U94ocvHI8EMjtjgzf2aYzZj4aIX4hhAzKBhl1DcBq7rLrbCIUMW699yKyNi89WsoTV68eKWhZKy-Sy0wNt5kQgSk3lSFOCcxKCk2_EgbZfEEnM8bbRzyqZ6yuRtVf6P1FaiSOp/w640-h278/HB4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another quick matte with actors Randy Quaid and Kenneth McMillan added in via travelling matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcJnPouBo4e9ZltwY14q3iSAgkZBNi6xSClEMFqMZq0hEQg43oz4ZfeULu5pTOOFfmRtmfDhgCuAQfoil0vrOe1fF_M6xVXJ6ff-ojUsLblUXD0d9i6OCLr0fnECPEOaZOu-VLg8BQsm1GYdKVl8dZK4Kd_N6LkEuzqk_mU-43OSepjfXB_xh-TkE/s850/heartbeeps3%20(Syd%20Dutton).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="850" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcJnPouBo4e9ZltwY14q3iSAgkZBNi6xSClEMFqMZq0hEQg43oz4ZfeULu5pTOOFfmRtmfDhgCuAQfoil0vrOe1fF_M6xVXJ6ff-ojUsLblUXD0d9i6OCLr0fnECPEOaZOu-VLg8BQsm1GYdKVl8dZK4Kd_N6LkEuzqk_mU-43OSepjfXB_xh-TkE/w640-h394/heartbeeps3%20(Syd%20Dutton).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd's original matte art for above scene. See below for breakdown.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wUb2OK6YknYGADMy0RZYRYx42qpNLCFjICPe72DtkMtb73trCR-MJbVXoqZUHezgTKjdJ1FfI77jqFD_Q1M6-yijYHNaohkflLwz5IFTZKY7jwgmhv-Q-KtWlQFoaO3jXUX34K1V3c2xOFL0pbo5VmoFDdqo-TxqdeRLEWrxAfNII25H3ys0k-6m/s1155/Interior%20Factory%2001-%20set%20masked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1155" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wUb2OK6YknYGADMy0RZYRYx42qpNLCFjICPe72DtkMtb73trCR-MJbVXoqZUHezgTKjdJ1FfI77jqFD_Q1M6-yijYHNaohkflLwz5IFTZKY7jwgmhv-Q-KtWlQFoaO3jXUX34K1V3c2xOFL0pbo5VmoFDdqo-TxqdeRLEWrxAfNII25H3ys0k-6m/w640-h542/Interior%20Factory%2001-%20set%20masked.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The basic set and masked off half frame prior to Syd's painting being added.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyX5LVuL5ztfgV-w3y1XHVvl-aO-6vY6tapHSmdim7LpX4WqitXySsS3_ZME8z3MElqZxrtX2FXdF0LE_NBuQ6g5bXwv3cW2bWB9nTC0tsUDC9cX_2_giVI-XJozLWoJ9KVL624lMq1wtWXnf2Zpm0QwBv-0Eh0BuiWR-lh-3shgjKxWzHs_f6zkT/s1155/Interior%20Factory%2001-%20minus%20bs%20foreground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="1155" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyX5LVuL5ztfgV-w3y1XHVvl-aO-6vY6tapHSmdim7LpX4WqitXySsS3_ZME8z3MElqZxrtX2FXdF0LE_NBuQ6g5bXwv3cW2bWB9nTC0tsUDC9cX_2_giVI-XJozLWoJ9KVL624lMq1wtWXnf2Zpm0QwBv-0Eh0BuiWR-lh-3shgjKxWzHs_f6zkT/w640-h278/Interior%20Factory%2001-%20minus%20bs%20foreground.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot with matte art and live action, shown here before the introduction of blue screened in foreground live action which in the final cut obscures much of Syd's painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76s0ru1VNAIf3E-xFDtF2mU0WRc_a-sg9wtMfCme4t-R5eV2npE2NpBZbuxSXFtXFgOSHt62iEuVZQ9TpeSwXyP4id8Im2xqX-67x_t5xrmrc2eiw2xWtoTfcwJ8_5hG8p26HTSg_mPkx_R4p1h4pPlJ5xK_KCVMhbXmvKrBbsWza3GHc8sCB0rT8/s1920/HB5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76s0ru1VNAIf3E-xFDtF2mU0WRc_a-sg9wtMfCme4t-R5eV2npE2NpBZbuxSXFtXFgOSHt62iEuVZQ9TpeSwXyP4id8Im2xqX-67x_t5xrmrc2eiw2xWtoTfcwJ8_5hG8p26HTSg_mPkx_R4p1h4pPlJ5xK_KCVMhbXmvKrBbsWza3GHc8sCB0rT8/w640-h272/HB5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another from the succession of Syd's many mattes, with the distant factory facility being painted in. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2tiQFsWMnu52oJUjbG3pBxmiSQylRJ2uS3H3AylQE4RP6Ig_1QbPEo_dURa2UJ8aN8ST5wWmas6tRd8x5HDQj_s9NhohPhbJkjSDHLd0Ja9QHqDxmqnV1hYUgsj-1xvXuOhmdHeJHHyFOsyaoPGlGY5EUr0gcVjZ4slwt0hzIcGDuktjlArB-EuJ/s1920/HB6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2tiQFsWMnu52oJUjbG3pBxmiSQylRJ2uS3H3AylQE4RP6Ig_1QbPEo_dURa2UJ8aN8ST5wWmas6tRd8x5HDQj_s9NhohPhbJkjSDHLd0Ja9QHqDxmqnV1hYUgsj-1xvXuOhmdHeJHHyFOsyaoPGlGY5EUr0gcVjZ4slwt0hzIcGDuktjlArB-EuJ/w640-h278/HB6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A wonderfully constructed matted set extension done as a cost saver to the production, though the budget <i>was</i> some $12 million. All of the windows, scenery, flooring and distant racking was Syd's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7raFVrjStIej_lluaTA3ggSLTLeWH-CUNJvWwOhwRgB7UhQL9rYdx3cMLT3YhftEwejlffHQk4oOSLmBq_GPd1-KesugVmjaoT4N3b8uZFJ9zphvAOnl9xvpYkOwppqBDwSn7cuS0uDKx9ZrZ_2uc0cuOlQ0DhIZ4B4UF2SMtid0w-nE2ZCAXildb/s1920/HB7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7raFVrjStIej_lluaTA3ggSLTLeWH-CUNJvWwOhwRgB7UhQL9rYdx3cMLT3YhftEwejlffHQk4oOSLmBq_GPd1-KesugVmjaoT4N3b8uZFJ9zphvAOnl9xvpYkOwppqBDwSn7cuS0uDKx9ZrZ_2uc0cuOlQ0DhIZ4B4UF2SMtid0w-nE2ZCAXildb/w640-h272/HB7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A split shot here with half real set on left and the other side all painted on glass. Lots of perspective drawing needed here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTg_FELOQ_xzlsX7YDre8eTYaIAc8h3QBoR5Dc-kcOqmafjgseman1dYxk1oHAUFzaFAJvGZ31D94zHsj6AcTN7zEqb5jCqRUHaxN5a1udiRa7oA3kJNa3HGNIG0607WuYHyAhmJY_g-hc9NgGGx8e_-0CPnocUzi2Pm-9bCOzUid7zNOkA8SOiKX/s1920/HB-sun1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTg_FELOQ_xzlsX7YDre8eTYaIAc8h3QBoR5Dc-kcOqmafjgseman1dYxk1oHAUFzaFAJvGZ31D94zHsj6AcTN7zEqb5jCqRUHaxN5a1udiRa7oA3kJNa3HGNIG0607WuYHyAhmJY_g-hc9NgGGx8e_-0CPnocUzi2Pm-9bCOzUid7zNOkA8SOiKX/w640-h272/HB-sun1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A key matte illusion in HEARTBEEPS was the beautiful sunset sequence as viewed by our two robots as they ponder what lies beyond the confines of this enormous mechanical workshop. The effect was far more involved that might seem at first glance, with this important matte painting appearing several times in one extended sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pa4URdGG1J8qGOnWPogJob8LIc-Fz20t5jBS3yfOI2jQSHEVlEyXqO34iXozYKBMuPawUjWzjR47oJvHwFrlXcChkcaMYaJREb8bXITWL-A9Xbm6cx5rQXPvUk4q5bGPlB0v5jtHkvPtd7dBFtKjcXRQQvsL01YySTE9qQ9dFa8TEtKLY5dusB1c/s1920/HB-sun2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pa4URdGG1J8qGOnWPogJob8LIc-Fz20t5jBS3yfOI2jQSHEVlEyXqO34iXozYKBMuPawUjWzjR47oJvHwFrlXcChkcaMYaJREb8bXITWL-A9Xbm6cx5rQXPvUk4q5bGPlB0v5jtHkvPtd7dBFtKjcXRQQvsL01YySTE9qQ9dFa8TEtKLY5dusB1c/w640-h272/HB-sun2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Al's multi element sunset painting, combined with a real interactively lit foreground tree, comped as a blue screen shot with the stage set and actors.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43RVLs7maa8WH6-LC1lc5AV9hvBQuuxP-yObmb9v0zIyevZPuJATqaw1TOludTECCodPOg3HgpomMdUDJn-l-g5K3EkjrduZ_xCkNXVuhUK9XgBR97C-KBd06BAEJcBPi6wqAfIoKvlILQ9vEYy795LZwkpCHXOnUln6VhbbTk-kwj0vIFYUVnyo2/s2256/PeteHeartbeeps.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="2256" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43RVLs7maa8WH6-LC1lc5AV9hvBQuuxP-yObmb9v0zIyevZPuJATqaw1TOludTECCodPOg3HgpomMdUDJn-l-g5K3EkjrduZ_xCkNXVuhUK9XgBR97C-KBd06BAEJcBPi6wqAfIoKvlILQ9vEYy795LZwkpCHXOnUln6VhbbTk-kwj0vIFYUVnyo2/w640-h338/PeteHeartbeeps.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Whitlock's beautiful original matte art, which I'm thrilled to say I own and admire each time I enter or exit our bedroom, with it gracing the wall outside the door.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUimZs7ndq9s7D_Fnnz66NN9HjWXqzDcm0J45Chl9KC1tzRbLXexAsjSTvCadMRByr8PpDlg5PResgbmtCBzIx3wsxEVigzOmXqT-0KTPR0O07Cklx5c4-Vn-dLdzNMatoXiX31RR_H-7lhKEBkG2gEMbqDvfkyR5VQWolqXA-_okz0YhAF4FBG7q/s1920/DSC09654A.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUimZs7ndq9s7D_Fnnz66NN9HjWXqzDcm0J45Chl9KC1tzRbLXexAsjSTvCadMRByr8PpDlg5PResgbmtCBzIx3wsxEVigzOmXqT-0KTPR0O07Cklx5c4-Vn-dLdzNMatoXiX31RR_H-7lhKEBkG2gEMbqDvfkyR5VQWolqXA-_okz0YhAF4FBG7q/w640-h426/DSC09654A.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer detail reveals Albert's love of the Hudson River School of 19th Century painters such as Thomas Cole, Frederic Church and Albert Bierstadt. Al was a huge admirer of these painters and that was reflected in many of his own personal 'fine' paintings that are still in circulation and private ownership. Interestingly, when asked in an interview way back in the early 70's about his own non-matte painting interests,and how much he turns out, Al responded: <i>"Well, not much, as by 4pm here at the studio, I find that I'm all painted out"</i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MvSUORkYFlT13zUfVyj-bWUMPM41gndJyw_nmrjh4l9dan0DEEcyNgSuEim4ewBkT42nliXbXO0KE6ewpNHsAm3v6Xazbow9VLB_o1_8NdvvlAOX6qXbvG08a7L2NJUkxlUMsa3vyPvS4OED41VrRY2gFBGBaj5n4ZqnG6cPZeWzuFbURVh1UPoe/s1920/DSC09655A.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MvSUORkYFlT13zUfVyj-bWUMPM41gndJyw_nmrjh4l9dan0DEEcyNgSuEim4ewBkT42nliXbXO0KE6ewpNHsAm3v6Xazbow9VLB_o1_8NdvvlAOX6qXbvG08a7L2NJUkxlUMsa3vyPvS4OED41VrRY2gFBGBaj5n4ZqnG6cPZeWzuFbURVh1UPoe/w640-h426/DSC09655A.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More detail from Al's sunset matte, with magnificent violet and cobalt hues receding into the distance. Al was an absolute master of light and it's effect, which was why so much of his work was undetectable.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QcE0pu3_6ntollhxNwqcf8w600EaDF5odvZIjHPJT5FSGyU5IC6a6RBBanAzgeDqd27MuYXdSWcQDsO6nPan9sK1DBd8jB3KNHfz5_9ZM0wIt39IAfFyxGlTPXK-FdT9-UBH12_pZlxkp2UJNMjCwHVNaej68scoG3jP8TN0TaOolNcF3stmMv9z/s1920/HB-sun3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QcE0pu3_6ntollhxNwqcf8w600EaDF5odvZIjHPJT5FSGyU5IC6a6RBBanAzgeDqd27MuYXdSWcQDsO6nPan9sK1DBd8jB3KNHfz5_9ZM0wIt39IAfFyxGlTPXK-FdT9-UBH12_pZlxkp2UJNMjCwHVNaej68scoG3jP8TN0TaOolNcF3stmMv9z/w640-h272/HB-sun3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>S</b>ubtle, yet quite labour intensive work as Al discussed in 1981 while finishing the matte work on HEARTBEEPS: <i>"I think it's generally considered that film only has a perception of 4 f-stops. A camera has a constant iris, unless you are changing that iris while shooting, there is a certain fixed f-stop that limits the film as we know it today, to about 4 f-stops. The eye of course constantly has the iris going in and out when looking at brighter or darker phenomena, so film has to have a limitation. The paintings have to have that same limitation. Reaching into a very shady landscape, regardless to what's on the sky, invariably it burns out that sky, so that's the limitation of film".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4eyJpilG9IBNSrrLEIKduaJporNYSR4Z-KtGh7MeIBjw4_zdIP_jfCMjHS8WPM8zWvKrcyjxR3_PWOhmk2LneWjBNTVpbO0S9yH-F2FshmCtXSsD941F_zs6gk_o6Kd_e-OcpnK3U3ayPL1FdUyF-0H5u8c8kYCwgAlBgGVu_C2iFyb7wNyzE0fZp/s2569/HB-sun4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="1969" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4eyJpilG9IBNSrrLEIKduaJporNYSR4Z-KtGh7MeIBjw4_zdIP_jfCMjHS8WPM8zWvKrcyjxR3_PWOhmk2LneWjBNTVpbO0S9yH-F2FshmCtXSsD941F_zs6gk_o6Kd_e-OcpnK3U3ayPL1FdUyF-0H5u8c8kYCwgAlBgGVu_C2iFyb7wNyzE0fZp/w490-h640/HB-sun4.jpg" width="490" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albert continued: <i>"Our setting sun was done with a light. Then we'll fade the painting out and fade some overlays in, which I've already done, of detail, so that the light appears to be gradually going off of the trees. For the wider master shot a real tree was blue screened into the left corner, with sunlight playing on the gently moving foliage. The clouds in the sky will be moving using soft splits, so the movement playing over the painting will lend a greater sense of realism - it'll be more persuasive you know. The sky moves almost imperceptibly, but if it didn't, the whole thing might look static".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMP36klr2l0tqCtmZSUTaRbcWVQUpWaasmYCyJA7M7ir3kChSul4R6gyT9QiLvYOPgm75s10s1531V1J6fjpT3ocorcv6-49IXzN3krza-ti3GJwhvxJo59mADZGtK9KNRd9zAYft9SAUdtUM0cdM5y4T5WrJni5rxUJC1MHl1gvlhyFb8lrNY7hM/s2028/Heartbeeps%20matte%20demo%201981.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="2028" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMP36klr2l0tqCtmZSUTaRbcWVQUpWaasmYCyJA7M7ir3kChSul4R6gyT9QiLvYOPgm75s10s1531V1J6fjpT3ocorcv6-49IXzN3krza-ti3GJwhvxJo59mADZGtK9KNRd9zAYft9SAUdtUM0cdM5y4T5WrJni5rxUJC1MHl1gvlhyFb8lrNY7hM/w640-h450/Heartbeeps%20matte%20demo%201981.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albert demonstrates the manner in which acetate cel overlays will sell the finished shot: <i>"The overlay of detail on trees, fading just slightly, before the painting itself fades - a very small matter, but enough to add up, all in all, to a much more interesting scene. They couldn't get the shot for real, so we go back our 4 f-stops theory. I'm cheating here. The sky would burn out if you saw that much lower detail in the landscape, but since it's a painting I can cheat it a bit you know, and bring the tones more together. The sky won't burn out, or the lower portion will not go into a total silhouette, which would happen if you were exposing expressly for the sky".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-LG8l3aWnHXtkko6VZ2r4_8YiIGTOjhoiKEQG2c9AI-ufa-3W1XFZuXcBBiapKAfzq3WfX7Ukvmng-u6OV_sRyn0IdiLNsB96l3DqhmU2_OIwiQ-N70P92qx0hmzHy12ZJy-3h0L2EthooEbmB03j8Y0Z11X8cHlK91zq5IjaMqeFi0KKuCXWuxY/s2232/Whitlock-HB%20matte%20on%20wall.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="2232" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-LG8l3aWnHXtkko6VZ2r4_8YiIGTOjhoiKEQG2c9AI-ufa-3W1XFZuXcBBiapKAfzq3WfX7Ukvmng-u6OV_sRyn0IdiLNsB96l3DqhmU2_OIwiQ-N70P92qx0hmzHy12ZJy-3h0L2EthooEbmB03j8Y0Z11X8cHlK91zq5IjaMqeFi0KKuCXWuxY/w400-h320/Whitlock-HB%20matte%20on%20wall.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albert's original on NZ Pete's wall :)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fjlHpgt_jUAu2UY4liRSBtw5pSkI-6L-Ig7CIGLOASnboH1HbtynVFPHwS2pgAvTdzJu8XlYpvkuh6GhUxUiDX0VBSCXrdte_I-I-FaROZUdoqiOIqrw4QtBm_sYsB1BToRyObwi58cQB0oEPJdOv_WHPZ8I-ithHKhBW3opZOgUtj5Fj_QzEHG3/s1920/HB-sun5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fjlHpgt_jUAu2UY4liRSBtw5pSkI-6L-Ig7CIGLOASnboH1HbtynVFPHwS2pgAvTdzJu8XlYpvkuh6GhUxUiDX0VBSCXrdte_I-I-FaROZUdoqiOIqrw4QtBm_sYsB1BToRyObwi58cQB0oEPJdOv_WHPZ8I-ithHKhBW3opZOgUtj5Fj_QzEHG3/w640-h272/HB-sun5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The droids start to question their place in their man-made confines and wonder what lies beyond...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTP08bqUaFy8ScniHdMBK84pMX_19KBivbSQKV0ltQnok87W3C9YNl5Cyh19ORie67aGIzhiWrmeZgG8-xZJihTGqo_Si4A2cyJX0NLWeNHWhF4JTRuaCnJ94iZar3vmRcj63MPlPO617mIPz1VdEQLb40tj67z9c-_ALNo9Y9r7QJfGBTnlemmqct/s1972/HB-lightning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="1972" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTP08bqUaFy8ScniHdMBK84pMX_19KBivbSQKV0ltQnok87W3C9YNl5Cyh19ORie67aGIzhiWrmeZgG8-xZJihTGqo_Si4A2cyJX0NLWeNHWhF4JTRuaCnJ94iZar3vmRcj63MPlPO617mIPz1VdEQLb40tj67z9c-_ALNo9Y9r7QJfGBTnlemmqct/w640-h550/HB-lightning.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd Dutton interior set extensions with a thunderstorm outside. Very nice interactive shadows of heavy rain seen within the painted areas, presumably done as animated cel overlays.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9ABC3ezzQoqKe0tplxAP9TPMb4hErwVmixpi8UjN-crMZKAjBZbKQPJeDtRRY_uDvEapGkOajDcGM6b4zx95EulJm47S7tJh0pMwP3kBsvwaW1UM_tcKvXX6QH4eyn9u0MV6F6m8oCEYUctYgNSGUtkrqNfjkVcl4Rh5u1ma8ZECXnIEGftYk182/s996/Interior%2002(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="829" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9ABC3ezzQoqKe0tplxAP9TPMb4hErwVmixpi8UjN-crMZKAjBZbKQPJeDtRRY_uDvEapGkOajDcGM6b4zx95EulJm47S7tJh0pMwP3kBsvwaW1UM_tcKvXX6QH4eyn9u0MV6F6m8oCEYUctYgNSGUtkrqNfjkVcl4Rh5u1ma8ZECXnIEGftYk182/w532-h640/Interior%2002(sm).jpg" width="532" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Breakdown showing limited extent of set and invisible additions painted in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdc21W6wDlfyK0slhMpiBv4cIZaR2UuVY7pt6LqmZcC2UOMp7GFPSQNaGUMQFvCDAs6h1PA-j8QR2jxtQiHP49VmjiHheizU2i76YxBr3MjTkSuw154RoPJmoXnojkAXdSPudhk7aIJcTqDTesfupEfK_i4_0SHeWs1Af9xhoWtefkTby08LautDj/s1920/HB-storm1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdc21W6wDlfyK0slhMpiBv4cIZaR2UuVY7pt6LqmZcC2UOMp7GFPSQNaGUMQFvCDAs6h1PA-j8QR2jxtQiHP49VmjiHheizU2i76YxBr3MjTkSuw154RoPJmoXnojkAXdSPudhk7aIJcTqDTesfupEfK_i4_0SHeWs1Af9xhoWtefkTby08LautDj/w640-h278/HB-storm1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Frame #1:</b> The storm subsides and the first rays of daylight break through the clouds. Another of Whitlock's extensive mattes, with soft split screened cloud movement, painted cel overlay animation for sunlight and interactive light hitting the valley floor.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMsTROZft5QvhD7Mk8zQXT6HRd8j565wsTE_idlfduLgn1gg1DTd-pcy1KWhcKgStVt2sZdP-rGILN9ydZ0BM6ShMwd02-8OrGxeSNHRVMMnZpuDY67UWuZyiEa71GDoHpa-YWRTLcIyhQ6SjWxoleWatEoTSBkzb3OwTHTw_Xzt3raajE5OlDQ73/s1920/HB-storm2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMsTROZft5QvhD7Mk8zQXT6HRd8j565wsTE_idlfduLgn1gg1DTd-pcy1KWhcKgStVt2sZdP-rGILN9ydZ0BM6ShMwd02-8OrGxeSNHRVMMnZpuDY67UWuZyiEa71GDoHpa-YWRTLcIyhQ6SjWxoleWatEoTSBkzb3OwTHTw_Xzt3raajE5OlDQ73/w640-h278/HB-storm2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frame #2</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-kk9fqGQN3u2opBPGiixNuGoSbkg8PseejUNDBBP4B2yPB42TymTrW2H4YVhwEAcVKQF9khfktGwdSyEmSGDPowZY0eC6z347VnB-8g3ogw3V4fd2QZ5Jqyj1sBYsb23vTy6FQslWkBe4DFPgorInW5r-b30Cu6IGZ8zk-Za9TGaO1_RaTJq_jWN/s1920/HB-storm3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-kk9fqGQN3u2opBPGiixNuGoSbkg8PseejUNDBBP4B2yPB42TymTrW2H4YVhwEAcVKQF9khfktGwdSyEmSGDPowZY0eC6z347VnB-8g3ogw3V4fd2QZ5Jqyj1sBYsb23vTy6FQslWkBe4DFPgorInW5r-b30Cu6IGZ8zk-Za9TGaO1_RaTJq_jWN/w640-h278/HB-storm3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Frame #3</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-hvwcmWpkFrKCVQvzGYUZPhNU6MiKIAA5c06vpxBAysrWGfJOsiK36xRPTYH3T18yxZlAgO7bUOPr2Oq_LP39Fpb880qn9eIjVLnBj_4elf-owvJdDF7uoVK4VXU-E_wHvHGK9vSfmhol8FuXBdpABa-3CHaQXHiJR5Xt2bc7ZKxxWsFnaLh7vdL/s1920/HB-storm4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-hvwcmWpkFrKCVQvzGYUZPhNU6MiKIAA5c06vpxBAysrWGfJOsiK36xRPTYH3T18yxZlAgO7bUOPr2Oq_LP39Fpb880qn9eIjVLnBj_4elf-owvJdDF7uoVK4VXU-E_wHvHGK9vSfmhol8FuXBdpABa-3CHaQXHiJR5Xt2bc7ZKxxWsFnaLh7vdL/w640-h278/HB-storm4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Frame #4</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKs7gTI5sRYUQGPiEumt0bz_eiblF0n9hKIbQoeyT29d7mDPODCsZJpXnvJsc70H0sguMi0q7A9WcnHBYamg3hZiaMLZ0SR53TnGejnsj8NCOBwQib_6Vj-9HhO4rwAZE_Yw2TlnZ2uNVfQuUtYCUBdpuz6nimNYnZU0JCFWBe32bM9fiu815i336/s1920/HB-storm%20xtra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKs7gTI5sRYUQGPiEumt0bz_eiblF0n9hKIbQoeyT29d7mDPODCsZJpXnvJsc70H0sguMi0q7A9WcnHBYamg3hZiaMLZ0SR53TnGejnsj8NCOBwQib_6Vj-9HhO4rwAZE_Yw2TlnZ2uNVfQuUtYCUBdpuz6nimNYnZU0JCFWBe32bM9fiu815i336/w640-h272/HB-storm%20xtra.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Frame #5</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQQ5W0MA_zOdOLAOZ0MykEpy3TgD9t1YBpIzszASHv6IaBsghvoimmIX7o_LJ0gzAvH9THU0cNbdHPlWbgyT6U3HVUJfBD6B4nMsJh1GpeC22cOGSh5NtG7YEYlihozsc2TSOqh49Y1m4ZbJnr5-WDKQNMXMPv4NMr3ogyp1Ds-E7e7fov7OcjSBr/s1920/HB-storm%20wide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQQ5W0MA_zOdOLAOZ0MykEpy3TgD9t1YBpIzszASHv6IaBsghvoimmIX7o_LJ0gzAvH9THU0cNbdHPlWbgyT6U3HVUJfBD6B4nMsJh1GpeC22cOGSh5NtG7YEYlihozsc2TSOqh49Y1m4ZbJnr5-WDKQNMXMPv4NMr3ogyp1Ds-E7e7fov7OcjSBr/w640-h272/HB-storm%20wide.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The movie was directed by Allan Arkush - himself a most fascinating fellow. Allan began his film career - along with friend Joe Dante - as trailer cutter for Roger Corman's <i>New World Pictures</i> in the 70's. Now, as a firm fan of 'B' pictures and low grade exploitation flicks myself I'm quite familiar with most all of those cheesy flicks, and even more so with the incredibly 'in-your-face' coming attractions trailers for them that Allan and Joe concocted - each one a mini masterpiece of lurid showmanship! Breasts, bums; the same explosion that appeared in a ton of trailers but <i>never</i> in any of those films; shotgun blasting vigilantes, airplane decapitations, bikers and shackled Filipino chain gang gals...<b>all</b> packed into 3 amazing minutes for titles like T.N.T JACKSON; CAGED HEAT; SAVAGE SISTERS; NAKED FIST and the unforgettably 'Z' grade BURY ME AN ANGEL: <i>("a howling hellcat humping a hot steel hog, twisted by torment, a sadistic she-devil, leading a pair of perverts on a roaring rampage of revenge")</i>. Classics <u>none</u> of my blog readers would ever have heard of! Special mention here for the voice actor of the <i>CrimeBuster</i> robot in HEARTBEEPS who was voiced by former New World trailer narrator, the great Ron Gans - <i><u>the</u></i> all time king of bass-baritone trailer voice-over artistes, bar none!! Both Allan and Joe impressed the hell out of Corman so much that he gave them <i>their own</i> feature to direct - so long as it cost $10 bucks and came in on time. They made the wonderful HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD (1976) for pocket change by raiding the New World film vaults and 're-purposing' a ton of sequences from previous Corman films - all shows they knew like the back of their hands from their trailer work - and cut into an entirely 'new' full length plot(!!) It's a hoot, especially if you know those numerous 'stolen' sequences like I do. This is probably far more info than any reader cares to know, but I <u>did</u> say that I tend to drift off topic, <i>didn't I</i>?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidY_wpYC_QWD7NX975WiFoQ1V98tnjh9_edFl7OVxYOMwGksBps5Ho7_ZHMUaoSlGs3JCtUNu45j-qfit8TjdjUARb6H-oM7W0rnK0-QEmxol_zps0y6xEzv9LbfECwIYj7cd7PxJxlxjKVxbnXKzToEUo69BFX38OP3H1Xk-PqLljnkaDyAw9tTsn/s1489/Heartbeeps-81%20Valley%20day%20matte-full%20Whitlock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1489" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidY_wpYC_QWD7NX975WiFoQ1V98tnjh9_edFl7OVxYOMwGksBps5Ho7_ZHMUaoSlGs3JCtUNu45j-qfit8TjdjUARb6H-oM7W0rnK0-QEmxol_zps0y6xEzv9LbfECwIYj7cd7PxJxlxjKVxbnXKzToEUo69BFX38OP3H1Xk-PqLljnkaDyAw9tTsn/w640-h354/Heartbeeps-81%20Valley%20day%20matte-full%20Whitlock.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Subsequent shot is this glorious view of the whole valley in bright sunlight, complete with drifting clouds.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Z1lI330YhFPNBCHGcAU8ET6J8jp4E-mUpBvxZXjorarnvBn7UNdMXi8-1bzwmEirxBB2OD-ToQjp3Mf4zLU4H--b3DcBgqIIyyXVCZogRoMIfxMPIc3JcrDEnVWAHTOPKEEtLUxVBBL3S6vghAVtURfcfBd-J0Tdyi29v9EPLVe7jhgxk0jpWWYh/s1484/Heartbeeps-81%20valley%20day%20detail2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1484" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Z1lI330YhFPNBCHGcAU8ET6J8jp4E-mUpBvxZXjorarnvBn7UNdMXi8-1bzwmEirxBB2OD-ToQjp3Mf4zLU4H--b3DcBgqIIyyXVCZogRoMIfxMPIc3JcrDEnVWAHTOPKEEtLUxVBBL3S6vghAVtURfcfBd-J0Tdyi29v9EPLVe7jhgxk0jpWWYh/w640-h364/Heartbeeps-81%20valley%20day%20detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3vPf3l6TjoRh7greykw5z-y9NpyS88ZrF8I6eXPO6hCHFUxmZquqw3BEpfwwiimN6CFs4d_3mZdbCukJDyzBBcWnRDdij9qKF-WYQWtKVJSTlLgCdaugUW2wgdEamxsuwedcAuZdSnRfbgFz7H8XYENPBoGP4rgz0S8IhIEJdr7mOhkq-g2Jbg2j/s1920/HB-day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3vPf3l6TjoRh7greykw5z-y9NpyS88ZrF8I6eXPO6hCHFUxmZquqw3BEpfwwiimN6CFs4d_3mZdbCukJDyzBBcWnRDdij9qKF-WYQWtKVJSTlLgCdaugUW2wgdEamxsuwedcAuZdSnRfbgFz7H8XYENPBoGP4rgz0S8IhIEJdr7mOhkq-g2Jbg2j/w640-h272/HB-day.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although we only get to see the daylight view through the factory window, it's still a wonderful shot. Note the addition of rainbows painted onto a separate glass and presumably superimposed after the filming of the cloud soft splits as a separate run through Bill's matte camera. The foreground set was then combined as a blue screen travelling matte to the paintings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ks4VRdx4HiAz84xTDfbj5iVUGNTPRHwQ_f3J1hfoC3QXYc5Kf8JwsNO-3feAn7wc5WY4B9NxVPHPN6aSlj046yx9DxuQGvmBQF6VM2Ny6lhu0mmCRBAn8b1yB3GtbZ3kbLsuldsv_U0Id4uVex3Vdrwzb466J4SGq4HvOWup7jPqUYpZwMfh1_9c/s1190/Al%20Whitlock%20&%20Mike%20Moramarco%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1190" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ks4VRdx4HiAz84xTDfbj5iVUGNTPRHwQ_f3J1hfoC3QXYc5Kf8JwsNO-3feAn7wc5WY4B9NxVPHPN6aSlj046yx9DxuQGvmBQF6VM2Ny6lhu0mmCRBAn8b1yB3GtbZ3kbLsuldsv_U0Id4uVex3Vdrwzb466J4SGq4HvOWup7jPqUYpZwMfh1_9c/w640-h466/Al%20Whitlock%20&%20Mike%20Moramarco%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albert sets a matte in camera with the assistance of Michael Moramarco - a long time member of Universal's matte department stretching back to the Ross Hoffman era and <u>very</u> early Whitlock tenure.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwHgNzdQmv6tjBwnBIkMIFjwthsS4O5dIjbU8biJL2eAL2s7uC6yvhCHkCeCODPxp_J23uossxu-DQE2D1ZXWkJbPdqE34_vCL9ggGrC-zA-AtWwEq0QvvSBGzFmATqwl7eULkFsiRAV8P-YlRcz4lAykDSkA8lF69iZ3eIl27YgEtC80KOAFHQci/s1920/HB8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwHgNzdQmv6tjBwnBIkMIFjwthsS4O5dIjbU8biJL2eAL2s7uC6yvhCHkCeCODPxp_J23uossxu-DQE2D1ZXWkJbPdqE34_vCL9ggGrC-zA-AtWwEq0QvvSBGzFmATqwl7eULkFsiRAV8P-YlRcz4lAykDSkA8lF69iZ3eIl27YgEtC80KOAFHQci/w640-h278/HB8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A wonderful vista of the robot factory off in the distance, as painted by Albert, with the matte extending as far down as the lower tree line. Crystal clear image fidelity as Al was the world's biggest advocate of original negative latent image matte shots, which is why they all look so good. Beautiful sense of backlight - a phenomena I've always loved about his work, which was Al's <i>forte</i>, and an asset I tend to feel he likely picked up from the great Peter Ellenshaw while at Disney.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rcDxPOGyhLN6PTH1oD0g3V1BIi5djBC6lTzOrOiI3FI5Vr2REGrSe_HlHGhx1UoWOhdaO9LaKN7Xm2gy6L7vsyVaKHHPKx6AZidgNBfsG-a4Izfp_QkVz6VYtKKQNdDD8snoQXZbZYtQpre0Hr5v9l2-Y0R_URA1UBd5uywDJNZ3yYlcRKFuztU9/s1080/HB%20stills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rcDxPOGyhLN6PTH1oD0g3V1BIi5djBC6lTzOrOiI3FI5Vr2REGrSe_HlHGhx1UoWOhdaO9LaKN7Xm2gy6L7vsyVaKHHPKx6AZidgNBfsG-a4Izfp_QkVz6VYtKKQNdDD8snoQXZbZYtQpre0Hr5v9l2-Y0R_URA1UBd5uywDJNZ3yYlcRKFuztU9/w640-h640/HB%20stills.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Among the oddball characters - both human and <i>'bucket-of-bolts'</i> in the flick, was the wonderful concept of having a stand-up comic android - as one does, with <i>Catskill</i> (top left) being just such a mechanical jokester. Catskill's non-stop one liners were written by real life Borsch Belt comic Henny Youngman, and voiced here by Jack Carter - complete with auto 'drum roll & cymbal ding' for each witticism!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoe3My7Ys9oeHN8CT-dQjUwrWmx5MjSizFAvTCxuEwjxwWdOZPMaTJ8rnlnT0l8LUjLhoTDtoU-KjUhqHWsmwxS771BY8iIdhbg4vASnpDFrMfC2IJsnzLcpOXJXNwUnRuqvCu3vYaNBbvZJ8e9NiG5cT3_va9nodvFSWkTOupDjffhlRIxJasJDP/s1856/HB%20support%20cast%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1856" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoe3My7Ys9oeHN8CT-dQjUwrWmx5MjSizFAvTCxuEwjxwWdOZPMaTJ8rnlnT0l8LUjLhoTDtoU-KjUhqHWsmwxS771BY8iIdhbg4vASnpDFrMfC2IJsnzLcpOXJXNwUnRuqvCu3vYaNBbvZJ8e9NiG5cT3_va9nodvFSWkTOupDjffhlRIxJasJDP/w640-h378/HB%20support%20cast%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, as a lifelong movie buff, with interests in ALL aspects of the game, I've always had a great respect for the acting profession, and none more so than what would be termed 'character actors'. So many great films over the years are memorable not just for the lead players but more so for the small part character actors (I could name a hundred such!). HEARTBEEPS hit bullseye with several small roles played by tried and true great character actors. Top left: Randy <i>(Midnight Express)</i> Quaid with Kenneth <i>(The Taking of Pelham 123)</i> McMillan. Top right: the legendary one of a kind Dick <i>(The Terminator)</i> Miller. Bottom left: the <u>always</u> memorable Mary <i>(Death Race 2000) </i>Woronov. Bottom right: the highly talented director-actor-writer Paul <i>(Eating Raoul) </i>Bartel. Also in the flick are reliable old pro's Kathleen <i>(Blues Brothers)</i> Freeman and Richard B.<i>(The Anderson Tapes)</i> Schull in small walk ons.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoifHN98t2tTEPCi4QK7hsFfXvBFkG3gdXWkgXtmFIuiyeJRMOTMinPt0yEW-mfkuq22z6BvmPFs2iZNAJVxJ7MrtiW2dWB7wAz0od5_3aIRxEVn4NtruXADFNmovdm0N9zJJ9xjBnB1LdLz2NUphad7X6s8Xudv25Xrtg99e_k53IKV-lmivZqJjU/s1485/HB9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="1485" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoifHN98t2tTEPCi4QK7hsFfXvBFkG3gdXWkgXtmFIuiyeJRMOTMinPt0yEW-mfkuq22z6BvmPFs2iZNAJVxJ7MrtiW2dWB7wAz0od5_3aIRxEVn4NtruXADFNmovdm0N9zJJ9xjBnB1LdLz2NUphad7X6s8Xudv25Xrtg99e_k53IKV-lmivZqJjU/w640-h544/HB9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A matte that many missed, of the spare parts wrecking yard of old robots. Note: rotoscope work evident as the two robots heads pass above the matte demarcation line, with Kaufman's head being slightly translucent for several frames.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMi2dYP5DAIcVWauj1iYvW4OG0CF7rooACL6zHJl60FyuYQOdm6sfvFhyoInurlmo5QPLoVQCJ5PzjUIabX4PE7ErVqCNkG4fLsTkUE6gtHKnyyPXt3l-HGyZUL7pkGCelA3fAmRJBNkJQ7Y17U3XBTUSuLaD6XE8Xa64DRAoNXq2MvfXG3Otj7JM/s3006/Heartbeeps%20Junkyard%20painting%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="3006" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMi2dYP5DAIcVWauj1iYvW4OG0CF7rooACL6zHJl60FyuYQOdm6sfvFhyoInurlmo5QPLoVQCJ5PzjUIabX4PE7ErVqCNkG4fLsTkUE6gtHKnyyPXt3l-HGyZUL7pkGCelA3fAmRJBNkJQ7Y17U3XBTUSuLaD6XE8Xa64DRAoNXq2MvfXG3Otj7JM/w640-h304/Heartbeeps%20Junkyard%20painting%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albert's painting for the robot junkyard scene. The very contrasty trees may have been hold outs for separately painted tree texture, though why go to the trouble, I don't know.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hAzVY1uap_KmGb7ilKsaXCJZ6JE9olcGJMfw_e2t7w5BgSfBfhcoRaEwPwcYBKhtRUBTEKufOMeyaL8VaFRAffWuZd8a3vHhuegxSwTgzOAgXe7O7eAapRBkCRM3OpgZpg5FT8D3zgEy5wdcvuTO_daieNRXHEPa24A6AbNX_L-8vf6j0CvyN_Jl/s1710/Remaining%20Mattes%20&%20Sketches252%20(crop).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1710" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hAzVY1uap_KmGb7ilKsaXCJZ6JE9olcGJMfw_e2t7w5BgSfBfhcoRaEwPwcYBKhtRUBTEKufOMeyaL8VaFRAffWuZd8a3vHhuegxSwTgzOAgXe7O7eAapRBkCRM3OpgZpg5FT8D3zgEy5wdcvuTO_daieNRXHEPa24A6AbNX_L-8vf6j0CvyN_Jl/w640-h366/Remaining%20Mattes%20&%20Sketches252%20(crop).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A curiosity here. This is a mystery glass painting rendered by Syd Dutton, which all indications suggest was made for a sequence that landed on the cutting room floor. Syd did however recall painting something similar for a tv commercial which featured a robot rebellion or some such.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTilYyHvJR6eJTyKsMXUYwL2KdyNjXPM3mE5NU4IUnz0is7X6CsboC1v0vGyCg13rLY_Csptico6hbV_tIwxip3qSNRJuhJUfxNhcFxzOxvtC5EXNli1rQbI78cHjAEYDzFdHx36BqLe9_ms3jeG5Lz0SzuJzM5-7PdDDDWSI3ZpIpFvOs3INhQeGu/s1920/HB%2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTilYyHvJR6eJTyKsMXUYwL2KdyNjXPM3mE5NU4IUnz0is7X6CsboC1v0vGyCg13rLY_Csptico6hbV_tIwxip3qSNRJuhJUfxNhcFxzOxvtC5EXNli1rQbI78cHjAEYDzFdHx36BqLe9_ms3jeG5Lz0SzuJzM5-7PdDDDWSI3ZpIpFvOs3INhQeGu/w640-h272/HB%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, this late in the narrative shot proved most interesting, and was a trick shot I'd never noticed until this recent re-evaluation on BluRay. On a few repeat rewinds I felt compelled to question the view as a likely matte composite. I asked Syd, who was fairly sure it was a regular production shot. We begged to differ, so we asked Tom Higginson if there was any archived evidence one way or the other. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7oOEMBNxgWEGic27L_0pPH8nW3kOVZ1oQ3CxnGzCQ8EE9GdJP4cxJI9HKPlEyR8BajMwdj7OcC1BQtyu8pZjPZna3M5HYq3Gz2r9TCwhPZygByy7_E3XcReVHEMr940Y2Pyhg3hrgVYe2TGU2Drripf6yogLisEpkOQjnY0MTqmFkzmnUwKWCmqh/s2399/Heartbeeps%20(Quaid%20Bino%20Shot).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="2399" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7oOEMBNxgWEGic27L_0pPH8nW3kOVZ1oQ3CxnGzCQ8EE9GdJP4cxJI9HKPlEyR8BajMwdj7OcC1BQtyu8pZjPZna3M5HYq3Gz2r9TCwhPZygByy7_E3XcReVHEMr940Y2Pyhg3hrgVYe2TGU2Drripf6yogLisEpkOQjnY0MTqmFkzmnUwKWCmqh/w640-h280/Heartbeeps%20(Quaid%20Bino%20Shot).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">...and here it is. Mark Whitlock painted this apparently quick, though totally effective rendering on glass which slotted in nicely with the location footage above. Note, the characters visible far off atop the hillside in the finished scene must have been doubled in as a bi-pack element, or may have been a cel overlay animation gag? Syd, my friend... you owe Pete a beer ;)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WA6rMFaPF4D0aWsvj0T-Qmx-RsGtpASOG4nWh2XzC9Fb6k_Rszl5bOvux9YEnozA4_MvQ5fdtcnmFWZhBNvkRg7jMpheTWz-EVXIM0_sVN8KC92tgbWUXWoFDgZIg3mlWCS5bnlC0m_Y-9P7arDS471bV9_tO2TWcrxVIbXsK-krQWgv7WMEYCuM/s1055/Zoltan%20Elak%20&%20S.Winstone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1055" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WA6rMFaPF4D0aWsvj0T-Qmx-RsGtpASOG4nWh2XzC9Fb6k_Rszl5bOvux9YEnozA4_MvQ5fdtcnmFWZhBNvkRg7jMpheTWz-EVXIM0_sVN8KC92tgbWUXWoFDgZIg3mlWCS5bnlC0m_Y-9P7arDS471bV9_tO2TWcrxVIbXsK-krQWgv7WMEYCuM/w400-h261/Zoltan%20Elak%20&%20S.Winstone.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Special make up designer Stan Winston (right) with associate Zoltan Elak.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHedsXwKKAl5N7sh0kK_ja4rVbwwPQR6NRsSaDnbPE2NqnHUyt5Xhsq9K0NmmbCOvjN5NOtvSjjMCfEfZvkppdur-Zxsl5gNyf13yseAYlhPHTCKO1ChFDMupd_-jsQuBGhcvsz2mWoqLzt2BT211eXGqLzmLxgTrB34MyUZre56OaBPOipHUkzuy4/s1154/heart-title%20art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHedsXwKKAl5N7sh0kK_ja4rVbwwPQR6NRsSaDnbPE2NqnHUyt5Xhsq9K0NmmbCOvjN5NOtvSjjMCfEfZvkppdur-Zxsl5gNyf13yseAYlhPHTCKO1ChFDMupd_-jsQuBGhcvsz2mWoqLzt2BT211eXGqLzmLxgTrB34MyUZre56OaBPOipHUkzuy4/w560-h640/heart-title%20art.jpg" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Dreadful alternative ad-campaign by Universal to try to sell an admittedly difficult release. Oh, and that 'Crimebuster' there is the one voiced by the great Ron Gans - trash drive-in trailer voice over artiste bar none! As an aside, Ron did some great parody trailers for John Landis' KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE, with the hilariously unforgettable <i>'Catholic High School Girls In Trouble'</i> and the pseudo Hebrew-blaxploitation spoof <i>'Cleopatra Schwarz'</i>.... though, as usual, I digress.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSN9_XAv9ODeSwk5bTMetE4NhPD5EXESVQeegcDVR-6AnNEf6F5HaJ3Rcvn2bZ8yLXb5ppdDg9GVvEHQMYGRnGpcAs2v7UmZRAlHKKSEHMKV8tIVlR2gJBb8v4E5riEgIE9MhLcyixerwXLkOoOQYDsTZ5gRBpQHY61IYyrW5dmZ7M_eMTE3Al74v/s1134/Hornblower-art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1134" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSN9_XAv9ODeSwk5bTMetE4NhPD5EXESVQeegcDVR-6AnNEf6F5HaJ3Rcvn2bZ8yLXb5ppdDg9GVvEHQMYGRnGpcAs2v7UmZRAlHKKSEHMKV8tIVlR2gJBb8v4E5riEgIE9MhLcyixerwXLkOoOQYDsTZ5gRBpQHY61IYyrW5dmZ7M_eMTE3Al74v/w640-h454/Hornblower-art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Time for a distinct change of pace here. CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER (1951) was an excellent, big budget period action adventure packed with special effects, with a number of technicians credited, and at least one important creative individual omitted completely!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Xm96TUMgCMwPMfxwaviflOcX8v2WA_B0TkeMry3WI7Wy_a5aE2218U19D5GVIRby5Vtwh61g55hrSvIYYztw-mi-h-KNYJOcYHTBLmnQA0XKcd_XKwPMpjHzhyyapGHWQ_nXk6kabwxlXE8WD36ZK50v61P0S-76Et6ZqGsaxMTo5H12Z4EWrZ8Y/s1596/hornblower-trl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="1596" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Xm96TUMgCMwPMfxwaviflOcX8v2WA_B0TkeMry3WI7Wy_a5aE2218U19D5GVIRby5Vtwh61g55hrSvIYYztw-mi-h-KNYJOcYHTBLmnQA0XKcd_XKwPMpjHzhyyapGHWQ_nXk6kabwxlXE8WD36ZK50v61P0S-76Et6ZqGsaxMTo5H12Z4EWrZ8Y/w640-h192/hornblower-trl.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although a Warner Bros release, it was in fact entirely filmed in the United Kingdom, though with a mix of British and American staffers.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8n9Tz8BEVGHTJnRE0fy_c9xrItU2UGIYsG2YXaLAZvJlrEpIxjrJMztrd_be-tdHQAzJFYJQMau5__tdrtXN6Ne9R-VPggQab4PWbVm09GqPgrCSIyfnlIdh5XmhOfR4LjZ9SZWXSCSBJI___fKiyqv6CxzcVf86E-188BhfdAY7hjq8ZCLtwm9iT/s1620/Hornblower-credits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="1620" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8n9Tz8BEVGHTJnRE0fy_c9xrItU2UGIYsG2YXaLAZvJlrEpIxjrJMztrd_be-tdHQAzJFYJQMau5__tdrtXN6Ne9R-VPggQab4PWbVm09GqPgrCSIyfnlIdh5XmhOfR4LjZ9SZWXSCSBJI___fKiyqv6CxzcVf86E-188BhfdAY7hjq8ZCLtwm9iT/w640-h470/Hornblower-credits.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As grand a title opener as one could expect, though the <u>four</u> SFX men credited all deserved kudos, a name missed out here really was an unfortunate omission, as we shall discover...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcXPHF-y7l37EqpP15wG1UEXDZusfpJZ01RBSd3qnJUbwvhfIA4UP_9HoIGG8KpfuD9a6XOpxTaj4rQ0N8ZLz7m1YHT4eDwuj4bBHRjKO02xBPVdv8yjskocrApWrIt9JbAtgtWmnqF9bctb77j9ox0BRm4bB10NSDtwlRRPkuPAG-sZnKfCqZfOO/s2532/C.Richardson%20&%20G.Blackwell%20(sm).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="2532" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcXPHF-y7l37EqpP15wG1UEXDZusfpJZ01RBSd3qnJUbwvhfIA4UP_9HoIGG8KpfuD9a6XOpxTaj4rQ0N8ZLz7m1YHT4eDwuj4bBHRjKO02xBPVdv8yjskocrApWrIt9JbAtgtWmnqF9bctb77j9ox0BRm4bB10NSDtwlRRPkuPAG-sZnKfCqZfOO/w640-h284/C.Richardson%20&%20G.Blackwell%20(sm).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The effects team was split between Brit experts and experienced career Americans. Shown here are the two English mechanical & miniature effects supervisors, the legendary Cliff Richardson (left) and George Blackwell (right). Cliff - pictured here in 1951 finessing a trigger gag to one of the miniature cannons for CAPT HORNBLOWER - was considered the grandfather of physical and model effects in the British industry, having entered it around 1923. He would spend a great deal of his career working at Ealing Studios, among others, and became one of the most respected technicians in the business. Cliff's son John followed in his footsteps and himself became one of Britain's most in demand experts. George Blackwell was another very well known model specialist in the UK industry, with decades of employment at Rank-Pinewood and other studios where he displayed a special ability with hanging miniatures and aircraft. George's work on the still brilliant WWII true story DAMBUSTERS saw him receive an Oscar nomination. The pic here shows George with one of his miniatures for the film YANGZE INCIDENT.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmKSZ2sjBQ50LhpOq8TJwvwkXCw_9AhBdqS--LveOdr7nMdiiTB3xq_kdknvJ7Xz2IdJAzinkEGBqpNsgdRfXoyYbMHaTElZMWCdBhO4NbXtt-0bzjJU8epJEEHvRo3YTLfzRJNx4xYc95rYmUfshVvS1kM_E3gaInKCNZF_oP7tV2FgXMlRguPuz/s1569/IMG_1105%20cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1569" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmKSZ2sjBQ50LhpOq8TJwvwkXCw_9AhBdqS--LveOdr7nMdiiTB3xq_kdknvJ7Xz2IdJAzinkEGBqpNsgdRfXoyYbMHaTElZMWCdBhO4NbXtt-0bzjJU8epJEEHvRo3YTLfzRJNx4xYc95rYmUfshVvS1kM_E3gaInKCNZF_oP7tV2FgXMlRguPuz/w640-h448/IMG_1105%20cropped.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another important contributor to the film, and an uncredited one at that, was the remarkably talented Peter Ellenshaw. This film was one of several Peter painted for between his years with mentor Poppa Day at Denham and his subsequent profitable tenure with Disney on the UK productions and beyond.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Qh4qHSqb2IJOFpjiroNDCDQGsvlXTRndGxI3GT_HYgKJt0ivdpDP-UuPe6Gt9sNdL5T1raZplHk0VktpKl_a1VKkveyfxOgHZ34Ho9U0Q3WcOJbKHD1RwMkmst0a-UeMhdutasnZsjK51PL8_7v3jMbRLqgRi7Pp5v_9KNU48DT3_rGkP1nFBdvN/s2428/Peter%20Ellenshaw-matte%20artist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="2428" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Qh4qHSqb2IJOFpjiroNDCDQGsvlXTRndGxI3GT_HYgKJt0ivdpDP-UuPe6Gt9sNdL5T1raZplHk0VktpKl_a1VKkveyfxOgHZ34Ho9U0Q3WcOJbKHD1RwMkmst0a-UeMhdutasnZsjK51PL8_7v3jMbRLqgRi7Pp5v_9KNU48DT3_rGkP1nFBdvN/w640-h408/Peter%20Ellenshaw-matte%20artist.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The great Peter Ellenshaw at work in various periods of his long career as premier matte artist. The bottom left pic is in the matte room on THE BLACK HOLE while the bottom right photo is a mystery to me, as it is to Peter's son Harrison. It's stamped with the Disney logo so must be one of their shows like IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS or 20'000 LEAGUES? Though it could even be from CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER, though not a Disney film, the foreground glass painted sky over a model tank set up is most interesting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxtX1qPtPd1FTwuLmFbGKq9AOFVe9hYA-5ISVh8h2UpvswuIRS11RSQpzttLI790JNeHV3StmG6v0tfBGoi8hdpTdKGP5HoG6JbK9FHBBOBQwMDxZle2NGHNgm5n-HotsanhRh3aFslZvjKqovWeNHLVRsjzcgyZpeXDYnum8Q9Sw9Rd1HSEXNAds/s1472/Hornblower1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxtX1qPtPd1FTwuLmFbGKq9AOFVe9hYA-5ISVh8h2UpvswuIRS11RSQpzttLI790JNeHV3StmG6v0tfBGoi8hdpTdKGP5HoG6JbK9FHBBOBQwMDxZle2NGHNgm5n-HotsanhRh3aFslZvjKqovWeNHLVRsjzcgyZpeXDYnum8Q9Sw9Rd1HSEXNAds/w640-h470/Hornblower1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The opening shot is this wonderful Ellenshaw matte painting - with old sailing ships being a specialty of Peter's for a time with his gallery art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdPAUQ70PrMF1hPfQd2cyo1e0z_fC6VIRXF2goxap57p6t8jrlgIdulfnGZnOyDsA0NuFthxpz8sjXG8mkTi8SlHQMFKPJmfMandO5JNTqLmsOrD_HUgEGIf68uz0mVUsTejTy8XNyYaZqGxTL4Fq9a6eXjBnZAspTMeLprwWi2T_vWiXorsqS8jz/s1472/Hornblower2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdPAUQ70PrMF1hPfQd2cyo1e0z_fC6VIRXF2goxap57p6t8jrlgIdulfnGZnOyDsA0NuFthxpz8sjXG8mkTi8SlHQMFKPJmfMandO5JNTqLmsOrD_HUgEGIf68uz0mVUsTejTy8XNyYaZqGxTL4Fq9a6eXjBnZAspTMeLprwWi2T_vWiXorsqS8jz/w640-h470/Hornblower2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Along with Cliff and George, two American effects guys were on board, so to speak. Veteran mechanical effects expert Harry Barndollar had a very long career in trick work, having started off as an artist rendering title paintings for silents as far back as 1918. Harry later found gainful employment in physical effects at Warner Bros and worked on miniatures at Paramount for WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE among others. CAPT. HORNBLOWER was Harry's final film. Also on effects was Arthur Rhoades who, among other films, built the life sized mechanical dinosaur heads for the Irwin Allen extravaganza ANIMAL WORLD.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxW2hpgJKLP82JQ7oIGBbOOGcueNRuBQE-3Egb5H0zjn96mXyE9jzfOr9jjGZP6al-USB5FILEJJruLaDmvNOp0kYKSPRoBq_xqUODncbd57lhr1sv6KW6JSL5oN-nNeptnplI8B1EUJWT7Umy0HmPDH1J50SIdCQG-I9zKiKm_YBBOmvEaNaHyDW/s3028/Hornblower2b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="3028" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxW2hpgJKLP82JQ7oIGBbOOGcueNRuBQE-3Egb5H0zjn96mXyE9jzfOr9jjGZP6al-USB5FILEJJruLaDmvNOp0kYKSPRoBq_xqUODncbd57lhr1sv6KW6JSL5oN-nNeptnplI8B1EUJWT7Umy0HmPDH1J50SIdCQG-I9zKiKm_YBBOmvEaNaHyDW/w640-h238/Hornblower2b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although the superb sea-going sequences all have the appearance of being shot in actual ocean environs, they were all, most surprisingly, filmed in a large specially constructed tank at Denham Studios outside of London</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLSGm6Nbw4KvvFB3bNLwjZ4vg-ki6XjEcZ6Ak6-7tJDU5kFrFxOTnS43FniR2HlMKGrC8b4nFg_irw5RY7q8xWIYbZ7fB3zvMmprazkd8KCanaS-RkLgPx7k8M84pJ2CZidYq9Nactq-L8NEIb1r733-DTc1zR03VygfWSXQF5lhREyVQjsfwVtdE/s1472/Hornblower4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLSGm6Nbw4KvvFB3bNLwjZ4vg-ki6XjEcZ6Ak6-7tJDU5kFrFxOTnS43FniR2HlMKGrC8b4nFg_irw5RY7q8xWIYbZ7fB3zvMmprazkd8KCanaS-RkLgPx7k8M84pJ2CZidYq9Nactq-L8NEIb1r733-DTc1zR03VygfWSXQF5lhREyVQjsfwVtdE/w640-h470/Hornblower4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peter Ellenshaw has painted the set here from just above the doors on upward.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKk5ev6yvHdq_xu0S6l7nHeYgJqhTzLlL9ed3svzXYWGgVnrPycsoMkObYQ6DwShBFrOwFn1XGgADLRQCQ-gX1FrJ6P0Lile84DG1lonOMCC8YlTDWqm-eBtrLwDzVNpggAbP5jquVrO7zvL0LEHBQRuslE7VLazu3Zdj6LxHf8xsh7bIx1-7c02M/s1472/Hornblower3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKk5ev6yvHdq_xu0S6l7nHeYgJqhTzLlL9ed3svzXYWGgVnrPycsoMkObYQ6DwShBFrOwFn1XGgADLRQCQ-gX1FrJ6P0Lile84DG1lonOMCC8YlTDWqm-eBtrLwDzVNpggAbP5jquVrO7zvL0LEHBQRuslE7VLazu3Zdj6LxHf8xsh7bIx1-7c02M/w640-h470/Hornblower3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A fine example of miniaturisation and mechanics here, with not only a splendid model sail ship in tow, but model rowboats complete with automated puppets working the oars. Top notch.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPk-rlWKrW970qreIFYdVI38jB9BiyYrvn3K-Oa-5Ih4vzpwFzD5-GGdVq5_eYYqPixOvDWhlUfmJ1Jt9F9Zp0eVMt5hPijo3ncY3i4YDwGJXkqTrizWM4IDuGHhVp8iamcfIBwY9D7q2ea0wRm2S5n1zsEqVILhCCAKufRr1WQvkho3whrXmkN7BR/s1472/Hornblower5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPk-rlWKrW970qreIFYdVI38jB9BiyYrvn3K-Oa-5Ih4vzpwFzD5-GGdVq5_eYYqPixOvDWhlUfmJ1Jt9F9Zp0eVMt5hPijo3ncY3i4YDwGJXkqTrizWM4IDuGHhVp8iamcfIBwY9D7q2ea0wRm2S5n1zsEqVILhCCAKufRr1WQvkho3whrXmkN7BR/w640-h470/Hornblower5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More splendid Ellenshaw matte art here - all highly atmospheric. A later scene uses the same basic painting, though with an altered sky and different ship on the horizon (see below...)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijzECeNFqUXQ-63CKAbajgCjNWmZJpZ9A1tEwt14PHdwLpdsVhRwKzBU9qsyAwsaK1j5i_JKdur6JuBwWCZZrpHhIxZ78bmNaW73rhLqW36xmPqCTgETKHnaffwMzVcZvZqX0AmMA_RhKAiqLhJW9Morh5-xoJz1ibTuYF3_beORHcrqh_GbgmVdt8/s2292/hornblower-compared.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="2292" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijzECeNFqUXQ-63CKAbajgCjNWmZJpZ9A1tEwt14PHdwLpdsVhRwKzBU9qsyAwsaK1j5i_JKdur6JuBwWCZZrpHhIxZ78bmNaW73rhLqW36xmPqCTgETKHnaffwMzVcZvZqX0AmMA_RhKAiqLhJW9Morh5-xoJz1ibTuYF3_beORHcrqh_GbgmVdt8/w640-h250/hornblower-compared.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same painting, re-jigged for two different scenes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RqCf0sG-eyiALU8B6ddHxQVxj15S9ZZVFfRR-qquXIGmuZ6r0hSgXng734U0hAruu8kC8or0NQcwlwwTWU1kbuYfEDMrMIpFCVcS6MkgX81O2iH7-tDbnl5Nty-M9ofmvz4GMPrCDsnDOmzebr4wa24PSZELWkGOhKQXvwsa0tBrXQvcpXChMQLr/s1472/Hornblower6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RqCf0sG-eyiALU8B6ddHxQVxj15S9ZZVFfRR-qquXIGmuZ6r0hSgXng734U0hAruu8kC8or0NQcwlwwTWU1kbuYfEDMrMIpFCVcS6MkgX81O2iH7-tDbnl5Nty-M9ofmvz4GMPrCDsnDOmzebr4wa24PSZELWkGOhKQXvwsa0tBrXQvcpXChMQLr/w640-h470/Hornblower6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm fairly sure this is a miniature with a skillfully matted in lower area with actor clambering on board under the cover of darkness.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dXjsWp2UvujRTegzp4txWBcqIw-jZzeDWzzQUsNKXOFIYIB1MvgnB5N-0_1JlmJr0ve8whbK3zzl1ZiPfrTbzK9cacQBNNIoZTgXiaqikrZGcUtqAub3erDLa6z1RbzSJmyzmCQACVjrmrqVczEolp0SrrdzVo68sHoQTlJ9IxoEIvBAdpbKmnBC/s1472/Hornblower7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dXjsWp2UvujRTegzp4txWBcqIw-jZzeDWzzQUsNKXOFIYIB1MvgnB5N-0_1JlmJr0ve8whbK3zzl1ZiPfrTbzK9cacQBNNIoZTgXiaqikrZGcUtqAub3erDLa6z1RbzSJmyzmCQACVjrmrqVczEolp0SrrdzVo68sHoQTlJ9IxoEIvBAdpbKmnBC/w640-h470/Hornblower7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A follow up shot from same sequence, which while it might be a mock up ship on the stage, I tend to think some matting has been executed here due to ever so slight depth of field focus issues.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjaq6jDjwxeFm40q6TZuh8XG9v5uRF-VxZ5KLO2Vj8B8WByRJKJQ18ahdiqubSdPncbFRAJBpYtH33w07Or3F69mPk_hLFxze5afef7giYUXw9oiUDpnkl9tS5y16g6eGf6RM3rq3I6fr9e8k5XYEPD5v_2HhRR9CSvLTvYuriN0Twwn2mTgzDa4L/s1472/Hornblower8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjaq6jDjwxeFm40q6TZuh8XG9v5uRF-VxZ5KLO2Vj8B8WByRJKJQ18ahdiqubSdPncbFRAJBpYtH33w07Or3F69mPk_hLFxze5afef7giYUXw9oiUDpnkl9tS5y16g6eGf6RM3rq3I6fr9e8k5XYEPD5v_2HhRR9CSvLTvYuriN0Twwn2mTgzDa4L/w640-h470/Hornblower8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Reverse view from same scene, which once again I feel is a very well combined split screen of either a miniature or matte art? Very impressive, as are all of HORNBLOWER'S trick shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4BSk4-4EgcvhsDionzd6Fg5uKbQx9zdHm7_cjgpKhrlkyQC6J-scRhm73oLnuLKsyM7MmQSrYG8DQ5ePFiHZVxTVAXibmfcCaVXbIp-bTGx5fajWQnAvJ86s98e-aQlwFnkMMz8qSIs5yA-r5ZoBWEcaa2UarfgZQwuZSx_q8qgN-eL2WzB_jiO6/s1472/Hornblower9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4BSk4-4EgcvhsDionzd6Fg5uKbQx9zdHm7_cjgpKhrlkyQC6J-scRhm73oLnuLKsyM7MmQSrYG8DQ5ePFiHZVxTVAXibmfcCaVXbIp-bTGx5fajWQnAvJ86s98e-aQlwFnkMMz8qSIs5yA-r5ZoBWEcaa2UarfgZQwuZSx_q8qgN-eL2WzB_jiO6/w640-h470/Hornblower9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now here folks is one very bold visual effects shot courtesy of Peter Ellenshaw. A multi-element trick shot comprising actual sea with rowboat, an extensive matte painting of the ship and other details, and a very cleverly combined live action element inserted into Peter's painting comprising of the deck of the ship and the actors - shot on a sound stage. All in all, some courage here in producing this shot. I may be wrong, but I vaguely recall maybe Alan Hume - the esteemed future D.O.P - may have been Peter's matte cameraman here (or Les Ostinelli)?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rvlhH2Q0f3hCZCrVpgwfzjZG0abeGNaRPD1a-5PV-WHqF97R01G4rnN9ULb7L0tAraIHrLI1BVMJv567N4FQUUTOsa9G3Z8IBh9q94bk3web_Q9mzmDcIqMaO_ehwgkUgaq9ItX2o21zz0jeDSACEiqAQ_RGDtuC-6aePawQ_4Q59VxEiGmeyFWd/s2328/Hornblower-bef&aft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="2328" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rvlhH2Q0f3hCZCrVpgwfzjZG0abeGNaRPD1a-5PV-WHqF97R01G4rnN9ULb7L0tAraIHrLI1BVMJv567N4FQUUTOsa9G3Z8IBh9q94bk3web_Q9mzmDcIqMaO_ehwgkUgaq9ItX2o21zz0jeDSACEiqAQ_RGDtuC-6aePawQ_4Q59VxEiGmeyFWd/w640-h230/Hornblower-bef&aft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSM5Fel1S_04nWVwFrSM4_YY_X4zp4SnsGxD40TnULmvrHtKXIT4QkLpW0ybqD1uNXtNtWV_bV-7h2CSCi_moUPmKIrH-sQJnPn9c2-7dorEqInLbMJW9L3QAlKD72NX8uI9RWYvZT1zjjJlTeJAjNPDs4cBBV4F2W_U8IcVoI_9M8fATZqpCJIJZ/s1472/Hornblower%2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSM5Fel1S_04nWVwFrSM4_YY_X4zp4SnsGxD40TnULmvrHtKXIT4QkLpW0ybqD1uNXtNtWV_bV-7h2CSCi_moUPmKIrH-sQJnPn9c2-7dorEqInLbMJW9L3QAlKD72NX8uI9RWYvZT1zjjJlTeJAjNPDs4cBBV4F2W_U8IcVoI_9M8fATZqpCJIJZ/w640-h470/Hornblower%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two part comp, with Denham tank foreground, and what I'm sure is Ellenshaw's painted distant ship and sky matted in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsAExGKZXqzlpaHq-CAGp6jJ8R0LUhnJXynURDGHR6irlzTDMJ2GyzOg7wKNJfEmTRCJF6i3NzxqhVaa__uSsPrgHNtsJ5gFeVaH5E0nQn976G7PRrdu1bSci_FgxE2OWsuLG8Ld6SeyEskm4lrV8yOy3sAoQyhjkN2Uiwa4quVGDPppQfZs4twc8/s1472/Hornblower%2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsAExGKZXqzlpaHq-CAGp6jJ8R0LUhnJXynURDGHR6irlzTDMJ2GyzOg7wKNJfEmTRCJF6i3NzxqhVaa__uSsPrgHNtsJ5gFeVaH5E0nQn976G7PRrdu1bSci_FgxE2OWsuLG8Ld6SeyEskm4lrV8yOy3sAoQyhjkN2Uiwa4quVGDPppQfZs4twc8/w640-h470/Hornblower%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Presumably miniature just before the shootin' starts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZS4KO9z1XvOLRLtHn8iu8Dyfb3ABS3M5FA0clVtKdxduGetTN_37SvP20t5GqIk45Mnq8N2yiZ87EN7n9pSAz0Ls8EPvb1bjnarvz3XuZdEKDiBt3q8gDizZIZopoU_PHwIeUtY37bm2sg89xFyAtSeOisDJpsac3WnFV566i2fUwwM2W0HRLbrq/s1472/Hornblower%2011a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZS4KO9z1XvOLRLtHn8iu8Dyfb3ABS3M5FA0clVtKdxduGetTN_37SvP20t5GqIk45Mnq8N2yiZ87EN7n9pSAz0Ls8EPvb1bjnarvz3XuZdEKDiBt3q8gDizZIZopoU_PHwIeUtY37bm2sg89xFyAtSeOisDJpsac3WnFV566i2fUwwM2W0HRLbrq/w640-h470/Hornblower%2011a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tank and glass painting again.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyygL5ScPTx6LIjgcdRuqTMH5IxNXPaXwONYiZPE7gLKY5sWmyYZ6P86AgoIZ1kkep4eR-1sM4N_xsrxEBozK7NkdW7WGpV1A_6sRflodz0pJJLJKp8VSDznRFFWv7HVK84hleQn9SkbF0rs0wlxywPEQxhYxSVWlytUj95iY82WnYOCn9FL1JnUd/s1760/Hornblower%2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1760" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyygL5ScPTx6LIjgcdRuqTMH5IxNXPaXwONYiZPE7gLKY5sWmyYZ6P86AgoIZ1kkep4eR-1sM4N_xsrxEBozK7NkdW7WGpV1A_6sRflodz0pJJLJKp8VSDznRFFWv7HVK84hleQn9SkbF0rs0wlxywPEQxhYxSVWlytUj95iY82WnYOCn9FL1JnUd/w640-h480/Hornblower%2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In author John Brosnan's utterly indispensable book, Movie Magic (an absolute must!), Cliff Richardson described in detail working on the model effects for this film. <i>"When my contract with Alexander Korda expired, I went free-lance. At the time I was about the only free-lance fx man in the business. The first film I worked on was CAPT. HORATIO HORNBLOWER RN in 1951 for Warner Bros. We spent eight months on that. It was made at three different studios - at Teddington, when Teddington was the UK Warner Bros. studio; at EMI, which was then Associated British Pictures, and also at Denham Studios. All the miniatures were shot at Denham. Actually, the place had just folded, Rank had moved out, and we were the only picture shooting in there".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Q5zGVsOqGuG0a6CceYir_wdXgvxZxsZxzoVn93n6GUdCDMrpYbymMEVLHU11-JEX8UB9eG5hQOOxxiCmJfN0N5tfOtzG7xTqB-E9XLaiAYxG9d7UQzpC-_MbdgLuh7UCpG1dr2qcoHWgrVSDljgoy7NaBGdJsDETE-aj129Pth_Ik6OuLhSYGqWr/s2084/Hornblower%2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2084" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Q5zGVsOqGuG0a6CceYir_wdXgvxZxsZxzoVn93n6GUdCDMrpYbymMEVLHU11-JEX8UB9eG5hQOOxxiCmJfN0N5tfOtzG7xTqB-E9XLaiAYxG9d7UQzpC-_MbdgLuh7UCpG1dr2qcoHWgrVSDljgoy7NaBGdJsDETE-aj129Pth_Ik6OuLhSYGqWr/w640-h456/Hornblower%2014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cliff continues: <i>"We spent a couple of months up at what they call 'city square' on the Denham lot shooting all the miniatures in an enormous tank that they built just for the picture. It was a big tank by any standards - some 300 feet long by 200 feet wide and 6 feet deep. The man responsible was Peter Duco, who is quite a well known construction manager. The tank was made of timber, and the floor and interior walls were covered with asphalt".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPN-lMGAv-OCHo5GCEZ5mwldTmHIq21pBd39AsTcZ1_bdEPn_BQ_DGBOVpIhr-WfPmKXYW1_-zJUngf2ryYhyT51Kkt3HFZ7KSzwiGjFGPyJhxUTddW3YcnbTFSgPDtBllu2qfRVUaJTrtM5ywqaB4Gz21PCw8kfgH40xK0nSGdrnBZwwPs2rNYNj/s1472/Hornblower%2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPN-lMGAv-OCHo5GCEZ5mwldTmHIq21pBd39AsTcZ1_bdEPn_BQ_DGBOVpIhr-WfPmKXYW1_-zJUngf2ryYhyT51Kkt3HFZ7KSzwiGjFGPyJhxUTddW3YcnbTFSgPDtBllu2qfRVUaJTrtM5ywqaB4Gz21PCw8kfgH40xK0nSGdrnBZwwPs2rNYNj/w640-h470/Hornblower%2015.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of the best marine model work ever done in my opinion. All beautifully staged and shot - and out in daylight which makes all the difference. More recollections from Cliff Richardson: <i>"We had rostrums built all around the sides of the tank, for the many wind machines that were capable of 12'000 horse power. But we would start a shot of our miniature fleet sailing majestically down the tank with the sails billowing beautifully from the wind created by these machines and a slight <u>natural</u> breeze would come from the opposite direction and blow the sails inside out, which ruined our shot".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfq-Qdo3ygYVvgMmnNqipRVG-_PlgS8lWTlL4qaVLDbZ5RdFYbjM-Dlk7qNtoSD4V_1nj82YotEqJjTizjLk__J4A5YSBY0SY4OHpvagLHxPBwr6i7GGX32NU_bLKjSsB9S82cRidntBh7SEDEJLvfGoTvlq9vUwkrfWk_96LjfJqRsJxMJhd3izw/s2056/Hornblower%2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="2056" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfq-Qdo3ygYVvgMmnNqipRVG-_PlgS8lWTlL4qaVLDbZ5RdFYbjM-Dlk7qNtoSD4V_1nj82YotEqJjTizjLk__J4A5YSBY0SY4OHpvagLHxPBwr6i7GGX32NU_bLKjSsB9S82cRidntBh7SEDEJLvfGoTvlq9vUwkrfWk_96LjfJqRsJxMJhd3izw/w640-h488/Hornblower%2017.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cannonballs fire from all sides...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYurJ49OLSnNmfFKXn5sIBrwj6OgBVLX6yebgiL0cQoIr1iroif63h51kxMn0QSZnAx3vdx4uNKkfpYPu1-gmAEiL8iTkv2o-58-iWsWM1ljdHqolKHVYsXczHRUneKWTnhEu24oXNX5s-qufeQIdAtS9KKSxRAEyxPs_PZ1NlKRYNTJAVBu0g05cj/s3036/Hornblower%2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="3036" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYurJ49OLSnNmfFKXn5sIBrwj6OgBVLX6yebgiL0cQoIr1iroif63h51kxMn0QSZnAx3vdx4uNKkfpYPu1-gmAEiL8iTkv2o-58-iWsWM1ljdHqolKHVYsXczHRUneKWTnhEu24oXNX5s-qufeQIdAtS9KKSxRAEyxPs_PZ1NlKRYNTJAVBu0g05cj/w640-h240/Hornblower%2016.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cliff Richardson: <i>"It was a bad summer that year with a lot of rain, and our shooting was often delayed. Scenes with model ships, in my opinion, present some of the greatest problems. The density of the water is not proportionate to the scale of the models so we have to put wetting agents into the tank to reduce surface tension".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUDYVug0hVPZ95I6syS-Oh1aHah5H1fJhKIcj-T8U-73NCQ_yQgsOS5isgK-OZ80dde04XTBkXl_faAnb1ul-3ofTtVL9cKgXQPu1L9zhgwzwcWKrTyDhMqVKcl3CaRc1oAo-ricBL3QR54hThFCvZRo9GkMcHZZlUO3LPQE69cJ5iYOtb34pSwju/s1472/Hornblower%2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUDYVug0hVPZ95I6syS-Oh1aHah5H1fJhKIcj-T8U-73NCQ_yQgsOS5isgK-OZ80dde04XTBkXl_faAnb1ul-3ofTtVL9cKgXQPu1L9zhgwzwcWKrTyDhMqVKcl3CaRc1oAo-ricBL3QR54hThFCvZRo9GkMcHZZlUO3LPQE69cJ5iYOtb34pSwju/w640-h470/Hornblower%2018.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">On scale, the models were substantial: <i>"Our model ships in HORNBLOWER were built on quite a large scale - they averaged some thirty feet long and carried forty square feet of sail. We had three men on each ship. Their job was to handle the auxiliary engines - we had to have engines to give the models more speed as we were filming with high speed cameras - and also to fire the guns and tack the sails"</i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddNJD0zrBPMbF0OFApyArNXNUBivwNjKrWrqs-28iffR2gH2HNSm7TyQ2dqYB_9xml_ibPgQO-aU7PF4xBmjxWtBShFNOeghxLdfNS7U7xbI25T5tHRLvi-fHJgwShGkXPkoQ2dneT9gwnqp0PZ6zHmMcC6xQAuZqMsHXgVEX1zTZI2BjoWj8-5eO/s1472/Hornblower%2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddNJD0zrBPMbF0OFApyArNXNUBivwNjKrWrqs-28iffR2gH2HNSm7TyQ2dqYB_9xml_ibPgQO-aU7PF4xBmjxWtBShFNOeghxLdfNS7U7xbI25T5tHRLvi-fHJgwShGkXPkoQ2dneT9gwnqp0PZ6zHmMcC6xQAuZqMsHXgVEX1zTZI2BjoWj8-5eO/w640-h470/Hornblower%2019.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHapr_v9e2sf3poTOZxmCEueioq140jhDGXSYYzE4Gxa_bIKoxpN06h7kQVR75iPzzi4YmmMuhNPN4IQYe_1zrRX0BpuW-NQfWHDH83MQYcYsRSkpvm0ZvXrZI7L30lJ7en0z3B0Vwzs27nZUQu_0H4u2FUVlaaDPuiJblbIliJNBh_qxrStJefXLn/s1624/hornblower%2025a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1624" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHapr_v9e2sf3poTOZxmCEueioq140jhDGXSYYzE4Gxa_bIKoxpN06h7kQVR75iPzzi4YmmMuhNPN4IQYe_1zrRX0BpuW-NQfWHDH83MQYcYsRSkpvm0ZvXrZI7L30lJ7en0z3B0Vwzs27nZUQu_0H4u2FUVlaaDPuiJblbIliJNBh_qxrStJefXLn/w640-h482/hornblower%2025a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mayhem at sea in the Denham miniatures tank. In his 1974 interview Richardson elaborated: <i>"I always remember at that time we hadn't got around to using squibs - these little explosive charges that we now use for blowing holes in cloth and bullet hits. So, we found the best way to create the effect of a cannonball going through the sails was by using ordinary number 6 detonators. I had steel plates made to go over the top of the effects guys in the hold, but on some days it was very hot weather and I always used to make a point of shouting out 'Are you chaps covered up?', before I fired these things, and they would say 'Yes', whether they were or not. I remember that several of them got hit by fragments of copper from the detonators exploding in the sails. Nothing that serious, but they often had the unit nurse picking pieces of copper out of their backs."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2a7OKUT5WcT-tKiPpptanKkXMWN8v2vN1GJIS62WC21bLXi0D-uqNW1VJPT-EWdqo1feLiDQPgH9wJJYU4ON6ixUMzFnjHQu9UMmRV07eCcDsAtHzau8m45krAsBQkN0AO7GhIIZrruxYFTl132ByZ8aFl2gzkIqbLJBbK7xYoIxDfEw_QyBattL/s1472/Hornblower%2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2a7OKUT5WcT-tKiPpptanKkXMWN8v2vN1GJIS62WC21bLXi0D-uqNW1VJPT-EWdqo1feLiDQPgH9wJJYU4ON6ixUMzFnjHQu9UMmRV07eCcDsAtHzau8m45krAsBQkN0AO7GhIIZrruxYFTl132ByZ8aFl2gzkIqbLJBbK7xYoIxDfEw_QyBattL/w640-h470/Hornblower%2020.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The sprawling 18th Century harbour filled with vessels is a Peter Ellenshaw matte shot with more painted than you'd think.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Z4TO0Fr3bi5s77vsuoOpMOHgAF7DTQeiAmZ3huazAsZywO4DhbKqd2aseu_DQDrpXKL75UW6brl9s-QOs0Vq5t9He5zMqg1p3ajLWa970JZHKTxbR7SCqYxXpoexP3gEGt1Tmy1YIjkdsYoXS8PTKhXddtek5N53L05Mdy4u8Qx2imGNXyufMQ0D/s2256/Hornblower%2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="2256" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Z4TO0Fr3bi5s77vsuoOpMOHgAF7DTQeiAmZ3huazAsZywO4DhbKqd2aseu_DQDrpXKL75UW6brl9s-QOs0Vq5t9He5zMqg1p3ajLWa970JZHKTxbR7SCqYxXpoexP3gEGt1Tmy1YIjkdsYoXS8PTKhXddtek5N53L05Mdy4u8Qx2imGNXyufMQ0D/w640-h242/Hornblower%2021.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sm4u--DBfWXVLE0FjxEWtSVLHnXRyxB70IUzlIC4OvLtVck_cJB2i2cyOHoSS8BdIAKPveLOa7IQb9LCjEiNhfdG3NbyH11yaqjTVonPbS2qUAmb9Wg4GVrrKN-Mlyp6oQ-yCQCWWGFc38gubf5XCG7_fg3hzOX_Fg7ocvBlFHa6V3POSYL2F1Vt/s1472/Hornblower%2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sm4u--DBfWXVLE0FjxEWtSVLHnXRyxB70IUzlIC4OvLtVck_cJB2i2cyOHoSS8BdIAKPveLOa7IQb9LCjEiNhfdG3NbyH11yaqjTVonPbS2qUAmb9Wg4GVrrKN-Mlyp6oQ-yCQCWWGFc38gubf5XCG7_fg3hzOX_Fg7ocvBlFHa6V3POSYL2F1Vt/w640-h470/Hornblower%2022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Richardson spoke of the Denham tank: <i> "The tank was dismantled after the picture. Most big tanks are built outdoors but there's one big indoor one at Shepperton"</i>. Cliff's then very young son John recalled visiting the special effects tank as a kid, with a crew member taking the boy across the miniatures tank in a rowboat to see the sailboat models - which presumably stoked the trick shot blood flowing through his veins. John recalled the huge and noisy system his dad was using to lend realistic waves to the tank work: <i> "He acquired three Mosquito airplanes from the RAF - they had a few they weren't using any more. He chopped their wings off and mounted the remaining aircraft bodies on rigid frames which were firmly attached to the ground. Cliff then employed three RAF mechanics to actually run the engines".</i> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmp4BfkzMrO6-F3k1pBqs7G305lVRzVWktQTTwuZKRMac15bG9ANRmIhwBa9B2YMpLiyiJ_Oi8O9iYOPUp2gjojudKWjKPg_bEnDfOORuiLoSvDpmbaqcQArbkoZcxfu3aa-yhzSNJ5nUWxmsImV88sXjR726mgKhhZnrg5wmcb30aRgzhtB0bAc0/s1472/Hornblower%2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmp4BfkzMrO6-F3k1pBqs7G305lVRzVWktQTTwuZKRMac15bG9ANRmIhwBa9B2YMpLiyiJ_Oi8O9iYOPUp2gjojudKWjKPg_bEnDfOORuiLoSvDpmbaqcQArbkoZcxfu3aa-yhzSNJ5nUWxmsImV88sXjR726mgKhhZnrg5wmcb30aRgzhtB0bAc0/w640-h470/Hornblower%2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More superb miniature work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6gaS1o7tiWnoV6QL5guOoC93i_xnKUBkM_meTKp6CJKNhI4dusuryPHRLSm0Qt7yGMnMaSLXMMd8i2n75KOQlAhRuYan7JP3IJK9h173h7wWC2buo3jGw55rje_mjCb7XeaE5xp4livhDaOgmabIPw_OZhXc6ELGkoYlx7AxP47O9uvxc4UbBJwh/s2520/Hornblower%2024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="2520" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6gaS1o7tiWnoV6QL5guOoC93i_xnKUBkM_meTKp6CJKNhI4dusuryPHRLSm0Qt7yGMnMaSLXMMd8i2n75KOQlAhRuYan7JP3IJK9h173h7wWC2buo3jGw55rje_mjCb7XeaE5xp4livhDaOgmabIPw_OZhXc6ELGkoYlx7AxP47O9uvxc4UbBJwh/w640-h234/Hornblower%2024.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A great miniature is only as good as it's fx cinematographer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8oDcuXOHhAluapgV_XSJQxvW-tuiHsRE4cMw9rGynvTOb6eRWlqpQ_MFNF0Ql_aY4KRCOHegf5FQdqdHmOIFvd8kYo_7dJOryG66sjBK-ZHw7-FYFWkyvut2UYfQaOTr7YpomBcRBd1GeyKq6Ejk2jpaV6LxgjDbhWl_00Kw6ZnLRTFFBGTjyaMi/s1856/Hornblower%2025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="1856" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8oDcuXOHhAluapgV_XSJQxvW-tuiHsRE4cMw9rGynvTOb6eRWlqpQ_MFNF0Ql_aY4KRCOHegf5FQdqdHmOIFvd8kYo_7dJOryG66sjBK-ZHw7-FYFWkyvut2UYfQaOTr7YpomBcRBd1GeyKq6Ejk2jpaV6LxgjDbhWl_00Kw6ZnLRTFFBGTjyaMi/w640-h460/Hornblower%2025.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Combination shots using model set ups and star Gregory Peck added in via travelling matte, presumably as blue screen, though England was very big on yellow backing sodium composites probably around then, with Rank leading the game.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMhOBiG6QdqFvYCECX4L-vX8QjAGiidqaroFV0jvZerURGA4jDpF9MRukenT1FAFcbZJ6I51UghvOeAP7Wa-LoczF9rLtC2UojMblswd27qutBVTyi87vDoJpTEjb4Kwerw_oiYlWlnvFCeJZhIJDS885jzncQOq6bpYOgBQ2Q-vGOkblKN8kvbuG/s2444/Hornblower%2026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="2444" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMhOBiG6QdqFvYCECX4L-vX8QjAGiidqaroFV0jvZerURGA4jDpF9MRukenT1FAFcbZJ6I51UghvOeAP7Wa-LoczF9rLtC2UojMblswd27qutBVTyi87vDoJpTEjb4Kwerw_oiYlWlnvFCeJZhIJDS885jzncQOq6bpYOgBQ2Q-vGOkblKN8kvbuG/w640-h242/Hornblower%2026.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cannonballs everywhere courtesy of Cliff Richardson's tiny explosive devices and careful timing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPbCB3tczybMPqB54vCJYML8_UKIvZMVz2zUwtSv42Fovnp3x86L_xseksYH8NbJgTTMEcf5NDYJWKpYs3sHQBLlC7b3ixd2gwpKHJws85ZhhWNoQSEKBt_9oow65EfyF0RDZM-XRQlv-P_UB8E7lpdL-34cseDT3fssD89seQe5swo7crbiVnfwg/s1924/Hornblower%2027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="1924" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPbCB3tczybMPqB54vCJYML8_UKIvZMVz2zUwtSv42Fovnp3x86L_xseksYH8NbJgTTMEcf5NDYJWKpYs3sHQBLlC7b3ixd2gwpKHJws85ZhhWNoQSEKBt_9oow65EfyF0RDZM-XRQlv-P_UB8E7lpdL-34cseDT3fssD89seQe5swo7crbiVnfwg/w640-h478/Hornblower%2027.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbrxRlU_CFguGyoUJmFC2QUKOn-PaqRgoqZ804MHwB_usTN9sFtLFPf0XOEgdQN259uLUzp6qCwsRYcDPqPS9YhCnDJJOVUSvSYW_su6HXsfxA1j-sRD6kSwYk_7eOZAAd_9i3BN7VQav8K3RaUF3i5n9AnbUsKl6xcaj8ymholZXMTdo_XiTgt0j/s1472/Hornblower%2028%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbrxRlU_CFguGyoUJmFC2QUKOn-PaqRgoqZ804MHwB_usTN9sFtLFPf0XOEgdQN259uLUzp6qCwsRYcDPqPS9YhCnDJJOVUSvSYW_su6HXsfxA1j-sRD6kSwYk_7eOZAAd_9i3BN7VQav8K3RaUF3i5n9AnbUsKl6xcaj8ymholZXMTdo_XiTgt0j/w640-h470/Hornblower%2028%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another trick shot as rendered with oil paints on glass by master matte artist Peter Ellenshaw. Almost all of this shot has been fabricated in Peter's matte studio.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySQFlzUIn6JSyZICY6m4_0_5wR3Wp2hV2RAoDEVAaQxKsWgheoGaXVznNhy9b6kIkkUJM4mcYjVa5b6z02G03tcjOC1kpR__pgxp-jRvu3fZPQDgseuEC5Lc1CRADtGEBUPdL_XHx7XU05iobcxdTnmmlsd0wQnAOTZYX5cAcnIVMJCQvnFtbkXp-/s1472/Hornblower%2029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySQFlzUIn6JSyZICY6m4_0_5wR3Wp2hV2RAoDEVAaQxKsWgheoGaXVznNhy9b6kIkkUJM4mcYjVa5b6z02G03tcjOC1kpR__pgxp-jRvu3fZPQDgseuEC5Lc1CRADtGEBUPdL_XHx7XU05iobcxdTnmmlsd0wQnAOTZYX5cAcnIVMJCQvnFtbkXp-/w640-h470/Hornblower%2029.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Carnage, and an insurance nightmare for Lloyds of London.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPx8dMk7kPtRrzk-8bwsi2cPXiK4iVHucQElhqxDP1AXZpRP5MSvto4SctEdWBAUDrKsZC3S4d6XnioqvdYawd_fcl1fcLRS2QNzg3nTAYWJsJde3gI9i3SSBFk0qAtYl8Vxm5qeEyUrIPQgdBwpxI-s77gLdwitjgXWVlyxsqlHN5FTc6Fv-R27u/s1472/Hornblower%2030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPx8dMk7kPtRrzk-8bwsi2cPXiK4iVHucQElhqxDP1AXZpRP5MSvto4SctEdWBAUDrKsZC3S4d6XnioqvdYawd_fcl1fcLRS2QNzg3nTAYWJsJde3gI9i3SSBFk0qAtYl8Vxm5qeEyUrIPQgdBwpxI-s77gLdwitjgXWVlyxsqlHN5FTc6Fv-R27u/w640-h470/Hornblower%2030.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The closing shot is, once again, a complete fabrication - entirely painted, including the man with the telescope - with just the fluttering flag being an actual live element added in later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb65giWpo4gftEHIl_pWSHE54KlL9K1V4a058AXoyl2EXjlTTQsJbmDHdJs5pTiXLOvkl_8n7b7UlkCtmWYyzI0-KoG0FC3DtZ_CXjsfWKdRqwTCEG3-SC37-6Wm0ktkOTumsAoduCX7mkDHnmppYT2IeQH-3yZgsqjhfhIyvujSzKaO2WcC2XlUtN/s821/Wild%20Girl%20(poster).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="821" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb65giWpo4gftEHIl_pWSHE54KlL9K1V4a058AXoyl2EXjlTTQsJbmDHdJs5pTiXLOvkl_8n7b7UlkCtmWYyzI0-KoG0FC3DtZ_CXjsfWKdRqwTCEG3-SC37-6Wm0ktkOTumsAoduCX7mkDHnmppYT2IeQH-3yZgsqjhfhIyvujSzKaO2WcC2XlUtN/w400-h370/Wild%20Girl%20(poster).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm a huge Western movie fan ever since I was a kid, and it's a joy to discover one that I've never heard of, and, is a good show, <u>and</u>, has ample matte work to boot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAawOmdPmctPw4Vj1sOoogu80F7oIpaJY5VkEQ2Dxs-HTvytLzvPuOkZ_rVrlDNdMsNK7_qnqp9t34BIijlc0ipHsvaXoGt7YhWY8RyzR1WWyabyzSxcESUwEYLQZ0ieR20PjQdeXD4Hgh6qd8LU0DQz6sV8ZeZPHg1bANOQQNaAQHaOUJ9X7f5PKe/s1848/Wild1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="1848" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAawOmdPmctPw4Vj1sOoogu80F7oIpaJY5VkEQ2Dxs-HTvytLzvPuOkZ_rVrlDNdMsNK7_qnqp9t34BIijlc0ipHsvaXoGt7YhWY8RyzR1WWyabyzSxcESUwEYLQZ0ieR20PjQdeXD4Hgh6qd8LU0DQz6sV8ZeZPHg1bANOQQNaAQHaOUJ9X7f5PKe/w640-h462/Wild1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A 'Fox' film - before they became 20th Century Fox - WILD GIRL (1932) was highly promoted for it's 'all on location' production at Great Forest Sequoia National Park, though in truth, a considerable amount of grandeur came about through matte and glass shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPqbrcHl-p3PrCV3Cb6Z09rX0doeizDcLLpaXrKJaS11V3LzoWvS9UvQwL4nyPgG9JAPbfPmlICBqReTsBxaCkIdeYo2PZy2n-ecov4NzliTQvTN7xSMVRiZX148X68pAMYl_2t0AY5FF5KbnFlAIC4qf2n8hmixRNrlksvFC2Q8Pb__JI_T91eJy/s930/Wild%20Girl-publicity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="930" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPqbrcHl-p3PrCV3Cb6Z09rX0doeizDcLLpaXrKJaS11V3LzoWvS9UvQwL4nyPgG9JAPbfPmlICBqReTsBxaCkIdeYo2PZy2n-ecov4NzliTQvTN7xSMVRiZX148X68pAMYl_2t0AY5FF5KbnFlAIC4qf2n8hmixRNrlksvFC2Q8Pb__JI_T91eJy/w640-h476/Wild%20Girl-publicity.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Between takes on WILD GIRL</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFAZ_xKYeE913YBUQJnJbVS3gnCYjhNd8kV0hUNbIEaMTW9166NQRK-YSyCDm6VlST0bEx17DTdj7kAo8Bh5cbMqw8yXzqDeakw86rhYAPHdVA8VW3ipHwuvw9Hg4Kp0hFbIgdVQHkUGCKV5RePiCafnwrNdWLkPuSCbfu3lc4tnXJ_JYS2VUjJFK/s3120/Sersen-Hammeras-Fulton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="3120" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFAZ_xKYeE913YBUQJnJbVS3gnCYjhNd8kV0hUNbIEaMTW9166NQRK-YSyCDm6VlST0bEx17DTdj7kAo8Bh5cbMqw8yXzqDeakw86rhYAPHdVA8VW3ipHwuvw9Hg4Kp0hFbIgdVQHkUGCKV5RePiCafnwrNdWLkPuSCbfu3lc4tnXJ_JYS2VUjJFK/w640-h172/Sersen-Hammeras-Fulton.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">No FX credit, though most likely supervised by either Fred Sersen or Ralph Hammeras - both formative trick shot exponents at Fox, and each immensley talented in all aspects of movie magic, from matte painting and opticals to model photography. The pic in middle is an old snapshot taken on the Fox back lot with Sersen standing up front, as his crew of matte painters work on three massive glass shots. It's quite possible those paintings were made for this film? The fellow at right is long time Fox matte artist Fitch Fulton - the father of famous effects man John P. Fulton. Fitch had painted beautiful mattes for an earlier Fox western, the epic 65mm classic THE BIG TRAIL (1930), so it's highly likely he worked on WILD GIRL as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2p2Cny2KmptkA1s2OrWPuWiHoc40dMeA2anGoYwmstNFLI9jUdL4ytwcm1zhHTSn_wSxfFxAqIa33zOE7CnBDNkAnOEWqNVwbGDZTksxLNAsW88lmNd9cGJ39p6YZVgdRV_wudl4ZMS1Vn-gzE13z_IEZSM3pI0xA6yKa4Q1ncuHLbl7YbHS_WOIS/s1440/Wild2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2p2Cny2KmptkA1s2OrWPuWiHoc40dMeA2anGoYwmstNFLI9jUdL4ytwcm1zhHTSn_wSxfFxAqIa33zOE7CnBDNkAnOEWqNVwbGDZTksxLNAsW88lmNd9cGJ39p6YZVgdRV_wudl4ZMS1Vn-gzE13z_IEZSM3pI0xA6yKa4Q1ncuHLbl7YbHS_WOIS/w640-h480/Wild2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Opening shot is a very wide pan, beginning on this view where the entire upper half of the set has been extended as a glass shot. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFoYE5dWwxkQ-wA7JzRRSOZeAGb2l9ht5R_YozYg2_5JRtcsoeMfd601a3Ka_V4wnQWBf3hWrwzZWaZGC_HyIoRLrS2G9ipqYzNVUI5dP9erpC8Y2Ytl-EWPVHISL_BAX8lztP2a774ttREFNy_WnOhFOtO3_cd4tAh7h-edEiEGLN5nTdgOmFett/s1908/Wild2-pan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="1908" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFoYE5dWwxkQ-wA7JzRRSOZeAGb2l9ht5R_YozYg2_5JRtcsoeMfd601a3Ka_V4wnQWBf3hWrwzZWaZGC_HyIoRLrS2G9ipqYzNVUI5dP9erpC8Y2Ytl-EWPVHISL_BAX8lztP2a774ttREFNy_WnOhFOtO3_cd4tAh7h-edEiEGLN5nTdgOmFett/w640-h478/Wild2-pan.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The full pan, done as a series of painted glasses, side by side, and disguised with posts and bits of foreground architecture - an old trick that Sersen's department would excel at in countless films.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpi9AOW1b9FEYxOzanm8n7IbCpVO9Gpa20pV-AAQUQNwrdkM2eeTEIhjRHLw1p-47iFv2iY8-R9qk38Ng-0NM7ipfS3WF5v88E61e19pTndWueDFaIyhaR7BuBx--Bwcoz6VO1nCtZtBb2HqRQh669E-uqPjVit7dcV_9J0NMcFtYf2bt10-ItPIN/s1440/Wild3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpi9AOW1b9FEYxOzanm8n7IbCpVO9Gpa20pV-AAQUQNwrdkM2eeTEIhjRHLw1p-47iFv2iY8-R9qk38Ng-0NM7ipfS3WF5v88E61e19pTndWueDFaIyhaR7BuBx--Bwcoz6VO1nCtZtBb2HqRQh669E-uqPjVit7dcV_9J0NMcFtYf2bt10-ItPIN/w640-h480/Wild3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Again, painted rooftops and redwood forest.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFaV-BSk6IhvQ8CN9FdfntPKqoPrlN89pMco7feid9dODGzrUi9VGpuc-iczf2MmjavhrqTL6rXsTE6AxrVv7hEtqBKnBc7SboqCzjClkWzwmouwuxk2EbaXP3elpyjbNkgGr2BCK4PfWmdS4VXNyqu6iH2HvfF0mlvWBIIy0Hdpp85DTrmgwD4QZ/s1440/Wild4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFaV-BSk6IhvQ8CN9FdfntPKqoPrlN89pMco7feid9dODGzrUi9VGpuc-iczf2MmjavhrqTL6rXsTE6AxrVv7hEtqBKnBc7SboqCzjClkWzwmouwuxk2EbaXP3elpyjbNkgGr2BCK4PfWmdS4VXNyqu6iH2HvfF0mlvWBIIy0Hdpp85DTrmgwD4QZ/w640-h480/Wild4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The sort of glass shot one would never notice, and must have been quite tricky, with the painted extension covering more of the set than one might expect. Note, the raised hand of 'froggie voiced' character actor Eugene Pallette which vanishes through the painting. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglV7TRM1F3X77fq7wyKXkjzE9Pko-bNecpImkEU9DOh-Nw6e82PvLohiW_0j4wmDmvjqcdmNyOqUtNEzwNU6zVWVUkK-72YgYNRfeG0J9NDCMaf4GvrrkHlalVwpPifLn7GCPysVlHBU8TBxRbwbNEqrzs9IgO3N_APFjoUOlNubQdCqZMGXogNXe2/s2968/Wild4-hat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="2968" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglV7TRM1F3X77fq7wyKXkjzE9Pko-bNecpImkEU9DOh-Nw6e82PvLohiW_0j4wmDmvjqcdmNyOqUtNEzwNU6zVWVUkK-72YgYNRfeG0J9NDCMaf4GvrrkHlalVwpPifLn7GCPysVlHBU8TBxRbwbNEqrzs9IgO3N_APFjoUOlNubQdCqZMGXogNXe2/w640-h246/Wild4-hat.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same sequence, with guy waving his hat through the matte line.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMBOIPWbw7SmEovmEIaJpy8nzMqKy_-H3QF-1QlFPiV9wWRFn2v0zKBYcOMhIddPA0xYy7k6FJowRq75Wt0kR0BKOBlUa71LE_47svR7W6wstP_-SGrN_N1ovEzrPDmHyBuRIkEJ-oBX1FxTe0z5B4D1VUubfhoTJ0EJc3YRBPYX79CnqhFUYQi0l/s1440/Wild5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMBOIPWbw7SmEovmEIaJpy8nzMqKy_-H3QF-1QlFPiV9wWRFn2v0zKBYcOMhIddPA0xYy7k6FJowRq75Wt0kR0BKOBlUa71LE_47svR7W6wstP_-SGrN_N1ovEzrPDmHyBuRIkEJ-oBX1FxTe0z5B4D1VUubfhoTJ0EJc3YRBPYX79CnqhFUYQi0l/w640-h480/Wild5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Start frame of another very wide pan across the town, presumably a back lot set, augmented considerably with matte art. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdsfs3oHgF6l_EdktYEDVKNVflb1wYPT17m065q69SNNol2SQNRGoA8wlSviwrT4tEGJ64hJnySmCyy0BlkK7XornrC0KhhPG7VP5BklVdkNBdEBJh5yCxCALNwcpzLvSkhcAjspnmJ_Va3pATejkfC_6EvzXq9UGpCFefYypFd0q11yvn6D2CbHd/s2970/Wild5-pan%20fix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2970" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdsfs3oHgF6l_EdktYEDVKNVflb1wYPT17m065q69SNNol2SQNRGoA8wlSviwrT4tEGJ64hJnySmCyy0BlkK7XornrC0KhhPG7VP5BklVdkNBdEBJh5yCxCALNwcpzLvSkhcAjspnmJ_Va3pATejkfC_6EvzXq9UGpCFefYypFd0q11yvn6D2CbHd/w640-h332/Wild5-pan%20fix.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The wide pan with multiple painted glasses set up on the Fox lot, with posts concealing the glass edge supports.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJftD16vximNTaboDnyd5ySkxuqqNfpPnw0qww6QRTg331v9wGFNTk3N4kCJDD8-ZyyYoIisVegeZjUc2TSy3PZQ0whrut_8UrYMN7hN95hGzvHo4T5FpM8Hk_AO5cCtYP46nnn4RIKNk8WFUvFMNddUzWOK_40VpB-CLiDRXpDz2kXXfJyViI3eIX/s2128/Wild%20Girl%20-%20joan%20bennett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="2128" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJftD16vximNTaboDnyd5ySkxuqqNfpPnw0qww6QRTg331v9wGFNTk3N4kCJDD8-ZyyYoIisVegeZjUc2TSy3PZQ0whrut_8UrYMN7hN95hGzvHo4T5FpM8Hk_AO5cCtYP46nnn4RIKNk8WFUvFMNddUzWOK_40VpB-CLiDRXpDz2kXXfJyViI3eIX/w640-h492/Wild%20Girl%20-%20joan%20bennett.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The rather delectable Joan Bennett - the Wild Girl of the title, in all her pre-code honesty.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZBAdUuVFRsG9gWe1aycmf70oFilsmw67fHZmDBBXxcqrDLgtyRsjsUx6YSNXecSS2kV37dIjJLBJf9OhZR3cyHPub4YBKdQ_NrSalOC_gnT6Q1VSy6jM6QOrumUSvUZwfZXnruybYAf7oyx6QOlF8-enbPrTaY-kDcKALFaB_ca0borU7GEHzO64/s1440/Wild7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZBAdUuVFRsG9gWe1aycmf70oFilsmw67fHZmDBBXxcqrDLgtyRsjsUx6YSNXecSS2kV37dIjJLBJf9OhZR3cyHPub4YBKdQ_NrSalOC_gnT6Q1VSy6jM6QOrumUSvUZwfZXnruybYAf7oyx6QOlF8-enbPrTaY-kDcKALFaB_ca0borU7GEHzO64/w640-h480/Wild7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte or glass shot here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hGEZsMnj7hB3ghpTIYzKDMG9D69Fmen8LlWmEMb7IrCiQ5usaKVLam1W8axE7MsOFmZ2KqdjRNDnjOKiXwK-K7rvmy71PW0zq9FVTMxFIcwH4FCyGVfLitDkO-ne8A4bv9GsVg-6UbRuaQvO0lyXkPg4sXtSzD-qwdwa44Y_6lRWKNnVo6ch7s2x/s1440/Wild6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hGEZsMnj7hB3ghpTIYzKDMG9D69Fmen8LlWmEMb7IrCiQ5usaKVLam1W8axE7MsOFmZ2KqdjRNDnjOKiXwK-K7rvmy71PW0zq9FVTMxFIcwH4FCyGVfLitDkO-ne8A4bv9GsVg-6UbRuaQvO0lyXkPg4sXtSzD-qwdwa44Y_6lRWKNnVo6ch7s2x/w640-h480/Wild6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Glass shot. Note just how little of that huge tree was actually 'built' as a prop, with the matte line just above the doorway, with the rest on upward all artwork.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrz0NnXCF09WIL-e3R1cCrZAxn2nPMqpFj_PU-Dt_G-am8ynvYqZGSg6u1r3kJ_A50CELYQ1A-HcRcyjDCNKuJYKCiJesdh1Z8dnZD1yKF_gC6D0K3dDCjvqcFDolseGFvWM1JngSzJZIhWXddwMEUKkAxAPsRI8wdu51Hp_ymYausN4x3Pcmi3t7/s1440/Wild8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrz0NnXCF09WIL-e3R1cCrZAxn2nPMqpFj_PU-Dt_G-am8ynvYqZGSg6u1r3kJ_A50CELYQ1A-HcRcyjDCNKuJYKCiJesdh1Z8dnZD1yKF_gC6D0K3dDCjvqcFDolseGFvWM1JngSzJZIhWXddwMEUKkAxAPsRI8wdu51Hp_ymYausN4x3Pcmi3t7/w640-h480/Wild8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm of the opinion that most or all of the trick shots were done on set as in camera foreground glass shots as opposed to composite photography mattes due to the constant steadiness of all of the painted shots, with no discernible camera 'jiggle'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKYheGJl8Ex0nupZXQEAfr1sTX_risgpW8T1QJnhSN9L2_5_9hEGieOsnn3n8G-k31_Wo_426AUu2ypnUKFn3K581SzpsjLayw2rkLZVUHdmntIta0AamGXj4-qhlSI1Ypd3EGTibB-LMHCiD4TkeVGKmj4v_shIDk0rrqilHnse0ndyGl6ycLbkb/s1440/Wild9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKYheGJl8Ex0nupZXQEAfr1sTX_risgpW8T1QJnhSN9L2_5_9hEGieOsnn3n8G-k31_Wo_426AUu2ypnUKFn3K581SzpsjLayw2rkLZVUHdmntIta0AamGXj4-qhlSI1Ypd3EGTibB-LMHCiD4TkeVGKmj4v_shIDk0rrqilHnse0ndyGl6ycLbkb/w640-h480/Wild9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Like the aforementioned THE BIG TRAIL, this film too benefitted enormously from matte work. Another matte artist who worked in the early Sersen matte department was Russ Lawson, so he may have been on WILD GIRL as well, before eventually joining Universal.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnOFTFwncvZd0xQceiM_wwvLDJ9va1VBefpGFTU_bhNV6Wau0yxRFUEdp4ouUPsWFsClhE__QXQS-R5yZJlX6r-Xr4PCOmGALROK46FQyJEHLTQ6CCpfdftuhb8CYM0S02qOf9N9iDSh3c1qUo0kzAv7e8TPfoUtUEaBSA8hSknN18QCc5GJ5aOpT/s1440/Wild%2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnOFTFwncvZd0xQceiM_wwvLDJ9va1VBefpGFTU_bhNV6Wau0yxRFUEdp4ouUPsWFsClhE__QXQS-R5yZJlX6r-Xr4PCOmGALROK46FQyJEHLTQ6CCpfdftuhb8CYM0S02qOf9N9iDSh3c1qUo0kzAv7e8TPfoUtUEaBSA8hSknN18QCc5GJ5aOpT/w640-h480/Wild%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mattes and general trick work from this era has always interested me, and my personal favourite decade for matte shots and imaginative effects work was the 1940's. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HMurT2OnJ4KqLD98vheyGXvMlN5ifqS67mtifANMBCSz7H2SgwG1HMzlh7h3OxLnDUyRPq-FpMITBHHl6Hptq5f57bZi-sQNKLK7mqbcvA1Yv5bkglrOC4WyRGNyxyjXI328vikArlRidplPixU66v6fd-MmTgKrAjT0AWr5Gaw8s8fB_mdE5_-U/s1440/Wild%2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HMurT2OnJ4KqLD98vheyGXvMlN5ifqS67mtifANMBCSz7H2SgwG1HMzlh7h3OxLnDUyRPq-FpMITBHHl6Hptq5f57bZi-sQNKLK7mqbcvA1Yv5bkglrOC4WyRGNyxyjXI328vikArlRidplPixU66v6fd-MmTgKrAjT0AWr5Gaw8s8fB_mdE5_-U/w640-h480/Wild%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I think the era had a certain palpable sense of romanticism in the matte work that was quite appropriate with film making approaches of the day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9-a-gM742hjnvWYQ_O-oBJnJJnw4Gy_pLlFlX2TzI5B73RXOOgHyqnNYRhIovuO1zDvbfOMCY9RUweugq4cHKsZKZuk7x8tjETOOJqIXaY9cNJue9-ZZywzkB2SABoHCRBpqaF9wfFV0_2QOPgOiBxNGdholNrE6aQmA7AqGIgXoIiqA3tpka8Wl/s1440/Wild%2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9-a-gM742hjnvWYQ_O-oBJnJJnw4Gy_pLlFlX2TzI5B73RXOOgHyqnNYRhIovuO1zDvbfOMCY9RUweugq4cHKsZKZuk7x8tjETOOJqIXaY9cNJue9-ZZywzkB2SABoHCRBpqaF9wfFV0_2QOPgOiBxNGdholNrE6aQmA7AqGIgXoIiqA3tpka8Wl/w640-h480/Wild%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As much as the studio would have you believe, not all of the spectacular locales were genuine.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJsNBlZAHQSPcgFDQhf13H2e4V4TdckX3g6xQayaYAyALfpszCodO7bxScKTuPb79wIieRVVpoqC_AM854SGg2yk0JhfeIp1-zX0uudt4ZpZXlmelMY8NqjbnAycZu66Mjzr1X8ZOsK-6cSO4yGyWZ85OeupHtAAayDczJH9HMO2rPP0pEyJt5GM42/s1440/Wild%2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJsNBlZAHQSPcgFDQhf13H2e4V4TdckX3g6xQayaYAyALfpszCodO7bxScKTuPb79wIieRVVpoqC_AM854SGg2yk0JhfeIp1-zX0uudt4ZpZXlmelMY8NqjbnAycZu66Mjzr1X8ZOsK-6cSO4yGyWZ85OeupHtAAayDczJH9HMO2rPP0pEyJt5GM42/w640-h480/Wild%2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My favourite shot in the film, where by close examination it appears that practically all of the shot has been painted, with just a small unpainted part of the glass allowing the horseman to ride by, though it cuts just before he passes through the painted tree.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxU-QlELe1wZOxUB8-tx6vX4d4o09O0DO5wKt4xerlP3svHkObkEiXv0VrmgAsA3iYwO5ZNoZgl-s0PrI94tAJqcWqiv8QhRbohqIp2lflRUw2oBLpqED8pq_d9SbhCVkOBnRV_67_pKFf1WnE4yqQg-QMNT5HhF-SKQjz04icHy2t9rayrOIkEFB/s1440/Wild14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxU-QlELe1wZOxUB8-tx6vX4d4o09O0DO5wKt4xerlP3svHkObkEiXv0VrmgAsA3iYwO5ZNoZgl-s0PrI94tAJqcWqiv8QhRbohqIp2lflRUw2oBLpqED8pq_d9SbhCVkOBnRV_67_pKFf1WnE4yqQg-QMNT5HhF-SKQjz04icHy2t9rayrOIkEFB/w640-h480/Wild14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The hero gets the gal... and what a gal, and they saunter off into the painted sunset.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIICKW0jUpQG0TRF1kbL2UTzC-XeDuv4yJx3cua1lvxzVJvTPz7pu83YdTPwSyQoNbvVUa74jv4G-tx0BO0cMGxLRZR1W2oMqil8jASZUaYQryxqK-qFlRzi4LfHalcyzp_rQyu1BAjcjUs5ozR330iQ75IbvJDGS3j3zAJSTSPWi13q7gwMF4XEl6/s1660/Wild-end.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1660" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIICKW0jUpQG0TRF1kbL2UTzC-XeDuv4yJx3cua1lvxzVJvTPz7pu83YdTPwSyQoNbvVUa74jv4G-tx0BO0cMGxLRZR1W2oMqil8jASZUaYQryxqK-qFlRzi4LfHalcyzp_rQyu1BAjcjUs5ozR330iQ75IbvJDGS3j3zAJSTSPWi13q7gwMF4XEl6/w640-h260/Wild-end.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWeFUTb4TzrQvoceivfpPyEg6-SA4FOO2T0z8feV_TJzPgheqvHKz8ildpTrRXdI3yHYB7ShLw4J47CJdW3t6mqpru8wZZHRGzf1fRPLDQhb-YfeNgtUbrEUGBVnv1plCrm-DHQQOWJiPVkvo_YEcOmnyzrbTlwBl0vaV75Q-scUD2zhh0VzzsVdvv/s1848/Shere1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="1848" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWeFUTb4TzrQvoceivfpPyEg6-SA4FOO2T0z8feV_TJzPgheqvHKz8ildpTrRXdI3yHYB7ShLw4J47CJdW3t6mqpru8wZZHRGzf1fRPLDQhb-YfeNgtUbrEUGBVnv1plCrm-DHQQOWJiPVkvo_YEcOmnyzrbTlwBl0vaV75Q-scUD2zhh0VzzsVdvv/w640-h302/Shere1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The epic French-Spanish co-production, SHEHERAZADE (1963) was a lavish and beautifully made costumer, retelling the age old tales of the Arabian Nights. The lovely Anna Karina stars, along with a large mixed European cast with names such as Fernando Rey. Obviously money was spent here, with the production being lensed in 70mm 'SuperPanorama' no less.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Z98qAZKXLZx0B-usVZedGr3Qm6vWa6vEB8zyz6hoh25doJKU3G_eR1EXQKnftUfXxL1vAH7aUGyL6NURcGkNFXyoVCidT92FFIghI9se0bibNBXyZbT2SohuSAJjjoSlijNvhKFJqfuHcZa0k8kBcemzdj0uH7ypBIUOCXAm_9YNhK_FQaCYS4pS/s1780/Emilio%20Ruiz%20images.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1780" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Z98qAZKXLZx0B-usVZedGr3Qm6vWa6vEB8zyz6hoh25doJKU3G_eR1EXQKnftUfXxL1vAH7aUGyL6NURcGkNFXyoVCidT92FFIghI9se0bibNBXyZbT2SohuSAJjjoSlijNvhKFJqfuHcZa0k8kBcemzdj0uH7ypBIUOCXAm_9YNhK_FQaCYS4pS/w640-h262/Emilio%20Ruiz%20images.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film features a number of matte shots, made as foreground paintings and hanging partial miniatures courtesy of one of the greats in the visual effects domain, the legendary Spanish maestro, Emilio Ruiz del Rio. Emilio worked on fx and sometimes production design as well for around 400 movies throughout his very long career, with several big Hollywood productions using his skills and literally hundreds of European films and tv shows. The pictures here are not from SHEHERAZADE, but are intended to illustrate Emilio's techniques on other productions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIj10D4u_YVqq4B62fPBYUNsSPR9ttSY-k8UQihyscjBJZmsKnpfUb-PBYfgVl4NVqnI93pkHEpphJF0aogYeqqqvZ9XH7ZmXS-IQEbnviOhYkq-1rP91ivswZW439fIOZTKEhhirXnLM4k_3JaxQgYErzDDhNBu3JEgCKgGxtP-xGjyp1L1Sxszd/s1996/Ruiz-%20Sheherezade%20set%20up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1996" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIj10D4u_YVqq4B62fPBYUNsSPR9ttSY-k8UQihyscjBJZmsKnpfUb-PBYfgVl4NVqnI93pkHEpphJF0aogYeqqqvZ9XH7ZmXS-IQEbnviOhYkq-1rP91ivswZW439fIOZTKEhhirXnLM4k_3JaxQgYErzDDhNBu3JEgCKgGxtP-xGjyp1L1Sxszd/w640-h256/Ruiz-%20Sheherezade%20set%20up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Emilio, pictured here on the set, lower middle <i>(on the right, next to art director Enrique Salva)</i> was the undisputed master with high quality matte shots, usually rendered in-camera as suspended foreground paintings - usually done on aluminium or wood, and sometimes on glass. Here we can see his extensive painted 'top up' of the Arabian city set, probably built in Spain or at a studio such as Cinecitta in Rome perhaps. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RkN7YLzAtZkwP_xbgNSWBzrKlqDtx5z6J46xuTTh1QkCW9BotWPnKQwGZ-U9CJYGkQHRyCoKwqHGovRIvul91Y1HoVHhqzrIni0a91mCUwVAxr7PA0u9t-G6kv-sq1RTz2F5beBEdF6O60c3O7PyVrPZRy7ZYn2cL9UOhKy7Gffl9Kb4LVUtnzE9/s1280/Shere3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RkN7YLzAtZkwP_xbgNSWBzrKlqDtx5z6J46xuTTh1QkCW9BotWPnKQwGZ-U9CJYGkQHRyCoKwqHGovRIvul91Y1HoVHhqzrIni0a91mCUwVAxr7PA0u9t-G6kv-sq1RTz2F5beBEdF6O60c3O7PyVrPZRy7ZYn2cL9UOhKy7Gffl9Kb4LVUtnzE9/w640-h272/Shere3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Emilio's matte as completed and shot all in-camera and on the original negative <i>with</i> the live action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYt5K6wfoh21jTH2SwYLpIdljHy4E8TzoIVu68mTLH1g1pX_UgKHawWBWiSHvEkEAnL2vU4PYuO7-yWuHF7Q5Tog6z5CggFWK9_JPGFgpM0j8-iVYAYDCG0qIsSU5EwEr4k-3jj_7XDelLusAUjrjJX1KBy1cppu7niXtWQwbeblKigFbpv45CUJhl/s1280/Shere4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYt5K6wfoh21jTH2SwYLpIdljHy4E8TzoIVu68mTLH1g1pX_UgKHawWBWiSHvEkEAnL2vU4PYuO7-yWuHF7Q5Tog6z5CggFWK9_JPGFgpM0j8-iVYAYDCG0qIsSU5EwEr4k-3jj_7XDelLusAUjrjJX1KBy1cppu7niXtWQwbeblKigFbpv45CUJhl/w640-h272/Shere4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A following shot, made as a slight pan across. The nasty looking spiked post at right conceals Ruiz' rigging supporting his matte extension.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3IykaLaVyL8Xpr9SEuZ3csOFdby7IpoQLPOJnIGE_723oa6qO3HRJALHzsOdeijX1V6-0dAzaoXJw1Ba3eeYZGrj5syz9TZBYQxH9bD1lGuFIC4pZdLEwTIGBexIx6chR4lTga7UmkGsZP_zkf2TgPEIrpJg80TLmr1CrYXN5COF1zBGq_In3OgI/s1280/Shere2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3IykaLaVyL8Xpr9SEuZ3csOFdby7IpoQLPOJnIGE_723oa6qO3HRJALHzsOdeijX1V6-0dAzaoXJw1Ba3eeYZGrj5syz9TZBYQxH9bD1lGuFIC4pZdLEwTIGBexIx6chR4lTga7UmkGsZP_zkf2TgPEIrpJg80TLmr1CrYXN5COF1zBGq_In3OgI/w640-h272/Shere2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another very spectacular vista courtesy of the immensely talented Emilio Ruiz. Among the 400 odd films he worked on were DUNE, THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, RED SONYA, SOLOMON AND SHEBA, EL CID, CLEOPATRA and THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD to name but a handful.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBCAF0KMJrCwSfxtRe7IBnKBSxPKGrfjkO9PryKqw6D2yE8FDz45oMwRqZPQjnYRtWoy4J9FSZjKLyCncdkXKD8F1JE_OyUaxdc9gH1xW2I01BK4zyk8rriIuUTcuVsTDmHi1pLE_E_S_AdY3n7pxHFJOlXAwPBqc_3ZUJuNVyLujSKf83wNF2EMF/s972/Shere9a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="972" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBCAF0KMJrCwSfxtRe7IBnKBSxPKGrfjkO9PryKqw6D2yE8FDz45oMwRqZPQjnYRtWoy4J9FSZjKLyCncdkXKD8F1JE_OyUaxdc9gH1xW2I01BK4zyk8rriIuUTcuVsTDmHi1pLE_E_S_AdY3n7pxHFJOlXAwPBqc_3ZUJuNVyLujSKf83wNF2EMF/w640-h480/Shere9a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Top photo from SHEHERAZADE, while the other two are from CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS and DESERT OF FIRE, both of which illustrate the methods he employed so successfully since the mid 1940 through to, virtually, the end of his life aged in his eighties.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7PljgHXMzj6Axut0xq-YjjM6woM7HP2h0rulbJzhK58igg2PdxTHpXQ6iWvGg3kR3LovC3CLamrUlnFX0W7wLOxLJVG9j9ESh6evUpBBmTrYhzXJk4_JZ5nL2Si5ediMWqyl5qUYaU8JEG5temNNYP4VQC1QRCSf2ulXzGZoqFf2fOj8hO-36wMI/s1280/Shere5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7PljgHXMzj6Axut0xq-YjjM6woM7HP2h0rulbJzhK58igg2PdxTHpXQ6iWvGg3kR3LovC3CLamrUlnFX0W7wLOxLJVG9j9ESh6evUpBBmTrYhzXJk4_JZ5nL2Si5ediMWqyl5qUYaU8JEG5temNNYP4VQC1QRCSf2ulXzGZoqFf2fOj8hO-36wMI/w640-h272/Shere5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A different view of the city, though the somewhat obtrusive 'post' in the mid frame - holding up the large and weighty matte panel - was a little unfortunate.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirn8qgWd23LqlqMvp-QnuTheliGnzYM9Sch_2nAXEV0oWEiktTf8EziOKWjmwQHHosg1LzcXcAj11Vi4vMD6cM6aNqE2I7OKDkzyWxms6xzGe1zPoSAJdTTuYOAZX0itrkkRIufWe9Atf8VZ7JY7amCuFsddz4sAaiqJDdgbPx1d41AS-K8rfsVBSD/s1280/Shere6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirn8qgWd23LqlqMvp-QnuTheliGnzYM9Sch_2nAXEV0oWEiktTf8EziOKWjmwQHHosg1LzcXcAj11Vi4vMD6cM6aNqE2I7OKDkzyWxms6xzGe1zPoSAJdTTuYOAZX0itrkkRIufWe9Atf8VZ7JY7amCuFsddz4sAaiqJDdgbPx1d41AS-K8rfsVBSD/w640-h272/Shere6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm fairly certain that most readers here will never have heard of this film, with it not being well distributed outside of Europe.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVUGmR2OBr-UtC0K3kqxHCcLfR8zUQCyBsvDvdAPibQkttlykHjQUkZoLYgUPWbZxtL-zYsC4LVQ3toNpno6RmfhKYVJZI5ekeT_n_fgTgek-y2AO36t2r7u9h6Em518gzc5bLdvXyF0iEwdrM4jw4yDz-ZO2cp6fzMnHabSPEy4nUE1-r5Oye_Rt/s1280/Shere7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVUGmR2OBr-UtC0K3kqxHCcLfR8zUQCyBsvDvdAPibQkttlykHjQUkZoLYgUPWbZxtL-zYsC4LVQ3toNpno6RmfhKYVJZI5ekeT_n_fgTgek-y2AO36t2r7u9h6Em518gzc5bLdvXyF0iEwdrM4jw4yDz-ZO2cp6fzMnHabSPEy4nUE1-r5Oye_Rt/w640-h272/Shere7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Flawlessly rendered ancient city atop a hill as seen from the approach in a key sequence. The big rock is concealing Emilio's support system.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWyiBkRVenu6tvgf0Yq6Eyf7BTjLmNp-hz8PdPF0BMH6ehgBse5oTANGgWG455UdGgNr9pN0RK4jx4qRQdog-Qu4tJY2EtC_bORFhAIhksTEf3uOleKONwm7Ly_SL4eGqxbxvwTcpJ7AZ8EonV4Cqhrc0iUXaHqDYVvkU-ddFeR3AjohsrgvzFzUa/s1280/Shere8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWyiBkRVenu6tvgf0Yq6Eyf7BTjLmNp-hz8PdPF0BMH6ehgBse5oTANGgWG455UdGgNr9pN0RK4jx4qRQdog-Qu4tJY2EtC_bORFhAIhksTEf3uOleKONwm7Ly_SL4eGqxbxvwTcpJ7AZ8EonV4Cqhrc0iUXaHqDYVvkU-ddFeR3AjohsrgvzFzUa/w640-h272/Shere8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same city on the hill as seen in a reverse angle, just after the shit has literally hit the fan, and the desert is littered with the 'metabolically challenged' <i>(think about it... it's clever!)</i> Note the ever present 'post/obstacle', as well as a fair proportion of dead being matte art too!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_9xWP2PfOcM891Y9A-Ry0eSgROQ6qV5ZlSwTHcNDL2Q0B0yAxrRKhnZkHDRU_qK6IpWxZFfJWtSfNtZobN9zQAeLCkWomMPWp35PRc4fudbcOEr-XhdJ-fQPVz77OaVnqqvuJdSkufSA9PnqcsIH-5Q9XhrhEjqE-6vqukmloCLjcANgfuD0w9VG/s1260/Shere9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1017" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_9xWP2PfOcM891Y9A-Ry0eSgROQ6qV5ZlSwTHcNDL2Q0B0yAxrRKhnZkHDRU_qK6IpWxZFfJWtSfNtZobN9zQAeLCkWomMPWp35PRc4fudbcOEr-XhdJ-fQPVz77OaVnqqvuJdSkufSA9PnqcsIH-5Q9XhrhEjqE-6vqukmloCLjcANgfuD0w9VG/w516-h640/Shere9.jpg" width="516" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As a side note, the film had some quite surprising nudity for a 1963 flick - something quite the norm in Europe but would have seen censors reaching for their scissors elsewhere!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr94OPKkVS0Fam172zCr64bLF0RfgZQY2QWtjBn-dmYtZmZXziMf5XEZcJV930DNkcxMHiog43qId4R8vwthArpliIwirlDHuE3ucBk_OqiT1n4yF-C5JixT_vytnL0jB0AKV2IAkRkPERoZcmW_bLSOMVGWLeT8qXYTsbiWBp5BFMsE3Dkp0F4Kf_/s2187/Sheherazade-Anna%20Karina.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="2187" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr94OPKkVS0Fam172zCr64bLF0RfgZQY2QWtjBn-dmYtZmZXziMf5XEZcJV930DNkcxMHiog43qId4R8vwthArpliIwirlDHuE3ucBk_OqiT1n4yF-C5JixT_vytnL0jB0AKV2IAkRkPERoZcmW_bLSOMVGWLeT8qXYTsbiWBp5BFMsE3Dkp0F4Kf_/w640-h352/Sheherazade-Anna%20Karina.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Anna Karina.... need we say more?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1jTYLTqe1LmWa6NJjrSKl6vTKAfBCBeLU29eyyOquXdo-oGEoIOHDVwKnF91tC2QUJs3FElXvSU7kqSBiUHWYE85qiVvigJDrw4ZlT707H5Hzio9EILsykil2-Q-knqwkFW96iW_6cvBDJ55-KmI_U9_mn3sQV0jEqKOrPTZ2DL1zLqe7xlCS7GL/s1452/Scara-title.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1452" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1jTYLTqe1LmWa6NJjrSKl6vTKAfBCBeLU29eyyOquXdo-oGEoIOHDVwKnF91tC2QUJs3FElXvSU7kqSBiUHWYE85qiVvigJDrw4ZlT707H5Hzio9EILsykil2-Q-knqwkFW96iW_6cvBDJ55-KmI_U9_mn3sQV0jEqKOrPTZ2DL1zLqe7xlCS7GL/w400-h297/Scara-title.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Xj__yBMAjb8gULLlS-YxSGflM7V3NAUa7O3bZwKV4G2Vvzg0fwYgk-LYaRtZ5TBJedsCBwDsqDqYyX2rePbA_UuRUN_FFUjrhGJ3zTO1qqO6yrUFVXBDR19vlc-EinyzWvsToMxqZfdgtsTzxUFm2pyDBzTUWi7yv8Qrkm2Z7fFb8rlgGgftS2TP/s2700/Scara-%20castle%20bef&aft.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="2700" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Xj__yBMAjb8gULLlS-YxSGflM7V3NAUa7O3bZwKV4G2Vvzg0fwYgk-LYaRtZ5TBJedsCBwDsqDqYyX2rePbA_UuRUN_FFUjrhGJ3zTO1qqO6yrUFVXBDR19vlc-EinyzWvsToMxqZfdgtsTzxUFm2pyDBzTUWi7yv8Qrkm2Z7fFb8rlgGgftS2TP/w640-h218/Scara-%20castle%20bef&aft.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film contains a dozen matte shots, made under the steely eye of Metro's matte department boss, the eccentric Warren Newcombe. This illuminating before and after is a wonderful example of the incredible talent within Newcombe's very secretive matte department.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmorMOZaOaOMhzHWdJG1RcQQGJY7cfBEZ0bAz-xZTY0tqauz4SKveQecGkgYLjmaLHTdiye_EpTKQ-zAuIOyZIpmPleCVpU4l8zvk-B_ZIvAU4k_ijkcwBuBLmdukxjKf1yGDJcPYlYPiLfKk9kRgTrVHlI7iZSx4mJAoPOS63KHuqb3_wmhQSqDW-/s1454/Scara1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1454" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmorMOZaOaOMhzHWdJG1RcQQGJY7cfBEZ0bAz-xZTY0tqauz4SKveQecGkgYLjmaLHTdiye_EpTKQ-zAuIOyZIpmPleCVpU4l8zvk-B_ZIvAU4k_ijkcwBuBLmdukxjKf1yGDJcPYlYPiLfKk9kRgTrVHlI7iZSx4mJAoPOS63KHuqb3_wmhQSqDW-/w640-h476/Scara1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The quite splendid final shot in all its Technicolor greatness.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1yOmD8gpfb20b1G3-8uiLITYRVaT7UQd5DN0BHvi3oFEWe8DmswzF0JlI5T3sHR-9g3g4ZSnD9JEAimbxjdTQS1-fuDLq4V-CzfLmyEdwSRWIq3ZXmVKNaj0seiXxGA2sLsPjfVvZOutDq2Sdc8PpgSjXNnrrxvlEUAHOiCPwgxx_WdLMyViPomT/s1980/Scaramouche%20bef&aft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1980" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1yOmD8gpfb20b1G3-8uiLITYRVaT7UQd5DN0BHvi3oFEWe8DmswzF0JlI5T3sHR-9g3g4ZSnD9JEAimbxjdTQS1-fuDLq4V-CzfLmyEdwSRWIq3ZXmVKNaj0seiXxGA2sLsPjfVvZOutDq2Sdc8PpgSjXNnrrxvlEUAHOiCPwgxx_WdLMyViPomT/w640-h236/Scaramouche%20bef&aft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here we have another rare before and after using one of the standing sets on one of the vast MGM back lots which really were a magical kingdom back in the glory days before it was all eventually bulldozed and sold off to greedy real estate tycoons.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQQ3SBbmsxPhIqmOY5DTw40SYcRGpsdgzLakPTbJQEoj7LzzUNhgkkSrvqRxC2ntHaH9MtFkhphHxVycRwSJ1EWwKnfV6LonQsMQd7PdJJtQKhaR25_Nx1-hFKY-heQ24vGpo1iUTM6cjge8DB2xObT7g9itzA5OA2UoN0jt47XbkaQ-_N8j4oV54/s1464/Scara2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQQ3SBbmsxPhIqmOY5DTw40SYcRGpsdgzLakPTbJQEoj7LzzUNhgkkSrvqRxC2ntHaH9MtFkhphHxVycRwSJ1EWwKnfV6LonQsMQd7PdJJtQKhaR25_Nx1-hFKY-heQ24vGpo1iUTM6cjge8DB2xObT7g9itzA5OA2UoN0jt47XbkaQ-_N8j4oV54/w640-h472/Scara2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot. I love studying the old MGM mattes just to try to spot the often incredibly well integrated matte line. It's visible here, but more often than not, Newcombe's chief matte cameraman, Mark Davis, did wonders in blending things together to perfection, usually with soft splits running through the least likely parts of the shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP76bhVAOSKdRN5mb2jO2m6PZOhSBdVzOaO-sUcvx3wie--c-ldVLyO5VCiAZApeVzfINoEHI6hrq9ES9U4o2k_gwXmdof2VjYEgoFuZCXvnhHSdy3C_qb6SuNIEBbkrYH0D-MmUCj-GxrqtSBgrpMmHXo_jk5DEQ0QfYLXfSo7MHzzKvVGpAVJsY/s1460/Scara3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1460" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP76bhVAOSKdRN5mb2jO2m6PZOhSBdVzOaO-sUcvx3wie--c-ldVLyO5VCiAZApeVzfINoEHI6hrq9ES9U4o2k_gwXmdof2VjYEgoFuZCXvnhHSdy3C_qb6SuNIEBbkrYH0D-MmUCj-GxrqtSBgrpMmHXo_jk5DEQ0QfYLXfSo7MHzzKvVGpAVJsY/w640-h474/Scara3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of MGM's matte art specialties were those massive, grand Royal Courts, elegant ballrooms or spectacular opera house interiors.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_6ooS9l5EQMu_dj7H4NftqCLXbgBUYCoXNxemKKBV2qqdssAlqCclni_AIpPr1A-S0zj2Q8EegxurJuJca1abxHjOabHMBolHvnbawJmL4a5MQjQYG0GIUqmz91wmCmKc3e9zNgnzqQOJKwRYcJ2CSL33RvHpEkTyQ2YZVZDZ8U3tiiRjhOydnPw/s1215/Scaramouche-%201080p.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1215" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_6ooS9l5EQMu_dj7H4NftqCLXbgBUYCoXNxemKKBV2qqdssAlqCclni_AIpPr1A-S0zj2Q8EegxurJuJca1abxHjOabHMBolHvnbawJmL4a5MQjQYG0GIUqmz91wmCmKc3e9zNgnzqQOJKwRYcJ2CSL33RvHpEkTyQ2YZVZDZ8U3tiiRjhOydnPw/w640-h474/Scaramouche-%201080p.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For decades, Newcombe's department had been very active in rendering their mattes using very fine pastel crayons over goache - sometimes with pen and ink fine work. This painting seems to be an entirely 'painted' matte using more commonly applied methods, ie brush and pigments. It's a near full frame matte with just a tiny slot of live action doubled in at the top between two trees. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqpn0rn3rRu0XyHFXqRz0p7-HkK0VnKzCeRkZ-resfXfmVInFzDaTe1aNckby5fF6NQJGNft9qHtcOBpzH66VvEeoLWHQsspaNvId2gw7FSLHnlHxHQRLA3g-N-AmQfhip9sZGzTryZLtiRbRukXKNvMvzYRCzuI4DeQNtTomob9IeRZvqzAMR_TR/s1465/Scaramouche%20matte_1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1465" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqpn0rn3rRu0XyHFXqRz0p7-HkK0VnKzCeRkZ-resfXfmVInFzDaTe1aNckby5fF6NQJGNft9qHtcOBpzH66VvEeoLWHQsspaNvId2gw7FSLHnlHxHQRLA3g-N-AmQfhip9sZGzTryZLtiRbRukXKNvMvzYRCzuI4DeQNtTomob9IeRZvqzAMR_TR/w640-h460/Scaramouche%20matte_1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here we have a fantastic image of that original painting, which is in the collection of a fellow matte shot enthusiast and friend of mine, located in Germany.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Cz2edk0aO9Z0AlUgU5hgsNwAP9ipt5o1HsSz_xb18ezxWtM4P2YDW7tqpQtjAi2KWZyxX9GAHiTbL8WfUQD03Xy18Tv-JqfwXxHaFVk_xNHwLp2CmUTXQ3dLhEuax0m_JDHTlTZ_qYqiBEldsBgCCCXYh_WdhBXwI0lXTrledW9usVomBdSEtRDI/s1470/Scaramouche%20matte_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="1470" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Cz2edk0aO9Z0AlUgU5hgsNwAP9ipt5o1HsSz_xb18ezxWtM4P2YDW7tqpQtjAi2KWZyxX9GAHiTbL8WfUQD03Xy18Tv-JqfwXxHaFVk_xNHwLp2CmUTXQ3dLhEuax0m_JDHTlTZ_qYqiBEldsBgCCCXYh_WdhBXwI0lXTrledW9usVomBdSEtRDI/w640-h474/Scaramouche%20matte_2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail of matted area. I don't know which medium they used here - oils or water based pigment? It has an 'oil' look to it from my observations from afar.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSwbBYg-dANdlQDtulzcJuLCQlQWvt9pglf-GGFq8LklGPWbZ9C-Giq5lb1ZPCawF6Hp3Cs9N8h0Ew84mWpIg1YjKQsTPGA18gMuR_esAf1hb93bXXlpU-JtDacWBFUysu2Sq-yZ1WWb4JQNi7ntbe7Q05poD3KkeAnaIt6xr38R1IXeKJiz8n_zSQ/s1404/Scaramouche%20matte_3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1404" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSwbBYg-dANdlQDtulzcJuLCQlQWvt9pglf-GGFq8LklGPWbZ9C-Giq5lb1ZPCawF6Hp3Cs9N8h0Ew84mWpIg1YjKQsTPGA18gMuR_esAf1hb93bXXlpU-JtDacWBFUysu2Sq-yZ1WWb4JQNi7ntbe7Q05poD3KkeAnaIt6xr38R1IXeKJiz8n_zSQ/w640-h434/Scaramouche%20matte_3.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More detail in close up... Thanks so much for these pics TT. :)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ue0foB6mRbjb-8UIeMxFeYsTntmQDfzk10YZejzE4arPPITghK_M-bVDOExCB2SR8frmD4f0X7rKbmjwLJPj9U25nIpTzHz5fUVZchAgs9hjEdUA4EPqf3S5xl7Kr7DkYftCYJdYEDS_hDWmS3poabul9Tn3x5dQaVP0im4A_g2uC83I35R05Gqw/s1233/Scaramouche%20matte_4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1233" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ue0foB6mRbjb-8UIeMxFeYsTntmQDfzk10YZejzE4arPPITghK_M-bVDOExCB2SR8frmD4f0X7rKbmjwLJPj9U25nIpTzHz5fUVZchAgs9hjEdUA4EPqf3S5xl7Kr7DkYftCYJdYEDS_hDWmS3poabul9Tn3x5dQaVP0im4A_g2uC83I35R05Gqw/w640-h442/Scaramouche%20matte_4.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail of tower. Based on the two MGM mattes that I own, they were generally quite small in size, and always painted on thick artists' card, which allowed easy drilling out or cutaway gags for certain shots as required such as glittering theatre marquee neons and the like. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzTfUBykLPwMDLKuaup3i7SZHKexKU9amb_GYFWdbZqvX0FgODmhN1XntJ_Pb4yLg5JkeNlxdepOiaVsvZKDE7-bYOQvm9etRYQLkk0Szcy_YNZNEt1a_jpQB09e-gBCmGDQRmAMfJ63p99m82KGxUP1VnQsfgig0BIju91vR0vJAP2_hHZTAn_Uy/s1472/Scara7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="1472" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzTfUBykLPwMDLKuaup3i7SZHKexKU9amb_GYFWdbZqvX0FgODmhN1XntJ_Pb4yLg5JkeNlxdepOiaVsvZKDE7-bYOQvm9etRYQLkk0Szcy_YNZNEt1a_jpQB09e-gBCmGDQRmAMfJ63p99m82KGxUP1VnQsfgig0BIju91vR0vJAP2_hHZTAn_Uy/w640-h466/Scara7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MGM had the biggest matte department around this time, with a number of artists coming and going over the years. Key matte artists were Howard Fisher and Henry Hillink, with Lou Litchtenfield, Henry Peter McDermott, Irving Block, Norman Dawn and others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3v5RJihbuu9VzvFBTehwdBxvSh3GpEfuBtvH7MeySOr0kOjcJ1VQ1P1sQAkohHQTXv7bVowYmu-0VGR9qPGy0F41hHh1TKtghsZjwBfEEIwJGdZzQE3pjcDGJMnhSUc8KZHltxLdKL2QzsgN4ENIXC_2EcPxW-xzSR7c-qUvPj6W3pvi6eVpBm7P/s1476/Scara4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1476" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3v5RJihbuu9VzvFBTehwdBxvSh3GpEfuBtvH7MeySOr0kOjcJ1VQ1P1sQAkohHQTXv7bVowYmu-0VGR9qPGy0F41hHh1TKtghsZjwBfEEIwJGdZzQE3pjcDGJMnhSUc8KZHltxLdKL2QzsgN4ENIXC_2EcPxW-xzSR7c-qUvPj6W3pvi6eVpBm7P/w640-h466/Scara4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The action packed climax takes place in a packed grand opera house during a performance, where our swashbuckling hero, Stewart Granger, pits his rapier against bad guy Mel Ferrer. Several matte paintings are featured showing the setting from various vantage points as they slug it out. Noteworthy here as about half the frame is painted in, with many carefully selected 'slot gags' - that is, tiny cut away holes within the masses of painted people - where a moving interference device behind the painting is illuminated and this 'distraction' lends a sense of 'movement' to the otherwise static, fake audience. An old gag but one in constant use right through to the very end of the so-called 'traditional era' of matting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdieQH1HFRfdh-_AnxbZIrgNISfTUdSqdZ4VmcBCpSs5_TH8TmrTvjPu7QenfbV68wHq6st0a54jkgt8UH3lFljFMnWbrzvEp1Ql6SmnBXstCY5Jz_YfgaefQdQDo0uNqmHmMXLSpUv1qDGhyEJEvDaF_nh6u1wJTI8ezzOd_mwXadpAayV1g71KW/s1468/Scara5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1468" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdieQH1HFRfdh-_AnxbZIrgNISfTUdSqdZ4VmcBCpSs5_TH8TmrTvjPu7QenfbV68wHq6st0a54jkgt8UH3lFljFMnWbrzvEp1Ql6SmnBXstCY5Jz_YfgaefQdQDo0uNqmHmMXLSpUv1qDGhyEJEvDaF_nh6u1wJTI8ezzOd_mwXadpAayV1g71KW/w640-h470/Scara5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Live action bottom stalls and first row balcony, with all above being painted in, including the columns, curtains and two other balconies of audience.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2a4iJ534aXGZPpf0LD-fZDYG_41rUIv0RRCny3RXQMLrH7AO_ebKdJfoiKkY2ZkfcQBlYeoZxor4LyD3uYNKWqBJO1YKHQj4Dnb6zXcSheNoKkUh53eCBsTj1pBUMQBEDMa4ikL1_o0zslW-F3jbA0bPeTKYinBlPKdLhooxgk3KrBzkKjPTZf7fH/s1506/Scara6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1506" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2a4iJ534aXGZPpf0LD-fZDYG_41rUIv0RRCny3RXQMLrH7AO_ebKdJfoiKkY2ZkfcQBlYeoZxor4LyD3uYNKWqBJO1YKHQj4Dnb6zXcSheNoKkUh53eCBsTj1pBUMQBEDMa4ikL1_o0zslW-F3jbA0bPeTKYinBlPKdLhooxgk3KrBzkKjPTZf7fH/w640-h458/Scara6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More of the same sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4Tqfp6r0DftaatqFOnoUSLb3-b5XIaVG9OJ_3gQy3qq6dnyqEOM-YxHiMqaiiodzxg-FJu7VaVkDjcYk0c3Hez6rVOYYCq0pVGepTUt8HPJZ4UPAWiXERFbG8ID-xseR7D1eMRZxMzP1DNy6jE69jJ6LP7BBrxizFLx7Rwy8yFiTOs75wajSPLf3/s1386/KK%20vs%20Godzilla-62.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1007" data-original-width="1386" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4Tqfp6r0DftaatqFOnoUSLb3-b5XIaVG9OJ_3gQy3qq6dnyqEOM-YxHiMqaiiodzxg-FJu7VaVkDjcYk0c3Hez6rVOYYCq0pVGepTUt8HPJZ4UPAWiXERFbG8ID-xseR7D1eMRZxMzP1DNy6jE69jJ6LP7BBrxizFLx7Rwy8yFiTOs75wajSPLf3/w640-h464/KK%20vs%20Godzilla-62.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Universal Studios picked up several of these Japanese monster shows in the sixties and distributed dubbed versions of them with new American footage spliced in. I was a firm fanatic for Forry Ackerman's great <b><i>Famous Monsters of Filmland</i></b>, and took great delight in the generous pictorial coverage of each and every Nippon Monster flick. In fact, I still possess a horde of ancient scrapbooks filled with pics cut out of FM and other similar mags from the early 1970's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZ8tyoNcLPjoA_o5FwqUgWiY0ivIDmiV2ht_U90B91c2vz79WzVmfOj6sAhRMf4O6WMfenctDLQixHxBJXrG48dy1GQ_tQ1lJK6tvKfZ2k_-mMj6s3snCYoik9xAUHZoknUiwZbiqgiQxvTOnYmWYoNMG6GSzrgu947x6ZYbvM3Xwl4cGi0kqLDRR/s2016/KK%20vs%20G%20titles.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="2016" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZ8tyoNcLPjoA_o5FwqUgWiY0ivIDmiV2ht_U90B91c2vz79WzVmfOj6sAhRMf4O6WMfenctDLQixHxBJXrG48dy1GQ_tQ1lJK6tvKfZ2k_-mMj6s3snCYoik9xAUHZoknUiwZbiqgiQxvTOnYmWYoNMG6GSzrgu947x6ZYbvM3Xwl4cGi0kqLDRR/w640-h342/KK%20vs%20G%20titles.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">KING KONG VS GODZILLA (1963) was one of an endless parade of <i>Japanese-guy-in-a-monster-suit- stomping-on-Tokyo</i> epics that quickly became rather tiresome.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtSAwhornSaOmFaqiV8Nz4qlacgw4VPeQQf9iWrB0wsaS2IpCiObPjEyd64_VMnXncoxs1UlyKpJy5V4Dd1D6xs4Cq6wqwKX61QvJNpZxuF_6eW0I9ruNeowEMB5_VhS0FObRJtk_qSP7Js8vQsLI5-oAwmUL7xYHoO8aW7F43P8T7ylXx5SQl7Dr/s1920/KKvsG1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtSAwhornSaOmFaqiV8Nz4qlacgw4VPeQQf9iWrB0wsaS2IpCiObPjEyd64_VMnXncoxs1UlyKpJy5V4Dd1D6xs4Cq6wqwKX61QvJNpZxuF_6eW0I9ruNeowEMB5_VhS0FObRJtk_qSP7Js8vQsLI5-oAwmUL7xYHoO8aW7F43P8T7ylXx5SQl7Dr/w640-h266/KKvsG1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Eiji Tsuburaya was the extremely busy Japanese film industry's go-to guy for <i>anything</i> 'special' or 'trick shot' related. The local industry there, as well as the huge film going public, had enormous admiration for Eiji, who attained something almost of a cult status.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfmiDhcAM4qUHV0ZxvKoAi3t0eOHlpTd18uBmbTX29XONWOR84yTPdzdp63hmfrog2UaHXjb9RlxsJj4VMVQhdviko63et4HOEpecL2xzLCihkkinw2i2aZmDxetX7dySax5DyHmMelABMSsNXZFMafPySQvz5RZ4RNbEm_EIW-TQ20CuNbbo3hwE/s1920/KKvsG2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfmiDhcAM4qUHV0ZxvKoAi3t0eOHlpTd18uBmbTX29XONWOR84yTPdzdp63hmfrog2UaHXjb9RlxsJj4VMVQhdviko63et4HOEpecL2xzLCihkkinw2i2aZmDxetX7dySax5DyHmMelABMSsNXZFMafPySQvz5RZ4RNbEm_EIW-TQ20CuNbbo3hwE/w640-h266/KKvsG2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rather nice matte painted shot here. Many of the Japanese sci-fi films had some good matte work, though never credited. Akira Watanabe was usually the visual effects art director on these, so may have had a hand in the matte painting work?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia46OHLeyP53Mr2I5FLY2kktsVvJ0wZEd9XzbhVCTHc35bA7kzdJbaeCzoXY_6ThDX-sMwYICRbwP1i8Mx6Avl1sXnZIltg1ofTQ1nui0KYj-gfb5Tstn6ZwPYIo_INP4XCeIfMelVAvZEaqpy9e7xTVOZio8dskzyHVaN91bTDWRLE1lCTcCSPrqF/s1920/KKvsG3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia46OHLeyP53Mr2I5FLY2kktsVvJ0wZEd9XzbhVCTHc35bA7kzdJbaeCzoXY_6ThDX-sMwYICRbwP1i8Mx6Avl1sXnZIltg1ofTQ1nui0KYj-gfb5Tstn6ZwPYIo_INP4XCeIfMelVAvZEaqpy9e7xTVOZio8dskzyHVaN91bTDWRLE1lCTcCSPrqF/w640-h266/KKvsG3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The story basically copies the old classic KING KONG, right down to the Skull Island wall and a bunch of misguided natives.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiT57iDwIKbeMoX5FHj8_aTGT7e7vrXin7FX8DbfCtVtoAgHuLO4gQOMYYAoLZK_JIvljlKNjHAIzCaW3pWJt9A-lPJSSyERoaYG3OXDlZSAWxomv9PhvvZtnSuazoeM2GeAJlO5Dlo6HF1-lh459hYc0bZwpnSkrmJwvha8doD3uFWLKnuP_PEpm/s1920/KKvsG4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiT57iDwIKbeMoX5FHj8_aTGT7e7vrXin7FX8DbfCtVtoAgHuLO4gQOMYYAoLZK_JIvljlKNjHAIzCaW3pWJt9A-lPJSSyERoaYG3OXDlZSAWxomv9PhvvZtnSuazoeM2GeAJlO5Dlo6HF1-lh459hYc0bZwpnSkrmJwvha8doD3uFWLKnuP_PEpm/w640-h266/KKvsG4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painted environs may have influenced Peter Jackson here in NZ for <i>his</i> version of Skull Island?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiz0tkiaRpsVIvAEjMcb3aqvGOTwhUJHuAVnOWYssM1bOWgSFbkNEGpwoTBn9S_7zlVYp_mp3AN4lRnuIBd-z8zMbQ81tr2bqnmx11djBMvUv5GEMmfbARuVScNMmPNUEcqkGlKqv95vyko_KrWldgncFA1KP5jO0cq2uHiq9CrGDxdrdZbI5_nHKw/s1920/KKvsG5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiz0tkiaRpsVIvAEjMcb3aqvGOTwhUJHuAVnOWYssM1bOWgSFbkNEGpwoTBn9S_7zlVYp_mp3AN4lRnuIBd-z8zMbQ81tr2bqnmx11djBMvUv5GEMmfbARuVScNMmPNUEcqkGlKqv95vyko_KrWldgncFA1KP5jO0cq2uHiq9CrGDxdrdZbI5_nHKw/w640-h266/KKvsG5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Explorers take to the mountain trail in an almost entirely matte painted shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85rc1Lz5cJzLtDl8qsyrrPCNSqZdqWAQvRN2sUOlimFnA5fR4xhoifIzSumPX8q2IjdkF9aWgkKFTeCpqQeNaN00A2mgHOP96VuOUf_OOYHDn_yIESSabvAPfvUJul80KgEWlnNeBH_kQHaeiGioZbZAw3ELTP4DM5TekJ4pXrPAmpy75TYO2OWpQ/s1920/KKvsG6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85rc1Lz5cJzLtDl8qsyrrPCNSqZdqWAQvRN2sUOlimFnA5fR4xhoifIzSumPX8q2IjdkF9aWgkKFTeCpqQeNaN00A2mgHOP96VuOUf_OOYHDn_yIESSabvAPfvUJul80KgEWlnNeBH_kQHaeiGioZbZAw3ELTP4DM5TekJ4pXrPAmpy75TYO2OWpQ/w640-h266/KKvsG6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I can't recall what the giant squid had to do with the scenario, but here he is with blue screened in natives all getting <i>wayyyyy </i>too close.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmOYlisokkTQRj5iVv2FAt67LWN0HRmLcPseOzxDInF-oY_7lDvzmf4DODw2plFQMAmOlJnyVVX9v7wNeRFu45ZHWcuI01fzTPtWN-j_fjAfXvP-EPPGWf1W1YAqHnR2zR_VTMsAyOTo3Q3V_roVrmCJxEiwJCrVU1j9t9Oe3gKhSSeXi0-_0hwOo/s1920/KKvsG7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmOYlisokkTQRj5iVv2FAt67LWN0HRmLcPseOzxDInF-oY_7lDvzmf4DODw2plFQMAmOlJnyVVX9v7wNeRFu45ZHWcuI01fzTPtWN-j_fjAfXvP-EPPGWf1W1YAqHnR2zR_VTMsAyOTo3Q3V_roVrmCJxEiwJCrVU1j9t9Oe3gKhSSeXi0-_0hwOo/w640-h266/KKvsG7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Didn't I tell you to stand well back from this tentacled bastard.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocTVaGAUboe2MKLcUn4ZJ64kz114fKbHmeO84DHCgm8P-l0mQgvz6bOLeM9ihJ1vPSjxp6-Z3XwcPH3nj9PsWbwix3HEeBbAjxs8Q-Fa97Kj9hjYTmvoFLPvNyx1W0FCsm3e5b4J3KPWf6qq8xok0LzzceKuUznJeAdUs7sy2wJmLZx0j4re3adh8/s2488/KKvsG8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="2488" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocTVaGAUboe2MKLcUn4ZJ64kz114fKbHmeO84DHCgm8P-l0mQgvz6bOLeM9ihJ1vPSjxp6-Z3XwcPH3nj9PsWbwix3HEeBbAjxs8Q-Fa97Kj9hjYTmvoFLPvNyx1W0FCsm3e5b4J3KPWf6qq8xok0LzzceKuUznJeAdUs7sy2wJmLZx0j4re3adh8/w640-h290/KKvsG8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Actually quite effective, done with wire work and puppets.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzeq6WMGCjMHOBGxlALWg-Ny6gJZ9O4-8yEFVo3y3Z4RCQwNW5TLnG5X2odIbSsp7KJ30xONvVqVAKuO9Da-2sX2wBX3-B-7KSUxk0VwCy1K0guJRj9tLxN2y6c7J-W8RilA0aliY0_kvT3WouzkcAIpVcIla5Qys_BYhDx-Ofy8xcSnPJW5buFPdG/s1920/KKvsG9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzeq6WMGCjMHOBGxlALWg-Ny6gJZ9O4-8yEFVo3y3Z4RCQwNW5TLnG5X2odIbSsp7KJ30xONvVqVAKuO9Da-2sX2wBX3-B-7KSUxk0VwCy1K0guJRj9tLxN2y6c7J-W8RilA0aliY0_kvT3WouzkcAIpVcIla5Qys_BYhDx-Ofy8xcSnPJW5buFPdG/w640-h266/KKvsG9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sunset painted in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6v3b30K_Nu6mcg1Qsfg6wrQ6WPGtDfljkx90UsofXDr6sC9TRifmQmUErzWFkOzNOhRHGtyWVyZziMGXSYcnuH5FADHYivMmNaUG8hoGwyeooU2nxfzLFDhFU3W-sBnZTrA3zfaWV0FkFI6ejovh1g26G0DT04toY1ZBVIhH0JKe2KjaEMBGMIss/s1965/KKvsG%2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="1965" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6v3b30K_Nu6mcg1Qsfg6wrQ6WPGtDfljkx90UsofXDr6sC9TRifmQmUErzWFkOzNOhRHGtyWVyZziMGXSYcnuH5FADHYivMmNaUG8hoGwyeooU2nxfzLFDhFU3W-sBnZTrA3zfaWV0FkFI6ejovh1g26G0DT04toY1ZBVIhH0JKe2KjaEMBGMIss/w640-h544/KKvsG%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Train journey disruption on a monster scale! There will be a temporary disruption to our scheduled service. Sidenote- I was in London once, on the fabulous underground, and not far ahead apparently, a person was actually run over by a train! The punchline was, that in true understated British fashion, an announcement came over the intercom along the lines of <i>"Piccadilly line disruption as a passenger had taken ill"</i>. No, I'm not making this up!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkM3CNIZ8pVB4hEWm5k1oxbNy2wMj-P8h9MEIsls7SqoGnPsdWpzFbasBnvhtKsR6ONu31uN7kl9pZN2KbSjsJJN1911LeCigtLMzHwWaO8S7aYgelDvCCkn_1wTRVBd5Owh-raldI417rf5oeZk3Aer31z5KDGcGDxB_AWrU5q86QHZ61cY753AkR/s2076/Kong%20vs%20Godzilla.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="2076" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkM3CNIZ8pVB4hEWm5k1oxbNy2wMj-P8h9MEIsls7SqoGnPsdWpzFbasBnvhtKsR6ONu31uN7kl9pZN2KbSjsJJN1911LeCigtLMzHwWaO8S7aYgelDvCCkn_1wTRVBd5Owh-raldI417rf5oeZk3Aer31z5KDGcGDxB_AWrU5q86QHZ61cY753AkR/w640-h410/Kong%20vs%20Godzilla.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Selected action set pieces and behind the scenes miniature stage at Toho. Although Eiji already had been involved in cinematography in silent Japanese cinema, and had a thirst for experimentation with things like multiple exposures and basic trick effects, it was a chance viewing in Kyoto of the classic KING KONG in 1933 that firmly left an indelible impression on the young film maker, as it did with so many others in the international movie industry - and rightly so.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiId5DfD1wIq3dNBJstZrXZO37HumZoNQNJmCiTwQMjX4wCndeQ9D5TCmXJKzIw7aQIr8o10cKFALcYZD5dKzV0EWWMtt2T_rt9g7QCPMb7NUmMS9XjN8RBHCIRTPDlKh082CZyzote2LGVKC_7VG18SeTIMUA8sL4sXEOeXBGHMV4wJPmMbbXzK-_R/s2427/Kong%20vs%20Godzilla-model%20set.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="2427" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiId5DfD1wIq3dNBJstZrXZO37HumZoNQNJmCiTwQMjX4wCndeQ9D5TCmXJKzIw7aQIr8o10cKFALcYZD5dKzV0EWWMtt2T_rt9g7QCPMb7NUmMS9XjN8RBHCIRTPDlKh082CZyzote2LGVKC_7VG18SeTIMUA8sL4sXEOeXBGHMV4wJPmMbbXzK-_R/w640-h200/Kong%20vs%20Godzilla-model%20set.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>KONGZILLA</i> - the battle of the Century... or at least till Toho make yet another carbon copy. Note the behind the scenes photo showing the full miniature stage in detail.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTqZbdQKwTJH9slWkliZDaAz2SRYO2qJR6bTR-qGai2yFCV9wJw0QrhwMGyLszl7cZmiIj0T4uLsTbFbuIVcJv7wjUBG8MgvikslSpjmXQoM2s2gs9o6Z4GUMA_H0weEdZmTFZj_k6Q20-6tIGdSCtgf9h_9SAS7Jb2eu15YYu-MAFHzpnNXybow-/s1959/KKvsG%2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1671" data-original-width="1959" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTqZbdQKwTJH9slWkliZDaAz2SRYO2qJR6bTR-qGai2yFCV9wJw0QrhwMGyLszl7cZmiIj0T4uLsTbFbuIVcJv7wjUBG8MgvikslSpjmXQoM2s2gs9o6Z4GUMA_H0weEdZmTFZj_k6Q20-6tIGdSCtgf9h_9SAS7Jb2eu15YYu-MAFHzpnNXybow-/w640-h546/KKvsG%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I always found the <i>monster</i> stuff in these things a tad boring, but always enjoyed the miniature work, with Tsuburaya's model makers being extremely skilled (and highly productive), constantly churning out brand new props, buildings, vehicles, towns and landmarks.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3_6Xeay8x5T5SJ88AzSj_eBjIARQZivS_vZXA5GWNUmON_rf-yyVtoX1F5JKR6W0Oh6IiSkz-MRfo8g4gMhp_Ta9rff3GYQaYjtjASsn55IUHaY0ajrtHEIR4ZPE5NoYrgFA_v4F1hobOiv9fNGVeJHEIUcn6Jkb6SmsrPuVXO9-clBYIUZRSnOs/s1920/KKvsG%2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3_6Xeay8x5T5SJ88AzSj_eBjIARQZivS_vZXA5GWNUmON_rf-yyVtoX1F5JKR6W0Oh6IiSkz-MRfo8g4gMhp_Ta9rff3GYQaYjtjASsn55IUHaY0ajrtHEIR4ZPE5NoYrgFA_v4F1hobOiv9fNGVeJHEIUcn6Jkb6SmsrPuVXO9-clBYIUZRSnOs/w640-h266/KKvsG%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One big drawback was shooting these things under artificial light as opposed to natural light, and worst of all, too much zoom lens usage which immediately killed the shot once the depth of field was buggered.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOrk0fcRd9KNjAz_hWpQ0IRYmkadsR2YsjKJV6bnV5Qm9jVLlYsbVanspFrEnVxnO-Cp3y0ir6cNhwj6NOAF2KRKn413oQe_NsL6XJejD2gvSJlN3zn1ycREos75rNzoP0gtbBL7nc1dwL2Rb0DEkJ0BpH4wokNpdif7Mxgl2VQVZ_OVCBNkUmPNk/s1920/KKvsG%2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOrk0fcRd9KNjAz_hWpQ0IRYmkadsR2YsjKJV6bnV5Qm9jVLlYsbVanspFrEnVxnO-Cp3y0ir6cNhwj6NOAF2KRKn413oQe_NsL6XJejD2gvSJlN3zn1ycREos75rNzoP0gtbBL7nc1dwL2Rb0DEkJ0BpH4wokNpdif7Mxgl2VQVZ_OVCBNkUmPNk/w640-h266/KKvsG%2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The one I remember seeing often as a kid was KING KONG ESCAPES, which always seemed to be showing on one double feature or another at Saturday matinees here in Auckland. Must have seen that one a dozen times, once with ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS as I recall.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-KjlijJ_ALAQtp3e-CwZUvgIf4o1gv3m5k1VanooMPSJz1sZFIhZfyD-HWPdqovMNsQssJjMcgDgiGNsdLoQLh-cSrOiL2eZZJLTO3p1c0BNGkSB1Bw6iUziA9HlPs7oJTdFDMO80sy8AfEkwvWXoBIAEDQbzZIVQHrmpvniVBphlfogUBn9FM9z/s1920/KKvsG%2013a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-KjlijJ_ALAQtp3e-CwZUvgIf4o1gv3m5k1VanooMPSJz1sZFIhZfyD-HWPdqovMNsQssJjMcgDgiGNsdLoQLh-cSrOiL2eZZJLTO3p1c0BNGkSB1Bw6iUziA9HlPs7oJTdFDMO80sy8AfEkwvWXoBIAEDQbzZIVQHrmpvniVBphlfogUBn9FM9z/w640-h266/KKvsG%2013a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In an interview, Eiji recalled: <i> "When I started to work at Toho, it was 1939. At the time I was the only person in the special techniques department. Not only that, but tricks were considered to be top secret, so I couldn't get any help with special effects. There was no one to depend on but myself. The traditional people in the studio were indifferent toward me. I had to get into the studio secretly".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Hwa6PoTqTvNj9eLF_I1_GSrtdZiiAdS00bmDjxBs9CYzE57b-5idnhYUSPDYuxX_EYNxPK4hZcLatiOXGnb4ymWJ6EVXB8YjwAyyAPE2huKUP1FMzPPvTj8lt29_5D6y65dj3bwXinv7AaV9-lTLrEZvrAHdIzXNSeJYDyNhGsqKMjICYylUd2F1/s1920/KKvsG%2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Hwa6PoTqTvNj9eLF_I1_GSrtdZiiAdS00bmDjxBs9CYzE57b-5idnhYUSPDYuxX_EYNxPK4hZcLatiOXGnb4ymWJ6EVXB8YjwAyyAPE2huKUP1FMzPPvTj8lt29_5D6y65dj3bwXinv7AaV9-lTLrEZvrAHdIzXNSeJYDyNhGsqKMjICYylUd2F1/w640-h266/KKvsG%2014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Japanese made a bunch of rather good science fiction yarns, with things like LATITUDE ZERO being especially good and crying out for a decent BluRay edition.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy1FaV7AAiWXokJTiy-KYPiIu8RF1Z6yHeuSb-Kqcyi2PqpbgZi03DIMVbxWlmDwQFWHO8fRtf1fkAA7vsGxHh__VYI7Qtyfw-pegkhaUrwvF5ypA6tMgjZZuJkJZTPDWeJMtmGEfZASdFl4cSQOBCNiPahqoTIHzZjOhg0eNM2GkBebk_rfIFyAL/s2132/Toho%20miniature%20sets%20various%20(sm).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="2132" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy1FaV7AAiWXokJTiy-KYPiIu8RF1Z6yHeuSb-Kqcyi2PqpbgZi03DIMVbxWlmDwQFWHO8fRtf1fkAA7vsGxHh__VYI7Qtyfw-pegkhaUrwvF5ypA6tMgjZZuJkJZTPDWeJMtmGEfZASdFl4cSQOBCNiPahqoTIHzZjOhg0eNM2GkBebk_rfIFyAL/w640-h382/Toho%20miniature%20sets%20various%20(sm).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A selection of behind the scenes snapshots of Toho's special effects team at work on various productions in the 1960's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3exFbF6M7nc0NrLsvkviBgM0OAlijlnNbE7HGRL4DUvpdwqlxA4QZ84NuVgEZRX5JXdG7stReKoWcLvnvjQhJi4XdE1gl0lzmkDwq8p-sN2DBc9lAIbAcV7KOKmK-x1Rh-4syHlDlPhzh-KGxEaUHmrX9L339sLgCb2S4-tfwdRPzDJ-owPQvu_xF/s1920/KKvsG%2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3exFbF6M7nc0NrLsvkviBgM0OAlijlnNbE7HGRL4DUvpdwqlxA4QZ84NuVgEZRX5JXdG7stReKoWcLvnvjQhJi4XdE1gl0lzmkDwq8p-sN2DBc9lAIbAcV7KOKmK-x1Rh-4syHlDlPhzh-KGxEaUHmrX9L339sLgCb2S4-tfwdRPzDJ-owPQvu_xF/w640-h266/KKvsG%2015.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Most of this view is a matte painted shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0L8ZsWtrGkc68JJTyYVSBClT4L83K1NILGTpSu3wMGH_wtUbdJmWEwa76p3ZUGQ8NZcMoY3dj8WEyJ3jU1h4GUd1TivqbK4C2xyGmBReWBt4OP5NNuMi7NFdDfRd4Mxo4BfJ34Lc4JB4Pch3e-pk1HdISJO8dESnMfZfDp7iPFF9zxbmVxymKxxb/s1956/KKvsG%2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1653" data-original-width="1956" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0L8ZsWtrGkc68JJTyYVSBClT4L83K1NILGTpSu3wMGH_wtUbdJmWEwa76p3ZUGQ8NZcMoY3dj8WEyJ3jU1h4GUd1TivqbK4C2xyGmBReWBt4OP5NNuMi7NFdDfRd4Mxo4BfJ34Lc4JB4Pch3e-pk1HdISJO8dESnMfZfDp7iPFF9zxbmVxymKxxb/w640-h540/KKvsG%2016.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>"It wasn't the Mitsubishi Zero's that got him. It was Geisha who killed the beast"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFs0ziyMRWA08XFVgbbrPsJQVqdSqEG28-OArs3fdlbwIBu4S3mfCzxdhmkm3kCBoz2E2tS0FDQg2gXzMHInwzTpOckZ8XI7kkEN5iykEUENA-9uz8os5NadOYLUKTxqqtCNMmQ6TIrw300yWmdv9cSrgQG1LiwhYVZhnndeSrkKMxVZ-K6vZbSAFc/s1920/KKvsG%2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFs0ziyMRWA08XFVgbbrPsJQVqdSqEG28-OArs3fdlbwIBu4S3mfCzxdhmkm3kCBoz2E2tS0FDQg2gXzMHInwzTpOckZ8XI7kkEN5iykEUENA-9uz8os5NadOYLUKTxqqtCNMmQ6TIrw300yWmdv9cSrgQG1LiwhYVZhnndeSrkKMxVZ-K6vZbSAFc/w640-h266/KKvsG%2017.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Very nice and atmospheric painted Mt Fuji. I went there in 2015. Great country, Japan.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTYkoaHyfny7ZyoFmhRU12-o8ELCZUpjzSrLeo761fPz6mW6zKeglxmsEH_my62GVAFolIaHIIiUvMvBdFUKmWfH8OMHJa6-5NvcBJXyiSrcPrOxseUPJ8WmLX9U58PB83ed2Lc6SYHKSu6oi1lgunUZ3oVzzM_n1---HWKWCmK-S2054hxXUyQzo/s1920/KKvsG%2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTYkoaHyfny7ZyoFmhRU12-o8ELCZUpjzSrLeo761fPz6mW6zKeglxmsEH_my62GVAFolIaHIIiUvMvBdFUKmWfH8OMHJa6-5NvcBJXyiSrcPrOxseUPJ8WmLX9U58PB83ed2Lc6SYHKSu6oi1lgunUZ3oVzzM_n1---HWKWCmK-S2054hxXUyQzo/w640-h266/KKvsG%2018.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Model coastal town in calmer times. One of my favourite Japanese effects films was the out-of-this-world fx heavy epic BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE (1959), which contained so many effects sequences and some bold and wild action set pieces.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTb0RZo1vvxMAeC1SnbORwR-eZxrArp5Ae-SpapZGhxfm3gZxzupJJMGqsciloAYVHk4Xm5-m2DbxwVkiKalRaxPJz8-UlRJB-H2Wcq06mj8lywrtUAzOrNZgD3jlInfYsWyYXwDM75fzgKqb7-t5D2LsiajJ6yM6s1vdnzfPDPCW_h_D_4M9OjK1J/s1920/KKvsG%2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTb0RZo1vvxMAeC1SnbORwR-eZxrArp5Ae-SpapZGhxfm3gZxzupJJMGqsciloAYVHk4Xm5-m2DbxwVkiKalRaxPJz8-UlRJB-H2Wcq06mj8lywrtUAzOrNZgD3jlInfYsWyYXwDM75fzgKqb7-t5D2LsiajJ6yM6s1vdnzfPDPCW_h_D_4M9OjK1J/w640-h266/KKvsG%2019.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fine detail work, though I have a bad feeling about those two duelling giant beasts up on the hilltop!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfBzUcxjKuV8pNiBxCxwVBBC9ErOj_nxE4JjAeAq37ZDqyBg9XB8g05jwrmK_jd0yChjEiRYgxxkrpqeKV17rVJI1iPu2Qozaa6EywHl7nvXRFiKWwvlM6I0RxaWQ46jcDfKs5IgTIIcpt7qHGDEtfION0DbXcwqwgCT5iPbTLn0PoDfrSSpeGWsU/s1920/KKvsG%2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfBzUcxjKuV8pNiBxCxwVBBC9ErOj_nxE4JjAeAq37ZDqyBg9XB8g05jwrmK_jd0yChjEiRYgxxkrpqeKV17rVJI1iPu2Qozaa6EywHl7nvXRFiKWwvlM6I0RxaWQ46jcDfKs5IgTIIcpt7qHGDEtfION0DbXcwqwgCT5iPbTLn0PoDfrSSpeGWsU/w640-h266/KKvsG%2020.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Don't say I didn't warn you...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx23T7x5lAMIsvqLjMtGHBMFD8TOKws1LiHMiOFD1ZHwjkcSE5KEWm4nUc5jqSfdNuQ6oo3Ab5ljDYAXyUxsjv2pS4GHReFUXcAaGsySV_VCTdXji3dT9cTKOjzhGuEVZM9k0n9RNiFT25sIIvq1zau4IFNByyWBbpscsB1rnFbNNvNbjOXS7zS2WB/s1920/KKvsG%2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx23T7x5lAMIsvqLjMtGHBMFD8TOKws1LiHMiOFD1ZHwjkcSE5KEWm4nUc5jqSfdNuQ6oo3Ab5ljDYAXyUxsjv2pS4GHReFUXcAaGsySV_VCTdXji3dT9cTKOjzhGuEVZM9k0n9RNiFT25sIIvq1zau4IFNByyWBbpscsB1rnFbNNvNbjOXS7zS2WB/w640-h266/KKvsG%2021.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Down-scaling water is one of the most problematic aspects to miniature shoots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRfjoTvZEDqTx1wOpEhjbMBQmwDthwUN6Lvu6S1APKfftijVYz0dCNPXDTK7-Fx7XFuou81y9E2PIhZzcLnbNwM-3n50dmOvzsGEo0FmowAOIYSGjWVcKnYPjqaiVLRlPsWeQ6FC2VHhXkkug9fB8jgrHesAFJ2ziyxhClngizGVLL9EXZcTKxuEV/s2300/KKvsG%2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="2300" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRfjoTvZEDqTx1wOpEhjbMBQmwDthwUN6Lvu6S1APKfftijVYz0dCNPXDTK7-Fx7XFuou81y9E2PIhZzcLnbNwM-3n50dmOvzsGEo0FmowAOIYSGjWVcKnYPjqaiVLRlPsWeQ6FC2VHhXkkug9fB8jgrHesAFJ2ziyxhClngizGVLL9EXZcTKxuEV/w640-h258/KKvsG%2022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The massive torrent washes down the hillside...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaSA7cRLkkrgdLCkFui3Q3DU27cshSbEKPhZl8f4nbjw4-Zm5qN-uTU6oYq5KQvh1EEDBub6OiBD-APpbHLGfeGHS_eOx0igEClkSGiDuG9TDjFigYCWWIqkvn_5O4BPrYTAKwvcBVVhXF8lXXi235G8bhszkOV1B-S6NZNgPmhqOf6R4DACv_VKD/s1286/KKvsG%2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1286" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaSA7cRLkkrgdLCkFui3Q3DU27cshSbEKPhZl8f4nbjw4-Zm5qN-uTU6oYq5KQvh1EEDBub6OiBD-APpbHLGfeGHS_eOx0igEClkSGiDuG9TDjFigYCWWIqkvn_5O4BPrYTAKwvcBVVhXF8lXXi235G8bhszkOV1B-S6NZNgPmhqOf6R4DACv_VKD/w640-h500/KKvsG%2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The village is swallowed up, and once again the insurance pay out for all the wreckage is just enough to meet the budget of the <u>next</u> Japanese 'stomping monster movie'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGkjuAPBeNCB_39cGbYlg9NBk6wnhjWNEYTlKUoZbCO3haQD2phzlbL2rBrvfXJVzjrGPpfwn2tgvqQOxOGn0lAOYqZI4NQiQ0dNQp0bPZeRWIyBaqbCvZjGIFG3yLTV0mtZULi1cm1ssOWrL-FOUUeqWwnsJCTsxIVPeW55FdhS2F5fqR5Gu0Zms/s1572/White%20Savage-artwork.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="1572" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGkjuAPBeNCB_39cGbYlg9NBk6wnhjWNEYTlKUoZbCO3haQD2phzlbL2rBrvfXJVzjrGPpfwn2tgvqQOxOGn0lAOYqZI4NQiQ0dNQp0bPZeRWIyBaqbCvZjGIFG3yLTV0mtZULi1cm1ssOWrL-FOUUeqWwnsJCTsxIVPeW55FdhS2F5fqR5Gu0Zms/w640-h522/White%20Savage-artwork.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've covered a number of these Maria Montez-Jon Hall 'sarong' adventures in other blogs, with this one, WHITE SAVAGE (1943) being pretty much production line run-of-the-mill fare.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNfCxz8S5Z0u3NLtrD94wYHemiRPXQuwSqEG0-iGIldoSg2P7kgclN5cE0HC1UnUa8AFL7Osk2B1JbNnc4wy_tT_RAjeHU-CVswCcUiez12wZSREQK-JOEios0SuYuD5x_5NfYPB5MES-fd-jFvkx2z-FDu1oBYB8Fuz0xSf2p-NZoQ1zGF7TgpwT/s1588/WS%20title.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="1588" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNfCxz8S5Z0u3NLtrD94wYHemiRPXQuwSqEG0-iGIldoSg2P7kgclN5cE0HC1UnUa8AFL7Osk2B1JbNnc4wy_tT_RAjeHU-CVswCcUiez12wZSREQK-JOEios0SuYuD5x_5NfYPB5MES-fd-jFvkx2z-FDu1oBYB8Fuz0xSf2p-NZoQ1zGF7TgpwT/w640-h478/WS%20title.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Strictly minor stuff - manly shark hunter falls for exotic South Sea island princess, with Indian boy sidekick along to balance things out.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHubvJCmtGpGxtWvsyROQOF3VQX_1Bt4POyTkWZX3SAudxmRWv-03Op1TxrvgvWiMBKVSRhqbioj6JhXoKdRjNAN-_txnJlBgghJDG7JQpXuYfMOXKQOCPmex6QTYoL2TRkgdRadJMBgg-RZdOZH01SXnnzGhQIUxVthGpnnr8lfZf5atC6rK2ggdw/s1096/M.Montez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1096" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHubvJCmtGpGxtWvsyROQOF3VQX_1Bt4POyTkWZX3SAudxmRWv-03Op1TxrvgvWiMBKVSRhqbioj6JhXoKdRjNAN-_txnJlBgghJDG7JQpXuYfMOXKQOCPmex6QTYoL2TRkgdRadJMBgg-RZdOZH01SXnnzGhQIUxVthGpnnr8lfZf5atC6rK2ggdw/w640-h398/M.Montez.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The stunning Maria Montez made a career at Universal playing the same roles over and over, until her early and sudden death put a halt to her popularity. She was Uni's answer to the far more talented and drop dead sexy Dorothy Lamour over at Paramount, who had far wider range over and beyond the dozen or so 'jungle princess' <i>she</i> starred in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnU-zcqeDQhYf_Q-wrDsOeP_hlGf0FISl_AuH4zqw-40l4F7UP2iNkHA45mluX3I75N06YC1FuSUyz9yXU86WMxWDP00Ehw4zGvh8DulT01_8hUK6sXKeaCD0bxhMUztGrLGhkpZG7zAkK2tcubW4NdhtnglbmQTNOENgxn3dsJhF3GECyXBk7r80/s1386/John%20P.%20Fulton%20pics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1386" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnU-zcqeDQhYf_Q-wrDsOeP_hlGf0FISl_AuH4zqw-40l4F7UP2iNkHA45mluX3I75N06YC1FuSUyz9yXU86WMxWDP00Ehw4zGvh8DulT01_8hUK6sXKeaCD0bxhMUztGrLGhkpZG7zAkK2tcubW4NdhtnglbmQTNOENgxn3dsJhF3GECyXBk7r80/w640-h346/John%20P.%20Fulton%20pics.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The uncredited special effects were created by one of the industry greats - John P. Fulton. John was a three time Oscar winner for best visual effects, and was responsible for a number of the best effects sequences of all time such as the tiny people in BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, the landmark work in THE INVISIBLE MAN, the parting of the Red Sea in DeMille's THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, the massive effects show THE NAKED JUNGLE and one of my all time faves, the remarkable transformation in SON OF DRACULA where someone turns to wisps of smoke and permeates the bars of a jail cell <i>(<u>much</u> better than it sounds)</i>!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwjp5pCZC6dtGUsIPasDllaiDBC7hI_VN27ixrzxcqvASjUd1BG6ScrJf_JYqqDRYTY9KqeGKhNVJ2N6D-9qVrwPxqz-OpFAt74AGMyUyHLAiuztlS6d_r8j6_YKFFBVjJBL_dmKvNuNgRb5O4ACKS0UL-BSy1FrTY7RDpYN8hhOykbCfPAJOyiB0/s1486/WS1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwjp5pCZC6dtGUsIPasDllaiDBC7hI_VN27ixrzxcqvASjUd1BG6ScrJf_JYqqDRYTY9KqeGKhNVJ2N6D-9qVrwPxqz-OpFAt74AGMyUyHLAiuztlS6d_r8j6_YKFFBVjJBL_dmKvNuNgRb5O4ACKS0UL-BSy1FrTY7RDpYN8hhOykbCfPAJOyiB0/w640-h466/WS1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film has a handful of matte shots by Russell Lawson and an earthquake sequence at the climax. This shot is of course extensively painted, with the live action probably shot at the studio lake at Universal.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkg21tjDUmxZJ7DCSIyDrXFOV81d4Nbdk0vpgbIdslnDRXtKg4bpgAi2pj1pvraF7lfbUBzxvxv-qTAJxLkUI8xhBx659hXr6tcsHzNBXM22S7Dv2crLSTglhfYbQvNxgvzQD_a7xIsz2r6XpmK-k5-brs65iBLmz4jqQyHg_yHPfDrJlsPe87am-/s1486/WS2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkg21tjDUmxZJ7DCSIyDrXFOV81d4Nbdk0vpgbIdslnDRXtKg4bpgAi2pj1pvraF7lfbUBzxvxv-qTAJxLkUI8xhBx659hXr6tcsHzNBXM22S7Dv2crLSTglhfYbQvNxgvzQD_a7xIsz2r6XpmK-k5-brs65iBLmz4jqQyHg_yHPfDrJlsPe87am-/w640-h466/WS2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More Lawson matte work. I've discussed Russ before, but as a refresher, after a short stint at Columbia and Fox, he was Universal's matte painter for several decades, from the 1930's through to around 1962 or so where Al Whitlock took over the department.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-DD9VJOc5-fZScPU-oUXBzDpefCV4ImXIozbZRtLVcsRaEmDSAsepDbEW4O_zCXjLuSuKJdqYxJRF7JGExMHmRAotcHMvvSwAkpT6tJYTxbWe9p73Ct8zbYxVOaUOlcgDaJQxte57EZh_jVU5oZUY3AD-wrXmky29zHYMsjpQySxzMwnMhvEvww5/s1486/WS3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-DD9VJOc5-fZScPU-oUXBzDpefCV4ImXIozbZRtLVcsRaEmDSAsepDbEW4O_zCXjLuSuKJdqYxJRF7JGExMHmRAotcHMvvSwAkpT6tJYTxbWe9p73Ct8zbYxVOaUOlcgDaJQxte57EZh_jVU5oZUY3AD-wrXmky29zHYMsjpQySxzMwnMhvEvww5/w640-h466/WS3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The third of the three Lawson matte shots. Ross Hoffman would have photographed and composited these, as Universal's <u>very</u> long serving fx cinematographer from around 1930 and all the way through to the mid 70's Whitlock era.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-Q4J4_GNi7fphTrGMaLoUcUMXMEBQB73ZmzNtcYmAuTbWwdZwEBBnmBlecArvHvouKWrJM85ZuFrupG5qb48Npp51UybNTTCe4QUwsys_hjfiUcq1puPB5mMOc4PrW_sZerq6Eqe8VSJOVPFIvJFRYCmllTgnd6rXsM3CH7XJaST-BpxJBLAKMQ6/s1486/WS4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-Q4J4_GNi7fphTrGMaLoUcUMXMEBQB73ZmzNtcYmAuTbWwdZwEBBnmBlecArvHvouKWrJM85ZuFrupG5qb48Npp51UybNTTCe4QUwsys_hjfiUcq1puPB5mMOc4PrW_sZerq6Eqe8VSJOVPFIvJFRYCmllTgnd6rXsM3CH7XJaST-BpxJBLAKMQ6/w640-h466/WS4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the earth shaking climax, John Fulton supervised the miniature destruction and did a fine job at that. John had a bad reputation unfortunately for being extremely difficult to work with <i>(The late Bill Taylor once told me that he'd never met anyone who had a good word to say for Fulton, which he found so sad as the guy was a huge talent). </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3qKTGmueEkygI3mY6DNWvt3UK0-LLKb9Wcwc9RoBvNtprvotyi2TIpsMrOnlECIrOItRxz2v8mkOaJu8Mr6kmNORh3TCGNnEhEc_oarB94yWVCzxotfIs_BLkg3b6lpmg99Q-5-bvl1SPJm44kCBR9ywJrPgRfQN3cK4-mzjXlK1xAuUWjPnxaRH/s1764/WS5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="1764" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3qKTGmueEkygI3mY6DNWvt3UK0-LLKb9Wcwc9RoBvNtprvotyi2TIpsMrOnlECIrOItRxz2v8mkOaJu8Mr6kmNORh3TCGNnEhEc_oarB94yWVCzxotfIs_BLkg3b6lpmg99Q-5-bvl1SPJm44kCBR9ywJrPgRfQN3cK4-mzjXlK1xAuUWjPnxaRH/w640-h484/WS5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fulton was, however, multi-talented. He was skilled with miniatures, optical composite cinematography and pyrotechnics. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaCJwn-EZNN8jvcJhBnVwX8Qu9sgN10n__xyt30c9ZAWN1ISnRe8cO_yvwFH9pCyqmW4wD1lXNAUJasz2JD6JYfv23rmEYBwLZJm0rNG2GG6enswCorZElBJ2V99rWzPW1XYsUplYfrz1Iq3EfIIHnPGWjOJtEB2FeouA_BpLYfEXznT83FiL1kPT/s1486/WS5a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaCJwn-EZNN8jvcJhBnVwX8Qu9sgN10n__xyt30c9ZAWN1ISnRe8cO_yvwFH9pCyqmW4wD1lXNAUJasz2JD6JYfv23rmEYBwLZJm0rNG2GG6enswCorZElBJ2V99rWzPW1XYsUplYfrz1Iq3EfIIHnPGWjOJtEB2FeouA_BpLYfEXznT83FiL1kPT/w640-h466/WS5a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Shooting models outside in actual daylight was always a good decision, and John did just that, with the results paying dividends when cut into the finished picture</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJBGYP2ghlZx9PHC3b6yK3btRz078soQon_FK2BpcSRTVbHBdhQ_VU4eJxOXuDpef9rl458XAIlwG7BDehNEzDJM9z3MTzl0-xhe1K9H9ycIgZK_OWiUYEArab38QqTuaxaz47-BY5DsNfl6QgDcmbtEJTQp-nVA0JzHR89x2Ek_Ls4bDHhUFeS2I/s1486/WS6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJBGYP2ghlZx9PHC3b6yK3btRz078soQon_FK2BpcSRTVbHBdhQ_VU4eJxOXuDpef9rl458XAIlwG7BDehNEzDJM9z3MTzl0-xhe1K9H9ycIgZK_OWiUYEArab38QqTuaxaz47-BY5DsNfl6QgDcmbtEJTQp-nVA0JzHR89x2Ek_Ls4bDHhUFeS2I/w640-h466/WS6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Charlie Baker was Fulton's miniatures expert, and he also held a long career in the field at Universal, again, right through to the late 1970's. Apparently, Charlie was one of the few personnel who got along with Fulton without confrontation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHqOb1n1yfsyuDHLsFzqTfkedpkjLP8sPNxLsUx5W_xa1d_5aZWE1_sycnN00NX9M4hPD19MGQ8LCGn8lNtopGqSbTRBBr8fz2yFCkxJGSXyf1nnRkOMrmERu5YInt4T5e2mcwVAs0KTkkvm7DC3jYjruNdP7EvqHtKEmsehmAZRBSGsWERhu05xd/s2036/WS7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="2036" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHqOb1n1yfsyuDHLsFzqTfkedpkjLP8sPNxLsUx5W_xa1d_5aZWE1_sycnN00NX9M4hPD19MGQ8LCGn8lNtopGqSbTRBBr8fz2yFCkxJGSXyf1nnRkOMrmERu5YInt4T5e2mcwVAs0KTkkvm7DC3jYjruNdP7EvqHtKEmsehmAZRBSGsWERhu05xd/w640-h466/WS7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The miniature must have been quite a decent scale, as the demolition looked great.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQJ-FU1PBSiEDF43Ij7XyLHm-Evvo0lLjmjrQcXaKsE2Wd3L12CtvTS8RNrVLYP9AGqMtnFS7VT5o9WlQ2cb-FOuzC4QbLy9bBJB02s55S4IMgnv_2u4uJEyRgV2vpXJu9psnKVNJeHX3CLdG3Yj6cEhxlJrLZKWm30ew2Rh2K9NRZVsCexUteeZT/s1936/WS8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="1936" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQJ-FU1PBSiEDF43Ij7XyLHm-Evvo0lLjmjrQcXaKsE2Wd3L12CtvTS8RNrVLYP9AGqMtnFS7VT5o9WlQ2cb-FOuzC4QbLy9bBJB02s55S4IMgnv_2u4uJEyRgV2vpXJu9psnKVNJeHX3CLdG3Yj6cEhxlJrLZKWm30ew2Rh2K9NRZVsCexUteeZT/w640-h474/WS8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fred Knoth was a key veteran mechanical effects man at Universal for a long time as well, so may have had a hand in this. Fred had been with Hal Roach Studios for years, working on things like ONE MILLION B.C and many Laurel and Hardy pictures before coming to Universal in 1942 where he remained for decades, working big shows like LAND UNKNOWN and John Wayne's very spectacular oil well firefighter actioner THE HELLFIGHTERS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_EpxTSvcAdvvlRGJdFXFwf7OuvAUV-EEfjJ4hINWGREhu6pnTNpz273zD9P2s26VL4P1pGEqnpsShhsbgaI3n9eWPzsdEuKTqur8z2xxELBVh9zX0HpSokvbMSFMHmmbQWlgI-SLMRAxJAPDCmxSYA_9af7ALTo3pqNbe2NaO47cjy7dsW8xr5eJ/s1486/WS9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_EpxTSvcAdvvlRGJdFXFwf7OuvAUV-EEfjJ4hINWGREhu6pnTNpz273zD9P2s26VL4P1pGEqnpsShhsbgaI3n9eWPzsdEuKTqur8z2xxELBVh9zX0HpSokvbMSFMHmmbQWlgI-SLMRAxJAPDCmxSYA_9af7ALTo3pqNbe2NaO47cjy7dsW8xr5eJ/w640-h466/WS9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">John Fulton left Universal for Samuel Goldwyn Pictures around 1944, with John's long time optical fx assistant David Stanley Horsley assuming control. Fulton only stayed on a couple of years with Goldwyn then took up a headship over at Paramount. John died quite suddenly in the mid 1960's while beginning miniature effects design for THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - a dream project os his.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><b>***This post, and all 179 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></div><p></p><p><br style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: start;" /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Well, that's about it for another post...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>I hope it was both enjoyable, informative and even a tad irreverent at times. Any comments and feedback is always greatly appreciated.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4sAZeS-ZlLcdLHCzs5DGrD0VvTjyQVOSO9zG8L4bkeUpM0KwIuQEeHbjmvblBci92FNREUFrNEtL8eBBDp04ccNW56t8N6dA-p_WOaOPuU_FVxBmGXYOmALNHdnqWzftID1__I4E1RiD5lIlYtwtfBd9GxKRZ4sbfh1L8n4kf7u6iITpbUVY27KJ/s1551/end.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="1551" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4sAZeS-ZlLcdLHCzs5DGrD0VvTjyQVOSO9zG8L4bkeUpM0KwIuQEeHbjmvblBci92FNREUFrNEtL8eBBDp04ccNW56t8N6dA-p_WOaOPuU_FVxBmGXYOmALNHdnqWzftID1__I4E1RiD5lIlYtwtfBd9GxKRZ4sbfh1L8n4kf7u6iITpbUVY27KJ/w640-h366/end.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br />NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-62090195275116934742023-03-03T23:38:00.022+13:002023-03-04T00:44:41.678+13:00KEEP 'EM LAUGHING: Mattes & Trick Shots in Comedies - Part Two<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucEhzVKUDniy5F-owj1EU7raPFe8C80ycPBwvgtiwkIBCHIBOOjkIBK6DHSzUaYR_fwvBvHO8qz76UJKllVpId0lRTJa5M4EcMk1n_CWh2gVrt6AaWa4z-uSZ2ou2e3Jcq_wnvkcEYc6013qlSssL4dDt02dzq5AW_mh5rb8sWuettuuJpBjJhJNU/s2496/BLOG%20header%20Comedies2%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2496" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucEhzVKUDniy5F-owj1EU7raPFe8C80ycPBwvgtiwkIBCHIBOOjkIBK6DHSzUaYR_fwvBvHO8qz76UJKllVpId0lRTJa5M4EcMk1n_CWh2gVrt6AaWa4z-uSZ2ou2e3Jcq_wnvkcEYc6013qlSssL4dDt02dzq5AW_mh5rb8sWuettuuJpBjJhJNU/w640-h444/BLOG%20header%20Comedies2%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>Hi there friends and followers of the sublime, lost art form of traditionally rendered matte painted shots and miscellaneous motion picture wizardry. It is indeed that time again,</p><p>Delays in getting this up and running have been due to near apocalyptic weather conditions, with the worst cyclone descending upon New Zealand from the tropics ever recorded, with floods and destruction the likes unseen here since records began. Whole communities wiped off the map. My home was partially flooded, though luckily just a spare bedroom and annexes in the basement, though, unfortunately, that just happened to be where I store a vast collection of movie memorabilia such as classic one-sheets, lobby cards, slides and the rest of it. I managed to save 3/4 of the stuff, but had to throw away a considerable amount of posters and stills. That said, it's minor compared to the entire districts here wiped out, and that doesn't even come close to what they're going through in Turkey and Syria.</p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>So, before embarking on today's mammoth blog post <i>(would you expect anything less?)</i>, here are a few important mentions that traditional matte fans simply cannot overlook. My Texas based friend and like-minded matte fanatic, Thomas Higginson, has been doing the hard yards in assembling an entire series of excellent featurettes for <b>YouTube</b> on the matte effects work of Albert Whitlock at Universal and Syd Dutton at Illusion Arts. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TraditionalMattePaintings/featured">https://www.youtube.com/@TraditionalMattePaintings/featured</a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQuA75G9ot69P2Vd_U5GFOEMOJli2fljYNhaBxK11B99kXBLxWJXdVYwJz7_DCTvztQ5s4E0lWS9Q49OAPOk9W1s0mZmO8YhBn_H82u32wkq-KpyDDEq72ytWdSR_2cqjihS_R-0Q07jtZ_unrocmlXmovrR0PHacrWhF2nw8LpbidkCMvsmisurM/s1816/Tom's%20YouTube%20page%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="1816" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQuA75G9ot69P2Vd_U5GFOEMOJli2fljYNhaBxK11B99kXBLxWJXdVYwJz7_DCTvztQ5s4E0lWS9Q49OAPOk9W1s0mZmO8YhBn_H82u32wkq-KpyDDEq72ytWdSR_2cqjihS_R-0Q07jtZ_unrocmlXmovrR0PHacrWhF2nw8LpbidkCMvsmisurM/w640-h566/Tom's%20YouTube%20page%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Utterly essential viewing, one and all, with the link right</span><span> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TraditionalMattePaintings/featured"><b>here</b></a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Working directly from Universal's matte department's well preserved 35mm demo reels, as well as a mass of donated material from Syd Dutton and the late Bill Taylor - among others - Thomas has put together several superb, deep dissections of specific matte effect shots and sequences, which, at the time of this writing, have included the sci-fi tv movie GENESIS II; THE TWILIGHT ZONE tv series; the incredible dust storm from BOUND FOR GLORY and the invisible maritime trick shots from SHIP OF FOOLS. Nowhere will you find a more detailed inside look at some great visuals as you've never seen them before. I understand others in the works will include THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, THE THING, the unrealised 80's version of THE LOST WORLD project and one of my all time matte faves, the incredible COLOSSUS-THE FORBIN PROJECT among others. Essential viewing!<p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>In my previous post I featured a shot from Charlie Chaplin's classic CITY LIGHTS (1931), which I described as being a matte painted shot. An anonymous reader has 'put me straight' on that, with it actually being an elaborate and flawless foreground hanging miniature, with very rare photos from an incredibly comprehensive Chaplin website in Italy <i>(The Charlie Chaplin Archive Site) </i>displaying the effect in progress. See below for breakdown...</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0V0OZ2bV_v3SI9rGIy6gMpqN4jFWaTirqIuZFSAnh6kb8UMRXMLfg7yQxZvt2Z8VGFjgoSPY1oisiX6f9MGaMdRVppobeESYf1vo-8IeuGaJ3IakC_AwRBNL4oHS3VJj4H5jXtJDczfS4sMtQw_eqwd-_Y1B5tp4onc0wk9xZXXtPxC8lLcT4CU4h/s2836/City%20Lights%20(hanging%20miniature).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="2836" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0V0OZ2bV_v3SI9rGIy6gMpqN4jFWaTirqIuZFSAnh6kb8UMRXMLfg7yQxZvt2Z8VGFjgoSPY1oisiX6f9MGaMdRVppobeESYf1vo-8IeuGaJ3IakC_AwRBNL4oHS3VJj4H5jXtJDczfS4sMtQw_eqwd-_Y1B5tp4onc0wk9xZXXtPxC8lLcT4CU4h/w640-h292/City%20Lights%20(hanging%20miniature).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I can't even begin to tell you how much I love to discover images such as this. Extremely rare, especially for the period, for any film maker to openly reveal his secrets. At left is the foreground miniature rigged up, with the crystal clear image at right - having been photographed on the set with a still camera - showing the extensive trick work married up. The actual CITY LIGHTS 35mm movie frame is tighter and more accurately aligned, whereas this 'production still' is slightly mis-aligned, with depth of field focal issues evident, but still a marvellous record of such a time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGc6ntRkESWLJCf_dafpnC8ECCFsD8hJKmRnNHZmS-jTQ7UXD2zy7IxoEspD0y7GmOukgjqD3s7Vy7mpvMqV79sRw5SBh4Sxy2dc0FVbAX1bc_0kVLA8GtwURsktuIeVP4KNz9nISlnJuJohtVvYLidfGhRb8Qowo3serhwwaAIBPV1IOxsL6L-9MT/s1316/Never%20Say%20Die-39%20(Jan%20Domela%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1316" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGc6ntRkESWLJCf_dafpnC8ECCFsD8hJKmRnNHZmS-jTQ7UXD2zy7IxoEspD0y7GmOukgjqD3s7Vy7mpvMqV79sRw5SBh4Sxy2dc0FVbAX1bc_0kVLA8GtwURsktuIeVP4KNz9nISlnJuJohtVvYLidfGhRb8Qowo3serhwwaAIBPV1IOxsL6L-9MT/w640-h486/Never%20Say%20Die-39%20(Jan%20Domela%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"Brother, do I need a break. A few hours on Pete's blog will do quite nicely."</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>So, now is the moment where we take a break from the daily grind, sit back in a comfy chair, crack open a <i>Jack Daniels & Coke</i>, and enjoy another extensive journey down that well travelled cinematic road, where <u>hundreds</u> of amazing shots have been lovingly assembled and celebrated, and hopefully will be appreciated on a <i>decent sized 'real' screen </i>and NOT on a godammed cell phoney type toy.<p></p><p>Enjoy</p><p>Pete</p><p><br /></p><p><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 178 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbl9zYH1Zv4YYLTw4qfwYsqsRuCjyL6XWS5xKI3tD_Fvmm7px33MQYEiLSrmHNV5UdwRoVo5BcddraxQbpnqzQMMUkyank9kaRkMzG5J_W_zcIGl14Y0PrtsB2T0ATdgAR4Ogpd5oTCqH2D6P9jvHKYdsuRk9JsSzUPmEuTA7mlXnHlFxAScBZLHpO/s2800/The%20Phynx-70.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="2800" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbl9zYH1Zv4YYLTw4qfwYsqsRuCjyL6XWS5xKI3tD_Fvmm7px33MQYEiLSrmHNV5UdwRoVo5BcddraxQbpnqzQMMUkyank9kaRkMzG5J_W_zcIGl14Y0PrtsB2T0ATdgAR4Ogpd5oTCqH2D6P9jvHKYdsuRk9JsSzUPmEuTA7mlXnHlFxAScBZLHpO/w640-h214/The%20Phynx-70.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">First up, is this extremely rare uncredited Albert Whitlock matte from and equally rare cinematic artifact THE PHYNX (1970). I've never been able to find the film and have always wanted to see it - despite the universally dire reviews. Everyone who's anyone was in this flick, from Kentucky Fried Col.Sanders to Richard Pryor and a whole gaggle of celebs and walk-on cameos. Frame on right is from Albert's 35mm show reels and has suffered significant colour loss over the years. A technically complex shot with multi split cloud drift, sunlight slowly creeping across the castle walls and grass, and a most intriguing 'parallax shift' involving soft splits and painting movement in stages, much as Whitlock did with a shot in SHIP OF FOOLS five years previous.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTSIdIwm-zytHUAMUMbAqlhkSqWRZQN6ThzfBpJMiURMRLimyw14spA0Wm0CEyrEpkuZ0AaDdIycaPxDNS43HQ5DpyPcj4t833OlwaL18yWW7soy3hXMqkU4eJhGSPQYOOZiIAN4gTkQgM4C-H8I9wmofQyX14QF9sjmo3aeHomj4tuPyk6BblZz0/s2384/For%20Me%20and%20My%20Girl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="2384" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTSIdIwm-zytHUAMUMbAqlhkSqWRZQN6ThzfBpJMiURMRLimyw14spA0Wm0CEyrEpkuZ0AaDdIycaPxDNS43HQ5DpyPcj4t833OlwaL18yWW7soy3hXMqkU4eJhGSPQYOOZiIAN4gTkQgM4C-H8I9wmofQyX14QF9sjmo3aeHomj4tuPyk6BblZz0/w640-h478/For%20Me%20and%20My%20Girl.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Judy Garland and Gene Kelly's comedy musical FOR ME AND MY GAL (1942), with many fine mattes from the famous MGM Newcombe department.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIMEhT2ou8atsSs5nWTLKo3H4UjOuPd811oRaOKAHmwXY5a6_B7xuxvlzzQK0mpplK0wCYJ3QKRWtQ1F-xRhQft-f5XS9-neTohxAFs3ThwK7RFojBpUwr1U5EF8OlTCx9RCqaXTghnV_q_nmmIALSHxYNBxoJaEsJfxuDMYD-eeVLuE-ukBVL3Sz/s3056/1941.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="3056" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIMEhT2ou8atsSs5nWTLKo3H4UjOuPd811oRaOKAHmwXY5a6_B7xuxvlzzQK0mpplK0wCYJ3QKRWtQ1F-xRhQft-f5XS9-neTohxAFs3ThwK7RFojBpUwr1U5EF8OlTCx9RCqaXTghnV_q_nmmIALSHxYNBxoJaEsJfxuDMYD-eeVLuE-ukBVL3Sz/w640-h364/1941.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Steven Spielberg's rowdy epic 1941 (1979) wasn't especially funny but <i>did</i> lay on a great cast of character actors and non-stop special effects shots. A massive effects show, filled with entirely 'old school' trick work, such as a ton of Lydecker style miniature sequences such as the scene here, with P51 Mustang buzzing Hollywood Blvd and doing crazy barrel rolls etc - all entirely in miniature. Old time fx veteran A.D Flowers <i>(Adlia Douglas Flowers)</i> was right in his element here, having been one of Buddy Gillespie's assistants back at MGM on Oscar winning films such as the great 30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO and others. Logan Frazee (shown lower left) was hands on with the many model 'flying' sequences. I saw this on the huge cinema screen in scope back in '79 and it was fantastic, action wise that is.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMPiY6DvOVVfoT8Adg3hBeUaIXt98iDOigb822vwxMfot-gpRsjLlyBAyI1jV0m_a2USNXXoxYJCrjPNCYEBymz6Xg1yT8NLhqZ67XY596gECKIeTHKh8ggmEKAVePVZQ3UBchnbkwvwIf6cu2qsro1V9TaSNheHkDlDJk5SrzS_4OhiE79RNnFKO/s1752/1941%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="1464" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMPiY6DvOVVfoT8Adg3hBeUaIXt98iDOigb822vwxMfot-gpRsjLlyBAyI1jV0m_a2USNXXoxYJCrjPNCYEBymz6Xg1yT8NLhqZ67XY596gECKIeTHKh8ggmEKAVePVZQ3UBchnbkwvwIf6cu2qsro1V9TaSNheHkDlDJk5SrzS_4OhiE79RNnFKO/w534-h640/1941%20b.jpg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More mayhem from 1941, with giant Greg Jein miniature sets and props. Film was nominated for the FX Oscar in '79, and was a very strong contender, probably should have won, but the film was a bomb at the box office so that pretty much was the nail in it's coffin. Great effects work throughout! My full detailed blog article on 1941 can be read <b><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2015/08/1941-special-visual-effects.html">here</a></b>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeHSdcbJSdGdB-Bwgehtb7om76XSLBT68nKZAq3CqIMoBJ_YdJuVtskiiiAGedw6ISNM6ErLr0BfLNHEGU-mNZ7zjMJ0SOQnhtYNe1AtUjWVbRin18C_X1962fu1k-3ajyUooKvXDE1QLmd0zul4td3miZZwc3rEMQbIqiWieIqU99cLsUiB_Gm5R/s1678/Call%20Me%20Madam53.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1678" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeHSdcbJSdGdB-Bwgehtb7om76XSLBT68nKZAq3CqIMoBJ_YdJuVtskiiiAGedw6ISNM6ErLr0BfLNHEGU-mNZ7zjMJ0SOQnhtYNe1AtUjWVbRin18C_X1962fu1k-3ajyUooKvXDE1QLmd0zul4td3miZZwc3rEMQbIqiWieIqU99cLsUiB_Gm5R/w640-h396/Call%20Me%20Madam53.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very young Matthew Yuricich is shown here at work at Fox on his first film as fully fledged matte painter, CALL ME MADAM (1953). Matt said that departmental head, Fred Sersen, was very critical on his draftsmanship for the lower shot with the wine vat and spiral staircase.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5f8Mb7I6qWpdJfCFnEUqHPGASYRb7XyPTigFpIOJBax44lZ8o1uNvos8P1PSd6iRPQROvGMKV4LbhxhZ8akANwin__4peOFj1cUUQ4YKyUbm_uovgIzGo7tigyNAP0O_-_l36pPAdtUylqGLcWf8B4zkTStMOcb_In7D90fFExUN2PF_t_HG_zVp/s2010/Mad%20About%20Music-38%20(Lawson).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="2010" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5f8Mb7I6qWpdJfCFnEUqHPGASYRb7XyPTigFpIOJBax44lZ8o1uNvos8P1PSd6iRPQROvGMKV4LbhxhZ8akANwin__4peOFj1cUUQ4YKyUbm_uovgIzGo7tigyNAP0O_-_l36pPAdtUylqGLcWf8B4zkTStMOcb_In7D90fFExUN2PF_t_HG_zVp/w640-h240/Mad%20About%20Music-38%20(Lawson).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The rather delightful Deanna Durbin starred - and sang some very catchy ditties - in the very pleasant MAD ABOUT MUSIC (1938) for Universal. Russell Lawson would have painted the numerous mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_bdWJrbnHH6eOEnyfOmrabbrPdCd5SJ8ah6xnBTd1OQaCWFIrRwEjQzWC-ANS2h9lTQSTiWTe_0lEg4e15bA_gljQbLc2KpLTNiHtDkfR-E4mpfui07NEeUfcgSkyJiRBRHtaJjoUU3B3oNp8wlhXO2rj38jhIKS2PvwuRUB7JM8mrYmhqBS98nw/s1405/Nadine-%20before&%20after.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="1405" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_bdWJrbnHH6eOEnyfOmrabbrPdCd5SJ8ah6xnBTd1OQaCWFIrRwEjQzWC-ANS2h9lTQSTiWTe_0lEg4e15bA_gljQbLc2KpLTNiHtDkfR-E4mpfui07NEeUfcgSkyJiRBRHtaJjoUU3B3oNp8wlhXO2rj38jhIKS2PvwuRUB7JM8mrYmhqBS98nw/w640-h220/Nadine-%20before&%20after.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mark Sullivan's before and after matte from the Kim Basinger flick, NADINE (1987).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_c-QeMQNdJ0HRb5WsF8AADznhDTX1T3lrv_K0ivSsNibszxViKztCk4jHqXUXb9xg5d-xhR6WUQgfuiJML-ZItPfzDgz_Ry-wJzRyXBMPSFUpSRQuRIzbDAS-txnrGdOyeN5vyZ6jBM4a7dWKUOg1Tnw7YJpwdqg3QqA9qFD-LkxPefAqaQvVTI2/s1680/Maisie%20Was%20A%20Lady-41.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1680" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_c-QeMQNdJ0HRb5WsF8AADznhDTX1T3lrv_K0ivSsNibszxViKztCk4jHqXUXb9xg5d-xhR6WUQgfuiJML-ZItPfzDgz_Ry-wJzRyXBMPSFUpSRQuRIzbDAS-txnrGdOyeN5vyZ6jBM4a7dWKUOg1Tnw7YJpwdqg3QqA9qFD-LkxPefAqaQvVTI2/w640-h492/Maisie%20Was%20A%20Lady-41.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MAISIE WAS A LADY (1941) was one of a running series of Maisie comedies from MGM, with the usual excellent Newcombe matte work, rendered with pastels and goache on artists card. The illuminated theatre facade was an MGM specialty, and one of my own fave 'genres' of matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnst_PTH9Id0PEd3r1Bxh5EHVuPDElAt-8s3coSOorPZyzOmPHUtRABswRuq8FQqLsD4OekZ9MuThCk4OGC-yCLWwza4scaxtUKFTaDxyRygwJf6Sb_ufgBVA5kXFDAeQyAs8PV7w4QMerlskXWua4Sr7O-ieNZNip_Nf8Cv3ozn-wwNLdplb73HyN/s900/1993%201-5,%20MyBoyfriend'sBack_courtroom2c_lo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="900" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnst_PTH9Id0PEd3r1Bxh5EHVuPDElAt-8s3coSOorPZyzOmPHUtRABswRuq8FQqLsD4OekZ9MuThCk4OGC-yCLWwza4scaxtUKFTaDxyRygwJf6Sb_ufgBVA5kXFDAeQyAs8PV7w4QMerlskXWua4Sr7O-ieNZNip_Nf8Cv3ozn-wwNLdplb73HyN/w640-h498/1993%201-5,%20MyBoyfriend'sBack_courtroom2c_lo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably the least known and sorely under credited exponents of matte work was the highly talented Ken Marschall who, along with colleague and cameraman Bruce Block, created hundreds of invisible mattes for movies, tv and commercials all through the 1980's. This is one of Ken's from MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK - aka JOHNNY ZOMBIE (1993)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOBSI60-XYC4HPna8-gHXR4S1qO4ypjn6PZTVkQDOVAGUYiIOCux6c4lNgfSX0WseZpHPFJz3hk8DCmy9Ppko8pMEYhKZ1gxhvdyozdH-9jqP1IUwtp72dlYVCHp1xXTy48kcq5jMwaFHWxUhctpNjsmGhc0EDx00q70amGdAowSx76jc6he7jLEe/s1864/My%20BF's%20Back-93%20railway.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1864" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOBSI60-XYC4HPna8-gHXR4S1qO4ypjn6PZTVkQDOVAGUYiIOCux6c4lNgfSX0WseZpHPFJz3hk8DCmy9Ppko8pMEYhKZ1gxhvdyozdH-9jqP1IUwtp72dlYVCHp1xXTy48kcq5jMwaFHWxUhctpNjsmGhc0EDx00q70amGdAowSx76jc6he7jLEe/w640-h254/My%20BF's%20Back-93%20railway.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another wonderful Ken Marschall matte from the same film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMj3M5pQR0exlEavPJD5aXnSZESL2dC2o6hEizGgXFbP2Cdyj1JoyJSGt4H4ECmXHDqVMtpig45vUJ71_zg8g2UUfOjEfH2BDOpoXmAu-ivcPnJIzfTCZ-N10dwjxxrLJAcnjsAWYOAJc_V6RSIwkAycWGLOzdwLp9wFcV7BY-55htNhEbTAhSKAg/s1458/My%20Boyfriend's%20Back%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1458" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMj3M5pQR0exlEavPJD5aXnSZESL2dC2o6hEizGgXFbP2Cdyj1JoyJSGt4H4ECmXHDqVMtpig45vUJ71_zg8g2UUfOjEfH2BDOpoXmAu-ivcPnJIzfTCZ-N10dwjxxrLJAcnjsAWYOAJc_V6RSIwkAycWGLOzdwLp9wFcV7BY-55htNhEbTAhSKAg/w640-h492/My%20Boyfriend's%20Back%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK, low brow teen fluff, astonishingly, directed by the extremely talented and always watchable character actor, Bob Balaban - so memorable in things like <i>Catch 22, Close Encounters, Prince of the City </i>and<i> Report to the Commissioner.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaNS6MyM97S9pwzHUcEP8fbrN4DlCKE0p1SXNC5LJz0eLvyP3EiQTpb2EAX6A1VykVjzPbV7xp4W5n1b1nHx5eMIx5NCqspqMouSteO-dFOSQSvYPzq9Mw2vGbi-En3civFhHx39NXwp23bHwhr-TjcfIK2rnp0Pum5-Xt14gf5muRC0OgQqk59mCw/s1569/Night%20at%20the%20Opera-35.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1569" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaNS6MyM97S9pwzHUcEP8fbrN4DlCKE0p1SXNC5LJz0eLvyP3EiQTpb2EAX6A1VykVjzPbV7xp4W5n1b1nHx5eMIx5NCqspqMouSteO-dFOSQSvYPzq9Mw2vGbi-En3civFhHx39NXwp23bHwhr-TjcfIK2rnp0Pum5-Xt14gf5muRC0OgQqk59mCw/w640-h336/Night%20at%20the%20Opera-35.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two Newcombe shots from the hilariously funny, all time classic Marx Bros show A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1937). The shipboard 'stateroom sequence' remains an all time comedy gem. Trust me.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNe_MlD4uHf0Enpm_0b8RNOEijCSbzvPkS8_phem3NyGzbD6NrAKF3yeXHi32vlt28kJEa0oZ63EYyp0hZ5CwuUC36CUVRfUsLJIYXXGumAIxt9ahSV45xLKjJy_3VAhiZF1AKZo1iBGlH7461YtxvHLTTeequBAnXUc-efurWD6LKtlesN_PzO11/s1362/Mississippi-35.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="1362" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNe_MlD4uHf0Enpm_0b8RNOEijCSbzvPkS8_phem3NyGzbD6NrAKF3yeXHi32vlt28kJEa0oZ63EYyp0hZ5CwuUC36CUVRfUsLJIYXXGumAIxt9ahSV45xLKjJy_3VAhiZF1AKZo1iBGlH7461YtxvHLTTeequBAnXUc-efurWD6LKtlesN_PzO11/w640-h476/Mississippi-35.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jan Domela matte extensions for the W.C Fields comedy-musical MISSISSIPPI (1935).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaSMX7hQNFh6d7SKoELzqJUDB1sbYsc98VUHdF8IpXSXOLpnoRwNsmYenVINcCzyzQRP1D1uuHsBB3lYW8iMcbzfW5qvLzfyFIQ-iBokAMDbP5--Vs1S2T1nDixS6VeyXcrGHFkr8fO1QGxqoraIlvSlVGn4t2RxmTOuu_4OxVdbVrjtqx29535vn/s1432/Munster%20Go%20Home-66.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1432" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaSMX7hQNFh6d7SKoELzqJUDB1sbYsc98VUHdF8IpXSXOLpnoRwNsmYenVINcCzyzQRP1D1uuHsBB3lYW8iMcbzfW5qvLzfyFIQ-iBokAMDbP5--Vs1S2T1nDixS6VeyXcrGHFkr8fO1QGxqoraIlvSlVGn4t2RxmTOuu_4OxVdbVrjtqx29535vn/w640-h370/Munster%20Go%20Home-66.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As a kid, MUNSTER GO HOME (1966) was one of - if not <b><i>the</i></b> - favourite movies of mine, and I never missed an opportunity to catch it on a variety of double features at local movie houses, often with stuff like <i>The Ghost and Mr Chicken</i>, or <i>McHales Navy Join The Air Force</i>. Matte by Albert Whitlock.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgS0TJ-8vEPLBIlecQom1q3kfmZLHG6TWOV9Oc8C2SQfg2KbVxHlokgWI4lbH6sLXf9l_GotLDanp_5YXBTHqKkx1DWoXEWlpyvxLPsA6RM1kyEANf03_mQhDiGNgnF9Rkc7AGOlN_0i1BinmasxjoE1faNmhjhLjCnS_peADqXniJHjavRju7c6FD/s1440/Mr%20and%20Mrs%20Smith-41%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgS0TJ-8vEPLBIlecQom1q3kfmZLHG6TWOV9Oc8C2SQfg2KbVxHlokgWI4lbH6sLXf9l_GotLDanp_5YXBTHqKkx1DWoXEWlpyvxLPsA6RM1kyEANf03_mQhDiGNgnF9Rkc7AGOlN_0i1BinmasxjoE1faNmhjhLjCnS_peADqXniJHjavRju7c6FD/w640-h480/Mr%20and%20Mrs%20Smith-41%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hey, even the great Alfred Hitchcock gets a slot in this blog with the very dry, black comedy MR AND MRS SMITH (1941), with this expansive winter matte under the supervision of RKO's Vernon Walker. Matte artist may have been Chesley Bonestell, Al Simpson or Fitch Fulton?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9KEERbXJsjMsF-UY0XqsoRoZ5kH6WxfyzRrNiLLlD1dp4gUn1OJrhTfe2mfOGp1EVcyN-WrJknPhUUC_vOFsUtuIULkhz6s2_sKEobxnX1wblvKAoIBsGNCioW3NNrRZgH01xGNXbQPz6FbwCi4ZI2FviUE1Fbrt93IovWLavnq-mntcT6M96jod/s1732/Mr%20Blandings%20Builds%20His%20Dream%20House.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1732" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9KEERbXJsjMsF-UY0XqsoRoZ5kH6WxfyzRrNiLLlD1dp4gUn1OJrhTfe2mfOGp1EVcyN-WrJknPhUUC_vOFsUtuIULkhz6s2_sKEobxnX1wblvKAoIBsGNCioW3NNrRZgH01xGNXbQPz6FbwCi4ZI2FviUE1Fbrt93IovWLavnq-mntcT6M96jod/w640-h346/Mr%20Blandings%20Builds%20His%20Dream%20House.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another RKO show, MR BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (1948), with effects supervised by Russell Cully. The bottom matte never appeared in the film but was in the trailer(!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUh6zX8EI1ZecJCG1BLk7mrOnh97LyEU1jhnemwSSLS-P-HJ9nfJkVIh7A7lJXRw8aFnTNFobMExczv-5ijrXs2o2JDdJtI6J03zf9HsbRmLyROyZoUH_wwMC0-jFX70rVv3L1_QSJmAtcc0ht5_mVqlgaqKU8BfS1ci5w0lVbSPnntf52Lx36Jmr/s1088/My%20Little%20Chickadee.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1088" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUh6zX8EI1ZecJCG1BLk7mrOnh97LyEU1jhnemwSSLS-P-HJ9nfJkVIh7A7lJXRw8aFnTNFobMExczv-5ijrXs2o2JDdJtI6J03zf9HsbRmLyROyZoUH_wwMC0-jFX70rVv3L1_QSJmAtcc0ht5_mVqlgaqKU8BfS1ci5w0lVbSPnntf52Lx36Jmr/w640-h342/My%20Little%20Chickadee.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Universal's MY LITTLE CHICKADEE (1940) with Russ Lawson and John DeCuir both painting in the matte department.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qnzvL8-qU-8qPWS-UisDEROhaerWt1fEhiWQQrvQbGhGn8XeigHf-xpNXegSjb8eM0L1a0Zb8U2z_84SgKvKcVHQlchOMOTSQUaxrYExEBgxamuGpEfJ9HEI-mMRl7h2r87pfG5i2jjVRBAZr8gldYmbzCWnKtzOf2CkscWZtZYAXKK4C5ZFLd7N/s978/Mannequin2-glass%20shot%20set%20up%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="978" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qnzvL8-qU-8qPWS-UisDEROhaerWt1fEhiWQQrvQbGhGn8XeigHf-xpNXegSjb8eM0L1a0Zb8U2z_84SgKvKcVHQlchOMOTSQUaxrYExEBgxamuGpEfJ9HEI-mMRl7h2r87pfG5i2jjVRBAZr8gldYmbzCWnKtzOf2CkscWZtZYAXKK4C5ZFLd7N/w640-h464/Mannequin2-glass%20shot%20set%20up%20B.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Illusion Arts' dual plane matte stand set up for the teen comedy MANNEQUIN TWO - ON THE MOVE (1991). The main painting at the <i>rear</i> will feature a simulated cloud move across the screen, achieved through soft split screens. The <i>foreground</i> glass has partial elements that will line up with the main rear painting in the final shot, while allowing the moving clouds to pass realistically <u>behind</u> these elements (trees and tower etc). Final composite shown below.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmLPbva4-8Clg9blEH-WiAH6lCqvfUaSMOemxA5BFvyDbX18pRO-gpmnlGk6rak3lw7fQLAIchhQSzLRHYlJr15nrP90osxarygWiJ4C5v5bphgP7_mvvVzRRzWDRbSsGgQeJESXH0HuxqEeXSM_FPKPTQhtEm9bpAz2goeWr15BprVKx99oxs8SqR/s1446/Mannequin%202-On%20The%20Move-91.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1314" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmLPbva4-8Clg9blEH-WiAH6lCqvfUaSMOemxA5BFvyDbX18pRO-gpmnlGk6rak3lw7fQLAIchhQSzLRHYlJr15nrP90osxarygWiJ4C5v5bphgP7_mvvVzRRzWDRbSsGgQeJESXH0HuxqEeXSM_FPKPTQhtEm9bpAz2goeWr15BprVKx99oxs8SqR/w582-h640/Mannequin%202-On%20The%20Move-91.jpg" width="582" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MANNEQUIN TWO mattes by Syd Dutton at Illusion Arts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6k09gfVVujZc22aC7F7QdWaGyczDoA6tXfBYGdaLa_rma88XJ_jTL17U47fzq3zaV5UH50qWEc-CqEHQMLQfPXlg-SSJukVomZaOh3PcpNhUP5w9a0y7jRN3v6RSlGeXYRya3Nvx7jy3AuTbePYct3XuVlTRQIfaTQgdbJs1HVKfIVNN9YvlHK2lE/s1920/One%20More%20Train%20To%20Rob-71%202%20(Whitlock).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6k09gfVVujZc22aC7F7QdWaGyczDoA6tXfBYGdaLa_rma88XJ_jTL17U47fzq3zaV5UH50qWEc-CqEHQMLQfPXlg-SSJukVomZaOh3PcpNhUP5w9a0y7jRN3v6RSlGeXYRya3Nvx7jy3AuTbePYct3XuVlTRQIfaTQgdbJs1HVKfIVNN9YvlHK2lE/w640-h364/One%20More%20Train%20To%20Rob-71%202%20(Whitlock).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Comedy westerns were definitely a thing in the late 60's and through the 1970's, with Universal's ONE MORE TRAIN TO ROB (1971) starring George Peppard being one such film. Highly enjoyable, rollicking heist yarn, made all the more so by Albert Whitlock's numerous and exquisite mattes. I had hoped to include an image of the original painting here, but alas, 'twas not to be :(</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7cOtTRmkwMaO68nYvGaNSpdKSVRUMb6FmTTtmmwAdvqMxNVngLE2h26dunPzZ59r4QLrKSV6Z4U7oPQcZR2KSN6RAq_BfwbKA-M2fKS3FzJjdvVUdc9kCEvaSoF7_Z_dEebG1b1OrRP9a-o5ql0nFkpq2SatJn0PYqjFxzt_wwkJJ1u2qRu3_z1_/s1920/One%20More%20Train%20To%20Rob-71.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7cOtTRmkwMaO68nYvGaNSpdKSVRUMb6FmTTtmmwAdvqMxNVngLE2h26dunPzZ59r4QLrKSV6Z4U7oPQcZR2KSN6RAq_BfwbKA-M2fKS3FzJjdvVUdc9kCEvaSoF7_Z_dEebG1b1OrRP9a-o5ql0nFkpq2SatJn0PYqjFxzt_wwkJJ1u2qRu3_z1_/w640-h364/One%20More%20Train%20To%20Rob-71.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Whitlock's wonderful mattes from the same film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3qBbMbVwIkPCR9htT5cSTHUxe3opA2KMcha0QJatXIqa4q7Cq223MTUiAQYb7_qju3a8fBZ2YgEDzy2GsjGv5o6sM5GwcsLs2NiBtQA0us2dN_ZG79sC8PX2aTIb8lYxP0uBKl6UmDqLTXIkolvfy8byFMf9ecxgvmscM-LrhCph0rOCejvT1BKk/s1544/Never%20Say%20Die-39.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1544" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3qBbMbVwIkPCR9htT5cSTHUxe3opA2KMcha0QJatXIqa4q7Cq223MTUiAQYb7_qju3a8fBZ2YgEDzy2GsjGv5o6sM5GwcsLs2NiBtQA0us2dN_ZG79sC8PX2aTIb8lYxP0uBKl6UmDqLTXIkolvfy8byFMf9ecxgvmscM-LrhCph0rOCejvT1BKk/w640-h314/Never%20Say%20Die-39.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've always been a sucker for the old Bob Hope pictures he did at Paramount, and he did a lot. This one, NEVER SAY DIE (1939), was penned by the comedic genius of Preston Sturges <i>(younger blog readers won't have a clue of whom I'm speaking, I'm certain!)</i>, the film is a giggle and what's more, has a number of great matte shots by old timer Jan Domela, who started at the studio in 1926 and kept on painting mattes till the mid 1960's! That's a s***load of matte work in anybody's book.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVIngnzu_mA1_OaFQQO78VEtxkJiHKO3OIFSGdA4Lq8yQqj9Anw8wCs-CczeJcMR6O99UqFJF5RVmCPxAdWKhK648SaEYZJlI4nTg9mOlFwgZGJ207cXs-rl70fCpXZTUSuiCHR0rpnIkKprB8SSrBQAu3AyhmnAZWaXZ-RqY9u5NrdXu9-56UFSL/s1054/Mouse%20on%20the%20Moon-63.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1054" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVIngnzu_mA1_OaFQQO78VEtxkJiHKO3OIFSGdA4Lq8yQqj9Anw8wCs-CczeJcMR6O99UqFJF5RVmCPxAdWKhK648SaEYZJlI4nTg9mOlFwgZGJ207cXs-rl70fCpXZTUSuiCHR0rpnIkKprB8SSrBQAu3AyhmnAZWaXZ-RqY9u5NrdXu9-56UFSL/w640-h424/Mouse%20on%20the%20Moon-63.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The quaintly wacky British comedy MOUSE ON THE MOON (1963) directed by Richard Lester. No effects credit, but likely Pinewood or Shepperton providing the shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHorjAJiPvX3W-mliajkmH0evX1dnzx5gutnZv-u_3wDGXh1ajZlyWnUTVb83kxnRsPc1dulQ66g19BEwG5OcdBwcVlYfnZgK4hpApJOkw7QodDXQfnxBjxYH0J8jk9148IZx3mmcs5CzJU7BEMo9INhnrwVrSGyOMGbhfzghT_mdUGM2x38cyv6gs/s1588/Midnight-39%20(Jan%20Domela).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1588" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHorjAJiPvX3W-mliajkmH0evX1dnzx5gutnZv-u_3wDGXh1ajZlyWnUTVb83kxnRsPc1dulQ66g19BEwG5OcdBwcVlYfnZgK4hpApJOkw7QodDXQfnxBjxYH0J8jk9148IZx3mmcs5CzJU7BEMo9INhnrwVrSGyOMGbhfzghT_mdUGM2x38cyv6gs/w640-h366/Midnight-39%20(Jan%20Domela).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More Jan Domela matte shots from Paramount's MIDNIGHT (1939) - a classic of the time, co-written by a young Billy Wilder.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8y_EzxvbI5CjIwxP6oWAlWuRklHhiGOzJmDOrcRABjjzFwsLY2ubrcy-3OlMlreuYrgtW8F9hXZguJ0mI3fJDbdnWrOLIEWLO_JcjmqOIJ_aq7FFuTkUkt-0PLKKmgg6D4ljqzl49vpH_CAHBXwLwqA-_SyCJy2u-Nj-IELM9p3XmNEULUp1gkVr/s1366/On%20The%20Double-61%20(Fulton).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="1366" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8y_EzxvbI5CjIwxP6oWAlWuRklHhiGOzJmDOrcRABjjzFwsLY2ubrcy-3OlMlreuYrgtW8F9hXZguJ0mI3fJDbdnWrOLIEWLO_JcjmqOIJ_aq7FFuTkUkt-0PLKKmgg6D4ljqzl49vpH_CAHBXwLwqA-_SyCJy2u-Nj-IELM9p3XmNEULUp1gkVr/w640-h304/On%20The%20Double-61%20(Fulton).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Danny Kaye loved doing these 'twin-look alike' comedies, and ON THE DOUBLE (1961) is typical of the genre, and often laugh-out-loud. The legendary John P. Fulton was Danny's favourite trick shot man, and worked with him on many films. This sort of thing was Fulton's forte, with ingenious split screens with matted out body double's arms outstretched and bold interaction between the two Danny's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBdyTJG7RZLG3XEGLPgCbyntVKV0id6RFECD9GqYZc8IRyKZTth6ojRN6_v5Rx4X5qBKTQigF1vmtb-XhPTCE8I3y4eYMNmq-gee4uVnlcBkh3B_4fvfVzIwcH54QZb-1g7C2ZCEfscenQi9LIA93PpZyHLm1Ic1DW-LOcd639oNRfqVAU59-tcCJ/s1322/Pardners-56%20(Domela).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="1322" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBdyTJG7RZLG3XEGLPgCbyntVKV0id6RFECD9GqYZc8IRyKZTth6ojRN6_v5Rx4X5qBKTQigF1vmtb-XhPTCE8I3y4eYMNmq-gee4uVnlcBkh3B_4fvfVzIwcH54QZb-1g7C2ZCEfscenQi9LIA93PpZyHLm1Ic1DW-LOcd639oNRfqVAU59-tcCJ/w640-h252/Pardners-56%20(Domela).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">John Fulton again supervised the work on the Martin & Lewis spoof, PARDNERS (1956), with Jan Domela painting this vista of 1910 era New York.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uQ7bkb9cPS1THHIfynakxA2ItuFLk31VoIX_ffDW0-BTafEcrhjYjHTYPbx07VmLTC0UjRQtcrUaRStRvQF94kR7pByJLPdIMMekuo2PUJU5-pPbR_N70TJxh4DDLujb9ykHDEI79zw_2804MAwvmg3V_5yo5CDTHgVh1PDnGTVtOO7pG4KOcJ89/s2916/Mad%20World-original%20matte%20art%20for%20auction.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="2916" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uQ7bkb9cPS1THHIfynakxA2ItuFLk31VoIX_ffDW0-BTafEcrhjYjHTYPbx07VmLTC0UjRQtcrUaRStRvQF94kR7pByJLPdIMMekuo2PUJU5-pPbR_N70TJxh4DDLujb9ykHDEI79zw_2804MAwvmg3V_5yo5CDTHgVh1PDnGTVtOO7pG4KOcJ89/w640-h276/Mad%20World-original%20matte%20art%20for%20auction.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The massive, star packed, out of control extravaganza IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963) was a bonanza as far as mechanical effects (by Danny Lee) and stunt gags go, with the hefty photographic effects component saved for the extended action climax. The action centres around this street, town square and high rise - all of which were rendered as highly complex visual effects shots. This wide view is a beautifully painted matte by industry veteran, Howard Fisher. Note the odd hinge running down the middle of the large masonite panel. This was inserted years later by Linwood Dunn so as to make the matte art portable for when Dunn conducted numerous SFX seminars, where various miniatures, mattes and a carefully assembled 16mm reel of before and afters would be run <i>(for those too young, there was a time before video tape, digital files, MP4's and cyber things; 16mm celluloid with lots of sprocket holes was <u>the</u> medium of instruction)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSeto3PlZP0tqnsIv5F0Vmg3MVb35BNAvmDeHGlH_oNUuDLWO2pnptsvCpGrJrg5n7QTBV_xjxvoZcDEY-S8_fBfKgXvKVOvARZpLmlvxiuXgO0wMt_OVIngjG-8P05j-xRFwRR90Pljr4vdHlLMdm-gHW9hBQH7B4ZiuoMALd8zqcMeNHhh518nL/s1240/Mad%20World-detail%2022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="1240" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSeto3PlZP0tqnsIv5F0Vmg3MVb35BNAvmDeHGlH_oNUuDLWO2pnptsvCpGrJrg5n7QTBV_xjxvoZcDEY-S8_fBfKgXvKVOvARZpLmlvxiuXgO0wMt_OVIngjG-8P05j-xRFwRR90Pljr4vdHlLMdm-gHW9hBQH7B4ZiuoMALd8zqcMeNHhh518nL/w640-h306/Mad%20World-detail%2022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail of Howard's brushwork. Fisher was an old timer, and very experienced, who began decades before as one of Warren Newcombe's stable of artists at MGM in the 1930's. Howard painted on many pictures over the decades such as GREEN DOLPHIN STREET and FORBIDDEN PLANET. Effects men Jim Danforth and Matt Yuricich both knew Howard and said he was quite a character.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmzb_yNZAeSu40YkKBmCTz90wa5S3_dRCEEwtv6dBgbh_5X3UOu7kQUKKMY7ft5tZpOYBBp1fEOmOtH8DmhQXh_p4b_X9GuismQNpL-ZfusABM53XGm0Tzbk5tr6rKewYhcSjr2n006snY2ATE8GkaNsjLzyzvNWl87PjhjbyZpBY1GiNEJ5qOgsK/s1920/Mad%20World1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmzb_yNZAeSu40YkKBmCTz90wa5S3_dRCEEwtv6dBgbh_5X3UOu7kQUKKMY7ft5tZpOYBBp1fEOmOtH8DmhQXh_p4b_X9GuismQNpL-ZfusABM53XGm0Tzbk5tr6rKewYhcSjr2n006snY2ATE8GkaNsjLzyzvNWl87PjhjbyZpBY1GiNEJ5qOgsK/w640-h232/Mad%20World1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final composite made on 65mm film at Dunn's Film Effects of Hollywood. Around 11 separate elements went into this comp, with a number of different live action plates flawlessly matted in, as well as a huge optical pull back added later. One of the most memorable mattes of the 1960's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlTfOb66UBWlzrfUjjOr9IjaXLTowd9lXNX8drEGeqTF7XVlYO6uI0hfkpEuZFJQUPLCWgQ9spNx--tOx_3xa-jXSiGkaqmHnc8F0sPcliZnDFKgxijrHpB4cn_HJW9hBW5wLsffr3Ab7MBUbdVmu18PV3_6fxzvjISicmKUXRdSmxr-8jwmVSyka/s1208/Mad%20World-bef&aft%20Uni%20backlot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1208" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlTfOb66UBWlzrfUjjOr9IjaXLTowd9lXNX8drEGeqTF7XVlYO6uI0hfkpEuZFJQUPLCWgQ9spNx--tOx_3xa-jXSiGkaqmHnc8F0sPcliZnDFKgxijrHpB4cn_HJW9hBW5wLsffr3Ab7MBUbdVmu18PV3_6fxzvjISicmKUXRdSmxr-8jwmVSyka/w640-h512/Mad%20World-bef&aft%20Uni%20backlot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A revealing before and after shows extensive matte art added into the back lot action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_WmbuL7vKiVgivJXnNPixqTZP9hCaPcjPOh30QSAsVsXbLNZD4MxA_9J1EgB4pFtfubn2WSgpkd9QqIZm-7x6JOSzkGKAgQqguJftbUalGOCgROVIY5jWzFEbxphisibcqY97seo5OG0wzuEfNQhNG7T9ci51dusmxYANR3y-jzcvxgC09twDjfL/s1920/Mad%20World-00449.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_WmbuL7vKiVgivJXnNPixqTZP9hCaPcjPOh30QSAsVsXbLNZD4MxA_9J1EgB4pFtfubn2WSgpkd9QqIZm-7x6JOSzkGKAgQqguJftbUalGOCgROVIY5jWzFEbxphisibcqY97seo5OG0wzuEfNQhNG7T9ci51dusmxYANR3y-jzcvxgC09twDjfL/w640-h232/Mad%20World-00449.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More complex visual effects work, with large miniatures, matte art, stop motion people and ladder, all assembled meticulously on Cecil Love and James B. Gordon's optical printer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9bYTOql8VPLeWdXzVBXi3NFl-WeHVxIWErxPF-aVN97y-Av4kgT739CKBj2vDYbpcpm3K_hmZck8vbarAcfyx2ngIRBkOtbtLXklbn9h6cBBSKt9O9ewldpHkPR-gmqaSoaTPjw3MnhNIiFtfwAhFV7oBz2JJBW250ThqMnJm2dj1qvOf6erBKGq/s2214/Mad%20World%209a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="2214" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9bYTOql8VPLeWdXzVBXi3NFl-WeHVxIWErxPF-aVN97y-Av4kgT739CKBj2vDYbpcpm3K_hmZck8vbarAcfyx2ngIRBkOtbtLXklbn9h6cBBSKt9O9ewldpHkPR-gmqaSoaTPjw3MnhNIiFtfwAhFV7oBz2JJBW250ThqMnJm2dj1qvOf6erBKGq/w640-h346/Mad%20World%209a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More MAD WORLD madness, with model work, matte art and great animation cuts by Jim Danforth. Incidentally, I did a full blog report on all of the effects shots in this film previously, which can hopefully be found</span> <b><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2021/01/matte-painting-review-selection-of.html">here</a></b>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3hMEDRTuSCaK_LtTW2njjTn4GD5beCXj4MTN4qy8zmiRHIz1PnVbkms4XKL4A_Kj_bD-Cje3yKe6YIldRZtKmA84sdf_BX05aC0iCXVt8vg-ALJHYN2_Ast4Oz1iqXit5EiZTfOykaryZkNJ6C-nT_pXXeF_Hsj-HcPqVMfMgt_mTJoQwY4_UeaI/s1440/Modern%20Times-36%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3hMEDRTuSCaK_LtTW2njjTn4GD5beCXj4MTN4qy8zmiRHIz1PnVbkms4XKL4A_Kj_bD-Cje3yKe6YIldRZtKmA84sdf_BX05aC0iCXVt8vg-ALJHYN2_Ast4Oz1iqXit5EiZTfOykaryZkNJ6C-nT_pXXeF_Hsj-HcPqVMfMgt_mTJoQwY4_UeaI/w640-h480/Modern%20Times-36%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Establishing matte shot from Charlie Chaplin's last silent picture, MODERN TIMES (1936) - a veritable masterpiece that never dates. Although without spoken dialogue, the film has a great soundtrack comprising insanely exaggerated industrial sound effects as well as music.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcixsU0t5QrkEGAcnql_vGtxgLFy0W9KlFZkyqnRgx_kK8e6a4y0qR_6mY0LKk84ubiTlwtoGVoa96mCqc3kqYAkSRmhT1TtL2HkxLyLDRUteZCNw-dBjHnHBuwfr5V15pwkUYpxtsmdbKUFHaUbb_LiWEV9de7Ue8_9pwC0RkAMYQOwYX-lbc8Ulc/s1696/Modern%20Times%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="1696" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcixsU0t5QrkEGAcnql_vGtxgLFy0W9KlFZkyqnRgx_kK8e6a4y0qR_6mY0LKk84ubiTlwtoGVoa96mCqc3kqYAkSRmhT1TtL2HkxLyLDRUteZCNw-dBjHnHBuwfr5V15pwkUYpxtsmdbKUFHaUbb_LiWEV9de7Ue8_9pwC0RkAMYQOwYX-lbc8Ulc/w640-h502/Modern%20Times%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Arguably one of Chaplin's most famous sequences, the incredible roller skating scene, where the little tramp skates repeatedly perilously close to the edge.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qpjS4FGp881FRK20dqZUyJPfcxn30CKGEam7oldeO_vlsQgmLPT2UnLLnTHjVtN7RkOor6u0fiP462KD4lPemYogO-6Twta8dABpzcalViR5iI6ZGkpg2JeCKSuRFTvzmnYZXgegElVBUnCh5viBidR0NOz_mVc9zQMwI1wm79XoWQPpm01UmiQ6/s1440/Modern%20Times%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qpjS4FGp881FRK20dqZUyJPfcxn30CKGEam7oldeO_vlsQgmLPT2UnLLnTHjVtN7RkOor6u0fiP462KD4lPemYogO-6Twta8dABpzcalViR5iI6ZGkpg2JeCKSuRFTvzmnYZXgegElVBUnCh5viBidR0NOz_mVc9zQMwI1wm79XoWQPpm01UmiQ6/w640-h480/Modern%20Times%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although I somewhere have a behind the scenes pic of the set up, but can't for the life of me find it, I'm sure this wonderful sequence involved a carefully designed and placed foreground miniature of the lower structures, with the close to camera saw horse and plank concealing the rig(?) Marvellous scene.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Ku374J8wiQfk9bKbm2cQc2WsK2pcMzM-GGmH2Vv3-fY_uthM7PRQIlyuXWrzk_Ou6npXWW9yjMrY4ADHqFMiOTCpsuo61GV94hpQ3XVcHyWULfRVG1NbVoT17uuYTsHJLMG7oaxhzO3ue4YnLlkSbZkLRYJ9ELo5vlWeBclTqtdfe2mG7Pnt-BvC/s3036/Monsieur%20Beaucaire-46.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="3036" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Ku374J8wiQfk9bKbm2cQc2WsK2pcMzM-GGmH2Vv3-fY_uthM7PRQIlyuXWrzk_Ou6npXWW9yjMrY4ADHqFMiOTCpsuo61GV94hpQ3XVcHyWULfRVG1NbVoT17uuYTsHJLMG7oaxhzO3ue4YnLlkSbZkLRYJ9ELo5vlWeBclTqtdfe2mG7Pnt-BvC/w640-h236/Monsieur%20Beaucaire-46.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More Bob Hope shenanigans, this time it's MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE (1946), with Jan Domela's mattes for effects boss Gordon Jennings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZVwZ-BQaNnwCcR8BHaZhAN5WnSvD8LP_TtBBpF1JFTyl1f0h7RkIycX1wezo6T8iDWMzAzOyQWe9MuEjkHV1FOcQ4pF_CkrdDaCX-oKNKA3bhtLd8_9NOLp5mAhz5mqvLH3O7fUhUkX3UBM9WY2zpPBOm70aA7oD6Qi28l7cLjyUAFJDKwovjDq5/s1920/Million%20Dollar%20Mystery%20(Money%20Mania)-87.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZVwZ-BQaNnwCcR8BHaZhAN5WnSvD8LP_TtBBpF1JFTyl1f0h7RkIycX1wezo6T8iDWMzAzOyQWe9MuEjkHV1FOcQ4pF_CkrdDaCX-oKNKA3bhtLd8_9NOLp5mAhz5mqvLH3O7fUhUkX3UBM9WY2zpPBOm70aA7oD6Qi28l7cLjyUAFJDKwovjDq5/w640-h272/Million%20Dollar%20Mystery%20(Money%20Mania)-87.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Illusion Arts provided this cliffhanger shot for the overwrought MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY - aka MONEY MANIA (1987). The old MAD, MAD WORLD formula was attempted, though failed miserably.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18rDtJCfn4UetST4vRCz6wqd5KW-NN0FLT4stQgTZ8nUoSfQXiSjRxdEtpv9HaU51QO_uKwsVI2cB9FhAEqv6cLmXUbAqfgymFboYHhMn23GLqYT-tJDx98zXeVGLzaX30KhduaRZS4amI1AqzIhtPJW34DAfvA8bXtIARF9ShBygt-LA_zNeZS8B/s2049/Mr%20Peabody%20&%20Mermaid-48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18rDtJCfn4UetST4vRCz6wqd5KW-NN0FLT4stQgTZ8nUoSfQXiSjRxdEtpv9HaU51QO_uKwsVI2cB9FhAEqv6cLmXUbAqfgymFboYHhMn23GLqYT-tJDx98zXeVGLzaX30KhduaRZS4amI1AqzIhtPJW34DAfvA8bXtIARF9ShBygt-LA_zNeZS8B/w640-h240/Mr%20Peabody%20&%20Mermaid-48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A pair of nice Russell Lawson mattes from the comic fantasy flick MR PEABODY AND THE MERMAID (1948)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FkBJjcSG7in4LuN3JCrbVj8BcV2pZEM1mzxC-5v7BDWFrhbvas_mBtQSYqtScqBVF8XH1BAAyvpCVDEOBXpxtQ-TMyzg4xBljCOow0VYC0Fka510YLUhHOnsn2wKb73Zx-ky_yx1-cWT0xAmooUzV7S2CPTMHmep8EFleHvyJXQIhoV0zhDi0F_0/s1124/My%20Favourite%20Spy-51.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1124" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FkBJjcSG7in4LuN3JCrbVj8BcV2pZEM1mzxC-5v7BDWFrhbvas_mBtQSYqtScqBVF8XH1BAAyvpCVDEOBXpxtQ-TMyzg4xBljCOow0VYC0Fka510YLUhHOnsn2wKb73Zx-ky_yx1-cWT0xAmooUzV7S2CPTMHmep8EFleHvyJXQIhoV0zhDi0F_0/w640-h330/My%20Favourite%20Spy-51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bob's back, and this time with the <u>exquisite</u> Hedy Lamarr, for Paramount's MY FAVOURITE SPY (1942), with this exotic North African setting furnished by Jan Domela.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-5ribru0eTYy4yaDWb6W1ueBjAygrjx9ttxsvFZSwOpKrTK7okQDNiWzfgeTkrE1Tt3g6hIVxBtqBzI1qQ9tuDrKh269Kbf05xLlAysFha1BzGLy9kwC7tjooHuBCZ1IdrLGtixjGzJMio4Kfv88Evr1Womm6Lh_Bpa1Q-VoBptRCzya4XUdWIc5/s1440/My%20Man%20Godfrey-36%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-5ribru0eTYy4yaDWb6W1ueBjAygrjx9ttxsvFZSwOpKrTK7okQDNiWzfgeTkrE1Tt3g6hIVxBtqBzI1qQ9tuDrKh269Kbf05xLlAysFha1BzGLy9kwC7tjooHuBCZ1IdrLGtixjGzJMio4Kfv88Evr1Womm6Lh_Bpa1Q-VoBptRCzya4XUdWIc5/w640-h484/My%20Man%20Godfrey-36%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another all time comedy classic - Universal's hilarious MY MAN GODFREY (1936) with the irrepressible William Powell as Godfrey the butler. The title sequence along rates mention as an elaborate photographic effects piece. A vast panoramic matte painting of NYC was photographed with a slow pan across, with all of the cast and crew names gradually illuminating as glistening neons - complete with flickering reflections on the (artifical) rippled water! Bravo to the great John P. Fulton for orchestrating this, even though it seems somewhat excessive for a moderately budgeted Universal screwball comedy.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB16oJA6QBb6sQRddD-W-YQ692sRJpaXPR10pB7oqKMR3pvj3UvAudOTtAozAs40SoRBQP3ioI_jHjhxHgw1VKCtsR-C3rlzEvqBjE7cs_cqanaxqbqVnUqhRFwHPv2xjqTYEVMOSsJWIUy2jgfYEu0A7GSCW_37yWLSVKyziNry3tuyzfRIDZ9Zy4/s1440/My%20Man%20Godfrey%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB16oJA6QBb6sQRddD-W-YQ692sRJpaXPR10pB7oqKMR3pvj3UvAudOTtAozAs40SoRBQP3ioI_jHjhxHgw1VKCtsR-C3rlzEvqBjE7cs_cqanaxqbqVnUqhRFwHPv2xjqTYEVMOSsJWIUy2jgfYEu0A7GSCW_37yWLSVKyziNry3tuyzfRIDZ9Zy4/w640-h484/My%20Man%20Godfrey%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Must have been a nightmare to choreograph this set up for each take.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGs9g7h9BVMyTDxvbFdxQccN-AtN_T518QGvIGh2nztK1Gk7TGF0h45qtvy5_Ry-zp0jCIqWeXn8C21vMF6z_irxScLknk1_OdoHClLLhDK9k49nlsF30h2a9jdUDUW5p3t3tafU_0wetTe63djmxsvtgoRZ0QJ0Y_2AP3Ron_2acRvTIS6oclBpst/s1440/My%20Man%20Godfrey2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGs9g7h9BVMyTDxvbFdxQccN-AtN_T518QGvIGh2nztK1Gk7TGF0h45qtvy5_Ry-zp0jCIqWeXn8C21vMF6z_irxScLknk1_OdoHClLLhDK9k49nlsF30h2a9jdUDUW5p3t3tafU_0wetTe63djmxsvtgoRZ0QJ0Y_2AP3Ron_2acRvTIS6oclBpst/w640-h484/My%20Man%20Godfrey2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Presumably long time Fulton staffers David Horsely, Jerome Ash, Charlie Baker, Russell Lawson and Roswell Hoffman would have been all involved with this.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdzSgiOygLOg4NZdRE_M5I4vYc0689a14ofVBDNP03T3FLsSxPfxrKhYy7GQFygSfIHMSGOmRDEkp4dyPtVPxu7SSzV73xTWmr-vCUunPhQPf3HYznei7zs3EZzfKZP_zM-UI6s6VeQUJxEvsKQ5LzJFDeZ07UGH5_PVDc0m6eSMYoe1RNHAt6v-q/s1440/My%20Man%20Godfrey%203.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdzSgiOygLOg4NZdRE_M5I4vYc0689a14ofVBDNP03T3FLsSxPfxrKhYy7GQFygSfIHMSGOmRDEkp4dyPtVPxu7SSzV73xTWmr-vCUunPhQPf3HYznei7zs3EZzfKZP_zM-UI6s6VeQUJxEvsKQ5LzJFDeZ07UGH5_PVDc0m6eSMYoe1RNHAt6v-q/w640-h484/My%20Man%20Godfrey%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQVoofkHdb7ETUPhfDwm85I8RtMsXd2YJW_CDecwPOuYxewUGGTz_u_bPV5f8mB8Ra8hGZiyAxuiJVJw3Qxc4A2aiUwrhXU2Khkyoc8UFFfYIBkpBCuPHQIoSti6NePgXfj-JCrLpsTILPfX4TWBWoftLXiGf0d4JC794RLI7KS-ReK8dggPeVbW2K/s1482/My%20Man%20Godfrey-titles.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="1482" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQVoofkHdb7ETUPhfDwm85I8RtMsXd2YJW_CDecwPOuYxewUGGTz_u_bPV5f8mB8Ra8hGZiyAxuiJVJw3Qxc4A2aiUwrhXU2Khkyoc8UFFfYIBkpBCuPHQIoSti6NePgXfj-JCrLpsTILPfX4TWBWoftLXiGf0d4JC794RLI7KS-ReK8dggPeVbW2K/w640-h512/My%20Man%20Godfrey-titles.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This gives you the idea of the neon signage sequencing. Marvellous.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgFHJDRP8amXg-DiIjqxu21rUowbrVBu1OzRuqkNwEPVg0Cx8Usc0dZ9zgr0XBdnk0tzTo7pVYfNaoD0EL45c0aTG1LnZS_ERs44VcQu2DZq7iqDKP7NjRRlPWSGZgzRty_fndGmkbES7YpHKEWD6RQnNYbpNWOxJGmPijCJOLUF38AcxkQg76KDy/s1440/My%20Man%20Godfrey%205.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgFHJDRP8amXg-DiIjqxu21rUowbrVBu1OzRuqkNwEPVg0Cx8Usc0dZ9zgr0XBdnk0tzTo7pVYfNaoD0EL45c0aTG1LnZS_ERs44VcQu2DZq7iqDKP7NjRRlPWSGZgzRty_fndGmkbES7YpHKEWD6RQnNYbpNWOxJGmPijCJOLUF38AcxkQg76KDy/w640-h484/My%20Man%20Godfrey%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The massive pan ends on live action of a depression era camp.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKkwPFFo81x2BPXX8kOBHZlt2xMII-QxJqelIpPjTEaeeKiSeQl5_8-tYKMtp3k8I3D17gD_TKsOhRMrLRSLeVZt-CFxcUsnOedYki2oUQFwtw4n1Rh7UL7zg4dvIYpkcfcMu4eMMZttcZATlYmSlFeJP_MzHIYYUWiKVKPtMY5OmtM6fC3JiMQle/s2948/My%20Man%20Godfrey%206.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="2948" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKkwPFFo81x2BPXX8kOBHZlt2xMII-QxJqelIpPjTEaeeKiSeQl5_8-tYKMtp3k8I3D17gD_TKsOhRMrLRSLeVZt-CFxcUsnOedYki2oUQFwtw4n1Rh7UL7zg4dvIYpkcfcMu4eMMZttcZATlYmSlFeJP_MzHIYYUWiKVKPtMY5OmtM6fC3JiMQle/w640-h246/My%20Man%20Godfrey%206.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More composite shots from MY MAN GODFREY (1936)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60fhTIB6rK2hkpqrTcNlZt504F20KooimxQajPrFTPPsJGOWsPPdEPP9EX7FzHiaXMcKiqHATAE5sH2KjPz-g2bDbPvUB470n6S8M8Zsm1k3nKTsIiswc6qVK5fkiejFTRzasB5Vuuqe--KAEvzKTIxO1UKW0cQxq5OJFQ79OnbEh_YZpimefc0Nn/s2164/Naked%20Gun2%20whitehouse.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="2164" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60fhTIB6rK2hkpqrTcNlZt504F20KooimxQajPrFTPPsJGOWsPPdEPP9EX7FzHiaXMcKiqHATAE5sH2KjPz-g2bDbPvUB470n6S8M8Zsm1k3nKTsIiswc6qVK5fkiejFTRzasB5Vuuqe--KAEvzKTIxO1UKW0cQxq5OJFQ79OnbEh_YZpimefc0Nn/w640-h220/Naked%20Gun2%20whitehouse.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I found those <i>Naked Gun </i>movies pretty funny myself, with NAKED GUN 2 <span style="font-size: xx-small;">1/2</span> shown here. Lots of excellent matte work from the tiny two man operation called Matte Effects - that being artist Ken Marschall and cameraman Bruce Block. Almost all of Ken's mattes were done as original negative, with Ken and Bruce both huge admirers of Al Whitlock's methodology, though this one was an optical as a pan and push in was needed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSzUOzHhMiKVkqJQBwTvf32DqhDhD5mVZ3b7fhsWPrQWTfPqQ1GPC4imKHyGEmq5BDpdJb2XBh-KyECZK3zH9-3ucuVVTpYgQrsdw4beYQvXo4vU7eEzU0s90ddxYjvOggBFp4WMYFLsocvpE-8xuPdxwd2vj4GuR49vZoid9qCV7muV4ksnfdZmS/s798/179%20Naked%20Gun%202%201-2%20White%20House,%20front%20light_CU_detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="798" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSzUOzHhMiKVkqJQBwTvf32DqhDhD5mVZ3b7fhsWPrQWTfPqQ1GPC4imKHyGEmq5BDpdJb2XBh-KyECZK3zH9-3ucuVVTpYgQrsdw4beYQvXo4vU7eEzU0s90ddxYjvOggBFp4WMYFLsocvpE-8xuPdxwd2vj4GuR49vZoid9qCV7muV4ksnfdZmS/w640-h410/179%20Naked%20Gun%202%201-2%20White%20House,%20front%20light_CU_detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up. Note the painted cops.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFKu_ZD3Qn2Em2yjpSdrKSsSKh2HY6ArhcPvEmzjizhoiarLdt1qLYJmBXVXLW0FtFmA3noC3TnOQiN8aAlDRa7CqspIn6OtCZHBlNNONw-OOOAjQU6uzh_huBdfcMwZyQpTSrTj_leE7-MlsLp5gl0rXJbyzx5kvAT-8XNsbtP-WFJ4OU3mCpT7_/s2000/Naked%20Gun2%20capitol%20dome.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFKu_ZD3Qn2Em2yjpSdrKSsSKh2HY6ArhcPvEmzjizhoiarLdt1qLYJmBXVXLW0FtFmA3noC3TnOQiN8aAlDRa7CqspIn6OtCZHBlNNONw-OOOAjQU6uzh_huBdfcMwZyQpTSrTj_leE7-MlsLp5gl0rXJbyzx5kvAT-8XNsbtP-WFJ4OU3mCpT7_/w640-h400/Naked%20Gun2%20capitol%20dome.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another fine Ken Marschall painted matte from NAKED GUN 2 <span style="font-size: x-small;">1/2</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLlPqX6Ox6YkIT4uBAE5A_vu_bvdWgwtbXtc_9wzNgriG8K8fojObQ3n3k7z8PJeEdCSEy1qm45BTkY-AvedBc3Nv4RFBxbdW68I-jTeGKvK2q2Nnbzr5dX9MVtmMw6F1MqOx21MGCeRqPbCtmDp8lqCT92U36JQDcvS7p6Gdg6DfnW0Qyd2_sgSAI/s1950/Naked%20Gun2%20night%20port.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1950" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLlPqX6Ox6YkIT4uBAE5A_vu_bvdWgwtbXtc_9wzNgriG8K8fojObQ3n3k7z8PJeEdCSEy1qm45BTkY-AvedBc3Nv4RFBxbdW68I-jTeGKvK2q2Nnbzr5dX9MVtmMw6F1MqOx21MGCeRqPbCtmDp8lqCT92U36JQDcvS7p6Gdg6DfnW0Qyd2_sgSAI/w640-h196/Naked%20Gun2%20night%20port.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The bad guy's oil refinery matte from the same film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpIRfVMhZ0d_r67DJ_yq3hyxgbyJpjx6TKyqoU8vd2uVHoTpUPdzaztasT71KZJOwIMokrlwc5pOm8qAnxz9tqggE7wQeSNiFyChxH8HINHmfKpGKSJhChOx28MrWmicyl4zL8PF6yqrLugb6QTMtkE1fB2Bx0ggNepHSWU29e5ItzmugQ2_3m6Qo/s900/252%20Naked%20Gun%202%201-2,%20refinery%20night,%20front%20light%20CU_lo%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpIRfVMhZ0d_r67DJ_yq3hyxgbyJpjx6TKyqoU8vd2uVHoTpUPdzaztasT71KZJOwIMokrlwc5pOm8qAnxz9tqggE7wQeSNiFyChxH8HINHmfKpGKSJhChOx28MrWmicyl4zL8PF6yqrLugb6QTMtkE1fB2Bx0ggNepHSWU29e5ItzmugQ2_3m6Qo/w640-h480/252%20Naked%20Gun%202%201-2,%20refinery%20night,%20front%20light%20CU_lo%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail from above.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_YKmi20O3JieWfWReGAcbdLn-awjv0SKGDtFgT3fe0Nz0XFCwF8_iCsqoDKpx8VfAErJBL3lgxuLEiJ43rye6mRhMA8KLIieor3KFqqd6QqQw96X8tV-JYsEjV4--VPFy-lz8lSgNgtoC9QcvsITo6OheIfbkY_Vi4MDILJGnqOhuUr7ZN2IY6Od/s1920/Naked%20Gun2%20day%20port.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1920" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_YKmi20O3JieWfWReGAcbdLn-awjv0SKGDtFgT3fe0Nz0XFCwF8_iCsqoDKpx8VfAErJBL3lgxuLEiJ43rye6mRhMA8KLIieor3KFqqd6QqQw96X8tV-JYsEjV4--VPFy-lz8lSgNgtoC9QcvsITo6OheIfbkY_Vi4MDILJGnqOhuUr7ZN2IY6Od/w640-h354/Naked%20Gun2%20day%20port.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Totally invisible matte shot for the daytime view of same.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmV57QpRliBsrbQJkC9YORwnwpmOhTuhR3dUR9CAarN7oJ6IqhvSc2VPfhRPAdSksRjq3v5JIXrcg8u5Zw-3EHy500CVDxpu410_PBQTuNuTLnviRvNFNN_9guQtOBSYGuoIYGcA7aVTCR5tByToTXte_k86Bv_xaVA8Dmn4xAx6OfP9TzXN8Rb2Z/s1836/Naked%20Gun2%20(deleted%20matte%20DC).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="1836" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmV57QpRliBsrbQJkC9YORwnwpmOhTuhR3dUR9CAarN7oJ6IqhvSc2VPfhRPAdSksRjq3v5JIXrcg8u5Zw-3EHy500CVDxpu410_PBQTuNuTLnviRvNFNN_9guQtOBSYGuoIYGcA7aVTCR5tByToTXte_k86Bv_xaVA8Dmn4xAx6OfP9TzXN8Rb2Z/w640-h448/Naked%20Gun2%20(deleted%20matte%20DC).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An incredible original negative matte painted by Ken for NAKED GUN 2 that never made the final cut, sadly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRcdDWw2PWel1rDYrk3QaVJPhbzqDqhpCo-bOhSGuarxxP59KYlR_IzU0KBMOfVxkzWtGjxg-cA8rGxjr-ue92tvAq2cXWx3v1uSAF58PSPa4nRzWPjaZDrTASCfFAk0uzMschiJE7rzQMEifkZa5DXWRHhNTliWErELqv7EQ5yWm7wNDDU-TQU8h/s829/Naked%20Gun%202%20(unused%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="829" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRcdDWw2PWel1rDYrk3QaVJPhbzqDqhpCo-bOhSGuarxxP59KYlR_IzU0KBMOfVxkzWtGjxg-cA8rGxjr-ue92tvAq2cXWx3v1uSAF58PSPa4nRzWPjaZDrTASCfFAk0uzMschiJE7rzQMEifkZa5DXWRHhNTliWErELqv7EQ5yWm7wNDDU-TQU8h/w640-h490/Naked%20Gun%202%20(unused%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Original matte for above, painted in acrylic upon special German manufactured artists card. Ken always painted very small and told me he could never understand why other matte artists preferred enormous glass or masonite panels for their shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95KbRcrV0zBjlWC-56pjT62Z78N_0yRgPMagpBkgakPCZrMnxoTqKgpp7JO0wJRw6gm2H1-q4xUWXNSPPoU0wFoycYMuFfbbwaHLJ4-Ls8KH3gcLiA0pSGZNGZ3euL4f-fT3ZIZq0ORKDuKw-uHpKt_3rtUz0pqopuvo6blcrODa4an-JOPORUNEa/s1474/Ninotchka-39.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1474" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95KbRcrV0zBjlWC-56pjT62Z78N_0yRgPMagpBkgakPCZrMnxoTqKgpp7JO0wJRw6gm2H1-q4xUWXNSPPoU0wFoycYMuFfbbwaHLJ4-Ls8KH3gcLiA0pSGZNGZ3euL4f-fT3ZIZq0ORKDuKw-uHpKt_3rtUz0pqopuvo6blcrODa4an-JOPORUNEa/w640-h322/Ninotchka-39.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ernst Lubitsch was the master of subtle, understated and seductive comedy, NINOTCHKA (1939) is a fine example. Very witty dialogue, with my favourite line from Greta Garbo's very much pro-Stalin Soviet agent: <i>"The last mass trials were a great success. There are going to be fewer, but better Russians".</i> One of the funniest lines of the era. Warren Newcombe's guys did the matte shot at MGM.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatmkOWU-PVm6mQUZUvLnTCot6XDv84xijJeureyrEJHUK6xmWpY9aYt4pNNAaIceERutyaFHmrMtF_522Fmu1kxr6MPrQVAmzom69TCoDiX_VuaPKAMERkKuBhkKQRc5Qup-DrRKbHfrUSExF1kUqlLBLvbnIq7GQIe7AXbZnECIEzn7PxmJHDBtK/s1546/Never%20Give%20A%20Sucker%20An%20Even%20Break-41.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1546" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatmkOWU-PVm6mQUZUvLnTCot6XDv84xijJeureyrEJHUK6xmWpY9aYt4pNNAaIceERutyaFHmrMtF_522Fmu1kxr6MPrQVAmzom69TCoDiX_VuaPKAMERkKuBhkKQRc5Qup-DrRKbHfrUSExF1kUqlLBLvbnIq7GQIe7AXbZnECIEzn7PxmJHDBtK/w640-h472/Never%20Give%20A%20Sucker%20An%20Even%20Break-41.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">When he was at his best, W.C Fields was a comic genius. NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK (1941) was an utterly indescribable, insane pastiche of sight gags, hilarious lines and stuff seemingly made up on the spot. Lots of effects by John P. Fulton and matte artist Russ Lawson.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0uMkRJQXVePUbt4j0DowZVuvXW6O2FLTshJWjNSius5btVyfF1w1nPvJQoigN1E4gBUMUI-MHB4giFJWNM1vC9SxjpBBTEp9ABwPnn6SqxelT3JZpV28Fd4GlMKC3WR330P9O_kpIjknYJvqQi-5wY-AE0GAfaAoGbhaaEvUAC0UhGgDQEULPn4Pu/s1281/Operation%20Mad%20Ball-57%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1281" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0uMkRJQXVePUbt4j0DowZVuvXW6O2FLTshJWjNSius5btVyfF1w1nPvJQoigN1E4gBUMUI-MHB4giFJWNM1vC9SxjpBBTEp9ABwPnn6SqxelT3JZpV28Fd4GlMKC3WR330P9O_kpIjknYJvqQi-5wY-AE0GAfaAoGbhaaEvUAC0UhGgDQEULPn4Pu/w640-h346/Operation%20Mad%20Ball-57%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jack Lemmon and Mickey Rooney starred in Columbia's OPERATION MAD BALL (1957), along with the always delectable Kathryn <i>(7th Voyage of Sinbad)</i> Grant. Mattes, presumably supervised by Lawrence Butler and cameraman Donald Glouner.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LxuBChkElpSzRHfo96Hb7pJ1l1fv9HoZtAR8CXgHv3Rnubf2N2S-7wiylAC5vgIWXGB_4O6Sip2w9i9f49TqC5PI1FQP_WRFfy6Ce5a5wXzm8EMqLO6RzVTV4stwPkUAP0IwVzrgGopSx7f0Yj6aBu8PzMYRM7ylHtgH49UUAwElvKW8wFCIlHr0/s1281/Operation%20Mad%20Ball%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1281" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LxuBChkElpSzRHfo96Hb7pJ1l1fv9HoZtAR8CXgHv3Rnubf2N2S-7wiylAC5vgIWXGB_4O6Sip2w9i9f49TqC5PI1FQP_WRFfy6Ce5a5wXzm8EMqLO6RzVTV4stwPkUAP0IwVzrgGopSx7f0Yj6aBu8PzMYRM7ylHtgH49UUAwElvKW8wFCIlHr0/w640-h346/Operation%20Mad%20Ball%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film. No idea about artist, but I know that for a short time Matthew Yuricich was 'laid off' by MGM and was snatched up by Donald Glouner over at Columbia around this period for a little while.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMyi4HCP9Gq8zCqEDAMS8XUnwkqHNYqwMg67nJcfC7Zw5SiWtDtauY8YX7mHv6sazAmzTW15JsOOEkU3gF8fQfJYLHt99fsU9K7M_7ayTsblIOWj7fqpK9nYVwVDWnyLkRaEzkNcIdrTb5RvlwXD3L-NzqUj0HrVRoZjpiihupfrwb_HLWyBB6qL0/s1481/L.A%20Story%20(1991)%20Syd%20Dutton%20matte%20art%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1481" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMyi4HCP9Gq8zCqEDAMS8XUnwkqHNYqwMg67nJcfC7Zw5SiWtDtauY8YX7mHv6sazAmzTW15JsOOEkU3gF8fQfJYLHt99fsU9K7M_7ayTsblIOWj7fqpK9nYVwVDWnyLkRaEzkNcIdrTb5RvlwXD3L-NzqUj0HrVRoZjpiihupfrwb_HLWyBB6qL0/w640-h360/L.A%20Story%20(1991)%20Syd%20Dutton%20matte%20art%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Syd Dutton matte painting from the Steve Martin film L.A STORY (1991), which demonstrates the classic 'donut' night sky that Syd picked up from his mentor, the great Albert Whitlock, who so often painted this sort of cloud arrangement.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MqcsgS47CVh3zX6WFjDGGrXIGS44A9ZAIEMhCLCU49XTFpPN-D3mLWD2YZLreDJ-3iIKBukVnbczPJ6iszI2sTs6m9fYVJNTRkal03RCHsZ43KOvtDvpk8rf-9tARjygMmzaOsXnQ59pASOlIadX8eAaZHpqf61R4_NI4azEAF1MHLL8KU0nVSaa/s1394/Pardon%20My%20Sarong%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="1394" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MqcsgS47CVh3zX6WFjDGGrXIGS44A9ZAIEMhCLCU49XTFpPN-D3mLWD2YZLreDJ-3iIKBukVnbczPJ6iszI2sTs6m9fYVJNTRkal03RCHsZ43KOvtDvpk8rf-9tARjygMmzaOsXnQ59pASOlIadX8eAaZHpqf61R4_NI4azEAF1MHLL8KU0nVSaa/w640-h466/Pardon%20My%20Sarong%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The old Abbott & Costello films were often loaded with trick shots - some of which were quite amazing <i>(see later in this blog post)</i>. PARDON MY SARONG (1942) was a pretty enjoyable tropical romp with a number of Russ Lawson mattes to fill out the backlot frame.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTwhH6e3qPLxozueokqx16-sbAIvohn442-AWRdLQBgB7L3nz6DfPhkGySqFuFJP54USWm7TaMLM1XyZBuEHxHLIcBVhBMSV_ravsCRk5aotl6c3GT4fzWQ-PIXcglDqqqHdQbkCwIjRxKXfVroGA02WNmeV5L6Pw3Ou_qhGIxmaONgKcUPtDMyPz/s1464/Pardon%20My%20Sarong-42%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTwhH6e3qPLxozueokqx16-sbAIvohn442-AWRdLQBgB7L3nz6DfPhkGySqFuFJP54USWm7TaMLM1XyZBuEHxHLIcBVhBMSV_ravsCRk5aotl6c3GT4fzWQ-PIXcglDqqqHdQbkCwIjRxKXfVroGA02WNmeV5L6Pw3Ou_qhGIxmaONgKcUPtDMyPz/w640-h472/Pardon%20My%20Sarong-42%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rather nice Lawson matte shot that I bet extended the artificial Universal 'lake' on the studio back lot to South Seas locale.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eSU2-41-tweIb_uwEOl2tha1sN3u-LylHMr1mcV5Ap--vYa9bj0M2XpmCU1mQEc3UbuNNKB2xq8YEC4VDwaLsGdOBjrIRH5GhCv6Sak6o9vtFrmbcbviV9idxwGIepvQBl0LAzTQocHCJUQy0vYmetvUFm33TWmzBg0m4Ha9c9EHdNjOye9eAuxH/s1920/PP%20Strikes-76%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eSU2-41-tweIb_uwEOl2tha1sN3u-LylHMr1mcV5Ap--vYa9bj0M2XpmCU1mQEc3UbuNNKB2xq8YEC4VDwaLsGdOBjrIRH5GhCv6Sak6o9vtFrmbcbviV9idxwGIepvQBl0LAzTQocHCJUQy0vYmetvUFm33TWmzBg0m4Ha9c9EHdNjOye9eAuxH/w640-h278/PP%20Strikes-76%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nowhere near as good as it's immediate predecessor, THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (1976) featured several mattes and various opticals. A definite mixed bag, effects wise, with the producers being unhappy with some of the original matte effects done at Pinewood by Cliff Culley, and appointing Matthew Yuricich to re-do certain shots. Exactly which ones, I'm not sure?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTId7DD5joQyGCdGOUSDRbC-BOs6qv_awq2TenKg4WYBxilJSVMd9VRFukdqW8YiishBx4JThWLYbYStoav0f95UvyQIiZKRwMqcVkUpNzil_q62UHaUcK_UshdWT4gb3ii6Dd7atxW6HUapO_IfJrDhMc7BxAu3H-2K5k_u1Qg1_Fxwv4EFk7HAd2/s1920/PP%20Strikes-castle.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTId7DD5joQyGCdGOUSDRbC-BOs6qv_awq2TenKg4WYBxilJSVMd9VRFukdqW8YiishBx4JThWLYbYStoav0f95UvyQIiZKRwMqcVkUpNzil_q62UHaUcK_UshdWT4gb3ii6Dd7atxW6HUapO_IfJrDhMc7BxAu3H-2K5k_u1Qg1_Fxwv4EFk7HAd2/w640-h278/PP%20Strikes-castle.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLn0O5GOB46lK9crXM6dMb3sDoYQQb7GKlRKr4ILB_cLtnoUvShZfo3iR78zesSjvwOvo3nhZSQIdTLfnrvwH3dVqEVPo0IoCTGylHyX5N6bXWiP3BPiVBwpyuqKtaXXyp025oXZ7QAjW-83kYljpM2wwAr8nqGWOTRGnc5kvYLLJBpX5kP0kmmRC/s1672/PP%20Strikes%20(UN%20bldg2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1672" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLn0O5GOB46lK9crXM6dMb3sDoYQQb7GKlRKr4ILB_cLtnoUvShZfo3iR78zesSjvwOvo3nhZSQIdTLfnrvwH3dVqEVPo0IoCTGylHyX5N6bXWiP3BPiVBwpyuqKtaXXyp025oXZ7QAjW-83kYljpM2wwAr8nqGWOTRGnc5kvYLLJBpX5kP0kmmRC/w640-h554/PP%20Strikes%20(UN%20bldg2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN is this major vfx sequence where the deranged Herbert Lom <i>(incidentally a superb character actor who made hundreds of films!)</i> fires off some laser thing and disintegrates the UN Building in New York. Matte art with much hand inked roto cel animation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10Po-qoshAIznRV66jlkbWwmDTbG7jbwarK46ukxiRpfGSGTJ5pQUOhu2nRYFLm7l0MYYBH3MxA6YQMYx0LBAKuDrB9bgMSNEcdB1KZNuePPDATAQ0UCeY6w6zkBnvbsU1iqLNHw-DGdxTdPBzAwDxvL0vQKZMsqkxLGwHqIaFKrDrB-0c2BrKHLj/s1920/PP%20Strikes-76%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10Po-qoshAIznRV66jlkbWwmDTbG7jbwarK46ukxiRpfGSGTJ5pQUOhu2nRYFLm7l0MYYBH3MxA6YQMYx0LBAKuDrB9bgMSNEcdB1KZNuePPDATAQ0UCeY6w6zkBnvbsU1iqLNHw-DGdxTdPBzAwDxvL0vQKZMsqkxLGwHqIaFKrDrB-0c2BrKHLj/w640-h278/PP%20Strikes-76%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The UN building is no more. What appears to a full matte painting, and one I'd bet Yuricich painted.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifR7QxIB_15fmJxK8jtqFQKJrXHjjCNXbvTkkZ7y0Cf9NLaSsa9MESUa3o9m80V_hSnY3I2jIfM1b7PhzD-Cb6HLwzb5OkBdfpf3UuFyP_I5yihsGEbdOUxJnwGPog7OfudwkNGXaiZTNpN-gRCsI_NSdrNWRnKGOqkbiNyyd7eRT8KVfkXG0HGrbJ/s3148/Prisoner%20of%20Zenda-79%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="3148" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifR7QxIB_15fmJxK8jtqFQKJrXHjjCNXbvTkkZ7y0Cf9NLaSsa9MESUa3o9m80V_hSnY3I2jIfM1b7PhzD-Cb6HLwzb5OkBdfpf3UuFyP_I5yihsGEbdOUxJnwGPog7OfudwkNGXaiZTNpN-gRCsI_NSdrNWRnKGOqkbiNyyd7eRT8KVfkXG0HGrbJ/w640-h234/Prisoner%20of%20Zenda-79%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Remade around four times, the evergreen classic THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1979) worked best in it's thirties incarnation with Ronald Colman me thinks. This version here had Peter Sellers in one of his last roles, and a very disappointing saga it turned out to be. Only really of value for the excellent visual effects work of Albert Whitlock, Bill Taylor, Syd Dutton and their crew.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigUFKrp3diZf4w_3vUifwDkHCWjwkLH_wZ-6Dre0JWDx3PbTCsrjWYSmN2PoKURaKvH5Y0tgVeaSi3f0GTQj4h6KMY2PRLYMo1w5nO171_ZmzRfjAcEB0_uT1Z0emiiwI_s1qnYrC22PFb1SPMN2erA83cFqN5bGJsxreY8HD2mDxMqRFmWDTcE-D/s1920/Prisoner%20of%20Zenda-79%20windmill.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigUFKrp3diZf4w_3vUifwDkHCWjwkLH_wZ-6Dre0JWDx3PbTCsrjWYSmN2PoKURaKvH5Y0tgVeaSi3f0GTQj4h6KMY2PRLYMo1w5nO171_ZmzRfjAcEB0_uT1Z0emiiwI_s1qnYrC22PFb1SPMN2erA83cFqN5bGJsxreY8HD2mDxMqRFmWDTcE-D/w640-h364/Prisoner%20of%20Zenda-79%20windmill.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Beautiful matte work abounds in ZENDA, with this hands down classic Whitlock (or Dutton?) 'donut sky' and rotating windmill being my favourite in the film. I well recall seeing all of these shots as before and afters on Al's 35mm show reels when I met Syd (by accident) here in Auckland in 1986. Blew my mind!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHKpJDCNUgz7uCkA1SQYLE-gyyA-HpnxEkUp-CwKOXBOsYadL0fTMQKBYxvbPzUfwB8v3wK_odU_Tt88B5PNGDGUhN132H-zR8PtKfZbkdDf4KUXfTTsY9Cw9C57v1_Uwa9QYqBGpPuTE1fJxBRIFnHDYoHL50BKk_x7eweasj8OXYEKUv7ATSGb-/s1628/Pris%20Zenda%20-twin%20fx2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1628" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHKpJDCNUgz7uCkA1SQYLE-gyyA-HpnxEkUp-CwKOXBOsYadL0fTMQKBYxvbPzUfwB8v3wK_odU_Tt88B5PNGDGUhN132H-zR8PtKfZbkdDf4KUXfTTsY9Cw9C57v1_Uwa9QYqBGpPuTE1fJxBRIFnHDYoHL50BKk_x7eweasj8OXYEKUv7ATSGb-/w640-h348/Pris%20Zenda%20-twin%20fx2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bill Taylor and Dennis Glouner assembled many great blue screen composites of the two Peter's for many scenes, using tried and true old tricks were also used in the older versions. Bill told me that the director was one to partake in alcoholic beverage during lunch breaks, making afternoons less than productive!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqB-7zQ_trW1H7PzGts7P23Z-j37rMJAOYc2Vbp7VT9ZsuyHzxkhaR7sTFr2kvp3ARzlWT6-JIehgFoCne9UyhtkmRMA_qR0Kv_eGPj3b932cUaes6wsqnqcT6zF_ubB34FwGuy3LiEYl_FIdvW7YB2i2E_fKXTw7HBGIy8DkXiK8cUzwx8GGU-Y-/s1962/Prisoner%20of%20Zenda-79%20town%20square%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1962" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqB-7zQ_trW1H7PzGts7P23Z-j37rMJAOYc2Vbp7VT9ZsuyHzxkhaR7sTFr2kvp3ARzlWT6-JIehgFoCne9UyhtkmRMA_qR0Kv_eGPj3b932cUaes6wsqnqcT6zF_ubB34FwGuy3LiEYl_FIdvW7YB2i2E_fKXTw7HBGIy8DkXiK8cUzwx8GGU-Y-/w640-h400/Prisoner%20of%20Zenda-79%20town%20square%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after from the end of PRISONER OF ZENDA with Whitlock pictured here displaying original painting at an A.M.P.A.S day long seminar in the 1980's. Looking at the painting next to Al, it appears that almost all of the crowd of towns people have also been 'painted in'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9mtBn0vpzqrn-fl-QbY_h350bIR1ZsAZ_3hRShugumMcxCvpVwcvCib-IOTLFanSkShXBeDDRro_ZkgWycZ37oxn5mtrDHZWq5VDGfTQyDwL_eUgDzw4BlhwXNJwz2BPAxHkrEEzZTezNSPLzMmLDqTo-wQ3omnwPc3NgYsfh4x0k7h942KSWvUD/s2026/Ride%20'em%20Cowboy-42.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="2026" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9mtBn0vpzqrn-fl-QbY_h350bIR1ZsAZ_3hRShugumMcxCvpVwcvCib-IOTLFanSkShXBeDDRro_ZkgWycZ37oxn5mtrDHZWq5VDGfTQyDwL_eUgDzw4BlhwXNJwz2BPAxHkrEEzZTezNSPLzMmLDqTo-wQ3omnwPc3NgYsfh4x0k7h942KSWvUD/w640-h348/Ride%20'em%20Cowboy-42.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Abbott & Costello in RIDE 'EM COWBOY (1952), with this Russ Lawson matte shot for effects head David S. Horsley.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbPoQC_JCToTXOxrJewt1THmhlYsflTIIzB63cws42MlKWCWTk0sH4V8wUWL93KHvfGPaKcZ17nbJmm5FXsjyE8yCSVFG9g3Jui2lunUQL0Qg8t82FZM5rR6vR0bTkUEFZbLMLEA9o5BMv8Po1sLCS1MplEHW6c32TIOh0d2Abuevbl_WY2gp8pOJ/s3036/Naughty%20Nineties-45.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="3036" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbPoQC_JCToTXOxrJewt1THmhlYsflTIIzB63cws42MlKWCWTk0sH4V8wUWL93KHvfGPaKcZ17nbJmm5FXsjyE8yCSVFG9g3Jui2lunUQL0Qg8t82FZM5rR6vR0bTkUEFZbLMLEA9o5BMv8Po1sLCS1MplEHW6c32TIOh0d2Abuevbl_WY2gp8pOJ/w640-h236/Naughty%20Nineties-45.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Abbott & Costello show, THE NAUGHTY NINETIES (1945)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_nD3e_EA6u2xNEFAW5Hqz3iR9dIOSA2vEnLs6amNY_aL4Wmh0Z9qcNaVA1ZqQbQIuLgYVOziyJjvHRunPI34GFJF8pu-ADwGDTUTTTAROjg-DrJLLX8lBPVTaAYSrBQ9mqg9nfcplUIOzyw-jd62gkEUvLZDXp-4jNfzXmvUAwsS5QJt1I6fsD5x/s2154/Robin%20Hood%20in%20Tights.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1395" data-original-width="2154" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_nD3e_EA6u2xNEFAW5Hqz3iR9dIOSA2vEnLs6amNY_aL4Wmh0Z9qcNaVA1ZqQbQIuLgYVOziyJjvHRunPI34GFJF8pu-ADwGDTUTTTAROjg-DrJLLX8lBPVTaAYSrBQ9mqg9nfcplUIOzyw-jd62gkEUvLZDXp-4jNfzXmvUAwsS5QJt1I6fsD5x/w640-h414/Robin%20Hood%20in%20Tights.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mel Brooks made a few classic comedy spoofs in the mid seventies, but his later material is somewhat lost. ROBIN HOOD-MEN IN TIGHTS (1993) was very poor indeed, with barely a smirk. A major multi-painting matte was included as the closing shot, starting off from a castle and zooming out (for no apparent reason) up into the sky, through the clouds and into space(!) Illusion Arts did the shot with at least 4 separate paintings merged together through dissolves etc as one continuous 'pullback'. The shot was a waste as, in the actual film they plastered all of the damned end credits over the top of this complicated effect, thus making all that work lost amid the endless list of 'Honeywagon Wranglers', 'Electrician's Wife's Best Friend' etc.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpgdIVc_5bzSBuaJKHryALTdBX3ObL-9qOvqYAMjG_neeUUMDp07Lk1KW1LYcXfEN3ha-t_DRiDGiuXBuEXDTcKofru_o48k7J4DQC2_bKCNiowLElB7_ZnwAS95ptF9h9JxB-0mgUxP2vcEZ6X9O1H32ymB7sJXhH15IKgBl5tsPsP68v3DuxvaH/s1387/Naked%20Gun-stadium.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="1387" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpgdIVc_5bzSBuaJKHryALTdBX3ObL-9qOvqYAMjG_neeUUMDp07Lk1KW1LYcXfEN3ha-t_DRiDGiuXBuEXDTcKofru_o48k7J4DQC2_bKCNiowLElB7_ZnwAS95ptF9h9JxB-0mgUxP2vcEZ6X9O1H32ymB7sJXhH15IKgBl5tsPsP68v3DuxvaH/w640-h576/Naked%20Gun-stadium.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Leslie Nielson was a hoot in the first of THE NAKED GUN series back in 1988. For the sports arena climax, several mattes were painted, though not all were used. Ken Marschall and Bruce Block did the matte shots from their base at Gene Warren's Fantasy II, though more often than not, Ken would paint his mattes on his dining room table at home and then deliver the final art to Bruce for compositing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSVlcf5MwdCOgzcP9-kTkprQsi_WiUGJ5c3a9B-44fHVU_8Gwa-ART33Cts8BqNJ8LsbT40483SuhSKITpXcBBnR7AY6XZxATB4PJdjVFx-PPloxHt7J90QbKdVru_-kgw6UVWsHs46gOa2r3btKLJGgMWf9HMefG9Yt3Iwo-KwQtCGLxmCv3gDNJ/s1126/Naked%20Gun-stadium%20detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1126" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSVlcf5MwdCOgzcP9-kTkprQsi_WiUGJ5c3a9B-44fHVU_8Gwa-ART33Cts8BqNJ8LsbT40483SuhSKITpXcBBnR7AY6XZxATB4PJdjVFx-PPloxHt7J90QbKdVru_-kgw6UVWsHs46gOa2r3btKLJGgMWf9HMefG9Yt3Iwo-KwQtCGLxmCv3gDNJ/w640-h392/Naked%20Gun-stadium%20detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ken's stadium grandstand matte art. Slot gag animation was employed to simulate 'crowd action' at strategic places in the art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0iBxcrP7r22_Tkfl04TEPTAuC59Hr2q19yvIM-p_HOVH8VjXrvLaZfQXpgeiocmt33C1L746dV7T6YPD99dVfnK2zqCPqMPUqcmnGhI5v1HUJcoEOeXK0awplmgG-dE3-EwtmALXmkt1A976EIQ3RKkaotDli-COOR7bWmRLfPeg0oxhwL3_gJ1H/s867/NAKED%20GUN-steps%20C.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="867" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0iBxcrP7r22_Tkfl04TEPTAuC59Hr2q19yvIM-p_HOVH8VjXrvLaZfQXpgeiocmt33C1L746dV7T6YPD99dVfnK2zqCPqMPUqcmnGhI5v1HUJcoEOeXK0awplmgG-dE3-EwtmALXmkt1A976EIQ3RKkaotDli-COOR7bWmRLfPeg0oxhwL3_gJ1H/w640-h274/NAKED%20GUN-steps%20C.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tests and temp marry up of an ultimately unused matte for THE NAKED GUN</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGj3RsbuQqpCX2-8YFIXk6UwwzKPlK90DQlODD7NkEMI9_llCabWLGKWh5yBtjRcAZhRK2XuWTw31xOKuL1F61nCkcrXbVnUp_kT4xnSSbVKg4InuJjmsvexoWMIZSSwr2beDHD5RACM5eeJW3wZD9hmPGoTXxooVYSXuALVDUViOp407RZ6qqSa98/s1086/NAKED%20GUN-steps%20A.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="1086" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGj3RsbuQqpCX2-8YFIXk6UwwzKPlK90DQlODD7NkEMI9_llCabWLGKWh5yBtjRcAZhRK2XuWTw31xOKuL1F61nCkcrXbVnUp_kT4xnSSbVKg4InuJjmsvexoWMIZSSwr2beDHD5RACM5eeJW3wZD9hmPGoTXxooVYSXuALVDUViOp407RZ6qqSa98/w640-h222/NAKED%20GUN-steps%20A.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More filled in stadium matte work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2byYqhHGsFGm2wxIDZ3XMADF1WyxjiO54jygUBvwHyQeHWVlyb504OH8ENmT-BvIr3H1LNFCKetYICMuU25nhjRRhwOE7RyVzu0GGSNH_AwQnZPjNWCBY0rZfr8BIcAiM9eFc48U6Z28QxTv2RcNhPm6rdG9x7BJXr9yk9qhsz6MtJYLExxbpG8Qw/s2277/Naked%20Gun-grandstand1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="2277" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2byYqhHGsFGm2wxIDZ3XMADF1WyxjiO54jygUBvwHyQeHWVlyb504OH8ENmT-BvIr3H1LNFCKetYICMuU25nhjRRhwOE7RyVzu0GGSNH_AwQnZPjNWCBY0rZfr8BIcAiM9eFc48U6Z28QxTv2RcNhPm6rdG9x7BJXr9yk9qhsz6MtJYLExxbpG8Qw/w640-h310/Naked%20Gun-grandstand1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A fully dressed matte from THE NAKED GUN. Incidentally, one of the funniest lines ever was Nielson's <i>"Mmmmm, nice beaver"</i> and Prescilla Presley's reply <i>"Why thank you...I just had it stuffed".</i> Had me laughing for days!</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz86CisVl-UnaSUoq4AJSSmg8ED2voMxxvLwoDEm5wgJS-oQjEEuAVICTQj-VtgjtAc6FYf1Vi7YWopdE3tx8ao7ga53L9RHVuzEm1wnhdkPhxyXOdVHyrxQqZQn-mTEB_LXJDI9DbcP5b7SGlJWgkQdKOgPdnQQeaGJXSZS3kTzc5QzQfUqpZWmxu/s1542/Please%20Don't%20Eat%20The%20Daisies%20(HD1080%20tilt%20matte%20shot).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1542" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz86CisVl-UnaSUoq4AJSSmg8ED2voMxxvLwoDEm5wgJS-oQjEEuAVICTQj-VtgjtAc6FYf1Vi7YWopdE3tx8ao7ga53L9RHVuzEm1wnhdkPhxyXOdVHyrxQqZQn-mTEB_LXJDI9DbcP5b7SGlJWgkQdKOgPdnQQeaGJXSZS3kTzc5QzQfUqpZWmxu/w640-h416/Please%20Don't%20Eat%20The%20Daisies%20(HD1080%20tilt%20matte%20shot).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The David Niven - Doris Day marital 'bliss' saga, PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES (1960) had a single matte, this tilt down of a rundown old villa. Mostly painted, with old time artist Lee LeBlanc on the brushes. FX cameraman Clarence Slifer composited the shot. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5UOYMgophVOjDDYdkjZlcDy9xPUyEUqTplZ_M6ueqtnnHX6KYIzSAr8V66ZsdTLLfu7B9Z2KbKhQOUkal82kRcxEsSVqPQeAs4tanrDx-2_DZwyMr8SNk1W5Nje_v0RRteoLJNovoZGo-chzz-nmIM59yhtOpSPooAHWEFoBhhT_OQQhUl7GMz7P/s972/Please%20Don't%20Eat%20The%20Daisies-%20Lee%20LeBlanc%20house%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="972" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5UOYMgophVOjDDYdkjZlcDy9xPUyEUqTplZ_M6ueqtnnHX6KYIzSAr8V66ZsdTLLfu7B9Z2KbKhQOUkal82kRcxEsSVqPQeAs4tanrDx-2_DZwyMr8SNk1W5Nje_v0RRteoLJNovoZGo-chzz-nmIM59yhtOpSPooAHWEFoBhhT_OQQhUl7GMz7P/w640-h294/Please%20Don't%20Eat%20The%20Daisies-%20Lee%20LeBlanc%20house%20painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">LeBlanc's original matte, which still survives to this day, along with a number of Lee's other mattes from things like BEN HUR and others in an art gallery dedicated to his extensive gallery and wildlife art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYcUiVOuGkOKz4BeAKGL6pKdrpBd1n_Sy2PIYG1TAKThSLFDZOyi1-ISShd4Jj7LWeEo3hJaT0i44Xm8AIUemf9M1X8ERxHCCjKVGaylJ0fSPEa9NBzXpdcHG7pj3kn_r9g3zIA5NneROZJEJ_2Bh4Oqd-ADTo_rBKp1P3wvHk_SMc1IrXvIcCZnY/s3464/Please%20Daisies-Lee%20LeBlanc%20detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="3464" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYcUiVOuGkOKz4BeAKGL6pKdrpBd1n_Sy2PIYG1TAKThSLFDZOyi1-ISShd4Jj7LWeEo3hJaT0i44Xm8AIUemf9M1X8ERxHCCjKVGaylJ0fSPEa9NBzXpdcHG7pj3kn_r9g3zIA5NneROZJEJ_2Bh4Oqd-ADTo_rBKp1P3wvHk_SMc1IrXvIcCZnY/w640-h184/Please%20Daisies-Lee%20LeBlanc%20detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lee LeBlanc at left, with lower pic of him at Fox around 1950. Details here of the DAISIES matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZcYs3_hNwS1-5jF_Rq_8Ugh_ygTq70YHSoYFi74DFOVIQk7TDflEbH5qairNsdYjoer0lzzg9YKji0wZ6uF4kubmAPaRqftmi2FxEA9jrR55dp3P6ysgzlt_IQm3eFVgrO7ZdaUO6XTxnohdJopneuDb2eGT1Pb0jrDSuhB72B0Ib7x6aKH_iNzH/s1440/Princess%20and%20the%20Pirate-44%20%5BHD1080%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZcYs3_hNwS1-5jF_Rq_8Ugh_ygTq70YHSoYFi74DFOVIQk7TDflEbH5qairNsdYjoer0lzzg9YKji0wZ6uF4kubmAPaRqftmi2FxEA9jrR55dp3P6ysgzlt_IQm3eFVgrO7ZdaUO6XTxnohdJopneuDb2eGT1Pb0jrDSuhB72B0Ib7x6aKH_iNzH/w640-h480/Princess%20and%20the%20Pirate-44%20%5BHD1080%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Bob Hope picture here - THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE (1944), with Clarence W. Slifer in charge of photo effects.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfY92W264Huru9j_qOIKui7OZemAhi_1yCq3M2jB2FPD19GYYkynDgy3oGVppPIQT9qFtgU-LqF9IEQQQNWF2QeugMKbw0uxO2muP7yX_k8lDf-vQ_1xV8YJG0_eD3C3xItJRmiBPVMBWAFoyb7NLJrjurIcIqyBqH5fo94j3BgJHFghROSKRk2pl/s1845/Princess%20Bride%20UHD%204K%204a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1845" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfY92W264Huru9j_qOIKui7OZemAhi_1yCq3M2jB2FPD19GYYkynDgy3oGVppPIQT9qFtgU-LqF9IEQQQNWF2QeugMKbw0uxO2muP7yX_k8lDf-vQ_1xV8YJG0_eD3C3xItJRmiBPVMBWAFoyb7NLJrjurIcIqyBqH5fo94j3BgJHFghROSKRk2pl/w640-h348/Princess%20Bride%20UHD%204K%204a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An inexplicably popular film that I absolutely did <i>not</i> care for one bit was THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987). Several effects groups were connected with the film, with this shot being a Bob Cuff matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarMJbAMR-PvWQ3FXmqYA0ATUiIrzdEx10KzJouz_xp7FdXw5_YXsqXtXYc6NacE4UUR0Adu9xffLsmt5GwdcJhvOyK9KyyGC4_-bi1POZlsDMBJ9DDW_ZcX8sbr9FL1ekMN2P4qerOkiLlMvCwQXgTGrmiW_2EW1H67gJcI4IIp7KQ5JeXnGM8Z_0/s2553/Princess%20Bride%20UHD%204K%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="2553" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarMJbAMR-PvWQ3FXmqYA0ATUiIrzdEx10KzJouz_xp7FdXw5_YXsqXtXYc6NacE4UUR0Adu9xffLsmt5GwdcJhvOyK9KyyGC4_-bi1POZlsDMBJ9DDW_ZcX8sbr9FL1ekMN2P4qerOkiLlMvCwQXgTGrmiW_2EW1H67gJcI4IIp7KQ5JeXnGM8Z_0/w640-h354/Princess%20Bride%20UHD%204K%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bob's daughter-in-law, Joy Cuff, also painted on PRINCESS BRIDE, as did Doug Ferris on some shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyYPUryvAPTigqJxMRfiQtlu_vHd5xz-4HewbxVf_EV8HnaSHVLtZSJILO3Ii3w2vevW8RHHO_teLLODsubR4gjeEMk55J1lTNgoqzbSQDdkQUxwmLLs9fJl-qG4A68JcTwpLfa-NWF4zLKR-8rR7lH47LJZ9qY9kn87i8kzA-JrmWM4ABvI-kIoe/s2090/Princess%20Bride-%20Ken%20Marschall%20shot%20B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="2090" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyYPUryvAPTigqJxMRfiQtlu_vHd5xz-4HewbxVf_EV8HnaSHVLtZSJILO3Ii3w2vevW8RHHO_teLLODsubR4gjeEMk55J1lTNgoqzbSQDdkQUxwmLLs9fJl-qG4A68JcTwpLfa-NWF4zLKR-8rR7lH47LJZ9qY9kn87i8kzA-JrmWM4ABvI-kIoe/w640-h268/Princess%20Bride-%20Ken%20Marschall%20shot%20B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from THE PRINCESS BRIDE was the final closing shot which was farmed out to US based providers, Matte Effects, consisting of Ken Marschall and Bruce Block. Here is Ken's original almost full frame painting at left, and the separate sky painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mKhbsZhWzARhuf8OlzQB4f-7rR_tctb89DOAGgvL-WcODRPyeBPZu8Dze-rFOlGdjxT46v51j9jZMlQIOR06uYBTUPjAMdCo7yzpXa6x7x65KDtI57dYfjcHYDCrBha2GlRp0xpz4ERy5fzaQ-kgx-oWvI_lOKHJumUb7N1jKIaQEztPp0vq9TUB/s1473/Reluctant%20Astronaut-67.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1473" data-original-width="1452" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mKhbsZhWzARhuf8OlzQB4f-7rR_tctb89DOAGgvL-WcODRPyeBPZu8Dze-rFOlGdjxT46v51j9jZMlQIOR06uYBTUPjAMdCo7yzpXa6x7x65KDtI57dYfjcHYDCrBha2GlRp0xpz4ERy5fzaQ-kgx-oWvI_lOKHJumUb7N1jKIaQEztPp0vq9TUB/w630-h640/Reluctant%20Astronaut-67.jpg" width="630" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Don Knotts was a unique, one of a kind comic talent, that's for sure. I grew up on his crazy antics. THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT (1967) had at least one - and possibly two - effects shots by Al Whitlock.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqL4OVjZKnc2glqxpjfJDCs33rbQ4sg9vDemFit22CeaROlRa0OWeCk_30psFO9CpBRqz7o8X1Lq32ynqDNs8g6HfFfwdoXLAe7LCEzF5HqHdGPixHp6v1P3D212o0KIADiyiwt3NUCbXPsCWh6c56vjdtsFnWX8wwq-YFX_tj21-mVDDNKp7dwk8/s1836/Miranda-48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1836" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqL4OVjZKnc2glqxpjfJDCs33rbQ4sg9vDemFit22CeaROlRa0OWeCk_30psFO9CpBRqz7o8X1Lq32ynqDNs8g6HfFfwdoXLAe7LCEzF5HqHdGPixHp6v1P3D212o0KIADiyiwt3NUCbXPsCWh6c56vjdtsFnWX8wwq-YFX_tj21-mVDDNKp7dwk8/w640-h372/Miranda-48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MIRANDA (1947) was a British comedy about a guy and his very own mermaid. This shot looks suspiciously like a hanging miniature to me, and it's possible that Albert Whitlock may have been around when they did this, as he was in the employ of Gainsborough Pictures and did work with foreground miniatures, among other things, before embarking on matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_maE-5RVLZZWv2wuyWP7F_esslU5FJy2d8l2xOty-s9zLk5vAIs2xhT1g5ceJQ68J-5FkQXsCp6jBp5fAt3KAgLfHn7G4BWCvIERaf3FLI6Q6bHa25s1U5x6EMJGZcSzycpl5zs3x2WC0wHgP7YmKWNh6u4N_Wwu2XawFvBVHxOXPP_s31h5BopvG/s1472/Road%20To%20Singapore%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1472" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_maE-5RVLZZWv2wuyWP7F_esslU5FJy2d8l2xOty-s9zLk5vAIs2xhT1g5ceJQ68J-5FkQXsCp6jBp5fAt3KAgLfHn7G4BWCvIERaf3FLI6Q6bHa25s1U5x6EMJGZcSzycpl5zs3x2WC0wHgP7YmKWNh6u4N_Wwu2XawFvBVHxOXPP_s31h5BopvG/w640-h474/Road%20To%20Singapore%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The first of the extremely popular 'Road' pictures for Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, ROAD TO SINGAPORE (1940) had this matte shot by Jan Domela.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJYKBGtdp7j8mFVALa-J_-H-Y0tXLAcYlkK5bfU9a1JBtrpiBh9liltbNOvr8MuzlhfNvZyb91sDFlbM-SRvgBmQeviiOxtxA7siwGdm5-xfXwbrlW--pS8Ixis-pg1VwySTlqcYV0-RCkDd6JM4Hg9d8ZEWl79J_w6cmA73lwLo7wC_E6JaDJohm/s1868/Ruling%20Class-72%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1868" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJYKBGtdp7j8mFVALa-J_-H-Y0tXLAcYlkK5bfU9a1JBtrpiBh9liltbNOvr8MuzlhfNvZyb91sDFlbM-SRvgBmQeviiOxtxA7siwGdm5-xfXwbrlW--pS8Ixis-pg1VwySTlqcYV0-RCkDd6JM4Hg9d8ZEWl79J_w6cmA73lwLo7wC_E6JaDJohm/w640-h252/Ruling%20Class-72%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peter Medak's film THE RULING CLASS (1972) was a <i>tour-de-force</i> for Oscar nominated Peter O'Toole, in what is an indescribable smorgasbord of satire, anti-establishment, sacrilege and song & dance(!) Overlong by a long shot, but worth the time for risk takers like me. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi437SzE60-sVoL9s-7l1WTmkxgaiAwvnUKEHujqe7cSGWMWGz5QKNWv6qWfbQ2T4qlug5-xdlvJsTxc_auqd0qULpmSw96_aHCY1q0XHFxmuksLELoyci57lh8B-Ivpq-GT6mg7HseGuxL3S4GgucxNIIe0Xfv0IC9hT6oDAi9hv1Ahtczc_pBwXbO/s1280/Ruling%20Class-72%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="1280" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi437SzE60-sVoL9s-7l1WTmkxgaiAwvnUKEHujqe7cSGWMWGz5QKNWv6qWfbQ2T4qlug5-xdlvJsTxc_auqd0qULpmSw96_aHCY1q0XHFxmuksLELoyci57lh8B-Ivpq-GT6mg7HseGuxL3S4GgucxNIIe0Xfv0IC9hT6oDAi9hv1Ahtczc_pBwXbO/w640-h358/Ruling%20Class-72%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final scene from THE RULING CLASS within the Houses of Parliament, though mostly consisting of a considerable set extension just above the lighting fixtures. Possibly a foreground glass painting(?), with effects not credited, but may be someone like Ray Caple perhaps?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsgIXC5zszilYeNFR_2IcTinmGl__IQXqoBL7TRwMixJZavxh6Z_29q1Ch2VFDSeKMJwxOT2-nxi3fCudAANfdzvlmlXfHEv6DjXvnBwSD3VsBiRYjGALihfRT53aIrSh9pcNGCzse57vB56O2ol-dy8n5UBd2zurdIsMVyLw7ewErZ2g4dkzJCKc/s2439/Million%20Dollar%20Legs-32%20(Jan%20Domela).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="2439" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsgIXC5zszilYeNFR_2IcTinmGl__IQXqoBL7TRwMixJZavxh6Z_29q1Ch2VFDSeKMJwxOT2-nxi3fCudAANfdzvlmlXfHEv6DjXvnBwSD3VsBiRYjGALihfRT53aIrSh9pcNGCzse57vB56O2ol-dy8n5UBd2zurdIsMVyLw7ewErZ2g4dkzJCKc/w640-h198/Million%20Dollar%20Legs-32%20(Jan%20Domela).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A delightfully daffy and completely off-the-wall, pre-code laugh-fest, MILLION DOLLAR LEGS (1932) occasionally had me splitting my sides through its roughly one hour running time. W.C Fields starred, and the whole thing reminded me of those very early Marx Bros pictures where pretty much anything goes, if it'll get a laugh. The matte painting is absolutely wonderful, though I've spotted it in several other Paramount pictures around that decade. Jan Domela was matte artist.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkOLFADQE3tTbtKF64llqv_SbcYkQ_mIH8jSUN722uTSDyN3_PRnD8U_ecGehJaHopFIWx82YLcmbDYKXBwWAACiFlVBZ1lfxF4FLrCnkSBTxG8oTshER1MaFxNhcMbGlC_NqmT5eVlzz6Wou-vMCM6oNb60OxIiN5-J-FHMPBty1we_llmlfgFax/s1486/On%20The%20Riviera-51%201%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1486" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkOLFADQE3tTbtKF64llqv_SbcYkQ_mIH8jSUN722uTSDyN3_PRnD8U_ecGehJaHopFIWx82YLcmbDYKXBwWAACiFlVBZ1lfxF4FLrCnkSBTxG8oTshER1MaFxNhcMbGlC_NqmT5eVlzz6Wou-vMCM6oNb60OxIiN5-J-FHMPBty1we_llmlfgFax/w640-h466/On%20The%20Riviera-51%201%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The 20th Century Fox made Danny Kaye vehicle ON THE RIVIERA (1951) once again had Danny in dual roles as well as a couple of nice mattes such as this one. Emil Kosa jnr was chief matte artist under Fred Sersen.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmx2IWOMIvSMU3hcd7BkYaXiicua4Q88B0J4p2k1Swl1v792vOwyJpvZ94ZMt-VzoXOUgAR0EmB6GWZIltRza3Y2Qfmk8iqmqVh8FW3PTycEz1wJzpWeTtJKBEm5mDZma4csxEcL5qsXzM5Zf7zkev5NNzfiVw7TQANGW_JVZcA7DPXQZ-Obfxv-Yl/s3040/On%20The%20Riviera-51%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="3040" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmx2IWOMIvSMU3hcd7BkYaXiicua4Q88B0J4p2k1Swl1v792vOwyJpvZ94ZMt-VzoXOUgAR0EmB6GWZIltRza3Y2Qfmk8iqmqVh8FW3PTycEz1wJzpWeTtJKBEm5mDZma4csxEcL5qsXzM5Zf7zkev5NNzfiVw7TQANGW_JVZcA7DPXQZ-Obfxv-Yl/w640-h234/On%20The%20Riviera-51%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two more mattes from ON THE RIVIERA</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJRILYjQIk5PeauUeqk7zBJQ4AIs7YlzC1w1f6Jsyo---qe3fS_8yFOiqAnT8qtjow-nTq146KAjD8c7hfTuM9WB0o5gvWxSQU2z7pulLU1m5o2QrKG300gjwFxG7poJ_HnzZMyRdNuZG7yFLQ1y8P_Ff6nR4HIs2fv3KK_heVHgQ35xff9pYXWfv/s1003/One%20Night%20In%20The%20Tropics%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1003" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJRILYjQIk5PeauUeqk7zBJQ4AIs7YlzC1w1f6Jsyo---qe3fS_8yFOiqAnT8qtjow-nTq146KAjD8c7hfTuM9WB0o5gvWxSQU2z7pulLU1m5o2QrKG300gjwFxG7poJ_HnzZMyRdNuZG7yFLQ1y8P_Ff6nR4HIs2fv3KK_heVHgQ35xff9pYXWfv/w640-h460/One%20Night%20In%20The%20Tropics%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Universal's ONE NIGHT IN THE TROPICS (1940) was a musical comedy that introduced Bud Abbott & Lou Costello as <i>secondary</i> characters in what was their first film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CBcoLP_2xG9XVDtvO5vfKCOJivgsUApHito1ZhR7C8WCms5wVGrfkFRzsR2lABpRfuvhahB4TJzi0Csx9UublNgFt-F5rytjMNIjcpATUvgbWxnpHKsCxfsDvGzo76rr8AIZAIJZ_QTfNeqWc9_-MTVVD8ENKHeDJDVB0bm_DFW2JaCwLVxe2DcP/s1424/Pardon%20Us-31%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1424" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CBcoLP_2xG9XVDtvO5vfKCOJivgsUApHito1ZhR7C8WCms5wVGrfkFRzsR2lABpRfuvhahB4TJzi0Csx9UublNgFt-F5rytjMNIjcpATUvgbWxnpHKsCxfsDvGzo76rr8AIZAIJZ_QTfNeqWc9_-MTVVD8ENKHeDJDVB0bm_DFW2JaCwLVxe2DcP/w640-h490/Pardon%20Us-31%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte shot from PARDON US (1931), where Laurel & Hardy end up in the joint! Remade as <i>Midnight Express</i>.... nahhh, maybe not? ;(</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHpP7ZTPqmI6DIfEiNsLr4uB23koRXLVWHrQsEE2fwho02L-Ay32yknRmhzEe2HDMRvA5qpIChsEde2jeLKDvjSyg3HwWvDxpaFavTfunbe99cFY8yxY0zwmjf7M_wlKwOSZDgvsngP_ZxoL3kuz-VztNwBZ3t_wFQYzNkUDh1CMHD5F4cDtXipJX/s2001/My%20Friend%20Irma-49.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="2001" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHpP7ZTPqmI6DIfEiNsLr4uB23koRXLVWHrQsEE2fwho02L-Ay32yknRmhzEe2HDMRvA5qpIChsEde2jeLKDvjSyg3HwWvDxpaFavTfunbe99cFY8yxY0zwmjf7M_wlKwOSZDgvsngP_ZxoL3kuz-VztNwBZ3t_wFQYzNkUDh1CMHD5F4cDtXipJX/w640-h328/My%20Friend%20Irma-49.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Paramount's MY FRIEND IRMA (1949) started off with this invisible matte shot by Jan Domela.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzB_3KfEnqMyfv7UhJrGDxOmWAP43yAkAljxgf8_HLTu_fgNAftcAs8jINunL6_vWoOlauaBnOElVkL9RI4g8pim0DI1eE-m_fkR6MehF5P27hxWdS55SeniC0V8LmuYR68aHHmmKthgBaMyiszmGFd3Nqm4OFEeNTXNbS5lmM6eFxsZtxE5pranq_/s3480/Presidents%20Analyst-67%20BR%20wide%20pan.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="3480" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzB_3KfEnqMyfv7UhJrGDxOmWAP43yAkAljxgf8_HLTu_fgNAftcAs8jINunL6_vWoOlauaBnOElVkL9RI4g8pim0DI1eE-m_fkR6MehF5P27hxWdS55SeniC0V8LmuYR68aHHmmKthgBaMyiszmGFd3Nqm4OFEeNTXNbS5lmM6eFxsZtxE5pranq_/w640-h146/Presidents%20Analyst-67%20BR%20wide%20pan.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The savagely witty James Coburn political satire, THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYST (1967) had this massive wide pan across the frame, from a night time cityscape, up and across a hill, to a highly suspect and villain ridden lair. Albert Whitlock did the uncredited matte work, along with long time cameraman, Ross Hoffman orchestrating the composite and move on the optical printer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngcq6sIy3y_IVYkDbUpV4qAioQyz9KDJv12UIXE4x46twF7hsMs5j7NsKg9teJh1pgrZNtoiwYc7dI1NfXiE-hRBJQHCiXJ_j3JifXXTvLyK1v58KhcjmwJHI3xUN7GnYvc542j8eYUihICwkiXJiBLFP6VWfdS_89iS3w6JBMauPW8bLM-IU1u41/s1916/vlcsnap-2021-06-12-22h33m38s848.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1916" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngcq6sIy3y_IVYkDbUpV4qAioQyz9KDJv12UIXE4x46twF7hsMs5j7NsKg9teJh1pgrZNtoiwYc7dI1NfXiE-hRBJQHCiXJ_j3JifXXTvLyK1v58KhcjmwJHI3xUN7GnYvc542j8eYUihICwkiXJiBLFP6VWfdS_89iS3w6JBMauPW8bLM-IU1u41/w640-h268/vlcsnap-2021-06-12-22h33m38s848.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer look at the first part of the wide pan...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPNPhIexCVns67jR0ToHCxEb0J3ZCCJ6wwEyPAap-anqQodQZxhHETU6nrdemVRtfSV8yckCS7uq-_aKzEMkn-F3s_hhYXEd6LALDokakJWPtbp1CsCxwc7fFXLKt9Fou6I5C3V2UCpPFpdrUL2ZotqpbBBRAb8fmWyUPLdNoTLK9Bmv0OZA_1zoo/s1916/vlcsnap-2021-06-12-22h36m23s344.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1916" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPNPhIexCVns67jR0ToHCxEb0J3ZCCJ6wwEyPAap-anqQodQZxhHETU6nrdemVRtfSV8yckCS7uq-_aKzEMkn-F3s_hhYXEd6LALDokakJWPtbp1CsCxwc7fFXLKt9Fou6I5C3V2UCpPFpdrUL2ZotqpbBBRAb8fmWyUPLdNoTLK9Bmv0OZA_1zoo/w640-h268/vlcsnap-2021-06-12-22h36m23s344.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">...and the latter part of the shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnV6bbNnVEhPKOxpiE_fXcZFvQc2oPrv0QhQLudswtScQEWdjF76oJamENFcO5zO7mh-TI75DLsL1gUgxkX2VZtYH8Ij4W-wnp2GNFxGJHWH-lG23iyd8SMyBkpkFQiW4uDjikzjY5pnc7X5pi5eNScjXgZWDg9vuQs_lTlWsAt1mWR3tiBJZnUOD/s1456/Noose%20Hangs%20High-48%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1456" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnV6bbNnVEhPKOxpiE_fXcZFvQc2oPrv0QhQLudswtScQEWdjF76oJamENFcO5zO7mh-TI75DLsL1gUgxkX2VZtYH8Ij4W-wnp2GNFxGJHWH-lG23iyd8SMyBkpkFQiW4uDjikzjY5pnc7X5pi5eNScjXgZWDg9vuQs_lTlWsAt1mWR3tiBJZnUOD/w640-h326/Noose%20Hangs%20High-48%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While most of Abbott & Costello's films were made by Universal, some were done elsewhere, with THE NOOSE HANGS HIGH (1948) being an Eagle-Lion show. George Teague was a process specialist and was, at the time, Eagle-Lion's head of camera effects. Teague used to be Universal's process projection specialist, and for a short time, actually headed up Universal's effects department, but that didn't last. Mattes at Eagle-Lion were painted by Jack Rabin who, later, would establish his own effects house with friend Irving Block, working mostly of low budget and 'B' pictures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuVcuNoASaSOoR96lRGugePF5b2Z7vMN12S33qcBrRkhT2AAEDsfmEiPja6uxcKx2PEK65Lqo8mwTZzYlRJhlsGUf2mdrJaFuBrWFZVxqNINJS1qc_iviqVVsYmXNvdqPQ0TLv1a_rrbMSnjP-WZMmoA3rPUyeGDs4BPPGwVkpqbXQKlZ0ht5dpFJ/s992/Noose%20Hangs%20High%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="992" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuVcuNoASaSOoR96lRGugePF5b2Z7vMN12S33qcBrRkhT2AAEDsfmEiPja6uxcKx2PEK65Lqo8mwTZzYlRJhlsGUf2mdrJaFuBrWFZVxqNINJS1qc_iviqVVsYmXNvdqPQ0TLv1a_rrbMSnjP-WZMmoA3rPUyeGDs4BPPGwVkpqbXQKlZ0ht5dpFJ/w640-h464/Noose%20Hangs%20High%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Extensive matte additions here by Jack Rabin.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjZyPdCqf2wB1P0Y4IfC7ZWWvTDRYooBrPvxm677VgzSvPSxQHLkr9tgVJPZKB3D_yE1--sGlKH0vfqAZVR5_Ig15j8FT-wi5tCYdRwiL5E3qPS3idtlxK5_qeufocwpDMWYHHweCdUKh6UE7Y8O82eji7alNl5bS7KPkk1vmwBPpcioz5K_ytAvm/s2156/Paleface-48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="2156" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjZyPdCqf2wB1P0Y4IfC7ZWWvTDRYooBrPvxm677VgzSvPSxQHLkr9tgVJPZKB3D_yE1--sGlKH0vfqAZVR5_Ig15j8FT-wi5tCYdRwiL5E3qPS3idtlxK5_qeufocwpDMWYHHweCdUKh6UE7Y8O82eji7alNl5bS7KPkk1vmwBPpcioz5K_ytAvm/w640-h260/Paleface-48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The enormously popular THE PALE FACE (1948) starring Bob Hope, was a heap of fun. Jan Domela furnished the Technicolor mattes with his long time cameraman Irmin Roberts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SwqX8IftDqOIYQ_PVV5i8np6FAqKRfie6tMGT39YFdbLo5S8zDFtuJr-48JKcn5PlG9HhmVXVjC-WCAqCdT416TjkY3p78MfDBUZT5XGM0r_S4dEShosiIFCQW-jk6BiHvmqfvPozrL-vFwPvIgOhFRywlpzi_IZrrcSNk-fGfU4km7E0p20Wd6A/s1904/Nothing%20But%20Trouble%20BR1080p%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1904" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SwqX8IftDqOIYQ_PVV5i8np6FAqKRfie6tMGT39YFdbLo5S8zDFtuJr-48JKcn5PlG9HhmVXVjC-WCAqCdT416TjkY3p78MfDBUZT5XGM0r_S4dEShosiIFCQW-jk6BiHvmqfvPozrL-vFwPvIgOhFRywlpzi_IZrrcSNk-fGfU4km7E0p20Wd6A/w640-h366/Nothing%20But%20Trouble%20BR1080p%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This scene from the exceedingly strange Dan Aykroyd film NOTHING BUT TROUBLE (1990) is mostly matte art. Ken Marschall was painter.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AaGNTvGHTt3dFOK2QIo00gLDRGl5Z1vCEUPEx99X049m9uSJnwem8ijkNRNDUW_rUPgvU82By1772laVx7D84fAcVMsXxCn2UYCMrqNZ439NzacZzPbU2IwkKUhs0RyNXtMH70tcgct60sxetYymi0CarfLQTRCuwip8kNPb1oXRTwjiNu4aJ8uC/s1904/Nothing%20But%20Trouble%20BR1080p%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1904" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AaGNTvGHTt3dFOK2QIo00gLDRGl5Z1vCEUPEx99X049m9uSJnwem8ijkNRNDUW_rUPgvU82By1772laVx7D84fAcVMsXxCn2UYCMrqNZ439NzacZzPbU2IwkKUhs0RyNXtMH70tcgct60sxetYymi0CarfLQTRCuwip8kNPb1oXRTwjiNu4aJ8uC/w640-h366/Nothing%20But%20Trouble%20BR1080p%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">NOTHING BUT TROUBLE mostly painted.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0ZBr6tmsFX6D7jLI8prFS0ug3wAbHC-pQQLn4DhB92-fR2jicXDT6G1C82w3M9nDpzF2EfZD-C-FsmpVgCA_h7K1DKW6JBI0oHTHSsU6GrrDgNFKshfkif9ofPFsB5YQ7lusRoVxBIYt-2bbL_8k0cDMiwM-6aAUtor3B-DMWamlGAQT69veHqlz/s2352/Nothing%20But%20Trouble-bef&aft%20train.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="2352" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0ZBr6tmsFX6D7jLI8prFS0ug3wAbHC-pQQLn4DhB92-fR2jicXDT6G1C82w3M9nDpzF2EfZD-C-FsmpVgCA_h7K1DKW6JBI0oHTHSsU6GrrDgNFKshfkif9ofPFsB5YQ7lusRoVxBIYt-2bbL_8k0cDMiwM-6aAUtor3B-DMWamlGAQT69veHqlz/w640-h294/Nothing%20But%20Trouble-bef&aft%20train.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">NOTHING BUT TROUBLE before and afters.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLx2onjh0NuL2COmB--opSsTl4a1mRIUHv7NPl-390_vQ7zoza8lPwOFKmz6LSGpJ2g7Y7w7KP4zpgHdsn4BMm7OSnbH-iwX_FHXTaYF31dmvD3H4q5trvTN81_oq0UOzsW97J0BHzEs60uOeKmU1WkAvWBgco2WopwoASuhGwb55C5hO22cq9YQK5/s1266/Poppy-Jan%20Domela157.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1266" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLx2onjh0NuL2COmB--opSsTl4a1mRIUHv7NPl-390_vQ7zoza8lPwOFKmz6LSGpJ2g7Y7w7KP4zpgHdsn4BMm7OSnbH-iwX_FHXTaYF31dmvD3H4q5trvTN81_oq0UOzsW97J0BHzEs60uOeKmU1WkAvWBgco2WopwoASuhGwb55C5hO22cq9YQK5/w640-h502/Poppy-Jan%20Domela157.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">W.C Fields was a uniquely, multi-talented comic performer from vaudeville and silents, and proved enormously popular with audiences once Paramount set him up in the thirties. This Jan Domela matte is from POPPY (1936). Among his all time classics - though minus matte shots - were the incredibly funny IT'S A GIFT and THE BANK DICK. Sheer insanity, and all the better for it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdWtqy_vNqBUIViYylVwljOcdzwzQAGNY_JK0osabbf9SJRBJlCMNjeelSS6qbei_8_zalH4qX6tYrJ1mIotPjBEOzL5LJB2vjaf5PLZmEXEKC7SV2wWCBrkuwkVSror78pGMJhaVeLq955VJGhYVXzqPylcTT_741SFcR_eLsjf9dZax7gOQ3NAW/s1920/My%20Favourite%20Year-82%20(Yuricich)%20BLURAY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdWtqy_vNqBUIViYylVwljOcdzwzQAGNY_JK0osabbf9SJRBJlCMNjeelSS6qbei_8_zalH4qX6tYrJ1mIotPjBEOzL5LJB2vjaf5PLZmEXEKC7SV2wWCBrkuwkVSror78pGMJhaVeLq955VJGhYVXzqPylcTT_741SFcR_eLsjf9dZax7gOQ3NAW/w640-h352/My%20Favourite%20Year-82%20(Yuricich)%20BLURAY.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peter O'Toole gave one of his all time best performances as a sort of fading Errol Flynn-<i>esque</i> boozing shag artist in Richard Benjamin's MY FAVOURITE YEAR (1982) - a delightful play on the era of live television. For this 50's depiction of New York's live tv district, Matthew Yuricich painted in the appropriate landmarks and neon marquees of the period. According to Yuricich, when director Benjamin saw this completed matte shot he gasped with disbelief that the production had needlessly located and shot much in NYC, whereas they could have had Matthew just paint the necessary shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgiheOOPDdY7V6BltU7T1S4UOI6WKxsGVU6d445x6ApYOqvTyxZ1VudWGk-HHeH9l2RWP0M5TbJxYSAQ11tKUyb9gmTxopMPSWUOb8N2hj47MS2PiJAmH5GSa-PcEQ_KKN-tccLisUJarE0Z-r1oIdCxTr_QN88w_d8ReIbJOIqW-GuGOm8JIdCnr/s1920/Nat%20Lam%20Vacation120541.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgiheOOPDdY7V6BltU7T1S4UOI6WKxsGVU6d445x6ApYOqvTyxZ1VudWGk-HHeH9l2RWP0M5TbJxYSAQ11tKUyb9gmTxopMPSWUOb8N2hj47MS2PiJAmH5GSa-PcEQ_KKN-tccLisUJarE0Z-r1oIdCxTr_QN88w_d8ReIbJOIqW-GuGOm8JIdCnr/w640-h360/Nat%20Lam%20Vacation120541.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yuricich's former apprentice matte artist, Rocco Gioffre, created three very memorable shots for the very funny Chevy Chase road movie NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION (1983).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxN8BSrWufcVtZCy6DXuaWspR3C3MHs0Ts_b_Z8SLsm5gM1xQqSEZnIqr61UxvVo6cH92uCklfSrZK4veaPqcQL0k-hFLFEYQu48ddGhiTvaAZb16cOplQkoIR1deQyR5S_MqDgGZTzCQz-8LGudSKNpxKc4PYDPbrl0hzA0a8uKWhKvxLYBbtkT5/s1920/Nat%20Lampoon%20Vacation_21_1080p.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxN8BSrWufcVtZCy6DXuaWspR3C3MHs0Ts_b_Z8SLsm5gM1xQqSEZnIqr61UxvVo6cH92uCklfSrZK4veaPqcQL0k-hFLFEYQu48ddGhiTvaAZb16cOplQkoIR1deQyR5S_MqDgGZTzCQz-8LGudSKNpxKc4PYDPbrl0hzA0a8uKWhKvxLYBbtkT5/w640-h360/Nat%20Lampoon%20Vacation_21_1080p.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The second Gioffre shot from the same film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZibavedVZaJsd6s4OX7rrxsZsfenUgN_FiWeaxy7RH1XSaRIHiZHaZctcrapZaptIONZXpg7ojOUoBV0Ejk9--AykGx7cVwBoS3JfFJY32tc4ynnWtwNGf7o6Cf1zIOT0wP9YISq_ki289JG7sMDzKCd_4840bGzp3CCY5WNrpV8zA2LJoMHzVMa/s1122/Walley%20World%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="1122" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZibavedVZaJsd6s4OX7rrxsZsfenUgN_FiWeaxy7RH1XSaRIHiZHaZctcrapZaptIONZXpg7ojOUoBV0Ejk9--AykGx7cVwBoS3JfFJY32tc4ynnWtwNGf7o6Cf1zIOT0wP9YISq_ki289JG7sMDzKCd_4840bGzp3CCY5WNrpV8zA2LJoMHzVMa/w640-h356/Walley%20World%20painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably Rocco's most famous rendering of his career was this gorgeous reveal of the fictional 'Walley World'. Rocco told me that this painting is proudly in the ownership of director J.J Abrams <i>(whom I was told once has been a purveyor of <u>this</u> very NZ Pete blog site, as well he should!)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNR05P7EryFcXt40l3ytUaUbOrq020FQoqoJ_Hb-sCCec6xYdqy3blFSJta5iUO9gMvi3F2cgXlfmDEf9HhrF80yw4PaGA72VEPLSTlrIdtIPEHQqy4QtSzjz8uoVhsN3QwHgH_8vLYkMSABBfG4EDkTtaYL_17L67mV-_YimYYjoikPwgrUCvICgz/s1352/Nat%20Lampoon%20Vacation-park.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="1352" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNR05P7EryFcXt40l3ytUaUbOrq020FQoqoJ_Hb-sCCec6xYdqy3blFSJta5iUO9gMvi3F2cgXlfmDEf9HhrF80yw4PaGA72VEPLSTlrIdtIPEHQqy4QtSzjz8uoVhsN3QwHgH_8vLYkMSABBfG4EDkTtaYL_17L67mV-_YimYYjoikPwgrUCvICgz/w640-h612/Nat%20Lampoon%20Vacation-park.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Don't bother going to California to visit Walley World folks... it's just a matte shot!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZCy3gjqvKJ9hTUpr_xwjtvtDms0WHimmM9ikH_QLYAZfIiiQqEurhJK8RoSgLgn2dVXx0S-LFHMOyEaUGkUHKm4vmcGyJkCjjZzQ0w9RtWlThDllzt6LJHVrrntz6ALfsSDnof738I3CJMnyNQMhTDl0nWk7NY86J8t0QPDDrcD9X0cH5ma1wbnC/s1960/Moving%20Violations-floats%20(small).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="1960" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZCy3gjqvKJ9hTUpr_xwjtvtDms0WHimmM9ikH_QLYAZfIiiQqEurhJK8RoSgLgn2dVXx0S-LFHMOyEaUGkUHKm4vmcGyJkCjjZzQ0w9RtWlThDllzt6LJHVrrntz6ALfsSDnof738I3CJMnyNQMhTDl0nWk7NY86J8t0QPDDrcD9X0cH5ma1wbnC/w640-h460/Moving%20Violations-floats%20(small).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Phenomenally convincing matte trickery by the ever impressive Ken Marschall from the less than phenomenal teen comedy MOVING VIOLATIONS (1985).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5wlF4bOfsVqi-7VXBMF1zd9oqQDwRn2poiRtiGQT48hXHxlIYzd-Wh7cxOtXmZVZYpwPT-XPx7omDFDEzjPScx1kz1qkKdQj_lQjwxMMpgETou0nNAyuSU7o9hcATk1Yhiw-ISBizw-yiai6ak2I0S19IVihhSf1oGCaCT2Z6efsFcn122sFdFH5/s1447/Moving%20Violations-parade%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1447" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5wlF4bOfsVqi-7VXBMF1zd9oqQDwRn2poiRtiGQT48hXHxlIYzd-Wh7cxOtXmZVZYpwPT-XPx7omDFDEzjPScx1kz1qkKdQj_lQjwxMMpgETou0nNAyuSU7o9hcATk1Yhiw-ISBizw-yiai6ak2I0S19IVihhSf1oGCaCT2Z6efsFcn122sFdFH5/w640-h484/Moving%20Violations-parade%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More remarkable Ken Marschall matte art from the same film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36PqwjTDIHziiN7aKMMZGbJVyAfrTOn8xu4u6Cp0OIguVZKhh4__vkyyKUQiSr-CcZS2FJhw-Sd5fln0gW_2xfbpO4RhGRmYaSLS5503BN_E-wj1KS5KYUVYutxg-xRroOLjP5wwHVGYu9_iZdFRX-hhY7B5yMaAU0xztUU8aw4OSKCNW0ncS4IRW/s900/1984%2012%20-%201985%203,%20Moving%20Violations5,%20Dana's%20Day%20painting%20CU_lo%20crop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="900" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36PqwjTDIHziiN7aKMMZGbJVyAfrTOn8xu4u6Cp0OIguVZKhh4__vkyyKUQiSr-CcZS2FJhw-Sd5fln0gW_2xfbpO4RhGRmYaSLS5503BN_E-wj1KS5KYUVYutxg-xRroOLjP5wwHVGYu9_iZdFRX-hhY7B5yMaAU0xztUU8aw4OSKCNW0ncS4IRW/w640-h386/1984%2012%20-%201985%203,%20Moving%20Violations5,%20Dana's%20Day%20painting%20CU_lo%20crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail from another of Ken's mattes from MOVING VIOLATIONS, proving the old adage that superb matte effects don't make a 'dud' film any better.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nV0gXHV7t6AHfCGLcbhBWJ3qFt3mFKpgcpwyAUKAQLmU2iyCKN6iKrkAk6Zdlzw5sbU9bfuv5isM0-3mwRcBrWGXhnlOuotR8Z_QrH5VCtCXuNa88NmBvxfc67QEMtctoYKkElt7iom6SbCJBTMq0d7DGp0xBg6kOlrOuwSHtSQB0T1Fg7KLJ6zh/s2912/Road%20to%20Morocco-43%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="2912" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nV0gXHV7t6AHfCGLcbhBWJ3qFt3mFKpgcpwyAUKAQLmU2iyCKN6iKrkAk6Zdlzw5sbU9bfuv5isM0-3mwRcBrWGXhnlOuotR8Z_QrH5VCtCXuNa88NmBvxfc67QEMtctoYKkElt7iom6SbCJBTMq0d7DGp0xBg6kOlrOuwSHtSQB0T1Fg7KLJ6zh/w640-h240/Road%20to%20Morocco-43%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bing Crosby and Bob Hope made a great team, with several 'Road' pictures together as well as other films, usually with Bing being the doorstop for a quick joke cameo. These shots are from the hit comedy ROAD TO MOROCCO (1942). Gordon Jennings was Paramount's effects chief, and by all accounts, was an incredibly nice guy to work for. Jan Domela, as per usual, was matte painter.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhazoWK_vwLlpnqCYlw5SQjvkOCbAEWH8ARMJMVS1FLyEa17Lsd0GC_Pj9MLhR01aHtdO_02ANYRp519dBISNLxfoTNl-BZzbQ8-Sa-Kzrk3jy1HPIEMdFDeQhnfBOwKzkGGtK6BYs7WsOp3bjlzzqNpjPfuKeyu9uOXbWLaXAfRquNW6KCQSaSPX2/s1348/RoadMor-camel.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1348" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhazoWK_vwLlpnqCYlw5SQjvkOCbAEWH8ARMJMVS1FLyEa17Lsd0GC_Pj9MLhR01aHtdO_02ANYRp519dBISNLxfoTNl-BZzbQ8-Sa-Kzrk3jy1HPIEMdFDeQhnfBOwKzkGGtK6BYs7WsOp3bjlzzqNpjPfuKeyu9uOXbWLaXAfRquNW6KCQSaSPX2/w640-h484/RoadMor-camel.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also featured in ROAD TO MOROCCO were several ingenious opticals and some wonderfully accomplished 'talking camels', achieved with meticulously rotoscoped cel animated lip-sync cartoon elements and eye rolling etc. Almost certainly executed by Anna Osborne, on the Duo-Plane system which was developed for the series of Oscar winning short subjects 'Speaking Of Animals', which is covered later...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJsM77Fdxuxrlt4deRA8-GrsEcSK3OPP1tEId0eUZKsTrayQn6ZU9tDjZdyqJRJLICz5nJYnN-r139dr4SNv5LV3mYtBrOdqJSiyhKZa6sjaLSTk30oBbwo92N-uo6K1Zp4bbMqjCys2g0dEmPhC0MjlpY1qpskdqVwyfQNF5KpjegPYYYeCP4o41/s1978/Road%20To%20Bali-52.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1978" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJsM77Fdxuxrlt4deRA8-GrsEcSK3OPP1tEId0eUZKsTrayQn6ZU9tDjZdyqJRJLICz5nJYnN-r139dr4SNv5LV3mYtBrOdqJSiyhKZa6sjaLSTk30oBbwo92N-uo6K1Zp4bbMqjCys2g0dEmPhC0MjlpY1qpskdqVwyfQNF5KpjegPYYYeCP4o41/w640-h248/Road%20To%20Bali-52.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The only 'Road' movie made in Technicolor was ROAD TO BALI (1952), again having mattes by Jan Domela and opticals by Paul Lerpae.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNedRcF03jb-7tzW4EpHBq9kuji1sVSbSXcnOpZwPXG5gRf50XRJmEMt6-CWsI_otvLorMaMko5DS2jK_KVa3ZVdyoVIKKVuv89HePydp3QI4UIHnGjLVApm2sAmmiWpgJXB_VbELQ5XMGJPL0Th0OKBb3Gx-DuTPLqR-s9d3kzMZpLxh3DfaGM8t/s1899/Road%20to%20Utopia3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1899" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNedRcF03jb-7tzW4EpHBq9kuji1sVSbSXcnOpZwPXG5gRf50XRJmEMt6-CWsI_otvLorMaMko5DS2jK_KVa3ZVdyoVIKKVuv89HePydp3QI4UIHnGjLVApm2sAmmiWpgJXB_VbELQ5XMGJPL0Th0OKBb3Gx-DuTPLqR-s9d3kzMZpLxh3DfaGM8t/w640-h478/Road%20to%20Utopia3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bob and Bing's ROAD TO UTOPIA (1945) was, if not their best film, but certainly their biggest visual effects show. Absolutely jam packed with mattes, miniatures, opticals and more 'Duo-Plane' animated talking animals. Could easily have been an effects nominee that year, with solid work throughout. The Jennings photographic effects department were kept very busy.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPNtVrtAC7PQ3NZFVxI6SBvqN9crK3UN6g4rfZ8d8KVkPK8irBl3_0N8rD_mJ7x-J7HeUMYlMDujfKGNw0N2z4ldkca_pFwNBLYydCNyYAR7PARQNLVA9JdZv1hdnjKZckGZHAjzDgW1TUzgOJeYj2QJ6-8dU5GbfTwan4PFUTjjh383avznhSkm9/s2328/Utopia13c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="2328" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPNtVrtAC7PQ3NZFVxI6SBvqN9crK3UN6g4rfZ8d8KVkPK8irBl3_0N8rD_mJ7x-J7HeUMYlMDujfKGNw0N2z4ldkca_pFwNBLYydCNyYAR7PARQNLVA9JdZv1hdnjKZckGZHAjzDgW1TUzgOJeYj2QJ6-8dU5GbfTwan4PFUTjjh383avznhSkm9/w640-h248/Utopia13c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>"Holy shit Bing.... it's that friggen <b>Cocaine Bear, </b>and he's talking!"</i> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBq1syzwuQPt565EMa_yMHi3VAizPbmas9Bj_CkjLCZZiG1rKRsGNuBTzTtYXmjYuWt7Acn_Tlr1EE-vB30V_muQ7R0T7y2wnxlHxeGluu24mmpb4YYOh_1PtkWqgwCwdXdGhu5HwzODIoqEIkLd4Uf67JlhQyeN18-gmrM4xRyajESu5xT0rJGoXQ/s1472/Road%20to%20Utopia%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1472" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBq1syzwuQPt565EMa_yMHi3VAizPbmas9Bj_CkjLCZZiG1rKRsGNuBTzTtYXmjYuWt7Acn_Tlr1EE-vB30V_muQ7R0T7y2wnxlHxeGluu24mmpb4YYOh_1PtkWqgwCwdXdGhu5HwzODIoqEIkLd4Uf67JlhQyeN18-gmrM4xRyajESu5xT0rJGoXQ/w640-h474/Road%20to%20Utopia%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">High quality matte art by Jan Domela from same film, where everything is painted here except the small pocket of folks mid frame. The number of painted mattes in ROAD TO UTOPIA is substantial, with several invisible shots only evident when seen on BluRay.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIA9FcE9ZiSf_lF1mQ9GFsQTfPKVsm31SQmYibl0NqoSM4p1u5C9Psg2-vkE8R-K-S9081iTfbhtF9D5r1Y-JKWoV2hsvwX4a2Zz7Kw7XtcTvaFObhi_qdnEmqlm7WkZq33KwgjagGgYxFVCoMIYw7enVhep5ywHorIoCNA87lnscmZ2CLKDshpXB/s1472/Road%20to%20Utopia-45%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1472" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIA9FcE9ZiSf_lF1mQ9GFsQTfPKVsm31SQmYibl0NqoSM4p1u5C9Psg2-vkE8R-K-S9081iTfbhtF9D5r1Y-JKWoV2hsvwX4a2Zz7Kw7XtcTvaFObhi_qdnEmqlm7WkZq33KwgjagGgYxFVCoMIYw7enVhep5ywHorIoCNA87lnscmZ2CLKDshpXB/w640-h474/Road%20to%20Utopia-45%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Things are looking grim.... ROAD TO UTOPIA.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LnjZXp9-lYWA6H4CR42m9W0qtNDDm-dnY4R6g0sY4VXKP-TrNhaqksAkx9ByD6ZvZv2Z3ljG6B7NDXtqLacTc2axGbSu85Ug75GLsKQXaEUSnguU0mYKQin5EMIf89ufzM3flfJQMQOua3h9JBp8k0hcB4MJcVEsJFDTFiKs7JPF6BtbuQfp5FXQ/s1920/Naked%20Gun3-00507.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LnjZXp9-lYWA6H4CR42m9W0qtNDDm-dnY4R6g0sY4VXKP-TrNhaqksAkx9ByD6ZvZv2Z3ljG6B7NDXtqLacTc2axGbSu85Ug75GLsKQXaEUSnguU0mYKQin5EMIf89ufzM3flfJQMQOua3h9JBp8k0hcB4MJcVEsJFDTFiKs7JPF6BtbuQfp5FXQ/w640-h360/Naked%20Gun3-00507.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lt. Frank Drebin was back for the final in the series, NAKED GUN 3 (1994), with Illusion Arts providing a couple of traditional painted shots as well as some oddly rushed looking digital shots late in the film. Robert Stromberg painted this one with brush and pigments.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8g3440Qtwfoe_jPSJpx1tmCQBOqZXykud4HHQ5fR3y8cda7xDTgof9mfY-3zuhNPHU-q4w8halNP7fE4ba8_eHpRd-0B2YifCK1v5dUPv4ZCi-1PAu8Y0GA92iClq7-TxJnZRvf_62ZQRmcC-bBaSXGdgh5ye9g3TMMGrvseMg27WkSzhgMuWZnr/s1437/Naked%20Gun%203%20matte%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1437" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8g3440Qtwfoe_jPSJpx1tmCQBOqZXykud4HHQ5fR3y8cda7xDTgof9mfY-3zuhNPHU-q4w8halNP7fE4ba8_eHpRd-0B2YifCK1v5dUPv4ZCi-1PAu8Y0GA92iClq7-TxJnZRvf_62ZQRmcC-bBaSXGdgh5ye9g3TMMGrvseMg27WkSzhgMuWZnr/w640-h372/Naked%20Gun%203%20matte%20painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Robert's original matte art on masonite/hardboard.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_j0vJ6tfOq8gXgUnj51epeJzfdu2Rv-0zgNcjf9igDeqeCHHTWyuhwDTy97sdwZSILe4ZSMVKwA2kY7vZYFflRH78c64KipdzbbW-WhPNjqKu04NS3WGUOFpRH6ojOwIE0m6bqaidDFeUhLL-a48ieRpKqXhZYybn4tdloJ_f1Oy6TsfbWu3E4GS/s1924/Naked%20Gun%203%20(tilt%20down%20matte-%20R.%20Stromberg).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1881" data-original-width="1924" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_j0vJ6tfOq8gXgUnj51epeJzfdu2Rv-0zgNcjf9igDeqeCHHTWyuhwDTy97sdwZSILe4ZSMVKwA2kY7vZYFflRH78c64KipdzbbW-WhPNjqKu04NS3WGUOFpRH6ojOwIE0m6bqaidDFeUhLL-a48ieRpKqXhZYybn4tdloJ_f1Oy6TsfbWu3E4GS/w640-h626/Naked%20Gun%203%20(tilt%20down%20matte-%20R.%20Stromberg).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Dramatic tilt-down shot from NAKED GUN 3.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezZZ6atX0MZx54X7VfKCa-3uKr9vdFGiMZwDsZ_1DLoLZ-qQuDVvqEMl6wskreDPpqT8Bg0czWfI0dRoLRDcmKKnysER9YqbQvZpkSY7wqRd6jF9q-oB67IEAfYayFkh8xxd_sR7MGd9VjEMUCWONzUs5uiO_rjyuUoW14F-iqCVI1XhOYTwW2XrV/s1204/Naked%20Gun3%20theatre.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1062" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezZZ6atX0MZx54X7VfKCa-3uKr9vdFGiMZwDsZ_1DLoLZ-qQuDVvqEMl6wskreDPpqT8Bg0czWfI0dRoLRDcmKKnysER9YqbQvZpkSY7wqRd6jF9q-oB67IEAfYayFkh8xxd_sR7MGd9VjEMUCWONzUs5uiO_rjyuUoW14F-iqCVI1XhOYTwW2XrV/w564-h640/Naked%20Gun3%20theatre.jpg" width="564" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An interesting matte from NAKED GUN 3 that most people never spotted was this extreme down view from atop the 'fly tower' and grid area high above the stage in a theatre, as characters cling to guy wire.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88wjpg0gXRSuEa9s368V7BgAX-8383pX0psxYcRIRAIl1jLQMFhzXu7lt7KZVFXkKUo7UhEVI6VhFwXz52JvGF41yLSXHoy3TcpfmeR6exafpWh8Rxqqoj3SiuXkpf4qom3krkR35sstUyylLGtrRaifrXPVE5HJA1_PJTEh6_J9QWnCMPIvEtRXb/s1808/Road%20To%20HK-62%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1808" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88wjpg0gXRSuEa9s368V7BgAX-8383pX0psxYcRIRAIl1jLQMFhzXu7lt7KZVFXkKUo7UhEVI6VhFwXz52JvGF41yLSXHoy3TcpfmeR6exafpWh8Rxqqoj3SiuXkpf4qom3krkR35sstUyylLGtrRaifrXPVE5HJA1_PJTEh6_J9QWnCMPIvEtRXb/w640-h386/Road%20To%20HK-62%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Hope-Crosby 'Road' pictures had pretty much had their day by the time ROAD TO HONG KONG (1962) was made. Not especially memorable, though Dorothy Lamour still looked great and the film had a hilarious bunch of 'A list' cameos, especially Peter Sellers. Unlike the previous films, this one was a British production, made at Shepperton Studios. A number of mattes were used, with Bob Cuff being principal matte artist for Wally Veevers. This shot is interesting, with the exact same live action plate being used for this matte of India <i>and</i> a later matte (below) for Hong Kong!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7c_3HfwiKRVRn0h4CCDiOa0qBAkjXGEBNtA1FpsmiazoWht4uMbqwIwBSCLl8AiLdoZYB71vhhfXN3ML0pU0Jw9coDSIIxh2tY4BRdSx2oUVxW3GwiUpS_ladJ4gVN5TZtgX7rwRszEN-MG4Xj1ARW_Vxr4qUPnNuiDF_Gn5YYB_ja4HCdFfMQDuz/s1808/Road%20To%20HK%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1808" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7c_3HfwiKRVRn0h4CCDiOa0qBAkjXGEBNtA1FpsmiazoWht4uMbqwIwBSCLl8AiLdoZYB71vhhfXN3ML0pU0Jw9coDSIIxh2tY4BRdSx2oUVxW3GwiUpS_ladJ4gVN5TZtgX7rwRszEN-MG4Xj1ARW_Vxr4qUPnNuiDF_Gn5YYB_ja4HCdFfMQDuz/w640-h386/Road%20To%20HK%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same plate locale used for this HK matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9VX-cXqHPZFVQnb_f7CrbwfJ-Op79wVjBZIln0XuFi8kfRuGKX2RmS3AHljNqM-_twgK7uSjhzWAjtPzAG1bhNwwZGZne_jHAv06pKp-AdkKUyLhHYyfBQ-brQMO0Vq0QxaZOhNyrfkc_2LCtoa3lDqvbRkxyli5PDAgJSKy4_A_lLIIMru-YLOT/s1808/Road%20to%20HK%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1808" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9VX-cXqHPZFVQnb_f7CrbwfJ-Op79wVjBZIln0XuFi8kfRuGKX2RmS3AHljNqM-_twgK7uSjhzWAjtPzAG1bhNwwZGZne_jHAv06pKp-AdkKUyLhHYyfBQ-brQMO0Vq0QxaZOhNyrfkc_2LCtoa3lDqvbRkxyli5PDAgJSKy4_A_lLIIMru-YLOT/w640-h386/Road%20to%20HK%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Very interesting shot here from ROAD TO HONG KONG, with what almost appears to be one of Percy Day's mattes, maybe unused, from BLACK NARCISSUS, though upon reflection I think Bob Cuff probably painted this from scratch, as the man <u>loved</u> painting!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ej7TYP9jjWb4RlhVu9-zsIEelEPvmEwt5USQfThjgiauV0TYMjIXQFUTIlyZs191bJ0v4uKve2TfwPhpoQDFE2cVTVGDQ4ZuEyl9ReJoNlkYx-EKpDzW_IUTHo_e9UHG7qdwEitqQJmP-wM1BKM9tnwem_fIy6Gbx1Z8Dbt9WIExwem44kod3cN3/s1808/road%20to%20hk%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1808" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ej7TYP9jjWb4RlhVu9-zsIEelEPvmEwt5USQfThjgiauV0TYMjIXQFUTIlyZs191bJ0v4uKve2TfwPhpoQDFE2cVTVGDQ4ZuEyl9ReJoNlkYx-EKpDzW_IUTHo_e9UHG7qdwEitqQJmP-wM1BKM9tnwem_fIy6Gbx1Z8Dbt9WIExwem44kod3cN3/w640-h386/road%20to%20hk%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer view...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0daWg-jkJPDgYgoopIrXSSDsz0ZT-haQphoC2evdkt7AuEfme2t6r_cXR4kyLsUo_bQ2TBzYPDDf1y7Dp4p6IMyWsrI5CJ9jnco9o1n2mwXo4nSXYG5p8i3nYlWkkc07odh-EP95ZRLNvWdDd6NH4_5JKQt9V3-LKPN77O_qfTehedaTIpWe2_XQp/s1338/Nat.Lampoon%20Xmas%20Vac.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0daWg-jkJPDgYgoopIrXSSDsz0ZT-haQphoC2evdkt7AuEfme2t6r_cXR4kyLsUo_bQ2TBzYPDDf1y7Dp4p6IMyWsrI5CJ9jnco9o1n2mwXo4nSXYG5p8i3nYlWkkc07odh-EP95ZRLNvWdDd6NH4_5JKQt9V3-LKPN77O_qfTehedaTIpWe2_XQp/w626-h640/Nat.Lampoon%20Xmas%20Vac.jpg" width="626" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989), with uncredited effects by the always reliable Dream Quest.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjrvJ8uCVLM1Dhqg8Anc2Mty22nBynWXh77Ir2JI-yQaSnVQcFeloiuUnULpSklIYcZrsTeR5blX6GFbfw4Go9uefQIk5DJE8LD8Dga08ueAT_fWHKKIF6VfXof6u34GMwg15p7KZJpmY8yB23Iu2hVit09vBsJQ1gsNmLSoYXBpKxiOJGclQLBmL/s3124/Paris%20Honeymoon-39%20(Para).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="3124" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjrvJ8uCVLM1Dhqg8Anc2Mty22nBynWXh77Ir2JI-yQaSnVQcFeloiuUnULpSklIYcZrsTeR5blX6GFbfw4Go9uefQIk5DJE8LD8Dga08ueAT_fWHKKIF6VfXof6u34GMwg15p7KZJpmY8yB23Iu2hVit09vBsJQ1gsNmLSoYXBpKxiOJGclQLBmL/w640-h244/Paris%20Honeymoon-39%20(Para).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A selection of vintage Jan Domela shots from PARIS HONEYMOON (1938).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOawkzk4NF7j_0Z10jdMZemdwi_7n6RTqjWT0I02ockxvm2lf5v9mHYBJoTuAyQr1L6tmbIqaqHH3gwZlMCfO7S9sRvys1612K1Y4PfcR_DOSY4qY89RD6AbZmw3CI3PC63SZyMyizfHfxZFRhPNPd06b-KZkYs_mVIxKKU18sYj5yNIIMRX4uZswI/s1600/Speechless-94%20(matte%20&%20comp%20valley).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOawkzk4NF7j_0Z10jdMZemdwi_7n6RTqjWT0I02ockxvm2lf5v9mHYBJoTuAyQr1L6tmbIqaqHH3gwZlMCfO7S9sRvys1612K1Y4PfcR_DOSY4qY89RD6AbZmw3CI3PC63SZyMyizfHfxZFRhPNPd06b-KZkYs_mVIxKKU18sYj5yNIIMRX4uZswI/w640-h360/Speechless-94%20(matte%20&%20comp%20valley).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An atmospheric night vista that was painted at Illusion Arts, though not included in the final cut, of the film SPEECHLESS (1994). Love that very, very Whitlock inspired cloudscape!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdO2glA0xl49JcWpSjU6CnWiMxZXy9miadsnI7h0X6S7_PrJV6ZuBcBnRNLzs9hR_Fmmrhq2q0K8VYqZ3ZQDu7-4Xhzq3LPVEhECHd_iP1Lug3a4jfWh4u93EojRFiE_l0TQNmeHKIWkxBvZAgg9-88JcDOvGDMiK8X4HnCOM2NWGPk0jhPAGaFMV/s882/Baby%20Boom%20(Ken%20Marschall%20matte%20art).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="882" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdO2glA0xl49JcWpSjU6CnWiMxZXy9miadsnI7h0X6S7_PrJV6ZuBcBnRNLzs9hR_Fmmrhq2q0K8VYqZ3ZQDu7-4Xhzq3LPVEhECHd_iP1Lug3a4jfWh4u93EojRFiE_l0TQNmeHKIWkxBvZAgg9-88JcDOvGDMiK8X4HnCOM2NWGPk0jhPAGaFMV/w640-h444/Baby%20Boom%20(Ken%20Marschall%20matte%20art).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The eighties spurned a whole slew of completely unwanted and often idiotic 'baby' themed so-called comedies, with this Diane Keaton flick, BABY BOOM (1987) being slightly better than average. Noteworthy, for some astonishing matte work by artist Ken Marschall and associate Bruce Block, with this jaw dropper of a matte painting being the best excuse to see the film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscS7B8ediEfyyS34uAZ52ivIE3E0ZK7nJ5cuu0mBqxUrLcMIzHZkQef_L-hZOkqo3PgISb_iGyhS3eBbknjB46-572LAwFpwcmujG1zfz-m9DwtVB13neRvTYc_wZsMEbir126e34tXQCJtYdOHFfo4ImbcUo6Z-oI-VJrgDwu8L5ZdQhqzEZ-C6A/s1920/Baby%20Boom-final.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1920" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscS7B8ediEfyyS34uAZ52ivIE3E0ZK7nJ5cuu0mBqxUrLcMIzHZkQef_L-hZOkqo3PgISb_iGyhS3eBbknjB46-572LAwFpwcmujG1zfz-m9DwtVB13neRvTYc_wZsMEbir126e34tXQCJtYdOHFfo4ImbcUo6Z-oI-VJrgDwu8L5ZdQhqzEZ-C6A/w640-h252/Baby%20Boom-final.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final, totally realistic original negative composite, and a close up of Ken's very small artwork. Ken told me that this was his favourite among the hundreds of mattes he did, and still has stored away. He was especially pleased with how the painted balloons turned out. There were other mattes as well, but those didn't survive the final edit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPkFUiQ2x5I-3uJQg-xpMuUI7qQ9InUmwIxAXolZMJ7KFEkCLkdkILA_p7LOjVi1FA5CWscKLL7od3Sp5kWk63C_xRubupjNHn2lK51ySB_ezr0BVeLaYVY1mAhPu6Jzc_bfiJD5Mqd5aG6MXjZ4lkFBRyxV5k9amCEeUoP0RTsaICbK_sWP8v4_t/s1455/High%20School%20High-96%20matte%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1455" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPkFUiQ2x5I-3uJQg-xpMuUI7qQ9InUmwIxAXolZMJ7KFEkCLkdkILA_p7LOjVi1FA5CWscKLL7od3Sp5kWk63C_xRubupjNHn2lK51ySB_ezr0BVeLaYVY1mAhPu6Jzc_bfiJD5Mqd5aG6MXjZ4lkFBRyxV5k9amCEeUoP0RTsaICbK_sWP8v4_t/w640-h356/High%20School%20High-96%20matte%20painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HIGH SCHOOL HIGH (1996) was dismissed by the critics, yet had me chuckling throughout. This matte painted school is one of Robert Stromberg's, at Illusion Arts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_XpgjwdbnLy5mvSEYiAVkz1OHmRBkd1P3GKOzMitHemp84ir3hJ8LcCaAXAmzAhTcUK8w7qsTy9B0nXwGbUrt4DHWvQxgoL2YnUrAHE9_EwWfRnM_ujx_6IRW1qF6xFcT9Q0V7ZfI_olEDr7IH4EfxbgEKIiQnynvXhc4-Q9pD9m_RljIgY_gqoK/s1383/High%20School%20High-detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1383" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_XpgjwdbnLy5mvSEYiAVkz1OHmRBkd1P3GKOzMitHemp84ir3hJ8LcCaAXAmzAhTcUK8w7qsTy9B0nXwGbUrt4DHWvQxgoL2YnUrAHE9_EwWfRnM_ujx_6IRW1qF6xFcT9Q0V7ZfI_olEDr7IH4EfxbgEKIiQnynvXhc4-Q9pD9m_RljIgY_gqoK/w640-h324/High%20School%20High-detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1CHrkiuSXFxZ0Ck1TLtJu5TMU2m7jKVFXLuwqbHYbEHYesOnINYTeeNCeJKi3W1K3ZzOoBwwHG6D0j_fSExp2-6Ho2P1oKXO0NiDVZzT7c6LMxgh1uTxIOZ62dI6KTnRUuPElVGSBGnTM_IAySItOVaEofvvRfreweDdU77ZSROR2atsWpMo2lbp/s1920/High%20School%20High-BR%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1CHrkiuSXFxZ0Ck1TLtJu5TMU2m7jKVFXLuwqbHYbEHYesOnINYTeeNCeJKi3W1K3ZzOoBwwHG6D0j_fSExp2-6Ho2P1oKXO0NiDVZzT7c6LMxgh1uTxIOZ62dI6KTnRUuPElVGSBGnTM_IAySItOVaEofvvRfreweDdU77ZSROR2atsWpMo2lbp/w640-h342/High%20School%20High-BR%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HIGH SCHOOL HIGH final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfZa1I8IN-RoLqXUMwPTEYb3O7C_3xVzp08CsgvO-CIsJw7zxasb-fWYkSQcWhkYw7avu7jYnf8gqRYK5U02TEIFIgZHOD9I2dOX6GoZ0XwSDX_9l3eFR47XhrLC5z0GbRwyfS6qetYOv2CO0rFym2QYMMjBLccqIXATNaDibOD-Ocv2raJm5Otqp/s2012/Opportunity%20Knocks-90%201(Yuricich).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2012" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfZa1I8IN-RoLqXUMwPTEYb3O7C_3xVzp08CsgvO-CIsJw7zxasb-fWYkSQcWhkYw7avu7jYnf8gqRYK5U02TEIFIgZHOD9I2dOX6GoZ0XwSDX_9l3eFR47XhrLC5z0GbRwyfS6qetYOv2CO0rFym2QYMMjBLccqIXATNaDibOD-Ocv2raJm5Otqp/w640-h490/Opportunity%20Knocks-90%201(Yuricich).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matthew Yuricich did so much uncredited and overlooked work over the decades, with this unique before and after from a show called OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS (1990). Note detail of art at right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5fAyXOWSkUesax-TeIYDyFBwes47WH3vklrDiebAmN4GRrG7BwsIcl7pzy7twzzQyT0dG0p0CnQs0LorNqXRNGAGL3tN_aX3yZIiUTBGyZNqOwWchxiDnl3DX-2htbqVxVfeeUEqGuPfoFqo9e_ayRw8s5pEddf0MDT0bk4DW97sFHvGcil3lWL1/s1440/If%20I%20Were%20King-38%202a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5fAyXOWSkUesax-TeIYDyFBwes47WH3vklrDiebAmN4GRrG7BwsIcl7pzy7twzzQyT0dG0p0CnQs0LorNqXRNGAGL3tN_aX3yZIiUTBGyZNqOwWchxiDnl3DX-2htbqVxVfeeUEqGuPfoFqo9e_ayRw8s5pEddf0MDT0bk4DW97sFHvGcil3lWL1/w640-h480/If%20I%20Were%20King-38%202a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Ronald Colman classic, IF I WERE KING (1938), a beautifully photographed 14th Century escapade. Mattes by Jan Domela and effects cinematographer Irmin Roberts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBx_OvSJzkzHNg0E4wp7wB6nvCnPO5hQ6Ym0hFnAborxNJyhC6MyjHz_oNZSzfvUTK9XYaTsa2bCAfRv34k7uhNT5l205Y86WEtltCLaPXJeglVK9-xnsweFsaC15SieJdZa_BJZaNOF6mGmFhkIRgsfVWer2oLr2E9TuGaa_t_4O84Oc6p7eG-uI/s1440/If%20I%20Were%20King-38%201a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBx_OvSJzkzHNg0E4wp7wB6nvCnPO5hQ6Ym0hFnAborxNJyhC6MyjHz_oNZSzfvUTK9XYaTsa2bCAfRv34k7uhNT5l205Y86WEtltCLaPXJeglVK9-xnsweFsaC15SieJdZa_BJZaNOF6mGmFhkIRgsfVWer2oLr2E9TuGaa_t_4O84Oc6p7eG-uI/w640-h480/If%20I%20Were%20King-38%201a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another matte from IF I WERE KING, a film in which Ronald Colman is so good.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilyWt_2LBS1uQA_dvOpcgl8AeuOVK0P2s47FQwQ9AYF9Mzndti6p2o_Z7HSuFeEOzSsSnZ_IRP4QLsBPF-YyKBRgZvN0qIxZN-Fm7wl_LfCP4HTTiaGf6zoiDWWEweezZuLacCU0z9I0w8xdAuF9GtS5S9un7GYvfCeqJpKlc153dVjxZ6GrZ2C0xq/s2224/If%20I%20Were%20King-38%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="2224" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilyWt_2LBS1uQA_dvOpcgl8AeuOVK0P2s47FQwQ9AYF9Mzndti6p2o_Z7HSuFeEOzSsSnZ_IRP4QLsBPF-YyKBRgZvN0qIxZN-Fm7wl_LfCP4HTTiaGf6zoiDWWEweezZuLacCU0z9I0w8xdAuF9GtS5S9un7GYvfCeqJpKlc153dVjxZ6GrZ2C0xq/w640-h324/If%20I%20Were%20King-38%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A great before and after from Paramount's IF I WERE KING (1938)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnpZDh8-C_zC4T-AR6_32Vr7TeDkF0yeSJ-t5Vn4Fchj-MdKygxj2As4m_olz1f91QUoQdEHoQBjlK0OMYVjPBYkwd60zLXlMtTzFYyypePumKW0qWhJ7C9ZCxvdJA8iVStf570pQgLiyhdiVwhzpg_zVMydp8zgYusg4rwmOU8nQIawzTFBRFf5-/s1860/Beverly%20of%20Graustark-26%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1860" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnpZDh8-C_zC4T-AR6_32Vr7TeDkF0yeSJ-t5Vn4Fchj-MdKygxj2As4m_olz1f91QUoQdEHoQBjlK0OMYVjPBYkwd60zLXlMtTzFYyypePumKW0qWhJ7C9ZCxvdJA8iVStf570pQgLiyhdiVwhzpg_zVMydp8zgYusg4rwmOU8nQIawzTFBRFf5-/w640-h500/Beverly%20of%20Graustark-26%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Silent star Marion Davies was a pure delight in the mistaken identity farce BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK (1926). Great fun, with some interesting vintage mattes and early Dunning composite shots. No mentions of <i>'Rosebud' </i>here please! ;)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJl2VO20BSw5d5ztkiNCrehJiCtKqC6Pqe9u_SBq8FD35I36YkNnUsPrUXwHcobsy9u9XG94-WxhJSn2310tq8-xrz-1r0wCqP-w9slh1Tq-3nRTUYT4760LLxuY4IuSq0quoz38k0hREUQZd9sW--aGaHoKVNm2SaEm64XYeJzeYi2oX55xO-AQ-W/s1424/Beverly%20of%20Graustark-26%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1424" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJl2VO20BSw5d5ztkiNCrehJiCtKqC6Pqe9u_SBq8FD35I36YkNnUsPrUXwHcobsy9u9XG94-WxhJSn2310tq8-xrz-1r0wCqP-w9slh1Tq-3nRTUYT4760LLxuY4IuSq0quoz38k0hREUQZd9sW--aGaHoKVNm2SaEm64XYeJzeYi2oX55xO-AQ-W/w640-h486/Beverly%20of%20Graustark-26%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Early matte work from BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK (1926).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvr7lVjJ-uJmE9nJgjfMJOvWzvDNrk5MzGuGFtcNImDJ55rp5TE2z_LhwTg6dtA3Ls2-PYHruFleDZjoe3SQO3TNa60EqzqsHrTCOzp4UIqgYoKVb70yaLyL-SAwki9a5CIsctABN4nJg9k5LbToyaIgTPCXm2EipcIL9LNxxHwIuAvRJspfW5kH2I/s1424/Beverly%20of%20Graustark-26%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1424" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvr7lVjJ-uJmE9nJgjfMJOvWzvDNrk5MzGuGFtcNImDJ55rp5TE2z_LhwTg6dtA3Ls2-PYHruFleDZjoe3SQO3TNa60EqzqsHrTCOzp4UIqgYoKVb70yaLyL-SAwki9a5CIsctABN4nJg9k5LbToyaIgTPCXm2EipcIL9LNxxHwIuAvRJspfW5kH2I/w640-h486/Beverly%20of%20Graustark-26%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK was bold for the day with closing sequences processed in 2-Tone colour, with this shot probably being an in camera glass shot.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-VWvhseGeNu5fSC9SczSbTKligdF1rRo5DC-yy_tLMk7SVAlRaFmywOoC9wgdeik2yR1xqW2dzqYYVQG4fzpKMnxCfbQgYndUsf7OCIy52jh9_fBKwZOeq6OBHsfXngnlDUYhS5kCDfL4Wqdlig5yIAwaMdGHt8vq4OPlpkIqSI1QqHa2wf2yZZf/s1858/The%20Early%20Bird-65%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1858" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-VWvhseGeNu5fSC9SczSbTKligdF1rRo5DC-yy_tLMk7SVAlRaFmywOoC9wgdeik2yR1xqW2dzqYYVQG4fzpKMnxCfbQgYndUsf7OCIy52jh9_fBKwZOeq6OBHsfXngnlDUYhS5kCDfL4Wqdlig5yIAwaMdGHt8vq4OPlpkIqSI1QqHa2wf2yZZf/w640-h372/The%20Early%20Bird-65%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">British comic Norman Wisdom made many low budget flicks through the 1960's mostly, with THE EARLY BIRD (1965) probably being his biggest film, shot in colour with tons of stunts, pratfalls and visual effects shots. This is a Cliff Culley matte, and is one of the first on-screen credits Cliff actually received after being in effects work since the mid 1940's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4Uo-AscH1HpKcJifAEHR4POy4pzmHOgCI6u-uBRy1FYc2qwRXYjwtVX5JiPMASUm_6UZse8uwZFg5egQYLlV8jMcws3EDpFlktthlenKeBrT-oYlN_GxbjdYLsptixfwSKwN4DHiJm4v8QGY2vcuHSypUpKTtxl0rg8AhnnNcG67cdA56C6blAPW/s2384/The%20Early%20Bird-65%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="2384" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4Uo-AscH1HpKcJifAEHR4POy4pzmHOgCI6u-uBRy1FYc2qwRXYjwtVX5JiPMASUm_6UZse8uwZFg5egQYLlV8jMcws3EDpFlktthlenKeBrT-oYlN_GxbjdYLsptixfwSKwN4DHiJm4v8QGY2vcuHSypUpKTtxl0rg8AhnnNcG67cdA56C6blAPW/w640-h372/The%20Early%20Bird-65%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Poor ole' Norman has many a misadventure in THE EARLY BIRD, with this extended bit involving a runaway lawn mower destroying a millionaire's estate. Lots of clever puppet and miniature work as things go completely out of control.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RCpzIG1v71nNfSRZlqp8GR4-hTNaOCKhKixk1xTE3r-nGtFa9SQOowVInyS1kZV7gYkJxXJZbpCDbCUL3hRGHM4yYW5Slq55jPpPj25cts5N3LOhoyQCJ1oJnGxEXCH21bgc3GI8WS9Vrao1-IFuMmCHsTzK-ozZ-kwF6TRyh8f5Fyx8yO6Km9gV/s2524/The%20Early%20Bird-65%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="2524" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RCpzIG1v71nNfSRZlqp8GR4-hTNaOCKhKixk1xTE3r-nGtFa9SQOowVInyS1kZV7gYkJxXJZbpCDbCUL3hRGHM4yYW5Slq55jPpPj25cts5N3LOhoyQCJ1oJnGxEXCH21bgc3GI8WS9Vrao1-IFuMmCHsTzK-ozZ-kwF6TRyh8f5Fyx8yO6Km9gV/w640-h382/The%20Early%20Bird-65%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pity the shiny Rolls Royce, flattened by falling tree, all in miniature. I presume Pinewood guys like Bert Luxford, Jimmy Snow, Frank George and John Stears must have been involved with all the model work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6NL-kgx3pF-75jZFifl0zQr0IY5woU_pkd4kOlwwBV3hWntcxrQYehzdvBo75deLCmLY5J2gwi7nUj1IuLJqyMQcWyPfwtwO3D_TZcm18f3bs3L0lLbEI2426A5r7Xx8Z4ef-GKnbv_o8oc88rJsjw3wjRtQqnuKt9nfZMTAtcbPUSwG6GFbqVVoS/s1858/The%20Early%20Bird-65%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1858" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6NL-kgx3pF-75jZFifl0zQr0IY5woU_pkd4kOlwwBV3hWntcxrQYehzdvBo75deLCmLY5J2gwi7nUj1IuLJqyMQcWyPfwtwO3D_TZcm18f3bs3L0lLbEI2426A5r7Xx8Z4ef-GKnbv_o8oc88rJsjw3wjRtQqnuKt9nfZMTAtcbPUSwG6GFbqVVoS/w640-h372/The%20Early%20Bird-65%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cliff Culley matte art coupled with miniature fire ladders, animation and smoke overlays.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyIDlVcBT4wkhdPRAusI6DTXtSi3YMOd1P4KAdnPl2j62lTxMrIrJq3Qh_VyevF6F-6e5XIaoSvlrNJwG7jNTPNxvhZ8hLk27XZTa4XSqurKHN9e4PezaqMRwXTHAbSLrTNWossCG-_2Nd7w-aZwJlI-IGUUqv007fo_sHz8F4TWVxRMzXlDYwY8M/s1858/The%20Early%20Bird-65%207.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1858" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyIDlVcBT4wkhdPRAusI6DTXtSi3YMOd1P4KAdnPl2j62lTxMrIrJq3Qh_VyevF6F-6e5XIaoSvlrNJwG7jNTPNxvhZ8hLk27XZTa4XSqurKHN9e4PezaqMRwXTHAbSLrTNWossCG-_2Nd7w-aZwJlI-IGUUqv007fo_sHz8F4TWVxRMzXlDYwY8M/w640-h372/The%20Early%20Bird-65%207.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final scene in THE EARLY BIRD has Norm crash a fire truck into milk factory, with the whole building cracking apart via cel animation atop matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxCZ9h32p0pIXXmn6motkjzKNwuxudI1rW2eX42nqUE85TP6LP5fMoJYshoEKzNVGZHBF5pT-oLM85YWYU9YGBO-6KFqA5cgM-tCks4l78moGMUZyxKUnq2I5I1uxCXtRO5h8sX-2q3JC-cN86hbMga6n3DmF2iW7WlYctrSMu3eRdZYzz4MojP_sC/s1600/In%20God%20We%20Trust%20(1980)%20matte%20painting%20detail%20B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxCZ9h32p0pIXXmn6motkjzKNwuxudI1rW2eX42nqUE85TP6LP5fMoJYshoEKzNVGZHBF5pT-oLM85YWYU9YGBO-6KFqA5cgM-tCks4l78moGMUZyxKUnq2I5I1uxCXtRO5h8sX-2q3JC-cN86hbMga6n3DmF2iW7WlYctrSMu3eRdZYzz4MojP_sC/w640-h360/In%20God%20We%20Trust%20(1980)%20matte%20painting%20detail%20B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd Dutton painted this superb imaginary palatial HQ for wacko evangelical religious zealot, Peter Boyle, for Marty Feldman's spoof IN GOD WE TRUST (1980)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFo8Y1eUNAPPNmfZ_gyMTkqu4zUokiVb4wHCBEsf73gDSAFiT4SFlGDXXkbwNEoK2chyi25rlwGWh1O2fd1FTGKediDkV0TQOKVxfRaqTZMiXdJJ_1qaZJX407aJ8PX0tv9asmruRfZU_SQh38CL07UOdVl50xtXMG2QK9R00Q_LURgTZ2mqqm_-w/s1440/The%20Gold%20Rush-25%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFo8Y1eUNAPPNmfZ_gyMTkqu4zUokiVb4wHCBEsf73gDSAFiT4SFlGDXXkbwNEoK2chyi25rlwGWh1O2fd1FTGKediDkV0TQOKVxfRaqTZMiXdJJ_1qaZJX407aJ8PX0tv9asmruRfZU_SQh38CL07UOdVl50xtXMG2QK9R00Q_LURgTZ2mqqm_-w/w640-h480/The%20Gold%20Rush-25%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Charlie Chaplin classic from long ago, THE GOLD RUSH (1925) had several mattes or glass shots as I think this one to be, as well as other complex trickery.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zBaa2WB2H1bgnWBtVVixrsJdgIeZZ6Qya7rmydrxz0n85IxD81xXZNREp-TqrupjB493vldm3LAymOKp_7fIBrx8a9XHMKCHypkOYSNTj2--OcmBLEmb6ENP611_w0uleH3FI09lAMQn0MvGyyCqzqjaKKvDiJZPo-6YF70GmFmr8R_TUe6Bm-em/s2321/The%20Gold%20Rush-25%20tm%20shot1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1821" data-original-width="2321" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zBaa2WB2H1bgnWBtVVixrsJdgIeZZ6Qya7rmydrxz0n85IxD81xXZNREp-TqrupjB493vldm3LAymOKp_7fIBrx8a9XHMKCHypkOYSNTj2--OcmBLEmb6ENP611_w0uleH3FI09lAMQn0MvGyyCqzqjaKKvDiJZPo-6YF70GmFmr8R_TUe6Bm-em/w640-h502/The%20Gold%20Rush-25%20tm%20shot1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the effects sequences in THE GOLD RUSH involves a character trapped on a gradually slipping away ice cap. Done as a miniature set with the actor added either by the Dunning or the Williams travelling matte composite method. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQI-LgpwgX-LXchKRh8Hchnw-0JfC2HK8cqYLnqadEPFRRfFplGKyhuqra0uQa_FtOmxc1ZmTV0OSs0wbr0IK2K1IlnwVNu9ArcKDLC9l1wC8niTmz6nahYA7ZQnND4-UOFa1VuAa70HE-fSeCc1-WVPvX16T9-6sMg9dPMHzn5uxXwh8se7XLAN9q/s1440/The%20Gold%20Rush-25%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQI-LgpwgX-LXchKRh8Hchnw-0JfC2HK8cqYLnqadEPFRRfFplGKyhuqra0uQa_FtOmxc1ZmTV0OSs0wbr0IK2K1IlnwVNu9ArcKDLC9l1wC8niTmz6nahYA7ZQnND4-UOFa1VuAa70HE-fSeCc1-WVPvX16T9-6sMg9dPMHzn5uxXwh8se7XLAN9q/w640-h480/The%20Gold%20Rush-25%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The partial translucency of the actor tends to suggest the Dunning matting process may well have been used, with this artifact often seen with that technique.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSq9xydmXtd_svSEmXRaWyEqfXwFbL7gVJF1vsH4Nowb_Tdmm9_MAY634-ZExV-_ceT7yvuv_u0fuRuvbdyVXh0nqSKOIQhjmQZuwkOZ92JKbRzQZuqGdP9DembvHNRVX05-B0AmrBHh0rgZNYOQO57jWyqK80N3s8n7SKYpUvMe9vARdvjL4seBDd/s1440/The%20Gold%20Rush-25%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSq9xydmXtd_svSEmXRaWyEqfXwFbL7gVJF1vsH4Nowb_Tdmm9_MAY634-ZExV-_ceT7yvuv_u0fuRuvbdyVXh0nqSKOIQhjmQZuwkOZ92JKbRzQZuqGdP9DembvHNRVX05-B0AmrBHh0rgZNYOQO57jWyqK80N3s8n7SKYpUvMe9vARdvjL4seBDd/w640-h480/The%20Gold%20Rush-25%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another memorable moment from Chaplin's THE GOLD RUSH has the two guys desperately attempt to prevent their cabin from toppling over the abyss.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1o5h1q5ryBkma43AVpKxQmuUtTduyz8e3pQoB_PFejHXJJ4bp9HNucV5bqVA2UZjumiDHdJ0Y81iD-kengfbBW2NrhYnLQeMQhwvKt5iNKLwp4bF8lNGa9G_1MS8YliRPQQcWm9SzrfCclMTmqSiLj-oH4dkqy9m7kh0L4dSZpbPqtA36INot2pD/s2140/The%20Gold%20Rush-25%20tm2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="2140" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1o5h1q5ryBkma43AVpKxQmuUtTduyz8e3pQoB_PFejHXJJ4bp9HNucV5bqVA2UZjumiDHdJ0Y81iD-kengfbBW2NrhYnLQeMQhwvKt5iNKLwp4bF8lNGa9G_1MS8YliRPQQcWm9SzrfCclMTmqSiLj-oH4dkqy9m7kh0L4dSZpbPqtA36INot2pD/w640-h502/The%20Gold%20Rush-25%20tm2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I don't know how Chaplin pulled this off, other than with large miniature chasm set and cabin, and excellent optical composite photography adding the people into the shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66p0JgsCkEUxTgbO4TAWm1bFWTnNeDZ7JLnHsKZJxgWDm0JaDwXVs4RMt53y1s-vC5TVviXiMQnUNj2qUgmEwN67omjsOYSdLXa-LhT9YJQ-Xv9-X7HgNt0vcEPFkHWemiDK_8w17QHDXXDKG6ECjiimtTX0KnOVKHUqFLXzUtURZuTqQUecC-njo/s1440/The%20Gold%20Rush-25%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66p0JgsCkEUxTgbO4TAWm1bFWTnNeDZ7JLnHsKZJxgWDm0JaDwXVs4RMt53y1s-vC5TVviXiMQnUNj2qUgmEwN67omjsOYSdLXa-LhT9YJQ-Xv9-X7HgNt0vcEPFkHWemiDK_8w17QHDXXDKG6ECjiimtTX0KnOVKHUqFLXzUtURZuTqQUecC-njo/w640-h480/The%20Gold%20Rush-25%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXHDsxblbu5UBywCaJw0-ADtBjTnfA1a0rjRZV5VFNJmnnVeoK6rKvDhvSnXM5XL2NlQ8P0-zdNbeCr9XAS1V4Ykfj--VdEDdFYkX9xWQroo7rT3aTQswIn-ndh22MX37wrryELBnBAA3UCtb3TOIpretd_0CMyTP1mojvLbSiEMN3Xr1tl6IwUyr/s1282/Strange%20Bedfellows-65%20BR%20(Whitlock%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1282" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXHDsxblbu5UBywCaJw0-ADtBjTnfA1a0rjRZV5VFNJmnnVeoK6rKvDhvSnXM5XL2NlQ8P0-zdNbeCr9XAS1V4Ykfj--VdEDdFYkX9xWQroo7rT3aTQswIn-ndh22MX37wrryELBnBAA3UCtb3TOIpretd_0CMyTP1mojvLbSiEMN3Xr1tl6IwUyr/w640-h352/Strange%20Bedfellows-65%20BR%20(Whitlock%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida starred in the Universal film STRANGE BEDFELLOWS (1965), with Albert Whitlock providing this uncredited matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJntdvW8_X2eEhs2jjVj8YqC1VidL584HwQXLFNZ3YxacyBWfVAvF675TGUt6a1BEask5faEwBqjyOpxrYdJ8YIxsEc3d2_cHsexJy8mHMX2KSThecRyzpZM16rM_jIlLGjp-L4ji-p1Vrm1Fd5INQ30LlA_jGcRhEKAoOtfR2NT1nX_YVotvUZixQ/s1313/Two%20Faced%20Woman-41%20(not%20used).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1313" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJntdvW8_X2eEhs2jjVj8YqC1VidL584HwQXLFNZ3YxacyBWfVAvF675TGUt6a1BEask5faEwBqjyOpxrYdJ8YIxsEc3d2_cHsexJy8mHMX2KSThecRyzpZM16rM_jIlLGjp-L4ji-p1Vrm1Fd5INQ30LlA_jGcRhEKAoOtfR2NT1nX_YVotvUZixQ/w640-h450/Two%20Faced%20Woman-41%20(not%20used).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A typically spectacular Newcombe shot from the film TWO FACED WOMAN (1941), though I'm not sure if this daytime view was in the final film?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMRv1Uz79yJkwpErR1zJ4hFcbGSCQDE2D0zxtt6ElpBRppnnDDafso2EdYNMPAgwB81Y2RYi4M5qViyXSsI1d21f5_UtPIIYb8d08ARDWy2Oo5Q-TcvbrkSvcJ2_xoVZMdhaewureCfG_lB82LgQA1gFVpLvO6sROCNI5l0EggaRuo_cyQ6zziFpF/s1592/Two%20Faced%20Woman-41.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="1592" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMRv1Uz79yJkwpErR1zJ4hFcbGSCQDE2D0zxtt6ElpBRppnnDDafso2EdYNMPAgwB81Y2RYi4M5qViyXSsI1d21f5_UtPIIYb8d08ARDWy2Oo5Q-TcvbrkSvcJ2_xoVZMdhaewureCfG_lB82LgQA1gFVpLvO6sROCNI5l0EggaRuo_cyQ6zziFpF/w640-h176/Two%20Faced%20Woman-41.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mattes from TWO FACE WOMAN (1941) with Greta Garbo.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisWS750aVLerVcM2s3kAk0CkZySKzd2oeNv_K0TWYyt_jQr4n3x7K3rLEpyEs4UxTWQp0GlwlydSWo7XAi-JXA-Ho4MCJPZTEJMjcrPT0TY5rqMyNTiylcm_TAhehKqgm-V_9nvkz4-V9G49aMQQf7lxhdBaE_9WURuFvnnRQSC-HDjyllH3AzDRv/s2325/There%20Was%20A%20Crooked%20Man-60.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="2325" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisWS750aVLerVcM2s3kAk0CkZySKzd2oeNv_K0TWYyt_jQr4n3x7K3rLEpyEs4UxTWQp0GlwlydSWo7XAi-JXA-Ho4MCJPZTEJMjcrPT0TY5rqMyNTiylcm_TAhehKqgm-V_9nvkz4-V9G49aMQQf7lxhdBaE_9WURuFvnnRQSC-HDjyllH3AzDRv/w640-h268/There%20Was%20A%20Crooked%20Man-60.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here's another Norman Wisdom comedy from the UK; THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN (1960) - not to be confused with the excellent Kirk Douglas western of the same name made a decade later. This is a wacky one, even by Wisdom's standards, where the US are conned into <i>shifting</i> an entire English town and rebuilding it in a more preferable locale. Several fx shots including painted mattes and miniatures, not credited but possibly Cliff Culley or the Wally Veevers people across town.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5N4Ejh7WBoYydRZJkCSv8aClzsZAavpDHg3uGDCkhxITiuKz68BQ1GZim5SPG5K3dLzY8EgmmL472TtJkK7q8gnv0C6shkOSnMLJad5lI-WPMyUDwjRMU26qbL8cHFJC7TYMtL7HMGKzfSQoFdoL8K7y34y4FIEMySaDQ2rRKgr57ML3kKkoU-4p/s1353/Some%20Kind%20of%20Nut-69%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1353" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5N4Ejh7WBoYydRZJkCSv8aClzsZAavpDHg3uGDCkhxITiuKz68BQ1GZim5SPG5K3dLzY8EgmmL472TtJkK7q8gnv0C6shkOSnMLJad5lI-WPMyUDwjRMU26qbL8cHFJC7TYMtL7HMGKzfSQoFdoL8K7y34y4FIEMySaDQ2rRKgr57ML3kKkoU-4p/w640-h442/Some%20Kind%20of%20Nut-69%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the many uncredited mattes that Al Whitlock did over his long career was for SOME KIND OF NUT (1969), with Dick Van Dyke, whom I can tolerate only in small doses.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcrct0Ak3bLFXDMrJPrqZW9fxauKCNzY-rUW1m2F-4g4epRHrhboqV3vqt1CA-iA6xYqmbSdBE9Y7dN6iKJhQ637iVLtn65EeJgEFXPMBxJjNFJm0ORFLrw2uWfD6iqY0G4fw_ZspCPk6yjw8x5V6bAF1vVatJmkJ8wSLiO0a3SPb0kVcz7g9zaeh/s1456/Son%20of%20Paleface%206.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcrct0Ak3bLFXDMrJPrqZW9fxauKCNzY-rUW1m2F-4g4epRHrhboqV3vqt1CA-iA6xYqmbSdBE9Y7dN6iKJhQ637iVLtn65EeJgEFXPMBxJjNFJm0ORFLrw2uWfD6iqY0G4fw_ZspCPk6yjw8x5V6bAF1vVatJmkJ8wSLiO0a3SPb0kVcz7g9zaeh/w640-h480/Son%20of%20Paleface%206.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The first Bob Hope <i>Pale Face</i> film was a massive hit, so naturally Paramount mounted a sequel, SON OF PALEFACE (1952), and a variety of trick shots and mattes were needed, such as this Jan Domela matte of the town in the distance.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_072QADIyLcQDkvTf8UA_uy8niDO__hsL8ch7rB1ERqjlEAc4ie5fOR8QPZmwkh-L57OQpFZDdJsLkHroavlKwVORubXUJ7Wn3ctFz6cR-qiSMz2Gf4U9PlzTTa6r_RBq5SfSu3GzrflD73exSmJ878LiatkdmYQmbLAVj7XTPnt7BcrBy3QeJEtf/s1484/Son%20of%20Paleface%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1484" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_072QADIyLcQDkvTf8UA_uy8niDO__hsL8ch7rB1ERqjlEAc4ie5fOR8QPZmwkh-L57OQpFZDdJsLkHroavlKwVORubXUJ7Wn3ctFz6cR-qiSMz2Gf4U9PlzTTa6r_RBq5SfSu3GzrflD73exSmJ878LiatkdmYQmbLAVj7XTPnt7BcrBy3QeJEtf/w640-h498/Son%20of%20Paleface%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Silly gags abound in SON OF PALEFACE, but nobody complained.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr12HzRfhe3wrHHVtqxCv16SyGmLDPYKscf_wNbX48OBYp5jSDDSW6WjRqwsU1Pkio06w0ZIrCBDbSSHpB6BEwWbycxnr62J1eE8CdeTKbYxF3m3svoh63vBK3VsUT9FPyFHt72Gt5wgbojdzB_CDGyURlXS_B1icHg68ELZcizVmGnGRsXTJ2s39p/s2332/Son%20of%20Paleface.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1768" data-original-width="2332" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr12HzRfhe3wrHHVtqxCv16SyGmLDPYKscf_wNbX48OBYp5jSDDSW6WjRqwsU1Pkio06w0ZIrCBDbSSHpB6BEwWbycxnr62J1eE8CdeTKbYxF3m3svoh63vBK3VsUT9FPyFHt72Gt5wgbojdzB_CDGyURlXS_B1icHg68ELZcizVmGnGRsXTJ2s39p/w640-h486/Son%20of%20Paleface.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The sweltering desert offers a 'cool' respite, with an <i>ice-capades</i> mirage. Hope, in a single uninterrupted shot, drives from hot, sandy environs into an arctic environ, complete with ice skaters, and then out the other side back into the desert heat!! A cleverly devised and very complex visual effect sequence, designed by Gordon Jennings, involving moving split screens by ace optical man Paul Lerpae, with exterior location and interior set combined on the optical printer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0XnM0GDgX7uZn0VbpF8E4rtCWCiJz-7m-YN8dL5SPlVh6Yzpm_R_MU-oDcEuOmtpxkO1ojYvXISnc62GB8poE5VxJD09M7yLc3HnJvEqCLbzfowZFC8beOff39WyMMWphzuikwohmSgKz4mV3Lq0kT4uCDmKdhTLcCgiP5F10kv6dB3eLAJob0X8/s1456/Son%20of%20Paleface%205.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0XnM0GDgX7uZn0VbpF8E4rtCWCiJz-7m-YN8dL5SPlVh6Yzpm_R_MU-oDcEuOmtpxkO1ojYvXISnc62GB8poE5VxJD09M7yLc3HnJvEqCLbzfowZFC8beOff39WyMMWphzuikwohmSgKz4mV3Lq0kT4uCDmKdhTLcCgiP5F10kv6dB3eLAJob0X8/w640-h480/Son%20of%20Paleface%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">SON OF PALEFACE concludes with this multi-element composite by Paul Lerpae.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTv3dGZQkwDYlgCooDrPTulLCCTAX_u8Q6yeB2KdSOk2rGTr__R3FI8FGtxW-AKIHXz_FILoUBQdv61tjHcdi4FaSo1z5BSbD3irXI1SmM-7IxJK_W4sdC-irGQxuegulaLN6smKvPa8nzlFHTbuwD29i8WMrW3e71oCpeQ6uFR0e5PPzwIK1k_ZOY/s2307/Spaceballs%20(1987)%20sm.%20Dutton%20matte%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="2307" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTv3dGZQkwDYlgCooDrPTulLCCTAX_u8Q6yeB2KdSOk2rGTr__R3FI8FGtxW-AKIHXz_FILoUBQdv61tjHcdi4FaSo1z5BSbD3irXI1SmM-7IxJK_W4sdC-irGQxuegulaLN6smKvPa8nzlFHTbuwD29i8WMrW3e71oCpeQ6uFR0e5PPzwIK1k_ZOY/w640-h392/Spaceballs%20(1987)%20sm.%20Dutton%20matte%20art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of my all time favourite Syd Dutton matte paintings, created for the exceedingly mediocre Mel Brooks spoof SPACEBALLS (1987)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3XoZkE0lu1X_jor9kttGEAwROfDgcWDgjwF8d9Kn56POsnqGFP7cqDJt6Vxpd0SH-tp8j-4qSLTAyk52vtD6nhqUmNRBzKy0WAOl9PmU95q3VSX_LX0b4t3UCYS0oLlb9A_YCHhISAsDLReOHfVu-5JlXjH3kEWwzuI9SCare_Nh3MEs5QYH_burU/s1260/Spaceballs-close%20up%20detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="1260" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3XoZkE0lu1X_jor9kttGEAwROfDgcWDgjwF8d9Kn56POsnqGFP7cqDJt6Vxpd0SH-tp8j-4qSLTAyk52vtD6nhqUmNRBzKy0WAOl9PmU95q3VSX_LX0b4t3UCYS0oLlb9A_YCHhISAsDLReOHfVu-5JlXjH3kEWwzuI9SCare_Nh3MEs5QYH_burU/w640-h330/Spaceballs-close%20up%20detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail of Syd's loose and impressionistic brush work. Love Syd's backlight.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM8s5rAYKr5UZdPE6pL_b3dgV8MH7Vf-3wTnlHi6sbhahxN-ZE5S0deoYg0PvaCfOkYPVHuq5JygjYf3M2y1OCqdaWXKD-Sqx2dYbd54SIl-wXfOh655MUR05CwNrN1q0vLS6IjMbUqziLPZb439J0X9bY4QJASHuk77wAuQM_ayhEgR_KME1hxXh/s2160/Spaceballs%201a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="1964" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM8s5rAYKr5UZdPE6pL_b3dgV8MH7Vf-3wTnlHi6sbhahxN-ZE5S0deoYg0PvaCfOkYPVHuq5JygjYf3M2y1OCqdaWXKD-Sqx2dYbd54SIl-wXfOh655MUR05CwNrN1q0vLS6IjMbUqziLPZb439J0X9bY4QJASHuk77wAuQM_ayhEgR_KME1hxXh/w582-h640/Spaceballs%201a.jpg" width="582" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from SPACEBALLS was this push in shot, I think painted by Robert Stromberg, of the galactic diner.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCeaOFA79tUObobTzkdxL1_SuU0IcuObioCVGsExikdXIg4LB25gxl0_QwYCzZtPvUUmSn2Irr4eI2hMq6ff06h5-ky08ad2xaXEH8aihKaQEM2saxZGLM859Eb-h1i1Crv6fMF0ohxW4CgadGX3mhFo6X0yos8iSC-Y8k7cpHdvZeP_EhPewUnhx/s1920/Spaceballs%20(Whitlock).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCeaOFA79tUObobTzkdxL1_SuU0IcuObioCVGsExikdXIg4LB25gxl0_QwYCzZtPvUUmSn2Irr4eI2hMq6ff06h5-ky08ad2xaXEH8aihKaQEM2saxZGLM859Eb-h1i1Crv6fMF0ohxW4CgadGX3mhFo6X0yos8iSC-Y8k7cpHdvZeP_EhPewUnhx/w640-h346/Spaceballs%20(Whitlock).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albert Whitlock rendered this delightful homage to a certain monkey movie classic, for the ending of SPACEBALLS. <i>"Damn you all to hell"</i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgk2eCSCBK2F4AusgKmdUdjjo5X6CEGdSsPjkcntc7oO4jfeAUp8Zwt9T1_Z9zuaNLUYBYdMrswaRJSc9i6Mac3ijt_WFh7h9wOYL2UPoFlwlDmIRk45aL3ytCDfG_Tp-75ahrxC1_o15ywuqcIDYYRMgXAAJIE0J41hehalh6QCP8Iqix42OV_p1/s1920/Spies%20Like%20Us-BR%20(Ray%20Caple).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgk2eCSCBK2F4AusgKmdUdjjo5X6CEGdSsPjkcntc7oO4jfeAUp8Zwt9T1_Z9zuaNLUYBYdMrswaRJSc9i6Mac3ijt_WFh7h9wOYL2UPoFlwlDmIRk45aL3ytCDfG_Tp-75ahrxC1_o15ywuqcIDYYRMgXAAJIE0J41hehalh6QCP8Iqix42OV_p1/w640-h360/Spies%20Like%20Us-BR%20(Ray%20Caple).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the John Landis spy spoof SPIES LIKE US (1985), Ray Caple painted this view of Afghanistan.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZEY9M3qlbbHMK94OLGst8dinjxZT7ImOBcfAT1WHc5KkXdZ81w1ENq7BAJznqj1nqRq7V0xbHFtOlH-FsFu-2aoKfzKo9N9BZg0SIlbb9PMiZZJ_s-xN3ebfEqoEcgdto86iQPqmWXIMCXgeofrvrdmYMdMAxiGqGlu9Bx52SxN0J6zW3XxumZt5/s2440/Spies%20Like%20Us%20(Meddings%20shots).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2440" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZEY9M3qlbbHMK94OLGst8dinjxZT7ImOBcfAT1WHc5KkXdZ81w1ENq7BAJznqj1nqRq7V0xbHFtOlH-FsFu-2aoKfzKo9N9BZg0SIlbb9PMiZZJ_s-xN3ebfEqoEcgdto86iQPqmWXIMCXgeofrvrdmYMdMAxiGqGlu9Bx52SxN0J6zW3XxumZt5/w640-h356/Spies%20Like%20Us%20(Meddings%20shots).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Derek Meddings miniature effects from SPIES LIKE US. Incidentally, Derek appeared in a cameo, as did a whole truckload of film guys like Ray Harryhausen and various director friends of Landis.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIcq1yKbrHMiFCzFHlvuyBjp0Tdpl-t3BFC8wElnjAZ_VDCKIdEVNY77L-mClKOMURpXTmn0Z96H_d5MUTX9boZZBBlQFVAhqEC-PlkEkH3zuA3P8iFrjhcQBjp369aPOWpm49OeObvSRPJOeN3QM6-3jjsJxP3nuwycvANVHZscB2Xn16OtoC_4V/s1788/Strange%20Brew-MGM%20gag.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1788" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIcq1yKbrHMiFCzFHlvuyBjp0Tdpl-t3BFC8wElnjAZ_VDCKIdEVNY77L-mClKOMURpXTmn0Z96H_d5MUTX9boZZBBlQFVAhqEC-PlkEkH3zuA3P8iFrjhcQBjp369aPOWpm49OeObvSRPJOeN3QM6-3jjsJxP3nuwycvANVHZscB2Xn16OtoC_4V/w640-h350/Strange%20Brew-MGM%20gag.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably the funniest thing in STRANGE BREW (1983) was this neat title sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5X6SfZvPH_uIVsyXNYBuakSFvyeuLruyivvyCGVQrl5gr-zrE2PNjga_EuJZ7olF2s_finDTGa3kV5KqjlbSQGxaB8URk6-Lca9cRBrta7PhJJd8IaEq3zm5531nkE-Q-DrjjuFnoivESUG7akxKoMsKWYBQIOlDYOlFsxwnSkPvHK_V3ZNCeUK8F/s1280/Strange%20Brew-83%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5X6SfZvPH_uIVsyXNYBuakSFvyeuLruyivvyCGVQrl5gr-zrE2PNjga_EuJZ7olF2s_finDTGa3kV5KqjlbSQGxaB8URk6-Lca9cRBrta7PhJJd8IaEq3zm5531nkE-Q-DrjjuFnoivESUG7akxKoMsKWYBQIOlDYOlFsxwnSkPvHK_V3ZNCeUK8F/w640-h360/Strange%20Brew-83%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">STRANGE BREW matte paintings by veteran Matthew Yuricich.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbWk7-Fl91j7mvvODFQo2kvJvRyrGhJCkenoRoG0LJAOJfk-10w4ZX4juGhaMgRfD96FbKQYCQ6wPGkTojsQeZCJqDQOKOauZ-gXQNoa-vJ3Y80SfvbUUPMkBFR8giWbGaeNe5jBTTmsHaQTMduD3L8fEQL3_TEW3BQOeUYJ0-h3YCb-KrnBKGYXb/s2644/Strange%20Brew%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="2644" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbWk7-Fl91j7mvvODFQo2kvJvRyrGhJCkenoRoG0LJAOJfk-10w4ZX4juGhaMgRfD96FbKQYCQ6wPGkTojsQeZCJqDQOKOauZ-gXQNoa-vJ3Y80SfvbUUPMkBFR8giWbGaeNe5jBTTmsHaQTMduD3L8fEQL3_TEW3BQOeUYJ0-h3YCb-KrnBKGYXb/w640-h366/Strange%20Brew%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More Yuricich matte work from STRANGE BREW</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVI2er4IFsJufDCp3mun-sDtYBi7wAeutmhNH93-F1WUq6qERszC4AKZOMafQ02uS-vPksrWV1Zp-w7L0G378y_S1qqfrmhe_WluFfBsnL6gqFgGjdU86H32hxgZ_53mr7yN6ouH8orYg7M9wxkdQWaA7xAwhuxwF-cmNPsZwtDaKfs6jpZ_OlLDpp/s1728/That%20Funny%20Feeling-65%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="1728" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVI2er4IFsJufDCp3mun-sDtYBi7wAeutmhNH93-F1WUq6qERszC4AKZOMafQ02uS-vPksrWV1Zp-w7L0G378y_S1qqfrmhe_WluFfBsnL6gqFgGjdU86H32hxgZ_53mr7yN6ouH8orYg7M9wxkdQWaA7xAwhuxwF-cmNPsZwtDaKfs6jpZ_OlLDpp/w640-h344/That%20Funny%20Feeling-65%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Sandra Dee lightweight romantic comedy THAT FUNNY FEELING (1965) had a couple of nice mattes by Al Whitlock, but it was the work of effects house <i>Project Unlimited</i> that <u>really</u> stole the show. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRuYkUpQ9rN2RCR5Hu5Ftzk31OD0z54cjx5Wg1vxJNKvSdP5i13IVWu_x723NyubCmJmGg3iQNAx_PUmCYkNmvDx0gOFTIyZBCWfSzg0RQhpEwlTdxnO3ahj0fYfV_yF3wg7tXtIwPdqux4YiG3DaMdEcoN20drlTUga4Q-gjmQE5rAkGEJaxZP-fJ/s2320/That%20Funny%20Feeling%20(Danforth)%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="2320" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRuYkUpQ9rN2RCR5Hu5Ftzk31OD0z54cjx5Wg1vxJNKvSdP5i13IVWu_x723NyubCmJmGg3iQNAx_PUmCYkNmvDx0gOFTIyZBCWfSzg0RQhpEwlTdxnO3ahj0fYfV_yF3wg7tXtIwPdqux4YiG3DaMdEcoN20drlTUga4Q-gjmQE5rAkGEJaxZP-fJ/w640-h368/That%20Funny%20Feeling%20(Danforth)%20sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It may not look like much but this remarkable brief scene is a masterpiece of movie magic. A rude and obnoxious driver of a red speedster roars through the traffic, cutting off other cars and causing a pile up before speeding off down the freeway. Fabulous work here, designed and executed largely by Jim Danforth. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0z6MiUV_Qygqe12_8umkN2YbKXAGXHzbPIbbEzx2_5Y1EX8fMtehgH1t56SWgUvxtHN9YtFcxtGTfPYlkc7y4YQ3QSrByNx0Xg3krfoEGnwM_yW-lCqW0MfEcF9sATv7VKfR7P6WAxuGLQ2tkmybhFwcPsDMlNIYmACqdEvqnCBPd_qHWbyF4ScZo/s1824/That%20Funny%20Feeling-Danforth%20sequence.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="1824" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0z6MiUV_Qygqe12_8umkN2YbKXAGXHzbPIbbEzx2_5Y1EX8fMtehgH1t56SWgUvxtHN9YtFcxtGTfPYlkc7y4YQ3QSrByNx0Xg3krfoEGnwM_yW-lCqW0MfEcF9sATv7VKfR7P6WAxuGLQ2tkmybhFwcPsDMlNIYmACqdEvqnCBPd_qHWbyF4ScZo/w640-h174/That%20Funny%20Feeling-Danforth%20sequence.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From Jim's memoir, <i>Dinosaurs, Dragons & Drama</i>, comes this excellent breakdown. A miniature freeway side was constructed at <i>Project Unlimited</i>, with model cars animated via stop motion, with Jim concentrating upon the main red car, while other staffers worked on secondary traffic. What sells this is the absolutely bullseye matching of the actual LA location and the miniature set, with <u>perfect</u> line up, perspective, lighting and above all else, combined with subtle matte art blending as latent image on original negative. According to Jim, the studio were so 'wrapped' with this sensational shot that they had it spliced into a continuous loop and screened it over and over. I rate it as one of the <u>all time great</u> visual effects moments.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95IPnm0we43DXBYSUklNwETLJsnYA_XkrnPmfJHE99Gcr2u4VwbDGP91RFH5xvXhNl2vIR1poZzuYSDWk-Yds5M2U7zkbpFfbUkVJuzbqmZivoAtx6-qgumF3UhN1JPmRE1zq8Ns87dMIh3knFy85fyur_mrLVZfyQ9ZwWxg3OAA4xdD9azuRBTE1/s1920/That%20Funny%20Feeling%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95IPnm0we43DXBYSUklNwETLJsnYA_XkrnPmfJHE99Gcr2u4VwbDGP91RFH5xvXhNl2vIR1poZzuYSDWk-Yds5M2U7zkbpFfbUkVJuzbqmZivoAtx6-qgumF3UhN1JPmRE1zq8Ns87dMIh3knFy85fyur_mrLVZfyQ9ZwWxg3OAA4xdD9azuRBTE1/w640-h346/That%20Funny%20Feeling%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Albert's mattes from THAT FUNNY FEELING.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEmOsswicl0uV9ugt35tKds9galK6eEhqXQytvAfxM-HDI8wofb-pgWyo3s3jgcC6ENUBCLcmw3Ld-GAeb2u76ycV9tqzNTrUM-vzd5uKmsNZdLDt5bLkLpdIYPGplTqMehl2WCPE8Ai3txXxok7AANOmDlXcBAbZgY4MIG4CCbqTTD7AOMglsxXu/s1902/The%20Card%20(The%20Promoter)-52.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1902" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEmOsswicl0uV9ugt35tKds9galK6eEhqXQytvAfxM-HDI8wofb-pgWyo3s3jgcC6ENUBCLcmw3Ld-GAeb2u76ycV9tqzNTrUM-vzd5uKmsNZdLDt5bLkLpdIYPGplTqMehl2WCPE8Ai3txXxok7AANOmDlXcBAbZgY4MIG4CCbqTTD7AOMglsxXu/w640-h376/The%20Card%20(The%20Promoter)-52.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mattes from the Rank comedy starring Alec Guinness THE CARD (1952). Bill Warrington, although not a matte artist, was in charge of the matte department, with various artists working under him such as Les Bowie, Albert Whitlock and Cliff Culley.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HUargJpYHHDytNH2vQmuthEWplVWOO-TUqp_umAc212jPrnCyAvxFO5mPEmXQT9JNNtzMXU0R4FvlN_OkEOjMz9fK0TnkqrCb0s4KWPbJzW8L8IQ2pLGsIyA19q52GxAJXu77Sqr74CXzBC4SvPrk1ufMncywYLBtLyYkFGTLzuZfqEDRnAoNAlJ/s1920/Shakiest%20Gun%20in%20West-68.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HUargJpYHHDytNH2vQmuthEWplVWOO-TUqp_umAc212jPrnCyAvxFO5mPEmXQT9JNNtzMXU0R4FvlN_OkEOjMz9fK0TnkqrCb0s4KWPbJzW8L8IQ2pLGsIyA19q52GxAJXu77Sqr74CXzBC4SvPrk1ufMncywYLBtLyYkFGTLzuZfqEDRnAoNAlJ/w640-h278/Shakiest%20Gun%20in%20West-68.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Don Knotts did this quite amusing remake of the old Bob Hope classic, <i>The Pale Face</i>, with THE SHAKIEST GUN IN THE WEST (1967). This wonderful matte was the work of Al Whitlock, with a quite considerable amount of the frame here being pure paint, with just the folks with the three partial mock up carriages in the background being real. All else was painted, including the foreground rolling stock, the station interior, the background left carriage <i>and</i> the luggage trolley <i>and even</i> the group of people at extreme left! I'd love to see Al's actual painting for this.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0RiijLIk5nw_xuC9IK-GlCqu_saWf60rTURI0fvr0yzfxMDZpDfMrPAgHKIX5Pr673mD8l_ZHKuK1eVRVZ2yHHP1eNzFjc8J7Yp3drGOGCEU99TINnfMLd8ogqSxdGkpTZSjCySb5S0mjT4d-dw6X24m7084iBwXekeKIpUhn9zsV8KiObigmCVU/s1792/Smallest%20Show%20on%20Earth-57%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1792" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0RiijLIk5nw_xuC9IK-GlCqu_saWf60rTURI0fvr0yzfxMDZpDfMrPAgHKIX5Pr673mD8l_ZHKuK1eVRVZ2yHHP1eNzFjc8J7Yp3drGOGCEU99TINnfMLd8ogqSxdGkpTZSjCySb5S0mjT4d-dw6X24m7084iBwXekeKIpUhn9zsV8KiObigmCVU/w640-h386/Smallest%20Show%20on%20Earth-57%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An entirely matte painted shot, with the massive thousand seat movie house, The Grand - seen in better times - from the utterly delightful British comedy THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH (1957), which for reasons that escape me was retitled BIG TIME OPERATORS for American release(!). Bob Cuff was one of Shepperton's finest matte artists, and not only did he do the mattes for the film but also got an on-screen credit - although in smaller font, under Wally Veevers' name - but a credit, is a credit, as they say.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgIuOEFlf_3H9PFj2n3Q7ugBCP0LqrpQv9BUaSBwo3D92Qxvb0ZHgk_G86j9PLtgh7oTxscdxPxuz2zlByKTq2-dIu5Qj8uohGvVMs_oKvYWooGMbJLtvDDxepAMeri8ML7FJ-E09yPXoMoPR0K63wHsiGHgWLklaU_CYX_-Ce_37vv65vCCr5Kng/s1792/Smallest%20Show%20on%20Earth%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1792" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgIuOEFlf_3H9PFj2n3Q7ugBCP0LqrpQv9BUaSBwo3D92Qxvb0ZHgk_G86j9PLtgh7oTxscdxPxuz2zlByKTq2-dIu5Qj8uohGvVMs_oKvYWooGMbJLtvDDxepAMeri8ML7FJ-E09yPXoMoPR0K63wHsiGHgWLklaU_CYX_-Ce_37vv65vCCr5Kng/w640-h386/Smallest%20Show%20on%20Earth%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A second full frame matte, also by Bob Cuff, shows the Grand burnt to the ground. One of the great old British comedies, as well as being a loving and sentimental tribute to the days of old time movie houses; Saturday matinees, double features, film breakages, cartoon & travelogue preceding the main show, wonky projection and that unmistakable aroma of old popcorn and Jaffa's that these places used to be known for. <u>Very</u> fond memories by your blogger of all such things, from a movie crazy childhood and beyond.... all now but a distant memory, sadly. Screw multiplexes... The Devil's work!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhdUAWB0KCx1WRjG1GqUkMzWHeGmBc5shDeNcuOHYh-7aGeR7Q7yYWqvFZuxWh0tLWdf-wWHcDMiNIfN1fzsaHbwkFMslOGWrjpqBB4wD6axkiDvMQCsWExSgFBRd3H7ZstX4D_X2MJx_LcR6HTfqw_HX4nGgMKgmZRD1pRkzkBem81zsFgbrjsxI/s2684/The%20Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-46%201%20(Horsley-Ash).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="2684" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhdUAWB0KCx1WRjG1GqUkMzWHeGmBc5shDeNcuOHYh-7aGeR7Q7yYWqvFZuxWh0tLWdf-wWHcDMiNIfN1fzsaHbwkFMslOGWrjpqBB4wD6axkiDvMQCsWExSgFBRd3H7ZstX4D_X2MJx_LcR6HTfqw_HX4nGgMKgmZRD1pRkzkBem81zsFgbrjsxI/w640-h320/The%20Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-46%201%20(Horsley-Ash).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Time for some astonishingly good trickery from Abbott & Costello's TIME OF THEIR LIVES (1946), where ghostly goings-ons with spirits from 1776 cause mischief in the 1940's. An absolute rollercoaster ride of <i>extremely</i> well done optical effects by veteran Universal photographic effects men David Stanley Horsley and Jerome Ash.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHPXAiw1_SZjzNlJw50MsQn4_tnsndivTOUgBRVJKEKHboq1KG2o3eBzfww0DTLLxnQ4AmGS5eszWPlN9PrFzDCvlR3gH8UEx9-GD55HvdzBEPMbe4_4q2EATza-eR5ztkzYGgAPjPMps7e6Wz3GgTWMXstVmkIiqfRu5TpFcs5lQSjI3ASDv6NBA/s1464/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHPXAiw1_SZjzNlJw50MsQn4_tnsndivTOUgBRVJKEKHboq1KG2o3eBzfww0DTLLxnQ4AmGS5eszWPlN9PrFzDCvlR3gH8UEx9-GD55HvdzBEPMbe4_4q2EATza-eR5ztkzYGgAPjPMps7e6Wz3GgTWMXstVmkIiqfRu5TpFcs5lQSjI3ASDv6NBA/w640-h472/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Highly complex travelling matte combination work was carried out for a number of quite eye popping set pieces, such as this one where an elegant lady spirit loses here attire, piece by piece, during a confrontation on a staircase. Many frames needed to demonstrate the work...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzDl6CMbNuJpcrY1t9i4UH98St3YsGRBQV0C8jgEcXL9E6aLy_bL9V6-7P9e4_rLSk42Ff3GpkGd7tKwILAejRmK423s05FOWpTD6hezi5O94BqaPdpAZwRUqVg9_d7ma_Y0xPWgCik70OpvPGabGrUvL1dL2x1p6PbGGGz-EHrcJkgIF2WX2eRWT/s1464/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzDl6CMbNuJpcrY1t9i4UH98St3YsGRBQV0C8jgEcXL9E6aLy_bL9V6-7P9e4_rLSk42Ff3GpkGd7tKwILAejRmK423s05FOWpTD6hezi5O94BqaPdpAZwRUqVg9_d7ma_Y0xPWgCik70OpvPGabGrUvL1dL2x1p6PbGGGz-EHrcJkgIF2WX2eRWT/w640-h472/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Who get's the biggest surprise, the ghost or the real woman? Both run screaming for their 'lives', so to speak. The ghostly gal runs down and then back up the stairs, with items of garment being thrown off as she goes...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-QCmHZsaxwGs1uyZWk2Tng2EOhz_X6_wF9Oaa8skPmTjSZENlRauz12Bdv0RzAFUrGt9_huHWWmBN0lQ6TwJ7xF7k3SVPyeEPbdt37MA4Mf1Z_yNBq6Yn8H3Pq-lY7hbFvVSEGf4K9TJSJLeV7ig33kBU_EDdtaoQVUE_Bt549PQWyFzYlmMS-CZ/s1464/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives3a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-QCmHZsaxwGs1uyZWk2Tng2EOhz_X6_wF9Oaa8skPmTjSZENlRauz12Bdv0RzAFUrGt9_huHWWmBN0lQ6TwJ7xF7k3SVPyeEPbdt37MA4Mf1Z_yNBq6Yn8H3Pq-lY7hbFvVSEGf4K9TJSJLeV7ig33kBU_EDdtaoQVUE_Bt549PQWyFzYlmMS-CZ/w640-h472/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives3a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've no idea how Horsley pulled this one off, other than via travelling matte and much roto support?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEkxX4iMOzaJJZuWF7jl7UYISWx0KgaTwq5my7wC4l4jn6YQTw12GQBkG8VM53omklk1eW3F9tg2CcSPTVSG9EwsfGt2OOPMRsp5T1aKcEnzJC8YTx2s_xptBCwDrSGF330MNvko46PMog5xXbTp6pBRztFAXejYqMVvAUSwbwDrp2HsB3mWKauL0/s1464/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives4a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEkxX4iMOzaJJZuWF7jl7UYISWx0KgaTwq5my7wC4l4jn6YQTw12GQBkG8VM53omklk1eW3F9tg2CcSPTVSG9EwsfGt2OOPMRsp5T1aKcEnzJC8YTx2s_xptBCwDrSGF330MNvko46PMog5xXbTp6pBRztFAXejYqMVvAUSwbwDrp2HsB3mWKauL0/w640-h472/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives4a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Possibly achieved as per the old Fulton method by draping the set and stairs in black velvet, with body double suited in black beneath the elegant attire, allowing high contrast mattes to be pulled on Ross Hoffman's optical printer?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrQoksILkhFpN4JAEoV1h-etm__DZDl_EMQfQgNg1e7KNU9KkfpP50SMScQFrIwUpe6K54Hwsd0j4CpIF4J2k8KhxwKDaA8Z0ik33gXMQGZHho-ZPS_PFQ9-3SyqO14gDIepVtovM06gpdbcirf1zgAgUxeZd-cR5HYwwzyz-UxkUeNDEP3StBhR3/s1464/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives5a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrQoksILkhFpN4JAEoV1h-etm__DZDl_EMQfQgNg1e7KNU9KkfpP50SMScQFrIwUpe6K54Hwsd0j4CpIF4J2k8KhxwKDaA8Z0ik33gXMQGZHho-ZPS_PFQ9-3SyqO14gDIepVtovM06gpdbcirf1zgAgUxeZd-cR5HYwwzyz-UxkUeNDEP3StBhR3/w640-h472/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives5a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhST_zxgQ9nQXjA4iZT4iQdcOAVfLfx7qW3b0W2KaIWOzoLJuJZkMWm7yHqJUgBJlj8ADrI0cLcIRwu-AHml3FDa_IPUP_Heh7qd1iFSRbVMXZ0m35uRVbOVoLq6ZdaukJo4qZJKfYpm3XC0yhJeEk7uATolPoA5Rag4bL74AOfcApylk2eNFmwCFdJ/s1464/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives6a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhST_zxgQ9nQXjA4iZT4iQdcOAVfLfx7qW3b0W2KaIWOzoLJuJZkMWm7yHqJUgBJlj8ADrI0cLcIRwu-AHml3FDa_IPUP_Heh7qd1iFSRbVMXZ0m35uRVbOVoLq6ZdaukJo4qZJKfYpm3XC0yhJeEk7uATolPoA5Rag4bL74AOfcApylk2eNFmwCFdJ/w640-h472/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives6a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now it's just down to 'her' stockings and long lace gloves running up the stairs!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4inYEXkwbRiNi4VWmoiF88wY77r5zkAgsSYoJewv3x6IC4i5Umj5nq2Y4pqZP_xnI7sP8WkS9CW8aSeYtxgsNV4l4fD_fL7I64C__J34xrqbyLRnISnXFeFpxTxi8vBTDTo6ggU0iEhd4DyAfmRBQwPseM6PuCAo0v-oQzlRPhxKhMFEczO73LQ0/s2901/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-staircase%20optical.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1614" data-original-width="2901" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4inYEXkwbRiNi4VWmoiF88wY77r5zkAgsSYoJewv3x6IC4i5Umj5nq2Y4pqZP_xnI7sP8WkS9CW8aSeYtxgsNV4l4fD_fL7I64C__J34xrqbyLRnISnXFeFpxTxi8vBTDTo6ggU0iEhd4DyAfmRBQwPseM6PuCAo0v-oQzlRPhxKhMFEczO73LQ0/w640-h356/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-staircase%20optical.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The sequence in full, though of course you'll need a REAL computer monitor to properly appreciate such magic as presented here by NZ Pete.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4i6hI2d0fpOSkUs3i1L7xN7BUgYUjIaDaac4X1NVYKDaGcKc8HQJQXxE-W0rFvmUCxOc8-FUpI8QeL9WKtKMrwOc9qOHSB39WgHPoa_1iZBSENMlJEtdZU8s8vXgPMX5JO4iw4yTYH3FS9oHo1HslVdqX8xu2fqzNR0ESpjuBDFug7ZUc7fMP7rL6/s1464/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-car0.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4i6hI2d0fpOSkUs3i1L7xN7BUgYUjIaDaac4X1NVYKDaGcKc8HQJQXxE-W0rFvmUCxOc8-FUpI8QeL9WKtKMrwOc9qOHSB39WgHPoa_1iZBSENMlJEtdZU8s8vXgPMX5JO4iw4yTYH3FS9oHo1HslVdqX8xu2fqzNR0ESpjuBDFug7ZUc7fMP7rL6/w640-h472/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-car0.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">But wait!!...There's more! Also from TIME OF THEIR LIVES is another spectacular visual effect where Lou Costello and lady friend 'survive' a hit and run as the car simply passes through them, or did they pass through the car??</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPzps68FMCmJO-O5zi5JnM3B0JxsndshYtL67jHnHakM9WyVnxA3pJ3OaCZmMqDQh5BGVXzkHut4L3UwDoB7t8dyuCmYUVWu3qbe5emxhdwL9TCVIG0MQ3BKMbmVByJI6-8uiC8N4QJWDua_HTs9oivD41H6iAhGybrGDVy-6DDQvCeQ0va8FXHnE/s1464/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-car01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPzps68FMCmJO-O5zi5JnM3B0JxsndshYtL67jHnHakM9WyVnxA3pJ3OaCZmMqDQh5BGVXzkHut4L3UwDoB7t8dyuCmYUVWu3qbe5emxhdwL9TCVIG0MQ3BKMbmVByJI6-8uiC8N4QJWDua_HTs9oivD41H6iAhGybrGDVy-6DDQvCeQ0va8FXHnE/w640-h472/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-car01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Again, I'm baffled by this terrific scene. Definitely has some degree of matte line on the upper right edge of both actors, though whether that's roto work or from photo-chemical composite photography, I don't know?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOx_u2mOhFpyQf-vwM29IaEH1K0PKyEviXo0whqXnjwC3jLaq688Qctui7FMb6Qfqhi4bf5TohN9A_Ld5W8cv6nwq4t8E4OyUoKqsEU-qRXiFveUMy2UAbf_U1ZGynlkdUqARlOG51ddpvmDXhclYLkM39BZDvqg3PN3BfHT5W7gni59n7szNXviP/s1464/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-car1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOx_u2mOhFpyQf-vwM29IaEH1K0PKyEviXo0whqXnjwC3jLaq688Qctui7FMb6Qfqhi4bf5TohN9A_Ld5W8cv6nwq4t8E4OyUoKqsEU-qRXiFveUMy2UAbf_U1ZGynlkdUqARlOG51ddpvmDXhclYLkM39BZDvqg3PN3BfHT5W7gni59n7szNXviP/w640-h472/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-car1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'd love to see the original elements in a break down.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0kGM428taxLQM-G88zAMyHjtHZPujHYlntlmeFfXzkQdcGz5LJKNhPxKnBVs7P-92u5Rnm7_MQbWeZKYUMumR1SK-eMrAhYm8HIgYfBsIEgOnDhQqBfB4RbnU5gxQ5Pl1vZtI2Rcnd6THnrCpMw7VN56MgO8V05WjFOr24sN-MYoMPpiRDCb3D3I/s1464/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-car2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0kGM428taxLQM-G88zAMyHjtHZPujHYlntlmeFfXzkQdcGz5LJKNhPxKnBVs7P-92u5Rnm7_MQbWeZKYUMumR1SK-eMrAhYm8HIgYfBsIEgOnDhQqBfB4RbnU5gxQ5Pl1vZtI2Rcnd6THnrCpMw7VN56MgO8V05WjFOr24sN-MYoMPpiRDCb3D3I/w640-h472/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-car2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm presuming it to be a combination of travelling matte achieved right there on the exterior set, isolating the actors; a second take with the car, without the actors, and a great deal of careful hand drawn and inked rotoscope mattes made on cels. Millie Winebrenner was Universal's long time rotoscope artist <i>(and, as Syd Dutton told me, a good cartoonist/caricature artist)</i> who had worked as far back as the John Fulton days and onward well into the Whitlock era as a permanent staffer in the matte department.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaK2kbIyxAVCijBhOA2G4h7V8Rc0zRKh5PqlNDHGOzbiZKPdKf282msq0iI77QYA0a-x0KrgzVCM6kwcdUmtpyu8PWGScaX71xOcGaZPWQPDEyTB56D_FmYwHKz6i6rp2KjuD7EenmLKFXyKYMe6k3pM-cyuej9FceY3ksyMjWEiFyjDR6YMfzBWy/s1464/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-car3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaK2kbIyxAVCijBhOA2G4h7V8Rc0zRKh5PqlNDHGOzbiZKPdKf282msq0iI77QYA0a-x0KrgzVCM6kwcdUmtpyu8PWGScaX71xOcGaZPWQPDEyTB56D_FmYwHKz6i6rp2KjuD7EenmLKFXyKYMe6k3pM-cyuej9FceY3ksyMjWEiFyjDR6YMfzBWy/w640-h472/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-car3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5Rl0TJ0uasg-WE96ReMrXvhbCKGYDKiVHPJZkrT0vcjQVZVVTCi5TZOTy4iCv3IqiAFO_P9oFnbrgj4ZlMbsYdgxc0yW7it0YLrf5yd_rka_RvyQFOXXKmU8Hy7HVJdyLKZIzN2NCbUsdUW1q5PA5PQuyiXva9Zse1YvnBEpEfxjpTRZKee0chax/s1464/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-car4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5Rl0TJ0uasg-WE96ReMrXvhbCKGYDKiVHPJZkrT0vcjQVZVVTCi5TZOTy4iCv3IqiAFO_P9oFnbrgj4ZlMbsYdgxc0yW7it0YLrf5yd_rka_RvyQFOXXKmU8Hy7HVJdyLKZIzN2NCbUsdUW1q5PA5PQuyiXva9Zse1YvnBEpEfxjpTRZKee0chax/w640-h472/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-car4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Universal's veteran optical cinematographer, Roswell Hoffman was also one whose career stretched back to the early Fulton days, being an employee from 1931 through to 1974, with probably a thousand fx composites under his belt.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiWjzOPuFVc5PQ7C8jQpS2VUmBC4p_t3nEEFiORaNejGBi95_bDF1UW6OwbLBFQ8zGBo2_UUVhljLJV045iAvU-f3QxFBKN12KA97MjegMfwHRsLbMk6Bgj88dvd4py-xtb2oryn8G4uuz2poCiKFX38KlfYBVU9ovDx26xx78xq5iB7YykbEyfJD/w640-h472/Time%20of%20Their%20Lives-end.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Welcome to the Pearly Gates - the final matte from TIME OF THEIR LIVES (1946)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEnibtXUgA8XVOjVmOUt2LjI1W-GJDwwGSCstvlLC-AivyPOqF56authwHxBu592GelhRGK_2mLOZc3zRi3N-M4fa6OI5iTTO8rb_mpm7rXsN43HmGAaR-XSltstb2Domcd6eA9VPNWpR42PlspgxW5qKZaBtjOZxsbnia8e8kj1_GpeGOTxZqe6A/s2358/Those%20Fantastic%20Flying%20Fools-67.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="2358" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEnibtXUgA8XVOjVmOUt2LjI1W-GJDwwGSCstvlLC-AivyPOqF56authwHxBu592GelhRGK_2mLOZc3zRi3N-M4fa6OI5iTTO8rb_mpm7rXsN43HmGAaR-XSltstb2Domcd6eA9VPNWpR42PlspgxW5qKZaBtjOZxsbnia8e8kj1_GpeGOTxZqe6A/w640-h306/Those%20Fantastic%20Flying%20Fools-67.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Les Bowie shot of a collapsing bridge in THOSE FANTASTIC FLYING FOOLS (1967) - made at a time when titles such as this were all the rage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhva4sblb3RbLhqzrAkz9LLiLb7jhehQVBqwOQZQ3TRJmiRoQwAlIxqt4NLnSDDjB3sE6UZnrLHvjjdLWbixMdPLdu-HbWHCcnJLAcbFf1_Je7zRG1iuek7sJCY2YLHct9612zAJt5cU-0FapVcAaOEuKB_qS3BW9dXZ6AXEd743d41DyxqWoKdtcw5/s1908/Topper%20Returns-41%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="1908" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhva4sblb3RbLhqzrAkz9LLiLb7jhehQVBqwOQZQ3TRJmiRoQwAlIxqt4NLnSDDjB3sE6UZnrLHvjjdLWbixMdPLdu-HbWHCcnJLAcbFf1_Je7zRG1iuek7sJCY2YLHct9612zAJt5cU-0FapVcAaOEuKB_qS3BW9dXZ6AXEd743d41DyxqWoKdtcw5/w640-h492/Topper%20Returns-41%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The cheeky Hal Roach ghost comedy TOPPER RETURNS (1941) was a bit of a hoot. Lots of funny bits, especially here with the always great Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson and Marlboro puffing spectre.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHfemKTV2iYVzV-q0-_bJpQSs2O9XYxTZL4fIbY9urHoQOueFh0WwYJqJTEAXiOibAS6yNnt6Lol9XVkvFFbxoR-Kd9dprxqGX7PXlFKaU6v4aAttlmn3THEVOxFh4YUhVeN_kJaSpF2Z3lfq9sosUTtmN8B4-K1F4HOVvYhouw0nEgM5SSN2fzht/s1504/Topper%20Returns%205.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1504" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHfemKTV2iYVzV-q0-_bJpQSs2O9XYxTZL4fIbY9urHoQOueFh0WwYJqJTEAXiOibAS6yNnt6Lol9XVkvFFbxoR-Kd9dprxqGX7PXlFKaU6v4aAttlmn3THEVOxFh4YUhVeN_kJaSpF2Z3lfq9sosUTtmN8B4-K1F4HOVvYhouw0nEgM5SSN2fzht/w640-h464/Topper%20Returns%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Roy Seawright was the in house Hal Roach photographic effects man, with Jack Shaw painting mattes and William Draper and Frank Young on opticals. Matte here from TOPPER RETURNS</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGazczMlAsYoBg4l1SA9FhsH8orZYs_VrWSfh3O1Lqgz1XVvRP7hOZvHqQOQRwzvu5ZPpDz3vFvDnRxuXITynY10AumfG6iXPWWvzIE2xzEsSSCruOygXKgdbyzQV3RUEO3swDejGIVhNtoRb04WOpZLTE5kw_eDhQhGKgkIn2cDuRtGLscwZH_uWN/s1638/Topper%20Returns%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1185" data-original-width="1638" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGazczMlAsYoBg4l1SA9FhsH8orZYs_VrWSfh3O1Lqgz1XVvRP7hOZvHqQOQRwzvu5ZPpDz3vFvDnRxuXITynY10AumfG6iXPWWvzIE2xzEsSSCruOygXKgdbyzQV3RUEO3swDejGIVhNtoRb04WOpZLTE5kw_eDhQhGKgkIn2cDuRtGLscwZH_uWN/w640-h464/Topper%20Returns%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from same film is this very nifty bit combining miniatures, matte art and real water.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNE-OyG6u8TJkisNrlW3eUXdYNUJvENzaqhQnADUTaIvj1u_2l2UgnE5apKCG9h1WdNRKMsHNKKuxUvRHcT6xtUcIMZKM4XxQfUWg-qCK1gEnyxPhAbsRq55_p5HhZVWmqOsy0fxNL3_PegUXY3uMgkedc0UA6_xEb0ANUXAbbFJ8_09FLLO9FXZIk/s2127/Topper%20Takes%20A%20Trip-38.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="2127" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNE-OyG6u8TJkisNrlW3eUXdYNUJvENzaqhQnADUTaIvj1u_2l2UgnE5apKCG9h1WdNRKMsHNKKuxUvRHcT6xtUcIMZKM4XxQfUWg-qCK1gEnyxPhAbsRq55_p5HhZVWmqOsy0fxNL3_PegUXY3uMgkedc0UA6_xEb0ANUXAbbFJ8_09FLLO9FXZIk/w640-h240/Topper%20Takes%20A%20Trip-38.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A pair of Jack Shaw mattes of The Riviera from TOPPER TAKES A TRIP (1939)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4F5m0pSUzYVcT7HqrfV06I-VLdAcpB_d3fGgXrIjRjBjl8M3sOWSYKKMgowF4khc_nyg35XMA1eU2O5fE_qNVarsSNtQjRKRW5aOK2xqJKO0rsyNUwrmYQqyq0YYxMgCuUKJTgAl-hBbqd8CyUw5uGzy-5GpRpDt3JNL__oKpKOQLubeNAlB0R4Z/s1348/Trail%20of%20Pink%20Panther%20(Peter%20Melrose%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="1348" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4F5m0pSUzYVcT7HqrfV06I-VLdAcpB_d3fGgXrIjRjBjl8M3sOWSYKKMgowF4khc_nyg35XMA1eU2O5fE_qNVarsSNtQjRKRW5aOK2xqJKO0rsyNUwrmYQqyq0YYxMgCuUKJTgAl-hBbqd8CyUw5uGzy-5GpRpDt3JNL__oKpKOQLubeNAlB0R4Z/w640-h282/Trail%20of%20Pink%20Panther%20(Peter%20Melrose%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peter Melrose painted this shot from Blake Edwards' TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER (1982) - a film comprised of out takes from unused footage from the earlier Sellers films.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWojPB8AWUurhIAnbCEylbirx0NZ8X9vxUz1qwMTTQ5uNTlf7i-lHdUn0tgSsezQYEYadEvBmbLVCS2mz2KrKSL7K09aanxXmb2ERVlKQKvqv11eCSrJNwdQAAj6wq_Gim95S1_ArHx8LADT3B8f4Q9vHj4r0MlyHYfM5syWb6HQUAnrCQxTR8p_e/s1808/School%20For%20Scoundrels%20BR1080p%20(no%20watermark).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1808" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWojPB8AWUurhIAnbCEylbirx0NZ8X9vxUz1qwMTTQ5uNTlf7i-lHdUn0tgSsezQYEYadEvBmbLVCS2mz2KrKSL7K09aanxXmb2ERVlKQKvqv11eCSrJNwdQAAj6wq_Gim95S1_ArHx8LADT3B8f4Q9vHj4r0MlyHYfM5syWb6HQUAnrCQxTR8p_e/w640-h382/School%20For%20Scoundrels%20BR1080p%20(no%20watermark).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A great cast of UK comics in SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS (1960), though I don't know who did this matte shot for Tom Howard.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlHiSSZi1Z7Y6DPCKrokbb329oQj_-4tOxctC8w4F4CgaKoQ_w_it8aq3_SWnCz_4J3zDDmK7maRFj0DYzWZf4hymLnpaiTQiD0QYNowzPupK0FU1JbV91VZGzbf81WY-eveRWL7xQ57AO3nsGJGxO8T7Qx79KROkvkdp1D_mgy_wAZjnze4uAwuA/s1920/Teacher's%20Pet-57%20%5BHD1080p%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlHiSSZi1Z7Y6DPCKrokbb329oQj_-4tOxctC8w4F4CgaKoQ_w_it8aq3_SWnCz_4J3zDDmK7maRFj0DYzWZf4hymLnpaiTQiD0QYNowzPupK0FU1JbV91VZGzbf81WY-eveRWL7xQ57AO3nsGJGxO8T7Qx79KROkvkdp1D_mgy_wAZjnze4uAwuA/w640-h364/Teacher's%20Pet-57%20%5BHD1080p%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jan Domela painted this matte for the Clark Gable comedy TEACHER'S PET (1958)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoCJwdDMD-6BnH2xdLdOM5VEGD7ybeESGTBwxeO-h7zp8vMr3H7PjJWWvUICmaYIVpNotQv4Oy4aYvBdByAqZmYDXlrfJBnfoW_vH5ZXi0QbXDlf-_Hb90YefyKy8SG4PM2XntP2rAryVOuIohTz4w3tFg4Sae05f3JhmnV-R7yleYeZQo89HzXLh/s1920/That%20Touch%20of%20Mink%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoCJwdDMD-6BnH2xdLdOM5VEGD7ybeESGTBwxeO-h7zp8vMr3H7PjJWWvUICmaYIVpNotQv4Oy4aYvBdByAqZmYDXlrfJBnfoW_vH5ZXi0QbXDlf-_Hb90YefyKy8SG4PM2XntP2rAryVOuIohTz4w3tFg4Sae05f3JhmnV-R7yleYeZQo89HzXLh/w640-h272/That%20Touch%20of%20Mink%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This was apparently Albert Whitlock's first matte shot for Universal. The film is THAT TOUCH OF MINK (1962) starring Cary Grant. I had hoped to demonstrate the original matte art with this, but it wasn't possible as things turned out.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWz8SHCWWRaQ4G5kXbm5yh7XyYtf14OCOGBHB6QO9sobg_vPDjK6nDBp-3ZX8eOHCeEEQDX5LaOyw41s3NSGZF0eilUwowQISHQI_lTbfbPK_pZPwzAajCw28hKFpU8I7PfakiimRngNohd-Qg_749OPGL0zpmNXnrfMmDqbJRZVNSaOEZID4WtbE/s1920/Time%20Bandits%20(Ray%20Caple)_5_1080p.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWz8SHCWWRaQ4G5kXbm5yh7XyYtf14OCOGBHB6QO9sobg_vPDjK6nDBp-3ZX8eOHCeEEQDX5LaOyw41s3NSGZF0eilUwowQISHQI_lTbfbPK_pZPwzAajCw28hKFpU8I7PfakiimRngNohd-Qg_749OPGL0zpmNXnrfMmDqbJRZVNSaOEZID4WtbE/w640-h360/Time%20Bandits%20(Ray%20Caple)_5_1080p.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I don't go much for Terry Gilliam's films myself, with TIME BANDITS (1981) being a real drag. Mattes painted by Ray Caple, with this shot being especially good.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yTUaKhMvAEPlPK4FUTTPSgrqRdU6fLvxpH2pc9KxEfc3-C-omYTxmuTc40iGg4HL7Wqj9WuMHK7HqAgFKhvt84ZyKr8VyMd39MNmPa1GkEf1jIBLj9yR60GMGOlcTjZi7y7hqwcF0eXfhJyE0_a-Z8kY6H4eaH4E4sDSk-u7N89VwjCtrdA0tlFr/s1392/Time%20Bandits%20BR%20(Ray%20Caple).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1392" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yTUaKhMvAEPlPK4FUTTPSgrqRdU6fLvxpH2pc9KxEfc3-C-omYTxmuTc40iGg4HL7Wqj9WuMHK7HqAgFKhvt84ZyKr8VyMd39MNmPa1GkEf1jIBLj9yR60GMGOlcTjZi7y7hqwcF0eXfhJyE0_a-Z8kY6H4eaH4E4sDSk-u7N89VwjCtrdA0tlFr/w640-h344/Time%20Bandits%20BR%20(Ray%20Caple).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from TIME BANDITS was this shot by Caple, which I believe Gilliam was never happy with, and was constantly asking for the 'broken glass' to look better.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdulZRNHwORHWi7YHk0TPHdVkvx9T_csonoYsbTWhbscAYRAa78as8GnQJcmKiEn2FtVBS_iiPuKZo_P0SVz_8w5_SiV7Q6D2456UrTDJ5n1r5mRJ3d6jSmVEmOsODysRo_IgiFTJS9xuC-Nxe4EGhq5k5OfnQcZMMfde5O_x2gxnNOZiiU-sH_EaV/s1440/To%20Be%20Or%20Not%20To%20Be%20BR%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdulZRNHwORHWi7YHk0TPHdVkvx9T_csonoYsbTWhbscAYRAa78as8GnQJcmKiEn2FtVBS_iiPuKZo_P0SVz_8w5_SiV7Q6D2456UrTDJ5n1r5mRJ3d6jSmVEmOsODysRo_IgiFTJS9xuC-Nxe4EGhq5k5OfnQcZMMfde5O_x2gxnNOZiiU-sH_EaV/w640-h484/To%20Be%20Or%20Not%20To%20Be%20BR%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the great cinema classics was Ernst Lubitsch's TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942) starring Jack Benny and Carole Lombard. Bold, for the day, to mix serious drama with out and out hysterical comedy in the same film. Many wonderful lines and bits. Effects overseen by Lawrence W. Butler, with this anonymous matte of the theatre district in Warsaw, Poland, being a set extension for the upper half of the frame.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0DthuUNU2hZGSdFiOj35G-nzge8VHLBSeEh_f-caM49teYXS8IDlbEG4pF1aqne0KErEUkWYJPy9vK-o0CCnYcFVpexPpDED9xYlXGhbcW7n0dUeTDeNlQbGYG0b5wJxYbiBaV9TCzUm99Sc-4kqtA4iY-8qLSFkjcJYMRdZlSEqfVZWlEsathDp/s1440/Unfaithfully%20Yours-48%20%5BHD1080p%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0DthuUNU2hZGSdFiOj35G-nzge8VHLBSeEh_f-caM49teYXS8IDlbEG4pF1aqne0KErEUkWYJPy9vK-o0CCnYcFVpexPpDED9xYlXGhbcW7n0dUeTDeNlQbGYG0b5wJxYbiBaV9TCzUm99Sc-4kqtA4iY-8qLSFkjcJYMRdZlSEqfVZWlEsathDp/w640-h480/Unfaithfully%20Yours-48%20%5BHD1080p%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another favourite film of NZ Pete was Preston Sturges' UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (1948), featuring a never better Rex Harrison and his elaborate attempts to kill off his wife. Much funnier than it may sound, with the smooth as silk 'fantasy murder' completely coming apart when carried out as 'the real thing'. Side splittingly funny, I laughed till my spleen exploded! Here's a matte by one of Fred Sersen's artists.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7gfOW37PRGjS3gPDLpPXU0PUGTWiF1Jql-ddjPTVzq2bFvXKmqm4K-Nb8suvtQlQvF3qZ6IT38RcmpWxvxdHGzYSheOe4zGJBM_UDHvZLqr2WP0WIOTQ5Y1i-nUfv8hwNE0Z5dkyq8zNkslyQl57amSFsyI__XaTlybt-twmscn68PAsQtV3EpnU/s2216/Unfaithfully%20Yours-extreme%20push-in.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="2216" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7gfOW37PRGjS3gPDLpPXU0PUGTWiF1Jql-ddjPTVzq2bFvXKmqm4K-Nb8suvtQlQvF3qZ6IT38RcmpWxvxdHGzYSheOe4zGJBM_UDHvZLqr2WP0WIOTQ5Y1i-nUfv8hwNE0Z5dkyq8zNkslyQl57amSFsyI__XaTlybt-twmscn68PAsQtV3EpnU/w640-h466/Unfaithfully%20Yours-extreme%20push-in.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A key scene in UNFAITHFULLY YOURS has orchestral conductor Rex drift into his long planned fantasy of knocking off his old lady. What is most fascinating is just how in the hell Sersen and DOP Victor Milner pulled off this amazing shot? Shot starts in long shot, and slowly pushes in <i>(not a zoom, mind you...a push in) </i>and eventually goes right up to and virtually into his eyeball!!! If any cinematographers are reading this, I'd love to know how the focus puller managed to make this work so well. Perhaps shot in reverse, as a <i>pull out</i>? Hitchcock did something similar a decade before with YOUNG AND INNOCENT with the drummer and his 'twitch'. <u>Very</u> impressive.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39TO_AW3W9mmx0MGX75iaT_jFlAjUQu-bQNrfQvCfXTTf3kQ-r97Y1ivOYQ9Z8gtf2eFX8lYhoQ2iuyjYdm25dOPVhx8b7mipDUlDhUef4V_5jli_lmu9p2Gj3IU1RJNm8ji9B7dmFQUmHHU1-edgg2-jHx_2vCM2ZJxwNDdhQ8r3DP3LcQd0WbgW/s1920/Thoroughly%20Modern%20Millie-67.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39TO_AW3W9mmx0MGX75iaT_jFlAjUQu-bQNrfQvCfXTTf3kQ-r97Y1ivOYQ9Z8gtf2eFX8lYhoQ2iuyjYdm25dOPVhx8b7mipDUlDhUef4V_5jli_lmu9p2Gj3IU1RJNm8ji9B7dmFQUmHHU1-edgg2-jHx_2vCM2ZJxwNDdhQ8r3DP3LcQd0WbgW/w640-h346/Thoroughly%20Modern%20Millie-67.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although the overlong, yet bouncy Julie Andrews musical-comedy THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (1967) had some inexplicably poor quality work from the usually reliable Albert Whitlock, at least <i>this</i> shot was of high enough standard to slip by unnoticed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hdO9KH3WrngtcP4Q7_FOBM-nO6dkcOjoxBH7KLopxvjA-r5Go9iH_0NClgCpRWY0OF3RBxBSnp6BYN8ravjiGphfrro4EptwoUO5KpYGfJwfYERsY99VaXTvdnDaDTuNoOH9VKECMaulEJE8XywYL3qThxAydQ-VzlRVYSLgf03eWwHBaAWgdwzj/s1764/Sailors%20Three-40%20(Ealing).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="1764" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hdO9KH3WrngtcP4Q7_FOBM-nO6dkcOjoxBH7KLopxvjA-r5Go9iH_0NClgCpRWY0OF3RBxBSnp6BYN8ravjiGphfrro4EptwoUO5KpYGfJwfYERsY99VaXTvdnDaDTuNoOH9VKECMaulEJE8XywYL3qThxAydQ-VzlRVYSLgf03eWwHBaAWgdwzj/w640-h460/Sailors%20Three-40%20(Ealing).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Naval comedy SAILORS THREE (1940) from Ealing Studios, had some nicely done model work and matte art on a very, very tight wartime budget. Roy Kellino was Ealing's effects man.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52lgpBg0KjVOy5DJhGYf2fURLKimdNNMX0WM_1HkVhUPG-ufbKGjsiOK7OB1iOM8QPc4eQx6BNSlKvqAjACxqPj-zhct_1poCERJgX7Q8UXpJuIbibrINqxwucEY8L94ExS27GLLYjRPqup8khd7jzQcwKIXjNkf0ni7rG4qnxxusi1JV_WX1QJdh/s1880/The%20Spy%20With%20The%20Cold%20Nose-66.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1880" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52lgpBg0KjVOy5DJhGYf2fURLKimdNNMX0WM_1HkVhUPG-ufbKGjsiOK7OB1iOM8QPc4eQx6BNSlKvqAjACxqPj-zhct_1poCERJgX7Q8UXpJuIbibrINqxwucEY8L94ExS27GLLYjRPqup8khd7jzQcwKIXjNkf0ni7rG4qnxxusi1JV_WX1QJdh/w640-h366/The%20Spy%20With%20The%20Cold%20Nose-66.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As far from the master, John LeCarre as one could hope to get; THE SPY WITH A COLD NOSE (1966) about a dog employed by MI5, had matte shots by Gerald Larn (main image) and Doug Ferris at Shepperton. Not by any means to be confused with the brilliant SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD with Richard Burton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTSW94nH7n8kTQI0pP-tyzhRsYJ7pjQ-S7Lhc0eQd9MmFQkoT6W6atJ8CoAVfxc0jH5P2wXrD0REDqeBBym-Md7kJOhAxnL9yes5I8EjwI7sr012hupZJTO3KqabJDilVlIrIIHKJINTU0yCA1Xdq59CPwzSK_xFRnjYjve0Lg9rTQPeV3_0Kq78_/s1654/Those%20Mag%20Men.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="1654" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTSW94nH7n8kTQI0pP-tyzhRsYJ7pjQ-S7Lhc0eQd9MmFQkoT6W6atJ8CoAVfxc0jH5P2wXrD0REDqeBBym-Md7kJOhAxnL9yes5I8EjwI7sr012hupZJTO3KqabJDilVlIrIIHKJINTU0yCA1Xdq59CPwzSK_xFRnjYjve0Lg9rTQPeV3_0Kq78_/w640-h234/Those%20Mag%20Men.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">These huge cast of international star 'round the world' roadshow epics were very much in vogue in the sixties, with numerous along the same lines. THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES - OR HOW I FLEW FROM LONDON TO PARIS IN 25 HOURS AND 11 MINUTES (1965) - and they all had absurdly long titles as if to lend more grandeur to the event! Cliff Culley was matte artist, possibly assisted by Charles Stoneham, with Roy Field on fx camera duties.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUf7ZdCrPzcLLXvTizJJRm5_q6AbmyM5KZGIWaFxi4OQ9rJafrxvpU6JnytcZRbN3qK1c-Mv-3XLJBX2M0uGFvhImBzLvgS6DhX1M6C3tV3Ipmp7hwWpW5XraKl5hSD7yiX6RvX34Vm9tAaBL4LI_rqGNWHMsqIkJeB8WX0Y8UV6PgmeVcPzMh_Ngi/s1029/Those%20Mag%20Men%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="1029" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUf7ZdCrPzcLLXvTizJJRm5_q6AbmyM5KZGIWaFxi4OQ9rJafrxvpU6JnytcZRbN3qK1c-Mv-3XLJBX2M0uGFvhImBzLvgS6DhX1M6C3tV3Ipmp7hwWpW5XraKl5hSD7yiX6RvX34Vm9tAaBL4LI_rqGNWHMsqIkJeB8WX0Y8UV6PgmeVcPzMh_Ngi/w640-h308/Those%20Mag%20Men%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painted Paris and onlookers from same film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvfRUszv5uqBGkUWADzSx_TkVHguY_RE0W0D-SyE-V361Zvh31DhUXESY7nCUVeEVdmJk_IlARV4maxM7v9C_6kI_WKx5YaGWWSXt1s9ygVVolHDr_CHqQ7PGCS8X7NGEFCVl33UvOijgr6Mey8uP-JIsBbFy0TNBEwYDB6ti4RxadhItgii1uqT9/s1854/Three%20Men%20in%20a%20Boat-56.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1854" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvfRUszv5uqBGkUWADzSx_TkVHguY_RE0W0D-SyE-V361Zvh31DhUXESY7nCUVeEVdmJk_IlARV4maxM7v9C_6kI_WKx5YaGWWSXt1s9ygVVolHDr_CHqQ7PGCS8X7NGEFCVl33UvOijgr6Mey8uP-JIsBbFy0TNBEwYDB6ti4RxadhItgii1uqT9/w640-h274/Three%20Men%20in%20a%20Boat-56.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Period riverboat antics, THREE MEN IN A BOAT (1956) from Shepperton's fx dept.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUaS4artlDO8tlzIPGd0uOxscu3Q_kPnUeP1rdTtXR0ZNuY33hUB9h4yOZXOeN3zUIYt8HVP9fSwhcotx4ljt5L44zNEcapr4zsDz8bsR5jDqezGrAlbicDXJ0Bfzfc5mFGCartok9z8C7-5l53Bmz99aweFjQptZP92v9-IoXocv9JGtfvV8jLHSW/s1868/Silver%20Streak-76%20sm%20(full%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="1868" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUaS4artlDO8tlzIPGd0uOxscu3Q_kPnUeP1rdTtXR0ZNuY33hUB9h4yOZXOeN3zUIYt8HVP9fSwhcotx4ljt5L44zNEcapr4zsDz8bsR5jDqezGrAlbicDXJ0Bfzfc5mFGCartok9z8C7-5l53Bmz99aweFjQptZP92v9-IoXocv9JGtfvV8jLHSW/w640-h392/Silver%20Streak-76%20sm%20(full%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Dramatic closing shot from the hit Gene Wilder-Richard Pryor action comedy SILVER STREAK (1976). I was told once that Louis Litchtenfield probably painted this .</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGx5G9FT-nyusczLp5PtR1r8bRqvtJ-YrC0Kw1dHU1-M4C5ZTy33q4sKLx8FN6_o9ivq1bthqd_GYMpatXGTnVFi71fgX6Xf1uoblEQaJ6Slo4h7hN0FDlLXBYcyiSafm8-B7JyS4B9gPwWhQ7nUyxP_iRR6TWxuT_n85XV1wAZeAVe9-FvQlwI8eM/s1584/Snow%20White%20&%203%20Stooges.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="1428" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGx5G9FT-nyusczLp5PtR1r8bRqvtJ-YrC0Kw1dHU1-M4C5ZTy33q4sKLx8FN6_o9ivq1bthqd_GYMpatXGTnVFi71fgX6Xf1uoblEQaJ6Slo4h7hN0FDlLXBYcyiSafm8-B7JyS4B9gPwWhQ7nUyxP_iRR6TWxuT_n85XV1wAZeAVe9-FvQlwI8eM/w576-h640/Snow%20White%20&%203%20Stooges.jpg" width="576" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stunning matte art is all that I can recommend for the utterly dreadful SNOW WHITE AND THE THREE STOOGES (1960). L.B Abbott was photographic effects chief, with Emil Kosa jnr painting mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrl1sdeDhIpmFCJXkM0PyBvNs8evo386EMTrE_mHBMrWBYno6nCTd_yYU-0-OiDTjioOgNGwDBMhOzKI5IE-tXFbJPSRdT0bt2wfRQxH8VsAe90e88JqahpqVGVi71gfljxIMqf7qNHkUTXnd-aKX7Vr1L1J5f2tj7LgCYvgekKpIdqzhHFEcy_o-/s2000/Snow%20White%20&%203%20Stooges-61.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1712" data-original-width="2000" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrl1sdeDhIpmFCJXkM0PyBvNs8evo386EMTrE_mHBMrWBYno6nCTd_yYU-0-OiDTjioOgNGwDBMhOzKI5IE-tXFbJPSRdT0bt2wfRQxH8VsAe90e88JqahpqVGVi71gfljxIMqf7qNHkUTXnd-aKX7Vr1L1J5f2tj7LgCYvgekKpIdqzhHFEcy_o-/w640-h548/Snow%20White%20&%203%20Stooges-61.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some more quality mattes from the same diabolically awful film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoH0EdC0tc7VL5XhDZ4TmJLF5BMgN39a7NcZtJr7etMO-qbMyC-NlqtgXeAMi5iY1-CHe_lG1vs0xCW5PiO4yc7Gl-hBO5O5FmXVMZOZjvsM74ZhgwofkYCbN5YnoV8iT-RWIfxXW-CYxqTGRTUXxP-Ty8lKfpQkcOceMDEa4Yh9-o6zECG1Wz750/s2296/Three%20Musketeers%20(1939).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="2296" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoH0EdC0tc7VL5XhDZ4TmJLF5BMgN39a7NcZtJr7etMO-qbMyC-NlqtgXeAMi5iY1-CHe_lG1vs0xCW5PiO4yc7Gl-hBO5O5FmXVMZOZjvsM74ZhgwofkYCbN5YnoV8iT-RWIfxXW-CYxqTGRTUXxP-Ty8lKfpQkcOceMDEa4Yh9-o6zECG1Wz750/w640-h330/Three%20Musketeers%20(1939).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Ritz Brothers were a budget variation on the great Marx Bros, though not in that same league by any means, and here they play up in one of many versions of THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1939). Fred Sersen's matte artists included Ray Kellogg, Fitch Fulton, Ralph Hammeras and Gil Riswold.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkfFJ6gppE9gm4UaFgCqM7kY0Ue2rGzdt8han4seYWFyWLOunz28fWsnF225h-z6o7Ft4x8X3q36yoyvuOjkc_bbmsTvbtDWwMfcJmJkvqPGYumFtUKJsjvo1wzwRSVlGP1MuMZRlORU23JGD1YBjjTgGIK6PePC6w1dJCklz3k9n6hI8zSqLWMx0/s1086/Trouble%20in%20Paradise-32.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="1086" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkfFJ6gppE9gm4UaFgCqM7kY0Ue2rGzdt8han4seYWFyWLOunz28fWsnF225h-z6o7Ft4x8X3q36yoyvuOjkc_bbmsTvbtDWwMfcJmJkvqPGYumFtUKJsjvo1wzwRSVlGP1MuMZRlORU23JGD1YBjjTgGIK6PePC6w1dJCklz3k9n6hI8zSqLWMx0/w640-h328/Trouble%20in%20Paradise-32.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The pre-code classic TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932) from the great Ernst Lubitsch, was a sophisticated, sultry, sexy and very smooth affair - with Herbert Marshall perfectly cast. Paramount's Jan Domela would have painted the matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEV5lzmejKHI6ojjnE6NhqbkCamIau_GIohkMLcggKGJMrgkLF8wQfI_peq76C2FWq2GdTtngfFKl4j6IHT9QOt46ezPRxqSsMVV3aTym315NnL_qnEHF3-FhJnZn3igaa7ugqsxjC0Gdl-fkqpqCKKpStp3JXm1L2MWDbohFQf2x__iw11NxLUdo/s2316/Speaking%20of%20Animals%207.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="2316" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEV5lzmejKHI6ojjnE6NhqbkCamIau_GIohkMLcggKGJMrgkLF8wQfI_peq76C2FWq2GdTtngfFKl4j6IHT9QOt46ezPRxqSsMVV3aTym315NnL_qnEHF3-FhJnZn3igaa7ugqsxjC0Gdl-fkqpqCKKpStp3JXm1L2MWDbohFQf2x__iw11NxLUdo/w640-h322/Speaking%20of%20Animals%207.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Producer Jerry Fairbanks made a whole series of very popular one-reeler short subjects SPEAKING OF ANIMALS in the early 1940's, winning an Oscar for one of them. They must have really been a hit back in the day as they still look incredible today. Cleverly edited animal footage supplemented by intricate rotoscope work and cel animated lip sync for hilarious voice overs and popular songs of the day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGzQfAYAYQPqeun9U0MyILnxhKOuS3pqzT40pSFnRgfeQAlirkdevCeNeoQMfCP_ooUaK1TtwZCuiXHB9vCymQ8gZwg9UnDtBZHtcr5obWk6kHIXLAr3CrvXDLs7kbZSfdZlyOuzYpqovH-g8eLTtpZfPbs82yOTRmy4PmTgZnXeB4qUnaXbC6Iuf/s1292/Speaking%20Animals-Anna%20Osborne%20at%20Jerry%20Fairbanks%20Prod.%201946.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1292" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGzQfAYAYQPqeun9U0MyILnxhKOuS3pqzT40pSFnRgfeQAlirkdevCeNeoQMfCP_ooUaK1TtwZCuiXHB9vCymQ8gZwg9UnDtBZHtcr5obWk6kHIXLAr3CrvXDLs7kbZSfdZlyOuzYpqovH-g8eLTtpZfPbs82yOTRmy4PmTgZnXeB4qUnaXbC6Iuf/w640-h474/Speaking%20Animals-Anna%20Osborne%20at%20Jerry%20Fairbanks%20Prod.%201946.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Anna Osborne was key animator for the SPEAKING OF ANIMALS series, and her team deserve a bow for such high quality work. I still have a VHS collection of all of 'em.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lWhDbbzvM2pKYIoUFB2EuKUfaCQYIP01E3A6q_Bn34L0O9JCJWdWoR6VFxkGptFOsP8udiGunfznY02KYqMqqF_ppdCW7gAGM5_YKwkdElvlM-yd2BNcxc0LiX6RDa_12s8EdS9qqfDIobqROS-agCxRXw5SgTWa3mK7gU4lOCgOaOvpClxxaQIU/s2444/Speaking%20of%20Animals%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="2444" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lWhDbbzvM2pKYIoUFB2EuKUfaCQYIP01E3A6q_Bn34L0O9JCJWdWoR6VFxkGptFOsP8udiGunfznY02KYqMqqF_ppdCW7gAGM5_YKwkdElvlM-yd2BNcxc0LiX6RDa_12s8EdS9qqfDIobqROS-agCxRXw5SgTWa3mK7gU4lOCgOaOvpClxxaQIU/w640-h306/Speaking%20of%20Animals%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The bull in baritone singing 'The Cow-Cow Boogie' - brilliant stuff that had my kids wrapped back in the eighties.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20GlBzzylOslBXjHh-9ZLtNdgdMsM2ZITK4rhq0-tZrBHTMEgcRHd6zr352w4WlfL3JyXfTDiW7_yPL-g9Jc-6fcF_E2wbS0rOwJ4l5xEipg_OCkqhvFZrHsq5nGlnyOYZqoStYKgAOZU8o9qbgmdi_HzYGoCgunuLOtmKndZxOOqETe1U4Kv3uOZ/s1482/Thrill%20Of%20It%20All-63.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="1482" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20GlBzzylOslBXjHh-9ZLtNdgdMsM2ZITK4rhq0-tZrBHTMEgcRHd6zr352w4WlfL3JyXfTDiW7_yPL-g9Jc-6fcF_E2wbS0rOwJ4l5xEipg_OCkqhvFZrHsq5nGlnyOYZqoStYKgAOZU8o9qbgmdi_HzYGoCgunuLOtmKndZxOOqETe1U4Kv3uOZ/w640-h200/Thrill%20Of%20It%20All-63.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">James Garner and Doris Day were fun in THE THRILL OF IT ALL (1963), as was Carl Reiner. Matte shots by Albert Whitlock</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94S1UxfsZZAo367n51OPinMpw-zzrrZCxx4Ggq_cTcKm00qojWl_ds8aedXEreR04tNnjj6mvekdTE_b9IlsuRB6-VbSGqa62WwccWHkN0XcOQ1hxP3CcRPpSX4-fMkoUKe43Keuhv-h3gagmMlc2Gm2imTkPs4j_6gJCEVUDctMYsfiP3cMRZBQf/s2004/Too%20Hot%20To%20Handle-38.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="2004" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94S1UxfsZZAo367n51OPinMpw-zzrrZCxx4Ggq_cTcKm00qojWl_ds8aedXEreR04tNnjj6mvekdTE_b9IlsuRB6-VbSGqa62WwccWHkN0XcOQ1hxP3CcRPpSX4-fMkoUKe43Keuhv-h3gagmMlc2Gm2imTkPs4j_6gJCEVUDctMYsfiP3cMRZBQf/w640-h328/Too%20Hot%20To%20Handle-38.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte art and much creative Buddy Gillespie model work in the Clark Gable-Myrna Loy flick TOO HOT TO HANDLE (1938)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgteJQ7GhOMnNM2DN24Wc33tZaucSjrDOTywjc888lazXvYsUk2qIEA9uCK-f_BlQ9EMDT1QClUVky7dG-nUdIuBgbML4qAEsVL7GWRC58NQJD5S2DC3IghJa-FocUZsU7SX1fXbrQvt3rNcQ9tDNgHquSsW-BO2CNFTm04nDjQwvcnKVPHIU-qJr/s1659/They%20Met%20In%20Bombay-41%20(mgm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="1659" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgteJQ7GhOMnNM2DN24Wc33tZaucSjrDOTywjc888lazXvYsUk2qIEA9uCK-f_BlQ9EMDT1QClUVky7dG-nUdIuBgbML4qAEsVL7GWRC58NQJD5S2DC3IghJa-FocUZsU7SX1fXbrQvt3rNcQ9tDNgHquSsW-BO2CNFTm04nDjQwvcnKVPHIU-qJr/w640-h480/They%20Met%20In%20Bombay-41%20(mgm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Clark Gable picture from MGM, THEY MET IN BOMBAY (1941), was entertaining and seemingly exotic, though all foreign locales were furnished by excellent Newcombe mattes expanding the MGM back lot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1prNbOCTH7tLe03VksEW7cPOOq6vOrYW6FeQ4DTuq3y-woXyOuprlsnM0iEIfHuLfTgjemxO4Kk99tnMa8aVIYUQHQrYmdmAO-dhVhws9-z2JZBaAv3hWAeZUUonHE9y1efpFn0mrhSlm48UgrxmkRA_ZkLMqoKBUY3XI7WUrdDsoZjBOv5myNDQ/s1764/Swiss%20Miss.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="1764" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1prNbOCTH7tLe03VksEW7cPOOq6vOrYW6FeQ4DTuq3y-woXyOuprlsnM0iEIfHuLfTgjemxO4Kk99tnMa8aVIYUQHQrYmdmAO-dhVhws9-z2JZBaAv3hWAeZUUonHE9y1efpFn0mrhSlm48UgrxmkRA_ZkLMqoKBUY3XI7WUrdDsoZjBOv5myNDQ/w640-h448/Swiss%20Miss.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The crazy Laurel and Hardy misadventure, SWISS MISS (1938) from Hal Roach Studios, had a few mattes by Luis McManus.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvFOVZ0oXwUTA3OE5ElJL5ieIm9L24lPUH3j9bmwUPKv4eI9NgdraCKXnLD7nGnDG6bvOY1mZPvdPW3sc6rdkGLbvMbj-X-2JxchAJHa_UUVYEeKiPrW1ImJX8Hvtyom0RiP8Dpb_CatW1shOu1ZASqAllj1XaUAsG-GAz2RlTehWkHQme15_cP1W/s1983/The%20Ratings%20Game-84%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1983" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvFOVZ0oXwUTA3OE5ElJL5ieIm9L24lPUH3j9bmwUPKv4eI9NgdraCKXnLD7nGnDG6bvOY1mZPvdPW3sc6rdkGLbvMbj-X-2JxchAJHa_UUVYEeKiPrW1ImJX8Hvtyom0RiP8Dpb_CatW1shOu1ZASqAllj1XaUAsG-GAz2RlTehWkHQme15_cP1W/w640-h246/The%20Ratings%20Game-84%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Danny DeVito satire THE RATINGS GAME (1984) had Dream Quest as vfx contractor, with artists Rocco Gioffre and Mark Sullivan sharing brush duties.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJf9n7sgOfi1_SsQyKtH5oyADo-YX3_QBPgiymvhVLr6Lp9I_qi-m5i9sLL2bs9wE3nhEBgA65ijD-MYSM6eb5PWB4HN82uO0AF-O8o9_71PiHZV9F3hwh1KpApkJevN2DbO11cVrp4DQohTpBL1NfFXb7KwVfGYsOmDDNtpgA1IF0P__73zB_sne/s2964/The%20Ratings%20Game-84%20(M.Sullivan).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="2964" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJf9n7sgOfi1_SsQyKtH5oyADo-YX3_QBPgiymvhVLr6Lp9I_qi-m5i9sLL2bs9wE3nhEBgA65ijD-MYSM6eb5PWB4HN82uO0AF-O8o9_71PiHZV9F3hwh1KpApkJevN2DbO11cVrp4DQohTpBL1NfFXb7KwVfGYsOmDDNtpgA1IF0P__73zB_sne/w640-h330/The%20Ratings%20Game-84%20(M.Sullivan).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mark Sullivan told me about this effect: <i>"Rocco and I were creating some shots, at Dream Quest, for a Danny DeVito directed HBO film called THE RATINGS GAME. One day, a Hill high speed camera was being used at the facility to film some falling coins, for another Dream Quest project. The camera was capable of running at some insanely fast frame rates, for extreme slow motion effects. Rocco seized the opportunity to shoot some elements for this stormy sea scene. While the camera was screaming along at 400 frames per second, Rocco tossed about a quarter cup full of powdered coffee creamer up into the air, into frame, in front of a black background. He later tossed some powdered hand soap for the rain element. Everyone was amazed in dailies at how effective these elements were. Along with Rocco’s high speed elements, this shot was a combination of a glass painting, (the ship) and a background painting on panel (the sky). I did the painting work. Bob Bailey did the photography, which included a motion control camera move to simulate the shot being taken from another boat in rough, choppy seas. The rain and wave were back projected and shot on a separate exposure, so the camera could photograph them with the same motion as it did with the painting passes. The back panel sky painting was shot as multiple split screen passes, moving at different rates, to suggest the clouds were churning."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDB2deNGkRPZ6Gq6BY_2eX67KvfSK2W5SvBTtqx9mdnY6LZZX3LNCNZCMJkDu99YX3QlccO-mhx2ua7d_Sp5Hp3BgoyXAET5EaK0giOAtJ6K14zC-sPsYGzlrvVObOZXz--pfSf8bbt5VLCfvH9UeWHzeSJSxpchu1QXiDLzEHowbFcIeyW-X3Uvhu/s1368/They%20Got%20Me%20Covered-43.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1368" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDB2deNGkRPZ6Gq6BY_2eX67KvfSK2W5SvBTtqx9mdnY6LZZX3LNCNZCMJkDu99YX3QlccO-mhx2ua7d_Sp5Hp3BgoyXAET5EaK0giOAtJ6K14zC-sPsYGzlrvVObOZXz--pfSf8bbt5VLCfvH9UeWHzeSJSxpchu1QXiDLzEHowbFcIeyW-X3Uvhu/w640-h476/They%20Got%20Me%20Covered-43.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some uncredited mattes from the Bob Hope comedy THEY GOT ME COVERED (1943), made by Samuel Goldwyn Studios as opposed to Bob's usual 'home' at Paramount for some reason.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlZZ2EzR87N76MKtFJcAIXKK-1j2xlL3-c3bsjDQdT4vN4Q5iUnDgq8ls4NHKZ5ZqSxviebjSAICQUsPtxmiMoU2YFzLjsgvCODdo-2inqWH-842q8ufy5oNwEBmUqFzcVZoHL9Y7ApxWeHINUr4WLwyGwpWugFiGZCd9nypxZRJ0OVCCSWGm4dpT/s1502/Sergeants%203-62.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1502" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlZZ2EzR87N76MKtFJcAIXKK-1j2xlL3-c3bsjDQdT4vN4Q5iUnDgq8ls4NHKZ5ZqSxviebjSAICQUsPtxmiMoU2YFzLjsgvCODdo-2inqWH-842q8ufy5oNwEBmUqFzcVZoHL9Y7ApxWeHINUr4WLwyGwpWugFiGZCd9nypxZRJ0OVCCSWGm4dpT/w640-h342/Sergeants%203-62.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A mod update of the old <i>Gunga Din</i> story, with the Rat Pack on the loose, SERGEANTS 3 (1961) was a United Artists show, with no effects credit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PJfF1d503AaHUemWPLLRbtz8zzCHu-AbyGTIyZktSzNfdaD1qbX458gfsCxPm97OneSeieC-n0ve7fjnamKwvNooo4p-xY4XEC_s6c0K5_SQOBcoAxSfF72x343JxWYmQ3FI6lnt14VAqwdnSUQm_XbpptNwNIrtQbRAKEMAa3_pXxmMh1Tc_8ij/s2490/Under%20The%20Rainbow-83%20(Yuricich).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="2490" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PJfF1d503AaHUemWPLLRbtz8zzCHu-AbyGTIyZktSzNfdaD1qbX458gfsCxPm97OneSeieC-n0ve7fjnamKwvNooo4p-xY4XEC_s6c0K5_SQOBcoAxSfF72x343JxWYmQ3FI6lnt14VAqwdnSUQm_XbpptNwNIrtQbRAKEMAa3_pXxmMh1Tc_8ij/w640-h298/Under%20The%20Rainbow-83%20(Yuricich).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The insufferable UNDER THE RAINBOW (1981), concerning the alleged making of The Wizard Of Oz, did at least have this clever use of a matte painting, by Matthew Yuricich. Carrie Fisher did look so sweet though.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kJSMFwdxasStqw75Hppw3oJNHLtZ6MyTlF6Mim5n02LApggpXTfVADMBxHDlnMk9hjA-VUn0xHKdT26RaV00CeYPL6eqVib1buQiA5ZD7Gun6lPbOkqHLlXixOy3q-FzsxMzLcc84D7YVmZIwz66gBiBkn7Dw6nAd6Aaz8d35pzETc2YyAYMkmJ0/s2800/Vice%20Versa-48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="2800" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kJSMFwdxasStqw75Hppw3oJNHLtZ6MyTlF6Mim5n02LApggpXTfVADMBxHDlnMk9hjA-VUn0xHKdT26RaV00CeYPL6eqVib1buQiA5ZD7Gun6lPbOkqHLlXixOy3q-FzsxMzLcc84D7YVmZIwz66gBiBkn7Dw6nAd6Aaz8d35pzETc2YyAYMkmJ0/w640-h324/Vice%20Versa-48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peter Ustinov wrote and directed VICE VERSA (1947) - an overlong but highly imaginative fantasy of role reversal, that was remade some 40 years later. Some excellent trick shots, supervised by Rank's then chief of effects, Henry Harris, such as this wild head twister of a shot which surely must have influenced William Friedkin when he did The Exorcist(??) Film is worth viewing for the wonderful, old fashioned title sequence, done as a series of vintage lantern slides, and painstakingly set out and phrased in <u>very</u> Victorian era text, such as: <i>'Ices and nectarines may sometimes be obtained from smartly uniformed attendants by request'</i>; <i>'Director of Kinema-Photography, Mr Jack Hildyard'; 'Associate Producer and Factotum Mr Paul Sherrif'; 'All Wonderful & Extravaganza Effects by Professor Henry Harris'; 'Continuity & Feats of Memory Mlle. Tilly Day'; 'Sound Editor & Tricks of the Ear Dr Harry Miller;</i> and my fave <i>'Editor in Charge of Magic Lantern Decoupage Mr John Guthridge'. </i>I'm sure the great wordsmith himself, Mr Ustinov <u>must</u> have been behind the delightful title cards.<span> </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwq36Qsffjr4mNEMDsP8w6LWrS1iO7mtLzIogbWGaBYDSFZNnKYEcd1baVNWcHdrWWIXBUtP_lJMThVeL5HrvNl-b00d_00b-lmKo1H43_G3iBUOTf1CwwvscWffar_pFp98C9ddT57WX17cLn2oHg5bhxwwuDW6Zx9VNkydsnOMj81_giPcQBVJYc/s1195/We're%20No%20Angels%20(Fulton).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1195" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwq36Qsffjr4mNEMDsP8w6LWrS1iO7mtLzIogbWGaBYDSFZNnKYEcd1baVNWcHdrWWIXBUtP_lJMThVeL5HrvNl-b00d_00b-lmKo1H43_G3iBUOTf1CwwvscWffar_pFp98C9ddT57WX17cLn2oHg5bhxwwuDW6Zx9VNkydsnOMj81_giPcQBVJYc/w640-h434/We're%20No%20Angels%20(Fulton).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Michael Curtiz' WE'RE NO ANGELS (1954) used motion mattes for some tilt up and down shots, which was not something that Paramount did very often, even having their patented Motion Repeater. John P. Fulton was in charge, with Jan Domela on mattes and Irmin Roberts as FX cameraman.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1pXQWaf1pwQbFoMGdil-1Tem__dQhhSf9VbJSrZc14yHbxvqpQUGtwaX6Fe0rBwCdfVl_6d4ir7QBYdPFqRSbY6B26QT_hM8f7QAF3jIhws82UBNSKVwPQvtDPs2eL4lomw66nscWvKP_jAyey2WFuiUE8cH_SWP7SeeD4ayp-_pi6ZFoo6bL_hI/s1280/We're%20No%20Angels%201%20(Jan%20Domela%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1pXQWaf1pwQbFoMGdil-1Tem__dQhhSf9VbJSrZc14yHbxvqpQUGtwaX6Fe0rBwCdfVl_6d4ir7QBYdPFqRSbY6B26QT_hM8f7QAF3jIhws82UBNSKVwPQvtDPs2eL4lomw66nscWvKP_jAyey2WFuiUE8cH_SWP7SeeD4ayp-_pi6ZFoo6bL_hI/w640-h360/We're%20No%20Angels%201%20(Jan%20Domela%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An excellent VistaVision Domela shot from WE'RE NO ANGELS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhha52elAafqSInecN63QMaVUKTm-dRo4qKQJ3N0xwgc6HiagB6Z5_shcVstx9Hg1e750ot8DxBgLjsasBOpjjlLGRnhOC4-o6vEdTSL1GM-Mtfd1OTkeDVSpmMbJgX50ls-N0eDke0rujXTz_cABs_D2Sr-akJYLY68Nq9rSTdTlcRql8YCQsGyovO/s1280/We're%20No%20Angels%20-00436.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhha52elAafqSInecN63QMaVUKTm-dRo4qKQJ3N0xwgc6HiagB6Z5_shcVstx9Hg1e750ot8DxBgLjsasBOpjjlLGRnhOC4-o6vEdTSL1GM-Mtfd1OTkeDVSpmMbJgX50ls-N0eDke0rujXTz_cABs_D2Sr-akJYLY68Nq9rSTdTlcRql8YCQsGyovO/w640-h360/We're%20No%20Angels%20-00436.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film, with this interesting shot that I suspect involves foreground miniature set; ship and background painted on glass, and a process projected sea element</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUt8pKS4-vWrslMwFdxy61GX7b-XfuQDcHrOHe5oJk6KdBOl1GtFB0jfRDDN9PlmJAROL9yRK1spmSSJNrGWeNvUBfgsDwHqQUAaQPJSnRX85VlyXSGr8PBjHLo8hYCvMxZnQbDOBpi98xnl_mcCL0Ag1_GNSujLQkGjvbEXf3xYP0iX1XgoqA9zG/s3152/Whiskey%20Galore-49%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="3152" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUt8pKS4-vWrslMwFdxy61GX7b-XfuQDcHrOHe5oJk6KdBOl1GtFB0jfRDDN9PlmJAROL9yRK1spmSSJNrGWeNvUBfgsDwHqQUAaQPJSnRX85VlyXSGr8PBjHLo8hYCvMxZnQbDOBpi98xnl_mcCL0Ag1_GNSujLQkGjvbEXf3xYP0iX1XgoqA9zG/w640-h164/Whiskey%20Galore-49%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A majestic painted sky forms a major tilt down for the opening of the Ealing charmer WHISKEY GALORE (1948). Most likely that Geoffrey Dickinson painted the mattes, as Ealing's artist in residence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCDZy80mM8oTDG9dCYpoMpnbCyNd7YFlErGdO2r87_cG6DpW9gsySRuqvIbb-4dwoBEaFEkgQ1qF9-7vRxMB9zQbGvSEoz9ceAGiZQ8ggDUlwpeqNHYAcnibEspcjyiyR3l3tfcuZQ6NQTJVegWbIcKmveKcIFlLYi0DZem2WbMo3HnncoTULr34M/s2085/Whiskey%20Galore%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="2085" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCDZy80mM8oTDG9dCYpoMpnbCyNd7YFlErGdO2r87_cG6DpW9gsySRuqvIbb-4dwoBEaFEkgQ1qF9-7vRxMB9zQbGvSEoz9ceAGiZQ8ggDUlwpeqNHYAcnibEspcjyiyR3l3tfcuZQ6NQTJVegWbIcKmveKcIFlLYi0DZem2WbMo3HnncoTULr34M/w640-h476/Whiskey%20Galore%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Three matte comps from WHISKEY GALORE as well as what I think to be a foreground miniature (lower left) shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQF3epLwAhKOW05QIKwZ3mY936ogD5LNFjTB8cWFl4Wv94jFV9fwQta9_9wwJAn7APnGplmmMeeXZEX4X3U5-ryFgxr8JYxcISvNMb5Ya1eqmLiqsDwQaJ8O6fjnEaWtwf8h3JXBwZXUpQyoFcsRIzbfehxVmwlWvB1kPWcDqL5mX8Il0sQkLJx3_a/s1920/Wholly%20Moses-80%20Yuricich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQF3epLwAhKOW05QIKwZ3mY936ogD5LNFjTB8cWFl4Wv94jFV9fwQta9_9wwJAn7APnGplmmMeeXZEX4X3U5-ryFgxr8JYxcISvNMb5Ya1eqmLiqsDwQaJ8O6fjnEaWtwf8h3JXBwZXUpQyoFcsRIzbfehxVmwlWvB1kPWcDqL5mX8Il0sQkLJx3_a/w640-h272/Wholly%20Moses-80%20Yuricich.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I only ever liked Dudley Moore when he was paired with comic genius Peter Cook (no relation) in those old things like the hilarious <i>Bedazzled</i> and various tv and radio specials. This shot is a great matte by Matthew Yuricich from the abysmal, barely watchable parody WHOLLY MOSES (1979).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53uIBU51wbZLst1tbDzvBqIyeZ3Xa2DxPYUStWL4sik8Wy4Daza3Dvt4ubhv8GQNL3jUNsVmGk-eholBVogwjU3rf4AMcwDeccUJmOoQ_dVP2BLYZNbG2W1zmldUBbVcldG5hzWF7IBCbdLbBd14022JiQXAlFPwF8ktzV1M1Xw_zj8Z4LDChDpCI/s1461/Wholly%20Moses%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1269" data-original-width="1461" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53uIBU51wbZLst1tbDzvBqIyeZ3Xa2DxPYUStWL4sik8Wy4Daza3Dvt4ubhv8GQNL3jUNsVmGk-eholBVogwjU3rf4AMcwDeccUJmOoQ_dVP2BLYZNbG2W1zmldUBbVcldG5hzWF7IBCbdLbBd14022JiQXAlFPwF8ktzV1M1Xw_zj8Z4LDChDpCI/w640-h556/Wholly%20Moses%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two more Yuricich shots from the 'to be avoided at all costs' WHOLLY MOSES.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1Ao0gJ9kYQ5DSeWqOxut56AEysi4pTP9ozj1N8pDpE5IbY6DTK8dUNpHWdzKmhAFOjoWSXgb4g5JvdYVpr0piIfb3jFxxgvy0i9B9wVDtWWpOG0jR5q14THHW44ECaxGn-fJ5Nr9oplTAp7kPybCxpH1FjTGdStH8x5wKRGLkj-tV9x__Ctylyod/s1718/Who%20Done%20It-42.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="1718" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1Ao0gJ9kYQ5DSeWqOxut56AEysi4pTP9ozj1N8pDpE5IbY6DTK8dUNpHWdzKmhAFOjoWSXgb4g5JvdYVpr0piIfb3jFxxgvy0i9B9wVDtWWpOG0jR5q14THHW44ECaxGn-fJ5Nr9oplTAp7kPybCxpH1FjTGdStH8x5wKRGLkj-tV9x__Ctylyod/w640-h482/Who%20Done%20It-42.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The very funny murder mystery with Abbott & Costello, WHO DONE IT (1942). Dizzying matte work featured at climax, with both Russ Lawson and John DeCuir on the brushes. I do love extreme perspective matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7mMaWpzPcEd3JT18cVgEGCeSngOaKfytgevCSWebn2U3yNzBn-oghYOTOMfeFhqIxLQYG2M7zVNC-2ZR9ZTE-en3o6XRSZjuNfbcSxctj1MXms7io_r7HeyqD0ayddp8V-w-5uDVb4Gnkq_UIhWYZ4szYTeMbzPl4tqkklEPkhr4YHWSJ5raubGb/s2038/You%20Can't%20Take%20It%20With%20You-38.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="2038" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7mMaWpzPcEd3JT18cVgEGCeSngOaKfytgevCSWebn2U3yNzBn-oghYOTOMfeFhqIxLQYG2M7zVNC-2ZR9ZTE-en3o6XRSZjuNfbcSxctj1MXms7io_r7HeyqD0ayddp8V-w-5uDVb4Gnkq_UIhWYZ4szYTeMbzPl4tqkklEPkhr4YHWSJ5raubGb/w640-h240/You%20Can't%20Take%20It%20With%20You-38.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two barely noticeable matte top ups from the Frank Capra picture YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938) from Columbia Pictures. No effects credit but may be someone like Chesley Bonestell or Ted Withers?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMTNggIZioL_e4WsW_rZc0nYKvE-eFfHLQ5OIvb4QTShPgTnG9TwCYmoLGvIL7WZnkBR-ZZoRB4x8qDjvVEvlRtwIQ9k0WscYswvjDcoQRLLICxOXXGNwkezst4_uWogEQbpzGwPYecIxBNgeLtnhPCJBkSQ9FFXQHR38zXGZ6CGjIYgUX0h1XjmQ/s1365/Young%20Frankenstein-74%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="1254" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMTNggIZioL_e4WsW_rZc0nYKvE-eFfHLQ5OIvb4QTShPgTnG9TwCYmoLGvIL7WZnkBR-ZZoRB4x8qDjvVEvlRtwIQ9k0WscYswvjDcoQRLLICxOXXGNwkezst4_uWogEQbpzGwPYecIxBNgeLtnhPCJBkSQ9FFXQHR38zXGZ6CGjIYgUX0h1XjmQ/w588-h640/Young%20Frankenstein-74%201.jpg" width="588" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I kind of hammered Mel in previous examples from his films for his weaker than usual latter day output. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) however harks back to the days when Mel could do no wrong. Brilliant, pitch perfect retelling of the Percy (Mary) Shelley horror fable. Superbly made, and thankfully shot in B&W as it damned well should be! I'll bet Fox had arguments with Brooks about <i>that</i> choice! Incidentally, when I saw this on first release here in my teens <i>(at the Plaza theatre, Auckland)</i> I was bitterly disappointed to find the film <b>not</b> in colour, especially as all of the front-of-house stills <i>were</i> in damned <u>full colour</u>!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBJOO4iw-HzS9WUBK3IfOwmmx0y_AwHxlewng2yqB_9Jqmv__BrEUZOUH_uRrudoFTTmMm_x59Ao30b0flQpGMZeiSfRWF-kFDsJiMX2Q_RUc9PVV1wjjKCcVpXGkueHltLxLIdrIPEv9UPE7oHaqO8JMLuUv4gCRL68Ac9SSUKlA3l2O6bQ5bkHr/s1920/Young%20frank-00504.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBJOO4iw-HzS9WUBK3IfOwmmx0y_AwHxlewng2yqB_9Jqmv__BrEUZOUH_uRrudoFTTmMm_x59Ao30b0flQpGMZeiSfRWF-kFDsJiMX2Q_RUc9PVV1wjjKCcVpXGkueHltLxLIdrIPEv9UPE7oHaqO8JMLuUv4gCRL68Ac9SSUKlA3l2O6bQ5bkHr/w640-h342/Young%20frank-00504.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The classic castle on the rain soaked hill top from same film, as painted by Matthew Yuricich. In my oral history with Matt he mentioned that the painted, completed glass got broken before photography. He thought that perhaps one of his boys stepped on it, but couldn't recall. He managed to repair the cracked glass, and by all accounts, it was an excellent fix.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQrWFZ1rXs0IZslsR7H66bcI49wWrEbLnJ7SXN8JekXiI7RDTxf8sVwsBjerr_biCSeHKnBPCBu1tWWWpAMdrDhZPYDzWV-PkWgfF5ZxMJNrDQzK3rlsVQt7ichkKD5vqoOF_w-llYTr4RjEqSMj6U4dulcSM_y28UbF3Ub9EnRGDSG5_6OMrSNvJ/s1242/Young%20Frank%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQrWFZ1rXs0IZslsR7H66bcI49wWrEbLnJ7SXN8JekXiI7RDTxf8sVwsBjerr_biCSeHKnBPCBu1tWWWpAMdrDhZPYDzWV-PkWgfF5ZxMJNrDQzK3rlsVQt7ichkKD5vqoOF_w-llYTr4RjEqSMj6U4dulcSM_y28UbF3Ub9EnRGDSG5_6OMrSNvJ/w618-h640/Young%20Frank%203.jpg" width="618" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two more Yuricich shots from YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. Incidentally, Gene Wilder was <u>never</u> better than in this movie.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJegFU02nZrGAyaUAT72NEg4N21NkaLZbVu2-gKHiihCWKLvo6cEVLfFza6jnCGMENtwBJzgKaCPEeQRtI4r8VglbUJ3GfvZ15tzTIFlSNvvZ9fkICqpgR-rG77TFaj8QRHWBsd-L6QrjMJ77LYTAbWnueXyXSONhZEFRv-5fhOoMvtZeufKSgwNly/s1920/Volunteers%20BLURAY%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJegFU02nZrGAyaUAT72NEg4N21NkaLZbVu2-gKHiihCWKLvo6cEVLfFza6jnCGMENtwBJzgKaCPEeQRtI4r8VglbUJ3GfvZ15tzTIFlSNvvZ9fkICqpgR-rG77TFaj8QRHWBsd-L6QrjMJ77LYTAbWnueXyXSONhZEFRv-5fhOoMvtZeufKSgwNly/w640-h364/Volunteers%20BLURAY%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Matt Yuricich shot, this time from the Tom Hanks flick VOLUNTEERS (1985).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxEcPtaptzbJjtHF8sh5C9b1rgX2MpTorF8Ev8n8zHspwGWlvtell9najuxM20V7qRPoJhN1Dq3SjnrwcUQCmxfTQPZTS03EkRZ2v9XzNGa5YIGxBLakTMILcQ8zFLIqvHaPWVzTVXAbwlFTXt6FEQvTv9SO7zeqJM1OJrYQsjdgXOY3y-kxr_Fqz/s1280/Will%20Success%20Spoil%20Rock%20Hunter-57%20BLURAY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxEcPtaptzbJjtHF8sh5C9b1rgX2MpTorF8Ev8n8zHspwGWlvtell9najuxM20V7qRPoJhN1Dq3SjnrwcUQCmxfTQPZTS03EkRZ2v9XzNGa5YIGxBLakTMILcQ8zFLIqvHaPWVzTVXAbwlFTXt6FEQvTv9SO7zeqJM1OJrYQsjdgXOY3y-kxr_Fqz/w640-h272/Will%20Success%20Spoil%20Rock%20Hunter-57%20BLURAY.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER (1957) was quite a clever satire on commercialism. L.B Abbott's matte artist Emil Kosa jnr was no doubt responsible for the shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVdmTdnrmnV7nqSE_laqhLdyJ-C2b59J74kIZDEAaO6WS3V-3cmzeo6oV-3FMV4RFMdT6FIFM4S4i5n2xRqAtSXdDGxk6VyXCNcDiM83v8TkKnqwzrx3c4T-zArXOhK53yKD0aF71GBfxIucurpvfMj1NotyG9V7oX5eP4RMj4_4L0K2WcJH1x2Yo/s1894/Who's%20That%20Girl-R.Gioffre.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1894" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVdmTdnrmnV7nqSE_laqhLdyJ-C2b59J74kIZDEAaO6WS3V-3cmzeo6oV-3FMV4RFMdT6FIFM4S4i5n2xRqAtSXdDGxk6VyXCNcDiM83v8TkKnqwzrx3c4T-zArXOhK53yKD0aF71GBfxIucurpvfMj1NotyG9V7oX5eP4RMj4_4L0K2WcJH1x2Yo/w640-h318/Who's%20That%20Girl-R.Gioffre.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frantic screwball type vehicle for pop icon Madonna, WHO'S THAT GIRL (1987) had some good effects work such as this prison matte by Rocco Gioffre.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3hnO01X1Hb49j2KOCtbZ8VmS1HFmD7c4u9fEZRMJkp-vlS_0igHiaCPQYftcV6ckHiDdN1CAqVvM9YmXPrNcaR8IV1jlZQUpP7Z1yQLt2Q1Ir0z0s5LhpwG9iwvwTMdjnYzq67sJKebl9wJ6lQQVrRiPqS-3IdAHRv0AE-XvacatdYqpbQXDKBP4G/s1272/Who's%20That%20Girl%20(Mark%20Sullivan).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1227" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3hnO01X1Hb49j2KOCtbZ8VmS1HFmD7c4u9fEZRMJkp-vlS_0igHiaCPQYftcV6ckHiDdN1CAqVvM9YmXPrNcaR8IV1jlZQUpP7Z1yQLt2Q1Ir0z0s5LhpwG9iwvwTMdjnYzq67sJKebl9wJ6lQQVrRiPqS-3IdAHRv0AE-XvacatdYqpbQXDKBP4G/w618-h640/Who's%20That%20Girl%20(Mark%20Sullivan).jpg" width="618" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after look at Mark Sullivan's rooftop matte painted shot for WHO'S THAT GIRL </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEfBpth4_Dvbm5bG7o2kkicu8hSM5cpZ7DFWYCFewWzrHJzf-oWLSyvTMY1HpbLBTTXzwCeRmSOzpmsY492uI-ov4_dwlob9hUQo3TMPtC2AOdq_ZxXpkgyVn2yhhY6FGkoG__yqreJxWHF1oHTHTxZUJ1giZq32UjaQKOLZJTSqiqD5HVCnv-tKh/s1780/You%20Know%20What%20Sailors%20Are-53%20(A.Whitlock).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="1780" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEfBpth4_Dvbm5bG7o2kkicu8hSM5cpZ7DFWYCFewWzrHJzf-oWLSyvTMY1HpbLBTTXzwCeRmSOzpmsY492uI-ov4_dwlob9hUQo3TMPtC2AOdq_ZxXpkgyVn2yhhY6FGkoG__yqreJxWHF1oHTHTxZUJ1giZq32UjaQKOLZJTSqiqD5HVCnv-tKh/w640-h484/You%20Know%20What%20Sailors%20Are-53%20(A.Whitlock).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some vintage Albert Whitlock shots here, from the J.Arthur Rank comedy YOU KNOW WHAT SAILORS ARE (1953), when Al was head painter at Pinewood before heading across the pond to the States a year later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsh-zsp1MiSTCsvsIbh4vwythG9N7njaaIr-HeD7rHimMEl7eTdHv1CZu1lap7kH9u2MKxUjO2Fxxvvc_SrUusieD45utAXa1Q5r3UWZDBznQEqjOfd7yKG3Y5nYr-vha0lCRrkJhyn_JFucQnOCUq9L_Q2XmaoxjeNAfqDpL2AiyEL4FrppmRXG0l/s1425/You%20Know%20What%20Sailors%20Are%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1425" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsh-zsp1MiSTCsvsIbh4vwythG9N7njaaIr-HeD7rHimMEl7eTdHv1CZu1lap7kH9u2MKxUjO2Fxxvvc_SrUusieD45utAXa1Q5r3UWZDBznQEqjOfd7yKG3Y5nYr-vha0lCRrkJhyn_JFucQnOCUq9L_Q2XmaoxjeNAfqDpL2AiyEL4FrppmRXG0l/w640-h466/You%20Know%20What%20Sailors%20Are%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Whitlock shots from same film. Noteworthy for old time character actor Akim Tamiroff - an incredibly busy actor in a thousand flicks - who's hilarious in this.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDmNWRQe7GeqPuZzui3s36vFbmyspGQYodKb9FbT1n4UvsexdHzAHymdUIQadXAlb3yQz2MSd-9EMaTOKgopNbdP3HZm7-Jh2UF05kcTcASVzoNeUj50tDmez_8_Bnj_qN0ICokybSHyD8lAhYboS2uYkf5VgQI8r93qZruVmajNDnwEIyqkS3uF72/s1920/Vibes-88%201%20(Yuricich).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDmNWRQe7GeqPuZzui3s36vFbmyspGQYodKb9FbT1n4UvsexdHzAHymdUIQadXAlb3yQz2MSd-9EMaTOKgopNbdP3HZm7-Jh2UF05kcTcASVzoNeUj50tDmez_8_Bnj_qN0ICokybSHyD8lAhYboS2uYkf5VgQI8r93qZruVmajNDnwEIyqkS3uF72/w640-h346/Vibes-88%201%20(Yuricich).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jeff Goldblum and Cyndi Lauper in a weird psychic/mystical adventure with Peter Falk, VIBES (1988), with mattes I think, by Matthew Yuricich.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4uTdh9Q5Nk0n9wc3ZNAkffWGfR3HoFKZc9xAQdywZHbr8v28PbSh8KJTv4Gm2K9PxlkYgol8fOGjGGvanRVFf8y-3YRYQvWvPkDOmg6lquy05OWsCABwOyX_ppi55QX4THGPd2Dag-jBOEfQQQfvLjeLaYIhrqfWEdBGp8g08JqA1I59sSgjPJ8R/s2109/Zelig-82.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="2109" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4uTdh9Q5Nk0n9wc3ZNAkffWGfR3HoFKZc9xAQdywZHbr8v28PbSh8KJTv4Gm2K9PxlkYgol8fOGjGGvanRVFf8y-3YRYQvWvPkDOmg6lquy05OWsCABwOyX_ppi55QX4THGPd2Dag-jBOEfQQQfvLjeLaYIhrqfWEdBGp8g08JqA1I59sSgjPJ8R/w640-h368/Zelig-82.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've always had a liking for the films of Woody Allen, especially his 'earlier & funnier films' (<i>Take The Money and Run</i> and<i> Bananas</i> still being fucking hilarious!) as well as his books and old 1960's stand up records. Woody's pseudo documentary, ZELIG (1982) was a <u>masterpiece</u> in clever fakery and seemingly convincing historic recreations where Woody's mysterious Leonard Zelig mixes and mingles with everyone from Hitler to Herbert Hoover, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Amelia Earhart, Babe Ruth and Chaplin among others. Brilliantly photographed by the legendary Gordon Willis, with subtle and seamless optical trickery by R/Greenberg and Associates, with Joel Hynek supervising, not to mention amazingly good photo retouching. The fake marry-ups far outshine similar shots ILM did much later for <i>Forrest Gump</i>, which were strictly show-pony shots and a gimmick-fest, and little more. Superb work in all ZELIG departments, and a magnificent score too. *Note, The shots with Hitler above have Woody/Zelig flawlessly inserted within the footage, with top right frame having Zelig in background interacting 2nd from right. The other lower Hitler frame has Zelig with arm outstretched, waving to the newsreel camera of Leni Riefenstahl.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyCq09rj8JlxwVCo0xd1uAH60V8mZFHfwjAZcGQAOgU5hI354pN8hsd6GX252ys_ghA0kjdtkQaQ615e1UCpRT-6RwxXqha260FK9Fc4sdr5bSnP1Q7mAanhFGr2ItH_39F6n8meiFWM5C_3_e1oGg3X5emFaUSeFViEbndY2nQWNCyF6TA8kkPd7/s1686/Wrong%20Is%20Right-82%20(Ken%20Marschall).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1686" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyCq09rj8JlxwVCo0xd1uAH60V8mZFHfwjAZcGQAOgU5hI354pN8hsd6GX252ys_ghA0kjdtkQaQ615e1UCpRT-6RwxXqha260FK9Fc4sdr5bSnP1Q7mAanhFGr2ItH_39F6n8meiFWM5C_3_e1oGg3X5emFaUSeFViEbndY2nQWNCyF6TA8kkPd7/w640-h284/Wrong%20Is%20Right-82%20(Ken%20Marschall).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I didn't care for it back in the day, but looking at WRONG IS RIGHT (1982) recently, it was a more satisfying experience. Sean Connery headlines in this Richard Brooks film. Several effects contributors, with an uncredited Ken Marschall painting and providing these opening shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xGzWv79ObfwrmgSiDHnGsHdBNWDWFDV-68G1y5uCYv8zMEOnxcHaDpQM3ckm-J3d7rQUL7nTw3kaFdgUFwAF5r0XO-DvQ1PzdhiMJXvD3KEf6ue0DIdiGZThFhGgJ3uDTpyuRbCB6ct4zgRVz6hOlhVoWX6AmehYTsvl-IvcJXyzBGlzDmpU3p6G/s2265/Wrong%20Is%20Right-82%20(L.B%20Abbott).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="2265" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xGzWv79ObfwrmgSiDHnGsHdBNWDWFDV-68G1y5uCYv8zMEOnxcHaDpQM3ckm-J3d7rQUL7nTw3kaFdgUFwAF5r0XO-DvQ1PzdhiMJXvD3KEf6ue0DIdiGZThFhGgJ3uDTpyuRbCB6ct4zgRVz6hOlhVoWX6AmehYTsvl-IvcJXyzBGlzDmpU3p6G/w640-h258/Wrong%20Is%20Right-82%20(L.B%20Abbott).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More from WRONG IS RIGHT, <i>(which out of interest was titled THE MAN WITH THE DEADLY LENS here in New Zealand and other foreign territories, complete with ludicrous Bond styled ad art and posters to look like a 007 flick! No shit!)</i> Anyway, the top left matte was by Joe Musso, while the other optical combination shots of NY being destroyed were done (not well) by Fox veteran Bill Abbott.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_qSZZ7uInCJKBRIpD8-3Lnd1DOmwIxtCr3nzxomin06iNnRXB6-G6We4rjmV6QMK9vastS1pDDoNZCKR3pR0QZDG4IJS_FBuJNCtmUnRCFZswQYAiI808bkRWfMvyrAyOZRb0NI2Fki_yuZbiUS7XmnKff-mH1ENtAEYiWE-2rkP1WDPzG5liSO0/s1536/Wedding%20Present-36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="1536" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_qSZZ7uInCJKBRIpD8-3Lnd1DOmwIxtCr3nzxomin06iNnRXB6-G6We4rjmV6QMK9vastS1pDDoNZCKR3pR0QZDG4IJS_FBuJNCtmUnRCFZswQYAiI808bkRWfMvyrAyOZRb0NI2Fki_yuZbiUS7XmnKff-mH1ENtAEYiWE-2rkP1WDPzG5liSO0/w640-h206/Wedding%20Present-36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two Jan Domela mattes from WEDDING PRESENT (1936).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNees0n7iWA7sf3EjLhF8rEZihy2dix2tG4jOegg9AtoXsFqR8hJbE8lfzgPgheAAmwFeVsNj4BluoRFMYcBdD5FsRl-1RodM9EcO7pc9Any6CfL9DK1CK5W-l6Fz_sTL4Nu2g4M4YsVlljkyNvSud8ITvIA0CnuUpoXpPCe-lMArvECjrYyh_tVJx/s1368/Without%20Reservations-46.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1368" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNees0n7iWA7sf3EjLhF8rEZihy2dix2tG4jOegg9AtoXsFqR8hJbE8lfzgPgheAAmwFeVsNj4BluoRFMYcBdD5FsRl-1RodM9EcO7pc9Any6CfL9DK1CK5W-l6Fz_sTL4Nu2g4M4YsVlljkyNvSud8ITvIA0CnuUpoXpPCe-lMArvECjrYyh_tVJx/w640-h316/Without%20Reservations-46.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Duke, sans horse or six shooter, in the romantic comedy WITHOUT RESERVATIONS (1946). Some interesting matte work with what I took to be an extensive painted railway station for the lower frame.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8bF4tFGqF3KQWBMnqXx9ZfFAZvjz7bYtn1ddJSlrmhHv9x7Mriy3iQ0Vzw7Ti1G2cu7OFR76Nob9X95Y9pK0Q_C9aYvcllo1UTapiP-KSPyhEqAvFpWtgroY5ay8TA9BZvl8S2pJGtSqct5auXazzA99D2qZ3BkwemaesDLHsxzpLKiewO6xz4Jw/s1496/Waynes%20World%202%20matte.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1496" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8bF4tFGqF3KQWBMnqXx9ZfFAZvjz7bYtn1ddJSlrmhHv9x7Mriy3iQ0Vzw7Ti1G2cu7OFR76Nob9X95Y9pK0Q_C9aYvcllo1UTapiP-KSPyhEqAvFpWtgroY5ay8TA9BZvl8S2pJGtSqct5auXazzA99D2qZ3BkwemaesDLHsxzpLKiewO6xz4Jw/w640-h356/Waynes%20World%202%20matte.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd Dutton supervised the rendering of this new age church and environs for the film WAYNE'S WORLD 2 (1993). Only worth it for a highly amusing extended sequence with a purposely badly dubbed James Hong, which, if you're anything like me, you grew up on badly dubbed Hong Kong action flicks, which this spoofs <u>to perfection</u>. Hilarious!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHlbFn4Pxdefj-RjsMnUXcIWVn_axPMVnwZ1DUHtXgTdTifWlDxlWcBP4qsbQwQPhgCzyfsFnk7BQ9Auec4306akJh0wmFP6EyrPiwdvk7f88zbcJxrwvX9IlJfv1sAdZueQUNn3ZYLiCS1kFHGauOBWTA55cF0HXxUfh4fT2rzYcc7eGrjFkRJRn/s1920/Wayne's%20World%202%20(comp).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHlbFn4Pxdefj-RjsMnUXcIWVn_axPMVnwZ1DUHtXgTdTifWlDxlWcBP4qsbQwQPhgCzyfsFnk7BQ9Auec4306akJh0wmFP6EyrPiwdvk7f88zbcJxrwvX9IlJfv1sAdZueQUNn3ZYLiCS1kFHGauOBWTA55cF0HXxUfh4fT2rzYcc7eGrjFkRJRn/w640-h360/Wayne's%20World%202%20(comp).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final composite, with moving clouds and sunlight breaking through.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbV1OS2U22k1Z83fkravcxsGr0_5aqv3PfeOYc7qneZzOnWe9HkGWoAB0MhjDJhnCxUK9jdkHcXX7YN24WIJkLzF4Xe9GJFBJZ927XCoT60C3DDn9xewuctSw4aGMNGX3Sa7j8dIYmonNNyi8V7taSY0LtliUXyOaJitCRkMMjqk38rDf8rz-Cpudf/s896/Wild%20Man%20Of%20Borneo-41%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="896" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbV1OS2U22k1Z83fkravcxsGr0_5aqv3PfeOYc7qneZzOnWe9HkGWoAB0MhjDJhnCxUK9jdkHcXX7YN24WIJkLzF4Xe9GJFBJZ927XCoT60C3DDn9xewuctSw4aGMNGX3Sa7j8dIYmonNNyi8V7taSY0LtliUXyOaJitCRkMMjqk38rDf8rz-Cpudf/w640-h506/Wild%20Man%20Of%20Borneo-41%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A typically exquisite matte from one of Warren Newcombe's many artists, for the film THE WILD MAN OF BORNEO (1941).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 178 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwNHu8Gr0BV2109_lYJsZ0gSkoIBW7qkX2XtsUponQlmqN0FCBT2azuV4Ff5kR3UuQ2lhwiJtI3MtytOp6KImnK-xXJerYeLDQ6uyy7E546BTrfZkqtBa0lYWzgpuZcZ1OIHSqoB4QdW6Gf2lR-DK3y_Y_-vleinH7wOFwWfoI9fwR53ELErZtj9K/s1920/vlcsnap-00440.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwNHu8Gr0BV2109_lYJsZ0gSkoIBW7qkX2XtsUponQlmqN0FCBT2azuV4Ff5kR3UuQ2lhwiJtI3MtytOp6KImnK-xXJerYeLDQ6uyy7E546BTrfZkqtBa0lYWzgpuZcZ1OIHSqoB4QdW6Gf2lR-DK3y_Y_-vleinH7wOFwWfoI9fwR53ELErZtj9K/w640-h346/vlcsnap-00440.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Well, that's about it for this blog post. Hope you found it fascinating.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Peter</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-59191678559105300342022-12-06T22:25:00.000+13:002022-12-06T22:25:38.921+13:00KEEP 'EM LAUGHING: Mattes & Trick Shots in Comedy Films - Part One<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpY4NTQlwAo3m4FLt7dP0cc3gwYNWnw8BZYIGx8UjvtC4dAWpa4NzNS0iwZJsKREEF_No5x5Gr-3tTm3EFR22O465Cs6M84GwMKLV4m_81j88WbvsmhPKe3werxthMxkmqF9ePpkeOULbqjHQpq5XBiHEkVBjqhERvZUqUQV_fy9fiOH5DU7k4t3g/s2245/BLOG%20comedies1%20header%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="2245" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpY4NTQlwAo3m4FLt7dP0cc3gwYNWnw8BZYIGx8UjvtC4dAWpa4NzNS0iwZJsKREEF_No5x5Gr-3tTm3EFR22O465Cs6M84GwMKLV4m_81j88WbvsmhPKe3werxthMxkmqF9ePpkeOULbqjHQpq5XBiHEkVBjqhERvZUqUQV_fy9fiOH5DU7k4t3g/w640-h442/BLOG%20comedies1%20header%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>'Tis the season to be jolly, or so they say, so here we are back again with yet another blog that's absolutely jam packed with cinematic wonderment. My previous blog on low cost film effects proved most popular, with much feedback and comment (and a couple of corrections). I still plan to do a follow up Low Budget blog at some point, as I missed a bunch of great little films with really nifty trick work such as the sci-fi cult item FIEND WITHOUT A FACE among others. Stay tuned, as they say.</p><p>Today we will be embarking on the first of a large two-parter on mattes and trick effects seen in movie comedies. Naturally the potential here is vast, so I've hand picked literally hundreds of wonderful special effect shots and sequences<i> (would you expect anything less?)</i> from a huge cross section of titles. My own personal preferences tend to be old time comedies rather than the recent stuff, though I do span the decades fairly equally I feel.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDas_v_e-KsbrtQob95PicKNoDhgsdhnLwW5X9sWkQ-gQQUSNpXEa6v6S4WOT_KDRxaQtCc7GWqgLNW3Wj6JqX2cOlhcXLp_5m5LsvA5UfyiQAaHM7tSMAb8l9a4P-UPf9Lbr72dZBjYhfdNdfRs1DCfLUzbF_94VTRURuFpkOfURSwR6FpX__d86/s1240/Mad%20World-detail%2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="1240" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDas_v_e-KsbrtQob95PicKNoDhgsdhnLwW5X9sWkQ-gQQUSNpXEa6v6S4WOT_KDRxaQtCc7GWqgLNW3Wj6JqX2cOlhcXLp_5m5LsvA5UfyiQAaHM7tSMAb8l9a4P-UPf9Lbr72dZBjYhfdNdfRs1DCfLUzbF_94VTRURuFpkOfURSwR6FpX__d86/w640-h306/Mad%20World-detail%2022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>I'm a <u>massive</u> fan of The Marx Brothers for example, so they just have to be included. Likewise, the old Abbott & Costello comedies, which while sometimes being quite hit-or-miss, often contain eye poppingly ingenious visual effects work from the likes of John Fulton and David Horsley. For old timers out there, you should enjoy some classic Laurel and Hardy, W.C Fields flicks and even the amazingly under-valued Olson & Johnson material, which <u>really</u> deserves rediscovery, remastering and reissue!</p><p>I've got a ton of wonderful British comedies in here as well, with some classics from The Boulting Brothers, Ealing and Norman Wisdom, and even have an all time BBC tv gem The Goodies, though these Brit entries might be completely fresh to most American readers.</p><p>There are the more 'modern' shows here too, such as The Naked Gun and Hot Shots series and such-like, and a mixed bag of latter day comedy flicks that have traditional matte, model and optical mastery. If it ain't <i>'photo-chemical'</i> then it really doesn't fit here.</p><p>I love movies, so forgive me when I more than occasionally drift off track with obscure facts, critique, raves about fave actors or directors, off-tangent film references, in jokes and so forth. I can't help it.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtFpAYKc0UBMOzRv8oJWSKfJs4Ans9tTB_lWW1E4mZJ0Z7eOgaB5JUoVJQIWr00OqMtYPgVZ8B5PiHUowYBp3jp03XV2AjlRLvUtAoPzYLTmhAbaz-allkSHNwGzkVJ81hFkWu2Q_-cyJUxgkqr5RXRVo9a_yZycCvnS9Gh02ZUivHey2N6DWEY1F/s1504/My%20Boyfriend's%20Back1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="1504" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtFpAYKc0UBMOzRv8oJWSKfJs4Ans9tTB_lWW1E4mZJ0Z7eOgaB5JUoVJQIWr00OqMtYPgVZ8B5PiHUowYBp3jp03XV2AjlRLvUtAoPzYLTmhAbaz-allkSHNwGzkVJ81hFkWu2Q_-cyJUxgkqr5RXRVo9a_yZycCvnS9Gh02ZUivHey2N6DWEY1F/w640-h188/My%20Boyfriend's%20Back1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>As with my usual 'sales pitch', I'm certain you'll discover shows you've absolutely never heard of; shots you've never noticed; and technical wizardry that will dazzle even the most jaded viewer who only normally watches the latest DC/Marvel/Star Wars reboot dross <i>(when will that tiresome trend ever be dead and buried, I ask you?)</i>. Well, with a whole stable of fresh enemies now guaranteed, it is high time to venture down that boulevard of movie magic, and rediscover the movie comedy. All feedback greatly appreciated.<p></p><p><b><i>Enjoy</i></b></p><p><b><i>Pete from New Zealand :)</i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqgJ5fGZEJ4tTue56NCaEMyuwGwbaVL1eEF2s9JoGLruh1PfEj3xfBRNqajkg7_F1A3iykpWXRhBTljUxQ_6m_RW8HIREFZruzAO8zwCtLaq5wO7cxOJxLT_-HMBKKlkOwMPgCSglP_eHwAkOar5vwhi8v73RYaaKqX4mgquEe3PPRHZnHiaqG-FO/s1668/Paul%20Lasaine%20at%20BVVE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1668" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqgJ5fGZEJ4tTue56NCaEMyuwGwbaVL1eEF2s9JoGLruh1PfEj3xfBRNqajkg7_F1A3iykpWXRhBTljUxQ_6m_RW8HIREFZruzAO8zwCtLaq5wO7cxOJxLT_-HMBKKlkOwMPgCSglP_eHwAkOar5vwhi8v73RYaaKqX4mgquEe3PPRHZnHiaqG-FO/w640-h396/Paul%20Lasaine%20at%20BVVE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><b>***This post, and all 177 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CS4Vy1nIOfnevIT8DUCd7WRbjo06FN7idN05S8VZhrIim2uxfGQhAwc0m5syPXHJwCf3cRod6UUf4wY7T_9MsKD1UwQxnSw5N7d1vP8klIrFOVhzO2LH3HhsXWrXWfoHnHNlmJ2H5Sr97-fVYhpVbVTqGoUiazOnceuVb_ej_aTzhk9ZuILskFxE/s1488/A&C%20mett%20Frankenstein-48%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1488" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CS4Vy1nIOfnevIT8DUCd7WRbjo06FN7idN05S8VZhrIim2uxfGQhAwc0m5syPXHJwCf3cRod6UUf4wY7T_9MsKD1UwQxnSw5N7d1vP8klIrFOVhzO2LH3HhsXWrXWfoHnHNlmJ2H5Sr97-fVYhpVbVTqGoUiazOnceuVb_ej_aTzhk9ZuILskFxE/w640-h468/A&C%20mett%20Frankenstein-48%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably the most successful and widely praised of their many A&C features, ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) was a winner all the way. Hilarious, scary and a wonderful tribute to all the old Universal monster flicks. David S. Horsley was effects supervisor here, and did some incredible work on other A&C films, documented later. Pretty sure this is a Russell Lawson matte painted castle, possibly blended with miniature foreground dock and later row boat. Cel animated bat flies into shot. *I recall my mother telling me they retitled it ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE GHOSTS here in New Zealand back in the day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIAUCmDFKbehzlDDHn7FD5GRtkxgX_nadKFZq66Eo5X5rxyIo2YKOwrVc-cAAHnb9wepbRGsKbR-qyc4TqZCiddnnHJzpNsS9o602VdCn_kwE6rdYwV2nMV6mc5arDhdV3z2kQ3STXigmggFuP6eoklKjLA_lHDHX3W9040aUtC1sx8jaLM2NuZC0/s1488/A&C%20Meet%20Frankenstein2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1488" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIAUCmDFKbehzlDDHn7FD5GRtkxgX_nadKFZq66Eo5X5rxyIo2YKOwrVc-cAAHnb9wepbRGsKbR-qyc4TqZCiddnnHJzpNsS9o602VdCn_kwE6rdYwV2nMV6mc5arDhdV3z2kQ3STXigmggFuP6eoklKjLA_lHDHX3W9040aUtC1sx8jaLM2NuZC0/w640-h468/A&C%20Meet%20Frankenstein2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Follow up matte painting by Lawson. Film also has some groovy transformation sequences, done via inked cel animation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8yGKc6GPA6ReTuZoe0vS-BwoiLcYw1aKAnfCyrVPGo5vpJ3fXHY6Xv6rf27pxC-bND4Twuibcq4mXRSca5pNQlS1S0V7gHf-VpoF_JvLa-6Ph7GLdlrJu_Ai3ppckGUjcVZASMzxPwFX19lGrj8Zkgi55SgT0ULrGl_EPMrLW-Ldr66wKg5q9QDi/s1498/Amourous%20Prawn,The-60.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1498" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8yGKc6GPA6ReTuZoe0vS-BwoiLcYw1aKAnfCyrVPGo5vpJ3fXHY6Xv6rf27pxC-bND4Twuibcq4mXRSca5pNQlS1S0V7gHf-VpoF_JvLa-6Ph7GLdlrJu_Ai3ppckGUjcVZASMzxPwFX19lGrj8Zkgi55SgT0ULrGl_EPMrLW-Ldr66wKg5q9QDi/w640-h486/Amourous%20Prawn,The-60.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the other side of the Atlantic came THE AMOROUS MR. PRAWN (1962). No idea who did the various matte shots of the Scottish stately home.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZaKWA7IoOvQrP4Fc3h6s-ji_HS4jdRh-vJfXpNe5HOh7OanLn0C2WvbBcLH8sOilZlUFO2P15lQK3941MdBKuuHprLs5HP4_9aUSzz5NYIaxCniE-E1BpnWrCZLkg9WZxDF0hn-x0q8PskyfGWG_JA2xoYsm9PS_pXP5z5BeBKZ3ycNwd6pGxMcO/s2028/Addams%20Family-91.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2028" data-original-width="1784" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZaKWA7IoOvQrP4Fc3h6s-ji_HS4jdRh-vJfXpNe5HOh7OanLn0C2WvbBcLH8sOilZlUFO2P15lQK3941MdBKuuHprLs5HP4_9aUSzz5NYIaxCniE-E1BpnWrCZLkg9WZxDF0hn-x0q8PskyfGWG_JA2xoYsm9PS_pXP5z5BeBKZ3ycNwd6pGxMcO/w562-h640/Addams%20Family-91.jpg" width="562" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A telling before and after executed by Illusion Arts for THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-srAzs9-C5Ma8JsY72cJUAKsOFzGquNLd-iEbGNtvEBkCl-wfWL4jm6X3KIQDTFrUD8QX9VqUMmgs616ctypnrTduTwx2aD9r8_ih5dDsw5pKbT-c655RNI_QOh4-Jbb8lIAcEw-2H04SEHoyzXfkl07MffeKZ_-qFFC0eGxTNh2DWN3KCZbgszUo/s2624/Addams%20Family%20Values4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="2624" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-srAzs9-C5Ma8JsY72cJUAKsOFzGquNLd-iEbGNtvEBkCl-wfWL4jm6X3KIQDTFrUD8QX9VqUMmgs616ctypnrTduTwx2aD9r8_ih5dDsw5pKbT-c655RNI_QOh4-Jbb8lIAcEw-2H04SEHoyzXfkl07MffeKZ_-qFFC0eGxTNh2DWN3KCZbgszUo/w640-h186/Addams%20Family%20Values4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The inevitable sequel, ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES (1992) used much matte (left) and miniature (right) work to great effect. Again, Illusion Arts, under Syd Dutton and the late Bill Taylor handled all of the mattes, while I recall fx cameraman Jim Aupperle once telling me he looked after the miniature shots such as that at right. Love that exaggerated perspective on the extreme downview matte painting!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UIGhgKx9WIbQ2csYIxpxDUlXrAsvR235tgZEsTO0PndgxjzPQb3Vcup5KaTP2c0gVB9TQaHFZyvntBBpHN8vUFkhT2nnxqf9vl_PpfjtQpRkGN4YXvQ0hsT0C7U0ZGgPI5GbNbqcX7tRbWK78yz9SKHnahzQD8bzJZy_cixTXAgbREEjKenbB4BV/s1620/Addams%20Family%20Values%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1604" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UIGhgKx9WIbQ2csYIxpxDUlXrAsvR235tgZEsTO0PndgxjzPQb3Vcup5KaTP2c0gVB9TQaHFZyvntBBpHN8vUFkhT2nnxqf9vl_PpfjtQpRkGN4YXvQ0hsT0C7U0ZGgPI5GbNbqcX7tRbWK78yz9SKHnahzQD8bzJZy_cixTXAgbREEjKenbB4BV/w634-h640/Addams%20Family%20Values%201.jpg" width="634" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More matte art from ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES. The films were quite good in fact, largely due to the perfect casting of the late Raul Julia as Gomez. Best line, uttered by Morticia: <i>"Oh he's quite a lady killer",</i> with Gomez's delighted response: <i>"Yes...acquitted!"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbxCHMDAzxHNXLB4bwqHz233B3hiFUJHFu6Hk8X1f2luhCfmhs5ALHO9DmpqSszPKPfUfwEyVSGTprMtvm8QbN_yeCAgqBMPElNZgETzJhgSTBdQy4xBBiUo0uh9YFFrVPkSnaso5mL_PFoZ00TQ1Vs7MlMWZZct0mXqwXfe20eN3wmfWfgXJt5JE/s1524/Addams%20Family%20Values%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="1332" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbxCHMDAzxHNXLB4bwqHz233B3hiFUJHFu6Hk8X1f2luhCfmhs5ALHO9DmpqSszPKPfUfwEyVSGTprMtvm8QbN_yeCAgqBMPElNZgETzJhgSTBdQy4xBBiUo0uh9YFFrVPkSnaso5mL_PFoZ00TQ1Vs7MlMWZZct0mXqwXfe20eN3wmfWfgXJt5JE/w560-h640/Addams%20Family%20Values%202.jpg" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A full frame painted matte vista, with circling buzzard added.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHqlKsa9zZqRxVtMCrWhW685UfzN5xEAdbS7UqiPJu4FGVqx0IK8Dyr8M8pQQBCQ8fswYfjemw1WoOTMbvLpWmZ2tx-Q4k_GGOC57LGDBxt1xOsGU91FlYHek7Q5jGG1360wyB05PEYwIj20pzh0w9-dUHlPMbFFnD-9KpOaE_4xcDAJN4FEegrtA/s1464/A&C%20In%20The%20Navy%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHqlKsa9zZqRxVtMCrWhW685UfzN5xEAdbS7UqiPJu4FGVqx0IK8Dyr8M8pQQBCQ8fswYfjemw1WoOTMbvLpWmZ2tx-Q4k_GGOC57LGDBxt1xOsGU91FlYHek7Q5jGG1360wyB05PEYwIj20pzh0w9-dUHlPMbFFnD-9KpOaE_4xcDAJN4FEegrtA/w640-h472/A&C%20In%20The%20Navy%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Back to another old Universal Abbott & Costello frolic, IN THE NAVY (1941). Lots of fx shots by John P. Fulton, with mattes painted by John DeCuir and Russ Lawson.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFGrFu4HPIsPE-bmG4D78GuMzA0rLfecGFhMuol12rUVJ7j-58YOiLKPUZ4R1sEVHBOdmrhDqzur2Gu-2nIBGhN00m1w3PNGNqYJ8I8DIU58tayPqUFLrhAAs4hRRMgs-JcUWH9R6fSBXchIUe6pu3iDsGrowsIshpVB5aKhITwMC41XCJRSCPC6p/s1760/A&C%20In%20The%20Navy-miniatures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1264" data-original-width="1760" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFGrFu4HPIsPE-bmG4D78GuMzA0rLfecGFhMuol12rUVJ7j-58YOiLKPUZ4R1sEVHBOdmrhDqzur2Gu-2nIBGhN00m1w3PNGNqYJ8I8DIU58tayPqUFLrhAAs4hRRMgs-JcUWH9R6fSBXchIUe6pu3iDsGrowsIshpVB5aKhITwMC41XCJRSCPC6p/w640-h460/A&C%20In%20The%20Navy-miniatures.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film, with brilliantly done near collision between warships. Long time Universal model exponent was Charlie Baker, who worked closely with Fulton for decades on hundreds of films. Jim Danforth told me he had fond memories of working as a fresh young trainee under Charlie in the early 60's on films like FATHER GOOSE.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDWUZPYtFa_BdlC_4KLknX3BE7pV7uwY1whFmkJz-2fwWjwgU1qKiDOse4ay8ou3fE4g5WUaGIY9uoIO3Mx3Pc4MAVVt6PmDvuJmEblrCa_EaeZwEvum84_84_I9Xd4jlPzsgBlUjowjd_3nCQ1WkKfMd61Um_0s2_HiSQ47eTe5uGf1M290PSSVb/s1464/A&C%20In%20The%20Navy-41%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDWUZPYtFa_BdlC_4KLknX3BE7pV7uwY1whFmkJz-2fwWjwgU1qKiDOse4ay8ou3fE4g5WUaGIY9uoIO3Mx3Pc4MAVVt6PmDvuJmEblrCa_EaeZwEvum84_84_I9Xd4jlPzsgBlUjowjd_3nCQ1WkKfMd61Um_0s2_HiSQ47eTe5uGf1M290PSSVb/w640-h472/A&C%20In%20The%20Navy-41%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another IN THE NAVY matte shot. John DeCuir's son told me he still has a bunch of ancient before and after 35mm trims of this and many other Uni matte shows his father painted on. I'm still vaguely hopeful to see these some day....<i>please!</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaaCkO1srX3-Q8z7mI0dbT0H-ZkMXasjYvWnA6iIpXAGZGu6YOFZ7KSS2ZSRK5EKCp0Dj8cwOEZca4Hx2XHVY0Jtog84D2J2ZiHnf9MrpkIPwpJzuDtHXKjrX8MPt8ve5yPBgi6MvK10DfElfE_IBptz1gHZA8jCsuBLzjXezvDsqI_sW-J3RGAl3/s1283/Caprice-67%20BR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="1283" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaaCkO1srX3-Q8z7mI0dbT0H-ZkMXasjYvWnA6iIpXAGZGu6YOFZ7KSS2ZSRK5EKCp0Dj8cwOEZca4Hx2XHVY0Jtog84D2J2ZiHnf9MrpkIPwpJzuDtHXKjrX8MPt8ve5yPBgi6MvK10DfElfE_IBptz1gHZA8jCsuBLzjXezvDsqI_sW-J3RGAl3/w640-h272/Caprice-67%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The most unlikely pairing of Doris Day with Richard Harris(!) in the silly swinging sixties spy spoof CAPRICE (1967) included this very nice CinemaScope matte by Emil Kosa jnr.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoawTixxMHk5FzWc9Ffj4d_M6RsoLPrzf7Xdz_mAklxG54wiY-kwoIEBKTqfxrVPcJaA5NtoHbBsV0P5F26ed5dasqpjAaMvHAOqQsDFwIqdCdT_3vtsjMq-D7LMA8oVbs8qiWuRrGjzPrmetMX7mFVsd7k4LohZLIOljUYJwL4EBtVxWGAVPQ8ueU/s1792/Barnacle%20Bill%20(All%20At%20Sea)-57%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1792" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoawTixxMHk5FzWc9Ffj4d_M6RsoLPrzf7Xdz_mAklxG54wiY-kwoIEBKTqfxrVPcJaA5NtoHbBsV0P5F26ed5dasqpjAaMvHAOqQsDFwIqdCdT_3vtsjMq-D7LMA8oVbs8qiWuRrGjzPrmetMX7mFVsd7k4LohZLIOljUYJwL4EBtVxWGAVPQ8ueU/w640-h382/Barnacle%20Bill%20(All%20At%20Sea)-57%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">England's beloved Ealing Studios turned out scores of much loved classics. This one was BARNACLE BILL (1957) - which was renamed ALL AT SEA for the Yanks. Highly amusing tale of crusty seaman - Alec Guinness - who is afraid of the ocean and gets seasick, so sets up a sort of <i>non</i>-ocean going 'vessel' on an English pier. Some great miniature work, possibly by an uncredited Syd Pearson or Cliff Richardson who worked a lot at Ealing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHNLsTopwWCioOnWC_Qs4gXad9fuZvQATVcgSTooPM-acJqS6fVPUjDicgNbmfFofhSKE4Ssjfpz3i83QRi5LkLSjt6pKse60VWCls56PlnVAagDXTOW9WzPr5Y64AAR8XM4qRXvfNrz_3Aoj6pzInO_Q1kfihmq_NqPvwat3x6FmVXu6r7sE0AOE/s2600/Barnacle%20Bill2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="2600" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHNLsTopwWCioOnWC_Qs4gXad9fuZvQATVcgSTooPM-acJqS6fVPUjDicgNbmfFofhSKE4Ssjfpz3i83QRi5LkLSjt6pKse60VWCls56PlnVAagDXTOW9WzPr5Y64AAR8XM4qRXvfNrz_3Aoj6pzInO_Q1kfihmq_NqPvwat3x6FmVXu6r7sE0AOE/w640-h386/Barnacle%20Bill2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Destructive comedy from BARNACLE BILL</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA--ZmjloNnDgANmp_Um5RKZ5lGqGj-bYYpdvAHT30RPCul6tKKMHD0ANF98TaucMRZT8qUUKKqPWgtJWP5fs7RJB1h7qtgzg_2law69_Q8XIG5FsMKBFukgqMYCCNWVrPQq8quwEgUPPrZy8MvFziyU-9G823j2sG6b4mN1CHLmbcWo6OhbJtHe4G/s1600/SheppertonModelStage_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="1600" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA--ZmjloNnDgANmp_Um5RKZ5lGqGj-bYYpdvAHT30RPCul6tKKMHD0ANF98TaucMRZT8qUUKKqPWgtJWP5fs7RJB1h7qtgzg_2law69_Q8XIG5FsMKBFukgqMYCCNWVrPQq8quwEgUPPrZy8MvFziyU-9G823j2sG6b4mN1CHLmbcWo6OhbJtHe4G/w640-h506/SheppertonModelStage_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not sure whether this photo is from the fx stage of BARNACLE BILL, though it does look <i>very</i> similar?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_9hbVnuFkdoiHvbUosh6cvXe-batLUV55haVrRV5xxocH96p01JNoGR8nwtTYr5h81f71k1w--zvWbeptCBmtTYQxY3nO7FozJ-btZBiy3OC3xCBX1KB1rYqR6eL7YPF5A-J5t9-txsILG7A0Lf5VFhUZp0BiZxxojjiTw16NsG8mlyWtF4KZRaL/s2368/Admirable%20Crichton-57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="2368" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_9hbVnuFkdoiHvbUosh6cvXe-batLUV55haVrRV5xxocH96p01JNoGR8nwtTYr5h81f71k1w--zvWbeptCBmtTYQxY3nO7FozJ-btZBiy3OC3xCBX1KB1rYqR6eL7YPF5A-J5t9-txsILG7A0Lf5VFhUZp0BiZxxojjiTw16NsG8mlyWtF4KZRaL/w640-h396/Admirable%20Crichton-57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More maritime hi-jinks, this time in Technicolor and VistaVision. THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON (1957) was a Shepperton production, with Wally Veevers overseeing a number of matte and model combination shots of the ship, it's demise and the island setting. Bob Cuff was matte artist, and Veevers usilised his preference of split screening miniature ships into actual ocean with painted skies.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincaPHTGJUwCuKpjLwkHByKtAW8y3EPcOZ366b4DB3zsbEYssnBVOWrlaVeK5QaWCeoJ1BzG7ALsCgG8SF6BTogxjv4BtcpgB2N_swmIVyh6B7F6mLtm_TD6Nw0X4DnZyCne6vnucyO_-0YPIHp6ojGnMILMLsIFZ4wYr1Zc9xUMEfBghMmDamVZU_/s1280/Armed%20&%20Dangerous-86.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1280" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincaPHTGJUwCuKpjLwkHByKtAW8y3EPcOZ366b4DB3zsbEYssnBVOWrlaVeK5QaWCeoJ1BzG7ALsCgG8SF6BTogxjv4BtcpgB2N_swmIVyh6B7F6mLtm_TD6Nw0X4DnZyCne6vnucyO_-0YPIHp6ojGnMILMLsIFZ4wYr1Zc9xUMEfBghMmDamVZU_/w640-h336/Armed%20&%20Dangerous-86.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rocco Gioffre supplied this toxic dump matte for the forgettable John Candy vehicle ARMED AND DANGEROUS (1986)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqlx6VOHGPBErBS1cwSV5j4uv4xj_VYO8bNvYnqUl1LZkRe3IOEX4KKcWW_YyjUMSTWAOY92-iHvEpfV75P3JR9qppXaP3-D1pKo6ROg6PR9KVpex0aZN9hbYMMhTLthjwrhMjhXcSDXTmvdO8PZPe_wCeyWFVQjv9R5P2_ambAANSoJyBG4ozjQk/s3484/A&C%20Keystone%20Cops-55%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="3484" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqlx6VOHGPBErBS1cwSV5j4uv4xj_VYO8bNvYnqUl1LZkRe3IOEX4KKcWW_YyjUMSTWAOY92-iHvEpfV75P3JR9qppXaP3-D1pKo6ROg6PR9KVpex0aZN9hbYMMhTLthjwrhMjhXcSDXTmvdO8PZPe_wCeyWFVQjv9R5P2_ambAANSoJyBG4ozjQk/w640-h250/A&C%20Keystone%20Cops-55%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Definitely one of A&C's lesser efforts, ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE KEYSTONE COPS (1954) <u>is</u> however noteworthy for some incredibly well executed photographic effects gags. I had to stop and rewind this bit several times to analyse it. Lou in path of oncoming express train, with foot jammed in track, <u>just</u> manages to leap to safety with a second to spare! I figured the stunt guy nearly got nailed at first until I reviewed it very carefully. David Horsley and fx cinematographer Roswell Hoffman actually perpetrated a flawless travelling matte here, with the character photographed on location minus locomotive, presumably in front of a large neutral grey toned (or black?) canvas, whereby a travelling matte could be isolated as the actor/double went through the action. The train speeding toward would have been safely filmed either before or right after the 'gag' fall, based upon the identical sunlight in both elements. Absolutely superb, with barely a matte line detectable! In an interview Horsley described such a staple trick as a standard in the John Fulton department, dating way back to the early 1930's in things like THE INVISIBLE MAN and BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN - in which David was a key collaborator. You can keep all your CG stuff guys... this stuff was boss!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvTlnVbD9XdG6Ug_cmNaxFwSgMdl_Ywyhp5h7xfp6ahKxTvFj3KX-MyqZHjaS44W0V5ZDOZjLL6OYr7mb0GOx2g7X0k0HSFIjd9xpvtAp6LbJy1K4DlxMZCBa4vx5iqLMbQREoLvlC2jIkPbV2MG4AtweQMC3W8MsgBU9XNAqVu34frzHHVFzCCZsc/s2356/A&C%20Keystone%20Cops4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2356" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvTlnVbD9XdG6Ug_cmNaxFwSgMdl_Ywyhp5h7xfp6ahKxTvFj3KX-MyqZHjaS44W0V5ZDOZjLL6OYr7mb0GOx2g7X0k0HSFIjd9xpvtAp6LbJy1K4DlxMZCBa4vx5iqLMbQREoLvlC2jIkPbV2MG4AtweQMC3W8MsgBU9XNAqVu34frzHHVFzCCZsc/w640-h370/A&C%20Keystone%20Cops4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Horsley gag from the same A&C film. Plane narrowly misses car in a carefully composited travelling matte, with what I'm sure was a miniature plane. Love it!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyG7SGAdH0wpCME7JVraSxC-X7XZHrtthZj1KHuHrqOYY3_Ja4FH-hJBddWaG3SHZlULWtoqVeVtS45gFimrjXwwgahXbhQfuLevr0NUHVrNvxvE2VbeH8A7ECO-FBcOwkv_QmH8hpXZcM-tu7maK2uathk_CJWDT_LCbcEBwkPncQEIzsA1IeiBV/s1336/A&C%20Keystone%20Cops2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="1248" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyG7SGAdH0wpCME7JVraSxC-X7XZHrtthZj1KHuHrqOYY3_Ja4FH-hJBddWaG3SHZlULWtoqVeVtS45gFimrjXwwgahXbhQfuLevr0NUHVrNvxvE2VbeH8A7ECO-FBcOwkv_QmH8hpXZcM-tu7maK2uathk_CJWDT_LCbcEBwkPncQEIzsA1IeiBV/w598-h640/A&C%20Keystone%20Cops2.jpg" width="598" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film, with crazy slapstick. Russell Lawson matte art with doubled in horse & buggy.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfU46M3UX-Lg3lmb5t9yha3WvNLWor_SHlEvPmKU1egL-91FiOLpj1VgROjoePM7yJQxD_JvR-yW-9pQRYh0QLiWCB4PHsZ4Ziq3IKyBOl0bDoFQtAmxSGzL6vXlV2xY5t2CEULEcCScpaBAV1UpKPeaaqwiWW_78eKDZaTpUlwJAi_Bi-e-g7h_w5/s1920/Blues%20Brothers-%20BR%20matte3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfU46M3UX-Lg3lmb5t9yha3WvNLWor_SHlEvPmKU1egL-91FiOLpj1VgROjoePM7yJQxD_JvR-yW-9pQRYh0QLiWCB4PHsZ4Ziq3IKyBOl0bDoFQtAmxSGzL6vXlV2xY5t2CEULEcCScpaBAV1UpKPeaaqwiWW_78eKDZaTpUlwJAi_Bi-e-g7h_w5/w640-h360/Blues%20Brothers-%20BR%20matte3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ahhh, yes... one of my fave films. The phenomenal BLUES BROTHERS (1980) - a film which, pardon the pun, hit <u>all</u> the right notes for me! Fantastic music, dry deadpan humour, car wrecks-a-plenty, weird cameos and a couple of show stopping Albert Whitlock shots such as this beauty! Best line in film, as uttered by the great Charles Napier: <i>"You're gonna look mighty funny tryin' to eat corn on the cob... with no fucken' teeth!"</i> Classic!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotaBslFOybw0xA6G6mRnpVMi1Vk17YKAi1Ny0D8tWgXvwij80_M-kNfK2-JizWx_ycD1jLr1X_Qe7GwiO_ZfPoqCEaN2IAFNLmJpmU_WXxLVuZbuyzEZzIHB0v-ZQxvzT1DtdqSj7GUErGbq9EIAq_6k4KS4JJMm8Aj2KPfoM5Vuo0Gy89C21S_HC/s1280/Blues%20Bros4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1280" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotaBslFOybw0xA6G6mRnpVMi1Vk17YKAi1Ny0D8tWgXvwij80_M-kNfK2-JizWx_ycD1jLr1X_Qe7GwiO_ZfPoqCEaN2IAFNLmJpmU_WXxLVuZbuyzEZzIHB0v-ZQxvzT1DtdqSj7GUErGbq9EIAq_6k4KS4JJMm8Aj2KPfoM5Vuo0Gy89C21S_HC/w640-h344/Blues%20Bros4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BLUES BROTHERS wizardry, described in detail in previous Bill Taylor tribute article</span> <b><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2021/10/matte-trick-shot-review-scaling-heights.html">here</a></b>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtKvtt6ixE1J8yTLMirnUw6wzVVhHS46OCaDOmwFcDr2esRnsJBMsixVXOmGodeslsjeiaRiXi1FkGBG4KCE8xIUMVGUz03Xn_8Tbrq6wW_dwtRMOx2w5SbTUmVqloXaUcF5Ap_T3x4h_qdOxEaiNEDRPCqhe7ioHghwbe3NW_cD9r6o0Vy6Eowkf/s1440/Blue%20Murder%20at%20St.Trinians-57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtKvtt6ixE1J8yTLMirnUw6wzVVhHS46OCaDOmwFcDr2esRnsJBMsixVXOmGodeslsjeiaRiXi1FkGBG4KCE8xIUMVGUz03Xn_8Tbrq6wW_dwtRMOx2w5SbTUmVqloXaUcF5Ap_T3x4h_qdOxEaiNEDRPCqhe7ioHghwbe3NW_cD9r6o0Vy6Eowkf/w640-h480/Blue%20Murder%20at%20St.Trinians-57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Back to the UK here... a wonderful matte from the popular comedy BLUE MURDER AT ST. TRINIANS (1957), with matte art by a rarely credited<i> (but was here) </i>Albert Julion - one of Vincent Korda's favourite matte painters and a long timer in the Shepperton photo effects department with Pop Day and Wally Veevers. I have reason to believe that Julion may very well have been mentor to Albert Whitlock, based on research I've done.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwQ8gfcXeGyzVa9K9HQ0oK-WiqpMjPW4UejiTyyAJg_52RyUGw_o0ZyhFwfUxoVGoA2k-8M8CoOH4kaJlxd7BA-LuFic2rBWtvexftXO9Nsfg-XDrtjLNO03QW8Ebyx9yhJtbrp5rde_SeHrhUsLDG3J02KmhR-6SGDbQKKr29XTALSbD6h_1RZZn/s1920/Britannia%20Hospital-82%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwQ8gfcXeGyzVa9K9HQ0oK-WiqpMjPW4UejiTyyAJg_52RyUGw_o0ZyhFwfUxoVGoA2k-8M8CoOH4kaJlxd7BA-LuFic2rBWtvexftXO9Nsfg-XDrtjLNO03QW8Ebyx9yhJtbrp5rde_SeHrhUsLDG3J02KmhR-6SGDbQKKr29XTALSbD6h_1RZZn/w640-h352/Britannia%20Hospital-82%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">British film maker Lindsay Anderson turned out some seminal pictures from the late 60's onward, such as IF and the wonderful O' LUCKY MAN. The shots here are from Anderson's last(?) film BRITANNIA HOSPITAL (1982). Matte by Charles Stoneham who started under Cliff Culley in the Pinewood matte dept in the mid 1960's. Great work here as I'd hate to think how difficult it must have been to render that vast mirrored structure.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJf5JPIMcFcRQuFIFd0Ff6lIrWJK8vri8XynTjUzqFp149bfBx8pdy5Cmq9TOj0Wp-UTP5ZGZz5tl2F-2Kgz7JMjS_X931al25c2DV_YZW6ZIT4zcinjz4VdCFxJKkLxr1FKRuRAQaHFMGB4GQfX7w9fuyKVkKoH12WKknlmF16mRuYoMbpWCaj13H/s2512/Britannia%20Hospital3%20(small).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="2512" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJf5JPIMcFcRQuFIFd0Ff6lIrWJK8vri8XynTjUzqFp149bfBx8pdy5Cmq9TOj0Wp-UTP5ZGZz5tl2F-2Kgz7JMjS_X931al25c2DV_YZW6ZIT4zcinjz4VdCFxJKkLxr1FKRuRAQaHFMGB4GQfX7w9fuyKVkKoH12WKknlmF16mRuYoMbpWCaj13H/w640-h354/Britannia%20Hospital3%20(small).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film is impossible to categorize, and is as free-wheeling as they come. Unforgettable set piece in operating theatre sees a rebuilt, patched together Malcolm McDowell who accidentally gets his head torn off <i>(don't even begin to ask!!).</i> <u>Phenomenal</u> special make up effects by Nick Maley, who also did remarkable work on Tobe Hooper's ridiculous LIFEFORCE - the likes of which were totally fresh to audiences of the day! And to think all the 'gore' was dusted off in the previous blog.... You fools!!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsDlI31LL0mtuY6jfdvTuslJMMCEjL_6Plbr1qof1MV-4QOqcDBTIJKhwjnWfUAgqua1bAuhtE7WC9TRBlYKT_f_CArpInY0XKBybV6ruHm1qN15aTEl_Dz5VN3lrU_G87Ay8Cr8-zXdnps8Hfgo6-EQSvmLjIq-xJ_g8znGfdKP6uU_x_he0KdVy/s1920/Britannia%20Hospital2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsDlI31LL0mtuY6jfdvTuslJMMCEjL_6Plbr1qof1MV-4QOqcDBTIJKhwjnWfUAgqua1bAuhtE7WC9TRBlYKT_f_CArpInY0XKBybV6ruHm1qN15aTEl_Dz5VN3lrU_G87Ay8Cr8-zXdnps8Hfgo6-EQSvmLjIq-xJ_g8znGfdKP6uU_x_he0KdVy/w640-h352/Britannia%20Hospital2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Charles Stoneham matte, with Roy Field on fx camera duties.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBMNjiX9Ilkj4Mwe29GzAvHr5fTA5ByJ4VEWvyf9M0yV-T7JiQokko4vdDGI4J1oeDQdPjU6DMDt_fBz_znrVZFDVD2ZA3GuGro9OYV2ksxNUG793i6Na3KnpOQ_RsNIpZa64X_skdCZ61IlcvJ8dJ3tlFpzWiGnvjW5RyVQsG7H6taKU_UhoDgQC/s2688/City%20Lights-31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="2688" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBMNjiX9Ilkj4Mwe29GzAvHr5fTA5ByJ4VEWvyf9M0yV-T7JiQokko4vdDGI4J1oeDQdPjU6DMDt_fBz_znrVZFDVD2ZA3GuGro9OYV2ksxNUG793i6Na3KnpOQ_RsNIpZa64X_skdCZ61IlcvJ8dJ3tlFpzWiGnvjW5RyVQsG7H6taKU_UhoDgQC/w640-h386/City%20Lights-31.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A pair of uncredited mattes from Chaplin's classic CITY LIGHTS (1931).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGHTzbRx26U8outRPD0E5_Aet_l4h-Dbk6ICoEb93oWDzhAtLW53VrpZ7Z26m860Rb9YWsNn8W7G6CM7wilqgbe3TVdF1_13B-OD7lkcscCiTeZR-I_tDZwEn5DKMmp1rXYIplvvZeMS-DQ9ZhZZU5wXpD0-W4tJ7XCwJC5qwK4-6GUCp1NXR-0OH/s2684/City%20Slickers%20(Gioffre).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="2684" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGHTzbRx26U8outRPD0E5_Aet_l4h-Dbk6ICoEb93oWDzhAtLW53VrpZ7Z26m860Rb9YWsNn8W7G6CM7wilqgbe3TVdF1_13B-OD7lkcscCiTeZR-I_tDZwEn5DKMmp1rXYIplvvZeMS-DQ9ZhZZU5wXpD0-W4tJ7XCwJC5qwK4-6GUCp1NXR-0OH/w640-h362/City%20Slickers%20(Gioffre).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rocco Gioffre painted a number of mattes for Billy Crystal's CITY SLICKERS (1991). I'm not 100% sure about the top left but suspect it to be Gioffre.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOk7GktO-J1S9ZhQz4gsIEoLlfmUYodVeEESlJ8j5FG4qOQmx8bG1zxuvKFwl8qarQIor2El99JA7tGlr-bOUFtAzFWwVUXnk-TW9n6tDh03blUp9mOfYuLvgYgU2ybebhcMQpj_B33K4Oq29ZzVsFcnkbm_1qBfCRCNvzN1yttrqoyplPKD-3L-A6/s1440/Caught%20in%20the%20Draft-41%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOk7GktO-J1S9ZhQz4gsIEoLlfmUYodVeEESlJ8j5FG4qOQmx8bG1zxuvKFwl8qarQIor2El99JA7tGlr-bOUFtAzFWwVUXnk-TW9n6tDh03blUp9mOfYuLvgYgU2ybebhcMQpj_B33K4Oq29ZzVsFcnkbm_1qBfCRCNvzN1yttrqoyplPKD-3L-A6/w640-h480/Caught%20in%20the%20Draft-41%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm a devotee of old Bob Hope comedies. This one, CAUGHT IN THE DRAFT (1941) being a winner.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeuUZnxiPnACtPjT-FG0TLj-wqlNRa8-fAM4Lri7PkvdVkqMiEB-lCZhTu0_PWtmIqvJHzNfmY7llIVRMLhZkWEQDUvlZ97TWiEaFPO-YCBQVAzv_CVZYP9wzdWcU5S0TIBBc0afhFq4Xl9SDDAb_dOutlEKKm9Fel5wI2aYM29M9kTSciiPcmzs2/s2976/Caught%20in%20Draft%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="2976" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeuUZnxiPnACtPjT-FG0TLj-wqlNRa8-fAM4Lri7PkvdVkqMiEB-lCZhTu0_PWtmIqvJHzNfmY7llIVRMLhZkWEQDUvlZ97TWiEaFPO-YCBQVAzv_CVZYP9wzdWcU5S0TIBBc0afhFq4Xl9SDDAb_dOutlEKKm9Fel5wI2aYM29M9kTSciiPcmzs2/w640-h242/Caught%20in%20Draft%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two more of Jan Domela's matte shots from CAUGHT IN THE DRAFT.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtD98BrLnjXETc89AXKSI8Js1fu4ntvANyM-EroXtNBqemv5W7IZUL5dUnzJvQj4jl6BB7Ny8n5efZExx21KEel7Nto7J3MT4e4tKws1Q4aMXumHuEr5pB4EVE40pqtMpj66n8yNJebCK_HnRG7F89pIhnElo97igpXd-j1VH9mPMWJxtwYi7-HNN6/s1464/A&C%20Mars1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtD98BrLnjXETc89AXKSI8Js1fu4ntvANyM-EroXtNBqemv5W7IZUL5dUnzJvQj4jl6BB7Ny8n5efZExx21KEel7Nto7J3MT4e4tKws1Q4aMXumHuEr5pB4EVE40pqtMpj66n8yNJebCK_HnRG7F89pIhnElo97igpXd-j1VH9mPMWJxtwYi7-HNN6/w640-h472/A&C%20Mars1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ABBOTT & COSTELLO GO TO MARS (1953) sounds like it couldn't go wrong, but never really worked. Tons of effects shots though, from extensive Russ Lawson matte art, many optical gags and model shots abound. Also has a bevvy of Martian 'hotties' of some note!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhGfGnjoaGLUtqX2s6f3A5m8EEj4hzZIRXNwLf775ygBvAD46p2c3asQALKjq2S3YqPmIBsH3Eqr0O0A9p5apWrg5YqA9oATGxru5von0C_wjb8-0Rbs22nUxZKBdbSEX0obFeWcXc-jPFn7czdOm7KXGtgCfiG8MMOMZ4uOGjBmo_AOohtputy6W/s1464/A&C%20Mars2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhGfGnjoaGLUtqX2s6f3A5m8EEj4hzZIRXNwLf775ygBvAD46p2c3asQALKjq2S3YqPmIBsH3Eqr0O0A9p5apWrg5YqA9oATGxru5von0C_wjb8-0Rbs22nUxZKBdbSEX0obFeWcXc-jPFn7czdOm7KXGtgCfiG8MMOMZ4uOGjBmo_AOohtputy6W/w640-h472/A&C%20Mars2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film: David Horsley was photographic effects chief.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t3KBjcui4_GKubwU6sAjTFYLCBxJxNBsc9fpuUWKVfIHgOJIUJONLpMezaq_RCTiVztlsMO26xTS009KSpJwsi45FgZg8hRFXHPYJfGKd28Wzl3-5HZprlSdw0KBOgfkODNjJXHThARQWalclFeIZDI9MdxttBs1gSPLuMJZ-u1_ovBGXYDuvAsm/s2488/A&C%20Mars3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="2488" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t3KBjcui4_GKubwU6sAjTFYLCBxJxNBsc9fpuUWKVfIHgOJIUJONLpMezaq_RCTiVztlsMO26xTS009KSpJwsi45FgZg8hRFXHPYJfGKd28Wzl3-5HZprlSdw0KBOgfkODNjJXHThARQWalclFeIZDI9MdxttBs1gSPLuMJZ-u1_ovBGXYDuvAsm/w640-h340/A&C%20Mars3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The climax involves a multitude of fx shots as rocket roars through New York skies and down avenues and tunnels - all solid work with much, much rotoscope artistry by Universal veteran Millie Minebrenner <i>(who was with the studio for <u>many</u> decades from Fulton through to Whitlock)</i>. Neat gag here with Liberty Lady ducking out of the way of out-of-control spaceship.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeug9b8DlEKqkjvW7RnT839LkK1tlsEIpzNYaSHonR5vggjjhPPu3AxCr9BwKlEhlShNBeYOJvYVmC8pXDe80ATzDvhl3rDESGWjcfYVPTYqdD88v2qfrjSidL5A76nIdix46uPT6iwcpJFYmfXuIoWFfI-pIX3p-B5FZz_iY1IAjPbl8wi1aira8f/s2552/A&C%20Mars4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="2552" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeug9b8DlEKqkjvW7RnT839LkK1tlsEIpzNYaSHonR5vggjjhPPu3AxCr9BwKlEhlShNBeYOJvYVmC8pXDe80ATzDvhl3rDESGWjcfYVPTYqdD88v2qfrjSidL5A76nIdix46uPT6iwcpJFYmfXuIoWFfI-pIX3p-B5FZz_iY1IAjPbl8wi1aira8f/w640-h264/A&C%20Mars4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same A&C film: classic Lou Costello set up, with delectable young lass planting kiss, then transforming into old grandma - mid smooch!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAdABNkPY5tkq7CaxmQew-XNEapxxZ__L2zioaLqQMON_hxgZK1pZgAbZZfzlCQ95xwdaYvOsHgMf-8PQdsWWLolY_Rho1wDC4xk6EsSAlYTo7lsGsxC3TM_OQMOLPLfH78XIXMkwV1y7cO3NyzZWQo2pwZGHOpvo_hJVUNWo5eEZrw9uij8Eycv1/s1480/conn%20yankee1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1480" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAdABNkPY5tkq7CaxmQew-XNEapxxZ__L2zioaLqQMON_hxgZK1pZgAbZZfzlCQ95xwdaYvOsHgMf-8PQdsWWLolY_Rho1wDC4xk6EsSAlYTo7lsGsxC3TM_OQMOLPLfH78XIXMkwV1y7cO3NyzZWQo2pwZGHOpvo_hJVUNWo5eEZrw9uij8Eycv1/w640-h472/conn%20yankee1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bing Crosby starred in the popular musical/comedy version of Mark Twain's A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT (1949). Lots of effects supervised by Gordon Jennings, with matte art such as this rendered by studio veteran Jan Domela.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5jeHMzGC1Nrd-IKFbpkMAwmojRu9DjENCLJHVQ-9o9XhcIAMGeh470wEVSuoC4hMvXdSVyh1hL3ZhbXAalz51_TXNs7b00XQLfnwDi2-zBqkhImzn-yOACPGiemByJZa94G4jhM4xUTqFBO-eqczd9WhWiHHfGV-j9oRxFKD0VNz6Fnzfxf8F33_/s1480/Conn%20Yankee2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1480" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5jeHMzGC1Nrd-IKFbpkMAwmojRu9DjENCLJHVQ-9o9XhcIAMGeh470wEVSuoC4hMvXdSVyh1hL3ZhbXAalz51_TXNs7b00XQLfnwDi2-zBqkhImzn-yOACPGiemByJZa94G4jhM4xUTqFBO-eqczd9WhWiHHfGV-j9oRxFKD0VNz6Fnzfxf8F33_/w640-h472/Conn%20Yankee2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Domela matte. Film also used the newly designed motion repeater for a couple of bold shots where vast camera pan crosses expanse of live action and up onto painted castle (not this frame).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXRJWPSgSocOx4SHPqL01TlpXOmi-1DtYRJZ6b8tukWusRUGVduEi8YjrWnr38V8CojBTlyjwDUmKZ4LqSgTkBmAYRg9DuvQ-jlf50otSAktST4r2d-7OIs5bZkzLonG5zfRlsW_jMJ0_kacRvAk2SJU_R0iza0uq2W-wYiEeMcbFOlbtN69JGOWv/s1440/Dragnet-87.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1314" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXRJWPSgSocOx4SHPqL01TlpXOmi-1DtYRJZ6b8tukWusRUGVduEi8YjrWnr38V8CojBTlyjwDUmKZ4LqSgTkBmAYRg9DuvQ-jlf50otSAktST4r2d-7OIs5bZkzLonG5zfRlsW_jMJ0_kacRvAk2SJU_R0iza0uq2W-wYiEeMcbFOlbtN69JGOWv/w584-h640/Dragnet-87.jpg" width="584" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The most unimpressive DRAGNET (1987) feature from the old tv series at least had this excellent matte shot, worked on by both Al Whitlock and Syd Dutton - with Bill Taylor providing a camera move.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOIm5anNYa2ZjO774ZJBaq4qo9aT1Jg8FXNd17bijwbhqFZNjOJZSvvOiBQaBNqANRaXf9_htERT2cJhStjieG1GPdNeFKBS6zMg5szl3RPXtuivkQXc5WPCaU-v7NrWz9EZen8u3RI_u9dvHfGOTnNPZtuY83hnIpntVmDd_QLbhLAoHokPkjSz4/s1280/Duchess%20and%20the%20Dirtwater%20Fox%20BR%20vlcsnap-06004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOIm5anNYa2ZjO774ZJBaq4qo9aT1Jg8FXNd17bijwbhqFZNjOJZSvvOiBQaBNqANRaXf9_htERT2cJhStjieG1GPdNeFKBS6zMg5szl3RPXtuivkQXc5WPCaU-v7NrWz9EZen8u3RI_u9dvHfGOTnNPZtuY83hnIpntVmDd_QLbhLAoHokPkjSz4/w640-h272/Duchess%20and%20the%20Dirtwater%20Fox%20BR%20vlcsnap-06004.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Haven't seen this in years, but recall THE DUCHESS AND THE DIRTWATER FOX (1976) as being a real hoot, largely due to comic chemistry of George Segal and Goldie Hawn. A few mattes, possibly done by Matthew Yuricich?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjFdFmE9yJrh1Rd2QorAUaqWbBc3kzEmqLdCtMUdI2XiHm7JYCq8YA2tx4A5WCei5jNI0x0yIaHiUhw5Ne_LWZtPXB0exZvdKqWu1oWFKvoi3Rm7Aqxt5dwa3D_g6rTPl3gSAO59MI0DgD8U3-xxfJfA3ZyeBxCpgrA4R-sWqHEe571hyZaNz4sRT/s1706/Best%20House%20in%20London-68%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1706" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjFdFmE9yJrh1Rd2QorAUaqWbBc3kzEmqLdCtMUdI2XiHm7JYCq8YA2tx4A5WCei5jNI0x0yIaHiUhw5Ne_LWZtPXB0exZvdKqWu1oWFKvoi3Rm7Aqxt5dwa3D_g6rTPl3gSAO59MI0DgD8U3-xxfJfA3ZyeBxCpgrA4R-sWqHEe571hyZaNz4sRT/w640-h452/Best%20House%20in%20London-68%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Very controversial back in the day, and got an MPAA 'X' Rating (mainly due to scenario being a brothel), THE BEST HOUSE IN LONDON (1968) was pretty funny (especially bit with John Cleese in a cameo). Many matte and model shots, with Shepperton's resident painters Gerald Larn and Bryan Evans on matte shots, and Ted Samuels on model work. Above is a masterful before and after by Gerald Larn of Victorian London.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tem-t-trbkY_jnQgMwlcS2M4WqlwMziAA-t_r4jhFfYZpd1r2B6lcvIaq-Lja008x1AVl9BMuDIenwRSuk1KbtFoFTYYVH8fK_aK0xs-RC_Q6FZqKQ5SeXhfaaHZAfTa6NqtUazhg5MzrmRI6Z3_mqoG3ZG5Phf2S3XbiuTMmbwbZPaV867MXxv3/s1280/Best%20House%20in%20London3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1280" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tem-t-trbkY_jnQgMwlcS2M4WqlwMziAA-t_r4jhFfYZpd1r2B6lcvIaq-Lja008x1AVl9BMuDIenwRSuk1KbtFoFTYYVH8fK_aK0xs-RC_Q6FZqKQ5SeXhfaaHZAfTa6NqtUazhg5MzrmRI6Z3_mqoG3ZG5Phf2S3XbiuTMmbwbZPaV867MXxv3/w640-h370/Best%20House%20in%20London3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BEST HOUSE IN LONDON (1968) matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3L4oxzVC9mrMCcXy2RwwDks387AkTszyoGkGnc0NqFuUy3CTirjD727gmv1VXmgo-h-qYs3xwb67fQe-3Wm-JCdfdWkVRLJjxoPRvJN8Gzr0vCTEtMd7EjOhyUKt0OguM16JzjErdWzCIv0Px3x3NlIZrxOGsAmJHH3FXp_lXqUwbf1v5Rh3meZdJ/s1280/Best%20House%20London%20(Gerald%20Larn%20matte).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1280" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3L4oxzVC9mrMCcXy2RwwDks387AkTszyoGkGnc0NqFuUy3CTirjD727gmv1VXmgo-h-qYs3xwb67fQe-3Wm-JCdfdWkVRLJjxoPRvJN8Gzr0vCTEtMd7EjOhyUKt0OguM16JzjErdWzCIv0Px3x3NlIZrxOGsAmJHH3FXp_lXqUwbf1v5Rh3meZdJ/w640-h370/Best%20House%20London%20(Gerald%20Larn%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Gerald Larn described the matte workload to me a while back, with this being one more of his.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB17Rwu4v5l1LQ51oymuz9qXa39DqMljIt77q_5wS-kL2F584bccb76FqzrCLIEzhrEyvvk4su8PAZ0bZt2P3uGMnwe_bGyuoheM5cgWAhKon_K9_Z-IRKaK9aov1FCpLgwRgOOMnqf48yorYTbVlg-jJarlkjMDKWF0aodWWcObrZe0jmL3h5Izh_/s1784/Call%20Me%20Bwana-63%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="1784" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB17Rwu4v5l1LQ51oymuz9qXa39DqMljIt77q_5wS-kL2F584bccb76FqzrCLIEzhrEyvvk4su8PAZ0bZt2P3uGMnwe_bGyuoheM5cgWAhKon_K9_Z-IRKaK9aov1FCpLgwRgOOMnqf48yorYTbVlg-jJarlkjMDKWF0aodWWcObrZe0jmL3h5Izh_/w640-h446/Call%20Me%20Bwana-63%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not one of Bob's better shows, though CALL ME BWANA (1963) <i>does</i> have the luscious Anita Ekberg in it, so what's not to like!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXPGz65xufyYaX5Py5KI8qFmKhhbabxgkc1UEl-pcdvNK_dtfSzGCDufjnZRNsPPj7ymQCR5Ek_MKyMwe15uY32jvCWDbxR4cI3hiPJBzqj1imWc_TebYFgTh_oAhrI7K_OG84P8smkkZGXKEK813rzWRvGbaQEoIySW7qRnLODmXX_CBjKoRxTze/s1576/Call%20Me%20Bwana-63%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1576" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXPGz65xufyYaX5Py5KI8qFmKhhbabxgkc1UEl-pcdvNK_dtfSzGCDufjnZRNsPPj7ymQCR5Ek_MKyMwe15uY32jvCWDbxR4cI3hiPJBzqj1imWc_TebYFgTh_oAhrI7K_OG84P8smkkZGXKEK813rzWRvGbaQEoIySW7qRnLODmXX_CBjKoRxTze/w640-h354/Call%20Me%20Bwana-63%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">CALL ME BWANA mattes by Cliff Culley.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb46V6_KUtkpjFhTM_yQr5sMvIviPW3xE6Nchwnx8LsaVsL3tlCZGGLNxpQ33sMAMsfuR6mL0Wd2BGNBu7p9UALhtKwBRBSrOV3RWTsFEGmeT1ZafX6yqWWVxgSbHBztd69C-hybLsmz6rsNBvtIuISACPzFYNbHJcDAHZaMCPESQGQ_4u5bXwPKTh/s3372/Belles%20St.Trinians.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="3372" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb46V6_KUtkpjFhTM_yQr5sMvIviPW3xE6Nchwnx8LsaVsL3tlCZGGLNxpQ33sMAMsfuR6mL0Wd2BGNBu7p9UALhtKwBRBSrOV3RWTsFEGmeT1ZafX6yqWWVxgSbHBztd69C-hybLsmz6rsNBvtIuISACPzFYNbHJcDAHZaMCPESQGQ_4u5bXwPKTh/w640-h216/Belles%20St.Trinians.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The enormously popular UK comedy THE BELLES OF ST. TRINIANS (1954) with Alastair Sim and George Cole. Nice mattes start things off, painted by George Samuels (above middle).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGPwKAAfxDLMEp-Agu_7-0E6Rl7JaXyQ7aBLRL4UdIDeD3hLTxaYTTO-_QAIb0i5NCQriu-IsEoukkoozPxSihi2pdF1cvwX7DKGvNnZSeEHafJcsoz27JjXYmUPM0cN83ipS4yQpUEwALQkb2tCwKaNxsp2yzPq75AVOefjb9ArDdB9QOHOeSbUI/s1792/Carry%20On%20Cleo%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1792" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGPwKAAfxDLMEp-Agu_7-0E6Rl7JaXyQ7aBLRL4UdIDeD3hLTxaYTTO-_QAIb0i5NCQriu-IsEoukkoozPxSihi2pdF1cvwX7DKGvNnZSeEHafJcsoz27JjXYmUPM0cN83ipS4yQpUEwALQkb2tCwKaNxsp2yzPq75AVOefjb9ArDdB9QOHOeSbUI/w640-h386/Carry%20On%20Cleo%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Carry On series was extremely popular here in New Zealand, and also other former British colonies, with the sense of humour being most agreeable. CARRY ON CLEO (1964) was a riff on Fox's mega budget bust CLEOPATRA and cost just pocket change.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAR890-Iv17YMe0XeBsSCi4BEjn8zwXADP5APit-SpBcN3cpFX1yJvOUAk-VkRWTWCQZjMUeB7Mw39UzPLoZ8ugeQSnxGUSlBalD56YKMX8pIg7ebWk3I-PIw3lXk3rCl7QKq9hJAZ8TdnJ75EGrTD6v0ibGUAeGtQqXGzbWE54Uikm1DRed6sl1kJ/s1792/Carry%20On%20Cleo-64%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1792" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAR890-Iv17YMe0XeBsSCi4BEjn8zwXADP5APit-SpBcN3cpFX1yJvOUAk-VkRWTWCQZjMUeB7Mw39UzPLoZ8ugeQSnxGUSlBalD56YKMX8pIg7ebWk3I-PIw3lXk3rCl7QKq9hJAZ8TdnJ75EGrTD6v0ibGUAeGtQqXGzbWE54Uikm1DRed6sl1kJ/w640-h386/Carry%20On%20Cleo-64%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">CARRY ON CLEO mattes by Pinewood veteran artist Cliff Culley.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBM_SdqAkTwgTzcllGoQ9IutAfwdqOsvzINNJnUPJOT2m0lZxG472X-iI8SjIRpGwnW-vZkO9Gxul21gbGijhKZZZFuHU9tihHjVREg6AE73Ktpi-vZZ_QS6QhnbUcwXgljAYqPGlkgEi0FABGxTSfJJcEcTYcViX268uF2rpJeVvwD5t8i8Cp_jNx/s1792/Carry%20On%20Cleo%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1792" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBM_SdqAkTwgTzcllGoQ9IutAfwdqOsvzINNJnUPJOT2m0lZxG472X-iI8SjIRpGwnW-vZkO9Gxul21gbGijhKZZZFuHU9tihHjVREg6AE73Ktpi-vZZ_QS6QhnbUcwXgljAYqPGlkgEi0FABGxTSfJJcEcTYcViX268uF2rpJeVvwD5t8i8Cp_jNx/w640-h386/Carry%20On%20Cleo%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another CLEO matte by Culley. Cliff started off at J.Arthur Rank back in the 1940's and worked alongside a young Al Whitlock in the matte department.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj61fOej4Bg9Eb3EF9dpF8Fr4e3ISuwZS6nKx2z83eldHSBWEiGg1886FhSRTHdoBfD21VszD6D_UlgU4b7AVu1_1ZlF1z1yWOIaDKsZN4nV1V4AiE6er55PnuFL3ElMh-wcH_ocgXl2K0F4vbk3Isy4u7iIWt-DY2hLC2koAeRVuy53J5wAS_-T7WB/s1600/Duck%20Soup-33%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="1600" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj61fOej4Bg9Eb3EF9dpF8Fr4e3ISuwZS6nKx2z83eldHSBWEiGg1886FhSRTHdoBfD21VszD6D_UlgU4b7AVu1_1ZlF1z1yWOIaDKsZN4nV1V4AiE6er55PnuFL3ElMh-wcH_ocgXl2K0F4vbk3Isy4u7iIWt-DY2hLC2koAeRVuy53J5wAS_-T7WB/w400-h291/Duck%20Soup-33%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And my choice for the perfect 'desert island' DVD would be the <u>all time</u> classic DUCK SOUP (1933) starring the four Marx Brothers. Outright masterpiece, bar none!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7EMdugPRY-YPIWy1kN4OSj1L00eHWnrIfAm9yca9qCAoW3dy4KoEajtJjShAnqb7WZdjpTpySeEym0YSg27ywlb3TECBhwQTLzzRb4Wr4mWQlzbf1CAJW6b1VBdQWQa6pLKgz1qZfnV4OrrAYx9WppaKRxMjJ-15PRofsg5QHENo2dR7ESbOMsNw/s3004/Duck%20Soup2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="3004" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7EMdugPRY-YPIWy1kN4OSj1L00eHWnrIfAm9yca9qCAoW3dy4KoEajtJjShAnqb7WZdjpTpySeEym0YSg27ywlb3TECBhwQTLzzRb4Wr4mWQlzbf1CAJW6b1VBdQWQa6pLKgz1qZfnV4OrrAYx9WppaKRxMjJ-15PRofsg5QHENo2dR7ESbOMsNw/w640-h244/Duck%20Soup2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The brothers only made less than a dozen features, and the later ones were highly variable, but the ones that hit bullseye, were, and still remain, all time classics of American cinema. One such was DUCK SOUP (1933) - a biting, sarcastic anti-war satire (that actually flopped back in '33 as audiences just didn't get it). I've probably seen this film around 30 times and never fail to laugh out loud. DUCK SOUP packs more laughs into it's compact 68 minutes than you'd think possible. Above are two matte shots by Jan Domela.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidezkyliCcn0mdFZV0hMmwrZBgS-0LIN-BNvTi7U7Oo45VTVTcVUbGgnRnM_O3-RrHAfsAjr1AALdrk42CQoWDh8qcr4RVKrEXCJj66ivQPWEj9EkhGFMVlbH-KAyDry-gx7to7t9XXNXL4RqpKhqcx56wkjiawtNnoYbz4ni1UsZrJZ_tEwTsN_W/s2696/Duck%20Soup-tattoo%20gag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2696" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidezkyliCcn0mdFZV0hMmwrZBgS-0LIN-BNvTi7U7Oo45VTVTcVUbGgnRnM_O3-RrHAfsAjr1AALdrk42CQoWDh8qcr4RVKrEXCJj66ivQPWEj9EkhGFMVlbH-KAyDry-gx7to7t9XXNXL4RqpKhqcx56wkjiawtNnoYbz4ni1UsZrJZ_tEwTsN_W/w640-h322/Duck%20Soup-tattoo%20gag.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although The Marx Bros were never heavy on special effects shots, their preference being brilliant and endlessly quotable verbal sparring, the mute Harpo would often pull some hilarious trick out of his bag, sleeve, harp, horn, or in this case, tattoos! After showcasing his various tat's to Groucho (a very funny scene in itself), Harpo proudly shows off his tummy tat - complete with barking dog!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgcS3RVhOpfgvwzIzZXolJqkb3CPVn5jtWAW6CFi8Slhu-w4UlYULPlihWR2W0EM2Gx76hCMnUVT3JYKS42LbZZi7WjI5zG_dweRgxsfB_lq7hQGjQzdDTxz9xpJIlUEPt1ClP3FL9jh9y81IQIImv5W1DlD8Fr29jyj_Fc_e28A0D2ODHL9pbF88/s1660/Duck%20Soup4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1660" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgcS3RVhOpfgvwzIzZXolJqkb3CPVn5jtWAW6CFi8Slhu-w4UlYULPlihWR2W0EM2Gx76hCMnUVT3JYKS42LbZZi7WjI5zG_dweRgxsfB_lq7hQGjQzdDTxz9xpJIlUEPt1ClP3FL9jh9y81IQIImv5W1DlD8Fr29jyj_Fc_e28A0D2ODHL9pbF88/w640-h466/Duck%20Soup4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">War breaks out in DUCK SOUP - a ludicrous war declared just for the hell of it. Audiences of the day were lost to the notion of 'anti-war' themes, or satire on such a shattering event that had a much more patriotic meaning back then. Much later audiences, especially during the anti-Vietnam era just lapped it up and rediscovered the masterpiece. Incidentally, the best scene, and one not even involving any camera tricks was the famous <i>mirror sequence</i> - likely THE funniest set piece <u>ever</u> filmed. Find it on YouTube or one of those cyber net things.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA7ekLqG4W9WFZ0aGEEAP2oVeXXVB5oXEee8hkoOUcKO-65FT-fK5xTd7MeXFjRk6cgdn23KoPcma63QiIjpNqxtqZUONU8cD27eRzr4jO5sEdEia6DwJgjLJaOWmG_VyZUTXrEQ-kJm1s07SFEWpmGroJ4Sh1_57AS0ufRSPkgL-2tTQuBL6zEiK/s2613/Caddyshack-80.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="2613" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA7ekLqG4W9WFZ0aGEEAP2oVeXXVB5oXEee8hkoOUcKO-65FT-fK5xTd7MeXFjRk6cgdn23KoPcma63QiIjpNqxtqZUONU8cD27eRzr4jO5sEdEia6DwJgjLJaOWmG_VyZUTXrEQ-kJm1s07SFEWpmGroJ4Sh1_57AS0ufRSPkgL-2tTQuBL6zEiK/w640-h190/Caddyshack-80.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the sublime mastery of the Marx's, to the loud silliness of Rodney Dangerfield. CADDYSHACK (1980) made Bill Murray a star. Here are two mattes by Rocco Gioffre, one with the prestige country club and grounds, and the other with mass destruction (painted in) after gopher hunt.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraofRYwbAYDhxfiTedfhqdZOcbTsO6aKV1ag8XCWi3AvzlNbX9dzS4Z5jq6ODtLFgfRKQF0RI_fKy316ccIHe5hZKiIMgzmoUOs5YY90uIuGBSoLC1O4vP6zo-HdCDr-CS5YlLbCl4P6NgNBfNDGgZ2noSpQNu-lkfkS02BQzBUHGqclA-gd8STr2/s1510/Court-Jester%20(Jan%20Domela%20matte%204K).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1510" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraofRYwbAYDhxfiTedfhqdZOcbTsO6aKV1ag8XCWi3AvzlNbX9dzS4Z5jq6ODtLFgfRKQF0RI_fKy316ccIHe5hZKiIMgzmoUOs5YY90uIuGBSoLC1O4vP6zo-HdCDr-CS5YlLbCl4P6NgNBfNDGgZ2noSpQNu-lkfkS02BQzBUHGqclA-gd8STr2/w640-h366/Court-Jester%20(Jan%20Domela%20matte%204K).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The hit Danny Kaye comedy THE COURT JESTER (1956) had a number of memorable scenes and much charisma from it's leading man. Several mattes too, such as this beautiful Jan Domela shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnP3VqeRrGa6Y4e0x9evWFrVLwPdHjTJUWMdU5B5ImWw1SmEn0U7ADkrhodMFzU4LT2wk0NauEUHHM8_IM29cBf5qmSWhSrCoGCdU-YZnlOXx_twHz7vnRUM226NXG_HRm8sPZvmRlTzqZVY1vKa5P6YGu0tlVMbL6qQZXR0TiY5k5TmgWDdLwuf8/s1432/A%20Day%20At%20The%20Races-37%20%5BHD1080%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1432" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnP3VqeRrGa6Y4e0x9evWFrVLwPdHjTJUWMdU5B5ImWw1SmEn0U7ADkrhodMFzU4LT2wk0NauEUHHM8_IM29cBf5qmSWhSrCoGCdU-YZnlOXx_twHz7vnRUM226NXG_HRm8sPZvmRlTzqZVY1vKa5P6YGu0tlVMbL6qQZXR0TiY5k5TmgWDdLwuf8/w640-h482/A%20Day%20At%20The%20Races-37%20%5BHD1080%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Marx Bros movie, A DAY AT THE RACES (1937) is also an all time favourite of NZ Pete. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen this, either on the big screen as a kid on Marx double bills; on tv; on 16mm; VHS and DVD. So repeatable, and with so many side splitting sequences and interactions. Their biggest budget film, as they'd been woo'ed by MGM by now, and their biggest hit. Warren Newcombe's department provided this matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCR-JzJfU8QyWwby87TQ3FjSUBWyoR139PTYSQWLFh8XVRss8MUYPW1SqgIM8-2VewH3f1d8PR9GkPpN8DbomBPChp204nu3IziraGAlPRAFo_GQSjEXUryXInSwZJDul7yCEatL4fWkJlF2W9cxDFfXzhRLBBexnvXDUEMhwN4bVv6RXGnqsrCPvO/s2384/Dr%20Strangelove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="2384" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCR-JzJfU8QyWwby87TQ3FjSUBWyoR139PTYSQWLFh8XVRss8MUYPW1SqgIM8-2VewH3f1d8PR9GkPpN8DbomBPChp204nu3IziraGAlPRAFo_GQSjEXUryXInSwZJDul7yCEatL4fWkJlF2W9cxDFfXzhRLBBexnvXDUEMhwN4bVv6RXGnqsrCPvO/w640-h384/Dr%20Strangelove.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oh, man... the classics just keep on a comin'. Another bona-fide masterpiece, the great DR STRANGELOVE-OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964). Wally Veevers handled the model effects with Shepperton's Doug Ferris and Alan Maley rendering mattes, and Vic Margutti on travelling mattes. Best line in film, from Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffly(!): <i>"Gentlemen...you can't fight in here...this is the war room!"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSq4SYnntZTWzILCX93jOzlrAPDdKnjml4zdxKsDX82nFC1gvpfzt6aNq4srLVOBfZG0VTx1ABIRzyuLPbMW4K-yUmJztpnPN4JwrFlf40RtHUIsa9S1nojwdRyhxcGR08oDzacU6luj8517C6MPnxDumWIKyzQ8juNZLo9EXVHePuLCXqT-zQ7NRl/s1000/dr-strangelove-1963-004-production-shot-with-aeroplane-model.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1000" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSq4SYnntZTWzILCX93jOzlrAPDdKnjml4zdxKsDX82nFC1gvpfzt6aNq4srLVOBfZG0VTx1ABIRzyuLPbMW4K-yUmJztpnPN4JwrFlf40RtHUIsa9S1nojwdRyhxcGR08oDzacU6luj8517C6MPnxDumWIKyzQ8juNZLo9EXVHePuLCXqT-zQ7NRl/w640-h512/dr-strangelove-1963-004-production-shot-with-aeroplane-model.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Veteran vfx cameraman Wally Veevers standing bottom right, with the miniature bomber set up fro Stanley Kubrick's timeless masterpiece, DR STRANGELOVE.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJFegGyhMogbwmXQgb9IsvEq-fD1EeJ5nmtrLo3J6cWzTNn5OvfpqgCbPLE9O758C3mx3jpX_u1-54B_z_CX1L6hTGHjIwG7JUEbtgiWWik8CaNCe4Km0RmQLr25NpCEHjGpmiwL4nwCm7IbBFdE8eCZ6-Eh9nq4k856KPeWTpxxo0qQRTKogJdNu/s1300/Daring%20Young%20Men%20Jaunty%20Jalopies%20(Monte%20Carlo%20Or%20Bust).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1300" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJFegGyhMogbwmXQgb9IsvEq-fD1EeJ5nmtrLo3J6cWzTNn5OvfpqgCbPLE9O758C3mx3jpX_u1-54B_z_CX1L6hTGHjIwG7JUEbtgiWWik8CaNCe4Km0RmQLr25NpCEHjGpmiwL4nwCm7IbBFdE8eCZ6-Eh9nq4k856KPeWTpxxo0qQRTKogJdNu/w640-h558/Daring%20Young%20Men%20Jaunty%20Jalopies%20(Monte%20Carlo%20Or%20Bust).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">These big cast roadshow/race films were very much the 'in thing', with THOSE DARING YOUNG MEN IN THEIR JAUNTY JALOPIES (1969) being a typical example from the period. No idea who painted these mattes, but much of the production crew were Europe based. The film was retitled MONTE CARLO OR BUST for America, and did star 'Peter Cook', though not <i>this</i> Peter Cook who scribes before you.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnwaBsVWsugMwu00-VUsC-T-LtDmaY7-8RmsAGtcqszuTAgU3b-SULTl5hHbcQ0DpxdYQH72creID8bzN8gn9dH1HkkEeR1edSwXxRykEWVuefgJPTpEvO4o4YUoHQFyAfKYPRrITi644M75Bh8kIRFZl38zpKFimWLP9WvFVUawXOzCutgosp2oX/s1920/Carry%20On%20Up%20The%20Khyber-68%20BR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnwaBsVWsugMwu00-VUsC-T-LtDmaY7-8RmsAGtcqszuTAgU3b-SULTl5hHbcQ0DpxdYQH72creID8bzN8gn9dH1HkkEeR1edSwXxRykEWVuefgJPTpEvO4o4YUoHQFyAfKYPRrITi644M75Bh8kIRFZl38zpKFimWLP9WvFVUawXOzCutgosp2oX/w640-h360/Carry%20On%20Up%20The%20Khyber-68%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Cliff Culley shot from CARRY ON UP THE KHYBER (1968).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iqF5G8aA-qTtYKKlYOHyEuRGGMNqqFEwHIKDwldYzGlhMesqZGIV6BIl4Aij6cKOf7wqFugF8PvJCG547LKmtCVZ7ZNDNRHu32VEtnt12ZTA9FusrpEy0lHe6mZdlpmOjDuyK6g4hv04yfZH79AJ03gs6PsRz07vG_78jeSIPZ7MTMK2tXKOKdnR/s1804/Artists%20and%20Models-37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1804" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iqF5G8aA-qTtYKKlYOHyEuRGGMNqqFEwHIKDwldYzGlhMesqZGIV6BIl4Aij6cKOf7wqFugF8PvJCG547LKmtCVZ7ZNDNRHu32VEtnt12ZTA9FusrpEy0lHe6mZdlpmOjDuyK6g4hv04yfZH79AJ03gs6PsRz07vG_78jeSIPZ7MTMK2tXKOKdnR/w640-h202/Artists%20and%20Models-37.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jan Domela matte art from the Jack Benny version of ARTISTS AND MODELS (1937)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsH-Hj8PZ0SO_I1Bs0ELF7aT_aWYFcVXpVd-Bv4l0Mu0suQRsNSC5nMkpiLJUxlhCexhuH_g0hOHxsgZQHxkKSoDYBIuad0ChXWpUuRT8c6z6JBE7EpfElNqYvqXnAxsGy1E0NVxcw3lDLeZ_jyzHYnIuZEicTZUhjnfgeZ1VR2yu26_v6vKA9TzK/s1800/Dave-Paul%20Lasaine%20working.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1800" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsH-Hj8PZ0SO_I1Bs0ELF7aT_aWYFcVXpVd-Bv4l0Mu0suQRsNSC5nMkpiLJUxlhCexhuH_g0hOHxsgZQHxkKSoDYBIuad0ChXWpUuRT8c6z6JBE7EpfElNqYvqXnAxsGy1E0NVxcw3lDLeZ_jyzHYnIuZEicTZUhjnfgeZ1VR2yu26_v6vKA9TzK/w640-h448/Dave-Paul%20Lasaine%20working.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I like political thrillers, and though this film, DAVE (1993) is political, it's really a sly sort of comedy of errors, though a good film. An astounding array of vfx scenes feature in it, with Harrison Ellenshaw supervising the extraordinary work at Buena Vista Visual Effects. Lots of remarkable, yet invisible matte painted shots abound, with highly skilled painter Paul Lasaine largely responsible. Many shots of The White House had to be rendered on glass from various angles and composited with partial sets, back lots and such, to excellent effect. Here we see Paul at work on one of his incredible glass paintings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4Ld-Jpd_pT8R06ZI115HDXhLy1aOKgor-4KjN2ThDDp4aQYh6RhNo_yO8aiV0F8QpAcr8WIHy5NErcjbMCMPirmOopsh-wmHPO1DRl1LQB5sCoEm49Dvi_Mq1E47ZSGeyaxoUyh_Ar6BPxMMBkEmlbeK-qrTs5ZZ3fJnv3Yh3VxXdGrgDZjFoIwV/s1920/Dave%20%20BR3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4Ld-Jpd_pT8R06ZI115HDXhLy1aOKgor-4KjN2ThDDp4aQYh6RhNo_yO8aiV0F8QpAcr8WIHy5NErcjbMCMPirmOopsh-wmHPO1DRl1LQB5sCoEm49Dvi_Mq1E47ZSGeyaxoUyh_Ar6BPxMMBkEmlbeK-qrTs5ZZ3fJnv3Yh3VxXdGrgDZjFoIwV/w640-h360/Dave%20%20BR3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot is utterly convincing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0rLSxG9AwqBAGLVYNXuT6Hb7wYPQkxhhBpg0DiZrr4kq_wNZGYGjxgTy35d40JPyOMJTvS4udRmgPZt37JuoBrJ6Gxis4or3g9FUYn1_VwpdxnRGOAYTZ2aCD3JyUKLCEIYr5BZ1p8-ViMeX4AvhTPpL3syLtu7oVBbk6EUOpzV_wGDpoqW0yanR/s1968/DAVE-entrance%20to%20WH%20matte%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1968" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0rLSxG9AwqBAGLVYNXuT6Hb7wYPQkxhhBpg0DiZrr4kq_wNZGYGjxgTy35d40JPyOMJTvS4udRmgPZt37JuoBrJ6Gxis4or3g9FUYn1_VwpdxnRGOAYTZ2aCD3JyUKLCEIYr5BZ1p8-ViMeX4AvhTPpL3syLtu7oVBbk6EUOpzV_wGDpoqW0yanR/w640-h330/DAVE-entrance%20to%20WH%20matte%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Paul Lasaine's mattes in progress and final comp. Staggeringly well done.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3S38eX-9EY13jHUO92kKacPDg6IJEMIHUpUAAJn9oXhq1l-4UB4fss3AMIsi5zZyz17xzbLhSJnLE8CFEZaoqHyvGDD4YFG4gCQxer7shXrvmnGa5nX4ZOVgQRP00WDYaOjlYWyyt2O4QGQurLOoUqezLMaX097fT6Zp4kDX895EdjKBmNNsAnb_/s1980/Dave-%20matte%20long%20shot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1712" data-original-width="1980" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3S38eX-9EY13jHUO92kKacPDg6IJEMIHUpUAAJn9oXhq1l-4UB4fss3AMIsi5zZyz17xzbLhSJnLE8CFEZaoqHyvGDD4YFG4gCQxer7shXrvmnGa5nX4ZOVgQRP00WDYaOjlYWyyt2O4QGQurLOoUqezLMaX097fT6Zp4kDX895EdjKBmNNsAnb_/w640-h554/Dave-%20matte%20long%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from DAVE, with this extensive painting with minimal live action plate. Paul was one of the truly under appreciated artists who came into the industry in it's final couple of years of traditional 'paint on glass' methodology. Harrison Ellenshaw told me he holds Paul in very high praise. Paul was highly instrumental in the VFX design and 'look' of Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, with his conceptual paintings being so close to the final scenes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLB5xvEli9QLU5uwLUJBfG5roYd1LH7b_yPnZAIu5rlhM2IaPmGfvf-W2wcOcjAsh_IsfFaYqHgvAjEsRbziavU5GP3FafULyVwcJuRPR4HAVgriywmgRB41WXRT0_v-rkpC4X7ynZ-fH6WpwL9T0SdhZBf5cGybCgci5mlG2RwLEQDQjZDE3c1V3/s987/Crooks%20In%20Cloisters-63.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="987" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLB5xvEli9QLU5uwLUJBfG5roYd1LH7b_yPnZAIu5rlhM2IaPmGfvf-W2wcOcjAsh_IsfFaYqHgvAjEsRbziavU5GP3FafULyVwcJuRPR4HAVgriywmgRB41WXRT0_v-rkpC4X7ynZ-fH6WpwL9T0SdhZBf5cGybCgci5mlG2RwLEQDQjZDE3c1V3/w640-h276/Crooks%20In%20Cloisters-63.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The British heist comedy CROOKS IN CLOISTERS (1964). No effects credited.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8eeVkhz6Kq42enxIcvrXWxD2M8kE9MId81IrH2UXltEW7Xr5roBblF0kDPZaCypDNQHKMMpwn7RICiD86VR6TbnEMUsAwoAJOJPtGbfkNQkE_yQVrtENQqtU54K_B6AWCRt7OcI1TSfgkYtNyxisTpoKg6KSV_f859Qe5TSHNEvhiknYtP7o6oz5N/s2188/Don't%20Panic%20Chaps-59%20(Albert%20Jullion).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="2188" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8eeVkhz6Kq42enxIcvrXWxD2M8kE9MId81IrH2UXltEW7Xr5roBblF0kDPZaCypDNQHKMMpwn7RICiD86VR6TbnEMUsAwoAJOJPtGbfkNQkE_yQVrtENQqtU54K_B6AWCRt7OcI1TSfgkYtNyxisTpoKg6KSV_f859Qe5TSHNEvhiknYtP7o6oz5N/w640-h314/Don't%20Panic%20Chaps-59%20(Albert%20Jullion).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hammer not only produced horror pictures but also knocked out just about every genre you can think of. DON'T PANIC CHAPS (1959) was a low budget b&w comedy, with a reliable cast of well known Brit character actors. Interestingly, the original glass matte art still survives to this day. It was painted by Albert Julion, presumably done in colour so as to serve as a stock painting for future films if needed. New assistant matte artist Doug Ferris told the story of being interviewed by Wally Veevers around 1962 and shown through the matte storage room. Wally told Doug he could choose any one of the matte glasses if he wanted. Ferris picked this one and took it home. At the time, there was quite a collection of vintage Shepperton mattes and models, though in time they all seemed to vanish, and nobody knows where.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7n4-i4EMlmmNzduHDOwfKY_gwZeiRxDwIdK3MTwwfCZitRmkkGPYe_z4KUPKFYqJHzWGNBwx9vx9v2xRPvyKUTPRHHqp7aWC_0hrm8eYnyPKE-puMmMHdNp2jX_kRlunw1pqnQ1H_-B0Jy1kjvkYOfHQqTmGtyLdhQakExi13JDDVTngE103uo7lx/s1807/'Don't%20Panic%20Chaps'%20-%20(1959)CU-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="1807" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7n4-i4EMlmmNzduHDOwfKY_gwZeiRxDwIdK3MTwwfCZitRmkkGPYe_z4KUPKFYqJHzWGNBwx9vx9v2xRPvyKUTPRHHqp7aWC_0hrm8eYnyPKE-puMmMHdNp2jX_kRlunw1pqnQ1H_-B0Jy1kjvkYOfHQqTmGtyLdhQakExi13JDDVTngE103uo7lx/w640-h436/'Don't%20Panic%20Chaps'%20-%20(1959)CU-02.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail of Albert Julion's glass painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiee8SmaSQxwXJ-oBgA-nRRcfdyL5HIhCjzBBr5NMfCLePjOr-RI8tSOkvScxkabHjtoCm1uYUEK9pVQ7-XozWL9SodV8U5fv2kRbXrqYbGi3ceH2EfQW62FmNPM0tA1Pan8Wu36wQqv581vZT0Shcbk2G3E6N50a8-ZQtuXFNiSjJ0oIhDJUqqvyD/s1342/Another%20Thin%20Man-39%20(large).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1342" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiee8SmaSQxwXJ-oBgA-nRRcfdyL5HIhCjzBBr5NMfCLePjOr-RI8tSOkvScxkabHjtoCm1uYUEK9pVQ7-XozWL9SodV8U5fv2kRbXrqYbGi3ceH2EfQW62FmNPM0tA1Pan8Wu36wQqv581vZT0Shcbk2G3E6N50a8-ZQtuXFNiSjJ0oIhDJUqqvyD/w640-h492/Another%20Thin%20Man-39%20(large).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Newcombe department pastel matte made for Woody Van Dyke's ANOTHER THIN MAN (1939), though it doesn't appear in the version I have on DVD, sadly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-3oCyVTQXUcnBXXDdTU6QvGjnn3UldFLJhaLSnkldqOOhA7hWlIXARMM9T-I2YspXlfJJnKFuuzPOObwUFFA1GPoWkRJaaQ4JRp1X47VPKOVd7SfOgm0Qkm0br8WCxoDJgN74_8TqxZQebCooR7RT2cv0aKW3ZMn57CSEB0d4m7eBpr05QxdqBL_/s2874/Bedtime%20For%20Bonzo-51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="2874" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-3oCyVTQXUcnBXXDdTU6QvGjnn3UldFLJhaLSnkldqOOhA7hWlIXARMM9T-I2YspXlfJJnKFuuzPOObwUFFA1GPoWkRJaaQ4JRp1X47VPKOVd7SfOgm0Qkm0br8WCxoDJgN74_8TqxZQebCooR7RT2cv0aKW3ZMn57CSEB0d4m7eBpr05QxdqBL_/w640-h208/Bedtime%20For%20Bonzo-51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ronald Reagan and a chimp... yeah, BEDTIME FOR BONZO (1951) was the film. Matte art by Russell Lawson at Universal. I recall when Reagan was elected as US President, they re-released <i>this</i> film here in NZ at Auckland's old Hollywood Cinema in Avondale for a laugh.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnb3SZcl9v4FaqNW1XRZEphlgQxpwoJUJ7fDF-iy2PMlLITuH1ZhW-RB27geojHOWOTvdUJCZINve1CCkaZwH7CkIkwdpbTA07ubd8T3JXP2uOumjILOw_nyJwzK8Av4VfgzlJenGbrl_ilw4PLme4m3OQv1WlKsZA2wBEIDbOyWoYXJpp7eJublmr/s1580/A&C%20Inv%20Man1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1580" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnb3SZcl9v4FaqNW1XRZEphlgQxpwoJUJ7fDF-iy2PMlLITuH1ZhW-RB27geojHOWOTvdUJCZINve1CCkaZwH7CkIkwdpbTA07ubd8T3JXP2uOumjILOw_nyJwzK8Av4VfgzlJenGbrl_ilw4PLme4m3OQv1WlKsZA2wBEIDbOyWoYXJpp7eJublmr/w640-h490/A&C%20Inv%20Man1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN (1951) really should have been at least nominated in the best visual fx category, as the work was terrific!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNom8RiDnIm-0DoD_OGvuosext9L4Y2O6dSQLGolyc41McL4awHUhcl75nHCz9i-UbR6PxuPah0pmUwh0PIMbGVllO01j1-7y3_9VWzHh_6EGr0RufWGDb_otghGGfx2HdZio6LvONpymQtzSehXF-gQxty2GE0tR9udurT_3_7ze5ZRYa8BPrazw/s2315/A&C%20Inv.Man-card%20table%20(sm).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="2315" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNom8RiDnIm-0DoD_OGvuosext9L4Y2O6dSQLGolyc41McL4awHUhcl75nHCz9i-UbR6PxuPah0pmUwh0PIMbGVllO01j1-7y3_9VWzHh_6EGr0RufWGDb_otghGGfx2HdZio6LvONpymQtzSehXF-gQxty2GE0tR9udurT_3_7ze5ZRYa8BPrazw/w640-h370/A&C%20Inv.Man-card%20table%20(sm).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Among the myriad invisibility gags and pratfalls was <u>this</u> extraordinary sequence that stands out in a class of it's own where Bud and Lou have a poker game with the invisible dude. So much finely tuned and superbly composited optical work here with cards being shuffled, dealt, flipped over, chips counted, etc... It really is a <u>great</u> scene. David Horsley deserves kudos for orchestrating this elaborate multi-cut sequence, along with optical cameraman Ross Hoffman and roto artist Millie Winebrenner. A winner!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW13f2gKcrbS-zs44DPyYb-ScBMRgywYhBm2wb7_dv--r8CQYWaDUq4FqdDcBMmR4EzAUeyxRENxsSVfS57PrQHB3QvW42CHc5D6qn1DBkQpzGsoaNSGVfY7ECZepwDhgaa0wOiVcSOQScYAoTKS_AmoKG5wgIos8QplmCE0EfVJX7OW3EuBXYa81k/s2365/A&C%20Inv%20man%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1721" data-original-width="2365" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW13f2gKcrbS-zs44DPyYb-ScBMRgywYhBm2wb7_dv--r8CQYWaDUq4FqdDcBMmR4EzAUeyxRENxsSVfS57PrQHB3QvW42CHc5D6qn1DBkQpzGsoaNSGVfY7ECZepwDhgaa0wOiVcSOQScYAoTKS_AmoKG5wgIos8QplmCE0EfVJX7OW3EuBXYa81k/w640-h466/A&C%20Inv%20man%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film, with a terrific sequence showing the guy becoming visible. Horsley worked on similar scenes with John Fulton for a couple of the old INVISIBLE MAN pictures. Interestingly, I recall that just one of that series was ever nominated for it's vfx.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5G6RC-Jr1iDuu-V7E8OIgan9l1hYI5o-H0_G27yxQLRq_aE8AeoEwc8oBHLpp8_OtYrIqr_WEKReIVxKmmBiEP0csuZEOGW6WuPjfgIp9BcTR1bzRzQCMIHJSxfz54tj2ohvsP9EuTLkAaDjZfVy6-YgH9_Dwsp0kaYUH3boFQ3iSUAdpy0XG8rbB/s1456/A&C%20Invisible%20Man-51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1456" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5G6RC-Jr1iDuu-V7E8OIgan9l1hYI5o-H0_G27yxQLRq_aE8AeoEwc8oBHLpp8_OtYrIqr_WEKReIVxKmmBiEP0csuZEOGW6WuPjfgIp9BcTR1bzRzQCMIHJSxfz54tj2ohvsP9EuTLkAaDjZfVy6-YgH9_Dwsp0kaYUH3boFQ3iSUAdpy0XG8rbB/w640-h474/A&C%20Invisible%20Man-51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Much superimposition, cross dissolving layered anatomical artwork with Roswell Hoffman's optical printer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDKkmH3QcsrWgEVR1qm2jOF-fxp85ekTdqc-XvXAozmBjesB2EGJkBtHEy2P8-M4Uabb14IGx2OWUNcloCf1r_MzDyb4ZOuzVKmFoDdAEDLmrkZenKs7Gt9EB4kABCa4a6TQIDzJ7ECi4AyymD6HH3_vytm6hQNHZP3IlFOwdvZWYC8tOjLFjUnxk/s1920/critical3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDKkmH3QcsrWgEVR1qm2jOF-fxp85ekTdqc-XvXAozmBjesB2EGJkBtHEy2P8-M4Uabb14IGx2OWUNcloCf1r_MzDyb4ZOuzVKmFoDdAEDLmrkZenKs7Gt9EB4kABCa4a6TQIDzJ7ECi4AyymD6HH3_vytm6hQNHZP3IlFOwdvZWYC8tOjLFjUnxk/w640-h364/critical3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd Dutton painted this atmospheric view of New York for Richard Pryor's frantic CRITICAL CONDITION (1986), complete with customary drifting clouds, rising smoke elements and animated lightning cel overlays.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipB57FXwQg-QvyTh3JPx1b7zXdqfUbhArbiLphaHUiFsJtxPefROAVBKlT7ar7vSdPSM1dSt3IdGoyv6iKn4mTm58cX4hGnNoRKLeKbjA6GultNgNEy8Pk3Ii0xpdcN7nYBAhnlJXRMLmv1iS_yt8jwyB-08x8Ospir5SBpdOwI1KM1Ss7DFRrDAw6/s1444/critical%20condition4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1444" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipB57FXwQg-QvyTh3JPx1b7zXdqfUbhArbiLphaHUiFsJtxPefROAVBKlT7ar7vSdPSM1dSt3IdGoyv6iKn4mTm58cX4hGnNoRKLeKbjA6GultNgNEy8Pk3Ii0xpdcN7nYBAhnlJXRMLmv1iS_yt8jwyB-08x8Ospir5SBpdOwI1KM1Ss7DFRrDAw6/w640-h342/critical%20condition4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Dutton matte from CRITICAL CONDITION where much set extension has been painted in along with other elements. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFx7Q-BSHd0zxCQHD8RMIfNaNkCYcOmvR-JkFtZOeP0ir9yc-hFT5ry8vwKHfSumqc1orp__G28MaEnLZKd5Eq41qLSy8pu3zeN2B97ei5bIh1iM-aquuqqH17W-5Rqltf_FbpxE5U1RYZo0_DWPAVFhHNq4xrV91w1gNRKNn5tbSwOpt4L8tBhW4/s1767/Almost%20Heroes-98%20(R.Gioffre).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1767" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFx7Q-BSHd0zxCQHD8RMIfNaNkCYcOmvR-JkFtZOeP0ir9yc-hFT5ry8vwKHfSumqc1orp__G28MaEnLZKd5Eq41qLSy8pu3zeN2B97ei5bIh1iM-aquuqqH17W-5Rqltf_FbpxE5U1RYZo0_DWPAVFhHNq4xrV91w1gNRKNn5tbSwOpt4L8tBhW4/w640-h328/Almost%20Heroes-98%20(R.Gioffre).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A surprisingly late<i> traditional </i>matte for ALMOST HEROES (1998), made well into the digital era. Rocco Gioffre was matte artist here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4wmAPeiwo10Gla6CkL3iAtSkjX8RAH--2tsY1PpkVQ5OBGf0j_4SIdSZRxjB7M7kCrY6VadWHFRWcWpW4lDi6sftvw0giSD67eUB135hP7xbhMKOL9JsGyxUPJXFnGXG1KqKyB_fOMdU_7Fc5HI7n4z50lOScq7B-bqQiA840H-BLy6ALBsx6RL2/s1788/Brothers%20In%20Law-57%20(W.Veevers).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1788" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4wmAPeiwo10Gla6CkL3iAtSkjX8RAH--2tsY1PpkVQ5OBGf0j_4SIdSZRxjB7M7kCrY6VadWHFRWcWpW4lDi6sftvw0giSD67eUB135hP7xbhMKOL9JsGyxUPJXFnGXG1KqKyB_fOMdU_7Fc5HI7n4z50lOScq7B-bqQiA840H-BLy6ALBsx6RL2/w640-h204/Brothers%20In%20Law-57%20(W.Veevers).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Very entertaining and enjoyable yarn that couldn't miss with that cast, BROTHERS IN LAW (1957) made by the very successful Boulting brothers. Tom Howard oversaw the effects work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9uA-0sMSFSeHW4v3O5n_zIT5lvSSHTuNw24YbIWXwypxDI7LOJq1zszFDELT_RTVXqKtpHrEXAPOhaljBN1cWj2w2fxCDDpwsZ3QHViPaMkov89C_xKYI7TQaDZa9rUlXuKiAagqYMrwi5FV78MDGrNprewmB7Sg2ml5MRYO2sj4hDKgMGnnh4gS/s1902/Dennis%20The%20Menace%20full%20matte%20painting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="1902" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9uA-0sMSFSeHW4v3O5n_zIT5lvSSHTuNw24YbIWXwypxDI7LOJq1zszFDELT_RTVXqKtpHrEXAPOhaljBN1cWj2w2fxCDDpwsZ3QHViPaMkov89C_xKYI7TQaDZa9rUlXuKiAagqYMrwi5FV78MDGrNprewmB7Sg2ml5MRYO2sj4hDKgMGnnh4gS/w640-h350/Dennis%20The%20Menace%20full%20matte%20painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Robert Stromberg full matte from DENNIS THE MENACE (1993), with Illusion Arts as effects contractor.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXjbEPQnMcviUyB5fvfTBf_OkM2vmzfvCdwEjStX1sGt8kc2MwJTHVpul-6gpNUHa4Wj2DD7lM5aA4kQN1nZItuNk9WnIPRI2rkCgP5-aFbSAQCL00MIh7E1Y6G9B1bvHTP0nzLUoKiam2bLSGj7Pvj_JP8vWoQrgT7fIR9xaV0uCZhv3XQ195Ecv/s1502/Dennis%20The%20Menace-night%20town%20(Robert%20Stromberg)%20sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1502" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXjbEPQnMcviUyB5fvfTBf_OkM2vmzfvCdwEjStX1sGt8kc2MwJTHVpul-6gpNUHa4Wj2DD7lM5aA4kQN1nZItuNk9WnIPRI2rkCgP5-aFbSAQCL00MIh7E1Y6G9B1bvHTP0nzLUoKiam2bLSGj7Pvj_JP8vWoQrgT7fIR9xaV0uCZhv3XQ195Ecv/w640-h344/Dennis%20The%20Menace-night%20town%20(Robert%20Stromberg)%20sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Illusion Arts matte from same film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIG4pEp-NPqhpaSjKjkjOr6YSpQuuiwptomz-2Je7JpNTLbrgf2TmDZNJ1SZ5t8Mc2ISs3nuVk7QcTRtFU-DxOPacJphvnbLhs6qVZbcOP44dng2_zge0m_ihKVm_ZFxfe0jOshVM310o9Hp_0Rr7l_3UZ_cUPlx07j73cLaKVGrJ1gETRRRyByzFQ/s1916/Caveman-81%20backpainting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1916" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIG4pEp-NPqhpaSjKjkjOr6YSpQuuiwptomz-2Je7JpNTLbrgf2TmDZNJ1SZ5t8Mc2ISs3nuVk7QcTRtFU-DxOPacJphvnbLhs6qVZbcOP44dng2_zge0m_ihKVm_ZFxfe0jOshVM310o9Hp_0Rr7l_3UZ_cUPlx07j73cLaKVGrJ1gETRRRyByzFQ/w640-h348/Caveman-81%20backpainting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The prehistoric comic extravaganza, CAVEMAN (1981) with a grunting Ringo Starr and wife to be Barbara Bach. Lots of David Allen stop motion, with other effects input from Jim Danforth. I think Rocco Gioffre may have painted the backing and blend in here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdV9mfNz3AlS2C30P9NMbkj7oboxM4jLckpDEwjCAG7d-3juFDaciqUv5Kb7eRqJGPanAphj22cMc0AOIkZTQKeNWDQKC_UheZcxJ1V_mQsbGCJU6WtiBjatuOyCHMQCFA_HB4tF0ZSfEK-ZzRGQ2hupKp8NAHLNHwlprxzmkgp1Q2xQ4taSjjvhQq/s1280/Airplane%20II%20%20BR%20(Mike%20Minor).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdV9mfNz3AlS2C30P9NMbkj7oboxM4jLckpDEwjCAG7d-3juFDaciqUv5Kb7eRqJGPanAphj22cMc0AOIkZTQKeNWDQKC_UheZcxJ1V_mQsbGCJU6WtiBjatuOyCHMQCFA_HB4tF0ZSfEK-ZzRGQ2hupKp8NAHLNHwlprxzmkgp1Q2xQ4taSjjvhQq/w640-h360/Airplane%20II%20%20BR%20(Mike%20Minor).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While not a patch on the first film, AIRPLANE II (1982) had it's funny moments, especially William Shatner totally taking the piss out of his Capt James T. Kirk persona. Production designer and conceptual artist Mike Minor painted this matte shot. *<i>These films were titled FLYING HIGH (1 & 2) here and in several other countries.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0y5DeqktxB2lP8y7V9BP2FWuXwW_eyaDZv32CIrFSaPIbPAHecHwl2z0S41_Y9jYjzb4ocjdKpcYIbSbM2Uf5X1fsYKgEegGZBAqhq0yPTKf10HLgP2IdjjaYY48zU14pyk1__lwcoy_ks-3PKioXZjGpgfWkGwJMw4dzI7RJhZ_Rg5K5q9-Lw1x/s1480/Air%20Raid%20Wardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0y5DeqktxB2lP8y7V9BP2FWuXwW_eyaDZv32CIrFSaPIbPAHecHwl2z0S41_Y9jYjzb4ocjdKpcYIbSbM2Uf5X1fsYKgEegGZBAqhq0yPTKf10HLgP2IdjjaYY48zU14pyk1__lwcoy_ks-3PKioXZjGpgfWkGwJMw4dzI7RJhZ_Rg5K5q9-Lw1x/w640-h468/Air%20Raid%20Wardens.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A later entry by iconic Laurel and Hardy was this one, AIR RAID WARDENS (1943) made by MGM. Warren Newcombe would have supervised the matte, which is well up to the high calibre we have come to expect from his department.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiD5fH7eE8ExpXSCxB0vodSoo0MiR5xG0eBji_xoiN10Mh_SWKCVdOj4FHNC5sdugJeqyLH_-tcAx3NJ5otwFlE8OrHNnV53Z2PQJiWUh1AeUyJXu6XCueTgljYRsh29RHxT2w2VBvZJi1rq7tBEo2oFI22_6bmr3Katrz2otHGstUP7AKJb0SpOu4/s2640/Ball%20Of%20Fire-41%20(Goldwyn).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="2640" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiD5fH7eE8ExpXSCxB0vodSoo0MiR5xG0eBji_xoiN10Mh_SWKCVdOj4FHNC5sdugJeqyLH_-tcAx3NJ5otwFlE8OrHNnV53Z2PQJiWUh1AeUyJXu6XCueTgljYRsh29RHxT2w2VBvZJi1rq7tBEo2oFI22_6bmr3Katrz2otHGstUP7AKJb0SpOu4/w640-h242/Ball%20Of%20Fire-41%20(Goldwyn).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The very enjoyable fast talking Howard Hawks comedy BALL OF FIRE (1941) starring the great Gary Cooper, and penned by Billy Wilder no less. A Goldwyn Picture so matte artist a mystery. May be someone like Jack Cosgrove or Jack Shaw?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmLijBZNyQ9PJ0A7eOu2qdCu1w13yFrbiYL766gltfQqYjCdjdgluRzvmpBF2_McTpovLmgFT_kxCJe6ajKVjBVvGnidyS1iPtDYkqEIW2HF_GA7f-watJFQBTCs2eh8TE2GWsDQU9fjAbXvW0iur9owFcA-UfyO3gGrHbUwA9lNf4uygq7YSwufy/s2264/Cinderella%202000-77%20(Al%20Adamson).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="2264" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmLijBZNyQ9PJ0A7eOu2qdCu1w13yFrbiYL766gltfQqYjCdjdgluRzvmpBF2_McTpovLmgFT_kxCJe6ajKVjBVvGnidyS1iPtDYkqEIW2HF_GA7f-watJFQBTCs2eh8TE2GWsDQU9fjAbXvW0iur9owFcA-UfyO3gGrHbUwA9lNf4uygq7YSwufy/w640-h254/Cinderella%202000-77%20(Al%20Adamson).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The 1970's saw a whole slew of spoof fairy tale flicks, most of them sexploitation, and CINDERELLA 2000 (1977) fits the bill precisely. An odd mish-mash, shot in Scope and reasonably ambitious, for a 'C' grade movie, but what else would you expect from an <i>auteur</i> as 'out there' as the late and highly productive Al Adamson, who made tons of biker flicks, shoestring 'B' horror and miscellaneous Grindhouse 42nd street fare!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSK1LTdRHHQigOmNoA1p8sf6D7D2jyyCbmkhfjCSde8v0vR52Dxi1i5bB4SlrvHxUvJlMs3gIVpYZFZu-uth-pct_atHD4-nPvwa6BvRFU8nmhkKjnRwJgQ0TEOY141Kl8_xeyAqVsI-Y_mxpAxwWAMJUustoSrI7soyKngoIpzDh6G_RRa3g--SQ/s1659/Congo%20Maisie-40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="1659" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSK1LTdRHHQigOmNoA1p8sf6D7D2jyyCbmkhfjCSde8v0vR52Dxi1i5bB4SlrvHxUvJlMs3gIVpYZFZu-uth-pct_atHD4-nPvwa6BvRFU8nmhkKjnRwJgQ0TEOY141Kl8_xeyAqVsI-Y_mxpAxwWAMJUustoSrI7soyKngoIpzDh6G_RRa3g--SQ/w640-h480/Congo%20Maisie-40.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of a series of 'Maisie' comedy adventures from MGM, CONGO MAISIE (1940). A nice before and after Newcombe pastel matte shown here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeh-xd-75YmfSGKDbKZBeBwzWKVRIiOeHgPqBU4jUCterMdH6XYJZL1XjgGdapkLaJQ4MxRaFhInBh6aPv1tUcZdoUtrZO6Cf9E6mXSNswVLKhwXxkFaAFEvjPWnyH9PEggxwn692DmD5BlZWIb6OYyWLo02SMC8SDzBzlZtlWNFe9a24w498QrtJ/s2064/Bonnie%20Scotland-35%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2064" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeh-xd-75YmfSGKDbKZBeBwzWKVRIiOeHgPqBU4jUCterMdH6XYJZL1XjgGdapkLaJQ4MxRaFhInBh6aPv1tUcZdoUtrZO6Cf9E6mXSNswVLKhwXxkFaAFEvjPWnyH9PEggxwn692DmD5BlZWIb6OYyWLo02SMC8SDzBzlZtlWNFe9a24w498QrtJ/w640-h478/Bonnie%20Scotland-35%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Laurel and Hardy's BONNIE SCOTLAND (1935) featured many mattes and optical gags to good effect. A Hal Roach film, Roy Seawright was vfx supervisor and most likely Jack Shaw or Luis McManus would have painted the mattes, as the studio's in house matte artists.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qDNyTcuiF9LhKQldq4vuM6zCl3J4f5osMTUeTNXNGZT_Sais92YqMlRQw5cx8sr0TcetDHLp75rx5qcfxnprW0kf1_thc5_ts1S2UymWN4nxB_MTMt_sgYLv_JqW3JnGA15laK97lLSK7m1JQ6eRz4tGhwk5QvYBdkigXK7ncYRcpIZpUJHYxNLB/s1748/Bonnie%20Scotland2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1748" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qDNyTcuiF9LhKQldq4vuM6zCl3J4f5osMTUeTNXNGZT_Sais92YqMlRQw5cx8sr0TcetDHLp75rx5qcfxnprW0kf1_thc5_ts1S2UymWN4nxB_MTMt_sgYLv_JqW3JnGA15laK97lLSK7m1JQ6eRz4tGhwk5QvYBdkigXK7ncYRcpIZpUJHYxNLB/w640-h496/Bonnie%20Scotland2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More shots from BONNIE SCOTLAND, where thousands of stinging bees have been released and go crazy. Many excellent shots here with cel animated bees added in by optical cinematographers Frank W. Young and William Draper. Terrific sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2ar5ntfSLdWhi0boUXB4JYIJYY3UR1wPmUJm49j6FknVmfnWaSPi67BcPp3iHHWX8QAdcirfvX-LZnv59Cp0Ct1_5YK36IqoieJhWNwOlAdGMbkVUj0DwDPZMgTxKEyJikaC_tYwT1rkZ33X6iRtt8smVg5YoExq0jg056czjk4qaC0JX3TYCt6u/s932/Cairo-original%20matte%20art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="932" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2ar5ntfSLdWhi0boUXB4JYIJYY3UR1wPmUJm49j6FknVmfnWaSPi67BcPp3iHHWX8QAdcirfvX-LZnv59Cp0Ct1_5YK36IqoieJhWNwOlAdGMbkVUj0DwDPZMgTxKEyJikaC_tYwT1rkZ33X6iRtt8smVg5YoExq0jg056czjk4qaC0JX3TYCt6u/w640-h502/Cairo-original%20matte%20art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A high rez pic of an original Newcombe pastel painting made for the film CAIRO (1942). The black area will have water doubled in for the final shot (see below). Beautiful artwork.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNFnbP_o_JoW9uqP5ck16dIuwIQGMPH_s6wbapyHZIUBKJrIqsj50YMD1X0cYR8XLocj7BtjM7sfbaqsdTnocTfAIdf6OTVXawevKjgyGloD9NjMUgFza_VXwL_jKeIrAGtXbcmAOMyDTUlrD5Pmg-a4Ge4nK22DGlaI_Ag1Y4jlWudq995SRdBSk/s2976/Cairo-42%20(MGM).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="2976" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNFnbP_o_JoW9uqP5ck16dIuwIQGMPH_s6wbapyHZIUBKJrIqsj50YMD1X0cYR8XLocj7BtjM7sfbaqsdTnocTfAIdf6OTVXawevKjgyGloD9NjMUgFza_VXwL_jKeIrAGtXbcmAOMyDTUlrD5Pmg-a4Ge4nK22DGlaI_Ag1Y4jlWudq995SRdBSk/w640-h244/Cairo-42%20(MGM).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte work from the adventure/comedy CAIRO (1942) with the completed shot with water shown at left.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYumnKrNUBzbdJe_z-E0kyyOixnQ1Xde9WToRvjeLxnMCyjbYQs11byiY5pcHlsbpWz3hQAO5LOvMK2HB25blVt65eOPITsbnYDZWsl4gRq15kn1VnF5RWWaZBJKrY0AgZwSzkkeyJO7HWj8wqKuA7Oir5slFBB1l1gFFSz85yuesC_QHnvq18Xw3-/s1940/Apartment-60%20(UA).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1940" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYumnKrNUBzbdJe_z-E0kyyOixnQ1Xde9WToRvjeLxnMCyjbYQs11byiY5pcHlsbpWz3hQAO5LOvMK2HB25blVt65eOPITsbnYDZWsl4gRq15kn1VnF5RWWaZBJKrY0AgZwSzkkeyJO7HWj8wqKuA7Oir5slFBB1l1gFFSz85yuesC_QHnvq18Xw3-/w640-h334/Apartment-60%20(UA).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The biting and cynical <i>(some might even say savage)</i> satire, THE APARTMENT (1960) really just had a single matte painting - that of the actual apartment exterior which appears at the start. Interiors of the massive insurance offices were, if I recall from the disc commentary, built in an extreme forced perspective, I think with kids in the background at tiny desks. Correct me if I'm wrong.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Bj7IZU5fbiJMEfq9lyDpyL21Zi1-92osVmHmhJtKCVf1MtVGs6iaekQWyWl7Wsc1VPwemkKF8oB8hdTM4f5jw00VpTAdiYE1WrJBg7V_gRh4cASC5PG2FSPQ-mcnSzxmoGFflNQKvIK89XvEjfTO64NJpVWfY5bc-AckdPV1MQZeSvFyE-vhNYmF/s3056/A&C%20Foreign%20Legion-50.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="3056" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Bj7IZU5fbiJMEfq9lyDpyL21Zi1-92osVmHmhJtKCVf1MtVGs6iaekQWyWl7Wsc1VPwemkKF8oB8hdTM4f5jw00VpTAdiYE1WrJBg7V_gRh4cASC5PG2FSPQ-mcnSzxmoGFflNQKvIK89XvEjfTO64NJpVWfY5bc-AckdPV1MQZeSvFyE-vhNYmF/w640-h214/A&C%20Foreign%20Legion-50.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ABBOTT & COSTELLO IN THE FOREIGN LEGION (1950) had a few mattes and shots by David Horsley, such as this mirage gag - a gag used a dozen times over the years.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHW6RuN5i2gII_43pmcvnb-YGmrnlBXW4VqGc6dM3VVI9A9hwcERLEaUoWAKHi-1zrfr5xsxDDsFBZyM6HqaEUPi3x_57UBCEMov-lSvHOrgc6Z7aNg2rwDbxVpdixopHjaM642CY7xw04z70__eBEHm5Q3uzM_AGZf5WGtXCdsCMuB6c1SdjLn_fX/s1494/A%20Stitch%20In%20Time.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="1494" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHW6RuN5i2gII_43pmcvnb-YGmrnlBXW4VqGc6dM3VVI9A9hwcERLEaUoWAKHi-1zrfr5xsxDDsFBZyM6HqaEUPi3x_57UBCEMov-lSvHOrgc6Z7aNg2rwDbxVpdixopHjaM642CY7xw04z70__eBEHm5Q3uzM_AGZf5WGtXCdsCMuB6c1SdjLn_fX/w640-h256/A%20Stitch%20In%20Time.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cliff Culley painted set extensions from Norman Wisdom's amusing A STITCH IN TIME (1963).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5hb6rTSFZBWfWb3ClVTm7HFKx9U67yf9uJ10i2P79VQPJCZk8dhp40fcV1SCA1mnjteBERMJ-HMCYCyaux5K256ob_mlqAXFcofEBwMnzbao2SF9-Jji1ZaQPzaLk5bQY12cQYYfRLr3C06uJLv4pHNEY0PhUbyGN8lcD3CfVfzzg9FiVqaRGYMu/s1920/Cabin%20Boy-94%20(BVVE).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5hb6rTSFZBWfWb3ClVTm7HFKx9U67yf9uJ10i2P79VQPJCZk8dhp40fcV1SCA1mnjteBERMJ-HMCYCyaux5K256ob_mlqAXFcofEBwMnzbao2SF9-Jji1ZaQPzaLk5bQY12cQYYfRLr3C06uJLv4pHNEY0PhUbyGN8lcD3CfVfzzg9FiVqaRGYMu/w640-h360/Cabin%20Boy-94%20(BVVE).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harrison Ellenshaw painted this splendid matte for the film CABIN BOY (1992) - a film that Harrison said was <i>"an unwatchable piece of garbage"</i>. I never saw the film myself. He also shared a number of personal recollections on the ill-fated production which shall remain 'unpublished'(!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwt1c4XHwWm5w4fumS2TWJiNErZsN4_LYyAwMbI4y--8udb-_F7unAV4znUcsoTJKrnBzu21tNqb6uaGAv7Hb6hBKWtWICNV4OPnO9OVo8JYlyBCzLBKCjxJRGGYnFK_PFwdjXNe49zfJiJvDu6ugNbRZg5T6rDK8dcTQhtVyxwiP9l3KYWmvvLd5x/s1760/Belle%20of%20the%2090's-34%20(Jan%20Domela).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="1760" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwt1c4XHwWm5w4fumS2TWJiNErZsN4_LYyAwMbI4y--8udb-_F7unAV4znUcsoTJKrnBzu21tNqb6uaGAv7Hb6hBKWtWICNV4OPnO9OVo8JYlyBCzLBKCjxJRGGYnFK_PFwdjXNe49zfJiJvDu6ugNbRZg5T6rDK8dcTQhtVyxwiP9l3KYWmvvLd5x/w640-h486/Belle%20of%20the%2090's-34%20(Jan%20Domela).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jan Domela mattes and composites from Mae West's BELLE OF THE NINETIES (1934).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXUJ8j6wwDr16OlnD0K7_9QDiA-IQI6InwZfTzs89Vu9lVjAUUg_c1ToHbuUi3UrmD4qZYYUQ52cBnFSaIGeeh6LD4T9cwNQDXkYcBsgGTQpLfAC27bklSi42Neea5W1vMx6yEnN3T8iNc-YChmtCNLUC2XMRAn8evwWnpgVkzghXnnIq7L34CfTy/s1328/Chump%20At%20Oxford.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1328" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXUJ8j6wwDr16OlnD0K7_9QDiA-IQI6InwZfTzs89Vu9lVjAUUg_c1ToHbuUi3UrmD4qZYYUQ52cBnFSaIGeeh6LD4T9cwNQDXkYcBsgGTQpLfAC27bklSi42Neea5W1vMx6yEnN3T8iNc-YChmtCNLUC2XMRAn8evwWnpgVkzghXnnIq7L34CfTy/w640-h468/Chump%20At%20Oxford.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Laurel & Hardy flick, A CHUMP AT OXFORD (1940), which interestingly also featured a young Peter Cushing as a bully(!) Roy Seawright looked after the Hal Roach effects unit, with either Jack Shaw or Luis McManus likely as matte painters.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmyz8ApVg9eKx0cg8JJ9SxffTzbVvuWPnqEtTTgoLmjUE9ThDqRMsLazmg1mbsot9gdMa6au5Xnf_U3_BRhoWjizqg9sifovz5sZ2ZzuV1W8YGzY7kiHBuKHvfjB0PTsUtqw96sTap3Q5CVLd_0x2fvSX1LUpIksoKWnOoH7IgnHmJ_4MvtrGL8mw/s1995/Buck%20Benny%20Rides%20Again-40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1995" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmyz8ApVg9eKx0cg8JJ9SxffTzbVvuWPnqEtTTgoLmjUE9ThDqRMsLazmg1mbsot9gdMa6au5Xnf_U3_BRhoWjizqg9sifovz5sZ2ZzuV1W8YGzY7kiHBuKHvfjB0PTsUtqw96sTap3Q5CVLd_0x2fvSX1LUpIksoKWnOoH7IgnHmJ_4MvtrGL8mw/w640-h372/Buck%20Benny%20Rides%20Again-40.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jack Benny was a one of a kind comic personality, both on screen and on the radio. Always self-effacing, Benny made some great comedies. This one's BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN (1940) with Gordon Jennings on effects, and long time artist Jan Domela painting mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtY9OM5SHXEa0DY4Ye_b0eYSwDujBQ9OFX8M6D_LupYjd2zXuZFCKkX6bcIWKKe1sWEAuF0xqmgk1YQWNEI2TpjtBMEFfeGrQPe0Xdo6RWbIsFXrk382E1BZ9h0KRjcYVA6ep827jgl0pxWFUfDfJpVFbLDAiZJvKxHtXPjmkMuCY1PDuDXHsTvbI5/s2157/At%20The%20Circus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="2157" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtY9OM5SHXEa0DY4Ye_b0eYSwDujBQ9OFX8M6D_LupYjd2zXuZFCKkX6bcIWKKe1sWEAuF0xqmgk1YQWNEI2TpjtBMEFfeGrQPe0Xdo6RWbIsFXrk382E1BZ9h0KRjcYVA6ep827jgl0pxWFUfDfJpVFbLDAiZJvKxHtXPjmkMuCY1PDuDXHsTvbI5/w640-h324/At%20The%20Circus.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Several Newcombe mattes from another Marx Bros picture, AT THE CIRCUS (1939). Not the best of their output, sadly, but has it's moments. Their early Paramount pictures were quite economic affairs - and all the better for it - with no studio interference, so the boys could literally cut loose and go wild. The later MGM shows were very structured as Louis B. Mayer simply didn't 'get' the Marx sense of humour... it was beyond of his pay grade.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD00C4VDX4BhNp6kWgqWV2u-R2BFpHn2Ff9YTIMyMCmUmTOV2BJhmsGg08PlJzomzmm_BZc0aU-i7hl-vZUVHVTMgn-cmiM6FAvrKypyWKZ2Oiy8Mfaw8tWL_t2l7WBCctu-YJvhAWtEgoKpyS-TDks1sC39QQue5yBL_lSys4K_RmDFdY-iexJFE7/s2564/Crazy%20People-90%20(Ken%20Marschall).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="2564" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD00C4VDX4BhNp6kWgqWV2u-R2BFpHn2Ff9YTIMyMCmUmTOV2BJhmsGg08PlJzomzmm_BZc0aU-i7hl-vZUVHVTMgn-cmiM6FAvrKypyWKZ2Oiy8Mfaw8tWL_t2l7WBCctu-YJvhAWtEgoKpyS-TDks1sC39QQue5yBL_lSys4K_RmDFdY-iexJFE7/w640-h290/Crazy%20People-90%20(Ken%20Marschall).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ken Marschall was the greatest matte artist you never heard of <i>(unless you frequent this blog of course)</i>. Together with cameraman and collaborator Bruce Block, Ken created hundreds of utterly invisible hand painted matte shots over a 20 year career before it all went digital. This terrific matte is from CRAZY PEOPLE (1990) starring Dudley Moore. The film needed fake billboard ads around the city - some quite funny - but Ken didn't want to simply plonk in a 'new' billboard advert' as it might be obvious as if a paste in. He found over years of experience that to black out far <i>more</i> of the plate and paint in a considerable deal made for a more credible final result. Man, can Ken paint!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9xUbFKGPvOPhe8C5FzDOdlU42QOyKusGQJseLyqRb7Bv47pHPFz6qoo7bB8kMUswzBV0tGJRMM1dCoxoAlysCJXZvHK9uBZfJrwS8SSQ1mheG31aGhYibRIJ3NOcYFskdRjf-M77cbjjfEUuvf87K2Uwqftfyv-Qb4HDoODrjhw3l_Ii5nM9oz-E/s1350/Casanova's%20Big%20Night-54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1350" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9xUbFKGPvOPhe8C5FzDOdlU42QOyKusGQJseLyqRb7Bv47pHPFz6qoo7bB8kMUswzBV0tGJRMM1dCoxoAlysCJXZvHK9uBZfJrwS8SSQ1mheG31aGhYibRIJ3NOcYFskdRjf-M77cbjjfEUuvf87K2Uwqftfyv-Qb4HDoODrjhw3l_Ii5nM9oz-E/w640-h472/Casanova's%20Big%20Night-54.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bob Hope was one of Paramount's 'cash cows', with dozens of hit movies and a legion of fans (me included). CASANOVA'S BIG NIGHT (1954) was a giggle, and had a few Jan Domela mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGF17odT3kbli1eznGt8Ask3NR8QDqEBrlLNy_2wiUUCBgooDIcNgKY__rNuoPnymzfGM-vmfZzyZxOHXoKv_bvUnj9DtTLHmmPdXn7zuR3yt4y5V7LYVQoVbcDgWVgOKpRdnJJK1kPdeodMKlMBT9BS8uSz7P0NEwEQg9j92n_9J-Xx7oMuA1QXN/s1800/Bill%20&%20Ted%20Bogus2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1800" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGF17odT3kbli1eznGt8Ask3NR8QDqEBrlLNy_2wiUUCBgooDIcNgKY__rNuoPnymzfGM-vmfZzyZxOHXoKv_bvUnj9DtTLHmmPdXn7zuR3yt4y5V7LYVQoVbcDgWVgOKpRdnJJK1kPdeodMKlMBT9BS8uSz7P0NEwEQg9j92n_9J-Xx7oMuA1QXN/w640-h368/Bill%20&%20Ted%20Bogus2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I never went for these stupid BILL & TED films - they reminded me too much of those god-awful Cheech & Chong dope head flicks of yesteryear. This one, B&T's BOGUS JOURNEY (1991) had at least a couple of my fave actors in it, the fine British character actor Joss Ackland, <u>and</u> the Foxiest of all Coffy coloured Sheba's, the wonderful Pam Grier! Mattes by Matthew Yuricich, with these rare original paintings discovered, I believe, in a dumpster in LA.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTXaGkwN_VwdOS4Ovdubj30hSHhQTtaLgJ1LtmQO7HLApSc9zOPGgeZlb_6vdvVoDLvU-q8XsQfFTFS-fNNlghVU1eQAMYSoZXj3wRWfDBquYjhtw3aUGv7lOXSNdqli7P5Y11sz36aQGbKOhQ55H6LJ2I4rPOx_b_kkcB-F-fKWEBteMqe4aYhfi/s1950/Bill%20&%20Ted%20Bogus%20Journey1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1950" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTXaGkwN_VwdOS4Ovdubj30hSHhQTtaLgJ1LtmQO7HLApSc9zOPGgeZlb_6vdvVoDLvU-q8XsQfFTFS-fNNlghVU1eQAMYSoZXj3wRWfDBquYjhtw3aUGv7lOXSNdqli7P5Y11sz36aQGbKOhQ55H6LJ2I4rPOx_b_kkcB-F-fKWEBteMqe4aYhfi/w640-h226/Bill%20&%20Ted%20Bogus%20Journey1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another 'junked' BILL & TED Yuricich matte, and the final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwmaWXqczZ9L4xTG2qwyh3IHhgNJ2qZzTMzYV7gTzv89pnZJFWdXUliTY0BCNITcwZEDCVGL1FhB76gUpCwhVhvyVN2jukrZZNpJtNaPfvz0tn0W4ivolfEn65mrllYMrjOg9T2g6Zx-pFlKLPtoRFuLQUtNhEZiqqENJD29F3z8o0l-llxSLD1Wg/s2043/Cat%20and%20the%20Fiddle-34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="2043" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwmaWXqczZ9L4xTG2qwyh3IHhgNJ2qZzTMzYV7gTzv89pnZJFWdXUliTY0BCNITcwZEDCVGL1FhB76gUpCwhVhvyVN2jukrZZNpJtNaPfvz0tn0W4ivolfEn65mrllYMrjOg9T2g6Zx-pFlKLPtoRFuLQUtNhEZiqqENJD29F3z8o0l-llxSLD1Wg/w640-h252/Cat%20and%20the%20Fiddle-34.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two great MGM Warren Newcombe shots from THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE (1933)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivxdp4rKMw6yuKxupAmMt-dHf4cIQsS_BitWSmyqEqkBfI6NEEU5C1Hi3g_IWDP6EJ0IeQfFJP_We0w2lz58Is8QTIdkEyBvOgeWNmTwLAdp7Q8deY11wmB6PgcHAaTXjsXnY1z0aFk3-ELT5-lv-QXh2zIZ6ubUOjdDNNly7M0euXtd9i4zALdFu/s2152/Charley's%20Aunt-41%20(Ralph%20Hammeras).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="2152" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivxdp4rKMw6yuKxupAmMt-dHf4cIQsS_BitWSmyqEqkBfI6NEEU5C1Hi3g_IWDP6EJ0IeQfFJP_We0w2lz58Is8QTIdkEyBvOgeWNmTwLAdp7Q8deY11wmB6PgcHAaTXjsXnY1z0aFk3-ELT5-lv-QXh2zIZ6ubUOjdDNNly7M0euXtd9i4zALdFu/w640-h236/Charley's%20Aunt-41%20(Ralph%20Hammeras).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The versatile and highly experienced Ralph Hammeras was a pioneering visual effects exponent in all facets of the artform. Ralph was a skilled matte artist, effects cameraman, miniatures technician and stop motion man on films such as the original silent LOST WORLD and many, many others. These shots are Hammeras glass shots from 20th Century Fox's CHARLEY'S AUNT (1941). According to Matt Yuricich, Ralph was supposed to head the Fox effects dept but fell out over bad blood with Fred Sersen or some higher up exec at some stage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYUh2tvubkLZH0YwD_BzO_RLNcA2X_NWsarl7IXhSJzlBTukdHt7IxCFszKjIHo_GNN3ijc_2UfQI48SdA8YRg9d-1GWhWOYR96crJW_8jMJ5DquiwAwoGvvnar5wqMnxDcx-RPvGFjTjP0fjugpxGoj-fcPojaT-wjG-s_xba7cfS9CLMdUKTHyX/s2100/Carry%20on%20Henry-Carry%20on%20Jack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="2100" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYUh2tvubkLZH0YwD_BzO_RLNcA2X_NWsarl7IXhSJzlBTukdHt7IxCFszKjIHo_GNN3ijc_2UfQI48SdA8YRg9d-1GWhWOYR96crJW_8jMJ5DquiwAwoGvvnar5wqMnxDcx-RPvGFjTjP0fjugpxGoj-fcPojaT-wjG-s_xba7cfS9CLMdUKTHyX/w640-h352/Carry%20on%20Henry-Carry%20on%20Jack.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As already mentioned, the British CARRY ON series were enormously popular, with a great financial return on the low budget series. These mattes by Pinewood's Cliff Culley are from CARRY ON HENRY (top row) and CARRY ON JACK (bottom row) from the early 70's. I particularly like that harbour with sailing ship full painting. Very nice indeed!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PaVPIGJEm_dR6TOtB1WdetzbfX-IkSAt_jsVL5oBohIxU7olGewbqUip_30LR2e94x9a4ppaqrEo0RPQqrcMl9akOgsTEJTEMfAB6Dt7iybln1s2HKNTjzVqjnL2FFMv2QaXjNHWcVdIAklJfrsR-SxhbPyCkZx5QFtOsB44M6DJEto8BihG8gfJ/s1574/Casino%20Royale-67%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1574" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PaVPIGJEm_dR6TOtB1WdetzbfX-IkSAt_jsVL5oBohIxU7olGewbqUip_30LR2e94x9a4ppaqrEo0RPQqrcMl9akOgsTEJTEMfAB6Dt7iybln1s2HKNTjzVqjnL2FFMv2QaXjNHWcVdIAklJfrsR-SxhbPyCkZx5QFtOsB44M6DJEto8BihG8gfJ/w640-h282/Casino%20Royale-67%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The tangled stories surrounding the production of the mega-budgeted spy spoof CASINO ROYALE (1967) are legend. Some six <i>(yes 6)</i> directors helmed this, and by all accounts it was an out of control, freewheeling rollercoaster of excess. That said, I quite enjoyed it. Phenomenal cast, cool music, groovy art direction, some great gags scattered here and there, scores of mini-skirted swinging sixties dolls and more! How many films have Woody Allen, Jean Paul-Belmondo, George Raft and Orson Welles in the same cast??? I reckon Mike Myers must surely have watched this 100 times before doing <i>Austin Powers</i>. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLm3hPdBzizKQxlKYVoO4ArR-3T0b4HFJmO6FnBcptVoaT1Tbi3Kqr-uBdeTtxuO3jaD4UDmqJ7cSuVaBHEYYJVss_6P3HW2BgEkhEyrjNs7VkyO-jJBHFJxIoXNljC661C5eDv1zrno8lsau_II9S_CTnryrSjJWGjKmMBTqfRPEVE6RXOAlKPxQ/s1280/Casino%20Royale67-BR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1280" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLm3hPdBzizKQxlKYVoO4ArR-3T0b4HFJmO6FnBcptVoaT1Tbi3Kqr-uBdeTtxuO3jaD4UDmqJ7cSuVaBHEYYJVss_6P3HW2BgEkhEyrjNs7VkyO-jJBHFJxIoXNljC661C5eDv1zrno8lsau_II9S_CTnryrSjJWGjKmMBTqfRPEVE6RXOAlKPxQ/w640-h282/Casino%20Royale67-BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A number of effects guys were involved with CASINO ROYALE, with Cliff Richardson of mechanical gags and several matte painters, Gerald Larn, Peter Melrose and Les Bowie on board. Star Peter Sellers was so intimidated by having to work with Orson Welles that he demanded all of his shots in lengthy scenes with Welles be filmed on his own, minus Orson, with the editors having to figure out pulling it all together in some coherent fashion in post (amazingly, they did!). Sellers finally stormed off the set and never came back, with his character just 'absent' for the remaining story line.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPY1RtxwVTvECuRRW424ANYukaglhnemQ9fTjbRKq7xwp5rhbXkJT4zC4A8V-YuHUNRc85jpzNM9q4j_ytZwSZoTAk_HgtPPuL4c1adWfzS9jzycbdD7ahEXAzeWJjsVjM0WzUvOl4RV_bVCOOQuq96hci9e_FAohqnU9soI1jqWeHwQPD2PjcXK7/s1920/Comedy%20of%20Terrors-63.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPY1RtxwVTvECuRRW424ANYukaglhnemQ9fTjbRKq7xwp5rhbXkJT4zC4A8V-YuHUNRc85jpzNM9q4j_ytZwSZoTAk_HgtPPuL4c1adWfzS9jzycbdD7ahEXAzeWJjsVjM0WzUvOl4RV_bVCOOQuq96hci9e_FAohqnU9soI1jqWeHwQPD2PjcXK7/w640-h278/Comedy%20of%20Terrors-63.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A marvellous matte, which I'm certain was painted by Albert Whitlock, from the very enjoyable COMEDY OF TERRORS (1963). This shot has all the hallmarks of Whitlock.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqDhPuDyObftAweV3Q3741T2OpSXEWigAiqgsXlq0yvryVoIaZW8TNTmJ0GOTnfDjtT5UnGljjyM-EIfN2wiuhTx20PMJgh98iDzMyiW-VcTZFw0jabtvaD-woG1qnA68P5CBBvI20vgFKk3Ix1C7kx8XdAW6Q5fU1NZa29pyIbNmvCZrulNVM0kT/s1916/Catch%2022%20(1970).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1916" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqDhPuDyObftAweV3Q3741T2OpSXEWigAiqgsXlq0yvryVoIaZW8TNTmJ0GOTnfDjtT5UnGljjyM-EIfN2wiuhTx20PMJgh98iDzMyiW-VcTZFw0jabtvaD-woG1qnA68P5CBBvI20vgFKk3Ix1C7kx8XdAW6Q5fU1NZa29pyIbNmvCZrulNVM0kT/w640-h268/Catch%2022%20(1970).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Speaking of Al Whitlock, here's another of his shots, from Mike Nichols CATCH 22 (1970) with Al painting in an Italian town where none actually existed on the Mexican location.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBZi6gLSM3HnAuoor-bg2nzf7ExCDyzMOg1cMeT7Bj91CNZ1pPXY94sfEYXRQC2kQtN3ps76rXHeSb8mqfl3Vz03hsyI_dKHkUarNxfiaD3SAdtnSsaaT28b2gxc8rHqBtqH6dEPsYK9Jnj7Pz-75xkCkB8aN1sUMji4tAnpBaIeSqz9q-uCXR6a7/s1916/Catch%2022%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1916" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBZi6gLSM3HnAuoor-bg2nzf7ExCDyzMOg1cMeT7Bj91CNZ1pPXY94sfEYXRQC2kQtN3ps76rXHeSb8mqfl3Vz03hsyI_dKHkUarNxfiaD3SAdtnSsaaT28b2gxc8rHqBtqH6dEPsYK9Jnj7Pz-75xkCkB8aN1sUMji4tAnpBaIeSqz9q-uCXR6a7/w640-h268/Catch%2022%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">CATCH 22 was a sensational, though massively expensive black comedy, deserving of repeat viewings to take it all in, not to mention the dream cast of pro's and newbies, all at the top of their game. This frame is a from the show stopping scene where a low flying plane cuts a guy in half. In fact, the sequence was a most ingenious mix of mechanical effect (a dummy of the actor stuffed with animal entrails) and some superbly subtle optical work by Albert Whitlock. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ79GVssf4ZHNtWTDNd0Ti3QQmlcKQY1JYWCyzdzPi9RNL8KBur_mglf8AkC6HK8rVnNxs7UtbJROZgewa4KwX-PI4Goq2eBSOitcp3IU1AJg2612PLOucwkvQCVefZBWmllYEWG9ARcU8Nd-h7P3dzplW6rUr_arGb_Zxvc8k-39p19k2qx8TVZOt/s1546/Catch%2022-front%20proj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1546" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ79GVssf4ZHNtWTDNd0Ti3QQmlcKQY1JYWCyzdzPi9RNL8KBur_mglf8AkC6HK8rVnNxs7UtbJROZgewa4KwX-PI4Goq2eBSOitcp3IU1AJg2612PLOucwkvQCVefZBWmllYEWG9ARcU8Nd-h7P3dzplW6rUr_arGb_Zxvc8k-39p19k2qx8TVZOt/w640-h502/Catch%2022-front%20proj.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Director Mike Nichols really wanted more than just the usual 'splat' death scene and tasked Whitlock to come up with something different. Nichols wanted the lower half of the sliced actor to gradually wobble on unsteady legs before toppling very realistically into the sea. The stuntman held a special mirror across his upper body, reflecting the sky and obliterating his form. As he teetered and finally toppled backward with legs akimbo, Whitlock's in house rotoscope artist Millie Winebrenner carefully roto'd out the now visible torso and upper body with consumate skill. Whitlock's cameraman Ross Hoffman and assistant Mike Moramarco also deserve a pat on the back. Masterpiece!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLM_bYf6g52BgLEsg60ARO3ArL8NgZ8JlhH4xutItiLcSqhy0cLLYP2PDTSBEvljSd4ilhmM11bkRQne5F-uPdR6EdZ0ali555nkvlqbd_3s-qZI9yP_KqTyCTTo0j0ygG-6SeBSqqN_N15Km2zwUwimDhMIfStaom6CA92sG-SKhjZC50p_QUwzl/s1476/Bulldog%20Breed,The.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="1476" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLM_bYf6g52BgLEsg60ARO3ArL8NgZ8JlhH4xutItiLcSqhy0cLLYP2PDTSBEvljSd4ilhmM11bkRQne5F-uPdR6EdZ0ali555nkvlqbd_3s-qZI9yP_KqTyCTTo0j0ygG-6SeBSqqN_N15Km2zwUwimDhMIfStaom6CA92sG-SKhjZC50p_QUwzl/w640-h262/Bulldog%20Breed,The.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">England's much beloved Norman Wisdom was the UK answer to Jerry Lewis - and far funnier and far <u>less</u> bloody irritating! In this show, THE BULLDOG BREED (1960), Cliff Culley and Roy Field provided several neat mattes and a funny cel animated set piece.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsg3UtZ3hY2CyVR7tfsNiOYCDH6fRQnIpVCaLzxfNxTajKP-JK2-8thClpxo4nE7gsPim6AJP_BCQj7V14wm8lkFzg5R2GbBN3twmoJXX1o6KSOZCV86le4Mg1WM98ZyMsrBCb7kKKLqu-iT6iGV6LbVRsbwe-ckUkbnCij4VAQzQK5vpJzZYoj0V/s1026/Baroness%20and%20the%20Butler-38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1026" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsg3UtZ3hY2CyVR7tfsNiOYCDH6fRQnIpVCaLzxfNxTajKP-JK2-8thClpxo4nE7gsPim6AJP_BCQj7V14wm8lkFzg5R2GbBN3twmoJXX1o6KSOZCV86le4Mg1WM98ZyMsrBCb7kKKLqu-iT6iGV6LbVRsbwe-ckUkbnCij4VAQzQK5vpJzZYoj0V/w640-h484/Baroness%20and%20the%20Butler-38.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">William Powell was always superb, and Fox's THE BARONESS AND THE BUTLER (1938) was an agreeable ride. Fred Sersen in charge of fx, with one of his many matte painters doing these nice shots. Artists at Fox included Emil Kosa snr and his son Emil jnr; Hector Serbaroli; Menrad von Muldorfer; Ray Kellogg; Ralph Hammeras; Gilbert Riswold and Fitch Fulton among others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivzaQQgIqD1vupnDymZlDorH_CQm41DvSbbmT9JdlQ3Xa90L8-VBMz2TqijRkBZm8iA1b7BzDk8Qf54dcwBgOVu_2DFljEG_R5lGK3BKaZOIi9H9zC_6yaEboLOB_Bg3IucW7sNV4-8b-7pqqgyqAOVBPLvTo1GeHUo6z1NlxpiIXu5qJ2kka1lOj/s1920/Clue%20-%20Syd%20Dutton%20BR2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivzaQQgIqD1vupnDymZlDorH_CQm41DvSbbmT9JdlQ3Xa90L8-VBMz2TqijRkBZm8iA1b7BzDk8Qf54dcwBgOVu_2DFljEG_R5lGK3BKaZOIi9H9zC_6yaEboLOB_Bg3IucW7sNV4-8b-7pqqgyqAOVBPLvTo1GeHUo6z1NlxpiIXu5qJ2kka1lOj/w640-h360/Clue%20-%20Syd%20Dutton%20BR2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Feature length film based upon the popular board game, CLUE (1985), with Albert Whitlock and Syd Dutton providing several mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQTg-IUEMvG5t-fWpyoN6fBH6ovTBpejXv2aAG0Xtn70y8gA5_CS6GxuXRgx6gYPlP_92lx0bKvItct8FXhFMlZB-xD_b0At3MjwCZS48d84YbLwzNq-vA3kU0nLsoz9vjrQdyMK5xEw0f2uak2eRSXGknzHZgR7cA0mIBN_ngGxzZcCScV6YHfSw/s1804/Clue%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1804" data-original-width="1564" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQTg-IUEMvG5t-fWpyoN6fBH6ovTBpejXv2aAG0Xtn70y8gA5_CS6GxuXRgx6gYPlP_92lx0bKvItct8FXhFMlZB-xD_b0At3MjwCZS48d84YbLwzNq-vA3kU0nLsoz9vjrQdyMK5xEw0f2uak2eRSXGknzHZgR7cA0mIBN_ngGxzZcCScV6YHfSw/w554-h640/Clue%203.jpg" width="554" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another atmospheric CLUE matte with drifting clouds and lightning overlay.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNerMz-ryRj8YWrZ6XH9RZpQ2Bi4haJGICKSp-q8jF6EOt_IoCNhOb2L7oF2qdDUYJHrtR7aTxVoYSPf8bsfGI8VdUI3z4BWl4-7NEzE0A1-MHyIHZ0hWP1nFRbzbYYDlTtEUO4oPOVltnVezuffWZpZF6aLs8LOO8SxpLP7zhAFjkevgO8Qo45SdM/s1920/Defending%20Your%20Life-92%201a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNerMz-ryRj8YWrZ6XH9RZpQ2Bi4haJGICKSp-q8jF6EOt_IoCNhOb2L7oF2qdDUYJHrtR7aTxVoYSPf8bsfGI8VdUI3z4BWl4-7NEzE0A1-MHyIHZ0hWP1nFRbzbYYDlTtEUO4oPOVltnVezuffWZpZF6aLs8LOO8SxpLP7zhAFjkevgO8Qo45SdM/w640-h360/Defending%20Your%20Life-92%201a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I can't really take the American comedy actor/writer Albert Brooks, with this vehicle, DEFENDING YOUR LIFE (1991) being a tedious affair indeed. It did have some excellent mattes though, from the always reliable Dream Quest. Ken Allen and Bob Scifo were artists.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvE8XL3QeItaLteIVG_LTxN3-MIw8o9xOZUH4Z5h-9hkg3ebXXB7VZqUeIZnXIta46ec6gtrQUK2jHZw2VVv-rrdXGvm_SJqA8jzLmUWC3ZDjLjr4n61t9VLa_LkNdsaY6s9bVetk8Q191ZkwQ65Cv5vH7Ta6DkZisKLy_gHj00Mq_BmhVlzRb_pRu/s1860/Defending%20Your%20Life%20-%20Bob%20Scifo%20matte%20art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1860" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvE8XL3QeItaLteIVG_LTxN3-MIw8o9xOZUH4Z5h-9hkg3ebXXB7VZqUeIZnXIta46ec6gtrQUK2jHZw2VVv-rrdXGvm_SJqA8jzLmUWC3ZDjLjr4n61t9VLa_LkNdsaY6s9bVetk8Q191ZkwQ65Cv5vH7Ta6DkZisKLy_gHj00Mq_BmhVlzRb_pRu/w640-h238/Defending%20Your%20Life%20-%20Bob%20Scifo%20matte%20art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close ups of the magnificent matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWwOXF_15cnFiLl9XInr7FoCZBLRghGdQdw7oLvKzTh9mkoCosFk5ucVeJCsmJgqenFMAB0OW15ufqYyebMK8gCXb6ieZjSBoIt_SFylbXUp96ajht9GNY45jkBp9y0IV0iMug3ELX_vb7VxK71WSH1YcX5WtDV6jnQHrMk4xYyLL53FmcxEhYqdR/s1512/Defending%20Your%20Life3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1305" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWwOXF_15cnFiLl9XInr7FoCZBLRghGdQdw7oLvKzTh9mkoCosFk5ucVeJCsmJgqenFMAB0OW15ufqYyebMK8gCXb6ieZjSBoIt_SFylbXUp96ajht9GNY45jkBp9y0IV0iMug3ELX_vb7VxK71WSH1YcX5WtDV6jnQHrMk4xYyLL53FmcxEhYqdR/w552-h640/Defending%20Your%20Life3.jpg" width="552" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two more of the numerous DEFENDING YOUR LIFE mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimu09RCoAj5iyxw6kca-0suYDB852MNwYBpYv7g6MWw601Loj7WHfyqquwo1LUxZyhLmuMWuYtujzMBP_1wJa23FhqOGmKP09-Ti7e3jpqlIQ81Xto4pnPbEFdn3-s_I6Y0LyQN369gWBdPuzlJVoMLrKYQOJ3GIzsCnG0gKbx7vNcVonvWbh8xVWg/s1920/Coming%20To%20America%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1920" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimu09RCoAj5iyxw6kca-0suYDB852MNwYBpYv7g6MWw601Loj7WHfyqquwo1LUxZyhLmuMWuYtujzMBP_1wJa23FhqOGmKP09-Ti7e3jpqlIQ81Xto4pnPbEFdn3-s_I6Y0LyQN369gWBdPuzlJVoMLrKYQOJ3GIzsCnG0gKbx7vNcVonvWbh8xVWg/w640-h362/Coming%20To%20America%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Arguably Eddie Murphy's best picture was John Landis' tremendous COMING TO AMERICA (1988). Illusion Arts provided several mattes including the jaw dropping opening flyover which integrated extensive Syd Dutton-Al Whitlock matte art with miniature terrain by Apogee (with jungle canopy assembled using <i>broccoli</i> I recall).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCejDeSyvnn9b5XEBb8WpHwSgbRRpy4IV9WqL8aZjPpeUvxLWIjuRd1Ph4tvV0OG8DdeJctp1e6b8cI0aJne3IOwpirgrJtYXa10sHw6XKZzoSU1sm8C-ruzdgzR_PEQwf9876sIgbAcrml0amjCOZL5gcSMMFaF7XSlvSfvIda1u0MfxRCkroXh1B/s1920/Coming%20To%20America-88.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1920" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCejDeSyvnn9b5XEBb8WpHwSgbRRpy4IV9WqL8aZjPpeUvxLWIjuRd1Ph4tvV0OG8DdeJctp1e6b8cI0aJne3IOwpirgrJtYXa10sHw6XKZzoSU1sm8C-ruzdgzR_PEQwf9876sIgbAcrml0amjCOZL5gcSMMFaF7XSlvSfvIda1u0MfxRCkroXh1B/w640-h362/Coming%20To%20America-88.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The whole opening shot is shown as a complete, apparently uninterrupted fly over, closing in on the courtyard of the African palace. The late Bill Taylor explained to me in detail how he managed to pull this off, with the short version being a number of different (and very large) matte paintings being photographed motion control, with very clever 'cheats' where separate takes were merged together.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanYPuDW45uICUwQckpfvyQgR3QN2Te4VBXxZ1BOvDdrZEKch2IaopJAV5rAe2tOZnYl0h0rpNkvnT8kNQKq-3v12U1wh28GOJTZgAlhHKs74VxwWEA10sFCwE2ocKfwYZPI3kuslF4LAMU8-l3JcZCZmPimBGYtrydOuJB6kisBT3HvzU2FxY_QWu/s1551/Coming%20To%20America-palace%20in%20landscape%20(Syd%20Dutton)%20sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1551" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanYPuDW45uICUwQckpfvyQgR3QN2Te4VBXxZ1BOvDdrZEKch2IaopJAV5rAe2tOZnYl0h0rpNkvnT8kNQKq-3v12U1wh28GOJTZgAlhHKs74VxwWEA10sFCwE2ocKfwYZPI3kuslF4LAMU8-l3JcZCZmPimBGYtrydOuJB6kisBT3HvzU2FxY_QWu/w640-h462/Coming%20To%20America-palace%20in%20landscape%20(Syd%20Dutton)%20sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd Dutton's actual and substantial matte painting with area that would serve as a rear projected live action element. Albert Whitlock was matte consultant on this film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jpKeftmLRWyk7X3v8yfD9sqbVSjvBPc6xlJXFIgIIfbzl6Y98IzpswYWL6K_wyayEhwH_UDAa-F5CycoI6FTG21Z7sSl0uQBJA9LbbXfpTmRvLkia75R1tKMZ_1VAHMl8-Mvt5JnyzrRVzejcLLcmrHYo75BU-2HsVqJQ96X5ctXp2nE6whu_Dhy/s1529/Coming%20To%20America-88%20unused%20McDowell's%20Africa%20matte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1529" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jpKeftmLRWyk7X3v8yfD9sqbVSjvBPc6xlJXFIgIIfbzl6Y98IzpswYWL6K_wyayEhwH_UDAa-F5CycoI6FTG21Z7sSl0uQBJA9LbbXfpTmRvLkia75R1tKMZ_1VAHMl8-Mvt5JnyzrRVzejcLLcmrHYo75BU-2HsVqJQ96X5ctXp2nE6whu_Dhy/w640-h386/Coming%20To%20America-88%20unused%20McDowell's%20Africa%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rare unused Illusion Arts matte painting intended for a dream sequence in COMING TO AMERICA where the John Amos character imagines opening one of his <i>'MacDowells'</i> fast food joints in Africa.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OUks5RFEzwlHZEDBFO07eHf2rfHgEDeaJZCFuLIffPWNbShYBni2f75GpP2hrsOSIIaxDosB0PwwM3UDFw8WG7NHycl_Vhs-tBzgvpUndPJdk3BjBDrgI1nwi4EY8PS5bTPL_FOl2Mbs5oa7fDGAkaOYkmtqRmRaBd5VcjTcpN_zC49o0VkKzTfZ/s2259/Comrade%20X-40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="2259" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OUks5RFEzwlHZEDBFO07eHf2rfHgEDeaJZCFuLIffPWNbShYBni2f75GpP2hrsOSIIaxDosB0PwwM3UDFw8WG7NHycl_Vhs-tBzgvpUndPJdk3BjBDrgI1nwi4EY8PS5bTPL_FOl2Mbs5oa7fDGAkaOYkmtqRmRaBd5VcjTcpN_zC49o0VkKzTfZ/w640-h328/Comrade%20X-40.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The MGM Clark Gable war comedy COMRADE X (1940) was a remarkable special effects showcase. The great Buddy Gillespie devised a whole array of fantastic miniature tank sequences, with long time associate, the equally great miniaturist Donald Jahraus. Gillespie's grandson still owns at least one of the original model tanks! The extensive model work worked so well as Gillespie shot it all outside in sunlight, with cleverly hidden control mechanisms, all expertly photographed by Maximillian Fabian - MGM's specialist cinematographer. Warren Newcombe's department supplied several painted mattes to extend the settings to Russia.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1JB9_XDEGj4XXzT-oq1PJPw4n_PidQ5XwlizuGYGAh3yc9FsgEbWQQRrlsHlL5Ecd-hfe2c8qhD6pNiFDiUjIwKXFmlxrUsjs8BKs0dNVO6W8KGNzY1zbr_4dvK4kjzUCLASzX4hcqPT1Kltl7M2P9qlU3liJUwV5Hl_bcvsHFatTir_WhgQ9O18/s1312/Doug%20with%20Erik%20the%20Viking%20-%20Asgard%20entrance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1312" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1JB9_XDEGj4XXzT-oq1PJPw4n_PidQ5XwlizuGYGAh3yc9FsgEbWQQRrlsHlL5Ecd-hfe2c8qhD6pNiFDiUjIwKXFmlxrUsjs8BKs0dNVO6W8KGNzY1zbr_4dvK4kjzUCLASzX4hcqPT1Kltl7M2P9qlU3liJUwV5Hl_bcvsHFatTir_WhgQ9O18/w640-h386/Doug%20with%20Erik%20the%20Viking%20-%20Asgard%20entrance.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Veteran Shepperton matte and optical artist Doug Ferris with one of his evocative glass paintings from ERIK THE VIKING (1989). Doug would as often as possible paint in his name amid architecture and such, and has done so here at lower right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtf9om7YuJH1WE5mTLukp5UoOccI7FNjIA8hUzN2OLBY_RpO96N8ZBS4thyq8ixTGVMO38A_d6gqR7rWyMz8qbOg6UNSaRicJUMLHkQu11aiqZJi5XWkH01kuJtSDUxcBuNFNyk8VCwCtK-rKcmtKVz1gFYw7bFl17cQ63IcJqj18s3O2s6RCw2zWJ/s1920/Erik%20The%20Viking-89%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtf9om7YuJH1WE5mTLukp5UoOccI7FNjIA8hUzN2OLBY_RpO96N8ZBS4thyq8ixTGVMO38A_d6gqR7rWyMz8qbOg6UNSaRicJUMLHkQu11aiqZJi5XWkH01kuJtSDUxcBuNFNyk8VCwCtK-rKcmtKVz1gFYw7bFl17cQ63IcJqj18s3O2s6RCw2zWJ/w640-h360/Erik%20The%20Viking-89%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Visual Effects supervisor Kent Houston of London's Peerless Optical, told me that artist Bob Cuff was his absolute favourite and he'd employ Bob whenever possible on his assignments. The matte shots in ERIK THE VIKING are the only memorable asset, sadly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEMFOUVa91KgTJ-wx9JK95fr0-tXFd6RFv-heKpqd7bPnmc1rOdi8aPicrNS90pKv8JauqvdchCBTsmwH4s1R7t8vsU4ValCEjbGdqDD2hyUX7wI_kYxALz6v4jTsaH7LdFkW19yErfA0_X_6s_fSexn0v7qhyYeL3N4cBLHA4QGvTPQMUL6z3uexE/s2610/Erik%20The%20Viking-temple1%20bef&aft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="2610" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEMFOUVa91KgTJ-wx9JK95fr0-tXFd6RFv-heKpqd7bPnmc1rOdi8aPicrNS90pKv8JauqvdchCBTsmwH4s1R7t8vsU4ValCEjbGdqDD2hyUX7wI_kYxALz6v4jTsaH7LdFkW19yErfA0_X_6s_fSexn0v7qhyYeL3N4cBLHA4QGvTPQMUL6z3uexE/w640-h270/Erik%20The%20Viking-temple1%20bef&aft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after by matte cameraman John Grant.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4b3mcjXxXtS8TwlVjC67fiEs15FJinG3j-_wJLCx8BUWPGOWBfWGKvDwBcAd3UXoLGWUCj6gZzClPvIoQG1oQfD1ahek36-XT5qQeNloor6YEmK6UZGiNsMpbOPpOeUIMWbbUm5VK8G2thVMfu4fcipMnTKwmORhuZlpofv4uQSsH3Su738OX905X/s1920/Erik%20The%20Viking2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4b3mcjXxXtS8TwlVjC67fiEs15FJinG3j-_wJLCx8BUWPGOWBfWGKvDwBcAd3UXoLGWUCj6gZzClPvIoQG1oQfD1ahek36-XT5qQeNloor6YEmK6UZGiNsMpbOPpOeUIMWbbUm5VK8G2thVMfu4fcipMnTKwmORhuZlpofv4uQSsH3Su738OX905X/w640-h360/Erik%20The%20Viking2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ERIK THE VIKING employed three matte artists; Bob Cuff, Doug Ferris and Bob's daughter in law, Joy Cuff. This shot is a winner.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Q-AIk064mNTPJ62mgasqK6s78Me1GIXbwZd0cqoIzdejVsp8uTPz9Nf29PGy7IaVNFs0SMMFwdqLEtpjiWSHfrBNVOxvM-IBsPUN9LYY13mmswUEEnO_WAaYWgjgjSmGua8H-GS9kFhL4aDEHg-Hs4GZNYYIK01kNmOoa-FSHwAWFQPdurhKiRid/s2130/Erik%20The%20Viking-courtyard%20shot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="2130" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Q-AIk064mNTPJ62mgasqK6s78Me1GIXbwZd0cqoIzdejVsp8uTPz9Nf29PGy7IaVNFs0SMMFwdqLEtpjiWSHfrBNVOxvM-IBsPUN9LYY13mmswUEEnO_WAaYWgjgjSmGua8H-GS9kFhL4aDEHg-Hs4GZNYYIK01kNmOoa-FSHwAWFQPdurhKiRid/w640-h268/Erik%20The%20Viking-courtyard%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after from the late John Grant's show reel.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIFEh3fMaxs0HWaoyItIjkJb-la5ERsW-bn27BnhXyUS6weQDrTA0WKOMyc6GC5LrKRr9o8gMd0axzsSEhq_9UYv4yDPxAn4SL-lH_s0XbhehmuUNkXOw0wxst_lXw9vWjSofcCt506fN6-6y-VksEXA83SzLhSxbs5qg0xPxs1_x3unjflHPmKMg/s1484/Lost%20in%20Alaska-52%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIFEh3fMaxs0HWaoyItIjkJb-la5ERsW-bn27BnhXyUS6weQDrTA0WKOMyc6GC5LrKRr9o8gMd0axzsSEhq_9UYv4yDPxAn4SL-lH_s0XbhehmuUNkXOw0wxst_lXw9vWjSofcCt506fN6-6y-VksEXA83SzLhSxbs5qg0xPxs1_x3unjflHPmKMg/w640-h466/Lost%20in%20Alaska-52%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Russ Lawson matte from Abbott & Costello's LOST IN ALASKA (1952)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZd3h3gCnEZCOQIX_-d7hHToH_DHd3NajwHi689EJxvvXBT8bNRsck7nrqPL1E4jNiZrOvNiCAM6og9-PuV5bonRyAkEs75MQOPdX7mltvjJvG8lXShi7ZKqp5hr4n0WC77E5hUUG14A2SJXY4ZdDzfdViag4dB2h3d90WuiueEnmGFhomjcdZC_A/s1464/Lost%20in%20Alaska-Great%20Man's%20Lady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZd3h3gCnEZCOQIX_-d7hHToH_DHd3NajwHi689EJxvvXBT8bNRsck7nrqPL1E4jNiZrOvNiCAM6og9-PuV5bonRyAkEs75MQOPdX7mltvjJvG8lXShi7ZKqp5hr4n0WC77E5hUUG14A2SJXY4ZdDzfdViag4dB2h3d90WuiueEnmGFhomjcdZC_A/w640-h472/Lost%20in%20Alaska-Great%20Man's%20Lady.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A beautiful matte that was spliced into LOST IN ALASKA that was <i>actually</i> a stolen Jan Domela painting from Paramount's THE GREAT MAN'S LADY made back in 1941</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaJ9dhL_nqQCRo1EVXxPSJYbd_BA6ny-e-sOZ8bqiSZlcqHCI77IRlCRjmROch4EuRy-NSe1maV5XHwyP7xKuSfd_yIQIwM8kJYOBKy5cylaGz2Ve_EJGjG6S_OqbDO3VKPYQl3a3gK4jM6vcWfFdBb8rATcxlmoNu_CurlTiwQWUxJmf5H4jOfPl/s1696/Lost%20in%20Alaska-52%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1696" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaJ9dhL_nqQCRo1EVXxPSJYbd_BA6ny-e-sOZ8bqiSZlcqHCI77IRlCRjmROch4EuRy-NSe1maV5XHwyP7xKuSfd_yIQIwM8kJYOBKy5cylaGz2Ve_EJGjG6S_OqbDO3VKPYQl3a3gK4jM6vcWfFdBb8rATcxlmoNu_CurlTiwQWUxJmf5H4jOfPl/w640-h256/Lost%20in%20Alaska-52%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More from LOST IN ALASKA, though one at right may be a cyclorama?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8W1Hb7gkzwbSu7wOEhmrGZkG6g0YpVRy--GzWMbPL1lP3dS0x4CyFMTQmt_YnNs98Cqyn64wyWLjtrqtwkMPrdmjPhcQtB3YlC9PjztkhfzS4xloG4Owo2CqLgHG3CK6xQQQSF4CbyFpnQafiXKrzamT3jby7_GOdToCcl_MECkb590YKxe9zGqyI/s1840/Lost%20in%20Alaska5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1840" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8W1Hb7gkzwbSu7wOEhmrGZkG6g0YpVRy--GzWMbPL1lP3dS0x4CyFMTQmt_YnNs98Cqyn64wyWLjtrqtwkMPrdmjPhcQtB3YlC9PjztkhfzS4xloG4Owo2CqLgHG3CK6xQQQSF4CbyFpnQafiXKrzamT3jby7_GOdToCcl_MECkb590YKxe9zGqyI/w640-h460/Lost%20in%20Alaska5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">David Horsley engineered composite with matte art and blue screened actor from LOST IN ALASKA (1952). VFX cameraman was Universal's Ross Hoffman who was employed by that one studio for around fifty years.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFGzyYTmY9rlJNXp8lTDnmU_I7KI2HWQnOqUr9sb264SRabMKMeiarYdbOAonGbO9u9V7wRxE6XoO74RxnqvPjL6kk5U5zgnVY2zUo_2K2r8wuc7pJ2Rg9Z-Vwu4uNzvD_UJ5TCIDmaIkfmkv_nhFOlgKBJ4SreCC3-EuKTZf1EPY_asyUWcmSoNs/s2780/Fearless%20Vampire%20Killers-pullback.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="2780" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFGzyYTmY9rlJNXp8lTDnmU_I7KI2HWQnOqUr9sb264SRabMKMeiarYdbOAonGbO9u9V7wRxE6XoO74RxnqvPjL6kk5U5zgnVY2zUo_2K2r8wuc7pJ2Rg9Z-Vwu4uNzvD_UJ5TCIDmaIkfmkv_nhFOlgKBJ4SreCC3-EuKTZf1EPY_asyUWcmSoNs/w640-h376/Fearless%20Vampire%20Killers-pullback.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Roman Polanski's films always come to my attention, with many being outstanding works. That said, I never much cared for THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (1967), which was also known as DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES in some lands. For me, the film never worked, though the vfx work was outstanding. The memorable opening shot remains a staggering event even now. From an extreme close up on the moon, the camera does this massive pullback and finishes on a snowy Transylvania. Brilliantly designed and orchestrated, with an unusually crisp finished effect that doesn't at all cry out 'dupe' or 'manipulation'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkYO0TDwx47pT5nRWX2u1Zx1FM6lOQKHrTCn4xgPu_GQtA1lJFQ44qg3W_W70xUwQz_AxNABL4WBiceB_Xqs0lS7Pr_wvO7QqYllfThBHnDSqE-n04ak35VconcuK1sgYkJXfZtG04z_iAqRt4ctvMueWT8FyLzeMdmB58tMPZhD5_9fJqcqgXVL7/s2066/Fearless%20Vamp-Dance%20of%20the%20Vampires%20(Peter%20Melrose).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="2066" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkYO0TDwx47pT5nRWX2u1Zx1FM6lOQKHrTCn4xgPu_GQtA1lJFQ44qg3W_W70xUwQz_AxNABL4WBiceB_Xqs0lS7Pr_wvO7QqYllfThBHnDSqE-n04ak35VconcuK1sgYkJXfZtG04z_iAqRt4ctvMueWT8FyLzeMdmB58tMPZhD5_9fJqcqgXVL7/w640-h250/Fearless%20Vamp-Dance%20of%20the%20Vampires%20(Peter%20Melrose).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peter Melrose painted elements making up the scene on 3 or 4 separate glasses, with careful camerawork (likely by Peter Harman and John Grant) and optical composite and blending by Doug Ferris. An animated bat flying through the shot helps hide the division between two of the paintings during the very bold camera move. Astonishingly accomplished shot in a mediocre movie.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkcS_jfgI_Hoo4HIt2ceprSA7LkMpSG0zWIj9Xb4RE5PD8-6o5DNy08rmEcmRBMKaF8-B8As6AJY7ky1Lw5f4K7fSVIHoWMqaKpYraTzckTnjmbwl-fcuVyoT6WSU9wKOM4Vmb2TUAH3JQYaZ_P5V7JUl5R8719u0nL8dFk-lgQc3byv5ilxNWbwd/s1140/Shepperton%20matte%20artists%20at%20work.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1140" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkcS_jfgI_Hoo4HIt2ceprSA7LkMpSG0zWIj9Xb4RE5PD8-6o5DNy08rmEcmRBMKaF8-B8As6AJY7ky1Lw5f4K7fSVIHoWMqaKpYraTzckTnjmbwl-fcuVyoT6WSU9wKOM4Vmb2TUAH3JQYaZ_P5V7JUl5R8719u0nL8dFk-lgQc3byv5ilxNWbwd/w640-h638/Shepperton%20matte%20artists%20at%20work.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Behind the scenes photo showing Peter Melrose at work (far left) on the above glass painting. Fellow matte artist Bryan Evans is also shown here appearing to work on a glass, though I was told by Gerald Larn that the photo was an in house studio publicity pic, with Bryan pretending to paint on what was in fact another of Peter Melrose's mattes this production (see below).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhhXauUhvyd0Zcg074BOxJ4GURzZiqHbB8Qx7fwhAqTLa7-T5ozo1VBxEdRjca6172YYpvoRGdmLjjADU7eb5L-u7mR3rQRTPAIDstihkWbx8r-2uGvLuIww0OEuKXLOgpajeYfDScgr4iS1yVBdfi8rrDPdxMF9pn6vSXSI8UUOZnxL5DcA-rJJH/s1280/fearless%20vamp%20killers2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="1280" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhhXauUhvyd0Zcg074BOxJ4GURzZiqHbB8Qx7fwhAqTLa7-T5ozo1VBxEdRjca6172YYpvoRGdmLjjADU7eb5L-u7mR3rQRTPAIDstihkWbx8r-2uGvLuIww0OEuKXLOgpajeYfDScgr4iS1yVBdfi8rrDPdxMF9pn6vSXSI8UUOZnxL5DcA-rJJH/w640-h264/fearless%20vamp%20killers2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film. According to Doug Ferris, Polanski initially shot the film 'flat' - ie <i>not</i> widescreen. A decision was made into principal photography that Roman wanted it to be anamorphic 2.35 ratio, meaning matte artist Ferris and co had to extend certain shots sideways by painting in extra scenery to make for scope presentation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3skyO__RlJudzNjCxS3QzhOzGx0zvNRS21B08G6BPGmJSbY7GvX_XDjdyw2dFGUs0EsdlmacuKptRwdKXk_aTXHQ3nMZfQUuNFUNYoE3TK7KVQiPlBxO7ZQ4cLuWUqxV38j1vpgoOompXMd99WlI-GOpcEQkRfQKQrOMNNj5R3XBGxoAbqkH6VVB/s1302/FVK-%20horse%20vanishing%20act.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1302" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3skyO__RlJudzNjCxS3QzhOzGx0zvNRS21B08G6BPGmJSbY7GvX_XDjdyw2dFGUs0EsdlmacuKptRwdKXk_aTXHQ3nMZfQUuNFUNYoE3TK7KVQiPlBxO7ZQ4cLuWUqxV38j1vpgoOompXMd99WlI-GOpcEQkRfQKQrOMNNj5R3XBGxoAbqkH6VVB/w640-h540/FVK-%20horse%20vanishing%20act.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film, with matte additions by artist Peter Melrose of castle and also the left and right sides of the scope frame. The horse and buggy passes behind the tree and never comes out the other side! Am I the only nerd who spots things like that?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhON0KQVeX34S1KLdt2FMzijJK2253Jd5SxT6XYRd24UqY95SPit953ofRXEjonXoNYQWAehJDmrCDxTGCE0b2skHaIfy7kG9PXSG7KUBe0Enw34ngadJ3XKY6vrsN3PnsU7w181Jcu-LVs4eKGLo8TjyOmviMoVEH8Y9Nvr19LCwh9hn-sjhksNUl6/s1920/Fitzwilly-67%20(Whitlock).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhON0KQVeX34S1KLdt2FMzijJK2253Jd5SxT6XYRd24UqY95SPit953ofRXEjonXoNYQWAehJDmrCDxTGCE0b2skHaIfy7kG9PXSG7KUBe0Enw34ngadJ3XKY6vrsN3PnsU7w181Jcu-LVs4eKGLo8TjyOmviMoVEH8Y9Nvr19LCwh9hn-sjhksNUl6/w640-h268/Fitzwilly-67%20(Whitlock).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An uncredited piece of matte mastery by Albert Whitlock as seen in the very average Dick Van Dyke film FITZWILLY (1967), with almost the entire frame being painted in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoldF3U8p5iZA34xyvjslW6ox7p80WnIHNcw8gNRhWh_8_GbOiXJsyGwjjGQycLqzAejhTh9q-1EEfMS67eg3MtC6bCJthT0icRXIOjWl5fzU4kgZFahkL2XfbuaaWlAdVHWWMVxWBbSJq1_Io1uZI_W7Su1dWSHvtpjA3yi3MJjFTZpEhJn00opd/s1660/Ghost%20Breakers-40%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="1660" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoldF3U8p5iZA34xyvjslW6ox7p80WnIHNcw8gNRhWh_8_GbOiXJsyGwjjGQycLqzAejhTh9q-1EEfMS67eg3MtC6bCJthT0icRXIOjWl5fzU4kgZFahkL2XfbuaaWlAdVHWWMVxWBbSJq1_Io1uZI_W7Su1dWSHvtpjA3yi3MJjFTZpEhJn00opd/w640-h496/Ghost%20Breakers-40%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Paramount's delightful haunted house spoof THE GHOST BREAKERS (1940) with Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. Photographic effects by Gordon Jennings, Paul Lerpae and Farciot Edouart. Jan Domela was matte painter.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7yROP80vi8zt7s6ppOGvukIGIbXCmSIrMTqtgDXT8R8LyWp-oD0-KflUH8k0ZojHs1uSXrNoTTaoJG3KsJ-Ezl6-e6PiCTEUpmuG8nXzbOCxlYNny0l_I9cg-N0JI0cbDOGgvOmLHWg0Kh8e6MR6LMA6Uhxmei_muFw5jfwNdn0EsazxJFljjG6G/s2300/Ghost%20Breakers%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="2300" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7yROP80vi8zt7s6ppOGvukIGIbXCmSIrMTqtgDXT8R8LyWp-oD0-KflUH8k0ZojHs1uSXrNoTTaoJG3KsJ-Ezl6-e6PiCTEUpmuG8nXzbOCxlYNny0l_I9cg-N0JI0cbDOGgvOmLHWg0Kh8e6MR6LMA6Uhxmei_muFw5jfwNdn0EsazxJFljjG6G/w640-h252/Ghost%20Breakers%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jan Domela mattes from THE GHOST BREAKERS</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiTiZmeBWz5S7x9AghXcxLLsfkQSwgOwNhI3T7J8uO4CqFMynYdrGw2j4YuqJq3kbKyg5CulLTB_Nesixva77mIsX7PONFq9xdaxKgs7QIldLLpuQzTuEHilhu2G7cbneyqLJp1u9B6PBanN9XBHEpKjj8ZrYxtBbBJy9Y4o_pmSzI209TQnQ832Z9/s3508/Ghostbusters-Yuricich%20&%20Krepela%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="3508" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiTiZmeBWz5S7x9AghXcxLLsfkQSwgOwNhI3T7J8uO4CqFMynYdrGw2j4YuqJq3kbKyg5CulLTB_Nesixva77mIsX7PONFq9xdaxKgs7QIldLLpuQzTuEHilhu2G7cbneyqLJp1u9B6PBanN9XBHEpKjj8ZrYxtBbBJy9Y4o_pmSzI209TQnQ832Z9/w640-h180/Ghostbusters-Yuricich%20&%20Krepela%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More ghosts, with this one being Ivan Reitman's GHOSTBUSTERS (1984). Matthew Yuricich at work on the central venue for all sorts of spooky shit, and fx cameraman Neil Krepela taking a light reading for composite photography.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKiEd4sjuBpZ7EbvDPtjjfdYTeaU8U_R8qiAZTT4mvMD6TpiBYKgg358B9aPJIbZ_NA_64ML2dQPDeP2qI1-KXmr0eEDV9pwp6QWkN1NCU7GkL8Q4YLE31b_-sBm_CCGxIN49uSxZH7RV_ZFRHQrPc9nIr3DsBXNpR5wqoyl1BYycxfw0s5MOuUc0/s1920/Ghostbusters-00517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKiEd4sjuBpZ7EbvDPtjjfdYTeaU8U_R8qiAZTT4mvMD6TpiBYKgg358B9aPJIbZ_NA_64ML2dQPDeP2qI1-KXmr0eEDV9pwp6QWkN1NCU7GkL8Q4YLE31b_-sBm_CCGxIN49uSxZH7RV_ZFRHQrPc9nIr3DsBXNpR5wqoyl1BYycxfw0s5MOuUc0/w640-h268/Ghostbusters-00517.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final giant pullback shot with small patch of live action on skyscraper terrace.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47px85MH3mRYkpk52Rq4WLQzUm-fw5h4CLt6vFyD4JLbMNmnpxcWcnp9kGXVLkdIcOiMHmHCGjjhHAyF6bvNwtTxYbG3IcCtfUpt10yrIYz3VouAPC1Dyy8yJMrLDkzr-M4x98OsiWjGcw1j3Vr4Q4pAI_58lwzHLwhpwXwBG_n6pFxhaHRETUibA/s1920/Ghostbusters-00459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47px85MH3mRYkpk52Rq4WLQzUm-fw5h4CLt6vFyD4JLbMNmnpxcWcnp9kGXVLkdIcOiMHmHCGjjhHAyF6bvNwtTxYbG3IcCtfUpt10yrIYz3VouAPC1Dyy8yJMrLDkzr-M4x98OsiWjGcw1j3Vr4Q4pAI_58lwzHLwhpwXwBG_n6pFxhaHRETUibA/w640-h268/Ghostbusters-00459.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the terrific apparitions courtesy of Richard Edlund's EEG effects house before it became BOSS Films.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJfEb5IadLlE8MT1NhuZTuWdE7HJg5x_niBrSSxXylRFYygMecHeg0C_e2DHkK_aU_uRdO4kPnLlglF08RoUrXYQWzmo79hMjJ9fYp8sJ7n2eTXgQTSl2iKzOE9VDzhQI4REGqZpuZQF48b2Q3XHuP6odgUSgZo5923Mr2OibfrgvYVStdFMyB51h/s1920/Ghostbusters-00472.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJfEb5IadLlE8MT1NhuZTuWdE7HJg5x_niBrSSxXylRFYygMecHeg0C_e2DHkK_aU_uRdO4kPnLlglF08RoUrXYQWzmo79hMjJ9fYp8sJ7n2eTXgQTSl2iKzOE9VDzhQI4REGqZpuZQF48b2Q3XHuP6odgUSgZo5923Mr2OibfrgvYVStdFMyB51h/w640-h268/Ghostbusters-00472.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I loved the wacky cel animated neutrona effects shots in GHOSTBUSTERS. Looked and sounded so damned cool on the giant cinema screen in Dolby Stereo back in the day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrDcrbKmE9AAHx24xGcXEV0vBq0oiF2INXscDWzYMOqE8KMfXBAmftgzV5TDdxMRpzxPIwnQNpxvGQ3iAwkVP2QrUA6BPkml0Q5nTlR9H8Y_LtKKTyTqJtmBe-eWWeAVCToYKULD0OeJlxz7odpjajytHP1YqIcbrljsA6X3xZmWpYU0-mgV5BxTj/s1125/GhostBusters%20Yuricich%20matte%20painting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="1125" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrDcrbKmE9AAHx24xGcXEV0vBq0oiF2INXscDWzYMOqE8KMfXBAmftgzV5TDdxMRpzxPIwnQNpxvGQ3iAwkVP2QrUA6BPkml0Q5nTlR9H8Y_LtKKTyTqJtmBe-eWWeAVCToYKULD0OeJlxz7odpjajytHP1YqIcbrljsA6X3xZmWpYU0-mgV5BxTj/w640-h304/GhostBusters%20Yuricich%20matte%20painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A carefully drawn out matte that will be one of those 'blink and you'll miss it' fx shots (see below).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwP0byuUT3rMLdk9FZbi1mHHVSiuBqYApN-zLXkH_LhndbD6YwPpHLMOOu2yovwa6qRBF2-KxGfOO0KfEkyP4UhednDiJIF_InnmxGTBjSt06YewsKNskrAp8SLkToYcIhkZ1B2EZ-K2o-EStLKh4EESQo6CnTRx2ec5tADKsgcghGfbKuxFycXjeQ/s1920/Ghostbusters-00550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwP0byuUT3rMLdk9FZbi1mHHVSiuBqYApN-zLXkH_LhndbD6YwPpHLMOOu2yovwa6qRBF2-KxGfOO0KfEkyP4UhednDiJIF_InnmxGTBjSt06YewsKNskrAp8SLkToYcIhkZ1B2EZ-K2o-EStLKh4EESQo6CnTRx2ec5tADKsgcghGfbKuxFycXjeQ/w640-h268/Ghostbusters-00550.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final comp using above painted city, with matted in miniature ghost building and much pyro.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEios9v_snEJVa2j13UK4e-FxHsaBCOJOU5l0I32ihroEO0Oom86SQJ7ORzXXWpKXGpNfKpMB-lir70KQhRwbHz0uHtpLNb65xd5xJ25y24Utw8a6_uRLdCR2ecdaLiJRgqvm21bkmOlAJjGRDIzWhyL_-GggX2CImTz82jjqSoDvQLIxn3Y6KyjdSLU/s1920/vlcsnap-00541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEios9v_snEJVa2j13UK4e-FxHsaBCOJOU5l0I32ihroEO0Oom86SQJ7ORzXXWpKXGpNfKpMB-lir70KQhRwbHz0uHtpLNb65xd5xJ25y24Utw8a6_uRLdCR2ecdaLiJRgqvm21bkmOlAJjGRDIzWhyL_-GggX2CImTz82jjqSoDvQLIxn3Y6KyjdSLU/w640-h268/vlcsnap-00541.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same show, with multi part composite. Live action, marshmellow puppet, cel animated rays, painted buildings and miniature street. Matt Yuricich was chief matte artist, with friend Michele Moen assisting on painting along with former Disney artist Deno Ganakes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnRfZPbKy-iuleD0UX12akrk_-B8oawZejH7WtTYUkQtzaVFcEKyPqH66XP9RKqvcOOaBicVex3H-zhF3bsvC-e8mHpD4t77is7Ndmd0B2mLt9ZnQ_43NH-uEtw_9OSbJ78--TLJZyWk7k11ilGv2bRmkQ8XjuIiCudYBaYP9OqGiZvwmQWjXRZmZ/s1944/GB2%20(ILM).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="1944" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnRfZPbKy-iuleD0UX12akrk_-B8oawZejH7WtTYUkQtzaVFcEKyPqH66XP9RKqvcOOaBicVex3H-zhF3bsvC-e8mHpD4t77is7Ndmd0B2mLt9ZnQ_43NH-uEtw_9OSbJ78--TLJZyWk7k11ilGv2bRmkQ8XjuIiCudYBaYP9OqGiZvwmQWjXRZmZ/w640-h540/GB2%20(ILM).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The follow up, GHOSTBUSTERS II (1988) was filled with effects shots, this time supplied by ILM. The top frame is a miniature Titanic and surrounds, with ghostly passengers superimposed in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Q6PpTPjokxQLfgUlhDG8nEUkc4wlNLLT0_triixd-ZRdig4HIWKXPe1g1VA-st5yaIwVWSF6Mi5WhAYSb7z8GUaLeDPiD0FZ-_eajwe2N42bzJYp2kOsd2ntS1Fziy5KclYner4-Pdty2Eaxj-TQrugTZWX646NICT7Jgsz0dcJd6Xqkv2LQ3hl-/s2312/Hexed-rooftop%20bef&aft%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="2312" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Q6PpTPjokxQLfgUlhDG8nEUkc4wlNLLT0_triixd-ZRdig4HIWKXPe1g1VA-st5yaIwVWSF6Mi5WhAYSb7z8GUaLeDPiD0FZ-_eajwe2N42bzJYp2kOsd2ntS1Fziy5KclYner4-Pdty2Eaxj-TQrugTZWX646NICT7Jgsz0dcJd6Xqkv2LQ3hl-/w640-h352/Hexed-rooftop%20bef&aft%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've never seen HEXED (1993) and only know of it by way of matte painter Ken Marschall. Now here is an amazing shot which I, as one who's really keen on extreme perspective painting, can appreciate. Frames at left show the action as character leaps from one rooftop to another. When I conducted my marathon 3-part career interview with Ken and fx partner Bruce Block back in 2015, there was confusion as to who actually painted this shot. Ken and Bruce's little two man company Matte Effects were overloaded with matte work at the time and brought in one or two artists to help out. I know that painter Rick Rische worked on a couple of shows with Ken, and it's possible Rick painted this? I know we all discussed the matter and I don't recall anyone being certain. If I'd painted this beautiful matte I know I'd sure remember it!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroE8SxzYU9xS6Uqo6KumSFFhKBNSfbeC2p8LWpnTzbWvunUPvoZGdtVDW_UzZbbaSv-GW6aHCEPfxHG-WQpp2ZRD2gyQsAXzLpKbxfYsMhoqBw3hLo8niUIrfJWfRVGJy1_YkvXl-NjABHfYbACwM0CGb9NHxZa1NIe7ZR3KfDin-lIFzzcOzeIaj/s2694/Hexed-downview%20matte%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="2694" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroE8SxzYU9xS6Uqo6KumSFFhKBNSfbeC2p8LWpnTzbWvunUPvoZGdtVDW_UzZbbaSv-GW6aHCEPfxHG-WQpp2ZRD2gyQsAXzLpKbxfYsMhoqBw3hLo8niUIrfJWfRVGJy1_YkvXl-NjABHfYbACwM0CGb9NHxZa1NIe7ZR3KfDin-lIFzzcOzeIaj/w640-h214/Hexed-downview%20matte%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from the film HEXED is this before and after which <i>was</i> painted by Rick Rische.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDvGYA9H86fFFvT91AEu7dOHSCu8uttC8K30Y1MPap3ZmCavpX6EiLW8UT4tMtoF4KlnHjqIIBCp4me6Bsye85UUtooobnVvvuokXgxbpTGaryXQsRWZ3N7zibSXA2lzstyQBpguiVX5DxmJ3uaT02v4TbOcEf2dKUjnTPy5Y3w82qkTqFvgy56cM/s1332/Incred.Mr%20Limpet-63%20pan%20matte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1332" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDvGYA9H86fFFvT91AEu7dOHSCu8uttC8K30Y1MPap3ZmCavpX6EiLW8UT4tMtoF4KlnHjqIIBCp4me6Bsye85UUtooobnVvvuokXgxbpTGaryXQsRWZ3N7zibSXA2lzstyQBpguiVX5DxmJ3uaT02v4TbOcEf2dKUjnTPy5Y3w82qkTqFvgy56cM/w640-h240/Incred.Mr%20Limpet-63%20pan%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A bizarre shot from the wacky Don Knotts comedy THE INCREDIBLE MR LIMPET (1964). No fx credit but could be the work of someone such as Lou Litchtenfield?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCi6Vmf_tD437dQE1AH4IuFdwAl79w3fr1cRGwTsg61JgBSWGRbNG8b5sxlLRO6k5nD3FcVVJPZu7wePg_kLTH1Yi-tmTWtZLD1mnDBHPepgb7OYo2Uv2Ir7-fYfyR4JrLlDYP5hn2ApC-dzx6UcZHbWxsg5oZXdpPfPrZdiDpZh3ZQzsb8zTna4u/s1722/Earthworm%20Tractors-36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1722" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCi6Vmf_tD437dQE1AH4IuFdwAl79w3fr1cRGwTsg61JgBSWGRbNG8b5sxlLRO6k5nD3FcVVJPZu7wePg_kLTH1Yi-tmTWtZLD1mnDBHPepgb7OYo2Uv2Ir7-fYfyR4JrLlDYP5hn2ApC-dzx6UcZHbWxsg5oZXdpPfPrZdiDpZh3ZQzsb8zTna4u/w640-h380/Earthworm%20Tractors-36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An odd little screwball comedy EARTHWORM TRACTORS (1936) that was fairly amusing and featured a number of miniature sequences amid the antics.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERMi5yxKyX60S8Gd6wVWT7mq3HNfkfFeVCwXDdJzd0VN7NcVgFyLWsCje2kCPGIaJ-MfyWvaMchLumfqqFD46iVx8zgYg2ZKcnZgM-7m-AhAYFL0Bl0a2OJScUWH5FK9lMOMWKXxMExguStVcJepI0STBtyBgIGLvg4RbfjlkR_DoijOLOxCiXVmx/s1341/Gaily,%20Gaily-69%20(Whitlock).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="911" data-original-width="1341" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERMi5yxKyX60S8Gd6wVWT7mq3HNfkfFeVCwXDdJzd0VN7NcVgFyLWsCje2kCPGIaJ-MfyWvaMchLumfqqFD46iVx8zgYg2ZKcnZgM-7m-AhAYFL0Bl0a2OJScUWH5FK9lMOMWKXxMExguStVcJepI0STBtyBgIGLvg4RbfjlkR_DoijOLOxCiXVmx/w640-h434/Gaily,%20Gaily-69%20(Whitlock).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Splendid before and after frames from Norman Jewison's GAILY, GAILY (1969), which was titled CHICAGO, CHICAGO here and in non-US territories. Albert Whitlock was matte artist, with this flawless shot being one of many non-Universal assignments Albert contributed to over his career. Noteworthy shot as Whitlock would repeat the same basic trick effect in at least three movies, with THE STING being the most famous.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2DUemXnEaPNSSGsYbb1Z5G5Y90Xa66DCf9zPVqYzvK8mgixMncuX6YUM2aN3w98GULNo0k57Y0tPHRJLrNfKUoCXOwjQp-e7X113Le7uQjZE9jK1gNeURij5NhA7N5lBrM_JpmuO1XOBhtSQwsUSnxDgFL1ZgrNXqyQbf99QLtBRfIciLxTRxtDW/s1350/Gaily,%20Gaily%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1350" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2DUemXnEaPNSSGsYbb1Z5G5Y90Xa66DCf9zPVqYzvK8mgixMncuX6YUM2aN3w98GULNo0k57Y0tPHRJLrNfKUoCXOwjQp-e7X113Le7uQjZE9jK1gNeURij5NhA7N5lBrM_JpmuO1XOBhtSQwsUSnxDgFL1ZgrNXqyQbf99QLtBRfIciLxTRxtDW/w640-h360/Gaily,%20Gaily%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another before and after from GAILY, GAILY (1969).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64xLnhGVgYXvub9Z3SwO04zBfkupgTNgwR6CdPsOK2V7X-J6JGch2j6y1-OlzRuWq5eRYMcN0FHQ1u8YBTE7NYSyJp8ZaaxZNIpRWHeloCf6Cre82vGIxh8vAHfXWJfbJwUqGiSMzMBRiRjTI86sKePVrFh_lVSjXsxwQryyZ4irQP-mMPYWjkCpI/s1640/Klondike%20Annie-36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1640" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64xLnhGVgYXvub9Z3SwO04zBfkupgTNgwR6CdPsOK2V7X-J6JGch2j6y1-OlzRuWq5eRYMcN0FHQ1u8YBTE7NYSyJp8ZaaxZNIpRWHeloCf6Cre82vGIxh8vAHfXWJfbJwUqGiSMzMBRiRjTI86sKePVrFh_lVSjXsxwQryyZ4irQP-mMPYWjkCpI/w640-h334/Klondike%20Annie-36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mae West made many films for Paramount, and most of them had a few mattes or model shots. KLONDIKE ANNIE (1936) with miniature cargo ship and Jan Domela painted locale.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9wyV0nJzZPsTf4gNoKsGNma1lcnzdNyXJ4IC6LzVmx3GqGUXYD0zg7OxchONThWo68O26OwWkMEmz5gWQFBZ0vixhtx3o8xGOa3Dbg2VUPBzYtV_Qklr7Hl9wWiRr2Gc26RMRjxCotng8bItQ8jdRxszGNfnOUAP_WWnuB1XaLFIqkxAIbyK0er6/s2996/Lonely%20Guy-BR%20pan%20fix2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="2996" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9wyV0nJzZPsTf4gNoKsGNma1lcnzdNyXJ4IC6LzVmx3GqGUXYD0zg7OxchONThWo68O26OwWkMEmz5gWQFBZ0vixhtx3o8xGOa3Dbg2VUPBzYtV_Qklr7Hl9wWiRr2Gc26RMRjxCotng8bItQ8jdRxszGNfnOUAP_WWnuB1XaLFIqkxAIbyK0er6/w640-h218/Lonely%20Guy-BR%20pan%20fix2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Steve Martin made many really funny films in his early career, with THE LONELY GUY (1984) being particularly noteworthy. Albert Whitlock matte shot here opens the film, with that unmistakable Whitlock moonlit sky.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSo3yO_HTOByYxxxKJZvnO6Kx9gfJizvBETVauN1xoyAMR2wjVpYZCdbrAeTEMjQ76JM_utFaHkHpLUg5b4RhZ28wv2q-t-FeS3SxJ1pPyOSrN90EGdD-1i4EApQ26J35YMse3Nnj9IaoOhA2GvH5MTnM82PfYoWj8MluNdOcBz40M4DqwVWFtUKhU/s3176/Great%20Dictator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="3176" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSo3yO_HTOByYxxxKJZvnO6Kx9gfJizvBETVauN1xoyAMR2wjVpYZCdbrAeTEMjQ76JM_utFaHkHpLUg5b4RhZ28wv2q-t-FeS3SxJ1pPyOSrN90EGdD-1i4EApQ26J35YMse3Nnj9IaoOhA2GvH5MTnM82PfYoWj8MluNdOcBz40M4DqwVWFtUKhU/w640-h198/Great%20Dictator.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film that put the 'little tramp' firmly onto Hitler's shit-list... THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940), was a wonderfully witty satire and a true classic. Effects work by Ralph Hammeras and Jack Cosgrove.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPUYazuAxaBIT78EAGzdxx7x_TJHAvNwFbc2k86GL_jA-DvBh4FXXrKfZu6J0eNn5Z1ICH4lsVoC0KSEU_F69K9oYlO5Zg-AWpG67iZN2-kxlkC0er2VPBFMBSkmxsSXnVnrcCwZj4iuf_uJsvZ8tiYykH91GvdqR_gD_YxRvBfOBnN6SnY1pibbe/s1557/Goodies%20(BBC%20tv).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1557" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPUYazuAxaBIT78EAGzdxx7x_TJHAvNwFbc2k86GL_jA-DvBh4FXXrKfZu6J0eNn5Z1ICH4lsVoC0KSEU_F69K9oYlO5Zg-AWpG67iZN2-kxlkC0er2VPBFMBSkmxsSXnVnrcCwZj4iuf_uJsvZ8tiYykH91GvdqR_gD_YxRvBfOBnN6SnY1pibbe/w640-h390/Goodies%20(BBC%20tv).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The 70's produced so many memorable and timeless comedies from Great Britain. I lived for shows like THE TWO RONNIES, MORECOMBE & WISE, MONTY PYTHON, SOME MOTHERS DO HAVE 'EM, DAD'S ARMY and most of all the utterly insane THE GOODIES which ran from 1970 to 1982. The BBC series was always a treat, with it's wonderful homage to old time silent era under cranked slapstick madness. Creators/stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie went all out with utterly off the wall plots and situations, many of which nearly exhausted the BBC visual effects unit when it came to requirements ranging from 'Kitten Kong' ravaging London; The Loch Ness Monster; Jack and the Beanstalk and all manner of absurd free wheeling narratives. I don't know if THE GOODIES ever made it across to the US, but feel it may not have found an audience there. Enormously popular here and in the 'former British Colonies'. I still remember sitting down with my grandmother watching these and splitting our sides with laughter.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjouPum7rkxi8hOMVALLs8I5vnpPLjqNYCTWGCZ7kLYiB0OSCKMfuCjoTfBjeIxFd5wKWKlQIHxZfQabBIYysXW6RV1DqoutHaTtksRe7wVirxme9t2O--HCUuoOp0eZC3rDXTdR_ivXpU3wnklh8rOY-xNO8qmP8Zj1stAqsQ8cDgfTqnUx_WNqXwe/s2620/Goodies%20BBC%20glass%20shot%20Rome%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="2620" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjouPum7rkxi8hOMVALLs8I5vnpPLjqNYCTWGCZ7kLYiB0OSCKMfuCjoTfBjeIxFd5wKWKlQIHxZfQabBIYysXW6RV1DqoutHaTtksRe7wVirxme9t2O--HCUuoOp0eZC3rDXTdR_ivXpU3wnklh8rOY-xNO8qmP8Zj1stAqsQ8cDgfTqnUx_WNqXwe/w640-h248/Goodies%20BBC%20glass%20shot%20Rome%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE GOODIES was packed with simple, yet highly effective gags, the most common being the brilliantly executed jump cut substitute of a life-like dummy so precisely for the actor for some nonsensical moment of family friendly violent slapstick, just as the silent comedians did so well. Main vfx guys were Peter Day, Ron Oates, Len Hutton and John Horton. Occasionally, the shows used glass shots and split screens. Here is a great behind the scenes look at the creation of a Gladiatorial arena for one episode. Done as a very straight forward and quickly rendered glass painted shot. Roger Turner did some glass shots on THE GOODIES so that might be him laying in the artwork as the cameraman lines up the shot. Those were indeed the days!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3vGQRiyTi_VaqOfa2sNgcfm-o76EQnvAAchboGWOV5Qj4805_loQD3WjWYzi3bsm32JqyLrgqnsxNNX_kzF5UDgg1MhUs3N9FAVSPR5vWa4r9xK1fHyRqh0tSJCvKxFR2bGwZbGTT1y7Bod4We7_AbD-jHEwrG-T_oVDe-80c5nS_9ePen-_hWQ1/s1586/Heavens%20Above-63%20(Veevers%20Dept).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1586" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3vGQRiyTi_VaqOfa2sNgcfm-o76EQnvAAchboGWOV5Qj4805_loQD3WjWYzi3bsm32JqyLrgqnsxNNX_kzF5UDgg1MhUs3N9FAVSPR5vWa4r9xK1fHyRqh0tSJCvKxFR2bGwZbGTT1y7Bod4We7_AbD-jHEwrG-T_oVDe-80c5nS_9ePen-_hWQ1/w640-h310/Heavens%20Above-63%20(Veevers%20Dept).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peter Sellers starred in the satirical HEAVENS ABOVE (1963), made by the talented and successful Boulting brothers. Here is one of Bob Cuff's matte shots, made under Wally Veevers' supervision.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBsSEnJFe4RtzTQVzoi8q7Id7wy--NuAyKadbyUT6HLhaz7va-n3vba4c-YlzupCWyGJ42i_q4WqAs0X7Cqs9VOlzfd2uI9q0NUrQUPUA6wksIL_kZaRxvSE_PvwAIbFy7BFR-APNDrafAIbLBuSdo03FG_yG7WlIzM6cqZV0PEjqObEgvgifILjxV/s2224/Heavens%20Above%20(Bob%20Cuff%20&%20Doug%20Ferris).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="2224" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBsSEnJFe4RtzTQVzoi8q7Id7wy--NuAyKadbyUT6HLhaz7va-n3vba4c-YlzupCWyGJ42i_q4WqAs0X7Cqs9VOlzfd2uI9q0NUrQUPUA6wksIL_kZaRxvSE_PvwAIbFy7BFR-APNDrafAIbLBuSdo03FG_yG7WlIzM6cqZV0PEjqObEgvgifILjxV/w640-h362/Heavens%20Above%20(Bob%20Cuff%20&%20Doug%20Ferris).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More high quality HEAVENS ABOVE matte work. Doug Ferris said he assisted with some of these shots, having just been with Shepperton for a short duration. *Note the signage shown in the left tilt down matte shot!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-px_yV7u8ENWeLe8pkmgaTVOhIz1ssPV0AHAd03uYMvwQFs8hn_BP1qyd8dj3APAqk8ZZu8WGCwZFCCg1RABZENMckzFOmQaK18WyWQDtlVXrYbrVabqgjbzCGjzE4_2mtv9w2VjowFAiUZ5JjKjSjSaTdhRz5WewMIoLmF89fNOnUy3Rgmd3ensx/s1814/International%20House-33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1814" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-px_yV7u8ENWeLe8pkmgaTVOhIz1ssPV0AHAd03uYMvwQFs8hn_BP1qyd8dj3APAqk8ZZu8WGCwZFCCg1RABZENMckzFOmQaK18WyWQDtlVXrYbrVabqgjbzCGjzE4_2mtv9w2VjowFAiUZ5JjKjSjSaTdhRz5WewMIoLmF89fNOnUy3Rgmd3ensx/w640-h248/International%20House-33.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Paramount's almost indescribable farce, INTERNATIONAL HOUSE (1933) with matte art by Jan Domela. This film folks, is probably the only chance you'd ever have to see W.C Fields, Bela Lugosi, George Burns <i>and</i> Cab Calloway - <i>and</i> early television being seen in the same film!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7g6wppg6uHs09buSrHdrvPBdCEIth1Q395NStyfjRoNJ9XUkdTjJumf8PPCz1eIN2mgtRrYYsTCFjZI0gdQerhZYrr85ixOANx5qcQ274Rw5JV858-6B643LWiAEBEZuckbSVd0I-tWKt6ZOtXwR6D2EpBEgEcU3SMEZ9wRnIN8Dzr_WJt0GviRp-/s1788/Fiendish%20Fu%20Manchu-80.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1788" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7g6wppg6uHs09buSrHdrvPBdCEIth1Q395NStyfjRoNJ9XUkdTjJumf8PPCz1eIN2mgtRrYYsTCFjZI0gdQerhZYrr85ixOANx5qcQ274Rw5JV858-6B643LWiAEBEZuckbSVd0I-tWKt6ZOtXwR6D2EpBEgEcU3SMEZ9wRnIN8Dzr_WJt0GviRp-/w640-h196/Fiendish%20Fu%20Manchu-80.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The saddest thing about the rather feeble FIENDISH PLOT OF DR FU MANCHU (1980) was that <u>it</u> was Peter Sellers' final film, rather than the <u>previous</u> Sellers picture, the utterly brilliant Hal Ashby film BEING THERE (1979), which if an actor ever wished to be <i>remembered</i> for a 'great' final curtain call, then the Ashby film must be it, hands down. Anyway, I digress... That's a young and eager Leigh Took on the brushes there painting Fu's mountain fortress which in the final shot is beautifully matted into an actual alpine setting by Cliff Cully.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgMSUgFaG4bVu2-_sPH_LzutHe9CuxjxQEAgf0luhfbabda8NSnFiNpzqqmKfLLoka3_3IGVjUmRXtt7zudK6AXIPsIiWge1BwjcnwEx0fgfRpCzCPvEeTxNu2LdYuFQpAaLdkjt9iMVvR10quRfgU643KIoWq7oYJUUDYQghxmmQZamYfT8AVSJH/s3008/Goin'%20To%20Town-35%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="3008" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgMSUgFaG4bVu2-_sPH_LzutHe9CuxjxQEAgf0luhfbabda8NSnFiNpzqqmKfLLoka3_3IGVjUmRXtt7zudK6AXIPsIiWge1BwjcnwEx0fgfRpCzCPvEeTxNu2LdYuFQpAaLdkjt9iMVvR10quRfgU643KIoWq7oYJUUDYQghxmmQZamYfT8AVSJH/w640-h240/Goin'%20To%20Town-35%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jan Domela painted shots for Paramount's GOIN' TO TOWN (1935) with Mae West starring.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGSGLoytpJfDxBuvpIf_6ILyZ6_QAoro_7gjEcF_xZHOpinskNNlnU3Kok2Ei4oeayR0nIj0gA_3U4gxCIhCrlPuFLKutx7Nl0pOYFN4ppywbCC8LSOzWcUvj_q-l8KDariLrCClfKdDOaJbZrviwNpez1312W3cAsSWv73_ZeGFkPwkAfzoduwEA/s1456/Goin'%20To%20Town-35%20(Domela).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1456" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGSGLoytpJfDxBuvpIf_6ILyZ6_QAoro_7gjEcF_xZHOpinskNNlnU3Kok2Ei4oeayR0nIj0gA_3U4gxCIhCrlPuFLKutx7Nl0pOYFN4ppywbCC8LSOzWcUvj_q-l8KDariLrCClfKdDOaJbZrviwNpez1312W3cAsSWv73_ZeGFkPwkAfzoduwEA/w640-h474/Goin'%20To%20Town-35%20(Domela).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">GOIN' TO TOWN Domela matte</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3H4n6eUMFol3gmHXM5ysaSHtwdnQXYDuTPO7nXT4rbpTjsiqZpzbdb2AQ4MdK-73izuta3P9Y9MR2DkBfoxGopdpZ0s0rthpaV9imJ4RzCmhxzQD48Xs66N4I3o9zKmRaf-hs8qFhCBOwTYo2kEcKTmg5mMhO_iCvT5-fGTA4wzt6Eh9Q2YlseiQ/s1266/Get%20Smart-The%20Nude%20Bomb.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1266" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3H4n6eUMFol3gmHXM5ysaSHtwdnQXYDuTPO7nXT4rbpTjsiqZpzbdb2AQ4MdK-73izuta3P9Y9MR2DkBfoxGopdpZ0s0rthpaV9imJ4RzCmhxzQD48Xs66N4I3o9zKmRaf-hs8qFhCBOwTYo2kEcKTmg5mMhO_iCvT5-fGTA4wzt6Eh9Q2YlseiQ/w640-h474/Get%20Smart-The%20Nude%20Bomb.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jena Holman painted this alpine setting for the misguided movie reboot of the famed 60's GET SMART series, THE NUDE BOMB (1980), also known as THE RETURN OF MAXWELL SMART. David Stipes was effects cameraman.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccMt2neKHLEqfbHJ0A2A3ieOy0s7DJKqx2Kvi3obW9EqDUoLR5_qXljvuaIXJ7znRuy9hRNEsXVy37hl37n2-rElQ4UTm4DbAy5B5QenfBmATcaqdHMvy8xsGju_B9xeTuR84sRI9pnuVoR5MVEsUlTYPHoU5KfTM-ySYS2htKQlZadglq0Jy_GFI/s1607/Goose6a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1607" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccMt2neKHLEqfbHJ0A2A3ieOy0s7DJKqx2Kvi3obW9EqDUoLR5_qXljvuaIXJ7znRuy9hRNEsXVy37hl37n2-rElQ4UTm4DbAy5B5QenfBmATcaqdHMvy8xsGju_B9xeTuR84sRI9pnuVoR5MVEsUlTYPHoU5KfTM-ySYS2htKQlZadglq0Jy_GFI/w640-h482/Goose6a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">English comic Will Hay both directed and starred (in a dual role no less) in Ealing's THE GOOSE STEPS OUT (1942) - a very amusing and frantic paced parody on Nazi's and that prick Hitler. The film is packed with trick work, from split screens, opticals and a huge amount of miniature action involving planes, a train and an aerial mishap in London. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-aQ-mmSFXXKHduKHf5vUGndwi8pdg6lU0Z47sHGm6ZaH1Y80LCUM-KS_piCcxEcuWVlBfcPIF8-AnexsvSuZMcnToR9LnagkxstltLTV2TL2VImaAHUvZOaYqQuNjaLaGvB0mWXTv8NUg4uf7GZLjMdcLVtit8KtGwmpJCMn-JYno1XeNg5agkxX/s1488/Goose%20Steps%20Out-42%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1488" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-aQ-mmSFXXKHduKHf5vUGndwi8pdg6lU0Z47sHGm6ZaH1Y80LCUM-KS_piCcxEcuWVlBfcPIF8-AnexsvSuZMcnToR9LnagkxstltLTV2TL2VImaAHUvZOaYqQuNjaLaGvB0mWXTv8NUg4uf7GZLjMdcLVtit8KtGwmpJCMn-JYno1XeNg5agkxX/w640-h468/Goose%20Steps%20Out-42%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of the miniature action in THE GOOSE STEPS OUT which I covered in detail in an older blog. Roy Kellino was special effects chief, and did fine work on many Ealing films. I'll bet though he'd have wished he'd never introduced his wife to actor James Mason.... She ran off with Mason and ended up marrying him! Ya' heard it here first...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UgT2dAa04Y_i-wILO3fHZ-TpFNgEjdiB-N3u-5_MABEB_SPiS8qzpAN33gkaBMFd_uYLfH4HEO8oDKEohuIgddQD7gzzROM_w5956zcrFZI1aaM2ysEtAtE7wjQU0sSgswsC9-wLtXTt_8PXrgGRpPpZ4APB66L8_q2l4wdpGXQ0mz1uN_y0_nYu/s3072/Goose%20Steps%20Out%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="3072" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UgT2dAa04Y_i-wILO3fHZ-TpFNgEjdiB-N3u-5_MABEB_SPiS8qzpAN33gkaBMFd_uYLfH4HEO8oDKEohuIgddQD7gzzROM_w5956zcrFZI1aaM2ysEtAtE7wjQU0sSgswsC9-wLtXTt_8PXrgGRpPpZ4APB66L8_q2l4wdpGXQ0mz1uN_y0_nYu/w640-h236/Goose%20Steps%20Out%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Superb miniature work in THE GOOSE STEPS OUT. Cliff Richardson may have also been on board as he worked at Ealing and specialised then in model work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9pLbTVoYoQskAdwH4LnowWnZXwFyTRuidpl9WV2kJuhKfJv_XNkviDb6as1iOpnd-w3rbtt90mRGb6b7tAjDPexzF6iSzZ_oZ1CxfJdHwqjcci_qneJkwk6OwnTI6S6aPJaB99t83D7KnQS3obe1nEIpsV86vIq6PEFowC93E6ctVklqBMEh9PD2/s1920/Great%20Race%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9pLbTVoYoQskAdwH4LnowWnZXwFyTRuidpl9WV2kJuhKfJv_XNkviDb6as1iOpnd-w3rbtt90mRGb6b7tAjDPexzF6iSzZ_oZ1CxfJdHwqjcci_qneJkwk6OwnTI6S6aPJaB99t83D7KnQS3obe1nEIpsV86vIq6PEFowC93E6ctVklqBMEh9PD2/w640-h266/Great%20Race%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Warner Bros made the fun but fatally overlong and overwrought THE GREAT RACE (1965). Tons of special effects abound, ranging from ingenious mechanical rigs and gimmicks, through to miniatures and many matte paintings such as this shot made on the back lot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjbTKTjyjfgSegDlLhd3Kz-Ea3G8FdxXr2WsA45FAMkKdsWiRlj7wt8WbfAXe_69iexfLjau-k2a1unpS43WlTXNYH4grP4onZWCvsKs2HY6A9u9htq_L-WEmfL_O1mhBITB71jFd8_5pjK1n1IlhBl40sS4LDtH2ofyb-oxQPhQ5cD_5Hpqtqsf5/s1959/Great%20Race%20(bef&aft).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="1959" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjbTKTjyjfgSegDlLhd3Kz-Ea3G8FdxXr2WsA45FAMkKdsWiRlj7wt8WbfAXe_69iexfLjau-k2a1unpS43WlTXNYH4grP4onZWCvsKs2HY6A9u9htq_L-WEmfL_O1mhBITB71jFd8_5pjK1n1IlhBl40sS4LDtH2ofyb-oxQPhQ5cD_5Hpqtqsf5/w640-h506/Great%20Race%20(bef&aft).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An exceptional matte from THE GREAT RACE, painted either by Cliff Silsby or Albert Maxwell Simpson - both of whom worked on the film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNgACU0Z4FgrZSkp6sFOK4XcL9ROepBJYnqTjvtltVetjnsAOCkSCmKucMZHj0TucSpL0RH5TSK1rIlYshJXLUW2Y2cinuMictw1LHvmQgsheqUGVrEx4ClQfTFRdaftlOac1r5QW635ZdmTBWj5IcOKXB91P_Ys0iSg6GAy-IzjoewisXdxjenvD/s2712/Great%20Race-Eiffel%20Tower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="2712" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNgACU0Z4FgrZSkp6sFOK4XcL9ROepBJYnqTjvtltVetjnsAOCkSCmKucMZHj0TucSpL0RH5TSK1rIlYshJXLUW2Y2cinuMictw1LHvmQgsheqUGVrEx4ClQfTFRdaftlOac1r5QW635ZdmTBWj5IcOKXB91P_Ys0iSg6GAy-IzjoewisXdxjenvD/w640-h292/Great%20Race-Eiffel%20Tower.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the closing scene of THE GREAT RACE, effects supervisors Linwood Dunn and James B. Gordon chose a very simple and cost effective means to destroy Paris' Eiffel Tower. Dunn purchased a toy model kit off the shelf and shot a frame by frame demolition which was then matted into an actual plate of Paris. Simple, yet totally effective, and one that Dunn would often regale at lectures I'm told.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTM0vDNWqG89allNaMGt9nNnuQvS7O6u7HlVqhhG65LShTLJKM_vsbKblqt_YhkHljMYzvI7jQwZz4urlv3EZnyy-ex1oaJ-XDfl04xAyH68kkpyroLoXwQu7dQm1Mih0AZMufLKV4s9LAI3atAncgmfFIJte3mGYZYXig9lf7hGGbqrFJEcn5NC-/s1250/Animal%20Crackers-30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1250" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTM0vDNWqG89allNaMGt9nNnuQvS7O6u7HlVqhhG65LShTLJKM_vsbKblqt_YhkHljMYzvI7jQwZz4urlv3EZnyy-ex1oaJ-XDfl04xAyH68kkpyroLoXwQu7dQm1Mih0AZMufLKV4s9LAI3atAncgmfFIJte3mGYZYXig9lf7hGGbqrFJEcn5NC-/w640-h278/Animal%20Crackers-30.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An ancient matte from the second Marx Bros feature ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930), probably the work of Jan Domela or maybe Hans Ledeboer who was also painting at Paramount in the early days.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-30PFJSLBWbBE06_vnOZLzsVVNeHzsbCvRVD0WkfVrVQkZZ5ln28uLKj1N3z2fm0BH9fZOqOe7rTcaTtXzwPAS9d7gnJzA2Ps5JLBopnnN46EdiCpDg--4YAUPzmThUCE84wYZGhJxjjLp9UGbuV3gImAWuPVjSJBZWUbmGMP5WICAh9sPjpEJuf/s2172/Earth%20Girls%20Are%20Easy-88%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="2172" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-30PFJSLBWbBE06_vnOZLzsVVNeHzsbCvRVD0WkfVrVQkZZ5ln28uLKj1N3z2fm0BH9fZOqOe7rTcaTtXzwPAS9d7gnJzA2Ps5JLBopnnN46EdiCpDg--4YAUPzmThUCE84wYZGhJxjjLp9UGbuV3gImAWuPVjSJBZWUbmGMP5WICAh9sPjpEJuf/w640-h338/Earth%20Girls%20Are%20Easy-88%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The crazy, camp sci-fi/comedy/musical/love story EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY (1988) was actually quite a smirkfest, though hampered by too much discotec sub plot. The film certainly pushed the 'PG' rating to it's limit, and <i>'politically correct'</i> film makers today would never get away with what Julian Temple did with this film. The MPAA must have nodded off when this was screened. Anyway, Dream Quest provided the visuals and Bob Scifo did the interplanetary matte art. Oh, and for any<i> 'aliens'</i> reading this article, yes... Earth Girls apparently <i><u>are</u></i> easy, if this flick is anything to go by! </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFo76sju0stMY1ey7-4UfeKvNGYTanziAR9hSTVG0lQmzvqzJ_L0eSkUI01OFW7HUJGQHReXI4ilbDn4ZHgyGw0MNV6aHZsuCXHwjC4RjlpqrWwNLip4RRKmIkFU0WpC4wEW9Sz68K9BUXMxGceX4UFeZ0g0liVyZJxgmTeCJSTIB-JRN6tmi1NOj/s3000/Here%20Comes%20Cookie-35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="3000" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFo76sju0stMY1ey7-4UfeKvNGYTanziAR9hSTVG0lQmzvqzJ_L0eSkUI01OFW7HUJGQHReXI4ilbDn4ZHgyGw0MNV6aHZsuCXHwjC4RjlpqrWwNLip4RRKmIkFU0WpC4wEW9Sz68K9BUXMxGceX4UFeZ0g0liVyZJxgmTeCJSTIB-JRN6tmi1NOj/w640-h242/Here%20Comes%20Cookie-35.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've not seen HERE COMES COOKIE (1935) with George Burns and Gracie Allen , so don't have a 'final' shot, but do have this matted plate and the subsequent Jan Domela matte painting, courtesy of Jan's daughter.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYJOexuLgL2oyPn1ZnDcVHB_pIDWFMbAh3ZVX8a_rQiq7zgExSTw5nclkmeghMg2jdYDB5eTlP_aYza9-ScJ6ArpNzA3SM3nS_Wv11Okb7joEYmUcpfHgKCOblLcJH6kGtOQgy0MlSlxJUT6vniL5uq07xXYsvjr3mU99zB66lx75Ih_JBvAyDz9s/s1920/High%20Anxiety4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYJOexuLgL2oyPn1ZnDcVHB_pIDWFMbAh3ZVX8a_rQiq7zgExSTw5nclkmeghMg2jdYDB5eTlP_aYza9-ScJ6ArpNzA3SM3nS_Wv11Okb7joEYmUcpfHgKCOblLcJH6kGtOQgy0MlSlxJUT6vniL5uq07xXYsvjr3mU99zB66lx75Ih_JBvAyDz9s/w640-h346/High%20Anxiety4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mel Brooks' films were often hit or miss, with BLAZING SADDLES and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN being classics. I never felt HIGH ANXIETY (1978) as shown above, was as good as it could have been, given the opportunities of spoofing Hitchcock. Never one for subtlety, Mel provided <i>some</i> laughs but mostly just too broad, heavy handed and obvious. The mattes were done by longtime Hitchcock collaborator Albert Whitlock, who in a great turn, also featured in an acting role in the film!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfiaYedorSf7-nwSIXoEfN0W-AcBz7juEy6rxN6O1BRPs1C8MEos-Bm6qtzF3TholqpXLdyIYV7Zg3kKhCR_SVxUzQgAXMBUVbme4zHAi9ziAQzanmk1-BxeNonV7_WIULeBycGzQ7Y47Ut3C-sQqDgDpFJN1AT3VcAWrP4p3h7LOlW-0vnIjalqbx/s1812/High%20Anx2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1812" data-original-width="1688" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfiaYedorSf7-nwSIXoEfN0W-AcBz7juEy6rxN6O1BRPs1C8MEos-Bm6qtzF3TholqpXLdyIYV7Zg3kKhCR_SVxUzQgAXMBUVbme4zHAi9ziAQzanmk1-BxeNonV7_WIULeBycGzQ7Y47Ut3C-sQqDgDpFJN1AT3VcAWrP4p3h7LOlW-0vnIjalqbx/w596-h640/High%20Anx2.jpg" width="596" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HIGH ANXIETY tilt up effect. Possibly a model foreground with painted sky?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9rrm_DwCiWfQH70K3UnXAITFqvh7hzz7itCFQxf_Yt30CavF7YZ8DYJxrjwBZDPk_yj3zt5OKNknapy3ag2OgUwTxQbYskRK12yfbJe2m1mFCydhSXSXlVfFMMZ_WIX-oJx1YHmagb9oOzMu3iPojzGvHCD9Y8pTj0pfR60_hbx5aNQKatp3-NM5/s1920/High%20Anxiety2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9rrm_DwCiWfQH70K3UnXAITFqvh7hzz7itCFQxf_Yt30CavF7YZ8DYJxrjwBZDPk_yj3zt5OKNknapy3ag2OgUwTxQbYskRK12yfbJe2m1mFCydhSXSXlVfFMMZ_WIX-oJx1YHmagb9oOzMu3iPojzGvHCD9Y8pTj0pfR60_hbx5aNQKatp3-NM5/w640-h346/High%20Anxiety2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closing shot from HIGH ANXIETY was this extensive pullback from the window and outward.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2q7CFYIVaDMvFx5xv3W1KMHDS3GHgZ_TvO_NpfAynZzZiT2clk7l181FFsGNR8hrWVKClGFEbsq53OdPe_BEuRM4GSy_i4Kmhj4AAt68iveKy_qttXVuTmw5DsT2IithplXMqn6SY5BUL6ovtT2HlkaiOWYF0JhIfd1HJQs3zVa8q6YsmaI17p4qq/s2432/King%20in%20NY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="2432" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2q7CFYIVaDMvFx5xv3W1KMHDS3GHgZ_TvO_NpfAynZzZiT2clk7l181FFsGNR8hrWVKClGFEbsq53OdPe_BEuRM4GSy_i4Kmhj4AAt68iveKy_qttXVuTmw5DsT2IithplXMqn6SY5BUL6ovtT2HlkaiOWYF0JhIfd1HJQs3zVa8q6YsmaI17p4qq/w640-h210/King%20in%20NY.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Charlie Chaplin's A KING IN NEW YORK (1957) was a clever little satire on consumerism and social standings, and was mostly notorious for being 'banned' from American screens until the early 1970's as supposed 'anti-American sentiment' or some such codswallop, no doubt brought about by that wanker Senator McCarthy, who got far too much airtime. Anyway, film is good, with the best sequence being an hilarious spoof on the CinemaScope wide screen movie 'fad'! Bob Cuff painted these superb, and highly detailed matte paintings which occupy practically the full screen. Wally Veevers oversaw the effects including several 'joke' billboards in Times Square.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXQI1axatdbRE5Pw7VfsQSVNB4mR2wXLECl_ypS6VevzkPNoW_m9i-E8DVC-sFD6RtF6NAxLl-Da_MWLN0FZAjH37dTUxs55MLiha11YwviLJ4nOE5LKQ8khE9TgQUiLJgx7PvkEgXs6r1AtmHP6FviEwkON7xTc_4K17TSdSXSDRAcgJa6F4DnJ8/s1522/Jack%20&%20Beanstalk-52%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1522" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXQI1axatdbRE5Pw7VfsQSVNB4mR2wXLECl_ypS6VevzkPNoW_m9i-E8DVC-sFD6RtF6NAxLl-Da_MWLN0FZAjH37dTUxs55MLiha11YwviLJ4nOE5LKQ8khE9TgQUiLJgx7PvkEgXs6r1AtmHP6FviEwkON7xTc_4K17TSdSXSDRAcgJa6F4DnJ8/w640-h454/Jack%20&%20Beanstalk-52%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rare to find Abbott and Costello in <i>full colour</i>, but JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (1952) did just that! Not a very good film and missing the edge of their Universal pictures of old, the film had numerous photographic effects courtesy of matte painter Jack Glass who did a great deal of work on smaller independent films through the 1950's that would usually sit on the bottom half of the proverbial double bill at the Drive In.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6utNvbL_gFCMSsvnzrs6Pq_qnE6HhEGO-V17qxE560Hgii8tJSqR6Yn2mKnxX60l-GkO4zntdovWBP8S8x8wC5fSJB9A_YfBF0KrYBJj_lioQ6-UTitiLc-JBFPHs02_xxPdbAnH-nKAagTbAlCVnnOgdsEZavV_GS1AOfTrsIUW7MKUDCkwZJhU/s1876/Jack%20&%20Beanstalk2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1876" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6utNvbL_gFCMSsvnzrs6Pq_qnE6HhEGO-V17qxE560Hgii8tJSqR6Yn2mKnxX60l-GkO4zntdovWBP8S8x8wC5fSJB9A_YfBF0KrYBJj_lioQ6-UTitiLc-JBFPHs02_xxPdbAnH-nKAagTbAlCVnnOgdsEZavV_GS1AOfTrsIUW7MKUDCkwZJhU/w640-h448/Jack%20&%20Beanstalk2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nicely rendered matte shots by Jack Glass from JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (1952)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIdPwsLj9LtZEpv194hNvafW-RYmv057Yp5bcHerQo7lFMd202IcWwEJF7epgbERR9__dPn4aFL4LvoTGU6LtYCHMV9U9f4NPOjsBwWD9O-1MLXpOGuLRut0jkPnecyAfCo76ITKV6hk5EqYEsOXYMp1CCwybrs8xbNJ84pYWdp-Jgf9VGn95b0TT/s2488/Freebie%20and%20the%20Bean-74%20(sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="2488" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIdPwsLj9LtZEpv194hNvafW-RYmv057Yp5bcHerQo7lFMd202IcWwEJF7epgbERR9__dPn4aFL4LvoTGU6LtYCHMV9U9f4NPOjsBwWD9O-1MLXpOGuLRut0jkPnecyAfCo76ITKV6hk5EqYEsOXYMp1CCwybrs8xbNJ84pYWdp-Jgf9VGn95b0TT/w640-h266/Freebie%20and%20the%20Bean-74%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oh now, here's a favourite 70's flashback for NZ Pete, and one that has bugged me for over 40 years! FREEBIE AND THE BEAN (1974) with Alan Arkin and the late James Caan is a hoot. The flick - a darker than dark black comedy - predates all those awful 90's 'buddy cop' movies, such as the <i>Lethal Weapon</i>'s, <i>Tango & Cash</i> and all that stuff by far, with the sheer number of violent action set pieces, stunts, busted noses and wanton damage to public property! What's <i>not</i> to like? Now, for decades this sequence had me baffled... the Arkin-Caan car crashes off a freeway overpass and down through the bedroom in a shitty tenement building, disturbing some elderly breakfast session in bed. Classic, iconic 70's moment. I'd figured some optical trickery had been perpetrated, though how and by whom was unknown..... <i>until now</i>!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVcvge7nMVur947Zd-tnPyqTbPPdHSqOmkpjumDJNqh7x79XDot7r0z1sDI8mjGegr0JGlQ9p0asN4w4SOYpIazFgep3kyigh1OFAolE18jBOAjp6LBoIrOybY-YGQOkjtNKl7thSiI8ueg8gUIaaZWHlnSVWPikTxoRS4jsag_r9mnnX3dHFo0KG/s1718/Freebie-bef&aft%20(sm)AW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1718" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVcvge7nMVur947Zd-tnPyqTbPPdHSqOmkpjumDJNqh7x79XDot7r0z1sDI8mjGegr0JGlQ9p0asN4w4SOYpIazFgep3kyigh1OFAolE18jBOAjp6LBoIrOybY-YGQOkjtNKl7thSiI8ueg8gUIaaZWHlnSVWPikTxoRS4jsag_r9mnnX3dHFo0KG/w640-h362/Freebie-bef&aft%20(sm)AW.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">To achieve this show stopping stunt, Warner Bros turned to Albert Whitlock and his vfx crew over at Universal, much as they had on numerous occasions in the past when facing special photographic requirements. The actual freeway overpass and the apartment building were filmed in completely different areas of San Francisco, with meticulous calculations made by Whitlock and his cameraman Ross Hoffman. The driverless car was jettisoned off the freeway ramp into wasteland beneath the actual freeway. The two locations were flawlessly matted as one via a seamless split screen. To complete the trick, Whitlock's in house rotoscope artist, Millie Winebrenner carefully traced the vehicle outline for the final 15 or so frames of the stunt to allow the car to pass across the corner of the separately filmed building and even pass partway through the wall. A brilliantly executed, uncredited trick shot. *Footnote: I know this film so well that I once had the misfortune of seeing it on TV in America, with all the violence cut out (and there's a shitload of mayhem), and so much dialogue looped to change the '<i>God Damns' </i>into <i>'Gosh Darns'</i>! American tv censorship... oh boy!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi1-rDjM6WCJ5Redq3dgAhZzFjly4Emde6QdMnvRuaGyBnREQngrsh7HW1cUvM-DQEDhPrV99Jg-n-pVmMH5SQqL9gBwna6a0gf2CFN-SIxhblNRbHW-QfJEAxeio6pUsDXAohKmsuspg2mSHPQQvGlcgeWF0eQWK5mqt2AOSfvindgwRukqFlnin/s1480/Good%20Fairy-35%20(Uni).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi1-rDjM6WCJ5Redq3dgAhZzFjly4Emde6QdMnvRuaGyBnREQngrsh7HW1cUvM-DQEDhPrV99Jg-n-pVmMH5SQqL9gBwna6a0gf2CFN-SIxhblNRbHW-QfJEAxeio6pUsDXAohKmsuspg2mSHPQQvGlcgeWF0eQWK5mqt2AOSfvindgwRukqFlnin/w640-h468/Good%20Fairy-35%20(Uni).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Russ Lawson or Jack Cosgrove matted set extension from Universal's THE GOOD FAIRY (1935)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEblf02dymvmuc-F7wzV8jUC1nKDp-YnSgRhSxrHP7G6CVb8VxCLiIdcdJUZIUaNCT4CuZ7dlTJAjIPcplnTYoSDivVD13--HYRiBOKK93N9gqUlcJdJ73ElfLbkeEDgKYYPdzVb-m_gMxqfTKRJh637K_phZA6nIpoc46l_vhrV419pJ4qlq5O109/s2130/Father%20Bride,%20Part%20II%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="2130" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEblf02dymvmuc-F7wzV8jUC1nKDp-YnSgRhSxrHP7G6CVb8VxCLiIdcdJUZIUaNCT4CuZ7dlTJAjIPcplnTYoSDivVD13--HYRiBOKK93N9gqUlcJdJ73ElfLbkeEDgKYYPdzVb-m_gMxqfTKRJh637K_phZA6nIpoc46l_vhrV419pJ4qlq5O109/w640-h362/Father%20Bride,%20Part%20II%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ken Marschall painted this hospital for Steve Martin's FATHER OF THE BRIDE II (1995)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRl_qZ5P-DHhQlfpXdIqSyadVxLq_SlMTRFyBVgzH8Bql01yc974yzIAt8Vuc2hxjgV38KhMl0Xi0iFqceZfWQVnq9htSjUbfON9PwKjrhFidx2_3Rpz4xtwZSMS7zDm1d-X4xDxKj6FeIqzJ7IX1moWYTjPPatOV4awTqxixfRs6Qwa_CPNXm2J9M/s2236/Hellzapoppin-41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="2236" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRl_qZ5P-DHhQlfpXdIqSyadVxLq_SlMTRFyBVgzH8Bql01yc974yzIAt8Vuc2hxjgV38KhMl0Xi0iFqceZfWQVnq9htSjUbfON9PwKjrhFidx2_3Rpz4xtwZSMS7zDm1d-X4xDxKj6FeIqzJ7IX1moWYTjPPatOV4awTqxixfRs6Qwa_CPNXm2J9M/w640-h326/Hellzapoppin-41.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another largely forgotten Hollywood classic deserving of rediscovery is HELLZAPOPPIN (1941) - a film I've discussed often in other blogs. Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson were a sort of cut-price Abbott & Costello or Martin & Lewis, though not without their own one-of-a-kind totally bonkers stylings. Complete insanity prevails in their films <i>(which are near impossible to find, sadly)</i>. Non stop sight gags, in jokes, sly Hollywood references, cameos and material seemingly just made up as the cameras were rolling. John P. Fulton looked after the vast and often ingenious photographic effects and optical gags. Russell Lawson painted the mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoagkeMnYgwVQgQ21uK3GkRbMtf-Elgukl5qGHh3Oi6Su71wud8wJ0R3lg__d8pQed4dB6Qsfg8j-fNowAZAIhGad0ddQ-ORnPFtYAF8_x9pR0cw-bhx-J81B1MtKpEpPPqZsHNWluEA7XtaZWl4hTjCDrcFkm17GvqcKOjVMdS1BDEH-ZCup9YbD/s3008/Hellzapoppin-41%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="3008" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoagkeMnYgwVQgQ21uK3GkRbMtf-Elgukl5qGHh3Oi6Su71wud8wJ0R3lg__d8pQed4dB6Qsfg8j-fNowAZAIhGad0ddQ-ORnPFtYAF8_x9pR0cw-bhx-J81B1MtKpEpPPqZsHNWluEA7XtaZWl4hTjCDrcFkm17GvqcKOjVMdS1BDEH-ZCup9YbD/w640-h246/Hellzapoppin-41%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of my fave gags is this one where they literally stop the film and review the plot via a matte painting that just happens to be lying around! Who writes this stuff? Hilarious.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNmsAU3EDnkEq6X6XtyOvoI7bRVuOVritqh3z8R5GnbPVKtBM9cbqMaEe6UK0ODitvimhgMxfcn_wQRocMVOcdihf3yjsWCUtbS-V7qOQKzR4BH00V_Mw1BURzIf29i2c0BhyqDhKYYEq_DdGRjN_EphnYnzV3RFNIkReqA-9yKRhHPK_wbJM-mrr/s1704/Hellzapoppin%20TM1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="1704" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNmsAU3EDnkEq6X6XtyOvoI7bRVuOVritqh3z8R5GnbPVKtBM9cbqMaEe6UK0ODitvimhgMxfcn_wQRocMVOcdihf3yjsWCUtbS-V7qOQKzR4BH00V_Mw1BURzIf29i2c0BhyqDhKYYEq_DdGRjN_EphnYnzV3RFNIkReqA-9yKRhHPK_wbJM-mrr/w640-h496/Hellzapoppin%20TM1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Among the substantial roster of visual effects in HELLZAPOPPIN is a terrific sequence where our duo dispense with half of their bodies - one upper the other lower - and cause havoc. Brilliantly filmed and played by the boys who carefully oversaw all of their gags.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILeAdgxourRllL8tbQZjdYYYreBjqPcbbRIKCe_yL_qkgzbc9NHQK5A8kjSo-E7Ii5QuCG7vwnwsEUqMw2leT0sfjcsx7O-TGGGWIlxQHSK6d9op7b3lKihWysfB9v0hNp_pnZZ5j2BkHNrYRq3aYKy3_LkV2q18ob7na7oP7-JYtqCL96qTqJgG0/s1746/Hellzapoppin%20TM2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1746" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILeAdgxourRllL8tbQZjdYYYreBjqPcbbRIKCe_yL_qkgzbc9NHQK5A8kjSo-E7Ii5QuCG7vwnwsEUqMw2leT0sfjcsx7O-TGGGWIlxQHSK6d9op7b3lKihWysfB9v0hNp_pnZZ5j2BkHNrYRq3aYKy3_LkV2q18ob7na7oP7-JYtqCL96qTqJgG0/w640-h494/Hellzapoppin%20TM2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The crazy sequence continues... Naturally, this sort of thing was absolute gold when it came to the legendary <i>(though notoriously difficult)</i> Fulton, who just loved making shots like these work. I assume John used his old <i>Invisible Man</i> technique where the set is filmed without actors, then separate takes made on set with actors but all key props and set draped in black velvet, as well as parts of the performers deemed 'invisible'. High contrast mattes would be pulled from the second take, with final composites made on the optical printer by David Horsley and Ross Hoffman.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFyh5ld1H7KYpPtmCwaumT084xs7X7A6sHkt6RjDhU_ylwDqG2Lx7rzafioyDP9IJF0wHScxr-TJvrHcH-e4cCZihjEin-yFl_64aIG0ku2DWa_LPMV5LkYAFXbrK2pTdXLJ4yJFaWnFkS3CdVphCE5C5B-TAYEg47sdhlaa26ihVhxHi8KCNeNZA/s1683/Hellzapoppin%20TM3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="1683" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFyh5ld1H7KYpPtmCwaumT084xs7X7A6sHkt6RjDhU_ylwDqG2Lx7rzafioyDP9IJF0wHScxr-TJvrHcH-e4cCZihjEin-yFl_64aIG0ku2DWa_LPMV5LkYAFXbrK2pTdXLJ4yJFaWnFkS3CdVphCE5C5B-TAYEg47sdhlaa26ihVhxHi8KCNeNZA/w640-h496/Hellzapoppin%20TM3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I assume the actor pulled a black velvet blanket down over his head and upper torso for that wonderful 'organic' disintegration, which was far more spectacular than some duped mechanical looking wipe made on a printer which would look naff.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraqYVu_4Guqj4SNHFuhq6lLvX7qFGagIGugpDwrKU9RKKAj3i82iFExXXPlDAmO9AR8ARHhCW40EGel7NWzodjMWyLSSiHLN2yC9J5hUUn08vTItL-3dR42wNkzJWntYCCi-Vxdeid7WSbiigLdLwn4YTMijzUMTip5f2dLnhbHgAJmnGWbl0Amqs/s3024/Hellzapoppin%20TM4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="3024" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraqYVu_4Guqj4SNHFuhq6lLvX7qFGagIGugpDwrKU9RKKAj3i82iFExXXPlDAmO9AR8ARHhCW40EGel7NWzodjMWyLSSiHLN2yC9J5hUUn08vTItL-3dR42wNkzJWntYCCi-Vxdeid7WSbiigLdLwn4YTMijzUMTip5f2dLnhbHgAJmnGWbl0Amqs/w640-h248/Hellzapoppin%20TM4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">What astounds me are the incredibly clean final composites that don't for a moment spoil the fun with thick matte lines or other tell tale flaws one might expect. So damned good.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWBbCdDV_ywrSu6RgAdbOu8qyebAQsJsjVdTYobA_LGDtF7jUT3X7DL7___pnpq9VKweh6g1C9bofAD1HIlA7c0_UUyBsMMGVo4SUFUGmHBC7BEv1rscVCIqfi8Fe_kak2ZEGb_IzMX6pAjqJ7fWMeKZ0HMbRF--4LfJoWHAq6Q4fJnz6Ovwfl_bg/s1773/Hellzapoppin%20TM5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1389" data-original-width="1773" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWBbCdDV_ywrSu6RgAdbOu8qyebAQsJsjVdTYobA_LGDtF7jUT3X7DL7___pnpq9VKweh6g1C9bofAD1HIlA7c0_UUyBsMMGVo4SUFUGmHBC7BEv1rscVCIqfi8Fe_kak2ZEGb_IzMX6pAjqJ7fWMeKZ0HMbRF--4LfJoWHAq6Q4fJnz6Ovwfl_bg/w640-h502/Hellzapoppin%20TM5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">But wait.... there's more! The two comics run about as separate transversely sectioned bodies <i>(google it!)</i> - jumping on chairs and trying to kick the other guy's ass. Must have brought the house down back in '41.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWH_GeuH_xwxWKvla7qMy3pDgUoBLxdYG1B11KtHCyXmyGliqNq8G_UgmUT8chIN8bBm4kBzvYKgqwPdQ8TgthKJYwM9SXpVfSo_LTpeSZKfXTTnKzAScoQi3W1plbeg_RA8QcdrzD611MHLKGe0aNy4DqM3AesZ5mkHWWAxUDi_aJslsQKIcQYnsl/s3004/Hellzapoppin%20TM6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="3004" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWH_GeuH_xwxWKvla7qMy3pDgUoBLxdYG1B11KtHCyXmyGliqNq8G_UgmUT8chIN8bBm4kBzvYKgqwPdQ8TgthKJYwM9SXpVfSo_LTpeSZKfXTTnKzAScoQi3W1plbeg_RA8QcdrzD611MHLKGe0aNy4DqM3AesZ5mkHWWAxUDi_aJslsQKIcQYnsl/w640-h246/Hellzapoppin%20TM6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">To conclude, our idiotic duo 'join' hemispheres and attempt to 'be as one', though naturally the legs are on backward, making walking a great punchline. David Horsley returned to this gag for the final scene in ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN about a decade later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqL7aUwvYnkJ8222xPV2bnMoQ8nOWLEH8xY0-5M1QDBJBEuMtJrTDdyeOPWD1tm0TomFlL-1U-AecVkbowym3GaiP4jTBmj669GnpbiZkiD5pUPxGbFOczL6u3Li4jm9BbcGmnE0rscvRciY1AHnDZiYd0NA-ja3rft2Hlb7lsc-8wfvo6CyID05X/s1290/Hold%20That%20Ghost-41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1290" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqL7aUwvYnkJ8222xPV2bnMoQ8nOWLEH8xY0-5M1QDBJBEuMtJrTDdyeOPWD1tm0TomFlL-1U-AecVkbowym3GaiP4jTBmj669GnpbiZkiD5pUPxGbFOczL6u3Li4jm9BbcGmnE0rscvRciY1AHnDZiYd0NA-ja3rft2Hlb7lsc-8wfvo6CyID05X/w640-h370/Hold%20That%20Ghost-41.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another A&C picture, HOLD THAT GHOST (1941) with a great haunted house... or is it?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4o-VKXdDTmqThdqSv-7c9jhI027FIrZKG9R8Qn7L_6C2S2h6L8aIRIRxsyGN0UMTDgHTwCcGwgRafyv1xASP1Tm1IYhsVklJvtczuewQcfCsMc31pWSt6djRIjNm3o5V-HFWmWC9srYoUBMh7JoiFwfCi3dT9skKbgufKSPAlfDL1KiN7SqSnJAkR/s3076/Lady%20takes%20a%20Chance-43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="3076" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4o-VKXdDTmqThdqSv-7c9jhI027FIrZKG9R8Qn7L_6C2S2h6L8aIRIRxsyGN0UMTDgHTwCcGwgRafyv1xASP1Tm1IYhsVklJvtczuewQcfCsMc31pWSt6djRIjNm3o5V-HFWmWC9srYoUBMh7JoiFwfCi3dT9skKbgufKSPAlfDL1KiN7SqSnJAkR/w640-h162/Lady%20takes%20a%20Chance-43.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's not too often The Duke, the one and only John Wayne, appeared in a comedy, albeit a light one. LADY TAKES A CHANCE (1943) was an RKO picture. Effects by Vernon L.Walker, with mattes possibly by Albert Maxwell Simpson or Chesley Bonestell. These mattes are interesting as practically everything in each frame is pure brushwork, with just a tiny slice of 'real' action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXhQoDioyK5GgV8K39YLnC1FzWSVp6pUsW40D5HkrbgUq5vaGqsRquqz79K_87uEmoAlR61pj3RXRu-1Jm8vPO4im9KpDWYGW1gS5p-bW1ZUgRCNLmq3SKc-M9WAE1e8VsjMvR3apTSy9P_Ek-BDclNN5tEtK14xxgpHcow5PVJI4roJ2FMhaoPad/s1796/Horse's%20Mouth-58%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1796" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXhQoDioyK5GgV8K39YLnC1FzWSVp6pUsW40D5HkrbgUq5vaGqsRquqz79K_87uEmoAlR61pj3RXRu-1Jm8vPO4im9KpDWYGW1gS5p-bW1ZUgRCNLmq3SKc-M9WAE1e8VsjMvR3apTSy9P_Ek-BDclNN5tEtK14xxgpHcow5PVJI4roJ2FMhaoPad/w640-h384/Horse's%20Mouth-58%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Alec Guinness both wrote and starred in THE HORSE'S MOUTH (1958), though it starts off well, the momentum runs out way before the end credits. A Shepperton production, with Wally Veevers effects unit comprising painters such as George Samuels, Albert Julion and Bob Cuff on the brushes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgjNZ4LdcT8JQkjcfjjshtPkVeFlOfd3GOIJ4ndedrwLsh-hfhZKB2BtDdtiSuJLg47ULS1PN-whuy_-CdTXB9gTjXnHKklZMVI4mW5_3zGyvhJjg8NKzZIqmofnB2Uw-6eDEF2LQamVycZNIzmWXzdKLP-7HHnI4TqAZyNbVCxG7NLlEJmyj3-FN/s1796/Horse's%20Mouth%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1796" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgjNZ4LdcT8JQkjcfjjshtPkVeFlOfd3GOIJ4ndedrwLsh-hfhZKB2BtDdtiSuJLg47ULS1PN-whuy_-CdTXB9gTjXnHKklZMVI4mW5_3zGyvhJjg8NKzZIqmofnB2Uw-6eDEF2LQamVycZNIzmWXzdKLP-7HHnI4TqAZyNbVCxG7NLlEJmyj3-FN/w640-h384/Horse's%20Mouth%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another matte from THE HORSE'S MOUTH, this full painting was part of a big zoom out.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmxG4lCx_wBnxzt762HnIQeIJMAJ0TwqRA-XeERa5j266aG3p7sAOMhr1de-oEYMc0dSVuyUyuh6JwmJB4OMVayeqn0gSLI_rVfqyDE3Dvbyn-o5E_v8Bj1fXEPBvyc0PgsotNpcRUvhWC1K22eHFAMPtKvMZl9gjka3m5w5Jg9npEP3xfZGVofYf/s2396/Hot%20Shots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="2396" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmxG4lCx_wBnxzt762HnIQeIJMAJ0TwqRA-XeERa5j266aG3p7sAOMhr1de-oEYMc0dSVuyUyuh6JwmJB4OMVayeqn0gSLI_rVfqyDE3Dvbyn-o5E_v8Bj1fXEPBvyc0PgsotNpcRUvhWC1K22eHFAMPtKvMZl9gjka3m5w5Jg9npEP3xfZGVofYf/w640-h376/Hot%20Shots.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Comedy from the nineties here, HOT SHOTS (1991) was, when I last saw it, pretty darned funny. Lots of great gags and some cool effects shots such as this bit of miniature catastrophe, I think, done by Dream Quest Images(?)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6JJyHc4hAAlTQ_JTDWRQdHeIKNEBRp4Yi5b50fAK_8AHUzH5QYqXRNm0pMJrp7rDzB0OrVuThV4SKFGoF9YI7WTQ31xsUu1gAuTByBHHcRWY5rb8z4V--2mrrtOmP05Piuho2ysG_e9Oo5k8fgOK0INq5M0XL7HkDVIE_q_fLo8D7Qo1hT444w6d/s2561/Hot%20Shots%20(Bob%20Scifo%20matte%20sm).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="2561" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6JJyHc4hAAlTQ_JTDWRQdHeIKNEBRp4Yi5b50fAK_8AHUzH5QYqXRNm0pMJrp7rDzB0OrVuThV4SKFGoF9YI7WTQ31xsUu1gAuTByBHHcRWY5rb8z4V--2mrrtOmP05Piuho2ysG_e9Oo5k8fgOK0INq5M0XL7HkDVIE_q_fLo8D7Qo1hT444w6d/w640-h386/Hot%20Shots%20(Bob%20Scifo%20matte%20sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here we have an amazingly invisible piece of wizardry from HOT SHOTS. The aircraft carrier was a beautifully detailed glass painting by Bob Scifo (right), with unpainted patch where live action would be rear projected in for the ultimate big camera move pull back.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdKR-xioyAnUhLsSTwdWaSc65P4GrzfwJMxJMsGX7XVR76w3krKgz7uB899ybzEanrEgjXi6VeFM-e-IcSTl9Hks3O7a7zRDqmOcBcOthsfzWV1qHEXnH858YvZkiOhjdwxwNNxggmPP18XLrLvj2Vn6ceuktJsKPWJiOBcV3HNlpRoHvCSiZa-Aav/s1920/Hot%20Shots%20II%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdKR-xioyAnUhLsSTwdWaSc65P4GrzfwJMxJMsGX7XVR76w3krKgz7uB899ybzEanrEgjXi6VeFM-e-IcSTl9Hks3O7a7zRDqmOcBcOthsfzWV1qHEXnH858YvZkiOhjdwxwNNxggmPP18XLrLvj2Vn6ceuktJsKPWJiOBcV3HNlpRoHvCSiZa-Aav/w640-h352/Hot%20Shots%20II%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The sequel, HOT SHOTS, PART DEUX (1993), was, I thought, hilarious. Charlie Sheen acquitted himself well and the gags come thick and fast. Has one of the all time great movie in jokes: Sheen on Navy patrol boat going down river in 'Nam. A second Navy PBR approaches from the other direction, and as they draw close we see it piloted by Charley's father Martin - in full APOCALYPSE NOW regalia - with both Sheen's shouting to each other <i>"I loved you in WALL STREET!"</i> They both played in that same film for those not in the know. Well, I found it hilarious!!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebLqZSI4-ita6pf5EZ4hTgPC-wHPjlk7sOgUbGidAyueZSHGnMZLLyx29zkH5lXZfGlxDrC1ZjFkPZ6kX8jFd2bEU0cf83NZRoUcyYwxvn9Aesyk8nDxgo6qV84Odb4_B1qE7IXc9AIrBbqhSYIdrqRp7HP0UKbPKyMj9ahBSHR5lekeXaaZAbxme/s1924/Hot%20Shots%20II%20(BR%20tilt%20down).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="1924" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebLqZSI4-ita6pf5EZ4hTgPC-wHPjlk7sOgUbGidAyueZSHGnMZLLyx29zkH5lXZfGlxDrC1ZjFkPZ6kX8jFd2bEU0cf83NZRoUcyYwxvn9Aesyk8nDxgo6qV84Odb4_B1qE7IXc9AIrBbqhSYIdrqRp7HP0UKbPKyMj9ahBSHR5lekeXaaZAbxme/w640-h518/Hot%20Shots%20II%20(BR%20tilt%20down).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of Mike Pangrazio's mattes from HOT SHOTS, PART DEUX.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt6YWXVt3YPvp6XAXao6N83XZAz0vnxQn3uenD7VSja0RvQbA2QF5UIPM8WPvYMMgi6u_J5k8Kqi7yhu7AGRS8ackixwkOr7NIb6gekicatfeZiMOoU4WZmtoaKDYM_65CpZ-TNU9whPKLhFJQBTxdTzp0762aSFfH3U7CgxigR83bYyx-YK68PPw/s1920/Hot%20Shots%20II%20(Pangrazio).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1920" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt6YWXVt3YPvp6XAXao6N83XZAz0vnxQn3uenD7VSja0RvQbA2QF5UIPM8WPvYMMgi6u_J5k8Kqi7yhu7AGRS8ackixwkOr7NIb6gekicatfeZiMOoU4WZmtoaKDYM_65CpZ-TNU9whPKLhFJQBTxdTzp0762aSFfH3U7CgxigR83bYyx-YK68PPw/w640-h316/Hot%20Shots%20II%20(Pangrazio).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail from Pangrazio's matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCh5Hdq0irUqpDTbAyvjSkGDefsYEQarUxQBSdnS1E_21JGyO6-z9ugqq7cHeX85pjqwNTTP9YIXkcLy5r7QznsHcE2X1cVTL05d7gL0eYFa0_ZNqjxCuiWAsMEkeRMkCMIjAsODOeQXbm-YI5XRQ2holFuf62ehR-x34L4lHYVj0CdAMJ6rIFTVur/s1920/Hot%20Shots%20II%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCh5Hdq0irUqpDTbAyvjSkGDefsYEQarUxQBSdnS1E_21JGyO6-z9ugqq7cHeX85pjqwNTTP9YIXkcLy5r7QznsHcE2X1cVTL05d7gL0eYFa0_ZNqjxCuiWAsMEkeRMkCMIjAsODOeQXbm-YI5XRQ2holFuf62ehR-x34L4lHYVj0CdAMJ6rIFTVur/w640-h352/Hot%20Shots%20II%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Matte World shot from that same film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEior6fEMe4KZkouVbHwCTiON2n-VopZvyq3_fuB39NXfV03qpW6H_bQkRFCW11waUYsE9YB9t4AZIX-Xx7sBbjjVqNYKjdFOoC2LNR4K_mMcREFOuNurGlM5_LsZnBuREOxMtGQY9uEftt_vNlG2FaHGmzpHfoGVVczCKxmNTjLONWyyq0RoySifjnO/s1200/I'm%20Alright%20Jack%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1200" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEior6fEMe4KZkouVbHwCTiON2n-VopZvyq3_fuB39NXfV03qpW6H_bQkRFCW11waUYsE9YB9t4AZIX-Xx7sBbjjVqNYKjdFOoC2LNR4K_mMcREFOuNurGlM5_LsZnBuREOxMtGQY9uEftt_vNlG2FaHGmzpHfoGVVczCKxmNTjLONWyyq0RoySifjnO/w640-h394/I'm%20Alright%20Jack%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the real British comedy classics was the pitch-perfect satire on trade unionism I'M ALRIGHT JACK (1959). Probably Roy & John Boulting's best picture, and they made many great films. Peter Sellers was just wonderful, as were the accomplished cast of familiar UK thespians such as Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, John Le Mesurier, Liz Frazer, Terry Thomas, Dennis Price and the always great Irene Handl. Matte shots were done by Bob Cuff at Shepperton Studios.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGNv8gnDBAui3nJJ8olY6mEdU5XqVYr9nmXLDJ_2FM6Dtz4Jkr7KYd0B7ZIw3F6FijiRfxofJ8u2yHOgxZZ0doZyBbNpmRWsGDxLXFuCz4PVH9a-T4i7YTUg5hfaX97U8CheZHrDtiUOlq0-oUhOS4s-X12d84hc_ivdQ8-60ul3nF3_0UOMvv4laL/s1200/I'm%20Alright%20Jack%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1200" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGNv8gnDBAui3nJJ8olY6mEdU5XqVYr9nmXLDJ_2FM6Dtz4Jkr7KYd0B7ZIw3F6FijiRfxofJ8u2yHOgxZZ0doZyBbNpmRWsGDxLXFuCz4PVH9a-T4i7YTUg5hfaX97U8CheZHrDtiUOlq0-oUhOS4s-X12d84hc_ivdQ8-60ul3nF3_0UOMvv4laL/w640-h394/I'm%20Alright%20Jack%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another I'M ALRIGHT JACK matte by Bob Cuff. One of <u>the</u> great Brit comedies!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BfVvSlMeB9pKuzxjcwnElfdwiBIv5xl5PuNcttapWPFQZGaedXw71thlYmiXRjRLYmf7_hQ_Ln5qUN_m5gIWy9uVAnXNToe5EeCDqLIji-rOlKa4vmllsexVrCJGZ7_E_Jvi-svtCzC4Krnh-vfb6-GFYQz4r_L78cYE6z4TpXzCkBzQoHCOVJBm/s2637/Funny%20Farm1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2637" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BfVvSlMeB9pKuzxjcwnElfdwiBIv5xl5PuNcttapWPFQZGaedXw71thlYmiXRjRLYmf7_hQ_Ln5qUN_m5gIWy9uVAnXNToe5EeCDqLIji-rOlKa4vmllsexVrCJGZ7_E_Jvi-svtCzC4Krnh-vfb6-GFYQz4r_L78cYE6z4TpXzCkBzQoHCOVJBm/w640-h276/Funny%20Farm1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Chevy Chase movie FUNNY FARM (1988) wasn't bad, as far as Chevy movies go. It did have a few very clever matte shots in it that Albert worked on with Syd Dutton. This seemingly unassuming sequence where a truck approaches a bridge was in fact a rather complicated visual effect. The late Bill Taylor told me how complex it was, so in brief, it was a VistaVision set up panning with the truck, and stopping the pan at the point where the non existent bridge was to be inserted. The matte painted bridge and forest was photographed separately, with the 'pan' shot completed on the optical printer to appear as though one uninterrupted camera move had taken place. The sort of illusion that nobody ever suspects. Bill said he used that trick often.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlC8eQXAap-MOcHTO0YgtychiH0xmSpDPoh0KoCjIgYSBVUDit5VLvizLqBtJT4Egl27aW-g-hBUObgWWQmGiMZUrifS3VUoFTze38IDjU80aZjrceV1iyeMVWInMI_yAQ28xMe9el6gi8E0tNwINy7hvAnD9Sfokh6fiZMvd6muDfWJ2HHUPuXPi/s2284/Funny%20Farm-backing&model.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="2284" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlC8eQXAap-MOcHTO0YgtychiH0xmSpDPoh0KoCjIgYSBVUDit5VLvizLqBtJT4Egl27aW-g-hBUObgWWQmGiMZUrifS3VUoFTze38IDjU80aZjrceV1iyeMVWInMI_yAQ28xMe9el6gi8E0tNwINy7hvAnD9Sfokh6fiZMvd6muDfWJ2HHUPuXPi/w640-h254/Funny%20Farm-backing&model.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A later shot where the bridge has collapsed involved a large miniature by Grant McCune in front of a traditionally painted backing, rendered by Al Whitlock. Bill told me that Al really seemed to enjoy painting that backing, which brought him back to his early years as a scenic artist back at Gaumont Studios in England. That's fx cameraman Mark Sawicki setting up the shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisx70rqH80QAfPgvOq0BrXmpbF_R-eGYzlnzHJnQ9zZWwka7yio6tBTU75eXBEsqczhpm7x3z2l2HNv4nq_dEv8dwDXlrC78JuG8hA8etStxd8ZKP0KZOfCJfEltaTgyRJy016TqfXhVOmRhNZdXxcfAHvEEi96p2sKBVog7f5Fvn7R8boifD3cxLU/s1464/It%20Aint%20Hay-43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisx70rqH80QAfPgvOq0BrXmpbF_R-eGYzlnzHJnQ9zZWwka7yio6tBTU75eXBEsqczhpm7x3z2l2HNv4nq_dEv8dwDXlrC78JuG8hA8etStxd8ZKP0KZOfCJfEltaTgyRJy016TqfXhVOmRhNZdXxcfAHvEEi96p2sKBVog7f5Fvn7R8boifD3cxLU/w640-h472/It%20Aint%20Hay-43.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Abbott & Costello film here, IT AIN'T HAY (1943) with a Russ Lawson painting, accentuated with bi-packed live foreground foliage by fx cameraman Ross Hoffman.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdE6NDsOoyQcUn12scFX1-ldj3pwTxCOguX2FtUp7AxCVE53qudJJd_VlQtA67jUiyTKXnu86GefWS_2Ff8DM8HlTUiZihCuwwAYN85LVIlLNSBGFEGArzXZeQ-I2zrhi-lFlnEyzPFAx9rSaWeagP6LaLc1oAA1s5pLup_moA8IROt4KxzCAH7dT/s2424/History%20World%201sm%20(Syd%20Dutton).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="2424" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdE6NDsOoyQcUn12scFX1-ldj3pwTxCOguX2FtUp7AxCVE53qudJJd_VlQtA67jUiyTKXnu86GefWS_2Ff8DM8HlTUiZihCuwwAYN85LVIlLNSBGFEGArzXZeQ-I2zrhi-lFlnEyzPFAx9rSaWeagP6LaLc1oAA1s5pLup_moA8IROt4KxzCAH7dT/w640-h242/History%20World%201sm%20(Syd%20Dutton).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A film jammed with monumental matte art, but the <i>film itself</i> was anything but monumental. Mel Brooks' HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART ONE (1981) was a bit of a shoddy affair, comedy wise, though establishing shots such as this mighty matte by Syd Dutton made for essential viewing alone. I'd love to have this one hanging on my wall, but didn't want to risk shipping glass mattes right across the world! </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIMg-bDfMMXwex-2IlqGA_ysWKd-lAFhvRxBU7LICrjYWy6eqBz4lRfA-3-RTkpDeEa-41Bvv7o_c8j0H2HvpROMCuqT7qzTELMCZGZLHFQ4TeWHyrve0lfcJnL-O8uO6LLl98lmGCvYlVrDU5-ApHoR9qgKtRKTU-jVSf0oxGWa6giM241sFMpVf/s1918/History%20of%20the%20World%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1918" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIMg-bDfMMXwex-2IlqGA_ysWKd-lAFhvRxBU7LICrjYWy6eqBz4lRfA-3-RTkpDeEa-41Bvv7o_c8j0H2HvpROMCuqT7qzTELMCZGZLHFQ4TeWHyrve0lfcJnL-O8uO6LLl98lmGCvYlVrDU5-ApHoR9qgKtRKTU-jVSf0oxGWa6giM241sFMpVf/w640-h290/History%20of%20the%20World%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film, with this epic matte by either Albert Whitlock or Syd Dutton. Masterful work!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxL4phJ2V3_eyvnZfUO_cyGA9ASFKKwn40GbtwZsA5e5aSGyPngBz88fa9F6FIljJK9I0h8Zt_Vo-DQVYv1cMVlMeImQtJgi1FjNyzNdbs2WlgKonOwOzoVXKFjRpfHxEtD0hgwOz0aHEoUnxeteO8H3mpk4SM-f6zsphGIePwboJv1av21_Yq1rFx/s2046/It%20Happened%20On%205th%20Avenue-47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="2046" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxL4phJ2V3_eyvnZfUO_cyGA9ASFKKwn40GbtwZsA5e5aSGyPngBz88fa9F6FIljJK9I0h8Zt_Vo-DQVYv1cMVlMeImQtJgi1FjNyzNdbs2WlgKonOwOzoVXKFjRpfHxEtD0hgwOz0aHEoUnxeteO8H3mpk4SM-f6zsphGIePwboJv1av21_Yq1rFx/w640-h242/It%20Happened%20On%205th%20Avenue-47.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two mattes from IT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVENUE (1947), a lower budget Allied Artists film that has Frank Capra intent. No fx credit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlR9q60Khr3GG-1QDLZm378Elmi5x2qsST8LweGdeRnIHwa9czNICf7asC4G2AO50aIv2cJcjo7HT4Uh4YlMGPmUBcidit6MLIXbLWhfFPwS41eU-Z_sIg4AxxBykpreI3ucDHmMeOYRfDbbvbNIAznxVyung6YHoP31dOEDTbJ5RyNg9RoGmE3l8/s1383/Kind%20Hearts%20&%20Coronets-49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1383" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlR9q60Khr3GG-1QDLZm378Elmi5x2qsST8LweGdeRnIHwa9czNICf7asC4G2AO50aIv2cJcjo7HT4Uh4YlMGPmUBcidit6MLIXbLWhfFPwS41eU-Z_sIg4AxxBykpreI3ucDHmMeOYRfDbbvbNIAznxVyung6YHoP31dOEDTbJ5RyNg9RoGmE3l8/w640-h372/Kind%20Hearts%20&%20Coronets-49.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of Ealing Studio's most beloved pictures, KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949), with this extensive glass shot by Geoffrey Dickinson.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2zI7QD0jN3r32dbHFsvR6d9JYRfC9ups78UubTxVD3KBOHy7rZe_b1XiWwwBQlzdOy3m-VYFzCeaPKiQBlOiMxZ-5hEPVjSowOCaBeFrVBoyuqYSacfHtImQ2D88jQ53xXQ5uf5DA2a1XlLfR9C1kmdHNc11LKiz8cXzuRmnL-5FWRgREZB_tZVN/s1920/Life%20of%20Brian1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2zI7QD0jN3r32dbHFsvR6d9JYRfC9ups78UubTxVD3KBOHy7rZe_b1XiWwwBQlzdOy3m-VYFzCeaPKiQBlOiMxZ-5hEPVjSowOCaBeFrVBoyuqYSacfHtImQ2D88jQ53xXQ5uf5DA2a1XlLfR9C1kmdHNc11LKiz8cXzuRmnL-5FWRgREZB_tZVN/w640-h346/Life%20of%20Brian1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN (1979) was moderately controversial back in the day in certain countries. Not as good as M.P & HOLY GRAIL <i>(their best feature, as 'pure' Python)</i> but their most successful and oft quoted. Several matte shots were painted by artists contracted by Kent Houston's Peerless Optical in London. This was a Bob Cuff matte. A second Cuff matte was rendered but was ultimately cut.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9qThNl1g4kcuiKXP-nRvKmsTusaVAYsgVVpQ3CjciVPD2_O1Y2Oq0fTEAper9oKRwYxnidlkwNIXasZBrINLVI3pt36boKBsMvEWQIIy3CT5wun_KECWGf7qvJhW9srgoHolsnHLiXs9z3YzEyqB3foItt_SCB9whbvR5KnPwmUhhgFvZ9XDM78V/s1920/Life%20of%20Brian2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9qThNl1g4kcuiKXP-nRvKmsTusaVAYsgVVpQ3CjciVPD2_O1Y2Oq0fTEAper9oKRwYxnidlkwNIXasZBrINLVI3pt36boKBsMvEWQIIy3CT5wun_KECWGf7qvJhW9srgoHolsnHLiXs9z3YzEyqB3foItt_SCB9whbvR5KnPwmUhhgFvZ9XDM78V/w640-h346/Life%20of%20Brian2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ray Caple was also brought on board, and painted this and other mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpXDm0lDBEN6UqnTQFAe6i417igFX5anh92ImHE5723ScRuSFyX-7DKMfMhs5X-ie3QHPb91KWuVtQIE9dHpPiG-PeezJQorpoAGnaKhkUjgE1dQNXSz3gsLule6Tw_xduBF2ZRlYA2lfHJljWFU6mKHGRtk7BbL6Ory8EiZpJUQtz_AxfKq_ZOiK/s1323/Life%20of%20Brian3%20(Ray%20Caple).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="1260" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpXDm0lDBEN6UqnTQFAe6i417igFX5anh92ImHE5723ScRuSFyX-7DKMfMhs5X-ie3QHPb91KWuVtQIE9dHpPiG-PeezJQorpoAGnaKhkUjgE1dQNXSz3gsLule6Tw_xduBF2ZRlYA2lfHJljWFU6mKHGRtk7BbL6Ory8EiZpJUQtz_AxfKq_ZOiK/w610-h640/Life%20of%20Brian3%20(Ray%20Caple).jpg" width="610" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">LIFE OF BRIAN tagging in ancient times. I'm informed by one of the Peerless fx staffers that Ray Caple painted these two shots live on location as <i>in camera</i> glass shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxf8so8pyXoYEdQr0yawFcUJ0FwCa7rewj1n0Fo7beGdOsR4Kol3Pi5abj9d1q4X4XVNsaHeeoTiqB_jVsamdwGoOjj_CQrBN5onJVYS2yzc5N7ysqYPZnIqZQ0htgG500LLDgBsSk6dIluMQVYPs0RyoHi3KldoJ7vXtEX4MrkhkFL703tvAkFA6/s2805/Life%20of%20Brian-spaceship.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="2805" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxf8so8pyXoYEdQr0yawFcUJ0FwCa7rewj1n0Fo7beGdOsR4Kol3Pi5abj9d1q4X4XVNsaHeeoTiqB_jVsamdwGoOjj_CQrBN5onJVYS2yzc5N7ysqYPZnIqZQ0htgG500LLDgBsSk6dIluMQVYPs0RyoHi3KldoJ7vXtEX4MrkhkFL703tvAkFA6/w640-h292/Life%20of%20Brian-spaceship.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The LIFE OF BRIAN audience lapped this up when I saw it back in '79 at the <u>not</u> very glamourous Odeon theatre here in downtown Auckland. Miniature spaceship (and early prototype) shown at right. The big crash vista wasn't a matte painting as many think, but was a cut & paste up photo collage, hand retouched, with animation stand spaceship added.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrVzAj5SiN7xWY1oH4q4oiHx82LlrF-AceuejpXUMg7UGuaPaY10yuNmycEGGHgcGWiOKhPLoiQq-yJ9f7sKo_d4ivNF_sjsdTPwBpSQypBnNGNYBPtO_QG4-7g682ggdXsaEZkm96qGuEX8swMDU4G5LLCViSaqMWn7bopcB1exazMxl3oZBRLv7/s2140/Limelight-51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="2140" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrVzAj5SiN7xWY1oH4q4oiHx82LlrF-AceuejpXUMg7UGuaPaY10yuNmycEGGHgcGWiOKhPLoiQq-yJ9f7sKo_d4ivNF_sjsdTPwBpSQypBnNGNYBPtO_QG4-7g682ggdXsaEZkm96qGuEX8swMDU4G5LLCViSaqMWn7bopcB1exazMxl3oZBRLv7/w640-h336/Limelight-51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Chaplin feature, this being LIMELIGHT (1952), though not really what you'd call 'a comedy' as such, still a rewarding experience. No credit for matte work, but shot on the Paramount lot I think, so perhaps Jan Domela did this shot??</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaD-WrouW6ftTXB7qJQCPMs6XjB40CNETqqhbAL_GXXqmQbWeYEE4zMz-LN6L61BrQM5nCScvSz9titug4za8AotgWgsHdV1P9PYhLzCn2a0TlOhuPOJtUegxVyTXk_PUCHohhn-DmblRdUzFhdHa77bBeCTV1xIRw7R9OhN3LNGfQc3Oa2_pP32-M/s1280/In%20God%20We%20Trust-77%20BR%20Syd%20Dutton%20matte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaD-WrouW6ftTXB7qJQCPMs6XjB40CNETqqhbAL_GXXqmQbWeYEE4zMz-LN6L61BrQM5nCScvSz9titug4za8AotgWgsHdV1P9PYhLzCn2a0TlOhuPOJtUegxVyTXk_PUCHohhn-DmblRdUzFhdHa77bBeCTV1xIRw7R9OhN3LNGfQc3Oa2_pP32-M/w640-h360/In%20God%20We%20Trust-77%20BR%20Syd%20Dutton%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The highly uneven spoof on Church and greed, IN GOD WE TRUST (1980) with Marty Feldman had some nicely placed mattes by Albert Whitlock and his department. This one was a Syd Dutton shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6M3Vhu1KK36M61rz4kaj8CTbHiZN0E7u8PtDcCCvQO40TNPkJF4AMbwBoMIIj2Sy_RTENloSgjaxwgAi7pV_uFW612tjuYsfnqTdUwDghuC3K5cmgXnftzybYqypmNLQheCwWFTHdEZtJTgAjs_aFx5cw6sMn9-yXlSjbVNaeJ6F_bk_grQnUhOe/s2328/Left%20Right%20&%20Centre-59.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="2328" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6M3Vhu1KK36M61rz4kaj8CTbHiZN0E7u8PtDcCCvQO40TNPkJF4AMbwBoMIIj2Sy_RTENloSgjaxwgAi7pV_uFW612tjuYsfnqTdUwDghuC3K5cmgXnftzybYqypmNLQheCwWFTHdEZtJTgAjs_aFx5cw6sMn9-yXlSjbVNaeJ6F_bk_grQnUhOe/w640-h260/Left%20Right%20&%20Centre-59.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A sharp tongued British political satire with a great cast, LEFT RIGHT AND CENTRE (1959) included a few uncredited high quality matte effects shots, including the big tilt up at right with actors on street, others matted into balcony and fireworks added in the night sky. Very impressive.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyYJISncPndbvmxYcqS94es2AjOQHEH0wKv9KKvYGnp43aLKl8yHKWzwhwhIQzUUsz5PSzfwLkynAeryRko3F43ib12PYldXcnBvSMNPMR0KLsyUKPGt8cpHGgb56k3OwMn95rmpc9_AnDFGaQjkx4YKp3kq2KEsJ8QtRtW5yMsUhZbW5M4RuZUUz/s1986/Evil%20Roy%20Slade%20(Whitlock).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="1986" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyYJISncPndbvmxYcqS94es2AjOQHEH0wKv9KKvYGnp43aLKl8yHKWzwhwhIQzUUsz5PSzfwLkynAeryRko3F43ib12PYldXcnBvSMNPMR0KLsyUKPGt8cpHGgb56k3OwMn95rmpc9_AnDFGaQjkx4YKp3kq2KEsJ8QtRtW5yMsUhZbW5M4RuZUUz/w640-h242/Evil%20Roy%20Slade%20(Whitlock).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A pretty amusing made-for-tv western, EVIL ROY SLADE (1972) had these shots by Al Whitlock.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-4Jg2CWqnpH3MFIrdl3qdsRsrXWw3xBOpxT7tqmObnZRRC4gHMYhId3iE8I6vUsicfnuUg4uLEmAXckH5oJNLb8IgNA7Cp5-yCGapAuwLMiT4ltGg7anNuMXW11WBbSrVsOJgb8dJeCHs7MKU1agr5qqx2-r9dCZ1t0KRaNzPQhcC_twZCO2VoLT/s1713/Follow%20That%20Camel-65%20(Cliff%20Culley).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="1713" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-4Jg2CWqnpH3MFIrdl3qdsRsrXWw3xBOpxT7tqmObnZRRC4gHMYhId3iE8I6vUsicfnuUg4uLEmAXckH5oJNLb8IgNA7Cp5-yCGapAuwLMiT4ltGg7anNuMXW11WBbSrVsOJgb8dJeCHs7MKU1agr5qqx2-r9dCZ1t0KRaNzPQhcC_twZCO2VoLT/w640-h434/Follow%20That%20Camel-65%20(Cliff%20Culley).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the 'Carry On' stable came FOLLOW THAT CAMEL (1967). Cliff Culley was matte supervisor, possibly with Charles Stoneham assisting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekR92w6oT2IMVagK-Ri_qlXizokL6dsmBYi1zX94F6g4LjtXIfMzU_fid2LvZbde1A_bX8hwcdmt6uyXn-77TxfF4vjfz73uqRKlPnkcHeoUBY7S_8--NX8QfNXc6F1eXUbeHeFIObJhLgvhBNbf-anIfTvQPcsiC8d9OOnDnMTAWRB434EwN8xne/s2166/Green%20Man%20(George%20Samuels%20matte).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="2166" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekR92w6oT2IMVagK-Ri_qlXizokL6dsmBYi1zX94F6g4LjtXIfMzU_fid2LvZbde1A_bX8hwcdmt6uyXn-77TxfF4vjfz73uqRKlPnkcHeoUBY7S_8--NX8QfNXc6F1eXUbeHeFIObJhLgvhBNbf-anIfTvQPcsiC8d9OOnDnMTAWRB434EwN8xne/w640-h326/Green%20Man%20(George%20Samuels%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More classic British black comedy here. Such a great cast all playing at peak, THE GREEN MAN (1956), with Shepperton's lead matte artist George Samuels painting this shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLNTyruOWk4zDNrnO9gXaFtWd7DofMbT8Dmp61Eyj13Dmkm8jo0H4vIIB5KceXZfqb1MvFHGejMK8oM4SeKJvE7gtEjvNc4GNIW0l1tvEBWTrmY9Buam4KOImGe-Q5FT1awh1rsW1xB80M_v_pZP8a2EmARMBjxgIPJlOC7eGQEM8u72lIsaRZsnJ/s2064/Intelligence%20Men.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="2064" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLNTyruOWk4zDNrnO9gXaFtWd7DofMbT8Dmp61Eyj13Dmkm8jo0H4vIIB5KceXZfqb1MvFHGejMK8oM4SeKJvE7gtEjvNc4GNIW0l1tvEBWTrmY9Buam4KOImGe-Q5FT1awh1rsW1xB80M_v_pZP8a2EmARMBjxgIPJlOC7eGQEM8u72lIsaRZsnJ/w640-h296/Intelligence%20Men.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">By no means a classic, but Eric & Ernie were <u>always</u> great together, with such chemistry that the material didn't always matter. THE INTELLIGENCE MEN (1965) was one in a whole slew of spy spoofs, riffing on Bond, made throughout the sixties. Not without merit, with some solid laughs. Mattes by Cliff Culley at Pinewood Studios.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNm-inlAo7lVe8M3UcLUpq9pgGHLadg4dA2F0Shsngy0EOsteHLxEb6U5X4HCtFd39KAf0U5m-tmU8R7BXm8FQKDwjLjHSWYeZuwKZuIs77UN16FvVkTKpJTk1N-24K1Lzo5yQTDbC5dML9D8zo7_w6v-5DFwaacdazTxsUJAa1ARHeNq8LDejSrTB/s1430/Give%20Me%20A%20Sailor-38%20bef%20&%20aft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="1430" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNm-inlAo7lVe8M3UcLUpq9pgGHLadg4dA2F0Shsngy0EOsteHLxEb6U5X4HCtFd39KAf0U5m-tmU8R7BXm8FQKDwjLjHSWYeZuwKZuIs77UN16FvVkTKpJTk1N-24K1Lzo5yQTDbC5dML9D8zo7_w6v-5DFwaacdazTxsUJAa1ARHeNq8LDejSrTB/w640-h554/Give%20Me%20A%20Sailor-38%20bef%20&%20aft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although I'm sure this multi-part matte must have been painted for a different film initially, it did show up as a RP background in the Bob Hope comedy GIVE ME A SAILOR (1938). Career Paramount matte painter Jan Domela did this one, with long time associate Irmin Roberts on fx camera.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4KiRxZCq6chiLs9WyQ0WoX3KBG46VBkqFc8Arxv6M4e8mQwjmSUFkeMKsaQYsyHGk3EGaFZ9eAs6l9xMxfhdQhMR82EY4hTF4e5kofUbktwUlOIyafpiiCQvetwC4pxqpUDSPVjeD1xOACJObf_nQSBvL84zNN9mOuXkDByMCtvtVC7uTtFE73TEg/s1602/George%20Burns%20Comedy%20Week-85%20(Ken%20Marschall).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="1602" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4KiRxZCq6chiLs9WyQ0WoX3KBG46VBkqFc8Arxv6M4e8mQwjmSUFkeMKsaQYsyHGk3EGaFZ9eAs6l9xMxfhdQhMR82EY4hTF4e5kofUbktwUlOIyafpiiCQvetwC4pxqpUDSPVjeD1xOACJObf_nQSBvL84zNN9mOuXkDByMCtvtVC7uTtFE73TEg/w640-h476/George%20Burns%20Comedy%20Week-85%20(Ken%20Marschall).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As written earlier, Ken Marschall was possibly the finest matte painter you <i>never</i> heard of. Ken painted hundreds of mattes over a 22 year period, a great many without screen credit, on so many films, tv shows and commercials, his total output is amazing. I did a massive 3 part blog on Ken and his matte work with associate Bruce Block back in 2015. These frames are from THE GEORGE BURNS COMEDY WEEK (1985) - a television special. Ken is very well known however for his work on Titanic research and under sea exploration and has illustrated coffee table books on the subject. For the first of my three part interview with Ken & Bruce, click <b><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-company-called-matte-effects-work-of_2.html">here</a></b>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvA11rVlbY4dp6txYiK-Z48vh5FKgdYcKg9GDERjzBq5w2_UvIYUaTbnd2yU_yED-Qi2gbX3JWhSccZvm0S5lwydUA4_Z1YE_ARSSG9owTLZddGyuBRJ7f8cTjQ79lHMNnC9hME-fPvNkvo4IR41mxQqmlP6UZ9EqEb9Mub4F0Wr8do60uHUBb1PV/s1375/Lucky%20Lady-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1375" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvA11rVlbY4dp6txYiK-Z48vh5FKgdYcKg9GDERjzBq5w2_UvIYUaTbnd2yU_yED-Qi2gbX3JWhSccZvm0S5lwydUA4_Z1YE_ARSSG9owTLZddGyuBRJ7f8cTjQ79lHMNnC9hME-fPvNkvo4IR41mxQqmlP6UZ9EqEb9Mub4F0Wr8do60uHUBb1PV/w640-h526/Lucky%20Lady-75.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An all-star cast with Burt Reynolds, Gene Hackman and Liza Minnelli, LUCKY LADY (1975) was a stylish, beautifully shot and action packed period comedy, mostly shot on the high seas. No effects credit but may have been Matthew Yuricich or Louis Litchtenfield on matte painting?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOv7apYe7U8F9dsab9P9JcHNV7ucG0Nf8GFWrqDazatNUwmaKaV3fH09F2OeD8bIuNoCM9EZTDGIJ0YGQaiNNncz0Lq5tDaSGYoqSExxOM_xskq4qwYMIN33wSo3WncvjuuDcW1cl_3hi9XuQSmD5-yaiQjRU5Q_s8DkeOZtYjFsWSI-rueZ_ojJkh/s1989/Love%20At%20First%20Bite-79.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="1989" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOv7apYe7U8F9dsab9P9JcHNV7ucG0Nf8GFWrqDazatNUwmaKaV3fH09F2OeD8bIuNoCM9EZTDGIJ0YGQaiNNncz0Lq5tDaSGYoqSExxOM_xskq4qwYMIN33wSo3WncvjuuDcW1cl_3hi9XuQSmD5-yaiQjRU5Q_s8DkeOZtYjFsWSI-rueZ_ojJkh/w640-h254/Love%20At%20First%20Bite-79.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">George Hamilton made for a very funny Count Dracula in the parody LOVE AT FIRST BITE (1979), with perfect feel for the storied vampire and great comic timing. This painted shot comes at the end.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpjsT5r9DF7eglfjwUaA8PkljnOHkx06GO-zT_1m0lZfQTh23Lo8oeaFRUXB_dmo8GxolFtpnFYuGpIbRSZsmJPGkESUbvQg9tekZ14oy9euylJ1o-3UeCctfndpqmVOqq3VijFjnKhuffziu8tgV_Z3Sic23f-8DSe2SC5B2Hq7NYA300etCuyQb/s2588/Last%20Remake%20BG-77%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="2588" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpjsT5r9DF7eglfjwUaA8PkljnOHkx06GO-zT_1m0lZfQTh23Lo8oeaFRUXB_dmo8GxolFtpnFYuGpIbRSZsmJPGkESUbvQg9tekZ14oy9euylJ1o-3UeCctfndpqmVOqq3VijFjnKhuffziu8tgV_Z3Sic23f-8DSe2SC5B2Hq7NYA300etCuyQb/w640-h248/Last%20Remake%20BG-77%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Marty Feldman take off on the classic Foreign Legion story, THE LAST REMAKE OF BEAU GESTE (1978) was a real laugh-fest when I saw it in the cinema <i>(The Plaza, in Queen street, Auckland)</i>, though it doesn't hold up as well today. Visual effects supervised by Albert Whitlock, though most curiously, this clever sequence involving silent footage matted into modern colour footage was apparently done <i>outside</i> of the Universal matte department by persons unknown. I quizzed Bill Taylor on this and he said they didn't do the sequence and had no idea where it was done. Bill did say though that working with Marty, as director/actor and writer was a dream! </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1jRajR4-V5rMULqv0VrU_kASqAtkqoODLTu_fo_lx7VD8ifMjhXF2nS8KwVlZN-UX1U-o0CzHENeJKAkckWYG8fFD8CjE2MXDnFil4gXmU85rBc51fjCGoc20R3PlIXiDbWDv_NHbP1h609SYMF1-3ZkF6uQ2zTe-ffr7rDpexk3SDDPGTe7F-sM/s1431/Last%20remake%20BG%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1431" data-original-width="1269" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1jRajR4-V5rMULqv0VrU_kASqAtkqoODLTu_fo_lx7VD8ifMjhXF2nS8KwVlZN-UX1U-o0CzHENeJKAkckWYG8fFD8CjE2MXDnFil4gXmU85rBc51fjCGoc20R3PlIXiDbWDv_NHbP1h609SYMF1-3ZkF6uQ2zTe-ffr7rDpexk3SDDPGTe7F-sM/w568-h640/Last%20remake%20BG%202.jpg" width="568" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film, with the two characters from the previous scene riding off to 'Hollywoodland' as the sun sets.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYFhFKt-dRE3tGz1kIRkIe23ScHd5d8SsNIB7yevgXwTv6jCnRly4EpTS4lg_ttoC0Haf88gJe9IViw9XPRzsszRNrWxX33fdOgbGYzZEr9yOFgQkpRc6ffDeXaApeDUkVF44hpf6C_qnG5wXopUl52pFkqHeGRtELh8j5keO5ePKtGF_j0yv1HmD/s2109/Hanky%20Panky-82.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="2109" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYFhFKt-dRE3tGz1kIRkIe23ScHd5d8SsNIB7yevgXwTv6jCnRly4EpTS4lg_ttoC0Haf88gJe9IViw9XPRzsszRNrWxX33fdOgbGYzZEr9yOFgQkpRc6ffDeXaApeDUkVF44hpf6C_qnG5wXopUl52pFkqHeGRtELh8j5keO5ePKtGF_j0yv1HmD/w640-h448/Hanky%20Panky-82.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Gene Wilder was a wonderful comic actor <i>(never call the guy a 'comedian' as it <u>really</u> pissed him off!!)</i>. Gene did some solid work through the seventies and beyond. This film, HANKY PANKY (1982) was directed by Sidney Poitier and as an action innocent-man-on-the-run type thriller it worked, but the comedy side never did. A couple of nice matte shots by Ken Marschall and Bruce Block, such as this one where a vast underground secret plant is revealed by villain, the always excellent Richard Widmark. Superb matte work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWVeWJJssATDdy1C__DSCUGICO0a_acPFF7MhmWrY_83WdXwZgLUfsoIdksDdYHt7YFZHcFa9bRPupHfnqEv-Q5ygBXGSgmwONooYuuLDXg6aFozE9G5kM1MaAfD1xqWNA8MCDyxLQcPQb5Ua99G76zJfhrt0Y34q5MM9PL_vhHsDPXtVsTOut0-Zo/s1314/First%20Family-80%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1314" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWVeWJJssATDdy1C__DSCUGICO0a_acPFF7MhmWrY_83WdXwZgLUfsoIdksDdYHt7YFZHcFa9bRPupHfnqEv-Q5ygBXGSgmwONooYuuLDXg6aFozE9G5kM1MaAfD1xqWNA8MCDyxLQcPQb5Ua99G76zJfhrt0Y34q5MM9PL_vhHsDPXtVsTOut0-Zo/w640-h362/First%20Family-80%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bob Newhart; I've always liked his very dry humour. His old comedy albums are hilarious, and his 70's tv series was great too. He had some hysterical roles in things like <i>Catch 22</i> as well. This film is FIRST FAMILY (1980), and while not especially good, did have it's moments. Dream Quest did the visuals, with Rocco Gioffre painting several mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5VRqaVJRRrPnrs3Y9nVnmYhPzh0jio5H4ZIb4GPylZmB8DYRwlFCb9Z7QZ2g197tXdRFjuuKyiCLBxtbfh1UKQBDaaw6JGLbem3o4BRd1BzdRPhrw9x4OY7dM4c7JFA9MavX6zwTAqtmeWav-DBbsD_osmcx07K_4WZ6LAnX6fy__hBQdqdTXw-k/s1618/First%20Family-80%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1618" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5VRqaVJRRrPnrs3Y9nVnmYhPzh0jio5H4ZIb4GPylZmB8DYRwlFCb9Z7QZ2g197tXdRFjuuKyiCLBxtbfh1UKQBDaaw6JGLbem3o4BRd1BzdRPhrw9x4OY7dM4c7JFA9MavX6zwTAqtmeWav-DBbsD_osmcx07K_4WZ6LAnX6fy__hBQdqdTXw-k/w640-h360/First%20Family-80%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from FIRST FAMILY where giant vegetables spring up all over Washington.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YIPwQWBrdBVRTBzLAvaMcMsZW3eWVZMuNGk2HrRqHsp12XV8QwjzRCRtX4lTir2q78unl_t3dlTCoubzECmyIs7E31E-bNIGO6vtyn12hVq3Dv7INyZSOY_X0qjAbVHB8gtshnSLv9lp52Cl1TeBbrPATGaJzppzq3XqBtB5lB8FdH3LfyKlqbM7/s1476/First%20Family4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1476" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YIPwQWBrdBVRTBzLAvaMcMsZW3eWVZMuNGk2HrRqHsp12XV8QwjzRCRtX4lTir2q78unl_t3dlTCoubzECmyIs7E31E-bNIGO6vtyn12hVq3Dv7INyZSOY_X0qjAbVHB8gtshnSLv9lp52Cl1TeBbrPATGaJzppzq3XqBtB5lB8FdH3LfyKlqbM7/w640-h364/First%20Family4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More Rocco Gioffre matte art from same film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmaArA6qfCwywbSQNSRJJpmXnth7Yrk83PcjAleyN2ydVhcwRhRHf7YdjLExjmoyF-ViWgQ7nepwZUr_OKwBc48yIT_sYxUYVexb95JNX8jrSxPVUfKKu4BQ9B1Az8xWmmndxvVff3_coJNtEEleM9Xb7KJJt39SAEVu3cbDnZB1VtEjj15bOMlk8l/s968/Eight%20Heads%20In%20A%20Duffel%20Bag-97.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="878" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmaArA6qfCwywbSQNSRJJpmXnth7Yrk83PcjAleyN2ydVhcwRhRHf7YdjLExjmoyF-ViWgQ7nepwZUr_OKwBc48yIT_sYxUYVexb95JNX8jrSxPVUfKKu4BQ9B1Az8xWmmndxvVff3_coJNtEEleM9Xb7KJJt39SAEVu3cbDnZB1VtEjj15bOMlk8l/w580-h640/Eight%20Heads%20In%20A%20Duffel%20Bag-97.jpg" width="580" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although I've not seen this one, here are some Syd Dutton mattes from EIGHT HEADS IN A DUFFEL BAG (1997) that a reader sent to me.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBN--6XCe0cilNbiHQ8PXYvaE23c3jmHGLqFufIMMhFiGk2LrCILJ_dTH7DEtCxZ60FZhaEJqLaRwSync531jwMU7z7WSxibF3NUmthEB_w2PpOdazWIZxzzNzKwt31_bHDD6i8YrwsNkQ8cocKDQR-GHEwXttccmDkeAlF5ONubRrZ_383HaXRZJe/s1845/Francis%20in%20Haunted%20House-56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="1845" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBN--6XCe0cilNbiHQ8PXYvaE23c3jmHGLqFufIMMhFiGk2LrCILJ_dTH7DEtCxZ60FZhaEJqLaRwSync531jwMU7z7WSxibF3NUmthEB_w2PpOdazWIZxzzNzKwt31_bHDD6i8YrwsNkQ8cocKDQR-GHEwXttccmDkeAlF5ONubRrZ_383HaXRZJe/w640-h248/Francis%20in%20Haunted%20House-56.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">These things were so popular through the 50's. FRANCIS <i>(THE TALKING MULE)</i> IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1956) with effects supervised by Clifford Stine who worked way back on the original 1933 KONG and later did sensational work on EARTHQUAKE (1974)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hSlqorWIEoWO8rJYkvw1-R3WGFWG-EJKmjiPDm8HQwAozHmZpGKCZH204du28976cQrHHY32iBM9weYCJZ99-ZPks0otPMvyZ8F1bO5G29d4PaafLvQE5ILBowywnW7W5W06IpyfPn7YZwnCMKxM6KgnyAxJ81lz7zofNqjlITZup2mbVjBpvdEI/s2508/Horn%20Blows%20At%20Midnight-45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="2508" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hSlqorWIEoWO8rJYkvw1-R3WGFWG-EJKmjiPDm8HQwAozHmZpGKCZH204du28976cQrHHY32iBM9weYCJZ99-ZPks0otPMvyZ8F1bO5G29d4PaafLvQE5ILBowywnW7W5W06IpyfPn7YZwnCMKxM6KgnyAxJ81lz7zofNqjlITZup2mbVjBpvdEI/w640-h268/Horn%20Blows%20At%20Midnight-45.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the hall of fame special visual effects films, the wild Jack Benny comedy THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT (1945) was a fiesta of dazzling photographic effects. Not at all surprising as Warner's were absolutely top of the game throughout the 1940's when it came to astonishingly creative trick effects that would leave other studios flailing in the dust. Along with the usual matte art, models and opticals, HORN boasts some incredible motion shots with extreme flyover camera moves across vast expanses of, in this case, Heaven filled with harp strumming angels. Warner's were never afraid of pulling phenomenal sequences out of the bag with films like MARK TWAIN, RHAPSODY IN BLUE, THE FOUNTAINHEAD, YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN and best of all the staggering YANKEE DOODLE DANDY - all of which I've discussed and praised here before.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYyLvcxtMQEF-cjcUNaez7u-1L9mcWi7bHctdnybr2BUvld7Az6V46XOww8ZqFl_qOmpo3-fMLpK0QaDOQEdE_38SJuVFMA-inrAHuv-g74fVfOMOBsSOZggCpp0xSEaELu4zigHnK6nZDhd8rg01CTle2XxHbcAQArzlnek0TuC2edPkt9BpDBcU/s2034/Larceny%20Inc.-42%20(WB).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="2034" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYyLvcxtMQEF-cjcUNaez7u-1L9mcWi7bHctdnybr2BUvld7Az6V46XOww8ZqFl_qOmpo3-fMLpK0QaDOQEdE_38SJuVFMA-inrAHuv-g74fVfOMOBsSOZggCpp0xSEaELu4zigHnK6nZDhd8rg01CTle2XxHbcAQArzlnek0TuC2edPkt9BpDBcU/w640-h250/Larceny%20Inc.-42%20(WB).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Warner Bros picture, though a much lower key one after the previous title. LARCENY INC (1942) is a genuinely hilarious little gem of a heist movie with the great Edward G. Robinson. Very funny film, with a few great mattes transforming the WB back lot into Attica Prison and New York city skylines. A couple of quick cuts of actors in medium shot reveal back lot <i>without</i> any painting. Artists then at Warners were chief painter Paul Detlefsen and others like Mario Larrinaga, Vern Taylor and others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAN_8Ktewdm9UzbDY2mo7aFk-CTM4-51sxmuw9z-rmgVOP7Y_o8U45Aum6agZH1aXDA9HRunVmcLgGxXPEED4ml0sUSGkBit08n_TxKPeXgMlrpoDDfQc4bjsDgEHuua--2GxdiFPGULk88omMQerFQZW7G40dv_Jhe6ibi0ySgVOweNy-8Hvm1ZEF/s864/Lucky%20Me-54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="864" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAN_8Ktewdm9UzbDY2mo7aFk-CTM4-51sxmuw9z-rmgVOP7Y_o8U45Aum6agZH1aXDA9HRunVmcLgGxXPEED4ml0sUSGkBit08n_TxKPeXgMlrpoDDfQc4bjsDgEHuua--2GxdiFPGULk88omMQerFQZW7G40dv_Jhe6ibi0ySgVOweNy-8Hvm1ZEF/w640-h338/Lucky%20Me-54.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from Warner Bros was the lightweight Doris Day romp LUCKY ME (1954) - an early CinemaScope entry for the studio. Effects by Hans Koenekamp, and matte art probably by Lou Litchtenfield.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgco9byq5cn9_gIO9NKSmt6o4vAQn7v1O-6OUJf4Cthwp7YJ3EKIRxk8Iv7zRI_CFUQgFi16-UsQEJuoWUxvVjDpOU_IoOI3tpdBw54wpBUpI4vjG4UbodnoQ1mA0x5LkpES4rULhhnRa-wQoGBk5n1tIEhmW4tFqIEDqMpUJDYVbBQCtf3teVQvy16/s2576/Ishtar-86%20(Mark%20Sullivan).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="2576" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgco9byq5cn9_gIO9NKSmt6o4vAQn7v1O-6OUJf4Cthwp7YJ3EKIRxk8Iv7zRI_CFUQgFi16-UsQEJuoWUxvVjDpOU_IoOI3tpdBw54wpBUpI4vjG4UbodnoQ1mA0x5LkpES4rULhhnRa-wQoGBk5n1tIEhmW4tFqIEDqMpUJDYVbBQCtf3teVQvy16/w640-h226/Ishtar-86%20(Mark%20Sullivan).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The financial and critical disaster that was ISHTAR (1986) was easy to understand if you ever saw the film. Off target almost all the way. Several mattes were designed and painted for the troubled production, with artists Mark Sullivan and Rocco Gioffre busy with these only to have some dropped mid-way through painting and other completed mattes jettisoned in an attempt to re-edit the film into something coherent. I happen to have a half finished ISHTAR painting here at home that Mark was told would no longer be required as <i>"that sequence has now been dropped"</i>. The above Sullivan matte though <i>did</i> make it into the final film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjQ7j3AJ1uJhr5CO-QhCvLD4jZCO6OqsPwTGLVf1URuHmyOvT_z8qome2SA1fMGR5o7K9EJTjg326WRD69rxs2Ubt9JELgSi5ht4TDjvTa4_nvvhOMOjVC2YIsktimmL8DBix8ccGYXXZyAsNcZ7PDohOLM14C7T8I0KE60_Mgxwb8AnIilxgGIHv/s1280/Father%20Goose-64%20BLURAY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1280" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjQ7j3AJ1uJhr5CO-QhCvLD4jZCO6OqsPwTGLVf1URuHmyOvT_z8qome2SA1fMGR5o7K9EJTjg326WRD69rxs2Ubt9JELgSi5ht4TDjvTa4_nvvhOMOjVC2YIsktimmL8DBix8ccGYXXZyAsNcZ7PDohOLM14C7T8I0KE60_Mgxwb8AnIilxgGIHv/w640-h368/Father%20Goose-64%20BLURAY.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of my favourite old time comedies was the Cary Grant-Leslie Caron WWII desert island show FATHER GOOSE (1964). An uncredited Albert Whitlock would have painted this wonderful sky and distant island. A young Jim Danforth also worked on the film as assistant to Charlie Baker in Universal's miniature department building Japanese warships for a night sequence. Great little film and I reckon one of Cary's best (along with OPERATION PETTICOAT).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><b>***This post, and all 177 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OU8hSLEdjsmtXynqX7APWV6aBlwI8L2_2S-zUPysbb-SWnGyjvi7OXauqgfFj5NwmYXHMfDqnM3XeEtiH-5TEUy0YJbFJo6AyX2ovhsi3iSKQ7_IDz1pJkXL8COJkKRpcu4lbwRbmsyveSrfmoCC-c8Wj1sRm8MYZYYiKkybKP1aeuV3cq0gy4sm/s1284/Princess%20Bride%20UHD%204K%20credit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1284" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OU8hSLEdjsmtXynqX7APWV6aBlwI8L2_2S-zUPysbb-SWnGyjvi7OXauqgfFj5NwmYXHMfDqnM3XeEtiH-5TEUy0YJbFJo6AyX2ovhsi3iSKQ7_IDz1pJkXL8COJkKRpcu4lbwRbmsyveSrfmoCC-c8Wj1sRm8MYZYYiKkybKP1aeuV3cq0gy4sm/w400-h213/Princess%20Bride%20UHD%204K%20credit.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">No, sadly... 'tis not I, but some <i>imposter</i> by the same name. I'll have my lawyer look into this matter pronto and clear my name.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>Well folks, that's about it for this entry, and this year as a matter of fact. I still have as many films again to cover in the second part, come New Year 2023. I hope you found this enjoyable, enlightening and irreverent.</b></div><div><b>All the best for the Xmas holiday season wherever you happen to be, with a <u>special</u> 'Best Wishes' directed to the people of <u>Ukraine</u>, whose sheer strength and courage in the face of brutal genocidal aggression has the entire <i>free</i> world's support.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Pete</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-14305023973911146372022-09-18T17:28:00.000+12:002022-09-18T17:28:08.389+12:00TRICKERY ON A BUDGET: Special Visual Effects in Low Cost Films<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVew4ZS6-qgAw1_wAnvzz4OFt-jmqOebqEwe47gVFsDqpNcMxjzyjl5AZfDyY_jF7yDIQEkWnOdRs4790HAbTqzHZRKiej0RZIgDaUhKulccDRtkfPdC6ds4hqaYjowlzohkpGGutF7j4XFOguPtpASp_NwiKnbTGhbgUL43-621MLPs069exDL18/s2452/BLOG%20HEADER%20low%20budget%20fx%20(sm).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="2452" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVew4ZS6-qgAw1_wAnvzz4OFt-jmqOebqEwe47gVFsDqpNcMxjzyjl5AZfDyY_jF7yDIQEkWnOdRs4790HAbTqzHZRKiej0RZIgDaUhKulccDRtkfPdC6ds4hqaYjowlzohkpGGutF7j4XFOguPtpASp_NwiKnbTGhbgUL43-621MLPs069exDL18/w640-h448/BLOG%20HEADER%20low%20budget%20fx%20(sm).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Greetings friends. It's been a while since we ventured together down those hallowed halls of cinematic wizardry, though I'm quietly confident the extended wait will prove to have been worth the wait. My good lady wife of nearly 40 years strongly feels I waste my time with these blog posts and is utterly convinced that nobody actually reads them, especially given the size of the average post and no one today has the attention span required. Is she right?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oAC5BCQJVlK8Ia9okEY6ChTlcCV7lTTfOfAxDf3GloX90sL1s_GjbW4PsvBTApJV91e6HDVmThtqx0I1UBsZl4o3iuiysVLXL_tLTFhjRJ1JKRemM5bokUnzlq6QlJPZFRhORaizqp2nkU4pP0-SGd9qy1n8cIQeXYOjeF10QFpZ8HS8dO_mV2D_/s1916/it%20came%20beneath%20sea%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1916" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oAC5BCQJVlK8Ia9okEY6ChTlcCV7lTTfOfAxDf3GloX90sL1s_GjbW4PsvBTApJV91e6HDVmThtqx0I1UBsZl4o3iuiysVLXL_tLTFhjRJ1JKRemM5bokUnzlq6QlJPZFRhORaizqp2nkU4pP0-SGd9qy1n8cIQeXYOjeF10QFpZ8HS8dO_mV2D_/w640-h316/it%20came%20beneath%20sea%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Today I have tackled something a little different. In many recent blogs, such as the mammoth ILM two-parter, the emphasis has in general been on big, mega-budget showcases, where more often than not, money was no object, and top shelf facilities and practitioners of the effects art form were in plentiful supply. This blog post we will be examining the more economic budget effects work for a change. The work covered here today represents various aspects of what could be termed 'low cost' trick work. The more than 320 examples range from outright quickie 'B' movies to ambitious semi-professional projects, through to made-for-tv films of the week <i>(and never seen again!)</i> productions, independent movies through to Hollywood studio releases purely intended as the bottom half of some double bill, that is to say, back in the glorious era when we had such things as <i>double</i> or <i>triple</i> bills. We had several movie houses here in Auckland that would routinely show 7 or more films back to back, with kung fu, horror, westerns and sexploitation being big drawcards. Those were the days. A staple of my formative years!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKbN757MQyp10bMshJZLolgc7x6ug2OX5xhhnKps2oDhDPlplQgYlC_fARxdAoW74MVqbNTjZi4uttwhDGP44E2vZo2IfR7S8KitmXgWCjimCcGtcyEzuWqx2Jo_oC3oS0-CkEc4FJ1L7IvlDMDbxYA5mL0VKPRZIUNINC_J3rA1WDCISUZ3QtBVd/s1626/Kronos-Irving%20Block%20wide%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="1626" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKbN757MQyp10bMshJZLolgc7x6ug2OX5xhhnKps2oDhDPlplQgYlC_fARxdAoW74MVqbNTjZi4uttwhDGP44E2vZo2IfR7S8KitmXgWCjimCcGtcyEzuWqx2Jo_oC3oS0-CkEc4FJ1L7IvlDMDbxYA5mL0VKPRZIUNINC_J3rA1WDCISUZ3QtBVd/w640-h200/Kronos-Irving%20Block%20wide%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p> I've put together a substantial retrospective from American, British and a small handful of foreign film producing locales such as Finland, USSR, Czechoslovakia and even here, New Zealand(!) Many of the technical staff's names associated with the sampled films will be familiar, though in many cases the films may not be. While a certain number of the films and some of the shots may be familiar, I'm confident that a sizable number will be entirely new to most <b>Matte Shot</b> readers and fans of old school visual effects. I always try to dig deep. The examples illustrated cover the range of matte paintings, miniatures, stop motion, opticals and a few full scale physical effects. Also, as a first, I've included a small handful of highly memorable old school special <i>make-up effects</i>, where ingenious prosthetic gags made a major impression on me way back in the day. I could do an entire blog just on special make up fx, but will just stick to the few choice examples I've selected here for now.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-fI-nbWTcPOT4l5AExz5kJLYX7KNnI_6DqHkxAPuRT6ZUB-u4dnDST98z0-SeWIxEblNhDI-ZLGcyswht336UPPpRL2cJnDD5KdLvQP2_eA00JuKDlqSa4BuX5Eu3f8suAfojozgkjMwTGyw4L_w_zDVGPFsCIAVuL7juVy0KXdHJRCNQ3v2imn3/s665/Ian%20Wingrove%207%20Thunderbirds%20Crablogger.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="665" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-fI-nbWTcPOT4l5AExz5kJLYX7KNnI_6DqHkxAPuRT6ZUB-u4dnDST98z0-SeWIxEblNhDI-ZLGcyswht336UPPpRL2cJnDD5KdLvQP2_eA00JuKDlqSa4BuX5Eu3f8suAfojozgkjMwTGyw4L_w_zDVGPFsCIAVuL7juVy0KXdHJRCNQ3v2imn3/w400-h191/Ian%20Wingrove%207%20Thunderbirds%20Crablogger.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I've always been fond of low budget flicks, be they cheesy exploitation shows or well meaning though by circumstance, <i>economic</i> sci-fi movies. I'm often more impressed with what a film maker can pull together with very limited means over some trillion dollar exercise in self indulgence. So many great 'little' 1930's horror films, 40's comedies, 50's sci-fi pictures, minor thrillers and westerns, not to mention the great decade of the 1970's where the sheer number of amazingly good, low key, modestly produced motion pictures (<i>non</i>-effects films) were made - the likes of which we'd never see again as no studio exec would green light 'em, though as usual, I digress....<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98DZKa3KOZtyZOiPRC1NkCi5yW-isw8FSKt6y8hil__FRg6-4UNT4OVYlaYs_i19NIIo3T3Rh-08E1H_9GHYtdjkeAleJNnZ8RACTP8POkhk6ntXqJXy_MUUqzYXW0DS7vKxMCUoy-ARktchV4Z64_9ois_WSToqis5N6RrVU_2WPj-2ZVbR8EKkt/s2212/Dracula-31%20(Tritschler%20matte%20bef&aft).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="2212" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98DZKa3KOZtyZOiPRC1NkCi5yW-isw8FSKt6y8hil__FRg6-4UNT4OVYlaYs_i19NIIo3T3Rh-08E1H_9GHYtdjkeAleJNnZ8RACTP8POkhk6ntXqJXy_MUUqzYXW0DS7vKxMCUoy-ARktchV4Z64_9ois_WSToqis5N6RrVU_2WPj-2ZVbR8EKkt/w640-h246/Dracula-31%20(Tritschler%20matte%20bef&aft).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>What follows is, hopefully, a fascinating and informative journey into an aspect of traditional, hand made visual effects often overlooked. It's not my intention to 'scoff at' nor denigrate any of the technical work shown here, as one must keep in mind the practitioners and artists could only ever achieve what the often absurdly tight budgets and ludicrously unworkable scheduling would allow. There is some great material here to be revealed, appreciated and enjoyed.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the ride...</div><div><br /></div><div>Pete</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJg98DFr4r-XJS95tuC0mcu-NRYLrsXCPoxLI-FvhfFR8b6EReHx75Tn2V3Tad3e2XCkYk2sIgEpv979EFAXDHmbJWL5xlqzkFICntUdqoDYmKzYeHHSDu1B8uM1I1ulTPTrRMfJTZpHX-MfzBGdYc2Q5B3oH1kJhKvU2p4FM1IHgDY_5Plh7a0QLx/s1194/R.Hammeras%20&%20R.Mammes%201918.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="1194" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJg98DFr4r-XJS95tuC0mcu-NRYLrsXCPoxLI-FvhfFR8b6EReHx75Tn2V3Tad3e2XCkYk2sIgEpv979EFAXDHmbJWL5xlqzkFICntUdqoDYmKzYeHHSDu1B8uM1I1ulTPTrRMfJTZpHX-MfzBGdYc2Q5B3oH1kJhKvU2p4FM1IHgDY_5Plh7a0QLx/w640-h324/R.Hammeras%20&%20R.Mammes%201918.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A delightfully ancient clipping I found in a very old motion picture industry journal, dated <b>1918</b>, showing pioneering effects legend Ralph Hammeras (right) and associate Ray Mammes shooting a miniature for an unidentified film. I live for historic documents just such as this!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 176 previous blog post articles, known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjfVl_Hy8Rp7ADTrSsrleXTU9WI-xXbTH0q_Lj7uGD1P4bRnnckc8eqHiAvrSE__Sr9AnUfR13nBrxRFCCLtpMdKFZGcDCoFwwa2_a2cUy7QjW2_iJHXYtMuzeGZOlDbzY3lTuAqdHUob8XvjeicuZhARSS_d7-ZL8BSgFOedE3i1ajL0QSbAcvx-/s996/A%20Game%20of%20Death-45%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="996" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjfVl_Hy8Rp7ADTrSsrleXTU9WI-xXbTH0q_Lj7uGD1P4bRnnckc8eqHiAvrSE__Sr9AnUfR13nBrxRFCCLtpMdKFZGcDCoFwwa2_a2cUy7QjW2_iJHXYtMuzeGZOlDbzY3lTuAqdHUob8XvjeicuZhARSS_d7-ZL8BSgFOedE3i1ajL0QSbAcvx-/w640-h472/A%20Game%20of%20Death-45%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An atmospheric matte shot from RKO's programmer A GAME OF DEATH, directed by an up and coming prestige film maker, Robert Wise in 1946. Matte artist could have been Albert Maxwell Simpson or Fitch Fulton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOrHPIyZ5rXG1NOHQymHkKIhF_VN4ZbP5qEmduKNac1BJdy7R6slDdBwZL8jqqmJxTh8EpD9TP5QG4xv-rOzV9_zpawM6z2s6qXrsXO_4UgtUtAG2LsoqIqahYkIWONxyOSY5qY2Y56V283ZnI6CKsRgASBItMeY6C82DKyrNKtX_h_sXFsdzd4J-/s3135/1984-54%20(Bernard%20Wilkie%20vfx).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="3135" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOrHPIyZ5rXG1NOHQymHkKIhF_VN4ZbP5qEmduKNac1BJdy7R6slDdBwZL8jqqmJxTh8EpD9TP5QG4xv-rOzV9_zpawM6z2s6qXrsXO_4UgtUtAG2LsoqIqahYkIWONxyOSY5qY2Y56V283ZnI6CKsRgASBItMeY6C82DKyrNKtX_h_sXFsdzd4J-/w640-h366/1984-54%20(Bernard%20Wilkie%20vfx).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here's a rarity indeed... the opening panoramic effects shot as seen in BBC's (live) television version of George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR (1954), starring Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasence. Longtime BBC vfx director, Bernard Wilkie supplied this impressive shot. Wilkie would go on to oversee all of BBC's fx work for decades, with things like DR WHO among many shows. Orwell's novel remains one of my <u>all time</u> favourite books, and definitely worth revisiting every few years or so <i>(now more so than ever, sadly)</i> , ever since my high school English teacher had us read it in the mid 70's. <u><i>Masterpiece!</i></u> A subsequent British feature starring Michael Redgrave <i>(and again, Pleasence)</i> film came out two years after this tv presentation, which too is well worth viewing if you can find it, and decades later Michael Radford made his definitive version with John Hurt and Richard Burton - his final and finest role ever - purposely released, unsurprisingly in 1984.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Fd2t9-6G7JOiJFwZI7ogbd4YCH7ml1peho4cMkX1_vqosXDScqztDuTs16kp8mPLbUkYrvkl_rqOg6hVi22ncv16Km58pRQzVPRb_uWaO9Zv82YoIK2uM4KizJyxl9cUkdGGb9L0zh5KLxeqn_gfE1VizHEBlqHghOinz8JUKLp7IJyklS5cW3KE/s1920/Abominable%20Snowman,The%20-57%20BLURAY%20Les%20Bowie%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Fd2t9-6G7JOiJFwZI7ogbd4YCH7ml1peho4cMkX1_vqosXDScqztDuTs16kp8mPLbUkYrvkl_rqOg6hVi22ncv16Km58pRQzVPRb_uWaO9Zv82YoIK2uM4KizJyxl9cUkdGGb9L0zh5KLxeqn_gfE1VizHEBlqHghOinz8JUKLp7IJyklS5cW3KE/w640-h278/Abominable%20Snowman,The%20-57%20BLURAY%20Les%20Bowie%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Les Bowie was a vital cog in the UK trick shot industry from the mid 1940's up until his early death in the late 1970's. This is Les's wonderfully evocative full frame CinemaScope matte painting from the low budget Hammer flick THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (1957).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-1gWnzv8OPWagoMZg-b5D9G3ZCNABvpFX58dYfyhkwIbotkPf6Z_fJQ6F0B4kCmlgnaVzviOfvOhr0CVpu7c1_HMBEAr7EsUL7kTYaGiBaHIvcDE3anjNzB3hH4Xtnf-UtrOhRjsgKMQYv91ApSzInv3PmdzvPJctWgPfTUZBho-7y11UFoosYHZ/s2116/99%20River%20Street-53.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1596" data-original-width="2116" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-1gWnzv8OPWagoMZg-b5D9G3ZCNABvpFX58dYfyhkwIbotkPf6Z_fJQ6F0B4kCmlgnaVzviOfvOhr0CVpu7c1_HMBEAr7EsUL7kTYaGiBaHIvcDE3anjNzB3hH4Xtnf-UtrOhRjsgKMQYv91ApSzInv3PmdzvPJctWgPfTUZBho-7y11UFoosYHZ/w640-h482/99%20River%20Street-53.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Four uncredited mattes from the tough and violent gangster <i>noir</i> 99 RIVER STREET (1953) from United Artists. Good, understated movie!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16t5nFGpcw-986YndBt6ok1QiwP9ytGl-GL7glRnEMt0u6t0Ru9IWOD8M4EfoisCBkx3cjG7lUX8Q7zqhsQi-bRzjTHI2SJgxHYG4TTC6kHnUgQzZTOBOF1_0yw5zfgHKnjgZegzekpNXrNVmeT5CLMPYWoyr-biNE91v0gnJWjt35CFTNpQSXmwk/s1312/early%20turn%20of%20century%20models.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1312" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16t5nFGpcw-986YndBt6ok1QiwP9ytGl-GL7glRnEMt0u6t0Ru9IWOD8M4EfoisCBkx3cjG7lUX8Q7zqhsQi-bRzjTHI2SJgxHYG4TTC6kHnUgQzZTOBOF1_0yw5zfgHKnjgZegzekpNXrNVmeT5CLMPYWoyr-biNE91v0gnJWjt35CFTNpQSXmwk/w640-h288/early%20turn%20of%20century%20models.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I couldn't resist throwing in these genuine antique photos from the very dawn of motion picture trickery. Love this 'old stuff'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCadxS4Nf57YRcMimX4wYTr4z02x9x2bRWIYnVBN6oZs11qkzxUE-5FEuuIeUhsDYXIjCUWNLAxvEp-Upup75NF_g5FcCztDy4M25DhUhbGXAxAkzWeEJ4tKlLxrEAZL57hF4mB2VudSERvfd5x7D7UBZ7sXkO4LmbBeMQrHQRMarY2juEePFgVu9/s3016/Atomic%20Submarine-59%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="3016" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCadxS4Nf57YRcMimX4wYTr4z02x9x2bRWIYnVBN6oZs11qkzxUE-5FEuuIeUhsDYXIjCUWNLAxvEp-Upup75NF_g5FcCztDy4M25DhUhbGXAxAkzWeEJ4tKlLxrEAZL57hF4mB2VudSERvfd5x7D7UBZ7sXkO4LmbBeMQrHQRMarY2juEePFgVu9/w640-h334/Atomic%20Submarine-59%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jack Rabin and associates were forever associated with 'B' movies and second rate pictures, and a number of their shows are documented in todays blog. Rabin began as far back as 1927 with Selznick and later worked in the Fox and Warner Bros effects departments where he dabbled in matte painting, models and finally specialised in opticals. Rabin formed his own optical house in the mid 1940's. ATOMIC SUBMARINE (1959) was fairly entertaining in it's own way, especially if you, like me, like sub movies. The sub model, by the way, measured 3 feet in length.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDlN_jfUZ2jwvjYFoDHVv3hKqhj79T3JdoNjP4IqUoRIpBOy8HBFHczSTaJhrpdiSyOQS112bfiz4O1ZI85x6b6NL4L152yNHSRA5sEyEG24MxBZpii_hPeGuygdh4QOto0HOMzQN3YN0Cc-tZpwItSWWGA_tBNieJEfa5_QmdDNnQl0jiyKWkVq_/s1920/Atomic%20Submarine-59%20%5BHD1080%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDlN_jfUZ2jwvjYFoDHVv3hKqhj79T3JdoNjP4IqUoRIpBOy8HBFHczSTaJhrpdiSyOQS112bfiz4O1ZI85x6b6NL4L152yNHSRA5sEyEG24MxBZpii_hPeGuygdh4QOto0HOMzQN3YN0Cc-tZpwItSWWGA_tBNieJEfa5_QmdDNnQl0jiyKWkVq_/w640-h360/Atomic%20Submarine-59%20%5BHD1080%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Irving Block's matte from ATOMIC SUBMARINE. Block started off as one of Fred Sersen's matte artists at 20th Century Fox in the 40's and later served under his friend Warren Newcombe in the MGM matte department and painted on epics such as JULIUS CAESAR and others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeMAKsTga_ZAf5gX56Wh-Zx3-eEuAZJR4vhMxMOs4eRocCVztZWeZd9RKpLfys8-bwZmeMAnz7G-LqmIATzlTMPV6dYjTTqz7BhY9pZEGj-eQDe-NGEhK3V1qU4uUvlE8wz4ccco_h8t2kzIJFov7YzXeFXMKtNUdZie2jMiTxrJWnQCJfH3NB-pf/s1928/Avalanche%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1928" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeMAKsTga_ZAf5gX56Wh-Zx3-eEuAZJR4vhMxMOs4eRocCVztZWeZd9RKpLfys8-bwZmeMAnz7G-LqmIATzlTMPV6dYjTTqz7BhY9pZEGj-eQDe-NGEhK3V1qU4uUvlE8wz4ccco_h8t2kzIJFov7YzXeFXMKtNUdZie2jMiTxrJWnQCJfH3NB-pf/w640-h382/Avalanche%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Roger Corman always bragged that he never lost a dime on any of the hundred-odd movies he made. That's due to the fact that Roger never spent much <i>more</i> than a dime on his productions! AVALANCHE (1978) was something of a laugh-fest, made at the tail end of the 'Disaster Cycle'. Highly variable vfx abound, supervised by William Cruse, who a year or two later would oversee the $20 million dud METEOR and recycle several of the AVALANCHE fx sequences, which while passable here, looked awful in the <i>latter</i> flick once reformatted, cropped and stretched out to 2.35:1 Scope proportions with grain the size of golf balls!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNnaAA-jm7LoT4AXh6u79izKFycTCcLkIUoQ0JvYX_os9_8z5gU0-ptMY-KNAK7flNU6PLSqQe97ZHUFyMi3z3oVtbx0F8xE0Kxt61Kb7Z3JfdNvap-aQWh1lvhZWFIWwolyCaspx4zT5k-7zstS-S6BBKiXusrKGw8HPhrhGm4dbxeKpwGz82psl/s1892/Avalanche%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1892" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNnaAA-jm7LoT4AXh6u79izKFycTCcLkIUoQ0JvYX_os9_8z5gU0-ptMY-KNAK7flNU6PLSqQe97ZHUFyMi3z3oVtbx0F8xE0Kxt61Kb7Z3JfdNvap-aQWh1lvhZWFIWwolyCaspx4zT5k-7zstS-S6BBKiXusrKGw8HPhrhGm4dbxeKpwGz82psl/w640-h382/Avalanche%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This AVALANCHE sequence was one that popped up again in the dire METEOR, and also in a couple of made for tv films as I recall. Completely gratuitous nudity (thankfully) breaks the histrionics and saves AVALANCHE from being a total wash out though!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCU5-QY9eYbcw1358NdYPgbwxeo_Ushyqxv2m1vxsDipKGOjHiPp8W4d1gL9vz55TO2j9T09GTlbouZq0tDDJ_5OUYpXoCn6edgavCno-8dCf0ipYNEB0uhahZ88FeZ9Cf4XttGii-fjq3mWECven_0fg2ro_dcn6wOSOydCUep2oIDeN3eXbt3_Tz/s1248/Adv.of%20Capt.%20Kidd%20(serial).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1248" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCU5-QY9eYbcw1358NdYPgbwxeo_Ushyqxv2m1vxsDipKGOjHiPp8W4d1gL9vz55TO2j9T09GTlbouZq0tDDJ_5OUYpXoCn6edgavCno-8dCf0ipYNEB0uhahZ88FeZ9Cf4XttGii-fjq3mWECven_0fg2ro_dcn6wOSOydCUep2oIDeN3eXbt3_Tz/w640-h474/Adv.of%20Capt.%20Kidd%20(serial).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN KIDD (1953) was one of those Columbia serials of old. I remember a couple of old serials shown with Saturday matinees, something long lost today. No idea about matte artist, but at least 2 of these shots were lifted from other films, with the lower left bay originally being a spectacular <i>Technicolor</i> matte shot lifted from somewhere else. It re-appeared a decade later cropped to fit the Scope screen in a Fox pirate movie, and in colour! You'll find it later in this blog post! Man, do I do the hard yards all in the service of old time visuals!! <i>Ya' can't complain!</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJ8KirCJilQ2l9ZCxgKgJaBPPCDi_nRUZQxEDwou74xFDPKctUSCeeAo2fpi_IktvGessIuu29yBCLnrQGHIPkmfo4A2Aej5_7nvIKxc1qIVys8l4P-ohSnjvV-KdktlwGhC_3gulqO27l7PmrOolaBdIYVl9HwGPo8UOW9xYDq6nUOgAJbqHL0DH/s1920/Adv%20of%20Haji-Baba-54%20(allied%20artists).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1920" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJ8KirCJilQ2l9ZCxgKgJaBPPCDi_nRUZQxEDwou74xFDPKctUSCeeAo2fpi_IktvGessIuu29yBCLnrQGHIPkmfo4A2Aej5_7nvIKxc1qIVys8l4P-ohSnjvV-KdktlwGhC_3gulqO27l7PmrOolaBdIYVl9HwGPo8UOW9xYDq6nUOgAJbqHL0DH/w640-h256/Adv%20of%20Haji-Baba-54%20(allied%20artists).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">SS</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Spectacle in spades with this matte from THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI-BABA (1954), distributed by Fox but likely not the real TCF deal, as it was a Walter Wanger production. Careful how you say that last name!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIrtWAvsYBf2hfvnmGhdvybrZZjHF-tc081US6xyOn-My01M-24vv3Y1g9jQBBrRIeP060GbzM7QWzVv1wB_IjkZBjDaEJwCzeYATNmrMnfL9z4haSewyQJV_ZLKWf7whouSH4PxW00ycXfit2KoICfWx34bY2WMBGjOzHt-ju3LPbzAc6zX-bea3/s2172/Aftermath-81%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="2172" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIrtWAvsYBf2hfvnmGhdvybrZZjHF-tc081US6xyOn-My01M-24vv3Y1g9jQBBrRIeP060GbzM7QWzVv1wB_IjkZBjDaEJwCzeYATNmrMnfL9z4haSewyQJV_ZLKWf7whouSH4PxW00ycXfit2KoICfWx34bY2WMBGjOzHt-ju3LPbzAc6zX-bea3/w640-h324/Aftermath-81%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The brothers Skotak - Robert and Dennis - have for many years been a main stay in the field of Oscar winning visual effects on many a big budget studio epic, more often than not, sticking to their tried and true basic no-nonsense, yet pragmatic methods. Years ago the boys made this moderately interesting little post-apocalyptic thriller THE AFTERMATH (1979). Top pic shows the brothers setting up an in-camera glass shot of wrecked Los Angeles, to excellent final effect. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wQQqdq_LAoj0azjAsqm6IIi0CrZvMA6jQoK5rBapx_p2GvCRsocCPJ1dZXC5hfcp0vvWeJVrCJDn8Jj9QcPy_a8oQrvgdAw45DP99tBf_AvdEjY2P3YTkd4VR7eTmePOQ5o8oX__-0z8DOp81U5kXy6RhF9PPuJxmIUH9UQQo1Djq--9O2Xh2ZhL/s1920/aftermath2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wQQqdq_LAoj0azjAsqm6IIi0CrZvMA6jQoK5rBapx_p2GvCRsocCPJ1dZXC5hfcp0vvWeJVrCJDn8Jj9QcPy_a8oQrvgdAw45DP99tBf_AvdEjY2P3YTkd4VR7eTmePOQ5o8oX__-0z8DOp81U5kXy6RhF9PPuJxmIUH9UQQo1Djq--9O2Xh2ZhL/w640-h364/aftermath2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The ruins of the once bustling city were achieved by much painted alteration and extensive retouching over a high quality photo blow up of Los Angeles, with some carefully placed foliage placed in the foreground to hide the blend.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKXltC3_0TU9be27Mu3ZPEJI4kAcsvzOJugA8vtjQi_qarQbPeIAEJyRsWlNlQueP7veuWKZSL_lxvW7ms3LXCmFdYKijNG_lEbH6XIXBEWThcNyKcWxp62AbqW1FTbLJf-wT9EV2UNRd5YtrW8HS3KRBMuG_IsvuxI1wqHx_BCITiBE6NoHrhPQQ/s1920/aftermath3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKXltC3_0TU9be27Mu3ZPEJI4kAcsvzOJugA8vtjQi_qarQbPeIAEJyRsWlNlQueP7veuWKZSL_lxvW7ms3LXCmFdYKijNG_lEbH6XIXBEWThcNyKcWxp62AbqW1FTbLJf-wT9EV2UNRd5YtrW8HS3KRBMuG_IsvuxI1wqHx_BCITiBE6NoHrhPQQ/w640-h364/aftermath3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A close up of the Skotak matte painted additions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhcEOt-Ehjn9pVk6k5I8xNPK7qTJ4tpxJg_Gdc1Jw0Msh70zgpCKy44-uFUeJMMsn26CzB3aNgH-f6DFutXc_u-e3vgSEqdhqXhSEWXCx3hL6tHiXjoJuiDC8a-Iz0Ocs5KfXfAtDqCzrqFs5e9nTD5_TMjGx70rwUxHcw2QWn3pICHlda98GNMpX/s833/Aftermath-84%20(Skotak).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="833" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhcEOt-Ehjn9pVk6k5I8xNPK7qTJ4tpxJg_Gdc1Jw0Msh70zgpCKy44-uFUeJMMsn26CzB3aNgH-f6DFutXc_u-e3vgSEqdhqXhSEWXCx3hL6tHiXjoJuiDC8a-Iz0Ocs5KfXfAtDqCzrqFs5e9nTD5_TMjGx70rwUxHcw2QWn3pICHlda98GNMpX/w640-h368/Aftermath-84%20(Skotak).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Many of THE AFTERMATH views of destruction comprised superb use of foreground miniatures, shot in natural light - always a 'plus'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhWBIDxK0gOMI_y3mYFWjZ-na1sGLDoY6L5c13Tte1bgRt2TmRFvRziLW5KJzcchw861RW3NK8RPUT5XUHPZD1FNXpQ3k86aTZykTLihRRrbZkE4m5tgY9yQfunQBcibRvyQ9LiLeuQn77QpIKPs5pmzkYMFSZbjIQrEdvAylJELn0Od0jsG7x9QY/s1920/aftermath4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhWBIDxK0gOMI_y3mYFWjZ-na1sGLDoY6L5c13Tte1bgRt2TmRFvRziLW5KJzcchw861RW3NK8RPUT5XUHPZD1FNXpQ3k86aTZykTLihRRrbZkE4m5tgY9yQfunQBcibRvyQ9LiLeuQn77QpIKPs5pmzkYMFSZbjIQrEdvAylJELn0Od0jsG7x9QY/w640-h364/aftermath4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While THE AFTERMATH was a bit of a jumble, and occasionally lacking, the Skotak visual effects made up for the (numerous) directorial and acting short comings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn51oOOsOgzPxtsegL-4-RexuYd1KwQQVTfnsOQN9edu2mH8Hi3kVy_zvOOv4_Qp1hftUaIuDuUhnvibQfeVNL7l7-9JTsUEpScN9BhPp38mNoiQYqc42rIFq1M3pzwAngaKCj1gEveCMApsEBqfDn5zRZ3mvlYCUyUHhgaXNYPKru2f979ozQT4zI/s2703/Avenging%20Angel-95.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="2703" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn51oOOsOgzPxtsegL-4-RexuYd1KwQQVTfnsOQN9edu2mH8Hi3kVy_zvOOv4_Qp1hftUaIuDuUhnvibQfeVNL7l7-9JTsUEpScN9BhPp38mNoiQYqc42rIFq1M3pzwAngaKCj1gEveCMApsEBqfDn5zRZ3mvlYCUyUHhgaXNYPKru2f979ozQT4zI/w640-h232/Avenging%20Angel-95.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The minor but okay made-for-tv western AVENGING ANGEL (1995) did have a couple of nice Illusion Arts matte shots such as this one. One of my <b><i>Matte Shot</i></b> long time readers owns this one.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFK-Q1urAHMBLu4-E8jHDDjVB4KI_QJ1j3SwwoznWDwg2ycgOn_k-dQUIMGMLLcfcInM4aeDDmqM7zwuAOJDOtX48rodsas8kGSeK8TjGxRBR_MJQIM551FW6M4rVzQXc_6XFodMvgmQ6W28kTzZUnhrQuEkXTQNQYvA1LhyhTKcOu9kGkzQqzgwSg/s1788/America%203000%20B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="1788" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFK-Q1urAHMBLu4-E8jHDDjVB4KI_QJ1j3SwwoznWDwg2ycgOn_k-dQUIMGMLLcfcInM4aeDDmqM7zwuAOJDOtX48rodsas8kGSeK8TjGxRBR_MJQIM551FW6M4rVzQXc_6XFodMvgmQ6W28kTzZUnhrQuEkXTQNQYvA1LhyhTKcOu9kGkzQqzgwSg/w640-h186/America%203000%20B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The dreadful Cannon Films, Israeli produced and shot post-nuke quarry pit epic, AMERICA 3000 (1986). There were a whole sub-genre of terrible movies of this ilk around that time, mostly out of Italy, and all of 'em insufferable. Blame MAD MAX 2-THE ROAD WARRIOR for starting this trend.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jLe52QlzmF2U5JWCe1PVJrZUtCwYrnsUP__ZHC9lwW3Kgw_h3FuMqQ0WOvG8xQtvDSmgVnXNTynsL3yGvJk7FyjOeEydH93dk4kWqqh12jTUYEYhJEs7QizB41MMy1gzzRIFvNI6SODv6vOg8ahXxYbupBWfybxjCmpgV3y_9krFWwHu_6OVL4Kq/s3172/Angry%20Red%20Planet-59.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="3172" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jLe52QlzmF2U5JWCe1PVJrZUtCwYrnsUP__ZHC9lwW3Kgw_h3FuMqQ0WOvG8xQtvDSmgVnXNTynsL3yGvJk7FyjOeEydH93dk4kWqqh12jTUYEYhJEs7QizB41MMy1gzzRIFvNI6SODv6vOg8ahXxYbupBWfybxjCmpgV3y_9krFWwHu_6OVL4Kq/w640-h200/Angry%20Red%20Planet-59.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, this one was fascinating. THE ANGRY RED PLANET (1959) wasn't half bad, even if the patented <i>CineMagic</i> process made one crave for 'full colour' after a while.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6CKys2I8nGxvtgYT-PoNaJgWXmHoDPCzLyfwLthv5RaysinvdrBrn_ABsJdN_UKrGEZVuX__wRkJMDMdFS4AFgokjZYoJZXTAp-hSkAx9af8F3eDroKupJT06VZmZ1NKO_GHTWE5DAGI8Ssmz9tOpTZWNR12qqextS1QPD98gGI0OMWtUZNjz31U/s1139/Army%20of%20Darkness%20(Introvision%20shots).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1113" data-original-width="1139" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6CKys2I8nGxvtgYT-PoNaJgWXmHoDPCzLyfwLthv5RaysinvdrBrn_ABsJdN_UKrGEZVuX__wRkJMDMdFS4AFgokjZYoJZXTAp-hSkAx9af8F3eDroKupJT06VZmZ1NKO_GHTWE5DAGI8Ssmz9tOpTZWNR12qqextS1QPD98gGI0OMWtUZNjz31U/w640-h626/Army%20of%20Darkness%20(Introvision%20shots).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sam Raimi's ARMY OF DARKNESS (1993) was chock-filled with effects work and nods to icons like Harryhausen. The shots above were highly effective Introvision miniature-front projection composites (see below...)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBRUWjtsKjJ3LQMXRXEyF-iXJNg_aQU2v2D6Ved0T1h7L3S285pc_3JBmMFGXV2_DLy4Vkv1M0TYI2dDbxzdU8X_I2r3KriaK9t1sjRoJfZDcsCvEeH-BI03_ES2H71qo7_aNRPgO8-cdQI_WEnttfvwY3HZyFTpEQHO7AcqAm2eXF_upwrDONlLf/s2206/Army%20of%20Darkness-model%20set%20up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="2206" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBRUWjtsKjJ3LQMXRXEyF-iXJNg_aQU2v2D6Ved0T1h7L3S285pc_3JBmMFGXV2_DLy4Vkv1M0TYI2dDbxzdU8X_I2r3KriaK9t1sjRoJfZDcsCvEeH-BI03_ES2H71qo7_aNRPgO8-cdQI_WEnttfvwY3HZyFTpEQHO7AcqAm2eXF_upwrDONlLf/w640-h178/Army%20of%20Darkness-model%20set%20up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after Introvision work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0x6FFD0Ce6FyD4rElH6fCjD6l8Lkgql3xgb51gTfGBau4MwBGLb9PW_9304AZPuywgeea_MaIwSPLupzvAz1lc_Kkziso-fBz-PBnxsaZvZUSoSQaV9mvkxAMjQSRLXJJF46cfFsbVZzyTBdyoo8XAvWoGb4TyQRZOhF_vcYdEgERxskV3TPLgBx7/s2332/Army%20of%20Darkness3a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="2332" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0x6FFD0Ce6FyD4rElH6fCjD6l8Lkgql3xgb51gTfGBau4MwBGLb9PW_9304AZPuywgeea_MaIwSPLupzvAz1lc_Kkziso-fBz-PBnxsaZvZUSoSQaV9mvkxAMjQSRLXJJF46cfFsbVZzyTBdyoo8XAvWoGb4TyQRZOhF_vcYdEgERxskV3TPLgBx7/w640-h232/Army%20of%20Darkness3a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another ARMY OF DARKNESS miniature before and after.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDcHnGP3efJ7O365sfiFLz50lBs1Iu9omoBJUjDpmgVGLNJ2zGu2z18jYhMLrI2FlmlUHSPEwBpt3wZvIVCFFAS-89k8V4UuoshHJsaY1N_dZhMc4Ks53w2750b5SpOAvS5I2vPfyU4Ra4EivwQLhjCM4qV7mN2z5FmlW1_GO52h2O_lJQN6QDsndz/s1532/Bowery%20to%20Bagdad-55.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1532" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDcHnGP3efJ7O365sfiFLz50lBs1Iu9omoBJUjDpmgVGLNJ2zGu2z18jYhMLrI2FlmlUHSPEwBpt3wZvIVCFFAS-89k8V4UuoshHJsaY1N_dZhMc4Ks53w2750b5SpOAvS5I2vPfyU4Ra4EivwQLhjCM4qV7mN2z5FmlW1_GO52h2O_lJQN6QDsndz/w640-h496/Bowery%20to%20Bagdad-55.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Low rent, though inexplicably popular hi-jinks with the cut-price, bargain basement Bowery Boys, this time round in BOWERY TO BAGDAD (1955). The matte is one of those 'evergreen' paintings that seems to show up endlessly in various 'B' pictures. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7_d2EsAV4l75GK2LazIClJO0i1z5x8dZrnciXE4IXmt68IRJerzpoWhiVnLPYYZ4TsvX37JOeMAvMgr7wRX_nhYinNU7J3lif4DDiDZ4pm772AmErR_ixWFhCBAwPoEn3xPsRtUS6nSyDz7HZheqSG69cC8yaIFlZaXb9s7JNj3rZ1Dg3Ajz6eUI/s1094/Queen%20Outer%20Space-non%20anamorphic.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1094" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7_d2EsAV4l75GK2LazIClJO0i1z5x8dZrnciXE4IXmt68IRJerzpoWhiVnLPYYZ4TsvX37JOeMAvMgr7wRX_nhYinNU7J3lif4DDiDZ4pm772AmErR_ixWFhCBAwPoEn3xPsRtUS6nSyDz7HZheqSG69cC8yaIFlZaXb9s7JNj3rZ1Dg3Ajz6eUI/w640-h466/Queen%20Outer%20Space-non%20anamorphic.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same matte as originally rendered in colour for another mystery film. Quite likely a Universal or Columbia show some years previous? This same matte shows up in <u>another</u> sci-fi flick later in this blog, this time stretched all to hell to fit the CinemaScope frame!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYjxcvq73cqfvS-GplqbR_HlPHhJGvm7wb_v-jWc28fCm7Iuz6TM9r13ax-lq5o1WaISbXI8vj542gMa4oBC33ns9WDcGyLN18I4WwhUMphcilNURUENAMuQbs-1v09ENLt1PdIQx6o9alNUK2KdNq-XfsSMpVSy04F3D9hsESgp4Wp0DTauEtRBa/s1902/Beginning%20of%20the%20End-57.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1902" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYjxcvq73cqfvS-GplqbR_HlPHhJGvm7wb_v-jWc28fCm7Iuz6TM9r13ax-lq5o1WaISbXI8vj542gMa4oBC33ns9WDcGyLN18I4WwhUMphcilNURUENAMuQbs-1v09ENLt1PdIQx6o9alNUK2KdNq-XfsSMpVSy04F3D9hsESgp4Wp0DTauEtRBa/w640-h284/Beginning%20of%20the%20End-57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yeah, I kind of dig giant bugs (or whatever) on the rampage, with the fifties knocking out some gems, usually on a micro-budget such as Bert I. Gordon's BEGINNING OF THE END (1957). Bert specialised in 'larger than life' sci-fi with many independently made films under his belt, and often not bad all monetary things considered. Bert's initials, <i>B.I.G</i> said it all! Give me this over some CGI bullshit any day of the week!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZ530STlSQjOsAPZtIg4fhH7HFXHAiisbK2VDunHdygWJ8sFs_GJ2LJQFJVsEYfBJGgBAb7AkyPGFxynT9iXlUipm0jaBLRYB0ddP3m5-LOeTFTzJKbyAW8WBp5r1ZFjhKRdj1Qs68SsKFt40OD36LHApEvALJwTKMU3XsUOiON9OeXb79beB3Inp/s1502/Bugles%20in%20the%20Afternoon-52%20(WB).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1502" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZ530STlSQjOsAPZtIg4fhH7HFXHAiisbK2VDunHdygWJ8sFs_GJ2LJQFJVsEYfBJGgBAb7AkyPGFxynT9iXlUipm0jaBLRYB0ddP3m5-LOeTFTzJKbyAW8WBp5r1ZFjhKRdj1Qs68SsKFt40OD36LHApEvALJwTKMU3XsUOiON9OeXb79beB3Inp/w640-h256/Bugles%20in%20the%20Afternoon-52%20(WB).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BUGLES IN THE AFTERNOON (1952) was a Warner Bros flick with Ray Milland. I'd hazard a guess that perhaps Jack Cosgrove did the matte art as that sky is very telling.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIsc4fqna5ZlmlLiBYF3QvXLt07bPtMLf6bsaYn5POGWM7htJagT1T1nD4rAaNLIulTMdDjPaRbs6xjcyhddmf2rWUEmNmU2jIoVpPfDu2apJXLNwIFUn0ao-ni4vYjcQSWTc0yNRRjCpJp4vfxS5znhTmMjtuP-JVAyohc3eErT065-YA4RRFJyl/s1527/Black%20Scorpion2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="1317" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIsc4fqna5ZlmlLiBYF3QvXLt07bPtMLf6bsaYn5POGWM7htJagT1T1nD4rAaNLIulTMdDjPaRbs6xjcyhddmf2rWUEmNmU2jIoVpPfDu2apJXLNwIFUn0ao-ni4vYjcQSWTc0yNRRjCpJp4vfxS5znhTmMjtuP-JVAyohc3eErT065-YA4RRFJyl/w552-h640/Black%20Scorpion2.jpg" width="552" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A tightly made, yet very effective fifties monster show, done for little money was the excellent THE BLACK SCORPION (1957). Veteran all round effects man Ralph Hammeras painted the glass shots <i>(some of which catch the reflection of the stop motion puppet) </i>while Willis O'Brien and Pete Peterson looked after the very impressive and varied stop motion sequences.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJ4uMa-DUONCSRlR4m0YFE5-aXSev7_lOa-mRh582b-JU4t_iMdUlbGHo_YceHzL5L9YPCjKi1R3s6c_8uhTYEbsV6Bib1u4DTpMx7qndGG1KnjI-0kyZ7jI0NVTcB9fv_ifeXLEgg_46DKEhRI78kWq2eX5JgDLF15rgZPUbbRjghKujJtCETeZE/s2220/Black%20Scorpion-57%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2220" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJ4uMa-DUONCSRlR4m0YFE5-aXSev7_lOa-mRh582b-JU4t_iMdUlbGHo_YceHzL5L9YPCjKi1R3s6c_8uhTYEbsV6Bib1u4DTpMx7qndGG1KnjI-0kyZ7jI0NVTcB9fv_ifeXLEgg_46DKEhRI78kWq2eX5JgDLF15rgZPUbbRjghKujJtCETeZE/w640-h360/Black%20Scorpion-57%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More great stuff from THE BLACK SCORPION, where highly creative camera angles and lighting - not to mention camera moves - lend so much to what <i>could</i> have been otherwise 'drab' animated sequences. Well worth a look and very under rated!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjOiMGKEdkxAhVFO1aXGQoWcB0eKOUV-lHQBNUz68VoFsSLGH6CEeNm8xzMfERvtLSdNyUNWUdqsWqhiNbog9sxpYkK1obyKU7AdkN5AYAxjvCkkYMN4AyEUljZjv9cIe0__OARuJWK_ztkLWG7MZnrVZ_frsM_4Yy1qKw6SMzIJKui26JsQG7g6z/s1981/Blood%20of%20Vampire-58%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="1981" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjOiMGKEdkxAhVFO1aXGQoWcB0eKOUV-lHQBNUz68VoFsSLGH6CEeNm8xzMfERvtLSdNyUNWUdqsWqhiNbog9sxpYkK1obyKU7AdkN5AYAxjvCkkYMN4AyEUljZjv9cIe0__OARuJWK_ztkLWG7MZnrVZ_frsM_4Yy1qKw6SMzIJKui26JsQG7g6z/w640-h478/Blood%20of%20Vampire-58%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE (1958) was a low budget British horror film with a number of uncredited matte shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWGOtDU6EwhhlUu-r7MmM0J1Vkn-eyHVjBHjyfJhiC7Pn7rELh7vteXzv-0W-EhlS9gFUExkm2FWBmVYG69_YLpXKL-Jzerowf5ad9mtC_YDscLsX4YlAAUVSzre5btMJLBfpzn6hoOIdu1IDDvECxfejHhPgPUn1okcFvBPUsEDP-Lve6jaH3lZk/s1800/Blood%20of%20Vamp2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1800" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWGOtDU6EwhhlUu-r7MmM0J1Vkn-eyHVjBHjyfJhiC7Pn7rELh7vteXzv-0W-EhlS9gFUExkm2FWBmVYG69_YLpXKL-Jzerowf5ad9mtC_YDscLsX4YlAAUVSzre5btMJLBfpzn6hoOIdu1IDDvECxfejHhPgPUn1okcFvBPUsEDP-Lve6jaH3lZk/w640-h384/Blood%20of%20Vamp2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rather effective painted matte from BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2lxJD_AjkwuL2ZNCtl5wzO4c1FY3EMekTgulT42lUIOFqRPnD_v07SFjzaYh2-UFX2TkUzOK_0STQV3YSCwuluU3AXS1lncHl0y2IHicdevBHAvOzkU0YrbTHcvo8cyeN_fYrqaqMYNEQWhcDwMePt6-KZiLdabiUwgCsQCEXZAwRKR1IDOE-WRX/s1920/Black%20Sleep%20(Rabin-Block)2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2lxJD_AjkwuL2ZNCtl5wzO4c1FY3EMekTgulT42lUIOFqRPnD_v07SFjzaYh2-UFX2TkUzOK_0STQV3YSCwuluU3AXS1lncHl0y2IHicdevBHAvOzkU0YrbTHcvo8cyeN_fYrqaqMYNEQWhcDwMePt6-KZiLdabiUwgCsQCEXZAwRKR1IDOE-WRX/w640-h352/Black%20Sleep%20(Rabin-Block)2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of Irving Block's mattes from THE BLACK SLEEP (1956).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9hK-dVtfQnCy-8V9BD3dNS4aEnAGI7hdX0jxPJVml3Qe7FRtkL_ffaGX4E0PFR4lJK-9-t1Pa-iyEQXlGcOxkLkv0xe6qdNuB8QwQEyVJnxny7LbYsPNlCvjD4KxDnISYm6JNTcGVQCxv-jmSES6kEbzRqfpTUBXhNE022OrvvF2S4zJN0_xKb7J/s1920/Black%20Sleep%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9hK-dVtfQnCy-8V9BD3dNS4aEnAGI7hdX0jxPJVml3Qe7FRtkL_ffaGX4E0PFR4lJK-9-t1Pa-iyEQXlGcOxkLkv0xe6qdNuB8QwQEyVJnxny7LbYsPNlCvjD4KxDnISYm6JNTcGVQCxv-jmSES6kEbzRqfpTUBXhNE022OrvvF2S4zJN0_xKb7J/w640-h352/Black%20Sleep%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from THE BLACK SLEEP with Jack Rabin and Louis DeWitt collaborating.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAVQe42vflJ9VysW3pMBPMe99f6W-QEGv-dhOum0PIE77GS0m2SY83QoT8VtBUVERtzQHtt1QGVcJ6LafTlPwXVPlY9Yw7wVsTupCtxNbyNygyOqd9HbnVynRCuGKADb-vTTHxOypmYmXUqPSA5XME3TgRTKfpd8QqLjEb2gTT9MnpzC3EAdoiIHt/s1414/Bad%20Taste.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1414" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAVQe42vflJ9VysW3pMBPMe99f6W-QEGv-dhOum0PIE77GS0m2SY83QoT8VtBUVERtzQHtt1QGVcJ6LafTlPwXVPlY9Yw7wVsTupCtxNbyNygyOqd9HbnVynRCuGKADb-vTTHxOypmYmXUqPSA5XME3TgRTKfpd8QqLjEb2gTT9MnpzC3EAdoiIHt/w640-h330/Bad%20Taste.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A <i>bona-fide</i> cult classic from right here in New Zealand was Peter Jackson's first film, BAD TASTE (1987). Shot on 16mm on weekends over four years with Peter's mates and pocket money from his 'day job', Peter hit pay dirt with this one-of-a-kind splatter epic. Jackson not only co-starred, but wrote, directed, photographed, edited <i>and</i> manufactured the incredibly good special effects and prosthetics - with the aid of his Mum's kitchen oven for baking foam latex, and his Dad's tool shed for building miniatures!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZvQOaAxcs1DjuFZNhFfosJgxu4VxPEwzm5lk3CGCvK_5ifp63UmDp5KkeySnzH2mueFp5-TMjyEYAjpx6IOC6h-b9OPe1x4stU8v03YkFt5V2Pzhv884BydR05q447CxpRVluS4Gpis3pBfkyekMCW3DhMQUDA3QtuLZiyeMbkyQcMeGzTno-TWS/s2178/Bad%20Taste-Jackson%20fx%20make%20up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="2178" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZvQOaAxcs1DjuFZNhFfosJgxu4VxPEwzm5lk3CGCvK_5ifp63UmDp5KkeySnzH2mueFp5-TMjyEYAjpx6IOC6h-b9OPe1x4stU8v03YkFt5V2Pzhv884BydR05q447CxpRVluS4Gpis3pBfkyekMCW3DhMQUDA3QtuLZiyeMbkyQcMeGzTno-TWS/w640-h194/Bad%20Taste-Jackson%20fx%20make%20up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hey, I <u>did</u> tell you I'd include a few choice low budget make up effects didn't I? Zombie getting head blown off with 44 Magnum <i>(nasty)</i>, and subsequent brains-on-a-spoon dining scene <i>(featuring Jackson himself in multiple roles) </i>were show stoppers! They didn't call the flick <b>'Good Taste'</b> for a reason. Who'd have imagined Pete would end up with a barn filled with Oscars a few years later?? Classic!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAF4azL9XZEgmmb3eQCes1n7UVRvedVfk2B39rwF_-WqAxqtvJGAuQBDsKSJH9k6NTuQbL-gi3ilso3XQ6Ou6SE2iDOqftQeKYqS66V6pF0eImOt7avJr-LKQXXqN3ugDybh6rihEVd3VuV9XBhYL52hhmvHAOgU_4QbC_KflN7KqbdeRPMbUu2WeN/s1569/Beast%2020K%20Fathom.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1569" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAF4azL9XZEgmmb3eQCes1n7UVRvedVfk2B39rwF_-WqAxqtvJGAuQBDsKSJH9k6NTuQbL-gi3ilso3XQ6Ou6SE2iDOqftQeKYqS66V6pF0eImOt7avJr-LKQXXqN3ugDybh6rihEVd3VuV9XBhYL52hhmvHAOgU_4QbC_KflN7KqbdeRPMbUu2WeN/w640-h430/Beast%2020K%20Fathom.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the early feature films that made Ray Harryhausen a household name was THE BEAST FROM 20'000 FATHOMS (1953), which like most of Ray's projects was really an assignment under adversity to get things looking as good as they did. Great stop motion and composites.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcwOHvB12ayPPrwzMuPq_9Oxt03LewMbxhVeK-_uf6bPV0zt_cofX4j4B1N22iFJHG3j4oqjEoggK4fFddBZCTVcS4T3JDq2jZ09wvZVX3HLeumWPU2-jqCqgnDuDFKXkAjzY7EUzCOgR_r0LPdjSyqbYKzy7p7qrJq_fEFluCNp3nLVL5VJXxPyU/s2000/Black%20Arrow-48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="2000" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcwOHvB12ayPPrwzMuPq_9Oxt03LewMbxhVeK-_uf6bPV0zt_cofX4j4B1N22iFJHG3j4oqjEoggK4fFddBZCTVcS4T3JDq2jZ09wvZVX3HLeumWPU2-jqCqgnDuDFKXkAjzY7EUzCOgR_r0LPdjSyqbYKzy7p7qrJq_fEFluCNp3nLVL5VJXxPyU/w640-h338/Black%20Arrow-48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Columbia's THE BLACK ARROW (1948) seemed filler for the proverbial double bill. Uncredited effects would have been supervised by Larry Butler and photographed by long time studio fx man Donald Glouner. Juan Larrinaga may have painted as he was a long time artist in Butler's effects department.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiG9uctdsaQ5v7zgGw_y6XKIS9ScUzRaj_trv9Y_q2oVvN4P5FtUkPPvO6CVYbP6SrCMgTijSJcMc3Ya7LULK6jyJblEaQub7G11oQhPPBWux2QKvzZaCxv_qycboucYotS355YsKx5Pi7m4H7rb3EQyo9KawgM6gwk7ZZlfprjnyD-rTudXePO5fM/s2072/Beast%20In%20Space-80.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1596" data-original-width="2072" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiG9uctdsaQ5v7zgGw_y6XKIS9ScUzRaj_trv9Y_q2oVvN4P5FtUkPPvO6CVYbP6SrCMgTijSJcMc3Ya7LULK6jyJblEaQub7G11oQhPPBWux2QKvzZaCxv_qycboucYotS355YsKx5Pi7m4H7rb3EQyo9KawgM6gwk7ZZlfprjnyD-rTudXePO5fM/w640-h492/Beast%20In%20Space-80.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The diabolically awful Italian sci-fi sex film, THE BEAST IN SPACE (1980) with Euro-leaze kitten Sirpa Lane, was as bad as bad can get. Supposedly directed by one '<i>Al Bradley</i>'.... I strongly smell a pseudonym - a very common practice in Italian cinema of the 80's, and used with good reason here!.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsJnhAS0oPIquQRgxmmQZliiZcEGdyiRdPOZBAQAiYcPl4Ur7aofBdMta86f-A9VLnDdQB4M0qoYRsrDw4paxehQtNmcMtVAzVsFii3SWfFcFnrHwWuurTapZWfTnrHIiL89nS0c2MhOp0hkc9Spm8-m1O6Pq1xMl1D5e8CA40h6BDBEZZacPo7El/s1920/Beyond%20The%20Time%20Barrier-60%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsJnhAS0oPIquQRgxmmQZliiZcEGdyiRdPOZBAQAiYcPl4Ur7aofBdMta86f-A9VLnDdQB4M0qoYRsrDw4paxehQtNmcMtVAzVsFii3SWfFcFnrHwWuurTapZWfTnrHIiL89nS0c2MhOp0hkc9Spm8-m1O6Pq1xMl1D5e8CA40h6BDBEZZacPo7El/w640-h360/Beyond%20The%20Time%20Barrier-60%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An effects vision from BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER (1960) from director Edgar Ulmer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg896ilhj3sQ-KrJwNQLLmObT1cr2vRPJrXIu7v2HxBkEsdvf-nru4rClJJSC_tE1CKzij8GR00KQ1MS02V19sAoDriS_wkUU93bC7-COyy0taxjjP0Dm7Os_I8JfIsBrewwxb-EqYMnXHf1BoyNkoDdGQRPuQnizitcQKduP4Xl77UWu2jao_-yn4l/s1329/Brigand%20of%20Kandahar-65%201a.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1185" data-original-width="1329" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg896ilhj3sQ-KrJwNQLLmObT1cr2vRPJrXIu7v2HxBkEsdvf-nru4rClJJSC_tE1CKzij8GR00KQ1MS02V19sAoDriS_wkUU93bC7-COyy0taxjjP0Dm7Os_I8JfIsBrewwxb-EqYMnXHf1BoyNkoDdGQRPuQnizitcQKduP4Xl77UWu2jao_-yn4l/w640-h570/Brigand%20of%20Kandahar-65%201a.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Swashbuckling on the Afghan frontier in Hammer's THE BRIGAND OF KANDAHAR (1965).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEY8LFB0yTK9qsW9DoZjh-GzIjDk1dJ_5DRqwMo4kZlSbmb3Fqo14jI2h1lR4N83no4oFF7gazDxHV3RbwdUSo8Jbd38CkUodCAq96zgwO67-uD6Qq3L3aEXlCFO43bYGCc2I28gwK1F1Y-5ee8tUtXafIyaiXs0t1utFFZbV7IN5oRcvYwVERdbc/s1665/Brigand%20of%20Kandahar%202a.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="1665" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEY8LFB0yTK9qsW9DoZjh-GzIjDk1dJ_5DRqwMo4kZlSbmb3Fqo14jI2h1lR4N83no4oFF7gazDxHV3RbwdUSo8Jbd38CkUodCAq96zgwO67-uD6Qq3L3aEXlCFO43bYGCc2I28gwK1F1Y-5ee8tUtXafIyaiXs0t1utFFZbV7IN5oRcvYwVERdbc/w640-h552/Brigand%20of%20Kandahar%202a.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BRIGAND OF KANDAHAR matte art by Les Bowie, Ray Caple and Ian Scoones.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56J3X6MpZKs8Ag3s-4P6FI8bM3KHVLenamey6bNeN9xUnc3h7yxaUET1OvU12vwLCbbXInP9MPYwvI7fkHSyVB780XATuji_Pyn14uLmu4uFyokIoiiNgFcomnLhcqnN11hy44n8enGEWCNmRP8trajE8WMIgGQJz2tfZMHXFZJ1jyECBnOl0Tid3/s2084/Brain%20Dead%20(NZ).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="2084" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56J3X6MpZKs8Ag3s-4P6FI8bM3KHVLenamey6bNeN9xUnc3h7yxaUET1OvU12vwLCbbXInP9MPYwvI7fkHSyVB780XATuji_Pyn14uLmu4uFyokIoiiNgFcomnLhcqnN11hy44n8enGEWCNmRP8trajE8WMIgGQJz2tfZMHXFZJ1jyECBnOl0Tid3/w640-h298/Brain%20Dead%20(NZ).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another slice of Kiwi special effects ingenuity with Peter Jackson's BRAIN DEAD (1992), known in the US as DEAD ALIVE for reasons which escape me. Above illustrates detailed miniatures of Wellington, circa 1955, created by newly established little firm known as WETA Workshop. The flick, naturally, is mostly known for the sheer amount of gore, bodily dismemberment and living dead mayhem - the likes of which had <u>never</u> been seen before, nor since! Kudos to Richard Taylor and Bob McCarron for <i>in-fucken-credible</i> make up effects and prosthetic work. The perfect 'date movie' says NZ Pete.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJv323IecGryxbwqQ_cWHfF2plEYcSKpINo9a4MRFJArlrt8qyzNNYKX5xZ31GU86pUjX8N7qotRANEDxoypssJMuxDHmJ4_n1dDA8OM4TCNJAn4OPCvU9mUf_XnPh4bcKvsg7JFYNECoxT4-3Ne_wfKTdUSe4XSqDu_touMWiBXBD88vWJwkQlPI/s2340/Black%20Room,The-35.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="2340" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJv323IecGryxbwqQ_cWHfF2plEYcSKpINo9a4MRFJArlrt8qyzNNYKX5xZ31GU86pUjX8N7qotRANEDxoypssJMuxDHmJ4_n1dDA8OM4TCNJAn4OPCvU9mUf_XnPh4bcKvsg7JFYNECoxT4-3Ne_wfKTdUSe4XSqDu_touMWiBXBD88vWJwkQlPI/w640-h336/Black%20Room,The-35.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A well made and taut little Columbia second feature, THE BLACK ROOM (1935) with Boris Karloff expertly split screened into dual roles. Matte art provides an excellent gothic gloom. Solid mystery movie.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEm6Pp0pHuuAFgf7Z8iaE3iD4v65fUtWLrrGMRRQ4C0wV3HJ9NBTvV3Jr3KSscZexx9MDhcpzlYebKcUBrlOUe__bFWL-ahBe-vgP55roiKhDz6C94ObCsQopjWBk3Vrgj9cLHF2r8_gPPA8_Vwg9103ISshFsJLQXI6bHXPum_d8zu-DOMRsMOSQL/s2432/Cal&Mess%20B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="2432" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEm6Pp0pHuuAFgf7Z8iaE3iD4v65fUtWLrrGMRRQ4C0wV3HJ9NBTvV3Jr3KSscZexx9MDhcpzlYebKcUBrlOUe__bFWL-ahBe-vgP55roiKhDz6C94ObCsQopjWBk3Vrgj9cLHF2r8_gPPA8_Vwg9103ISshFsJLQXI6bHXPum_d8zu-DOMRsMOSQL/w640-h222/Cal&Mess%20B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bruno Mattei turned out a great deal of sleaze, with Italian horror and cannibal flesh-chomping his usual stomping ground. CALIGULA AND MESSALINA (1981) saw Bruno jump on the Bob Guccione bandwagon with this, literally just one of scores of cheesy Italian CALIGULA ripoffs, none of which reached the dizzying heights of the Tinto Brass original. Above is one of a couple of mattes in the film, though I'd bet my left testicle that it was lifted from another Spaghetti extravaganza, and likely the work of someone like Joseph Natanson, Emilio Ruiz or similar.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUhz1Y9ZbcBxB_zWmfpIb3r-YoP0AG0hlp6J3BYDLWIFnRsGgYfJ92j564OipDoWrSPqc9WR-wW5M0MCh-dGHsAgbXO0k17FJwJArSpVYrc_KUPgky4ywly31MifsYkdehtZvYH7iQoXHv7bRt4eErTGKt3Em2fzjWwajaunN4ZUieDa1DmcoS5Wc/s1120/Capt%20Kidd%20&%20Slave%20Girl%20B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1120" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUhz1Y9ZbcBxB_zWmfpIb3r-YoP0AG0hlp6J3BYDLWIFnRsGgYfJ92j564OipDoWrSPqc9WR-wW5M0MCh-dGHsAgbXO0k17FJwJArSpVYrc_KUPgky4ywly31MifsYkdehtZvYH7iQoXHv7bRt4eErTGKt3Em2fzjWwajaunN4ZUieDa1DmcoS5Wc/w640-h314/Capt%20Kidd%20&%20Slave%20Girl%20B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Low grade costumer from 1954, apparently in 'color', so why is my frame in black & white I wonder? I feel so ripped off!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPH54ikNmWyE94PwiNR-KPsFEZWkMBqAGX8fSR-fbQAPxLmP7XW_0BE-8m9vcRhf9QKPyVD4lFrf8qJsWNAp2HjNfHvjsYAvJoiOcvz1TivVAC6MMJ-u7wI6JYTm4oVjMgD39BDJzaLHx1GNg3pTGiToMNjZEoxxeGuYTX3HYjMvaQ8wpX3JM2RfEn/s2284/Captain%20Kidd-45.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="2284" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPH54ikNmWyE94PwiNR-KPsFEZWkMBqAGX8fSR-fbQAPxLmP7XW_0BE-8m9vcRhf9QKPyVD4lFrf8qJsWNAp2HjNfHvjsYAvJoiOcvz1TivVAC6MMJ-u7wI6JYTm4oVjMgD39BDJzaLHx1GNg3pTGiToMNjZEoxxeGuYTX3HYjMvaQ8wpX3JM2RfEn/w640-h348/Captain%20Kidd-45.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This CAPTAIN KIDD (1945) isn't to be confused with the one shown above. There were a lot of similarly titled pirate films.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsA5NU7k_uRKlpG02Nlw6X04fHUZBr5L5YbQdAdxFD5_dQ42t5Bb6KXFe5SnHXBzR7apMaHZcwghYncrcQhbO0g8yQ2HM_Oh7gYkzCIEjAhP51Orm1e8qek1PcFnrEzYH_QwieRefUmeXovrJzngwMuk1--sbORmTU7Xui1a1i4x2SON3zFfBPuiP/s1398/Class%20of%20Nuke%20'em%20High.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="1398" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsA5NU7k_uRKlpG02Nlw6X04fHUZBr5L5YbQdAdxFD5_dQ42t5Bb6KXFe5SnHXBzR7apMaHZcwghYncrcQhbO0g8yQ2HM_Oh7gYkzCIEjAhP51Orm1e8qek1PcFnrEzYH_QwieRefUmeXovrJzngwMuk1--sbORmTU7Xui1a1i4x2SON3zFfBPuiP/w640-h250/Class%20of%20Nuke%20'em%20High.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lloyd Kaufman's two-bit outfit Troma put out a number of extreme splatter films in the 80's, with THE CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH (1986) being one such example. Theo Pingarelli was credited for matte shots. Troma usually churned out third rate exploitation fodder, yet <i>did</i> however hit bullseye with the classic THE TOXIC AVENGER.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfk37TZdF-ytnUrkVgKyJlW360IH2ArD_d_7xbwHsFFCQoi_ZR4pX2r0Vqj-0jCUW7ebIBa6Ejqx3Oadq_A-jSAF99tn46tRwBhY-tKCbUZbynyRQDWGSJBK6_dhSj4u1Q8gzy36duUOgNNRHQN05IwHsUDorqS9xtE0DwlGr06TRHF2kw1PdzluH/s2324/Cast%20A%20Deadly%20Spell-91.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="2324" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfk37TZdF-ytnUrkVgKyJlW360IH2ArD_d_7xbwHsFFCQoi_ZR4pX2r0Vqj-0jCUW7ebIBa6Ejqx3Oadq_A-jSAF99tn46tRwBhY-tKCbUZbynyRQDWGSJBK6_dhSj4u1Q8gzy36duUOgNNRHQN05IwHsUDorqS9xtE0DwlGr06TRHF2kw1PdzluH/w640-h268/Cast%20A%20Deadly%20Spell-91.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The H.P Lovecraft inspired tv movie CAST A DEADLY SPELL (1991) was entertaining enough, and captured a wonderful period flavour. Tons of vfx from a number of contributors such as the Skotak brothers among others. Artist Rick Rische painted the mattes and glass shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorpv8hxNsVhEoabkg9v8aAQc2NNa-GeRFytAyP-LeDQw_ilwVjJC3iX9I_gyxDlSJVO4gxdawoOqvA9mrVGW1Mu9vTys-t2g0h8Y_a4VUyDtdq6PaYCjFMCxaQ78SbGjaUWzCRbLPj-48eGThvWQBFgGj0g5Q9bZgLFNAlWlEBqMi6CuBGEDqgesA/s1504/Circle%20of%20Deception%20(1961)%20Les%20Bowie.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1504" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorpv8hxNsVhEoabkg9v8aAQc2NNa-GeRFytAyP-LeDQw_ilwVjJC3iX9I_gyxDlSJVO4gxdawoOqvA9mrVGW1Mu9vTys-t2g0h8Y_a4VUyDtdq6PaYCjFMCxaQ78SbGjaUWzCRbLPj-48eGThvWQBFgGj0g5Q9bZgLFNAlWlEBqMi6CuBGEDqgesA/w400-h391/Circle%20of%20Deception%20(1961)%20Les%20Bowie.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A revealing before and after of Les Bowie's Middle Eastern matte painted locale for the opening shot of the British film CIRCLE OF DECEPTION (1960).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWcSwR3Plj74fNDCZIflZgAePKsqb4rJeKaOOGKKv9jo0UUbzuAyNT5iOQeiSflAenj4EnCQW8I88WN6mfxvb0O9hDcjrUW4LnjNWDGfo_b8vjT5qFMw0ys50bx9fQnXrpUd5pJcjtRdl_L6gwhry2zz_4P77BAiBW7d8pk3qKIzi4Kkmm63FhTi6/s1400/Crash%20Island%20(tvm).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1400" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWcSwR3Plj74fNDCZIflZgAePKsqb4rJeKaOOGKKv9jo0UUbzuAyNT5iOQeiSflAenj4EnCQW8I88WN6mfxvb0O9hDcjrUW4LnjNWDGfo_b8vjT5qFMw0ys50bx9fQnXrpUd5pJcjtRdl_L6gwhry2zz_4P77BAiBW7d8pk3qKIzi4Kkmm63FhTi6/w640-h470/Crash%20Island%20(tvm).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The late Jena Holman was matte painter for this sequence for the tv movie of the week CRASH ISLAND made in the early 1980's. David Stipes was effects cameraman.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfREomnCwXlF1Czor3fFPHwymIyF7RIMrSH0ut5f2s5zhzgRQCBnCTTTr5BfMDHl-wR9C5A91dQtd-46MK_CKq3_rBtN8g44zOeedXbCv1WaQnnws6AvqNA3BZHoYQzwSRThZDh4zLnkoJty7nWnNhhbgkr0l1upNq9-fyOiQHG4StJoFOmtgjYezM/s1456/camp%20blood%20isle-bowie%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="1456" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfREomnCwXlF1Czor3fFPHwymIyF7RIMrSH0ut5f2s5zhzgRQCBnCTTTr5BfMDHl-wR9C5A91dQtd-46MK_CKq3_rBtN8g44zOeedXbCv1WaQnnws6AvqNA3BZHoYQzwSRThZDh4zLnkoJty7nWnNhhbgkr0l1upNq9-fyOiQHG4StJoFOmtgjYezM/w640-h205/camp%20blood%20isle-bowie%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hammer didn't only turn out horror flicks as many might think. They made comedies, pirate films, mysteries, adventure films, science fiction, dinosaur epics, war movies... you name it. This shot is from the </span><i style="color: #2b00fe;">very</i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> low budget (yet solid and exciting) WWII drama THE CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND (1958). Les Bowie was the uncredited matte painter with Roy Field on fx camera duties..</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCZe93LqqNSU105HgfxlcifzJ4whZgMUsXStOj1gdijz49-nOLbPLJ1CCTuUGiDi3jSJxLrcNgMBeAsBgnrAKzqDVsbI7zFX_RePlkHBXcwKjwJzWPaA-PCuWArCs8ELP4BLnHWMErLII5cPNH2GCS4FEcl6MlYZacvnErPV3T6Ld1odfISD6tjha/s2004/Cat%20Women.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="2004" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCZe93LqqNSU105HgfxlcifzJ4whZgMUsXStOj1gdijz49-nOLbPLJ1CCTuUGiDi3jSJxLrcNgMBeAsBgnrAKzqDVsbI7zFX_RePlkHBXcwKjwJzWPaA-PCuWArCs8ELP4BLnHWMErLII5cPNH2GCS4FEcl6MlYZacvnErPV3T6Ld1odfISD6tjha/w640-h342/Cat%20Women.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oh brother... they don't make 'em like this any more! CAT WOMEN ON THE MOON (1954) ranks right up (down?) there with FIRE MAIDENS FROM OUTER SPACE and ROBOT MONSTER in sheer insanity. Jack Rabin was fx boss, with associate Irving Block painting the mattes. I think they shot some of this on left over sets from Gary Cooper's epic ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvct8252Z2zx3_HeUDO7kyqKq-O6Y0gtrbtjhhgRTYNKfv8Sf1uBflspu_szNcO4b02xttdAys8g_RcUMcoVjcoif67M_9gL8rKKoPR85IUkGvf1A9gdRm4UOUW9nBVAtGIwEfQMyd613qnuOKc5LsjPg7g8ZdAxGs1aFtJdt7EPBT3CyusCPdq_3N/s1452/Crooked%20Web-55%20(Col).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1396" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvct8252Z2zx3_HeUDO7kyqKq-O6Y0gtrbtjhhgRTYNKfv8Sf1uBflspu_szNcO4b02xttdAys8g_RcUMcoVjcoif67M_9gL8rKKoPR85IUkGvf1A9gdRm4UOUW9nBVAtGIwEfQMyd613qnuOKc5LsjPg7g8ZdAxGs1aFtJdt7EPBT3CyusCPdq_3N/w616-h640/Crooked%20Web-55%20(Col).jpg" width="616" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Columbia's THE CROOKED WEB (1955) featured a few less than optimal matte shots that didn't seem in step with the usual quality to come from Larry Butler's photographic effects department.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQb1BIJl_Hi_AvXwcUC0ba1hXzwQLHOvdTfGhvfQ-gQF2Z8BhXWj5eOWm3aWd_FyEQjonxGrdpBjWlYdqToFm9wOOnMPNfUilkjYYoW1ppai9V0wMXBTFHh8S0QhqDwdx6qHCjVE84xulKsxBqkTX5tsWrPfSoyxS-Ot7CVHqWgKwdh6aYiFU2rEuU/s3060/Curse%20of%20Cat%20People-44.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="3060" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQb1BIJl_Hi_AvXwcUC0ba1hXzwQLHOvdTfGhvfQ-gQF2Z8BhXWj5eOWm3aWd_FyEQjonxGrdpBjWlYdqToFm9wOOnMPNfUilkjYYoW1ppai9V0wMXBTFHh8S0QhqDwdx6qHCjVE84xulKsxBqkTX5tsWrPfSoyxS-Ot7CVHqWgKwdh6aYiFU2rEuU/w640-h242/Curse%20of%20Cat%20People-44.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two beautifully rendered matte painted shots from the wonderfully atmospheric RKO classic CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (1944) co-directed by Robert Wise. Vernon Walker was effects chief, with old time veteran artist Albert Maxwell Simpson painting the mattes. I'm especially fond of the beautifully rendered snow covered park and bridge at left, much of it being painted to augment a tiny set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolbGrF43WxTduDXu51HwNrkCMApbpiMr5ZYilv9xBeHvhx3EvMS282OUPt5F_YENnFVhI3E4ZGAHnpWk3KBO0riZwulbd1Grtbo39yjxs5ORtnzZd8w5NNzl92IInZFOXOgtIfLI4O7OQ198IfFhcdl4zRBhw5H8GJu05vROQO0BOQQGBpRDZOdFl/s2480/City%20on%20Fire-79.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="2480" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolbGrF43WxTduDXu51HwNrkCMApbpiMr5ZYilv9xBeHvhx3EvMS282OUPt5F_YENnFVhI3E4ZGAHnpWk3KBO0riZwulbd1Grtbo39yjxs5ORtnzZd8w5NNzl92IInZFOXOgtIfLI4O7OQ198IfFhcdl4zRBhw5H8GJu05vROQO0BOQQGBpRDZOdFl/w640-h362/City%20on%20Fire-79.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another from the second-tier disaster cycle, CITY ON FIRE (1979). William Cruse was effects supervisor, and yes, that <i>is</i> Leslie Nielsen there, before he found his cinematic 'funny bone'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjII2vhgKX8-UoIx0mZcBlAa3yVq5OyuXBww3SwaAAmKAZTQ-rJyEtz8ugUbaSplRqKsRUGMskCjK2Bm5IQqE78IjJiIgCMYkBjfwWp0trVzB56ytJmGQ5Z6mWgQCtC_GwWdRTLcV4ItttdJkIbDpnrwlPMgQJ8bwSPauKhfgh9pBHP0DcIJU4KAXPm/s1809/Colorado%20Territory-49%20(WB).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1809" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjII2vhgKX8-UoIx0mZcBlAa3yVq5OyuXBww3SwaAAmKAZTQ-rJyEtz8ugUbaSplRqKsRUGMskCjK2Bm5IQqE78IjJiIgCMYkBjfwWp0trVzB56ytJmGQ5Z6mWgQCtC_GwWdRTLcV4ItttdJkIbDpnrwlPMgQJ8bwSPauKhfgh9pBHP0DcIJU4KAXPm/w640-h466/Colorado%20Territory-49%20(WB).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Four excellent mattes from Warner's COLORADO TERRITORY (1949). Chief matte artist was Paul Detlefsen, with fellow painters Mario Larrinaga, Vern Taylor, Lou Litchtenfield and Chesley Bonestell on staff.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdHD4tmFZBA0JkITUCIWZOdswsdlH88zKEcPBRn36JvIXs-xZaVdCHQnd1Apx6Protpge4QyYYrbTTYE_k9qCAO_CaTGeynWBjMzU5O53Joy68KAqGCFQUMxyCXQFK6VLKsfmTETUoBqGLeFUWXkBq09uQ7EL1msS-PCBlJv0JaXs8CkRWOqUbWy-/s2010/Carry%20On%20Abroad-72.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="2010" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdHD4tmFZBA0JkITUCIWZOdswsdlH88zKEcPBRn36JvIXs-xZaVdCHQnd1Apx6Protpge4QyYYrbTTYE_k9qCAO_CaTGeynWBjMzU5O53Joy68KAqGCFQUMxyCXQFK6VLKsfmTETUoBqGLeFUWXkBq09uQ7EL1msS-PCBlJv0JaXs8CkRWOqUbWy-/w640-h272/Carry%20On%20Abroad-72.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">These were actually pretty funny, and immensley popular here in New Zealand, with CARRY ON ABROAD (1972) being one of about 20 odd cheaply made entries in the long running series. The producer was something of a miser and the cast were bitter in that they were always working for peanuts, with even seasoned and experienced character actors like Sid James being paid an insulting pittance. The films, by and large, still are amusing and give rise to more than a few chuckles, though the 'woke' PC brigade of today would shudder in horror at the well seasoned and harmless array of saucy gags! A Cliff Culley matte shot here of a half built (and, as things turn out, half-arsed) 'luxury' holiday resort. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9Cegzawe4tG_XU53N6YbJJERetEpvl2lMpdq8Rla2VGY3VEpRC4W6DeM5VnlF2PQRNf9ZnBT6AFedqteLn-I78-_YIQ7vhWj_vAmkjRkEju00sNyfxn6Xr24fH90hBNBMmpdtPPeKRsH69pUfbRb84PDbYN8COyWscp04_bmywWGi2mFMBFf6oBk/s2334/Corridors%20of%20Blood-58.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="2334" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9Cegzawe4tG_XU53N6YbJJERetEpvl2lMpdq8Rla2VGY3VEpRC4W6DeM5VnlF2PQRNf9ZnBT6AFedqteLn-I78-_YIQ7vhWj_vAmkjRkEju00sNyfxn6Xr24fH90hBNBMmpdtPPeKRsH69pUfbRb84PDbYN8COyWscp04_bmywWGi2mFMBFf6oBk/w640-h252/Corridors%20of%20Blood-58.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A little known British shocker starring Boris Karloff - CORRIDORS OF BLOOD (1958) utilised mattes to establish the 19th Century period. Quite entertaining.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfHU9nR2eBejKMvI8kkUrk_HOdFLiUWX0MHsQKl-NU8-3NHFyBRHjKWnh8nNJpXgfC8dyO30ZPCqzajSGvKB0mGfNX-gYj_UDzWPc3hgfleKFn8AYT2vKj5Ke1pwJ5tzfTCDgnbse5fDZZiSR2h6igqkvPbc7pje6kQ3_sd8jOoJmUGIOj61CYyUF/s2190/City%20Beneath%20The%20Sea-matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="2190" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfHU9nR2eBejKMvI8kkUrk_HOdFLiUWX0MHsQKl-NU8-3NHFyBRHjKWnh8nNJpXgfC8dyO30ZPCqzajSGvKB0mGfNX-gYj_UDzWPc3hgfleKFn8AYT2vKj5Ke1pwJ5tzfTCDgnbse5fDZZiSR2h6igqkvPbc7pje6kQ3_sd8jOoJmUGIOj61CYyUF/w640-h318/City%20Beneath%20The%20Sea-matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I grew up with all of those great Irwin Allen tv series of the 1960's, and they <u>always</u> inspired me and filled me with awe and wonder. This is one of the mattes from CITY BENEATH THE SEA - a 1971 tv movie. Irwin's longtime effects man, Bill Abbott was naturally chosen to oversea the various effects shots, as he had done on all of Irwin's series and subsequent features. No idea who painted this. Emil Kosa jr had passed away some years earlier, and it doesn't strike me as being the brush work of Matt Yuricich. The matte is interesting as it includes dozens of tiny coloured bulbs all wired together at the back of the artwork, with many holes drilled out of the support to facilitate back lit blinking lights. Anyone who grew up with any Irwin Allen show would know the dude just <i>loved</i> banks of flashing lights everywhere!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOZmywiPwYXf5pIeprHq52ejc2a0x-HvzNzzEPCx0lD83VOJ3P8ljScUeXM3qkD7wDhkVUYYbhsaXXqsOXbiOQTElz36oDBDKYHarkCFpLpe7Ra7QCt3iq9ZMhmLQ-wKOpVqe_7DaucHUbSVR9UFrxWJhZFOqdbsBEbRIkbThpN5V44y9poS_oRv5/s2770/Capt%20Sindbad-63.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="2770" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOZmywiPwYXf5pIeprHq52ejc2a0x-HvzNzzEPCx0lD83VOJ3P8ljScUeXM3qkD7wDhkVUYYbhsaXXqsOXbiOQTElz36oDBDKYHarkCFpLpe7Ra7QCt3iq9ZMhmLQ-wKOpVqe_7DaucHUbSVR9UFrxWJhZFOqdbsBEbRIkbThpN5V44y9poS_oRv5/w640-h204/Capt%20Sindbad-63.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">CAPTAIN SINDBAD (1963) was directed by Byron Haskin - himself a veteran vfx man who's career dated back to the silent era. Haskin, as director, helmed many big effects pictures in his day such as WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE NAKED JUNGLE and TREASURE ISLAND. The fx in this show were supervised by Tom Howard at the British studios of MGM. Note the upper left before and after, as well as the far right extreme upward tilt, no doubt accomplished with a hanging miniature.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6euJtlVeUPbioV5V0i_ZVP5EXzenWbAIwgNiycyax-A3xPVxvUKdRYcvWk26yNfLEqojEUGeXHysktGJvU8sKBWXVEQ2Sp8M1TXTWwA1riPUlqkyoF5M7fd9XzJNN53hWZ6tkvOttXwdsoZtV_XU5Ls4_LjCrWGK750VJq5JGREFHsiQlh6SE_S-_/s2961/Dillinger-45.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="2961" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6euJtlVeUPbioV5V0i_ZVP5EXzenWbAIwgNiycyax-A3xPVxvUKdRYcvWk26yNfLEqojEUGeXHysktGJvU8sKBWXVEQ2Sp8M1TXTWwA1riPUlqkyoF5M7fd9XzJNN53hWZ6tkvOttXwdsoZtV_XU5Ls4_LjCrWGK750VJq5JGREFHsiQlh6SE_S-_/w640-h130/Dillinger-45.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Actually a pretty good little gangster film, despite it having the Monogram label. DILLINGER (1945) had a couple of quick mattes, one with The Biograph where the signage lights sparkle and blink, and the other with the Tucson banner.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrRQDiUDjBOldMit01rGj9B9e9GzRd3HXG1gZ5wm0RLN5ZbHXf8d6OxHmt8Zr1YVVijc15gu73-szmrsmwUUsKqeWlqhtb-BcyQ8c-niYugxQDRS-EG9kedxsGpbeEelV6RfpLsFbvbHdxQ4Ql3O25pguVLf5f00MeriXxP6L1IbJkbIvujj9tfLh/s2103/DR2000%20Yuricich%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="2103" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrRQDiUDjBOldMit01rGj9B9e9GzRd3HXG1gZ5wm0RLN5ZbHXf8d6OxHmt8Zr1YVVijc15gu73-szmrsmwUUsKqeWlqhtb-BcyQ8c-niYugxQDRS-EG9kedxsGpbeEelV6RfpLsFbvbHdxQ4Ql3O25pguVLf5f00MeriXxP6L1IbJkbIvujj9tfLh/w640-h182/DR2000%20Yuricich%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The late Paul Bartel was quite a character, both as an actor and as director. Paul admirably helmed DEATH RACE 2000 (1975) for cheapskate producer Roger Corman, with the result being a wonderfully dark social satire that was an absolute hoot. The opening shot was this Matthew Yuricich matte. The original painting shown at left. I do wonder about this shot as an interview with Jack Rabin states that he did the matte? Perhaps he just shot and comped the Yuricich painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9BiSvLxwEJANHEUwxqKO2-jz8uAk--DLT9CU2-sN5SJGLNdSvTQIejIb3WvDX5bA5t6VNcB37fuJqd2Pjq7JatysEpqM0UYJ6RNMj45vBy6P9-HSL2pb1q_gKQT_nlqEBCvkbOMxu-sDeuX5VEppzbflNK8S9EY-GKa3ApZjul_BrOdEiMV067tP/s1920/Death%20Race%202000_1_1080p.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9BiSvLxwEJANHEUwxqKO2-jz8uAk--DLT9CU2-sN5SJGLNdSvTQIejIb3WvDX5bA5t6VNcB37fuJqd2Pjq7JatysEpqM0UYJ6RNMj45vBy6P9-HSL2pb1q_gKQT_nlqEBCvkbOMxu-sDeuX5VEppzbflNK8S9EY-GKa3ApZjul_BrOdEiMV067tP/w640-h360/Death%20Race%202000_1_1080p.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yuricich's matte as seen once cropped down for theatrical and DVD viewing. Animated vehicle is seen passing through the 'skyway'. Great little movie that Bartel almost disowned when Corman filmed extra gore inserts and spliced 'em in without notifying Paul. Amusing support cast with the always good Mary Woronov and a chap named Sylvester Stallone no less!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6wMUKEkTMAyStFTWdAN4eSUQbrwrhp5UKkjN3SWqRPGVvIFZxfvJIPFGs4PenyLVeTWuU_PKeTwMZHdDK8oZ3mfefoxGV-ZVrjf6IIxHNrnm36nurU_2h_6jVlxITrksrNAzRQDFDQyZRNp_11fzuXWQJAxmZ2l3jWpWzqD9fygVfbKRjn2thtcf/s1584/Death%20Sport%20(1978).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1584" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6wMUKEkTMAyStFTWdAN4eSUQbrwrhp5UKkjN3SWqRPGVvIFZxfvJIPFGs4PenyLVeTWuU_PKeTwMZHdDK8oZ3mfefoxGV-ZVrjf6IIxHNrnm36nurU_2h_6jVlxITrksrNAzRQDFDQyZRNp_11fzuXWQJAxmZ2l3jWpWzqD9fygVfbKRjn2thtcf/w640-h438/Death%20Sport%20(1978).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The inevitable sequel was the abysmal DEATHSPORT (1977), strictly a cheap cash-in by Roger Corman and his New World enterprise on the original, vastly superior DEATH RACE 2000. Dreadful in every respect, with the only selling point being co-star and former Playboy Playmate Claudia Jennings 'getting her kit off' as they say. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9bomynQKQpXLnWUI_xhJ1nr6hAiNs7hwSmPlAqoqHgR4ylmI7uIi1NsRpieitThaRej0JHrmIZtPJUA7i9ZNlYXU4Z9aP2J1wMvl2VOmIKYwZ-cXcJ0asmI1lhD1IDrGgtq7Wl_zsM-1o0fa3jR1XmfmMqE8D7OucGAaDctqUh_vYf0Jae21OH6S/s1280/Death%20Sport2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1280" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9bomynQKQpXLnWUI_xhJ1nr6hAiNs7hwSmPlAqoqHgR4ylmI7uIi1NsRpieitThaRej0JHrmIZtPJUA7i9ZNlYXU4Z9aP2J1wMvl2VOmIKYwZ-cXcJ0asmI1lhD1IDrGgtq7Wl_zsM-1o0fa3jR1XmfmMqE8D7OucGAaDctqUh_vYf0Jae21OH6S/w640-h344/Death%20Sport2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The matte shots were painted by Jack Rabin, who as mentioned, had begun his long career back in the matte departments of Selznick, Fox and Warners.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkzblHT39wy66w-ZmsdUAXi4T8y_K6dOsayDrOOENytl3qLm7tBLqK8Z3uhC1nzcRSKqofpLI524Cpzfy7WIWjJsHxDu63-Hn10ZlVH1ghnhj3fVcPLFBxEC38KRbFWoiucXEGhJBxDdDv3UG5Cy9m3E9UsOrAK7bYkQy0YmTgPkuvizWSVbCWuVP/s1340/Death%20Sport-77.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1340" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkzblHT39wy66w-ZmsdUAXi4T8y_K6dOsayDrOOENytl3qLm7tBLqK8Z3uhC1nzcRSKqofpLI524Cpzfy7WIWjJsHxDu63-Hn10ZlVH1ghnhj3fVcPLFBxEC38KRbFWoiucXEGhJBxDdDv3UG5Cy9m3E9UsOrAK7bYkQy0YmTgPkuvizWSVbCWuVP/w640-h486/Death%20Sport-77.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DEATHSPORT - see it at your peril...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOE7hncECiaBfpAE6IU-TEglhmgQXDnWNo-DLgBM6tgVz1cGY40WQ9dZZKrdrxHEr6jKOnsiq5v9UaR0YTnoVXhzr4LEOEwda2a5bm6dyQbF2XxzrAyRIh3g4e7GDcLJnCMOe2I-mQg6SDC5D4D7cJm0hQA8G_WGwc-Belm0LPs6uYnHyn-GGoAAbM/s2228/Desert%20Song-43%20(WB).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="2228" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOE7hncECiaBfpAE6IU-TEglhmgQXDnWNo-DLgBM6tgVz1cGY40WQ9dZZKrdrxHEr6jKOnsiq5v9UaR0YTnoVXhzr4LEOEwda2a5bm6dyQbF2XxzrAyRIh3g4e7GDcLJnCMOe2I-mQg6SDC5D4D7cJm0hQA8G_WGwc-Belm0LPs6uYnHyn-GGoAAbM/w640-h240/Desert%20Song-43%20(WB).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DESERT SONG (1943) from Warner Bros.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICw7gewmnTQE-4aFheiFUSw90lyqK29BAt_EHxRc3CBA2W0oI6bliXsecqahqOf6WdBEL97YJXBO_18kLNZceZlllK_-pe812r18i0jIMCiwWsAxhca3zykyFXXLuQiMnMlfH54aGi8rps8tLioqZgY3SMgIRLwGcj3n4yZLDSwJTgXeZTwJe7Yak/s1896/Danger%20Island%20(aka%20The%20Presence)-92%20Ken%20Marschall%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1896" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICw7gewmnTQE-4aFheiFUSw90lyqK29BAt_EHxRc3CBA2W0oI6bliXsecqahqOf6WdBEL97YJXBO_18kLNZceZlllK_-pe812r18i0jIMCiwWsAxhca3zykyFXXLuQiMnMlfH54aGi8rps8tLioqZgY3SMgIRLwGcj3n4yZLDSwJTgXeZTwJe7Yak/w640-h258/Danger%20Island%20(aka%20The%20Presence)-92%20Ken%20Marschall%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Even low budget tv movies can dazzle with fx work. Ken Marschall painted this beautiful matte for DANGER ISLAND (aka THE PRESENCE) back in 1992. Oddly, when I interviewed Ken a few years ago for a mammoth career blog he told me he had no recollection whatsoever of actually painting this piece, though interestingly, once he stumbled across the artwork in his storage boxes it's now one of his favourite matte paintings!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDZvnx6v1U9lPj_sONdW95vcFXFyX_dyHduTMSLN-DWY3MKumoB7euMouNl_w8-ePV0NeRZ6th7n2VmwOohOgbRSMjKINRVwHqLUe4Q5598dJB3j_nQltiiVHLRhak7ftR1pROUIgVFU8vmlwC_S61GBrW5WHFYE45MjWfo1haSFcnBNlEvh8QF37/s1940/Dementia%20(Daughter%20of%20Horror)%201955.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1940" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDZvnx6v1U9lPj_sONdW95vcFXFyX_dyHduTMSLN-DWY3MKumoB7euMouNl_w8-ePV0NeRZ6th7n2VmwOohOgbRSMjKINRVwHqLUe4Q5598dJB3j_nQltiiVHLRhak7ftR1pROUIgVFU8vmlwC_S61GBrW5WHFYE45MjWfo1haSFcnBNlEvh8QF37/w640-h374/Dementia%20(Daughter%20of%20Horror)%201955.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Okay, back to bizarre, off-the-wall motion pictures... DEMENTIA (1955) - also known as DAUGHTER OF HORROR on re-issue - must have had audiences walking out and demanding their money back when first shown! No dialogue whatsoever; stark expressionistic camerawork, with lots of close ups of eyes and laughing mouths! This matte shot (which was a wide pan across to some action in a hotel window) and some wacked-out opticals by old timer Albert Maxwell Simpson.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakIcCjIpvfQ9UWRsgStUBdcc10h8NlwCSVwJCg4fHpGP-gIZUqnjV6VNxHx1qkhdd21jU4OwWi64EZUexngvY9a8-0UVMENoLG0-ujfIgF5uGQX_nRFS10HQOfxrB8jtVxL3pyJSiMHaKwoeF-x0N3kMqzZsSDZui-pj7HyDOtqgmkuJpMmvWmMQH/s2436/Diamond%20Queen-53.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="2436" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakIcCjIpvfQ9UWRsgStUBdcc10h8NlwCSVwJCg4fHpGP-gIZUqnjV6VNxHx1qkhdd21jU4OwWi64EZUexngvY9a8-0UVMENoLG0-ujfIgF5uGQX_nRFS10HQOfxrB8jtVxL3pyJSiMHaKwoeF-x0N3kMqzZsSDZui-pj7HyDOtqgmkuJpMmvWmMQH/w640-h210/Diamond%20Queen-53.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Costumed action piece set in the 17th Century, THE DIAMOND QUEEN (1953) featured this nice matte, with veteran effects cinematographer Clarence Slifer credited for photographic effects. Matte artists could have been Jack Cosgrove or Jack Shaw?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQXrC4u60ZWC9Nqt9hlJI_zh2PbYAI2ilLymHqu9Eq6pPhzORigNPA5W38-RXQl_XJJNjO7-paFWC9CnkM2uBZUhLccYGyXNKeSGC8JsX0KEudaA0IhiP__G4Zl9A3KNm0UqKl1EXfynRBudUoqPJ3HlICjs9sQcacHqeJR3fimENbw21yGudEBLS/s1907/Dinosaurus-60%20(Proj.Unlim).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1907" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQXrC4u60ZWC9Nqt9hlJI_zh2PbYAI2ilLymHqu9Eq6pPhzORigNPA5W38-RXQl_XJJNjO7-paFWC9CnkM2uBZUhLccYGyXNKeSGC8JsX0KEudaA0IhiP__G4Zl9A3KNm0UqKl1EXfynRBudUoqPJ3HlICjs9sQcacHqeJR3fimENbw21yGudEBLS/w640-h284/Dinosaurus-60%20(Proj.Unlim).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">So-so fantasy adventure with variable animation. DINOSAURUS (1960) was one of Project Unlimited's assignments, with founders Gene Warren, Wah Chang and Tim Baar on effects.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9DNq8D3ix9M1aCryPOxeHBRWHzMw9SocbV58WAZeT1Onh_DhWwz3m_kXsnc5v843iTeWylvsxVUS3TujJ3kgnqPtr6r6ue0J_TKIszffDqD4n06HKIPlF4xQtoP4aFIVyvitPHC0-KR-Vf4P11RZKIhTD6bSFTT3Mko1b0QuiLtpplGtsl6DRlfR4/s2300/Devil%20Doll.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="2300" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9DNq8D3ix9M1aCryPOxeHBRWHzMw9SocbV58WAZeT1Onh_DhWwz3m_kXsnc5v843iTeWylvsxVUS3TujJ3kgnqPtr6r6ue0J_TKIszffDqD4n06HKIPlF4xQtoP4aFIVyvitPHC0-KR-Vf4P11RZKIhTD6bSFTT3Mko1b0QuiLtpplGtsl6DRlfR4/w640-h326/Devil%20Doll.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MGM didn't usually dabble with 'B' pictures, so THE DEVIL DOLL (1936) is a bit of an unusual entry. A fun picture for sure, with interesting 'tiny' folks, though these weren't a patch on almost identical 'tiny folks' sequences engineered by John Fulton for Universals BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN just a year earlier.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIj-tvc11VYmYYM8FUF-SP_jsdWOTC4Y88pn3u_qeH7v7L1ZIw4lxliDd1cV_7NMpuB8vvZawqOQC5_JWgoGpQerIgz_dYslLVMVWk9NDiRQrx-Yye_c-K5llBIF1X5hLCaqKJGWRVa1zWWNJZyTPEzjH1vh8TjzieSLNVRgQSLWo-KXHo3FGzroeh/s1514/Day%20of%20the%20Dead-85.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1514" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIj-tvc11VYmYYM8FUF-SP_jsdWOTC4Y88pn3u_qeH7v7L1ZIw4lxliDd1cV_7NMpuB8vvZawqOQC5_JWgoGpQerIgz_dYslLVMVWk9NDiRQrx-Yye_c-K5llBIF1X5hLCaqKJGWRVa1zWWNJZyTPEzjH1vh8TjzieSLNVRgQSLWo-KXHo3FGzroeh/w640-h320/Day%20of%20the%20Dead-85.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The third film in the 'Dead' series by George Romero, DAY OF THE DEAD (1985) was in my opinion the weakest of the lot. Not a patch on NIGHT nor DAWN, DAY <u>does</u> though have some premium Tom Savini bloodletting (eventually) to make it worth a once-over. This shot is a Jim Danforth painted matte, with an actual Miami location extended and altered invisibly. Interestingly, late in production the director decided he needed an <i>additional shot</i> of the same street but <i>without</i> the hordes of zombies. Jim used the same matte painting twice by <i>painting in</i> an apparently empty street with cars parked etc, over the top of the portion where the zombie extras were visible in the original composite.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrV1sUxH-gtNPnZJ4aPvpLl7EBFz9bdPNFQ9TXKztTiymhCzW2DNFyTedsgwjLCwbwQ7poFluNIzt1ZfoaqVl-qxyr4hYI7jCvIbqW0Nfr4orLImEcGsB7KFUuMAfCuEyhykA0ZiP8AuL88gNtaR34S27OGRXJ3S8AUciPY4TP-ZfZ3G1wtAO5JLm-/s1524/Dungeonmaster,%20The-85%20%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1524" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrV1sUxH-gtNPnZJ4aPvpLl7EBFz9bdPNFQ9TXKztTiymhCzW2DNFyTedsgwjLCwbwQ7poFluNIzt1ZfoaqVl-qxyr4hYI7jCvIbqW0Nfr4orLImEcGsB7KFUuMAfCuEyhykA0ZiP8AuL88gNtaR34S27OGRXJ3S8AUciPY4TP-ZfZ3G1wtAO5JLm-/w640-h360/Dungeonmaster,%20The-85%20%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE DUNGEONMASTER (1985) I never saw, and from what I've researched was good judgement on my part. Apparently it took seven<i> (yes 7) </i>directors to make this thing! This shot appears to be a sort of Dynarama type set up, with a rear projected live action plate split screened with a foreground model, a-la Harryhausen style.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtwfq6n59QhzhTWxA8kPf64wwE0TeQ-q21rSQa43JAgeiXXdtgrhez-YtRBf9qOHVKQb5V9DKB97tYKTDdXCM5UbNeGofCAHkTjPR9dbgb19mHOSj-2HQmvoiZkHl5Byq_fhcGtFRNIZPx2LEgs-RzVJI9raFU7MXoR04HPA9RTnc4fqonVUOv-3r/s1628/Dancing%20Pirate-36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1628" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtwfq6n59QhzhTWxA8kPf64wwE0TeQ-q21rSQa43JAgeiXXdtgrhez-YtRBf9qOHVKQb5V9DKB97tYKTDdXCM5UbNeGofCAHkTjPR9dbgb19mHOSj-2HQmvoiZkHl5Byq_fhcGtFRNIZPx2LEgs-RzVJI9raFU7MXoR04HPA9RTnc4fqonVUOv-3r/w640-h482/Dancing%20Pirate-36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Highly esteemed visual effects visionary, Willis O'Brien was mostly known for stop motion creations such as Kong, but few know that O'Bie was a highly accomplished artist and in fact worked as matte painter for hire on a number of movies. THE DANCING PIRATE (1936) was one such job, with these very early Technicolor matte shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69MIO-OuMh2sZeZXlDkUu7uaLL44u4bdgO9-9m8TAIWGwIVRg8_LfP9G5ZmFhT7KgHRYmwO3Ins2K5g2zmUFHtIL69knRnuCT_tMmTV1cW8UJxCXkUCvvZwPbCOLSWaAG1e_oZUEFGnnjRNkgJs__N9J4PgR0FC2GV3oLIlmvrtWAemNmdlQ980-M/s2816/Damnation%20Alley.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="2816" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69MIO-OuMh2sZeZXlDkUu7uaLL44u4bdgO9-9m8TAIWGwIVRg8_LfP9G5ZmFhT7KgHRYmwO3Ins2K5g2zmUFHtIL69knRnuCT_tMmTV1cW8UJxCXkUCvvZwPbCOLSWaAG1e_oZUEFGnnjRNkgJs__N9J4PgR0FC2GV3oLIlmvrtWAemNmdlQ980-M/w640-h264/Damnation%20Alley.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I remember finding this all so cool when I saw it on first release, DAMNATION ALLEY (1977) certainly <i>doesn't</i> hold up well today. William Cruse and Margo Anderson supervised a huge number of optical effects composites, from weird laser photography for the matted in skies, giant scorpion blue screen comps and some Matthew Yuricich paintings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEtBcyZdKOEjC8dszUaREMotFnxWGk8W4o67Y2X1Npf6XLwHCzbQ5rhg4MVtbXmcrawmrT8yMLjdULDNjbLk5m5SLl8Rc00sInz3Q_M_tFQ2uPeMw0foS4gsp8cqIIBVNrGUyX3yDYjpECVYd_A0OtbGcQRyPy3MwnUwBXxjuMxMvk3nUY-KJklmD/s1332/Don't%20Lose%20Your%20Head%20(Cliff%20Culley).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="1332" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEtBcyZdKOEjC8dszUaREMotFnxWGk8W4o67Y2X1Npf6XLwHCzbQ5rhg4MVtbXmcrawmrT8yMLjdULDNjbLk5m5SLl8Rc00sInz3Q_M_tFQ2uPeMw0foS4gsp8cqIIBVNrGUyX3yDYjpECVYd_A0OtbGcQRyPy3MwnUwBXxjuMxMvk3nUY-KJklmD/w640-h286/Don't%20Lose%20Your%20Head%20(Cliff%20Culley).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pinewood's resident matte man Cliff Culley did mattes for hundreds of films, such as this entry in the long CARRY ON series, DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD which was set during the French Revolution.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXkDBsSrSwPtQrFY7tOZgMfaUHrfi1brcm7OK8kYnQ3mIJFQ_X8wXKQxj4YHbAuR6tuIVA6KgsIPPbRDwh4xJJN81KUrZ4tHyTDBBG7qkfR0f4fkSqUj4WhAs1cPLIGLjRMFoScd3jhfTL1zuQNYnMlD3CIgJeUORX1UMB6mAkeiINlGAZcuhZZpx/s2400/day%20time%20ended%20(Jim%20Danforth%20shot).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="2400" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXkDBsSrSwPtQrFY7tOZgMfaUHrfi1brcm7OK8kYnQ3mIJFQ_X8wXKQxj4YHbAuR6tuIVA6KgsIPPbRDwh4xJJN81KUrZ4tHyTDBBG7qkfR0f4fkSqUj4WhAs1cPLIGLjRMFoScd3jhfTL1zuQNYnMlD3CIgJeUORX1UMB6mAkeiINlGAZcuhZZpx/w640-h228/day%20time%20ended%20(Jim%20Danforth%20shot).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The effects loaded<i> (some might say overloaded?)</i> sci-fi picture THE DAY TIME ENDED (1980) started off really well and had some good ideas, but ended up getting swallowed by simply too much visual grandstanding for it's own good. This was one of several mattes painted by industry veteran Jim Danforth.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHFpEK_q08JaipW67moRzVNPLltuib0Q_YSsTGU6sPt7RUlJaVjUzeKZAr1i47ZW8DIzfDoVQ8NCrAx4kjgQs2J5mkz7GGMsLBCwhfunln-QZDfUZFgqE3XnaANmUiqOuVs24sOM0um-MWNIm2TfsWIn3ZefpKAeCB2ahF3rBzm6tmdqEuCWnO1xE/s1920/Day%20Time%20Ended%20(Danforth%20shot4).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHFpEK_q08JaipW67moRzVNPLltuib0Q_YSsTGU6sPt7RUlJaVjUzeKZAr1i47ZW8DIzfDoVQ8NCrAx4kjgQs2J5mkz7GGMsLBCwhfunln-QZDfUZFgqE3XnaANmUiqOuVs24sOM0um-MWNIm2TfsWIn3ZefpKAeCB2ahF3rBzm6tmdqEuCWnO1xE/w640-h268/Day%20Time%20Ended%20(Danforth%20shot4).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The spectacular City of Light matte painted shot by Jim Danforth from the same film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiByVYQlRAE5H3mvJfydsvQQoN0Os89YdcwhcmOmM3uTchl5tK3jE7AD9EYCSWxOhvByhFpxHQ2uuOZFwotTldKgUgEJyprVzyxtaqYc69fGhYJOnRIgaP0kyJLGNvv2LpQiQ5g-jNVh5DSAExHmQgb5qJyply6s4ELVzV5V3dNT1sK-E8XFWrjcUeT/s1920/Day%20Time%20Ended%20(Dave%20Carson%20matte%20shot).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiByVYQlRAE5H3mvJfydsvQQoN0Os89YdcwhcmOmM3uTchl5tK3jE7AD9EYCSWxOhvByhFpxHQ2uuOZFwotTldKgUgEJyprVzyxtaqYc69fGhYJOnRIgaP0kyJLGNvv2LpQiQ5g-jNVh5DSAExHmQgb5qJyply6s4ELVzV5V3dNT1sK-E8XFWrjcUeT/w640-h268/Day%20Time%20Ended%20(Dave%20Carson%20matte%20shot).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another great shot from THE DAY TIME ENDED, which was also known as VORTEX during filming. This sprawling matte painted shot was rendered by artist Dave Carson and nicely brought together as a rear projection composite. Years later Dave would join ILM I believe and did some painting on films such as HOOK.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ka3Q2IKHYF_dvrCRqXKKIv02XlQZyNbyBZIg5N4r0jRyhvqVK4EUWL_CjJ-6EDDgdSuRD4KJf8B7O-oH5sUKVgas5NYJtlN19_tRcAYP35s6faQF-8CTBDMJxXy1R5E_iVQeDP5kX-Jb3xmAtfW7ttja7Dj09Ibpv0W6FylQytuFBw6tAaRzBoXO/s2214/Day%20Time%20Ended5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="2214" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ka3Q2IKHYF_dvrCRqXKKIv02XlQZyNbyBZIg5N4r0jRyhvqVK4EUWL_CjJ-6EDDgdSuRD4KJf8B7O-oH5sUKVgas5NYJtlN19_tRcAYP35s6faQF-8CTBDMJxXy1R5E_iVQeDP5kX-Jb3xmAtfW7ttja7Dj09Ibpv0W6FylQytuFBw6tAaRzBoXO/w640-h268/Day%20Time%20Ended5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film, with a dazzling optical sequence where homestead vanishes under a swirl of inter-galactic something or other <i>(quite what the hell was going on, I dunno?)</i> Peter Kuran worked on these shots and has always been at the top of the game when it came to cel animated fx work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsLzgsH3ZccZoUyMFjTIhuSgV5vr6Z2MxSARD5ghTGTNholQ9cVBUEDI1A0n56bRoeci7ySzNB10HoC8VhPQ6cnybvIZDBGmEVc9cj8xO1My8d5H07LYE09yBwm90XzmvgVqWtCXv_NA5vF1q12DxNSXL2dMvssuTFU-uTc7pNlaEPdtT-m0WZ3y5/s2688/Evil%20Dead%20II.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="2688" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsLzgsH3ZccZoUyMFjTIhuSgV5vr6Z2MxSARD5ghTGTNholQ9cVBUEDI1A0n56bRoeci7ySzNB10HoC8VhPQ6cnybvIZDBGmEVc9cj8xO1My8d5H07LYE09yBwm90XzmvgVqWtCXv_NA5vF1q12DxNSXL2dMvssuTFU-uTc7pNlaEPdtT-m0WZ3y5/w640-h242/Evil%20Dead%20II.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD II (1987) had a number of effective visuals. Bob Kayganich was matte painter with Jim Aupperle as effects cinematographer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbwS_9m5v9F_Cp4viCceZ3Sl5DtTCzdH0f5QjSYBv67ppSf5pEeZqMTAqf6ojrehTIf1OoEfxZDp5Sm32FTwoOqUYhXJNP7rUHmqaHwl-T4SJNTSQ0WrdlQaYzkOL50YCG8ocAt0KN9KPJi__TmQ6BxQeD3LeicmNLux4tNh3aUjPLeVJKVxNlrFt/s1545/Equinox-69.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1545" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbwS_9m5v9F_Cp4viCceZ3Sl5DtTCzdH0f5QjSYBv67ppSf5pEeZqMTAqf6ojrehTIf1OoEfxZDp5Sm32FTwoOqUYhXJNP7rUHmqaHwl-T4SJNTSQ0WrdlQaYzkOL50YCG8ocAt0KN9KPJi__TmQ6BxQeD3LeicmNLux4tNh3aUjPLeVJKVxNlrFt/w640-h468/Equinox-69.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I covered the making of EQUINOX (1969) in an earlier blog, with some great behind the scenes pics. Several mattes by Jim Danforth as well as some strikingly well executed perspective tricks by Dennis Muren and stop motion by David Allen.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQ3aTtMJr46vx1JQswf2REPTywp6dfN8TJB6frX3czDIcYAlZqKd0R0Z7pgcT--6egokupbvWy-6-Hvcr22VH_hbvS6AKJHr7jBcprsKgf7MmTq4jXy3YVlkIpk0rnBgk7R1nVMmbm5HCktnGVH7E8Gou1lizirnh6yjfWgRc6QWJXYmwoh_RUdlK/s1792/Every%20Home%20Should%20Have%20One-70.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1792" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQ3aTtMJr46vx1JQswf2REPTywp6dfN8TJB6frX3czDIcYAlZqKd0R0Z7pgcT--6egokupbvWy-6-Hvcr22VH_hbvS6AKJHr7jBcprsKgf7MmTq4jXy3YVlkIpk0rnBgk7R1nVMmbm5HCktnGVH7E8Gou1lizirnh6yjfWgRc6QWJXYmwoh_RUdlK/w640-h382/Every%20Home%20Should%20Have%20One-70.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In the pantheon of crazy mattes, this uncredited British matte from Marty Feldmans' satire EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE (1970) must rank right up there?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCnC8Ym7hWOiy7JERy2psX-1dSYcH4FrKnkDMiMCM2cyvthShgRdBYAkeU3IUyvtd_u6-Vjvuwb6j5EQWtgFUFnLwqHpknObvCo9Ic124RLxYpdw68kAMP6Yqos81ZzVfLTycmAiVC-xY3ZoXBMIkn68rlBPhZAqO7KiU3ERjSJIap_5Yq60xrCkn/s2492/Earth%20Flying%20Saucer1%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="2492" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCnC8Ym7hWOiy7JERy2psX-1dSYcH4FrKnkDMiMCM2cyvthShgRdBYAkeU3IUyvtd_u6-Vjvuwb6j5EQWtgFUFnLwqHpknObvCo9Ic124RLxYpdw68kAMP6Yqos81ZzVfLTycmAiVC-xY3ZoXBMIkn68rlBPhZAqO7KiU3ERjSJIap_5Yq60xrCkn/w640-h360/Earth%20Flying%20Saucer1%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Throughout much of his distinguished career, Ray Harryhausen was restricted by tight budgets and near unworkable schedules, yet still expected to perform miracles, but miracles <i>were</i> produced. EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS (1956) was a miracle in what Ray managed to bring to the screen with Dynarama and much animated destruction. I believe Larry Butler, who was in charge of the effects unit at Columbia, provided the various optical effects such as force fields and ray guns etc.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIHZoKVktkCJ5CUz87EBPwfPH20Yf3T17kR42gQlAmEYAC4scgIBqLComJxxl194NuJmDPKz4nc7c2kWesrXvMAGdx-5Vq2suKSBuJ8uuBuiBpSJQ2uBFjRJAtDiEbef_ocCymJTyEwNN-Itdm4ddR1Zv0kq2-ZJIN6fTJw9wAuOp7HzXYUSE-RjM/s2728/Earth%20Flying%20Saucer2%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2728" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIHZoKVktkCJ5CUz87EBPwfPH20Yf3T17kR42gQlAmEYAC4scgIBqLComJxxl194NuJmDPKz4nc7c2kWesrXvMAGdx-5Vq2suKSBuJ8uuBuiBpSJQ2uBFjRJAtDiEbef_ocCymJTyEwNN-Itdm4ddR1Zv0kq2-ZJIN6fTJw9wAuOp7HzXYUSE-RjM/w640-h362/Earth%20Flying%20Saucer2%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Show stopping mayhem with Harryhausen destroying Washington Monument frame by frame with wire rigged animated debris and such, all comped with the Dynarama RP process.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYmdaygS9n_7cusnDWhpzrHcqWTbLTbP-gJ7lCIOe_CzkJOHUr8feFgHzc3KHGhrPaiMwLEG-fjBcLmaNH5HLvl8TRt2XiAYztAfalUjz8cZ0OlPWnR7G6NAT8RgRwQCrNMDl4KPrmvHL0mZ828hJ1eWv69Se0PY_V5Rd1PwR37hV1y86p7dlFNg-/s1824/Leigh%20Took-%20Enemy%20of%20State1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1824" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYmdaygS9n_7cusnDWhpzrHcqWTbLTbP-gJ7lCIOe_CzkJOHUr8feFgHzc3KHGhrPaiMwLEG-fjBcLmaNH5HLvl8TRt2XiAYztAfalUjz8cZ0OlPWnR7G6NAT8RgRwQCrNMDl4KPrmvHL0mZ828hJ1eWv69Se0PY_V5Rd1PwR37hV1y86p7dlFNg-/w640-h294/Leigh%20Took-%20Enemy%20of%20State1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Even a multi-million dollar big studio action thriller like Tony Scott's terrific ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998) can benefit from simple low tech yet imaginative tricks. UK effects man Leigh Took of <i>Mattes & Miniatures</i> created satellite views of the Washington DC area simply by carefully sprinkling talcum powder onto glass.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnygdXMYmBjn7R2-rXR7Asv8uuoY9O0QwTuxHyRZ-HL8lOFWAgZVK6_WwMUHeTjXk6rFJYzUFa8DCQ2qU5p97b1ocb3MnIt5ht0Qb3F3mA11-rNKWm1FNjBJq5KR_Sx3_BwGoLPnpALOatZUlin9IZl8evxya26TyJdLLmuik22W8TC72N2hCefne/s1124/Clouds%20using%20talcum%20powder01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1124" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnygdXMYmBjn7R2-rXR7Asv8uuoY9O0QwTuxHyRZ-HL8lOFWAgZVK6_WwMUHeTjXk6rFJYzUFa8DCQ2qU5p97b1ocb3MnIt5ht0Qb3F3mA11-rNKWm1FNjBJq5KR_Sx3_BwGoLPnpALOatZUlin9IZl8evxya26TyJdLLmuik22W8TC72N2hCefne/w640-h502/Clouds%20using%20talcum%20powder01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another example of Leigh's talcum powder clouds prepped for ENEMY OF THE STATE. Leigh learned this trick from his mentor Cliff Culley who had been in the J.Arthur Rank matte department from the mid 1940's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZD-1phR5Rg-3JdxTrGvq3OIDJdzLUoY1QIM4sHXARTHuUtaQykhf1RQsjFA4wSpTe2R9pJp_pl3CzeUPCFIyJd_plhj1juifGIMx4g6EKdP_jE0zv1cZ1WdHkF0T9rYrKJNpIeHIcgOxpwuW-X5QQaakNLSRU0B0gcI9_6wX4phCaIrlETfR6QLa/s1280/Food%20of%20Gods1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1280" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZD-1phR5Rg-3JdxTrGvq3OIDJdzLUoY1QIM4sHXARTHuUtaQykhf1RQsjFA4wSpTe2R9pJp_pl3CzeUPCFIyJd_plhj1juifGIMx4g6EKdP_jE0zv1cZ1WdHkF0T9rYrKJNpIeHIcgOxpwuW-X5QQaakNLSRU0B0gcI9_6wX4phCaIrlETfR6QLa/w640-h348/Food%20of%20Gods1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As mentioned earlier, Bert I. Gordon specialised in movies about 'big things', and in this case FOOD OF THE GODS (1976) based on an H.G Wells story, with giant rats terrorising the cast. Bert designed, and to a large extent, executed many of his visual effects himself. This shot is terrific!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnOx9dp6W34oohx_KunsjvTb2Xx8x8QDgmQcJVr20eS3dkB8jIBf6njQUyKSGRyirPx3_tXOoNe1pu1ZMHtLDlKXxNrrroYDrn7F63L3cYgbv5mvJokSlLu32x9rficwVunmXdHa2-k1r-ITxK7ZE58_eXnJ4yvZQ6V7vQiqpOyOoscjaOe6dBSA-/s2668/Food%20of%20the%20Gods3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="2668" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnOx9dp6W34oohx_KunsjvTb2Xx8x8QDgmQcJVr20eS3dkB8jIBf6njQUyKSGRyirPx3_tXOoNe1pu1ZMHtLDlKXxNrrroYDrn7F63L3cYgbv5mvJokSlLu32x9rficwVunmXdHa2-k1r-ITxK7ZE58_eXnJ4yvZQ6V7vQiqpOyOoscjaOe6dBSA-/w640-h184/Food%20of%20the%20Gods3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More vermin pest control problems in FOOD OF THE GODS - a film I thought somewhat better than critics hammered the movie as being. Jim Danforth told me about working on some travelling matte shots for the film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEywayxe_aX6Aewyn2L_mGTeIstOu2GlhIGmqtRFxHNdNoyGokmWXlNkMzpUhCwphGUAQSsj6tAzDS6LKsvffTwpBA1E7X0Z-HY12q3Q6KxGuWuy_HxuEwJ5XfOsYLNut7Q75tVdriffDgdG2VDhUZbziPVLOW3kGv6cZE44VXVybtpZjWBHQt6-VG/s1280/Food%20of%20Gods2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1280" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEywayxe_aX6Aewyn2L_mGTeIstOu2GlhIGmqtRFxHNdNoyGokmWXlNkMzpUhCwphGUAQSsj6tAzDS6LKsvffTwpBA1E7X0Z-HY12q3Q6KxGuWuy_HxuEwJ5XfOsYLNut7Q75tVdriffDgdG2VDhUZbziPVLOW3kGv6cZE44VXVybtpZjWBHQt6-VG/w640-h348/Food%20of%20Gods2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An excellent composite shot from FOOD OF THE GODS - a film I first saw back in the day on a double bill with another of Bert's 'big films', EMPIRE OF THE ANTS - a <u>very</u> silly film that a can of <i>Raid pesticide spray</i> could have sorted.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQi7j4InoUxm5MyhwrgEA36S__MHyA7lfX1eFyVsakXw0T0tlsO7Y_9LExjo5KNE5ueTMmNoOLa6rxm-Fz-slB0Q4j71e7J2Or4-5ednh171kZO0bPZqutShlqlio1x0yeggZ1DjwFNdz1XdOiyc5nt6cvQQPtcev64TtM8dmew54M6Tdg8IBME0Ur/s1428/Flying%20Serpent-50.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="1428" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQi7j4InoUxm5MyhwrgEA36S__MHyA7lfX1eFyVsakXw0T0tlsO7Y_9LExjo5KNE5ueTMmNoOLa6rxm-Fz-slB0Q4j71e7J2Or4-5ednh171kZO0bPZqutShlqlio1x0yeggZ1DjwFNdz1XdOiyc5nt6cvQQPtcev64TtM8dmew54M6Tdg8IBME0Ur/w640-h494/Flying%20Serpent-50.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE FLYING SERPENT (1946) was barely an hour in length but seemed to go on forever. No idea on who did these mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpfl9F3vEC2Veub8V6zOZ4VrI9h2vsnq4bH4hsgQfOjeu8cjpXrIP7usN7h83_YqTDJE1J27ZTyfoYiEO9EBURp8glOhOSTpNffL3DoI9VS77dpWq4_Msn-QJIxX55QckzyMxCv2jHWv-fXrHAk3GmLIxBreijQPMqTvAFxz2UAoY5WHtcHNp7zBz/s2464/Frankenstein%201970-58.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="2464" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpfl9F3vEC2Veub8V6zOZ4VrI9h2vsnq4bH4hsgQfOjeu8cjpXrIP7usN7h83_YqTDJE1J27ZTyfoYiEO9EBURp8glOhOSTpNffL3DoI9VS77dpWq4_Msn-QJIxX55QckzyMxCv2jHWv-fXrHAk3GmLIxBreijQPMqTvAFxz2UAoY5WHtcHNp7zBz/w640-h360/Frankenstein%201970-58.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I saw FRANKENSTEIN 1970 (1958) when I was a kid and it gave me nightmares for a week. This sole matte shot was obviously filched from some other film, with the extreme anamorphic stretch giving the game away.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjYKjAYJ80VkCys8ywsdKTyQHF4jJqYOgFmTDEYC-t__JmZVAzoHox2NL7fCHEnhCICdkN2kFbfast2uSmKjQ0DjMHJ6SI8nlZJl0ALrLoK-Yg8iafDT1KikuGrKj9n0UClfRWhdYTSuctxHWsdqbG82DUmyYCxwbE4KasezpQ3uhVqy_xtOs6YHA/s1920/Final%20Programme-73%201%20(Gerald%20Larn).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjYKjAYJ80VkCys8ywsdKTyQHF4jJqYOgFmTDEYC-t__JmZVAzoHox2NL7fCHEnhCICdkN2kFbfast2uSmKjQ0DjMHJ6SI8nlZJl0ALrLoK-Yg8iafDT1KikuGrKj9n0UClfRWhdYTSuctxHWsdqbG82DUmyYCxwbE4KasezpQ3uhVqy_xtOs6YHA/w640-h342/Final%20Programme-73%201%20(Gerald%20Larn).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The most unusual Brit black comedy set sometime in the future, THE FINAL PROGRAM (1973) - which was also known as THE LAST DAYS OF MAN ON EARTH for American audiences. Gerald Larn was matte painter on this film, which he told me was the very last assignment for the once proud and busy Shepperton special effects department, with the studio shutting down all departments thereafter, laying off all staff and going 'four wall'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIn8WgjTfk3XS7QgzHLnu75z2WPWpKdQZEn3tBL5SdSfEpzbNv3WcCxmzHkRHwN0YTVnsktN4_r_E93YPPYnmdOvrqV9XGp7-ZrmkIUMJ5-XN4Iec3ROFxJMLMtpdHcAaH0GY_ygYSgbTSLjbDmeJzS-AWX_RpYaeOIw5djmdG197JibdzaG1lFw6J/s1760/Final%20Programme-73%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1760" data-original-width="1645" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIn8WgjTfk3XS7QgzHLnu75z2WPWpKdQZEn3tBL5SdSfEpzbNv3WcCxmzHkRHwN0YTVnsktN4_r_E93YPPYnmdOvrqV9XGp7-ZrmkIUMJ5-XN4Iec3ROFxJMLMtpdHcAaH0GY_ygYSgbTSLjbDmeJzS-AWX_RpYaeOIw5djmdG197JibdzaG1lFw6J/w598-h640/Final%20Programme-73%202.jpg" width="598" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Gerald's mattes from THE FINAL PROGRAM.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgWUrnhd8zxAU3fMkldWyLYZS9fq8i_lvDqevw4AyaPRQWZZ_CGxh1s_sd4P_holxos_poY-TE1D53D0YModPN5IZE2Pd3fdkJ8e95G2BrS5jBHkMLgZ8Y5RDbao4sYHt0Iz5sDklHNAotdMQEH7l4VfVDTF8qTe8YUleblebR_oT-Qrq5JAwplx_/s1824/Frisco%20Jenny-32%201a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="1824" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgWUrnhd8zxAU3fMkldWyLYZS9fq8i_lvDqevw4AyaPRQWZZ_CGxh1s_sd4P_holxos_poY-TE1D53D0YModPN5IZE2Pd3fdkJ8e95G2BrS5jBHkMLgZ8Y5RDbao4sYHt0Iz5sDklHNAotdMQEH7l4VfVDTF8qTe8YUleblebR_oT-Qrq5JAwplx_/w640-h478/Frisco%20Jenny-32%201a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There aren't too many things as pleasing as discovering some obscure little film I'd never heard of that proved most enjoyable <u>and</u> as an added bonus featured some dynamite special effects scenes. This film is FRISCO JENNY (1933) - what you might term a 'B' picture - yet a good one - from Warners that worked into it's neatly driven dramatic narrative a whopper of an earthquake - that being the great San Francisco quake of 1906. Excellent effects work from the studio's well regarded 'Stage 5', with top notch miniatures, full size destruction and very impressive combination shots where those are combined with high quality process projection. For such a 'small' film I was <i>very</i> impressed. Effects supervised by Fred Jackman</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvek80eoh-7xaoZafCpIMPQ7Y3LixX0rnsQ9RY_2CC2NgyyfSB-T-q8rXTF5hhO-Ikj-M1kTilHbfGEfipLYIa7knCrG7_mgwbezEXvF-28kkOEpSOKnwPDb9ektXPNdWu2Uzf_eE-dbUXgSflFC5XPazz5KgO3VDDT3HcXFCdb1kyry7bpBIiFFug/s1466/Frisco%20Jenny-32%20(WB).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1466" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvek80eoh-7xaoZafCpIMPQ7Y3LixX0rnsQ9RY_2CC2NgyyfSB-T-q8rXTF5hhO-Ikj-M1kTilHbfGEfipLYIa7knCrG7_mgwbezEXvF-28kkOEpSOKnwPDb9ektXPNdWu2Uzf_eE-dbUXgSflFC5XPazz5KgO3VDDT3HcXFCdb1kyry7bpBIiFFug/w640-h468/Frisco%20Jenny-32%20(WB).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another sensational thirties miniature shot from the film FRISCO JENNY. All of the fx appear to have been shot in daylight, which is always a positive for a convincing result.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiuGPO1Y6_rfhK6jYgWKYIMjp6eN72iaMrs-tVYIPMcaYcSaj6oG3fU22jV3F0UrixrbTMvGN_tRrQpCPLyL8x3uLELek31M20UNp6aBUY5ZbDmum0lguuz8g60kUx0aBshyX37vLyW7sgKCG1DE6oRfpzXjDduRQjKOt3N6S4hnUWFMR0RRFSF1Z/s1209/Francis%20Goes%20To%20West%20Point-52%201%20(Uni).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1209" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiuGPO1Y6_rfhK6jYgWKYIMjp6eN72iaMrs-tVYIPMcaYcSaj6oG3fU22jV3F0UrixrbTMvGN_tRrQpCPLyL8x3uLELek31M20UNp6aBUY5ZbDmum0lguuz8g60kUx0aBshyX37vLyW7sgKCG1DE6oRfpzXjDduRQjKOt3N6S4hnUWFMR0RRFSF1Z/w640-h476/Francis%20Goes%20To%20West%20Point-52%201%20(Uni).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Universal made a mint from all those cheaply produced talking mule comedies, such as this one, FRANCIS GOES TO WESTPOINT (1952). Matte art by Russell Lawson.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwf5vIHMZBCwDEg2IDTKde6nBSmQvZteH2bdGO-iVId5DtWCpAYj_ePzbEmuMWiN3KoB5SZofoy82xzWEFNrU-7eaEzPvz_RadUGOa40uG3GkrILSpDUzxreA5IvjKtQeddCAG5KaSxfwI_prABwFskj5ltU_JNzsP0eLwecxID13LZWzLS1D3F7d/s1841/Flight%20To%20Mars-51.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1287" data-original-width="1841" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwf5vIHMZBCwDEg2IDTKde6nBSmQvZteH2bdGO-iVId5DtWCpAYj_ePzbEmuMWiN3KoB5SZofoy82xzWEFNrU-7eaEzPvz_RadUGOa40uG3GkrILSpDUzxreA5IvjKtQeddCAG5KaSxfwI_prABwFskj5ltU_JNzsP0eLwecxID13LZWzLS1D3F7d/w640-h448/Flight%20To%20Mars-51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The fifties saw a truckload of space travel movies churned out, most of highly variable quality. FLIGHT TO MARS (1951) from the poverty row Monogram Pictures was mildly entertaining. The cockpit NASA type technology here is hilarious. Irving Block and Jack Cosgrove painted the mattes for Jack Rabin's fx house.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdLI-pBKNZnm4Q_9A0LIAMmfD6PcJ1vQFYZVImF67eQNLz5O47BVHhcZeOX95Wo2Ddf9BFn9WRabsKxi6ucP_AT-QdZEqLVU9kc8FEk4LQ5hsOi4mSFpjyCZAnALSMrSxlhCLQWd1vl3i4liFP0CbXWPBsiYTClpiyiPdPwpbOnnzRlnaVKvMzh5G/s1904/Flash%20Gordon-36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="1904" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdLI-pBKNZnm4Q_9A0LIAMmfD6PcJ1vQFYZVImF67eQNLz5O47BVHhcZeOX95Wo2Ddf9BFn9WRabsKxi6ucP_AT-QdZEqLVU9kc8FEk4LQ5hsOi4mSFpjyCZAnALSMrSxlhCLQWd1vl3i4liFP0CbXWPBsiYTClpiyiPdPwpbOnnzRlnaVKvMzh5G/w640-h420/Flash%20Gordon-36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> I still recall this being on tv in the sixties, which even as hokey as it was, FLASH GORDON (1936) still enthralled a kid like me. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_Bd8OD0zwBvgIa7P2K5Ndvox6dWcbnCEdhqTb-LSNIjAsu-o3dGV-m0BjDbD5Km5i2SgxgoCRniudPRoDotBU6fK4K9DN-cwIsMrH1GGDRpwdjTfGRl0ylY_d2N6SBFsTgr6fI2UQScldiOFEjvvnTz_FEfqrbeFr9TX1KaFRB6H60hOoYYJrqqk/s2423/FG%20misc.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="2423" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_Bd8OD0zwBvgIa7P2K5Ndvox6dWcbnCEdhqTb-LSNIjAsu-o3dGV-m0BjDbD5Km5i2SgxgoCRniudPRoDotBU6fK4K9DN-cwIsMrH1GGDRpwdjTfGRl0ylY_d2N6SBFsTgr6fI2UQScldiOFEjvvnTz_FEfqrbeFr9TX1KaFRB6H60hOoYYJrqqk/w640-h264/FG%20misc.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rude, crude, lewd... but a total hoot! FLESH GORDON (1974) was a cavalcade of trick shots of all types, and all carried out with an affection for old time matinee serials of yester-year. I did a major, detailed retrospective on this film in an older blog, and that may be read</span> <b><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2019/12/matte-painting-review-selection-of.html">here</a></b>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuivAhM-jLtSw0eiiI7i0CZb1zf76gqEWZEptBvlREBhkh6UubqJ4EEhaoNOH4JxXu9LW-7Smn0e8z-nAVs1hUCANZimNgpcr7xv0bAfqBGLTOa6Nd4zi-LiQDgSiD6i1nv0yZyqBTR4OOyGWq5Ih6hMdUmIhTPqFQ2lKugBR3r9_0rtOqrqIjvW2/s1727/Flesh%20Gordon-throne%20room%20Danforth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="1727" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuivAhM-jLtSw0eiiI7i0CZb1zf76gqEWZEptBvlREBhkh6UubqJ4EEhaoNOH4JxXu9LW-7Smn0e8z-nAVs1hUCANZimNgpcr7xv0bAfqBGLTOa6Nd4zi-LiQDgSiD6i1nv0yZyqBTR4OOyGWq5Ih6hMdUmIhTPqFQ2lKugBR3r9_0rtOqrqIjvW2/w640-h544/Flesh%20Gordon-throne%20room%20Danforth.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jim Danforth at work on one of the Throne Room mattes for FLESH GORDON, with a temp RP composite shown at right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAE3A5DNNNErmRl3431rylCOOxrn4ZDRbdog2TC2PEaQ2a6mlgdVTaUggrFxN_F6gX3pVnyncU3Pl8MJ7cwBWWPECo2IycBMUe-1jwgXTEoVhOQ1sgb1yv6q0tfxtzcsb9hMY6nNi17wSlvDtR7TbkPJJHuplti9avWPRSPGJs2Mw4ay2hzqWSznT/s1117/Flesh%20Gordon%20throne%20room%20matte%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1117" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAE3A5DNNNErmRl3431rylCOOxrn4ZDRbdog2TC2PEaQ2a6mlgdVTaUggrFxN_F6gX3pVnyncU3Pl8MJ7cwBWWPECo2IycBMUe-1jwgXTEoVhOQ1sgb1yv6q0tfxtzcsb9hMY6nNi17wSlvDtR7TbkPJJHuplti9avWPRSPGJs2Mw4ay2hzqWSznT/w640-h448/Flesh%20Gordon%20throne%20room%20matte%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same shot as scanned full frame from Jim's original 35mm trim.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChn6pUsNDPDIeThQdO9ZvHw7WxHyK0wWgUYg6SJunAiDGEoVItzu4XgSDlHhzCtYyQTLmB87HABxhxf-gqFe600uguwHoAG_bDCcQzqcizvvjvwGZpYBdMQlFST-FSRzLi1BGkPFRPN8lm93s3u-UypTqxI7isA2YI7eSMsNp-Wc-Qw0wF2qcYCvm/s2313/Flesh%20Gordon%20matte%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="2313" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChn6pUsNDPDIeThQdO9ZvHw7WxHyK0wWgUYg6SJunAiDGEoVItzu4XgSDlHhzCtYyQTLmB87HABxhxf-gqFe600uguwHoAG_bDCcQzqcizvvjvwGZpYBdMQlFST-FSRzLi1BGkPFRPN8lm93s3u-UypTqxI7isA2YI7eSMsNp-Wc-Qw0wF2qcYCvm/w640-h234/Flesh%20Gordon%20matte%20art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More from FLESH GORDON with matte art, foreground miniatures and stop motion. A number of major names in the effects community were involved with FG.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8pyh_Vj98t0P85JMdAmIbbWyLH3KL_OsQk51P6aAtW_7TxCA2LMY2aswy-t4jEMLpE-d2fzGNRPl9FmkylA-xBFlc8_n8TX9LB1Slw475xgTzOMIxW9sJdI0SYVAgacZ8LfbO7yEmwNZ2Qxgubv_sTV-Kkoz-C6-aiZGBO9t2ZPdQu-WLYcHySQF/s2178/Flesh%20Gordon-JD%20matte%20on%20glass.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="2178" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8pyh_Vj98t0P85JMdAmIbbWyLH3KL_OsQk51P6aAtW_7TxCA2LMY2aswy-t4jEMLpE-d2fzGNRPl9FmkylA-xBFlc8_n8TX9LB1Slw475xgTzOMIxW9sJdI0SYVAgacZ8LfbO7yEmwNZ2Qxgubv_sTV-Kkoz-C6-aiZGBO9t2ZPdQu-WLYcHySQF/w640-h198/Flesh%20Gordon-JD%20matte%20on%20glass.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after matte by Jim Danforth.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFYDgef9wTitMPa9MMUnbTzfF_rtSDS5FNpRg0c0sQw2kJUzBeMdcjKkf9vA6OOqj2RKShf7APG4QFMUy8QX8p9-4rKp2DakQm_ywpghr8uOJ2G2gYNQ9KLil4pt2Wr9DCdjJ-lf_AR0Md6CyxjRJ9suEMSn1bDU37fF8d3j0FjiVmjFkNugQRX3y/s1920/FG%20matte%203a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFYDgef9wTitMPa9MMUnbTzfF_rtSDS5FNpRg0c0sQw2kJUzBeMdcjKkf9vA6OOqj2RKShf7APG4QFMUy8QX8p9-4rKp2DakQm_ywpghr8uOJ2G2gYNQ9KLil4pt2Wr9DCdjJ-lf_AR0Md6CyxjRJ9suEMSn1bDU37fF8d3j0FjiVmjFkNugQRX3y/w640-h346/FG%20matte%203a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably my favourite shot in FLESH GORDON is this Danforth matte. I've only now just noticed that the left side of the shot clearly shows the <i>edge</i> of the actual painting on glass in it's mount.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivImvlRsFZHeFq_2-7fSAL84wuubSvUZzZ0yvVpU_2OP10bL9X4ENOX2tipzibA-NYUzGBR1PBTcQ721R-JcFCfQHEg70OUChLEOm1poQX13-iWtp44N1i-3hbrOqHOSm5SF5XHkwH0_HKNZ9m9o42B_PguQSzpIcNyJ0-xBEqGWcWO6e1p5q3BJej/s1836/F.G%20Cosmic%20Cheer.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="1836" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivImvlRsFZHeFq_2-7fSAL84wuubSvUZzZ0yvVpU_2OP10bL9X4ENOX2tipzibA-NYUzGBR1PBTcQ721R-JcFCfQHEg70OUChLEOm1poQX13-iWtp44N1i-3hbrOqHOSm5SF5XHkwH0_HKNZ9m9o42B_PguQSzpIcNyJ0-xBEqGWcWO6e1p5q3BJej/w640-h330/F.G%20Cosmic%20Cheer.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The misguided, sanitised sequel FLESH GORDON MEETS THE COSMIC CHEERLEADERS (1990) made <u>way</u> too far into the poisonous era of <i>'political correctness'</i> to be of any consequence. Quite a lot of mattes and other effects though. Matte artist was Bob Kayganich.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Iio7qIZ-irv8S7l-9VaxHskyHVcFszEwfAYDzHgoYi8BWKpU240cWjz53MqVVqrKc_GiOzlj99uZWzK_AXrIAlyVD0aux0BtkdCllwYqaJ7oPpYHhy5WD76K8qsYusywWLUnt3_W8JHZiVlDZEJR-IWKdQoF9tMPNKh9bmMVpRf5Npx5zdRpRllG/s1298/Flesh%20and%20the%20Fiends.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1298" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Iio7qIZ-irv8S7l-9VaxHskyHVcFszEwfAYDzHgoYi8BWKpU240cWjz53MqVVqrKc_GiOzlj99uZWzK_AXrIAlyVD0aux0BtkdCllwYqaJ7oPpYHhy5WD76K8qsYusywWLUnt3_W8JHZiVlDZEJR-IWKdQoF9tMPNKh9bmMVpRf5Npx5zdRpRllG/w640-h372/Flesh%20and%20the%20Fiends.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of many films about body snatchers Burke & Hare, FLESH AND THE FIENDS (1959) was pretty good actually. No fx credit but possibly Les Bowie, who did a lot of mattes for independent producers when not gainfully employed by Hammer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnt1ybhXaG_qmJFB5-YmEUOtnuwmURUyY-_VJxMym1P_zEcNviF0jKNRyJSKVKVuy2N8pc9_YBgDx081QRhn76xbhDO2FpBK5wsbV--Htw_6zJujae-5YIAJVl8V7PL2jxkuwroAsZ9MO674zlObdiXNtbW5EDwMSHTkV5wtsc-F9wGsHIA8ZOvFfK/s2388/From%20Earth%20To%20Moon-58.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="2388" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnt1ybhXaG_qmJFB5-YmEUOtnuwmURUyY-_VJxMym1P_zEcNviF0jKNRyJSKVKVuy2N8pc9_YBgDx081QRhn76xbhDO2FpBK5wsbV--Htw_6zJujae-5YIAJVl8V7PL2jxkuwroAsZ9MO674zlObdiXNtbW5EDwMSHTkV5wtsc-F9wGsHIA8ZOvFfK/w640-h274/From%20Earth%20To%20Moon-58.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albert Maxwell Simpson's matte shots FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (1958), directed by former Warners' vfx chief, Byron Haskin.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjMFZDgHpOnw7cFSQ87L6XGc_uhaDPmy-opZrSTMboy3m1chdLItKxF6jC-EnsW9VV7v5aydDHyDrMxiywwWpTLfnlX7J0cFdZRBVAc9HqzMLJLMBi-SOtDBUaamO1M1HzDfRNUotN185HyF_lVmtYDeoZ_eEdeJyRvglA5VfNoSqiAZkdNd5BKqi/s1458/Grip%20of%20the%20Strangler%20(Les%20Bowie).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1458" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjMFZDgHpOnw7cFSQ87L6XGc_uhaDPmy-opZrSTMboy3m1chdLItKxF6jC-EnsW9VV7v5aydDHyDrMxiywwWpTLfnlX7J0cFdZRBVAc9HqzMLJLMBi-SOtDBUaamO1M1HzDfRNUotN185HyF_lVmtYDeoZ_eEdeJyRvglA5VfNoSqiAZkdNd5BKqi/w640-h502/Grip%20of%20the%20Strangler%20(Les%20Bowie).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Les Bowie matte shot as seen in GRIP OF THE STRANGLER (1958) that was in fact originally painted by Bowie for David Lean's GREAT EXPECTATIONS more than a decade earlier but not included in Lean's final edit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvaSlsgXFjdAK4VpBoTIxG2SBINoYfAdVQixpS0QzXEZOKE3HHzGbRw-PNjXJkJNjHfT9W94c7CvL_ET1GR1QLrwUOlpa6V12P_D_WuXnoLjeUu1az40QvtYYdjykKN1ZuWFRU4suTlUeu7f0_0a-qpmkTQ7dK-OP5ffRZa_n_HHMUgNvT52CXbeS/s2484/Gate.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="2484" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvaSlsgXFjdAK4VpBoTIxG2SBINoYfAdVQixpS0QzXEZOKE3HHzGbRw-PNjXJkJNjHfT9W94c7CvL_ET1GR1QLrwUOlpa6V12P_D_WuXnoLjeUu1az40QvtYYdjykKN1ZuWFRU4suTlUeu7f0_0a-qpmkTQ7dK-OP5ffRZa_n_HHMUgNvT52CXbeS/w640-h358/Gate.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cost-effective and not by any means even a medium budget fantasy show, THE GATE (1987) certainly looked good. Randall William Cook supervised the extensive trick work which was entirely 'old school', with much use of live in-camera forced perspective DARBY O'GILL inspired gag set ups (top left and right); dimensional animation; matte painting and rotoscope animation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZyDIyrBOHlhgcTQevdPcT4s55uALUjFG5nbZGUP-g8B0ZQy0W3I_WjVpJdmu2T5Ysv-KywyDh8Ix7OWbtPfOYXtDaBuprb2B3TWzORXZoU--EjvSUDSILGllakjogngrXhoLORfdG-cT89Am4xy-Q4jDDQxIju0Q__1kuH6kUx2qjIUT1puf4Xhx/s1920/Gate-87%20(Mark%20Whitlock).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZyDIyrBOHlhgcTQevdPcT4s55uALUjFG5nbZGUP-g8B0ZQy0W3I_WjVpJdmu2T5Ysv-KywyDh8Ix7OWbtPfOYXtDaBuprb2B3TWzORXZoU--EjvSUDSILGllakjogngrXhoLORfdG-cT89Am4xy-Q4jDDQxIju0Q__1kuH6kUx2qjIUT1puf4Xhx/w640-h346/Gate-87%20(Mark%20Whitlock).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE GATE: Mark Whitlock supplied this spectacular sunrise vista as one of two overlapping full paintings which were optically 'wiped' from one to the other. Mark's father, Albert stopped by and helped out with the sky according to effects cameraman Jim Aupperle.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CXttgMc4Qj1249ROpJK8hjNJJ_msBkr7xB-tOWjNkI4GJifY9yOZlCuLLCdgbzb9xcfByHLVuaoI4dxI8PUNrrhcP08gk8Lj0lZf2UERnE8ZSmdgFC5dVK7En8ub2CuHt_7XNjOqZxRIWiQq09RFbeXD6LTqH0PSEaaZezdwmps0B5Ah3JDZPcsC/s2685/Gate2-Trespassers.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="2685" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CXttgMc4Qj1249ROpJK8hjNJJ_msBkr7xB-tOWjNkI4GJifY9yOZlCuLLCdgbzb9xcfByHLVuaoI4dxI8PUNrrhcP08gk8Lj0lZf2UERnE8ZSmdgFC5dVK7En8ub2CuHt_7XNjOqZxRIWiQq09RFbeXD6LTqH0PSEaaZezdwmps0B5Ah3JDZPcsC/w640-h212/Gate2-Trespassers.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While the first film was a fun trip, the follow up GATE 2-TRESPASSERS (1992) was utterly forgettable. Rocco Gioffre rendered a couple of matte shots to help it along.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgzPZTYnssDBXxLcTj9EfCESSs0ey-tUQmiA-tWy7nf4Ez1RwKM_40UUjPGc2W9KxGoY8XnjFQhz64bevuBbvOdqdw7yeUxySPY2xPXMY2JTa6f1ELB9FEo7OCqTrwJ9aLSpvEVVFROQH21gnG1y8sOxh4eMHMecm7ypXuTK4jIfDUBbUUjlJdwTT/s1920/Gate2%20(Gioffre).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgzPZTYnssDBXxLcTj9EfCESSs0ey-tUQmiA-tWy7nf4Ez1RwKM_40UUjPGc2W9KxGoY8XnjFQhz64bevuBbvOdqdw7yeUxySPY2xPXMY2JTa6f1ELB9FEo7OCqTrwJ9aLSpvEVVFROQH21gnG1y8sOxh4eMHMecm7ypXuTK4jIfDUBbUUjlJdwTT/w640-h346/Gate2%20(Gioffre).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from GATE 2.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gaqYkbTZFxn2-mxoYmODfALcpoMBQ_mF9qSxBYsZkx0TdsfaqkBneMSbLQPMX-86dkHDQEtjs6-VWygHPxDaI93m7ABRLFYnYR4w_vXvTvuGzekSDLpVv9MITGxWDqaD_PIeAsH2DojNioXjcdZ33GBWtnfbZHjzXo7HFHVWPQXZ7o3W8Df-GIv_/s1874/Gamera%20-%20BR%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1874" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gaqYkbTZFxn2-mxoYmODfALcpoMBQ_mF9qSxBYsZkx0TdsfaqkBneMSbLQPMX-86dkHDQEtjs6-VWygHPxDaI93m7ABRLFYnYR4w_vXvTvuGzekSDLpVv9MITGxWDqaD_PIeAsH2DojNioXjcdZ33GBWtnfbZHjzXo7HFHVWPQXZ7o3W8Df-GIv_/w640-h286/Gamera%20-%20BR%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Expansive matte art from the Japanese GAMERA-THE GIANT MONSTER (1965)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloE5RVtAbu14H7HpDX5GyDs_T9FYKVPWTA4O1v8qXbFYCcTKd7TLnpHeGQjJaf5z67-1a-Zm-cu8707B1xhEV6kx7P67mRxoSltWB3OlqtuJpe-Ud8UnRlaNoBNNdFfTC_-QjnmUJSnY2zYADLz9k9UG_2whUUFBzxTJo-cO3qxPWbdfKvtXzX9EJ/s1920/gamera_the_giant_monster_BR%2039.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1920" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloE5RVtAbu14H7HpDX5GyDs_T9FYKVPWTA4O1v8qXbFYCcTKd7TLnpHeGQjJaf5z67-1a-Zm-cu8707B1xhEV6kx7P67mRxoSltWB3OlqtuJpe-Ud8UnRlaNoBNNdFfTC_-QjnmUJSnY2zYADLz9k9UG_2whUUFBzxTJo-cO3qxPWbdfKvtXzX9EJ/w640-h290/gamera_the_giant_monster_BR%2039.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">GAMERA again, with all hell breaking loose in Tokyo.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJ8bFVAVNCd1bdly73k9NxYV_y5RsxPnVyZx7f7zAN0OSonui6oeWxH0W0f2JhS5eqnGhwnQafBPfKqmPMBuFuZSS-6kBweNyLnEMVQeqqiIegSsCdvsCCvU7AAwx1p3R0kdh_jqv9GTAj9UsMJT3MpgPMVMFE-gj-FzvARAHkm_xVS6EQ-8eYEId/s1963/Galaxy%20of%20Terror.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="1963" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJ8bFVAVNCd1bdly73k9NxYV_y5RsxPnVyZx7f7zAN0OSonui6oeWxH0W0f2JhS5eqnGhwnQafBPfKqmPMBuFuZSS-6kBweNyLnEMVQeqqiIegSsCdvsCCvU7AAwx1p3R0kdh_jqv9GTAj9UsMJT3MpgPMVMFE-gj-FzvARAHkm_xVS6EQ-8eYEId/w640-h358/Galaxy%20of%20Terror.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Roger Corman's New World organisation knocked out a somewhat mystifying though highly competent perils-in-space thriller with GALAXY OF TERROR (1981). High quality visuals courtesy of Robert and Dennis Skotak, with input from a certain James Cameron as art director. Some great beam-splitter composite shots keep the quality high.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt40cjn8foMKVnQGLLc0gjViR8G25A9ALHUg537WONUqDGZRI4F8dxLpvyi1GN1eV7e8kRW6yfExL4zzI_S5gykB0H_3w-TkP5ic7H_IzFIVACQau4Cl2F658zq-bq653nRjgYl-qDB82rsAXNf3mraOCqiXNRfruW28d_0T_bRGmBnH9ruUaNPeLM/s1734/Ghost%20of%20Sierra%20de%20Cobre-65.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="1734" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt40cjn8foMKVnQGLLc0gjViR8G25A9ALHUg537WONUqDGZRI4F8dxLpvyi1GN1eV7e8kRW6yfExL4zzI_S5gykB0H_3w-TkP5ic7H_IzFIVACQau4Cl2F658zq-bq653nRjgYl-qDB82rsAXNf3mraOCqiXNRfruW28d_0T_bRGmBnH9ruUaNPeLM/w640-h482/Ghost%20of%20Sierra%20de%20Cobre-65.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Martin Landau starred in an oddball thing called THE GHOST OF SIERRA DE COBRE (1965). Van der Veer Photo Effects had credit for vfx, though the shots with the strange canter levered house atop the hill looks so good I don't know if it's a matte shot or an actual address! The actor is careful <u>not</u> to cross in front of the area of the frame with the structure. Any readers know if this is an <i>actual</i> property? If not, it's an outstanding matte shot (??)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJxfx6pm5a80cSnyCulnUJl6vu2dROWx-mlkxiFSyN1K_aFi-OszImucGgEh1lMFOsISmtItFePv1hTUfO_VZIJbkzb9j7RuiOtkV-0QEHupJl-_bTCBrb8BZwGywlEougd62ypW0yY6OhmstgshfScxqHaFg_9VnrWCueVnLpO-9dfEPy6fYcNLE/s1634/Gypsy%20Wildcat-44.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1634" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJxfx6pm5a80cSnyCulnUJl6vu2dROWx-mlkxiFSyN1K_aFi-OszImucGgEh1lMFOsISmtItFePv1hTUfO_VZIJbkzb9j7RuiOtkV-0QEHupJl-_bTCBrb8BZwGywlEougd62ypW0yY6OhmstgshfScxqHaFg_9VnrWCueVnLpO-9dfEPy6fYcNLE/w640-h362/Gypsy%20Wildcat-44.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The lovely Maria Montez made dozens of 'B' pictures for Universal before her untimely death. Mostly <i>Ali-Baba</i> genre flicks and the like. This one, GYPSY WILDCAT (1944) was certainly forgettable, with none of the rich flavour that the usual Arabian Nights costume melodramas had. Just the one effects shot, this Russ Lawson matte with quite odd perspective.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTiILdC-AJr0VYjbFY4SMbLh9-zIceuIadRSg4DBnVbGbcgPhrj_DlJHKQTakY6CxD5_nw7VPXE_qeLjHhOL2hh8Q9O37TZr2Dx1uj4O_GVDtGAkFcmoLpfkFBjEoAfS2VTiowLz_qftFjS6oCpM_zOD2gzZXZH73J6ocjpI7nJZjGHXl7Dp1bOhY/s1440/Ghost%20of%20St.Michaels-41%20(Ealing).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTiILdC-AJr0VYjbFY4SMbLh9-zIceuIadRSg4DBnVbGbcgPhrj_DlJHKQTakY6CxD5_nw7VPXE_qeLjHhOL2hh8Q9O37TZr2Dx1uj4O_GVDtGAkFcmoLpfkFBjEoAfS2VTiowLz_qftFjS6oCpM_zOD2gzZXZH73J6ocjpI7nJZjGHXl7Dp1bOhY/w640-h480/Ghost%20of%20St.Michaels-41%20(Ealing).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Britain's Ealing Studios produced so many memorable and much beloved 'little' films over the years. This show is THE GHOST OF ST. MICHAELS (1941), with this shot almost certainly the work of matte artist Geoffrey Dickinson.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2PZQ-kQCaclnoHo1JHVcBlzhb_XkeKDmihPcxG4guzoxs_L9vdkJLpa7kkTnwRvIx1ru_RUqFUtDiMglpxi9tl1kUzLw0QecV7B_myGy8DV02tp20kr9j9Sgp0jTYCBkpXuQe2-uA_gJc0Bya-XgHJSACPrP2UDo6uQwxo177MDspTLxge1Mhbx0/s3208/GORGO-61.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="3208" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2PZQ-kQCaclnoHo1JHVcBlzhb_XkeKDmihPcxG4guzoxs_L9vdkJLpa7kkTnwRvIx1ru_RUqFUtDiMglpxi9tl1kUzLw0QecV7B_myGy8DV02tp20kr9j9Sgp0jTYCBkpXuQe2-uA_gJc0Bya-XgHJSACPrP2UDo6uQwxo177MDspTLxge1Mhbx0/w640-h252/GORGO-61.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tom Howard was in charge of the visual effects for GORGO (1961), and much of the work looked pretty good. Ton of action, lots of model work and some fine opticals.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SrffAYxZe61V0ZhQsJ3c65FbR3KXiLl4PVV3qFQhbbmmn0NT1O-uaQUtnhIZEQ8jkPWHEKR4Syz4_xwC4KZy1C_ga2rfbUxc-rU0vBj2aPJLpkN8DO4mICxw7-pnkmknvw3R7UK536Z-A_weWZLZ2-LaMRAQ3RngmP-opVCxv9On8ypj2Si4dhW_/s1428/Hawk%20the%20Slayer01-glass%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1428" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SrffAYxZe61V0ZhQsJ3c65FbR3KXiLl4PVV3qFQhbbmmn0NT1O-uaQUtnhIZEQ8jkPWHEKR4Syz4_xwC4KZy1C_ga2rfbUxc-rU0vBj2aPJLpkN8DO4mICxw7-pnkmknvw3R7UK536Z-A_weWZLZ2-LaMRAQ3RngmP-opVCxv9On8ypj2Si4dhW_/w640-h416/Hawk%20the%20Slayer01-glass%20painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Poor old Jack Palance must have been really slumming it to be enticed to lend his name to the dire sword & sandal cheapie HAWK-THE SLAYER (1980). Cliff Culley supervised the effects work, with assistant Leigh Took tackling the lions share of the matte painting chores such as this example.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnK2V1gkMFEmNi6KogAIXg8IFnEUisZjp97eEWKL8pkSHM-8Mp9kZdlrdGbY-FL9gkU5kIlOJi2H-UfILMPN7WHdVwQffAc1UDoAxtNC4_oYM9NbAqhp7cMDMBxP76WSdsHXpMb-xiGASHzOlVQUXEzilNkv_mKshd4LAcFQC05xyiqJDlILuoG_z/s2636/Hawk%20The%20Slayer1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="2636" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnK2V1gkMFEmNi6KogAIXg8IFnEUisZjp97eEWKL8pkSHM-8Mp9kZdlrdGbY-FL9gkU5kIlOJi2H-UfILMPN7WHdVwQffAc1UDoAxtNC4_oYM9NbAqhp7cMDMBxP76WSdsHXpMb-xiGASHzOlVQUXEzilNkv_mKshd4LAcFQC05xyiqJDlILuoG_z/w640-h272/Hawk%20The%20Slayer1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Leigh Took at work, and the final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjct89n-_oChyj5NIKQqV89-kbsLp52lgOGUUzPsHjH8iEpuONnyW9nBJH-uw2A7C-T-w-0UjgpVPuD7_CdOj-S8t5IK_eCcfzS5MN9Gn4UkqgYb2VLvMJjfaoiLbMz9zZDnjJQaPzKSVtMG_YJ7cdZlLB7wFhC7YqDsKbZIc7xiekwQQnjheHDjr/s1656/HH%20Guide%20to%20Galaxy%20(tv).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="1656" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjct89n-_oChyj5NIKQqV89-kbsLp52lgOGUUzPsHjH8iEpuONnyW9nBJH-uw2A7C-T-w-0UjgpVPuD7_CdOj-S8t5IK_eCcfzS5MN9Gn4UkqgYb2VLvMJjfaoiLbMz9zZDnjJQaPzKSVtMG_YJ7cdZlLB7wFhC7YqDsKbZIc7xiekwQQnjheHDjr/w640-h468/HH%20Guide%20to%20Galaxy%20(tv).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another British show, this being the cult television series THE HITCH HIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. I believe veteran matte and scenic artist Peter Melrose rendered these shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_brUVcMx9P1Za5mfQp0qHVWpHM588c8AVHADAAJw0BneLSescGjNjFQd02RClKicEr1ITEINscETKhUkAU3aQ-SySM_jTmiV6bT9xi3TYb2i4mgk7c0h44C7RY5pS2EUMYT0tOrz-iPT3JezzG9LUYYmeQxptI-MxyRZDcf8wlHq5bbHtXHmZZIcV/s2007/Hotel%20Reserve-44%20(UK).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="2007" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_brUVcMx9P1Za5mfQp0qHVWpHM588c8AVHADAAJw0BneLSescGjNjFQd02RClKicEr1ITEINscETKhUkAU3aQ-SySM_jTmiV6bT9xi3TYb2i4mgk7c0h44C7RY5pS2EUMYT0tOrz-iPT3JezzG9LUYYmeQxptI-MxyRZDcf8wlHq5bbHtXHmZZIcV/w640-h266/Hotel%20Reserve-44%20(UK).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">British film HOTEL RESERVE (1944) starring the always wonderful James Mason.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iVr1RLdpDzWAD1PqWP6MVrKJPtDX9Fp4n5J8l4p-SPnvcDYVOgUFU4GOBaraEq2atVTYNBILa-q2VMJkTfrD4mWFDqYbmEvWlA4-lOGjg6IY_DQaPjz8UEUxJXvA5P6pXQlF3ORMlnjfezVmRACpGdl1SBRNuPPZDpQPVIu53PQhSVsK2hZbWLJa/s1984/Helicopter%20Spies-68.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="1984" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iVr1RLdpDzWAD1PqWP6MVrKJPtDX9Fp4n5J8l4p-SPnvcDYVOgUFU4GOBaraEq2atVTYNBILa-q2VMJkTfrD4mWFDqYbmEvWlA4-lOGjg6IY_DQaPjz8UEUxJXvA5P6pXQlF3ORMlnjfezVmRACpGdl1SBRNuPPZDpQPVIu53PQhSVsK2hZbWLJa/w640-h370/Helicopter%20Spies-68.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The extremely popular American tv series MAN FROM UNCLE would spark the notion in some exec's head that to splice together a couple of episodes, bang a new title on it and release it to theatres would fool the unsuspecting punter. Apparently it did, so they repeated the experiment several times. This shot is from one such 'feature', THE HELICOPTER SPIES (1968). It's most likely a matte by old time industry veteran Jan Domela who according to his daughter, painted mattes for the tv series.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jKtpRizFCJV9kmy6K1_uW9QEVe1kEhbM-Q5IF165ZYmmH5TEejYa1-IO6DkVbpfJBrzPzxbrqTiqIc9o58Qf5zUBZccKkrAEO8S4nMPTiEq3AGukCAxxEZjeXTLAbJXA2Z2dsffOqxmWrpaZm2mhvBDc0Tl14eJPe7UUQdpE5KGqAiTXAoPHjBQD/s1280/House%20BR%20(Rocco%20Gioffre%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jKtpRizFCJV9kmy6K1_uW9QEVe1kEhbM-Q5IF165ZYmmH5TEejYa1-IO6DkVbpfJBrzPzxbrqTiqIc9o58Qf5zUBZccKkrAEO8S4nMPTiEq3AGukCAxxEZjeXTLAbJXA2Z2dsffOqxmWrpaZm2mhvBDc0Tl14eJPe7UUQdpE5KGqAiTXAoPHjBQD/w640-h360/House%20BR%20(Rocco%20Gioffre%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Rocco Gioffre matte shot from the teens in peril horror film HOUSE (1986).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcgxq5ySCZPgURNvM4bsQ0V5vt2xwBr5l3O_xccOB7o5oyJ9FVbRbo1EOcblx5nWsEDEYu8rjRf2FGHpN8gZtf8qRczEtYaW-YXa3FiXlefv3ruFC_zn02KQvoCxoECgkXr0HstYlZaDTBXa3dXny7FLzjQmil5zen2fTGUq-OfJrLmsI4Oj4VqUBB/s1800/Hardware%20(Steve%20Begg%20mattes).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="1800" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcgxq5ySCZPgURNvM4bsQ0V5vt2xwBr5l3O_xccOB7o5oyJ9FVbRbo1EOcblx5nWsEDEYu8rjRf2FGHpN8gZtf8qRczEtYaW-YXa3FiXlefv3ruFC_zn02KQvoCxoECgkXr0HstYlZaDTBXa3dXny7FLzjQmil5zen2fTGUq-OfJrLmsI4Oj4VqUBB/w640-h220/Hardware%20(Steve%20Begg%20mattes).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The New Wave futuristic attempt at cinematic cult status, HARDWARE (1990) would see a young Steve Begg render the mattes. Steve told me he was strongly influenced by BLADERUNNER with his night shot of the city. Some time later Steve would go on to supervise all of the vfx on the Daniel Craig 007 films.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EKIWZoYyX24joL9WplzwjHsZJq_sF9McJFZ_4pU9L_g-OoVpdgMVrw0qoEkfJQFTQUo9daYgogMT2NIzJtznicdM4hVbb5R7Yn040ZZVq3XIp1WOetAms6rZ7KBayQlhzIVf-PAfVnHQuDh1U8pF9DGKTm1kKRJSDLtG1eW-suQQ_CHH2uEODDMK/s1000/Have%20Gun,%20Will%20Travel%20(tv)%20original%20matte%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1000" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EKIWZoYyX24joL9WplzwjHsZJq_sF9McJFZ_4pU9L_g-OoVpdgMVrw0qoEkfJQFTQUo9daYgogMT2NIzJtznicdM4hVbb5R7Yn040ZZVq3XIp1WOetAms6rZ7KBayQlhzIVf-PAfVnHQuDh1U8pF9DGKTm1kKRJSDLtG1eW-suQQ_CHH2uEODDMK/w640-h490/Have%20Gun,%20Will%20Travel%20(tv)%20original%20matte%20art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rare matte in pristine condition from the tv series HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL which ran from the late 1950's through to the early 1960's. Jack Rabin and Louis DeWitt were credited with photographic effects.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ8UE4US-n_UJgduTyeoSilib9Oq_g4xU3op3Mj9fuS7o408sdBC2pdaBWnV9WaswJWug5QpkkjhiGn6gnId2nxqegIXsebkF1QpGr4VdX_w7DVax3gj_xtkqSgUxtHM7ki90gX9A9OqfUJEIrTzqOMuEWn5hbXZXgJ2gyhOk_8LkrS_5oGWFGmWO/s2516/Have%20Gun%20Will%20Travel-dual%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2516" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ8UE4US-n_UJgduTyeoSilib9Oq_g4xU3op3Mj9fuS7o408sdBC2pdaBWnV9WaswJWug5QpkkjhiGn6gnId2nxqegIXsebkF1QpGr4VdX_w7DVax3gj_xtkqSgUxtHM7ki90gX9A9OqfUJEIrTzqOMuEWn5hbXZXgJ2gyhOk_8LkrS_5oGWFGmWO/w640-h240/Have%20Gun%20Will%20Travel-dual%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The above painting as seen composited (left) and a revised version shown at right from another episode.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECzd5JexFHTMplLy5s187cx1DTXD2rUndQJfXZTTup4Ez_wiMPZBRcHfcoANVU_K14L8fMUy3bT-_q7b3P_f2Y1O5YLX752uIe0fcwAzqRpge_PNT8MlDCFMkpYQgjhuhK2UCmNaB4xv_nD7aRI_Qcub6Lm3q59iq2l4gNpIhz3-SODH66PMaKTTG/s2211/Horror%20Express.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="2211" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECzd5JexFHTMplLy5s187cx1DTXD2rUndQJfXZTTup4Ez_wiMPZBRcHfcoANVU_K14L8fMUy3bT-_q7b3P_f2Y1O5YLX752uIe0fcwAzqRpge_PNT8MlDCFMkpYQgjhuhK2UCmNaB4xv_nD7aRI_Qcub6Lm3q59iq2l4gNpIhz3-SODH66PMaKTTG/w640-h366/Horror%20Express.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Excellent miniature work from the Spanish-UK co-production HORROR EXPRESS (1972). The film was a sort of Murder on the Orient Express with monster and splatter, and a first class ride it was too.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7Sz1LzW-ERm5eb8yTD5JoBEt0xj6YzAZNjvfyik7TDydLCMqxeJKsX6jyFaSCqa5V6hR2UeL88hQQoysudYFzQbfVBqVutrv1S_LBt3TqhS0jF2zW941s3BMuozTfrm8CylydYSQ2hJNe4Yn6rUDp280xMBjOcn9LrZOPQQm17CJHzwecX8fKvUR/s1218/Hercules%20Unchained-59.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="1218" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7Sz1LzW-ERm5eb8yTD5JoBEt0xj6YzAZNjvfyik7TDydLCMqxeJKsX6jyFaSCqa5V6hR2UeL88hQQoysudYFzQbfVBqVutrv1S_LBt3TqhS0jF2zW941s3BMuozTfrm8CylydYSQ2hJNe4Yn6rUDp280xMBjOcn9LrZOPQQm17CJHzwecX8fKvUR/w640-h260/Hercules%20Unchained-59.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Italians churned out a million sword & sandal muscleman yarns and each one was the same as the last. HERCULES UNCHAINED (1959) was typical of the genre</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5I4OUkN-GBo9gJKR_g4lWvqL1leg5AUJ8oHZkSwXQy8fgIzxvesRMhk1QhJkA2P6PbzlfXqzBvOrHPmltx8qBKxMuCOoeGfMZyPSEwWwYYC6iCkn2fXmQPzyrfIfqMeph1xIhljLTr-otMevlz4omrHe3jhCBoVlAMG9ipiL8Rj3A51CvzHn2hZL/s1194/Herc.%20Unchained%20(M.Bava).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1194" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5I4OUkN-GBo9gJKR_g4lWvqL1leg5AUJ8oHZkSwXQy8fgIzxvesRMhk1QhJkA2P6PbzlfXqzBvOrHPmltx8qBKxMuCOoeGfMZyPSEwWwYYC6iCkn2fXmQPzyrfIfqMeph1xIhljLTr-otMevlz4omrHe3jhCBoVlAMG9ipiL8Rj3A51CvzHn2hZL/w640-h384/Herc.%20Unchained%20(M.Bava).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERCULES UNCHAINED glass shots of temples atop hills etc. Director Mario Bava was an accomplished visual effects artist and supplied trick shots to a number of his - and his son Lamberto's - films as well as some shots for Dario Argento. Mario is shown at right with glass shots from another of his productions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDs08gPE3MrjW7_KcAoiI_AGGKHHyNU7sktfI7wl7XsxirlU117vqXqSYFvxcB3HM9SgQLP6Cx9FEZXVghkOiqtbEBWraBHeJCNUrTtYUeFtg62u1A9pExmP4gA2ZE7kNLbzB5mctsRVlFYtP1uuKP79TfdKogV_1tdF7Fl8gKnI4LMhXs1C-N7Wu/s1839/House%20on%20Skull%20Mountain-74.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1839" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDs08gPE3MrjW7_KcAoiI_AGGKHHyNU7sktfI7wl7XsxirlU117vqXqSYFvxcB3HM9SgQLP6Cx9FEZXVghkOiqtbEBWraBHeJCNUrTtYUeFtg62u1A9pExmP4gA2ZE7kNLbzB5mctsRVlFYtP1uuKP79TfdKogV_1tdF7Fl8gKnI4LMhXs1C-N7Wu/w640-h366/House%20on%20Skull%20Mountain-74.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Uncredited matte shots from THE HOUSE ON SKULL MOUNTAIN (1974), which I saw years ago. Was it a blaxploitation pic...? Voodoo or something? ... I can't recall?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOE5KwTeAzqvRa6aI0CZWl80WaWFk7roDZ_ig-JlZM5mb9bMX13vIBytjW8xmSTGC8Fu5cH4gKM7aLVCTxh1GaIKcbs2OxFA6WOalE7Qgks3ECEA6ArCyObT7LsJFns7CcbAS7rWAANRwovoqEo24bGj_dDHJ8qoPGSFYYfcacTyz1jAh-fwVAlzZp/s1695/Head.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="1695" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOE5KwTeAzqvRa6aI0CZWl80WaWFk7roDZ_ig-JlZM5mb9bMX13vIBytjW8xmSTGC8Fu5cH4gKM7aLVCTxh1GaIKcbs2OxFA6WOalE7Qgks3ECEA6ArCyObT7LsJFns7CcbAS7rWAANRwovoqEo24bGj_dDHJ8qoPGSFYYfcacTyz1jAh-fwVAlzZp/w640-h514/Head.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I grew up watching shows like The Monkees on television <i>(along with gems like Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes, I Dream of Jeanie, and even, dare I say it, The Banana Splits!)</i>. HEAD (1968) was the American Fab 4's feature film, and it's a blast! Insanity prevails with Marx styled gags, bizarre cameos, breaking the forth wall, freaky dream sequences, counter-culture satire and some great songs, with the creme of the crop being the remarkably choreographed and edited show stopping <i>'Daddy's Song'</i> routine with Davy Jones and Toni Basil that utterly <i>demands </i>repeat playback ... <u>just brilliant!</u> Anyway, a heavy load of optical effects shots supplied by Butler-Glouner flesh out the wacky unscripted craziness. Groovy, baby!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXnQjH2dD0GJMEYVoFLE7bM68tDfUrkhrqskmPlelmFT8LkEDvsbpSdDxn0FbJEYcH8qFxiJd6Qktu3AZ4vBeuJgFFszk96TwpIiqvUt3LHlvSzZaNJ3Oo0n9zrNew4fDlNPo3c_0qT7DPThupTGqCtGue7EEg8UUKDNGIDin3xp5y6161b6LYl1G/s1278/Haunted%20Palace-63.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1278" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXnQjH2dD0GJMEYVoFLE7bM68tDfUrkhrqskmPlelmFT8LkEDvsbpSdDxn0FbJEYcH8qFxiJd6Qktu3AZ4vBeuJgFFszk96TwpIiqvUt3LHlvSzZaNJ3Oo0n9zrNew4fDlNPo3c_0qT7DPThupTGqCtGue7EEg8UUKDNGIDin3xp5y6161b6LYl1G/w640-h544/Haunted%20Palace-63.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I liked the Edgar Allen Poe films that Roger Corman made in the sixties, and was always surprised that self confessed cheapskate Roger managed to present such rich production values up on the screen that never at all looked as cheap as they most likely were. THE HAUNTED PALACE (1963) is an example of one such film, and had some marvellous matte shots such as these, which I'm strongly of the opinion were the uncredited brushmanship of Al Whitlock, with all the hallmarks of his technique. Larry Butler and Donald Glouner had the effects contract and they would often subcontract Whitlock to paint the mattes. Apparently Albert had a good relationship with Butler.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5T89yb2vMxRB48vapGXIue-rPBAARuRNJo9V8TsnBr4QHawsTInBGp96FBSYyvIzMVm0cr9DqCF_KfTxqwEt6dIHAauDQRorPDUkXAKU8lDGl8dQrLfKg_LjD0tyV4m2LU0OXGpiro24AqHHywjcgCp8g7t609F02nADJwlMFOBgY4woIUI5zX0q/s1335/He%20Walked%20By%20Night-48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="1335" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5T89yb2vMxRB48vapGXIue-rPBAARuRNJo9V8TsnBr4QHawsTInBGp96FBSYyvIzMVm0cr9DqCF_KfTxqwEt6dIHAauDQRorPDUkXAKU8lDGl8dQrLfKg_LjD0tyV4m2LU0OXGpiro24AqHHywjcgCp8g7t609F02nADJwlMFOBgY4woIUI5zX0q/w640-h494/He%20Walked%20By%20Night-48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Eagle-Lion was a small independent outfit who made a number of interesting films through the 1940's and beyond. HE WALKED BY NIGHT (1948) was a fairly engrossing cop movie, with matte shots by Jack Rabin, who was credited with <i>'Special Art Effects' </i>on many Eagle-Lion pictures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__YmfC3XXGohfwcD7Ct4SEJdne6ufH4OYoUgfQugYuiHfC1_o42xSfihIhP53p7OSrgjnTNBGmRIa1NhrbYy6d0MLeeZHH2T9VB2Vaq-MZzaVDWTBanQuTLjdD9BKQeM7zg84rnxhs5uRbgLRSsa1-LXo7TpoWSaHUBqRuj8rgOQQO9DsCyupI-IP/s1552/Heaven%20Only%20Knows-47%20(Ray%20Binger%20fx).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1552" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__YmfC3XXGohfwcD7Ct4SEJdne6ufH4OYoUgfQugYuiHfC1_o42xSfihIhP53p7OSrgjnTNBGmRIa1NhrbYy6d0MLeeZHH2T9VB2Vaq-MZzaVDWTBanQuTLjdD9BKQeM7zg84rnxhs5uRbgLRSsa1-LXo7TpoWSaHUBqRuj8rgOQQO9DsCyupI-IP/w640-h490/Heaven%20Only%20Knows-47%20(Ray%20Binger%20fx).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ray O. Binger was an effects cinematographer going way, way back, and supplied the effects on HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS (1948) for United Artists.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWCaIzYU4-jgCk-L04cNXYG0CuC3GgYrBEWs_r-r7VysZRCWBVn8nnT5oCXwQ9iHlrp-NF0Dju1pT4yyEpGCohJsWo6xttXQK2QQaqJUGb76xHxrlhm0aX2G5ansN7TNvhglo6Lfb-IC4WkX5Wn5ITTBuj1lISHQbHhMG6IvdVvv0tC-eAc7HKpQm/s1728/Giant%20Behemoth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1728" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWCaIzYU4-jgCk-L04cNXYG0CuC3GgYrBEWs_r-r7VysZRCWBVn8nnT5oCXwQ9iHlrp-NF0Dju1pT4yyEpGCohJsWo6xttXQK2QQaqJUGb76xHxrlhm0aX2G5ansN7TNvhglo6Lfb-IC4WkX5Wn5ITTBuj1lISHQbHhMG6IvdVvv0tC-eAc7HKpQm/w640-h358/Giant%20Behemoth.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE GIANT BEHEMOTH (1959) was a sad, sad experience, in more ways than one. Directed by Eugene Lourie - who <u>really</u> should have known better - this monster flick was a turgid affair and absolutely reeked of cheapness. Again, Rabin, Block and DeWitt had the effects contract, with someone having the bright 'marketing idea' to enlist the great Willis O'Brien on board to lend an air of prestige to the dire proceedings. The stories behind this film are far more engrossing than anything on screen. Poor O'Bie - a legend in the field - actually did barely any animation on this thing, with O'Bie's longtime offsider, Pete Peterson doing most of the work at home in his garage. Rabin was a bit of an opportunist, and devised a myriad of ways in which to extend the limited amount of stop motion footage by giving his optical printer a full workout by 'flopping' footage, 'zooming in', re-printing and repeating shots over and over to make it all look like far more animation had been carried out than was ever filmed. This film wasn't the only experience O'Bie had with shyster film makers, capitalising upon his good name and reputation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4S3vo4dp7bWnyIbyyeenh7V1dowrCYR1zSanbTSpgPrXfnhz6JDWtTZxwxVOGcSStRBj4L-qtmQLlg7C8CFvIbQ3njUobAi8KupMX1DTtOUPsX7rhxrGhXJffJGbRHn8KpvkrqOKanQBwp_mjxwAotAa0dgKRjFm_CUfdp9edZ4Fi8qfkOYA2Cfk/s1334/It-Terror%20Space.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1334" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4S3vo4dp7bWnyIbyyeenh7V1dowrCYR1zSanbTSpgPrXfnhz6JDWtTZxwxVOGcSStRBj4L-qtmQLlg7C8CFvIbQ3njUobAi8KupMX1DTtOUPsX7rhxrGhXJffJGbRHn8KpvkrqOKanQBwp_mjxwAotAa0dgKRjFm_CUfdp9edZ4Fi8qfkOYA2Cfk/w640-h246/It-Terror%20Space.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An often quite intense little sci-fi programmer, IT, THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE (1958) must have been in the mind of Dan O'Bannon when he wrote the first treatment for what would become Ridley Scott's brilliant ALIEN (1979)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrcZDxxZDqXo-lQEL3EFfN2LlsvqdjAJSqIWGUsesN3B0c9uteYZXC8OoF544JILHPQ6CclQ1qA7rx5eNWz-q3fW2yYJB3I--HQkxbw3mHHiLkbkizzmVnOmRng22WYSbBF1hSH5NM9ZwiAIaduZ93QoXFKaHgksSDGS-zQDIzNUkSxKsjL0syA2g/s1920/It,%20The%20Terror%20Beyond%20Space%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrcZDxxZDqXo-lQEL3EFfN2LlsvqdjAJSqIWGUsesN3B0c9uteYZXC8OoF544JILHPQ6CclQ1qA7rx5eNWz-q3fW2yYJB3I--HQkxbw3mHHiLkbkizzmVnOmRng22WYSbBF1hSH5NM9ZwiAIaduZ93QoXFKaHgksSDGS-zQDIzNUkSxKsjL0syA2g/w640-h360/It,%20The%20Terror%20Beyond%20Space%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Uncredited miniature and scenic art from the above film. Film is a lot better than it might sound!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7b0eZfK2Wlr3VUVShrPcnp22_ll9PWvLKxOA76RyZV_9lMfAxcPMmWdRt2oQ9J6mxI0wuI8cqKBIcNCa7FB2IKGjKY_3QJP3S5GssdmYuPkb__ozMkOHAGqK53K1jLE28VdkFWZL8vnVATwOMBGNQ3Nfw44-j6jnWqvghv-TSBF-lmbYaa0MoWSIc/s2372/Invaders%20From%20Mars.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="2372" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7b0eZfK2Wlr3VUVShrPcnp22_ll9PWvLKxOA76RyZV_9lMfAxcPMmWdRt2oQ9J6mxI0wuI8cqKBIcNCa7FB2IKGjKY_3QJP3S5GssdmYuPkb__ozMkOHAGqK53K1jLE28VdkFWZL8vnVATwOMBGNQ3Nfw44-j6jnWqvghv-TSBF-lmbYaa0MoWSIc/w640-h192/Invaders%20From%20Mars.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Highly esteemed production designer William Cameron Menzies directed this seminal fifties 'B' picture, INVADERS FROM MARS (1953). Irving Block painted the mattes, while Jack Rabin did optical work and Theo Lydecker did miniatures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzcVTIZhq1l5BqVZWd0juvHWJntSauQeGDCPtcA4iw7_xGiLEt7nAyozO5GaPaI6Sh4qSWPKIZQukEBkLrg3b2u4T82JCVGHHY_mdFuYsjZWNnxS61BDba00bAavf2lEgfzt1A0K2ePFxhrUJpb5nDQ4tHyVmgPJMDKMT2XmE4erf1rhzs339c250/s1968/Island%20of%20Doomed%20Men-40.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1968" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzcVTIZhq1l5BqVZWd0juvHWJntSauQeGDCPtcA4iw7_xGiLEt7nAyozO5GaPaI6Sh4qSWPKIZQukEBkLrg3b2u4T82JCVGHHY_mdFuYsjZWNnxS61BDba00bAavf2lEgfzt1A0K2ePFxhrUJpb5nDQ4tHyVmgPJMDKMT2XmE4erf1rhzs339c250/w640-h260/Island%20of%20Doomed%20Men-40.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An obscure 1940 vehicle for the often under-rated Peter Lorre.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_alw0HdXicoYHEcbcUlR9b-wdIih_sLzlp01kwSA3CsmzgaDbFy3WSx_HzX0yExQQC_fyEJCWYFljQU0wnEd--2cEz3dZtW3BrX812VwiMT_Zhr8bres1_oFzQb5w6RSSQoPtzdxJbW3Mj3F9diu-DiVzgMpwXaUv0JWQ1QQGrYm95cGcpSre6TD/s1920/Ice%20Pirates%20(David%20Stipes2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_alw0HdXicoYHEcbcUlR9b-wdIih_sLzlp01kwSA3CsmzgaDbFy3WSx_HzX0yExQQC_fyEJCWYFljQU0wnEd--2cEz3dZtW3BrX812VwiMT_Zhr8bres1_oFzQb5w6RSSQoPtzdxJbW3Mj3F9diu-DiVzgMpwXaUv0JWQ1QQGrYm95cGcpSre6TD/w640-h360/Ice%20Pirates%20(David%20Stipes2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A striking vision of the not too distant future, courtesy of matte artist David Stipes, as seen in the minor sci-fi adventure ICE PIRATES (1984). See below for fx breakdown...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27fxyBXUpGXE0mxsni7T_jfOi6Zxa8NNXtWxZNFxBcVAcJHuCR27y7SKvVf0QRJXwYmF9Yl5zzLNYNMorSITl0_jQ1ML5tHPY3nHw3h6M32AMftxjmzEx4WRoueMfEuwixKCaGY85Oq5ZyL9g4qfyj8VqmmvDDgUycEP4fLkwSl6Mkcn7Fx_yU7ad/s2024/Ice%20Pirates-%20Stipes%20set%20up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="2024" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27fxyBXUpGXE0mxsni7T_jfOi6Zxa8NNXtWxZNFxBcVAcJHuCR27y7SKvVf0QRJXwYmF9Yl5zzLNYNMorSITl0_jQ1ML5tHPY3nHw3h6M32AMftxjmzEx4WRoueMfEuwixKCaGY85Oq5ZyL9g4qfyj8VqmmvDDgUycEP4fLkwSl6Mkcn7Fx_yU7ad/w640-h494/Ice%20Pirates-%20Stipes%20set%20up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">David was an all round effects man, with expertise in many facets of the art form. Here is a step by step demo of the wonderful futuristic city that David created for ICE PIRATES. Here we see the original live action plate masked off; the painting; the construction of the miniature monorail and its track. The monorail was shot frame by frame and isolated as an element to be matted into the lower part of David's painting. The shot was combined as a rear projection composite. David told me that he much admired Albert Whitlock's work, especially his famous El-Train shot for THE STING, which proved to be the motivation to make this shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySLu0FxlkDu-iPi1B2l43hnuQXyAE2eiK-hDzHr3VblY-7B-8jnIS0-g8q0poplFVin2D_V9nKbZQGYntf3rCSw-1406SUfC4CS0PTMbNvkMeXmwsoFcoFeyOobEdfNaxDO78AajPNil6FTAda5vvTn1vhcjuJQ57mLFXqcD0HuI70TwYnjU-vIMy/s3000/I%20Walked%20With%20A%20Zombie.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="3000" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySLu0FxlkDu-iPi1B2l43hnuQXyAE2eiK-hDzHr3VblY-7B-8jnIS0-g8q0poplFVin2D_V9nKbZQGYntf3rCSw-1406SUfC4CS0PTMbNvkMeXmwsoFcoFeyOobEdfNaxDO78AajPNil6FTAda5vvTn1vhcjuJQ57mLFXqcD0HuI70TwYnjU-vIMy/w640-h244/I%20Walked%20With%20A%20Zombie.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fabulous sky artwork from I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943) - a low budget RKO chiller but a definite classic of the genre. Matte artist possibly Al Simpson or Fitch Fulton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgu32kl2YLlgm93cmq2iJNd6fs67_d4MVw8Bdvzwt-HrUO81fr-SbV8JDnxB8axIe2AlnloMeIB5Ma8SuhOMdu_2CrO1t0SkCIacV8TdnV2jIdgw3Jmrh9L35V9aR9SAIc9YN87_FoLatiIgGnLJbswm90jAiBSa3790COSYOIUwYSGeNjefu5pFy/s1778/It%20Came%20From%20Beneath%20The%20Sea-matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1778" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgu32kl2YLlgm93cmq2iJNd6fs67_d4MVw8Bdvzwt-HrUO81fr-SbV8JDnxB8axIe2AlnloMeIB5Ma8SuhOMdu_2CrO1t0SkCIacV8TdnV2jIdgw3Jmrh9L35V9aR9SAIc9YN87_FoLatiIgGnLJbswm90jAiBSa3790COSYOIUwYSGeNjefu5pFy/w640-h374/It%20Came%20From%20Beneath%20The%20Sea-matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not really an octopus as many think as it only had <i>six</i> tentacles to make for less animation chores, Ray Harryhausen's IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA (1955) did much with so little money. Interesting shot with a sprawling matte painted San Francisco, most likely pinched from an entirely different film, which occurred a lot in Ray's films around that time, with creature and model clock tower added later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-hZJ2N2x9x--ppYldwXFV7YXyBzH5u9RGqR1_82hNQumKjNkJBZ_et--zuzH4oqSLxbpb-YfpyGxcHql-5zJaCZ8MJL9T3-8i67dEle02QfExBveHSP9MYi30QQbQFXGPofEgpVq3EU2p01rMLxgMea2V2YWr5rXyy2yDs12smZEmbcGjM27jw1o/s1808/I%20Was%20Monty's%20Double-58%20(Bob%20Cuff).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1808" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-hZJ2N2x9x--ppYldwXFV7YXyBzH5u9RGqR1_82hNQumKjNkJBZ_et--zuzH4oqSLxbpb-YfpyGxcHql-5zJaCZ8MJL9T3-8i67dEle02QfExBveHSP9MYi30QQbQFXGPofEgpVq3EU2p01rMLxgMea2V2YWr5rXyy2yDs12smZEmbcGjM27jw1o/w640-h386/I%20Was%20Monty's%20Double-58%20(Bob%20Cuff).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I didn't know whether to include this in this particular article as the film is a top notch and important British true story; I WAS MONTY'S DOUBLE (1958) was a superbly made though low key war drama. Shepperton Studios' Bob Cuff painted this, and other subtle mattes for this excellent film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMx2gGe_RJ1Onq_QAUbv-JPGXVrbU4b9D_ULftlZUHecNlpWGRHlG3ThLYO0dMC3bOSy-QBLgqJB81iKJ3kVMMQhhHygMRa_cEKBBDWNzhNK4Z25Mpoi0u3RwQx_0_dnyrUqDhTHenFwMi2G-BULRQL0L2eNHjNEmglmFjCEl14c0mN-dbpPr-JcsP/s2500/I%20Married%20a%20Monster-58%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="2500" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMx2gGe_RJ1Onq_QAUbv-JPGXVrbU4b9D_ULftlZUHecNlpWGRHlG3ThLYO0dMC3bOSy-QBLgqJB81iKJ3kVMMQhhHygMRa_cEKBBDWNzhNK4Z25Mpoi0u3RwQx_0_dnyrUqDhTHenFwMi2G-BULRQL0L2eNHjNEmglmFjCEl14c0mN-dbpPr-JcsP/w640-h268/I%20Married%20a%20Monster-58%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Don't be put off by the ludicrous title! I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE (1958) is in fact a terrific little flick, very much along the lines of the masterful INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS in nerve wracking unease. The star, Tom Tryon reportedly told Paramount <i>"No way am I appearing in this fucking thing!"</i> when handed the script, with the film's title putting off more than a few participants. Tryon had to do the film as being under contract means <u>they</u> tell you what you'll do! He ended up getting right into it as the very quick shoot progressed and he and co-star Gloria Talbot <i>(who was excellent BTW)</i> much admired the finished product. By the way, that matte shot above was stolen from an older Universal comedy, PARDON MY SARONG, with Abbott & Costello. John P. Fulton supervised fx on <i>both</i> films so obviously recalled the shot as a budget saver for Paramount.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8r52mW0p9sY55YcjWP7CKb3I-ZxIJnHFzY-Wc17dUC1PJFtxCRqjC7eS337WcKeUm3ycqEXrQLBZGPkBwVWAd5imrtHUCo_6qRhNBRpbybiXMcGFnM94YdeaUoJWj1JG_M3xEvKWAw4rMWRNtS4A4TBr-pyEPZFyuuUwKzjJJH383JBnWua4afEt/s2992/I%20Married%20a%20Monster%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="2992" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8r52mW0p9sY55YcjWP7CKb3I-ZxIJnHFzY-Wc17dUC1PJFtxCRqjC7eS337WcKeUm3ycqEXrQLBZGPkBwVWAd5imrtHUCo_6qRhNBRpbybiXMcGFnM94YdeaUoJWj1JG_M3xEvKWAw4rMWRNtS4A4TBr-pyEPZFyuuUwKzjJJH383JBnWua4afEt/w640-h210/I%20Married%20a%20Monster%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Quite a number of subtle and genuinely jarring vfx were used by Fulton - some of which must have totally freaked out 50's film-goers. This one's a corker... our square jawed hero <i>isn't</i> who his new bride thought he was <i>(ain't <u>that</u> the truth, guys?)</i> - and in this brilliantly executed sequence a thunder storm reveals just what the dude is made of with almost subliminal glimpses of his actual self during lightning flashes. Bravo!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm7piEuD1wCKdMqqEDy4XzBwwboCq7AX8OIETuxAjsiwy9mWrzTq2pyk1HrRkM2x3cCFRbh1I84gEjXfNzIp8oirNJGOZwDRROAYP7Ncde1J5jqce7P0bExvowJQzWbCih9l1iPhmM9h4r0q2feEQgizzdfB8XOeux3LjiLxlVqHERFE30r8wv30K/s2298/I%20Married%20a%20Monster%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="2298" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm7piEuD1wCKdMqqEDy4XzBwwboCq7AX8OIETuxAjsiwy9mWrzTq2pyk1HrRkM2x3cCFRbh1I84gEjXfNzIp8oirNJGOZwDRROAYP7Ncde1J5jqce7P0bExvowJQzWbCih9l1iPhmM9h4r0q2feEQgizzdfB8XOeux3LjiLxlVqHERFE30r8wv30K/w640-h280/I%20Married%20a%20Monster%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film; one of Paul Lerpae's excellent optical transitions where an ominous alien smoke absorbs the poor human inhabitants. John Fulton was a dab hand at 'choreographing' amazing smoke/mist optical transitions in many films when at Universal, with his jaw dropping SON OF DRACULA jail cell trick shot among the <i><b>NZ Pete Hall of Fame in VFX Excellence</b></i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGOOW4o5PXJMh9nRH95piececuJEpgFRX9ZbJBcd3wK-z1mXx84pXwQ_t7LAEMbiEGQPKLgDG_TNjgD5BpuzDvfjya4I2ZQKt5x7yJG2AHxn2hpuJc76_aZjWqkVLGH78BsEz-JmfQJH6LubkmThl7rRlvLHqm3QiOdQ9NTmzBiob6nui9tfAO0Z2/s1899/Irreconcilable%20Differences-83%20(Ken%20Marschall).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1899" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGOOW4o5PXJMh9nRH95piececuJEpgFRX9ZbJBcd3wK-z1mXx84pXwQ_t7LAEMbiEGQPKLgDG_TNjgD5BpuzDvfjya4I2ZQKt5x7yJG2AHxn2hpuJc76_aZjWqkVLGH78BsEz-JmfQJH6LubkmThl7rRlvLHqm3QiOdQ9NTmzBiob6nui9tfAO0Z2/w640-h478/Irreconcilable%20Differences-83%20(Ken%20Marschall).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now here is an interesting matte from a fairly obscure comedy starring Ryan O'Neal, IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES (1984). Part of the film involves the making of a Civil War epic, with some fx work needed to create the battlefields. Ken Marschall painted this and a few other very hard to detect mattes, with associate Bruce Block on camera and original negative compositing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfOFrKm7sullhtBazKA7p8h3r-MzonXZe_vziokRNlcDrZwCCecOcGRZfmhVS7z7xth5AiUORKeaWlTNy6DUf5Avd70oFCsVlhoLF8EZJk-NJvzY9IDlRmN7V8jQJuI6Icc0Jlv5tsqrH3AdqnaWaNzg5ZjaXpj0N4nd6lhDKaAO0M5Ojb2ERxIQd/s2874/Invasion%20USA.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="2874" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfOFrKm7sullhtBazKA7p8h3r-MzonXZe_vziokRNlcDrZwCCecOcGRZfmhVS7z7xth5AiUORKeaWlTNy6DUf5Avd70oFCsVlhoLF8EZJk-NJvzY9IDlRmN7V8jQJuI6Icc0Jlv5tsqrH3AdqnaWaNzg5ZjaXpj0N4nd6lhDKaAO0M5Ojb2ERxIQd/w640-h276/Invasion%20USA.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ultra cheap Cold War quickie, INVASION USA (1953) made to cash in on the Red Scare of the time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAl_X0SOL5WNNF9G1Qni7Irhj0vCC5aVF7dVnh9rr_iuwERezF9n6jT5z_SQprdTGRQW4NPFUdjAm9qsmljoLLTnl359fze1acxvkrjETuYdT6RfspcjrhtUlVD-RnHu_R8Xpi2OysHJyE9MVP3FUd1IE5ysvc0yhXdpcDspy0kmN_SsiHHxpZlsRN/s2004/Invasion%20USA-publicity.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="2004" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAl_X0SOL5WNNF9G1Qni7Irhj0vCC5aVF7dVnh9rr_iuwERezF9n6jT5z_SQprdTGRQW4NPFUdjAm9qsmljoLLTnl359fze1acxvkrjETuYdT6RfspcjrhtUlVD-RnHu_R8Xpi2OysHJyE9MVP3FUd1IE5ysvc0yhXdpcDspy0kmN_SsiHHxpZlsRN/w640-h306/Invasion%20USA-publicity.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Revealing behind the scenes pic, <i>and</i> equally revealing in quite a different way, publicity photos of models <i>with</i> models(!) Bizarre!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSSwGqLFgWmWFlql5I_LhBL_xcYbuKJxtxZc6pOTbIhacOJlH7BrT77y6edJ0Jnx9dhworkiv-9prsF8nUKPnRgkQ-F53ETXFS-UVUCj6RrjdbdhqnPtxvaR8pS-RWaFeD_GjOwPGBiPa6v4Pj1zbZk_uwfUC1HQlfS2rZtO6SNYu-iGkpuSK4Iwa/s1920/I%20Saw%20What%20You%20Did-65%201a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSSwGqLFgWmWFlql5I_LhBL_xcYbuKJxtxZc6pOTbIhacOJlH7BrT77y6edJ0Jnx9dhworkiv-9prsF8nUKPnRgkQ-F53ETXFS-UVUCj6RrjdbdhqnPtxvaR8pS-RWaFeD_GjOwPGBiPa6v4Pj1zbZk_uwfUC1HQlfS2rZtO6SNYu-iGkpuSK4Iwa/w640-h364/I%20Saw%20What%20You%20Did-65%201a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">William Castle was long renowned for his <i>(sometimes quite good)</i> low cost chillers, usually sold with absurd theatre in-house gimmicks to scare the audience. This film, I SAW WHAT YOU DID (1965) was a major studio release for a change (Universal), though I'm sure a quickly made and economic affair, with Albert Whitlock rendering mattes, including a vast sweeping panoramic shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1V0gqUbL83e0MYallXRFSjSLjFGaTlyTp_CldDpziYC4zoglZ_YraJ2VV0r0L6V5Wh527fm3c1VqcUElFOree62qd5xvhmGJC4Mk5IMz623vymdWzOg23CJmoJYUH3nxtspn3NlZHAQLTsnoe5VLcsVMkBA1HpK36qRe3tJTseMmq4BoeyC_BWDxc/s1326/JJ%20Meet%20Frank%20Daughter-65.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1326" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1V0gqUbL83e0MYallXRFSjSLjFGaTlyTp_CldDpziYC4zoglZ_YraJ2VV0r0L6V5Wh527fm3c1VqcUElFOree62qd5xvhmGJC4Mk5IMz623vymdWzOg23CJmoJYUH3nxtspn3NlZHAQLTsnoe5VLcsVMkBA1HpK36qRe3tJTseMmq4BoeyC_BWDxc/w640-h470/JJ%20Meet%20Frank%20Daughter-65.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I can't believe both John Ford <i>and</i> Howard Hawks passed over this 'epic' western! What could have been! JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER (1966), with the legendary William 'One-Shot' Beaudine behind the camera, so nicknamed as his reputation for rarely doing more than a single take on any given shot, and squeezing every frame of 35mm raw stock as 'usable' footage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsYxhptFN-NRXasjFFiuTw97Nf21eD9E5vMljhaNcqRWcWWAepMbDxAZ9N9Im2_C_p9or0yG71zbnLxoxc72Okak6Few5Uqw8u6dLCvH1fY738zdDPIacwUWPWpS__XCXCMeKraSkIAIVlYYGY3FZAtWwQZQFAQ4El1FQ1fjY0WJ71GtJ6ABVJZz-/s960/Johnny%20Guitar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsYxhptFN-NRXasjFFiuTw97Nf21eD9E5vMljhaNcqRWcWWAepMbDxAZ9N9Im2_C_p9or0yG71zbnLxoxc72Okak6Few5Uqw8u6dLCvH1fY738zdDPIacwUWPWpS__XCXCMeKraSkIAIVlYYGY3FZAtWwQZQFAQ4El1FQ1fjY0WJ71GtJ6ABVJZz-/w640-h480/Johnny%20Guitar.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte art possibly done by Jack Cosgrove from the excellent Nicholas Ray western classic, JOHNNY GUITAR (1954). Highly recommended for fans of <i>non</i>-formula cowpoke flicks.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrhfOBHYHLfNE5gKd41swdft9nGkRUx_cZkuXVrfLbdMUbGSyvjUKQi5oa0dGuhi9g4P6VtOoJ3tfLzHhd97TKU-yKVbDdusPopg7A6CfrN_fCEp_Wkn_cg_7jI-nW7jl1SbYy3YDZ8tq8jgPovLSKTNJE7vYiMHdSFvIvHPmn3a1MigQTPplFKToj/s2001/Journey%20To%20Beginning%20of%20Time-55%20(Czech).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="2001" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrhfOBHYHLfNE5gKd41swdft9nGkRUx_cZkuXVrfLbdMUbGSyvjUKQi5oa0dGuhi9g4P6VtOoJ3tfLzHhd97TKU-yKVbDdusPopg7A6CfrN_fCEp_Wkn_cg_7jI-nW7jl1SbYy3YDZ8tq8jgPovLSKTNJE7vYiMHdSFvIvHPmn3a1MigQTPplFKToj/w640-h238/Journey%20To%20Beginning%20of%20Time-55%20(Czech).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some rarely seen frames from a little known Czech fantasy-adventure JOURNEY TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME (1955) by Karel Zeman, who amazingly not only wrote and directed this (and other genre titles), but also was production designer and chief visual effects artiste.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsewezKqodgCdVuO0yihiHQhWlkyGYFEx6US2wQAlicqc75be1G-lDwRLH2GxuGPhhc0QIUcq9DNSy-9hjkYEhCxKo07ivezqbTt3V56SflTPvHQ5I1JTJBz1EsifUpiw8NdTwqOj53LXSTY-ZmPE5gN-pSaQET5lRSZV6YV_xNTmw7XuFDJ43o6Q/s1920/Journey%20To%20Centre%20Of%20Earth-88%20%20(Robert%20Stromberg).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsewezKqodgCdVuO0yihiHQhWlkyGYFEx6US2wQAlicqc75be1G-lDwRLH2GxuGPhhc0QIUcq9DNSy-9hjkYEhCxKo07ivezqbTt3V56SflTPvHQ5I1JTJBz1EsifUpiw8NdTwqOj53LXSTY-ZmPE5gN-pSaQET5lRSZV6YV_xNTmw7XuFDJ43o6Q/w640-h346/Journey%20To%20Centre%20Of%20Earth-88%20%20(Robert%20Stromberg).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The <i>original</i> 20th Century Fox version of Jules Verne's marvellous JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH, made in the late fifties, which starred James Mason, remains one of my favourite films. Well, <u>this</u> utterly appalling 1988 <u>remake</u> is one of the worst films of the eighties! So mind numbingly awful it beggars belief. Several effects contributors involved, with this shot being a Robert Stromberg matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJuZ1fh8xrDIryx3TtZU2JhnsHK5RIrFBX_-65FElsvTZ2Lb1RIuM-U_D7e-gs_g3j5riNLxoF8e0ATwduHyTZnnWSfQY52ouT448at5t4tbou6ihPwOpFHFeeMcbC-3-UwaGeyNpzISHfuZVXKcRG6ApBIEL9Mgf8Ngouz72VcxFOJ9QVYA2xPeZ/s2256/Journey%20Centre%20Earth-88%20(Ken%20Marschall).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="2256" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJuZ1fh8xrDIryx3TtZU2JhnsHK5RIrFBX_-65FElsvTZ2Lb1RIuM-U_D7e-gs_g3j5riNLxoF8e0ATwduHyTZnnWSfQY52ouT448at5t4tbou6ihPwOpFHFeeMcbC-3-UwaGeyNpzISHfuZVXKcRG6ApBIEL9Mgf8Ngouz72VcxFOJ9QVYA2xPeZ/w640-h210/Journey%20Centre%20Earth-88%20(Ken%20Marschall).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the same film some more matte art, with Ken Marschall providing this first rate full painting</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha54Id_ZclYJS60OWa1H0gSHI8d2Jt1aTWuOzAVb5STqOaoLuFf11Qt13NxRF66kMGFCblxSj6GXjRQvmsIGwyUy7E-tCkDgSuLahYfSlUG6pbfulEV3uXMD84ZxUbAAiGoqCgLLA4T14i2a3uAsAmS9GD9szbDcpu1f3xi9-NJqsfP7xc2QvJrCWD/s2490/Journey%20Centre%20Earth-88%203%20(Marschall%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="2490" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha54Id_ZclYJS60OWa1H0gSHI8d2Jt1aTWuOzAVb5STqOaoLuFf11Qt13NxRF66kMGFCblxSj6GXjRQvmsIGwyUy7E-tCkDgSuLahYfSlUG6pbfulEV3uXMD84ZxUbAAiGoqCgLLA4T14i2a3uAsAmS9GD9szbDcpu1f3xi9-NJqsfP7xc2QvJrCWD/w640-h204/Journey%20Centre%20Earth-88%203%20(Marschall%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another marvellous Ken Marschall full painting from the same abysmal film. I never understood what the point of writing this sequence and setting into the script was all about? Waste of fine matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pgTq9-AEalTdgwb-Wwwym7WGTwEbmvMYO52bjHLkrjLfesIHAVrM6HiyeqBf1cdc2NqKrI8PSeJOlEZiplhctvgwfblR6x505tJjaT6HZ_vBUCudy1sXaSuyKQYH_w2_LYv3Q4wWcbe9VOf73fhXLK9zLOxSZIuNgqrrh8HOkso0RAbhiCWhnTAe/s2100/Kingdom%20of%20Spiders-77.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="2100" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pgTq9-AEalTdgwb-Wwwym7WGTwEbmvMYO52bjHLkrjLfesIHAVrM6HiyeqBf1cdc2NqKrI8PSeJOlEZiplhctvgwfblR6x505tJjaT6HZ_vBUCudy1sXaSuyKQYH_w2_LYv3Q4wWcbe9VOf73fhXLK9zLOxSZIuNgqrrh8HOkso0RAbhiCWhnTAe/w640-h266/Kingdom%20of%20Spiders-77.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS (1977) was a fun 'creature' romp, very much of it's era. William Shatner battles a never ending assault by creepy-crawlies with tongue firmly in cheek. Although hard to distinguish here, the final scene has this massive pullback from a gas station covered with spider webs out to a big 'shock' reveal where the whole town is pretty well buggered. Sometime art director Cy Djurgis painted this large matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArigD9EEoPqDg8ZvSKpPRas3i1KWQ03GzyBQOLWft--5ZUNkLLqozxjNd7gUCNXUz9vkCFvpq032QLuQF0T0tvUsmtI7qAa0t9kGNyjArOXoIE38QRmb__6QTMEcor7O3vMRHPMLs6kUThuwsxk2zzID-Y3EwJ2BDYvOj89vu8lgIQ_bsDYCuENym/s1275/Kiss%20of%20the%20Vampire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="1262" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArigD9EEoPqDg8ZvSKpPRas3i1KWQ03GzyBQOLWft--5ZUNkLLqozxjNd7gUCNXUz9vkCFvpq032QLuQF0T0tvUsmtI7qAa0t9kGNyjArOXoIE38QRmb__6QTMEcor7O3vMRHPMLs6kUThuwsxk2zzID-Y3EwJ2BDYvOj89vu8lgIQ_bsDYCuENym/w634-h640/Kiss%20of%20the%20Vampire.jpg" width="634" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've long admired and appreciated the Hammer film factory. Their films were generally of a high standard, both in acting and production values, which, given the small budgets and <i>very</i> limited resources really was admirable. KISS OF THE VAMPIRE (1963) was good, solid gothic horror of its day, with Les Bowie in charge of the effects. Ray Caple was matte artist, assisted by Ian Scoones.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3J1XavneYTinD_pJb-6SoGRVMw0r2YgnQBwNHTAS3I2GGPneIbYcv_2yJ9OCDf421OqtQjozmrhJHynt1AlPbK3OI7oZqPARWlsH_G5_K0RjeQWiKTC_OyBvdhhwvnjU8_TihYr9vafmt9AQbCEaWcdOiEcdGsJG9-j22mR6h21BegACRWz2mZeW_/s1791/KONGA.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1791" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3J1XavneYTinD_pJb-6SoGRVMw0r2YgnQBwNHTAS3I2GGPneIbYcv_2yJ9OCDf421OqtQjozmrhJHynt1AlPbK3OI7oZqPARWlsH_G5_K0RjeQWiKTC_OyBvdhhwvnjU8_TihYr9vafmt9AQbCEaWcdOiEcdGsJG9-j22mR6h21BegACRWz2mZeW_/w640-h528/KONGA.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I used to own a Super 8mm print of KONGA (1961), and even as a kid found it pretty laughable... even though it was shot in<i> 'Specta-Mation'</i> (!!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_vTS20Dg9wjys9csXmGm8_FeJogR6cQNrSsAQGoAkpTty5Fayo0mpSwPpw8m-o6enmxUxayPsBMZ7JVN4fMhuRTDW3lkPUA9NVv1qh1zUBj4j8ItuSeI9tiW3VicsCN4fsp79tN5ELphojp8feQV7CtQ9EqfkfKJblvryENEvmXgZtIEgWNGxdgZ/s2409/KK%20vs%20Godzilla-62.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="2409" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_vTS20Dg9wjys9csXmGm8_FeJogR6cQNrSsAQGoAkpTty5Fayo0mpSwPpw8m-o6enmxUxayPsBMZ7JVN4fMhuRTDW3lkPUA9NVv1qh1zUBj4j8ItuSeI9tiW3VicsCN4fsp79tN5ELphojp8feQV7CtQ9EqfkfKJblvryENEvmXgZtIEgWNGxdgZ/w640-h266/KK%20vs%20Godzilla-62.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There were some quite good special effects to be found in the Japanese monster mash KING KONG VS GODZILLA (1962), where, unsurprisingly, lots of things get 'squashed'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbZa0WxDgx3HXBQCLZkhyHtuNYlXvnCxRHsYZjtFU3uEPfSwDLb4hNitX1BqZc53isXwOZjL-zXojK5mBRJa6QwB0LQG_Zl11soVJad3HmtJJbXNBG73pBbMPj-kSPJJm0ULnAp3hU3b8mX2RZWa6pA8qPUc27mVQpC4xIRjw2hy8aLNilVoc0JfF/s1364/Kronos%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1364" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbZa0WxDgx3HXBQCLZkhyHtuNYlXvnCxRHsYZjtFU3uEPfSwDLb4hNitX1BqZc53isXwOZjL-zXojK5mBRJa6QwB0LQG_Zl11soVJad3HmtJJbXNBG73pBbMPj-kSPJJm0ULnAp3hU3b8mX2RZWa6pA8qPUc27mVQpC4xIRjw2hy8aLNilVoc0JfF/w640-h298/Kronos%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This is one film I'd like to see remastered on BluRay. KRONOS (1957) was highly imaginative and really well done on a low budget of just $160'000. Jack Rabin, Irving Block and Louis DeWitt handled the extensive photographic effects work, with the aid of old time 20th Century Fox matte painter Menrad von Muldorfer who was one of Fred Serson's originals back in the thirties.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkbo6RPs4ZR_FNmYjCBz6w1qwY2LxdjSR5IxFFXwSljbe6EYHPW5MMweUbzdM9E0wHemdFOLY6-oSDPXZzx3-7o9uINCMsU0Csqzp4F9yRbIbyHh7ImH9TtJcxe6CxTAaYHkM8-FUTnE18fh2PUDMsV3Qboof2cPNPe9E-nJbOJmvESl34XYuamLw/s1024/Kronos%20matte%20shot%20Irving%20Block.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="1024" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkbo6RPs4ZR_FNmYjCBz6w1qwY2LxdjSR5IxFFXwSljbe6EYHPW5MMweUbzdM9E0wHemdFOLY6-oSDPXZzx3-7o9uINCMsU0Csqzp4F9yRbIbyHh7ImH9TtJcxe6CxTAaYHkM8-FUTnE18fh2PUDMsV3Qboof2cPNPe9E-nJbOJmvESl34XYuamLw/w640-h290/Kronos%20matte%20shot%20Irving%20Block.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Property values reach all time low thanks to that merciless metallic bastard KRONOS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMmykE9-cvouReEg7TB8CV5pm_NoBLl_dnRPukP8jjX7H3jXFZfYKpszykNZM-a8OCeL0JuyJTaEwssK2oAXZVVSwVBoEJ_PwrVlLiQgy8XsEmmeslGr_KzCw54V-tuU99EL2MbKhOKsvSjw4jUpjUyLX7eTwgK-6J3Ee-7OiYeMj1kmXvjtZlSg0/s1842/Lost%20City-35%20(N.Dawn).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1842" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMmykE9-cvouReEg7TB8CV5pm_NoBLl_dnRPukP8jjX7H3jXFZfYKpszykNZM-a8OCeL0JuyJTaEwssK2oAXZVVSwVBoEJ_PwrVlLiQgy8XsEmmeslGr_KzCw54V-tuU99EL2MbKhOKsvSjw4jUpjUyLX7eTwgK-6J3Ee-7OiYeMj1kmXvjtZlSg0/w640-h200/Lost%20City-35%20(N.Dawn).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the many, many serials that came out of the thirties, THE LOST CITY (1935) utilised the services of vfx pioneer Norman Dawn for the glass shots. Most historians credit Norman with inventing and further developing the matte shot process around 1910.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxsjEJw-5x4MCSbfHu6XpBHtPDSJm0OEeTi21rd7SwyQ6FvMsuFStGd8reFInILEYjki6bZfdJCpnIBuYZuxz4s-WMP6igkjEr75Z_2n_gz8bUh3SyHJFbLUksGMTvT4ms-E8RNsaZ-PhHfJH1aT_9pl5kpK2tNPgyV4CpXWpVi8NIgbandfercIW/s1359/Lady%20and%20the%20Monster-44%20%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1257" data-original-width="1359" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxsjEJw-5x4MCSbfHu6XpBHtPDSJm0OEeTi21rd7SwyQ6FvMsuFStGd8reFInILEYjki6bZfdJCpnIBuYZuxz4s-WMP6igkjEr75Z_2n_gz8bUh3SyHJFbLUksGMTvT4ms-E8RNsaZ-PhHfJH1aT_9pl5kpK2tNPgyV4CpXWpVi8NIgbandfercIW/w400-h370/Lady%20and%20the%20Monster-44%20%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Republic Pictures were never a cash-heavy outfit, and made the most of what they had, often extremely well. THE LADY AND THE MONSTER (1944). In-house special effects supervisors, Howard and Theodore Lydecker had long provided high level expertise to the small studio with their highly skilled miniature effects, with many of their shots becoming 'library stock shots' for other studios to utilise.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDt1RTRzY_UccIDY506hDnTKGQU2LGmHlFEjcaJgr9bb0tdQf9002a-3TMS5iK-EbYH3wREvIsnkuayff--afuqNpketxCE9iSBUReHjhMUPmYgZQN7FwDHOkBcu746Z9Jxks9u9_cSXxCqrHj8RmnYWoCfNN63xUUOx4SNhIoZ7HW2e2jipmfPbL/s1472/Lady%20and%20Monster2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1472" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDt1RTRzY_UccIDY506hDnTKGQU2LGmHlFEjcaJgr9bb0tdQf9002a-3TMS5iK-EbYH3wREvIsnkuayff--afuqNpketxCE9iSBUReHjhMUPmYgZQN7FwDHOkBcu746Z9Jxks9u9_cSXxCqrHj8RmnYWoCfNN63xUUOx4SNhIoZ7HW2e2jipmfPbL/w640-h466/Lady%20and%20Monster2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">LADY AND THE MONSTER miniature.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_ZRcstiFd2nez8UBjWSXalzpD5vVXAacpGxTllnY05tWAdw00Wg2rZjzDlmRu3bV3D5li0lfLkVVeQtpQGVa9mdT2V7K5kVNTtQiYb_Qj3kf8DjtQLlMs37eAR8rNQjXJu49VFCSDSjl_QZx78CRLPi3k_cP6UHrr3J04amuOwK-rlD0ZGSE4yg6/s1472/Lady%20and%20Monster%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1472" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_ZRcstiFd2nez8UBjWSXalzpD5vVXAacpGxTllnY05tWAdw00Wg2rZjzDlmRu3bV3D5li0lfLkVVeQtpQGVa9mdT2V7K5kVNTtQiYb_Qj3kf8DjtQLlMs37eAR8rNQjXJu49VFCSDSjl_QZx78CRLPi3k_cP6UHrr3J04amuOwK-rlD0ZGSE4yg6/w640-h466/Lady%20and%20Monster%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film with miniature skillfully matted onto live action area.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEYTvg9mnuO8XwGKzurWGtY0IX-Ah19Ma5Qr3Sd8xzWbjDQx2L13xYzzbfcILncFjEmvTn8qPk5Jxwvayl2Qvt2okKWvEaGu48NxnxGTUKyrfkgu7Wr6aIlU7HDvhMIaP0C8rRQ4s_AZjLIL4jmrHougFguzzYbQfOqvNE363DOMuRR0oo2yj07Kq/s2528/Lisztomania-75%20sm%20(Les%20Bowie).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="2528" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEYTvg9mnuO8XwGKzurWGtY0IX-Ah19Ma5Qr3Sd8xzWbjDQx2L13xYzzbfcILncFjEmvTn8qPk5Jxwvayl2Qvt2okKWvEaGu48NxnxGTUKyrfkgu7Wr6aIlU7HDvhMIaP0C8rRQ4s_AZjLIL4jmrHougFguzzYbQfOqvNE363DOMuRR0oo2yj07Kq/w640-h278/Lisztomania-75%20sm%20(Les%20Bowie).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The sequence shown here is most fascinating. The film was one of director Ken Russell's more outlandish <i>(if that's at all possible?)</i> pictures, LISZTOMANIA (1975) - a film that had to be seen to be believed, <u>believe me</u>! The climax involves Roger Daltry <i>(as 18th century pop idol, Franz Liszt)</i> piloting a sort of jet powered Cathedral organ(!), packed with groupies and fitted out with lasers, which swoops over WWII devastated Berlin, firing it's lasers at the Frankenstein monster <i>(no, I'm <u>not</u> making this up) </i>and blowing the lumbering, stitched together bastard to kingdom come! According to fx man Ian Scoones, he got a call from Les Bowie asking for help to do this sequence as an insert, though, as usual, for next to no money. Bowie and Scoones built a tower 16 feet high on the Bray backlot for fx cameraman Harry Oakes to film a swoop down over Berlin. Scoones says: <i>"Les got these cardboard boxes and tore them so that there were irregular edges to each side, placed them like buildings side by side and sprayed them black. He then got me to shovel all this ash from a bonfire up to the boxes, and that was all the rubble. Then we put titanium tetrachloride - which is a toxic smoking chemical, all around the boxes, plus some black smoke from burning diesel rags inside the boxes. Les then said "Right, let's zoom in on that Harry!" So Harry Oakes zoomed in on it. He said he'd got it and we finished by 11.30, so Les said, "Right...down the pub!" That was it, and on screen it looked fantastic. It looked just like Berlin in the blitz."</i> *Note: I've enjoyed many of Ken Russell's films, with THE DEVILS, starring Oliver Reed <i>(never better) </i>and Vanessa Redgrave made 4 years earlier, being an outright <u>masterpiece</u> - a film that the executives at Warner Bros positively fucking hated, with a passion bordering on hysteria! A one of a kind experience, especially if you manage to catch a rare uncut print.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtTxcQujyM33Z0UjaLhxQ_txLpMxuaWFl0nWSDOtGogHl5nM3tGAhr8LFmXJxkyyTWGy0KydoUCvFfpPKgq4J2ovQ95ZAgc9xE8MRq_2O3artcD7Toh7ANfwWMdp-0AgzDO-5VA4ecDZDjEysWMKMBERqPkhHsey2T6KMNbOlU5S1kL-vcYkHajOi/s2403/Long%20&%20Short%20&%20Tall-61.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="2403" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtTxcQujyM33Z0UjaLhxQ_txLpMxuaWFl0nWSDOtGogHl5nM3tGAhr8LFmXJxkyyTWGy0KydoUCvFfpPKgq4J2ovQ95ZAgc9xE8MRq_2O3artcD7Toh7ANfwWMdp-0AgzDO-5VA4ecDZDjEysWMKMBERqPkhHsey2T6KMNbOlU5S1kL-vcYkHajOi/w640-h218/Long%20&%20Short%20&%20Tall-61.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A barely noticeable foreground glass shot from the excellent British WWII psychological drama, THE LONG AND THE SHORT AND THE TALL (1961). All takes place in Burma though filmed entirely on interior sound stages which proved most effective in ratcheting up the tension with a claustrophobic animosity and mistrust between the individual Brit soldiers under much pressure. Brilliant film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDqDYoXU78wJrIA7x6goNDNN-JfsL-TDpO6_R0DOSMnP4rcPOudU26yNKfjBz_7Dw2JvjvxHydaJWm78HhJ0pnRWqkDzA4lHPMmhRYFtKEjij55U6I8GPUa_EFLjTXKTlQJnbDubychEdq_XXOTQXDoB4Q3an56QNrMRZZsRiiAjgX6jlnaoWat4r/s1436/Last%20Rites-88%20(Mark%20Whitlock).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="1326" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDqDYoXU78wJrIA7x6goNDNN-JfsL-TDpO6_R0DOSMnP4rcPOudU26yNKfjBz_7Dw2JvjvxHydaJWm78HhJ0pnRWqkDzA4lHPMmhRYFtKEjij55U6I8GPUa_EFLjTXKTlQJnbDubychEdq_XXOTQXDoB4Q3an56QNrMRZZsRiiAjgX6jlnaoWat4r/w590-h640/Last%20Rites-88%20(Mark%20Whitlock).jpg" width="590" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The completely bananas mystery/thriller LAST RITES (1988) <i>did</i> have, in it's favour, a couple of nice matte painted shots by Mark Whitlock - son of legendary painter, Albert.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtJBxF9KeZ8khCOChZWl9780625mej2VzH5lAGSMY-RWieC_87YKAhFuJBdBEekh9GpIXLA0VrTHlDRJ_3jHkBauIUqDmZ4Y-bv2-i6kHEuTASZBIqVWmN8A9tiHRp5SzTO-OefS7tv80gN991hKeLKthA-ImZih0NMQQjNNaRbBllodvN9IklUhK/s2420/Legend%207%20Vamp.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="2420" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtJBxF9KeZ8khCOChZWl9780625mej2VzH5lAGSMY-RWieC_87YKAhFuJBdBEekh9GpIXLA0VrTHlDRJ_3jHkBauIUqDmZ4Y-bv2-i6kHEuTASZBIqVWmN8A9tiHRp5SzTO-OefS7tv80gN991hKeLKthA-ImZih0NMQQjNNaRbBllodvN9IklUhK/w640-h236/Legend%207%20Vamp.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A fave slice of insane 70's multiple genre crossover was the deliriously crazy LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES (1974) - a blood soaked tri-production between Britain's Hammer, Hong Kong's Run Run Shaw <i>and</i> American giant, Warner Bros. I've always had a soft spot for this film... I mean, hell... it's got the always wonderful Peter Cushing; Chinese vampires; a sultry Swedish sex-kitten; kung fu battles; throat slittings; slow motion zombies <u>and</u> this Les Bowie matte shot of Dracula's new bachelor pad and distant mountain range in China(!) This flick has it all!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6iuA7hUdFqtmNEd8CgJJDTMlnPfGnBZsHGsdVqV3j9ioZa9TJT2fX5Pj3y_oB3xM-XQVdW8wFOL4Za6KUPZtnA_o-RN_OZlGSQis0MHMa8ef3hRmMQUupKv0Te6JmqlWlJ-WVATNdYoPtq-EtFwQju7ymt_jHiDVwvql5RQ6ilsQ5P4n6mtPYtAz/s2104/Logan's%20Run%20tv%20series.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="2104" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6iuA7hUdFqtmNEd8CgJJDTMlnPfGnBZsHGsdVqV3j9ioZa9TJT2fX5Pj3y_oB3xM-XQVdW8wFOL4Za6KUPZtnA_o-RN_OZlGSQis0MHMa8ef3hRmMQUupKv0Te6JmqlWlJ-WVATNdYoPtq-EtFwQju7ymt_jHiDVwvql5RQ6ilsQ5P4n6mtPYtAz/w640-h482/Logan's%20Run%20tv%20series.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The popular motion picture LOGAN'S RUN <i>(oh man, did I have a crush on Jenny Agutter!) </i>spurned a tv series spin off which, I guess, wasn't too bad back in the day as I recall. Once again, Matthew Yuricich was tasked with providing some matte shots. Heather Menzies (above right) subbed for the exquisite Jenny for the tv series and left quite an impression too.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QXwKmg3WcXsd3KysKH292LjDkslbxTL8wHZ3VfTcOmXTmSpNFFmikfvAPEZxS48A2OhuqFbub60tPhiJJ9IueIzZVI41Hg5MIpkWLQjLtMchIzexN40si_mesXJBIwPcY5jmIkGn4QHU4nAHJs2bVrn6R4AF_W_eCMlAbBbOxPDxhr7TRtA7nqPA/s2688/Lancelot1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="2688" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QXwKmg3WcXsd3KysKH292LjDkslbxTL8wHZ3VfTcOmXTmSpNFFmikfvAPEZxS48A2OhuqFbub60tPhiJJ9IueIzZVI41Hg5MIpkWLQjLtMchIzexN40si_mesXJBIwPcY5jmIkGn4QHU4nAHJs2bVrn6R4AF_W_eCMlAbBbOxPDxhr7TRtA7nqPA/w640-h236/Lancelot1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">LANCELOT AND GUINEVERE (1963), which was retitled SWORD OF LANCELOT for US theatres, was a lively period action adventure that looked good on a tight budget. Les Bowie painted a number of mattes <i>(all done as foreground glass shots)</i> with trainee assistant Ian Scoones lending a hand.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJ3xz25WCu_3DHQndqrrjE2L7z_gqJSPiHWsfmxeZpFNT_F9zwI4gc2PDjCfdMHg6D7YX0KRn0e3VKKHrxFh7wKEcPwTWmesZCW_uJWcYreuYIr_8NkBZ0t_cu4ATE6EEEVcFvRBc04WOPucPYv3pAgBKFpx18wu53iS9kxfapAOoUbDYdOlIqb5L/s1012/Lancelot3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="1012" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJ3xz25WCu_3DHQndqrrjE2L7z_gqJSPiHWsfmxeZpFNT_F9zwI4gc2PDjCfdMHg6D7YX0KRn0e3VKKHrxFh7wKEcPwTWmesZCW_uJWcYreuYIr_8NkBZ0t_cu4ATE6EEEVcFvRBc04WOPucPYv3pAgBKFpx18wu53iS9kxfapAOoUbDYdOlIqb5L/w640-h272/Lancelot3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film; Les Bowie's grand Medieval castle painted to blend with a facade built on location establishing the lower sets of windows and drawbridge.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltCo6hLHwxHZO_O2BqYa7M3ttXmH5GmVte-ZII328T25Y8VJhbkaKtWYsSEEkU5sLwU2rupiS6SoNY3s1Odc8KidYt_-RkjsofUMZlmPcZnuGkkk9gRpDGn7gvbHAWMgg3-qAN_3q3XTMil4OJQT66iqZ0Sutk__bBC_yAcb2sL5s94bQEFYkaT9O/s3172/Lancelot%20(glass%20shot%20pan).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="3172" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltCo6hLHwxHZO_O2BqYa7M3ttXmH5GmVte-ZII328T25Y8VJhbkaKtWYsSEEkU5sLwU2rupiS6SoNY3s1Odc8KidYt_-RkjsofUMZlmPcZnuGkkk9gRpDGn7gvbHAWMgg3-qAN_3q3XTMil4OJQT66iqZ0Sutk__bBC_yAcb2sL5s94bQEFYkaT9O/w640-h196/Lancelot%20(glass%20shot%20pan).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bowie and crew cleverly introduced highly effective and realistic broad pan moves across landscapes onto painted castles for several shots in the film. Interestingly, that exact same tree appears in the other 'matte pan' shots too for different scenes, so obviously that tree was part of the trick where the glass painted castles were mounted/secured.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXmOkjPrGOZ9NZ3iYQbMUuDiC-1pHGTitSMVCbI2AqSYT50zjdbHw6kgQZyq7aAvXa7yD8RWto27tuct-h2eiWryINTS_6bf7oj8zSoPI9ImATATsGVySm3LxLUNogBEdqF9A1kQBN-00nc1xBKI3eVRLtWFNvJnOo6FeLOC11tMx2F7JaHvmtnYu/s2052/Lancelot4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="2052" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXmOkjPrGOZ9NZ3iYQbMUuDiC-1pHGTitSMVCbI2AqSYT50zjdbHw6kgQZyq7aAvXa7yD8RWto27tuct-h2eiWryINTS_6bf7oj8zSoPI9ImATATsGVySm3LxLUNogBEdqF9A1kQBN-00nc1xBKI3eVRLtWFNvJnOo6FeLOC11tMx2F7JaHvmtnYu/w640-h168/Lancelot4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another LANCELOT AND GUINEVERE shot painted and executed by Les Bowie. The pic at left demonstrates the painted castle on glass on location whereby the matte art isn't yet aligned correctly to blend in with the Yugoslavia location. At right is the final CinemaScope shot as made directly onto original negative.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9jWZqxrhFWUx6wjF6FWQw9XQc2M_be_-D6CPRBL6juw06fRfHd_nsO2eUmxF23lu3FxMBHAuhPyLt2d4Nt8eGkYNTu82P7L2XOCIKOiVmkUqnO_Hb2XZOsBrPiP5tz-fHzfF-aFCUjuwHegNt4ioY4n6guts2BUY9OwfxUAMa99oJEwGAXqcTKGZg/s1539/Manhunt%20In%20Space-54.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1539" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9jWZqxrhFWUx6wjF6FWQw9XQc2M_be_-D6CPRBL6juw06fRfHd_nsO2eUmxF23lu3FxMBHAuhPyLt2d4Nt8eGkYNTu82P7L2XOCIKOiVmkUqnO_Hb2XZOsBrPiP5tz-fHzfF-aFCUjuwHegNt4ioY4n6guts2BUY9OwfxUAMa99oJEwGAXqcTKGZg/w640-h486/Manhunt%20In%20Space-54.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MANHUNT IN SPACE (1954) was one of many cheap and spartan space adventures made in the fifties. Mattes were by Jack R.Glass who worked on a ton of 'B' movies and much television shows from 1949 through to around 1959. Jack was born in 1915 and died in 2001.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwibECrVvx5fHjHimyBxIe3SnZus4-sPRtAMLcMouRUMLU0TLwqovFVVMZ9GPPjytAhex0Cn_q1XWsfBmHPnuYRDVpuVtlFuY1UL2jVgumf1TKeW-eM-v2cT0jJPrb7Dz6WcBfagcuqp1qMK03KceKopTkRDDb372r-Z5D_YnCs9EpCQPKtTspDjKq/s1280/Moontrap-88%20BR2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1280" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwibECrVvx5fHjHimyBxIe3SnZus4-sPRtAMLcMouRUMLU0TLwqovFVVMZ9GPPjytAhex0Cn_q1XWsfBmHPnuYRDVpuVtlFuY1UL2jVgumf1TKeW-eM-v2cT0jJPrb7Dz6WcBfagcuqp1qMK03KceKopTkRDDb372r-Z5D_YnCs9EpCQPKtTspDjKq/w640-h370/Moontrap-88%20BR2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This one was a great example of much being achieved for relatively little; MOONTRAP (1989) starred former Trekkie Walter Koenig and Bruce Campbell. Some fine matte work in this little show, with Bob Kayganich painting mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohKNf0hcMLcxUNFSC3_wV-UAgeUfBcSH75X2nKTJXAyNDrDolt1U18fbM1Erc_uUmvfnsuz5fTtV9fEjGspD3gHTxz75ZWpbbyLKfwDNnPzXOKU35DIwHfEN8MkSgzaKpKkOdR3CNU1uGcOgnHM9SKV-XujnWxBRrLVwZ5vGiqPgzjUSOZXKFcUmw/s1280/Moontrap-88%20BR3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1280" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohKNf0hcMLcxUNFSC3_wV-UAgeUfBcSH75X2nKTJXAyNDrDolt1U18fbM1Erc_uUmvfnsuz5fTtV9fEjGspD3gHTxz75ZWpbbyLKfwDNnPzXOKU35DIwHfEN8MkSgzaKpKkOdR3CNU1uGcOgnHM9SKV-XujnWxBRrLVwZ5vGiqPgzjUSOZXKFcUmw/w640-h370/Moontrap-88%20BR3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bob Kayganich matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jTgQ8Ga8aDaLsDRREZBhdINhU1-mhaFs5sZeF6pEgH4rZDPA0VjIRUm1B4kbHIbfLCOkAxuuZjvgQp1vgS5cRDtdpujKjSaGUub3Vw9LL-T5jp97AvmNZt_zaezg-NI_Ct3G87e6b6T9OVwhhCgQf_GHV7VyUM182hsgE5Lsq_jrBuxQ6qDS21ln/s1280/Moontrap-88%20BR1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1280" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jTgQ8Ga8aDaLsDRREZBhdINhU1-mhaFs5sZeF6pEgH4rZDPA0VjIRUm1B4kbHIbfLCOkAxuuZjvgQp1vgS5cRDtdpujKjSaGUub3Vw9LL-T5jp97AvmNZt_zaezg-NI_Ct3G87e6b6T9OVwhhCgQf_GHV7VyUM182hsgE5Lsq_jrBuxQ6qDS21ln/w640-h370/Moontrap-88%20BR1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another matte from MOONTRAP</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRN5OEEUxAM2fWXg377gIXDfrJUt8yaRtcFSoZtDyJqKA_YCxa4zIw6IQMNcg0tAUTKB6L90fVX2Cc4WbXafWbPs7OQdzK8SuZr6uT2GruNmUKtYdVmePXt-52DjXVaFnQvH94K8ZsEEpGsv_KrWdpm_fVQ3dIrGogQaGUb_INmcrI8onGXqSKrNh/s1920/Mighty-Peking-Man%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1920" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRN5OEEUxAM2fWXg377gIXDfrJUt8yaRtcFSoZtDyJqKA_YCxa4zIw6IQMNcg0tAUTKB6L90fVX2Cc4WbXafWbPs7OQdzK8SuZr6uT2GruNmUKtYdVmePXt-52DjXVaFnQvH94K8ZsEEpGsv_KrWdpm_fVQ3dIrGogQaGUb_INmcrI8onGXqSKrNh/w640-h277/Mighty-Peking-Man%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've seen hundreds of Hong Kong movies over the years <i>(though find now that Korean cinema is in a class of it's own as far as intense thrillers go)</i>. THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN (1977) was pretty much a carbon copy of a hundred Japanese monster flicks, but did have its moments here and there, though you've really seen it all before.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXJfiemRHBkHNsJUnEvcw0Ols8XZdQDyqGZvdocUxzaj_YIvtGNQSDopWXPdgF5sZJiY_8w-Aug_C2mIpu23KBj3lUDiVmyiJ2V22CQ-8bQg_2cz2pFHLFLScyzgJGeLk0-zS14HkLbvq7qVO0kstC_WAohRvWg0SHQdz9eXGElm8hh8tDS3iFekO/s1440/My%20Name%20Is%20Julia%20Ross-45%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1440" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXJfiemRHBkHNsJUnEvcw0Ols8XZdQDyqGZvdocUxzaj_YIvtGNQSDopWXPdgF5sZJiY_8w-Aug_C2mIpu23KBj3lUDiVmyiJ2V22CQ-8bQg_2cz2pFHLFLScyzgJGeLk0-zS14HkLbvq7qVO0kstC_WAohRvWg0SHQdz9eXGElm8hh8tDS3iFekO/w640-h476/My%20Name%20Is%20Julia%20Ross-45%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I must thank a regular reader <i>(hey Steven...I'm talking to you!)</i> for giving me the heads up on this remarkably good 'little' Columbia thriller. MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS (1945) was a title I'd never heard of, yet turned out to be an excellent, very well made psychological drama with strongly effective Hitchcock-esq themes. This wonderful matte sets up the forboding atmosphere so well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaKIWNqfOopoRmi_dgZ4el9c2GMZXIqUimllI5AJQ1RfzUqULf9baIBadvfQcC7DhkqhzilejBd7ZkWTvunQBMyX5FSdAG3JKvcZwPJRNPBLrA1xyyi42g3nTTRaB7yAxtNNnNvH1_2d5wFGX0iuklryEFDcNeZDP5W37B3UbPV0U-LqQW1jrXoec/s1988/Man%20From%20Planet%20X-51%20(Jack%20Glass).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="1988" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaKIWNqfOopoRmi_dgZ4el9c2GMZXIqUimllI5AJQ1RfzUqULf9baIBadvfQcC7DhkqhzilejBd7ZkWTvunQBMyX5FSdAG3JKvcZwPJRNPBLrA1xyyi42g3nTTRaB7yAxtNNnNvH1_2d5wFGX0iuklryEFDcNeZDP5W37B3UbPV0U-LqQW1jrXoec/w640-h464/Man%20From%20Planet%20X-51%20(Jack%20Glass).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE MAN FROM PLANET X (1951) with effects by Jack Rabin and associates, though I did read somewhere that the film's director, Edgar Ulmer apparently painted that top right castle shot himself.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3ge48Jap6Mk1SJJWjfSE8Ym6sFtTZ9Pk5hOfxfTsVDczNkPH55dcNqr0nj_LJFlGg75G4Njm_MMMkIJfaDrHiFL2lWwovZVYHk77WaSC7iSD7s1gVZMybd8QnQaneHMWwbClwY6ZEIlUPDPukLfWuHsV8mQbGqOz2VeLx70B75eXLk6LYVG1Ffjv/s1896/Magnificent%20Two-67%20(Les%20Bowie).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="1896" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3ge48Jap6Mk1SJJWjfSE8Ym6sFtTZ9Pk5hOfxfTsVDczNkPH55dcNqr0nj_LJFlGg75G4Njm_MMMkIJfaDrHiFL2lWwovZVYHk77WaSC7iSD7s1gVZMybd8QnQaneHMWwbClwY6ZEIlUPDPukLfWuHsV8mQbGqOz2VeLx70B75eXLk6LYVG1Ffjv/w640-h210/Magnificent%20Two-67%20(Les%20Bowie).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Les Bowie was credited here as 'The Bowie Organisation' for the fx with this matte in Morecombe and Wise' comedy THE MAGNIFICENT TWO (1967). A very funny duo sadly missed whose comic timing was impeccable.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkMgqEoXVOZ63VLu3bWmF7N8XZh1QS-cD6XsucK9AG1E1lJijN4mnT_a97QJwoxdMm50ESA6FJcq7B63Af2kdmv9nVqoP7a42lwC5vdMpWW-9Rwk1ruJu0ekCL9WcMHT7HJ3IM-_MYD0gOhw622YhLaGo586imVdaTG-FxcXYHYgVPaKtSeg5ARhi/s3004/Mystery%20Wax%20Museum-33%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="3004" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkMgqEoXVOZ63VLu3bWmF7N8XZh1QS-cD6XsucK9AG1E1lJijN4mnT_a97QJwoxdMm50ESA6FJcq7B63Af2kdmv9nVqoP7a42lwC5vdMpWW-9Rwk1ruJu0ekCL9WcMHT7HJ3IM-_MYD0gOhw622YhLaGo586imVdaTG-FxcXYHYgVPaKtSeg5ARhi/w640-h306/Mystery%20Wax%20Museum-33%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As I said in my intro, I've selected a few choice make up effects to delight and disgust. Here is a jarring shock reveal for Fay Wray from Michael Curtiz' MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM (1933) in <u>very</u> early two-tone Technicolor no less.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VWHrqJHKFJZKG2-5zSEvVnacaS0odPv4uvnGVu_c2ODOKPPTjNeg7sUUuqfOYNkI5bNyY4fTr5NYZslgs7_PudYsp7fOZoHGkxntxT1TaslfjabbOpG4eQTh662LS7WcqRBBwnhWrW1_U8oXy4ksmMQbOoEFXtTa4BrcnQ6BClP65Oxs-gEDnJbN/s1480/Mystery%20of%20Wax%20Museum%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VWHrqJHKFJZKG2-5zSEvVnacaS0odPv4uvnGVu_c2ODOKPPTjNeg7sUUuqfOYNkI5bNyY4fTr5NYZslgs7_PudYsp7fOZoHGkxntxT1TaslfjabbOpG4eQTh662LS7WcqRBBwnhWrW1_U8oXy4ksmMQbOoEFXtTa4BrcnQ6BClP65Oxs-gEDnJbN/w640-h468/Mystery%20of%20Wax%20Museum%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Highly disturbing I'm sure for audiences of The Depression era, thanks to Warner's make up artists Perc Westmore and Ray Romero.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3ac43h6ZLoMro12JtGw4lm6WAMfwXhH9e0ScMfolR3zhxwVEnWDvG3omhv_t8afzAU5gcyvkxhIvtE5xYDijLp20NqHFNgdC0UHlZjBDcOxArmaKHKhfHVFA-BddGBGTbK9Ko-aYfPfGvkmNOAyqLAm0PpuMr_ugngGycOXIenICl8Sep7cxvPWG/s1798/Monster%20and%20the%20Girl-41.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="1798" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3ac43h6ZLoMro12JtGw4lm6WAMfwXhH9e0ScMfolR3zhxwVEnWDvG3omhv_t8afzAU5gcyvkxhIvtE5xYDijLp20NqHFNgdC0UHlZjBDcOxArmaKHKhfHVFA-BddGBGTbK9Ko-aYfPfGvkmNOAyqLAm0PpuMr_ugngGycOXIenICl8Sep7cxvPWG/w640-h556/Monster%20and%20the%20Girl-41.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It seems every studio had to have a gal being abducted by an ape man, with Paramount being no different. THE MONSTER AND THE GIRL (1941) has matte work by Jan Domela.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VAgSPf-Tu2Jfx9fsYIoPwIt8dofX8Q8XgAbzCbpLdEBGnSOi4N6mqfyRkK1T8ZkyGNS6VapPBca3ae9iiZ3rK5hY4MJtQBgeqvs_Dmu-1n-RT6rVXU2hcaLfcisntKbEOMPyFrNMn7fgNUCWDaTyKa0XZFPas5jfPo8a0QNhFWLhJc_rKkK-aqX1/s1892/MDG1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1892" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VAgSPf-Tu2Jfx9fsYIoPwIt8dofX8Q8XgAbzCbpLdEBGnSOi4N6mqfyRkK1T8ZkyGNS6VapPBca3ae9iiZ3rK5hY4MJtQBgeqvs_Dmu-1n-RT6rVXU2hcaLfcisntKbEOMPyFrNMn7fgNUCWDaTyKa0XZFPas5jfPo8a0QNhFWLhJc_rKkK-aqX1/w640-h500/MDG1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Arguably one of the 'remade' and 're-imagined' stories ever was THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932) which still to this day crops up in various incarnations, Byron Crabbe made the glass shots, and no, your eyes aren't deceiving you; that lower right 'log across the chasm' glass painted vista was also used in KING KONG, as both films were shot back to back on the same stages at RKO with much of the same crew and cast!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcCFsAU5S9hW06AULwHnYjMviOgOwW3lizayI87lAyX0Bdi80500yR5kyoawWUgGDQTR4quPa9AnBtKN5yyBmRdQyoGY_cVNHSC_djTmzsCvs-OuT0zAWMUuOnY0vwInPDkn5wwwlgKdhd9ZbthQQQEH4QMBmta7x2ptKdX3FJKdHnXmldcnwRiYc/s1456/MDG2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcCFsAU5S9hW06AULwHnYjMviOgOwW3lizayI87lAyX0Bdi80500yR5kyoawWUgGDQTR4quPa9AnBtKN5yyBmRdQyoGY_cVNHSC_djTmzsCvs-OuT0zAWMUuOnY0vwInPDkn5wwwlgKdhd9ZbthQQQEH4QMBmta7x2ptKdX3FJKdHnXmldcnwRiYc/w640-h480/MDG2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another multi-element effects shot from THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME where matte art, stop motion birds in flight etc have been combined with live action with the Dunning travelling matte process.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAp1kEr9ujXdwxkM-uEmwFKd_o_ldTQhmXN7AOb-OPApm0wozEEvvsS6yd6S-WKTF_QMP_odXhw-rowJaRTRmqi9i0UJF_XeOfsUjw0soiWaQh4wW7CmO6dQjzGveFJvF3wN1DL2uykINDUYip7JWGaZE9K7EKWKsJb3_tnj0vzZIoogy_brZektO/s2078/Magic%20Carpet-51.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="2078" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAp1kEr9ujXdwxkM-uEmwFKd_o_ldTQhmXN7AOb-OPApm0wozEEvvsS6yd6S-WKTF_QMP_odXhw-rowJaRTRmqi9i0UJF_XeOfsUjw0soiWaQh4wW7CmO6dQjzGveFJvF3wN1DL2uykINDUYip7JWGaZE9K7EKWKsJb3_tnj0vzZIoogy_brZektO/w640-h320/Magic%20Carpet-51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Like Universal, Columbia Pictures churned out scores of these Aladdin type second features. At least one of these mattes (middle bottom) has shown up in a bunch of other films.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwW0-GSBtFY_pWOn9kOxachd8m0A1GJ5HNQUAEzUv-wcZ2MpVziyAx0c61I3mDSBWXBBzvpJDKLpZAXPewMb7ViKqGt8s64Qf6P36JkJyYeeBI8fUVABDidO93HLfCVIIlYGVXwbFiChA3wTt_vuI3So48ZdKRPjL-HppxWZq5aGaP49QzhZFLF5Hb/s1920/Monster%20From%20Green%20Hell-57%20BR%20(Irving%20Block).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwW0-GSBtFY_pWOn9kOxachd8m0A1GJ5HNQUAEzUv-wcZ2MpVziyAx0c61I3mDSBWXBBzvpJDKLpZAXPewMb7ViKqGt8s64Qf6P36JkJyYeeBI8fUVABDidO93HLfCVIIlYGVXwbFiChA3wTt_vuI3So48ZdKRPjL-HppxWZq5aGaP49QzhZFLF5Hb/w640-h346/Monster%20From%20Green%20Hell-57%20BR%20(Irving%20Block).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MONSTER FROM THE GREEN HELL (1958) matte shot by Irving Block.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUW9NF74ONXJfy2xyGTluozT8cnX0NMnydj4uy73NHx4zYrbc4v0uNrp_7Fvgax7tc5KctuC0yfTTFazpjWmLbJnPnPkx6p-ZZxhwbE5G4BnGusBfmHBhgeeSg2p5bfMm8Omel1gjVQrMi4bI96Asadaaf33Om9kESJtg1hHZIo2WBxqbnTjuyhuG/s2402/Monster%20From%20Green%20Hell.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="2402" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUW9NF74ONXJfy2xyGTluozT8cnX0NMnydj4uy73NHx4zYrbc4v0uNrp_7Fvgax7tc5KctuC0yfTTFazpjWmLbJnPnPkx6p-ZZxhwbE5G4BnGusBfmHBhgeeSg2p5bfMm8Omel1gjVQrMi4bI96Asadaaf33Om9kESJtg1hHZIo2WBxqbnTjuyhuG/w640-h282/Monster%20From%20Green%20Hell.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More of that giant wasp from MONSTER FROM GREEN HELL, with effects by Gene Warren, Jack Rabin, Jess Davison, Irving Block and Paul Blaisdell.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6WtRBZ-mOnfoUgAkMf9kqUb_VeA6_fo2psLVci1-m2i8cS22ywhd6hvjQZpgDmlAUMaJC2L_GsgKIgd2PytolpNISGpZ-bi-k3IXhNvLfQ7N9A81l32nZSkAj5YkIlBC668-XkQ-y7tM2P6Dhg-BMgyL1f2_Yx2mc_QecTRTqqpUhd6NNOK2Et6V/s1680/Mystery%20of%20Monster%20Island-81.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1680" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6WtRBZ-mOnfoUgAkMf9kqUb_VeA6_fo2psLVci1-m2i8cS22ywhd6hvjQZpgDmlAUMaJC2L_GsgKIgd2PytolpNISGpZ-bi-k3IXhNvLfQ7N9A81l32nZSkAj5YkIlBC668-XkQ-y7tM2P6Dhg-BMgyL1f2_Yx2mc_QecTRTqqpUhd6NNOK2Et6V/w640-h392/Mystery%20of%20Monster%20Island-81.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Spanish made Jules Verne fantasy trip, THE MYSTERY OF MONSTER ISLAND (1981) was strictly for kiddies. Emilio Ruiz del Rio supervised the effects, with foreground paintings, glass shots and perspective miniatures. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2D57SIVPNJ5YrGsrWLer6duWUNz_29A-eTD5bpGVWpFmM5qhOjeau3cZ5JpC-h6rRHi9Lo7Kim3StVZNCYyJ5R7jjrF-mY2nxmoUa77qvIsynq_laD63QThclMoLeFRKkf72_de0uUdfDrEYD8aqq02AEjwiK7Fmi-bxVSuGqxVpHakHxKNPi0Kp/s1980/Mysterians-57.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1720" data-original-width="1980" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2D57SIVPNJ5YrGsrWLer6duWUNz_29A-eTD5bpGVWpFmM5qhOjeau3cZ5JpC-h6rRHi9Lo7Kim3StVZNCYyJ5R7jjrF-mY2nxmoUa77qvIsynq_laD63QThclMoLeFRKkf72_de0uUdfDrEYD8aqq02AEjwiK7Fmi-bxVSuGqxVpHakHxKNPi0Kp/w640-h556/Mysterians-57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I never really cared for the man-in-a-rubber-suit 'stomping monster' movies from Japan, but some of the science fiction films of old were pretty good THE MYSTERIANS (1959) had lots of inventive visuals by the great Eiji Tsuburaya and his most able team.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYPwkN4GYx03_k5OUFGg01Q77upKLjHnyxIj8hbBvJKwlDyqtqagqJ91XAj8896o8lSW7bRmcNF32LwAjQhkovO0I2bcUcXmNEz6vS9ViCFS9CkZIDbG6uszfJwWpawjXKRgrxApXUN4nkqx6AUs9EX-SdTCQCvPyNI0V4F0O2ZXKrju6G1ioVNKt/s2196/Murder%20Me,%20Murder%20You-82%20(tvm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="2196" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYPwkN4GYx03_k5OUFGg01Q77upKLjHnyxIj8hbBvJKwlDyqtqagqJ91XAj8896o8lSW7bRmcNF32LwAjQhkovO0I2bcUcXmNEz6vS9ViCFS9CkZIDbG6uszfJwWpawjXKRgrxApXUN4nkqx6AUs9EX-SdTCQCvPyNI0V4F0O2ZXKrju6G1ioVNKt/w640-h226/Murder%20Me,%20Murder%20You-82%20(tvm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A young Mark Sullivan painted and composited this invisible matte shot early in his career for a tv movie titled MURDER ME, MURDER YOU (1982)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBGJd3MmUBersbJTPOs7NyTRV1bp0DXjzPutLsCPF4WLpDDqp8hBQfl0E0n9z9I0Xeg-PTXpNbY_4hhW9RO9LnlkbxriVJzVyuxqMhp0mO8sqqNP5JWAStrLIIYCa_Sp1jTaJkjm5iD49aeG6U08-kQ79v3cpkqjPW7DMQY24QJ4GhM4vP8rHPR9s/s1578/Murderer's%20Row.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1578" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBGJd3MmUBersbJTPOs7NyTRV1bp0DXjzPutLsCPF4WLpDDqp8hBQfl0E0n9z9I0Xeg-PTXpNbY_4hhW9RO9LnlkbxriVJzVyuxqMhp0mO8sqqNP5JWAStrLIIYCa_Sp1jTaJkjm5iD49aeG6U08-kQ79v3cpkqjPW7DMQY24QJ4GhM4vP8rHPR9s/w640-h452/Murderer's%20Row.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In the spy mad sixties, Columbia knocked out a quartet of Dean Martin-Matt Helm spy spoofs, all containing mattes and trick shots of various types, and made quickly on limited budgets. This is MURDERER'S ROW (1966) and this matte painting was done at Film Effects of Hollywood.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStSFeQlCAp-5_v_6TF16rxwcBO8L8FdNheI7ICCPGdbGtb53I8gd0-cjHFxcrvOFasw7Fb39vBdgo8E8CqXYz5EWtdnrkW7K6VPqoHWhGl-57Sr3kqu97YzWIkvWlKH2o5zNU9YeWoV1qk6OmQ5UCg4pG3hbjOGUcuC_XIt4OjiXtO9W6UykDsc2B/s1584/Mysterious%20FuManchu-29.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="1584" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStSFeQlCAp-5_v_6TF16rxwcBO8L8FdNheI7ICCPGdbGtb53I8gd0-cjHFxcrvOFasw7Fb39vBdgo8E8CqXYz5EWtdnrkW7K6VPqoHWhGl-57Sr3kqu97YzWIkvWlKH2o5zNU9YeWoV1qk6OmQ5UCg4pG3hbjOGUcuC_XIt4OjiXtO9W6UykDsc2B/w640-h506/Mysterious%20FuManchu-29.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">These oldies are quite a buzz. THE MYSTERIOUS DR FU MANCHU (1929) was a very early talkie with matte art by Jan Domela and effects photography by Irmin Roberts. I don't think Gordon Jennings was at Paramount yet. Maybe Roy Pomeroy ran the fx dept??</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHv1eq09hsfbGZcRCNJAw8s-V99zP6MxVxW0xUWz_ZyINU6WbpSNiGqKOXlv_tMRoMQ-VG4UOvhZwRNtLV3OkjIWPfFUChRZmCzn0-B0ZYa4eJ2tBvox6RB7ePahB2EkwIrwG-umvxLNhKj3C5yA1kHhj3Rq2Ef_mvNLgxpOt8XLXWLbVSKRT6c47/s1336/Maniac-63.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="1336" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHv1eq09hsfbGZcRCNJAw8s-V99zP6MxVxW0xUWz_ZyINU6WbpSNiGqKOXlv_tMRoMQ-VG4UOvhZwRNtLV3OkjIWPfFUChRZmCzn0-B0ZYa4eJ2tBvox6RB7ePahB2EkwIrwG-umvxLNhKj3C5yA1kHhj3Rq2Ef_mvNLgxpOt8XLXWLbVSKRT6c47/w640-h592/Maniac-63.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I think MANIAC (1962) was a Hammer film. Matte shots by Les Bowie and Ray Caple.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Q0A9rqX2frFr-N33OPs5E0xCevR-mambiqjkpDB9S8JlEwXAVWfDOyNEV4OrWZS3316xjbVRc_kNDhMWQiPrj8dLCE8L4dda8intWKKR65sK05PFlU9o85rkH3ole58xcsSnZYFv1lkYPnN0DnaWcN6oOGgCpmRySnifcTv59_cP0fRfA_ifWb_x/s994/Nymphoid%20Barb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="994" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Q0A9rqX2frFr-N33OPs5E0xCevR-mambiqjkpDB9S8JlEwXAVWfDOyNEV4OrWZS3316xjbVRc_kNDhMWQiPrj8dLCE8L4dda8intWKKR65sK05PFlU9o85rkH3ole58xcsSnZYFv1lkYPnN0DnaWcN6oOGgCpmRySnifcTv59_cP0fRfA_ifWb_x/w640-h342/Nymphoid%20Barb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The 16mm dino epic A NYMPHOID BARBARIAN IN DINOSAUR HELL (1990) had mutants, stop motion creatures and glass shots - all supplied by the director and creator Brett Piper. Sadly, the title promises far more than it delivers, and was disappointingly sanitised. Note the glass shot where the frame support is visible.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4G4RHcHj9DW_Gs2x-Vzv7mjTrb00fsoPHajiVD6qVcc5DdoPKiyPytUkj5aMS1ElLTFDMSB8hQVHB-tUC-pcsuKoQos1SxIKoC42tY-kx03c3JQ2PQ7gTRK5Nkr6X3CRpr9pSu2c-y-s8QPWs2AAkP4dlm19vty83bR7lkGhiTpxqjPZgpl_z8T0/s2367/Ninja%20III.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="2367" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4G4RHcHj9DW_Gs2x-Vzv7mjTrb00fsoPHajiVD6qVcc5DdoPKiyPytUkj5aMS1ElLTFDMSB8hQVHB-tUC-pcsuKoQos1SxIKoC42tY-kx03c3JQ2PQ7gTRK5Nkr6X3CRpr9pSu2c-y-s8QPWs2AAkP4dlm19vty83bR7lkGhiTpxqjPZgpl_z8T0/w640-h214/Ninja%20III.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ninja's were all the rage through the 80's, with this beautifully painted and composited matte by Jim Danforth from NINJA III-THE DOMINATION (1984)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3C6PnT8xb9rsyxuF1t5jFt42MpPg6K3vdYr60GDznuVHxXqDkBYEJXsL1SJzTkxSK4I5AnEEbx9xJ2ex9UwTzLDbYxRbGXSVhSGRgxqtH8ucGra63VB6IW-PlHSqEnwzztifcWYxMu3WSTUjbnu-IlcSyFpny947Hr0qbP5Xgv0u8nhYuGYiJFhte/s2025/Night%20Key-37%20(Fulton).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2025" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3C6PnT8xb9rsyxuF1t5jFt42MpPg6K3vdYr60GDznuVHxXqDkBYEJXsL1SJzTkxSK4I5AnEEbx9xJ2ex9UwTzLDbYxRbGXSVhSGRgxqtH8ucGra63VB6IW-PlHSqEnwzztifcWYxMu3WSTUjbnu-IlcSyFpny947Hr0qbP5Xgv0u8nhYuGYiJFhte/w640-h486/Night%20Key-37%20(Fulton).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here is another of those little 'B' films I'd never heard of, but stumbled across by accident - NIGHT KEY (1937) with Boris Karloff in a non-horror role. A neatly wrapped crime story with a smooth sci-fi undertone. Thoroughly enjoyed it! John P. Fulton did the effects, with cool cel animation and a Russ Lawson matte of New York city.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZmBn1bFRdul8vM5nlune1gYK4VNNPiYi71CI7YfB7ftopXUu_F-dWT7za5Vb-gnVPZHM-nBdjvF5yHppGxg4GpVNhfV6nf8e8BlZxbllzz7moQAdiICySi89wXzqLZ4GXWBrrW9dBAO00MDllF6akqUyQ3bjjkg1dAdijiLd2HrERg3oNpf465aC/s1610/Naked%20Vengeance-85.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1610" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZmBn1bFRdul8vM5nlune1gYK4VNNPiYi71CI7YfB7ftopXUu_F-dWT7za5Vb-gnVPZHM-nBdjvF5yHppGxg4GpVNhfV6nf8e8BlZxbllzz7moQAdiICySi89wXzqLZ4GXWBrrW9dBAO00MDllF6akqUyQ3bjjkg1dAdijiLd2HrERg3oNpf465aC/w640-h292/Naked%20Vengeance-85.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I bet no reader of this blog has <i>ever</i> heard of Cirio H. Santiago? He directed around 100 low budget Filipino exploitation and action flicks such as this one, NAKED VENGEANCE (1985). Sleaze, tits and retribution come thick and fast in Cirio's extensive high-brow back catalogue: T.N.T JACKSON <i>("...she'll put you in traction")</i>; EBONY, IVORY AND JADE <i>(..."they'll match every man ever made, with fist, foot & blade")</i>; NAKED FIST<i> (..."she makes a seduction with destruction")</i>; THE MUTHERS and who could forget VAMPIRE HOOKERS? Well, the frame above is a glass shot, primarily to try to disguise the fact that the film was shot in The Philippines but is <i>supposed</i> to be Washington State ... but who'd ever know the difference?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlH4jxxBU_ZaRCV054sE4DRItckXoXplFQWF1ZadDzfVPAqBqqw-Laz5kMzfcs1_PpbWz1MyIYeKKxgotuBMRE41n6qEM5hFBXXVCzE3M_qivLaJNsA7KCyhw0KxaIWZvGySRsOQATSCCMKGm9fJWSs5Gohhl2lRn6bt264d9X69hBtYzGR3W7yCx/s1470/Nightmare-63%20(Ray%20Caple).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="1470" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlH4jxxBU_ZaRCV054sE4DRItckXoXplFQWF1ZadDzfVPAqBqqw-Laz5kMzfcs1_PpbWz1MyIYeKKxgotuBMRE41n6qEM5hFBXXVCzE3M_qivLaJNsA7KCyhw0KxaIWZvGySRsOQATSCCMKGm9fJWSs5Gohhl2lRn6bt264d9X69hBtYzGR3W7yCx/w640-h552/Nightmare-63%20(Ray%20Caple).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Back to Hammer Films again... two frames from NIGHTMARE (1964), with Ray Caple painting the top matte of the mental hospital, and the distant view below, aided with some foreground miniature dressing by Ian Scoones.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYzvvP_VvOAfqHoEvVtvwofaoZyWzqQIQB0-6k6Megk-PX9aS84I4Ye7nzx4OiXuleT_Sa0Qg0_Qee3QOxPCjyGd2AWAaFqcrVdLvAQucjkybRDGxpys0zsL288j1cspyWDOt5JMuFX_F-a5z_RDTYV9CaGHn0Ob7XcmuanMKuvliWq-7alMtdITE/s2692/One%20Million%20BC%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="2692" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYzvvP_VvOAfqHoEvVtvwofaoZyWzqQIQB0-6k6Megk-PX9aS84I4Ye7nzx4OiXuleT_Sa0Qg0_Qee3QOxPCjyGd2AWAaFqcrVdLvAQucjkybRDGxpys0zsL288j1cspyWDOt5JMuFX_F-a5z_RDTYV9CaGHn0Ob7XcmuanMKuvliWq-7alMtdITE/w640-h284/One%20Million%20BC%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hal Roach Studios normally made Laurel & Hardy comedies and small films, which made ONE MILLION BC (1940) quite an ambitious affair. Lots of Oscar nominated visual effects that still look good 70 odd years later, so good in fact that many of the sequences were frequently lifted and spliced into dozens of other films and tv shows over the years. Roy Seawright was the Hal Roach photographic effects chief.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4VyZT_z8EtRaWEOOocRhZIlK8Z8Q7b-Ni7jOSnN2ucbbPixQ9EtNKrvieJy4CfLMMxR9Tjm4EyvzxmWbTKqje8mlidC8q2C2GHdb5YzmC1D86ASjmdRu9c_X5Dg_KllNPPnAlAmH1N6ruzMwIFSk1uQnr7BnH-tQVGe0tfQ2YWkkFhyEHkW2v-Hh/s1010/One%20Million%20BC-40.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1010" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4VyZT_z8EtRaWEOOocRhZIlK8Z8Q7b-Ni7jOSnN2ucbbPixQ9EtNKrvieJy4CfLMMxR9Tjm4EyvzxmWbTKqje8mlidC8q2C2GHdb5YzmC1D86ASjmdRu9c_X5Dg_KllNPPnAlAmH1N6ruzMwIFSk1uQnr7BnH-tQVGe0tfQ2YWkkFhyEHkW2v-Hh/w640-h466/One%20Million%20BC-40.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ONE MILLION BC Jack Shaw matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8zFRfcSlbB32AREIbFFNEnh2fSZuHeBgT2RX8YkzGXqk62jaeikLlrfbkCm1a4YVoETPBSTH0ywzP7DNlXdkBs2FrNYOqx13YNvbUt74KU7r7XDKHishXTHuPXqMz8zIYDkxhxquExmuV6y20RbI6fAyvXeam9A_WE_onTju1YURZYyBJcQ5rj47/s1952/One%20Million%20Years%20BC%20(Bowie%20&%20Blackwell)-66.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1952" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8zFRfcSlbB32AREIbFFNEnh2fSZuHeBgT2RX8YkzGXqk62jaeikLlrfbkCm1a4YVoETPBSTH0ywzP7DNlXdkBs2FrNYOqx13YNvbUt74KU7r7XDKHishXTHuPXqMz8zIYDkxhxquExmuV6y20RbI6fAyvXeam9A_WE_onTju1YURZYyBJcQ5rj47/w640-h374/One%20Million%20Years%20BC%20(Bowie%20&%20Blackwell)-66.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the big volcanic catastrophe in the remake ONE MILLION YEARS BC (1966), Ray Harryhausen enlisted occasional collaborator Les Bowie, who along with miniatures expert George Blackwell and assistant Ian Scoones created an impressive sequence, supposedly for just 1100 UK Pounds. The lava was porridge with red dye and the earthquake consisted of simple tabletop models, with extras added by travelling matte after the fact,</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Lo-zUD-P2Qi8yuoi73N25-sHLZmZ4o65q-AwRWc-Ctq6_GqzVJULSMbZhtdjZqlRXfB-lV4suP1HajRniIeTeyibrsguxvaJybqn9I9bHvXfj1Zsx_qyyqtus9ybzx4Jv3jVR-ypBgFzVOHLYDYRo-PRe0wfPkcIbO7dU6eE_a9_kR6eCb3pIu1w/s1329/Pickup%20Alley%20(aka%20Interpol)-58.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1329" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Lo-zUD-P2Qi8yuoi73N25-sHLZmZ4o65q-AwRWc-Ctq6_GqzVJULSMbZhtdjZqlRXfB-lV4suP1HajRniIeTeyibrsguxvaJybqn9I9bHvXfj1Zsx_qyyqtus9ybzx4Jv3jVR-ypBgFzVOHLYDYRo-PRe0wfPkcIbO7dU6eE_a9_kR6eCb3pIu1w/w640-h406/Pickup%20Alley%20(aka%20Interpol)-58.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">PICKUP ALLEY aka INTERPOL (1958) with a most intriguing cast, including the always great Trevor Howard and the enormously talented Anita Ekberg(!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEhJdL1rUHsCMNRfEV9G1Bx7YbsEvPN5qQrnhe6ahWZWFWFhAGU6B_a5q1kGQCW7343yUx61ox7z2_TrP_dTOxwKpsdFQmD1GlBrYP_iGdnye-JiqEdoQ5UieGv6m1ys_czgZUz7uRG2xV4eOoff3fRYxTGbIGwI2AB1ZVTpChVKiOa1Qr4xeqUNx/s1621/Prisoners%20Lost%20Universe-83%20(Ray%20Caple%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1621" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEhJdL1rUHsCMNRfEV9G1Bx7YbsEvPN5qQrnhe6ahWZWFWFhAGU6B_a5q1kGQCW7343yUx61ox7z2_TrP_dTOxwKpsdFQmD1GlBrYP_iGdnye-JiqEdoQ5UieGv6m1ys_czgZUz7uRG2xV4eOoff3fRYxTGbIGwI2AB1ZVTpChVKiOa1Qr4xeqUNx/w640-h306/Prisoners%20Lost%20Universe-83%20(Ray%20Caple%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painted fortress by Ray Caple for PRISONERS OF THE LOST UNIVERSE (1983). The ad-art promises much more than this B grade flick could ever hope to deliver.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiYzX6mcbQ8xEoQiMXdZwUyZSoDm3s2CHfDsPK4ZPTPBHWd_RdPGMbpvkY_hybzeN27pM9vYlDx-2iIQ7KbHKDor2y6KQQCV7bqM0XeNCCbVrhohiXi60L8Y7Q4hlrK9HTLinH7mrWHS_T1HJtaR1bltCODrKy60ZO9ikyNMI-I395dCZL0g_dLsu/s2151/Phantom%20Ship-36%20(Mary%20Celeste).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="2151" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiYzX6mcbQ8xEoQiMXdZwUyZSoDm3s2CHfDsPK4ZPTPBHWd_RdPGMbpvkY_hybzeN27pM9vYlDx-2iIQ7KbHKDor2y6KQQCV7bqM0XeNCCbVrhohiXi60L8Y7Q4hlrK9HTLinH7mrWHS_T1HJtaR1bltCODrKy60ZO9ikyNMI-I395dCZL0g_dLsu/w640-h174/Phantom%20Ship-36%20(Mary%20Celeste).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Middling film of one of the greatest maritime mysteries, PHANTOM SHIP aka MARY CELESTE (1936). A <i>'Guaranteed Picture'</i> by all accounts..</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OkWW4p_CiR_XXii4emFfbmSEbmexPlQ_AbssGkWDHF1_idQ3UnqHQnV2yY-oKpR8Db0VHdWNbsLxgscI1Bex8lV059LfGRMGmux6caKdtcFakt4UHFntlTsp0gLkQ1rsJKUf2sCmluHMZPclVURq71DBh2de4fYRytC03CqayHOVNlsx4dCaNDwf/s2852/Panic%20in%20Year%20Zero.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="2852" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OkWW4p_CiR_XXii4emFfbmSEbmexPlQ_AbssGkWDHF1_idQ3UnqHQnV2yY-oKpR8Db0VHdWNbsLxgscI1Bex8lV059LfGRMGmux6caKdtcFakt4UHFntlTsp0gLkQ1rsJKUf2sCmluHMZPclVURq71DBh2de4fYRytC03CqayHOVNlsx4dCaNDwf/w640-h256/Panic%20in%20Year%20Zero.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ray Milland both starred in and directed this post-nuke survival story PANIC IN YEAR ZERO (1962). Very efficient, gripping and at times downright nasty. Great mushroom cloud matte shot enveloping Los Angeles!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalEJS3JxyF_wLKaIavltFXepukrgYp6Q0i_dEd7as1cTzLz-5uc4nRJLFxrDPSa0vCOq22BC37Y9r4RPPecg6M16nt0gW7WGll4JeeDfxDYN5VPUJysDFIdwTZzjGNf5bpNQi-VI9XChb9ckK6D3WBIhkscY_imKoWJgG6RNn0WN_lCyAgEZyXsk8/s1470/Planet%20of%20the%20Dinosaurs-77%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1470" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalEJS3JxyF_wLKaIavltFXepukrgYp6Q0i_dEd7as1cTzLz-5uc4nRJLFxrDPSa0vCOq22BC37Y9r4RPPecg6M16nt0gW7WGll4JeeDfxDYN5VPUJysDFIdwTZzjGNf5bpNQi-VI9XChb9ckK6D3WBIhkscY_imKoWJgG6RNn0WN_lCyAgEZyXsk8/w640-h420/Planet%20of%20the%20Dinosaurs-77%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A number of vfx folks worked on PLANET OF THE DINOSAURS (1977), with Jim Aupperle shown top with stop motion puppet, and Jim Danforth below at work on a matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPpxEtLHfUelk3q9RKc2d_AQQ-6P4pl3C_7FT5YrLm1EFYxhqNY884-b24pIhbtoBfZO5TJMfh4slouZCD1uga7uzk8RCDYYllugPrNUg7DKRkoDbHVwJipUaJtcVCxTPJ7kGUd7DZlGZ3IVraeyanaHmYuX82tDJwAEUrytC_30JZnq0HvtATKJ6/s1166/Planet%20of%20Dinosaurs%20(Danforth%20shot).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1166" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPpxEtLHfUelk3q9RKc2d_AQQ-6P4pl3C_7FT5YrLm1EFYxhqNY884-b24pIhbtoBfZO5TJMfh4slouZCD1uga7uzk8RCDYYllugPrNUg7DKRkoDbHVwJipUaJtcVCxTPJ7kGUd7DZlGZ3IVraeyanaHmYuX82tDJwAEUrytC_30JZnq0HvtATKJ6/w640-h288/Planet%20of%20Dinosaurs%20(Danforth%20shot).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another inventive bit of matte painting by Jim Danforth that brilliantly creates a cave where there never was one. It's matte trickery like this 'fix' that always fascinates me more than the huge, spectacular type of matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WBG3FP9Yp-RCGa_W5E3uV2zo5DJzYLHfFYO8zySR-idElL_CILXSPHSjvR9dJX1cGRZX7_3lvDEYXGk8TSEWztdzsB71MpdtHFFoRZ1C5y5Rnph6feJ-o_eBakS83I2zmsqqvusOCISd1BPIjHfPmaVHvGcr3Q_OHGRL0RQfOJz_J2337XRBpy9P/s1482/Pirates%20of%20Tortuga-61.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="1482" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WBG3FP9Yp-RCGa_W5E3uV2zo5DJzYLHfFYO8zySR-idElL_CILXSPHSjvR9dJX1cGRZX7_3lvDEYXGk8TSEWztdzsB71MpdtHFFoRZ1C5y5Rnph6feJ-o_eBakS83I2zmsqqvusOCISd1BPIjHfPmaVHvGcr3Q_OHGRL0RQfOJz_J2337XRBpy9P/w640-h588/Pirates%20of%20Tortuga-61.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A pair of mattes from THE PIRATES OF TORTUGA (1961). The bottom shot is intriguing as it's from at least 2 other older films, one of which is the 1940's serial THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN KIDD, which was in <i>black and white</i>, and <i>not</i> CinemaScope, so it was clearly a colour matte shot from some even <i>earlier</i> film. The original 1.33:1 frame has been very successfully cropped in to fulfill the Scope 2.35:1 aspect for this 1961 film, whereas such an 'optical re-jig' would normally suffer badly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9HV0zuMKkz_jcPMkLO88UKVDk2ZjqMlZftMMqTv0U6ONgHDctVzo8_JGB6jZ6VHlnK6tZAprrGplzEAKVBUc5X2imEMz9suu7-uNz0vA-XRcZsm0-o8cNCH6X3jVNtOwvzxaR_5Mar_tx3lCYglOYODLVIusOEK4Ywt11Xs2zZGVlXZanXPGtPvp/s2647/Project%20X%20(1967).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="2647" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9HV0zuMKkz_jcPMkLO88UKVDk2ZjqMlZftMMqTv0U6ONgHDctVzo8_JGB6jZ6VHlnK6tZAprrGplzEAKVBUc5X2imEMz9suu7-uNz0vA-XRcZsm0-o8cNCH6X3jVNtOwvzxaR_5Mar_tx3lCYglOYODLVIusOEK4Ywt11Xs2zZGVlXZanXPGtPvp/w640-h202/Project%20X%20(1967).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've already mentioned William Castle - the man directed so many different genres though he was forever associated with horror. PROJECT X (1968) however falls into the <i>indescribable</i> category. Something about cryogenics, spies and much totally freaked out psychedelic sensory overload that must have delighted the druggie fraternity no end back in the day! Tons of visual effects by Paramount's veteran opticals expert Paul Lerpae, with additional 'special sequences' by Hanna-Barbera of all people!</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxwVIII_uXvv4CRp9XrkOBJQUVBhIvhwUfza4YCNpDH8i12RkYLkJYRYSrwxE5ZLc-TzNf3FDXNxkxSY7P0rsv-2RbJX8JpokQpkbYhiDr8g5i5T1oJBA497MQ9k781R1iT3zSm6AOLocKKP5pUE7yNG7wtddHqea8fqf8FKRxyPtIXlTyCFOOep-/s2164/People%20That%20Time%20Forgot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2164" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxwVIII_uXvv4CRp9XrkOBJQUVBhIvhwUfza4YCNpDH8i12RkYLkJYRYSrwxE5ZLc-TzNf3FDXNxkxSY7P0rsv-2RbJX8JpokQpkbYhiDr8g5i5T1oJBA497MQ9k781R1iT3zSm6AOLocKKP5pUE7yNG7wtddHqea8fqf8FKRxyPtIXlTyCFOOep-/w640-h366/People%20That%20Time%20Forgot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT (1977), with effects by John Richardson and Ian Wingrove. No credit for matte shots, but maybe Cliff Culley or Leigh Took?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAq-AgUsW1zVcM8kA5ux1cA56jYF_4JNqOdVA9nzRpWnMoVJizDi6MKxl2Kvt-q6zDQs4Rhzh7AvFtvJivB6eZJSmkrFmkLP-wGEAIuZssIkw4nf36qh0IDYF0lR-QWCRQwCsC2pS49gvRy72tDfWpA9Nep-leZcb6m_3OpmooNGnl2as7I8thp6l/s2916/Peter%20Proud.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="2916" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAq-AgUsW1zVcM8kA5ux1cA56jYF_4JNqOdVA9nzRpWnMoVJizDi6MKxl2Kvt-q6zDQs4Rhzh7AvFtvJivB6eZJSmkrFmkLP-wGEAIuZssIkw4nf36qh0IDYF0lR-QWCRQwCsC2pS49gvRy72tDfWpA9Nep-leZcb6m_3OpmooNGnl2as7I8thp6l/w640-h152/Peter%20Proud.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T<span style="color: #2b00fe;">he very eerie and well acted chiller THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD (1975) utilised Jim Danforth's skills to create a landmark lakeside lodge at two different time periods.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVY-AM-FDxAYAr_sq-daSjo3f1qQECdKVA-ZrOtcV0LaKr-s1HjYgi9M47TaYO87xWFlMU6EY6xmwUS9LExkYev7bXAhXBhCyEAXLDJfQxdNmknZAs_FzRycQGRU8aqLRzZb2GdG7b4p0E1zXhjE20mxkyzLQaEKbNWxv5RT-RLytrX9P3MYcuI4qA/s2220/Pirates%20of%20Monterey-42.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="2220" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVY-AM-FDxAYAr_sq-daSjo3f1qQECdKVA-ZrOtcV0LaKr-s1HjYgi9M47TaYO87xWFlMU6EY6xmwUS9LExkYev7bXAhXBhCyEAXLDJfQxdNmknZAs_FzRycQGRU8aqLRzZb2GdG7b4p0E1zXhjE20mxkyzLQaEKbNWxv5RT-RLytrX9P3MYcuI4qA/w640-h250/Pirates%20of%20Monterey-42.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's a toss up as to whether Columbia or Universal had the monopoly on pirate costumers, though these frames are from Uni's THE PIRATES OF MONTEREY (1947), with several nice Technicolor mattes by Russell Lawson.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinAcrBIx7EAeNyvZtqjflG17i6xsJToCXXhTz-_9RcVnccX225IMtNXlulKSoNliXR0Vvmu2WiH7yciVTDkG3TSwQt4c3VoJin0VrtonrAjM3HfBuUm1UTq8e3pxg6Gq6cEzXrL0ZzOxwI87s_8xIsyRdXN7vIUqspBathFBhOXzsvhK5uqVr6iBxf/s1860/Project%20Moonbase-53%20(Jack%20Glass%20fx).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1860" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinAcrBIx7EAeNyvZtqjflG17i6xsJToCXXhTz-_9RcVnccX225IMtNXlulKSoNliXR0Vvmu2WiH7yciVTDkG3TSwQt4c3VoJin0VrtonrAjM3HfBuUm1UTq8e3pxg6Gq6cEzXrL0ZzOxwI87s_8xIsyRdXN7vIUqspBathFBhOXzsvhK5uqVr6iBxf/w640-h242/Project%20Moonbase-53%20(Jack%20Glass%20fx).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte art and miniature work by Jack Glass from PROJECT MOONBASE (1953).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUf-Tqiwl3wMwl1dcgBLF67MOV0XtMYp8sjmnKLHzBKDy4z94MbFMkmFZ1mtwFS6iorZkl4bhpXWy7Blrf9XP6n7pjKT3wgA-YSO1nD_wB72SfkwFVdeQm3pLV4y7kh1DVq8IzkpVySjfGOeUJTYNW-03TgqRxT8VAb0gJUtSHTJY4hAe9sGFVRXJ4/s3352/Queen%20Outer%20Space-58.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="3352" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUf-Tqiwl3wMwl1dcgBLF67MOV0XtMYp8sjmnKLHzBKDy4z94MbFMkmFZ1mtwFS6iorZkl4bhpXWy7Blrf9XP6n7pjKT3wgA-YSO1nD_wB72SfkwFVdeQm3pLV4y7kh1DVq8IzkpVySjfGOeUJTYNW-03TgqRxT8VAb0gJUtSHTJY4hAe9sGFVRXJ4/w640-h136/Queen%20Outer%20Space-58.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oh brother...what were they thinking? The Zsa Zsa Gabor interstellar laugh-fest QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE (1958) was a giggle indeed. Surprisingly, the effects were done by the great Jack Cosgrove - one of the foremost matte artists, responsible for such mighty achievements as GONE WITH THE WIND and many other prestige pictures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRH7PA4RGk01fBa2o402rToPotoB7KM9MkhVfLYRL1kku7hJ92tj7rzEjTOt-SXjGgGp0Qn4HMldYddLHKLhXlVbbdpciSU-WhlD9EAUQgda0YnLC3_4BB9B9tM0qs-VL67sHQt0u1SQpjhB15-TtX10IHcRhMkFCvJ5sb4RcmaGdGHky3QdRi_yG/s1920/Queen%20of%20Outer%20Space-58%20(scope).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRH7PA4RGk01fBa2o402rToPotoB7KM9MkhVfLYRL1kku7hJ92tj7rzEjTOt-SXjGgGp0Qn4HMldYddLHKLhXlVbbdpciSU-WhlD9EAUQgda0YnLC3_4BB9B9tM0qs-VL67sHQt0u1SQpjhB15-TtX10IHcRhMkFCvJ5sb4RcmaGdGHky3QdRi_yG/w640-h266/Queen%20of%20Outer%20Space-58%20(scope).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The opening shot from QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE was in fact from a totally different movie(s), with the squashed out fake Scope format a dead giveaway that it was from a 'flat' film originally. The painting looks like either a Universal or Columbia matte and appeared in, among others, BOWERY TO BAGDAD in b&w.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwU0ImFp4nXUipKp7Xj9DvKFuaL9CZ-i0BQYyKSr8prSpNq094oImTD-2UsJh_JYEJ4OhtZrO4BpE3h4qxofNsx4jIcG9n_5bWh8IM9G9yvXJoWvabsEt5n80b8EzaWg7eK1oFc0bJN8izGcTTG9NB56yvTXUnudgRiByOrVXcMzPTdJBE9PgKIQ_/s2024/Queen%20Kong-76.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="2024" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwU0ImFp4nXUipKp7Xj9DvKFuaL9CZ-i0BQYyKSr8prSpNq094oImTD-2UsJh_JYEJ4OhtZrO4BpE3h4qxofNsx4jIcG9n_5bWh8IM9G9yvXJoWvabsEt5n80b8EzaWg7eK1oFc0bJN8izGcTTG9NB56yvTXUnudgRiByOrVXcMzPTdJBE9PgKIQ_/w640-h396/Queen%20Kong-76.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm at a loss for words here... QUEEN KONG (1977) was a deliberately 'bad movie', played strictly for cheap laughs, with cheesy fx being done on purpose I'm sure. Top right frame is odd, with what I'm certain is a <i>huge</i> picnic table right there in shot as Queen Kong busts down the wall! .</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OiZjZ5jpz9T1I7nN7fqC4qOrAEenLrUjd53_STbFvmmdzdPnQUVUnOKzSB8hxSUPfEdSeR6QgcgsJF4z5KBvrHD0mfxbWR_ehIZ0_Ppu-HiHsjVIAOHgtSuSip9FcxDRlEtP28t8RPPp54EHwHAl-qjb5g0CCG9p__AGWiG5hvHSJ-wlAbjOCg18/s768/Randall%20&%20Hopkirk%20(tv).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OiZjZ5jpz9T1I7nN7fqC4qOrAEenLrUjd53_STbFvmmdzdPnQUVUnOKzSB8hxSUPfEdSeR6QgcgsJF4z5KBvrHD0mfxbWR_ehIZ0_Ppu-HiHsjVIAOHgtSuSip9FcxDRlEtP28t8RPPp54EHwHAl-qjb5g0CCG9p__AGWiG5hvHSJ-wlAbjOCg18/w640-h480/Randall%20&%20Hopkirk%20(tv).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This one's an interesting 'lost' shot - from the popular tv series RANDALL & HOPKIRK made in the early 70's, which if I recall was about a ghost. The matte painted portion is perplexing as it <i>almost</i>, but not quite, looks like part of the vast glass painting rendered in the 40's at Fox for the musical STATE FAIR, but possibly modified to add more at the right?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZydliHiN3sj7VNFp_-p5RMs8ehsIhvxpIsyrkXz9hP2Q4M4zf6VZJwrrW5rDh1KKspMD3JYwp1nye5sWwCzR8UJIcHjJzIvSaofNoRutOaW1Wy7cZ5id8l9bheDfThBSfaBvborvxx-v-HH6SUK-Lf2jZxDqWNGK3uDH7-MeYZHLknOUal2S5Xkb/s1272/Road%20Show-41%20(Hal%20Roach%20prod).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="1272" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZydliHiN3sj7VNFp_-p5RMs8ehsIhvxpIsyrkXz9hP2Q4M4zf6VZJwrrW5rDh1KKspMD3JYwp1nye5sWwCzR8UJIcHjJzIvSaofNoRutOaW1Wy7cZ5id8l9bheDfThBSfaBvborvxx-v-HH6SUK-Lf2jZxDqWNGK3uDH7-MeYZHLknOUal2S5Xkb/w640-h274/Road%20Show-41%20(Hal%20Roach%20prod).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A neat behind the scenes glimpse at the miniature set up at the Hal Roach Studios for the film ROAD SHOW (1941)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LhVKtdkuzr0PxZQb7ZzLf6qAN4TyWFYUy3cdUahexDhxFWOjFpCx-pXB-58YHF0jQpLuXZQxviY43JZpa4Vb89kHDjWYFA7IMlk83Fw2NT1uAwdiPQGYIRbpH9NQwLnA-Pkx-_3XjVJ9Tjq56wB79Sv88ucm9b-cbJyCURBsm13CE50gaIZMu1EW/s1392/ROCKETSHIP%20XM%20matte%20shots.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1392" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LhVKtdkuzr0PxZQb7ZzLf6qAN4TyWFYUy3cdUahexDhxFWOjFpCx-pXB-58YHF0jQpLuXZQxviY43JZpa4Vb89kHDjWYFA7IMlk83Fw2NT1uAwdiPQGYIRbpH9NQwLnA-Pkx-_3XjVJ9Tjq56wB79Sv88ucm9b-cbJyCURBsm13CE50gaIZMu1EW/w640-h490/ROCKETSHIP%20XM%20matte%20shots.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I rather enjoyed ROCKETSHIP XM (1950), and liked the photographic effects of Jack Rabin and matte artist Irving Block. Decades later some enterprising effects folks got together and shot a few additional effects scenes for the film for a video edition.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVbEoX_quFRSKG7dp5pRATuxibuTR9T6TzpsH8VNqzYeBWJ04xgtsuE9EKoseVUS4qPQX4Haju_O137QjVGBgJ1yl4pFivyIKcedM_wkg1AnKZ8_muuOjIxaUpkJeOBVEvYo4ihdLzuD0QuXQsluHxV8M365B5PLbiS2QdVaQ3OIABnyZfgFGlHmm/s1920/Ret%20of%20Living%20Dead-85.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVbEoX_quFRSKG7dp5pRATuxibuTR9T6TzpsH8VNqzYeBWJ04xgtsuE9EKoseVUS4qPQX4Haju_O137QjVGBgJ1yl4pFivyIKcedM_wkg1AnKZ8_muuOjIxaUpkJeOBVEvYo4ihdLzuD0QuXQsluHxV8M365B5PLbiS2QdVaQ3OIABnyZfgFGlHmm/w640-h352/Ret%20of%20Living%20Dead-85.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ken Marschall painted this full matte for Dan O'Bannon's amusing RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985). Great theme music in this flick!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXkVk2SDpz2R14f3qula4icPo1nBxBiFlClyf345rpq0eL_goK0UBbwwsDeJ_R6_O4s1T7J0TJS50M_FaxciaqpFE96fYXCpO0sMrua7sRdYALlNEpZiB1xpYDRsRbqOO4pX5XenV2AM5SUel-hjFSYaBmW_c1Sx4nn-t4IFFnaZiIqpgi5QwMA42i/s1405/Raiders%20of%20the%20Stone%20Ring.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1405" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXkVk2SDpz2R14f3qula4icPo1nBxBiFlClyf345rpq0eL_goK0UBbwwsDeJ_R6_O4s1T7J0TJS50M_FaxciaqpFE96fYXCpO0sMrua7sRdYALlNEpZiB1xpYDRsRbqOO4pX5XenV2AM5SUel-hjFSYaBmW_c1Sx4nn-t4IFFnaZiIqpgi5QwMA42i/w640-h466/Raiders%20of%20the%20Stone%20Ring.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I don't know if this film ever got finished or shown, RAIDERS OF THE STONE RING was a late 60's or early 70's project for a number of then budding vfx men such as Dennis Muren and others. Great example here of creative foreground perspective photography.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyxtVq3vgC2403hKzmjr_zZITQF62Q3no8FitXVSPPQJs3JGo4BsUWSXlTL8pxS2fCmElSoYhptgr03kmLIlEEgSd6ojI_rKEnWHth3mgu6Si-U6VWjAAZ7ejAU9jyfPYGtUfPld3iPJBNsU66uHExSd3GDvEet3MbvoV6iMIjRmZoxnC-LTjukr3/s3204/ROBOT%20JOX%20vfx%20shots.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="3204" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyxtVq3vgC2403hKzmjr_zZITQF62Q3no8FitXVSPPQJs3JGo4BsUWSXlTL8pxS2fCmElSoYhptgr03kmLIlEEgSd6ojI_rKEnWHth3mgu6Si-U6VWjAAZ7ejAU9jyfPYGtUfPld3iPJBNsU66uHExSd3GDvEet3MbvoV6iMIjRmZoxnC-LTjukr3/w640-h284/ROBOT%20JOX%20vfx%20shots.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The very ambitious and at times quite an exciting ride, ROBOT JOX (1989), from the, at times dubious Charles Band production house. Excellent and plentiful vfx throughout, with stop motion, opticals, miniatures and best of all <u>terrific</u> 'live' puppeteered robot mayhem executed in camera at actual desert settings. David Allen was effects supervisor and lead a large crew. I still have the VHS copy of this.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEnbmHIIAzaYPQCKyXRNzRqDPLPJ235vufZ0DFj_rKUc9JrJdQmI4O_tq-oOz79nI55MNMCLLaxZ9aOk8Ll8QCiiI0QQ-y5Ik7dGgOsrbu36aPMTpf1nfagiorcOqjJWXESeLfGRpehyxofLKTescEv1SWJmhq-Whie8rSc5vaS-HVcFlSEmBtXic/s2240/Robot%20Jox%20sfx%20shots.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="2240" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEnbmHIIAzaYPQCKyXRNzRqDPLPJ235vufZ0DFj_rKUc9JrJdQmI4O_tq-oOz79nI55MNMCLLaxZ9aOk8Ll8QCiiI0QQ-y5Ik7dGgOsrbu36aPMTpf1nfagiorcOqjJWXESeLfGRpehyxofLKTescEv1SWJmhq-Whie8rSc5vaS-HVcFlSEmBtXic/w640-h296/Robot%20Jox%20sfx%20shots.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fabulous behind the scenes look at the marionette systems and rigging. That's David Allen at right doing stop motion in a more controlled setting. Well worth a visit with the material looking a million bucks on screen.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDX_-6BqfjtlAwhmulky2K1xQjSU8jyzywwdc99kmCQaBFqEhgfoaGiOYDeIzmcl1SysLvsQn0i5A8wnmeaZdNDMPrSu3lL06LjgsMJvm-EkoXz91p_FkLbwRzThX18GJX6QUti8fIfCL-PQup7l20WjaOh2IkCibQEfPRrICHBgwhWHSLt9o2_hnV/s2008/Rock%20Island%20Trail-50.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="2008" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDX_-6BqfjtlAwhmulky2K1xQjSU8jyzywwdc99kmCQaBFqEhgfoaGiOYDeIzmcl1SysLvsQn0i5A8wnmeaZdNDMPrSu3lL06LjgsMJvm-EkoXz91p_FkLbwRzThX18GJX6QUti8fIfCL-PQup7l20WjaOh2IkCibQEfPRrICHBgwhWHSLt9o2_hnV/w640-h476/Rock%20Island%20Trail-50.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Republic Pictures may have been a tiny studio, but they made a lot of quality product with very limited resources. ROCK ISLAND TRAIL (1950) was one such film, with the usual quality Lydecker miniatures and some fine matte art. Early era matte artist Lewis Physioc had a long association with Republic, so he may have had a hand in the matte art?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2Ij2tb4TNhm3GWAr3Ky2br4NXVyIUE4HF8m89L9u6cC9-yuC0r3qoT61YkW9E73OdiBaUIj67CxxiipQon05CblSZ83TW4uUFxDVCVvGkrVU-ZfwPOn2AzzpHvWrEVK0vXxa0FtZAAETKiAfZnjkFTTG4PC4RPpFYVmsNeVqL4R8jc4VrOnoP2wL/s1782/Sandburg's%20Lincoln-74%20(tvm)%20Matthew%20Yuricich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1782" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2Ij2tb4TNhm3GWAr3Ky2br4NXVyIUE4HF8m89L9u6cC9-yuC0r3qoT61YkW9E73OdiBaUIj67CxxiipQon05CblSZ83TW4uUFxDVCVvGkrVU-ZfwPOn2AzzpHvWrEVK0vXxa0FtZAAETKiAfZnjkFTTG4PC4RPpFYVmsNeVqL4R8jc4VrOnoP2wL/w640-h252/Sandburg's%20Lincoln-74%20(tvm)%20Matthew%20Yuricich.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A forgotten matte before and after was a Matthew Yuricich shot from the made for television movie SANDBURG'S LINCOLN (1974). Matthew explained in my 2012 extensive oral history how he had to fight the director on this shot as they wanted the actors to perform well beyond the limit of the masked off matte line, with Yuricich having to explain, with exasperation, that the people will disappear and then reappear like some silent movie joke gag!!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZI5njKW9wyl3slgcbBtqGaTk7YDJgm1si63Ja2h2FQ7Bd158EmOgzXyxwx08hvo_DSCM0JZ2Ed8zy9Keu4iO_lr8UY2OtOAeun6jC78W3SCgXmzhgmpudOlI-nsadWqh6Rjf_sJ8KWSTrXYm80PTmRZP2381Ud3i7T68Kq-ggw0_g_smG5JBihsy/s999/Singing%20Guns-50%20(Republic)%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="999" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZI5njKW9wyl3slgcbBtqGaTk7YDJgm1si63Ja2h2FQ7Bd158EmOgzXyxwx08hvo_DSCM0JZ2Ed8zy9Keu4iO_lr8UY2OtOAeun6jC78W3SCgXmzhgmpudOlI-nsadWqh6Rjf_sJ8KWSTrXYm80PTmRZP2381Ud3i7T68Kq-ggw0_g_smG5JBihsy/w640-h472/Singing%20Guns-50%20(Republic)%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Republic's SINGING GUNS (1950) with a most fanciful vision of the old west.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUb5UTEFbyH2Om2Y2-5ByJLzhSgQUpgNYe-Vxuy494L9JUI5t89b6u1K_g28yzGiL04Ya-h2PW8VUDcDSOEsN_2DoZlzEU_IplvhsAc-SphfkPFuht_ec6uoyP_RSra-uk4v2gQf8TscXsmxxShPdUMrYjYEDY5vyrwXYj4yeWruWG_05oNi0tjeZm/s1824/Slave%20Girls%20From%20Beyond%20Infinity.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="1824" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUb5UTEFbyH2Om2Y2-5ByJLzhSgQUpgNYe-Vxuy494L9JUI5t89b6u1K_g28yzGiL04Ya-h2PW8VUDcDSOEsN_2DoZlzEU_IplvhsAc-SphfkPFuht_ec6uoyP_RSra-uk4v2gQf8TscXsmxxShPdUMrYjYEDY5vyrwXYj4yeWruWG_05oNi0tjeZm/w640-h478/Slave%20Girls%20From%20Beyond%20Infinity.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've never seen this one, SLAVE GIRLS FROM BEYOND INFINITY (1987) appears to be one of William Shakespeare's lesser known works. My friend Mark Wolf, who penned a marvellous book recently,<i><b> Smoke and Mirrors</b></i>, on traditional special effects, was vfx supervisor on this show. I'm sure he has some tales to tell...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lfNHfmRKH5NyhQ8Akj1sZwM8kRe2w0su1-mo7TBg_Osn_8TZUbDqwday5AJqJTYGxQXHNS4pX8Ol4oubdqf0qNQwtinS-9KYfXRXhodnetz11nWzaR4y3wv0csAxM8bDDALliX8oEEGOP-LYpev2GOifhXaeo42Z-IkT9kUK5lLLxvbnBVXhjGpf/s1538/Strange%20Invaders-83%20matte%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1538" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lfNHfmRKH5NyhQ8Akj1sZwM8kRe2w0su1-mo7TBg_Osn_8TZUbDqwday5AJqJTYGxQXHNS4pX8Ol4oubdqf0qNQwtinS-9KYfXRXhodnetz11nWzaR4y3wv0csAxM8bDDALliX8oEEGOP-LYpev2GOifhXaeo42Z-IkT9kUK5lLLxvbnBVXhjGpf/w640-h464/Strange%20Invaders-83%20matte%20painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An original matte painting from the sci-fi flick STRANGE INVADERS (1983). IMDB list a large vfx crew, including the Skotak brothers, with Jay Roth as 'visual effects artist'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9DLoCVT4z0GFdSVMr7ZWDa3QuJMkwHRiHLAw8c2oycVFR1DZbpJ6NtXY5UbOf7wOX0lRBychW4ih3ccRp1u7L3HUL7ztTCyzfFG6uSt5ZgdL7bfIhSDLN2laD0uPgKmN_1_5r3PFqfFu2qh10w4Bwg1qrUN7oEpoyiWz6pg98k-XJ4tV6vyu1QuZ/s1229/Strange%20Invaders%20(detail1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1229" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9DLoCVT4z0GFdSVMr7ZWDa3QuJMkwHRiHLAw8c2oycVFR1DZbpJ6NtXY5UbOf7wOX0lRBychW4ih3ccRp1u7L3HUL7ztTCyzfFG6uSt5ZgdL7bfIhSDLN2laD0uPgKmN_1_5r3PFqfFu2qh10w4Bwg1qrUN7oEpoyiWz6pg98k-XJ4tV6vyu1QuZ/w640-h296/Strange%20Invaders%20(detail1).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vk5dgr9fslwOhbK-mrWxsTeoarYK_fjhjqKxSGZ87c_Ysm7W5WXu9XuRMNJaChK39DVswNNecNRab48ahyPdfApU9EbvagLnW45K9tJQAikEFlGqzAMA5LqidsZTlOKYhSyLeUjlqL9F2HJBTlh2a5RIdZg1aN8Y5u5NSdwx7LWASl1d-k4wDmAv/s2424/Quiet%20Earth2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="2424" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vk5dgr9fslwOhbK-mrWxsTeoarYK_fjhjqKxSGZ87c_Ysm7W5WXu9XuRMNJaChK39DVswNNecNRab48ahyPdfApU9EbvagLnW45K9tJQAikEFlGqzAMA5LqidsZTlOKYhSyLeUjlqL9F2HJBTlh2a5RIdZg1aN8Y5u5NSdwx7LWASl1d-k4wDmAv/w640-h292/Quiet%20Earth2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Until Peter Jackson came along, New Zealand had never ever ventured into any sort of visual effects, with cinema here being very 'dry', minimalist and largely uneventful. Geoff Murphy's THE QUIET EARTH (1985) was the first feature to require any vfx work, with this memorable climatic shot being the first ever matte shot. Famed NZ gallery artist Brent Wong painted the large matte, with Murphy attempting our first original negative composite with the held take-rewind the film method. With John Scott's magnificent orchestral score, the scene remains indelible, though arguably perplexing.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9df1cpqk3UjmcN8qdXtoWSVysvVM-ndPHN3TzQBIYuD9Fuv_LTBkEbCu1EDWg9ntPZLhCkC53ZRzv9k3QndLrvqZzkQgOlc6zL1xAZwbgU1qMLDj3hrbNW8reCO5x3jRLd6omGwRaE_KIn7g9h3tRAbvwSzT85Okn3IKcpJP7F9c9aJOChyXnOJF/s1146/Spaceways%20(Les%20Bowie).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1146" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9df1cpqk3UjmcN8qdXtoWSVysvVM-ndPHN3TzQBIYuD9Fuv_LTBkEbCu1EDWg9ntPZLhCkC53ZRzv9k3QndLrvqZzkQgOlc6zL1xAZwbgU1qMLDj3hrbNW8reCO5x3jRLd6omGwRaE_KIn7g9h3tRAbvwSzT85Okn3IKcpJP7F9c9aJOChyXnOJF/w640-h480/Spaceways%20(Les%20Bowie).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I think SPACEWAYS (1953) was a Hammer production if my memory serves me. Watchable enough, though not very good. Matte shots by Les Bowie.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54GiyZxPKLdbSMiGpMxevoPnlX9Z9ANLIBi1cX0lVBnHBToAXx6AV-5VQq3EiorRk3zhXUJzUq1C05VmQXAf8yXh3ioNLr0MtLUM7BNacTxdrm4zB8pIibqUI77stIvao8WSkVdd5umPQvBSpBuvCvKeTXK6Jany9yNedsDIr2eWz_KNeI0_l44bU/s1184/Sabu-57.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1184" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54GiyZxPKLdbSMiGpMxevoPnlX9Z9ANLIBi1cX0lVBnHBToAXx6AV-5VQq3EiorRk3zhXUJzUq1C05VmQXAf8yXh3ioNLr0MtLUM7BNacTxdrm4zB8pIibqUI77stIvao8WSkVdd5umPQvBSpBuvCvKeTXK6Jany9yNedsDIr2eWz_KNeI0_l44bU/w640-h340/Sabu-57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Allied Artists tended to specialise in low end product, with SABU AND THE MAGIC RING (1957) being simple matinee fodder to fill a double bill. Curiously, the poster states 'Color', while the YouTube print was in b&w. They often made b&w 16mm prints from color originals for tv broadcast in the old days. The matte here is another of those 'stolen' shots seen in dozens of similar films of this ilk, and is probably of Columbia origin. Film is noteworthy for costarring William Marshall - a very good black actor with a most commanding presence who ultimately found cult status as BLACULA in a pair of very cool 70's flicks.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7deKYmXYxU1QAc7vPwN5WhTP58UsDC_-xHCte7F-Cb9Yd9B-H1Axvz__0mPscFPB8Fr33OcuJeiqSIVrwkEjNOWG5KL3McYN36GKuYqXGHDMoPNjxG-xr5zsSSOfHOoBSF4YNBh24xScJGU7DWBD-BHI8RkBp7N7e_4zXYOsOdn7vA7Q7Wtse4Kjp/s1455/Slave%20Ship-37.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1455" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7deKYmXYxU1QAc7vPwN5WhTP58UsDC_-xHCte7F-Cb9Yd9B-H1Axvz__0mPscFPB8Fr33OcuJeiqSIVrwkEjNOWG5KL3McYN36GKuYqXGHDMoPNjxG-xr5zsSSOfHOoBSF4YNBh24xScJGU7DWBD-BHI8RkBp7N7e_4zXYOsOdn7vA7Q7Wtse4Kjp/w640-h364/Slave%20Ship-37.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A number of mattes make SLAVE SHIP (1937) not a bad film by any stretch. The upper middle shot of a busy port appeared in several Fox films such as the excellent DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS, some 12 years later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAm_H-k5_5PT6fzWwj5P8vSlKTULdyjKyYtimw40anV0vKrNJkWVY7-wz430XjhtisCsP2-DxtJ16ZvB5nUw0T2CeZmnPy73ea8T-lyfuAihXNMlw8xjdjnwF2S-heCBwmNqRRw8F0PKpdb-QsfZjT3tGZvbUhlJLFIpiu6tCES-EZcIBuudwTzp5/s1176/The%20Stuff%20(Jim%20Danforth%20vfx).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1176" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAm_H-k5_5PT6fzWwj5P8vSlKTULdyjKyYtimw40anV0vKrNJkWVY7-wz430XjhtisCsP2-DxtJ16ZvB5nUw0T2CeZmnPy73ea8T-lyfuAihXNMlw8xjdjnwF2S-heCBwmNqRRw8F0PKpdb-QsfZjT3tGZvbUhlJLFIpiu6tCES-EZcIBuudwTzp5/w640-h626/The%20Stuff%20(Jim%20Danforth%20vfx).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The late Larry Cohen was sometimes a complete <i>schlock-meister</i>, to put it lightly, but sometimes knocked one out that was pretty enjoyable. THE STUFF (1985) was a fun little movie, with some interesting effects such as this inventive and quite complex shot, as described here by Jim Danforth, from the first volume of his <i>essential</i> and meticulously detailed memoir <i><b>Dinosaurs, Dragons & Drama</b></i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheb2wWzpYqDdzzB27VXgx6uGxBCCpJ2pv2e8Qk8Jl408j2ANdSJv7DQtWQO4QfnKTvBf9BpaWmWlY7yABixohn6H7XgD6XlQyjTUzFxzvHoJv3X8oK1Ntgod-f-d4tXijX4SM0Y6iSCt4rxpFACbT_Lqf217RKiSC2N9y_xiDXF3LlzcyxbTr8kqCC/s2676/The%20Stuff%20(Mark%20Sullivan%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="2676" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheb2wWzpYqDdzzB27VXgx6uGxBCCpJ2pv2e8Qk8Jl408j2ANdSJv7DQtWQO4QfnKTvBf9BpaWmWlY7yABixohn6H7XgD6XlQyjTUzFxzvHoJv3X8oK1Ntgod-f-d4tXijX4SM0Y6iSCt4rxpFACbT_Lqf217RKiSC2N9y_xiDXF3LlzcyxbTr8kqCC/w640-h212/The%20Stuff%20(Mark%20Sullivan%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mark Sullivan also contributed some of his expertise the THE STUFF, with this splendid matte painting. All painted except for small areas for the soldiers and a doubled in blob of fast encroaching deadly pudding!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PRqwtwbGpddhF-nAzYYHDKS4mT02qdJpV86O3L8SUQwLyqT6MniydWxbT1QJ9_J_Mt6bZBsyCyE3itpczzz88suJh-TC-ESHEgZNaqTFavzr5SjsQq2-JzXxtJEB8Dnd7F8JqA2QjverHdu132ZHo4918pbTKvFMVBOzEXYXMR5eLXOLae9PCGCA/s1920/The%20Skin%20Game-71.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PRqwtwbGpddhF-nAzYYHDKS4mT02qdJpV86O3L8SUQwLyqT6MniydWxbT1QJ9_J_Mt6bZBsyCyE3itpczzz88suJh-TC-ESHEgZNaqTFavzr5SjsQq2-JzXxtJEB8Dnd7F8JqA2QjverHdu132ZHo4918pbTKvFMVBOzEXYXMR5eLXOLae9PCGCA/w640-h272/The%20Skin%20Game-71.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The very funny western THE SKIN GAME (1971) with James Garner and Louis Gossett jnr was a real treat. I've studied this establishing shot at length, both in motion and as successive frame grabs<i> (a good way to spot matte line jiggle)</i>. It's a good shot and looks like something Al Whitlock might have done, but I can't confirm who did it. Whitlock did a lot of uncredited shots for Warner Bros in the 70's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1baw0xZIGC_dN5TfBBrf6kEbr0aYPx5rbMhPqZOrY7l8ULYBcStGvswM3BOAvKxm5UE5mnCDonWG1BZVHB9SkgkHaTlPPYeB8mIJsKeflUge4UvfagXhU3Cbix_jTC3gFGFUcKAkhXYUDJ5xd59Hx3LEbkhb7jTseV6-yLJM0isLN4AcOhGVJuxhE/s1200/Sin%20Sister-29%20(Sersen).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="1200" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1baw0xZIGC_dN5TfBBrf6kEbr0aYPx5rbMhPqZOrY7l8ULYBcStGvswM3BOAvKxm5UE5mnCDonWG1BZVHB9SkgkHaTlPPYeB8mIJsKeflUge4UvfagXhU3Cbix_jTC3gFGFUcKAkhXYUDJ5xd59Hx3LEbkhb7jTseV6-yLJM0isLN4AcOhGVJuxhE/w640-h260/Sin%20Sister-29%20(Sersen).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fred Sersen painted this matte in conjunction with fx cameraman Charles G. Clarke, for the silent film SIN SISTER (1929).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTx6rzW_gwTqbiHnufzE2Dbdgqedu3uxShhrci6WyWWcUCWZF5xOEB7jZX2y7Wpe5712xkDAwwJsXZ5E9zOsH31_3s0qRLj7BrFh7BFT7mlBRJH6BLrrPf-E_7XaVkMBXLVJBsKYEKaqS3zGIvUdPoFjAiojIhH4sQmxU6Il9RZje4Fv8CLdnu1OMw/s1515/Space%20Children-58%205.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1515" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTx6rzW_gwTqbiHnufzE2Dbdgqedu3uxShhrci6WyWWcUCWZF5xOEB7jZX2y7Wpe5712xkDAwwJsXZ5E9zOsH31_3s0qRLj7BrFh7BFT7mlBRJH6BLrrPf-E_7XaVkMBXLVJBsKYEKaqS3zGIvUdPoFjAiojIhH4sQmxU6Il9RZje4Fv8CLdnu1OMw/w640-h328/Space%20Children-58%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very unusual though quite watchable sci-fi, THE SPACE CHILDREN (1958) has a few good moments but overall fails to hit the mark. Modest effects by the great John P. Fulton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgU3hvTOLfaSN5mw3H7cmFJvvHuHHxH9-tl3NcSPfVwg_YAcGunuGoUvUsLMK_MsWHz2zJHLzn1vgQ4tgmQGWdUuda-wO1TEZ6GJfoc-fq8lLxLo5SNj9rIDINmocF0TpD5YJlbd5ITl85-Bpfb7tPBcw6sbsYFG9WVVA25AVOCXB75wDPHM_sT-S/s1920/Space%20Children-58%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgU3hvTOLfaSN5mw3H7cmFJvvHuHHxH9-tl3NcSPfVwg_YAcGunuGoUvUsLMK_MsWHz2zJHLzn1vgQ4tgmQGWdUuda-wO1TEZ6GJfoc-fq8lLxLo5SNj9rIDINmocF0TpD5YJlbd5ITl85-Bpfb7tPBcw6sbsYFG9WVVA25AVOCXB75wDPHM_sT-S/w640-h352/Space%20Children-58%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">SPACE CHILDREN matte shot by Irmin Roberts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFk0M1NGelzVfop1tc5iBxgLgs2PctpIiDhaGIpp1JQMsNqStVpwZpGSKU32hlj3u6sLiWUFFEVDlCau8LhyQXrsDn4l6T6j0a5q5GreXk9dBlNCBbueytkthivsGL_NXRNuBQPPSYtr75N_K6SwRhk2_Snn2CFVG2IjA26aX05QnCJ3y-NB8CeuDm/s1920/Space%20Children-58%201a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFk0M1NGelzVfop1tc5iBxgLgs2PctpIiDhaGIpp1JQMsNqStVpwZpGSKU32hlj3u6sLiWUFFEVDlCau8LhyQXrsDn4l6T6j0a5q5GreXk9dBlNCBbueytkthivsGL_NXRNuBQPPSYtr75N_K6SwRhk2_Snn2CFVG2IjA26aX05QnCJ3y-NB8CeuDm/w640-h352/Space%20Children-58%201a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE SPACE CHILDREN</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">matte, with probably miniature added in, by Paramount's Ivyl Burks rather than Jan Domela painted art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtrBu9fKITM-YsBlBwOu6-Y6y_ePXTS72PMo-TTpK9dZVWoytx2TA_GmCQ1k2vjAE4hkWy7S8Z09jmACIc3-NgEd9YJh8mi9ymgl3pj8eoXpvTaa0mpIX1Je0mxdSoMdp7OorcZi2A_aHshYd9-lG-5XnKUBjxoMWX3hPZIGkFnOec7_Re4vgxKNv/s2292/Scene%20Stealer%20(Kilroy%20&%20Rische).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="2292" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtrBu9fKITM-YsBlBwOu6-Y6y_ePXTS72PMo-TTpK9dZVWoytx2TA_GmCQ1k2vjAE4hkWy7S8Z09jmACIc3-NgEd9YJh8mi9ymgl3pj8eoXpvTaa0mpIX1Je0mxdSoMdp7OorcZi2A_aHshYd9-lG-5XnKUBjxoMWX3hPZIGkFnOec7_Re4vgxKNv/w640-h314/Scene%20Stealer%20(Kilroy%20&%20Rische).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here are a set of astonishing matte shots rendered for the 20 minute short film SCENE STEALER (2004) by the highly creative effects duo of Richard Kilroy and Rick Rische - who worked side by side on several features.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguefmZk_FLCDfaPjiL-IocdUsDDP5aSqFdqgx__XETUcE9vdPmZ2QH-LgURYjI1qH4PBn9rmm98ZgV0g-jiIGX_1iAWUzAHmYwxT8eXu5ow0BCpDeAdAMofjFgC-C8WqSi9Yp9zBTCMQGqSzZYaTp1hYARCbAUvTAp13lD5aSGEBt5y2nJyTVpev00/s2732/Satellite%20in%20the%20Sky%20(Wally%20Veevers).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="2732" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguefmZk_FLCDfaPjiL-IocdUsDDP5aSqFdqgx__XETUcE9vdPmZ2QH-LgURYjI1qH4PBn9rmm98ZgV0g-jiIGX_1iAWUzAHmYwxT8eXu5ow0BCpDeAdAMofjFgC-C8WqSi9Yp9zBTCMQGqSzZYaTp1hYARCbAUvTAp13lD5aSGEBt5y2nJyTVpev00/w640-h208/Satellite%20in%20the%20Sky%20(Wally%20Veevers).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Wally Veevers and his team of matte artists at Shepperton Studios in England were responsible for SATELLITE IN THE SKY (1956). Artists in Wally's crew included George Samuels, Albert Julion, David Hume and Bob Cuff.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOfI2q_5RGoczt4nMcxxl4Xa17nXwdpaPrWyhel_uIH8IM1OSGuFxxiLoO4hq9v5egnFIeedOOHUpsegSC-aakN5CzeuQqIdEErHzQd7uCeO7rbhSNvCIBdvzS3HC3oWcTCgAg9MQAzSPLQnlC6rgVEJm3Pw-E-MCAZC4DPWIODgtX-b0ovKw95pD/s2219/SQUIRM%201%20sm(Rick%20Baker).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2219" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOfI2q_5RGoczt4nMcxxl4Xa17nXwdpaPrWyhel_uIH8IM1OSGuFxxiLoO4hq9v5egnFIeedOOHUpsegSC-aakN5CzeuQqIdEErHzQd7uCeO7rbhSNvCIBdvzS3HC3oWcTCgAg9MQAzSPLQnlC6rgVEJm3Pw-E-MCAZC4DPWIODgtX-b0ovKw95pD/w640-h432/SQUIRM%201%20sm(Rick%20Baker).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As mentioned in my intro, I <u>love</u> old school make up effects - you know, the type done with latex appliances and clever devices, <u>live</u> on set! None of that CG shit here!! Some of my idols in the arena were, naturally, the great Dick Smith (a God), John Chambers, Tom Savini and Rick Baker. Well Rick devised these make up effects for the unassuming yet top notch little American International horror film SQUIRM (1976). I well recall seeing this at the grand old Civic theatre here in Auckland on a double bill back in the day, possibly with SUSPIRIA, and this show-stopping set piece just blew my mind! Movie is about meat devouring killer worms on a rampage in Georgia after high voltage power lines fall in a storm and pump a zillion volts into the damp earth. The sequence <u>still</u> has my jaw on the floor today. This poor bumpkin trips head over heels into a basket of these fucken' worms, whereby the little slithering bastards burrow and chew their way up into his face in graphic detail.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-7LuluMX79ftJWgD8D_UT1bi2EoRj7dA1z0o3RxhCZv-8L_bmEsaoxAIvy6gYBPIIA0GawGomBMOrlWiXp9xRnRmDPqzC49saFu119HQTdVja5pjz63Wsvzid8Bu8sdGOU39jd-Pbvo8P5ko_o11YZj8LE7NrlTASH8zoEcC1dOUnkBgJnTlpTeB/s1280/SQUIRM%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1280" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-7LuluMX79ftJWgD8D_UT1bi2EoRj7dA1z0o3RxhCZv-8L_bmEsaoxAIvy6gYBPIIA0GawGomBMOrlWiXp9xRnRmDPqzC49saFu119HQTdVja5pjz63Wsvzid8Bu8sdGOU39jd-Pbvo8P5ko_o11YZj8LE7NrlTASH8zoEcC1dOUnkBgJnTlpTeB/w640-h348/SQUIRM%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Astonishing in all respects as the sequence was filmed in bright sunlight, leaving little chance to conceal prosthetic blends and mechanisms to literally drive these worms up under his 'skin' in close up..</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx37Y_fM6A1bNLZQosuYZ855Xr3qOPf2ohcjhwUxP82zEoqLnSUxhTQaF_qR9N8OMM6mOCoYxAA_SL9WUkRIFWigOuM73ptx6gH4EhiW7uznrN5EGlkjwBV84t2GqeDLpq-N5p4e5YarP52gmAZ-2fr1H0eOCjHSmhoXHsfFreQRPgIm2_zyaoAOik/s2305/SQUIRM%202%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="2305" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx37Y_fM6A1bNLZQosuYZ855Xr3qOPf2ohcjhwUxP82zEoqLnSUxhTQaF_qR9N8OMM6mOCoYxAA_SL9WUkRIFWigOuM73ptx6gH4EhiW7uznrN5EGlkjwBV84t2GqeDLpq-N5p4e5YarP52gmAZ-2fr1H0eOCjHSmhoXHsfFreQRPgIm2_zyaoAOik/w640-h412/SQUIRM%202%20sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bumpkin tries in vain to rip these things out of his face, while others keep burrowing in. I recall reading somewhere that Rick devised a monofilament system within the (excellent) facial appliances to drag the silicone worms up through pre-prepared 'flat' channels.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHipnqpOiHdHYWB7ZOyLQsTz3fuiLiLYEePxnclcN8tf2rO4Jm3Z2VzskbEZcyy9mrAfvZ15nAsyQ1DlWQUbY2sOWrM54RvHcSGOXuAhA0lHAfIg62_3OMHaBQXX-lJdw4Gcf6oXJikm3Goc3KVjFS3DSjWxrdFgfl9Y4E-deN1oKijmYBXDoqTi5E/s1280/SQUIRM%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1280" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHipnqpOiHdHYWB7ZOyLQsTz3fuiLiLYEePxnclcN8tf2rO4Jm3Z2VzskbEZcyy9mrAfvZ15nAsyQ1DlWQUbY2sOWrM54RvHcSGOXuAhA0lHAfIg62_3OMHaBQXX-lJdw4Gcf6oXJikm3Goc3KVjFS3DSjWxrdFgfl9Y4E-deN1oKijmYBXDoqTi5E/w640-h348/SQUIRM%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I well recall a group 'gasp' in the cinema as this SQUIRM scene hit the silver screen. The only thing I've seen similar around that time were some Joe Blasco prosthetic fx for a pair of David Cronenberg horror shows, SHIVERS and RABID.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiEKJHAxfok9zj_baJ-G4iaNnXzVZUz81Z8l1FCeEQaUcVAdgPBGM_DxUFMp59Hhy1D2c9q8dtyYB1tMLr4E2UcAfs5vXQN8_bJZxDsKrWA2A5-NV100PN0pHisJVsxlU4ktLbb9Nk2m505wvfxOf3oRQTP3VQdPjLqeckbbjGm4veHUuk1GjQ-l6/s2007/Sampo-59%20(Day%20The%20Earth%20Froze).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1698" data-original-width="2007" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiEKJHAxfok9zj_baJ-G4iaNnXzVZUz81Z8l1FCeEQaUcVAdgPBGM_DxUFMp59Hhy1D2c9q8dtyYB1tMLr4E2UcAfs5vXQN8_bJZxDsKrWA2A5-NV100PN0pHisJVsxlU4ktLbb9Nk2m505wvfxOf3oRQTP3VQdPjLqeckbbjGm4veHUuk1GjQ-l6/w640-h542/Sampo-59%20(Day%20The%20Earth%20Froze).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I haven't seen too many Finnish-Soviet co-productions, but this one proved of interest, SAMPO - THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE (1959). The English title, and ludicrous ad campaign was misleading (probably on purpose) as it's really a rather quaint Finnish folk tale, albeit quite an elaborate affair. Lots of photographic effects work and some beautifully painted mattes, which looked great.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTh-pZTU78lG6AQa-CTAGMJf3b-Rei7fbQmDFyDEWAj43W0iRgCUy35FXUt0txaRv01a_AXp74pK_lDDpbPlUwhYRNJ1o6SS8xwwBDKsCeYSOb5WOJRUwiVnMRm8YBmpVJOGQEj1na4EsRrc1NSzAGtAVF8sGrzH4cwT9O-ISxXn__BtHy8anS24i/s2324/Sign%20of%20the%20Ram-48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="2324" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTh-pZTU78lG6AQa-CTAGMJf3b-Rei7fbQmDFyDEWAj43W0iRgCUy35FXUt0txaRv01a_AXp74pK_lDDpbPlUwhYRNJ1o6SS8xwwBDKsCeYSOb5WOJRUwiVnMRm8YBmpVJOGQEj1na4EsRrc1NSzAGtAVF8sGrzH4cwT9O-ISxXn__BtHy8anS24i/w640-h254/Sign%20of%20the%20Ram-48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some nicely done shots from Columbia's thriller SIGN OF THE RAM (1948). Likely to be the work of Juan Larrinaga, brother of Mario.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6U0GXM1dzuAUA7Ivn0UBPQY-yuAgFLYl-zrKc3eIbfG9XZLaKDg15GGz4_KvMs8YlG4Iwf7m8Jf0ydN_pG6lx-I8IPiUHdpocgTMEP4EqOL8xmK9i5yH-ggHSCMPu5_WlHIPn83N8hde7-FwvTYvq7SlOI3cegdDMGc_QxYBoBZgavnQTsyiJTrfo/s1736/Stranded-66%20(Valley%20of%20Mystery)%20AW.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="1736" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6U0GXM1dzuAUA7Ivn0UBPQY-yuAgFLYl-zrKc3eIbfG9XZLaKDg15GGz4_KvMs8YlG4Iwf7m8Jf0ydN_pG6lx-I8IPiUHdpocgTMEP4EqOL8xmK9i5yH-ggHSCMPu5_WlHIPn83N8hde7-FwvTYvq7SlOI3cegdDMGc_QxYBoBZgavnQTsyiJTrfo/w640-h624/Stranded-66%20(Valley%20of%20Mystery)%20AW.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An amazingly accomplished matte by Albert Whitlock from a completely obscure and forgotten tv film, STRANDED (1966) which I believe was also titled VALLEY OF MYSTERY. The viewer would be hard pressed to even spot a trick here it's so well done, on original negative, as was Al's constant <i>modus operandi.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXkOhneyL8565N2fwcmsQLguLQDKebLOW8SnMD1KltBIq_5lwY8xzA-QGjFZhA2b0y7UzJm4DYmMJnhIRAvTbmlC7eTUA_6Z2PsnZKVlijLCAHalo7VeAhEb9fW3uR--IzH4okgejSuSof19z5nP6uc5eIGKpFrwEFYsa0ipCtTZMJkUZB0EJhroi/s1280/Star%20Crash%201a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXkOhneyL8565N2fwcmsQLguLQDKebLOW8SnMD1KltBIq_5lwY8xzA-QGjFZhA2b0y7UzJm4DYmMJnhIRAvTbmlC7eTUA_6Z2PsnZKVlijLCAHalo7VeAhEb9fW3uR--IzH4okgejSuSof19z5nP6uc5eIGKpFrwEFYsa0ipCtTZMJkUZB0EJhroi/w640-h360/Star%20Crash%201a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In what is a clear and affectionate fan 'nod and a wink' to the great Ray Harryhausen, Italian effects man Armando Valcauda created this stop motion sequence for STAR CRASH (1979), also known as THE ADVENTURES OF STELLA STAR. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOaMaSr8QpE1YRxTSoqpB-puujJh0nOXy94feN-2X-LohlFegbU7hAwAsKwc-3e_kWzDr-JwZ5ERdENy0MggXdkyXkCIFAwiSBKiNK_A6SJrf8PRT3r5Fz5oagLCxmTGn17kyb0tAPgZgWkOHWCck_rohB9Ik6nkl823gfnc1zUnbbTge9pm48Fwus/s1490/StarCrash%206%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="1490" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOaMaSr8QpE1YRxTSoqpB-puujJh0nOXy94feN-2X-LohlFegbU7hAwAsKwc-3e_kWzDr-JwZ5ERdENy0MggXdkyXkCIFAwiSBKiNK_A6SJrf8PRT3r5Fz5oagLCxmTGn17kyb0tAPgZgWkOHWCck_rohB9Ik6nkl823gfnc1zUnbbTge9pm48Fwus/w640-h552/StarCrash%206%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The exquisite Caroline Munro was the chief sales pitch for STAR CRASH, unsurprisingly. Directed by Italian exploitation auteur Luigi Cozzi, who like many other Italian directors through the 70's and 80's went by pseudonyms to try to fool foreign audiences into believing they were watching an American movie. Cozzi was one <i>'Lewis Coates'</i> here. Top right shows some quality model work under construction by effects man Armando Valcauda.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7IlXvu0BK32U6WmMV32QGIBNll02RuzojYANjRsMtja_Ovn_8BDsFKo_aM_0y6SGJ9Lg774XjVVTtvWJLGmWQJRooLSRjmbk-bVMQoAwx-ITxe7C6AS_rsEHt6xJ-wOlzFUxCCzkAPUeUkoMNB_xlvnZQDUniDXrLPy2yiYDRb7TlET3JCDCBBKA/s2680/Star%20Crash%202a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1552" data-original-width="2680" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7IlXvu0BK32U6WmMV32QGIBNll02RuzojYANjRsMtja_Ovn_8BDsFKo_aM_0y6SGJ9Lg774XjVVTtvWJLGmWQJRooLSRjmbk-bVMQoAwx-ITxe7C6AS_rsEHt6xJ-wOlzFUxCCzkAPUeUkoMNB_xlvnZQDUniDXrLPy2yiYDRb7TlET3JCDCBBKA/w640-h370/Star%20Crash%202a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More cosmic shenanigans from STAR CRASH.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPFeoQk6ZHpLBH1uaBY-BLOeRTVrESbIOB09nUuQUVMsG9MtHtgj7k7wsdzhcsijPblm-JTo4uUp4U8JtQcevBURQuqna2jgo3eKx9M3D6eDSSnUSBNuZBSXGNQQDkGOV67WIbQpIv-vnsh7HJHBOR5er8VPFt49HUTJIl-V9B5uPxVW7ABTUQpk6/s2688/Split%20Second-53%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="2688" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPFeoQk6ZHpLBH1uaBY-BLOeRTVrESbIOB09nUuQUVMsG9MtHtgj7k7wsdzhcsijPblm-JTo4uUp4U8JtQcevBURQuqna2jgo3eKx9M3D6eDSSnUSBNuZBSXGNQQDkGOV67WIbQpIv-vnsh7HJHBOR5er8VPFt49HUTJIl-V9B5uPxVW7ABTUQpk6/w640-h258/Split%20Second-53%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here is another of those absolute gems - a film I was unaware of until UK vfx man Steve Begg most enthusiastically told me about it. SPLIT SECOND (1953) is a dynamite little inexpensive thriller from RKO. Seriously unbalanced crim on the lam takes hostages in desolate ghost town unaware that it's right in the zone of the American atomic tests! Much tension ensues as the clock ticks by to A-bomb detonation. Terrific film! Harold Wellman was in charge of the special effects, with long time RKO fx cameraman Russell Cully involved.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviiSp88Q2yLOoc3G_4zBDQhsENjSl-s9O1H7w30jB6zZw-FyRDdXAO0yIwghZqa8QQvhAMSXryPkSUaAp58AzmDE9LU-Tf9K0SN9MRcwZ2S4mLuaoySyS7jMYa-NK1oX0XF7myZvR1azcklsWIYcfVWUY40CmJzGGMQgBdQF_aQMvOdnH_l9T1M6h/s2732/Split%20Second-53%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="2732" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviiSp88Q2yLOoc3G_4zBDQhsENjSl-s9O1H7w30jB6zZw-FyRDdXAO0yIwghZqa8QQvhAMSXryPkSUaAp58AzmDE9LU-Tf9K0SN9MRcwZ2S4mLuaoySyS7jMYa-NK1oX0XF7myZvR1azcklsWIYcfVWUY40CmJzGGMQgBdQF_aQMvOdnH_l9T1M6h/w640-h298/Split%20Second-53%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The town is blown to hell in one god-almighty A-bomb blast, in what was a phenomenal bit of effects engineering for it's day, and extremely impressive still now! In this incredible, but brief master shot, the entire street is literally 'swept up' - with cars flipping over and roofs coming off! An amazing mechanical effects set piece that even had Steve Begg baffled - and he's got decades of effects experience with the latter day 007 films and a good deal of work with the maestro Derek Meddings. It doesn't look like a (large) miniature, and seems to be full scale. Just how they managed to rip everything apart all at once <i>(maybe pre-stressed facades pulled rapidly by some pneumatic devices??)</i>. The only similar type scene I've seen, full scale, was in an old Buster Keaton short where the wind blows the town to bits and Buster along the street like a feather!! Bloody brilliant!!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2RxRPA-pK0nv87_OS8zOuS4evCG8S_RoIwnA8NqhAu1k7j_uuUCxYnHCH5XSuacgU-5-xtoTgO44iTr1a3IsBiNnYg4hewrzLWdr9Bc7To3k_HUQVRpTaoi_6aZCK3XbXqe7nuYCYCI2zQik3crFgHLFjatMzLKixbxRa1Ee5eMDefs-vP4Smvdj/s2247/Strange%20World%20of%20Planet%20X-57.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="2247" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2RxRPA-pK0nv87_OS8zOuS4evCG8S_RoIwnA8NqhAu1k7j_uuUCxYnHCH5XSuacgU-5-xtoTgO44iTr1a3IsBiNnYg4hewrzLWdr9Bc7To3k_HUQVRpTaoi_6aZCK3XbXqe7nuYCYCI2zQik3crFgHLFjatMzLKixbxRa1Ee5eMDefs-vP4Smvdj/w640-h380/Strange%20World%20of%20Planet%20X-57.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A quite good sci-fi flick, THE STRANGE WORLD OF PLANET X (1958), which was also known in some places as THE COSMIC MONSTER. Very moody and quite gory in places, with plenty of special effects by Les Bowie, including models, painted mattes and some quite jarring - for it's time - make up effects. Worth a look.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOnxTexcG9IEq9FlfJHFCBfrUefzy_iCVDeE40vTuPEE-3JsbQHuFphAUCdzgWNsGi5-V-M9THKW2A_EllHG6jWGHQ-Pp2liCjkbj90JvbTiUwPDudgJ-KaQTbT-GTQvp2prBV8E3FLaFJYYAyzuSfZaFt84GjwV7QAFWde-UdhMV2Vktdvib6nrC/s1821/Shadowchaser%20-92%20BR%20Steve%20Begg%20matte%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="1821" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOnxTexcG9IEq9FlfJHFCBfrUefzy_iCVDeE40vTuPEE-3JsbQHuFphAUCdzgWNsGi5-V-M9THKW2A_EllHG6jWGHQ-Pp2liCjkbj90JvbTiUwPDudgJ-KaQTbT-GTQvp2prBV8E3FLaFJYYAyzuSfZaFt84GjwV7QAFWde-UdhMV2Vktdvib6nrC/w640-h532/Shadowchaser%20-92%20BR%20Steve%20Begg%20matte%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The very unusual sort of a Die Hard in the future <i>(or some such nonsense...I lost the plot)</i> SHADOW CHASER (1992) started off with this impressive matte painted extension by Steve Begg. Steve worked for a time at Westbury Optical & Design, with old timer Cliff Culley and his son Neil, where Steve learned matte painting and compositing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVN8BBYR8la6SNk8gPEcB9LP6VssQbVnaC8id8dEa3D7IXqJhW4wa9-hdZo5uOn-nFSBKQRavkLKL8p6UJyYRPj28Nooq2_URvbY2Wc1n3DwLfutLg0TIYxy12W8uy8vWFwOtpO-IJ7J2d1YB5jWH_avE0PVTsO3NfpMPf0-rQNK9UhQkCYzwT9Nq/s1992/Terror%20in%20a%20Texas%20Town-58.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="1992" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVN8BBYR8la6SNk8gPEcB9LP6VssQbVnaC8id8dEa3D7IXqJhW4wa9-hdZo5uOn-nFSBKQRavkLKL8p6UJyYRPj28Nooq2_URvbY2Wc1n3DwLfutLg0TIYxy12W8uy8vWFwOtpO-IJ7J2d1YB5jWH_avE0PVTsO3NfpMPf0-rQNK9UhQkCYzwT9Nq/w640-h490/Terror%20in%20a%20Texas%20Town-58.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The always terrific Sterling Hayden <i>(so damned good in his films with Stanley Kubrick)</i> was right on the money in this compact though completely satisfying western TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN (1958). No special effects credit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmUXDPJAmWSTLkynvveurbpsAuln0WLuitQNSLcvotLS2A8KrI9YazWoxieQKnpHGqI6XQ_KVEFs6WlS4qdbvTFlDGe4paiXGHO1dP1Xc6pR9xUsQD-Yfew9Rog7Cq-RyRyhGk8xInnSC_WmIqJZuGxEG5lr3Ec7PC4t5Agpah4LMOLL7_H04Ufg-/s2028/The%20Steel%20Helmet-51.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="2028" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmUXDPJAmWSTLkynvveurbpsAuln0WLuitQNSLcvotLS2A8KrI9YazWoxieQKnpHGqI6XQ_KVEFs6WlS4qdbvTFlDGe4paiXGHO1dP1Xc6pR9xUsQD-Yfew9Rog7Cq-RyRyhGk8xInnSC_WmIqJZuGxEG5lr3Ec7PC4t5Agpah4LMOLL7_H04Ufg-/w640-h244/The%20Steel%20Helmet-51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Samuel Fuller wrote and directed so many great films. A true life tough guy, which shone through in most of his films such as the excellent Korean War drama THE STEEL HELMET (1951). No credit for photographic effects.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalTW_IVZjtla52JCDmP1x-mqAj4zusMV26cRwYIiB07hde4caRYJ63cMdeESRqtGY4yA0ZC7_Dc0gU5ZX02yr1I_gZ6ESQMSDfAijWnBEO2jJ4N1DC1Ufx5ZtTky19V0i-49pS-2PeAGpz3cYn5iO0LXnwa6COhFb37ty0HKlAA-uHdM3OA6uhYm3/s2928/The%20Blob-57%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="2928" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalTW_IVZjtla52JCDmP1x-mqAj4zusMV26cRwYIiB07hde4caRYJ63cMdeESRqtGY4yA0ZC7_Dc0gU5ZX02yr1I_gZ6ESQMSDfAijWnBEO2jJ4N1DC1Ufx5ZtTky19V0i-49pS-2PeAGpz3cYn5iO0LXnwa6COhFb37ty0HKlAA-uHdM3OA6uhYm3/w640-h236/The%20Blob-57%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The late, great Steve McQueen found stardom through this cheaply made, though completely agreeable 'monster' movie THE BLOB (1958). Bart Sloane did the numerous effects shots which ranged from perspective photography to miniatures and some very cool cel animated effects</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJa9yUiQhYmZdN--N3GD0B1_jzv3MpHPyU6v2lBUonpY74uAlD9WZcnBc-TZwqtEbp35XRooK6v73BxvJaEWx8qMyS--DIGTNv1anwQ_HCON4qgfA6bVy-LiPkznJ2PtfBEd2IzWVaNjuC9u2zcTYEZDv2SeRnr-uqygiKy9eSxNdpAu5aked7lZ-/s1518/The%20Blob%20BR%20'B'%20(Bart%20Sloane%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1518" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJa9yUiQhYmZdN--N3GD0B1_jzv3MpHPyU6v2lBUonpY74uAlD9WZcnBc-TZwqtEbp35XRooK6v73BxvJaEWx8qMyS--DIGTNv1anwQ_HCON4qgfA6bVy-LiPkznJ2PtfBEd2IzWVaNjuC9u2zcTYEZDv2SeRnr-uqygiKy9eSxNdpAu5aked7lZ-/w640-h388/The%20Blob%20BR%20'B'%20(Bart%20Sloane%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE BLOB matte shot. A later 70's sequel SON OF THE BLOB was worthless on every level, while an 80's remake was passable, though aimed purely at the teen splatter crowd.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtf8l_rB6nhUZpU_B02YBi2xYuXCf_zqqBouNAPemZ0yDivrubxPUN83UU6LIY9lS3ZvwYJYMBSq4HaE0P7_Ay3KEqhMKvhhg5CMJBdKLPvuVHK7-UhMHq7jqQli4L_IrPyf4M88lQAvO8XYDsHbg37rOFdmnjpAXqBFad1EvJNg2cKD9dxfCSA1BO/s2562/Time%20Travellers-64.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="2562" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtf8l_rB6nhUZpU_B02YBi2xYuXCf_zqqBouNAPemZ0yDivrubxPUN83UU6LIY9lS3ZvwYJYMBSq4HaE0P7_Ay3KEqhMKvhhg5CMJBdKLPvuVHK7-UhMHq7jqQli4L_IrPyf4M88lQAvO8XYDsHbg37rOFdmnjpAXqBFad1EvJNg2cKD9dxfCSA1BO/w640-h268/Time%20Travellers-64.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">So-so small scale sci-fi THE TIME TRAVELLERS (1964) did what it could on a typically tiny American International budget.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZFvGhPC0vx9T2qDVmz7ks0UrIpCa2_okyDqrHazHEH16NGhSXpXPps4wW46LKmlLvg9GvcJk1yItHyV88q_LZwKUpQlTJazIVokpW5nCc7UK3GVNoUatai_mF98m0Mj9cxJGo383f19pcA-AbGcEmRzJ_Q-UDIKHgQpDRVm8LxpKeJKwqqI1esYH/s1054/Time%20Travellers%20FantaScene.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1032" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZFvGhPC0vx9T2qDVmz7ks0UrIpCa2_okyDqrHazHEH16NGhSXpXPps4wW46LKmlLvg9GvcJk1yItHyV88q_LZwKUpQlTJazIVokpW5nCc7UK3GVNoUatai_mF98m0Mj9cxJGo383f19pcA-AbGcEmRzJ_Q-UDIKHgQpDRVm8LxpKeJKwqqI1esYH/w626-h640/Time%20Travellers%20FantaScene.jpg" width="626" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some behind the scenes shots of effects man David Hewitt at work on some models for THE TIME TRAVELLERS, with the bottom right pic nicely demonstrating the hanging miniature for the cavernous control centre <i>(see upper colour frame)</i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOLu3vjxNSOClfDHj2TA0jzSwuxHfEmLs73zTMmUFg7an_0CydWslZiRYepj4k_g7_m2DEub-mtf0AsFj_kNWdYLShprPfTZ7xR698KQ-CZe3bHTaZA2cC7jVRrrFj-ClEig2SLLCPgmQL9pqZFQmFilGLD6L4YKrT265UyhlTd5ZRhXrvfsmxte0/s2408/Time%20Travellers-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="2408" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOLu3vjxNSOClfDHj2TA0jzSwuxHfEmLs73zTMmUFg7an_0CydWslZiRYepj4k_g7_m2DEub-mtf0AsFj_kNWdYLShprPfTZ7xR698KQ-CZe3bHTaZA2cC7jVRrrFj-ClEig2SLLCPgmQL9pqZFQmFilGLD6L4YKrT265UyhlTd5ZRhXrvfsmxte0/w640-h294/Time%20Travellers-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Just love that over-the-top lobby card at top left... real American International bally-hoo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4M9PVR-UhvbwuSmoTLvb-uzHOv1mTV2-FDwX_JSRFxEDkLgfNi1UFgpDOIalJvG3s87x2eKxQoipPmuTcbHzL9JIHhrjAmRs998fKZqRI5UHT_5gzXNqe8_iWw-7BCPU1THtBz-FhnzVkpYrfcmA_FHnfxQ__c62En-OSc9YCX0OSIcwLX-VPMSKn/s2340/Two%20Lost%20Worlds-51.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="2340" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4M9PVR-UhvbwuSmoTLvb-uzHOv1mTV2-FDwX_JSRFxEDkLgfNi1UFgpDOIalJvG3s87x2eKxQoipPmuTcbHzL9JIHhrjAmRs998fKZqRI5UHT_5gzXNqe8_iWw-7BCPU1THtBz-FhnzVkpYrfcmA_FHnfxQ__c62En-OSc9YCX0OSIcwLX-VPMSKn/w640-h322/Two%20Lost%20Worlds-51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As described in previous writings, Norman Dawn was the pre-eminent name in special photographic effects dating back to very early motion pictures. Some may not be aware that Dawn was as much a director and film maker as he was a trick shot man, with hundreds of films to his credit. TWO LOST WORLDS (1950) though, was nothing more than a quickie programmer, made in a hurry, and packed with stock shots from other films. Dawn himself didn't participate in the visual effects on this film and just directed it. Dawn stated in his files that the Hal Roach effects department did all of the effects work, with Jack Glass painting some glass shots. Recycled stock fx from ONE MILLION BC and CAPTAIN FURY - both old Hal Roach titles - were used a fair bit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfMjiJRWx_lOZi0JE8S3tJFzgT3VcNfJQSR2UlJNxvp3ER5m7LYri_EubJe_e2BvWlmMpItPGVDLphM03CCMgmVmTj3sKxiSm7YiFJ-9bWUgsNxzx0e-WW4FKXzGmWFWOGINYdOHoENwLXHAtbafGlApV349ja6ZNIvMb4IJwcCwrCCskESy5uoLnL/s2288/The%20Terrornauts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="2288" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfMjiJRWx_lOZi0JE8S3tJFzgT3VcNfJQSR2UlJNxvp3ER5m7LYri_EubJe_e2BvWlmMpItPGVDLphM03CCMgmVmTj3sKxiSm7YiFJ-9bWUgsNxzx0e-WW4FKXzGmWFWOGINYdOHoENwLXHAtbafGlApV349ja6ZNIvMb4IJwcCwrCCskESy5uoLnL/w640-h360/The%20Terrornauts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">What, oh what were they thinking when the greenlit THE TERRORNAUTS (1967)?? Definitely from the<i> 'so bad it's good' </i>school with the most over the top ad campaign imaginable! Micro budgeted, and trying far too hard to be polished <i>(it ain't)</i>, the film has sfx by the usually reliable Les Bowie and the bizarre casting of CARRY ON's Charles Hawtrey as a bloke trying to defeat alien invaders! Note the glass shot where the explosion cloud passes up <i>behind </i>the distant planetoid! Eeegads!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvArCi0ePxsv4Hq17c-gzxpCLwvvN-ohwPM-dC-AtCHMxpx_MrZ29G0ErDHfZCUyLuJjq96cJMBZ7TV5nR3BlyAJgJd1t8-eBv0cawwLUDbFRHfpgqnvmBJSrqONjG6LuzKgeHciWuZ7KZtHgXyMQc5f0lCaWQ5YWeNrasnQmDWp3BcrHPungg-MO9/s1920/The%20Cyclops-57%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvArCi0ePxsv4Hq17c-gzxpCLwvvN-ohwPM-dC-AtCHMxpx_MrZ29G0ErDHfZCUyLuJjq96cJMBZ7TV5nR3BlyAJgJd1t8-eBv0cawwLUDbFRHfpgqnvmBJSrqONjG6LuzKgeHciWuZ7KZtHgXyMQc5f0lCaWQ5YWeNrasnQmDWp3BcrHPungg-MO9/w640-h360/The%20Cyclops-57%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very, very big tarantula in the backyard, from Bert I. Gordon's THE CYCLOPS (1957)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHc-hwqh0YnFKXtuqcwcTeI6SG7yiBAcC-8RYp8mNIgs-ha3H3VMk84iOhaeqHt8PllQZlA7nmzy1xSX7g2Ht9mIvK1qt5oH-EdQHkLEZfWVcZoyZA4wCQSTrmo5piWCINgGGQy-5EmEHbtbsMMYGp_h7mJ-tSNJ_igTOpwWfwG8JazaiWkjvHi7A/s1920/Trancers%20BR%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHc-hwqh0YnFKXtuqcwcTeI6SG7yiBAcC-8RYp8mNIgs-ha3H3VMk84iOhaeqHt8PllQZlA7nmzy1xSX7g2Ht9mIvK1qt5oH-EdQHkLEZfWVcZoyZA4wCQSTrmo5piWCINgGGQy-5EmEHbtbsMMYGp_h7mJ-tSNJ_igTOpwWfwG8JazaiWkjvHi7A/w640-h360/Trancers%20BR%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Charles Band's post-apocalyptic detective film TRANCERS (1984). Don't know who did this shot but looks like a foreground glass shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI06Iz4nNRJq-3t3KcwerQD40gwzevbGodXMGcxH4SdtBiy4ucc4aXNY3VndG2QkQcECKKMg-eZEcwleVccNDLq-THDb2upUDMD-QGvVl1moM7slKER3OFbU_SHT3S8czOpE7ALIEoPzha-6nwuzhgy9BTarOUHryxjF1xtFODBJhIE9P9CmxAWe0U/s1920/Time%20Limit-57%20(UA)%20Jan%20Domela.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI06Iz4nNRJq-3t3KcwerQD40gwzevbGodXMGcxH4SdtBiy4ucc4aXNY3VndG2QkQcECKKMg-eZEcwleVccNDLq-THDb2upUDMD-QGvVl1moM7slKER3OFbU_SHT3S8czOpE7ALIEoPzha-6nwuzhgy9BTarOUHryxjF1xtFODBJhIE9P9CmxAWe0U/w640-h346/Time%20Limit-57%20(UA)%20Jan%20Domela.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">When not painting mattes for his studio, Paramount, artist Jan Domela did numerous outside jobs such as this matte of a Korean POW camp from the very intense Richard Widmark drama TIME LIMIT (1957); the only film Karl Malden ever directed. Powerful drama here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUXDC4stgoqRjSc-UN5uHGV97PYq2oivVBrzDQ3wcmnLND8nMLhjGQqy5JCLXyQKP8c5cKp7ksLF6vzCapBMsOV7DSYUPgB0RCQYSPFcHGSYD61P0iGcG1OoStpbibAUKY2m1-TpXTyMR0Tol6lLBstwgK9XjXQ7Rkj8j1fX8k0CMP6YcFr-3jWNj/s1632/Terror%20of%20Tongs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="1404" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUXDC4stgoqRjSc-UN5uHGV97PYq2oivVBrzDQ3wcmnLND8nMLhjGQqy5JCLXyQKP8c5cKp7ksLF6vzCapBMsOV7DSYUPgB0RCQYSPFcHGSYD61P0iGcG1OoStpbibAUKY2m1-TpXTyMR0Tol6lLBstwgK9XjXQ7Rkj8j1fX8k0CMP6YcFr-3jWNj/w550-h640/Terror%20of%20Tongs.jpg" width="550" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two matte painted shots by Les Bowie and Ray Caple from Hammer's TERROR OF THE TONGS (1961), with almost everything in the frame painted.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6KgpTIB9wlRzcnG5YsZOU2yAYh0KD2Esq0_wDGfJpG8XMynMmdjmUBTl7nAv04jPJjZ9sdWv36dNorydjJgc2-2gVWrOY2oQnR9-l_SmbaHyASpOlkm8_JbJAF4eiE7Veto0HzBoEgKmvS4DYo3rTbh8pyYZgTRu0vOlNTUFZfdigMKUgukqxsvM/s1920/Tower%20of%20Evil-72.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6KgpTIB9wlRzcnG5YsZOU2yAYh0KD2Esq0_wDGfJpG8XMynMmdjmUBTl7nAv04jPJjZ9sdWv36dNorydjJgc2-2gVWrOY2oQnR9-l_SmbaHyASpOlkm8_JbJAF4eiE7Veto0HzBoEgKmvS4DYo3rTbh8pyYZgTRu0vOlNTUFZfdigMKUgukqxsvM/w640-h346/Tower%20of%20Evil-72.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The low budget UK horror flick TOWER OF EVIL (1972) takes place entirely on this rock with said lighthouse, all painted by an uncredited artist. Maybe Ray Caple or similar painter?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADB9tIIDmputq8M0KTYrJK5_xHA1Og1e6eX6xVzluLrqGigrB_FNbpEI7XF6Fx8l-o5K2prjiw34JhLiTRyUJ1ptQF3kiWRQzvhD6qPrezr9SDi-M1iytMYbw-bIxWYkTfYnAFdBi1-YCch0CNo7S2Gs33GNfMc8LKdpHw36r5Dfc_DEMVfYBGufB/s1953/True%20Esk.Nell.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1953" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADB9tIIDmputq8M0KTYrJK5_xHA1Og1e6eX6xVzluLrqGigrB_FNbpEI7XF6Fx8l-o5K2prjiw34JhLiTRyUJ1ptQF3kiWRQzvhD6qPrezr9SDi-M1iytMYbw-bIxWYkTfYnAFdBi1-YCch0CNo7S2Gs33GNfMc8LKdpHw36r5Dfc_DEMVfYBGufB/w640-h306/True%20Esk.Nell.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The low brow but popular Australian comedy THE TRUE STORY OF ESKIMO NELL (1974) utilised the services of Jim Danforth and Bill Taylor for this closing shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOSZQZfAZlHsqxIoxa9iiP3eHhsO-bZPz94lp7h6xOjtVWuD-VB_ELwviJeDsDC0tQWEmKqC3aYVm4PXsd2U3l-kYcsXE48ZrBiy__Bdpm8LxTDEh3LSeEWb5kdn8KySz62hOMpctfusgm9JT3u4VynP1cIeO75INnaNicjROgnuaM1DunvXxJRMB/s960/Thor%20and%20Amazon%20Women-61.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="960" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOSZQZfAZlHsqxIoxa9iiP3eHhsO-bZPz94lp7h6xOjtVWuD-VB_ELwviJeDsDC0tQWEmKqC3aYVm4PXsd2U3l-kYcsXE48ZrBiy__Bdpm8LxTDEh3LSeEWb5kdn8KySz62hOMpctfusgm9JT3u4VynP1cIeO75INnaNicjROgnuaM1DunvXxJRMB/w640-h274/Thor%20and%20Amazon%20Women-61.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mattes were frequently used in the endless Italian and Spanish <i>'sword & jockstrap'</i> sagas, such as THOR AND THE AMAZON WOMEN (1961)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9d8Qn9JaWuvDXalvFXIo0zduPnyiATJW1EtoRKUbkTepkqdtuWDkq-LSufPm6yKXDVghWNR3kHw5pn-kIfyu5kiIwrh8qJJUzDA9ZWolc9x72CnbKdDu3F3mzbQ0VSi2z-qyLYjtFCtiPJhty81cpMEkZS27d7LOl8ZZew7BPaJbyAwPcovxCFGz/s2136/Taste%20of%20Fear-61.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="2136" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9d8Qn9JaWuvDXalvFXIo0zduPnyiATJW1EtoRKUbkTepkqdtuWDkq-LSufPm6yKXDVghWNR3kHw5pn-kIfyu5kiIwrh8qJJUzDA9ZWolc9x72CnbKdDu3F3mzbQ0VSi2z-qyLYjtFCtiPJhty81cpMEkZS27d7LOl8ZZew7BPaJbyAwPcovxCFGz/w640-h284/Taste%20of%20Fear-61.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another solid, well made and acted Hammer thriller that's well worth the time, was TASTE OF FEAR (1961). The plate was shot at Black Park, near Bray Studios - location to so many Hammer films - with the matte painted by both Les Bowie, who did the left side, and young trainee Ian Scoones, who painted the right side, with both merging in the middle with an airbrush. The painting was rendered in the living room of fx cameraman Kit West's London flat. Kit used to shoot all of the mattes for Les through the 1960's before turning his hand to mechanical effects and Oscar glory later on.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdVKpuIKLryUaIB5pQt9uQeLjmefL-v4tqogesz3OVE1Xe5UXLsEqhQTEzy0i1JyVgTij2WiUoTifKEBu2_riHmmI9D_mdBmsnBWLPNk5LPUulPH8xPSQJisKbOBqeWDDKe_N1OT7sycEJzz1-hZDnd1m0_LSbPa-AYQO5ZoQVikZ5CYUYtftjez-/s1980/Tale%20of%20Sweeney%20Todd-97.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1980" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdVKpuIKLryUaIB5pQt9uQeLjmefL-v4tqogesz3OVE1Xe5UXLsEqhQTEzy0i1JyVgTij2WiUoTifKEBu2_riHmmI9D_mdBmsnBWLPNk5LPUulPH8xPSQJisKbOBqeWDDKe_N1OT7sycEJzz1-hZDnd1m0_LSbPa-AYQO5ZoQVikZ5CYUYtftjez-/w640-h416/Tale%20of%20Sweeney%20Todd-97.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Leigh Took painted a couple of traditional mattes for a made for television film THE TALE OF SWEENEY TODD (1997), interestingly well into the so-called digital era.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP0xpJ4MKLeLABcOEu-QvRBhTSrnJ0W_cK8zsCDNypAuNN5E5d31a22BNkx4-xriRUyjp8LbiHAPh6E-Mar4yNdv_t-CXARka2gqFk4_lZUMZYNmuEZi_C8pG5uZkmWMtHcwiDrP3z4LqVOi33wwwquKkJq61S7VyXMZNjxlRJ_vOo5QDJML-4wcb/s2236/Thunderbirds%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2236" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP0xpJ4MKLeLABcOEu-QvRBhTSrnJ0W_cK8zsCDNypAuNN5E5d31a22BNkx4-xriRUyjp8LbiHAPh6E-Mar4yNdv_t-CXARka2gqFk4_lZUMZYNmuEZi_C8pG5uZkmWMtHcwiDrP3z4LqVOi33wwwquKkJq61S7VyXMZNjxlRJ_vOo5QDJML-4wcb/w640-h358/Thunderbirds%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of the most profound impacts upon my childhood were the tv series' from Century 21 Productions - ie Gerry Anderson. I loved 'em all - FIREBALL XL, STINGRAY, CAPTAIN SCARLET, UFO, JOE 90 and <u>most of all</u> above everything else, the fantastic THUNDERBIRDS! Nothing else quite like it ever appeared on television, and even today my grandsons love it, and we frequently read the old THUNDERBIRDS annuals and such. Derek Meddings, of course, was 'The Man', and none of those wonders could have been brought to the screen without Derek's skill, eye and sheer imagination.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3-eNsBGlDIXXkpNl35fuaDeLcB6XqG7p_sleh1W85ghPLdJQe3tnNTYTjyZnRmnHzFVBtxT-Wm_o00QCwSMAx-xEEr_513tK9n_1uEUOqkdPSGnn5uKx4PAjuY23l7bnMWj3fas15lN67icbFAuO-gbzlsecwAyH2Evc7E6zho1wFZdkte3w1pc0/s2912/Thunderbirds1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="2912" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3-eNsBGlDIXXkpNl35fuaDeLcB6XqG7p_sleh1W85ghPLdJQe3tnNTYTjyZnRmnHzFVBtxT-Wm_o00QCwSMAx-xEEr_513tK9n_1uEUOqkdPSGnn5uKx4PAjuY23l7bnMWj3fas15lN67icbFAuO-gbzlsecwAyH2Evc7E6zho1wFZdkte3w1pc0/w640-h212/Thunderbirds1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Derek (left top & bottom) and fellow technicians bringing incredible adventure to the tv screens around the world for kids of ALL ages. *Note: the pic at right demonstrates one aspect of the cost saving attitude, with an effects staffer with hands at the ready to catch the mighty Thunderbird 2 should it break free of the piano wires and fall during a shot - which apparently it did on frequent occasions. Call it a Century 21 safety net.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78ev_IKV2UHMV0ivNiizw6WbBkbmc6oNf0tFGn36oq5LS1L1Bgga3_N9iuO9klhTGR-iwQAUTccpcI39TSrkfWD98tMGMnEw1NJCY7QXhBgBjPDK4tvTxvWYG4XreAb8OO6BKN-Myu1bgqD55QAeEjsB5HN5TP7ywEM0DnTqFsut53x6yFKDP1b_-/s1257/UFO%20(Gerry%20Anderson).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1257" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78ev_IKV2UHMV0ivNiizw6WbBkbmc6oNf0tFGn36oq5LS1L1Bgga3_N9iuO9klhTGR-iwQAUTccpcI39TSrkfWD98tMGMnEw1NJCY7QXhBgBjPDK4tvTxvWYG4XreAb8OO6BKN-Myu1bgqD55QAeEjsB5HN5TP7ywEM0DnTqFsut53x6yFKDP1b_-/w640-h396/UFO%20(Gerry%20Anderson).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Magnificent model construction in Derek Meddings' effects workshop for the tv series U.F.O (1971)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGf8QcrOcVO0mnAcmWoZxJgeuT1_6vdDhONf75MxB_ZXF236gbS5lCHfgBy-nOt_rnJpnjmC7HQwzFzBI9XVyg4AfNXcUPEawaSdvqUBJL-Br6h4Nh3CbK8-5JP7b7FDl54fcuLi9UzDad7jUf_ivg0P1frochSeG4MZg0izj_AOAILZBLACNRKCVU/s3288/Trollenberg%20Terror-Crawling%20Eye.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="3288" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGf8QcrOcVO0mnAcmWoZxJgeuT1_6vdDhONf75MxB_ZXF236gbS5lCHfgBy-nOt_rnJpnjmC7HQwzFzBI9XVyg4AfNXcUPEawaSdvqUBJL-Br6h4Nh3CbK8-5JP7b7FDl54fcuLi9UzDad7jUf_ivg0P1frochSeG4MZg0izj_AOAILZBLACNRKCVU/w640-h208/Trollenberg%20Terror-Crawling%20Eye.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE TROLLENBERG TERROR (1958) - also known as THE CRAWLING EYE - was kind of fun, especially after a few beers. Les Bowie said that he was always embarrassed whenever this film popped up on tv, especially with his matte painted mountain with a nailed on wad of cotton wool, which Les would reposition for different shots to suggest the passing of the day or night. I enjoyed it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tU58IVaLPaLyjWUoKRsTmTDdfm5RqptLRrHQm5G5iBme_tae57t4QHyd4-5dq369AU1xVKl6E64c-ko4FG1jvcvnvONl3EJ7FUXURpN3Ar9_3-YrV4ie2-FfWG9Tz7V9eXnyVqf6ch-ov_hEkOqdkAWKGX_IDhoRF0LVhLD9YMy2CACyWPEqPOSs/s1722/Tarantula-55.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1722" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tU58IVaLPaLyjWUoKRsTmTDdfm5RqptLRrHQm5G5iBme_tae57t4QHyd4-5dq369AU1xVKl6E64c-ko4FG1jvcvnvONl3EJ7FUXURpN3Ar9_3-YrV4ie2-FfWG9Tz7V9eXnyVqf6ch-ov_hEkOqdkAWKGX_IDhoRF0LVhLD9YMy2CACyWPEqPOSs/w640-h480/Tarantula-55.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The low budget Universal classic, TARANTULA (1955) was one of several highly effective big bug shows of the 50's, such as Warner's excellent THEM! made around the same time. Clifford Stine and David Horsley created the special photographic effects, with Ross Hoffman as optical cinematographer. Oh, and yes... that is Clint Eastwood flying the fighter plane. <i>"Go ahead arachnid....make my day!"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqUZbL1grG2UP3LqwCkUlmk-HT5k4DVk360GoHYmPziOTfE4MRUfKfY5veO6bVDyKQcNdlnSHxjKfZYyp8E646s6Sc9q4coIjpPPJdsJmERXeFoICwhC27_WjQhMGDtFGT3rSNl0SPl2lnLnxTod0YAM2FqOOp2DlqzK7oIgTBy_1_6zRYro4lISx/s1989/The%20Buccaneers-57%20(uk%20tv).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="1989" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqUZbL1grG2UP3LqwCkUlmk-HT5k4DVk360GoHYmPziOTfE4MRUfKfY5veO6bVDyKQcNdlnSHxjKfZYyp8E646s6Sc9q4coIjpPPJdsJmERXeFoICwhC27_WjQhMGDtFGT3rSNl0SPl2lnLnxTod0YAM2FqOOp2DlqzK7oIgTBy_1_6zRYro4lISx/w640-h182/The%20Buccaneers-57%20(uk%20tv).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One doesn't normally equate fifties British television with pirate shows, but here is one: THE BUCCANEERS (1957), with mattes by some long forgotten artist.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzt-1FBvpQ9hUBL7UeOhmysTmskyzRY6Pxom15PTuXmkw8cC89ERyO2yDNHLG1nMfmqZhiSt6yEh58nOgqMQKv31oJmgcY7QcNAQ6awK5dFaIM--JVHH95I39-CClnk1ToQfWIdk_wpoHVu85ybub4anZMWyfSc7yDXEBbACQQCKuzURBpRZarcFs/s1792/The%20Ugly%20Duckling-59%201%20(Les%20Bowie).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1792" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzt-1FBvpQ9hUBL7UeOhmysTmskyzRY6Pxom15PTuXmkw8cC89ERyO2yDNHLG1nMfmqZhiSt6yEh58nOgqMQKv31oJmgcY7QcNAQ6awK5dFaIM--JVHH95I39-CClnk1ToQfWIdk_wpoHVu85ybub4anZMWyfSc7yDXEBbACQQCKuzURBpRZarcFs/w640-h386/The%20Ugly%20Duckling-59%201%20(Les%20Bowie).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Hammer picture, and not with the slightest horror undertone. THE UGLY DUCKLING (1959) was a highly amusing comedy - the sort they just don't make nowadays. Les Bowie painted the matte shots, with Kit West on board as matte cameraman.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFHRkdUJjSxlsNEh2e3AdmMnSY1rBt2l4HHgdJnNoosAcfboT3HofsXGet7koXzZxzBeza10loHwoZIok-B0CooqefhHfi9t6Uu4CgKBuftsbeGmRS7c6ZJ64JEVFULPmU3DEBk82ZzlhTc9cSDTjSJ_SglSjXiU9HeJMTe3AksunNEFeRUlyJbhn/s2240/The%20Ugly%20Duckling%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2240" data-original-width="1848" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFHRkdUJjSxlsNEh2e3AdmMnSY1rBt2l4HHgdJnNoosAcfboT3HofsXGet7koXzZxzBeza10loHwoZIok-B0CooqefhHfi9t6Uu4CgKBuftsbeGmRS7c6ZJ64JEVFULPmU3DEBk82ZzlhTc9cSDTjSJ_SglSjXiU9HeJMTe3AksunNEFeRUlyJbhn/w528-h640/The%20Ugly%20Duckling%202.jpg" width="528" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two more Bowie mattes from THE UGLY DUCKLING (1959). It's likely that Les' young assistant, Ray Caple, had involvement too.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jXNw3bQeIHL9RYlkEi2h1WqdbW536dlvACzo4JZkYbvvYS57e4snyJ8qHPeDJyM7QbUuNyy9RNdh-C4G8hUhuPG0RSbMQ535WoNd2CYFl-DegpCbzomdONRSP6QDHI5gz8rqvrI4UNetJ7HCdzXCAkpePcXbFDLsTQ_P189ZT7Yoj-kuzwM8ecD7/s2716/Valley%20of%20the%20Dragons-61.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="2716" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jXNw3bQeIHL9RYlkEi2h1WqdbW536dlvACzo4JZkYbvvYS57e4snyJ8qHPeDJyM7QbUuNyy9RNdh-C4G8hUhuPG0RSbMQ535WoNd2CYFl-DegpCbzomdONRSP6QDHI5gz8rqvrI4UNetJ7HCdzXCAkpePcXbFDLsTQ_P189ZT7Yoj-kuzwM8ecD7/w640-h212/Valley%20of%20the%20Dragons-61.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rip-off Jules Verne adventure, VALLEY OF THE DRAGONS (1961) was a Columbia cheapie that stole every single effects shot from other films such as Universal's BAGDAD and a ton of quality work from Hal Roach's ONE MILLION BC, including big lizards, volcanic eruptions, lost valley mattes and the excellent Roy Seawright 1940 lava flow devouring cave people. Do they pay to use this stuff?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3b3MKI27Rf9Jpda5guENHv_plO0l2t1txPG0S0E5bi82EKHwTH5Rf7_8OMrQNtUJ5l8sK67bJg3RBaNEE3xRl6FdUEKv2iTq1tHyZlOnRz-BjctQHHCA-KSUJJrDMC8HFxMujo9CK-_L2H_9HRI2PoSZWphR-HJmMpb8djEwQyqTecpu85SJ1AaS9/s1488/Vampire%20Circus.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="1488" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3b3MKI27Rf9Jpda5guENHv_plO0l2t1txPG0S0E5bi82EKHwTH5Rf7_8OMrQNtUJ5l8sK67bJg3RBaNEE3xRl6FdUEKv2iTq1tHyZlOnRz-BjctQHHCA-KSUJJrDMC8HFxMujo9CK-_L2H_9HRI2PoSZWphR-HJmMpb8djEwQyqTecpu85SJ1AaS9/w640-h594/Vampire%20Circus.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Time for another prosthetic make up effect. This one is a cooler than cool shot of David Prowse - sans <i>Darth Vader</i> get up - having a massive calibre flintlock blast a hole the size of drain pipe through his belly! The movie was VAMPIRE CIRCUS (1971), with Les Bowie, once again, providing effects. Les was so versatile; trained as a matte painter by the legendary Walter Percy Day, he branched out into model work, gore fx, practical effects, explosives and all manner of work as required. He passed away just as he learned he (and others) were to receive the Special Achievement Award' for the visual effects on Richard Donner's <u>still</u> essential SUPERMAN-THE MOVIE (1979)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cZegjKNIbUkKYrUu9symLCD6f53NZPPDAILGDzEUsRGQ5ie0byRGeAFddrdz-PhE6GXmdswhL5pgGE4mRB0QEQvhrHNLWG23sP0fXrfRIC5XleQrQxV2iOcmhpXMygDzZ9QcRzp1L9K7vE7JgehE5kQZ1v2lRwRXytTePK5tqW-wdgEo0F7riY2z/s1722/War%20of%20Colossal%20Beast.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1722" data-original-width="1545" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cZegjKNIbUkKYrUu9symLCD6f53NZPPDAILGDzEUsRGQ5ie0byRGeAFddrdz-PhE6GXmdswhL5pgGE4mRB0QEQvhrHNLWG23sP0fXrfRIC5XleQrQxV2iOcmhpXMygDzZ9QcRzp1L9K7vE7JgehE5kQZ1v2lRwRXytTePK5tqW-wdgEo0F7riY2z/w574-h640/War%20of%20Colossal%20Beast.jpg" width="574" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bert I. Gordon again, with these shots from WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST (1958), with the versatile Bert involved in all aspects of production, including the trick shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmk6wvEm6d56FyLpJ0jQYlzTJyTSrCkmLFdLuqMmbVVILEV9L9-lhGjTSVs73ZrdN7LVlYy2xWmZykMl4CofLfnxuSWD_C5LLx8eiJKSUE20z9jDaRoPx3HCr3kiLhti0bpWhMR-hPu8OXvTvwiI7h1VFGGOPuSIP_3Ay8niXjIYzr1zj2Uz5nlZbw/s1581/Wizard%20of%20Baghdad-60.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1581" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmk6wvEm6d56FyLpJ0jQYlzTJyTSrCkmLFdLuqMmbVVILEV9L9-lhGjTSVs73ZrdN7LVlYy2xWmZykMl4CofLfnxuSWD_C5LLx8eiJKSUE20z9jDaRoPx3HCr3kiLhti0bpWhMR-hPu8OXvTvwiI7h1VFGGOPuSIP_3Ay8niXjIYzr1zj2Uz5nlZbw/w640-h350/Wizard%20of%20Baghdad-60.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The barely watchable comedy THE WIZARD OF BAGHDAD (1960). L.B Abbott was fx boss, with long time associate Emil Kosa jnr on matte shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUS9TjIoR3picR70TNKDVCaGfbP3WNtRWg0UZl64uT3Dqa3yLWRpk5T9O9UNvTwrM_Qd3U_7R3ktG3UsCw3wy92kO1hwIOdQvMzpJUkXITTAy2nun7pFfa4KhOiRPAhA4LY8215PXjkkc_k6yfE-CqmBWBEWpav5azJC3gzqKTgMV4f2Uqw91fDSv/s2656/Warlock-88.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="2656" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUS9TjIoR3picR70TNKDVCaGfbP3WNtRWg0UZl64uT3Dqa3yLWRpk5T9O9UNvTwrM_Qd3U_7R3ktG3UsCw3wy92kO1hwIOdQvMzpJUkXITTAy2nun7pFfa4KhOiRPAhA4LY8215PXjkkc_k6yfE-CqmBWBEWpav5azJC3gzqKTgMV4f2Uqw91fDSv/w640-h280/Warlock-88.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you are seeking an effects filled witch hunt-time travel chase extravaganza, then WARLOCK (1989) may well be just the film for you. I can't remember much other than it had good visual effects by a large team which included Bob Scifo as matte artist, Jeff Matakovich on opticals and Laine Liska on stop motion, among others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HkmMYl_W2cu7GcAdyT87WmKEqC160ibKoYbSA241uHTg0t5uK9pMk2nvQ7KCcVuG36ITnQwRMjwPqQ2oOQsi6xkEo_vI1BKQzseG5sPSEh2aSuHFubbqgbdqV4MgDEp_BIvqFv7ZYg5BG8j_XVKc57bVl_ke8X3Us_k9xg8ehFgFKtr4AI3N128t/s1864/White%20Zombie-32.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1864" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HkmMYl_W2cu7GcAdyT87WmKEqC160ibKoYbSA241uHTg0t5uK9pMk2nvQ7KCcVuG36ITnQwRMjwPqQ2oOQsi6xkEo_vI1BKQzseG5sPSEh2aSuHFubbqgbdqV4MgDEp_BIvqFv7ZYg5BG8j_XVKc57bVl_ke8X3Us_k9xg8ehFgFKtr4AI3N128t/w640-h484/White%20Zombie-32.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The eerie and highly effective little horror picture WHITE ZOMBIE (1932) had much atmosphere courtesy of British born matte artist Conrad Tritschler.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGKwVS2gmeyy8f3XuzX0_1eNpZFdEqAaMAM8ZGzDwypao39XlkISmeAgPFQ8GD7UHEjoR_php5qgHETxWbT6WgPw488uELqcSx29CSawnU9j08BnZnhOkVrvntXQRiEISPqOkHlwSGIyM6KaDZgoP4_7AqJmBrKuHOqALtxlAxFokeDarRK9QMTnn/s1920/Warriors%20of%20Year%202072%20(84%201).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGKwVS2gmeyy8f3XuzX0_1eNpZFdEqAaMAM8ZGzDwypao39XlkISmeAgPFQ8GD7UHEjoR_php5qgHETxWbT6WgPw488uELqcSx29CSawnU9j08BnZnhOkVrvntXQRiEISPqOkHlwSGIyM6KaDZgoP4_7AqJmBrKuHOqALtxlAxFokeDarRK9QMTnn/w640-h346/Warriors%20of%20Year%202072%20(84%201).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Enterprising Italian film makers churned out dozens of these thrifty science fiction actioners through the 80's, few of which are worth celebrating. WARRIORS OF THE YEAR 2072 (1984) starred American action star Fred Williamson and was helmed, surprisingly, by notorious <i>gore-meister</i> Lucio Fulci, in a change of genre from his usual zombie flicks. This shot was however very effective, executed by Polish born matte painter Joseph Natanson, who had been one of Percy Day's matte team at Shepperton before shifting to Italy in the mid-fifties where he was never short of work on films such as CLEOPATRA. I'm thinking this shot may have been a foreground glass painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_phLHQcgnaHEZuX1K6JneyH_M9BgjXlblB3G8f7vM8WV9WEhVNmpTAR_zwlQ96KihBHClTJhNOc8IcwL2YS-HyJCq6_sppZbx8MkFFQIxKMd-XLyqKLufAcPep3XNm_u3cjTK-4yMtHxowZfUAqKSWJ0c_rynq95rQ64Jt0KkWVUXT1wrP_ujvNK/s2156/Warriors%20of%20Year%202072%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="1956" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_phLHQcgnaHEZuX1K6JneyH_M9BgjXlblB3G8f7vM8WV9WEhVNmpTAR_zwlQ96KihBHClTJhNOc8IcwL2YS-HyJCq6_sppZbx8MkFFQIxKMd-XLyqKLufAcPep3XNm_u3cjTK-4yMtHxowZfUAqKSWJ0c_rynq95rQ64Jt0KkWVUXT1wrP_ujvNK/w580-h640/Warriors%20of%20Year%202072%202.jpg" width="580" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from WARRIORS OF THE YEAR 2072 are these very <i>Bladerunner</i> inspired shots, probably miniature set up, as were a couple of other sprawling future city shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9KJhK68wTIOgYJhgpUdB2TyrOF1JaXJ9DYr_lbST-ZJTE4REtJkJzCnPTsP_zIKOXuk2YaNA9XQAyyJ0e8FP_0KhBQoP7o72vY9eBUNfjCHiawQA0ro6zb8B1G6-LOCBgVXdQVISf1GLKuK-IkOHBX8DK8r9a-1GXqw58fs_3_UNznTl8dm0JAeI/s1480/Who%20Done%20It-56%20(Ealing)%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9KJhK68wTIOgYJhgpUdB2TyrOF1JaXJ9DYr_lbST-ZJTE4REtJkJzCnPTsP_zIKOXuk2YaNA9XQAyyJ0e8FP_0KhBQoP7o72vY9eBUNfjCHiawQA0ro6zb8B1G6-LOCBgVXdQVISf1GLKuK-IkOHBX8DK8r9a-1GXqw58fs_3_UNznTl8dm0JAeI/w640-h468/Who%20Done%20It-56%20(Ealing)%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Full matte painted shot, complete with animated lights, from the Benny Hill comedy WHO DONE IT? (1956) made by the beloved Ealing Studios in England. Geoffrey Dickinson had been Ealings' in-house photographic effects expert, usually credited with 'Special Processes', though he passed away the year before so may not have been involved here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XvsiT3hg_JiJ42zfHYdCjqLAanJe_VjPNlvhIIZNo0UWzjLEA6dxz-ys11zwKBEHzG8ft_ymxa1-hGIgKQWrqYmoeNn0QP5FVnznN-pVg8btFuQSrL4DgpcJUhvizjU7j2YZAt9JMFkenNC9fJpfoMtrL1vDHswssHRcYYPEwc7s2GLnGWxabsQa/s1294/War%20of%20the%20Satellites-58.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1294" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XvsiT3hg_JiJ42zfHYdCjqLAanJe_VjPNlvhIIZNo0UWzjLEA6dxz-ys11zwKBEHzG8ft_ymxa1-hGIgKQWrqYmoeNn0QP5FVnznN-pVg8btFuQSrL4DgpcJUhvizjU7j2YZAt9JMFkenNC9fJpfoMtrL1vDHswssHRcYYPEwc7s2GLnGWxabsQa/w640-h386/War%20of%20the%20Satellites-58.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of the impressive matte shots as seen in Roger Corman's quickie WAR OF THE SATELLITES (1958). Never one to miss the chance to make a quick buck, Roger cashed in here on the recent launch of the Soviet sputnik satellite. Irving Block painted the mattes, with associates Jack Rabin and Louis DeWitt putting it all together. The film was a hit and some of the fx shots would turn up for years in other films and tv shows.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlWt8iwMXLli-N7rwD50wpSU100FQwX1IA4UjTjhIEL-rRalaSMfjqBmbxCFi3P-UWhDoHcGdMM0H-lwHv6JdBwP6t-YycLFbSagSjMhAlnStAwb47wUQt8jfkzz5ekeQUg8O8AUYfVZFa2gLE1TxX7TqbzU426pW2rbSLwP4NUiMfNDzHEMBKqcR/s1280/The%20Wild,%20Wild%20West%20(Night%20of%20the%20Inferno).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1280" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlWt8iwMXLli-N7rwD50wpSU100FQwX1IA4UjTjhIEL-rRalaSMfjqBmbxCFi3P-UWhDoHcGdMM0H-lwHv6JdBwP6t-YycLFbSagSjMhAlnStAwb47wUQt8jfkzz5ekeQUg8O8AUYfVZFa2gLE1TxX7TqbzU426pW2rbSLwP4NUiMfNDzHEMBKqcR/w400-h288/The%20Wild,%20Wild%20West%20(Night%20of%20the%20Inferno).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Television matte shot from the show THE WILD, WILD WEST episode NIGHT OF THE INFERNO. No effects credit but possibly contracted to the Howard A. Anderson company.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlB3I6Cmofuh9n08xsXDVQpPSkyc0Z8TBo0D95SKxVDLZ32jIsQwiZgH-RGC8irQQENqobDszdKuJhlZT0oQSLvP3NDJqxdnA3X7HMbapoU4IMevPmbj7k5x_v-xA0jvb1yxoPos320Vf9G7wsktKHNecTneXkBLKYUIYseDY3X6RKLY5IRfpKKGlM/s720/The%20Untouchables(tv)%2059-63.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlB3I6Cmofuh9n08xsXDVQpPSkyc0Z8TBo0D95SKxVDLZ32jIsQwiZgH-RGC8irQQENqobDszdKuJhlZT0oQSLvP3NDJqxdnA3X7HMbapoU4IMevPmbj7k5x_v-xA0jvb1yxoPos320Vf9G7wsktKHNecTneXkBLKYUIYseDY3X6RKLY5IRfpKKGlM/w400-h266/The%20Untouchables(tv)%2059-63.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another long forgotten tv matte shot; this being from the popular THE UNTOUCHABLES, which ran from 1959 to 1963. Once again, I think it was a Howard A. Anderson job, using some freelance matte artist like Luis McManus or similar?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1nL7zDN4TMA_O-E_yiFMeeJvhZQ2h0jDtQOsxlPtrszXLAsGbyCBD9vmvZpwAnTu2UDG3d82PJgAo2-lfHSx-f4cSWCbLo9z6svuEauKP17DI7f64fXYC5zdHjNqIPPQbLNDWvVPqRQasOoRhj6EDwHBaiAwKZqxk01-iMXMgEMIRXAKXN9k4N_0/s1911/Viking%20Women%20Sea%20Serpent.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1911" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1nL7zDN4TMA_O-E_yiFMeeJvhZQ2h0jDtQOsxlPtrszXLAsGbyCBD9vmvZpwAnTu2UDG3d82PJgAo2-lfHSx-f4cSWCbLo9z6svuEauKP17DI7f64fXYC5zdHjNqIPPQbLNDWvVPqRQasOoRhj6EDwHBaiAwKZqxk01-iMXMgEMIRXAKXN9k4N_0/w640-h330/Viking%20Women%20Sea%20Serpent.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There's no getting away from Rabin, Block & DeWitt in this blog! VIKING WOMEN AND THE SEA SERPENT (1957) I have never seen but do have copies of the numerous mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjE6x_40o0kmpE3_7NQtQCLlY_1vk9BT7YlJfhkga9IVM4wwi5Z6VlNyWnVqRf0Y5XSv_nLwgc8pqtDBwUpicSumv5_ru7TBFiu944tsI5qy2zyNDPbdi-aWLt2EfBGbMRAe74VdxS1CvRGf6VXIMzjeljYtMOQSmzWV6XuKeoti_qn2YsVn544if/s1842/Wizards%20of%20Lost%20Kingdom%20II-88.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="1842" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjE6x_40o0kmpE3_7NQtQCLlY_1vk9BT7YlJfhkga9IVM4wwi5Z6VlNyWnVqRf0Y5XSv_nLwgc8pqtDBwUpicSumv5_ru7TBFiu944tsI5qy2zyNDPbdi-aWLt2EfBGbMRAe74VdxS1CvRGf6VXIMzjeljYtMOQSmzWV6XuKeoti_qn2YsVn544if/w640-h164/Wizards%20of%20Lost%20Kingdom%20II-88.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">WIZARDS OF THE LOST KINGDOM II (1988) featured a few in camera glass shots to make things look a little more grand. Pony Horton was glass shot artist.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCKAejozhxPI_Rjn-7tsOQD9v7ASq7bdE8xBhcSQbMXzve8_2DPBi5GiDaWpypcOMp9CuepbI8pRmqpsy7AM5sGyFJ8_LpFEZ4Qnt4VrjwPqqUdEiXVm-j53Sfhf3T8uU9rCDRxaFgsHUWHKb6cRna83XjHpHiTc0aRiqD-JZ63v0HPws7mOQ3vsW/s1125/Wizards%20Lost%20Kingdom%20II%20(Pony%20Horton).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="1125" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCKAejozhxPI_Rjn-7tsOQD9v7ASq7bdE8xBhcSQbMXzve8_2DPBi5GiDaWpypcOMp9CuepbI8pRmqpsy7AM5sGyFJ8_LpFEZ4Qnt4VrjwPqqUdEiXVm-j53Sfhf3T8uU9rCDRxaFgsHUWHKb6cRna83XjHpHiTc0aRiqD-JZ63v0HPws7mOQ3vsW/w640-h336/Wizards%20Lost%20Kingdom%20II%20(Pony%20Horton).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pony Horton on location with two in progress glass shots. I corresponded with Pony some years ago and he kindly regaled me with tales of his days as a beginning matte painter and general assistant at Van der Veer Photo Effects. He even mentioned rattling around looking at old glass mattes in a storeroom when he accidentally knocked over a couple <i>(CAPRICORN ONE was one matte as I recall, and maybe KONG was the other?)</i> which were smashed to pieces, with Frank van der Veer and Barry Nolan rushing in with a <i>"What the hell happened here?"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXeJMyYqxbObRN434D97XBC3AD1wpDze9lGsPEZG-U8FOgPnWamuxrCQE47qRNS7cIXG6ts-Vnkqn6yUCJi9leBUNjyJgYjT5CVyA313viEIkUf3BjWmgR3Tf8QCVgTqwEmWCpS5B25Q82nyQABwHPqLyR5GLmUqLCz0ezSx_p3CQKbgc7rsj2rBH/s2631/Wizard%20Speed%20&%20Time.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="2631" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXeJMyYqxbObRN434D97XBC3AD1wpDze9lGsPEZG-U8FOgPnWamuxrCQE47qRNS7cIXG6ts-Vnkqn6yUCJi9leBUNjyJgYjT5CVyA313viEIkUf3BjWmgR3Tf8QCVgTqwEmWCpS5B25Q82nyQABwHPqLyR5GLmUqLCz0ezSx_p3CQKbgc7rsj2rBH/w640-h194/Wizard%20Speed%20&%20Time.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The utterly charming and unique WIZARD OF SPEED AND TIME (1988) was definitely a one-of-a-kind experience by the enthusiatic and highly creative indie film maker Mike Jittlov. The feature was an extension of an earlier short subject that Mike had made a few years earlier. A delight to view, the simplistic little film is wall to wall visual effects and trick shots - some harking back to the silent era. Several genre celebs appear such as the great Forry Ackerman and seasoned effects man Jim Danforth, who also contributed to the many optical fx shots. Jittlov was known for his unique ability to 'animate' himself in camera to highly amusing effect - <i>(an old silent movie gag that would also be used superbly in the 1970's by the BBC for the quite brilliant slapstick classic show THE GOODIES)</i>. Mike would later contribute similar 'self animation' work to the mega-hit GHOST with Patrick Swayze.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEWVCfMLiI4BDlOlsHuOsKvpWOu9u6heZBfxwkKo-8_xkf79kT6CMEjIfUoQS0Kyt1ROAsoaH1_f1YNksMCJLqT7SRZ8kX4BumRBqNK076OwpkTlkWAIQQ_pZx3PbgqFLFquRGy4cf8eLhHgA522yZwTgpJ8BHdkKVQNfhC8SViR1GD3rejv1Swif/s1936/What%20Waits%20Below-matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="1936" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEWVCfMLiI4BDlOlsHuOsKvpWOu9u6heZBfxwkKo-8_xkf79kT6CMEjIfUoQS0Kyt1ROAsoaH1_f1YNksMCJLqT7SRZ8kX4BumRBqNK076OwpkTlkWAIQQ_pZx3PbgqFLFquRGy4cf8eLhHgA522yZwTgpJ8BHdkKVQNfhC8SViR1GD3rejv1Swif/w640-h478/What%20Waits%20Below-matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of those movie-of-the-week tv films, WHAT WAITS BELOW (1984) had several matte shots by Mark Sullivan, with David Stipes on the fx camera.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhua2do33s69CsII4wLF598h0oz8H0UQyvF3S0aLjLXhw_C8A76ZmhpVtAF5H1HKkzF9T9Xy15XxQfokc_4Ws0fszmQFsIq_GGFxuAwpVQb4aa1eWyVNLWJYc_TmRcBEIyHW264zf6Uf8ID7wTvjFNcL9pRtzNqIMJzK3qG0kSVUQKZ2Dx2q6taB4tD/s982/Mark%20Sullivan%20working.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="982" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhua2do33s69CsII4wLF598h0oz8H0UQyvF3S0aLjLXhw_C8A76ZmhpVtAF5H1HKkzF9T9Xy15XxQfokc_4Ws0fszmQFsIq_GGFxuAwpVQb4aa1eWyVNLWJYc_TmRcBEIyHW264zf6Uf8ID7wTvjFNcL9pRtzNqIMJzK3qG0kSVUQKZ2Dx2q6taB4tD/w640-h446/Mark%20Sullivan%20working.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A young Mark Sullivan finishing off the matte for the shot above.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGgAqP9ga0YxkJ229c862FpBoUFnpKoc-L37V2RzFPqTaGdpoj41C6Atf0Ja8k2L84mvJ4-7tNAuvt7-rTgvrhM_8B7bZTKrTzaZJAnnXZuNVs_sMpy9unambpQmhojRjxwEaVZppJE9xTen8qpiEQ0bO84zkS1qbQItKuvFUqZz018EfhVt_bx6o/s1960/Wonders%20of%20Aladdin-61.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGgAqP9ga0YxkJ229c862FpBoUFnpKoc-L37V2RzFPqTaGdpoj41C6Atf0Ja8k2L84mvJ4-7tNAuvt7-rTgvrhM_8B7bZTKrTzaZJAnnXZuNVs_sMpy9unambpQmhojRjxwEaVZppJE9xTen8qpiEQ0bO84zkS1qbQItKuvFUqZz018EfhVt_bx6o/w640-h410/Wonders%20of%20Aladdin-61.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Donald O'Connor starred as a most unlikely Aladdin here in this 1961 Italian desert fantasy, THE WONDERS OF ALADDIN . Directed by Mario Bava, who, as previously mentioned. was also a most adept visual effects artist on many of his films, this one included. Bava created some amazing vfx shots for his cult classic DANGER DIABOLIK, which I will cover in a separate blog.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMmLFy_PoRlrYWR3Tkjupuf-i1yY_FSr5POFGR0xTjtKysgi1QVg6WwEQpjhxB3S9IqMfLKetT4scpZwmwKfihpmx5zLfr2auHtWYdryKQaT8dU_5lynOm3pWpDAIiGY1bUPFgfaSgKQBAyg9d8AfplxQglR4LEQWSiYk1gqZ7IRoyw6st17hHWMd/s2376/X-The%20Unknown.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1696" data-original-width="2376" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMmLFy_PoRlrYWR3Tkjupuf-i1yY_FSr5POFGR0xTjtKysgi1QVg6WwEQpjhxB3S9IqMfLKetT4scpZwmwKfihpmx5zLfr2auHtWYdryKQaT8dU_5lynOm3pWpDAIiGY1bUPFgfaSgKQBAyg9d8AfplxQglR4LEQWSiYk1gqZ7IRoyw6st17hHWMd/w640-h456/X-The%20Unknown.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of several excellent British sci-fi pictures was this Hammer film X-THE UNKNOWN (1957) where much is brought to the screen for very little money. Les Bowie supervised he effects and painted all of these shots, with optical cinematographer - and long time Bowie colleague, Vic Margutti - adding in electrical explosions and interactive lighting to a 2 dimensional Bowie painted landscape with power pylons.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDphA34KR-b-d8SsirIJRr5wgXoQQXYr6Z7gYFwwpalgUyJNosODArdKP3khTpnfS186-WYhoUUhuHgO48SPqYCRfBQXquydmTiWUo2QNTG6eHqvZFHpUQ6lTXQqXdyHGZHrNHpvKHAUsCVNcAlvDcJlvwMf27m1n2-RFTo0UHz4RtTJ9TgX3pJZDp/s2676/Yongary-Monster%20From%20Deep-67%20(Korea).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2676" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDphA34KR-b-d8SsirIJRr5wgXoQQXYr6Z7gYFwwpalgUyJNosODArdKP3khTpnfS186-WYhoUUhuHgO48SPqYCRfBQXquydmTiWUo2QNTG6eHqvZFHpUQ6lTXQqXdyHGZHrNHpvKHAUsCVNcAlvDcJlvwMf27m1n2-RFTo0UHz4RtTJ9TgX3pJZDp/w640-h284/Yongary-Monster%20From%20Deep-67%20(Korea).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Like Japan, South Korea also - for a time - delved into monsters stomping around Seoul. This epic, YONGARY, MONSTER FROM THE DEEP (1967) followed all the same formula, and was a bit of a giggle. Lots of miniature sets split screened into live action plates, and things exploding.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMt-33_AO5cM4uhVbslOCY64uv2lVOf6pDP8Nl_70RSV9gYqBwDhX68LIF9RXymNkSc_4ir_6ILuUHjfQQDVSLw5Y4llB1HGfbLKQYKVUlhieDPgncYp0tQpfVB9fY28KfTNBn6mpiKWXK5yzfq7AqiLY7zM_UuetLwuVCU_4Y7bcMMXMEOlVcaiEU/s1326/Yongary%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1326" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMt-33_AO5cM4uhVbslOCY64uv2lVOf6pDP8Nl_70RSV9gYqBwDhX68LIF9RXymNkSc_4ir_6ILuUHjfQQDVSLw5Y4llB1HGfbLKQYKVUlhieDPgncYp0tQpfVB9fY28KfTNBn6mpiKWXK5yzfq7AqiLY7zM_UuetLwuVCU_4Y7bcMMXMEOlVcaiEU/w640-h554/Yongary%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More catastrophic calamity from YONGARY. Send this big bastard to North Korea I say! Incidentally, I love <i>modern era</i> Korean cinema and find it so damned good, after largely predictable American crime thrillers etc. The number of outstanding Korean films I've got is way up there. Such dark masterpieces as I SAW THE DEVIL; THE ROUNDUP-OUTLAWS 2; BATTLESHIP ISLAND; THE GANGSTER, THE COP & THE DEVIL; ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU and PARASITE are some prime examples. Man, can they make some <u>great</u> films!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7uh9bfp2Vgf1j0ATD0rWVDyrwQxxHPjFOYL-uzym13QX5NLqrS-Y-DdTkHdG5kgLLXUxqanWFfYmVCWWMuerwmRhrbiyJXNa55UMvcDd5koaI37RES24NF4DYRvMH-8xVcsnSWni-nveTIOiJOX4_00hNi2pjndxmFzDHxqJqjeYl8AupspovyYn/s1568/ZOTZ-62.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1568" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7uh9bfp2Vgf1j0ATD0rWVDyrwQxxHPjFOYL-uzym13QX5NLqrS-Y-DdTkHdG5kgLLXUxqanWFfYmVCWWMuerwmRhrbiyJXNa55UMvcDd5koaI37RES24NF4DYRvMH-8xVcsnSWni-nveTIOiJOX4_00hNi2pjndxmFzDHxqJqjeYl8AupspovyYn/w640-h408/ZOTZ-62.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I did say William Castle made some oddball films from time to time... ZOTZ (1962) was a strangely uninvolving comedy of magical powers and casting spells. One rather nice extreme perspective matte shot from an unknown artist, and an amusing Columbia logo bit where the Liberty Lady turns her head and winks at director Castle - unquestionably the high point of the film. <b>*Note</b>- Columbia weren't afraid to make fun of their logo and did similar things in many films such as the friggen awful disco flick THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY made in the late 70's where the famous lady strikes up a disco pose and boogies her buns off!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 176 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></div><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwNR1SGyXYeCRDxKz-3VvMeU4CA6cepsdx6S2PG3YjLrLJfIndoeZ_Cv0xb8WD7gqS0h75aDkjH9Oa3i76KILnY6lYWPdpF5dfVLe3A2q_GD7xskw3EMRqrKgn2K71j6bTwvdA12Uilsz95hG9AUd8iTFGCWVtnHxfAmAVe4kjNuku1Tj67-tHkJe/s728/Gorgo%207789_20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="728" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwNR1SGyXYeCRDxKz-3VvMeU4CA6cepsdx6S2PG3YjLrLJfIndoeZ_Cv0xb8WD7gqS0h75aDkjH9Oa3i76KILnY6lYWPdpF5dfVLe3A2q_GD7xskw3EMRqrKgn2K71j6bTwvdA12Uilsz95hG9AUd8iTFGCWVtnHxfAmAVe4kjNuku1Tj67-tHkJe/w640-h360/Gorgo%207789_20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Hopefully <i>this</i> sums up this thrilling blog post!!</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Do give me your feedback...it's always appreciated.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">All the best</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Peter</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-68512841381057232372022-05-31T20:28:00.000+12:002022-05-31T20:28:46.827+12:00INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC: THE MATTE ART - Part Two<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvIS0leKNP35aOK-YpPtKu2Nz2ID3gIgC3G0zF1T56sdTeF5c5N2WRkr-BZ8xMDKfLhPWTpeTs_TgzA3wblWJ9y8hrSMB3ZGR48Dqk1Fg-wz_Nb-6EKe6UZ27Lu5AfifHGqCEBG_9lxjJNr-hcOdoYjFp95JpQNH8796T91UfW6R1pl8XFD5ryxGZ/s2396/ILM%20pt2%20BLOG%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1712" data-original-width="2396" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvIS0leKNP35aOK-YpPtKu2Nz2ID3gIgC3G0zF1T56sdTeF5c5N2WRkr-BZ8xMDKfLhPWTpeTs_TgzA3wblWJ9y8hrSMB3ZGR48Dqk1Fg-wz_Nb-6EKe6UZ27Lu5AfifHGqCEBG_9lxjJNr-hcOdoYjFp95JpQNH8796T91UfW6R1pl8XFD5ryxGZ/w640-h458/ILM%20pt2%20BLOG%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hi there friends, followers and fellow film fanatics. It is, without question, well and truly time to examine more of that utterly magical lost art form of the traditional, hand painted and photo-chemically assembled matte shot. I have an epic (truly!) rundown here today, as the continuation of the mammoth tribute piece to <b><i>Industrial Light & Magic</i></b>'s matte painting department and the personalities therein.<p></p><p>As with the first part of this extensive overview, I've attempted to cover all of the ILM traditional mattes as best I can, and in chronological order. There are some familiar shots here for sure, but also a number of long forgotten mattes from a mix of genres, all having been a product of the ILM factory. The first film covered here today is one I overlooked in Part One (THE DARK CRYSTAL), so, apologies.</p><p>A number of painters continue to be celebrated, as do cameramen and others. <b>Part One</b> included foundation magicians of the matte Harrison Ellenshaw, Alan Maley and Ralph McQuarrie, followed by the next generation of exponents such as Michael Pangrazio, Christopher Evans, Frank Ordaz and Caroleen Green. <b>Part Two </b>carries over some of those storied talents as well as adding in some fresh names such as Sean Joyce, Yusei Uesugi, Richard Van Der Wendt, Paul Swensden and the multi-talented Mark Sullivan. Also, in a couple of film entries I'll point out <i>other</i> non-ILM mattes that were rendered elsewhere by other artists such as Doug Ferris and Charles Stoneham in the UK, as well as veteran Jim Danforth at his Effects Associates fx company. I've endeavoured to be as complete as possible, so if anyone out there spots something that I've missed - be it a matte or film title - let me know.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_CJe09uMKz-cM7JiPLeY7m5BgDNlgpSnmyEo6eRJdN6YhO3vQjdO1LCIRtyghi57zNCGhOnrW40YX-B3KqyFGOxsDRI9MErpc8FDPlbJK0ibOOGskW5Dx6PTyazfesnRl4RhPzhiLycZZXKekBzxUAcl40i4QKDtNZHaUCPOANNSZSNS0JN5i3F6/s1298/Enemy%20Mine%20matte%20painting%20with%20director.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1298" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_CJe09uMKz-cM7JiPLeY7m5BgDNlgpSnmyEo6eRJdN6YhO3vQjdO1LCIRtyghi57zNCGhOnrW40YX-B3KqyFGOxsDRI9MErpc8FDPlbJK0ibOOGskW5Dx6PTyazfesnRl4RhPzhiLycZZXKekBzxUAcl40i4QKDtNZHaUCPOANNSZSNS0JN5i3F6/w400-h179/Enemy%20Mine%20matte%20painting%20with%20director.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>I stumbled, purely by accident, across an excellent podcast website called <i><b>Filmumentaries</b></i>, which delves into comprehensive and intelligent guest interviews by creator and host, British podcaster Jamie Benning, with all manner of film industry people, such as ILM and Matte World's Craig Barron and Michael Pangrazio as two examples. Craig's podcast can be found <a href="https://filmumentaries.com/2022/02/46-craig-barron-vfx-guru-ilm-matte-world-magnopus/">here</a>, while Mike's is <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/user/impossiblefunky/51-pangrazio-v1">here</a>. Highly recommended, and I simply must dig deeper!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgKXRm2pt1_AVuNlXuAUf6HYw_-2Y8pKV_zvT2cfNnSxmnyYWaqYFRYynBoal1D7ZghCs-6cJiOUWBKduaaKc0puriXqlvIBoPeV2uP7LuJJjGhzittGlMBnF4NgRiHuTJfq52zoXQon-KECE2hpc-lBLHgwDREuP2XzK8PzZyQl12clG3y7J-Rqx/s1109/Filmumentaries%20blog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1109" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgKXRm2pt1_AVuNlXuAUf6HYw_-2Y8pKV_zvT2cfNnSxmnyYWaqYFRYynBoal1D7ZghCs-6cJiOUWBKduaaKc0puriXqlvIBoPeV2uP7LuJJjGhzittGlMBnF4NgRiHuTJfq52zoXQon-KECE2hpc-lBLHgwDREuP2XzK8PzZyQl12clG3y7J-Rqx/w400-h203/Filmumentaries%20blog.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /></div><p style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>*** </b><i><b>We here at Matte Shot wish to take this opportunity to extend our kind thoughts and utmost support to the sheer strength and resolve of the brave and courageous people, armed forces and legitimate democratic government of the sovereign nation of Ukraine. </b></i></span><b style="color: #cc0000;"><i>The frenzy of brutality, mass murder and wholesale destruction - all clearly crimes against humanity - engineered by Putin's fascist, genocidal Russian war machine, upon the innocent Ukrainian population is unforgiveable. The entire 'free' world is on the side of Ukraine, with the Russian invaders international credibility now competely lost due to the actions of their dictator, for generations to come.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>All the best.</b></span></p><p><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Pete</b> </p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Now, with <u>that</u> important opinion piece off my chest, it's time to begin our journey down the magical matte painted highway...</p><p>Enjoy the ride...</p><p><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 175 previous blogposts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uXXHiaGW_nozEcjRBIOWCdyFH0Z7IQX6S06rbCg7WQJc9c1N8DlJlQaY2iTQeXUe3jMI_88djbfop5O3IFoGkgshjQ1hiymEDB7oTofaNy6eNS_61SQvcFX0MRVnSWHBHDfHQwzuQvD-gL3FeQT50FDlIIlOOINV9gQd48Ucy-tyHk_9i2hPdjYf/s1372/Chris%20Evans-ILM-Golden%20Child.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1372" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uXXHiaGW_nozEcjRBIOWCdyFH0Z7IQX6S06rbCg7WQJc9c1N8DlJlQaY2iTQeXUe3jMI_88djbfop5O3IFoGkgshjQ1hiymEDB7oTofaNy6eNS_61SQvcFX0MRVnSWHBHDfHQwzuQvD-gL3FeQT50FDlIIlOOINV9gQd48Ucy-tyHk_9i2hPdjYf/w640-h454/Chris%20Evans-ILM-Golden%20Child.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixvL2g9zyl1sMEi2wCT8SvrOCIGvosN4oYNViRZYSiD14tvjWj80SmAa4C5KxdDB0W9qmxcQdTvoE_3xMWsrR6jD2PBWbKyut2ekqTIUMIDx4W90ZydMPbuC7JwnkSJ41HlmX4_-gifFI-0Pyeyz5c-KBwoHufPRBVjeDuBw_kNikcMNUziwmpkWI/s1072/Dark%20Crystal%20artwork.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="916" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixvL2g9zyl1sMEi2wCT8SvrOCIGvosN4oYNViRZYSiD14tvjWj80SmAa4C5KxdDB0W9qmxcQdTvoE_3xMWsrR6jD2PBWbKyut2ekqTIUMIDx4W90ZydMPbuC7JwnkSJ41HlmX4_-gifFI-0Pyeyz5c-KBwoHufPRBVjeDuBw_kNikcMNUziwmpkWI/w546-h640/Dark%20Crystal%20artwork.jpg" width="546" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In keeping with an intended chronological rundown, I had meant to include THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982) in the previous part of this ILM retrospective, so with oversight corrected, here it now appears.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwC8ONHaXc5kT2oHDJDGULgqCMZAOoyydEgXspGvVaKgHA4C5vhhXEYn90PnQeA02C8ilD9frNnDZY_QCjnKMojYRHHw3xBPw7VBdNJRnWc7l_hGhoUN0C7o3VdYsKi04q7BDRwpZzyn49q8MszvG6PFtQo6Pu1MtrrBPprHXh23Y8mYoh_eLyJBS/s1918/Dark%20Crystal%20BR3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1918" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwC8ONHaXc5kT2oHDJDGULgqCMZAOoyydEgXspGvVaKgHA4C5vhhXEYn90PnQeA02C8ilD9frNnDZY_QCjnKMojYRHHw3xBPw7VBdNJRnWc7l_hGhoUN0C7o3VdYsKi04q7BDRwpZzyn49q8MszvG6PFtQo6Pu1MtrrBPprHXh23Y8mYoh_eLyJBS/w640-h280/Dark%20Crystal%20BR3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DARK CRYSTAL was an entirely British based production, with visual effects supervised by UK optical veteran Roy Field. Some of the mattes were done at Roy's company Optical Film Effects, in London - and those examples come are shown after I demonstrate the ILM shots. ILM were called and given a total of eight painted mattes to render some while into late production, to further flesh out the broad vistas, and the finished shots were indeed magnificent. This is a Mike Pangrazio matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dQi-yX0OM_CXd8He1eA-9_gsImWzBc8hiq4wuJujv2Mpqdet6KFuBDrQSY13fFv2LmI87vMYsN7yUfKbQ776r9ho3puIa9exAbc4wryjMDpfEbV5z5c2PTuVNLP7SkkNRSK_VPK8xfKIkG6xlQxrlwNiC6SE0l1Sgfm5Z0-EoiwDT8zRa_ncoX6z/s732/Dark%20Crystal-Pangrazio%20at%20work.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="732" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dQi-yX0OM_CXd8He1eA-9_gsImWzBc8hiq4wuJujv2Mpqdet6KFuBDrQSY13fFv2LmI87vMYsN7yUfKbQ776r9ho3puIa9exAbc4wryjMDpfEbV5z5c2PTuVNLP7SkkNRSK_VPK8xfKIkG6xlQxrlwNiC6SE0l1Sgfm5Z0-EoiwDT8zRa_ncoX6z/w400-h280/Dark%20Crystal-Pangrazio%20at%20work.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pangrazio at work on above matte at ILM.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLB_n6lGeTa5rcVLvwZpD7VV9A0VCIgdnY0r_AW9Y3EITSTAp3VslYRYGcey1JOwC2cs5YGNXrOgHAQIutq2BTATgWQ1DUQyCYajH_wcVQLOf0GA2QPoR944r6WebxAdRwT9nPYQc4Gwa7NTww7TJH5fdhkgJAikhVNswt4llYIcVKcD790FblZwhA/s1920/dark%20crystal-2208.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLB_n6lGeTa5rcVLvwZpD7VV9A0VCIgdnY0r_AW9Y3EITSTAp3VslYRYGcey1JOwC2cs5YGNXrOgHAQIutq2BTATgWQ1DUQyCYajH_wcVQLOf0GA2QPoR944r6WebxAdRwT9nPYQc4Gwa7NTww7TJH5fdhkgJAikhVNswt4llYIcVKcD790FblZwhA/w640-h272/dark%20crystal-2208.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Mike's mattes from the same sequence</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QnoK4_oiMcXxWF3sqf3q28t4Y8zfZSEUtMB8h-UXvBT1xpikZpgN_W7jgDyVvOxygsbMq469zMXircCBwj_k6_6N_rKELXbeJXiGf3m534zp9Tg2jkToCGfJTSTkxY_dsiV6QD57lImTTzwc9AzebzT5wEmIoarlrt8w7Pt_SV2Tw_kmQG7avAVL/s1175/dark%20crystal-pangrazio%20x4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1175" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QnoK4_oiMcXxWF3sqf3q28t4Y8zfZSEUtMB8h-UXvBT1xpikZpgN_W7jgDyVvOxygsbMq469zMXircCBwj_k6_6N_rKELXbeJXiGf3m534zp9Tg2jkToCGfJTSTkxY_dsiV6QD57lImTTzwc9AzebzT5wEmIoarlrt8w7Pt_SV2Tw_kmQG7avAVL/w640-h458/dark%20crystal-pangrazio%20x4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pangrazio and brush...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxLbsPc58trlDY7j8MRGqMOhAzO7-7NwvGy0KJ6txw5xCAf8CpFtovUuSZxVNQcnNLMPnlL6OhBO38B5QcFAD_ZJGrK0m6zcMIVsLYqh7eyQWh0_YbMhKAYTwhepFdxWvt1PggaFTSl5TGyDxVIPGweqryVxlb1k98BGtc4S7xH9qk7qmGXVZb_EC/s1920/dark%20crystal-3334.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxLbsPc58trlDY7j8MRGqMOhAzO7-7NwvGy0KJ6txw5xCAf8CpFtovUuSZxVNQcnNLMPnlL6OhBO38B5QcFAD_ZJGrK0m6zcMIVsLYqh7eyQWh0_YbMhKAYTwhepFdxWvt1PggaFTSl5TGyDxVIPGweqryVxlb1k98BGtc4S7xH9qk7qmGXVZb_EC/w640-h272/dark%20crystal-3334.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This beautiful shot was the work of ILM's Christopher Evans.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7rrKkK2puT8kGfBJBLOHxKFlAlW0bR0Trsmn2s37ev9476pkr4jZ_LpKv76XKD3pa3H0ysK8UclNQEkxwoTNrtzxBFFqtT6bcQMAaafNBuG2u7RJXFXjRybe2pCVHkwJePQ8Vb1fymwRiLjBFOkPRknqQjuoybckcgdq9MREujd72lIOv8mXh75N/s2008/Dark%20Crystal%204K%20detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="2008" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7rrKkK2puT8kGfBJBLOHxKFlAlW0bR0Trsmn2s37ev9476pkr4jZ_LpKv76XKD3pa3H0ysK8UclNQEkxwoTNrtzxBFFqtT6bcQMAaafNBuG2u7RJXFXjRybe2pCVHkwJePQ8Vb1fymwRiLjBFOkPRknqQjuoybckcgdq9MREujd72lIOv8mXh75N/w640-h318/Dark%20Crystal%204K%20detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer look...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNbHtqCshp6F8_BVa3Maiheuv4_eJBpcIPV0Rk4AZWQxO7V5yeE4MTWrTfUrL_5fDUNNJdaBhLPbqWPWP9kapBevavxLXjzaLsDpq0jNfoYsvjJHtT_QjjKgj2ecrkaGf6VBRKZAOqgp1WlJvye_b4jiIBmljqgw-LauIwkZP2ysX0MO_PhZXKETG/s1920/Dark%20Crystal%20BR4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNbHtqCshp6F8_BVa3Maiheuv4_eJBpcIPV0Rk4AZWQxO7V5yeE4MTWrTfUrL_5fDUNNJdaBhLPbqWPWP9kapBevavxLXjzaLsDpq0jNfoYsvjJHtT_QjjKgj2ecrkaGf6VBRKZAOqgp1WlJvye_b4jiIBmljqgw-LauIwkZP2ysX0MO_PhZXKETG/w640-h278/Dark%20Crystal%20BR4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Evans' mattes. Unusually, all of the ILM mattes were shot and composited on 4-perf, rather than their standard VistaVision 8-perf. Matte camera operator Craig Barron recalled the assignment as being one of the rare pick-up matte jobs that came into the matte department, and was completely separate from the rest of ILM's operation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOiAEGn9Fg8k4Nc5QTRX5t0cyD3Rp6x4NBtwo9Ohf_5gKzO3b2lVIwgPg_hKh40FHbRpM_EzB2zVIT70uf8b-2bguhKRgiU_BO93UmBQTgVKm14Cv0--xPNNR-mw9cWrYJ8n80qnHCQaGdtqwEOp8FBwxF9Yf4E6HOoF3WoBcsoH2FK73t87aQkUo/s1920/dark%20crystal_4127.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1920" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOiAEGn9Fg8k4Nc5QTRX5t0cyD3Rp6x4NBtwo9Ohf_5gKzO3b2lVIwgPg_hKh40FHbRpM_EzB2zVIT70uf8b-2bguhKRgiU_BO93UmBQTgVKm14Cv0--xPNNR-mw9cWrYJ8n80qnHCQaGdtqwEOp8FBwxF9Yf4E6HOoF3WoBcsoH2FK73t87aQkUo/w640-h274/dark%20crystal_4127.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This shot is a Mike Pangrazio matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgco2s-fHbcp-94VqYx7jvDteAGKd6Wl0I43GEb_6FxFIPbAhTJ1z0CUxKN_-iNYAnZhz3OFb7V0ISo1UcdTxV5ezhbAMtYRhis_sf08jMLgjAvkfg7cZJnMPDPdTp_51QpffXChRlRcU6Y4stPNXUNoR12X7YDhFSZ0vKWQcJ5oj_1EYdTD6fO4Ti5/s1920/Dark%20Crystal%20BR2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgco2s-fHbcp-94VqYx7jvDteAGKd6Wl0I43GEb_6FxFIPbAhTJ1z0CUxKN_-iNYAnZhz3OFb7V0ISo1UcdTxV5ezhbAMtYRhis_sf08jMLgjAvkfg7cZJnMPDPdTp_51QpffXChRlRcU6Y4stPNXUNoR12X7YDhFSZ0vKWQcJ5oj_1EYdTD6fO4Ti5/w640-h278/Dark%20Crystal%20BR2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chris Evans matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />NON-ILM MATTE EFFECTS SHOTS:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbsGYnVgNw5b2VW4h9r1-P9b00M_lLcHfh7_U8dwP5tD6nYy28Ba9leJEYPWe4gQ5va_eVEcznnEevksrk9lfY3GytieqezX7RDmyBVZCPquiPh7-sgIqwtC89LGeCIhvJlpQeWJaNiG0Buv4ZOR7vYiGYN1s91Ju3uYpGiQkDgOxFdvN-kyHaNe-/s2612/dark%20crystal-misc.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2612" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbsGYnVgNw5b2VW4h9r1-P9b00M_lLcHfh7_U8dwP5tD6nYy28Ba9leJEYPWe4gQ5va_eVEcznnEevksrk9lfY3GytieqezX7RDmyBVZCPquiPh7-sgIqwtC89LGeCIhvJlpQeWJaNiG0Buv4ZOR7vYiGYN1s91Ju3uYpGiQkDgOxFdvN-kyHaNe-/w640-h282/dark%20crystal-misc.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not completely sure about all of these, but can state that the bottom left frame with the swirling sky was executed at Roy Field's O.F.E in London. Veteran matte artist Doug Ferris first attempted to create the effect as a large glass painting and smoke effects (shown below), but early trials were disappointing. The effects shot was eventually achieved by UK fx man Jon Sorenson as a combined water tank gag.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kDBahwuTikaSnKbmtz20Sms9JjtaTXM801411MjnCtP2b1K0LzWQy3gGMtT_rneG7mWgx2SqEVg4vA7-75rUBg4jcLV8kWtDNgSygsv3fVEySYbmVnFi63KRwicE4pcySLt40xkZddcx0YhcKuIR6hdEpAR8ge2W963BLa3vDNezp0XuvFMCEHlb/s2480/Dark%20Crystal%20(Stoneham%20mattes2a).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #0000ee; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPN2743KzWbZ1keVizah9M721Z8wtIg3UaBzUxKoQlzzRr7dWFd3fEZu_eV26mDar-amaSkqlN1XsymfEvoN369nWuxborOzs0Br5XpsFHY-ZzpiEpwV43PUYa8l8EdjiLEHqKChU2v_pcY5PBP9cbxiY_w-f59RMhGHtpXNqP6EpA4-vMwA5Wh9HF/s2480/Dark%20Crystal%20(Stoneham%20mattes2a).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="2480" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPN2743KzWbZ1keVizah9M721Z8wtIg3UaBzUxKoQlzzRr7dWFd3fEZu_eV26mDar-amaSkqlN1XsymfEvoN369nWuxborOzs0Br5XpsFHY-ZzpiEpwV43PUYa8l8EdjiLEHqKChU2v_pcY5PBP9cbxiY_w-f59RMhGHtpXNqP6EpA4-vMwA5Wh9HF/w640-h242/Dark%20Crystal%20(Stoneham%20mattes2a).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">UK matte artists Charles Stoneham (left) and Doug Ferris (right) at work on mattes. Some fx shots were dropped when the running time was shortened after preview audiences were confused. The 3 mattes here were Stonehams work. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPLqNrV3gf5Hszcpa9arOhrc10HqA4fJA3FQq1eN0f4ryaN1n7PdKjuwpz7kkM8LLkBBxy9FNprnDcKoAtx0u04DmNH_sLo6enC9GkwWRu5JTrL8QRisGaDJDId3WwvtJN3eAMBLZjYz3H5h40NaaOGQSFNul8I6sYdHNHw5CjWYaaPNKJDIRji5Y/s2229/dark%20crystal%20(stoneham%20mattes1).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="2229" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPLqNrV3gf5Hszcpa9arOhrc10HqA4fJA3FQq1eN0f4ryaN1n7PdKjuwpz7kkM8LLkBBxy9FNprnDcKoAtx0u04DmNH_sLo6enC9GkwWRu5JTrL8QRisGaDJDId3WwvtJN3eAMBLZjYz3H5h40NaaOGQSFNul8I6sYdHNHw5CjWYaaPNKJDIRji5Y/w640-h270/dark%20crystal%20(stoneham%20mattes1).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">These four mattes were also painted by Charles Stoneham and photographed by Martin Body at Roy Field's Optical Film Effects.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LeTSCOcjg73QCwI9tqpNdcQkGhd-adavPt08rRvEa3f9_MeGxDgrFGQ2FgFM9k2-e9Ky8h6ANRCamLjwUNc7jiCFGjPFA-iTflUDeOk__8xaen9hXR59bCB-Tp6TEMknrcBOOCESJtC3j2HRFx9zR6csi4tgLWakk3ZScxODEoyFyxdSp6vC4ajn/s1425/Cocoon%20one%20sheet.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="914" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LeTSCOcjg73QCwI9tqpNdcQkGhd-adavPt08rRvEa3f9_MeGxDgrFGQ2FgFM9k2-e9Ky8h6ANRCamLjwUNc7jiCFGjPFA-iTflUDeOk__8xaen9hXR59bCB-Tp6TEMknrcBOOCESJtC3j2HRFx9zR6csi4tgLWakk3ZScxODEoyFyxdSp6vC4ajn/w256-h400/Cocoon%20one%20sheet.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I seem to recall that Ron Howard's COCOON (1985) might have won the best vfx Oscar that year.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqE9Hvp7c_VNHx7Pgg3LpWlGUqbjT8rBiEVhDcIzMAHKiEXAnKHW1YhdNFdhhUgF-1Y3X-AwBC4Yn4eAVnsZWLt_7cLzB9ji5X_cdtnwIXZL-KltmIY20AJ8GGn7i0689wAIbYFqw1wy0VXpm62WUI_EqpDvB72RK6cbP5Km_cWBK4tOkkGk5ltOm/s953/Cocoon-85%20matte%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="953" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqE9Hvp7c_VNHx7Pgg3LpWlGUqbjT8rBiEVhDcIzMAHKiEXAnKHW1YhdNFdhhUgF-1Y3X-AwBC4Yn4eAVnsZWLt_7cLzB9ji5X_cdtnwIXZL-KltmIY20AJ8GGn7i0689wAIbYFqw1wy0VXpm62WUI_EqpDvB72RK6cbP5Km_cWBK4tOkkGk5ltOm/w640-h448/Cocoon-85%20matte%20painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film featured only a few matte painted shots, though the numerous cel animated optical shots were really impressive.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wiuNBcA8R2qvfcOnN0urGU9HmUeC_YH7n4w3GiPOmV0eO8j3gFA3scOdxfw1sz0bwrPcnu3fhXYp1lTQ7rB3E13fKlxGq1NQaEQWXVq_0yaTFCnRsC3OFAHhqn6bFSRvEd7HXo8cn-5B-tT7uuvYXqsihf1X_TgkP4zL6clnB0w9lQN0fmQO34gz/s2340/Cocoon3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="1504" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wiuNBcA8R2qvfcOnN0urGU9HmUeC_YH7n4w3GiPOmV0eO8j3gFA3scOdxfw1sz0bwrPcnu3fhXYp1lTQ7rB3E13fKlxGq1NQaEQWXVq_0yaTFCnRsC3OFAHhqn6bFSRvEd7HXo8cn-5B-tT7uuvYXqsihf1X_TgkP4zL6clnB0w9lQN0fmQO34gz/w412-h640/Cocoon3.jpg" width="412" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Multi-plane matte art for camera move which opens the show.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuG9zAfAY4Id0mMJpqQ-QStLVYLDbEsk2lQrZyQ4l--3-ptH-kfDSP9PHTNnfsm02jADL6grcynahuqEfU3JSa6Z92ARnGQzQDUl5ktVbMx-JEqzHwc17JDyY4dpvp7Q_FB-LGLrP_IOKVqJw_roxPeE_4ts0_bYn8lnwNkK-iwECFjf6k4YVVahDV/s1777/Cocoon1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="1672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuG9zAfAY4Id0mMJpqQ-QStLVYLDbEsk2lQrZyQ4l--3-ptH-kfDSP9PHTNnfsm02jADL6grcynahuqEfU3JSa6Z92ARnGQzQDUl5ktVbMx-JEqzHwc17JDyY4dpvp7Q_FB-LGLrP_IOKVqJw_roxPeE_4ts0_bYn8lnwNkK-iwECFjf6k4YVVahDV/w602-h640/Cocoon1.jpg" width="602" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kid on set shot against a blue screen, with an extensive Caroleen Green matte painted neighbourhood and moonscape added in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZIHirm7HU-oCp47vZzjKD7hR3AHdaiJMHMkYj0rSD5ZtPIy5_dQDmNt4u98OAoW68bfY48OkjTdIj3g7a-ZiRkL_HZNF8SBlLIytFAPL_DAtmZzfb_Pwp1-yrYdDa9IVcx4LikW70xLoqAFzCTw_NknPQoH8loo9IpNxkwtLXInTvPkdQX38EUOg/s1664/Caroleen%20Green%20on%20Explorers.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1664" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZIHirm7HU-oCp47vZzjKD7hR3AHdaiJMHMkYj0rSD5ZtPIy5_dQDmNt4u98OAoW68bfY48OkjTdIj3g7a-ZiRkL_HZNF8SBlLIytFAPL_DAtmZzfb_Pwp1-yrYdDa9IVcx4LikW70xLoqAFzCTw_NknPQoH8loo9IpNxkwtLXInTvPkdQX38EUOg/w640-h332/Caroleen%20Green%20on%20Explorers.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Caroleen Green shown here at work on the above matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCxyFc2-0dJ9GIrUhlWvy7j6xVYJPo0PYHTn25IFPi0aLRnUPP56essgp_lXr__3NaF6os2peRXeU1h7yY3R7q5ESb2Qadb0DJ56Zwz3QlZqA0WJnrE92laGyhzJSstRGSNZeNvDP7z5nMu750EAmppi5FPPgrk6dGxjFOi0DuUD1WgjmVOkbm_Ou/s1596/Cocoon2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1596" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCxyFc2-0dJ9GIrUhlWvy7j6xVYJPo0PYHTn25IFPi0aLRnUPP56essgp_lXr__3NaF6os2peRXeU1h7yY3R7q5ESb2Qadb0DJ56Zwz3QlZqA0WJnrE92laGyhzJSstRGSNZeNvDP7z5nMu750EAmppi5FPPgrk6dGxjFOi0DuUD1WgjmVOkbm_Ou/w640-h364/Cocoon2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matted housing sub-division.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvDX5ORicYY7mpNiRI4pdxM1ujg4dFU8F52lRoPLnXN2-3n-XkMr07uvevPvqHrBtIiDIpuKAv8A1XbdoOA3hNYX6FScfH1-yapY6P-nOfIqokki9Fuw_V__KdUfwvwTABQIqjcL2I-ZjMJdSh_FZS_w3JHVg8MEJngEfEAANYn_-Ljuu8waxEHIt/s1920/vlcsnap-2022-05-21-15h19m53s815.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvDX5ORicYY7mpNiRI4pdxM1ujg4dFU8F52lRoPLnXN2-3n-XkMr07uvevPvqHrBtIiDIpuKAv8A1XbdoOA3hNYX6FScfH1-yapY6P-nOfIqokki9Fuw_V__KdUfwvwTABQIqjcL2I-ZjMJdSh_FZS_w3JHVg8MEJngEfEAANYn_-Ljuu8waxEHIt/w640-h346/vlcsnap-2022-05-21-15h19m53s815.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer view of Caroleen's moonscape.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZbJHDT-QYamjulPwaoRs_MMNPvr5PhMWSA8wAg2auS-MrxOcQfgN6MF3vW7qXd5FvX-Hp3dJ6MQNrhEFKgczWWiP-Q9SUyF3s2S2vsD3GcRAUZ8u4BV45QEkvcd6r82JIpY_qXtGMn7y9p7sIXvyE8ovkn6Dpi58QD3qe0qzUosEgkpYd005DUd_/s2133/Cocoon%20end%20fx.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="2133" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZbJHDT-QYamjulPwaoRs_MMNPvr5PhMWSA8wAg2auS-MrxOcQfgN6MF3vW7qXd5FvX-Hp3dJ6MQNrhEFKgczWWiP-Q9SUyF3s2S2vsD3GcRAUZ8u4BV45QEkvcd6r82JIpY_qXtGMn7y9p7sIXvyE8ovkn6Dpi58QD3qe0qzUosEgkpYd005DUd_/w640-h216/Cocoon%20end%20fx.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Setting up the huge multi-plane glass painted intersteller vista for the dramatic conclusion of COCOON. A total of four 8 foot square glass sheets were required. Matte supervisor Chris Evans used translucent acrylic paint and careful airbrushing. The sheets of glass were mounted parallel to each other, backlit, and shot with a motion control camera move, with the miniature mothership composited in later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUdZv7noHelDHRiysRGjJlzyQo8D2RgfMnlTQCRYHzfYp9ngfy0F43ja_KvwyBMWKWPK8i_5nIAHcWhuarzz1J5iXNGQholUZSz9S2LwgldtzXtTZfM0M8o3Oo6YylyQH0HXS8F13mrHY9z9Idn586ALc3H3s18O7mok6lj-n-Cj2yBfk23WvukJo/s2476/caroleenJettGreenCOCOON.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2116" data-original-width="2476" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUdZv7noHelDHRiysRGjJlzyQo8D2RgfMnlTQCRYHzfYp9ngfy0F43ja_KvwyBMWKWPK8i_5nIAHcWhuarzz1J5iXNGQholUZSz9S2LwgldtzXtTZfM0M8o3Oo6YylyQH0HXS8F13mrHY9z9Idn586ALc3H3s18O7mok6lj-n-Cj2yBfk23WvukJo/w640-h546/caroleenJettGreenCOCOON.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painter Caroleen Green shown with large scale artwork and spacecraft miniature in what is likely a paste-up departmental publicity shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGvMJ2d-ES7_E3sjdXrQ0PsF6aHPErHPxvxEf2tbR9zzER3S0swKehB8njV_A6mzStfdihvX8c6hGwDfhyP1w1jxmwK2xH8y_N_SjTtVl-ctOdrQZNGD-5HSjfs3qgr1z9X2dxg4xG9YRS9VvkoQ7LMByuswi9Z6ov0aTzttC8tMUu0GJBSYE6hKf/s1500/Explorers%20poster.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGvMJ2d-ES7_E3sjdXrQ0PsF6aHPErHPxvxEf2tbR9zzER3S0swKehB8njV_A6mzStfdihvX8c6hGwDfhyP1w1jxmwK2xH8y_N_SjTtVl-ctOdrQZNGD-5HSjfs3qgr1z9X2dxg4xG9YRS9VvkoQ7LMByuswi9Z6ov0aTzttC8tMUu0GJBSYE6hKf/w266-h400/Explorers%20poster.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Joe Dante's EXPLORERS (1985) was, to a certain extent, entertaining, but, as with many of Joe's flicks, just never knew when to quit! All of the Earthbound stuff was great, but once the alien creatures got in on the act it became tiresome, rather quickly. It does, however, have Dick Miller in it.... always a plus!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbTxnHLNVH5DJVVl3kpc8FSY0nmsI-vRPXKlcI2o813Rdxe0kRmVwvZXnDVLOWFCSAsjaFWTg9VcpcJoV92wubjdzen4ovNjbXJmA5j2QaxEkx10jJZ68JNgw55vu27jkeKZXQrPHx3At7gx3xy2QzK3-Wy3NGqdh1-zme3Tix7FYbjkZ53d-zQMR/s1527/Expl-title.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="1308" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbTxnHLNVH5DJVVl3kpc8FSY0nmsI-vRPXKlcI2o813Rdxe0kRmVwvZXnDVLOWFCSAsjaFWTg9VcpcJoV92wubjdzen4ovNjbXJmA5j2QaxEkx10jJZ68JNgw55vu27jkeKZXQrPHx3At7gx3xy2QzK3-Wy3NGqdh1-zme3Tix7FYbjkZ53d-zQMR/w343-h400/Expl-title.JPG" width="343" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94tqK38yhW27ojSJLHkQXGeykzUCxa4i2WK5y1FHkbiym8RMuWCIzlo1qeK3QccfWD2Pf5n3HlZVn95S2Qdo-HgbhJvm9TLVrPM__cK3sLuPov7ppP_9J8YEQI6AEAZBMrTO_jkTu6sqpLr_do8hBtI1_s4GQhtnq27V6mT3knjtIe0UKwv5wz3je/s1531/ILM-Sean%20Joyce%20painting-Explorers2-large.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="1531" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94tqK38yhW27ojSJLHkQXGeykzUCxa4i2WK5y1FHkbiym8RMuWCIzlo1qeK3QccfWD2Pf5n3HlZVn95S2Qdo-HgbhJvm9TLVrPM__cK3sLuPov7ppP_9J8YEQI6AEAZBMrTO_jkTu6sqpLr_do8hBtI1_s4GQhtnq27V6mT3knjtIe0UKwv5wz3je/w640-h400/ILM-Sean%20Joyce%20painting-Explorers2-large.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Around a dozen matte paintings were used in EXPLORERS, with all being night time suburban neighbourhoods and the like. Here is artist Sean Joyce at work on one such view.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sf0wAHsHXWxf2Ei0YnpD-z2nqVPDvGN5dS1b__uMYdpNpRNVYYp3u8ZEGxw3vqRBsXA-pIzx1l5X8aA5NB2bzShBsgJxkrclFsEo9YnxjXv1STimQQxdzthdgkiSCFeu6bSwVaLbXaSASp8ZfHs3JqFHLsyWYHhdY6ZFzdjQSuMgsS8pPtMaYlfn/s1280/Explorers%20-%20tilt.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1280" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sf0wAHsHXWxf2Ei0YnpD-z2nqVPDvGN5dS1b__uMYdpNpRNVYYp3u8ZEGxw3vqRBsXA-pIzx1l5X8aA5NB2bzShBsgJxkrclFsEo9YnxjXv1STimQQxdzthdgkiSCFeu6bSwVaLbXaSASp8ZfHs3JqFHLsyWYHhdY6ZFzdjQSuMgsS8pPtMaYlfn/w640-h446/Explorers%20-%20tilt.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sean's painting with miniature home built DIY spacecraft, theThunder Road, doubled in, along with foreground tree elements.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhittu66n3kB2Gb4SYXRYwZgupnXMTr4CUJ13ruM7bm6Cu0ZtwroN2-T6uu5bivFYtMa7JV02i4CM7yDCRILECKeQ_1toRLuFbihYvoSrJZLKqQysZwtSZ9aBiyqKIfBD_NwbrC2v5bnjT6UZIX5YaJxfROlevL45EIxsVqTdzNSmw7OPCg4Fp5EVcA/s1280/Expl2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1280" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhittu66n3kB2Gb4SYXRYwZgupnXMTr4CUJ13ruM7bm6Cu0ZtwroN2-T6uu5bivFYtMa7JV02i4CM7yDCRILECKeQ_1toRLuFbihYvoSrJZLKqQysZwtSZ9aBiyqKIfBD_NwbrC2v5bnjT6UZIX5YaJxfROlevL45EIxsVqTdzNSmw7OPCg4Fp5EVcA/w640-h370/Expl2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Extensive matte art brings nice ethereal moonlit luminence to the proceedings that actual location first unit work couldn't.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhak9cQQ_sfhl8rjmA2mpHET7o20R4YMBIa4AflvpzoGbsR-MDFCQBl406UbsJ-XIfEnx9FzCxyYF7ubVxZ6iNg-KmqAD_xS9Ke3XV6WhrZW7MxiU41GiibKRNHPrIMpeSxjBjMtYKB9M4vAFON-vJUgmciMDNxyaBmCmVmvJ8DevBbv85bbf78fLtx/s2624/Expl3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2624" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhak9cQQ_sfhl8rjmA2mpHET7o20R4YMBIa4AflvpzoGbsR-MDFCQBl406UbsJ-XIfEnx9FzCxyYF7ubVxZ6iNg-KmqAD_xS9Ke3XV6WhrZW7MxiU41GiibKRNHPrIMpeSxjBjMtYKB9M4vAFON-vJUgmciMDNxyaBmCmVmvJ8DevBbv85bbf78fLtx/w640-h374/Expl3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More mattes expand the kids environs. The lower left Drive-In sequence was a hoot, with deliberately hokey <i>faux</i> bad sci-fi flick playing, all out of sync, if I recall - much like some 60's Italian space epic! Gets really funny when an actual g<u>enuine</u> flying saucer cruises up in front of the screen and buzzes the audience, with one slick guy in his car trying to impress his girlfriend with: <i>"Oh, that's so bad... you can even see all of the matte lines"</i> (if I recall). Best bit in the movie.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsNKiQ7GF2zg9GZZhhNRTu4kWxJnjjpZ4RJk-G63MVyKZuQYyxBfNF5-uGNnxrginLazJvaBcp6YVTCvyRM7pFjkS6QRm5gHRoOH7pHHWPG6_U5mWkOkmtq0H3F51LA2I3PE2QNa9qn3272ERcDsIcd9I14gUNKXsit5im3GiHYvRgoo3XX9Xwdj-/s1038/ILM-Sean%20Joyce-Explorers-large.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1038" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsNKiQ7GF2zg9GZZhhNRTu4kWxJnjjpZ4RJk-G63MVyKZuQYyxBfNF5-uGNnxrginLazJvaBcp6YVTCvyRM7pFjkS6QRm5gHRoOH7pHHWPG6_U5mWkOkmtq0H3F51LA2I3PE2QNa9qn3272ERcDsIcd9I14gUNKXsit5im3GiHYvRgoo3XX9Xwdj-/w640-h622/ILM-Sean%20Joyce-Explorers-large.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sean Joyce adds detail to one of his many mattes...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJuJCxNMHBUzNe5XvSAvl4g8pt_NQPOppJf0-dmwKhyNzg9oWVfS-2uJFtjXBfuyCS4sBdm00BSw6hw5WcQh1lNc988OGVtPLldVin1MtG116w_eKPE8zqhtVfnuMjbvLGdjASf16n4blTO_Dy6REstgoEi6s3_7LKd7Hl_2ACDop6HH3Xtt3P6sa/s1280/Expl7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1280" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJuJCxNMHBUzNe5XvSAvl4g8pt_NQPOppJf0-dmwKhyNzg9oWVfS-2uJFtjXBfuyCS4sBdm00BSw6hw5WcQh1lNc988OGVtPLldVin1MtG116w_eKPE8zqhtVfnuMjbvLGdjASf16n4blTO_Dy6REstgoEi6s3_7LKd7Hl_2ACDop6HH3Xtt3P6sa/w640-h370/Expl7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot ...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_VAkegZgwX6VBIP07tY5HUOgo8Nur8beL-QV8G2Nu85ExljEgUoetGTfb7Oa1G9cNNoZelzmr5RbYRsbiOYYdrQZp7T-1-OLEPdjFE_HafB-2QSxsbMf80QztAV-hfNsj7tB9doAn3KouVsW6NuojCHlWGZzdeX7BzhglxA86Y6Wn30un7iYBw86/s1819/ILM-Explorers%20set%20up.large.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1819" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_VAkegZgwX6VBIP07tY5HUOgo8Nur8beL-QV8G2Nu85ExljEgUoetGTfb7Oa1G9cNNoZelzmr5RbYRsbiOYYdrQZp7T-1-OLEPdjFE_HafB-2QSxsbMf80QztAV-hfNsj7tB9doAn3KouVsW6NuojCHlWGZzdeX7BzhglxA86Y6Wn30un7iYBw86/w640-h278/ILM-Explorers%20set%20up.large.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lining up a substantial foreground miniature set with background matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-Lh_SK6raGGIR8Zq6roJPcUjRUElp_D7zdZMO6q2qLF_uPOUH8q0zpUnbsDjIR2M0TBbqZFBsM4qB497SXSJ0nwIDGfxFGEX2bBwT26gPi16T-2P0bzYBqBmX6byzyjNFEgrRWyC2Sd7VBuQRlnw8DElQtCsc_xSdjhFiXY5QQZoxA5J_lxlsKa_/s1280/Expl4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1280" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-Lh_SK6raGGIR8Zq6roJPcUjRUElp_D7zdZMO6q2qLF_uPOUH8q0zpUnbsDjIR2M0TBbqZFBsM4qB497SXSJ0nwIDGfxFGEX2bBwT26gPi16T-2P0bzYBqBmX6byzyjNFEgrRWyC2Sd7VBuQRlnw8DElQtCsc_xSdjhFiXY5QQZoxA5J_lxlsKa_/w640-h370/Expl4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Both Sean Joyce and Michael Pangrazio shared painting duties on EXPLORERS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjQnwhvCVjdArye2PEqENHCuMPN41N1VD30W1M-Ncya5NVk8mXZg6sEcc-iSUILrytkTfp1zOp-d1lqVr3iTRGZSVSkeYfsLKIrJN4LEZkf5nUCE7ksGi6-7Ntf2ZvjdwTwU7ZLhHLBYtWiU_mYcyN6JcjokHOKFcy-dKh8PABGj2eJyGcWpNBqJc/s1280/Expl6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1280" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjQnwhvCVjdArye2PEqENHCuMPN41N1VD30W1M-Ncya5NVk8mXZg6sEcc-iSUILrytkTfp1zOp-d1lqVr3iTRGZSVSkeYfsLKIrJN4LEZkf5nUCE7ksGi6-7Ntf2ZvjdwTwU7ZLhHLBYtWiU_mYcyN6JcjokHOKFcy-dKh8PABGj2eJyGcWpNBqJc/w640-h370/Expl6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Presumably window illuminations etc must have been backlit gags, possibly shot a separate pass.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRYJTu0HQ5qkbgKShkn9IIck-EmShCKjiFf_aAqTO0FjdVn3dLeeaIZaW6hIN_Wyp71T0ARIUbgRaQfEk1IMgprxaKeegpJD9tck8IeFmTxdjG2pdRnIDONe7uWQaH_jErmATGVsokT8Syu8DxjGebACBeOF9hjp2UDBhzOXHdSvtBVusQQlCmKNh/s1212/Craig%20Barron%20EXPLORERS%20matte%20stand.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1212" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRYJTu0HQ5qkbgKShkn9IIck-EmShCKjiFf_aAqTO0FjdVn3dLeeaIZaW6hIN_Wyp71T0ARIUbgRaQfEk1IMgprxaKeegpJD9tck8IeFmTxdjG2pdRnIDONe7uWQaH_jErmATGVsokT8Syu8DxjGebACBeOF9hjp2UDBhzOXHdSvtBVusQQlCmKNh/w640-h414/Craig%20Barron%20EXPLORERS%20matte%20stand.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The painting used for the above shot, with matte cameraman Craig Barron shown here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGpg3yapNifLRXQkwuvIWaHAhnAzAqzfcDVniAF_Y_x7wmPaa8qxL3FTHdVj3H2bB4w0S4aQTZdMH8rnR-ox0ffjMMSl0fcwMuT8hRQToLbRhC4yVFOrHDufGQ19jZlH5vND7pz8qbUX1bE0Oe1Ev5q6moywzDveHqPEZvmllgumECx21I6jHwvZ3/s1518/Expl5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="1311" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGpg3yapNifLRXQkwuvIWaHAhnAzAqzfcDVniAF_Y_x7wmPaa8qxL3FTHdVj3H2bB4w0S4aQTZdMH8rnR-ox0ffjMMSl0fcwMuT8hRQToLbRhC4yVFOrHDufGQ19jZlH5vND7pz8qbUX1bE0Oe1Ev5q6moywzDveHqPEZvmllgumECx21I6jHwvZ3/w552-h640/Expl5.jpg" width="552" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A combined large matte painting with added physical 3D relief, a layer of fibrefill clouds strategically arranged on a glass plate, with the Thunder Bay model craft doubled in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVlMbojEwPWy7JVvRY9aWMkT_6mUj7HZg-MHrFirmUExeBj2syrtG8LFfuUqAj9dJ2R1CdPcrEX3j9h8D1S_f6dqIETGL0yuQToMx54r_W2fsKKEgjOcHieFSm4cShe5V2JSEomk0VODuxvRfVoRIhYmkRWQyYgQjRLWK9UMeQ7105rzntBWKt7SD/s575/enemy%20mine%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="504" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVlMbojEwPWy7JVvRY9aWMkT_6mUj7HZg-MHrFirmUExeBj2syrtG8LFfuUqAj9dJ2R1CdPcrEX3j9h8D1S_f6dqIETGL0yuQToMx54r_W2fsKKEgjOcHieFSm4cShe5V2JSEomk0VODuxvRfVoRIhYmkRWQyYgQjRLWK9UMeQ7105rzntBWKt7SD/w350-h400/enemy%20mine%20art.jpg" width="350" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">German director Wolfgang Peterson turned out a reasonably interesting sci-fi take on the old Lee Marvin-Toshiro Mifune classic, HELL IN THE PACIFIC, with this space opera, ENEMY MINE (1985).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmrBJ7DrH-Kwl6F3dQboBqU1NEFFZ8IdkO0Ey_LbYWXYcJ2tolty1lw6OS4SQQYPq0WBh4XWREgRANJDhFiQ8fpqheyk3uKpw__ruy1YbGd88JQZ977q-a89l33_cmFaUqAWz9y1MTMx0K-i3C41xSheaKnh6_ir812WsMRHstPjEQmUryPjPaZEl/s1557/EM%20title.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1557" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmrBJ7DrH-Kwl6F3dQboBqU1NEFFZ8IdkO0Ey_LbYWXYcJ2tolty1lw6OS4SQQYPq0WBh4XWREgRANJDhFiQ8fpqheyk3uKpw__ruy1YbGd88JQZ977q-a89l33_cmFaUqAWz9y1MTMx0K-i3C41xSheaKnh6_ir812WsMRHstPjEQmUryPjPaZEl/w640-h504/EM%20title.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The flick was okay I guess, but made quite watchable with good fx character make up and ILM's excellent visual contibutions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ee7wAEcwUxIzpPeZwBP2SAEw_-_llz1NBLeQ37KGD_37EPuwdDhE5om6pjLi2Zzs65N7u_vmTsQL97wI6giJrhGjm81Depl8wr814sJbHhrSM2N3pSFk8xT57kr8e9UrPweljjoD9smFRPDp2axtI1XxU7eGkf--FWazmsQWKfyQnzx0i3LVkDpp/s1920/EM-06320.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ee7wAEcwUxIzpPeZwBP2SAEw_-_llz1NBLeQ37KGD_37EPuwdDhE5om6pjLi2Zzs65N7u_vmTsQL97wI6giJrhGjm81Depl8wr814sJbHhrSM2N3pSFk8xT57kr8e9UrPweljjoD9smFRPDp2axtI1XxU7eGkf--FWazmsQWKfyQnzx0i3LVkDpp/w640-h270/EM-06320.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As a visual effects showcase, the film stands up very well, even decades later, and features a great number of beautiful painted mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-oPFcIyQVM9CMINaapbot4dFjO_epZ5YBnXEnbq7QjPvFqb8WVPBWwFGgkSz5B-k2eLuBynvQnFT4kEIuznY2He2PygXzhUwDAFZfm7eMbLkAhma89sqWgm-hm96tTTKvMFpa7r28olrWSWhhq-cwGx1pIpIr6Jekj1hZdq0JtWx3heEkb2r3t94/s1920/EM-06321.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-oPFcIyQVM9CMINaapbot4dFjO_epZ5YBnXEnbq7QjPvFqb8WVPBWwFGgkSz5B-k2eLuBynvQnFT4kEIuznY2He2PygXzhUwDAFZfm7eMbLkAhma89sqWgm-hm96tTTKvMFpa7r28olrWSWhhq-cwGx1pIpIr6Jekj1hZdq0JtWx3heEkb2r3t94/w640-h270/EM-06321.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Original footage made by another director was shot in Iceland, but all of that work was jettisoned by the studio due to 'artistic differences' and schedule over-runs. Filming resumed under a new regime and the unit was sent to Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands, where WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH had been filmed many years earlier, to excellent effect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_7lWJhnqwalkk5MDnIZ3-ANns9Gd5pnkYcuNUR8Ifk_hsj7-UaXKPMGdCtTraQBCSNWzr5UyQHl38WwKPBHWGOuMrL75-hjc06frAyJNOf0znOJN3-tqCOz8EdNwtzXqg9iz_9Nxv99bLli58wA36-6TELk-w4yVPA7V59Alol_GfuSFmzlDR7pM/s3204/EM%20plate&%20final2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="3204" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_7lWJhnqwalkk5MDnIZ3-ANns9Gd5pnkYcuNUR8Ifk_hsj7-UaXKPMGdCtTraQBCSNWzr5UyQHl38WwKPBHWGOuMrL75-hjc06frAyJNOf0znOJN3-tqCOz8EdNwtzXqg9iz_9Nxv99bLli58wA36-6TELk-w4yVPA7V59Alol_GfuSFmzlDR7pM/w640-h202/EM%20plate&%20final2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after where exotic landscape has been enhanced with painted sky and moons (see below)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxooMDN4MI_cUb9XVJi5sIHKd2gGPL4aM5n-CgZG7dBvdxy_YCfedNueKvWrdM2YYav4hkJevtz22q_FfyyVpuUcSylDC_DcbuqWhUcrYsN0HxHUFiUW5MUsHPrUxNtC2RjS2pHL2le3GMKmbYNZQ5b5Sd3bPfN0icmIjfkNRBoSORId4SPPHmXV1Q/s1920/EM-06322.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxooMDN4MI_cUb9XVJi5sIHKd2gGPL4aM5n-CgZG7dBvdxy_YCfedNueKvWrdM2YYav4hkJevtz22q_FfyyVpuUcSylDC_DcbuqWhUcrYsN0HxHUFiUW5MUsHPrUxNtC2RjS2pHL2le3GMKmbYNZQ5b5Sd3bPfN0icmIjfkNRBoSORId4SPPHmXV1Q/w640-h270/EM-06322.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same matte shot, though optically flopped for the release version.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5sdyiWQo-IfPV8h3ZwXJ3_xjOueI-gdeiUaRXULp_tADnk94g6AsensH01QOlwo5R4sohacBj4rn2ZbrPV49GjL8wO1Thwv9w1OWmKxzuX52025wef_mhHL6FTBO8NtWQZf57mysBIiLuZJrMS1yIMF7UqN41Y7IQ7MvpwdmTsyVqZkEToeeZPzh/s1920/EM-06324.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5sdyiWQo-IfPV8h3ZwXJ3_xjOueI-gdeiUaRXULp_tADnk94g6AsensH01QOlwo5R4sohacBj4rn2ZbrPV49GjL8wO1Thwv9w1OWmKxzuX52025wef_mhHL6FTBO8NtWQZf57mysBIiLuZJrMS1yIMF7UqN41Y7IQ7MvpwdmTsyVqZkEToeeZPzh/w640-h270/EM-06324.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Chris Evans matte (see below)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZ9DGPqQfVj3Vyrk2B7KPlkRMthKc1s4p1_mVkRBVMpqXm6D1g-VdAtt6juf4LY7gLTG3DUtQgRnQoQkvtoYkL-WM8rRWHyQOloARnF5QXNevjnijFZR10em7t-4GamEduUNtBAxAYbtUngVEjFCwznDvMC2Mt-3SLeCqkpjZwT7cHwbM4Tf4aBMN/s2031/Enemy%20Mine-Evans%20at%20work%20B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="2031" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZ9DGPqQfVj3Vyrk2B7KPlkRMthKc1s4p1_mVkRBVMpqXm6D1g-VdAtt6juf4LY7gLTG3DUtQgRnQoQkvtoYkL-WM8rRWHyQOloARnF5QXNevjnijFZR10em7t-4GamEduUNtBAxAYbtUngVEjFCwznDvMC2Mt-3SLeCqkpjZwT7cHwbM4Tf4aBMN/w640-h440/Enemy%20Mine-Evans%20at%20work%20B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chris Evans works on one of the many mattes for the show (see below), while at upper right is director Wolfgang Peterson, seen here with one of the miniature sets built and shot at Bavaria Studios in Munich, Germany. The troubled production saw all interiors and sets shot in Munich, while second unit and plate photography for alien landscapes were shot in the Canary Islands. Post-production opticals and matte work was all carried out back at ILM.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMypyZzB9FLAdSIEZc5BvPkIS48G4LGZ-o4BdbK_BS_vguVSbCCKFBrUpBNrFLgLycfr5a83Aw-ly_1RFB-D0wnmnFVKtgSJFXYcRfXjGb_NupdWCBm15ZhvvgNGn6A6og5bZLubiXuGuSrxqKmjY9EDcVqeocrofrAS_yCg2Ev2ucV16-RUP5vVz/s1920/EM-06325.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMypyZzB9FLAdSIEZc5BvPkIS48G4LGZ-o4BdbK_BS_vguVSbCCKFBrUpBNrFLgLycfr5a83Aw-ly_1RFB-D0wnmnFVKtgSJFXYcRfXjGb_NupdWCBm15ZhvvgNGn6A6og5bZLubiXuGuSrxqKmjY9EDcVqeocrofrAS_yCg2Ev2ucV16-RUP5vVz/w640-h270/EM-06325.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The crashed ship and much artwork...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBTnY7usjA0Nhagd-FwBEm1xrmnykM-EXcQ-jW269GZB3O67yGrxLpJv9_bksRkTodwHWm4tW_vCz436DWsM3j6YbUD7XGnMAiJLlGhuDwPSsDZul22tzJ5arglmLnjrpQP20IKGOQ5ocDeSF5EV2HKNf3UEcpAHqqRgl5XFxm9uSCfHrkqf2U85A/s2336/EM%20plate&final1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="2336" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBTnY7usjA0Nhagd-FwBEm1xrmnykM-EXcQ-jW269GZB3O67yGrxLpJv9_bksRkTodwHWm4tW_vCz436DWsM3j6YbUD7XGnMAiJLlGhuDwPSsDZul22tzJ5arglmLnjrpQP20IKGOQ5ocDeSF5EV2HKNf3UEcpAHqqRgl5XFxm9uSCfHrkqf2U85A/w640-h194/EM%20plate&final1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after pre-comp.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHZqKVFEWoYB5g0PuxCjhK0CQ6yVaJz17VnwFODivOWjpZFHiARRHLKYQJuSGFZPz1Ji5FDNtN7arzKfjyNMRtt79Ta-52__LBqObxsYCQG9BGYXyBkuimuuLHEB3-qAcQvjMtnN1pe9t45WwIf8Xq2puiM7lgiMYcAr2zuTio5G7XyPgN2j-CzV8/s1920/EM-06337.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHZqKVFEWoYB5g0PuxCjhK0CQ6yVaJz17VnwFODivOWjpZFHiARRHLKYQJuSGFZPz1Ji5FDNtN7arzKfjyNMRtt79Ta-52__LBqObxsYCQG9BGYXyBkuimuuLHEB3-qAcQvjMtnN1pe9t45WwIf8Xq2puiM7lgiMYcAr2zuTio5G7XyPgN2j-CzV8/w640-h270/EM-06337.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final composite of the above frames.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiJG3CBylDIy7vXUnN7T6i3_2fw-B6DSox7-9zO8pGrq5e5ygOKNhafXFABITHUP2VJgn-Ep9qpHcSR8brXDkhTNuWC8dIS4hZHk9BmAgTK6u7Va9sR19sCdBxzQOVg3d6510HKMD9Q0s1sIhRQE_jgk3JuaMWMkMlL2N64NzhoiaRsr9ZLTc9mrBa/s1920/EM-06340.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiJG3CBylDIy7vXUnN7T6i3_2fw-B6DSox7-9zO8pGrq5e5ygOKNhafXFABITHUP2VJgn-Ep9qpHcSR8brXDkhTNuWC8dIS4hZHk9BmAgTK6u7Va9sR19sCdBxzQOVg3d6510HKMD9Q0s1sIhRQE_jgk3JuaMWMkMlL2N64NzhoiaRsr9ZLTc9mrBa/w640-h270/EM-06340.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not sure if the actors went to Lanzarote, or just the 2nd unit and effects unit camera crews?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmfPEDSvVBqiFeEDVmAZPaaByWIQAUN38KfoAzNrMDBVJsmX-m1koz56MeXE2_74CPZoQUkaqd6IqxTbuHTXTU1Zfv85rSaBhfsv1zKpxANbZYofX2GWPtVl4_-Zm1sSVimaJK4_-nDxax6KMeaZZ-MqcMJ95Ef65MmpJPfvWUUt2Tn5nSu10UapE/s1920/EM-06331.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmfPEDSvVBqiFeEDVmAZPaaByWIQAUN38KfoAzNrMDBVJsmX-m1koz56MeXE2_74CPZoQUkaqd6IqxTbuHTXTU1Zfv85rSaBhfsv1zKpxANbZYofX2GWPtVl4_-Zm1sSVimaJK4_-nDxax6KMeaZZ-MqcMJ95Ef65MmpJPfvWUUt2Tn5nSu10UapE/w640-h270/EM-06331.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The matte department had already formulated an overall 'look' and design for the various shots before first unit production was underway with the initial director, though these designs were later altered and reimagined somewhat once the new director took the reigns.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_a-m-AkVDohZVyoBgZDGbi2pL_KXSE4z9YyMz4TBjz922T38UUrakFidg2x2gZgJeoJIyLrwEtPl3xUv5waLmwL25ZKWzwOV8ZAVW6uRuo5bJqF1a4t3ch0hiRb7SunV1PGrq01x1dYv2v0EWOZNOlpqCJpS-rAGLsx9uMWFqx5RHuvdUUIumA1kT/s1298/Enemy%20Mine%20matte%20painting%20with%20director.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1298" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_a-m-AkVDohZVyoBgZDGbi2pL_KXSE4z9YyMz4TBjz922T38UUrakFidg2x2gZgJeoJIyLrwEtPl3xUv5waLmwL25ZKWzwOV8ZAVW6uRuo5bJqF1a4t3ch0hiRb7SunV1PGrq01x1dYv2v0EWOZNOlpqCJpS-rAGLsx9uMWFqx5RHuvdUUIumA1kT/w640-h286/Enemy%20Mine%20matte%20painting%20with%20director.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">German film maker Wolfgang Peterson in ILM's matte studio.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHbUunIadYDJRY1as_q-ZHLDGOi6G3usaLHhOUS5FU4CAwQwpIB0trRPMDRnc9qY6BVmPG4ocASZew-qfQ3Nxx-GeWTikdrPCRikKZDWmK8QXiuB65OtXJFVQvnxByZU90mjSYptYBJh0yqWAvxhkQbmSCc8OmqDG2vBqoBxl5NuiQpzoM-lCl7l9/s1920/EM-06330.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHbUunIadYDJRY1as_q-ZHLDGOi6G3usaLHhOUS5FU4CAwQwpIB0trRPMDRnc9qY6BVmPG4ocASZew-qfQ3Nxx-GeWTikdrPCRikKZDWmK8QXiuB65OtXJFVQvnxByZU90mjSYptYBJh0yqWAvxhkQbmSCc8OmqDG2vBqoBxl5NuiQpzoM-lCl7l9/w640-h270/EM-06330.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not sure, but this might be the same matte shown above, with sky now painted in?</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUtBOTbrtROYaF6f-tD4Tbdm4-CbRr3j1Rz2xy9M2_9N-DqfiPkA0Koy1l2yVg4JNlzcrMhiMhrQkkrtdIqQCHZiJrZX1z2Chso4GLa12wNXYfjWYr9_8g8hZZ7u2h6drVMhZjFZ6IJ0M7Z8iPdOHg8N2n0bmnUplYpvQ-AFCALicAb1vlDPhj1VQ/s1920/EM-06326.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUtBOTbrtROYaF6f-tD4Tbdm4-CbRr3j1Rz2xy9M2_9N-DqfiPkA0Koy1l2yVg4JNlzcrMhiMhrQkkrtdIqQCHZiJrZX1z2Chso4GLa12wNXYfjWYr9_8g8hZZ7u2h6drVMhZjFZ6IJ0M7Z8iPdOHg8N2n0bmnUplYpvQ-AFCALicAb1vlDPhj1VQ/w640-h270/EM-06326.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte cameraman Craig Barron and assistant Wade Childress went to the Canary Islands and shot many 8-perf latent image plates with their VistaVision camera.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wc-u9YP-SeA4YVra1B2G9LxqWueQiWwdTAORi6eO6bBdGy392QxhDhxeFnTS-1GpPtQYEMlxv4JHxfQ-gV3br2XdQ8obzqJSNwQp7q3XmwlhfmB3m4VOvxmRgQSxpERKaISnWMV8xuYKkWLkc5bX1lz1Buo9iGX-LeUEBuJ7VnK63BbKLXSQViaq/s1920/EM-06329.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wc-u9YP-SeA4YVra1B2G9LxqWueQiWwdTAORi6eO6bBdGy392QxhDhxeFnTS-1GpPtQYEMlxv4JHxfQ-gV3br2XdQ8obzqJSNwQp7q3XmwlhfmB3m4VOvxmRgQSxpERKaISnWMV8xuYKkWLkc5bX1lz1Buo9iGX-LeUEBuJ7VnK63BbKLXSQViaq/w640-h270/EM-06329.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The meteor shower... probably due to global warming or some such thing...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtKfIbNRsRcafzJ51Nwu3IPsRBUpyXjnkDRMX0xrHoHnFlOJGwRGBuh1yP1ZPt0jr8udKDMITujCvgOHgSzOjWtTNh7XKrkPLc0ca9F-AqeWvTyF5Vwfdh8n_LLK8hshglrp4cikZ_a34oEGf_xs9-C6qbHOTrS9x8f-BVSbtEVfLMJb4bnC8nHZc/s1920/EM-06336.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtKfIbNRsRcafzJ51Nwu3IPsRBUpyXjnkDRMX0xrHoHnFlOJGwRGBuh1yP1ZPt0jr8udKDMITujCvgOHgSzOjWtTNh7XKrkPLc0ca9F-AqeWvTyF5Vwfdh8n_LLK8hshglrp4cikZ_a34oEGf_xs9-C6qbHOTrS9x8f-BVSbtEVfLMJb4bnC8nHZc/w640-h270/EM-06336.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Virtually all of the mattes were executed as original negative composites to maintain maximum quality. The matte department were heavily involved with the planning of proposed mattes from early on in the production, importantly, as the paintings and comps were to be o/neg, so much foresight was required.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8DIkx-efqlH-8Jm20b6TEPIl4Lu0f_JnCiFgtRH_Ae4t5xzpUruGNhZURFxqj47Vf0HNoa0Z_-QrbGnudqve8sZOYQUNl-J1wu5LmKNnuNdIc5lQ_WiSoR6y8TyZGeZVyr3uTiYfD1IbObjfPx7LdYdrHjwr7VLytxz7WCodzGQyLztcLwpySf6y/s1920/EM-06341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8DIkx-efqlH-8Jm20b6TEPIl4Lu0f_JnCiFgtRH_Ae4t5xzpUruGNhZURFxqj47Vf0HNoa0Z_-QrbGnudqve8sZOYQUNl-J1wu5LmKNnuNdIc5lQ_WiSoR6y8TyZGeZVyr3uTiYfD1IbObjfPx7LdYdrHjwr7VLytxz7WCodzGQyLztcLwpySf6y/w640-h270/EM-06341.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYf3ZERbgun0VkpcyCD10RmmtRH292DRiMiQuzmENx4DPgFhsFKehqzVAfq0F7EM81kjCH4O87NKXmKmcIW18CLZNhuvUSuTmQtLkg443EwcV_OUgD1asygd9MqF_M2rduGMzfp_mECNwZQn1ShYSMNgK_qWHBxD2WpV567zZfPuZUPfsJfQltM_U/s1920/EM-06343.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYf3ZERbgun0VkpcyCD10RmmtRH292DRiMiQuzmENx4DPgFhsFKehqzVAfq0F7EM81kjCH4O87NKXmKmcIW18CLZNhuvUSuTmQtLkg443EwcV_OUgD1asygd9MqF_M2rduGMzfp_mECNwZQn1ShYSMNgK_qWHBxD2WpV567zZfPuZUPfsJfQltM_U/w640-h270/EM-06343.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Miniature, matte art and blue screened actors in Munich.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2e01Npj-ep1JnzdJyrIG8mRnFFIfIWIFvP5j3GeKiRx0rqCGhITD_5y98ENqB6KN8B5O0Z0al2oyElHv13cTaYExf_MSRoxfpzkola3-a6wBwsjcMNQlBrsZkcJGVrddsPRsuKaKdrpeIvDbDct9EntWk-vj-2jxcQIKEczsnVWSGFHBg9JgSEI1z/s1920/EM-06344.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2e01Npj-ep1JnzdJyrIG8mRnFFIfIWIFvP5j3GeKiRx0rqCGhITD_5y98ENqB6KN8B5O0Z0al2oyElHv13cTaYExf_MSRoxfpzkola3-a6wBwsjcMNQlBrsZkcJGVrddsPRsuKaKdrpeIvDbDct9EntWk-vj-2jxcQIKEczsnVWSGFHBg9JgSEI1z/w640-h270/EM-06344.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The director was very specific about colour schemes, with those decided upon in conceptual design sketches translate accurately with mattes and composites.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cxFgncJfC4UY-hrOJVUaKCNE9ZZZz0GM2kLHsTkBObngtb5Dv_oD1VC3GTO36SjqlDwIPuBzmV8jLFeo3F6uws0yIZwaM2gbV6B5ruEhRtwT8ZWo9JBR6YRFgUSe-Ly5Nf41PpKkY0XLax42OhQ55BJylIZ3_bvmCb570LvCX8_PuHZODkYU_4U3/s861/enemy%20mine-%20tilt.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="850" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cxFgncJfC4UY-hrOJVUaKCNE9ZZZz0GM2kLHsTkBObngtb5Dv_oD1VC3GTO36SjqlDwIPuBzmV8jLFeo3F6uws0yIZwaM2gbV6B5ruEhRtwT8ZWo9JBR6YRFgUSe-Ly5Nf41PpKkY0XLax42OhQ55BJylIZ3_bvmCb570LvCX8_PuHZODkYU_4U3/w395-h400/enemy%20mine-%20tilt.jpg" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A spectacular tilt matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsaFTPU3-r_w0Bk9-Rg8ObsrJ1y4WX5pa7mgtvE0q1FO9Sp2ojANno9uRd_-tcU0TfDf9waM6l89cx4y6-q6G2FZPLO4sUvIMlFWQ72f_OGbt5Sq9p_FWyO0LmDw56hlNhhtSZVw6ZAVR1DQQWr3VUC_PNcMoUzUx6_1STdK90DWT8vjgO9Hb8NuHp/s1920/EM-06349.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsaFTPU3-r_w0Bk9-Rg8ObsrJ1y4WX5pa7mgtvE0q1FO9Sp2ojANno9uRd_-tcU0TfDf9waM6l89cx4y6-q6G2FZPLO4sUvIMlFWQ72f_OGbt5Sq9p_FWyO0LmDw56hlNhhtSZVw6ZAVR1DQQWr3VUC_PNcMoUzUx6_1STdK90DWT8vjgO9Hb8NuHp/w640-h270/EM-06349.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer look at the upper part of that same matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpmMPm6fRsKxhE38wrS7RW5762qr4IanbkfErKpVMFiTHBO2NsmQ7sc4GfsEZQ0MoxnRQBi0LbrJPjVGD1FFwNDlERQETznwI6D96N4IhKi13YcCmebsL-uBoWsPXHOzeDMR5vrm-voH_Y1TkjSKwRv1Y995Y7Abx9QSKRUKugmu5ChqVdgiBTAxv/s1920/EM-06348.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpmMPm6fRsKxhE38wrS7RW5762qr4IanbkfErKpVMFiTHBO2NsmQ7sc4GfsEZQ0MoxnRQBi0LbrJPjVGD1FFwNDlERQETznwI6D96N4IhKi13YcCmebsL-uBoWsPXHOzeDMR5vrm-voH_Y1TkjSKwRv1Y995Y7Abx9QSKRUKugmu5ChqVdgiBTAxv/w640-h270/EM-06348.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Likewise with the lower portion...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhyEJ8-FGv5811AObMuzZ3ujU8zvB7nQXziAjIFR6u3tBfACkLci6ndnzZtOw3dFaESmSNx1G_NrxEXDlOaylZgGs9SoZD67MDlA9vWoMqqeseNRE7DW6buFfuHj7o54FAvDUsCYLIg0C4iXIwOhRJ-Yx-EvmmjmHprwDKDZ4sUuwtBkcgdWdFbyz/s1920/EM-06345.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhyEJ8-FGv5811AObMuzZ3ujU8zvB7nQXziAjIFR6u3tBfACkLci6ndnzZtOw3dFaESmSNx1G_NrxEXDlOaylZgGs9SoZD67MDlA9vWoMqqeseNRE7DW6buFfuHj7o54FAvDUsCYLIg0C4iXIwOhRJ-Yx-EvmmjmHprwDKDZ4sUuwtBkcgdWdFbyz/w640-h270/EM-06345.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte cinematographer Craig Barron and chief matte painter Chris Evans were gung-ho about using the latent image original negative technique, to maximise quality, colour matching, subtle soft edged blending and no loss of contrast given the many night time matte shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2nMuhpRUn_NsqLefspl9ZDj6Z94du28_cLEMvHCZ3AlzoUzmiFV7Dfmj_ZDKJmE-UOKDBMBDnuwzB78zZ4x-q0gHWHEkguG4NbVryz167e1ZuS5lZqwfVd_560dkdxuB1n9ofbZrULWFtsuhXIAcrXuuPKGaQtSr3KA49hhi_V3s3KcWK0iGy0KU/s1920/Enemy%20mine%20vlcsnap-06338.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2nMuhpRUn_NsqLefspl9ZDj6Z94du28_cLEMvHCZ3AlzoUzmiFV7Dfmj_ZDKJmE-UOKDBMBDnuwzB78zZ4x-q0gHWHEkguG4NbVryz167e1ZuS5lZqwfVd_560dkdxuB1n9ofbZrULWFtsuhXIAcrXuuPKGaQtSr3KA49hhi_V3s3KcWK0iGy0KU/w640-h270/Enemy%20mine%20vlcsnap-06338.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCkTJaS1L_eXI58VflFDGXzCbL12eYjCLXlwoQzuvt0jMn_WDWe9bKjfGJtOD92TnzONhMZFIkBRxa1PiyJtv4HbJ1kkwbOVTv4JLt1U1c6jLUU1hHHgxxnMLT3OWEuuoEtMS9UuR1Qd4NSeNkDxuPsGUoE4od6w4IS22R9aCP4Rg2bECc5IVMhSw/s1920/Enemy%20Mine%20vlcsnap-06350.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCkTJaS1L_eXI58VflFDGXzCbL12eYjCLXlwoQzuvt0jMn_WDWe9bKjfGJtOD92TnzONhMZFIkBRxa1PiyJtv4HbJ1kkwbOVTv4JLt1U1c6jLUU1hHHgxxnMLT3OWEuuoEtMS9UuR1Qd4NSeNkDxuPsGUoE4od6w4IS22R9aCP4Rg2bECc5IVMhSw/w640-h270/Enemy%20Mine%20vlcsnap-06350.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This expansive shot lasts on screen for one whole minute and contains various elements. The ocean and intense sun was a live plate filmed in San Francisco, the sky, mountains and much of the crowd were all a matte painting, They filmed some 30 extras in costume and composited them into areas of the painting via front projection.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPX98fbiJnLk35xvOpP0xvD53EcIGFsBRnYYDFsgyTW8ONkP1Y9_7mXmazxMfRTplw0zNabtfdNZpkcTWqlUi3gcwvOGJkEqAt1sVPa9SG_tIemT9ZZSr2m1yIzoAcfRsyb8o7bFooJ15K1fy4Fq7rHdEIA3k4lvx04mRnL0EEJ2eGPgaDQvmfUuhR/s1920/Enemy%20Mine%20BR1080p%20(Sean%20Joyce).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1920" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPX98fbiJnLk35xvOpP0xvD53EcIGFsBRnYYDFsgyTW8ONkP1Y9_7mXmazxMfRTplw0zNabtfdNZpkcTWqlUi3gcwvOGJkEqAt1sVPa9SG_tIemT9ZZSr2m1yIzoAcfRsyb8o7bFooJ15K1fy4Fq7rHdEIA3k4lvx04mRnL0EEJ2eGPgaDQvmfUuhR/w640-h280/Enemy%20Mine%20BR1080p%20(Sean%20Joyce).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Amid a grandest of intergalactic vista's, our two actors are doubled in atop the cliff.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OTUf5Fr0c8mVWqvlV6pjh4arY5zuuAu3ir2bTWmaqqIUVrkMEJrEcds7OXPTf3q5OBqnqQ4p5bOre_suP-9O4A8EuQRIgkM9ca1FqlG1AbXb4mYyGVs7zssJM7CCTeqXTFFYL7lmhrWIgogQSN14k6My1RyR96qsWwM_i00HS9-aswTr60rFtHEy/s2392/Sean%20Joyce%20IMG_0651.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1699" data-original-width="2392" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OTUf5Fr0c8mVWqvlV6pjh4arY5zuuAu3ir2bTWmaqqIUVrkMEJrEcds7OXPTf3q5OBqnqQ4p5bOre_suP-9O4A8EuQRIgkM9ca1FqlG1AbXb4mYyGVs7zssJM7CCTeqXTFFYL7lmhrWIgogQSN14k6My1RyR96qsWwM_i00HS9-aswTr60rFtHEy/w640-h454/Sean%20Joyce%20IMG_0651.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ILM artist Sean Joyce with his jaw dropping sunset painting. An ardent admirer of master matte painter Albert Whitlock, in an interview Sean stated that this particular matte painting was his own personal tribute to Whitlock.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbx6z63DZnsJezm7DFpZhN8GSvGP79vlh9CWTVFHQtB39HQUUN_uD7qo9QbMa7jzc6K6ifoEr5E90m1iVjxsNja6LnFYfE0z812BjRlHab4AUw51hfktzvvjNxlv7VG8VgGREZ44k_9YSFk070aw16kI4KjMRp9RPATlH6gLTJ1bwueHuVRrjry03d/s2044/enemy%20mine-%20wade%20childress.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="2044" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbx6z63DZnsJezm7DFpZhN8GSvGP79vlh9CWTVFHQtB39HQUUN_uD7qo9QbMa7jzc6K6ifoEr5E90m1iVjxsNja6LnFYfE0z812BjRlHab4AUw51hfktzvvjNxlv7VG8VgGREZ44k_9YSFk070aw16kI4KjMRp9RPATlH6gLTJ1bwueHuVRrjry03d/w640-h232/enemy%20mine-%20wade%20childress.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cameraman Wade Childress arranges Sean's splendid painting for photography, as well as a separate 'burning sun' element to complete the effect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlsTckoG5WrbY6bSbPP0wjOlOwfKzJvS0MbnQUCdt4lGACW5-EYyozy3FiyWoIV0aCcczXaeIXBdeavH1fiyBa8rpVF8WPqadzD3PV4JlBTo5b_4XG9WnmyK0vkt8Xf4HXz-OmzBNbZSJDi41R1ErSAjd40hgAM1xmrGe-_58WXH8edsfR3LUZRD6/s1668/EM%20setting%20sun.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="1299" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlsTckoG5WrbY6bSbPP0wjOlOwfKzJvS0MbnQUCdt4lGACW5-EYyozy3FiyWoIV0aCcczXaeIXBdeavH1fiyBa8rpVF8WPqadzD3PV4JlBTo5b_4XG9WnmyK0vkt8Xf4HXz-OmzBNbZSJDi41R1ErSAjd40hgAM1xmrGe-_58WXH8edsfR3LUZRD6/w498-h640/EM%20setting%20sun.JPG" width="498" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The sun sinks slowly into the west...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkOvvLQaDDb_yHKh4o8s80sp4k-J5RxMQJEKnMwAxUc3JGEHXf2T2zOJWn7oELDra1tdHiH2bfjwxUBOPEDRBKwfP5XeuE-Fnz-nRrJXNoc9PfysyVsqDnugMtRdhWy8w9Fs7NBZGtx6lWopEQ7MeDGLitkRjbg_VCweq-Ti7cqxR6fzjFi-T-QxO/s1472/ILM-Pangrazio%20YSH.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1472" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkOvvLQaDDb_yHKh4o8s80sp4k-J5RxMQJEKnMwAxUc3JGEHXf2T2zOJWn7oELDra1tdHiH2bfjwxUBOPEDRBKwfP5XeuE-Fnz-nRrJXNoc9PfysyVsqDnugMtRdhWy8w9Fs7NBZGtx6lWopEQ7MeDGLitkRjbg_VCweq-Ti7cqxR6fzjFi-T-QxO/w640-h420/ILM-Pangrazio%20YSH.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Michael Pangrazio adding fine detail to one of just three mattes required for the film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCRgkc2X1DzwDN6zW8RJsgjU9bzy-H8EODAHxD0EbkDIbs_wIs-rCztCFzbgHFbgDCL_-XaZMLiGiWJrpLQDs5SV9nu6bHcnBwl_TueXW0yvHgari0ul2MkangPaZhJlZX4eyXkiawuia7nI9qHn2XZszspcj5PyNMlR6GtA_jqqlSZ18fTXp_S01/s1920/Young%20Sherlock%20Holmes-85%201%20%5BHD%5D%20Mike%20Pangrazio.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCRgkc2X1DzwDN6zW8RJsgjU9bzy-H8EODAHxD0EbkDIbs_wIs-rCztCFzbgHFbgDCL_-XaZMLiGiWJrpLQDs5SV9nu6bHcnBwl_TueXW0yvHgari0ul2MkangPaZhJlZX4eyXkiawuia7nI9qHn2XZszspcj5PyNMlR6GtA_jqqlSZ18fTXp_S01/w640-h360/Young%20Sherlock%20Holmes-85%201%20%5BHD%5D%20Mike%20Pangrazio.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mike's painting in an original negative matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlDbSa7cueKaiQuWqSAN1rRaxrVraKXe7nisl38o3ermy_oh8AoI_wAk44_83iwg121jxN6vNt9XbuUHeQ-9gNOBee19UlSbFnOyhV-smwDqyrvdvfA6dLbhp1WoMDnxKyN6Dsb6-Jij2vI21E-KjRM6Zpesgp3Qb3Ar9LP2RUuewrfpMKrDSgMrL/s398/Michael%20Pangrazio.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="398" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlDbSa7cueKaiQuWqSAN1rRaxrVraKXe7nisl38o3ermy_oh8AoI_wAk44_83iwg121jxN6vNt9XbuUHeQ-9gNOBee19UlSbFnOyhV-smwDqyrvdvfA6dLbhp1WoMDnxKyN6Dsb6-Jij2vI21E-KjRM6Zpesgp3Qb3Ar9LP2RUuewrfpMKrDSgMrL/w400-h339/Michael%20Pangrazio.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A lousy image, but it <u>is</u> in full colour. I do try to be as complete as possible with what I have on file.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj236LTR8BYMmjsYFHlcXB2JDXfOHt6DabOeJfs_eGp-MpWW_6cThMwjHaE93Ea1eiK7nahsabv6GZcgAn9TWrkGi3o6oIvLV9zWZfM7lL6YxlkfEPoe2cTfK3_ihRww2vCTodVh-2OPWeZOcdXuIS-mxrK9JKCEJfLc5xeD9tXCHR2I0X4Kl5eXq-b/s1920/Young%20Sherlock%20Holmes%202%20%5BHD%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj236LTR8BYMmjsYFHlcXB2JDXfOHt6DabOeJfs_eGp-MpWW_6cThMwjHaE93Ea1eiK7nahsabv6GZcgAn9TWrkGi3o6oIvLV9zWZfM7lL6YxlkfEPoe2cTfK3_ihRww2vCTodVh-2OPWeZOcdXuIS-mxrK9JKCEJfLc5xeD9tXCHR2I0X4Kl5eXq-b/w640-h360/Young%20Sherlock%20Holmes%202%20%5BHD%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An interesting combination shot, with foreground miniature street and buildings, matte painted city beyond, and live action figures doubled in. Incidentally, the film was a bonanza of VFX, with brilliant stop motion, opticals and the first ever(?) digitally created 'stained glass man', which was a show-stopper.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtMlfWyTnFBujTKkGWGtj7TxR3jPzJQOOv0ArCyq2IF59myjBxlNfE6YmLr0xtDv-fww38VU2qy9E_GynIO_P-Q1bemYFGaxm2RSjiu0oEpR9h7Y0BToYAHx6HxcJRBpeMyyMRmN9r5EGTQDwHbyzqEDztcIBhRE3sr1V4thSCtVNLX6aJzZilnVm/s1920/Young%20Sherlock%20Holmes%203%20%5BHD%5D%20Caroleen%20Green.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtMlfWyTnFBujTKkGWGtj7TxR3jPzJQOOv0ArCyq2IF59myjBxlNfE6YmLr0xtDv-fww38VU2qy9E_GynIO_P-Q1bemYFGaxm2RSjiu0oEpR9h7Y0BToYAHx6HxcJRBpeMyyMRmN9r5EGTQDwHbyzqEDztcIBhRE3sr1V4thSCtVNLX6aJzZilnVm/w640-h360/Young%20Sherlock%20Holmes%203%20%5BHD%5D%20Caroleen%20Green.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The only other matte painting that I'm aware of was this one - I think the work of Caroleen Green - with additional fx elements added later. I recall Craig Barron explaining this shot to me years ago, and I think he stated that the original live action plate with actors climbing (or sliding?) on pyramid's facade - shot in England - was unusable due to camera motor surge or flicker. The matte department, I recall, had to cel animate the figures in front of the painting. Interestingly, this sort of 'animation' over a painted scene was an old and tried & true technique used by Albert Whitlock on scores of films, and really set a benchmark within the vfx industry.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UNHP_V0bt2TrVcBHXySi0Dq6rC-r4kyacZFVofundrZ3jlwplEIEVFqGkWcYTu3Yu7hN7rbV04mnOe68oFaaiPN2gyORre6dHYTCDAu1lFxfGQeTaBDbGNiN_8i_zED2990vjr3frgrN4y2SVJ8QEsXQFhZcAmaXVKnOkVa8j7s9GkY0MEt_G0OG/s1278/LAB%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="885" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UNHP_V0bt2TrVcBHXySi0Dq6rC-r4kyacZFVofundrZ3jlwplEIEVFqGkWcYTu3Yu7hN7rbV04mnOe68oFaaiPN2gyORre6dHYTCDAu1lFxfGQeTaBDbGNiN_8i_zED2990vjr3frgrN4y2SVJ8QEsXQFhZcAmaXVKnOkVa8j7s9GkY0MEt_G0OG/w278-h400/LAB%20art.jpg" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Aside from TV's 70's MUPPET SHOW I could never really get into the Jim Henson kiddie-fantasy films. Probably due to my passion for Dario Argento and DePalma horror and hard-hitting Sidney Lumet type serious police drama. Anyway, LABYRINTH (1986) was a massive hit, so what do I know. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkXsjxcA_uMP_7bq8Sd19bNUQHSRtfa9nCQwNvW6WlNz1tLr5KRdvDEGKN6hZKF19zaAWnKDoIKetDGh6ZR6Zu1x6ZD3ATt_vNmkOfQp5g-1ZkUwWARlxYZH6aAF4Fi3Y0pkzqRczzo3SxoHPoxr2ep_J7fIfOWdtfQFJOPsaibQM0Ezsh5wYdjq8/s2063/labyrinth%20j.connelly.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2063" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkXsjxcA_uMP_7bq8Sd19bNUQHSRtfa9nCQwNvW6WlNz1tLr5KRdvDEGKN6hZKF19zaAWnKDoIKetDGh6ZR6Zu1x6ZD3ATt_vNmkOfQp5g-1ZkUwWARlxYZH6aAF4Fi3Y0pkzqRczzo3SxoHPoxr2ep_J7fIfOWdtfQFJOPsaibQM0Ezsh5wYdjq8/w640-h540/labyrinth%20j.connelly.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oh, and Jennifer Connelly was an absolute doll <i>(and hey, she even appeared in Argento's blood, corpse and maggot soaked CREEPERS around the same time, so <u>that's</u> something!)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIm3f6ffBHt4Fm8QGkmm8MhK7Iu7UaJ2AfFeWdjYeT8_2pNZbvZiHyTlbgs2aZElEy40ToGy_naW7Eo1FcrZ_kazUgOcU8ng-YvYMtFCbaWIZRGGPdU4XkyUdSvmjiUiphbfhKIRM3I4D-9huDOD_8YbBuc4L_XjRJJ5z9n9dNUUtm9QOS_IdnDPwP/s1920/labyrinth(1986)_2739.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIm3f6ffBHt4Fm8QGkmm8MhK7Iu7UaJ2AfFeWdjYeT8_2pNZbvZiHyTlbgs2aZElEy40ToGy_naW7Eo1FcrZ_kazUgOcU8ng-YvYMtFCbaWIZRGGPdU4XkyUdSvmjiUiphbfhKIRM3I4D-9huDOD_8YbBuc4L_XjRJJ5z9n9dNUUtm9QOS_IdnDPwP/w640-h278/labyrinth(1986)_2739.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Interestingly, the film was a UK based show, with the effects largely carried out there. I'll demonstrate the British matte shots after the ILM shots. I think Caroleen Green may have painted this one?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPdOhbc3uxtXc2hFrPVMndxY-xvAqXb0XnLgkSby9u2J5ULeAuCxiWuJc-Skav9zAMWGLMCBt3i6j8-6V_hFDBZr2on3z284iwbR6WCO50gH3pJOkn2GlvL6lzunalen6WFI4okcWWSTD-aWLdYAozoH8OieXQ1-eSqQJzNtT0HApfzVv9t9Zoiuy/s1096/Labyrinth%20BR%204K%20detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="1096" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPdOhbc3uxtXc2hFrPVMndxY-xvAqXb0XnLgkSby9u2J5ULeAuCxiWuJc-Skav9zAMWGLMCBt3i6j8-6V_hFDBZr2on3z284iwbR6WCO50gH3pJOkn2GlvL6lzunalen6WFI4okcWWSTD-aWLdYAozoH8OieXQ1-eSqQJzNtT0HApfzVv9t9Zoiuy/w640-h380/Labyrinth%20BR%204K%20detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some closer detail...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBjEE67J7Kzk4_HJenrC_7MVeRuJ0UNkIoTMRmavPYmtgNlbUK6oBJDJCLDCWGKgDAf2szG5Tfkx7gWQ5NWvce4fKrDL4yKIA-ip7Fc-EfU0VbTdsWumXT05YW9azmM-22JKjOiYqPfRnEXDoIKNG5vyh4mUZ0m0Emyxez0bb0AqgU0YfbymuO3Dc/s1306/LAB1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="1306" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBjEE67J7Kzk4_HJenrC_7MVeRuJ0UNkIoTMRmavPYmtgNlbUK6oBJDJCLDCWGKgDAf2szG5Tfkx7gWQ5NWvce4fKrDL4yKIA-ip7Fc-EfU0VbTdsWumXT05YW9azmM-22JKjOiYqPfRnEXDoIKNG5vyh4mUZ0m0Emyxez0bb0AqgU0YfbymuO3Dc/w640-h194/LAB1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure if this matte is the exact same painting or one not used? It may be one of Doug Ferris' mattes from the UK? Note the face of David Bowie clearly woven into the hedgerow, a point that Ferris made a point of mentioning in an interview, and how Henson wanted to merge Bowie's visage into as much of the matte work as possible.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVbCRTqFdGaW4drC64eN0d66hySnv1stPBve7pIZPZuuBUafSnd1GwaRGKovtIHBQHKcIDlNuJS--pTcMDOn70dPhDxDjFB8jNBIKSrKhhl8KXD8EESUm3mYug3z53QU0kUFKuuusezGjZkkjsIPIgP2WvQqkHBgWiTFxoFTv_UWXH10mziLpCf6r/s1920/labyrinth(1986)_3803.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVbCRTqFdGaW4drC64eN0d66hySnv1stPBve7pIZPZuuBUafSnd1GwaRGKovtIHBQHKcIDlNuJS--pTcMDOn70dPhDxDjFB8jNBIKSrKhhl8KXD8EESUm3mYug3z53QU0kUFKuuusezGjZkkjsIPIgP2WvQqkHBgWiTFxoFTv_UWXH10mziLpCf6r/w640-h278/labyrinth(1986)_3803.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure if this one is ILM, but there is Bowie's face painted into the stonework at right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84RLn9ZVmUiC4op6d2pUCMpemHh3UsLqVWMET2_33dol9-bWqkd1WpoMWZwSIRK9ydkTqTgX5rKTP9tTMKVhB0u1PFhNxq_NWPOvvD8pQUg6H4UkLrPK3ifGmGjDO6flOMOCMJhRw5YgGHQBLqkPoStWcxL3wKQ6Ioc6HcDa629PreqhjNtHEEy5a/s2057/Labyrinth-%20C.Green%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="2057" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84RLn9ZVmUiC4op6d2pUCMpemHh3UsLqVWMET2_33dol9-bWqkd1WpoMWZwSIRK9ydkTqTgX5rKTP9tTMKVhB0u1PFhNxq_NWPOvvD8pQUg6H4UkLrPK3ifGmGjDO6flOMOCMJhRw5YgGHQBLqkPoStWcxL3wKQ6Ioc6HcDa629PreqhjNtHEEy5a/w640-h272/Labyrinth-%20C.Green%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This shot I can confirm is a Caroleen Green painting, with this frame enlarged from an original unbalanced 35mm trim.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0S0_ToagggeZYuM6y6_9RdT_1cxCyNDlw6hMfCAnhPlJcLhLTLbgj5XPwhR6CfeHBUvxD24fjwVzHVlrBhNffa-vD5sA3Psgup5Dwa3aQ8gofwrfsi0jLqaTExvoPo3LVlH_z_Rkg-zAAcxx0cBubVnw3xQ-17q1KNLiNX0bsJYxQfdPZPAiKz03/s2248/labyrinth_4K%20UHD_26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="2248" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0S0_ToagggeZYuM6y6_9RdT_1cxCyNDlw6hMfCAnhPlJcLhLTLbgj5XPwhR6CfeHBUvxD24fjwVzHVlrBhNffa-vD5sA3Psgup5Dwa3aQ8gofwrfsi0jLqaTExvoPo3LVlH_z_Rkg-zAAcxx0cBubVnw3xQ-17q1KNLiNX0bsJYxQfdPZPAiKz03/w640-h260/labyrinth_4K%20UHD_26.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same shot as seen in the BluRay edition.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>NON-ILM MATTE SHOTS:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia31IUbp-EaOM_6CLYwwbJ5mX-doyhagmimI9Uw2saQI3AnqazP4iHMBjwIgIkOEjmrloYb4g2xvnG3mz5yA-28KLqxMIF6Dcrv4eZd1Zi30MmhFhrs9BrJorOibvG-YlP4ZW8aFRzZzcnUyoFPIZDrhA3gm1ez02XOZt8EbteDTYv0cWFbFAueg6r/s3840/Labyrinth%20UHD%204K%20Doug%20Ferris%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="3840" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia31IUbp-EaOM_6CLYwwbJ5mX-doyhagmimI9Uw2saQI3AnqazP4iHMBjwIgIkOEjmrloYb4g2xvnG3mz5yA-28KLqxMIF6Dcrv4eZd1Zi30MmhFhrs9BrJorOibvG-YlP4ZW8aFRzZzcnUyoFPIZDrhA3gm1ez02XOZt8EbteDTYv0cWFbFAueg6r/w640-h270/Labyrinth%20UHD%204K%20Doug%20Ferris%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Veteran British matte and optical artist Doug Ferris and matte cameraman John Grant supplied a number of shots. According to Grant they did some 14 shots though I could never find that many, so maybe some were dropped in the final edit, or replaced by ILM later? This sequence is Doug's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzLDKypsIXBwbz-06mL9iLcgiheV8q4tzBqB8T-5mYeCOnApkHil5OtqTizNoEFmazFfwQZwfI4Dv4nEAuJ-BSkjXIVbLjsMbSnAMb8u8WpW9Yb3cHFxi6fMlPfkJjo_2hCCaOV5jpMZRQfe8d9nNwcgnpJmnTirfhZ1Wwtv563jfEhT3YnuzmWVT/s2468/labyrinth%20(Doug%20Ferris%20fx%20UK).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="2468" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzLDKypsIXBwbz-06mL9iLcgiheV8q4tzBqB8T-5mYeCOnApkHil5OtqTizNoEFmazFfwQZwfI4Dv4nEAuJ-BSkjXIVbLjsMbSnAMb8u8WpW9Yb3cHFxi6fMlPfkJjo_2hCCaOV5jpMZRQfe8d9nNwcgnpJmnTirfhZ1Wwtv563jfEhT3YnuzmWVT/w640-h472/labyrinth%20(Doug%20Ferris%20fx%20UK).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same sequence rendered by Doug Ferris and John Grant. Doug started off in 1961 at Shepperton Studios in England, with the sci-fi classic THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS being his first film in which he provided stop-motion miniature cars doubled into a matte painted deserted Paris.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBuXWu7pnfw3DhUXtSJfYtYbJJMJ2TOWgpdW4WDRHuXk8efsm721e229NVIqD4guAxlSsgm0j2C02Nk934EIfumYNHccZy9IngV_LafE7xXKBv3yfOP8tREkmg1b2i0w89XUjgeBSiV7mg_rlU3fEqsWYJXemeY8YObY5xZKRTEhbvehg4GydRv3E/s2206/Labyrinth%20UHD%204K%20Doug%20Ferris%20glade%20matte2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="2206" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBuXWu7pnfw3DhUXtSJfYtYbJJMJ2TOWgpdW4WDRHuXk8efsm721e229NVIqD4guAxlSsgm0j2C02Nk934EIfumYNHccZy9IngV_LafE7xXKBv3yfOP8tREkmg1b2i0w89XUjgeBSiV7mg_rlU3fEqsWYJXemeY8YObY5xZKRTEhbvehg4GydRv3E/w640-h286/Labyrinth%20UHD%204K%20Doug%20Ferris%20glade%20matte2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Doug's shots. Nice painting and atmosphere but marred by a less than impressive marriage of artwork to live action plate, sadly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7SywNIBIczSydMOSTpE7mbxn-SNzY8UIZk4kgei5g9CTykjOehM5VZc0W6I900z-DPKJcw0mrrWcj09fSJLEyiZFXp6Y-UFYGKWFUmp0tHCWsFl5tEdq8nmKRqNRRbebIO-YCL7_ZqmvBS78IAENzw7RAJx4UvA0QmcrYB3MsS_YK4bpPtwuyX1U/s1920/lab63.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7SywNIBIczSydMOSTpE7mbxn-SNzY8UIZk4kgei5g9CTykjOehM5VZc0W6I900z-DPKJcw0mrrWcj09fSJLEyiZFXp6Y-UFYGKWFUmp0tHCWsFl5tEdq8nmKRqNRRbebIO-YCL7_ZqmvBS78IAENzw7RAJx4UvA0QmcrYB3MsS_YK4bpPtwuyX1U/w640-h272/lab63.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not certain who did these, though I'm sure a fair amount of subtle and well integrated matte art was needed to breath life into these amazing Escher-esque sets. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQuY17HLSu0A6dMu1asH1Xmi5cJ4mhPsPz8vpIGhxaZopI2pdgNCgiCMZq1VMuNft9tjmJTyws3FEclhd8Sqjva2yCmMnlb91aqm7aVNiZFll3VigWrfX2pYw5YoCzZ6As3S2dRyxelvHagALY81_tMKFOKXqanPuZ05jcEr9pp2MUyREl1TgS-yw0/s1920/labyrinth(1986)_6192.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1920" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQuY17HLSu0A6dMu1asH1Xmi5cJ4mhPsPz8vpIGhxaZopI2pdgNCgiCMZq1VMuNft9tjmJTyws3FEclhd8Sqjva2yCmMnlb91aqm7aVNiZFll3VigWrfX2pYw5YoCzZ6As3S2dRyxelvHagALY81_tMKFOKXqanPuZ05jcEr9pp2MUyREl1TgS-yw0/w640-h280/labyrinth(1986)_6192.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The sets would have been impossible to construct as a practical environ - a veritable nightmare for architects and carpenters I'd imagine.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEv6KgVd1ugJu73lgZ-u7exO72aQR7XVm8ZNR3Oy-sxn5U665lr8OO94233m-smxeOWFfiFcQETijwF61UPXU0CL_FY45BzFpFoW66Q993eRfaAVtoU65NO2c0DkvtLl2lNoaF3h8UNnAxWSSEEj9pTckMltwL3CVMJ5JfGeejmvwmRjkaFHBiN9YE/s1920/labyrinth(1986)_6123.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEv6KgVd1ugJu73lgZ-u7exO72aQR7XVm8ZNR3Oy-sxn5U665lr8OO94233m-smxeOWFfiFcQETijwF61UPXU0CL_FY45BzFpFoW66Q993eRfaAVtoU65NO2c0DkvtLl2lNoaF3h8UNnAxWSSEEj9pTckMltwL3CVMJ5JfGeejmvwmRjkaFHBiN9YE/w640-h278/labyrinth(1986)_6123.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Certainly an optical composite joining different partial sets, no doubt blended with subtle matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjs3ognfMAzSAo40NeJUkTLDBvkSgK3DtTzs28lGjZG8hSJoC3qa56W_Kesd_oqP8HFkL6jcQpJrJAlOSsAHpSnZefrM9K0ODf9tITO_UozpuV6ipdEZY4iOPpemb5jjbO4xOkx1_3O0oYjbX5N9Y7MwEUqWYjMM8QG0gzAuOe4XRZfvmoSnemncx/s1920/labyrinth(1986)_6036.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1920" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjs3ognfMAzSAo40NeJUkTLDBvkSgK3DtTzs28lGjZG8hSJoC3qa56W_Kesd_oqP8HFkL6jcQpJrJAlOSsAHpSnZefrM9K0ODf9tITO_UozpuV6ipdEZY4iOPpemb5jjbO4xOkx1_3O0oYjbX5N9Y7MwEUqWYjMM8QG0gzAuOe4XRZfvmoSnemncx/w640-h280/labyrinth(1986)_6036.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fabulous art direction, with this extended matte art and optical fx sequence being the film's highlight.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15a_RsoR1hEK92s5QFZ38WitkClrEr0DOde-_g3KWRG37B0xcPsSxoiRta0vx2ZL_dpI7EXjsHutHKSqTPRIr-D1s1LlvAxqy6GP2jkJG6GYa2akSz2h8NwkLQ7X-qCfHmv9YaQQVjDB89Ydf6Etd-h8N5aGwqjMp7x9IDlHPZbV83tLqOaaX9pj4/s607/how%20was%20the%20fuck.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="426" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15a_RsoR1hEK92s5QFZ38WitkClrEr0DOde-_g3KWRG37B0xcPsSxoiRta0vx2ZL_dpI7EXjsHutHKSqTPRIr-D1s1LlvAxqy6GP2jkJG6GYa2akSz2h8NwkLQ7X-qCfHmv9YaQQVjDB89Ydf6Etd-h8N5aGwqjMp7x9IDlHPZbV83tLqOaaX9pj4/w281-h400/how%20was%20the%20fuck.jpg" width="281" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">You can't criticise Pete for <u>not</u> going the whole distance for the sake of this splendid blog-site. I saw this stupid bloody thing back in the 1980's and felt it was utter crap. In spite of those dark memories from decades ago I felt it my duty to take another 'gander' at HOWARD THE DUCK (1986) for the purposes of matte shot evaluation! Still crap, but not <i>quite</i> as bad as I seem to recall, with some moments of amusement amid the many visual effects... and Lea Thompson is <i>still</i> kinda hot. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpjb7vkHXFT17nxUUF-Tgkc1fAV9DTt-UpZFeXY9dSoHkCDONyLJDQ7Xn-bNJEGcwqTybFlqenEef_-kroCDuNV3hc_OwMm96X1cFRJFNcESHe0MlH8LHERiiFVBrgrGPFLyXVKmCYFtjB8FZDJz5j230aphxjktQtMWJS2CQyiW9z9RTMmgOsszv/s1287/howard1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1287" data-original-width="1259" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpjb7vkHXFT17nxUUF-Tgkc1fAV9DTt-UpZFeXY9dSoHkCDONyLJDQ7Xn-bNJEGcwqTybFlqenEef_-kroCDuNV3hc_OwMm96X1cFRJFNcESHe0MlH8LHERiiFVBrgrGPFLyXVKmCYFtjB8FZDJz5j230aphxjktQtMWJS2CQyiW9z9RTMmgOsszv/w391-h400/howard1.jpg" width="391" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In <u>my</u> part of the world, this film was released with no mention of a fucking duck being the leading character <i>(for good reason!)</i>, and was retitled HOWARD - A NEW BREED OF HERO. Audiences spat out their popcorn once it became apparent the 'star' had webbed feet, a bill and feathers!!! Probably demanded their hard earned coin back. Anyway, the top frame is some sort of fx shot, though is part of a very broad pan across the Duck's city. Possibly a full city painting, or at least the night sky?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73G0RDPj67DsGRH63dTv34a3TgfRaAL6egqdMV-bIVzuygDr-AacPgP2fwAb4TAjb7kj_xIYOeEMhIovT91bs7KbXcbW1kncEvEVrm1-v4nJdAG4jQgQg_VX0RC_9VAEPGBlm5PV_JJ-vlHSDbmZge-bp67B9zX7hddwyPxcv07HFMDVdHMXr_NmI/s1920/howard2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73G0RDPj67DsGRH63dTv34a3TgfRaAL6egqdMV-bIVzuygDr-AacPgP2fwAb4TAjb7kj_xIYOeEMhIovT91bs7KbXcbW1kncEvEVrm1-v4nJdAG4jQgQg_VX0RC_9VAEPGBlm5PV_JJ-vlHSDbmZge-bp67B9zX7hddwyPxcv07HFMDVdHMXr_NmI/w640-h342/howard2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A number of impressive matte shots occur - mostly in the first 10 minutes - with this spectacular 'birds-eye' vantage point of Duckberg(!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMwLL-2DuDucff0E3mw5WmVtBmIhwq23ZPnmwbRmAa6JGEnsrDvaj-AyHw4bO6GLJMe4FG2EnNPb-XKW0YsuqDlbvz_Am_JHHnK31dTABqEvywTGaoFrqnMDJBSFryGN8Mlknewz5x6zgfq2OWQy_JT0oyKEyYfa0Fqt4QvdERSi-NzXc5m2Ll-5t/s1920/howard5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMwLL-2DuDucff0E3mw5WmVtBmIhwq23ZPnmwbRmAa6JGEnsrDvaj-AyHw4bO6GLJMe4FG2EnNPb-XKW0YsuqDlbvz_Am_JHHnK31dTABqEvywTGaoFrqnMDJBSFryGN8Mlknewz5x6zgfq2OWQy_JT0oyKEyYfa0Fqt4QvdERSi-NzXc5m2Ll-5t/w640-h342/howard5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frank Ordaz was supervising matte painter, with Sean Joyce, Richard van der Wendt and the lovely Caroleen Green tasked with much brushwork.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgif-ztT5aBypIckP7MvFxcdBYCn-6rKFj7Oga-mBIob5DED88_jWWFLyYmZkhPQ5D_iCIW5PRLHUydOZmBF6Kn5NeSpzt5wXmwLjlcU7JgZyexK3DpoNcZ9s7SIP0M8pBiMY5-NJdIORRaAWJ8iCnlmh7KY9xmOdFcg2jWy7aQfAXzMXIqn8uxQvJO/s1920/howard6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgif-ztT5aBypIckP7MvFxcdBYCn-6rKFj7Oga-mBIob5DED88_jWWFLyYmZkhPQ5D_iCIW5PRLHUydOZmBF6Kn5NeSpzt5wXmwLjlcU7JgZyexK3DpoNcZ9s7SIP0M8pBiMY5-NJdIORRaAWJ8iCnlmh7KY9xmOdFcg2jWy7aQfAXzMXIqn8uxQvJO/w640-h342/howard6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I had hoped it were <i>'duck season'</i>, but unfortunately it was '<i>wabbit season'</i>. Think about it...it's a rather clever joke <b>;)</b> **<i>(apologies to the late, great Mr Chuck Jones)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFBUo8c-Xq6vpntODin0MSyQqc9muHtfQXGFYZ_6nQW2J7PjSyyZM2t2Z-6Ku35EyCnzFXZa609JOEdLLzvNt5RzLq8U-VbtotUhsTP9THYoTIBNeXQ7ipSgVA_TvQBrOYBoBMxyk2WkUqCuMcEOzkT3ZTTUHsurhMKt4vmmE_2flUaw_BvzXCY7d/s2599/howard8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1473" data-original-width="2599" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFBUo8c-Xq6vpntODin0MSyQqc9muHtfQXGFYZ_6nQW2J7PjSyyZM2t2Z-6Ku35EyCnzFXZa609JOEdLLzvNt5RzLq8U-VbtotUhsTP9THYoTIBNeXQ7ipSgVA_TvQBrOYBoBMxyk2WkUqCuMcEOzkT3ZTTUHsurhMKt4vmmE_2flUaw_BvzXCY7d/w640-h362/howard8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Spectacular matte art augments an indescribable sequence where 'Howard' is sucked out his home planet straight through to Earth. Who writes this stuff?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnCdQs3ZjgpP-DpqwnGzv-kplI2lKrIDsMeZZV3OS8KiJTsEejnk1qikngU76nHSBfRS231xqgAgdlnxhNxtTbguRdEwOZ9rIOvlxrO56-byQxzN12Z-AKRaxn6tW5WdFhhI50oe_QlVbbcrbZozazwEcgijBOMl63e7IShMvTjblAA_qTJTQzQSC/s1920/howard7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnCdQs3ZjgpP-DpqwnGzv-kplI2lKrIDsMeZZV3OS8KiJTsEejnk1qikngU76nHSBfRS231xqgAgdlnxhNxtTbguRdEwOZ9rIOvlxrO56-byQxzN12Z-AKRaxn6tW5WdFhhI50oe_QlVbbcrbZozazwEcgijBOMl63e7IShMvTjblAA_qTJTQzQSC/w640-h342/howard7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Many of the galactic shots feature a subtle camera move, sometimes multi-plane.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqT1fSVs6yPolRx98Zr4Rm1mne0Btz3o9mi8Jm_GstC3J4xNI-ess0wtJUCJphcq24MAlyDEa5DIs6vIqrMVW8B38JtC8SKd_Wmzs1_En9bvZAPtW9pUcqjuFwnQgaFkDHIru6L45TfHTpKTp3PMpjqPpyO-lcDdHi6o2MkmBjFXeo0sZokNRuLvt2/s1920/howard3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqT1fSVs6yPolRx98Zr4Rm1mne0Btz3o9mi8Jm_GstC3J4xNI-ess0wtJUCJphcq24MAlyDEa5DIs6vIqrMVW8B38JtC8SKd_Wmzs1_En9bvZAPtW9pUcqjuFwnQgaFkDHIru6L45TfHTpKTp3PMpjqPpyO-lcDdHi6o2MkmBjFXeo0sZokNRuLvt2/w640-h342/howard3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolCL92UGacqqCqJRwtERrbeZYYR5x5Db3rlVY471jrgArBUX7_gqcmsD0z3YUMtpRcTb1IBITFwFIQCnMozXAbfbTU8iyhQu0pJhNiSXtXyLIQvJu76mxM1_pDHbINjY_cR0lZ5Oira5rcZn5BUbRMCbjAlNaFHY6AqUCb4vyHJKAO5ttbzkHtAmd/s1616/howard4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1556" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolCL92UGacqqCqJRwtERrbeZYYR5x5Db3rlVY471jrgArBUX7_gqcmsD0z3YUMtpRcTb1IBITFwFIQCnMozXAbfbTU8iyhQu0pJhNiSXtXyLIQvJu76mxM1_pDHbINjY_cR0lZ5Oira5rcZn5BUbRMCbjAlNaFHY6AqUCb4vyHJKAO5ttbzkHtAmd/w616-h640/howard4.jpg" width="616" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Multi-plane matte work where said poultry falls to Earth. Quack, Quack!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Yfg43CkXIFK-VbQc_vCyj_b2BBAQn4-ha6LX-CHTzamYmJwMHrYcWqndsGgiioo7_VOJO9IVBPNDcGot81ON8HA32draIdtNMKK6_csX25fdC_X7qiIkVVMLTOwnJh20KKaKgYeG66HSI5m6owGk_as4S_Kgpec_MDZUvPjOtO1ghNS9OVzjM36c/s1347/howard9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="1347" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Yfg43CkXIFK-VbQc_vCyj_b2BBAQn4-ha6LX-CHTzamYmJwMHrYcWqndsGgiioo7_VOJO9IVBPNDcGot81ON8HA32draIdtNMKK6_csX25fdC_X7qiIkVVMLTOwnJh20KKaKgYeG66HSI5m6owGk_as4S_Kgpec_MDZUvPjOtO1ghNS9OVzjM36c/w640-h632/howard9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Continuation of same with painted city and separate layer of clouds - probably cotton wool.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNRnSLIpg2R05Dk7Qm1jpa0RpSfcg6msF8r2ndOpNHcFmucsREbJOIdzo5uFy7bxAyFnlKLmN-3qZsVVzGh1CR9pLDx8V518UyPAtO7JJaGOl120XWFeS8-xzw_orq_YPCCBA2CTWTyQtQebv0gBgzHg-vdXdnxAsEdJTQZnxzlYo_p-bonc86nj1/s1920/howard%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNRnSLIpg2R05Dk7Qm1jpa0RpSfcg6msF8r2ndOpNHcFmucsREbJOIdzo5uFy7bxAyFnlKLmN-3qZsVVzGh1CR9pLDx8V518UyPAtO7JJaGOl120XWFeS8-xzw_orq_YPCCBA2CTWTyQtQebv0gBgzHg-vdXdnxAsEdJTQZnxzlYo_p-bonc86nj1/w640-h342/howard%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Frank Ordaz matte shot where around 60% of the frame has been painted. Red blinking lights atop the Dynatechnics complex add a nice 'live' touch. This frame is from the BluRay.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7i-G_UQR9KU8CudOz_vckDdm0pRUDSUB70bpx30f610cUfwpIEEkTa9P1FE8lTeP91d4yuGKLpm7MPaTcLwhE21l-ZskAl9hJOMQ_1dE0sgqT9wfvvinBBCnlb-8x3E8MrsAVbaRSorfgYAgA8el9KTcmAflyxxnN0oZk717DCRrLhNgXnezfPAr/s967/Frank%20Ordaz%20Howard%20the%20Duck.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="967" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7i-G_UQR9KU8CudOz_vckDdm0pRUDSUB70bpx30f610cUfwpIEEkTa9P1FE8lTeP91d4yuGKLpm7MPaTcLwhE21l-ZskAl9hJOMQ_1dE0sgqT9wfvvinBBCnlb-8x3E8MrsAVbaRSorfgYAgA8el9KTcmAflyxxnN0oZk717DCRrLhNgXnezfPAr/w640-h426/Frank%20Ordaz%20Howard%20the%20Duck.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same matte as it looked as an original 35mm test frame.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1BSzSor60VhVWKrsf94xwbuOMw1fJFe_hIE9m1UsYx_cntVnstlp94CF-HUqfv4vM2c5D2xyOE2jO696Lv9omTuY4CDh0tAbRm63lcbrMEnVz42bY61Y45VInkjroPVz2aRjYTXglWtF6HOYci5j_GkA4ybdB7pO_hMiWokUoWZEAzI8ZP_VnKql/s1353/howard-the-duck-traditonal-matte-painting2%20(C.Green).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1BSzSor60VhVWKrsf94xwbuOMw1fJFe_hIE9m1UsYx_cntVnstlp94CF-HUqfv4vM2c5D2xyOE2jO696Lv9omTuY4CDh0tAbRm63lcbrMEnVz42bY61Y45VInkjroPVz2aRjYTXglWtF6HOYci5j_GkA4ybdB7pO_hMiWokUoWZEAzI8ZP_VnKql/w426-h640/howard-the-duck-traditonal-matte-painting2%20(C.Green).jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A nice invisible tilt up trick shot by Caroleen Green.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3qpkt5iuooFsCSlVMrSn39wPnUfkq4PJgZugRoPqhxej0UecqU3bz2eEpam3JNeixHvgp1i91sRgjQq1jziUu1eYix8jQbgfRsHvOU__Gdq0ZU26kt1HPcLq9QqgSsjqZLk8yl3261rStPuEdBPELrsrfV5ulH2CiKCeQX0KzaUV0lrR_U6jLorV/s2608/howard%2012.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="2608" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3qpkt5iuooFsCSlVMrSn39wPnUfkq4PJgZugRoPqhxej0UecqU3bz2eEpam3JNeixHvgp1i91sRgjQq1jziUu1eYix8jQbgfRsHvOU__Gdq0ZU26kt1HPcLq9QqgSsjqZLk8yl3261rStPuEdBPELrsrfV5ulH2CiKCeQX0KzaUV0lrR_U6jLorV/w640-h430/howard%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Beautifully done, with no clue as to where the join is between real and painted.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFv3cWTTsWD-aUusAcOf756L79Sc4dZvB2Kbq1Ug9pYjKxibjVj71LNYhmwR-NyKHhK5CiSsdQUNvHM_oevQnf0dSNDjbyIcGAzG2_-1LwgOIAqbu7YHQvOYxGRx3M8MFu3p0vGnuBQT2lcDQfdHEaw3qsUmGLiwzoopCEOwzVF0Q74Fr8zOk4HSfY/s1920/howard%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFv3cWTTsWD-aUusAcOf756L79Sc4dZvB2Kbq1Ug9pYjKxibjVj71LNYhmwR-NyKHhK5CiSsdQUNvHM_oevQnf0dSNDjbyIcGAzG2_-1LwgOIAqbu7YHQvOYxGRx3M8MFu3p0vGnuBQT2lcDQfdHEaw3qsUmGLiwzoopCEOwzVF0Q74Fr8zOk4HSfY/w640-h342/howard%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Caroleen Green's painted intergalactic zapping contraption, and likely the roof of the complex as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8p4zLYdMZPc0o4QJp1H-xS6eqvlsbdeSrhezpbsLnfSzRY0SPphO5LF8fzdMmkCVE4wgJ_TPPAGd3ny97MYbrFJ2Sp-bXaURIFFVeIrnPCFHoUmckYg5Pl4XWYqL0Cwi6uXeqY3eTnj65Bv0xiXaDt2laEKj2yEP0e7vWzHX4u316YnbvQgd6ea_G/s1920/howard%2013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8p4zLYdMZPc0o4QJp1H-xS6eqvlsbdeSrhezpbsLnfSzRY0SPphO5LF8fzdMmkCVE4wgJ_TPPAGd3ny97MYbrFJ2Sp-bXaURIFFVeIrnPCFHoUmckYg5Pl4XWYqL0Cwi6uXeqY3eTnj65Bv0xiXaDt2laEKj2yEP0e7vWzHX4u316YnbvQgd6ea_G/w640-h342/howard%2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Location action with painted set extensions and clouds.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtbE-sZRA2RYlUl67EUQTCvOmkNfxidhUqYsaMYxqWDIDMdoPaFFGBWdqkhrBnJ431B4_fwQNOhe6hj_Cd4G3encDUsP2SgYGPKYYuBGIeK-n5W4bhMIKf22dyptCE7odpQAVnLDh0KESL1Aub7UTny5171xTaPyGemJqZaVAM1NtfSXrbFWh8pqfd/s1421/howard%2014.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="1421" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtbE-sZRA2RYlUl67EUQTCvOmkNfxidhUqYsaMYxqWDIDMdoPaFFGBWdqkhrBnJ431B4_fwQNOhe6hj_Cd4G3encDUsP2SgYGPKYYuBGIeK-n5W4bhMIKf22dyptCE7odpQAVnLDh0KESL1Aub7UTny5171xTaPyGemJqZaVAM1NtfSXrbFWh8pqfd/w640-h94/howard%2014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Credit where credit's due...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQvl9VrDmaATcJQMCtNswkiysbgbcaB4ornbvhZvh3kN9Ttx8QL5sQW7aNTE7_Ay0PmrDf1xCO2isIJ0AFv2zHHS2N674og-d4ulDBvFXGuzNT9sdF2VdHMuWUVoaIPbu7z6kV8tEjwmQfFC3Qr1HyKvus3qhuXC5d_AFDoqT7azW4a35BKjGct02/s1000/TREK4%20artwork.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="1000" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQvl9VrDmaATcJQMCtNswkiysbgbcaB4ornbvhZvh3kN9Ttx8QL5sQW7aNTE7_Ay0PmrDf1xCO2isIJ0AFv2zHHS2N674og-d4ulDBvFXGuzNT9sdF2VdHMuWUVoaIPbu7z6kV8tEjwmQfFC3Qr1HyKvus3qhuXC5d_AFDoqT7azW4a35BKjGct02/w400-h301/TREK4%20artwork.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The last of the really good Trek movies, STAR TREK IV (1986) was a whole heap of fun, and in fact, looked like everybody on screen were having a ball.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDVi2r24oe1oh1MW1SrOxUI-QP7HGICrIsI3FkBjved-IE5A7mco-pIc5h848h3CwMhQo0HSBcTotObWmRajJnJIhG7baF034VmoOZWHKrmRzHl4x1Q6LPs9Ke3pn4gOA6rdXWvfcmgWiMyJc4hMIgSgEjOG79A8B5A0qOb_Gedz5fcYFeO-lgWav/s1574/TREK4%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1574" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDVi2r24oe1oh1MW1SrOxUI-QP7HGICrIsI3FkBjved-IE5A7mco-pIc5h848h3CwMhQo0HSBcTotObWmRajJnJIhG7baF034VmoOZWHKrmRzHl4x1Q6LPs9Ke3pn4gOA6rdXWvfcmgWiMyJc4hMIgSgEjOG79A8B5A0qOb_Gedz5fcYFeO-lgWav/w640-h422/TREK4%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Left, Craig Barron with matte on stand for composite work. Right, Frank Ordaz deep in concentration.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt5j5HHLz0cexLU0s7RD-stVoJbMHntnER96w2YHyULo2J42NW-pJmxBFaIr-vYlSy5GvCLkWmTYpckbvedSoMYhYb_NbzV_DP2Zw-Sh1TofmobL1PXz8YKEYFBohe8dlYJWEpqUL8Ez7njbpoX3c4fW0xhKz585U5PQrHxy7u_75fQ6lOn0Q9dFb/s1274/ST%20IV-%20R.MacQuarrie%20concept%20for%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="1274" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt5j5HHLz0cexLU0s7RD-stVoJbMHntnER96w2YHyULo2J42NW-pJmxBFaIr-vYlSy5GvCLkWmTYpckbvedSoMYhYb_NbzV_DP2Zw-Sh1TofmobL1PXz8YKEYFBohe8dlYJWEpqUL8Ez7njbpoX3c4fW0xhKz585U5PQrHxy7u_75fQ6lOn0Q9dFb/w640-h280/ST%20IV-%20R.MacQuarrie%20concept%20for%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ralph McQuarrie served as conceptual artist on STAR TREK IV, and this was one of his renderings of a proposed - though unused - look for Starfleet HQ in futuristic San Francisco. Great artwork!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMrCiJFZt1koHP4ulSBCc8FtGU7nBmJ-p1jPQZKVZ5sSt7THT70jCB4BHuORQKANkmT_HdAqxIVWpBTdDDt2SXhVAYqCkYymlKzVIuiR5y6YUOAgPtLnUBVNp9CtLpVMvQm_aocRF7EUXRO-TvnJN8LY8guKbnJsHjoTAdopq5y0C9Du4wVZF68xC/s2766/TREK4%20starfleet.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="2766" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMrCiJFZt1koHP4ulSBCc8FtGU7nBmJ-p1jPQZKVZ5sSt7THT70jCB4BHuORQKANkmT_HdAqxIVWpBTdDDt2SXhVAYqCkYymlKzVIuiR5y6YUOAgPtLnUBVNp9CtLpVMvQm_aocRF7EUXRO-TvnJN8LY8guKbnJsHjoTAdopq5y0C9Du4wVZF68xC/w640-h142/TREK4%20starfleet.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and afters from the final version of Starfleet HQ. I much prefer Ralph's concept above, personally.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvFB1z8QDaO3glJtbEsQJ8DPC_nrhMKaKBX_RM4O_CIpkrdidEhEiKR-TUS-dGGvt631sZzrnk652C0uvJVuHynzWy9BWqybMwruwHQF4uS_EARIf9UyhPH-TrH0y6S0vhbkcZx5C1icu2yyu3bgd-D1hQP7J0v5hDLUDY21RGTU0tDgKMXMNIzUr/s2202/TREK4%20block%20in.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="2202" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvFB1z8QDaO3glJtbEsQJ8DPC_nrhMKaKBX_RM4O_CIpkrdidEhEiKR-TUS-dGGvt631sZzrnk652C0uvJVuHynzWy9BWqybMwruwHQF4uS_EARIf9UyhPH-TrH0y6S0vhbkcZx5C1icu2yyu3bgd-D1hQP7J0v5hDLUDY21RGTU0tDgKMXMNIzUr/w640-h238/TREK4%20block%20in.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A wonderful example at left of a basic block-in without any detail work applied yet. Photos like this are so rare to find and are most informative I find. At right Barron and Evans discuss the final painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXx4S-VA7EXSTpzFv1v8kwJV62aANHITqiK5fXHW7n64ChshQywm_fsNbsesJGaMZUSELovh52HJazR-O8wCyzjHHA7okO_xIDlxUXyyE1JVkFMcK9X2wwPHY4cPysmnntENMIqyWp7UJAX-NN1ww0lveviOCPxG0fKUqU4hjEiQfl2NPWbI6DMUN/s1920/star-trek4-BR1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXx4S-VA7EXSTpzFv1v8kwJV62aANHITqiK5fXHW7n64ChshQywm_fsNbsesJGaMZUSELovh52HJazR-O8wCyzjHHA7okO_xIDlxUXyyE1JVkFMcK9X2wwPHY4cPysmnntENMIqyWp7UJAX-NN1ww0lveviOCPxG0fKUqU4hjEiQfl2NPWbI6DMUN/w640-h272/star-trek4-BR1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished composite, almost certainly an original negative comp, with bi-packed spacecraft above. Reportedly, neither Evans nor Barron were happy with the final shot and felt it was poorly designed, too busy and lacked a central area of focus - vital when a shot is only on screen for some two seconds.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqwATaz-G0-NRdqzEyF2Sg7KyWlH_aENuKTEQr6Gd_H79BsiDEueV1XFUHRQgdsmOqyrnWSLJFhgnEQ-DAH6wxfRqmvS2dJrgeSEK7rDo80VvlXtsXGWIbwpDalv0i1aPzGnn7egcg0EOrUb-QHg8l0rsojHCFqyvwZpidVbD8EO-EqOFTYXVxB9B/s1280/TREK4-00425.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqwATaz-G0-NRdqzEyF2Sg7KyWlH_aENuKTEQr6Gd_H79BsiDEueV1XFUHRQgdsmOqyrnWSLJFhgnEQ-DAH6wxfRqmvS2dJrgeSEK7rDo80VvlXtsXGWIbwpDalv0i1aPzGnn7egcg0EOrUb-QHg8l0rsojHCFqyvwZpidVbD8EO-EqOFTYXVxB9B/w640-h272/TREK4-00425.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A shot that many wouldn't notice as being matte art.... See below.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5ajJw8RagATaulQivBVIjYO5iSVEoZRg7DCqPhIO606XLmyteClfsCJ58EtAVbGpXV-HK0nWANxJjqGJMgnLnJQpNDb6bBeO6KcJ81xCo8_2jUqGbgVn2Zobbw1Rqv-pJW38iTcpDLgcgl4OQU-jiv5pq1Rx9ZBz9AJwXk76Tj8TllSAO8ZJFEz6/s773/TREK4%20golden%20gate%20matte%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="773" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5ajJw8RagATaulQivBVIjYO5iSVEoZRg7DCqPhIO606XLmyteClfsCJ58EtAVbGpXV-HK0nWANxJjqGJMgnLnJQpNDb6bBeO6KcJ81xCo8_2jUqGbgVn2Zobbw1Rqv-pJW38iTcpDLgcgl4OQU-jiv5pq1Rx9ZBz9AJwXk76Tj8TllSAO8ZJFEz6/w640-h388/TREK4%20golden%20gate%20matte%20art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A full painting of a San Francisco Bay area some hundreds of years in the future.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgY-AijTXyYIblCsV1aWHerNRAxiXttDX3L6-kCPk6DbeClBwsPcDx_cq9pKC84SkfZWcq19ZPAaZFqMk3PyTivbfzV_CoQrWuoGahiC3cBtndRjLJVJi1f4zrc16s41balA6OBWYuQg2yHCN8d8kmqoVEcfhGGt7NaB6inr7tKQqrPwsRwmyVYogP/s1722/TREK4%20mattes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="1722" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgY-AijTXyYIblCsV1aWHerNRAxiXttDX3L6-kCPk6DbeClBwsPcDx_cq9pKC84SkfZWcq19ZPAaZFqMk3PyTivbfzV_CoQrWuoGahiC3cBtndRjLJVJi1f4zrc16s41balA6OBWYuQg2yHCN8d8kmqoVEcfhGGt7NaB6inr7tKQqrPwsRwmyVYogP/w640-h178/TREK4%20mattes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZgD-RRngnc6aUFibpJjg7U7TrHZ4ovkkcpFf6THgCOtRVAJZ93PYL6o-w8uGnAAQR_GEJ_HyBRrWyaEdy841fR3oUQcimUyOKgjChIY-4vm2OpGHgH_QvG10aEZaWeG7tqjL-ecC6Ct0IRMktU_8j6vbGC4v9sgrrgubb_vNWms-JsDNe5tjDPk9/s1440/star-trek-iv-matte-painting-storyboard%20sketch.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZgD-RRngnc6aUFibpJjg7U7TrHZ4ovkkcpFf6THgCOtRVAJZ93PYL6o-w8uGnAAQR_GEJ_HyBRrWyaEdy841fR3oUQcimUyOKgjChIY-4vm2OpGHgH_QvG10aEZaWeG7tqjL-ecC6Ct0IRMktU_8j6vbGC4v9sgrrgubb_vNWms-JsDNe5tjDPk9/w640-h480/star-trek-iv-matte-painting-storyboard%20sketch.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Concept sketch for an important planetary set piece.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6LE0UeIGKo74YXjseZ28Z856PYYBF4RIYE-hKWYKCs1P-hkDisjm_N0PpXaP2io7S_m81fQocgv8Bo_WonaLFUsUvTRLOH3gGmHeMmS9VB7qEEyEYHqXJ0VkLt-rMdFD9fovDMJ0opemW4LF3O07uXodOG92Iywev0VR55BBHCwnqrCRP6lubwei/s1560/Frank%20Ordaz-TREK%20IV.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1560" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6LE0UeIGKo74YXjseZ28Z856PYYBF4RIYE-hKWYKCs1P-hkDisjm_N0PpXaP2io7S_m81fQocgv8Bo_WonaLFUsUvTRLOH3gGmHeMmS9VB7qEEyEYHqXJ0VkLt-rMdFD9fovDMJ0opemW4LF3O07uXodOG92Iywev0VR55BBHCwnqrCRP6lubwei/w640-h370/Frank%20Ordaz-TREK%20IV.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frank Ordaz with his pallet rendering the Bird of Prey craft and environs.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35bUPvPq2M93TPwrjYdkBeRNMin0uojdBHZgTwUbAJLXZYW6R22zDMnfJ5BWZAqVK2fv8hNm8SGoRq5D2GmhRZpTR0j4FKXl0QoRuBHqhsFw0G5kLPHeioI_QO6pdeNIqXKShDsUoqkBwfGxCKSaLWJFUY5yl-0hNgXtYkcre7DrRcgkFfkdgUDmk/s1920/star-trek4-BR3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35bUPvPq2M93TPwrjYdkBeRNMin0uojdBHZgTwUbAJLXZYW6R22zDMnfJ5BWZAqVK2fv8hNm8SGoRq5D2GmhRZpTR0j4FKXl0QoRuBHqhsFw0G5kLPHeioI_QO6pdeNIqXKShDsUoqkBwfGxCKSaLWJFUY5yl-0hNgXtYkcre7DrRcgkFfkdgUDmk/w640-h272/star-trek4-BR3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final composite, though to this viewer it all looks too 'painterly' and 'stiff' to be fully effective. Just my opinion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzox7j9e8mhrBsyqhD96bOxZLmbzEPAF1TArfcuf9PEByn8Pal07mbITmuTtWoCe5G-2Lg19oV-uL8YnaTFf_RlASU-_5fLzFlpDhr9id1Buht6ssvGatlC9UAN51u7MWQah7PNG4xHeGePRQ-RiVd9-icF6502U8o51njXG_PrTzsiYKynlysOR7o/s1920/star-trek4-BR2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzox7j9e8mhrBsyqhD96bOxZLmbzEPAF1TArfcuf9PEByn8Pal07mbITmuTtWoCe5G-2Lg19oV-uL8YnaTFf_RlASU-_5fLzFlpDhr9id1Buht6ssvGatlC9UAN51u7MWQah7PNG4xHeGePRQ-RiVd9-icF6502U8o51njXG_PrTzsiYKynlysOR7o/w640-h272/star-trek4-BR2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Frank's paintings, with additional sunburst element. Possibly a shot recycled from the third TREK picture.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqrsAqOAL1OlSReB-3KozjcMWQ2UqwZAUYWW9laHV5PN4W3k7f3SG2fO5RQH_KGikUnkHA8jEcyJTjX1AJVZJeXwqG8IyFWtHpZY5A8MrCVq-ZVD55axQ-RuE96vi4jnRccG5tKBXZ-gaq4Fxk0ytTzZVdOjGUcxtmW3LK7CHAshZC2ONQ4t8CRtD/s1280/TREK4-00426.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqrsAqOAL1OlSReB-3KozjcMWQ2UqwZAUYWW9laHV5PN4W3k7f3SG2fO5RQH_KGikUnkHA8jEcyJTjX1AJVZJeXwqG8IyFWtHpZY5A8MrCVq-ZVD55axQ-RuE96vi4jnRccG5tKBXZ-gaq4Fxk0ytTzZVdOjGUcxtmW3LK7CHAshZC2ONQ4t8CRtD/w640-h272/TREK4-00426.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The first frame from a massive sweeping pan across the alien landscape as the ship lifts off. A vast painting measuring some 4 x 12 feet in size, and rendered by Sean Joyce.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKF9m9RIg-OCOIJW_W42zkvrYTqq2i4bcyZCixDuLSbr7iu0eB_6182b2o8jMyfz8QZ1377mDiXd3FxGNwHrEvzyHZBd_2Xld9bH8pL5VYoPTWbMwhKX7o6BfBo1PyhNUDNPgXwqMvTYngHayWWZe7br1kJicgQ0rK17x-xQa-jbn2u_b6FbSrYIY5/s1873/TREK4%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="1873" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKF9m9RIg-OCOIJW_W42zkvrYTqq2i4bcyZCixDuLSbr7iu0eB_6182b2o8jMyfz8QZ1377mDiXd3FxGNwHrEvzyHZBd_2Xld9bH8pL5VYoPTWbMwhKX7o6BfBo1PyhNUDNPgXwqMvTYngHayWWZe7br1kJicgQ0rK17x-xQa-jbn2u_b6FbSrYIY5/w640-h166/TREK4%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In it's entirety...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgre8JepNalalGUclMfEIwELl8M3yn5yLhzG9Eqv_DDwu2RgsDVadtDwZiCqWUs4p1Qyxcb8iV-hBibHmvNObo93H8LPljynhg6JMZKTAnKnnA5PejwFzl_v7RuFBEJiLMEZhDhfE6Lv_DBiIKi0sJwdci-im4wuToPPFZG_IsPwsReTrYlXFL8OqwI/s1280/TREK4-00429.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgre8JepNalalGUclMfEIwELl8M3yn5yLhzG9Eqv_DDwu2RgsDVadtDwZiCqWUs4p1Qyxcb8iV-hBibHmvNObo93H8LPljynhg6JMZKTAnKnnA5PejwFzl_v7RuFBEJiLMEZhDhfE6Lv_DBiIKi0sJwdci-im4wuToPPFZG_IsPwsReTrYlXFL8OqwI/w640-h272/TREK4-00429.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Spaceship model added as a motion control element, and blue screened in actors as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMCa71zlr8toYcoir1yC8g_CB4QUvjZqAw9mphrWExUMRq8_Rs5gIOYSchRg5lV_72lMaEhx775ANYof0_46eGnPn23-ws5CNgmzEkbYo3d-48I9Ki8c5ZHg1vGmNVxJhtYLZORlYkBV6-yjytShiMPjafP8R4MLqNHPw3NIYBDF2JCZy7bKPAf4c/s1280/TREK4-00431.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMCa71zlr8toYcoir1yC8g_CB4QUvjZqAw9mphrWExUMRq8_Rs5gIOYSchRg5lV_72lMaEhx775ANYof0_46eGnPn23-ws5CNgmzEkbYo3d-48I9Ki8c5ZHg1vGmNVxJhtYLZORlYkBV6-yjytShiMPjafP8R4MLqNHPw3NIYBDF2JCZy7bKPAf4c/w640-h272/TREK4-00431.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Engine flare and interactive 'sunlight' upon ship shot in additional motion control passes with miniature.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93ePFrQbymseF2fyCZLNNCTGiHJTAXHU5B7Q4CMXRIKX-6IIYlOWVjy-z72VS3h96rzvGxNl-V29cyiIunqV1iMLCuDNHCpNRbqrZBPoG-j-AU7Q5EBJh-lHLsqlLAarEK_2dW4SnAncbD--ah8HGlGFSBxSqA0bzQA9XnM3LOd1Edxf3jgv3Jwle/s1280/TREK4-00433.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93ePFrQbymseF2fyCZLNNCTGiHJTAXHU5B7Q4CMXRIKX-6IIYlOWVjy-z72VS3h96rzvGxNl-V29cyiIunqV1iMLCuDNHCpNRbqrZBPoG-j-AU7Q5EBJh-lHLsqlLAarEK_2dW4SnAncbD--ah8HGlGFSBxSqA0bzQA9XnM3LOd1Edxf3jgv3Jwle/w640-h272/TREK4-00433.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Brilliant sun was a separate practical element made by directing a light source directly into the lens, with vaseline smeared on a glass as a means of diffusing the light.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_yMKYQFW-xVnm383ZES4z7xx1nL4CrUfREILhEED4cvq3XIfBm7k5mSyMJ-hQMK_8TZDdXQXVssqtNoBWn4mvHmwbemT3EySfbctxb2R2Lb3YTKBjX-vpAVHRx0nPwp5Jo4131f7F5BQd5l4bxA_SRftuHVUcK2Hn4PVU9mPR_dX8zHiYOuWtfYV/s1280/TREK4-00443.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_yMKYQFW-xVnm383ZES4z7xx1nL4CrUfREILhEED4cvq3XIfBm7k5mSyMJ-hQMK_8TZDdXQXVssqtNoBWn4mvHmwbemT3EySfbctxb2R2Lb3YTKBjX-vpAVHRx0nPwp5Jo4131f7F5BQd5l4bxA_SRftuHVUcK2Hn4PVU9mPR_dX8zHiYOuWtfYV/w640-h272/TREK4-00443.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure, but reckon this is all painted from the waterline upward.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5TRE8POEG0NunceoAml0qDEHoxwpeKg9QS8tCbhgAUZwCeJBFKKGkB0FY3_GZ2cqtu2177oZpZdm4TxEPeOpXwIE5Dh1i4tv1eeIfGYVvF9ZmIjnoNwmCeAz6ONfI21_fex7vsffwlH42B_sqE234iQJy1hx-HoxIZkIUJQJnfeKYUHIu1eD63ZM/s1280/TREK4-00435.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5TRE8POEG0NunceoAml0qDEHoxwpeKg9QS8tCbhgAUZwCeJBFKKGkB0FY3_GZ2cqtu2177oZpZdm4TxEPeOpXwIE5Dh1i4tv1eeIfGYVvF9ZmIjnoNwmCeAz6ONfI21_fex7vsffwlH42B_sqE234iQJy1hx-HoxIZkIUJQJnfeKYUHIu1eD63ZM/w640-h272/TREK4-00435.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The marine park plays an important role in the narrative of TREK IV. Some ingenious trick work was needed here to combine several different locations as one. The marine institute was <i>not</i> actually in San Francisco, and did not have a water tank as seen here. The water was shot elsewhere and matted in. The San Francisco skyline was also a separate live element, filmed hours away, and matted in too. Some subtle matte art was employed to tie all of the different pieces of live action together - and very successfully at that!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4k7Bol8ZiNGcvobBPXjP29Q3DA9MybOBd4hUjLGdVnl_aQngMiwteMszXDXvQmNDHrXKhOYa0y2Wx7xbTFAJtK-O3w_A4gM9Qss3ZlaGfw8i3XV3HL7J9DLY7yz1mNT7B9rDQr4BguI3HTBApd6I6I12BaALbGcNMYZbuNwKalLKspM7JIVlBlJyM/s1280/TREK4-00435a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4k7Bol8ZiNGcvobBPXjP29Q3DA9MybOBd4hUjLGdVnl_aQngMiwteMszXDXvQmNDHrXKhOYa0y2Wx7xbTFAJtK-O3w_A4gM9Qss3ZlaGfw8i3XV3HL7J9DLY7yz1mNT7B9rDQr4BguI3HTBApd6I6I12BaALbGcNMYZbuNwKalLKspM7JIVlBlJyM/w640-h272/TREK4-00435a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same setting as seen later on, this time largely shot 'as is', with the actual empty rock pool. Again, the distant (real) city and sky were actual location 2nd unit plates, though filmed some 80 miles away and combined optically with the marine institute, again with small degree of painted work to marry it all together as utterly convincing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYggVRYepWjZO9ykErtAjbqex2ns71SG9asdaXEezIwl9a9RmuDisZ-e633wJK99cxV9_clb1jYtSQYueomNFWglw8Gs5M8kJPws35W2E-wa1m-UBEuCSIMBA0Wcer5yxB-RF7gkPvbl6N2mDMwOvalBgkPbpwDfkvriwO68uXVXQlNhQEsz7u7ew/s850/startrekHome5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="850" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYggVRYepWjZO9ykErtAjbqex2ns71SG9asdaXEezIwl9a9RmuDisZ-e633wJK99cxV9_clb1jYtSQYueomNFWglw8Gs5M8kJPws35W2E-wa1m-UBEuCSIMBA0Wcer5yxB-RF7gkPvbl6N2mDMwOvalBgkPbpwDfkvriwO68uXVXQlNhQEsz7u7ew/w640-h426/startrekHome5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painting supervisor Christopher Evans at work on various conceptual sketches for proposed matte shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHTNHZDfgJ7Fn4FgyUGYJ3fHVbf6v3WrwZP4g-0loP7ws_tcbkKiXJRJPFzfACLcvGlu-u8CG2lm1rc4t-puZJJrg8A9qKpPUSnt1xkSseLSbwzN3TPocz-yoGU9xSd1Q-kdGOnSC2lw-Hx4C9_DN4QO12tIH4P2asFx5T9tOsgsLx6PvjSPu5lY_/s1280/TREK4-00437.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHTNHZDfgJ7Fn4FgyUGYJ3fHVbf6v3WrwZP4g-0loP7ws_tcbkKiXJRJPFzfACLcvGlu-u8CG2lm1rc4t-puZJJrg8A9qKpPUSnt1xkSseLSbwzN3TPocz-yoGU9xSd1Q-kdGOnSC2lw-Hx4C9_DN4QO12tIH4P2asFx5T9tOsgsLx6PvjSPu5lY_/w640-h272/TREK4-00437.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painted park in a misty moonlit setting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXH2kjAxDoJOZGFyhthDO71rmjz3gXXtN8WvMhfT8ULO7MPEGyGIOo7wKf2kocwZYU45N1BvdRzykNSEo9E3gRGEN-1J-180V2dz097S-IcofEJ05OxMCY9pWIVOarciMwSA0MNh7TpfgozsFRmpqEaTK3HIDM6_Sg8WujRlH59kkJTbXjyPLR42N/s857/golden%20child%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="580" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXH2kjAxDoJOZGFyhthDO71rmjz3gXXtN8WvMhfT8ULO7MPEGyGIOo7wKf2kocwZYU45N1BvdRzykNSEo9E3gRGEN-1J-180V2dz097S-IcofEJ05OxMCY9pWIVOarciMwSA0MNh7TpfgozsFRmpqEaTK3HIDM6_Sg8WujRlH59kkJTbXjyPLR42N/w271-h400/golden%20child%20art.jpg" width="271" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While not as bad as most reviewers might suggest, THE GOLDEN CHILD (1986) was a rollicking mix of comedy, mystery, witchcraft and supernatural shennanigans; chock-filled with top shelf ILM visuals, from matte art, stop motion, cel animated gags, miniatures and a few jaw-on-the-floor major fx set pieces.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0oSs8J7PkE8B2U8gnjQirpF11X6aaWDjhRanLlcuv4XMPLCroX8L4iDSAqGtpOyIX_dUCsdvSO6yuxlwqS4PP_InsuKX2ayoJFmePKtawkqODC4NJp0AmzQX9kpg7r-BLZxlC4oOXB7VzQ3_dCApOYGR-Pnxz7XEJIVDI8WVXRYoJpraIXDguILb/s709/vlcsnap-04036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="139" data-original-width="709" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0oSs8J7PkE8B2U8gnjQirpF11X6aaWDjhRanLlcuv4XMPLCroX8L4iDSAqGtpOyIX_dUCsdvSO6yuxlwqS4PP_InsuKX2ayoJFmePKtawkqODC4NJp0AmzQX9kpg7r-BLZxlC4oOXB7VzQ3_dCApOYGR-Pnxz7XEJIVDI8WVXRYoJpraIXDguILb/w400-h79/vlcsnap-04036.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0q_sizkuvjrLGr_S8LpJ2hokPfkxlYCzANXvhXsOfLPsaou-0Pn1k-l8q0etzFKSDX7q2vnmhEMTQrpr7HqxIyWfMjxo8tmRJzXwxjUNDvEwvXHuqA39BTUyirjrEUMHKwFCQP6KBarrbGxYEwSGkBBSz2BhvXqnuZV13XeIy1ZSfFBgIWyWBgTdt/s1912/vlcsnap-00662.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1912" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0q_sizkuvjrLGr_S8LpJ2hokPfkxlYCzANXvhXsOfLPsaou-0Pn1k-l8q0etzFKSDX7q2vnmhEMTQrpr7HqxIyWfMjxo8tmRJzXwxjUNDvEwvXHuqA39BTUyirjrEUMHKwFCQP6KBarrbGxYEwSGkBBSz2BhvXqnuZV13XeIy1ZSfFBgIWyWBgTdt/w640-h358/vlcsnap-00662.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The opening shot in Tibet was a wonderfully orchestrated mixture of multi-plane matte art by Chris Evans, and intermediate miniatures and optical snowfall.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9vxMa77C5b08HCfTH7gVtFJBq1axFkI7mX9-4Bgop1yywivodIdHxaQWQ72KxHNSs6CIWR8-yFZezhAWq7taUu17P0oPPl6L2r_aKjgRY1V9xNyN1VMlX3Sx6gWwmDOjAYtIwmw5FkSQv-8pV68T0sYUmKZq3LJsfkhxXLAMpd7R4qFtd0BVOpN5/s1431/ILM-Chris%20Evans-Golden%20Child.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="1431" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9vxMa77C5b08HCfTH7gVtFJBq1axFkI7mX9-4Bgop1yywivodIdHxaQWQ72KxHNSs6CIWR8-yFZezhAWq7taUu17P0oPPl6L2r_aKjgRY1V9xNyN1VMlX3Sx6gWwmDOjAYtIwmw5FkSQv-8pV68T0sYUmKZq3LJsfkhxXLAMpd7R4qFtd0BVOpN5/w640-h264/ILM-Chris%20Evans-Golden%20Child.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Evans with the deep, multi-plane set up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLS30LeRIvDW_1ke6zMqCc5XhQCKZY_GrmobPctOoPwUZdihavn72n0HaceA2_MvQ_tnHF5dh0i7_IymCSb_-iOcyYBV7hhl060jp6A-6YiXS7yGreFRZ0C5BeZVU5WqcMHe3PMO6DTOLkZvPpOEhAxXzQue_HEVF7FbSAp1uQQtxNUANmIkIEcYd/s1201/Golden%20Child%20DSC09461.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1201" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLS30LeRIvDW_1ke6zMqCc5XhQCKZY_GrmobPctOoPwUZdihavn72n0HaceA2_MvQ_tnHF5dh0i7_IymCSb_-iOcyYBV7hhl060jp6A-6YiXS7yGreFRZ0C5BeZVU5WqcMHe3PMO6DTOLkZvPpOEhAxXzQue_HEVF7FbSAp1uQQtxNUANmIkIEcYd/w640-h426/Golden%20Child%20DSC09461.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Craig Barron watches on as Chris Evans touches up the miniature monestary. I assume ILM veteran Paul Huston had a hand in this, with vast experience in miniatures and other gags.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxug847PnXH3MVKkTyi1OyUVJjqQBbwtsYxtERf9DpID4wla0pSqcdLQM6r1nBKgn9oJ_S-_ikOm5ykbFCMOXgfdhIqxPqFxorcwWP0ErIL-mzQCAOUD1zw4Cm_wAAbbKjo9sdbv-ZzNqQnWzlYt1iiXI-Rl_9Trhems5sPKvy9h0duhnaDBaSf9I/s1028/Golden%20Child%20DSC09458.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1028" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxug847PnXH3MVKkTyi1OyUVJjqQBbwtsYxtERf9DpID4wla0pSqcdLQM6r1nBKgn9oJ_S-_ikOm5ykbFCMOXgfdhIqxPqFxorcwWP0ErIL-mzQCAOUD1zw4Cm_wAAbbKjo9sdbv-ZzNqQnWzlYt1iiXI-Rl_9Trhems5sPKvy9h0duhnaDBaSf9I/w640-h404/Golden%20Child%20DSC09458.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For interior shots of the Tibetan monestary, Caroleen Green blocks in not only the architecture but also the majority of the Buddhist priests.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFR5fjccm6PNs6c7NfYhOwecJe8hMOl9c2K8y5lcDnFIGC7gJUlwFie_cYyLXAX9CnK0n7AdJI_tsi9eT5EAsm_WLBhYBlxEy5ZyMyRFSut2zAjtXaYImEBUpKdMo_Of2gIx7fx4eTMI6y5ufgXAU4oihSwJFy7MOLOzXoDuojQrrdwLPeyCjSLHz/s864/Golden%20Child-lay%20in%20DSC09457.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="864" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFR5fjccm6PNs6c7NfYhOwecJe8hMOl9c2K8y5lcDnFIGC7gJUlwFie_cYyLXAX9CnK0n7AdJI_tsi9eT5EAsm_WLBhYBlxEy5ZyMyRFSut2zAjtXaYImEBUpKdMo_Of2gIx7fx4eTMI6y5ufgXAU4oihSwJFy7MOLOzXoDuojQrrdwLPeyCjSLHz/w640-h452/Golden%20Child-lay%20in%20DSC09457.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGd8fG2U87caI9TvX7uopPhrG-CNbYVNuCs71DaqXJMgDDnR8VNCr0bctpPCemWN_RRfteEeo0NT2fY1K9OmuBz2DqQE4g9exjAHJVt19xKPUsKAluyc3xp6SBpxpr7Gm9nWCrb87rQSBgZpX2FW0a2jNRmvPQxIcPbSEyLpRvSzg2dUrbg3YdumxK/s1017/Golden%20Child%20(Caroleen%20Green)%20DSC09459.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1017" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGd8fG2U87caI9TvX7uopPhrG-CNbYVNuCs71DaqXJMgDDnR8VNCr0bctpPCemWN_RRfteEeo0NT2fY1K9OmuBz2DqQE4g9exjAHJVt19xKPUsKAluyc3xp6SBpxpr7Gm9nWCrb87rQSBgZpX2FW0a2jNRmvPQxIcPbSEyLpRvSzg2dUrbg3YdumxK/w640-h420/Golden%20Child%20(Caroleen%20Green)%20DSC09459.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Green working in the overall structure.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhm_EmdPFICqqX2wzFGuk8seK3v__vcao_7JZWlm4UILiuzSOIG0RX5zeGzZ39qJdYO2ET6QaAtnOCB3Uhgq4k95RE3b6Sefh-abBDPPVIVP22FGl5doYNhIisbPGSgOuJr_GPs9x7nXoDRfEpajz4SYWOXeJ4QfGeHafP4Sr1xFn5dYJeGc2E8LNp/s2016/GoldenChild%20Chris%20Evans.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="2016" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhm_EmdPFICqqX2wzFGuk8seK3v__vcao_7JZWlm4UILiuzSOIG0RX5zeGzZ39qJdYO2ET6QaAtnOCB3Uhgq4k95RE3b6Sefh-abBDPPVIVP22FGl5doYNhIisbPGSgOuJr_GPs9x7nXoDRfEpajz4SYWOXeJ4QfGeHafP4Sr1xFn5dYJeGc2E8LNp/w640-h224/GoldenChild%20Chris%20Evans.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The shot was conceived to have a slow push in move, so foreground miniature pillars were built and positioned in front of the painting to lend depth. Chris Evans is pictured here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcaJZQP_ihEpgzXAo58afCTBuJhxUEzKGFoKtZIXDW6fs_sKvWfPKUg5-f0aoSBiyCw19ibc9-U8qsnaaXJ4ldeuA1e1ofu64-r88Cx51yGKvAoXlNuBCrAc38_Irx297fX4jrDisT0Dv8sLms4F3tTHygo6kx-Iky0ne1h305hBrt3B4oGy343VOA/s1912/golden%20child%20BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1912" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcaJZQP_ihEpgzXAo58afCTBuJhxUEzKGFoKtZIXDW6fs_sKvWfPKUg5-f0aoSBiyCw19ibc9-U8qsnaaXJ4ldeuA1e1ofu64-r88Cx51yGKvAoXlNuBCrAc38_Irx297fX4jrDisT0Dv8sLms4F3tTHygo6kx-Iky0ne1h305hBrt3B4oGy343VOA/w640-h358/golden%20child%20BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot with entirely painted monestary, mostly painted people, miniature foreground and a handful of extras in costume filmed on the <i>left</i> side only and then optically flopped to appear on the <i>right</i> side as well, to provide some 'live' movement.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgV9AfZYM4igkTkQ5OY7EDvQE6kx4-KVm1gYZde8kn__S-ai2dJUBxq--p8fxpjsc9mWsxMpelNcIAL7210V5s9ds_KlArG26ju4eUhQNDqxIWU2nD_PNQmWyO-waLHonHJl4e6qxXwe8XUoB7Rl6CcRodWk_uLXo2rNJfFz_xt3conWpEiNVeWjf/s1912/vlcsnap-00665.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1912" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgV9AfZYM4igkTkQ5OY7EDvQE6kx4-KVm1gYZde8kn__S-ai2dJUBxq--p8fxpjsc9mWsxMpelNcIAL7210V5s9ds_KlArG26ju4eUhQNDqxIWU2nD_PNQmWyO-waLHonHJl4e6qxXwe8XUoB7Rl6CcRodWk_uLXo2rNJfFz_xt3conWpEiNVeWjf/w640-h358/vlcsnap-00665.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another very quick blink-and-you'd-miss-it matte painted shot was this view as a bird flutters near ceiling.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0djAypjQiM4Z44NH8EriioNvuhAl9XjzAY4rPh3rsW4nZsPTzz_NKeNCtAB-5B4glD_1e6m04IA8rzIWlqmyGJMarOjn-603UrXj_4qIDXlqAyGOXNpKc5jZ4iJ4pq4ut8m3LG1VBI5dhEtJUCV8J0sCYfE5nm8HMJZaCfGjZpQw8EERbYVp5kGo2/s1022/Golden%20Child-tilt%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1022" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0djAypjQiM4Z44NH8EriioNvuhAl9XjzAY4rPh3rsW4nZsPTzz_NKeNCtAB-5B4glD_1e6m04IA8rzIWlqmyGJMarOjn-603UrXj_4qIDXlqAyGOXNpKc5jZ4iJ4pq4ut8m3LG1VBI5dhEtJUCV8J0sCYfE5nm8HMJZaCfGjZpQw8EERbYVp5kGo2/w640-h514/Golden%20Child-tilt%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A later visit to the Tibet setting utilises a second establishing matte shot, withb this one being a tilt upward from the live action people.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P1evFh_KzqyR_X5HMtj_el5PETLpzOUJi2nhZQ_BYrW7JScuy3kEkMpNy3gZCYOxQ7HebCStEztUi0pMv6FSm4_E_sY_1rd--itVozByGP40HfqOWmpWC8rm8eIcoFRr6NrBWy43BwAREbyST332-t8QIm-VaHVxaOSu3bD-NaTkz-qJaYsHGRHd/s1280/eastwick-poster.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P1evFh_KzqyR_X5HMtj_el5PETLpzOUJi2nhZQ_BYrW7JScuy3kEkMpNy3gZCYOxQ7HebCStEztUi0pMv6FSm4_E_sY_1rd--itVozByGP40HfqOWmpWC8rm8eIcoFRr6NrBWy43BwAREbyST332-t8QIm-VaHVxaOSu3bD-NaTkz-qJaYsHGRHd/w400-h225/eastwick-poster.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK received a British BAFTA award for Best Special Visual Effects in 1987, and the work was pretty good.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhvP_-v3Po3xzL7GGkSyAyGyeZEmpcv8El_bZinAelJnGEqhkg7gg9LsJ5w5x02AYMVhh-2TATmUyPwepwQY-rOx3CaNk7hepJW1-ud1KenvKxb-3ZzSm8-rOlwwJ-TA9uM1pGrIPSKyVyBxwHgshmFDjTOvTQa7hL2RRoruMRhFvLVXyjkmsww4k/s1308/WoE1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1308" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhvP_-v3Po3xzL7GGkSyAyGyeZEmpcv8El_bZinAelJnGEqhkg7gg9LsJ5w5x02AYMVhh-2TATmUyPwepwQY-rOx3CaNk7hepJW1-ud1KenvKxb-3ZzSm8-rOlwwJ-TA9uM1pGrIPSKyVyBxwHgshmFDjTOvTQa7hL2RRoruMRhFvLVXyjkmsww4k/w640-h544/WoE1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure here, may be painted skies or split-screened in real cloud footage?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIuc4xo9Z_qHkHhW3oMCUgnhlTDEc0PDdktcRT3CSNFrGQIDJ1lZbmA6LFtcpPs1Hqw_AR_BxUze5etyCGvouQKrlTnCSkFcFcXsuggatczF3_et32iXN8Fui_Gtf1dXtle1ewM0YF9rOEv548loQBwjwM2k80EXRk4B-sielp2gg9qZBesHV5Znf/s1308/WoE2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1308" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIuc4xo9Z_qHkHhW3oMCUgnhlTDEc0PDdktcRT3CSNFrGQIDJ1lZbmA6LFtcpPs1Hqw_AR_BxUze5etyCGvouQKrlTnCSkFcFcXsuggatczF3_et32iXN8Fui_Gtf1dXtle1ewM0YF9rOEv548loQBwjwM2k80EXRk4B-sielp2gg9qZBesHV5Znf/w640-h532/WoE2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Multiple element shots involving live action, painting, cel animation and possibly cloud tank gags.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAmnv5JwmQwhAnGgYu84MntBzKSByNthPP-E4Zd_23nJwZrNMeXb2JdbyECY09z4j2S9mGSCCAfaU2MgAmyCpASto61xlt8EfiU9EAHeueiS8Z4xWHZkcZIm9a79rtT7FKZxhPW3vqPJC0KwzVAP0U_7UvITvFrJp8BMb_byRWsAQW7TGfPnX_GEC/s1130/Witches%20of%20Esatwick%206-Cinefex.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1130" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAmnv5JwmQwhAnGgYu84MntBzKSByNthPP-E4Zd_23nJwZrNMeXb2JdbyECY09z4j2S9mGSCCAfaU2MgAmyCpASto61xlt8EfiU9EAHeueiS8Z4xWHZkcZIm9a79rtT7FKZxhPW3vqPJC0KwzVAP0U_7UvITvFrJp8BMb_byRWsAQW7TGfPnX_GEC/w400-h268/Witches%20of%20Esatwick%206-Cinefex.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The classic 'ghostly manor' matte shot, as seen in a hundred old Universal movies. Live action lower plate, painted stately home and sky, plus lightning interactive gags added.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwaT4TFNB7B8AhrNNOfBttVWqUqLjO_k5XmVpGTFTX7cvGQAL7AKfHFAPEGHuIRdSTcFucMQ_HQ-0UyXXlwJ7zhvewRZpPsBwe4aO5SlnkV0XVGuaSxybKgNtBqftl1Cf6o0OE9cZ7I8aiD3TV4F8BWbMz_EtXwso8pshQbcPGU4KVmR7BcWkOThh/s1297/WoE-tilt3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1297" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwaT4TFNB7B8AhrNNOfBttVWqUqLjO_k5XmVpGTFTX7cvGQAL7AKfHFAPEGHuIRdSTcFucMQ_HQ-0UyXXlwJ7zhvewRZpPsBwe4aO5SlnkV0XVGuaSxybKgNtBqftl1Cf6o0OE9cZ7I8aiD3TV4F8BWbMz_EtXwso8pshQbcPGU4KVmR7BcWkOThh/w640-h396/WoE-tilt3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZrESnVi5ZnLd1piJvtoUuF3Ua5YyncTM2vsSk1C9ZHIVhIX6pf8nyGs9ejM4-oME4ZYIMmBVB2u4MdgdAMRVubUlFp1Af03yus7bKb9-tue7RxFWny-ec_o1KlnqCY8MhgrOpJZMOzPCosVtcmWKYXALn2038f0qKwr-6Qow6QP12J6uvcaVTa4l/s850/witch2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="850" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZrESnVi5ZnLd1piJvtoUuF3Ua5YyncTM2vsSk1C9ZHIVhIX6pf8nyGs9ejM4-oME4ZYIMmBVB2u4MdgdAMRVubUlFp1Af03yus7bKb9-tue7RxFWny-ec_o1KlnqCY8MhgrOpJZMOzPCosVtcmWKYXALn2038f0qKwr-6Qow6QP12J6uvcaVTa4l/w640-h416/witch2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From a lousy looking DVD.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8ylyXQoecJ_QxDNF93lOTZqpQs7R5vTYVhx7emyIQ18Z2tem22UugKea6Je7d2pk0TSxytx2r1m5i15PPdMPrX9kl5RfEfVMDIqtKy-7nTJsSe_whTGTXbpBPs4k2m3fjPxDN9qMdSeTF81B0CXQ5ybIcb18sJm93rVcyekEQdqg8d_wTpgfNRRS/s1280/WoE4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8ylyXQoecJ_QxDNF93lOTZqpQs7R5vTYVhx7emyIQ18Z2tem22UugKea6Je7d2pk0TSxytx2r1m5i15PPdMPrX9kl5RfEfVMDIqtKy-7nTJsSe_whTGTXbpBPs4k2m3fjPxDN9qMdSeTF81B0CXQ5ybIcb18sJm93rVcyekEQdqg8d_wTpgfNRRS/w640-h266/WoE4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An invisible matte shot where the house is seen far off in the distance.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqStchD5cKqmYLwAzCcsUXTgdsO92k-h-DB2SkSPv3F4ZepV7hOdljC6CzStSfamTZdPIGiczBtJJr5veRSMqTwtpA5vi3qn976Kxqu-CAmCxkc7HJJG7KrJaeSulLkRKrTNsqlmJJdqViZB_UItppkpV9oAaEWB-XlpP_LJyRg95mJlYrEp83b2a/s2456/WoE7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="2456" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqStchD5cKqmYLwAzCcsUXTgdsO92k-h-DB2SkSPv3F4ZepV7hOdljC6CzStSfamTZdPIGiczBtJJr5veRSMqTwtpA5vi3qn976Kxqu-CAmCxkc7HJJG7KrJaeSulLkRKrTNsqlmJJdqViZB_UItppkpV9oAaEWB-XlpP_LJyRg95mJlYrEp83b2a/w640-h190/WoE7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Craig Barron and Sean Joyce set up a latent image matte shot utilising a large plywood cutout conforming to the outline of the fictional house. The black painted cutout was set up in a chosen position, with the Pacific Ocean in twilight off in the distance. Later, the actual detail of the house was painted at ILM and double exposed into the blacked out sillhouette, with only sufficient detail required for the twilight, backlit conditions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbjP258QeTw012Xbs9xIvhE1tvexLvDe1Ckjtd43bQUOQbMLFGoTpqk2EFIFspiO85dzqm0xomrd9VRntkQgpvCA5F47Ik4tc2pDpWudLCucg94N2CRMNzqrOELD3cRjWhaLR2BPhfSRGymkJeo0W9yuU-1vkuPpxC5vJoSrEd_rIQGyr366v0N91/s1280/WoE8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbjP258QeTw012Xbs9xIvhE1tvexLvDe1Ckjtd43bQUOQbMLFGoTpqk2EFIFspiO85dzqm0xomrd9VRntkQgpvCA5F47Ik4tc2pDpWudLCucg94N2CRMNzqrOELD3cRjWhaLR2BPhfSRGymkJeo0W9yuU-1vkuPpxC5vJoSrEd_rIQGyr366v0N91/w640-h266/WoE8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The shot as it appears on screen. A small tilt down was added to what was a thoroughly convincing shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh423boWmRUdiEzqm-CExqJfGmSOHCPPH8n80Zw2LZlyoQk4cW11Fhn91ErDQgx467FvGz0aR4rWvWTcZLA-wvJyW7XI2VwN0kzkD1BN-UFg4K8LcbbPZ4fvWVl0iHhgwwFm9r51L8r_mcO_kJJeMXR2lHZAIvN864eBihj3C7Lgj0l_BUWSpMwrwFW/s1616/ILM-Sean%20Joyce-WitchesEastwick-unused-large.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1616" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh423boWmRUdiEzqm-CExqJfGmSOHCPPH8n80Zw2LZlyoQk4cW11Fhn91ErDQgx467FvGz0aR4rWvWTcZLA-wvJyW7XI2VwN0kzkD1BN-UFg4K8LcbbPZ4fvWVl0iHhgwwFm9r51L8r_mcO_kJJeMXR2lHZAIvN864eBihj3C7Lgj0l_BUWSpMwrwFW/w640-h414/ILM-Sean%20Joyce-WitchesEastwick-unused-large.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Artist Sean Joyce working on a sprawling daytime matte painting of the house, though sadly, dropped during the final editing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyVnIrnpa2NlfVxCtHt3ZczU_Y_qWZE2EFt46ob71B_Ff07AUJwoB2n51tYBgFkUGR02jbonJqTp1G6yJH7Y7_P-3kltZZbln58F1K9L6XPBlFEoBmurklk8yfUB4UqFubxPgWPutFWq59mF1KB5V0wVu6GLTpicGTbL37M_AAFQixIdZLCXRqfme/s780/harry-and-the-hendersons-movie-poster.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyVnIrnpa2NlfVxCtHt3ZczU_Y_qWZE2EFt46ob71B_Ff07AUJwoB2n51tYBgFkUGR02jbonJqTp1G6yJH7Y7_P-3kltZZbln58F1K9L6XPBlFEoBmurklk8yfUB4UqFubxPgWPutFWq59mF1KB5V0wVu6GLTpicGTbL37M_AAFQixIdZLCXRqfme/w256-h400/harry-and-the-hendersons-movie-poster.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A popular kids film, HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS (1987) featured just a couple of mattes in one sequence, though did have a dynamite Rick Baker hairy Yeti suit and amazing articulation which was a character in itself.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24eJUtqEfWda9t0LGyA1_sAFCUGQZZFyNzg31sS-JYjSf1ET-XLQZFHzEEU_BkgWdm69s__4klK6fkXFzMpiCF9xB4FQ-uXH_VGu6xb137iu9r_uQLzyrU8jDXUPNb-4GwQu8qi2WTAz_Y32ig9Wa7Ys0VHmwKELvVrnPmM6GBL-PwM9i-J6G3y9O/s1365/Harry%20Hendersons.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="1365" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24eJUtqEfWda9t0LGyA1_sAFCUGQZZFyNzg31sS-JYjSf1ET-XLQZFHzEEU_BkgWdm69s__4klK6fkXFzMpiCF9xB4FQ-uXH_VGu6xb137iu9r_uQLzyrU8jDXUPNb-4GwQu8qi2WTAz_Y32ig9Wa7Ys0VHmwKELvVrnPmM6GBL-PwM9i-J6G3y9O/w400-h349/Harry%20Hendersons.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oh, and that's Harry. More preferable than <i>Howard the quacking Duck</i>...by a long shot!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfnYl2uDSSRE0uyCkmFFM9wEvwuzlnyQ4faUaEMaNtDoaFzponOuKEqFrny92f7lSB0AYwQOXRnuntCEhO_OjMz-tzMWcUZ0wMtkx0nDnCLrraiGTdfwWcm2fZPEpcRGlUaWTbApuC20PUx13Fa73dMOnbsXi7ELKMWr8X33AJ04qW3jY5b1YMyWL/s1295/Harry2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1295" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfnYl2uDSSRE0uyCkmFFM9wEvwuzlnyQ4faUaEMaNtDoaFzponOuKEqFrny92f7lSB0AYwQOXRnuntCEhO_OjMz-tzMWcUZ0wMtkx0nDnCLrraiGTdfwWcm2fZPEpcRGlUaWTbApuC20PUx13Fa73dMOnbsXi7ELKMWr8X33AJ04qW3jY5b1YMyWL/w640-h448/Harry2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In one key sequence, Harry stumbles across a busy freeway and kind of 'freaks out'. Matte shot with painted environment and much traffic doubled in later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJug9qMsD8GEHxhZ_5wCduJSSa2PW0RYZ8NYw3GyrdiQ1qZz3HDd3Ae0oInJ6pF5c-tLiz2VLsB8k_nPSN1wNNoDZ0pldbQHDMHsEORYx4A-DBknQYO3jXJTzf6PK_k67SRzoxpcyzFvgZpI0is92A2SgcPmY8TYPjE8FRV_ZkrdT1yMxgp-_5fk2z/s2632/Harry3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2632" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJug9qMsD8GEHxhZ_5wCduJSSa2PW0RYZ8NYw3GyrdiQ1qZz3HDd3Ae0oInJ6pF5c-tLiz2VLsB8k_nPSN1wNNoDZ0pldbQHDMHsEORYx4A-DBknQYO3jXJTzf6PK_k67SRzoxpcyzFvgZpI0is92A2SgcPmY8TYPjE8FRV_ZkrdT1yMxgp-_5fk2z/w640-h350/Harry3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harry gets closer to the roadside. I suspect this whole scene was a complex vfx set up. The mountains are painted and the constant passing vehicles and trucks all look 'matted in'. Possibly miniature traffic added by blue screen, especially the big 18 wheeler's that roll by. Interesting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBK9JSXNxmbX-9xlzb1RMrYnmdN5UPdCZnkznlSs4NTZevgQ9AmCtnvS3k2TjH4iuqGVunIis6vvQSKO70A7v_87JZOgtwmfGAtzjqJoRvWk-nAtUQMRtSASsVt1MmXkvfLMCcyq2QlA14O12uEaFQ4hgi1G4YHjDz5wryReHJn7q8BfIHNwQpfitm/s1280/Harry1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1280" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBK9JSXNxmbX-9xlzb1RMrYnmdN5UPdCZnkznlSs4NTZevgQ9AmCtnvS3k2TjH4iuqGVunIis6vvQSKO70A7v_87JZOgtwmfGAtzjqJoRvWk-nAtUQMRtSASsVt1MmXkvfLMCcyq2QlA14O12uEaFQ4hgi1G4YHjDz5wryReHJn7q8BfIHNwQpfitm/w640-h344/Harry1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A second view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5RwJqxbxkR0BQKs9DpvN1NNh3z2zDLYP4TJUMhGa8nY2MfRtWK7Q-ZgQdfX8urCKLQ-z1umNhom_X5D2r40j945M-VlTM0m9pu426WBYcXb1k5JNvyTuegnzyVGlhUPZQh-HCUtcScT25wU-4y4G6GpUbGrWMHvyMS-zdKF3XiHPlF8aQQwPQQM7/s769/batteries%20not%20included-artwork.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="571" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5RwJqxbxkR0BQKs9DpvN1NNh3z2zDLYP4TJUMhGa8nY2MfRtWK7Q-ZgQdfX8urCKLQ-z1umNhom_X5D2r40j945M-VlTM0m9pu426WBYcXb1k5JNvyTuegnzyVGlhUPZQh-HCUtcScT25wU-4y4G6GpUbGrWMHvyMS-zdKF3XiHPlF8aQQwPQQM7/w298-h400/batteries%20not%20included-artwork.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Definitely a cute little audience pleaser, BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED (1988) was highly enjoyable, and as it featured one of my fave actors from days long gone, Hume Cronyn, what's not to like?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJ46Yr_1rbVFZagBpSvWoS3PdLTtDHcunW3OPxgEjngy_uaPY4hp_DDshWsHhxQA3u4f3JCkkm6dvFI8HO91RSTTB9nz8fIOfE5f9jiCIbjFzrbkI-x-kAvazZr8-kMEeTD62MaeK_gs5GNndlZJ0UG4FlYD7RW7V142mUlLljVcLSAzATL-9x2qU/s2220/Batts2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="2220" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJ46Yr_1rbVFZagBpSvWoS3PdLTtDHcunW3OPxgEjngy_uaPY4hp_DDshWsHhxQA3u4f3JCkkm6dvFI8HO91RSTTB9nz8fIOfE5f9jiCIbjFzrbkI-x-kAvazZr8-kMEeTD62MaeK_gs5GNndlZJ0UG4FlYD7RW7V142mUlLljVcLSAzATL-9x2qU/w640-h344/Batts2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm fairly sure most or all of these frames are painted mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauriF8qGJGUoxsGezZvJU7TZogBRBYo8P7s-VbCsFOVC5mnNbztte-e_L_RWe5AwP5QYzFTVZFez3G2jhrS7H8be8W7zOHdNGx17PeUndFf7qa3KpDnTi5xKCdnH0Cgi4vFvyA4BWHSiXkOO0vT2B3vGC6kbzflHpAiMDxSbvPXsHhsL0_jBjqgqw/s1166/Batteries%20Not%20Included.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="1166" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauriF8qGJGUoxsGezZvJU7TZogBRBYo8P7s-VbCsFOVC5mnNbztte-e_L_RWe5AwP5QYzFTVZFez3G2jhrS7H8be8W7zOHdNGx17PeUndFf7qa3KpDnTi5xKCdnH0Cgi4vFvyA4BWHSiXkOO0vT2B3vGC6kbzflHpAiMDxSbvPXsHhsL0_jBjqgqw/w640-h312/Batteries%20Not%20Included.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An fx shot, possibly with miniature sign and painted buildings on either side.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Caf2Lrx7HEgMFO2Y5oywTEqqvchlTIjUcguMacFs5-0H7j0cq3qB9yz1sYEzsUpt1YT3JMB1RyTqs4VK2wUiZ_x29gGPbJ3x65JGhm5V0cvbuMtPtUQxotlRmIClQugEJ80vZUOAPEq-0hQzAudUH-hlWz2GAJy51XeATVgYcMvpbxLAqXQeOKDN/s934/batteries-not-included-traditional-matte2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="699" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Caf2Lrx7HEgMFO2Y5oywTEqqvchlTIjUcguMacFs5-0H7j0cq3qB9yz1sYEzsUpt1YT3JMB1RyTqs4VK2wUiZ_x29gGPbJ3x65JGhm5V0cvbuMtPtUQxotlRmIClQugEJ80vZUOAPEq-0hQzAudUH-hlWz2GAJy51XeATVgYcMvpbxLAqXQeOKDN/w478-h640/batteries-not-included-traditional-matte2.jpg" width="478" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Caroleen Green was responsible for this tilt up matte shot of the all central old tenement building. The plate was shot 8-perf with a VistaVision camera mounted on it's side, allowing a large negative area once the painting was added and an optical scan included.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL96TBkzwlaYPgDtjZkugUcc3M9Xl8EtVvZZpC3_-9B9aD7SUCHpQ9p3ADEb4uwOaKvdIQDG4PH7SrBUdWLow1LD_JHrVolnnhMhQ0n7-o3oedKHGtztbeZLWas6SjMWWq3Y3fHIhaf97oyibQsGzCoX_jRwzsSeq9CAHtZSDQVRTtyTookiYycGcP/s2130/Batts3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2130" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL96TBkzwlaYPgDtjZkugUcc3M9Xl8EtVvZZpC3_-9B9aD7SUCHpQ9p3ADEb4uwOaKvdIQDG4PH7SrBUdWLow1LD_JHrVolnnhMhQ0n7-o3oedKHGtztbeZLWas6SjMWWq3Y3fHIhaf97oyibQsGzCoX_jRwzsSeq9CAHtZSDQVRTtyTookiYycGcP/w640-h360/Batts3.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same shot, as the partial facade is extended with invisible brush work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wailBewCTaRnSEmqsyXTgY3-ErBRaA8dHElDYIWA6n5g61OMXuDmzk25EghcAWYITwXTnunuKFL5kRuR9rVYr2LSbRsKq-sYoEbdWrvlVsschEtFdf2VxNyxpvaQPm-4n89JJ5J3Eb4LYVAl68K3-t-FAy28eof-cbJv2DjS80Gq32NjAf0L3C7l/s1062/Batts%20DSC03978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wailBewCTaRnSEmqsyXTgY3-ErBRaA8dHElDYIWA6n5g61OMXuDmzk25EghcAWYITwXTnunuKFL5kRuR9rVYr2LSbRsKq-sYoEbdWrvlVsschEtFdf2VxNyxpvaQPm-4n89JJ5J3Eb4LYVAl68K3-t-FAy28eof-cbJv2DjS80Gq32NjAf0L3C7l/w492-h640/Batts%20DSC03978.JPG" width="492" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film concludes with a wonderful reveal, as the tiny tenement building is sandwiched between a myriad of highrise skyscrapers - all a major matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDzFTUaObLRQTmDQecgL1qK2ayVKBTYQdZKy0FM8Sj23SzG_nBUGokAufXLYilJQ82nPlVAdTpvHqtG81DmyN355JlOqXOiaziPgZo1t4HbsuSMMJyzbMjR1Tgt-C98l6IJHOPSrRCAi8qo_8nAxwEMEhtKbLjTJ3Bq2yR6zreS4_LHmhQxTTCiPh/s1470/ILM-Chris%20Evans-Batts%20Not%20Included-painting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1470" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDzFTUaObLRQTmDQecgL1qK2ayVKBTYQdZKy0FM8Sj23SzG_nBUGokAufXLYilJQ82nPlVAdTpvHqtG81DmyN355JlOqXOiaziPgZo1t4HbsuSMMJyzbMjR1Tgt-C98l6IJHOPSrRCAi8qo_8nAxwEMEhtKbLjTJ3Bq2yR6zreS4_LHmhQxTTCiPh/w640-h416/ILM-Chris%20Evans-Batts%20Not%20Included-painting.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Christopher Evans at work on the matte for the above shot, also filmed with a sideway oriented VistaVision camera to facilitate the extreme tilt and very slight optical zoom.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGx7CFe9VemrIbPNZgq6aSd9y2FN0lOu2lg57YwIg4JZ9fuh206WTvVA-AZj9wawgPCs9go1Ar-x0GgaKPGh_XYnZ87TtlNjEqvcHmNiZF31XedoY1fjY4Z4hUQMAZ_9nwRVvlahsJHpgSuoWlg_iAtZxep1Ek07zvZR8ChMq8TSnDUPadLpiHsNbh/s2298/Batts5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="2298" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGx7CFe9VemrIbPNZgq6aSd9y2FN0lOu2lg57YwIg4JZ9fuh206WTvVA-AZj9wawgPCs9go1Ar-x0GgaKPGh_XYnZ87TtlNjEqvcHmNiZF31XedoY1fjY4Z4hUQMAZ_9nwRVvlahsJHpgSuoWlg_iAtZxep1Ek07zvZR8ChMq8TSnDUPadLpiHsNbh/w640-h344/Batts5.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frame by frame as it appears on screen. Virtually all painted, right down to just above the real crowds in the actual plaza. Evans also added a slot gag to his painted fountain, with <i>faux</i> water spraying upward.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfh_MrUQRziwtvCRiwldrGtZ5p5NZsSUw1_DC2lbEjxryfk74NVrkWaZz4IxoOojuuLVp8ar-iRQcQepHqLsbEYMCBTzIjmWrdcs6bj-1_R9x8t-aqoJC96BIcWaWRf8fZA3kY4zpVnsJtbpQpKhxHC9L_as7nUfH2zznwwp3gJ0VJXt2stgO9gch/s1278/willow-art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1278" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfh_MrUQRziwtvCRiwldrGtZ5p5NZsSUw1_DC2lbEjxryfk74NVrkWaZz4IxoOojuuLVp8ar-iRQcQepHqLsbEYMCBTzIjmWrdcs6bj-1_R9x8t-aqoJC96BIcWaWRf8fZA3kY4zpVnsJtbpQpKhxHC9L_as7nUfH2zznwwp3gJ0VJXt2stgO9gch/w400-h214/willow-art.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A massive effects film, WILLOW (1988) was nominated for the VFX Oscar that year.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTngkCuu5uyvAKla-DUog0okj7Lnqx9iLN3Krv4fcOTOnDcc0w5SSQeIFgxBbNawpXJpzJf77pXWUKZkMKteF94JlOkHac6lZAnUxK7JFthOgYBJ-242ZinNHHWUasoQpc0HTybIlX1SfcCVchfYj2VGR1cWvlnObzSEr8iczfaobAYu-BBpDhJuSD/s2413/willow-mix.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="2413" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTngkCuu5uyvAKla-DUog0okj7Lnqx9iLN3Krv4fcOTOnDcc0w5SSQeIFgxBbNawpXJpzJf77pXWUKZkMKteF94JlOkHac6lZAnUxK7JFthOgYBJ-242ZinNHHWUasoQpc0HTybIlX1SfcCVchfYj2VGR1cWvlnObzSEr8iczfaobAYu-BBpDhJuSD/w640-h290/willow-mix.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Great kiddie fantasy, jammed with terrific visuals and marvellous matte artistry. I did <i>extensive</i> coverage of WILLOW a few years ago in a massive article, and that may be read</span> <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2017/10/forgotten-gems-of-visual-effects-part.html"><b>here</b></a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4t-mNTswanNP3pZN0k-mCSE_eg0lsrXWBponVRBIVYJkSKpqW4YIQJWVrYAYcEX9OMS30caIEM_QMxoa-I4RFdiSXrgQqNrU418H6OOk9HcFM0R4BRmOrhsU621TMoO8ipfOggQE0Gzr7hnnRwi1h6mfV-fmM5P8iiYQuG4svcAT-tYZK95X7Ycv/s1274/last%20crusade%20poster.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1274" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4t-mNTswanNP3pZN0k-mCSE_eg0lsrXWBponVRBIVYJkSKpqW4YIQJWVrYAYcEX9OMS30caIEM_QMxoa-I4RFdiSXrgQqNrU418H6OOk9HcFM0R4BRmOrhsU621TMoO8ipfOggQE0Gzr7hnnRwi1h6mfV-fmM5P8iiYQuG4svcAT-tYZK95X7Ycv/w400-h220/last%20crusade%20poster.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A fair entry in the series, but not a patch on the first two films, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) had one or two great action set pieces and in at least one instance, truly ingenious effects work by ILM, as well as a fresh stable of matte exponents.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeJfHF7Ei3NnfAEk1qjNXdKRHaLeEXBryJX-YjElRkDokPZjoYe_JDZ9g9ONW-dMvC0i7X4tpGZckukGQTJaqeIkSJ6XO0Q5LCXLqRmN_rTEPxaqYwJS4-dVJ0bt7Rlrs0S9nUhUqQmY7U-VMUTomYREv4mKvAuefBWypYBqF5u6LT8NXCEV-TsxK/s2712/indylastcrusade%204K%20UHD%20matte%20castle.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2712" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeJfHF7Ei3NnfAEk1qjNXdKRHaLeEXBryJX-YjElRkDokPZjoYe_JDZ9g9ONW-dMvC0i7X4tpGZckukGQTJaqeIkSJ6XO0Q5LCXLqRmN_rTEPxaqYwJS4-dVJ0bt7Rlrs0S9nUhUqQmY7U-VMUTomYREv4mKvAuefBWypYBqF5u6LT8NXCEV-TsxK/w640-h284/indylastcrusade%204K%20UHD%20matte%20castle.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of ILM's matte department veterans such as Barron and Pangrazio had departed the 'corporate' Lucasfilm world and established another firm of their own, <b>Matte World</b>, which in itself proved highly successful. A new, though highly experienced matte painter had joined ILM around this time, the multi-talented Mark Sullivan. Following many student fx projects and a stint with David Stipes, Mark professionally entered the fx industry primarily as Jim Danforth's protoge at Jim's Effects Associates. The above shot was the work of Mark. Some years ago I conducted a deep delve career interview with Mark:<i> "Around the fall of 1988 I got a call from Scott Ross, ILM's general manager. Except for some of the camera people, pretty much the entire matte department personnel had departed ILM that summer, for various reasons. ILM had INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, GHOSTBUSTERS 2 and THE ABYSS all in house, and all of those projects had various matte painting shots in need of completion before Memorial Day weekend of 1989. This shot was almost an entire painting, with the lower quarter or so of the car approaching being live action. This was my first matte painting at ILM. I started on it around the beginning of November 1988. This was the glass painting that I cracked, but Paul Huston helped me to repair."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pPkA6tl07c1ZBVYACfGcovMnlzZHiLQpg-J_cs8jKOXe9CQRqpRg4EbpTswIKrsvuPpDQ8TXEuFRDIkkua4b3aPXmxDBZA1Kh0sWSIuAbHvm82ia_qtNQZKPuXeCql1Yr4vlC4IJcx1vLGk5b5uOLWKC8m_3nllElNcDNqARfI-lNKaFNAB8f80T/s2584/indylastcrusade-4K%20UHD%20airport.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2584" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pPkA6tl07c1ZBVYACfGcovMnlzZHiLQpg-J_cs8jKOXe9CQRqpRg4EbpTswIKrsvuPpDQ8TXEuFRDIkkua4b3aPXmxDBZA1Kh0sWSIuAbHvm82ia_qtNQZKPuXeCql1Yr4vlC4IJcx1vLGk5b5uOLWKC8m_3nllElNcDNqARfI-lNKaFNAB8f80T/w640-h294/indylastcrusade-4K%20UHD%20airport.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another fresh young matte artist also joined ILM around this time, Yusei Uesugi, whom matte artist Rocco Gioffre - Sullivan's fx business partner - had met at a film festival in Japan in 1985. According to Mark: <i>"Yusei was a student at the time and approached Rocco with some examples of his matte painting experiments. Yusei started at ILM around late January of 1989, as I recall, and we were quite fortunate to have Caroleen Green join us for several months."</i> The above shot is one of Yusei's mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOK9ICYsKdxpwf3OEIDA1kGk_KRZFsVtu4KRlBVlrOFgEiDC6uUja3_r70whGT7kaJMQTz3WK_5KFId313Dh7MoFxwNL8Ad7PDUQkAhBSjexdx0Bk2eavdPsA51c1kym6ZPaQY3nQP3Q8Cd8-0rx2MrmVBoCzJ8klXu4-4GjFbnjDaCnfdY2oQrfn/s1134/last%20crusade-MS%20sketches.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1134" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOK9ICYsKdxpwf3OEIDA1kGk_KRZFsVtu4KRlBVlrOFgEiDC6uUja3_r70whGT7kaJMQTz3WK_5KFId313Dh7MoFxwNL8Ad7PDUQkAhBSjexdx0Bk2eavdPsA51c1kym6ZPaQY3nQP3Q8Cd8-0rx2MrmVBoCzJ8klXu4-4GjFbnjDaCnfdY2oQrfn/w640-h578/last%20crusade-MS%20sketches.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two of Mark's conceptual paintings for important matte shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-GHtgD-y7oJRxAWwVKqogcyge3CwjRooWVYTspqjeWRHCH2Oxi6Wmc5TQZOATh1WZURGyyLMCenmHCzoX4fTtslffeW_kiw0_F06rKcEXsIFaG_H4b8hjVykyuDJmoI8rHECdOE1gzI70P2WI0U7I971WksbRBEFagurzQyyQxVipqy0OkXja8PE/s2199/indylastcrusade%204K%20UHD%20mosque.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="2199" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-GHtgD-y7oJRxAWwVKqogcyge3CwjRooWVYTspqjeWRHCH2Oxi6Wmc5TQZOATh1WZURGyyLMCenmHCzoX4fTtslffeW_kiw0_F06rKcEXsIFaG_H4b8hjVykyuDJmoI8rHECdOE1gzI70P2WI0U7I971WksbRBEFagurzQyyQxVipqy0OkXja8PE/w640-h272/indylastcrusade%204K%20UHD%20mosque.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mark's superbly realised matte painted establishing shot for the Republic of Hatay. Magnificent sense of backlight and sweltering 'humidity'. Very 'Whitlock'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYaaNKv4x500EA0VgBSrTlB9sxV36TF4Z_ZZ8dERTKyFXNFngztXHj9EWhJDXRmz0ydR8ju11bCWT-QU3rkwZRRiBf4JTk0SJls1OG-NVyHDiOalX9CP_TkxL-7a889tkgMqM5wPVer820rx5QQiELpIZs9LdenKYZAd7nj5L4FsNX1XKWKO2IEHn/s1260/MS_INDY3.cliff.88.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1260" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYaaNKv4x500EA0VgBSrTlB9sxV36TF4Z_ZZ8dERTKyFXNFngztXHj9EWhJDXRmz0ydR8ju11bCWT-QU3rkwZRRiBf4JTk0SJls1OG-NVyHDiOalX9CP_TkxL-7a889tkgMqM5wPVer820rx5QQiELpIZs9LdenKYZAd7nj5L4FsNX1XKWKO2IEHn/w640-h358/MS_INDY3.cliff.88.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte in final stages of preparation (see below for final). Mark described the set up at ILM for me:</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>"Early on, for about 4 to 6 weeks, I was the only painter in the matte department. I suggested to the powers that be that they consider hiring Yusei Uesugi, who had done some nice work assisting both Rocco Gioffre and me at our shared studio space in West L.A the previous year. Wade Childress, Bob Hill, Jo Carson and the multi-talented Harry Walton were our main camera people on projects at that time. We could bring in help from other departments as needed: model builders for reference miniatures, grips and electricians for special rigging set ups, and of course the optical department to create RGB separations, registered colour prints or projection plates."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJke4LYege9358Y4R68IhGjm5DMxhRLp6IGxmJHAG1zkFp5egZ_yBwkiUDMy_616TACJvbHzdOEPrYoX71unWBUV3ANgkKvo5GiWyUN4IFIkxvEhpWivnBr_2y06tiuqVBxyvbM5tmeKVldG7Wa6sh-QrO1c-PgtrAZh4BiS9cABLjtBXMVFyslH1q/s2161/indylastcrusade%204K%20UHD%20cliff%20chase.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="2161" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJke4LYege9358Y4R68IhGjm5DMxhRLp6IGxmJHAG1zkFp5egZ_yBwkiUDMy_616TACJvbHzdOEPrYoX71unWBUV3ANgkKvo5GiWyUN4IFIkxvEhpWivnBr_2y06tiuqVBxyvbM5tmeKVldG7Wa6sh-QrO1c-PgtrAZh4BiS9cABLjtBXMVFyslH1q/w640-h272/indylastcrusade%204K%20UHD%20cliff%20chase.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The flawless finished composite.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgRTzveh5XyI2-FtlGNgJ6qx0s8UWru7MdU2JaPuIZY41EX9zx-6ssSZj-mZlTZwXAlc4VFzHrDlaBz9AYVFI3kqS52mRE5sJFE18o8xsasOVvwGvvzHkb8Spso6VQM2qzJmZELNIrTTAQDzSGviwdvF4R3larTWwsWFCz3kjXhqq-FKxkBWcLHTD/s1982/indylastcrusade%204K%20UHD%20desert%20cliff.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1982" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgRTzveh5XyI2-FtlGNgJ6qx0s8UWru7MdU2JaPuIZY41EX9zx-6ssSZj-mZlTZwXAlc4VFzHrDlaBz9AYVFI3kqS52mRE5sJFE18o8xsasOVvwGvvzHkb8Spso6VQM2qzJmZELNIrTTAQDzSGviwdvF4R3larTWwsWFCz3kjXhqq-FKxkBWcLHTD/w640-h272/indylastcrusade%204K%20UHD%20desert%20cliff.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Further INDY matte work above by Mark. <i> </i>When asked about the actual working environment, Mark told me:<i> "In terms of the physical infrastructure, there was a very pleasant second story painting studio area, with skylights over each easel. The paintings would be lowered to the first story photography stage down a little dumbwaiter elevator system. The matte photography stage had a small, light-tight film changing room, for loading and unloading camera magazines, and a set of rewinds for breaking down latent image rolls. There were 4 permanent camera set ups with matte stands; one was a versatile system with both the camera, two painting supports and a process projector, mounted to a motion control rig. There was a front projection matte stand that we never used, and two fixed matte stands, constructed from box steel for locked-off shots. One was a Bell & Howell 2709 four-perf camera, mounted to a steel pedestal, and the other, with a Vista-Vision eight-perf camera, was also mounted on a steel pedestal. All the stands or pedestals were bolted to the floor, which I believe, was poured concrete under the linoleum."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFhexs8UE9259GmtvTfMG4cdZfrb8CbNrmQdfGGpfXdy4bjV02Ghtknnrc4LgVd0aGO4zviyTOoTw-guyjGMLGSbcNuch2iDEUpd6u-1K7W-Zcmt1cEqpb7uYNrfJ7UzM6lt23m0lJMu0B4WgEpt2IC_yGgqBXtp7El5qq08SpYcOQxu1VtPOuEWl/s2096/indylastcrusade%204K%20UHD%20cliff2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="2096" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFhexs8UE9259GmtvTfMG4cdZfrb8CbNrmQdfGGpfXdy4bjV02Ghtknnrc4LgVd0aGO4zviyTOoTw-guyjGMLGSbcNuch2iDEUpd6u-1K7W-Zcmt1cEqpb7uYNrfJ7UzM6lt23m0lJMu0B4WgEpt2IC_yGgqBXtp7El5qq08SpYcOQxu1VtPOuEWl/w640-h272/indylastcrusade%204K%20UHD%20cliff2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The action heats up in this closer cut.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tCRLF1rVn2F1XF9oU7duvwP3yfRg2aze38vnVmfI1bYqVvShpWE95CJgo72e2dIlKcdLDx4UQGlAMRKwr4AbVrhAqgmAGTFmsxVsMCgCkCasP2rC43XPAPT-HpNltbNsfjyf78TXYaRO6SH5QBmm8-bfzBwvUmkLBi5Dx2A9ARoJJRcsjD_jl4XR/s1440/INDY3_CrecentCanyonComp.89.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="1440" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tCRLF1rVn2F1XF9oU7duvwP3yfRg2aze38vnVmfI1bYqVvShpWE95CJgo72e2dIlKcdLDx4UQGlAMRKwr4AbVrhAqgmAGTFmsxVsMCgCkCasP2rC43XPAPT-HpNltbNsfjyf78TXYaRO6SH5QBmm8-bfzBwvUmkLBi5Dx2A9ARoJJRcsjD_jl4XR/w640-h278/INDY3_CrecentCanyonComp.89.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A cleverly concieved trick shot which Mark called The Crescent of the Moon shot. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMm3Lv3I577mkf4iJB1I6A8HmYsx24b6qv4NKiJUIXL0oV8ujBSTksK7azF1AbGz3sYVBhmp_MKjgBVEYvRCA_jCE3kygByofZgHlPOGd4jQ_sjeXlJqUy7LT3PaCOaAlNXZNPb8EkmwxvcqRkafZDa_YZvdPNGHt6WUyfvf29t4jtO4AUum6QIgcb/s1182/INDY3_CC_tableSetUp.INDY_01.89.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1182" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMm3Lv3I577mkf4iJB1I6A8HmYsx24b6qv4NKiJUIXL0oV8ujBSTksK7azF1AbGz3sYVBhmp_MKjgBVEYvRCA_jCE3kygByofZgHlPOGd4jQ_sjeXlJqUy7LT3PaCOaAlNXZNPb8EkmwxvcqRkafZDa_YZvdPNGHt6WUyfvf29t4jtO4AUum6QIgcb/w640-h434/INDY3_CC_tableSetUp.INDY_01.89.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mark described this trick shot clearly: <i>"This photo, taken off-axis from the movie camera's line up, shows Paul Huston's miniature terrain behind my panel painting of the surrounding mountains and sky. Paul devised a very clever technique to trim the bottom of the painting down to a knife edge, so it would blend better with the background. Paul also handled the very difficult colour blending of the background miniature - the painting was created first, and the miniature was built to match".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfm_TFK_R1nM-mo8HgkMrvekVo9L780MmAJsre_iQy5X09UxdcU8u2RcF08kcABxJDSe-Xc5bEF3W4J1x4S_UXLKfz17ksRxNhNkU_IHxU7tV_iDQxBrRTzHJU7qug_A4R_P0u4ws-6OyMvaM5dY8Vd4vCZgJyuJwiRiBgwdPU8d85jQzjABxCDSc/s1478/last%20crusade1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1478" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfm_TFK_R1nM-mo8HgkMrvekVo9L780MmAJsre_iQy5X09UxdcU8u2RcF08kcABxJDSe-Xc5bEF3W4J1x4S_UXLKfz17ksRxNhNkU_IHxU7tV_iDQxBrRTzHJU7qug_A4R_P0u4ws-6OyMvaM5dY8Vd4vCZgJyuJwiRiBgwdPU8d85jQzjABxCDSc/w640-h322/last%20crusade1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yusei at work on elements for the dramatic 'Leap of Faith' sequence which ultimately involved physical props, miniatures, matte art and painted backings - to amazing effect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMikkV6fZQyC3UareshUy-SWnWW0ANZn5RH5zTJyB1PQMq0Ttc1GY8PclN-q0bOJax-fZohRl5fvZAXaG_Tz0Fqxzi7W-aROQuMrgTsdome680F5f-oEaMjw7WfxZSFfWizFLCXe8_grc0ja4U229aPxM24jFf2RFTM4mo_WM4ThaRocUPnVs03V1O/s1734/Last%20Crusade1b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="1734" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMikkV6fZQyC3UareshUy-SWnWW0ANZn5RH5zTJyB1PQMq0Ttc1GY8PclN-q0bOJax-fZohRl5fvZAXaG_Tz0Fqxzi7W-aROQuMrgTsdome680F5f-oEaMjw7WfxZSFfWizFLCXe8_grc0ja4U229aPxM24jFf2RFTM4mo_WM4ThaRocUPnVs03V1O/w640-h374/Last%20Crusade1b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mark had much praise for miniatures collaborator Paul Huston: <i>"Paul was another huge talent who seemed to enjoy working with the matte department. We were able to save some time on certain shots by using some of Paul's beautiful miniature work, in lieu of painting everything in the frame. For instance, several of the shots in INDY's 'leap of faith' sequence were entirely Paul's work. Paul carved and shaped the steep cliff walls, and modelled and painted the trompe l'oeil piece that Indiana Jones steps onto in that sequence."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mtOwpmXWrjl_DkzPTvW_VZRkY7Sc5gXErVbnGams5lMwV-MXbtmgjBJW1qNIBx1Vh6C3qyEjQ7Vlwfmc7rl_f__FFT0p0faa_4i0lK6TH424V-WDCWiuyQBMi1tUU7GKKoA-KZzrJfjcrfgajMcd-AH9iGxGz2QhWz_4oAB1V3tfE-oVzbBQCYZ8/s1479/GB2%20poster.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1479" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mtOwpmXWrjl_DkzPTvW_VZRkY7Sc5gXErVbnGams5lMwV-MXbtmgjBJW1qNIBx1Vh6C3qyEjQ7Vlwfmc7rl_f__FFT0p0faa_4i0lK6TH424V-WDCWiuyQBMi1tUU7GKKoA-KZzrJfjcrfgajMcd-AH9iGxGz2QhWz_4oAB1V3tfE-oVzbBQCYZ8/w270-h400/GB2%20poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An amusing sequel to the hit '84 blockbuster, GHOSTBUSTERS 2 (1989) was a huge effects assignment. I never saw the new revisionist girly re-boot, though by all accounts, it stunk!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gTWGSLvr-0QAjdAucDfk6RyworzlZ5pgeUuYtCAtnD3wV6qFp0FJ_egQZSef-lQ8-Fv8O2tKDbncvDPoaF4torhs8muuuRWlx5ZyKI6aqahmboLfpxwUn6EkZkZ0xYrG239wgWyJ4AQks6_s5_MAJxBc_U8GBZ9beu49Og-cXHvGRHhOz4kuvq2m/s1920/vlcsnap-06300.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gTWGSLvr-0QAjdAucDfk6RyworzlZ5pgeUuYtCAtnD3wV6qFp0FJ_egQZSef-lQ8-Fv8O2tKDbncvDPoaF4torhs8muuuRWlx5ZyKI6aqahmboLfpxwUn6EkZkZ0xYrG239wgWyJ4AQks6_s5_MAJxBc_U8GBZ9beu49Og-cXHvGRHhOz4kuvq2m/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06300.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the abandoned NYC subway station, a minimal set was built and extended considerably with matte painting and a miniature river of 'slime'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQuXyuRZPOhP1Qr8x4wbJdpp_tDQE5R6vYI_GljBaf8wfj-rbt_Olq3tPEJu1B1lyMuVv1NYd4b7mHEV8Ai8XMzkpnZCV4MmtdZMkoB4L8TePHQcdM_ZF4yQbi9gMX7jbP8h9i4yAmN7OnAdd3MzOYbP0coZQ36avf-2UusCwIURUhfm0GIbqrrJip/s1920/vlcsnap-06301.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQuXyuRZPOhP1Qr8x4wbJdpp_tDQE5R6vYI_GljBaf8wfj-rbt_Olq3tPEJu1B1lyMuVv1NYd4b7mHEV8Ai8XMzkpnZCV4MmtdZMkoB4L8TePHQcdM_ZF4yQbi9gMX7jbP8h9i4yAmN7OnAdd3MzOYbP0coZQ36avf-2UusCwIURUhfm0GIbqrrJip/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06301.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A second cut from the same scene, with multiple components.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisov3J1nOknjwZ6uYJnXoU-fil5OctMO7QM5Aqw2RRSPsEixsQjPatI-1OhbxwFJ1oAPhBQqvYzfscCu03x4hmpadZ2OXqtMirw8o1KBS-qZ_TrcVzoQMTLiSWTN6KhbMjtqVVLhaXKLQ5llPS64X8jLXmh39EvrhZ7QvnGlWpJdH-PFj4q0bUOSHr/s1947/GBII%203.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="1947" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisov3J1nOknjwZ6uYJnXoU-fil5OctMO7QM5Aqw2RRSPsEixsQjPatI-1OhbxwFJ1oAPhBQqvYzfscCu03x4hmpadZ2OXqtMirw8o1KBS-qZ_TrcVzoQMTLiSWTN6KhbMjtqVVLhaXKLQ5llPS64X8jLXmh39EvrhZ7QvnGlWpJdH-PFj4q0bUOSHr/w640-h538/GBII%203.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure if this was a full matte painted New York (probably) or retouched photo blow up, with the lights all going out, as there's something strange goin' on.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglobzETbNjKDdInmYqOmKWfj2_46eLLJEfwxoqSBROJlGxVvG98rVjW6jiczXo3TbIZurYZGyFahx7WncvmyWbNLJHpknZmHRssqWQo0Eue6Fw3lBaEcRtdjOw27WIxPlXntQyugCCeCLFVrv0I3ecNrRSox7NmTYRG5X-kRTmZNqjotGwuvJVsgyp/s1920/vlcsnap-06303.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglobzETbNjKDdInmYqOmKWfj2_46eLLJEfwxoqSBROJlGxVvG98rVjW6jiczXo3TbIZurYZGyFahx7WncvmyWbNLJHpknZmHRssqWQo0Eue6Fw3lBaEcRtdjOw27WIxPlXntQyugCCeCLFVrv0I3ecNrRSox7NmTYRG5X-kRTmZNqjotGwuvJVsgyp/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06303.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This shot was definitely a full matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpT3ZyIgsMLYhIsCBouc2DQfl0TX-hdGkC4sDE6sCiVJSN5_rP3FXCeYLuqlw_RTJI-7lvay1hm_SixnelFhiBGveEYRPYOt9OubOXCnxBXrPKhy5RYJkrRg0_6Z4GtP8hsgcrLmiek96E_K9F2VkRonqT1JyhURnB4LxY3uQer7hRxnkAqBvJoks/s1275/ILM-Ghostbusters%20II-Sullivan.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1275" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpT3ZyIgsMLYhIsCBouc2DQfl0TX-hdGkC4sDE6sCiVJSN5_rP3FXCeYLuqlw_RTJI-7lvay1hm_SixnelFhiBGveEYRPYOt9OubOXCnxBXrPKhy5RYJkrRg0_6Z4GtP8hsgcrLmiek96E_K9F2VkRonqT1JyhURnB4LxY3uQer7hRxnkAqBvJoks/w640-h452/ILM-Ghostbusters%20II-Sullivan.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An astonishingly breathtaking full matte painting by matte supervisor Mark Sullivan.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEL-u5auuENCls5XWdi4o_HaLSNdXjnrp8pY62su2d7ScwkEY4uy7fFwrGAhpOEbQR4-eNPWzd67BIMAFFibmgkF8VNHPHlyTC_lvS7SX35NkkI-gyH1b8JCGepYz6DhcCBYr1RrJ4w1z_JHxJ2OA28-oeFwKaq-y-ebxhRkVztWfYhVF3n55qn409/s1280/mark%20sullivan%20-%20ghostbusters%20II.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1280" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEL-u5auuENCls5XWdi4o_HaLSNdXjnrp8pY62su2d7ScwkEY4uy7fFwrGAhpOEbQR4-eNPWzd67BIMAFFibmgkF8VNHPHlyTC_lvS7SX35NkkI-gyH1b8JCGepYz6DhcCBYr1RrJ4w1z_JHxJ2OA28-oeFwKaq-y-ebxhRkVztWfYhVF3n55qn409/w640-h434/mark%20sullivan%20-%20ghostbusters%20II.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mark with his masterpiece. Sad to say matte fans, this beautiful piece shattered to a thousand pieces sometime later. I tentatively brought the topic up with Mark: <i>"Yes...at some point when it was being hung up to display, it was dropped and it shattered! I don't know if it was salvageable as I wasn't there at the time. That's the sad and dangerous thing about using glass. I would use a heat lamp to dry the oil painted glass mattes overnight. Once I stupidly aimed the heat lamp at only one end of a painting, where I'd been painting, and by the next morning, the temperature difference between the ends had cracked the glass."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzRkdNtCqlp8ymQCqvyLvUEx-bNBVIJFpxD1kophIUyfy2Tb3G8dlgJtYP2DUTl1xNdr0N4rBViqiGYiXzPJ_iAHk_MD7EqFuD5WgFynuBl_0m-ajNjTSA5OCwIx7Qi9BdmlPH4U-Q9PLgLjIvRkKDKGzsBh_GMdjO1hj9Kmr7nOXkTXr0W2RYwvz/s1863/GHOSTBUSTERS2.PtgProgress%20(Hi-Rez).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1863" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzRkdNtCqlp8ymQCqvyLvUEx-bNBVIJFpxD1kophIUyfy2Tb3G8dlgJtYP2DUTl1xNdr0N4rBViqiGYiXzPJ_iAHk_MD7EqFuD5WgFynuBl_0m-ajNjTSA5OCwIx7Qi9BdmlPH4U-Q9PLgLjIvRkKDKGzsBh_GMdjO1hj9Kmr7nOXkTXr0W2RYwvz/w640-h262/GHOSTBUSTERS2.PtgProgress%20(Hi-Rez).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here is a wonderful test frame of Mark's as yet unfinished matte, though around 80 to 90% of it has been completed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuZdROLCLI_JTltNwuFPxoBtzmHS5cUejC4XQ6H3q_ssjMVX5AzzDyiHIFIXUkYDIdanxvgFA0HoZ3iiloMY9HAHyxp6FZT1YhGwcFRvVx8mrnRQSMuTHeKPSyyovQLD7_lb3S_qSDoIrXkdM9q4mSoQCJf_KOLqwrOBHEUUCg93RGmhAN54wqIf-/s1752/GHOSTBUSTERS2.PtgProgress%20detail1%20(Hi-Rez).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="1752" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuZdROLCLI_JTltNwuFPxoBtzmHS5cUejC4XQ6H3q_ssjMVX5AzzDyiHIFIXUkYDIdanxvgFA0HoZ3iiloMY9HAHyxp6FZT1YhGwcFRvVx8mrnRQSMuTHeKPSyyovQLD7_lb3S_qSDoIrXkdM9q4mSoQCJf_KOLqwrOBHEUUCg93RGmhAN54wqIf-/w640-h396/GHOSTBUSTERS2.PtgProgress%20detail1%20(Hi-Rez).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail showing Mark's perspective lines drawn in, and sketchy motor vehicles parked.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWp5PlBEfh9vbfAkJv5hanzjSswNKFp2KmryJym77VoITWhTpfeN1yGa07oeLOb1JaqErIxpwstfpW3IO3T5MVy41sTg8ySuVEt0a2hj_dhrbMAEukRGejnkVUtXwizObKXfqj4zaqxRFFbm0Uy3qwf0qDasz6C5Lho2I4fM5gavvx93mklmMR3XWU/s2172/GHOSTBUSTERS2.PtgProgress%20detail2%20(Hi-Rez).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="2172" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWp5PlBEfh9vbfAkJv5hanzjSswNKFp2KmryJym77VoITWhTpfeN1yGa07oeLOb1JaqErIxpwstfpW3IO3T5MVy41sTg8ySuVEt0a2hj_dhrbMAEukRGejnkVUtXwizObKXfqj4zaqxRFFbm0Uy3qwf0qDasz6C5Lho2I4fM5gavvx93mklmMR3XWU/w640-h368/GHOSTBUSTERS2.PtgProgress%20detail2%20(Hi-Rez).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More detail where highly finished brush work is juxtaposed with loose blocked in forms.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdqXfTsRc7JKjRD6xqA20TR47rLVpzTDiAcMVKBmcUfwPpoecoKXEmdhXSlxdttPr_cz0r9eMUtVNLF2jNse5GdLHT7GU3SP_RWv2dUl1ZDw4u1ZWuHi--dzSM1lkmzrC41YjKquW-BHPv75F9Xp2Tc7Rim7M_aPWqNpK8vzLLbKBndiThoeKQYfy/s1920/vlcsnap-06302.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdqXfTsRc7JKjRD6xqA20TR47rLVpzTDiAcMVKBmcUfwPpoecoKXEmdhXSlxdttPr_cz0r9eMUtVNLF2jNse5GdLHT7GU3SP_RWv2dUl1ZDw4u1ZWuHi--dzSM1lkmzrC41YjKquW-BHPv75F9Xp2Tc7Rim7M_aPWqNpK8vzLLbKBndiThoeKQYfy/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06302.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished shot as it appears on screen in 2.35:1 theatrical. Love Mark's perspective, and probably regard it as his best matte, and I have had the privilege of seeing pretty much all of his archive.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdD5vEhiB3grwLpWJwqgX7AQQEKbjgaC8OlWXgMFMCxGDPsMly0ax-zIbQLaAMlD21pR_F6ZlNfLGDp9Xmo86ooL9QKw1U_wYx_sAbXmFtBC9z-dzT0XeCSkFrTsA9LnpwFN7XKcxG51aRlSjmf2lUqT15vH5yt49ZFVSYZoHnoFI95xyanwWYKs9/s2000/GHOSTBUSTERS2_2K.comp%20Hi-Rez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="2000" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdD5vEhiB3grwLpWJwqgX7AQQEKbjgaC8OlWXgMFMCxGDPsMly0ax-zIbQLaAMlD21pR_F6ZlNfLGDp9Xmo86ooL9QKw1U_wYx_sAbXmFtBC9z-dzT0XeCSkFrTsA9LnpwFN7XKcxG51aRlSjmf2lUqT15vH5yt49ZFVSYZoHnoFI95xyanwWYKs9/w640-h306/GHOSTBUSTERS2_2K.comp%20Hi-Rez.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWCvhBCvR4M2V70u7xPAZxejVofXU1_YYEBMYdCApgjRhtTRrKMnoP_7VmGhjbnpjBTZTwgOcn0R9yLUEZ_uH2IDuLBVOEuM7vzwdfT_xkzHGS3EKxceTFswU2fweX5sjWrqmAxnrEsxGYIQh6keayUjI0s52vbfCR40EduIPU8MDp4mX7LpyKGh3/s1920/vlcsnap-06304.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWCvhBCvR4M2V70u7xPAZxejVofXU1_YYEBMYdCApgjRhtTRrKMnoP_7VmGhjbnpjBTZTwgOcn0R9yLUEZ_uH2IDuLBVOEuM7vzwdfT_xkzHGS3EKxceTFswU2fweX5sjWrqmAxnrEsxGYIQh6keayUjI0s52vbfCR40EduIPU8MDp4mX7LpyKGh3/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06304.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another painted wide vista of Manhattan, with evil baby-thieving ghost nanny doubled in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwAXbdkwc-1CwV6TRxVIz4GgYC_y-ShFbqV0QHRiWa8pfIpfQot_h1MM7E5ceW8PSQEUHvETWMB6O8TjVYT83cR512gsK3VBfl_9cabTHGAk2J2rlIAAmYSXHXyAmTmVIQLuEcbcnXEkiLI0cJaglAI09v0mDNbTEf9v5XnyICcc1XPJOGIgIIDRHJ/s2002/GBII%205.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2002" data-original-width="1227" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwAXbdkwc-1CwV6TRxVIz4GgYC_y-ShFbqV0QHRiWa8pfIpfQot_h1MM7E5ceW8PSQEUHvETWMB6O8TjVYT83cR512gsK3VBfl_9cabTHGAk2J2rlIAAmYSXHXyAmTmVIQLuEcbcnXEkiLI0cJaglAI09v0mDNbTEf9v5XnyICcc1XPJOGIgIIDRHJ/w392-h640/GBII%205.jpg" width="392" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not sure here - certainly a lot of vfx going on. Possibly painted city?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigiHuafbsen77Tvx3DBBwaoxLX_ktuNZJzSfdllzbyxedtdU2EC5U9Tati51wzAFByPhSNLf_xXfsyMIzg_oqWYBHO4M4JybdhNrOZIsoBgfPCuu4DfQxO9M02umhHVG9An35mcELIOKh3U8YRNtCjkZDPLgyCRHKBYqaMEff_S3FPztX0uruHkUul/s1920/vlcsnap-06306.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigiHuafbsen77Tvx3DBBwaoxLX_ktuNZJzSfdllzbyxedtdU2EC5U9Tati51wzAFByPhSNLf_xXfsyMIzg_oqWYBHO4M4JybdhNrOZIsoBgfPCuu4DfQxO9M02umhHVG9An35mcELIOKh3U8YRNtCjkZDPLgyCRHKBYqaMEff_S3FPztX0uruHkUul/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06306.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The museum at the centre of the shot was a large miniature, with some live action and a great deal of Mark's matte art for the remainder of the view. An original negative comp, on VistaVision.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyd7RinHPsWvEF8_A6UpavEa2xPb1JslvxKKSuKd_AnSNdD8L_iiAOzC3knrYeyxdLhf3NuHBgWVUpEGGO28KqXmIaVqUOoiLd54Skl6O50lKxpLxCeA_O4kBYtzoR65RRto5bMhF0P5rWFDaXYzg2Z2RV7L36kp2GpJRkL1nKQuxfwlkhwWvRCS4j/s1920/vlcsnap-06311.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyd7RinHPsWvEF8_A6UpavEa2xPb1JslvxKKSuKd_AnSNdD8L_iiAOzC3knrYeyxdLhf3NuHBgWVUpEGGO28KqXmIaVqUOoiLd54Skl6O50lKxpLxCeA_O4kBYtzoR65RRto5bMhF0P5rWFDaXYzg2Z2RV7L36kp2GpJRkL1nKQuxfwlkhwWvRCS4j/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06311.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Again, miniature museum with matte painted skyscrapers and live action extras.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AXfVpcCTIcUvevDE2K3tkkppRbnou1DzVer-VeZWY689dm0z8mBRIdRoDvJgdp2dawrtQ-stc6O-2Hn5LzbpKE4pYzt72B7ofuq8rL7kCOleC8BkoVnvuJWSDzTMwQzuZ6OW1QR8zLKF7uLgXvUM05JeAxKkuGF3tlSxdwz--cLTHm5AbCJKvbUN/s1920/vlcsnap-06312.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AXfVpcCTIcUvevDE2K3tkkppRbnou1DzVer-VeZWY689dm0z8mBRIdRoDvJgdp2dawrtQ-stc6O-2Hn5LzbpKE4pYzt72B7ofuq8rL7kCOleC8BkoVnvuJWSDzTMwQzuZ6OW1QR8zLKF7uLgXvUM05JeAxKkuGF3tlSxdwz--cLTHm5AbCJKvbUN/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06312.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More of the same...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb760RCIRW95qG8Jn3tioWuz-SNrQZ79Ksk9UCDaRR3uAAXQ8YXcSdeoBsVtRsTQ5BzlD-jidKy61ECQA5tYnpHXfru_b52DciLHTowtffSwXV4C0nYwFRU4cHmavsAUeVQeeG7lbsgil6e3p_z4dKwkRzvAnFUPROYZkj_isCmzEkYenQ2e7uGSpD/s834/Ghostbusters%20II%20-stat%20liberty%20(Mark%20Sullivan).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="834" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb760RCIRW95qG8Jn3tioWuz-SNrQZ79Ksk9UCDaRR3uAAXQ8YXcSdeoBsVtRsTQ5BzlD-jidKy61ECQA5tYnpHXfru_b52DciLHTowtffSwXV4C0nYwFRU4cHmavsAUeVQeeG7lbsgil6e3p_z4dKwkRzvAnFUPROYZkj_isCmzEkYenQ2e7uGSpD/w640-h432/Ghostbusters%20II%20-stat%20liberty%20(Mark%20Sullivan).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte cameraman Wade Childress takes a light reading from the large miniature of the Liberty Lady, as Mark paints the lower portion of the statue on glass, where rear projected characters will be added in what would become a very dramatic downview as 'she' comes to life!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFnwLUZ6DJiG9_NIZks5sMs5uKQehri9QQHBHBuTqwSm5ZRfSGV6Lv8S4yIXMcAVOOZhtO7Ef7DW1lIh-vshRELpOd8sP7IRz0vjL1qiKwGOJC1JkOk8Hwq7msvCa2Ug4l1FV31ooVutt0JdV4jxVE-zCPdxcrIB_7z6IiKQp_iXqiIKXaSegsSYC/s1920/vlcsnap-06317.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFnwLUZ6DJiG9_NIZks5sMs5uKQehri9QQHBHBuTqwSm5ZRfSGV6Lv8S4yIXMcAVOOZhtO7Ef7DW1lIh-vshRELpOd8sP7IRz0vjL1qiKwGOJC1JkOk8Hwq7msvCa2Ug4l1FV31ooVutt0JdV4jxVE-zCPdxcrIB_7z6IiKQp_iXqiIKXaSegsSYC/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06317.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFeSnxFf9rg08mI-Fcnsfo5EGpA0-ccSFRddUiR-aK8vq0szABuF3JV77e2T8CVbzf0v3SFQs-GC2esFE4OS9CXzYqxQblduRxYt4mgbsnsTWGhvmszb0QszsiPpV8DCgfo_DPwTc4tlVLaMtj4anIWaR-sDnRrvcEvhot4NLh8OmVT78ogTBgZI2/s1920/vlcsnap-06320.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFeSnxFf9rg08mI-Fcnsfo5EGpA0-ccSFRddUiR-aK8vq0szABuF3JV77e2T8CVbzf0v3SFQs-GC2esFE4OS9CXzYqxQblduRxYt4mgbsnsTWGhvmszb0QszsiPpV8DCgfo_DPwTc4tlVLaMtj4anIWaR-sDnRrvcEvhot4NLh8OmVT78ogTBgZI2/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06320.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stunt guy in a Liberty Lady suit in a tank, shot against bluescreen. Not sure if the city is matte painted but feel it was likely as a night shot was better suited to matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbma5pjsk26O7MHR58aR8W2GD6VUpFpnLkSE-2X8qa5w4Rg7y5CRKhKNVGMgKMNhC22xIFUiTkkc4OEABYSioS548MKpCMjchJjBySqyCYAp-wCkrbdOp9l1TXMYENGDYEqyUsTGD5tcsnLq5L50LKSphgkx1vtdIXFWJW-XYvDhE3I3PKNSczYai1/s1920/GB2_1989_2123.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbma5pjsk26O7MHR58aR8W2GD6VUpFpnLkSE-2X8qa5w4Rg7y5CRKhKNVGMgKMNhC22xIFUiTkkc4OEABYSioS548MKpCMjchJjBySqyCYAp-wCkrbdOp9l1TXMYENGDYEqyUsTGD5tcsnLq5L50LKSphgkx1vtdIXFWJW-XYvDhE3I3PKNSczYai1/w640-h266/GB2_1989_2123.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A monumental number of effects cuts were needed for the whole sequence, with some shots being live street crowds requiring painstaking roto work to include action as giant lady strides down Fifth Avenue. Some shots used miniatures and some, such as this (I'm certain) were sprawling matte paintings, rendered largely by Caroleen Green. Sullivan commented that to achieve a decent exposure when attempting to shoot live in New York on a busy night would have been difficult in itself, so matte painting was seen as a safer alternative. Fabulous shot!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYp4VKcauMWJ1IJVcTIGV76onRt8j7uyDhifSxvH3bvQPC8f9_HKmFlN4V9bOZxQWckHNn8Xgi3b506H0AgQy6W8ZZMT_icTapI61ZO--dxpRLqYNUgKTKFveofLZlNV_G4yYviAnzF1QzKcfdLJ_mVMzFiLXtu9ZAJIgOXhoXOeBgk556pV_mrZn4/s1946/Caroleen%20Green%20Ghostbusters%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1946" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYp4VKcauMWJ1IJVcTIGV76onRt8j7uyDhifSxvH3bvQPC8f9_HKmFlN4V9bOZxQWckHNn8Xgi3b506H0AgQy6W8ZZMT_icTapI61ZO--dxpRLqYNUgKTKFveofLZlNV_G4yYviAnzF1QzKcfdLJ_mVMzFiLXtu9ZAJIgOXhoXOeBgk556pV_mrZn4/w640-h442/Caroleen%20Green%20Ghostbusters%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The always photogenic and highly talented Caroleen Green armed with brush, finalises detail work upon her wonderful Fifth Avenue matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fzkKbKB6LMKGw7Z6eidIHMVFLFU1RlMOWsBo4lDhh7Sh3hjSTSS66TWqVrzSmAAmlgbOJPMkCsVRDhI_NGWgrS0Iq8pMI9GqrG6KXWahgJwIhdYVknwGdna0TcT5OHvnEaxI84u_Z1hUZcqYBUFyxUNwIZqrYMGStO13gvpV5mcbMd7IyN5j74MN/s1920/GB2_1989_2126.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fzkKbKB6LMKGw7Z6eidIHMVFLFU1RlMOWsBo4lDhh7Sh3hjSTSS66TWqVrzSmAAmlgbOJPMkCsVRDhI_NGWgrS0Iq8pMI9GqrG6KXWahgJwIhdYVknwGdna0TcT5OHvnEaxI84u_Z1hUZcqYBUFyxUNwIZqrYMGStO13gvpV5mcbMd7IyN5j74MN/w640-h266/GB2_1989_2126.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pretty sure this view was also mostly painted, with what appears to be a matte split running along just above the first floor of the actual 'live action' buildings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_HkFOVXhs79VJ09EyStmxW70yJgEsX1HDMHc2FOz-YUoVZomdVOl-KtWsprJPOBcN95PgVY4Fw0v3aVE3lI7YLTnLvgQdKVMK_FXoy5R9SpqRacsXug-ef6j_-2KSjsHoLwy7zxQ1dYIsLku6DK1TGtmOd2kB2edbb3GroFVQKU39nicOZEiyoyk/s1091/Abyss-art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1091" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_HkFOVXhs79VJ09EyStmxW70yJgEsX1HDMHc2FOz-YUoVZomdVOl-KtWsprJPOBcN95PgVY4Fw0v3aVE3lI7YLTnLvgQdKVMK_FXoy5R9SpqRacsXug-ef6j_-2KSjsHoLwy7zxQ1dYIsLku6DK1TGtmOd2kB2edbb3GroFVQKU39nicOZEiyoyk/w400-h220/Abyss-art.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE ABYSS (1989) was a visually stunning experience for sure, though marred by appalling dialogue and stock, two dimensional, cardboard cut-out performances. A director who can only handle spectacle like few others and has not a clue when it comes to character development. Sad to say it, but that glow-in-the-dark translucent entity from the ocean floor gave the best performance.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUujc2dKjLwMkRWGhNH1hqthIICCr2pUHg97xMwIKNSGl5yvX3kthB77GAw4PHxujR_PONAob_WCJWyQttkkcnDqRAfXIwIyRvWQdT4eXxOUA3TQv3yXAzvB23XpDskzczjLmR8LEgaWsqCB_ExPjTPZpkcQr0TjnHDBjXE7s6xFJCDiw0Uvoh0txX/s1378/ABYSS_2K%20comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1378" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUujc2dKjLwMkRWGhNH1hqthIICCr2pUHg97xMwIKNSGl5yvX3kthB77GAw4PHxujR_PONAob_WCJWyQttkkcnDqRAfXIwIyRvWQdT4eXxOUA3TQv3yXAzvB23XpDskzczjLmR8LEgaWsqCB_ExPjTPZpkcQr0TjnHDBjXE7s6xFJCDiw0Uvoh0txX/w640-h344/ABYSS_2K%20comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The show was loaded with well deserved Oscar winning visual effects from a number of suppliers. Just the one solo matte shot as far as I am aware, with this 35mm wedge test being a Mark Sullivan shot: <i>"The matte painting process really involves an enormous amount of communication and joint thinking between the matte artist and the matte camera person. For instance, I worked with Harry Walton on a pretty challenging matte shot for THE ABYSS - a movie that Dennis Muren was supervising. A portion of the shot was an original negative plate, another portion was a rear projected element, behind the glass painting, of a large, live action wave, and there was a foreground element of some sailors that was an in-camera travelling matte. Optical had prepared a black and white hold-out matte that Harry would bi-pack when he was shooting the painting, with the projected water footage, onto the latent image roll. Harry would then have to load up the latent onto his optical printer, and expose in the positive RGB separations onto the take. With all of the colours and densities that had to be matched and balanced for all of the elements, it was a lot to keep track of".</i> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezpQ5fYDuaqrJAEXd9qXil7Q6AlnEVlByubA4msuxHbREr7y8Bl3HPd4IFpfKvr3CFHW_6j3BK7Hbye2I4TsQXC___orEZYmVw8APWkFr5Vk6szFYURppfmDpfpwQdl6_WbfqCJHw_1mkWr0AWWNRroE0hkrFiOaHPNS6h_fzFQtvo9_vzcocT72y/s1920/Joe-art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezpQ5fYDuaqrJAEXd9qXil7Q6AlnEVlByubA4msuxHbREr7y8Bl3HPd4IFpfKvr3CFHW_6j3BK7Hbye2I4TsQXC___orEZYmVw8APWkFr5Vk6szFYURppfmDpfpwQdl6_WbfqCJHw_1mkWr0AWWNRroE0hkrFiOaHPNS6h_fzFQtvo9_vzcocT72y/w400-h225/Joe-art.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An odd little 'romantic comedy' seemed almost a throwback to the screwball comedies of the thirties, JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO (1990) featured matte art, travelling mattes and miniatures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgIcC405GtBFbls6cjIFP5eptDJqZWf8RwhTqRZK3vkzkLyCs98QRLam4CLCmc13w1QZSTnKf2ZolHOCue02USpMrKxMNX41deMha0kZJEkS6ZkOVAd6FeGf8ZyvMdfETODX6vBBFhOQuAnd0eP48hxOdO5a6_6-svcpvt1oTxL06hn2401Yh7wGa/s1918/Joe_Versus_The_Volcano_-_HDD_Blu-ray_Review_1.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="1918" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgIcC405GtBFbls6cjIFP5eptDJqZWf8RwhTqRZK3vkzkLyCs98QRLam4CLCmc13w1QZSTnKf2ZolHOCue02USpMrKxMNX41deMha0kZJEkS6ZkOVAd6FeGf8ZyvMdfETODX6vBBFhOQuAnd0eP48hxOdO5a6_6-svcpvt1oTxL06hn2401Yh7wGa/w640-h272/Joe_Versus_The_Volcano_-_HDD_Blu-ray_Review_1.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEPoZMONLKDrkM0Qxo0KZxGH915h3ozz8DlKrSt0GxUtCZW_RjnAXyLkhjc0FHVvpKOoza-qZfc0E2-5F2ec8JQve-8ZRnBIyTqQQ48GnARFKJcqVO39mUFR3i7vH_QknIXDCnvspAJ6CSCDI_gwwB3EOaOh257PqGDG2WXAf3buPQRi3Q5d9xovt/s1288/Joe1-tilt%20up%20B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1288" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEPoZMONLKDrkM0Qxo0KZxGH915h3ozz8DlKrSt0GxUtCZW_RjnAXyLkhjc0FHVvpKOoza-qZfc0E2-5F2ec8JQve-8ZRnBIyTqQQ48GnARFKJcqVO39mUFR3i7vH_QknIXDCnvspAJ6CSCDI_gwwB3EOaOh257PqGDG2WXAf3buPQRi3Q5d9xovt/w640-h440/Joe1-tilt%20up%20B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The flick opens with this tilt up onto a quite deliberately skewed cityscape, with Yusei Uesugi as matte artist and Jo Carson shooting the mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogL5vKp3CRBqJtz9vcRmBdBNoUwLXi_WTsO2j3otHSOMK71pgmlVyCDcHS-Fz7srmed_ez-Npl2Q4-VcR5OiTtnfz4BkBM3NP2gKWX1uzSYt0ak-CW_Zop2O2r7-nTkNXoUWGbFP8coEpRuR37QSirKQvtDG4LLK5Uflz8Xd70-2j4_6UPvH1FCdx/s1294/Joe2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1294" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogL5vKp3CRBqJtz9vcRmBdBNoUwLXi_WTsO2j3otHSOMK71pgmlVyCDcHS-Fz7srmed_ez-Npl2Q4-VcR5OiTtnfz4BkBM3NP2gKWX1uzSYt0ak-CW_Zop2O2r7-nTkNXoUWGbFP8coEpRuR37QSirKQvtDG4LLK5Uflz8Xd70-2j4_6UPvH1FCdx/w640-h558/Joe2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lovers lane with all the glittering lights. Not sure about lower shot, but certainly appears to be a vfx view, due to the bizarre colour scheme.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_R297w5pBFRhfCtYVIgLjArT6fAc5U6mcafqEUAznvh2oh_lnpTdAlr4FKERxVe2RsLZ2DDf6xyxPenqYPjhaXcX5TiL6jjDZIZPIpjCEfgDQbbUvW0RILwohmnkTN6eDIDIUBjfO31dHm8WAp2WHcun2o7ev3aeuKO1NHocOeKyT1TSp3MyFulk3/s1304/Joe3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1304" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_R297w5pBFRhfCtYVIgLjArT6fAc5U6mcafqEUAznvh2oh_lnpTdAlr4FKERxVe2RsLZ2DDf6xyxPenqYPjhaXcX5TiL6jjDZIZPIpjCEfgDQbbUvW0RILwohmnkTN6eDIDIUBjfO31dHm8WAp2WHcun2o7ev3aeuKO1NHocOeKyT1TSp3MyFulk3/w640-h546/Joe3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tom Hanks on his voyage to find himself. Miniatures, matte art and optical gags.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11FMlX24XgConGhOT7-QzwX4X9My2HE3KamZdnEqE2emLveI-ypzYyKhw-lB2tw2ynsh3zmTgLXLog9WUf1-5ckvaCRIBSX91DwRqxNE154MxbCj-eOG-x9cztQ3JAprBH9hAxcHdyNs__fBwsJcQLtEvJ3Ses5NY0oXJjZ6L-2R8i2RYRFSuMM6a/s2612/Joe4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="2612" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11FMlX24XgConGhOT7-QzwX4X9My2HE3KamZdnEqE2emLveI-ypzYyKhw-lB2tw2ynsh3zmTgLXLog9WUf1-5ckvaCRIBSX91DwRqxNE154MxbCj-eOG-x9cztQ3JAprBH9hAxcHdyNs__fBwsJcQLtEvJ3Ses5NY0oXJjZ6L-2R8i2RYRFSuMM6a/w640-h280/Joe4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A highly romanticised bit of corny storytelling.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbHii0PK5KAefIjOvpB-U_JmkP5XmtM5QfFBnC63COArNB-m7lFBJHyGSEJ-BAaYzII_wK0FiEDV3Y0qYEE9IHkHFHij1JTT6qsJcs3h2C8_QJwQJ1aVKMLcVNA4at_O4P7EoLqDvoFhiH83lffgF_mNoCSN7WxPl9Sn87RLCEbiONYUtLtkylY0J/s1298/Joe5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1298" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbHii0PK5KAefIjOvpB-U_JmkP5XmtM5QfFBnC63COArNB-m7lFBJHyGSEJ-BAaYzII_wK0FiEDV3Y0qYEE9IHkHFHij1JTT6qsJcs3h2C8_QJwQJ1aVKMLcVNA4at_O4P7EoLqDvoFhiH83lffgF_mNoCSN7WxPl9Sn87RLCEbiONYUtLtkylY0J/w640-h550/Joe5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mysterious South Seas paradise? ... Nah, it just a matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaWvp_lZGAbKXuJHsQAurTADI0Ih1Bw4D-opzzwoVBWEv-1lbGC6IuIR_1gozAhtS9B2LBbTxmzptN4BYjlDoBRyagNnfWVGmxorbOqN3-Ehee7P4ukGuDkTfdx8k_ghNtDbPlkuhq0lq5V6zjCiAF0sNi4UhW36FFmwUKKFdeBflDgsGPDztjtCG/s1300/Joe6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1300" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaWvp_lZGAbKXuJHsQAurTADI0Ih1Bw4D-opzzwoVBWEv-1lbGC6IuIR_1gozAhtS9B2LBbTxmzptN4BYjlDoBRyagNnfWVGmxorbOqN3-Ehee7P4ukGuDkTfdx8k_ghNtDbPlkuhq0lq5V6zjCiAF0sNi4UhW36FFmwUKKFdeBflDgsGPDztjtCG/w640-h552/Joe6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">May be miniatures, or partial painted combinations?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMSWhRxTPuIncJxEZCwkQwkX8sjW7SSUs0GlvR7lXT8kfk9kScHCKqDVNOy8Nq-P-F0INMM6GfAqtPX0xGR25d01zdr0AfegorpNVv0AjURVBFDC6yroBg3T0_zyVrgrc4Phs6Ngut13QP9l-_7lp86jOFdolQt7SBc3TH-s9Gln6lVEG808Kzc4y/s1302/Joe7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1302" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMSWhRxTPuIncJxEZCwkQwkX8sjW7SSUs0GlvR7lXT8kfk9kScHCKqDVNOy8Nq-P-F0INMM6GfAqtPX0xGR25d01zdr0AfegorpNVv0AjURVBFDC6yroBg3T0_zyVrgrc4Phs6Ngut13QP9l-_7lp86jOFdolQt7SBc3TH-s9Gln6lVEG808Kzc4y/w640-h546/Joe7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49mw-CUeLL-kwQvrbXtYaSjWFJPTSgD3_p_jFvK5zJ3VBnHXQSCQLXz92tTyDF3JeqT4sdJE6WHyPfdfuFWIwYN0TsYCTXAJB4IlLatQJsJUdu_wvwBPwVX6bdfQ6VOSzzdkXlVTNNbvKJ6-LCQveTyODwAS7ILIUaEBVRozXtDhROPXLYT2X-e-T/s825/diehard2%20art.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="703" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49mw-CUeLL-kwQvrbXtYaSjWFJPTSgD3_p_jFvK5zJ3VBnHXQSCQLXz92tTyDF3JeqT4sdJE6WHyPfdfuFWIwYN0TsYCTXAJB4IlLatQJsJUdu_wvwBPwVX6bdfQ6VOSzzdkXlVTNNbvKJ6-LCQveTyODwAS7ILIUaEBVRozXtDhROPXLYT2X-e-T/w341-h400/diehard2%20art.JPG" width="341" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">John McClane kicks arse in Chicago this time for DIE HARD 2 (1990). A good, solid, ruthless, no bullshit action flick, though not quite as good as the original, was a far sight better than those which followed <i>(*footnote: I was present with family on vacation in Budapest in 2012 and spent the day watching the filming of action sequences for part 5 of the series, with Budapest standing in for that bastard Voldemort Putin's Moscow)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3YONtJHXS5XNQoSK2fVK_vHiIl5a9NfneaoFltLWYuX9yy16NJJBzcq5b7rj3jLZIWIUufB1NXygnpXjfNUZYQg9_gzHNs3pJ0pQHsAj6pSXka8C-3e_74GmG625X8JLiYgexjsoD6gJmXSi4V8PijCxHGb6OuaNukPJb_lf8eICDnv-IqDrAHWU/s1000/Die%20Hard2%20blocked%20in%20(fix).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1000" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3YONtJHXS5XNQoSK2fVK_vHiIl5a9NfneaoFltLWYuX9yy16NJJBzcq5b7rj3jLZIWIUufB1NXygnpXjfNUZYQg9_gzHNs3pJ0pQHsAj6pSXka8C-3e_74GmG625X8JLiYgexjsoD6gJmXSi4V8PijCxHGb6OuaNukPJb_lf8eICDnv-IqDrAHWU/w640-h402/Die%20Hard2%20blocked%20in%20(fix).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lots of explosions and A-grade model shots, though only the one, impressive matte shot, which comes at the end in a massive pullout (I do mean massive!!) Here, artist Yusei Uesugi is working on the preliminary stages of the vast airport painting, with a number of airliners and emergency folk convene.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHcQ460IM-uqS54pV5JxvGvQQNC-XIpnfr2UhXFdtGNAxtHxRT_fBAGNnhORiaJ-Pl2Hjcw9cZbVInJ_RmbYCaKYrLRIw6Abkno2zMl-1Gm1ZHgQMi_LqpyiK9T7J5Pz6jQkjVpIeZylxHsqmn34jBKCQU3w0cYBB1dqHlo8YH4sgYuA-UYdc12l7/s2056/Diehard2%206.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="2056" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHcQ460IM-uqS54pV5JxvGvQQNC-XIpnfr2UhXFdtGNAxtHxRT_fBAGNnhORiaJ-Pl2Hjcw9cZbVInJ_RmbYCaKYrLRIw6Abkno2zMl-1Gm1ZHgQMi_LqpyiK9T7J5Pz6jQkjVpIeZylxHsqmn34jBKCQU3w0cYBB1dqHlo8YH4sgYuA-UYdc12l7/w640-h318/Diehard2%206.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">All of the airlines on screen were fictional companies, no doubt due to the fact that several of them are blown to bits, mid-air!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcfeLTom5gq2uJKyAvzHuyYwz1GahVVORTxnMB2Do0NGOMAlGbRdg87m0Rc08s9Or_rJGfQPafhQ2IWEEVXIJAR62ArU6Q1HMzHwp8kdwMKvOamuy1eKiqjikw-gwT1hF08Rlcg2vmyQtuUdgjnhTQ5G8t1LPzYccjD3KId2g-vNsg4UdwxOkWZlq/s1178/DSC09586%20sm.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1178" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcfeLTom5gq2uJKyAvzHuyYwz1GahVVORTxnMB2Do0NGOMAlGbRdg87m0Rc08s9Or_rJGfQPafhQ2IWEEVXIJAR62ArU6Q1HMzHwp8kdwMKvOamuy1eKiqjikw-gwT1hF08Rlcg2vmyQtuUdgjnhTQ5G8t1LPzYccjD3KId2g-vNsg4UdwxOkWZlq/w640-h406/DSC09586%20sm.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up showing painted detail and photo blow up area pasted in for scale and lighting reference.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2ErQmNCc_vHmF871VGa1t5vaVGVU4A9IUjubWpjXm-K6xHjmtVD4r9R1jGwSJkzDt3tIWON3TyfOvmEk5KgqVQ11se6mLQeTLmEELQqOHOoMfeRMJE5ZNEyDG4apqWgFluKPxCckakqoz0LcmihqRQgKqhtz-CtZ20Ojs8Lio4cfrFbdwkHZzWO0/s1024/Die%20Hard2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2ErQmNCc_vHmF871VGa1t5vaVGVU4A9IUjubWpjXm-K6xHjmtVD4r9R1jGwSJkzDt3tIWON3TyfOvmEk5KgqVQ11se6mLQeTLmEELQqOHOoMfeRMJE5ZNEyDG4apqWgFluKPxCckakqoz0LcmihqRQgKqhtz-CtZ20Ojs8Lio4cfrFbdwkHZzWO0/w640-h480/Die%20Hard2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yusei's mural sized matte on the wall at ILM years later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmBJ6gsTHJrsm4FiUHNeByiMVQHmvsXnQjbTK2EgpJ9kaQmA_Yb97BSwwSIDDD6vnYG3Ud-7-CwKoJOSMKKBXxIqy2WMOgc8sh7wyH58sH0GlM6_3573ZzqVYljw2FJS0mg2b4f12aFjTyyKOotJAYH1hM6HiNp41WJgEFEsqnUUp_Yg8nHiiTJdk/s1024/Die%20Hard2%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1024" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmBJ6gsTHJrsm4FiUHNeByiMVQHmvsXnQjbTK2EgpJ9kaQmA_Yb97BSwwSIDDD6vnYG3Ud-7-CwKoJOSMKKBXxIqy2WMOgc8sh7wyH58sH0GlM6_3573ZzqVYljw2FJS0mg2b4f12aFjTyyKOotJAYH1hM6HiNp41WJgEFEsqnUUp_Yg8nHiiTJdk/w640-h478/Die%20Hard2%20b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_piv65IWyMXXyO9VYmwQUHGZf2igdvmOUcU2RT91on-xpPImHANkrhw-sg78YTIbZe2boXDkVz7pqDFO8KmFuRsvyV3NMwpI9afj3Np-FZYMu09aX6MLowHsN8WM6Z0bZkhXjr4DGnmAD4UHxoBWSVu4kv4Le-2qoFbGKKGMdMyCKEboK0wxwEGRT/s993/DieHard2_matte.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="993" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_piv65IWyMXXyO9VYmwQUHGZf2igdvmOUcU2RT91on-xpPImHANkrhw-sg78YTIbZe2boXDkVz7pqDFO8KmFuRsvyV3NMwpI9afj3Np-FZYMu09aX6MLowHsN8WM6Z0bZkhXjr4DGnmAD4UHxoBWSVu4kv4Le-2qoFbGKKGMdMyCKEboK0wxwEGRT/w640-h464/DieHard2_matte.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The shot was composited using very primitive computer technology of the day and transferred back onto 35mm film in what was a massive and time consuming process involving, if I recall, maybe a crate load of floppy disks and a main frame to contain the data.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCV12QSaOFyKe7JjSLws6Z--Rq45CUNS6G7AEwfW90a5MinHsZ3SMQhbbt0oAkuWQLR4qqqmzKQvm5N0gy8RvKht-9xW-5i1iOD98A1P9c-XWYUtDMpRST2bg38zz6Ms2L6ynxefjevXiClAYaSco8cRjjP1jsFTAk3C4-1rw8Wa77YVETSGli0jp2/s1158/Dreams-ad%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1098" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCV12QSaOFyKe7JjSLws6Z--Rq45CUNS6G7AEwfW90a5MinHsZ3SMQhbbt0oAkuWQLR4qqqmzKQvm5N0gy8RvKht-9xW-5i1iOD98A1P9c-XWYUtDMpRST2bg38zz6Ms2L6ynxefjevXiClAYaSco8cRjjP1jsFTAk3C4-1rw8Wa77YVETSGli0jp2/w378-h400/Dreams-ad%20art.jpg" width="378" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The frequently beautiful DREAMS (1990) from esteemed Japanese film maker Akira Kurosawa literally did have a dream-like quality to it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnMdE9DOBt7I9QLLdAh43zEZc0I33LTtXgFttC_XFguKqRu1lA4CtvW3cySzdZExiK6Ml0VnOlIYG7MWPdOpiKu5MrlaVubomZPT20f0l355C1vjjI70Co-JpT5M1g4m4kiSPfhwJ0nvpRfpEb6WOM8AEM8WzrzLk9qY13XBPIu_ojx96nBXJVhi-/s1280/Dreams-90%20BR%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnMdE9DOBt7I9QLLdAh43zEZc0I33LTtXgFttC_XFguKqRu1lA4CtvW3cySzdZExiK6Ml0VnOlIYG7MWPdOpiKu5MrlaVubomZPT20f0l355C1vjjI70Co-JpT5M1g4m4kiSPfhwJ0nvpRfpEb6WOM8AEM8WzrzLk9qY13XBPIu_ojx96nBXJVhi-/w640-h360/Dreams-90%20BR%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Among the few mattes was this gorgeous rendering by Mark Sullivan.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzvwRmgrFUf79tCRZrlhLTd4NnuarwBWQlibkp4SDMp_wBADx5J7bIrvbdxd_HVZUzO1kucPrTuhoO8KFOB-e_36I1h3SGgdYkWd4WuXbyPCqr0GbW3FaxFN3o1T7js4X-Tg10cCesdOaqsxf11716Z9zLFdyDI3zkXQsGUZNI6L-bsmNlhFLYBpB/s1000/Kurosawa's%20DREAMS.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzvwRmgrFUf79tCRZrlhLTd4NnuarwBWQlibkp4SDMp_wBADx5J7bIrvbdxd_HVZUzO1kucPrTuhoO8KFOB-e_36I1h3SGgdYkWd4WuXbyPCqr0GbW3FaxFN3o1T7js4X-Tg10cCesdOaqsxf11716Z9zLFdyDI3zkXQsGUZNI6L-bsmNlhFLYBpB/w640-h430/Kurosawa's%20DREAMS.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mark's painting on the wall at ILM.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQehTfa6oicfUcR25jwcSLgbAFM4O0MVgcUWk51l0VRpCCaaDb5FaYUQ_hjMn9O0dYruso0TfjdYgUppqDhuqNhdSUY1dXso-zrg_Lfm1y5uNXv3La8hSy1VyduukdLHda-hJbdgcL3d5BM27XDoD8F_c3p_o04IZvLoPUWLyuSqz-6S98XXAa3A79/s903/Dreams-Mark%20Sullivan%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="903" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQehTfa6oicfUcR25jwcSLgbAFM4O0MVgcUWk51l0VRpCCaaDb5FaYUQ_hjMn9O0dYruso0TfjdYgUppqDhuqNhdSUY1dXso-zrg_Lfm1y5uNXv3La8hSy1VyduukdLHda-hJbdgcL3d5BM27XDoD8F_c3p_o04IZvLoPUWLyuSqz-6S98XXAa3A79/w400-h321/Dreams-Mark%20Sullivan%20matte.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYuTc91NQOzR6d-MocMRJ2Jf4-k4RqQVQIqDhRTbApoXXK6m5EgGuRozu4rewqiMkqYR7wlZ8XNBXvkWtlvuMFq8bVxfMrNCx15ybJtnULkNBZGr1xUXpiAZA2UJFheD--oyd04Oh30YTcSgpkCDzZrnwWPyCY2E_ulezQQu-zbjo5Z1O0NV-VLsA/s853/dreams047.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="853" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYuTc91NQOzR6d-MocMRJ2Jf4-k4RqQVQIqDhRTbApoXXK6m5EgGuRozu4rewqiMkqYR7wlZ8XNBXvkWtlvuMFq8bVxfMrNCx15ybJtnULkNBZGr1xUXpiAZA2UJFheD--oyd04Oh30YTcSgpkCDzZrnwWPyCY2E_ulezQQu-zbjo5Z1O0NV-VLsA/w640-h360/dreams047.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another ILM matte shot by Caroleen Green.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div>NON-ILM MATTE SHOTS:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOVe80VH2uR6GI6Tnwkb0wOWO5xj1pZWXHDCn9HDc8opYeXdt4Hk7GPHPXsQcIPfs7FByx7tK4JUzMGIMDSg1YR1MXT4sbcAz-tDwO0OyQ4CrdS1Q4N4z6xQWGNKfHN_-n5Dqno4LEkQgRO0EoJqau1S-cOWztox2VWKXk1Wka8Gfu572bMVBUsNC/s994/Dreams-other%20mattes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="874" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOVe80VH2uR6GI6Tnwkb0wOWO5xj1pZWXHDCn9HDc8opYeXdt4Hk7GPHPXsQcIPfs7FByx7tK4JUzMGIMDSg1YR1MXT4sbcAz-tDwO0OyQ4CrdS1Q4N4z6xQWGNKfHN_-n5Dqno4LEkQgRO0EoJqau1S-cOWztox2VWKXk1Wka8Gfu572bMVBUsNC/w562-h640/Dreams-other%20mattes.jpg" width="562" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I believe these shots were made in Japan, at Den Films, by matte artist Taksuhiro Miyaguchi.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLl1qwS1bBJMud_ffHdSdQC7ObQEE9pxEY5HC9ko2a9u0cHduZDIIqPtQXn99tgBrIHK1tUog2BQtvw_hkat1hitBdbCY1xCNYLTFpfetyre-PiQGJP-B5Tf0lpyqOIPiriVCLJQGjjDrEMN9YCTqtV5dXyYfc8-mJIjr1YlbStlIoqr5TX6NdKc9/s1298/Doors-ad%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1298" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLl1qwS1bBJMud_ffHdSdQC7ObQEE9pxEY5HC9ko2a9u0cHduZDIIqPtQXn99tgBrIHK1tUog2BQtvw_hkat1hitBdbCY1xCNYLTFpfetyre-PiQGJP-B5Tf0lpyqOIPiriVCLJQGjjDrEMN9YCTqtV5dXyYfc8-mJIjr1YlbStlIoqr5TX6NdKc9/w400-h245/Doors-ad%20art.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oliver Stone has been somewhat of a hit or miss film maker over the years, though I'd have to say he's been more on the 'hit' side than the other. THE DOORS (1991) was excellent! No two ways about it. A brilliant bio-pic on Jim Morrison and the band, with astonishing performances, especially by Val Kilmer, who really <u>never</u> did anything as good ever, before or since. Fab soundtrack too...naturally!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnBfNFUvW_zHeH3MUMNK58WweqUEsLN9deKJNhUvLZPastBJkeSqj5nTyQNrh2r4_nMM3ZnGAmelbZCoJo5zNSrKBrnHdYJHcZLQH7x_0Panq93cLj2e_0dZRzzz5gr0A653jsLMBvonMhVqgzOnecJ59hgwDmag223ih2RXb01PKoMvPmLTac_6W/s1596/THE_DOORS_storm%20Comp%202K.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1596" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnBfNFUvW_zHeH3MUMNK58WweqUEsLN9deKJNhUvLZPastBJkeSqj5nTyQNrh2r4_nMM3ZnGAmelbZCoJo5zNSrKBrnHdYJHcZLQH7x_0Panq93cLj2e_0dZRzzz5gr0A653jsLMBvonMhVqgzOnecJ59hgwDmag223ih2RXb01PKoMvPmLTac_6W/w640-h280/THE_DOORS_storm%20Comp%202K.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Just a few visuals in the film, including a pair of Mark Sullivan matte paintings, with this one starting off the show as a seemingly genuine locale.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27ZpEvTfjy5_f8PawylrCldDKsapj3iooLRXNE7co0gGmv3xzTh6vHKet9Wexo0sfTf-fiq12tauv01XajF4metuQrox_9Oyg0U0jMpWsIf_gQmzWJFsVWwc6Ned2-d31p0MxY0qpAw4VM91oKvyeDAMfBzXQU1FLSZXyaYMc89GMRYN53juvQiYR/s1113/The%20Doors-Mark%20Sullivan%20(levels).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="1113" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27ZpEvTfjy5_f8PawylrCldDKsapj3iooLRXNE7co0gGmv3xzTh6vHKet9Wexo0sfTf-fiq12tauv01XajF4metuQrox_9Oyg0U0jMpWsIf_gQmzWJFsVWwc6Ned2-d31p0MxY0qpAw4VM91oKvyeDAMfBzXQU1FLSZXyaYMc89GMRYN53juvQiYR/w640-h382/The%20Doors-Mark%20Sullivan%20(levels).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mark's splendid painting, sans live action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszbdXyQHl8TpUZ8QmBy7aZ99PchM6UlwP8BwVoqpx3sYUPSqeGzi-MU5KMo18MroVEKDLJ2EIbP6D_bD-HjaoRyUJB54HF2G61G1skiAwMOWOyfteCgbJLgF9GfksvVKKw6UyANSefeo770sppthc1zMlms_oNUzvtDUT_KG2woJGZzAySXB7X03d/s1468/DOORS%20storm%20Painting%202K.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="1468" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszbdXyQHl8TpUZ8QmBy7aZ99PchM6UlwP8BwVoqpx3sYUPSqeGzi-MU5KMo18MroVEKDLJ2EIbP6D_bD-HjaoRyUJB54HF2G61G1skiAwMOWOyfteCgbJLgF9GfksvVKKw6UyANSefeo770sppthc1zMlms_oNUzvtDUT_KG2woJGZzAySXB7X03d/w640-h312/DOORS%20storm%20Painting%202K.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer view of the painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtyL9wjZwDKJ6XVe5vi_McKPELhXiXdrtFbTKUdv_6dx2bl0n94gO5pPOjektHZCqt4TxdvXvNEK4-9Byc4d94O2EJNGS8AzZOt0-oDoa-8zI62Hol_zahnAoo9KhJ5YlmbeZ9Z7YbBc4754zCqnf0UdsYp3iVHHgHe125VBFpAa5lUWf3qg5N0jcZ/s3144/the_doors_4k_02%20(Mark%20Sullivan%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="3144" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtyL9wjZwDKJ6XVe5vi_McKPELhXiXdrtFbTKUdv_6dx2bl0n94gO5pPOjektHZCqt4TxdvXvNEK4-9Byc4d94O2EJNGS8AzZOt0-oDoa-8zI62Hol_zahnAoo9KhJ5YlmbeZ9Z7YbBc4754zCqnf0UdsYp3iVHHgHe125VBFpAa5lUWf3qg5N0jcZ/w640-h288/the_doors_4k_02%20(Mark%20Sullivan%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A second matte in the same sequence - with a painted desert and stormy sky as seen through an approaching car windscreen - was one that Mark told me he found particularly satisfying. The original plate was shot hand-held from the back seat of a car on a bumpy desert road. Mark's painting was later match-moved on the Auto-Matte camera with much care, making this ILM's first match-move, motion-control matte composite.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0-hRKf0i_JweuQ-G-U3fMK847G__GncEQYeu3zbt0qm04KG0saTyBist4T4Sdz1Fwfv-2lDKlyr6H7mu4rD3fWWa1aBjxWvxaQiJwO6l3cW0MVnkUPhPvKLJwNKIfdKhLgDi4jZhYNOWfu32f8eZm3-0ucD3Z3FvPQb_VQAmOw0zJ9IdC9HjXRYy/s1502/THE_DOORS%20windshield%20matte%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1502" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0-hRKf0i_JweuQ-G-U3fMK847G__GncEQYeu3zbt0qm04KG0saTyBist4T4Sdz1Fwfv-2lDKlyr6H7mu4rD3fWWa1aBjxWvxaQiJwO6l3cW0MVnkUPhPvKLJwNKIfdKhLgDi4jZhYNOWfu32f8eZm3-0ucD3Z3FvPQb_VQAmOw0zJ9IdC9HjXRYy/w640-h284/THE_DOORS%20windshield%20matte%20shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While the upper frame is from the BluRay edition, this one is from Mark's original 35mm wedge test.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatFzpSd1YOKT1-rtinqTczuQdovRLTwfTWNVQqFioigF3mVXG_dld2r_X253_8lMy_kOkpdtwz8vaJW3oUKUROlRhZi7_-_ZOcjlzW9JQWuiHmeWuFd70jUlRG_LmWQwge5CSo2ZXp5W1u2KQi7Na1SeI53LLbjT0V_SzTmVAxnv5YyYQMs580VaT/s668/backdraft-art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="602" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatFzpSd1YOKT1-rtinqTczuQdovRLTwfTWNVQqFioigF3mVXG_dld2r_X253_8lMy_kOkpdtwz8vaJW3oUKUROlRhZi7_-_ZOcjlzW9JQWuiHmeWuFd70jUlRG_LmWQwge5CSo2ZXp5W1u2KQi7Na1SeI53LLbjT0V_SzTmVAxnv5YyYQMs580VaT/w360-h400/backdraft-art.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ron Howard's 1991 firefighter movie, BACKDRAFT had plenty of pyro and episodes of frightening conflagration, as one would expect. One matte painted shot was supplied by ILM for a key sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGy6EdXr6M4LBdjKl_B2rNJ6WQ4U2hCoO_-_utRqllhytrOlmEjHyxW-LGxuEje35kZ-CmpiELZvz-UIdh6Osgiu7pXTu2C_56GWWbF_HU5IriX3Xd1zHRexBF0HssRwuxkarw3O5jsHvdh7MOHWA4lCFTIfTNCFmjXmcqsaf30Xt0rfpPJKQD-RzQ/s1426/Backdraft%20DSC09442.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="1426" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGy6EdXr6M4LBdjKl_B2rNJ6WQ4U2hCoO_-_utRqllhytrOlmEjHyxW-LGxuEje35kZ-CmpiELZvz-UIdh6Osgiu7pXTu2C_56GWWbF_HU5IriX3Xd1zHRexBF0HssRwuxkarw3O5jsHvdh7MOHWA4lCFTIfTNCFmjXmcqsaf30Xt0rfpPJKQD-RzQ/w640-h416/Backdraft%20DSC09442.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For a sequence involving a burning warehouse with people on the roof the wide shot was achieved with a cleverly combined matte painting, by Mark Sullivan, which was composited with a large burning miniature roof and upper floor. An actor was later added in, running across the inferno's roof.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqWLYPK6ZZP7vsqcCUJ5feC_2eEXI4GENjHDuqINt_cHZlccV_Yt7BvhNcRJcTEWrE92M3I7DrnKKDpeyKj7VgDSlJRwszd4sMKv9QBZArhUF5crNCfZp00giqiccxe0xcoSwwJrcS9uDyNQjbqee40YfgENl1oArWgGqzy6h4j6bidz6ZFk1F4AM/s832/Backdraft%20DSC09450.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="832" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqWLYPK6ZZP7vsqcCUJ5feC_2eEXI4GENjHDuqINt_cHZlccV_Yt7BvhNcRJcTEWrE92M3I7DrnKKDpeyKj7VgDSlJRwszd4sMKv9QBZArhUF5crNCfZp00giqiccxe0xcoSwwJrcS9uDyNQjbqee40YfgENl1oArWgGqzy6h4j6bidz6ZFk1F4AM/w640-h428/Backdraft%20DSC09450.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ILM's miniatures people built this rooftop.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfFTcU8pUDr4Bv1WUCJktpOkxStwvNKy7Ioa-bol0dBaBCGoUOFbGdQAt_wzSqFLpBq5OK9UU8OlHfYabMg1pg3igMAFJ0VkmEep3IRbSupQDx4FfMUdM6pjIW7Ou2cdQoq3wY7VnLsI0m_I2auWaQGheeb4ceW65LGdoLkWHN_Ru5msjLOpLJzi6/s1362/Backdraft%20DSC09443.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1362" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfFTcU8pUDr4Bv1WUCJktpOkxStwvNKy7Ioa-bol0dBaBCGoUOFbGdQAt_wzSqFLpBq5OK9UU8OlHfYabMg1pg3igMAFJ0VkmEep3IRbSupQDx4FfMUdM6pjIW7Ou2cdQoq3wY7VnLsI0m_I2auWaQGheeb4ceW65LGdoLkWHN_Ru5msjLOpLJzi6/w640-h402/Backdraft%20DSC09443.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot, with all of the elements tied together so well (note the small figure running toward edge of roof).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsdiG5YFtQwSkwgZyoK33EEHpBtKz4BfTPtIUQeiB4kJcgB1Dv_7-MaNCLI0uBEfMsZIdKuHCjB2QHfRCrPae-ZFeK2whbfA4mZ6m8FcFjdue-VedvHI2Fajw7v3DSVRyVfZcHSOCeChXHcIS_6QXOYsjpri8ywC2SEfjo2SHAxm-83YUaMGaouQ7/s1278/Backdraft-Mark%20Sullivan%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1278" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsdiG5YFtQwSkwgZyoK33EEHpBtKz4BfTPtIUQeiB4kJcgB1Dv_7-MaNCLI0uBEfMsZIdKuHCjB2QHfRCrPae-ZFeK2whbfA4mZ6m8FcFjdue-VedvHI2Fajw7v3DSVRyVfZcHSOCeChXHcIS_6QXOYsjpri8ywC2SEfjo2SHAxm-83YUaMGaouQ7/w640-h286/Backdraft-Mark%20Sullivan%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And this was how it looked once cropped down in the Super-35 release prints.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgefet6v5NO_b2U8--0g63j9F6JffEc99Z836-2aOiuo8KxIfYC5ounmFwlQbq5Idfk3zI8g4RhICSoPlg666wbqu4uj719zd0zxx7mwBj3SA81p95-fYaUBaU2IbPa4V7ZZCu14h4_LTmhIkPurRvnMtm9BbV6G8w8VDeDsMZxOd4ndnJb0oZLge/s1479/Rocketeer%20poster.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="1479" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgefet6v5NO_b2U8--0g63j9F6JffEc99Z836-2aOiuo8KxIfYC5ounmFwlQbq5Idfk3zI8g4RhICSoPlg666wbqu4uj719zd0zxx7mwBj3SA81p95-fYaUBaU2IbPa4V7ZZCu14h4_LTmhIkPurRvnMtm9BbV6G8w8VDeDsMZxOd4ndnJb0oZLge/w400-h361/Rocketeer%20poster.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yep... I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. THE ROCKETEER (1991) hit all the targets for me. Great 1930's Saturday matinee serial vibe, fab art direction, engaging performances, terrific effects work, a dastardly villain, an amazing Rondo Hatton-<i>esque</i> thug, <u>and</u> the exquisite Jennifer Connelly, who <u>never</u> looked more radiant!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLtNi0UH6spXvI2Cxt3bVfBofjxzttskbCnanN56ax8qWKA3JVcHB8NQm20jaDI4aP3xlRBym0c681Uvyz0pCn6FkqaTSjcYM8Do0fGKYVfOVh14WuVC-uuq2eIQNVDSncxAH0BAX-oys3ENCP6sxE0zY_dxAcUH_hi76-3wdXI5WGvIx9QXb_uKy/s1452/ROCKETEER_Graumans.2K..jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1452" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLtNi0UH6spXvI2Cxt3bVfBofjxzttskbCnanN56ax8qWKA3JVcHB8NQm20jaDI4aP3xlRBym0c681Uvyz0pCn6FkqaTSjcYM8Do0fGKYVfOVh14WuVC-uuq2eIQNVDSncxAH0BAX-oys3ENCP6sxE0zY_dxAcUH_hi76-3wdXI5WGvIx9QXb_uKy/w640-h344/ROCKETEER_Graumans.2K..jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Once again, Mark Sullivan was matte painter, and rendered a handful of wonderful period shots such as this one of Hollywood Blvd. Incidentally, the director, Joe Johnston started off as ILM's visual effects art director way back on the first <i>(and best)</i> STAR WARS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyROG1INWp2xXuRHErFPjq0OBYG40QsR7t7FgUHNugu6HI7UvsKCePomXfOUAKsaEyBJadmz449bAxd7rcYyxAqEbFB4RNkx9ZxjflpHX_BojfuiqF71warsobiVD6RJpHbgD9r8ZM6vroSMqCPnt-3THJJKuqBgj00Ddl7-cUUH68ykLEz253Fd72/s2121/ROCKETEER_Overhead%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="2121" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyROG1INWp2xXuRHErFPjq0OBYG40QsR7t7FgUHNugu6HI7UvsKCePomXfOUAKsaEyBJadmz449bAxd7rcYyxAqEbFB4RNkx9ZxjflpHX_BojfuiqF71warsobiVD6RJpHbgD9r8ZM6vroSMqCPnt-3THJJKuqBgj00Ddl7-cUUH68ykLEz253Fd72/w640-h418/ROCKETEER_Overhead%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For a major action set piece where The Rocketeer blasts off from a nightclub, up through the atrium and over Hollywood, Mark Sullivan painted this massive aerial view of the entire district. Mark initially rendered a small painting of the view in order to aid the stop motion animators with perspective etc as they animated the puppet Rocketeer. Sullivan then commenced prep work on what would become a massive painting on a sheet of Lexan, measuring some 19 feet wide x 6 feet high.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RndjNv9RX71V5kXcTPiLB9BG4Yn0IZm1Q8qRKrbYLJgq9WH_hBYX22fusmzMsyzU8Ozl2oncXxJagRvdt7GKuvXNmxdJE23JGbjPV_9d9gDefxPrwyeEkoL507Y2aaG9jpK8NWAIB4mjXFpvnCXEWYRF5TGqyBC77Kok7EajFrIT18D6QKXDsuz-/s2101/Rocketeer-model&sketch%20in.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="2101" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RndjNv9RX71V5kXcTPiLB9BG4Yn0IZm1Q8qRKrbYLJgq9WH_hBYX22fusmzMsyzU8Ozl2oncXxJagRvdt7GKuvXNmxdJE23JGbjPV_9d9gDefxPrwyeEkoL507Y2aaG9jpK8NWAIB4mjXFpvnCXEWYRF5TGqyBC77Kok7EajFrIT18D6QKXDsuz-/w640-h352/Rocketeer-model&sketch%20in.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In the past, several other ILM matte exponents had utilised the helpful aid of photographing very rudimentary models prior to commencing on a complex matte perspective piece. Pangrazio did it for his closing RAIDERS shot and others did on occasion as well. Mark Sullivan elaborated: <i>"The birdeye's view of Hollywood, and the South Seas Club presented some challenging perspective work. The ILM model shop made a few hundred tiny wooden blocks for me, and I arranged them in a grid, following the linoleum tile edges of the floor of the matte painting work area. I traced out the reference photos onto an ink and pencil layout painting, about 20 inches wide. This layout art was then photographed, projected and drawn onto the large matte painting surface. Having the perspective laid out saved a lot of time, and kept the guesswork to a minimum when I was painting."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_91x7MMRsp96T1xg8IaYEdr7FLippmO8YmlvzItwhYqd5RAxNW5NPWutF-wgSH6q9xzMyj7TVaVP1RJtQWEaIaXm4AZZJ-ToZbyIlub0IkzVW3zbPiFaj24eaNT6f-ocIMWM7vNR19OxwKbn2jXe5RtUiRDsuUc_-Dbvi1M0zoMWEa3QyPs4lB5Z/s830/Rocketeer%20(Mark%20Sullivan)%20DSC09453.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="822" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_91x7MMRsp96T1xg8IaYEdr7FLippmO8YmlvzItwhYqd5RAxNW5NPWutF-wgSH6q9xzMyj7TVaVP1RJtQWEaIaXm4AZZJ-ToZbyIlub0IkzVW3zbPiFaj24eaNT6f-ocIMWM7vNR19OxwKbn2jXe5RtUiRDsuUc_-Dbvi1M0zoMWEa3QyPs4lB5Z/w634-h640/Rocketeer%20(Mark%20Sullivan)%20DSC09453.JPG" width="634" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mark did a fair amount of research into 'old Hollywood' and established which landmarks still existed and those long since demolished.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaWArfoZPAyCUkINug13Pr0jLhp9kkLnqZtJSk1qBgctuDIN34e-AgGj5V_eBGM6HPjxyaK-qHZXgzKnuhRPH3vKmjNwGn85AOCkOP-YanRrxbMPspmQ6UUvT9YoFqC1lq7ZbhYiREWwT7d4BJcD7Bec1udrvcB8qMD56vhMPZe7h_m6EBWOeeKoP/s1972/ROCKETEER_Overhead%20(detail1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1972" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaWArfoZPAyCUkINug13Pr0jLhp9kkLnqZtJSk1qBgctuDIN34e-AgGj5V_eBGM6HPjxyaK-qHZXgzKnuhRPH3vKmjNwGn85AOCkOP-YanRrxbMPspmQ6UUvT9YoFqC1lq7ZbhYiREWwT7d4BJcD7Bec1udrvcB8qMD56vhMPZe7h_m6EBWOeeKoP/w640-h368/ROCKETEER_Overhead%20(detail1).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A close up image from Mark's incredible painting. The brightly illuminated dome upper centre, next to the Egyptian cinema, was the start point for the Rocketeer to blast skyward in the final scene.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZmdZsBG4QEo-KIIB98HzFD8wFgbLoeVBU9jx5I4-FIyLb1mDZ44rUkUNypM7ca28vMsDd72lCbKW8x4eCMJ3xOCsPC0drLAiIZH_OtJl1tnhBC4AqIX0ZQlJubNVFgYWM-pQjYXDAf7lAB_HfXPsSYtyTKXoNiKget48cJkMZ1dPkHjnGXNghAet/s1701/ROCKETEER_Overhead%20(detail2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1701" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZmdZsBG4QEo-KIIB98HzFD8wFgbLoeVBU9jx5I4-FIyLb1mDZ44rUkUNypM7ca28vMsDd72lCbKW8x4eCMJ3xOCsPC0drLAiIZH_OtJl1tnhBC4AqIX0ZQlJubNVFgYWM-pQjYXDAf7lAB_HfXPsSYtyTKXoNiKget48cJkMZ1dPkHjnGXNghAet/w640-h378/ROCKETEER_Overhead%20(detail2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another close up. The shot was filmed as one continuous camera move but director Joe Johnston decided break the shot to make the action in two cuts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFIKxPLuvB85OZIfRelm-WZwTgAuy4jDdvTbKlsSgrEb_rCDUKE2N0H6lGT7spCuJ2k3AkNkdan48hwy6u8MCOAuDP3OQ7byM_-OpqxkR1wDdwygYQFK6Oq_XtVrdO_OyTsZo-HdkEOZ_HYChAGrjuyjFFEH2_de3TCe4_Lzl3A9HWb4nNQDkKLnT/s1904/THE_ROCKETEER.GriffithParkObs_91.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1904" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFIKxPLuvB85OZIfRelm-WZwTgAuy4jDdvTbKlsSgrEb_rCDUKE2N0H6lGT7spCuJ2k3AkNkdan48hwy6u8MCOAuDP3OQ7byM_-OpqxkR1wDdwygYQFK6Oq_XtVrdO_OyTsZo-HdkEOZ_HYChAGrjuyjFFEH2_de3TCe4_Lzl3A9HWb4nNQDkKLnT/w640-h274/THE_ROCKETEER.GriffithParkObs_91.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sullivan also painted this later seen vista of LA with the Griffith Observatory and spotlights.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHzKsH8RLiPnN-hkSM9e_lsSk2K7_Cf-RLfGXI5Z-DLtdIWdJ0oy37Ec3v3AvZ6hWk7yytnuG0MopJrlk5vZpTTleS9kY0aECJ7LKGmZ6tJckpa9PH7YRLvmPUm9lcCWsLI16TYeNqJxNHtWMCwzx8Zlnl2jzzc95pw1da_4-avKv2qR_5eOisQvP/s2070/Jennifer%20Connolly.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="2070" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHzKsH8RLiPnN-hkSM9e_lsSk2K7_Cf-RLfGXI5Z-DLtdIWdJ0oy37Ec3v3AvZ6hWk7yytnuG0MopJrlk5vZpTTleS9kY0aECJ7LKGmZ6tJckpa9PH7YRLvmPUm9lcCWsLI16TYeNqJxNHtWMCwzx8Zlnl2jzzc95pw1da_4-avKv2qR_5eOisQvP/w640-h392/Jennifer%20Connolly.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I feel it would be sadly remiss of your humble blogger to not insert this subtle, passing glimpse of the exquisite Jennifer Connelly - who <i>never</i> looked more fetching than in this flick.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fh7Az1UpWTnYKMMAhUdMX3h86klBordN8z1btWgAmbOsNQH6WOzWBNjD5P2pGhV0mXtJN_tHxnFDiprOvmj3drirFvuC5Uv_E3uh0tZWSvt8H0YTiBziU8DmRMXMRaVUmq8Ue-NCJvt_zvvTlgxrdh3ZOZb5PgX8k7OdfEWot65znXMjqR334dlR/s821/HOOK%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fh7Az1UpWTnYKMMAhUdMX3h86klBordN8z1btWgAmbOsNQH6WOzWBNjD5P2pGhV0mXtJN_tHxnFDiprOvmj3drirFvuC5Uv_E3uh0tZWSvt8H0YTiBziU8DmRMXMRaVUmq8Ue-NCJvt_zvvTlgxrdh3ZOZb5PgX8k7OdfEWot65znXMjqR334dlR/w293-h400/HOOK%20art.jpg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Steven Spielberg's HOOK (1991) was, sadly, a complete misfire. An astonishingly dull attempt at a timeless children's fairy tale, where in truth, really should not have missed the mark so badly. That said, ILM's matte department really came to the party with superb matte work and some neat trick shots. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiijB9hOZZ3Z6JXmsqcekJODCvBizKfuXQCwX-JuI_KIxIYFK1MqXMiLSuG-M0JdBTOB81A5iE1ZoPaBB_j_Qq5YhI7eR7zvo48DXgEPK_glY_MuTD0E4ENAOQtBX_yPdz7nIGB99oQsw41Ew7sRLEhlqAXyWv90jldcOjqrEpg_DBtIkSj0poNwgW/s1600/Hook-%20Dave%20Carsen%20photo%20touch%20up%20ILM%20hirez.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiijB9hOZZ3Z6JXmsqcekJODCvBizKfuXQCwX-JuI_KIxIYFK1MqXMiLSuG-M0JdBTOB81A5iE1ZoPaBB_j_Qq5YhI7eR7zvo48DXgEPK_glY_MuTD0E4ENAOQtBX_yPdz7nIGB99oQsw41Ew7sRLEhlqAXyWv90jldcOjqrEpg_DBtIkSj0poNwgW/w640-h480/Hook-%20Dave%20Carsen%20photo%20touch%20up%20ILM%20hirez.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A number of matte artists worked on this film. Oddly, this matte, seen here on display, was in fact a large colour photo blow-up - licensed from a stock image agency - retouched by ILM fx art director Dave Carson and matte artist Yusei Uesugi, mainly to add snow to the rooftops and the bridge. I'd always figured this to be a marvellous full matte painting but Mark spilled the beans for me and I never forgave him!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBXiCT7fMD6wcP28JtroGNnMaqZPSQOcIChK7aAMtY4ecleHXxwtfTh6FlwXob2sx-oCrKYcGCdAs4ADCBP03sw6XJAMxYhLka1nqsrkkFnVIdqGiC1uq7cOReqnKM9s1Dox5XzBFVPRyhii6unwx0UHP0Lji_nl8r6Ers3OCZXDWkL3zgOEjbHmo/s1273/Hook%20BR%202%20(ILM).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="1273" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBXiCT7fMD6wcP28JtroGNnMaqZPSQOcIChK7aAMtY4ecleHXxwtfTh6FlwXob2sx-oCrKYcGCdAs4ADCBP03sw6XJAMxYhLka1nqsrkkFnVIdqGiC1uq7cOReqnKM9s1Dox5XzBFVPRyhii6unwx0UHP0Lji_nl8r6Ers3OCZXDWkL3zgOEjbHmo/w640-h254/Hook%20BR%202%20(ILM).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The shot as it appears in the film, with nice cel animated sparkles over the heads of a pair of cute <i>in-joke</i> personalities - a certain George Lucas and Carrie Fisher, or so I'm told!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXZaj7ze1J1Qo6cCFCrx73AcfrQKTVGBVrPKEYr1MMnh4mSfo1vXkr8_O5ct3-3Hv0nmaeWuTu0i0ZUv0bhN2eCN1iObSHwLNDB4lm3wfolRGAr8292vD_7nUS_pzdurM-BpVq1QnM78nCIiwZbQnLsK6Yu-JPiF70HiVR49PLFJQlH5rpe_dXT1C/s1194/Hook%20(concept%20art)%20028.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="1194" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXZaj7ze1J1Qo6cCFCrx73AcfrQKTVGBVrPKEYr1MMnh4mSfo1vXkr8_O5ct3-3Hv0nmaeWuTu0i0ZUv0bhN2eCN1iObSHwLNDB4lm3wfolRGAr8292vD_7nUS_pzdurM-BpVq1QnM78nCIiwZbQnLsK6Yu-JPiF70HiVR49PLFJQlH5rpe_dXT1C/w640-h292/Hook%20(concept%20art)%20028.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mark Sullivan was, once again, supervising matte painter on HOOK, with this being one of Mark's conceptual paintings to establish the look of the island.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Sl6YkyRE1vPURXYWdaX7kbxgJt8FnuEkcL7GXOVPOxMjya-WcIJYnjXlRn8rSmiXHVqUIPw9CNsXjhBrB-F_0ASx7-Wa7gXQIOKR9p92HNiYbv2UvrDPO28wFDjFuZV_k3Epkx07ZhV5L7XLZtot_XK_dpL2qcsRwdO2hIMdGPD1q7HSB8Vdre9W/s1626/HOOK%20neverland%20Test.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1626" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Sl6YkyRE1vPURXYWdaX7kbxgJt8FnuEkcL7GXOVPOxMjya-WcIJYnjXlRn8rSmiXHVqUIPw9CNsXjhBrB-F_0ASx7-Wa7gXQIOKR9p92HNiYbv2UvrDPO28wFDjFuZV_k3Epkx07ZhV5L7XLZtot_XK_dpL2qcsRwdO2hIMdGPD1q7HSB8Vdre9W/w640-h346/HOOK%20neverland%20Test.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In my interview with Mark, he described this interesting out take: <i>"This is a test frame of three separate back projection elements being feathered into the as yet incomplete matte painting. This was eventually used as part of an optical comp, to place Robin Williams into the foreground. A lot of the colour and clarity of the painting, and it's rear projected portions, were lost in the final optical composite".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9csUer8J5Y1l1ZkfntezLcYy6ycOBdK0Y1Ace0gzpMuAesew2v2Dr7_vvV2qlkkh_DuUR7AdxuIM_5xMy_tpSpbXVT4rYZsJSXT538aa7jFZQe7gQ6gGa9US4mardK5tAyRCKqB-PVcTOjylGCFwCh4MynL9RrpeCh26LVO3pAqvJI-JGR1VEHyv/s1920/Hook%20BR%20island%20(Mark%20Sullivan).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9csUer8J5Y1l1ZkfntezLcYy6ycOBdK0Y1Ace0gzpMuAesew2v2Dr7_vvV2qlkkh_DuUR7AdxuIM_5xMy_tpSpbXVT4rYZsJSXT538aa7jFZQe7gQ6gGa9US4mardK5tAyRCKqB-PVcTOjylGCFwCh4MynL9RrpeCh26LVO3pAqvJI-JGR1VEHyv/w640-h266/Hook%20BR%20island%20(Mark%20Sullivan).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final matte composite, minus the live action element of Williams.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmVI8cSfZn6NQIAdetCj0Rhq3fhECmgdTsvwNQef7gKWGXzZQwo7DMJJM7ojMbI0kxWaxltqqNUWgzCM2wtBnf2IcIcYy8tSMraUJCVWiHSg-7-w7yq1P3cI6bLw-GchJdamSkMjuRUhKuRSC7hHxYObTKg072ymOS5VYgciAxMhb9bDl4r9TfTH8/s1143/HOOK%20(sm)DSC09549.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="967" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmVI8cSfZn6NQIAdetCj0Rhq3fhECmgdTsvwNQef7gKWGXzZQwo7DMJJM7ojMbI0kxWaxltqqNUWgzCM2wtBnf2IcIcYy8tSMraUJCVWiHSg-7-w7yq1P3cI6bLw-GchJdamSkMjuRUhKuRSC7hHxYObTKg072ymOS5VYgciAxMhb9bDl4r9TfTH8/w542-h640/HOOK%20(sm)DSC09549.JPG" width="542" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably my favourite among the many HOOK paintings was the absolutely captivating kids Neverland tree clubhouse setting.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtU64rxbG0ud_U4ksWj273UK9xcrJy4HJNaQkaWwdYTDQJugOVyK-U56bN_DfPd_OYmnU5FVoY6qeNNo5fruDK-1GzQ9kH7yG1NzEoqiKvDvBeri7a9EUCxcUIXK7uvU17OUMKaID81G_JGRag_qNgY-mdNKjfrzKO1tTfv2mlvQVu0xmN3m5v0t5/s1498/HOOK_Tree%202K.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1498" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtU64rxbG0ud_U4ksWj273UK9xcrJy4HJNaQkaWwdYTDQJugOVyK-U56bN_DfPd_OYmnU5FVoY6qeNNo5fruDK-1GzQ9kH7yG1NzEoqiKvDvBeri7a9EUCxcUIXK7uvU17OUMKaID81G_JGRag_qNgY-mdNKjfrzKO1tTfv2mlvQVu0xmN3m5v0t5/w640-h382/HOOK_Tree%202K.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sullivan's full painting as it appears in the film, with live action kids on the right side of the ledge.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1roPh8eNU06Sc1YEwZea6_vh5bdJBY0YgHYt9bav6VB1ZzuGoJCmYG1e6QA0H52fQOa3Vl4FYPEiEtFmTmwTrNEgZqGufgWWEGzh3Kj5VLT88teCjpxDa2mQTxYJEOPMIW2_qI13eTgWCks-P9EqKQMQyMYyU0uk1uzpdlcjMwTC6Yd7cbb5aNgbe/s1071/Hook-Sullivan%20(cropped).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1071" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1roPh8eNU06Sc1YEwZea6_vh5bdJBY0YgHYt9bav6VB1ZzuGoJCmYG1e6QA0H52fQOa3Vl4FYPEiEtFmTmwTrNEgZqGufgWWEGzh3Kj5VLT88teCjpxDa2mQTxYJEOPMIW2_qI13eTgWCks-P9EqKQMQyMYyU0uk1uzpdlcjMwTC6Yd7cbb5aNgbe/w640-h574/Hook-Sullivan%20(cropped).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This would look so nice on my wall at home - if I didn't have a half dozen other mattes already up there!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieLKda-eI0692BYTDHJ1wVn6kic-xnjeKybFIoCNsgyCSoRtEEoUanIrdXR9N6bLGSwKP05w_wPsw53gI0fZGSfxPBBmuSA4Ap5U6AE5LyUqsn4x2o3LHCjjEeqfPOAHzNsZ7ytVHIJl0VzydVTh_F1WY_EUNt5Quvd_6TKHAJfuKzv1tNMch24xgz/s1482/hook_4K%20UHD_40%20detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1482" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieLKda-eI0692BYTDHJ1wVn6kic-xnjeKybFIoCNsgyCSoRtEEoUanIrdXR9N6bLGSwKP05w_wPsw53gI0fZGSfxPBBmuSA4Ap5U6AE5LyUqsn4x2o3LHCjjEeqfPOAHzNsZ7ytVHIJl0VzydVTh_F1WY_EUNt5Quvd_6TKHAJfuKzv1tNMch24xgz/w640-h410/hook_4K%20UHD_40%20detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">close up</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLdCi5Y_9SiZfZ_NoH62A9tA2WflKgbGNcttABLQunM4NTjWA2hQfK_1vSVysiojndJo8dx5Zxwg5FIBTlHzMnWfd9LJ2cGXe1-g2TTvk6YA8E2CxFRxdzUjIKItFvRSkIHopd3LqumZQ27B3CWLZ-v9_s8YRDQI-TT-eZBSxigzl9eiEbMw2zKVi/s2058/Chris%20Evans%20hook.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="2058" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLdCi5Y_9SiZfZ_NoH62A9tA2WflKgbGNcttABLQunM4NTjWA2hQfK_1vSVysiojndJo8dx5Zxwg5FIBTlHzMnWfd9LJ2cGXe1-g2TTvk6YA8E2CxFRxdzUjIKItFvRSkIHopd3LqumZQ27B3CWLZ-v9_s8YRDQI-TT-eZBSxigzl9eiEbMw2zKVi/w640-h286/Chris%20Evans%20hook.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although Chris Evans had departed ILM by this time, he did return for a while to assist with the 20 odd HOOK mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmZgZUIK0KC8RtxjxUuIztl3WjVy4EosaOPG-AYvXgZO3h705N1EtB6MLuMXYJKHtjhZ2dcRcITsSr3JwOs756U7zqY7OhFATFa-DpCQJX-zv39Vr-m4NUSHrqGvituH7TGGt64JkwWoaQZB0YeYnDtm961GXGvsbdpL8Hz5x5OdyMh9ARK6WFqTC/s1392/Hook%20(Christopher%20Evans%20matte%20at%20ILM).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="1392" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmZgZUIK0KC8RtxjxUuIztl3WjVy4EosaOPG-AYvXgZO3h705N1EtB6MLuMXYJKHtjhZ2dcRcITsSr3JwOs756U7zqY7OhFATFa-DpCQJX-zv39Vr-m4NUSHrqGvituH7TGGt64JkwWoaQZB0YeYnDtm961GXGvsbdpL8Hz5x5OdyMh9ARK6WFqTC/w640-h466/Hook%20(Christopher%20Evans%20matte%20at%20ILM).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Evans' painting on the LucasFilm wall. Magnificent subtlety with the hues here. LOVE IT!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80XBTnr6paHVDkwrW8NfYiEWqvohCRfjT_jGpWcWncb5w8heMS6-wyRz58ao4mHWbVFyFRH59fPd59T_kmOhyVn5gTbogJuzr8iyDANHsUcse7P0jv1FKGCztAIfN1zrp-8GOujfbazXUe8GxvbA87wUwZ9-mnrFPiyu9X1hyiqDn7jO49B8tFfbu/s1053/Hook-%20island%20night%20detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="1053" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80XBTnr6paHVDkwrW8NfYiEWqvohCRfjT_jGpWcWncb5w8heMS6-wyRz58ao4mHWbVFyFRH59fPd59T_kmOhyVn5gTbogJuzr8iyDANHsUcse7P0jv1FKGCztAIfN1zrp-8GOujfbazXUe8GxvbA87wUwZ9-mnrFPiyu9X1hyiqDn7jO49B8tFfbu/w640-h306/Hook-%20island%20night%20detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiln6nVl5LE6fajvZghqF-uE3hV_K3QcbqZuKEdv2Wm-ir5ws0dy9g5XAQm4rY4zBEIIovvkFeVHuc6JiNzEwPV6JpJc657EfZ5K54pB6SxlYG-RTnHjDF4QYz2S9vdTHFZRCr3HflEd6NGPnOtMmSnFmi74fV5hF1x6kO0xDIagj-gnxHzrv3i4SBR/s1920/vlcsnap-06299.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiln6nVl5LE6fajvZghqF-uE3hV_K3QcbqZuKEdv2Wm-ir5ws0dy9g5XAQm4rY4zBEIIovvkFeVHuc6JiNzEwPV6JpJc657EfZ5K54pB6SxlYG-RTnHjDF4QYz2S9vdTHFZRCr3HflEd6NGPnOtMmSnFmi74fV5hF1x6kO0xDIagj-gnxHzrv3i4SBR/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06299.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final composite with actors dropped in via blue screened TM. Many of the mattes for HOOK contained multiple elements and gags, worked into the shot, with in some cases as many as 30 separate elements, ranging from breakers, water sparkles to waterfalls to interactive firelit torches and so on.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOaDTkKJYVg39vUiCa1lCDMChttdYNWY0N9PWZ0aS1eBLKp8W1zY7do2R0QcnMHvxyM2kP2pp7GaBzq5mGxTn9EV6JNl9NTuYoC6zP4sF56ytIbPLlhgZXr2V6IbbvmzrKufHj8Kvpu4LExm_lN78r4BLsJBiIRhcQbyiCKehHRaAEluD02diRiz6/s1686/HOOK_moonsrise.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1686" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOaDTkKJYVg39vUiCa1lCDMChttdYNWY0N9PWZ0aS1eBLKp8W1zY7do2R0QcnMHvxyM2kP2pp7GaBzq5mGxTn9EV6JNl9NTuYoC6zP4sF56ytIbPLlhgZXr2V6IbbvmzrKufHj8Kvpu4LExm_lN78r4BLsJBiIRhcQbyiCKehHRaAEluD02diRiz6/w640-h284/HOOK_moonsrise.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Mark's shots: <i>"Everything is painted here, except the water, which has been added as a bi-pack element. The moons were separate paintings, shot on separate passes, so they could be rising at different speeds. The moons were shot through a split, so they could be seen behind the horizon".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijriFsvCYgUEvraHUvCzR58NPVHlf2y3uofQpEs-6yh7FYSFWtxL-LzPxY6IpX_rDdRqwC8IjrxbmdEDIDqKkMknNtt0wsoUfH9xxO3BLwbQOETu69mkzCGvXynRHWYuBqj7J-Be4GWLEHO4yKBveod0jOnb2sHIgMfAnBzUQPtY0BujNos8fMM9Q8/s1920/vlcsnap-06291.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijriFsvCYgUEvraHUvCzR58NPVHlf2y3uofQpEs-6yh7FYSFWtxL-LzPxY6IpX_rDdRqwC8IjrxbmdEDIDqKkMknNtt0wsoUfH9xxO3BLwbQOETu69mkzCGvXynRHWYuBqj7J-Be4GWLEHO4yKBveod0jOnb2sHIgMfAnBzUQPtY0BujNos8fMM9Q8/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06291.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure about this, it almost has a miniature quality about it, but is probably painted?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxvwczPw1dqyn-h1b54qw7tE100Hi9aPWAxJmvIgfEDsLMef7rfY24ndJC8plDdbggXJXff32SgfQgsgk2a0f9dun6pEoAD1-d25f6A_cE5yfemKmHSiQKmwpaxn3xkHSu6vBZS9Y6WnWKH739u_aXr0OfBCtEpblMPsHi4ChJ-ZlkgD1eta1MDMT/s1920/vlcsnap-06313.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxvwczPw1dqyn-h1b54qw7tE100Hi9aPWAxJmvIgfEDsLMef7rfY24ndJC8plDdbggXJXff32SgfQgsgk2a0f9dun6pEoAD1-d25f6A_cE5yfemKmHSiQKmwpaxn3xkHSu6vBZS9Y6WnWKH739u_aXr0OfBCtEpblMPsHi4ChJ-ZlkgD1eta1MDMT/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06313.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Most of the HOOK mattes linger on screen for a longer time than would be usual for painted shots. This shot is one of Yusei Uesugi's painted mattes. The actual sunset sky was real, photographed by a second unit with a sillhouette painted black on a sheet of glass to create the exact outline of the land mass set up in front of the camera, and combined later in with Yusei's painting and other atmospheric elements.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2048WjnlWlT-K1jJ_b7n4yjQazgfRJWm3nTEelvlFXWwbpY6_YgkVNeBOPV5VzTAvTqYPR8bbsPHCdkYIa_weuMBjnG75AKm-G3pytVvJ7nAUarRcYC-5srb2nwT4cAhQ2r1cum0PdC9Rd95qKKWZaLkxHepf_oeRAnYvgM9sR6f4qnCHtHVVDT1D/s1920/vlcsnap-06312.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2048WjnlWlT-K1jJ_b7n4yjQazgfRJWm3nTEelvlFXWwbpY6_YgkVNeBOPV5VzTAvTqYPR8bbsPHCdkYIa_weuMBjnG75AKm-G3pytVvJ7nAUarRcYC-5srb2nwT4cAhQ2r1cum0PdC9Rd95qKKWZaLkxHepf_oeRAnYvgM9sR6f4qnCHtHVVDT1D/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06312.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sullivan started work on HOOK right as far back as it's initial pre-production phase, working closely with Spielberg and the fx chief, art director and others to properly establish the desired look and feel for the twenty plus matte shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcTtxRB0CE3kZrQKy2OxhQTW3pFaJhq06PVE6XGz7Wu10Trnos1C2KzlW-YM_idx3Lg49rjy_WOa4WWs-IdAX-bI2jFlT49wgQ6FX4amrqT8zyKZKwzBWzLbfrEfrXYoPFg-7ry4Mhk2xsRzHsJ74N92GeJ_XL7eZoseZ4_RThp7hEvg56HzxwC-2/s1920/vlcsnap-06317.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcTtxRB0CE3kZrQKy2OxhQTW3pFaJhq06PVE6XGz7Wu10Trnos1C2KzlW-YM_idx3Lg49rjy_WOa4WWs-IdAX-bI2jFlT49wgQ6FX4amrqT8zyKZKwzBWzLbfrEfrXYoPFg-7ry4Mhk2xsRzHsJ74N92GeJ_XL7eZoseZ4_RThp7hEvg56HzxwC-2/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06317.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mark described his style: <i> "I wasn't a meticulous 'fill in the drawing' type of painter. I once had an instructor who would say 'Draw with the paint'. I would usually start laying in areas with a large brush, and then work down to the smaller brushes as various areas were refined. If an area or effect from the initial rough-in seemed to work, I would then leave it alone, or at least try to preserve what it had to offer."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0W9zqzERwiYjrkOS6NBJ-bo0z26vLtA6AYuVvcX9IN50X2dHF9X7GHzNsacEc-r36b_O_dwQzA2tmw2Ai9xc3OrzXkOYm6NCxSHpapcHlQ8UZ4iEfsJBKWazUTDQWMr8y0jZaSXODfvkfSIahZctbtkBV05-E9hK0fDlhH45EOI9Pe9Mjlb_Y0hJd/s480/ILM-Hook%20matte-display.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="467" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0W9zqzERwiYjrkOS6NBJ-bo0z26vLtA6AYuVvcX9IN50X2dHF9X7GHzNsacEc-r36b_O_dwQzA2tmw2Ai9xc3OrzXkOYm6NCxSHpapcHlQ8UZ4iEfsJBKWazUTDQWMr8y0jZaSXODfvkfSIahZctbtkBV05-E9hK0fDlhH45EOI9Pe9Mjlb_Y0hJd/w622-h640/ILM-Hook%20matte-display.jpg" width="622" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The actual painting rendered for the above scene.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoi80cABShHzCLm9hTqSfONq2v-tRq7SvbPHUTs_qakp7Fp60i1tIWt71FtMCLTBF0oNS9w76zLtz_nczrWS69ud4LnLg1t81OEwK0vgvbLZq5N0zB_6REwA6KJBBtyXm40iPevcwHTW2_4stDBiiCmuTro1_cCZQUB_z6jtxMLOs6sr3yyOYzkwZP/s1698/HOOK-tilt%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="1698" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoi80cABShHzCLm9hTqSfONq2v-tRq7SvbPHUTs_qakp7Fp60i1tIWt71FtMCLTBF0oNS9w76zLtz_nczrWS69ud4LnLg1t81OEwK0vgvbLZq5N0zB_6REwA6KJBBtyXm40iPevcwHTW2_4stDBiiCmuTro1_cCZQUB_z6jtxMLOs6sr3yyOYzkwZP/w640-h460/HOOK-tilt%20(sm).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A highly complex tilt-upward shot involving a large 20 foot high miniature tree, various live action plates of rocks, ocean and crashing waves, stop-motion flat cutouts of birds, plus matte painted areas and a large painted backing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQ4DkfEB9Z_pNZnnwIIhbonlIHP-4cFY89xUXpqEcmIAtSK6YQ4gDpUjQq8HFxNSM7zS9-HuR92_Z7I5CIwPXqKe1r8ZeQWcAaFSLj9iNMEl8J-w3KMRmkRj2nmZCp6yRjf3OTdeTC5jMbGOtCMEzkx4x1C1oZd9jsgllcn_lgKVVlenKRySixPYb/s1899/DSC09544.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1899" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQ4DkfEB9Z_pNZnnwIIhbonlIHP-4cFY89xUXpqEcmIAtSK6YQ4gDpUjQq8HFxNSM7zS9-HuR92_Z7I5CIwPXqKe1r8ZeQWcAaFSLj9iNMEl8J-w3KMRmkRj2nmZCp6yRjf3OTdeTC5jMbGOtCMEzkx4x1C1oZd9jsgllcn_lgKVVlenKRySixPYb/w640-h284/DSC09544.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HOOK recieved an Academy Award nomination for best visual effects, and I recall seeing the shot where Peter glides through the clouds over Neverland as being shown on the Oscar broadcast that night. Here Yusei attends to a spectacular painting for that very sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfx1N7DN-YSxvM7tfevjWFVfRP4MuTu2kcvewRfZwGUZxKfLyklQYwhf4q9KaomqncwdSz3JetfqAI-ucUiSbzP2I_8l_jxcwtiuzM6-uJz1cCBPiMx4z0_DfpBMGCPy14Jbw7JbkOakiz3-7LkF9BVjcDGsnT7gwPhGLW-aGMwyREhHN-kGY0zTRh/s1920/vlcsnap-06307.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfx1N7DN-YSxvM7tfevjWFVfRP4MuTu2kcvewRfZwGUZxKfLyklQYwhf4q9KaomqncwdSz3JetfqAI-ucUiSbzP2I_8l_jxcwtiuzM6-uJz1cCBPiMx4z0_DfpBMGCPy14Jbw7JbkOakiz3-7LkF9BVjcDGsnT7gwPhGLW-aGMwyREhHN-kGY0zTRh/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06307.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Multi-element effects shot with Williams on a flying rig in front of a massive blue screen; artificial clouds, and Yusei's expansive matte art of Neverland. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyefixB0IMaw7EF2O99RsdGku-nGg-HTdVUcxD6AAl6zgv1eu43W8Y3CSvfQRrRH7FPQlZVmfQrOJqxhRGZ5_8zkcZG19vAmpqiZPyiyHUQkSvVS9xLRkZDUj3bKJuf5gN7PM1_fJM6_iMcBRhJn8o7lw99leH9p9InJY3wVWmfpCUvGZ94IG2vcJ/s1276/Hook%20BR%201a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="1276" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyefixB0IMaw7EF2O99RsdGku-nGg-HTdVUcxD6AAl6zgv1eu43W8Y3CSvfQRrRH7FPQlZVmfQrOJqxhRGZ5_8zkcZG19vAmpqiZPyiyHUQkSvVS9xLRkZDUj3bKJuf5gN7PM1_fJM6_iMcBRhJn8o7lw99leH9p9InJY3wVWmfpCUvGZ94IG2vcJ/w640-h252/Hook%20BR%201a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yusei's traditional 2D painting was scanned into the computer and an early texture mapping tool was used to allow for some perspective shifts as the motion shot went along. Some other subtle elements were also added such as shadows and softening of the practical stage produced and photographed clouds.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmYc-WFAZXGghB6dbseGuIFd5mW_e5eJ3NpbkvPUgoHIY1IMKonxaCh8o0jUJzWt-LjLtEXA4pADQx7wRu1IBNyadkanjt7e1Evuw_RxX_zSLgoya7TZivqplVz1NMOfL-jjYDlM7rof2nPyzd0KO0XFwBfeOr32Dyuq_eVMXeeJ0r-YHgYloixgF/s1580/Yusei%20Usugi%20HOOK%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1580" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmYc-WFAZXGghB6dbseGuIFd5mW_e5eJ3NpbkvPUgoHIY1IMKonxaCh8o0jUJzWt-LjLtEXA4pADQx7wRu1IBNyadkanjt7e1Evuw_RxX_zSLgoya7TZivqplVz1NMOfL-jjYDlM7rof2nPyzd0KO0XFwBfeOr32Dyuq_eVMXeeJ0r-YHgYloixgF/w640-h248/Yusei%20Usugi%20HOOK%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8Y9SJlFwsRwpWme4vR9liASeot2DbIwaJ7qVcqNtmWNnfraU3VXLC0sIxfCs86WOt0NdhS4Q6J_EXISd5uzA4YYlzS87JCOudMK3WDdvukNqV-71zB9jsJIjZRc2BwWuklz2brAA1M845nzeJgmD5g33vFdKT3oLUj_ILZEIWvx_wUwgqv3xouZV/s1759/ILM-Hook-Gioffre-Chauvin.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1759" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8Y9SJlFwsRwpWme4vR9liASeot2DbIwaJ7qVcqNtmWNnfraU3VXLC0sIxfCs86WOt0NdhS4Q6J_EXISd5uzA4YYlzS87JCOudMK3WDdvukNqV-71zB9jsJIjZRc2BwWuklz2brAA1M845nzeJgmD5g33vFdKT3oLUj_ILZEIWvx_wUwgqv3xouZV/w640-h268/ILM-Hook-Gioffre-Chauvin.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final big effects shot in HOOK was back in period London, where an enormous camera pull-back was desired, from the characters on a balcony, out and upward across London. An ingenious trick, though one used since the 1920's - with the old Warner Bros. Stage 5 effects department being trophy holders for doing just such fx shots on countless classic films. At left we see matte painters Rocco Gioffre and Eric Chauvin at work on a large 10 foot wide foreground matte painting - one of <i>two</i> - of the house frontage and nearby buildings. Suspended above it is a second large 8 foot wide photo blow up of the London skyline, which itself has been considerably reworked with paint to omit modern buildings and alter period structures so as to bring a more romanticized feel to the city. Yusei also worked on these paintings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVQBZhE5vz-fJ-uhbQqAOmGzzcXPueM2uIK8cjzflTzQmSY4vHRBVw9rzFP1LHOoTrw3ghKGkvSs3iLdpBea7rpZe6VIX75zUtgQE2MG9VACKf5H6vbcs1oFKpJrHiUQAn6i9lfAwpcQ4dKnewDDcUkEhsm1i4niqmF9V8-4pJgUSHHkZ9i1FJ0I3/s1134/DSC09546.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1134" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVQBZhE5vz-fJ-uhbQqAOmGzzcXPueM2uIK8cjzflTzQmSY4vHRBVw9rzFP1LHOoTrw3ghKGkvSs3iLdpBea7rpZe6VIX75zUtgQE2MG9VACKf5H6vbcs1oFKpJrHiUQAn6i9lfAwpcQ4dKnewDDcUkEhsm1i4niqmF9V8-4pJgUSHHkZ9i1FJ0I3/w640-h438/DSC09546.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">FX cinematographer lines up the two paintings, with the lower, foreground one having rear projected people added onto the balcony.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh92IgBl6w92juByh4EmC-PeZ97YpkHhxoG3uCOjr_YLqvX6K3Z0J88H6Jh8CKWKMkU2v34wQrN0j3iCP7h-aoxJjbwWRViTDqjYF2WgEI455iP7qS584SdHJFgQvLFOWCUw943UKyJJkEVOxmDoyFClEr-xsp17yURjrltusLh7dJ6h_XTui0Pq5U/s2088/HOOK%20finale.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2088" data-original-width="1320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh92IgBl6w92juByh4EmC-PeZ97YpkHhxoG3uCOjr_YLqvX6K3Z0J88H6Jh8CKWKMkU2v34wQrN0j3iCP7h-aoxJjbwWRViTDqjYF2WgEI455iP7qS584SdHJFgQvLFOWCUw943UKyJJkEVOxmDoyFClEr-xsp17yURjrltusLh7dJ6h_XTui0Pq5U/w404-h640/HOOK%20finale.jpg" width="404" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The big reveal, as the camera zooms out and swings upward, just how Warner's used to do it so well for so many pictures throughout the thirties and forties, on shows like THE FOUNTAINHEAD, THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN and THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT - all of which NZPete has covered in depth in past blogs. Seek 'em out...you don't know what you're missing!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQxZ10Fklxy3dHs1oYEoCeurLQSrngTYiki1mYWt3uFQirNFrG75kCMmyhdQliz22GZE5E2pIkG3sivAgju0VSOkGYQMnhHJDsGLalcxOrr2WCnnKCo6BsPunSiXzUo3V52_W0gwgZT49Yy-BmoJb_LIj96ln77UaMAsxIfEUmP-r_BdLG3f4lEG9/s1920/vlcsnap-06322.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQxZ10Fklxy3dHs1oYEoCeurLQSrngTYiki1mYWt3uFQirNFrG75kCMmyhdQliz22GZE5E2pIkG3sivAgju0VSOkGYQMnhHJDsGLalcxOrr2WCnnKCo6BsPunSiXzUo3V52_W0gwgZT49Yy-BmoJb_LIj96ln77UaMAsxIfEUmP-r_BdLG3f4lEG9/w640-h266/vlcsnap-06322.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frame from the sequence where the RP people can be seen on a matte painted balcony.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFm6-Ed-0Kcx64CtHjZeSQnhZAjnABIxmXCmCbPjE_mY7rER0PrD2q84oOwU26GwAOx3F2F1aKtkDbOw6r01WUJr1zvpxYAy047Lg6hZfBBe2FJ7QGpX_oteutYOy3Ha7N7J87K-Ji62nrd5r7famn-doBNxBl--XJC7uraR4TRIa9RqVbPC-6-xJK/s1579/HOOK%20finale%20B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="1579" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFm6-Ed-0Kcx64CtHjZeSQnhZAjnABIxmXCmCbPjE_mY7rER0PrD2q84oOwU26GwAOx3F2F1aKtkDbOw6r01WUJr1zvpxYAy047Lg6hZfBBe2FJ7QGpX_oteutYOy3Ha7N7J87K-Ji62nrd5r7famn-doBNxBl--XJC7uraR4TRIa9RqVbPC-6-xJK/w640-h532/HOOK%20finale%20B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finale. Rocco Gioffre mostly was responsible for this heavily retouched photo-matte. Certain artistic changes were demanded by the director such as to re-paint Big Ben in closer to the action, for more recognisable value, as it was too far away in the original, actual photographed view.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzp1btdmm5ic8Y69Tg7sH1Z4oRz_F-rGUFgYcV_c5_o4fs15aSElyuhXBAJZniMDnLYMCCqQ3zsnyrPR2VSbHVAyHHIx0zyCcroqs9G8cwsRMdfffMT9WBffqxgs71GDwOFKHmxzpfsh1jeuYbQGCPvNdjz_JBASv2jBxEZVFqRMTRoXkRjVsfu7z/s1368/Inv%20Man-art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="1179" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzp1btdmm5ic8Y69Tg7sH1Z4oRz_F-rGUFgYcV_c5_o4fs15aSElyuhXBAJZniMDnLYMCCqQ3zsnyrPR2VSbHVAyHHIx0zyCcroqs9G8cwsRMdfffMT9WBffqxgs71GDwOFKHmxzpfsh1jeuYbQGCPvNdjz_JBASv2jBxEZVFqRMTRoXkRjVsfu7z/w345-h400/Inv%20Man-art.jpg" width="345" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here's a fairly entertaining sort of show, MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (1992), though I much prefer my 'invisibility' flicks of the old Universal-John P. Fulton variety, personally.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwlaYOO8Yii8Of_Gbxng_baitA9NypzGbQzK-uAQnSSgNj1B8Re9zKVc9kQWznhHQfHQNLpiAMCRe2Nyyf2XvaKQ3K7f57Sn9V5rypCeATui35gvyAsIAwCC10KY0E7sngWWPL4gAGO912FRKibRudsrE_Qm-tcO8S2T6Qzf0gc95aZoTjSyYUn1n/s1920/Memoirs%20Invisible%20Man%20BR%20(Chris%20Evans%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwlaYOO8Yii8Of_Gbxng_baitA9NypzGbQzK-uAQnSSgNj1B8Re9zKVc9kQWznhHQfHQNLpiAMCRe2Nyyf2XvaKQ3K7f57Sn9V5rypCeATui35gvyAsIAwCC10KY0E7sngWWPL4gAGO912FRKibRudsrE_Qm-tcO8S2T6Qzf0gc95aZoTjSyYUn1n/w640-h278/Memoirs%20Invisible%20Man%20BR%20(Chris%20Evans%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A few matte shots, though some may have been of the 'digital variety', which we try not to discuss here. This one though is a real, with the actual artwork shown below being a genuine matte painting, rendered by Christopher Evans</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkluS5NJBK0TIocoyC7O5Nl8TbcM3iOCOHhvBv_w28gn9_dhTyyQZGiLZLQPcRZqKYnHGd-GKQGTWBDtXPRg-PQqLtSIEAElgPPUO_BYH5g_zh7fWs9j8GvXAAiRKYn2MGqEf1O7ubiVFp9qAv4ws8TTNRI3jKJo0L0VUASijbTORojamRSZRO47VR/s1199/Chris%20Evans%20matte%20INV%20MAN.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="1199" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkluS5NJBK0TIocoyC7O5Nl8TbcM3iOCOHhvBv_w28gn9_dhTyyQZGiLZLQPcRZqKYnHGd-GKQGTWBDtXPRg-PQqLtSIEAElgPPUO_BYH5g_zh7fWs9j8GvXAAiRKYn2MGqEf1O7ubiVFp9qAv4ws8TTNRI3jKJo0L0VUASijbTORojamRSZRO47VR/w640-h380/Chris%20Evans%20matte%20INV%20MAN.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chris' original matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3u-OGppUx6bGOmuxnhYGlj53lNltl73nGnWHutzih1G4H2arIY0M-hbjzrC-IL3MKjIC8IRX1J3aP45a2XV7vDOnIXvEWX-Ut56rF5Hw-vo4xkarztiVByvbOq708r993nZyEdPEtpZ7RynoaifKkGbaGTKQ3mapzsBDVQ1o7O_Pg2wna_iIxBjb/s2604/Mem.Inv.Man3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="2604" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3u-OGppUx6bGOmuxnhYGlj53lNltl73nGnWHutzih1G4H2arIY0M-hbjzrC-IL3MKjIC8IRX1J3aP45a2XV7vDOnIXvEWX-Ut56rF5Hw-vo4xkarztiVByvbOq708r993nZyEdPEtpZ7RynoaifKkGbaGTKQ3mapzsBDVQ1o7O_Pg2wna_iIxBjb/w640-h278/Mem.Inv.Man3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not certain here, but these have a profoundly 'manufactured' computer look to them (I <i>might</i> be wrong).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>NON-ILM MATTE EFFECTS SHOTS:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxZfMLoOXHGjLpbPlIirceesplGsRU95xgDE7BcwOvpoSWoDtQV9qEDCSCIlsJaimDmcL6B4VPXHQa_aQkWcmmfcC5hdw1RUCaxz5sR6A4_UdM5D9pnEWovRLzp1yy2RULm1hC-a2idBV6XsB9EAgrz7sB4RLny17pfrXYej1hryi_95bMqpxASEX/s2283/Memoirs-stages%20of%20Danforth%20matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="2283" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxZfMLoOXHGjLpbPlIirceesplGsRU95xgDE7BcwOvpoSWoDtQV9qEDCSCIlsJaimDmcL6B4VPXHQa_aQkWcmmfcC5hdw1RUCaxz5sR6A4_UdM5D9pnEWovRLzp1yy2RULm1hC-a2idBV6XsB9EAgrz7sB4RLny17pfrXYej1hryi_95bMqpxASEX/w640-h278/Memoirs-stages%20of%20Danforth%20matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As with certain other ILM shows, such as THE EWOK ADVENTURE and NEVER ENDING STORY, veteran matte and all round trick shot expert Jim Danforth was hired to provide some mattes. Here is an informative before and after for one of Jim's shots which nobody would ever suspect as being a matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyP2fpJ1KG4X6HYJHNLDxSFGzGH8Ebonc8OgJpPwwtcghJKGMe0sd0aE1oguZflNIH5t4LemPJOOVrhcMxtvX8hxPZEgwdjHQd5b4kVOJTlrKwBLByy7hrsZbS5t_sSCNz49HCHLhuI5dZDv-4YhP0QWqgZsKKMPgMG4RaQEa-KD24xQNzjJmwR4t/s1920/Memoirs%20Invisible%20Man%20BR%20(Jim%20Danforth%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1920" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyP2fpJ1KG4X6HYJHNLDxSFGzGH8Ebonc8OgJpPwwtcghJKGMe0sd0aE1oguZflNIH5t4LemPJOOVrhcMxtvX8hxPZEgwdjHQd5b4kVOJTlrKwBLByy7hrsZbS5t_sSCNz49HCHLhuI5dZDv-4YhP0QWqgZsKKMPgMG4RaQEa-KD24xQNzjJmwR4t/w640-h280/Memoirs%20Invisible%20Man%20BR%20(Jim%20Danforth%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BluRay frame of Jim's matte, though, who would know?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VBfNRfUBvOL1SML7v_t7t65jqkYLc2PSFy9E52qwfpyt3tqSj4pEIoJD8IlpRNSYbgcrPX9jl-FcNmk7RPg7eO75VvRqy3v5UXomWeInHzVS4W8dsqQ4O2R5CtTq8HTshIQ2mb46XiKmX8KNvm_a4ZJ4hnnwol4p7cPmiEJvcmY_KwP5kZGckAGn/s1006/MEMOIRS%20INVIS%20MAN%202%20Jim%20Danforth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="1006" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VBfNRfUBvOL1SML7v_t7t65jqkYLc2PSFy9E52qwfpyt3tqSj4pEIoJD8IlpRNSYbgcrPX9jl-FcNmk7RPg7eO75VvRqy3v5UXomWeInHzVS4W8dsqQ4O2R5CtTq8HTshIQ2mb46XiKmX8KNvm_a4ZJ4hnnwol4p7cPmiEJvcmY_KwP5kZGckAGn/w640-h356/MEMOIRS%20INVIS%20MAN%202%20Jim%20Danforth.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jim also painted this snowbound mountain cabin retreat for a later scene in the film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiu8Yc3rtvVqrLoSkhgdkZtEhLAMc6zTrZJi5NWTAMnEqISOGFthgcZWlBZS1YXpPDrDCdg4UQpLnbIwFMwUP4NlzAQiiRDnN5gVbMs6K-hN_Id4ulotvNcoTBhfJTFX94p9C47yhUn9sGin6-D4eyyjQ2tRlTcrBgiOK64-vVA_uKB485ekd3DKFa/s1080/MEMOIRS%20Chalet%20matte%20comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="1080" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiu8Yc3rtvVqrLoSkhgdkZtEhLAMc6zTrZJi5NWTAMnEqISOGFthgcZWlBZS1YXpPDrDCdg4UQpLnbIwFMwUP4NlzAQiiRDnN5gVbMs6K-hN_Id4ulotvNcoTBhfJTFX94p9C47yhUn9sGin6-D4eyyjQ2tRlTcrBgiOK64-vVA_uKB485ekd3DKFa/w640-h280/MEMOIRS%20Chalet%20matte%20comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final composite, with this frame enlarged from one of Jim's original 35mm wedge tests.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATlBKQ47Lj7o-J4w9nSz6cWnAdSTA_sJM3G0PfZzfLwcONM3G_8LSLsBETo0ZCIq0Q1BlaGY3fhAlSeVs1K9X8XqvOyJzWiQY1gfepC5ff7a00GIE8nUA1_xk2bW6R4w72_1AaoU2RnA5DVZ6w-1Oi1kngZr23I83IMMWK40PIgBei_6DERcFee5o/s1280/Mem.Inv%20(Danforth%20matte).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATlBKQ47Lj7o-J4w9nSz6cWnAdSTA_sJM3G0PfZzfLwcONM3G_8LSLsBETo0ZCIq0Q1BlaGY3fhAlSeVs1K9X8XqvOyJzWiQY1gfepC5ff7a00GIE8nUA1_xk2bW6R4w72_1AaoU2RnA5DVZ6w-1Oi1kngZr23I83IMMWK40PIgBei_6DERcFee5o/w640-h272/Mem.Inv%20(Danforth%20matte).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">...and, as it appears in the BluRay edition.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqrRXCmNuwT494tjpWnxSLuBygWx1iAoaiopY-a8d_OURjZ0XYuQIO_asc7bErZjFYIouvAAEciJkTh09gpIQDO95QDbmF64JH1U2BiSv0mO6Vgzpo4m2170L2NTGbHoorbwjt9hT_VnJbM-uXRshtgSV77PQenlZ_GBfWyeTKTmVZFBNhJTZGEhm/s1407/death%20becomes%20her.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqrRXCmNuwT494tjpWnxSLuBygWx1iAoaiopY-a8d_OURjZ0XYuQIO_asc7bErZjFYIouvAAEciJkTh09gpIQDO95QDbmF64JH1U2BiSv0mO6Vgzpo4m2170L2NTGbHoorbwjt9hT_VnJbM-uXRshtgSV77PQenlZ_GBfWyeTKTmVZFBNhJTZGEhm/w284-h400/death%20becomes%20her.jpg" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rather strange film, DEATH BECOMES HER (1992), which I think may have been nominated for an FX Oscar?? Memory failing in my old age, and no, <i>not</i> from Long Covid... didn't get it!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYf0No14cwD6J5B789d1KVLr3wlDtHsv7mKhQvIePBrRYGoEFLtJ18L3ewWb_Z-_d2G3d0fkoRZXMZeVzVRfpJ4AUJFBmOgaMq8BzgEInc9a7xU7Mi95MDxKwLWWYNgzFbO9dWZ1BKhI7NYLul_EKZzcW1mZYYRkYf2tD_S2pROaUZnCPw8jjzp0Xx/s1920/Death%20Becomes%20Her%20BR%20(Mark%20Sullivan%20shot).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYf0No14cwD6J5B789d1KVLr3wlDtHsv7mKhQvIePBrRYGoEFLtJ18L3ewWb_Z-_d2G3d0fkoRZXMZeVzVRfpJ4AUJFBmOgaMq8BzgEInc9a7xU7Mi95MDxKwLWWYNgzFbO9dWZ1BKhI7NYLul_EKZzcW1mZYYRkYf2tD_S2pROaUZnCPw8jjzp0Xx/w640-h346/Death%20Becomes%20Her%20BR%20(Mark%20Sullivan%20shot).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Amid the numerous optical and CG gags was this solo traditional matte painted shot by Mark Sullivan. This was one of the last traditional mattes Mark painted for ILM, as he regaled the story to me in 2013: <i>"I well remember having a nervous laugh about it [traditional mattes] with Ken Ralston. Most of the ILM matte guys were by then working on computers in a darkened room elsewhere in the building, to see the monitors better. I was working upstairs alone in the essentially abandoned ILM matte painting area, and Ken came up to look at a wedge test on the lightbox. The place was starting to get dusty and unkept, and I guess we could both clearly see the shape of things to come".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK48GmTIVuF-WY6VVtTetBtffAdKcYw3LUvVPnam1wdM0PNA1xjyH2Utg8VF6UVh22tH2IOOuEN0OLEuWcC5hb2D9Czt--_XFVBiSj0ZTn9zzyaaiDDAE44WVriektb_8Jf3hRZrIMvfalaT1133T52HMtpbUcTBq2Tke9idD0j9d_Is5fMrnLby7c/s715/Public%20Eye.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="715" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK48GmTIVuF-WY6VVtTetBtffAdKcYw3LUvVPnam1wdM0PNA1xjyH2Utg8VF6UVh22tH2IOOuEN0OLEuWcC5hb2D9Czt--_XFVBiSj0ZTn9zzyaaiDDAE44WVriektb_8Jf3hRZrIMvfalaT1133T52HMtpbUcTBq2Tke9idD0j9d_Is5fMrnLby7c/w640-h458/Public%20Eye.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've never seen this film, THE PUBLIC EYE (1992) is one I must catch up with.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjslnBhzEMnMF0fgR13q0Y-CJ448NsMQj24HNc-yE0PG3vCuNjz2qeO3OiUVTIuVaU7SYGzTUmltLu7kBZ424Sv-tPm8KknQ5vknx69VqZyGBGnCtx-Y41G0DmX8EEWFjCfEd4VX34pV5yh8uagpY5eZgtLfkjTy9eBSyCe3jFINzBmY0IbuRJWn084/s1409/PUBLIC_EYE.downtownComp.2K.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1409" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjslnBhzEMnMF0fgR13q0Y-CJ448NsMQj24HNc-yE0PG3vCuNjz2qeO3OiUVTIuVaU7SYGzTUmltLu7kBZ424Sv-tPm8KknQ5vknx69VqZyGBGnCtx-Y41G0DmX8EEWFjCfEd4VX34pV5yh8uagpY5eZgtLfkjTy9eBSyCe3jFINzBmY0IbuRJWn084/w640-h438/PUBLIC_EYE.downtownComp.2K.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This invisible shot from THE PUBLIC EYE is another Mark Sullivan matte: <i>"The matte painted work is all of the background buildings, above, and to the left of the green Oldenburg truck. The grey concrete building in the centre of the frame is all real, except for it's 'sunny' side on the right, above the two story building. The upper story of the closest building on the right side of the frame is painted. The real bricks are just a bit lighter looking compared to my painted ones. This was an ILM project, done right after HOOK".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseGfv3NYb9EVX0QegcxaTrOBmlCCRDQR3c8TjRvoHR11E6jDEni3PaceKJL_slciJ845vhM_bBLUTkTej42HN0o1AX35d8sZ7q04xDs_8fr7pfiXONI_Vt9-i-o4BKo2qBd0Cuq-8WbNUZfGJT1JDXHRG7jHISGAYsRRBPv8kFL8JLtuDwC4kG4w1/s466/jurassic-art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="466" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseGfv3NYb9EVX0QegcxaTrOBmlCCRDQR3c8TjRvoHR11E6jDEni3PaceKJL_slciJ845vhM_bBLUTkTej42HN0o1AX35d8sZ7q04xDs_8fr7pfiXONI_Vt9-i-o4BKo2qBd0Cuq-8WbNUZfGJT1JDXHRG7jHISGAYsRRBPv8kFL8JLtuDwC4kG4w1/w400-h344/jurassic-art.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Wow...who'd have thunk it? A traditional matte in the <i>non</i>-traditional epic box-office bonanza, JURASSIC PARK (1993)?? Well, <i>yes</i> indeed!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMXlqOfrHOcBnybHSho2OcoX2FOMI0q46x9XcnlUOzI1_96fs262_YS7y3-Kdong1gMFjJabiEp1Uv_axfRIh6mnMnqWJVwd9_VqyGbGs39cX9qzOqaj3GIODalVfsCL-_90qgCY6RQc3tP2txh8QLniuXOtRtq-Nz0ElcwZm7KEsScqe188KUKx6q/s960/Jurassic%20Park%20(Chris%20Evans).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMXlqOfrHOcBnybHSho2OcoX2FOMI0q46x9XcnlUOzI1_96fs262_YS7y3-Kdong1gMFjJabiEp1Uv_axfRIh6mnMnqWJVwd9_VqyGbGs39cX9qzOqaj3GIODalVfsCL-_90qgCY6RQc3tP2txh8QLniuXOtRtq-Nz0ElcwZm7KEsScqe188KUKx6q/w640-h480/Jurassic%20Park%20(Chris%20Evans).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And there, my friends, you have it! A magnificent Christopher Evans traditional painting for JURASSIC PARK.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyi2_z_eaA1TkNr1BGt1CXHQYO5tOnvTLThzsxRvtvPuLx-j1ZOmYtVpTh-t6KdjMf6Su5jVFSptdASPkIwg4afeg7TQI5q-KoMD0ez4Xd_w88v4eYZ2r_z9WmROAQS1-i4VVuhXEXUOqErAmLvvpR7FocdLGra9twL_d2Uf1OadiS2UIVuP7euKcx/s1664/JP-painted%20to%20digi%20comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="1664" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyi2_z_eaA1TkNr1BGt1CXHQYO5tOnvTLThzsxRvtvPuLx-j1ZOmYtVpTh-t6KdjMf6Su5jVFSptdASPkIwg4afeg7TQI5q-KoMD0ez4Xd_w88v4eYZ2r_z9WmROAQS1-i4VVuhXEXUOqErAmLvvpR7FocdLGra9twL_d2Uf1OadiS2UIVuP7euKcx/w640-h184/JP-painted%20to%20digi%20comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Truly great art but sadly muddied up to near oblivion in the final washed out digital composite.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyQI49aSun6m3caKFDBqtu93Yp4yiUEhl9Izhg_kuWS4922WKD6-RECzrGybqVkqa-k5J9iYmXneVKqIe97IsIXmIupCpqaFbXapOJBYrzIK85acy0VDCQsI7ewC52n1Mun70tmGGE-HtiQbU40Q1v-AtU2SRlRDwytDfyNUCBbTttvtHL_A4MmuZ/s987/hudsucker-poster.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="987" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyQI49aSun6m3caKFDBqtu93Yp4yiUEhl9Izhg_kuWS4922WKD6-RECzrGybqVkqa-k5J9iYmXneVKqIe97IsIXmIupCpqaFbXapOJBYrzIK85acy0VDCQsI7ewC52n1Mun70tmGGE-HtiQbU40Q1v-AtU2SRlRDwytDfyNUCBbTttvtHL_A4MmuZ/w400-h229/hudsucker-poster.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm of a mixed mind about Coen brothers films - some are <u>brilliant</u> (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN and OH BROTHER, WHERE ARE'T THOU and FARGO) while others leave me utterly perplexed, such as THE HUDSUCKER PROXY (1994)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_KUFupB5qHtzu6ltt7Jh-XcqE_DihMk4b4VsXqy-lI4yUgnw8DlBXi7wxI0rvd8Q8U_ZXK0lQyfWkedlRPXS29jKA2p2ygPSYzlk3IzXsvp9IsmGU6FsXfJG7RaHBMisXhvsrpelHl6Qjhku1OXbOkiE6u8DDoVtPM4pViGLJl70iXGhKX0wPz92/s1319/HUDSUCKER_Tower.93.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1319" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_KUFupB5qHtzu6ltt7Jh-XcqE_DihMk4b4VsXqy-lI4yUgnw8DlBXi7wxI0rvd8Q8U_ZXK0lQyfWkedlRPXS29jKA2p2ygPSYzlk3IzXsvp9IsmGU6FsXfJG7RaHBMisXhvsrpelHl6Qjhku1OXbOkiE6u8DDoVtPM4pViGLJl70iXGhKX0wPz92/w640-h422/HUDSUCKER_Tower.93.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I was of two minds as to whether to include this film. It was an ILM affair, but, importantly, the matte painted shots were rendered independently <i>outside</i> of Industrial Light & Magic. Mark Sullivan was, by now, working largely on his own as a freelancer from his small studio in Berkeley, California, and provided a few mattes as a sub-contractor.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLJ1WRbd7WSwaAQRmTDlw_8sd5HKx-5ChEF4BXqxJKFb6SnklOePLW10mB_4XEtcAFoY2HUtv5948qX4iWMje7MpMVL9at565Ch0Srflq2SQSjgrSM5NnHwwjDcMT6Do1ofhNifQmXX0yttQ8WGByqryblEFaxsnw9ZwoBFwa0A4JcpNVmUMUnXZ6/s1497/Hudsucker%20Proxy%20(Mark%20Sullivan%20working-large).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1497" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLJ1WRbd7WSwaAQRmTDlw_8sd5HKx-5ChEF4BXqxJKFb6SnklOePLW10mB_4XEtcAFoY2HUtv5948qX4iWMje7MpMVL9at565Ch0Srflq2SQSjgrSM5NnHwwjDcMT6Do1ofhNifQmXX0yttQ8WGByqryblEFaxsnw9ZwoBFwa0A4JcpNVmUMUnXZ6/w640-h422/Hudsucker%20Proxy%20(Mark%20Sullivan%20working-large).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sullivan in his independent matte shop, where he painted for a number of big assignments.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPh6tGf6Va_1bGmBVZIh3PAjI9yMDQo0ykn5PZebmLaz2jywNIjfigboeik5FPkce7_YaBoTlEbI1Oh45e8Y4UMzbjm_SrMQUb2gzTL2focY9ysbbb3mb9O3MRbCIALJKeKc9uzOlv3u5pHLqaTdYOjp_xo5v6NUa7Bvyi7mKj6RqMY2vUjgjiXHZK/s1056/Hudsucker%20Proxy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="237" data-original-width="1056" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPh6tGf6Va_1bGmBVZIh3PAjI9yMDQo0ykn5PZebmLaz2jywNIjfigboeik5FPkce7_YaBoTlEbI1Oh45e8Y4UMzbjm_SrMQUb2gzTL2focY9ysbbb3mb9O3MRbCIALJKeKc9uzOlv3u5pHLqaTdYOjp_xo5v6NUa7Bvyi7mKj6RqMY2vUjgjiXHZK/w640-h144/Hudsucker%20Proxy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after for the big HUDSUCKER reveal.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBDDFnrEYkA1fuW0IwdE-1T4F0esnJK5CuPIQ7fQyFeGCoSeHZ_gCjDFvvpDj3gbkFh-GPtiYoxz43kNbTowPsi8oJbOzRJxrLaRnkKvDt8Xt93htOsHM67B46hbJOTtQZXdNAUMOHGW3snAPWA-qrgj1omql9xqbTCtsDAkFUdadgiGoKDUNZTuU/s1234/HUDSUCKER_Hoops.BHS.93.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1234" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBDDFnrEYkA1fuW0IwdE-1T4F0esnJK5CuPIQ7fQyFeGCoSeHZ_gCjDFvvpDj3gbkFh-GPtiYoxz43kNbTowPsi8oJbOzRJxrLaRnkKvDt8Xt93htOsHM67B46hbJOTtQZXdNAUMOHGW3snAPWA-qrgj1omql9xqbTCtsDAkFUdadgiGoKDUNZTuU/w640-h400/HUDSUCKER_Hoops.BHS.93.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A staggering piece of work in anyone's book! I'd go completely cross-eyed after an hour attempting such a complex painting!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaEc56yBmkaQphkj9C-ovYbU0wJPjqqAJxCRxZtek7fXDjMnr6GteH1BnHpYGOT7YUgW1GVfu78l_jnmfCPKbNCl9soqwOQYo_3IeNYyl0YN7rkWpnsZtvLzdbaJTuUOwVx3mMA5PMiYWh7pS_CewVqTxDTxNw0xQ-W6MbHRkYIbYbSLooCx9co8e/s1346/HUDSUCKER_HoopHouseComp.93.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1346" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaEc56yBmkaQphkj9C-ovYbU0wJPjqqAJxCRxZtek7fXDjMnr6GteH1BnHpYGOT7YUgW1GVfu78l_jnmfCPKbNCl9soqwOQYo_3IeNYyl0YN7rkWpnsZtvLzdbaJTuUOwVx3mMA5PMiYWh7pS_CewVqTxDTxNw0xQ-W6MbHRkYIbYbSLooCx9co8e/w640-h398/HUDSUCKER_HoopHouseComp.93.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished, incredible original negative matte shot, as seen here in a rare full frame 35mm trim from Mark's archive.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzU9ZnnYHafINJ7Nsn96p7IIYfvV7mp6DnpM3f4R-2a1JT1ra5nUXbH4s2DC1CPJI4cBZ3Uh0gO3bu560Yyqe72fJkLG83KmL5cH5S7pqINqdFaWVfq1BMeVqMo84rAbsVyBLWPHPWUK39jLZ9dMPNteJBpc6xr53r6hVIrIZQrjBEoZRBDD3uUzK/s1006/Hudsucker%20Proxy%20BR_cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1006" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzU9ZnnYHafINJ7Nsn96p7IIYfvV7mp6DnpM3f4R-2a1JT1ra5nUXbH4s2DC1CPJI4cBZ3Uh0gO3bu560Yyqe72fJkLG83KmL5cH5S7pqINqdFaWVfq1BMeVqMo84rAbsVyBLWPHPWUK39jLZ9dMPNteJBpc6xr53r6hVIrIZQrjBEoZRBDD3uUzK/w640-h352/Hudsucker%20Proxy%20BR_cropped.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer look...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 175 previous blogposts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVtFx2je-Fhu5i5RLzHJwGpnZt6ujn8_SitNf5_D0jgdwxBXGhyfR4gHOzgdYVVpHrpA9lb7LWBJry4MJMAeiBWxCJb22xYO5xQWtshO7p1698BH3kJMSpDjvNAytd-hsXqRVPWirrd1s5O6HKviw6-D1vjhEIMwfX5NgMz4TbAUY0Xd7pDxGE1zJ/s2221/ILM%20end%20montage%20BLOG%20(sm).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><b>Hope this was an enjoyable ride... do drop me a note if you liked it, or have any comments</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Pete</b></div><br /></div></div>NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-13791239882376806202022-03-07T13:10:00.002+13:002022-03-07T13:10:45.676+13:00INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC: THE MATTE ART - Part One<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY0i-VV6qWzOgRB56MMi6SYiqCBKULhLvFG1SdDQ1urSX8KPZpb7JH04DNgj7fYStSCj8rk39rtGQzGAzXy_yZj65WOd_iHlimxKORTmGwo7Y686mvq0X_p3xy0YNgURciqR1fkw7r6DKCn-MJwfFlrW3d1jmKscef2iqtPF1CWYfNjqsVYnez04-1=s2712" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="2712" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY0i-VV6qWzOgRB56MMi6SYiqCBKULhLvFG1SdDQ1urSX8KPZpb7JH04DNgj7fYStSCj8rk39rtGQzGAzXy_yZj65WOd_iHlimxKORTmGwo7Y686mvq0X_p3xy0YNgURciqR1fkw7r6DKCn-MJwfFlrW3d1jmKscef2iqtPF1CWYfNjqsVYnez04-1=w640-h442" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Hi there folks. It's a fresh year and it has been a while since I felt compelled enough to put together another gigantic issue of <b>Matte Shot</b>, but here we are at last. It's always difficult to get into the swing of these things during hot summer days (and nights), what with numerous home projects needing to be tackled during the good weather, baring in mind of course that summer here at the bottom of the world is a December to March kind of deal.<p></p><p>For the first blog post of 2022, I'm delighted to present - after a long wait - the first in a multi-part assessment and tribute to the wonderful world of <i>Industrial Light & Magic</i> matte painting. I've gone through as many ILM films as possible and assembled a vast catalogue of matte shots dating from the very formation of the company in 1976, through to the very last of the traditional, hand painted matte work, which as best as I can determine, was around 1994, from whence the customary tools of the skilled and highly trained matte exponent - brushes, pigments, glass and wedge tests - all 'went west', the traditional equipment and tools were thrown away as it were, and the demon computer, sadly, took over.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ3OcP5ulPhwvU9QugrISXbsQXc5GsCgIwrs2X_NsXVL5GQYNAFGUPS3C7jGee03gP1JYitz7_Z17c-8JyOq1o0i2hh5Hu0iwwAJSWrYGW6uKGT6y9e6_-DKLVXYIPYEwhqua1VAO9LMEl80rTj_Q5jSY3aVUe4Ra9xkWSh0TRvhNIqTESLQOPUpPr=s2984" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="2984" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ3OcP5ulPhwvU9QugrISXbsQXc5GsCgIwrs2X_NsXVL5GQYNAFGUPS3C7jGee03gP1JYitz7_Z17c-8JyOq1o0i2hh5Hu0iwwAJSWrYGW6uKGT6y9e6_-DKLVXYIPYEwhqua1VAO9LMEl80rTj_Q5jSY3aVUe4Ra9xkWSh0TRvhNIqTESLQOPUpPr=w640-h180" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I was always a big fan of ILM from it's incarnation, and eagerly awaited new releases, often only to be thrilled by their skilled craftsmanship<i> (with the actual film in question sometimes being unworthy)</i>. I loved the period through the 1980's in particular, where ILM mastered miniatures, mattes and <u>especially</u> optical cel-animated gags, which were a particular area of fascination for me until the digital era took all of that creative 'hand made' thrill factor out of it. What follows is a breakdown of, hopefully, almost all - or at least a great many - of ILM's hand painted matte shots from those glory days of an amazingly creative and highly skilled group of artists, cameramen and technicians. The films are all covered in chronological order, though the mattes within some of the big shows may be a little out-of-order due to the difficulties of collating and organising such mammoth illustrated posts. I'm sure you'll understand. <p></p><p>Oh, and please make the effort to view this post on a proper sized screen rather than some idiotic, gimmicky <i>i-phoney </i>toy. Many of the pics are high def, from BluRay and in some cases 4K frames where possible! The thought of somebody just 'flicking' or scrolling through these collections with their finger on a cell phone screen can be very disheartening. There is some great material to be had here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWmsqXVP7FiLiaDnfslmn-6GSTHNPV2Jw6fHznwEASOGghbHGNZcajCk1aekL1n_XEW7sRx4trc-_tKUFNK-f7UANcjiixt7OyfFQsJieYa-FIxhHEyr4-meXKrDFqZMIdhua4wqeJA29JSdJVf4HcArK-WSwKq_8n62NfiWuHvadyrKmC5lsdHqm6=s2142" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="2142" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWmsqXVP7FiLiaDnfslmn-6GSTHNPV2Jw6fHznwEASOGghbHGNZcajCk1aekL1n_XEW7sRx4trc-_tKUFNK-f7UANcjiixt7OyfFQsJieYa-FIxhHEyr4-meXKrDFqZMIdhua4wqeJA29JSdJVf4HcArK-WSwKq_8n62NfiWuHvadyrKmC5lsdHqm6=w640-h254" width="640" /></a></div><p>Before embarking upon this exciting journey I should make mention of a new (printed) publication which has been sent to me. Italian digital matte painter and title designer Lorenzo Moneta - a long time dedicated follower of this very blog - has recently published a detailed handbook on the digital matte techniques, <b>Creare Scenografie Digitali</b>, from Dino Audino Publishing, though it's in Italian only.</p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><b>***<u>Final word</u>: We here at <i>Matte Shot</i> wish to take this opportunity to extend our kind thoughts and utmost support to the people and legitimate government of the democratic nation of <i>Ukraine</i>. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>All the best.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Pete</b></span></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><div><br /></div><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 174 previous blogposts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a><br /><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Here is where it all began ... in a manky old warehouse ... in a low-rent industrial zone ... in a galaxy not too far away....</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRKBZKo2RJWnL2EV641zZ_7o1FBJL4hJGRZrNlqiiKO8d5Sk7C2vTyZFlDYP_51QFAOFu_3SkCjWqfwQqW_GaBror9zq8hMgAkQIpu1iEyxs8KDdkdV_HbEPf1DYCWBU5dVNw4W6V7gGNRXqjHHOjDRcZGqP9o6h0hH8Bx0CnyyTxXi7su3Dm6vUnS=s1224" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="948" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRKBZKo2RJWnL2EV641zZ_7o1FBJL4hJGRZrNlqiiKO8d5Sk7C2vTyZFlDYP_51QFAOFu_3SkCjWqfwQqW_GaBror9zq8hMgAkQIpu1iEyxs8KDdkdV_HbEPf1DYCWBU5dVNw4W6V7gGNRXqjHHOjDRcZGqP9o6h0hH8Bx0CnyyTxXi7su3Dm6vUnS=w310-h400" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I well recall seeing this masterpiece some 6 times during it's first run, including it's opening day around Christmas here in New Zealand at the long gone mighty Cinerama theatre in Auckland, on that massive screen in 70mm and 6-track stereo! Wow, what an event that blew my mind. Interesting sidenote was that I - and a handful of school friends - had already been introduced to STAR WARS several months <i>earlier</i> by way of an imported <i>Super 8mm 400' digest edition</i>, which were the film buff's only way to 'collect' movies back in the day, so we already had a preview of 17 thrill packed minutes of the George Lucas space opera. Man, did that Super 8 see some projection mileage, in fact I still have my EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 8mm print.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWgrdZsx-Tj1we83Ze1jAi15324RdioWlp7HGcMSx_Me9-unWO7P-kHvkiOKHNBj5mHNZ_pSddQC5gM84IwHhHj8NauetESotYE6LIdjAJXQOp2DYCfHZP0YwBJdv94Z-OCNJS5E6vYXhhn6XCFcstHmRzB5fOKim27ep5qnCR005p6_wVPbj44SUZ=s1332" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1332" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWgrdZsx-Tj1we83Ze1jAi15324RdioWlp7HGcMSx_Me9-unWO7P-kHvkiOKHNBj5mHNZ_pSddQC5gM84IwHhHj8NauetESotYE6LIdjAJXQOp2DYCfHZP0YwBJdv94Z-OCNJS5E6vYXhhn6XCFcstHmRzB5fOKim27ep5qnCR005p6_wVPbj44SUZ=w640-h492" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably the most well publicised photo ever of a matte painter and his work, was this <i>Starlog</i> cover picture of a young P.S (Harrison) Ellenshaw posing with his famous power trench matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs8XctYJFBCcAsMU9I8cCQJcR6K9nzQXyHourTyS1i44x32Dh60uQFCYbZGZrMlSJHIA93doUNO52UQKqCiNUNFt_e8H2GkiPVdlf-Jp1N25xoqMZnl9zsckefKH4tD75UebNzJACvr1o51XW9dycQ0DmPEYGVtWBJMcNm_FdtUvSuUioS7fivNyO2=s1604" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1604" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs8XctYJFBCcAsMU9I8cCQJcR6K9nzQXyHourTyS1i44x32Dh60uQFCYbZGZrMlSJHIA93doUNO52UQKqCiNUNFt_e8H2GkiPVdlf-Jp1N25xoqMZnl9zsckefKH4tD75UebNzJACvr1o51XW9dycQ0DmPEYGVtWBJMcNm_FdtUvSuUioS7fivNyO2=w640-h430" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fascinating fact: P.S Ellenshaw (Peter Samuel) shown here at work, was, sometime after the release of STAR WARS, having lunch at Disney studios in the commissary with his famous father, the legendary Peter Ellenshaw, during preparatory work for Disney's THE BLACK HOLE. A producer stopped by the table and congratulated Ellenshaw <u>senior</u> on 'his' matte work in STAR WARS, to which the elder statesman matte exponent smiled and thanked the producer very much for the kind compliment - all while the <i>younger</i> Ellenshaw looked on in stunned disbelief! It was right at that moment that Ellenshaw jnr told his dad: <i>"Right...that does it...I'm changing my name!"</i>, and <u>Harrison Ellenshaw</u> was 'born'.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHJQf5wR59dpVYiZGJUjPUYLAd9RLq8-dFFSdm8fBnR8MoCEizokjdpPMRdSEsiQFRAxu_k8VKyHVNqcWnOXc1A9IHvSk5ecXbBNcgZJyhOhqZ18LSXEWho_VQYkuEnM2-BMOlG8oHA3uTLQxRTERNheE9sXZwyOWBqDZG5T2nJKP6uMb5lqQdglUQ=s1549" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1549" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHJQf5wR59dpVYiZGJUjPUYLAd9RLq8-dFFSdm8fBnR8MoCEizokjdpPMRdSEsiQFRAxu_k8VKyHVNqcWnOXc1A9IHvSk5ecXbBNcgZJyhOhqZ18LSXEWho_VQYkuEnM2-BMOlG8oHA3uTLQxRTERNheE9sXZwyOWBqDZG5T2nJKP6uMb5lqQdglUQ=w640-h518" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">At the time, ILM didn't have a fully functioning matte department in 1976, nor among the hundred or so cameramen, model makers, animators and technical staff, a matte painter. Producer Gary Kurtz had put out feelers to Disney some months previous, to try and come to some arrangement for their matte department to supply the painted mattes. Harrison was hired as a sole sub-contractor under the newly devised company banner of <i>Master Film Effects</i>, purely for STAR WARS, specifically as a moonlighter - with full Disney approval.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9qxsGvoaVIn8JD8R6MeofIlFgHzKUuiFD_WYJB7jCH83KVZT5JF6QDEidigoTSzHDvuinnDLXqzTxo3GoxGuDu_bhTX8kygM0gVlVIq2c0cKDXNwVfl46BXKvA0mq9SM1aYZLusJagtdGytcLommSypgqFxF5A_FRnlP9_wqG_aj06bVgO91wbAf6=s1134" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1134" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9qxsGvoaVIn8JD8R6MeofIlFgHzKUuiFD_WYJB7jCH83KVZT5JF6QDEidigoTSzHDvuinnDLXqzTxo3GoxGuDu_bhTX8kygM0gVlVIq2c0cKDXNwVfl46BXKvA0mq9SM1aYZLusJagtdGytcLommSypgqFxF5A_FRnlP9_wqG_aj06bVgO91wbAf6=w640-h418" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">STAR WARS wouldn't be half the success it turned out to be without the invaluable creative input of conceptual designer and assistant matte painter Ralph McQuarrie. The whole 'look' and feel of Lucas' universe was largely down to Ralph, whose incredible conceptual paintings served the basis of all that was to follow. I still own the original folio collections of McQuarrie's concept paintings from the first 3 films which were sold at the time of each film's release. Here we can see Ralph blocking in a Death Star interior matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjIi8KAcZI-eODKPzL0MQagxPPStt5mKBxqVvb-l1Me7A3ec6ySg_A6iuwkwn10SM8kltWYtPemV7NaYuoNh39YxXonvZXMfk2LnG3PtDdrKCqPM4LqqYW7pMF9YIF9Kfbi1zoCTZ0lngBKeY14vfbD24y89_WH_TpqkO9MjhVXdpEXlvX-VRPnU1i=s992" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="992" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjIi8KAcZI-eODKPzL0MQagxPPStt5mKBxqVvb-l1Me7A3ec6ySg_A6iuwkwn10SM8kltWYtPemV7NaYuoNh39YxXonvZXMfk2LnG3PtDdrKCqPM4LqqYW7pMF9YIF9Kfbi1zoCTZ0lngBKeY14vfbD24y89_WH_TpqkO9MjhVXdpEXlvX-VRPnU1i=w640-h582" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">McQuarrie was a highly skilled technical artist and commercial draftsman, with STAR WARS being his first cinematic project. In conversations I've had with Harrison, he told me: <i>"Ralph was a genius, a great artist, a kind man, and he became a good friend. There would be no multi-billion dollar STAR WARS franchise without Ralph."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoSfYHeA2jwS99X8xweldFnkGpA8B73QhW2U-ceBwAKFxGj_oC3UofHn-WgLtxDguaeG4YzTrSdABtmOwzcDDiABanzTrujL7z7zyrGv14PFVgrDCW9S1Lo19gMRblgjNOPqEQsanRdkCb8Vm6vTEU6I-O1rZNQvMlwMeaxuJO5M9FMF5ndC20wkNp=s2640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="2640" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoSfYHeA2jwS99X8xweldFnkGpA8B73QhW2U-ceBwAKFxGj_oC3UofHn-WgLtxDguaeG4YzTrSdABtmOwzcDDiABanzTrujL7z7zyrGv14PFVgrDCW9S1Lo19gMRblgjNOPqEQsanRdkCb8Vm6vTEU6I-O1rZNQvMlwMeaxuJO5M9FMF5ndC20wkNp=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final composite. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3ZmacYSvPc1KfRAWDHiYLD9jydhwzIjAYvLMdfPJsxSubZPwelRnZQM8e8QPBmz-GmItaNIWQIauIqf8qygzO-Y4JV0fFFoo5sLIiMpK33ZvqsnaSLEnvzqVtHmFoVogCYkiRijRYjQ1nG5ifJ82mSA0VSDRUZif6jDvFuTRISuAw_nOUBz5kVEdx=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3ZmacYSvPc1KfRAWDHiYLD9jydhwzIjAYvLMdfPJsxSubZPwelRnZQM8e8QPBmz-GmItaNIWQIauIqf8qygzO-Y4JV0fFFoo5sLIiMpK33ZvqsnaSLEnvzqVtHmFoVogCYkiRijRYjQ1nG5ifJ82mSA0VSDRUZif6jDvFuTRISuAw_nOUBz5kVEdx=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ralph McQuarrie's true calling was in the astronomical art, with various planets and galactic views being his airbrush work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSNpIsn5KB1eBR41DiNsbO4bBAr40uM863CY5cX6acipMET1IbYS0AGRvNHkjzMrXGFGID63VYke5y4n97p2NCuYKPKGMUQ530vJou_pF65nHLhrw3uHOxHd6Zn-j3AQtuFxcC-pPpNDWGum__j7_wyaNHuYpmg4DIHSg6oRdBB-Ko-1lGk5BmUuOl=s3072" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="3072" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSNpIsn5KB1eBR41DiNsbO4bBAr40uM863CY5cX6acipMET1IbYS0AGRvNHkjzMrXGFGID63VYke5y4n97p2NCuYKPKGMUQ530vJou_pF65nHLhrw3uHOxHd6Zn-j3AQtuFxcC-pPpNDWGum__j7_wyaNHuYpmg4DIHSg6oRdBB-Ko-1lGk5BmUuOl=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">McQuarrie planetary matte art with miniature Dykstraflex motion control ships. Man, did this shot go over a treat on the huge 70mm screen in 1977 - complete with Ben Burtt's ear splitting sound effects coming at us from all directions. Oscar winner for both visual and audio effects, deservedly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEsfKUbwbqDqJPH-aGZ1B9K0PbOdUG6HywyzBLyL8OrGk119UKoxN91IIOcAq8JmUojk5X6L7i7_A9LCrJWk1tbB_i6GLIbD2hmW9c13J_X-O9KOfFwkFgPWF76VqPIYcVNCFYRhu-dtiae060V64F8mqzWxIMobJVJ6nHAGnBWjqfTZPpzg7KtfU4=s1134" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="1134" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEsfKUbwbqDqJPH-aGZ1B9K0PbOdUG6HywyzBLyL8OrGk119UKoxN91IIOcAq8JmUojk5X6L7i7_A9LCrJWk1tbB_i6GLIbD2hmW9c13J_X-O9KOfFwkFgPWF76VqPIYcVNCFYRhu-dtiae060V64F8mqzWxIMobJVJ6nHAGnBWjqfTZPpzg7KtfU4=w640-h262" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More McQuarrie planetary artwork. Some of this matte art would be recycled, reframed, re-orientated for subsequent shots. Contrary to what many might imagine, STAR WARS was <u>not</u> a huge budgeted film, even for 1977, and deadlines loomed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGrck4MkBy6qtrDyYAQgnd1XCdkgq_7CmpGs7tzrb0rFWtzi2XL8U1cV0QHRKITrgU6Vnx2z05phpCZlA3LsM0O6K9G6U7WIlRW7iq-OD4HCqqISxoDl_mSMZmaSyPNolrCvsb7ZMdbkZ872S9Pqs4-H0Vw5y-CA8XkZZSD3_kR9A29SaIlfhnKMOI=s2892" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2892" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGrck4MkBy6qtrDyYAQgnd1XCdkgq_7CmpGs7tzrb0rFWtzi2XL8U1cV0QHRKITrgU6Vnx2z05phpCZlA3LsM0O6K9G6U7WIlRW7iq-OD4HCqqISxoDl_mSMZmaSyPNolrCvsb7ZMdbkZ872S9Pqs4-H0Vw5y-CA8XkZZSD3_kR9A29SaIlfhnKMOI=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">McQuarrie artwork and motion control escape pod, which if I'm correct, was the first completed vfx shot to roll off the optical printer, after many months of delays and threats to shut the whole ILM shop down by the 'suits' at Fox, which was largely seen as some hippie hangout filled with layabouts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgM4iX47vE7yq4I_VBU5sdEtJsMvCj3ldlM4WI0q4BH6mX8Ug1ivrGxrXNRS2JHCYGwg2XOFdeXcucAn2C-oK9LAlMcPncdp6CpaANIPvIrXRrWai391ZEJ6dp7kG0o2HfOKZqPNj7Cu8fMojlmHRcHGRQyO9DcbcHRnc6dl0nfujLXx3q8KfMNs1Wk=s1857" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1857" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgM4iX47vE7yq4I_VBU5sdEtJsMvCj3ldlM4WI0q4BH6mX8Ug1ivrGxrXNRS2JHCYGwg2XOFdeXcucAn2C-oK9LAlMcPncdp6CpaANIPvIrXRrWai391ZEJ6dp7kG0o2HfOKZqPNj7Cu8fMojlmHRcHGRQyO9DcbcHRnc6dl0nfujLXx3q8KfMNs1Wk=w640-h398" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A great pic of Harrison, taken a couple of years ago at Lucasfilm, examining one of his original acrylic painted glass mattes, as part of the extensive, carefully curated collection of ILM matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUiZVS3OPPAtfgtpQdhJjg01mJrCb78_AIupQOQPIenmFAf_1s0Ezl2JWG_7cm2sCaxAfbkCMjiSQoKEklBxJCfU1r1BxnXW1VjFGaNmTLs-L59NRj9SJ3YJd3-X3UQDolRvzfxEzRcEgaSnx8wFOsf_KCTCP830UxKAwhHwqlaUVCcZImOoGIS9oA=s2128" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="2128" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUiZVS3OPPAtfgtpQdhJjg01mJrCb78_AIupQOQPIenmFAf_1s0Ezl2JWG_7cm2sCaxAfbkCMjiSQoKEklBxJCfU1r1BxnXW1VjFGaNmTLs-L59NRj9SJ3YJd3-X3UQDolRvzfxEzRcEgaSnx8wFOsf_KCTCP830UxKAwhHwqlaUVCcZImOoGIS9oA=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Above matte art in progress at Disney. Sadly, George Lucas took it upon himself in recent years to substantially re-jig the original 3 films and in doing so, either dropped or altered digitally a number of the wonderful original mattes and opticals - such as this one <i>(replacement shot not shown)</i>. Incidentally, the latter day alterations to SW often included idiotic additions and stupid background sight gags, to no good result.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEildYQkt73QgBHbj40huy1Q2FDrDu1FrKpGVK4dRH2DlLEEE0Yr40dhhoML1MxhAN2zp0JReAvjssIgtBWGPCCt9hqdH54WThFUHo-JxUU_xd0MBQDbxnM_msb_kgmPJkPCl9GOYAML8yoAAFm2-8hMx6rs_z3uKLscUgPOmIfHFHd-PfZG1lYCqmPH=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1200" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEildYQkt73QgBHbj40huy1Q2FDrDu1FrKpGVK4dRH2DlLEEE0Yr40dhhoML1MxhAN2zp0JReAvjssIgtBWGPCCt9hqdH54WThFUHo-JxUU_xd0MBQDbxnM_msb_kgmPJkPCl9GOYAML8yoAAFm2-8hMx6rs_z3uKLscUgPOmIfHFHd-PfZG1lYCqmPH=w640-h416" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Discovering the city of Mos Eisley. Ellenshaw utilised a large photo blow up of Death Valley and hand painted the distant city onto it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjybC1AOkrks8WslVmpK_s0RWt-jYgxo4EEWcGTjg6W1w2gf6m2E0JV6genUY-P-snUzIsVfKF_lFyuA5WtwG0cMg3qIA0KtV9WVnmiLTGcWkPqzkbT0qY9m4nyg5HlijA2Obh2DSIhoRJlL9vxO7GzhyUSJB0WWFSYJDDQnA0tVDbFz9zgN6Whq7k5=s1828" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1828" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjybC1AOkrks8WslVmpK_s0RWt-jYgxo4EEWcGTjg6W1w2gf6m2E0JV6genUY-P-snUzIsVfKF_lFyuA5WtwG0cMg3qIA0KtV9WVnmiLTGcWkPqzkbT0qY9m4nyg5HlijA2Obh2DSIhoRJlL9vxO7GzhyUSJB0WWFSYJDDQnA0tVDbFz9zgN6Whq7k5=w640-h368" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The giant sandcrawler was just a partial facade for most shots (and miniature occasionally), though this long shot was a very small Ellenshaw matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFYMzBHaEyjdkI7elACwxA_P104RjIp13yt3ngeVL3YAs2KAhkAPECZwABeuWF47BQc5E7Gx09J_47K5n6ZXxY3Rj-osgbUblw2zmxBTY3eQeDXIw8iX8yO1glz0RsaqTJ1W3eBDYKVLTtXFel8OYAU-1JJIE2wAxxMzJrt8IlAJkaKOkTQpxK87U6=s1060" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFYMzBHaEyjdkI7elACwxA_P104RjIp13yt3ngeVL3YAs2KAhkAPECZwABeuWF47BQc5E7Gx09J_47K5n6ZXxY3Rj-osgbUblw2zmxBTY3eQeDXIw8iX8yO1glz0RsaqTJ1W3eBDYKVLTtXFel8OYAU-1JJIE2wAxxMzJrt8IlAJkaKOkTQpxK87U6=w598-h640" width="598" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The rebel hanger, with rough initial block-in at top; Harrison's matte art and the final shot. For the composite, Harrison used the <i>same</i> live action plate twice - once in the foreground and then <i>again</i> reduced in size in the background. The numerous mattes would take anything from 4 to 6 weeks each to complete - often with more than one being worked on at a time. The film had around 13 paintings, used in 17 different shots, though some were repair patches, to remove unwanted areas of the frame and paint over.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcocY6Q4Kn_nKFzIkqNLNCiucJALLCtON5JIpCj_982jn9IVxPHQYrV5CEKtgDzGRm1nxzpCvGVykZfcp6CMAGvCz9sNegGJ91vfMEVJ4p0MVUEDvY1f8Wdm7bEZGnVhRMOdALuQWlz7rhBF7CD5IxlD_0LXohhOS6HSnSOVw9ZsqzBWmRu6hWVeek=s1375" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1375" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcocY6Q4Kn_nKFzIkqNLNCiucJALLCtON5JIpCj_982jn9IVxPHQYrV5CEKtgDzGRm1nxzpCvGVykZfcp6CMAGvCz9sNegGJ91vfMEVJ4p0MVUEDvY1f8Wdm7bEZGnVhRMOdALuQWlz7rhBF7CD5IxlD_0LXohhOS6HSnSOVw9ZsqzBWmRu6hWVeek=w640-h492" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The mighty Millenium Falcon and docking bay on the evil Darth Putin's Death Star. The mattes done at Disney were all made using their tried and true rear projection composite method, using separations. The shots composited at ILM were done with an entirely different method, that being bi-pack photography. Ellenshaw told me that the Disney method was far more flexible and allowed more freedom in assembling plates with the artwork. None of the mattes were done as original negative.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNPGWYxKYEKjz7xoe5WsrqVxthkhDz5SFaxa4fXgEO_rqi2Tc__oJUspX7mGDz-HRKV2eYr4CCo3b7IyPIJORdLLvoLAbf1zxi0rZshZ-_lHW7vITXbTaFCHsshmM1J2sM_Nc5jw6LOZMmF30unJXCpWfvxielcYjitKCEb7Nn_uRppRbHmCiC3kTP=s1718" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1718" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNPGWYxKYEKjz7xoe5WsrqVxthkhDz5SFaxa4fXgEO_rqi2Tc__oJUspX7mGDz-HRKV2eYr4CCo3b7IyPIJORdLLvoLAbf1zxi0rZshZ-_lHW7vITXbTaFCHsshmM1J2sM_Nc5jw6LOZMmF30unJXCpWfvxielcYjitKCEb7Nn_uRppRbHmCiC3kTP=w640-h286" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure about this one. Harrison said he didn't recall who painted it. It may have been Ralph or possibly art director Joe Johnston? According to Ellenshaw, the matte room at ILM - which itself was nothing more than a drafty, converted warehouse in the San Fernando Valley - was a less than ideal set up. <i>"The second floor was not the ideal place to have a compositing camera. The camera would vibrate whenever somebody walked up the stairs. Not a good thing. We had signs all over the place about how to walk softly, but like any sign, after a few days, nobody takes notice of them".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4i5dBxikJexav4OcOxTZySE0SR4ywFLwfT_th96ClqQTTn_sJWYLEZUcs5v0iEs4Dx4pCYukcixfWZ3QvU-xidVUcpqYSKIV6oVcwLJxQMT_mpATYFmkIGl-Qu9xt7RAQz3qO3rHibuBBeMa05Ea7708ulTwH7RO814macO63UVtkwowr2lwTJSwR=s804" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="804" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4i5dBxikJexav4OcOxTZySE0SR4ywFLwfT_th96ClqQTTn_sJWYLEZUcs5v0iEs4Dx4pCYukcixfWZ3QvU-xidVUcpqYSKIV6oVcwLJxQMT_mpATYFmkIGl-Qu9xt7RAQz3qO3rHibuBBeMa05Ea7708ulTwH7RO814macO63UVtkwowr2lwTJSwR=w640-h430" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harrison was paid the princely sum of US$1050 per week to create the mattes. From that he paid old time Disney matte cinematographer Bill Kilduff around $100 for each shot he worked on. Around half the shots were made at Disney, with the remainder done at ILM. Harrison and Kilduff would work nights at ILM on the matte composites.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2-USRhurAKQG3J-ZzcyV3YSJE26CIFEVzieW9Eu5Wm7MHDezfgNCBU18_cIRacx37vOxikfuPTcuXdubB21A4rosWQIyFQ5x7rzExfTsi-0jBR7TseqFLgVXFZSMMfxRqx2p0WtK170wPlNp8a8etXYalTVhkO0qpnylBC9GhUhJsuXw1meNjFtPO=s706" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="706" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2-USRhurAKQG3J-ZzcyV3YSJE26CIFEVzieW9Eu5Wm7MHDezfgNCBU18_cIRacx37vOxikfuPTcuXdubB21A4rosWQIyFQ5x7rzExfTsi-0jBR7TseqFLgVXFZSMMfxRqx2p0WtK170wPlNp8a8etXYalTVhkO0qpnylBC9GhUhJsuXw1meNjFtPO=w640-h356" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Dennis Muren - a legend in vfx now - was <i>'second cameraman-photographic effects'</i> on STAR WARS under 'first cameraman' Richard Edlund and overall director of vfx, John Dykstra. Here, Dennis takes a light reading from one of Ralph's amazing matte paintings of the ominous Death Star.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv4CGmFiEjirCHRO7emKQF0zYh1278E3T5KekG4hkbMzOSYTzQ7kSvomOVt-3hi3mxU-IVqK2JeRyIAx1pKtlWvLwoi5K_T_0n8RIF4iNlKA5R-mdfCcQ7Sr3ipiyQ5jJaQXVgVTdoHyYSpvXGa9Hwveo1nsDpZ-_YIAThimiOlwwwrmBHaMYIPCZg=s960" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv4CGmFiEjirCHRO7emKQF0zYh1278E3T5KekG4hkbMzOSYTzQ7kSvomOVt-3hi3mxU-IVqK2JeRyIAx1pKtlWvLwoi5K_T_0n8RIF4iNlKA5R-mdfCcQ7Sr3ipiyQ5jJaQXVgVTdoHyYSpvXGa9Hwveo1nsDpZ-_YIAThimiOlwwwrmBHaMYIPCZg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ralph's expertly painted Death Star.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDszqxgafQVJSzFQBB7RPg7ofXfyfVBFJBg_AhmKmiQaUXrPLuoOARkFZwKIy6ryGmY6KKVXOPPasumGA2nXJusez9EJSJAosV79ozniSehp8vfIXu96rZ1u5KVdH63pAQojCEl3jQA4z7CUDXPEXamwllU-m3gyjCuGacABBFm6_Cmu6jIWVbHodO=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1920" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDszqxgafQVJSzFQBB7RPg7ofXfyfVBFJBg_AhmKmiQaUXrPLuoOARkFZwKIy6ryGmY6KKVXOPPasumGA2nXJusez9EJSJAosV79ozniSehp8vfIXu96rZ1u5KVdH63pAQojCEl3jQA4z7CUDXPEXamwllU-m3gyjCuGacABBFm6_Cmu6jIWVbHodO=w640-h264" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte art Death Star with miniature foreground and blue screened stormtroopers and ship. **I should mention that, back in the day, while at high school, I persuaded our 5th Form english teacher (the late Mr Hassan) that as we were studying the <i>'social ramifications and sub-liminal message of cinema on the population'</i> (or some such utter bollocks) that we, as a class, <u>should</u> go and see STAR WARS. And.... we did, as a whole class one night. I was never more 'popular' with fellow pupils (and even the bullies) for a week or so than I was then. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRdkswJEvnI99DxvOd-ZDY21o5MoZuDCifoTAZB9_ahsm46yzdN0ZWjeGNSvvT8P7u7CcssF6cqLvZFQIQRbSCravkT-dW39cG-FoFo3m26UvDinRKVb4eOdkXXAiw2klVck1S918qYW2CccEpZOoQMVK6mcCVb520i18kMIALYn08NSdXbib9jrNt=s1526" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="1526" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRdkswJEvnI99DxvOd-ZDY21o5MoZuDCifoTAZB9_ahsm46yzdN0ZWjeGNSvvT8P7u7CcssF6cqLvZFQIQRbSCravkT-dW39cG-FoFo3m26UvDinRKVb4eOdkXXAiw2klVck1S918qYW2CccEpZOoQMVK6mcCVb520i18kMIALYn08NSdXbib9jrNt=w640-h192" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Occupational Health & Safety is sadly lacking on the Death Star! A bit silly!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDdyt0zCn8mcFoWJoHzRJbbL247Y4ZLU6nXSUUoqH_hlumpD8TWtG4zqYThksCE5Z1oWL5aUoXSwgZpjGQNn03GObJPpAMW9RYGEYQvCxEvQxhMjJJNvfJO0uIMvvBUq2udwJr2v30JuxzqL3DqeTpYcgDQW3cQ8zuFYBpRpv9JolvLvsaO47AHZuN=s951" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="951" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDdyt0zCn8mcFoWJoHzRJbbL247Y4ZLU6nXSUUoqH_hlumpD8TWtG4zqYThksCE5Z1oWL5aUoXSwgZpjGQNn03GObJPpAMW9RYGEYQvCxEvQxhMjJJNvfJO0uIMvvBUq2udwJr2v30JuxzqL3DqeTpYcgDQW3cQ8zuFYBpRpv9JolvLvsaO47AHZuN=w640-h540" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>'Who was c*** who built this, I ask you?'</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKNlxkHy_vjEuIWHxWVSGmTp7VEKA1ZfaUfunT2IjiSr7UIeA-azURYsZEyb-CbYG2-cYE9UZAo_93u1Hw0c5_sfWuNyfg6wPV13O9aCx-q85obFTSfqbOIKvjx1Am2Y5pO0lFEujXhL6WfWGxeA5r_CzOwDFjtqxZixpn5dDMcRLe_Jt1JSN6wSCe=s1720" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="1720" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKNlxkHy_vjEuIWHxWVSGmTp7VEKA1ZfaUfunT2IjiSr7UIeA-azURYsZEyb-CbYG2-cYE9UZAo_93u1Hw0c5_sfWuNyfg6wPV13O9aCx-q85obFTSfqbOIKvjx1Am2Y5pO0lFEujXhL6WfWGxeA5r_CzOwDFjtqxZixpn5dDMcRLe_Jt1JSN6wSCe=w640-h236" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Elstree set in England of the throne room, and accompanying Ellenshaw matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_A9hr7g3AuMza8TbWNT-nGPWi6MJaV8eINoR71pakZSU6vffjWrg8tIfJ04u7rv5g3FSpfxG6OYOUm_0F8hAaNEvelEgLss6AMwUsYuBQ7tEVDV8bPw1ceGafWxRKHY1TzpSUBb-kh9V6z7IrCOjWpkFx8E8V-DOr5nqZZ3A-GZKZamhKuxZAkmH1=s799" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="799" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_A9hr7g3AuMza8TbWNT-nGPWi6MJaV8eINoR71pakZSU6vffjWrg8tIfJ04u7rv5g3FSpfxG6OYOUm_0F8hAaNEvelEgLss6AMwUsYuBQ7tEVDV8bPw1ceGafWxRKHY1TzpSUBb-kh9V6z7IrCOjWpkFx8E8V-DOr5nqZZ3A-GZKZamhKuxZAkmH1=w640-h438" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A better view of what I feel was the best matte in the whole film, which apparently was very enthusiastically recieved by the director and others. This particular painting had to re-painted some three times before both Ellenshaw and Lucas were happy with it. All of the Disney mattes were composited with an ancient Bell & Howell stop-motion camera, built around 1912. According to Ellenshaw it was quite simple, yet extremely reliable, with rock steady movements along with the one-second turnover between exposures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoW79F9LUruP7G8MXhj2g0I9iNqxMl3L1-lvisKzT1q-HLSJ3L3LOmhR0HNG_ilXYDzVVCfI6M5XUEUnHzC3-00ot-bnWkh5wXCBPbPbJR6g_hlgobwqTgyM5Zh_nPYcrh39i5eamUatC72p1JI4pit_u9wRXrkXeVpdNebiyvH4iwf9JGlhgDPQMH=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1280" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoW79F9LUruP7G8MXhj2g0I9iNqxMl3L1-lvisKzT1q-HLSJ3L3LOmhR0HNG_ilXYDzVVCfI6M5XUEUnHzC3-00ot-bnWkh5wXCBPbPbJR6g_hlgobwqTgyM5Zh_nPYcrh39i5eamUatC72p1JI4pit_u9wRXrkXeVpdNebiyvH4iwf9JGlhgDPQMH=w640-h284" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot, and end of the film. This almost got a standing ovation in the cinema, what with John Williams' unforgettable Souza-esque march score contributing so much to the scene. Bravo!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1IS8Ku7kk_t673LAK69tr_TOA6Xs_afUSmCzwPl1VXtQU7XCrbWEUFu1mkOot0eJYSFvimnknqxVr43D6t4Ndaie6CwBRGA72JKHeO3Aa8NlaJleGaHUQcEALXPLjqeODCZSq9MLtUb5ipTXktRLg9F-KAM1IH0KX23k1ce2dbYsbSXrZr6iD71eW=s1305" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1305" data-original-width="1056" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1IS8Ku7kk_t673LAK69tr_TOA6Xs_afUSmCzwPl1VXtQU7XCrbWEUFu1mkOot0eJYSFvimnknqxVr43D6t4Ndaie6CwBRGA72JKHeO3Aa8NlaJleGaHUQcEALXPLjqeODCZSq9MLtUb5ipTXktRLg9F-KAM1IH0KX23k1ce2dbYsbSXrZr6iD71eW=w324-h400" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">With the vast and deserving critical and box office success worldwide of STAR WARS, Lucas naturally had to follow it up, though this sequel wasn't a patch on the original, it did have first class vfx work throughout, especially the stop motion sequences by Phil Tippett (sadly, not covered here...)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_NpSGrFEKTJ8lQ9FHMeg8X0bqlKwsWoH8KoyfDziyjW_fVa9xmiPq4RLB5VzgYfBePunhSEdIG-g5nfxGmmbENBZwdTiRzNT4qdxsJGwx-TEZU7gnN7E6jfqSRCcMjVxCVZtUh08h0JIl2PkYvddf8mW63SsyO2jrrUkmgvGV9awEN-6Lu04RG8cj=s1784" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1784" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_NpSGrFEKTJ8lQ9FHMeg8X0bqlKwsWoH8KoyfDziyjW_fVa9xmiPq4RLB5VzgYfBePunhSEdIG-g5nfxGmmbENBZwdTiRzNT4qdxsJGwx-TEZU7gnN7E6jfqSRCcMjVxCVZtUh08h0JIl2PkYvddf8mW63SsyO2jrrUkmgvGV9awEN-6Lu04RG8cj=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ILM had now moved to an entirely new premises up in Northern California, with the old LA site becoming Apogee, with former ILM chief John Dykstra in charge. Shown above the the make up of the new ILM matte department, headed again by Harrison Ellenshaw (front). From left is matte artist Michael Angelo Pangrazio; matte camera assistant Craig Barron; matte painter Ralph McQuarrie; and matte cinematographer Neil Krepela.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghjoJYnaMvGwRv6SjdaNJ8-dkakAb2BQHhnjirRZDX4mt8s7xfyk44OBVtL1PG0ySZ-PDINqohkUTl50FmLEPlUB87yokMtnSiMUc2l5MUSSo8Km3Ax5df-1hOFe6pMqmeGN1YSuVjUD29g9dDLaHZCU5wGZfQFLkf4H7mxsLWl04L9XfCr2IaF0Ke=s1634" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1634" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghjoJYnaMvGwRv6SjdaNJ8-dkakAb2BQHhnjirRZDX4mt8s7xfyk44OBVtL1PG0ySZ-PDINqohkUTl50FmLEPlUB87yokMtnSiMUc2l5MUSSo8Km3Ax5df-1hOFe6pMqmeGN1YSuVjUD29g9dDLaHZCU5wGZfQFLkf4H7mxsLWl04L9XfCr2IaF0Ke=w640-h440" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'Matte artists in their natural habitat' <i>(imagine that phrase as spoken by naturalist Sir David Attenborough if you will).</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNUNENagB1ITTi-UH__2cysV-yMCOZG0ZYAVgRV00JcE3D_25UcZTLqYRLIH1wuuanHquL50-rjI_eR5W6wnu-6db_S3HEyBDD4_OfPdLZdge_tMAYT078qjIiSsNplDUscnab1Y3nUWorHeU2cSALTeubokGvHLWxETZjlKHmxtrgEUiSu_N_v5i4=s700" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="700" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNUNENagB1ITTi-UH__2cysV-yMCOZG0ZYAVgRV00JcE3D_25UcZTLqYRLIH1wuuanHquL50-rjI_eR5W6wnu-6db_S3HEyBDD4_OfPdLZdge_tMAYT078qjIiSsNplDUscnab1Y3nUWorHeU2cSALTeubokGvHLWxETZjlKHmxtrgEUiSu_N_v5i4=w640-h434" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ralph with his trusty airbrush works on one of the numerous ice cave shots that open the film</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw_Q65lUG1vWDiUyFIzrWRYm7WEOPjGiD2AxYnm9ppG8dvuOSi9ROd3vYhzqHBYkveLPL4xswwXGAnVqyNTYTsvvYuvRG02sUELGxPeKRVCOaqQBZa-cjJRVGSza5R09RTozr8yJyarYg-qoZ4mAOWG_bkeHAeBf7nOksMUA1Jl9kpehxqhdCc1wpy=s1276" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1276" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw_Q65lUG1vWDiUyFIzrWRYm7WEOPjGiD2AxYnm9ppG8dvuOSi9ROd3vYhzqHBYkveLPL4xswwXGAnVqyNTYTsvvYuvRG02sUELGxPeKRVCOaqQBZa-cjJRVGSza5R09RTozr8yJyarYg-qoZ4mAOWG_bkeHAeBf7nOksMUA1Jl9kpehxqhdCc1wpy=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Finished painting prior to composite stage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFkyMK2GOEWhpcLI8LadCvw58yP2MgocBcknKOjrrEGzIc4IN6vtEHB0FDdCOaJ8ff0Onzbb0Bg-DzdiMXXHkuBSz_VCW9U0DQZQAhZECYAXtds3MkWhTqbd9cfz7KBzct4YR9GP5Mgw8neJR1AzHPDANxWKCWkHEEihs6VNp32jC2Iz704KYG_-uj=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFkyMK2GOEWhpcLI8LadCvw58yP2MgocBcknKOjrrEGzIc4IN6vtEHB0FDdCOaJ8ff0Onzbb0Bg-DzdiMXXHkuBSz_VCW9U0DQZQAhZECYAXtds3MkWhTqbd9cfz7KBzct4YR9GP5Mgw8neJR1AzHPDANxWKCWkHEEihs6VNp32jC2Iz704KYG_-uj=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Above matte art as seen in the final film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhB8BTgJJvYlRERWJBCleWaPZ8nufa-nTEm1gGnFBn0BzdRnjpHkpN9dxBBnGBRj3IvSbbSoMSqPKnt33cKemleQ_2OOCHVNn-mfvdDGn131ZVv1EgnidtH-A1kjXZGuU2BWrob4JpKFgGR7zzZ-HWy0mBlgMrps0c1NJ8ZafdE0Lq7G4Y05f9zzF2F=s2124" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="2124" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhB8BTgJJvYlRERWJBCleWaPZ8nufa-nTEm1gGnFBn0BzdRnjpHkpN9dxBBnGBRj3IvSbbSoMSqPKnt33cKemleQ_2OOCHVNn-mfvdDGn131ZVv1EgnidtH-A1kjXZGuU2BWrob4JpKFgGR7zzZ-HWy0mBlgMrps0c1NJ8ZafdE0Lq7G4Y05f9zzF2F=w640-h286" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A second view further back as all hell breaks loose.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOGaiNbmIBBN3vqRFf8YEQV-vN3siRbGy7K_Drqt03o9jmfjwlOrWvGlWShN_51pGGx-xf4IwtdcZheWCzGExy8P7u6mxxdv1c8FZMzOVJFaf8ZQlBzZJFt9hhH_WbJ36LqfdWFGNpNte9CW3jiLlMDIOvMyCX2x7bV-h8ywqP9oULEiVT9BBesGiX=s2436" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="2436" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOGaiNbmIBBN3vqRFf8YEQV-vN3siRbGy7K_Drqt03o9jmfjwlOrWvGlWShN_51pGGx-xf4IwtdcZheWCzGExy8P7u6mxxdv1c8FZMzOVJFaf8ZQlBzZJFt9hhH_WbJ36LqfdWFGNpNte9CW3jiLlMDIOvMyCX2x7bV-h8ywqP9oULEiVT9BBesGiX=w640-h276" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of several subtle <i>'blink and you'd miss it'</i> mattes, with Harrison Ellenshaw's painted power generator visible at left. Similar shots also used artwork such as this.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidZB1udOeVfeVVe2ResPM8dbQpnjJhETNJxmrX_RU2Abf19-jNWl9SsX-Q0sKo-NRD18mniUm_RB1ob5m-gMNDB9EXL6Gz6djEm2oqfulybBAc5e-PBbltUVUF6E9kU5w4TefL4fRFxESZxxOdkzCqE27loSwrRAIzkLv78N1tP4If2PQP6qvGqtTX=s1586" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1586" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidZB1udOeVfeVVe2ResPM8dbQpnjJhETNJxmrX_RU2Abf19-jNWl9SsX-Q0sKo-NRD18mniUm_RB1ob5m-gMNDB9EXL6Gz6djEm2oqfulybBAc5e-PBbltUVUF6E9kU5w4TefL4fRFxESZxxOdkzCqE27loSwrRAIzkLv78N1tP4If2PQP6qvGqtTX=w640-h316" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Michael Pangrazio's painted snowscape. Mike had previosly worked on some low budget flicks and did a spell with Introvision before being hired by Richard Edlund at ILM. Mike would very quickly prove himself to be one of the most talented artists in the field, with scores of incredible and memorable shots over the next 15 years before transitioning to the digital medium, and much later over to production design. Last I heard, Mike was here in NZ working with Peter Jackson at our WETA Digital on various films like KING KONG, AVATAR and others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhETRWotFe4SFDKMgwIouhUI3KOglp9cYAkOVBznlcAoNhi--34CRQ19LQghFqcba5kHOVP5bQ-2VCYq0nJkMahTMo2hSlgZBPnda7GUCI702aGDkn0xh3vf55n7all6qlYaVhkXv-Soq4mKQg__uc-aNPUP5ZYprycOxWyNvq6Jy2ojWUZiwVdn7d6=s1276" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1276" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhETRWotFe4SFDKMgwIouhUI3KOglp9cYAkOVBznlcAoNhi--34CRQ19LQghFqcba5kHOVP5bQ-2VCYq0nJkMahTMo2hSlgZBPnda7GUCI702aGDkn0xh3vf55n7all6qlYaVhkXv-Soq4mKQg__uc-aNPUP5ZYprycOxWyNvq6Jy2ojWUZiwVdn7d6=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail from above</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-r4sS0wlSWnP5sN6XejNyWZxtNYV3P7cV-uA-g3oqIuKr6VCnUp--NeEd2FJ7Y78tNv6tTVpKxhJThlR0iPFmLey4gW-PmXzV3e4s989o4vhf40ToBJPBE47fnihY1q-GfCEqNzx0AtRBE9s_NO476w1qeEtjTIHC9-ELZDpDkhKJwZKiTLTmjEm0=s812" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="812" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-r4sS0wlSWnP5sN6XejNyWZxtNYV3P7cV-uA-g3oqIuKr6VCnUp--NeEd2FJ7Y78tNv6tTVpKxhJThlR0iPFmLey4gW-PmXzV3e4s989o4vhf40ToBJPBE47fnihY1q-GfCEqNzx0AtRBE9s_NO476w1qeEtjTIHC9-ELZDpDkhKJwZKiTLTmjEm0=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mike would split his time on EMPIRE painting mattes and scenic backings such as this, for use with the jaw dropping miniature stop motion sequences.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAlJ7Nzjh0ywXmcR_cXUG4doYp8I7HBuua6KGHjJtR6N2Bd6aZOR_IqcGs-fIitdlz9tByc35pvrlnTJXtqZ_Cmot63lCR6HrJL1BwSIMTjCFfJsZlbqTatRJ81s2v_MV7xUnmsZcvrowktQPZU_CcVDvFErLmeSdMLJsvtgfs8TO6_wL1S6twLTlF=s910" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="910" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAlJ7Nzjh0ywXmcR_cXUG4doYp8I7HBuua6KGHjJtR6N2Bd6aZOR_IqcGs-fIitdlz9tByc35pvrlnTJXtqZ_Cmot63lCR6HrJL1BwSIMTjCFfJsZlbqTatRJ81s2v_MV7xUnmsZcvrowktQPZU_CcVDvFErLmeSdMLJsvtgfs8TO6_wL1S6twLTlF=w640-h478" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">On the Taun-Taun set, with effects director of photography Dennis Muren; stop motion animator Phil Tippett; and matte artist/scenic painter Mike Pangrazio. The set up appears to be a multi-plane gag, with painted backing, stop motion mid section and separate, highly detailed glass painted foreground plane, just as the great Willis O'Brien would have done it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgWBrdTHhnWBvqbxSs-u5Mp8ogJYdTx4eWxV6uugVVZAv_CEguzeePBWvDUrSFb7hVSXwuU_USCXnr-f0Qun0gRbT4R2GsagDoaRJkSVUJuMPCiZbXGaUartDWjch6XidvOktYq1zMXgCC7-lQTZrGvQN7rKkAujNVb3bCfdo1kqZtFQ9SXPHeTcJL=s1080" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1080" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgWBrdTHhnWBvqbxSs-u5Mp8ogJYdTx4eWxV6uugVVZAv_CEguzeePBWvDUrSFb7hVSXwuU_USCXnr-f0Qun0gRbT4R2GsagDoaRJkSVUJuMPCiZbXGaUartDWjch6XidvOktYq1zMXgCC7-lQTZrGvQN7rKkAujNVb3bCfdo1kqZtFQ9SXPHeTcJL=w640-h442" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Top left: Ralph McQuarrie. Top right: Craig Barron. Bottom left: Mike Pangrazio.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj25h1Gm8tdyxsfwTSRxnVYyPySgumUab4sp9tQrUXrcL7iXXTSOo4RCSHG9jFGK0V9wMrfdK0zPixT-F0JVr5mF0e5twPDN5RoCIS-Qp5YY-XBS_QHpE5Vmkc9nAUZ4hAvqODYwyOd1bExPwBSlyHBA9Hx1JWpdUr7TijrhG6hXRIznxZEqe-Dsy_=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj25h1Gm8tdyxsfwTSRxnVYyPySgumUab4sp9tQrUXrcL7iXXTSOo4RCSHG9jFGK0V9wMrfdK0zPixT-F0JVr5mF0e5twPDN5RoCIS-Qp5YY-XBS_QHpE5Vmkc9nAUZ4hAvqODYwyOd1bExPwBSlyHBA9Hx1JWpdUr7TijrhG6hXRIznxZEqe-Dsy_=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of Ralph's elaborate cloud city paintings with the Millenium Falcon on the landing pad.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnSU6-0cFPYVath2u5JRw4vDzSo_DFtbKb97t16JYNPuR-RKBF5owJZNXV2xMfOFv4hxqh7Gf7G0nUbztgBehYhWTMZss1tVE90qQ8FjppPTwkt-IaIOaipZbyLVOHnPJq5-pus4eSztLfJs6cSW4y5MHA_Atm4694P1NrEQ3M1H9QwedC-XOALUmu=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnSU6-0cFPYVath2u5JRw4vDzSo_DFtbKb97t16JYNPuR-RKBF5owJZNXV2xMfOFv4hxqh7Gf7G0nUbztgBehYhWTMZss1tVE90qQ8FjppPTwkt-IaIOaipZbyLVOHnPJq5-pus4eSztLfJs6cSW4y5MHA_Atm4694P1NrEQ3M1H9QwedC-XOALUmu=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final composite. I spoke with Harrison Ellenshaw about Ralph and his heavy reliance on airbrush techniques which to me tended to have a little too much of a slickness and artificially smooth quality about it: <i> "Ralph used airbrush a lot and it helped to create the 'look' of STAR WARS, and the overall success of the franchise. A good blend is a good blend. Personally, I never had much patience with airbrush... damn things clog and splatter... I don't like them."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKeOwlCis2en3oUIcGrxCGqauqiRhn692a5_X2vmOw8e_UUX_nK6dOmxSUyNmxbh052a7C-kxB2KUeOkbgJ01B9vllDxA4hMt5YednJz1gW92iTGrktDpbMob_Irh5LH6K8_gupZIO1mprAM3PzELBDKl-jlUJVzz55g75NZ2N7t8j5hRxUtEa-Rwr=s1023" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1023" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKeOwlCis2en3oUIcGrxCGqauqiRhn692a5_X2vmOw8e_UUX_nK6dOmxSUyNmxbh052a7C-kxB2KUeOkbgJ01B9vllDxA4hMt5YednJz1gW92iTGrktDpbMob_Irh5LH6K8_gupZIO1mprAM3PzELBDKl-jlUJVzz55g75NZ2N7t8j5hRxUtEa-Rwr=w640-h454" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte cameraman Neil Krepela makes final adjustments to the reflex front projection rig initiated as a valuable means to composite live action plates with matte art, ILM's first use of this method, which I understand Harrison had picked up the idea from his former Disney mentor, Alan Maley, who used it successfully on the Bond picture, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME <i>(possibly the best 007 flick of 'em all, though, I digress...).</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho8NsFDzYC1KVQRMC47qcr8v1CEMuSur4uC9dPwg_w3aX068-vVA_0kjufUYzI9Q2Ns5lE7Y7Om2g0OZgvxMsPV5LVW-FKsKiz3zcgEQRC82StvI02MZE6r9Af-pZRomJ1fnLlIdWRefRN8CvqhrMrSTWoEEqWRbHAtwE35b2Z8oVQZFuN4qyfvBdW=s755" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="755" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho8NsFDzYC1KVQRMC47qcr8v1CEMuSur4uC9dPwg_w3aX068-vVA_0kjufUYzI9Q2Ns5lE7Y7Om2g0OZgvxMsPV5LVW-FKsKiz3zcgEQRC82StvI02MZE6r9Af-pZRomJ1fnLlIdWRefRN8CvqhrMrSTWoEEqWRbHAtwE35b2Z8oVQZFuN4qyfvBdW=w640-h414" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another view of Neil with the front projection unit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeux1R-8KHFdCmCZJhz6CcZKLrzM2FwXh6lomkUQvvKS5Whr993HsZfYYaXGmZUoLwEolrjRXHWLGO-iOC4Kj-meb0czqptlfDFx6hp4D-4LcYOsCI0pG1qoJooVk0ToQfpE_DKg1mbLHozIorc3Sj1QXpmOA2HBCthoEfuHIH-93qOmFp8z44SF5I=s1536" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1536" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeux1R-8KHFdCmCZJhz6CcZKLrzM2FwXh6lomkUQvvKS5Whr993HsZfYYaXGmZUoLwEolrjRXHWLGO-iOC4Kj-meb0czqptlfDFx6hp4D-4LcYOsCI0pG1qoJooVk0ToQfpE_DKg1mbLHozIorc3Sj1QXpmOA2HBCthoEfuHIH-93qOmFp8z44SF5I=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harrison at work on one of the many mattes required on EMPIRE. Around 70 mattes, or partial mattes were rendered in all by the three artists.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ5usfsXkUZhRkrZdfLgcJy1mJmvzZubKUiVeXabgzj6To1TB-caHNDCjLqWLlkJvQw3I-eX_MZtgwOjv2WcYGQuTC9t8ld7-rdIIQxFvu5sD03tTNtBGEftzjlGe5jQo80H4pu7wk1NXgwwL0rhL9JVZ3in8im-vaR4H7UYP9m4GN6jbVTR-CSACo=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ5usfsXkUZhRkrZdfLgcJy1mJmvzZubKUiVeXabgzj6To1TB-caHNDCjLqWLlkJvQw3I-eX_MZtgwOjv2WcYGQuTC9t8ld7-rdIIQxFvu5sD03tTNtBGEftzjlGe5jQo80H4pu7wk1NXgwwL0rhL9JVZ3in8im-vaR4H7UYP9m4GN6jbVTR-CSACo=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte art of a different view of the same swamp. Incidentally, at risk of serious SW fan backlash, I hated that absurd <i>'Fozzy-Bear of the wetlands',</i> <b>Yoda</b>, with a passion. I even think I laughed out loud when that creature appeared. It was cringeworthy then and remains so today 40 years later, especially as the popular Muppet tv show was still on the air and the moment this Yoda puppet opened it's mouth all possible attempts at credibility went out the window! Now there's an entire character that Lucas could have digitally rotoscoped out of the picture and replaced quite happily with something (anything!) more credible. God almighty, even the insufferable <i>Jar-Jar Binks</i> was a step above the muppet with the Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear voice - and that is <i>really</i> saying something! There.... got <u>that</u> out of my system!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQrOIsDd-Ur87gTwZM3Qnj3II2Zks_iNyIqDgIqpgsqh_k3yRVSmV2TiMeEEPmdHsnEdw7ghH4B73hM5rXDKBbCUbOhEaMSAoi2CTb0AUv0GaDqHW8f7v3voi7wujQ1DMxFrebRhwMKYRGiHLNOYLT536B78B4bItSHwm9cjUISiMh0W5vGVlpHzKw=s1022" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="1022" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQrOIsDd-Ur87gTwZM3Qnj3II2Zks_iNyIqDgIqpgsqh_k3yRVSmV2TiMeEEPmdHsnEdw7ghH4B73hM5rXDKBbCUbOhEaMSAoi2CTb0AUv0GaDqHW8f7v3voi7wujQ1DMxFrebRhwMKYRGiHLNOYLT536B78B4bItSHwm9cjUISiMh0W5vGVlpHzKw=w640-h310" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished shot, though oddly optically flopped for some reason.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAEan9iMW5ef0cSPXQocgdM2gaijk3_W0KX4Pcf9-NWWyG3Gl2o0lRhYy8NAWicO746Ph1lM_luB6OFgFSjhYRHB4LU1aaEWgw3TTv2baL2G5rSRooklxHL2Te7oG5gItZaOyzXr8C4YDhIauyCmx5dsJZba9f5is52FTostoOWuv85bmW2fFq5hiQ=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1920" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAEan9iMW5ef0cSPXQocgdM2gaijk3_W0KX4Pcf9-NWWyG3Gl2o0lRhYy8NAWicO746Ph1lM_luB6OFgFSjhYRHB4LU1aaEWgw3TTv2baL2G5rSRooklxHL2Te7oG5gItZaOyzXr8C4YDhIauyCmx5dsJZba9f5is52FTostoOWuv85bmW2fFq5hiQ=w640-h284" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another view, this time painted by Ralph McQuarrie.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVVG9Jux7FA0GUb0Ao50um7jMOKp4Otq8cS3yBqScUIYyvCWst3FiaFv5W5uTsj3tiQWxnD0LDKAH8_OsYAJrAJc-B_e3YDpcsf8dzvnV9idK2-MrBak8gGGuNFwavDek41wViF5AIkdSpoA-mas6xsBjgErK0LY3h3Xk4tcdJCYH2LEADRcgZEilW=s700" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="700" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVVG9Jux7FA0GUb0Ao50um7jMOKp4Otq8cS3yBqScUIYyvCWst3FiaFv5W5uTsj3tiQWxnD0LDKAH8_OsYAJrAJc-B_e3YDpcsf8dzvnV9idK2-MrBak8gGGuNFwavDek41wViF5AIkdSpoA-mas6xsBjgErK0LY3h3Xk4tcdJCYH2LEADRcgZEilW=w640-h502" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another McQuarrie painting on the matte stand.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRI81CRNU2POQfByik3rzqGf037n6EYQ_VYgxl4Nes-8je-GI62x02sG0BXH-hAXYvbiaaTPpGQL6ELITFuaDz4YloazErk1Xly-VYQ9M_MjR6LhE848p9ufR106ScU8S_7Co6_T9AfCN8mu4mVj5xYhnNMBxu4exAQfg2Sxu5VEPewXWKshgY18Gc=s1185" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="1185" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRI81CRNU2POQfByik3rzqGf037n6EYQ_VYgxl4Nes-8je-GI62x02sG0BXH-hAXYvbiaaTPpGQL6ELITFuaDz4YloazErk1Xly-VYQ9M_MjR6LhE848p9ufR106ScU8S_7Co6_T9AfCN8mu4mVj5xYhnNMBxu4exAQfg2Sxu5VEPewXWKshgY18Gc=w640-h294" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More splendid Ralph McQuarrie matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="2536" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHynmWBhHujLpK_sih0E_Tmu6DR4GNb64Wdd53CPoD3HCNvy7hf8A-JxLvZtiz2pNnF5filnsYYNl0M69w4sevjRxP5xQoj01kVRTiVZhtKG8XGLe6ukWTBjkAjg_G6KxjUGpLyZPU-cmDVhd3epkJMFg_qUAjAEKIJVeuoXlZOj4ZDr3LLhPQ0qUu=w640-h278" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlSGivznvBUQGGYT8pn6aRE2GFhCcFKqpjTPgxrOCQ_vf5tG9t_VMs2dBKPsq8QQGKq4AgHkMexLDCE1jEKCBmQueYw9_MBNXFk9WwI6AJ6qXKFf3hDOsz0IhjITch-b09Vkiyq5M-IRtbmY59vHOMm2zdAS4AawIfdWsXYk26d1Nltf2K1M3FdqjX=s2394" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2394" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlSGivznvBUQGGYT8pn6aRE2GFhCcFKqpjTPgxrOCQ_vf5tG9t_VMs2dBKPsq8QQGKq4AgHkMexLDCE1jEKCBmQueYw9_MBNXFk9WwI6AJ6qXKFf3hDOsz0IhjITch-b09Vkiyq5M-IRtbmY59vHOMm2zdAS4AawIfdWsXYk26d1Nltf2K1M3FdqjX=w640-h402" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not <i>entirely</i> certain if the matte art at left is the same as the finals at right, but it looks close enough. Matte painted aerial view of Dagobah, rendered by effects art director Joe Johnston (top middle), with a separate plexiglass layer of painted clouds by matte artist Michael Pangrazio.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwB1WeH4QUC0F8HlDrkiG5pBGMj1-XWyUelVODzqPXxfjdc1zqnpXuB0Lis6bmM59oPvIKRT8A6TAd0EfsN0uYlNiYE6Ufcgz8WH9Vt3tM0OX_j3cFrj_FkPFKtc3zClFqrUfJhtbcSBEG7KN0H17vTAQlVf2os61IwHsScs3ZqkMZ8hB5AMr1ufTj=s2193" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="2193" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwB1WeH4QUC0F8HlDrkiG5pBGMj1-XWyUelVODzqPXxfjdc1zqnpXuB0Lis6bmM59oPvIKRT8A6TAd0EfsN0uYlNiYE6Ufcgz8WH9Vt3tM0OX_j3cFrj_FkPFKtc3zClFqrUfJhtbcSBEG7KN0H17vTAQlVf2os61IwHsScs3ZqkMZ8hB5AMr1ufTj=w640-h230" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">To aid in the architectural aspects of some of the cloud city mattes, artist Mike Pangrazio enlisted help from ILM's miniatures shop to construct a variety of structures which would then be carefully lit and photographed as high resolution stills. These stills would be cut out, arranged and directly mounted upon the glass. Pangrazio would then paint additional features and extend the matte as desired (see below).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEkbzLVKoh8D_0r0IivcMUXQG4JaXVXmsJkj-S9k_v7T68Ph5CZvSP47qvQIRCE_c3tXqkyypwRjjzi-BTNmWBmGxhZzLqGraAAIIK4b0A6-rG5sSHAhv8YGKGQEJCkn7ojeOA68IxiRczxA1_0SobTkKCAVwjeVu9W7ZIVc4K0RRuYHvkNl1gZ6Nn=s1767" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="1767" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEkbzLVKoh8D_0r0IivcMUXQG4JaXVXmsJkj-S9k_v7T68Ph5CZvSP47qvQIRCE_c3tXqkyypwRjjzi-BTNmWBmGxhZzLqGraAAIIK4b0A6-rG5sSHAhv8YGKGQEJCkn7ojeOA68IxiRczxA1_0SobTkKCAVwjeVu9W7ZIVc4K0RRuYHvkNl1gZ6Nn=w640-h372" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished multi-plane matte art with pasted on photographic elements and artwork. The background sky is on a separate glass.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKHXOrhfhCK28SkcPuJ0y8EkQRvF8cimymmaSgMcj-rV_5PMrqlO_U1hkBse4IEhDgFFel008KkXKYmJe7jrPGTzuOr6RWNUb7GdcaDD7614buf1kOIxW0ZzsBQ1jXJcJ0dWzc3YDoMzn3B1IoyT5MK3mkvJoIot9_-3jIXb_i06aeSdVCdCbTLWod=s1276" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1276" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKHXOrhfhCK28SkcPuJ0y8EkQRvF8cimymmaSgMcj-rV_5PMrqlO_U1hkBse4IEhDgFFel008KkXKYmJe7jrPGTzuOr6RWNUb7GdcaDD7614buf1kOIxW0ZzsBQ1jXJcJ0dWzc3YDoMzn3B1IoyT5MK3mkvJoIot9_-3jIXb_i06aeSdVCdCbTLWod=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail where photographic elements and brush work merge.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitt7XgJJ5QGT1QJpiQos6iRvMhYJRHZejbXOaYDSdPA2jfuvYwp4VA4_0Vk97ocO8BlLQ_83Vu3DPKyimYr2jOoovpDGq5G98qaiX6s_WO8bWErA8oOhZqPmc4_0nfs-6cDMY7OAMQY_WfEbCGQSItbONd5GanDrGeudVJ_Wc0S5ATIXR-JjvbK_XS=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="2048" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitt7XgJJ5QGT1QJpiQos6iRvMhYJRHZejbXOaYDSdPA2jfuvYwp4VA4_0Vk97ocO8BlLQ_83Vu3DPKyimYr2jOoovpDGq5G98qaiX6s_WO8bWErA8oOhZqPmc4_0nfs-6cDMY7OAMQY_WfEbCGQSItbONd5GanDrGeudVJ_Wc0S5ATIXR-JjvbK_XS=w640-h388" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Dual plane matte art on stand for final photography. I think that might be matte assistant cameraman Robert Elswit there - now an ace Academy Award winning production cinematographer, shooting all of Paul Thomas Anderson's pictures, including my number one fave BOOGIE NIGHTS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOJxuB0w_sFYQY--CrRkGnnYXt-x50s2lpaypcGxf2ec7179OuRBST88GmhnFHn9GdYG3CPqeoZWnaDenmaGvy2owxdt3ABWOydrL9b2UTawZYTBzKU1Te6MjkZ5XVJPE_bElMuQMgtvaIkVZoHHgNtNIfvi7G2Qh-VVEqlNp2DKYq529KAye6lvMf=s1268" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="1268" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOJxuB0w_sFYQY--CrRkGnnYXt-x50s2lpaypcGxf2ec7179OuRBST88GmhnFHn9GdYG3CPqeoZWnaDenmaGvy2owxdt3ABWOydrL9b2UTawZYTBzKU1Te6MjkZ5XVJPE_bElMuQMgtvaIkVZoHHgNtNIfvi7G2Qh-VVEqlNp2DKYq529KAye6lvMf=w640-h302" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhm3FNbEqfvmtAY_EZlF08WYI30Pg7_7n1jNn-F5NWRR9DNXQ9vVkLI4DMLAm-xfAkgIcxX25t6ck1FqXRHKlgzjeazFT9rlyFfuR8OOG5Xw0PtAoriv9t9vYPMYPDmjmu3ZKxZ4pYz9zLtu9-HsUir4dRmm4DzRyH33Whfrv7NZBgb2dl2dxtB5zI2=s1665" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1665" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhm3FNbEqfvmtAY_EZlF08WYI30Pg7_7n1jNn-F5NWRR9DNXQ9vVkLI4DMLAm-xfAkgIcxX25t6ck1FqXRHKlgzjeazFT9rlyFfuR8OOG5Xw0PtAoriv9t9vYPMYPDmjmu3ZKxZ4pYz9zLtu9-HsUir4dRmm4DzRyH33Whfrv7NZBgb2dl2dxtB5zI2=w640-h356" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harrison's desk with partially completed matte art at right. <i>"Richard Edlund, along with Brian Johnson were the special effects supervisors on ESB, and I will always appreciate that Richard and Brian left me alone in the matte department to do my job without interference. They were very supportive. willing to help out in any way."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpi7jTriDFPXbXqHbBApjj4rukLo_T3hPVk2GL9wO0T9QJS4DwEOIJtk1CjCCLo40t6fcPAI4i7SrsU1CelW9BHuP_O-yaQEBowtUuGQ_hg8obNeztLfq9cvvk_AXwr7yNwZS3llCdl9wMimvd4vRu3XqkN0ueSk5TukpdDOBpfVfsdNZU8F7zWxDK=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="1024" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpi7jTriDFPXbXqHbBApjj4rukLo_T3hPVk2GL9wO0T9QJS4DwEOIJtk1CjCCLo40t6fcPAI4i7SrsU1CelW9BHuP_O-yaQEBowtUuGQ_hg8obNeztLfq9cvvk_AXwr7yNwZS3llCdl9wMimvd4vRu3XqkN0ueSk5TukpdDOBpfVfsdNZU8F7zWxDK=w640-h296" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Striking matte art by both Pangrazio (foreground clouds) and McQuarrie (city).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoSLIxY1pYYbipbH4N3eS-wOxZhrV-ObAjzPGr4lQGfiGp-Jmzjzlk16UDTHl4Vkq9his959lE08PtftDq2bErWdxq5AL4nBqzVi8H9S8f30o7IO1DkcxvJ4C4CaKivh6IEdbfuGs3btrhaqZiojG4_2MhTTxcBMTaFA0iwn1JHXs4ZVdw-x5ClGVl=s1154" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1154" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoSLIxY1pYYbipbH4N3eS-wOxZhrV-ObAjzPGr4lQGfiGp-Jmzjzlk16UDTHl4Vkq9his959lE08PtftDq2bErWdxq5AL4nBqzVi8H9S8f30o7IO1DkcxvJ4C4CaKivh6IEdbfuGs3btrhaqZiojG4_2MhTTxcBMTaFA0iwn1JHXs4ZVdw-x5ClGVl=w640-h546" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two McQuarrie variations of Cloud city at different times of day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9w5ppsViSwXIJzqOaq8D6CMQSKKqGBdccAamUhfq7HhbTJYhQ34FejHXVFn9q3lGrgJR0amTuBexEieB6sT1Soj-59-TS5ztgeGUqFsvmiwJnxf2BQEcZBka9zagBg3H-5U_Sv3xyUbV1ziwLYW-Naq88eBleU7ifz_Rwf9ObeQ8pl8kL__zX_IQf=s1458" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1458" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9w5ppsViSwXIJzqOaq8D6CMQSKKqGBdccAamUhfq7HhbTJYhQ34FejHXVFn9q3lGrgJR0amTuBexEieB6sT1Soj-59-TS5ztgeGUqFsvmiwJnxf2BQEcZBka9zagBg3H-5U_Sv3xyUbV1ziwLYW-Naq88eBleU7ifz_Rwf9ObeQ8pl8kL__zX_IQf=w640-h388" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Decades later, the original glass paintings were brought out of storage at Lucasfilm for Harrison Ellenshaw to have a veritable 'blast from the past'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ7mFHOXoVFJncfZsnfeGqizHEgfKshfJM4ZZMNFNhzJ7oaefBxZqD2P613c5yphr0xnFsQvZ1Ypj5g9OuR2kSipH02qSna5sx74uyaoFtfnzXRS8xsahsK4dzD3X-332jveKVN4DCJvBxFGcBlpzCp6n6qQJooiQH4St5_3c_OX45DO57wtysZA-u=s1290" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="1290" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ7mFHOXoVFJncfZsnfeGqizHEgfKshfJM4ZZMNFNhzJ7oaefBxZqD2P613c5yphr0xnFsQvZ1Ypj5g9OuR2kSipH02qSna5sx74uyaoFtfnzXRS8xsahsK4dzD3X-332jveKVN4DCJvBxFGcBlpzCp6n6qQJooiQH4St5_3c_OX45DO57wtysZA-u=w640-h586" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Top: Neil Krepela arranges miniature components in front of a substantial Mike Pangrazio matte painting (below) of the Death Star.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8BsKAkZu72gStTsWQLS5iwF8WV6kMr8MeaFThoXGV2Lz1bYD9yVZc0V1B1fOywF5OL1UzivcjFplrmnqQDRE9GWuOlh6OL3_682967rzhE9K_BFlKsHFl8lPvqL2EUes_BRQtfpdEtDE5ycplzmgmoZEySKhpnvl1ul5Lu697FstkdSh4Fj82fpPD=s1400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1400" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8BsKAkZu72gStTsWQLS5iwF8WV6kMr8MeaFThoXGV2Lz1bYD9yVZc0V1B1fOywF5OL1UzivcjFplrmnqQDRE9GWuOlh6OL3_682967rzhE9K_BFlKsHFl8lPvqL2EUes_BRQtfpdEtDE5ycplzmgmoZEySKhpnvl1ul5Lu697FstkdSh4Fj82fpPD=w640-h228" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ellenshaw at work on the Slave 1 spaceship. The ship was to some extent a pasted on photograph, as were some of the background structures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj06nscwwrHnNU_iWXut5lkk92hm_53EJb3ovSCzX0xZua4wxeRqjyfgHH3IYQe2CY3dQMylOi2IZtZSr1ohRtpTo6hnU7rhEmJUK_Vd-ZtMio3herhTX7rKlLeEijPZJkgu3GNoIzMf5Ho93ba3D9P0QySgw0kfV7Zj5ve5UDqKI3CWA4ArZZLFzbw=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj06nscwwrHnNU_iWXut5lkk92hm_53EJb3ovSCzX0xZua4wxeRqjyfgHH3IYQe2CY3dQMylOi2IZtZSr1ohRtpTo6hnU7rhEmJUK_Vd-ZtMio3herhTX7rKlLeEijPZJkgu3GNoIzMf5Ho93ba3D9P0QySgw0kfV7Zj5ve5UDqKI3CWA4ArZZLFzbw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer view with painting and photo blended in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiavjmmShFcXL9OJ44uEKMST4OGuTamWh_0ITiNaNDJsj_HipNzPeOc9VmPJ_NbZQw5cFyDTAEmArS70oBJ2FsM49zGnPV1DgPcqgnVAo1bwq3Kr4Bw5UzQlP47rDicHrJx4ghfJqzOdM1QfujQzglwleWQS1bx8Gu6td1MkvAnKSoYX-TaFABx7hXK=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiavjmmShFcXL9OJ44uEKMST4OGuTamWh_0ITiNaNDJsj_HipNzPeOc9VmPJ_NbZQw5cFyDTAEmArS70oBJ2FsM49zGnPV1DgPcqgnVAo1bwq3Kr4Bw5UzQlP47rDicHrJx4ghfJqzOdM1QfujQzglwleWQS1bx8Gu6td1MkvAnKSoYX-TaFABx7hXK=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As it appears in the final scene.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnbiMjiyAw1djGDEbCZ11bMfO5yjY9x6ODB06w2sGjAEDXAaITnRKAsybzPtvlphOmEm8DlirfrwiSw7upMpBLWMjtb6gLJtDfUHLHbQFcYlCgKA0IMqGxyaw_d-TTRoh875h_kZ8K7X5QVPFqF21OzqC0Vqs1cbl9ODo6uhqkNZVpWO4Zo89K4uHC=s1268" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1268" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnbiMjiyAw1djGDEbCZ11bMfO5yjY9x6ODB06w2sGjAEDXAaITnRKAsybzPtvlphOmEm8DlirfrwiSw7upMpBLWMjtb6gLJtDfUHLHbQFcYlCgKA0IMqGxyaw_d-TTRoh875h_kZ8K7X5QVPFqF21OzqC0Vqs1cbl9ODo6uhqkNZVpWO4Zo89K4uHC=w640-h452" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A different vantage point of Cloud city, as rendered by Ralph McQuarrie.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2C8KAjDguOcvcmjVidV8zyah2XE_zdJKdzajQAgCcJEmnqsSDxU0F9uuVsOmMUfiwmXGUQBg5zhGU3oIsHUD5JYU0qIABuzFBn2c3RFdAYSxUfI6mGUxz9mlA2DOkY3xmSz5U5g9FUbFN1uruPKqLfbZyibhnN0y3uwSaamI23hwgd5lfaFn61S8f=s932" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="932" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2C8KAjDguOcvcmjVidV8zyah2XE_zdJKdzajQAgCcJEmnqsSDxU0F9uuVsOmMUfiwmXGUQBg5zhGU3oIsHUD5JYU0qIABuzFBn2c3RFdAYSxUfI6mGUxz9mlA2DOkY3xmSz5U5g9FUbFN1uruPKqLfbZyibhnN0y3uwSaamI23hwgd5lfaFn61S8f=w400-h295" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ralph with his Cloud city painting on glass. Behind that is a separate painted sunset skyscape that was done by Pangrazio.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjivtfV5wtbalo78dnMbLU3qOat-Zz4BGbWfomhJLHIocyCoAcCyKVL9FKghVrnXDMoa9m_7Uk2KPPMO7MJrikbekfpn2dbeZmh3tiWQ38tfb18h8QTcu5TM7hI-s2bZaw2oThRBgKgLbUHrhAajY34YSMmx2A7v0csuoHyPGq7ff9WzjKSHMqvDgHS=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1280" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjivtfV5wtbalo78dnMbLU3qOat-Zz4BGbWfomhJLHIocyCoAcCyKVL9FKghVrnXDMoa9m_7Uk2KPPMO7MJrikbekfpn2dbeZmh3tiWQ38tfb18h8QTcu5TM7hI-s2bZaw2oThRBgKgLbUHrhAajY34YSMmx2A7v0csuoHyPGq7ff9WzjKSHMqvDgHS=w640-h352" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another highly detailed interior matte by Ralph McQuarrie that will serve as a nice 'in joke' when finalised. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxnzQEfK1gyzZrN6YXPpUixLCDTleIYYPySzHJBcO5qmykH7hnPYULA0FVWKbSyDRPRu1x56S0bSdhpZy4CywBXX1lCdf0lhSTRYI-CuHh-XIhhRpHObnAligiluyNVmIeR1OkjKahLxJKMUQoK65P5UfW_m7ZrQsM-R0g_Dpx9VwJWsZ_TAQ4GJER=s2011" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="2011" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxnzQEfK1gyzZrN6YXPpUixLCDTleIYYPySzHJBcO5qmykH7hnPYULA0FVWKbSyDRPRu1x56S0bSdhpZy4CywBXX1lCdf0lhSTRYI-CuHh-XIhhRpHObnAligiluyNVmIeR1OkjKahLxJKMUQoK65P5UfW_m7ZrQsM-R0g_Dpx9VwJWsZ_TAQ4GJER=w640-h304" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot with not one but three matte painters all shamelessly chewing the scenery in their collective 'big moment' on screen! Subsequent acting assignments were, regrettably, <i>NOT</i> forthcoming!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4pryL9Q47N-tZ-JEhqvnfQuAXM5INXwkzvz5JZQqtaV2_haZ8I_JM2Y1kxsyTpT-hU_pv9f9EN-ctqxMY5cv6Dbdi5SJ7Q1KbSoQtsLXvTOfX2epLsxyvt79jsARXzp2J412bo1cg7JKJdJJynRpjcfx9vH6MpT40F82BRkkqjGDu5d5wFQAOX1Sc=s2104" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="2104" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4pryL9Q47N-tZ-JEhqvnfQuAXM5INXwkzvz5JZQqtaV2_haZ8I_JM2Y1kxsyTpT-hU_pv9f9EN-ctqxMY5cv6Dbdi5SJ7Q1KbSoQtsLXvTOfX2epLsxyvt79jsARXzp2J412bo1cg7JKJdJJynRpjcfx9vH6MpT40F82BRkkqjGDu5d5wFQAOX1Sc=w640-h286" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Thespians at large.... <i>"Stella .... Stelllllllaaaaaa...."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlFNU8GjhMkJRL8AX5740v5wlDBGGTPA8OIpv2EXoekNQ_-u4avjm7EXp-zIIttw9QU0jnHFEBDHGt4PRmGvKCQbxL3Bm_WJsNT5ZVuFGO8ehs-XkydElal9Z7DUC0qqDC14FuiAihw83VIyOufgH4v9TR7az8ymbrl8pnZczoFZ38a08SEFMkEXC_=s1701" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1701" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlFNU8GjhMkJRL8AX5740v5wlDBGGTPA8OIpv2EXoekNQ_-u4avjm7EXp-zIIttw9QU0jnHFEBDHGt4PRmGvKCQbxL3Bm_WJsNT5ZVuFGO8ehs-XkydElal9Z7DUC0qqDC14FuiAihw83VIyOufgH4v9TR7az8ymbrl8pnZczoFZ38a08SEFMkEXC_=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Clockwise from top left: Ellenshaw & Krepela prepare to shoot a finished painting; The 3 Amigo's - Ellenshaw, McQuarrie & Pangrazio; Pangrazio at work on a starfield; Lucas confers with Ellenshaw on the swamp matte progress.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgu9DT4yhzQAtXJpzPcevXoTfRHlhMlj0wo90vt2DHITDdXTxu1VAsf7uVj1GTYU8pcJNt3l0qaPQz3uQu5z_8ICATtxcpcADOC2Y0HU0V02wuwrzlwV02bUqNDPEWEBDfTsXEZDptEztUN-tXdLcqBHgOTpuCdYRGZbgebHby5lXTOcUYpJYVkTRV=s2792" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="2792" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgu9DT4yhzQAtXJpzPcevXoTfRHlhMlj0wo90vt2DHITDdXTxu1VAsf7uVj1GTYU8pcJNt3l0qaPQz3uQu5z_8ICATtxcpcADOC2Y0HU0V02wuwrzlwV02bUqNDPEWEBDfTsXEZDptEztUN-tXdLcqBHgOTpuCdYRGZbgebHby5lXTOcUYpJYVkTRV=w640-h132" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after of Millenium Falcon on the pad.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXjDlPVBBtf70rkno1_msa25CAk-iQEKaN6cRceZvW7j8MXpwV8MRhSTElYkqxlt6ZpaXbOJeQvH4-4VC8MgvxKvgzuHEdazbFMoDq1bMPHRwzxRlynBimwSMWoET80SL9SBImjSmePHLtyTG7amoSGLwo8LEUf2KKfHnpSEfPljNxmGQ34PHUrN0M=s2704" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="2704" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXjDlPVBBtf70rkno1_msa25CAk-iQEKaN6cRceZvW7j8MXpwV8MRhSTElYkqxlt6ZpaXbOJeQvH4-4VC8MgvxKvgzuHEdazbFMoDq1bMPHRwzxRlynBimwSMWoET80SL9SBImjSmePHLtyTG7amoSGLwo8LEUf2KKfHnpSEfPljNxmGQ34PHUrN0M=w640-h254" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As it looks in very high rez.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzcmU0ueK4ydcgBTI8GiQy-f3gGQ676BFA1yRbB1mhUlbnDIPGbppNzmyQir39mzepfCAeHsFnS4HZ7Wrn0anWSaBZl3_ooxKs8c6zttIT14WiuSUH88crLfMdWNitc7aZZxeMeO7y5yCedPQ__phasElJGx3HrvDS277LrVFfEQpy7QCL3AAsvneB=s1662" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1662" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzcmU0ueK4ydcgBTI8GiQy-f3gGQ676BFA1yRbB1mhUlbnDIPGbppNzmyQir39mzepfCAeHsFnS4HZ7Wrn0anWSaBZl3_ooxKs8c6zttIT14WiuSUH88crLfMdWNitc7aZZxeMeO7y5yCedPQ__phasElJGx3HrvDS277LrVFfEQpy7QCL3AAsvneB=w640-h224" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Original Elstree limited set and Harrison's finished painting...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmKccJcz8SrYABp3iVmSyz3965kGV1xfQ5zrDl9RLYOUswS702NzHYuYMnn8OG77ptw2_EnkYmvL5DILf2VADfc4_MK5TDoBquwFZz5djMTQanCR-uwR2Z1WoHi2fZkxra0GjTVYtgQC8zCuFr7Dx78HzJx18MkGN-JKy6cjEh8yWfCpbm3pqXubgv=s2216" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="2216" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmKccJcz8SrYABp3iVmSyz3965kGV1xfQ5zrDl9RLYOUswS702NzHYuYMnn8OG77ptw2_EnkYmvL5DILf2VADfc4_MK5TDoBquwFZz5djMTQanCR-uwR2Z1WoHi2fZkxra0GjTVYtgQC8zCuFr7Dx78HzJx18MkGN-JKy6cjEh8yWfCpbm3pqXubgv=w640-h278" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final composite. Ellenshaw stated to me that a great many wedge, or exposure tests would need to be made on every matte shot, and maybe a dozen takes before he got a satisfactory 'final'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0zFzuN8nOwEPrp1_hTv-FN5OJ-0pqA5kngVYOmMA9GtumgQcDOemQht0iyabEEnA2jaw9s_Eh6_cQXtkiiJ2g62pkXBigrtQSlNsb0_8wBfKUZvqjVs5WPsIpRJdET_JGyjKVXUzMSC2XoHkQIwwbPTuTf9C8_I3sNfvBwFksKKFJT9MIxGWg57uD=s1460" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="1460" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0zFzuN8nOwEPrp1_hTv-FN5OJ-0pqA5kngVYOmMA9GtumgQcDOemQht0iyabEEnA2jaw9s_Eh6_cQXtkiiJ2g62pkXBigrtQSlNsb0_8wBfKUZvqjVs5WPsIpRJdET_JGyjKVXUzMSC2XoHkQIwwbPTuTf9C8_I3sNfvBwFksKKFJT9MIxGWg57uD=w640-h212" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">McQuarrie's initial rough block in and the finished matte shot below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYt455-XiRolCWJluIGfQ5RBoS0Erak-X2pUAbOsx0JtOcS8-2VuI2Oc6yUfDwoAM1WGYw9V7WXuQNuXOT-zvvv3Cj2KzYzMUTpxvSIPJlDKqkBybn2opadw-XDoDDTY69OFrp7TvBXRU8WhKNUMSEFnIB3q2KoT_-G8dTuLUdbTZPpheaZa-q_90r=s2064" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="2064" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYt455-XiRolCWJluIGfQ5RBoS0Erak-X2pUAbOsx0JtOcS8-2VuI2Oc6yUfDwoAM1WGYw9V7WXuQNuXOT-zvvv3Cj2KzYzMUTpxvSIPJlDKqkBybn2opadw-XDoDDTY69OFrp7TvBXRU8WhKNUMSEFnIB3q2KoT_-G8dTuLUdbTZPpheaZa-q_90r=w640-h290" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chatting with Harrison is great. So many fascinating, funny and sometimes unpublishable anecdotes. He told me a nice one about beginning junior camera assistant, Craig Barron: <i>"Craig was so enthusiastic. He absolutely loved movies. He would see every film that came out. He was still a teenager then, and would tell me that one day he would write the definite book on matte painting. I'd give him a hard time and tell him he would never get it done; too big a subject matter and all of that. I am thrilled that Craig proved me wrong, when 'The Invisible Art' was published. Craig is now a member of the Academy Board of Governors as well as an Oscar winner for effects on THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON in 2008. He owned and ran Matte World for 24 years. He's still an inspiration to the new kids who want to work in film."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifyoumP5i_UKjQpZUCzbUeFkSuMSt-BarGcO3ywn39t3zJ37kO9sThaQ5fXRFilX0hoh0wPKCSGM8WAneOZ-fjfA4O92F50eN0oldLSD2gawiqhvGDf1Kwz0WYrTG7Z8od-A3BT0Pn-fEnYVNfeQFZvGx97QrhY52U6KB-beVQ9U34oCXMGzVJbhaX=s2120" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="2120" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifyoumP5i_UKjQpZUCzbUeFkSuMSt-BarGcO3ywn39t3zJ37kO9sThaQ5fXRFilX0hoh0wPKCSGM8WAneOZ-fjfA4O92F50eN0oldLSD2gawiqhvGDf1Kwz0WYrTG7Z8od-A3BT0Pn-fEnYVNfeQFZvGx97QrhY52U6KB-beVQ9U34oCXMGzVJbhaX=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A second view from a different angle.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgC1vEEeBS2NkPrBqfczsQ2JaZ3LL40g2OeKneW3Ojkjm4BjzVQv1XNY8LMSurxC5u9TRrb7ueIWyCVw8p85WFHlozta906U71vXVoF9b-j2xafLl7v3SYaTEmxWnIK7ra9niAxkyb88jLvwJaZxTwn7gSrrp-f-TWyb9PI5w7lofaLiTgpFGXaC06K=s2248" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="2248" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgC1vEEeBS2NkPrBqfczsQ2JaZ3LL40g2OeKneW3Ojkjm4BjzVQv1XNY8LMSurxC5u9TRrb7ueIWyCVw8p85WFHlozta906U71vXVoF9b-j2xafLl7v3SYaTEmxWnIK7ra9niAxkyb88jLvwJaZxTwn7gSrrp-f-TWyb9PI5w7lofaLiTgpFGXaC06K=w640-h278" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">According to Ellenshaw, George Lucas would come by ILM before the screening of fx dailies and would stroll through the facility checking on progress. Getting immediate feedback on the matte paintings in progress proved invaluable to Ellenshaw.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCkAARxn3CTbmlxc_81WQ4IoIwzA0Gg_yBZV-C8o37kd6EGzugeqCTnzjjr-MFVPzwdgqjVfoCheyUv7VKBF2POzFNZ-S74yKUOE4NH1wQbCLnAJo0W70qZUXc4565pyEJ4dAabXxsOqVRT85Anlw0C6BqhUDiicT5QH7GMmbHWmst6yG1Ghb6hdE_=s1407" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1407" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCkAARxn3CTbmlxc_81WQ4IoIwzA0Gg_yBZV-C8o37kd6EGzugeqCTnzjjr-MFVPzwdgqjVfoCheyUv7VKBF2POzFNZ-S74yKUOE4NH1wQbCLnAJo0W70qZUXc4565pyEJ4dAabXxsOqVRT85Anlw0C6BqhUDiicT5QH7GMmbHWmst6yG1Ghb6hdE_=w640-h332" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ralph McQuarrie matte art for the climatic duel between good and evil.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxw4UxNwUKz7AbcurQsASjepLCv47EQ0FB-zC4AZfcY3iK1kvPMVoD3VDLFqgYjUSvHUr2h_BjRlper3Ewa6EHuqhGm_dyPTYJDVxpE_K-DCfTb19kxo-2H9zsdGTTdZ90hOwMtz464j9dwId2dpJ7Ee9CxgmFREkZn1Fl9jNJjD2CjKfRh4F0nj4Q=s2196" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="2196" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxw4UxNwUKz7AbcurQsASjepLCv47EQ0FB-zC4AZfcY3iK1kvPMVoD3VDLFqgYjUSvHUr2h_BjRlper3Ewa6EHuqhGm_dyPTYJDVxpE_K-DCfTb19kxo-2H9zsdGTTdZ90hOwMtz464j9dwId2dpJ7Ee9CxgmFREkZn1Fl9jNJjD2CjKfRh4F0nj4Q=w640-h270" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot in 4K HD</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi6AiZI980CN2PduAR7uU80BSppsNwAWIW-CqTgpeeWeJYFJRjuWGQzl8gGiA2Gr128BCWU6PCTUXdktdCHV9KJidKiu3r8RlST3zX_viC3508lon7y6cKMVM_TOfmn1RX4MBYenTaevMlGo3uM-7fSJqWQRiqQy3NNOySBb54Rcb5SHedcNB5AUNN=s700" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="700" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi6AiZI980CN2PduAR7uU80BSppsNwAWIW-CqTgpeeWeJYFJRjuWGQzl8gGiA2Gr128BCWU6PCTUXdktdCHV9KJidKiu3r8RlST3zX_viC3508lon7y6cKMVM_TOfmn1RX4MBYenTaevMlGo3uM-7fSJqWQRiqQy3NNOySBb54Rcb5SHedcNB5AUNN=w640-h502" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another vantage point of the same gantry light sabre swashbuckling effects sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGhHYtuTSbUSnF3ajQrC3WddfhClPo9-V_GdS5LG5nNDw2X_YIL6nuai9aSkIR0Q6EvDcMNaeyiqHG7OP9M98IwFp-ANjqsuE2rzx3xDA4lLm5dlGZTjVoRMZvr0lz2_G6shBgar8j5boA5v34V6LA3rGvXzT03rTCtq5LR8z7-BUiMwxUlcxldGFp=s2032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="2032" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGhHYtuTSbUSnF3ajQrC3WddfhClPo9-V_GdS5LG5nNDw2X_YIL6nuai9aSkIR0Q6EvDcMNaeyiqHG7OP9M98IwFp-ANjqsuE2rzx3xDA4lLm5dlGZTjVoRMZvr0lz2_G6shBgar8j5boA5v34V6LA3rGvXzT03rTCtq5LR8z7-BUiMwxUlcxldGFp=w640-h280" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUw0733q3pIIWxnPbpitvnCfgYOmMepVcc54D3mHyPz_BPEMPNQFwGj3bIXpwiHirTy0qmTTVOnwE6n6RbwkVJogx_oErZYyf3i8k5DnYMmJ1XFNtT82IGTHTq1fg3aD0wtAwlSh3_8bFcZoQIbcwTqPUpRwDjMLHZyGJgeR3vVR_0l__wuTLR1KpL=s2622" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="2622" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUw0733q3pIIWxnPbpitvnCfgYOmMepVcc54D3mHyPz_BPEMPNQFwGj3bIXpwiHirTy0qmTTVOnwE6n6RbwkVJogx_oErZYyf3i8k5DnYMmJ1XFNtT82IGTHTq1fg3aD0wtAwlSh3_8bFcZoQIbcwTqPUpRwDjMLHZyGJgeR3vVR_0l__wuTLR1KpL=w640-h322" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An atmospheric matte painted by Harrison Ellenshaw which will have a miniature of the Millenium Falcon blue screened into the landing pad.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlC64qFMoMsLlIntF3OjsGxI8gCTMsGHMD4Bb_zaVeDl68cQvpnoiiDvyIVrHuQXLWWJLmw-XSY-n_SnSvT5GVmubrbsAZQ-ImfG3-HQE5nOYzsyWHTDFNqkKlIFiDB5RF1tjAUAIpy94sMFKYykQlvoQs53_mokcReBtL9p4_TiH1Q11TUo7YVNDx=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1280" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlC64qFMoMsLlIntF3OjsGxI8gCTMsGHMD4Bb_zaVeDl68cQvpnoiiDvyIVrHuQXLWWJLmw-XSY-n_SnSvT5GVmubrbsAZQ-ImfG3-HQE5nOYzsyWHTDFNqkKlIFiDB5RF1tjAUAIpy94sMFKYykQlvoQs53_mokcReBtL9p4_TiH1Q11TUo7YVNDx=w640-h406" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here is another of Harrison's paintings, which when initially completed with laser strikes by the ILM optical department, caused a mild panic at a screening room viewing once it became quickly apparent that the optical boys had, in error - and no doubt under immense time pressure - composited all of the laser animation and explosions over the painting <i>upside down</i> <i>back to front </i>and coming <u>out</u> of the building!!! The footage was later recomposited correctly by the stressed optical department.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeQ2JLTD0Jfre92gujRmwcaQFxAv9H6OKkVJoWOc5o8QyxVZuLeycjtOo6fhM_jZ2sScIWlG2nXdwUr--dLwhWU0eE-Pmya1HMeOt6jp8VxfbZ9WaQ9pqc3EceG0w7kWoDrxpuht4tM70kY7VlynkQlHJvPU4-WZ8lOnDDrC2t7bIQrphG2M2jsnds=s1954" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1954" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeQ2JLTD0Jfre92gujRmwcaQFxAv9H6OKkVJoWOc5o8QyxVZuLeycjtOo6fhM_jZ2sScIWlG2nXdwUr--dLwhWU0eE-Pmya1HMeOt6jp8VxfbZ9WaQ9pqc3EceG0w7kWoDrxpuht4tM70kY7VlynkQlHJvPU4-WZ8lOnDDrC2t7bIQrphG2M2jsnds=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here is a most interesting matte painting by Ralph McQuarrie - the old fashioned set extension. Adding tops to studio sets was one of the most common uses of matte and glass shot work over a century.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgZYQtu6ZAZQKBJ-ZJKBDQ07_8kv5sL0MDnjFg_y8JrNiXOcnAMhLwl8ka75uR_9LIe8fbjtPFRAFv2itfdHka67A942n3D7TOEoYyyq5qB3dOsbesp5Gex7NqR95v4FHJ9031daL81XaBhJDPYaQcNrbKeEHqYKocQArMich4Lz0D_ghWj8VEVvms=s2228" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="2228" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgZYQtu6ZAZQKBJ-ZJKBDQ07_8kv5sL0MDnjFg_y8JrNiXOcnAMhLwl8ka75uR_9LIe8fbjtPFRAFv2itfdHka67A942n3D7TOEoYyyq5qB3dOsbesp5Gex7NqR95v4FHJ9031daL81XaBhJDPYaQcNrbKeEHqYKocQArMich4Lz0D_ghWj8VEVvms=w640-h278" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The superbly assembled finished shot looks a million dollars.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7PkuqYbHlWW0xEfHiBjVN-RVe_DnlMA9At1WG4UVx2t04p3mx3R-lB453GdjPu3FzRpCD50W1403yDQMIDHn37uTkdyLouFZU9otKxcbe6OdmgI16kfM_OdUCNC21kkouGJn8mCu-MIPux33ExuSl5gmfl_MKSUo8_3CQ7e4SaFsTpM3P_QOqDC9Z=s2028" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="2028" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7PkuqYbHlWW0xEfHiBjVN-RVe_DnlMA9At1WG4UVx2t04p3mx3R-lB453GdjPu3FzRpCD50W1403yDQMIDHn37uTkdyLouFZU9otKxcbe6OdmgI16kfM_OdUCNC21kkouGJn8mCu-MIPux33ExuSl5gmfl_MKSUo8_3CQ7e4SaFsTpM3P_QOqDC9Z=w640-h278" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A subsequent shot from the same sequence with painted set additions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIt5JXWpNM1ClZYnmJ9zrEJl3h42WJ0ylISQrnSHhCQL5B2e5xzXbsjfgUX4y_VgTgVXIib1KDl91Rz_6VePftwHDbLRK3yFuEL4oGZ_k7Nkis9JOonC9BaCqNcF8uh7TfxKsATEGSGIDBCgBdFaxUddT911r4kkFC1ZQL7q_L6xxgE99FSjY6n_oW=s1464" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1464" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIt5JXWpNM1ClZYnmJ9zrEJl3h42WJ0ylISQrnSHhCQL5B2e5xzXbsjfgUX4y_VgTgVXIib1KDl91Rz_6VePftwHDbLRK3yFuEL4oGZ_k7Nkis9JOonC9BaCqNcF8uh7TfxKsATEGSGIDBCgBdFaxUddT911r4kkFC1ZQL7q_L6xxgE99FSjY6n_oW=w640-h464" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte masters ply their trade. There was a real rush to complete all of the shots in time for the final locking of the negative for release printing. The matte crew worked double shifts in order to photograph and finish all of the shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5mYihluWmHkpNP556nsU4DqZeAbiKCI0D_6wscB4uu6p2_k-s_I--1A1p9OloF9H3GC8kEIUyGOo5btTu3wOnZ2VdpkaM_QyQaP0Uhqz5gqebNeQT9GChrF-bN0432J6KKGAK1duLkkQUo0GQhwn5vxPdUNxT92ZhseXkF8LimeEwfK44FvwR97MH=s1276" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1276" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5mYihluWmHkpNP556nsU4DqZeAbiKCI0D_6wscB4uu6p2_k-s_I--1A1p9OloF9H3GC8kEIUyGOo5btTu3wOnZ2VdpkaM_QyQaP0Uhqz5gqebNeQT9GChrF-bN0432J6KKGAK1duLkkQUo0GQhwn5vxPdUNxT92ZhseXkF8LimeEwfK44FvwR97MH=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I never quite figured out just what this thing is/was?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq55PlYOrcDdr1aiNDqkR0YQlW-S2_aebhhg0YeKVLYASC7yyF9XhfWLX5Q-M3PNLJ519RTw7XOC5GbA981PrpjXiwwPnY_O6uP_FZDHp3LdHmEx-QjCp6_gGMDqhV7humtKSriWx1-ezaEhqpgzvkrcHREO7jlmzl0qO_28iok7momDANQ8W0zJGo=s1276" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1276" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq55PlYOrcDdr1aiNDqkR0YQlW-S2_aebhhg0YeKVLYASC7yyF9XhfWLX5Q-M3PNLJ519RTw7XOC5GbA981PrpjXiwwPnY_O6uP_FZDHp3LdHmEx-QjCp6_gGMDqhV7humtKSriWx1-ezaEhqpgzvkrcHREO7jlmzl0qO_28iok7momDANQ8W0zJGo=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painted detail.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiXpV_AO1cxO5c4dDweSt8Ui0BbOcNhJ_WT2x53I8VVpY1BEirkeU_yD5tLaT_KDGvhUnofCGf2GS0eO_J_Ggae4EOVSQuZDhV_SOXYKj4J-kbra8Ry8uaUm4h2MZ4_qq29x6mcgqfNYzIOhQ2eeSIfngy6prjZYNZwjny8HXDu40OJSpmWbqL5ds7=s2264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="2264" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiXpV_AO1cxO5c4dDweSt8Ui0BbOcNhJ_WT2x53I8VVpY1BEirkeU_yD5tLaT_KDGvhUnofCGf2GS0eO_J_Ggae4EOVSQuZDhV_SOXYKj4J-kbra8Ry8uaUm4h2MZ4_qq29x6mcgqfNYzIOhQ2eeSIfngy6prjZYNZwjny8HXDu40OJSpmWbqL5ds7=w640-h274" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">On screen final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizonF0a4dpt_rfU6aMv-KTM2tUZSZWylyrGPtoFz-1b8yxGfeOGUaFcv1Tr_7MRimwCmUleNcwzQ72zqgTBBlCM-R9t0Vd7q1tv3nPBvi62XBd9Ir4G-8iCl1zifkSxdHHr-EN_LW7s3LoN-k5hnx2gmChgkjC9rlr3su7HJlwk8VKp1wEHbuwpcs6=s1129" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1129" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizonF0a4dpt_rfU6aMv-KTM2tUZSZWylyrGPtoFz-1b8yxGfeOGUaFcv1Tr_7MRimwCmUleNcwzQ72zqgTBBlCM-R9t0Vd7q1tv3nPBvi62XBd9Ir4G-8iCl1zifkSxdHHr-EN_LW7s3LoN-k5hnx2gmChgkjC9rlr3su7HJlwk8VKp1wEHbuwpcs6=w640-h298" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More McQuarrie matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMrC5LmNx2VHlu3NF2d1yHfPHS73pjpOlCIY4MOJ2hCi5kQ_7PyVdQLzyhLrzBvCFetbGVxEFuf_gGrUFM2KrZ_gO605Ba-LYvWu1TnecjSK2Yx2mBxT3uH9myZ_HNX54-L67M9zuruVuh6B57uW_mbImre-csqmK7Cp9rCrPoVOLAij0eLbmeJEdz=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="1280" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMrC5LmNx2VHlu3NF2d1yHfPHS73pjpOlCIY4MOJ2hCi5kQ_7PyVdQLzyhLrzBvCFetbGVxEFuf_gGrUFM2KrZ_gO605Ba-LYvWu1TnecjSK2Yx2mBxT3uH9myZ_HNX54-L67M9zuruVuh6B57uW_mbImre-csqmK7Cp9rCrPoVOLAij0eLbmeJEdz=w640-h262" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As it appeared on screen.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaT1oBEwmS_uxzYehp9ipAFxp6sV87NhVqTpygtCo5cbuylf_UppNhyBDlQFwuEXOWzYXf6lcxxOnmdKEhj4yhlv1IBdxrtWoIxyHHADktNKA94UsSOBU2LQx_LOfG8U8n939sUIraWF1hf4E1_VAoYxrNgpv_60VY2NG0Gc3_jrPuSCZUlpYgfpau=s2448" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="2448" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaT1oBEwmS_uxzYehp9ipAFxp6sV87NhVqTpygtCo5cbuylf_UppNhyBDlQFwuEXOWzYXf6lcxxOnmdKEhj4yhlv1IBdxrtWoIxyHHADktNKA94UsSOBU2LQx_LOfG8U8n939sUIraWF1hf4E1_VAoYxrNgpv_60VY2NG0Gc3_jrPuSCZUlpYgfpau=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure here... might be a full set with backing or a blue screen shot?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6sKQeFgZI_ivcWqmU92aAR9FPq49bLOZUMdjbmv0xCHJODgQhTEUKMHGEvmZuUj_qpOXsP35mv_9m2iSV6eVk7MC6vMZxPK7xEoaRZAYFfzLFKYQacErZ4ak_G2APk2QJd7apkgNaBn_csPJQSg0RLGpLU7JKcTZlc882kzaJbxkeoY09cSkN4lcd=s2052" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="2052" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6sKQeFgZI_ivcWqmU92aAR9FPq49bLOZUMdjbmv0xCHJODgQhTEUKMHGEvmZuUj_qpOXsP35mv_9m2iSV6eVk7MC6vMZxPK7xEoaRZAYFfzLFKYQacErZ4ak_G2APk2QJd7apkgNaBn_csPJQSg0RLGpLU7JKcTZlc882kzaJbxkeoY09cSkN4lcd=w640-h276" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte art by Harrison with blue screened Luke.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiD1sOXxEbEZdNNLpJ41-PNQNs2oRyX_K4rfKyCLNCqIk0oz03NiungwX0YMNFNOkWrxZHYCTp22Tfezas0vYPRsQPlOrOaoh_AG40Qh5pO65p9VtrvVst0ZS7x_Gb7UVvIgPYyrFbGt9F8MbTFCWoyMheB7RJkEW8yh6c71lGyCLDiRjqOYn-uEWFX=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1200" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiD1sOXxEbEZdNNLpJ41-PNQNs2oRyX_K4rfKyCLNCqIk0oz03NiungwX0YMNFNOkWrxZHYCTp22Tfezas0vYPRsQPlOrOaoh_AG40Qh5pO65p9VtrvVst0ZS7x_Gb7UVvIgPYyrFbGt9F8MbTFCWoyMheB7RJkEW8yh6c71lGyCLDiRjqOYn-uEWFX=w640-h504" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harrison's meticulous, and surely headache inducing shaft painting. Must have driven the artist to near insanity drawing in all of these details.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnhFRq7DtdGa5izsXcY_3vbv2jX-uJEze9c0YJaL-6Qto7f5U3lPxPstEkFdTbZqYxmcW-0gx-si50QF2i_m2tlDgqcfskW_ghBVHrfWKXyaD0B9mm8vSB5M17wwvzg8gYbyB3bQS4j14Rh8oosgN6RWZeUcFK3xA9OVit2JPmgwBuxt-QfokRT3Xq=s1079" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="1079" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnhFRq7DtdGa5izsXcY_3vbv2jX-uJEze9c0YJaL-6Qto7f5U3lPxPstEkFdTbZqYxmcW-0gx-si50QF2i_m2tlDgqcfskW_ghBVHrfWKXyaD0B9mm8vSB5M17wwvzg8gYbyB3bQS4j14Rh8oosgN6RWZeUcFK3xA9OVit2JPmgwBuxt-QfokRT3Xq=w640-h318" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWjnGUEGoSLztC_b78jeFjpvyMfgO3p-RZO16FDECZFbVdfhli4J78LNgSI2U7TbWQ1RKdUOBPOiugpp4_l_eLAFAT26RukvOMkz__heOLf3kzRB56i297frbVjmKKVfL9dkHGzlDlER3de7zv-XivPONjl7SbvUTAmhUQOQqf2KfyugwoiSi4G5BS=s1021" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="1021" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWjnGUEGoSLztC_b78jeFjpvyMfgO3p-RZO16FDECZFbVdfhli4J78LNgSI2U7TbWQ1RKdUOBPOiugpp4_l_eLAFAT26RukvOMkz__heOLf3kzRB56i297frbVjmKKVfL9dkHGzlDlER3de7zv-XivPONjl7SbvUTAmhUQOQqf2KfyugwoiSi4G5BS=w640-h372" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I think this was one of Harrison's pieces.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuf9IhfDMtwGyrwhlThBauCKEKKjksL9NIv5UM6lSqJYEYHRh95uAYDCBw08gKDTrnb8o-oLGcLWDpuKdKLpA5AWz7596DgLJyiHP3mrlvsRmSTL8GVSV5yeIbd3Xg8XQOAO2E8xowCiFlmQYIEdhP9skFreIwg9QIvZVJFg3_9dESYmlWCBqNnoNY=s1743" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="1743" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuf9IhfDMtwGyrwhlThBauCKEKKjksL9NIv5UM6lSqJYEYHRh95uAYDCBw08gKDTrnb8o-oLGcLWDpuKdKLpA5AWz7596DgLJyiHP3mrlvsRmSTL8GVSV5yeIbd3Xg8XQOAO2E8xowCiFlmQYIEdhP9skFreIwg9QIvZVJFg3_9dESYmlWCBqNnoNY=w400-h280" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sensational ad art here for a thrill-a-minute adventure yarn, very much of the old school, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) was a super hit, and wisely kept the visual effects in check, and strictly at the service of the story, unlike films of this new era which just don't know when to 'quit', to the point of 'enough already'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqZeGImOyXgbc3rwBroZc0U4TrgomxcrQDwY-Kt8x95bwmA07_i1377L7e0w5aVV76gBkvQ0V-ZHwglHiX0Fr8KIp4gBD_pG9GjPtekuLOPcKalOyqNWAYJIDcJFp4FOALowm0BnHRcGM9QMbCClRs_ULoSz2JJAUdYRe3cAFoh_lKiUMeqX0vY80N=s948" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="948" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqZeGImOyXgbc3rwBroZc0U4TrgomxcrQDwY-Kt8x95bwmA07_i1377L7e0w5aVV76gBkvQ0V-ZHwglHiX0Fr8KIp4gBD_pG9GjPtekuLOPcKalOyqNWAYJIDcJFp4FOALowm0BnHRcGM9QMbCClRs_ULoSz2JJAUdYRe3cAFoh_lKiUMeqX0vY80N=w400-h344" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The first matte shot comes in pretty much right after the main title card.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRQ3bq_LWRcgNac1h9r60uW6cMZ_oXscRbnM9oGfQ9LtMtMCu-A6lOdRb4AljNYrVrwo68-qrSrvrPC6MnzePvyBWERORWFuEkL3rtTpUFYZHhdG8gUXsjNExRp_ytfkKJwDNHD_Q6IFg5bWdIC-0fMam17nxnfLaItPSWgbhSLepRL80NNU8hgvWQ=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRQ3bq_LWRcgNac1h9r60uW6cMZ_oXscRbnM9oGfQ9LtMtMCu-A6lOdRb4AljNYrVrwo68-qrSrvrPC6MnzePvyBWERORWFuEkL3rtTpUFYZHhdG8gUXsjNExRp_ytfkKJwDNHD_Q6IFg5bWdIC-0fMam17nxnfLaItPSWgbhSLepRL80NNU8hgvWQ=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Three undetectable painted mattes occur in a row, with views up a deep pit with just a small area of live action at the top.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4BiLkvomjsD8LAgvWRz2iQKy6OW0Wt91xppSbqWp_abOTLLuNxwjNjoNOMNZRB5LvM3dh84uJxhg4HmkVHlwXnAOebsqqiI9TT3H_rEjzYAgKvMiIHAb6niJdjK-yMOKJmZy8Qaqs6UDoRrJUVtbqr67LxMoM2Bdpr55heF7TIYTbDHcnn_cba_jU=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4BiLkvomjsD8LAgvWRz2iQKy6OW0Wt91xppSbqWp_abOTLLuNxwjNjoNOMNZRB5LvM3dh84uJxhg4HmkVHlwXnAOebsqqiI9TT3H_rEjzYAgKvMiIHAb6niJdjK-yMOKJmZy8Qaqs6UDoRrJUVtbqr67LxMoM2Bdpr55heF7TIYTbDHcnn_cba_jU=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A second cut from the same set piece.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXOLO5i7PidiiUim5Qkk4oHHMpa-tU0-ZJn8VberNoalHspKwuG0Mj2srVWzyWOudcPwZ7hZ6cnc3OjFVQPvJrn9T98OTTi0B8UaKkQvoQeheJGHelhbAGFbi6QzmANOpZ-2aHV3J74Jl2alNDIWr-LFpC3bvDL3PTUzS8mOT5TiHpkKTwHZBYGdoO=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXOLO5i7PidiiUim5Qkk4oHHMpa-tU0-ZJn8VberNoalHspKwuG0Mj2srVWzyWOudcPwZ7hZ6cnc3OjFVQPvJrn9T98OTTi0B8UaKkQvoQeheJGHelhbAGFbi6QzmANOpZ-2aHV3J74Jl2alNDIWr-LFpC3bvDL3PTUzS8mOT5TiHpkKTwHZBYGdoO=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The third matte in the sequence from a wide, ground level vantage point, with much here added by Alan Maley's brush.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxcnCs6F3LRJAm_OZ87YgUNMrVP8r2SA1RfthcH4swoLlLa0aX4kI_oYmJMaJjFVPJ38jVDzChZZykgyT8fuicGhrnc0VMGhxPo7wPi6JEl7JHwBW8NIq38Fpg-53QK85Hi1a0KYLeHW_tEswBY3lgPbQKJEa_D51P0dE-iagdadjETWmPcOI2BC6b=s1819" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1819" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxcnCs6F3LRJAm_OZ87YgUNMrVP8r2SA1RfthcH4swoLlLa0aX4kI_oYmJMaJjFVPJ38jVDzChZZykgyT8fuicGhrnc0VMGhxPo7wPi6JEl7JHwBW8NIq38Fpg-53QK85Hi1a0KYLeHW_tEswBY3lgPbQKJEa_D51P0dE-iagdadjETWmPcOI2BC6b=w640-h328" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A gorgeous Nepalese landscape which was a full painting by Michael Pangrazio.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzoBSYf3cw4n6CYt5CH0gBvTHH6ylolffq-_EBHGgQzBxJSc514zP3EEgJ98fG_rClpwc1lTff8KDmgABVutps3mQmWgSGtqr5gaTlt1jKM5G1ZIPcmxRC_ASzqjC5u5dSlFwOqnP861v3rb8VKtmHp08nKXP_SoVFwMbQsP8an9469zVnGbdACY_n=s891" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="891" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzoBSYf3cw4n6CYt5CH0gBvTHH6ylolffq-_EBHGgQzBxJSc514zP3EEgJ98fG_rClpwc1lTff8KDmgABVutps3mQmWgSGtqr5gaTlt1jKM5G1ZIPcmxRC_ASzqjC5u5dSlFwOqnP861v3rb8VKtmHp08nKXP_SoVFwMbQsP8an9469zVnGbdACY_n=w640-h548" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pangrazio at work, and the shot as it appears on screen, likely with added smoke animation gag and interactive light from the windows. The shot was very dark in the BluRay edition <i>(as are so many on that medium)</i>, so I've lightened this frame somewhat.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRJqbv9lGt0xcY2zJh7tw9PoBl_XPJdvX9Zqn2yVZYPk62EjZZmQl1adZrPLItd7rbdL2Eerh56c9mmmb8hIBN2VkKyVM573UvMxVBJ-CIQJTk789578kuH1g9x7PA-UjiYvZENnMcqXd3psAMVp_093d-V5ei68iPztfkQIXuPYqoCKyM2RvA-lN4=s2328" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="2328" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRJqbv9lGt0xcY2zJh7tw9PoBl_XPJdvX9Zqn2yVZYPk62EjZZmQl1adZrPLItd7rbdL2Eerh56c9mmmb8hIBN2VkKyVM573UvMxVBJ-CIQJTk789578kuH1g9x7PA-UjiYvZENnMcqXd3psAMVp_093d-V5ei68iPztfkQIXuPYqoCKyM2RvA-lN4=w640-h128" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Early on in the show, a most intriguing effects shot occurs - that being the Pan Am Clipper. They found a genuine plane of the 30's vintage, though one landlocked only, so an additional plate was taken of a wooden pier and water elsewhere, with these elements combined with an extensive Alan Maley matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ5MNx8ia8M6PMzU7sPwgYxjkkwPrPLTs5vyCrIqNIKuYP74kTlAX07HErKBb5j6fXVYeB-6kHgR4bkTZv1BRU13p9mZ66y784XlO2sTmKAOBIbkG5QLz4jebdNPIWQuwGlS1xcJbvxL94Hq_OAYCtXZM3lxLY3YRakGYEbxWAjiL9fH3uDr8XEUHp=s1228" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="1228" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ5MNx8ia8M6PMzU7sPwgYxjkkwPrPLTs5vyCrIqNIKuYP74kTlAX07HErKBb5j6fXVYeB-6kHgR4bkTZv1BRU13p9mZ66y784XlO2sTmKAOBIbkG5QLz4jebdNPIWQuwGlS1xcJbvxL94Hq_OAYCtXZM3lxLY3YRakGYEbxWAjiL9fH3uDr8XEUHp=w640-h280" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Alan's matte painted dock and port, with even the airplane's Pan American logo branding painted into the matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdzSlA-KbCyYoG3OBpLf8cISt6culDcIZ1T8UGG9Tk4NoMbxMzZvOrncUAgcOJQgV9gd0oXFp8_uqaqa-A_CXhaZE0XasiJ-veMCk1EkEJRzFPH2R5C2KckQ6J4LAG951A1858K0BYlzS4onVEd0nbHsiEIPLe7lPWwVrED4k40UYLPa__LAUGq_ui=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1920" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdzSlA-KbCyYoG3OBpLf8cISt6culDcIZ1T8UGG9Tk4NoMbxMzZvOrncUAgcOJQgV9gd0oXFp8_uqaqa-A_CXhaZE0XasiJ-veMCk1EkEJRzFPH2R5C2KckQ6J4LAG951A1858K0BYlzS4onVEd0nbHsiEIPLe7lPWwVrED4k40UYLPa__LAUGq_ui=w640-h280" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished shot. I assume some animation or interfearence gag may well have been implimented in order for the (real) propellor to crank up and spin over that area of the painting(?)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhd5N_o5kOYUP935K7YFIKS0XBi3rLv6lo0bQjREVzxZ_RXeVJz8PBXHlVL7T4BpLLqF9bV9b30uWytH4Jxu2EMJId6xBH1r15VhIUVyHE5icUR_4I8m42FqPXEvKtflcc1ta7E8EuNcitf0tEt6uXUmm0NbM5G2DsP0dXgS2TgLTa4n9GvhFI_2QmM=s2092" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2092" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhd5N_o5kOYUP935K7YFIKS0XBi3rLv6lo0bQjREVzxZ_RXeVJz8PBXHlVL7T4BpLLqF9bV9b30uWytH4Jxu2EMJId6xBH1r15VhIUVyHE5icUR_4I8m42FqPXEvKtflcc1ta7E8EuNcitf0tEt6uXUmm0NbM5G2DsP0dXgS2TgLTa4n9GvhFI_2QmM=w640-h386" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An especially memorable effects set piece - following an edge of the seat full scale stunt sequence - was this bit where a jeep load of Nazi scum go over the cliff to their deaths. A very large matte painting measuring some 8 x 4 feet in size of the cliff face and valley floor below was created by supervising matte artist, Alan Maley. The painting was turned onto it's side for photography to allow a frame by frame tracking move with a similarly sideway mounted camera. Note the lower right picture of Maley pretending to paint a massive matte with an impossibly tiny brush. Alan had been in the matte business for decades, having begun back in the late 1950's in Wally Veevers' department at England's Shepperton Studios, painting on films such as DR STRANGELOVE and BECKET, as well as a stint at Pinewood with Cliff Culley where he painted with Peter Ellenshaw on Disney's IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS among others. Peter later found a position for Alan at Disney in the US where he would head the matte department and painted mattes on big effects films such as THE LOVE BUG, THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE, BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS and the huge effects show ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD. Later Maley would provide freelance matte and optical work on one of the best of the 007 Bond movies, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. Alan sadly passed away at the young-ish age of 64, and was longtime friend and mentor to Harrison Ellenshaw. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_Wukm6oJf5TCc1F4Y9lPA-QrjgAZmJjrAKTpDeKbp-4wBKQ35ygispOBeQXgcnhyV3vWstLsvZ8Uf-BmfbNoRsPHB-9Q4OLQxjF_sOcrfSjO54hIhFK2dghSUpQPPM6kHBVgzdLW-U5rmwOyqSFKxdF_fSI7y8eJ97sGFHeZ1a90pQqlzHHWcbQwE=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_Wukm6oJf5TCc1F4Y9lPA-QrjgAZmJjrAKTpDeKbp-4wBKQ35ygispOBeQXgcnhyV3vWstLsvZ8Uf-BmfbNoRsPHB-9Q4OLQxjF_sOcrfSjO54hIhFK2dghSUpQPPM6kHBVgzdLW-U5rmwOyqSFKxdF_fSI7y8eJ97sGFHeZ1a90pQqlzHHWcbQwE=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Individual frames from the sequence show the rear projected live action roadway plate as well as the ingenious stop motion animated falling jeep, complete with animated Nazi puppets falling out.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPWkFMjMxTKena8byvLaFW3SSC1CJ-PkWwSNaMU_umsL-bT9XKL7gJ5yvDmjCZrqKY_dBPi73heSCap1zWyLmggiSUU0Fal9UX8pkf9xpVvgRMz-AF57bJh2f-b3wl04X9HnTNOeVR7jBrTkuk_jmd45nQPP3UBVISPEKh_qBrimIVlQ7rWtDD4aHZ=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPWkFMjMxTKena8byvLaFW3SSC1CJ-PkWwSNaMU_umsL-bT9XKL7gJ5yvDmjCZrqKY_dBPi73heSCap1zWyLmggiSUU0Fal9UX8pkf9xpVvgRMz-AF57bJh2f-b3wl04X9HnTNOeVR7jBrTkuk_jmd45nQPP3UBVISPEKh_qBrimIVlQ7rWtDD4aHZ=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Note the animated jeep and occupants falling to their death - all superb stop motion by Tom St.Amand, against blue screen..</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7p2JUTRqbutDJoor7ScS9JBAcaExJz8x8BbwUmTHhp5ot3LII3VFx77nhtHYS4vtXWhznORrOPTbZNZz0BeIdpyFJJzSf8B3awuqq4JVD3fyKHjos6uohmFLLjJfq3QK6sUinTZCbhr1midCmWDpS5hLp4r7ND6IwsQbWdIuoQMtzGQlJQXxOfetX=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7p2JUTRqbutDJoor7ScS9JBAcaExJz8x8BbwUmTHhp5ot3LII3VFx77nhtHYS4vtXWhznORrOPTbZNZz0BeIdpyFJJzSf8B3awuqq4JVD3fyKHjos6uohmFLLjJfq3QK6sUinTZCbhr1midCmWDpS5hLp4r7ND6IwsQbWdIuoQMtzGQlJQXxOfetX=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Of course, if you are viewing this on some laughable <i>i-phoney</i> type toy, you'll never appreciate, let alone even <i>see</i> the detail as mentioned.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyICG5ZwoJr8ymGJwAMrNMocu_Q97-TrUXUleLO_za2FGTjHI4Nz04DGBfF_8ZbRClArC0pWzcnM7-zxa4Vx8XXYnAv8g-9eisEtwUqCe4lnj9hP2Nb3wu5S9RL_L-N7PCJS-DYxwLWe7DchtM-CEu3ECBDwZFKHnu2dUk5rEmy1DI9kusc6IESMGk=s2172" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="2172" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyICG5ZwoJr8ymGJwAMrNMocu_Q97-TrUXUleLO_za2FGTjHI4Nz04DGBfF_8ZbRClArC0pWzcnM7-zxa4Vx8XXYnAv8g-9eisEtwUqCe4lnj9hP2Nb3wu5S9RL_L-N7PCJS-DYxwLWe7DchtM-CEu3ECBDwZFKHnu2dUk5rEmy1DI9kusc6IESMGk=w640-h270" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Four scenes with matte work used to expand studio sets, miniatures, cloud tank gags and suchlike. The island was a painting, as were the views of distant landscape surrounds.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQH_j0Y1Qp8BbamnWvCQ0XGaRntxROBUmCMpELfG-E0z9GH7NispfOIxVx9oX8rmhmqN0GKEPxkVz61-aV1LiGwT9UEDx34KHUgTAXvgIBp9ksCWUf0eaIvdgiJp38hxDNiBwNjGOMYFmeMFBFoGomwvLd2I8SR4y29azQdF_O1NFWhWowptIfEe6v=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQH_j0Y1Qp8BbamnWvCQ0XGaRntxROBUmCMpELfG-E0z9GH7NispfOIxVx9oX8rmhmqN0GKEPxkVz61-aV1LiGwT9UEDx34KHUgTAXvgIBp9ksCWUf0eaIvdgiJp38hxDNiBwNjGOMYFmeMFBFoGomwvLd2I8SR4y29azQdF_O1NFWhWowptIfEe6v=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Large miniature German sub split screened with matte painted island.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIZMGEU0BiwtQNp_zRuiS_RuawOFRT_cGVG8nPIUqYv9cWorf9lph0MIL-RgB6I_up0HvgYgGBz3i_mgOBR4JjDidcqc-UmXtRhgG4eMUrAqNKLqWFSNkywTCGDYepvjMe2NSqbba950p7s19lt1Xg42g-M_o69LHK7C8cefcnBCUqEUM634T8TwoO=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIZMGEU0BiwtQNp_zRuiS_RuawOFRT_cGVG8nPIUqYv9cWorf9lph0MIL-RgB6I_up0HvgYgGBz3i_mgOBR4JjDidcqc-UmXtRhgG4eMUrAqNKLqWFSNkywTCGDYepvjMe2NSqbba950p7s19lt1Xg42g-M_o69LHK7C8cefcnBCUqEUM634T8TwoO=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure but looks like a matte painting, again split screened with ocean plate.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcdNOTFSceEVm7B-l4lYFIRm5CXWvsiQ0vVbMKdeZOYXJBbqNOhIPfoJZPcyx2-Hal1B9I8znXXvXe0yP-CsC71JG_dbnjZEiTEw7x4g6gnSbJ6PTQVSLzf4ZY6vZpbmgn-LfsmfibIqqbVb-MPwSd0E_mbfxYZgWUAG3LfT9XRIrFNKfnOQtrWtpZ=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcdNOTFSceEVm7B-l4lYFIRm5CXWvsiQ0vVbMKdeZOYXJBbqNOhIPfoJZPcyx2-Hal1B9I8znXXvXe0yP-CsC71JG_dbnjZEiTEw7x4g6gnSbJ6PTQVSLzf4ZY6vZpbmgn-LfsmfibIqqbVb-MPwSd0E_mbfxYZgWUAG3LfT9XRIrFNKfnOQtrWtpZ=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Modest sized stage set with matte art all the way around.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1C0Px4rrZ8Q_hR1c6N_WKsjcDUpVAZIhRHYn6bSy7dp0paecTdrGgDnTyPpIcbKRqjbAz1vDMA1rl9yTA7JRzHb-_5szkZWJ66Az3MyYNlQWx1HgMlucSOS4L_hoGB5-u2eWvxd1rnD1-SgzDITeQZ1e1Tkoa0e50VeGyH-7uNSLHe2pJYisshSnc=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1C0Px4rrZ8Q_hR1c6N_WKsjcDUpVAZIhRHYn6bSy7dp0paecTdrGgDnTyPpIcbKRqjbAz1vDMA1rl9yTA7JRzHb-_5szkZWJ66Az3MyYNlQWx1HgMlucSOS4L_hoGB5-u2eWvxd1rnD1-SgzDITeQZ1e1Tkoa0e50VeGyH-7uNSLHe2pJYisshSnc=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Physical set, matte art, cel animation and cloud tank gag all at play.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsogDRsaj8LGKvlLbJUZ7gUBpNxjc3ea_TiRKKZJn0UNDkf_BEk-aywNZ2RLK8qSLxvUaUTtDu_ID2FA5PT5opkJaGtU928m80mfBZK-uegqnnkAz66gv0rn58CKLDX_EkFBPq-1zWt3_14oZz70Xj_W01FHnPoZ5bId7XX-I7YKCIzUj03ErGAZgt=s2104" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="2104" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsogDRsaj8LGKvlLbJUZ7gUBpNxjc3ea_TiRKKZJn0UNDkf_BEk-aywNZ2RLK8qSLxvUaUTtDu_ID2FA5PT5opkJaGtU928m80mfBZK-uegqnnkAz66gv0rn58CKLDX_EkFBPq-1zWt3_14oZz70Xj_W01FHnPoZ5bId7XX-I7YKCIzUj03ErGAZgt=w640-h226" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final matte shot was, and remains, a true winner, and one of the most famous in the artform. Here, artist Mike Pangrazio is seen working on what will be the enormous and secretive government warehouse, where the so-called Ark of the Covenent will be stored away for later possible military use.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieNk70gmfoZ65HNKFf5ODmnpYdxRL6-aPIL1o3U2sTlZ3zIFCeBHa-NU7WTMTj7_WgqzA5Gh6ipQVGtYux9evptnXAjRYWnwQbjqxkVTU_zAjVaGGEyDITUVBf5q6CAup1k4Rv7DW0K3YIbhD-O1av9t21SJTSRV-IJ-wu8EQpl5lCGH5LmBHgsflo=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieNk70gmfoZ65HNKFf5ODmnpYdxRL6-aPIL1o3U2sTlZ3zIFCeBHa-NU7WTMTj7_WgqzA5Gh6ipQVGtYux9evptnXAjRYWnwQbjqxkVTU_zAjVaGGEyDITUVBf5q6CAup1k4Rv7DW0K3YIbhD-O1av9t21SJTSRV-IJ-wu8EQpl5lCGH5LmBHgsflo=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">First part of pullback to reveal vast storage facility.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhy1Hfasy6BfzBxoex7Cqxt6cv7Lq_tj8qwgta6R17avcqSnSt3Uwb3LpJIMqI9mr2kkcBSlw5DXyxP9fS3PtoTuhx8kzoVSA1fnT_-R0Pg9ge9Np7YGvT3IMs3RAFhy02QnQMlmMVs17kFPPkiBQBpQHg3La8UARa4kMJhqDy-URYB3tSjRxVtncmM=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1920" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhy1Hfasy6BfzBxoex7Cqxt6cv7Lq_tj8qwgta6R17avcqSnSt3Uwb3LpJIMqI9mr2kkcBSlw5DXyxP9fS3PtoTuhx8kzoVSA1fnT_-R0Pg9ge9Np7YGvT3IMs3RAFhy02QnQMlmMVs17kFPPkiBQBpQHg3La8UARa4kMJhqDy-URYB3tSjRxVtncmM=w640-h280" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A frame from the final sequence, with a camera move, the shot stays on screen for around 30 seconds - an unusually long duration for any matte shot. Matte supervisor Alan Maley stated in 1981: <i>"That shot was difficult from a matte painting point of view, because even though the painting is 6 feet long, when we start out on it we're actually focusing on a close area that's maybe 18 inches wide and about 6 inches high. Plus, when the camera is pulled all of the way back, the shot is still held on screen much longer than one usually likes on a matte painting. So, Mike had to paint to a much higher degree than on any of the other shots".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_Ox6aX72AV7_c7SrvZLO8Q8XyI4vWlIK6FEH_Sj0moyYPtoYJsD9AQWUYr6gRwIk_YyDrOandCL_5PgPv3_Ccnp6NJNepcXs5CHCxHEc_YgWOp8PibiU8GgDQ8vvcUiKwwADLiHUozhDIU2U_5C3osW8wJ75T2nioYYeg8DotrNi1cY0mn_SwWAZa=s1119" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1119" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_Ox6aX72AV7_c7SrvZLO8Q8XyI4vWlIK6FEH_Sj0moyYPtoYJsD9AQWUYr6gRwIk_YyDrOandCL_5PgPv3_Ccnp6NJNepcXs5CHCxHEc_YgWOp8PibiU8GgDQ8vvcUiKwwADLiHUozhDIU2U_5C3osW8wJ75T2nioYYeg8DotrNi1cY0mn_SwWAZa=w640-h452" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail #1</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSLDr0LKlmjpu4kbEkbaKYR_f6Tpx1H6m_MKjculHD30bIaOkIieavVgAn2FvlfBhSE78bDMUEd7xoidXyvGrEh4JUCibgvKac34qHBSmClQiYPzDuVxI_xRIiB69cK8mSRAv_2vlokwEmQI_xkn1MIH3ZzLTis3OaoGLmiVNmagRTHYo-zRt1e6Gx=s1119" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1119" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSLDr0LKlmjpu4kbEkbaKYR_f6Tpx1H6m_MKjculHD30bIaOkIieavVgAn2FvlfBhSE78bDMUEd7xoidXyvGrEh4JUCibgvKac34qHBSmClQiYPzDuVxI_xRIiB69cK8mSRAv_2vlokwEmQI_xkn1MIH3ZzLTis3OaoGLmiVNmagRTHYo-zRt1e6Gx=w640-h546" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail #2 I'm not certain, but I think Pangrazio may have organised a layout of small cardboard cartons to be still photographed in preparation for tackling this mammoth undertaking. I know that another later ILM matte artist, Mark Sullivan, did just that for a quite similar scene in the Coen's film THE HUDSUCKER PROXY.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkrNXRRQI5LEp34c7uVLnODo3SrjhjfuQrwdy5A3OcyL3brXy_lXe3Si6x7s9dpj1C4OskmW6bQBSScGgf5S6skeJBLFzFesb7waNF2d_HqJHOh8EAjb5OO0nmvOAXjWMEzMbQ6soT5kY4wyhb1BVHzImSoZt9jwg3iCdgyfsiDP7z7C9U9KZmx3n3=s1059" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1059" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkrNXRRQI5LEp34c7uVLnODo3SrjhjfuQrwdy5A3OcyL3brXy_lXe3Si6x7s9dpj1C4OskmW6bQBSScGgf5S6skeJBLFzFesb7waNF2d_HqJHOh8EAjb5OO0nmvOAXjWMEzMbQ6soT5kY4wyhb1BVHzImSoZt9jwg3iCdgyfsiDP7z7C9U9KZmx3n3=w640-h504" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail #3</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0p3-pRSklFjqs_VY3hZ82AJncDOTgOLAzqghZnAidVlwXw58XScC5bImO_Y1TKJBCoMoRr1tIwSPMwX_F0b3DbGBtBSIChlIeqpSGDbcOIzb2HI-NzgMEAalq-8ncce2AGf_m6kTAwKhClOtDTvzyYz7vtc1uH1OLfN82J1VknB6OuZGwBgqmtXVH=s1302" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="1194" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0p3-pRSklFjqs_VY3hZ82AJncDOTgOLAzqghZnAidVlwXw58XScC5bImO_Y1TKJBCoMoRr1tIwSPMwX_F0b3DbGBtBSIChlIeqpSGDbcOIzb2HI-NzgMEAalq-8ncce2AGf_m6kTAwKhClOtDTvzyYz7vtc1uH1OLfN82J1VknB6OuZGwBgqmtXVH=w366-h400" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The big budget fairy tale extravaganza, DRAGONSLAYER (1981) would be ILM's fourth production, and one that was loaded with a variety of visual and physical effects. The film itself was incredibly dull, though the amazing 'go-motion' animated/puppet work was a show stopper.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghN3LTKfXU082nTzlznFDDmxZs8LQP97mLQpX-W_RrmR-1n_yirkO0ft242jlocYomItQoe1lSjLDsoGq1YH-rFqvuD6pLkLMPeHuViTZQQ3av2qct5LrRvvbn4g8uOuADYggq62L6fyOSZn9m_T2vEGsR62yQ2qNONoLc8yLnGzIIJmvUCtin59tE=s1102" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1102" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghN3LTKfXU082nTzlznFDDmxZs8LQP97mLQpX-W_RrmR-1n_yirkO0ft242jlocYomItQoe1lSjLDsoGq1YH-rFqvuD6pLkLMPeHuViTZQQ3av2qct5LrRvvbn4g8uOuADYggq62L6fyOSZn9m_T2vEGsR62yQ2qNONoLc8yLnGzIIJmvUCtin59tE=w400-h290" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Once again, Alan Maley was ILM's matte painting supervisor - even though he'd 'officially' retired from movies in the late 1970's. Here Alan poses for another candid 'joke' photo, using an impossibly tiny brush to lay in a vast landscape and castle. Years ago during the fx work on Disney's ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD in 1974, the matte department was overloaded so they hired veteran Mathew Yuricich to help out. In my 2012 oral history interview with Matt he described the atmosphere in that department, which at first left him bewildered and a little concerned, at the constant side-swipes and banter going back and forth between Maley and Peter Ellenshaw. It wasn't until Matthew cottoned onto the very 'British' sense of humour, and natural use of <i>irony</i> and pointed,witty sarcasm <i>(we here, as former Brit colonials in NZ definitely 'get it')</i> - humour which to untrained American ears seemed like a constant barrage of insults, yet was quite the opposite. I can quite easily imagine it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAj5NHWOJ4XW4v3QvSjnlottGnYXJX3elZyk0rxgfEggnrYog72FaZnAKCKFYoWb4UsTifJvu0Xcdol_ZBff3HAhXMYHC_cJ27bPc0iFhL-ngLplwE_UVMBUrUIGpkSwFw5apB27yYPSKj3ABfTDw46ELIfCxUkkx0rvqNxlfDonhkiMhaIWkONxR5=s1436" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1436" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAj5NHWOJ4XW4v3QvSjnlottGnYXJX3elZyk0rxgfEggnrYog72FaZnAKCKFYoWb4UsTifJvu0Xcdol_ZBff3HAhXMYHC_cJ27bPc0iFhL-ngLplwE_UVMBUrUIGpkSwFw5apB27yYPSKj3ABfTDw46ELIfCxUkkx0rvqNxlfDonhkiMhaIWkONxR5=w640-h358" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Under Alan were two painters, the already experienced Mike Pangrazio (left), and the newly recruited Christopher Evans (right). Both paintings here feature in DRAGONSLAYER's opening sequences.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDERbvIyPx99EhBm9qpbQyl01jwKWyxZQ5uKDgJWUWQcKjdEVUGzUuVefX-jdYaZgEawX06C2JbsH76lauP88-TWEQFbxiGfDvUQryG5m3TOUcEVBi0oed9ktrXimx0e8csn1ntJ8CGQWuSzfQutvQU8nuJoTBO9EvVP_nrXxL4SuvnjKi4xHH00zs=s2649" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="2649" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDERbvIyPx99EhBm9qpbQyl01jwKWyxZQ5uKDgJWUWQcKjdEVUGzUuVefX-jdYaZgEawX06C2JbsH76lauP88-TWEQFbxiGfDvUQryG5m3TOUcEVBi0oed9ktrXimx0e8csn1ntJ8CGQWuSzfQutvQU8nuJoTBO9EvVP_nrXxL4SuvnjKi4xHH00zs=w640-h284" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A number of mattes feature in the film, usually night time mountains, rocky outcrops and the like.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-9Y9ZeK_osBUo1bZr_7fVboBAi8Ya1nCyaI7qHpBD4hgX-UMtJywJkVFzp9GCMl5GgN2Qe8KubfytX-4wouJW-sfdBq2YDYSNAgPsN6Bp4MWuiDhOS02eWbtyJR0L5Apznfj0BaZahhI2yIpqQUr4yIxhaEeVArnMOd4o5p9KuiorzZNpe0DVsQz_=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="2048" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-9Y9ZeK_osBUo1bZr_7fVboBAi8Ya1nCyaI7qHpBD4hgX-UMtJywJkVFzp9GCMl5GgN2Qe8KubfytX-4wouJW-sfdBq2YDYSNAgPsN6Bp4MWuiDhOS02eWbtyJR0L5Apznfj0BaZahhI2yIpqQUr4yIxhaEeVArnMOd4o5p9KuiorzZNpe0DVsQz_=w640-h342" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A beautiful full DRAGONSLAYER painting on display at LucasFilm, though possibly not used, as the matte below appears to be the final choice. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAMXklXiGYK6WDVpvUdawGmHzilmm0nNAX11twi6Yd9TPpFwnT18x_U_DDENf55UgJ7wg-KMQdbD_IfvdlfGEGclczH2rFt3BEBjp8HT2pC7pxODe0GjeCqR2_dafm_TXvX8zt_ulP2BAk9-ScMmOQ96wjZ4qW7BvElk9SlwVq_nGHseu0Cl7WRLXE=s960" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="960" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAMXklXiGYK6WDVpvUdawGmHzilmm0nNAX11twi6Yd9TPpFwnT18x_U_DDENf55UgJ7wg-KMQdbD_IfvdlfGEGclczH2rFt3BEBjp8HT2pC7pxODe0GjeCqR2_dafm_TXvX8zt_ulP2BAk9-ScMmOQ96wjZ4qW7BvElk9SlwVq_nGHseu0Cl7WRLXE=w640-h286" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Alan Maley designed this matte to be a front projection composite, though with painting and projected plate photographed in separate passes. Front projection permits a stronger, more evenly illuminated image of the plate, whereas rear projection can have issues with 'hot spot' and illumination 'fall off', which can be dead giveaways.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3eg5mrj9BT34p-S27P6t2rt-pXmwODcwFAOGvRSYKotw9rhzN1WYAKPTlsYrwHl_K5_cGrwNsbU2LxMXOnM0niQMd5wU_lrqtAP0vIVjKREV6WoGVNgb1WV-GMLDcaufL5ZDaeyTGUYwEyFoPHUE9tAG698R9xCMbP1pzyXHgca-2UJHnyx4SBgaK=s1439" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1439" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3eg5mrj9BT34p-S27P6t2rt-pXmwODcwFAOGvRSYKotw9rhzN1WYAKPTlsYrwHl_K5_cGrwNsbU2LxMXOnM0niQMd5wU_lrqtAP0vIVjKREV6WoGVNgb1WV-GMLDcaufL5ZDaeyTGUYwEyFoPHUE9tAG698R9xCMbP1pzyXHgca-2UJHnyx4SBgaK=w640-h438" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioW_WCjCJkQxJCGBWzAfhI67pQgwxjcRyawFkaXsxLDC5vIoBX6MnDK_s5Pkj-cj9J7jeQVQmrDHrwX-e2_BXFNWjjSPJ5vqRjWVrGNGqGnL-u2wE5roX7u8PcbVs9Pprz-t4ZLmzOzlKj1Y3vHBixoJoFIveCptoCnUHK02i0hD1loAJTGundgzDV=s1564" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1564" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioW_WCjCJkQxJCGBWzAfhI67pQgwxjcRyawFkaXsxLDC5vIoBX6MnDK_s5Pkj-cj9J7jeQVQmrDHrwX-e2_BXFNWjjSPJ5vqRjWVrGNGqGnL-u2wE5roX7u8PcbVs9Pprz-t4ZLmzOzlKj1Y3vHBixoJoFIveCptoCnUHK02i0hD1loAJTGundgzDV=w640-h234" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The magnificent finished shot, composited with a camera pan to the right, as the horsemen ride to the castle. I think Chris Evans might have painted this?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGD2t5-r6Ya9xpM7Mg8d3wHrxO_IniD4yGNsGxg7r38IVIoiSVHBiLqBYlDhpxx9hiO9r9HUQWwF2H7E2rAm-RQv-V6YQLHF62Wl6B0g68DXFPpMBIhzC9tjI9XdLOHux48I_Z7HRLp58iMP3ijYFH6cSSVeFs2STrOdfw5UgCOd5AVut-UlbbpjT8=s2652" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="2652" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGD2t5-r6Ya9xpM7Mg8d3wHrxO_IniD4yGNsGxg7r38IVIoiSVHBiLqBYlDhpxx9hiO9r9HUQWwF2H7E2rAm-RQv-V6YQLHF62Wl6B0g68DXFPpMBIhzC9tjI9XdLOHux48I_Z7HRLp58iMP3ijYFH6cSSVeFs2STrOdfw5UgCOd5AVut-UlbbpjT8=w640-h284" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A series of four atmospheric mattes from DRAGONSLAYER.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8JjtwVq1z_cteLWKJgWM5z9BlFGlcEDT029HVErqkr49ogceS7-QF88el731jmp20m2Vm7l2oxiCOkdTuZQztbT0bjzlPJq9dUH7_ep5KkDutgIXxp9CiOjvdtJesF1Dmj_xuUwG-_qFfcFcarfmLQ-YKuACz7SLhQGHNmFhh1B7c2Vof-kyMkUKP=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8JjtwVq1z_cteLWKJgWM5z9BlFGlcEDT029HVErqkr49ogceS7-QF88el731jmp20m2Vm7l2oxiCOkdTuZQztbT0bjzlPJq9dUH7_ep5KkDutgIXxp9CiOjvdtJesF1Dmj_xuUwG-_qFfcFcarfmLQ-YKuACz7SLhQGHNmFhh1B7c2Vof-kyMkUKP=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">They raid the castle at night. An Alan Maley matte shot. Maley stated: <i>"I have a great theory about matte painting, that if you set it up like a matte shot, it'll look like a matte shot. But if you shoot it as you would a normal production shot, you tend to take the curse of it. The better the shots are, the less you're going to notice them, and I don't think you should notice matte shots in movies".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjy1zi1VbOeuV_7i2ZEdxFWeteQJ_N6c3gPwow9TrZ-YxmMWCKVwYPAPabJhcuprFHck9jQ2pwbdv2ZW_MW6kEmXV7zlxtUjmBsm1CyDdvLP8G2azNe7pvHaUf4Be0yH4hEkYKCWDCa0r_ro5QV3UGUJ3aebth09yOEUXu6v6R7_4HADWO8tWDzU_4s=s720" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="720" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjy1zi1VbOeuV_7i2ZEdxFWeteQJ_N6c3gPwow9TrZ-YxmMWCKVwYPAPabJhcuprFHck9jQ2pwbdv2ZW_MW6kEmXV7zlxtUjmBsm1CyDdvLP8G2azNe7pvHaUf4Be0yH4hEkYKCWDCa0r_ro5QV3UGUJ3aebth09yOEUXu6v6R7_4HADWO8tWDzU_4s=w640-h638" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after from one of the numerous mountain mattes from the climax</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvu41u4L-kY65i6MKf1FFkRxwhe8peOUAnj56IBolF-lVVgQokekyvW0gODAHm5WFmdsTsriY3c3FzZWs7XU_lzNYnSJYF_qUpn0lEfc_09lQtcG1SB2N-twaXx0Fr-GZdrU9QlxHdyI0JCap_H7JHhUV3vhZhB-27sPAvnuxbUvZh3g16yWeJYju0=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="1920" height="605" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvu41u4L-kY65i6MKf1FFkRxwhe8peOUAnj56IBolF-lVVgQokekyvW0gODAHm5WFmdsTsriY3c3FzZWs7XU_lzNYnSJYF_qUpn0lEfc_09lQtcG1SB2N-twaXx0Fr-GZdrU9QlxHdyI0JCap_H7JHhUV3vhZhB-27sPAvnuxbUvZh3g16yWeJYju0=w640-h605" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Seems to have been mostly shot as virtual sets with bluescreen action and painted environs.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZJUlanm7nLCc1oqzIj5OvSrqqyyWVC9bMLS5k7ybyUgTu0Ub7YHEVyIPsFvF7XnudpGRcmgU9Xv-64u_O3OnJNOTDx8Jg-Mt_0MZ5FfobQ40xIYrsKF1mhmGVocVfMlRdfFE_Lcx2kIWkVCfqzeHBxdiSMYUZxBvjZL6lxihBwDTxYXNpbo0M5dOm=s1899" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1755" data-original-width="1899" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZJUlanm7nLCc1oqzIj5OvSrqqyyWVC9bMLS5k7ybyUgTu0Ub7YHEVyIPsFvF7XnudpGRcmgU9Xv-64u_O3OnJNOTDx8Jg-Mt_0MZ5FfobQ40xIYrsKF1mhmGVocVfMlRdfFE_Lcx2kIWkVCfqzeHBxdiSMYUZxBvjZL6lxihBwDTxYXNpbo0M5dOm=w640-h592" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More of the same...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNbeZaqzXD-jh_xX9ZAgQRxJHuKi482XdL0npsQINyYUs03UMkFRxv2_gSWYbcHYbh7Cf7-aSZZMIc5ArzXWlcr7lXBc7rnyo0GrvxZev8hAxzdrmf3AceMnUE0H9tK8zN1g4y3gYgyGv-WibFLllEdNj_HN8hp8BOwNDrZQwdNgd-tvCMAogvMkGz=s1917" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1842" data-original-width="1917" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNbeZaqzXD-jh_xX9ZAgQRxJHuKi482XdL0npsQINyYUs03UMkFRxv2_gSWYbcHYbh7Cf7-aSZZMIc5ArzXWlcr7lXBc7rnyo0GrvxZev8hAxzdrmf3AceMnUE0H9tK8zN1g4y3gYgyGv-WibFLllEdNj_HN8hp8BOwNDrZQwdNgd-tvCMAogvMkGz=w640-h614" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ditto..</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUIRs7XYhiLhlbE-r7iqs_5YnJZt_B7m9JlIgbqFTcVm-EnkIyY0vluNMHGCXvJxYyhMXr-qiXWM0JyCJzcogC7FIYiNp6eFiC3VskYv22zWsMOUExYyADmH3SsOcDLdz31VzDxuI9oLLSVUF1Rk_TXj7c9Y0OBAUb6h-nBy1ERkargAbeWxV0ky23=s1332" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1332" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUIRs7XYhiLhlbE-r7iqs_5YnJZt_B7m9JlIgbqFTcVm-EnkIyY0vluNMHGCXvJxYyhMXr-qiXWM0JyCJzcogC7FIYiNp6eFiC3VskYv22zWsMOUExYyADmH3SsOcDLdz31VzDxuI9oLLSVUF1Rk_TXj7c9Y0OBAUb6h-nBy1ERkargAbeWxV0ky23=w640-h566" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure whether this volcano crater and surrounding was a large miniature set or a substantial painted matte? Looks painted to moi.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjefCM_zdz1w-SbcRticN-6sQ64ZGN2tF0YTEEzPI81tsuCZChUaqeL9M22AzKwGFg1wWSUBh6HqFymAQrgqyj-_UmpWq4iRI8SQTmbZND9XDm_bQBZ90aLV6K7RWVUe-e2R3YNdxfZWKx-S3Q8C_38OZnxzXMcAnCqVAJ7LRFFffqJhBqQwrzMX7hp=s825" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="825" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjefCM_zdz1w-SbcRticN-6sQ64ZGN2tF0YTEEzPI81tsuCZChUaqeL9M22AzKwGFg1wWSUBh6HqFymAQrgqyj-_UmpWq4iRI8SQTmbZND9XDm_bQBZ90aLV6K7RWVUe-e2R3YNdxfZWKx-S3Q8C_38OZnxzXMcAnCqVAJ7LRFFffqJhBqQwrzMX7hp=w400-h139" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi65HHnwEEeECMYjeVGRo1hGWrLJV6LEgNpv6QR8fTq-BnCrGMVT4ijz1LAVanlTkEUyyRozgfuMD4wS_uBKSuvmZr2_QOcK_nq6dgOVwfwAU9FzWwGSAS2AqZRq9SJ_oPZl7V-lteQhaD80KfCvQlohRk9EzN1d3lGHJ8aclxYENDGegMGvh07W_rC=s882" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="882" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi65HHnwEEeECMYjeVGRo1hGWrLJV6LEgNpv6QR8fTq-BnCrGMVT4ijz1LAVanlTkEUyyRozgfuMD4wS_uBKSuvmZr2_QOcK_nq6dgOVwfwAU9FzWwGSAS2AqZRq9SJ_oPZl7V-lteQhaD80KfCvQlohRk9EzN1d3lGHJ8aclxYENDGegMGvh07W_rC=w400-h296" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I saw POLTERGEIST back in 1982 on a freakin' dynamite double bill with John Carpenter's THE THING at Aucklands magnificent old 1920 picture palace, The Civic. To say the two flicks blew my mind would be putting it politely! POLTERGEIST was a 100% bonanza of thrills, scares, ghosts, apparitions, obnoxious teen kids and corpses, with powerhouse ILM input in all avenues, from brilliantly orchestrated and assembled opticals, fabulous cel animated gags, creature fx, matte art and that's not even all when you appreciate the heavy duty mechanical and physical effects side!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga37TRRxKzt1rmMPZy6wfivfh4-6FC2RjXDlBJqGuCkS9ADabDAXzB1b4K2hrH00gK7Fq2QIkGXn6Cc-pokhnhYiVzm3Uyy5LQcvBdn_-RnJGRcWwWlB2ns9funrMG4Mhi3kAAeZWgOmSQAm2y_jEWuRmAh2ucAPU2ZLmu1U0jfGkpgFOMaljvCIBN=s1918" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1918" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga37TRRxKzt1rmMPZy6wfivfh4-6FC2RjXDlBJqGuCkS9ADabDAXzB1b4K2hrH00gK7Fq2QIkGXn6Cc-pokhnhYiVzm3Uyy5LQcvBdn_-RnJGRcWwWlB2ns9funrMG4Mhi3kAAeZWgOmSQAm2y_jEWuRmAh2ucAPU2ZLmu1U0jfGkpgFOMaljvCIBN=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The show had a relatively light matte painting load, which given that ILM was tied up with so many ongoing projects that year, was probably why. Michael Pangrazio was matte artist and this was one of his invisible matte shots that most people never spotted. A great deal of the housing development in the valley as well as the distant hills and sky were matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl12IdDgeLNAhHZKlm6F6AbM1vEAX0ksx5rVqfc9P55HVDE5D19KR4As_H68s3h4qZ2ZUFaXoXphh9ZsrpJSGT08R7vEVFfGyrNuRu7AcEobJO0XLDgZ6S3I3k13rrT6a9vzrbhFYUuGDHQRPBdxf0q7NJea5KXXuR58yErxg2ZQLv_7slb-3BcHmc=s1918" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1918" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl12IdDgeLNAhHZKlm6F6AbM1vEAX0ksx5rVqfc9P55HVDE5D19KR4As_H68s3h4qZ2ZUFaXoXphh9ZsrpJSGT08R7vEVFfGyrNuRu7AcEobJO0XLDgZ6S3I3k13rrT6a9vzrbhFYUuGDHQRPBdxf0q7NJea5KXXuR58yErxg2ZQLv_7slb-3BcHmc=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here's a real nifty effects shot that's worth talking about. The forboding bank of storm clouds closing in over the suburb and the Freeling house, which is really when all the shitstorm kicks off - in more ways than one. The shot is largely a cleverly rendered matte painting by Pangrazio of the neighbourhood, rooftops and sky. The main body of the encroaching storm cloud comprised of the standard practical injection of tempura white paint pigment into a clear water tank and manipulated by resident 'cloud wrangler' Gary Platek. In a darkened room, Platek used special probes to manipulate the tempura in the water until the correct 'formations' of <i>pseudo-cloud</i> were created, which were then photographed, numerous times until just the right effect was achieved. The tank elements were then composited into Pangrazio's painting, with Mike even blending aspects of the tank cloud footage with more subtle matte art, including a shadow moving across the distant hills. So while a great portion of the storm cloud was a physical effect created in a tank, specific areas of the same cloud bank were in fact 2-dimensional artwork, smoothing the edges out, but the whole thing ties together so beautifully, it made for a most memorable shot, and looked great in Scope up on the big theatre screen back in '82. Kudo's to matte cameraman Neil Krepela and optical man Dave Berry for pulling all of this together.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo8z7jCr3liBSvAdgRmvOPxcF-flCPRDqh2c8_Rj4zMDK5V0kaL8ncMhBMQWGrLXP1OgBv6xiiY_BE_1rp44GVMB69jZWdaQb-5bUn8KxowYXDXhyweYfWM0d_P9vBwyXXtzGsk9Zqq264etF1I-xUG044wdfR9W6XgLq15vZ39XFNk0qu3HDWOF3D=s1918" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1918" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo8z7jCr3liBSvAdgRmvOPxcF-flCPRDqh2c8_Rj4zMDK5V0kaL8ncMhBMQWGrLXP1OgBv6xiiY_BE_1rp44GVMB69jZWdaQb-5bUn8KxowYXDXhyweYfWM0d_P9vBwyXXtzGsk9Zqq264etF1I-xUG044wdfR9W6XgLq15vZ39XFNk0qu3HDWOF3D=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The tornado strikes and causes havoc. The left side of the frame is an actual set, while the right side - including the dug out pool, kids swings, fence, houses and sky - is a complete matte painting. The young actress reached up too high and some roto was needed to have her arm clear Mike's matte art briefly. The actual tornado was a special physical effect created by Gary Platek in the water tank with tempura paint.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUBT0dpOJKbcPFB-fAIu1D9Z6CPKu4R2g9SBJj99F8AVEnLoGXozwFvyClMMuibLePx4d7UXZauKFQc2F0LQpvGIa-toasw9bbuakgF6JME_WFqkAIQ12pYzzAr0XMeBrrBjoHRnAkGFv6YwyKfT1FealpJ8D0Cb_oMwyepQ6w849iniYb0SWvVESY=s1918" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1918" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUBT0dpOJKbcPFB-fAIu1D9Z6CPKu4R2g9SBJj99F8AVEnLoGXozwFvyClMMuibLePx4d7UXZauKFQc2F0LQpvGIa-toasw9bbuakgF6JME_WFqkAIQ12pYzzAr0XMeBrrBjoHRnAkGFv6YwyKfT1FealpJ8D0Cb_oMwyepQ6w849iniYb0SWvVESY=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A reverse angle, this time shot on a location elsewhere, but heavily augmented with Pangrazio's matte art comprising around 50% of the frame, including neighbouring homes, trees, backyard and sky.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjNnGmLwjGr-8LtvNaU65C5Y9UGRqD5NfsqS3wJAWt6-P5NJ_WE0pPkF4T9YXjS7GIOggfceiwsGhCwGYTpBbR3KJTVt88flLcy2WfVRFgO3uV6OQEZ9uW1oNx9DK_oNjeua6G3ZVHanvfrMJu_Vg12A-39-UtxyXSrFn-3btszg1yQG84Gd-kFNEf=s1971" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1971" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjNnGmLwjGr-8LtvNaU65C5Y9UGRqD5NfsqS3wJAWt6-P5NJ_WE0pPkF4T9YXjS7GIOggfceiwsGhCwGYTpBbR3KJTVt88flLcy2WfVRFgO3uV6OQEZ9uW1oNx9DK_oNjeua6G3ZVHanvfrMJu_Vg12A-39-UtxyXSrFn-3btszg1yQG84Gd-kFNEf=w640-h308" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A key moment in POLTERGEIST where we learn just why the Freeling house has pissed off so many ghouls from the afterlife. This is a highly detailed Mike Pangrazio matte painting, which proved quite an ordeal as the artist was repeatedly asked to make changes and additions. Official screen credited director Tobe Hooper and <i><u>other</u></i> director Steven Spielberg</span> <i style="color: #2b00fe;">(though never outright credited as such but we all know he helmed the picture from the sidelines)</i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> , made artistic directives at odds with each other and even with how Michael felt the shot should look to make it work best. Mike called the finished shot </span><i style="color: #2b00fe;">"Too busy"</i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvCnzcWswdQ9DTX8JRyIGEbWwm6BshlZvTqevaSbweZU-dB_WvAND5tW_S-rDYESJ_Olp1uE6_kEuJJ2fZTITon5XDojqoUuvrgko0NV0Rjf5mMgT-beStbZce5LE4-UFQvM2qbzfIu8Jgl_hI23jTQiKk_FFioKs8zQkW96LvrpqovVYRsZkATIlm=s1918" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1918" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvCnzcWswdQ9DTX8JRyIGEbWwm6BshlZvTqevaSbweZU-dB_WvAND5tW_S-rDYESJ_Olp1uE6_kEuJJ2fZTITon5XDojqoUuvrgko0NV0Rjf5mMgT-beStbZce5LE4-UFQvM2qbzfIu8Jgl_hI23jTQiKk_FFioKs8zQkW96LvrpqovVYRsZkATIlm=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot - here with the late, great character actor James Karen - with rear projected live action plate and subtle backlit 'scratched off' small bits of paint to give the illusion of grass moving in breeze, to match the live action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzn5CSHswfSdJ3Ar7p43fv_SmNHr2wdcw_TKA_1FKxuyE2XQFzdc9v_YP8WIz8FEX3EiOSSWK0Oq33A5K4ldiRF53IWuJ5liWJxFJg0n1kS_tWQ6VCevgQg35q5GByqWY6g-5W-Z8BiQIHuktUKtnQx0lemdJyKQUW78-ZOa8lpgScCE9C4z_1I27J=s2024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1727" data-original-width="2024" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzn5CSHswfSdJ3Ar7p43fv_SmNHr2wdcw_TKA_1FKxuyE2XQFzdc9v_YP8WIz8FEX3EiOSSWK0Oq33A5K4ldiRF53IWuJ5liWJxFJg0n1kS_tWQ6VCevgQg35q5GByqWY6g-5W-Z8BiQIHuktUKtnQx0lemdJyKQUW78-ZOa8lpgScCE9C4z_1I27J=w400-h341" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film concludes (or does it?) with the Freeling house imploding and vanishing into the netherworld. Don't laugh... this happens more often than you might think! I know, because I read it on the world wide web(!!) </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8cFEydp2Ktztn5B9xTmU1Q3SWggzvpBWTqVYaibO-xTS-FjSzTAX-abcXXwgGcAJ2oRVLF2ZoPEHXaBVMn276UbUe6vC8MCHAq8ArZTz-unaPxIP0nJsI0tcnHLyqVaZFEF2nzyIusMc2Cdu5sZ6qXkPurrQJJ81E0wwm4A7ryHeMoXQgd1EJaZt2=s1918" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1918" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8cFEydp2Ktztn5B9xTmU1Q3SWggzvpBWTqVYaibO-xTS-FjSzTAX-abcXXwgGcAJ2oRVLF2ZoPEHXaBVMn276UbUe6vC8MCHAq8ArZTz-unaPxIP0nJsI0tcnHLyqVaZFEF2nzyIusMc2Cdu5sZ6qXkPurrQJJ81E0wwm4A7ryHeMoXQgd1EJaZt2=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Multiple element shot with live action street, miniature house that was literally blown to pieces with Richard Edlund's very own shotgun(!), optical gag sparkles, flashes and subtle matte painted neighbourhood. POLTERGEIST was up for the best FX Oscar that year, but lost out to another, utterly <u>un</u>deserving ILM film. More on that later...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp8W8WCDQnZqniDyuvEp1J6IUajzK1Iz-qMuA7kwDPiB_APFBltD7yRN-nzpJ05UQ-vpOZC6DjrU4vxBbYjNUto4S7rOBS-oGpRBgCtkjs6So4taQvypWnYWa1IRBIe3FKkC9YL4SI3MVzOl8UvMlSLjykp1JvEmxbEgRMYp5KEjn8Onotzspj5xSs=s1076" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1076" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp8W8WCDQnZqniDyuvEp1J6IUajzK1Iz-qMuA7kwDPiB_APFBltD7yRN-nzpJ05UQ-vpOZC6DjrU4vxBbYjNUto4S7rOBS-oGpRBgCtkjs6So4taQvypWnYWa1IRBIe3FKkC9YL4SI3MVzOl8UvMlSLjykp1JvEmxbEgRMYp5KEjn8Onotzspj5xSs=w400-h276" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I enjoyed the original TREK films, especially the first one from Robert Wise - which I feel was grossly neglected. Anyway, STAR TREK 2-THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982) was a solid show and very entertaining. Lots of effects but only a handful of matte shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEin-DvtEO6RiQSVhHUWVAiqJbqbGrbapXdYmSKBXKgD6nAhw5Sk6AquRMbkpw0ax2gOOH6UqvdOjUgnzUwxmBiUIfgUna6yYDpcM_4BQ5alRI0XfIAjjyBVtO-PWx9y4Wif8qrOXeDiKiyLpMDJ2BYEbl0p8CIppkutD3D0_se9S0lRb4nL8vP5gUka=s1718" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1718" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEin-DvtEO6RiQSVhHUWVAiqJbqbGrbapXdYmSKBXKgD6nAhw5Sk6AquRMbkpw0ax2gOOH6UqvdOjUgnzUwxmBiUIfgUna6yYDpcM_4BQ5alRI0XfIAjjyBVtO-PWx9y4Wif8qrOXeDiKiyLpMDJ2BYEbl0p8CIppkutD3D0_se9S0lRb4nL8vP5gUka=w640-h420" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two ILM artists shown here, with Christopher Evans at top left being in charge, while ILM newbie, the extraordinarily talented Frank Ordaz, shown at bottom right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB2wmPxxhcgETdSFs02HUKYZWwsAb9zHj0H2JBbggMGWMw4VqR4rKOmmuOJVGXTbCBBxzpVuH6XjW1_ERE3tjFK17cO2-6rOdvAPQBlwGBm1nfkZ7S18egp9xWxfg71GkC9wbke1EVFZ1DPmsNyk2QcuGVRhQ7w6wD9OE_XHxsg3c6Kszd_tyQtXZ8=s1498" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="1498" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB2wmPxxhcgETdSFs02HUKYZWwsAb9zHj0H2JBbggMGWMw4VqR4rKOmmuOJVGXTbCBBxzpVuH6XjW1_ERE3tjFK17cO2-6rOdvAPQBlwGBm1nfkZ7S18egp9xWxfg71GkC9wbke1EVFZ1DPmsNyk2QcuGVRhQ7w6wD9OE_XHxsg3c6Kszd_tyQtXZ8=w640-h274" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The key matte shot was what they called the Genesis Cave - reportedly a shot that nobody in the matte department liked and felt uniformly that the composition was all wrong.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8bvn3zjqxLLqSHk_Q00kGNBz7m3FIeuu7MJDLzLp_4mVvLFEUWJkXu1guRwd3b1Gyshjx904guuKlaL2D5mJh_yP8uQd8AsZCCCYgLD6Yya0kp0bElaUPXRavuAfAKHMI46bPZlTs1qyeeR7Vt-icyajNj_xggaZwBHjpvJGvf0APbguaCxrVuqia=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8bvn3zjqxLLqSHk_Q00kGNBz7m3FIeuu7MJDLzLp_4mVvLFEUWJkXu1guRwd3b1Gyshjx904guuKlaL2D5mJh_yP8uQd8AsZCCCYgLD6Yya0kp0bElaUPXRavuAfAKHMI46bPZlTs1qyeeR7Vt-icyajNj_xggaZwBHjpvJGvf0APbguaCxrVuqia=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final composite.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyyI9LXsiPrSSXkrncDt988YgRIe_Nu7RjQE21buy_2WBFMB7k-BwZDJSci96AR4PhNapNogb0ZuPjNs18k8WDn_nQr0jdKX6VCDMT7gtk4GWQBKnawAKgqMgNF3px7ujqqTL6lgMHPuuVvSPCHtMRbca2WEbUPfwB2qs2EsOvUIrXyCy85nn25wAA=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyyI9LXsiPrSSXkrncDt988YgRIe_Nu7RjQE21buy_2WBFMB7k-BwZDJSci96AR4PhNapNogb0ZuPjNs18k8WDn_nQr0jdKX6VCDMT7gtk4GWQBKnawAKgqMgNF3px7ujqqTL6lgMHPuuVvSPCHtMRbca2WEbUPfwB2qs2EsOvUIrXyCy85nn25wAA=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same sequence features some three mattes, with this being a Frank Ordaz rendering.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-5zW-wQmM4AEU43uRw_rXMjUPaNJ9VmXczawL3YoP5UejTJxK9Q_Y1D1Z8kho6EIU6gfP-Bsyasil-_y8vRmdKUrJv4AO7Uv9aXn622epFK9pYwxLv_NkJFk7bS-E-YP5g_5p_38EtTcnhLY953zDrDExgw7buq4JIEXWsOklRJjfR-LHEv1vCdpd=s1080" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="1080" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-5zW-wQmM4AEU43uRw_rXMjUPaNJ9VmXczawL3YoP5UejTJxK9Q_Y1D1Z8kho6EIU6gfP-Bsyasil-_y8vRmdKUrJv4AO7Uv9aXn622epFK9pYwxLv_NkJFk7bS-E-YP5g_5p_38EtTcnhLY953zDrDExgw7buq4JIEXWsOklRJjfR-LHEv1vCdpd=w640-h318" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some close up detail of Frank's work. Ordaz would become an exceptional and prolific painter at ILM for the next few years before quitting the film business to focus primarily on gallery art and illustration work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5TVmz8kTXmaa82BpP6tBMZ1r6mpQNbYvRNkVB2L_3ZZPoe3GwZpWuGzYZT32AcEYPWodBMaXxdcdBnL9YRY9CDsCHMcDYBKjSJspbQ4Z1BlpSVFmRDE9tWIsenfg3e2Z6SIyP5JurmSpUZc6A7zVRdpbc0hTkVzEoqpgchk01tusHE6TgnwOUzYF9=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5TVmz8kTXmaa82BpP6tBMZ1r6mpQNbYvRNkVB2L_3ZZPoe3GwZpWuGzYZT32AcEYPWodBMaXxdcdBnL9YRY9CDsCHMcDYBKjSJspbQ4Z1BlpSVFmRDE9tWIsenfg3e2Z6SIyP5JurmSpUZc6A7zVRdpbc0hTkVzEoqpgchk01tusHE6TgnwOUzYF9=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The last of the STAR TREK 2 mattes is this full painting which features in that same setting, and worked well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6bHamxPbHav2iJUdp0Du7--Gk6syHVUE-4zXs2oPSCPu96jlm6GQnegsqb-jp8FdKl6XoNCqXLUHXO9S8ggQtrWJTRIQOE0wSmpL-Eba8c7oBHugtF8etRGRiuWb7plMvHJc8ALwJTn_S64gBy84Xf8AL9DQ1bgTiXzYskQv6sRIF3MF1xsVu-Jj-=s850" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="850" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6bHamxPbHav2iJUdp0Du7--Gk6syHVUE-4zXs2oPSCPu96jlm6GQnegsqb-jp8FdKl6XoNCqXLUHXO9S8ggQtrWJTRIQOE0wSmpL-Eba8c7oBHugtF8etRGRiuWb7plMvHJc8ALwJTn_S64gBy84Xf8AL9DQ1bgTiXzYskQv6sRIF3MF1xsVu-Jj-=w400-h375" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">At risk of a smack in the mouth, I'll be right up front and state I couldn't stand this movie, in truth, disliking it with a vengeance. E.T - THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (1982) was a trite, manufactured piece of shameless, sugary, cinematic commercialism, and worst of all, it stole the FX Oscar that year from BLADERUNNER - an <u>infinitely</u> more deserving recipient <i>(and even POLTERGEIST as a close runner up was way up there!)</i> But don't get me started on Oscar injustices...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI5guYtRUDSUecRYIApmNPp38UuY5Vk61-DU5zWfyVVKuX74i-ZdK5MgLKYe7x-ncyM3J5vkYQe5WyceHyM78W2wVrM1PTtO7z5dsIxd9Qsm-WhPubv6xsQreQhVHfQuSy4hsIVhnccd8grL3gg_L6f-tXzHKRjhcEUYfAwJMMPrRSWWvITUwc41OD=s1683" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1683" data-original-width="1584" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI5guYtRUDSUecRYIApmNPp38UuY5Vk61-DU5zWfyVVKuX74i-ZdK5MgLKYe7x-ncyM3J5vkYQe5WyceHyM78W2wVrM1PTtO7z5dsIxd9Qsm-WhPubv6xsQreQhVHfQuSy4hsIVhnccd8grL3gg_L6f-tXzHKRjhcEUYfAwJMMPrRSWWvITUwc41OD=w602-h640" width="602" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Among the matte shots were these two, with Michael Pangrazio as chief artist and Chris Evans and Frank Ordaz also on painting duties. Neil Krepela was matte cameraman, assisted by Craig Barron. I understand that Frank Ordaz was responsible for one or both of these mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0B7xOXFBpdw7Ri08k1mngMV3o26qsndlvu4ixc1wdhxA7tBMVqUf-VImhyw_Nm7EkzNvhCmO8ac1-w7e1HsPQVwarcZzawrRCReaC82PC6yDtXl3b60ejaH3BIqMbHeNsqwSUe_pNKtVI4yNx_HSQratKbAwJu3r19qgI94WI9YBDuvGqhDKU428V=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0B7xOXFBpdw7Ri08k1mngMV3o26qsndlvu4ixc1wdhxA7tBMVqUf-VImhyw_Nm7EkzNvhCmO8ac1-w7e1HsPQVwarcZzawrRCReaC82PC6yDtXl3b60ejaH3BIqMbHeNsqwSUe_pNKtVI4yNx_HSQratKbAwJu3r19qgI94WI9YBDuvGqhDKU428V=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The diminutive intergalactic irritant extra-terrestrial, discovers the bright lights of the big city. A tiny puppet creature, foreground miniatures and a large painted cityscape rendered on hardboard by Chris Evans, all shot in camera. Camera assistant Karl Herrmann drilled out dozens of tiny holes in the 8 x 4 foot painting and arranged a set up behind involving frosted acetate strips, small fans and lights - all shot at 36fps to create a twinkling effect. Nothing new there, as studios had been doing that for 50 years, particularly MGM's famous Newcombe department who absolutely <i>mastered</i> the art of backlit twinkling lights and neons etc on a hundred Technicolor musicals - incidentally one of my fave old time matte trick shot techniques that still to this day never fail to amaze me when watching old movies.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8YAXaoiZLiEjJm31nI7ZUaKdYqiuBRnq-U_UCnrTqkBiLav-3Qas5XTw2mH7pDA5zsQqDxNNUk8J9a9m2en3-Gs-RiWsdyOPxglDRJ9tU4cPbBTFfveGqSaLo7bOR-WMabfK3hqqL9wg2lvlZwidHsDSRDTShArBJ-0FXBjEjDWyyVwK15p_wZ5cQ=s932" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="932" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8YAXaoiZLiEjJm31nI7ZUaKdYqiuBRnq-U_UCnrTqkBiLav-3Qas5XTw2mH7pDA5zsQqDxNNUk8J9a9m2en3-Gs-RiWsdyOPxglDRJ9tU4cPbBTFfveGqSaLo7bOR-WMabfK3hqqL9wg2lvlZwidHsDSRDTShArBJ-0FXBjEjDWyyVwK15p_wZ5cQ=w640-h420" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The original masonite painting on the wall at George Lucas' film factory. The painting was able to be backlit with flickering light effects.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiofdfZhUDaL-eMOIyrY0y4XIjqYps8b8u4v16Wg6HmjxibA3FdbFyJjCsT8L2Jw8Lv33aom1RtpmscK2v_24xutSDp49YxbuJZbQc5Cm5TfOttxDAr3FiF27j7jGrYxj_bi61dnKLX928vicMNmB8aDU3bWvWy3R5qsydkxv516eR6qYrxth9b2AMm=s1476" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1476" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiofdfZhUDaL-eMOIyrY0y4XIjqYps8b8u4v16Wg6HmjxibA3FdbFyJjCsT8L2Jw8Lv33aom1RtpmscK2v_24xutSDp49YxbuJZbQc5Cm5TfOttxDAr3FiF27j7jGrYxj_bi61dnKLX928vicMNmB8aDU3bWvWy3R5qsydkxv516eR6qYrxth9b2AMm=w640-h346" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">E.T marked a major turning point for ILM - that being the introduction of their first original negative latent image matte composite. It seems hard to believe now, as premier matte artisans such as Albert Whitlock had mastered that method right down to a fine art, with optimal visual fidelity and quality for decades. Both Pangrazio and Evans stated that they were great admirers of Whitlock's work and learned a great deal from Al's methodology.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhF0sI_XPQ2Z8tCpAXSzzbT30fJyHD33YNPAk7mHDRsux2p4Pyp6ZUzi-GChLbaPtI8u6YWjcXNqIIAKlP4Lj00xBwi2nFLeQGVZfk8fbWAm_ollZgTInWaSk1mq9Zdd83p86zSg5uPreY0XPEePOSvFtL6vA4zwUHZQzyEdQEDJfHzgrsAjFaVQC4b=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhF0sI_XPQ2Z8tCpAXSzzbT30fJyHD33YNPAk7mHDRsux2p4Pyp6ZUzi-GChLbaPtI8u6YWjcXNqIIAKlP4Lj00xBwi2nFLeQGVZfk8fbWAm_ollZgTInWaSk1mq9Zdd83p86zSg5uPreY0XPEePOSvFtL6vA4zwUHZQzyEdQEDJfHzgrsAjFaVQC4b=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Several shots in this backyard sequence utilised matte painted night skies, with the moon in various degrees of visibility under cloud for each cut. The skies were all painted, and at first tentative attempts were made to do the shots as latent image, with eventual highly successful results after numerous trials and tests. Of interest, the clouds themselves <i>weren't </i>painted, but were in fact pieces of cotton wool that camera assistant Barron had carefully cut out and shaped and then stuck onto a pane of glass. The pasted on cotton wool clouds would be repositioned for subsequent shots in the same extended night sequence to suggest the passage of time. ILM were very happy with the first generation quality of the o/neg method but felt constrained by the hard fact that one must be absolutely confident in composition, matte placement and all else when shooting such shots as the shot is npretty well 'locked in' once the plate is filmed. Old time practitioner Al Whitlock over at Universal on the other hand was so experienced in the o/neg method, that nothing was impossible, even the most complicated, mind-boggling latent image composites were able to be achieved, provided firm decisions and utmost control of all steps along the way were respected. ILM would use this o/neg method off and on for occasional films thereafter, especially for those intended as made for tv, and later on, key matte exponents from the company would use it extensively.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrrGjY5om5XJqtKuoBF5S-rti2R_u_6SSU4h8gbA0YYLhM_i0hf-dt6YE7fsnKTuzQui7AEbtM-1jvuEyE6V4FvSojY0kHw3vAjX4Q3yCaBXjR4xqDz5NEDlnjmT-lx9n89T_miG6zfSJ9lgJDV-9_bRjCQws5eJDD7vx6c8MhXu_nQrtAJa0m4D89=s1476" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1476" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrrGjY5om5XJqtKuoBF5S-rti2R_u_6SSU4h8gbA0YYLhM_i0hf-dt6YE7fsnKTuzQui7AEbtM-1jvuEyE6V4FvSojY0kHw3vAjX4Q3yCaBXjR4xqDz5NEDlnjmT-lx9n89T_miG6zfSJ9lgJDV-9_bRjCQws5eJDD7vx6c8MhXu_nQrtAJa0m4D89=w640-h346" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film comes to a conclusion - and about bloody time I say - with a horde of BMX bikesters in full flight (don't ask) headed into the setting sun(!) All matte painted here, in layers on individual glasses to allow depth, plus a sun element at back. The kids were a mix of actors on bluescreen stage and some puppeteered go-motion miniature work. It worked well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS5otJSsbdiCy2oYKNkMLcQdvc0ORyyQfCSeNc2lXPBte5FPyF7dDxzRcTmnL28ULVuDWCXfafR3B7Ctz9MTAfs3fak5aJrR3QG85KLBXnU4Ohgi-DyjVhiCxUoKTcb3ZUnRt5TVBolaUtvVv5hMKsfKuWLgcbMBdhtRqYsI9JVbkUn84JOCJX6jqw=s1572" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="1572" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS5otJSsbdiCy2oYKNkMLcQdvc0ORyyQfCSeNc2lXPBte5FPyF7dDxzRcTmnL28ULVuDWCXfafR3B7Ctz9MTAfs3fak5aJrR3QG85KLBXnU4Ohgi-DyjVhiCxUoKTcb3ZUnRt5TVBolaUtvVv5hMKsfKuWLgcbMBdhtRqYsI9JVbkUn84JOCJX6jqw=w640-h268" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Craig Barron (left) and Neil Krepela (right) establish meter readings on the multi-plane glass shot set up. The shot comprises some 3 layers - the first with a treeline, the second with mountains and hills, while the third one at rear was the sun.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh025lXaf5f5bfzz9DhsHy4-BglogwrOel8uVhaaPUHxubvjrvp0Dg-qp6fx9S26DGTFaLC-0l3AjLA8klfNS6erV3z1HLjjH6uvNeD2hgL-oiMTN0qE_ED8ZXfg9YC8pqGjbUlFwWn0CLDnimrlhIdTRuzGadxlI7TFv5vjvGDgomPod47YDklme2N=s1476" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1476" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh025lXaf5f5bfzz9DhsHy4-BglogwrOel8uVhaaPUHxubvjrvp0Dg-qp6fx9S26DGTFaLC-0l3AjLA8klfNS6erV3z1HLjjH6uvNeD2hgL-oiMTN0qE_ED8ZXfg9YC8pqGjbUlFwWn0CLDnimrlhIdTRuzGadxlI7TFv5vjvGDgomPod47YDklme2N=w640-h346" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another deep plane matte multi-element shot, most likely utilising the puppet kids on miniature BMX's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQOsd7-3l1H0QxtJfMbgjOGtegafuqemv-DnpXYk1wJWFYwZnV68jbUIppS6MbOvoidkXTVUaWEUm0dE4DSkT7zLx6ZtJDyIFqS6SeSfMsSwxMpQH__MHHCjDW0zIlLFpkZq-FBMLZZyvr2X7KGe34O9LhzKJDwjHS97uktCOpyQd9p3EO8cUzThww=s1476" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1476" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQOsd7-3l1H0QxtJfMbgjOGtegafuqemv-DnpXYk1wJWFYwZnV68jbUIppS6MbOvoidkXTVUaWEUm0dE4DSkT7zLx6ZtJDyIFqS6SeSfMsSwxMpQH__MHHCjDW0zIlLFpkZq-FBMLZZyvr2X7KGe34O9LhzKJDwjHS97uktCOpyQd9p3EO8cUzThww=w640-h346" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Multi-part vfx shot. Miniature spaceship and forest surrounds, with the far treeline and distant city and sky painted.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-BCD9sdUpGc4XTS1FWdnTduGBuTBIQBcv5Ufg3aZ3biHXIyzhV9hg1jqoGeceHsIaiMxAEEdCYc_yzG6abOd7YUc56gAn2Ae6x4xivjxlLr_hXZ35cuA_B6VnMCnD6zLEbO0f_2BxB3_7gllYIRgZB1w_ohM29rC1uxyj4T8WCl1wMrS2XhijlKRi=s892" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="892" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-BCD9sdUpGc4XTS1FWdnTduGBuTBIQBcv5Ufg3aZ3biHXIyzhV9hg1jqoGeceHsIaiMxAEEdCYc_yzG6abOd7YUc56gAn2Ae6x4xivjxlLr_hXZ35cuA_B6VnMCnD6zLEbO0f_2BxB3_7gllYIRgZB1w_ohM29rC1uxyj4T8WCl1wMrS2XhijlKRi=w400-h370" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fans were waiting, and George delivered RETURN OF THE JEDI in 1983, and again while not as good as the first film, was an improvement over the second. An all out balls-to-the-wall visual effects showcase, loaded to the hilt with amazing and jaw dropping trick work throughout.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2Vxlp3wuztbn2DQCwufawWV3qpmVOECxQnZrWJbOmW3q6Pxw1HH1CKJRlZ1toToa1D6Z9DpdqCpaOnxxpknxkQ58ndSz9HARKFYy6BMRw-R5JP0UwXWr_2_mc8eEgrsyaxeiP4v2f7VhKZt0enb-PXw92Cxjd6Uq1PnqO77M6vBS4A8_2sMQYQhhT=s945" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="945" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2Vxlp3wuztbn2DQCwufawWV3qpmVOECxQnZrWJbOmW3q6Pxw1HH1CKJRlZ1toToa1D6Z9DpdqCpaOnxxpknxkQ58ndSz9HARKFYy6BMRw-R5JP0UwXWr_2_mc8eEgrsyaxeiP4v2f7VhKZt0enb-PXw92Cxjd6Uq1PnqO77M6vBS4A8_2sMQYQhhT=w640-h432" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A mammoth matte shot film, JEDI had a very busy troop of matte artists, headed by Michael Pangrazio. Shown above is painter Christopher Evans wearing his trademark brown dustcoat with one of his dramatic mattes on the stand.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMZqeU7rqOw30znut5jPmRMkOAoziNUJ16LZNfCUgpTE9Md448L52D01_Gx10v2mpfWU69AYkvtQzjP80PQ_PrsgH7-Mi-b5P5sJ5x00RNSzkxra2HkdDBpqY8B5xuZvjWJ5QDfRc_lhyIf8KePRzYpbT_rxVd1O8iLg_YJpiaKxYQMfbglzAMO9dr=s932" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="932" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMZqeU7rqOw30znut5jPmRMkOAoziNUJ16LZNfCUgpTE9Md448L52D01_Gx10v2mpfWU69AYkvtQzjP80PQ_PrsgH7-Mi-b5P5sJ5x00RNSzkxra2HkdDBpqY8B5xuZvjWJ5QDfRc_lhyIf8KePRzYpbT_rxVd1O8iLg_YJpiaKxYQMfbglzAMO9dr=w640-h440" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Michael Pangrazio confers with matte cinematographer Neil Krepela.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2s6fGZjrBGqcyQBxHOeB__zI98y1_yjr5Yn6N8Vla_yuKgQ9Q01IqjqoiJRfhJs9hbboHsM3HCxYRbkr8Ue7MKe-UArouUz4Hx3Dtps4sZA3sTgIVCBQ-uayILnH93WTr2EDnjxNH0q9AxEQ4h0hp11rskD4s5eNT191A5ILhWx4I5ez6e3bOJUpS=s1479" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="1479" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2s6fGZjrBGqcyQBxHOeB__zI98y1_yjr5Yn6N8Vla_yuKgQ9Q01IqjqoiJRfhJs9hbboHsM3HCxYRbkr8Ue7MKe-UArouUz4Hx3Dtps4sZA3sTgIVCBQ-uayILnH93WTr2EDnjxNH0q9AxEQ4h0hp11rskD4s5eNT191A5ILhWx4I5ez6e3bOJUpS=w640-h398" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ILM matte artists always seem to double as scenic painters as well. Top left is Ralph McQuarrie on EMPIRE but not involved with JEDI; right is Mike Pangrazio (also on EMPIRE), while bottom left is Frank Ordaz with his forest painted backing for a key JEDI action sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTejrhT6ePt0xELX5kYNkdSPZicOXsdCwaMyM3pk2xEfdrlEmN3S5p-cPUsNG1klR8EPZEOvyJbh0rmvsqssSuSsB9a8RwtLmqz91uIAy1wgZXYlGTP0GEUoIy_RJQ8u2RYcjeKgY8drrHRf2dVr6RNQPuEqg7Hj16YXjvqgrI9tGADRtRQcmnNhUi=s1646" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1646" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTejrhT6ePt0xELX5kYNkdSPZicOXsdCwaMyM3pk2xEfdrlEmN3S5p-cPUsNG1klR8EPZEOvyJbh0rmvsqssSuSsB9a8RwtLmqz91uIAy1wgZXYlGTP0GEUoIy_RJQ8u2RYcjeKgY8drrHRf2dVr6RNQPuEqg7Hj16YXjvqgrI9tGADRtRQcmnNhUi=w640-h410" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frank Ordaz - one talented painter indeed and seemingly able to use his brush skills in matte work and it's own peculiar requirements with ease.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr107fc_7-fupGKp8qzQP-YtupafJB04uQs0hGzme5psjx3-4PDlB2NcxiGMN9JturXF-2KFDvEDy4aERUtHd-gZD00CDW-ZAbGDPDY6KI8-b_5oYU6Cjx287UkN2yVcZjCeuTR4XpXh7MCiiQvs_M3y1XQ7Tm_DU8GtWCkAmKHZz5TrRFNYVFntwG=s1000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1000" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr107fc_7-fupGKp8qzQP-YtupafJB04uQs0hGzme5psjx3-4PDlB2NcxiGMN9JturXF-2KFDvEDy4aERUtHd-gZD00CDW-ZAbGDPDY6KI8-b_5oYU6Cjx287UkN2yVcZjCeuTR4XpXh7MCiiQvs_M3y1XQ7Tm_DU8GtWCkAmKHZz5TrRFNYVFntwG=w640-h608" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An invisible before and after JEDI shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9KlTNlRznlT_y3QZfoLLPKNOQCVA1sL3Qp74W91lYiIgK83S_HZUqvnlWEYp5DzRPfkq3DAnjQEvQbefcyztsISfwW-MBc5gmDpSnofKJC5QJDVAtJW1BJPzmehy5F4KATzoQQmaHNxFbBoYl3E1MNHVapOhr_O0Zp1WvEHsNxYYpRp7hQ3_xNzN6=s2140" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="2140" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9KlTNlRznlT_y3QZfoLLPKNOQCVA1sL3Qp74W91lYiIgK83S_HZUqvnlWEYp5DzRPfkq3DAnjQEvQbefcyztsISfwW-MBc5gmDpSnofKJC5QJDVAtJW1BJPzmehy5F4KATzoQQmaHNxFbBoYl3E1MNHVapOhr_O0Zp1WvEHsNxYYpRp7hQ3_xNzN6=w640-h278" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Even in high def, the blending is excellent.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkvNsmBoTuyHzo6RqYTfLl_CJErpIqEAmVZtwUAy-8nVSsM2a49-yj8KnMJAE2N1kqHOUvsMpJvcPFWO7rz9vXag5LCFX1wtjGtaUdkZG5PY3U6kmOrBtdS-MbMN__dDktd_apLJnGcTNOmO_Yqbp-cgY-gfyl0XhHraxHQ85FXhT4muiG7rPgX7VG=s1467" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1467" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkvNsmBoTuyHzo6RqYTfLl_CJErpIqEAmVZtwUAy-8nVSsM2a49-yj8KnMJAE2N1kqHOUvsMpJvcPFWO7rz9vXag5LCFX1wtjGtaUdkZG5PY3U6kmOrBtdS-MbMN__dDktd_apLJnGcTNOmO_Yqbp-cgY-gfyl0XhHraxHQ85FXhT4muiG7rPgX7VG=w640-h314" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An interesting matte that unfortunately never made the final cut.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5ihxyjk2LWB8PY5aM9lex3uKRFozd1vq6L9msG2U02n0KPc72AcKChI3HkWxCk80RcSuQqDA_uG6d66zNbYXXxaKzxHFBUe-QFW7uzDkMIgp8J0D72RTTkcSGnfLDCtYuRDPlGhraDa_0DhP9hjuvsx1DKe5shw1d970_oknQw0HpyEbu8htNsSHX=s2196" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="2196" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5ihxyjk2LWB8PY5aM9lex3uKRFozd1vq6L9msG2U02n0KPc72AcKChI3HkWxCk80RcSuQqDA_uG6d66zNbYXXxaKzxHFBUe-QFW7uzDkMIgp8J0D72RTTkcSGnfLDCtYuRDPlGhraDa_0DhP9hjuvsx1DKe5shw1d970_oknQw0HpyEbu8htNsSHX=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Mike Pangrazio matte painted shot, assembled on ILM's AutoMatte system.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWmsqXVP7FiLiaDnfslmn-6GSTHNPV2Jw6fHznwEASOGghbHGNZcajCk1aekL1n_XEW7sRx4trc-_tKUFNK-f7UANcjiixt7OyfFQsJieYa-FIxhHEyr4-meXKrDFqZMIdhua4wqeJA29JSdJVf4HcArK-WSwKq_8n62NfiWuHvadyrKmC5lsdHqm6=s2142" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="2142" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWmsqXVP7FiLiaDnfslmn-6GSTHNPV2Jw6fHznwEASOGghbHGNZcajCk1aekL1n_XEW7sRx4trc-_tKUFNK-f7UANcjiixt7OyfFQsJieYa-FIxhHEyr4-meXKrDFqZMIdhua4wqeJA29JSdJVf4HcArK-WSwKq_8n62NfiWuHvadyrKmC5lsdHqm6=w640-h254" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pangrazio matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpbSD3isxxlXkxabz0CUrKIPgNaF1I8J_ffuEnybQpY0xirzu-yneK4Ua5ZwpQ1QyaVXKg-mhj2leye4fVGpXHmvJS7gF0-Ecud0FDOh3HUOJXOshoSoYcDYqwTOKTgczqyAlJykczCay7OV6kQpF5wFNq_f1kiq024BG2JDbPuYUqLhifGOQ_-yNc=s1486" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="1486" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpbSD3isxxlXkxabz0CUrKIPgNaF1I8J_ffuEnybQpY0xirzu-yneK4Ua5ZwpQ1QyaVXKg-mhj2leye4fVGpXHmvJS7gF0-Ecud0FDOh3HUOJXOshoSoYcDYqwTOKTgczqyAlJykczCay7OV6kQpF5wFNq_f1kiq024BG2JDbPuYUqLhifGOQ_-yNc=w640-h218" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, not all matte shots are grandiose show-stoppers. Often, they are utilised to hide, conceal or fix things that aren't meant to be in the shot. This is one such example by Frank Ordaz where he was tasked with painting in a little sliver of desert to mask out the mechanical rigging holding the craft in 'the air'. This sort of invisible trickery has forever fascinated NZ Pete.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1qVTb5bTPEyNxSFD9Hg30bVTJzJLhGIy6oARGjP5z9k8YQ7D0QVYVsTCTkCYN9Y2LqoyTK2eq0tLL3UIyka_FoCHM90ohl5hE8lcwmmpJxPWVlDJlmyY9XoWXMY6wrDDmfgdahqU0NuNKciJSeozSdWBXbBCjQj07r3KhzmSUkPCx9J-P3FDDW88h=s1956" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1956" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1qVTb5bTPEyNxSFD9Hg30bVTJzJLhGIy6oARGjP5z9k8YQ7D0QVYVsTCTkCYN9Y2LqoyTK2eq0tLL3UIyka_FoCHM90ohl5hE8lcwmmpJxPWVlDJlmyY9XoWXMY6wrDDmfgdahqU0NuNKciJSeozSdWBXbBCjQj07r3KhzmSUkPCx9J-P3FDDW88h=w640-h264" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot, though not so as you'd ever know.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8Ba4Nc6iSzSZ93xwTOkSsggh0y0GuCTsJ-7camgDAAoTakJotiLVHJ88pMUnKaLyupXFnJ2H4hHpPxz6MUTIFH5kixorW3wksP2UQNDwmk83M0n2pPuyiIAcfxQoKsXGIyzdYrNewVLrW5WnWfzL9dyqXcJylWdkP0zoYc7MnhyymB8LBXpURC2UF=s2820" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="2820" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8Ba4Nc6iSzSZ93xwTOkSsggh0y0GuCTsJ-7camgDAAoTakJotiLVHJ88pMUnKaLyupXFnJ2H4hHpPxz6MUTIFH5kixorW3wksP2UQNDwmk83M0n2pPuyiIAcfxQoKsXGIyzdYrNewVLrW5WnWfzL9dyqXcJylWdkP0zoYc7MnhyymB8LBXpURC2UF=w640-h210" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chris Evans at work with jeweller's loop, painting in the most minute of detailing on the Death Star matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8kXbguyrBhDM3g0eAqK7NDwTegZCOEEuAyHStwQCPVly_Ec3MwsHjnANNSRprkEvZuWXgp3TGrCQ2Aw22LPXUmiljS8IJp-o9IVqpCf96eox1vTACtBCiaDsFReGY-hKXquBv62Vml24DQZjjQpuMXZ66Dd0fI0s2JYpMSDzcEuhvPG6gCQYQGTxx=s1134" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="1134" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8kXbguyrBhDM3g0eAqK7NDwTegZCOEEuAyHStwQCPVly_Ec3MwsHjnANNSRprkEvZuWXgp3TGrCQ2Aw22LPXUmiljS8IJp-o9IVqpCf96eox1vTACtBCiaDsFReGY-hKXquBv62Vml24DQZjjQpuMXZ66Dd0fI0s2JYpMSDzcEuhvPG6gCQYQGTxx=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An overall view of same.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic1f4ncRLN5aCoxv7QmC3nYIXlRhSfAU8n4VtjkYNxDhAkVm6TNVhY3Y-3FOKaLtMu1ic0JImc5qerSHk9AIerOURQ_0RJbA1tQ3jHOj8VxMTDAvxjDMUQB0taaG-r5WN_7zA9EgOPWzTQVQSmSLWOSA93yorBip89G--opl0IuMFWiZ1C9hjG5Utc=s1113" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="1113" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic1f4ncRLN5aCoxv7QmC3nYIXlRhSfAU8n4VtjkYNxDhAkVm6TNVhY3Y-3FOKaLtMu1ic0JImc5qerSHk9AIerOURQ_0RJbA1tQ3jHOj8VxMTDAvxjDMUQB0taaG-r5WN_7zA9EgOPWzTQVQSmSLWOSA93yorBip89G--opl0IuMFWiZ1C9hjG5Utc=w640-h430" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An incredible Mike Pangrazio rendering of the Death Star docking bay interior.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFXCZwkBPvARdEq8tSiojUk0EjO4ApS6ryIFeSpkiplwkmzxtlu1oDX5l0BxoXEuXWrsDdQZZSG1YSkKMJBG9F7zj73_1LyeQYDiE4T_-8paKo_HnLRUOBybrAaLpRcjIA5AB0cJiCgnDbc2xV70GoIIR_K_YOJBkV8__haAZDEiIsQxs7XhJrZl_A=s2156" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="2156" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFXCZwkBPvARdEq8tSiojUk0EjO4ApS6ryIFeSpkiplwkmzxtlu1oDX5l0BxoXEuXWrsDdQZZSG1YSkKMJBG9F7zj73_1LyeQYDiE4T_-8paKo_HnLRUOBybrAaLpRcjIA5AB0cJiCgnDbc2xV70GoIIR_K_YOJBkV8__haAZDEiIsQxs7XhJrZl_A=w640-h280" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished scene.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihpiEZ5UFkDgLn5hBxS6UUo1zBfUWVKU94vQywtc6oXpfSboQ0rla46AGgItbK9iiN2jk3JoUl61kVf7dAKvXN2AyQ7wDVKGcXNWD33HXLv1wAtViQCllE942AORnEi3sjy71CUD4rZ7aQwxw-ZX06f9JgI4tOik0Wmz6ld1qfRHoAifnaQYFiLZtb=s1434" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihpiEZ5UFkDgLn5hBxS6UUo1zBfUWVKU94vQywtc6oXpfSboQ0rla46AGgItbK9iiN2jk3JoUl61kVf7dAKvXN2AyQ7wDVKGcXNWD33HXLv1wAtViQCllE942AORnEi3sjy71CUD4rZ7aQwxw-ZX06f9JgI4tOik0Wmz6ld1qfRHoAifnaQYFiLZtb=w610-h640" width="610" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Top left we see Mike at the initial stage where he is working out crucial perspective lines, while at right we see fellow painter Chris Evans helping out with the scores of painted stormtroopers.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhN-zmfNGPPbTf1rKuIR0t1vLvc-2tifU9ZCZnOglBS0ZBUKOE9cZN-33ztUYaRYYxs6OEAs-W0RSUgVJ8-tnApfJ-tT0RDbReF9krBeMeOzZIQ34Ymnfl4-SgfZHJNTrtfbv9maTPOpGB8qjnGlIXWpj8Ymfta0LA9CW4bswxswMbXcUFh8A3lmc4b=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="1600" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhN-zmfNGPPbTf1rKuIR0t1vLvc-2tifU9ZCZnOglBS0ZBUKOE9cZN-33ztUYaRYYxs6OEAs-W0RSUgVJ8-tnApfJ-tT0RDbReF9krBeMeOzZIQ34Ymnfl4-SgfZHJNTrtfbv9maTPOpGB8qjnGlIXWpj8Ymfta0LA9CW4bswxswMbXcUFh8A3lmc4b=w640-h286" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A later view of the same environs from another angle, as painted, with astonishing skill by Frank Ordaz this time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOqJ8OwQ9JviHsaNHt8M4UMCkTyVYAaonT-97drS4sdQk92GfJL61r5lcOuYhlA1bpZ7Wj4pnAGxOZBfthpNYp1mZdRNhzTLkSu5-bbwXkMk9sK1SvivhzkIE6Iv8T_ylS9TF3nRm98LE4Xtui3_yZXBzsklDnt5N_BXn01fy0lgDXe9i0aloLntG3=s720" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="720" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOqJ8OwQ9JviHsaNHt8M4UMCkTyVYAaonT-97drS4sdQk92GfJL61r5lcOuYhlA1bpZ7Wj4pnAGxOZBfthpNYp1mZdRNhzTLkSu5-bbwXkMk9sK1SvivhzkIE6Iv8T_ylS9TF3nRm98LE4Xtui3_yZXBzsklDnt5N_BXn01fy0lgDXe9i0aloLntG3=w640-h408" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here, Frank works on a highly detailed painting of the Millenium Falcon.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicgsxl_YChnU8hHlKKy2yVNwwQd5OIWkUFbnxYHAuF2VoTc4aRfO2wF5XXhuNy1YsdnofMyZiVMUpNJvQHUqoAED2HF4AuHiWDcK_3wbBQNXnEtjQQgVLvzcHLRPmFezc1skPs8bhuhYQFcAjI1wKRs65q-fmG9uRDGKlT_LK6kpfVLYYnc2XNMTy1=s864" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="864" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicgsxl_YChnU8hHlKKy2yVNwwQd5OIWkUFbnxYHAuF2VoTc4aRfO2wF5XXhuNy1YsdnofMyZiVMUpNJvQHUqoAED2HF4AuHiWDcK_3wbBQNXnEtjQQgVLvzcHLRPmFezc1skPs8bhuhYQFcAjI1wKRs65q-fmG9uRDGKlT_LK6kpfVLYYnc2XNMTy1=w640-h434" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This pic is a work in progress frame, where much is still to be done. I just love seeing partially complete or blocked in mattes in their early stages.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjBhCKxp6U_FC656XLbqFng7519coM8H1lawXGh1iUNMT3NCFrMAYcwScDa-LWoxRQ6wOjgB-1EkVbPzISu3GWaHwEQMlfm3yyttUTy6xtWN4y5MgHWyVKoUIKYSoXvxBOVvOP5HlaFk5Pr3TOz940FNM49H_G1O6300M8IvVvLn3fLBzJ1ljSchYU=s1276" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1276" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjBhCKxp6U_FC656XLbqFng7519coM8H1lawXGh1iUNMT3NCFrMAYcwScDa-LWoxRQ6wOjgB-1EkVbPzISu3GWaHwEQMlfm3yyttUTy6xtWN4y5MgHWyVKoUIKYSoXvxBOVvOP5HlaFk5Pr3TOz940FNM49H_G1O6300M8IvVvLn3fLBzJ1ljSchYU=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up is a view to behold.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkxhYi0LMWXxi-gkGG3crBClZbhswyKvGbBDdn4PKaXwJCnAEf5a93oyfOGiAsUVn5MP_a3Xml-j4PGWPK6nn6d1zBbLhaAwoFpkvV_YvEzNADOQp2hYue3Dvetk5szQi0Cc79TAy13kkpGJfL2VwKUMKby2iDJtPbVfNwUe0lqfESrBo83Zk5UHuZ=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkxhYi0LMWXxi-gkGG3crBClZbhswyKvGbBDdn4PKaXwJCnAEf5a93oyfOGiAsUVn5MP_a3Xml-j4PGWPK6nn6d1zBbLhaAwoFpkvV_YvEzNADOQp2hYue3Dvetk5szQi0Cc79TAy13kkpGJfL2VwKUMKby2iDJtPbVfNwUe0lqfESrBo83Zk5UHuZ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ordaz matte art detail.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvg-cX4cLtTiKAoSktc8NXfB9vTOk26mxJp9ONu7SMwaJk6DvvLMZlU5dGGhlDZVXmRTSxPEvi3sgqO8lyerNV5O9saeSIV_LVdpIzLHm4dhm5fwaXXZOWlbX5eittobzrlNGeHmNUoGbnRY5CgrQ4FJXPInWpLobZMgkdQrmgNeEPsHpYJ6YJhPvQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvg-cX4cLtTiKAoSktc8NXfB9vTOk26mxJp9ONu7SMwaJk6DvvLMZlU5dGGhlDZVXmRTSxPEvi3sgqO8lyerNV5O9saeSIV_LVdpIzLHm4dhm5fwaXXZOWlbX5eittobzrlNGeHmNUoGbnRY5CgrQ4FJXPInWpLobZMgkdQrmgNeEPsHpYJ6YJhPvQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp2FxVvRIKoxoCQrIqwnCBhu2vU1EOBaxPtuMi476UtOOhJVzvzN1Z3VAYaruT5rUPLrbZtpgLrrEFnz2GjPiXpdky378KSDUYIZiJmsPzO4cwlhyrjXNpN_8FFGG591BBDsttwylQaXctyEM_CCPMRGCSLuuWdCmtO56_vgdsr7NcaEiYa9PsXV-c=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp2FxVvRIKoxoCQrIqwnCBhu2vU1EOBaxPtuMi476UtOOhJVzvzN1Z3VAYaruT5rUPLrbZtpgLrrEFnz2GjPiXpdky378KSDUYIZiJmsPzO4cwlhyrjXNpN_8FFGG591BBDsttwylQaXctyEM_CCPMRGCSLuuWdCmtO56_vgdsr7NcaEiYa9PsXV-c=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Breathtaking brushmanship.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUMaZwqk1cEcOyI_pEJ0HuPl-zon7EJHTnvj6q6C_qlsTnN53qSjC0nGRzuUp78YJj-7S5jgnlPEHVuu1wZiPoVcypl1tn_8MI4oJ46RqPz5p3HWkXLex7QX7CxLA9Lc5sOs5YBBqKouktw6nrv7RK_TuaLQ-Jz3dxDmNZ-ze8-2_izNaF2l7MOw9a=s2328" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="2328" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUMaZwqk1cEcOyI_pEJ0HuPl-zon7EJHTnvj6q6C_qlsTnN53qSjC0nGRzuUp78YJj-7S5jgnlPEHVuu1wZiPoVcypl1tn_8MI4oJ46RqPz5p3HWkXLex7QX7CxLA9Lc5sOs5YBBqKouktw6nrv7RK_TuaLQ-Jz3dxDmNZ-ze8-2_izNaF2l7MOw9a=w640-h292" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished scene once the two actors have been dropped in via travelling matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNpsUBL9wfw-Q1ZOX6k-0_b9iU-g4qN3GY5jApnRJFTYhRGmokT5vU3b742rqLK0AG66ykS-rkjPMNvjLbyX9NwoTe1pMEt6Y7ZpxNn--EIxAsUGTwUrKyhX8927r7HIWlnX7r_LuGqBLm7ETvTcCZLMCi7OvnCnm-i0Z--kp5dBYmn3r7MvoAlzaj=s2028" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="2028" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNpsUBL9wfw-Q1ZOX6k-0_b9iU-g4qN3GY5jApnRJFTYhRGmokT5vU3b742rqLK0AG66ykS-rkjPMNvjLbyX9NwoTe1pMEt6Y7ZpxNn--EIxAsUGTwUrKyhX8927r7HIWlnX7r_LuGqBLm7ETvTcCZLMCi7OvnCnm-i0Z--kp5dBYmn3r7MvoAlzaj=w640-h282" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Mike Pangrazio rendering of the Death Star, complimented by foreground miniatures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhc31q9b2zfoxM5QZDvFFJnuY4rLAJHbG01jqcvO0xzQvQWE87DfVQi4EqKEr3-U_PrKUcEF5a3DO5GNUdjpbV1VNFjcdqoLVde0xZ8B_F1THB5vvoaVPHPz1k4r0zOvRom8prAHfeotZld6HgfsgA9IISeZztfZXbKmz8_iZ5IB5peunYPrVELw43D=s1007" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="1007" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhc31q9b2zfoxM5QZDvFFJnuY4rLAJHbG01jqcvO0xzQvQWE87DfVQi4EqKEr3-U_PrKUcEF5a3DO5GNUdjpbV1VNFjcdqoLVde0xZ8B_F1THB5vvoaVPHPz1k4r0zOvRom8prAHfeotZld6HgfsgA9IISeZztfZXbKmz8_iZ5IB5peunYPrVELw43D=w640-h414" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pangrazio applies final touches.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ1A1J_lkQxH4AEq1okx7hTd5GRsoj6E3VYNKgx8OUyVfORRlwpAyptT2UA1h0o2CV5mznfXYLXq6BB3KVmiIlFPkUzDqQiywN_1x5kWRGJL9BMMbfZ-PKIJeyDWh8DMI6yt6ia-1hvPTkjUMoB6m1GT8ggsFMxc4pTY3YA2jW5PuQWA6_yA07uqVV=s1544" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1544" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ1A1J_lkQxH4AEq1okx7hTd5GRsoj6E3VYNKgx8OUyVfORRlwpAyptT2UA1h0o2CV5mznfXYLXq6BB3KVmiIlFPkUzDqQiywN_1x5kWRGJL9BMMbfZ-PKIJeyDWh8DMI6yt6ia-1hvPTkjUMoB6m1GT8ggsFMxc4pTY3YA2jW5PuQWA6_yA07uqVV=w640-h442" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chris Evans works on the Ewok tree top village, where many mattes will be used.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiSoqUhGVENdKsLA7Jim28T2qXz_VkG_hU5Nmi-SzS4auHMs-6qtuk4bmdAwkwTXMewutLJeVtPsOFVqMoUMBaH8TIl6trySpoEIfGpsLLGIbjosOc_iciUzF4eHF4vTQn-7xmcDopT8_KRD9wSVvTNFYvYeDK_0grkT9cSWLem2Xn5qjFBeLeL9jA=s2244" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="2244" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiSoqUhGVENdKsLA7Jim28T2qXz_VkG_hU5Nmi-SzS4auHMs-6qtuk4bmdAwkwTXMewutLJeVtPsOFVqMoUMBaH8TIl6trySpoEIfGpsLLGIbjosOc_iciUzF4eHF4vTQn-7xmcDopT8_KRD9wSVvTNFYvYeDK_0grkT9cSWLem2Xn5qjFBeLeL9jA=w640-h274" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final result of the above Evans painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGIS0aNHucW2OF8jTAs_Z2rBfi62Iov1vhiXTTTHWVgTu76V4qHX607_j459mJtINvPA52iN7M22lyok-CeoUjV9HI1Fg00MkBfQtm42Y4vhUhGWF9ko0RmfaRxMMg44s2JqIbYWGd68SVbHglfbb9FSGMrq2DY6OlS9gc45BybSnLxsR4kX_Kq5rA=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="1200" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGIS0aNHucW2OF8jTAs_Z2rBfi62Iov1vhiXTTTHWVgTu76V4qHX607_j459mJtINvPA52iN7M22lyok-CeoUjV9HI1Fg00MkBfQtm42Y4vhUhGWF9ko0RmfaRxMMg44s2JqIbYWGd68SVbHglfbb9FSGMrq2DY6OlS9gc45BybSnLxsR4kX_Kq5rA=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very nice wide view of Ewok-Town.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTT2S7pbbsYNbCnlgP5AzZmaDidLNZ_6SoTXn3GVENGD-uXD9yfKav9rGXWsr4y8mFs5X5nOnQAXHIBaJVRm9_WQeOYxkgqH2GVSBnxSYLG1SeW7OgUuaBSBqxKnBeiuBbUIxU2ZeX41BU5dIq4HDSAj6NGzoMYoGSrzPnFKtkq4siCGnkXFoyErdE=s1134" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1134" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTT2S7pbbsYNbCnlgP5AzZmaDidLNZ_6SoTXn3GVENGD-uXD9yfKav9rGXWsr4y8mFs5X5nOnQAXHIBaJVRm9_WQeOYxkgqH2GVSBnxSYLG1SeW7OgUuaBSBqxKnBeiuBbUIxU2ZeX41BU5dIq4HDSAj6NGzoMYoGSrzPnFKtkq4siCGnkXFoyErdE=w640-h440" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rare sight indeed, of artist Chris Evans <i>sans</i> brown dustcoat, as he works on a beautiful matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgObRnxUVkO8Et0AYy6FZi8WKFdzKGGbzuwBpbbWChWX6fabG8dq4zIM4W628_iXhLYgdF49Kmy0xMmElVrpFJZuGte5pFY74Jppdu9QDlV2rxALTsiOQXw8mUoismu6gu1ieicc_kGw2tNaRGJM_q_MmEI-OsX7BYYgQYQFg2HgwoDaZcRqPPDI_7X=s2268" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="2268" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgObRnxUVkO8Et0AYy6FZi8WKFdzKGGbzuwBpbbWChWX6fabG8dq4zIM4W628_iXhLYgdF49Kmy0xMmElVrpFJZuGte5pFY74Jppdu9QDlV2rxALTsiOQXw8mUoismu6gu1ieicc_kGw2tNaRGJM_q_MmEI-OsX7BYYgQYQFg2HgwoDaZcRqPPDI_7X=w640-h274" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A wonderfully accomplished finished shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisT8F3he_rahm9YiFM2mp693ZDp_9U9CDw0Bi0n1tl2w6T7BKBVDmrm7nPNs8xTzks_WHnXGhTAFaJsy7XQlX0w06NdKYe0DMnwvV2nu434pPyXPFjsZ6lotD5HKFhs7easiJ-WRUm73YpRxy5c1JVo2nq9EBVpa-e_S0E07Qt6EGC6pnwUqY_aPSL=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisT8F3he_rahm9YiFM2mp693ZDp_9U9CDw0Bi0n1tl2w6T7BKBVDmrm7nPNs8xTzks_WHnXGhTAFaJsy7XQlX0w06NdKYe0DMnwvV2nu434pPyXPFjsZ6lotD5HKFhs7easiJ-WRUm73YpRxy5c1JVo2nq9EBVpa-e_S0E07Qt6EGC6pnwUqY_aPSL=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This matte appeared, printed way down, in the EWOKS tv films, though it may also have appeared in RETURN OF THE JEDI.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiejJToVEai_gXncd8AxQqaidqOv6EFHWK5_kGoTD5V_pEOr3ewKwfWi3fTSARP4TtlVUIqMtbfDY6Qh_1Ycqh6O03OciChiIZkx3SiVZQKKbI5Slg57DJzbZCpt5ByeAoAPyije1bAmXtko3E37uqNPkqdgGmFPRMctN24HZ2dpBmXo8nYNitB88-D=s2092" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="2092" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiejJToVEai_gXncd8AxQqaidqOv6EFHWK5_kGoTD5V_pEOr3ewKwfWi3fTSARP4TtlVUIqMtbfDY6Qh_1Ycqh6O03OciChiIZkx3SiVZQKKbI5Slg57DJzbZCpt5ByeAoAPyije1bAmXtko3E37uqNPkqdgGmFPRMctN24HZ2dpBmXo8nYNitB88-D=w640-h214" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyfPOTh2gpKRNpeMZ1NPU-dDLsFMAHBMFXtdXE5QOwx5DBwOJ626RZICmgT_PSde_bPScZFSSzrS49MlCi18Hxqh9PYzRGBvW1WgOrtRIFOStlOKWuOiJ_xqgJ9sxWQrapexn8N9C6vUweHz_j6IWCzMf0Bk7cTv1f5xJgW95bQBce6dDlN4zVZ25i=s1692" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1692" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyfPOTh2gpKRNpeMZ1NPU-dDLsFMAHBMFXtdXE5QOwx5DBwOJ626RZICmgT_PSde_bPScZFSSzrS49MlCi18Hxqh9PYzRGBvW1WgOrtRIFOStlOKWuOiJ_xqgJ9sxWQrapexn8N9C6vUweHz_j6IWCzMf0Bk7cTv1f5xJgW95bQBce6dDlN4zVZ25i=w640-h236" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Steps needed to introduce live action characters into an expansive Frank Ordaz matte painting of the Ewok village at night. Areas of paint are carefully scraped away to permit rear projected live action plates to be added in separate passes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIF_N1mELp7dCOr6jF4oIJ9LSPFeqSzirb_N7sSdQ56G0rh1duwKPz7Xla6jk9T9XIz36ysvT0SsGipGv9WBEY73daWpdjHRDaeyS5jcqUNs1YmKh8AjSqhsiuWmynT6g4UCMtVl3IoCbBaMUilEWZLCSGF1Ee6Om4HRETIxPfcxxSnmfy-dZmwoTC=s1190" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1190" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIF_N1mELp7dCOr6jF4oIJ9LSPFeqSzirb_N7sSdQ56G0rh1duwKPz7Xla6jk9T9XIz36ysvT0SsGipGv9WBEY73daWpdjHRDaeyS5jcqUNs1YmKh8AjSqhsiuWmynT6g4UCMtVl3IoCbBaMUilEWZLCSGF1Ee6Om4HRETIxPfcxxSnmfy-dZmwoTC=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ILM's VistaVision rear projection unit for composite photography of matte art, as used for the Ewok shot above and below.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIXxsXklO2LFG282P1N_waGYerTAQCBPNOkYZjV9xprbEY9fBE0ebKe4bvtPx6CTAwTNqH2bYEXeQhW9TqOjjMM8gmoesL8V7BAQ6eVf98aSGlJdsWxTgdAmJ55TDfWTiwhzBAeaT3Eo34kuKYL2xwJJ2RH5RrrZwxHs6x8rXHVSEQGfY01813Mgsy=s1597" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1597" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIXxsXklO2LFG282P1N_waGYerTAQCBPNOkYZjV9xprbEY9fBE0ebKe4bvtPx6CTAwTNqH2bYEXeQhW9TqOjjMM8gmoesL8V7BAQ6eVf98aSGlJdsWxTgdAmJ55TDfWTiwhzBAeaT3Eo34kuKYL2xwJJ2RH5RrrZwxHs6x8rXHVSEQGfY01813Mgsy=w640-h444" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A nice, crisp picture of Frank Ordaz's Ewok matte art prior to RP composites.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2iiBJ_hr2JjWBV1lJcedf5CogmoKzAGPMkzij7S_QP4IAOFzvcmPioZNoDiVOH5W92d9y3og3iW-00teQt38S8lA9bfDkQgHRdFzdxlZl6-i7spSmyBx7DDroWw_g7hZnjsq5_76knKgvx6ec3z2tg6p_Fc4sHzSA7V3Wl0lwCq8VwL-X69IiQRs2=s1437" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1437" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2iiBJ_hr2JjWBV1lJcedf5CogmoKzAGPMkzij7S_QP4IAOFzvcmPioZNoDiVOH5W92d9y3og3iW-00teQt38S8lA9bfDkQgHRdFzdxlZl6-i7spSmyBx7DDroWw_g7hZnjsq5_76knKgvx6ec3z2tg6p_Fc4sHzSA7V3Wl0lwCq8VwL-X69IiQRs2=w640-h448" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Camera operator Craig Barron and matte artist Chris Evans.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbKSsKI2DyOu1Rs2LcyVR4CZH-z0P8AiOO-tYgVTbnho7pvmCpXgzqbmMy0CJnc1EknyhZZ0nYS2nr6zD-8IfBTrgHPRMe7FZSzPyT9g3pAV-hcKFX0wFBCyb6dTChgIj1kSgM4D5Z5_PDh6FLAsDzJOeVC-GIViS0rqCLCM6mSlCuPOPIpNg6urVb=s2116" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2116" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbKSsKI2DyOu1Rs2LcyVR4CZH-z0P8AiOO-tYgVTbnho7pvmCpXgzqbmMy0CJnc1EknyhZZ0nYS2nr6zD-8IfBTrgHPRMe7FZSzPyT9g3pAV-hcKFX0wFBCyb6dTChgIj1kSgM4D5Z5_PDh6FLAsDzJOeVC-GIViS0rqCLCM6mSlCuPOPIpNg6urVb=w640-h286" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final glorious result.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6tx44dGlUzHpGThhyH_wA93KMp9kyNmqnjK1hYHFW3aRaiG6Vh4PN0RJr3F2HRKWnU0ClxmAm9WFTHDgMt3oyz3Yi-Dm_nHNTXsEgsG3dbnxicVyEHDl34gOLmZzpHSvU2boIQJ-fcBBEgxcASufQJC0DpPpzqk5Xu9lhBr2am0W0-FCcPd69MpHx=s1381" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1381" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6tx44dGlUzHpGThhyH_wA93KMp9kyNmqnjK1hYHFW3aRaiG6Vh4PN0RJr3F2HRKWnU0ClxmAm9WFTHDgMt3oyz3Yi-Dm_nHNTXsEgsG3dbnxicVyEHDl34gOLmZzpHSvU2boIQJ-fcBBEgxcASufQJC0DpPpzqk5Xu9lhBr2am0W0-FCcPd69MpHx=w640-h406" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">George Lucas confers with vfx art director Joe Johnston on a major matte painted shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhF3WK5ds-zpMTB0Ubmt5vvEcgoFU1uTqIEvo5tPk6NY8YzE8LGL0N4t48Tww9DqQvaLCO-JbvrJmsf_U_yvxjaiTPlnzLSQQ1DHLGDVFjsghsnFsfco8AN9a3uFahbJFNAEUHAKZITspW5fLYP9NJKujeHX7xo0IcxJR4RtunLDvc5UIwYw8eaZD1Z=s1470" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhF3WK5ds-zpMTB0Ubmt5vvEcgoFU1uTqIEvo5tPk6NY8YzE8LGL0N4t48Tww9DqQvaLCO-JbvrJmsf_U_yvxjaiTPlnzLSQQ1DHLGDVFjsghsnFsfco8AN9a3uFahbJFNAEUHAKZITspW5fLYP9NJKujeHX7xo0IcxJR4RtunLDvc5UIwYw8eaZD1Z=w522-h640" width="522" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Individual frames from the above illustrated matte composite set piece.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr9CvhA8x2ClknvbQtB1UPtNO8XxIaCJAyB0dTdRPcdwWCNDOWrjYyl364jQ5YUO1zoRdF2lo2cYrHQTqj2ehn8jQNmmhEAKKfn6UR9418DW6HU9r8aZlQBXz0ic-MJPU1GYD-NFFOTvmAQL_Yh-dVooAg0KATXzv4Nwvoiu3VfoBIwo2P3SAsfMei=s2244" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="2244" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr9CvhA8x2ClknvbQtB1UPtNO8XxIaCJAyB0dTdRPcdwWCNDOWrjYyl364jQ5YUO1zoRdF2lo2cYrHQTqj2ehn8jQNmmhEAKKfn6UR9418DW6HU9r8aZlQBXz0ic-MJPU1GYD-NFFOTvmAQL_Yh-dVooAg0KATXzv4Nwvoiu3VfoBIwo2P3SAsfMei=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same setting as seen in daylight, with matte art by Christopher Evans.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPD5CMF_7A6iQLbbKwS7y73L9D4W9kkY6oeE52ggdpPD4RNkWV4UIm_y5y9d2tvgB-i7oBcWt34IKJo2UgQFuZtNYstPyGPDGIKSji9dZHnPwktpUKpB9bggd6Mktc--kTtl0GqW9KSyj6yyTcV5HU_WmDD1dN6hAro-taRuEz2_GVEhsbsJZygf8I=s1588" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1588" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPD5CMF_7A6iQLbbKwS7y73L9D4W9kkY6oeE52ggdpPD4RNkWV4UIm_y5y9d2tvgB-i7oBcWt34IKJo2UgQFuZtNYstPyGPDGIKSji9dZHnPwktpUKpB9bggd6Mktc--kTtl0GqW9KSyj6yyTcV5HU_WmDD1dN6hAro-taRuEz2_GVEhsbsJZygf8I=w640-h312" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Original full painting, nicely framed and on a wall some place.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_jSUjinFaxd7o7q4udiMoxhJCM0ksWBh7hjJFuLijHkHMhZFPsBZFdhlkHPrR769fLhE0pdAB8SXYzAJMbKDJOrDQd5eE_8vGlN7X1ZqgavBwSNo8QYfx151JzGX8h7mIroKqV38eXopyNTEe6s-98qSQ4_fd1qyGXk1pqewGWygg22dXWRw9VgQv=s1916" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1916" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_jSUjinFaxd7o7q4udiMoxhJCM0ksWBh7hjJFuLijHkHMhZFPsBZFdhlkHPrR769fLhE0pdAB8SXYzAJMbKDJOrDQd5eE_8vGlN7X1ZqgavBwSNo8QYfx151JzGX8h7mIroKqV38eXopyNTEe6s-98qSQ4_fd1qyGXk1pqewGWygg22dXWRw9VgQv=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRBKli4Vy9XNXY8QBSQvjn5n5LrxyA6t7YOS4T3LS055a9zTBSM-Z9hMKxkvtioRAB2z9m_B_eHKm0Jx5sQyRndBEaFHih5t_j8xyf-yQQYo963uCV3zj44XA8ywxXFCqsjFdkuknfVOrwmShACkHwdw9zxQMsnThmigjvnlUZlExZnkf5bGSjoPCk=s3328" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="3328" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRBKli4Vy9XNXY8QBSQvjn5n5LrxyA6t7YOS4T3LS055a9zTBSM-Z9hMKxkvtioRAB2z9m_B_eHKm0Jx5sQyRndBEaFHih5t_j8xyf-yQQYo963uCV3zj44XA8ywxXFCqsjFdkuknfVOrwmShACkHwdw9zxQMsnThmigjvnlUZlExZnkf5bGSjoPCk=w640-h190" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More detail from the same matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTHJO_wWjxBPUXyLQq1RUSD9C1fXZBcbt3TX6Cp23BxM9m4p4VT1eWy0dr8R5l_JiVOwI0eNRUYrz76hE29Dr9oPcGZn6e46o4lzjCcnBaOZCnvEmpeTeAvWHdCjpECXFVDNzg5wcLLNvMt3-7WirzhHrtCj5zJKm3at_ETfbIOJH1HImA2cWiXLSu=s1220" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1220" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTHJO_wWjxBPUXyLQq1RUSD9C1fXZBcbt3TX6Cp23BxM9m4p4VT1eWy0dr8R5l_JiVOwI0eNRUYrz76hE29Dr9oPcGZn6e46o4lzjCcnBaOZCnvEmpeTeAvWHdCjpECXFVDNzg5wcLLNvMt3-7WirzhHrtCj5zJKm3at_ETfbIOJH1HImA2cWiXLSu=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This one is a Michael Pangrazio painting, and it's a beauty!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAs_BPMbzi2JmmwFXi3oKTOaVFW8ZsYSKUQMt9krfFMazTPUmwOs70YV5aZHt2JpogE7plos4ekxUA5zG7zJcNQs2GedD0zsxve2h4tRx7ZNGqZKEW26gZFeK9fkLwFEGiGGyaQgD_GrF-h1IRPIRmfZRxp3ryc4efwuameq2Qxa7giut-_e9TG92r=s2212" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="2212" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAs_BPMbzi2JmmwFXi3oKTOaVFW8ZsYSKUQMt9krfFMazTPUmwOs70YV5aZHt2JpogE7plos4ekxUA5zG7zJcNQs2GedD0zsxve2h4tRx7ZNGqZKEW26gZFeK9fkLwFEGiGGyaQgD_GrF-h1IRPIRmfZRxp3ryc4efwuameq2Qxa7giut-_e9TG92r=w640-h268" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same painted matte when combined with live action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiG_dXTa8UnfOjgM74A4ijjZYiHscKgo9hhzrIhGobDWDaoes4muQS4Va74S-2sIcWMuLe-KwRKXVYf7-y3607mfA0mwVHWthLvAUPIxUOgToVDOoPG-w_FYknE9TJOnbW0OxnhqFnnccjnA1qTOBn4fzDwKRxl2r7Cnd1wp2NndE7n1bBUelOA3I6B=s1965" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1965" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiG_dXTa8UnfOjgM74A4ijjZYiHscKgo9hhzrIhGobDWDaoes4muQS4Va74S-2sIcWMuLe-KwRKXVYf7-y3607mfA0mwVHWthLvAUPIxUOgToVDOoPG-w_FYknE9TJOnbW0OxnhqFnnccjnA1qTOBn4fzDwKRxl2r7Cnd1wp2NndE7n1bBUelOA3I6B=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pangrazio busy at work on a matte that I don't think ever made the final edit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7G1N_jAGtgTzQZcpc8x9gfAGGLCUyCI5qnnFxgNeM-Pbw10zeRKP0okTU9dvjjTYcTGJTcoeTikeIa5YHQcc49yPSqCxV4pXl4lU5hWa8p45VI7O5vbq7wvIkrBRsVwTXlqBPdsqvcgVlCjLc7GL-JkiwWcJqgxttKUs7JbVdrDvF_k4bUMFfrDhH=s1346" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1346" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7G1N_jAGtgTzQZcpc8x9gfAGGLCUyCI5qnnFxgNeM-Pbw10zeRKP0okTU9dvjjTYcTGJTcoeTikeIa5YHQcc49yPSqCxV4pXl4lU5hWa8p45VI7O5vbq7wvIkrBRsVwTXlqBPdsqvcgVlCjLc7GL-JkiwWcJqgxttKUs7JbVdrDvF_k4bUMFfrDhH=w640-h434" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Various examples of Pangrazio at work on JEDI.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxjPt9IWEFfKSYXSk4YcdRuaqmxU8ZSo32e4FYq3pYLC-j_m1ZFq8khg8624JNtZqTPlah4g-5ChH445NmAHzhDIA_afEfuoh2CTNrSzcHeuhRS0wkrYOvS6lc1DJMTfmafhk9SUA9cGw5sGE9naCmsztEtGs89n2cunx6t3fjpp7CXjfk-_askknP=s1880" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1880" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxjPt9IWEFfKSYXSk4YcdRuaqmxU8ZSo32e4FYq3pYLC-j_m1ZFq8khg8624JNtZqTPlah4g-5ChH445NmAHzhDIA_afEfuoh2CTNrSzcHeuhRS0wkrYOvS6lc1DJMTfmafhk9SUA9cGw5sGE9naCmsztEtGs89n2cunx6t3fjpp7CXjfk-_askknP=w640-h296" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Pangrazio's mattes that I don't think made the final release prints.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNDLSO8KwI1vO7B8GxeWCTQYvtUrZVv9JCNxvveXC1VsBI7v5mNT-hRbjjjRy5h1oLs9a18Pa84hldCV2_jWU0mz2yGrLN3h03--0ZYfXVOdmlo2dy3ficCxj60pOmZAo4Tb9f35HlZDq1iyq8c040Ctt8VC5FHw6m7v34XRq01Iw1tmEj_K0TZRQ0=s1265" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1265" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNDLSO8KwI1vO7B8GxeWCTQYvtUrZVv9JCNxvveXC1VsBI7v5mNT-hRbjjjRy5h1oLs9a18Pa84hldCV2_jWU0mz2yGrLN3h03--0ZYfXVOdmlo2dy3ficCxj60pOmZAo4Tb9f35HlZDq1iyq8c040Ctt8VC5FHw6m7v34XRq01Iw1tmEj_K0TZRQ0=w640-h304" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Composite of shot not ultimately used.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiYdMZyE0vbXvZAyfZAcRndBY96ropybSkCmUfnyP4FFq2iK03ORKy8nRO0OUhcIg0NONf81c0PQUA4XpmQE8qHgXTsFLjFot3Sthm2soEoA9XLjfXmqHiVFfCw4DfBBdRxwc3gj0TVbMgKHyCMKGkXJ9WhWmsaGd8YV5Yo_tHiuR56hBfdQzDWVBt=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiYdMZyE0vbXvZAyfZAcRndBY96ropybSkCmUfnyP4FFq2iK03ORKy8nRO0OUhcIg0NONf81c0PQUA4XpmQE8qHgXTsFLjFot3Sthm2soEoA9XLjfXmqHiVFfCw4DfBBdRxwc3gj0TVbMgKHyCMKGkXJ9WhWmsaGd8YV5Yo_tHiuR56hBfdQzDWVBt=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVBaTywC4dCFZgRvFSAn2ats0UsFunZWPsYGhOxKFDZVrXAqkQB5TOkbwaGO5wImW_U590FoJnohsgV1LDjt0Vii0TL7O9c4-bXRv6d1vBALa83lZrEr57AmK8jVMaqCFowvAEg-21Whne8Kf0Edk6_s4I4aC5l6o94sGDHpe5YiS5IdU1GM5Y6Imv=s1276" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1276" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVBaTywC4dCFZgRvFSAn2ats0UsFunZWPsYGhOxKFDZVrXAqkQB5TOkbwaGO5wImW_U590FoJnohsgV1LDjt0Vii0TL7O9c4-bXRv6d1vBALa83lZrEr57AmK8jVMaqCFowvAEg-21Whne8Kf0Edk6_s4I4aC5l6o94sGDHpe5YiS5IdU1GM5Y6Imv=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer detail...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpGv4cumkJ6sCk1ZBr8RtxhiYecBDpGS-Y_yomyryZYYLN6szbPOQoWsvXKCZ5hrVlw1RvIzC8idZgc2MSgbP6fDop5WMiy5W0DyROOpKCAv-EwzfVv-7-Ghe9iia_rOx5IiOw3f_28V4Vpb5eX89fWOdTKZd6blcndc5QSuJe9AzqaWtuvN18N7zK=s1276" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1276" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpGv4cumkJ6sCk1ZBr8RtxhiYecBDpGS-Y_yomyryZYYLN6szbPOQoWsvXKCZ5hrVlw1RvIzC8idZgc2MSgbP6fDop5WMiy5W0DyROOpKCAv-EwzfVv-7-Ghe9iia_rOx5IiOw3f_28V4Vpb5eX89fWOdTKZd6blcndc5QSuJe9AzqaWtuvN18N7zK=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Even closer detail still...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMlao4UWAz50Cv5OB_Wj0cCYsfvLe1zW0hskQ6EqLosY_ehFIk1DZA67-3STTfKqWhlIv2yceDhqURCi-1FT2ZpM6NThICoW_QLhCxzH43EhtgVTQeldFVtI9KS9oFDhky56G4SOQ240YShVQO-e-Y9iqybVSB5vu0PKkr-QeCPtLBOMRdhwRO-Qi8=s1274" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1274" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMlao4UWAz50Cv5OB_Wj0cCYsfvLe1zW0hskQ6EqLosY_ehFIk1DZA67-3STTfKqWhlIv2yceDhqURCi-1FT2ZpM6NThICoW_QLhCxzH43EhtgVTQeldFVtI9KS9oFDhky56G4SOQ240YShVQO-e-Y9iqybVSB5vu0PKkr-QeCPtLBOMRdhwRO-Qi8=w640-h338" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frank Ordaz painted this spectacular craft.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVo9DQqq82gB-zoTyWntsgLM_ioN2-Wyzxp64eO_0l-u1zHd8SeDq4EiOybJx5EOyYJm28-OdhHGnejQPcRtmKio2cDwb25lVUrJxLqZZol7Q5TW7cyIMRQrKjg3VpQv2OIURa0v1SnMN3iXgFAzIaLqCdahcthb0R5Bb2X3V7yl5xsYyC7Ew5lh_h=s1276" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1276" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVo9DQqq82gB-zoTyWntsgLM_ioN2-Wyzxp64eO_0l-u1zHd8SeDq4EiOybJx5EOyYJm28-OdhHGnejQPcRtmKio2cDwb25lVUrJxLqZZol7Q5TW7cyIMRQrKjg3VpQv2OIURa0v1SnMN3iXgFAzIaLqCdahcthb0R5Bb2X3V7yl5xsYyC7Ew5lh_h=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbKBLn-jJlqeIJWCI5IAG7ecOrHZvHZFJAHsARMshmDt1Z2gS1TchjBfEdWmiN9cXoQ1xRI6mfoumWRDoMlhMwoEVlDyp0T5AzW-zHAdxVl3sGT7UqkuYl89SQkTEetSjwTwvY3yGK5fEHokigc4LtpS31z7bctqt5LBhHJrqfPzBRuBfVHt-XHA-x=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-1HiUTOdnJHmKtAoQlIBV6u2Pbbbn_fdWL4QBZlKtHEu3oZT8uLlhz_sfLZ94dLw8Ug9AiVD5qy579QK3xfmMiNyYnJsRv0DHC3MS1NflSNXGQ3mUoNZSyhnmJLXjIZ2Iodoj8elFhoZcWdi_RgG1kZ0rXYA2ULfLey8d0xKaDgO8q_DpnPGp-6mF=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-1HiUTOdnJHmKtAoQlIBV6u2Pbbbn_fdWL4QBZlKtHEu3oZT8uLlhz_sfLZ94dLw8Ug9AiVD5qy579QK3xfmMiNyYnJsRv0DHC3MS1NflSNXGQ3mUoNZSyhnmJLXjIZ2Iodoj8elFhoZcWdi_RgG1kZ0rXYA2ULfLey8d0xKaDgO8q_DpnPGp-6mF=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A brilliant matte painting of Endor, rendered by Frank Ordaz. According to FX supervisor Richard Edlund, originally the film had only 15 mattes planned, but once the production saw the quality of the shots already done, which Edlund called <i>"really fantastic stuff"</i>, they upped the ante and the number grew to around 50 shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdFGwIXfxwBhN6krKa6uwdUovU4oP_AuaaOyQ_4asOLX71pOYdcxX2eAFSE2rS0-oxeEFHHbVW7YZUTcGXtIiDrgMYPwEgtC46MMXzzrMhKeP_tuHBvwl2J-55NvlbPs-MJ9DwnJ3Mu-Fmos8Q-FboHt5xDen4qd7SmQZwbTOWSsTV_diWUDX-rPJp=s2255" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2255" data-original-width="2030" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdFGwIXfxwBhN6krKa6uwdUovU4oP_AuaaOyQ_4asOLX71pOYdcxX2eAFSE2rS0-oxeEFHHbVW7YZUTcGXtIiDrgMYPwEgtC46MMXzzrMhKeP_tuHBvwl2J-55NvlbPs-MJ9DwnJ3Mu-Fmos8Q-FboHt5xDen4qd7SmQZwbTOWSsTV_diWUDX-rPJp=w360-h400" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The miniature set with radar dish also utilised a foreground glass painting of trees and foliage to lend depth to the set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7mHNxI-gZGDAkS9iXtjC_bDRryuG3_Ejc6R3cBH1zu0vm3EtM4BgnfbfUMhNR_9ei7Z6RcoQ8HLi3qeb9xwg9KZvwyoCIlmpe7WW1wFXc3uHb2K6E9UwBXlfgOVOyyTwFK83qqVZiLDsenqZqMSzxxw5BtyHYJiFawsKjE5s3xyHxm_zCxl9bI9vQ=s879" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="879" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7mHNxI-gZGDAkS9iXtjC_bDRryuG3_Ejc6R3cBH1zu0vm3EtM4BgnfbfUMhNR_9ei7Z6RcoQ8HLi3qeb9xwg9KZvwyoCIlmpe7WW1wFXc3uHb2K6E9UwBXlfgOVOyyTwFK83qqVZiLDsenqZqMSzxxw5BtyHYJiFawsKjE5s3xyHxm_zCxl9bI9vQ=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The fx crew prepare pyrotechnics to blow up the dish. Note Chris Evans' glass painted foreground.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhH5ceEdY0ZbFTK4wT8f1eCDRE00YGRlZAnHucu9abUYRm4peiuwjBdh0itYBjD4h0cznehLYbCyWt6QzrCo5G3ye8XEeLcYUp_LCNtlkMVT3MIWLWxikhVXcyCWQJJdeJfV7wcMTsib9JtBKL7U1XTjBEIs_1j5H4VaH5yrXqV5vXYCDLhzzqTqZRG=s1004" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="886" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhH5ceEdY0ZbFTK4wT8f1eCDRE00YGRlZAnHucu9abUYRm4peiuwjBdh0itYBjD4h0cznehLYbCyWt6QzrCo5G3ye8XEeLcYUp_LCNtlkMVT3MIWLWxikhVXcyCWQJJdeJfV7wcMTsib9JtBKL7U1XTjBEIs_1j5H4VaH5yrXqV5vXYCDLhzzqTqZRG=w564-h640" width="564" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Supposed to be JEDI shots but look more like mattes from the telemovie EWOK films to me. In fact it looks suspiciously like a Syd Dutton matte that was done for one of those EWOK shows?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4UhRHKE8cz1NZfElR6dMpsjDBWjvwTw4ueTBeeQEBeBhm9NicbfLg3zdWEfsQGl4Hk7hqfmFlhb7NhqqxXIrbuw9m4uYzsFHls9x46AL8VwdyP4gm_MqybqG9-JeMZBTOlpMBBSXHqmOR_ZfNkNOi8A2tmKDDRv5r7szCRoUedHT79zPSqD_Q61k_=s820" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="820" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4UhRHKE8cz1NZfElR6dMpsjDBWjvwTw4ueTBeeQEBeBhm9NicbfLg3zdWEfsQGl4Hk7hqfmFlhb7NhqqxXIrbuw9m4uYzsFHls9x46AL8VwdyP4gm_MqybqG9-JeMZBTOlpMBBSXHqmOR_ZfNkNOi8A2tmKDDRv5r7szCRoUedHT79zPSqD_Q61k_=w640-h356" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mike Pangrazio finishing off an awesome painting of the landing bay in the Death Star.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8uODoqD7Z0iqpOFhqJCrFDwDJ1VyuL4IN2F0SR7DZHHdY9JfC9o57ySCPAtJizmi8pUkS8ZwL_P9HI6Vqx-qWaKw9xy-_pjIxC47gACDx8kGF9Wo3kGL-I58X87n7yRnvCEXuXFHPg_l-M3-TQBJrcJ3_WtCgunkn3bgpXykNNZokxbWSJOTAloZs=s1887" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="1887" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8uODoqD7Z0iqpOFhqJCrFDwDJ1VyuL4IN2F0SR7DZHHdY9JfC9o57ySCPAtJizmi8pUkS8ZwL_P9HI6Vqx-qWaKw9xy-_pjIxC47gACDx8kGF9Wo3kGL-I58X87n7yRnvCEXuXFHPg_l-M3-TQBJrcJ3_WtCgunkn3bgpXykNNZokxbWSJOTAloZs=w640-h358" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here is a most interesting pic, of the same Pangrazio matte in it's early, roughed in stages.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUpjnAjKudxyNFRooBnHlK-Kms2xECa67h8yQBU2-yKLgmWYw1vKYJGjvUE0CfdHo3mBD-9MkTOZNqs1i3dhzFudMeT2EU5rlTSymOwSXLh7AR37FpdNjHgKuyufRTxYO2OhsDfDY3ZUypLN3FfsI96eUTKLSUcelXGOpbAyawNzspxTxeOK7aV5sz=s2296" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="2296" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUpjnAjKudxyNFRooBnHlK-Kms2xECa67h8yQBU2-yKLgmWYw1vKYJGjvUE0CfdHo3mBD-9MkTOZNqs1i3dhzFudMeT2EU5rlTSymOwSXLh7AR37FpdNjHgKuyufRTxYO2OhsDfDY3ZUypLN3FfsI96eUTKLSUcelXGOpbAyawNzspxTxeOK7aV5sz=w640-h294" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Part of the final shot, which served as a slow tilt down, with several patches of live action going on.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxJQV4IxCKwOZ705hAKYtIYhw2V7owK3Y2tltkpVNlGXBqvuZkaaCnojqgAJSXByqiTcLu2_aexxbthrUTfK243ZiSqmvj5Zd6KHNLDA1aMrM0nnPKlg6lCMizaW2yzTTv9_vyxB5t0QLOf0P8OPAt0aKNVCkJWCxNe3r4bnRHRRogwkILbZi2Bf4Z=s2268" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="2268" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxJQV4IxCKwOZ705hAKYtIYhw2V7owK3Y2tltkpVNlGXBqvuZkaaCnojqgAJSXByqiTcLu2_aexxbthrUTfK243ZiSqmvj5Zd6KHNLDA1aMrM0nnPKlg6lCMizaW2yzTTv9_vyxB5t0QLOf0P8OPAt0aKNVCkJWCxNe3r4bnRHRRogwkILbZi2Bf4Z=w640-h278" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The lower part of the same tilt down. Mike found it useful to draw the audience's eye to the live action by introducing subtle things like a large painted circle around the floor and pockets of spotlight illumination upon the extras - an old trick in matte magic going back decades, and notable in films like FORBIDDEN PLANET made in the mid 50's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz4gAST-L_LzEoaIBxxsNT4Q8-qUoPcjlVM0shseeohovfYP8sFGZp9M7NGfwUikWqwyU6oU7JMlXnuf8CRge-J6djzYH7JAB9-JFlAyT3QSI8DWiFWFyeDmbVgjFS2CF2GTEHqFl1o9_1DEFVX7FmYirBJstcaznVhHjq-z-cWy7gHH2SCkBjAfnI=s796" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="796" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz4gAST-L_LzEoaIBxxsNT4Q8-qUoPcjlVM0shseeohovfYP8sFGZp9M7NGfwUikWqwyU6oU7JMlXnuf8CRge-J6djzYH7JAB9-JFlAyT3QSI8DWiFWFyeDmbVgjFS2CF2GTEHqFl1o9_1DEFVX7FmYirBJstcaznVhHjq-z-cWy7gHH2SCkBjAfnI=w640-h350" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A close look at Mike's superb work. Note the circle painted around where live action people will be layered in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM_zVKSyeDdeqzh-SrzdnVQ9FT3-An26cqHJX33koY0X8siiUkc3WVqOQLnRPppxNOpVC_iCjeHhjX9wmIRiTqOsPWPi5Lj5dZ2mYWUIA_D8OWvnpOm27UEEsVwnshL9DGSsHgFiiT3Jm_ZgQiK6YOI__5yZOUkIM2sFbfZ9c4eUVmJxpjaiXt2xtz=s2036" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="2036" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM_zVKSyeDdeqzh-SrzdnVQ9FT3-An26cqHJX33koY0X8siiUkc3WVqOQLnRPppxNOpVC_iCjeHhjX9wmIRiTqOsPWPi5Lj5dZ2mYWUIA_D8OWvnpOm27UEEsVwnshL9DGSsHgFiiT3Jm_ZgQiK6YOI__5yZOUkIM2sFbfZ9c4eUVmJxpjaiXt2xtz=w640-h432" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mike's workspace was like the H-Bomb had dropped... but the results speak for themselves.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiksQ-FE-6Ffn3zrY81SsYgntuS6WLyzob7qXMppDZgOFr2ay94oET8-b1EwufvNWpckqPGAXcSfNE4O65FasGDp_dUvylInUoCAuzcyH9_2l7gZ5i0tVk_rMGWospDahNOSQ1n4R4vwRR_K9vwGARb3AXIxm_y25U2G7Y1OFxgu78S3-7dVuQwdtya=s997" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="997" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiksQ-FE-6Ffn3zrY81SsYgntuS6WLyzob7qXMppDZgOFr2ay94oET8-b1EwufvNWpckqPGAXcSfNE4O65FasGDp_dUvylInUoCAuzcyH9_2l7gZ5i0tVk_rMGWospDahNOSQ1n4R4vwRR_K9vwGARb3AXIxm_y25U2G7Y1OFxgu78S3-7dVuQwdtya=w640-h420" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Intriguing pic here of the Death Star trench, painted by an artist named Richard van der Wendt (I think?)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjqAOVsZQIESWufxfzKTGl73ecGavxBYyIy4dISx7-WJ72inVkaX5zpruZ0tezqR2yuI0z-lYNbJbxnq1jShY4HqjRkIXGKn3D874YqeDFesUn-sUKAzgbHpWrB2Vnyv_KgzVN5jkB4d6PUZFqgKb2i_R5HbHjRYrncv0iJftshGSS7XtQlCUQWJm3=s2128" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="2128" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjqAOVsZQIESWufxfzKTGl73ecGavxBYyIy4dISx7-WJ72inVkaX5zpruZ0tezqR2yuI0z-lYNbJbxnq1jShY4HqjRkIXGKn3D874YqeDFesUn-sUKAzgbHpWrB2Vnyv_KgzVN5jkB4d6PUZFqgKb2i_R5HbHjRYrncv0iJftshGSS7XtQlCUQWJm3=w640-h346" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now this shot was very neat, and one I'd never spotted until just recently. Chris Evans painted this forest setting for a very quick cut and a battle ensues.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAw1x29dHOP3N1pQ4inbILlHJPli-68RTLuS__l3r9GbZwqR-mX2iUcCvIrSJ6QZYrN__I9c3s3J2Pw4PViHniyYxNrTnV93YvoCzh3GguvJdwBXgy5oeqOxxXwL2ps6mLluAcpvNQdKDl6nPFqu5MYNtTSoDGWCV4JKu629yWNvVJIDcmQH63XH5e=s2184" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="2184" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAw1x29dHOP3N1pQ4inbILlHJPli-68RTLuS__l3r9GbZwqR-mX2iUcCvIrSJ6QZYrN__I9c3s3J2Pw4PViHniyYxNrTnV93YvoCzh3GguvJdwBXgy5oeqOxxXwL2ps6mLluAcpvNQdKDl6nPFqu5MYNtTSoDGWCV4JKu629yWNvVJIDcmQH63XH5e=w640-h274" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished shot is all but invisible as a painted matte. Nicely animated imperial walkers coming through the trees. Terrific bit of work here all round!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgE1tzSJ8c6I1u072VYzAgzMLxEjyuw6k2dTRmXj26vNOtUfZEFlSJf5P7G_06DB_Bsb5wruyVigGgGi-5p0sc4I4Yp0wdc07bw53qHmbqp1gXdVw4mXEoxbhk1CDn3q8iAvoe-KgyW3y3v9-5TiucZvBgWFsWd8jKymJ6MPc0hP2TdAnJijXrRkMHy=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="1280" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgE1tzSJ8c6I1u072VYzAgzMLxEjyuw6k2dTRmXj26vNOtUfZEFlSJf5P7G_06DB_Bsb5wruyVigGgGi-5p0sc4I4Yp0wdc07bw53qHmbqp1gXdVw4mXEoxbhk1CDn3q8iAvoe-KgyW3y3v9-5TiucZvBgWFsWd8jKymJ6MPc0hP2TdAnJijXrRkMHy=w640-h430" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chris Evans at work on some planetary art - possibly on an actual physical globe? Did I mention that JEDI took home the best vfx Oscar? I did?...well here it is again.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0FWDWWh6-ScLLJ7FdqQm4XhcdyQQfwVlYy-YClnfk66Yc3r35gaohYPioAGHBivPutrrq8K9rnaQgmlLg59dsViNuVyXEfjvpCphl3vQ_t2dUC8mvPJc8I05uy-zMZgY9lpbeWXGp1goGdZFaqHj9crgeuTtq9K2QQukSX7LkwED_4yfaRCBvEpRZ=s937" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0FWDWWh6-ScLLJ7FdqQm4XhcdyQQfwVlYy-YClnfk66Yc3r35gaohYPioAGHBivPutrrq8K9rnaQgmlLg59dsViNuVyXEfjvpCphl3vQ_t2dUC8mvPJc8I05uy-zMZgY9lpbeWXGp1goGdZFaqHj9crgeuTtq9K2QQukSX7LkwED_4yfaRCBvEpRZ=w614-h640" width="614" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCEVtL93kJWI4Y_dTyHyPrjq7aWnnOATkUumBplwqscTH__YF1Boam6tuZHyeNhcAxGk4aPPxutuT0XYAaiUMGOGC3flvNHlISChU5Bs1kYL4sVEP3VKHhV7Os1jH_1MjZk140cptqegYaUmZXAv4zHA29MfFIOLJLpaE097Le8r4p-Fe4bx-_zFE6=s816" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="774" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCEVtL93kJWI4Y_dTyHyPrjq7aWnnOATkUumBplwqscTH__YF1Boam6tuZHyeNhcAxGk4aPPxutuT0XYAaiUMGOGC3flvNHlISChU5Bs1kYL4sVEP3VKHhV7Os1jH_1MjZk140cptqegYaUmZXAv4zHA29MfFIOLJLpaE097Le8r4p-Fe4bx-_zFE6=w380-h400" width="380" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another winner in the best visual effects Oscar stakes, was INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984). The flick hit all the right buttons and was a rollicking, rollercoaster ride right from the opening lavish musical number, with the delightful Kate Capshaw hoofing and singing <i>Anything Goes</i> - in Mandarin no less <i>(possibly my fave sequence, oddly!)</i>, right through to the eye-popping stop motion mine chase and it's subsequent cliffhanger dust-up. Sadly, the next two INDY films were less than impressive, and to my stunned amazement, I hear they're dragging poor ole' Harrison Ford out of his retirement village to star in yet another(!) Indiana Jones with hip replacements, a walking frame and all.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9MBqUyWOWUN-TLCf7Vt01GERARESry3ueQcY0D0cDO5Fwx70GZN7Xmg9dyX53ERc2NLo5aZEC07t0AosEIpVJbRl_s2T3utGlseJVC6m0At7HrCRfrHiLMZMe8yYHqP58ttUyY4bRxfugDMvZPxeYEavonrZsSE8M73lFA4C2MS8PrCp952A3tq9m=s1570" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="1570" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9MBqUyWOWUN-TLCf7Vt01GERARESry3ueQcY0D0cDO5Fwx70GZN7Xmg9dyX53ERc2NLo5aZEC07t0AosEIpVJbRl_s2T3utGlseJVC6m0At7HrCRfrHiLMZMe8yYHqP58ttUyY4bRxfugDMvZPxeYEavonrZsSE8M73lFA4C2MS8PrCp952A3tq9m=w640-h182" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tons of top shelf visual effects throughout, and a fairly healthy chunk of matte art to boot.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdMELLWw2mK8AZFk8a9sE0f1FLxPHKfDS_7YoE9P2YW-BCe9faiCyL-ZZ2X72M48B4zjkMgg0pxgJSEv21_lAFJq3gvkdRYGxqCpiz0tj3GjSvVStsjqbDzMRFiewSj9ETp1-lWmQJ-fNJ0B_QMBrC1JB6cVec1WxhyoysSuPUmwQa-MmIVB73-tgS=s1916" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1916" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdMELLWw2mK8AZFk8a9sE0f1FLxPHKfDS_7YoE9P2YW-BCe9faiCyL-ZZ2X72M48B4zjkMgg0pxgJSEv21_lAFJq3gvkdRYGxqCpiz0tj3GjSvVStsjqbDzMRFiewSj9ETp1-lWmQJ-fNJ0B_QMBrC1JB6cVec1WxhyoysSuPUmwQa-MmIVB73-tgS=w640-h280" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Superbly blended matte art, painted by Chrsitopher Evans.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHrxkxOWA9ZSGD0B0Fnu_K08Zp3t36MNFR8VFeH_svx9DS17m0W6Wi2iGVFrlLxmW4L57vTUibTORMo89p0gNhfgvQsP-1i9Us-_0-cTY2SjDktVsrkKLfvXa0ZppLE9rQBn1Un27Xd9fXHO1FcrSRId2p7W9gFB-_OP-rEuOsotDf780x-sRYFo7t=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1920" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHrxkxOWA9ZSGD0B0Fnu_K08Zp3t36MNFR8VFeH_svx9DS17m0W6Wi2iGVFrlLxmW4L57vTUibTORMo89p0gNhfgvQsP-1i9Us-_0-cTY2SjDktVsrkKLfvXa0ZppLE9rQBn1Un27Xd9fXHO1FcrSRId2p7W9gFB-_OP-rEuOsotDf780x-sRYFo7t=w640-h280" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue screen shot with actors dropped into extensive matte painted vista, with destroyed village. Fires and smoke doubled in as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg28pV4dhWcm2-USIEHAXJj7isHgP1zXfTT_p5FcmzpKNJNjoCkhNA6NhueC89t6Yb-ZEyfcf8OAnnEYiCU8DpplLjUwWmN5pXoGVkvI1QKJbzMepBkrIGoKZGA-o6vZDklzDZuo0zFOdCryNEgLQJBuyFWnmVCgz4IE7J-UUugDF4lojJHq8Hluj2V=s1796" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1796" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg28pV4dhWcm2-USIEHAXJj7isHgP1zXfTT_p5FcmzpKNJNjoCkhNA6NhueC89t6Yb-ZEyfcf8OAnnEYiCU8DpplLjUwWmN5pXoGVkvI1QKJbzMepBkrIGoKZGA-o6vZDklzDZuo0zFOdCryNEgLQJBuyFWnmVCgz4IE7J-UUugDF4lojJHq8Hluj2V=w640-h256" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The palace where some strange stuff happens and the dinner menu is most definitely to be avoided at ALL costs! This full painting was rendered by both Pangrazio and Evans, though both were unhappy with the final result, and thus sought alternate means to present the same shot .</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiiLgC7xvdF8GzOUiGRxawoDFq6bzUtwArysXRLXDYM3HUb1GjcGaxbKOGpz0qv0C0xctJm48cb9OvpPM0Vc0cD8YYsPrW0XPa9R2WsQ6dNnpsbzCOqlyLP29pYgGI8vRRj6c-NejyqrTUTo-dXzgOxkEV8Pb87uuCcqEb-A2zLE7Z2asviBM-wD0s=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1280" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiiLgC7xvdF8GzOUiGRxawoDFq6bzUtwArysXRLXDYM3HUb1GjcGaxbKOGpz0qv0C0xctJm48cb9OvpPM0Vc0cD8YYsPrW0XPa9R2WsQ6dNnpsbzCOqlyLP29pYgGI8vRRj6c-NejyqrTUTo-dXzgOxkEV8Pb87uuCcqEb-A2zLE7Z2asviBM-wD0s=w640-h336" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Images taken of the detail work as painted onto the initial, albeit, unused Pangkot Palace matte. See below for how it was ultimately achieved...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSlq-3Jh0xPuHGIjg-IzGFfsuQz4gQiPRdV9Ty8BGL24HTJCRH2tW6OE21UASHBH6K2WD3Ap9Yakao2i_pOYXAPtWdA-_kZlJTWw87DYqG0imNJd43hNcY8pDAr5d2y9TEzDUBgGx67h3N68wftYVKlDP7JVDETXoFjR0WjW504L6p0lIN-oQAhVUm=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSlq-3Jh0xPuHGIjg-IzGFfsuQz4gQiPRdV9Ty8BGL24HTJCRH2tW6OE21UASHBH6K2WD3Ap9Yakao2i_pOYXAPtWdA-_kZlJTWw87DYqG0imNJd43hNcY8pDAr5d2y9TEzDUBgGx67h3N68wftYVKlDP7JVDETXoFjR0WjW504L6p0lIN-oQAhVUm=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The eventual palace matte shot was done very differently, and with excellent results. For this incarnation which ultimately was used in the final cut, Pangrazio prepared a basic, simplified cut out onto a large 8 foot sheet of black foamcore - traced from a slide of the original unused painting - onto which were glued small bits of wire and other odds and ends to lend roof top details. Pangrazio and Barron would then transport this rudimentary cut-out onto a suitable exterior, chosen for the likelihood of a good sunset. The cut-out was nailed to some timber stakes which had been pounded into the earth, with a suitable sky in the background. An additional foreground glass was also set up, onto which the artist painted impressionistic details amounting to not much more than highlights here and there and some minor detailing. Pangrazio himself stated at the time: <i> "The painting itself looked ridiculously bad - just brush strokes that end in a black sky, but on film, I think it's one of the best things I've done." </i> The final shooting was a success, with a real and vibrant sunset behind the silhouette, and looked 100% real.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQecJzNdGwQD2sLk6IzlGmGopVdYhFFJwCQg3jhV6LHjy-DWk8HVqaQnE8ny7WCKVQL9XFyZExZNCGd_e-pu-5XHWTFFOxINpJ_bfJKFN6KFasQFMfgfPiCJPQ5rEkudkBlhASPBLWgr9X0zT0hHCYzUO1t9O1VYu15OGMlnRFjIgoNeE2ezpd52oB=s1760" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1760" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQecJzNdGwQD2sLk6IzlGmGopVdYhFFJwCQg3jhV6LHjy-DWk8HVqaQnE8ny7WCKVQL9XFyZExZNCGd_e-pu-5XHWTFFOxINpJ_bfJKFN6KFasQFMfgfPiCJPQ5rEkudkBlhASPBLWgr9X0zT0hHCYzUO1t9O1VYu15OGMlnRFjIgoNeE2ezpd52oB=w640-h398" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A later matte painting as Indy and pals approach the palace.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9_eqtU7BEJ2C8TAyogDdUwKOCa2R39rx3Op02tllaFpeLKnywkpNTSq9F6Xb5Lv9TPqyKZQUE7OXxbZSJWT0iyHoj9aulfbt5lg1dqefOPQGlQY_oh3SKfVrLcLZ5IQuculyKcHW8SM1jrjz47sYQEMFwfP-fWF1Vyaa2A_q74-P2sRCNZOz10i8g=s1438" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1438" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9_eqtU7BEJ2C8TAyogDdUwKOCa2R39rx3Op02tllaFpeLKnywkpNTSq9F6Xb5Lv9TPqyKZQUE7OXxbZSJWT0iyHoj9aulfbt5lg1dqefOPQGlQY_oh3SKfVrLcLZ5IQuculyKcHW8SM1jrjz47sYQEMFwfP-fWF1Vyaa2A_q74-P2sRCNZOz10i8g=w640-h460" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Michael Pangrazio at work on the palace, which was optically flopped in the final cut.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEip63YjYGeMV9IOdIIrmm8yy0YnGyPpvteqP_YULHnpGbt7CvS2xxEhcRg0gWATBAiIqdlvUSx77z6VOCxBZ3rvrpgnLN2rPqvMffbXYw9-cN_WDruqGz-7pgaZQ-RzBnbXQkBpC240j9gpSmvTRYQWAHgshBSy3nx1fWLOS0TfeZwtGbj06WKt1cVt=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEip63YjYGeMV9IOdIIrmm8yy0YnGyPpvteqP_YULHnpGbt7CvS2xxEhcRg0gWATBAiIqdlvUSx77z6VOCxBZ3rvrpgnLN2rPqvMffbXYw9-cN_WDruqGz-7pgaZQ-RzBnbXQkBpC240j9gpSmvTRYQWAHgshBSy3nx1fWLOS0TfeZwtGbj06WKt1cVt=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">High Def frame of the final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUMW4bAfvstY1uV0eTexeWOGFv-9_PQ5xhlSMwRdxyRpETyItOkO8owVdTdrjSuJ41QQWbFC14CLMNjHFpNj-1L8J0mGJWx9OCFiNaYJfkAr8yK4sriZ7YAjylxl3R2TdyIxKansNal9zRH3nSMxLbsXWcIYWToSR7wFB0okXFg91Ys8XCilB2Ryde=s971" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="971" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUMW4bAfvstY1uV0eTexeWOGFv-9_PQ5xhlSMwRdxyRpETyItOkO8owVdTdrjSuJ41QQWbFC14CLMNjHFpNj-1L8J0mGJWx9OCFiNaYJfkAr8yK4sriZ7YAjylxl3R2TdyIxKansNal9zRH3nSMxLbsXWcIYWToSR7wFB0okXFg91Ys8XCilB2Ryde=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An insightful before and after from probably the best matte shot in the film, where the tiniest of live action plates of the kid were integrated into a magnificent Pangrazio matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdblhhvKX_6KRXtXwJxgYF2siTF2gBw0mQHAiSuYZsa4d1rdJptFCruLuuAYE9LCcS8g3LkkADen0U5MqfiUE3hrKBFvIkYodjBru1e9OkOiFPUIO7TjIWVY888MFIBATZY3hdccawUxf32M2Su2sczuez5bDF8an-uicu-V2BAQ-7ZzGeHPJa20NP=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdblhhvKX_6KRXtXwJxgYF2siTF2gBw0mQHAiSuYZsa4d1rdJptFCruLuuAYE9LCcS8g3LkkADen0U5MqfiUE3hrKBFvIkYodjBru1e9OkOiFPUIO7TjIWVY888MFIBATZY3hdccawUxf32M2Su2sczuez5bDF8an-uicu-V2BAQ-7ZzGeHPJa20NP=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mike's awe inspiring matte is a sight to behold. The shot was done as latent image, though unusually, the artwork was completed a long time before the live actio bit was shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS1KpCvwbz7yhMvGcSJ5JOkCloFG8yKQg0lmiLlJ18trjSjHCrVGwZ1-HxEcdQIRTljxmJE8PKWCWIlBLUanCBOXeSzzQgiuwXePqMdynCFkUlCXYVbkjTGQHNEX9-NGoKR_hzYQE6eVyEwqAGqwc4ORUzc3n9Suptl5mExuG3sVX2u4lf6yywkmAS=s888" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="888" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS1KpCvwbz7yhMvGcSJ5JOkCloFG8yKQg0lmiLlJ18trjSjHCrVGwZ1-HxEcdQIRTljxmJE8PKWCWIlBLUanCBOXeSzzQgiuwXePqMdynCFkUlCXYVbkjTGQHNEX9-NGoKR_hzYQE6eVyEwqAGqwc4ORUzc3n9Suptl5mExuG3sVX2u4lf6yywkmAS=w640-h164" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">That same village, previously shown at the start as desolate and 'dead', was again seen in a more healthy state later in the film via matte magic. Doubles for the main characters - one of whom was matte painter Caroleen Green with a wig - walk down to the village, which didn't exists and was just a part of George Lucas' spread. Later on, Mike Pangrazio furnished the verdant valley and bustling village in paint.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEin49VJGjNPNeF4GXLyYGYpRi-BlT2ocBrEjsLF-sgKOCUGbB9IMJoyqsIgvRpm1y5iC4rUjb9fTJKt7YFKekxIh4YhZqud7wW3_6ljUmxCWb4jCtHzAbHbF5xaE6aYflm09E8cfbdUGDs8ULJ4bUGChazidEdOKTKy7wYPHjtVfE8UI7_V4BnD0iDL=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1920" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEin49VJGjNPNeF4GXLyYGYpRi-BlT2ocBrEjsLF-sgKOCUGbB9IMJoyqsIgvRpm1y5iC4rUjb9fTJKt7YFKekxIh4YhZqud7wW3_6ljUmxCWb4jCtHzAbHbF5xaE6aYflm09E8cfbdUGDs8ULJ4bUGChazidEdOKTKy7wYPHjtVfE8UI7_V4BnD0iDL=w640-h282" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot, with a gradual tilt upward.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEge2WLEHl9PrevifNxf_-cBiQMRHVL8aLovp1U9-ZGE-stjXJnM-PQYMMecY4aCM2aDSIAj_kuirFqBf9pDDl95b9OWeFGuZKn4aGb0QFJSuzYBj9BCJ_c6bxItUPfyFEI5XP1cXkL4bg-PZfRAWCDX-DnHyeY4bgEwjEHYdJcz160QRw7xSQFRd7Nz=s1636" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="1636" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEge2WLEHl9PrevifNxf_-cBiQMRHVL8aLovp1U9-ZGE-stjXJnM-PQYMMecY4aCM2aDSIAj_kuirFqBf9pDDl95b9OWeFGuZKn4aGb0QFJSuzYBj9BCJ_c6bxItUPfyFEI5XP1cXkL4bg-PZfRAWCDX-DnHyeY4bgEwjEHYdJcz160QRw7xSQFRd7Nz=w640-h202" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some danger lurks in those caverns, where at left cameraman Craig Barron is setting up a forced perspective miniature against a Frank Ordaz matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJY1b0lBuvJLZFMoUnyjIaJk3_Jq4yiSNcbLs2UI2CAz1AWeonF5I9V2iTELblOvDUXqh3FzZW4gqxKlLPVrwa-D-qOALYsZs6f0VqCBCAK79tQHwio3MRD4E72bjZuWI8qnrOnEN1q8KHX2QKsmeT1sqpDpio2NCIO39PmF57NXKLJ3xzjrQtJjBT=s1918" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1918" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJY1b0lBuvJLZFMoUnyjIaJk3_Jq4yiSNcbLs2UI2CAz1AWeonF5I9V2iTELblOvDUXqh3FzZW4gqxKlLPVrwa-D-qOALYsZs6f0VqCBCAK79tQHwio3MRD4E72bjZuWI8qnrOnEN1q8KHX2QKsmeT1sqpDpio2NCIO39PmF57NXKLJ3xzjrQtJjBT=w640-h282" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Completed shot with miniature foreground, matte art cave, steam optical overlay and actors dropped in via travelling matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW4Go3qQLGvUluKDz4LvrIhj0NRUHX1MCTqqRkZ8D1dH2aiNmHo4cmPR9aXjviTbHXjn5nZc1MalNsDnVfdeMRMjl2Fg13q0fVyliIbrGdcUObSM4kbvpjQ0avJIqE2eP5E1FIs1xzlf5kjV5rKzdokjFfqM5DP0whk-xw6IImhzH2PZIXRYsZUAUO=s1432" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="1432" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW4Go3qQLGvUluKDz4LvrIhj0NRUHX1MCTqqRkZ8D1dH2aiNmHo4cmPR9aXjviTbHXjn5nZc1MalNsDnVfdeMRMjl2Fg13q0fVyliIbrGdcUObSM4kbvpjQ0avJIqE2eP5E1FIs1xzlf5kjV5rKzdokjFfqM5DP0whk-xw6IImhzH2PZIXRYsZUAUO=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An invisible matte shot with the Pangkot Palace just visible far on the horizon.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKC3-u-xTLlJsM_uuzD1csw3nJW0j2r39YWlHfx2khlkoxlxF01k0pgDaZLC_SU8XBOi6KVLK30IQ8eSa9sjlD8odIrwZgmlkknrHcvbxIgNpPZaaa4UNtS5RhC1txH-pm6Ro7WSBakooBpJFpF-iKiititX_SmnYCTmJR1axMajnrklFUx4nDOIX1=s1835" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1835" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKC3-u-xTLlJsM_uuzD1csw3nJW0j2r39YWlHfx2khlkoxlxF01k0pgDaZLC_SU8XBOi6KVLK30IQ8eSa9sjlD8odIrwZgmlkknrHcvbxIgNpPZaaa4UNtS5RhC1txH-pm6Ro7WSBakooBpJFpF-iKiititX_SmnYCTmJR1axMajnrklFUx4nDOIX1=w640-h376" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now the action packed climax was a doozy! Here is a piece of pre-vis concept art which aided in establishing the look for the many mattes required.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifwsYYF8MW9mRLtzut0vLWPBVWtcpy5YdVXotPAoB5tUiNJ-anbp0ddy4HBT-xh_CtZpefkvi0FXN0hwq8JUERjzOoFUB98hCEpi1XQEJoVFWGLhbJUqjD7mBZnqmMlVZudJZklwHokl4XkkMYTcaG0PC0BNAipp-XGnLlSjhfsPxR_M-758k1Ug1Y=s1662" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1662" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifwsYYF8MW9mRLtzut0vLWPBVWtcpy5YdVXotPAoB5tUiNJ-anbp0ddy4HBT-xh_CtZpefkvi0FXN0hwq8JUERjzOoFUB98hCEpi1XQEJoVFWGLhbJUqjD7mBZnqmMlVZudJZklwHokl4XkkMYTcaG0PC0BNAipp-XGnLlSjhfsPxR_M-758k1Ug1Y=w640-h210" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The matte painters were often 'press-ganged' into performing duties outside the safety and warmth of the ILM matte room. Here we see artists Caroleen Green and Frank Ordaz atop ladders painting scenic backing for a key vfx shot which involved actors and miniature deluge.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUsl4zbmRZEYrl-Q2I7fdR9GZhQD39TK5wCd9FUsyu8Buu6Et1F10vS9ncLxA7Q7J_RCBR1I8Fxt-rtQiqPatvQsUMDGL6vbE7eicmlXfNX4mmAlcfbOkd2UEbl1nzjdeMqJHjPo6xSAjBvWkC1VAkqxVITQDKKkMaT5kcAfjps6k-Pug2rXaAJXXL=s1821" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1821" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUsl4zbmRZEYrl-Q2I7fdR9GZhQD39TK5wCd9FUsyu8Buu6Et1F10vS9ncLxA7Q7J_RCBR1I8Fxt-rtQiqPatvQsUMDGL6vbE7eicmlXfNX4mmAlcfbOkd2UEbl1nzjdeMqJHjPo6xSAjBvWkC1VAkqxVITQDKKkMaT5kcAfjps6k-Pug2rXaAJXXL=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chris Evans' spectacular establishing shot of the cliffs and valley in Sri Lanka. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyo71XyPLSXlJXLLc039BIgrswoP5sjq961Qpehn2Xf5VMVHiWKesoBvt4aNBlwrnEiE4_aUNta8xmuc16XQUNJcvkvyGti8JpqkmyF7-aeIzGTbul76gdkv7GnSkBLW2pgy8lDhMB4aqWUAKXSr10Pla7WAvTIxydRU6cwVsIlYSbr1TjGRxMWDsj=s1282" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="1282" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyo71XyPLSXlJXLLc039BIgrswoP5sjq961Qpehn2Xf5VMVHiWKesoBvt4aNBlwrnEiE4_aUNta8xmuc16XQUNJcvkvyGti8JpqkmyF7-aeIzGTbul76gdkv7GnSkBLW2pgy8lDhMB4aqWUAKXSr10Pla7WAvTIxydRU6cwVsIlYSbr1TjGRxMWDsj=w640-h408" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The delightful Caroleen Green adds some final small touches to Chris Evans' painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSAUyXUGPApotJlZ1hzFwgqNERwaYsvQvHiusn2kPgscgjlf1vbadNXYmV-p3QjTru9ExVhifJWVPujlKVOMCfr-cJ603_F1TQ9a_q0OsMEwCmq3h0i9VzCGUr7VAvzs7Xo4aBXsAMJQ16sgCPxPfgoskVMN99NVNspYouKDkSIWhNVIhXjsRV_HUk=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1920" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSAUyXUGPApotJlZ1hzFwgqNERwaYsvQvHiusn2kPgscgjlf1vbadNXYmV-p3QjTru9ExVhifJWVPujlKVOMCfr-cJ603_F1TQ9a_q0OsMEwCmq3h0i9VzCGUr7VAvzs7Xo4aBXsAMJQ16sgCPxPfgoskVMN99NVNspYouKDkSIWhNVIhXjsRV_HUk=w640-h280" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The completed scene, with rear projected live action on cliff ledge as well as water in river. The now very famous director David Fincher was an ILM cameraman for a few years, and was responsible for adding an authentic, subtle aerial wobble to the shot, to give the realistic appearence of being taken from a chopper <i>(ie: the flying thing, <u>not</u> the motorcycle!)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsVApfs0-C4iNlWVBuZtF8mc5jFxBCd3uFsIbZzo27y2H0P7geVY0XXaHbB2UCOeOI3QYJSdIFYQHXBVp_6Tk-AlTMzE8gk2RumRiSI3sBgAX0EMvpXoXcsLGD0cw5IMX1gemEohze7IjukgIdZB5RElHHfs8pNKJk5peScNHS3k9U8PFBVguRTHGW=s1918" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1918" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsVApfs0-C4iNlWVBuZtF8mc5jFxBCd3uFsIbZzo27y2H0P7geVY0XXaHbB2UCOeOI3QYJSdIFYQHXBVp_6Tk-AlTMzE8gk2RumRiSI3sBgAX0EMvpXoXcsLGD0cw5IMX1gemEohze7IjukgIdZB5RElHHfs8pNKJk5peScNHS3k9U8PFBVguRTHGW=w640-h280" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The set piece is crammed with expert visual effects, stunts, sound fx editing and more! Here is one of several downviews which involved multi-element composite work. A practical set, shot in Britain, matte art extending the cliff further, an actual river filmed 2nd unit and a considerable amount of hand rotoscoped business as characters legs flop over the matte area and some poor bastards are flung to their demise in the crocodile infested river below!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgx0v85UhgzHh0T7FBaqjY5Msk3SRVlysFaUcKawlaHsdLeg48Zulsml5BTnhwOmwTfxYbdhI5y4vgBLxLBKXAxEUbRWx0D9ng_0Gv-PCUv6vTtliATq5bK3vPLNxe5qM2Od1aptBqekQtummPJIghAB06bcLhN8kN3OCajElaVIPAuJBdB9rj8pW6k=s1390" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1390" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgx0v85UhgzHh0T7FBaqjY5Msk3SRVlysFaUcKawlaHsdLeg48Zulsml5BTnhwOmwTfxYbdhI5y4vgBLxLBKXAxEUbRWx0D9ng_0Gv-PCUv6vTtliATq5bK3vPLNxe5qM2Od1aptBqekQtummPJIghAB06bcLhN8kN3OCajElaVIPAuJBdB9rj8pW6k=w640-h262" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another view with matte painted right half of frame.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieQiZzUEiOt9bIXqyG6jTAdRi58ss54P9yilIXfRFznh0ulCIORTZM-LsUEXZLR-eBCQqCoMF3zSw_c3TZAv2CNMTMGY6fC4hsXnSMzLu5aHyr4CIbkZ-Th8nJwy0ae60oGrxoIXDt-N06gk3mVVOCgq0E3Yc6sqpqoXa9UAfn2fNdESIw-M27_M2S=s1424" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1424" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieQiZzUEiOt9bIXqyG6jTAdRi58ss54P9yilIXfRFznh0ulCIORTZM-LsUEXZLR-eBCQqCoMF3zSw_c3TZAv2CNMTMGY6fC4hsXnSMzLu5aHyr4CIbkZ-Th8nJwy0ae60oGrxoIXDt-N06gk3mVVOCgq0E3Yc6sqpqoXa9UAfn2fNdESIw-M27_M2S=w640-h260" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Presumably all the ILM artists had a part to play in making all of these cliff face mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH4hapQu_sBh3SxWrVsGI6tpxloyly1-k0bf2L6tVyJnL4vsPSVecCr6aE84QVdZz3VqyKGkbz8PkKHzIjrbT-NbzjUy07f2QCt_G-IpIS89B90ckqzhedye4sgA3AxwY_71r4E_p1i1_Ure1syN-MqakHrIzOM7K-wopCmFUZ_i3FuPu6ooukIBiT=s1430" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1430" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH4hapQu_sBh3SxWrVsGI6tpxloyly1-k0bf2L6tVyJnL4vsPSVecCr6aE84QVdZz3VqyKGkbz8PkKHzIjrbT-NbzjUy07f2QCt_G-IpIS89B90ckqzhedye4sgA3AxwY_71r4E_p1i1_Ure1syN-MqakHrIzOM7K-wopCmFUZ_i3FuPu6ooukIBiT=w640-h256" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Don't look down!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSchFA6ZuZDrzWdfUi0-h3DXHrgKeJH5j-p2IWopVghujwyHMqxsQcQBiyo8YsXRrGy2Hz5sEJoNPcGTvHQ6ToYKy1kO62UygnQz_uNfqmdO2kITQTsL4VYEt4F1haUgs35AFwxqbqNpjG_ir9fhGmYN3M53hmfIAcw6TiZf5CWa-WHKKvWy9zT3w7=s1442" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1442" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSchFA6ZuZDrzWdfUi0-h3DXHrgKeJH5j-p2IWopVghujwyHMqxsQcQBiyo8YsXRrGy2Hz5sEJoNPcGTvHQ6ToYKy1kO62UygnQz_uNfqmdO2kITQTsL4VYEt4F1haUgs35AFwxqbqNpjG_ir9fhGmYN3M53hmfIAcw6TiZf5CWa-WHKKvWy9zT3w7=w640-h290" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I told you not to look down you fools!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvXayw6u-V6sS4RB3Ndqhd9ZGMCvBiWsvhPqNZe7qeu6pOdCjW4jo2wVJ5qWSuFhIOOWl1cLZHBgCrbs17lkhTpNIRGGdtiCVh_XHrHfFyFLjCyIOjJTxSiCb-IzmBVZlNaa5NqKvLnmN1FOZQqDKzBc9_-_oEVuu-GZsUGY7vpxqqJN4hQ4yPd1S6=s2298" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="2298" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvXayw6u-V6sS4RB3Ndqhd9ZGMCvBiWsvhPqNZe7qeu6pOdCjW4jo2wVJ5qWSuFhIOOWl1cLZHBgCrbs17lkhTpNIRGGdtiCVh_XHrHfFyFLjCyIOjJTxSiCb-IzmBVZlNaa5NqKvLnmN1FOZQqDKzBc9_-_oEVuu-GZsUGY7vpxqqJN4hQ4yPd1S6=w640-h274" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The steps involved in assembling the shot shown above. The UK live action stunt players and actor; river plate; hold out mattes; matte painted rockface; rotoscoped cel animation for falling stuntman; and finished test.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWpEm3Cs2yoq-ZzkMjFq4r0KMFjlwc4WLbO1Gosvbt5T7SRd9UgfOtBYgmHIsfTggsyhvKsn-O1-kRwhB2yZIc_uBX-pEE5z8sMqryswIhSykiQTaC71tiwvIWxGPkKS3vrWtPWFeWwQOMYzQamosEhEMZsNdqbFB_dgZPYb72ppaARqosbnogDCrI=s1021" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1021" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWpEm3Cs2yoq-ZzkMjFq4r0KMFjlwc4WLbO1Gosvbt5T7SRd9UgfOtBYgmHIsfTggsyhvKsn-O1-kRwhB2yZIc_uBX-pEE5z8sMqryswIhSykiQTaC71tiwvIWxGPkKS3vrWtPWFeWwQOMYzQamosEhEMZsNdqbFB_dgZPYb72ppaARqosbnogDCrI=w640-h398" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Just to conclude, here's a close up of that aforementioned rejected painting of Pangkot Palace.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz0OLz3A0QeRXgaWmsqsPH_q4ERMG-Q1tyw3ot0rNM7A7d61P0Azpzzhq9Mu5FWWHlw4SqEXf5WMCzHcMC1K5edefWew-hrT32OdNzoAm8rBangPSbXcQ0jQwkXGKH-w3G87DttAehJMN6NMn0z2qSrRxqVZ2jGQ4nils_oHN_0wfO8IeV5w8OunGb=s940" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="940" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz0OLz3A0QeRXgaWmsqsPH_q4ERMG-Q1tyw3ot0rNM7A7d61P0Azpzzhq9Mu5FWWHlw4SqEXf5WMCzHcMC1K5edefWew-hrT32OdNzoAm8rBangPSbXcQ0jQwkXGKH-w3G87DttAehJMN6NMn0z2qSrRxqVZ2jGQ4nils_oHN_0wfO8IeV5w8OunGb=w400-h359" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kirk, Spock and Bones are all back for more in STAR TREK III-THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (1984). Again, a big ILM assignment with much model, optical and cel animated work, as well as some nice matte painted shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiopEyMbdt3qjqQm7WI3p7bHnXYQ0wSZAyZXZdMSC3zoyP4KwOVl7_LyQNxo5fLTUGssvCTaavIyRZwJ-wiEcM2tqbGeXUOqxEjCgmPek7pmf7rkjmk3lQNiHCPb8FgrD5DZ6hL7JknAQvtE31AL5frAjcKgAhBJApJlW9cqLrQsF1fD8CtZpmunNLp=s1506" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1506" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiopEyMbdt3qjqQm7WI3p7bHnXYQ0wSZAyZXZdMSC3zoyP4KwOVl7_LyQNxo5fLTUGssvCTaavIyRZwJ-wiEcM2tqbGeXUOqxEjCgmPek7pmf7rkjmk3lQNiHCPb8FgrD5DZ6hL7JknAQvtE31AL5frAjcKgAhBJApJlW9cqLrQsF1fD8CtZpmunNLp=w640-h258" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">At left, what appears to be an unfinished version of the planet surface sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMpyxyrweGDyIf-2HRU-LYM8pYsz0SQrPa259tc8WqUy67LCvFvky9PJQ6ckxirvgGfq0F0ChoMXwbYkjD14qgS930fCBIR0EoLnnfNII4kE_IyHKJdcGzn6N8KK9FzWepONyqtYam5JAMD9IGYjiWDS4NLZdHmiivatutgDTV-fNJDzWwfryGxC49=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMpyxyrweGDyIf-2HRU-LYM8pYsz0SQrPa259tc8WqUy67LCvFvky9PJQ6ckxirvgGfq0F0ChoMXwbYkjD14qgS930fCBIR0EoLnnfNII4kE_IyHKJdcGzn6N8KK9FzWepONyqtYam5JAMD9IGYjiWDS4NLZdHmiivatutgDTV-fNJDzWwfryGxC49=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot with much painted set extension added.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxDD0OoKBQK26yT7fEon4CGozyBP8Y2eCaQ2sTTtztQrjClcKJODrmPezh2GRn_jsRB7ZKDDI96XM681ubOsRYmZNbgPX4_DN2_K-RKgsGil9yphf8Hx1CWqt039NZPnkcXmhNwTgBAICAVj2iRNk5uPGGdEayZ5BQtTNA2TQUMyMJBxx0_BCix89K=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxDD0OoKBQK26yT7fEon4CGozyBP8Y2eCaQ2sTTtztQrjClcKJODrmPezh2GRn_jsRB7ZKDDI96XM681ubOsRYmZNbgPX4_DN2_K-RKgsGil9yphf8Hx1CWqt039NZPnkcXmhNwTgBAICAVj2iRNk5uPGGdEayZ5BQtTNA2TQUMyMJBxx0_BCix89K=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A sprawling planetary vista was created by Chris Evans as an enormous backing cyclorama of some 25x16 feet in size, completed with foreground foliage and greenery as the camera does a wide pan around to the actors.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju2OPNOhuR9HEV3K8Sg6rWUNiVa3k9-RgV9lockZrUawHIJ9HFgtRGkzpmdJ2sZImFfILcFTYBZKXevj1wl2ZiCanm4nPnxd5SP93GGBV5YOUO0czj9jxF2VsoqwpnucltBm-BKQR7ZEfTtOShFbnhvE-wVZr1GSYZ0KCWHl1kRx9QSOlgk3uu54ak=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju2OPNOhuR9HEV3K8Sg6rWUNiVa3k9-RgV9lockZrUawHIJ9HFgtRGkzpmdJ2sZImFfILcFTYBZKXevj1wl2ZiCanm4nPnxd5SP93GGBV5YOUO0czj9jxF2VsoqwpnucltBm-BKQR7ZEfTtOShFbnhvE-wVZr1GSYZ0KCWHl1kRx9QSOlgk3uu54ak=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Presumably painted matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRs4dwaYSHvmxZtrAzW_Twzg7QJpeebHPl9djTQI_zbqL3LAouZVxaJoXBs1smomfinLiSMIwLHl1gmAB3dS6t3ARKeaR8zHFZtj7bga6b-x3Uzfk60cETf0vMEKjt9WP1opoxhb97lV1bdiyolB18Fi4F4LW6ejawc5HtwpyQ8v0eeAbtEvuqYKdE=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRs4dwaYSHvmxZtrAzW_Twzg7QJpeebHPl9djTQI_zbqL3LAouZVxaJoXBs1smomfinLiSMIwLHl1gmAB3dS6t3ARKeaR8zHFZtj7bga6b-x3Uzfk60cETf0vMEKjt9WP1opoxhb97lV1bdiyolB18Fi4F4LW6ejawc5HtwpyQ8v0eeAbtEvuqYKdE=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Caroleen Green's beautiful other-worldly sunset is picturesque as the Enterprise in flames crashes to the surface. Great, subtle cel animated and roto gags for the flaming ship.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFkjLexyo_XT8jou1NEC4f1Otk7ap8RFOsQsZ_anktzihDZbzL1M3aVd64R0NFpM7N2xsx9gb4dt5qBS7cwPMyP1cpqY9rLEnAvPwXF5QTO_CwI4oua0t3eJ2JaD-PwIRfwAE_jtpn6TpwdpZbSLga0L7ypH9K3AFVvZiQpCX4p02gw2gyCogRRCc9=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFkjLexyo_XT8jou1NEC4f1Otk7ap8RFOsQsZ_anktzihDZbzL1M3aVd64R0NFpM7N2xsx9gb4dt5qBS7cwPMyP1cpqY9rLEnAvPwXF5QTO_CwI4oua0t3eJ2JaD-PwIRfwAE_jtpn6TpwdpZbSLga0L7ypH9K3AFVvZiQpCX4p02gw2gyCogRRCc9=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Slugging it out as lava flows below. Not a good idea.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrH6mvcw5H2DRuQ07GNTfbzAAl1kx45l-SSnTHB6YbxMSr-SSRZtFpyVL7jldPDZ3xihoNxqi8y0CJVpUC802XTFR_fMk5YSpi4Z-Qq6JTppJ_DQRNmzNe2SzCBXyow7kNnRu2PLpUM6e1dDX_Jj2ELxiKDZVzEoCWPxvm06uLsSVqDJTz3EAW7L7r=s1710" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1710" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrH6mvcw5H2DRuQ07GNTfbzAAl1kx45l-SSnTHB6YbxMSr-SSRZtFpyVL7jldPDZ3xihoNxqi8y0CJVpUC802XTFR_fMk5YSpi4Z-Qq6JTppJ_DQRNmzNe2SzCBXyow7kNnRu2PLpUM6e1dDX_Jj2ELxiKDZVzEoCWPxvm06uLsSVqDJTz3EAW7L7r=w640-h292" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chris Evans' concept painting for the planet Vulcan.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTRsytYDRjM2_P4fcdX3BR85ZAPv27rDIZEGbqniZhkuz6dV3-H6md24KN5dP9BKXbIvvfg2PAq4-YEKPWfzrPx5wCiCl-OUxuf9EGioYCj0BFlmE4OlU2vXApjTVuknSPiqvKhOhvY3i8J8mp029aD3zjfG47WzUK3D_Klbqj6dJdnc7GTNhdrne2=s2392" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="2392" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTRsytYDRjM2_P4fcdX3BR85ZAPv27rDIZEGbqniZhkuz6dV3-H6md24KN5dP9BKXbIvvfg2PAq4-YEKPWfzrPx5wCiCl-OUxuf9EGioYCj0BFlmE4OlU2vXApjTVuknSPiqvKhOhvY3i8J8mp029aD3zjfG47WzUK3D_Klbqj6dJdnc7GTNhdrne2=w640-h278" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Either Evans or Ordaz here at work on a Vulcan establishing shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiBBEMM3DIt_Ho1sZkA5fIIUBwqbNh4GieDcDGGbO7-YsAUJ9nXdtAO9uG2uQ05q159s4elTB3MeFTfCWqAsUhxwsDYS_8e5UYo8xe3Lm9u_rxBaDwHzSn-jpKWbbpCm44p5SKFKH5a1ihq-rR_XV7-2tXS4VI_U-o5MCI2-M-gbkl9_BXR_KU_UWq=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiBBEMM3DIt_Ho1sZkA5fIIUBwqbNh4GieDcDGGbO7-YsAUJ9nXdtAO9uG2uQ05q159s4elTB3MeFTfCWqAsUhxwsDYS_8e5UYo8xe3Lm9u_rxBaDwHzSn-jpKWbbpCm44p5SKFKH5a1ihq-rR_XV7-2tXS4VI_U-o5MCI2-M-gbkl9_BXR_KU_UWq=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The completed shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjVRiAcTNpDYfDkajxE-7yo13gKFxAZ0_H8n-lSJuWqLz24OeuPF0l2XFk-m883r7jj4XIpHiuLWS_f58tzYk3sr-h5kLHohk_PD34Jkwxqy9a20TPD8Mr_veC3ia59nYCPCoPhbqPRUwrJULJRqzGOz_qH6ZfrB0L5rzoNE1urm54VzSxesOmD9Sg=s2244" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="2244" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjVRiAcTNpDYfDkajxE-7yo13gKFxAZ0_H8n-lSJuWqLz24OeuPF0l2XFk-m883r7jj4XIpHiuLWS_f58tzYk3sr-h5kLHohk_PD34Jkwxqy9a20TPD8Mr_veC3ia59nYCPCoPhbqPRUwrJULJRqzGOz_qH6ZfrB0L5rzoNE1urm54VzSxesOmD9Sg=w640-h302" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More Vulcan mattes, with Green, Ordaz, Pangrazio and Evans all likely doing their bit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizh0UmQFQeByslQFEksdjqGbA3IYJPBzDOAGxXdHJB-ZNJ_ZA94PMi98Zok019qhKeOZPKRmYH50kM7iYHNm3qtAvcgIEeAUm60GdhVr5Osc1gNuUlR4bSqpM5FxyMCqg-t7tlJDlqpPWzVFYjrJ5ElOm13SX_f6VbRYbiyDw6IFwtz5b9rRDLtcQA=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizh0UmQFQeByslQFEksdjqGbA3IYJPBzDOAGxXdHJB-ZNJ_ZA94PMi98Zok019qhKeOZPKRmYH50kM7iYHNm3qtAvcgIEeAUm60GdhVr5Osc1gNuUlR4bSqpM5FxyMCqg-t7tlJDlqpPWzVFYjrJ5ElOm13SX_f6VbRYbiyDw6IFwtz5b9rRDLtcQA=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Upper half of frame painted in later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioP7NyLsSiV85tnFO87FjIRQk0qSDuxmczUJPBbvTtpwCmoDaCMcmlFeTWu--L00cbtxP2JMaSQGK1MrIRCNWYnCUGMb9l72JpzvyXrEvIAMpbXKa40O1XExF01qnp9dSOX_yA0F-2Oy0J_kVYTXgQPzsssMgv70EILI4xm1-fWEzw8w7Z6snhw7h7=s1652" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="1652" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioP7NyLsSiV85tnFO87FjIRQk0qSDuxmczUJPBbvTtpwCmoDaCMcmlFeTWu--L00cbtxP2JMaSQGK1MrIRCNWYnCUGMb9l72JpzvyXrEvIAMpbXKa40O1XExF01qnp9dSOX_yA0F-2Oy0J_kVYTXgQPzsssMgv70EILI4xm1-fWEzw8w7Z6snhw7h7=w640-h186" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The non-denominational Vulcan Temple, with Chris Evans at work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghKL54t2sAOAHAxIxPrzTitSToxXIIkcU8f-IS_8b9XOiUQ5EKW-7YHasFlh4_VsJ-P4orYfJ8mdxoN0PK0CP0Uf7KEgux05y-Us1yNRB9ebxzJCtBgA-_MFQMFOV3y6Fhmkrt9c402nFMivRCldBUBdElXH6JV33WfCmNK1Djwfn36IgnOvVYNDRE=s1276" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1276" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghKL54t2sAOAHAxIxPrzTitSToxXIIkcU8f-IS_8b9XOiUQ5EKW-7YHasFlh4_VsJ-P4orYfJ8mdxoN0PK0CP0Uf7KEgux05y-Us1yNRB9ebxzJCtBgA-_MFQMFOV3y6Fhmkrt9c402nFMivRCldBUBdElXH6JV33WfCmNK1Djwfn36IgnOvVYNDRE=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi36kW503vUVvgHpc0--loBuGBE8vFgoFjIgsoOOaEKx1AGxDfdyFtn5s_VdMVDOL4BNvS2ldzlxgyajpirCWsGlw6Dc7lwHgicsCdaRrOhegf5hzYA0ylxWKTn9vys97J_eST16GNQakKP0P2SAC45Rqqy4R3NpS6HmgVt2onX0D9wkz35bY1pifpp=s1276" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1276" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi36kW503vUVvgHpc0--loBuGBE8vFgoFjIgsoOOaEKx1AGxDfdyFtn5s_VdMVDOL4BNvS2ldzlxgyajpirCWsGlw6Dc7lwHgicsCdaRrOhegf5hzYA0ylxWKTn9vys97J_eST16GNQakKP0P2SAC45Rqqy4R3NpS6HmgVt2onX0D9wkz35bY1pifpp=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Flaming sunset over Vulcan. A rather striking, full matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjccDr5KSj_1Y-o22LHWyXL7Fisz__wz5ZProtAvGCB1Spz4BGCL8vmXnajJ6Uz3ueiQ62QPnFOAGdkFBUvbIC36RWGTg5cw_KhcUdW87YpQbH-Qrg9KpRd3TJdXljUUGL4FlxfYFA3zhIV34UaSEtdbXYstcQ1pugG_6hF--NB3GvuoMnyJTv1KCv-=s1042" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="1042" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjccDr5KSj_1Y-o22LHWyXL7Fisz__wz5ZProtAvGCB1Spz4BGCL8vmXnajJ6Uz3ueiQ62QPnFOAGdkFBUvbIC36RWGTg5cw_KhcUdW87YpQbH-Qrg9KpRd3TJdXljUUGL4FlxfYFA3zhIV34UaSEtdbXYstcQ1pugG_6hF--NB3GvuoMnyJTv1KCv-=w400-h314" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A massive hit, NEVER ENDING STORY (1984) was never a film that appealed to me, but seemingly, I was in a minority. Ace British effects man Brian Johnson - a two time Oscar winner - supervised all of the visual and miniature effects in Europe, where the film was shot, with ILM sub-contracted to provide several matte painted shots, though personally, I never felt the ILM shots were anywhere near their usual standard. Noteworthy, the most sucessful mattes in the film were <u>not</u> actually made by ILM at all, and were contracted over to veteran vfx man Jim Danforth to do. In the interests of completeness, I've included Jim's mattes here as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcCPgMSkSyiThTX_QpE0bu_4EScjA4Qs55mRpMvPBzV94dPM8a7Dtzd6NLgdIww7nyBd7EL53w2FjUav02Bw8muSxH-ejhwnqlUeFmcjl-mRpX_gbcPLYHbRm_SoC6rmgEnkuNY344r1Brdpk0L29vIS4WYlKd5cqcMFv-TWDrUVHVgvQf0S8weTSl=s1606" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1606" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcCPgMSkSyiThTX_QpE0bu_4EScjA4Qs55mRpMvPBzV94dPM8a7Dtzd6NLgdIww7nyBd7EL53w2FjUav02Bw8muSxH-ejhwnqlUeFmcjl-mRpX_gbcPLYHbRm_SoC6rmgEnkuNY344r1Brdpk0L29vIS4WYlKd5cqcMFv-TWDrUVHVgvQf0S8weTSl=w640-h328" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not sure but this was either a Caroleen Green or Mike Pangrazio painting, and I'm not certain if it appeared in the actual film?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOgCGAicpHE6_hb_jFeY-XO_onIXEHACR6b3qb6ioE7VckaaYZB9N3TTtFTAELSgfx32kKWfdsu_xIO7QVyL6_N2dziibhcnlyxAISk0bq5JXRWce3T-T0Dkbh9BFeE7Mt-nepPJbtviHu29R5Br9jePiLLRIlZ3Q3FULfZF0jVz_ZFnpXT301BhIk=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="1280" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOgCGAicpHE6_hb_jFeY-XO_onIXEHACR6b3qb6ioE7VckaaYZB9N3TTtFTAELSgfx32kKWfdsu_xIO7QVyL6_N2dziibhcnlyxAISk0bq5JXRWce3T-T0Dkbh9BFeE7Mt-nepPJbtviHu29R5Br9jePiLLRIlZ3Q3FULfZF0jVz_ZFnpXT301BhIk=w640-h278" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A simililar shot - one of several - though it always looked like a miniature, or at least a multi-plane kind of deal to me?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtnrgDyq2Fv2Y5hyz3DX4r17g1DSXEcHngvOUosGnBFq0Q0ucJg4zdFh-xnoizo88LBRQoGFx7v9ktZz8EsWCCO7N0pbF8_n_JC2hm7zXKuU2d_9Rpvah61DzjDS-30ZyE8RlEIovO72V58ygUUqOVtSVepKtGMgwk5adwgukEbn9xL3-hqovpvJxI=s1400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="1400" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtnrgDyq2Fv2Y5hyz3DX4r17g1DSXEcHngvOUosGnBFq0Q0ucJg4zdFh-xnoizo88LBRQoGFx7v9ktZz8EsWCCO7N0pbF8_n_JC2hm7zXKuU2d_9Rpvah61DzjDS-30ZyE8RlEIovO72V58ygUUqOVtSVepKtGMgwk5adwgukEbn9xL3-hqovpvJxI=w640-h436" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ILM's Caroleen Green (and kitten) at work on a matte conceptual sketch. I get the impression that Caroleen is '<i>feline'</i> realllll good about her career at ILM.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpjyatVe37cyjUfXI3_ItV04H1ijvN1rtQO_LPCt3Yaft7MCvCsitqf2Evy0ZxVbD-JP54a5GKHX8w3E74Z49lfhwg3_FUJRhYHCD3BmgRx6vRljN-9ciU8ooG6u59PtABC5vqCGKN54gCgTP-I3RynYm0ZXDWmN9p_ayzF4CJamhbx3gceoSA2o-s=s1670" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="1670" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpjyatVe37cyjUfXI3_ItV04H1ijvN1rtQO_LPCt3Yaft7MCvCsitqf2Evy0ZxVbD-JP54a5GKHX8w3E74Z49lfhwg3_FUJRhYHCD3BmgRx6vRljN-9ciU8ooG6u59PtABC5vqCGKN54gCgTP-I3RynYm0ZXDWmN9p_ayzF4CJamhbx3gceoSA2o-s=w640-h264" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Dramatic cloudscape on glass.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVNRvVhdB0QQZbo2OHDCDiLqW4ZFOWmbm-svZYPhHvt26Z8L02Fe_DvlZ9tYuSdLV_Acq8S3-m7SLDZWPduumW283tw80IBjiOCjF2_LrW8o6vSCtu9Pvjb_RvD8NYeLVmFy97TODg8hhszFZRCDYb8p4EnAjyDHkyRdJHpADHsASA-4-UQJBFJGuU=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVNRvVhdB0QQZbo2OHDCDiLqW4ZFOWmbm-svZYPhHvt26Z8L02Fe_DvlZ9tYuSdLV_Acq8S3-m7SLDZWPduumW283tw80IBjiOCjF2_LrW8o6vSCtu9Pvjb_RvD8NYeLVmFy97TODg8hhszFZRCDYb8p4EnAjyDHkyRdJHpADHsASA-4-UQJBFJGuU=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMPPYk33RU78N7IPspawp_g2Mr9i2hRvP_g7ZeyvvT8Tdc1kCgqvnzNDrr7XP24RD07GLNteTMs5JGNuOja8jvqIyzun0zUIYQ-I3SNKjzFF6S-fULa7wM8WQDEoItKp8LP7H6HPZFCvwbk421f5mpuKdU5-7aYXFF86wrk2x0EhjbaHj5wKdfAMd-=s1704" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1704" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMPPYk33RU78N7IPspawp_g2Mr9i2hRvP_g7ZeyvvT8Tdc1kCgqvnzNDrr7XP24RD07GLNteTMs5JGNuOja8jvqIyzun0zUIYQ-I3SNKjzFF6S-fULa7wM8WQDEoItKp8LP7H6HPZFCvwbk421f5mpuKdU5-7aYXFF86wrk2x0EhjbaHj5wKdfAMd-=w640-h262" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The ILM artists included Mike Pangrazio, Frank Ordaz, Caroleen Green & Chris Evans.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ0P4MOzIWkE-QSiTzLSYBM74iKu_jX2QEycqNj-6EqEHbVfgrc0-osqlDJxqP7wW84SxeBeo7gCOIuwidDcGycL976xve3lwDvZxl_VHmXMxUwmErQHcU_CI-mKYqN-s_o9V8Y0gZ3meYkyGKQbgOiIT5k_2ll5a4-CsiT0ZvyJtwTEIzTemOkCr5=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ0P4MOzIWkE-QSiTzLSYBM74iKu_jX2QEycqNj-6EqEHbVfgrc0-osqlDJxqP7wW84SxeBeo7gCOIuwidDcGycL976xve3lwDvZxl_VHmXMxUwmErQHcU_CI-mKYqN-s_o9V8Y0gZ3meYkyGKQbgOiIT5k_2ll5a4-CsiT0ZvyJtwTEIzTemOkCr5=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte composite. There were two sequels, and I preferred part 2 actually. Al Whitlock supervised on that, with his long time associate, Syd Dutton rendering almost all of the many excellent mattes, though Leigh Took and Peter Talbot in the UK did some work as well. The 3rd film was forgettable, but had some nice shots by UK painter, Doug Ferris.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMW6d536CCgFFFDPkLS1eW02Uu9puAg11KQnJ7foYEnKO8xtHj6LA_daHFuzNBie4y8y3vs5V0iyP2x7NpAS2ULOV9M9IVzuecAWvfhDm5x62xiDmkZny7agzS1WiHEJFSWBbSyTq52sTN9LwfXNz5nJWmm2IbNJfsTpZGzJ2p_N1jvgd24fdXpFXd=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMW6d536CCgFFFDPkLS1eW02Uu9puAg11KQnJ7foYEnKO8xtHj6LA_daHFuzNBie4y8y3vs5V0iyP2x7NpAS2ULOV9M9IVzuecAWvfhDm5x62xiDmkZny7agzS1WiHEJFSWBbSyTq52sTN9LwfXNz5nJWmm2IbNJfsTpZGzJ2p_N1jvgd24fdXpFXd=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ILM matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7_6vQDyD6mFi7_izmvCto4kOq3lFadIqKcKgRglj17OGfjqYpgD03DA--BjXW3KB_DHozSJ-MHqXVyf0tWcSSMND1wih-b2GAMzbFfze8kk8PZdosDI3JYX2PL9Jj585FY-e-hzbi2dkINJVfCfk-nHW5C1znXREKl_p4pCucuDuob84KvX34DyRH=s1713" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1713" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7_6vQDyD6mFi7_izmvCto4kOq3lFadIqKcKgRglj17OGfjqYpgD03DA--BjXW3KB_DHozSJ-MHqXVyf0tWcSSMND1wih-b2GAMzbFfze8kk8PZdosDI3JYX2PL9Jj585FY-e-hzbi2dkINJVfCfk-nHW5C1znXREKl_p4pCucuDuob84KvX34DyRH=w640-h262" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rare pic of one of the large glass paintings that ILM produced.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeSdiW8TpbizbfUJV42PTXBS6Oltv9CXUMJ9o24_OKs9C4Jk1FdfKZ84ZSt1qZRmOCvYg-47z3_6KNjDOFkYMV0dQZt6Me2kcGBiN0Ds5faMHrbe5gw0ENs-m-3zCFm0QhDz1TtubnqnxUSm8NOu9FJMbyS3M1B_4kyukkCW4XENRnT8WaxDYRugjv=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeSdiW8TpbizbfUJV42PTXBS6Oltv9CXUMJ9o24_OKs9C4Jk1FdfKZ84ZSt1qZRmOCvYg-47z3_6KNjDOFkYMV0dQZt6Me2kcGBiN0Ds5faMHrbe5gw0ENs-m-3zCFm0QhDz1TtubnqnxUSm8NOu9FJMbyS3M1B_4kyukkCW4XENRnT8WaxDYRugjv=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Finished marry up of painted and live action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdVNBvcp-eNO5EsWwMI58SOhfJCelY4vyE-swvXC30aKnqXJGzLn_1DJy4wkEIGZOS5r47ZaR4hEGoNIsbiz2xwBz2tfsgsuFtmC_TlEomLqZbQ2YLNW8g7u_m9jBFh5DEsBGDCAghmwfFb-xezYb2LH1fIas1NLBwxPX_c5cAFIcd6h-1bPGeHGj7=s1022" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1022" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdVNBvcp-eNO5EsWwMI58SOhfJCelY4vyE-swvXC30aKnqXJGzLn_1DJy4wkEIGZOS5r47ZaR4hEGoNIsbiz2xwBz2tfsgsuFtmC_TlEomLqZbQ2YLNW8g7u_m9jBFh5DEsBGDCAghmwfFb-xezYb2LH1fIas1NLBwxPX_c5cAFIcd6h-1bPGeHGj7=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer look at the brush work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyvGoCBRhZLy_17g_LWipB8VCQaK4AV4cqO11KmAqJK1HXmU5uL_8Ihoj-5FcpyNLAuOk2TTkhNjSw4NeerZ0W6i0YeyJyS-jquvODRHcGCWp6BmT9nuQjKpxZJkn8N8B8w7zHykXLBjZR7EYK3Xve5EgGMXuqAZZz1v8N679cJC1S4cVEaR3YiWcA=s1578" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="1578" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyvGoCBRhZLy_17g_LWipB8VCQaK4AV4cqO11KmAqJK1HXmU5uL_8Ihoj-5FcpyNLAuOk2TTkhNjSw4NeerZ0W6i0YeyJyS-jquvODRHcGCWp6BmT9nuQjKpxZJkn8N8B8w7zHykXLBjZR7EYK3Xve5EgGMXuqAZZz1v8N679cJC1S4cVEaR3YiWcA=w640-h564" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte art, apparently by Caroleen Green, with both frames likely early tests and versions of intended final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwZ7qujoBS_LXUkpduAFG_wwzS_HzYpH5UHvNxuPGGV2D0lVcGW4TXPzJKFyM7ARpVcXVPFpmxP-WwWQzMyb0fEO4ih2nbeJBe3GpG33J0my8XEgsudR-ioXbcrPRxqPp0s0UHtEQdbHyfqb4jD26oCtnBBgcIL1JfKDKVXhO6kbsU2PxesKts2d8V=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwZ7qujoBS_LXUkpduAFG_wwzS_HzYpH5UHvNxuPGGV2D0lVcGW4TXPzJKFyM7ARpVcXVPFpmxP-WwWQzMyb0fEO4ih2nbeJBe3GpG33J0my8XEgsudR-ioXbcrPRxqPp0s0UHtEQdbHyfqb4jD26oCtnBBgcIL1JfKDKVXhO6kbsU2PxesKts2d8V=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same scene as it appears in the release version, with drifting clouds that looked like the real thing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFSh1bd0MTDqQbPULZs3_VkfkFr0h3YDu7VCSoElv0UVHz6fW9pWPUb032HV5gDPWADLqxHvgXBETkCL-vb-pT-EbzTJYt3g8qlij8q4RF9fT9MyJsTr7ftq4eL9zPgQWkGd2vL5toG3OdJcgUnVPUahu1nbMb1LQj96rv3b7GSOCorZ995SML9xSL=s909" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="909" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFSh1bd0MTDqQbPULZs3_VkfkFr0h3YDu7VCSoElv0UVHz6fW9pWPUb032HV5gDPWADLqxHvgXBETkCL-vb-pT-EbzTJYt3g8qlij8q4RF9fT9MyJsTr7ftq4eL9zPgQWkGd2vL5toG3OdJcgUnVPUahu1nbMb1LQj96rv3b7GSOCorZ995SML9xSL=w640-h450" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Green with her work in progress.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinsvg81XQx4V9FJGVRr7Tf8qRb5Kd_5rk5kAc52BiXMggCFrXBpWwmR5qraRMa4KMmPhrD78oZsaNN1oODPFPkjH2gDyV9DOTgwz4cccaJbSQGIbXbYeCrBZ1DfZHA8ipdyOIonPyHAt0qODx3MFsNS1d2Y-6VXRw9VqLfxDee6XBsowafsGfKYE5h=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinsvg81XQx4V9FJGVRr7Tf8qRb5Kd_5rk5kAc52BiXMggCFrXBpWwmR5qraRMa4KMmPhrD78oZsaNN1oODPFPkjH2gDyV9DOTgwz4cccaJbSQGIbXbYeCrBZ1DfZHA8ipdyOIonPyHAt0qODx3MFsNS1d2Y-6VXRw9VqLfxDee6XBsowafsGfKYE5h=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A second cut of the same sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div> NON-ILM <i>NEVER ENDING STORY</i> MATTES RENDERED BY JIM DANFORTH:</b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDSh1BMNu9KOXkya5QSq4Z4RTmGFKu3aVZ10Qp7NhIKqO4g9UxR8hOzuv9tf8kBtq9pZqT1YIDda-ChlFD9XsWjfLyNyQ0VktjWtX_Vori6x9mQQDwMOuPHB79MAxHeXjdTch2bBdl0FzVScYad2VAjJCMPbqUC28_fjUk2gRVzFNiSUp0o06oxNNM=s1417" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1417" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDSh1BMNu9KOXkya5QSq4Z4RTmGFKu3aVZ10Qp7NhIKqO4g9UxR8hOzuv9tf8kBtq9pZqT1YIDda-ChlFD9XsWjfLyNyQ0VktjWtX_Vori6x9mQQDwMOuPHB79MAxHeXjdTch2bBdl0FzVScYad2VAjJCMPbqUC28_fjUk2gRVzFNiSUp0o06oxNNM=w640-h632" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've always felt that the strongest asset in NES were the utterly magical mattes made by old time visual fx specialist and matte painter, Jim Danforth. This matte of the Crystal Valley remains my all time favourite among Jim's many painted mattes. Composited, as is Jim's usual preference, via rear process projection plates, the finished image simply glows with an almost tangable feeling of wonder that the film is purporting to present.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyrsY5Leqy3DVlKoqsMSaDd9gwv8HEcguQG7ap4Cu_N-oe5yMn4mxRzupcHpCO8iVtZSV3c-DSL1RZpxZpG_bCfay9TdqdOXXdt0Zy20L6OPDcbKc7KBBzJGGpUTqTS80Y7KwN0Z-DM_Z-DPh50S4FASPPN1HnUW3EEvRzCCMNtSBnlSDXfiXF4iED=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1920" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyrsY5Leqy3DVlKoqsMSaDd9gwv8HEcguQG7ap4Cu_N-oe5yMn4mxRzupcHpCO8iVtZSV3c-DSL1RZpxZpG_bCfay9TdqdOXXdt0Zy20L6OPDcbKc7KBBzJGGpUTqTS80Y7KwN0Z-DM_Z-DPh50S4FASPPN1HnUW3EEvRzCCMNtSBnlSDXfiXF4iED=w640-h276" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Jim's wonderful mattes - again, simply magical.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbHq7rgewequ7SdsSkh5EEkvS71t4CA-m2PeFcNXh_EshQu1BA7LhAB1x2KhJAcX8OHUUYxqs6liu3nWGnkfYRdMzoSpIkCa7uCgnYiIooLu7SAy7IqFPufcZy4k8q8lWx6ssBtjZHLetmHvCQhrb2gdgWc0kiDGVyFnQy_XsHyuI5e2XNvAqwck2-=s1991" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1705" data-original-width="1991" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbHq7rgewequ7SdsSkh5EEkvS71t4CA-m2PeFcNXh_EshQu1BA7LhAB1x2KhJAcX8OHUUYxqs6liu3nWGnkfYRdMzoSpIkCa7uCgnYiIooLu7SAy7IqFPufcZy4k8q8lWx6ssBtjZHLetmHvCQhrb2gdgWc0kiDGVyFnQy_XsHyuI5e2XNvAqwck2-=w640-h548" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I asked Jim and he was pretty certain these were his shots too.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWOgsQUALNwRXQbE0goHzXG4n9wNkmEtP0FTqquLUb4gR866ckQjOVNxK5rFBByx6YWZr9OCxLlwyB5lAHYTzPP9KaiQmJoNnOzm5fSgujMI0BP1644vhg7JAAr0ANVWrn4cwPqDDpgbsnXQIR8V9e1U0SgBcMERJo9Vag2xygijd4gp7jO4O28EWK=s1988" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1988" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWOgsQUALNwRXQbE0goHzXG4n9wNkmEtP0FTqquLUb4gR866ckQjOVNxK5rFBByx6YWZr9OCxLlwyB5lAHYTzPP9KaiQmJoNnOzm5fSgujMI0BP1644vhg7JAAr0ANVWrn4cwPqDDpgbsnXQIR8V9e1U0SgBcMERJo9Vag2xygijd4gp7jO4O28EWK=w640-h422" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final matte is also a Jim Danforth shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxH5cPKrRNWd7SGjgMhwY0Ha4G0oyTOg1no6PzBkfLcPkN0Agpn5qKshBUMehRKJ2sGnntzdAQ9W32LURua43Ckdc20iMv8R0UkUR0s5TZ49YG2lsSXhREFQwtGjoCtnHaC4VweI-Enym9NbC4e9R9mm2kOpWIbKVutOdlqT-ieyp_JLuwAp0O6VsV=s1446" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="1446" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxH5cPKrRNWd7SGjgMhwY0Ha4G0oyTOg1no6PzBkfLcPkN0Agpn5qKshBUMehRKJ2sGnntzdAQ9W32LURua43Ckdc20iMv8R0UkUR0s5TZ49YG2lsSXhREFQwtGjoCtnHaC4VweI-Enym9NbC4e9R9mm2kOpWIbKVutOdlqT-ieyp_JLuwAp0O6VsV=w400-h114" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Credit where credit's due. Note David Fincher's name in the credits.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9PntwiygWRKVnbWL8wTVE2M_jsHrKhW3jgoQRwasBwJFIPZS04N9t-yLkmPD9Y1H2OPNi__9T12BxyMKq7XsOWIIs72aP2_z-US81LIp_unEySx5s6XGCaCirsVm95u3Rk5CZN9yoysCTT6Li6yERF0lm3gt-BPY7AiN1EXRz0MCTtO1h9mbR0_Qu=s1182" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1182" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9PntwiygWRKVnbWL8wTVE2M_jsHrKhW3jgoQRwasBwJFIPZS04N9t-yLkmPD9Y1H2OPNi__9T12BxyMKq7XsOWIIs72aP2_z-US81LIp_unEySx5s6XGCaCirsVm95u3Rk5CZN9yoysCTT6Li6yERF0lm3gt-BPY7AiN1EXRz0MCTtO1h9mbR0_Qu=w640-h402" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I have already done an extensive coverage on both of these made for tv films, and that substantial article can be found</span> <b><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2020/10/matte-painting-review-selection-of.html">HERE</a>.</b></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix-9zYPm2sY-LUgHvBxHbRhI9ltODnURu4Mm93PtdO0x5i1sG17V4vA5xvIlxWqIXoPSzxo2-CE9DgCLBUQVii_DHpj4qcRozZIQIsz-Ok6BqE7_eU2G0MaFRotHLDfAWjxp3kb_QdacNXHZgViGdTHpq8tX4h1J_MurFOpPJ346T3pC0xAMg_m6N8=s1972" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1972" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix-9zYPm2sY-LUgHvBxHbRhI9ltODnURu4Mm93PtdO0x5i1sG17V4vA5xvIlxWqIXoPSzxo2-CE9DgCLBUQVii_DHpj4qcRozZIQIsz-Ok6BqE7_eU2G0MaFRotHLDfAWjxp3kb_QdacNXHZgViGdTHpq8tX4h1J_MurFOpPJ346T3pC0xAMg_m6N8=w640-h486" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Both EWOK telemovies were absolutely loaded with great matte shots. A veritable feast for matte art surveyors of all ages, religions, ethnic background. View</span> <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2020/10/matte-painting-review-selection-of.html">here</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUO5LH86tg-aHvge6nfuHZmVtblCDN0iEraBEeIqX7Pbo9UFNBFJCOWJlI57WqvEacFEuSbR_C_yjSOfAjMq194wqmm3lK04xxAEN2xZbyT19CqPC7CmZsjVgufDfTpaPF6J9W1ieGDKXnCobEZo-zPHyPdeI7FbwrupWtp5ZlIlypnMWbjAHA97vz=s1403" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="1403" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUO5LH86tg-aHvge6nfuHZmVtblCDN0iEraBEeIqX7Pbo9UFNBFJCOWJlI57WqvEacFEuSbR_C_yjSOfAjMq194wqmm3lK04xxAEN2xZbyT19CqPC7CmZsjVgufDfTpaPF6J9W1ieGDKXnCobEZo-zPHyPdeI7FbwrupWtp5ZlIlypnMWbjAHA97vz=w640-h310" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pangrazio and one of the 60 or so EWOK mattes, almost all of which were assembled as original negative shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZtc9mNSBIOOVHy_1ExTVEXbmKVKFaNTIqwniurI71y5UOYbOAZLDrYXL76GZrEe-PSQ39LF983m876J5SjNNfKjX7cimasiqBNObnlHJLAaA59meilMle4CYa_1-Nre1ElskJAy0LV7mOIOyaq9k3o7qOn7XCZCoxrYrNNe--MdA7-SJMbg6poVX3=s2752" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="2752" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZtc9mNSBIOOVHy_1ExTVEXbmKVKFaNTIqwniurI71y5UOYbOAZLDrYXL76GZrEe-PSQ39LF983m876J5SjNNfKjX7cimasiqBNObnlHJLAaA59meilMle4CYa_1-Nre1ElskJAy0LV7mOIOyaq9k3o7qOn7XCZCoxrYrNNe--MdA7-SJMbg6poVX3=w640-h324" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Artist and matte camera crew make incredible things happen...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEht0-oVmpG6nyk0tAByBl0ZeKcPZrWol9bT8_Sl8IIFS9q13874n80mZGFFasdAoJgJGGS5nxlqcJe1aI_DRFD0DHJBuaPCb5w5CNgxBF1A2xfpz_yh0M5gZDLVbOOQS6JEukuV694M_FTdVRJPYGsTkEuZpMxLBYE78j_ey_aWm0e_MKRU608Rbfl2=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEht0-oVmpG6nyk0tAByBl0ZeKcPZrWol9bT8_Sl8IIFS9q13874n80mZGFFasdAoJgJGGS5nxlqcJe1aI_DRFD0DHJBuaPCb5w5CNgxBF1A2xfpz_yh0M5gZDLVbOOQS6JEukuV694M_FTdVRJPYGsTkEuZpMxLBYE78j_ey_aWm0e_MKRU608Rbfl2=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of Caroleen Green's marvellous EWOK ADVENTURE paintings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-Gp2QHBgzLanmdFYEzujVWYAqk7YvxdqkaCXqq6xOEN4_1aL1Ienjo1RTSMYMMcinPcfzpFTmA113Nh7YC1fUSGcgCoPosuSUhU6FmOu0c2ZbzDP8aSzTW4wFdjxkuYbcrhB2zQ5GcR1k7kyaThymjCg8G_1vks-gRi4yw6Jgn75q-vAEKyHwBLTB=s1128" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1032" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-Gp2QHBgzLanmdFYEzujVWYAqk7YvxdqkaCXqq6xOEN4_1aL1Ienjo1RTSMYMMcinPcfzpFTmA113Nh7YC1fUSGcgCoPosuSUhU6FmOu0c2ZbzDP8aSzTW4wFdjxkuYbcrhB2zQ5GcR1k7kyaThymjCg8G_1vks-gRi4yw6Jgn75q-vAEKyHwBLTB=w366-h400" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An oddly melodramatic little love story from John Carpenter that had it's moments. A handful of below-the-radar effects shots from ILM, including some painted mattes by Frank Ordaz at the end.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIJ15VDACPhDVD3R3FQilZbHxAt0bLCztgmJCIa6eTdN-nG0jBiOImQQRCF5RNqko0jKiLhafu1nExP5NxUmvp2ARja0mL9pxjDcx7j5TivOI3NUa0Y-7Ha-4DKlRRYWTwkGtxFTAM2lRY2EloLxleudDp9oz7lslhiRbjsErBuFFHVhUd3oBJloU9=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIJ15VDACPhDVD3R3FQilZbHxAt0bLCztgmJCIa6eTdN-nG0jBiOImQQRCF5RNqko0jKiLhafu1nExP5NxUmvp2ARja0mL9pxjDcx7j5TivOI3NUa0Y-7Ha-4DKlRRYWTwkGtxFTAM2lRY2EloLxleudDp9oz7lslhiRbjsErBuFFHVhUd3oBJloU9=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Watch the skies...</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpgNwAkPB7vXqzDMbymUX0MrRA8KVhXKbWcib6MHisMG5Z-4g_Z-pm_wocSZjbMVVrJe6JFk6UuYfj0dUKW2_Amc6lnKCcY9qFnZkoHOUxzW8Do5oGqNaG-smDbLFo86brIxK8sqKyz_uGSPDJbaWBcEvCH5XvAUaEVawhU1dSU5uXMHpHizw5jPQK=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpgNwAkPB7vXqzDMbymUX0MrRA8KVhXKbWcib6MHisMG5Z-4g_Z-pm_wocSZjbMVVrJe6JFk6UuYfj0dUKW2_Amc6lnKCcY9qFnZkoHOUxzW8Do5oGqNaG-smDbLFo86brIxK8sqKyz_uGSPDJbaWBcEvCH5XvAUaEVawhU1dSU5uXMHpHizw5jPQK=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I assume the sky was a painted view by Frank, with miniature spaceship and animated light effects.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4rwZRc55iaEembrGRzfXK5jrlRg0HwTeuSpdxOwtUD2_PCoyrj9tHYlT0fSteLShVzXEGS6AVIy_7Yh3rAqtCWoO4wZs3WBTtfUe6wKS5cNAZ__2gc8zokOM0zxxLctK0wX7J8pA5zRkzD-a0pGx4ex97CNkexd87xlQiJl9qR2dty6kp0GXuyKX6=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4rwZRc55iaEembrGRzfXK5jrlRg0HwTeuSpdxOwtUD2_PCoyrj9tHYlT0fSteLShVzXEGS6AVIy_7Yh3rAqtCWoO4wZs3WBTtfUe6wKS5cNAZ__2gc8zokOM0zxxLctK0wX7J8pA5zRkzD-a0pGx4ex97CNkexd87xlQiJl9qR2dty6kp0GXuyKX6=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Really well done actually, with underside reflecting the desert floor and horizon on it's chrome dome.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjh1c1Qa2QGAPOxEv6VwzUuYo0_EX01hq3eTkmTPZYL_DquCrXkzCj6ZpdnEGL3hgij5oU5udf368ty4el0N6qUwx-HtDEr0Y3CrP7yMVgvWjig6J9Q1q0IDdzQ_Ko5MpG4wuSNDpy86rOlP5u6sbA3BSc1hr4oVJR4VOucXuXcvCeCSrpUFhZIL60V=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjh1c1Qa2QGAPOxEv6VwzUuYo0_EX01hq3eTkmTPZYL_DquCrXkzCj6ZpdnEGL3hgij5oU5udf368ty4el0N6qUwx-HtDEr0Y3CrP7yMVgvWjig6J9Q1q0IDdzQ_Ko5MpG4wuSNDpy86rOlP5u6sbA3BSc1hr4oVJR4VOucXuXcvCeCSrpUFhZIL60V=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2K0J9p051jE4B-8HoKd1jrDNFi2RzNjNwlETyirek6OeGm9T1FQwE_oHBEFTIvLvRISH6q0-8rWiZqL2lxE-zJ5fqIOW6lAb-2YtD0OlekQbSbSSlHM1jY84prdJJGL7IvPzoANjH2LGNVmkGUFD4l8lC8n8bqUNKSFwkJfoDncplQGw1FY8m6DsZ=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2K0J9p051jE4B-8HoKd1jrDNFi2RzNjNwlETyirek6OeGm9T1FQwE_oHBEFTIvLvRISH6q0-8rWiZqL2lxE-zJ5fqIOW6lAb-2YtD0OlekQbSbSSlHM1jY84prdJJGL7IvPzoANjH2LGNVmkGUFD4l8lC8n8bqUNKSFwkJfoDncplQGw1FY8m6DsZ=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ordaz matte art, where it looks as if Frank painted in the reflected scenery, based upon the final behind the scenes photo.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0qk6bHIVTYHdEyau2CJJfM8GHGw-8eNLPCDk2CZYQjMeZ19ntQbRSi06l36pKStuI57eLaC71XnZipVUCrfJ2Hkyu_m_9rEHYZy1yrAWSD51rOHqAGTX_NeC92i9J5uoxla-l1bgeMEVV9QB5P3jYWQ0u84AiwtSdN1cEUmW0NKBIs9581iSmHIJK=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0qk6bHIVTYHdEyau2CJJfM8GHGw-8eNLPCDk2CZYQjMeZ19ntQbRSi06l36pKStuI57eLaC71XnZipVUCrfJ2Hkyu_m_9rEHYZy1yrAWSD51rOHqAGTX_NeC92i9J5uoxla-l1bgeMEVV9QB5P3jYWQ0u84AiwtSdN1cEUmW0NKBIs9581iSmHIJK=w640-h266" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiod_ewRxfH4uID9kzEPhjshRFY56w6koWURCKFCuHC5wt4pQQ0eU-zEuvCgM3cYhGa8hscVdQG8X3LOX9jSwBd_paSK_zvhBqQDvGYtFHdMDyWRQ6P9twSak0UF8yIkerhsZvg1o41QZcv2J3MzB9W4douflcVL8tJnune2jdIx649x3KycRBD9nXv=s972" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="972" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiod_ewRxfH4uID9kzEPhjshRFY56w6koWURCKFCuHC5wt4pQQ0eU-zEuvCgM3cYhGa8hscVdQG8X3LOX9jSwBd_paSK_zvhBqQDvGYtFHdMDyWRQ6P9twSak0UF8yIkerhsZvg1o41QZcv2J3MzB9W4douflcVL8tJnune2jdIx649x3KycRBD9nXv=w640-h438" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The quite striking imagery that Frank has created on his easel.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK3qGfGIt31rRxq9_qA191tkbPzX5GrK_JqQgJngfyO5_WLGGmFCB7lPG8ywKbDMEVWjsRRfs4GfBQAI3bQD2_Hi4jp5Ww1M_xuLjK-OcSQEleCCfLQacL5Z-QPp96MFuHhcuntCKLC4tSZkWdrXaQCB3yhWGrd8HCRS2FbRrgyT3KkfHN5tyval6G=s1148" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1148" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK3qGfGIt31rRxq9_qA191tkbPzX5GrK_JqQgJngfyO5_WLGGmFCB7lPG8ywKbDMEVWjsRRfs4GfBQAI3bQD2_Hi4jp5Ww1M_xuLjK-OcSQEleCCfLQacL5Z-QPp96MFuHhcuntCKLC4tSZkWdrXaQCB3yhWGrd8HCRS2FbRrgyT3KkfHN5tyval6G=w400-h313" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another popular kiddie flick, THE GOONIES (1985), that was a super hit and seems to have a cult following. Not bad I guess, though I was far too old to appreciate it and have a preference for far 'darker', grittier cinema.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKMDgSq-2F6FYz2cy0ThdSLt4ZUWKH-__b1JPZ8AnQiCTnzCiR41ASGxFSlwt-dWBT0K5wcHVxRi0Uh4Xwsk34Pq8RApejgmqxeX_RG4MKrKiJ7eF7fFD-CbJkf4xCodbH9POBhfha0XbXUkxpUlC3cSVVmNvKx3xOIOQZ5HjJXIvifNzdYzBciQMR=s1918" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1918" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKMDgSq-2F6FYz2cy0ThdSLt4ZUWKH-__b1JPZ8AnQiCTnzCiR41ASGxFSlwt-dWBT0K5wcHVxRi0Uh4Xwsk34Pq8RApejgmqxeX_RG4MKrKiJ7eF7fFD-CbJkf4xCodbH9POBhfha0XbXUkxpUlC3cSVVmNvKx3xOIOQZ5HjJXIvifNzdYzBciQMR=w640-h276" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not many fx shots, and just a couple of mattes as far as I can recall, with this shot of the old pirate ship requiring some painted in set extension to add in more sails, cave walls and such.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqd-q2FVYQ84OiaUWAs6scTg0KKpcOYnDkekg2wsOpO2GnplBtIHhQKwKsWYPLJTTB1mfTCZUyZe9xKx0A0MrOXe32Yqm0P6SW_SvI5NKzv-eI2XIxsDJtChxC7RWsRQWyv-GgrHPnKuG4wHll7j65B8m8D58cpv8V4UXyIPfQwHUByYmZn6hGF8Jq=s2513" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="2513" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqd-q2FVYQ84OiaUWAs6scTg0KKpcOYnDkekg2wsOpO2GnplBtIHhQKwKsWYPLJTTB1mfTCZUyZe9xKx0A0MrOXe32Yqm0P6SW_SvI5NKzv-eI2XIxsDJtChxC7RWsRQWyv-GgrHPnKuG4wHll7j65B8m8D58cpv8V4UXyIPfQwHUByYmZn6hGF8Jq=w640-h264" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Again, Frank Ordaz has painting duties, and here we can appreciate the invisible fix up work that a good matte artist can do. Also, the Warner Bros. soundstage lighting and gantry work was in frame so this served a dual purpose.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMJws6rDhaOhV2oSliMGe6QqKoYjOxXPw8WJEWsnl8hUFI3zTDSzSBCG9Xmf6RvOaWS1q_SxbTaGHS6kOxlIWuA0jbOHZwufjHI-OEmqtaCKmI51C_hfU03EJ4_41yxql92gXuPGdTExnT1hxMLlSGyY78gZjN5DRYTK3H00GC5ZmnSjQiEdQlqVbv=s1233" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1233" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMJws6rDhaOhV2oSliMGe6QqKoYjOxXPw8WJEWsnl8hUFI3zTDSzSBCG9Xmf6RvOaWS1q_SxbTaGHS6kOxlIWuA0jbOHZwufjHI-OEmqtaCKmI51C_hfU03EJ4_41yxql92gXuPGdTExnT1hxMLlSGyY78gZjN5DRYTK3H00GC5ZmnSjQiEdQlqVbv=w640-h450" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Christopher Evans discusses his preliminary sketched in outline for a proposed matte shot with the vfx director, though the final shot, shown below, I read used miniatures(?)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4mBBlSrWy1_iXHjlQJ2qgsWrZV2Hr6jfrDHGRcBZ8lzFHgHCgAsCbM5auOrdQI6-1V7Pr9UGbCRt7SysulvFekiacR3VtfSMnKdGOi0jrkkNwUKKtq9BgJOTvyBjL7ulKhlf2UxLQVSU_EAMIFAhhhGMYfBGbNcXmzWbNGVzd0wc8_TBPBPj8hRo-=s1647" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1647" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4mBBlSrWy1_iXHjlQJ2qgsWrZV2Hr6jfrDHGRcBZ8lzFHgHCgAsCbM5auOrdQI6-1V7Pr9UGbCRt7SysulvFekiacR3VtfSMnKdGOi0jrkkNwUKKtq9BgJOTvyBjL7ulKhlf2UxLQVSU_EAMIFAhhhGMYfBGbNcXmzWbNGVzd0wc8_TBPBPj8hRo-=w640-h260" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The shot when completed. Though the view seems to be identical to that which Evans had roughed in, I think it was ultimately done with model work(?)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhevonEzDrqoeqaUKCtOvp5joBM5N3IdCwqaFMUqsqvobBkkW_tfNfEND2UODwCIkylwWWg6mubzyNr0FN_qSI9SP3LLuuOZQQcjuyYNJcey_tVz0T_IN9vFiPfiz_P2WFfH2q6PL5fTazzsyis8XtaPPVPyEegbPrpos_ct-deK-axhInVi5I_I93Y=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="1280" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhevonEzDrqoeqaUKCtOvp5joBM5N3IdCwqaFMUqsqvobBkkW_tfNfEND2UODwCIkylwWWg6mubzyNr0FN_qSI9SP3LLuuOZQQcjuyYNJcey_tVz0T_IN9vFiPfiz_P2WFfH2q6PL5fTazzsyis8XtaPPVPyEegbPrpos_ct-deK-axhInVi5I_I93Y=w640-h274" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm pretty sure this well is mostly painted.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsKOf5qxHYrgkuv7Zg7-tcVD7c0vJ0TERBuTSgohn9yh-YnvXgNRWqjs6fA15FWQqOZNCrEmvLNZACIfhaEVwlKvXTeo8G60pOWax9AIaCZ4FmtozeUt0DVMh0hgWjOjY5aoLkoaoFlATRz9gd1ru0OKFucETh9z3KReykFxGajmc8tyRjN8AiDJQ8=s1918" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1918" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsKOf5qxHYrgkuv7Zg7-tcVD7c0vJ0TERBuTSgohn9yh-YnvXgNRWqjs6fA15FWQqOZNCrEmvLNZACIfhaEVwlKvXTeo8G60pOWax9AIaCZ4FmtozeUt0DVMh0hgWjOjY5aoLkoaoFlATRz9gd1ru0OKFucETh9z3KReykFxGajmc8tyRjN8AiDJQ8=w640-h276" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Long shot of sailing ship at sea was either matte art (most likely) or miniature doubled in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOWapaSuKbFQxdsnmtuNaINjw3Lpe-q2bxti9Ip-NsJ_vlPSHTNWXIxZ4uGbaUQ7_ciEE2NBs8AE8ZhsJUfhbFSDM_zBBVA78d6-0s-I-joQxqEtVWN7tvmqJQQQmmRRkTbtmfFXMwrDQfoRd2ShZhloL6k71BJhkX3auR5Ns48XIV6EgAx3aduwPb=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="1280" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOWapaSuKbFQxdsnmtuNaINjw3Lpe-q2bxti9Ip-NsJ_vlPSHTNWXIxZ4uGbaUQ7_ciEE2NBs8AE8ZhsJUfhbFSDM_zBBVA78d6-0s-I-joQxqEtVWN7tvmqJQQQmmRRkTbtmfFXMwrDQfoRd2ShZhloL6k71BJhkX3auR5Ns48XIV6EgAx3aduwPb=w640-h274" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A shot that's not very effective, and has a distinct 'pasted on' quality about it. Not ILM's finest hour.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 174 previous blog posts known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXRwwurej4kSXM79GLUeKvZ9-Mu2AFmu7q-yOZbB7kL_YGRu6VAsGOfMH7XRO_bozDTMY9EMzKyn8oyEI66UQrQcNbzpkzhFArnyZVPh-uog_xZyPCw4vPXq-yZVmaFfQZHUoim98QuykMhacBHxxKhbWF80VBIWuLwl8u-8XtUdAKmBry-YGm6sya=s1377" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="1230" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXRwwurej4kSXM79GLUeKvZ9-Mu2AFmu7q-yOZbB7kL_YGRu6VAsGOfMH7XRO_bozDTMY9EMzKyn8oyEI66UQrQcNbzpkzhFArnyZVPh-uog_xZyPCw4vPXq-yZVmaFfQZHUoim98QuykMhacBHxxKhbWF80VBIWuLwl8u-8XtUdAKmBry-YGm6sya=w358-h400" width="358" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> <b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">TO BE CONTINUED....</span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></b></p><p><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>I'll be back soon with great matte shots from shows like THE GOLDEN CHILD, HOOK, STAR TREK IV, EXPLORERS, ENEMY MINE, THE DARK CRYSTAL, LABYRINTH and even that god-awful HOWARD THE DUCK </b>(o.m.g, what on earth were they thinking!)</span></i></p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><b>***<u>Final word</u>: We here at <i>Matte Shot</i> wish to take this opportunity to extend our kind thoughts and utmost support to the people and legitimate government of the democratic nation of <i>Ukraine</i>. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>All the best.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Pete</b></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="2348" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScPqAskS-DCI0uD7Zs3HNkFNMLxj9LNjP_4nCme35uhbhboVFjx23Uw_O1db1iIy2xFN36clq8nnRIpd0Et3OtJ0ofmTisLN8QgjYWGIxcPPyIPf_IVqa7eZkElbG5kMrJkXZEwsA5CI/w640-h442/BLOG+header+%2528sm+B%2529+Dec21.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><p>Hi there fellow enthusiasts of that marvellous, magical and utterly beguiling lost artform of traditional matte painting and old school trick photography. It's that time once again for NZ Pete to unwrap another parcel of ingenious and often amazing hand painted motion picture processes from the photo-chemical era, or as my friend Mark Wolf would say, "<i>B.C - before computers"</i>.</p><p>In this, the final article for 2021 (<i>and maybe for good given the state of the world as it stands at present)</i> I want to delve into an exciting treasure chest of never before seen goodies that I'm quite confident will enthrall many of my regular readers, and most likely a few <i>irregular</i> readers as well(!)</p><p>The bulk of today's blog post covers the lost 35mm sample reels of old Russ Lawson matte shots that had been hidden away in storage since the late 1950's. There are some fantastic before and after shots in this exceedingly rare collection of Universal Studios oldies, which for this fan, is pure heaven.</p><p>In addition to the old Lawson showreels, I've also including a few other gems as well, such as a look at the consumate visual effects professionalism that was matte artist Geoffrey Dickinson - an integral part of the small yet much loved British movie studio, Ealing. As if <i>that</i> weren't enough, I've also recovered another 'lost' matte shot, this being an Albert Whitlock shot that wasn't used in SHIP OF FOOLS. Finally, I've come across a pair of interesting before and after mattes also painted at Universal for the first George Lucas EWOK telemovie that just happened to be tacked onto the end of one of the aforementioned sample reels.</p><p>Oh, and in closing... As you know I received a crate load of wonderful original mattes recently. I'm told that <i>another</i> of my fellow New Zealand countrymen also ordered a sizeable shipment, though just who, I don't know. If you happen to be a reader of <b>Matte Shot</b>, I'd love to know what marvellous paintings you acquired. My guess would be a certain film maker of those grand Tolkien epics, who has a massive private museum of Hollywood props, artwork, vfx artifacts and so on.</p><p>So, with that.... let us board the bus and start the journey...........</p><p>Enjoy</p><p>NZ Pete</p><p><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 173 previous blogs known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">NZ PETE'S RANDOM MATTE FROM THE ARCHIVE:</span></b></p><p> </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_yYNxyMP5queXiN9EuVr_yEDRXMtoxSRKmZTLjdCd19yx3CXsvQrKEy5cTBs9gNU5Dp7z4CHM8PK6WUuSRs0HLRtMDVHMlAvxQ7lYessgF6oHNVqpJ6Bd3hhKyq_pO-ve2rtkyjnVfw/s1456/Pool+of+London-51+BR+matte+shot+%2528Kino%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1456" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_yYNxyMP5queXiN9EuVr_yEDRXMtoxSRKmZTLjdCd19yx3CXsvQrKEy5cTBs9gNU5Dp7z4CHM8PK6WUuSRs0HLRtMDVHMlAvxQ7lYessgF6oHNVqpJ6Bd3hhKyq_pO-ve2rtkyjnVfw/w640-h474/Pool+of+London-51+BR+matte+shot+%2528Kino%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This spectacular matte shot was rendered by British matte artist Geoffrey Dickinson for the gritty crime drama POOL OF LONDON (1950). The sequence shown here was a complicated assembly in more ways than one.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWSm0TLEhGuHPvzx7ZSWYne4jRgGlfE6lHouISz-Mmlz1-GS1sTBz7OrMWx1sg7XZYMW5VroX9sk7O_7RW2WEPRm3o3kXP_zjSmC7Ibhtyu0OPlChLXZG2msCbeMT1Gjsu9Um5YS-13M/s1300/Geoffrey+Dickinson+EALING+%2528fix%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1300" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWSm0TLEhGuHPvzx7ZSWYne4jRgGlfE6lHouISz-Mmlz1-GS1sTBz7OrMWx1sg7XZYMW5VroX9sk7O_7RW2WEPRm3o3kXP_zjSmC7Ibhtyu0OPlChLXZG2msCbeMT1Gjsu9Um5YS-13M/w640-h380/Geoffrey+Dickinson+EALING+%2528fix%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Geoffrey Dickinson was Ealing's photographic effects supervisor for a number of years, usually screen credited as 'Special Processes'. Dickinson was the resident matte painter on many films produced by the studio from the mid 1940's through to his final picture the year he died in 1955. The studio was famous - not just for being the oldest continually operational film studio in the world - but for the catalogue of timeless British classics that were enormously popular with, not only the English audiences at home, but throughout the Commonwealth countries, and, presumably to a limited extent, in America. Films such as KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS, WHISKEY GALORE, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB, SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC and the excellent THE NIGHT MY NUMBER CAME UP are all classics and are as sought after today as they were when first released. Dickinson was, and pretty much remains to this day, one of those creative enigma's of the UK film industry, as were so many ingenious visual effects craftsmen, who received very little by way of a mention. Geoffrey <i>did</i> however get on screen credit for many films during his years with Ealing, and for that at least we should be thankful.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7VX0iQPGWZvimYuOFmurExZICf0IveENJnYJfwaQy2FthQBZeD3yZKBEmfRUGY1O-lnshC2mzIgLPOMAIA1qwpLSw9JaB6sn4YDaY0S03majZD3QW985FzcPFrP50DuRpB8lF3n-2go/s1974/Pool+Of+London-50+%2528sodium+shot%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1974" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7VX0iQPGWZvimYuOFmurExZICf0IveENJnYJfwaQy2FthQBZeD3yZKBEmfRUGY1O-lnshC2mzIgLPOMAIA1qwpLSw9JaB6sn4YDaY0S03majZD3QW985FzcPFrP50DuRpB8lF3n-2go/w640-h316/Pool+Of+London-50+%2528sodium+shot%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The dizzying 'leap of faith' shot from POOL OF LONDON, with Dickinson's elaborate matte painting combined with a partial live action plate, and all of this serving the basis for a brilliantly executed travelling matte described in an interesting article about the Ealing effects department in <i>Brit. Kine</i> at the time as the 'split-beam process', where the backing is illuminated with blue light and the foreground actors with yellow light, in much the same way as the old Dunning Process. The two films are exposed in the beam splitter camera with the yellow lit foreground on panchromatic film and the blue lit backing on special blue-sensitive film. The latter produces a sillhouette of the foreground image, with the films combined in the optical printer. The benefits of this process being a complete lack of fringing around the final matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPog1APqzCli9fxUC32sVaRWQ5LTM31OVnCkYFTTlo2coT0Fib7N-QC7XT1p0fNl1IWv6F_E8dFt-ad8-6ut5xKzW8JaMLNx8mrX63_P3yxLAZ54XYJLOHHGxycK0xTYyu5ftVcQoEoCM/s3200/Geoffrey+Dickinson+glass+shot+EALING+1951+%2528fix+B%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="3200" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPog1APqzCli9fxUC32sVaRWQ5LTM31OVnCkYFTTlo2coT0Fib7N-QC7XT1p0fNl1IWv6F_E8dFt-ad8-6ut5xKzW8JaMLNx8mrX63_P3yxLAZ54XYJLOHHGxycK0xTYyu5ftVcQoEoCM/w640-h206/Geoffrey+Dickinson+glass+shot+EALING+1951+%2528fix+B%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Dickinson (centre) and his vfx camera crew are shown here setting up a foreground glass shot for the classic Alec Guiness film THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1951) - a very dark satire indeed. Geoffrey also served as scenic artist on several films, so I'm assuming he came from that long line of British backing painters who, over time, merged into specialised matte and glass shot work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<div><br /><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">RESCUED FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR:</span></b></p><p>A few months back I did an extensive article on the vfx for the Stanley Kramer film SHIP OF FOOLS (1965), and illustrated for the first time, the original Albert Whitlock mattes - painted in <i>colour</i> as in fact they were for what was a <i>black & white</i> film. One particular matte painting stood apart, as I could never find a matching scene in the film to correspond it with. The mystery is now solved, as the matte was indeed composited and finished, though evidentally fell victim to the editor's scissors. I'm happy to report that glorious deleted shot, though unused, can now be seen and appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVXk_ORMZYPTHmuMRp5rCBwlp1-f7NDsDdk4D_CzH-_HGViFhX84s3fHVgyk0G1Ks8zuRNYfPDUY33BXqvHlL8tsr1fuvRYsWKD-MMFFSiez_hchKjAUjM0Ye7Abll_GQSdKSUlfJFHs/s1956/Ship+of+Fools-deleted+Whitlock+matte+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="1956" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVXk_ORMZYPTHmuMRp5rCBwlp1-f7NDsDdk4D_CzH-_HGViFhX84s3fHVgyk0G1Ks8zuRNYfPDUY33BXqvHlL8tsr1fuvRYsWKD-MMFFSiez_hchKjAUjM0Ye7Abll_GQSdKSUlfJFHs/w640-h452/Ship+of+Fools-deleted+Whitlock+matte+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of a number of spectacular paintings created by Al Whitlock for SHIP OF FOOLS, though not seen by audiences.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_wyQZWTT_rYUcWr2KuZrsivfs63LNaIgMd8G0BBh_R5EabbW6JXtM43v4KoWQlqJESC672lgIA6wcFqZ6HECQrmrvpzKxG_-PwYuSLGo_kXYOdXsHt9TkFqHlyhimgF1resHZKQSoN0/s3020/Ship+of+Fools+%2528deleted+AW+matte+comp%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="3020" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_wyQZWTT_rYUcWr2KuZrsivfs63LNaIgMd8G0BBh_R5EabbW6JXtM43v4KoWQlqJESC672lgIA6wcFqZ6HECQrmrvpzKxG_-PwYuSLGo_kXYOdXsHt9TkFqHlyhimgF1resHZKQSoN0/w640-h240/Ship+of+Fools+%2528deleted+AW+matte+comp%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The glorious final composite recently uncovered on Al's old sample reels. For those unaware, ALL of the shots of the ship at sea in that film were entirely fabricated by Whitlock as matte art at Universal. Only the very near ocean here is real, with the distant sea, ship, sky etc all painted on glass. Additionally, the clouds drift slowly in layers and smoke rises from the stacks. As per Al's non-negotiable preferred method, all done on original negative for maximum resolution and quality.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">THE LOST MATTES OF RUSSELL LAWSON:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was thrilled beyond belief to receive the digitally transferred masters of the remaining 35mm sample reels of a broad selection of Russ Lawson's mattes that to my surprise had been stored in the temperature and humidty controlled vault that the late Bill Taylor had carefully conserved thousands of vfx elements such as all of the old Albert Whitlock showreels dating back to the early sixties, as well as the later Illusion Arts paintings, photographs, preparatory sketches and other material. I am greatly indebted to my friend Tom Higginson for kindly sharing these incredibly rare original before and after mattes with me, and most importantly, in their original 'movie' format, as they were intended to be seen. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wOvNu_OlKf6Xriq-KLerAoyzI7NDTwC4D90m0Zbrzg2KD3dzY0Ur6ho-le50hEnwLK94fAnDIutV_IAKokVVk0qkc15VABmJWMGNsBQsofFib1fwnMS7cIpoU79CLA1f4hwnQRmoSJc/s2282/UNI+logo%2527s.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2282" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wOvNu_OlKf6Xriq-KLerAoyzI7NDTwC4D90m0Zbrzg2KD3dzY0Ur6ho-le50hEnwLK94fAnDIutV_IAKokVVk0qkc15VABmJWMGNsBQsofFib1fwnMS7cIpoU79CLA1f4hwnQRmoSJc/w640-h428/UNI+logo%2527s.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Universal of the 30's, 40's and 50's - flat, scope, monochrome and Technicolor. The logo always revved me up as a kid, watching Saturday matinee's at my local revival picture theatres, with shows like THIS ISLAND EARTH blowing my young mind.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpQYEx5q1lvBEv1velp6x-r1DPJFkGsPfzrRKglPRybu6RowBkJtZZ_ubSjqPhhJ-thdAgKhacIS8eW9QvkgrA2jVw-USb5kXnFjTK3yCN90rI5xH7VgxahWRvrHmBHQrL2Y-HOhp1E4/s1166/slate.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1166" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpQYEx5q1lvBEv1velp6x-r1DPJFkGsPfzrRKglPRybu6RowBkJtZZ_ubSjqPhhJ-thdAgKhacIS8eW9QvkgrA2jVw-USb5kXnFjTK3yCN90rI5xH7VgxahWRvrHmBHQrL2Y-HOhp1E4/w400-h248/slate.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It was common industry practice for a number of decades for mattes to be a high, almost secretive specialty trade, with some of the practitioners themselves seen as part of the branding exercise as shown here as a 'Lawson Matte Shot'. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Universal had a pretty inventive photographic effects department since it began back in the early silent era. Among the heads of department for the VFX side were Phil Whitman in the early and mid 1920's; Frank Booth took over from Phil from the late twenties; George Teague did a very brief stint as well as chief but didn't last long; the legendary John P. Fulton was in charge from the early thirties through to the mid to late forties; John's long time assistant David S. Horsley managed the department from the late forties until the mid fifties, whereby Clifford Stine was given the headship for around five years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwF-1EQ5BGNvNzDNaRY42AcSX1n3PYd9j5RHj_Qiy44zIZy38ho8qGvN6UkfQoLFbWSuuw5pUXE4W9M5g9VzbqiZxIlfSetKYrWP7M_GozaJG9udPzUahO8eSYLSQYqF_qb-uHaPBjxXU/s1410/Thomas+Ince+Art+Dept+1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1410" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwF-1EQ5BGNvNzDNaRY42AcSX1n3PYd9j5RHj_Qiy44zIZy38ho8qGvN6UkfQoLFbWSuuw5pUXE4W9M5g9VzbqiZxIlfSetKYrWP7M_GozaJG9udPzUahO8eSYLSQYqF_qb-uHaPBjxXU/w640-h312/Thomas+Ince+Art+Dept+1920.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the matte painting side of things, the pioneering Norman Dawn - pretty much regarded by most in the business as <u>the</u> inventor of the motion picture matte shot - was Universal's matte expert in the very early days and conjured up many amazing shots and tricks. British born artist Conrad Tritschler, I believe, was engaged for a time painting mattes <i>(most likely for the original Bela Lugosi DRACULA and others)</i>, and somewhere in the early part of the thirties both Jack Cosgrove and Russell Lawson teamed up as resident in-house matte painters. Jack departed in the mid thirties for David Selznick's up and coming studio and never looked back. A few years later future Production Designer John DeCuir came on board as a young apprentice in Lawson's department and painted many mattes with Russ, off and on, between 1939 and 1946. DeCuir's son told me some great stories about his father working for Lawson: <i>"As the story goes Russ took John under his wing. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Russ managed up John's skills from illustrator into matte artist. </span>John told me his first assignment from Russ<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I recall he said his first day at work, Russ came in and dropped a huge rock on his desk - dirt, shit and leaves flying in all directions and said "paint this", </span></span>when I can't tell if it's a photograph or not we will go on to painting clouds,<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> and then Russ went up on the roof to take his lunch time-nap. After rocks Russ told him to paint the clouds outside his window. He was about to quit when he got his first real glass matte to paint. As Russ's roof top naps got longer, Dad found himself running the department and would have stayed there except he went into the Navy (WW2) about 1941-44. - After the war he came back to Universal as an art department illustrator and he rest was/is history." </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpdBY1W9IMOK-0iRJUSd0G2UXBTlrwEMQJ9n54Ap1xCXaMENK43Kijy2uWs5tLKIWuu72rrRG8vgzOCcqHiAgxW1ERpQnEyz9BTjtOezyGhFk-tIshUed3GX6oy2cqqzwohi0fF87nd0/s1456/DRACULA-31+Conrad+Tritschler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1456" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpdBY1W9IMOK-0iRJUSd0G2UXBTlrwEMQJ9n54Ap1xCXaMENK43Kijy2uWs5tLKIWuu72rrRG8vgzOCcqHiAgxW1ERpQnEyz9BTjtOezyGhFk-tIshUed3GX6oy2cqqzwohi0fF87nd0/w640-h472/DRACULA-31+Conrad+Tritschler.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A classic golden era Universal matte shot from the Bela Lugosi DRACULA (1931), may be one of Lawson's but most likely executed by British artist Conrad Tritschler, with Frank Booth as head of special effects at the time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As is well known, the Universal matte department would eventually pass from Russell to Albert Whitlock around 1962 or so. What <i>isn't</i> well known is the fact that both Russ and Albert worked together for a time. Al's long time friend and associate, Syd Dutton, kindly shared some history of the events, as told to him by Albert. <i>"Albert and Russ did work together briefly, but I don’t know if it was on Taras Bulba, but the time line suggests it could have been. I’ll watch the film and give you my impression if there were two hands working on the matte shots."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>"Al told me that he had struck a deal with Universal, but under the condition he wasn’t supervised. Russ started to critique a painting of Al’s and Al shot back that Russ wasn’t his supervisor. Russ, so the story went, said “We’ll see about that!” and stormed off. After seeing the powers that be, he returned and said that Al was correct. It must have been a frosty relationship."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>"Al said that not long after, the owner of a bar across the street from Universal died and left the establishment to Russ, who was his best patron and friend. Russ came into the painting studio with his new found wealth and said to Al, “It’s all yours!”…..and that was that."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, I've never been able to track down any photo's of Lawson, unfortunately. John DeCuir's son told me recently he still has a large storage box of old Universal matte department memorabilia from the 1940's, including before and after 35mm frames - many being of the various Arabian Nights genre pictures - and photographs of matte paintings. I had hoped to see some of this wonderful material to flesh out this blog piece, but sadly, nothing came of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So then, here are the lost mattes from the old sample reels. Some are pretty ordinary, some are really good, and a few are jaw dropping. I do hope you enjoy them.</div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbT-IulYFMTEYA9d0Aa1QY_CAs1aWIBbbbicoJCpuKo9iUbXzHrMkYDz42kgeLDFFJPAgwtpWqcJBfCopwsoY3CZr1MopbJjoIJsZnmyApbwREEfqD9-SlKA7c4AmUAIR64ItzxLQnTo/s1610/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h32m50s140.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1610" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbT-IulYFMTEYA9d0Aa1QY_CAs1aWIBbbbicoJCpuKo9iUbXzHrMkYDz42kgeLDFFJPAgwtpWqcJBfCopwsoY3CZr1MopbJjoIJsZnmyApbwREEfqD9-SlKA7c4AmUAIR64ItzxLQnTo/w640-h382/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h32m50s140.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As mentioned, I was only able to identify about half (if that) of these films, though this shot I do know.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79Hj0caLFfsLoVE-loo2xFoeL2Aj0g3nEW0A2nqo87H7rIZqMujTvgrdhgYCoIpFQNG_jvYr3MKJt_-ZTdq8qPArfQxQddQU-XvKMe_8uC08b1pRnEuJJo4lVHHKOCxUEmy_fNmU0bPM/s1628/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h33m08s902.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1628" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79Hj0caLFfsLoVE-loo2xFoeL2Aj0g3nEW0A2nqo87H7rIZqMujTvgrdhgYCoIpFQNG_jvYr3MKJt_-ZTdq8qPArfQxQddQU-XvKMe_8uC08b1pRnEuJJo4lVHHKOCxUEmy_fNmU0bPM/w640-h376/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h33m08s902.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the comedy film KATIE DID IT (1951). A very nice shot with some interesting perspective allowances. Note the real tree in the foreground added as a separate bi-pack element to lift the shot out of it's static look. Universal did that occasionally, as did Warners, though MGM under Newcombe were gung ho with dropping in such 'actual' elements over the paintings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJz_2QfCDNF5FG8-CKZtghucDR7LZY5JEWoV0vKQLKXLPxEVbJKpWyOYI7AkMBqBCbRTcup2Q_QfVn1leJfcX5hsq30wejLD7Q9FH_B80WtJoIqlDK3ylx5lls2UVx0kGI94nT_aIfQ4/s1634/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h33m49s379.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1634" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJz_2QfCDNF5FG8-CKZtghucDR7LZY5JEWoV0vKQLKXLPxEVbJKpWyOYI7AkMBqBCbRTcup2Q_QfVn1leJfcX5hsq30wejLD7Q9FH_B80WtJoIqlDK3ylx5lls2UVx0kGI94nT_aIfQ4/w640-h402/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h33m49s379.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A partial composite with a location airstrip matted with a separate live action element of air traffic staffers at top right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAz2MiHTUsXo-9_G_0QtKpKAJCAcsBFyPZ3on2nTo5qOTYKWtupQtzKDuaUNVkkGSaFroDiPlDtW6n0Oh3I9DsUGm01piOy8fbPtQSWZOQNLptsrS7BKVj4vj-s942kEqDlYmgOtu2wjU/s1640/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h34m08s220.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1640" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAz2MiHTUsXo-9_G_0QtKpKAJCAcsBFyPZ3on2nTo5qOTYKWtupQtzKDuaUNVkkGSaFroDiPlDtW6n0Oh3I9DsUGm01piOy8fbPtQSWZOQNLptsrS7BKVj4vj-s942kEqDlYmgOtu2wjU/w640-h392/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h34m08s220.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The beautiful finished multi-part composite with Lawson's stunning sky, soft matted in as well as an airstrip filled with fighter planes. Sadly, I have no clue as to the film here, and I've seen hundreds of old war pictures (love 'em). Anybody recognise this? Probably from the late 1940's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvZIwGHd1eMKOSpvGfHx4t5VqWP81dkhgZLQhMjlLHv_w_QGGLYrsAJxA6RMImkE3JvHn7joLb4EBZMNs4nV0eM8kExkm-HVT7ChSCAtWSd_7rF-sAH5qa4U2ix8F7cV91xL7xVRPu6o/s1624/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h06m53s320.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1624" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvZIwGHd1eMKOSpvGfHx4t5VqWP81dkhgZLQhMjlLHv_w_QGGLYrsAJxA6RMImkE3JvHn7joLb4EBZMNs4nV0eM8kExkm-HVT7ChSCAtWSd_7rF-sAH5qa4U2ix8F7cV91xL7xVRPu6o/w640-h426/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h06m53s320.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Just the full and final composite here, and again, a mystery as to title.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vzhHzlxc57_biGMY348_qAwsMhbUnfPykCbZVk7VC4v3LQLtB7sPfmTOA5TQKkW-Q2pnx1uEOfQBiJOyvJLwIYFsYBN82KyyDeNr1pNivJBDFt_SWZgNuXBmUojAYlqqcSglytkUpKo/s1920/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h41m12s441.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1920" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vzhHzlxc57_biGMY348_qAwsMhbUnfPykCbZVk7VC4v3LQLtB7sPfmTOA5TQKkW-Q2pnx1uEOfQBiJOyvJLwIYFsYBN82KyyDeNr1pNivJBDFt_SWZgNuXBmUojAYlqqcSglytkUpKo/w640-h242/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h41m12s441.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This film I do know. It's the Errol Flynn melodrama ISTANBUL (1956). This frame is from the original unmatted live action shoot, with this set eventually being transformed into not one, but <i>two</i> different matte shots...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoc05Z5u-Dr8r_NA-6zK11v4ixIJxVUxjFKU0ogZnGT8LCs5E-w42Ybknr-v4ceIfeSkpAi7pMHyQSjP9tG4rGdYSaIcSNYkjxGULXypB1JMWL10owfHROVgJgZUsmSCq5PO_TbBHFt0/s1920/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h41m55s298.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1920" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoc05Z5u-Dr8r_NA-6zK11v4ixIJxVUxjFKU0ogZnGT8LCs5E-w42Ybknr-v4ceIfeSkpAi7pMHyQSjP9tG4rGdYSaIcSNYkjxGULXypB1JMWL10owfHROVgJgZUsmSCq5PO_TbBHFt0/w640-h244/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h41m55s298.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The first of the two mattes, with a fine rendering of the port and city of Istanbul, with the famed Blue Mosque in the distance. I visited this city in 2008 and enjoyed it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EUlXgIT06s5DVemGwy2zRFnOd5sv2Gycqhckl-TJtftUK_tV87Gy8HUIAn0tRV-TH03DIthELe0Jwf9zA7_GeuhwbSS_Kog04UXBXUZ7j9jrbItrpUpNRZ95Ad2KLHkewyisYGKvcJk/s1920/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h42m34s527a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1920" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EUlXgIT06s5DVemGwy2zRFnOd5sv2Gycqhckl-TJtftUK_tV87Gy8HUIAn0tRV-TH03DIthELe0Jwf9zA7_GeuhwbSS_Kog04UXBXUZ7j9jrbItrpUpNRZ95Ad2KLHkewyisYGKvcJk/w640-h248/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h42m34s527a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same setting as seen later after a bomb goes off, with a revised Lawson matte painting. I've only ever seen this film on YouTube in an awful 'pan & scan' full frame edition, likely recorded off tv, so most of the matte was cropped off badly. Note, this CinemaScope film <u>was</u> in Technicolor but the ravages of time have been extremely unkind to the film stock. I have tried to make it easier to view as it was 'pure magenta'. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOg2lxOyXV9L5eM7YlltlNr2WNDmG8O5yVa_1CihWqiy8uJnLXq6LSFbTKYdYd2E07FBQUJaB6sZ4HgK9N-ewInB5AgGTgW4pD5979n81gYkkRLYhRLWGZzXbPYGcgkA9nsHUJ_Lx57UI/s1656/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h36m44s234.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1656" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOg2lxOyXV9L5eM7YlltlNr2WNDmG8O5yVa_1CihWqiy8uJnLXq6LSFbTKYdYd2E07FBQUJaB6sZ4HgK9N-ewInB5AgGTgW4pD5979n81gYkkRLYhRLWGZzXbPYGcgkA9nsHUJ_Lx57UI/w640-h378/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h36m44s234.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another mystery film. Take note of just how much of the live action plate will need to be replaced with Lawson's artwork, as evidence below will demonstrate.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4a18E1WCSM9hkm3URuwSq0emYe81D293lBDrVnS8ZdC5oi2miOCMM-TV2GiBd6ps10BHNhi2MXy_0oWtjOn8cr2417QvsrAWwOqijIXR0zZE4hYWcA6UDImRRW4IKvy8r66404DbwkOM/s1650/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h37m08s216.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1650" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4a18E1WCSM9hkm3URuwSq0emYe81D293lBDrVnS8ZdC5oi2miOCMM-TV2GiBd6ps10BHNhi2MXy_0oWtjOn8cr2417QvsrAWwOqijIXR0zZE4hYWcA6UDImRRW4IKvy8r66404DbwkOM/w640-h366/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h37m08s216.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot from what appears to be a late 1940's or early 50's war film, of unknown title.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjmIZ1vjXOL-ES4FKfMWhz0TPhxWDvgnOxj4t1ghbcmjzrsvQVn1VuLa7-t4cNkTEJMu9w09pa957TjRIcXbKO_a_DJjxjFuuQpT998ZoU_zz4AOGt70pOVnJ0Z3Q-6Mb__PJ5ZTS4JY/s1488/vlcsnap-2021-10-17-17h00m52s974+detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1488" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjmIZ1vjXOL-ES4FKfMWhz0TPhxWDvgnOxj4t1ghbcmjzrsvQVn1VuLa7-t4cNkTEJMu9w09pa957TjRIcXbKO_a_DJjxjFuuQpT998ZoU_zz4AOGt70pOVnJ0Z3Q-6Mb__PJ5ZTS4JY/w640-h330/vlcsnap-2021-10-17-17h00m52s974+detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I made a blow up of the mid portion so as to demonstrate all of the invisible 'filling in' that Russ rendered to the military camp, no doubt as a buget saver. This sort of trick work really sums up 'special effects' for me. As Albert Whitlock often stated: <i> "the true special effect is the one that nobody ever notices"</i> Truer words were never spoken.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeQm9O_dSa-zaWi3BbyEmFxXTkgT-SKoxM8CABFiGs61ZxXtXoNq-52MHbInkI1JfJMwxU2a2TwrQU0pYHyqxArlX2YVPKDTi3ZM-PdWgN7Fq3aBuDb1Dsjyptu8f5x7C-f7jJWjoAtY/s1630/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h04m15s646.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1630" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeQm9O_dSa-zaWi3BbyEmFxXTkgT-SKoxM8CABFiGs61ZxXtXoNq-52MHbInkI1JfJMwxU2a2TwrQU0pYHyqxArlX2YVPKDTi3ZM-PdWgN7Fq3aBuDb1Dsjyptu8f5x7C-f7jJWjoAtY/w640-h376/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h04m15s646.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Live action Technicolor plate from an unknown production.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifvd2uFEzVtTfEGDO4dRRhUJGBA_wW1SMEI_JgkkJIPiszpu-Tfy0-QrdinvKfwTBWapHvoCE1t5Wml00IZt_UCjujC5pelWrDIXj0IlVSEdPTsDsuOkd-kF_vktiKhk4mUoJMPRrOvLA/s1656/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h04m40s753.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1656" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifvd2uFEzVtTfEGDO4dRRhUJGBA_wW1SMEI_JgkkJIPiszpu-Tfy0-QrdinvKfwTBWapHvoCE1t5Wml00IZt_UCjujC5pelWrDIXj0IlVSEdPTsDsuOkd-kF_vktiKhk4mUoJMPRrOvLA/w640-h370/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h04m40s753.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Finished matte comp which appears to have an apparent English setting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99BY5C8bVXa8tDVkZeQaJIf5pLc22htZH8GrwvZqEzbbMwcTLMUEKX7UisPIVsPOPPcJbuj3Zyz8N9lynNkdaOKcQbZBaY-86IZ4odl88KVEy4uco5XosdO93xc2wj8AbuuO97U6UrPA/s1638/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h37m55s103.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1638" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99BY5C8bVXa8tDVkZeQaJIf5pLc22htZH8GrwvZqEzbbMwcTLMUEKX7UisPIVsPOPPcJbuj3Zyz8N9lynNkdaOKcQbZBaY-86IZ4odl88KVEy4uco5XosdO93xc2wj8AbuuO97U6UrPA/w640-h374/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h37m55s103.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Very small area of live action to be greatly expanded...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrCGQztIoSH_Y1l811-WekE3uGqP3SfJ3Ko15iPuj3aQnG2QeaOx-FUfoyufESiabxCy4H-Ah6M8k0pL95mRBV9YEJaxRmsYzHxDz9woHWK9oklzJgo9IDngNEZCQSKtiJ5-gOFymWg4/s1628/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h38m05s288.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1628" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrCGQztIoSH_Y1l811-WekE3uGqP3SfJ3Ko15iPuj3aQnG2QeaOx-FUfoyufESiabxCy4H-Ah6M8k0pL95mRBV9YEJaxRmsYzHxDz9woHWK9oklzJgo9IDngNEZCQSKtiJ5-gOFymWg4/w640-h370/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h38m05s288.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Again, the production is a mystery. Something set in tropical climes on a plantation? The perspective draftsmanship is a bit off, with the fountain at left all out of kilter, though I'm sure nobody ever notices these things.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_BZV_fNc3WsXIulUPvtDPIK7esNzU81xUVp37cFulN0rHfh1a-9BerTQLrWSgWPwKPLZNUO-Yj1o_-qtz8SxMVH1DiNl_qwpWN-w3p387YKSoBBNgggJQ0GGp7Y-GCc84vLCYQev0uM/s1628/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h38m52s696.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1628" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_BZV_fNc3WsXIulUPvtDPIK7esNzU81xUVp37cFulN0rHfh1a-9BerTQLrWSgWPwKPLZNUO-Yj1o_-qtz8SxMVH1DiNl_qwpWN-w3p387YKSoBBNgggJQ0GGp7Y-GCc84vLCYQev0uM/w640-h378/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h38m52s696.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A plate for a quite expansive matte as seen below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4JkpBB_sf8UOew_sutb7rteKqC2CKytPLmG0riJR4PTYidlbMecu-8UQX-MZEV6bW9PUgEsYCZUqkNPuc3G-v0pUkWuvNgCRJxYlx73OFy2aT3rKdHnASpul5FyBx6P2L6nbVhfhSsE/s1634/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h39m49s358.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1634" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4JkpBB_sf8UOew_sutb7rteKqC2CKytPLmG0riJR4PTYidlbMecu-8UQX-MZEV6bW9PUgEsYCZUqkNPuc3G-v0pUkWuvNgCRJxYlx73OFy2aT3rKdHnASpul5FyBx6P2L6nbVhfhSsE/w640-h368/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h39m49s358.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A great shot, and possibly a deleted shot from a rather good little thriller called PHANTOM LADY</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> (1944) directed by Robert Siodmak, which had other similar mattes involving railway settings and lookalike actress. *Noteworthy as a taut film to watch actually, as it crossed the censorship boundary of the time with the wonderful character actor Elisha Cook jnr <i>(no relation)</i> portraying one of the screen's most perversely creepy, deviants ever - positively oozing with sleaze, which may have had audiences choking in their popcorn back in the day! Ya' heard it here first!! ;)</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOwsPv_yvupk_gGYlZ9VKGCgzVgk3_QfVKC6ur0mbWNFgHFxE0yOQAOzu5J7UCnrgJZJwiWnNdPmZ1_JIMaiLWYJwcnmFL-XswNq_VIP3XaacKZUZyc4iXcgUsA0DpPQN0QzwwCdxCyY/s1636/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h34m35s970.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1636" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOwsPv_yvupk_gGYlZ9VKGCgzVgk3_QfVKC6ur0mbWNFgHFxE0yOQAOzu5J7UCnrgJZJwiWnNdPmZ1_JIMaiLWYJwcnmFL-XswNq_VIP3XaacKZUZyc4iXcgUsA0DpPQN0QzwwCdxCyY/w640-h406/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h34m35s970.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, this one was interesting. At first I thought I knew it, but was misguided...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BJ1eI5wmxZob-KhID7JcZt_mcWdd7BVmjtHT_KHEfOa6izVDgR1AH4N2bUQO33pfmhBMq0yu-AkijUE9yd3WVkKWYVGULYw0YLD4tj167fksirY4GMGp0_Qg19P0v-wbRi6uJzO3HSU/s1652/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h35m43s429.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="1652" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BJ1eI5wmxZob-KhID7JcZt_mcWdd7BVmjtHT_KHEfOa6izVDgR1AH4N2bUQO33pfmhBMq0yu-AkijUE9yd3WVkKWYVGULYw0YLD4tj167fksirY4GMGp0_Qg19P0v-wbRi6uJzO3HSU/w640-h396/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h35m43s429.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It had the look and design of a very similar matte in Alfred Hitchcock's excellent SABOTEUR (1941), though the clapper board info suggested otherwise. Different director and cinematographer chalked on, unless of course it was shot as a second unit? Hmmmmm?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9AM6k4DLDLXAtUIZxR856jHf4K0BoeaCWALFPwmUj6fPwPWD-h474HxQamJTOI1USwF19l_nCNbUztn-FwcO4QIkXQqafWKTipK_Yk_YBKXKVEl8CA70X-3NPgBPORpZJWEOglNl1Dds/s1624/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h36m09s196.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1624" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9AM6k4DLDLXAtUIZxR856jHf4K0BoeaCWALFPwmUj6fPwPWD-h474HxQamJTOI1USwF19l_nCNbUztn-FwcO4QIkXQqafWKTipK_Yk_YBKXKVEl8CA70X-3NPgBPORpZJWEOglNl1Dds/w640-h400/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h36m09s196.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The completed shot. Sure looks like the same cabin and forest from the Hitchcock film as shown from a closer angle?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJ-aMxwCmWnHRd6MtkutlfznffBUNKFCl98qJlXSEKkxOoJUttBDbys-9aKyqarRFLjO0QkFtAESClQ2bFeGhdasPAQAs1GCd1XjT7MVSn7NuDTnD11LFJJ_oGERJSkcPxE9ZhjJPQUo/s1632/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h04m39s070.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1632" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJ-aMxwCmWnHRd6MtkutlfznffBUNKFCl98qJlXSEKkxOoJUttBDbys-9aKyqarRFLjO0QkFtAESClQ2bFeGhdasPAQAs1GCd1XjT7MVSn7NuDTnD11LFJJ_oGERJSkcPxE9ZhjJPQUo/w640-h360/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h04m39s070.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Live action element from another unidentified Universal film...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip3hfMG_TZY0ranK2kVgugQ8QTcmchaDyMCEHmEK32ysyEogqVHYdKYnD3XR_psHHzm5qtKNSZ5PnPARep1ZRXDBXIEtdUuyZ1Vlc7xNSQdfkXJHZh3FTumdTrL9b-ErC9XyhLx2Zf9eo/s1658/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h04m28s657.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1658" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip3hfMG_TZY0ranK2kVgugQ8QTcmchaDyMCEHmEK32ysyEogqVHYdKYnD3XR_psHHzm5qtKNSZ5PnPARep1ZRXDBXIEtdUuyZ1Vlc7xNSQdfkXJHZh3FTumdTrL9b-ErC9XyhLx2Zf9eo/w640-h366/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h04m28s657.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've attempted to research this based upon the director chalked onto the slate and the date, but to no avail.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE77S-NG0tsVwrvhgxCbcQbIOIlVC2YYV2UQ8gwML-lGQQN3awzJd86WavdzTst859lSXCcy8HznRh2NXnwFvuLvW1YqYTIO9cgZqfiJ_es68xnVgEdbQJGfMpXoVDSOQkIE823c3_OXQ/s1638/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h04m52s920.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1638" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE77S-NG0tsVwrvhgxCbcQbIOIlVC2YYV2UQ8gwML-lGQQN3awzJd86WavdzTst859lSXCcy8HznRh2NXnwFvuLvW1YqYTIO9cgZqfiJ_es68xnVgEdbQJGfMpXoVDSOQkIE823c3_OXQ/w640-h372/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h04m52s920.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final composite - one of a pair on the sample reel from the same film</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPQyn2sGxKYPHYbz-kwQV5dj0SN7jbD5jrDPInmUNKa3_E6id0zPXEjrPPwlyAXmcG4tcfUvB3AHUAlRu8EEjZ2us1WrOPnXqPGxiqJ4vCJhKfUxoNP8-EVm0bPjuD0oPCsZtOmnIYOI/s1636/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h05m06s222.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1636" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPQyn2sGxKYPHYbz-kwQV5dj0SN7jbD5jrDPInmUNKa3_E6id0zPXEjrPPwlyAXmcG4tcfUvB3AHUAlRu8EEjZ2us1WrOPnXqPGxiqJ4vCJhKfUxoNP8-EVm0bPjuD0oPCsZtOmnIYOI/w640-h366/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h05m06s222.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A second view from the same unknown production demonstrates a partially assembled, multi-element shot...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIopCVpkv0PguxrUSas3rEdr7-LDMiJH5DfHHJl3X476ncHekiCfXE54cLh_MHDZhSUpq8z9ingq_m5pocfOfuAHxrvlYyNYJzAOTFcqryjHpDuv8glVTPCZockggHrw2VfE_VsAk1v0/s1644/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h05m24s247.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1644" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIopCVpkv0PguxrUSas3rEdr7-LDMiJH5DfHHJl3X476ncHekiCfXE54cLh_MHDZhSUpq8z9ingq_m5pocfOfuAHxrvlYyNYJzAOTFcqryjHpDuv8glVTPCZockggHrw2VfE_VsAk1v0/w640-h374/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h05m24s247.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"Action...."</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYORJ8pWshyphenhyphenRXvCZkQZaGymsap4zJE0xVOK-lfPLf7oKvUaCEzt8pFmWo7eJf4dk7OjgZJbNIP35B_eG6aiJ2sKPK9qXDsmiVbCoLmeVvVHkVcaP4jx25YAmqoN7mfshCV9rIrWh9s3ac/s1644/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h06m02s312.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1644" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYORJ8pWshyphenhyphenRXvCZkQZaGymsap4zJE0xVOK-lfPLf7oKvUaCEzt8pFmWo7eJf4dk7OjgZJbNIP35B_eG6aiJ2sKPK9qXDsmiVbCoLmeVvVHkVcaP4jx25YAmqoN7mfshCV9rIrWh9s3ac/w640-h370/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h06m02s312.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final result. Noteworthy as it surprises me how Russell would run his matte lines through sky and along edges of clouds, which to me seems very bold.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhvSfLfty93mo_73EO9yxHfTEPf5gi9uwHvpVnQ3oFXvTNLdpXw9HmgYGe98gzB8ugjqBH_5acL-lg4bqcv2oo1Yg1uvfinsavxwospb3s1NAaYyl7slPKSW0jWC_32E-9cwqxxfVqgs/s1920/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h43m08s836a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1920" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhvSfLfty93mo_73EO9yxHfTEPf5gi9uwHvpVnQ3oFXvTNLdpXw9HmgYGe98gzB8ugjqBH_5acL-lg4bqcv2oo1Yg1uvfinsavxwospb3s1NAaYyl7slPKSW0jWC_32E-9cwqxxfVqgs/w640-h248/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h43m08s836a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This show I recogised. This unmatted plate was for the Rock Hudson war film BATTLE HYMN (1957)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ERZn7HKW3udspsYwb5C5KAFURoKCqekRVsX3iGgGEFE8tIs6mt_IO9J9-vUTwOgEI8tvc1lT4MVOqV_JvEN_G3d13jSTF2QBercVC-l_Pb3Je9HZ1luD6iJCeTBL2dH3LM-IYgoxHOg/s1920/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h43m42s214.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1920" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ERZn7HKW3udspsYwb5C5KAFURoKCqekRVsX3iGgGEFE8tIs6mt_IO9J9-vUTwOgEI8tvc1lT4MVOqV_JvEN_G3d13jSTF2QBercVC-l_Pb3Je9HZ1luD6iJCeTBL2dH3LM-IYgoxHOg/w640-h248/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h43m42s214.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">matted plate</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmslgCMNWhkxzhgmE5GDD7uXpr-cYAqznPGd_a254BBXRe5544ZlPdj5UqN-PhGgugXEOmUTr7aX9f3Vo37tX4PMlyb_C-1w74imMk937jghQAtv31h34trZOJbFDvnSo_ux642bBHEE/s1920/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h44m05s507.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1920" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmslgCMNWhkxzhgmE5GDD7uXpr-cYAqznPGd_a254BBXRe5544ZlPdj5UqN-PhGgugXEOmUTr7aX9f3Vo37tX4PMlyb_C-1w74imMk937jghQAtv31h34trZOJbFDvnSo_ux642bBHEE/w640-h246/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h44m05s507.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Composited but not yet complete ...</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68PehjXEl1WZWrQA2_7jf-q9VZww5NJsrJu30z5u-f2muLY1b1OJtZ05TZNsPhpQJMQc1zWDfLjbplSjKZgiHw77FYYtCIKq5RF_zQ1i-3mSiaQc2_OlO8rNbcocAp4OgGzLpj8kt9Yk/s1920/Battle+Hymn.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68PehjXEl1WZWrQA2_7jf-q9VZww5NJsrJu30z5u-f2muLY1b1OJtZ05TZNsPhpQJMQc1zWDfLjbplSjKZgiHw77FYYtCIKq5RF_zQ1i-3mSiaQc2_OlO8rNbcocAp4OgGzLpj8kt9Yk/w640-h278/Battle+Hymn.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the eventual release prints the BATTLE HYMN matte shot was flopped optically. This BluRay grab shows how much was lost from the badly faded old 35mm footage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSl5AwYzBq_Qw9Mx9k7V92SnAZYRsYryYXUdMQRTGKd8Ddx0LkokHRfh1cxxPqP2C6qhQJbalp1DFFaDt3AJElsIB7TeBZNGfP0cAtEjiW9B6I6VybQQp6gokHYAdrl9tEqPEkEUJOvLQ/s1644/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h05m40s758.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1644" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSl5AwYzBq_Qw9Mx9k7V92SnAZYRsYryYXUdMQRTGKd8Ddx0LkokHRfh1cxxPqP2C6qhQJbalp1DFFaDt3AJElsIB7TeBZNGfP0cAtEjiW9B6I6VybQQp6gokHYAdrl9tEqPEkEUJOvLQ/w640-h420/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h05m40s758.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sorry folks.... this one's another mystery.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7jhA3oL9lnOzOHSApbuCKRw2mXGhaB7E8pAed5X7qFRJuLsyuSV4G3gDUHt21gTwEFeNgquo94cEDcOdshnHDQvgRjxM56dm1TMSH_s6xGby5jC14Kc-J7eZzoxnqcvc1W8qysh5WHA/s1644/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h06m18s240.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1644" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7jhA3oL9lnOzOHSApbuCKRw2mXGhaB7E8pAed5X7qFRJuLsyuSV4G3gDUHt21gTwEFeNgquo94cEDcOdshnHDQvgRjxM56dm1TMSH_s6xGby5jC14Kc-J7eZzoxnqcvc1W8qysh5WHA/w640-h420/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h06m18s240.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Technicolor period film, looks like it's set in New York, yet shot at Universal. Any takers?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjXe_hFOw_U2Pt3H1Yz6PeBKTVYOnXYl_oS0KCNcGiF_5bPLQ3cMRRwBjf3-qpM_qIEc55JF60AjkYon1NlYeNBbQ_yJ3JyGYi0MVqBMAz4rFz3wu94zxnMmRvTRflfvV_4Uigf7PLzM/s1618/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h03m45s943.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1618" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjXe_hFOw_U2Pt3H1Yz6PeBKTVYOnXYl_oS0KCNcGiF_5bPLQ3cMRRwBjf3-qpM_qIEc55JF60AjkYon1NlYeNBbQ_yJ3JyGYi0MVqBMAz4rFz3wu94zxnMmRvTRflfvV_4Uigf7PLzM/w640-h384/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h03m45s943.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Just when you thought I didn't know any titles, well this one I picked easily.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yizCXe_Bu_yTOkZ7EIs0j0FpAi4RsX9G9NBM2BuDm_Zmisyh4O84Nej_pfU4KWRFe3msH4jI8mBFOLH6eYfYAKFmPL1sJ9fR1cwyOQ9QTycLjNgclT_t8t_T0y0xX2-UVAyGhAdpcV8/s1656/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h04m10s151.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="1656" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yizCXe_Bu_yTOkZ7EIs0j0FpAi4RsX9G9NBM2BuDm_Zmisyh4O84Nej_pfU4KWRFe3msH4jI8mBFOLH6eYfYAKFmPL1sJ9fR1cwyOQ9QTycLjNgclT_t8t_T0y0xX2-UVAyGhAdpcV8/w640-h374/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h04m10s151.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The live action train (possibly a miniature?) has been matted into an extensive painted setting here for the Joel McCrea western CATTLE DRIVE (1951).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPrdAgy2-JEPx2D1XBGfseEnN-Ui7kmrt9PSguq8tnbkU_LUmEawLaBpojWxSaD0hHJMNDgUrCVWUwSYOCSxdC1KFdF2Yzxa8DqbPqKDNxA2F5ONOthS4UTQTZ4LHuAUW4dAxldsJMZg/s1646/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h08m11s506.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1646" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPrdAgy2-JEPx2D1XBGfseEnN-Ui7kmrt9PSguq8tnbkU_LUmEawLaBpojWxSaD0hHJMNDgUrCVWUwSYOCSxdC1KFdF2Yzxa8DqbPqKDNxA2F5ONOthS4UTQTZ4LHuAUW4dAxldsJMZg/w640-h374/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h08m11s506.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Live action component that would be invisibly integrated into matted scenery...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhn1lL3MwVbYumQxiFg2qcDQXs1V3DKnkls1THK94flVixSA45YWAQfKug17jEMRMgk8WQghDE4TMLm-dDPzMlZk_vg-E0FCAL1MPT8OjF7IqE5L6mkKW4YsEHNPKD71qjgbot2hjPQI/s1626/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h08m30s257.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1626" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhn1lL3MwVbYumQxiFg2qcDQXs1V3DKnkls1THK94flVixSA45YWAQfKug17jEMRMgk8WQghDE4TMLm-dDPzMlZk_vg-E0FCAL1MPT8OjF7IqE5L6mkKW4YsEHNPKD71qjgbot2hjPQI/w640-h380/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h08m30s257.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Plate masked off for matte. Note the portions of actual sky left visible.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqMNZlqV-zG6tukDJgb5J37oVeF7CRHoI3RkJTwAOiy57XK1TiNYEmCUAfKahdkCjjHsoujSw6hZVM1o0WcmFjmcClv2kU7zIS4Y-gpCJf6LtWl3Uv2_aiGZHEehP1ShJaYH0YpgseJ-E/s1638/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h08m32s429.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1638" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqMNZlqV-zG6tukDJgb5J37oVeF7CRHoI3RkJTwAOiy57XK1TiNYEmCUAfKahdkCjjHsoujSw6hZVM1o0WcmFjmcClv2kU7zIS4Y-gpCJf6LtWl3Uv2_aiGZHEehP1ShJaYH0YpgseJ-E/w640-h378/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h08m32s429.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I think I've seen this film but probably never picked the shot as being a matte. Can't place the title, but the blending is very well done.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNr2osJBKexEuZKtye_PbDjH8atXAw7D6h1fQQAwaOVHhx3IVlIDirbd2Y2P1Yqw-e_-uGDU0ofTljdpYp2cvXSc9SLL2quJlMLTjTO_wZtme_r5ZARUOMI0meIw2CRUoeTPvAjUxvwbQ/s1300/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h13m51s914.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1300" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNr2osJBKexEuZKtye_PbDjH8atXAw7D6h1fQQAwaOVHhx3IVlIDirbd2Y2P1Yqw-e_-uGDU0ofTljdpYp2cvXSc9SLL2quJlMLTjTO_wZtme_r5ZARUOMI0meIw2CRUoeTPvAjUxvwbQ/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h13m51s914.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another unknown show, but possibly the same period film that at least three of the Lawson shots in this blog tribute originated from.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYKB2Rmgsln1s6gYyv7QCBWBV5LPZy2ieYB_r537reQ5lIXOlP1mjv0EtvAv_aSG0VN3CU1wtQYd7dZ3Tguoec4gX8o3z4N_y8l10H0jF1CAhJhoQKq1ZoXtYYZmSPHsc5j04U7GTd4k/s1676/vlcsnap-2021-10-17-17h02m05s142.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1676" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYKB2Rmgsln1s6gYyv7QCBWBV5LPZy2ieYB_r537reQ5lIXOlP1mjv0EtvAv_aSG0VN3CU1wtQYd7dZ3Tguoec4gX8o3z4N_y8l10H0jF1CAhJhoQKq1ZoXtYYZmSPHsc5j04U7GTd4k/w640-h354/vlcsnap-2021-10-17-17h02m05s142.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Live action at Universal...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7puaVgHNjQvIlpubMAVK3JytT-iEkt6XYJLN4Ml2sRrHcdrFRuMXCGNFH0xhmIaiMnd0veyJbaicY0Lm3c2BvRgd4oWSXKr7lFQ9YzsWAhP8HyE31pCaarvReXuCDHtVJv_jYaa40uQ/s1642/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-a13h37m48s880.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1642" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7puaVgHNjQvIlpubMAVK3JytT-iEkt6XYJLN4Ml2sRrHcdrFRuMXCGNFH0xhmIaiMnd0veyJbaicY0Lm3c2BvRgd4oWSXKr7lFQ9YzsWAhP8HyE31pCaarvReXuCDHtVJv_jYaa40uQ/w640-h360/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-a13h37m48s880.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Invisible blend bringing the painted together with the set. Film unknown but vaguely familiar?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEMVM8VVPQg1zLsrtbmJeRn1AVIU4QT9e6MtfLIv5Xt6qFIw7flSc9q649uXE9cJCFG35rYicqQ9mCSuBXK4d0auX8YIHXXSHj4geoQYjSiQDPoBFw0okBLNnaK9BMSvKCM8PUwcKdPI/s1656/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h01m40s892.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1656" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEMVM8VVPQg1zLsrtbmJeRn1AVIU4QT9e6MtfLIv5Xt6qFIw7flSc9q649uXE9cJCFG35rYicqQ9mCSuBXK4d0auX8YIHXXSHj4geoQYjSiQDPoBFw0okBLNnaK9BMSvKCM8PUwcKdPI/w640-h418/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h01m40s892.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before you give up all hope folks, this one I can confirm! It's EAST OF SUMATRA (1953), and a fairly entertaining adventure it was.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0imolHlEavHXUtAWh7mxclpI65z2vVDsweZVrEgQ506TqC8U7bH5YoFJTDhwi55kAXZsozimoiSNkl5AObc1jttEW0aSXSSn2WLsPfEvtKj3wLMGKAdFYL60WADget64IBws8fbVVDw/s1656/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h02m30s576.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1656" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0imolHlEavHXUtAWh7mxclpI65z2vVDsweZVrEgQ506TqC8U7bH5YoFJTDhwi55kAXZsozimoiSNkl5AObc1jttEW0aSXSSn2WLsPfEvtKj3wLMGKAdFYL60WADget64IBws8fbVVDw/w640-h416/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h02m30s576.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The superb composite which involved not just the live action foreground and painted city of Singapore, but a separate painted sky moving across slowly. Lawson had a peculiar habit around this time of deliberately shooting the painted sky element 'out of focus', presumably to attempt to soften the clouds. It never worked and always looked artificial to me.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLDjrber1mgAwZ2vLYIl0-YROA2Egi-xNJw6nGBwlm7LwmmEt_YGqqWOoMcBMmTNjx0ftFvXAtUvWP7lEXcuFjE4hx87_ftVSLMahki2rH9AQJyWzwofPttkZyVB3u3aBp5zuE77tVuA/s2004/East+of+Sumatra.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="2004" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLDjrber1mgAwZ2vLYIl0-YROA2Egi-xNJw6nGBwlm7LwmmEt_YGqqWOoMcBMmTNjx0ftFvXAtUvWP7lEXcuFjE4hx87_ftVSLMahki2rH9AQJyWzwofPttkZyVB3u3aBp5zuE77tVuA/w640-h172/East+of+Sumatra.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Singapore was very, very dodgy in those days, with many a treacherous cut-throat and countless ladies of questionable morals at every street corner.... or so I'm told <b>;)</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5yKdvypRC3myRa4T-tYckxqesy9BB67QJo2w3Y3TntGhQC7X7tWuV_WPZ8tI9woRw98Mv1nhu0zBnomvmwhnlWugalBKNdunSkGeXwhdYVU1ZTc3jzp15soLScxPpQmShvZTTEBVDRM/s1664/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h59m13s089.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1664" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5yKdvypRC3myRa4T-tYckxqesy9BB67QJo2w3Y3TntGhQC7X7tWuV_WPZ8tI9woRw98Mv1nhu0zBnomvmwhnlWugalBKNdunSkGeXwhdYVU1ZTc3jzp15soLScxPpQmShvZTTEBVDRM/w640-h416/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h59m13s089.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure, but this pre-matted plate probably from EAST OF SUMATRA as well. I've seen it, but may have missed this shot, or fallen asleep, or not taken it as a trick shot, as YouTube is the worst possible venue to see old films, quality wise, so I avoid in general.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUjpn63ULT4523_153YeQA2QE_naOcBF3sHhgnjlUzXIRLUezMRc-1ZWXT6wg3uOQw2lmzylt_4N8Tqi2C6F_HnhHhQRMTHdkPbL1F5rRIB8Wl22w3Xzn3-UFPbnwsgasIZyIANaIu7I/s1646/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h00m43s806.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1646" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUjpn63ULT4523_153YeQA2QE_naOcBF3sHhgnjlUzXIRLUezMRc-1ZWXT6wg3uOQw2lmzylt_4N8Tqi2C6F_HnhHhQRMTHdkPbL1F5rRIB8Wl22w3Xzn3-UFPbnwsgasIZyIANaIu7I/w640-h416/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h00m43s806.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Interesting how some of the original, long tucked away colour 35mm reels look perfect, while others look <i>shite</i>. Some 40 odd years ago I worked in film distribution here in New Zealand, with vast back catalogue product in 16mm, 35mm and even some in 70mm. As I recall, release prints from various eras had notable differences. The old genuine dye-transfer process used by Technicolor <i>(I think called imbibition)</i> produced beautiful, rich colour, impervious to fade and very difficult even to scratch via frequent projection and rewinds. Those old prints from the 40's onward still looked great in the early 80's when I was there, though shrinkage could be a problem, resulting in film perforations sometimes slightly out of whack during projection. Technicolor labs phased this practice out, maybe in the mid 70's. Later release print technology however, moved away from this tried and true quality, with Eastmancolor type chemistry and printing nowhere near that of imbibition for lasting the distance.</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Different base film stocks for prints also played a part, with Estar, Acetate and the dire Nitrate being especially unforgiving! </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zOefP6gIVHaKCQUj6Z50cq8LSURZwN_7SpzeK6oVZecDSHDPdIwVhVWuSLTd2h5exBOq9YI0F47LZm4yQh7bHxYR-byYfoEzV6hwwTStJkrzH2KX5mDb4CAki7Xf2brDSakGMJ4LFLg/s1644/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h02m39s565.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1644" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zOefP6gIVHaKCQUj6Z50cq8LSURZwN_7SpzeK6oVZecDSHDPdIwVhVWuSLTd2h5exBOq9YI0F47LZm4yQh7bHxYR-byYfoEzV6hwwTStJkrzH2KX5mDb4CAki7Xf2brDSakGMJ4LFLg/w640-h376/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h02m39s565.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yes, I know this one too.... Three cheers for NZ Pete!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ76CidYLXyNM3E2uaOsAVAEAhDAH7LelVYMT_l0JJ1jHiw01prDGYZ_mIC_kj5wdzS88hTpecBaT_124Vi972nnZwbOfLrAMgCwdPvLljyafhuN3yq1LCbSShitU3vPsZ69eYNzif9Ds/s1646/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h03m14s006.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="1646" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ76CidYLXyNM3E2uaOsAVAEAhDAH7LelVYMT_l0JJ1jHiw01prDGYZ_mIC_kj5wdzS88hTpecBaT_124Vi972nnZwbOfLrAMgCwdPvLljyafhuN3yq1LCbSShitU3vPsZ69eYNzif9Ds/w640-h378/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h03m14s006.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Universal cornered the movie market when it came to colourful desert adventures, that usually sat on the lower half of the double bill. This grand shot is a real beauty from THE GOLDEN HORDE (1951).</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwinbBY72FzCiYWY-S1wklWCSaS2-QhvWixcmE6gtXALysVvRrtePipjMonDmVP9sGK1goXikFHhhk-KBskwGe9k3LEISduW1gU0R_P8kvvcAYTGji6lQyH63Nx9QH293yp2KrHrpgew/s1608/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h04m43s558.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1608" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwinbBY72FzCiYWY-S1wklWCSaS2-QhvWixcmE6gtXALysVvRrtePipjMonDmVP9sGK1goXikFHhhk-KBskwGe9k3LEISduW1gU0R_P8kvvcAYTGji6lQyH63Nx9QH293yp2KrHrpgew/w640-h384/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h04m43s558.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Very dark, but this live action plate is of a small walled culvert from what will be an Arabian palace.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnZ8ZSPUGKroT9IQ5ccGilOq1aBWA-iP7cpZeh1qJAMC_tZ5cMcGlBRTZBde670DhvhP923fFDazFptYAhb416lGglY9zpG9nXUXU52imttKnkY3_oMC2eIwB07uYOXRY2m5PhucGkbQ/s1620/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h04m58s202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1620" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnZ8ZSPUGKroT9IQ5ccGilOq1aBWA-iP7cpZeh1qJAMC_tZ5cMcGlBRTZBde670DhvhP923fFDazFptYAhb416lGglY9zpG9nXUXU52imttKnkY3_oMC2eIwB07uYOXRY2m5PhucGkbQ/w640-h380/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h04m58s202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Extremely dark (and I've lightened it up as far as I dare) final shot from the laughable Tony Curtis sword & sandal desert flick THE PRINCE WHO WAS A THIEF (1951).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZOXBuYtKKAHWpXvi8iGw2k3g4Mv1Kz5VyoQVXeq0f3Hc8LTVuBWgA95zqT4bSY7glDHaN36Re0wWfRAHnpqDqes3w3I-SmRYHUC4zL0RiAY2-hFFQs9qYFjAkogigEKNqs1N_sPrZjk/s1984/THE+PRINCE+WHO+WAS+A+THIEF+%25281951%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1984" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZOXBuYtKKAHWpXvi8iGw2k3g4Mv1Kz5VyoQVXeq0f3Hc8LTVuBWgA95zqT4bSY7glDHaN36Re0wWfRAHnpqDqes3w3I-SmRYHUC4zL0RiAY2-hFFQs9qYFjAkogigEKNqs1N_sPrZjk/w640-h308/THE+PRINCE+WHO+WAS+A+THIEF+%25281951%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Easier to see here, with an alternate shot from the DVD.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmLXRht9mrYW_BTdAIhktKQN71UUe_aAOqyfkSvtOxcaWOhnlCn43uTSX5KXMIutD-G4pZRKInEcDAx9m8OkjMkLirEAxF6iFxN99Tpw40krrMPopIJEGwe7-iBtY-dHgR2Zhzd3GZVs/s1628/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h05m41s848.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1628" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmLXRht9mrYW_BTdAIhktKQN71UUe_aAOqyfkSvtOxcaWOhnlCn43uTSX5KXMIutD-G4pZRKInEcDAx9m8OkjMkLirEAxF6iFxN99Tpw40krrMPopIJEGwe7-iBtY-dHgR2Zhzd3GZVs/w640-h376/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h05m41s848.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A standing set on the Universal lot that was used in many a production over the years. This set up is for the pirate adventure YANKEE BUCCANEER (1952), where a great deal of alteration will be carried out courtesy of matte painter Russ Lawson and fx cinematographer Roswell Hoffman.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUt4DwWuMZTo-dh7w4cnr3hBLV_WU29mFbdNvZDr0-O6Pol73EVgcI7FAnDwFGE0RuPIIDGuqp87-Dj3Z7bsLJlMfGnd5aQBXYqiaydlTOtzJN1ULdSRD5yCR19pkgFN9Rz7wnlOuY-s/s1638/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h05m52s995.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1638" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUt4DwWuMZTo-dh7w4cnr3hBLV_WU29mFbdNvZDr0-O6Pol73EVgcI7FAnDwFGE0RuPIIDGuqp87-Dj3Z7bsLJlMfGnd5aQBXYqiaydlTOtzJN1ULdSRD5yCR19pkgFN9Rz7wnlOuY-s/w640-h380/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h05m52s995.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hardly any part of that standing set will be retained...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdfSrRp_NyupRd04ALJeaGc0PiiHfCAvAInZST2FZJ6qi7cm18bPZCqCjuD2s1r6da11AEYN7pCUN9M-Fx33tGb4u0W23ev09jpw6hLKix3IYXFmhgn730ZD5YekrscJGzSdSf63QXqI/s1614/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h06m22s405.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1614" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdfSrRp_NyupRd04ALJeaGc0PiiHfCAvAInZST2FZJ6qi7cm18bPZCqCjuD2s1r6da11AEYN7pCUN9M-Fx33tGb4u0W23ev09jpw6hLKix3IYXFmhgn730ZD5YekrscJGzSdSf63QXqI/w640-h382/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h06m22s405.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">When all is said and done, the small amount of backlot facade has been extensively augmented by Lawson, including one of those deliberately 'out of focus' cloudscapes drifting across. An additional live ocean front and rocky foreshore plate has been shot and matted in by Hoffman to complete the illusion. The painted blend between the set and the ocean is really good.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWy5QgSXOqfd4Da2I9fawf8-csREXB6eFdbWl3AZaYaSjaWP5ZgwkXzU3ICcM4NsJbkd8XSz_49DlKGVBNujMIoKmb5-YxQcEUh206_fc9jXTBiNvtk_SNvT5bA_fTLTlc-5JRedwumys/s1440/Yankee+Buccaneer-52+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWy5QgSXOqfd4Da2I9fawf8-csREXB6eFdbWl3AZaYaSjaWP5ZgwkXzU3ICcM4NsJbkd8XSz_49DlKGVBNujMIoKmb5-YxQcEUh206_fc9jXTBiNvtk_SNvT5bA_fTLTlc-5JRedwumys/w640-h480/Yankee+Buccaneer-52+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As it looks on BluRay, with all expertly assembled, except that damned 'blurry' sky, which kind of kills the whole affair!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi273YhmbSS13HVuk0vagx0nYQ3J5nST1lfdlxpu7NANBDt1mFinuNFzBW28ZOnMcejqnwk9Wl9ZmBTBwpFS2GenbYD_JzNBaAzuMCuvXKt43xOzhNvZ1sdum-dt8kbckg07ywBcQVSbRE/s1626/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h06m31s993.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1626" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi273YhmbSS13HVuk0vagx0nYQ3J5nST1lfdlxpu7NANBDt1mFinuNFzBW28ZOnMcejqnwk9Wl9ZmBTBwpFS2GenbYD_JzNBaAzuMCuvXKt43xOzhNvZ1sdum-dt8kbckg07ywBcQVSbRE/w640-h380/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h06m31s993.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from YANKEE BUCCANEER is this live unmatted plate which will eventually expand the horizons of this swashbuckling fodder.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNS5xpV0Ad0-593PKSZJnr5KlzQqjYM98y1_WycgDVrmDEDJVoEbpHFlImqtu2Z1sYw9MjlBsBDENxNpy0_bBpa_M1Hs6D1-tOEiEgTF3a2077abVCLsLKuJy1OcBmo6TtjnQ8lpSrns/s1618/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h06m48s767.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1618" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNS5xpV0Ad0-593PKSZJnr5KlzQqjYM98y1_WycgDVrmDEDJVoEbpHFlImqtu2Z1sYw9MjlBsBDENxNpy0_bBpa_M1Hs6D1-tOEiEgTF3a2077abVCLsLKuJy1OcBmo6TtjnQ8lpSrns/w640-h378/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h06m48s767.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ross Hoffman's carefully positioned matte</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviHUjCglZxGJETb9wnfq0mcpTLZhJmZvGla_MG5MGpU-x97mSy8t82wiH_s2VTnx8vXPDl4-K7-W_-nHegUGrOCsrirSmeCLLagzYK3zPntf8_CMCSDnFSXZ6R84kLZJSINpKDKNm9Pk/s1607/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h07m06s576.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1607" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviHUjCglZxGJETb9wnfq0mcpTLZhJmZvGla_MG5MGpU-x97mSy8t82wiH_s2VTnx8vXPDl4-K7-W_-nHegUGrOCsrirSmeCLLagzYK3zPntf8_CMCSDnFSXZ6R84kLZJSINpKDKNm9Pk/w640-h378/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h07m06s576.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From Hollywood to Jamaica. Seeing is believing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vTpnXxXM6a2MN5Rl31zk-V_tXAZaX_9ZbmT4tqjrr46JphD1Br5KU9MYS_a0MCtIyTodZjE89EJaNi6JYq9l1JhT1BB1lJCmYLfV1-CkdPFQsjTyx9yALM6ln6LcTjgGyVhOLOt5zMI/s1440/Yankee+Buccaneer+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vTpnXxXM6a2MN5Rl31zk-V_tXAZaX_9ZbmT4tqjrr46JphD1Br5KU9MYS_a0MCtIyTodZjE89EJaNi6JYq9l1JhT1BB1lJCmYLfV1-CkdPFQsjTyx9yALM6ln6LcTjgGyVhOLOt5zMI/w640-h480/Yankee+Buccaneer+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">YANKEE BUCCANEER as it looks remastered in all it's vivid Technicolor glory.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizB6NFjtKUSAcOsBWAhH2gJ2v-zRIUcKo12jiuu4IDI-MNA_WlFFqzfJ2IWwrieiKIgfSq1kxSyz3_9eotLuFINEtXUbVhb43jCVemx4ISGPfPT7MTB1TUyhqc1x37Et_TbtwGOPqCTXk/s1640/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h07m28s502.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1640" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizB6NFjtKUSAcOsBWAhH2gJ2v-zRIUcKo12jiuu4IDI-MNA_WlFFqzfJ2IWwrieiKIgfSq1kxSyz3_9eotLuFINEtXUbVhb43jCVemx4ISGPfPT7MTB1TUyhqc1x37Et_TbtwGOPqCTXk/w640-h376/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h07m28s502.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A snuck this one into the previous blog post as a teaser...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hGS7z6RycD-_3CDlnrggJzs1m5EOw9Crwsn3B7pOgpyJyYCmLQxydP_VxJ9tBBzVzNL1DIxUIiAmPvMJUVExJW4I7_Y2IbfQc3pkXAwv1GwuQn7TqMfJwN4AL-umZGZSpEwhAHcDOS8/s1632/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h07m40s720.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1632" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hGS7z6RycD-_3CDlnrggJzs1m5EOw9Crwsn3B7pOgpyJyYCmLQxydP_VxJ9tBBzVzNL1DIxUIiAmPvMJUVExJW4I7_Y2IbfQc3pkXAwv1GwuQn7TqMfJwN4AL-umZGZSpEwhAHcDOS8/w640-h378/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h07m40s720.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This standing riverboat set appeared in tons of Universal movies, though this particular one I don't know.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimiVYdMREdb2oyK4s9ZIeRg4FpAoS1czCbUGNz1mRn4YjDr3WzOHVtrPtmRifBfGN-5hh-K1zytUQ9uAIbTL_hQ_L9KDdQYlk5BGrxXz9Rw1z8WAmNBhWPlQ9cOjx18DEB033HYEkCU4/s1706/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h08m02s301.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1706" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimiVYdMREdb2oyK4s9ZIeRg4FpAoS1czCbUGNz1mRn4YjDr3WzOHVtrPtmRifBfGN-5hh-K1zytUQ9uAIbTL_hQ_L9KDdQYlk5BGrxXz9Rw1z8WAmNBhWPlQ9cOjx18DEB033HYEkCU4/w640-h370/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h08m02s301.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A most grand and expanive vista indeed. I thought it <i>could</i> have been from the Yvonne de Carlo film RIVER LADY (1948), but cannot be sure??</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXnCt9i2qabzdorU4BAUB9jUj_jATmLCqdxi1i8SQJZiQ4HjwDGeH7bWzG3TbshSYgBztPV5ss6C5YEHFpLcTxAnwNo6hiOjsUcUXwnMGr3vkl1zVGQ9aauU-0LJVHOfgTEqAlGm16no/s1274/Russ+Lawson+Uni+riverboat+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1274" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXnCt9i2qabzdorU4BAUB9jUj_jATmLCqdxi1i8SQJZiQ4HjwDGeH7bWzG3TbshSYgBztPV5ss6C5YEHFpLcTxAnwNo6hiOjsUcUXwnMGr3vkl1zVGQ9aauU-0LJVHOfgTEqAlGm16no/w640-h446/Russ+Lawson+Uni+riverboat+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As I mentioned in the previous blog, this mighty shot, oddly, did appear in the John Wayne picture THE COMANCHERO'S (1961), which was a 20th Century Fox flick, and was 'optically scanned' as a tilt down camera move for CinemaScope to boot! I had always assumed it to be an Emil Kosa jnr matte shot for years, having seen that 1961 film, but obviously it pre-dates the Fox show. It seems that Fox's Bill Abbott, who ran their fx shop, lifted/begged/borrowed/stole/acquired this shot from Universal - not at all unusual as fx shots from questionable origins often appear in other studio's films. George Pal was notoriously cheap when it came to this, with scores of 'his' key fx shots in his films being lifted wholesale out of other, older films... and even winning an Oscar at one point! Though I digress....<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGhHDdeapzZ4FxdvrIKZRHZBJApuGKLaLOThpq4SrRfBTQRKh3wBKmPUypCpES_MiMyuEK-DDNscZZRNKFQ2mIMogLdpm8PGt8m5Vt2puWVYA9prdPH-CJtUkyna4374MOxzSIYR11rI/s1620/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h08m53s587.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1620" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGhHDdeapzZ4FxdvrIKZRHZBJApuGKLaLOThpq4SrRfBTQRKh3wBKmPUypCpES_MiMyuEK-DDNscZZRNKFQ2mIMogLdpm8PGt8m5Vt2puWVYA9prdPH-CJtUkyna4374MOxzSIYR11rI/w640-h382/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h08m53s587.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now folks..... <u>this</u> one's a doozy, in every sense of the terminology. I had to play this reel a number of times just to take it all in. I will explain as we go along, so pay attention, as I will be asking questions later... The film is another Universal 'B' picture, of some economy, but not without it's merits - this shot being one of them. The film is DESERT LEGION (1953) with Alan Ladd. The plate shown here formed the basis of a vast and extravagant matte composite, which you will see shortly. Matte cameraman Ross Hoffman shot this on location with the full intention of isolating specific elements only to use later, as you shall see...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrP2Vp4gJ7XkN-kgB4fHgzR1BHgvkCoCp6hX-ZlEDspn0wUigo6S6FsjnzbOe2NMcU9mbEUsshU-k5YTW2pXFUmpbA2FpTsTjkE63_6SYRvUMKsfHwqaYwapSA7y-MIe7Z5dtJzprzo6w/s1628/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m02s574.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1628" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrP2Vp4gJ7XkN-kgB4fHgzR1BHgvkCoCp6hX-ZlEDspn0wUigo6S6FsjnzbOe2NMcU9mbEUsshU-k5YTW2pXFUmpbA2FpTsTjkE63_6SYRvUMKsfHwqaYwapSA7y-MIe7Z5dtJzprzo6w/w640-h378/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m02s574.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DESERT LEGION: A separate plate was made of distant horses (I think)...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPidSqHG39tp6nmRLMHU0Y73lo5kVYeiyYmN9QCPx_V_5_Jmea6ikqcCBzbpRXhmDtZcPyf_Eesig64HP5kQoaIdmB1F38bVq5kuYV2GDLO5DKfay3hlMtV_TjSnOzQCZQX7w2tVyRX60/s1620/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m12s930.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1620" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPidSqHG39tp6nmRLMHU0Y73lo5kVYeiyYmN9QCPx_V_5_Jmea6ikqcCBzbpRXhmDtZcPyf_Eesig64HP5kQoaIdmB1F38bVq5kuYV2GDLO5DKfay3hlMtV_TjSnOzQCZQX7w2tVyRX60/w640-h384/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m12s930.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DESERT LEGION: Another plate added, with other live action horses or riders...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4liszXK2b6NLh9iqDeAakEql-Eie1DSMb8DRlKcd7EUw3Zup9BxQ9K3w4UOvotdlPQ9zEGujLeBwNUoNsWWFuG26OyikTGwqX1JR-FFcQB4ULTMbKD31r1tvqK764_deyKWp5ffK2Wdw/s1624/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m20s248.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1624" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4liszXK2b6NLh9iqDeAakEql-Eie1DSMb8DRlKcd7EUw3Zup9BxQ9K3w4UOvotdlPQ9zEGujLeBwNUoNsWWFuG26OyikTGwqX1JR-FFcQB4ULTMbKD31r1tvqK764_deyKWp5ffK2Wdw/w640-h380/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m20s248.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DESERT LEGION: Added to the jigsaw puzzle is a plate of white water rapids...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxZ8Dxa60yvG5lSVvrw3J22sENkrEUfmg1ySnVIcP80fyij6EFvKeyJUO62SQIXBcNWH9UF3zMtavPY_pBfq_aYCQlbQXeoN6VJ8NRiZ3eSf4m13ryTENWCFTt3LpiAbIfvAHqAr8S3g/s1628/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m28s598.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1628" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxZ8Dxa60yvG5lSVvrw3J22sENkrEUfmg1ySnVIcP80fyij6EFvKeyJUO62SQIXBcNWH9UF3zMtavPY_pBfq_aYCQlbQXeoN6VJ8NRiZ3eSf4m13ryTENWCFTt3LpiAbIfvAHqAr8S3g/w640-h376/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m28s598.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DESERT LEGION: Further additions by Hoffman include another plate of some different rapids...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg274WHmSVBgKDEgehBaxcJNF7AfmLWLYlDjZdNmHEJjsxDW3FSMdUd1Eg8UQ1J34Fl8VrV0hw0JlmVTyMDFod0G9h1xiLG0IfxzvpE-ctz49EHEaqXuH9IyRXZQ_CYSruSTmts1Ld8Fe8/s1620/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m37s462.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1620" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg274WHmSVBgKDEgehBaxcJNF7AfmLWLYlDjZdNmHEJjsxDW3FSMdUd1Eg8UQ1J34Fl8VrV0hw0JlmVTyMDFod0G9h1xiLG0IfxzvpE-ctz49EHEaqXuH9IyRXZQ_CYSruSTmts1Ld8Fe8/w640-h378/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m37s462.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DESERT LEGION: Additionally, Ross has shot and dropped in a river flowing into the distance. **<i>Note: Pete will be <u>very</u> bloody annoyed at any reader viewing this all on some fucken cellphone sized piece of crap! <b>:(</b></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TlU4veJMB1rqSCEKzDS9Cq0XBsyA0Vg0jiNPNLKSD21ZamKuZjTJ3LLpU44_5IX4hl_ZFF4Zr7JNyItTY67jEIGxP3tFIMlB8-qQh3poRDv9yOsYrfjinDD2bvu6BSe6Y5-0G3UcysI/s1622/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m45s685.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1622" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TlU4veJMB1rqSCEKzDS9Cq0XBsyA0Vg0jiNPNLKSD21ZamKuZjTJ3LLpU44_5IX4hl_ZFF4Zr7JNyItTY67jEIGxP3tFIMlB8-qQh3poRDv9yOsYrfjinDD2bvu6BSe6Y5-0G3UcysI/w640-h378/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m45s685.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DESERT LEGION: ...and it just keeps getting more complicated. Now Ross has combined footage taken from that very first full frame of live action, with the waterfall element isolated as well as a portion of the foreground brush with the riders on horseback as well. <i>"Are you following me? ... Well quit following me or I'll have you arrested"</i> (**the great philosopher, Groucho Marx)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsN1qzSQDYBPHHDktMudcfcKcGuwLu8G8cSdGEBzzvxSyBmKkGMMIZrc0Pt6WkB8HwrPTUD_VXNdveiDr2hF1TvFDwunTXi3y68ZN6Py8zCbJeTP4qLMozIf9aIeu4jb8CbEl0zJb4Yc/s1620/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m53s863.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1620" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsN1qzSQDYBPHHDktMudcfcKcGuwLu8G8cSdGEBzzvxSyBmKkGMMIZrc0Pt6WkB8HwrPTUD_VXNdveiDr2hF1TvFDwunTXi3y68ZN6Py8zCbJeTP4qLMozIf9aIeu4jb8CbEl0zJb4Yc/w640-h380/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m53s863.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DESERT LEGION: Okay, so now let's see... rapids, white water swirling, river, distant fields with horses, more horses, waterfall, foreground people, a partridge in a pear tree - and, oh yes, the first of two painted mattes by Russ Lawson! All individual pieces of film... and we're <i>still</i> not done!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WKUDLrj3EaalHkplRi0q1uYf1_7NmpNt4bO_dt1hA7ECcBVxc_7e29xVa9nS03HNFMfUNfuUMqjuQ0YzowtgbdnCmi1neq7L26nypH64C-6XCRVuZqCu-49Rs0Pu_wB_tYrKnI6s100/s1668/Desert+Legion-final+HD1080p.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1668" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WKUDLrj3EaalHkplRi0q1uYf1_7NmpNt4bO_dt1hA7ECcBVxc_7e29xVa9nS03HNFMfUNfuUMqjuQ0YzowtgbdnCmi1neq7L26nypH64C-6XCRVuZqCu-49Rs0Pu_wB_tYrKnI6s100/w640-h366/Desert+Legion-final+HD1080p.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DESERT LEGION: The magnificent finished visual effect jigsaw puzzle, all seemlessly assembled on Ross Hoffman's optical printer. Incredibly smooth collage of numerous pieces of film. Bravo!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGs7SV9weIA_UuzpjxGioy6bpZ9jy-efLV8KmK7e4o-3pUNKr29wD_T1gvTPS32FTf2f3II72sPADixH23dGyumy-NKCjc_djCSk43ZmUaoLihhTosdxbZiQDSLhUfMku9dU9nYKhToE/s1146/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h10m03s559.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1146" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGs7SV9weIA_UuzpjxGioy6bpZ9jy-efLV8KmK7e4o-3pUNKr29wD_T1gvTPS32FTf2f3II72sPADixH23dGyumy-NKCjc_djCSk43ZmUaoLihhTosdxbZiQDSLhUfMku9dU9nYKhToE/w640-h336/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h10m03s559.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I made a close up of the Russ' artwork.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yJaQoy5RFG2BMrhxjI8IQG1PUgODIJTq4CiI_AxTzAryv7Y9atAli9GX5Lz-AFUEc-KcCdESvpZRNb0ZXuqIOLk5sSBrdFHWBZ7uPViemkRONN-FsPJDXM58DpAVjpdeyeztoPRZBVQ/s1636/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h06m39s779.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1636" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yJaQoy5RFG2BMrhxjI8IQG1PUgODIJTq4CiI_AxTzAryv7Y9atAli9GX5Lz-AFUEc-KcCdESvpZRNb0ZXuqIOLk5sSBrdFHWBZ7uPViemkRONN-FsPJDXM58DpAVjpdeyeztoPRZBVQ/w640-h410/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h06m39s779.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">That old riverboat set again, though just what film this plate is intended for, I dunno? The final shown below is quite cleverly done.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7EyV-brOVcRdXEJrE-firIvzjoxpJHVs2sGMnwdtl3waSJ7mGyvAjRCNakALCjwYjsrizSnuEL3qIwBSLfAB4flpz3U9FbBjOv0Vm7o9fJmA-2ViArQrgW2uo5KtI9yaJT4h9G-D2MnM/s1636/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h07m18s366.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="1636" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7EyV-brOVcRdXEJrE-firIvzjoxpJHVs2sGMnwdtl3waSJ7mGyvAjRCNakALCjwYjsrizSnuEL3qIwBSLfAB4flpz3U9FbBjOv0Vm7o9fJmA-2ViArQrgW2uo5KtI9yaJT4h9G-D2MnM/w640-h410/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h07m18s366.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Composite, in Technicolor, though not so as you'd notice it!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kbBw29a8q5ZDUfLG8ziNRiGdSjeU5P4WhVhRcxYdEMLxwdZR_Ss6RRoc4V0Z3YYYzW9iSLZAN0qb0fggEY0jd4RWhJSlxAfWKfZKDHTjQCYGXDNX3HIeSYLP_zgVR7wkP69wlecWtWo/s1612/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h07m43s151.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1612" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kbBw29a8q5ZDUfLG8ziNRiGdSjeU5P4WhVhRcxYdEMLxwdZR_Ss6RRoc4V0Z3YYYzW9iSLZAN0qb0fggEY0jd4RWhJSlxAfWKfZKDHTjQCYGXDNX3HIeSYLP_zgVR7wkP69wlecWtWo/w640-h416/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h07m43s151.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same movie, night view.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7hFktTIPkqdKyBlCx8_7k2Qddst5ECWkKDOzvgjN3Kr2ZT-LirQynL-boUHyTZtV2EfGTEv2tA8ak_YcVgE92knaXDSOgOd6xftMxuYwAbTm1GLVXamiV1LvyYRJS49lwpO7DW2hHZw/s1644/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h09m10s950.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1644" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7hFktTIPkqdKyBlCx8_7k2Qddst5ECWkKDOzvgjN3Kr2ZT-LirQynL-boUHyTZtV2EfGTEv2tA8ak_YcVgE92knaXDSOgOd6xftMxuYwAbTm1GLVXamiV1LvyYRJS49lwpO7DW2hHZw/w640-h420/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h09m10s950.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another doozy of a matte, that I guarantee nobody would ever detect in the final version... This full frame plate (in colour...apparently) was made in the desert (apparently). See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggecnDaM1-KtFnkcCCEZLaRuBikmJxqgxIHgD9RpCwyls4V0aAHipxa86oukistGOn7bYHVstN2ktyWLdv1_-26_YesQdZ9h5iIL-M76xh0FgpocyeiSgwZGVhVanO0wqDH-CDMKal8QY/s1630/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h09m16s501.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1630" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggecnDaM1-KtFnkcCCEZLaRuBikmJxqgxIHgD9RpCwyls4V0aAHipxa86oukistGOn7bYHVstN2ktyWLdv1_-26_YesQdZ9h5iIL-M76xh0FgpocyeiSgwZGVhVanO0wqDH-CDMKal8QY/w640-h414/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h09m16s501.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the same unknown western, a <i>second</i> plate was shot of a typical cowboy town set...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdu5p5a7MmXDrONVpfC8xp7ZTCfIyKfDEHBuIZ37cBwMsKnfDM43_qaLzjKHTVJXVqXz2dW2UM9OfTvOW3YlYvtLJaTgm_sIE2FkcfkZPivA6l_xbifnoqetZGJFxzfAMQTo-oB4hp_0/s1622/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h09m43s983.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1622" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdu5p5a7MmXDrONVpfC8xp7ZTCfIyKfDEHBuIZ37cBwMsKnfDM43_qaLzjKHTVJXVqXz2dW2UM9OfTvOW3YlYvtLJaTgm_sIE2FkcfkZPivA6l_xbifnoqetZGJFxzfAMQTo-oB4hp_0/w640-h418/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h09m43s983.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Town set masked off by Ross Hoffman for some rather skillful trickery...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibX-bXHC7JZBgEUwG35Ciu4Cq3Q7O01JMVOJETB1qz8TBkxIzfmSnJLpYpme4Hc9xtVAdLainX53TVXMPJs42RVuzFtC1bfvhq-u1Yc4Z2Eg_Llgqv-nXoZBhIF1M9FTTP3tlpFU0wn4Y/s1632/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h25m26s537.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1632" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibX-bXHC7JZBgEUwG35Ciu4Cq3Q7O01JMVOJETB1qz8TBkxIzfmSnJLpYpme4Hc9xtVAdLainX53TVXMPJs42RVuzFtC1bfvhq-u1Yc4Z2Eg_Llgqv-nXoZBhIF1M9FTTP3tlpFU0wn4Y/w640-h412/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h25m26s537.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here is where the fun begins. Hoffman has matted the desert footage into the town footage, though with specific portions remaining, which will be blended in by Russ.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScQFx96t3UBBl50Tujzm6BNcwMMEtdZE-BDDYwxjQMIRPgizVKT6xRF1UF0Cl82g-XFpDOdYUYOALwHRkZxHIJJ5TpQvCJaEelEFx_5hxyUb6Y_Qko2bCUCz58wef0yp3YDaijPPeMxI/s1638/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h25m43s445.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1638" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScQFx96t3UBBl50Tujzm6BNcwMMEtdZE-BDDYwxjQMIRPgizVKT6xRF1UF0Cl82g-XFpDOdYUYOALwHRkZxHIJJ5TpQvCJaEelEFx_5hxyUb6Y_Qko2bCUCz58wef0yp3YDaijPPeMxI/w640-h422/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h25m43s445.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished effect, not so as you'd ever expect it to be a trick shot. The two plates have been expertly blended with subtle matte painting to tie it all as one authentic western setting! Brilliant, though I wish I knew the film? I'd most likely never even spot the 'trick' anyhow! Bravo!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3_4m4gsKuftEwaOTYR8FKlWj4OSUPx7TdhKhc_gUg1NRPuWXYQPD20gnOCn7TtCLpw-ctoWyz4qA0UfCBN0R30ZIVSmr3MFezd0efIIWfaMYsfihbrKRInBh-lZ2W2QVXncsMD6zZaw/s1412/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h25m32s013+crop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="1412" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3_4m4gsKuftEwaOTYR8FKlWj4OSUPx7TdhKhc_gUg1NRPuWXYQPD20gnOCn7TtCLpw-ctoWyz4qA0UfCBN0R30ZIVSmr3MFezd0efIIWfaMYsfihbrKRInBh-lZ2W2QVXncsMD6zZaw/w640-h220/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h25m32s013+crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A blow up of the unpainted area.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_QLmMdIMtDt-VCCIkQ5EvN5dRK8nJE8rYQ4r3roCKRxyxT_xaT4hn8huyoI-zdTnlZdLADARI6AymE1InEQRVVPOWHi9Yn8U8ucTPGM0_PpSAshgVKnMzalOyQsNgHEGQEp4smG2lH8/s1416/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h25m43s445+crop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="1416" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_QLmMdIMtDt-VCCIkQ5EvN5dRK8nJE8rYQ4r3roCKRxyxT_xaT4hn8huyoI-zdTnlZdLADARI6AymE1InEQRVVPOWHi9Yn8U8ucTPGM0_PpSAshgVKnMzalOyQsNgHEGQEp4smG2lH8/w640-h178/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h25m43s445+crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Subtle matte art pulls the illusion together flawlessly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOvpsvWTGPqZB0sGGyjUqikdUoz9mEMcSZqS3eJDakF37ckfoQnMbMOexby1m2RUGw7PRWclG8gEfaaYeiHbmEV-NbC8Pn624LUOexMF-DKKE6BuiHrck6Pei4HuFdHXwq8Uj2IfY2eA/s1472/vlcsnap-2021-10-17-15h44m17s176a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1472" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOvpsvWTGPqZB0sGGyjUqikdUoz9mEMcSZqS3eJDakF37ckfoQnMbMOexby1m2RUGw7PRWclG8gEfaaYeiHbmEV-NbC8Pn624LUOexMF-DKKE6BuiHrck6Pei4HuFdHXwq8Uj2IfY2eA/w640-h470/vlcsnap-2021-10-17-15h44m17s176a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also included on Lawson's reels was this avalanche sequence from the James Stewart western THE FAR COUNTRY (1955), with Clifford Stine as visual effects chief.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizp8RjMDi6qXoaMso8YUZ2YcqDpOCZBkLbnmSACRifAnDiqU1ntO11cQHj925au5_faAbQknSYGpRSZOWz1_htFn6qVDJde7McS3x83cEiVUZhTXUd6DD3ZX5HRtAHLQ6OgRJkcIp3Y4k/s1524/vlcsnap-2021-10-17-15h43m37s104.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1524" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizp8RjMDi6qXoaMso8YUZ2YcqDpOCZBkLbnmSACRifAnDiqU1ntO11cQHj925au5_faAbQknSYGpRSZOWz1_htFn6qVDJde7McS3x83cEiVUZhTXUd6DD3ZX5HRtAHLQ6OgRJkcIp3Y4k/w640-h452/vlcsnap-2021-10-17-15h43m37s104.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The sequence was basically a split screen affair, with miniature mountain matted onto live action. I'm guessing Russell may have painted on the shot to blend the two together, with the rocky outcrops at left and extreme right appearing to be added in later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqYv59-Llbfk4vyi_2CDsOpB8MFFL4P_0ieU-8dZHaeQrn1LoLZ0_vevnf-5fsPd1CsyGKeJiCHnBs_3YMG6sIDuDbANUegtnBthH7im3fDaNOj1YVmFCnL8MUTzqAmfDWYScwZqfhkw/s1920/vlcsnap-2021-10-17-15h43m47s267.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqYv59-Llbfk4vyi_2CDsOpB8MFFL4P_0ieU-8dZHaeQrn1LoLZ0_vevnf-5fsPd1CsyGKeJiCHnBs_3YMG6sIDuDbANUegtnBthH7im3fDaNOj1YVmFCnL8MUTzqAmfDWYScwZqfhkw/w640-h360/vlcsnap-2021-10-17-15h43m47s267.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Curiously, the tumbling boulders all seemed to have precisely 'drilled' holes visible as they crash toward the people, making me assume the miniature rocks were pinned in place somehow and released on cue.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqdOg_h-6aN9WeTFXbyLnVGhE7V_WeI7HzaYp-7sjyP-xj2cw2Sf7C1z7YNoUVd4cAbHpEEDzo9WN3LJFGrj_sCfDd7xTURBBhtCYbNlJGFiXv8jKF4wnHk51KzzJfj2YEutyd4XlQgk/s2115/Far+County+x4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="2115" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqdOg_h-6aN9WeTFXbyLnVGhE7V_WeI7HzaYp-7sjyP-xj2cw2Sf7C1z7YNoUVd4cAbHpEEDzo9WN3LJFGrj_sCfDd7xTURBBhtCYbNlJGFiXv8jKF4wnHk51KzzJfj2YEutyd4XlQgk/w640-h360/Far+County+x4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As seen on the DVD, with proper colour!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuXxI29Be0MKkST34rAv6kmVZ4mqXpZqBT1G9-Oy13XFQ4Bv9bmnu86Sa-L1HvJUhormXflAy0gW0vLn1xqMjhFSIpJYGMeJBHG8r4lsdCucUXIy8EOlH8KOMSxkjhFoybewSRsvk6dE/s1624/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h11m46s471.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1624" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuXxI29Be0MKkST34rAv6kmVZ4mqXpZqBT1G9-Oy13XFQ4Bv9bmnu86Sa-L1HvJUhormXflAy0gW0vLn1xqMjhFSIpJYGMeJBHG8r4lsdCucUXIy8EOlH8KOMSxkjhFoybewSRsvk6dE/w640-h376/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h11m46s471.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Live action set up for yet another mystery Universal film. The building was a regular standing set on the studio backlot, and was seen in countless pictures and tv shows over the years, more often than not as part of a matte shot of one sort or other.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2I7l4fsaA8WBsceu27z12enElKNIe4n_Jxplrbj5wu56ZTFWGVPAALYBs52jkOA0Ncy1H7fKCSsbzFLgeYBdhePDFxr5bFTfpRpMhokPR2njeXkdqoPPqM9iPvG5gq1b27X5NGbuucA/s1620/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h11m48s049.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1620" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2I7l4fsaA8WBsceu27z12enElKNIe4n_Jxplrbj5wu56ZTFWGVPAALYBs52jkOA0Ncy1H7fKCSsbzFLgeYBdhePDFxr5bFTfpRpMhokPR2njeXkdqoPPqM9iPvG5gq1b27X5NGbuucA/w640-h384/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h11m48s049.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhua4BKd_tb-shgQNPMbtplwsDMeGYXMLHyDRt9qnGuKALHru-tzlxm1ITJl-YZc5nKapefhxb20ayAF8RMc8GgNftv9Z7HqqkUw9SW50w-OFlTbVHVDT2QY17z1iCPtUVNpQqj9eRMFyE/s1632/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h11m58s839.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1632" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhua4BKd_tb-shgQNPMbtplwsDMeGYXMLHyDRt9qnGuKALHru-tzlxm1ITJl-YZc5nKapefhxb20ayAF8RMc8GgNftv9Z7HqqkUw9SW50w-OFlTbVHVDT2QY17z1iCPtUVNpQqj9eRMFyE/w640-h378/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h11m58s839.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Live action limited to a small piece of wall and driveway prior to addition of painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbBg69WDoVt_bcKpgPaOeYYYEfyS_CBPH_GMWU61mPPSRxNBCHrbWwtgo_L6c0FK3GhXalM0gFyCFraxMkzm3b-U93ZvezhkuxI1cWkSMTruc6xZUG7Qrlr8jyKBKZJKAKMGNifIi_p8/s1614/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h12m27s343.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1614" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbBg69WDoVt_bcKpgPaOeYYYEfyS_CBPH_GMWU61mPPSRxNBCHrbWwtgo_L6c0FK3GhXalM0gFyCFraxMkzm3b-U93ZvezhkuxI1cWkSMTruc6xZUG7Qrlr8jyKBKZJKAKMGNifIi_p8/w640-h380/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h12m27s343.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Transformed into the Green Island Casino for mystery film. Cameraman Ross Hoffman has added an additional water plate as well as a blinking neon sign and smoke rising from the chimney.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjME5iu9C713BvgMc8CFksEmdSkae5Mtnnx9V8HJRvokYfrnyR9WlvFMckMaN6IHiMXuQ207MHzF5508gwXxyMbbWxEagndrY6hFn2bTqHkNsuYEeAMRoJKga169l9f10u7BYP5IrWul4s/s1602/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h05m11s597.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1602" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjME5iu9C713BvgMc8CFksEmdSkae5Mtnnx9V8HJRvokYfrnyR9WlvFMckMaN6IHiMXuQ207MHzF5508gwXxyMbbWxEagndrY6hFn2bTqHkNsuYEeAMRoJKga169l9f10u7BYP5IrWul4s/w640-h384/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h05m11s597.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm most curious about this scene, and would like to know just what the film is?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqYO1NmHK8Ck3Dt9SHYHq4_okn6Gimey_ZYJgsj2ODgVBIvnxQ2yci_XtUSA0IAc6Ad6k-pIxSVK_REU84nEEk8jNNNsyYBsdu_i99k7MIMhhcU65U-vJlWCWzzSP4aOYEVlRBOn16n8/s1388/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h05m33s478.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1388" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqYO1NmHK8Ck3Dt9SHYHq4_okn6Gimey_ZYJgsj2ODgVBIvnxQ2yci_XtUSA0IAc6Ad6k-pIxSVK_REU84nEEk8jNNNsyYBsdu_i99k7MIMhhcU65U-vJlWCWzzSP4aOYEVlRBOn16n8/w640-h438/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h05m33s478.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Minimal live action added to Lawson's sweeping, period European setting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDG-bvzmgrmmAUHjwMQoMOC2MZto2O2pH5USUnAWRN5V1tp2hLqCKBjOWJc9OhZIXtfvJ2rhKqNdLcLO68bDRerbMHcSKdr0mEbBhtJe4oCy5gQFvhnzRcBaKLvU4SQ-eZrvNYvw8_ec/s1626/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h26m34s481.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1626" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDG-bvzmgrmmAUHjwMQoMOC2MZto2O2pH5USUnAWRN5V1tp2hLqCKBjOWJc9OhZIXtfvJ2rhKqNdLcLO68bDRerbMHcSKdr0mEbBhtJe4oCy5gQFvhnzRcBaKLvU4SQ-eZrvNYvw8_ec/w640-h410/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h26m34s481.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I knew this one as soon as I saw this 'before' plate... It's from Douglas Sirk's emotionally shrill <i>menage-a-trois</i> WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtPVz7tv4cXqWiMwe5YqkUdyGxxV55sEKYWVo217ZksrYggpDxh8SvS_1LLh4wbVXpVOnFiT6lW7Xuq6XL2OOJQIjoz_tqAhh_pOmjv8Q3lsK9efExstEtpK4rrXloIuMhpZkIAicD64/s1432/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h27m10s850.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1432" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtPVz7tv4cXqWiMwe5YqkUdyGxxV55sEKYWVo217ZksrYggpDxh8SvS_1LLh4wbVXpVOnFiT6lW7Xuq6XL2OOJQIjoz_tqAhh_pOmjv8Q3lsK9efExstEtpK4rrXloIuMhpZkIAicD64/w640-h474/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h27m10s850.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ross filmed the original plate full frame Academy ratio and then had it optically reduced and repositioned to fit the matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Xa9P_3MuJP5ZS3Vf7lIrSJWl5e66Bs62orxFzu6dDoXWc4mml2j31jVmrEHJdfp6YlwsmnHzFfHb-QWBP3aFP4DDCkVmwVZiFMzME3UAT8UnreSq1arKbet1plTGFIXkGcwDp7pndJU/s1624/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h27m21s684.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1624" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Xa9P_3MuJP5ZS3Vf7lIrSJWl5e66Bs62orxFzu6dDoXWc4mml2j31jVmrEHJdfp6YlwsmnHzFfHb-QWBP3aFP4DDCkVmwVZiFMzME3UAT8UnreSq1arKbet1plTGFIXkGcwDp7pndJU/w640-h412/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h27m21s684.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lawson's painting perfectly married into Hoffman's live action plate.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6gPznBkRmjkEk-7UZpuybFPDEUa7veCuETKmvZIKw0uLADUfnJqxHbUK4G3SPy4TWbPLawsFId5kt_TrjMDRKdIj5V78dwAOQTHIi_r64rLddRkKk0vntMbmWZZBVxfvuhcpi7dUN_w/s1920/Written+on+the+Wind.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1920" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6gPznBkRmjkEk-7UZpuybFPDEUa7veCuETKmvZIKw0uLADUfnJqxHbUK4G3SPy4TWbPLawsFId5kt_TrjMDRKdIj5V78dwAOQTHIi_r64rLddRkKk0vntMbmWZZBVxfvuhcpi7dUN_w/w640-h314/Written+on+the+Wind.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The shot as it appeared in the Technicolor release prints.<br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAr6XC7i5YX2y5YiJT7kuYA4dQXPbDlpBjss99CeiJ8jHAjSKt26rt27xa9DNyXAyhwESK8qsYiDR-AF1U0moNRHdfyemLW1AUL-q-Uf3tQQD_OUige6DRFWol3Oejc6KUZzOJI2bRZ8/s1632/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h28m01s342.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1632" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAr6XC7i5YX2y5YiJT7kuYA4dQXPbDlpBjss99CeiJ8jHAjSKt26rt27xa9DNyXAyhwESK8qsYiDR-AF1U0moNRHdfyemLW1AUL-q-Uf3tQQD_OUige6DRFWol3Oejc6KUZzOJI2bRZ8/w640-h410/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h28m01s342.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">WRITTEN ON THE WIND starts off with this night time view of The Hadley Oil Company HQ, with blinking animated signage above.<br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtkkvqGpvLabQ1Ni-GX7BzXLWtcBB-leleDtFi5Xa49_2JXS3gzu9-RJEOCZkOilKWFpY6wxH0wgPPp3WH4GUvV_zdQ8SSy1fjvrTZjAIvTzAnuRQV4zvYEjkYdhet5Fhc4iBzAgG9aw/s1632/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h26m10s795.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1632" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtkkvqGpvLabQ1Ni-GX7BzXLWtcBB-leleDtFi5Xa49_2JXS3gzu9-RJEOCZkOilKWFpY6wxH0wgPPp3WH4GUvV_zdQ8SSy1fjvrTZjAIvTzAnuRQV4zvYEjkYdhet5Fhc4iBzAgG9aw/w640-h414/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h26m10s795.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Unmatted live set for another Douglas Sirk picture, ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqvYGTuhRV5ADcix61oM5-bSUH4HN_37QAJxMAgh7hXWKDKIjraiGWqVa10UBsWndE8F4pbrfeCn2tuoS9qGxHbtp7CszIhhyphenhyphenVQLak7r8JKw-BPbW0jO6xO7N8XY0W3alAUYkuvny3R8/s1636/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h26m18s818.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="1636" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqvYGTuhRV5ADcix61oM5-bSUH4HN_37QAJxMAgh7hXWKDKIjraiGWqVa10UBsWndE8F4pbrfeCn2tuoS9qGxHbtp7CszIhhyphenhyphenVQLak7r8JKw-BPbW0jO6xO7N8XY0W3alAUYkuvny3R8/w640-h408/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h26m18s818.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painted landscape and added architectural features.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqUpTnRk6xKrHa3oYQWhCWR9YELUjYaRhLhAnd_IpFzS8C0iy3_YFpFjUgl7B1n6B-BOmYHfJRH1IwvL5BNa6eonhqrAfOEJSxpC7wMsvktNiJFxOQZ_Em7WPTsH6hHO_0qBGvJevK4Q/s1920/All+That+Heaven+Allows+BR+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqUpTnRk6xKrHa3oYQWhCWR9YELUjYaRhLhAnd_IpFzS8C0iy3_YFpFjUgl7B1n6B-BOmYHfJRH1IwvL5BNa6eonhqrAfOEJSxpC7wMsvktNiJFxOQZ_Em7WPTsH6hHO_0qBGvJevK4Q/w640-h360/All+That+Heaven+Allows+BR+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The scene as it appears in the film, with Rock Hudson in foreground.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGPCONYpvd1MDRaLcz8huaxae3dTo39tIHmfQECYrKfHoov80McrGzFAwIb15xEdvenyOq2-nnLxJZPjRK6dUIcRzDKf_PiCZB89rO26oWxSM7IrJ7ghYfowiR6_dM_kmt10GPWRCUzk/s713/all+that+heaven3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="713" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGPCONYpvd1MDRaLcz8huaxae3dTo39tIHmfQECYrKfHoov80McrGzFAwIb15xEdvenyOq2-nnLxJZPjRK6dUIcRzDKf_PiCZB89rO26oWxSM7IrJ7ghYfowiR6_dM_kmt10GPWRCUzk/w640-h382/all+that+heaven3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A variation as a night sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioD7kNOwc3vs85feWClfIGL5U3yyaqYUJKpzYmHJKsuVGNLp2viTws6zwBemDP4pev4lT3NtxCTZSBasN4W6Z2AHIZrSLtgLIUtrqHGgxJ1zxLm6R8axKTUrhZ8vXeGdm_bGyl2W6OSro/s1628/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h07m49s378.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1628" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioD7kNOwc3vs85feWClfIGL5U3yyaqYUJKpzYmHJKsuVGNLp2viTws6zwBemDP4pev4lT3NtxCTZSBasN4W6Z2AHIZrSLtgLIUtrqHGgxJ1zxLm6R8axKTUrhZ8vXeGdm_bGyl2W6OSro/w640-h414/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h07m49s378.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Much optical work was needed for a seemingly straight forward scene in CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY (1944), with this small soundstage set to be extended somewhat.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYOBAm2trp_rA9HZo3EE8oK_z17ojqKF5UXWC_qKcjxGS2Qnzky2qMD4mLqay5lMD6rAtiEIfhBIgoMCDFxRjuVV-GDqNHZ7iUgLnjSQQrT-2B1PxKmGqmF9Mqtg8ejjKicyJgCbYZmU/s1632/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h08m05s229.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1632" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYOBAm2trp_rA9HZo3EE8oK_z17ojqKF5UXWC_qKcjxGS2Qnzky2qMD4mLqay5lMD6rAtiEIfhBIgoMCDFxRjuVV-GDqNHZ7iUgLnjSQQrT-2B1PxKmGqmF9Mqtg8ejjKicyJgCbYZmU/w640-h418/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h08m05s229.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The orchestra is isolated initially</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrStu4Er9TiXNHurMi5JInQ9qfhDH4Ly9P_sjxQgaEkYfAtKSzq1vtShK_BFva_eEeeKQvcyLiTLVLQuUgnYNEdPNQYzFl06Nvfu8Xxt-MIRzYEeD47V3hQzRmi-Xlw6UPOIMG3VCdrWs/s1638/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h08m16s165.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1638" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrStu4Er9TiXNHurMi5JInQ9qfhDH4Ly9P_sjxQgaEkYfAtKSzq1vtShK_BFva_eEeeKQvcyLiTLVLQuUgnYNEdPNQYzFl06Nvfu8Xxt-MIRzYEeD47V3hQzRmi-Xlw6UPOIMG3VCdrWs/w640-h414/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h08m16s165.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A group of extras were photographed in the left side...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxUk6fS-MNvRJvk5AljZTH5LmkObz-IFG6lEIRemnP0e2W0ip_C1GqAb5k1iMwvsVng9XfsPQia3c5dj8Gag8aeZlA50XyLGFuPfcdcFEZ3So3JYxN66nkujTqNAJthxTiKkFizShJws/s1632/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h08m40s425.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1632" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxUk6fS-MNvRJvk5AljZTH5LmkObz-IFG6lEIRemnP0e2W0ip_C1GqAb5k1iMwvsVng9XfsPQia3c5dj8Gag8aeZlA50XyLGFuPfcdcFEZ3So3JYxN66nkujTqNAJthxTiKkFizShJws/w640-h424/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h08m40s425.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">...and the same extras repositioned in the middle...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jEyVrfQZaC7htskpAYKZfkhNOf2uY_ODZaW0aUTKTQbFkkg4CJJ2MHdHL-0aGLquD4V2e_BukabVOQPvQ_eCJsRdMqe1ZZAf8UgxWrdk9u1Wxf7C7tSefyYsdWdI-DsTxmBUA_v4LAo/s1632/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h08m46s814.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1632" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jEyVrfQZaC7htskpAYKZfkhNOf2uY_ODZaW0aUTKTQbFkkg4CJJ2MHdHL-0aGLquD4V2e_BukabVOQPvQ_eCJsRdMqe1ZZAf8UgxWrdk9u1Wxf7C7tSefyYsdWdI-DsTxmBUA_v4LAo/w640-h424/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h08m46s814.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">.<span style="color: #2b00fe;">..and subsequently moved to the extreme right...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgkR_xChihsSmvn5MrEkkfr99wl1nIbaBMNQvMGgrBk0ZvNyAcOqR1u4sMJtqMzkl_saN8zQlKer2Tcg2Zus8Dg2ck3aRwD_5JoNdmngw7dUOb0tNfzJzS8oIf0QVtV1pU2j8bId4Qcc/s1630/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h08m57s513.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1630" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgkR_xChihsSmvn5MrEkkfr99wl1nIbaBMNQvMGgrBk0ZvNyAcOqR1u4sMJtqMzkl_saN8zQlKer2Tcg2Zus8Dg2ck3aRwD_5JoNdmngw7dUOb0tNfzJzS8oIf0QVtV1pU2j8bId4Qcc/w640-h424/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h08m57s513.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">With the crowded auditorium assembled optically, Lawson was then required to paint in the balcony seats and patrons at extreme right, as well as architectural additions to the stage and proscenium.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3p0oNGV5_JVzfamiGDxKyHHYulW9Aj-iMKxNrf2uMnvijwr3ZR1XcgCyz4Sh3TQ2a6gbVu2AgbW_9k93PLZ3LHUB1-sw1ug8XapvAxSeT735X7wlFRRiW2bt0n7hJhSZbxHP9cA9hQmE/s1636/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h08m57s513a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1636" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3p0oNGV5_JVzfamiGDxKyHHYulW9Aj-iMKxNrf2uMnvijwr3ZR1XcgCyz4Sh3TQ2a6gbVu2AgbW_9k93PLZ3LHUB1-sw1ug8XapvAxSeT735X7wlFRRiW2bt0n7hJhSZbxHP9cA9hQmE/w640-h410/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h08m57s513a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've lightened this final CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY frame for clearer viewing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYw4dbYJKhloGLNQsiZTPBDmBXMJEY1DyjzSPFZW7iNBm1IQD7NUgEBlaTJ573YI1DOP5f39lI1ViYN05EE1rfkaMwFq_KvqmF0dXBkZ8Lk0dQ2G0ExL5NCdVHLSXN03Pfrfpw1JkZft0/s1658/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h39m57s078.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="1658" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYw4dbYJKhloGLNQsiZTPBDmBXMJEY1DyjzSPFZW7iNBm1IQD7NUgEBlaTJ573YI1DOP5f39lI1ViYN05EE1rfkaMwFq_KvqmF0dXBkZ8Lk0dQ2G0ExL5NCdVHLSXN03Pfrfpw1JkZft0/w640-h352/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h39m57s078.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Partial set on a sound stage for an evening matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbmlULddoCbXp8GsEOTstiwUVs-H_rrEKi3PWSFtHVzgguIY9N8q8Poj4MZWogXCFpGdVyaOaFXYbsOTvTpTzWGl4rFihKREsbIZwGAzSZ13cLiYHNbN4U-oEE4W1SerRHnCKoGIREVw/s1640/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h40m32s277.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1640" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbmlULddoCbXp8GsEOTstiwUVs-H_rrEKi3PWSFtHVzgguIY9N8q8Poj4MZWogXCFpGdVyaOaFXYbsOTvTpTzWGl4rFihKREsbIZwGAzSZ13cLiYHNbN4U-oEE4W1SerRHnCKoGIREVw/w640-h370/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h40m32s277.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painting combined from an unidentified Universal picture, illustrated earlier in a daytime shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ve2o6VnqPoFRKxZubgdmBo4V67zKIPXIotO2GfVZPlMIzLwS0HZmtwI2xU8Nq-vM5evXleRSE74W5NHqd0HO9AdMihU35FZk8E1YBAnffHjHhts7v2YhB3Cth4J_Htq07faWZOQiiXU/s1638/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h06m39s358.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1638" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ve2o6VnqPoFRKxZubgdmBo4V67zKIPXIotO2GfVZPlMIzLwS0HZmtwI2xU8Nq-vM5evXleRSE74W5NHqd0HO9AdMihU35FZk8E1YBAnffHjHhts7v2YhB3Cth4J_Htq07faWZOQiiXU/w640-h422/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h06m39s358.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painted set extension using that familiar backlot homestead, as seen here in THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (1956).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<p></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">ADDITIONAL LAWSON MATTE SHOTS FROM PETE'S ARCHIVE:</span></b></p><p>What follows are a sizeable selection of some of the other matte shots carried out by Russell throughout his very long career at Universal. As one would expect, there are a number of memorable mattes from the numerous science fiction and horror pictures that served as Universal's profitable bread and butter throughout the decades, beginning in the early 1930's through to the late fifties. As mentioned, Russ teamed up with the legendary Jack Cosgrove in the early few years at Universal and for a time at Columbia as well as a couple of so-called Poverty Row establishments in Hollywood. After a couple of years Cosgrove moved to Selznick International, where he and cameraman Clarence Slifer set up the much acclaimed matte and photographic effects department. Russ would remain at Universal for the remainder of his career, working closely with studio effects cinematographer Roswell Hoffman. The only actual screen credit Russell would gain was for the big budget TARAS BULBA shortly before his retirement.</p><p>In an email I received from the son of John DeCuir, who as mentioned, worked with Russ for several years, he stated: <span style="font-family: inherit;">"<i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">We too are digging through the archives and recently came up with a wonderful collection of 35mm bi-pack camera test strips from those Russ Lawson Universal days (mattes dad was painting for Russ). The film strips are short only three to six frames. They seem to be in pretty good shape - the subject matter was mostly Arabian Nights but more detective work is required to ID the actual film(s). I am sure you would be able to help there. When time permits I will get the strips scanned and we can share the detective work. We also have some B&W prints of the half-black half-painted glasses."</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'm hopeful that these will become available at some point and shared on a future blog.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtstpoo4HpqUvQSLptZMjqiS7kPjzvYbb8Hvm2NxIsqoYs6kJzrR3XmEhRThq7R81As48UTUlOiPESvqHcP_HcxZflFWzhqkj-mhU8ARlP4sIWubQqdQk7HveArWxp5ZU_7288toFOD98/s822/slate2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="822" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtstpoo4HpqUvQSLptZMjqiS7kPjzvYbb8Hvm2NxIsqoYs6kJzrR3XmEhRThq7R81As48UTUlOiPESvqHcP_HcxZflFWzhqkj-mhU8ARlP4sIWubQqdQk7HveArWxp5ZU_7288toFOD98/w400-h214/slate2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'Lights, camera, action'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTPW2rPKL0v-ap_h0kNHVoIXVgawBOsomCxtoWPDhqQqzInzrcN5Bkbqw2ybEjGG0SANFhgBYtdaEAIojPvMa24cMeqK0p_S2IUXl7gkh-0tHJZaq-kVdqavTG2x7v3EtIPs7ZmIBGaM/s1456/Golden+Blade1+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1456" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTPW2rPKL0v-ap_h0kNHVoIXVgawBOsomCxtoWPDhqQqzInzrcN5Bkbqw2ybEjGG0SANFhgBYtdaEAIojPvMa24cMeqK0p_S2IUXl7gkh-0tHJZaq-kVdqavTG2x7v3EtIPs7ZmIBGaM/w640-h474/Golden+Blade1+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A spectacular Arabian city - somewhat of a specialty for Lawson, along with gothic castles - from the movie THE GOLDEN BLADE (1953). Not unusually, this shot cropped up an other similar films of that ilk.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0eEF3oHObIAUMcTAmH25uGKGVEzCQGj1WMsjeQ-sIQ2Qad6MOZFxHuHAei31CKTsnoM-J-EqoAzecDebbbaVuCmnFrjg1-D8Kzo67WTk6z5Xww8GSvMUcy-3C_8bEj947bmwuu8Mikw/s3075/Murders+In+The+Rue+Morgue-32.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="3075" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0eEF3oHObIAUMcTAmH25uGKGVEzCQGj1WMsjeQ-sIQ2Qad6MOZFxHuHAei31CKTsnoM-J-EqoAzecDebbbaVuCmnFrjg1-D8Kzo67WTk6z5Xww8GSvMUcy-3C_8bEj947bmwuu8Mikw/w640-h240/Murders+In+The+Rue+Morgue-32.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I love old time horror pictures, and old time matte shots as well. It's the romanticism of the artform from back then that appeals to me greatly. This 1932 version is one of numerous.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTzAHT8fQhw6srQjAsvPrsr4lepyBf1Zh09bW9d1eIhOShCPgGdPtrNhG95i_XgFV0MH8SmbrxxifYavytSRvDPwg-cl7HhUYhUL5jWSvAbxL6BQuiBxiYc2OEY545Qw-FmZhnLrnYm0/s1920/The+Perfect+Furlough-58+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTzAHT8fQhw6srQjAsvPrsr4lepyBf1Zh09bW9d1eIhOShCPgGdPtrNhG95i_XgFV0MH8SmbrxxifYavytSRvDPwg-cl7HhUYhUL5jWSvAbxL6BQuiBxiYc2OEY545Qw-FmZhnLrnYm0/w640-h272/The+Perfect+Furlough-58+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An arctic CinemaScope matte from THE PERFECT FURLOUGH (1958)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxlLaCargE9ASOPk8d4LBkKcFQObvGmPwuQie8FO7x3toIVpicjxTqftpGYpxT65PfQq66K-KcQm4-0uz5Pc7gtZ1m2zg4Tl57s0zGnLAHfFj7EGZCLlajl_YL6bf1FAVQT8IaLiLXTg/s1476/Bride+of+Frankenstein-35+BLURAY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1476" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxlLaCargE9ASOPk8d4LBkKcFQObvGmPwuQie8FO7x3toIVpicjxTqftpGYpxT65PfQq66K-KcQm4-0uz5Pc7gtZ1m2zg4Tl57s0zGnLAHfFj7EGZCLlajl_YL6bf1FAVQT8IaLiLXTg/w640-h468/Bride+of+Frankenstein-35+BLURAY.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Both Russ and fellow artist Jack Cosgrove worked on THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvLb56_hDAO1AIgyIUeNKlKZuD_Na0cTmZEOz58h1JwHkQh1qU-rEm8l07LM0MZkethLG67a3XhY3WMVn9RRQHO_oUgd7CL4U0DILzA2V5lCUqNPmcKGgciBoR9zvvEHNXM5xg62UFmU/s1280/Bengal+Brigade.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1280" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvLb56_hDAO1AIgyIUeNKlKZuD_Na0cTmZEOz58h1JwHkQh1qU-rEm8l07LM0MZkethLG67a3XhY3WMVn9RRQHO_oUgd7CL4U0DILzA2V5lCUqNPmcKGgciBoR9zvvEHNXM5xg62UFmU/w640-h354/Bengal+Brigade.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An exceptional matte for BENGAL BRIGADE (1954).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXyYsJWQEtNCOmhMxo45jy6OLt-LvJEekBWw9SaDMXZLOteCR6CqugK6YYAd19iz52eg60tfSA2IaBjNGWW4_c6PybUzdPqwQbF6_IIri0yrJmoXXV8jwFKI5Ln8TB6jIYgUAmz4X8wQ/s1008/Deluge-33+BR6a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1008" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXyYsJWQEtNCOmhMxo45jy6OLt-LvJEekBWw9SaDMXZLOteCR6CqugK6YYAd19iz52eg60tfSA2IaBjNGWW4_c6PybUzdPqwQbF6_IIri0yrJmoXXV8jwFKI5Ln8TB6jIYgUAmz4X8wQ/w640-h468/Deluge-33+BR6a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rare non-Universal Lawson assignment was the ambitious disaster-end of the world show DELUGE (1933) - a film that was quite bold for it's time, both with gung-ho effects sequences, but also with staggering <i>pre-code</i> sexual assault sub plot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKRGahxkH90wF5J6BclAGAraoNhUe9e8vBwZXZyxe-JjF52J5ydk_Ket6lychkn9FbaZ80cxvuMydlAz1sVGlvns8rjirkUHQJy5Y80fJfb8xMZepY-IYytV0an3izFc7x8G77z8uROo/s960/Cave+of+Outlaws-51+1+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="960" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKRGahxkH90wF5J6BclAGAraoNhUe9e8vBwZXZyxe-JjF52J5ydk_Ket6lychkn9FbaZ80cxvuMydlAz1sVGlvns8rjirkUHQJy5Y80fJfb8xMZepY-IYytV0an3izFc7x8G77z8uROo/w640-h492/Cave+of+Outlaws-51+1+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A low key Universal-International western, CAVE OF OUTLAWS (1951), had a couple of interesting mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0eQuVq5dPILumWDeHZ9XLhGVPy4WWwWf89dBF3Z2P2udX-fdWb8KvFXS5x2aiwlfyzZWcOxynrgxbMrICfs2ua-ZHlOpQWZ99mYdvJsn7XAOYLUXjAOJEzMiCqgK-sOy2k8gVJhhv9Cw/s960/Cave+of+Outlaws-51+2+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="960" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0eQuVq5dPILumWDeHZ9XLhGVPy4WWwWf89dBF3Z2P2udX-fdWb8KvFXS5x2aiwlfyzZWcOxynrgxbMrICfs2ua-ZHlOpQWZ99mYdvJsn7XAOYLUXjAOJEzMiCqgK-sOy2k8gVJhhv9Cw/w640-h492/Cave+of+Outlaws-51+2+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from CAVE OF OUTLAWS was this excellent Lawson shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2aZvXge_z79Fg2fkSvAm7F-EgkcgB9ShXk6XRN8pcsVnvCGb1d5hca71nVI6gaU3En994I5Bq0Dl20E1gvfqtmgXrp4guvECxKgLpJJBCqbtZhSIhwYbThiNbfL-02n1DH8tCxJ9BNM/s1456/Who+Done+It-42.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1456" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2aZvXge_z79Fg2fkSvAm7F-EgkcgB9ShXk6XRN8pcsVnvCGb1d5hca71nVI6gaU3En994I5Bq0Dl20E1gvfqtmgXrp4guvECxKgLpJJBCqbtZhSIhwYbThiNbfL-02n1DH8tCxJ9BNM/w640-h472/Who+Done+It-42.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the very funny Abbott & Costello film WHO DONE IT? (1942)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpG1aunYSt-Y-Z6KgnwAKlNOPEo6ezKZCnM0J3z7_Pbsilyp-IEKHYN0oPajkgSRTt44oGxTmzqpZeeTOUIK_anWoKCw91sNMndeAFeKpwH1sgykKkzSPSmRRSmBD5wdIVmS1FkRIwlo/s1456/vlcsnap-2020-03-08-01h03m36s943.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1456" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpG1aunYSt-Y-Z6KgnwAKlNOPEo6ezKZCnM0J3z7_Pbsilyp-IEKHYN0oPajkgSRTt44oGxTmzqpZeeTOUIK_anWoKCw91sNMndeAFeKpwH1sgykKkzSPSmRRSmBD5wdIVmS1FkRIwlo/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2020-03-08-01h03m36s943.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another great shot from WHO DONE IT?. Russ' assistant, John DeCuir also worked on this film so he may have painted these?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh94ac8S5eroNP5OkZKK_uRHC-R-Yu0BX15_ZDosqIHJFhTUAYKi8cANXkkwS31QUFw6-9EMaBoN46_OcvchKqRrifKbR_7PC_wY16eUlFIrPRXjyFQGDJwfZmNeYwS7OqLM9L8Ll0bnw4/s1280/This+Island+Earth-06321B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1280" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh94ac8S5eroNP5OkZKK_uRHC-R-Yu0BX15_ZDosqIHJFhTUAYKi8cANXkkwS31QUFw6-9EMaBoN46_OcvchKqRrifKbR_7PC_wY16eUlFIrPRXjyFQGDJwfZmNeYwS7OqLM9L8Ll0bnw4/w640-h344/This+Island+Earth-06321B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Science fiction was a real money maker for Universal, with those shows churned out by the dozen. THIS ISLAND EARTH (1955) was way above average for the genre, and provided many exciting visuals and classic matte shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQie-iyl_8k6PTr6ARaqyYga5eEESr6YFWfvt-VIBnTdktgfqhACWc3tFnl-BPB0v1fQoCzu-AdJmtL4X08f0L8BKKDFHUtL10mUjZPEl120ft3S_90eCAqi9i0dLj281gaf0uD5Ln_xU/s1342/ThisIslandEarth-camera.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1342" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQie-iyl_8k6PTr6ARaqyYga5eEESr6YFWfvt-VIBnTdktgfqhACWc3tFnl-BPB0v1fQoCzu-AdJmtL4X08f0L8BKKDFHUtL10mUjZPEl120ft3S_90eCAqi9i0dLj281gaf0uD5Ln_xU/w640-h364/ThisIslandEarth-camera.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm pretty sure that's David Stanley Horsley manning the camera for THIS ISLAND EARTH. interestingly, the studio sacked Horsley halfway through the filming due to supposed cost over runs and internal politics, resulting is production cinematographer Cliff Stine taking over, not just the rest of the unfinished fx shots, but also the Universal photographic effects department! Not to worry, as Stine had a long 'previous life' as an effects cameraman at RKO and worked on things like KING KONG and many others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKP58XUnRnBj7yXkyflGH2GD3uWHVQG94yVBLDsweEuu-VbKUsVVOnf0ikg0trbPc-bqaX0DJmG0rm8T37zNLVeUA4xQJ1UQL_4p46veoELLicv-pthXqMaHkJkFOPpdDhCV8yB3VgPCk/s1488/This+Island+Earth+%2528lawson+matte%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1488" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKP58XUnRnBj7yXkyflGH2GD3uWHVQG94yVBLDsweEuu-VbKUsVVOnf0ikg0trbPc-bqaX0DJmG0rm8T37zNLVeUA4xQJ1UQL_4p46veoELLicv-pthXqMaHkJkFOPpdDhCV8yB3VgPCk/w640-h468/This+Island+Earth+%2528lawson+matte%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Iconic imagery from THIS ISLAND EARTH, courtesy of Russ Lawson.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIu35IC5SFzOSf03v-h6JkkprChn74Wq0mcDgZ1NrgbFZK3Tpi9utWY0uXix8-hsAX4yHYuDP1xHbYQ4dAYt9XTxmoPg67nchL9KZqg97N8jfrwFd3DuOtplc1K2pC3w9DRrO2ARth6Q/s3072/This+Island+Earth2+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="3072" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIu35IC5SFzOSf03v-h6JkkprChn74Wq0mcDgZ1NrgbFZK3Tpi9utWY0uXix8-hsAX4yHYuDP1xHbYQ4dAYt9XTxmoPg67nchL9KZqg97N8jfrwFd3DuOtplc1K2pC3w9DRrO2ARth6Q/w640-h246/This+Island+Earth2+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from THIS ISLAND EARTH. Great movie but ends too abruptly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYWs6VbkrmICs4phMpdjmnGvQSUYs4SchsGWkD7Vzchsb-fzTiwpnpFVj3Ieh2bHrztBqLm1IOy7dHdSgREbOkp1VblUZphAJwKRaAHEmY1BQXzc6Sb3wMDe6pnhwpHzgZtQM-TSKbps/s2196/The+Imposter+%25281944%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="2196" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYWs6VbkrmICs4phMpdjmnGvQSUYs4SchsGWkD7Vzchsb-fzTiwpnpFVj3Ieh2bHrztBqLm1IOy7dHdSgREbOkp1VblUZphAJwKRaAHEmY1BQXzc6Sb3wMDe6pnhwpHzgZtQM-TSKbps/w640-h346/The+Imposter+%25281944%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two of the several mattes from the highly absorbing war film THE IMPOSTER (1944). At right is production designer Eugene Lourie's concept sketch for Lawson's matte shot. Lourie would himself become an established effects man later on, with a special talent for miniatures on many a show such as BATTLE OF THE BULGE and KRAKATOA EAST OF JAVA.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ19QoqHO2DUdHxO_pKId1GdaGxjvt9QohCSS4GZaU0eM1blh5oIvAs8uQ_ZY5n2WIwl9evOKPWjSA7D-gBCxyRSxJUkxETHV18nIcrOm7jcMQM23H1zVOWH-wOPQ9AP_fJudV5T6wXsc/s1521/Flame+Of+Araby-51+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1521" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ19QoqHO2DUdHxO_pKId1GdaGxjvt9QohCSS4GZaU0eM1blh5oIvAs8uQ_ZY5n2WIwl9evOKPWjSA7D-gBCxyRSxJUkxETHV18nIcrOm7jcMQM23H1zVOWH-wOPQ9AP_fJudV5T6wXsc/w640-h252/Flame+Of+Araby-51+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Exotic locales Russ painted for THE FLAME OF ARABY (1951).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftFc47CQc8POn-Q-xylQuYSXqEOLsWT6v8FXEAR9ZZNW_yMcu0yOEpZh7hf5qF-7LH-iefaA-0Bd8Kgj6PxOPc9jPFniGD8V3OihZr67XlL9cgsP7gPGjHb6zsa4F-V1PtFs6SpJm1lA/s1480/Showboat-36+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftFc47CQc8POn-Q-xylQuYSXqEOLsWT6v8FXEAR9ZZNW_yMcu0yOEpZh7hf5qF-7LH-iefaA-0Bd8Kgj6PxOPc9jPFniGD8V3OihZr67XlL9cgsP7gPGjHb6zsa4F-V1PtFs6SpJm1lA/w640-h468/Showboat-36+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stately architecture and set extensions for the original SHOWBOAT (1936)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5H72tUCUcnZJucp39x5KbX3ReVLLMKCiyDeqIiD48w6KtRUuEDo825oDr-IJCt3_ZRkfVKeT76VPRe90QFO-ORjhVEVsAWw7JshJbIYXCMuxyLLV6IxGYPgWvu2-qyqV8-RR9OOcCcIc/s1920/Battle+Hymn-Lawson+matte+shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5H72tUCUcnZJucp39x5KbX3ReVLLMKCiyDeqIiD48w6KtRUuEDo825oDr-IJCt3_ZRkfVKeT76VPRe90QFO-ORjhVEVsAWw7JshJbIYXCMuxyLLV6IxGYPgWvu2-qyqV8-RR9OOcCcIc/w640-h278/Battle+Hymn-Lawson+matte+shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the Rock Hudson Korean war flick, BATTLE HYMN (1957)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ee7CaI4FEFi5R-K08Z7PrHcocLESMRmql2RsiYt7HcitZHHM7xqc7fbJaeWA4KJMt4h9ChinvMMPlhynuxC594VckbvsUS9C8QEeDBYeELqYxpZ-CcAKScXvoh29TnE6nVI_7NmtOYY/s1482/frankenstein_blu-ray_01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1482" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ee7CaI4FEFi5R-K08Z7PrHcocLESMRmql2RsiYt7HcitZHHM7xqc7fbJaeWA4KJMt4h9ChinvMMPlhynuxC594VckbvsUS9C8QEeDBYeELqYxpZ-CcAKScXvoh29TnE6nVI_7NmtOYY/w640-h466/frankenstein_blu-ray_01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I can't be certain whether Russ was already at Universal then but here is a shot - most likely a foreground glass shot - from the original 1931 James Whale FRANKENSTEIN. The painted ceiling has been added in, which was common practice for practical purposes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQS9cBzH5ZMVcuaizLlBEZR9mQt7YwrjrMCgt2LYnJ3EseRN97iC6jhnKIDbffI4ULMNS9n9WB83d7A2ZO7InjyfxKAmusjWq4UlzHXaqPMLojtpcw4WFaTL2fRvRNIzx320eO0tjZlVA/s1054/All+My+Sons-48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="1054" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQS9cBzH5ZMVcuaizLlBEZR9mQt7YwrjrMCgt2LYnJ3EseRN97iC6jhnKIDbffI4ULMNS9n9WB83d7A2ZO7InjyfxKAmusjWq4UlzHXaqPMLojtpcw4WFaTL2fRvRNIzx320eO0tjZlVA/w640-h256/All+My+Sons-48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painted factories from ALL MY SONS (1948)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhIkBub_iQ4ks9TXu92YfrGdkBXoNhXbO4-Uq-_8_UywBZP8YG5-cXlkxXWpfPgG28USPJbxy45EC0eRHIhCYe34xTtgUISNMLtCzbsyIf4Iqyw1igo8qCeyd7gUY0L7Obh17fR1MJJ4/s1622/Green+Hell-40.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="1622" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhIkBub_iQ4ks9TXu92YfrGdkBXoNhXbO4-Uq-_8_UywBZP8YG5-cXlkxXWpfPgG28USPJbxy45EC0eRHIhCYe34xTtgUISNMLtCzbsyIf4Iqyw1igo8qCeyd7gUY0L7Obh17fR1MJJ4/w640-h468/Green+Hell-40.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another James Whale flick, GREEN HELL (1940). My late father often described this jungle adventure to me, as his mother - my grandmother - who was very, very religious, absolutely forbade my dad from going to see a film with "Hell" in the title, as it would surely lead to damnation and an eternity of fire and brimstone up the whazoo! My dad, being the fellow he was, went anyway! Miss ya' dad!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkt8ieF04ZiBJ63etKegT82ng3ak6yvQEe8a89gsH6u9vyuDqXTUmRLYFWcjfL0IVWFdKJUTdhryo9yAk41pNTf1N9GyiBFQTg3BMzTZ5jFa6cFrUUFj38sGubzSFA_XfqsZ5ab-kyPcY/s2180/Back+To+God%2527s+Country-53.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="2180" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkt8ieF04ZiBJ63etKegT82ng3ak6yvQEe8a89gsH6u9vyuDqXTUmRLYFWcjfL0IVWFdKJUTdhryo9yAk41pNTf1N9GyiBFQTg3BMzTZ5jFa6cFrUUFj38sGubzSFA_XfqsZ5ab-kyPcY/w640-h172/Back+To+God%2527s+Country-53.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Speaking of 'religion', this one's called BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY (1953) and starred the one actor who possibly appeared in more Lawson-matte shot pictures than anyone else under Uni contract... one Rock Hudson.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_S6iSCPjRUKSASqpfEefez_lzBlhIsPC0__5XKtzkE_PouHocZ2M6zLphr1_u03DnlXq7BB5CqlTAEhydRJMYGejE8_Op6A1xPo0lAcrI8sRtfVt1bnNBREBvW1GYqdiK6zka0l8arJ4/s1456/The+Wolfman-41+BR+matte2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1456" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_S6iSCPjRUKSASqpfEefez_lzBlhIsPC0__5XKtzkE_PouHocZ2M6zLphr1_u03DnlXq7BB5CqlTAEhydRJMYGejE8_Op6A1xPo0lAcrI8sRtfVt1bnNBREBvW1GYqdiK6zka0l8arJ4/w640-h472/The+Wolfman-41+BR+matte2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of my favourite golden era matte shots was this one from the Lon Chaney classic, THE WOLFMAN (1941). Not sure why, but it's always grabbed NZ Pete.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdHtHq_CSxJpoQhVYau-5nuWsgkqWKEZj1aJvQJWxWAouHFKR33160FwFY8lgnD81J3b6Gynf_Nxpgo7ctBr68atAkl5o24mGKgu3eSeF7mqJZTFShoFRxXhQsB7Lv2HP18RNd3NvgZE/s3016/Wolfman+mattes+Lawson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="3016" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdHtHq_CSxJpoQhVYau-5nuWsgkqWKEZj1aJvQJWxWAouHFKR33160FwFY8lgnD81J3b6Gynf_Nxpgo7ctBr68atAkl5o24mGKgu3eSeF7mqJZTFShoFRxXhQsB7Lv2HP18RNd3NvgZE/w640-h242/Wolfman+mattes+Lawson.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two more from THE WOLFMAN. The matte at left was a multi-plane gag, with the mansion, midground and tree all painted on separate glasses, to give a perspective shift as seen from a motorcar driving past.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsGnqbJqok3yMJVw_SRuST22pzSGGCy3Ax9mK4ENB1HPOBU8mrrr9C0luPodViiGc757bOi7BFrIA6VDY8vMI-78hMR5kMEnnBKbVOrxYmt2Is2BjQr8llKQ1gfPk1P57eNw6orQD840/s1330/Chief+Crazy+Horse.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1330" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsGnqbJqok3yMJVw_SRuST22pzSGGCy3Ax9mK4ENB1HPOBU8mrrr9C0luPodViiGc757bOi7BFrIA6VDY8vMI-78hMR5kMEnnBKbVOrxYmt2Is2BjQr8llKQ1gfPk1P57eNw6orQD840/w640-h520/Chief+Crazy+Horse.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two interesting frames that Russ worked on with his cameraman Ross Hoffman from the film CHIEF CRAZY HORSE (1954). The setting was designed to slowly dissolve from one time period to another, with much of each period painted in, such as the river, prarie, distant homestead and most of the Indian tents.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvh0NzEEuDAQeqnCkn6dxiQ-x5Mzq1Wfzr5tJKOhdvi3V9VildlUV8aS61Q9rQ8-yoHo-LC2nFm72c7gPXRvY_X2cMl392l65LqoDMVsLMyeRZaSY3OOrO1phxnbKButrngGzNNsZwV0/s2060/Son+of+Frankenstein-39.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="2060" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvh0NzEEuDAQeqnCkn6dxiQ-x5Mzq1Wfzr5tJKOhdvi3V9VildlUV8aS61Q9rQ8-yoHo-LC2nFm72c7gPXRvY_X2cMl392l65LqoDMVsLMyeRZaSY3OOrO1phxnbKButrngGzNNsZwV0/w640-h242/Son+of+Frankenstein-39.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bizzarre, post-modernist design at play here with the mattes Russ did for SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZ7OUDwhWI-TkFgs_JfM1kpBSMiGACKhIuJesmGcXXJAkG6lsTOxzZRhVIOKyZsXGFcgfBohVSJdtmRr5UDPhYppugmGjP28mnkl4viohgfAxyh7A3_mcqRBhqzn7uaKG5tuS8aYLrMo/s1981/World+In+His+Arms-52.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1981" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZ7OUDwhWI-TkFgs_JfM1kpBSMiGACKhIuJesmGcXXJAkG6lsTOxzZRhVIOKyZsXGFcgfBohVSJdtmRr5UDPhYppugmGjP28mnkl4viohgfAxyh7A3_mcqRBhqzn7uaKG5tuS8aYLrMo/w640-h248/World+In+His+Arms-52.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A pair of the numerous Technicolor mattes from the Gregory Peck saga THE WORLD IN HIS ARMS (1952). Very nice work here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZJC_37KxlJ9eRkhKgfgNS8Csg3O61G1-TV_5wLLzSIeA161_1-COJIMoKaFTUy5mOsnRK1NmhDDnAU23KZ1BVZIWp4_x_HBDNJnPT5EgrR3_qYW9GBsCkbX5s2iQIr4HmELHvQ0rhBw/s1920/Great+Imposter-61.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZJC_37KxlJ9eRkhKgfgNS8Csg3O61G1-TV_5wLLzSIeA161_1-COJIMoKaFTUy5mOsnRK1NmhDDnAU23KZ1BVZIWp4_x_HBDNJnPT5EgrR3_qYW9GBsCkbX5s2iQIr4HmELHvQ0rhBw/w640-h320/Great+Imposter-61.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the rather good (and I think true story) THE GREAT IMPOSTER (1961) starring Tony Curtis. Poor perspective work though.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswTYQvTaR_kFfSW7vSVzaTIQDkWVOsZxjDRxrmZx_-x3Xa36a6_h249CLm2H5Rjwb1KlBsO3hhv8wnBYkb0-MFe96jSpo_BmWjB3d9W0Us8bdwEIHbhrsIJyPujIY9MEHYW-9PYUGvc8/s3032/Pirates+of+Monterey-42.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="3032" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswTYQvTaR_kFfSW7vSVzaTIQDkWVOsZxjDRxrmZx_-x3Xa36a6_h249CLm2H5Rjwb1KlBsO3hhv8wnBYkb0-MFe96jSpo_BmWjB3d9W0Us8bdwEIHbhrsIJyPujIY9MEHYW-9PYUGvc8/w640-h242/Pirates+of+Monterey-42.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Universal-International must have made a hundred pirate shows too. Most of them forgettable, but many with effects shots, such as this one, THE PIRATES OF MONTEREY (1947) featuring the rather delectable Maria Montez, who while no Anita Ekberg, managed to make an impression...of sorts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIZUHMAdiPaqR9FENiDi5tIPN70zj6L3YZLMwkOR8u-gF2Q1VufpEztCgy94Al1JGmg6JqQ26oTqVm2dscn1_ET9A3aw1RXkQFs92SkItI7nVLm3sYmOEFed1CZZzMVKE42gKPDeKI8o/s1623/Man+In+The+Shadow-57.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1552" data-original-width="1623" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIZUHMAdiPaqR9FENiDi5tIPN70zj6L3YZLMwkOR8u-gF2Q1VufpEztCgy94Al1JGmg6JqQ26oTqVm2dscn1_ET9A3aw1RXkQFs92SkItI7nVLm3sYmOEFed1CZZzMVKE42gKPDeKI8o/w640-h612/Man+In+The+Shadow-57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">That same, familiar Uni backlot homestead is used yet again, this time for the not too bad Orson Welles drama MAN IN THE SHADOW (1957). I got these from a cropped tv print whereby the only time you get to see the full Scope matte shot was during the uncropped titles.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8UzjZOVQp9OThXO7VtOIeDuJ9wGjzpCLh88L1_WCq4xb328JDZyJywGX3WC7YddhS7-DzQfhyKGA1CiL6Z1wePUmb_cU03N5qyQNrJnQk2I1SzcTiN_9fFE-jfg6p9BqMEJkdJqJqAE/s1500/Sudan-45.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1500" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8UzjZOVQp9OThXO7VtOIeDuJ9wGjzpCLh88L1_WCq4xb328JDZyJywGX3WC7YddhS7-DzQfhyKGA1CiL6Z1wePUmb_cU03N5qyQNrJnQk2I1SzcTiN_9fFE-jfg6p9BqMEJkdJqJqAE/w640-h472/Sudan-45.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Scores of mattes feature in SUDAN (1945). Lawson's off-sider, John DeCuir definitely painted some of the many shots, so a few of these might have been his.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnD8pXxwUvFQ_RFP6jAufjP2SyXmF5SsbIf1k4iHJ9zmfMgpjA07QxIBAJ0UuQnyfIChBZTDP9PYuWlU2v-Cj6oHSgZJiSjfiyd7Bef6RwV-1Pske18WrVtZ3GBrehjTISW4aFsKWJbU8/s2286/HOUSE+OF+DRACULA+Screen+Shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="2286" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnD8pXxwUvFQ_RFP6jAufjP2SyXmF5SsbIf1k4iHJ9zmfMgpjA07QxIBAJ0UuQnyfIChBZTDP9PYuWlU2v-Cj6oHSgZJiSjfiyd7Bef6RwV-1Pske18WrVtZ3GBrehjTISW4aFsKWJbU8/w640-h478/HOUSE+OF+DRACULA+Screen+Shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another iconic monster movie matte shot, with this being from THE HOUSE OF DRACULA (1945)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna8TasNLyTMHBxLlxcn8f2bp5m682Z5fMNLJ6TGkjPkVeMdHPYGtI8asYDZEkiVVqH2p3K1vKT644aq8rBPdrYc2c5rqeviys0RRVC5truQPFEHUgmd1wxfpIobfkoYwVvRS8OQm58WM/s1920/Ride+A+Crooked+Trail-58+BLURAY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna8TasNLyTMHBxLlxcn8f2bp5m682Z5fMNLJ6TGkjPkVeMdHPYGtI8asYDZEkiVVqH2p3K1vKT644aq8rBPdrYc2c5rqeviys0RRVC5truQPFEHUgmd1wxfpIobfkoYwVvRS8OQm58WM/w640-h272/Ride+A+Crooked+Trail-58+BLURAY.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The always reliable and competent Jeff Chandler made a ton of westerns and war films for Universal. This one was RIDE A CROOKED TRAIL (1958), with some creative and clever painting going on here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsbthBjAKoiWR8IHPu9oLYvDEF85oqcCjaIydETFURsvqwK9l3-ZVZRphQdhVV6LCT01Pl71hkEHmhDayisNrVVHbR-mXbyty8nLqHLRbMriHLKvql3hp0pUTyGtqaR-oOZBqzzCQTzY/s1464/A%2526C+Go+To+Mars-53.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsbthBjAKoiWR8IHPu9oLYvDEF85oqcCjaIydETFURsvqwK9l3-ZVZRphQdhVV6LCT01Pl71hkEHmhDayisNrVVHbR-mXbyty8nLqHLRbMriHLKvql3hp0pUTyGtqaR-oOZBqzzCQTzY/w640-h472/A%2526C+Go+To+Mars-53.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm a big fan of old comedy teams like Abbott & Costello - though this one was not one of their better efforts. A & C GO TO MARS (1953) had lots of vfx shots and matte gags... and also had Anita Ekberg in a tiny bit part, so I suppose all was not lost! I'll be doing a special blog on all of the many and varied trick shots used in the Abbott & Costello pictures at some point. John Fulton and Stanley Horsley really earned their paycheques with those.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3pbdRyk4AjI2asbgG1sm-pp8Woa6yd3AGwkBzALvUluMD3jMlLdz0HMyjfGEccd6kxloy11p1INKQeNk_c_DAjyiOM7-8R7nxn63g0DvKua9azFQvJtGS7WgcyVDD-t53T4WRi27fiw/s1456/Werewolf+of+London+BR1080p.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1456" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3pbdRyk4AjI2asbgG1sm-pp8Woa6yd3AGwkBzALvUluMD3jMlLdz0HMyjfGEccd6kxloy11p1INKQeNk_c_DAjyiOM7-8R7nxn63g0DvKua9azFQvJtGS7WgcyVDD-t53T4WRi27fiw/w640-h474/Werewolf+of+London+BR1080p.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A nicely atmospheric setting from WEREWOLF OF LONDON (1935), virtually all painted.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0fO2WGgFM9xEzpxTWGtMg22Tb1RVoXWVA13M-R2Bog-jyrDoFtRyYirZueqXwFxWf_ig_DaQVnBqxamTqTztSZlUnPQXcR2LgvB023X3VPZRJINSrHR3pzSCyJiqXaEmx33tj0IeXvk/s1992/Taras+Bulba.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="1992" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0fO2WGgFM9xEzpxTWGtMg22Tb1RVoXWVA13M-R2Bog-jyrDoFtRyYirZueqXwFxWf_ig_DaQVnBqxamTqTztSZlUnPQXcR2LgvB023X3VPZRJINSrHR3pzSCyJiqXaEmx33tj0IeXvk/w640-h556/Taras+Bulba.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two of the many mattes from TARAS BULBA (1962) - the only show to ever give Russ a screen credit. I was told by Al Whitlock's friend, Rolf Giesen, that Al painted certain shots as well on this film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2W0RGVX7NIu-NcFl3F_Y5X7vikmHWFQvAqGS4VtcCt5b_RNy8JYZYQjjcFRuI5qn8w4tUhTxAtaQKuT5lC5HBeJb6DtuirgrO0MLfwibWtKhHMild1aU9RO3R3Pk5OTw_SfhcKys94E/s1440/Brute+Force-47.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2W0RGVX7NIu-NcFl3F_Y5X7vikmHWFQvAqGS4VtcCt5b_RNy8JYZYQjjcFRuI5qn8w4tUhTxAtaQKuT5lC5HBeJb6DtuirgrO0MLfwibWtKhHMild1aU9RO3R3Pk5OTw_SfhcKys94E/w640-h484/Brute+Force-47.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of my favourite films, the ultra-nasty prison flick BRUTE FORCE (1947) with the brilliant Burt Lancaster and Hume Cronyn. A number of inventive matte shots, opticals and complex combination shots are used very well. A classic, and not to be missed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRHWCgj65R5LQZ8LxDcwauLxzvFz5N91G-VnzEX0ocRzM6If8unm-FXW38nXoCNEh_uUx47ZHDvxJOUwSWkqJGjhTTGukAOaFTPkVjTZg6jeG5EZijqy_h8e_2pIW2QvBpFAjZYS9UXQ/s1358/Brute+Force+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1358" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRHWCgj65R5LQZ8LxDcwauLxzvFz5N91G-VnzEX0ocRzM6If8unm-FXW38nXoCNEh_uUx47ZHDvxJOUwSWkqJGjhTTGukAOaFTPkVjTZg6jeG5EZijqy_h8e_2pIW2QvBpFAjZYS9UXQ/w640-h486/Brute+Force+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from BRUTE FORCE. John DeCuir's son told me a nice story about visiting the set: <i>"I am writing a series of articles that resurrect some of the old art department stories and Brute Force plays a role in one of my stories. I walked the Brute Force set but I was only 6 years old. </i></span><i style="color: #2b00fe;">I do remember getting patted on the head by Burt Lancaster in the elevator of the Waldorf Astoria in New York. He asked me if I wanted to an actor when I grew up, I said <b>no</b>...my mother was furious l;-))"</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-CoYtRuTrrThH0JHFfk5nZFsiNstoZkmmFBlEBHU5pkmwe2QMkEs98sWwqVU4HzTHlIS8xtecF9po4JcxGcQqutSTQg_suvWNePpCZFGISSaVEgxULQDMmQZVK5UH9AKUJbx6WZe3Om8/s1280/Black+Shield+of+Falworth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="1280" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-CoYtRuTrrThH0JHFfk5nZFsiNstoZkmmFBlEBHU5pkmwe2QMkEs98sWwqVU4HzTHlIS8xtecF9po4JcxGcQqutSTQg_suvWNePpCZFGISSaVEgxULQDMmQZVK5UH9AKUJbx6WZe3Om8/w640-h282/Black+Shield+of+Falworth.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The exceedingly dull Tony Curtis costumer, THE BLACK SHIELD OF FALWORTH (1954) - a film often <u>mis</u>quoted as the one with that terrible line by Curtis<i> "Yonder lies the castle of my fodda..."</i>. It wasn't that line, and in fact the actual awful, similar line in question was used (by Curtis) in SON OF ALI-BABA which also features in this line up of mattes..</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOileV1gQSo1pANUSFDMz62A70oOAf327AM8TzhHTi4AOiAi0CdPFfnckL3vvRw5sgtPcEmCQNj5lW7d_5k3JvEHkd6b7BA1hKfgmMBccm4vKuc8lVbJlsap-EDcUn4d8swIza7UEmJg/s1464/NGASAEBreak+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOileV1gQSo1pANUSFDMz62A70oOAf327AM8TzhHTi4AOiAi0CdPFfnckL3vvRw5sgtPcEmCQNj5lW7d_5k3JvEHkd6b7BA1hKfgmMBccm4vKuc8lVbJlsap-EDcUn4d8swIza7UEmJg/w640-h472/NGASAEBreak+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As I said earlier, I just love the old time comics like The Marx Brothers, Olsen & Johnson, Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy and of course the great W.C Fields. This shot is one of many from one of the most insane pictures W.C Fields made, NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK (1941) - a film of such wild abandon it looks as if he made it up as the camera's were rolling. Utterly hilarious, and pointless - and all the better for it - as only Fields could get away with.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLvuZklGFzT0uqqRmNEFSriGPdOakI_0lstwyffWvgvGeSQ6v4emM8yBVkuEDXie8J6EzeD7fS6w5FkcV8jqZW4vmWHQ-2o1OIkw1J3CQJCFAAc-6NaPK7VTZPakCfSd0yfMh7c5kpf8/s1464/NGASAEBreak+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLvuZklGFzT0uqqRmNEFSriGPdOakI_0lstwyffWvgvGeSQ6v4emM8yBVkuEDXie8J6EzeD7fS6w5FkcV8jqZW4vmWHQ-2o1OIkw1J3CQJCFAAc-6NaPK7VTZPakCfSd0yfMh7c5kpf8/w640-h472/NGASAEBreak+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from the same W.C Fields comedy. Let me give you a clue as to what's happening here... well you see, Fields is in a commercial airliner, mid-flight and his bottle of bourbon falls out of the open(!) window of the passenger cabin, with which, any shameless drinker would do, he leaps out of the (open) window at 15'000 feet in pusuit of said bottle, flailing and falling toward earth, and straight into the arms of <i>'Mrs Hemoglobin'</i>, played by Margaret Dumont, in her mountain top retreat that can only be ascended by rickety, block and tackle elevator!!!.... and so forth. Then things start to get real crazy!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLsWBaEvpz1BMIZBHP0GkkG8BptmPHwVRnJ87Q7X1oo1wLcbZ0zgSVvW6roPgnSTazqaJXJoGJux9enPLA5zQdokGlmN7yPMlrJWvGOtI_0r2WVgj6GM98RzYIeLXBTDskn8PvkxmInw/s1472/Man+From+The+Alamo+-53+BLURAY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1472" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLsWBaEvpz1BMIZBHP0GkkG8BptmPHwVRnJ87Q7X1oo1wLcbZ0zgSVvW6roPgnSTazqaJXJoGJux9enPLA5zQdokGlmN7yPMlrJWvGOtI_0r2WVgj6GM98RzYIeLXBTDskn8PvkxmInw/w640-h474/Man+From+The+Alamo+-53+BLURAY.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the mattes that often cropped up in various Universal westerns, with this BluRay shot taken from MAN FROM THE ALAMO (1953).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLHzLUsY9vQBR9yo3Q3TZyDCxdyZhBMInVG_86JOsoDR5ixvUufXTVoOfcz6iX9TlQoR9Sew_tEnRHQ8v1VAD9jLrvVG7hQ8L7hNbR8QJDJdnpdu6A2UyC4oxitmlLTiKJ3YvSlHgrIg/s2068/Mr+Peabody+and+the+Mermaid-48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2068" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLHzLUsY9vQBR9yo3Q3TZyDCxdyZhBMInVG_86JOsoDR5ixvUufXTVoOfcz6iX9TlQoR9Sew_tEnRHQ8v1VAD9jLrvVG7hQ8L7hNbR8QJDJdnpdu6A2UyC4oxitmlLTiKJ3YvSlHgrIg/w640-h470/Mr+Peabody+and+the+Mermaid-48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm wondering whether Ron Howard got the idea for the silly film SPLASH from MR PEABODY AND THE MERMAID (1948), as it's the same gig. Some nice mattes by Russ here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__fI-MledhRmGFLU5XJS1D3xE0qqA8vZbDHiMHoTThuAuykC0CO2DN7H-WQJ2eVu_ck1ZowdLeX2zlL73gFW5qDeA9ihTHPMJu7DvzFdB66rm4-E_WS3jmng6Rl9yGpWZWfqVZwcqVoA/s1277/Lover+Come+Back+BR1080p..JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1277" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__fI-MledhRmGFLU5XJS1D3xE0qqA8vZbDHiMHoTThuAuykC0CO2DN7H-WQJ2eVu_ck1ZowdLeX2zlL73gFW5qDeA9ihTHPMJu7DvzFdB66rm4-E_WS3jmng6Rl9yGpWZWfqVZwcqVoA/w640-h342/Lover+Come+Back+BR1080p..JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nice matte from the Doris Day comedy LOVER COME BACK (1961). Probably Lawson's as I don't think Whitlock was there yet.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkqtMyPJVKqNVdrumBKiL8XPUQ8kIuAv8GfJOI4E_8A9a_cR9cfqWcGiN_RSD-1obF2Ac4LWOw8hfydSZEk2zSwOt9Ze24FaGa2rF6u2g_NKt_GxRIT3fXtHt-6653UTh1rkEJZyEX64/s2296/Hellzapoppin1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="2296" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkqtMyPJVKqNVdrumBKiL8XPUQ8kIuAv8GfJOI4E_8A9a_cR9cfqWcGiN_RSD-1obF2Ac4LWOw8hfydSZEk2zSwOt9Ze24FaGa2rF6u2g_NKt_GxRIT3fXtHt-6653UTh1rkEJZyEX64/w640-h362/Hellzapoppin1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">When it came to side-splitting, off the wall, leave your brain at the door insanity, few films matched the crazy Olsen and Johnson flick HELLZAPOPPIN (1942) - one of the funniest films I've seen. The sequence shown here <i>(among several ingenious John Fulton vfx gags)</i> involves the stars questioning what the hell is going on <i>(as is the audience by this time!)</i> and pausing to pull out a Russell Lawson matte painting, prop it up against the wall, and allow the 'live action' to commence <u>within</u> the darn matte painting itself, as they sit back and watch!! Surely the most unique usage of the painted matte ever conceived. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLI-TsmmGZl71PBpPaAD8Z98xbsTwi5uP91cvLGFMph6X65mQ_VYMwRsER8149fzWCSYPpRykk43kf5Jb00xYQxnwBuuwf8ty0-1Z3l6rhmgM2TunDX_m2c76HJRcWs2iYOiJR8hxbBfU/s1440/Hellzapoppin-41.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLI-TsmmGZl71PBpPaAD8Z98xbsTwi5uP91cvLGFMph6X65mQ_VYMwRsER8149fzWCSYPpRykk43kf5Jb00xYQxnwBuuwf8ty0-1Z3l6rhmgM2TunDX_m2c76HJRcWs2iYOiJR8hxbBfU/w640-h480/Hellzapoppin-41.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HELLZAPOPPIN - truly a one of a kind, and almost Monty Python, long before it's time. I chuckled all the way through this one.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimACqlj58tCBX2LEoNjnqlMGcBNrTozknbcmhU-DLyCIvVjMvUp5koeC7bHSctVzmVyC4GM254X4gKisqBJA-fnIKlgnBb3Y2ZlnHM0urbYs7kuAILt-RvgC15oi98AH-TOcc_5kVLi3A/s2176/House+of+Fear-45.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="2176" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimACqlj58tCBX2LEoNjnqlMGcBNrTozknbcmhU-DLyCIvVjMvUp5koeC7bHSctVzmVyC4GM254X4gKisqBJA-fnIKlgnBb3Y2ZlnHM0urbYs7kuAILt-RvgC15oi98AH-TOcc_5kVLi3A/w640-h344/House+of+Fear-45.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Universal churned out dozens of Sherlock Holmes thrillers, and some were quite good. HOUSE OF FEAR (1945) had the requisite creepy abbey in a thunderstormatop the precarious cliff - as any half way decent thriller should, of course!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXlVX_G8MlcN6krV01Fo_VwmQpzyx7qwOsPzdlN3DK1RFu1kyLLAJq__accanHBQb8awkI2vhU7bpbYFO2vZ8-6oRlpYnrK957rbz7m5x0_wA9g9_iEvMqAXKEsvDmeWD5PiB6Cu0pyg/s1496/Invisible_Man+BR+26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1496" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXlVX_G8MlcN6krV01Fo_VwmQpzyx7qwOsPzdlN3DK1RFu1kyLLAJq__accanHBQb8awkI2vhU7bpbYFO2vZ8-6oRlpYnrK957rbz7m5x0_wA9g9_iEvMqAXKEsvDmeWD5PiB6Cu0pyg/w640-h462/Invisible_Man+BR+26.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The original James Whale film of H.G Wells' THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933) was a staggering trick shot showcase for John Fulton, David Horsley, John Mescall and Ross Hoffman, but also used matte art in some subtle ways as well. This shot is practically all painted, with just the doorway and bottom area being real, along with the crowd of people approaching the other side of the non-existant house.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1t4gnZJcE5W_nM8vokTWFihc9arlaiko9Ir1XyI4finlujn9AFLAsK4Qvh34eCfSpMWl6KVQ0gjJnFb_b4jvW1iI5EsZlb6SRy4CglmPKoyk2fr07KcWPRDt4Ivg3ipmh3XDdxd1SQE/s1920/Land+Unknown-57.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1t4gnZJcE5W_nM8vokTWFihc9arlaiko9Ir1XyI4finlujn9AFLAsK4Qvh34eCfSpMWl6KVQ0gjJnFb_b4jvW1iI5EsZlb6SRy4CglmPKoyk2fr07KcWPRDt4Ivg3ipmh3XDdxd1SQE/w640-h278/Land+Unknown-57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More sci-fi here, from THE LAND UNKNOWN (1957)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XPrkV75KUbDlVKSmoEi5jZZzFuCNUOC8hqJaZj8pn2Vxz_l791THIk80f9pPSSHKYbMQBytEKpycifazmsp9_JegDvwlo_ZhR4OuIKPguOd9UruApbzGqDqNhJT332N98t2A4R2PkVw/s2532/The+Lost+Moment-47.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="2532" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XPrkV75KUbDlVKSmoEi5jZZzFuCNUOC8hqJaZj8pn2Vxz_l791THIk80f9pPSSHKYbMQBytEKpycifazmsp9_JegDvwlo_ZhR4OuIKPguOd9UruApbzGqDqNhJT332N98t2A4R2PkVw/w640-h250/The+Lost+Moment-47.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Venice on the Universal backlot, courtesy of Russ and his paintbrush, as seen in THE LOST MOMENT (1947).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9EqHJiTHxn29CC5rM7jCUfSfjMI6B2v5C5N96hbMGDJcFbw6nCTfJ9Gb8F1yr-Tnl9c90MHCF9VuNPS8T_KA5p8VzLue0KIkPlYQwI154_LCho4UqNkJQr0V19dhPZ7uzWGeMfBVyJg/s1573/White+Savage-43.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="1573" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9EqHJiTHxn29CC5rM7jCUfSfjMI6B2v5C5N96hbMGDJcFbw6nCTfJ9Gb8F1yr-Tnl9c90MHCF9VuNPS8T_KA5p8VzLue0KIkPlYQwI154_LCho4UqNkJQr0V19dhPZ7uzWGeMfBVyJg/w640-h158/White+Savage-43.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Maria Montez and Jon Hall tropical adventure WHITE SAVAGE (1943)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20iCoMTk38uOQdnwrGIRIjPYS5UEaOgajR1NMO_lWTzayGD5EaCkzfwH6pAOhDAvF8Xm_7WDQANswQmidxSOGzHy5pd9dYeQXijyz4mK3JOzCIlMVe3RSQzR3KAngWCsmxxfEdzGQ9qs/s1456/Saboteur-41+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20iCoMTk38uOQdnwrGIRIjPYS5UEaOgajR1NMO_lWTzayGD5EaCkzfwH6pAOhDAvF8Xm_7WDQANswQmidxSOGzHy5pd9dYeQXijyz4mK3JOzCIlMVe3RSQzR3KAngWCsmxxfEdzGQ9qs/w640-h480/Saboteur-41+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I discussed a similar shot in the 'Lost Mattes' sample reels, which bore a close similarity to this matte from the fabulous Alfred Hitchcock chase thriller, SABOTEUR (1942).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZyKKxuomKFeiIe5onvNAWstcl4kCDXGN6ZMaea1FqDmYu34SCZXT201AnWq0YsETae8BOJ3zAmBvFI96YUAdg0r1fg4YgGxTWDGtrACzNEjgkU5oAd91xYp0ALOMVj-WSRU8pMvgupXo/s1456/Saboteur+2BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZyKKxuomKFeiIe5onvNAWstcl4kCDXGN6ZMaea1FqDmYu34SCZXT201AnWq0YsETae8BOJ3zAmBvFI96YUAdg0r1fg4YgGxTWDGtrACzNEjgkU5oAd91xYp0ALOMVj-WSRU8pMvgupXo/w640-h480/Saboteur+2BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from SABOTEUR - quite possibly my number one Hitchcock film, and also one of, if not the, biggest visual effects shows connected to Hitchcock. Packed with mattes, miniatures, optical gags, process and sometimes all of these combined! Astonishingly, John P. Fulton <i>didn't</i> even get a screen credit on this huge project! Must have pissed him off, no end.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIubhRks6w0YthvwVUjZnECvPJT_m7av_i3psjXRiqHBfw5vrSYqVO8gw3ZmYHHYFibk9JPcrR86rl0ja0lXx9XyCqii9ENE1cT6dF3ak0iZtk33H7DVXVh-B7Zp3btCoImtN8mV9Sh0/s1456/Saboteur3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIubhRks6w0YthvwVUjZnECvPJT_m7av_i3psjXRiqHBfw5vrSYqVO8gw3ZmYHHYFibk9JPcrR86rl0ja0lXx9XyCqii9ENE1cT6dF3ak0iZtk33H7DVXVh-B7Zp3btCoImtN8mV9Sh0/w640-h480/Saboteur3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More from SABOTEUR. Lawson's assistant, John DeCuir painted many of the shots, in particular the stunning Statue of Liberty action climax, which rank right up there in movie folk-history.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTdRTKsN72s95auAulaWpFzoHVaKYqIeX0jjiUcr4jtowrEL3AKVolGxCnKwbS3SGLtZPnK39NmLXMF8ZYB2tq4YC6EfUe18PuTdVl0zdowKYSZrbplWgEsqMGeabNtj7kkP3WO9Yzg0/s1480/The+Climax-44.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTdRTKsN72s95auAulaWpFzoHVaKYqIeX0jjiUcr4jtowrEL3AKVolGxCnKwbS3SGLtZPnK39NmLXMF8ZYB2tq4YC6EfUe18PuTdVl0zdowKYSZrbplWgEsqMGeabNtj7kkP3WO9Yzg0/w640-h468/The+Climax-44.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Much painted ballroom additions from the obscure Boris Karloff thriller THE CLIMAX (1944). The mattes were better than the film itself. DeCuir painted also on this film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieYqMRXzw10gI2zW3T6iLXqZq-NxKTkWgi8uHzC7dD7-gca8IynK1zUnCDUCeAGEXl_QL6LK9-UCjP3ZLcfWWrYmzAkmDhEFNRQVUaEqyAeC3hEcw6Stej4AhqbFT6kZSNR-R95XjwM8/s2319/The+Invisible+Ray-36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="2319" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieYqMRXzw10gI2zW3T6iLXqZq-NxKTkWgi8uHzC7dD7-gca8IynK1zUnCDUCeAGEXl_QL6LK9-UCjP3ZLcfWWrYmzAkmDhEFNRQVUaEqyAeC3hEcw6Stej4AhqbFT6kZSNR-R95XjwM8/w640-h252/The+Invisible+Ray-36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I really enjoyed this oldie - THE INVISIBLE RAY (1935) with <i>both</i> Karloff and Lugosi!</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Man, they could be great together... just check out the patently freakin' insane THE BLACK CAT (1934) for a real experience that defies definition in psychotic depravity. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2YJk4U4WdR6J3npUl0qsUNTUCyLDvcZUedc8AX6YMEUDEAqda51ZwK1R97TyxCcq4Vk4asVNg59v9WgvfTp3jVLdx3uhyphenhyphenvXl8Ew6MgyeB-KnmP1wx7y5I5zYPVRX6VwGNc9NIUGy6dY/s1440/The+Phantom+Lady+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2YJk4U4WdR6J3npUl0qsUNTUCyLDvcZUedc8AX6YMEUDEAqda51ZwK1R97TyxCcq4Vk4asVNg59v9WgvfTp3jVLdx3uhyphenhyphenvXl8Ew6MgyeB-KnmP1wx7y5I5zYPVRX6VwGNc9NIUGy6dY/w640-h484/The+Phantom+Lady+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A terrific little film-noir, PHANTOM LADY (1944), that hit all the right notes. Some fine mattes, moody cinematography, good performances <u>and</u> Elisha Cook jnr! Enough said!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYVCnAOW1mio2lhM_W9qQVWjrgkbLnV77DhNpdn2K_b_2GQKoK8cLif_cmFmbbvsOYXi8RlmfoXl-kYy5UES-0V06kRxTVuGQP-6Q1_QZfu4_3T840iR30-wS_GEHPdmKegaNSlnsszE/s1440/The+Phantom+Lady-44.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYVCnAOW1mio2lhM_W9qQVWjrgkbLnV77DhNpdn2K_b_2GQKoK8cLif_cmFmbbvsOYXi8RlmfoXl-kYy5UES-0V06kRxTVuGQP-6Q1_QZfu4_3T840iR30-wS_GEHPdmKegaNSlnsszE/w640-h484/The+Phantom+Lady-44.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from PHANTOM LADY. Love this shot! Virtually all brushwork here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZ9lesYlt2q79OJ3UJDJLCa0csSI0yCs955hnW5AJ7ZfwqDQB6YNz4sx00fWAIKtAhljEtx2nybW5pm7MAR-YBtDzyFb4-aaiKnj3hFQI6wXoYq8w6jhnp5wL5DjQvJH-z0MGZPejfD0/s1280/The+Tarnished+Angels+BR2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZ9lesYlt2q79OJ3UJDJLCa0csSI0yCs955hnW5AJ7ZfwqDQB6YNz4sx00fWAIKtAhljEtx2nybW5pm7MAR-YBtDzyFb4-aaiKnj3hFQI6wXoYq8w6jhnp5wL5DjQvJH-z0MGZPejfD0/w640-h272/The+Tarnished+Angels+BR2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">CinemaScope spectacle from THE TARNISHED ANGELS (1957), featuring, yes, you guessed it, Rock Hudson - who's probably in more matte shot films in Universal history!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJL9BJBJ_C30QKCr5lRdeDhSJCwyya1AVPGP-G_1Z8F9gnBFIk31sCc8PgDCtlCwNpO_KraurAhv27es5r_wxlVRRJdozwJdsZHglpJcd-iwMJMgGWsPagAc_2UJ_vcbqiqLHxLjp2kzw/s3012/Son+Of+Ali-Baba.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="3012" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJL9BJBJ_C30QKCr5lRdeDhSJCwyya1AVPGP-G_1Z8F9gnBFIk31sCc8PgDCtlCwNpO_KraurAhv27es5r_wxlVRRJdozwJdsZHglpJcd-iwMJMgGWsPagAc_2UJ_vcbqiqLHxLjp2kzw/w640-h242/Son+Of+Ali-Baba.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An oddly designed and executed matte at left from the silly SON OF ALI-BABA (1952). This one is where Bernie Schwartz utters his (oft misquoted) line: <i>"This is my father's palace, and yonder lies the valley of the sun". </i> The line is infamously quoted in error as: <i>"Yonder lies the castle of my fodda"</i> and was falsley attributed to THE BLACK SHIELD OF FALWORTH, not that it matters, but it's long held Tony Curtis Hollywood folklore</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAxAgZqL0qtedTUYUmoKeeGb9sD6ELzPc6sXZv13TjCKaXum60GtBKd1WsvByYVn9-jUWbaLaUhXAQmUwZeKpQ8qy4JNyb4gKgeC4xg3auskxP1ABQlei-2BsDVPDxAnzMAFiKy_gx8Q/s2980/House+of+Frankenstein-44+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="2980" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAxAgZqL0qtedTUYUmoKeeGb9sD6ELzPc6sXZv13TjCKaXum60GtBKd1WsvByYVn9-jUWbaLaUhXAQmUwZeKpQ8qy4JNyb4gKgeC4xg3auskxP1ABQlei-2BsDVPDxAnzMAFiKy_gx8Q/w640-h250/House+of+Frankenstein-44+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More gothic imagery that Russ furnished for THE HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944), with the shot at left benefitting from the bi-packed in moving tree foliage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7mzMJ3UmIs_o9iFkiPn2EODibJ5z4uyeLa8NTqGhanYuu7gr3bBwt7LauM_3QuIS_QMXd2lMeGUOawFtivK3M1K6npw7EM7CJ2C62Z2KvHEhqnpzDTQcsRK4tfTUvDje2ouwDCC8UUE/s1440/House+of+Frankenstein-44+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7mzMJ3UmIs_o9iFkiPn2EODibJ5z4uyeLa8NTqGhanYuu7gr3bBwt7LauM_3QuIS_QMXd2lMeGUOawFtivK3M1K6npw7EM7CJ2C62Z2KvHEhqnpzDTQcsRK4tfTUvDje2ouwDCC8UUE/w640-h484/House+of+Frankenstein-44+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from the same film is this shot - a shot that I'm very fond of. Has the very essence of the time, the genre and the stylistic approach of the day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioureMB_0VFtAUX9cj1sT_lmn5X5Hp5z2Ly1OqTPdAc10i2st3LCKNdMjsnB1KF694kUvts_77H8zMyB-iHI5g9vQ0tx9ms3Jp0zmDQUhJixLMAWZYLZVaV3bFxP8pXXdwBtye0JIMzjg/s1920/Mole+People-56+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioureMB_0VFtAUX9cj1sT_lmn5X5Hp5z2Ly1OqTPdAc10i2st3LCKNdMjsnB1KF694kUvts_77H8zMyB-iHI5g9vQ0tx9ms3Jp0zmDQUhJixLMAWZYLZVaV3bFxP8pXXdwBtye0JIMzjg/w640-h364/Mole+People-56+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Definitely one of the least impressive 'creature features' from Uni was the silly THE MOLE PEOPLE (1956) which pretty much failed on every count!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhep6kancRkklM7MwxxfrFnOcOfULCvV9GGiPgSbNjJCkydEVFHeYHAwuP_99uMxfkj2BZS6xvY7teL3dmHyv64sWVdwoLEe9kjiolDJoh7nUID8KI1ZRnWE8o3OjZTTrmzAyfA0tGDxLI/s1920/Mole+People2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhep6kancRkklM7MwxxfrFnOcOfULCvV9GGiPgSbNjJCkydEVFHeYHAwuP_99uMxfkj2BZS6xvY7teL3dmHyv64sWVdwoLEe9kjiolDJoh7nUID8KI1ZRnWE8o3OjZTTrmzAyfA0tGDxLI/w640-h364/Mole+People2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE MOLE PEOPLE habitat, though surprisingly well illuminated given it's 1000 feet under the ground. Not Universal's best.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0o6jifw5R9bkUoNUbAHknUQ2p89bcEI3qFg-ZB5QC_x4PinylxqeceUtgfa8UiWf-M2C1IlxEKql0lmTF3PJsGqwLO6twvtaTKw2502LYoXy1p4SfJI0wtogOHP-A9PAOR5fkXYAEsCw/s1456/Golden+Blade+%2526+Son+of+Ali-Baba.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1456" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0o6jifw5R9bkUoNUbAHknUQ2p89bcEI3qFg-ZB5QC_x4PinylxqeceUtgfa8UiWf-M2C1IlxEKql0lmTF3PJsGqwLO6twvtaTKw2502LYoXy1p4SfJI0wtogOHP-A9PAOR5fkXYAEsCw/w640-h474/Golden+Blade+%2526+Son+of+Ali-Baba.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This excellent matte appeared in both THE GOLDEN BLADE as well as THE SON OF ALI-BABA.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8WBWhn2s_2A-EV4GZ87CLbdHukhgc5WGEN2-r3kiw9ww5kUDZvajnX5L8nuWQoMT51wdW-SO4XckaqGrCDS4iRhexmNWsESb-XRNCBFZXILZgEVlcU9XU972XtxiWiah362xEM_nNHI/s2004/Magnificent+Doll-46.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="2004" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8WBWhn2s_2A-EV4GZ87CLbdHukhgc5WGEN2-r3kiw9ww5kUDZvajnX5L8nuWQoMT51wdW-SO4XckaqGrCDS4iRhexmNWsESb-XRNCBFZXILZgEVlcU9XU972XtxiWiah362xEM_nNHI/w640-h256/Magnificent+Doll-46.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mattes from MAGNIFICENT DOLL (1946), with the set extension shown at right being especially good.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzS7l4dh-4N5UMWH31IMgfrrZmxj0LcCW0MRCyff-Hj0tGgui9jK75qiV8QWgsO8S6xc7lFvDEpTVUjtNT1GqcSg0ardm-bjygP9b9G0VGC4u-u158LqbImJ1bI5pQxYBFeAJrQwhPY9c/s1464/Pardon+My+Sarong-42+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzS7l4dh-4N5UMWH31IMgfrrZmxj0LcCW0MRCyff-Hj0tGgui9jK75qiV8QWgsO8S6xc7lFvDEpTVUjtNT1GqcSg0ardm-bjygP9b9G0VGC4u-u158LqbImJ1bI5pQxYBFeAJrQwhPY9c/w640-h472/Pardon+My+Sarong-42+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Most of the old Abbott & Costello comedies had matte shots and other visual trick work. This beautiful shot is from PARDON MY SARONG (1942). Nice shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivroo3alg_DKXf4sidC_WQ_lyq5dU8sJdL975px0ZrkW5UNAds5PWQG3WbxcCJ3pJKX56gwhkUG1Nh8RXGn1SlJxnyu7MAd-0kmwL6QVUzt_Tf4k2mzwzdbGyf8lSNO6xyoRKU8KJiLsk/s1464/Pardon+My+Sarong+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivroo3alg_DKXf4sidC_WQ_lyq5dU8sJdL975px0ZrkW5UNAds5PWQG3WbxcCJ3pJKX56gwhkUG1Nh8RXGn1SlJxnyu7MAd-0kmwL6QVUzt_Tf4k2mzwzdbGyf8lSNO6xyoRKU8KJiLsk/w640-h472/Pardon+My+Sarong+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from PARDON MY SARONG, which John DeCuir's son told me his dad also painted on.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwgkrgtUcJAXWznxUZf43BdJ2acm5nRazsFOGPMzXvp6syF2ZwycspvkkM_HuLryaIyTwjEuGTGPUqOGrzDQbebX079e9l5Er1bbkJ4y2-N4QQ5GBehzj3D8pVhRgtslWjeRy0LaGGghI/s3064/Tower+of+London-39.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="3064" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwgkrgtUcJAXWznxUZf43BdJ2acm5nRazsFOGPMzXvp6syF2ZwycspvkkM_HuLryaIyTwjEuGTGPUqOGrzDQbebX079e9l5Er1bbkJ4y2-N4QQ5GBehzj3D8pVhRgtslWjeRy0LaGGghI/w640-h238/Tower+of+London-39.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">TOWER OF LONDON (1939) had Russ painting mattes under George Teague who was Universal visual effects boss for a short time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-5yGHen_STYkHd6ceCKWU7bVei6zmiOMStxV2rvuap5_uS3HGLi6aPzUbPQaP8KpRaTn7AlqgC_tyfx-czcflhKTiWFJbrJ3Yjpdo7F4c9XEsnnuSFA3ogu2uxU_Lus0g6fOCU_AOMg/s1456/Invisible+Man%2527s+Revenge.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-5yGHen_STYkHd6ceCKWU7bVei6zmiOMStxV2rvuap5_uS3HGLi6aPzUbPQaP8KpRaTn7AlqgC_tyfx-czcflhKTiWFJbrJ3Yjpdo7F4c9XEsnnuSFA3ogu2uxU_Lus0g6fOCU_AOMg/w640-h480/Invisible+Man%2527s+Revenge.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stately manor home matte painted for THE INVISIBLE MAN'S REVENGE (1944).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrIsV0XrgS12FCLZE0pmB3ouD-Pwgj4y8OnLxY5SqN8SJgWaeSm-k6L5vGZayTekdYeLQab_2GmCNZvxjkoftE6UalYMMZC3Kbp-Ym0XkK7IcLyUlfbvAQISiFdrpuyk6UJMx0k02xNEw/s1920/War+Arrow-53+BLURAY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrIsV0XrgS12FCLZE0pmB3ouD-Pwgj4y8OnLxY5SqN8SJgWaeSm-k6L5vGZayTekdYeLQab_2GmCNZvxjkoftE6UalYMMZC3Kbp-Ym0XkK7IcLyUlfbvAQISiFdrpuyk6UJMx0k02xNEw/w640-h346/War+Arrow-53+BLURAY.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of scores of western forts that Russ rendered at Universal. This shot's from WAR ARROW (1953) though I've seen it in other films as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKO0bdwOtv2HaTY2ll3XEVP6O1PDu77EfPTu-miDvKf-xnnFRdwKxQKkj1e1pcYthO6LAmbOf0SdgTAvZ0JMJCsGZuqYOvaEx1DXkpP5pxswWCerfTfpB_e_iuSSnua4Zj4Hrmz3-lLlc/s1488/A%2526C+Meet+Frankenstein-48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1488" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKO0bdwOtv2HaTY2ll3XEVP6O1PDu77EfPTu-miDvKf-xnnFRdwKxQKkj1e1pcYthO6LAmbOf0SdgTAvZ0JMJCsGZuqYOvaEx1DXkpP5pxswWCerfTfpB_e_iuSSnua4Zj4Hrmz3-lLlc/w640-h468/A%2526C+Meet+Frankenstein-48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The utterly captivating spoof, ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) was, oddly, titled <i>ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE MONSTERS</i> here in New Zealand back in the day, presumably due to the fact that Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolfman <i>and</i> the Invisible Man all show up!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidosXmzKNroeSFWBo_oDP93Xxh00CIojkyX1ChAfO8LdstckMUddyFaHVyGxwR6VPRDt0K2mOlG23OWimWcQv9C-SXH-Li0RCKdUBHTW9k_Zsw2ISgKcj2Ge1075d2dLz85szGjbRlqAk/s2060/Canyon+Passage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="2060" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidosXmzKNroeSFWBo_oDP93Xxh00CIojkyX1ChAfO8LdstckMUddyFaHVyGxwR6VPRDt0K2mOlG23OWimWcQv9C-SXH-Li0RCKdUBHTW9k_Zsw2ISgKcj2Ge1075d2dLz85szGjbRlqAk/w640-h238/Canyon+Passage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some rather nice Technicolor mattes from CANYON PASSGE (1946).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlKI5q6vXfyyDXRj4hXXwFkB5n4wo9Zik7jEyuTJeoQKiBe039HIvL9T01-cuFR_l__lCEuCXD-W8gAHu5JoasZzxxt3qFcT2wd2UzF3cSjOL6QPVPYQtba_HnsCodTWjQ3ZkN2cgEPE/s1480/Good+Fairy-35.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlKI5q6vXfyyDXRj4hXXwFkB5n4wo9Zik7jEyuTJeoQKiBe039HIvL9T01-cuFR_l__lCEuCXD-W8gAHu5JoasZzxxt3qFcT2wd2UzF3cSjOL6QPVPYQtba_HnsCodTWjQ3ZkN2cgEPE/w640-h468/Good+Fairy-35.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The classic Hollywood ballroom, with this one being from THE GOOD FAIRY (1935)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjo5mxpE4u__c7Xb91rBKu21tPKXChLtNEpQK7O8hyYlrqp9ZRs4uY4dm-7AyW-IYCc1vknDZVrqIDStrh-MRT8UG1UMQQch_uPM_ynxPzXH2pDstfAuV7GrZ_ZGPCxxrHossGpDVRZU/s988/Arabian+Nights+BR+matte3a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="988" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjo5mxpE4u__c7Xb91rBKu21tPKXChLtNEpQK7O8hyYlrqp9ZRs4uY4dm-7AyW-IYCc1vknDZVrqIDStrh-MRT8UG1UMQQch_uPM_ynxPzXH2pDstfAuV7GrZ_ZGPCxxrHossGpDVRZU/w640-h466/Arabian+Nights+BR+matte3a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of many mattes found in ARABIAN NIGHTS (1942), with the decidedly cute Maria Montez. I think this was Universal's first go at Technicolor if I recall. The studio weren't too keen but relented as it was 1942 after all, and others had been working in the glories of full colour for some time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAQVUsH_WmLZYLyiW_ou5RzPZJekt0QYSKh_fPnLe_WZY7O7Ogbqtyln3Tr1XfvHZ4S0tm_w0W4JM9H_AFqh-V5P8lNaPaxu0hlT-vEFeDqZzb63CxKnrJok0-1AXkXcz2bcOWus-3Rg/s1440/The+Mummy%2527s+Curse.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1440" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAQVUsH_WmLZYLyiW_ou5RzPZJekt0QYSKh_fPnLe_WZY7O7Ogbqtyln3Tr1XfvHZ4S0tm_w0W4JM9H_AFqh-V5P8lNaPaxu0hlT-vEFeDqZzb63CxKnrJok0-1AXkXcz2bcOWus-3Rg/w640-h476/The+Mummy%2527s+Curse.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Just the style of old time matte shots that appeal to me, is this lovely matte from THE MUMMY'S CURSE (1944), with this shot looking almost first generation to me, such is the clarity. I wonder if it might have been an in-camera glass shot set up on the sound stage as the shot appears a dozen times throughout the very short, barely hour long, monster flick. Cool baby!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvjDix_-VNEh48Wfyvi1N0itmuqpCua5Kdhqr4hCKOUNjVtrY_aGtc46lQx5dA5ZvI7cXa_D1if5vVq4xkmaFrxZxdEZUX6AFkBQs5Ce7wiSN50TEDsBhXjN5Z_5juj3ZFdqipBtgozg/s1470/Cobra+Woman-44.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1470" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvjDix_-VNEh48Wfyvi1N0itmuqpCua5Kdhqr4hCKOUNjVtrY_aGtc46lQx5dA5ZvI7cXa_D1if5vVq4xkmaFrxZxdEZUX6AFkBQs5Ce7wiSN50TEDsBhXjN5Z_5juj3ZFdqipBtgozg/w640-h438/Cobra+Woman-44.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A not entirely successful jungle picture, but COBRA WOMAN (1944) did have Maria Montez in it...and in vivid Technicolor.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXrbfcx_k2s7cJquiDRADALd1SGatVP6UgJr1aSzU8XUgr8t9c66urifvtX3XGCMf5XuIb9HNP_FZMuWDiqwxlC-qwy7gzldqQTv4YWRNceZM2xMLWwNf5M0yyKb1lZYjQ_OWNiWvC24/s1440/Ghost+of+Frankenstein.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXrbfcx_k2s7cJquiDRADALd1SGatVP6UgJr1aSzU8XUgr8t9c66urifvtX3XGCMf5XuIb9HNP_FZMuWDiqwxlC-qwy7gzldqQTv4YWRNceZM2xMLWwNf5M0yyKb1lZYjQ_OWNiWvC24/w640-h484/Ghost+of+Frankenstein.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A terrific, almost invisible matte from THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (1942).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-DWAMDVfe6jcNKCfMNhMxZr4oxgJu5lCaAd_StL_iR9CzcCab3rrA1e6LfX9xzr_3CoNaEjhCqqanB0fxs3QCkIHc4wJYMsDLJZIIc6relUO-wcnPvAK3awjUsgFQQ_7_yUa3LnaUDA/s1650/Spartacus.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="1650" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-DWAMDVfe6jcNKCfMNhMxZr4oxgJu5lCaAd_StL_iR9CzcCab3rrA1e6LfX9xzr_3CoNaEjhCqqanB0fxs3QCkIHc4wJYMsDLJZIIc6relUO-wcnPvAK3awjUsgFQQ_7_yUa3LnaUDA/w640-h548/Spartacus.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although Disney's Peter Ellenshaw was responsible for the most impressive of all the SPARTACUS matte shots, with Peter's single matte of Rome being among the greatest ever committed to film, Russell supplied a number of mattes to broaden the canvas, as it were, of Stanley Kubrick's film. These are two of Lawson's shots, with the lower one have numerous 'slot gags' to suggest background action - not something commonly seen in Lawson's shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkZQjvgUc8f8rtB-EwWAQnP93xaCE78rHV89RI3bLEp3lgnsTHs8Kq1GwAQgk1U4YoX4P7sMXnbb1PoSRE2wUpBVSRHkqvHaAxnm9gFNdBcAgDHGCueHlREizyyOKypX0HYMDlTioXb4/s3044/The+Strange+Door.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="3044" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkZQjvgUc8f8rtB-EwWAQnP93xaCE78rHV89RI3bLEp3lgnsTHs8Kq1GwAQgk1U4YoX4P7sMXnbb1PoSRE2wUpBVSRHkqvHaAxnm9gFNdBcAgDHGCueHlREizyyOKypX0HYMDlTioXb4/w640-h330/The+Strange+Door.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Gothic mood was beautifully captured in these shots from THE STARNGE DOOR (1951), with the extreme perspective in the down view being just the ticket for NZ Pete.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnu66zsILOwBwkfjbBREWgsWtq1gUbyHvvb4BDwv3983y6raG3xCCjdQ_21iQ0v_U6iI4VLPIqBPtMVNCWtUrKfrNC-06gaM9G2W-YytjptY5mk430cdV6LXTVgXkf2LI7nkxs4hXqUfU/s2469/Ali+Baba+%2526+40+Thieves-44.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="2469" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnu66zsILOwBwkfjbBREWgsWtq1gUbyHvvb4BDwv3983y6raG3xCCjdQ_21iQ0v_U6iI4VLPIqBPtMVNCWtUrKfrNC-06gaM9G2W-YytjptY5mk430cdV6LXTVgXkf2LI7nkxs4hXqUfU/w640-h252/Ali+Baba+%2526+40+Thieves-44.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of the exotic Eastern action in ALI-BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES (1944), expanded with the matte work of Russ.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1qzdGpCGqP5ur-4pRFkXKbLBVEiQuiSAMk3uPqT3SV8GkID1vZCkD7i2knOg7oh6DB5klmAfO8abcpPe4moc6l3csRYJUIw3eZzPdXmBeSjJRbObOfNYX0XGqZ7IP6KQlcGmnrY2XOc/s1472/Arabian+Nights+matte+art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1472" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1qzdGpCGqP5ur-4pRFkXKbLBVEiQuiSAMk3uPqT3SV8GkID1vZCkD7i2knOg7oh6DB5klmAfO8abcpPe4moc6l3csRYJUIw3eZzPdXmBeSjJRbObOfNYX0XGqZ7IP6KQlcGmnrY2XOc/w640-h474/Arabian+Nights+matte+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One more lavish interior, this being from ARABIAN NIGHTS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89X6migQrQftjR1OrG7G2IOCO8A5_aymjdOP5_BwZFG53PIiRieIWCqe0uuShl9tL_xGPQ-FzMFjHfhLOx87F49cZrqtHE2_QeK2EEhDFYMuwFqui0x9H-wC9xbko7DYUfd1MC5C_qts/s1390/Maria+Montez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1390" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89X6migQrQftjR1OrG7G2IOCO8A5_aymjdOP5_BwZFG53PIiRieIWCqe0uuShl9tL_xGPQ-FzMFjHfhLOx87F49cZrqtHE2_QeK2EEhDFYMuwFqui0x9H-wC9xbko7DYUfd1MC5C_qts/w640-h468/Maria+Montez.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Maria Montez ... the sultry and exotic femme fatale who died young, aged just 39. She was Universal's answer, but no equal to Dorothy Lamour - Paramount's reigning box office queen of jungle & sand pictures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">BUT WAIT... THERE'S MORE!</span></b></p><p>Before we say goodbye to 2021, here are a couple of interesting shots that were found on one of the sample reels. These are Syd Dutton mattes that were done at Universal in 1984 for the Lucasfilm telemovie THE EWOK ADVENTURE-CARAVAN OF COURAGE. The film and it's follow up were both ILM affairs but I assume the workload was too great so they farmed out a couple of shots to Universal and also to Jim Danforth. Take a look at these...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-V4ykVPW3G0HnVUFYuDrmMjG13AHtb05orAVBwO6z1pxMjuwc9LzWBtf7LunKqYDaqlQvV28m-Xqd8SOZLNoWn0fvvMJFAa7rQiSxeHAEm5fq75HeqX-9ft-Fh4INlo9Cde5Fovbot8/s2312/EWOKS+plate.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="2312" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-V4ykVPW3G0HnVUFYuDrmMjG13AHtb05orAVBwO6z1pxMjuwc9LzWBtf7LunKqYDaqlQvV28m-Xqd8SOZLNoWn0fvvMJFAa7rQiSxeHAEm5fq75HeqX-9ft-Fh4INlo9Cde5Fovbot8/w640-h228/EWOKS+plate.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Original plate photography of live action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxlhhhozADfOVEw1JPGufTYMUkTZDnMDZBiOZwwHcR_kBAX-zx04TurVReXpmLGZfa-BK_yZolHjYJiS_-U2nRyBqgwCpvgJh3BouvmIDN5LrVruOkJa85ZGrO1dVj3Dc6p2LhqeLyUY/s1462/Ewok+Adventure-84+forest2+%2528Uni+matte+shot%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1462" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxlhhhozADfOVEw1JPGufTYMUkTZDnMDZBiOZwwHcR_kBAX-zx04TurVReXpmLGZfa-BK_yZolHjYJiS_-U2nRyBqgwCpvgJh3BouvmIDN5LrVruOkJa85ZGrO1dVj3Dc6p2LhqeLyUY/w640-h472/Ewok+Adventure-84+forest2+%2528Uni+matte+shot%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd Dutton's matte painting shown here as a test comp.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWf88GhkwXTRECGs9q54V0p8gZEl3QoPgGh5au2f1pcXl9nChWXJe5hsHnaHWicmcdXX3yKGi5amE_qj59wmrpuYGL9mlVKAe5UVriyig97-cWIPoyvr7mu_7EFZgy253pdX8K-MNdg3I/s1480/EWOKS+Uni+glass+painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="1480" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWf88GhkwXTRECGs9q54V0p8gZEl3QoPgGh5au2f1pcXl9nChWXJe5hsHnaHWicmcdXX3yKGi5amE_qj59wmrpuYGL9mlVKAe5UVriyig97-cWIPoyvr7mu_7EFZgy253pdX8K-MNdg3I/w400-h241/EWOKS+Uni+glass+painting.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A poor quality image of Syd's painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFon9akKYZeOPfkwNGHo9b-JTD0Eh9LCE5ORYY6pDbY_R8cbWCYgdblvjcs8cIRAo3LfxX_7siHapGmLb9NRVbbryIAqHCRK7sCtDrEx3ufU9-qNnpdT6nNRtzwUlcvhzIcilelLP8tzw/s1424/Ewok+Adventure+BR+%2528Universal+matte+shot%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFon9akKYZeOPfkwNGHo9b-JTD0Eh9LCE5ORYY6pDbY_R8cbWCYgdblvjcs8cIRAo3LfxX_7siHapGmLb9NRVbbryIAqHCRK7sCtDrEx3ufU9-qNnpdT6nNRtzwUlcvhzIcilelLP8tzw/w640-h482/Ewok+Adventure+BR+%2528Universal+matte+shot%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot as it appears in the telemovie.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWBHt7NGtcNmIL1sAC_M52zujv2qxCSssAfvEUcpmtOaN1ECyBPj8fbNUezJIATiAeS-s6P73B_PO917MRoEABm7SXc0x64ptkkAaTdroVTWj02APHvgaBVDw3x9hihBTRTzCq217cTk/s1456/Ewok+Adventure-Caravan+of+Courage-84+forest+1+%2528Uni+plate1%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1456" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWBHt7NGtcNmIL1sAC_M52zujv2qxCSssAfvEUcpmtOaN1ECyBPj8fbNUezJIATiAeS-s6P73B_PO917MRoEABm7SXc0x64ptkkAaTdroVTWj02APHvgaBVDw3x9hihBTRTzCq217cTk/w640-h438/Ewok+Adventure-Caravan+of+Courage-84+forest+1+%2528Uni+plate1%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The masked off live action plate for a second EWOKS matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uCLfP1KxNzQSTcixmQ8Q71YJOIUqzO8HEZndugZVwZqwp3cuPAtheogtiPeMfLAx9ZTa3kFPL0QOgWaxNxj0SGtY3PclQshufr35mIw5ryYVYR-LIRsgz57GNbksbUIC5HEyF71cOrg/s1460/Ewok+Adventure-Caravan+of+Courage-84+forest1+%2528Uni+matte%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1460" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uCLfP1KxNzQSTcixmQ8Q71YJOIUqzO8HEZndugZVwZqwp3cuPAtheogtiPeMfLAx9ZTa3kFPL0QOgWaxNxj0SGtY3PclQshufr35mIw5ryYVYR-LIRsgz57GNbksbUIC5HEyF71cOrg/w640-h472/Ewok+Adventure-Caravan+of+Courage-84+forest1+%2528Uni+matte%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Temporary composite with Syd's painted additions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0jWOsrIa5_-x0lMozBSmRipD7vm2QiUUYnOegV0h9CLZNZF2OpKcmikpN50pY0BQYU-AC5_3DYukcHTDoJMUtV5rXBdMZeAmWDyssd5XMUTv53w4jEqSsP9MTZu68jH-AgUoOhDMqCI/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h58m36s519.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0jWOsrIa5_-x0lMozBSmRipD7vm2QiUUYnOegV0h9CLZNZF2OpKcmikpN50pY0BQYU-AC5_3DYukcHTDoJMUtV5rXBdMZeAmWDyssd5XMUTv53w4jEqSsP9MTZu68jH-AgUoOhDMqCI/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h58m36s519.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 173 previous blogs known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well friends, that's about it for this substantial installment. I look forward to your feedback. Judging from last month's posting, the magnificent Anita Ekberg is proving more popular than most matte exponents that I've covered(!!) ... <i>And rightly so, says I</i>. <b>;)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take care wherever you are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pete</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDvwYTT5nDlrMfaMY55w5kQTMR0p97_IhCf3aM73W_6ZK3GswZjBHvIP913917Q5IAaIA_fbMlinaQZSZAIa8-ZT-m5E-dSYtOJNK5Cx4mN0ACVICIdrxNx3M7xcW3ernT-Dcgh5eEsE/s779/Universal+end+logo+%2528Pacific+Title%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="779" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDvwYTT5nDlrMfaMY55w5kQTMR0p97_IhCf3aM73W_6ZK3GswZjBHvIP913917Q5IAaIA_fbMlinaQZSZAIa8-ZT-m5E-dSYtOJNK5Cx4mN0ACVICIdrxNx3M7xcW3ernT-Dcgh5eEsE/w640-h410/Universal+end+logo+%2528Pacific+Title%2529.png" width="640" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-58699183923083124362021-10-15T14:34:00.000+13:002021-10-15T14:34:46.526+13:00MATTE TRICK SHOT REVIEW: Scaling The Heights of Excellence<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmbRRERfbWVydv3XeeWTnRBJq4O5PM_F1T5C6_6lLNXLmYaldc3QEThyphenhyphensuEJCgOeBK2nD94MsRjMKKtOlN_DLbz8zOH4quS-Fe4s8CMK0fK-UlE_qiPB0chbj9SUzXtxYG9_-_SM58Vc/s2451/BLOG+header+Oct+2021+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1743" data-original-width="2451" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmbRRERfbWVydv3XeeWTnRBJq4O5PM_F1T5C6_6lLNXLmYaldc3QEThyphenhyphensuEJCgOeBK2nD94MsRjMKKtOlN_DLbz8zOH4quS-Fe4s8CMK0fK-UlE_qiPB0chbj9SUzXtxYG9_-_SM58Vc/w640-h456/BLOG+header+Oct+2021+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Hi there friends... and welcome to another edition of NZ Pete's Matte Shot; your veritable 'one stop shop' for all things 'traditional' as far as painted mattes go, as well as other forms of old school hand made motion picture trick shots. I've got some wonderful material assembled here, a great deal of which hasn't been seen before.</p><p>The title banner on todays edition, <i>Scaling The Heights of Excellence</i>, was most deliberate. It actually encompasses not just a very spectacular effects filled Alpine motion picture from the late fifties, but also doubles as a personal tribute to the recent passing of one of the visual effects community's most respected members, the late Bill Taylor, with whom I've had many helpful and engaging interactions with over a number of years.</p><p>This edition of Matte Shot features a long overdue retrospective on the astonishing Disney picture THIRD MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN - with celebrated matte artist and visual effects designer Peter Ellenshaw providing dozens of thrilling trick shots. Also, in a <i>not</i> entirely coincidental outcome, I've included some bafflingly well executed trickery carried out by none other than Ellenshaw's own step-father, the great Walter Percy Day, from one of his final films, the brooding, though excellent Carol Reed picture OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS reviewed here. Also, how can NZ Pete release a blog without at least <i>one</i> old MGM show? Well, the beautifully acted and directed MADAME CURIE is one such picture, with a dozen wonderful Newcombe mattes, of the quality readers of this blog have become accustomed to (even though we all know Warren never painted a single one himself!)</p><p>Last in the line up is ZARAK - a big budget UK period swashbuckling actioner set in what would eventually become Pakistan, with some Tom Howard supervised sprawling mattes, a tough square jawed hero and a spectacularly eye-popping leading lady who filled the lush and vivid compositions of the CinemaScope frame <u>admirably</u>.</p><p>Finally, some very exciting news - well for Pete it's monumental in VFX thrill factor. I have been fortunate indeed to have been sent the long lost before and after HD transfers of the matte showreels of old time Universal matte exponent, Russell Lawson <i>(thank you so much Thomas)</i>. These original 35mm reels - dating from the 1950's - have been in storage among the late Bill Taylor's collection for decades, and feature among the nearly 12 hours of 35mm showreel material covering all of Al Whitlock's work and subsequent Illusion Arts assignments. I had intended to include them here in this blog, but will instead do so 'next issue'. I did however include <u>one</u> fabulous sample at the close of this blog.</p><p>Enjoy,</p><p>Pete</p><p><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 172 previous blogs known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">BILL TAYLOR - Respected VFX Cinematographer, Inventor, Magician, Collector.</span></b></p><p>With the sad passing a month or so ago of Bill Taylor, I'm using this opportunity to pay tribute to a man whose many contributions to the film industry - not to mention the world of stage magic and illusion - have earned a number of accolades over the years. </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDR-81snt-1lAHsyruJMBc9LuVIQdyYyGiYQhHvc-KGQPpoojCnZVppCq6SNssMMw90uH6RP95j33OZa80OqCF7APX8Zrk69eu2alFo2cElPTuk9EXen-yzCjKTQeZzxxQIZ-jxzgSwas/s1755/011+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1755" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDR-81snt-1lAHsyruJMBc9LuVIQdyYyGiYQhHvc-KGQPpoojCnZVppCq6SNssMMw90uH6RP95j33OZa80OqCF7APX8Zrk69eu2alFo2cElPTuk9EXen-yzCjKTQeZzxxQIZ-jxzgSwas/w640-h400/011+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bill Taylor pauses for a snapshot while on a desert location in 1994 for the film SPEECHLESS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>Although I never met Bill in person, I can say that I <i>did</i> enjoy a most fruitful and highly educational line of communication with him for a number of years, through a great many email missives back and forth, largely on the subject of matte shots, photographic effects and technical breakdowns. We also had some wonderful discussions on cinematographers, such as the late, great Gordon Willis; films that had been overlooked, effects wizards from the golden era and a few personal opinions Bill had on certain <i>auteur</i> directors he'd had the displeasure of working with.</p><p>I have been so very fortunate since I created this blog around 12 years back. There have been so many specialists in the field who have been more than happy to answer my 'inane' questions, explain modus-operandi, share long lost tricks of the trade and basically open up. Guys like Harrison Ellenshaw, Mark Sullivan, Jim Danforth, Gerald Larn, Brian Johnson, Matthew Yuricich, Syd Dutton and others, have been so generous with their time. Bill was one such gentleman - and from comments I've received from others, he was a gentleman - where no question would ever go unanswered, trick shots were broken down and explained in incredible detail, right down to the film stock used and whether the film had been 'flashed', etc. Bill's memory on all aspects of not just the thousand odd trick shots he'd no doubt worked on, but on the work of others in the business, was phenomenal to say the least.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsi61Z4BD5dZZ5k6ZTQy2_0B59MUOxSE_vJ7yUm2ydPV10FljU_F0HiYSQqa5tK2KLKnV3a2XDL_wCUFtiTwOBu1y0feQlBHgB1Rjb0d2zLzubPhed1qZUwuWlF0Y8IY2jmATL9F-lz4M/s1983/BT+%2526+SD.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1983" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsi61Z4BD5dZZ5k6ZTQy2_0B59MUOxSE_vJ7yUm2ydPV10FljU_F0HiYSQqa5tK2KLKnV3a2XDL_wCUFtiTwOBu1y0feQlBHgB1Rjb0d2zLzubPhed1qZUwuWlF0Y8IY2jmATL9F-lz4M/w640-h240/BT+%2526+SD.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Far left: Bill at Illusion Arts shooting some bi-pack elements. Middle: Lining up a blue screen shot for THE GATE. Right: Bill and Syd and their excellent adventure.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Only now do I realise, having spoken to Bill's long time associate, Syd Dutton, that this sort of 'giving back' and furthering the educational aspect of the effects business was something Bill was driven by. </p><div style="text-align: left;">In a recent conversation between Syd and myself, I asked about Bill's interests, knowing him to be a very keen magician and in the process of writing a book on the subject, Syd summed up his longtime friend and collaborator so well: <i> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"Yes, Bill did finish his magic book. I have no information about publication. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Bill had so many interests. Magic might have been his first love. His sister just recently told me that at her wedding, he cut one her bridesmaids in half. I know he had an act, dressed in top hat and tuxedo along with the obligatory attractive female assistant, but unfortunately I never saw a performance".</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"Our long 26 year partnership probably worked because we were so different. Bill was active in the whole visual effects community and advancing the science of cinematography. I was only concerned with painting and solving visual problems. Bill was also an avid clock collector and fascinated by different movements, complications and how it impacted the history of navigation. After long hours in front of the easel, my only interest was driving home to my family and a stiff drink".</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"Bill also loved music. But that’s another story among several others. </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Bill’s home, in which he lived the entire time I knew him, he'd had that completely 'tricked out' - a treasure trove of an eccentric, multi-faceted man.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I told someone that Bill was like a Swiss Army knife, the specialty blades neatly folded and hidden away until needed".</span></span></i></div><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9EAioA9tWQx0L6NfcbEkEPGKZgvryAqXu2JLSVrNke2FRA9xctYif20itS01rNTWWFZzAqQWQ7sUm6DyT_7oE7q7KjuQsJV-HjXE4IsxypKOLE8I3mkwwk3IywwqtfxmrnsV_5OFpD0/s1650/BT%252CAW%252CJD%252CLL.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1650" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9EAioA9tWQx0L6NfcbEkEPGKZgvryAqXu2JLSVrNke2FRA9xctYif20itS01rNTWWFZzAqQWQ7sUm6DyT_7oE7q7KjuQsJV-HjXE4IsxypKOLE8I3mkwwk3IywwqtfxmrnsV_5OFpD0/w640-h332/BT%252CAW%252CJD%252CLL.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of the faces of Bill Taylor. At left, busy with Albert Whitlock rigging the miniature 747 jumbo jet for the sea crash in AIRPORT 77. Top right shows Bill manning the trusty matte camera for a shot for the film WEEDS, in which a standard street in North Carolina will be transformed into a bustling New York City avenue. Lower right is a rare behind the scenes picture showing Bill (in white shirt) with Jim Danforth (manning camera) and Laine Liska shooting effects tests for the unfinished film COLD WAR IN A COUNTRY GARDEN (aka THE MICRONAUTS) <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*photo courtesy Jim's excellent memoir Dinosaurs, Dragons and Drama.</i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Rather than go into a complete historical study of Bill's career, as I've written much about it in earlier blogs, and an excellent, wonderfully detailed piece appeared courtesy of the <b>American Society of Cinematographers</b>, which can be <a href="https://theasc.com/news/in-memoriam-william-taylor-asc-1944-2021">found here</a>, I'll instead provide some personal anecdotes from Bill, as well as some comments from those who knew him and very kindly contacted me, along with a rare selection of behind the scenes photos and clips. I've included a few select effects shots only as to do a full and complete summary would indeed be an epic endeavour. Much of Bill's work can be shown in my extensive three part career piece on Albert Whitlock; <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-career-portrait-of-master-mattes.html">here</a>, <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2019/01/a-career-portrait-of-master-mattes.html">here</a> & <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-career-portrait-of-master-mattes.html">here</a>, as well as an article I did years ago on Illusion Arts (<a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2011/04/illusionists-of-illusion-arts-bill.html">here</a>).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUY5U9nFC4YiOtQk6-qoOpVCxtmcN3kVXwRD81MYoCQYAyObA1BmVCewFeowzqzHRe-dbgudnIO0JxSYD3f439cWMsWOUYfVfZE-cZpGTLBMB51QT-qZJi7GPw-20v1GAfdWFkgYIh8GU/s2107/I.I+matte+cameras.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="2107" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUY5U9nFC4YiOtQk6-qoOpVCxtmcN3kVXwRD81MYoCQYAyObA1BmVCewFeowzqzHRe-dbgudnIO0JxSYD3f439cWMsWOUYfVfZE-cZpGTLBMB51QT-qZJi7GPw-20v1GAfdWFkgYIh8GU/w640-h418/I.I+matte+cameras.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two important pieces of machinery that Bill utilised on a daily basis throughout the photo-chemical era at both Universal and later on at Illusion Arts. On left is the tried and trusty Mitchell-Fries 35mm matte shot camera. On the right is the studio matte camera mounted on a sturdy lathe bed as used for photographing paintings, making latent image composites and introducing elements within specific shots by way of the bi-pack arrangement. Note the lamphouse visible at the right, allowing the camera to also serve as a projector for displaying a frame of the original plate photography onto the primed and prepared glass for the matte artist to trace off and make the necessary perspective lines and other important decisions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Matte painter and all round visual effects exponent Mark Sullivan wrote me: <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The news about Bill shook me up. Bill, Albert Whitlock and Syd Dutton were a huge inspiration to me growing up (and now, too). </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I recall meeting Bill when he visited Jim Danforth, at Jim’s studio. I was working on my first professional matte painting at the time. Being in the same room with Bill Taylor and Jim Danforth, I felt very privileged, and lucky! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">As Bill was very skilled and knowledgable, he was equally as kind and courteous."</span></span></i></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4KLhqZi5_8sqX0klMclRGV0AB03KqxacbpodV90XKWLl87vXIuRITEoaySsAyk8IiaMNue5DitU9raAQGR1db3uzxr-C7iDiHQtt0JKltnHbx_MfMH3mfn_vM63KgJEHKkWIum4G744/s1761/004+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="1761" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4KLhqZi5_8sqX0klMclRGV0AB03KqxacbpodV90XKWLl87vXIuRITEoaySsAyk8IiaMNue5DitU9raAQGR1db3uzxr-C7iDiHQtt0JKltnHbx_MfMH3mfn_vM63KgJEHKkWIum4G744/w640-h418/004+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A great behind the scenes photo from the making of the Oscar winning THE HINDENBURG (1975), which was Bill's first assignment when hired by Albert Whitlock at Universal - and as Bill once regaled to me, almost became his <u>last</u> assignment! From left to right are assistant matte painter Syd Dutton; matte camera assistant Mike Moramarco; visual effects supervisor Al Whitlock; effects cinematographer Bill Taylor; key grip Larry Shuler; and special stills photographer Larry Barbier.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Years ago, Bill told me about his first 'adventure' with the fated German airship on the backot: <i>"I was determined to shoot the miniature airship in real sunlight; no phoney stage lighting for me! I experimented with an odd scheme for matting the miniature that I thought would work in daylight that in retrospect sounds 'Fulton-esque'. In those days a day-lit blue screen was not saturated enough to give a good result. I shot the model airship against black velvet, with the sun as the key light. I filled in the miniature with a row of arc lights with deep blue filters, balanced so that viewed through a blue filter the ship appeared to be flat lit. Black detail like the swastica was painted blue."</i><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>"My intent was to print a silhouette matte from a blue positive separation, which I hoped would have uniform density throughout. Then the foreground detail would go on with the green separation used twice, through blue and green filters, and with the red separation. This of course was a sort of simplified Vlahos colour-difference dupe. The highlights and shadows and the red patch around the swastica reproduced normally on the green and red separations. Don't think anything like this had been tried in colour." </i></div><div><i>"Clever scheme, eh? In practice, a disaster! The grey airship just soaked up the blue light, and even with arc lamps cheek by jowl, it proved to be impossible to light the shadow side uniformly enough so there were not translucent areas in the matte. To try to get the sun intensity in balance with the arcs. I had the grips hang a net over the airship. If there was more than one layer of net, there were beautiful moire patterns cast on the ship. There was a little wind on the back lot on one day, which ripped the net, and down it came, where the arc lights burned holes in it. </i></div><div><i> It was thanks to Al Whitlock's enormous clout at the studio that I got to try this in the first place, and did not get <u>fired</u> as a result!"</i></div><div><i>"I began to re-think shooting the miniature against blue screen on the sound stage, which we finally did. On Universal's biggest stage,stage 12, which was right outside our door, I could back the single key light 200 feet away to get really hard, parallel shadows. I loved those old arc lights, which were close to being point sources of light. A great big wrap-around diffuser produced shadowless fill and a ground cloth produced the appropriate bounce from land, water or lower clouds. We dollied the camera on rails which rested on a carefully screeded sand bed, so the camera move was dead smooth" .</i></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8h51PQIQv9VBWAO6ihko85ozSBDuFMHgOWzJKxuT447HYFwQLOCo_8wmFP-gqbOMyCJitUYU1VNhvyMPDukR-QTu3EAAFmvDcUDrkimPMmw3PRKCjW-7T63TYWgCgjB2wco2cMR2NHNQ/s1022/Hindenburg-Taylor+cam+set+up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="1022" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8h51PQIQv9VBWAO6ihko85ozSBDuFMHgOWzJKxuT447HYFwQLOCo_8wmFP-gqbOMyCJitUYU1VNhvyMPDukR-QTu3EAAFmvDcUDrkimPMmw3PRKCjW-7T63TYWgCgjB2wco2cMR2NHNQ/w640-h236/Hindenburg-Taylor+cam+set+up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE HINDENBURG - Bill with grip Larry Shuler at left, and with cameraman Mike Moramarco at right, in the process of filming the post crash wreckage of the dirigible. The partially visible full scale rigged airship skeleton would be matted out and replaced with entirely painted elements by Whitlock.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Bill had been an entry level employee at Ray Mercer Opticals in the early sixties, gradually moving from van driver and general helper, to learning optical line-up work and finally camera operator. <i>"During my ten years at Mercer and some time with Linwood Dunn at Film Effects of Hollywood, I introduced myself to Al Whitlock around 1965, by cold calling him at Universal, and also to Petro Vlahos, from whom I learned the Colour Difference Blue Screen System for travelling mattes. Those two gentlemen changed my life, because when Whitlock needed a blue screen 'expert' for THE HINDENBURG, he hired me to take the newly retired Ross Hoffman's position"</i>. Bill also remarked: <i>"In between Mercer and Universal I did the opticals and served as consultant on John Carpenter's and Dan O'Bannon's DARK STAR - and I also wrote the lyrics for the title song, 'Benson Arizona'. You can get to do pretty much anything you can in the low-budget film world. So, in brief, I worked nine years at Mercer, one year freelancing, ten years at Universal and 26 years at Illusion Arts. I have been so lucky. Most of my colleagues have had dozens of jobs, and I've really only had three"</i>.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pbuZ7idCHymRufYvEd7trSdqwtDMob97cdNLr8FmgxLwulQRn585gkAEu5xXmMx4m5CIcx6HF4jEmHiRKHV42SJ2lPI6uLVc9fl6JLJLN0zbhfedzxc47N5nE6KiPhlfYtRLyYzzkQM/s2130/Hin-bef%2526aft10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="2130" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pbuZ7idCHymRufYvEd7trSdqwtDMob97cdNLr8FmgxLwulQRn585gkAEu5xXmMx4m5CIcx6HF4jEmHiRKHV42SJ2lPI6uLVc9fl6JLJLN0zbhfedzxc47N5nE6KiPhlfYtRLyYzzkQM/w640-h424/Hin-bef%2526aft10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after, with the final composite.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_aujE3njbkf8q4x3zl_p3r7787CcDJsc0U11Sc29PzUq4zNtGJOdWp1ZV6TbkbYn_9giBTjTZhc5zqgIEO_IUVOFCmEogB6PbClg0YkLfgJacOeVl95VvBTDRHlNlbfw5t_Id0Cvy_Y/s3368/Hindenburg-Taylor+flare+fx.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="3368" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_aujE3njbkf8q4x3zl_p3r7787CcDJsc0U11Sc29PzUq4zNtGJOdWp1ZV6TbkbYn_9giBTjTZhc5zqgIEO_IUVOFCmEogB6PbClg0YkLfgJacOeVl95VvBTDRHlNlbfw5t_Id0Cvy_Y/w640-h298/Hindenburg-Taylor+flare+fx.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from THE HINDENBURG was this seemingly ordinary, mundane production shot that I'd never appreciated, until Syd Dutton drew it to my attention, as described below. This sort of ingenius problem solving was what traditional trick photography <u>was</u> all about folks...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>For quite some time I had assumed the shot shown above to be a piece of newsreel footage, but then Syd Dutton mentioned a particular HINDENBURG fx shot that always made a lasting impression: <i> "One of my favorite fx shots in the film wasn’t a painting at all, and I was referring to the men on the guide line shot at magic hour and then in sunlight to simulate the explosion. Pure genius."</i> Syd then asked Bill to write me his recollections of the particular shot, which now puts a whole new spin on the brief cut for me: <i>"Syd is referring to the shot in which the men holding the mooring lines are suddenly lit by the explosion of the airship above them. Our camera was on one of the big corner pylons of the airship hanger in Santa Ana. The same men were shot twice in exactly the same positions, their feet carefully marked and each man taking note of his body position. In one shot they were in full sun from above, casting strong shadows. On cue, they dropped the lines and ran away. In the second shot, made later the same day when the sun was low enough to be off them (Magic Hour), we shot them in the same spots, looking upward at the airship. I had shot a Polaroid of the guys in the first shot and we used it to cue them into matching poses."</i></div><div><i>"The shot in the film starts with the Magic Hour shot. With a very soft-edge wipe we transitioned to the brightly-lit men colour timed to appear as though they are lit by the exploding airship. Their shadows provide exclamation marks as each man runs for his life. Because the scope of the shot is so wide, it would have been impossible to achieve the effect with any lighting instrument and of course any real pyrotechnic effect would have been very dangerous. As Syd said, a brilliant idea. Albert did not get hung up on whether the effect was physically 'authentic'; he knew that for the few seconds that were needed it would play perfectly."</i></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBCTbc2KgbHhJ51hxSt97DI1E8MFllvp2dy5UmugLqYb03wfDuCUbKPWvy5rzI42JW_ybtnQNApWVYv3QTqRgInQdw_3U8ySW7rUI0NrkSFDtFVOjLObaqJo_9_w5JBsRFrFwUKnR04k/s2504/Ghost+Story-BT+%2526+AW+set+up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="2504" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBCTbc2KgbHhJ51hxSt97DI1E8MFllvp2dy5UmugLqYb03wfDuCUbKPWvy5rzI42JW_ybtnQNApWVYv3QTqRgInQdw_3U8ySW7rUI0NrkSFDtFVOjLObaqJo_9_w5JBsRFrFwUKnR04k/w640-h244/Ghost+Story-BT+%2526+AW+set+up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Whitlock with Taylor on location in Vermont on Interstate 89 shooting plates for what will become the fictional town of Milburn for the film GHOST STORY (1981).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AxNljoj3QiIkpAoua4LFcBKbrcAadxHbPpYvrc2fSZ_B6AD1QMtCkoN2UMoIYCQ9NcEqGR6Y8ZpMfU0Vy8ytAqPzg15NWFqTYtZnv_p0nz3moNM-4oqqwZFJNOUrTjfNVl2NxmnUgbI/s1702/014+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1702" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AxNljoj3QiIkpAoua4LFcBKbrcAadxHbPpYvrc2fSZ_B6AD1QMtCkoN2UMoIYCQ9NcEqGR6Y8ZpMfU0Vy8ytAqPzg15NWFqTYtZnv_p0nz3moNM-4oqqwZFJNOUrTjfNVl2NxmnUgbI/w640-h422/014+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bill checks his <i>f-stop</i> while atop an elaborate manually 'driven' camera dolly/sled, as constructed by key grip Lyn Ledgerwood, for a vital sequence in the film GHOST STORY. In the scene, actor Craig Wasson, ultimately blue screened into this miniature plate, tumbles to his death, with the camera both trailing the frightening descent with him, in addition to capturing the subsequent up-view of the actor falling face first straight into the glass atrium.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEiV4UpHctmL3Q2fvarliW4IVBkjOTIsn6w3Je7G51PYAUUnMtWcqkVQW5IExJqITYK62UHxOlnPxk_2pn0S_wkStmGrTfiTnIdazloGq3WJDmxkOsl9a8wwzT5LsyfTMFM1geypUeWcY/s1339/013+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1339" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEiV4UpHctmL3Q2fvarliW4IVBkjOTIsn6w3Je7G51PYAUUnMtWcqkVQW5IExJqITYK62UHxOlnPxk_2pn0S_wkStmGrTfiTnIdazloGq3WJDmxkOsl9a8wwzT5LsyfTMFM1geypUeWcY/w640-h368/013+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">On board The Queen Mary, in Long Beach, for the filming of CHAPLIN (1992). From left: Bill, Larry Shuler, Albert and Syd.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Veteran stop motion exponent, matte artist and fantasy film visionary, Jim Danforth, worked with Bill on a number of occasions, dating back to the early 1970's, and told me he had very fond memories of those times: <i> </i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i>For many years, I owned an MGBGT automobile. It accommodated two nicely, but there was only a small back seat, plus the luggage area. Bill often curled up in the luggage area. What fun we had"</i>. Jim and Bill collaborated on projects as diverse as the popular KUNG FU television series, John Carpenter's cult flick, DARK STAR, the low budget Australian drive-in classic ESKIMO NELL, and the unfinished science fiction project COLD WAR IN A COUNTRY GARDEN.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"Bill was very generous, and he gave my wife Karen and me tickets to see Angela Lansbury and George Hearn in Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">He also took Karen and I to some magic shows starring David Copperfield, for example. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Bill also took the official studio portrait of Al Whitlock and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">was a proud member of the ASC - the American Society of Cinematographers."</span></i></span><div><span style="color: #222222;">Unknown to many, Bill also plied his thespian talents, and appeared in bit parts in things like the terrific original ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, INTO THE NIGHT, THE FOG, BEVERLY HILLS COP 3 and others.<br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73vSyKoQr4Is1IrQZ9-hD8vzz3WadXaBfuwx7iBC9PDW1RSLXGkLJxOH7oJgx9PtvbNjEdiunCSmNnH1R1eCCAispanWkVSIzPPSxNaKq5_6FB2xNjdOCQngrSyoBea3nCL8HYk8kF4k/s2476/008+crop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="2476" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73vSyKoQr4Is1IrQZ9-hD8vzz3WadXaBfuwx7iBC9PDW1RSLXGkLJxOH7oJgx9PtvbNjEdiunCSmNnH1R1eCCAispanWkVSIzPPSxNaKq5_6FB2xNjdOCQngrSyoBea3nCL8HYk8kF4k/w640-h480/008+crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A curious snapshot which once again proved some amazing visuals could be conjured up with the most rudimentary of materials and a considerable degree of imagination. This is the special camera rig built for the explosive climax of the exceedingly groovy flick, THE CAR (1977). In fact, it was my curiosity about the visuals in this film which prompted me to contact Bill many years ago - not for one moment expecting so much as a response. Bill quickly replied, amazed at my interest in this forgotten bit and elaborated on the scene in great detail, for which I was - and remained - very grateful. Shown here are Bill, Mike Moramarco and Al Whitlock with the home built lens distortion rig that would create the demonic incarnation from the bowels of hades for the fiery climax.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Ever since I saw THE CAR back in '77 on the huge Scope screen at our Cinerama theatre - complete with pounding Leonard Rosenman score, it's been a favourite for NZ Pete. Here's what a somewhat surprised Bill had to say when I wrote him: <i>"I'm glad you like this shot. As time has passed and technology has improved, it makes me wince. The face was much subtler in earlier versions, but previews revealed that most of the audience did not get the gag, so we re-did it much more blatantly. I thought that a horn on the soundtrack, accompanied by a flashing title that read, 'big demon face' was the next logical step".</i><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>"We started with big naptha fires and slow motion flame thrower film elements just as you thought. </i></div><div><i>We shot elements of white Mole smoke against black in our studio, which we cherry-picked to find interesting shapes, then reversed into black smoke to serve as the background for the face. The face features were constructed from black cloth on an articulated wire armature so the mouth could move. The cloth was dampened with napthalene - like lighter fluid, nice yellow flame - and set alight, blown with a fan and photographed in colour at a high frame rate, probably about 120 FPS. I recall that it dripped little drops of flaming naptha. Even though the face was a pretty good size, the flames were too big in scale and 'miniature-y' looking so we hit on the idea of shooting them through a moving distortion glass to break them up". </i></div><div><br /></div><div><i>"The final result was not exactly finished as much as it was abandoned, since we just ran out of time. Leonard Rosenman's music helped a lot! I thought that this was a pretty good film in which the subtler ideas are the most effective, like the creak of the floor boards just before the car appears in the barn"</i>.</div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4H9LQlWXphaVjnqOnZkNEhdDT2JVYSkTQxbLx9dSqdb-K8Vxjh47oHJ7hc6h4RQkDHuwyMv6uBImKOohhKJS0YoN5iDMRfZ7Cv_5ZhFx6BW8_vyznq6Y88I2tEa-tlpsIhNf6ubkKXs/s2238/The+Car+%2528demon%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1419" data-original-width="2238" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4H9LQlWXphaVjnqOnZkNEhdDT2JVYSkTQxbLx9dSqdb-K8Vxjh47oHJ7hc6h4RQkDHuwyMv6uBImKOohhKJS0YoN5iDMRfZ7Cv_5ZhFx6BW8_vyznq6Y88I2tEa-tlpsIhNf6ubkKXs/w640-h406/The+Car+%2528demon%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Still so cool after all these years. As far as flaming satanic beasts from the pits of hell go, <u>this</u> evil bastard get's my vote every time!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJY_EGnk60kPF4hixHmvcl04T4HJOioipy8BxKDmHo9lNKMqldKNkC3shLVdy1bda0BlTJx_G46ZwrqgFmj2GsUmvnMTeTCKovNlDmDD76CqS924wUertPb9TXHPJWZBjpp6hesBJoaPc/s2556/The+Car+2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="2556" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJY_EGnk60kPF4hixHmvcl04T4HJOioipy8BxKDmHo9lNKMqldKNkC3shLVdy1bda0BlTJx_G46ZwrqgFmj2GsUmvnMTeTCKovNlDmDD76CqS924wUertPb9TXHPJWZBjpp6hesBJoaPc/w640-h302/The+Car+2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In an astonishingly rare-as-hens-teeth snapshot here my friends is the aforementioned 'Devil' in all his sock-puppet, 'lamb chops' meets Cujo glory! My pal Thomas Higginson sent me this, and some of the other pics here, and had this to say: <i>"Here's another pic of that odd 'The Car' gag. There you'll see Al with the toy race track transmitters that controlled the rotational speed of the distortion lenses and Syd in command of the sock puppet. The picture says it all!"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVFTHoIRPi1-TMsXS-sJFi-qZsvYat2v3X_BdLiKwREQpvOVSV2q2Y1JQ4DHsPOOtDv2LoTWIqxBk80DRiF1vP738TW68Pci-AcLqf8qp7cfM64Ie-9bDErsPyc-fQT9ql2WX3S42kfo/s1461/007+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="1461" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVFTHoIRPi1-TMsXS-sJFi-qZsvYat2v3X_BdLiKwREQpvOVSV2q2Y1JQ4DHsPOOtDv2LoTWIqxBk80DRiF1vP738TW68Pci-AcLqf8qp7cfM64Ie-9bDErsPyc-fQT9ql2WX3S42kfo/w640-h480/007+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of my all time favourite movies was THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980), and alongside a few mattes, Bill engineered a show stopping sequence where an entire flop-house in Chicago is blown to pieces by a patently off her head Carrie Fisher. The view here was in fact a huge photo blow up of the actual location, salvaged from the small amount of head trim from the original 35mm production take. The blow- up was heavily massaged with painted touch ups and blends. Bill told me all about the trick, as explained below, which I think is a corker of a shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qDB0IVDLqUKJZgh0yYCxC2yzakiSahyphenhyphenrix7-uyIOcRoV5lymMOrJVpptfG72B8y99A-jJrx5DGcY84bxNmYp2Q6FLui9aeaIRGvESuWpR60NN0lVvGRxIbeDDuEtvEM_F9ckOizqTaI/s2668/Blues+Bros.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="2668" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qDB0IVDLqUKJZgh0yYCxC2yzakiSahyphenhyphenrix7-uyIOcRoV5lymMOrJVpptfG72B8y99A-jJrx5DGcY84bxNmYp2Q6FLui9aeaIRGvESuWpR60NN0lVvGRxIbeDDuEtvEM_F9ckOizqTaI/w640-h352/Blues+Bros.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>"The explosion shot for The Blues Brothers may be more amazing than you realize" </i>Bill revealed to me. <i>"There is no actual miniature at work here; it's all a giant blow up, but carefully divided into two planes. The back plane photo of the hotel was pasted onto a large thin sheet of fabricated plasterboard, made with a very brittle formula. The photo/painting was heavily scored with a Stanley knife so that it would break apart at the appropriate places. There were holes cut clear through for window openings, and so forth. The back of the plasterboard was 'wired' with a large serpentine pattern of the smallest, 'gentlest' detonation cord available. Because the 'det-cord' is virtually instantaneous, the timing was critical to allow the naptha bag explosion to develop before the plaster was blown. A small scale test determined that timing. There was only one full size take needed"</i>. Interestingly, as an aside, many years later at the VES tribute to Al Whitlock, director John Landis regaled the audience and panel with his memory of being invited onto the effects stage by Al to witness the epic event. Once the cameras rolled at a very high and noisy frame rate as was needed, it was all over in a mere second.... basically a 'poof' and a quick 'flash'. Landis reported witnessing the event first hand as being <i>"Extremely <u>un</u>impressive"</i>, but once finished and cut into the daillies the shot looked a million dollars.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCo_jiW6VTJAl_epY-JQfTOV7Ee-VeFFLVJrzBdvHNPO1hwGof7yCfCiY0xJ6NSXnxjbi-DfBXUIyq-kEkqeR5S1PaHBRxTSVXBuHFiuMgyJ2PmRt_fBlUE-1hc55sp4jZn3kh_nSnV9Y/s776/010+crop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="776" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCo_jiW6VTJAl_epY-JQfTOV7Ee-VeFFLVJrzBdvHNPO1hwGof7yCfCiY0xJ6NSXnxjbi-DfBXUIyq-kEkqeR5S1PaHBRxTSVXBuHFiuMgyJ2PmRt_fBlUE-1hc55sp4jZn3kh_nSnV9Y/w640-h588/010+crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A great insider look at the Illusion Arts crew creating a smoke effect or other gag with various liquids for an unknown production in the 1990s. Left-to-right: Matte cameraman Mark Sawicki, Bill and miniatures wrangler Lynn Ledgerwood.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DwODaLD3kGqE6R0xWyqDRbCy2x_-7oXI1SKcFrgoHipR0RBxAs4Kv7WHNqCTuh9eAImjWfMcnuZ1xuDtyZt1GPnEkR1oXQrOqzzaUKefPJPj5vzqYoQuVzIbDMKzzf0VJ5JdS-PsZYE/s3368/B.Taylor+Dennis+the+Menace.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="3368" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DwODaLD3kGqE6R0xWyqDRbCy2x_-7oXI1SKcFrgoHipR0RBxAs4Kv7WHNqCTuh9eAImjWfMcnuZ1xuDtyZt1GPnEkR1oXQrOqzzaUKefPJPj5vzqYoQuVzIbDMKzzf0VJ5JdS-PsZYE/w640-h182/B.Taylor+Dennis+the+Menace.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The daily routine at Illusion Arts in the mid nineties, with Bill retrieving 35mm original negative 'held takes' from the chiller; setting the mag onto the motion control system; and shooting a multiplane matte/miniature set up for DENNIS THE MENACE.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVWfgNcdLM0myLbhf0qLhljjUjixUI7qsXogcYmc1lo18Lkt6q787bf4lWG_x4gM3ctEbF9bL2fUku9XoqM8Jz1t2FqPsoX5jB2k3wC8NcscPfisvCXhfI42pN7PsRwL9tuZM7BgcdA0/s1892/BT%2526RH-Jason.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1892" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVWfgNcdLM0myLbhf0qLhljjUjixUI7qsXogcYmc1lo18Lkt6q787bf4lWG_x4gM3ctEbF9bL2fUku9XoqM8Jz1t2FqPsoX5jB2k3wC8NcscPfisvCXhfI42pN7PsRwL9tuZM7BgcdA0/w640-h356/BT%2526RH-Jason.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the reasons Bill found himself fascinated by trick photography was the work and films of the legendary Ray Harryhausen. Here is a picture of Bill presenting Ray with an award at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. The frames shown here are, of course, from Ray's remarkable JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963) - a film which stimulated the imaginations of so many future visual effects exponents, not to mention many thousands of 'monster kid movie' freaks like yours truly and I'm certain, a whole swag of <b>Matte Shot </b>readers out there.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Speaking with Bill a decade or more ago, he shared his memories of early influences: <i>"When I saw JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS in the summer of my freshman year at Pomona college, at which I flunked out after just three semesters, I was immediately inspired by Ray Harryhausen's example to look for a career in the visual effects field. I was thunderstruck to realize that here were visual illusions on such an enormous scale. Up until then, and unlike virtually all of my contemporaries in the effects world, I had not been especially interested in visual effects, or even in photography; but since my artistic abilities were nil, it at least seemed that a life in the movie business as a technician was possible"</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Like me, Bill admired so many of the old effects films, and we talked at one stage about the work in Disney's fabulous DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE (1959) - a film I <u>still</u> regard as perhaps the pinnacle of all round trick shot excellence.<i> "Some of the classic stuff is so perfect, that it's hard to imagine what's really going on. I remember being totally baffled by the trick perspective work in DARBY O'GILL, and Peter Ellenshaw's work, until I finally read an explanation somewhere. So, I was delighted to be part of Randy Cook's crew years later on the trick perspective shots he designed for THE GATE. Later I devised the moving camera trick perspective technique used in the first LORD OF THE RINGS film, which allowed limited dolly moves in depth, so I feel like I made a tiny contribution to the advancement of the art"</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNMMOppjKHF6YdI6MEyNvMhPeRJxBDTfci6vXfg3e1zSq26vCRC4-nJcKA0gLSmN0fV1KyMVE0d2Jqk-kHvizt_BA4rBra3Ok3r2Xjlnc4zjxoFuMlQE6QgmIsTooLltHqtAzYYrkipk/s2024/BT+magic+%2526+SD.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2024" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNMMOppjKHF6YdI6MEyNvMhPeRJxBDTfci6vXfg3e1zSq26vCRC4-nJcKA0gLSmN0fV1KyMVE0d2Jqk-kHvizt_BA4rBra3Ok3r2Xjlnc4zjxoFuMlQE6QgmIsTooLltHqtAzYYrkipk/w640-h390/BT+magic+%2526+SD.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The many facets of Bill. At left attending a tribute for comedian and actor Steve Martin - himself a lifelong devotee of magic - Bill demonstrates a series of sleight-of-hand coin tricks he learned from a very young Steve, back in the early 1960's while working together in the magic store at Disneyland. Upper right shows Bill and Syd conducting one of their day long seminars on VFX, while the lower right has Bill demostrating to a group of aspiring effects students.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>In an email, Bill told me about his interests in stage magic: <i>"I was indeed interested in both stage magic and sleight of hand, and have created several stage illusions that have been performed by magicians around the world, including Harry Blackstone jnr, and The Pendragons"</i>. At the time of writing to me Bill said that he was still busy as an illusion designer at Owen Magic in California. In another conversation we talked about favourite cameramen, knowing Bill to be fond of guys like Jack Cardiff. <i>"On the film BRENDA STARR, which was lit and shot by Freddie Francis, I asked Freddie what his secret was for 'glamour lighting'. He said 'Put a great big light over the camera, and get Brooke Shields if you can!'"</i> Bill continued: <i>"I always wanted to get Freddie and Jack Cardiff together and just record their conversation, but I could never quite manage it.</i>"</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxX9djzBzqJw6UPr1q4U2o3nbu_D5xpR4injJ84SKW2p3rwIE0LbEsBF-JrCRBT2H75ncY47gpcitqP3jSwEAhzgL4f_Gj3mt6Nxt-lGzB7VukvIbUR2bHl5e7GkWXGCTZALp8Ra9bs8/s2112/BT+with+AW+%2526+award.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="2112" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxX9djzBzqJw6UPr1q4U2o3nbu_D5xpR4injJ84SKW2p3rwIE0LbEsBF-JrCRBT2H75ncY47gpcitqP3jSwEAhzgL4f_Gj3mt6Nxt-lGzB7VukvIbUR2bHl5e7GkWXGCTZALp8Ra9bs8/w640-h322/BT+with+AW+%2526+award.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">At left: Albert and Bill at Illusion Arts in 1992, pose next to a very large matte painting of 'Hollywoodland' for the film CHAPLIN. At right, Bill recieves the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation from AMPAS in 2013.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7Gpy78zGgVZ9qflB6SfvZ7xTOZj-w6Rv28-dSWdt7hgh8A9YBQfN4fS17QnIWuK0rFScqyepDiarDEt9ccmLB1-hzTkGl_BbrGcZyVvxzr2Hk434Ul1XQI-eVU0-c266Dd-stIHLpQU/s1740/Bill+Taylor+%2526+Harrison+Ellenshaw.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="1740" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7Gpy78zGgVZ9qflB6SfvZ7xTOZj-w6Rv28-dSWdt7hgh8A9YBQfN4fS17QnIWuK0rFScqyepDiarDEt9ccmLB1-hzTkGl_BbrGcZyVvxzr2Hk434Ul1XQI-eVU0-c266Dd-stIHLpQU/w640-h464/Bill+Taylor+%2526+Harrison+Ellenshaw.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Telling a tall tale perhaps? Bill manages to crack up fellow vfx man Harrison Ellenshaw. I sent Harrison a copy of this image, which to my surprise he'd not seen, and he said: <i>"If I recall that was a presentation at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theatre. Bill himself persuaded the Academy to name it that. That's former ILM'er John Knoll to Bill's right. John and his brother invented a thing called Photoshop".</i></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Bill carried his knowledge of motion picture visual effects requirements all the way through the traditional photo-chemical era and well into the digital arena with ease. Interestingly, Illusion Arts - the company he and Syd co-founded in 1985 - would often integrate both traditional and digital tools on the same film or tv assignment well into the late 1990's where, as a pragmatic decision, both methods could occasionally compliment each other to deliver an effective end result. Syd told me he liked to paint his mattes using the customary artists' tools and medium whenever the opportunity presented itself, and in general found the older process more satisfying as a trained painter. The traditionally rendered paintings, if not composited as original negative or rear projection were sometimes scanned as a large digital file and augmented or manipulated with computer technology, though the foundation and integrity of so many shots made in the CG era, remained 'hand made'.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCz0ePa6LFpbGNPPyuzOMToJbEDIOjFioQm9OSq1PxooT2yT1AAFbqLagkx8zZi5h_fD4siwMiDToK6KqjoWw3L1RN3nBIUucj1nOkHyyiOIG2TU0VSiiKnpCn_4tgrps2Mn-v_ANe2M/s1623/Red+Sonja+bef%2526after+lava%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="1623" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCz0ePa6LFpbGNPPyuzOMToJbEDIOjFioQm9OSq1PxooT2yT1AAFbqLagkx8zZi5h_fD4siwMiDToK6KqjoWw3L1RN3nBIUucj1nOkHyyiOIG2TU0VSiiKnpCn_4tgrps2Mn-v_ANe2M/w640-h476/Red+Sonja+bef%2526after+lava%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A dire film, but some beautiful photographic effects work from the Universal matte department, RED SONYA (1985) saw Bill create some interesting gags to accompany the stunning painted mattes: <i>"We were pretty happy with our fake lava in this film. It was all back-lit, made from plastic wheels, positioned at a raking angle to the camera. They were painted to add bits of texture. As usual procedure, we shot this gag through soft splits, with multiple passes, and so on. We made a separate lava element that Frank van der Veer and Barry Nolan used elsewhere in the movie"</i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpXKtVbkopr90E2LHSSgNcqtCfGNWRM1P8fOsJsNNSd08s-QRQoxkAlo5d-uNUd8zpkzB9TGRFD5ndVY1fHjWotKdyVA0lVxMOuWl3XSugbH2wq9NcuZML4S_w-0iUA5o_xg-3g00ocA/s1794/The+Wiz-big+apple+shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="1794" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpXKtVbkopr90E2LHSSgNcqtCfGNWRM1P8fOsJsNNSd08s-QRQoxkAlo5d-uNUd8zpkzB9TGRFD5ndVY1fHjWotKdyVA0lVxMOuWl3XSugbH2wq9NcuZML4S_w-0iUA5o_xg-3g00ocA/w640-h594/The+Wiz-big+apple+shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The epic 'Big Apple' sequence from Sidney Lumet's THE WIZ (1978) remains one of the bona-fide eye popping vfx shots of the decade - and beyond! There are some eight painted elements, thirteen individual filmed elements, a motorised styrofoam apple which were all assembled in some 34 separate passes through Bill's matte camera and a further six passes through the optical printer!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Bill remembered the sequence shown above as something of a nightmare to pull off: <i>"All I can see is the matte line around the apple, which, for some reason didn't bother Al at all! We had other takes where the miniature apple fit perfectly, but the shot was so complicated that something else went wrong in every one of them. It was one of the shots made on our matte shot camera with multiple passes, and then carried over to the optical printer for the apple, so as to avoid duping the paintings".</i> I asked the fairly obvious question about the traditional photo-chemical era optical composites and the complexities therein: <i>"No... I don't miss the 'good old days' one little bit!"</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCURacR1PWw7QoAGJgTNhj-lTEqJUj3K3W77admBAARTCOOlUfNuyBfChZrC7lcDFNPr8XhW4HTtS-9Wd4vkhSo31zZ3v44CVBy7sPHW5k-l-aTcpaRfH-TDhbGTUKUnvIbBNk552Qd2Q/s1920/The+Wiz-78.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCURacR1PWw7QoAGJgTNhj-lTEqJUj3K3W77admBAARTCOOlUfNuyBfChZrC7lcDFNPr8XhW4HTtS-9Wd4vkhSo31zZ3v44CVBy7sPHW5k-l-aTcpaRfH-TDhbGTUKUnvIbBNk552Qd2Q/w640-h360/The+Wiz-78.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Bill was recipient of an Emmy award, along with Al, Syd and the entire Universal matte department staff, for the visual effects work they accomplished on the Biblical miniseries A.D (1985), and would later collect a couple more for the tv series STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION later on, and was a founding member of the Visual Effects Society. If all that weren't enough, he was also on the Board of Governors at the Motion Picture Academy. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpUcc5JEnFn1feXrgj-Mh6kFcZQ5G_V5NlZh_BS1rTfGVoaAWh3xnZUfdG5ZnlAkDovmpNIMb-i92vwni-fxM8TGxWNdzPYnlAOzlUIOVP09WzDJqKaRW-_XbCPwox15pmhNfIQWn77Y/s850/Sawicki-Taylor-Dutton.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="850" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpUcc5JEnFn1feXrgj-Mh6kFcZQ5G_V5NlZh_BS1rTfGVoaAWh3xnZUfdG5ZnlAkDovmpNIMb-i92vwni-fxM8TGxWNdzPYnlAOzlUIOVP09WzDJqKaRW-_XbCPwox15pmhNfIQWn77Y/w640-h426/Sawicki-Taylor-Dutton.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bill with two buddies - matte cameraman Mark Sawicki (left) and matte painter, friend and co-founder of Illusion Arts, Syd Dutton (right).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; text-align: center;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">William (Bill) Frank Taylor, ASC 1944 - 2021</span></b></p><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">NZ PETE's RANDOM MATTE FROM THE ARCHIVE:</span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwmgjMNPAylOPmn-gZFwCcgAAOChwCtahewqcAC-cpqdV3OQIUFkj6GUZ14yJJdwA_vz5YR8lGsRJjjEgRXMR5mAYNAZdlimYxVvDi5pwlUuxgoNp-s5mEdSgKFpNhR-EnQk6r8WysYo/s1448/Last+of+the+Comanches-52+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1448" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwmgjMNPAylOPmn-gZFwCcgAAOChwCtahewqcAC-cpqdV3OQIUFkj6GUZ14yJJdwA_vz5YR8lGsRJjjEgRXMR5mAYNAZdlimYxVvDi5pwlUuxgoNp-s5mEdSgKFpNhR-EnQk6r8WysYo/w640-h478/Last+of+the+Comanches-52+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Having so many matte shots in my archive, it's not always easy to show 'em all, no matter now much I feel they deserve some attention. This is one such shot that I like and needs some attention. This is the opening shot - a full painting - from the Andre deToth western LAST OF THE COMANCHES (1952), starring the great Broderick Crawford. The show was a Columbia picture, so Larry Butler and Donald Glouner would have looked after the trick work. No idea who painted this nice shot, but possibly Juan Larrinaga - the brother of Mario - who was a fixture at Columbia for years.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">PETER ELLENSHAW REACHES THE SUMMIT:</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbbk-SeJDuDst-cCEDJVhQ74i8UTF2G1IpQFKNI3bUStD5MWjIIHRVB_3XWeBH4-9-LPWsgHHnZbpxqv-oBHkQlOEtHUNLAG5r30UeMZpLWs0gIsPrxsGhFgw9OxYr3eXDp92wPXzIK4/s1360/THIRD+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1360" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbbk-SeJDuDst-cCEDJVhQ74i8UTF2G1IpQFKNI3bUStD5MWjIIHRVB_3XWeBH4-9-LPWsgHHnZbpxqv-oBHkQlOEtHUNLAG5r30UeMZpLWs0gIsPrxsGhFgw9OxYr3eXDp92wPXzIK4/w640-h534/THIRD+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of Disney's best live action films were made in the fifties, in my opinion. THIRD MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN (1959) is among the class catalogue which included shows like 20'000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE and of course, the delightfully marvellous DARBY O'GILL & THE LITTLE PEOPLE.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5qQxeYYnXzaN87-xl5B3KBwrwA6PPj5ab4zoJatOV8JFuyx7yFk5QgnfS_ZfLeX45NbxaFFXwWCpyxRbwr-M4ebnQjYuvG8QSZXRW_A7DA9Gm9xQtDCuTk3R-eBqFuv3MMtQvNSfrYg/s2272/PE+montage+shots+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="2272" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5qQxeYYnXzaN87-xl5B3KBwrwA6PPj5ab4zoJatOV8JFuyx7yFk5QgnfS_ZfLeX45NbxaFFXwWCpyxRbwr-M4ebnQjYuvG8QSZXRW_A7DA9Gm9xQtDCuTk3R-eBqFuv3MMtQvNSfrYg/w640-h372/PE+montage+shots+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Key to the thrill factor of the, mostly genuine mountain climbing sequences, were the dozens of superb matte shots supervised by the great Peter Ellenshaw. Peter, for those new to my blog, was one of the true masters in the artform of painted mattes, with a long career originating in the mid 1930's in England, under the steely gaze and brushmanship of his mentor, Walter Percy Day - the Grandfather of British special effects. Peter would become a staple at Disney Studios, with Walt himself giving him a lifelong contract as a result of his astonishing work on the studio's first live action picture, TREASURE ISLAND in 1950.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigSlxeLZOfk4L4wdUVMy5q2p0cmNWCRUriJnIh0z8Vl0uCD6NaBecClDVCrsKrDsBW7Yui4bKN-B68S4OzzjaCIV020LOVbWuLH-idlBlMJHnqtvUPxbinYWJUyvplJFET3D7p3leeAk/s864/Peter+Ellenshaw-unknown+glass.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigSlxeLZOfk4L4wdUVMy5q2p0cmNWCRUriJnIh0z8Vl0uCD6NaBecClDVCrsKrDsBW7Yui4bKN-B68S4OzzjaCIV020LOVbWuLH-idlBlMJHnqtvUPxbinYWJUyvplJFET3D7p3leeAk/w640-h480/Peter+Ellenshaw-unknown+glass.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Master matte artist Peter Ellenshaw is shown here at work on a foreground in-camera glass shot for another of the studio's big productions, IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS (1962) filmed at Pinewood Studios in England.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5_DDEPaG2urNuJtmdFx7f5MKESPeFkF0zyV8742gmuFAVm4nSV3xMyPT744XmY8knNR80fR2Tn0FU_lBD02MxKPG76NvDcZtSZbMw2pOuIerWirnDID8fiIrni-en1MqwHKNM23k3Ko/s1304/third1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1304" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5_DDEPaG2urNuJtmdFx7f5MKESPeFkF0zyV8742gmuFAVm4nSV3xMyPT744XmY8knNR80fR2Tn0FU_lBD02MxKPG76NvDcZtSZbMw2pOuIerWirnDID8fiIrni-en1MqwHKNM23k3Ko/w640-h396/third1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not aware of anyone else recieving 'Matte Artist' screen credit before Peter did on all his Disney films, even as far back as 1950 for TREASURE ISLAND, and in fact it would be decades until a similar credit appeared on screen for <i>any</i> other practitioner</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuHBFPSj7BmfeCHz6XbFIO2rU4TUy7RcqQL89jjEJPihTVWLoC1IDzHMzBxA78PUwGKggI2uFANrjEfSrNq3pcwYzmrbFsu3zpSeQoHpHiV5VM8-Ob4vbjnoE7dhfwN-UigHBamTtcCY/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h35m06s222.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuHBFPSj7BmfeCHz6XbFIO2rU4TUy7RcqQL89jjEJPihTVWLoC1IDzHMzBxA78PUwGKggI2uFANrjEfSrNq3pcwYzmrbFsu3zpSeQoHpHiV5VM8-Ob4vbjnoE7dhfwN-UigHBamTtcCY/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h35m06s222.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painted view which opens the film, which although was The Matterhorn, was changed in the script to <i>The Citadel</i> for some odd reason? Maybe the real Matterhorn threatened to sue?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYGEajO0TypKIxAYXZcwiDQglg5rVpycmnf3hwm0BtpnSRQ5YeX-1OT4SCGP0nt-ZjEZT4szQT7NVqGI3z23ZUrF8UpdJbK_WmC2lCR_V20adZs9aU4Mf4GHlManNsw8LfvB7Tyd-zxY/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h37m25s863.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYGEajO0TypKIxAYXZcwiDQglg5rVpycmnf3hwm0BtpnSRQ5YeX-1OT4SCGP0nt-ZjEZT4szQT7NVqGI3z23ZUrF8UpdJbK_WmC2lCR_V20adZs9aU4Mf4GHlManNsw8LfvB7Tyd-zxY/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h37m25s863.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the stunning mattes by Peter Ellenshaw which reminds me of his paintings which open the earlier BLACK NARCISSUS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfHTiR2_OUTs3i9zlU_MvHtsuL-0vYhC2q9-hXOvc72ZYuMOKwACdQQeXkP4arUSIKBkcildp9lOMAL_jldRyY-XF0lHOlnCfFQXmopWN6z4_oyp2za2QskkyJ6ZkibyLxEOOYqAgViQ/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h39m16s290.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfHTiR2_OUTs3i9zlU_MvHtsuL-0vYhC2q9-hXOvc72ZYuMOKwACdQQeXkP4arUSIKBkcildp9lOMAL_jldRyY-XF0lHOlnCfFQXmopWN6z4_oyp2za2QskkyJ6ZkibyLxEOOYqAgViQ/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h39m16s290.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Swiss village, presumably a set on the Disney lot with an extensive make over by the matte artist to extend the view. The matte line runs across just above the heads of the extras. According to Peter's son Harrison, a number of the mattes in THIRD MAN were done as latent image shots, on original negative, which Disney did utilise off and on around that time on various productions, before settling into their in house rear projection composite method which they would pretty much stick with throughout the sixties and seventies.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8rPof15k__ZkJXygh0l_a6BXzw_ZMlUXZm3n0Q8snBThjCT3mHVLpb8qs2DndWFOiUKwX8AFoMsoyASBYNg4kUCzlKXVoWN0Sz8lMrPehS0UMhqgzFVwK8DNQ_e0cdRaLA3LIzWnMjA/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h39m24s864.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8rPof15k__ZkJXygh0l_a6BXzw_ZMlUXZm3n0Q8snBThjCT3mHVLpb8qs2DndWFOiUKwX8AFoMsoyASBYNg4kUCzlKXVoWN0Sz8lMrPehS0UMhqgzFVwK8DNQ_e0cdRaLA3LIzWnMjA/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h39m24s864.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not sure on this shot. If it is a matte then it's a very well blended and matched matte. The film was largely shot on location in Switzerland, with a great deal of first rate professional climbing unit material expertly integrated into the shots with the actors.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs336Lv4YrYBmXuTS0MIyKUbUDqgKFyov7Xp_8-iSlvCEhpC743As_zmpuZlbtiXINaTWI1i2oyOXPCTAZzCijvrobsq2p-3P3KSaHmoudZw5QpMWFJEFwGRYwv2WV_t3vsSXP2HKnsto/s1485/THIRD+MAN2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="1320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs336Lv4YrYBmXuTS0MIyKUbUDqgKFyov7Xp_8-iSlvCEhpC743As_zmpuZlbtiXINaTWI1i2oyOXPCTAZzCijvrobsq2p-3P3KSaHmoudZw5QpMWFJEFwGRYwv2WV_t3vsSXP2HKnsto/w568-h640/THIRD+MAN2.jpg" width="568" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Apparently the film was originally called BANNER IN THE SKY, and after a not very enthusiastic box office take, would again revert to this alternate title for later TV showings. The critical reaction however for the film on it's initial release was good and it's held in high regard among many Disney enthusiasts to this day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ythb1p0omjWr4yufKzjfmfKv2LD78wT0Xe4XikxisrK-YihjXQ3Ww_txPb00txjMAiXDp3JcU7S5gBGl6LnpWSvW_s9vuiUsQRwHon9IfK_cKA0BtiEoUFpVX2ZIMY310aXtkiESJes/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h40m41s330.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ythb1p0omjWr4yufKzjfmfKv2LD78wT0Xe4XikxisrK-YihjXQ3Ww_txPb00txjMAiXDp3JcU7S5gBGl6LnpWSvW_s9vuiUsQRwHon9IfK_cKA0BtiEoUFpVX2ZIMY310aXtkiESJes/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h40m41s330.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure with this one, but strongly suspect it's an actual 2nd unit shot?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9IAySZHJAM3EHU7XDuVD2Abt870NPtr80Hsa6-IeNnRBvXtYt0p9jwMt9Rj-mL7qbj2XdJ1LP7LFkiFDOiNvpxmCI93c26IXZA23S8UESDJblX8gnqPW4suGwTxq94uKsoBgyOWjJX0/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h42m15s979.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9IAySZHJAM3EHU7XDuVD2Abt870NPtr80Hsa6-IeNnRBvXtYt0p9jwMt9Rj-mL7qbj2XdJ1LP7LFkiFDOiNvpxmCI93c26IXZA23S8UESDJblX8gnqPW4suGwTxq94uKsoBgyOWjJX0/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h42m15s979.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The numerous moments of danger in THIRD MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN were accomplished with carefully designed and composited matte shots, such as this thriller of a shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHd5fQtb2QdcAdvFH2jy5xCJLasa5FI3XXF8nuHMKTPMdDBsgFI3ysSFarZxLTZrQcDWzQDATBmki39PqGSSqbs_ja3JyoRnTMHNr7jiWAtn2zUtbwfWqhJhjv7vXG65rMFBVp1xnCW-E/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h42m45s056.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHd5fQtb2QdcAdvFH2jy5xCJLasa5FI3XXF8nuHMKTPMdDBsgFI3ysSFarZxLTZrQcDWzQDATBmki39PqGSSqbs_ja3JyoRnTMHNr7jiWAtn2zUtbwfWqhJhjv7vXG65rMFBVp1xnCW-E/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h42m45s056.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My favourite shot in the flick is this devastatingly well executed downview of James MacArthur atop a spindly pinnacle, high above the valley floor. I've always had a thing for extreme perspective painting in matte work. Absolutely love it!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPM1oaYzuk6G2YTjYGEOlmRsj3-ZdObQxcuQ6IC3Vz6JOof-Cbo_-sGoORsjE0PmqVsdGmdqdZscl3myR0D97MP3v6ELUZhrVpEaSiBOUJVN-7v7dpPEeQosWJLn229-rzjb0W3xy8MMw/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h44m40s917.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPM1oaYzuk6G2YTjYGEOlmRsj3-ZdObQxcuQ6IC3Vz6JOof-Cbo_-sGoORsjE0PmqVsdGmdqdZscl3myR0D97MP3v6ELUZhrVpEaSiBOUJVN-7v7dpPEeQosWJLn229-rzjb0W3xy8MMw/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h44m40s917.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Even in a matte shot you'd <i>never</i> get NZ Pete to be up there! <b>:(</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CzbQN7slzniPHN3vfM0kzDpjxU_Abo9P9Y9ndi7wg1QA1ilnOYHkyes5Ck4xq7U71E50qCA6_5no4hyphenhyphenFknU4qvsvbxA5FAwPiZRG4IUWbTwVGu5-vNTN1XNHXiC-BUXMZjSQhau5qX8/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h46m58s425.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CzbQN7slzniPHN3vfM0kzDpjxU_Abo9P9Y9ndi7wg1QA1ilnOYHkyes5Ck4xq7U71E50qCA6_5no4hyphenhyphenFknU4qvsvbxA5FAwPiZRG4IUWbTwVGu5-vNTN1XNHXiC-BUXMZjSQhau5qX8/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h46m58s425.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Unquestionably the work of Peter Ellenshaw, with his trademark cloud brushwork and light as witnessed in so much of his own fine art and also scores of movie matte shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIh8AyJG8ecqVFG4M3TnKDXoY9u4mkh2m1-633eC28WovczfOiLRZopzuZBGU4082MMl0mLvFjXsXAGaGDAz4d-LUM6DGtBtgkOzH6YXveaIA6KVSe7zpXGR78tjHhZFaLkwA2hxq38E0/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h47m50s665.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIh8AyJG8ecqVFG4M3TnKDXoY9u4mkh2m1-633eC28WovczfOiLRZopzuZBGU4082MMl0mLvFjXsXAGaGDAz4d-LUM6DGtBtgkOzH6YXveaIA6KVSe7zpXGR78tjHhZFaLkwA2hxq38E0/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h47m50s665.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another cut, this time with drifting mist added in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6A-laQMqrPOJClek_M0wb3SHCutcGfvQsBqm-39rCBGuZW5HV1iVFPCVE81mnaoVlHSVIAnfQTEdgln9dDi_hRwbz69S748nmCVThlZxIieTiR-u6xK-jkf3VeCaLLZrPeRskBSRKmU/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h49m17s260.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6A-laQMqrPOJClek_M0wb3SHCutcGfvQsBqm-39rCBGuZW5HV1iVFPCVE81mnaoVlHSVIAnfQTEdgln9dDi_hRwbz69S748nmCVThlZxIieTiR-u6xK-jkf3VeCaLLZrPeRskBSRKmU/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h49m17s260.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peter had two assistants in the matte department at this time, Albert Whitlock and Jim Fetherolf. I'm sure both men lent a hand in furnishing such a large number of mattes. Bill Taylor once mentioned to me that Al learned so much from observing Peter paint. The quick block ins, often using towels, rags or huge brushes, followed by an intense period of highly focused dabs and 'expressions', where Peter instinctively knew just how much to paint, and where to draw the audience's eye in. According to Bill, Al acknowledged his own painting progressed in leaps and bounds as a result of watching Peter paint. Peter was a highly prolific and very fast matte artist. A master, and by all accounts, a true gentleman.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qTYllTvtIiJ41B18LkZb3TtxgrLQXvQvmJvl-OSRmVZZeOTTiBJUzuETI37zea7BSMuhMNrpHRoWnH-ps83dQ4MIoB3j8ePoUWVYBzX80AJYEqIABRb0zVHbfIQxi7aWU3ByN66_zlg/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h50m34s252.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qTYllTvtIiJ41B18LkZb3TtxgrLQXvQvmJvl-OSRmVZZeOTTiBJUzuETI37zea7BSMuhMNrpHRoWnH-ps83dQ4MIoB3j8ePoUWVYBzX80AJYEqIABRb0zVHbfIQxi7aWU3ByN66_zlg/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h50m34s252.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm <u>most</u> impressed with the live action plate photography in this film. Almost all of the plates appear to have been carefully shot in natural light as opposed to studio lit soundstage mock ups, where the 'fake' studio arc's of the day never matched the Kelvin of actual sunlight and were for decades, always a dead giveaway.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoW4mJA4YgMDLTZmYVB-QQ0f2gFqW-ZNKnmoKjwMD8IKkOR04aqGWY0SljgCBkO_SFQSXAV41UDYb9AgLbRPur5tvYzXw7xU7t13wENa7EDrx6oR2LByhqMjeoSeHwfzxTEcAvwjGesQ8/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h52m14s518.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoW4mJA4YgMDLTZmYVB-QQ0f2gFqW-ZNKnmoKjwMD8IKkOR04aqGWY0SljgCBkO_SFQSXAV41UDYb9AgLbRPur5tvYzXw7xU7t13wENa7EDrx6oR2LByhqMjeoSeHwfzxTEcAvwjGesQ8/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h52m14s518.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Being alpine, the weather can change at the drop of a hat. The skies darken and a storm rolls in...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12vFzt8uzCAe_Hewks1Mik3Ha6SD-H_OawYRYZjji2OlB6I1Ge75GMYcN5cAnoGWAkqzv4gFlG3uS65s2JLGqtWI6ctXPfxT_t0MXqRtN6mhVb4A-7kAh2rf48Ju2qprzzwXcLmsSerw/s2364/THIRD+MAN3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="2364" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12vFzt8uzCAe_Hewks1Mik3Ha6SD-H_OawYRYZjji2OlB6I1Ge75GMYcN5cAnoGWAkqzv4gFlG3uS65s2JLGqtWI6ctXPfxT_t0MXqRtN6mhVb4A-7kAh2rf48Ju2qprzzwXcLmsSerw/w640-h392/THIRD+MAN3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A beautifully manufactured alpine storm, combining multi-plane Ellenshaw matte art, with the mountain range, at least two layers of glass painted clouds, and cel animated lightning bolts as well as the interactive gags. Very nice work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHP62Dzbdc9mpH0hMpAM4xSI4l18xsEdVKk-P-p2xrCXyKqHQDQ6FAh5FD_TTa6nE37yBfIgMceFXj504C9IjJaQZDPkocvrLuG9mDKMVCKQLdKfVc6tJqV4LmYD2Y3Uj6J2a59PoK7a8/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h53m08s992.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHP62Dzbdc9mpH0hMpAM4xSI4l18xsEdVKk-P-p2xrCXyKqHQDQ6FAh5FD_TTa6nE37yBfIgMceFXj504C9IjJaQZDPkocvrLuG9mDKMVCKQLdKfVc6tJqV4LmYD2Y3Uj6J2a59PoK7a8/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h53m08s992.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This film's director, Ken Annakin, did a number of shows for Disney, starting with SWORD AND THE ROSE in 1953. Ken was a huge admirer of Peter's abilities, and would consult and utilise matte shots frequently on many pictures. In an interview with film critic and historian Leonard Maltin when discussing the vast number of effects shots for SWORD AND THE ROSE, Ken had this to say: <i>"Walt specifically had the picture (Sword and the Rose) designed in such a way to use the maximum number of painted mattes; in fact, we used sixty-two mattes in all on that film, and it allowed us to give the picture a much broader sweep visually than it ever could have had. It resulted in Peter being given a life contract by Walt Disney. I got very taken up with this matte technique, and continued to use it on later pictures, but I almost had to train new artists myself, and pass on to them the sort of tricks I thought Peter Ellenshaw relied on. But Peter just knew how to modify reality to make it look realer than real"</i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhma43vdom5lzqhHD9f-7bVVJE-DzMP9ocrTdcA7-Fh0ohXTma1DsYCZ-D482cEp60ZhpxMfNiaaKCckPWKrSaoos87XVuBqEBXa4bWprc8TLsBm_uXRCiPwyFsRTkYvR1sdnL4Suit2Ws/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h53m39s538.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhma43vdom5lzqhHD9f-7bVVJE-DzMP9ocrTdcA7-Fh0ohXTma1DsYCZ-D482cEp60ZhpxMfNiaaKCckPWKrSaoos87XVuBqEBXa4bWprc8TLsBm_uXRCiPwyFsRTkYvR1sdnL4Suit2Ws/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h53m39s538.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's <i>Matterhorn Five-0</i> for James MacArthur. Another splendidly painted set extension that most likely slips by unnoticed, split screened into a totally realistic exterior setpiece.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSwp57WSAXwaql_FHgimp_2hA8j95rJH2ydohnOA_66Ghei-ya2sghFM92YpkSb6aSsrqqp1ReWeAE7mtz0P5tG4W-T-f1DWph3Jk_Ku2OXDrYSzF5FbHQICbZs159up8_XAA2MznQnc/s1976/THIRD+MAN4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="1976" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSwp57WSAXwaql_FHgimp_2hA8j95rJH2ydohnOA_66Ghei-ya2sghFM92YpkSb6aSsrqqp1ReWeAE7mtz0P5tG4W-T-f1DWph3Jk_Ku2OXDrYSzF5FbHQICbZs159up8_XAA2MznQnc/w640-h378/THIRD+MAN4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The weather turns treacherous. Matte art and multiple fx gags.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSLBd9TLQQvOZlGCVA5Tkw19zRR-aJX9HL3aoXaYVoWMICujW4_92B8dWRSzEfCjnQLRntCOAVDtLHAeP3-_dt1KfGhVj6cX0z9ZE1Z_oOAFJyFyLalirLJhe1S18mubpg4dbV9XRmtg/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h56m15s062.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSLBd9TLQQvOZlGCVA5Tkw19zRR-aJX9HL3aoXaYVoWMICujW4_92B8dWRSzEfCjnQLRntCOAVDtLHAeP3-_dt1KfGhVj6cX0z9ZE1Z_oOAFJyFyLalirLJhe1S18mubpg4dbV9XRmtg/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h56m15s062.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Director Ken Annakin was apparently known in the business as <i>'Panicin' Annakin'</i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie82tINLkAZW6F_Mbf5wjQFwpmSWIsS3vb_CKfyNnkbbbKpV8n4ekvX0CdQD2BgRZgiR7b7km8oTnc9YtlNEK98HfJi7yh09oZs7SuudiGVJzYtDBsWV3Y0KuOeC3ZfduYWu7F7JarqTc/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h56m54s392.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie82tINLkAZW6F_Mbf5wjQFwpmSWIsS3vb_CKfyNnkbbbKpV8n4ekvX0CdQD2BgRZgiR7b7km8oTnc9YtlNEK98HfJi7yh09oZs7SuudiGVJzYtDBsWV3Y0KuOeC3ZfduYWu7F7JarqTc/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h56m54s392.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I was chatting with Peter Ellenshaw's son, Harrison, about this movie and he said: <i> "Your mention of THIRD MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN (original title BANNER IN THE SKY) brought back some very pleasant memories. I was only 13 or 14 when I travelled with my mother and father to Zermatt, Switzerland to the location for THIRD MAN. I was even an extra for two shots. I recall that we combined the trip with a visit to my grandmother and her husband Walter Percy Day, OBE. You may have heard of him."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxh13PLQ-PMx7X9ChOmyskra3X0zXWODTI4JNLPVbpXGQ65CLQTOz6nTqixcMozNsWOiUgU-D4gHgW0SQvoA99xy9caAvP_tnkMF2ILVTSNVI9ZHuzOhKOiUAnYJ70MzKbFqyvSo1Zsw/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h58m14s123.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxh13PLQ-PMx7X9ChOmyskra3X0zXWODTI4JNLPVbpXGQ65CLQTOz6nTqixcMozNsWOiUgU-D4gHgW0SQvoA99xy9caAvP_tnkMF2ILVTSNVI9ZHuzOhKOiUAnYJ70MzKbFqyvSo1Zsw/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h58m14s123.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another dizzying matte, with drifting mist and cloud layer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-qQhPONDubzKKmjuTioovCRH8_qfkh2SyjSwjkVF6wRhby3T-qyACp7VnqJ1fGryfEv8Ye4G0_DExO9qXIegviTnybmby9YEOkj0QGGKBMgfpQ6bkGsg-2_5Nf34k8hi7asWVjr6E-Q/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h58m58s876.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-qQhPONDubzKKmjuTioovCRH8_qfkh2SyjSwjkVF6wRhby3T-qyACp7VnqJ1fGryfEv8Ye4G0_DExO9qXIegviTnybmby9YEOkj0QGGKBMgfpQ6bkGsg-2_5Nf34k8hi7asWVjr6E-Q/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-17h58m58s876.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The marry ups of the paintings and the live action plates are <u>really</u> impressive in this film, with blends quite hard, if not impossible to detect in most instances. Soft matte demarkations would suggest original negative photography and compositing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhow1N7DnaC8e09I2uOqhEtpGp19BYSrXtHW_iMpHLHj3fScMIgC6WP9tGA8pIOJZ0W6Xp-1BhyphenhyphencgN6WYUkl6KhZulq1CR2kI6Z3TvRa11JNfJpKCNmZN6jWHi2fleBYXtawYjWl69e7MA/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h00m30s476.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhow1N7DnaC8e09I2uOqhEtpGp19BYSrXtHW_iMpHLHj3fScMIgC6WP9tGA8pIOJZ0W6Xp-1BhyphenhyphencgN6WYUkl6KhZulq1CR2kI6Z3TvRa11JNfJpKCNmZN6jWHi2fleBYXtawYjWl69e7MA/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h00m30s476.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THIRD MAN is probably a mostly forgotten film today, though it's worthy of rediscovery and appreciation as it's a great little film. Another couple of great little Disney flicks are KIDNAPPED and GREYFRIAR'S BOBBY made a couple years later, made before they concentrated on silly, squeaky clean and largely unimaginative matinee fodder.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgoYzX2-QVX5hhyphenhyphenLnedzhdWwbDAMMYKHSZOJK8wj9IdUgU5d8Z8RLA-oRQZV5WQbGqt2WjjBDExX-17IBEdjjMim2J7sxLJKck9hj48LXLKjQhBUAxGM24Ag2wYp8IRyq7eSAsmyt5WY/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h00m55s692.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgoYzX2-QVX5hhyphenhyphenLnedzhdWwbDAMMYKHSZOJK8wj9IdUgU5d8Z8RLA-oRQZV5WQbGqt2WjjBDExX-17IBEdjjMim2J7sxLJKck9hj48LXLKjQhBUAxGM24Ag2wYp8IRyq7eSAsmyt5WY/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h00m55s692.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another vertigo inducing point of painted view.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBgTSIQ1XsufvptLb6fheZZXOrDnS0CHykR0BvXt0bqBojkyA27Uxv0dwGxauukCMrMFtWGgv60lellosg-jv5Mi-etOHjuUAe5ejjWNdt2of4SOydifAs1IpQm9RIqSKzXqksOvCsmA/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h01m39s484.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBgTSIQ1XsufvptLb6fheZZXOrDnS0CHykR0BvXt0bqBojkyA27Uxv0dwGxauukCMrMFtWGgv60lellosg-jv5Mi-etOHjuUAe5ejjWNdt2of4SOydifAs1IpQm9RIqSKzXqksOvCsmA/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h01m39s484.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Extremely convincing alpine grandeur, created on Peter Ellenshaw's matte easel.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqLvA26CQaWZTVqTkvFzHZe4Vsxq3zEV4mmuUp7qah3de-D5cvKGyeZkGpsb9hzxdleS8MNcqhUon4kbN5GjW9Pu0jaOGYOGmaAs22vhiSc8Bx-SV_tGfrKcPqrU2aCw5tICrmf7tw1Q/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h02m26s425.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqLvA26CQaWZTVqTkvFzHZe4Vsxq3zEV4mmuUp7qah3de-D5cvKGyeZkGpsb9hzxdleS8MNcqhUon4kbN5GjW9Pu0jaOGYOGmaAs22vhiSc8Bx-SV_tGfrKcPqrU2aCw5tICrmf7tw1Q/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h02m26s425.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not somewhere I'd pitch a tent folks!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamvzM8rYSpErP_LrzAdTNYFsXsLWLs6JUETjD34ghj7MVqxn_ra9GHVIIQdHRZQYoIxPkgWit-8xAurg6dKk2EceTgmcF2okPLmN_cbqirtpkFCUFPm1LkT7py1XAY_koHz1bOXp9XoA/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h04m32s505.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamvzM8rYSpErP_LrzAdTNYFsXsLWLs6JUETjD34ghj7MVqxn_ra9GHVIIQdHRZQYoIxPkgWit-8xAurg6dKk2EceTgmcF2okPLmN_cbqirtpkFCUFPm1LkT7py1XAY_koHz1bOXp9XoA/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h04m32s505.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Our sort-of villain, the wonderful character actor Herbert Lom - who played far more baddies than most actors have had hot dinners - in a precarious situation. An interesting effects shot here. I'm wondering whether the background of mountains and valleys might have been actual location still photography, matted into the foreground artificial snow set, and blended with an expertly painted in precipice. Whatever Peter did, it worked a treat.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5Wa484Auw5codi74DNC8ld_U1YkCjfn7zWs2tAHO_2iP7p7nL88dq_3OvU_cpAbIFskczKBo5QhLnNMhvOFwezhiiTELvFHFrSB18wXiqRBSYHcXjUFIekRNZNIAQ453NkgV9_157ec/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h05m03s543.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5Wa484Auw5codi74DNC8ld_U1YkCjfn7zWs2tAHO_2iP7p7nL88dq_3OvU_cpAbIFskczKBo5QhLnNMhvOFwezhiiTELvFHFrSB18wXiqRBSYHcXjUFIekRNZNIAQ453NkgV9_157ec/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h05m03s543.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This show is one of the rare Disney films that didn't rely on studio bound sodium shots to place the actors into 2nd unit footage. Disney were gung ho on the yellow backing travelling matte system, and, come the 1960's would use it <u>constantly</u> - if not excessively - on the majority of their films. I don't recall any travelling matte shots in THIRD MAN at all.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkn2Gft2egyd6h7_xblc9idQYM-M7ziZ2e7jmLxbSf7u4BHph9U9SRgiHnnhDi0YvGmktRGhFZeD0t84TShg2pyyCqAyl9j6NZVkOMEbeXfZZq6uZpqNPQrGNTmHYtoSiO1I7-hWl44Bg/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h05m55s646.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkn2Gft2egyd6h7_xblc9idQYM-M7ziZ2e7jmLxbSf7u4BHph9U9SRgiHnnhDi0YvGmktRGhFZeD0t84TShg2pyyCqAyl9j6NZVkOMEbeXfZZq6uZpqNPQrGNTmHYtoSiO1I7-hWl44Bg/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h05m55s646.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Would have looked fantastic on the big silver screen back in the day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbJd2q7Q5nJB1EnrrUL4xm2AIvfC76uk8T4A-mHp09zr-9gNS7Z3cL6XgcW1URfHRxLg9ZLEoqJn952QGjG9fKJ24bDyLT45XGAeXvS9OcQQGnsrlvx5YYA3sYmIr2jDJ9Dwchy7iVYI/s1804/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h08m18s302.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbJd2q7Q5nJB1EnrrUL4xm2AIvfC76uk8T4A-mHp09zr-9gNS7Z3cL6XgcW1URfHRxLg9ZLEoqJn952QGjG9fKJ24bDyLT45XGAeXvS9OcQQGnsrlvx5YYA3sYmIr2jDJ9Dwchy7iVYI/w640-h384/THIRD+MAN+vlcsnap-2021-07-10-18h08m18s302.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final scene as the adventurers return home. Upper half of frame is painted, with the matte line curling around just above James MacArthur and Michael Rennie's heads and down across the set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">JOSEPH CONRAD'S DARKNESS OF THE HEART:</span></b></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBngdGaTHAlUFZO9SZWta2GdSet_BOu2KD6Ti51SBxbZx_wvdVY_4DhIsGdAfWg3MY8-r_eqISKa2W_svD7NN8wsRI84YiowlNt82tBtyAMhy3motTHGGDJ9MzHBTKqEusrHYMBvYsUw/s1296/Outcast+of+Islands-art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1296" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBngdGaTHAlUFZO9SZWta2GdSet_BOu2KD6Ti51SBxbZx_wvdVY_4DhIsGdAfWg3MY8-r_eqISKa2W_svD7NN8wsRI84YiowlNt82tBtyAMhy3motTHGGDJ9MzHBTKqEusrHYMBvYsUw/w640-h498/Outcast+of+Islands-art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">After the light and breezy Technicolor adventure discussed above, we move into far darker territory. OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS (1951) was a very deliberately grim and forboding narrative indeed - just as one might expect from anything penned by Joseph Conrad <i>(ie: LORD JIM and most notably, the underlying theme, characters & entire premise of Coppola's brilliant APOCALYPSE NOW).</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrugdDoKKnDaRCyebIfUcPgtbyf49qZJgM4ns98hu_0bbTKkSeanvI1mwpEAxmmgtJNkL0gJZYuGqprsUZevpEtsf7Avr1uI9FD5a3sgzGWXqyHkeRsbdWwm9O3MLH-IS6p71P8e4_d4/s1592/W.Percy+Day.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="1592" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrugdDoKKnDaRCyebIfUcPgtbyf49qZJgM4ns98hu_0bbTKkSeanvI1mwpEAxmmgtJNkL0gJZYuGqprsUZevpEtsf7Avr1uI9FD5a3sgzGWXqyHkeRsbdWwm9O3MLH-IS6p71P8e4_d4/w640-h512/W.Percy+Day.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've written much about the effects work and contributions of the grandfather of British special effects, Walter Percy Day - or Poppa Day as he was well known in the industry. For those <i>not</i> in the know, Pop was <i>step-father</i> to the aforementioned Peter Ellenshaw, and thus be came <i>step-grandfather</i> to the also aforementioned Harrison Ellenshaw. Talent seemingly runs in that family.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSO5TIQqWxRLL9CHCor4s68wW0fQM4_DRxgHB_zqVMMSjYpjltjPfhZhoXYPoVgT4BNk5CM6eRIXd-Y-pP03Ffot_TBwHPienBvtD6Qt7OSNoOygEZNhzEQUhFI5X8JUSHvh43WnapWvo/s2101/Outcast1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="2101" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSO5TIQqWxRLL9CHCor4s68wW0fQM4_DRxgHB_zqVMMSjYpjltjPfhZhoXYPoVgT4BNk5CM6eRIXd-Y-pP03Ffot_TBwHPienBvtD6Qt7OSNoOygEZNhzEQUhFI5X8JUSHvh43WnapWvo/w640-h460/Outcast1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A dynamite cast in my book, all exquisitely photographed by John Wilcox, and brilliantly directed by Carol Reed. Percy Day never liked to be lumped as 'special effects' in film credits, and much preferred <i>'Process Shots'</i> as his specialty apparently.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YMIfOD8gSAwGNM3h6Ln_gaT74T6cFhIV_8hzvzKEpIFqRrgM4r5-Z4Nwhak5IbjTOrlgnkvgornwvugqgfgEo4qoxjQvqurERIDjPEppNgXR1FpNyLnbpx2JdfLq8ok3bf1UJ3KJcCM/s2079/Outcast2+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2079" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YMIfOD8gSAwGNM3h6Ln_gaT74T6cFhIV_8hzvzKEpIFqRrgM4r5-Z4Nwhak5IbjTOrlgnkvgornwvugqgfgEo4qoxjQvqurERIDjPEppNgXR1FpNyLnbpx2JdfLq8ok3bf1UJ3KJcCM/w640-h474/Outcast2+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of my favourite actors feature in this show; the fabulous Trevor Howard, Ralph Richardson and Robert Morley all provided solid performances - as did the dark and mysterious native beauty, 'Kerima', who has a whole truckload of psychological issues. Excellent, though unsettling British film, and a top shelf production all the way.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eR2Wn3vqEj0d9RKJscG9mMXTdIiOu2YbQoIRVDy0vSF5Yh8XU8ZKHUlNAttV3bcq_Lp3JgYNuOOHfqZgZm_lkhHpyDtQ5ggooFzJq6jrqW5Rvjy47JC1IdXjlFN-Q-Bd2-MAPaXb0IE/s997/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h35m54s686.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="997" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eR2Wn3vqEj0d9RKJscG9mMXTdIiOu2YbQoIRVDy0vSF5Yh8XU8ZKHUlNAttV3bcq_Lp3JgYNuOOHfqZgZm_lkhHpyDtQ5ggooFzJq6jrqW5Rvjy47JC1IdXjlFN-Q-Bd2-MAPaXb0IE/w640-h460/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h35m54s686.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The picture was made on location for the most part - though where, I don't know - somewhere steamy and exotic. The fictional locale is never identified in the film but looks like Malaya or Borneo to me. This is an effects shot BTW, with foreground cast and set combined with ocean and schooner via travelling matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDGc5xNKnRrrXHLUuqG1wOX-7KIMdx4PXgX3AFb1SxwflmEjp-SYxK2df8TTu9HOW57yc9B1TGYW8YyynbsdbCgtbCfbQ26l9qlWP62O1alkuq3wTskViFTHgP9B6mGuAviJ1NYxPFAQ/s992/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h36m29s406.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="992" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDGc5xNKnRrrXHLUuqG1wOX-7KIMdx4PXgX3AFb1SxwflmEjp-SYxK2df8TTu9HOW57yc9B1TGYW8YyynbsdbCgtbCfbQ26l9qlWP62O1alkuq3wTskViFTHgP9B6mGuAviJ1NYxPFAQ/w640-h464/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h36m29s406.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another wider view, with what must have been a vast blue screen. I only noticed it as being a travelling matte on a BluRay viewing recently, as previous editions were strictly VHS or YouTube.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRK3GIT-1qH1hsqgvmOjc8Yci6Oh5yuTLzx0DqqyTWrquoWtw5kJSdHNP8F2Pqb176kPQJosbOwezgLlM6eZzr-QJ60hX-bINEHlJNY3rCSDbJQA6rtWUdV17TTsAEPZNVG13V3hjZVU/s991/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h39m39s151.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="991" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRK3GIT-1qH1hsqgvmOjc8Yci6Oh5yuTLzx0DqqyTWrquoWtw5kJSdHNP8F2Pqb176kPQJosbOwezgLlM6eZzr-QJ60hX-bINEHlJNY3rCSDbJQA6rtWUdV17TTsAEPZNVG13V3hjZVU/w640-h464/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h39m39s151.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Aside from a number of blue screen composites, made at Shepperton Studios under the supervision of Wally Veevers, there is really just one special photographic effects sequence, but it <u>is</u> a substantial and beautifully executed, lengthy set piece that is very much worthy of inspection. The sequence in question involves the dangerous navigation of the ship through near impassable coastal reefs and rocky outcrops, where hazards lurk at every turn. It may not sound like much to the <i>Marvel </i>or<i> X-Men </i>VFX overload generation, but it's a remarkably adept and complex puzzle to traditionalists like me. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAeDoy3JekeUKF3uuuandj6ROMNSho_dQzdlaAc3WjaBH1PaKhsaT-ztdgNb3bwprdrXQmuCekcBY395Dr8RxXvq3AZo2nbnrtXQ5d6GoOwnP3pRF-AKzLyk7oOXkQipz3gSV0o0Pb14/s2048/Outcast1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAeDoy3JekeUKF3uuuandj6ROMNSho_dQzdlaAc3WjaBH1PaKhsaT-ztdgNb3bwprdrXQmuCekcBY395Dr8RxXvq3AZo2nbnrtXQ5d6GoOwnP3pRF-AKzLyk7oOXkQipz3gSV0o0Pb14/w640-h468/Outcast1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There isn't a cut in the 3 minute sequence that <i>isn't</i> an effects shot of one sort or another.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Ypru06yxI2LnezDciD9w3nXVT_hEozqJUqmfzenBxI0639b8kA7g8jIZ7ywkfMtkVUWxvJKIUmGp6K3_iD5KadhcBFthOZjGGHS5iUTa6KbWeLWVkEdeDvnxhyphenhyphenboxr4YtA3sc2oby0o/s993/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h40m43s835.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="993" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Ypru06yxI2LnezDciD9w3nXVT_hEozqJUqmfzenBxI0639b8kA7g8jIZ7ywkfMtkVUWxvJKIUmGp6K3_iD5KadhcBFthOZjGGHS5iUTa6KbWeLWVkEdeDvnxhyphenhyphenboxr4YtA3sc2oby0o/w640-h464/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h40m43s835.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Strikingly, each and every shot in the several minute sequence comprises a visual effects shot of one sort or other.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiNdjM6F_hcWKAd6suOuri3EHY_R_40tKXdvlVNObEOOQyY-KB7jYD5Z3Fp1ND14KGVf17SIpQAZV1AQf9imk1oWPNfs-V2r0l59t8kaln7YXWjaCF2aITufgv9JfHp7uOz2B3T6HvDRg/s3056/outcast4a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="3056" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiNdjM6F_hcWKAd6suOuri3EHY_R_40tKXdvlVNObEOOQyY-KB7jYD5Z3Fp1ND14KGVf17SIpQAZV1AQf9imk1oWPNfs-V2r0l59t8kaln7YXWjaCF2aITufgv9JfHp7uOz2B3T6HvDRg/w640-h162/outcast4a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Try as I might, I've never been able to firmly establish how Day and Veevers managed to pull off the numerous shots. This material is extremely impressive, and continually blows my mind as I try to deconstruct the work. This is what 'special effects' really amounts to.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBFNi-5JOn61bTmmeUK-C1EB1hlBpCQJdJDYjoNkyiCiDIY2FBVRq4LV9fXmiVk78KuPOZxvwzd83XyN-7FboCs1r91LPXDjcJqRjIMrsAQntmUXfjPZzwZl8n9-FnCN2me22T6MUBCM/s993/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h42m44s182.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="993" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBFNi-5JOn61bTmmeUK-C1EB1hlBpCQJdJDYjoNkyiCiDIY2FBVRq4LV9fXmiVk78KuPOZxvwzd83XyN-7FboCs1r91LPXDjcJqRjIMrsAQntmUXfjPZzwZl8n9-FnCN2me22T6MUBCM/w640-h462/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h42m44s182.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The best guess on my part is that combination set ups involving miniatures, glass paintings and actual ocean footage were somehow merged in layers...?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Qz57bhzbqrejqdKMjO2GnTCAyBJxBsFcxb06LbHPV7gGY5VBl8E1sKXCUHb93nvKfv_f_58VpFWnoG3keoK5DtPCL4viAFiuigQVQQP83Y37_EX3mP4LpnAQmqs0j8TdRROLswNfuHw/s994/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h43m22s730.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="994" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Qz57bhzbqrejqdKMjO2GnTCAyBJxBsFcxb06LbHPV7gGY5VBl8E1sKXCUHb93nvKfv_f_58VpFWnoG3keoK5DtPCL4viAFiuigQVQQP83Y37_EX3mP4LpnAQmqs0j8TdRROLswNfuHw/w640-h462/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h43m22s730.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm almost given to think of a similar technical variation on Ray Harryhausen's Dynarama/Dynamation method where a miniature could be 'sandwiched' within an already pre-composited effects shot by way of split screen mattes? Some shots suggest this. The shots are rapidly cut, so repeat slow motion review on my part proved the best bet, but even then, left me scratching my head.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwB1B51UwOrxQeaP2ySmC-TthsshxYiaPqNwGZMgsCfkBFA9XK1qsxquEB-clhw50s_Y-oGXfbm-USUmHew4y6-JUX6CaiygihETwOqbrOUlP4uMe8D0Us_pgyy9ggTj6mcYdkB3koDBQ/s3064/outcast2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="3064" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwB1B51UwOrxQeaP2ySmC-TthsshxYiaPqNwGZMgsCfkBFA9XK1qsxquEB-clhw50s_Y-oGXfbm-USUmHew4y6-JUX6CaiygihETwOqbrOUlP4uMe8D0Us_pgyy9ggTj6mcYdkB3koDBQ/w640-h160/outcast2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Certainly miniature rocky pinnacles and outcrops were used in some shots, and matted with actual ship footage, such as where the vessel almost comes to grief in this bit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSoaHaStz9vLpK_fQM_5sg14YU9QFzqrMf_QKCqdg_wf3CJjiXJ-joGJpSNmCkIdo1ycpF_zEexY35Gxjl90viS0z4T6UzAmJJ5uDz-9RYaOnfNUbbeASnKO63N-lWU41Zu23KSOejxk/s996/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h43m51s778.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="996" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSoaHaStz9vLpK_fQM_5sg14YU9QFzqrMf_QKCqdg_wf3CJjiXJ-joGJpSNmCkIdo1ycpF_zEexY35Gxjl90viS0z4T6UzAmJJ5uDz-9RYaOnfNUbbeASnKO63N-lWU41Zu23KSOejxk/w640-h462/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h43m51s778.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm thinking, multi-plane glass paintings with real sea?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqR7SnHNhQ16Wl7I9IUjgwLGOJrDEcGmTg4DvJRkeohAZWt52oyyQsCB0f2Ma9ahBWwUhUUehUbeXkUGi5llqV5VgGk57XGjCZIaDbOCnazf2bZSnq5enXTRgH_f6Q1Q3rVBn80h7yXk/s995/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h45m26s775.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="995" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqR7SnHNhQ16Wl7I9IUjgwLGOJrDEcGmTg4DvJRkeohAZWt52oyyQsCB0f2Ma9ahBWwUhUUehUbeXkUGi5llqV5VgGk57XGjCZIaDbOCnazf2bZSnq5enXTRgH_f6Q1Q3rVBn80h7yXk/w640-h464/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h45m26s775.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue screen work probably carried out by Doug Hague or Bryan Langley, with the latter often working with Wally Veevers and an expert in travelling matte composite photography.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0wMmOB3PrFPMMMEAtxYSpDkcJcl1ss67gwwBUJ_9ToSBWKQa9CNy1Xrzv37WIgYQ0biJ39YKK-SSyjUhErcC9d_UAXTG9pqvevEFbNdi3fyQjahroqqltzKKk1PlLXynL4hQo2L8yMA/s999/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h44m55s121.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="999" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0wMmOB3PrFPMMMEAtxYSpDkcJcl1ss67gwwBUJ_9ToSBWKQa9CNy1Xrzv37WIgYQ0biJ39YKK-SSyjUhErcC9d_UAXTG9pqvevEFbNdi3fyQjahroqqltzKKk1PlLXynL4hQo2L8yMA/w640-h462/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h44m55s121.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Likely a full tank miniature set up here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4wPUvo16GvNIw1NCHRprJYXj9z0htKPOykVD-u3qkKcRqXWpvvSIS8wRB8s3Cf0IoPbEPZIEsvXQzvokGH7p-U58DW9Aj-1iH78983Kdyh7JitrgNhyphenhyphenpXMc73Md6hh-C0DYIi-MYaao/s995/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h45m55s180.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="995" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4wPUvo16GvNIw1NCHRprJYXj9z0htKPOykVD-u3qkKcRqXWpvvSIS8wRB8s3Cf0IoPbEPZIEsvXQzvokGH7p-U58DW9Aj-1iH78983Kdyh7JitrgNhyphenhyphenpXMc73Md6hh-C0DYIi-MYaao/w640-h462/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h45m55s180.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'd donate a kidney to see a breakdown of the elements for a shot like this. There's far more involved here than you may think in the brief time the shot appears on screen. Perplexingly brilliant!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBZko5PO39sZIVer3PY2VZxkAFTkblzH5hhO8Fei-7QR1tsXUruubVbhiy3egJD5BEbm3cckXJ4LA3XYGuxEq2Nnznoh2DPtVCaiIizguW0s1lCNmpojH80Up9AYtSf2nSsa4EDlrZk8/s999/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h46m46s322.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="999" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBZko5PO39sZIVer3PY2VZxkAFTkblzH5hhO8Fei-7QR1tsXUruubVbhiy3egJD5BEbm3cckXJ4LA3XYGuxEq2Nnznoh2DPtVCaiIizguW0s1lCNmpojH80Up9AYtSf2nSsa4EDlrZk8/w640-h462/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h46m46s322.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Definitely a multi-plane glass shot as shown below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ILl1LY_Xn9ISV4Mr1LsXpcAXo9O3l2DTucQWZmQ3ytbj5PLU1PFayR5F6u1KJnqFwYXPLD-4dwJa4m_QtYL6dYOyKB5FGrzl4bczmJzveve_1Tz9u9GkdI2sSKhVFOyDL6TzRtEvIFE/s2064/outcast3a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2064" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ILl1LY_Xn9ISV4Mr1LsXpcAXo9O3l2DTucQWZmQ3ytbj5PLU1PFayR5F6u1KJnqFwYXPLD-4dwJa4m_QtYL6dYOyKB5FGrzl4bczmJzveve_1Tz9u9GkdI2sSKhVFOyDL6TzRtEvIFE/w640-h468/outcast3a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painted foreground, water actual, and separately painted background - all expertly 'moved' as the boat passes through the gap.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLeNtBB6JcrQA72tmiGjH2ZaDoBXpzVB93gqoCH_jkc-9bIWm4Sz8sMAwVB8R3Tk_U84Pn041KmpIfhYw-esMwGfZhvcBmzfjOz3i1hqkRZ59E9oLxsHx4p9RwWtgOg6DVFAqNUQckJ1M/s998/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h48m30s381.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="998" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLeNtBB6JcrQA72tmiGjH2ZaDoBXpzVB93gqoCH_jkc-9bIWm4Sz8sMAwVB8R3Tk_U84Pn041KmpIfhYw-esMwGfZhvcBmzfjOz3i1hqkRZ59E9oLxsHx4p9RwWtgOg6DVFAqNUQckJ1M/w640-h462/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h48m30s381.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This was one of Pop Day's last films before retiring. By this time Day had several painters working for him, including George Samuels, Albert Julion and Judy Jordan. Pop's son, Thomas Day had been a cameraman for his father from as far back as the mid 1930's, in an <u>un</u>paid capacity for the most part!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74yGuQzxIunEmhU6VGyFp29yAw0V3_7lmxgCfIDjuecJvhhDeVbDRWjxHhbDO87p_qJNE2Myak8NsbFukyhSqrkdkBY8HDMzfi9KeEhSCnVDYD2JrhTBVbEBODbw6T5qu2Xq5lpDNh5Y/s996/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h49m22s792.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="996" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74yGuQzxIunEmhU6VGyFp29yAw0V3_7lmxgCfIDjuecJvhhDeVbDRWjxHhbDO87p_qJNE2Myak8NsbFukyhSqrkdkBY8HDMzfi9KeEhSCnVDYD2JrhTBVbEBODbw6T5qu2Xq5lpDNh5Y/w640-h462/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h49m22s792.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Commonly, special effects cinematographer Wally Veevers had generally avoided shooting miniature boats in tanks and preferred, where possible, the option to shoot boats 'dry' and matte them into actual ocean plates, which he would do on scores of films at Shepperton. Looking at this frame it seems apparent that the boat may be painted perhaps, with a faintly discernable matte split along the waterline. The very distant formations seem painted on one plane while the mid-ground rocks are on a second plane. The immediate foreground rocks appear part genuine (for the water splashes) and part painted as a top up. All up, a superb puzzle of trick photography, supremely done.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tbxo_Yc5cAYYBj0Vu7pxoTvca8d5QC-e4YcZ9WzTzKTDFQSw_KQZwtROaVW1ZLMcVR5f_tSimn_BVyUKRhOUUQpWzTW0On22uMnj4t306OPOZW6zedojRVQqpCcg7o6NQJ6gfsnVHrY/s2034/outcast5a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="2034" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tbxo_Yc5cAYYBj0Vu7pxoTvca8d5QC-e4YcZ9WzTzKTDFQSw_KQZwtROaVW1ZLMcVR5f_tSimn_BVyUKRhOUUQpWzTW0On22uMnj4t306OPOZW6zedojRVQqpCcg7o6NQJ6gfsnVHrY/w640-h236/outcast5a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Again, a matte line split is visible, with what may be a painted profile of the ship animated frame by frame amidst several levels of painted scenery and real water. Great stuff!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPpf0hgSyiquYM9XC5vN8ODYEbkVyorF3Veahx992zqNzGDgBZRM0G2TCLRinicO8mfMGrMJPJ5YPMwQ9aiKI9C1iNGoE-S-NyLLO-j_eKnNlLyUN70E5NzRBwJbaffNrMWyk3vBxmsg/s996/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h56m25s370.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="996" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPpf0hgSyiquYM9XC5vN8ODYEbkVyorF3Veahx992zqNzGDgBZRM0G2TCLRinicO8mfMGrMJPJ5YPMwQ9aiKI9C1iNGoE-S-NyLLO-j_eKnNlLyUN70E5NzRBwJbaffNrMWyk3vBxmsg/w640-h462/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h56m25s370.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Percy Day had for many years worked out of his own home and then at the giant Denham Studios, in conjunction with J.Arthur Rank. In 1946 he joined Sir Alexander Korda's London Films, based at Shepperton Studios, establishing a fully functional and well equipped matte and process department where he remained until retiring in 1954 at the age of 75.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYx-v88ITNlYVgC5rbmxVV-MMnOHbJHWoBJ4faq56s7W2tpAUfbyg_nB5xxub1RASHi3AQz8xzog9eTngMxCrhylinadWKthtXJZGNkBepMM49vR2sEsUTkFaWkHlTKGt-ljFt_Lmz4T4/s996/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h47m33s424.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="996" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYx-v88ITNlYVgC5rbmxVV-MMnOHbJHWoBJ4faq56s7W2tpAUfbyg_nB5xxub1RASHi3AQz8xzog9eTngMxCrhylinadWKthtXJZGNkBepMM49vR2sEsUTkFaWkHlTKGt-ljFt_Lmz4T4/w640-h462/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h47m33s424.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The footage is so well shot and combined for 1951, it's hard to detect anything might be amiss.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVj0raNHhb_H_dSoRCi3-9LbgKdjuxlHvJH_Os3HJjajMPQdvYOTsGTD0QsaP2Ad2iSaQ1ugLPc5Juuiq2cW2ovWVGKO0B9ga8FU76UQL0NTIEtOag96okV5BB7g7AC9y_0hYWIddZow/s995/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h51m29s542.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="995" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVj0raNHhb_H_dSoRCi3-9LbgKdjuxlHvJH_Os3HJjajMPQdvYOTsGTD0QsaP2Ad2iSaQ1ugLPc5Juuiq2cW2ovWVGKO0B9ga8FU76UQL0NTIEtOag96okV5BB7g7AC9y_0hYWIddZow/w640-h464/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h51m29s542.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Most likely a large outdoor tank shot, with painted profile cutout for the background.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1z5e8AJ8Gr2cfM3S0qzZW-9Z1PWLwWKQDc2PHb2kjmWDnDp3K1E3WHAoNoL4lLlLATz1z8qhV3DdtkiIdZjcu-DG2M1DKFjHB1VloJvxXi5ZdwneqD9R8g8oRAI5xfxUI-McUsC7TQYY/s996/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h52m53s017.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="996" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1z5e8AJ8Gr2cfM3S0qzZW-9Z1PWLwWKQDc2PHb2kjmWDnDp3K1E3WHAoNoL4lLlLATz1z8qhV3DdtkiIdZjcu-DG2M1DKFjHB1VloJvxXi5ZdwneqD9R8g8oRAI5xfxUI-McUsC7TQYY/w640-h462/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h52m53s017.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Split screen matte shot with model ship combined with foreground stage set, merged with matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZDHdNCxpHUvZ4sOJI8PbVpr_bjmP7kpy4A8ZbRC7PWTtbCC9FZfX884LUTJ6HNfPJVVgG23NdtQBIvTdJOL9Jrpmbong7PfB7pzRKAyJ-fDVI5anVXFhdeTYVlYgm33fTk9liqj7xhQ/s1001/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h49m00s510.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="1001" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZDHdNCxpHUvZ4sOJI8PbVpr_bjmP7kpy4A8ZbRC7PWTtbCC9FZfX884LUTJ6HNfPJVVgG23NdtQBIvTdJOL9Jrpmbong7PfB7pzRKAyJ-fDVI5anVXFhdeTYVlYgm33fTk9liqj7xhQ/w640-h458/vlcsnap-2021-09-03-16h49m00s510.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In her biography of her grandfather, Susan Day reported: <i>"Percy officially retired from Shepperton in 1954 but continued to serve the British film industry in an advisory capacity. The BBC asked him to give a series of talks on special effects, and even proposed the services of a chauffeur driven car, but in his usual ornery way, Grandad turned the proposition down flat. He was determined to devote his declining years - he was by this time seventy five - to his one consuming passion. He enrolled for a refresher course at Canterbury College of Art, and had the gratification of having the remarkable self portrait - which I now own - hung on the line at The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1954. He told a journalist who interviewed him that painting gave him more satisfaction than working for the film industry, because it's more creative."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfBw9kE1E5PlYXuBjsWTvg1WNC-cpoQD7iL6NN7eQdXuJanOWwaNL1ntTp_3qgjxiHhL2G59zV_xD0EhdXdWZBAhmrUujR8DuP0jWWz5_DdhBjkdj0IuEUqH4IFwrBOMsQoytmUQJe-A/s798/Korda+letter+to+Pop+Day+1951.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="798" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfBw9kE1E5PlYXuBjsWTvg1WNC-cpoQD7iL6NN7eQdXuJanOWwaNL1ntTp_3qgjxiHhL2G59zV_xD0EhdXdWZBAhmrUujR8DuP0jWWz5_DdhBjkdj0IuEUqH4IFwrBOMsQoytmUQJe-A/w640-h604/Korda+letter+to+Pop+Day+1951.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A fascinating letter, sent to Percy by Sir Alexander Korda in 1951, congratulating him on the trick work in OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS as well as inviting Day to prepare for a planned, though unproduced, ballet picture of Sleeping Beauty. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Letter courtesy of Susan Day)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKSN-4HyKEQDK9lx7mIt6jb2qgkOMD_zTWp13cvkD-wioNnt2VpDIg4frxOSVRjykfAqmKOppPhT-wyuKDJZ-80QAUmtts3-wyCCR-jmZ9OH0UwfT7n7UuzjkF_p1yOhFDMYPhP0coMM/s692/outcast2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKSN-4HyKEQDK9lx7mIt6jb2qgkOMD_zTWp13cvkD-wioNnt2VpDIg4frxOSVRjykfAqmKOppPhT-wyuKDJZ-80QAUmtts3-wyCCR-jmZ9OH0UwfT7n7UuzjkF_p1yOhFDMYPhP0coMM/w462-h640/outcast2.jpg" width="462" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'Kerima' - a woman of few words, or bat-shit mad harpie? You decide. Great film!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">MGM'S LAVISH PERIOD BIO-PIC:</span></b></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQ_v8UIVKaGGV9iuzio3QA3Kc__BUqSMRA58yknVpnGpvrDz5wFWDPcrYyLOKgURNMkrrYs_8plhjdT7lXCtvSGmfYhzJbYg7WlwPfWRDW13e2B3z1-B6XbwXyqCTzVUD7qP7QBUKjOU/s1446/Curie-art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1446" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQ_v8UIVKaGGV9iuzio3QA3Kc__BUqSMRA58yknVpnGpvrDz5wFWDPcrYyLOKgURNMkrrYs_8plhjdT7lXCtvSGmfYhzJbYg7WlwPfWRDW13e2B3z1-B6XbwXyqCTzVUD7qP7QBUKjOU/w640-h486/Curie-art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In customary glossy style, MADAME CURIE (1943) told the story of the discovery of radium, with the always reliable Greer Garson in the title role as the Polish-French physicist. Wonderful production standards, as you would expect from MGM. Male lead, Walter Pidgeon had always been a tad wooden for my tastes <i>(though one of his final films, HARRY IN YOUR POCKET made in the mid seventies with James Coburn was really good!)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgBbf_sVNiDYpy09Ic_A2vP6HoOmLyobb3QKQ5PvdUWC_NjogqA_TCXuYoHlFfTBT4Gn2CCBzSdXVvAlxo8vtF4fdzmo74OJw0OQBSOlfyn5tFwn5ATZvbQVsUtL2ZVYcPnN7bH2VAYE/s1424/Curie1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1424" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgBbf_sVNiDYpy09Ic_A2vP6HoOmLyobb3QKQ5PvdUWC_NjogqA_TCXuYoHlFfTBT4Gn2CCBzSdXVvAlxo8vtF4fdzmo74OJw0OQBSOlfyn5tFwn5ATZvbQVsUtL2ZVYcPnN7bH2VAYE/w640-h474/Curie1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzU7mDwFpYREZ4P5BDam5PrhyUpSrXaGGe8VkrDSgbHm733Inax-u8TP-AJ7Ena-U_PhDL-DCyynUq4FR6Cj80aISQMos1yZfhyphenhyphen7Q1sGIK2-GRPxlwElYmm-fUQAm399IebSsVxV6HM8/s1480/Curie2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzU7mDwFpYREZ4P5BDam5PrhyUpSrXaGGe8VkrDSgbHm733Inax-u8TP-AJ7Ena-U_PhDL-DCyynUq4FR6Cj80aISQMos1yZfhyphenhyphen7Q1sGIK2-GRPxlwElYmm-fUQAm399IebSsVxV6HM8/w640-h468/Curie2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The true story takes place in Paris in the 1890's, with a number of scenes fleshed out with matte art from the Newcombe department at MGM.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHUvqFj_0n9jkxpRznZU4oPWv7sLTgEUtI_IeMFPJEYHRUV-pJhsR6xVgD7uwQksIXSwQ7_wQ0bu9AkZLqSWmD0GkSnzWUnubMUeTa0qYLuBDc0HRmmH-WKIgN3m-wBrgs_XR5_2euX0/s1480/Curie3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHUvqFj_0n9jkxpRznZU4oPWv7sLTgEUtI_IeMFPJEYHRUV-pJhsR6xVgD7uwQksIXSwQ7_wQ0bu9AkZLqSWmD0GkSnzWUnubMUeTa0qYLuBDc0HRmmH-WKIgN3m-wBrgs_XR5_2euX0/w640-h468/Curie3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The World famous Sorbonne Institute in Paris, 1890 as realised in pastel and gouache.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayPYlPrVYJt2UF7Uprd9fbTr5LhorF0Pri9_Pti5GEYpbLcZW1EdygIqTt_zqlon3zQjdMX6KBdH0wHXrm9Jwa2wO8S-ZP1MbkeKNUYysMyGkMTa8KcENJaYpL3-KAvYX3JS7AuOClyU/s1480/Curie4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayPYlPrVYJt2UF7Uprd9fbTr5LhorF0Pri9_Pti5GEYpbLcZW1EdygIqTt_zqlon3zQjdMX6KBdH0wHXrm9Jwa2wO8S-ZP1MbkeKNUYysMyGkMTa8KcENJaYpL3-KAvYX3JS7AuOClyU/w640-h468/Curie4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MGM had some of the finest matte artists in Hollywood, many of whom came from a technical illustration background. Warren Newcombe was the longtime 'chief' of the department, and by all accounts I've heard and read was a most eccentric man to put it lightly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIy4NaAzFb8sOteW6J50SJJtV6k60XSwHlEtpjnDjsfUaVB9jmpMsRRNmyZMGarq7sX0vaX8c-J4zwBCvYbyzxMnFUeRGnLFWWE72T5-hsMWKYsD4lPuzjwXUbvGZSy4dJd_gH9YiD5pQ/s1480/Curie6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIy4NaAzFb8sOteW6J50SJJtV6k60XSwHlEtpjnDjsfUaVB9jmpMsRRNmyZMGarq7sX0vaX8c-J4zwBCvYbyzxMnFUeRGnLFWWE72T5-hsMWKYsD4lPuzjwXUbvGZSy4dJd_gH9YiD5pQ/w640-h468/Curie6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As well as having utmost control and say over his stable of artists, Newcombe settled for nothing less than the highest standards when it came to the integrity of the finished shot, with expertly blended mattes that made detection of just where the matte join might be next to impossible. Chief matte effects cinematographer was longtime associate Mark Davis who really pulled off some miracle composites.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFIR-QhpSmvvUuORuvkzoTO8bGrJdiZBBwNnJ0eP4KlQ8liBDy0_qW5UK_kqnFCYdSLEKBQY5f5ATjT6B__1u-oEaAfDLf5SNt8Y-6YQiTRH6EuT_zWmT1ZgFUHfJDtLUCTv96HT1M6g/s1480/Curie5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFIR-QhpSmvvUuORuvkzoTO8bGrJdiZBBwNnJ0eP4KlQ8liBDy0_qW5UK_kqnFCYdSLEKBQY5f5ATjT6B__1u-oEaAfDLf5SNt8Y-6YQiTRH6EuT_zWmT1ZgFUHfJDtLUCTv96HT1M6g/w640-h468/Curie5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As I've described in earlier blogs, the favoured method for rendering matte art at MGM for decades was with very fine pastels and gouache, applied onto artists card with astonishing results.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKJXMQL7zw41rq9mGgix6DI1VIGkZo0kIr2JLeT38saqq2swts7rYUt9LW84MNPMorjJfbkhyy9m4c5-8kIQM_ENfsCW5SI3s6X5Bmfgh7sc8Q-toXrRiLKXEMzWe2E0SIxifsDpFkcA/s1480/Curie7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKJXMQL7zw41rq9mGgix6DI1VIGkZo0kIr2JLeT38saqq2swts7rYUt9LW84MNPMorjJfbkhyy9m4c5-8kIQM_ENfsCW5SI3s6X5Bmfgh7sc8Q-toXrRiLKXEMzWe2E0SIxifsDpFkcA/w640-h468/Curie7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cedric Gibbons was longtime head of the art department at MGM, and this stunningly composed matte painted shot is a testament to the romanticism of the golden era, which that studio reigned supreme. Best shot in the film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjig2NjCYiAkm4s_IYhqLDv75ghnvkUGwXqHmvs6huWd7-moTs8Ah8Xd-NI1mQ2U86n8aJP5QGb4k_vnt96YbH3G_YRwjRtLijf5b1OM1fyLRdqhy59vPEbakO4GW_b7d8bqDjO-4RFgBY/s1480/Curie8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjig2NjCYiAkm4s_IYhqLDv75ghnvkUGwXqHmvs6huWd7-moTs8Ah8Xd-NI1mQ2U86n8aJP5QGb4k_vnt96YbH3G_YRwjRtLijf5b1OM1fyLRdqhy59vPEbakO4GW_b7d8bqDjO-4RFgBY/w640-h468/Curie8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A great many matte artists came and went in all of the Hollywood studios during the war years when this film was made.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhyphenhyphenHbmwHV0eyj1gf4mlC-VvyhFAh5KiELy11NftiJ9525jRdYAAPhxMF_lsFLH1tHstIGYKYhInYp46GzjT7DpqnYuyyPz8fxZUKAFNFlrm5UQMNNb8Pofr0bUlKB5UBwrTke1hzkuAg/s1480/Curie9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhyphenhyphenHbmwHV0eyj1gf4mlC-VvyhFAh5KiELy11NftiJ9525jRdYAAPhxMF_lsFLH1tHstIGYKYhInYp46GzjT7DpqnYuyyPz8fxZUKAFNFlrm5UQMNNb8Pofr0bUlKB5UBwrTke1hzkuAg/w640-h468/Curie9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of the artists around at the time were Howard Fisher - one of the original guys, and Henry Hillinck, George Coblentz, Henry Peter McDermott, Otto Kiechle and Jack Robson.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIB_535O1E0Eryoo3iwQKwVkAu_VQhqJCWVmd2w_nCrxfd3d6uS3GfFFqL6A4HxxPwGvAlZrVSwe5zDJoLuNSPrEO3sttglNSA8OY79aUSlAPkKbYxTlj1CNilSkogde9q0NUxX0sgB1k/s1480/Curie+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIB_535O1E0Eryoo3iwQKwVkAu_VQhqJCWVmd2w_nCrxfd3d6uS3GfFFqL6A4HxxPwGvAlZrVSwe5zDJoLuNSPrEO3sttglNSA8OY79aUSlAPkKbYxTlj1CNilSkogde9q0NUxX0sgB1k/w640-h468/Curie+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Almost all painted here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbu_nm3-B-Ui7Np2gFu88fQ9hlZr1dQ2ICEaimUrzEQ4bWG3nwJv-mwdHWaFPGfdp0tyf-7wZXcsBzwinq5VJytshuwtrIbsSrJ0hd_ndHj-SmRqfNb1UdKlg0npymAxTSAI4JWR91UAU/s1480/Curie+11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbu_nm3-B-Ui7Np2gFu88fQ9hlZr1dQ2ICEaimUrzEQ4bWG3nwJv-mwdHWaFPGfdp0tyf-7wZXcsBzwinq5VJytshuwtrIbsSrJ0hd_ndHj-SmRqfNb1UdKlg0npymAxTSAI4JWR91UAU/w640-h468/Curie+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm pretty sure this is a major set extension too, with the trademark 'doubled in' tree as an actual film element to add life.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLjP5btIOmQ1rxEOnqe3VNYaMsfgAQ0psPC1h1jXNaTKZPMAgxkYAz9nMbKcVtgQA9lHkNas1JjP-W7vtugX5RwiUIibmaEEQ36A-AoEFnQ_UJ4HXH3J13N6I-8LnHzJyEfxuVHj_OJY/s1480/Curie+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLjP5btIOmQ1rxEOnqe3VNYaMsfgAQ0psPC1h1jXNaTKZPMAgxkYAz9nMbKcVtgQA9lHkNas1JjP-W7vtugX5RwiUIibmaEEQ36A-AoEFnQ_UJ4HXH3J13N6I-8LnHzJyEfxuVHj_OJY/w640-h468/Curie+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A wonderfully detailed interior matte, with much credit to the artist.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZLYNgI5FgFLeAMmBlIl-qNMfM8NxPqT1YUCr_2C_pgA-mW5R_PlSW0zjfFJ1ORpRZ_ESU9eDN2ziJF1QCSVfu9R48-OXKlTmWhSPoyH-FOZ5uchh0FNFCiRtk4FrSh-b2yPF1nTIP9A/s1480/Curie+14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZLYNgI5FgFLeAMmBlIl-qNMfM8NxPqT1YUCr_2C_pgA-mW5R_PlSW0zjfFJ1ORpRZ_ESU9eDN2ziJF1QCSVfu9R48-OXKlTmWhSPoyH-FOZ5uchh0FNFCiRtk4FrSh-b2yPF1nTIP9A/w640-h468/Curie+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This shot is interesting, not only for the superb draftsmanship and painting, but noteworthy for the crowd replication. The two balconies have the <u>exact same</u> live action plate matted in if you watch closely, though timed a little independently so that when one balcony rises to clap and cheer, the second does so just a second or two later. I'm also curious about the crowd below the balcony seating, which may be a split screen to multiply the number of extras?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">RATTLING SABRES, EASTERN ADVENTURE AND A HAREM HONEY:</span></b></p><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQHQ6CH-DDwY8CnbpMeTxqQNHO0-93ovv8RWu_xsL3J5cTo7fIBYz_n1bTjq_MjM0cqhG8A6paHzwL8z12h6Fuzrfn0iFGDAQTqckA84ItbHurD0sni-1HS5jBq2j9Ppa1gdu-hBNCl0/s1228/ZARAK-poster+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1228" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQHQ6CH-DDwY8CnbpMeTxqQNHO0-93ovv8RWu_xsL3J5cTo7fIBYz_n1bTjq_MjM0cqhG8A6paHzwL8z12h6Fuzrfn0iFGDAQTqckA84ItbHurD0sni-1HS5jBq2j9Ppa1gdu-hBNCl0/w640-h630/ZARAK-poster+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While not an especially memorable movie, Terence Young's ZARAK (1956) was an okay time filler on a wet Saturday afternoon. Star Victor Mature was always an underrated actor in my book, and did some solid work over his career<i> (was an absolute hoot playing himself to the hilt in <b>The Monkees</b> freakin' insane film HEAD in 1968)</i>. As for the feminine love interest... well <i>more</i> about Anita Ekberg later <b>;)</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirq8mh2HHvInDZ3vxkh1-Mhrc9MEiGbS7O_2x61YuJUWlVGHBSmx5sfZ2kQnA5n5-qCf1ZScnNtnjYZRbkwzYKpyyFfm6PvAh06w01KEt294Fmj_rnvxfB9LBTpEk_rbld5GkZ5gA5VuQ/s2163/zarak1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="2163" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirq8mh2HHvInDZ3vxkh1-Mhrc9MEiGbS7O_2x61YuJUWlVGHBSmx5sfZ2kQnA5n5-qCf1ZScnNtnjYZRbkwzYKpyyFfm6PvAh06w01KEt294Fmj_rnvxfB9LBTpEk_rbld5GkZ5gA5VuQ/w640-h276/zarak1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Grand CinemaScope title cards and thumping score.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwE4J2mIJmZQvEUSHo1HedY4LcGrt2_bUH_3iDHniVlO0XCaBpZGltQqhIhMjyw-W3z9ZJ6JIuP9M1XNkC_GjeDYbDIj2pCBbTwaU4GvTrcLf38CPcduaAJJX3HTMGpCzeYDGpZPvrrik/s1674/Tom+Howard+MGM-UK.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="1674" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwE4J2mIJmZQvEUSHo1HedY4LcGrt2_bUH_3iDHniVlO0XCaBpZGltQqhIhMjyw-W3z9ZJ6JIuP9M1XNkC_GjeDYbDIj2pCBbTwaU4GvTrcLf38CPcduaAJJX3HTMGpCzeYDGpZPvrrik/w640-h208/Tom+Howard+MGM-UK.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Special Photographic Effects were overseen by an uncredited Tom Howard at the MGM-UK studios, though the picture was a Columbia release. Tom was a specialist in optical cinematography, having begun his very long career in the early 1930's with Ned Mann on the sci-fi classic THINGS TO COME, and later on providing the blue screen composites for THIEF OF BAGDAD right on through to designing and constructing the state of the art reflex front projection rig for Stanley Kubrick's monumental 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY in 1968. Tom recieved a pair of Oscars for his effects work, one for TOM THUMB and the other, inexplicably, for BLITHE SPIRIT - a film pretty much devoid of visual effects, that even it's director, David Lean, was left mystified as to quite why that award was given, as he mentioned in the wonderful memoir of his life and career by Kevin Brownlow.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirphcjNJAUlQx_jNGXwxNStY0MVh2usIgG9WI4FNoTu2cf16SGcoGjLGtBwVB521P_gPJ3hygwuvA1EDi8MfC4xyJkqIPxDk4xaROJAF9exAB1WB-G0D_-2SdsLmHCWim6weSNryTIgYQ/s1920/zarak-ekberg0.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirphcjNJAUlQx_jNGXwxNStY0MVh2usIgG9WI4FNoTu2cf16SGcoGjLGtBwVB521P_gPJ3hygwuvA1EDi8MfC4xyJkqIPxDk4xaROJAF9exAB1WB-G0D_-2SdsLmHCWim6weSNryTIgYQ/w640-h268/zarak-ekberg0.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Anita Ekberg is the seductress in ZARAK, though not so you'd really notice.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaYctZbGKU6BIaFrkKBs0m1lo-fjITl67ytPDV8AthnauzWzMtw1ZcbVS_k16b4_X5ka2qrKIF6AYqbPc50camXEPrT46C610V0S0sUlwSk5iXP0HftRk2QScXilXxlt1G-04jTqBjFo/s1920/zarak2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaYctZbGKU6BIaFrkKBs0m1lo-fjITl67ytPDV8AthnauzWzMtw1ZcbVS_k16b4_X5ka2qrKIF6AYqbPc50camXEPrT46C610V0S0sUlwSk5iXP0HftRk2QScXilXxlt1G-04jTqBjFo/w640-h268/zarak2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've no idea who painted the mattes here. It's always been a bit of a mystery with regard to the Tom Howard department, though I do know that Judy Jordan - a former assistant to Percy Day at Shepperton - left to join Howard over at MGM-Boreham Wood around 1954, so it's possible she painted on this show.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUYn7K-6eQGEKectlU0kA_FeBKEq0pMSFTFFCYQpvf93syzw4pxj0Ny7qNkvAuwzGFFksQHBDnS8NhW0sQCA5PeI3SqHdv3-x55knLVR67NCzGXPFZF-soxkESojRSUeSshMQLYg5Ngc/s1200/anita+ekberg+in+Zarak.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="950" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUYn7K-6eQGEKectlU0kA_FeBKEq0pMSFTFFCYQpvf93syzw4pxj0Ny7qNkvAuwzGFFksQHBDnS8NhW0sQCA5PeI3SqHdv3-x55knLVR67NCzGXPFZF-soxkESojRSUeSshMQLYg5Ngc/w506-h640/anita+ekberg+in+Zarak.jpg" width="506" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Our femme fatale, Miss Anita Ekberg, was box office gold, with studio publicity departments building entire movie campaigns around her charms, whatever the role or film. I feel utterly compelled by forces beyond my control to single out Anita in today's illustrious blog, as I also quite equally would have had Dorothy Lamour been available!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySXkx7eVkrUKeTHEG7habEY_7V93bfTD4Y3IqzgWXDUVNdQTQcFA22-U_CwyloYppGI5hL2s7-nn2Z3gEvQU6LCiBc1LlGYK1f8PhkwLbbLZJYdNj2J3lXsWesTmvYDop-kB9B-uw0vk/s1920/zarak3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySXkx7eVkrUKeTHEG7habEY_7V93bfTD4Y3IqzgWXDUVNdQTQcFA22-U_CwyloYppGI5hL2s7-nn2Z3gEvQU6LCiBc1LlGYK1f8PhkwLbbLZJYdNj2J3lXsWesTmvYDop-kB9B-uw0vk/w640-h268/zarak3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The mattes are variable, but work reasonably well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4Z8AXrB7iT9SSuR0gOGtHR4HSabHpY8Nh70-iHyt7SwYRaaVTkrTwYaV7nmLOA2HyT1aCuRMb-QODn70350H7yQ3trMxoHBknv2Q344HFasH3uvomNobT7gYg0N5ZY_Nj4jvrE0a4g8/s1920/zarak-ekberg1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4Z8AXrB7iT9SSuR0gOGtHR4HSabHpY8Nh70-iHyt7SwYRaaVTkrTwYaV7nmLOA2HyT1aCuRMb-QODn70350H7yQ3trMxoHBknv2Q344HFasH3uvomNobT7gYg0N5ZY_Nj4jvrE0a4g8/w640-h268/zarak-ekberg1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Did I mention that Anita Ekberg is in this movie?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjkaRWBjt_XgegFAd-sCxTNgtYGbvGVeu46bjEnNg6gr5OBuDqQSOHEtxAtc67vZW2jr6XhTMvxYF_V0_oee7JQm2jzykQpcoqVqglxO8TziUrm3lzt8cW9yBo79KPFzWSrptevFOHY8/s1920/zarak5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjkaRWBjt_XgegFAd-sCxTNgtYGbvGVeu46bjEnNg6gr5OBuDqQSOHEtxAtc67vZW2jr6XhTMvxYF_V0_oee7JQm2jzykQpcoqVqglxO8TziUrm3lzt8cW9yBo79KPFzWSrptevFOHY8/w640-h268/zarak5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painted Peshawar, in what was India at the time the story takes place.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rFr5Fqt_dlSmn6ZZpkphFIx0-EvsNQxDKdyrNs16Uo8I2IFrmHJ7kgWwdIeYT7FKjpMYIC_PTJ8DLejlf0uYvLYHwSaIdf416SbufOPKER-rHAUcHYlPHAqhdcjploIA5Nt_uA3FV-s/s1920/zarak-ekberg2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rFr5Fqt_dlSmn6ZZpkphFIx0-EvsNQxDKdyrNs16Uo8I2IFrmHJ7kgWwdIeYT7FKjpMYIC_PTJ8DLejlf0uYvLYHwSaIdf416SbufOPKER-rHAUcHYlPHAqhdcjploIA5Nt_uA3FV-s/w640-h268/zarak-ekberg2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ms Ekberg was a former Miss Sweden! For this flick she's Miss Colonial era India, 1850.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh41Nv3AsDHFzM9dn5yMkX9BpF48YmXs3hupJ8FEWklp7qw_fusZtq1NimAii4cZLOuImD5GBz1YhIZYR6IfGaWG1MzZpjfLniuDK1tvPnXZaiX9nSuSx5q3_0Uq0M8L3KGHd3C_bgNx8/s1920/zarak6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh41Nv3AsDHFzM9dn5yMkX9BpF48YmXs3hupJ8FEWklp7qw_fusZtq1NimAii4cZLOuImD5GBz1YhIZYR6IfGaWG1MzZpjfLniuDK1tvPnXZaiX9nSuSx5q3_0Uq0M8L3KGHd3C_bgNx8/w640-h268/zarak6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The classic old school fortress atop the hill matte shot, with far more painted here than you might think</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVw5uOfZPvQATfUby-kaGdF0En_LR83yuaeaHE9QbBZNNnzYmLRfZxha2dh62lEkyfKWBQZVJEP_GTHAUCa5fvvdv3gQ2PYe_6GgwV5gs4n0RVgmYSolXbfsfCBw5Wn5B8-dOorb7QMc/s1920/zarak7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVw5uOfZPvQATfUby-kaGdF0En_LR83yuaeaHE9QbBZNNnzYmLRfZxha2dh62lEkyfKWBQZVJEP_GTHAUCa5fvvdv3gQ2PYe_6GgwV5gs4n0RVgmYSolXbfsfCBw5Wn5B8-dOorb7QMc/w640-h268/zarak7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Seen in a second closer cut. Very nice sky.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqFd-tGZVl5_s_GX48IRsxgz0pgqMLkXUI6ITZsGOz7tOxfdw6u8dCWkc8Cgh_ts6OLKqktt3NkcmoNdvT9cSuvPwIs9ZMCOaitnogOcTB2CNLRkbjm3Rl47QfURUEEg4U4Zp8Lsakhc/s1920/zarak-ekberg3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqFd-tGZVl5_s_GX48IRsxgz0pgqMLkXUI6ITZsGOz7tOxfdw6u8dCWkc8Cgh_ts6OLKqktt3NkcmoNdvT9cSuvPwIs9ZMCOaitnogOcTB2CNLRkbjm3Rl47QfURUEEg4U4Zp8Lsakhc/w640-h268/zarak-ekberg3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">She reportedly once shot a paparazzi with a bow and arrow! Fact.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCbj5flQ_OF_L7FpOTvX0u5cnks79VFsBVCAJp1zp3qBGkxbW5jRPrsLJPAn6QYmeoq8ywz4VCTI9yvcO1gS1efc2TGZGkgk03rUHQqa6SIAJ8FCK7ee2FDfJp7ZNobm6WYn9mze_oVc/s1920/zarak8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCbj5flQ_OF_L7FpOTvX0u5cnks79VFsBVCAJp1zp3qBGkxbW5jRPrsLJPAn6QYmeoq8ywz4VCTI9yvcO1gS1efc2TGZGkgk03rUHQqa6SIAJ8FCK7ee2FDfJp7ZNobm6WYn9mze_oVc/w640-h268/zarak8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">No actual credit for Tom Howard, though physical effects men Cliff Richardson and Jack Erickson both got screen credit, oddly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_7WhLiQRSCEaaZRlvLDPeNSz3tHZ2QKdXiVaz3rfo-MPGIDjcBCg107UZQQ4jPIBwbrPQ76zVZYqkQpGS5irKNGmdXeE5s_W36LVXeSDTMJCpMvlBNG2KxqqidnY_D_TVmRRWR42cuQ/s1920/zarak-ekberg4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_7WhLiQRSCEaaZRlvLDPeNSz3tHZ2QKdXiVaz3rfo-MPGIDjcBCg107UZQQ4jPIBwbrPQ76zVZYqkQpGS5irKNGmdXeE5s_W36LVXeSDTMJCpMvlBNG2KxqqidnY_D_TVmRRWR42cuQ/w640-h268/zarak-ekberg4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">She does quite a lot of seductive dancing, gyrating, writhing <i>and</i> pouting of the lips in this film - often <u>all</u> at the same time! Worth the price of admission alone.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqns3zLK904OeKvZ8LA3oZlJuOahyhtLqzDq4GoFLdjhd-73afU99ftMW7d4GaMH-6qL4GBIYRQvnJcQWwTxC-N9ZBPD9XMZbzq4MOsAs9zXHlExfG4cqNy0gVVIeW-o5tniON69Y-6I/s1920/zarak9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqns3zLK904OeKvZ8LA3oZlJuOahyhtLqzDq4GoFLdjhd-73afU99ftMW7d4GaMH-6qL4GBIYRQvnJcQWwTxC-N9ZBPD9XMZbzq4MOsAs9zXHlExfG4cqNy0gVVIeW-o5tniON69Y-6I/w640-h268/zarak9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In successive cuts during this extended raid sequence, the matte itself 'shifts' jarringly, though only when viewing individual frames end to end is it evident. See that in a lot of films, and a useful way to find where the matte join is.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0q6ulaIVlPFn6uA745skLaMCpabdcdmnb7oKaAj0B99VkNMvw78jnn043ESVThyPWnVMiO6Z6HU7_e4oCTCemzw9uollRBA2Ltd-ATNe8NA0svMbaBAYhCoSc3HWgdHGThVxgVijjnQI/s1920/zarak-ekberg5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0q6ulaIVlPFn6uA745skLaMCpabdcdmnb7oKaAj0B99VkNMvw78jnn043ESVThyPWnVMiO6Z6HU7_e4oCTCemzw9uollRBA2Ltd-ATNe8NA0svMbaBAYhCoSc3HWgdHGThVxgVijjnQI/w640-h268/zarak-ekberg5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">True fact: Anita's first husband was very, <u>very</u> jealous - for the life of me I can't imagine why -<span style="color: #2b00fe;"> and was known to violently assault anybody who so much as glanced at his wife! </span> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-l_hy4vZU_H0tj-RewgJYCLqycKAl_1Pi40cDdXqDsXNo8XJXdGGVAQHCMqLnx3fO6YPDaaW-aaOq3WeQzmCj5J6dihkgGpf8mekzoeyOPo6zEWqcdTeRDDQ7XUNBy2TOaE_yeLGxWA/s1920/zarak+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-l_hy4vZU_H0tj-RewgJYCLqycKAl_1Pi40cDdXqDsXNo8XJXdGGVAQHCMqLnx3fO6YPDaaW-aaOq3WeQzmCj5J6dihkgGpf8mekzoeyOPo6zEWqcdTeRDDQ7XUNBy2TOaE_yeLGxWA/w640-h268/zarak+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The walled city goes up in flames. Virtually all matte art here - with added smoke and matte stand fire gags. The only live action portion is the bit of grass with Victor Mature riding away. All else, including the foreground rocks are matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7J5rEsg7wKDAI0GGTd9fJ8M8Z9DoO9YHQQHOcq5zWHshWg70GMWs5Ubocy2mQK6j_I-s5O8Xn1KbGLfK_5cZ-bNbycGVPn4__YEFA94zEIrntj0I51-Gm97vOZ3OAI-K8npj3026wqq8/s1920/zarak-ekberg6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7J5rEsg7wKDAI0GGTd9fJ8M8Z9DoO9YHQQHOcq5zWHshWg70GMWs5Ubocy2mQK6j_I-s5O8Xn1KbGLfK_5cZ-bNbycGVPn4__YEFA94zEIrntj0I51-Gm97vOZ3OAI-K8npj3026wqq8/w640-h268/zarak-ekberg6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'The Dance of the 7 Veils', or something along those lines. Maybe it was six veils... or no veils at all? Hell, it's been a long week here!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_9zz8OQETU4PkJsjPK22Nj99WCGmK9kr93gkr0LXtpY3NomslOYEZLVLzCw42jkoGhHQsn421-0TibCO6NlizOZxr6XJRNQX8sV5j17wczSx_ST2AFqwNAuryPr8iERbUmlXdtr7DbE/s1920/zarak+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_9zz8OQETU4PkJsjPK22Nj99WCGmK9kr93gkr0LXtpY3NomslOYEZLVLzCw42jkoGhHQsn421-0TibCO6NlizOZxr6XJRNQX8sV5j17wczSx_ST2AFqwNAuryPr8iERbUmlXdtr7DbE/w640-h268/zarak+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oh, and there <i>are</i> some scenes and matte painted shots that <i>don't</i> involve Anita, though in hindsight, they probably should have!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsl9IAloT9j1KcHb3AlKSVpqpUtWY77dCPeihbyKPDlBzJL1vIdEiyi1Od8Ktb4afERYg6RvVIE-4dyX6L77UQUPmpzNQxHxAv-A4M6wIfF18SmhYiMgV8JTLgapcNxIWBG85WzyZGZg/s1920/zarak-ekberg7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsl9IAloT9j1KcHb3AlKSVpqpUtWY77dCPeihbyKPDlBzJL1vIdEiyi1Od8Ktb4afERYg6RvVIE-4dyX6L77UQUPmpzNQxHxAv-A4M6wIfF18SmhYiMgV8JTLgapcNxIWBG85WzyZGZg/w640-h268/zarak-ekberg7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There's no easy escape from this gal.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAV5ZL4wT9n_q36O2ZNS6lHiHvfJPm2PZSCzgIysze6p3wTLzDgU-C1DdLxRSari4uxzVfIHZpfKzRk60pBE5hQWAHxTZQ3nl80SU7AE2Gi9QH2SPXki_t56v1ln2I5ClZszqQsD3L-c/s1362/Victor+Mature.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1362" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAV5ZL4wT9n_q36O2ZNS6lHiHvfJPm2PZSCzgIysze6p3wTLzDgU-C1DdLxRSari4uxzVfIHZpfKzRk60pBE5hQWAHxTZQ3nl80SU7AE2Gi9QH2SPXki_t56v1ln2I5ClZszqQsD3L-c/w640-h286/Victor+Mature.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Victor Mature is also in ZARAK.... well, he's the star actually so I suppose I should give Vic some breathing room here. An undervalued actor actually, and did some great films.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvDC86SzUmHE3ctPN_p8laYgQU3GgNlJ1uruUvXG42O42ZkqfplF-DTkrR9LDIo3VvJoAetveLUhEXpc-KUJZFMGkomXP3sp94rb6c52F0wlUCPmspE9gHCxtVb4Ugc7jeaGZMvuOgu4/s1698/Anita+Ekberg-50%2527s+pictorials.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="1698" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvDC86SzUmHE3ctPN_p8laYgQU3GgNlJ1uruUvXG42O42ZkqfplF-DTkrR9LDIo3VvJoAetveLUhEXpc-KUJZFMGkomXP3sp94rb6c52F0wlUCPmspE9gHCxtVb4Ugc7jeaGZMvuOgu4/w640-h242/Anita+Ekberg-50%2527s+pictorials.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-style: italic;">Nothing whatsoever to do with the art of special effects, ... yeah, yeah, I know... but seriously folks, whatcha gonna do?</span><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-style: italic;"> Anita ... we loved 'ya baby!<br /><br /></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">THE LOST MATTES OF RUSSELL LAWSON</span></b></p><p>As mentioned in my introduction I had intended to showcase the contents of the old 35mm showreels containing many before and afters by career Universal matte artist Russ Lawson and effects cinematographer Roswell Hoffman. Both Lawson and Hoffman had a <u>mammoth</u> career at the one studio, as readers of my blogs will know, dating from the early 1930's. Lawson retired in 1961, while Hoffman did so in 1975. I'll dedicate the next issue to these wonderful finds, though I can't resist a small sampler. A <u>very</u> big thank you to Tom Higginson for sending the complete showreels to me.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7-ekea60bzFeCrZdGZCXzxJf8S9ueczrtWb4TbLGf4p7_JpjQo25opo6TpZyM9j_ZmCqE_ib1NPpdZrUpsHg8FMdwVowk1ISApZv_O79S6UsFpqQLcD4zl84DrtOzgGomR_B-Mx4KeQ/s3340/Russell+Lawson+Universal-riverboat+bef%2526aft.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="3340" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7-ekea60bzFeCrZdGZCXzxJf8S9ueczrtWb4TbLGf4p7_JpjQo25opo6TpZyM9j_ZmCqE_ib1NPpdZrUpsHg8FMdwVowk1ISApZv_O79S6UsFpqQLcD4zl84DrtOzgGomR_B-Mx4KeQ/w640-h168/Russell+Lawson+Universal-riverboat+bef%2526aft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Presumably a tank on the Universal backlot, this partial riverboat set has been extensively altered, extended and brought to life by artist Russell Lawson, with smoke elements added in a subsequent pass by Ross Hoffman.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl_rdi8s8MYyA9d1WtU74tt-3NpkqRmddBp4Q0GxM9h00A2zfrVMklCKQ6RNYbaDzwHFkDf8a8240lWER8f-VfEZf1rbO0TH36yBkEplncyou-yYI_D5lphj2w4-JLxXWnXbsFz_21Ew/s1274/Russ+Lawson+Uni+riverboat+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1274" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl_rdi8s8MYyA9d1WtU74tt-3NpkqRmddBp4Q0GxM9h00A2zfrVMklCKQ6RNYbaDzwHFkDf8a8240lWER8f-VfEZf1rbO0TH36yBkEplncyou-yYI_D5lphj2w4-JLxXWnXbsFz_21Ew/w640-h446/Russ+Lawson+Uni+riverboat+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The name of the original production is a bit of a mystery, though I can confirm this same shot was later 'borrowed/stolen/purchased' by 20th Century Fox, with photographic effects man L.B Abbott using it in the John Wayne picture THE COMANCHEROS (1961). The original 'flat' Academy aperture ratio matte comp was transferred to 2.35:1 CinemaScope on James B. Gordon's optical printer at Fox, and presented as a tilt down scan to accomodate the wide screen ratio. I'd always assumed it to be an Emil Kosa jnr matte, but now having viewed the Lawson reels in full, it's quite clear the shot was made years earlier at Universal.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 172 previous blogs known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVT0iedamxnrKVNSBoQcliXFmteWkn-eoGLo0eo_9HF0bdzqoga61_ftWr4fHuqUnscvk7tCvtbBTBFKRNgh9Po_onL6NzP6J8HmE3E9L0Vyd65sUOQbVUx68rOknyXP1nWaVhUqCJMc/s1300/La+Dolce+Vita.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="976" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVT0iedamxnrKVNSBoQcliXFmteWkn-eoGLo0eo_9HF0bdzqoga61_ftWr4fHuqUnscvk7tCvtbBTBFKRNgh9Po_onL6NzP6J8HmE3E9L0Vyd65sUOQbVUx68rOknyXP1nWaVhUqCJMc/w480-h640/La+Dolce+Vita.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hah! Just when you thought I'd gotten Anita outta my system ... Well, she was rather memorable in Federico Fellini's LA DOLCE VITA (1960), as pictured here. <u>Alright</u>! <i>No more Anita Ekberg</i>!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Well folks... that's about it till next 'issue'. I do hope you enjoyed the ride. I need a drink!</b></p><p><b>Catch you again next journey...</b></p><p><b>Take care,</b></p><p><b>NZ Pete</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-77236975568674305182021-08-10T19:57:00.000+12:002021-08-10T19:57:15.114+12:00The Visual Effects of MIGHTY JOE YOUNG: O'Bie's 9th Wonder of the World<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPsx1cXwlAMz6KWZSYcCWADCzM9_uRRhb8IPcKwCloBoNFV1rCMlF2gDy_6BA9XjbZHx0umouGPSlu5Dne-kpW9_Y4ioqM-us7Tj3AnXx5fzrQv0oO8XIkNPhnVklojxWuX5bmO6iUy3E/s2308/BLOG+Aug21+header+%2528small%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="2308" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPsx1cXwlAMz6KWZSYcCWADCzM9_uRRhb8IPcKwCloBoNFV1rCMlF2gDy_6BA9XjbZHx0umouGPSlu5Dne-kpW9_Y4ioqM-us7Tj3AnXx5fzrQv0oO8XIkNPhnVklojxWuX5bmO6iUy3E/w640-h472/BLOG+Aug21+header+%2528small%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Pete's Editorial:</span></b></p><p>Welcome once again to another installment of Matte Shot, the venue for devotees of 'old school' movie magic, where we celebrate the practitioners of traditional special visual effects, and dissect their methods and pioneering achievements from the pre-computerised era - which as we know, constituted the majority of the motion picture production splendidly for near on <i>ninety</i> years.<br /></p><p>Today, I have some exciting bits of news and updates, which bookend the single film being examined in this issue of Matte Shot. I say 'single film' as the production I've chosen has such a <u>vast</u> number of visual effects shots that there simply isn't space to have a multi-film article this time around.</p><p>The 1949 feature MIGHTY JOE YOUNG was a mammoth effects showcase, with a <u>huge</u> stop motion component, complimented by a large number of painted mattes, process shots, optical tricks, miniature mayhem and mechanical gags, <u>all</u> of which I will attempt to illustrate and expand upon here as best I can.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGcgWDbuwpPuLAqtIZbpYT7TMXrKvif3RCi17Hd4CVLzV4ObMf806oNQ2O7X4-Jmi8ORkfJR-xNRDFjpAZtOks-idU9sv0V_2uf-5xX6312uAIgj0U3ky9Q7LmXL_YpuShZ3yP0sBXLQ/s1407/MJY+O%2527Bie+concept+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="1407" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGcgWDbuwpPuLAqtIZbpYT7TMXrKvif3RCi17Hd4CVLzV4ObMf806oNQ2O7X4-Jmi8ORkfJR-xNRDFjpAZtOks-idU9sv0V_2uf-5xX6312uAIgj0U3ky9Q7LmXL_YpuShZ3yP0sBXLQ/s320/MJY+O%2527Bie+concept+art.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Willis O'Brien concept watercolour for MIGHTY JOE YOUNG</span>.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Additionally, I simply must make mention of an exciting new book now available on my favourite subject, <i>traditional special effects</i>!! I'll detail this essential publication below.<p></p><p><u>Also</u>, I am most delighted to mention that I have just recently acquired several beautiful original matte paintings from Bill Taylor's collection, with the superb artistry and skills of Syd Dutton as well as the matte maestro himself, the great Albert Whitlock. I'm so thrilled to own these pieces, which entice untold study, close examination and admiration each and every time I look at them. More on those later in this blog post after the 'main feature'....</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8pcVFhmkUEp6BML1fyIXa2dEGTBSiVljmdCklQemG4Y-JryPE68HOyl6xHQypuZADyYO6CeG7-lj59yR72z6_TMzzbl_FhUmB7vvCuScxdbpnp55MAHUx5tET_vcyByEJD720MX2xMY/s2168/IMG_1350+sm+crop.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="2168" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8pcVFhmkUEp6BML1fyIXa2dEGTBSiVljmdCklQemG4Y-JryPE68HOyl6xHQypuZADyYO6CeG7-lj59yR72z6_TMzzbl_FhUmB7vvCuScxdbpnp55MAHUx5tET_vcyByEJD720MX2xMY/w640-h376/IMG_1350+sm+crop.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the breathtaking mattes recently acquired by NZ Pete. The others can be seen in the latter stretch of this very blog post. Check 'em out ... ya know you want to!<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 171 previous blogs known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>A New Book on the History of Movie Special Effects:</b> </span> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3qccFl2m-_Z7kOJI7XTu92bsJr5EMNUivYaHUVKuVId4VpsEAHhdybdWpRvm1VcsO8OU3wZYNNKaPEmChQVe02e8n3OanWrfgwS7raxpvlR_lbjEjrGpJF9qoVQirJtgWyCELrHV3BY/s2870/Smoke+and+Mirrors+FINAL+WRAPAROUND+COVER++lr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="2870" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3qccFl2m-_Z7kOJI7XTu92bsJr5EMNUivYaHUVKuVId4VpsEAHhdybdWpRvm1VcsO8OU3wZYNNKaPEmChQVe02e8n3OanWrfgwS7raxpvlR_lbjEjrGpJF9qoVQirJtgWyCELrHV3BY/w640-h386/Smoke+and+Mirrors+FINAL+WRAPAROUND+COVER++lr.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I have just about every book - and a ton of journals and mags dating <u>way</u> back - on traditional special effects <i>(*with the exception of the magnificent 'Master of the Majicks', which is <u>the</u> finest of the realm)</i>, though I'd have to say that this new release from author Mark Wolf easily matches the best of them, and proudly stands head and shoulders above the vast majority. What makes this volume different is that the author, Mark Wolf, isn't a mere 'scribe for hire' as was the case with many other similar books over the years, with Mark himself an experienced career effects man in various capacities on numerous productions. Mark's knowledge of the artform, methodology and the technical experts involved is extensive to say the least, with quite possibly the broadest survey of <u>all</u> aspects of pre-CGI era trickery examined, illustrated and discussed in detail, than I can recall seeing in quite a while.<div><br /><div><b>SMOKE AND MIRRORS: Special Visual Effects B.C - before computers </b>covers it all; from the silent era pioneers, miniaturists, matte artists, make up specialists, special props, optical printer trickery, stop motion, effects cinematography, and even the hokey bottom-of-the-fx-barrell flicks and tricks that some of us (moi) actually get a kick out of(!)</div><div><br /></div><div>The book <i>(yes, a 'real' volume printed on paper and bound!)</i> is available from Amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1629337684?pf_rd_r=ZBBJYYV75QW66552Y2SJ&pf_rd_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&pd_rd_r=a0792e4f-56b2-49fc-ae45-356caee2b062&pd_rd_w=OILHJ&pd_rd_wg=Jgz2D&ref_=pd_gw_unk">(click here)</a>, and, I believe, from selected bookstores in the US at least. 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0JpTd-4Yzny9HE4A37QjFkWWOiMM7cizKPpY5ie0kXjOcvh1JVo5laOlKR5GJ9V_6k4RpsUQcwviqT8aAy35agZw1pDVZ-qwzAHxunG7juAn_OS0atCLUXMwZTi7pbYmF5Crg7SBx4k/s2024/MJY+poster+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1628" data-original-width="2024" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0JpTd-4Yzny9HE4A37QjFkWWOiMM7cizKPpY5ie0kXjOcvh1JVo5laOlKR5GJ9V_6k4RpsUQcwviqT8aAy35agZw1pDVZ-qwzAHxunG7juAn_OS0atCLUXMwZTi7pbYmF5Crg7SBx4k/w640-h514/MJY+poster+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">With the success of the much earlier <i>bona-fide</i> classic KING KONG (1933), creators Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack sought to re-boot the almost identical scenario with most of the same production team and technical expertise, as well as one of the key KONG cast members for MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (1949). The film followed the same basic premise of the aforementioned KONG - misunderstood beast falling in love (of sorts) with blond beauty, and being eventually exploited for monetary gain by dodgy profiteers. By no means on a par with KONG <i>(the human performances in MJY leave a hell of a lot to be desired, and are, at times, downright awful)</i>, it's <u>still</u> a remarkable picture - and better by a longshot than the dismal SON OF KONG - with Joe's breathtakingly life-like stop motion achievements bringing so much 'humanity' to the title character, that would set the benchmark for many years to follow with animated character effects.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYMbHnQmgrbCWoDIdzUQ6pmTQW2_8-UE1vtvfXB_HK6jwStpktJqOxGsTx6atMRIThR_VYIQG0NOXxUewT2HHqBIATycZihsnnCXpNrdEFGYragwAOqMERKYWtTdhmDcq-VVSZmkwoHc/s2236/MightyJoeYoung_120+RGB%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="2236" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYMbHnQmgrbCWoDIdzUQ6pmTQW2_8-UE1vtvfXB_HK6jwStpktJqOxGsTx6atMRIThR_VYIQG0NOXxUewT2HHqBIATycZihsnnCXpNrdEFGYragwAOqMERKYWtTdhmDcq-VVSZmkwoHc/w640-h464/MightyJoeYoung_120+RGB%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The viability of MJY rested entirely upon the producer's certainty that the great Willis O'Brien - the visual effects wizard behind CREATION, KING KONG, THE LOST WORLD and THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII among others - would be on board. The film simply could not have gone into production without O'Bie as chief creator and designer of special photographic effects. Here we can see O'Bie at work, probably as early as 1947 on a wonderful concept painting for MJY which would serve as the centrepiece in the overall FX action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3vdVyBGacWZrQOP36u7nk9rUSBMzYevoiyylhmm4KbS2cqTy2k-QVi92_RRPFd4mq7v2Y28NAz5CgnrrZX0zriYc1yvxENF8Fm9gbud14kxskwJ6aHYWiRFmMtb7uJ4o3VraHD73r9I/s1496/OBie+w+JOE+and+Jill+-+AM.+MAG.+1950_gray.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1389" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3vdVyBGacWZrQOP36u7nk9rUSBMzYevoiyylhmm4KbS2cqTy2k-QVi92_RRPFd4mq7v2Y28NAz5CgnrrZX0zriYc1yvxENF8Fm9gbud14kxskwJ6aHYWiRFmMtb7uJ4o3VraHD73r9I/w371-h400/OBie+w+JOE+and+Jill+-+AM.+MAG.+1950_gray.jpg" width="371" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For those who <i>don't</i> know - and shame on you for <u>not</u> knowing - <b>Willis O'Brien</b> is still considered the father (or grandfather) of fantasy film trick photography. A true cinematic visionary whose notions, foresight and imagination spurned not only a catalogue of some of the greatest effects films and outright masterpieces of the genre <i>(KING KONG...need I say more?)</i>, but a man who also stimulated the younger imaginations and activities of scores of up and coming visual effects artists such as Ray Harryhausen, Mario Larrinaga, Jim Danforth, David Allen, Randall William Cook, Jim Aupperle, Mark Wolf, Dennis Muren, Peter Lord, Gene Warren, Phil Tippett and many more, not to mention film noted directors such as Merian C. Cooper, Peter Jackson, George Pal and others. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyn2CyaCGMPIKEnv7MgjVRQgHylnGChVxa_D4m2TswHaE5kSyQ9awNhWjhFYEnHKdwWKgOZIXzNGoNlhtGNMyUxfdhQcfUDyIuDnTZBaL450sH9da1KdOtNTOMxaZL-j1-nW7LCaZ3Ic/s2048/MJY+puppet+owned+by+Ray+H+rgb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyn2CyaCGMPIKEnv7MgjVRQgHylnGChVxa_D4m2TswHaE5kSyQ9awNhWjhFYEnHKdwWKgOZIXzNGoNlhtGNMyUxfdhQcfUDyIuDnTZBaL450sH9da1KdOtNTOMxaZL-j1-nW7LCaZ3Ic/w640-h360/MJY+puppet+owned+by+Ray+H+rgb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The remnants of one of the six Joe puppets looking somewhat worse for wear many decades later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLf9HSvB7x5oKJAev6ZHhRMifa0NNncLYsmJk99liR4u4LKHZVeHEFaQ0zBtlDlnA_OPQCykBLB0bfTMLj_swK0C8dMnlFkRGJ402gC5Bv26wVSFrlIYbtdeq_hwOCksurlaOuuDAD1IU/s2635/Marcel+Delgado+with+armatures.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="2635" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLf9HSvB7x5oKJAev6ZHhRMifa0NNncLYsmJk99liR4u4LKHZVeHEFaQ0zBtlDlnA_OPQCykBLB0bfTMLj_swK0C8dMnlFkRGJ402gC5Bv26wVSFrlIYbtdeq_hwOCksurlaOuuDAD1IU/w640-h264/Marcel+Delgado+with+armatures.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another important creative staffer from the KONG ensemble was the legendary Marcel Delgado. Marcel specialised in building the puppets and making miniatures. At far left is one of the Joe armatures built by the incredibly skilled RKO machinist, Harry Cunningham, while at far right is one of the cowboy armatures as made for the incredible roping set piece.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WMzgmSjcYwIitGM8JzPyVEKYL-EOj5srIsqMSqKYJ4ZKl8UaFwK7h5TdG__nVDBmBJumGldJaJK5qwXRNPlZEnLqdxcdTAU0yJClFnIaKfbOowUmhKvr7kTLRy3FnyoUFK08mH7NNFw/s1790/MJY+RH+with+armatures.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1790" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WMzgmSjcYwIitGM8JzPyVEKYL-EOj5srIsqMSqKYJ4ZKl8UaFwK7h5TdG__nVDBmBJumGldJaJK5qwXRNPlZEnLqdxcdTAU0yJClFnIaKfbOowUmhKvr7kTLRy3FnyoUFK08mH7NNFw/w640-h322/MJY+RH+with+armatures.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In what was Ray Harryhausen's first feature film experience, as <i>First Technician</i> under O'Bie, his extensive stop motion work on MJY set a benchmark and launched Ray's career skyward whereby he never looked back, except in complete admiration for Willis O'Brien in taking a chance on his untested talents in the first place. Here are images from Ray's latter days with him tinkering with one of the original precision engineered Joe armatures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUsLVvukE67gy_3_KJJ5IdfVPnmTjrmzpHyFsiJWWbUW8E2JKRc-y-bEn0Z9TMrkC_HrNMUpf33tK9mB2n0v7YdEEHCOCYi1qOYc9bUrUg5YQkWEOuZcpRl7FmJeuYwqN1x2A2wODj1I/s2000/MJY+O%2527Bie+album8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="2000" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUsLVvukE67gy_3_KJJ5IdfVPnmTjrmzpHyFsiJWWbUW8E2JKRc-y-bEn0Z9TMrkC_HrNMUpf33tK9mB2n0v7YdEEHCOCYi1qOYc9bUrUg5YQkWEOuZcpRl7FmJeuYwqN1x2A2wODj1I/w640-h482/MJY+O%2527Bie+album8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harryhausen at work, probably in 1948, on the most intricate animated sequence, where a goup of cowboys on horseback try to lasso Joe to bring him down. Note the striking jungle matte art on multiple panes of glass. More about this sequence later!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjOhpObttw0tqV6jQQdrakk33ZUYUEx4EJvm436c-zvzTorvGzAEWOM-aj9YDZIgbbRrzwMluWjQCFzsu_CkizNPY1Y4JXhXwYoI5JnSmTq4sjAQoD_IJ6pmZiZ2W5xmZM3RVoqkQlhk/s2172/MJY+O%2527Bie+album7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="2172" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjOhpObttw0tqV6jQQdrakk33ZUYUEx4EJvm436c-zvzTorvGzAEWOM-aj9YDZIgbbRrzwMluWjQCFzsu_CkizNPY1Y4JXhXwYoI5JnSmTq4sjAQoD_IJ6pmZiZ2W5xmZM3RVoqkQlhk/w640-h390/MJY+O%2527Bie+album7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another look at Ray animating a Joe puppet in front of a large glass painted vista with rear projected area for live action (also visible at extreme left).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECs2Fful1V_KVNOk7moPNIxD-_xmTn9sAhDyundJ4tcywkrZmByf9woFllkp35RjCPI9A8ClS-8CIYapDw-r14n8e6M723exCs-f-s3bJ1LHJjHleiRY3eKvTOuPlTDBWf5s2Nn82nsk/s2081/MJY+fx+budget+%2526+credits.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1257" data-original-width="2081" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECs2Fful1V_KVNOk7moPNIxD-_xmTn9sAhDyundJ4tcywkrZmByf9woFllkp35RjCPI9A8ClS-8CIYapDw-r14n8e6M723exCs-f-s3bJ1LHJjHleiRY3eKvTOuPlTDBWf5s2Nn82nsk/w640-h386/MJY+fx+budget+%2526+credits.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rare and very revealing studio breakdown containing a complete list of credits as well as the VFX budget itemised down to the smallest detail. Incredibly informative. For those who can't read the type I'll mention specifics in various captions that follow. Note the credit for Harryhausen which has had a handwritten notation<i> "God bless him!"</i>, possibly the handywork of Ray himself? Cheeky fellow!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCciQGXW25zt3maIEjNwZYy6OP3GJpJ4n8mczSorC48ne7YY93EJUX5SCAyEuNLHXLJgtSSW4b-wCDmgrEuKRFXYHLrENCM33VizTE80OZR880DfBH8fCKEDjrKRav6Vi181GzHt8U1qo/s1374/MJY+titles.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1374" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCciQGXW25zt3maIEjNwZYy6OP3GJpJ4n8mczSorC48ne7YY93EJUX5SCAyEuNLHXLJgtSSW4b-wCDmgrEuKRFXYHLrENCM33VizTE80OZR880DfBH8fCKEDjrKRav6Vi181GzHt8U1qo/w640-h504/MJY+titles.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Unusual for the era to see so many technical credits up on screen, but good on them for going that extra mile. The film wasn't made by RKO, just distributed by them. Argosy Productions was a small independent firm set up years before by director John Ford and producer Merian C. Cooper (for the John Wayne picture STAGECOACH) which was bold in the days when mega studios ruled the roost and typically had 100% control. Ford himself had a credit but had nothing to do with MJY, as he said at the time that '<i>films about giant gorilla's weren't his forte</i>'(!) Classic!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9AjS77ctEsGa6gc2VtJPzLNAHBlvqLXoGXqs-GWKXMs69xycmAGp3RB7xXToRungMe6HD_QX97TUaik6wSry16gA61gf2ADD1lwAxQ7h1ngFGYpGW7orEVSRDwByvMR9oGyAZS_T72U/s1401/glass+shot+in+progress2%2528small%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1401" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9AjS77ctEsGa6gc2VtJPzLNAHBlvqLXoGXqs-GWKXMs69xycmAGp3RB7xXToRungMe6HD_QX97TUaik6wSry16gA61gf2ADD1lwAxQ7h1ngFGYpGW7orEVSRDwByvMR9oGyAZS_T72U/w640-h402/glass+shot+in+progress2%2528small%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I just love to come across photographs of matte painters at work, none more so than from the so called golden era where such imagery was usually </span><i style="color: #2b00fe;">verboten</i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> and shunned by the front office who </span><u style="color: #2b00fe;">never</u><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> wanted their secrets or behind the scenes trickery to 'get out'. Their were four skilled matte painters assigned to MJY, headed by old time veteran Fitch Fulton - the father of storied effects man John P. Fulton (one of my faves). Under Fitch were Louis Litchtenfield, Jack Shaw and Vernon Taylor. George Webb would lay out the many glass shots for the painters. I'm not able to confirm the identity of the artist shown above, other than to say he's definitely </span><i style="color: #2b00fe;">not</i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Fitch Fulton, who was quite old at the time. * </span><i style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo courtesy of Dr. Harry Heuser of Aberystwyth University and included in the book SMOKE AND MIRRORS. </span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionM5hoP9jAsAzMSz40qo6rqrz9Y0uAkaIQBbECJ1SIMK2SvWo3ubpVLpGNx1lXi_KJi_a5W3CMZsLg4fPwqMou9x58f_FPZ9UfXYLDt-MuczAUgOWVCJqqkqJ71UMIoNkCmqhViXMiok/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h22m18s192.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionM5hoP9jAsAzMSz40qo6rqrz9Y0uAkaIQBbECJ1SIMK2SvWo3ubpVLpGNx1lXi_KJi_a5W3CMZsLg4fPwqMou9x58f_FPZ9UfXYLDt-MuczAUgOWVCJqqkqJ71UMIoNkCmqhViXMiok/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h22m18s192.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MJY starts off with a grand and stunningly composited tilt down from the cloudscape to a glorious African landscape.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCyTii0CynXhaYQbVxg0yxNkG1PEKB0lGFLy3dEJWxAV-E6OF6lD81YsrBki6lYXDDK2ACBZsgImBVh9IMoB1mPXmRj8JrCQ457e5LisdzNSNMr9p5KJH1YFxJsi8jjY__dfLAtgQ2o0/s1462/MJY-concept-final+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1462" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCyTii0CynXhaYQbVxg0yxNkG1PEKB0lGFLy3dEJWxAV-E6OF6lD81YsrBki6lYXDDK2ACBZsgImBVh9IMoB1mPXmRj8JrCQ457e5LisdzNSNMr9p5KJH1YFxJsi8jjY__dfLAtgQ2o0/w640-h448/MJY-concept-final+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">At left is a preliminary composite, with additional foreground foliage, possibly added by Willis O'Brien himself as I once read. The right shot is the final on screen matte tilt down, made as a multi-plane shot with at least three separate painted glasses. The shot is astounding in it's resolution, particularly as a live action plate of the river as well as stop motion birds have been very successfully added, with very minimal grain build up or contrast, which one might expect from such a composite shot. A marvel which sets the tone of the film so well. It should be noted that the Art Director was none other than former head of MGM's special effects department, James Basevi. British born Basevi started off in the field with such films as the original MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1928) and on through such epics as SAN FRANCISCO (1936) for which he designed and supervised incredible scenes of destruction. James also provided dramatic visuals for HURRICANE (1937) and the Gary Cooper epic THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO (1938) before moving into art direction for Hitchcock and others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJznP2SPuphcY33eJV1iAASeYLBnvBpxWhfSWgUAWJHpqCZIOC_1UgsET3Z6VbUiM8SoXbbIRqDN-IayLYa4SPHp1TEG6keWDWmIJ1C9NDnClNSbH-i1Lsert9-ptSGQLT2ryVzCMKhs0/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h22m01s888.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJznP2SPuphcY33eJV1iAASeYLBnvBpxWhfSWgUAWJHpqCZIOC_1UgsET3Z6VbUiM8SoXbbIRqDN-IayLYa4SPHp1TEG6keWDWmIJ1C9NDnClNSbH-i1Lsert9-ptSGQLT2ryVzCMKhs0/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h22m01s888.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByFtaD4k4RnKxY8BQvXzpZdDs1LeDPNRcXkWa4V-GAYIUsHex_7qA1iDi-c90cLPjgumHYxMp6hGuDEBQUluK6ApqEpDvXNugPT2_HgsZhq8_rYXhHI54Msgk3Doo9sSSQSfmPa0i4wU/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h22m54s285.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByFtaD4k4RnKxY8BQvXzpZdDs1LeDPNRcXkWa4V-GAYIUsHex_7qA1iDi-c90cLPjgumHYxMp6hGuDEBQUluK6ApqEpDvXNugPT2_HgsZhq8_rYXhHI54Msgk3Doo9sSSQSfmPa0i4wU/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h22m54s285.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There is however a curious anomaly with this shot, whereby what appears to be the relection of passing motor traffic visible along the edges of the actual water plate, though I seem to be the only 'nerd' to spot it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qV42i37PaIMsqr9syUpnrneV4qZyUYXvJW1lETpBEVrWh77E-_8UmF9DPRNS-PRuny-y_aud2BZ_yktDLmsAcqyC90W5s0ZTB8lTMXrqGv_6nBkJHMNkgo9Jb2H3kt-W8ymYs4iS_XA/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h23m57s046.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qV42i37PaIMsqr9syUpnrneV4qZyUYXvJW1lETpBEVrWh77E-_8UmF9DPRNS-PRuny-y_aud2BZ_yktDLmsAcqyC90W5s0ZTB8lTMXrqGv_6nBkJHMNkgo9Jb2H3kt-W8ymYs4iS_XA/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h23m57s046.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">After the downward tilt, the camera pushes into the small compound and dissolves to another shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBN0OxAHa18iWe87ZzdNI9m8AoJuDP07MwRBwUg2LtaOhEV4TPfqFHCKyP24WoKD5s5An1ajTr52yJDiAxs3mjTcK9X1d4er3ynp-TnP8JSPacbnFPH5t_0myvR1TVV_CdQL9Kt0UlHF8/s2472/MJY+detail1+painting+matte%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1596" data-original-width="2472" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBN0OxAHa18iWe87ZzdNI9m8AoJuDP07MwRBwUg2LtaOhEV4TPfqFHCKyP24WoKD5s5An1ajTr52yJDiAxs3mjTcK9X1d4er3ynp-TnP8JSPacbnFPH5t_0myvR1TVV_CdQL9Kt0UlHF8/w640-h414/MJY+detail1+painting+matte%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer view of the unknown matte painter applying brush strokes to the middle of the three large glasses. I've seen photos of both Jack Shaw and Lou Litchtenfield, though none of Vern Taylor, so I'm not sure here. It could well be Litchtenfield?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdu5HjLjYNOmWkrA0M9Rq7xjS-UcQm2AwPV8oj-chP54h5ecSe0sOajxjQhp0VsyNAjYyPBIsmU35xyv9cfXnmhSfMcsMFtE0XzWX3pB2yp4Uu5F3ClCONC65YTKbtpd16lGBdLfCntY/s2588/MJY+detail2+painting+matte%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="2588" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdu5HjLjYNOmWkrA0M9Rq7xjS-UcQm2AwPV8oj-chP54h5ecSe0sOajxjQhp0VsyNAjYyPBIsmU35xyv9cfXnmhSfMcsMFtE0XzWX3pB2yp4Uu5F3ClCONC65YTKbtpd16lGBdLfCntY/w640-h370/MJY+detail2+painting+matte%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Magnificent detail</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWq72aVFnAiTQ17yDtpFJKEOzPSJzrI6XgouTdF-5neWxo3e7W2mgEQ4FfvlKeLasMQERsA8-oBldJen2G8Ku85G9u0Fxoptm9z4AL6WpG7nMAnEgE_n7mqxH6Hm212DSALS8xynwnH_U/s1948/MJY+bts+detail4+matte+painting+of+African+residence%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1948" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWq72aVFnAiTQ17yDtpFJKEOzPSJzrI6XgouTdF-5neWxo3e7W2mgEQ4FfvlKeLasMQERsA8-oBldJen2G8Ku85G9u0Fxoptm9z4AL6WpG7nMAnEgE_n7mqxH6Hm212DSALS8xynwnH_U/w640-h442/MJY+bts+detail4+matte+painting+of+African+residence%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">According to the original official FX budget, there were 31 glass paintings at a cost of $800 per glass, coming to some $24'800.oo in total. Seems like a good deal to me.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILTF-28Wooz7ZRI7GKnA4aJJiIqIPOMy5NucBdJ96pPfkXnq8r9ISpektNP8aHtm5JouqkOnX6irFu2VqrFexpE26J_72xbY5psH7hRwWyZer62p7Uun83pmL2MhnvPhyFurBElN2170/s1748/MJY+O%2527Bie+album5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="1748" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILTF-28Wooz7ZRI7GKnA4aJJiIqIPOMy5NucBdJ96pPfkXnq8r9ISpektNP8aHtm5JouqkOnX6irFu2VqrFexpE26J_72xbY5psH7hRwWyZer62p7Uun83pmL2MhnvPhyFurBElN2170/w640-h472/MJY+O%2527Bie+album5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The main aspect of that same matte shot as it was preserved in Willis' personal 1949 photo album pertaining to the shoot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfAe_v58D7uBzx-qFxpOc-8rwXtfF6D2sGE0Z5Tc5-lwlS1cct0YZhY2ojFPZtS9Y1pNd03GOuD4dh3A9x9c7ch12E8k_UOW_D9xbshRz7Uy7Y2ipDORtWfF2iTrpkZSvp7Vfio7h0Wg/s1251/MJY+full-multiplane+matte+in+progress+%2528low+rez%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1251" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfAe_v58D7uBzx-qFxpOc-8rwXtfF6D2sGE0Z5Tc5-lwlS1cct0YZhY2ojFPZtS9Y1pNd03GOuD4dh3A9x9c7ch12E8k_UOW_D9xbshRz7Uy7Y2ipDORtWfF2iTrpkZSvp7Vfio7h0Wg/w640-h454/MJY+full-multiplane+matte+in+progress+%2528low+rez%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A second vantage point showing the same painter at work, sandwiched between the dense jungle foreground glass and the sprawling African valley painted glass. The sky would be a separate glass in itself.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiq8O9UcwhjCI1Xy-jr5aD7wMLwdOdNn60BXloKdq7rIScd8-XPmkZo0BvvRwT4xOBSyiDL26eJ1hyphenhyphenXkpRjy4674eSmls4G4nZOpWn_xryijkKFMjbKne6Rsl1-3JFphds9ETtcSbQYI/s1558/MJY+bts+detail3+matte+painting+of+African+residence%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1558" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiq8O9UcwhjCI1Xy-jr5aD7wMLwdOdNn60BXloKdq7rIScd8-XPmkZo0BvvRwT4xOBSyiDL26eJ1hyphenhyphenXkpRjy4674eSmls4G4nZOpWn_xryijkKFMjbKne6Rsl1-3JFphds9ETtcSbQYI/w640-h442/MJY+bts+detail3+matte+painting+of+African+residence%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The glass mattes measured typically some twelve feet in width and were mounted in sturdy wooden frames, with the frames costing some $1500 in total. I sadly presume they were all scraped down for re-use after the production, as was commonplace at the time. <b><i>The horror!!!!!! </i>:(</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrPLkpSBcazNpU1_1yRjsA41xmt7FyaqUf0BfoIJh_bfn_P5THfoZbbarllcS2_ekBLW32wtCB_u8vbu5yCNZFxpVT3RP73l_QG_0j4mXg3GwM8QojHrU3CPD8trTyZQ7DaRI3omJfh4/s1578/Mighty+Joe+Young+rare+glass+shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="1578" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrPLkpSBcazNpU1_1yRjsA41xmt7FyaqUf0BfoIJh_bfn_P5THfoZbbarllcS2_ekBLW32wtCB_u8vbu5yCNZFxpVT3RP73l_QG_0j4mXg3GwM8QojHrU3CPD8trTyZQ7DaRI3omJfh4/w640-h478/Mighty+Joe+Young+rare+glass+shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another wonderful behind the scenes look at the use of the glass painting, of which MJY has dozens. Here a camera assistant holds the clapper just behind a large painted glass extending the roof and jungle beyond for the compound set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOpUtLKIXo26RFHnnexIk9AsBtcws5jrWJ523-2Ch_Sn1C9GBKKYxXCbg08sOSRmhabpMTQ48t8fNPJUmnSe95IagugOIqXTXyZpDfZKl2wEycTuJFILac7zHaUHWtBmejZ2XnM_LqYE/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h59m38s873.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOpUtLKIXo26RFHnnexIk9AsBtcws5jrWJ523-2Ch_Sn1C9GBKKYxXCbg08sOSRmhabpMTQ48t8fNPJUmnSe95IagugOIqXTXyZpDfZKl2wEycTuJFILac7zHaUHWtBmejZ2XnM_LqYE/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h59m38s873.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final, invisible combination. The film wasn't shot at RKO as some think, rather over at the Pathe Studios in Culver City as an entirely independent project.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02VmFEBBHt8G9_W0d0VcFP-8F38PIjxRXiWmB13Cj9MP-anPHMv8bB83pkMYvm2XLHDYycpLq6WswhgEcZILiow54iFZmXfrP3Fz9MiofGPSEtGQBWkUuL_MI2RnhU9D0GRIchXfXbhk/s1278/Joe+menaces+lion+in+wagon.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1278" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02VmFEBBHt8G9_W0d0VcFP-8F38PIjxRXiWmB13Cj9MP-anPHMv8bB83pkMYvm2XLHDYycpLq6WswhgEcZILiow54iFZmXfrP3Fz9MiofGPSEtGQBWkUuL_MI2RnhU9D0GRIchXfXbhk/w640-h480/Joe+menaces+lion+in+wagon.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the many original concept sketches made by O'Bie, with this being for the wonderful caged lion sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeqfu9776G-RaDCra_ogqNr1TtFpIwbJeBfE28CLWFhmeC3W8H9cdh2VCSXPbWT3PWI0cCn231GbFTlglFjSPy7gs7Kg43BNTZQCyg_lA9x-ew_0OQB4S3PRKle6zWeOzj67-3iq_xYk/s1490/Mighty+Joe+Young+BR+lion+cage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1490" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeqfu9776G-RaDCra_ogqNr1TtFpIwbJeBfE28CLWFhmeC3W8H9cdh2VCSXPbWT3PWI0cCn231GbFTlglFjSPy7gs7Kg43BNTZQCyg_lA9x-ew_0OQB4S3PRKle6zWeOzj67-3iq_xYk/w640-h464/Mighty+Joe+Young+BR+lion+cage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The first appearence of Joe - or <i>Mister Joseph Young of Africa</i> as he was titled in early drafts - is indeed a show stopper if ever there were one. Out of nowhere, Joe arrives and immediately has a confrontation with a very pissed off caged lion. The sequence is a jaw dropper in every respect. A brilliantly designed and conceived action piece where visuals and audio are so well combined to maximum effect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0dgitTIzn2AhoDvsvBs2-MjwUuXYhS_xAzUZxPaV-OHkQ-78BO6TfTlLmLUR3IxHCzgazqGI5cGw3J72DM3hPXgcXeFP_c9p7QDBleQlD0umNSIfS4kgSbkmjAW-U1_tZt7AYOVxKCM/s1646/Mighty+Joe+Young+exhibition+%2528School+of+Art%252C+Aberystwyth+University%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="1646" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0dgitTIzn2AhoDvsvBs2-MjwUuXYhS_xAzUZxPaV-OHkQ-78BO6TfTlLmLUR3IxHCzgazqGI5cGw3J72DM3hPXgcXeFP_c9p7QDBleQlD0umNSIfS4kgSbkmjAW-U1_tZt7AYOVxKCM/w640-h220/Mighty+Joe+Young+exhibition+%2528School+of+Art%252C+Aberystwyth+University%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From O'Brien's personal archive is this before and after showing the live action lion as well as a seperate plate of flowing water. The lion element would ultimately be projected into the miniature cage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWiVKVKEglHp9NTNZLtXKiwadLtol9DheA6txXwB7gMWE2wmFaI1ZO7v7onsG4VV4z0MsY06KQhZmhyphenhyphenD8azRXrN_o4qsBRQwsIzj1nL2we299xpizFYXIKJdVUm_BS1O950TPDlTgbqU/s1557/MJY+O%2527Bie+album1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1557" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWiVKVKEglHp9NTNZLtXKiwadLtol9DheA6txXwB7gMWE2wmFaI1ZO7v7onsG4VV4z0MsY06KQhZmhyphenhyphenD8azRXrN_o4qsBRQwsIzj1nL2we299xpizFYXIKJdVUm_BS1O950TPDlTgbqU/w640-h488/MJY+O%2527Bie+album1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from O'Bie's album is this 1947 frame enlargement of one of the cuts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0d0bNilxalxq0WZeDjvRxQkDxuszC5m4fflM_3Zg1FklXywcjVf-QJtKmIVdNVJgRpqfUKX1gh1Ve__abr6SQDcQaTbCcH3v6huSQIxCg_3upnvdDS94CyRP35XAdImF7xNk5QByzWUY/s1492/mightyjoeyoung1757+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1492" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0d0bNilxalxq0WZeDjvRxQkDxuszC5m4fflM_3Zg1FklXywcjVf-QJtKmIVdNVJgRpqfUKX1gh1Ve__abr6SQDcQaTbCcH3v6huSQIxCg_3upnvdDS94CyRP35XAdImF7xNk5QByzWUY/w640-h464/mightyjoeyoung1757+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While Willis was overall visual effects director, due to the massive demands on MJY's technical requirements he was only ever able to be hands on with specific animated shots in various sequences. The lions share - pun intended - was carried out by the very young and fresh Ray Harryhausen. Various accounts state that some 80% of the MJY stop motion was Ray's, with some statements by Harryhausen himself in later years raising this to 90%. Others were involved, and I'll outline those later, but all of the lion sequence I understand, was Harryhausen's work, and damned superb work it is at that!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOB2mI3KY6ifcitjncBjtvQH3V4bp2HeN5SY3FO39fkyuPI3hWxTpeketeMz_qbRkhFWrua4EOTBkUNxQV2i3NKbm30W9HgiCqqM_5mQqxThqaAs_1ZdVEUid3aVLlhs4XUHvo9NdVRE/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h31m17s142.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOB2mI3KY6ifcitjncBjtvQH3V4bp2HeN5SY3FO39fkyuPI3hWxTpeketeMz_qbRkhFWrua4EOTBkUNxQV2i3NKbm30W9HgiCqqM_5mQqxThqaAs_1ZdVEUid3aVLlhs4XUHvo9NdVRE/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h31m17s142.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ray spent a full month completing this complicated sequence without assistance.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiatHkvJVs6KG086_TFBiHyuZtCTKqr1Z1hzAJaBcs1uskGAUhOhTHp6Ghgi6gvLd8_kWz9fFRzwefRWE5_ga_2ow0_vRiaLnSMwOfVdK7-rA4a5NpmBfJDgcNMUF0msVOkzsPk0u7pS4/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h32m21s633.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiatHkvJVs6KG086_TFBiHyuZtCTKqr1Z1hzAJaBcs1uskGAUhOhTHp6Ghgi6gvLd8_kWz9fFRzwefRWE5_ga_2ow0_vRiaLnSMwOfVdK7-rA4a5NpmBfJDgcNMUF0msVOkzsPk0u7pS4/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h32m21s633.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The extent to which Ray 'injected' emotion and feeling in the Joe puppet was astounding, and still holds up today 70 years later. Ray wrote: <i>"When I received the live footage of the lion I counted the number of frames it took for the image of the lion to rock back and forth and matched them to the number of frames I needed to shoot for Joe rocking the model cage. Then the real lion was projected on a little screen within the cage and the two actions matched"</i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2_7GCD7GP0lXppaO92j4lE3whqNjwrIjPwCgq8rQ07Mco-qBAYUPivhXAVrehbY5spv7ovSIiy_aA1Iw4gHcP5kneMMiBzcJF3k5dCbLSwHN0NssjTNgawazU_pcq0S71wVm9O2m66w/s1490/MJY+wagon+tipped.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1490" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2_7GCD7GP0lXppaO92j4lE3whqNjwrIjPwCgq8rQ07Mco-qBAYUPivhXAVrehbY5spv7ovSIiy_aA1Iw4gHcP5kneMMiBzcJF3k5dCbLSwHN0NssjTNgawazU_pcq0S71wVm9O2m66w/w640-h484/MJY+wagon+tipped.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The 'stop-you-in-your-tracks' moment in visual effects comes when Joe rocks the cage back and forth tips over the wagon, with the lion spilling out. A bravura example of technical ingenuity. The lion was a live action element, very skillfully projected <i>(some accounts say rear while others state front projected, which is more likely)</i> into the otherwise 'empty' miniature wagon. The 2nd unit lion footage was very carefully choreographed at an animal sanctuary, with forced rocking motions introduced by it's trainer, under O'Bie's supervision, to match what was intended for later stop motion action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYO-P4Zg6s2BoqdplJ-Zvx915ic1rr8gVpqQJb2Vx84D6VkJV_NUMIxw1ZH6RnGW428L2U-zrqL1Jn2d5P1sPahPL8t7zM4ag2eAMJv8DkYR0vqD5IchFT5hM6syfAZFl2ArMxvGAZyw/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h33m47s919.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYO-P4Zg6s2BoqdplJ-Zvx915ic1rr8gVpqQJb2Vx84D6VkJV_NUMIxw1ZH6RnGW428L2U-zrqL1Jn2d5P1sPahPL8t7zM4ag2eAMJv8DkYR0vqD5IchFT5hM6syfAZFl2ArMxvGAZyw/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h33m47s919.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some accounts state that the lion plate was projected in on a <i>second</i> camera pass(?), though perhaps an expert can tell me how that could be done when working with a stop motion set up where the miniature components are non-repeatable?? I'm hoping Harry Walton or Jim Danforth can elaborate. :)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1BTyDtduclF91NFsMEsfgudezTMuRO_h049WjiwekmodBn-oDYeFwqabUfnUsVrxxs0CJpPQl-WaGNO61xDIL-BE5c-3H_4J12aBgpT_aKj9r_d9YOnKuyOFSuJ7N0kBnr8P06Kcp-g/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h33m59s023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1BTyDtduclF91NFsMEsfgudezTMuRO_h049WjiwekmodBn-oDYeFwqabUfnUsVrxxs0CJpPQl-WaGNO61xDIL-BE5c-3H_4J12aBgpT_aKj9r_d9YOnKuyOFSuJ7N0kBnr8P06Kcp-g/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h33m59s023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Joe smashes up the cage, which all required delicate wire rigs to 'animate' the destruction. At this point, the 'real' lion is substituted with an animated puppet, which has a go at Joe and a bit of a tussle ensues.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzSXapAqYZgOMV6T892V8FVsuY7T2mMSbSb2Ou_x-XVEyYkAEhyphenhyphenDHmOfqHL4tAu63CHf1WxMGsnjEMX9KLTA2TNmBYz43bCus5s_sO0KWTs0ultziEEqvVKmgWF-Y3EL59Kz2KH9eFqtU/s1414/MJY+ani+test+%2526+final.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1414" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzSXapAqYZgOMV6T892V8FVsuY7T2mMSbSb2Ou_x-XVEyYkAEhyphenhyphenDHmOfqHL4tAu63CHf1WxMGsnjEMX9KLTA2TNmBYz43bCus5s_sO0KWTs0ultziEEqvVKmgWF-Y3EL59Kz2KH9eFqtU/w640-h264/MJY+ani+test+%2526+final.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From this original camera test we can see more trickery that really completes the scene. At left is the beautifully rendered multi-plane glass painted jungle, with a real lion split screened in. The bottom of the animation table is also visible. At right we can see the final composite with the same matted plate combined as a rear projection element behind the miniature Joe and wagons. The clever bit is a brilliantly hidden transition between the <u>stop motion lion</u>, as it jumps off the wagon and for a fraction of a second is hidden, and the rest of continuation where the <u>real</u> lion is seen running off into the jungle. Harryhausen's match up as well as the physics of the puppet lion movement are exceptional. Apparently John Ford viewed this sequence in rough cut form and immediately sent word through the camera department to tell Ray how much he loved that scene. <i>(A later account by Ray stated that Ford himself came up to Harryhausen and personally thanked him).</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSwEwR7nEsmlgEwMdbDL0FcFf8UfoJbAqqjN8h2P6OlEvafnlgPrUbrTEvE-V1wkmJ7BUg11DWBFIQyX4Tl1RYzJeRsKWJxoBUrAmjz4C1h29UhON6WyszlgJW3v4-GOY7gY-cULbBYg/s1819/RH+%2526+Joe+IMG_1641.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1819" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSwEwR7nEsmlgEwMdbDL0FcFf8UfoJbAqqjN8h2P6OlEvafnlgPrUbrTEvE-V1wkmJ7BUg11DWBFIQyX4Tl1RYzJeRsKWJxoBUrAmjz4C1h29UhON6WyszlgJW3v4-GOY7gY-cULbBYg/w640-h352/RH+%2526+Joe+IMG_1641.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harryhausen with his favourite Joe out of the six puppets - each of which seemed to have a slightly different 'feel' as far as movement went.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9992uj2-ecMwkb3qAgRT7Yj2yi9TN_BILK84Sy6LzFbTkU_M0hxJ2Ob8jjkvK9l0d7HbWCXa9yAeNCXXDTgCY9sSfUzN1sYvBEveaBphO6LEQLwFD2D-h3X5F4ALIxcnfElsz_Q2pyIM/s1555/MJY+bef%2526aft2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1555" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9992uj2-ecMwkb3qAgRT7Yj2yi9TN_BILK84Sy6LzFbTkU_M0hxJ2Ob8jjkvK9l0d7HbWCXa9yAeNCXXDTgCY9sSfUzN1sYvBEveaBphO6LEQLwFD2D-h3X5F4ALIxcnfElsz_Q2pyIM/w640-h232/MJY+bef%2526aft2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the various African vista's as matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLscrMDYCrHu91L15Ob9L8M-Y_WOwqILw7PPLJH2N5N4yTPtWaUFHQSNLbg3mJLPTPVw66OiyRzarUCgCMR-RlyK3aYzE_Oj93htbNeVlj1Z8gWbqMg0R_rDN8yTqXBpDT8OnfIC4rPc/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h27m42s683.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLscrMDYCrHu91L15Ob9L8M-Y_WOwqILw7PPLJH2N5N4yTPtWaUFHQSNLbg3mJLPTPVw66OiyRzarUCgCMR-RlyK3aYzE_Oj93htbNeVlj1Z8gWbqMg0R_rDN8yTqXBpDT8OnfIC4rPc/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h27m42s683.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final composite.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0eCTMjhuslwfmhyN9nDSEvJ2cM1roNA0hcGZHcVDIp6RJEIwGgTSq8aXAo_x8Pfb_pvvG1W3yiOs1hsi14iqpq_EoObIXHlLRgM877hUmhGSVR0bm3VPqiHiaBEAZQPx0mFM2RdaqvVE/s1078/MJY+RH010A.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1078" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0eCTMjhuslwfmhyN9nDSEvJ2cM1roNA0hcGZHcVDIp6RJEIwGgTSq8aXAo_x8Pfb_pvvG1W3yiOs1hsi14iqpq_EoObIXHlLRgM877hUmhGSVR0bm3VPqiHiaBEAZQPx0mFM2RdaqvVE/w400-h368/MJY+RH010A.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ray with visual effects cinematographer Bert Willis - another KONG veteran - who oversaw photography of all of the miniature set ups. Willis was an old hand in special camerawork and had previously worked with O'Bie as far back as THE LOST WORLD in 1924, as well as a key member of the effects unit on KONG in 1933. In an interview, Bert remarked: <i>"The scene I was most proud of was the one where Joe knocks over the lion cage, which used front and back projection. I lit that one"</i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTulkstG6ekR0bHpktbMe0RQFFj-EiT5etQkdotapgUog5OZU66tJuRB2s5m0Ow7wvQvaG4fnx3A025maR3iRjjj-bG_b1WbXIGTHamGFzyqTdvh1dIyjCgJyWdJL0Td1Unf9B_OXak8/s1534/MJY+O%2527Bie+album+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1534" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTulkstG6ekR0bHpktbMe0RQFFj-EiT5etQkdotapgUog5OZU66tJuRB2s5m0Ow7wvQvaG4fnx3A025maR3iRjjj-bG_b1WbXIGTHamGFzyqTdvh1dIyjCgJyWdJL0Td1Unf9B_OXak8/w640-h416/MJY+O%2527Bie+album+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MJY not only required a miniature ape puppet, but numerous horses, cowboys, a baby and assorted folks in articulated form. Here is one of the remarkable miniature horse and rider combo's, I believe, built by Marcel Delgado. Shown here in white shirt is specialist taxidermist, George Lofgren, who mastered various processes for utilising carefully preserved and rubberised hide from an unborn calf in order to provide a very convincing non-ripple fur for the various Joe puppets, as a far more credible skin than was possible with KONG years earlier where the animator's fingers caused much fur disturbance from frame to frame. The various miniature props that were heavily used throughout MJY were built by brothers Marcel and Victor Delgado.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpArZ19WWWvsll7UCFGcNVhyphenhyphen9w12PPq0LU90aKDs_dGOlPqazo3z18pdXnovCcQFSFSaRvCr3Rxig_4oSzGqv859X13sx7xHOkWLQYh_z3UmizI1mSh3dQmgyhv6zaEbXK7qFxPrHhas/s800/Mighty+Joe-test1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="800" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpArZ19WWWvsll7UCFGcNVhyphenhyphen9w12PPq0LU90aKDs_dGOlPqazo3z18pdXnovCcQFSFSaRvCr3Rxig_4oSzGqv859X13sx7xHOkWLQYh_z3UmizI1mSh3dQmgyhv6zaEbXK7qFxPrHhas/w400-h318/Mighty+Joe-test1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A test for the ape vs cowpokes sequence</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1X6iFcEpJqfNabst3dETuCayck8oGJZF5-qpzgWnKRqUTIZ773XuOZ1EadUoFoOrHroLsmOMlrVnj6U3Uk2W16GRTvfBv1dUWoy1u07r-UI4SnDoNZEabm_kqe6IBZsR5cUFLBHUPMo/s2262/MJY+horses+animated.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="2262" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1X6iFcEpJqfNabst3dETuCayck8oGJZF5-qpzgWnKRqUTIZ773XuOZ1EadUoFoOrHroLsmOMlrVnj6U3Uk2W16GRTvfBv1dUWoy1u07r-UI4SnDoNZEabm_kqe6IBZsR5cUFLBHUPMo/w640-h166/MJY+horses+animated.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Three frames from yet another sensational sequence, with a stop motion horse and rider galloping through a multi-plane glass painted jungle setting. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIUIZMgIKlGeZG7OWz39M-swABJQn9Ds7D6Ru4zD5upW4JG5dUNizbRyq_DRt8R04dzxu6n2MzAqMIyMYseR7E6DhsdyZpAL-8aXBoGinVQEghh_83Ey9IYYWXafux4W6TcbrVGKGJFM/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h35m46s465.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIUIZMgIKlGeZG7OWz39M-swABJQn9Ds7D6Ru4zD5upW4JG5dUNizbRyq_DRt8R04dzxu6n2MzAqMIyMYseR7E6DhsdyZpAL-8aXBoGinVQEghh_83Ey9IYYWXafux4W6TcbrVGKGJFM/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h35m46s465.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A great deal of unexpected technical assistance came to Willis by way of a company camera grip named Pete Peterson, who as it turned out was fascinated by what he witnessed being done on the various stop motion set ups and asked if could 'have a go'. O'Bie granted Peterson a few test shots and was astounded at how accomplished the material looked when played back. Before long, Pete was assigned as a member of the visual effects team and in fact would play a substantial part in animating a number of sequences and key shots, with great finesse. I believe some of the horse material was Pete's as he had a great love for horses and a close affinity for how they moved and behaved. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74mrapqwvRVX0B_HnpzOlLfHPkRTiSP6t_gZRoTuUozYW-MM9WRbU2vIhWA-01B9WxBWuFN4pIv-JV5NJ0JWiGMJBHXzkyxjv36ZGWw4Cjp1a8GBsVPTY9RsW7bbwCvtvbKOpZUlh-jI/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h36m31s694.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74mrapqwvRVX0B_HnpzOlLfHPkRTiSP6t_gZRoTuUozYW-MM9WRbU2vIhWA-01B9WxBWuFN4pIv-JV5NJ0JWiGMJBHXzkyxjv36ZGWw4Cjp1a8GBsVPTY9RsW7bbwCvtvbKOpZUlh-jI/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h36m31s694.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A flawless rear projected miniature set up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRsmg-jFOaKbHqLs4BLNo6ebZWkQHFg4v-AvbT8c9itxvjy6CGA9ANsBcki8JUDzHBDPwclFU95dFUDspbzYrXn_fGzG_YDNXLDkdFvJNif5ooIa0iTrwpWNhhE7wkJvsHLXiNn1rc6k/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h37m10s487.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRsmg-jFOaKbHqLs4BLNo6ebZWkQHFg4v-AvbT8c9itxvjy6CGA9ANsBcki8JUDzHBDPwclFU95dFUDspbzYrXn_fGzG_YDNXLDkdFvJNif5ooIa0iTrwpWNhhE7wkJvsHLXiNn1rc6k/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h37m10s487.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very well executed combination of matte painted set extension, live action cowboys, puppet Joe, miniature foreground and solid rear projection work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXMtxKRaP_yCB5IoSsJTQZcfsDHyehWpOLJiuMSfiD9eYAfhmVCLHDg4zZU2lLPS__g1sBVEgZ0hlU3oqFlcE1_M1R9akkuW-PWWzpWXo6xEb167lzL-8V24BCrppQ8FA7hkb1cQmWvQ/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h37m38s188.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXMtxKRaP_yCB5IoSsJTQZcfsDHyehWpOLJiuMSfiD9eYAfhmVCLHDg4zZU2lLPS__g1sBVEgZ0hlU3oqFlcE1_M1R9akkuW-PWWzpWXo6xEb167lzL-8V24BCrppQ8FA7hkb1cQmWvQ/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h37m38s188.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Incidentally, MJY was originally slated to be shot in colour using the newly developed monopack Eastmancolor system of the time, but tests proved disastrous as colour matching between process projections and model set ups were a major problem, with line ups looking good when in front of the camera yet coming back from the lab as complete mismatches in tones and hues. It had always proved a simple task to hand develop 35mm tests when working with black and white and get a fast result, but the production could not afford the costly down time waiting for colour tests to be sent away and be processed elsewhere.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZK3fKHda3WPnSQrURvx9LnFkFaV_vg0Xn8i1GpJlECZJF-rTeTl5gBB8GVpr3QxmahBV47plaePRHqJVW00aGMp2ZaZcIyA_JVX2J6zPEV5LR6jxKlqig72p_Fso6FF0WDhtHrSUBvs/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h36m52s454.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZK3fKHda3WPnSQrURvx9LnFkFaV_vg0Xn8i1GpJlECZJF-rTeTl5gBB8GVpr3QxmahBV47plaePRHqJVW00aGMp2ZaZcIyA_JVX2J6zPEV5LR6jxKlqig72p_Fso6FF0WDhtHrSUBvs/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h36m52s454.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The plateau sequence, with extensive matte art and much highly complex multi-element action about to occur down below.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYCwqwBAAy0irmWJ7Xg0TtgBzloW8HdlE-lYAHBHnlAoqA8GjYGoENyLCXJiCnt9KI7b4Whcofo47MQk9X33-xzcow6jhiUMKUO_UuXKlRcSq_INntVCWClbCp8Y-ZipzmPDc325Ngno/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h37m47s151.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYCwqwBAAy0irmWJ7Xg0TtgBzloW8HdlE-lYAHBHnlAoqA8GjYGoENyLCXJiCnt9KI7b4Whcofo47MQk9X33-xzcow6jhiUMKUO_UuXKlRcSq_INntVCWClbCp8Y-ZipzmPDc325Ngno/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h37m47s151.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the superbly crafted miniature animated horses (and cowpoke) circle Joe, with a brilliantly timed transition as the horse moves off screen right and reappears again coming back around the rear of the shot, but this time as a real horse and rider as part of a process projected plate. This gag is used a dozen times to excellent effect and is pure genius.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mKEkOUH89zrAbU6jcAFrIGtRlfVcIdpoqf1h1YqAe83_ILQibGei52c-_58GY7NCjo9qotutIuxGhISuPg0frOwFxS_aS_zo_7wS4w4wkLVVm8pIhCpVKhq8dmmFzskyCwnLPEC1X1M/s1527/MJY+cowboys.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1527" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mKEkOUH89zrAbU6jcAFrIGtRlfVcIdpoqf1h1YqAe83_ILQibGei52c-_58GY7NCjo9qotutIuxGhISuPg0frOwFxS_aS_zo_7wS4w4wkLVVm8pIhCpVKhq8dmmFzskyCwnLPEC1X1M/w640-h484/MJY+cowboys.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">O'Brien was adamant that the sequence have horsemen not only seen behind or near to Joe, but to completely encircle him in action shots. Apparently Willis animated some cuts, as did Victor Delgado, but these were deemed as not working in well with the rest of the sequence so were therefore dropped in editing. Peterson and Harryhausen shared animation duties on these shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLh6n-7ZtYdC3en9j4ZAt7kCTSfU-3Ap60KfmQI8xgBr8srH12Txdazy2Y1pHGk5QqOnymk1GuTT3smiuCavQye1Xj4UNrhYRa6LyP0i_HtQ7Gidm7kxwrcl8B7QjKZTZ9fBSbr0kk12g/s1280/MJY+vlcsnap-2021-03-11-18h22m19s648.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLh6n-7ZtYdC3en9j4ZAt7kCTSfU-3Ap60KfmQI8xgBr8srH12Txdazy2Y1pHGk5QqOnymk1GuTT3smiuCavQye1Xj4UNrhYRa6LyP0i_HtQ7Gidm7kxwrcl8B7QjKZTZ9fBSbr0kk12g/w640-h472/MJY+vlcsnap-2021-03-11-18h22m19s648.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9gqmAG9mTEkITeZsSdbmYSTlqnhKx55VhGDk1x5KdlVpASJle2-b9TpMJV7y2hNU_YaTSUhiAwwJFNaQT8M9lS9rcwM9rbEvZ5BmzQPixM0o9HCf61Qp9owOoaUVvlD-lgYKgHkcups/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h37m56s764.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9gqmAG9mTEkITeZsSdbmYSTlqnhKx55VhGDk1x5KdlVpASJle2-b9TpMJV7y2hNU_YaTSUhiAwwJFNaQT8M9lS9rcwM9rbEvZ5BmzQPixM0o9HCf61Qp9owOoaUVvlD-lgYKgHkcups/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h37m56s764.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Masterful!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYQKgAgOWyaHFDuVpbKvQa5BzqxSq9GvkG1d5XTzpKe0OPSjbbmUy0z42uR6eJzBonIC4Mb2u5xLAN0sot2FnYbY3dqtsBlGpS6h_VNpSk7zRZOLwQpA7KNcvgxg9GczO2nWX2JjmR1E/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h38m40s718.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYQKgAgOWyaHFDuVpbKvQa5BzqxSq9GvkG1d5XTzpKe0OPSjbbmUy0z42uR6eJzBonIC4Mb2u5xLAN0sot2FnYbY3dqtsBlGpS6h_VNpSk7zRZOLwQpA7KNcvgxg9GczO2nWX2JjmR1E/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h38m40s718.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pete Peterson had suffered a lifelong, crippling debility of multiple sclerosis, and as such had to animate from as comfortable a position as was possible, and in later years on subsequent pictures worked on specially lowered miniature set ups, near to the floor out of physical necessity.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHw0h0wBgE0cbwNSowsG7U81hv1hEi5Lea007oIaW79tL4tGWrGsNsXPl32g-XgJccOHj88W6PtiQXcZrMQmIftd44oV8kwguJ6XygSNSLcOnaVOjtWcjyywgHCjVhyphenhyphenWMt7a5vJMySV8/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h38m51s168.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHw0h0wBgE0cbwNSowsG7U81hv1hEi5Lea007oIaW79tL4tGWrGsNsXPl32g-XgJccOHj88W6PtiQXcZrMQmIftd44oV8kwguJ6XygSNSLcOnaVOjtWcjyywgHCjVhyphenhyphenWMt7a5vJMySV8/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h38m51s168.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Interestingly, the film's director, Ernest Schoedsack was virtually sightless by the time production began, have had both retina's detached in a high altitude flying incident. Ernest was unable to direct out of doors in direct sunlight and was severely compromised with his vision otherwise. As an aside, a few years later the first major studio film in 3-Dimension, HOUSE OF WAX, was directed at Warner Bros by Andre deToth - a man with only <i>one eye</i>, thus never able to see the '3-D' himself. But not many people know that.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWHtlNaWlJlmvJzXwYl8dQWqwqM6YzHYFBjN4eLwc3EPCy94WZhLhRjQeCENnA5orFZp2LlB4Hct-fkQYuj0o3-sMcGwIKDakGaG6OalplaEjEeMxMjyt5Vh4bOvTGeOw6H0j7H01QaA/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h42m52s706.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWHtlNaWlJlmvJzXwYl8dQWqwqM6YzHYFBjN4eLwc3EPCy94WZhLhRjQeCENnA5orFZp2LlB4Hct-fkQYuj0o3-sMcGwIKDakGaG6OalplaEjEeMxMjyt5Vh4bOvTGeOw6H0j7H01QaA/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h42m52s706.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte artists Fitch Fulton and Louis Litchtenfield shared the workload for these sequences. There is a major shift of the painted matte during this shot which oddly slipped by.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUAx7kVS7TxMkvcnMD2rR4LRYs8qm3e50yCAQu7hGwdMJ8Onm3CsmvyzpsMv9IQgMTlQim-IeAUada2O01l7a0BVSnxMxGmtd3q0nFtvZ558ayzdcRaA8iaH4JkARcI8i6BTnVaqVIdk/s1501/MJY+O%2527Bie+album9+crop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1501" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUAx7kVS7TxMkvcnMD2rR4LRYs8qm3e50yCAQu7hGwdMJ8Onm3CsmvyzpsMv9IQgMTlQim-IeAUada2O01l7a0BVSnxMxGmtd3q0nFtvZ558ayzdcRaA8iaH4JkARcI8i6BTnVaqVIdk/w640-h246/MJY+O%2527Bie+album9+crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Live action plate photography for later inclusion into complex miniature stop motion scenes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDEMXsjO6z0AjNAafCQuDYICexMDZRdSio7QyDEMzfH7i4fYrUsI-sXQAmvaEnEUjDB5EaR_Mw6sChw8hPEVsbBN-FaxibPLf2WgxnkOwlFgmztlnJHqnMMoN8NoFjRoVKAK7b9AuMXI/s2241/MJY+roping1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="2241" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDEMXsjO6z0AjNAafCQuDYICexMDZRdSio7QyDEMzfH7i4fYrUsI-sXQAmvaEnEUjDB5EaR_Mw6sChw8hPEVsbBN-FaxibPLf2WgxnkOwlFgmztlnJHqnMMoN8NoFjRoVKAK7b9AuMXI/w640-h168/MJY+roping1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frames from the lasso sequence where cowpokes hurl ropes over Joe in anattempt to subdue him.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ubQWf71minS_35FxHYgVjLQKh6dC4o87NT2Sd3_2B_1xcOEMvB4WAZG4lPZLCV8q1d8WHSAPONhCs5AnEv9TJ_v-_YxN5XsOuSFHdx-JHansMCOy1fMRgPgnTeObZwNCXg2SkOGpSRY/s2256/MJY+roping2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="2256" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ubQWf71minS_35FxHYgVjLQKh6dC4o87NT2Sd3_2B_1xcOEMvB4WAZG4lPZLCV8q1d8WHSAPONhCs5AnEv9TJ_v-_YxN5XsOuSFHdx-JHansMCOy1fMRgPgnTeObZwNCXg2SkOGpSRY/w640-h166/MJY+roping2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Initially, Willis had commissioned a studio sculptor to make a clay model horse as a macquette for Delgado to work from but this proved unworkable so Marcel himself ended up designing the armatures and building all of the horses from scratch, with O'Bie being very happy with the final results.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4iYsUNhD-J3_-l11I3hRL-ThvYnZIROaD3qmaQIMGGu2yL8orYduUutjSUAxJ1Krc9PTADlgC9nCyKYY153Bp9L1WbR17vAh8g9o28GTylQNwA80__e5AmA5r2Y9dsC33qlxcB150Mcs/s2238/MJY+knocked+off.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="2238" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4iYsUNhD-J3_-l11I3hRL-ThvYnZIROaD3qmaQIMGGu2yL8orYduUutjSUAxJ1Krc9PTADlgC9nCyKYY153Bp9L1WbR17vAh8g9o28GTylQNwA80__e5AmA5r2Y9dsC33qlxcB150Mcs/w640-h168/MJY+knocked+off.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A neat bit of action with well matched stop motion wacking process horseman to the ground.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjn9o5VLcvamdcB-pwyp5BAgbsJ2DI0-C0jKeubDZz4Lkxmsh1wqHzK_8BF577-AkLw4N1Wzr5ajaqFpvhe8bbMb9rBXn62l2JG_K9w7vzVBAOO_yyC9GOvbH7NCd-6qRt8taKyHMvf0/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h39m04s869.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjn9o5VLcvamdcB-pwyp5BAgbsJ2DI0-C0jKeubDZz4Lkxmsh1wqHzK_8BF577-AkLw4N1Wzr5ajaqFpvhe8bbMb9rBXn62l2JG_K9w7vzVBAOO_yyC9GOvbH7NCd-6qRt8taKyHMvf0/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h39m04s869.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The effects camera operator would take some initial footage into a small darkroom on the stage and develop hand tests of each set up. They would then go back in, process the strip, print up 5x7's and study them closely for matching and line up of elements.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NKnycq6sgfRN63UTMTBSHvJrzBJgpiEdRrtp1Gw_hhZ7jmHesBmRP5Ng3b2dNb6MM_75d_Di5iAeAOf-J1Spho2ShMbdq-a4e6qKl_KDaRcJHyL2tS5XjvF1Lv-drcStAJeaLgviP9E/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h39m44s190.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NKnycq6sgfRN63UTMTBSHvJrzBJgpiEdRrtp1Gw_hhZ7jmHesBmRP5Ng3b2dNb6MM_75d_Di5iAeAOf-J1Spho2ShMbdq-a4e6qKl_KDaRcJHyL2tS5XjvF1Lv-drcStAJeaLgviP9E/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h39m44s190.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"I'm only prepared to be pushed just so far..."</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVkNXPWLBgBmoi5Gune04hN613Z13nMbrbi9bfjsk0WiWBam2K88gLY2rUN7WWNh60IbT892SJ1XytlM_7jPv604esGVxFwOk2t8cqlP_x1xD5dPpmKdzjQjOZqVlq1WlWp0XfNPS3R0/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h40m19s395.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVkNXPWLBgBmoi5Gune04hN613Z13nMbrbi9bfjsk0WiWBam2K88gLY2rUN7WWNh60IbT892SJ1XytlM_7jPv604esGVxFwOk2t8cqlP_x1xD5dPpmKdzjQjOZqVlq1WlWp0XfNPS3R0/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h40m19s395.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Author Paul Mandell wrote an excellent article on MJY for Cinefantastique magazine, and described the sequence as thus: <i>"The horsemen actually roped a bulldozer and several wooden posts, which were obliterated by split screening the action on either side of the frame. When the doctored scenes showed cowboys slinging lariats into a soft matte line, the model of Joe was positioned in front of the split, and animated accordingly".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxoBBkWccrNpHtww2L7TzcbxTuuh-oGSRvnnH1kZ5tzAGytZSpyzPaH7xhdTJumeWomEQ-RB9zKmadPPSUB8Z7lvFb3923jkBxonnn4YXDaDjcKdCkog8L7oFaHBboupW6PsnrWvToQjU/s2235/MJY+roping4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="2235" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxoBBkWccrNpHtww2L7TzcbxTuuh-oGSRvnnH1kZ5tzAGytZSpyzPaH7xhdTJumeWomEQ-RB9zKmadPPSUB8Z7lvFb3923jkBxonnn4YXDaDjcKdCkog8L7oFaHBboupW6PsnrWvToQjU/w640-h168/MJY+roping4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Whereas on KONG O'Bie had worked efficiently with a small, tight effects crew of around six key technicians, the new union rules dictated a vast crew of 25, highly unionised staffers and things did occasionally get out of hand as a result. The story goes that when someone felt like quitting work early and going home, an arm or leg on one of Marcel's puppets would be mysteriously 'broken', which would bring filming to a halt that day while Delgado went about repairing or replacing the model.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNkWa0EwS4Kl2ogeKYmATMj2Tf9frYVhxzsfzZzuBzNYv9Et_gV6H3DYmOBMFP1ktGq9TL3uzTs_3nxv3HTAsFMDtI21F5B-beidxTLShvkJd9bxOV7DPOck-OZQIuX6Nf-XslYg-KyY/s1524/MJY+2nd+roping2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="1524" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNkWa0EwS4Kl2ogeKYmATMj2Tf9frYVhxzsfzZzuBzNYv9Et_gV6H3DYmOBMFP1ktGq9TL3uzTs_3nxv3HTAsFMDtI21F5B-beidxTLShvkJd9bxOV7DPOck-OZQIuX6Nf-XslYg-KyY/w640-h482/MJY+2nd+roping2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frames from the wonderful lasso sequence. The ropes were tiny wires that Harryhausen would carefully match by eye to the background action seen in the rear projected process plate. This work proved extremely taxing for Ray, having to match and align the frames one at a time through the rack-over of the Mitchell animation camera.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoTgGjrLC6hvMwAb6K-Vaikir8-YcDWj3yN8rVHghLVYkrFs4aVQvUD3oMwT1ptZjRvklpEDUqUQtDRSxsz2WjgcxJVf3kpnfcjDTM52uMChfT1I8sciCcNOa-Jr473_nzfGMx2MKdjo/s1286/MJY+O%2527Bie+sketch+roping.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1286" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoTgGjrLC6hvMwAb6K-Vaikir8-YcDWj3yN8rVHghLVYkrFs4aVQvUD3oMwT1ptZjRvklpEDUqUQtDRSxsz2WjgcxJVf3kpnfcjDTM52uMChfT1I8sciCcNOa-Jr473_nzfGMx2MKdjo/w640-h432/MJY+O%2527Bie+sketch+roping.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very accomplished artist in his own right, O'Bie rendered scores of watercolour sketches for confirmed scenes and unused proposals, not only for MJY, but for a great many varied prospective projects that would never, sadly, see the light of day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WoZfP6ZEKecflxsAlmKTgAal-ATFCcVKOmWI-gVEr3ZSeDi4jUb71GF8C0YhK9w_MQq1FsfCX71ikzDOpwFW-Ysr35Gw_b5qbs4bf1ot5VC7DKAwupeAqxceWX0Phaw3K89tboXUpxI/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h41m16s301.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WoZfP6ZEKecflxsAlmKTgAal-ATFCcVKOmWI-gVEr3ZSeDi4jUb71GF8C0YhK9w_MQq1FsfCX71ikzDOpwFW-Ysr35Gw_b5qbs4bf1ot5VC7DKAwupeAqxceWX0Phaw3K89tboXUpxI/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h41m16s301.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The heavily unionised shoot proved difficult for Harryhausen, with such simple matters as shifting a light or camera being officially 'off limits' and only to be carried out by an official union member of that specific local who would be pointlessly put on the payroll. Later, Ray made sure to operate non-union as best he could on all of his later pictures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrcYAGAZCIiypk1V1ZKACpbePQkctv-N0QMzWtSv2Trr8i5qzpraQ-RQtBn7EKkB7QQzwZBDAndiv8rmgxmk7pNCmkq4YRbgeykM0a3p6vmU4tT_96n14fu3r6g6QnnjPcE5WRPX0Vu0/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h42m05s556.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrcYAGAZCIiypk1V1ZKACpbePQkctv-N0QMzWtSv2Trr8i5qzpraQ-RQtBn7EKkB7QQzwZBDAndiv8rmgxmk7pNCmkq4YRbgeykM0a3p6vmU4tT_96n14fu3r6g6QnnjPcE5WRPX0Vu0/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h42m05s556.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24vlewB-Kf-welEMQ7bOIzbbe81nu8AVD-xxgxdMLImlywJMpWI_XNF4L51ZVcjXJCQkFNh9WUL-RBW-Ack6noUIGBC7YRN95OtVJ5b5jrpZizA_LuXgP85JIsb__OpWEsDYbIGvtieM/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h40m47s878.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24vlewB-Kf-welEMQ7bOIzbbe81nu8AVD-xxgxdMLImlywJMpWI_XNF4L51ZVcjXJCQkFNh9WUL-RBW-Ack6noUIGBC7YRN95OtVJ5b5jrpZizA_LuXgP85JIsb__OpWEsDYbIGvtieM/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h40m47s878.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">All involved in the hands on animation spoke very highly of the superb engineering skills of machinist Harry Cunningham. Harry milled and constructed some six Joe armatures of varying scales, with the smallest being just four inches tall. Each one had precise simian skeletal joints built out of dural, with exact ball and socket or hinge joints where applicable which aided Harryhausen's animation to such a realistic level, based upon observations of actual gorilla's in captivity. Soft wire sections were inserted for lip and eyebrow movement, and a thick rotational allen screw under the chin made for exacting jaw movements. Marcel Delgado and his brother Victor would then set about the task of building up the model, layer by layer using foam rubber muscles and wads of cotton wool over the skeletal armatures. Then the Delgado's would apply the carefully prepared George Lofren fur hides and stitch these in position invisibly, The same technique was used for the model lions and horses with excellent results.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9xIBZntoCDW2TvLeKVnDtVTubnW7Nw-3EUF5e1VaheIX3PyrPSwhO0kHGGm_5pW6sauJw1SBokIQZcmoailEdMQHhKjrjJEgAfmzsb5TaquiCiwLMMtLvJ8UE97xWVdUJtmNkyw2VwA/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h46m29s386.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9xIBZntoCDW2TvLeKVnDtVTubnW7Nw-3EUF5e1VaheIX3PyrPSwhO0kHGGm_5pW6sauJw1SBokIQZcmoailEdMQHhKjrjJEgAfmzsb5TaquiCiwLMMtLvJ8UE97xWVdUJtmNkyw2VwA/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h46m29s386.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Cunningham armatures were so good that Marcel Delgado remarked: <i>"They were like a Swiss watch. You just moved it and it went wherever you wanted it to go."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMj20ii4hj-It-9DR5gT3KBJleJW0C3lJTQTtpfIAc-E0pTdPoRrQk9U41IGWGkqLFD5C5pUIhArmRmENQiMZvX4YdV0qgxGG6bI7E5iXK1LSOTaMZmW-Yo44S1pFRYXFxRtRo2X4BXc/s2268/MJY+cowboy+pulled+off.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2268" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMj20ii4hj-It-9DR5gT3KBJleJW0C3lJTQTtpfIAc-E0pTdPoRrQk9U41IGWGkqLFD5C5pUIhArmRmENQiMZvX4YdV0qgxGG6bI7E5iXK1LSOTaMZmW-Yo44S1pFRYXFxRtRo2X4BXc/w640-h324/MJY+cowboy+pulled+off.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film was shot at Pathe Studios, with the cavernous hanger-like Stage One, which had used by Cecil B. DeMille for KING OF KINGS back in 1926, repurposed as a complete special effects stage, with all matte painting, model making, process and animation in individual cubicles, partitioned off with heavy black velvet drapes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheckwlpQNEwhgRlddCBMFGkQep4GXsiU_uRJSNblqJ7-7Mgsmg_QSlW6Kqd2yQawB4gcgzy_Wj86FFg2WA91y8_as5zKZHQIfr5DClJkMcmKZLNHpM3UWR0tRfNQcxetFLV-k4ncLUJmY/s2229/MJY+roping5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="2229" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheckwlpQNEwhgRlddCBMFGkQep4GXsiU_uRJSNblqJ7-7Mgsmg_QSlW6Kqd2yQawB4gcgzy_Wj86FFg2WA91y8_as5zKZHQIfr5DClJkMcmKZLNHpM3UWR0tRfNQcxetFLV-k4ncLUJmY/w640-h166/MJY+roping5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another nice horse fall fx gag</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xxeqOQoXfN29VIaEUZSeb8twMpbFFx8HRInpZD0vGSY8FEICaImpmwtgXYILrFcCkh0sv7m2OV8d-UKePsGiaZ9lwJ_dgBFm7LvX02ZchLBMgaOsYR11xLZswvfxAsVFxgHmeq4PY3A/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h51m30s349.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xxeqOQoXfN29VIaEUZSeb8twMpbFFx8HRInpZD0vGSY8FEICaImpmwtgXYILrFcCkh0sv7m2OV8d-UKePsGiaZ9lwJ_dgBFm7LvX02ZchLBMgaOsYR11xLZswvfxAsVFxgHmeq4PY3A/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h51m30s349.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An interesting rapid cut of Robert Armstrong <i>(so good in KONG but quite hammy in MJY) </i>galloping up in what appears to be either a rear projection with glass painted foreground foliage or miniature trees?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKzISyhnfe5PUJ4a7dr2dFz7NzTooeHQda30pKG8muF8wIgvoTijildG3qCEvT1V6bnmNlQc_6jpQrI-5_dtlniZCoTCdB-NRtNi5fs-TFb0Jhyphenhyphenmwwb1JbGmZ2vgT_QDuWq4FcSPBIi8/s1437/JOE+with+cowboy+and+horse.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1437" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKzISyhnfe5PUJ4a7dr2dFz7NzTooeHQda30pKG8muF8wIgvoTijildG3qCEvT1V6bnmNlQc_6jpQrI-5_dtlniZCoTCdB-NRtNi5fs-TFb0Jhyphenhyphenmwwb1JbGmZ2vgT_QDuWq4FcSPBIi8/w640-h400/JOE+with+cowboy+and+horse.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Of note, this entire roping sequence was once again put on celluloid two decades later by Ray for his VALLEY OF GWANGI, though not with a monkey on that occasion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9vFMbrAiZZXLylyYo4dKeSDssVnuz40hSx4e-ouETfyOaNP0gVTz5MXb21ekj7B4h3pzmfq1_M8DphrT8SeTUt5Ojz0N17Y6nayczzb7UbdfH8cYZ06Wnj7poAzRd7AZahH6BRe2a2w/s2253/MJY+roping3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="2253" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9vFMbrAiZZXLylyYo4dKeSDssVnuz40hSx4e-ouETfyOaNP0gVTz5MXb21ekj7B4h3pzmfq1_M8DphrT8SeTUt5Ojz0N17Y6nayczzb7UbdfH8cYZ06Wnj7poAzRd7AZahH6BRe2a2w/w640-h164/MJY+roping3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"Enough of this shit.... you're just starting to really piss me off!"</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyRuA4CASLcIkHsWnreJgERXRZwKODCTB7M9E1AKgK0Awe7Y_P-ZemwXv4BbiGN05PXmeEaXBeqha_m5pwRl10WRusPUIHBB2LbpsZpg1rcPIX-6XDCgspn8jhqxfULHpeRvZ6wZ40N4/s1308/MJY+matte+art+%2526+cowboy+set+up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="1308" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyRuA4CASLcIkHsWnreJgERXRZwKODCTB7M9E1AKgK0Awe7Y_P-ZemwXv4BbiGN05PXmeEaXBeqha_m5pwRl10WRusPUIHBB2LbpsZpg1rcPIX-6XDCgspn8jhqxfULHpeRvZ6wZ40N4/w640-h288/MJY+matte+art+%2526+cowboy+set+up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">At left is Peter Stich, the fx unit painter who worked on the final paint schemes of the miniatures, shown here with one of Marcel Delgado's superb miniature horse and rider puppet combo's, as O'Bie looks on in obvious appreciation. Note the matte painting behind them.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrHxNiZ-OKFR1THpRFaVQN5OJRTG0CA5hq7IYkEIITc1TdFy52Bs-u4PeMjrVeQCKTY2ndVJ39bD-ao5W1WgJWIHIaE0PepOdq3Xr2c3n_dqeI81V1HX0PLVf7BYanaKHciz9SsG_Q-E/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h47m26s158.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrHxNiZ-OKFR1THpRFaVQN5OJRTG0CA5hq7IYkEIITc1TdFy52Bs-u4PeMjrVeQCKTY2ndVJ39bD-ao5W1WgJWIHIaE0PepOdq3Xr2c3n_dqeI81V1HX0PLVf7BYanaKHciz9SsG_Q-E/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h47m26s158.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">O'Bie had never heard of Harryhausen until the young fan, and devoted KONG addict, cold called him one day around 1940, while O'Bie was working at MGM on what would be his unrealised dream project WAR EAGLES<i> (now <u>that's</u> a film I'd have loved to have seen using traditional methods) </i>and managed to show O'Bie some of his own hand crafted models and 16mm short films. O'Bie just felt he was being kind to an enthusiastic young fan but was very impressed with the obvious talent on display. O'Bie's wife, Darlyne was, by all accounts, VERY impressed, and told O'Bie how talented this Ray fellow was. Their paths crossed a few times, with Ray working on some George Pal Puppetoon short subjects in Hollywood, so when MJY finally got the green light, O'Bie knew the man he'd like to hire as his chief assistant. The rest, as they say, is history.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0VA5csbwxm6iZQO-jefwHblSBY5KUFFj9jX2pO6NO1V3m6J3W2xYHBcis9ki9rfY5-tALY57pOvc4twNqv7ej1eUWVCJilAWuhkhVHAULQcsBrRyRlTJqRYt3UpABXmz768v4VsO-20/s1490/MJY+horse+fall.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1490" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0VA5csbwxm6iZQO-jefwHblSBY5KUFFj9jX2pO6NO1V3m6J3W2xYHBcis9ki9rfY5-tALY57pOvc4twNqv7ej1eUWVCJilAWuhkhVHAULQcsBrRyRlTJqRYt3UpABXmz768v4VsO-20/w640-h484/MJY+horse+fall.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Constant manipulation of the puppets created its own problems, with wear and tear from much handling resulting in repairs that would often be quite substantial, where the model might need stripping back and relayering of foam latex.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Bh8ul-0QX2vgV7ZmuEA6tsp0ST66WQbwSn8neALuX2rIZvWVaT-43yGpkpHm56mrT39Nv9vfnEf0fnz0G8dcdewJ9n3YLC-nW1reL7Uch16Vfl0p64iOnssfwzG6xp-_rwU0QyiMjCc/s1490/MJY+lift+cowboy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1490" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Bh8ul-0QX2vgV7ZmuEA6tsp0ST66WQbwSn8neALuX2rIZvWVaT-43yGpkpHm56mrT39Nv9vfnEf0fnz0G8dcdewJ9n3YLC-nW1reL7Uch16Vfl0p64iOnssfwzG6xp-_rwU0QyiMjCc/w640-h486/MJY+lift+cowboy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A particularly groovy bit of business with very nicely realised animation of the struggling cowboy.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAX4XzKgAWcnFxk5UAZi69oET2i8rPmrG64ey1kJ_xiOiPJwKgVgR1emhxYzY7ar4pdf5sUFSEmTayy4y8l_Xgel2arD4-Pc-KyiF60JHtH64ZIBNXPF9ZVVy9aAIzTqtqU-H00sI-l_Y/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h44m38s660.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAX4XzKgAWcnFxk5UAZi69oET2i8rPmrG64ey1kJ_xiOiPJwKgVgR1emhxYzY7ar4pdf5sUFSEmTayy4y8l_Xgel2arD4-Pc-KyiF60JHtH64ZIBNXPF9ZVVy9aAIzTqtqU-H00sI-l_Y/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h44m38s660.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Reportedly, Merian Cooper had a lifelong fascination with jungles, which probably explains why so many of his films were set there.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieLMjsaOhS_Gx7bxIqeScqa3WKXjVbE1zOfQxjztk-7lKLvrVxY1ujcT2w44IDWF-aiQ7Db3c4kWQG7StfT7HpAcYEw9CSD4rONU-XCP-JiAnBz8SSAhPt99dvN_IEq5oNYlPbYIM1tok/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h45m08s317.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieLMjsaOhS_Gx7bxIqeScqa3WKXjVbE1zOfQxjztk-7lKLvrVxY1ujcT2w44IDWF-aiQ7Db3c4kWQG7StfT7HpAcYEw9CSD4rONU-XCP-JiAnBz8SSAhPt99dvN_IEq5oNYlPbYIM1tok/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h45m08s317.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More attempts to lasso the giant ape, all well orchestrated.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBUQDKvS3wulf5F9nucqoKwLwv1mcBa6EQ0X5LB0RI8LzzRerBiycYrqVOpKT0V-VQ-COEgR7nGgSfCyOwr3WPMQZp9SdsVG4DlzJDhLPogaTESuvM7_vc2HuE_W_Kw72-txVXt4sxBc/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h45m16s782.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBUQDKvS3wulf5F9nucqoKwLwv1mcBa6EQ0X5LB0RI8LzzRerBiycYrqVOpKT0V-VQ-COEgR7nGgSfCyOwr3WPMQZp9SdsVG4DlzJDhLPogaTESuvM7_vc2HuE_W_Kw72-txVXt4sxBc/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h45m16s782.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Note the skillfull blend between the miniature wire 'rope' and the real rope held by the actor.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3swQUbUq6wKzZ2CrnxTsi5CVs8osIDhdqykbeB5BdyPLKXIi61VMoAD4xroy3e0XXX7Ua_H9Y9Rrkd71v4HaG_8AsekAdcjiFXnk2zYLSMO6J2RPsQ2VEQQmlu65ejrkGZQAiDjLE08/s1506/MJY+2nd+roping.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1506" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3swQUbUq6wKzZ2CrnxTsi5CVs8osIDhdqykbeB5BdyPLKXIi61VMoAD4xroy3e0XXX7Ua_H9Y9Rrkd71v4HaG_8AsekAdcjiFXnk2zYLSMO6J2RPsQ2VEQQmlu65ejrkGZQAiDjLE08/w640-h484/MJY+2nd+roping.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the most part, the miniature rear projection shots work very well, with some unavoidable 'hot spot' from the source projector in certain shots. Harold Stine was effects cameraman for all of the process shots, and was the brother of Clifford Stine, a noted effects cameraman who was one of O'Bies crew on KONG and did amazing work many years later on EARTHQUAKE (1974).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhAT2Q5-WHUQDjwHfUzfiAtznQCpVoKBm6EBenm9rzmvtHBAmFbm3666A2QYNHHCuNKBBTObOMWTxgZMBo9Y9Jf14MdpxBu-OuXxbPwkt3ATKcqxQL25a_SjJmgq5PlyGKxh2rnXpWXM/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h46m53s304.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhAT2Q5-WHUQDjwHfUzfiAtznQCpVoKBm6EBenm9rzmvtHBAmFbm3666A2QYNHHCuNKBBTObOMWTxgZMBo9Y9Jf14MdpxBu-OuXxbPwkt3ATKcqxQL25a_SjJmgq5PlyGKxh2rnXpWXM/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h46m53s304.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Visual effects cinematographer, Bert Willis was interviewed by author Paul Mandell: <i>"O'Bie was a fine artist, and an even better cartoonist. We had gobo's on the lights and he'd doodle all over them with chalk. Frankly, O'Bie got me into trouble on several occasions. We'd be shooting, and he'd be, you know, getting juiced up across the street somewhere [in his little 'oasis', the Coral Island Bar]. I caught heat from Cooper and studio boss Walter Daniels more times than I care to remember, But I loved the man. I think I was closer to O'Brien than any other employee."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyV8xQvTHSJf17KC4XpKll-7CStY5QHCWvqj3YFJxpD2MHouFfajpn58ieWZnp3YxI01epM3KqUQn80uqGqTzkF-SpONpmRD68bS8cryjH2Kl6oiz8McnsiykOdseCagJOUl13HB5DBk/s2244/MJY+animation2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="2244" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyV8xQvTHSJf17KC4XpKll-7CStY5QHCWvqj3YFJxpD2MHouFfajpn58ieWZnp3YxI01epM3KqUQn80uqGqTzkF-SpONpmRD68bS8cryjH2Kl6oiz8McnsiykOdseCagJOUl13HB5DBk/w640-h166/MJY+animation2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Assorted plot devices in the original treatments were dropped along the way, such as having Joe's transport plane crash during a thunderstorm on a desert island and saving the crew from marauding lions; a pointless courtroom sub plot and a tug of war with an Indian elephant.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImEfvBwFTqkJCwL18B7fR4z9MHtwZcRjBWKsYhsrJ-K88j9XSE3GOkxk5Tx-TlDJazOq8VLoIxwnXziT5yrjVJzmCwgKyDnxw8egNY8U4FU1ngdQmc2W0GXS2pnlatNYWM1H-XAMSGe0/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h48m05s021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImEfvBwFTqkJCwL18B7fR4z9MHtwZcRjBWKsYhsrJ-K88j9XSE3GOkxk5Tx-TlDJazOq8VLoIxwnXziT5yrjVJzmCwgKyDnxw8egNY8U4FU1ngdQmc2W0GXS2pnlatNYWM1H-XAMSGe0/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h48m05s021.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mostly glass painted.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrRmGYMiWKm2tfVIfIzNoikcj_d6HGUXb4r_VlpA8r35XGaDr8YTR4BB2ryNiuMA1ZD5Cl4IgcVc9aSuMTyTgbZ5RtOFtRYaqKjU03KAGo9rtBuqbvO59Z9d0CivDXIjws_74m9UHWjQ/s808/mightyjoeyoung2323-detail+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="808" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrRmGYMiWKm2tfVIfIzNoikcj_d6HGUXb4r_VlpA8r35XGaDr8YTR4BB2ryNiuMA1ZD5Cl4IgcVc9aSuMTyTgbZ5RtOFtRYaqKjU03KAGo9rtBuqbvO59Z9d0CivDXIjws_74m9UHWjQ/w640-h358/mightyjoeyoung2323-detail+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up frame enlargement from the above glass painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1B2cWwBR8usd5YInfiyhO34IuIkA8Anl95Cr1_tWPmYIlqQYXjbG0v2dJaaa-4ZDSCkHO2YfiXPlUvMcy8EEbuG2p0fpGQjH6MoRJx88INWo5OgnC_r4dVEI0S_Ou8EoLeHymq8ckVk/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h50m27s718.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1B2cWwBR8usd5YInfiyhO34IuIkA8Anl95Cr1_tWPmYIlqQYXjbG0v2dJaaa-4ZDSCkHO2YfiXPlUvMcy8EEbuG2p0fpGQjH6MoRJx88INWo5OgnC_r4dVEI0S_Ou8EoLeHymq8ckVk/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h50m27s718.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In addition to building all of the model armatures, Harry Cunningham also built the special process projectors for scenes such as this. Four were built at a cost of $4000 each, plus an additional $300 for a set of four air condensers and $800 for four lenses. I recall that either Jim Danforth or Mark Sullivan later owned one of those original MJY projectors.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTx4zPR2chxkqUKrB_JIivm71LQCC2mlwChlLHuxSbzBXmBuStJCYXrOah1a1owsrvw7UVkeA1ykr9maJM_JFkgTEsOCT_61FmJmd0mgVaqae8FE7FMhGUPfIf4McdDICMSW_aFDC_0LI/s1500/MJY+RP+shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1500" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTx4zPR2chxkqUKrB_JIivm71LQCC2mlwChlLHuxSbzBXmBuStJCYXrOah1a1owsrvw7UVkeA1ykr9maJM_JFkgTEsOCT_61FmJmd0mgVaqae8FE7FMhGUPfIf4McdDICMSW_aFDC_0LI/w640-h244/MJY+RP+shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In the official 1949 FX cost breakdown it cost $4000 for material and labour to make 6 gorillas, 2 horses, 4 men, 4 lions <i>(and a partridge in a pear tree?)</i> in miniature as well as plaster casts of one of each and a full size mechanical gorilla arm and hand. That's an offer you can't refuse.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKBLyaPwMrtQ0NdIm5PyTcRSpE4J03GIK4PZDW3cwm8WWMN8tSNj3Jxp8wUMZLO0E2xxQUunYojqZtnTBAFs4I1m7qIhocRDX_GftEQRka_dSnuGTDhBhA2Q2NQh4S-JwEkZmNDz8tAM/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h48m40s878.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKBLyaPwMrtQ0NdIm5PyTcRSpE4J03GIK4PZDW3cwm8WWMN8tSNj3Jxp8wUMZLO0E2xxQUunYojqZtnTBAFs4I1m7qIhocRDX_GftEQRka_dSnuGTDhBhA2Q2NQh4S-JwEkZmNDz8tAM/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h48m40s878.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Whereas the earlier KONG pictures had both heavily utilised the <i>Dunning</i> and also the <i>Williams</i> travelling matte processes for composite photography, O'Bie made the early decision to combine shots in a less complicated - and optically degraded - fashion as possible by almost exclusively relying on process projection on both the small scale miniature set ups as well as the full size live action requirements, which in general, worked surprisingly well, and occasionally with stunning results. The same would not be the case had they shot in colour as first tested, with colour process shots being notoriously poor in quality at the time and for some time after. The only travelling mattes in the picture are a couple of shots later in the show with hand drawn rotoscope effects.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT40sU9512SO1_RZwcdFgmVtsww4UsgozY_9cooZhm4tsyx7ETHktd4sGhXsjMJaEri2gRta6HORd11lzCLcO51RZZAw1biWpGfa_ec4TaB4AW3xGUIT8OhYlM2f0oy2iwylyaMU_WSi8/s1503/MJY+horse+fall3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1503" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT40sU9512SO1_RZwcdFgmVtsww4UsgozY_9cooZhm4tsyx7ETHktd4sGhXsjMJaEri2gRta6HORd11lzCLcO51RZZAw1biWpGfa_ec4TaB4AW3xGUIT8OhYlM2f0oy2iwylyaMU_WSi8/w640-h482/MJY+horse+fall3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Everyone agreed that Marcel Delgado was indispensible. Marcel's brother, Victor - another original KONG alumni - was assigned to the miniatures shop as prop maker and test animator. O'Bie preferred to work with tried and true technicians he knew from earlier collaborations.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4VHKBaGEAn86uB7zpaUsvSaWR9vS_1ki0bq0CvWR-sfMg0dlkaWHiX04RqPxzDuK2g869T3XP7LPwfeT9IMlIwNNru6oK93sDrv9_DBdGasIG38F_ug-x2yHpeBa1CyQ0Mc9CJu5D4w/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h42m31s088.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4VHKBaGEAn86uB7zpaUsvSaWR9vS_1ki0bq0CvWR-sfMg0dlkaWHiX04RqPxzDuK2g869T3XP7LPwfeT9IMlIwNNru6oK93sDrv9_DBdGasIG38F_ug-x2yHpeBa1CyQ0Mc9CJu5D4w/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h42m31s088.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">O'Bie was insistant to avoid costly and time consuming - and ultimately unneccessary - optical printer composites, as he felt, quite rightly that better and quicker results could be achieved in camera, despite Linwood Dunn's arguements to the opposite.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuB1m7dV17NGUjDtpZz_Am6DUlv-yxvWrPMej_PJtm6qvlVnErSB-4XcEUQfHzEILtXdsV1rVx6GL83aCRNIvFTqC9IIWZ8yGMaWZ5TG6hg4DtFjeRooUR0ibE1TQzal5mk2_rHkWFH_8/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h51m50s165.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuB1m7dV17NGUjDtpZz_Am6DUlv-yxvWrPMej_PJtm6qvlVnErSB-4XcEUQfHzEILtXdsV1rVx6GL83aCRNIvFTqC9IIWZ8yGMaWZ5TG6hg4DtFjeRooUR0ibE1TQzal5mk2_rHkWFH_8/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h51m50s165.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDVQzNYStfZBRc9zxVfhHd1BYct_kHIhjkvWxUHCGKtgb-w2J3TOyctSgXeRr03vguRWP5hezxsIhOvm1EqwA7Fxzc8O1QwYyvK_0ZfvJ5I6bixjHMo0LOm9XnXZQ3xrBj0-2XZMYGmw/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h52m04s209.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDVQzNYStfZBRc9zxVfhHd1BYct_kHIhjkvWxUHCGKtgb-w2J3TOyctSgXeRr03vguRWP5hezxsIhOvm1EqwA7Fxzc8O1QwYyvK_0ZfvJ5I6bixjHMo0LOm9XnXZQ3xrBj0-2XZMYGmw/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h52m04s209.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film had a 47 strong special effects unit, with many of those being KING KONG and SON OF KONG veterans.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPkrq0Bl1a_y1fQVkzfR13tXe5kQHyuiQW8pCjNd5t4vgSWL_Ksqabr5f4bhva96T2VqLTfC8dLDNPoJ6RqzJZhk8cK2mAblONv8mNofvEvns2RBqDqQoCd_-ABqyipVwqthmA2NvRas/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h52m26s186.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPkrq0Bl1a_y1fQVkzfR13tXe5kQHyuiQW8pCjNd5t4vgSWL_Ksqabr5f4bhva96T2VqLTfC8dLDNPoJ6RqzJZhk8cK2mAblONv8mNofvEvns2RBqDqQoCd_-ABqyipVwqthmA2NvRas/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h52m26s186.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In real life, Willis O'Brien had suffered a great deal, with his first wife, Hazel murdering his two teenaged sons in cold blood while he was filming SON OF KONG, then, as fate would have it, surviving <i>her own</i> suicide attempt.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOahyphenhyphenMIiwsxx5SBR6SBl9pxWUdMJZJ9txORwtmZSBnVFRaR-WI7FkWzGTuQjXv8Y-dUioPJnDWPWSFxnizp6J7aq5JSLJB_NZVWORSM_ffxL7tXJwoLPft7OP2oqPjM66lyeuHK92J0M/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h52m50s851.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOahyphenhyphenMIiwsxx5SBR6SBl9pxWUdMJZJ9txORwtmZSBnVFRaR-WI7FkWzGTuQjXv8Y-dUioPJnDWPWSFxnizp6J7aq5JSLJB_NZVWORSM_ffxL7tXJwoLPft7OP2oqPjM66lyeuHK92J0M/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h52m50s851.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now this one's a great little matte shot that most people don't notice. A rider projected into a fully painted jungle setting, with Joe about to lash out and grab the guy. Fitch Fulton was already an old school veteran in the matte field, having started as far back as the old William Fox days on films such as the wonderful THE BIG TRAIL (1930) where John Wayne got his first lead. Fulton - the father of John - painted for years at what became 20th Century Fox, as well as RKO on shows like CITIZEN KANE and SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (both 1940). Fitch also painted beautiful Technicolor shots as Jack Cosgrove's chief artist on GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) and did striking jungle mattes, also in full blown Technicolor for Korda's JUNGLE BOOK (1942).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg144MzQ2yZx6pt0joBMPvKuQes4HFFxhIEvNDuyIid3kCTCkObrIOeTXGDOfB_vcI9lx6Dg5Zt2HXSuOcfexiAl0IwTVSuAtAX-y5LGPQyCrmlKaVAKKZGAYMf2yIazeb7GoLB3uNx_FU/s2226/MJY+yanked+off+horse1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="2226" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg144MzQ2yZx6pt0joBMPvKuQes4HFFxhIEvNDuyIid3kCTCkObrIOeTXGDOfB_vcI9lx6Dg5Zt2HXSuOcfexiAl0IwTVSuAtAX-y5LGPQyCrmlKaVAKKZGAYMf2yIazeb7GoLB3uNx_FU/w640-h326/MJY+yanked+off+horse1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This sequence where Robert Armstrong is pulled up off his horse by Joe was a very complicated affair, with photographic challenges that weren't able to be corrected.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVnDeYMS0Yk2xARxdcW5MYsTgqZkJgJScLrmaQJBSUHfGEO0WLSUbVTY59F_esv8mnOBoU6VTuzNe4QL99Y-usYKQmNBp3xhtJx81T4W40FRAhA5ZmIgK-nLtDiD3491Catacm3Dk6ho/s1280/MJY+yanking+off+horse2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVnDeYMS0Yk2xARxdcW5MYsTgqZkJgJScLrmaQJBSUHfGEO0WLSUbVTY59F_esv8mnOBoU6VTuzNe4QL99Y-usYKQmNBp3xhtJx81T4W40FRAhA5ZmIgK-nLtDiD3491Catacm3Dk6ho/w640-h472/MJY+yanking+off+horse2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A stuntman rigged in a body harness hanging from a crane on the Pathe backlot in front of a partial mock up of fake rockwall, was filmed swinging wildly back and forth. Many months later that footage was rear projected frame by frame into the glass painted scene on the animation stage as Harryhausen carefully matched the plate with his Joe animated gestures. A problem arose when the live action plate stuntman 'swung' to high and wide and thus vanished behind the glass painting for some 40 frames. After some deliberation with O'Bie it was decided the best course of action was to make photographic cutouts of the man to cover for the 'missing' 40 frames of movement. The cutout was delicately prepared and hand retouched with paint for definition, from which point Ray continued and completed the shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVTH5u9w7YXm49V77rSfoIpy7-0EAr-1iwwRYhr6GPdakg4qdRGg7ZKPfPpTLia6p1pO8UYwHOSXFsxF_7Y674kTI2saxtFRWFKf7xnkeMCNIN8ckeasHjN06yCzv5Xf0987Mf2ztcdA/s1280/MJY+yanked+off+horse3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVTH5u9w7YXm49V77rSfoIpy7-0EAr-1iwwRYhr6GPdakg4qdRGg7ZKPfPpTLia6p1pO8UYwHOSXFsxF_7Y674kTI2saxtFRWFKf7xnkeMCNIN8ckeasHjN06yCzv5Xf0987Mf2ztcdA/w640-h472/MJY+yanked+off+horse3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Miniature man and ape.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFb9XCBa2Mz-HrzmLqcU0LEvR76r20JIJWgoLTloyDU569tC8i1zE9iemCELfKOl145BK6QzOQGb2T_J_hFODbaAnjT3kj6lTs9sPNM9eT7ZP18wd0bWgR82NhSeTd2Nfmfod8SehY98/s1280/MJY+yanked+off+horse4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFb9XCBa2Mz-HrzmLqcU0LEvR76r20JIJWgoLTloyDU569tC8i1zE9iemCELfKOl145BK6QzOQGb2T_J_hFODbaAnjT3kj6lTs9sPNM9eT7ZP18wd0bWgR82NhSeTd2Nfmfod8SehY98/w640-h472/MJY+yanked+off+horse4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte artist Lou Litchtenfield told author Paul Mandell: <i>"The glass painting for the rock set was just awful! We had just finished one glass. This one in particular was a frontal piece, and a lot of work. We didn't want to touch it until the paint was dry, so we left a note on it for the janitor who came in the next morning to clean the glass. Which meant 'Clean off the opening.' He wiped the whole damned thing off, and we had to start again from scratch!"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKGzqsrcuDclNCNNo9SFRb7r9cCKWxWZ7oykeulvqSkot2bKk8KQAyjmvurye4tWQXZ7OuWe9V5ThjpV-TAh53NG6tgQ59MVwICNlM0RJzEN1NcS9HW958tXBVR3kDm0rSUhGW2pNHzA/s2256/MJY+yanked+off+horse5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="2256" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKGzqsrcuDclNCNNo9SFRb7r9cCKWxWZ7oykeulvqSkot2bKk8KQAyjmvurye4tWQXZ7OuWe9V5ThjpV-TAh53NG6tgQ59MVwICNlM0RJzEN1NcS9HW958tXBVR3kDm0rSUhGW2pNHzA/w640-h166/MJY+yanked+off+horse5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9KsejRoXR73O3gaUSHiYUEptKbesrPwOQ7GGgVYij45i1kDYmjY7cGHfT5AdFfXgzxQcHsiUP5TfQUSJGH6RPkXMmR6F595pGflCSFl4u_B6ZcHoXk1Cu3bEVsSUNrf0opYovC40sO0/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h55m27s010.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9KsejRoXR73O3gaUSHiYUEptKbesrPwOQ7GGgVYij45i1kDYmjY7cGHfT5AdFfXgzxQcHsiUP5TfQUSJGH6RPkXMmR6F595pGflCSFl4u_B6ZcHoXk1Cu3bEVsSUNrf0opYovC40sO0/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h55m27s010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As Joe dropped Armstrong to the ground the stunt harness device was visible dangling below the matte line like a vine. Ray remarked: <i>"We never attempted to correct that. It seemed like a minor thing at the time. Audiences were less critical in those days and we didn't think they'd notice. We had to move on".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOyd8QVd5vDZCW27ebuwPfqFShbqrqrhjQH-IO44YDd-GNsUKdJ-flRY9WG5fIpvsLBcYCD9ZVP6uBrzImol-3TPMbOK_fpLryJHjAG12gxK2gLfnaZiR63WVuK4PhZGXySeNX0_Rdwt0/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h57m30s680.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOyd8QVd5vDZCW27ebuwPfqFShbqrqrhjQH-IO44YDd-GNsUKdJ-flRY9WG5fIpvsLBcYCD9ZVP6uBrzImol-3TPMbOK_fpLryJHjAG12gxK2gLfnaZiR63WVuK4PhZGXySeNX0_Rdwt0/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h57m30s680.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Willis O'Brien was a man brimming over with ideas and imagination, with literally dozens of unrealised scenarios, film projects and potential colaborations, though very few ever got picked up by Hollywood producers or money men. To make ends meet between scarce assignments of his choosing, O'Bie would dabble in matte painting for a few studios on shows like THE MIRACLE OF THE BELLS and GOING MY WAY - mainly during the notorious motion picture strike of the mid 1940's when picket lines turned <u>really</u> nasty. Other jobs for hire included a few consultant credits on films far beneath his status and talent, often merely to have his celebrated name associated with an otherwise worthless picture, such as THE GIANT BEHEMOTH and the dreadful Irwin Allen remake of THE LOST WORLD where I don't believe he actually had any input at all aside from Fox using his name as a promotional gimmick.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuHOd2Ke7yPR932MRi6R5mc_9RbVt2jV2UyfYvlDtsnXykHwN83dmptu3Vub3yk54ddptA5MKwn4JLJKaUd6dsboazV7ahiB82MhKmhjrPz1o3sk41rgvX9f9ktB-YXQlnQYHnC77NhY/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h58m39s390.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuHOd2Ke7yPR932MRi6R5mc_9RbVt2jV2UyfYvlDtsnXykHwN83dmptu3Vub3yk54ddptA5MKwn4JLJKaUd6dsboazV7ahiB82MhKmhjrPz1o3sk41rgvX9f9ktB-YXQlnQYHnC77NhY/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h58m39s390.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film went way over budget and came in at around $2 million, which for 1947 was a head spinning figure. The animation and effects were around $200'000 or thereabouts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlBjzzfWg-wS5i6r3oOCzQuRrgmiS37zyZAH5b8PDRYOf9YoJG0XR2JeCRI-vDTY82kx7oFrXZhhit6p4kT5WWKiAUJbX6Eo8kRTekQ3OGIIJ_sc4kQz5qgmujazZmnfd3PS2iZe3BbY/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h58m51s751.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlBjzzfWg-wS5i6r3oOCzQuRrgmiS37zyZAH5b8PDRYOf9YoJG0XR2JeCRI-vDTY82kx7oFrXZhhit6p4kT5WWKiAUJbX6Eo8kRTekQ3OGIIJ_sc4kQz5qgmujazZmnfd3PS2iZe3BbY/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h58m51s751.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Initially, O'Bie hired Harryhausen in late 1945 as an assistant whose many duties included sharpening O'Bie's pencils, cutting cardboard mattes and sundry other chores. They had known each other in a casual capacity for a few years, with it being Ray's dream to eventually work with his idol. Getting the call up was a treat but the on again, off again start date for filming was disconcerting. Both Ray and O'Bie were never entirely confident as to whether MJY would ever get off the ground. Even well into his twilight years, Ray had nothing less than reverence for Willis.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigX7P8Zcg9mH5XznURyvIpNJ1pCaWpGubgDhWr5jvEVmzM6O27p0WZZgJMS3AHoxkhyphenhyphendM8x4nGJJZIX6i-YZw1YYkK_T6xzF_d7M4YNzbzT9kVYUUlL-O1PsCllO0eyaRNAHZKuPnkN-w/s2290/MJY+Set+2+Test+19+12-31-1947+Joe+seated+on+ground+w+cutout+in+FG.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1804" data-original-width="2290" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigX7P8Zcg9mH5XznURyvIpNJ1pCaWpGubgDhWr5jvEVmzM6O27p0WZZgJMS3AHoxkhyphenhyphendM8x4nGJJZIX6i-YZw1YYkK_T6xzF_d7M4YNzbzT9kVYUUlL-O1PsCllO0eyaRNAHZKuPnkN-w/w640-h504/MJY+Set+2+Test+19+12-31-1947+Joe+seated+on+ground+w+cutout+in+FG.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A matte test frame from 1947. One of the artists employed was Jack Shaw, another old timer who had long associations with master visual effects artist Jack Cosgrove on shows like GONE WITH THE WIND, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY and DUEL IN THE SUN. Jack also painted most of the matte shots at Hal Roach Studios and Roy Seawright for things like the TOPPER series and the original ONE MILLION YEARS BC. Many years later, while at Warner Bros, working on HELEN OF TROY, Shaw would again cross paths with Willis O'Brien as matte artist on Irwin Allen's ANIMAL WORLD (1956), which was his final film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvBwlZZ-AoO9IqxvMzYIrBhNYRe6EVSJe5mIUguNQV8flybsKsE0LldwdaMNelrlbAUEH1M02ZTE6zPp1xnlJ2fDNCZRfdoED3etjl9Cxs7CgusRVx3MN-6J806pLqYUfdXcCcVVdtcI/s1341/JOE+Africa+residence+slop+test+rgb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1341" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvBwlZZ-AoO9IqxvMzYIrBhNYRe6EVSJe5mIUguNQV8flybsKsE0LldwdaMNelrlbAUEH1M02ZTE6zPp1xnlJ2fDNCZRfdoED3etjl9Cxs7CgusRVx3MN-6J806pLqYUfdXcCcVVdtcI/w640-h478/JOE+Africa+residence+slop+test+rgb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An earlier test with photo cutouts standing in for the principals.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6NOErCw8p7HmWxzVtxs0kb_4eIApKn6E52xSpPpEzPSQtJeAHyWLKg8wxvaGvs4ZWq20ZjljrhbzwFpctTa7RQk1a-bFJKtGiFKZGbyr_WjZOuZHwuIOwWQ_GMw-5pMVTRH1NGBTrgA/s1482/MJY+bef%2526aft.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="1482" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6NOErCw8p7HmWxzVtxs0kb_4eIApKn6E52xSpPpEzPSQtJeAHyWLKg8wxvaGvs4ZWq20ZjljrhbzwFpctTa7RQk1a-bFJKtGiFKZGbyr_WjZOuZHwuIOwWQ_GMw-5pMVTRH1NGBTrgA/w640-h240/MJY+bef%2526aft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matted off and final comp.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia508Y1JnhuXnYCkQYonW0uPGHREVopzRDCMMe0zRn5RU67GNV0ORHYzufA6mzPVj4WCAmu7rJh6PIA9u3rlnJREveMowiUWi9GxsKf3EOYKPqAKxtphf3lcJnfPY-hfxKjN8ZHv4eg1Q/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h59m38s873.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia508Y1JnhuXnYCkQYonW0uPGHREVopzRDCMMe0zRn5RU67GNV0ORHYzufA6mzPVj4WCAmu7rJh6PIA9u3rlnJREveMowiUWi9GxsKf3EOYKPqAKxtphf3lcJnfPY-hfxKjN8ZHv4eg1Q/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h59m38s873.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BluRay frame grab.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVoL2WR-qeeiBS5gNvwj4oeUrNE0Pl7Qg7qZnKOSTQs18BROVrx0WE-Mb5d6Vz3yMqAyRXLuVMDGVMGmPZnvV-oZyEcZYcE4i217h5aRkfzJF9JGvq5utHWn6LMea0-68rtPJPYsgQMU/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h59m57s084.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVoL2WR-qeeiBS5gNvwj4oeUrNE0Pl7Qg7qZnKOSTQs18BROVrx0WE-Mb5d6Vz3yMqAyRXLuVMDGVMGmPZnvV-oZyEcZYcE4i217h5aRkfzJF9JGvq5utHWn6LMea0-68rtPJPYsgQMU/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-00h59m57s084.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Former stuntman and bit player Ben Johnson was the leading man, though was, unfortunately incredibly wooden in MJY, with even his animated puppet doppleganger having more life on screen, though he eventually became an <u>excellent</u> character actor in about a hundred pictures such as Peckinpah's THE WILD BUNCH and often worked with his pals John Ford and John Wayne, and he won an Oscar in 1971 for Peter Bogdanovich's classic THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0i3GrA7qHcRxbkepUFb4fuaKMsV2YebriRfqJ9XFjaXt_MNocC78mIg_90aJUSo7zTHmSMjdbvQ7Cz4VoVh_bJO7D19wIC8tCqYcddoOj_qfg0ktjZwyjRf4SZM3bGCDkKgCZ5SkJhY/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h04m47s082.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0i3GrA7qHcRxbkepUFb4fuaKMsV2YebriRfqJ9XFjaXt_MNocC78mIg_90aJUSo7zTHmSMjdbvQ7Cz4VoVh_bJO7D19wIC8tCqYcddoOj_qfg0ktjZwyjRf4SZM3bGCDkKgCZ5SkJhY/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h04m47s082.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte artist Lou Litchtenfield was interviewed in Cinefantastique magazine in 1998 and discussed the glass shots and his relationship with supervising matte artist Fitch Fulton: <i> "Fitch was our head matte painter, a grumpy but lovable old bastard. He did the basic design of the set ups. He'd do a sketch and we wouldn't even use an art director; we were on our own. I co-painted the jungle and mountains, and several for the nightclub. The way we worked it, a big glass mountainscape was positioned in back of the set. An intermediate glass had twisted trees and vines. The miniature was on a tabletop in front of that, and in front of that was another glass of foreground rocks and trees. Sometimes we'd all work on one simultaneously".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhID701NguVWlSiJcpK-9TGXRvwkYK0kV-ko-kD5SVjQgStQD1kILz145AiReQoVtZt6CYDugHQcWdWtLz0WGKIj4V5z2au7ddrEh5obPzNepkxVAqEwIDpY5ik4EA1a43jeMOIxaRtMds/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h06m19s738.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhID701NguVWlSiJcpK-9TGXRvwkYK0kV-ko-kD5SVjQgStQD1kILz145AiReQoVtZt6CYDugHQcWdWtLz0WGKIj4V5z2au7ddrEh5obPzNepkxVAqEwIDpY5ik4EA1a43jeMOIxaRtMds/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h06m19s738.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Note the quality drop from the crisp upper frame to this one, with the multi-part composite (several glass paintings, live action water, miniature ape and fence) rear projected onto a large screen behind the actors as Terry Moore <i>(not a patch on Fay Wray in my honest opinion)</i> throws a banana to Joe.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDC3Pust_bqB3xgm_feRYxZruZ8FBbbdYYdw5aKWY0VBWfrVLH4VymsIDz3uoSd5AgyG1kzB4FZC8NjYDVyTOwo8Ch7jBemT3pbzeFXen9v8J4BuLlQShbH9VE__dkUORXWcx2EnAI1w/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h03m50s254.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDC3Pust_bqB3xgm_feRYxZruZ8FBbbdYYdw5aKWY0VBWfrVLH4VymsIDz3uoSd5AgyG1kzB4FZC8NjYDVyTOwo8Ch7jBemT3pbzeFXen9v8J4BuLlQShbH9VE__dkUORXWcx2EnAI1w/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h03m50s254.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Glass paintings, miniature foreground and projected hens in cage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6IoiU91eqRe7IaydMgS5Xy7oKGcbL49AeLM2aqgU2SAEw-CJn5AuPYq3YWfzCbsUtCFwRqEGSjX1IbKdsxcBLXhI3m8TpNlVnUCd1zyAxSz6LgF36nj6R18p-295R0HSJT1nJtKcy30/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h04m15s905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQyCDQ6WDB0Qc0LHDZMcj1igwJP0HGVxADUkIiR30sbiSux9S1ubX003nSQ8MKq6ZCeIBqDXXi4KFRgXPV_c_dybXf42d5jHW79pes9wtYCW7DtBu-O7P-9SzjQ-vgF8Wh3Zhaf8iPns/s1772/Ray+animating+Joe.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="1772" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQyCDQ6WDB0Qc0LHDZMcj1igwJP0HGVxADUkIiR30sbiSux9S1ubX003nSQ8MKq6ZCeIBqDXXi4KFRgXPV_c_dybXf42d5jHW79pes9wtYCW7DtBu-O7P-9SzjQ-vgF8Wh3Zhaf8iPns/w640-h426/Ray+animating+Joe.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harryhausen animates the compound sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJd_Zi62LbIA9wZVD4X7Kc2dcDDNX6-6qn1xF7K4ideLOYM1QeAUjeHsuih-Ye-B_aV19UQcyr7zsePYgborJA2I_EAQJG46sJL2AYU7DnY9cx97zyiZIjmrt8NezbLYYtvBM5tRpwibE/s741/MJY-Peter+Stitch-painting.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="741" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJd_Zi62LbIA9wZVD4X7Kc2dcDDNX6-6qn1xF7K4ideLOYM1QeAUjeHsuih-Ye-B_aV19UQcyr7zsePYgborJA2I_EAQJG46sJL2AYU7DnY9cx97zyiZIjmrt8NezbLYYtvBM5tRpwibE/w640-h512/MJY-Peter+Stitch-painting.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ray with miniatures painter Peter Stich, and O'Bie at far right, pose in front of a glass matte. Ray mentioned in an interview that he liked this picture as it was the only one he had of him together with O'Bie.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvpa8t57fjyMqy2FAVmm2_uG8ZsaaXJkk_7ed0ODq1De5NUxmAGbbyXG32wM6UN3GyYCYeOfYJe4Lpfz6q-sdxqc0-iWcyEbxdRtJWxtLQkN-TQB9Yc-w9ejs3jnBzp2rgG7pucjwAv8/s1564/MJY+concept+art+theatre+club.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1564" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvpa8t57fjyMqy2FAVmm2_uG8ZsaaXJkk_7ed0ODq1De5NUxmAGbbyXG32wM6UN3GyYCYeOfYJe4Lpfz6q-sdxqc0-iWcyEbxdRtJWxtLQkN-TQB9Yc-w9ejs3jnBzp2rgG7pucjwAv8/w640-h498/MJY+concept+art+theatre+club.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A superb production design illustration for the Golden Safari nightclub which would be later rendered as matte art for the exterior and a mix of large miniature, glass art, stop motion set ups and full sized stage sets for the action packed interiors.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjycFWN-m_5mW8wVFJ6FTzxrXeCksnaVoJn9cqSMMli4X3Pp0U20hBaPfxi5otuWOJWas1NTRx_ElBoV1LkLOH21ZauOxT7pTOG1zhPedsC_IDH8Ly6gvhdSl4jZ3eY86V-NKWd49W5nGs/s1510/MJY+club+ext.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1510" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjycFWN-m_5mW8wVFJ6FTzxrXeCksnaVoJn9cqSMMli4X3Pp0U20hBaPfxi5otuWOJWas1NTRx_ElBoV1LkLOH21ZauOxT7pTOG1zhPedsC_IDH8Ly6gvhdSl4jZ3eY86V-NKWd49W5nGs/w640-h244/MJY+club+ext.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The camera pulls back from the neon signage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTw1P4K9S07zPTbHC4PDjWF1q-6_0bYVXh9qL2Pkj95nf4ZBX13OHxvqAH0QmAUlkAN0cD19X8MrHnFSaCunOFSs5U3tIsDMeC-VrBFthoN1tsQRPxN9cVcESpTq6d4T5-ui64oyvG7No/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h07m20s145.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTw1P4K9S07zPTbHC4PDjWF1q-6_0bYVXh9qL2Pkj95nf4ZBX13OHxvqAH0QmAUlkAN0cD19X8MrHnFSaCunOFSs5U3tIsDMeC-VrBFthoN1tsQRPxN9cVcESpTq6d4T5-ui64oyvG7No/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h07m20s145.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painted nightclub with live action street plate, possibly augmented by an additional painted foreground with palm trees. Another of the matte painters assigned to the film was Vernon Taylor, about whom I know very little, other than him being a regular Warner Bros matte artist.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJ4SZq7-iEYtDL15tCaelDm7EhX32rUGVCTqGXmJ-7uOj-_XLAZS-btM2cz-Ox1XChq2ee0h9ezNXWdsZpVqlJpLKMro46meMKDAD240hCX35E4tGttT081RsdhSXesrikN6XEorw4NQ/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h08m00s179.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJ4SZq7-iEYtDL15tCaelDm7EhX32rUGVCTqGXmJ-7uOj-_XLAZS-btM2cz-Ox1XChq2ee0h9ezNXWdsZpVqlJpLKMro46meMKDAD240hCX35E4tGttT081RsdhSXesrikN6XEorw4NQ/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h08m00s179.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A grand camera move through a combination glass painted, miniature and live action nightclub interior is something in itself, with a beautiful multi-plane move and a left sweep on and upward into the treetop viewing gallery. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj3PgAmCk4gVMmHkP8o-NTeNds423Qs7BDMFIB2HGwTdsPWzjcAnpGXVy-sSs-ZDbHdd03ULxnLQ138uso7pmwy5lgHJgvYRhQhWt0GY_3XedWcgvquVHhJK4FLwjaqAts6Fyjvk5OUv4/s2271/MJY+zoom+in+matte+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="2271" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj3PgAmCk4gVMmHkP8o-NTeNds423Qs7BDMFIB2HGwTdsPWzjcAnpGXVy-sSs-ZDbHdd03ULxnLQ138uso7pmwy5lgHJgvYRhQhWt0GY_3XedWcgvquVHhJK4FLwjaqAts6Fyjvk5OUv4/w640-h326/MJY+zoom+in+matte+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><blockquote style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" type="cite"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I got to chatting with Jim Danforth about these MJY shots: <i>"Some of the push-in shots were done on multiple panes of glass as you described. T</i></span><i><span style="text-align: center;">hey were NOT optical blow-ups. This was ground-breaking work. The general principle was first explained to me by L. B. (Bill) Abbott when I worked with him at Fox. However, it had never been applied as spectacularly as it was in Mighty Joe Young.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> However, the shots that really impressed me were done (I’m pretty sure) by placing large sheets of neutral density gels over the process screen, behind the painting.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">I used this method when doing the pull-back shot for Portnoy’s Complaint. When the projector was turned off, the screen area was completely black, even though it was illuminated by a very bright light. <br />The idea is that light passing through the gel is reduced according to the angle of incidence (for example, a 45 degree angle will reduce the light by the square root of 2 (1.4 approx.) Some of the light will pass through the screen and be absorbed by the screen density. Some will bounce back, but will not be at an angle, so it will be absorbed only by the nominal density of the filter rather than (in my example) 1.4 times the density.<br />When all the factors are combined, the result is a jet-black screen area, even though the painting is illuminated by a very bright light."</span></i></span></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibB4EuuZjMhsMbMWtgq6_3tEde8z8wcvveAwx6vAm8DTgreDNJcMbyDqwJW2S2NYH4XYhpF1YH_PuYD2MKbWVzLSE3e_kO5f3eP9dJ-FeUyJhg0leIQZrODAwv89zEnKptIIcHza7ULUE/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h08m32s510.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibB4EuuZjMhsMbMWtgq6_3tEde8z8wcvveAwx6vAm8DTgreDNJcMbyDqwJW2S2NYH4XYhpF1YH_PuYD2MKbWVzLSE3e_kO5f3eP9dJ-FeUyJhg0leIQZrODAwv89zEnKptIIcHza7ULUE/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h08m32s510.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The camera move continues, with several pockets of projected live action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlse4jGx6Btot9KeWHKO5yK2lFVif2R36WM6eHFoMd_lXSnuVPm0wgQZU7UFm9d1xbYIhWDoTzxaUZSXNdYKTDbKqgmKH49JWDIN4l0lX8uSzh3mhFOYmc3sI2Cw_0pj9ExkD94FE0gUY/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h08m46s121.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlse4jGx6Btot9KeWHKO5yK2lFVif2R36WM6eHFoMd_lXSnuVPm0wgQZU7UFm9d1xbYIhWDoTzxaUZSXNdYKTDbKqgmKH49JWDIN4l0lX8uSzh3mhFOYmc3sI2Cw_0pj9ExkD94FE0gUY/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h08m46s121.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It still moves in, at this point with a radical shift to the left and upward to reveal a musical combo visible as a process plate within the glass painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCx4myVDUrbqhSDsxUqvxsrDtKWZiwxPFzIlyH2pUP10F8RcEGiC0Z-ebcbagLqw43j7J01SOOdegdFobM6V3nfcqtFFGoTTFLopvgptfVzWnhVhR89w5L68T3gME9BqBcpwG3kREV8I/s1377/MJY+O%2527Bie+album2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1377" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCx4myVDUrbqhSDsxUqvxsrDtKWZiwxPFzIlyH2pUP10F8RcEGiC0Z-ebcbagLqw43j7J01SOOdegdFobM6V3nfcqtFFGoTTFLopvgptfVzWnhVhR89w5L68T3gME9BqBcpwG3kREV8I/w640-h494/MJY+O%2527Bie+album2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another matte artist on MJY who worked under Fitch Fulton was Louis Litchtenfield. Lou began at Selznick International in the art department under William Cameron Menzies in the late thirties and had involvment in laying out matte concepts and general assistance in the effects department under the legendary Jack Cosgrove on GONE WITH THE WIND (1939). Lou wasn't one to let the grass grow under his feet, as they say, and spent the next decade moving between various studios' matte departments learning the ropes and different techniques as he went along. He painted at Columbia, RKO and MGM for varying periods before becoming part of the fixtures at Warner Bros as head of photographic effects in the 1950's where he would hire back his former boss, Jack Cosgrove, as well as Fitch's son John for a time. Lou painted mattes on many big shows such as THE FOUNTAINHEAD, LAND OF THE PHARAOHS, HELEN OF TROY, THE SILVER CHALICE and many more. In later years he provided mattes for the remake of KING KONG (1976) and FLASH GORDON (1980).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9UlHLw2QBGGuTzqV_Z8nNGUuCgA0XdneaGcAvftQkrSN2YWPkOvWGXZMdL_FOY2hud-U-2ubWEEgIZ3K20LO_GusR-r-M2vHetrK4vuRRdIn2QCXp4wCdGLroR8LTmzvG7NnWfmY1t0/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h11m12s262.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9UlHLw2QBGGuTzqV_Z8nNGUuCgA0XdneaGcAvftQkrSN2YWPkOvWGXZMdL_FOY2hud-U-2ubWEEgIZ3K20LO_GusR-r-M2vHetrK4vuRRdIn2QCXp4wCdGLroR8LTmzvG7NnWfmY1t0/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h11m12s262.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I wonder if that large hanging lighting fixture could have been a miniature?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLnX1eJ49roPkYkSduVnJMrMjU512tZM1_ZDwaKVQX12SdFB6_qyxZPjrKUQTovo7_LPmfyobZuLRPi4Ym6bL9PC0eoD4T3Y0sQeNsbRDi8VsSNuzcj8LuD3pdBeK2bbrfc9Rddly6J0/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h12m26s916.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLnX1eJ49roPkYkSduVnJMrMjU512tZM1_ZDwaKVQX12SdFB6_qyxZPjrKUQTovo7_LPmfyobZuLRPi4Ym6bL9PC0eoD4T3Y0sQeNsbRDi8VsSNuzcj8LuD3pdBeK2bbrfc9Rddly6J0/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h12m26s916.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The iconic <i>Beautiful Dreamer</i> sequence unfolds.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtVEJ9pFMB1gdMtrwWqSNPRblORRQSTvH5DNYux9NC8ZVNBPxG1vyat6MZSW1lsHD5ILkGsjgfExEEyV_D490jTKbV_hX828CQ2xfm446b5AHZYp46BUASm-Wl71KwW7YxergEXq89_g/s2253/MJY+piano+fx1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="2253" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtVEJ9pFMB1gdMtrwWqSNPRblORRQSTvH5DNYux9NC8ZVNBPxG1vyat6MZSW1lsHD5ILkGsjgfExEEyV_D490jTKbV_hX828CQ2xfm446b5AHZYp46BUASm-Wl71KwW7YxergEXq89_g/w640-h330/MJY+piano+fx1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">On of the most elaborately staged and talked about moments in MJY comes when the sweet Terry Moore performs at piano to the surprise accompaniment of our hairy friend, Joe.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguZGgF_FJKeHws27OThc-Cmc-6WruUW1aiKQaCjdRGzwGEs08FtpybhyQcvNUvHEOIzNJymJ-bDYr4NrD56WNDMzHiEN4bkFe57sS0indl-Ca7cgO_Ny8b_kaqrdbwuj5KD_2JTX1JJw/s1875/MJY+O%2527Bie+album3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1431" data-original-width="1875" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguZGgF_FJKeHws27OThc-Cmc-6WruUW1aiKQaCjdRGzwGEs08FtpybhyQcvNUvHEOIzNJymJ-bDYr4NrD56WNDMzHiEN4bkFe57sS0indl-Ca7cgO_Ny8b_kaqrdbwuj5KD_2JTX1JJw/w640-h488/MJY+O%2527Bie+album3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An early test frame of the matte elements lined up with the stop motion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGCylR1AZJMsOgI0v2p2iqDyaRTenbfiF3YinucIuMuYT6J_mOza_ISz69BF73J8Id9z8aNFpXoDTJwMlMatOblhOc3PN9hUKUi07f576iZSSymHV-OctwLloJwugc7nhzK8Q86FdRBg/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h12m53s843.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGCylR1AZJMsOgI0v2p2iqDyaRTenbfiF3YinucIuMuYT6J_mOza_ISz69BF73J8Id9z8aNFpXoDTJwMlMatOblhOc3PN9hUKUi07f576iZSSymHV-OctwLloJwugc7nhzK8Q86FdRBg/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h12m53s843.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The sequence is truly extraordinary for a number of reasons. The main one being it was almost entirely animated by the former grip, Pete Peterson, who, as mentioned, was a keen amateur home movie experimenter with 8mm stop motion in his spare time and was frequently in awe while watching O'Bie and Ray go about their business on the set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVcVmoEUh-jrSw8fbusreP75Yg3UM17l_T5WQ3GqdzTR0UzfbWsy_WoTspE4w7c8-OQkF1_EZQx0UaanQ_hKrROZ4h0mFQd4rRzZ6e4Aun1O21eOq7c3eF-XWh-bQX2muNdCgYu1WN64/s2265/MJY+piano2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="2265" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVcVmoEUh-jrSw8fbusreP75Yg3UM17l_T5WQ3GqdzTR0UzfbWsy_WoTspE4w7c8-OQkF1_EZQx0UaanQ_hKrROZ4h0mFQd4rRzZ6e4Aun1O21eOq7c3eF-XWh-bQX2muNdCgYu1WN64/w640-h166/MJY+piano2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not only does Joe raise up the special stage platform with our heroine, but he too is standing on a slowly rotating rostrum, carefully balancing his human friend. Practically every shot was Pete's work, with Ray pitching in for one or two, and O'Bie himself contributing one close up cut. Some long shots were filmed with everything done as stop motion, including the Terry Moore character, in puppet form, and beautifully done it all turned out to be.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHUiP_E6vlYDztFVsqYapbdS-IS6CkxUdkeuni00P4AV3R0U2r6L6-_d7jbEZyx0gbm8XEbefCOgk31-tDnlSu14SAStrGzvAPWy1nmwgMmV1GZYC4Peucx9yV7nrJF-EVqp_DqoAA5E/s1194/MJY+O%2527Bie+album4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1194" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHUiP_E6vlYDztFVsqYapbdS-IS6CkxUdkeuni00P4AV3R0U2r6L6-_d7jbEZyx0gbm8XEbefCOgk31-tDnlSu14SAStrGzvAPWy1nmwgMmV1GZYC4Peucx9yV7nrJF-EVqp_DqoAA5E/w640-h496/MJY+O%2527Bie+album4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A wonderful photograph from O'Bie's personal album showing Peterson attending to the most delicate of complex animation. The live action plate of Terry Moore and her piano is not yet visible but will be projected one frame at a time on the screen behind the models. Bert Willis and his crew photographed all of the animation and miniatures, while Harold Stine shot all of the process plates, often in consultation with Roy Hunt, the overall production D.P, to ensure continuity in lighting and such.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisD4AtazC0S9hFd2Ev9_vXDDW_k-wWdJWDwGl8i3tbsxboNHAMJd7cPyk_KWU35egEQwyfDetthdUatOFVVpq3aH67uQXuOV1k0O8k7uz3-hQ8-SAKWO97LaeI0yq1pMW2K0qFf-jlSco/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h13m38s027.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisD4AtazC0S9hFd2Ev9_vXDDW_k-wWdJWDwGl8i3tbsxboNHAMJd7cPyk_KWU35egEQwyfDetthdUatOFVVpq3aH67uQXuOV1k0O8k7uz3-hQ8-SAKWO97LaeI0yq1pMW2K0qFf-jlSco/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h13m38s027.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Incredible timing and planning was needed to match the exact speed of the pre-filmed Terry Moore live action revolutions and that of the puppet Joe revolutions. The sequence is simply sublime.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyoy6ZgVZnjliEr_u2CpK8iJgTGH03eSTWlg3fbxa_esUSRx5tT8EDDele3vqKX1ey7HQONX3ErmTpCkpJSKwwqN8u__E_TC1dNU2eUG4-w-Je1NanjBel73bpeuvYjY6GxVAEvZGahOg/s1223/MJY+Pete+Peterson2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="1223" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyoy6ZgVZnjliEr_u2CpK8iJgTGH03eSTWlg3fbxa_esUSRx5tT8EDDele3vqKX1ey7HQONX3ErmTpCkpJSKwwqN8u__E_TC1dNU2eUG4-w-Je1NanjBel73bpeuvYjY6GxVAEvZGahOg/w640-h308/MJY+Pete+Peterson2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A close up of Peterson at work. Reportedly, Pete was (fully justified) in his pride at how this scene turned out.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTvOax7pyDfmeVgRbtdzfTtzeGGIfaZ4bVK-wV_yfk8ewk__-sjkZBwvd4gCCUepKUff5CSlz3BFYqI_ycZZQztSl6dv5rHG8HG1WoRH4a2fbrdOfvQEPrNkg6rEdoSfHwLO0I7VkIBE/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h14m41s111.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTvOax7pyDfmeVgRbtdzfTtzeGGIfaZ4bVK-wV_yfk8ewk__-sjkZBwvd4gCCUepKUff5CSlz3BFYqI_ycZZQztSl6dv5rHG8HG1WoRH4a2fbrdOfvQEPrNkg6rEdoSfHwLO0I7VkIBE/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h14m41s111.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The actual Golden Safari interior was a huge set built on Pathe's stage 11, with much visual effects work applied to further extend the setting in long shots, with multiple painted planes of matte art on glass and numerous miniature rear projections each from its own individual projector, providing the live action plates such as the bands of musicians and other folk to the treetop cabana's and such. All in all, these shots are incredibly well executed for 1949.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZda93w8TuO6A5en5_JiO0lfN52Z9KzGXJGZLbhyphenhyphenk4lvzsIeVfE3IWf5EwusJ9eMpbaHTWxDdAEDTazsyGm9N9SNYn0L69WAoHfbsYEROxwZN_SuHEAusmsWSzeHlqysDd2A-VABVN1u8/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h15m12s085.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZda93w8TuO6A5en5_JiO0lfN52Z9KzGXJGZLbhyphenhyphenk4lvzsIeVfE3IWf5EwusJ9eMpbaHTWxDdAEDTazsyGm9N9SNYn0L69WAoHfbsYEROxwZN_SuHEAusmsWSzeHlqysDd2A-VABVN1u8/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h15m12s085.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The shameless hucksters continue to exploit Joe for every cent they can, with this event - a staged tug-of-war between Joe and twelve of the ugliest musclemen ever assembled being an example.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnE0yRlgawzhHXX26_BJrDCGWHlPl7Of6tTWbpEwkdR1YZcSQqoPAfxRZkzkUV5tOA8HYGhGgl5MyRcvMfodYnWR1M1ilk7JZ2iOH_6fVF6JJthSpVkqWodC5sjZ6pTfIHUqcs3eMDso/s1500/MJY+strongman.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1500" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnE0yRlgawzhHXX26_BJrDCGWHlPl7Of6tTWbpEwkdR1YZcSQqoPAfxRZkzkUV5tOA8HYGhGgl5MyRcvMfodYnWR1M1ilk7JZ2iOH_6fVF6JJthSpVkqWodC5sjZ6pTfIHUqcs3eMDso/w640-h486/MJY+strongman.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The muscle men on set were pulling against an actual rope that was attached to a mechanical ratchet device, to give them real tension and some back and forth give. Ray elaborated in an article: <i>"In the animation studio I placed the model of Joe in front of where the ratchet stood in the rear projected plate and matched the real projected rope to the front of Joe's hands, as well as adding a miniature rope appearing from the other side of Joe's hands. In other words, the model's hands covered the exchange from 'real' to 'miniature'."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNwbDeL5BS9R1rORvvMUND7ciJ6xBKAeJbctcE33NZZGYGSA2jj4wDh9pifyQGT_vx5borMiufusr6epqdv-dPpcvY9l7-Vo72XM8FUmdLEesIN7YKXoIKUVoTx6S4BcSWFjMVw9QvMA/s2235/MJY+strongman2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="2235" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNwbDeL5BS9R1rORvvMUND7ciJ6xBKAeJbctcE33NZZGYGSA2jj4wDh9pifyQGT_vx5borMiufusr6epqdv-dPpcvY9l7-Vo72XM8FUmdLEesIN7YKXoIKUVoTx6S4BcSWFjMVw9QvMA/w640-h164/MJY+strongman2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A tough guy has a go at slugging it out with Joe. Big mistake. Nice work by Ray and splendid ape-boxing moves too!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3AAYip61EvaSm5ZpE428R5fs0f1P9TghQdSYDu-tGJabbhV6zMMgvrzmte1UgV2vn1s3zloSrkaABkPkB7tBYz1BBTARW1uYCcxIADAGojNWQqaJrrcF9VRetOXGacRkx5Mj0ustGeHU/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h17m28s139.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3AAYip61EvaSm5ZpE428R5fs0f1P9TghQdSYDu-tGJabbhV6zMMgvrzmte1UgV2vn1s3zloSrkaABkPkB7tBYz1BBTARW1uYCcxIADAGojNWQqaJrrcF9VRetOXGacRkx5Mj0ustGeHU/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h17m28s139.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>"It's the same every time... can't a giant gorilla go into a bar without some Chuck Norris wanna-be giving me crap." </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WpcjqilavT4JvA1lhaIQVRKIIIeJwxkRI5-oF68r0PK1yAzw3OZn1EuaecOXIHiAl5wmaOgJtOfUv-qxO-LX0tYGS6erMqbqKUAvbRaeaQmVycXQt5rXNOzwFUvs2SXl1Na74UdvMts/s2265/MJY+neons.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="2265" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WpcjqilavT4JvA1lhaIQVRKIIIeJwxkRI5-oF68r0PK1yAzw3OZn1EuaecOXIHiAl5wmaOgJtOfUv-qxO-LX0tYGS6erMqbqKUAvbRaeaQmVycXQt5rXNOzwFUvs2SXl1Na74UdvMts/w640-h164/MJY+neons.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Things are booming on the gorilla vaudeville circuit...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FDpTHodZzbdocmIMs8m23G4h4wgYOdSQdi49z5jEQQQDRZ4U4-nGx5oNYvZ9QwcbGadcovXiCcTgFQAYO_OMmQPa3uNBs_q-MG9AnKkoKbxu106Os3qJQHHMyvtmaL5ALxElvDzcZiM/s1782/MJY+slop+test+Matte+14%252C+Test+1+4-29-48+gray.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1782" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FDpTHodZzbdocmIMs8m23G4h4wgYOdSQdi49z5jEQQQDRZ4U4-nGx5oNYvZ9QwcbGadcovXiCcTgFQAYO_OMmQPa3uNBs_q-MG9AnKkoKbxu106Os3qJQHHMyvtmaL5ALxElvDzcZiM/w640-h508/MJY+slop+test+Matte+14%252C+Test+1+4-29-48+gray.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painting test for what would be a pivotal turn of events...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7O9vEn77TxnaDF0JH0GN4I1cjn0Clph3yaPvOxGnAPC8KKrUvx5Dg5_rfAMWWCMTDftLctZyl8bcKsTVKkfcYaMdzOQJoKMwMIoJlhPMH8-bIf21m2ohwy__RekoSsA9PbR-B0xg0-iA/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h21m18s252.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7O9vEn77TxnaDF0JH0GN4I1cjn0Clph3yaPvOxGnAPC8KKrUvx5Dg5_rfAMWWCMTDftLctZyl8bcKsTVKkfcYaMdzOQJoKMwMIoJlhPMH8-bIf21m2ohwy__RekoSsA9PbR-B0xg0-iA/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h21m18s252.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The organ grinder and the monkey... has it really sunk to this? A touching and emotionally moving sequence where the mostly drunk audience hurl giant frisbee sized fake coins at Joe. Superb character animation by Harryhausen, matched with skilled cel animation of the hurtling coins.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zFgJKSqRxDMg0rfwA4AN3TEIn24PDLc30ozVhgJF1bdmhW21uA9OofBrHDwg7bcZTFhwFj6s3Lmp7t8zLvSAK8znZYcCt7DvuKOMltd0dTEUZljIM7T6uHJVsj1ja8pWeeiqNnUx5Ak/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h22m04s960.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zFgJKSqRxDMg0rfwA4AN3TEIn24PDLc30ozVhgJF1bdmhW21uA9OofBrHDwg7bcZTFhwFj6s3Lmp7t8zLvSAK8znZYcCt7DvuKOMltd0dTEUZljIM7T6uHJVsj1ja8pWeeiqNnUx5Ak/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h22m04s960.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Various trials were made to accomplish this sequence including using stop motion techniques with large balsa wood coins, though this was abandoned as being impractical. Eventually O'Brien managed to hire a former Disney animator, Scott Whittaker, to render the shots as cartoon cel animation, carefully matching the mannerisms and reactions of Joe as to where the coins should target, from which they were bi-packed into the Joe footage as backlit travelling mattes on Linwood Dunn's optical printer. Scott spent more than a month rotoscoping and animating the cartoon footage, and the finished material worked a treat.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUZJE0egzALPrrz25psp1QOEZedfV_e35xNfx5-SpK6yhXZvgmtfm-a69NOIBMMLTcKHYfPuPvBsOluWVWq-bQXah87yBGPGj7pc58e-4lwGWXutWa0FEIDhfyjepilqCI0mol9UDKuU/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h18m09s070.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUZJE0egzALPrrz25psp1QOEZedfV_e35xNfx5-SpK6yhXZvgmtfm-a69NOIBMMLTcKHYfPuPvBsOluWVWq-bQXah87yBGPGj7pc58e-4lwGWXutWa0FEIDhfyjepilqCI0mol9UDKuU/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h18m09s070.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ben Johnson consols a despondent Joe who is still pissed at having been knocked back for SON OF KONG(!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DciNg-iBueZp-swZ7P57HeNrtgh3q0HE8-2QXC3uDnLbr07mSaqW5Ni94TK6fuBJBq4-I77gmNgZtzwK_EWQuHgrklQ2-PXdiRhLUnB_5nxiclJM7HwyEY8ZqruKQP1HTXAGst3Hz3U/s1494/MJY+drunks2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1494" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DciNg-iBueZp-swZ7P57HeNrtgh3q0HE8-2QXC3uDnLbr07mSaqW5Ni94TK6fuBJBq4-I77gmNgZtzwK_EWQuHgrklQ2-PXdiRhLUnB_5nxiclJM7HwyEY8ZqruKQP1HTXAGst3Hz3U/w640-h484/MJY+drunks2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film takes a dark turn when three loudmouth drunks hassle Joe and introduce him to the 'demon booze'. Not a wise decision as it turns out.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJV5BlssqrK4PVGj3w7j7aXJIZ0vPSGwPn9ehXIFUHDvZkrP_YhPxWTYG0Lke9ubM8W1VZIm9Xaqte2x6CdOOnKFTBJpb5j7-5sYG77BY1A5Xos7RIzoq9QLP470Llne3jx2l8vof4og/s2262/MJY+drunks.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="2262" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJV5BlssqrK4PVGj3w7j7aXJIZ0vPSGwPn9ehXIFUHDvZkrP_YhPxWTYG0Lke9ubM8W1VZIm9Xaqte2x6CdOOnKFTBJpb5j7-5sYG77BY1A5Xos7RIzoq9QLP470Llne3jx2l8vof4og/w640-h166/MJY+drunks.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nice subtle animation where Joe samples the booze...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0svhNJyM9Um9xfnIR6ziwO0bkwPCeFlc6FVyz2YdLTJJL7It88TjyLEZC-h_y_l2w_1R0MLHD2-EwW1Y-rPWC2I-vZ7Km_kge-mA1mjFPkyNxDrpmgPJG7PlO3rPGa0hgJiuBU-k7sI/s1509/MJY+drunks3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1509" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0svhNJyM9Um9xfnIR6ziwO0bkwPCeFlc6FVyz2YdLTJJL7It88TjyLEZC-h_y_l2w_1R0MLHD2-EwW1Y-rPWC2I-vZ7Km_kge-mA1mjFPkyNxDrpmgPJG7PlO3rPGa0hgJiuBU-k7sI/w640-h482/MJY+drunks3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">...but whatever you do, <u>don't</u> open the cigarette lighter. But don't worry folks, those bars are made of <i>'chromed steel'</i> (get it?) <b> ;)</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWP3dIZROjEbWt6fxHNoPpMhRWQaGVHkmxhAzeHo26hOS2aUonDJCu-P87goGop3Svi186Mjn0Xbcdcf0S4Ckr0KBgntlzQYTnrMGtwZ4-mOUcRz-sHVKSFn5DcC1G_EioREbOzkljyk/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h24m25s872.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWP3dIZROjEbWt6fxHNoPpMhRWQaGVHkmxhAzeHo26hOS2aUonDJCu-P87goGop3Svi186Mjn0Xbcdcf0S4Ckr0KBgntlzQYTnrMGtwZ4-mOUcRz-sHVKSFn5DcC1G_EioREbOzkljyk/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h24m25s872.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'Don't get mad Joe.....Get even'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrB4uRg_ykvvZ1p8YOR8cdC5UUnujYsaT_3sn9X0JBZ3Owl7zvXC5NXgiUS1xT8sGs6bOesLjosDGpWBRuIdFxhIzBzpu9-7tl_nHLtThmkCMVsNp3HHLCsZ5Hv5ev7UfnnqoaII8Wdc/s1474/JoeNightClub.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="1353" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrB4uRg_ykvvZ1p8YOR8cdC5UUnujYsaT_3sn9X0JBZ3Owl7zvXC5NXgiUS1xT8sGs6bOesLjosDGpWBRuIdFxhIzBzpu9-7tl_nHLtThmkCMVsNp3HHLCsZ5Hv5ev7UfnnqoaII8Wdc/w588-h640/JoeNightClub.jpg" width="588" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A paste up image showing Joe climbing the faux tree in the Golden Safari in some sort of jungle flashback...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOAazWmE5r7LW55_-7atfCyVHqqq0-DroiyLlwcRtJ7fklNqH1KlkQ5VglYs6Ge-phU62TlEyUzoGb7TiiQA_wSOn7Kl8nXVEnQ-WOTvqyTjH8L_068qUWW3rgFdITLLcLZZstvrbnCg/s1368/MJY+JOE+dumps+man+in+tank+w+croc+-+OBie+Photos.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1368" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOAazWmE5r7LW55_-7atfCyVHqqq0-DroiyLlwcRtJ7fklNqH1KlkQ5VglYs6Ge-phU62TlEyUzoGb7TiiQA_wSOn7Kl8nXVEnQ-WOTvqyTjH8L_068qUWW3rgFdITLLcLZZstvrbnCg/w640-h482/MJY+JOE+dumps+man+in+tank+w+croc+-+OBie+Photos.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An unused concept by O'Bie which would have had Joe picking up obnoxious extras and throwing them into a large tank of crocodiles. It gets my vote!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoeDkIQLtIgSmOyY3Mn36_TNftoka93dUPzoywrhaQ1AmDj-EH8iduXxS0y9DpYd2JjlCwwNcChYNCXPSZtZgSEp12bC3F5PVS1xmfNwV5oo88pBcsUPIsTW_0PSlf4-qFwli_6Rg_hFo/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h25m32s083.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoeDkIQLtIgSmOyY3Mn36_TNftoka93dUPzoywrhaQ1AmDj-EH8iduXxS0y9DpYd2JjlCwwNcChYNCXPSZtZgSEp12bC3F5PVS1xmfNwV5oo88pBcsUPIsTW_0PSlf4-qFwli_6Rg_hFo/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h25m32s083.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Something I always admired about MJY <i>(and also a later very much under rated Peterson/O'Brien picture, THE BLACK SCORPION)</i>, was the inventive camera work and highly imaginative orchestration of some of the memorable stop motion gags. This is a great, dizzying downview as Joe climbs the fake tree to survey the impending carnage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzlnLe-svCjGiWnSsCsDtR3drQF4cW57_4GuEO0ZuGiDmqW7EpbNI6PNk3oDVe51jh7U0N5PO3uxWFaSXES0lJcqYnnsaIklc3pXpyOlAHiaM-ZMhuJDDDEr7xkms6i40uTcwJ8HR2Mc/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h26m17s683.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzlnLe-svCjGiWnSsCsDtR3drQF4cW57_4GuEO0ZuGiDmqW7EpbNI6PNk3oDVe51jh7U0N5PO3uxWFaSXES0lJcqYnnsaIklc3pXpyOlAHiaM-ZMhuJDDDEr7xkms6i40uTcwJ8HR2Mc/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h26m17s683.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Much destruction takes place, with carefully wired and rigged miniature sets being torn to pieces in front of a process screen.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4SvjANvKteZn4JB1I4jeo1LAWeMPYxBqFIzKtgy2zzSzBAZfBeRUhBXtlvPjzsscC9aO1gwn3C1DAmKYzsVHPJBaWDtfrfAiXv8vonberRatoob-pzxJuj15a5l4UOkbpXgWyqo_o34w/s2235/MJY+club2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="2235" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4SvjANvKteZn4JB1I4jeo1LAWeMPYxBqFIzKtgy2zzSzBAZfBeRUhBXtlvPjzsscC9aO1gwn3C1DAmKYzsVHPJBaWDtfrfAiXv8vonberRatoob-pzxJuj15a5l4UOkbpXgWyqo_o34w/w640-h166/MJY+club2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Well, that godammned cello is gonna be the first thing to go!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqOXdI5ty8BDSfvBkgeRe3AX4WW1E-oucvEKfRAKxcVdCe0LbuVHeaxH0smR52lQz4COsLZlKC9fpCKGjP7OA91Xn1UT8qhGZulPiGTgQq6_ELbkGH9OCegRZahy1xEejMvuP-TRHiE0/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h27m33s945.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqOXdI5ty8BDSfvBkgeRe3AX4WW1E-oucvEKfRAKxcVdCe0LbuVHeaxH0smR52lQz4COsLZlKC9fpCKGjP7OA91Xn1UT8qhGZulPiGTgQq6_ELbkGH9OCegRZahy1xEejMvuP-TRHiE0/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h27m33s945.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">...Followed by that piano! Note the fine wires holding the model in position.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbBUEAizqqDtILgcwDT7htW9ykqzvhk2GWX8t9wtclLYK-NBw2taZYsdFDg2lBR1h_X0LYVLYiOmeS_MxCjN6CbjLQRiEJ6zpHQxeOPfuhPn4V9HbuLL-QnFbilOFMPmbFKK5q2qAV9Y/s798/MJY-+Pete+Peterson+niteclub.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="798" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbBUEAizqqDtILgcwDT7htW9ykqzvhk2GWX8t9wtclLYK-NBw2taZYsdFDg2lBR1h_X0LYVLYiOmeS_MxCjN6CbjLQRiEJ6zpHQxeOPfuhPn4V9HbuLL-QnFbilOFMPmbFKK5q2qAV9Y/w640-h352/MJY-+Pete+Peterson+niteclub.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A great photo of the talented Pete Peterson animating some of the tree house carnage. Apparently, Pete's wife had worked previously with O'Bie animating birds on KING KONG back in '33.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ap0-BZdRh-je-hsURCwyZqDsgGbc2e-oVMlE4tybepPNrNKeGBhLXz5nzVHuqscF0JSWpaNc3meBhzWV8WKCAqrzcoENu7ES6_H5-CGgh118UOlIk_AFTCEPWjh1dltF2J5yQUuGywU/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h28m14s472.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ap0-BZdRh-je-hsURCwyZqDsgGbc2e-oVMlE4tybepPNrNKeGBhLXz5nzVHuqscF0JSWpaNc3meBhzWV8WKCAqrzcoENu7ES6_H5-CGgh118UOlIk_AFTCEPWjh1dltF2J5yQUuGywU/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h28m14s472.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Joe the swinger. Harryhausen spoke about the work: <i>"Suspending Joe on wires was never easy, especially when he had to be airborne. Everything had to be rigged ahead of time. If you leave a clamp loose, you're at the mercy of gravity. Generally we used very thin piano wire, but I sometimes used support rods, as O'Bie had done on KING KONG."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vppTQ4W7spsxnXELxFsMNUQu9c9Oex3o9uW_PNFKvTKtpbhzxc84QJy9tmKzKiik-8qoRB2l43ousKijsSlzANn2wANQRKonr20rfLEJcWFvqBZvxVra7BmOMSdPEJYmGB38T3o06_o/s970/MJY_fx+concept+art-foto.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vppTQ4W7spsxnXELxFsMNUQu9c9Oex3o9uW_PNFKvTKtpbhzxc84QJy9tmKzKiik-8qoRB2l43ousKijsSlzANn2wANQRKonr20rfLEJcWFvqBZvxVra7BmOMSdPEJYmGB38T3o06_o/w528-h640/MJY_fx+concept+art-foto.jpg" width="528" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Visual effects concept paste up combining already filmed stunt action with the proposed miniature work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCcZJ-65hRQKx9pudUwRJ6s2ZB3TmrbEP_OjdS9Zxg9oXb-gWT7a9k5Oitym3wWiid3_LiVA2tND38aaHRxkyajkyL39hRge-NC3KC0huMiVy3ikXEvKfql2sR12mnLwxrf1FsF5IujE/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h29m04s441.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCcZJ-65hRQKx9pudUwRJ6s2ZB3TmrbEP_OjdS9Zxg9oXb-gWT7a9k5Oitym3wWiid3_LiVA2tND38aaHRxkyajkyL39hRge-NC3KC0huMiVy3ikXEvKfql2sR12mnLwxrf1FsF5IujE/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h29m04s441.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And the same sequence as it was finally put together. Large miniature set and puppet, with frame by frame back projected stunt action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgpmeVDepTuHQm3GpnGV83cmP3yJ4GKCiXCSYBjHlH9ppln9nt_D0JPgvHpbdJwXPykMGX36lePi5wOPELoQUf1b-staOGWYFj9RPIwDA2dzL7S8V-bPU2lZJn-4K3Tz9oQGD6nHguwI/s1497/MJY+club3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1497" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgpmeVDepTuHQm3GpnGV83cmP3yJ4GKCiXCSYBjHlH9ppln9nt_D0JPgvHpbdJwXPykMGX36lePi5wOPELoQUf1b-staOGWYFj9RPIwDA2dzL7S8V-bPU2lZJn-4K3Tz9oQGD6nHguwI/w640-h486/MJY+club3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Effective destruction, with all material property damage achieved as delicate stop motion as well as Joe. Astonishingly, not only was the action animated here, but Bert Willis' fx camera was also match moved frame by frame as a truck in on the final part of the scene during Ray's animation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTqxV3_0GvIhqJYMw2bULRMnT-oY4DXe5D0jh5JsrMXRK4JFEGXtvBuYWwbLBqYpMuddUvQHPDrkriNTPJK2CnCXYISiIfI1hhPgY5-LTofKcQiF19_-We9TBaGGqmTc7oYzZz-iWPAU/s1500/MJY+club4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1500" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTqxV3_0GvIhqJYMw2bULRMnT-oY4DXe5D0jh5JsrMXRK4JFEGXtvBuYWwbLBqYpMuddUvQHPDrkriNTPJK2CnCXYISiIfI1hhPgY5-LTofKcQiF19_-We9TBaGGqmTc7oYzZz-iWPAU/w640-h482/MJY+club4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As with the first appearence of Joe back at the start, he once again encounters a pride of lions caged in thick glass. Another terrific piece of fx work here, with actual lions filmed on a safari ranch in California, under trainer Mel Koontz, and added into the miniature set as rear projected process shots. What sells the shot is the brilliant transition as the glass cage shatters and the 'projected' real lion is replaced by one of Marcel Delgado's fabricated animated lions as it leaps onto Joe. Outstanding! You can sweep all your bloody CGI Marvel stuff out the door friends, <u>these</u> are 'special' effects!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAj953NEsShMaxVvDPTy8SwIYcRvBczZ-Pb7QZ-AF7fh5KTBYo4KBS0qHJ3OAO8EhnvhcXf2Hy7SIKynNnviFd6yjknwQ5zSdmxnWAtWBmu3c5dzhZCxE-5ma3oq6X9OUxrvBavORtwQo/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h32m59s891.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAj953NEsShMaxVvDPTy8SwIYcRvBczZ-Pb7QZ-AF7fh5KTBYo4KBS0qHJ3OAO8EhnvhcXf2Hy7SIKynNnviFd6yjknwQ5zSdmxnWAtWBmu3c5dzhZCxE-5ma3oq6X9OUxrvBavORtwQo/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h32m59s891.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Joe isn't about to be pussy-whipped by some damn lion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewcVf3MLM0GkDfTVtxb7_HWQeRWyfFEGmTAcHAlRlOwAOg95yS7_NaFQizG4xmxl214JrtlwfRTweLAFUmVy12apz9TXZLOxujXJriNgutyvT6BM-JZXnhOaAO2ru6dIK6S3Q2vfDo3E/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h33m25s636.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewcVf3MLM0GkDfTVtxb7_HWQeRWyfFEGmTAcHAlRlOwAOg95yS7_NaFQizG4xmxl214JrtlwfRTweLAFUmVy12apz9TXZLOxujXJriNgutyvT6BM-JZXnhOaAO2ru6dIK6S3Q2vfDo3E/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h33m25s636.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Or is he?? <b>:(</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_nLIyyPHHYJTv1dxvCmTs1AwX7wpW2U0ZMjUmxrMFU_H8AoMr6DFoQ0VrjdfuVrhQ9H2bYbCKJVTSRJ-2WzYOAT5cRNGTWKZVSTeI-pL8Tr-llfTfnZT2C-sC8tINIXf_Pfslt1Rgtw/s2256/MJY+lions.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="2256" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_nLIyyPHHYJTv1dxvCmTs1AwX7wpW2U0ZMjUmxrMFU_H8AoMr6DFoQ0VrjdfuVrhQ9H2bYbCKJVTSRJ-2WzYOAT5cRNGTWKZVSTeI-pL8Tr-llfTfnZT2C-sC8tINIXf_Pfslt1Rgtw/w640-h166/MJY+lions.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Again, utterly captivating effects photography, animation, editing, sound effects etc.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikRylzzbugQ6V5KQ_G0QpioI5Qc_VeHckopIeHyj5Lhp1gJBqMXGKQDQrVoYbhHLVT0lN4TMbqm6qeAg09HE0i0_VM75IypOvcqFBTLDmHl2VsAyLzt1Owy5yKhouExIqjl4MzBZAcX0/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h34m07s663.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikRylzzbugQ6V5KQ_G0QpioI5Qc_VeHckopIeHyj5Lhp1gJBqMXGKQDQrVoYbhHLVT0lN4TMbqm6qeAg09HE0i0_VM75IypOvcqFBTLDmHl2VsAyLzt1Owy5yKhouExIqjl4MzBZAcX0/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h34m07s663.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Joe uses all his might and pushes a giant fake tree over, causing much concern to the nightclub owners who weren't insured for just such a catastrophe. Always read the <span style="font-size: x-small;">fine print</span>!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8V_pckBgbtWkGjFgOA_wbZXkOrG0jew7azBAG8llLnJj_9we_V0t2jEAI_ZYJ7HvzOC9FPgrKv4vfr-7vW_CIEpjm6sHYe3YbIq0o0Pz4brlcDfvMi1vOqS2k-Q18_Oe36hyK4N7f2zc/s1500/MJY+club5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1500" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8V_pckBgbtWkGjFgOA_wbZXkOrG0jew7azBAG8llLnJj_9we_V0t2jEAI_ZYJ7HvzOC9FPgrKv4vfr-7vW_CIEpjm6sHYe3YbIq0o0Pz4brlcDfvMi1vOqS2k-Q18_Oe36hyK4N7f2zc/w640-h482/MJY+club5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Superbly executed destruction on what must have been a significant scaled miniature set. The overall Golden Safari miniature set measured some thirty feet across and contained five process projection set ups for the real lions within the faked African settings in glass fronted cages. Jack Lannon was the physical/mechanical effects man on the film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLuQ2-YEd5kz2vzU07iDSlu3qBVsevbi181LvSC8uP812rdEGJULA1AjiE7yfpPq0KD5OBHboXG-4GdpP9jOkBi_bIEffBo7gG5kXsxduYlYx2n5ZHrx1YGweDNTVLi8OeNaIcxMPwVg/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h34m49s425.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLuQ2-YEd5kz2vzU07iDSlu3qBVsevbi181LvSC8uP812rdEGJULA1AjiE7yfpPq0KD5OBHboXG-4GdpP9jOkBi_bIEffBo7gG5kXsxduYlYx2n5ZHrx1YGweDNTVLi8OeNaIcxMPwVg/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h34m49s425.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Puppet Joe in front of process projected miniature carnage, including model tree toppling. The explosion of glass and sparks is yet another live action plate projected in behind the main miniature set, frame by frame.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplpWDjXIFmKKSoBKf33mB0zMh-1cI7-oBe4EX99UaJNybhCVY0QPCwpGmbAQi1ywrj-fqp6JnyuzWre7t0fGA9O02Q74J-WffXYMD0_AvZkmI-F049IjastJrZFx0naO9reTUl_ArVWM/s1484/MJY+club6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1484" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplpWDjXIFmKKSoBKf33mB0zMh-1cI7-oBe4EX99UaJNybhCVY0QPCwpGmbAQi1ywrj-fqp6JnyuzWre7t0fGA9O02Q74J-WffXYMD0_AvZkmI-F049IjastJrZFx0naO9reTUl_ArVWM/w640-h246/MJY+club6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtMJod12bIF7HNzNyGvTVs0YxZOPX0P8Vuc4yuhnEIwMM-hTrAxFZQfiMPvk6oFG6tz7p-XV3sX8-_DgFajLBj9SS__f064a24y7fimBnSjfzpD-LMLVqbQOqmtyiJnNte1IOjYRJt4o/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h35m40s356.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtMJod12bIF7HNzNyGvTVs0YxZOPX0P8Vuc4yuhnEIwMM-hTrAxFZQfiMPvk6oFG6tz7p-XV3sX8-_DgFajLBj9SS__f064a24y7fimBnSjfzpD-LMLVqbQOqmtyiJnNte1IOjYRJt4o/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h35m40s356.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">We are currently in hiatus while we find a lookalike gorilla who will work, literally, for peanuts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zBxg5M4lf7WGOGbMSr4-w0gJEEU3Sb-ci4-3o0injAtZAUG96zq50es8XRAcGOA7-dAMIpQ2041tYECi-fLVfPmhLamMpMkkncn3Lk5KpQPr83BbIE31qr_2ITj6MwObeR7D2uYpat8/s2298/MJY+caged.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="2298" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zBxg5M4lf7WGOGbMSr4-w0gJEEU3Sb-ci4-3o0injAtZAUG96zq50es8XRAcGOA7-dAMIpQ2041tYECi-fLVfPmhLamMpMkkncn3Lk5KpQPr83BbIE31qr_2ITj6MwObeR7D2uYpat8/w640-h164/MJY+caged.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The city officials want to have Joe sent to the dog food factory, but Terry/Jill has other ideas..</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMoASj2N7C024aa4FNIdLtdd1MpHIYGYxqis3hYCQ-YZR9uZRVryH2fK7JK26d-NY3s0xW0d8H97W2yDTl5wSjNuidf4gYJcScBAnFZBU2EStt2jLz-uzlcu-o-p6455AlkRBgVjbrMM/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h39m20s313.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMoASj2N7C024aa4FNIdLtdd1MpHIYGYxqis3hYCQ-YZR9uZRVryH2fK7JK26d-NY3s0xW0d8H97W2yDTl5wSjNuidf4gYJcScBAnFZBU2EStt2jLz-uzlcu-o-p6455AlkRBgVjbrMM/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h39m20s313.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>On the run... just like Thelma and Louise</i>. Pete Peterson handled all of these shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6s5OKBCzaVYh89Y-z6HsS07jrGAm5GYGlQ4ji7JQEu8gA4NpkFXDg52yTcJF8T2ZhmNf-f50ocJXo2XsYULxlEQmQSTXHEK2jn01VdLepslbSzoNFdgMlmN7Dreg-aX_AiPAtV1u9Gc/s720/vlcsnap-2020-03-05-17h07m14s023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6s5OKBCzaVYh89Y-z6HsS07jrGAm5GYGlQ4ji7JQEu8gA4NpkFXDg52yTcJF8T2ZhmNf-f50ocJXo2XsYULxlEQmQSTXHEK2jn01VdLepslbSzoNFdgMlmN7Dreg-aX_AiPAtV1u9Gc/w640-h480/vlcsnap-2020-03-05-17h07m14s023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Incredibly, even the getaway truck was a stop motion miniature</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3vsgZ0TEVcbM901SpJAOJCDVj9c0eaEl0Bp9KLCWxAMHe1lEYmOZkm5j0RgnH-N-tzJ7WZDCTu-OkFdMmIGNdyKMTLj1NJVuvTuQk1YYd2AGCQFX91i6bII0sTKTc44zeDJduQkDnDQ/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h37m11s070.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3vsgZ0TEVcbM901SpJAOJCDVj9c0eaEl0Bp9KLCWxAMHe1lEYmOZkm5j0RgnH-N-tzJ7WZDCTu-OkFdMmIGNdyKMTLj1NJVuvTuQk1YYd2AGCQFX91i6bII0sTKTc44zeDJduQkDnDQ/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h37m11s070.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As was this entire detour set up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQhBMO1L3xAfiUYd8z_xjxOYAnJa4JVVHGEdROAGLaym9hg8eQ7NTL_fjUajzkkF1D2k5X_ia3s_vMFkxO5ZUVWSEXIg8xpzN7MQmge8Yinbw0Aa6uUFS5PS8CK1hKmooNfLiPh85Ud4/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h37m23s464.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQhBMO1L3xAfiUYd8z_xjxOYAnJa4JVVHGEdROAGLaym9hg8eQ7NTL_fjUajzkkF1D2k5X_ia3s_vMFkxO5ZUVWSEXIg8xpzN7MQmge8Yinbw0Aa6uUFS5PS8CK1hKmooNfLiPh85Ud4/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h37m23s464.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A beautifully crafted miniature valley and mountainscape, likely built by Victor Delgado, and it looks like it has been augmented with a foreground glass painting to assist with depth of field - a common practice in the old days with slower film stock etc.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dcr5HDe7VUz3G9j0BzpK7TvQ-ntyPdkR5rorxtXupD7n5YOzl5JILX6C8aT7KCeDAnYy5G4-05t74yoMjgAia0urbC74T4yTdkPJmvb63uwdiM1ynifsJ7JYZvxMO7cbMjyfLStpkwQ/s1502/MJY+truck.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1502" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dcr5HDe7VUz3G9j0BzpK7TvQ-ntyPdkR5rorxtXupD7n5YOzl5JILX6C8aT7KCeDAnYy5G4-05t74yoMjgAia0urbC74T4yTdkPJmvb63uwdiM1ynifsJ7JYZvxMO7cbMjyfLStpkwQ/w640-h482/MJY+truck.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">All animated; the truck, the ape and the girl.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1BQVnEaAF7YfQEiYea7z-cpn2npQfwkA8fy-td0rFC17ny4nAVKKaa-mERpavUJxw4QkpoLog_ETFbyAAxYry9JDyEkZ_tOmUsy352x9tjrhqUuu1c91OW44vU2YJZZ2X-73rH0E0kI/s758/MJY-Pete+Peterson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="758" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1BQVnEaAF7YfQEiYea7z-cpn2npQfwkA8fy-td0rFC17ny4nAVKKaa-mERpavUJxw4QkpoLog_ETFbyAAxYry9JDyEkZ_tOmUsy352x9tjrhqUuu1c91OW44vU2YJZZ2X-73rH0E0kI/w640-h472/MJY-Pete+Peterson.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pete Peterson and friends.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38sTHJrs5fSw23gJUl9rplFMfjW7z6eu71C9astoy7vQV5eZiyoftk9iWUC9iBkmstI5NYDzCdGnCxa18zBMeoydwGu2LpZBU3byHZzTnhaxTBYLxkHaY0eabNE9mvnaGXVq-MVIfwW4/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h38m13s875.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38sTHJrs5fSw23gJUl9rplFMfjW7z6eu71C9astoy7vQV5eZiyoftk9iWUC9iBkmstI5NYDzCdGnCxa18zBMeoydwGu2LpZBU3byHZzTnhaxTBYLxkHaY0eabNE9mvnaGXVq-MVIfwW4/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h38m13s875.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm03ASzaJ193g9AboeoURRX7kv6OVn7LhrpDw8X2d-xLiVW1EhvCeYAA_BTIsMTgiaBmdxvAXSELcsle6_SMivINbzB9ApoREDLNJOQSyIsnXqIbfXST-goPCSO6OaR6exvc0N-rQ3u4/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h38m56s047.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm03ASzaJ193g9AboeoURRX7kv6OVn7LhrpDw8X2d-xLiVW1EhvCeYAA_BTIsMTgiaBmdxvAXSELcsle6_SMivINbzB9ApoREDLNJOQSyIsnXqIbfXST-goPCSO6OaR6exvc0N-rQ3u4/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h38m56s047.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The County Sherrif and his cohorts are rapidly approaching. All miniature stop motion work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhh8qvBD4iBuiY0XLZWyKvK1DD6NyRRff9erK0DI7QLR7GpgToxd4rXa3AcENYDwdLihjPP2wl70n_Bh9mogXqtpd8Daj-6RKySz-8yX3Vb_Z27nHgC4uy5Z-FITEmtIVzCVUIqnIBJk/s1500/MJY+car.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1500" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhh8qvBD4iBuiY0XLZWyKvK1DD6NyRRff9erK0DI7QLR7GpgToxd4rXa3AcENYDwdLihjPP2wl70n_Bh9mogXqtpd8Daj-6RKySz-8yX3Vb_Z27nHgC4uy5Z-FITEmtIVzCVUIqnIBJk/w640-h248/MJY+car.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQMftUBoKpQyniMORkbAwDKqR5-rfxAn38uSlpb96RFIFomNUywVICKE4EIin-gs5iIoL2tHXMuvmCwwblkEpjBHyalLX4r2bV5ySqyd_qODW51XBtl2Noq0pQsWg9qBNg30Fycnp3XE/s1512/MJY+truck2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1512" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQMftUBoKpQyniMORkbAwDKqR5-rfxAn38uSlpb96RFIFomNUywVICKE4EIin-gs5iIoL2tHXMuvmCwwblkEpjBHyalLX4r2bV5ySqyd_qODW51XBtl2Noq0pQsWg9qBNg30Fycnp3XE/w640-h246/MJY+truck2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Merian C.Cooper asked for some light comedic touches, so Peterson animated some expressive, near 'human' gestures and some thumb tapping gags, which pleased the producer but not Harryhausen.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JP5P65T3B2DkcJkFL2ic24LdtkbcsoaUWp_oQ8sDUk1ZnPm7uGdBfiM-6oHh_V8uiH2A-nCN7gFt_ZpbdkohOiv-6DSsAOIqsRK8OE5LiALzTnU2x3ROHd3retWPNaMzPrp4fluIb3A/s1494/MJY+escape.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1494" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JP5P65T3B2DkcJkFL2ic24LdtkbcsoaUWp_oQ8sDUk1ZnPm7uGdBfiM-6oHh_V8uiH2A-nCN7gFt_ZpbdkohOiv-6DSsAOIqsRK8OE5LiALzTnU2x3ROHd3retWPNaMzPrp4fluIb3A/w640-h244/MJY+escape.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There's some really nice curling lip and sneer expressions here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMJihiu1ODKHZ8PnFprlDQirQKaFxcnCFxbxYR2AXkI-OqHQ5KltjdYBSPsZft_ueNY4uBAcWR-JOGa3b8U2KXcuxkQ2lr2noST-AcxdoFb_PXxQWqOecC2Ekdxz5_ezvccVnx6xuZsE/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h40m06s893.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMJihiu1ODKHZ8PnFprlDQirQKaFxcnCFxbxYR2AXkI-OqHQ5KltjdYBSPsZft_ueNY4uBAcWR-JOGa3b8U2KXcuxkQ2lr2noST-AcxdoFb_PXxQWqOecC2Ekdxz5_ezvccVnx6xuZsE/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h40m06s893.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">No, your eyes are <u>not</u> decieving you... MIGHTY JOE YOUNG really <i>does</i> change hue in the last reel to emphasise the danger of the visual effects packed fiery conclusion at this burning orphanage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2Q1M6yEO2UNXiDak4wrWww-3W5ZEGg5GtmHUqkQblzOfg2HCQSW3N0CJknzhkwCfJ4Yjbcy6CfVJkylirIgzenSZk1DaMYBkInW0AaEsRuTQbcw5XYKErwFCiOltAn-aM6pELqaN6jQ/s873/MJY+model+orphanage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="873" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2Q1M6yEO2UNXiDak4wrWww-3W5ZEGg5GtmHUqkQblzOfg2HCQSW3N0CJknzhkwCfJ4Yjbcy6CfVJkylirIgzenSZk1DaMYBkInW0AaEsRuTQbcw5XYKErwFCiOltAn-aM6pELqaN6jQ/w640-h552/MJY+model+orphanage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Behind the scenes photo from O'Brien's personal album. Note the gas jets and special shaker rigging under the miniature which were controlled by special effects man Jack Lannon.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1DdaZqbD2p5bUsKHC1Qf8nPCwAE_qmCzQBhgpIos3dVq21WR4bvmsZnTmCI-BdI8b31-zz2RZIpMNqdrc0uTkbVBlcgnaO5gihsar2PclgTpL4YpnrjrGev4K3mnbdzWb2-BNA_8xbo/s2247/MJY+orphanage1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="2247" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1DdaZqbD2p5bUsKHC1Qf8nPCwAE_qmCzQBhgpIos3dVq21WR4bvmsZnTmCI-BdI8b31-zz2RZIpMNqdrc0uTkbVBlcgnaO5gihsar2PclgTpL4YpnrjrGev4K3mnbdzWb2-BNA_8xbo/w640-h168/MJY+orphanage1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Entirely miniature set with stop motion truck approaching. The rooftop fires are either rear projections or possibly added later optically.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOAAxRhPBVVLbUCatcdfrEwdr9EAto_vdGGCADKtNb8l-HSFdRU50scRh4YKyZo-Q4d5NeRhi5XIF_NCZdr61x5Z573pmh1JxDFdKhWCgswAkLe2lUOe4UnxgGAriUDBkRt2Nf2T8gIE/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h40m42s153.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOAAxRhPBVVLbUCatcdfrEwdr9EAto_vdGGCADKtNb8l-HSFdRU50scRh4YKyZo-Q4d5NeRhi5XIF_NCZdr61x5Z573pmh1JxDFdKhWCgswAkLe2lUOe4UnxgGAriUDBkRt2Nf2T8gIE/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h40m42s153.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Miniatures and animated truck. One of O'Bie's close associates from the KONG films, Buzz Gibson, was on board MJY, though in what exact capacity I don't know. He did some stop motion on the KONG films so may have helped with similar work here?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1v0R0khQruP3QfY5KXenD8RJYrLwZd3hvguXZ6IVrhMuxPgSEDNoc6QXOS40eLP6pIzwoBphBivFlWlUAPybejc8WH68xu7lVe92tQQpdS8eIDhjnpt1zyY7xETlpppx-OLVK39RzgY/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h41m09s059.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1v0R0khQruP3QfY5KXenD8RJYrLwZd3hvguXZ6IVrhMuxPgSEDNoc6QXOS40eLP6pIzwoBphBivFlWlUAPybejc8WH68xu7lVe92tQQpdS8eIDhjnpt1zyY7xETlpppx-OLVK39RzgY/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h41m09s059.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I have much admiration to Bert Willis and his crew for the excellent miniature cinematography throughout MJY, none more so than in the last couple of reels where the work is truly outstanding. Bert's crew included Monroe Askins, Pinky Arnett, Richard DeVol, George Hollister and Tex Wheaton</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkN2MZWgk75_vnWKW9Sb8WMx2fJ7osYX-j0_I2zVhZMznoxd-fbpeQNdlKjXNwVC4rYVPoSQanxi6aMCmdR84G-6Dje4Ht0x_EB0_3DpCp153lAp2xfLVwvj8oY3VGM0z8OMt4RoxMg_w/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h44m32s363.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkN2MZWgk75_vnWKW9Sb8WMx2fJ7osYX-j0_I2zVhZMznoxd-fbpeQNdlKjXNwVC4rYVPoSQanxi6aMCmdR84G-6Dje4Ht0x_EB0_3DpCp153lAp2xfLVwvj8oY3VGM0z8OMt4RoxMg_w/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h44m32s363.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">OMG... it's an inferno....a towering inferno!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-fHuU8BHCd0CsWTpQ8viX3ATlPWizqqdpIpFw4qJ_TUL5TZQJEO1B7g3MFuge-nQ98gDk4_G4vhgpUq-FC6N7iqwUAfb9wU6KTGHQM7AdmD_KMKJfIcfkjrt4qE7dZ2I_kBkjjF6s5Y/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h44m42s990.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-fHuU8BHCd0CsWTpQ8viX3ATlPWizqqdpIpFw4qJ_TUL5TZQJEO1B7g3MFuge-nQ98gDk4_G4vhgpUq-FC6N7iqwUAfb9wU6KTGHQM7AdmD_KMKJfIcfkjrt4qE7dZ2I_kBkjjF6s5Y/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h44m42s990.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A considerable amount of clever optical work is evident in these scenes, with Ben Johnson and Terry Moore matted into the large burning model as they climb the stairs. Various fire elements and falling flaming debris were also superimposed by Linwood Dunn and Cecil Love on the Acme-Dunn optical printer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy76buovgmHUnDxmvR1hoDhAi8FQUPLyXK5_6169UFyd-ZqSvaodtrC7JbLlaw7kLW2OqQRF0V27Uy3wLbuvq0sikkR8bLSCIoCGVSV64k9vNRIMmS5uSdDVdMnhCLiNu9Jd4McUaCINo/s1508/MJY+orpanage4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1508" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy76buovgmHUnDxmvR1hoDhAi8FQUPLyXK5_6169UFyd-ZqSvaodtrC7JbLlaw7kLW2OqQRF0V27Uy3wLbuvq0sikkR8bLSCIoCGVSV64k9vNRIMmS5uSdDVdMnhCLiNu9Jd4McUaCINo/w640-h482/MJY+orpanage4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's really <u>very</u> impressive, and I'd love to see an exact breakdown of the elements that went together here. Great work!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohdrPy8zwWmcdq8qeYKXbUbF-DtuR_OzfCZKL6XVtJClR2jQLjfUYKIg5JD06E6OqKBblIFQ7QJIb8VsyBLy4SULAeubkNQqT6iMShXRVfexNe6d8lcAT7cjJLj9XXIZ35sUKuH3wuHc/s1497/MJY+orphanage6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1497" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohdrPy8zwWmcdq8qeYKXbUbF-DtuR_OzfCZKL6XVtJClR2jQLjfUYKIg5JD06E6OqKBblIFQ7QJIb8VsyBLy4SULAeubkNQqT6iMShXRVfexNe6d8lcAT7cjJLj9XXIZ35sUKuH3wuHc/w640-h244/MJY+orphanage6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I think the actors were on a small set of stairs with a large process screen behind them filled with miniature conflagration footage, with a split screened right side in foreground with a burning model in front of the actors... plus the superimposed debris falling.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZec-o0QGpXbgeO0CcMvF2PFc7ILlPh30UkjSBBa57tzFOFQNmQnwTkFVIbMb4j_WeZ60x-p7vE5KZ_zy42La9jDygMWxNVLcEzpQZYiaGC-TwvBxs8nHSaF9za2IBkP6qjyiyyrBT_U/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h43m31s306.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZec-o0QGpXbgeO0CcMvF2PFc7ILlPh30UkjSBBa57tzFOFQNmQnwTkFVIbMb4j_WeZ60x-p7vE5KZ_zy42La9jDygMWxNVLcEzpQZYiaGC-TwvBxs8nHSaF9za2IBkP6qjyiyyrBT_U/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h43m31s306.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harold Stine photographed the gradually collapsing seven foot tall miniature orphanage at 96 frames per second.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGSxDlCXtBWku-ZIjLH4fUHh0wUZ-Zy6I8B34KqIu-3e-uyonG_pxx9_185-oNsKYnZtm83AnmWV-yjdhpHB5YzPZUwB5CZXwOqgdNBEq3h9ny_ll-Psv9C77K_0l3XiaRmTfehLryok/s2664/MJY+fire1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="2664" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGSxDlCXtBWku-ZIjLH4fUHh0wUZ-Zy6I8B34KqIu-3e-uyonG_pxx9_185-oNsKYnZtm83AnmWV-yjdhpHB5YzPZUwB5CZXwOqgdNBEq3h9ny_ll-Psv9C77K_0l3XiaRmTfehLryok/w640-h242/MJY+fire1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More excellent miniature work as Joe senses trouble above, and clambers up to the roof.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyfOpHWrnFtORff7QxaVCFERZ3SiAjvSVkfWrz0uLmkMu4s0FsmuMU1pHoPzBN_TLqo9WH1yDV1SUbKc22sLCCTDByDIqOpVaRp0IIi9QZIBdTvouTlPZijj29CgUhIBoQNMQKNrljdQ/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h51m34s018.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyfOpHWrnFtORff7QxaVCFERZ3SiAjvSVkfWrz0uLmkMu4s0FsmuMU1pHoPzBN_TLqo9WH1yDV1SUbKc22sLCCTDByDIqOpVaRp0IIi9QZIBdTvouTlPZijj29CgUhIBoQNMQKNrljdQ/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h51m34s018.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">All of the animation staff had a part to play in the tree sequences, including Marcel Delgado, who did the long shots with the smallest 4 inch Joe model.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtoayp-zsA7OIB-xRSluVtBwLgP6i8KaI6ky1mjCXs3V7z6m7fOiUbwhNyG3O-WOANODVjAAmQXZTlgb26KRE4DYqYEOQ1Hpnd_K0g1CFekmHU-OyNZzeW18m6SxIrwplaaPOW8-yfh2g/s1494/MJY+fire2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1494" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtoayp-zsA7OIB-xRSluVtBwLgP6i8KaI6ky1mjCXs3V7z6m7fOiUbwhNyG3O-WOANODVjAAmQXZTlgb26KRE4DYqYEOQ1Hpnd_K0g1CFekmHU-OyNZzeW18m6SxIrwplaaPOW8-yfh2g/w640-h486/MJY+fire2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harryhausen had a small foot pedal on the floor to advance the camera and projector frame by frame. Camera assistant Monroe Askins was tasked with always making sure the Mitchell was sufficiently locked down and running properly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgqUwODbQDO5-qh02YNuSD3W5p-ulaWU53eXAfcybe9Wb2xgXlfY6eWWx8oJ9kt86PjBazJYoAmiyGaQXuBedTc2WHYnACi_3JCfoeqKBT_6C0RuMzKKf4xXT2rJ-7rg2bGmxsvkwrus/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h45m21s710.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgqUwODbQDO5-qh02YNuSD3W5p-ulaWU53eXAfcybe9Wb2xgXlfY6eWWx8oJ9kt86PjBazJYoAmiyGaQXuBedTc2WHYnACi_3JCfoeqKBT_6C0RuMzKKf4xXT2rJ-7rg2bGmxsvkwrus/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h45m21s710.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The orphanage begins to collapse.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuffH3DWnurNuVDwjLvKhn1pfXj_Cxi_WEbE-7qKpkRsyZc2K9tRlsq5EGvvotCVUNKzBlI236il8_7FMvR2ATpuUA-fVqUGF1EIp_5QYzNDykauWhsYYgDKmBpQ3pmJ_BbD90PiR5lE/s1490/MJY+fire5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1490" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuffH3DWnurNuVDwjLvKhn1pfXj_Cxi_WEbE-7qKpkRsyZc2K9tRlsq5EGvvotCVUNKzBlI236il8_7FMvR2ATpuUA-fVqUGF1EIp_5QYzNDykauWhsYYgDKmBpQ3pmJ_BbD90PiR5lE/w640-h248/MJY+fire5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Joe breaks open the wall and rescues his gal. Another outstanding bit of trick work combining process fire fx, an additional process plate of Terry Moore, a miniature structure - destroyed in stop motion - and of course, our pal Joe</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviN8BrAp1S64IwQD9fzQG-ejtOkg6HxpLtxRk61hrxUXWqFBlbkFew7lzaJLofRtYmEwzhDaM4FbN-0SXiJdTb-DiOrTr7XN0I4JnOt-85QzHh6mfBfCQ4Je1dkBAwI-YF3UTQI8DDYA/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h47m15s938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviN8BrAp1S64IwQD9fzQG-ejtOkg6HxpLtxRk61hrxUXWqFBlbkFew7lzaJLofRtYmEwzhDaM4FbN-0SXiJdTb-DiOrTr7XN0I4JnOt-85QzHh6mfBfCQ4Je1dkBAwI-YF3UTQI8DDYA/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h47m15s938.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjJ4uOVY_9NWNUv2ig0swp8imvfIREMnEVbxQ4vgnpz6_7lVympdQVIA6PioO1URdb5leMawwlXKpvzyQ75N8VzRk1OaCTiRnqVC0gxQcPmcW5ImheaQYYSfy-1_DXppbXiIUwZ0IMJo/s2649/MJY+fire7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="2649" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjJ4uOVY_9NWNUv2ig0swp8imvfIREMnEVbxQ4vgnpz6_7lVympdQVIA6PioO1URdb5leMawwlXKpvzyQ75N8VzRk1OaCTiRnqVC0gxQcPmcW5ImheaQYYSfy-1_DXppbXiIUwZ0IMJo/w640-h242/MJY+fire7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The entire last reel is packed with wall to wall visual effects; from large scale miniatures, pyro effects, mattes, split screen effects, animation, optical superimpositions and rear projection - sometimes all at once in a single given shot!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioV4D_DJVqF27r0SpoS5fbF-8EQQME8C7X26jtadlSFApTn1zddlOtMBLJ0V93vsGCmenjfCpaXaDVk8eClhX8psMJzhj3sfT-RAZzWbpokKfGVt8hWlTt5Dk6rsLmhODLNc4phYc5R9Y/s800/MJY_Buzz+Gibson+animating.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="800" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioV4D_DJVqF27r0SpoS5fbF-8EQQME8C7X26jtadlSFApTn1zddlOtMBLJ0V93vsGCmenjfCpaXaDVk8eClhX8psMJzhj3sfT-RAZzWbpokKfGVt8hWlTt5Dk6rsLmhODLNc4phYc5R9Y/w640-h456/MJY_Buzz+Gibson+animating.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm fairly sure that this is Pete Peterson, though it sure is a sensational behind the scenes photo.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLQNRJtSbzLkkBGzpo8gyeANSZ7Ns70JB5JtPLalZuAoLQ5GOkRCcCe8yir0AFXg2ucDeeDbqQxB_Gy34CY3nsioSU7QPQ3LdhoYywUyN9suyGSc54ukIxmUdPJ6UESxq-8iDm4tK17s/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h48m03s325.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLQNRJtSbzLkkBGzpo8gyeANSZ7Ns70JB5JtPLalZuAoLQ5GOkRCcCe8yir0AFXg2ucDeeDbqQxB_Gy34CY3nsioSU7QPQ3LdhoYywUyN9suyGSc54ukIxmUdPJ6UESxq-8iDm4tK17s/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h48m03s325.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Apparently, these specially tinted sequences were missing from prints for a number of years - possibly due to the cost of striking 35mm or 16mm prints with special requirements. A few initial release prints had these reels printed by Technicolor, though the cost was too much for the producers so the remaining prints relied upon a simplified 'tone and tint' process using standard black & white film. The DVD's and BluRays have restored it all as intended.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGQIVZzevktJPsI1YTNFRDTtXAfDpCl_w4dkdKDJJf3J5NRrl8RMjVktz778w1cBhjPN5JUo6It3nfFkwwEKz8Uaak-YbwLZefyxQS2ZhwVQpVE7d28Y72pSvvEmTAD4EKXBLsmIdLQA/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h48m53s227.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGQIVZzevktJPsI1YTNFRDTtXAfDpCl_w4dkdKDJJf3J5NRrl8RMjVktz778w1cBhjPN5JUo6It3nfFkwwEKz8Uaak-YbwLZefyxQS2ZhwVQpVE7d28Y72pSvvEmTAD4EKXBLsmIdLQA/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h48m53s227.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The sudden change to tinted footage was jarring at the time for audiences, not to mention theatre projectionists, who scrambled to check whether they had threaded the correct film for the change over!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHbTjC3sQgQ8e_fCeamvmHH5fgAS16R5kAsgoa6OLI8HUytA1ssJ2pid6BDzp1MqiWnZoVZ21AHdxGTUVKOE8B99v1rs6j1w0XQR1UDPP2a7YRrVKje2tUrSTXoNj7Dyff9JJ1Tcy7KA/s1494/MJY+fire9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1494" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHbTjC3sQgQ8e_fCeamvmHH5fgAS16R5kAsgoa6OLI8HUytA1ssJ2pid6BDzp1MqiWnZoVZ21AHdxGTUVKOE8B99v1rs6j1w0XQR1UDPP2a7YRrVKje2tUrSTXoNj7Dyff9JJ1Tcy7KA/w640-h482/MJY+fire9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An expertly carried out bit of miniature demolition and effects camerawork.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4tg3pmuuZHE_2LwBoJXJrhWWY_ikrYKsWTOR-tuIB_3qSTNZZ_XRrETYzjLliySPCaLR6f0ESHJpAhElQTcEsxjkDfMxgxpaWenkVxVAenmQ9zioCQSabahAcsgiowKjoULIRYXv_bQ/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h49m17s047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4tg3pmuuZHE_2LwBoJXJrhWWY_ikrYKsWTOR-tuIB_3qSTNZZ_XRrETYzjLliySPCaLR6f0ESHJpAhElQTcEsxjkDfMxgxpaWenkVxVAenmQ9zioCQSabahAcsgiowKjoULIRYXv_bQ/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h49m17s047.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aN2zf4UarSp3ws9n83VY1c7WkeZ-bI1QS8yNPehmZo6Bq0NCG8DQWG_yzaOASw8DYYzAB1Wv9ewOGqGVPdUr8nZs4UJnoTDcZKA3ukSo8GM8iFEnUR4XyvLdPUKxpPfYMuTLPvbxm90/s1506/MJY+orphanage2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1506" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aN2zf4UarSp3ws9n83VY1c7WkeZ-bI1QS8yNPehmZo6Bq0NCG8DQWG_yzaOASw8DYYzAB1Wv9ewOGqGVPdUr8nZs4UJnoTDcZKA3ukSo8GM8iFEnUR4XyvLdPUKxpPfYMuTLPvbxm90/w640-h486/MJY+orphanage2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The miniature was mounted on a large rocker platform which shook the pre-prepared (plaster?) structure loose to great effect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5BZuNb4e00gU-cn0g48xnlfPIIG7O0pclv7-TYO7LNtEXszo07axPZFv-f4cRv0KocfxLIih3S5t9pa6TA1mGpIhc3MyVgCryZVTl6NclxgPsWDrDnuPtoeaRAdXDO2BL53dwE2AW40/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h46m47s259.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5BZuNb4e00gU-cn0g48xnlfPIIG7O0pclv7-TYO7LNtEXszo07axPZFv-f4cRv0KocfxLIih3S5t9pa6TA1mGpIhc3MyVgCryZVTl6NclxgPsWDrDnuPtoeaRAdXDO2BL53dwE2AW40/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h46m47s259.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wql5Njic83eNH8Owy5yQdAXLnzCIFPsOQ1tz5EW8FY3LZHZJQyLwqfMqRET9JZ7cihC3goct6wMfFV6Uo2dFYoWbwrT3_hJpWa1SITDOhLBI1L3TwbN85alSsK08puVt9nahNzx6xCw/s2628/MJY+fire8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="2628" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wql5Njic83eNH8Owy5yQdAXLnzCIFPsOQ1tz5EW8FY3LZHZJQyLwqfMqRET9JZ7cihC3goct6wMfFV6Uo2dFYoWbwrT3_hJpWa1SITDOhLBI1L3TwbN85alSsK08puVt9nahNzx6xCw/w640-h240/MJY+fire8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've seen the sequence in plain old monochrome and it isn't half as effective.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUpAV3ySPfuRvc_w4Vq7O0Qb0SRPUkchlsRnRukXh8KO4SieyZiLlt2GNqZAaOcJTvIqdgWPPpqtR5DxkCAEHCjyVLbMVo-9q7KnQO1xANAm3rUrnL8MM7bV8DF4ZIhOB_ZqRvg8Lg7Q/s1500/MJY+fire3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1500" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUpAV3ySPfuRvc_w4Vq7O0Qb0SRPUkchlsRnRukXh8KO4SieyZiLlt2GNqZAaOcJTvIqdgWPPpqtR5DxkCAEHCjyVLbMVo-9q7KnQO1xANAm3rUrnL8MM7bV8DF4ZIhOB_ZqRvg8Lg7Q/w640-h242/MJY+fire3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirosmXtKvttGQc13EAdD2sIgsbTSyGus_9ebltB76Iy6DFMpOK8bn9HItKeXIMvP0DjiMLpvEP6iqT5FhDjhY9igABCQNLW0KYvHtjDKAUtmyk7CytZf3lnjjmbK9_IDy6CdCgehsRCIc/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h50m01s710.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirosmXtKvttGQc13EAdD2sIgsbTSyGus_9ebltB76Iy6DFMpOK8bn9HItKeXIMvP0DjiMLpvEP6iqT5FhDjhY9igABCQNLW0KYvHtjDKAUtmyk7CytZf3lnjjmbK9_IDy6CdCgehsRCIc/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h50m01s710.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A remarkably crisp muliple part composite that has all the hallmarks of being first generation. The live action rooftop set has been combined flawlessly with what appears to be an extensive matte painted downview, with people, possibly painted and with slot gag 'movement'(?), or a live action plate with real extras. Also, some optically added fire to set the scene. One of the best shots in the film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Ic_rFjfscNTaHVW4b7ETKrybxTY2DlyP0aPCfAVnDot6mB1TGyNOj1ZdVwTLArb_2Q0V9qj1Ylv8Jmpi7rH81hS_W4e_N3cDMF8L8_8ZS6rdGkYYzEKyDBX_yER6dvnqoxR-j22diUM/s2637/MJY+fire9a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="2637" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Ic_rFjfscNTaHVW4b7ETKrybxTY2DlyP0aPCfAVnDot6mB1TGyNOj1ZdVwTLArb_2Q0V9qj1Ylv8Jmpi7rH81hS_W4e_N3cDMF8L8_8ZS6rdGkYYzEKyDBX_yER6dvnqoxR-j22diUM/w640-h240/MJY+fire9a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Left, a split screen matte. Right, full miniature set and characters.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOFstpWD81OHLW7M9Yhni1uE_5IJssEryXKU8EboxeWKStlD0fbLjkKewVC0YEJfbyqMHTG5_qHh8gJboKg8d8U88hVltG3YdzDTqkSGrO10UU_NNQDw6N-xdDXxVkCfiJ0tR-vudDoI/s1500/MJY+rescue1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1500" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOFstpWD81OHLW7M9Yhni1uE_5IJssEryXKU8EboxeWKStlD0fbLjkKewVC0YEJfbyqMHTG5_qHh8gJboKg8d8U88hVltG3YdzDTqkSGrO10UU_NNQDw6N-xdDXxVkCfiJ0tR-vudDoI/w640-h484/MJY+rescue1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MJY took some two years of extensive pre-production, followed by around 14 months of animation, matte and composite work, and three months of principal photography.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHxFj4kLm2eWFUFuHickLUruC-_TYgmM8TqVWVS6d29mAUGmh1l4A9IY8yAt1mGV3ZqlAd2iQSO9qnAqazmroSZvJGpmqm4Y_CQ-ox35hEyPvbsQDbZjHvcf6aG4PwmQObMAX9PLEItc/s1496/MJY+rescue2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1496" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHxFj4kLm2eWFUFuHickLUruC-_TYgmM8TqVWVS6d29mAUGmh1l4A9IY8yAt1mGV3ZqlAd2iQSO9qnAqazmroSZvJGpmqm4Y_CQ-ox35hEyPvbsQDbZjHvcf6aG4PwmQObMAX9PLEItc/w640-h486/MJY+rescue2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjub6dVbr3UviQ3y8KUGGABI5kgvp0d-_FTFXjnRyGlKvm68LslzrV-NPvzRxwmE6Uj1pmKXnQfM6XxlBYYk8XJD8oL9LNDBaFQHYEt2EknTyzYPXsocZyVkhf677D8_8IxABDNlu0TaI/s2676/MJY+rescue4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1976" data-original-width="2676" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjub6dVbr3UviQ3y8KUGGABI5kgvp0d-_FTFXjnRyGlKvm68LslzrV-NPvzRxwmE6Uj1pmKXnQfM6XxlBYYk8XJD8oL9LNDBaFQHYEt2EknTyzYPXsocZyVkhf677D8_8IxABDNlu0TaI/w640-h472/MJY+rescue4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The top left frame is from Marcel Delgado's animation using the smallest of the 6 Joe models.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOF2oAM-cWSJKos9FWy6FyeKjU79u8pZ-wTOU6dshDkamQF-MVCHJw848Ib__51F13zRjGbDPGQSNyCe1f1ZrcwF_-Texfn38POYzXRtsZIMZZ0UQJFPgqVFSxHytHIBz0vy9y-5eIGAM/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h51m31s098.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOF2oAM-cWSJKos9FWy6FyeKjU79u8pZ-wTOU6dshDkamQF-MVCHJw848Ib__51F13zRjGbDPGQSNyCe1f1ZrcwF_-Texfn38POYzXRtsZIMZZ0UQJFPgqVFSxHytHIBz0vy9y-5eIGAM/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h51m31s098.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another tremendously effective shot has the baby crawling along the ledge while all burns around him. A brilliantly executed scene with model rooftop and tree, complete with Ray's animated puppet baby - built by Marcel Delgado - and rear projected inferno. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCLualmveXImZuUa7zsuDarpqDlNF_pwu2J8aLZTKLtkr4jp-snNGp70WmUM8oJTtxo-3vhrFDtStSPCNgFBAMGL5NABdsbM36pwo9ruzGip378p2Hg5pGJSvYh2vWTralttey8IVt-8/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h50m48s684.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCLualmveXImZuUa7zsuDarpqDlNF_pwu2J8aLZTKLtkr4jp-snNGp70WmUM8oJTtxo-3vhrFDtStSPCNgFBAMGL5NABdsbM36pwo9ruzGip378p2Hg5pGJSvYh2vWTralttey8IVt-8/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h50m48s684.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkyScrnRse5EnK3DGKaFqvWOixVtkJBtsnJYPCLFCxVzae3H4UFG3RhJpTwPZbZW8IafuXZMpqpF_4JtymIx1LalXZ5bDUicjxnjfZ2ovS9nRa0ze7zFr0hxvcQNHBTzp1qHkytSNlbO4/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h51m42s866.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkyScrnRse5EnK3DGKaFqvWOixVtkJBtsnJYPCLFCxVzae3H4UFG3RhJpTwPZbZW8IafuXZMpqpF_4JtymIx1LalXZ5bDUicjxnjfZ2ovS9nRa0ze7zFr0hxvcQNHBTzp1qHkytSNlbO4/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h51m42s866.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An incredibly powerful shot where all hope seems lost.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hyPjmTgXxV6qp61TvQ4Kux2-fNbc5phRTtq6wv_U12_3JSkU6apZ0tYVf0k1NYAN389HraCCAHhQjqbTDrmT_AlgtHGqDHhuKnWbaxldCkoHwQe9Q9LCsEZ5lo_30I67BIuZHXRVMzQ/s1494/mightyjoeyoung13000+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1494" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hyPjmTgXxV6qp61TvQ4Kux2-fNbc5phRTtq6wv_U12_3JSkU6apZ0tYVf0k1NYAN389HraCCAHhQjqbTDrmT_AlgtHGqDHhuKnWbaxldCkoHwQe9Q9LCsEZ5lo_30I67BIuZHXRVMzQ/w640-h462/mightyjoeyoung13000+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A great deal of emotion was injected into the Joe puppets, largely by Ray Harryhausen, armed with a modelling tool, a screwdriver, an animators surface gauge, and a pencil eraser to facilitate eyebrow movements and manipulation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg791gr4dWjgC9U-NgfXsSZSbkFlpv8Y-RlkE0Sckz5RaBULx46ZOS6WzJt5mrMRdf-Mbz6Q3syKuUcpomc695RNSinDPa9Bmbp1i_kZpfSD1p2kLJLm3nuG3PjihgJyHIVv6IJuaZPUQY/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h53m37s480.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg791gr4dWjgC9U-NgfXsSZSbkFlpv8Y-RlkE0Sckz5RaBULx46ZOS6WzJt5mrMRdf-Mbz6Q3syKuUcpomc695RNSinDPa9Bmbp1i_kZpfSD1p2kLJLm3nuG3PjihgJyHIVv6IJuaZPUQY/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h53m37s480.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yet another highly inventive piece of action where the tree falls to the ground with Joe, still safely clutching the baby. The neat thing is that the camera's POV follows the tree collapse in a single motion shot, almost as if the cameraman were bolted to the tree!! Brilliantly conceived and executed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg659QMcnE1xFqjh3zZsHC2JnCo4nz9SWHQkIZFkNJfOoTzx-Dp8VCbRNJi71BNHv1E30_XKUGa5L20cFJfDZzzZQO2DLbcauDRyQcK36bLG9YkzbE1mrY65jNxwV3DRDt9rpoC74ZwAGk/s1502/MJY+tree.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1502" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg659QMcnE1xFqjh3zZsHC2JnCo4nz9SWHQkIZFkNJfOoTzx-Dp8VCbRNJi71BNHv1E30_XKUGa5L20cFJfDZzzZQO2DLbcauDRyQcK36bLG9YkzbE1mrY65jNxwV3DRDt9rpoC74ZwAGk/w640-h484/MJY+tree.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A second angle shows onlookers projected in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-M3H75fwOU2ldgjUup9S60jgzZBcZ7MOD-LkKA-FeLjLnRfWdkrdEs6SlO1VanIBm1HIbomUEFTNODEpwhY1uF3xkGAXPPeXVHD4NU61DO3CRW9NDA-8lXvrXAazPy6x0CRwp3jhv2c/s2646/MJY+fx1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="2646" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-M3H75fwOU2ldgjUup9S60jgzZBcZ7MOD-LkKA-FeLjLnRfWdkrdEs6SlO1VanIBm1HIbomUEFTNODEpwhY1uF3xkGAXPPeXVHD4NU61DO3CRW9NDA-8lXvrXAazPy6x0CRwp3jhv2c/w640-h240/MJY+fx1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>"I can't hold her together Captain...she's breakin' up!"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dPNEjuvjsLl7dtHgtvooLjEM-NGJGefSocl9SR1yNkd_BizppgmPCTEthn7Nom3B9gFZJSxFLQse1BJYUJ5TdBOK-vzP-n5U1SgYfr7iywgBaM3p6cSe0TM0aFe3AzKBqviKSKHmGQM/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h54m26s911.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dPNEjuvjsLl7dtHgtvooLjEM-NGJGefSocl9SR1yNkd_BizppgmPCTEthn7Nom3B9gFZJSxFLQse1BJYUJ5TdBOK-vzP-n5U1SgYfr7iywgBaM3p6cSe0TM0aFe3AzKBqviKSKHmGQM/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h54m26s911.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cooper was so impressed by Harryhausen's output that he loaded a bonus onto his $250 salary per week.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAENxRUZlaTbBvyFWq1tSdciMz8OAkP2BUbwUT-hLYWY2S3_rUa1pEtX9FlTMs3KK3CZu89OAuguzY5hva_gL6HPKjZhARpG9wg1Gd5e3b9sz1gySuF4lHGexYkLk_Vr9WFDTRio4WN4/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h54m29s278.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAENxRUZlaTbBvyFWq1tSdciMz8OAkP2BUbwUT-hLYWY2S3_rUa1pEtX9FlTMs3KK3CZu89OAuguzY5hva_gL6HPKjZhARpG9wg1Gd5e3b9sz1gySuF4lHGexYkLk_Vr9WFDTRio4WN4/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h54m29s278.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">First rate miniature destruction married with first rate animation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6CqQwCo7fhwLOPae5gPnszQgLz2QOXCbWcHckXGY16V1cmR_saMyXZKeEFI2qReV1Yuqndi7OENGoOaZqmRdeVuT5ZYStkWiwrAM4E7jhbpPWNw4bUwd136CyUgLDP827meq3kpg62M/s2235/MJY+end.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2235" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6CqQwCo7fhwLOPae5gPnszQgLz2QOXCbWcHckXGY16V1cmR_saMyXZKeEFI2qReV1Yuqndi7OENGoOaZqmRdeVuT5ZYStkWiwrAM4E7jhbpPWNw4bUwd136CyUgLDP827meq3kpg62M/w640-h330/MJY+end.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frame by frame...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgKd27q5m_UIcTvXmmbj05jaYdeabxYEH021UYL2zX3Tzz9kQoB0MCq2xZluaXQYUWExKXGGZpW2IIAimc2zO8Cscu6vYkocciwyKK1OXniJ8VysP0_zSIIQm6h3yhQ5v39efO0Itk48/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h54m54s460.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgKd27q5m_UIcTvXmmbj05jaYdeabxYEH021UYL2zX3Tzz9kQoB0MCq2xZluaXQYUWExKXGGZpW2IIAimc2zO8Cscu6vYkocciwyKK1OXniJ8VysP0_zSIIQm6h3yhQ5v39efO0Itk48/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h54m54s460.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"So...what do you say we split this joint and head off somewhere for a quiet drink?"</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4dVirYfWP977OYuu0UvtRK63biaDa18aBN9gPfLzDXIx_rgvUewst8wc6ozC6MkShWihj5W3-5ZKsWH8yXXtbjcSawtI9152jv0vtG3GN0619NYShk0n-x2k1NxPsxR8RHa8lDV-G5Q/s1280/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h55m11s089.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4dVirYfWP977OYuu0UvtRK63biaDa18aBN9gPfLzDXIx_rgvUewst8wc6ozC6MkShWihj5W3-5ZKsWH8yXXtbjcSawtI9152jv0vtG3GN0619NYShk0n-x2k1NxPsxR8RHa8lDV-G5Q/w640-h472/vlcsnap-2021-03-18-01h55m11s089.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">T'was beauty who, this time, <i>didn't </i>kill the beast... He lived to a ripe old age back in ole' Africa (*and no 12 foot gorilla's were harmed during the making of this motion picture).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrsm8EmXc465I-Kw4sRTdvlmT9b9zw-RfXSyguxLUiGk7_Pp-4EfZeaGwwjEL5AdifxEhUn3mN23cTtmz8s-kh0bK9kaWY27HaMWJaV3zQZ4eW2U6m3AmsU3Jhi1-gEEZJrBWNxho-_M/s2262/MJY+ending.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="2262" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrsm8EmXc465I-Kw4sRTdvlmT9b9zw-RfXSyguxLUiGk7_Pp-4EfZeaGwwjEL5AdifxEhUn3mN23cTtmz8s-kh0bK9kaWY27HaMWJaV3zQZ4eW2U6m3AmsU3Jhi1-gEEZJrBWNxho-_M/w640-h328/MJY+ending.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The upper left and middle frames are from the end title of MJY while the rest of these frames come from the re-issue trailer. They made such good trailers back then that would tempt any 12 year old boy to go along. I don't think the film was a particularly successful one, sadly, with a few atrocious reviews here and there, but reportedly theatres had sell out houses in various venues, so it certainly had an audience. I believe that the production company, Arko/Argosy, had a deal with RKO for a 50/50 split of international distribution rights.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fr4R1MrJZ5fjCL_vgrRXpMiajU9ziuNm1KXTkj621nBbDh6bkSIpmxFF0GTddGsOXbsrDY2h6pRNEsPF61-gdqheZwUnHIaGXBebe1F-_hBuxs95FTE07pF8K0I1D-944KmJkU-0NYY/s2475/O%2527Bie+Oscar+pics.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1185" data-original-width="2475" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fr4R1MrJZ5fjCL_vgrRXpMiajU9ziuNm1KXTkj621nBbDh6bkSIpmxFF0GTddGsOXbsrDY2h6pRNEsPF61-gdqheZwUnHIaGXBebe1F-_hBuxs95FTE07pF8K0I1D-944KmJkU-0NYY/w640-h306/O%2527Bie+Oscar+pics.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Willis and the Oscar for Best Special Effects. The trophy actually was meant to go to the producer, as was the accepted practice, but Cooper happily gave the statuette to his longtime friend and creative associate, not only for MJY, but as an acknowledgement for all he'd done on KING KONG, which preceeded the FX Oscar category by some six years. This Oscar has just come up for auction should any of my readers be interested??</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqaNlFe07chkAi0oruUaf8rUvCWJtBza8a7IaKFKIuHssp7clxWbD7UlxjQ5Uc0sRyCqBxmXpqqkct5IpNW3gP3gUAHtw0sXCTlc6QMu5o3kRve-zORIxiw2GjoAdGg2YaRQKCmhE33Zo/s1639/MJY+Press+book+C.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1639" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqaNlFe07chkAi0oruUaf8rUvCWJtBza8a7IaKFKIuHssp7clxWbD7UlxjQ5Uc0sRyCqBxmXpqqkct5IpNW3gP3gUAHtw0sXCTlc6QMu5o3kRve-zORIxiw2GjoAdGg2YaRQKCmhE33Zo/w640-h388/MJY+Press+book+C.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The original pressbook from an era when they really knew how to sell a movie!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">NZ Pete's Big Box of Mattes:</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>As I mentioned, I was very happy to recently recieve a large, solidly constructed wooden crate from Los Angeles containing a bounty of wonderful original Universal and Illusion Arts matte paintings from Bill Taylor's collection. I'm so thrilled with these beautiful pieces, which include one of Albert Whitlock's and a half dozen of Syd Dutton's as well as a couple of unidentified works at the reverse sides of two mattes. </div><div>Out of neccessity I had to choose mattes prepared on hardboard (or Masonite as it's called in the States) for safe shipping purposes over a vast distance to the other end of the globe. A couple of them were already in their original old Universal pine frames so I've been busy constructing frames for the remainder, as well as mounting same up on wall space, which was a task and a half given the very large dimensions of the mattes and the added weight of the wooden frames. Three of them went atop a high staircase and that required very precarious balancing acts atop high ladder wedged on a narrow edge of steps. Got there after some sweating and swearing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are the mattes and some close up details as well. If anyone else has acquired any of those many mattes that were recently auctioned off, do tell me what you have.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyL_cnf1oDq-NVu8jInTK7Lj4fs6TSUs0CFvTsq0YWmyv_ruiEw7RNQhosp0WviVdR-ZfvkNhyqUU5P7Hr3C65_p0f1dsRVSmTbfM-mSRdmIA75DY1nzuPmIcceik_9_v1OwVVCS3RrlM/s2060/mattes+arrived+safe.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="2060" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyL_cnf1oDq-NVu8jInTK7Lj4fs6TSUs0CFvTsq0YWmyv_ruiEw7RNQhosp0WviVdR-ZfvkNhyqUU5P7Hr3C65_p0f1dsRVSmTbfM-mSRdmIA75DY1nzuPmIcceik_9_v1OwVVCS3RrlM/w640-h234/mattes+arrived+safe.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The 130kg crate which reached New Zealand quite speedily yet sat in NZ Customs for some <b>9</b> <b>days</b> till they finally got around to opening it and examining the very well packed contents, which they apparently also photographed for some unknown reason? At least in got here, which in this pandemic of 'the pox' is in itself, a small mercy.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMPQ8iJ1DLVFx0KvrQzV0jQMCiD1OMWNy2plOUMHUVVr08RLqArgpA51S5UTnzyTrgXVP1EaP28p84nnYewe-TbTtnBfQeHVfVPeSG8JO0QLXyRqxHhxx4sSF9ki7a7tXcUx7j3eiikE/s2464/Otherworld+%2528sm%2529+IMG_1415.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="2464" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMPQ8iJ1DLVFx0KvrQzV0jQMCiD1OMWNy2plOUMHUVVr08RLqArgpA51S5UTnzyTrgXVP1EaP28p84nnYewe-TbTtnBfQeHVfVPeSG8JO0QLXyRqxHhxx4sSF9ki7a7tXcUx7j3eiikE/w640-h408/Otherworld+%2528sm%2529+IMG_1415.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably my favourite one, and a matte that simply draws in the eye of the viewer with it's myriad network of roadways and a wonderful vanishing point. It's one of many mattes that Syd painted for a short lived sci-fi series OTHERWORLD (1985) - a show that has a dedicated fan base still to this day. The vast size measuring around 96 inches in width seemed excessive for tv but the final shot involved a foreground glass painted hot air balloon with painted people which travelled frame by frame up and over the futuristic city, with the camera following the balloon's progress. Syd told me that he designed it all to resemble a giant circuit board.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KPfVboHsFjNY1WvLAUHTNpCl63PzRtNTA2ScAYXev5QzBv0ZvAuITPfeGllmwHkgUoteG0mikNtmcjGf99oCbiO8-FIUSiOFVXTEwTVjNMHfqwQDArDzbJif7oDiqOwcJtq1crhUbqU/s1936/Otherworld-city+detail1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1936" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KPfVboHsFjNY1WvLAUHTNpCl63PzRtNTA2ScAYXev5QzBv0ZvAuITPfeGllmwHkgUoteG0mikNtmcjGf99oCbiO8-FIUSiOFVXTEwTVjNMHfqwQDArDzbJif7oDiqOwcJtq1crhUbqU/w640-h498/Otherworld-city+detail1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail of Syd's loose and impressionistic brushwork which sells as photo real when viewed in toto.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih6FVZIZOMiuKTrayPtqsS2UF5-MX-GwUPOMJukbCqzyY9bPnck26hK9FcnLVvWFGE9CmZV8PSUJ3M6nc7RI3WPtEuDmpsv17IHl2xQsMZumNmyugUEuQXSwcHCZmDfKZm9I4FIUUvDrM/s1891/Otherworld-city+detail9.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="1891" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih6FVZIZOMiuKTrayPtqsS2UF5-MX-GwUPOMJukbCqzyY9bPnck26hK9FcnLVvWFGE9CmZV8PSUJ3M6nc7RI3WPtEuDmpsv17IHl2xQsMZumNmyugUEuQXSwcHCZmDfKZm9I4FIUUvDrM/w640-h410/Otherworld-city+detail9.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More of the same.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eiD9zSj_mEAU2GridTVfVTgx_xmDs1er-jFXBxdhbMGE8EHIRWkl37_Ep4lDAXv9ei9mtcAa_TCppp75LvQ_0yahiHFwRXnMyBMvXUvWgU9u9Hq_t9eqAyt-Tdl6uX3XlUN_TVGiRUk/s2029/Otherworld-city+detail8.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2029" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eiD9zSj_mEAU2GridTVfVTgx_xmDs1er-jFXBxdhbMGE8EHIRWkl37_Ep4lDAXv9ei9mtcAa_TCppp75LvQ_0yahiHFwRXnMyBMvXUvWgU9u9Hq_t9eqAyt-Tdl6uX3XlUN_TVGiRUk/w640-h428/Otherworld-city+detail8.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Annoyingly, OTHERWORLD has never been released on any form of home video at all, despite having a cult following. C'mon Universal/MCA.... get off your lazy arses and release this 8 part series... please</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUONaewo5RTXgL4hLsO18TtdM2Syub9ncphlR4CwlgoFAKftB5rzPgvYzPjpFkU12j7EeCMWh48Q_aFSHC4wFR7oqY7o0oZHNptn9XYFvkTl2DbmLb1BWJC3qpWJcjb3kP3sy1Aq9QBxg/s1898/otherworld+IMG_1648.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="1898" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUONaewo5RTXgL4hLsO18TtdM2Syub9ncphlR4CwlgoFAKftB5rzPgvYzPjpFkU12j7EeCMWh48Q_aFSHC4wFR7oqY7o0oZHNptn9XYFvkTl2DbmLb1BWJC3qpWJcjb3kP3sy1Aq9QBxg/w640-h522/otherworld+IMG_1648.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdAd_edYC2sZFREM6D5jkxrhLGpgmxrg5ng0CrE5zaf2isrFo5Lc1B3Xx6wpYvgeLlvTnHRMjFIFH5lFuWWDevYlKw8Q6inxk5sGPjMAKIFmtUHbyvRikLA66yTTWptpi3HIvTUXi-K4/s1662/IMG_1616.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1662" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdAd_edYC2sZFREM6D5jkxrhLGpgmxrg5ng0CrE5zaf2isrFo5Lc1B3Xx6wpYvgeLlvTnHRMjFIFH5lFuWWDevYlKw8Q6inxk5sGPjMAKIFmtUHbyvRikLA66yTTWptpi3HIvTUXi-K4/w640-h432/IMG_1616.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I love strong perspective work in matte art, and this one proudly fills a wall in my living room.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlgCzKVtYbQaenNJ4SYMKtsuqq38CyH1P7va2iq778jYLPq59eGvgLU_HxO-IBSz_8IxiVOGODcCrAOHEnR_exFOdGFCXxcFSicziJap0suh-Nncggvg56YbMiqfp-mn4eIg8vQaUHEU/s2388/Otherworld+IMG_1427.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1383" data-original-width="2388" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlgCzKVtYbQaenNJ4SYMKtsuqq38CyH1P7va2iq778jYLPq59eGvgLU_HxO-IBSz_8IxiVOGODcCrAOHEnR_exFOdGFCXxcFSicziJap0suh-Nncggvg56YbMiqfp-mn4eIg8vQaUHEU/w640-h370/Otherworld+IMG_1427.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another Dutton matte painting, also from OTHERWORLD (1985), is a stunner, and is beautifully rendered. The final shot in the show involved subtle painted light rays coming through the trees on an overlay, with a slow push in on the castle. My wife, who is firmly disinterested in mattes and fails to 'share the joy', and took <i>MUCH </i>convincing to allow me to embark on this matte importing venture, loves this one and admits to having great admiration for the rest of 'em too.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73yxxrGJanGFoldau9FsIyly-MyiOKvQYVTgBy0ZOj1foyNCji_8GluX6g0FW2Z6c8oOiY47q4oPyqVBSGQadPXlQz_uU4QdnCUePDj6gpvqNXBZKqZzXIhyphenhyphenyUCFOBbJmIIpMzktvlX8/s1996/Otherworld+IMG_1462.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="1996" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73yxxrGJanGFoldau9FsIyly-MyiOKvQYVTgBy0ZOj1foyNCji_8GluX6g0FW2Z6c8oOiY47q4oPyqVBSGQadPXlQz_uU4QdnCUePDj6gpvqNXBZKqZzXIhyphenhyphenyUCFOBbJmIIpMzktvlX8/w640-h440/Otherworld+IMG_1462.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1V79ThGTSACVdGoARMlO-XQGtZr5cM4VNqL5POKLQ8r3xIN4U2wKYQ1cfR2kw740AGFdeMuGhJDbZm7ScYZSikLre-whD4p6G1GBuSxJTwK_PYPGRDdnH6kwPYX8hMPPi7jaDlqhQljw/s1548/IMG_1617crop.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1548" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1V79ThGTSACVdGoARMlO-XQGtZr5cM4VNqL5POKLQ8r3xIN4U2wKYQ1cfR2kw740AGFdeMuGhJDbZm7ScYZSikLre-whD4p6G1GBuSxJTwK_PYPGRDdnH6kwPYX8hMPPi7jaDlqhQljw/w640-h432/IMG_1617crop.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxiCtuM_IS7S_EIrsfP-T9u3_572aHm-VJMLS5VANVqJXGf94H8e0O80jlYo-KgywbplX3yIwre9FuVYesMpkeEGC_esyKSV7nBCCGCAP8xK2G1Mhp_hQ1CWil9O643ByGPoMwI34c7I/s2070/French+Energy+Commercial+%25281988%2529+IMG_0254.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="2070" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxiCtuM_IS7S_EIrsfP-T9u3_572aHm-VJMLS5VANVqJXGf94H8e0O80jlYo-KgywbplX3yIwre9FuVYesMpkeEGC_esyKSV7nBCCGCAP8xK2G1Mhp_hQ1CWil9O643ByGPoMwI34c7I/w640-h328/French+Energy+Commercial+%25281988%2529+IMG_0254.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This one is a stunner, with all the elements falling into place that I like: an evocative sky with finely crafted clouds, strong architectural detail and a wonderful sense of backlight. It was painted by Syd Dutton around 1988 for a commercial for a French energy company. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauCg43DjMSoW5xOA2oaDN6VErPOmMCR3T6ud5lTrxsZKeh7LnI_IjZQc1fym59R1YWNH8ua7EGq3YzxtlFkO0oDNwUvmE3yM2Dnt0sZgftG8Vl3v5JWuvhyVyFYqQrBXqxPZBiIAMglU/s1767/French+Energy+Commercial-comp+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="1767" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauCg43DjMSoW5xOA2oaDN6VErPOmMCR3T6ud5lTrxsZKeh7LnI_IjZQc1fym59R1YWNH8ua7EGq3YzxtlFkO0oDNwUvmE3yM2Dnt0sZgftG8Vl3v5JWuvhyVyFYqQrBXqxPZBiIAMglU/w640-h502/French+Energy+Commercial-comp+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A frame from the final composite (maybe a tilt up?) which show a parent and child walk up a ridge and point out the 'city of the future', which presumably is powered most efficiently by some French energy corporation of some description. There is animated traffic on the freeways and, I think, moving clouds drifting across the vista.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7h8rn7oPAEG3Ylu6fS44DAjjfimPQafibZKq13j_0xT2YHtuPp-dIrOSmc3IZu2Lj3XFfkTvQ0YwdRD8DdHO3Az96c-e7-btzjE0jfXabyLVHdn5Sr6Vb_veVhRBd6uAO7PhNiiQRuw/s2244/IMG_1636.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="2244" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7h8rn7oPAEG3Ylu6fS44DAjjfimPQafibZKq13j_0xT2YHtuPp-dIrOSmc3IZu2Lj3XFfkTvQ0YwdRD8DdHO3Az96c-e7-btzjE0jfXabyLVHdn5Sr6Vb_veVhRBd6uAO7PhNiiQRuw/w640-h290/IMG_1636.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up of the futuristic city.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7GCH6KoKQ9FECn4amBVUr8J7QiYxmJRvrzFoLqHZgXZn73vj2ySpE_o6Vn5uxbUuZ5UtM-bfctlJAuoHpDoTQq9hd5GjuajmTC6x3X7pCtLU4EfELLa9jUXPfWpmg5Xp9DKDR0GdLcU/s2196/IMG_1629.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="2196" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7GCH6KoKQ9FECn4amBVUr8J7QiYxmJRvrzFoLqHZgXZn73vj2ySpE_o6Vn5uxbUuZ5UtM-bfctlJAuoHpDoTQq9hd5GjuajmTC6x3X7pCtLU4EfELLa9jUXPfWpmg5Xp9DKDR0GdLcU/w640-h344/IMG_1629.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFJcPl4ApB71gF07BL5o1orwc2eyXN9MliFXLD1hQZBKQMFi1ElDC8IKgbe1iVuvh8b-gPqdHHgyg__k5yq4k4yJ3okrAdFNAKdk1TmyLFtJNHaowbkj3_MIB6fb86PiKGmf7CgYCHmM/s1815/IMG_1628.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="1815" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFJcPl4ApB71gF07BL5o1orwc2eyXN9MliFXLD1hQZBKQMFi1ElDC8IKgbe1iVuvh8b-gPqdHHgyg__k5yq4k4yJ3okrAdFNAKdk1TmyLFtJNHaowbkj3_MIB6fb86PiKGmf7CgYCHmM/w640-h372/IMG_1628.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd makes it all look so easy...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4iQhs8i-B5HkqxQK2KSpHAzBi850X3A4WuvPloPdZP5nC7OSfkakhlp491nGpjDtt2C33gVCj7FyooptFyFHlng6pXuP3SNW5f_QdGp-WcfsqJKjRIpfnaf5MJ4KmkLQ7ej_eYJ9VOk/s1916/French+Energy+IMG_1438.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1916" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4iQhs8i-B5HkqxQK2KSpHAzBi850X3A4WuvPloPdZP5nC7OSfkakhlp491nGpjDtt2C33gVCj7FyooptFyFHlng6pXuP3SNW5f_QdGp-WcfsqJKjRIpfnaf5MJ4KmkLQ7ej_eYJ9VOk/w640-h472/French+Energy+IMG_1438.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg16IDuo4vM4psnpnsQVYHs04SrzTUc16Xs965jpTNL2RClre3GunH23E578ejYnPh6e-Ipp6cRMn_uY5c7DtNW_0_Aksb9jseNe9gxGmzEJlHo4AAsuw1PjjGuIjC1VkjotsfM8hbnwE/s1564/Dragonheart+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1564" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg16IDuo4vM4psnpnsQVYHs04SrzTUc16Xs965jpTNL2RClre3GunH23E578ejYnPh6e-Ipp6cRMn_uY5c7DtNW_0_Aksb9jseNe9gxGmzEJlHo4AAsuw1PjjGuIjC1VkjotsfM8hbnwE/w640-h336/Dragonheart+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A striking 10th Century European landscape with traditional <i>motte and bailey</i> fortifications as painted for the fantasy film DRAGONHEART (1996) starring Dennis Quaid and Sean Connery. Syd Dutton painted this beautiful matte after the film's original effects contractors, ILM, failed to come up with a satisfactory result, with Illusion Arts coming to the rescue.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3kzeKQwPfr-mPrZWJz2YTC8dpW0mZ3cT3Fzjb-52bwRLvj4sle5dZPLBJUkvXt6DVHYEzDx_N51G2s4x-2zyNv9ECNnBwmIWDYVKE1PbUIDOS6WGfH1lh0uhg_Ea9vniNpUJymYYsis/s2232/IMG_1624.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="2232" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3kzeKQwPfr-mPrZWJz2YTC8dpW0mZ3cT3Fzjb-52bwRLvj4sle5dZPLBJUkvXt6DVHYEzDx_N51G2s4x-2zyNv9ECNnBwmIWDYVKE1PbUIDOS6WGfH1lh0uhg_Ea9vniNpUJymYYsis/w640-h438/IMG_1624.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail from the very large 78 inch wide matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj10jJ_rKhMR7xikZybBSMScXi5wogycQUMlRebCToYGcumh7YSUcktPxsw1rsFo73DIQ5lkF6_ldUvBUNJJh9karqO5h5xbFsgZq1UBKn3nJS9xKn0BNlb_HoABn426_e0xIoeAf1EzQ/s2150/IMG_1634.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1473" data-original-width="2150" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj10jJ_rKhMR7xikZybBSMScXi5wogycQUMlRebCToYGcumh7YSUcktPxsw1rsFo73DIQ5lkF6_ldUvBUNJJh9karqO5h5xbFsgZq1UBKn3nJS9xKn0BNlb_HoABn426_e0xIoeAf1EzQ/w640-h438/IMG_1634.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAP6tdk08-Gh3GGjPlFqa-EUbo5CntbxeAM8fPXI58ZBP40VjXmiJqYKHEuAgWXJIPIVETrDCqCG2kI57K_TXL-ssmzVh_pdnzGJdmgTkbVtz7llHPnT9T-XhOcu2o6pLY7wy4t8SLpY/s2048/IMG_1633.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAP6tdk08-Gh3GGjPlFqa-EUbo5CntbxeAM8fPXI58ZBP40VjXmiJqYKHEuAgWXJIPIVETrDCqCG2kI57K_TXL-ssmzVh_pdnzGJdmgTkbVtz7llHPnT9T-XhOcu2o6pLY7wy4t8SLpY/w640-h418/IMG_1633.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDouIXbiXnFzRykQSklB0idC3mYZYIU8wh_rwRdM2BMja7dkNqMuZ1_qBNTPg-JUCDvKiFOnti6QxoFtxAIYIk8pCaugrQfMGRM10UFF_xT7s1adMWZ6wsXagjSfrsxHc4LP0y5pqmELA/s2220/Heartbeeps+IMG_1390+sm.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="2220" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDouIXbiXnFzRykQSklB0idC3mYZYIU8wh_rwRdM2BMja7dkNqMuZ1_qBNTPg-JUCDvKiFOnti6QxoFtxAIYIk8pCaugrQfMGRM10UFF_xT7s1adMWZ6wsXagjSfrsxHc4LP0y5pqmELA/w640-h360/Heartbeeps+IMG_1390+sm.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And here I can say I'm so happy to own an original Albert Whitlock matte. This gorgeous sunset across a valley is a sight to behold up close, and was painted for the Andy Kaufman robot love story HEARTBEEPS (1981). The extra sky at left was a standard Whitlock/Dutton gag, painted deliberately to allow later drifting cloud trickery with the sky exposed in separate soft matted bands as the painting is moved frame by frame on a horizontal matte stand.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKdV8vWXE8iCP7u8vZMWDmp1q6bTDGL3O4yRkKPWDTiV2Y7zA54R1J3qbW7JGSATd7ec8x5DtH4ozo59OwATY4pd2Kr4usvEqcykMnfs6pqBAoz1-89ehyc9IHPrgjp-NIXwwSOna_ZQ/s2302/Heartbeeps+IMG_0213.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="2302" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKdV8vWXE8iCP7u8vZMWDmp1q6bTDGL3O4yRkKPWDTiV2Y7zA54R1J3qbW7JGSATd7ec8x5DtH4ozo59OwATY4pd2Kr4usvEqcykMnfs6pqBAoz1-89ehyc9IHPrgjp-NIXwwSOna_ZQ/w640-h412/Heartbeeps+IMG_0213.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Whitlock was <u>the</u> master of light when it came to subtle infusion and gently inter-woven hues. Genius!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zVwvSmqhVtF-SZvZTy6jsT8MyJtzhU4JruIi_9aD11I1oNIlJUR-2VOOeIzBZ7E-55QXNuETDgPp1Q52vy_6iRo9iLr7-dm6TOfqRLhWWfup0A_IY6UASQgtbtecuEsH1Eo5yCVGK0Y/s2468/Heartbeeps+IMG_1454.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="2468" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zVwvSmqhVtF-SZvZTy6jsT8MyJtzhU4JruIi_9aD11I1oNIlJUR-2VOOeIzBZ7E-55QXNuETDgPp1Q52vy_6iRo9iLr7-dm6TOfqRLhWWfup0A_IY6UASQgtbtecuEsH1Eo5yCVGK0Y/w640-h422/Heartbeeps+IMG_1454.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3aL2XVqLu4ghpVc4h2I6DptUrLzmmUZKdklO12PvAgZvUctat-l_kAJe4nqc2-uCSXE_wVsjxyCqUVPU6dLKPhVnn56Ot_xOCX10fSd5UydjTKgN57z5LQJzl6SypEQC5eJ7y_PU8Lc/s2312/Heartbeeps+IMG_1460.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="2312" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3aL2XVqLu4ghpVc4h2I6DptUrLzmmUZKdklO12PvAgZvUctat-l_kAJe4nqc2-uCSXE_wVsjxyCqUVPU6dLKPhVnn56Ot_xOCX10fSd5UydjTKgN57z5LQJzl6SypEQC5eJ7y_PU8Lc/w640-h436/Heartbeeps+IMG_1460.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Just love those violet hues creeping over the valley.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXpLNglclPQNYzVjNc3qUvWSV3dkqZ15t1Yc32CBDuHu6t4RIDbkFiNFDYcId81MyDYHD7yJRJ-TWtnIPiYh0ot7PsYNynjZjzeY62NY2yrXwgkb9qQCNqQ_sMDMkuBeYyIwQDwilP_7Q/s1964/Pete%2527s+matte+AW+demo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1964" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXpLNglclPQNYzVjNc3qUvWSV3dkqZ15t1Yc32CBDuHu6t4RIDbkFiNFDYcId81MyDYHD7yJRJ-TWtnIPiYh0ot7PsYNynjZjzeY62NY2yrXwgkb9qQCNqQ_sMDMkuBeYyIwQDwilP_7Q/w640-h354/Pete%2527s+matte+AW+demo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Of interest, I have a video interview with Whitlock at Universal at work on this matte and describing in detail the many additional gags that will be employed to add life to the raw painting, including a burnt in sun element, moving clouds, complex painted overlay animation of the last rays of sunlight gradually fading from the foliage. For a subsequent wider shot as seen through the factory windows by the main characters, a real tree was positioned on set outside the window in front of a blue screen which covered the unpainted left side of the artwork.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN28MG8P_9eP_70p4cLHHnGApTwN0Z5O5_yRKbdfQTWB3bUQ58QrxQ4sMxyHMmmtNXiuDclpuBYxVueiCtEbwencNVl1rE0H-7LYcMm0sCxRBA0jmMd_APm4hDECiVXdW0ibkoAIVgP94/s1547/Beauty+and+the+Beast+river+cavern.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1547" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN28MG8P_9eP_70p4cLHHnGApTwN0Z5O5_yRKbdfQTWB3bUQ58QrxQ4sMxyHMmmtNXiuDclpuBYxVueiCtEbwencNVl1rE0H-7LYcMm0sCxRBA0jmMd_APm4hDECiVXdW0ibkoAIVgP94/w640-h374/Beauty+and+the+Beast+river+cavern.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Syd's mattes, and one of many he painted for the popular tv series from the late eighties, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. I find this particularly atmospheric.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfx4LUBKXCNoJcJbGFOSxlAkomRUiiMCZcJK0-IRFEqNsO63bvv7M8mdfOTKKQeslNkTMk5mH_iSYRPKy2r-0TIp9AR4zTbEL7E8gcjYpdAM74-o8zuJXqIo9Cahuy10ppwHxqst6ehr0/s880/Beauty+and+the+Beast-river+composite.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="880" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfx4LUBKXCNoJcJbGFOSxlAkomRUiiMCZcJK0-IRFEqNsO63bvv7M8mdfOTKKQeslNkTMk5mH_iSYRPKy2r-0TIp9AR4zTbEL7E8gcjYpdAM74-o8zuJXqIo9Cahuy10ppwHxqst6ehr0/w400-h305/Beauty+and+the+Beast-river+composite.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished scene with the boat added as well as a painted overlay of light rays. That series had so much matte work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFIsrqq4STSChAW40TNZHXbJa6UIcMBj3bdIlrtIT3wSyTkQsT53nxORwHbSmRWkIlQIUBNpf5Tqtx8AisiGgs46eDGlXAdx_LyU3YESTfb2S_Fmoelyi95fORcn7c5Gta6gaP8ZViX8/s2387/IMG_0221.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="2387" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFIsrqq4STSChAW40TNZHXbJa6UIcMBj3bdIlrtIT3wSyTkQsT53nxORwHbSmRWkIlQIUBNpf5Tqtx8AisiGgs46eDGlXAdx_LyU3YESTfb2S_Fmoelyi95fORcn7c5Gta6gaP8ZViX8/w640-h368/IMG_0221.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZugO5lNsKg53_sMU0lDpK9sc0Hc9nf8YwTqcm39dOP14ewEfNmKGZkI5PvweHj_V-GprYgzapECmdQtm29Y7d6OgX8YGwO4TATJk3dSaS4Y9QwCBlZ1MUT2insL3y_BLRiffK6h94Bo/s2425/IMG_0285.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="2425" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZugO5lNsKg53_sMU0lDpK9sc0Hc9nf8YwTqcm39dOP14ewEfNmKGZkI5PvweHj_V-GprYgzapECmdQtm29Y7d6OgX8YGwO4TATJk3dSaS4Y9QwCBlZ1MUT2insL3y_BLRiffK6h94Bo/w640-h356/IMG_0285.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A bonus painting as found at the back of one of the other mattes was this Japanese temple in a thunderstorm from the relentlessly violent Christopher Lambert actioner THE HUNTED (1995).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJpP4fgyyyFQMGEUlybTsLS0DQ61HStuofqqNE8HMeQDQb-EI2s-jF8JW1fu4-3WFI6YM_ECqSXPrtkVT29CjI15F4bMh3sQDyaBrnzP2USbYS5Ppqq9pQPnTQ3zLP9tyeH2rAvziZig/s1560/The+Hunted-bef%2526aft.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="1473" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJpP4fgyyyFQMGEUlybTsLS0DQ61HStuofqqNE8HMeQDQb-EI2s-jF8JW1fu4-3WFI6YM_ECqSXPrtkVT29CjI15F4bMh3sQDyaBrnzP2USbYS5Ppqq9pQPnTQ3zLP9tyeH2rAvziZig/w604-h640/The+Hunted-bef%2526aft.jpg" width="604" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after showing the final composite with drifting cloudscape, moon element, lightning flash interactive gags and rain all added on the matte stand. Note the top of the tree at right has not been painted on the original matte but does appear in the finished composite. The tree top was painted on a foreground glass so as to facilitate the moving clouds and other painted overlays with lightning highlights across the clouds and temple.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1CZ3-YC7OQv4YV4F0zyxdFo4hUMY1ZwxydSnNf8bpDvpQsRSK4jn2yfFjL1aD9zVqP_EAWPQUq0pN_5dx2FiMKrAHiv2Ypf9eQbjtIzJ-Jn29SMFK_7czh3adeu19rc1suaSDmpaQoA/s2432/_MG_0288.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="2432" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1CZ3-YC7OQv4YV4F0zyxdFo4hUMY1ZwxydSnNf8bpDvpQsRSK4jn2yfFjL1aD9zVqP_EAWPQUq0pN_5dx2FiMKrAHiv2Ypf9eQbjtIzJ-Jn29SMFK_7czh3adeu19rc1suaSDmpaQoA/w640-h356/_MG_0288.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail plus half a tree!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66KN3XjMF6NYSUwYsRZt2GVtjzaM7g1pddUn-oTEW171PM0EBVXXPU-b-2IVFaMrTRMPqmrmy7sHF2BFJ81KdzaBobneKHX4_u3Z9FfE0eaS1k9disNyhuPZvAwxgDDsu_XSy2pEEKSA/s1651/_MG_0296.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1651" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66KN3XjMF6NYSUwYsRZt2GVtjzaM7g1pddUn-oTEW171PM0EBVXXPU-b-2IVFaMrTRMPqmrmy7sHF2BFJ81KdzaBobneKHX4_u3Z9FfE0eaS1k9disNyhuPZvAwxgDDsu_XSy2pEEKSA/w640-h448/_MG_0296.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although Dutton did paint on this film, he thinks this shot was done by another artist, most likely Robert Stromberg.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirM4ja0b8tHZ6jVs1S9SiqLZGoQmUHYv8I3wfLivTrIUDLk5k3WL92UyJs7kYmOp05JepIVwH89kcAiiht2pkvRN_CHhi_yKWF1Lt6cdub0uegxlUIlyVjQcxpJ3uUmcUJ6oUmYVjj8IU/s1861/Terry+Bedford-block+in-+reverse+of+B%2526tB.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="1861" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirM4ja0b8tHZ6jVs1S9SiqLZGoQmUHYv8I3wfLivTrIUDLk5k3WL92UyJs7kYmOp05JepIVwH89kcAiiht2pkvRN_CHhi_yKWF1Lt6cdub0uegxlUIlyVjQcxpJ3uUmcUJ6oUmYVjj8IU/w640-h376/Terry+Bedford-block+in-+reverse+of+B%2526tB.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And finally, another interesting little 'bonus' of sorts, on the reverse side of one of the paintings. What appears to be a loose blocking in of a matte that will be eventually completed separately (see below...)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEN6Gq90A-_-ppTo3P6YQocZHNBDp7L8kvyFBLQYiOeDxY4R3RIpE-sMuVB-9qimYEs9x3oTfxLxOYc4tpKlnSa2sF-lt26NdRUHsJVTCIqIgY13EOmFNhxCuRGRl6qSlDZxc40mRnCA/s1129/Terry+Bedford+commercial+Hilltop.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1129" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEN6Gq90A-_-ppTo3P6YQocZHNBDp7L8kvyFBLQYiOeDxY4R3RIpE-sMuVB-9qimYEs9x3oTfxLxOYc4tpKlnSa2sF-lt26NdRUHsJVTCIqIgY13EOmFNhxCuRGRl6qSlDZxc40mRnCA/w640-h380/Terry+Bedford+commercial+Hilltop.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished matte painting that Syd painted for what he told me was a 'Terry Bedford commercial'. Syd mentioned that the final composite included a coyote or large dog bipacked up on the ridge and howling at the sky.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">***This post, and all 171 previous blogs known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot, with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-1vhMFxuRrffnLLqzIfRWvR7FTO9tXEH4hSD-I-wEpzLaGI7aDjX4QE6K-0vGBhH6QkQ0PIR77Qvswq3w1-4_LfZjk7QbRvp2LTVDI2RYIWDUbg5jw5DJ9CNuIRNlpEQaFjPu8vpjfI/s2384/IMG_0272.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="2384" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-1vhMFxuRrffnLLqzIfRWvR7FTO9tXEH4hSD-I-wEpzLaGI7aDjX4QE6K-0vGBhH6QkQ0PIR77Qvswq3w1-4_LfZjk7QbRvp2LTVDI2RYIWDUbg5jw5DJ9CNuIRNlpEQaFjPu8vpjfI/w400-h213/IMG_0272.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>I hope you enjoyed this journey as much as I did. Your feedback is always welcomed and appreciated.</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>Stay safe wherever in the world you happen to be.</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>Pete</i></b></div>NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-19849402726983573152021-06-19T01:58:00.000+12:002021-06-19T01:58:49.426+12:00EPIC ORIGINAL MATTE PAINTING AUCTION<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjA5VLRtjDumMLSvQ2TrvrDUnjuJDhUVEYIu_diPc3-dHN_XcFQ1isnuAPN9CfY5q2mcgiyU53deplWQFWcwY5P2MxycHIaz2Rr1mR6P0Fo9G1ICjqHxI_BEsHR4bInrwcUxV7wcSoWAU/s2108/BLOG+header+June+2021+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="2108" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjA5VLRtjDumMLSvQ2TrvrDUnjuJDhUVEYIu_diPc3-dHN_XcFQ1isnuAPN9CfY5q2mcgiyU53deplWQFWcwY5P2MxycHIaz2Rr1mR6P0Fo9G1ICjqHxI_BEsHR4bInrwcUxV7wcSoWAU/w640-h442/BLOG+header+June+2021+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Hi there fellow devotees of the magical trick shot world from days gone by, where movie miracles were created by the most modest of mediums by a highly specialised and select assembly of talented artists and cameramen. All who follow my blog will easily appreciate and value the consumate skills and imaginative innovation applied therein, rendering so many memorable moments, not to mention the enormous cost effectiveness. </p><p>Todays blog post is a departure of sorts from the usual clinical examination of matte painted shows of old as I wish to bring to my readers attention a forthcoming auction of traditionally hand painted mattes from the vast collection of visual effects cinematographer Bill Taylor. As previously detailed in various NZ Pete blog posts Bill was Albert Whitlock's cameraman at Universal for a decade before establishing a highly successful visual effects company, Illusion Arts, with long time associate, matte artist Syd Dutton. Illusion Arts specialty was in matte painted shots, with literally hundreds of these being rendered over many years for feature films, commercials and television shows. The sheer volume of traditional mattes executed was mind boggling - and that was prior to the company eventually shifting gears and moving into the digital arena. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WmCQWU21hRtr5wbWzUBpIkSdBLhSXt-imdq481UPBtpF6KWJWa3a_Qw22aH6Wzz3MISv0Od6b_EU9b610j9u5GYa4el7mMPL_hf5hLt4H8TL_0VU9coCopWxUfTUjWwrVqni8arTbs8/s1568/Van+Helsing-concept+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1568" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WmCQWU21hRtr5wbWzUBpIkSdBLhSXt-imdq481UPBtpF6KWJWa3a_Qw22aH6Wzz3MISv0Od6b_EU9b610j9u5GYa4el7mMPL_hf5hLt4H8TL_0VU9coCopWxUfTUjWwrVqni8arTbs8/w400-h148/Van+Helsing-concept+detail.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The upcoming auction, held by <b>Heritage Auctions</b> in Texas, promises to be unforgettable. I have illustrated all of the matte paintings here, as well as a great number of close up detailed views as possible. Also part of the auction are a number of conceptual paintings, rendered for proposed matte shots. I have only included a handful of these here, with some particular standouts that I personally like. Some of Syd's incredible fine art also features in the auction - largely of a fantasy theme - though due to an already heavily overloaded blog post I haven't included them. They can be easily found on the <a href="https://www.ha.com/">Heritage</a> web site. The bidding commences on June 28th 2021.</p><p>Interestingly, a wonderful and very rare <i>non</i>-Illusion Arts matte is featured as well in the auction - the spectacular Howard Fisher cityscape as seen in IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD. I'll add those excellent high rez images in a subsequent blog.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZcyjWAoWBd0DBbi264y6LF6sX-cwHPK6bamtGj4E2-CZ_1lgqImysq25TYGjbtLvJernMQiaRGuaf6bHRT6YLuTqRyT9A0PcnYGdA4h3WIhvosYo-NsL3IYFzBXTuzO69NqIm40sH_U/s1552/Frankenstein+Unbound-snow+multi-plane+set+up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1552" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZcyjWAoWBd0DBbi264y6LF6sX-cwHPK6bamtGj4E2-CZ_1lgqImysq25TYGjbtLvJernMQiaRGuaf6bHRT6YLuTqRyT9A0PcnYGdA4h3WIhvosYo-NsL3IYFzBXTuzO69NqIm40sH_U/w400-h270/Frankenstein+Unbound-snow+multi-plane+set+up.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>So, I'm certain the exciting line up of fabulous traditional matte art that follows will thrill, delight and astound not only my long time readers, but also the newer fans who are only now beginning to discover and appreciate this lost artform. I understand that further original matte offerings from the same collection will be featured in subsequent auctions at a later date. <div><br /></div><div>Enjoy</div><div><br /></div><div>NZ Pete<br /><div><br /></div><div>________________________________________________________________________________</div><div><p><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">***This post, and all 170 previous blogs known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></p><p>________________________________________________________________________________</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMsGN_AGQqYCkt4TgRbFb8ymNYW7eQkuy3DPH3S-ctLXq76eC4FU9l5M5IQ_-taMscJhmFY7tgz37LPzjR2w49xdb5pKnvQHk0gucAbvu28VL8NKBYYFwTROOSl7u8HgLShclHLoAq9Q/s1458/Robert+Stromberg-+STTNG+large.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1458" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMsGN_AGQqYCkt4TgRbFb8ymNYW7eQkuy3DPH3S-ctLXq76eC4FU9l5M5IQ_-taMscJhmFY7tgz37LPzjR2w49xdb5pKnvQHk0gucAbvu28VL8NKBYYFwTROOSl7u8HgLShclHLoAq9Q/w640-h416/Robert+Stromberg-+STTNG+large.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Illusion Arts matte painter Robert Stromberg works on the finishing touches of one of his many amazing paintings for STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (1993).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiu7vjPXxfxaHwvPeXfg_nInTTbuCn8g2lt6RiSrwGmyxDPaLQO3IDwdN9xoggRfazH0LFsLu5LAe8dkIsJYcYGRQgDtPMCCU7FDMJoz-Fm9tbWLJA3-JfcKkDGDc1Cd0GCn0-Vl_tzeI/s2352/ST-Deep+Space+Nine-Ashalla+matte+Stromberg+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="2352" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiu7vjPXxfxaHwvPeXfg_nInTTbuCn8g2lt6RiSrwGmyxDPaLQO3IDwdN9xoggRfazH0LFsLu5LAe8dkIsJYcYGRQgDtPMCCU7FDMJoz-Fm9tbWLJA3-JfcKkDGDc1Cd0GCn0-Vl_tzeI/w640-h322/ST-Deep+Space+Nine-Ashalla+matte+Stromberg+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stromberg's huge 96" x 49" matte, painted on hardboard, or masonite as the Americans call it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwc7OXPUNUZtFElvfSIGUHSjsEsa8FQ8a4zbX2Vb07WL00HZSNf2OxGmcwsEOG6zxXxvwUN5rn0vL0jn9n1x-poq69GIvEHbQdWdo6QdneQQPNJByuaAamdNUDmYUYWzddo_CDJ3MdwVU/s1560/ST-Deep+Space+Nine-Ashalla+detail+15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1560" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwc7OXPUNUZtFElvfSIGUHSjsEsa8FQ8a4zbX2Vb07WL00HZSNf2OxGmcwsEOG6zxXxvwUN5rn0vL0jn9n1x-poq69GIvEHbQdWdo6QdneQQPNJByuaAamdNUDmYUYWzddo_CDJ3MdwVU/w640-h236/ST-Deep+Space+Nine-Ashalla+detail+15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEDkcaFUqYcX_0M23LT-iK5-AXnKTGYjSCdqgjUuGTcNXpaM8py74MyUOO8mORp4e1khXkxevRLEl5Q6hJXNBNSDWqIKzOkN56swtIGMmhm2gGQ4bJzhakD21xRcqkL5zWsVkh02x_zQ/s1559/ST-Deep+Space+Nine-Ashalla+detail7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1559" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEDkcaFUqYcX_0M23LT-iK5-AXnKTGYjSCdqgjUuGTcNXpaM8py74MyUOO8mORp4e1khXkxevRLEl5Q6hJXNBNSDWqIKzOkN56swtIGMmhm2gGQ4bJzhakD21xRcqkL5zWsVkh02x_zQ/w640-h236/ST-Deep+Space+Nine-Ashalla+detail7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6wMyND8WvlViaNm_yaCyJri1xh3Kxs4gfz9L9pf_MooMhwV5CX7jUF-houDPDfM2uuJtGm1JuxK21XrGDP-hON4VBESDSLzGFz0cvIDANrW0ZhrqqnoMWGGhAO6dlWtjeL_p07HSmT4/s1565/ST-Deep+Space+Nine-Ashalla+detail+12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1565" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6wMyND8WvlViaNm_yaCyJri1xh3Kxs4gfz9L9pf_MooMhwV5CX7jUF-houDPDfM2uuJtGm1JuxK21XrGDP-hON4VBESDSLzGFz0cvIDANrW0ZhrqqnoMWGGhAO6dlWtjeL_p07HSmT4/w640-h232/ST-Deep+Space+Nine-Ashalla+detail+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUv7E0nyOOdaYQqYqA6KLEb0jlr5ZO5z7GiBY2cV-wixkCdMGtaUj_sas1uSKQAqxgZqJW2SjAjpC41NAH9KB6gforyMLjGDUvdT3jeCbYihAb_LiUXbFJHWJoqJ6_O7fJHkcVZovom2U/s1567/ST-Deep+Space+Nine-Ashalla+detail+19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1567" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUv7E0nyOOdaYQqYqA6KLEb0jlr5ZO5z7GiBY2cV-wixkCdMGtaUj_sas1uSKQAqxgZqJW2SjAjpC41NAH9KB6gforyMLjGDUvdT3jeCbYihAb_LiUXbFJHWJoqJ6_O7fJHkcVZovom2U/w640-h234/ST-Deep+Space+Nine-Ashalla+detail+19.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWB2yBLOHVztIaH1KLjb5lAz33V25abxvRsjv_S8TuBiDPVMcUpFS1MALokpey0tJoXYm-C_qKHgFWSeyz9SRaq5KNIYPwqgpvSZlr_TUtgYGuWRg9ElqfiS_16p1PYjWqKXb-VgdZqg4/s1636/The+Babe-+Yankee+stadium+matte+%2528Robert+Stromberg%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1636" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWB2yBLOHVztIaH1KLjb5lAz33V25abxvRsjv_S8TuBiDPVMcUpFS1MALokpey0tJoXYm-C_qKHgFWSeyz9SRaq5KNIYPwqgpvSZlr_TUtgYGuWRg9ElqfiS_16p1PYjWqKXb-VgdZqg4/w640-h436/The+Babe-+Yankee+stadium+matte+%2528Robert+Stromberg%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The John Goodman baseball bio-pic on 'Babe' Ruth, titled unsurprisingly THE BABE (1992), featured several mattes - some traditional and some digital. This period view of Yankee Stadium was painted by Robert Stromberg.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLatxVPfVqJhkNR0e0pSvQyfHKmHS2B6aHfZGwup0Te37t8rBRCGZl-XKt4jvW8S4yFAux3xWWVYa_C1NUh2NqRw0EnOux6io9obOMZwoiWVJXCFLhC3fFGkolc3mxJJzatWdYz4auRHo/s1572/The+Babe-+Yankee+stadium+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1572" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLatxVPfVqJhkNR0e0pSvQyfHKmHS2B6aHfZGwup0Te37t8rBRCGZl-XKt4jvW8S4yFAux3xWWVYa_C1NUh2NqRw0EnOux6io9obOMZwoiWVJXCFLhC3fFGkolc3mxJJzatWdYz4auRHo/w640-h240/The+Babe-+Yankee+stadium+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Details</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkryOUF7V7eFjicL9saaxHW-jXnJPYpykp-3ts1DxrwCRHS7izzfUlyv_C40xt-jbVVdaJb3OhgN8a97iF2yd5tBT2b1HzXWuBJkcUQ_xYrVZ2A0lO5Z5HgB32rfiyKP3hDQh5Ias6vM/s1356/Marnie-house+matte+%2528Al+Whitlock%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1356" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkryOUF7V7eFjicL9saaxHW-jXnJPYpykp-3ts1DxrwCRHS7izzfUlyv_C40xt-jbVVdaJb3OhgN8a97iF2yd5tBT2b1HzXWuBJkcUQ_xYrVZ2A0lO5Z5HgB32rfiyKP3hDQh5Ias6vM/w640-h442/Marnie-house+matte+%2528Al+Whitlock%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Alfred Hitchcock made dozens of absolute bona-fide classic films through his career, though MARNIE (1964) certainly wasn't one of them. Lots of matte shots though - with several completely invisible. Albert Whitlock supplied the mattes, including this full frame painting with no live action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9NXDrQg6NWwNhlbez0HlCfXP1eEIORA4bx-t0-m6OsjdRPkIyD6UtvjJSIOV7KdRrIzsWqIBt0h5s__WORr506ubPqluscdM7mejXNjDnhMeT9EcACJ68h3U8mW5ZNL_YoNdYEoigdY/s1575/Marnie-house+matte+detail+21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1575" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9NXDrQg6NWwNhlbez0HlCfXP1eEIORA4bx-t0-m6OsjdRPkIyD6UtvjJSIOV7KdRrIzsWqIBt0h5s__WORr506ubPqluscdM7mejXNjDnhMeT9EcACJ68h3U8mW5ZNL_YoNdYEoigdY/w640-h236/Marnie-house+matte+detail+21.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRSEglDNTp74zSXaFJ8uWbTtkH1g2454w2fiit_ObTPS6fEijCP3Cjcy3BvfEL6JXqHh900ssknFI3rvijVRUp72kPr0BViinAJEo39vcU92kwUZgutDx52CHh2s0Exw5SlcaYthC5kg/s1570/Marnie-house+matte+detail+16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="1570" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRSEglDNTp74zSXaFJ8uWbTtkH1g2454w2fiit_ObTPS6fEijCP3Cjcy3BvfEL6JXqHh900ssknFI3rvijVRUp72kPr0BViinAJEo39vcU92kwUZgutDx52CHh2s0Exw5SlcaYthC5kg/w640-h236/Marnie-house+matte+detail+16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This painting initially featured several painted parked cars and different shadow and foliage seasonal detail for an earlier sequence. Whitlock repainted over certain portions to alter the shot for a later scene. A partially visible overpainted 'ghost' car can be seen at right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoR8KeNJArqQC-g_nIB1CT4Gz4A4gnryzk5STM4Ut-I5icVJ7llJKMRL3jZ0csyUyR_YKQefiJiA97BYrQn_EZ67kIOQittrswmERRfiK7aOFECKIAoLCioPDnkYiI7sy3ZfavZ4adJM/s1555/Marnie-house+matte+detail+18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1555" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoR8KeNJArqQC-g_nIB1CT4Gz4A4gnryzk5STM4Ut-I5icVJ7llJKMRL3jZ0csyUyR_YKQefiJiA97BYrQn_EZ67kIOQittrswmERRfiK7aOFECKIAoLCioPDnkYiI7sy3ZfavZ4adJM/w640-h238/Marnie-house+matte+detail+18.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jkOYm9uxE8zR-nTwNyixc31bbIduquvh1jwFXjkYSCY0dy3wBakVF7jvAkXoDUsLtDuXNV253oOnZDU8M65Ou8rBVN2KWp3fGz4j5k5Wp4X7v6pTl_dj935rK2D72Gnpx5jouzr2ajo/s1569/Marnie-house+matte+detail+19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="1569" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jkOYm9uxE8zR-nTwNyixc31bbIduquvh1jwFXjkYSCY0dy3wBakVF7jvAkXoDUsLtDuXNV253oOnZDU8M65Ou8rBVN2KWp3fGz4j5k5Wp4X7v6pTl_dj935rK2D72Gnpx5jouzr2ajo/w640-h240/Marnie-house+matte+detail+19.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHb8vpy0_5H-SgGXWdRzhe65uV23i2QT_DaGgGRcJQUvrF_N1necG_eUhpMsyvWDDbp7UvEaVQu_dFiVmnEMUHUvMzxkitXHI_Mix3-P2dSAFEP4Rz0WsSaNqirs2E7jGebLAvoxj44n4/s1608/Marnie+slate.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="1608" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHb8vpy0_5H-SgGXWdRzhe65uV23i2QT_DaGgGRcJQUvrF_N1necG_eUhpMsyvWDDbp7UvEaVQu_dFiVmnEMUHUvMzxkitXHI_Mix3-P2dSAFEP4Rz0WsSaNqirs2E7jGebLAvoxj44n4/w640-h218/Marnie+slate.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The frame at right shows the original painting with more vehicles before Al's retouches. Incidentally, I'm reliably informed that the front office at Universal reportedly <i>disliked</i> Whitlock's MARNIE mattes and requested he remove them all from his showreel. Not sure how that directive sat with Albert?</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7k7ppzgOVUDeXSRqm07CjmM4zhqzrRqeOq-7veIqwgc7lLlzsM6J30etLWCtEUnIjwNfs3y6pHUegbPMW7A5fOeN_hBGtmpCH-U6mVi-YYb0v0qCVKvicAsW-MxcZaYsIs8LadmjN-tE/s1656/Buck+Rogers-night+city+matte+%2528Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="1656" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7k7ppzgOVUDeXSRqm07CjmM4zhqzrRqeOq-7veIqwgc7lLlzsM6J30etLWCtEUnIjwNfs3y6pHUegbPMW7A5fOeN_hBGtmpCH-U6mVi-YYb0v0qCVKvicAsW-MxcZaYsIs8LadmjN-tE/w640-h380/Buck+Rogers-night+city+matte+%2528Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've long admired Syd Dutton as a premier matte artist, and I have to admit that this beautiful BUCK ROGERS (1979) full painting is my absolute <u>all time</u> fave among all of Syd's vast output. Oh, how I would so love to own this piece. Genius!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2h8oHSdn5T-wbbutnL__1jckMbOJDoeqXNxsMMwJwSUpVKkcpMeSwMm7zcbC9MDfZrodg13S1e_hXiiDlQPN5Z_gv1-L8quSSnhF7FDs157fPKwdzwgLEtLcieCIbo8jIhpPit1iuWT4/s1566/Buck+Rogers-night+city+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1566" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2h8oHSdn5T-wbbutnL__1jckMbOJDoeqXNxsMMwJwSUpVKkcpMeSwMm7zcbC9MDfZrodg13S1e_hXiiDlQPN5Z_gv1-L8quSSnhF7FDs157fPKwdzwgLEtLcieCIbo8jIhpPit1iuWT4/w640-h238/Buck+Rogers-night+city+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The looseness of the brushwork, the application of tones and 'dots & dashes' of light are in themselves a thing of great beauty. Love it!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzi7MBBit4u59e92jNCCt6oTFg2sTXFVXXwPoCmNmYq0ArscwTvEybD-73JNT03viLsY9VEdfNLgQuvAX2HlEb6MSaB8BZ-Bdk5E5kB1ToyLBGz-zJZGS8kqWoHCIGAud-rJHN9k8Sd4A/s1566/Buck+Rogers-night+city+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1566" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzi7MBBit4u59e92jNCCt6oTFg2sTXFVXXwPoCmNmYq0ArscwTvEybD-73JNT03viLsY9VEdfNLgQuvAX2HlEb6MSaB8BZ-Bdk5E5kB1ToyLBGz-zJZGS8kqWoHCIGAud-rJHN9k8Sd4A/w640-h236/Buck+Rogers-night+city+detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPjMFzyaJSm5_Ur8mM4BlSeYFfS1UDQfQNDPJF2u6W2L3jxXqknXg22NKpdQQUSLPaRtzGN0wbSDKVRdt7O4ssve_7S3nadOfcEu9AUOtXksFaKo1yRgLNTh5mP2Q3x4dJ1jR1LTrvQw/s1564/Buck+Rogers-night+city+detail+11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1564" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPjMFzyaJSm5_Ur8mM4BlSeYFfS1UDQfQNDPJF2u6W2L3jxXqknXg22NKpdQQUSLPaRtzGN0wbSDKVRdt7O4ssve_7S3nadOfcEu9AUOtXksFaKo1yRgLNTh5mP2Q3x4dJ1jR1LTrvQw/w640-h238/Buck+Rogers-night+city+detail+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZbJDJyTtnpZAvJUWmwHi8_JCHzqErfTOOE0BEjK0ayUlX8oQ-iwLHh4HhGeqE6eHsF8otzzF6lpdrMXvMiW-9kUO7vVyglKklnqD30fb3LNg1G07VRT2HrQ_NlqJzkF7k5-jWtaYgZw/s1570/Buck+Rogers-night+city+detail+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1570" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZbJDJyTtnpZAvJUWmwHi8_JCHzqErfTOOE0BEjK0ayUlX8oQ-iwLHh4HhGeqE6eHsF8otzzF6lpdrMXvMiW-9kUO7vVyglKklnqD30fb3LNg1G07VRT2HrQ_NlqJzkF7k5-jWtaYgZw/w640-h236/Buck+Rogers-night+city+detail+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's all so Whitlock in inspiration and application. The matte art appeared in numerous films or tv series under different guises, with in one instance apparently as an <i>underwater city</i>(!) as Bill Taylor once mentioned to me.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraUgftJC2PnwTzYFZI9Iyw9qIvoN2bttDq6YPDrAgj5JzUgMAjQums5d0Z6pHOEXITzT9j4yweweyEP6W9xScUOWWQhX7JBBw0OMQJPMTeabUkehinThOs61r-gT42lzPaP3Wuqw0YVQ/s1563/Buck+Rogers-night+city+detail+13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1563" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraUgftJC2PnwTzYFZI9Iyw9qIvoN2bttDq6YPDrAgj5JzUgMAjQums5d0Z6pHOEXITzT9j4yweweyEP6W9xScUOWWQhX7JBBw0OMQJPMTeabUkehinThOs61r-gT42lzPaP3Wuqw0YVQ/w640-h236/Buck+Rogers-night+city+detail+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30Tb6MG52kmCCuxWx10AS1fRRQEbPiH3TcAchOlw4JRQDZH5Ai9gMaie_vgcC3B32NWX8snHOVqaf0Wi_SmOHfHYd_AJYl0FtmLqj-ZVKf_iSrVrUiOSwXjq-VCfv3LMzjSqRikP7r_8/s1986/Batman+Forever-+Wayne+Manor+matte+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="1986" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30Tb6MG52kmCCuxWx10AS1fRRQEbPiH3TcAchOlw4JRQDZH5Ai9gMaie_vgcC3B32NWX8snHOVqaf0Wi_SmOHfHYd_AJYl0FtmLqj-ZVKf_iSrVrUiOSwXjq-VCfv3LMzjSqRikP7r_8/w640-h350/Batman+Forever-+Wayne+Manor+matte+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd Dutton's very large rendering of Wayne Manor for the film BATMAN FOREVER (1995)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7B47YVHJE3m8tptNQguC8oh_lZxRlvuV3n0uyrFFB-_Yy3jxbVyWUGGIWtAC3uq9to9Yd_RY905C7kqY-thzPwCQeFe34ob3y9RWMtQQWKG_d69JcBXvYollt6fsKXGE_gpBKHFw6oD0/s1574/Batman+Forever-+Wayne+Manor+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1574" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7B47YVHJE3m8tptNQguC8oh_lZxRlvuV3n0uyrFFB-_Yy3jxbVyWUGGIWtAC3uq9to9Yd_RY905C7kqY-thzPwCQeFe34ob3y9RWMtQQWKG_d69JcBXvYollt6fsKXGE_gpBKHFw6oD0/w640-h232/Batman+Forever-+Wayne+Manor+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_KtzPQc85HIQ0tRJrWqnjAv_DkbLVdxpifHz_6USxekzRb-PJkoKdlr5vopkNSypzNGI5s9LxGqJxkj4w2vohfcvVLAW9wXUXu2qMxAK6WeJTW_s-xlwzX1UWBK2vlCL7KPNc9WoHNc/s1555/Batman+Forever-+Wayne+Manor+detail8a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1555" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_KtzPQc85HIQ0tRJrWqnjAv_DkbLVdxpifHz_6USxekzRb-PJkoKdlr5vopkNSypzNGI5s9LxGqJxkj4w2vohfcvVLAW9wXUXu2qMxAK6WeJTW_s-xlwzX1UWBK2vlCL7KPNc9WoHNc/w640-h238/Batman+Forever-+Wayne+Manor+detail8a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVXXpX8LY8wHz6_VWAeEkYJMf5EIpDhNfA5LwaO3YnDwT0w5FyMEiuWeKXOw2u_JhrYCBZI_Ndqjj2Xz7XYdWXqsBt3-I-EC1EEmKT37jaDTJwMy46XW_WFkSPIlsza0OcIrOk0tN4nw/s1576/Batman+Forever-+Wayne+Manor+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1576" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVXXpX8LY8wHz6_VWAeEkYJMf5EIpDhNfA5LwaO3YnDwT0w5FyMEiuWeKXOw2u_JhrYCBZI_Ndqjj2Xz7XYdWXqsBt3-I-EC1EEmKT37jaDTJwMy46XW_WFkSPIlsza0OcIrOk0tN4nw/w640-h236/Batman+Forever-+Wayne+Manor+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I simply cannot get enough 'close up detail' of any matte art, no matter what it might be nor who may have handled the brush.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEXJUChQKK3RsYmpokyRkPVSF1Rc3M60PoPyye5PjWAZi43naoY1nfCmdlaIeZ9QUQASYn2swhx1atFNh8JiAndadJV101BwxQOEF9C08IHXKW7cGwZwPJrOl3kd-lYVHYCTocs9MH6A/s1100/Batman+Forever+BR+mansion+clifftop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="1100" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEXJUChQKK3RsYmpokyRkPVSF1Rc3M60PoPyye5PjWAZi43naoY1nfCmdlaIeZ9QUQASYn2swhx1atFNh8JiAndadJV101BwxQOEF9C08IHXKW7cGwZwPJrOl3kd-lYVHYCTocs9MH6A/w640-h360/Batman+Forever+BR+mansion+clifftop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot in the film is curiously 'flopped'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyV8FhImzkgKuihWAXNha4LK3kUNPLAvkph8EqexL_wmcE6gw4t-k45I0wBqG5wQL1GS1FA4jmeZVTAQS9BLHLZjT60-TN8d305TfzqHx_92dTiR2a3pIj7wUFh9ud7LeYml1AopuA0k/s2070/Hist.of+World-escape+Rome+matte+painting+%2528Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="2070" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyV8FhImzkgKuihWAXNha4LK3kUNPLAvkph8EqexL_wmcE6gw4t-k45I0wBqG5wQL1GS1FA4jmeZVTAQS9BLHLZjT60-TN8d305TfzqHx_92dTiR2a3pIj7wUFh9ud7LeYml1AopuA0k/w640-h380/Hist.of+World-escape+Rome+matte+painting+%2528Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">By no means one of Mel Brooks' better films, HISTORY OF THE WORLD-PART ONE (1981) none-the-less was a matte aficionado's <i>tour-de-force</i> with so much fine work as supervised by Al Whitlock. This terrific matte was one of Syd Dutton's renderings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7GzhcaAcovRlskfmRCtiu3JCMW4y9X__YgWSMdMmePdweWBsyNY6pUUJcu_cI-CMdDyi9iR_9u5nol9B3CAtVNGgb-OzPCpfqyZwJHpzszaO_kL7c4BGuPYcfayMuWXpJys5yfYjoFg/s1572/Hist.of+World-escape+Rome+detail+12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1572" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7GzhcaAcovRlskfmRCtiu3JCMW4y9X__YgWSMdMmePdweWBsyNY6pUUJcu_cI-CMdDyi9iR_9u5nol9B3CAtVNGgb-OzPCpfqyZwJHpzszaO_kL7c4BGuPYcfayMuWXpJys5yfYjoFg/w640-h236/Hist.of+World-escape+Rome+detail+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXZstrsJxEl4QcfkS9UVpTf-y2Ihr6tOBvVPtWSuLKz5X-MSmseuL0qvxCCU8bV4slVXI3Z66fuGkhTMWHMSmWooDfcaLRODy57eXhOtfwSTwC7bwfhux3OkhUBW4cVWL1pvooKjNTmk/s1569/Hist.of+World-escape+Rome+detail+14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1569" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXZstrsJxEl4QcfkS9UVpTf-y2Ihr6tOBvVPtWSuLKz5X-MSmseuL0qvxCCU8bV4slVXI3Z66fuGkhTMWHMSmWooDfcaLRODy57eXhOtfwSTwC7bwfhux3OkhUBW4cVWL1pvooKjNTmk/w640-h238/Hist.of+World-escape+Rome+detail+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The key to making mattes work is undeniably the establishment of the correct Kelvin, or light temperature by pigment and wedge tests. So many mattes over time have failed simply due to inaccurate sky sunlight intensity. Fellow industry matte painter Ken Marschall told me this was always an issue for him and cameraman Bruce Block whereby they frequently would re-mask and double expose or burn in to make brighter skies in their matte painted shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hgjVPVGDPYTN_vI6sVuXODgKMdyi_ExhkmsKY4NKMbbIZ5qCD7HDApTgI2-nxb0I_09_xxnEpm4Jldw0zQvsleqHySdX4dTfAuRWVDni6ySfHL7Rw6T5elThtfSDOQqhBYilkcsZviA/s1572/Hist.of+World-escape+Rome+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="1572" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hgjVPVGDPYTN_vI6sVuXODgKMdyi_ExhkmsKY4NKMbbIZ5qCD7HDApTgI2-nxb0I_09_xxnEpm4Jldw0zQvsleqHySdX4dTfAuRWVDni6ySfHL7Rw6T5elThtfSDOQqhBYilkcsZviA/w640-h238/Hist.of+World-escape+Rome+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Interestingly, I asked Syd a while back which mattes he was personally retaining, and I was mortified when he told me <i>"none"</i>.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6jMw-iDZRlCGY8lUHSRCflrl7f850Yc0cMLVvh1lUiGtsCcjIwz2XkCBOJEapN0OY59dRQ0GP2opHJQY4GMX83FVnSThPddNZqb6UJx423CO6f_N2-q7oF3MgvDREcZ90CtHKjt83QA/s1484/History+of+World-bef%2526aft+escape+Rome+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1484" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6jMw-iDZRlCGY8lUHSRCflrl7f850Yc0cMLVvh1lUiGtsCcjIwz2XkCBOJEapN0OY59dRQ0GP2opHJQY4GMX83FVnSThPddNZqb6UJx423CO6f_N2-q7oF3MgvDREcZ90CtHKjt83QA/w640-h390/History+of+World-bef%2526aft+escape+Rome+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Original location plate, black matte, and final original negative composite.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvRrtWRbe3eZZO39j0okL4d37iEppPXtFsx0L6p7VKN6XxOSKBqybSzvGuoG3k9ngEo-tZFdhB8uR4uZsYSoYzLefj_az2DordgkVYofqI8EmCblCmRwkPL4wefvo5zwpaDZkq8PSdGM/s2163/Addams+Family-house+on+hill+matte+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="2163" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvRrtWRbe3eZZO39j0okL4d37iEppPXtFsx0L6p7VKN6XxOSKBqybSzvGuoG3k9ngEo-tZFdhB8uR4uZsYSoYzLefj_az2DordgkVYofqI8EmCblCmRwkPL4wefvo5zwpaDZkq8PSdGM/w640-h354/Addams+Family-house+on+hill+matte+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm a sucker for the classic haunted house genre of matte shots (and old movies), and THE ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES (1993) featured several great shots via matte art and others with miniatures. Interestingly, the most fascinating one, with a dizzy birds-eye, extreme downview from way atop, is not part of the auction lot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwJ-UbPg23e1R8GpQ9no2ta5K6EZgCdfrVmnLPNmI5zGiYO5hoCecHlQbsZyAeUweY9KiTqRg-fKAPVRMwVRRGgK98jDKaRUZLjcPc5lv9jzieIUCp6AD2RfFvEOu4Q-c6PIBV6QZwHE/s1278/Addams-house+ext+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1278" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwJ-UbPg23e1R8GpQ9no2ta5K6EZgCdfrVmnLPNmI5zGiYO5hoCecHlQbsZyAeUweY9KiTqRg-fKAPVRMwVRRGgK98jDKaRUZLjcPc5lv9jzieIUCp6AD2RfFvEOu4Q-c6PIBV6QZwHE/w640-h360/Addams-house+ext+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">How it all pulled together on screen, with drifting clouds and a bird superimposed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2-580Adsmhtv2CXx2BydvYBjWjnatjWsokU0fmj3RVb6M-XGMvNCFswX8A1i4CnbJytfZQog9WKnVGIB5AZWq-luU_-anIrK5jQ0twIfoU2JteWvVbxM2HDCNyznAd8gcZyA_ZtBGVw/s1574/Addams+Family-house+on+hill+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1574" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2-580Adsmhtv2CXx2BydvYBjWjnatjWsokU0fmj3RVb6M-XGMvNCFswX8A1i4CnbJytfZQog9WKnVGIB5AZWq-luU_-anIrK5jQ0twIfoU2JteWvVbxM2HDCNyznAd8gcZyA_ZtBGVw/w640-h236/Addams+Family-house+on+hill+detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painted detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD21tzjtmGRxouAoW2ZJi2oCw81LZEKzs7IfFNyzuJZz_2gezTL542f0j7wl0FaxR4Sk6NR-f0N8Wyf8O7aNWXiUcgyNFeZnmXqdNNi5RAaSt2H9OztUoqu-OZU19KM-d8zTeY2Auf6w/s1574/Addams+Family-house+on+hill+detail+11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1574" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD21tzjtmGRxouAoW2ZJi2oCw81LZEKzs7IfFNyzuJZz_2gezTL542f0j7wl0FaxR4Sk6NR-f0N8Wyf8O7aNWXiUcgyNFeZnmXqdNNi5RAaSt2H9OztUoqu-OZU19KM-d8zTeY2Auf6w/w640-h236/Addams+Family-house+on+hill+detail+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchWgGjKmGVzLJoz_w6eyrfx8nph0XLLsIz3suVZt0k6_TODU4X1tPFFGPqMEk1mWmN7WhpYKEPDlUU6S28mMfVCv5-bSJVaG5wqQhdNvyJf-7MCoMPVbYdt9T3caRyjFGAb_uVsUpIGU/s2379/The+Shadow+-+mansion+day+matte+Robert+Stromberg+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="2379" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchWgGjKmGVzLJoz_w6eyrfx8nph0XLLsIz3suVZt0k6_TODU4X1tPFFGPqMEk1mWmN7WhpYKEPDlUU6S28mMfVCv5-bSJVaG5wqQhdNvyJf-7MCoMPVbYdt9T3caRyjFGAb_uVsUpIGU/w640-h358/The+Shadow+-+mansion+day+matte+Robert+Stromberg+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, THE SHADOW (1994) was a cool flick, and several of my readers have implored me to do a special blog on it <i>(which I shall)</i>. The movie had two firms supplying the many mattes - Matte World did some, while Illusion Arts made the rest, including this gorgeous matte. Inexpicably, this magnificent Robert Stromberg painting never made the final cut - at least not in its original form. For reasons that escape me, the powers that be had Stromberg scan this stunning masonite piece into the computer and laboriously rework tiny details such as roof tiles and elements using fairly primitive CG tools. For my money, the <i>original</i> traditional matte would have worked just as well, if not better.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsAxRlzZQqSvZHrfPzKb1xMjXgaobCPiNkmericv8tlwjVXcj-mYTSiCdHMesSrrjoh2nz7DkN4GK4lBqQ_lKw8_KcZtnxSi5bI9C-l2Ywim2lEXVvf9GGDWjGN30NUKOMfXDk09ynK8/s1575/The+Shadow+-+mansion+day+detail4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1575" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsAxRlzZQqSvZHrfPzKb1xMjXgaobCPiNkmericv8tlwjVXcj-mYTSiCdHMesSrrjoh2nz7DkN4GK4lBqQ_lKw8_KcZtnxSi5bI9C-l2Ywim2lEXVvf9GGDWjGN30NUKOMfXDk09ynK8/w640-h232/The+Shadow+-+mansion+day+detail4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If I could choose two mattes from this selection as NZPete keepsakes, then it would be this one along with the earlier BUCK ROGERS night shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQDgXbAwwSb1vt1EYX8vyU1ogelPW9qn9juBrWlVsmQEswqkonVL8x-CtUTdO_xEd2T8Fni8Y5Xfblk3QlCYtpjeF1Rn6zIMaykid2lSoggx1Vb9kTo88jGibtUvhypHbqFKrvpZtfQs/s1571/The+Shadow+-+mansion+day+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1571" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQDgXbAwwSb1vt1EYX8vyU1ogelPW9qn9juBrWlVsmQEswqkonVL8x-CtUTdO_xEd2T8Fni8Y5Xfblk3QlCYtpjeF1Rn6zIMaykid2lSoggx1Vb9kTo88jGibtUvhypHbqFKrvpZtfQs/w640-h236/The+Shadow+-+mansion+day+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-5JzYZgkZ1-rI1ep7tdLM-kJo2LBrwZGp4Ux6Gj2Vx3Gx1cW5CqOVoiFAnW3yFQSe6Nzo9NBTTsWgHfdjm9RT3Q0xlLbhxXOBZsQ28U5_oqzz9XU9RgaF981y6cFlTStjtM0fQod6CQ/s1551/The+Shadow+-+mansion+day+detail9a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1551" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-5JzYZgkZ1-rI1ep7tdLM-kJo2LBrwZGp4Ux6Gj2Vx3Gx1cW5CqOVoiFAnW3yFQSe6Nzo9NBTTsWgHfdjm9RT3Q0xlLbhxXOBZsQ28U5_oqzz9XU9RgaF981y6cFlTStjtM0fQod6CQ/w640-h238/The+Shadow+-+mansion+day+detail9a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRCRDheQWtVlnLLoyCNz4C8JPQOCnHElQaUQK5Sqz8b40DRVkl0R7NodX_N5kxuqcVoMKG0k6KTp9LMuIA9KNaRJzsT_UzTYoiVj9oc6euiqsgEVg_WegYDDopUHLko8bfg6z59R9mZ8/s1575/The+Shadow+-+mansion+day+detail+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1575" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRCRDheQWtVlnLLoyCNz4C8JPQOCnHElQaUQK5Sqz8b40DRVkl0R7NodX_N5kxuqcVoMKG0k6KTp9LMuIA9KNaRJzsT_UzTYoiVj9oc6euiqsgEVg_WegYDDopUHLko8bfg6z59R9mZ8/w640-h232/The+Shadow+-+mansion+day+detail+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm constantly fascinated with the 'run off' - the edges of matte art - that area that is outside of the motion picture frame that we'd never see otherwise. Yeah, I know.... seek professional help. My family would concur!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78zw9mD30MxKErPxU2KB8-ScUV_AS1zY40e942_6Hof-HTHfmrCIu2puURKu1UB4xV_qSuaH8YFih-yu8f9xpXq5wU0KBZWr_Dd74fAc-MoNqvou_sBCTsebqEFxL1lwviEA7fApklWc/s1821/The+Shadow-mansion+night+view+matte+painting+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1821" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78zw9mD30MxKErPxU2KB8-ScUV_AS1zY40e942_6Hof-HTHfmrCIu2puURKu1UB4xV_qSuaH8YFih-yu8f9xpXq5wU0KBZWr_Dd74fAc-MoNqvou_sBCTsebqEFxL1lwviEA7fApklWc/w640-h402/The+Shadow-mansion+night+view+matte+painting+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same Lamont Cranston mansion from THE SHADOW as seen on a moody and atmospheric night. Another magnificent Robert Stromberg matte (yes please!) that never made the final cut as is. Rather, the painting was once again scanned and re-jigged in the computer, though to my eye, to no tangible advantage other than as an academic exercise. Love the brushwork and hues here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wdrZ0q6JJ3TGCDOMJC0QFyqqCUjPMfJCTa1fAbdhmbvZuzNQjYvmObMkPsbW92s1FRIQJmX0vbVH8qG4Zbu04KY8Z1cWQBRbsk2ZodpiE2lsbD7sQjMY_wHASwDCJvLUqcZcTUv4DFs/s1577/The+Shadow-mansion+night+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1577" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wdrZ0q6JJ3TGCDOMJC0QFyqqCUjPMfJCTa1fAbdhmbvZuzNQjYvmObMkPsbW92s1FRIQJmX0vbVH8qG4Zbu04KY8Z1cWQBRbsk2ZodpiE2lsbD7sQjMY_wHASwDCJvLUqcZcTUv4DFs/w640-h234/The+Shadow-mansion+night+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09hmEw7rTWa3bbqPvcB1fx3Q6sTnpjNOIP9_O26z1q_gJpmKwbNNllllMZjGJiGI-aq-L8SisDmLhFynSXzixnS5gFKBchuGDv78fLOnPedqDDzCWth3i-s_Z-NYOMP4vYPT4ZGLMUiw/s1576/The+Shadow-mansion+night+detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1576" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09hmEw7rTWa3bbqPvcB1fx3Q6sTnpjNOIP9_O26z1q_gJpmKwbNNllllMZjGJiGI-aq-L8SisDmLhFynSXzixnS5gFKBchuGDv78fLOnPedqDDzCWth3i-s_Z-NYOMP4vYPT4ZGLMUiw/w640-h234/The+Shadow-mansion+night+detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail of what could have been...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHnQf1TKX5yaSxor5lmjz1UQK7uHDv4vd8Qx6czOiJsLgQj_FxSU4FE-lV743kJwzE2ikeOq4_0RnBepAjlny4kCT9fxDaHMQUFlnCpQ9PfVEN1iqxhWHXIRSYclCKP__8kGypjAa1rw/s1581/The+Shadow-mansion+night+detail4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1581" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHnQf1TKX5yaSxor5lmjz1UQK7uHDv4vd8Qx6czOiJsLgQj_FxSU4FE-lV743kJwzE2ikeOq4_0RnBepAjlny4kCT9fxDaHMQUFlnCpQ9PfVEN1iqxhWHXIRSYclCKP__8kGypjAa1rw/w640-h230/The+Shadow-mansion+night+detail4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IkSzz-8_uuyk9eZL9TcVP3fG-9EZn-VYSGIQm1kHzZqlI6WD1BYOhbcbl9lNLILKcVuzFisalMLPGEnpiF1qzpj1XlEo5Irjz8SGmE8_-PjBnMb_-GtzTGzFTdvLHFT-o4vSU3T05FI/s2106/Four+Rooms-hotel+matte+painting+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="2106" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IkSzz-8_uuyk9eZL9TcVP3fG-9EZn-VYSGIQm1kHzZqlI6WD1BYOhbcbl9lNLILKcVuzFisalMLPGEnpiF1qzpj1XlEo5Irjz8SGmE8_-PjBnMb_-GtzTGzFTdvLHFT-o4vSU3T05FI/w640-h390/Four+Rooms-hotel+matte+painting+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An incredibly photo-realistic matte on masonite by an unknown Illusion Arts artist for the 1995 Quentin Tarantino film FOUR ROOMS (ever heard of this obscurity?)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0GP5rYUE6udnEm1AVOphHnjSsqkr_sHcUQeGvthWaA5Zil6_hRG2PUBxdauATd53hcJr8X8DEBrpabmLFByaRbTHt-jMcHAh2W-hzuC4uWGsZcXAQk_k4h5VjQuxR79cmGd4R9IAMzo/s1562/Four+Rooms-hotel+matte+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1562" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0GP5rYUE6udnEm1AVOphHnjSsqkr_sHcUQeGvthWaA5Zil6_hRG2PUBxdauATd53hcJr8X8DEBrpabmLFByaRbTHt-jMcHAh2W-hzuC4uWGsZcXAQk_k4h5VjQuxR79cmGd4R9IAMzo/w640-h232/Four+Rooms-hotel+matte+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's the Hotel Mon Signor, in Los Angeles, and it's entirely painted by hand!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mIYMFPcnU7nzXlGhyYp81BieQhYI8pLOwj2kwOkrTX_f_foX0Du95NiVVtKJOR37FHRfcCh9rKzOJlRQ9tB_E7HrdSFcFy6B7vzd_NFR5oQaQmo1sGn5PkTXOsHRzLMtWedm0sG267k/s1573/Four+Rooms-hotel+matte+detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1573" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mIYMFPcnU7nzXlGhyYp81BieQhYI8pLOwj2kwOkrTX_f_foX0Du95NiVVtKJOR37FHRfcCh9rKzOJlRQ9tB_E7HrdSFcFy6B7vzd_NFR5oQaQmo1sGn5PkTXOsHRzLMtWedm0sG267k/w640-h236/Four+Rooms-hotel+matte+detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5fz16_nLztg5dQZaXZqsYCppzhaGUWJV8a9JyrKhjhNMWekVie0cmBRFcSgeoLzBhDsvpojN2hJVmlaZZ7-kN496N18wKUJqOyhDGrlDCNkN2vEswWc4ALDSKp6ULYkzuJvBSHVxFG0/s1725/Age+of+Innocence-+matte+painting+%2528Stromberg%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="1725" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5fz16_nLztg5dQZaXZqsYCppzhaGUWJV8a9JyrKhjhNMWekVie0cmBRFcSgeoLzBhDsvpojN2hJVmlaZZ7-kN496N18wKUJqOyhDGrlDCNkN2vEswWc4ALDSKp6ULYkzuJvBSHVxFG0/w640-h360/Age+of+Innocence-+matte+painting+%2528Stromberg%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Martin Scorsese has turned out many great films though I feel AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993) was a cinematic gamble that never paid off. Much tedium and wooden performances saved by a scattering of great mattes, such as this monumental Robert Stromberg vista of the museum interior.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2AyZuKHJl9X0ieRlqlGu0i5vuMYC1wCBeSHXiK3Re8BNvIUW4pvMaFCCcRRBzZEi73nuzCmRXFtu4R4iTUTpyocQRJdEe59xuFFDrmiEpEx6ABrYdVFgYCU9rhSfrd3S4W_40NzYGCFw/s1792/Age+Inocence-Stromberg+museum+progress+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1792" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2AyZuKHJl9X0ieRlqlGu0i5vuMYC1wCBeSHXiK3Re8BNvIUW4pvMaFCCcRRBzZEi73nuzCmRXFtu4R4iTUTpyocQRJdEe59xuFFDrmiEpEx6ABrYdVFgYCU9rhSfrd3S4W_40NzYGCFw/w640-h484/Age+Inocence-Stromberg+museum+progress+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stromberg at work on the above show stopper.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="1560" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksRS_OPxrD9KyPfXqcO-jYHv2AwC_eyEaX_CSYi1s1YJTJNo1dW3QNeCAyQaemQJFon_uWTY5qO2CrSiGuQMIJ0qclLguwB2avWguF38hYVD9eIR0jKC__E-AeMZd1qrfq_bVpmUPl7Y/w640-h242/Age+of+Innocence-detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk29Rz_HNPC6o4DoOJUcrZyv4IUCBkixKfUqSyoOq_FAkbNWN9DTMRYexCG6ECJjHQUAOzrF5SCfjKApy7KWe50hl8EkNOcv2giAT3joxNlkng6MAwVkDQh6ggcKGF4VWp45kQS1edTI/s1573/Age+of+Innocence-detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="1573" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk29Rz_HNPC6o4DoOJUcrZyv4IUCBkixKfUqSyoOq_FAkbNWN9DTMRYexCG6ECJjHQUAOzrF5SCfjKApy7KWe50hl8EkNOcv2giAT3joxNlkng6MAwVkDQh6ggcKGF4VWp45kQS1edTI/w640-h240/Age+of+Innocence-detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1916" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd62nZ9SGgiMtRuyPo_t7AhANdn-YaMV-mPGPBNld8DHpUl9b1yu-Pk0tiumqco4NQRXLUkN-fjMtke6KcOui8stuQ2Xv31IX7w0k7TJGtVMXlrM4Pnzvuv7oJmjw_Gfc6qzCxjHU4ksQ/w640-h278/Age+of+Innocence+%25281080p+matte+museum%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final composite. I feel the film <u>really</u> cried out for Joe Pesci to enter an elegant, mannered ballroom set piece in full wise-guy garb, and stomp some poor shmuck to death for laughing at him. Just sayin'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHevWz9SIxFKbw9y8BmQprjPbO93Up3jF4V5VN1P6sFtyuO-Bi_794NhbBnbG5mL1HTbARshcw92e7UfO0pGYb70-UhAr3lcTeg5DphIYzYtLO5qexzs3c-e_O9c8puDB9W7MVE8kQ3Y/s1864/ST-TNG+Lutan%2527s+Palace+%2528Whitlock+%2526+Dutton+matte%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="1864" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHevWz9SIxFKbw9y8BmQprjPbO93Up3jF4V5VN1P6sFtyuO-Bi_794NhbBnbG5mL1HTbARshcw92e7UfO0pGYb70-UhAr3lcTeg5DphIYzYtLO5qexzs3c-e_O9c8puDB9W7MVE8kQ3Y/w640-h452/ST-TNG+Lutan%2527s+Palace+%2528Whitlock+%2526+Dutton+matte%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There are a lot of Star Trek mattes in this auction - what Bill Taylor refers to as <i>"the low hanging fruit"</i> in as far as collectibles go. This is a two piece matte with both foreground glass and background masonite panel. Both Albert Whitlock and Syd Dutton worked on this shot of Lutan's Palace from STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION (1987). This image shows the foreground glass only.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mZJnIiESBxyYmiQaCBqDSB2ih1Fto7vIi50z5aP6A_YWYhUYRRRAoIKZVJshV7Hc7g7ZBXHc2iOOMEs13NyNBF-_FPY38yyDHMf73lQAEtQ41dXdn8eGghDGUSB8bQaxq21i9XnOuhE/s2214/ST-TNG+Lutan%2527s+Palace+-+rear+glass+%2528Whitlock+%2526+Dutton+matte%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="2214" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mZJnIiESBxyYmiQaCBqDSB2ih1Fto7vIi50z5aP6A_YWYhUYRRRAoIKZVJshV7Hc7g7ZBXHc2iOOMEs13NyNBF-_FPY38yyDHMf73lQAEtQ41dXdn8eGghDGUSB8bQaxq21i9XnOuhE/w640-h358/ST-TNG+Lutan%2527s+Palace+-+rear+glass+%2528Whitlock+%2526+Dutton+matte%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And here is the rear component, painted on masonite, for the same shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="1650" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhEnJ2HkLnHrRodfMl7ZMOQRMX_XUUJ354jPa9_HklyvPTCuJFvG093Ci_hQZ8Iy48IlkooYHHEiOvXGbu2JglA1ag8Fo_4H6nCi3tzj09gB3sU2ARlcPutrB9bc3J1Dg4Mk0tQom6D4/w640-h486/ST-TNG+Lutan%2527s+Palace+%2528Whitlock+%2526+Dutton+comp%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot with both planes of matte art as seen in show.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQLiO_JHk2irGzejf-g_G5S5LhxgCSKeRghF__Zhr-HOsFMigqeICQXiCgyLnwL2oLN18mDRPaPm49QpKYSN1Jw39BgnsYRvfz6u9AmfIzjbMaUyUI6iS3CbaAFpBK1NQ0dRUNAhtj1A/s1554/ST-TNG+Lutan-detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1554" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQLiO_JHk2irGzejf-g_G5S5LhxgCSKeRghF__Zhr-HOsFMigqeICQXiCgyLnwL2oLN18mDRPaPm49QpKYSN1Jw39BgnsYRvfz6u9AmfIzjbMaUyUI6iS3CbaAFpBK1NQ0dRUNAhtj1A/w640-h240/ST-TNG+Lutan-detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2349" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfiH324i1A-njt72_BkLC-or9D2RKE7Ta_TiT1PBptNqvy0UdVKHXdMV4l07TS3rrBbq9YXQrwXHltbHsCCK1hFwPaYPs0C9fyrVroiyqOxMqzLMrdf11oIENObZA3WSTvFw3onyDhg0/w640-h340/A+Walk+In+The+Clouds-Aragon+Estate+full+matte+painting+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Keannu Reeves 40's lovefest, A WALK IN THE CLOUDS (1995) wasn't a bad show, and in fact had a subliminal commercial effect on me as I just <u>had</u> to pause the VHS and rush out and buy some bottles of red wine back in the day! Good thing it wasn't a 'rom-com' in a meth factory I suppose(!!) <b>:(</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRP9SHIz0k4xRQlQJA-QPVdCq8TkN1kT1ujpehEeYeSJigLcv1_NRH8vMckKSpJQi4h6vgfvcsOO98DklKfIEDRXPMOEVDo15NYQiCijHGViPe-hVuQ-g_O7ZH-xogzAgQQm_k-Gdx0Zg/s1563/A+Walk+In+The+Clouds-Aragon+Estate+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1563" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRP9SHIz0k4xRQlQJA-QPVdCq8TkN1kT1ujpehEeYeSJigLcv1_NRH8vMckKSpJQi4h6vgfvcsOO98DklKfIEDRXPMOEVDo15NYQiCijHGViPe-hVuQ-g_O7ZH-xogzAgQQm_k-Gdx0Zg/w640-h234/A+Walk+In+The+Clouds-Aragon+Estate+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxPcV046uUC2DBQn0AtybqyL3ggfko3Y9FI4pcmMshvZxq9qLNj2OqKc_t6Zi78yKD3b9l6upjp5ZCKN5ZY79koy6hfl8jEGv6908zi7aAMmUsXA8Ga8uE_a2UdyWz2lmuKOdrwCpQ6w/s1516/A+Walk+In+The+Clouds-Aragon+Estate+detail5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="1516" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxPcV046uUC2DBQn0AtybqyL3ggfko3Y9FI4pcmMshvZxq9qLNj2OqKc_t6Zi78yKD3b9l6upjp5ZCKN5ZY79koy6hfl8jEGv6908zi7aAMmUsXA8Ga8uE_a2UdyWz2lmuKOdrwCpQ6w/w640-h248/A+Walk+In+The+Clouds-Aragon+Estate+detail5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film featured a number of nice matte shots of vineyards, beautiful 'donut night skies' and a thrillingly executed conflagration set piece with mucho visual trickery.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYTje5gSCAv6DDKU7CN-nE-dYxu81eNTxao6G1PUAjZyU4-fKA4W0XdEJuEygl68_jvQb85FQf3uURQo5SJHoJ4vZ6d2RpqpBEKmNRD1TFcpKTVhBKNOf8StqRSR6OJbtCiAe3RP-aV8/s1041/B%2526tB+syd+dutton+matte+%2526+concept+6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1041" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYTje5gSCAv6DDKU7CN-nE-dYxu81eNTxao6G1PUAjZyU4-fKA4W0XdEJuEygl68_jvQb85FQf3uURQo5SJHoJ4vZ6d2RpqpBEKmNRD1TFcpKTVhBKNOf8StqRSR6OJbtCiAe3RP-aV8/w640-h430/B%2526tB+syd+dutton+matte+%2526+concept+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Master matte painter Syd Dutton shown here at Illusion Arts in the early 1990's with one of his many mattes and concept pieces for the tv series BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJ0noVF_nuPczae7FRc_P3RfP46t9g6CT4WRWH0mf05EW9aEdwZb2vIa0h88z5jANGmCGsUBi6_Ljvos96F1HZbS9vWSBPCCB-dthz4BtdWKC-z4SqjanD_jD0YkVNvOC_NLEY0U_KDc/s1754/Beauty+%2526+Beast-chamber+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1241" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJ0noVF_nuPczae7FRc_P3RfP46t9g6CT4WRWH0mf05EW9aEdwZb2vIa0h88z5jANGmCGsUBi6_Ljvos96F1HZbS9vWSBPCCB-dthz4BtdWKC-z4SqjanD_jD0YkVNvOC_NLEY0U_KDc/w452-h640/Beauty+%2526+Beast-chamber+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd's Chamber of the Winds matte painting from BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1987)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazPqIRI6vEIWPhx6thiCO-4fgMBVDB0rZ1_5pCuWv_ZQh3c0PC-TGHxnPSYmj7ACmYZPOpzPD4huKRnQvBZKT7rP9UaBC0emUdYZuHxbUUel7u3D4n4TLyIUc88j3wjr4F0TKbFnxRWo/s1572/Beauty+%2526+Beast-chamber+detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1572" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazPqIRI6vEIWPhx6thiCO-4fgMBVDB0rZ1_5pCuWv_ZQh3c0PC-TGHxnPSYmj7ACmYZPOpzPD4huKRnQvBZKT7rP9UaBC0emUdYZuHxbUUel7u3D4n4TLyIUc88j3wjr4F0TKbFnxRWo/w640-h236/Beauty+%2526+Beast-chamber+detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="1576" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CGXMQryShg86BtmVUWWlsSH6WizIBdYwnTBLauLLUIn9teY9ww_UpJiKTB2vZCtrPpaeGSAAqLA8lw3jDh6fkF15GGgbukWg4D8KXrLIv0EU0jVgx1JHu9xxfLnms7PGnBwYwpK3_9Q/w640-h238/Beauty+%2526+Beast-chamber+detail6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The shot was comped as a tilt down.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cXQ7KIYMDLHnpbeV0FdP_3zFHcx1yjcx0xFNCi2LRmc_29tC6p0aRlS7PxXKqVrEn_GEgog_7ct17v8N144_Ij97YOhpgUFQdbiNB4B2LfVsP2E-Nv8lcUGjbcbr8UiLpojsLFk8dPc/s1578/Beauty+%2526+Beast-chamber+detail8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1578" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cXQ7KIYMDLHnpbeV0FdP_3zFHcx1yjcx0xFNCi2LRmc_29tC6p0aRlS7PxXKqVrEn_GEgog_7ct17v8N144_Ij97YOhpgUFQdbiNB4B2LfVsP2E-Nv8lcUGjbcbr8UiLpojsLFk8dPc/w640-h234/Beauty+%2526+Beast-chamber+detail8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWJJrliuquj_w3Ub7aW_mv67sJ5IPkMdPBbOioL6cp-diYTrFaT0U3WwmjFigjWqgzL0Ss716ntGhDQWZNwqPR1EZPQfY3llelvZPnLEPYYA5r1aXOCzSr8lalAeis459te4flKMHtO8/s1689/Tales+Of+The+Gold+Monkey-+matte+art+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="1689" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWJJrliuquj_w3Ub7aW_mv67sJ5IPkMdPBbOioL6cp-diYTrFaT0U3WwmjFigjWqgzL0Ss716ntGhDQWZNwqPR1EZPQfY3llelvZPnLEPYYA5r1aXOCzSr8lalAeis459te4flKMHtO8/w640-h394/Tales+Of+The+Gold+Monkey-+matte+art+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of many Syd Dutton mattes rendered for the short lived tv series TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY (1982), from the episode Trunk From The Past</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKEZRxLdM78759zj4brntIfrmhoStH-RFJnogja7dpHxmFM4nQ5SBMt1VrZjQGgEYwf_BuIFzjRl7gcD8f856tv1BGV1dV8nEMf6V2AJq0D7WNi5bAU0g92Wj8NNT9sG18A69dAadOdg/s1396/Coming+To+America-concept+painting+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1396" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKEZRxLdM78759zj4brntIfrmhoStH-RFJnogja7dpHxmFM4nQ5SBMt1VrZjQGgEYwf_BuIFzjRl7gcD8f856tv1BGV1dV8nEMf6V2AJq0D7WNi5bAU0g92Wj8NNT9sG18A69dAadOdg/w640-h388/Coming+To+America-concept+painting+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The John Landis hit film COMING TO AMERICA (1988) included some stunningly elaborate matte and miniature combination visuals in the first reel, with the aerial arrival at the Palace of Zamunda being the highlight. This is Syd Dutton's terrific original oil painted concept for the look of the palace.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUt83QZ4s4PW8_lm4A1cpLaK4ru6dyVtBTZusIKSdDMXimgv_jVzEk8K7_iDXK7sicE2Eu3npTEYmrjFfrMfvEiun4EZZI-lbo2wtCYoD-OYXI9Zp78ZY_3-3H3__3kkrrVh7Ffm3dE8/s1551/Coming+To+America-palace+in+landscape+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1551" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUt83QZ4s4PW8_lm4A1cpLaK4ru6dyVtBTZusIKSdDMXimgv_jVzEk8K7_iDXK7sicE2Eu3npTEYmrjFfrMfvEiun4EZZI-lbo2wtCYoD-OYXI9Zp78ZY_3-3H3__3kkrrVh7Ffm3dE8/w640-h462/Coming+To+America-palace+in+landscape+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here is Syd's final matte painting - and a very large one at that due to a slow push in toward the live action area. Incidentally, this was Eddie Murphy's best film by a long shot, and hit all the right notes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2KssiSelxm3ZFXuvNZ4WXAhtEee_nrsF6TBFWHIO_yk4RENYpBJiTzg2WCo45QnWgdFRUGm0n5lrrw0WPAVxi-pDQ_JudlGxZ6-TT_mUUncjoOXAlrn1tCG5OZUONGug0d3wuDfW3CTE/s1280/Coming+to+America-comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2KssiSelxm3ZFXuvNZ4WXAhtEee_nrsF6TBFWHIO_yk4RENYpBJiTzg2WCo45QnWgdFRUGm0n5lrrw0WPAVxi-pDQ_JudlGxZ6-TT_mUUncjoOXAlrn1tCG5OZUONGug0d3wuDfW3CTE/w640-h360/Coming+to+America-comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Part of the final grand push-in composite as it appears on screen.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjKzd79shXTd0Ql4PISGdQulj6LQVnBK4J1-G_aziedrkVAlNBBwZW1LMFGQxNTHNaWjbaAk-meENei8j0oyd1XWBHiFL86rzsPTlSINuqZkb3NcONIwwTC0ZhsMhFWo8JqqR_D9bGk8/s1974/Glory-matte+painting+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1974" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjKzd79shXTd0Ql4PISGdQulj6LQVnBK4J1-G_aziedrkVAlNBBwZW1LMFGQxNTHNaWjbaAk-meENei8j0oyd1XWBHiFL86rzsPTlSINuqZkb3NcONIwwTC0ZhsMhFWo8JqqR_D9bGk8/w640-h396/Glory-matte+painting+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The excellent American Civil War drama GLORY (1989), had a couple of mattes by Syd Dutton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvdCr3c0fY0aOzwFlA-jEYZ92svKFbufnPNX52eLO2VGeZpsYsS8Sf3_rv_nHRjsZipWBaCw-IjHX7lDqk4XHYeznRYxqLN3DxIzkCoud3_MOhfW74ud908STgLtLmnK59up2hpf2e4Y/s2289/Glory-concept+%2526+plate.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="2289" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvdCr3c0fY0aOzwFlA-jEYZ92svKFbufnPNX52eLO2VGeZpsYsS8Sf3_rv_nHRjsZipWBaCw-IjHX7lDqk4XHYeznRYxqLN3DxIzkCoud3_MOhfW74ud908STgLtLmnK59up2hpf2e4Y/w640-h234/Glory-concept+%2526+plate.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Dutton's original concept art, and the location plate photography with black cardboard matte visible in front of the camera.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJL6fJwDCiUCgqseRqyO1nkIJuZRavAAYRKDmm3-A-yHwEULYKzilDeHv76ZCoU6PdFUOVSeFm2LFbb-xKDhynclq1LcDW0pwxJeJ21fM9aN2iWJtsY-tfaVo0jOlbO72gPe99BqK0ss/s1848/ST-Voyager+%2528Ocampa+matte%2529+Stromberg+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1848" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJL6fJwDCiUCgqseRqyO1nkIJuZRavAAYRKDmm3-A-yHwEULYKzilDeHv76ZCoU6PdFUOVSeFm2LFbb-xKDhynclq1LcDW0pwxJeJ21fM9aN2iWJtsY-tfaVo0jOlbO72gPe99BqK0ss/w640-h336/ST-Voyager+%2528Ocampa+matte%2529+Stromberg+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Robert Stromberg's vast matte for the city of Ocampa from the series STAR TREK: VOYAGER (1995)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="1245" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdopRbIaJsn82n851fxRLxYy37gV0xAWlOy5L7pNmIvNuBwlNFQHU0j4aTHwZef2NApLdG_T13NNmSiOWOp1fnnPpIAgF-a4XIpY4aBgb4rYBWcY3PNm3dvUXC50wEUsiSVMrSiyrHTo/w640-h384/ST-Voyager+concept+art+Ocampa+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Original concept art for the Ocampa City matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRc1JeNuydElHMHoa6B6v1k8REgWLtoOxnlpJyprzTd3XOkEgJixwk6FbirCLHkJV3xX00x_dRAu3aa2QxkQef4p_pjzYH8Pxri6PYIcBiREbim3GbcSwDrj5EAHORSpCoSpJ-tohIz0I/s2094/Hist.of+World-Notre+Dame+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2094" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRc1JeNuydElHMHoa6B6v1k8REgWLtoOxnlpJyprzTd3XOkEgJixwk6FbirCLHkJV3xX00x_dRAu3aa2QxkQef4p_pjzYH8Pxri6PYIcBiREbim3GbcSwDrj5EAHORSpCoSpJ-tohIz0I/w640-h414/Hist.of+World-Notre+Dame+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here is another matte from Mel Brooks' HISTORY OF THE WORLD-PART ONE (1981). The matte is of Paris, with Notre Dame in mid view, and was painted on wood by Syd Dutton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48IDWDZdy5urUsH-Wtdb_IemhHdeqkPqu1dZ0EtiyFTUNA0xCZtkYjcFinFRx2OJDFH1-AG95Upj3ytjHJml6JxOkly2ATBlkPbS6kxuZmXYRL7bjxTqWUk5tzhUSbTue8gzNC7hyCzE/s1500/Hist.of+World-Notre+Dame+matte+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1500" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48IDWDZdy5urUsH-Wtdb_IemhHdeqkPqu1dZ0EtiyFTUNA0xCZtkYjcFinFRx2OJDFH1-AG95Upj3ytjHJml6JxOkly2ATBlkPbS6kxuZmXYRL7bjxTqWUk5tzhUSbTue8gzNC7hyCzE/w640-h458/Hist.of+World-Notre+Dame+matte+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final tilt down and push in composite.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wOGs6Vd7DhyPmCqjxjU6-ZoBafHuRIpO8J32V7D9SLNn8CfqRuYp-7kAzIS9kbaUxXkUHJoCGRtrz93gVY7Akyodb6qMSJzGjy_O4UbNDw6YBT12Gdf3TTbM7oIHeszTIruxopfpu98/s1896/Running+Man+matte+city+painting+ssm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="1896" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wOGs6Vd7DhyPmCqjxjU6-ZoBafHuRIpO8J32V7D9SLNn8CfqRuYp-7kAzIS9kbaUxXkUHJoCGRtrz93gVY7Akyodb6qMSJzGjy_O4UbNDw6YBT12Gdf3TTbM7oIHeszTIruxopfpu98/w640-h404/Running+Man+matte+city+painting+ssm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A striking matte supervised by Syd Dutton, for the mildly entertaining THE RUNNING MAN (1987).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPewZJMy7NX1TWq3liu6jmiShs1t_LQdcTD78ylm1U2Jg4ZDwqLSxVZ7PP4wV9zAxoO93OI2jNWPrfJ5tLF8kkNQfXHk8DS3iw7Yys1MxJoSpv1f3GuM0Q-SxjAaH43qKuFaVOmEe1Qos/s1647/Running+Man+%2528tilt1A%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1647" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPewZJMy7NX1TWq3liu6jmiShs1t_LQdcTD78ylm1U2Jg4ZDwqLSxVZ7PP4wV9zAxoO93OI2jNWPrfJ5tLF8kkNQfXHk8DS3iw7Yys1MxJoSpv1f3GuM0Q-SxjAaH43qKuFaVOmEe1Qos/w640-h432/Running+Man+%2528tilt1A%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final composite as a tilt upward shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1sVgeoOXh2XMJoZ-jUPJoq6CpNavJsGTFHxJdZOaRlUn8TI5dMott6j37Mb0_BrAFvU60qQZyZr6OuVREpTLEokRWwTuY4DQB-GAkqUpOXYxVthPkIFAmnLncQyZ-PrjW0upmHNzpai4/s1572/Running+Man+matte+city+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="1024" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkobZ3bkU7mAWithYsXYpKdH12kOq770TuUs-5BAswcMtPU7KaRkxt824o07WndqZNYiVMrmkGFIRDrmPMJknKgSsobGgyoxtrZuluiJCtOTcDzq52XJ1GqNTNcmi0LfppYYJRSgeKX4o/w640-h272/Cape+Fear-sky.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Actual finished shot in film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWrpDxs6jT0QgKf3QWAyQqC0iuTYIZhghkdTKZt8BunQghBsBDLEHcXiMj8HAQwvYKlZ4psty0W0y4f3fgBKyhGcyaPpDTb1igJoFVxVG8rmp4TXjZIA64DwYa8mpn_WddYBG5FAgG5w/s1745/A+Gnome+Called+Gnorm-matte+painting+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1745" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWrpDxs6jT0QgKf3QWAyQqC0iuTYIZhghkdTKZt8BunQghBsBDLEHcXiMj8HAQwvYKlZ4psty0W0y4f3fgBKyhGcyaPpDTb1igJoFVxVG8rmp4TXjZIA64DwYa8mpn_WddYBG5FAgG5w/w640-h372/A+Gnome+Called+Gnorm-matte+painting+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An evocative Syd Dutton matte from something called A GNOME NAMED GNORM (1992), which apparently is also known as UPWORLD, though I've never heard of either. The live action went into the small blacked area on the left ledge.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTh8Q0wL4i2R5UH7dmubgpizxTPh0iq8Jqmi2ogPq52rtMUvAefv82LvrBsLMbl20M_yaOSGT_jwqES81_x2ovERxzebE2Yh3Aje2GEjykF2LBopVPI07UiMA12wLjlOSw0qF-KSqsXw/s1572/A+Gnome+Called+Gnorm-detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1572" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTh8Q0wL4i2R5UH7dmubgpizxTPh0iq8Jqmi2ogPq52rtMUvAefv82LvrBsLMbl20M_yaOSGT_jwqES81_x2ovERxzebE2Yh3Aje2GEjykF2LBopVPI07UiMA12wLjlOSw0qF-KSqsXw/w640-h240/A+Gnome+Called+Gnorm-detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3v0gnYJ59d3oZOezer8hFEoS7pG8aANTDTmODN-chpkwqf8BE8OHcXof2DkL8_VfZNS1qzr8pSu528QQiHbIsz9bgoEs1ohuXU_dwGKXPzOuI668tFFdz8ciM0r95CdolLAQR2_6RhUI/s1572/A+Gnome+Called+Gnorm-detail6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1572" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3v0gnYJ59d3oZOezer8hFEoS7pG8aANTDTmODN-chpkwqf8BE8OHcXof2DkL8_VfZNS1qzr8pSu528QQiHbIsz9bgoEs1ohuXU_dwGKXPzOuI668tFFdz8ciM0r95CdolLAQR2_6RhUI/w640-h236/A+Gnome+Called+Gnorm-detail6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0oB5cv0tmpZ_PQRON_3zt5V1gmSi5i6LunUfaocP2jwoFxmn0CEexiMcRNkxJmI4Hj-d98dIvsg1VfKqHz1irU-X6TgYeQwnOkBmvDCFgGHmOHtxstgKoZgueUhyphenhyphenY02OGYVEquMW1dQ/s1508/ST-Enterprise+concept+art+Qo%2527nos+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1508" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0oB5cv0tmpZ_PQRON_3zt5V1gmSi5i6LunUfaocP2jwoFxmn0CEexiMcRNkxJmI4Hj-d98dIvsg1VfKqHz1irU-X6TgYeQwnOkBmvDCFgGHmOHtxstgKoZgueUhyphenhyphenY02OGYVEquMW1dQ/w640-h418/ST-Enterprise+concept+art+Qo%2527nos+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As I mentioned, I've only included a few examples of Syd Dutton's conceptual paintings, and I couldn't go past this wonderful piece. It's an absolutely marvellous vfx concept from tv's STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE (2001), for a Klingon city. I love this as a stand alone painting, and I have to say, this concept is light years better than the eventual computer generated screen version, which lacked absolutely everything that this beautifully concieved illustration exudes in spades.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3e1a5klzNsAY-N2U9XM2d-bQWAki2jqnWdWFj-bTv8nhsykLkJEh-fEce4P3OWYn0_vQj0PAz_N3RvJRlFrDKrlcaPMpuHTThXrus1lYMZ4X0VFEUxbxsh_Myl1Mj0W5I0S0PBpFTnEw/s1581/ST-Enterprise+concept+art+Qo%2527nos+detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1581" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3e1a5klzNsAY-N2U9XM2d-bQWAki2jqnWdWFj-bTv8nhsykLkJEh-fEce4P3OWYn0_vQj0PAz_N3RvJRlFrDKrlcaPMpuHTThXrus1lYMZ4X0VFEUxbxsh_Myl1Mj0W5I0S0PBpFTnEw/w640-h232/ST-Enterprise+concept+art+Qo%2527nos+detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Worthy detail from a most worthy piece of artwork</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPP2omhDJv1FVHAuPucP9IpacTebE_vhXlaZif42ySlECG-Ui8x7D7OIkWbsDB2MlLT0ZczGkdJGCqeGzYl3Vp7qNteTOQ3jYJGgww2N1N1Dj0HEm7hyVe-IYeteYofAvrALrqci381E/s1575/ST-Enterprise+concept+art+Qo%2527nos+detail6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1575" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPP2omhDJv1FVHAuPucP9IpacTebE_vhXlaZif42ySlECG-Ui8x7D7OIkWbsDB2MlLT0ZczGkdJGCqeGzYl3Vp7qNteTOQ3jYJGgww2N1N1Dj0HEm7hyVe-IYeteYofAvrALrqci381E/w640-h236/ST-Enterprise+concept+art+Qo%2527nos+detail6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More worthiness that just hits the sweet spot for NZ Pete.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKF6EHKnuQg0Fxv_vYxV2UT0xvX9xb4yahQSmnigJSDdfkpXxSIvIiZTFPFBwbjnOOGdeLevl-E7DM-clWqPZkUPzJtecA79odmR80Rg2sSJBy4rxHV8eO_xDXkM4TFz-FqlhZE41nY3g/s1506/Addams+Family+Values-house+matte+painting+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="1506" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKF6EHKnuQg0Fxv_vYxV2UT0xvX9xb4yahQSmnigJSDdfkpXxSIvIiZTFPFBwbjnOOGdeLevl-E7DM-clWqPZkUPzJtecA79odmR80Rg2sSJBy4rxHV8eO_xDXkM4TFz-FqlhZE41nY3g/w640-h366/Addams+Family+Values-house+matte+painting+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yes, another matte from ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES (1993) - this time a full painting. For the final scene they added subtle details such as a swing gently swaying, and clouds moving across the sky. The shot was also timed much darker for the release prints.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpBburttr6KfZSSCAT97of9RtiVonywAiqqpX_Z0T9nheGPh6F2f5njQX3pHHaodYVPuRIca_U1BAXSz1Cm7swtm4TcMroFwy_vj4_vkVG0J09FXwqvcamRXOBcTyX87euPYuGcL5tuU/s1566/Addams+Family+Values-house+detail+12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1566" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpBburttr6KfZSSCAT97of9RtiVonywAiqqpX_Z0T9nheGPh6F2f5njQX3pHHaodYVPuRIca_U1BAXSz1Cm7swtm4TcMroFwy_vj4_vkVG0J09FXwqvcamRXOBcTyX87euPYuGcL5tuU/w640-h236/Addams+Family+Values-house+detail+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmASeHLwfeq9Bw1atmSPCklekTHjtG757R8kEFNZ4uk8WnR2PFdRurM8ELew8Lk870OYfwxVm5yJFnPoAJRppTxEoWqkIbPioOieXkIuUHipfgwLe727qvy26BeJ-miCJgKa0sd9gX3RA/s1575/Addams+Family+Values-house+detail6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1575" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmASeHLwfeq9Bw1atmSPCklekTHjtG757R8kEFNZ4uk8WnR2PFdRurM8ELew8Lk870OYfwxVm5yJFnPoAJRppTxEoWqkIbPioOieXkIuUHipfgwLe727qvy26BeJ-miCJgKa0sd9gX3RA/w640-h236/Addams+Family+Values-house+detail6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Love the 1940's Universal Karloff-Lugosi vibe.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIGwb3bywxorpvSENvwEmw7g336I8UD_6Ng6qnv6p17tZzOZqvyNiC7Ez4jjYpUHxaCCf3qx5Qd1i2K7zQxvXHaMk3Y21J9dUVqqb001g4nrvIyFWAhDKyoVVP0GmZBqRm7einQ-W5fU/s1565/Addams+Family+Values-house+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1565" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIGwb3bywxorpvSENvwEmw7g336I8UD_6Ng6qnv6p17tZzOZqvyNiC7Ez4jjYpUHxaCCf3qx5Qd1i2K7zQxvXHaMk3Y21J9dUVqqb001g4nrvIyFWAhDKyoVVP0GmZBqRm7einQ-W5fU/w640-h234/Addams+Family+Values-house+detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiElypEEzLLQdnn5fs3ah3nXWGrE9dfGz2addmpLYtQ7RcakFX2_Qb1bMod182381MIwemZVUYxHRc9pfZrziStzc-0NmYp4_z3hpvbm8ub2aCs0Qz1JYoPqYc9TzLbUNRt3vBG-mij2A/s1488/Buck+Rogers-+ruins+matte+painting+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1488" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiElypEEzLLQdnn5fs3ah3nXWGrE9dfGz2addmpLYtQ7RcakFX2_Qb1bMod182381MIwemZVUYxHRc9pfZrziStzc-0NmYp4_z3hpvbm8ub2aCs0Qz1JYoPqYc9TzLbUNRt3vBG-mij2A/w640-h408/Buck+Rogers-+ruins+matte+painting+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Old Chicago in a state of abandonment, circa 25th Century, as seen in the pilot and feature release BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY (1979). Another great Dutton matte that I've always admired. Interestingly, what was a partially blacked out matte painting for inclusion of live action actor and irritating 'cute' robot (lower left third) has been filled in here by Syd after the fact, with more painted in rubble. Presumably done so as to be available as a stand alone full painting for another potential project.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdMCOi_ukOv0LhE9sfMNmHlnQmy0EF65MrN2BDEQkK_G1r0vrEcp9KSFJIwzwwCDajt292IqDMy19hkCALquxQwnH1ROKdu1Q_GJGunJeGQd66pvRVcz1m2rGGLcoyzUoSwuNusp8q44/s1200/Buck+Rogers-wrecked+city.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdMCOi_ukOv0LhE9sfMNmHlnQmy0EF65MrN2BDEQkK_G1r0vrEcp9KSFJIwzwwCDajt292IqDMy19hkCALquxQwnH1ROKdu1Q_GJGunJeGQd66pvRVcz1m2rGGLcoyzUoSwuNusp8q44/w400-h300/Buck+Rogers-wrecked+city.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Actual scene as it appeared in 1979.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxycbuUAu4tO9QRET-2x08tPl50q_oPlHscLizGrhEXDqgCjn-iwezvjSuzQf_ZoEvk7XcPXACHSLpErkmp1VQ9VR0dbsUm6zekS3NJkGR7zxC7IBbdz5GtWaFcHXIbyAinAU_F-EWwXs/s1574/Buck+Rogers-+ruins+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1574" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxycbuUAu4tO9QRET-2x08tPl50q_oPlHscLizGrhEXDqgCjn-iwezvjSuzQf_ZoEvk7XcPXACHSLpErkmp1VQ9VR0dbsUm6zekS3NJkGR7zxC7IBbdz5GtWaFcHXIbyAinAU_F-EWwXs/w640-h236/Buck+Rogers-+ruins+detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgWe3CPfVIKl6UJqALL-jfHWgLzbXbqGxg7f1sbVRtALbMQa8F8jmpuS0qu6nIdkiEJO-VA_VBLZOEYKPzTdVoAphcAe5pi3BlTB1N_lv3kYUYbWQA3-fPTZfGld7aC9glKW6A1_bMcg/s1567/Buck+Rogers-+ruins+detail+13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1567" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgWe3CPfVIKl6UJqALL-jfHWgLzbXbqGxg7f1sbVRtALbMQa8F8jmpuS0qu6nIdkiEJO-VA_VBLZOEYKPzTdVoAphcAe5pi3BlTB1N_lv3kYUYbWQA3-fPTZfGld7aC9glKW6A1_bMcg/w640-h236/Buck+Rogers-+ruins+detail+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Bey8RcxC-OU_bhjX_N-hVJNHDhB_SZ49RrBXPtdWdXLcRedOdSAgQ6COLk_UZQ6hrsSvvlqpVNENNjKrIQ8cs7OrJ7H9cN_yURY2jobaNR2ZyKnR7ozoozUaj9vfa_usPR5T_Yc0XGE/s1578/Buck+Rogers-+ruins+detail+17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1578" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Bey8RcxC-OU_bhjX_N-hVJNHDhB_SZ49RrBXPtdWdXLcRedOdSAgQ6COLk_UZQ6hrsSvvlqpVNENNjKrIQ8cs7OrJ7H9cN_yURY2jobaNR2ZyKnR7ozoozUaj9vfa_usPR5T_Yc0XGE/w640-h236/Buck+Rogers-+ruins+detail+17.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9kxCBpejlTirzhCQj6RNiGSVhP0U-Xlj-_BWWr5ZOEqUKH8sBViYXAfuqyzr1p3sXsZ5-rkAA0ItBjha6jbCMRwbEaVL8UV7dp0QqH-9kr178iiZ_BuyN-HkT1CWDqYddj6ejqslwxc/s1566/Buck+Rogers-+ruins+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="1566" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9kxCBpejlTirzhCQj6RNiGSVhP0U-Xlj-_BWWr5ZOEqUKH8sBViYXAfuqyzr1p3sXsZ5-rkAA0ItBjha6jbCMRwbEaVL8UV7dp0QqH-9kr178iiZ_BuyN-HkT1CWDqYddj6ejqslwxc/w640-h238/Buck+Rogers-+ruins+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Note the important line up notations along the edge of the frame, to assist the artist and the cameraman with aspect ratio line up for Academy ratio, TV, and standard theatre 1.85:1 projection. This is to be found along the edges of a great many of the Ilusion Arts and older Universal Whitlock mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJxCqs01gpG5urHY6-ruL2CgyekYRMFe0-4G25cjneMDBVl2FQCHhBZgHflWNOFEsgwDlG75nBW6EAQeFRyUBQ94j95xDRXrSCoKKUDPBbsswF_3kA3pAOXLdiHUj1cyc0OcYnIYarYY/s1569/Buck+Rogers-+ruins+detail+12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1569" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJxCqs01gpG5urHY6-ruL2CgyekYRMFe0-4G25cjneMDBVl2FQCHhBZgHflWNOFEsgwDlG75nBW6EAQeFRyUBQ94j95xDRXrSCoKKUDPBbsswF_3kA3pAOXLdiHUj1cyc0OcYnIYarYY/w640-h236/Buck+Rogers-+ruins+detail+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6Wx5wRUcbxFx59FHGykehhB0QAcSlYHrMimlO5g8F-c086O7miznfBwQ_AzTPLeKgBwM2m6zzb4S4d777DriSCU-wSBh1mVd8SKXfYc8COWhnk17tMOmMHP8MuIq7zBQnz6toQSpROw/s2424/Hindenburg-hangar+hi+rez+matte+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="2424" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6Wx5wRUcbxFx59FHGykehhB0QAcSlYHrMimlO5g8F-c086O7miznfBwQ_AzTPLeKgBwM2m6zzb4S4d777DriSCU-wSBh1mVd8SKXfYc8COWhnk17tMOmMHP8MuIq7zBQnz6toQSpROw/w640-h376/Hindenburg-hangar+hi+rez+matte+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the 75 odd mattes that Al Whitlock and team created for THE HINDENBURG (1975) which won the boys the Best Visual Effects Oscar, and deservedly so.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzti5AFjflinWyuW5zYjOgGdpfwJzIh2dYqxFzf_oZpEcalSTQVP8ElQI3GwzWDO43mqs0Rbi9dOFP6oBwF_rxUHks2PeVo1GgiAbOI6pV2dI1cvpjJcOJyIU3ZvvrdT6KnfRG2u5V14w/s1920/Hindenburg-hangar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzti5AFjflinWyuW5zYjOgGdpfwJzIh2dYqxFzf_oZpEcalSTQVP8ElQI3GwzWDO43mqs0Rbi9dOFP6oBwF_rxUHks2PeVo1GgiAbOI6pV2dI1cvpjJcOJyIU3ZvvrdT6KnfRG2u5V14w/w640-h272/Hindenburg-hangar.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Composite with carefully retouched photo cut out of airship pasted onto glass; painted runway, mooring mast and background scenery, all matted flawlessly with foreground hanger and crowd.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqi2vdADVdLvB2VOVuO4McWUHjmTWX_9H-VYk2Vtd0s5l106Ca6ch8InvCGK3fc4IbRfaZiqEOPcZod562NwgI2u-5-7ekDac4LgWA8_ipyGCzwPSDG16ymAVQWAbL2zpPAE1hx2EPQ6A/s1280/Mannequin2+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="1280" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqi2vdADVdLvB2VOVuO4McWUHjmTWX_9H-VYk2Vtd0s5l106Ca6ch8InvCGK3fc4IbRfaZiqEOPcZod562NwgI2u-5-7ekDac4LgWA8_ipyGCzwPSDG16ymAVQWAbL2zpPAE1hx2EPQ6A/w640-h346/Mannequin2+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final composite, with a separate painted sky on another glass.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrt4IFMVOCpUmxKN8TtM8AD7ccHkbE_TCCzoqtZ7S0t5kFlvThZRkDH4qxRc-1n8pZ7A0umvhvKiuLRWZ1adfMYOe-PG664dPKs3pu1d9zYCoMg57ejms8LZnFrvgguqA6U2XvGMwY2hw/s1926/Naked+Gun+3-prison+matte+Robert+Stromberg+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1926" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrt4IFMVOCpUmxKN8TtM8AD7ccHkbE_TCCzoqtZ7S0t5kFlvThZRkDH4qxRc-1n8pZ7A0umvhvKiuLRWZ1adfMYOe-PG664dPKs3pu1d9zYCoMg57ejms8LZnFrvgguqA6U2XvGMwY2hw/w640-h366/Naked+Gun+3-prison+matte+Robert+Stromberg+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Police Squad spin off NAKED GUN films with Leslie Nielsen were pretty funny. This prison matte is from NAKED GUN 33 <span style="font-size: xx-small;">1/3 </span>-THE FINAL INSULT (1994). Robert Stromberg was artist.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUeXvJT5blg96bHbuYkmeEAKcKh6lU-VHfjm1xOcecy2vOMthp-UYBvYXCb0GNBu5THG1V4EbrMmjmst71uf1TNwEzZcUyVX8CNWNuNU_zVmmeiqUOSPGeALCHGlDO2ElHak_Cx44asw/s1920/Naked+Gun+3+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUeXvJT5blg96bHbuYkmeEAKcKh6lU-VHfjm1xOcecy2vOMthp-UYBvYXCb0GNBu5THG1V4EbrMmjmst71uf1TNwEzZcUyVX8CNWNuNU_zVmmeiqUOSPGeALCHGlDO2ElHak_Cx44asw/w640-h360/Naked+Gun+3+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Composite shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVtRQWH5m6HRottxCpJ3Hcx6IT1BLMseIlSkTL9f1j95D1M_7fTc0oR9L1HjknSsQtOnuNDhyCdMzGuLHqDTzqo68G4LaNBsRRTTsq8PL1wU8DiSywJJFR4XrCfXRuui4rTd3UDedsUY/s2253/ST-TNG+Angel+One+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="2253" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVtRQWH5m6HRottxCpJ3Hcx6IT1BLMseIlSkTL9f1j95D1M_7fTc0oR9L1HjknSsQtOnuNDhyCdMzGuLHqDTzqo68G4LaNBsRRTTsq8PL1wU8DiSywJJFR4XrCfXRuui4rTd3UDedsUY/w640-h372/ST-TNG+Angel+One+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A spectacular futuristic cityscape by Syd Dutton for the tv series STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1tMV1IZN4itBA9DQ5ujsY3d4027PtYe2dP35T0wRIATdIwX4oRopeH6uM-lq9t2YBL_yBW7qrvUebJFRevMYGJ4LH_gv1KGbfDO_EeQhymgROaUqoLlgd8dEa-yPFpC8Y8F886YfkmQ/s1575/ST-TNG+Angel+One-detail5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="1575" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1tMV1IZN4itBA9DQ5ujsY3d4027PtYe2dP35T0wRIATdIwX4oRopeH6uM-lq9t2YBL_yBW7qrvUebJFRevMYGJ4LH_gv1KGbfDO_EeQhymgROaUqoLlgd8dEa-yPFpC8Y8F886YfkmQ/w640-h232/ST-TNG+Angel+One-detail5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Angel One</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qkSGEzydC6ZHSciTprV97rgyYt6ZUz2somaUl0xRx8MilcckdcAeFFo6dqpA89Vfc5yEgZZo2ik11ZPllby6kXCfmsOpY0xqR-TS3la2-J9pmgZfzcbZLI28lLf2kOvE4hJpMEZTPKM/s1571/ST-TNG+Angel+One-detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsPUZDJWYUHfUK06kZ0GQp5NohcjCu3eKWsY0GuGvReQpuEFKabNwkIMCt3yqDEAnfOX5hBf2imNWMeuLYTrs2_i_pr4vXmqyb57XKZxOvef9NpC_h-J4TarsXaIavS1C45Y6ifhB-k4/s1821/Age+Of+Innocence-lighthouse+foreground+glass+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1821" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsPUZDJWYUHfUK06kZ0GQp5NohcjCu3eKWsY0GuGvReQpuEFKabNwkIMCt3yqDEAnfOX5hBf2imNWMeuLYTrs2_i_pr4vXmqyb57XKZxOvef9NpC_h-J4TarsXaIavS1C45Y6ifhB-k4/w640-h368/Age+Of+Innocence-lighthouse+foreground+glass+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The foreground glass with painted lighthouse for AGE OF INNOCENCE.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyde3fjXhMeUuQf3yjCzAPexhFv0BsXjSiRoQPOpQJ0wGbwBtlxqlg6WTCGjQMJxZniFZ45vynDcc3XPbvb-3QjYjZ6a6Vgs-Fw3y6yDdhGGO2XgVbPkeM_Bdw_emEDz2CzKusVDzvhY/s1320/Age+Innocence-comps.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1320" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyde3fjXhMeUuQf3yjCzAPexhFv0BsXjSiRoQPOpQJ0wGbwBtlxqlg6WTCGjQMJxZniFZ45vynDcc3XPbvb-3QjYjZ6a6Vgs-Fw3y6yDdhGGO2XgVbPkeM_Bdw_emEDz2CzKusVDzvhY/w640-h548/Age+Innocence-comps.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Finished shots from same sequence with moving clouds, sun element, water sparkles and an animated boat.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWCGS1_-2Ak3VvI_E3UOqCadjVKM27hfhoHH1f9ZwjAAYIbyUz8OZsgksiAAbenx-UCaoQk3nSBob-l_gEcgA8GuTQnQQIjmuhcCzun-TUsyz1qNBk-n9J5U0Sxy0Y1pmDUY2rseBlW8/s1839/Buck+Rogers-distant+city+matte+painting+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1839" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWCGS1_-2Ak3VvI_E3UOqCadjVKM27hfhoHH1f9ZwjAAYIbyUz8OZsgksiAAbenx-UCaoQk3nSBob-l_gEcgA8GuTQnQQIjmuhcCzun-TUsyz1qNBk-n9J5U0Sxy0Y1pmDUY2rseBlW8/w640-h404/Buck+Rogers-distant+city+matte+painting+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Far in the distance is 'New' Chicago, as seen from the 'wrong side of the tracks' which is <i>'old'</i> Chicago. A Syd Dutton matte from BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY (1979).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1m8tFozVEm4pZRtiXHn7jB4jWY5XyyO5DgzTruoYj0VfFuACrreJ1f4CHlnMfayBhUXvuNlznVIaaL5Qn1AqLN57pD3bkGr1QYBUOScF9V6SqIcoq_gvl4JTgrel6ydJXuBfSSjjYg0/s1568/Buck+Rogers-distant+city+detail5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1568" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1m8tFozVEm4pZRtiXHn7jB4jWY5XyyO5DgzTruoYj0VfFuACrreJ1f4CHlnMfayBhUXvuNlznVIaaL5Qn1AqLN57pD3bkGr1QYBUOScF9V6SqIcoq_gvl4JTgrel6ydJXuBfSSjjYg0/w640-h236/Buck+Rogers-distant+city+detail5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Superb brushmanship and feeling of backlight. Love it!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlx80302Y9TzNbcoSTDaSy_CZEaaKbA0fiUjCDHTyg1VDh2Zb1o-VirEq-rncyXnXBsXf50JpYSvYoIZxD2WQmYzl9fOY2pg-sCVAmnRo4XbA2C6So8jDTn6aOeFKUOXuTbhngguKkKQ/s1566/Buck+Rogers-distant+city+detail11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="1566" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlx80302Y9TzNbcoSTDaSy_CZEaaKbA0fiUjCDHTyg1VDh2Zb1o-VirEq-rncyXnXBsXf50JpYSvYoIZxD2WQmYzl9fOY2pg-sCVAmnRo4XbA2C6So8jDTn6aOeFKUOXuTbhngguKkKQ/w640-h234/Buck+Rogers-distant+city+detail11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-eLw4tmKkYG2t1KKx9PBWcOeiXsYvzgxg5Ve17xsfEoeaGKeLS-JWJMlxvCV5Z3eHVxG1rxmZGaRNPWEecfOaHmMGindh5gi2AHKua1zcCU2g4WIPbiTZBvnqyHBJjxKAY0JOGHek4w/s1576/Buck+Rogers-distant+city+detail12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1576" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-eLw4tmKkYG2t1KKx9PBWcOeiXsYvzgxg5Ve17xsfEoeaGKeLS-JWJMlxvCV5Z3eHVxG1rxmZGaRNPWEecfOaHmMGindh5gi2AHKua1zcCU2g4WIPbiTZBvnqyHBJjxKAY0JOGHek4w/w640-h232/Buck+Rogers-distant+city+detail12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxRQAVHZ8ImGxG6t8QXxva2vAGERGCeh-JPiKJ0dVo-M5q3vfVpjcDsR1i2b0t_H4sybfYXRMlxXG3BoCV1_Lg48Cfs56WhhLmEJ_lOKPeJZJqF_LR5tckKVZk7i6j7CBsJvnaabCLVg/s1200/Buck+Rogers-old+chicago.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxRQAVHZ8ImGxG6t8QXxva2vAGERGCeh-JPiKJ0dVo-M5q3vfVpjcDsR1i2b0t_H4sybfYXRMlxXG3BoCV1_Lg48Cfs56WhhLmEJ_lOKPeJZJqF_LR5tckKVZk7i6j7CBsJvnaabCLVg/w640-h480/Buck+Rogers-old+chicago.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Live action and matte art combined.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33qVzRpW6zyBXGXrQK7_WNRVsyCbTcq9LEeXauVvov29gQw8imqgPbZPqagv8DX_qXRktg1T3PBSkvIQH1Ny8VSkF5_apFWsrofjtxu5s0IQRkoZJE2cS4P2omVBHL81Vi_kODjXK1Ak/s2340/Millennium-end+city+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="2340" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33qVzRpW6zyBXGXrQK7_WNRVsyCbTcq9LEeXauVvov29gQw8imqgPbZPqagv8DX_qXRktg1T3PBSkvIQH1Ny8VSkF5_apFWsrofjtxu5s0IQRkoZJE2cS4P2omVBHL81Vi_kODjXK1Ak/w640-h330/Millennium-end+city+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another sci-fi flick here, though potentially fascinating never made much sense in the greater scheme of things. MILLENNIUM (1989) had a few intreresting effects shots such as this finale vista.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzdGFIcct9WXNTHovDAO2YqkhjVGA15LaIQ6a80kaFBHOJvPbHaZ3-yj5X_carb7kZiHtZlYVmnuVzCEa3i1nflY8JXmKUeDZHkDEDDConsThSXb-xVhvklGZ4QR5oiTADX95FZYFSQk/s1562/Millennium-end+city+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1562" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzdGFIcct9WXNTHovDAO2YqkhjVGA15LaIQ6a80kaFBHOJvPbHaZ3-yj5X_carb7kZiHtZlYVmnuVzCEa3i1nflY8JXmKUeDZHkDEDDConsThSXb-xVhvklGZ4QR5oiTADX95FZYFSQk/w640-h236/Millennium-end+city+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd Dutton was artist on this.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQD73cWcKspySpdukArOS0k4FfTS4wNGVlj3lab5EpSx-Mpwl3k1_kxRjEKOFptmOF8-2ykqW47J0tWFY4hvP9AxlWJcWxy3J-wG2MS5RRSIGXisjCUMxwAfv7MfbpsM5d_lz1XZ6RppI/s1569/Millennium-end+city+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1569" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQD73cWcKspySpdukArOS0k4FfTS4wNGVlj3lab5EpSx-Mpwl3k1_kxRjEKOFptmOF8-2ykqW47J0tWFY4hvP9AxlWJcWxy3J-wG2MS5RRSIGXisjCUMxwAfv7MfbpsM5d_lz1XZ6RppI/w640-h236/Millennium-end+city+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWau4JS9nRbffz0DqC3LEZk0lAGG2XuSdhyphenhyphenMpoELnRq3hf4TFobLd8Vn9OdWEieF5ae3JvqJOsX8mfzTbIbV5DKqh0aUq7q6eCfKD2g2U-mn37G3Hq-FosGu5lHBqtl6gyKbCzZaxnqVg/s1553/Millennium-end+city+detail4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1553" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWau4JS9nRbffz0DqC3LEZk0lAGG2XuSdhyphenhyphenMpoELnRq3hf4TFobLd8Vn9OdWEieF5ae3JvqJOsX8mfzTbIbV5DKqh0aUq7q6eCfKD2g2U-mn37G3Hq-FosGu5lHBqtl6gyKbCzZaxnqVg/w640-h236/Millennium-end+city+detail4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSO_INMfeug-YMPYbi1griIstGLOZqONfHIva4Lcx5nC67GFvK2dac6zzBTRpl5aFLVSwrcZzkSQb3iukoF8v-JhOdWSF0AL09QxAHyD9bZGGbqBXZmiycjvdhuaV1q4rHYQnHIA2Mik/s1920/Millenium-final+shot+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSO_INMfeug-YMPYbi1griIstGLOZqONfHIva4Lcx5nC67GFvK2dac6zzBTRpl5aFLVSwrcZzkSQb3iukoF8v-JhOdWSF0AL09QxAHyD9bZGGbqBXZmiycjvdhuaV1q4rHYQnHIA2Mik/w640-h346/Millenium-final+shot+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Multi-element marry up, with numerous live action plates combined with Syd's painting to excellent effect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok9aT5b0gI_2O52IbwerjqcTLZ_JndbG1Om_J8d-6pjEudzOyoJTCpfp_tRXjpZs8GH0RqH6yYlydi9fJw4P_4QP0d3_juNbfKkdMQBWczSWyqEo9CnF-wfbTom1A5-9j-DoCPclO9Hw/s1905/Masada-+night+Rome+matte+%2528Al+Whitlock%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="1905" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok9aT5b0gI_2O52IbwerjqcTLZ_JndbG1Om_J8d-6pjEudzOyoJTCpfp_tRXjpZs8GH0RqH6yYlydi9fJw4P_4QP0d3_juNbfKkdMQBWczSWyqEo9CnF-wfbTom1A5-9j-DoCPclO9Hw/w640-h408/Masada-+night+Rome+matte+%2528Al+Whitlock%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The overwrought and interminable mini-series MASADA (1981) was, thankfully, recut later and retitled for theatrical release (as THE ANTAGONISTS) with vast swaths of celluloid excised. Albert Whitlock painted numerous mattes for the show, such as this evening view of Rome. For the curious, the 'extra' bit of painted sky visible here (and on many other mattes) was to facilitate Whitlock's moving skies soft splits gag.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBvM50jXo2fmQzOdEy4G5Ugwvh5Jafwiw_ocbabkqzVbSv3RskSUJ-OB-UL8FwxoJiEhz66giPobJ0joqqBKuNyyLQ0W-vIj6zZmMTMfn3OAcmNAXb2t4s3JjCatf7lahnZcpowXED7c/s1569/Masada-+night+Rome+detail6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1569" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBvM50jXo2fmQzOdEy4G5Ugwvh5Jafwiw_ocbabkqzVbSv3RskSUJ-OB-UL8FwxoJiEhz66giPobJ0joqqBKuNyyLQ0W-vIj6zZmMTMfn3OAcmNAXb2t4s3JjCatf7lahnZcpowXED7c/w640-h236/Masada-+night+Rome+detail6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1wldM7ggQ8JbcRnBTHGmUypcMj_wPgYbNQ1n8qaReuOvNypfEB-moY-fQzBNe8ine0e0Dd9IRtW1WN7XLo8nfbc9na7qBYKqqlm7nDo2q1Obd2Q1DKSBNWoYJOCfxw__DpxnLEdNDKc/s1572/Masada-+night+Rome+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="1572" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1wldM7ggQ8JbcRnBTHGmUypcMj_wPgYbNQ1n8qaReuOvNypfEB-moY-fQzBNe8ine0e0Dd9IRtW1WN7XLo8nfbc9na7qBYKqqlm7nDo2q1Obd2Q1DKSBNWoYJOCfxw__DpxnLEdNDKc/w640-h238/Masada-+night+Rome+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU61Z3QBxhkYk09-1_jwtnTkVV5iobMhOpZ2fQNq_HWBSYsegHG8Ubir9CVPeBXO3rhlDjK7yhAGDt04AiRgldWPIXxDK2Grj5CrM5iEmX59WgUVRHm9epAFTPKRtMo4kTZtFJtV5Aa_A/s1554/Masada-+night+Rome+detail8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1554" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU61Z3QBxhkYk09-1_jwtnTkVV5iobMhOpZ2fQNq_HWBSYsegHG8Ubir9CVPeBXO3rhlDjK7yhAGDt04AiRgldWPIXxDK2Grj5CrM5iEmX59WgUVRHm9epAFTPKRtMo4kTZtFJtV5Aa_A/w640-h238/Masada-+night+Rome+detail8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYc-rrb7Dn_wNnDa8r3T3XOO5HuhJx0QRcA17CmFSXcaeOEbDv4VNGnd2CJPavyKChVWnXapCaX0EPVpj82k4FYZNGLzEivsxe3LPEi0fjOjymuVOh-l57_JfUc5B1JAhiDNh-RHGb5RQ/s1575/Masada-+night+Rome+detail+15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1575" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYc-rrb7Dn_wNnDa8r3T3XOO5HuhJx0QRcA17CmFSXcaeOEbDv4VNGnd2CJPavyKChVWnXapCaX0EPVpj82k4FYZNGLzEivsxe3LPEi0fjOjymuVOh-l57_JfUc5B1JAhiDNh-RHGb5RQ/w640-h236/Masada-+night+Rome+detail+15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iBF7F1T8v8A3FHT1slpnRMLL2N1K7_0cs69DBnNUsJlAKMPu6-gsIPX920BMf4xPLoTayimcS0mfj9baEwHaGM1ATeO_Hj0WGRS7JYAt7jOVuzIjT1TdAAgVP2w33GN7Hxbx1wl8PJM/s1743/Twilight+Zone+%2528Examination+Day-night%2529+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="1743" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iBF7F1T8v8A3FHT1slpnRMLL2N1K7_0cs69DBnNUsJlAKMPu6-gsIPX920BMf4xPLoTayimcS0mfj9baEwHaGM1ATeO_Hj0WGRS7JYAt7jOVuzIjT1TdAAgVP2w33GN7Hxbx1wl8PJM/w640-h358/Twilight+Zone+%2528Examination+Day-night%2529+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The eighties television rehash of the cult series THE TWILIGHT ZONE featured mucho painted mattes and trick shots<i> (though I've never seen it nor it's famous Rod Serling original and feel I must at least look at the old series)</i>. The episode was Examination Day (and also included a beautiful daytime shot of this same scene) with Syd Dutton behind the brush.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJy0MY3zTDdj1Li6oy87EpnKQuApsI8H9U5XCgnxCuw4p5ELrz4Ip9aH73MsMd8M_fanw3neo5ekbeC4_yNciWVwl2skTX24ZTTMmCE0dzuKtZq7quIqm0EVNqgDBZmGyyclr4sDPdx8/s1572/Twilight+Zone+%2528Examination+Day-night%2529+detail+11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="1572" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJy0MY3zTDdj1Li6oy87EpnKQuApsI8H9U5XCgnxCuw4p5ELrz4Ip9aH73MsMd8M_fanw3neo5ekbeC4_yNciWVwl2skTX24ZTTMmCE0dzuKtZq7quIqm0EVNqgDBZmGyyclr4sDPdx8/w640-h236/Twilight+Zone+%2528Examination+Day-night%2529+detail+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW69JIGW-9cw4TuqmsWzWUUQZ2DzdSyS3B51Iobt5zEnJQjYRDdzK1abbeZ6W5FSkCL8q0v4h4MraAOGUkaI2G5X-w_uWaMN4CS96UEUqdto4qlXXw-XkSZqdvsPlJJ3Io-f4z7kq7zPQ/s1562/Twilight+Zone+%2528Examination+Day-night%2529+detail+14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1562" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW69JIGW-9cw4TuqmsWzWUUQZ2DzdSyS3B51Iobt5zEnJQjYRDdzK1abbeZ6W5FSkCL8q0v4h4MraAOGUkaI2G5X-w_uWaMN4CS96UEUqdto4qlXXw-XkSZqdvsPlJJ3Io-f4z7kq7zPQ/w640-h238/Twilight+Zone+%2528Examination+Day-night%2529+detail+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBhpjUxmF4UhRyTw4WSiAjoM-PyMPO7ZentQQjIOdQjAI0SrcEFnfphcmb_snimllV-IGVPXDw2Kmsp8n775hNVXpqs9Q4Vus2JTs73olaM6L6ijpLLsG8xZ3wyDegNF_ypWJdNbzxBk/s1575/Twilight+Zone+%2528Examination+Day-night%2529+detail7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1575" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBhpjUxmF4UhRyTw4WSiAjoM-PyMPO7ZentQQjIOdQjAI0SrcEFnfphcmb_snimllV-IGVPXDw2Kmsp8n775hNVXpqs9Q4Vus2JTs73olaM6L6ijpLLsG8xZ3wyDegNF_ypWJdNbzxBk/w640-h236/Twilight+Zone+%2528Examination+Day-night%2529+detail7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mYG_0Ood1VESFHA-GD5OCzsHdrDWltt9xWelKH9efAGO6IiYU_ER_Y2pY7ecHCNBEoq1Zb6uNMgNfIxXZkJYXCO451DrT4u6AfSqNaAuRQ-N5i3DR04L9LupKcxs4QuXTTi3vNgl6-A/s1944/Chaplin-+London+matte+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="1944" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mYG_0Ood1VESFHA-GD5OCzsHdrDWltt9xWelKH9efAGO6IiYU_ER_Y2pY7ecHCNBEoq1Zb6uNMgNfIxXZkJYXCO451DrT4u6AfSqNaAuRQ-N5i3DR04L9LupKcxs4QuXTTi3vNgl6-A/w640-h390/Chaplin-+London+matte+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Illusion Arts were contracted to supply several mattes for the excellent Richard Attenborough directed bio-pic of Charlie Chaplin titled, CHAPLIN (1992). Syd Dutton was painter here and I understand Al Whitlock was involved too on the film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPLmRJH7SW5UvtHuDG0eJkjiXKOMM0y9IdGzJQPVePGpPEtMQ_PJ6l0vXnvxC3JGy5tjeQG0jNs7dZbwkTyDBo-9ZwDZDHivldzTdSWy2EVgeWbc27Z7QHioxruDmtcPM62nQDl7yROs/s1280/Chaplin+London.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1280" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPLmRJH7SW5UvtHuDG0eJkjiXKOMM0y9IdGzJQPVePGpPEtMQ_PJ6l0vXnvxC3JGy5tjeQG0jNs7dZbwkTyDBo-9ZwDZDHivldzTdSWy2EVgeWbc27Z7QHioxruDmtcPM62nQDl7yROs/w640-h344/Chaplin+London.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1884" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSZ4Vf4Ap2GwJWcTaHS2olBu-zqfLrEgv4SdBDRVSjdcfY9gH5AXpNnXeYBL91u2QU5BTlvDTTncPFQ1Xv7PSG9xd80g-VsGUD6tQQBm2p59vyK_lh08W22o960Q2e_4ME3AIZdg5dt4/w640-h382/Frankenstein+Unbound-cityscape+matte+art+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Roger Corman remains something of an icon, largely for discovering talent like Jack Nicholson, Peter Bogdanovich, Dick Miller and Francis Ford Coppola, to name but a few. Roger made some really good Edgar Allen Poe chillers in the 1960's too! This matte however, is from the bizarre and completely insane FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND (1990) - a film that is pretty much indescribable but does have some really nice effects shots, and many mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbol9MRh5YKn0XpdAy0av0glhq5LE-nmgQH8IAoqclejnoslXkVTwt0Yh7yXwHjXpnH2ltYZhE7KckjPlDJ9_JB6ov0amsiJDrCQIraYfWgmOlhXMt_sSj1-YwC8bWiVgXKNP9Ca21xF4/s2277/Frankenstein+Unbound+composite.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="2277" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbol9MRh5YKn0XpdAy0av0glhq5LE-nmgQH8IAoqclejnoslXkVTwt0Yh7yXwHjXpnH2ltYZhE7KckjPlDJ9_JB6ov0amsiJDrCQIraYfWgmOlhXMt_sSj1-YwC8bWiVgXKNP9Ca21xF4/w640-h130/Frankenstein+Unbound+composite.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The matte as a camera move looked great.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjsNHEgScVPF5kaoKG8nzmk4d_FeBv3Ddr14Aq-ONUazIuguLrmsVIRYwKYYweXz3f_nuPGQvr1alga_jis-jgwAy84EhDZ1k-qpo_sgtnwCOQEnx-pxjGDqw0YHquvn6V7ddTTdj8VY/s1566/Frankenstein+Unbound-cityscape+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1566" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjsNHEgScVPF5kaoKG8nzmk4d_FeBv3Ddr14Aq-ONUazIuguLrmsVIRYwKYYweXz3f_nuPGQvr1alga_jis-jgwAy84EhDZ1k-qpo_sgtnwCOQEnx-pxjGDqw0YHquvn6V7ddTTdj8VY/w640-h236/Frankenstein+Unbound-cityscape+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjLpg0pXHYOftq-xU9f8NFCg6hoa6ftWkFh1InYikhDQwTG-GBqEzbLboUDqmdtTDAwcOukDJS4_2k37l4vrNyCN-nbwpoW3Pqmxo496bDwvs7ZDptaxFZbJXcJZ6l09gV3rc1Xv54oE/s1567/Frankenstein+Unbound-cityscape+detail7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1567" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjLpg0pXHYOftq-xU9f8NFCg6hoa6ftWkFh1InYikhDQwTG-GBqEzbLboUDqmdtTDAwcOukDJS4_2k37l4vrNyCN-nbwpoW3Pqmxo496bDwvs7ZDptaxFZbJXcJZ6l09gV3rc1Xv54oE/w640-h238/Frankenstein+Unbound-cityscape+detail7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjE7QoQ-9jWph76aa5im5-ka8WMNqKGaLk3uuLt0FadAiMPDYi2sd_0KTQCNCp-5BCc2L_mYWgBZgkx8cJPdrGnovlS4Op03F4-T59SChgVqXmErKW7c6FqBLV4kPufpv-sj0-TBi-Gs/s1571/Frankenstein+Unbound-cityscape+detail8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1571" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjE7QoQ-9jWph76aa5im5-ka8WMNqKGaLk3uuLt0FadAiMPDYi2sd_0KTQCNCp-5BCc2L_mYWgBZgkx8cJPdrGnovlS4Op03F4-T59SChgVqXmErKW7c6FqBLV4kPufpv-sj0-TBi-Gs/w640-h234/Frankenstein+Unbound-cityscape+detail8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVw6DEKYOKqk2aLS95TXgbrhbrcgfh0KewNGavfY5wVw_RwXsXhEWw6eoeC84ECaGzLFGXPnIY76bkII10BMEWllxIt9S8669c9E7CMFudOKCxoRQaNsqWhlQkuNiRUb1qz26Eo0qTuAQ/s1578/Frankenstein+Unbound-cityscape+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="1578" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVw6DEKYOKqk2aLS95TXgbrhbrcgfh0KewNGavfY5wVw_RwXsXhEWw6eoeC84ECaGzLFGXPnIY76bkII10BMEWllxIt9S8669c9E7CMFudOKCxoRQaNsqWhlQkuNiRUb1qz26Eo0qTuAQ/w640-h238/Frankenstein+Unbound-cityscape+detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film had another excellent futuristic city matte shot from Illusion Arts. Let us hope that one also surfaces one day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8y8J0nb8HwkQNtGadaOKH3NAxEJXZhuocuqb6qlnAYyDkrEr28mwsJYMOOZZMQvDqzyrquc8OGXdg3ejORMD5ihSuhFwOMDl8hNAm04msD8j_uyTGocEo57IB0T2CE0aqeW3ZrCXN5I/s1572/Frankenstein+Unbound-cityscape+detail+11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="1572" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8y8J0nb8HwkQNtGadaOKH3NAxEJXZhuocuqb6qlnAYyDkrEr28mwsJYMOOZZMQvDqzyrquc8OGXdg3ejORMD5ihSuhFwOMDl8hNAm04msD8j_uyTGocEo57IB0T2CE0aqeW3ZrCXN5I/w640-h238/Frankenstein+Unbound-cityscape+detail+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7TDna96RUECtu5rE3DhqN64qw0S84BW8Z2kx-RDeuaQTYdG-Ig1HsQ27_gl2Q5Qhe-eq7jqTAaGC9ommUWI3xr723ksqv4IlrpJXCgrie4QOImBOyttNJ0-qoXzs6Y6OzRn0AVu7hu8/s1701/Euro+Disney+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1701" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7TDna96RUECtu5rE3DhqN64qw0S84BW8Z2kx-RDeuaQTYdG-Ig1HsQ27_gl2Q5Qhe-eq7jqTAaGC9ommUWI3xr723ksqv4IlrpJXCgrie4QOImBOyttNJ0-qoXzs6Y6OzRn0AVu7hu8/w640-h350/Euro+Disney+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Illusion Arts furnished a lot of mattes for tv commercials, including this sprawling vista advertising EURO DISNEY in 1992. Syd Dutton was painter here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBze8facfI_UB4P9viDfm9OIgR1-tjzrO7LNW7gR1I5FPWRnfRIWXJWR2R1ONIExTbS1me-3M9KdrPQOYEljQ2rP4hR4TWYGvWQNP-XiywqvspeASR-q_W8V1zHsDjOBXELbS7OJkNx2k/s2365/Euro+Disney.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="2365" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBze8facfI_UB4P9viDfm9OIgR1-tjzrO7LNW7gR1I5FPWRnfRIWXJWR2R1ONIExTbS1me-3M9KdrPQOYEljQ2rP4hR4TWYGvWQNP-XiywqvspeASR-q_W8V1zHsDjOBXELbS7OJkNx2k/w640-h262/Euro+Disney.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very low rez frame from the final shot with cartoon mascots surfing the stars above Syd's art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpE8fRHurS8E_gFSExXXV97LW8dx5Helb2SKMo4pFJRb2CSE8uDolX2eKjKV8G8OD3CJJa-DVIqOUxlOGGayrjzVzF_kRkXQhbX3uA7fxfFkRsKt6F_0hql8bT5XZCAeWH9ALXEOspXk/s1578/Euro+Disney+matte+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1578" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpE8fRHurS8E_gFSExXXV97LW8dx5Helb2SKMo4pFJRb2CSE8uDolX2eKjKV8G8OD3CJJa-DVIqOUxlOGGayrjzVzF_kRkXQhbX3uA7fxfFkRsKt6F_0hql8bT5XZCAeWH9ALXEOspXk/w640-h232/Euro+Disney+matte+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTakbUpldBeAqG7a3SRX89VpkQ71oRpvegI30K-FMPo9j9Bhf1wQpPgKf8EQi10EFha2flOvJqDPEqP_dnIKlzBXg0870W3h7wXjc8tGDUlgkdrEx6T1PBgf9SeKeW8KOlnZv93glVbkU/s1586/Euro+Disney+matte+detail4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1586" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTakbUpldBeAqG7a3SRX89VpkQ71oRpvegI30K-FMPo9j9Bhf1wQpPgKf8EQi10EFha2flOvJqDPEqP_dnIKlzBXg0870W3h7wXjc8tGDUlgkdrEx6T1PBgf9SeKeW8KOlnZv93glVbkU/w640-h232/Euro+Disney+matte+detail4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">a closer view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqJ0_zRih5nnN5OKu1rqfdNVS7SbMG8HKz7VdwsD0ewEXFVM_eSwghYS34ya1IOsvnmSjh-YiKA_-6_pT7H623CylUIpGxVvwAcsd5wji8XuRF0wo0aQxLu3eYpQ_scchBqVXHxFuZM0/s1968/ST-TNG+Malcor+III+matte+%2528Rob+Stromberg%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1968" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqJ0_zRih5nnN5OKu1rqfdNVS7SbMG8HKz7VdwsD0ewEXFVM_eSwghYS34ya1IOsvnmSjh-YiKA_-6_pT7H623CylUIpGxVvwAcsd5wji8XuRF0wo0aQxLu3eYpQ_scchBqVXHxFuZM0/w640-h420/ST-TNG+Malcor+III+matte+%2528Rob+Stromberg%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oh boy, is this one good or what? A jaw dropping Robert Stromberg full painting of Malcor III from the series STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION (circa 1988).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuve6ftQz3ZGK2D8rZ8xJkse3Qo9Fy6VYRB-r8wSE2Ff_pFh_03QRo2y1AElXG2wU1kLzAnmKH0NPlzS08oqUcBViWRdnRrfWwZOA35gr_iT19BiCJaW9VKmvCZ_0twNnZ0UowC5xrOY/s875/ST-TNG+Robert+Stromberg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="875" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuve6ftQz3ZGK2D8rZ8xJkse3Qo9Fy6VYRB-r8wSE2Ff_pFh_03QRo2y1AElXG2wU1kLzAnmKH0NPlzS08oqUcBViWRdnRrfWwZOA35gr_iT19BiCJaW9VKmvCZ_0twNnZ0UowC5xrOY/w640-h496/ST-TNG+Robert+Stromberg.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the NZ Pete archive is this rare photo of Stromberg blocking in the matte. It is so rare to ever seen rough block ins of matte work, so I especially cherish this image from a (very) amateur painter's viewpoint at least. So much technical info can be gleaned from photos such as this. I'm fortunate to own a partially painted original ISHTAR matte by Mark Sullivan<i> (another absolute 'ace' in the vast deck of celebrated matte artists by the way)</i>, and it's ever so fascinating to observe methodology.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduz-Iz4g0mv0uG9SP40hRpv4wT9xm9I6bStfBPsdpAwCzcEfhRtOQKaTy63keCb_y-6agfdZEt3rBmiGlBBVMsPDv0NtYb4cIjKAclHJxAfIuFWeMgdvl1MTQQrzldLkwpH7UMkZhULA/s1576/ST-TNG+Malcor-detail4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1576" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduz-Iz4g0mv0uG9SP40hRpv4wT9xm9I6bStfBPsdpAwCzcEfhRtOQKaTy63keCb_y-6agfdZEt3rBmiGlBBVMsPDv0NtYb4cIjKAclHJxAfIuFWeMgdvl1MTQQrzldLkwpH7UMkZhULA/w640-h236/ST-TNG+Malcor-detail4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ug0CPa0YNbsTwoytyTATve3QsqSv43UoDGFw4JQuNX2rbiJwHhZAiLVcyEiPo2JaqFG1Z0I3j6oeJnJjKKL9nx8DmgmrVYu8V7S-KR0lf8ozZTUdGbq9CN2GGfbQOwrt3aH08QintMQ/s1572/ST-TNG+Malcor-detail5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="1572" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ug0CPa0YNbsTwoytyTATve3QsqSv43UoDGFw4JQuNX2rbiJwHhZAiLVcyEiPo2JaqFG1Z0I3j6oeJnJjKKL9nx8DmgmrVYu8V7S-KR0lf8ozZTUdGbq9CN2GGfbQOwrt3aH08QintMQ/w640-h242/ST-TNG+Malcor-detail5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the final tv ready composite, live action people were doubled into the walkways.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IbTV7ZoAMql68Ndixjc7lUC9uVkOAFXgyNK69WeyNvFAx__xPzZlwBQcQuTNj7bhnWfMiGHanpkk3q7q3VgGVNExr3x-dzOsMamWV9eGmqRghzu5buf4nsHKZivj8WvTsKDXNdW8yu8/s1566/ST-TNG+Malcor-detail8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1566" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IbTV7ZoAMql68Ndixjc7lUC9uVkOAFXgyNK69WeyNvFAx__xPzZlwBQcQuTNj7bhnWfMiGHanpkk3q7q3VgGVNExr3x-dzOsMamWV9eGmqRghzu5buf4nsHKZivj8WvTsKDXNdW8yu8/w640-h236/ST-TNG+Malcor-detail8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYgoeNkqoKebL95QDxr4j_vcKGAH3u4jKSpdGEfk_s3bHXS67cOGTty6z2stOhe0Rlx2cvf4tgjbv7PBGwDa-Pw9o4buRnExVf8M4YdGNS3tYv-l-5wHnZ1UR1hUQSi0Yc5hMfT6EQTQ/s1566/ST-TNG+Malcor-detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1566" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYgoeNkqoKebL95QDxr4j_vcKGAH3u4jKSpdGEfk_s3bHXS67cOGTty6z2stOhe0Rlx2cvf4tgjbv7PBGwDa-Pw9o4buRnExVf8M4YdGNS3tYv-l-5wHnZ1UR1hUQSi0Yc5hMfT6EQTQ/w640-h236/ST-TNG+Malcor-detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistCXVHYWMN66fqjNpSHUj-N7eGqUWzvQgkAbHHhZ9Ao7i4xOZZXp36vAEZ95GgTp4MLKY9w5ZIAJp00lckWAYFNVMLKmYpcJrc2aK-P_JeoOL6Pj8rFdnuDtW8VAWnG6TkHxh8Fd5FGQ/s1566/ST-TNG+Malcor-detail+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1566" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistCXVHYWMN66fqjNpSHUj-N7eGqUWzvQgkAbHHhZ9Ao7i4xOZZXp36vAEZ95GgTp4MLKY9w5ZIAJp00lckWAYFNVMLKmYpcJrc2aK-P_JeoOL6Pj8rFdnuDtW8VAWnG6TkHxh8Fd5FGQ/w640-h236/ST-TNG+Malcor-detail+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Masterful... What more can I say?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmIKKbcdczuElOxvXm2PSeoV6YqHA6X2NoUJNYQo4awdBTEvrIFB9i8LeKJHd1Sc3o0ihS1T-Fvu5KZ9xUs-u_sSB4shGhLDWs2SaLbmcvkipE7pfG-nwnJ_b8PeI6GFkuXkCELycxPs/s1567/ST-TNG+Malcor-detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="1567" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmIKKbcdczuElOxvXm2PSeoV6YqHA6X2NoUJNYQo4awdBTEvrIFB9i8LeKJHd1Sc3o0ihS1T-Fvu5KZ9xUs-u_sSB4shGhLDWs2SaLbmcvkipE7pfG-nwnJ_b8PeI6GFkuXkCELycxPs/w640-h242/ST-TNG+Malcor-detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDrazMQdb9QJQrBTM0yUUxe1pTD2ovwzgz005IaLLt-vTxk1cdiVkvZwH03316q-vBBQ0IiCnek0ehq_TVBUX8ioTgVgWcaJtyNfSFotkN_k6SeSXZG9bzl9fYBU2-_S4R40ujMkXykGc/s2172/Frenzy+%2528prison+matte%2529+Whitlock+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="2172" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDrazMQdb9QJQrBTM0yUUxe1pTD2ovwzgz005IaLLt-vTxk1cdiVkvZwH03316q-vBBQ0IiCnek0ehq_TVBUX8ioTgVgWcaJtyNfSFotkN_k6SeSXZG9bzl9fYBU2-_S4R40ujMkXykGc/w640-h366/Frenzy+%2528prison+matte%2529+Whitlock+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A matte way up there among the pantheon of great trick shots was this staggeringly well done Albert Whitlock painting for Alfred Hitchcock's brilliant FRENZY (1971).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6Ni93howJ2Aa_A0QKoeECBpG6C6sLEFjkqFVtcS_D4JvOsrZRxOHNotH5Syy2mBpPLU2WwtzY6q3NRz7mlgpRQn40FmkUuCsdP9FLFEOtTonmq1apz0xgDP4H1X0lHLaSi-CHXKTscU/s1598/Frenzy+BR+large+%2528jail%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1598" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6Ni93howJ2Aa_A0QKoeECBpG6C6sLEFjkqFVtcS_D4JvOsrZRxOHNotH5Syy2mBpPLU2WwtzY6q3NRz7mlgpRQn40FmkUuCsdP9FLFEOtTonmq1apz0xgDP4H1X0lHLaSi-CHXKTscU/w640-h338/Frenzy+BR+large+%2528jail%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For years I'd had no idea this was a trick shot, and it wasn't until I read something about it in an old interview with Whitlock that it 'clicked'. A remarkably accomplished effects shot that's on screen for all of about 2 or 3 seconds! </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHYrZChTKHKJCx-HshGkOyBVwjXKpWmlxfRaWXWOmil1OdnU0DgycnHtgHVkR5Y8XEekQ_0bur91vFkDSxKJvz7eQrMt679m5dHNJjEw19DcqCE25DCVYe1OCP-bkieZjK7DJyf0_gqI/s2308/FRENZY+jail+set+up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="2308" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHYrZChTKHKJCx-HshGkOyBVwjXKpWmlxfRaWXWOmil1OdnU0DgycnHtgHVkR5Y8XEekQ_0bur91vFkDSxKJvz7eQrMt679m5dHNJjEw19DcqCE25DCVYe1OCP-bkieZjK7DJyf0_gqI/w640-h198/FRENZY+jail+set+up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after, with original limited set, black matte, and Albert's glass painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gvuVlz_vMqaI4W8MdaRweIKdXQ0pbrTPT4HOE6Vfz0PqLn1YRDthAVcd3tnkCl3JhN0HauFX1bNax-CxWOFUtPoFgm1MPy1Qqcyj1e8x_oXPTbueyk6NR_ErBGjdoh8GqGHFmY8iW0A/s1569/Frenzy+%2528prison+matte%2529+detail7+Whitlock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="1569" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gvuVlz_vMqaI4W8MdaRweIKdXQ0pbrTPT4HOE6Vfz0PqLn1YRDthAVcd3tnkCl3JhN0HauFX1bNax-CxWOFUtPoFgm1MPy1Qqcyj1e8x_oXPTbueyk6NR_ErBGjdoh8GqGHFmY8iW0A/w640-h238/Frenzy+%2528prison+matte%2529+detail7+Whitlock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcHdDCzqBLOTyvRgSifsviVDHss7IEawMYcfbQlxwW59seiQkjIr63Oy0gM5l38NBlrjaNNIkVJnkXdMpvxKD7vCoDykbH2OQUeQlY7hCpF09BMZv7qqHHiYPOdSf7gWAlFyB6Wo_ivs/s1528/Frenzy+%2528prison+matte%2529+detail+13+Whitlock.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1528" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcHdDCzqBLOTyvRgSifsviVDHss7IEawMYcfbQlxwW59seiQkjIr63Oy0gM5l38NBlrjaNNIkVJnkXdMpvxKD7vCoDykbH2OQUeQlY7hCpF09BMZv7qqHHiYPOdSf7gWAlFyB6Wo_ivs/w640-h240/Frenzy+%2528prison+matte%2529+detail+13+Whitlock.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Phenomenal detail work for such a quick cut.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jldRGw9NQhqKPTVp3JZfOQegac45DBLr_i29f5wdWMoteyUfrUG7N20b06bBUZd22-lzCdjtVCpH-rJcf0OFMsVFMLqxxo_lj1tPl34-KKo99DSzPpFe8_SsNgeh6pWALLuzfcEdHq8/s1560/Frenzy+%2528prison+matte%2529+detail1+Whitlock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1560" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jldRGw9NQhqKPTVp3JZfOQegac45DBLr_i29f5wdWMoteyUfrUG7N20b06bBUZd22-lzCdjtVCpH-rJcf0OFMsVFMLqxxo_lj1tPl34-KKo99DSzPpFe8_SsNgeh6pWALLuzfcEdHq8/w640-h238/Frenzy+%2528prison+matte%2529+detail1+Whitlock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jqjr7z8SALC9YrCG6C8y9BdtjckdlK0-AL1Aq1oTWNFXxcV95BztqFrtBGXuayrlL265TDe17JmbIT-7hPLs1snkhcFvCti9CjP6hq3sSbs91-PsTq-MlJ3z-0YAmuUl-X9lSxIzUjA/s1566/Frenzy+%2528prison+matte%2529+detail+12+Whitlock.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1566" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jqjr7z8SALC9YrCG6C8y9BdtjckdlK0-AL1Aq1oTWNFXxcV95BztqFrtBGXuayrlL265TDe17JmbIT-7hPLs1snkhcFvCti9CjP6hq3sSbs91-PsTq-MlJ3z-0YAmuUl-X9lSxIzUjA/w640-h236/Frenzy+%2528prison+matte%2529+detail+12+Whitlock.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I love this Hitchcock film... so savagely witty and relentlessly dark. They'd never get away with a script like this nowadays, what with all of the insipidly woke politically correct 'caftan wearers' running the business.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfhqVHZVNcGCgO3JZ679uKPMlYaE5KZnu8tYr5AyG336kc8e-tafgLR_p2zRE9ZGJ5RI3MHlCDukleA-VxRwC2k601kxuTgAjHXeYJvdSJbu9R9p-rttjacLIaOJPYe7Xc_f0hWkk-JA/s1051/Frenzy-jail+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="1051" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfhqVHZVNcGCgO3JZ679uKPMlYaE5KZnu8tYr5AyG336kc8e-tafgLR_p2zRE9ZGJ5RI3MHlCDukleA-VxRwC2k601kxuTgAjHXeYJvdSJbu9R9p-rttjacLIaOJPYe7Xc_f0hWkk-JA/w640-h402/Frenzy-jail+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovEVxf0TGssFXFtHCO_dfvsBr59jQeUXZYkaZSXHfap0T-8qcYrF0z38YjChIPuECJ-p486bmRuwvqlcsQczGNa5MlCer3HdR3IZg_swjhzRbJSnVUjQS-kMJKkV2RECl426mzhypasI/s936/Frenzy-jail+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="936" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovEVxf0TGssFXFtHCO_dfvsBr59jQeUXZYkaZSXHfap0T-8qcYrF0z38YjChIPuECJ-p486bmRuwvqlcsQczGNa5MlCer3HdR3IZg_swjhzRbJSnVUjQS-kMJKkV2RECl426mzhypasI/w640-h470/Frenzy-jail+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Note the guards and even the sheen on the jailhouse floor. I wish the eventual owner of this piece all the best, but do take care as it's on glass!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94xfn9f1SILFZyh_6ujbfOXFNL8MpcXMJ7M7VtBdS8rtawkb1NQYqwmgFDRWJIAOkFqS3ov80GPU0xr17qsSd-xh7kGTrNrWoRJZdz6f6HSOv2jiyOnRnJgIjegdARYRpfWnCSEwanDM/s1566/Alice+In+Wonderland-+matte+painting+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1566" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94xfn9f1SILFZyh_6ujbfOXFNL8MpcXMJ7M7VtBdS8rtawkb1NQYqwmgFDRWJIAOkFqS3ov80GPU0xr17qsSd-xh7kGTrNrWoRJZdz6f6HSOv2jiyOnRnJgIjegdARYRpfWnCSEwanDM/w640-h382/Alice+In+Wonderland-+matte+painting+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd Dutton painted this delightful fairytale kingdom for the Irwin Allen tv movie ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1985).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SzaCYV0n334EoI5-hPFHXuHZIyZhyphenhyphenRaKCSbmvgUSykDp6HIeOnjhhq2i6WitQrb9v5CLjuji3gFUriOubiyphP6W2com3hPCKh6dDuB7Gp9OQt4wqAvzt8GZsQXWJcuoKfjm8v3peKc/s1500/Alice+In+Wonderland-+matte+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1500" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SzaCYV0n334EoI5-hPFHXuHZIyZhyphenhyphenRaKCSbmvgUSykDp6HIeOnjhhq2i6WitQrb9v5CLjuji3gFUriOubiyphP6W2com3hPCKh6dDuB7Gp9OQt4wqAvzt8GZsQXWJcuoKfjm8v3peKc/w400-h299/Alice+In+Wonderland-+matte+comp.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final composite</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBm-1Ifrt_jsRvjHCT_D-SE7V1XCoCvlPj5U1tuboSKlYjAvYFt9iRrPHIZUM1mpu_6ewuFVMlEpEEVR2Q5QwL9a25eBpMiMkdBanZlHu-j0XzUtL5yYQyJGodEmbMt6tZtXU5Y5m0M-o/s1566/Alice+In+Wonderland-+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1566" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBm-1Ifrt_jsRvjHCT_D-SE7V1XCoCvlPj5U1tuboSKlYjAvYFt9iRrPHIZUM1mpu_6ewuFVMlEpEEVR2Q5QwL9a25eBpMiMkdBanZlHu-j0XzUtL5yYQyJGodEmbMt6tZtXU5Y5m0M-o/w640-h236/Alice+In+Wonderland-+detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I rather like matte painted castles of old</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7TI0HjkOeZfTYPa2HntqPoX3nKGdi3bUVKRHaxBpVe4WGIhs7eXMKcK1ryEqe5ExedWZgtkwqkoOWPnORyYyAAXjyyPrENV3gnRaYKkzVpTvLHKHdV42TBMCCaF0LzPIGR7Ad7wZNIVk/s1570/Alice+In+Wonderland-+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1570" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7TI0HjkOeZfTYPa2HntqPoX3nKGdi3bUVKRHaxBpVe4WGIhs7eXMKcK1ryEqe5ExedWZgtkwqkoOWPnORyYyAAXjyyPrENV3gnRaYKkzVpTvLHKHdV42TBMCCaF0LzPIGR7Ad7wZNIVk/w640-h236/Alice+In+Wonderland-+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1548" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHharbYvqWXSZJX0FlyG46pMapOB4M7L-xMuwfunSt0O6r5tDfxm4Fk2ODTW5j57381FIOnqe5gkYS0pybTkkaFdlL3XSFUsAXYMB6ubeZJBKTf7jCWPTB2jki8-_-44zz5IifOe9H02s/w640-h238/Alice+In+Wonderland-+detail+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioypi0hvVmz_aPwEkglPgY88a13KuLsAqUbVq5uLu9UkBuDKWAPKaNNszIanyCRxIKG-eureeiyf_dKr3ZSl15I0UPQ7vR7gYLAq9tYWsb08wU7dwIR_2llM6Qt4YRNOO6FxryJXzLK3Y/s1212/Batman+and+Robin-jungle+lab+concept+art+B+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1212" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioypi0hvVmz_aPwEkglPgY88a13KuLsAqUbVq5uLu9UkBuDKWAPKaNNszIanyCRxIKG-eureeiyf_dKr3ZSl15I0UPQ7vR7gYLAq9tYWsb08wU7dwIR_2llM6Qt4YRNOO6FxryJXzLK3Y/w640-h404/Batman+and+Robin-jungle+lab+concept+art+B+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Concept art by Syd Dutton for the jungle lab matte shot in BATMAN AND ROBIN (1997)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7J3opiT_Ane9E14Uhws5awizD3js8APpvtzNwQZq4GM936fDG3a_mtBrFODHWxsN3BiYslAb9Q86lQY0WGG1dnwSD7KNCVsoHV38hgLPTpv9cixsrxKeDYSKXNGLknr2DCZulVQ70NE/s1050/Batman+and+Robin-jungle+lab+concept+art+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1050" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7J3opiT_Ane9E14Uhws5awizD3js8APpvtzNwQZq4GM936fDG3a_mtBrFODHWxsN3BiYslAb9Q86lQY0WGG1dnwSD7KNCVsoHV38hgLPTpv9cixsrxKeDYSKXNGLknr2DCZulVQ70NE/w640-h418/Batman+and+Robin-jungle+lab+concept+art+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A second variation of same that ultimately was the chosen view.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBiUpMtkXLO-9DHLNrEAy8W3dJDNNX06v9-EPFxK6GdIezCtD1qdLRJlTRJSu4HiGJrWhFwbRmUbzU2irIKSaRN_woWed71YUI3lv4AurScH9mWJ1NNVk4jOyuUYbTMFUo8hAZGcVe8Q/s2235/Batman+and+Robin-+matte+concept+full+painting+%2528Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="2235" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBiUpMtkXLO-9DHLNrEAy8W3dJDNNX06v9-EPFxK6GdIezCtD1qdLRJlTRJSu4HiGJrWhFwbRmUbzU2irIKSaRN_woWed71YUI3lv4AurScH9mWJ1NNVk4jOyuUYbTMFUo8hAZGcVe8Q/w640-h344/Batman+and+Robin-+matte+concept+full+painting+%2528Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A full matte painting by Syd for BATMAN AND ROBIN.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pPx52zBbW3Alx_oRXUYVW50mM6T8UOp4yoromotX2rYD0ch6YRURFXYuppNfodOXlXs0NTvLMdbETvp4BW8m4PyrHSRp9KHmYAtCuTfebz_at1t_5GTGqFo5syY1cMM3ho-_2z4NZsc/s1746/Batman+and+Robin-+matte+final+shot+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1746" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pPx52zBbW3Alx_oRXUYVW50mM6T8UOp4yoromotX2rYD0ch6YRURFXYuppNfodOXlXs0NTvLMdbETvp4BW8m4PyrHSRp9KHmYAtCuTfebz_at1t_5GTGqFo5syY1cMM3ho-_2z4NZsc/w640-h384/Batman+and+Robin-+matte+final+shot+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Temporary shot of multiplane jungle lab matte with miniature foreground.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHCpytbH1VVvXy_sHnuABjhclQ-kqSmrDq14eFR5GBDlmidYHnwTygsaV6LArXFbeVKA_jbewbpwcJXqsBNHQePRAbpbFswC7BR8wyyB-9fBQdzPici-vcPi0iwGnOSnh9Hicuii31Ng/s1950/Real+Genius-jet+fighter+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1950" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHCpytbH1VVvXy_sHnuABjhclQ-kqSmrDq14eFR5GBDlmidYHnwTygsaV6LArXFbeVKA_jbewbpwcJXqsBNHQePRAbpbFswC7BR8wyyB-9fBQdzPici-vcPi0iwGnOSnh9Hicuii31Ng/w640-h354/Real+Genius-jet+fighter+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A supersonic US fighter jet from the film REAL GENIUS (1985), as painted by Syd Dutton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9gkGcfm3Lt9OtZLuYtHsC-DkuaJd6R0VDsijDrVUYk4Mc4HK8LA6Y4zaMHDSPIuXhl5vnHxIoxxt6HUKbEWCF09fwQ8L4W_T1x1AlWJnZHJjauPyysqTjoaKYF6DGMnxHcEfBczo3Vc/s1842/Real+Genius.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="1842" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9gkGcfm3Lt9OtZLuYtHsC-DkuaJd6R0VDsijDrVUYk4Mc4HK8LA6Y4zaMHDSPIuXhl5vnHxIoxxt6HUKbEWCF09fwQ8L4W_T1x1AlWJnZHJjauPyysqTjoaKYF6DGMnxHcEfBczo3Vc/w640-h194/Real+Genius.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">At left is Dutton at work on another view of the same jet. At right is the final shot of the above.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ON4XzEY85F4cuN1inOQijFdx5FIJv5Wad9pcspU9hgiJrNBvSgiPF10yHlxHbaWSSC93rHWO-WnDcPZ1PbdcXySGWoCma7S4gUp91Jpr4yzMcp1QyTfSM1x_fQwPHwFPtEzVeXW3JiI/s1582/Real+Genius-jet+fighter+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1582" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ON4XzEY85F4cuN1inOQijFdx5FIJv5Wad9pcspU9hgiJrNBvSgiPF10yHlxHbaWSSC93rHWO-WnDcPZ1PbdcXySGWoCma7S4gUp91Jpr4yzMcp1QyTfSM1x_fQwPHwFPtEzVeXW3JiI/w640-h234/Real+Genius-jet+fighter+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DRp7nRrQ-oHj3CjAn7AGMRDAHsdpSybuX6U7TrjEAZ2QH3Xz7ZPZwljkaSz1cfdhIhuZp7XQh8JWbSIEfkQjT4CD3evs1AswmPrz3TxI0rgx7HL2yqISaMFKNaJUnSoBuim6yIhb4IA/s1548/Real+Genius-jet+fighter+detail7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1548" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DRp7nRrQ-oHj3CjAn7AGMRDAHsdpSybuX6U7TrjEAZ2QH3Xz7ZPZwljkaSz1cfdhIhuZp7XQh8JWbSIEfkQjT4CD3evs1AswmPrz3TxI0rgx7HL2yqISaMFKNaJUnSoBuim6yIhb4IA/w640-h240/Real+Genius-jet+fighter+detail7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">detail work</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmohYcaIrZlP0eiQI9LH3-ER8m17vxVU2-QCGRANgQ9_4SlCvIGDe7Zgx2y5XMsDKNb6vNFH27KK1OeZlouPydZ5uJmAdO6aPvjI1JFy04KN0-MfxvtCeUC25iThTgdIQa7KH84r19IQ/s2331/ST-Deep+Space+Nine+%2528Cardassia+matte%2529+Stromberg+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="2331" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmohYcaIrZlP0eiQI9LH3-ER8m17vxVU2-QCGRANgQ9_4SlCvIGDe7Zgx2y5XMsDKNb6vNFH27KK1OeZlouPydZ5uJmAdO6aPvjI1JFy04KN0-MfxvtCeUC25iThTgdIQa7KH84r19IQ/w640-h322/ST-Deep+Space+Nine+%2528Cardassia+matte%2529+Stromberg+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A signed Robert Stromberg matte painting from STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (1993) of the city Cardassia Prime</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTgMrY0ZaEBtTvyK3iqioePMj1lTkXpukTF2D1d1-1IgY-bn3TTP7UtI4mqUANvJ9HLSu9LP2VFO5uBfrHcXopFHu4LgFzve7BlxloktVC2Ec8dE2MH5FMwU3_YldqJVixelHhrCm7Sc/s817/STTNG-foreground+miniature.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="741" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTgMrY0ZaEBtTvyK3iqioePMj1lTkXpukTF2D1d1-1IgY-bn3TTP7UtI4mqUANvJ9HLSu9LP2VFO5uBfrHcXopFHu4LgFzve7BlxloktVC2Ec8dE2MH5FMwU3_YldqJVixelHhrCm7Sc/w580-h640/STTNG-foreground+miniature.jpg" width="580" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte art with foreground elements and live action additions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdCnWja8PT0wQFswn3o6Kfy8rCGVRCYHyvDd_JXnnZa8tGlBs5r_aA6RHRr2C3pxZoOhA95OiA-cUINRtF4Jc_tCJkBtGYM1vcaWxDsSDx4awN2ykYjzFMAgEuNkurA2tjgRKCuQqLXg/s1581/ST-Deep+Space+Nine+Cardassia+detail6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1581" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdCnWja8PT0wQFswn3o6Kfy8rCGVRCYHyvDd_JXnnZa8tGlBs5r_aA6RHRr2C3pxZoOhA95OiA-cUINRtF4Jc_tCJkBtGYM1vcaWxDsSDx4awN2ykYjzFMAgEuNkurA2tjgRKCuQqLXg/w640-h232/ST-Deep+Space+Nine+Cardassia+detail6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumJwOQIZKDZT9W6UQ0d0PXz97_DxKWzooCpNmeZjqS5cnzTD3n5KXcRbSGlbp2a2cZvOsUH99a2TkZDgElCj743syfGE2-eGBM01huhMk4SJJqNF43l0TlIlTNOWU4R9EUq6Lxg0nv4o/s1566/ST-Deep+Space+Nine-Cardassia+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1566" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumJwOQIZKDZT9W6UQ0d0PXz97_DxKWzooCpNmeZjqS5cnzTD3n5KXcRbSGlbp2a2cZvOsUH99a2TkZDgElCj743syfGE2-eGBM01huhMk4SJJqNF43l0TlIlTNOWU4R9EUq6Lxg0nv4o/w640-h236/ST-Deep+Space+Nine-Cardassia+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtreUfTBDTVfXkFp2UgVxfkBPnsgiEHdQ8A80wxnDZOVx7jUXpXWXTcpS09gZe8DkV8WAjMBcvBjQVDqTiUTzqP8YuxqkmMXfTRzbBQH9czX6Ahx_8FSDE4E9o6z3PIrS2jAUJ2UKA34w/s1542/Beauty+%2526+Beast-bridge+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1542" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtreUfTBDTVfXkFp2UgVxfkBPnsgiEHdQ8A80wxnDZOVx7jUXpXWXTcpS09gZe8DkV8WAjMBcvBjQVDqTiUTzqP8YuxqkmMXfTRzbBQH9czX6Ahx_8FSDE4E9o6z3PIrS2jAUJ2UKA34w/w640-h406/Beauty+%2526+Beast-bridge+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The late eighties series BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was loaded with fine matte shots. This one, known as Vincent on the Bridge was featured in several episodes and is a full painting on glass by Syd Dutton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XLffrStjheStqBNs9hDt9jpZFXinj_FxbZhKkDuC-XZRFqk1RnhzZlkmRM8cs0igEAdtpfx71ii5Nx4cpBsXVVm9maS7GGEB_GdHerNYyUXJarB4-NFf0QmhUOp_WshOO1hjuh6ervU/s1568/Beauty+%2526+Beast-bridge+detail7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1568" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XLffrStjheStqBNs9hDt9jpZFXinj_FxbZhKkDuC-XZRFqk1RnhzZlkmRM8cs0igEAdtpfx71ii5Nx4cpBsXVVm9maS7GGEB_GdHerNYyUXJarB4-NFf0QmhUOp_WshOO1hjuh6ervU/w640-h236/Beauty+%2526+Beast-bridge+detail7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8rwxYAv4v-vk6z3NAeAE_6rZsQOtIMKLCBw1v_MLXnwuWSOy3toVM2pI8vB7CrWuH9ll7htL4h8DNGPKgC8EkT7kBuVLZMMe249WNCy_IyhbLtpZgSZ-lW4CVklcgjsyAn0LUq41czpg/s1575/Beauty+%2526+Beast-bridge+detail9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1575" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8rwxYAv4v-vk6z3NAeAE_6rZsQOtIMKLCBw1v_MLXnwuWSOy3toVM2pI8vB7CrWuH9ll7htL4h8DNGPKgC8EkT7kBuVLZMMe249WNCy_IyhbLtpZgSZ-lW4CVklcgjsyAn0LUq41czpg/w640-h236/Beauty+%2526+Beast-bridge+detail9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGrj7nwreKLZagXsIa1ebU9C0EntnWDZYzLfuqgmuez65Xx-Yn4lKihiATqO5D3I-OLq2nNMV9A8SD8EUXbxfEnhlqVBDUoOb7RKk-Ij6ndaGaLgUQsiAOQclo3lyEtZOL5v_P7NzfQU/s1572/Beauty+%2526+Beast-bridge+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="1572" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGrj7nwreKLZagXsIa1ebU9C0EntnWDZYzLfuqgmuez65Xx-Yn4lKihiATqO5D3I-OLq2nNMV9A8SD8EUXbxfEnhlqVBDUoOb7RKk-Ij6ndaGaLgUQsiAOQclo3lyEtZOL5v_P7NzfQU/w640-h238/Beauty+%2526+Beast-bridge+detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx61sY_L2K9bm8XTcRrVYQZ8RGAfj7pxn7whrjb1Dpr3kgPsvZjPE4t9NvzwC0eHxMfKrgCBGACNvMRCkbuP2iPsaGLF67dphZ4F6W6h9Q9PvypmlGJO_02XPmVpUY4a4gyCsqsyrKaRA/s1578/Beauty+%2526+Beast-bridge+detail+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1578" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx61sY_L2K9bm8XTcRrVYQZ8RGAfj7pxn7whrjb1Dpr3kgPsvZjPE4t9NvzwC0eHxMfKrgCBGACNvMRCkbuP2iPsaGLF67dphZ4F6W6h9Q9PvypmlGJO_02XPmVpUY4a4gyCsqsyrKaRA/w640-h236/Beauty+%2526+Beast-bridge+detail+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yet another example of grandeur of the time honoured medium, sadly now extinct.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXKDufzBX76V0nLWrKp6eakcbL2V91cYv9sJFYvZuc9zrotmaPpdPMiq73URXUPSF7EYOC0s05glJjVsaYvkLmggelyrkGXB65w0xbFcPFAfGtILnYDGUowmkeTqn42IIjDhFG0amrvw/s2907/Van+Helsing.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1629" data-original-width="2907" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXKDufzBX76V0nLWrKp6eakcbL2V91cYv9sJFYvZuc9zrotmaPpdPMiq73URXUPSF7EYOC0s05glJjVsaYvkLmggelyrkGXB65w0xbFcPFAfGtILnYDGUowmkeTqn42IIjDhFG0amrvw/w640-h358/Van+Helsing.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd is pictured here with a conceptual matte painting he did for VAN HELSING (2004). This painting would serve the basis for the eventual digitally created shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_n9CREwa_XwS9A0Lp_mEUoU8-VU0TlL-d3Qji0h4DSUCCXRUB4qimBWHn_vLuA7mdHVpGxNJf-O2dw3Sn8hq8xf0VSn0aEtFDXQ2OMnEjGn81Sl41gDfObw1Glu15scbdeaJ9njfzLM/s2040/Twilight+Zone-ruined+city+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="2040" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_n9CREwa_XwS9A0Lp_mEUoU8-VU0TlL-d3Qji0h4DSUCCXRUB4qimBWHn_vLuA7mdHVpGxNJf-O2dw3Sn8hq8xf0VSn0aEtFDXQ2OMnEjGn81Sl41gDfObw1Glu15scbdeaJ9njfzLM/w640-h302/Twilight+Zone-ruined+city+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here we have yet another city in ruins - and it's not the last one in this blog post folks - with this Syd Dutton piece being from an episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE titled Voices of the Earth, from around 1988.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjgl2NKf3yqL7bXSDnaqGpLAc3kSzCuKFoTzKNbA6fYgc-eECBLjavbRyqQXgpD8Uz0m9XjtfgZ7m9-QmFc26wViwfg-vnVBy2r4BLzcCxH595ThABVC9o0Y754jTjU9UnF1WgCdYqn8/s1572/unknown+Illusion+Arts+matte+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="1572" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjgl2NKf3yqL7bXSDnaqGpLAc3kSzCuKFoTzKNbA6fYgc-eECBLjavbRyqQXgpD8Uz0m9XjtfgZ7m9-QmFc26wViwfg-vnVBy2r4BLzcCxH595ThABVC9o0Y754jTjU9UnF1WgCdYqn8/w640-h238/unknown+Illusion+Arts+matte+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xGnK5uSCZYXnBIwyuBhQ8oZfJKKxqrsmbUpBZNEuhWSfutKaNqpyx6t0lUcwPc89NakWy9Jxi8mUEXgT9mG3zhMpGf9hhmSPgS3bQPSnOhQt5h-_4KK2JWuvvAYvoBasbuQPOny6ADE/s2406/ST-Deep+Space+9-The+Quickening+matte+painting+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="2406" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xGnK5uSCZYXnBIwyuBhQ8oZfJKKxqrsmbUpBZNEuhWSfutKaNqpyx6t0lUcwPc89NakWy9Jxi8mUEXgT9mG3zhMpGf9hhmSPgS3bQPSnOhQt5h-_4KK2JWuvvAYvoBasbuQPOny6ADE/w640-h374/ST-Deep+Space+9-The+Quickening+matte+painting+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It amazes me as to how much matte work this company turned out through their tenure. This one is from an episode of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE titled The Quickening, from the mid 90's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVdserf8wurX9nnmjAXbhcd6Cp97dJFOToaEEjXuquvg4YDfZ-E7WJFiO3gA-r4pcBopS_qstn92Ca6lUwD6UAfA0kzfDj716mzYA2XZjoCkeyr8Xl3FcVfvsLctxVV5wVcOvUPfiCyI/s705/Star+Trek+Deep+Space+Nine+The+Quickening+Teplan.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="705" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVdserf8wurX9nnmjAXbhcd6Cp97dJFOToaEEjXuquvg4YDfZ-E7WJFiO3gA-r4pcBopS_qstn92Ca6lUwD6UAfA0kzfDj716mzYA2XZjoCkeyr8Xl3FcVfvsLctxVV5wVcOvUPfiCyI/w640-h482/Star+Trek+Deep+Space+Nine+The+Quickening+Teplan.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Composite with live action plates.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBJQGOa6hh6C2WEYxbYpgVC96UNvAYfw4IaVi78aVvkUF_mLbGAtjENVa_6h0bhyphenhyphen7hQpeV-K86PYou5oizCOUpBFFe9DqUQV4vfPDcJfQAaej4vylJr0swLMVfhb50yzXzw6bCFyomH8/s1573/ST-Deep+Space+9-The+Quickening+detail6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1573" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBJQGOa6hh6C2WEYxbYpgVC96UNvAYfw4IaVi78aVvkUF_mLbGAtjENVa_6h0bhyphenhyphen7hQpeV-K86PYou5oizCOUpBFFe9DqUQV4vfPDcJfQAaej4vylJr0swLMVfhb50yzXzw6bCFyomH8/w640-h234/ST-Deep+Space+9-The+Quickening+detail6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQY92jT9p6ibBJKQKee0PVwlGKg41aWF75yNeJ7lztJTG87AiTN8uRA6JhVpcD5Az_UoJjBvJLDMBilYN1QWcoMUiXPk-d2m3AX3cFlOO5nMhRPfS7mMwSSDUWAa98n7no6Xac_jUBKxo/s1575/ST-Deep+Space+9-The+Quickening+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1575" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQY92jT9p6ibBJKQKee0PVwlGKg41aWF75yNeJ7lztJTG87AiTN8uRA6JhVpcD5Az_UoJjBvJLDMBilYN1QWcoMUiXPk-d2m3AX3cFlOO5nMhRPfS7mMwSSDUWAa98n7no6Xac_jUBKxo/w640-h236/ST-Deep+Space+9-The+Quickening+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsB-xx7nddKAcVZRIgmS_K-nRA7Ik7yQh4Po3daO-4BnFDHVG7yN5ld13ymMk_esaXIs99VU4IlRn0Fq4YO_S63jOQawnTwmhkImaR4ViW8ysoFidGgYUzibNbcaMJjfPDVyWiQ3NxrV8/s1578/ST-Deep+Space+9-The+Quickening+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1578" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsB-xx7nddKAcVZRIgmS_K-nRA7Ik7yQh4Po3daO-4BnFDHVG7yN5ld13ymMk_esaXIs99VU4IlRn0Fq4YO_S63jOQawnTwmhkImaR4ViW8ysoFidGgYUzibNbcaMJjfPDVyWiQ3NxrV8/w640-h234/ST-Deep+Space+9-The+Quickening+detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTVpjdGHlUZcydbDzNEGMtLLCffkDOTzJIZWvZ-j3QleKZKUHKW4AlAau5N4zAXhoVn6saw6NBtfrcLXVenUIr_ciGi_UQh27ai5G_6Nr_uSopEb0-iSqwZ_UNge9KUrLqzO6s1Qr32M/s1581/ST-Deep+Space+9-The+Quickening+detail+11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1581" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTVpjdGHlUZcydbDzNEGMtLLCffkDOTzJIZWvZ-j3QleKZKUHKW4AlAau5N4zAXhoVn6saw6NBtfrcLXVenUIr_ciGi_UQh27ai5G_6Nr_uSopEb0-iSqwZ_UNge9KUrLqzO6s1Qr32M/w640-h232/ST-Deep+Space+9-The+Quickening+detail+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Faintly visible here is the glass plate constructed to fit within the overall masonite support itself. The glass serevs as a 'window' for the rear projected live action elements.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbASqjN1AJJA8UfJu3myIW14Vzc69k1KdRqGo4HAtWedWrWOmcVxTA3I8BgKaAQVC6r9HRKUVShTpZsty0zbR8QDT7s0EDxYta1avVKz637x7b81YBKh2B1TfSe5szytoT0E2SPckqGc/s1848/Addams+Family+-+grotto+shot2+painting+full+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1848" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbASqjN1AJJA8UfJu3myIW14Vzc69k1KdRqGo4HAtWedWrWOmcVxTA3I8BgKaAQVC6r9HRKUVShTpZsty0zbR8QDT7s0EDxYta1avVKz637x7b81YBKh2B1TfSe5szytoT0E2SPckqGc/w640-h354/Addams+Family+-+grotto+shot2+painting+full+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another full painting from the first ADDAMS FAMILY feature, of the subterranean grotto.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9mN_TqeThNDx6H1qJ9gxstPdohKrV02fz1jHaRsjF7CeTnG5QN6eUrrpE6MqnqgsyOPKoozoVQ99K1s9qMcNAI8paVbk-dJD9ilACQ_5lYZ2CjYVuaxZjl2ChtxStu2zKah6O6vwfv4/s1920/Addams+Family-matte2b+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1920" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9mN_TqeThNDx6H1qJ9gxstPdohKrV02fz1jHaRsjF7CeTnG5QN6eUrrpE6MqnqgsyOPKoozoVQ99K1s9qMcNAI8paVbk-dJD9ilACQ_5lYZ2CjYVuaxZjl2ChtxStu2zKah6O6vwfv4/w640-h344/Addams+Family-matte2b+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot with travelling matte live action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWKIvtuc86cBaDU48SEo4JnX-HfPXVGvjNiZhNpVsgX0q0BJqZAMw_Vz-_03geThDVcgt0TbMW2PvVfO1dzSbwbl1rpnZ2k74SbmM7rYBKK4Yjh22NWBsQr4rwbdSEx7vLhRoL_8j-Tw/s1827/ST-TNG-Betazed+matte+Robert+Stromberg+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="1827" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWKIvtuc86cBaDU48SEo4JnX-HfPXVGvjNiZhNpVsgX0q0BJqZAMw_Vz-_03geThDVcgt0TbMW2PvVfO1dzSbwbl1rpnZ2k74SbmM7rYBKK4Yjh22NWBsQr4rwbdSEx7vLhRoL_8j-Tw/w640-h370/ST-TNG-Betazed+matte+Robert+Stromberg+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Robert Stromberg was reponsible for this wonderful 71" x 42" glass matte of the planet Betazed for STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8RmYb6D0-KJ3Nvhkl1zfTwKzKNfaiVhZR5cgsjna9aJ08d4LfAJQVrYSfRptPZ9LDWBR8d_GoqTcOA6avn1dKngL7sRgLsvfTalXk8uNEJc7Ai7GG_FipcvhvJ0uCmLQCLvisGPdOcI/s704/ST-TNG+Betazed+matte+comp5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="704" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8RmYb6D0-KJ3Nvhkl1zfTwKzKNfaiVhZR5cgsjna9aJ08d4LfAJQVrYSfRptPZ9LDWBR8d_GoqTcOA6avn1dKngL7sRgLsvfTalXk8uNEJc7Ai7GG_FipcvhvJ0uCmLQCLvisGPdOcI/w640-h488/ST-TNG+Betazed+matte+comp5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Live action and painting matted as one.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9A4QJyIkIxqS3H8Xn_vC1CXokwjAebE5XUqK3f3w1gIyaoYXMC3bG1M0bcWFwra2941UR87OE5rzb-1DkyjgxU09X693lkvF7bJHErm_R3JVkN4X_842RXahfYFJBFnKtP5N-AgRUDk/s1568/ST-TNG-Betazed+matte+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1568" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9A4QJyIkIxqS3H8Xn_vC1CXokwjAebE5XUqK3f3w1gIyaoYXMC3bG1M0bcWFwra2941UR87OE5rzb-1DkyjgxU09X693lkvF7bJHErm_R3JVkN4X_842RXahfYFJBFnKtP5N-AgRUDk/w640-h236/ST-TNG-Betazed+matte+detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I can't get enough of matte close up detail work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYalPjdhsxsdaPN2qs4Py2WrFbxwGbj2w7nKsDqOzb0ADYkrIsg2pmjEGjRriyUKMY_Y0DggTM4rVSJ0c0Vk9DTvGYsCq20pUrTNG6Cc7cfrLjzMQ1DoVBs6BBmjxz0jhm-74rW8XJWA/s1570/ST-TNG-Betazed+matte+detail+13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1570" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYalPjdhsxsdaPN2qs4Py2WrFbxwGbj2w7nKsDqOzb0ADYkrIsg2pmjEGjRriyUKMY_Y0DggTM4rVSJ0c0Vk9DTvGYsCq20pUrTNG6Cc7cfrLjzMQ1DoVBs6BBmjxz0jhm-74rW8XJWA/w640-h236/ST-TNG-Betazed+matte+detail+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cR6exJjN0NsrNV3B0aV8FdcM_aHeeE-xv3r9jUBcg7i6b2ww2sRaD04cC2Yvt7XbkZaots9Qlj1JZiBbNenhf_kcguzkWN2m-ElM1HUSc09ehTXlFWTUU54FP5nhxn7iQLTfxHnx9Ds/s1562/ST-TNG-Betazed+matte+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="1562" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cR6exJjN0NsrNV3B0aV8FdcM_aHeeE-xv3r9jUBcg7i6b2ww2sRaD04cC2Yvt7XbkZaots9Qlj1JZiBbNenhf_kcguzkWN2m-ElM1HUSc09ehTXlFWTUU54FP5nhxn7iQLTfxHnx9Ds/w640-h234/ST-TNG-Betazed+matte+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I never really went for any of those off-shoot Trek shows. I'm more of a 60's original series kind of a dude.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfaJavU0SdvMOD7WzhHE3Cy1NwFatAOMza6wC7p0OibSTV-E4njmF93UNfm6C1FFhKpvx5gzDDXeTrXUkrOGzWkXJsdtl_a4fKmUUdgTkPd1952k_nZz05dZKlkeF0vjvRlmEAVxDi4Q/s1484/Chaplin-Hollywoodland+sign+matte+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1484" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfaJavU0SdvMOD7WzhHE3Cy1NwFatAOMza6wC7p0OibSTV-E4njmF93UNfm6C1FFhKpvx5gzDDXeTrXUkrOGzWkXJsdtl_a4fKmUUdgTkPd1952k_nZz05dZKlkeF0vjvRlmEAVxDi4Q/w640-h488/Chaplin-Hollywoodland+sign+matte+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A key scene in the movie CHAPLIN featured a mammoth pull back from a pair of characters atop the second letter of the then reknowned Hollywoodland sign. Mostly a giant photo blow up, augmented with painted extensions and additions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrIExGAttTdU-t_lx6onkY6v7l4O0ag1PqRBzKbO3fe4BG8cE9W2aVC56c0CPVPT6nPGeUMa0euce47HRpNpVyGAaci51ZwCs4F7S5vaivYeohJki3V13aiBYuJSnDL7BGRM32t-8t00/s1563/Chaplin-Hollywoodland-detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1563" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrIExGAttTdU-t_lx6onkY6v7l4O0ag1PqRBzKbO3fe4BG8cE9W2aVC56c0CPVPT6nPGeUMa0euce47HRpNpVyGAaci51ZwCs4F7S5vaivYeohJki3V13aiBYuJSnDL7BGRM32t-8t00/w640-h236/Chaplin-Hollywoodland-detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The letter 'O' was prepared especially for process projected live action elements.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntrUi1AGJmBE2fBrhssr4YRPkk4UCy0CeZG9AEpYSw2dTA0h7EkueyiXopafrtxuCp-jsc-9jFvsaXHXZ644DhJjwcJha6YnPE_1YCBy0f5UdurU_XN78YFYKfuEjoU8jJE9JT3BNBlM/s1557/Chaplin-Hollywoodland-detail4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1557" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntrUi1AGJmBE2fBrhssr4YRPkk4UCy0CeZG9AEpYSw2dTA0h7EkueyiXopafrtxuCp-jsc-9jFvsaXHXZ644DhJjwcJha6YnPE_1YCBy0f5UdurU_XN78YFYKfuEjoU8jJE9JT3BNBlM/w640-h236/Chaplin-Hollywoodland-detail4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqGHVrGT4mGK3lloowpOP7-ZQXIDbNHAL3-xixZLZmC4dOAjYByhiD4dHFEUZB_HMvE6dAfqXvnv5Ej_M4yLPjTbHaKMLnuHPIy-2tUak0zc42-1i5mQ4i9T0HCevJ0hhvAmBwhl2IDA/s1996/Chaplin-sign+pullback.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1996" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqGHVrGT4mGK3lloowpOP7-ZQXIDbNHAL3-xixZLZmC4dOAjYByhiD4dHFEUZB_HMvE6dAfqXvnv5Ej_M4yLPjTbHaKMLnuHPIy-2tUak0zc42-1i5mQ4i9T0HCevJ0hhvAmBwhl2IDA/w640-h358/Chaplin-sign+pullback.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frames of the motion shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsj9yoUfzYbCFa9HDaRchk0kNZnNXMljUOEfN9AmihUAVlxjK6GLVqksLRfigrM4eTjHJGf7ThaGahY7UOv42dxOmlPA7xDabKksfiZfvxCNiMk_G8RMxMKVLNrrHRBl4TF3JCvQeIQg/s1836/Dune-+Atreides+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="1836" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsj9yoUfzYbCFa9HDaRchk0kNZnNXMljUOEfN9AmihUAVlxjK6GLVqksLRfigrM4eTjHJGf7ThaGahY7UOv42dxOmlPA7xDabKksfiZfvxCNiMk_G8RMxMKVLNrrHRBl4TF3JCvQeIQg/w640-h456/Dune-+Atreides+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The perplexing, though visually dazzling David Lynch sic-fi epic DUNE (1984), was a hit and miss effects show for the most part, but did have superb art direction, costume design and terrific special make up (by Gianetto DiRossi) to help it along. Al Whitlock oversaw the dozen or so mattes, mostly painted by Syd, such as this view here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1UNIVMGsUeilrd0u0FDdDBuCaQOELPfxHL_mCg4OmSeS__jsOFXAEw6sOpbtFADpqx1MBvYLBXSNBYKd4nPUoUlp1koINfKg8klPSmCiN9ElTe18O5SbuHvFgnhY9e0J3cpfg5su0D8/s1272/Dune5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1272" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1UNIVMGsUeilrd0u0FDdDBuCaQOELPfxHL_mCg4OmSeS__jsOFXAEw6sOpbtFADpqx1MBvYLBXSNBYKd4nPUoUlp1koINfKg8klPSmCiN9ElTe18O5SbuHvFgnhY9e0J3cpfg5su0D8/w640-h512/Dune5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The shot as a tilt upward across the vast crowd.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="2016" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMmxtA-D_tw81V1HYMnQUBLLH8E1M6fntTom9TyOkxpYVVpJ7yxBYIJVLABAQtWfxUoppz6TBFPTrW6NdppshdA_L5EHlXELzv4TQVDDBNzbMmWun2jscocjcCnaFIPCOTFAl1pYyDDw/w640-h390/Ghosts-Michael+Jackson+matte+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And here's another haunted house... this time a Syd Dutton shot for a Michael Jackson music video GHOSTS (1996)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgke-W-SE7-BTma8Dy3NYUn5ZXAuQ-DJ_IwCCfkBu7ve0_YyXWrR_LGr_qWPL_FKptXjMKRCDG4A9-oJha3VAoRNb_CjiDoWFSw5GCxKKj_eDlkoRlJ47RJZR-cbF6HBpbqbXMx2uRYf28/s1460/Ghosts-Michael+Jackson+final+shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1460" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgke-W-SE7-BTma8Dy3NYUn5ZXAuQ-DJ_IwCCfkBu7ve0_YyXWrR_LGr_qWPL_FKptXjMKRCDG4A9-oJha3VAoRNb_CjiDoWFSw5GCxKKj_eDlkoRlJ47RJZR-cbF6HBpbqbXMx2uRYf28/w400-h288/Ghosts-Michael+Jackson+final+shot.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As it appeared in the final product.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEnLCSQlq9cuHMRLKCuK99FIYRE85Xg5lgeh9HALVc6dqoUiCKHBe_emwOjjD731593PvXhMN5suhuooDuhXehBTl3Vd4YyuzSOvRllTMrYc8e8ORxBZVogzZQMZHg90Fyl2wUM-q7Tk/s1570/Ghosts-Michael+Jackson+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1570" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEnLCSQlq9cuHMRLKCuK99FIYRE85Xg5lgeh9HALVc6dqoUiCKHBe_emwOjjD731593PvXhMN5suhuooDuhXehBTl3Vd4YyuzSOvRllTMrYc8e8ORxBZVogzZQMZHg90Fyl2wUM-q7Tk/w640-h240/Ghosts-Michael+Jackson+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This full painting is another of Syd's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdWekjAHZuhJsUjpI8urSmeTdAbnZevaWUxXWPcWzMXHtWYE_9NQ0ZU9T0O2ka37uYooZ3WwfKqwsT3bX9dErgGXAbNMVSSu8ptJFvfRf11SNy87GnPQwKmP_q6UBUBmASgU0gHGMdj4/s1566/Frankenstein+Unbound-snow+detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1566" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdWekjAHZuhJsUjpI8urSmeTdAbnZevaWUxXWPcWzMXHtWYE_9NQ0ZU9T0O2ka37uYooZ3WwfKqwsT3bX9dErgGXAbNMVSSu8ptJFvfRf11SNy87GnPQwKmP_q6UBUBmASgU0gHGMdj4/w640-h232/Frankenstein+Unbound-snow+detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVldgIJxsxZvmO7-T7Dys7EYX06mIBzqg98PQGLQi3_pG9N3TiwjxpSabluPQRLPpbfmi7YGKWu5QO8B_pNCS_rYOHi3EtBzIkLBcyG11WFzhd8R2lbH31kCLzXKJ8bCQjpccFXE6WfaI/s1488/Frankenstein+Unbound-snow+detail6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="1488" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVldgIJxsxZvmO7-T7Dys7EYX06mIBzqg98PQGLQi3_pG9N3TiwjxpSabluPQRLPpbfmi7YGKWu5QO8B_pNCS_rYOHi3EtBzIkLBcyG11WFzhd8R2lbH31kCLzXKJ8bCQjpccFXE6WfaI/w640-h250/Frankenstein+Unbound-snow+detail6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmrMkPioa5e5ExNZkE7FcVe4hQZadOdLEwQuidAPjg89vVlMSOa4LycKTytG95DLIJHT4odcFbucVSWcrgqDCf8NgD7TDKKPi4dcQtV3iedrSIy5AxafdUIlTTV4rLg-P3PJ-y6f9FU4/s2055/Star+Trek+V+sunrise+multi-plane+matte+art+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2055" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmrMkPioa5e5ExNZkE7FcVe4hQZadOdLEwQuidAPjg89vVlMSOa4LycKTytG95DLIJHT4odcFbucVSWcrgqDCf8NgD7TDKKPi4dcQtV3iedrSIy5AxafdUIlTTV4rLg-P3PJ-y6f9FU4/w640-h350/Star+Trek+V+sunrise+multi-plane+matte+art+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A severely cracked glass sunrise from STAR TREK V - THE FINAL FRONTIER (1989). Apparently the glass cracked during filming as a result of the intense heat from a specific spotlight positioned to create the 'sun' from behind the glass. Thankfully, a second foreground painted glass of Yosemite's mountains was strategically placed to conceal the damage, with the result being a clean shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtC94stvb7jhoAoWhbty7k_ZofDR9D6nzjgmKeCV6wcb5lbgHYwTs561gbrUXkpNE0oH-mSuA9KCHYq98nE-sM2UItLl8U_ZgQQzR_i_hXpp50BF53xScfTD9yYSK8aByd-KEE3PlRXFU/s1920/Star+Trek+V+sunset+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtC94stvb7jhoAoWhbty7k_ZofDR9D6nzjgmKeCV6wcb5lbgHYwTs561gbrUXkpNE0oH-mSuA9KCHYq98nE-sM2UItLl8U_ZgQQzR_i_hXpp50BF53xScfTD9yYSK8aByd-KEE3PlRXFU/w640-h268/Star+Trek+V+sunset+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The completed dual plane glass shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxcOxTAOiam2DhQQj4PI4jtP5JDbBcuApo8DvCchZ7QT9bIUKMSdPL8730-_QRQABG-ND1Mia9ZVW6u980CXgpXIgyZ9snk1cQ3QKraHV_dDsimxjnxBmfpFMYVqhSHcD6-g-6VUWlhQ/s1570/Star+Trek+V+sunrise+multi-plane+detail4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1570" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxcOxTAOiam2DhQQj4PI4jtP5JDbBcuApo8DvCchZ7QT9bIUKMSdPL8730-_QRQABG-ND1Mia9ZVW6u980CXgpXIgyZ9snk1cQ3QKraHV_dDsimxjnxBmfpFMYVqhSHcD6-g-6VUWlhQ/w640-h236/Star+Trek+V+sunrise+multi-plane+detail4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmG48-ZxF0wZ60T_vnBT1QQ6S4XKtjU1lE1ff3Qu2FLYHZHCBjBUQuOgoOmrOGvyfE_KaZem15UYozxeG5VJy0O6Kz2xEB1r_7WZoXFNhdJZpzn4-Pb1SRThWSx6MRd0AbRSGFzOS5IXs/s1794/Family+Plot+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1794" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmG48-ZxF0wZ60T_vnBT1QQ6S4XKtjU1lE1ff3Qu2FLYHZHCBjBUQuOgoOmrOGvyfE_KaZem15UYozxeG5VJy0O6Kz2xEB1r_7WZoXFNhdJZpzn4-Pb1SRThWSx6MRd0AbRSGFzOS5IXs/w640-h388/Family+Plot+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For Alfred Hitchcock's final film, FAMILY PLOT (1976), this subtle matte provided a police precinct where none had existed previous. Syd said that this was his first solo painting, and Bill once mentioned to me that it's likely Hitch came up with this shot just as an excuse to have Whitlock - his old friend and collaborator - involved for old times sake.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitXl5IodCOK8huA9NA1TPMcTaPrTzpo8-KuVUKDA9-1cpeUco3mFToJJ8KYtNPHgNX1dO2wZOi8KQRM4Yxf5kDY7FjE8wwxhAQwDyyR1ICOWszY9gmmRrklZaQnail2Z01fhCb-dRed8/s1280/Family+Plot+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1280" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitXl5IodCOK8huA9NA1TPMcTaPrTzpo8-KuVUKDA9-1cpeUco3mFToJJ8KYtNPHgNX1dO2wZOi8KQRM4Yxf5kDY7FjE8wwxhAQwDyyR1ICOWszY9gmmRrklZaQnail2Z01fhCb-dRed8/w640-h348/Family+Plot+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>"The true special effect is the one that nobody ever notices"</i> - Al Whitlock quote.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1708" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2ehwQofSj54tPIjZNVL0mjqtHqjuO9ROPmyo4tHIjwx98YW-bl-6ou87qLDK1z6wzaTqUtBakGKyJ6ryuDXX3Saa5y-evuV54wghZ_OKqSbTXmAQ9DlyuIxK3u66PtPg1n8x65sNicE/w640-h366/Dennis+The+Menace-night+view+town+Rob+Stromberg+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A star filled night over small town America, as realised by Robert Stromberg in this full painting for the Walter Matthau film DENNIS THE MENACE (1993).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmry0-Gn_wb93zk_9bz0xlHi9VyZStfCJ501LySgOJlH-t49lOnLzsbFSkzfbaXvzcmGcwwW9v1dRvqe6QYkYA-dpLjtlMxPjfBwzlfAB-LdPyOP8j7gJEuUFZR_CneqH8-7mq0VehK0U/s2068/Dennis+The+Menace-+Stromberg+at+work+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="2068" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmry0-Gn_wb93zk_9bz0xlHi9VyZStfCJ501LySgOJlH-t49lOnLzsbFSkzfbaXvzcmGcwwW9v1dRvqe6QYkYA-dpLjtlMxPjfBwzlfAB-LdPyOP8j7gJEuUFZR_CneqH8-7mq0VehK0U/w640-h450/Dennis+The+Menace-+Stromberg+at+work+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stromberg at work at Illusion Arts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYtf92Okh5C5r1B_05elfUxFTZyLBZbQ4EZfwhGMW7_VdaE4WvWqslDyB3WBelg_bY7KXMEAYryt_Ih5E9uoACxOGzM4FiL9Um_fMR-TlgW4uLnUPMHGlNSYEBmyfjZBFSZBRUUvNU5E/s1562/Dennis+The+Menace-night+town+detail5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1562" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYtf92Okh5C5r1B_05elfUxFTZyLBZbQ4EZfwhGMW7_VdaE4WvWqslDyB3WBelg_bY7KXMEAYryt_Ih5E9uoACxOGzM4FiL9Um_fMR-TlgW4uLnUPMHGlNSYEBmyfjZBFSZBRUUvNU5E/w640-h236/Dennis+The+Menace-night+town+detail5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaoZJFZ0DJf6JZa3Klle8BBVU5xoHcWQ0YTzXt2L8eWq86j68GD0PdIwNkDMb3dsX_sFg0VCtRSx9JA_oDppYN0SBVxDpxCQ2YAZ0yL-0ti3bhwkPIK4-l-rAhIZ_efqf1oIsMvxOsXc/s1496/Batman+Forever-Bat+Cave+concept+B+artwork+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1087" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaoZJFZ0DJf6JZa3Klle8BBVU5xoHcWQ0YTzXt2L8eWq86j68GD0PdIwNkDMb3dsX_sFg0VCtRSx9JA_oDppYN0SBVxDpxCQ2YAZ0yL-0ti3bhwkPIK4-l-rAhIZ_efqf1oIsMvxOsXc/w464-h640/Batman+Forever-Bat+Cave+concept+B+artwork+sm.jpg" width="464" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An early conceptual painting proposed for the Bat Cave.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzI3lNZVagRCX0PJXdXj73qjt0nAJWyhYCdBUNvMldiyg7zVCqnH7fdjNtCzer_F_BHfXX7JU6L8n66DcltXYyXDMFyYXDRuWCmV25fcNiX84t_y17v4h67__dyzC-aMYm9Q9rckBsY4U/s2010/Hindenburg-ocean+sky+matte+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2010" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzI3lNZVagRCX0PJXdXj73qjt0nAJWyhYCdBUNvMldiyg7zVCqnH7fdjNtCzer_F_BHfXX7JU6L8n66DcltXYyXDMFyYXDRuWCmV25fcNiX84t_y17v4h67__dyzC-aMYm9Q9rckBsY4U/w640-h378/Hindenburg-ocean+sky+matte+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albert Whitlock was a master when it came to painting skies, as evidenced in hundreds of films and tv shows. This is one of the seventy plus mattes he created for THE HINDENBURG (1975).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwE8EsqI0IEazGK3LVMoekDgDibahsIi_fHuDRJkmiVnlnzVSJ8FvS49x_3cpDNcv1xBEtHg_aky-C879Qld8iwGn-LB2vQYWC4pYJowIm1u-WLyjzuMi8JlJVLdUfh8qfVA4gqTcNoA/s1500/Hindenburg-ocean+sky+matte+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1500" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwE8EsqI0IEazGK3LVMoekDgDibahsIi_fHuDRJkmiVnlnzVSJ8FvS49x_3cpDNcv1xBEtHg_aky-C879Qld8iwGn-LB2vQYWC4pYJowIm1u-WLyjzuMi8JlJVLdUfh8qfVA4gqTcNoA/w640-h318/Hindenburg-ocean+sky+matte+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The flawless finished composite with Al's elaborately rendered drifting cloudscape.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzFsYxqkFNZbzLgJkRsgej8_GKkJtd6ljfRHlWLXMWQRqQ92w7b6ko0eJYa5QL1P4EgtH_-6kw2qYPd9fPTnQfDV5B372-CXVCHgo9_1vsEwLmIBYgq7942A4POYpJkCKC8slPpS-puR0/s1568/Hindenburg-ocean+sky+detail4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1568" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzFsYxqkFNZbzLgJkRsgej8_GKkJtd6ljfRHlWLXMWQRqQ92w7b6ko0eJYa5QL1P4EgtH_-6kw2qYPd9fPTnQfDV5B372-CXVCHgo9_1vsEwLmIBYgq7942A4POYpJkCKC8slPpS-puR0/w640-h236/Hindenburg-ocean+sky+detail4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRZt7GI1DSvdPQbkY5KWapSRkFZK94WwKmirC7X0bpzDZ4gSNJl1QGRz2UqqjLhoH5vvZQb737r_FmcwWAxr6ak8B3YVUwIpQ_BQXbz1U_EvQUqr4vTJB6al4iILzzZou0wLNSnrflnk/s1571/Hindenburg-ocean+sky+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1571" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRZt7GI1DSvdPQbkY5KWapSRkFZK94WwKmirC7X0bpzDZ4gSNJl1QGRz2UqqjLhoH5vvZQb737r_FmcwWAxr6ak8B3YVUwIpQ_BQXbz1U_EvQUqr4vTJB6al4iILzzZou0wLNSnrflnk/w640-h236/Hindenburg-ocean+sky+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Superb, yet effortless.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskP5GWABXHUi2iTjSUqaTtuQTbmAMgPH3I7Klnt58WfaeyJoABHSKhZ7ApCD2-pSyN_UrBbRgFJIS72ggd1q2e16MKFiNHSgJrBTJDuMXe2EcyxvZM1Oqo4ZcXZSfM4fdQyUS_B32Rog/s2250/Hindenburg-Lakehurst+arrival+matte+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="2250" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskP5GWABXHUi2iTjSUqaTtuQTbmAMgPH3I7Klnt58WfaeyJoABHSKhZ7ApCD2-pSyN_UrBbRgFJIS72ggd1q2e16MKFiNHSgJrBTJDuMXe2EcyxvZM1Oqo4ZcXZSfM4fdQyUS_B32Rog/w640-h376/Hindenburg-Lakehurst+arrival+matte+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A subsequent Whitlock matte from the same film, again with drifting and somewhat malevolent looking clouds, quite befitting the forthcoming turn of events.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrUSuwjkZuW7xN77W-7vWDXhc7Uy4nbTMiv9v2JJaswY056OzZO3HdklrZ5WkVJMoTovhcwhU4_4HKm4QOQowViUX78d-VOksZKmwCQ3sG8GQ-Tq7_hfk-xQubFw6CX48Fhl-eNyKfWo/s1500/Hindenburg-Lakehurst+arrival+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1500" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrUSuwjkZuW7xN77W-7vWDXhc7Uy4nbTMiv9v2JJaswY056OzZO3HdklrZ5WkVJMoTovhcwhU4_4HKm4QOQowViUX78d-VOksZKmwCQ3sG8GQ-Tq7_hfk-xQubFw6CX48Fhl-eNyKfWo/w640-h302/Hindenburg-Lakehurst+arrival+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final composite</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPB6aaQlfXGtrVyZ8uZV29w3ST-usRr5BogUXX5_EFWrXReeaABGxv-HPa887I1QO3sQTMjeFzcroy_fmhpHkaJ4lSCKVlM9v3YXGMoNV8PneVV2abapDDMiTIPE8RYTZNTktV1hvR9w/s1569/Hindenburg-Lakehurst+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1569" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPB6aaQlfXGtrVyZ8uZV29w3ST-usRr5BogUXX5_EFWrXReeaABGxv-HPa887I1QO3sQTMjeFzcroy_fmhpHkaJ4lSCKVlM9v3YXGMoNV8PneVV2abapDDMiTIPE8RYTZNTktV1hvR9w/w640-h242/Hindenburg-Lakehurst+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmYf_TgFCzh8Ck3Am73fKklKoRs_0TKq0l3DgVLerYotuqO7kdmu7Dh-7fcfvNFde4kj-T2TqWmJY8z33C9G_pPqT6DDqn5QVzLBwPHmfR7ZNerBnMhVsb3h1OYLAYgb_DsjxG_PgiOM/s1561/Hindenburg-Lakehurst+detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1561" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmYf_TgFCzh8Ck3Am73fKklKoRs_0TKq0l3DgVLerYotuqO7kdmu7Dh-7fcfvNFde4kj-T2TqWmJY8z33C9G_pPqT6DDqn5QVzLBwPHmfR7ZNerBnMhVsb3h1OYLAYgb_DsjxG_PgiOM/w640-h236/Hindenburg-Lakehurst+detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-xZvrdli-rQ7FbsvHW2ZVbTi757mHN_ZK6sKr3kDfcGdiB4O_L-oEqN9bfDzE4HivtNkYBslz5V5b3yBijWfCJC13-JnVti1Jz3NPhdmZEYV7lNSfVihcOJmS3fr9pgVHwWCfOhVxDw/s1806/Masada-ramp+matte+%2528Al+Whitlock%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="1806" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-xZvrdli-rQ7FbsvHW2ZVbTi757mHN_ZK6sKr3kDfcGdiB4O_L-oEqN9bfDzE4HivtNkYBslz5V5b3yBijWfCJC13-JnVti1Jz3NPhdmZEYV7lNSfVihcOJmS3fr9pgVHwWCfOhVxDw/w640-h418/Masada-ramp+matte+%2528Al+Whitlock%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The marathon miniseries MASADA had many mattes, some very low key such as this one.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZDcpwzfulchZV4uZgukUqicLSyXDNCnsZe9gmuXSMhwB81jFWTNtYM4GDsw6EX4-142cGQlgcBUvyYFmCD8FJBImkdNMsmGB-XAj2zIe-CyhClSYzO2sQCN8caPP6rpjtBx5ye48Afg/s2415/Masada-Whitlock+on+location.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="2415" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZDcpwzfulchZV4uZgukUqicLSyXDNCnsZe9gmuXSMhwB81jFWTNtYM4GDsw6EX4-142cGQlgcBUvyYFmCD8FJBImkdNMsmGB-XAj2zIe-CyhClSYzO2sQCN8caPP6rpjtBx5ye48Afg/w640-h168/Masada-Whitlock+on+location.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">At left is Al Whitlock on location in Israel surveying a take with his matte camera at the ready. Middle shows the live action plate, while the frame at right is the invisible final blend.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUMP3Gwc0n_T3AqljKhJcC-vp49R1guqVeiQhJ5Z8-4MkDMqitakqWjRi0nSUHnVf1dY-OIow0Z5aakKMnIJzKyAzrdkxDJ-efOzC5y8cYNAXCQd71Pwq9rCMNaGBpyJ5pvWai4WhD-g/s1579/Masada-ramp+matte+detail5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1579" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUMP3Gwc0n_T3AqljKhJcC-vp49R1guqVeiQhJ5Z8-4MkDMqitakqWjRi0nSUHnVf1dY-OIow0Z5aakKMnIJzKyAzrdkxDJ-efOzC5y8cYNAXCQd71Pwq9rCMNaGBpyJ5pvWai4WhD-g/w640-h232/Masada-ramp+matte+detail5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2HUelF9jf7C549e1Dxe-N8gONGDEX7qcG1_AbGQwn2Y2yjR6UFqDwKpKrzkznKhw8IXcwtmkZVMbzuduxczV1BXSu0DB3kbEIMw9WBvJ2lDfxNHiSk7fI2m-5W-UUSRKKGhJKZLiPsA/s2361/ST-Deep+Space+9-Bajor+matte+R.Stromberg+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="2361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2HUelF9jf7C549e1Dxe-N8gONGDEX7qcG1_AbGQwn2Y2yjR6UFqDwKpKrzkznKhw8IXcwtmkZVMbzuduxczV1BXSu0DB3kbEIMw9WBvJ2lDfxNHiSk7fI2m-5W-UUSRKKGhJKZLiPsA/w640-h320/ST-Deep+Space+9-Bajor+matte+R.Stromberg+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A truly epic matte painting must be this splendid Robert Stromberg piece of the planet Bajor from the tv series STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE made in the mid nineties.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrTIba5Esb9FQyuYh2LqEYbkqP42CNLYVD9nmF7YejDOqioRp9ZkNqM8PA_0QqZPOIt_tUe7cBe4j2PZOfG00JqirZLhyMpUWwicpuUFynnoMmC4RFrtoM7shOp-Z0br2dQws4yyOGTs/s1571/ST-Deep+Space+9-Bajor+detail8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1571" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrTIba5Esb9FQyuYh2LqEYbkqP42CNLYVD9nmF7YejDOqioRp9ZkNqM8PA_0QqZPOIt_tUe7cBe4j2PZOfG00JqirZLhyMpUWwicpuUFynnoMmC4RFrtoM7shOp-Z0br2dQws4yyOGTs/w640-h234/ST-Deep+Space+9-Bajor+detail8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Live action people would be added to the walkway as well as a waterfall motion gag.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezXnb7y7sugUHFZvlaCKsZsHh1Iw3H_zx5qIByv-iey2gXKlizIK3tXBQxBjltB_033dWqr53lrfP5sSTkA7jcbeFugHFPd4trEU0wDuLPFjZ71NEGUA-yoTxaxkXFoveox5C6JjrdO4/s1569/ST-Deep+Space+9-Bajor+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="1500" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJQtd_MIvimlWavZ168zNbiAl3eBr_mb3BtWYJmMeqNyA16MYd2EEek3bjErK-y1K6tQLL1qm5nzCCtBQ9xDbZobjC-oM9MBw34O5nwPRE7AF8m345KyrEtKFZg1bpuMbSPcKVShGcjU/w400-h259/ST-Deep+Space+9-Bajor+matte+comp.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot as part of a camera push in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEmRAxk57hCsaexIHcZFHmWq0CwODpHmIQi17_NLtWnZG3hawNT9NiFO9P1M2jmIPNZ1yxaHvIy_BZ-JRPWpqIxsT8JgB8z3luV_pWugsHU7pAN-2ijQIlERcOozp9VXNQWG7iGu4IOQ/s1858/Frenzy-Covent+Garden+night+matte+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1858" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEmRAxk57hCsaexIHcZFHmWq0CwODpHmIQi17_NLtWnZG3hawNT9NiFO9P1M2jmIPNZ1yxaHvIy_BZ-JRPWpqIxsT8JgB8z3luV_pWugsHU7pAN-2ijQIlERcOozp9VXNQWG7iGu4IOQ/w640-h358/Frenzy-Covent+Garden+night+matte+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The second of the two superb mattes prepared for Hitchcock's deliriously delicious serial killer black comedy FRENZY (1971). Matte art by the great Albert Whitlock.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqZJd0yx_Drx5We6oS97ruzSAv0WZRI-DFT01CHr6y-dj2htHpNA5QPDHrGUOo8iijlZCR8PctOs_G7qn227kdMia5pga-R5nTrudOohRNLVPKd2XhB4CELSlALf1JI8oC9y4E8O5Yek/s1776/FRENZY+ext+bef%2526aft.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="1776" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqZJd0yx_Drx5We6oS97ruzSAv0WZRI-DFT01CHr6y-dj2htHpNA5QPDHrGUOo8iijlZCR8PctOs_G7qn227kdMia5pga-R5nTrudOohRNLVPKd2XhB4CELSlALf1JI8oC9y4E8O5Yek/w640-h550/FRENZY+ext+bef%2526aft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after showing the limited London location transformed into a night time Covent Garden.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-_7x5NULNmPXOiwUj2DgWS1eJKHqXtmME1lE_978XPRr1oJFjnnceh_iMg9yCPhMuEWxexPRirAvhbC58R6CbRBQEnUPpDk1IDqI561zcR2eguVk2BEKqLAJ9SGHGzQoxhxYs0_wof0/s2500/FRENZY-ext+details+misc+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2500" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-_7x5NULNmPXOiwUj2DgWS1eJKHqXtmME1lE_978XPRr1oJFjnnceh_iMg9yCPhMuEWxexPRirAvhbC58R6CbRBQEnUPpDk1IDqI561zcR2eguVk2BEKqLAJ9SGHGzQoxhxYs0_wof0/w640-h350/FRENZY-ext+details+misc+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Very close detail of Whitlock's brushwork.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvh4uzXnz_E2FNiDcLG2bbyhmEpv-6XhIfw7R8IW836eSi5SNZqs3lKJj42jUydu4M7Sc21P7oauwQiDVaNVuDm53EuqvLsR1vzWrshFKZ4sW5tAZrjqjOWhpkuwvBcRlPH7lNUCfhskk/s1561/Frenzy-Covent+Garden+night+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRZ5VnixKJWr9duYd9IEvEvhL8K-k0L2rSXzdmt536tMTnFlbEhPf3d3Nqsh_o7aqxnRgeWE8MuTV8vo-2IAogpdNq9rirDreC-OT400YwbfOYdjl8PpE6FQ8Q_BAsmuMLSeD-MNXCps/s1600/Frenzy2-painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1600" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRZ5VnixKJWr9duYd9IEvEvhL8K-k0L2rSXzdmt536tMTnFlbEhPf3d3Nqsh_o7aqxnRgeWE8MuTV8vo-2IAogpdNq9rirDreC-OT400YwbfOYdjl8PpE6FQ8Q_BAsmuMLSeD-MNXCps/w640-h290/Frenzy2-painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Wonderful work here in detail which looked fine on TV, VHS and DVD, but comes up as unwatchably dark on BluRay, as so many seem to with 'modern' so-called remastering that throws original colour schemes all askew.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirJWiK6wreAx0LnX7u76yg-b_82rrMPdtFJ1czc2SViSmt-LoYk555TKEflKeZMHRNvtgOvxz1BRNtEbZbbsCWgN370Us-nwNcKCjLJOwKdJWdLxaLLiMHaaWuD4gaRUq-EDd2wjkf3o/s1948/Robin+Hood-Men+In+Tights+matte1+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1948" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirJWiK6wreAx0LnX7u76yg-b_82rrMPdtFJ1czc2SViSmt-LoYk555TKEflKeZMHRNvtgOvxz1BRNtEbZbbsCWgN370Us-nwNcKCjLJOwKdJWdLxaLLiMHaaWuD4gaRUq-EDd2wjkf3o/w640-h484/Robin+Hood-Men+In+Tights+matte1+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The second part of a multiple four painting massive pullback as seen in Mel Brooks' ROBIN HOOD - MEN IN TIGHTS (1993).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1569" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkmETzHrsIetdFfz_ksepZ6_-K-NJD8nTbOQvyHNl8FLMtqmsrOxhgkkfXfDsF6937hvcJVTqGUWbhDvSuS9VUu86cUjC5q0pg8MDYpbI8NxP8SVRJD5JIJP7S9UC5Lt8JP77_u2RFnU/w640-h236/Robin+Hood-Men+In+Tights+matte1-detail6.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptt5CsRAW4Sk3ZKKEK7E0MxtDxTS_lig0dopW9rq2KYDbPUZgRE36S97QdTNLpt1iMsiijtq7XuyLT2W9S9B6qfYxnq-pOWPHlI0CghIKQt3CVG8lZU8qkp6yrfxth1xNeVpbULrgfOY/s1617/History+of+World-castle+matte+art+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1617" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptt5CsRAW4Sk3ZKKEK7E0MxtDxTS_lig0dopW9rq2KYDbPUZgRE36S97QdTNLpt1iMsiijtq7XuyLT2W9S9B6qfYxnq-pOWPHlI0CghIKQt3CVG8lZU8qkp6yrfxth1xNeVpbULrgfOY/w640-h420/History+of+World-castle+matte+art+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Probably the most impressive shot in HISTORY OF THE WORLD was this Spanish Inquisition exterior. Syd Dutton painted this beautiful vista.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraQV_jjvSMgYx5m9OgRgCZ6r-BV9aUilIAc10k7WEeIAXuEFt8CSNZM-VTK5WIWkvBWVle0XKGzWsq-IBnuuRi5Q-bgpmOaHMgZSbLm1Fq9d7f0qrkjpQCptxgpITfK75U2V833UgA1U/s1572/History+of+World-castle+matte+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1572" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraQV_jjvSMgYx5m9OgRgCZ6r-BV9aUilIAc10k7WEeIAXuEFt8CSNZM-VTK5WIWkvBWVle0XKGzWsq-IBnuuRi5Q-bgpmOaHMgZSbLm1Fq9d7f0qrkjpQCptxgpITfK75U2V833UgA1U/w640-h236/History+of+World-castle+matte+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77jZAce2cKo6yWJCktkicN-M51lDsx95maChS0pWyCD2dPecr3fjfUNS9nntUd8NCzCU1eEPw7RzHziAkK63uTXaCk5vdHCfsIbCC9vM3vNHiX_5B6c8SesK4xJh6VYupofOVri5LfSs/s1576/History+of+World-castle+matte+detail7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1576" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77jZAce2cKo6yWJCktkicN-M51lDsx95maChS0pWyCD2dPecr3fjfUNS9nntUd8NCzCU1eEPw7RzHziAkK63uTXaCk5vdHCfsIbCC9vM3vNHiX_5B6c8SesK4xJh6VYupofOVri5LfSs/w640-h236/History+of+World-castle+matte+detail7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IqBkM-GDOY4h2D3uWoYiuuXIzIN-NtY_TPMcj8qsOTbCWOF_c8CJLdZh207VI_cx8VWbAS80P7f4qnzMDhM68nZq409C6kv4a0kjunExS2Jm71gMfKOH5WEtjmUYFTd9eTDd_qjZHl0/s1748/ST-TNG+Borg+ship+matte+Dutton+%2526+Whitlock+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1748" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IqBkM-GDOY4h2D3uWoYiuuXIzIN-NtY_TPMcj8qsOTbCWOF_c8CJLdZh207VI_cx8VWbAS80P7f4qnzMDhM68nZq409C6kv4a0kjunExS2Jm71gMfKOH5WEtjmUYFTd9eTDd_qjZHl0/w640-h468/ST-TNG+Borg+ship+matte+Dutton+%2526+Whitlock+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very large 96" x 72" masonite painting of the massive endless interior of the Borg ship from STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION, an episode titled 'Q Who'. Both Syd and Albert shared brush duties on this one. The live action was rear projected at upper right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDDD76b8CI0pJzcXdm1tjtwfpDCcqOur7BImYIXxWqsTRBKQ0nOMJq7Tuegmgzx2wYj1F-mF6gTnX2VQYEhT4Ee9LgFU8yD3U5qzv6POpU_RHSUUfqxkLmbkc4efKcX63VegtFXXbgcs/s1245/ST-TNG+concept+painting+Borg+ship+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1245" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDDD76b8CI0pJzcXdm1tjtwfpDCcqOur7BImYIXxWqsTRBKQ0nOMJq7Tuegmgzx2wYj1F-mF6gTnX2VQYEhT4Ee9LgFU8yD3U5qzv6POpU_RHSUUfqxkLmbkc4efKcX63VegtFXXbgcs/w640-h390/ST-TNG+concept+painting+Borg+ship+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd's original concept painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxzOTbtWjA4ulo5m7cW4DiYeVbFsXxtKKR3lLgK1k2wnC8pjVlF1QZBRsRxAjollLTY23J1KlobzdXFNreyRglno3EETzHkJRggq9aj98vbVUwjgKk0QSgqGYxIRNVMzg0ee6kiwKuTk/s1354/ST-tng+Borg+ship+Q+Who+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1354" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxzOTbtWjA4ulo5m7cW4DiYeVbFsXxtKKR3lLgK1k2wnC8pjVlF1QZBRsRxAjollLTY23J1KlobzdXFNreyRglno3EETzHkJRggq9aj98vbVUwjgKk0QSgqGYxIRNVMzg0ee6kiwKuTk/w640-h490/ST-tng+Borg+ship+Q+Who+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Borg painting as set up for final combination photography. Some additional miniature elements are visible in the foreground, as are their supports, which will be outside of the final frame when completed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmQZO4KG3-I_6oc5rkGbi3_ufTZmXZ9CrWc0mkh_RQXgWeFgzpk9FwnPlE7s-aGdu1Jv_OOJajvAS8E-8s-SEXM2gXdh7RYVTz8AIpshqNgYDFx9tGd0kZUx0WlWFusjIaKciLGzzz18/s1560/ST-TNG+Borg+ship+matte+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1560" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmQZO4KG3-I_6oc5rkGbi3_ufTZmXZ9CrWc0mkh_RQXgWeFgzpk9FwnPlE7s-aGdu1Jv_OOJajvAS8E-8s-SEXM2gXdh7RYVTz8AIpshqNgYDFx9tGd0kZUx0WlWFusjIaKciLGzzz18/w640-h238/ST-TNG+Borg+ship+matte+detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Once again, it just makes my day being able to observe the up close painting styles of the artists concerned.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgEmHR-zSySYSIDAVfK0YCJBOKA5IFV2MIQjZYkbp_sxCxiaqSrfcZcnj6T9teptH5haPqq0fF2bC7hU9Z1451G-reobcSBXAQZS1Jq0A88O_RiBI0S3K8_8JNd061JK3Q3oYjPzBj_g/s1572/ST-TNG+Borg+ship+matte+detail8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1572" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgEmHR-zSySYSIDAVfK0YCJBOKA5IFV2MIQjZYkbp_sxCxiaqSrfcZcnj6T9teptH5haPqq0fF2bC7hU9Z1451G-reobcSBXAQZS1Jq0A88O_RiBI0S3K8_8JNd061JK3Q3oYjPzBj_g/w640-h238/ST-TNG+Borg+ship+matte+detail8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's really all about 'dots and dashes' and flecks of paint to sell the shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEite1IWEmTxA8aoUEvROuO63PWCQWHebutFu8LkKA11_DaRme68g0RCVnVvXrv1Da7WtjmxmwCr-gF-Kfr2dvGm2rKGv0JnUJX7fG9q8mA1IaxjzsCrh4dJKXAWE_8rOiZ_xNCc6tQfXNQ/s1989/Chaplin-+Hollywood+Hills+%2526+sky+matte+art+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1989" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEite1IWEmTxA8aoUEvROuO63PWCQWHebutFu8LkKA11_DaRme68g0RCVnVvXrv1Da7WtjmxmwCr-gF-Kfr2dvGm2rKGv0JnUJX7fG9q8mA1IaxjzsCrh4dJKXAWE_8rOiZ_xNCc6tQfXNQ/w640-h368/Chaplin-+Hollywood+Hills+%2526+sky+matte+art+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Found on the reverse side of one of the other auction mattes is this painting from CHAPLIN (1992) that alters an existing location in Hollywood.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NIg-DsNccEcVakH3L6EkM2mYU6LNGihL1gIXpy3zF4NDPF1IzyfxvSPliiAaj9YuX07nRPpyOzSZsOsgEY_0bwxI5i6Ql0MCScPr8lbqg7cUcUTLsbL7IY4qssILoKIiOr9KJiHSaC8/s1920/Chaplin-comp4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NIg-DsNccEcVakH3L6EkM2mYU6LNGihL1gIXpy3zF4NDPF1IzyfxvSPliiAaj9YuX07nRPpyOzSZsOsgEY_0bwxI5i6Ql0MCScPr8lbqg7cUcUTLsbL7IY4qssILoKIiOr9KJiHSaC8/w640-h346/Chaplin-comp4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot, though I suspect another foreground painting of the trees may have also been used to complete the shot. Interestingly, I've yet to see the best shot in CHAPLIN turn up - a matte of New York with the Statue of Liberty - as seen by Robert Downey jr as he leaves America for good.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LPV3cmUIAbQpJ276CaIYxNOLP2FGS02bSOklyL1Av5B43tszh8Nrpk_-gOKs0AfbYaEqnRfyjVgjAK7rUI2W3E0iDGPArqjLW0awce8-DQhJ3jzBIW2jyrUJ_VavsrKbQR0ZWvndyFU/s1569/Chaplin-+Hollywood+Hills+%2526+sky+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1569" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LPV3cmUIAbQpJ276CaIYxNOLP2FGS02bSOklyL1Av5B43tszh8Nrpk_-gOKs0AfbYaEqnRfyjVgjAK7rUI2W3E0iDGPArqjLW0awce8-DQhJ3jzBIW2jyrUJ_VavsrKbQR0ZWvndyFU/w640-h238/Chaplin-+Hollywood+Hills+%2526+sky+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-A0AqhUk0GdovJbGO1U9owCxThW_1rLiYrd0Lkp6liH4W8u0nhKD-Ui5ObyQyQzCle3MCmuW3dGiJQ1_P0qDa6FGFE4RVOOwVcqDGEuSIIepwUBYpDdZPrm9oYWB7muUD5iOZhLU-vg/s1575/Chaplin-+Hollywood+Hills+%2526+sky+detail4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1575" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-A0AqhUk0GdovJbGO1U9owCxThW_1rLiYrd0Lkp6liH4W8u0nhKD-Ui5ObyQyQzCle3MCmuW3dGiJQ1_P0qDa6FGFE4RVOOwVcqDGEuSIIepwUBYpDdZPrm9oYWB7muUD5iOZhLU-vg/w640-h236/Chaplin-+Hollywood+Hills+%2526+sky+detail4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7w5pDLDyybLg6Qsite8-PCb0_24jgSJ9m75rQYLFjkYDwr1vsrCREw73Fj8ZGZxk90b7kiln2Vx9_lrubuYNXWmoH_4ROkYTRWU5sRvuqVCNLCfLPOA8Pbq90P0nwMAGFyHa3vk3OiE/s2091/ST-TNG+Jouret+IV+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="2091" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7w5pDLDyybLg6Qsite8-PCb0_24jgSJ9m75rQYLFjkYDwr1vsrCREw73Fj8ZGZxk90b7kiln2Vx9_lrubuYNXWmoH_4ROkYTRWU5sRvuqVCNLCfLPOA8Pbq90P0nwMAGFyHa3vk3OiE/w640-h320/ST-TNG+Jouret+IV+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">They just keep a comin' ... another awesome Dutton matte painting from STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION of Jouret IV as seen in the episode The Best Of Both Worlds.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtWi2m0ZwxoeJT-p2a2_RLNaxyMvVf49TnkV5-8sWgjTAJKJ97R7436DD9XUVgnX7EcfXacacVILe3O0_UHfyEV3hfO9mIBvXrPQxF22SVrQUZTcX9yRdtJV6y8MPA24Yvb8OZvNiCng/s1318/ST-TNG+Jouret+IV+matte+cropped+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1318" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtWi2m0ZwxoeJT-p2a2_RLNaxyMvVf49TnkV5-8sWgjTAJKJ97R7436DD9XUVgnX7EcfXacacVILe3O0_UHfyEV3hfO9mIBvXrPQxF22SVrQUZTcX9yRdtJV6y8MPA24Yvb8OZvNiCng/w640-h486/ST-TNG+Jouret+IV+matte+cropped+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The live action with painted surrounds as seen in a close up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMeHzvQxOzfAlpNw9U3Tng-3q7aLvSVRLRfAMijHkIPfE7l5JrQeYRvLBqjLgz6ZaXyGtCeu0YAC9a182Gzb7AQaS7fROZvLoad7qcJ5ThscAfT35K42aQqg0VkHaH-xtLYz7LPn6Zdvo/s1122/ST-TNG+Jouret+comp%2528hirez+matte%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1122" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMeHzvQxOzfAlpNw9U3Tng-3q7aLvSVRLRfAMijHkIPfE7l5JrQeYRvLBqjLgz6ZaXyGtCeu0YAC9a182Gzb7AQaS7fROZvLoad7qcJ5ThscAfT35K42aQqg0VkHaH-xtLYz7LPn6Zdvo/w640-h478/ST-TNG+Jouret+comp%2528hirez+matte%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The complete shot as shown on tv.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITzGTYX2-ZsLzqE7IAFR4jso258f1Vzm7JEBTulndltLM7pHUYW3eVqBBxkRca-n1XI2JofsgJb0eaznP7l7OLAzoUuBQ7qAW4bvwVRsyrwKlSnc8K50ruRKbVYDC18RK-zo1c06NC40/s1577/ST-TNG+Jouret+IV+matte+detail+12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="1577" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITzGTYX2-ZsLzqE7IAFR4jso258f1Vzm7JEBTulndltLM7pHUYW3eVqBBxkRca-n1XI2JofsgJb0eaznP7l7OLAzoUuBQ7qAW4bvwVRsyrwKlSnc8K50ruRKbVYDC18RK-zo1c06NC40/w640-h242/ST-TNG+Jouret+IV+matte+detail+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1568" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_vIbAHp8Fe18jMNhI2vuT7lpd1pU35KN_wfvCb6MWoYLRrO1zri2IRpUYCkzvxPaLccekOf-C9BcdNZUDW0J13fwXsbw1sOKmpXoJnVMFTGC7FXtDf6P88HzYok7CdGJpDGjiZsbod0/w640-h236/ST-TNG+Jouret+IV+matte+detail+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQyrac8UDu3mBLXi-10WpthRjfg9mrHjjVwUjKQjbVerl10DC-a7NP3v29g-dMYUTNWH00YbQSjvy-VmKpePej3gs9rJ-ff9mykRoAPdm7WUHRteFEOr9Ejzm6ukjfoNJiD5lW8TCNQ4g/s1499/Millennium-dome+upper+painting+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1499" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQyrac8UDu3mBLXi-10WpthRjfg9mrHjjVwUjKQjbVerl10DC-a7NP3v29g-dMYUTNWH00YbQSjvy-VmKpePej3gs9rJ-ff9mykRoAPdm7WUHRteFEOr9Ejzm6ukjfoNJiD5lW8TCNQ4g/w640-h388/Millennium-dome+upper+painting+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of a pair of mattes designed for the one shot from the film MILLENNIUM (1989). This painting serves the upper half of the frame, while a second painting was applied to the lower half of the frame as part of a dramatic tilt down, augmented with a great deal of interactive 'lightshow' gags.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid_x0DBunhh3H0PG1wX1NzSYn6glZLm8SE_0ClMi6tCoYT38FSXxyasFZQReWvd_XF1ZQCm63Iv6CwKJXSbyxHfvv43GR44CHD4_tKfjVaytzwkGBBguqXI-3gNnZW6iamXnpITS_F7k/s1744/Millennium-dome+dual+matte+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid_x0DBunhh3H0PG1wX1NzSYn6glZLm8SE_0ClMi6tCoYT38FSXxyasFZQReWvd_XF1ZQCm63Iv6CwKJXSbyxHfvv43GR44CHD4_tKfjVaytzwkGBBguqXI-3gNnZW6iamXnpITS_F7k/w550-h640/Millennium-dome+dual+matte+comp.jpg" width="550" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The actual tilt down shot in the film. I seem to recall Kris Kristofferson and pals going through some time warp or some bloody thing, into an alternate universe(?) - Or maybe I just dreamt it? None of it made particular sense anyway.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw27tXTA4GQBpP0gCecluad1iDVmrGU_G43bJsOZvpbyIQsczSz1rkawQ3FZNw-KslLfgU3DOujqzRxG-Na_pnyzb9-w5ljpc-03f_wK-Fhu5kEwVxGySitDu3ovBnqIHcCEcQzUhCY2s/s1560/Millennium-dome+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1560" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw27tXTA4GQBpP0gCecluad1iDVmrGU_G43bJsOZvpbyIQsczSz1rkawQ3FZNw-KslLfgU3DOujqzRxG-Na_pnyzb9-w5ljpc-03f_wK-Fhu5kEwVxGySitDu3ovBnqIHcCEcQzUhCY2s/w640-h238/Millennium-dome+detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwvzrSZ6r_C2ZbRjlluve5wf1zUL6gZHxk5aDM6Nfxj8uZk5CmV2bNPdYhP6RzuSyn6Q8aFRDgKJ0DI0Zy63qKD-Lk4hWii9JCh8AaAAmSFwpfXfeOuehkNNKg-86KElmKAeslUfsJfY/s1575/Millennium-dome+detail4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Fake news my friends!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9P3yBBcnYPibCL3W20hVAIwJkR8BGEMO1We-X1F1pKr7-ejlAeZimlvAcpwpkHAfQVG8LkQ7_s67GWKdnKEzOPn9es9GuvxfT6Nqugh9X9fG_eMqcaTVYcry5aT_Ake1Tfqoo7kEdm2Q/s2226/ST-TNG+Gagarin+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="2226" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9P3yBBcnYPibCL3W20hVAIwJkR8BGEMO1We-X1F1pKr7-ejlAeZimlvAcpwpkHAfQVG8LkQ7_s67GWKdnKEzOPn9es9GuvxfT6Nqugh9X9fG_eMqcaTVYcry5aT_Ake1Tfqoo7kEdm2Q/w640-h328/ST-TNG+Gagarin+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION comes this Syd Dutton matte of the research station on Gagarin IV.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2t3k7cPkC54hg2bd7tCWG4IhMKv7OXLb3Sy1rQqqLrjO0l3XjKZZ8gNBSokHHSQs6P4mSnTxJbPDWIPIVgkC-zKyM73ZDSO4P8kK5I1LoGqBDitkrb-dAi8p2bQdykl_3lGmwMMYJ-KE/s1545/ST-TNG+Gagarin+matte+detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="1545" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2t3k7cPkC54hg2bd7tCWG4IhMKv7OXLb3Sy1rQqqLrjO0l3XjKZZ8gNBSokHHSQs6P4mSnTxJbPDWIPIVgkC-zKyM73ZDSO4P8kK5I1LoGqBDitkrb-dAi8p2bQdykl_3lGmwMMYJ-KE/w640-h236/ST-TNG+Gagarin+matte+detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_hC6ld2AMxFhg3hwi4Jv4eoN3sqZ8tHRdgEXxp8P2JH6zkhNvNZhBsJqEnxAplr0f7dhmAEQxkJdMnhuz3XyYQ_l8PnXCiLbgEKBTw-627yBsBWwSnGgYP0jKDYQST9Al8l45Bs1TeI/s1575/ST-TNG+Gagarin+matte+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1575" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_hC6ld2AMxFhg3hwi4Jv4eoN3sqZ8tHRdgEXxp8P2JH6zkhNvNZhBsJqEnxAplr0f7dhmAEQxkJdMnhuz3XyYQ_l8PnXCiLbgEKBTw-627yBsBWwSnGgYP0jKDYQST9Al8l45Bs1TeI/w640-h234/ST-TNG+Gagarin+matte+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIVkbQgBMsdDu3COqEnoQRbGMtzlEf_-_3AhaLw57daYIZ6OOcPPSi0B3DOTvWkhCozrjMwMp4nJVLMSpZ-b7wiRlpN9jUVY-EABYbZec3L_0VO6QzrH2e_jQquW5hik0GSVXt13INDQ/s1244/For+Love+Or+Money-matte+%2528Al+Whitlock%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1244" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIVkbQgBMsdDu3COqEnoQRbGMtzlEf_-_3AhaLw57daYIZ6OOcPPSi0B3DOTvWkhCozrjMwMp4nJVLMSpZ-b7wiRlpN9jUVY-EABYbZec3L_0VO6QzrH2e_jQquW5hik0GSVXt13INDQ/w640-h510/For+Love+Or+Money-matte+%2528Al+Whitlock%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I featured this in last month's blog, but as I have higher quality images, and the fact that it's in this auction, here it is again. A wonderful vintage Albert Whitlock full matte from Universal's FOR LOVE OR MONEY (1963). Just the fact that this delightful piece has survived near on six decades in prime condition is marvellous in itself.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhjyeovrPulJjAExQW3FOVbWqm5H-a9JQsT8OXaH_TU18JafA3ckA3-abE9NBBQYuxYCZJfSeZtmLFA7jDV5R_elxNabnjCPT0QATDk8KM39AnYcx_MKflU6SXQAXaprzOSZyxPui9aY/s1574/For+Love+Or+Money-detail+11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1574" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhjyeovrPulJjAExQW3FOVbWqm5H-a9JQsT8OXaH_TU18JafA3ckA3-abE9NBBQYuxYCZJfSeZtmLFA7jDV5R_elxNabnjCPT0QATDk8KM39AnYcx_MKflU6SXQAXaprzOSZyxPui9aY/w640-h236/For+Love+Or+Money-detail+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCqFbEB14Mb_W6HzcPLJ26tcGdeRrZZypExZIwE3NFlD8FJytv9ZecO45C5ZL8QT6O1BFyJpbiq56e-OLS4TAmwGIauSoGC7flJN4SHvDE_G9h0q_5l45uR0OCyQcE8CZsRKeYYdKKvc/s1493/For+Love+Or+Money-detail4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="2034" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4eIwMDxaHQeyylpmrPhtf7VcuZMYtq_trte4LGeyDEZ56MCCpXz2KF8txYF-HJzEivHcLC0fDiYTFoJMIx6NyRTPpp3bNLBhykaubjSw6kvo_2E-t7ctdEtAFbCc-E-RiVF4oLLUmLw/w640-h364/ST-TNG+Velara+III+matte+painting+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A full matte painting by Syd of Velara III from the show STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SqAou2wLTWtVuJT2xpxpdkmbOLj-srlr8OVwPT3uR6hbZ8PzNsm08XpN_r-zx8FZeDaIC6eW4-rQWyyP06V6amvjzrQ3HbERK7Rr0fzD1hPfJirkm03vVveUcZOL49QXjSfdAF5z68k/s1536/ST-TNG+Velara+III+matte+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1536" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SqAou2wLTWtVuJT2xpxpdkmbOLj-srlr8OVwPT3uR6hbZ8PzNsm08XpN_r-zx8FZeDaIC6eW4-rQWyyP06V6amvjzrQ3HbERK7Rr0fzD1hPfJirkm03vVveUcZOL49QXjSfdAF5z68k/w640-h238/ST-TNG+Velara+III+matte+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuL2UXahJW6jiPTh6OR26MmrqhOnYZEWOOhk4OiDdpA8mzN5hGNJr2LowrUw0A-u1ra8Fx3vVFcA9qYeuoxkaRZTTzn2wvij1pibBQWyRIZztMyJxQMNLAPbQ__hGeAKvNdSoVTW8NWM/s1692/Star+Trek+V+bef%2526aft.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="1692" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuL2UXahJW6jiPTh6OR26MmrqhOnYZEWOOhk4OiDdpA8mzN5hGNJr2LowrUw0A-u1ra8Fx3vVFcA9qYeuoxkaRZTTzn2wvij1pibBQWyRIZztMyJxQMNLAPbQ__hGeAKvNdSoVTW8NWM/w640-h462/Star+Trek+V+bef%2526aft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Side by side before and afters of the closing VistaVision tilt to the heavens end credit shot from STAR TREK V - THE FINAL FRONTIER (1989). A bold shot in execution, with the camera in close on the cast as they roast marshmallows(!), with a dramatic pull back and upward tilt. Sadly it was much in vain, as the production chose to throw the end credit roll over the top of most of the complicated shot as I recall.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPhnJcf7krs-9PCiJAAiln3YI8vSZ9uBTK4tWYO9j6HPM64nEjjJHbTvmB_UuGX_1eQsYjlMm-B5VPFAAEc0-eg7np1yh334ODCJ8ibu98IB0JheRB3bzmuBPNELhuFfzXVr_2N4LOHU/s1572/Star+Trek+V-Final+Frontier+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1572" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPhnJcf7krs-9PCiJAAiln3YI8vSZ9uBTK4tWYO9j6HPM64nEjjJHbTvmB_UuGX_1eQsYjlMm-B5VPFAAEc0-eg7np1yh334ODCJ8ibu98IB0JheRB3bzmuBPNELhuFfzXVr_2N4LOHU/w640-h238/Star+Trek+V-Final+Frontier+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up of the lower matte art with small area for rear projected actors.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgGX6OCNKBTjnN-1ZpwUDYojnjFoFPk5ejdyojTr9lClWQcQPEM0DAPvH286YT1aWZ8zH5peamF87p3CQ5GYLZEknavsI4sfFrVROO5RwvsPFjxgwhUfUn1SdlIBqhdTEa9O5D7vaboM/s1920/Star+Trek+V+final+tilt+comp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgGX6OCNKBTjnN-1ZpwUDYojnjFoFPk5ejdyojTr9lClWQcQPEM0DAPvH286YT1aWZ8zH5peamF87p3CQ5GYLZEknavsI4sfFrVROO5RwvsPFjxgwhUfUn1SdlIBqhdTEa9O5D7vaboM/w640-h268/Star+Trek+V+final+tilt+comp.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same view when seen in the final cut.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiWxgsjC0a8SlZPT2hu28SCOKSJdUjeNQ6N_cQYuIRdGj1_8hbJmHBnEcW5vt-EyIM9IaW1RAt4RVGnIJFc_asaBj4MEt8DdQ738l3V6l-ZZPt1E4xJQbXq_UyqPcXi9A2BWg3cJWkgk/s1573/Star+Trek+V-Final+Frontier+detail4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxut1GYUHKEeGvIne4Q9FJi5My-qIUd2M1yGRX__UHKJLFL8dpXUD9Shghr7BONOmZ4Q-lL3eWOOuXCAwvWuGmNl55MRlwpf_V2K5A8Mt5ts1Kjp1LVEf2xuaPdhGXZf8pM65CcAq8YOI/s1266/Mars+Base+One-matte+painting+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1266" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxut1GYUHKEeGvIne4Q9FJi5My-qIUd2M1yGRX__UHKJLFL8dpXUD9Shghr7BONOmZ4Q-lL3eWOOuXCAwvWuGmNl55MRlwpf_V2K5A8Mt5ts1Kjp1LVEf2xuaPdhGXZf8pM65CcAq8YOI/w640-h416/Mars+Base+One-matte+painting+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An oddity here - a matte for a Dan Aykroyd tv pilot described as MARS BASE ONE (1988)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLGX3WkqA3m-q_-oCPl_K9RWHx3CJylGT6_87w8M90viDC86CmYd9qEo1yKtWC957nWcsQ6Qx1cyW32xv_I1x7l2vQ2-vPn_VRVl_1FaD0zsWl8CcvS7NtmH7MLzh8yY_nOPy_1BGba8/s1571/Mars+Base+One-detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1571" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLGX3WkqA3m-q_-oCPl_K9RWHx3CJylGT6_87w8M90viDC86CmYd9qEo1yKtWC957nWcsQ6Qx1cyW32xv_I1x7l2vQ2-vPn_VRVl_1FaD0zsWl8CcvS7NtmH7MLzh8yY_nOPy_1BGba8/w640-h234/Mars+Base+One-detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zX9BIXd1XSYYbikvxD9CjaEpjct24d9V7jrd-H64gQL0AT3jJ3nqdw_rTldQGQYQ9VKtNM17_mTdkgbLdVxHtOLsFf8onHOl2Ph1tP_m29iCanWAmsMP1a_n3C7Dp4n6nLJaPK86ay8/s1565/Mars+Base+One-detail6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1565" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zX9BIXd1XSYYbikvxD9CjaEpjct24d9V7jrd-H64gQL0AT3jJ3nqdw_rTldQGQYQ9VKtNM17_mTdkgbLdVxHtOLsFf8onHOl2Ph1tP_m29iCanWAmsMP1a_n3C7Dp4n6nLJaPK86ay8/w640-h236/Mars+Base+One-detail6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFI9P61E7ev2kNAd0xZ-6bXVcwgW2ZaWYfvGaHKhDVigFf_BxwHFDFZ6zeXTmki0b5F7TScG74BdRwN_IHq_5p8vC7B_oGpUk9ckudhKVg0Fz_iR5FRPzAr_sDO0SHe57zcZpxiYttlb4/s2259/ST-TNG+Melona+IV+matte+painting+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="2259" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFI9P61E7ev2kNAd0xZ-6bXVcwgW2ZaWYfvGaHKhDVigFf_BxwHFDFZ6zeXTmki0b5F7TScG74BdRwN_IHq_5p8vC7B_oGpUk9ckudhKVg0Fz_iR5FRPzAr_sDO0SHe57zcZpxiYttlb4/w640-h326/ST-TNG+Melona+IV+matte+painting+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte art from STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION of Melona IV and Delta Rana IV in different episodes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho61h9XLXxH1i3nHUx3wEXK9eXAa-7MBG7kOOZTsLE87JWZ11dDLjUMAcwAGWpkFYCImbiiUFlefDr0HyRX4sawyN9RhVJ3VIn7lTNUJpeMGzjWz3irCJCcP2_jWFe-0IJ-PrWlc2npBw/s1579/ST-TNG+Melona+IV-detail6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1579" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho61h9XLXxH1i3nHUx3wEXK9eXAa-7MBG7kOOZTsLE87JWZ11dDLjUMAcwAGWpkFYCImbiiUFlefDr0HyRX4sawyN9RhVJ3VIn7lTNUJpeMGzjWz3irCJCcP2_jWFe-0IJ-PrWlc2npBw/w640-h236/ST-TNG+Melona+IV-detail6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJqhzZNdn5hEQifjlOBHVz0z_Lx6rsbKxa_1ys7a5fj2KRX-fu9GDXdwF7MRAOkc-x1WKwhfMLV1Q4Pe_3LikOR13C9OfwyYoznwiUSIbNtFQf7dDpujgAtLeNvhTirXnJjxv3w9XjbU/s1593/ST-Deep+Space+9-Tau+Cygna+matte+%2528Robert+Stromberg%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1593" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJqhzZNdn5hEQifjlOBHVz0z_Lx6rsbKxa_1ys7a5fj2KRX-fu9GDXdwF7MRAOkc-x1WKwhfMLV1Q4Pe_3LikOR13C9OfwyYoznwiUSIbNtFQf7dDpujgAtLeNvhTirXnJjxv3w9XjbU/w640-h462/ST-Deep+Space+9-Tau+Cygna+matte+%2528Robert+Stromberg%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And here we have yet another stunner from the top shelf of matte art. This Robert Stromberg painting was rendered in 1989 initially for STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION, and was later reused for a 1994 episode of STAR TREK-DEEP SPACE NINE.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBinjBZcNAQdLxEQwXb5XxuX6Ul0BckCQZ2pLJyVhH2A-l5Khb1FkY5jwNNMzLfqqYf_8ilTY5uuucxkmKH5AfogbYZvVkF4uTpNyn-TAESaCRq4_0xWtY81MwnsdY4jZ73ta5Y0tRUU/s1575/ST-Deep+Space+9-Tau+Cygna+detail+15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1575" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBinjBZcNAQdLxEQwXb5XxuX6Ul0BckCQZ2pLJyVhH2A-l5Khb1FkY5jwNNMzLfqqYf_8ilTY5uuucxkmKH5AfogbYZvVkF4uTpNyn-TAESaCRq4_0xWtY81MwnsdY4jZ73ta5Y0tRUU/w640-h234/ST-Deep+Space+9-Tau+Cygna+detail+15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCf9aqVXuY7ZXiGS2Vg0WDL2rtzjgLlTsuHHMY-0pRZDZhZXvYN6aoItS5blYGIqzKXAZ36Zo8_Hv73gG3N7_VXaMuiMtK56Duapb-vBQ5nezO6Sgv6dvZmehHqyzNAJWFR0APi9V_ylU/s1575/ST-Deep+Space+9-Tau+Cygna+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1575" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCf9aqVXuY7ZXiGS2Vg0WDL2rtzjgLlTsuHHMY-0pRZDZhZXvYN6aoItS5blYGIqzKXAZ36Zo8_Hv73gG3N7_VXaMuiMtK56Duapb-vBQ5nezO6Sgv6dvZmehHqyzNAJWFR0APi9V_ylU/w640-h236/ST-Deep+Space+9-Tau+Cygna+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX45I-5aOfaCGtJ7SZ2HvPzpAINN-uAedIp8ORFrTtLikPkh66vrlW248IRDXuj7hyeqGFt8va7AoGGw0wcDbIaIqTirTwM69Hlk8wmz9b_6GpBMVUdcSwpvIGrp1RhOx6S6U0B9rOSNc/s1170/STTNG-beforeafter.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="1170" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX45I-5aOfaCGtJ7SZ2HvPzpAINN-uAedIp8ORFrTtLikPkh66vrlW248IRDXuj7hyeqGFt8va7AoGGw0wcDbIaIqTirTwM69Hlk8wmz9b_6GpBMVUdcSwpvIGrp1RhOx6S6U0B9rOSNc/w640-h282/STTNG-beforeafter.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An Illusion Arts staff member poses with the painting. There are numerous carefully drilled out holes in the masonite panel to facilitate backlight gags.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDpZCvNbdx0TULW-99KS6t9xS5KnxY-fIp2aHSrMkP-Qaho-7Nxiy9-qtu1mP54jBai6kgzibYCvdgPP1Fj4DzIV9YD32f4fs8CTmQshrEex54bGPKzhF5p5-BzaGQaQuom_b_azahHs/s1569/ST-Deep+Space+9-Tau+Cygna+detail+12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1569" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDpZCvNbdx0TULW-99KS6t9xS5KnxY-fIp2aHSrMkP-Qaho-7Nxiy9-qtu1mP54jBai6kgzibYCvdgPP1Fj4DzIV9YD32f4fs8CTmQshrEex54bGPKzhF5p5-BzaGQaQuom_b_azahHs/w640-h236/ST-Deep+Space+9-Tau+Cygna+detail+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZzCN27RlgFGNA7ytZYuexJJ0clv_YBKf6vn-hPmbheyEN_mtNjJxTKZ9GO77rpKfc1weLJ1wNdXfxm_e-EDwe5UrjgawHORvDLPOAG-xIvA99Ds8zPBzw50zOFc1RpyziWLLLtURAZs/s1573/ST-Deep+Space+9-Tau+Cygna+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1573" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZzCN27RlgFGNA7ytZYuexJJ0clv_YBKf6vn-hPmbheyEN_mtNjJxTKZ9GO77rpKfc1weLJ1wNdXfxm_e-EDwe5UrjgawHORvDLPOAG-xIvA99Ds8zPBzw50zOFc1RpyziWLLLtURAZs/w640-h236/ST-Deep+Space+9-Tau+Cygna+detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">You want detail? We got detail.... And all for the low, low price of whatever the hell passes as currency in Tau Cygna and Volan II.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vKqgA_Jud6LT6e0SMdfY_yO2r1XbZh3ctN6Jhj2CAAXyByP8608cYXTmPtn61hSt0tLfI1OjtQIoZAUTWYsb0jjMyC4X51_IFDNjyEBhoDT60V0XUhv4TUhfv51rt_YB3z4GdNtfG3k/s2040/ST-TNG+Moab+IV+matte+Robert+Stromberg+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="2040" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vKqgA_Jud6LT6e0SMdfY_yO2r1XbZh3ctN6Jhj2CAAXyByP8608cYXTmPtn61hSt0tLfI1OjtQIoZAUTWYsb0jjMyC4X51_IFDNjyEBhoDT60V0XUhv4TUhfv51rt_YB3z4GdNtfG3k/w640-h354/ST-TNG+Moab+IV+matte+Robert+Stromberg+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Still Trekkin' along here with another one from STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION. This was painted in 1992 by Rob Stromberg and appeared in a few episodes with additional foreground dressing (see below).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOSLcIUxQWWs1KCJNvfIn20VlMVrDGaT8b_ktFRTe8yDqBzZUHiIx99s_cUkDnMBzEKc_VBYa4q3SrHXBYw1H6IFv_EmTSiH5uGrnfdv2gKKahTksKFV3e5laVtK8sqllxJvVyyp4Qz4/s2860/ST-tng+Moab+IV+bef%2526aft.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="2860" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOSLcIUxQWWs1KCJNvfIn20VlMVrDGaT8b_ktFRTe8yDqBzZUHiIx99s_cUkDnMBzEKc_VBYa4q3SrHXBYw1H6IFv_EmTSiH5uGrnfdv2gKKahTksKFV3e5laVtK8sqllxJvVyyp4Qz4/w640-h240/ST-tng+Moab+IV+bef%2526aft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An Illusion Arts technician dresses a miniature foreground set to complete the shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9XLKcYaWvrgTeNqpITAlYo6JjLFSIvpNP3K8qEE0NsIw1Xi6p3rmJKW3jDsjlXRom1tAe4SuQV3zLROlxgY726B1apMOGiWJxn3CA_mWNvh5BE3GAavfPxkQPDEIHFoBax87q07URls/s2331/ST-TNG+Starfleet+Academy+matte+%2528Stromberg%2529+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="2331" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9XLKcYaWvrgTeNqpITAlYo6JjLFSIvpNP3K8qEE0NsIw1Xi6p3rmJKW3jDsjlXRom1tAe4SuQV3zLROlxgY726B1apMOGiWJxn3CA_mWNvh5BE3GAavfPxkQPDEIHFoBax87q07URls/w640-h370/ST-TNG+Starfleet+Academy+matte+%2528Stromberg%2529+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Robert Stromberg painted this top up matte of Starfleet Academy for STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP23tpELrk_7_VjBWTPR-t0wt1LQQXER18f8LfPjjCS3Oq96iZcVcH1wgJ-bxNZXbvYGHzYHEUbr-pzfcvFcYROBDXigDVPo39ez7GxORcBumE3hHesFh1jgnM0gjUE5Yb5TL4QcN-TcI/s1288/ST-tng+Syd+Dutton+HD+matte+-+StarfleetAcademy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1288" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP23tpELrk_7_VjBWTPR-t0wt1LQQXER18f8LfPjjCS3Oq96iZcVcH1wgJ-bxNZXbvYGHzYHEUbr-pzfcvFcYROBDXigDVPo39ez7GxORcBumE3hHesFh1jgnM0gjUE5Yb5TL4QcN-TcI/w640-h478/ST-tng+Syd+Dutton+HD+matte+-+StarfleetAcademy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Finished matte shot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvjpdHvWujtcwSMi4IpK27W2GFnu17yKNzIbXgsVlNz26TF9TY9l6D5ywx7q3xDI-IwCnlOm0ZaUA7rP9I6p1a2E4_mAQyCOIS_d33aW63GXA6aznDL8ylGKMuqUAykycgt1siYOHWZ4/s1574/ST-TNG+Starfleet+Academy+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1574" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvjpdHvWujtcwSMi4IpK27W2GFnu17yKNzIbXgsVlNz26TF9TY9l6D5ywx7q3xDI-IwCnlOm0ZaUA7rP9I6p1a2E4_mAQyCOIS_d33aW63GXA6aznDL8ylGKMuqUAykycgt1siYOHWZ4/w640-h234/ST-TNG+Starfleet+Academy+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hTPwQNS3SH0uDVXDWwQfaYuBtqH-ybvTn6s1KXTpYswa1rqheUXgtz5fucjiVf3s3i_59qJe7k7YDFNLZoxg_2m8nSH7d_w-IclZqXlxeNY3ehg7awSoeNaRgdSAioXu909Rv3XED-A/s1578/ST-TNG+Starfleet+Academy+detail7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="1578" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hTPwQNS3SH0uDVXDWwQfaYuBtqH-ybvTn6s1KXTpYswa1rqheUXgtz5fucjiVf3s3i_59qJe7k7YDFNLZoxg_2m8nSH7d_w-IclZqXlxeNY3ehg7awSoeNaRgdSAioXu909Rv3XED-A/w640-h236/ST-TNG+Starfleet+Academy+detail7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIsWauj6f-VGwG23dujr2KR3ESYJaF9ru5R1GOtJwsC2zTLJ8dVNPAcklIXOTWO5O0PCPzpq8SmVeFQFwJkRUpwEy0na81a34HMtDpownIuMQq5zk_Xp_iLCe-JMXadAI93pwgkmwumc/s1580/ST-TNG+Starfleet+Academy+detail5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1580" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIsWauj6f-VGwG23dujr2KR3ESYJaF9ru5R1GOtJwsC2zTLJ8dVNPAcklIXOTWO5O0PCPzpq8SmVeFQFwJkRUpwEy0na81a34HMtDpownIuMQq5zk_Xp_iLCe-JMXadAI93pwgkmwumc/w640-h234/ST-TNG+Starfleet+Academy+detail5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGEja63pYQ3xqth9CqZr58p_R15bFom5ri80ol3msANXGryONKVh39f8ZlFpofLvRoxM3s_NuGvG_U2SWYbufwfJh3zOqsL6wm3ODv9z6ouSEr4YK_oXmQ-LIXuTnlVcG2nHJHvM2Jjw/s1917/ST-TNG+Turkana+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="1917" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGEja63pYQ3xqth9CqZr58p_R15bFom5ri80ol3msANXGryONKVh39f8ZlFpofLvRoxM3s_NuGvG_U2SWYbufwfJh3zOqsL6wm3ODv9z6ouSEr4YK_oXmQ-LIXuTnlVcG2nHJHvM2Jjw/w640-h342/ST-TNG+Turkana+matte+Syd+Dutton+sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I promised you another city in ruins didn't I? This matte is one of Syd's which he painted in 1990 and would appear in episodes of both STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION <i>and</i> DEEP SPACE NINE a few years later. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjidEuOgYuo4I1PhGns4PjUdlDvQVHUDXH30OlSlNQe8wjAYUo-fAWX2zZu48zgwTTvnRkjDK7p4xjTzelpxdR1LewnT780SpmsIGfwfJuYtD_AreBkICMOWNwIhy2eGIh6zN6xGRz0I/s1573/ST-TNG+Turkana+matte+detail+10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1573" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjidEuOgYuo4I1PhGns4PjUdlDvQVHUDXH30OlSlNQe8wjAYUo-fAWX2zZu48zgwTTvnRkjDK7p4xjTzelpxdR1LewnT780SpmsIGfwfJuYtD_AreBkICMOWNwIhy2eGIh6zN6xGRz0I/w640-h236/ST-TNG+Turkana+matte+detail+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAScnr2qwtWZqeplF-VDL9kOYBgcdd7DfhqUSMfMNqLk7S-G6GjC8DN8vupjJgy-5QoBVzmdFtiDvKwgddmoiXZkjR0nMcmkwLOkUY4rpm1eKqAPuG0qH1Hqz4KhgCgGZFYWtdLo5jk0/s1550/ST-TNG+Turkana+matte+detail+13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1550" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAScnr2qwtWZqeplF-VDL9kOYBgcdd7DfhqUSMfMNqLk7S-G6GjC8DN8vupjJgy-5QoBVzmdFtiDvKwgddmoiXZkjR0nMcmkwLOkUY4rpm1eKqAPuG0qH1Hqz4KhgCgGZFYWtdLo5jk0/w640-h238/ST-TNG+Turkana+matte+detail+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqIrg7_ntoffvMYvf1VRY-N21cK8HY3TDDxZaOCDKu0zQwoMbaizoxLY6C8htyicUhJfSlcfcFDsjr0RVn-V-sKCfQWJNedRsVUX4N4Q5t4AzxD7iHXH1yA2UrX_637Rpcmy1ad4_Sto/s1566/ST-TNG+Turkana+matte+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1566" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqIrg7_ntoffvMYvf1VRY-N21cK8HY3TDDxZaOCDKu0zQwoMbaizoxLY6C8htyicUhJfSlcfcFDsjr0RVn-V-sKCfQWJNedRsVUX4N4Q5t4AzxD7iHXH1yA2UrX_637Rpcmy1ad4_Sto/w640-h232/ST-TNG+Turkana+matte+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13wxvz4_XBpdTz5pKzqFo3ECwYDqd_f0rxE0WFxpx-_UNT4ltk_CjCrKxRA2kA6-gf39ZKm6x1oL5PIZWLs0NGjODjx6g8kWz0Zp-tsk4VBxBBSx4rVylIPVBYLDvozCKUeXD02z-L3M/s1578/ST-TNG+Turkana+matte+detail4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1578" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13wxvz4_XBpdTz5pKzqFo3ECwYDqd_f0rxE0WFxpx-_UNT4ltk_CjCrKxRA2kA6-gf39ZKm6x1oL5PIZWLs0NGjODjx6g8kWz0Zp-tsk4VBxBBSx4rVylIPVBYLDvozCKUeXD02z-L3M/w640-h234/ST-TNG+Turkana+matte+detail4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>Well folks, that's about it. I do hope that some of you loyal fans of traditional matte artistry enjoyed this, and moreso, find yourselves in a position to acquire a genuine piece of trick shot history to enjoy and appreciate. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Pete's Closing Remarks:</b></div><div>I'd like to close on a completely <i>non</i>-matte related topic <i>(if there even is such a thing?).</i> I tend to watch mostly British and Scandanavian television series, and a great deal of material from Europe, as there is just such a freshness and originality to so much of the material and realism in the performances. I have just finished all five seasons <i>(that's fifty hours all up)</i> of probably the best series I can recall seeing for decades - <b>THE BUREAU</b> (aka LE BUREAU DES LEGENDES) - an outstanding, multi-layered, densely plotted French spy thriller created by Eric Rochant, and starring Mathieu Kassovitz. It's rare indeed for any film or tv show to be as meticulously concieved and written, with not a wasted word in the subtitled dialogue, nor a false note within any performance. The complex and tangled spider web like events of immersive Deep Cover centre around the DGSE, which is France's version of MI6 or the CIA. This series gets my highest possible recommendation. If you enjoy John LeCarre novels and films, and the excellent US series HOMELAND, then THE BUREAU is a must see. You may well think twice before trusting anyone ever again. Brilliant!</div><div><br /></div><div>Pete</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Y06MG2-TLAAuDBKdUlgipbKzy7Z-rcW0wmVUFn6UYwuY223cLdNa2t_HfBpRQUJd4Ya1-I2qoNiwc37KVHd9uhqWe1gyGlAyLoOwEuGZSEliiIxEk8xMslu4YRzGBXcsKJNygep_x90/s896/The+Butcher%2527s+Wife-matte.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="896" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Y06MG2-TLAAuDBKdUlgipbKzy7Z-rcW0wmVUFn6UYwuY223cLdNa2t_HfBpRQUJd4Ya1-I2qoNiwc37KVHd9uhqWe1gyGlAyLoOwEuGZSEliiIxEk8xMslu4YRzGBXcsKJNygep_x90/w400-h354/The+Butcher%2527s+Wife-matte.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">***This post, and all 170 previous blogs known as <i>'Matte Shot'</i>, were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-56992220018822161352021-05-09T18:45:00.000+12:002021-05-09T18:45:18.179+12:00MATTE PAINTING REVIEW: A Selection Of Overlooked Films - Part Sixteen<p> <b style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">***This post, and all 169 previous blogs known as 'Matte Shot', were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIX1i3o5WLrF7r0OHpvh8Vtus8hMqms7CbKXKLBOjIfrwHn2Q-fpvxTqkgHDq8CnL6YolgmBN9GQr5Nd2b2kTLTDvjik-F8RsKAwAzrcNFGZiYzwHme8uoj-hC0Emzrjcj1fQYB0KhoA/s2408/BLOG+header+%2528sm%2529+May+2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="2408" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIX1i3o5WLrF7r0OHpvh8Vtus8hMqms7CbKXKLBOjIfrwHn2Q-fpvxTqkgHDq8CnL6YolgmBN9GQr5Nd2b2kTLTDvjik-F8RsKAwAzrcNFGZiYzwHme8uoj-hC0Emzrjcj1fQYB0KhoA/w640-h446/BLOG+header+%2528sm%2529+May+2021.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Hello again friends, film freaks and fellow fans of frequently fantastic, finely finessed and more often than not fairly phenomenal, if not fabulously formidable <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(unbelievably, I just plain ran out of "F" words...)</span></i> old school special photographic effects. It's well overdue for another utterly jaw dropping rollercoaster ride into the mysteries, marvels and magnificence of traditional hand painted, photo-chemical matte shots.<div>I am most excited about todays bumper blog post, as I have accumulated some utterly superb material - some of it never <i>(I repeat, NEVER)</i> seen before, that, to dedicated followers of the lost artform will surely be in awe of <i>(money back guarantee ... assuming you've given Pete some money though!)</i></div><div>There are several films being celebrated here today, and are, as per usual, as diverse as one could imagine. The films cover several decades, studios, methods and matte painting exponents, with at least half of these titles probably lost on the average casual viewer or special effects enthusiast. But that's what <b>Matte Shot</b> is all about... to bring attention to as many films and studio FX department systems as possible, especially to those who only know cinematic magic as being pumped out of a PC. So sad!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcgX4hkh1a9FIktQCjgoo_copmVT9uIn958t5Q2O4xS8Pr-1dH_5edal8Gy-HgWq1JfmyxnkNTRD0_EKb4WKhUis0Xi8sYwnbXNpxHKBIJjK-CTMJ63M0ctPrr6L_uyzwG5L5Q9sH7cU/s1405/Greystoke+%2528Al+Whitlock+matte+painting%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1405" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcgX4hkh1a9FIktQCjgoo_copmVT9uIn958t5Q2O4xS8Pr-1dH_5edal8Gy-HgWq1JfmyxnkNTRD0_EKb4WKhUis0Xi8sYwnbXNpxHKBIJjK-CTMJ63M0ctPrr6L_uyzwG5L5Q9sH7cU/w640-h402/Greystoke+%2528Al+Whitlock+matte+painting%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of Albert Whitlock's expansive mattes from GREYSTOKE-THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES (1984) is part of the vast collection that has been made available to the matte connoisseur. More about that later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Ahead, among other things, we have an incredibly rare, never-before-seen revelation that are Albert Whitlock's original <i>COLOUR </i>matte paintings that he rendered for the significant <i>black & white</i> 1965 picture, SHIP OF FOOLS. These mattes have been on my 'bucket list' - to see in their pure form - before I expire and shuffle off this mortal coil, and that particular 'wish' has now been fulfilled, thanks to my friend and fellow matte shot <i>aficionado</i>Tom Higginson, who is busy, as we speak sorting through the vast archive of every single Whitlock matte and visual effect, as well as all of the post-Whitlock era material from the vital Illusion Arts effects house that Albert's protoge Syd Dutton formed in 1985 in partnership with visual effects cinematographer Bill Taylor.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also featured here today are a selection of amazing matte paintings that are, or have been, made available for sale to fans from the Bill Taylor collection, several of which haven't been publicised until now. In addition, I've included a slew of unidentified painted sky mattes that even have the former Illusion Arts staffers baffled.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTtqKV1CNTq0WzUGh5K7t-6ngWw1fb4XVUYRVxG9j6mif8ES2lpL5pKRx2uoZsmOqvUmfcIElcd0z-l43JVPr0LzOh01u17reVsMyZEDn3NiGR8dY7ws7jrFUhy1quze-gDDTtrVAcX2c/s1749/02a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1749" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTtqKV1CNTq0WzUGh5K7t-6ngWw1fb4XVUYRVxG9j6mif8ES2lpL5pKRx2uoZsmOqvUmfcIElcd0z-l43JVPr0LzOh01u17reVsMyZEDn3NiGR8dY7ws7jrFUhy1quze-gDDTtrVAcX2c/w640-h280/02a.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>For those, like me, who love older films, I have a few vintage flicks - a shoot-em-up gangster drama from the sixties, and a pair from the 1940's, one of which - from Warner Bros - THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN is a fave of mine and ranks as one of my all time number one visual effects shows with its massive load of incredible trick work and highly complex multi-component effects shots, which were Oscar nominated in 1944. Also featured are some rarely seen original matte paintings by Matthew Yuricich which will be coming up for auction later in the year.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, sit back in your comfy chair, put your feet up, and enjoy<i> (on anything <u>other</u> than a dinky little bloody cellphone, <u><b>p l e a s e</b></u>)</i> the latest cruise where we collectively sail the seven seas of significant cinematic spectacle.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy</div><div><br /></div><div>Pete</div><div><br /></div><div><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">MATTHEW YURICICH SELECTED MATTE PAINTINGS FOR AUCTION:</span></b></p><p>Among the cohort of great matte artists from the traditional era, Matthew Yuricich was one of the most highly regarded in the field. I've covered Matt's amazing career in various capacities throughout my eleven years of producing this blog, with coverage of many of his achievements in the realm of painted mattes, none more so than my extensive oral history, <b><i>Matthew Yuricich: In His Own Words </i></b>piece which I ran back in 2012, shortly before his passing, and that can be found <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2012/07/matthew-yuricich-in-his-own-words_28.html">here</a>. </p><p>There were but a small handful of exponents in the medium of matte artistry whose work - as invisible as it often was - made such an indelible imprint to the field of special photographic effects, and Matthew was one of them. Recently I've been privileged to have been contacted by one of Matt's sons who informed me of a forthcoming auction (date to be advised) later in the year for a small selection of his fathers matte paintings, from an extensive family collection that overall numbers up to seventy mattes.</p><p>Illustrated below are the five mattes that the Yuricich family have chosen. The films are all very well known, with each being a major visual effects event resulting in one of the following films, LOGAN'S RUN (1976) winning Matt the Oscar for his matte paintings, with three of the other four titles being nominated for Best Special Visual Effects; BLADERUNNER (1982), GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) and STAR TREK-THE MOTION PICTURE (1979). </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQEnJuY-_tuBdBIjgwg_u1KJDMXmvq5xDIDEWbFZHAcL5qiInI2SPYoN0xgSmGalLk-FBPNo0L0Xi5raK11mw9OdF3xHNXwAEJoomPbt2rjbJrtIXSNHQq0eXUzZolYl8Sl5druMCaEo/s1562/Matthew+at+work+on+GB+gargoyle+matte+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="1562" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQEnJuY-_tuBdBIjgwg_u1KJDMXmvq5xDIDEWbFZHAcL5qiInI2SPYoN0xgSmGalLk-FBPNo0L0Xi5raK11mw9OdF3xHNXwAEJoomPbt2rjbJrtIXSNHQq0eXUzZolYl8Sl5druMCaEo/w640-h440/Matthew+at+work+on+GB+gargoyle+matte+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Caught by the camera! Matt applying the finishing touches to one of the many paintings for Ivan Reitman's enormously popular spook comedy GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInqnlIHP54ToVC7IZx-g6MHqKTViLlk6ZGD_67BpyQEEdKifpm9fM8pqhQaRe2AkO2HoDHhrry6O_Fnw9lenMzmKZ9BmWrx0OlGRWTVmMRDyDfWOGxSTErIkNwNGQdDvvrkrsp_EI9yo/s1403/Ghostbusters-gargoyle+matte+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1403" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInqnlIHP54ToVC7IZx-g6MHqKTViLlk6ZGD_67BpyQEEdKifpm9fM8pqhQaRe2AkO2HoDHhrry6O_Fnw9lenMzmKZ9BmWrx0OlGRWTVmMRDyDfWOGxSTErIkNwNGQdDvvrkrsp_EI9yo/w640-h420/Ghostbusters-gargoyle+matte+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The ominous gargoyle on Sigourney Weaver's apartment building that lends a threatening stare to the unwary and unprepared.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhxh5FTWxpAZiAf1w1avmWPEh58N1vWL1kidADkA5QFzRQWtBZAQLUB8k7MrTGNYH4_M7MjoHce_Tqq7-5Bg_2KLuwryFzsioP67gjDLbReozKAZXP-TxWJZY-eneklDJc9yN0AJTiXrQ/s1920/GB-00460.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhxh5FTWxpAZiAf1w1avmWPEh58N1vWL1kidADkA5QFzRQWtBZAQLUB8k7MrTGNYH4_M7MjoHce_Tqq7-5Bg_2KLuwryFzsioP67gjDLbReozKAZXP-TxWJZY-eneklDJc9yN0AJTiXrQ/w640-h268/GB-00460.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final composite of Matthew's painting, with all of the visual effects work carried out at EEG (Entertainment Effects Group) under the supervision of Academy Award winning veteran, Richard Edlund.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEher1rxv5zAINL9k6htYtRpmPDHPhPh05DwfI7Dbly8d1L6Tyg4x2gEyFffz2wy1Zazo9Kckm2-bmmldH7vC8aUiwD4TqH219DJq22dgOdg9ZlWJfTh7JH7Q-XzmyM3sxetvwNmAFR65C8/s1526/Ghostbusters-detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="1526" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEher1rxv5zAINL9k6htYtRpmPDHPhPh05DwfI7Dbly8d1L6Tyg4x2gEyFffz2wy1Zazo9Kckm2-bmmldH7vC8aUiwD4TqH219DJq22dgOdg9ZlWJfTh7JH7Q-XzmyM3sxetvwNmAFR65C8/w640-h278/Ghostbusters-detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail of Matt's brushwork, for a shot that few ever picked as a matte to begin with.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygvceWgJfl8To7T4sX2hAD4JzEYXc6SwNu-oEvQncV9EnnKuzE0HvBJnA5UlFAgZhSjJNCJxr1aXvJ8JJe7AqlWEcttmhS8LcU9NezcWnv2Qoc8N0alaHXWMKNwmhcH0p8yALoyfDzpU/s1182/GB+1984+YURICICHa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1182" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygvceWgJfl8To7T4sX2hAD4JzEYXc6SwNu-oEvQncV9EnnKuzE0HvBJnA5UlFAgZhSjJNCJxr1aXvJ8JJe7AqlWEcttmhS8LcU9NezcWnv2Qoc8N0alaHXWMKNwmhcH0p8yALoyfDzpU/w640-h430/GB+1984+YURICICHa.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8szWplEko_8as2uK8Wz-pfOJBOyYQKUpJN2AUEyjA5oPRMCQCoqxuaAvSAay9iPnRVC9zZ-jEcFREaKrOIfe2En3NqQbVD1bmVEcc4lw6IakNQI7CRPBmiia-P0ZSdBBvb3l44tyL10/s2280/Logan%2527s+Run+-+Washington+DC+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="2280" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8szWplEko_8as2uK8Wz-pfOJBOyYQKUpJN2AUEyjA5oPRMCQCoqxuaAvSAay9iPnRVC9zZ-jEcFREaKrOIfe2En3NqQbVD1bmVEcc4lw6IakNQI7CRPBmiia-P0ZSdBBvb3l44tyL10/w640-h368/Logan%2527s+Run+-+Washington+DC+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matthew won his own Academy Award for his many memorable mattes for the MGM picture LOGAN'S RUN (1976). For a number of shots showing a 23rd Century deserted Washington DC, Yuricich rendered the decay and rot of a once proud Capitol. For this matte, and some others, high quality 4" x 5" format colour photographs were taken under the supervision of effects supervisor Bill Abbott, with these then enlarged, printed and mounted onto large masonite boards, where Matthew would do extensive retouching and painting in creeping vines, sky and centuries of neglect. The final shots were highly effective. *<i>I hope to be able to show close up images in a higher resolution at some opportunity.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WfgHH5o3yKII1AkM3y8i4jhWJ2gLrnbR1EmmcmZh8nSsM8IOnXgGUNMOMXXvw68ja6SdP9Yp__5NAb8Re35HUMDV4_5cLTXqWRJCZNo_BWTqViCYmaX48B_Bb-VMX6ZINu-1t_dY5f4/s1617/Masters+of+the+Universe-+Yuricich+matte+painting+auction.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1617" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WfgHH5o3yKII1AkM3y8i4jhWJ2gLrnbR1EmmcmZh8nSsM8IOnXgGUNMOMXXvw68ja6SdP9Yp__5NAb8Re35HUMDV4_5cLTXqWRJCZNo_BWTqViCYmaX48B_Bb-VMX6ZINu-1t_dY5f4/w640-h320/Masters+of+the+Universe-+Yuricich+matte+painting+auction.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the comic book fantasy tale MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (1987), Matt again rendered several striking matte painted shots, with this ornately designed chamber, painted entirely on glass being the highlight.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAEVi3FJlJ6pRq_f-FT0AYQgVu-hR4NJ_yeSVaBWu3YpG3__b7Hg9Kn3_mMFijz4byCpxsG9Y_huAJh5e94ItRv3J2Au0w5W-xdHwj80aBdj4P94EoqFCaT0vmAWxulXaVCnXcf5-esc/s1280/vlcsnap-00411.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAEVi3FJlJ6pRq_f-FT0AYQgVu-hR4NJ_yeSVaBWu3YpG3__b7Hg9Kn3_mMFijz4byCpxsG9Y_huAJh5e94ItRv3J2Au0w5W-xdHwj80aBdj4P94EoqFCaT0vmAWxulXaVCnXcf5-esc/w640-h360/vlcsnap-00411.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final composite as it appears in the film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHCac7UjBo-6Ej7zXjIL1VPXetTz_1KL2p3SE73R5Ojr6tBUnQKWiAclME8jvCmPkDgReqX-2uqOKHo0qCd1_Q_bSOTzBl-_5YR3aDvQmwguXOJWjidGiPqKHyGFrZF_Hf_zBnWkLiVY/s972/Masters-detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="972" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHCac7UjBo-6Ej7zXjIL1VPXetTz_1KL2p3SE73R5Ojr6tBUnQKWiAclME8jvCmPkDgReqX-2uqOKHo0qCd1_Q_bSOTzBl-_5YR3aDvQmwguXOJWjidGiPqKHyGFrZF_Hf_zBnWkLiVY/w640-h440/Masters-detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Beautifully detailed statue work is reminiscent of Matthew's incredible shots he painted for the classic BEN HUR (1959)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkYE_01lPGs_dGu47bHQ3W-fM95yTcoE6F5V708qrz8tTr5FxpCJK8poApQ1F2J5HbQszm5ySGG9DJyzp4YdlazZedAYIZX3xOilV5AZ99a5dIcJfc_V8yiSgBvpLbnox7aPTvvu_xC0/s1191/Masters-detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1191" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkYE_01lPGs_dGu47bHQ3W-fM95yTcoE6F5V708qrz8tTr5FxpCJK8poApQ1F2J5HbQszm5ySGG9DJyzp4YdlazZedAYIZX3xOilV5AZ99a5dIcJfc_V8yiSgBvpLbnox7aPTvvu_xC0/w640-h322/Masters-detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More detail of the pit beneath the chamber.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOktLSdswOUcbYtB-J10x3dYQjz1F_IrmnEYF8KHmsnV07RilGjFPC6FlyhL83Sry31cbJLnddes0iB2TvhnakVFup7Vo-ULoxST3tcFDq7REvfd1nhugh5JzOaM1ST35Gr6fGmjrfkI/s1547/Bladerunner+Yuricich+matte+art+auction.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1547" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOktLSdswOUcbYtB-J10x3dYQjz1F_IrmnEYF8KHmsnV07RilGjFPC6FlyhL83Sry31cbJLnddes0iB2TvhnakVFup7Vo-ULoxST3tcFDq7REvfd1nhugh5JzOaM1ST35Gr6fGmjrfkI/w640-h278/Bladerunner+Yuricich+matte+art+auction.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the landmark films of the photo-chemical era of special photographic effects was Ridley Scott's sci-fi noir, BLADERUNNER (1982) - a film that was utterly robbed at the Oscars, but don't get me started on Oscar injustices!! Matt's painting for the cliffhanger climax remains one of the most recognised scenes from the eighties. The matte was painted in deliberate hues as seen here, dictated by the unique qualities of the duplicating stock used by the Douglas Trumbull organisation to photograph and composite the effects, though once combined for the release prints, correct colour and contrast was achieved.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KFkFtZ5rS8Sv2REN5OAkF56XsuEI1gtj9uN0iJqFcuz-sv5Z6ZfS0atBlRkJcqJr92v7nYfppScf_5M1osz0HrUeyQBf3LL3YW_1VN7GlqZF8KtGeS_POatKqa8bmfOm9Ql9a2rlSy8/s3148/Bladerunner-edge+matte+stages.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="3148" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KFkFtZ5rS8Sv2REN5OAkF56XsuEI1gtj9uN0iJqFcuz-sv5Z6ZfS0atBlRkJcqJr92v7nYfppScf_5M1osz0HrUeyQBf3LL3YW_1VN7GlqZF8KtGeS_POatKqa8bmfOm9Ql9a2rlSy8/w640-h114/Bladerunner-edge+matte+stages.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Actor Harrison Ford on minimal set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQhoevNpQPyv9wZ1_SNZOQaUNER4T1OPr9f-lTpKUynlquOAbmJG8zyQWrK7ydGcWU-12JhyphenhyphenJSp9udnrTQVG-_7SRg3_EhmabNjsLC6Tm9nhcunsS5h2n3vpU_L2F4Wsd-IVIuei1hw4/s805/Bladerunner-test+matte+comp1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="805" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQhoevNpQPyv9wZ1_SNZOQaUNER4T1OPr9f-lTpKUynlquOAbmJG8zyQWrK7ydGcWU-12JhyphenhyphenJSp9udnrTQVG-_7SRg3_EhmabNjsLC6Tm9nhcunsS5h2n3vpU_L2F4Wsd-IVIuei1hw4/w640-h318/Bladerunner-test+matte+comp1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Test for final composite.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFID32jF9ytFnsdGj2uRP2b4ivrBV3W_NAtHPfY03j33zu_NT7UTUg6FaOOf2DhxWBH6gcKdsMHusZZXIKDrvVlOVLJCbxjKyHoimPALJiQZmL9Z4CC8jqQ9zcLlM1x_NuzYTsbFkbUA/s1920/BRvlcsnap-06332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFID32jF9ytFnsdGj2uRP2b4ivrBV3W_NAtHPfY03j33zu_NT7UTUg6FaOOf2DhxWBH6gcKdsMHusZZXIKDrvVlOVLJCbxjKyHoimPALJiQZmL9Z4CC8jqQ9zcLlM1x_NuzYTsbFkbUA/w640-h278/BRvlcsnap-06332.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1gjhic_XOpblNQszAzF-0ZVjs27rLPBqE5pbVnhu0lwMSURjOIlSSm8uWLwyVoekPYdU0JSiAEcMLkBDTlygNtNyHoylXho92eOM7c-HtQO-djLBAZnALLtrjue6qB-IQADwT8b4oIg/s1593/Star+Trek-Yuricich+Golden+gate+matte+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1593" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1gjhic_XOpblNQszAzF-0ZVjs27rLPBqE5pbVnhu0lwMSURjOIlSSm8uWLwyVoekPYdU0JSiAEcMLkBDTlygNtNyHoylXho92eOM7c-HtQO-djLBAZnALLtrjue6qB-IQADwT8b4oIg/w640-h276/Star+Trek-Yuricich+Golden+gate+matte+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another mammoth picture that was wall to wall photographic effects was Robert Wise's STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE (1979). This matte painting of a futuristic San Francisco was one of the best effects shots in the film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gs9hA0hJ5TLORNtFSa9JYS5ZH0QpyaN1QvIFQME5CClfgIw2Uf8otlToujn6qr9n3_iwWg5JE4Aqb2-iURRirAFV49iDzr1VwHVCrkpQfQsuzrg7vCw7LpUnsjPQ2Bspi4BnSikrCz4/s1920/Star+Trek-06305.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gs9hA0hJ5TLORNtFSa9JYS5ZH0QpyaN1QvIFQME5CClfgIw2Uf8otlToujn6qr9n3_iwWg5JE4Aqb2-iURRirAFV49iDzr1VwHVCrkpQfQsuzrg7vCw7LpUnsjPQ2Bspi4BnSikrCz4/w640-h272/Star+Trek-06305.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final on screen composite.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqg26OQ8XM3wOVF5JdWxVDa26RmSbEBp6h5NNaZagbVQ55fQ612fIg9gh1tfwjdD4ZtsXJPgXTcQzpczUxa1wvRMYv9LHsIH0sD4DZLfKCF9lJRSEYKLNHyrNxPXzsRHyh6z3yejWtQA/s1483/Star+Trek-detail3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1483" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqg26OQ8XM3wOVF5JdWxVDa26RmSbEBp6h5NNaZagbVQ55fQ612fIg9gh1tfwjdD4ZtsXJPgXTcQzpczUxa1wvRMYv9LHsIH0sD4DZLfKCF9lJRSEYKLNHyrNxPXzsRHyh6z3yejWtQA/w640-h292/Star+Trek-detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of Matt's detail work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFURJleGTBOmF9U7Qpq1k_VUptHNCciiUDX0I3NFAuMyBn830GQxiVtcPtLLdLBvOmw_KxHgFc7GS-WtD0ANrhBhyphenhyphenPekV-sEr-Kum4cceBUFBAEKx4iWzmRFAByL1kf4EbSPTeaMUpvxU/s1029/Star+Trek-detail1crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="1029" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFURJleGTBOmF9U7Qpq1k_VUptHNCciiUDX0I3NFAuMyBn830GQxiVtcPtLLdLBvOmw_KxHgFc7GS-WtD0ANrhBhyphenhyphenPekV-sEr-Kum4cceBUFBAEKx4iWzmRFAByL1kf4EbSPTeaMUpvxU/w640-h394/Star+Trek-detail1crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I hope to have a better resolution set of images at some stage, whereby I'd be delighted to revisit these paintings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yaw8RAI0bBMudDbD5tFoxc99F2M5KRlDDRTMoTzn0XoM_2Der8kM2uAUZ18t6sZPvt2H1rY5eL_OyaMoQen6qS3LGo9Y6yLGpqqm-7Z6jY6-V0sSlwYdLrmyA649kLHQn0z5509Xz3Q/s1164/Yuricich+pics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1164" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yaw8RAI0bBMudDbD5tFoxc99F2M5KRlDDRTMoTzn0XoM_2Der8kM2uAUZ18t6sZPvt2H1rY5eL_OyaMoQen6qS3LGo9Y6yLGpqqm-7Z6jY6-V0sSlwYdLrmyA649kLHQn0z5509Xz3Q/w640-h344/Yuricich+pics.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">THE UNIVERSAL & ILLUSION ARTS MATTE ARCHIVE, continued: </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiye84J2hsu-VbUT0TJGy011xmmLuPBGG6IgeJndcD-WMdmmrxk63d8EhLD9E4bxpRv8j01dqyHuDgCq5ISCaOb7qUh50z1hW-HhBBlGpx9xnk2-s1Izl_PUehQ-6CSVEfheopwyrN_r5c/s1169/The+Shadow-94+NY+street+Syd+Dutton+crop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1169" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiye84J2hsu-VbUT0TJGy011xmmLuPBGG6IgeJndcD-WMdmmrxk63d8EhLD9E4bxpRv8j01dqyHuDgCq5ISCaOb7qUh50z1hW-HhBBlGpx9xnk2-s1Izl_PUehQ-6CSVEfheopwyrN_r5c/w640-h378/The+Shadow-94+NY+street+Syd+Dutton+crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Syd Dutton's expansive matte painted Times Square as used in the Alec Baldwin action film, THE SHADOW (1994). Baldwin even gets his own little in-joke courtesy of Syd if you look closely.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>In previous blog entries I have highlighted a number of original matte paintings that formed part of the extensive collection from the old Universal Studios matte department and it's highly successful and in demand mid-eighties re-boot as Illusion Arts. As mentioned earlier, both Bill Taylor, ASC and Syd Dutton were the backbone of Albert Whitlock's Universal operation from the mid seventies, both beginning at the studio for THE HINDENBURG, with Bill serving as Al's director of all vfx and optical composite photography, while Syd started off as apprentice matte painter under Albert, though his obvious talents quickly established him as a fine matte artist in his own right, with hundreds of features, television shows and commercials under both his and Taylor's belt all the way through the photo-chemical traditional glass painting era, right on into the digital realm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIS_gIl1rVCsA30I7dc5HmBlD98JjgFylTAkjL54xuWYuVNu2OJCvIpABDoJu_sHHkD6tDcRLbVhF1UYVXJBOMqVBQpn9IfvCewH0fvpL6j0NFhWP7eaKZPqDRlK8XJatb5DtvUT7fDQ/s2373/I.I+pics+1994.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="2373" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIS_gIl1rVCsA30I7dc5HmBlD98JjgFylTAkjL54xuWYuVNu2OJCvIpABDoJu_sHHkD6tDcRLbVhF1UYVXJBOMqVBQpn9IfvCewH0fvpL6j0NFhWP7eaKZPqDRlK8XJatb5DtvUT7fDQ/w640-h346/I.I+pics+1994.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An inside glimpse at the work and talent involved at Illusion Arts. Top left is a very young Robert Stromberg, shown here applying the final touches to his epic AGE OF INNOCENCE museum matte. Stromberg was a key part of the Dutton-Taylor organisation and would later go on to bigger things as a feature film director. Top right is Bill Taylor, pictured here attaching the 35mm mag to an Illusion Arts motion control rig. Bottom left is long time grip and miniatures man, Lynn Ledgerwood. Lynn is seen here operating a precisely timed hand crank camera easel which was an essential tool in the Whitlock and Taylor arsenal for decades as a means to introduce subtle layered movement to clouds in otherwise static matte paintings. The matte was rendered for THE ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES but never appeared in the finished film. Middle bottom shows detail from a Syd Dutton matte for AGE OF INNOCENCE. Far right is the master himself, Albert Whitlock, posing in front of one of Syd's best mattes, from Mel Brooks' SPACEBALLS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div></div><div>Bill Taylor has carefully stored (temperature controlled) and maintained the hundreds of original mattes, as well as some <b>10 plus</b> hours of 35mm before and after reels from not only the Illusion Arts era but also Whitlock's extensive Universal career that stretched back to around 1962. These are all being meticulously transferred to a digital medium, with a great many requiring expensive restoration or colour correction due to the passing of time and the limited lifespan of original dyes used by processing laboratories.</div><div>Also, most exciting for old film buffs like me, Bill has dragged out some old vintage before and after reels that pre-date even Whitlock, and are remnants of the very long Russell Lawson era at Universal. I am so thrilled at this find and simply cannot wait to see or hear what they contain. As anyone who reads this blog will well know, Russ was matte painter on hundreds of classics (and 'B' films) such as THIS ISLAND EARTH, ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES, TARAS BULBA and countless Abbott & Costello flicks, Jon Hall & Maria Montez 'Arabian' melodramas and all those highly memorable Universal Karloff-Lugosi horrors and groovy sci-fi drive in shows like THE MONOLITH MONSTERS. Most notably, Russ contributed a veritable truckload of mattes (with John DeCuir) to one of Alfred Hitchcock's best films, the fabulous SABOTEUR - which was a huge effects show. I sure hope to see some glimpses of any of these!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6jeFCGOS49t39OloTS91uWRq0E63h6ck1s8Zy7Yb2OAt26SPXBpghzIsChbRbKsBrjmMXV0BDWv8vK0F-jjMIR-y46gfi1jEIaCm2ompF3eLmvzzZ-UIR8TnaJ5TkfYyaRFjkVKSaEI/s3004/Topaz+%2528lost+matte+shot%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="3004" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6jeFCGOS49t39OloTS91uWRq0E63h6ck1s8Zy7Yb2OAt26SPXBpghzIsChbRbKsBrjmMXV0BDWv8vK0F-jjMIR-y46gfi1jEIaCm2ompF3eLmvzzZ-UIR8TnaJ5TkfYyaRFjkVKSaEI/w640-h166/Topaz+%2528lost+matte+shot%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the discoveries found when digitising all of Whitlock's personally photographed slides was this until now 'secret' matte from the Alfred Hitchcock picture TOPAZ (1969). The scene was shot on the Universal lot, with Albert matting in an invisible 'new' location - being the Soviet embassy, entirely fabricated by Al. I just watched the film again recently and never spotted it!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Over the past few months a large number of mattes have appeared on ebay, and in the coming months more will be added. An auction for around a hundred or so high profile mattes is planned in the near future, while the final disposition of other vinatge Universal mattes has yet to be worked out, but I understand some will go to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWQp26KGiTinnuwI9ISsW6V5jvQs05i9DaIlOSFvnOTZx5-WoFRxUUmCsP-tRtQTuvPuwzP0zjfT1PIJa3UNVlPvbdNJBKCL4QGrvC96VrS_AbecDu8adb3wH8Trni76UveQc4H-hw8I/s1527/Ghost+Story+matte+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1527" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWQp26KGiTinnuwI9ISsW6V5jvQs05i9DaIlOSFvnOTZx5-WoFRxUUmCsP-tRtQTuvPuwzP0zjfT1PIJa3UNVlPvbdNJBKCL4QGrvC96VrS_AbecDu8adb3wH8Trni76UveQc4H-hw8I/w640-h348/Ghost+Story+matte+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Exquisite detail from one of the mattes painted for GHOST STORY (1981), rendered either by Whitlock or Dutton. The pair painted around two dozen mattes for the show but due to indecision and lack of forsight on the part of the director, just a few were ever used, with this one being one such casualty</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCjg2ELYeRdftVvJiXP8G_4-S-jANXbE-ik4JbZCUxVdg1cVPyUg3Hcg8_ty7INl9lRfyz6Tw9NDmciKrH4SzoNIx8n8vVVXoJ9NAFaxolvJpmGuU924QrYpr1v4J9NZ8wxO-q6ay4Oc/s1649/History+of+the+World-Syd+Dutton+matte+castle.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1649" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCjg2ELYeRdftVvJiXP8G_4-S-jANXbE-ik4JbZCUxVdg1cVPyUg3Hcg8_ty7INl9lRfyz6Tw9NDmciKrH4SzoNIx8n8vVVXoJ9NAFaxolvJpmGuU924QrYpr1v4J9NZ8wxO-q6ay4Oc/w640-h426/History+of+the+World-Syd+Dutton+matte+castle.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mel Brooks' HISTORY OF THE WORLD-PART ONE (1981) - <i>(there never was a 'Part 2' BTW...)</i> featured many superb mattes overseen by Albert Whitlock. I'd always assumed this majestic piece to be one but in fact it's a Syd Dutton masterpiece. The matte measures 64" x 42" and is on glass. Absolutely stunning!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwFXLeBcFaQN7ceq5E0hWfqAPhalU_ut74hsTb8LkLZ9c1mgh4ZykHQftBcVB1Rn3WGg_8bCkxvpZzqKjI_qx6RG7rJKxQqGcwKmGqqhtp56za9CtaWu-xChwEW_o6YL2sl5gfD2lLPg/s1176/history-detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1176" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwFXLeBcFaQN7ceq5E0hWfqAPhalU_ut74hsTb8LkLZ9c1mgh4ZykHQftBcVB1Rn3WGg_8bCkxvpZzqKjI_qx6RG7rJKxQqGcwKmGqqhtp56za9CtaWu-xChwEW_o6YL2sl5gfD2lLPg/w640-h422/history-detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail from Syd's grand matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvOvwOydpBd3Jjnnv_ugmeXczvFiiwpOjcL_l5N08ilC6ufCza1SrBBcZYtzlmcqgSxI7tUVtMUHGQK2mILEWmtgm5a2UYj2-1c8jsiV7OyGitpA4c-YF4ek3FQepVCw5gKyEuthZ36o/s1299/history-detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1299" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvOvwOydpBd3Jjnnv_ugmeXczvFiiwpOjcL_l5N08ilC6ufCza1SrBBcZYtzlmcqgSxI7tUVtMUHGQK2mILEWmtgm5a2UYj2-1c8jsiV7OyGitpA4c-YF4ek3FQepVCw5gKyEuthZ36o/w640-h452/history-detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More detail. I heard that Albert - being British - wasn't one to dish out glowing platitudes willy-nilly, and the best one could expect when seeking approval from the master was a gentle elbow nudge from Al while sitting watching the rushes. The 'nudge' said it all.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmA1yooQQ7Sz2Lr8yC1Qho1MhvKuIu7mPJsFiLRhhkgPTnVdMzMN19LUDsxXrlT-Aj5Yn52JL8p2SaQwChgOW1o3-Kg-Uhmpr7ueQ8-WlypPN1ao26n1v_xl76Mzbcj9Fx6ZaLuhfcavU/s1378/GM+Flying+Corvette+advert-matte+by+Syd+Dutton1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1378" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmA1yooQQ7Sz2Lr8yC1Qho1MhvKuIu7mPJsFiLRhhkgPTnVdMzMN19LUDsxXrlT-Aj5Yn52JL8p2SaQwChgOW1o3-Kg-Uhmpr7ueQ8-WlypPN1ao26n1v_xl76Mzbcj9Fx6ZaLuhfcavU/w640-h422/GM+Flying+Corvette+advert-matte+by+Syd+Dutton1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This jaw dropper of a cityscape was painted by Syd for a well known General Motors 'Flying Car' commercial.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJOsGbj9zoBvTMiXsMQlnchezkkryGJImsuww59X5aAlbeJ0DUa9qs_Y-6406PVMxvkI77IPWX2RfXTuO5OW5zuUy-33VWbu05bpiDFlwEo6ywmOqWskSj7FFoWwy-FJBF0gNUP5RuWc/s860/GM+Flying+Corvette+advert-matte+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="860" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJOsGbj9zoBvTMiXsMQlnchezkkryGJImsuww59X5aAlbeJ0DUa9qs_Y-6406PVMxvkI77IPWX2RfXTuO5OW5zuUy-33VWbu05bpiDFlwEo6ywmOqWskSj7FFoWwy-FJBF0gNUP5RuWc/w640-h424/GM+Flying+Corvette+advert-matte+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqmD5NuJOVsQbEUd8zFvK4LmOGnmr41huQITmfrKJyZmlWkw6edj2TKrWMl328_fG2edxNI5T2HyPWkahb_FeXL7m1o2vBoEe8qWRjtUsg9i7InzBKc0uhXOinE6ZhRNNrF61BNBmk3M/s841/Illusion+Arts+1987+Goodyear+Tyre+commercial.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="841" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqmD5NuJOVsQbEUd8zFvK4LmOGnmr41huQITmfrKJyZmlWkw6edj2TKrWMl328_fG2edxNI5T2HyPWkahb_FeXL7m1o2vBoEe8qWRjtUsg9i7InzBKc0uhXOinE6ZhRNNrF61BNBmk3M/w640-h420/Illusion+Arts+1987+Goodyear+Tyre+commercial.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This curious photograph was concisely clarified by Syd: <i>"That odd painting was for a tire commercial, Goodyear I believe. There was a rear projection on the right of a truck forced to the side of a mountain road, the camera pulls back to reveal that help is just through the tunnel where there is an oddly located Good Year Tire Station. I didn’t write them, I just painted them."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOgAJstovPYeWAqInguE1_Kps_glix2Mp-MS5WB-7lZ5SR6xpiWVtjC9-dWNWPdEJlShVWLgoe8RMndirX5azP2P3sg1mMIFKeWoh35-mGUbJ4xyQtqKpM5Vg4WOc0P5U3dHmJq7XKXI/s2106/Illusion+Arts+storage.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="2106" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOgAJstovPYeWAqInguE1_Kps_glix2Mp-MS5WB-7lZ5SR6xpiWVtjC9-dWNWPdEJlShVWLgoe8RMndirX5azP2P3sg1mMIFKeWoh35-mGUbJ4xyQtqKpM5Vg4WOc0P5U3dHmJq7XKXI/w640-h340/Illusion+Arts+storage.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of the myriad paintings in storage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN66EWsNMrhInR5_5SCkI5iacpbu3LPYjuHZaeD_ZUJTEAgXmsGpNgLxQVWpMJpWUlONGrWMeLsXiouHu-0-ex52AvI-4ODKjALX1mBgkVTJKBX1YWqNrmaYZ6pbdytmY6__L3uQ75fcU/s1664/Alice+In+Wonderland+%2528tvm%2529+Syd+Dutton.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1664" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN66EWsNMrhInR5_5SCkI5iacpbu3LPYjuHZaeD_ZUJTEAgXmsGpNgLxQVWpMJpWUlONGrWMeLsXiouHu-0-ex52AvI-4ODKjALX1mBgkVTJKBX1YWqNrmaYZ6pbdytmY6__L3uQ75fcU/w640-h362/Alice+In+Wonderland+%2528tvm%2529+Syd+Dutton.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For a 1985 made for television version of ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Syd painted this fairytale setting. I well recall seeing this on the matte showreels along with scores of other great shots back in 1986, when I met Syd purely by (good) chance.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpsZABGMaNkkAqEjzHrpBhSaBjDzCnEBHwfvzKkQwgepVDxxNT6oZzBKEv4VPCBI7zJ2nhhAEyXsAaqzxP_ey1bsUAEjhCjiFJGg_ZlX5czc7IhRCtDbb_kseeObnsvQu6Ndjp0NxtuE/s2622/Alice+In+Wonderland+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="2622" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpsZABGMaNkkAqEjzHrpBhSaBjDzCnEBHwfvzKkQwgepVDxxNT6oZzBKEv4VPCBI7zJ2nhhAEyXsAaqzxP_ey1bsUAEjhCjiFJGg_ZlX5czc7IhRCtDbb_kseeObnsvQu6Ndjp0NxtuE/w640-h210/Alice+In+Wonderland+%2528Syd+Dutton%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before & after</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWn7h7zrRwpn0K7cKvbpSXc3HmNB8wbKIPxlLFBZgQM-6BUXo3U7YYXPGTY0rEnzYwgbRNnQXlgN05suq71BUpF_IxoP2jyzlUrxSZ1DGN4tGYEb5iJQ5hq0TYSKtF9IUx-gUlv6D2Ows/s1494/For+Love+Or+Money-63+AW.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="1494" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWn7h7zrRwpn0K7cKvbpSXc3HmNB8wbKIPxlLFBZgQM-6BUXo3U7YYXPGTY0rEnzYwgbRNnQXlgN05suq71BUpF_IxoP2jyzlUrxSZ1DGN4tGYEb5iJQ5hq0TYSKtF9IUx-gUlv6D2Ows/w640-h516/For+Love+Or+Money-63+AW.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">With all of the various - though far from complete - mattes by Al Whitlock in the Bill Taylor collection, I was most surprised to see this wonderful full frame glass painted shot from a long forgotten Kirk Douglas film, FOR LOVE OR MONEY (1963). The draftsmanship is superb, as is the fine signwriting and lettering, which comes as little surprise as Whitlock started off as a signwriter at Gaumont Studios in England and graduated into title card lettering before drifting into scenic backings, miniatures, Schufftan shots and finally mattes! The size of this lovely piece is surprisingly small, compared with latter day mattes, measuring just 45" x 34" - which was clearly adequate for the time, what with film grain and such.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDm9Pdle0uRdUwSjLajiInDMq42nApkBLYqlg4TQ0q14M1EiuOHmNLVWevjm_7enxXWEaqsN37jEoW7vpuELhblvwFv0PypzfqgG4uKyV8PcXdLR7VWP5Lh_PSiRnv-UMlNgfoGuLd4wQ/s1191/For+Love+Or+Money-63+%2528detail%2529+AW.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1191" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDm9Pdle0uRdUwSjLajiInDMq42nApkBLYqlg4TQ0q14M1EiuOHmNLVWevjm_7enxXWEaqsN37jEoW7vpuELhblvwFv0PypzfqgG4uKyV8PcXdLR7VWP5Lh_PSiRnv-UMlNgfoGuLd4wQ/w640-h396/For+Love+Or+Money-63+%2528detail%2529+AW.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer detail reveals confident and skilled lettering. The Kirk Douglas character points to this billboard (of himself as a kid) from his window and remarks that <i>"he's gained a bit more hair and teeth since then"</i>, to his paramour.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvjDXwshv3usvmbE1Bvik7ur5qNJLf7FJH0zPP4ns-CkJ0nIANLzHda_XE1lQrBgqAwfhPSezOD5kXwhaFibmVDJxgqJAY8BPVsD42yTxL3RRpAeCogJ5c6PlCLfWDNDDiPRHbfHbMH4c/s1492/s-l1600+walk.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="1492" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvjDXwshv3usvmbE1Bvik7ur5qNJLf7FJH0zPP4ns-CkJ0nIANLzHda_XE1lQrBgqAwfhPSezOD5kXwhaFibmVDJxgqJAY8BPVsD42yTxL3RRpAeCogJ5c6PlCLfWDNDDiPRHbfHbMH4c/w640-h360/s-l1600+walk.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of many mattes Illusion Arts rendered for the Keannu Reeves vineyard love triangle that was A WALK IN THE CLOUDS. Love that Whitlock inspired 'donut night sky' that was a feature in so many of Al's shots and subsequently Syd and Robert's mattes as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggj24NkFt8cKCq9qFCDHExJulOKJMDCQ-IooyFhBpQLLxq-AMQw5KcBQQqlm-_OcU0MI2xxmIqwXdfdoLz5yK04sSB7q3q9mRO2NPiAS4-3CQInhtbXF3UfXRF_6DfQkfWhNelQh5T5nQ/s1920/Walk+Clouds+vlcsnap-00415.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggj24NkFt8cKCq9qFCDHExJulOKJMDCQ-IooyFhBpQLLxq-AMQw5KcBQQqlm-_OcU0MI2xxmIqwXdfdoLz5yK04sSB7q3q9mRO2NPiAS4-3CQInhtbXF3UfXRF_6DfQkfWhNelQh5T5nQ/w640-h346/Walk+Clouds+vlcsnap-00415.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final original negative composite, complete with soft split drifting cloud layers and bright full moon.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6txmjw2PxIZfNfM2KpoDTOayni_VvXP2Cz8AT8BE4n5VwHI30we412c2_VHe2VS6_ZsRUtNzmBKia6cbxZvgT_d9a09m16LihMYP7CfuYooyOgu2jLiO9ooULwnrXaljuyQyQPQKGw4/s1457/Deliver+Us+From+Evil-73+Whitlock+matte+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1457" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6txmjw2PxIZfNfM2KpoDTOayni_VvXP2Cz8AT8BE4n5VwHI30we412c2_VHe2VS6_ZsRUtNzmBKia6cbxZvgT_d9a09m16LihMYP7CfuYooyOgu2jLiO9ooULwnrXaljuyQyQPQKGw4/w640-h396/Deliver+Us+From+Evil-73+Whitlock+matte+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of Whitlock's mattes that he made for numerous tv series and movies of the week. This one is from DELIVER US FROM EVIL (1973), though it was later altered, probably for a different film or as a 'stock' matte painting. At some point Albert repainted over what was originally the 'blacked out' area of ledge and part of the background and filled it in. Likewise with the extreme left and extreme right of the frame which was originally left black as the matte was made for tv's 1.33:1 Academy projection. Close inspection shows where Al has painted additional dimension to the vista.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vyJpbt7vJZ53HGXS5bpgjP6U0tC-8V0nGvaEoL_h090fXyQATJZJgSupUZLeGlC6GHCMLUSt5M1GmQWsyWRvG80X3IrkKdR3ro20dbDlSkgz5Wy7qtkP8bCSZhvhum172OWkiqJq5UY/s1009/Deliver+Us+From+Evil-detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1009" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vyJpbt7vJZ53HGXS5bpgjP6U0tC-8V0nGvaEoL_h090fXyQATJZJgSupUZLeGlC6GHCMLUSt5M1GmQWsyWRvG80X3IrkKdR3ro20dbDlSkgz5Wy7qtkP8bCSZhvhum172OWkiqJq5UY/w640-h424/Deliver+Us+From+Evil-detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail captures Al's inate sense of daylight and texture.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73mOaCBfiNF5VyYcXaA4kN6KnVeDT3emRO8EOAupFo4RPeZUSxydhKlaYMXmjwAoFWEbo7oXralwdSv_uua6Ha4cfzBEsc0QvcKRXvLlITJlzGoUX3BrOfvBGi7bks8lmQUYwoUvb2-g/s1205/otherworld+1400.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="1205" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73mOaCBfiNF5VyYcXaA4kN6KnVeDT3emRO8EOAupFo4RPeZUSxydhKlaYMXmjwAoFWEbo7oXralwdSv_uua6Ha4cfzBEsc0QvcKRXvLlITJlzGoUX3BrOfvBGi7bks8lmQUYwoUvb2-g/w640-h350/otherworld+1400.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Illusion Arts furnished a lot of mattes for the shortlived 1985 sci-fi series, OTHERWORLD. I sure hope this futuristic Syd Dutton vista finds a good home!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvw3gpZBvxdN2F6ksBcKrS3K59sVE6FtJGAP9HQeYIbonD_3Jnm5d0b6xYkSC1fu3_3TB6gNWLaLmhMIilKNvYGN-YKq4zRQgY4M-buaW70eVabMSROEgSetnLVunqbJTmjj7WQlPEF68/s1186/img064+crop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1186" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvw3gpZBvxdN2F6ksBcKrS3K59sVE6FtJGAP9HQeYIbonD_3Jnm5d0b6xYkSC1fu3_3TB6gNWLaLmhMIilKNvYGN-YKq4zRQgY4M-buaW70eVabMSROEgSetnLVunqbJTmjj7WQlPEF68/w640-h384/img064+crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Around 1977 Albert made a pair of special painted mattes for what was designated the white cel rotoscope test to enable foreground character action to be introduced across the painted area without the need for blue screen travelling mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlpVcZksYM-vxyMq51Hsmu4ZP0Wn4Uu2a89Ug-asJnx_FMONlaj9Zvjx2NDDm1K85pU-fLxF-IwDs8HTAQNoNOOvqK9Z_KeFXTh1U2v9i0Xe5Y7psXznrcTc4Tg14amJjYzjrLvY5-u8/s2744/1977+white+cel+roto+matte+test+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="2744" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlpVcZksYM-vxyMq51Hsmu4ZP0Wn4Uu2a89Ug-asJnx_FMONlaj9Zvjx2NDDm1K85pU-fLxF-IwDs8HTAQNoNOOvqK9Z_KeFXTh1U2v9i0Xe5Y7psXznrcTc4Tg14amJjYzjrLvY5-u8/w640-h434/1977+white+cel+roto+matte+test+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">These selected frames demonstrate the combined input of Whitlock's painted street scene, Bill Taylor's matte photography and (presumably) Millie Winebrenner's careful hand drawn roto work onto many dozens of large acetate cels. The 'actor' is longtime Whitlock matte assistant Mike Moramarco, and the upper frame shows Mike on a stock Universal backlot street before the painting is matted in. Subsequent frames show Mike vanish in part under the painting, though the latter frame examples here show how successfully Mike has been hand roto'd frame by frame across the shot. I've watched the scene in HD - and another test - on a 55" tv and it worked a treat. One of the big advantages I'd say here is that the actor is photographed in natural daylight, as opposed to artificial sound stage light - which was so often a dead give away in the old days.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIjllai5PHZUH4FxDR4wUn3t5GC81JUp8LiQk7oRFlx9Df55q82mlX51kpnTaQyWJg-_evsjM4CeMNyc40rS5UxJyXWu79SkGtSkO-PsbXO2xV6_eSzTto7RTY3Q1TyCxGQ80Bh5HN7U/s1920/vlcsnap-2021-03-04-15h32m18s760.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1920" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIjllai5PHZUH4FxDR4wUn3t5GC81JUp8LiQk7oRFlx9Df55q82mlX51kpnTaQyWJg-_evsjM4CeMNyc40rS5UxJyXWu79SkGtSkO-PsbXO2xV6_eSzTto7RTY3Q1TyCxGQ80Bh5HN7U/w640-h274/vlcsnap-2021-03-04-15h32m18s760.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A trick within a trick that nobody would ever suspect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PoruA72B6PkAjGgw2j1LedXXmKt0J2qI6VLGJrFBQnwLYBfr_YD3o0sw0-i0PVLfOoRBtsqIGEg6BqlQRuoMLQ3lLUxrPfCofr8L-IYcSKNZQdMMPnQDvdEcVarU5gDcJpJDH5UQFwE/s1416/Beauty+and+the+Beast+%25281989%2529+Syd+Dutton+matte+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1416" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PoruA72B6PkAjGgw2j1LedXXmKt0J2qI6VLGJrFBQnwLYBfr_YD3o0sw0-i0PVLfOoRBtsqIGEg6BqlQRuoMLQ3lLUxrPfCofr8L-IYcSKNZQdMMPnQDvdEcVarU5gDcJpJDH5UQFwE/w640-h414/Beauty+and+the+Beast+%25281989%2529+Syd+Dutton+matte+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The popular late 80's early 90's tv series BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was a feast for beautiful matte shots - though sadly the awful video quality of the actual tv transmission made for some of the muddiest viewing of the day, not helped by the fact that much of it took place in dark caves and caverns - a recipe for disaster in those pre HD days. I believe the show was shot on 35mm, but transferred to a video tape medium for post production and editing, as many were at that time. Anyway, this is a magnificent matte by Syd Dutton, and one I find particularly enchanting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWelzDy30FBlKQgDHsCReLvcwU1KlMwyUKY7Ya7OLGissS6wE_ZSEreoqxaO5pO-0Yavimsr0nhCUePQZCaNgvKb4FdnlMOPmD9cMrI5srRsrb8dunYMLGowdITlUV4Gr2HHaQ6gVPeI/s1196/McMillan+and+Wife-73+Death+of+a+Monster+castle+matte+Whitlock.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="1196" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWelzDy30FBlKQgDHsCReLvcwU1KlMwyUKY7Ya7OLGissS6wE_ZSEreoqxaO5pO-0Yavimsr0nhCUePQZCaNgvKb4FdnlMOPmD9cMrI5srRsrb8dunYMLGowdITlUV4Gr2HHaQ6gVPeI/w640-h480/McMillan+and+Wife-73+Death+of+a+Monster+castle+matte+Whitlock.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oh boy, I've always admired this one too! One of the many mattes Albert contributed to a single episode of the hit Rock Hudson tv show McMILLAN & WIFE from the mid 1970's. This episode was titled Birth of a Monster.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMsX8MsDwCgBKm8N79mryjNAtgkEkmMkx_1xkjOF1P7cQdsOZjkgaS2dsyTkDivF-qME8eINnl0pbLJsLSOwxtw65SN9eYnPPzITmtHFp0V-F-kfoHIZakVG5Htw969lT_b10sy57hA0/s1164/McMillan+%2528HQ+detail4%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1164" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMsX8MsDwCgBKm8N79mryjNAtgkEkmMkx_1xkjOF1P7cQdsOZjkgaS2dsyTkDivF-qME8eINnl0pbLJsLSOwxtw65SN9eYnPPzITmtHFp0V-F-kfoHIZakVG5Htw969lT_b10sy57hA0/w640-h448/McMillan+%2528HQ+detail4%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of Al's brushwork.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCf-RqXrjQnTd0fMD06M3ZLhHuuPobCy9BHOKZsA9-JxJJANkGuNcIQA0g_LaG401Xh-M4K-3z7hwqyh2Vqpjl7KhQ7In-7aWzlu5BtzzUoE7samrvMwoWAhujXLezXSdSiI6k9aAUZg/s830/McMillan+%2528comp%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="830" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCf-RqXrjQnTd0fMD06M3ZLhHuuPobCy9BHOKZsA9-JxJJANkGuNcIQA0g_LaG401Xh-M4K-3z7hwqyh2Vqpjl7KhQ7In-7aWzlu5BtzzUoE7samrvMwoWAhujXLezXSdSiI6k9aAUZg/w640-h474/McMillan+%2528comp%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final, invisible composite, made on the original negative. Ross Hoffman was Al's FX cameraman for this and had been with Universal since the 1930's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7PIaDvGkg73_6TrblFzUvnFB57XI88Bl0c1jKSZoBWR9gE1tHpC7qivEkVhVWyIn_f3_JRq3NajG0Ot7BnPrO0kbvbJjyUjyZ27f4dmNETQwdv8oaTuqaqKKCCbRdO-lk28xyK9UGrY/s2180/Diamonds+Are+Forever-71+missile+silo+matte+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="2180" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7PIaDvGkg73_6TrblFzUvnFB57XI88Bl0c1jKSZoBWR9gE1tHpC7qivEkVhVWyIn_f3_JRq3NajG0Ot7BnPrO0kbvbJjyUjyZ27f4dmNETQwdv8oaTuqaqKKCCbRdO-lk28xyK9UGrY/w640-h408/Diamonds+Are+Forever-71+missile+silo+matte+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now here my friends is a true rarity from the vaults.... Al's missile silo matte painting from the James Bond film DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971) - one of my fave 007 films despite what the 'new' generation of Bond fans claim. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDjIk2CtXo_GTKLBEcd7KYh2cBwtoXeyjj8mA6NAnEGgnj87n9EZvo__Is0j7e0pbq-lSUzZ5G5lyumeNeYhruau8d5tzpv2kcOOSvOXobnua2tROXq6o3C5jSGl3TueK-eb9Qvgxb9A/s2251/Diamonds+Are+Forever-71+missile+silo+matte+detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="2251" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDjIk2CtXo_GTKLBEcd7KYh2cBwtoXeyjj8mA6NAnEGgnj87n9EZvo__Is0j7e0pbq-lSUzZ5G5lyumeNeYhruau8d5tzpv2kcOOSvOXobnua2tROXq6o3C5jSGl3TueK-eb9Qvgxb9A/w640-h314/Diamonds+Are+Forever-71+missile+silo+matte+detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail is more than one might expect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HeVrj3C7Zmxp4m5YRp6MmIkw5wDCZgXVI7R1AHxyYtcwNBBs6v6_SsSj6yOgYEL8O4VBclhjztHp-8AvbE8hSFCVS-PhUxJdNQytUZGy1aRvon8Jj1fZ1e_u3K8RCYfRrtgtTBYBvvA/s1292/Diamonds+Are+Forever-71+missile+silo+matte+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1292" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HeVrj3C7Zmxp4m5YRp6MmIkw5wDCZgXVI7R1AHxyYtcwNBBs6v6_SsSj6yOgYEL8O4VBclhjztHp-8AvbE8hSFCVS-PhUxJdNQytUZGy1aRvon8Jj1fZ1e_u3K8RCYfRrtgtTBYBvvA/w640-h426/Diamonds+Are+Forever-71+missile+silo+matte+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More of Al's brushwork, with extensive interactive cel overlays and double exposed pyro elements to be added during composite photography.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghIYk-68LAav25DDwYFggVhm4BPqs3CnrbOEpLAaOgmcCZMg7ovxSdteyU7nJoKb49-L9EiEDGX_7BW42VIUwGZuju_X7yZkOBL4gqxttQxXSlrs3k0EMuqYJnuGy4ZS9bTEXIrZB9h4/s2040/Diamonds+silo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="2040" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghIYk-68LAav25DDwYFggVhm4BPqs3CnrbOEpLAaOgmcCZMg7ovxSdteyU7nJoKb49-L9EiEDGX_7BW42VIUwGZuju_X7yZkOBL4gqxttQxXSlrs3k0EMuqYJnuGy4ZS9bTEXIrZB9h4/w640-h132/Diamonds+silo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The original live action plate at left with the actors on a tiny 12 foot set, while the fx men blast them with an intensely bright red arc and a high powered fan to simulate the mother of all explosions!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkEcf9c7kWyYyJzjZLjnKvqmcRKsn7XZI3-vnXIQSdhf33j2H6S7RbKuodO9UeG61HtEX2R19zBR-thwkkvhvvuLHW_Zk3cOethEN4d2IO4wlC7jZfe6ucYfeqT7fqSXNapNk-7UOc14/s2176/Diamonds2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="2176" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkEcf9c7kWyYyJzjZLjnKvqmcRKsn7XZI3-vnXIQSdhf33j2H6S7RbKuodO9UeG61HtEX2R19zBR-thwkkvhvvuLHW_Zk3cOethEN4d2IO4wlC7jZfe6ucYfeqT7fqSXNapNk-7UOc14/w640-h388/Diamonds2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final, complicated fx result, with painting, live action, painted cel overlays of interactive 'blast' light, and of course some practical pyro doubled in. Great movie, and also a <u>great</u> John Barry score, especially in this extended set piece where Charles Gray's effete Blofeld goes apeshit and starts blowing up nuclear bases around the globe, to the incredibly sublime slow jazz, light-orchestral Barry soundtrack that one would <i>never</i> associate with such a sequence, but has stayed with me ever since I first saw the flick in '71. The track on the OST is <i>'007 And Counting'</i> for any soundtrack buffs out there, and is a showstopper in every chord of it's subtlety.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMoOD8a8pvrphZiqhUmjBXqFgAIk4uwbFIVX5sfmf8WUzixPmIHdepv7061COny3317s_CWWhLMi9zn_3Wk84Mum5vdSycT9MdpXBGMh0vg3DjD2FeSjIablgAJJCp-IfmFtQQR7dihs/s1728/The+Shadow-Syd+Dutton+shot.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1575" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMoOD8a8pvrphZiqhUmjBXqFgAIk4uwbFIVX5sfmf8WUzixPmIHdepv7061COny3317s_CWWhLMi9zn_3Wk84Mum5vdSycT9MdpXBGMh0vg3DjD2FeSjIablgAJJCp-IfmFtQQR7dihs/w584-h640/The+Shadow-Syd+Dutton+shot.JPG" width="584" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I rather enjoyed THE SHADOW (1994) and must do a blog on it. A fun movie, filled with great moments and many terrific mattes, shared between Illusion Arts and Matte World. This is one of Syd Dutton's shots of the night exterior to The Cobalt Club. I have always had a big thing for painted neons and sparkling billboards in matte art, which is why I watch as many old MGM musicals as I can as they were the kings when it came to this gag work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHzhVZOfLUS17MumLRR_9Y1GyHRVpIuhIMy2E5MHuQUX9RU5NC5YqLXYxZQItl7gSo6K6MnI1spK89UttF50E7W3GK_IAwiWWOHxqIL5uHtNjwm02BExAanvtuIhWV0Dt9WJE-GhYaKw/s1600/Heartbeeps-81+robot+factory+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="1600" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHzhVZOfLUS17MumLRR_9Y1GyHRVpIuhIMy2E5MHuQUX9RU5NC5YqLXYxZQItl7gSo6K6MnI1spK89UttF50E7W3GK_IAwiWWOHxqIL5uHtNjwm02BExAanvtuIhWV0Dt9WJE-GhYaKw/w640-h248/Heartbeeps-81+robot+factory+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although a very uneven and misguided film <i>(I understand post production studio tampering kind of fucked the film over)</i>, the show has it's delightful aspects as it tells the story of two robots who fall in love. The very opening shot shown here features one of Albert Whitlock's most dynamic matte shots</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSBqqiYABtb43h9HhYIjyk8DKtFh5ywfL7k70sI9_X5MurhzXM3z-AYtPLCC9vhCP4eokaS0soJZTLRnzmJEFohDFCp-fSxp0-bYo3SCMbxW_VeFmd8LjzULvAyEspPAHo89xT433qUw/s1416/Heartbeeps-81+Whitlock+with+robot+factory+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="1416" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSBqqiYABtb43h9HhYIjyk8DKtFh5ywfL7k70sI9_X5MurhzXM3z-AYtPLCC9vhCP4eokaS0soJZTLRnzmJEFohDFCp-fSxp0-bYo3SCMbxW_VeFmd8LjzULvAyEspPAHo89xT433qUw/w640-h392/Heartbeeps-81+Whitlock+with+robot+factory+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqegrgPU3N5CCtSTcp5646pka2QPvZMB5Vcarb_4CpeDCgRpKRuRvekPFp5Ol8ojCId2UoLqvMJh34H21f1CXghleARLgsYO4fO9j2TR3ZN0GXaKx7ApzyTQLensmSKQ5qLdSQ-YRV_5w/s3240/heartbeeps1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="3240" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqegrgPU3N5CCtSTcp5646pka2QPvZMB5Vcarb_4CpeDCgRpKRuRvekPFp5Ol8ojCId2UoLqvMJh34H21f1CXghleARLgsYO4fO9j2TR3ZN0GXaKx7ApzyTQLensmSKQ5qLdSQ-YRV_5w/w640-h176/heartbeeps1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The very wide pan as it looks when the several elements are all combined.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRlzI78vY3m3OfoJHE3aMGcsADSOJ8C6XlY9ZlTHgA37PLLI-GhA2DwpNPs0EAPLlX8inEEOugFNYTsyUhb7hLSs88m5KTy-gB4C_S-04OIbNtff_0OI7swYMTAlwHnpLsd2HpHIN5kU/s1173/Heartbeeps-factory+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="1173" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRlzI78vY3m3OfoJHE3aMGcsADSOJ8C6XlY9ZlTHgA37PLLI-GhA2DwpNPs0EAPLlX8inEEOugFNYTsyUhb7hLSs88m5KTy-gB4C_S-04OIbNtff_0OI7swYMTAlwHnpLsd2HpHIN5kU/w640-h336/Heartbeeps-factory+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 1</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJhaRNBbnPcbpY0IiXH40VP9b4IbWrAiycwdokmPx-PA_efwP1wq8HJ8izNoJDxP24krqcQprz1RbCUJ057WczXjALtj90Keb5D6eBCmhwSuC4yDbBPJwUyAHFJSftQcNNsGTm0Lbos-Q/s1260/Heartbeeps-factory+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="1260" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJhaRNBbnPcbpY0IiXH40VP9b4IbWrAiycwdokmPx-PA_efwP1wq8HJ8izNoJDxP24krqcQprz1RbCUJ057WczXjALtj90Keb5D6eBCmhwSuC4yDbBPJwUyAHFJSftQcNNsGTm0Lbos-Q/w640-h328/Heartbeeps-factory+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 2, with Al's unmistakeable backlight and gently receding feeling of 'atmosphere'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gCeVSiCT_yR5KWfuvDwKiQQ1jZlQW6Rp0k9NUvuIcsweuSScprfaWAiuj148ht6ZVxhBPTz0rkCjGe8afvEsRQ9YCrVgSzN7jo3WiTfZkrGJPYcFT6ayADUyg_0foemxnG2jIZh7DCM/s1215/Heartbeeps-factory+detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="1215" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gCeVSiCT_yR5KWfuvDwKiQQ1jZlQW6Rp0k9NUvuIcsweuSScprfaWAiuj148ht6ZVxhBPTz0rkCjGe8afvEsRQ9YCrVgSzN7jo3WiTfZkrGJPYcFT6ayADUyg_0foemxnG2jIZh7DCM/w640-h318/Heartbeeps-factory+detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 3</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglEK5OOr-e2S8BaQJpE1_0B9YWEMS5X9Me0-jNE348jehuPjZgetxqUX938EGs-TiA1t8zpuGDbiY7-Gda5w_rq96b4GAjkArso1Hz8-0dAy_JgdySx7Fa3JnxTYe3yca-_2FKPu7r4Z4/s994/Heartbeeps-factory4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="994" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglEK5OOr-e2S8BaQJpE1_0B9YWEMS5X9Me0-jNE348jehuPjZgetxqUX938EGs-TiA1t8zpuGDbiY7-Gda5w_rq96b4GAjkArso1Hz8-0dAy_JgdySx7Fa3JnxTYe3yca-_2FKPu7r4Z4/w640-h348/Heartbeeps-factory4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 4</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4s0BghyphenhyphenQO9Y_BVdg0N_mMuJ7hgHKK2yhF3wHJqXoWN7f-HEOpF5mauDP_dscQ6C1LcfzfPnex8Vv09e5FDuktHbjJyDsq6IlcgyNib89aMwgchglYwC3DKMXxtqE1vNGN9oyNwE2yXRA/s1419/Heartbeeps-factory+detail5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1419" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4s0BghyphenhyphenQO9Y_BVdg0N_mMuJ7hgHKK2yhF3wHJqXoWN7f-HEOpF5mauDP_dscQ6C1LcfzfPnex8Vv09e5FDuktHbjJyDsq6IlcgyNib89aMwgchglYwC3DKMXxtqE1vNGN9oyNwE2yXRA/w640-h312/Heartbeeps-factory+detail5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 5</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGMk8EOhIb2eyZAQbzj3VB05isdjKf8ycKO6zPK88K3nne26gW08xFf93OQ6irH1Eknjn9a2INqD8lHTIOEzVep2YcaftaK-n43L5tL3WSDrEbZn6AUOzCPQGuMNt-oW1w1f01eI_0LM/s656/Heartbeeps-81+Whitlock+with+factory+miniatures+for+matte+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="656" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGMk8EOhIb2eyZAQbzj3VB05isdjKf8ycKO6zPK88K3nne26gW08xFf93OQ6irH1Eknjn9a2INqD8lHTIOEzVep2YcaftaK-n43L5tL3WSDrEbZn6AUOzCPQGuMNt-oW1w1f01eI_0LM/w640-h438/Heartbeeps-81+Whitlock+with+factory+miniatures+for+matte+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Whitlock with the large revolving miniature sonic receiver (or some such thing?), with the large painted 'flat' at the back which will be merged in with the separate matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fwhX-At06fu2oqRe7PCJLFZZg3Axy7SEEmJbQZjOIs681mKGP6VJYjSUEVrVlJktuOtwZJZwO7PsJZjaWxaqw48HVDmbyU1DBNcWAPFTaAHCMuzMjMk1R2uFtW7cDdz87ZrK495EHLQ/s2124/2Aa+Hindenburg.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="2124" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fwhX-At06fu2oqRe7PCJLFZZg3Axy7SEEmJbQZjOIs681mKGP6VJYjSUEVrVlJktuOtwZJZwO7PsJZjaWxaqw48HVDmbyU1DBNcWAPFTaAHCMuzMjMk1R2uFtW7cDdz87ZrK495EHLQ/w640-h334/2Aa+Hindenburg.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE HINDENBURG (1975) was Al's second Oscar win for best special visual effects - and I should point out that in his acceptance speech that night (viewable online), he personally named and acknowledged each and every member of his valuable photographic effects crew. This glorious matte was one of over 70 such shots in the film, and was a show stopper in it's own right as I recall the chorus of soft 'gasps' eminating from the audience when I saw this at the <i>(long deceased, R.I.P)</i> mighty Cinerama theatre here in Auckland back in the day. This painting measures approx 65" x 34" and is on glass in a pine frame, with a <i>second</i> bonus matte from the same film at the back. <i>**For anyone keen, this, and the other mattes from THE HINDENBURG illustrated here <u>are</u> available to the collector.</i> <b>*For further information email: traditionalmattepaintings@gmail.com</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLe963WJPqLIMFmYZrYgmqUSk6kew5rEcuBT2q6s3zWq1T5tBqOvhm3JHLpGpbIdp4N9CfQ3izsOnf4LwTnI7pPsYf6v3oxP4ZFyicqGAVWarytM8EhDHRBHHj7jAf0hLfMwIMK-zT2M/s1920/Hindenburg-sunset.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLe963WJPqLIMFmYZrYgmqUSk6kew5rEcuBT2q6s3zWq1T5tBqOvhm3JHLpGpbIdp4N9CfQ3izsOnf4LwTnI7pPsYf6v3oxP4ZFyicqGAVWarytM8EhDHRBHHj7jAf0hLfMwIMK-zT2M/w640-h272/Hindenburg-sunset.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final composite with miniature dirigible doubled in, along with a sun element, slowly drifting clouds and an actual ocean plate photographed with a real sunset in progress. Sensational.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcmUkqgrh8FXiFm0X9JnFCCFI0EHuol4n3S2-ZT4zLHjC9pXfpt65vq8Tk3WrtJsjtFjsTPCFzIZH1gn2VBpkv6dB5Yyo1okFqMpTm9eu0t2dvonu7U40pNtQ6mOWwNTt7oLajZZY6Xg/s2136/2B+Hindenburg.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2136" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcmUkqgrh8FXiFm0X9JnFCCFI0EHuol4n3S2-ZT4zLHjC9pXfpt65vq8Tk3WrtJsjtFjsTPCFzIZH1gn2VBpkv6dB5Yyo1okFqMpTm9eu0t2dvonu7U40pNtQ6mOWwNTt7oLajZZY6Xg/w640-h338/2B+Hindenburg.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film, with this being the matte on the reverse side of the sunset painting above.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibS21r1xdmAtMgD69qtLT9ulveMtdsIQmOsQu-vVI6rMCNVDcStw9sbp8Mo2Ps0Tqrssi_fw-MVI0j94Z8DQQSknxGMTtETk6dKiO_z1g-9m-I7IS2IYOgBOdE_j8cEq2jtjf7S5SMGB8/s1920/Hindenburg-ocean+skyscape+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibS21r1xdmAtMgD69qtLT9ulveMtdsIQmOsQu-vVI6rMCNVDcStw9sbp8Mo2Ps0Tqrssi_fw-MVI0j94Z8DQQSknxGMTtETk6dKiO_z1g-9m-I7IS2IYOgBOdE_j8cEq2jtjf7S5SMGB8/w640-h272/Hindenburg-ocean+skyscape+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final composite shot with water and airship added in, along with drifting clouds in layers.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FRNRmGvNju3xeztWdWvHpkx5GaroZzq30gvqGSrxOnVgYsI3f7YFMU-B2CsRFOyy8cG_Z1tFVKMvUtbhZjAbCNb7tYAB1BSFMLhvH6J4P66lY4kIkwOSmdO38DG_Z4D1zPHn1HD8AEc/s1134/HINDENBURG+A.Whitlock+painting+zeppelin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1134" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FRNRmGvNju3xeztWdWvHpkx5GaroZzq30gvqGSrxOnVgYsI3f7YFMU-B2CsRFOyy8cG_Z1tFVKMvUtbhZjAbCNb7tYAB1BSFMLhvH6J4P66lY4kIkwOSmdO38DG_Z4D1zPHn1HD8AEc/w640-h428/HINDENBURG+A.Whitlock+painting+zeppelin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albert Whitlock at work on one of the airship paintings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpu1mL-a0H-yNt1X62zL7dahkXKn2CibXNRSuwiisiXh4XOEVa78UvJxnF9JWq4r4dqDRVZeidlIO47Bz1fs8AIrDub0rJli9Fwtw-QsUOkGI-mnxBIv6JGagnoxFCxS5hn76fBCdbXs/s1965/1A+Hindenburg.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1965" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpu1mL-a0H-yNt1X62zL7dahkXKn2CibXNRSuwiisiXh4XOEVa78UvJxnF9JWq4r4dqDRVZeidlIO47Bz1fs8AIrDub0rJli9Fwtw-QsUOkGI-mnxBIv6JGagnoxFCxS5hn76fBCdbXs/w640-h352/1A+Hindenburg.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There are a few matte paintings that leave me breathless, and this is one! Also from THE HINDENBURG (1975), this magnificent piece occurs shortly before the final end credits. The matte measures approx 65" x 34" and is on glass, with a second matte painted at the reverse side. Of note is a small technical inscription by Albert on the wooden frame: <i>"50mm 14 degree up approach"</i>, which translates as a directive as to the light direction and the careful placement of the miniature dirigible within the shot so as precisely match Al's painted aspect. That sort of fine detail to his shots was what made Whitlock's work so damned good for so long. </span><b style="color: #2b00fe;">*For further information email: traditionalmattepaintings@gmail.com</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftMWghA0p3eJ42XOrSMz75JriLZPITmoQqEHqgVKLoOee_vAXw-otzw-HoZpgiyWkGenoMWF3fAFCKcDzWpg9ScXgZOx_m8XrtmUOge107xol58Ibh6lNcFUufb5Cw36VP6eJyUtKdgE/s1920/Hindenburg-end+clouds.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftMWghA0p3eJ42XOrSMz75JriLZPITmoQqEHqgVKLoOee_vAXw-otzw-HoZpgiyWkGenoMWF3fAFCKcDzWpg9ScXgZOx_m8XrtmUOge107xol58Ibh6lNcFUufb5Cw36VP6eJyUtKdgE/w640-h272/Hindenburg-end+clouds.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot, though the colour balance in the bluray is skewed (often seems to be the case, with a far too strong magenta hue all too often I find in many so called remastered blurays??)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwiSxHnPFhE5_8hwQP6QL2FDPzDYmF13OeRPQmb3UN5I2rl3J5NBY9pTMLcWKKoPOqcpcmAF7V_CBDdDXqHby391y6caoVcrC_U0MXWD0b0wMTBzBYxEyLJo7GuqmAXy9I_TIXdxETIHk/s1971/1B+Hindenburg.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1971" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwiSxHnPFhE5_8hwQP6QL2FDPzDYmF13OeRPQmb3UN5I2rl3J5NBY9pTMLcWKKoPOqcpcmAF7V_CBDdDXqHby391y6caoVcrC_U0MXWD0b0wMTBzBYxEyLJo7GuqmAXy9I_TIXdxETIHk/w640-h350/1B+Hindenburg.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same film, this superb painting is on the reverse side. Al's clouds are always so organic and real to me. As a (very) amateur hobby painter myself I spend so much bloody time trying to get clouds 'right', or even 'half way right' !!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kaw0tHCixhD0At2CWpfq5cvVa_KRg9D4Med_EXvdx7Jx6xGZImaBTobByMumJAf-fxf7gIDTgoJVJCQTA___IiPIp6pt_eK2vsqujUEm2e9t6-WyMyo1nwFMbmpyt_aIXHs2jZPLpYI/s1654/Heartbeeps-+sunrise+matte+%2528sm%2529+Albert+Whitlock.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1654" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kaw0tHCixhD0At2CWpfq5cvVa_KRg9D4Med_EXvdx7Jx6xGZImaBTobByMumJAf-fxf7gIDTgoJVJCQTA___IiPIp6pt_eK2vsqujUEm2e9t6-WyMyo1nwFMbmpyt_aIXHs2jZPLpYI/w640-h288/Heartbeeps-+sunrise+matte+%2528sm%2529+Albert+Whitlock.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very rare HEARTBEEPS painting by Whitlock is a sight to behold, and a fitting tribute to the Hudson River School of noted painters such as Frederick Church and Thomas Cole of whom Albert was so fond of. I'm confident this masterpiece <i>will</i> find a happy home.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoSdVhz_knBdgjqhBUdJyhM936qtWWKfhmyCJB5aw1E3mzSjbvrfJJw_gIu0RNJgonXPBdSSGs-ZPolWR6CO2zXgi8PYwNy2UnOJx9Mb__4PdHn52fPQtEYe2GKT2jwzEt3KTn7LlUlU/s1185/Heartbeeps-+sunrise+matte+detail1+by+Albert+Whitlock.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1185" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoSdVhz_knBdgjqhBUdJyhM936qtWWKfhmyCJB5aw1E3mzSjbvrfJJw_gIu0RNJgonXPBdSSGs-ZPolWR6CO2zXgi8PYwNy2UnOJx9Mb__4PdHn52fPQtEYe2GKT2jwzEt3KTn7LlUlU/w640-h438/Heartbeeps-+sunrise+matte+detail1+by+Albert+Whitlock.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer detail. The disparity at left between the painted sky and the <u>un</u>painted scenery beneath was standard operating procedure for Albert to animate the sky with very sleight cloud drift during the sunrise. Al said once or twice that people may not necessarily notice the movement of the sky, but they do tend to notice when it's NOT moving.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQI_lz5_ZF50CTZD7d2fA-z7htxZcZ3hAJPzdjnWEMNZ-R0I78C6irbQXuDOIULtSUpXhWmzDmuOuglei1xg2io1AUShyphenhyphenNgC9X5DroFmyIoee01drU5sdkIYNz7nhodKIf6TEdXE61fBk/s1086/Heartbeeps-+sunrise+matte+detail2+by+Albert+Whitlock.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="1086" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQI_lz5_ZF50CTZD7d2fA-z7htxZcZ3hAJPzdjnWEMNZ-R0I78C6irbQXuDOIULtSUpXhWmzDmuOuglei1xg2io1AUShyphenhyphenNgC9X5DroFmyIoee01drU5sdkIYNz7nhodKIf6TEdXE61fBk/w640-h418/Heartbeeps-+sunrise+matte+detail2+by+Albert+Whitlock.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An additional sun element was added during photography, as were acetate overlays with subtle highlights of light reaching parts of the landscape and trees. Love it!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKBhfgESGQ_rA1NMFsnTPeNVvgE9I7-HWG5Kk1S6AITyijH7G6AalP4UYRd1yryup33Ue9HvpSvp4sOY5UqUznaZimKStsrbboDiFTI4jC6EbyDh87FJlqor8j13gKqVd8kd2xssrQ3g/s1920/vlcsnap-2018-08-15-00h43m55s933AA.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKBhfgESGQ_rA1NMFsnTPeNVvgE9I7-HWG5Kk1S6AITyijH7G6AalP4UYRd1yryup33Ue9HvpSvp4sOY5UqUznaZimKStsrbboDiFTI4jC6EbyDh87FJlqor8j13gKqVd8kd2xssrQ3g/w640-h278/vlcsnap-2018-08-15-00h43m55s933AA.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final composite<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiac6JIkZ7M7ecwCdsUYyjICY7N9XhXWhXCMjYh-aAdxUiMEKJoAKcnmKN-qwpsJK-0Lhsvnr3PSIMAA6Vx-OeESKCk1hPGErWqAuhwITiAAz-kdKgxptBnR86-sjnc3RimMZ2YDMT5fPw/s1947/Illusion+Arts.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="1947" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiac6JIkZ7M7ecwCdsUYyjICY7N9XhXWhXCMjYh-aAdxUiMEKJoAKcnmKN-qwpsJK-0Lhsvnr3PSIMAA6Vx-OeESKCk1hPGErWqAuhwITiAAz-kdKgxptBnR86-sjnc3RimMZ2YDMT5fPw/w640-h438/Illusion+Arts.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Illusion Arts at it's peak - busy supplying movie magic.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLlugArwicojHFNZ2Cr6JkIHRve2TvdznwgfHw9y1wJcu3UVppsGvH66W7ASzPoFXucFQ4jVhsFFjrhrg3harStqNmlSSkJZ5E_zRY-RzVhbeMGkhHBWwpvjGbd3qNangKSSNXInrJSI/s1294/SHIP-ad+art2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1294" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLlugArwicojHFNZ2Cr6JkIHRve2TvdznwgfHw9y1wJcu3UVppsGvH66W7ASzPoFXucFQ4jVhsFFjrhrg3harStqNmlSSkJZ5E_zRY-RzVhbeMGkhHBWwpvjGbd3qNangKSSNXInrJSI/w640-h517/SHIP-ad+art2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although very highly touted in many circles I found SHIP OF FOOLS (1965) to be somewhat tedious an affair. A great cast to be sure, but a few too many melodramatic set pieces of bawling hystrionics and scenery chewing a-plenty.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexcoQhP8UiFSCvIi14EWqMYNYG-K7tGWeaodyoMJwjpdj-QxeJHRhXM6DIALgu2R7RtfbUJ3FEXEZztvSEba5vitkq-5ub3X9BgAq7YSUrovMVzKuDy6VFrqYOC7DIycmEz0wppFUw6Q/s2417/Ship-title.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="2417" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexcoQhP8UiFSCvIi14EWqMYNYG-K7tGWeaodyoMJwjpdj-QxeJHRhXM6DIALgu2R7RtfbUJ3FEXEZztvSEba5vitkq-5ub3X9BgAq7YSUrovMVzKuDy6VFrqYOC7DIycmEz0wppFUw6Q/w640-h394/Ship-title.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although Whitlock was a Universal employee, he was frequently loaned out to other studios and effects facilities to provide mattes. A top Warner Bros executive once coined the phrase that <i>"Albert Whitlock is Universal's secret weapon" </i>due to the cost savings made possible by his more often than not unnoticed camera trickery.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6CH5SMyLtxziWG8ff2rZ_liH7K8y_JLQlOyFbwElD_NUVnbwdqvKF424sTrjybs3WwQt_d6O9-ttwRqzC3d1yCkGfJVxZS5opXD0QU_SSSdyTbUzpmv6Emn93yLya38Fubvz0pjYezA/s1728/Ship+BR1+-+pan+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="1728" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6CH5SMyLtxziWG8ff2rZ_liH7K8y_JLQlOyFbwElD_NUVnbwdqvKF424sTrjybs3WwQt_d6O9-ttwRqzC3d1yCkGfJVxZS5opXD0QU_SSSdyTbUzpmv6Emn93yLya38Fubvz0pjYezA/w640-h256/Ship+BR1+-+pan+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The plot involves a luxury liner filled with all manner of characters - all with a chip of one sort or other on their shoulder it seems - as they embark on a voyage from Vera Cruz to Bremerhaven in 1933. This is the opening shot, and it's a stunner. The camera pans off the city and docks in Vera Cruz and across the bay as the ship in question steams out into the open sea. <u>All</u> a total fabrication by Albert Whitlock, and a masterpiece of visual effects design and application.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_X1UGchMaGE_NNpzZrwCGIl3kFSAbCm7wvgoFyepyAFWhQMx8fLMRL_59yAB-zV_-VwuYJYcxWdZD9Yrj451nCDoxppN89m9IZhDy7E-QVm65f__QBGjUvN6mNeL6XBv3_j4PnKQkg2E/s1680/SHIP1+full+painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1680" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_X1UGchMaGE_NNpzZrwCGIl3kFSAbCm7wvgoFyepyAFWhQMx8fLMRL_59yAB-zV_-VwuYJYcxWdZD9Yrj451nCDoxppN89m9IZhDy7E-QVm65f__QBGjUvN6mNeL6XBv3_j4PnKQkg2E/w640-h414/SHIP1+full+painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And here, for the very first time ever we may see Al's original full matte painting that really takes one's breath away. Still to be added is the additional painted ship, smoke and water wake elements. Interestingly, the multi-talented all round visual effects man, Jim Danforth - who was good friends with Al and worked with him around this time - told me that this matte was in fact the <i>second</i> version of the same shot, with Whitlock not happy with the first painting for some reason and starting the whole thing again from scratch.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEekyn1AxjmAiskaa2FyqL5Rftdi8rcMMjlc6zSZqYlbg_pI2whwWzCNmzO-qE54GsTv9EjhreBHJn-iCiwB-S6Qq1uJM6p-622IKcJ6zHdDRhQb_-vJf9j_2YyIue00fM1kdpD2xZgrg/s1260/SHIP+MATTE+1+detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="1260" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEekyn1AxjmAiskaa2FyqL5Rftdi8rcMMjlc6zSZqYlbg_pI2whwWzCNmzO-qE54GsTv9EjhreBHJn-iCiwB-S6Qq1uJM6p-622IKcJ6zHdDRhQb_-vJf9j_2YyIue00fM1kdpD2xZgrg/w640-h364/SHIP+MATTE+1+detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">You want detail.... Pete's not going to let you down!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0uOEw2A804frWHlmqG17BcMPiGEyWW0xsauYd1X_50qv8tGjvmYCiOBaAmRFDiR7Kp-R0PDbMCoj0IEyqRFt9p9eS_C-NJWJacgIfaoxjHVkmPtfR-ukJAi-3bsfqzHoeXsOtJUvk4c/s1766/SHIP-port+%2526+city+detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1766" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0uOEw2A804frWHlmqG17BcMPiGEyWW0xsauYd1X_50qv8tGjvmYCiOBaAmRFDiR7Kp-R0PDbMCoj0IEyqRFt9p9eS_C-NJWJacgIfaoxjHVkmPtfR-ukJAi-3bsfqzHoeXsOtJUvk4c/w640-h328/SHIP-port+%2526+city+detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's all about the effect of light hitting the object, rather than the object in itself.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8yy62LeNc9zmLRWr5SwSaCxjhGnBXwZsyJz1S4T5Mj_4zT5dgjPkJ9ACh4hafMOO3ttJISNzvoClDQzBd2IW3M9PSDhROy56GSPp4YUqxexAN7Yj5kinfcL9Tq7UAOLwbQY7U1AZ3fc/s1104/SHIP+MATTE1+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1104" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8yy62LeNc9zmLRWr5SwSaCxjhGnBXwZsyJz1S4T5Mj_4zT5dgjPkJ9ACh4hafMOO3ttJISNzvoClDQzBd2IW3M9PSDhROy56GSPp4YUqxexAN7Yj5kinfcL9Tq7UAOLwbQY7U1AZ3fc/w640-h426/SHIP+MATTE1+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For those who only just realised that Albert's mattes were painted in colour, yet the film is clearly a black & white affair, in a 1982 interview he explained: <i>"Previously our mattes were painted in black and white just as you would expect, but that was a mistake. Peter Ellenshaw and I found that it is actually much better to paint in colour, even for black and white pictures; letting the tines take its own natural course, rather than forcing the issue by working with different shades of gray." </i>I wonder whether Whitlock might have been influenced by another highly regarded British matte painter, Albert Julion - whom I think was Al's mentor - as I have seen examples of Julion's mattes painted in full colour for black and white films such as the comedy DON'T PANIC CHAPS, made at Shepperton in 1959.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62xj7poaNKfVfOtIW0EPyTFi65UG-LAJfl3o3COd6JL-SqaxEjwSxkMS5FvUMeMX66NaQOR52q58oIcWUwjOmrKMhh3DT9PXETg0W_Ueyj9cX6PFalm5xxv0GFk2gBbzO2XvWvb_8ew8/s1358/Ship+of+Fools002-detail+d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1358" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62xj7poaNKfVfOtIW0EPyTFi65UG-LAJfl3o3COd6JL-SqaxEjwSxkMS5FvUMeMX66NaQOR52q58oIcWUwjOmrKMhh3DT9PXETg0W_Ueyj9cX6PFalm5xxv0GFk2gBbzO2XvWvb_8ew8/w640-h422/Ship+of+Fools002-detail+d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>"The sky is an organ of sentiment"</i> was a quote Whitlock used, from the 18th Century English landscape painter John Constable.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsmY4DACaAHT7VJ_P__iZrzTQSnVUKCZGSpMrmCZmhoAN2nRnk3ABldTbjVHKvAQMa_8iZ8SCQBzdWyZ4D3oXax-4dwXPb-mak1C-_eKXEAodBbqhZnojOuo8vE3QbvFjEXclLGcJFz0/s1044/SHIP+MATTE+1+detail7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1044" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsmY4DACaAHT7VJ_P__iZrzTQSnVUKCZGSpMrmCZmhoAN2nRnk3ABldTbjVHKvAQMa_8iZ8SCQBzdWyZ4D3oXax-4dwXPb-mak1C-_eKXEAodBbqhZnojOuo8vE3QbvFjEXclLGcJFz0/w640-h340/SHIP+MATTE+1+detail7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">By examining the top of this area of sky we can see Al's handwritten notation 'ship' with a red line pointing downward, indicating the planned placement of the painted ship in the bay.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KxCozcZlTCjje1KeFwKJKC6ONudXMBLpAKLn4aSRiauZs9660Fkb1ucoiQrqQUfMGC93tfc1lDR2ZMJHw3aUh9B5fRlFzbTloDXZFNMOvmvTcuoB4r-5Dj-eGYI4wXfuaYxO7dSmTw0/s1581/SHIP+MATTE1+detail9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1581" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KxCozcZlTCjje1KeFwKJKC6ONudXMBLpAKLn4aSRiauZs9660Fkb1ucoiQrqQUfMGC93tfc1lDR2ZMJHw3aUh9B5fRlFzbTloDXZFNMOvmvTcuoB4r-5Dj-eGYI4wXfuaYxO7dSmTw0/w640-h298/SHIP+MATTE1+detail9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I simply cannot get enough of skillfully painted skies by all manner of matte artists.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFB86vkW0ZR0z1el-ZLOAISgnB1F2NZaohLKD9OKi5tRvjMoWqYP1TcDFmkTuXq4BFbgveZEYMvyc3VSAN0xeB3KB36xyW-B65uKLV-P6dgbXOAqaxvq738Bzghyphenhyphentu5vfKhbMq3SCV_I/s1920/Ship+Fools2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFB86vkW0ZR0z1el-ZLOAISgnB1F2NZaohLKD9OKi5tRvjMoWqYP1TcDFmkTuXq4BFbgveZEYMvyc3VSAN0xeB3KB36xyW-B65uKLV-P6dgbXOAqaxvq738Bzghyphenhyphentu5vfKhbMq3SCV_I/w640-h352/Ship+Fools2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Each and every view of the ship is a Whitlock trick. For this view, all is painted with around one third of the frame having an actual sea element soft matted against Albert's painted sea. The clouds drift across the screen in subtle layers. The painted ship was a separate element, probably painted on glass, with animation gags for it's wake and smoke.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wB0wloUjBdck63MPbHXGBMV-IdPhW6g0NP5R5dPGsCJZSKiNohZJvAJfgxy3ywjtF_7ql1oOTmwvAJ0CcrMPtH60FJYSEf9yaqjbPDjYgCw-Z6wJZLrkbG7FD5lePTmvJY0PIY7mTdU/s1830/SHIP3+full+painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1830" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wB0wloUjBdck63MPbHXGBMV-IdPhW6g0NP5R5dPGsCJZSKiNohZJvAJfgxy3ywjtF_7ql1oOTmwvAJ0CcrMPtH60FJYSEf9yaqjbPDjYgCw-Z6wJZLrkbG7FD5lePTmvJY0PIY7mTdU/w640-h444/SHIP3+full+painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Al's matte painting with his trademark 'additional sky' painted off to the side, beyond the field of the final 35mm frame. It may look odd but there was a very good technical reason for this. From his early days at Universal, Whitlock had developed an excellent technique to introduce subtle and entirely credible movement to clouded skies in his otherwise static mattes. He never felt the old means of simply having an entire clouded sky move as one was believable, even though that means had been used in countless pictures going way back. Albert, along with his matte cameraman Roswell Hoffman, developed a method whereby the painting would be photographed on the matte camera stand with the sky section masked off entirely. During photography, the <i>upper most</i> portion of the sky would be exposed only, through soft split screen in-camera matte placement. The painting would be slowly hand cranked to a precise speed on the horizontal axis across the matte stand. Then the painting would be returned to it's start position and the soft split moved to expose the <i>middle layer </i>of painted cloud only. This in turn would be exposed similarly as the hand cranked matte was moved, though at a <u>slower</u> rate. In some cases a third soft matte would then be applied solely to the <i>lowest (and most distant)</i> clouds, with this shot and moved at an even slower pace. The final combined effect was that of an incredibly convincing layered 'sky' where, as in nature, those clouds nearest us appear to drift more than any further away. The trick, when combined with the rest of the painting and the live action component, all combined on original negative, were what made Albert's work so seamless. Whitlock refined this technique over the years and later on cameramen Bill Taylor and Dennis Glouner made further improvements. The method stayed in constant use all the way up to the break-away digital era.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_vxZhmL5rQP3SXm8bHfSO8kv3ZD3whRmdPk8Q7zaqxarDVNvyX-Wfp-UdjR3qZDD445pZn-lV0n7rI46dJxWUeSSj2-1PMpJ8oP8mefgWZDvJOe8qG_hJ1-C7wuzfpzZ8r0FlQ5oDFY/s1474/SHIP+DOCK+MATTE+detail8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1474" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_vxZhmL5rQP3SXm8bHfSO8kv3ZD3whRmdPk8Q7zaqxarDVNvyX-Wfp-UdjR3qZDD445pZn-lV0n7rI46dJxWUeSSj2-1PMpJ8oP8mefgWZDvJOe8qG_hJ1-C7wuzfpzZ8r0FlQ5oDFY/w640-h408/SHIP+DOCK+MATTE+detail8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail of sky.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4RJFlh9d0vDLC85JHBMKC9bDRAZlyUEuoUGfGPpcfYFHtzld2BN1yphr46-cwkEa2ktKBufUSgCgRkF8tAeSeeU94AxUTR6aaVgvPdhNuxMt3i_Kyn4Euobg78Z48maLeUnDdORM7kg/s1242/Ship+of+Fools007+DETAIL6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="1242" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4RJFlh9d0vDLC85JHBMKC9bDRAZlyUEuoUGfGPpcfYFHtzld2BN1yphr46-cwkEa2ktKBufUSgCgRkF8tAeSeeU94AxUTR6aaVgvPdhNuxMt3i_Kyn4Euobg78Z48maLeUnDdORM7kg/w640-h384/Ship+of+Fools007+DETAIL6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRplNqnmp_7mxg0_Y4pW9dNL5OSwTvXYnv2oj30alQ3pvhmT-ITJH6p01GnwTO6pRld-qryuFnfRr0ugPhmA0dn5sMj0oqJhu90t0YuV3oxxbLaKRn9o0gBPwjFEuzrAJ-TJxr8QAb3kk/s1612/Ship+of+Fools007+DETAIL4.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1612" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRplNqnmp_7mxg0_Y4pW9dNL5OSwTvXYnv2oj30alQ3pvhmT-ITJH6p01GnwTO6pRld-qryuFnfRr0ugPhmA0dn5sMj0oqJhu90t0YuV3oxxbLaKRn9o0gBPwjFEuzrAJ-TJxr8QAb3kk/w640-h372/Ship+of+Fools007+DETAIL4.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Made in 1965, SHIP OF FOOLS was a Columbia production though I think all of the process scenes were shot on Paramount stages. Albert was Universal based but was commonly called upon by other studios and directors to fill the requirements. Al's cameraman was Ross Hoffman, and I think other longtime Whitlock staff such as grip Larry Shuler, rotoscope artist Millie Winebrenner and assistant cameraman Mike Moramarco were likely in his department. Jim Danforth was too, although for just a short time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2IlrIzn-U8MUiOFiwulLe6c3Gj_H6Qh7MW91MLdXJIOQRjTF-C9CNWe65YkAlR4Wrc6ySMK6UX2JK0GRdJSYofdsrPaTqdSDMmPxpYtS4JU_9JrFWgG6_QiJBukIDfsLY-QAndNLJ1g/s1920/Ship+Fools3a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2IlrIzn-U8MUiOFiwulLe6c3Gj_H6Qh7MW91MLdXJIOQRjTF-C9CNWe65YkAlR4Wrc6ySMK6UX2JK0GRdJSYofdsrPaTqdSDMmPxpYtS4JU_9JrFWgG6_QiJBukIDfsLY-QAndNLJ1g/w640-h352/Ship+Fools3a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now this was a very bold shot to pull off, and I don't really feel that it worked. As the ship pulls into the docks a huge crowd is present, with the entire shot being a Whitlock painting - supplemented by some sort of ripple gag on the painted water. I recall this <i>may</i> have had a very sleight 'pan' or camera move? I'm trying to recall whether Al introduced any form of 'animation' into the painted crowd - I don't think so, which, surprisingly, was taking a big risk with such a subjective shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLrKeC6tYBx4-z6cxVFbPO-OjlynIxyYptJseB12-jSVXYRChXiT-87jbLI-GCNgep5aDUXjfkKk5m-ckeKZRQEt-CuKAarP4ScZHzhIiTDkiuLnuYibYn9qQMnTmE6rvFQzBelYXc_8/s1893/SHIP2+full+painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="1893" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLrKeC6tYBx4-z6cxVFbPO-OjlynIxyYptJseB12-jSVXYRChXiT-87jbLI-GCNgep5aDUXjfkKk5m-ckeKZRQEt-CuKAarP4ScZHzhIiTDkiuLnuYibYn9qQMnTmE6rvFQzBelYXc_8/w640-h438/SHIP2+full+painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Whitlock's original matte art in it's entirity.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTGIHClpT6es5B8_9QtRPo3Hy_n0-MoxiqvBnzdVVDXorNzlTk9gdag7R5Ydip27lSn8FylhjhJHUj4Bb89uyJ_3TNWCuavnIHjgelevf3oGIcU-uGMB0byqTpd7xEiHy3tHIiM1XRfE/s1489/SHIP+DOCK+MATTE+detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1489" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTGIHClpT6es5B8_9QtRPo3Hy_n0-MoxiqvBnzdVVDXorNzlTk9gdag7R5Ydip27lSn8FylhjhJHUj4Bb89uyJ_3TNWCuavnIHjgelevf3oGIcU-uGMB0byqTpd7xEiHy3tHIiM1XRfE/w640-h370/SHIP+DOCK+MATTE+detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Maybe it worked better in 1965, what with film grain and lower resolution than we have today?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEg47E74XiqTeurFlbriI44h-Y8LmT7LOJLA_VdJZT5t8rxfGteEgKKBo3I-7if6Wi7DqSz-2cug96hJYt4W8AUOdWJh6JcpKlltmPOtB0b899G1TwJcbSC4PY7Yx99oTwazD3eorrr7s/s1516/SHIP+DOCK+MATTE+detail5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1516" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEg47E74XiqTeurFlbriI44h-Y8LmT7LOJLA_VdJZT5t8rxfGteEgKKBo3I-7if6Wi7DqSz-2cug96hJYt4W8AUOdWJh6JcpKlltmPOtB0b899G1TwJcbSC4PY7Yx99oTwazD3eorrr7s/w640-h354/SHIP+DOCK+MATTE+detail5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12_cc9GVbXIKFfpno1i8SQIV-qtk2UczHjYEpxEpvt4PAli9rnSqfOsHo9w_wbnuGhjEhuQ44D35Xx4Y_v6lVlrbBBuUS3Wutf0xZ9wfjbeKyc5-5JmFsnL8kpKDPJ44MgS-e05aAH7I/s1635/SHIP+DOCK+MATTE+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1635" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12_cc9GVbXIKFfpno1i8SQIV-qtk2UczHjYEpxEpvt4PAli9rnSqfOsHo9w_wbnuGhjEhuQ44D35Xx4Y_v6lVlrbBBuUS3Wutf0xZ9wfjbeKyc5-5JmFsnL8kpKDPJ44MgS-e05aAH7I/w640-h344/SHIP+DOCK+MATTE+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzI761bfXGQFdSz15gFRQFah-HuHkaM0rBci9eWMjv5KjSMoHHxyaY_XKY7x5hT-djtbOWJobletAzKUafEzmFPRdMui2SOp2AI08LL0AA1G_caxHRXuWr2xvhxExioutRrBxpSnkbTg/s1360/SHIP+DOCK+MATTE+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1360" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzI761bfXGQFdSz15gFRQFah-HuHkaM0rBci9eWMjv5KjSMoHHxyaY_XKY7x5hT-djtbOWJobletAzKUafEzmFPRdMui2SOp2AI08LL0AA1G_caxHRXuWr2xvhxExioutRrBxpSnkbTg/w640-h362/SHIP+DOCK+MATTE+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm trying to recall, but Al may have done some sort of soft split screen gag to lend a semi parallax shift?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROdd-Nka3Ud5XxAAe8fDxXysFbcWe-IdeMJsWUbIVrPXt4f0J7CxxZCMcu0v4rEVQA5_4acgdWMXrEmi3Z6Rx5HT5P_agHH4alKZE7IHa40kJmskXfg4UApQVy3Z219bWCF7wCfAwsYc/s1920/Ship+Fools4a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROdd-Nka3Ud5XxAAe8fDxXysFbcWe-IdeMJsWUbIVrPXt4f0J7CxxZCMcu0v4rEVQA5_4acgdWMXrEmi3Z6Rx5HT5P_agHH4alKZE7IHa40kJmskXfg4UApQVy3Z219bWCF7wCfAwsYc/w640-h352/Ship+Fools4a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A subsequent shot that I think is a soft split matte with most above the actors heads painted in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsH4aCfPY-pkVOkz95f5pjd_doQiH8Tu55grdfTybDhYWRJz7MDOJmf0KC1wTSDhbO_sGyat3Z1Nxyp3odiMAB6SWr5kzH4n4P0Ay4KOJqlGIt6vH1ojPdbSwowEuH1fUmOOeoaJBHxI/s1460/Ship+Fools5a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="1364" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsH4aCfPY-pkVOkz95f5pjd_doQiH8Tu55grdfTybDhYWRJz7MDOJmf0KC1wTSDhbO_sGyat3Z1Nxyp3odiMAB6SWr5kzH4n4P0Ay4KOJqlGIt6vH1ojPdbSwowEuH1fUmOOeoaJBHxI/w598-h640/Ship+Fools5a.jpg" width="598" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Entirely shot on soundstages, SHIP OF FOOLS relied heavily on process projected backgrounds, and they were, by and large, very good shots and I suspect <i>some</i> may have involved Whitlock skies matted into actual ocean plates (see below). Bill Taylor mentioned to me that all the shots on deck were shot on the process stage at Paramount, supervised by that studio's veteran RP man, Farciot Edouart. The shots were made at the maximum size possible, being some forty foot in width, utilising triple-head VistaVision process projection.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYry4AkwK-K-O-BXWgNj-DMJsh3t-ZI_-6sHAh36alxQRdE9zl4okIn68FHwsoxgVVXu1T6PBJQ_cO-zg9nJFZ5tDw-GAI8hBu-w9WRuVbBaEH6KGUlZt2ZEgP5Nt5-RZZs1ZCoYfxLM0/s1541/SHIP4+full+painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1541" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYry4AkwK-K-O-BXWgNj-DMJsh3t-ZI_-6sHAh36alxQRdE9zl4okIn68FHwsoxgVVXu1T6PBJQ_cO-zg9nJFZ5tDw-GAI8hBu-w9WRuVbBaEH6KGUlZt2ZEgP5Nt5-RZZs1ZCoYfxLM0/w640-h456/SHIP4+full+painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another SHIP OF FOOLS Whitlock painting, though one I couldn't find the matching shot for in the film. It may well have been used as a rear projection plate once combined with sea footage, as many similar shots appear behind the actors.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMr5-DjIsfkcGqi-LqrZk0RFhjASA17t-Rd7YmP-js6OLN7icZZjyDOga1Y_ianiGOIy4JkMWgu9h1eBKg0R2SVeRJZOqkd-B_x4O0fw6bbgHZMEH9l7VBWpmDCS8-U5amk3fUPfGpew/s1514/SHIP+SKY+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1514" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMr5-DjIsfkcGqi-LqrZk0RFhjASA17t-Rd7YmP-js6OLN7icZZjyDOga1Y_ianiGOIy4JkMWgu9h1eBKg0R2SVeRJZOqkd-B_x4O0fw6bbgHZMEH9l7VBWpmDCS8-U5amk3fUPfGpew/w640-h358/SHIP+SKY+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sky and water detail.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtBviWxVN2MQGBfQ6RcffYOt8YYDOO7y2A7RV1Fy0GKPceMQaZrglD6PYMLM6jMXlccFlS8WRGH8rCiwgavkgpCV9q0P6LzSW4Uug9wUjezld_7HJN1PK7d2PnjC-AmuGv15LO_CF7N4/s1462/SHIP+SKY+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1462" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtBviWxVN2MQGBfQ6RcffYOt8YYDOO7y2A7RV1Fy0GKPceMQaZrglD6PYMLM6jMXlccFlS8WRGH8rCiwgavkgpCV9q0P6LzSW4Uug9wUjezld_7HJN1PK7d2PnjC-AmuGv15LO_CF7N4/w640-h382/SHIP+SKY+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Exquisite cloud brushwork. When it came to skies, the maestro's of the artform were 'The British Invasion', Albert and the great Peter Ellenshaw.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKFeWS5Ll5ALi7-9oBIzQNqGxmO2d43ZQ2QIzKFS1e3wXL0KI0uBy4yFSaVPmkvnr2NC6URG5aPQG06OsN9OqSV9PcLLylA_8JwmPS9ojc1V0FEUmqbGjZ9ArpbBWtsMUGBg5IDKhul8/s1781/Ship+of+Fools007+DETAIL3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1781" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKFeWS5Ll5ALi7-9oBIzQNqGxmO2d43ZQ2QIzKFS1e3wXL0KI0uBy4yFSaVPmkvnr2NC6URG5aPQG06OsN9OqSV9PcLLylA_8JwmPS9ojc1V0FEUmqbGjZ9ArpbBWtsMUGBg5IDKhul8/w640-h388/Ship+of+Fools007+DETAIL3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VNGa-p3tu_0fgYHGtW1JuReD-CBylCr7FxVLdKQnpZLzXqYnIqo7yOMsTfvCnrXWg11miMTqQkkQu82Xr4Tlh9uaUR6t61zoxSl42_waO1He2Uy1dO_m37-OIWpX3lDlc69NmiCsAeA/s1280/Ship+Fools7a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1280" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VNGa-p3tu_0fgYHGtW1JuReD-CBylCr7FxVLdKQnpZLzXqYnIqo7yOMsTfvCnrXWg11miMTqQkkQu82Xr4Tlh9uaUR6t61zoxSl42_waO1He2Uy1dO_m37-OIWpX3lDlc69NmiCsAeA/w640-h348/Ship+Fools7a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Real ocean footage soft split matted into Whitlock's painted sea, sky and moving ship. Ross Hoffman gave the shot a very subtle swaying motion on his optical printer, to suggest the vantage point was from another vessel. I was hoping to have a breakdown of the individual elements from Al's showreels by the time of publication but thus far nothing has turned up during the as yet incomplete transfers of all of those old 35mm reels. If it does, you'll see it here in a later blog. I'd hate to leave you hanging!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cErUSwAmjYVyLpddzlu0q_ciBU3XgQ7IQnxLwTTU_4RWMh-62IcgRhyphenhyphenn1wvs4neG2x7yVJJaz3YFTpwrCdkC-AASWDywujl-kWvp65VfueJvf00GXji7KVgoDUB5-GDcFoE0c3MpuO8/s1280/Ship+Fools8a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1280" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cErUSwAmjYVyLpddzlu0q_ciBU3XgQ7IQnxLwTTU_4RWMh-62IcgRhyphenhyphenn1wvs4neG2x7yVJJaz3YFTpwrCdkC-AASWDywujl-kWvp65VfueJvf00GXji7KVgoDUB5-GDcFoE0c3MpuO8/w640-h348/Ship+Fools8a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Interestingly, Jim Danforth told me how SHIP OF FOOLS was submitted to the Academy for visual effects consideration. <i>"When the reel was shown to the AMPAS committee, a light system was setup to indicate when a matte painting was on the screen. (There were also full-size RP shots used for closer scenes of actors on the deck.) Later, some on the committee stated that a mistake had been made — that the light was turned on when a<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">miniature</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> was on the screen. There were </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><u>NO</u> </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">miniature shots used for the Ship of Fools (or for any of the other ships). Occasionally, Al tried to do too much — as when he used multiple slits and camera moves to simulate a moving camera view of the arrival at a South American dock. It didn’t quite work."</span></span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8z9Rji-FViaBoB04xtv2KlwvSZyJGzBenknNU7sB5pEo_E4VmGnjCum8SQh8hI4gnITF7Xc3ifYlydrA44QRuSSOdTQUs52Z1hvZQJBXMnyoP8fjpaWNk0RBautadxNAm-QowgCalPNg/s1920/Ship+Fools6a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8z9Rji-FViaBoB04xtv2KlwvSZyJGzBenknNU7sB5pEo_E4VmGnjCum8SQh8hI4gnITF7Xc3ifYlydrA44QRuSSOdTQUs52Z1hvZQJBXMnyoP8fjpaWNk0RBautadxNAm-QowgCalPNg/w640-h352/Ship+Fools6a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final matte shot in the film, as it appears in the release prints.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeaX6H_RrqVJWRw0lyADf19LL-Pt2fxONme0JoN2ANHLjwjIOVCQLQ8bWiepsPbEWGy_uXILeT5_D_xanycrpp4ZneKh1Dzop0QHKnJfUcttQCQPpeAe0JrUZy3o20jIhVKwGUA7qT0Eo/s1918/SHIP5+full+painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="1918" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeaX6H_RrqVJWRw0lyADf19LL-Pt2fxONme0JoN2ANHLjwjIOVCQLQ8bWiepsPbEWGy_uXILeT5_D_xanycrpp4ZneKh1Dzop0QHKnJfUcttQCQPpeAe0JrUZy3o20jIhVKwGUA7qT0Eo/w640-h434/SHIP5+full+painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And here is Albert's original painting prior to photography and the addition of smoke from the stacks and animated water sparkles. All of these colour shots were taken by Al himself back in 1965 in the form of 35mm slides, and these form the basis of a massive collection of matte paintings the man documented over time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADGe3MyWc1l1dFcEzXhiCiQDvIPMekX3Zk76Sgxyv2-fY5iDs5mBF_BykWp6gZ_4MBdXN_LpED5D75ujL8ZQkFLf4o9MGA8jFA4XHEWu-zDygCBLHFVn3-H26hZyK0H0_zuIUnM0g8vs/s1494/SHIP+END+MATTE+detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1494" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADGe3MyWc1l1dFcEzXhiCiQDvIPMekX3Zk76Sgxyv2-fY5iDs5mBF_BykWp6gZ_4MBdXN_LpED5D75ujL8ZQkFLf4o9MGA8jFA4XHEWu-zDygCBLHFVn3-H26hZyK0H0_zuIUnM0g8vs/w640-h412/SHIP+END+MATTE+detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of the detail.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAQWMooDcsKVDYRxIp6KtOD9EAUwkKw47d_y_V6j5nxj7s9fKIn8R-fJ2aHqrpVs8nbwL2NKLz46_Y1fd3n14NOXJcHYfS3TCRfpfylitNN7_1UEp3sJ2qKGuhDY1JHu8M6M5s3ScqTg/s1648/SHIP+END+MATTE+detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="1648" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAQWMooDcsKVDYRxIp6KtOD9EAUwkKw47d_y_V6j5nxj7s9fKIn8R-fJ2aHqrpVs8nbwL2NKLz46_Y1fd3n14NOXJcHYfS3TCRfpfylitNN7_1UEp3sJ2qKGuhDY1JHu8M6M5s3ScqTg/w640-h404/SHIP+END+MATTE+detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Of note here is the method Albert often relied upon to introduce 'lights' in windows and such like. Jim Danforth told me Al didn't care for backlight scrape-away gags and always felt the effect could be accomplished so much more simply just by carefully painting those atributes in the correct values and hues. For certain films where complex gradual infusion or shifting of light was a requirement, Albert would utilise large acetate overlays, painted with highlights and appropriate interactive effects and animate these. The film COLOSSUS-THE FORBIN PROJECT (1969) is a masterwork in this respect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QuSkm22ZnYtNJaRdki6ltQ1FD5QeC7aWtpFyH5TrZ12XXpIXx-euopt87sIwu24WfoMsUFQ6GUoDwGahAsbJEcYwvYEZBFE-4e659JvZ_xmXILQDWtzEE3SFy1vRz-JaXms-ZMA0zF8/s1479/SHIP+END+MATTE+detail3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1479" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QuSkm22ZnYtNJaRdki6ltQ1FD5QeC7aWtpFyH5TrZ12XXpIXx-euopt87sIwu24WfoMsUFQ6GUoDwGahAsbJEcYwvYEZBFE-4e659JvZ_xmXILQDWtzEE3SFy1vRz-JaXms-ZMA0zF8/w640-h392/SHIP+END+MATTE+detail3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Flat painted detail that will ultimately have tiny reflective sparkles doubled in by fx cameraman Ross Hoffman.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjzznaIePnBS5Re0ciUNK4hnK-TAxXz_qqH-q8y1SVFHnn3-U5JoE3kYFnoqyXlpJtyIVlSAN9uZdiDwfD81lMdv-v53ZTGFUzzXYZQM_arAdQsUK5EDXsLaUloUXIzpkt2GR3V-onFU/s2211/SHIP+END+MATTE+detail5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="2211" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjzznaIePnBS5Re0ciUNK4hnK-TAxXz_qqH-q8y1SVFHnn3-U5JoE3kYFnoqyXlpJtyIVlSAN9uZdiDwfD81lMdv-v53ZTGFUzzXYZQM_arAdQsUK5EDXsLaUloUXIzpkt2GR3V-onFU/w640-h378/SHIP+END+MATTE+detail5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Unsurprisingly, American Cinematographer magazine wrote at great length about the rear projection work in this film, but <i>not once</i> did they mention Whitlock's vast matte contribution!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTTplqyApxmXBhlGFiKB5lrcYmqSHoP4uuLxzsaC4y9P0jQyX-DDLu5TlBKmLlmuwwEOE9K_peBMKI7xxSTyc8FkzSxsLnbNbH6BvPDsOQBbdkBFD7amh3z-GEogSk2roiedubdcye6bo/s1920/ship+fools9a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTTplqyApxmXBhlGFiKB5lrcYmqSHoP4uuLxzsaC4y9P0jQyX-DDLu5TlBKmLlmuwwEOE9K_peBMKI7xxSTyc8FkzSxsLnbNbH6BvPDsOQBbdkBFD7amh3z-GEogSk2roiedubdcye6bo/w640-h352/ship+fools9a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The picture concludes with this shot, which I had wondered about, but now know it was a huge cyclorama.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><i>* A special thank you to Tom Higginson for sharing the colour images. Very much appreciated.</i></b><br /><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexfhrsiWfGB13poZlj25ElJBMPTUWrw0IpalpTtnx15i_rsFrWrC6YG7qEMYmTZeotd4-o-246FtHhhwlmHoKtFYUtnseVdZm2Yevk0lTNdebpn4AfWNZ2rYO-SW-ZzPyjE47grCgNnc/s1752/st+valentine-one+sheet.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1431" data-original-width="1752" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexfhrsiWfGB13poZlj25ElJBMPTUWrw0IpalpTtnx15i_rsFrWrC6YG7qEMYmTZeotd4-o-246FtHhhwlmHoKtFYUtnseVdZm2Yevk0lTNdebpn4AfWNZ2rYO-SW-ZzPyjE47grCgNnc/w640-h522/st+valentine-one+sheet.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A pretty violent 1967 Roger Corman helmed bio-pic of sorts of the dubious characters such as Al Capone and pals, and the wholesale slaughter with Tommy guns a-plenty, that took place in Chicago in the 1920's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvCXciJ8s-6Au5EV2pRPoPZQBIzdaN1k22UdouSYNlZcAnTbOF54e2ytfIuhTB0tRV7X17jwji7CMezbcZOO0pKSq2rMUJIhHXdPjz1FeNs3jt67482wxwdhc3JbVJRG-E732Ed53Zm4/s1796/St+Valentines-67.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1796" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvCXciJ8s-6Au5EV2pRPoPZQBIzdaN1k22UdouSYNlZcAnTbOF54e2ytfIuhTB0tRV7X17jwji7CMezbcZOO0pKSq2rMUJIhHXdPjz1FeNs3jt67482wxwdhc3JbVJRG-E732Ed53Zm4/w640-h282/St+Valentines-67.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There are only the two matte shots in the film, but they are certainly worthy of exploration. Note the small, partial set in the upper right pic, on the Fox backlot, which will be transformed into twenties Chicago via Emil Kosa jnr's matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4d1oR5u3mA23Jj2L-OnbHhqR0DZfcFsIBvQSb7jwZAwI7dBhN58ihLpQP-xEzcd7nR0nRkIJ2Pmo5P8yTWl3bSDAOxK-_CsleRvf1MVwVxtdTquWIwHlH7889JHGrSkfBRwmxPcoYMTc/s1920/st+val2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4d1oR5u3mA23Jj2L-OnbHhqR0DZfcFsIBvQSb7jwZAwI7dBhN58ihLpQP-xEzcd7nR0nRkIJ2Pmo5P8yTWl3bSDAOxK-_CsleRvf1MVwVxtdTquWIwHlH7889JHGrSkfBRwmxPcoYMTc/w640-h270/st+val2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The opening credits appear over a long, slow and impressive pullback revealing Chicago in all it's glory during the Prohibition.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzC7twyR3nKYpFh11OIbeOlcajLFaiyZDFVHNukjk-bA0lMXl-OQpQNBdKPGmlUBZxwnaWrQFeBf6g16EW4xCV01978KN8KObZbN1uyWBELkTxQiK5MPTMrQNiMKh-Cmfgu451AiwKls/s1920/st+val1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzC7twyR3nKYpFh11OIbeOlcajLFaiyZDFVHNukjk-bA0lMXl-OQpQNBdKPGmlUBZxwnaWrQFeBf6g16EW4xCV01978KN8KObZbN1uyWBELkTxQiK5MPTMrQNiMKh-Cmfgu451AiwKls/w640-h270/st+val1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs92vh1uLUAsAQlAgpJ1fEomaxLIjK4QCKT0hzpb8TUrRYSAqeiD5jf0JiudYLzF1WjvCeZpbgwd6A984ACTdt4GzXixG8kl0bnvNkO0dQZOKuCGPwSm8wF8E66WsWu70rsrGD5jix2y0/s1920/st+val3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs92vh1uLUAsAQlAgpJ1fEomaxLIjK4QCKT0hzpb8TUrRYSAqeiD5jf0JiudYLzF1WjvCeZpbgwd6A984ACTdt4GzXixG8kl0bnvNkO0dQZOKuCGPwSm8wF8E66WsWu70rsrGD5jix2y0/w640-h270/st+val3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">L.B 'Bill' Abbott was head of special photographic effects at 20th Century Fox, and had been with the department as director of effects photography from as far back as around 1940 under former heads Fred Sersen and Ray Kellogg. Abbott's career started even earlier as a camera operator, on silent films such as WINGS and SUNRISE - both notable 1927 pictures, with the latter being a significant showcase for bold optical composite shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpFyzDhb0qvJU6P9AI4kkabOAxBuKNuUlOU-Zp9yurcHajqu_e17siBBUUOchh2TrKJze3qnG_uQOj9e0gm7dy7anfe6Xs7buAvhaDSCtPlGjYToqcXwRIDv4QYgJwUKGLlpc_Vvlw3A/s1920/st+val4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpFyzDhb0qvJU6P9AI4kkabOAxBuKNuUlOU-Zp9yurcHajqu_e17siBBUUOchh2TrKJze3qnG_uQOj9e0gm7dy7anfe6Xs7buAvhaDSCtPlGjYToqcXwRIDv4QYgJwUKGLlpc_Vvlw3A/w640-h270/st+val4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The pullback ends after the full opening credits, which was quite a long time to have a matte shot on screen. I'm sure the optically added snow fall helped conceal the trickery. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1xdRgisG-ScbzrVyAd4EJalu8ZyIBoqrmynJ1kjBNp82A5pkOxvc9FMYWZwMSHI1bL1QNmk9UgtESKmqkQ_0zxcTxP9hOrmIX5p6yy9-9A16ra6lebjPfkIllDbSnDlKcSouc1AP32Y/s1920/st+val5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1xdRgisG-ScbzrVyAd4EJalu8ZyIBoqrmynJ1kjBNp82A5pkOxvc9FMYWZwMSHI1bL1QNmk9UgtESKmqkQ_0zxcTxP9hOrmIX5p6yy9-9A16ra6lebjPfkIllDbSnDlKcSouc1AP32Y/w640-h270/st+val5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The second of the two mattes is a completely invisible one, and also involves a camera move. Most of the frame here has been painted and matted in to what I assume was a Fox backlot set. It's very impressive indeed and even with repeat playback in BluRay there is very little that gives the game away. The grain is minimal and Emil Kosa's colour matching is spot on. Great little shot that fits the bill of <i>"the trick that nobody ever notices is the true special effect"</i> as Whitlock once stated.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEOz7wXIknPIKG2Vf0E3ao_X6pD0Kg-umX7CDnRhDFYOqRWqoHtH-RajIzXlvSzmxGZRUzEQ0OLWiE8DuCfsmYKEfl_eMkzXVL2j_GwzsxkYXBAGDF5kKs1Z8PmemSUGhIg2HDO0Ny6c/s1920/st+val6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1920" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEOz7wXIknPIKG2Vf0E3ao_X6pD0Kg-umX7CDnRhDFYOqRWqoHtH-RajIzXlvSzmxGZRUzEQ0OLWiE8DuCfsmYKEfl_eMkzXVL2j_GwzsxkYXBAGDF5kKs1Z8PmemSUGhIg2HDO0Ny6c/w640-h270/st+val6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final part of the push in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdyNmwAPVQWi-VqLVWgu6ZEEqNn5cz7RXVzZoQ5M0kd_gAMrDMl_xnEfCj71zDuwb8p5q43fN_zooeM87hkIoOzt-WyKbK8y1Srp5_w61-0_HUXXBBDVj8VePzCG8_w0KEfTq9ewGJfc/s1506/mark+twain-art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="1506" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdyNmwAPVQWi-VqLVWgu6ZEEqNn5cz7RXVzZoQ5M0kd_gAMrDMl_xnEfCj71zDuwb8p5q43fN_zooeM87hkIoOzt-WyKbK8y1Srp5_w61-0_HUXXBBDVj8VePzCG8_w0KEfTq9ewGJfc/w640-h282/mark+twain-art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Time for an oldie, but a goodie... THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN (1944) - a beautifully told semi bio-pic of the life of American icon, Samuel Clemens, and his literary alter ego, Mark Twain.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfr9L-EMEUK96RnNB32Ru2HyYgtw_5rUxLNO8iEqSZSGKyU4rJOZf4h6vaVEqUwKaBzRRru28dJ6NuBO8BxTWeSkLfZ3V4wAxhIp3MNbLN0dZ149HVfovOtQH2oaUe16-QVqn1b-EFi8/s1640/MT1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1640" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfr9L-EMEUK96RnNB32Ru2HyYgtw_5rUxLNO8iEqSZSGKyU4rJOZf4h6vaVEqUwKaBzRRru28dJ6NuBO8BxTWeSkLfZ3V4wAxhIp3MNbLN0dZ149HVfovOtQH2oaUe16-QVqn1b-EFi8/w640-h452/MT1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm very fond of older films, and this one is a classic in all respects, not least the remarkable, brilliantly executed visual effects - of which there are scores! Mattes, miniatures, opticals, process and even some I just can't deconstruct, for love nor money! As already reported in many previous blogs, Warners had one of the biggest and at the time, most ingenious trick shot departments in all of Hollywood. The calibre of work they turned out through the late 1930's and up to the end of the 1940's was astounding.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0Zgq9i_t-2ytpWIOOsxg5t3lMiKYQdwJzc3derxCJqo25SoXfHwSv2ereblSZJwXUe71P9zR55G8TydrP7Rypcx1811Ixx_7_M5kjbJ70u8DFXRdZDb8pyL08oM-rB6MkFRPW80lvAc/s1164/Detlefsen+%2526+Bonestell.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="1164" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0Zgq9i_t-2ytpWIOOsxg5t3lMiKYQdwJzc3derxCJqo25SoXfHwSv2ereblSZJwXUe71P9zR55G8TydrP7Rypcx1811Ixx_7_M5kjbJ70u8DFXRdZDb8pyL08oM-rB6MkFRPW80lvAc/w640-h298/Detlefsen+%2526+Bonestell.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two of MARK TWAIN's key creative people were <b>Paul Detlefsen</b> (left), who was chief matte painter at the studio for nearly 20 years, and <b>Chesley Bonestell</b> (right) - another famed matte painter who moved around a number of studios at various times. Of Danish heritage, Paul began in glass work (as it was termed) in 1923, working on old silent Douglas Fairbanks and Cecil B.DeMille pictures before joining Radio Pictures before it became RKO as their matte man, and later coming to Warners as Byron Haskin's matte expert. Chesley started somewhat later in the matte field, getting a job at RKO as well, in 1939, just in time for THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. Both artists had long careers in matte work, with Bonestell most famous for CITIZEN KANE, while Detlefsen was for THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD and PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE. Both men had pretty much had enough of the motion picture business by the 1950's - largely due to the invasion of television <i>(*Bonestell penned a letter to his friend, fellow matte artist Jan Domela, in which he clearly stated "the picture business is pretty much dead now")</i>, with Bonestell largely turning his talents to astronomical art and science fiction covers, while Detlefsen became a noted calender artist after working on his last film, ANDROCLES AND THE LION in 1950.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qMtJbMz-ukwvlrbK9gGgDWEHv6O6IdLWnPWFB9WxWXPqpWFhglV7fw8t8HdQv16MgNewofmEI1AKX1QYa7c3BldUw0CZnAMK5tMuqHJhZQygPha_sPIKLgCqKR0ohMJiANuqc0KWZm8/s1311/Warner+Bros-Robin+Hood+matte+stand-38+%2528Haskin%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="1311" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qMtJbMz-ukwvlrbK9gGgDWEHv6O6IdLWnPWFB9WxWXPqpWFhglV7fw8t8HdQv16MgNewofmEI1AKX1QYa7c3BldUw0CZnAMK5tMuqHJhZQygPha_sPIKLgCqKR0ohMJiANuqc0KWZm8/w640-h264/Warner+Bros-Robin+Hood+matte+stand-38+%2528Haskin%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A peek inside the matte camera room at Warners Stage 5 effects department in 1939. The paintings on the stand are Paul Detlefsen's from THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNXpOjupmcZxHJPFI-5t72pcoFABugG9g_jrKJvbGVUp2e_7Uco-mkVkR7cdbsVrjm0NtJdTopq1FTjsMVaBPh6VDupzo0VCTgBK315h6-4yvBL-49jWZqkl0DElqKlGPle1zMtrIiGs/s1200/Chesley+Bonestell+1957.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNXpOjupmcZxHJPFI-5t72pcoFABugG9g_jrKJvbGVUp2e_7Uco-mkVkR7cdbsVrjm0NtJdTopq1FTjsMVaBPh6VDupzo0VCTgBK315h6-4yvBL-49jWZqkl0DElqKlGPle1zMtrIiGs/w640-h360/Chesley+Bonestell+1957.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painter and celebrated fine artist Chesley Bonestell.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQrbgEtG2dU8HxTVoxwiRjA82meat2Cp2oeYsqh67wgui93sIvYU5IrgNkKyeJ9N6E0CLNO1zuaQ61t9amGKwNtSXLCzsMbiJdI-XZCQGveVQHlWg7tQdyR44dyWGQzacPzmhoUjl_PY/s2580/MT2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="2580" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQrbgEtG2dU8HxTVoxwiRjA82meat2Cp2oeYsqh67wgui93sIvYU5IrgNkKyeJ9N6E0CLNO1zuaQ61t9amGKwNtSXLCzsMbiJdI-XZCQGveVQHlWg7tQdyR44dyWGQzacPzmhoUjl_PY/w640-h334/MT2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film begins with an extensive camera move across a painted night sky - complete with animated falling star - across a river and landscape and finishing on a group of folks, gaping in awe. This sort of complex shot was bread and butter for Warners' Stage 5 technicians, as they really were ahead of the field when it came to elaborate trick shot gags, as we shall see later in this article!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgar5ITlegE_kS5SZ3TTFCtCgWHVog7pvjxwOV18XtFp4a8pxiyw6VdABtCOc7dbsbm3l-zCukqNsTjcRftKqlV78iML4CX14pAneXbgsSa4rQMSmlCZNykIGelH-dalCCcVG76Ckm0OWw/s1440/MT3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgar5ITlegE_kS5SZ3TTFCtCgWHVog7pvjxwOV18XtFp4a8pxiyw6VdABtCOc7dbsbm3l-zCukqNsTjcRftKqlV78iML4CX14pAneXbgsSa4rQMSmlCZNykIGelH-dalCCcVG76Ckm0OWw/w640-h480/MT3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stage 5 had as many as eight matte artists employed at any one time according to one time head, Byron Haskin</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZmL5SYQT91iN2WIGpHWgxdVXajmeH_XI6MpdhtQqOEXVZeTmQ7EssRpoxXGvYkADrGbrZYEPO6q_UC1ga5EmofACAbhUMyHruz77bLE221aXB1Ib3_v1VrOte7u8IMhD7vghJ0zKE-A/s1616/MT4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1616" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZmL5SYQT91iN2WIGpHWgxdVXajmeH_XI6MpdhtQqOEXVZeTmQ7EssRpoxXGvYkADrGbrZYEPO6q_UC1ga5EmofACAbhUMyHruz77bLE221aXB1Ib3_v1VrOte7u8IMhD7vghJ0zKE-A/w640-h500/MT4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film was Oscar nominated for it's special effects in 1945 - one of seven films that year, though it lost to the thoroughly 100% deserving THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO. Warner's head of effects was Lawrence W. Butler - one of the greats in camera effects work. Eddie Linden was director of effects photography. Linden was noteworthy for being cinematographer of the original KING KONG (1933)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98fqIcedUKDWOb8WO0qjoKSVJfOS48qOq_CsWE4NOeIDzTLNjDYSco36ovBqEplRoMbzx3sFfJq5Suwty61d3CsOYPdigrgzuNCn12qvrKScqv-4aW1jMX_2XhkdcEzKuzHHQFoCTwxs/s1440/MT5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98fqIcedUKDWOb8WO0qjoKSVJfOS48qOq_CsWE4NOeIDzTLNjDYSco36ovBqEplRoMbzx3sFfJq5Suwty61d3CsOYPdigrgzuNCn12qvrKScqv-4aW1jMX_2XhkdcEzKuzHHQFoCTwxs/w640-h480/MT5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film contains a great deal of excellent miniature work, though by whom, I don't know? It was all supervised by Larry Butler of course, but I've no clue as to who did model work at Warners.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhGZmwJvtGMW8dJUp0RfRzlTk4oOvuA6hyio9Ez0sl_phN_jwmTlNd31sQQrgpwE9P9I5N1SQeWZ0_LDzEDwVgToqmGhVZ-gqO7_kogEpMDja4HxlXfCRfiO5GBRrkdJjpfSGRB-H5VE/s1440/MT8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhGZmwJvtGMW8dJUp0RfRzlTk4oOvuA6hyio9Ez0sl_phN_jwmTlNd31sQQrgpwE9P9I5N1SQeWZ0_LDzEDwVgToqmGhVZ-gqO7_kogEpMDja4HxlXfCRfiO5GBRrkdJjpfSGRB-H5VE/w640-h480/MT8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">What appears to be a very large tank set with model paddle steamer and likewise raft filled with kids.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_ad0SljnregR-5etVCir-phT3rxGFyhRJoSCoAij_rlQKTUWmCltgicKxyrh1ha78s3Cd1dNofYZTszbrmYUcdVgEgE_VUfPEN0DzOLvEqQesxxBb-25qV2ABLL3mJb3BcshW2ign8o/s1440/MT6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_ad0SljnregR-5etVCir-phT3rxGFyhRJoSCoAij_rlQKTUWmCltgicKxyrh1ha78s3Cd1dNofYZTszbrmYUcdVgEgE_VUfPEN0DzOLvEqQesxxBb-25qV2ABLL3mJb3BcshW2ign8o/w640-h480/MT6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Larry Butler was a genuine multi-talent in the special fx business, and had a great deal of know-how in opticals - having designed and built a printer meeting certain requirements for Korda's THE THIEF OF BAGDAD for Technicolor travelling mattes, which won him the Oscar. Butler was versatile in all manner of effects work, with a certain expertise in miniatures as seen in things like THE DEVIL AT 4 O'CLOCK and IN HARMS WAY. Larry's father William was an old school optical effects exponent, and worked at First National-Warner Bros on shows like NOAH'S ARK and others, which was where young Lawrence got his first foot in the door, as a mere 15 year old. Butler would progress through the ranks to become assistant to Ned Mann who was Alexander Korda's chief of effects on several films, then he assumed the supervising role on things like JUNGLE BOOK and many others, as well as being head of effects for some years at Warners, then again as head over at Columbia where he was teamed with effects cameraman Donald Glouner <i>(another name with a long lineage of several generations involved in effects work).</i> In either the late 1950's or very early 60's Columbia shut down their effects department, as did many studios, whereby Butler regrouped with Glouner and formed Butler/Glouner Inc as a stand alone effects house. They specialised in all kinds of effects but didn't have an in-house matte artist, so often farmed out or subcontracted matte work to Albert Whitlock, such as many of the Edgar Allen Poe films and ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS to name a few. Both Whitlock and Jim Danforth had dealings at different times with Larry and Donald and both reported having a good work relationship. Jim called Larry <i>"a nice and generous man in the dealings I had with him."</i> Butler would continue as an effects consultant even after the sell off of their operation in 1973, with Larry even getting a character named after him by Steven Spielberg in CLOSE ENCOUNTERS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicNDQ2ZWnrNchUy99HKDggeKwD1ENiii4Zmeyq7baG0CqCHYfgKYGgOJJMTyny7-MPIoKfZrhOyZnQ7xXVuGghichWqrebnEkEp5wPkv_vZWpg6GNXK6BrhhUcEmuhWnatoR7lTngPQM/s1824/MT7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="1824" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicNDQ2ZWnrNchUy99HKDggeKwD1ENiii4Zmeyq7baG0CqCHYfgKYGgOJJMTyny7-MPIoKfZrhOyZnQ7xXVuGghichWqrebnEkEp5wPkv_vZWpg6GNXK6BrhhUcEmuhWnatoR7lTngPQM/w640-h492/MT7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The camera sweeps across the mighty river from one bank to the other, with the scale of the 'current' suggesting a sizeable miniature set up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuxOpMXnmAqSPWXgRFYMx452EzT5WZ5gTCYx5eR9HTyNe5LF4QYumIh8mZY-ee0CSFbtfe9OLwC7Qjq1A45IKRidSEgAvKILm4uYsNDGH2twmZT1-u9nhOIEXJ8Itay8GvE4HLCvukLs/s1964/MT9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1964" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuxOpMXnmAqSPWXgRFYMx452EzT5WZ5gTCYx5eR9HTyNe5LF4QYumIh8mZY-ee0CSFbtfe9OLwC7Qjq1A45IKRidSEgAvKILm4uYsNDGH2twmZT1-u9nhOIEXJ8Itay8GvE4HLCvukLs/w640-h480/MT9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An outstanding set piece here involving large miniatures, child actors, and excellent process projection in a half submerged - and well concealed - RP set up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEeCzcAmrawOvnQOVI1Kzk_1YJ5whj940KqzdriE0N7K6h1c0hA5q1Og8QGwaR7AtKHkb7t4xffhj55l9nfXWsOVOju5UXll11_EXRcFEnT_qZbkZcGO8duwnkl4bK5g2Ta0ecnPILnlA/s1440/MT+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEeCzcAmrawOvnQOVI1Kzk_1YJ5whj940KqzdriE0N7K6h1c0hA5q1Og8QGwaR7AtKHkb7t4xffhj55l9nfXWsOVOju5UXll11_EXRcFEnT_qZbkZcGO8duwnkl4bK5g2Ta0ecnPILnlA/w640-h480/MT+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Warners had a number of highly skilled effects cinematographers such as Hans Koenekamp, Edwin DuPar, Warren Lynch and Willard Van Enger.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaUnykqSWIjofdoYpSwFV1lfrD7onl808hQyTTIYOaFd9GuuR7UV9OaJ2SnZjVKU2VqY7xB3j81h9UB7UFLtooUqvZ10dTIHjSMeg1klsBXN1ZTvsk60RT5q-U8K-8CJM8RkLMDu2xng/s2044/MT+11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="2044" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaUnykqSWIjofdoYpSwFV1lfrD7onl808hQyTTIYOaFd9GuuR7UV9OaJ2SnZjVKU2VqY7xB3j81h9UB7UFLtooUqvZ10dTIHjSMeg1klsBXN1ZTvsk60RT5q-U8K-8CJM8RkLMDu2xng/w640-h250/MT+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Trying to navigate through tricky waterways</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4jc6_zq6VnttssmNGxjSq2tUNOrdjaE6H0BLr_kNpifJe1kyo9dDMIvu9RNt7OqcgoG3hzglHxPqiaN3xZ4O3p-z8pPUk7A0O-k1ItUInXvcds0oZnr-XtKsw0OGBfC5VyGsZlXc6g8/s1440/MT+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4jc6_zq6VnttssmNGxjSq2tUNOrdjaE6H0BLr_kNpifJe1kyo9dDMIvu9RNt7OqcgoG3hzglHxPqiaN3xZ4O3p-z8pPUk7A0O-k1ItUInXvcds0oZnr-XtKsw0OGBfC5VyGsZlXc6g8/w640-h480/MT+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painted sky and horizon (maybe the boat too?), matted into a water plate.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jM13MRrVa8UjoswrUNLHqNwfvx30WWE6a-22wyRtxcVKfpjhe7bYI7RVOgS5bBAYdudkG-dlK7VTN3-koDb1FRF-JILGjOQCBzvAY5JHpfP42YH4pOd3Si79Vvja8x_cW7RRqQzk-ds/s2960/MT+13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="2960" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jM13MRrVa8UjoswrUNLHqNwfvx30WWE6a-22wyRtxcVKfpjhe7bYI7RVOgS5bBAYdudkG-dlK7VTN3-koDb1FRF-JILGjOQCBzvAY5JHpfP42YH4pOd3Si79Vvja8x_cW7RRqQzk-ds/w640-h242/MT+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure here, the ceiling at left may possibly be painted in. Miniature boat almost collides with floating houseboat in the fog.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHDTl5WUJkK39FSDIcCoQ-PNmqLhq5tDYb1Xw3fNheiWQJ6c_uZEFepYmeaBDE_l_IELYwD9faR7Q5L1GutDx-t4O9jOFXy9ZwlMEhvIEvF5YUphaGFPEZAm7JTwL-WmW5EdJJy87syvw/s1440/MT+14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHDTl5WUJkK39FSDIcCoQ-PNmqLhq5tDYb1Xw3fNheiWQJ6c_uZEFepYmeaBDE_l_IELYwD9faR7Q5L1GutDx-t4O9jOFXy9ZwlMEhvIEvF5YUphaGFPEZAm7JTwL-WmW5EdJJy87syvw/w640-h480/MT+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A grand matte painted Southern vista.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvwWRe3QSaZeZooo8qMMcLBnPjm0AMR5hBGK6BxqVMcOYtQBM-ch_cyat44JnI6yatkYoXinK8lYQtC2s6nc6V1UMUNvITsuXernMWpGY0GfEghyphenhyphen1Tr-ntB0j1lVXe89ljIawUcifdak/s1440/MT+15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvwWRe3QSaZeZooo8qMMcLBnPjm0AMR5hBGK6BxqVMcOYtQBM-ch_cyat44JnI6yatkYoXinK8lYQtC2s6nc6V1UMUNvITsuXernMWpGY0GfEghyphenhyphen1Tr-ntB0j1lVXe89ljIawUcifdak/w640-h480/MT+15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another beautifully rendered 1850's view of The Mississippi.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10YOo3bmy0FBKTUUgNTQS92beTsp1d9hwYHlGVOiRUuvdWSSDmdgIayzGoS_6NgqHpGVp7Rr3iUtMdRmVzvLyXHsf0Db4kFF4raVvhw9pM3SrkbEBEDOqlAOk6dd9KKIP7jou49JOqBk/s1440/MT+16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10YOo3bmy0FBKTUUgNTQS92beTsp1d9hwYHlGVOiRUuvdWSSDmdgIayzGoS_6NgqHpGVp7Rr3iUtMdRmVzvLyXHsf0Db4kFF4raVvhw9pM3SrkbEBEDOqlAOk6dd9KKIP7jou49JOqBk/w640-h480/MT+16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure about this. Might be an actual location, or possibly one augmented with snowy mountains?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRoZ-XoRRCcK_VIM9uHCV9-ox_7ZcKQvkcDaSyLs9HPTZnfq9ykQhAG3WnHwFRRXNO91zX0upAEqSE4NpRSfK8uMY_tcNazS0T2EMZz-CnFJ90nhT0whzB2NsWO394-nxR-WpP8VgoqQ/s1440/MT+17+.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRoZ-XoRRCcK_VIM9uHCV9-ox_7ZcKQvkcDaSyLs9HPTZnfq9ykQhAG3WnHwFRRXNO91zX0upAEqSE4NpRSfK8uMY_tcNazS0T2EMZz-CnFJ90nhT0whzB2NsWO394-nxR-WpP8VgoqQ/w640-h480/MT+17+.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The once proud river steamer has seen better days. All well shot in miniature.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHoU6RH8PhrvpdBSq9eeOl09tGh1XGH5v4gDgPQve8n4RXEPrXtxV5wikgZAdxjKTkypZlJ6YedtrTVDqaxoe2I9AT0Vx6KSVL9XW1dJleTh6hWXHHrMBf9jKpXVW6tLMdYDRNbIhknw/s1440/MT+18.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHoU6RH8PhrvpdBSq9eeOl09tGh1XGH5v4gDgPQve8n4RXEPrXtxV5wikgZAdxjKTkypZlJ6YedtrTVDqaxoe2I9AT0Vx6KSVL9XW1dJleTh6hWXHHrMBf9jKpXVW6tLMdYDRNbIhknw/w640-h480/MT+18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While chatting to Jim Danforth about Lawrence Butler and water tank miniatures he remarked: <i>"Did I ever tell you about him telling Warners to uncap the artesian spring which was under their Stage 5, in order to get clear water for the miniature ship shots in “The Caine Mutiny” ?</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuk2XF9KdyewKuN2p7n1w9srF8b20iA138H2DwV1kmcaQ8n6aN5tpgyPBSha8_DLt5_xPBKd5-yG6vIQNroinyglmlY8tvSVnsmYxt0ErwX18zDpXQLqW9C42IFpWxeLE1cDiHcNXyKzo/s2288/MT+19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="2288" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuk2XF9KdyewKuN2p7n1w9srF8b20iA138H2DwV1kmcaQ8n6aN5tpgyPBSha8_DLt5_xPBKd5-yG6vIQNroinyglmlY8tvSVnsmYxt0ErwX18zDpXQLqW9C42IFpWxeLE1cDiHcNXyKzo/w640-h248/MT+19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jim Danforth knew Larry Butler and told me a great story: <i>"Larry sometimes referred to Warners' as 'The Pig Farm', because it was supposedly built on the site of an old pig farm."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoObalgERbnVANyM205vChl0R-g9QBisoXfjg75luf94nt-MK-dqp_nRxTIYag899HMCX7DBAoOWN9TxDXTiyl3GIgwQg5QgtTDvh__LMP3WM8k3ccvGzbadk9T05pr0Mi-0cjjHuZ44/s1440/MT+20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoObalgERbnVANyM205vChl0R-g9QBisoXfjg75luf94nt-MK-dqp_nRxTIYag899HMCX7DBAoOWN9TxDXTiyl3GIgwQg5QgtTDvh__LMP3WM8k3ccvGzbadk9T05pr0Mi-0cjjHuZ44/w640-h480/MT+20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painted set extension on the Warners back lot. Alongside Detlefsen and Bonestell, the Stage 5 FX department also employed Mario Larrinaga, Hans Bartholowsky, Vernon Taylor, Jack Shaw, Clyde Hill and later on, Louis Litchtenfield.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-_WeQJacGYMkCbODItl3ctXiU3SmN2KervOHY3oIIilp0-yjK-WYBkm11wWVivGZ-LeLIyDGbgw5TZJlRXZRArh-NBL5Nfd42HBkg3VX1q-huxghEPKaccgJD_iqEZipokgWjkG8-Hw/s1440/MT+21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-_WeQJacGYMkCbODItl3ctXiU3SmN2KervOHY3oIIilp0-yjK-WYBkm11wWVivGZ-LeLIyDGbgw5TZJlRXZRArh-NBL5Nfd42HBkg3VX1q-huxghEPKaccgJD_iqEZipokgWjkG8-Hw/w640-h480/MT+21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Split screen shot with some painted additions, possibly multiplying the same group of people to fill both stalls and the balcony.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMR0HabgEOtS3-z_LI3gB4i6XWG37PkQ7AxrGqc49yMvnc7XAdNkOLfD9DqOjS5Qx3Q9lM_Ch0Jsh_9PL87Ikc4dkIsNSrB-t635RhCzCc_FB_MbZpHilm3wNExfFZ8rvu2OMf7WY91dc/s1440/MT+22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMR0HabgEOtS3-z_LI3gB4i6XWG37PkQ7AxrGqc49yMvnc7XAdNkOLfD9DqOjS5Qx3Q9lM_Ch0Jsh_9PL87Ikc4dkIsNSrB-t635RhCzCc_FB_MbZpHilm3wNExfFZ8rvu2OMf7WY91dc/w640-h480/MT+22.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Most likely a matte painted shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEvbhsgjAUSZMc-0LNyUimSsLQ7Ix_iR-2mm7koa8hi2XT89-KOIOa7sM4XQeFFFzM_YEcXvgfHEOuKGPSappnH-KKmCxYUgGQDMaMvTWZdS9Rz60K1u8nAavncnu3XO2BTiGdjqvuik/s1658/MT+23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1658" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEvbhsgjAUSZMc-0LNyUimSsLQ7Ix_iR-2mm7koa8hi2XT89-KOIOa7sM4XQeFFFzM_YEcXvgfHEOuKGPSappnH-KKmCxYUgGQDMaMvTWZdS9Rz60K1u8nAavncnu3XO2BTiGdjqvuik/w640-h482/MT+23.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An elaborate dream sequence involving travelling mattes and process work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkN3yA5au9M4SDpZlyt1z24zmpQpafzrRyM19pukTvEl8DAI3vQqfouTH1di60D5mZ1zLsj82qq-WQjI-vd5EPaVKhBIKOzARS8lEMccoTeycpRvPl4ODS9y8ofcFc07-6Yl4XtLcNQVw/s1440/MT+24.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkN3yA5au9M4SDpZlyt1z24zmpQpafzrRyM19pukTvEl8DAI3vQqfouTH1di60D5mZ1zLsj82qq-WQjI-vd5EPaVKhBIKOzARS8lEMccoTeycpRvPl4ODS9y8ofcFc07-6Yl4XtLcNQVw/w640-h480/MT+24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another fine matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nwCUiDt7zt9PwJvmhle6yDr71p6peM-lYKUB3LqOEulu6r-Liti7aw4UDfkbZ_z12UTU_IleUsdzEX8nnsdndIZvKzZMhWtYe_II3rin3e7Gg_iCpKhm4fb4pOaj4kDEmgcLkusnpkY/s1440/MT+25.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nwCUiDt7zt9PwJvmhle6yDr71p6peM-lYKUB3LqOEulu6r-Liti7aw4UDfkbZ_z12UTU_IleUsdzEX8nnsdndIZvKzZMhWtYe_II3rin3e7Gg_iCpKhm4fb4pOaj4kDEmgcLkusnpkY/w640-h480/MT+25.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Star, Fredric March as Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain in what looks like a trick shot of some sort - be it a painting rear projected, or a just plain backing cyclorama? Incidentally, March was a fine actor, and I reckon he played the most convincing United States President of them all in the riveting John Frankenheimer masterpiece SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964). <u>See it...today</u>!!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSi0KRxgtvoSTqDu1CAAezIj8WdsXmrTmcHuZEqJ5VESR2GzdUjJRIBU9-8b0JlX-7IngPqWngSxreme1WZIIE6qmex60RBox5nHeeVZ0J5W9u_pzzp13SjfTJmM_bHzQPHXqqsf46G6I/s1100/Mark+Twain-Bonestell+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="1100" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSi0KRxgtvoSTqDu1CAAezIj8WdsXmrTmcHuZEqJ5VESR2GzdUjJRIBU9-8b0JlX-7IngPqWngSxreme1WZIIE6qmex60RBox5nHeeVZ0J5W9u_pzzp13SjfTJmM_bHzQPHXqqsf46G6I/w640-h362/Mark+Twain-Bonestell+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The moneyshot of all moneyshots occurs halfway through MARK TWAIN whereby he tours the world as a raconteur and teller of tales, beginning here in India. An absolutely 'jaw-on-the-floor' effects showcase, with this (poor quality) illustration taken from Chesley Bonestell's memoir.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJB29Ys_3lfXgp_SdfnWBjDm2-Z3K92hXhABFeeibHsqgUup3KBKt29V-Hpexs36MlYHLqQTvX5m8kfHVyPIrgb-wbIVev_X-kmuPAVaG8rhDYBQUt3ZCU7qyxEAMmkL6WNrZPCorAsw0/s2694/MT+26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="2694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJB29Ys_3lfXgp_SdfnWBjDm2-Z3K92hXhABFeeibHsqgUup3KBKt29V-Hpexs36MlYHLqQTvX5m8kfHVyPIrgb-wbIVev_X-kmuPAVaG8rhDYBQUt3ZCU7qyxEAMmkL6WNrZPCorAsw0/w640-h360/MT+26.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This sequence is a real <i>tour-de-force</i>. The camera starts on a gathered crowd in a square and does an incredible 180 degree sweeping pan around the buildings, cityscape, skyline and harbour with thousands of locals fascinated in what Twain has to say. It's a show stopper of a continuous, uninterupted effects sequence, and is a real head scratcher as to how Butler managed to pull it off.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_QkQ9fcK49_AnOkyvVHg2wx13Dikku9666w4d6CAAw4wk_6a_mY1_zR4jkEPghor1KBDp_pL92vyJXzlhVWX2ZRpNS2bKBEX8c7xY2z9DpZkUC2xpbSPh8Gzv11CpUKjunS9pVhWHY0/s1440/MT+27a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_QkQ9fcK49_AnOkyvVHg2wx13Dikku9666w4d6CAAw4wk_6a_mY1_zR4jkEPghor1KBDp_pL92vyJXzlhVWX2ZRpNS2bKBEX8c7xY2z9DpZkUC2xpbSPh8Gzv11CpUKjunS9pVhWHY0/w640-h480/MT+27a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here are the key frames for close inspection...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tc7m06JigxllWKXhvfoFDPg0j11VzBlSzeJZJIh844vMpDO5g4T-raObqzut3kLG4j3oSZPd1zdxp-2Gj_Rt1qZUcHoyKUnruZs7IngbompbUFapJGnLshi33aoInwzTzgQB3V6i-Sc/s1440/MT+27b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tc7m06JigxllWKXhvfoFDPg0j11VzBlSzeJZJIh844vMpDO5g4T-raObqzut3kLG4j3oSZPd1zdxp-2Gj_Rt1qZUcHoyKUnruZs7IngbompbUFapJGnLshi33aoInwzTzgQB3V6i-Sc/w640-h480/MT+27b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm fairly convinced the whole deal is a superbly orchestrated mix of painted matte art, photographic cut outs and very precise process projection. Warners would often do just such 'stunts', and nothing seemed out of their comfort zone. Just take a look at similarly eye popping sequences from YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, RHAPSODY IN BLUE and THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT - each one a dazzling display of technical and aesthetic skill that <u>no</u> other studio dared to tackle.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSXEgwkueNvlE7yZSaWzN8y_ee4HPw0Eq0-hhIyz-2zdC_XWtAJY6ElCp1kCOFgdSSA1AfJj9VnIQvMV7uD-vTWXjoVMPovOBSpgkR069lUsgdLwXrcBBKZ4mA9TEqiah9awx5C3GvZA/s1440/MT+27c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSXEgwkueNvlE7yZSaWzN8y_ee4HPw0Eq0-hhIyz-2zdC_XWtAJY6ElCp1kCOFgdSSA1AfJj9VnIQvMV7uD-vTWXjoVMPovOBSpgkR069lUsgdLwXrcBBKZ4mA9TEqiah9awx5C3GvZA/w640-h480/MT+27c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's only evident upon repeat viewings and close scrutiny that many of the 'Indian extras' appear multiple times in various different places during the camera move. It's sure that some are photo cut-outs, skillfully blended, yet some others are in motion and clearly 'real' extras!! The whole thing is a wonder.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhyq6gIM9IYnR98MQjeuzx-tRexAxNpZlrvZLfdVRraYAODrOtGMMKUGfTC7kL4LJ6KwdT8J-T7lF3Eng8a7mdgi-OY0OyMSvHz6Q63Ni4TeQMTNgDGSU2QAfHapcQUdxxl95ND2HmL0/s1440/MT+27d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhyq6gIM9IYnR98MQjeuzx-tRexAxNpZlrvZLfdVRraYAODrOtGMMKUGfTC7kL4LJ6KwdT8J-T7lF3Eng8a7mdgi-OY0OyMSvHz6Q63Ni4TeQMTNgDGSU2QAfHapcQUdxxl95ND2HmL0/w640-h480/MT+27d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's of little surprise that Don Siegel - Warner's top montage director and soon to be top flight director in his own right - had much responsibility on this film as well as the others I mentioned above. The sequence would fall into the montage category as it's part of a group of similar sequences cut together in a breathless relay of movie magic.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOj1K_Upkyh0ksK4hvRAOXUj4nSGsIwsGv_UlvYPFiRKGT7xPWmJI15SwE9EDHSGdTOWUN2K5eDLlA_khtmUqeoEMHmMGdB-mTApXQpcEiLW0MEVeGrL5ybsYA929RELuZsMSKSPsV2jg/s1440/MT+27e.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOj1K_Upkyh0ksK4hvRAOXUj4nSGsIwsGv_UlvYPFiRKGT7xPWmJI15SwE9EDHSGdTOWUN2K5eDLlA_khtmUqeoEMHmMGdB-mTApXQpcEiLW0MEVeGrL5ybsYA929RELuZsMSKSPsV2jg/w640-h480/MT+27e.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This sequence was played at the Academy Awards that year apparently, as the visual effects category came up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZPhiZr7LrfbXPFJ87QlaEJk3MHSLTAUzYRH8fjxdUHTc7Dlcy1QFkoEPTfU38v_zyO4t3GJTTzxI8poHXaymMUpBgkVaBwAhdx9BK1hLKdeVq54uzyVK0RwUYo7r9yPCp-zTacBWnzs/s1440/MT+27f.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZPhiZr7LrfbXPFJ87QlaEJk3MHSLTAUzYRH8fjxdUHTc7Dlcy1QFkoEPTfU38v_zyO4t3GJTTzxI8poHXaymMUpBgkVaBwAhdx9BK1hLKdeVq54uzyVK0RwUYo7r9yPCp-zTacBWnzs/w640-h480/MT+27f.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Man, would I love to see a full breakdown of this</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_7vh6d1neKqph8pmodec-dc-Fl1dJS2H9S7drZx5cL3gl_pigO87kDkZ4C92_uCkwbFy0MTyYGdnH0OsG8_spJRKE-HvEi362uU7tuN3FFW3584Y_TzH3DZMoIXFxIjzWltz_h-yU5o/s1440/MT+27g.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_7vh6d1neKqph8pmodec-dc-Fl1dJS2H9S7drZx5cL3gl_pigO87kDkZ4C92_uCkwbFy0MTyYGdnH0OsG8_spJRKE-HvEi362uU7tuN3FFW3584Y_TzH3DZMoIXFxIjzWltz_h-yU5o/w640-h480/MT+27g.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same old faces keep cropping up, but you'd never know it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIDCzH1QwjmT_yN1PBsRyfYwtDn2u2luf4fqOc9IXLGsXCd27NOn8XzoeTVcPq5ocvCbNycwlnk0-iGQf11Yf0zAPSZyMESh-yHSPM-DB0VIRONeqC5Ul1WcF6zleifnOCYP6pGKpYh8/s1440/MT+27h.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIDCzH1QwjmT_yN1PBsRyfYwtDn2u2luf4fqOc9IXLGsXCd27NOn8XzoeTVcPq5ocvCbNycwlnk0-iGQf11Yf0zAPSZyMESh-yHSPM-DB0VIRONeqC5Ul1WcF6zleifnOCYP6pGKpYh8/w640-h480/MT+27h.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kudos to the stills photographer and/or fx cameraman who shot these extras, with the light and shadow being 'right-on-the-money' all the way.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvj99iCLPZ1Ympq8iJN2yj5_trr_m2Kz6GscVU2DF9KJ3Aj26q4BFHttyeg_3ioaYA2FiKtXar6P3qhVbxfo15Dhg01DPSefWZFiQ0zKoFHLnYoKDyTE2nwbwNfT3T90psmw_s4ujHUI/s1440/MT+27i.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvj99iCLPZ1Ympq8iJN2yj5_trr_m2Kz6GscVU2DF9KJ3Aj26q4BFHttyeg_3ioaYA2FiKtXar6P3qhVbxfo15Dhg01DPSefWZFiQ0zKoFHLnYoKDyTE2nwbwNfT3T90psmw_s4ujHUI/w640-h480/MT+27i.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I ponder whether the whole set up was an enormous painted/collage/process rig possibly constructed in a vast semi-circle, maybe with the taking camera in the centre on a nodal head?? Any ideas you SFX guys out there?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZWZoNg5FpKSgvQ8ryoBEuWmeevURTbvUPxvccGDEeUCsA6iSYJr6kfLguKdO-7pgOwNgz9er236mpMUQpZeY5BLZB4ztEueNnUUM6ycontaJHfIT7Wm_DhWKA7xstZTNJlseM001vog/s1440/MT+27j.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZWZoNg5FpKSgvQ8ryoBEuWmeevURTbvUPxvccGDEeUCsA6iSYJr6kfLguKdO-7pgOwNgz9er236mpMUQpZeY5BLZB4ztEueNnUUM6ycontaJHfIT7Wm_DhWKA7xstZTNJlseM001vog/w640-h480/MT+27j.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film was unique in that for the period, any film nominated in a technical category, it would automatically go to the head of that particular department, such as sound or design. MARK TWAIN marked an entirely unexpected direction with the actual SFX nomination going to the chief matte painter, Paul Detlefsen and longtime Warners matte cinematographer, John Crouse, and <i>not</i> Lawrence Butler. I can only assume Butler himself put forward the names of Detlefsen and Crouse, recognising the important role they both played in pulling off the many trick shots in the film. Reviewing the history of Oscar SFX nominations and winners, I've rarely seen a case like that before - certainly not until well into the 1960's. The very first effects Oscar in 1938 for SPAWN OF THE NORTH did though single out and name around eight FX crew.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglC29hgJYBYu2KWpTV4F_wYFRQ3bCN68HmdEIzAFPlGskYv9vt05HZJX5rKAr7p_gp3qRmbrBXjuhkZln_eqwhPorSOswDK3u3u_BaIALtXt21PO-FqQCV5TwxMvsp-cS8KBVhflJHzVg/s1440/MT+27k.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglC29hgJYBYu2KWpTV4F_wYFRQ3bCN68HmdEIzAFPlGskYv9vt05HZJX5rKAr7p_gp3qRmbrBXjuhkZln_eqwhPorSOswDK3u3u_BaIALtXt21PO-FqQCV5TwxMvsp-cS8KBVhflJHzVg/w640-h480/MT+27k.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEo9q6wQ8_8cNcBld4faBjESQ46luKmqPbPttgcuqjZKFdy0shz6wK25MCku1wckCTXg74bF9uK8w61vzDKFOlMf_IQMtbFID50TM9dd8CpM0n5IQll3-DvAIHWidnxh50SlK6tSVOjtw/s1440/MT+27l.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEo9q6wQ8_8cNcBld4faBjESQ46luKmqPbPttgcuqjZKFdy0shz6wK25MCku1wckCTXg74bF9uK8w61vzDKFOlMf_IQMtbFID50TM9dd8CpM0n5IQll3-DvAIHWidnxh50SlK6tSVOjtw/w640-h480/MT+27l.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The fluid camera moves up off the masses and onto the podium where Twain stands delivering his speech.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XOqTJAZ2K-a6ruGizLOteSoc8dNJkXz3aqweXKqPrzVW6dp7S_zfNEmfNMW4M3IUVhDtQHt5FD6OB4TI6BpZBKTk5twvK2cz6lsp-i5pD60bQYa0Kcj-48Mo8BT-uI23iZ0_naa1SrM/s1440/MT+27m.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XOqTJAZ2K-a6ruGizLOteSoc8dNJkXz3aqweXKqPrzVW6dp7S_zfNEmfNMW4M3IUVhDtQHt5FD6OB4TI6BpZBKTk5twvK2cz6lsp-i5pD60bQYa0Kcj-48Mo8BT-uI23iZ0_naa1SrM/w640-h480/MT+27m.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Todays CG jockeys may yawn at this, but remember, this was <u>all</u> physical/photo-chemical and took an enormous amount of configuring to achieve.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtA8mUtcwtmFwc_NPVb7oGP73nzyqJlhZ4FD8tRqMY8TmfIFNYic9_y0BGWoTExNh-6iuHYmQ3QuLNlXjE_PY5zeYMeuflPNH6NESV-SsyJ6BClIBwbN0CjAVP4Gr5qr4q1vgVT3q2vo/s1440/MT+27n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtA8mUtcwtmFwc_NPVb7oGP73nzyqJlhZ4FD8tRqMY8TmfIFNYic9_y0BGWoTExNh-6iuHYmQ3QuLNlXjE_PY5zeYMeuflPNH6NESV-SsyJ6BClIBwbN0CjAVP4Gr5qr4q1vgVT3q2vo/w640-h480/MT+27n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm sure Fredrick March and friends are a process plate rear projected into Chesley Bonestell's vast matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc50pIxd0oxE3gOMzUIdGNObj0uMv9soqXl-sx5JiEdwVJmdjCSRXAFezAPwaCx2vQ-mfqNySFAI-YK76FyCS_mwRS-TpBQCMQwz0DgdqSA9EPstKuKkMez5w9cvIely7SCpFfOCjjbKg/s2676/MT+28.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="2676" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc50pIxd0oxE3gOMzUIdGNObj0uMv9soqXl-sx5JiEdwVJmdjCSRXAFezAPwaCx2vQ-mfqNySFAI-YK76FyCS_mwRS-TpBQCMQwz0DgdqSA9EPstKuKkMez5w9cvIely7SCpFfOCjjbKg/w640-h372/MT+28.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Just when we thought the mind-bending effects moves were done and dusted, we get a <i>second</i> one directly dissolved into from the other. Again, an incredibly well accomplished trick that is a tough nut to dissect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExcaBODDJoOQe1E29w4joSuUGyrXCAE8A54YbU6kvsiOpe9tvYfjt0o2eN1GOQEDcFNNHTYHJEjZsdXrmk1xEO0-WUwD35b7ZE0Bpbg_XKdMBYpIex0tZWgUInmGRIwRP6C2zc015gMw/s1440/MT+28a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExcaBODDJoOQe1E29w4joSuUGyrXCAE8A54YbU6kvsiOpe9tvYfjt0o2eN1GOQEDcFNNHTYHJEjZsdXrmk1xEO0-WUwD35b7ZE0Bpbg_XKdMBYpIex0tZWgUInmGRIwRP6C2zc015gMw/w640-h480/MT+28a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frame by frame HD look at the sequence</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShM0fv01_I_qsuvgx6tczxUbmImHUplAcDihGyh9DF-YBHEoFnepw7bFtU8kXObTxLdIzfJlUNlhyphenhyphennBzbjpMUNqyZnhnA8QmeBsmmORc_71bH5UKqUCVoRlRsonuqKyH9Y_cNuFu0nQA/s1440/MT+28b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShM0fv01_I_qsuvgx6tczxUbmImHUplAcDihGyh9DF-YBHEoFnepw7bFtU8kXObTxLdIzfJlUNlhyphenhyphennBzbjpMUNqyZnhnA8QmeBsmmORc_71bH5UKqUCVoRlRsonuqKyH9Y_cNuFu0nQA/w640-h480/MT+28b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Twain is a rear projected element, in what is likely a huge matte painting or retouched photo blow up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRySFm5XViiUQbRvpAyF1cP_j1lFOZ4kj22ZJUCBNSsgfxnPtlRhNJC1TnkMo0gFicqQzPem-bduE5TZ4eXXMqXHEFFIedZ1FQ6hUS8NVND0iI5Tn1oozWwCO8CytskJF4IWaEoI82ZA/s1440/MT+28c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRySFm5XViiUQbRvpAyF1cP_j1lFOZ4kj22ZJUCBNSsgfxnPtlRhNJC1TnkMo0gFicqQzPem-bduE5TZ4eXXMqXHEFFIedZ1FQ6hUS8NVND0iI5Tn1oozWwCO8CytskJF4IWaEoI82ZA/w640-h480/MT+28c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Once again, we get the huddled masses of people - most of whom appeared in that previous major FX shot, and most of those re-occur several times.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWKgHKc6ktKxUnhoswbxyPxIsU1VY-y72e5AqvZz9GXO_7zZ0toU0J2EbbqUUbJQn5KKVL6PY7aZaIbQ5BP7w9Y4EJ6xhT3dzphzvWXVbxJ9AmKOuNmW74bEouPVDqXNIH7YzaKTw5PI/s1440/MT+28d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWKgHKc6ktKxUnhoswbxyPxIsU1VY-y72e5AqvZz9GXO_7zZ0toU0J2EbbqUUbJQn5KKVL6PY7aZaIbQ5BP7w9Y4EJ6xhT3dzphzvWXVbxJ9AmKOuNmW74bEouPVDqXNIH7YzaKTw5PI/w640-h480/MT+28d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As with other similar Warner shows with such shots, they are rarely, if ever, just a simple 'optical zoom out'. Their pullback shots like this were, without exception, remarkably free of grain nor any optical related artifacts, with a pseudo 3D-like depth that one might associate with modern era drone footage. Just take a look at THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT to see what I mean.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__LO2pzqQZzLlQhxU7cQMEnQ4j7ZB9bLP6L9tSEZVMv93InJpffpG1qRHZWrI-5CDW-Efxb-dEvQGjPQK4XH1IEhcyZwSrRXQp6KrOdA1FHhQgGvKicTWE1cyjvIl-CykOY2pTVsqc8I/s1440/MT+28e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__LO2pzqQZzLlQhxU7cQMEnQ4j7ZB9bLP6L9tSEZVMv93InJpffpG1qRHZWrI-5CDW-Efxb-dEvQGjPQK4XH1IEhcyZwSrRXQp6KrOdA1FHhQgGvKicTWE1cyjvIl-CykOY2pTVsqc8I/w640-h480/MT+28e.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4sCV6mfWbLIXX5azcrPwtpOMgheu9vD7WsZJuLKBV6_YLqYEaky7u4pJfo27BGO8_G3cUUE0F4Gv34UteedYGE1-1NkagnvUruIAAe7Pd1FiHnzop3qMuxHysf1Njr3xWiwleWuljcU/s1440/MT+28F.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4sCV6mfWbLIXX5azcrPwtpOMgheu9vD7WsZJuLKBV6_YLqYEaky7u4pJfo27BGO8_G3cUUE0F4Gv34UteedYGE1-1NkagnvUruIAAe7Pd1FiHnzop3qMuxHysf1Njr3xWiwleWuljcU/w640-h480/MT+28F.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The camera moves back, with columns and foreground elements coming into view in a most naturalistic 'you are there' manner.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNG7wtssfI5zrdSzGQ4rr5bZjU_tBtq67mKrSsuBXYR_q3Nrh5FWCUkjjVvz3xs656h_LvkSM6pBA2VuysbI7-BtlGR0-7YL8gAVFQPwoP6oLpktNMdyF9qLMWHBUYSbk6PgyYChTMGr4/s1440/MT+28g.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNG7wtssfI5zrdSzGQ4rr5bZjU_tBtq67mKrSsuBXYR_q3Nrh5FWCUkjjVvz3xs656h_LvkSM6pBA2VuysbI7-BtlGR0-7YL8gAVFQPwoP6oLpktNMdyF9qLMWHBUYSbk6PgyYChTMGr4/w640-h480/MT+28g.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In an old interview, Paul Detlefsen said that he owed so much to matte cinematographer John Crouse for his camera abilities and making the mattes look good.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6cvZwW08sXrGxLF-uSfxuioI1XqRElyx4vwVxbiGZxSx8C9A8rWYszXqGMGpwrH1bpcsUNshvWI3T6JoSSgkWn1lOXUofZQWtIRGQz9SzSHNz5_3ipEgn-I5N8Ti1Y3j1g9CaTzGsa0/s1440/MT+28h.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6cvZwW08sXrGxLF-uSfxuioI1XqRElyx4vwVxbiGZxSx8C9A8rWYszXqGMGpwrH1bpcsUNshvWI3T6JoSSgkWn1lOXUofZQWtIRGQz9SzSHNz5_3ipEgn-I5N8Ti1Y3j1g9CaTzGsa0/w640-h480/MT+28h.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The massive pullback ends on a pair of laughing locals. How on earth did Butler et al manage this?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9L7mzLa352gRx87y3OfLGumgAP87w-QmZJ4hNJzbvbqJrJTEnH8zeCGnVoHSfc_JlRydzbsenrDnnu9IUlp2i4iJcXr_WNnwPJdgMANwOV-XYpZmwvl_zUcuD0CbuA-bNlssDPedXUk/s1440/MT+30.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9L7mzLa352gRx87y3OfLGumgAP87w-QmZJ4hNJzbvbqJrJTEnH8zeCGnVoHSfc_JlRydzbsenrDnnu9IUlp2i4iJcXr_WNnwPJdgMANwOV-XYpZmwvl_zUcuD0CbuA-bNlssDPedXUk/w640-h480/MT+30.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Our storied literary personality addresses another massive crowd in this extensive matte shot</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstGGmm4VL2dSf9GOjdtF00QeqM9SpORXXfpYGpkrYxtHjIrdLqjFbWyC_KYCSnm9tF4-z4ep1N_pgWUIZCH7f66-1hNB4B8-E1M7zfrpkmH9lvNKf-jPoZV6H33sJJcC0Os_-d2T9AWc/s1440/MT+31.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstGGmm4VL2dSf9GOjdtF00QeqM9SpORXXfpYGpkrYxtHjIrdLqjFbWyC_KYCSnm9tF4-z4ep1N_pgWUIZCH7f66-1hNB4B8-E1M7zfrpkmH9lvNKf-jPoZV6H33sJJcC0Os_-d2T9AWc/w640-h480/MT+31.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Full matte painting for a melacholic scene</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sHj7wZ_s0iTmQgTayepXDnEDxZ_3h7fE9CurPxFrb5f6NBH-EtHrjZYZX0h8XEtzRKEi6earZcNgFBhsyAGvbHUQUwe67rNZlhprXmLSpN4i5Wgso9Np2IQBpZ3hvnOXqX-MzVLhrMA/s2451/MT+32.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="2451" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sHj7wZ_s0iTmQgTayepXDnEDxZ_3h7fE9CurPxFrb5f6NBH-EtHrjZYZX0h8XEtzRKEi6earZcNgFBhsyAGvbHUQUwe67rNZlhprXmLSpN4i5Wgso9Np2IQBpZ3hvnOXqX-MzVLhrMA/w640-h374/MT+32.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film concludes with yet another grand, multi-element visual effect scene. There's more to this than meets the eye folks.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzDph9vW7GVstmH4PpEfzVhSgcyH2aJDlug301JYmq_OlWjpZD1PX-q2TOZ7DFWFJ_niuXboh_ni5kNyPNvNg25x7NyP4wfLgRWbMnDAepNHl5JgvxMBsi7IWr1_Ej9bclM7GcJ9HXoM/s1440/MT+32a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzDph9vW7GVstmH4PpEfzVhSgcyH2aJDlug301JYmq_OlWjpZD1PX-q2TOZ7DFWFJ_niuXboh_ni5kNyPNvNg25x7NyP4wfLgRWbMnDAepNHl5JgvxMBsi7IWr1_Ej9bclM7GcJ9HXoM/w640-h480/MT+32a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">With Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens on his death bed, things become strangely metaphysical.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKpnHmOwNzQwRxYt5IiGr25KnkpUXqJnIHVW4y06dwsBqLYnHYXQbO34LoVLJ7dMElfC5xybede9wedcdWSrmKhZWTS3uauytrqXm_HxglsBQjEwybOfFUllLsF5SlxvZI3NQ156okO8/s1440/MT+32b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKpnHmOwNzQwRxYt5IiGr25KnkpUXqJnIHVW4y06dwsBqLYnHYXQbO34LoVLJ7dMElfC5xybede9wedcdWSrmKhZWTS3uauytrqXm_HxglsBQjEwybOfFUllLsF5SlxvZI3NQ156okO8/w640-h480/MT+32b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In what must have been a hellishly complex sequence to put together in the printer, Twain leaves his own body, joins hands with boyhood characters and climbs the stairs to what must surely be heaven - or somewhere nearly as good! While all of this is happening, his lifeless form - and that of his wife - are absorbed by billowing white clouds, assuming their shape and form(!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_t5J0bxHVv3QZtbeBqh6nkAcJXYN-MnUYBJ60MOLSCmLjSM2ObSlOyaYGtkeOvHlA1gXaGIDea_SwsUA41jyh0dZcznOpOD7Ek8M8utGrbURIM85xSom77YqhFaU9iHn3e2sUdIyGpP0/s1440/MT+32c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_t5J0bxHVv3QZtbeBqh6nkAcJXYN-MnUYBJ60MOLSCmLjSM2ObSlOyaYGtkeOvHlA1gXaGIDea_SwsUA41jyh0dZcznOpOD7Ek8M8utGrbURIM85xSom77YqhFaU9iHn3e2sUdIyGpP0/w640-h480/MT+32c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Note the gradual transformation at lower frame as Mr and Mrs Twain/Clemens are absorbed by clouds.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaq2pAVilgUo9aiuN-NXpD5ozYkWOXWSksalLgv7pQFOKiYL_MagE000tA4COa2z5-zO8nvUz0bGCsRv4oDUAJqtoMHAHUrQWsQn4BzAt6xqJ25V6WhOgw4ejVgp7fW_Uq6dBbZsjWx6o/s1440/MT+32d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaq2pAVilgUo9aiuN-NXpD5ozYkWOXWSksalLgv7pQFOKiYL_MagE000tA4COa2z5-zO8nvUz0bGCsRv4oDUAJqtoMHAHUrQWsQn4BzAt6xqJ25V6WhOgw4ejVgp7fW_Uq6dBbZsjWx6o/w640-h480/MT+32d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Meanwhile the sun is rising over the hill...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMahYbs_cfUQLXXKUP3wUG72GCqFwKy1SPtBfjF2bNrQsCfQdlLIvju0zvY0fc-8i-wtUJyxnGEHh1Vuh29yOKS-GAkh_grj_6tat2fOj0mDi29Uxr-hrqbLZbjly33Q-9m3bBVNaKPCg/s1440/MT+32e.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMahYbs_cfUQLXXKUP3wUG72GCqFwKy1SPtBfjF2bNrQsCfQdlLIvju0zvY0fc-8i-wtUJyxnGEHh1Vuh29yOKS-GAkh_grj_6tat2fOj0mDi29Uxr-hrqbLZbjly33Q-9m3bBVNaKPCg/w640-h480/MT+32e.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jimmy Page takes his Stairway To Heaven...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay-OQYrLTjQoZGoKETuEIvD9R6H-yuOVjJqAaEV7L_KPL5h-eKo5C5ierudVpSY4P8iG5G-ul-9GEs21j4OFVJu7iXkfXETpH8eGlJPvUGETgG3-FQptlSxCaLQrQ74UNvAlHBvHwnU0/s1440/MT+32f.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay-OQYrLTjQoZGoKETuEIvD9R6H-yuOVjJqAaEV7L_KPL5h-eKo5C5ierudVpSY4P8iG5G-ul-9GEs21j4OFVJu7iXkfXETpH8eGlJPvUGETgG3-FQptlSxCaLQrQ74UNvAlHBvHwnU0/w640-h480/MT+32f.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The continuous shot is a constant transition with dissolving elements replacing others in different areas of the frame, light changes, and more!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcutDQoId0JvN9db94Kyfn7GrAiSXNj9-KEqOXIEsnUVxGUBG3LZc8mP5fiiIubZhCgbea8HnPjp9-WRPdUiZrlG00KK_vCIwiwHbPX7iALs4TN3GKEiM1sBZfmpV9eBfZHyPVkE3IYo/s1440/MT+32g.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcutDQoId0JvN9db94Kyfn7GrAiSXNj9-KEqOXIEsnUVxGUBG3LZc8mP5fiiIubZhCgbea8HnPjp9-WRPdUiZrlG00KK_vCIwiwHbPX7iALs4TN3GKEiM1sBZfmpV9eBfZHyPVkE3IYo/w640-h480/MT+32g.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Much occurs here in an uninterrupted shot which must have gone through the optical printer a few times to composite the many elements.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtGVXw72bKhHKSVrp63r6pzZVLNchaSerKdITDZcrup9rySZjJKm7SpMRxCbfnVQUpLq0s9_cjtzAY96Gu6T7tAiy9n0kJ82Sq7Rs2h4mBOGcfxc41yVabXh4JmF-1L1egBap8J4Q5MQ/s1440/MT+32h.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtGVXw72bKhHKSVrp63r6pzZVLNchaSerKdITDZcrup9rySZjJKm7SpMRxCbfnVQUpLq0s9_cjtzAY96Gu6T7tAiy9n0kJ82Sq7Rs2h4mBOGcfxc41yVabXh4JmF-1L1egBap8J4Q5MQ/w640-h480/MT+32h.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'Hold on... this ain't Heaven... it's just plywood, plaster and arc lights!'</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WLD569nn_Jn3oCVLlRf858ZmOqDsOV74Ru1IL4ov-rl_rpnCL-pEVIfgumnqAMuSI7P3L4UbtqNi9wPhKOExftZQyjvuu3QabUEvwaKcmt5nQwWqqDRhJcduaY4XvpEnXtVrp6kxOiU/s1460/MT+trl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1460" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WLD569nn_Jn3oCVLlRf858ZmOqDsOV74Ru1IL4ov-rl_rpnCL-pEVIfgumnqAMuSI7P3L4UbtqNi9wPhKOExftZQyjvuu3QabUEvwaKcmt5nQwWqqDRhJcduaY4XvpEnXtVrp6kxOiU/w640-h238/MT+trl.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the theatrical trailer, a matte shot absent from the feature. Not an uncommon thing. The CASABLANCA trailer - also from Warners - has an <u>unfinished</u> matte shot in it!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Sr1OiuWcyq19-K5jh57qsHHjVwPO0O35bhwh8WjYh49MoHyQ27qD6j8IifKtjQlUGDhi5eZEgm1k8vGi36Sp2ZW6V5hucwq9_UqGsNbX-sRTMOKiBGZuCRXJR_wACOU-2lJPuhaJ8KU/s955/Keeper-ad+art2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="955" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Sr1OiuWcyq19-K5jh57qsHHjVwPO0O35bhwh8WjYh49MoHyQ27qD6j8IifKtjQlUGDhi5eZEgm1k8vGi36Sp2ZW6V5hucwq9_UqGsNbX-sRTMOKiBGZuCRXJR_wACOU-2lJPuhaJ8KU/w640-h450/Keeper-ad+art2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBAOdqK2e9wkNTsxAKh44joMecoPCBd5Rqvfqpy1ELinme4mleI8iaZgQ88l3Honzqs9CR7FOT8m3-vPzVckH7nJTUJdE-Qxut-YyMg9U7m9DLTLk9UFhug6AJaJXt8gcVrzVbg9Gbsk/s1956/keeper1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1956" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBAOdqK2e9wkNTsxAKh44joMecoPCBd5Rqvfqpy1ELinme4mleI8iaZgQ88l3Honzqs9CR7FOT8m3-vPzVckH7nJTUJdE-Qxut-YyMg9U7m9DLTLk9UFhug6AJaJXt8gcVrzVbg9Gbsk/w640-h572/keeper1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This well made 1943 mystery directed by George Cukor has all the ingredients, with political corruption and the hungry newspaper man eager to get to the bottom of things, with secrets long buried. I do think Humphrey Bogart would have served this well in the star role. Just sayin'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuiEXz2-sE6MCu1t9eCSuvV8HSb_D2SkMXIrvvynbKAPlsNHvRGrIY5cDEDuvKfJQH6xYxMxB-AfHIIv_FjvY33LBKC5JfwO77ouiRB2kaRx4D3bEgzxnydEx6CABpw6nxcbaX0NY9_U/s2010/keeper2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="2010" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuiEXz2-sE6MCu1t9eCSuvV8HSb_D2SkMXIrvvynbKAPlsNHvRGrIY5cDEDuvKfJQH6xYxMxB-AfHIIv_FjvY33LBKC5JfwO77ouiRB2kaRx4D3bEgzxnydEx6CABpw6nxcbaX0NY9_U/w640-h502/keeper2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The MGM production is quite a lavish affair (weren't they all?), with a number of excellent matte painted shots supervised by Warren Newcombe, as well as an opening storm and road crash sequence done in miniature by A.Arnold Gillespie.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXy7SfnIRKH6LqdDmkBhcDbh3tQD9mVHQ6Ehlb59ZSEoHRT6RSz8ZiTk4anCmPSd3ki5iW3Bc_aX1y9RNShvGAV6xu_81PZU5JJGBZgPeeDJjb3-wOaC6ldz2-wmg-pQ6QCFS0IaPmCA/s3136/keeper3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="3136" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXy7SfnIRKH6LqdDmkBhcDbh3tQD9mVHQ6Ehlb59ZSEoHRT6RSz8ZiTk4anCmPSd3ki5iW3Bc_aX1y9RNShvGAV6xu_81PZU5JJGBZgPeeDJjb3-wOaC6ldz2-wmg-pQ6QCFS0IaPmCA/w640-h180/keeper3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Important to the storyline, a lone car speeds down a deserted road in a dense forest block during a raging thunderstorm. The great miniaturist, Donald Jahraus was MGM's resident maestro in model construction, with many sensational examples of his craft evident over the years he spent with the studio. Special effects chief Arnold 'Buddy' Gillespie handled the sequence, most likely by way of an undercar mechanism which passed through a slit in the miniature road surface. Gillespie was in charge of all physical effects at MGM as well as miniature work and process projection. Mattes all fell under the control of Warren Newcombe while opticals were the domain of Irving G. Ries.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHgIMto1gRjcAzKCSFPRloY9_-5Dm9DocjJA6p1QGrPoY8KH11QpYwm7lIoyvRzUVGGMeF9yd6Y2axSWcMVBg2WJI7bQoaIIIVXomRoCClGTz40Gf2ljL_pumzN2eyU0GaSiHuAT46jPY/s1920/keeper4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHgIMto1gRjcAzKCSFPRloY9_-5Dm9DocjJA6p1QGrPoY8KH11QpYwm7lIoyvRzUVGGMeF9yd6Y2axSWcMVBg2WJI7bQoaIIIVXomRoCClGTz40Gf2ljL_pumzN2eyU0GaSiHuAT46jPY/w640-h472/keeper4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In a post crash montage we get this curious shot suggesting a bereaved population. It looks like the end to end parade of cars in the funeral procession are largely painted, with quite a degree of manipulation optically to lend the desired effect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMPOyYhPDQwaixYa6xKmbVczMUBKumlMaeLBVNMj9kZQb2JN-GEYsDDCTfmBKJVT2DjMWsNUhmm1vGbT8vMvi90kARTEkaKJHxiNgi9I8HSnJUbJ5OVcEwq0Wp8bWjyGb-mrr3yHSCsk/s1920/keeper5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMPOyYhPDQwaixYa6xKmbVczMUBKumlMaeLBVNMj9kZQb2JN-GEYsDDCTfmBKJVT2DjMWsNUhmm1vGbT8vMvi90kARTEkaKJHxiNgi9I8HSnJUbJ5OVcEwq0Wp8bWjyGb-mrr3yHSCsk/w640-h472/keeper5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MGM were gung-ho when it came to using matte art in their films, and spared no expense when commisioning mattes, whether they would be used or not, as we shall see later.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-LgX6vlNgFHG5XJ72UbERSa0Fo8T8sAv1yc5E-kjqk8pvs-dMXyQQs20rRwYWSK3RC40aGoUj6fUxmpCBrpUCgVRe6ZwhqfEaVimp3fT62duvjRxQm4XUm18ENmOPKdNWbWEHkYNoxY/s2061/Keeper5a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="2061" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-LgX6vlNgFHG5XJ72UbERSa0Fo8T8sAv1yc5E-kjqk8pvs-dMXyQQs20rRwYWSK3RC40aGoUj6fUxmpCBrpUCgVRe6ZwhqfEaVimp3fT62duvjRxQm4XUm18ENmOPKdNWbWEHkYNoxY/w640-h246/Keeper5a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Newcombe's stable of artists were, for the most part, technical illustrators, but their skills adapted so well to the requirements of film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjsGKEkGKaBBFV18WPSe4Zw_GYSgDb-BmgAIZROycQqQ8gbO1I4rSnqCkjJVdYQPiDIW4a2LEnK991tGXLlCVjgeaPeKPFc4itfRPwl46-S8CZ3nZn5sJ_cDZHoyWenCFWsliLL0jCrY/s930/30465527_3_x+%2528Keeper+of+the+Flame%2529+Henry+Peter+McDermott.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="930" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjsGKEkGKaBBFV18WPSe4Zw_GYSgDb-BmgAIZROycQqQ8gbO1I4rSnqCkjJVdYQPiDIW4a2LEnK991tGXLlCVjgeaPeKPFc4itfRPwl46-S8CZ3nZn5sJ_cDZHoyWenCFWsliLL0jCrY/w640-h502/30465527_3_x+%2528Keeper+of+the+Flame%2529+Henry+Peter+McDermott.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Many artists worked in the Newcombe matte department over the decades, and it is indeed rewarding to discover a heretofore new name. This particular matte was painted by <b>Henry Peter McDermott</b> - a name unknown to me until now. This painting is unique in that Henry has personally inscribed his name, the date and the number of days spent rendering the matte (five and a half days). Very unusual to say the least, but for researchers like me utterly fascinating factual information. I've since discovered that McDermott, who was born in 1897, reportedly worked from the 1930's for some sixty years in the art departments of both MGM and 20th Century Fox studios, retiring only in 1972. He passed away twenty years later in 1992.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tdMp1jer8yjgTxM-2eeU9M-IrZJv1babyUYGupYdoqaEiuohtHhznHDBna1SMxC1ObHkvs_bytlb3OBQ7422lN-tADZ52CE1kKC_8-2KUDkar4yb7KD-s90BbEbNsNIuQ9FywRT9NdE/s1920/keeper6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tdMp1jer8yjgTxM-2eeU9M-IrZJv1babyUYGupYdoqaEiuohtHhznHDBna1SMxC1ObHkvs_bytlb3OBQ7422lN-tADZ52CE1kKC_8-2KUDkar4yb7KD-s90BbEbNsNIuQ9FywRT9NdE/w640-h472/keeper6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More atmospheric mood as set by the matte department at MGM, with much more here painted than you might think. The foreground tree has 'live' elements bi-packed into the painted tree to lend subtle 'action'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4us5Vd2pTRxGOKRXgnotIhkrdvFFL0CsGdhIbHfc5kDBDv7EBCCz-_NFaCvFaKsrNVvtNANHAwrxmR9fuXg9qfUAvU2TWkAso5DDePOtKujBCUaAM_wf1jMGaEp9U0mDcA8jFxVMrbhw/s1920/keeper7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4us5Vd2pTRxGOKRXgnotIhkrdvFFL0CsGdhIbHfc5kDBDv7EBCCz-_NFaCvFaKsrNVvtNANHAwrxmR9fuXg9qfUAvU2TWkAso5DDePOtKujBCUaAM_wf1jMGaEp9U0mDcA8jFxVMrbhw/w640-h472/keeper7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other name matte painters at MGM around that time were Howard Fisher, Henry Hillinck, Rufus Harrington, Irving Block, George Coblentz, Otto Kiechle and Norman Dawn, among others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4IbiTnRUGYKD-zmz5pY-olcMSG31QYoOyTXE22sru-Lqmh5uowRUCk6R5UwqgdIT10kvS-dqAhmiMNi71DYzd0wzr_ehB2F-bVvsC6cDmbG4Txh4_plvVqYNV8QlyRYRVJM0iV1_XWw/s1920/keeper8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4IbiTnRUGYKD-zmz5pY-olcMSG31QYoOyTXE22sru-Lqmh5uowRUCk6R5UwqgdIT10kvS-dqAhmiMNi71DYzd0wzr_ehB2F-bVvsC6cDmbG4Txh4_plvVqYNV8QlyRYRVJM0iV1_XWw/w640-h472/keeper8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A meticulously drawn out Newcombe matte, which based upon the couple of old MGM mattes I own, would measure 75cm x 55cm - or for those of you still not in the age of metric, 28"x22".</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3cjUp8a15KHx6_MGAFLyq8EZxlyd56mUANIc1WOjjaIOwzcTtIUWjwJwgq-3JOnmMKS-JOyvHrV2_ETpT83-JIJLLPWImhDrOqVHcH291ByZ-_D2Gorn6eq7Y3GDa2EPm3bZaSoBUgY/s1920/keeper9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3cjUp8a15KHx6_MGAFLyq8EZxlyd56mUANIc1WOjjaIOwzcTtIUWjwJwgq-3JOnmMKS-JOyvHrV2_ETpT83-JIJLLPWImhDrOqVHcH291ByZ-_D2Gorn6eq7Y3GDa2EPm3bZaSoBUgY/w640-h472/keeper9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Newcombe ruled his kingdom like a Sultan, it has been reported by those who worked under him. That said, the sheer quality control Warren exercised over each and every matte effect that came through his closely guarded department was extraordinary. Rarely, if ever, did anything ever reach the theatre screen that might be deemed rushed or substandard. The MGM output, certainly during the black & white years, was of the highest standard. Things did slip a little once Technicolor, and later Eastman Color came on the scene, but that may have been more down to the state of affairs after the negative was 'locked', and handed over to the commercial labs for theatrical prints to be struck.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIDnWy-7MkMevxxegOOWhGHSHYV-4ZaTGOCt548_h8eCasI0FoTUTDrJDcrwJLU7mSQyPnjDHic_WyvjaGUmNeRlKlgCBXsTDJ107Bw7xQFkREAyQCVBkJx32oUeI-e06ASYYp7Ngbtw/s935/30465535_2_x+Keeper+of+the+Flame+%2528unused%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="935" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIDnWy-7MkMevxxegOOWhGHSHYV-4ZaTGOCt548_h8eCasI0FoTUTDrJDcrwJLU7mSQyPnjDHic_WyvjaGUmNeRlKlgCBXsTDJ107Bw7xQFkREAyQCVBkJx32oUeI-e06ASYYp7Ngbtw/w640-h500/30465535_2_x+Keeper+of+the+Flame+%2528unused%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An unused matte painting which in itself is astonishing due to it's incredibly small size for the actual painted information, which regardless of that, is amazingly detailed and nuanced with great skill.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPapN89GulS5naPWtu_pbCXr20v4iX0o2T_hpsWfsIONOxmHVd5le34mACu2udENSRzOuyD80TdvaDdcFscL6SVji2vo1qDwJKovFivjzXLCkFSZV_QGcnYbNZAebIE_6RDqUhX9BPAg/s1920/keeper+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPapN89GulS5naPWtu_pbCXr20v4iX0o2T_hpsWfsIONOxmHVd5le34mACu2udENSRzOuyD80TdvaDdcFscL6SVji2vo1qDwJKovFivjzXLCkFSZV_QGcnYbNZAebIE_6RDqUhX9BPAg/w640-h472/keeper+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Spencer Tracy, at bottom left, surveys the bridge where catastrophe occured at the very start of the film</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQVafXyOeQ-HOo_apUWqX6sseq6CRHdkJakMR7yA-Pp0MeSfD-rGLzpAg7v2VqsUrF9BKaBNpPuxrG1sUlSGBs5t15jDB9SknnSpPFfkmm6NUF9Kls6P2hS15NQWFvY7I7f8LbeRPbmQ/s1920/keeper+11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQVafXyOeQ-HOo_apUWqX6sseq6CRHdkJakMR7yA-Pp0MeSfD-rGLzpAg7v2VqsUrF9BKaBNpPuxrG1sUlSGBs5t15jDB9SknnSpPFfkmm6NUF9Kls6P2hS15NQWFvY7I7f8LbeRPbmQ/w640-h472/keeper+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A secondary cut shows the bridge, though in this case a Don Jahraus miniature.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOK8sY-eqh92gG25wnxr7uekFL8dgxwB3nL5wKRLenTrAAFDds5o_CNV4bZ72GpQsuO5OuXzBtiRbvQfi9CqNZ7r1Q7ii2wBeDyVI4wK_TdPfSOA1tUMYF7kLqhkoV0-Eg5J6BTsGT3I/s922/30465515_6_x+keeper+possibly.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="922" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOK8sY-eqh92gG25wnxr7uekFL8dgxwB3nL5wKRLenTrAAFDds5o_CNV4bZ72GpQsuO5OuXzBtiRbvQfi9CqNZ7r1Q7ii2wBeDyVI4wK_TdPfSOA1tUMYF7kLqhkoV0-Eg5J6BTsGT3I/w640-h508/30465515_6_x+keeper+possibly.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another matte painting by Henry Peter McDermott, possibly another unused shot from KEEPER OF THE FLAME.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWu5auVuw0Q9Hx2QKQa9Ds_EGLrfycpUR8BwBxGICeF-n_vfiK2xO-EFQO1HhrvMQU9AjzrmFgs1_JaPe1uktHKVQxSHwLU4_3z9hNBR8g7wXagJ0ASWx7TzTnfcZeztV7x98iJ1jXwKg/s1920/keeper+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWu5auVuw0Q9Hx2QKQa9Ds_EGLrfycpUR8BwBxGICeF-n_vfiK2xO-EFQO1HhrvMQU9AjzrmFgs1_JaPe1uktHKVQxSHwLU4_3z9hNBR8g7wXagJ0ASWx7TzTnfcZeztV7x98iJ1jXwKg/w640-h472/keeper+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As I've described in earlier MGM blogs, in case you are new to NZPete's world, all of the old Newcombe mattes from the 1930's right on through to the 1950's - with few exceptions - were rendered on heavy grade art card with a mixed media of goache, pencil, fine tipped soft pastels and what appears to be India Ink. These were really illustrations in every sense of the word, more than paintings, but the end result was surprisingly effective.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2-ydBeofp1RHyzBI-JVU3HA4Nh7fBlWwBJ6crhGFRsIixGgHpJvYpw7K94PC4BLmw5cVGgq94zCKa_6onFsRar11jbBgATr6S7xXcCqJraWwbmlbly07m9Ik11fi2HiOPiYI8H24NCo/s1920/keeper+13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2-ydBeofp1RHyzBI-JVU3HA4Nh7fBlWwBJ6crhGFRsIixGgHpJvYpw7K94PC4BLmw5cVGgq94zCKa_6onFsRar11jbBgATr6S7xXcCqJraWwbmlbly07m9Ik11fi2HiOPiYI8H24NCo/w640-h472/keeper+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One aspect of the MGM Newcombe mattes that has continually astounded me was the excellent blend between 'fact and fiction' as I call it - the matte join virtually never becomes evident, such was the skill of Newcombes chief matte cameraman, Mark Davis and his crew at photographing and marrying together the elements. Incredibly impressive work, with what appears to be a strong reliance upon soft matte lines and from what I've examined, often completely unexpected demarkation lines that sometimes run straight across trees or curl through bits of architecture where you would never expect it</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PTA7RvDNuuk4uaaMYXc8bAnqswN_MSzvhJn1dtP9d8S423k0wgP4uGHUyBLdJpb01iFGFS791J934sU0cgjeSfPzGfMqGyT8ixTntnGTCUro50krIX_O6TvmsJbZStztFiffZSeITTA/s1920/keeper+14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PTA7RvDNuuk4uaaMYXc8bAnqswN_MSzvhJn1dtP9d8S423k0wgP4uGHUyBLdJpb01iFGFS791J934sU0cgjeSfPzGfMqGyT8ixTntnGTCUro50krIX_O6TvmsJbZStztFiffZSeITTA/w640-h472/keeper+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not entirely sure but think this is a matte shot top up of a stage set. The give away is the old Newcombe/Davis gag of bi-packed real foliage across part of the painting, always with a soft 'breeze' moving the leaves to fool the viewer. Crops up in a zillion MGM matte shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpJxDv3IjQqa-eEWKR76BTW5rwCU4w5aX08BRJVtiv_efZbRtPB0Ukh0D5M68eO5eePRsGbA6FhsoIDHmx-Q4LvbCvMQwxU37JEuDDit4P5bDnW6PYgpo8_2GKndzBGxu89L1QVTDFdU/s1920/keeper+15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpJxDv3IjQqa-eEWKR76BTW5rwCU4w5aX08BRJVtiv_efZbRtPB0Ukh0D5M68eO5eePRsGbA6FhsoIDHmx-Q4LvbCvMQwxU37JEuDDit4P5bDnW6PYgpo8_2GKndzBGxu89L1QVTDFdU/w640-h472/keeper+15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Again, I'm fairly certain this too is a masterful matte shot, with most of the frame painted, and enhanced with bi-packed foreground tree and leaf movement to sell the deal. A close look suggests over half the frame to be matted in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8RhEeZxB8i0k_MoRmTiRYdLaHLTC7xOIkQnS18ueT2IeL57KZ7TVycfM0fOh6uP1fsvqo6tG4K45hIUH2ZiSOfsDch_fsRFqJCV0qiYZBwWfuUPNXDufkPyWM_4BxCqaNJWj9LHpieg/s933/30465535_3_x+Keeper+of+the+Flame+%2528unused%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="933" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8RhEeZxB8i0k_MoRmTiRYdLaHLTC7xOIkQnS18ueT2IeL57KZ7TVycfM0fOh6uP1fsvqo6tG4K45hIUH2ZiSOfsDch_fsRFqJCV0qiYZBwWfuUPNXDufkPyWM_4BxCqaNJWj9LHpieg/w640-h502/30465535_3_x+Keeper+of+the+Flame+%2528unused%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here is another deleted matte that never made the final cut. Of interest here due to the very personalised 'doodling' by the matte artist, whom I'd wager might possibly have been Howard Fisher. Jim Danforth knew Howard and worked with him on MAD, MAD WORLD. Jim told me that Howard liked to paint odd little jokes into his mattes such as dogs humping, which apparently, he did in some GREEN DOLPHIN STREET matte shots <i>(though I've searched hard but never spotted 'em)</i>. Odd as it seems, Fisher wasn't the only one. Matt Yuricich said that fellow painter Lee LeBlanc painted dogs copulating within the intricate plasterwork designs of his VIVA ZAPATA ceiling mattes. I have an image of an old matte - possibly by Jack Cosgrove - where if you look closely, the director of whatever show it was, has been painted as a monkey in a tree holding a clapperboard with a stupid grin on his face!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDlMyWuVoAi8XC4ltmIVJJkBx81_IV9zP461vSW5OPPVBMG1tHIdkD-7I0FmV_E6IlzfwWkxi6h0K6o1nNTsO5ItVpXZjvI1IJZxfLZC8ZmJXc-RyUU_Y6pJUOGhApHyP92SlbeAY7UY/s1760/keeper+16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1760" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDlMyWuVoAi8XC4ltmIVJJkBx81_IV9zP461vSW5OPPVBMG1tHIdkD-7I0FmV_E6IlzfwWkxi6h0K6o1nNTsO5ItVpXZjvI1IJZxfLZC8ZmJXc-RyUU_Y6pJUOGhApHyP92SlbeAY7UY/w640-h272/keeper+16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same locale as above, but this time as a miniature set, filmed in a dolly shot as an RP plate for a departing vehicle.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzp3xDFxBXFs82rP0BoU7vEXVXLMnqa3NF9gwN_Y2bjt-njwv5Ii4VNKTWfyOyYoGMMjU2fDDZ_jbjW0TcfOZ3q4C73-lT_mi9zuwsB0jJ4hqVfCRZuQIrsqzvuNoRy5_hl1kkQI7DS8/s1920/keeper+17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzp3xDFxBXFs82rP0BoU7vEXVXLMnqa3NF9gwN_Y2bjt-njwv5Ii4VNKTWfyOyYoGMMjU2fDDZ_jbjW0TcfOZ3q4C73-lT_mi9zuwsB0jJ4hqVfCRZuQIrsqzvuNoRy5_hl1kkQI7DS8/w640-h472/keeper+17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A later view of same, this time from the main house.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafD6cTiSDI6UedIVGEw1ZubFEtHfddcvJuhlER_-CRy4NfJerYN6ATuByHSiC6kbB4lWYorE8Al8VXWq3ifMsGvbws2Gb8jx9vzgqV_rqBaAB6MJqBsDUHTnHyvh17OiUxGHgJkkntak/s1920/keeper+18.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafD6cTiSDI6UedIVGEw1ZubFEtHfddcvJuhlER_-CRy4NfJerYN6ATuByHSiC6kbB4lWYorE8Al8VXWq3ifMsGvbws2Gb8jx9vzgqV_rqBaAB6MJqBsDUHTnHyvh17OiUxGHgJkkntak/w640-h472/keeper+18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A wonderful full matte painting of the ideal 'fixer-upper'. For more info, call <i>Norman Bates Realty</i> now!.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfKhuGx8V2BvfCjdXT4LjKw8mk2r_gi7be4S3YtFE8EiHYjd0_qmd9x4-USVaNxzSQhCbyIvN0ucHSEWVDlIMSWc2_AyqzPP2WuPxZpcxDCxn0SGDbrz1vpgZJIMKHR0qvUeZgHPA1bI/s1920/keeper+19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfKhuGx8V2BvfCjdXT4LjKw8mk2r_gi7be4S3YtFE8EiHYjd0_qmd9x4-USVaNxzSQhCbyIvN0ucHSEWVDlIMSWc2_AyqzPP2WuPxZpcxDCxn0SGDbrz1vpgZJIMKHR0qvUeZgHPA1bI/w640-h472/keeper+19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Quite possibly a miniature set with a painted background.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">OMISSIONS FROM MY PREVIOUS BLOG:</span></b></p><p>I covered the 1994 post apocalyptic teen video game saga DOUBLE DRAGON in the last blog, but completely overlooked a pair of Robert Stromberg matte painted shots, so in an effort to be complete, here they are.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkJyGqe2qNZaw-tFSpJVnwy3k9DUAbv34Vji7OJpu7HIKmtCrjBDoja9HZZedZT2wHyNH95Ik3aTZbBncNBzp7oE0reIZyy50p4o7EPdZ0N3B2ciTzeiiyn_RgGdpzGDbTksatvWYdtA/s1920/DD9+to+be+reblogged.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkJyGqe2qNZaw-tFSpJVnwy3k9DUAbv34Vji7OJpu7HIKmtCrjBDoja9HZZedZT2wHyNH95Ik3aTZbBncNBzp7oE0reIZyy50p4o7EPdZ0N3B2ciTzeiiyn_RgGdpzGDbTksatvWYdtA/w640-h360/DD9+to+be+reblogged.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Much happens in a 'future' 2007 New Angeles which had been partly sumberged.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSEDRu35r4MIENtGv49NarfU69MEt2hitusMiRIDq0w_85gnbImxUc578P3CBALWs5njhZwo2m-GobT_ZIBKNfUkjf-XGlCfFPnYqKVLXfdAzE4UbKLWn5h04aaEPtHtumBOE0Wo4Koc/s1396/Double+Dragon+matte+art+motel.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1396" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSEDRu35r4MIENtGv49NarfU69MEt2hitusMiRIDq0w_85gnbImxUc578P3CBALWs5njhZwo2m-GobT_ZIBKNfUkjf-XGlCfFPnYqKVLXfdAzE4UbKLWn5h04aaEPtHtumBOE0Wo4Koc/w640-h348/Double+Dragon+matte+art+motel.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The mattes were contracted to Illusion Arts, with Robert Stromberg being handed the baton to paint the numerous shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Aj3kfG0li5whNYCb89mOi_ZhNijhDiYAMEFKIBaDDVXACNa2Ymns9Ips9CgerC95vBnM1sacVqWfVk3Z92-_0VvwfIQn6AUxzKYwRtwBXT4iwVcAl_fhLchNNFehyphenhyphen7P9Ba4fWqMu0ng/s1193/Double+Dragon+matte+art+motel+detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="1193" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Aj3kfG0li5whNYCb89mOi_ZhNijhDiYAMEFKIBaDDVXACNa2Ymns9Ips9CgerC95vBnM1sacVqWfVk3Z92-_0VvwfIQn6AUxzKYwRtwBXT4iwVcAl_fhLchNNFehyphenhyphen7P9Ba4fWqMu0ng/w640-h334/Double+Dragon+matte+art+motel+detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlTRifQoBRel5MHaNlvfxcxR1cW0ZMstY0UkDLlrkPCREFOUeAkRs9G5_a6zWSOAW3v6ZeytTi89rp2gvlHCYtJIx-wC0hLpIN9ytLyp4HJgwlckonlzf4UXXkZuhYwH2wXPOi9zNCoU/s1488/Double+Dragon-river+chase+bef%2526aft.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="1359" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlTRifQoBRel5MHaNlvfxcxR1cW0ZMstY0UkDLlrkPCREFOUeAkRs9G5_a6zWSOAW3v6ZeytTi89rp2gvlHCYtJIx-wC0hLpIN9ytLyp4HJgwlckonlzf4UXXkZuhYwH2wXPOi9zNCoU/w584-h640/Double+Dragon-river+chase+bef%2526aft.jpg" width="584" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The most impressive sequence has these two goofballs jet ski down Hollywood Boulevard, in what appears to be a cleverly assembled multi-plane shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBDaIaF7cEeZySGxepdnXVnv8hzxRZ7A6I1hmTBVLcKBizYC34KfVlLJ-I-EHHaKn1xvMpr3eKWAUUXVtSAwh_qqOItmWxXPIaAFknOnjMEZs5IGG6XhTkhMkllsHO1wfR92XZwLjuZ4/s1306/Double+Dragon-94+matte+art+for+river+sequence-crop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1306" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBDaIaF7cEeZySGxepdnXVnv8hzxRZ7A6I1hmTBVLcKBizYC34KfVlLJ-I-EHHaKn1xvMpr3eKWAUUXVtSAwh_qqOItmWxXPIaAFknOnjMEZs5IGG6XhTkhMkllsHO1wfR92XZwLjuZ4/w640-h352/Double+Dragon-94+matte+art+for+river+sequence-crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up of the most distant matte painted plane. I expect there is likely another mid-plane painting that has yet to surface - and maybe an even closer third painted plane - with the shot being accomplished with motion control camera movement. Really impressive on screen.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">SOME MYSTERY SKIES:</span></b></p><p>Among the clearout of old matte paintings from the former Illusion Arts collection are this handful of painted sky mattes that remain a complete and total mystery, even to Bill Taylor, Syd Dutton and Robert Stromberg. If anyone has any clue, do let me know.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0NPrsMZUQQ2DqIxl_-fHlKVxOUe0ACWAZAN6T0SQBFCffc5kZqQbrp5Tul111V6u784rBAOv4QiCGnlX2ocnArZpbNkJYejq1EmWm5lgSHktMNg6PEOg9ZhUeQgoMUaIy-9CGwGfYTw/s1456/unknown02.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1456" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0NPrsMZUQQ2DqIxl_-fHlKVxOUe0ACWAZAN6T0SQBFCffc5kZqQbrp5Tul111V6u784rBAOv4QiCGnlX2ocnArZpbNkJYejq1EmWm5lgSHktMNg6PEOg9ZhUeQgoMUaIy-9CGwGfYTw/w640-h456/unknown02.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This one is a very nicely rendered, though in poor shape matte from a mystery production. The damaged scuff portion is presently being restored to it's former condition by one of the old Illusion Arts staffers, Lynn Ledgerwood, whom I'm reliably told, is something of a genius at this sort of thing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbswMl4ovhFnkVBBw6iwdQY3ENz_2tmX623X7Ex6lqiOX0V2hiMOYquA69aXtiRFgfgunkmNXd_IvsTdS706znVIl6E0w84VYvAiXySwQbwKWvs0dZOrOH3F8Fm7OB9tWlOZ4uYrwsBX8/s1854/unknown03.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1854" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbswMl4ovhFnkVBBw6iwdQY3ENz_2tmX623X7Ex6lqiOX0V2hiMOYquA69aXtiRFgfgunkmNXd_IvsTdS706znVIl6E0w84VYvAiXySwQbwKWvs0dZOrOH3F8Fm7OB9tWlOZ4uYrwsBX8/w640-h264/unknown03.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some of these may be unfinished pieces, or just sketches, though most are in pine frames which would suggest production use of some sort or another.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWOauH0RuGkf31h2uVhdAr5mtDB2x14YsYQ-kgSFXIZG9wtC8fRhn9JsdcWP_1sOkOOXOzYXgnDFe7RcRmvSqJhXS4camr5lqIgMbUuD7kBhRSHMkQdhhtve0wAC2jRCQOnNb04Getzg/s2181/unknown04.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="2181" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWOauH0RuGkf31h2uVhdAr5mtDB2x14YsYQ-kgSFXIZG9wtC8fRhn9JsdcWP_1sOkOOXOzYXgnDFe7RcRmvSqJhXS4camr5lqIgMbUuD7kBhRSHMkQdhhtve0wAC2jRCQOnNb04Getzg/w640-h260/unknown04.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some may well date back to Al Whitlock's era at Universal?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTmQ-X68FVYdVHJ11OdDUXVquYnppLuHIcsRIHgtZ0GEWEPPW2mQbEa-6L6iwAEMeHCm0B7OQohfH7DDWqc1OcNg6OEFJZ3T8DYjfPUl4hS0GylWHLKLoqd8xOdFELAl8979WFgEqqog/s1397/Mystery+Matte+night+sky+%2526+trees.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1397" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTmQ-X68FVYdVHJ11OdDUXVquYnppLuHIcsRIHgtZ0GEWEPPW2mQbEa-6L6iwAEMeHCm0B7OQohfH7DDWqc1OcNg6OEFJZ3T8DYjfPUl4hS0GylWHLKLoqd8xOdFELAl8979WFgEqqog/w640-h356/Mystery+Matte+night+sky+%2526+trees.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Any ideas? Yes, I'm asking <u><b>you</b></u> Domingo... if anyone can figure these out, it's gonna be you.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLsjeA4mrCY3owhS-tSO0D8hYuhhHYsZ0uGf-7kzvjd7D63xjS77geROeRJGPSHep9EC7ltpWDMXGwf4Ov-15xaNFolOWyj88j09s9cavzMNEWj66-VJDSyMxKIBHFQMtXGSYcG4SDcU/s1422/brooding+sky+matte-unknown+film.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1422" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLsjeA4mrCY3owhS-tSO0D8hYuhhHYsZ0uGf-7kzvjd7D63xjS77geROeRJGPSHep9EC7ltpWDMXGwf4Ov-15xaNFolOWyj88j09s9cavzMNEWj66-VJDSyMxKIBHFQMtXGSYcG4SDcU/w640-h382/brooding+sky+matte-unknown+film.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDalRxPqV6_KQNzkTbGetD_ibEfveMWtmhMYXmuHWN7uZ2yCq6vjGLIw2PbdPCSFhVQN5n4-L9Bff_E6eT8FromxIJZQCdI7YyZACo7iMyKGKPvwDb9AvanXTNbp_XGxdCbd5reQLVyGA/s1539/unknown01.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="1539" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDalRxPqV6_KQNzkTbGetD_ibEfveMWtmhMYXmuHWN7uZ2yCq6vjGLIw2PbdPCSFhVQN5n4-L9Bff_E6eT8FromxIJZQCdI7YyZACo7iMyKGKPvwDb9AvanXTNbp_XGxdCbd5reQLVyGA/w640-h368/unknown01.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">We end this months blog on a high point ... given the turmoil around the globe these days, this beautifully rendered original matte <i>may</i> give some hope.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333;">***This post, and all 169 previous blogs known as 'Matte Shot', were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #cc3300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></b></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>I hope that proved an illuminating and revealing journey. Do send me your feedback and let me know if any of you have any matte images to share, or recommendations. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Stay safe, wherever in the world you happen to be.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>NZ Pete</b></div><br />NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-10156230009958373002021-03-09T20:53:00.000+13:002021-03-09T20:53:19.458+13:00MATTE PAINTING REVIEW: A Selection of Overlooked Films - Part Fifteen<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxO4ir-KjYQCPHQkUhtmOcXdFEG8LPhs3SZoUT9-4Tmjh8kG9xlI4j-ciK0mHMQz4x6wiViPsGdEYhSSgAr9oSS_2LfVq0ZQBY9uwHXybx4yJZOXOnEEMvthSU7V_rEOtVh5ty1uNatoI/s2548/BLOG+header+March+2021+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="2548" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxO4ir-KjYQCPHQkUhtmOcXdFEG8LPhs3SZoUT9-4Tmjh8kG9xlI4j-ciK0mHMQz4x6wiViPsGdEYhSSgAr9oSS_2LfVq0ZQBY9uwHXybx4yJZOXOnEEMvthSU7V_rEOtVh5ty1uNatoI/w640-h428/BLOG+header+March+2021+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Hi there fellow fans of traditional hand made special visual effects. It's time for another retrospective journey deep into the cinematic vault of marvellous matte painted and miniature magic, exclusively of the variety most die-hard followers of NZPete's MatteShot blog will eagerly devour and appreciate.</p><p><i>But first........</i></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Pete's Editorial:</span></b></p><p>I have several important announcements to make before we explore todays lineup. It's been brought to my attention a few times of <i>another</i> online site, going by the label of <b>'matte96'</b>, who have been busy little beavers by way of lifting, not only images and bits of text, but hijacking <i>ENTIRE</i> <b>NZPete MatteShot </b>articles in toto, and <u>republishing</u> same in their complete <i>(and massive tomes as is often the case)</i> form on this <i>other</i> site!! I've no problem with fans or any readers who want to lift frames and imagery, as I believe in sharing this wonderful, lost artform, but for <u>ENTIRE, FULL and COMPLETE articles</u> to be ripped off and reassigned to someone elses website, without so much as a line of communication or any form of permission seeking is outright theft. This shadowy, backdoor burglary has been going on for some time now.</p><p>A massive amount of effort goes into archiving, collecting, prepping and publishing <b><u>MY</u></b> blog, NZPetes Matte Shot, often against the odds, with tech issues and Blogger platform implosions.... but I perservere all the same. Must I get to the stage where I will need to watermark entire blog posts, thus destroying the usually high quality of the rare images? The statement below now seems timely should anyone stumble across my work on another, unauthorised platform...</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>***This post, and all 168 previous blogs known as 'Matte Shot', were originally created by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</b> <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The End Of An Era:</span></b></p><p>It is with <u>great</u> sadness that I've only just learned of the closing down of the essential, one-of-a-kind special effects journal, <b>Cinefex.</b> This vital magazine has been with us since 1980 <i>(though extremely difficult to find here in NZ)</i>. I have a sizeable collection of issues, though always wished I had some of the rare, very early ones, aside from the low quality photocopies I ordered decades ago, as those films from that era meant so much to me as an FX geek. I think the oldest issue I have is number 4, and own most of the rest (with a few gaps) up into the CGI revolution, but I never 'clicked' with the computerised medium and I longed for the days of real matte painting and hands on trickery. I still routinely pull out favourite issues <i>(the Dream Quest article is a gem, as is the Willis O'Brien special issue and also the Dick Tracy one and the Rick Baker edition to name just four) </i>and often re-read these wonderfully penned pieces. An amazing, comprehensive and utterly essential publication - that for so long went completely ad-free - the likes of which we never saw previously, nor will ever again. I know it meant so much to so many, not just geeks like me, but REAL effects people and industry creative folks. A full statement on the shut down can be read <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/books/cinefex-ceases-publication-after-41-years-a-victim-of-coronavirus-202462.html">here</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ14RE4At81STs4NElb7n89fAw_VrFsnls624fPnOdWqoBWXJPEPFZuA6tBArIHQDsgCy7vwBpyXEKRrMOj-XDqSFTH26PtFqOK958hshDUCBWpZScY47WSWiyMTpxEpBqzocUGGs8G40/s1280/cinefex_end.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1280" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ14RE4At81STs4NElb7n89fAw_VrFsnls624fPnOdWqoBWXJPEPFZuA6tBArIHQDsgCy7vwBpyXEKRrMOj-XDqSFTH26PtFqOK958hshDUCBWpZScY47WSWiyMTpxEpBqzocUGGs8G40/w400-h188/cinefex_end.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>My very best wishes go out to founder, the great Don Shay, as well as to Editor, Gregg Shay and my friend, Associate Editor Joe Fordham, who has been so supportive of NZ Pete's blog over the years - and for that I am in your debt. There will <i>never </i>be another publication so dedicated, investigative and comprehensive so far as the art and science of special effects as Cinefex. You've served us so well and you have my salute. You will be missed by so many.</p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A Forgotten Photograph:</span></b></p><p>In my previous blog article on the special photographic effects work on the United Artists' epic comedy, IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD, I overlooked this wonderful photo of Linwood Dunn, of Film Effects of Hollywood, posing with the marvellous Howard Fisher matte painting which featured so brilliantly in the climax of the madcap film.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGX14qziR88j194RijOUydfuaHsZYiflCr9iT_uSyKk3st16GTbxdsjEhyphenhyphenAdjk-WjHsHFxZeWqnx32Ce6MqySqAbWNl2wFIxJVjbvoe4eZ8E21OLLbHcWh8TY4MHJs1gO1PoYcvuYUyVw/s1326/Lin+Dunn+with+Mad+World+matte+art.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1326" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGX14qziR88j194RijOUydfuaHsZYiflCr9iT_uSyKk3st16GTbxdsjEhyphenhyphenAdjk-WjHsHFxZeWqnx32Ce6MqySqAbWNl2wFIxJVjbvoe4eZ8E21OLLbHcWh8TY4MHJs1gO1PoYcvuYUyVw/w640-h504/Lin+Dunn+with+Mad+World+matte+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Dunn was very big on further education within the film community and would occasionally embark on roadshow tours of college campuses with film studies programs, as well as events at professional venues such as the AMPAS, whereby he would run 16mm prints of his numerous showreels of classic before and after trick shots from many of his, mostly RKO movies such as CITIZEN KANE, THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE, THE GREAT RACE and GUNGA DIN to name a few. Occasionally, matte paintings and miniatures would accompany Lin on these engagements. I recall hearing great things about these seminars from a few FX people.</p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">An Important Announcement For Matte Art Collectors:</span></b></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipfmr2fH6FSI72sHOx4Qpf9likVQGu_uyweFXTais6fooyNXKfJ6P3MNjjZHx3idsmVdKu0uAM8CCCSYmcLobwtrLShO4Lin7ul5340cgTRjiWPY4yOtmRhEKS3dDSBLdiuZexm8QE7OQ/s1566/Illusion+arts+matte+Michael+Jackson+MTV.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="1566" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipfmr2fH6FSI72sHOx4Qpf9likVQGu_uyweFXTais6fooyNXKfJ6P3MNjjZHx3idsmVdKu0uAM8CCCSYmcLobwtrLShO4Lin7ul5340cgTRjiWPY4yOtmRhEKS3dDSBLdiuZexm8QE7OQ/w640-h432/Illusion+arts+matte+Michael+Jackson+MTV.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Illusion Arts at it's peak with co-founders, effects cinematographer Bill Taylor and matte painter Syd Dutton shown here with then young, up and coming matte artist (and future feature director) Robert Stromberg observing a splendid glass painted matte for a Michael Jackson music video.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>In a previous blogging late last year, I highlighted a splendid selection of rare matte paintings from Illusion Arts which had been put up for auction. You can review that <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2020/06/matte-painting-review-selection-of.html">here</a>. These included such pieces as the wonderful SPACEBALLS castle and BATMAN FOREVER Gotham City mattes by Syd Dutton and a number of STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION mattes rendered both by Dutton and fellow artist Robert Stromberg. Under Bill Taylor's over sight, the entire and substantial collection of carefully stored and cared for matte paintings, dating as far back as the 1970's, have been meticulously documented, photographed and evaluated, in readiness for the complete dispersal of this most incredible, one of a kind 'treasure chest'.</p><p>Illusion Arts, as most readers will know, was formed by Syd and Bill - both key creative forces in the old Al Whitlock department at Universal since the mid 1970's - who purchased the old and reliable cameras, optical printers and matte stands when Universal decided to close down their matte department when Whitlock retired around 1984.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxhM6ej6YGMdfAPsmXxIADgFeXDF12_-hQZUNUQ7DBwAn9plIogMF_yGbolM6RqqCwkuK6Wy_ZvNz7PROubyaGISRzqg8nQyvIMum4_157ElEityOkNrVSB_JmdDbPsgFfBZ2CadSya4/s1757/Illusion+Arts+RIP+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="1757" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxhM6ej6YGMdfAPsmXxIADgFeXDF12_-hQZUNUQ7DBwAn9plIogMF_yGbolM6RqqCwkuK6Wy_ZvNz7PROubyaGISRzqg8nQyvIMum4_157ElEityOkNrVSB_JmdDbPsgFfBZ2CadSya4/w400-h290/Illusion+Arts+RIP+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I have been privvy to a number of those paintings<i> (yes, I'm VERY interested, to say the least!)</i> and can state that some absolute gems are among this vast collection. There are mattes by Syd Dutton, Robert Stromberg <u>and</u> of course, the legendary Albert Whitlock. Many are on glass but a significant number are on hardboard (or Masonite, as the Americans call it), which makes a difference when considering foreign purchase arrangements. The eventual destinations for the pieces will vary, with certain key, important mattes destined for the Motion Picture Academy. Certain others will be placed with fine art auction houses at various times and some will appear on eBay. Others may be available directly from Bill Taylor. At present, all of the original 35mm showreels, as well as hundreds of slides and clips, are being gradually transferred to a digital medium, though I'm told it's going to be a slow process.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQtB1AUMgryQyqw2mAcZJHa8t9TmFPcHna_Kw34eMUmoEi9Lit53T3UIHFrHZZcpoLJv4VW5hEjdlFGg6HLrRjs5CCrODPzb38_KFPd9z5q7-pNKvpQu3TV1kTY_vYX3Lowhq52gTUXY/s1413/Lionheart+%2528Syd+Dutton+matte+art%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1413" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQtB1AUMgryQyqw2mAcZJHa8t9TmFPcHna_Kw34eMUmoEi9Lit53T3UIHFrHZZcpoLJv4VW5hEjdlFGg6HLrRjs5CCrODPzb38_KFPd9z5q7-pNKvpQu3TV1kTY_vYX3Lowhq52gTUXY/w640-h416/Lionheart+%2528Syd+Dutton+matte+art%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the many Universal and Illusion Arts matte paintings that will be available is this beautiful painting of 13th Century Paris from the Franklin J. Schaffner adventure, LIONHEART (1986). For those curious among you, those gel taped 'holes' in the blacked out area were made for a completely <i>separate</i> matte which was painted on the reverse side, with the gels providing backlight 'gags'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Gsa97LRBFnahKQtlIxd6CQnBvq_xl0oyPnhnka1p7Q4Sj1wmBKYy7cIwk2TnjmF-WPLsbDXWtTKx48UBvyRfPHmIHnEvJryZY1cZCX_EXgQLMoZLaVzywH7QTYZoOOgGe8QnqJJH1oA/s2152/Lionheart-details+Syd+Dutton+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="2152" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Gsa97LRBFnahKQtlIxd6CQnBvq_xl0oyPnhnka1p7Q4Sj1wmBKYy7cIwk2TnjmF-WPLsbDXWtTKx48UBvyRfPHmIHnEvJryZY1cZCX_EXgQLMoZLaVzywH7QTYZoOOgGe8QnqJJH1oA/w640-h258/Lionheart-details+Syd+Dutton+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up detail of Syd Dutton's historic matte of Paris, which shows strong influence of Syd's mentor, Albert Whitlock in tones, backlight and a sense of 'life'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTYv321bLyu8RC0nqa3gil8QXIi-5SOf8dhhm1o9bD19e-9NLuk3qa0KSyIl75FEU9hdjG99BJOXy__wddbU1xlTQnaV_i3jKBdnu-pLmmFVSOnWC3sKBjwri6pdIAH32ZDW386anSqE/s1920/Lionheart-86+Syd+Dutton+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTYv321bLyu8RC0nqa3gil8QXIi-5SOf8dhhm1o9bD19e-9NLuk3qa0KSyIl75FEU9hdjG99BJOXy__wddbU1xlTQnaV_i3jKBdnu-pLmmFVSOnWC3sKBjwri6pdIAH32ZDW386anSqE/w640-h266/Lionheart-86+Syd+Dutton+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finished original negative composite from LIONHEART, with the standard Illusion Arts smoke plumes doubled into chimney stacks. Resolution is superb as was the standard latent image technique, with a perfectly merged matte join. Syd mentioned to me that the director was very happy with this shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table>I will have more detailed info and plenty of superb examples hopefully for the next blog, so any matte enthusiasts and potentially interested parties should 'watch this space', as they say. This will be a once in a lifetime opportunity. *<i>Note: The post-apocalyptic film, DOUBLE DRAGON featured as the first film in todays retrospective, there are a multitude of painted mattes by Illusion Arts. All of these are, or will be, available to collectors.</i><div><i><br /></i></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclk_EhyWpZa6Qb1wzJmE9pn8F7dpdw9nBaCq4-6jzoIUuLGKyUGIcNcqPt2oTlcyq9XZLuNNdkl9fBHo55uu2ZPiW-aqu439hAGV49maWaf6qaRm9dAUgmfZb31VNH8t5w_7rQZ4gOw8/s1159/Entertaining+Angels+%2528detail%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1159" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclk_EhyWpZa6Qb1wzJmE9pn8F7dpdw9nBaCq4-6jzoIUuLGKyUGIcNcqPt2oTlcyq9XZLuNNdkl9fBHo55uu2ZPiW-aqu439hAGV49maWaf6qaRm9dAUgmfZb31VNH8t5w_7rQZ4gOw8/w640-h424/Entertaining+Angels+%2528detail%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painted detail from ENTERTAINING ANGELS-THE DOROTHY DAY STORY (1996)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">So, let's get this show on the road..</span></b>.</p><p>So folks, on with the show. Today I have some terrific mattes from films that run the range from classic, to dreadful. We have some beautifully elegant Technicolor mattes from Shepperton Studios, made under Wally Veevers' supervision; a ton of vintage RKO fantasy painted matte work that looks stunning even now, some 85 years on; a pair of Hammer melodramas with clever, low budget tricks by Les Bowie; and also an irritating 90's dumb-buddy slam-fest set in a flooded Los Angeles - and <i>that one</i> is 96 minutes of my life I'll never get back - <u>but</u> the matte art is sensational.</p><p>So, climb on board, sit back, and enjoy</p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoABd-MdGMOIxyuA6nftO3DiuzDH-vsN50gEwujmMqTHGNc1OswUH-u6NPtimHmtu29H5cpAuxHIklwUphObPo_HOm4EY741JcatGyjhdcjH1dOCTEvJZ7gjvpM6Ivk6j-HKp9oWBqvA/s1737/DD0.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1737" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoABd-MdGMOIxyuA6nftO3DiuzDH-vsN50gEwujmMqTHGNc1OswUH-u6NPtimHmtu29H5cpAuxHIklwUphObPo_HOm4EY741JcatGyjhdcjH1dOCTEvJZ7gjvpM6Ivk6j-HKp9oWBqvA/w640-h282/DD0.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DOUBLE DRAGON (1994) was apparently based on a video game, so with <u>that</u> in mind, you couldn't find anything <i>less</i> agreeable as far as this viewer is concerned. To say I suffered for my matte fetish, is putting it lightly as far as <i>this</i> film was concerned, but a matte is a matte, and the work here <i>is</i> great!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVeFJLXnQUYfg2Ws-abMXYqclgims4cd47csV4MPIe_kSCpTzfuDXUiMHCNOpG_G4UA5BT-HYNAroCSqd72HW4A1JtbJad2EJDhN2r1eIawPv4Iozz-Tl6JXb4i45WoqUDq-jQhmCTWI/s1996/DD1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="1996" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVeFJLXnQUYfg2Ws-abMXYqclgims4cd47csV4MPIe_kSCpTzfuDXUiMHCNOpG_G4UA5BT-HYNAroCSqd72HW4A1JtbJad2EJDhN2r1eIawPv4Iozz-Tl6JXb4i45WoqUDq-jQhmCTWI/w640-h446/DD1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's a sort of a 'Bill & Ted' with roundhouse kicks and bad jokes, as this dim duo search for both halves of a gold magical medallion - or some bloody thing! Notable for having memorable T2 cyborg villain, Robert Patrick, play an effete, bleach blond, spiky haired mastermind nemisis. When it comes to 'Dragon' flicks, give me ENTER THE DRAGON any old day. A 100% bona-fide classic.... It don't get no better than Bruce at his most unleashed....though, I digress!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidk1cWKvsAGoTio9SyMtM01oX6mzHHlqdYSY07Zu1B6cmcwQWwu170Ye8z3aJaGNWilSuLaeSDQ5-Qjsb7LZUtQYJkoF10lWg6ZCRmRiHkkX8JzLejdk5BPyUf-KdrLaaCBYi2HZbOnBI/s1684/DD2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1684" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidk1cWKvsAGoTio9SyMtM01oX6mzHHlqdYSY07Zu1B6cmcwQWwu170Ye8z3aJaGNWilSuLaeSDQ5-Qjsb7LZUtQYJkoF10lWg6ZCRmRiHkkX8JzLejdk5BPyUf-KdrLaaCBYi2HZbOnBI/w640-h344/DD2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A huge effects show, and curiously one utilising traditional hand painted Illusion Arts matte art amid much, now terribly dated, early CGI from Pacific Date Images. Lots of the now <u>very</u> passe <i>morphing</i> CG which looked cool in TV ads back in the day but quickly grew tiresome about a week later. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5_HuTrwIWtpA0c1kz83VqS0KmKnIrmki_-kQCXGaMyyqumhVsL175jeenCKFUMLYyo6I1m83BydmohEkfsV6UQ5gnFnPbaeCRL-dSiV_UHZcMC-BrEa1fQ6JEDpA_H4AmqDlJ8nq8bY/s1920/DD4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5_HuTrwIWtpA0c1kz83VqS0KmKnIrmki_-kQCXGaMyyqumhVsL175jeenCKFUMLYyo6I1m83BydmohEkfsV6UQ5gnFnPbaeCRL-dSiV_UHZcMC-BrEa1fQ6JEDpA_H4AmqDlJ8nq8bY/w640-h360/DD4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Post Apocalyptic LA is now 'New Angeles', with almost all of it under water. Global warming, my arse!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJvq1s3JExu3EXb9VTAMReHQBl8U54iUD0ZsgPM5RLEAhvmOPKNO-yv-wQFe61yb9KXZxYreE3Uhw7ARQyXPc8DzwTI3GWFsKspEhXgHhBCUcsv9RQOILXhQoK8BzY8G9iWooACN7Zeo/s1319/Double+Dragon-94+matte2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1319" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJvq1s3JExu3EXb9VTAMReHQBl8U54iUD0ZsgPM5RLEAhvmOPKNO-yv-wQFe61yb9KXZxYreE3Uhw7ARQyXPc8DzwTI3GWFsKspEhXgHhBCUcsv9RQOILXhQoK8BzY8G9iWooACN7Zeo/w640-h482/Double+Dragon-94+matte2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Robert Stromberg painted all of the mattes for this show. Syd told me that he and Bill decided to give Robert supervision of the matte load for the picture.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZWivvkXZ3NGwshEz_98t3cVhRbaYbU_W4gvoe3SaM9_G0rY9kPwzF69y9dgXeCloBAZEG-RiL9DpzkwThk_JkQANilbWQ1ACbRJuqJxP_-KiCyYPUO9Q_r03_uUc7VTKAQFTH4-p6TY/s500/Double+Dragon-94+matte2+reverse+with+gags.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="500" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZWivvkXZ3NGwshEz_98t3cVhRbaYbU_W4gvoe3SaM9_G0rY9kPwzF69y9dgXeCloBAZEG-RiL9DpzkwThk_JkQANilbWQ1ACbRJuqJxP_-KiCyYPUO9Q_r03_uUc7VTKAQFTH4-p6TY/w400-h296/Double+Dragon-94+matte2+reverse+with+gags.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The reverse side of the above with a series of specific holes drilled out, with coloured gels attached for backlight gags of flickering city lights.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUqW__j_MlJPuJrRpVGFFReSeipxYFaiddsGG8VM1SlvWyf_PSs1yam1NmVTqbOFkYibPwUCeXI_-e4mZXXdz36LLxKHwZbO9XBWxSs_Y1KnVTnwaWBQeBMumjIU8D9Di_4EHerme-Tw/s1233/Double+Dragon-matte+detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1233" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUqW__j_MlJPuJrRpVGFFReSeipxYFaiddsGG8VM1SlvWyf_PSs1yam1NmVTqbOFkYibPwUCeXI_-e4mZXXdz36LLxKHwZbO9XBWxSs_Y1KnVTnwaWBQeBMumjIU8D9Di_4EHerme-Tw/w640-h388/Double+Dragon-matte+detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer view. The final on screen shot features a subtle parallax shift suggesting a fly over. It's real subtle, but it's there and nicely sells the illusion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiclY5-kaekIoo9B4_A1ACpIc9emTwquNWAfag2SwxWuMF4aPRv6m2qjMlw3-WIJ1XarpqdPGdY-KdxTglzRosO2c17F7FqcarANmwZrdzojzLUT7jwkdMz1rpqPPx9iPyNH-WeMlWTCXo/s1920/DD5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiclY5-kaekIoo9B4_A1ACpIc9emTwquNWAfag2SwxWuMF4aPRv6m2qjMlw3-WIJ1XarpqdPGdY-KdxTglzRosO2c17F7FqcarANmwZrdzojzLUT7jwkdMz1rpqPPx9iPyNH-WeMlWTCXo/w640-h360/DD5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The subsequent matte includes a miniature foreground element constructed by Illusion Arts resident jack-of-all-trades, Lynn Ledgerwood. The shot has a push in on the city centre.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2QwGsW6vWdfYfKZbXKu09lp5hIpEYOFqX-ICWrFxDqnoDYWCKCuoKeaKT-c3q3pCKUCARayCDo2MJcMJEXDhJuH1eiWkoB1roOIJ3Ib5JELk4-oCBqiiKP709IPOkaYAws4-lk_10WE/s1920/DD6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2QwGsW6vWdfYfKZbXKu09lp5hIpEYOFqX-ICWrFxDqnoDYWCKCuoKeaKT-c3q3pCKUCARayCDo2MJcMJEXDhJuH1eiWkoB1roOIJ3Ib5JELk4-oCBqiiKP709IPOkaYAws4-lk_10WE/w640-h360/DD6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Robert Stromberg matte painted LA of 2007.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDOtd7p4S1tdm6j7NEuzRbMhYtLhuNItRa2DpG0H5ydJHetVCvIQ7vjxkX-D2IsRHUYSlptzj3gid2-4p3Fe1yz7MyhzJi57XKZou8q4LASCFDbhVAHTVo1hzT4TH7XGsTMOoWyhG0hM/s1498/Double+Dragon-94+matte7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1498" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDOtd7p4S1tdm6j7NEuzRbMhYtLhuNItRa2DpG0H5ydJHetVCvIQ7vjxkX-D2IsRHUYSlptzj3gid2-4p3Fe1yz7MyhzJi57XKZou8q4LASCFDbhVAHTVo1hzT4TH7XGsTMOoWyhG0hM/w640-h330/Double+Dragon-94+matte7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stromberg's original artwork as it looks today, having been carefully stored, catalogued and photographed in the hope that this - and others - will find an appreciative owner. Even if you are not a DOUBLE DRAGON fan -and I can't imagine who <i>would</i> be - this matte would be a sensational keepsake.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64volPv8xDwbD5PdT7ICSF77clMUS98TBjS-J0QpkwSnCcs8SfRS77wKmNqlQLeBWlG5UCgb979CjCO0OCQA9d3wNZkC92OLbwcO6SsYFrMO_ojkkbrg3jTTvTPfjAU9A7D1f-QlD0pc/s1920/DD7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64volPv8xDwbD5PdT7ICSF77clMUS98TBjS-J0QpkwSnCcs8SfRS77wKmNqlQLeBWlG5UCgb979CjCO0OCQA9d3wNZkC92OLbwcO6SsYFrMO_ojkkbrg3jTTvTPfjAU9A7D1f-QlD0pc/w640-h360/DD7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hollywood Boulevard as it was in 2007 - or did you miss it?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEM2_8KhDadZ9TYC1sSVfPtmjqRSPuP3s4pHU_u2IkXyhQAO8bSfWepC7Dr3BllOVfIblg1uvakYg3YbwpOrs4D24pCc72zxVSs_6HQf8GPoagoLvFF3t599WyyYXb4c3PjYktotcMb-Y/s1417/Double+Dragon-+Rob+Stromberg+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1417" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEM2_8KhDadZ9TYC1sSVfPtmjqRSPuP3s4pHU_u2IkXyhQAO8bSfWepC7Dr3BllOVfIblg1uvakYg3YbwpOrs4D24pCc72zxVSs_6HQf8GPoagoLvFF3t599WyyYXb4c3PjYktotcMb-Y/w640-h376/Double+Dragon-+Rob+Stromberg+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Glorious original Rob Stromberg matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxzvqMyn9bd_2t9sgyf6h4NU5Z-H_yD4eveVxueSUIyg9jF8XLBetphbn43lEkfuVGX2Mz7Bfv6DPhBdBpaFwwJNh5YsUFCrBWC3P7oEtnC2z5nG0YaERamxDmngGvynoNOAWpfh0kSo/s1920/DD8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxzvqMyn9bd_2t9sgyf6h4NU5Z-H_yD4eveVxueSUIyg9jF8XLBetphbn43lEkfuVGX2Mz7Bfv6DPhBdBpaFwwJNh5YsUFCrBWC3P7oEtnC2z5nG0YaERamxDmngGvynoNOAWpfh0kSo/w640-h360/DD8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not entirely sure here, but this mammoth lift shaft looks painted to me?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyIn1gj2SLpoow1aUGa9vkY01J4x1FUgYVhLYYu-EQZrf13ZU88loiEaSk4bn0tuzljIDEd6QaucXkJtUJeQEgkiJBL-0cfDXW4f3b4KRlg9N8xIvhD9sKF0wl6hfez8n6AXIy8WiYDY/s1920/DD+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyIn1gj2SLpoow1aUGa9vkY01J4x1FUgYVhLYYu-EQZrf13ZU88loiEaSk4bn0tuzljIDEd6QaucXkJtUJeQEgkiJBL-0cfDXW4f3b4KRlg9N8xIvhD9sKF0wl6hfez8n6AXIy8WiYDY/w640-h360/DD+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">How did that song go...Oh yeah: <i>"It never rains in California, but it pours, man it pours..."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CQZ-QvkHXKHxpN068nmEPdDvDcEswVy3ksW0fbA-YEq8rrHJ1f0OikeZLEVkI04IzxuUKm7SXGsYHz8i-ymrjd54-mwtZYy7ur999yD3KXzBCh6fn_wlALj2ZoQqfQ53ilp0YksJjIw/s1457/Double+Dragon-94+matte3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="1457" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CQZ-QvkHXKHxpN068nmEPdDvDcEswVy3ksW0fbA-YEq8rrHJ1f0OikeZLEVkI04IzxuUKm7SXGsYHz8i-ymrjd54-mwtZYy7ur999yD3KXzBCh6fn_wlALj2ZoQqfQ53ilp0YksJjIw/w640-h358/Double+Dragon-94+matte3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's all a matter of oil pigment upon masonite board. A lost artform, which is what NZ Pete's blog is all about. Thrills me no end to see the original art, no matter what the film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-ndX4u0miqfWW76Yl0Ot43lk7dBK-eb1WIsA2FIq08rIvgSwMgvggrMV7JFKXlrNePzVJZyqM6jhbl5-TEMfRY10qRPPY-Wjkbi-JJjiLwQ-rGE7U60toIuaix1Xt6syDITlLx0H7rY/s1920/DD+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-ndX4u0miqfWW76Yl0Ot43lk7dBK-eb1WIsA2FIq08rIvgSwMgvggrMV7JFKXlrNePzVJZyqM6jhbl5-TEMfRY10qRPPY-Wjkbi-JJjiLwQ-rGE7U60toIuaix1Xt6syDITlLx0H7rY/w640-h360/DD+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A key action set piece features a prolonged chase along the so-called Hollywood River and it's off-shoots. Much matte art by Rob Stromberg tied into stunt boating.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AiQVWwKkf6-QC5SR6PfgjzND8MRYSuRfhJN1Ia7d0v2r7JmLsHkP53sgHI6V_Qm3y1ieOEr9yWLrNPuS6vWsc4Y6kLV5jY3UHrITJ-EM3qr5Uafk134ziXgxeE-Yo4tfFL5W9QA2-a4/s1423/Double+Dragon-94+matte4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1423" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AiQVWwKkf6-QC5SR6PfgjzND8MRYSuRfhJN1Ia7d0v2r7JmLsHkP53sgHI6V_Qm3y1ieOEr9yWLrNPuS6vWsc4Y6kLV5jY3UHrITJ-EM3qr5Uafk134ziXgxeE-Yo4tfFL5W9QA2-a4/w640-h342/Double+Dragon-94+matte4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Original matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKb2jGpq8VpjHi98rFbOBpNnLDWtiZSwc9i4VlIf0NGWqBkHqfBcMes9MAI8DxE9-uDUJrpdIvTX3vJCDYskPjO7fpLql0HRXLw43EhR2LuwRGV5m2AlsA34m98HZ6KftxTJMNyaVr2I/s1412/DD+11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1332" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKb2jGpq8VpjHi98rFbOBpNnLDWtiZSwc9i4VlIf0NGWqBkHqfBcMes9MAI8DxE9-uDUJrpdIvTX3vJCDYskPjO7fpLql0HRXLw43EhR2LuwRGV5m2AlsA34m98HZ6KftxTJMNyaVr2I/w604-h640/DD+11.jpg" width="604" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Top</b>: Probably matte painted shot. <b>Bottom</b>: Yeah, well, ummm.... words fail me!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcJokIz76xNv4Hmn4hMX69tdd4mRgIRy2epECq8BRBw0P6AgVG4RswpAFL5ug2J6yAU0gQuhSZMY1M89KvXBZ9ZHV-KKWCPpP3x5dp_s6rHaT5POniENjqgx6kUsQKL9JFKTNEeUpIX8/s2158/DD+14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="2158" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcJokIz76xNv4Hmn4hMX69tdd4mRgIRy2epECq8BRBw0P6AgVG4RswpAFL5ug2J6yAU0gQuhSZMY1M89KvXBZ9ZHV-KKWCPpP3x5dp_s6rHaT5POniENjqgx6kUsQKL9JFKTNEeUpIX8/w640-h368/DD+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Terrific scene here with a brilliant perspective shift suggesting a multi-layered split matte for the wrecked street. Again, very subtle, but very effective indeed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKg-GMJrilq4LKWUOprzCfDckVhrfhU0pyIRB_DG8DVup1IvID4IkCPvjYoyyZE31B_8AMpxcKdESmt0LZvtWDccjCZb9J9nGN-UnlXGvIdTcLejO6RQ6HGbStzyL8KtG2AFrMegRJHE/s1920/DD+13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKg-GMJrilq4LKWUOprzCfDckVhrfhU0pyIRB_DG8DVup1IvID4IkCPvjYoyyZE31B_8AMpxcKdESmt0LZvtWDccjCZb9J9nGN-UnlXGvIdTcLejO6RQ6HGbStzyL8KtG2AFrMegRJHE/w640-h360/DD+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The moving camera POV is 'on the water' following these two jerks, with the aforementioned deep, multi-layered effect as the shot proceeds. Terrific bit that even Syd said to me had him trying to deconstruct and figure out all these years later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LgoUMxL9eMZn3v-99v-skEutKaQO5l87qK4kjv0fsB75AxBUBLsDkARSx9PdPX3RZYG4g_B2ft4-qVVC3KKvJxzxMKxcaDikSUQ8N57s3oeBOvH17CxwXaEyWTcRc3FPlMOqUJu8ezA/s2180/DD+15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="2180" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LgoUMxL9eMZn3v-99v-skEutKaQO5l87qK4kjv0fsB75AxBUBLsDkARSx9PdPX3RZYG4g_B2ft4-qVVC3KKvJxzxMKxcaDikSUQ8N57s3oeBOvH17CxwXaEyWTcRc3FPlMOqUJu8ezA/w640-h318/DD+15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The chase continues as they speed past the Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Holiday Inn. I stayed at that hotel twice, just to be close to the Blvd and places like the amazing Larry Edmunds Book Store and Hollywood Book and Poster. I wonder whether they are still around? I watched the X-FILES movie at Graumans just so I could say I'd been in that glorious old picture palace.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Xy7rLnt7HLrVrDJpCpf2eJkMu3ncs_hL1b1xQ2ApfTPihr8EDW3z96SCpckLrs1OvPXU0rzy4rMgzbpWMp-CRDqVlvtaeuFLx-UDP1TAGFKbihphWSSUaXcKaLpViw1kWDSqFdx38d8/s1484/Double+Dragon-94+matte6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1484" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Xy7rLnt7HLrVrDJpCpf2eJkMu3ncs_hL1b1xQ2ApfTPihr8EDW3z96SCpckLrs1OvPXU0rzy4rMgzbpWMp-CRDqVlvtaeuFLx-UDP1TAGFKbihphWSSUaXcKaLpViw1kWDSqFdx38d8/w640-h372/Double+Dragon-94+matte6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Don't worry....it's just a painting!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTfYgKN76Y7GHH96SbcR9GwAOM5x-TGTJcMVdudpH-7PkCpppe6_y9GsGIRZ2D5__-QnFTAIwV-At3ASQut-zSN6SW9ThJJYLtxP5UUb7uM7D6yVPJ4BOc5dFy_D2MSc1T2IJQwYdrpo/s2468/DD+16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="2468" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTfYgKN76Y7GHH96SbcR9GwAOM5x-TGTJcMVdudpH-7PkCpppe6_y9GsGIRZ2D5__-QnFTAIwV-At3ASQut-zSN6SW9ThJJYLtxP5UUb7uM7D6yVPJ4BOc5dFy_D2MSc1T2IJQwYdrpo/w640-h278/DD+16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">High rises amid much disrepair. Times were bad in 2007 by all accounts. And we think we got it bad now in 2021.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyU0xqwgghS_5c_d6SU2SbcA6tq7HMwHJJTqGcKa1iPJQmaYFsysCsyNP2W72cOvXHWFJ93Qntl6xwj-RzaGihel8TQ1Ay1iRMIju7Wci435RVhSDahpVGTnz1YYY5RNwKuHzUVnaHaR8/s1468/Double+Dragon-94+matte5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1468" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyU0xqwgghS_5c_d6SU2SbcA6tq7HMwHJJTqGcKa1iPJQmaYFsysCsyNP2W72cOvXHWFJ93Qntl6xwj-RzaGihel8TQ1Ay1iRMIju7Wci435RVhSDahpVGTnz1YYY5RNwKuHzUVnaHaR8/w640-h360/Double+Dragon-94+matte5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same view as a Robert Stromberg matte. A small monorail was animated into that track in the background with a pan across camera move.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjU2UW_7N_cq1qTtPBn7G6hzwlGxE-ScapNKKeCH3bXYjkkTsHBm87IQeqjj-XRbgUUgBlM8XgslYKcwaEyaSuG4UWDjrUzKX66sQVPzwmYtT6OSZaORlE_c1gPk8tG9FrQtpztM8Dho/s1239/Double+Dragon-detail+city.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1239" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjU2UW_7N_cq1qTtPBn7G6hzwlGxE-ScapNKKeCH3bXYjkkTsHBm87IQeqjj-XRbgUUgBlM8XgslYKcwaEyaSuG4UWDjrUzKX66sQVPzwmYtT6OSZaORlE_c1gPk8tG9FrQtpztM8Dho/w640-h432/Double+Dragon-detail+city.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stromberg came from a family invested in trick work. His father William was a noted stop motion animator and introduced the young Robert to trick photography and visual effects techniques from a young age. Robert worked for David Stipes Productions in the mid 1980's and then joined Illusion Arts a few years later as a matte painter. Rob worked on scores of features, TV shows, music videos and commercials under Syd Dutton's mentorship. Among these were AGE OF INNOCENCE with a fantastic museum interior, and CAPE FEAR with moody, atmospheric skies. Stromberg's ambitions grew and he would eventually leave visual effects and move into production design, resulting in back to back Oscar and BAFTA wins for the James Cameron epic AVATAR. More recently Stromberg has ventured into big budget feature film direction. The sky's the limit it seems.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdxb5xuoFZGzNvdVqlfmNgrnIOSNTAhQXZmiwU9Qz6GOo3AUJIjmi_sixEDnl-Z6-3bh55uN1PVL10uhNVNaT6DdnGAD5qmWXuZvK7ijIvcPgwjPIrRbDkPIJTBYamY2ykF03kmZjG20/s1454/DD+tilt+up2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1454" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdxb5xuoFZGzNvdVqlfmNgrnIOSNTAhQXZmiwU9Qz6GOo3AUJIjmi_sixEDnl-Z6-3bh55uN1PVL10uhNVNaT6DdnGAD5qmWXuZvK7ijIvcPgwjPIrRbDkPIJTBYamY2ykF03kmZjG20/w640-h518/DD+tilt+up2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after showing the original extreme upview of the villain's lair in both matte painted form, and stitched together composite frames showing the extent of the tilt up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwXXE_aVnicAwnf7chKghkNYnm4Vb-4w_5z5USw2m-TIxRFWXZBmI4-p2lOKDk4C_9RzgdFouGGri7PPmarZrt-JN_aa35oiKvxxMJhjZVfWsXXo3hKyco7vswcS9qFxe-UthwV7SEJeY/s3144/DD+17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="3144" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwXXE_aVnicAwnf7chKghkNYnm4Vb-4w_5z5USw2m-TIxRFWXZBmI4-p2lOKDk4C_9RzgdFouGGri7PPmarZrt-JN_aa35oiKvxxMJhjZVfWsXXo3hKyco7vswcS9qFxe-UthwV7SEJeY/w640-h250/DD+17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frame by frame matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTUN3QqYruua39tGS_a-kwvKmK79Gzbhe9tA4Bix5O7-6WjpgMjqfqXhwnLJaa7ZUv83kMZ5aECxtqtmivk2XZLm5f6hLqJhewMxQnTn73VmD885VM74ZSpcPCQGbhZAdYqmyzl-eAXc/s1920/DD+18.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTUN3QqYruua39tGS_a-kwvKmK79Gzbhe9tA4Bix5O7-6WjpgMjqfqXhwnLJaa7ZUv83kMZ5aECxtqtmivk2XZLm5f6hLqJhewMxQnTn73VmD885VM74ZSpcPCQGbhZAdYqmyzl-eAXc/w640-h360/DD+18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 1</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSGqHo3Gog1vYyaYdR6pqIzNimYsTKNw5IID474Y4LZQhygD9orA03hngbVjF9JXi-gsUJ3woHNYhLgwdU-3IUjy1XyPSqwH22-vofrMqIcx-U0c9bo9BqUoTDOwzCFJOFQ0YwYZoVb0/s1920/DD+19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSGqHo3Gog1vYyaYdR6pqIzNimYsTKNw5IID474Y4LZQhygD9orA03hngbVjF9JXi-gsUJ3woHNYhLgwdU-3IUjy1XyPSqwH22-vofrMqIcx-U0c9bo9BqUoTDOwzCFJOFQ0YwYZoVb0/w640-h360/DD+19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 2</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HNNhF4MWTVq2fFXip1hkPfgoMwYvP6UjnBIKjt6wDlnX5IFGe25w2StKzdKrFAHIFgxyu37Z_zqi9wKYIdHz7UyJVFtmFvueK0Ykn-ajbfbz2p45sRRxDgXexYVSzAiz8vVaNxN4g0g/s1920/DD+20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HNNhF4MWTVq2fFXip1hkPfgoMwYvP6UjnBIKjt6wDlnX5IFGe25w2StKzdKrFAHIFgxyu37Z_zqi9wKYIdHz7UyJVFtmFvueK0Ykn-ajbfbz2p45sRRxDgXexYVSzAiz8vVaNxN4g0g/w640-h360/DD+20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 3</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh024z_lTiCTl51BUFfU-QEY4N3Z-VdIYBRxVaZ__2QgHhxWR9cOFS7-L1BJmTZvwpJrk9yrHZCjfGs-ArHQF-rHltMlVQLeq89KgSQ604TmKSxFN24JruBHIitvDxiRqgGMGCerX5g0mg/s1920/DD+21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh024z_lTiCTl51BUFfU-QEY4N3Z-VdIYBRxVaZ__2QgHhxWR9cOFS7-L1BJmTZvwpJrk9yrHZCjfGs-ArHQF-rHltMlVQLeq89KgSQ604TmKSxFN24JruBHIitvDxiRqgGMGCerX5g0mg/w640-h360/DD+21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail 4. Note, the helicopter was added digitally.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb5SRODam5_1uWK269SrKAGB6ocDlz9cIt3b1LrbLZ7Dp9k2QWpB3zCy0PULgkdW_yXh_pDMXVXteVs0mHPnm9CIblQtMNQjTV479q8eyo3Cm7YhSSpREBGgRdmPpzBoEq8DYzZEEjjM/s2280/DD+mayhem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="2280" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb5SRODam5_1uWK269SrKAGB6ocDlz9cIt3b1LrbLZ7Dp9k2QWpB3zCy0PULgkdW_yXh_pDMXVXteVs0mHPnm9CIblQtMNQjTV479q8eyo3Cm7YhSSpREBGgRdmPpzBoEq8DYzZEEjjM/w640-h196/DD+mayhem.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>"So, whatcha gonna do girl.... knock my block off?"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFb-2CWmEqqWXSb_kc5UtaBXP6xWC6eQxRFCSb3WoTNSJnCz2uiKleFb624oedI2zGZRlh_UfgpKYAwyeFSB9IiYON_UB6-vcR6hsPuzeXemkAZNVSOQUjf9lW84lg7aLaNQyTtpB9MFk/s1920/DD+25.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFb-2CWmEqqWXSb_kc5UtaBXP6xWC6eQxRFCSb3WoTNSJnCz2uiKleFb624oedI2zGZRlh_UfgpKYAwyeFSB9IiYON_UB6-vcR6hsPuzeXemkAZNVSOQUjf9lW84lg7aLaNQyTtpB9MFk/w640-h360/DD+25.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The City Of Angels...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCfhXmMTRZBCnuTUESb2fmfTezpEKaky6KQwdpdcLRpKU8epYX9oZKaxNVqNMpc8SfWpcXe6XqAVeBQQyHqqk_YyZwLdobRa7TkA3xVvnGv443fIfajjytFHkz4HnHAwuoU6DfkBOI57o/s1920/DD+23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCfhXmMTRZBCnuTUESb2fmfTezpEKaky6KQwdpdcLRpKU8epYX9oZKaxNVqNMpc8SfWpcXe6XqAVeBQQyHqqk_YyZwLdobRa7TkA3xVvnGv443fIfajjytFHkz4HnHAwuoU6DfkBOI57o/w640-h360/DD+23.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbB5c1ysaRa3lAy49oC5HL4XGSPVH6z1LuBNZVTrqGrxJqf2IHQ1gxcHgBAQeLBJlXeZr74Uair1oHf4r6f0L8p0yjCWgZeU-ceIn21MUZ_2m8YvPYv0BMT2eSfx_lIhZouJv51Akd9iU/s1920/DD+24.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbB5c1ysaRa3lAy49oC5HL4XGSPVH6z1LuBNZVTrqGrxJqf2IHQ1gxcHgBAQeLBJlXeZr74Uair1oHf4r6f0L8p0yjCWgZeU-ceIn21MUZ_2m8YvPYv0BMT2eSfx_lIhZouJv51Akd9iU/w640-h360/DD+24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film concludes with some confrontation of some description, between good and evil - or something. I dunno, as I'd gotten quite bored by that stage and couldn't wait for it to end. The tortures I endure to make this sensational blog <i>(and then, to top it all, to have someone else blatantly 'rip it off'!)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3j_vePbWIt3_d5V3wMtOCMzePROXtov9r33NlOtzBYH0NAAGIlXj0KvgO4wGsF9r2cwkZTIEOZyJvTbrIuXSDyX-SuHY56uGPJBMxhMEU3PBftMlqeW6KfamIAeRw7QLIYLdsX1rVVjo/s1416/DD+vlcsnap-2021-03-04-15h12m18s782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1416" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3j_vePbWIt3_d5V3wMtOCMzePROXtov9r33NlOtzBYH0NAAGIlXj0KvgO4wGsF9r2cwkZTIEOZyJvTbrIuXSDyX-SuHY56uGPJBMxhMEU3PBftMlqeW6KfamIAeRw7QLIYLdsX1rVVjo/w640-h356/DD+vlcsnap-2021-03-04-15h12m18s782.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Botox ... The Inside Story!</b></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yXl_NgT7BtlOz_3is9uPHoMYjsvWK7tIfkJQnN1JyVDtGosuv9wK_CUXN1_z9PzPMGaCEA1sRIge9uuMZCq-HGU5hEr84xqRUFMmc8ZYkkpDrXoFIsDq9KFy4lnlTRhl1Dh2DgOYCbY/s1292/G%2526S+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1292" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yXl_NgT7BtlOz_3is9uPHoMYjsvWK7tIfkJQnN1JyVDtGosuv9wK_CUXN1_z9PzPMGaCEA1sRIge9uuMZCq-HGU5hEr84xqRUFMmc8ZYkkpDrXoFIsDq9KFy4lnlTRhl1Dh2DgOYCbY/w640-h444/G%2526S+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've never been the least bit fond of operetta's, nor cared much for Gilbert & Sullivan, though I must admit I really enjoyed this 1953 British film. A well made, beautifully photographed (by Christopher Challis) and acted period bio-pic.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitxYNqW_9DtwUWrRS2XDRhE7EG55GSZj5AOPX0ndKelXQDhhZF7UTY7owDzLwuMVsCXpiwQecuJ8pl2svZFOkvle6iwwqLuccd6zSfnf04knGFeZuOrO-0kytw9oa8A_j54YACBQVrAI/s2490/Shepperton+Wally+Veevers+Dept+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="2490" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitxYNqW_9DtwUWrRS2XDRhE7EG55GSZj5AOPX0ndKelXQDhhZF7UTY7owDzLwuMVsCXpiwQecuJ8pl2svZFOkvle6iwwqLuccd6zSfnf04knGFeZuOrO-0kytw9oa8A_j54YACBQVrAI/w640-h336/Shepperton+Wally+Veevers+Dept+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I always try to cover British effects films as so little has ever been documented, so when a prime example like THE STORY OF GILBERT AND SULLIVAN comes along, I'm in! Here is a selection of pics, with Shepperton Studios shown top left. The department was established in the late 1940's by the legendary Walter Percy 'Poppa' Day, with many artists and cameramen on board. Day retired in 1952. Next pic is visual effects supervisor and head of department, the great Wally Veevers, who was Pop Day's right hand man for decades. Next pic is chief matte painter George Samuels. Top far right is VFX director of photography, Peter Harman outside the effects dept. Bottom row from left is matte painter Doug Ferris. Doug didn't join the studio till around 1962 but I include the photo as it nicely demonstrates the matte room. Next is matte artist Joseph Natanson, who <i>did</i> paint some mattes on this film. Lastly, matte painter Gerald Larn who as it happens just passed away last week, well into his 80's. Gerald didn't start with Veevers until 1964, but again, the photo nicely sums up the arrangement.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVWPNl4SJD0B7eOCQ0KYpWI_3-L-NaY-iqHk_sOeWnYlmgFviX3F7oWf-V5LyXv4E2VqMqipnT_A8P6DpPc2sJmgs2jM79jnllgqPJMPu968iZdb5oI55rKl2TGSD6RiZtLY336Hoy8U/s1500/G%2526S1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1500" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVWPNl4SJD0B7eOCQ0KYpWI_3-L-NaY-iqHk_sOeWnYlmgFviX3F7oWf-V5LyXv4E2VqMqipnT_A8P6DpPc2sJmgs2jM79jnllgqPJMPu968iZdb5oI55rKl2TGSD6RiZtLY336Hoy8U/w640-h486/G%2526S1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A film that has been incredibly difficult to track down, I'm delighted to have finally found it. The star cast are great, as I've always rather liked Robert Morley (so good in MARIE ANTOINETTE and countless others), and Maurice Evans, who for those unaware, was Dr Zaius in the first two PLANET OF THE APES films, albeit buried under a ton of John Chambers prosthetics, he <i>still</i> stole the show.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGTGR45_S2LarwnNOYc7iFUju9Dl1zNYAfZn4jojQ1TTWUBxj9F50XlbHV2FtTs63SX_ce1j0BNOnXCqIvUTrlN9k01MBiZUpP2dzFqHCzYUvrgN77BFY8fal4uHpI8EOCf8HD2HMalA/s1422/G%2526S2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1422" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGTGR45_S2LarwnNOYc7iFUju9Dl1zNYAfZn4jojQ1TTWUBxj9F50XlbHV2FtTs63SX_ce1j0BNOnXCqIvUTrlN9k01MBiZUpP2dzFqHCzYUvrgN77BFY8fal4uHpI8EOCf8HD2HMalA/w640-h486/G%2526S2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film is loaded with matte shots and set extensions, all made on 3 strip Technicolor under Wally Veevers' supervision. This opening shot of The Crystal Palace, for the London Exhibition, was rendered by George Samuels. George was chief matte artist and had been one of Poppa Day's artists, while his younger brother Ted was long time head of physical effects at Shepperton. This shot is interesting as it has much going on within the matte. There are flags fluttering up on The Crystal Palace, and tree branches gently rustling in the breeze over the painted view. I think this was a first for Wally's department, to double in actual foliage movement over a painted matte - a trick that several Hollywood studios such as Fox and MGM had been doing for years. Before production began on GILBERT AND SULLIVAN, both Wally and George went on an invited tour of several American effects departments, specifically to observe photographic effects methods across the Atlantic. It's pretty certain that they brought back this particular bi-pack 'gag' and utilised it here, though I can't recall the gag being re-used subsequently on any other British productions that I've studied.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSR4_mBliHyO5qSDnj5kOw9ei9w5l-MVt_C4yogYKlPLMR7Qe73jXP2_0j8QYXkZHamCNxqkynQ0BaazhD5WpE-jVaM79dsJkY_n_Nw88B8-dv0Fd8BNsOK69EpZAlHcoXdoYVECkNC0/s1588/G%2526S3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1264" data-original-width="1588" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSR4_mBliHyO5qSDnj5kOw9ei9w5l-MVt_C4yogYKlPLMR7Qe73jXP2_0j8QYXkZHamCNxqkynQ0BaazhD5WpE-jVaM79dsJkY_n_Nw88B8-dv0Fd8BNsOK69EpZAlHcoXdoYVECkNC0/w640-h510/G%2526S3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More mattes from the early stage of the picture, each with actual moving foliage doubled into painted composites, though to my mind, overly so, thus ruining the overall com;position. The two upper frames were quite interesting upon close study as I noted the tree branches and leaves being partly authentic and part painted, I suspect to conceal the unwanted background from those set ups.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqJla90wJm2RzIo-WbUlo-MKjSw7OFOfmbno3SVFbexScRtq79ok_HKuk_o8B1YbaCQ4W190gldnpFcWbzcfLpdpJR7toar_Db5iXt2QEc_1OJo3dtX-NvQa5aCsb53tq-GC48ysOjUo/s2151/G%2526S4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="2151" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqJla90wJm2RzIo-WbUlo-MKjSw7OFOfmbno3SVFbexScRtq79ok_HKuk_o8B1YbaCQ4W190gldnpFcWbzcfLpdpJR7toar_Db5iXt2QEc_1OJo3dtX-NvQa5aCsb53tq-GC48ysOjUo/w640-h246/G%2526S4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another interesting find were these two shots that were actually Percy Day/Peter Ellenshaw mattes lifted from the Oscar Wilde comedy AN IDEAL HUSBAND (1948), made at Shepperton some five years earlier. It's entirely possible that George Samuels painted these too as he worked for Day</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf48uttDk3ZZhniXI-jFcTlUJhmPiytBMT-3cLQDsk_pGcL4fFubCsHBJ2SQQsiUooiu46-SCNYW1QiYz0OhClMRu52aVq01n17r8gsv3SRjLHKQRqGS_rYfWM-WtXqgOZMNUWk7xML1E/s1851/G%2526S5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="1851" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf48uttDk3ZZhniXI-jFcTlUJhmPiytBMT-3cLQDsk_pGcL4fFubCsHBJ2SQQsiUooiu46-SCNYW1QiYz0OhClMRu52aVq01n17r8gsv3SRjLHKQRqGS_rYfWM-WtXqgOZMNUWk7xML1E/w640-h248/G%2526S5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Wally was a strong advocate of matting either miniature or painted ships into <i>actual</i> ocean footage whenever possible, to maintain an authentic scale to the water. This method was applied in many films by Veevers such as THE SILENT ENEMY, THE GIFT HORSE, ALEXANDER THE GREAT and S.O.S TITANIC.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKnluVcqVpMdaR7aEuLu1wZsoRXotKWUbbMJBPM9ahEPJB14K_Kn5WfrNhdWfkRWfYdAEd__0yyxvSV8w_SbyEO7eKl7ORPbdgD8NF7uSsoXTp0gr9CVzHwNLu2u9_DM1xdbcl39jnHw/s1422/G%2526S6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1422" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKnluVcqVpMdaR7aEuLu1wZsoRXotKWUbbMJBPM9ahEPJB14K_Kn5WfrNhdWfkRWfYdAEd__0yyxvSV8w_SbyEO7eKl7ORPbdgD8NF7uSsoXTp0gr9CVzHwNLu2u9_DM1xdbcl39jnHw/w640-h486/G%2526S6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A glorious full matte painting of the opera house.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8WhllNQ75WrVkaWGYyAxNbQuwZk8bMnf-dxA72sDHHSVsHvBNOvQeCsodlkIpsyHSHGW3TNWtMysoZIJemcU0QlT2CC93tx1A-8336iIlOtZFPBy5wGoZM_3docUsFifF8CdJkqP5yg/s1422/G%2526S7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1422" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8WhllNQ75WrVkaWGYyAxNbQuwZk8bMnf-dxA72sDHHSVsHvBNOvQeCsodlkIpsyHSHGW3TNWtMysoZIJemcU0QlT2CC93tx1A-8336iIlOtZFPBy5wGoZM_3docUsFifF8CdJkqP5yg/w640-h486/G%2526S7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm fairly confident that the upper section of this frame, just above the people, has been painted in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMEnX02oVwEGieIBVwAyUAkBvEnrcZ_m7wS1S-VXMFBBhm5T0sD7MX5uRa0g5nUb2rkM_fVmYvnSMpLTvDPDkT9PifC0Ng_jECUdLjzXBdTtn3-n0vfpqfE9wmno-hdo0tcIgteYh2dY/s1422/G%2526S8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1422" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMEnX02oVwEGieIBVwAyUAkBvEnrcZ_m7wS1S-VXMFBBhm5T0sD7MX5uRa0g5nUb2rkM_fVmYvnSMpLTvDPDkT9PifC0Ng_jECUdLjzXBdTtn3-n0vfpqfE9wmno-hdo0tcIgteYh2dY/w640-h486/G%2526S8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same with this shot, the upper third or so has been matted in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHWOyebWbL0guNjQTlL1VxD5TJmMlPg6YeUSi-pbsAapNYl_8r5IwssdAxq5O4Gu167Et5Cjs8-rwZG-p2OJPWJs8-8kOsijntfPmE-qeRngfm2oGMAyxOzIyUUFKxNXX4S6rfqJiNN8/s2260/G%2526S9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1640" data-original-width="2260" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHWOyebWbL0guNjQTlL1VxD5TJmMlPg6YeUSi-pbsAapNYl_8r5IwssdAxq5O4Gu167Et5Cjs8-rwZG-p2OJPWJs8-8kOsijntfPmE-qeRngfm2oGMAyxOzIyUUFKxNXX4S6rfqJiNN8/w640-h464/G%2526S9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There are a few dramatic and very bold camera moves that integrate matte art with various pieces of live action. This shot starts on the opera stage and in a crane action moves up through the stage scenery, following plumes of smoke belching from a smoke stack, with a continued move off the theatre roof, across nearby street frontage and finally ending on the exterior of the same opera house. Impressive, and reminded me of the various elaborate gags executed so brilliantly at Warner Bros throughout the 1940's. I'm sure Wally saw work of this kind during his visit to the American studios and brought the ideas back with him.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzHbq1X_5xSrbaeBkDkeeiijAlA7hEDD0tWpDN3Jsemi0tYZ5Vi09DpDuoUh1lYkbLg-FkvwqMsbNCrTO2riLzlpAAbiolzif8gH2ubwQV-v-QQGCX4WClb0a0x0YuOqF59gNC3zeGIY/s1422/G%2526S+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1422" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzHbq1X_5xSrbaeBkDkeeiijAlA7hEDD0tWpDN3Jsemi0tYZ5Vi09DpDuoUh1lYkbLg-FkvwqMsbNCrTO2riLzlpAAbiolzif8gH2ubwQV-v-QQGCX4WClb0a0x0YuOqF59gNC3zeGIY/w640-h486/G%2526S+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A high rez frame from the end of the above camera move is quite revealing as it appears to show a sliver of unpainted area at the bottom of the glass matte that accidentally found it's way on screen.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBP0Sgez27f9gr_X4i4KL3MtrDVH9AdA7CDe8lvmrRpIAMGI0zBLRg2lQvWTOFqPKtht_Gaiy_Z3r6jhYgZKLSlVMtB2hVuac1LQ6hXkOFwG_pwZW9IUKCAaXtK1Iuok2mw8jaQSzzCVQ/s1422/G%2526S+11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1422" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBP0Sgez27f9gr_X4i4KL3MtrDVH9AdA7CDe8lvmrRpIAMGI0zBLRg2lQvWTOFqPKtht_Gaiy_Z3r6jhYgZKLSlVMtB2hVuac1LQ6hXkOFwG_pwZW9IUKCAaXtK1Iuok2mw8jaQSzzCVQ/w640-h486/G%2526S+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I understand Joseph Natanson painted alongside George Samuels on this film, and shots involving the majestic organ above the choir were his (see below as well). Practically everything above has been added in as matte art, with just a few rows of people being real.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTigHpq4Be72fjn_AeV9GZeelrbLRSlFk70b7zpbX8YBte5lwpkSvPeajuqRTRm6vSh9q0X_6lYAe1iaIIoN1fTqGmctdQiiND_lrHb6_FqAk3wLApHH9PeX5kvuxFjhyphenhyphenGdzCQwsVLJMQ/s3200/G%2526S+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="3200" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTigHpq4Be72fjn_AeV9GZeelrbLRSlFk70b7zpbX8YBte5lwpkSvPeajuqRTRm6vSh9q0X_6lYAe1iaIIoN1fTqGmctdQiiND_lrHb6_FqAk3wLApHH9PeX5kvuxFjhyphenhyphenGdzCQwsVLJMQ/w640-h256/G%2526S+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The subsequent scene is extremely impressive, and a fine showcase of live action merged with a substantial painted matte, all combined with a most dramatic tilt upward onto the massive organ</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkmMrxVR0fBmQnGJY24PEewfHzqh0eSt9UbM8wEmB3QkQZj8b-hIMHXHfzgI4bUneQdJRdgHXc4xgbhLCGBX0vEh6oVOgT5TznhP1q-kj14RvzkVXUp4L75ppl0y82-Bz27dmKRsxgRo/s1422/G%2526S+12A.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1422" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkmMrxVR0fBmQnGJY24PEewfHzqh0eSt9UbM8wEmB3QkQZj8b-hIMHXHfzgI4bUneQdJRdgHXc4xgbhLCGBX0vEh6oVOgT5TznhP1q-kj14RvzkVXUp4L75ppl0y82-Bz27dmKRsxgRo/w640-h486/G%2526S+12A.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up of the first part of the camera move, with the soft matte line running directly above the heads of the female choir. Presumably Wally achieved this move on the optical printer, though the image quality is very good indeed for a dupe shot. Wally was, by training, a visual effects cameraman and relied upon Technicolor type 8 separations for all Shepperton matte composites.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPFpQJod7kgqBt9TJQ2LY0SJW2bSnbqRaENd7cCdoPjEHy6vpqvLiVp1KpMdfCfpVDzlTQAFHGfzIQmE4X2iBPpatpN_v3fheQjGLBq64uevtYA9dJuwcxW28aTY29g-LysAQWcCQu0E/s1422/G%2526S+12B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1422" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPFpQJod7kgqBt9TJQ2LY0SJW2bSnbqRaENd7cCdoPjEHy6vpqvLiVp1KpMdfCfpVDzlTQAFHGfzIQmE4X2iBPpatpN_v3fheQjGLBq64uevtYA9dJuwcxW28aTY29g-LysAQWcCQu0E/w640-h486/G%2526S+12B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More detail from the camera move.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3FB0393fww7EJFDgkKKNlNIadGnky7sAHB6VegbjvgX92sA_OexiQWWRpKWjFyE_-sS2CrWSdi2LUXtWl3tdQNgzq1xqG_0OkpDcPiOACdpIsLUYQhufeG-3jHuEJZWDCMb8xGskxfY/s1422/G%2526S+12C.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1422" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3FB0393fww7EJFDgkKKNlNIadGnky7sAHB6VegbjvgX92sA_OexiQWWRpKWjFyE_-sS2CrWSdi2LUXtWl3tdQNgzq1xqG_0OkpDcPiOACdpIsLUYQhufeG-3jHuEJZWDCMb8xGskxfY/w640-h486/G%2526S+12C.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUPgVg5IhwRcfIyBTyDJr6icEbf-EHlxAwuTE-w9phJ7j87JV7H3eH2UnwoYfDS_ludk6cMiNlXZ0lkAJs_Rew0zBZ5-JDxO2fnDjcnCVIFvoHlwvcqWrInumO9Jj4oVHvpKrS2ztscA/s1542/G%2526S0.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="1542" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUPgVg5IhwRcfIyBTyDJr6icEbf-EHlxAwuTE-w9phJ7j87JV7H3eH2UnwoYfDS_ludk6cMiNlXZ0lkAJs_Rew0zBZ5-JDxO2fnDjcnCVIFvoHlwvcqWrInumO9Jj4oVHvpKrS2ztscA/w640-h484/G%2526S0.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I never thought for a minute I'd like this film, but found it really a good picture, much as THE RED SHOES did for me when I never really felt it would grab me, but it sure did, and what a magnificent picture that was.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOcpWMIshqdSYw7yOItBuXmKmyU-KCygwmfe0ovbrdJs6-Gv05y1YMkqsmcb1rTbwKKyuT-qkjAwIZJcvDisodQvtydZcRCb4lC_0l7LIaD5NIkhkIoTw8Orguecn5cJqRNz23mCEgyY/s1422/G%2526S+13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1422" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOcpWMIshqdSYw7yOItBuXmKmyU-KCygwmfe0ovbrdJs6-Gv05y1YMkqsmcb1rTbwKKyuT-qkjAwIZJcvDisodQvtydZcRCb4lC_0l7LIaD5NIkhkIoTw8Orguecn5cJqRNz23mCEgyY/w640-h486/G%2526S+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure, this <i>may</i> be actual production photography?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgme6mzjOvXHKq_gj4E_uiewIHRhO8JsTO4oiSd0NX0NecIrPw_7_q8FVFtSaKSwvSy5g8igamhueWGlnO88GnG5q9zTIX-H_QE0Q74-mUZMuJRpjIIy3LIZ1xNiLlPLgEDwSWaNiasfsE/s1422/G%2526S+14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1422" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgme6mzjOvXHKq_gj4E_uiewIHRhO8JsTO4oiSd0NX0NecIrPw_7_q8FVFtSaKSwvSy5g8igamhueWGlnO88GnG5q9zTIX-H_QE0Q74-mUZMuJRpjIIy3LIZ1xNiLlPLgEDwSWaNiasfsE/w640-h486/G%2526S+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other matte artists employed in Wally's department at the time included Albert Julion - a painter much favoured by the Korda's, especially by production designer Vincent Korda. Judy Jordan was another painter there at the time. Both Albert and Judy had been two of Percy Day's matte unit. Judy left to work with Tom Howard at MGM-Boreham Wood, while Albert was a long time veteran of Shepperton until his untimely death in the early 1960's aged only in his fifties. I'm reasonably convinced that Julion had been mentor to Albert Whitlock as their paths criss-crossed with scenic painting and matte art back in the 1940's at Gaumont.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4xyoM99LfJShh_hAkyaJO-uCIsLvSkkCC3fD-gyrT7v7kU6YOAjnKM5SQ3f32V0hBAQXIzhKIWyayn9ejSp5Wtpj9v8aLFyDadYIfpEcDI7-_t-PF9MceHCsCa9dYYMYlhyphenhyphenLWCFSEEc/s1422/G%2526S+15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1422" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4xyoM99LfJShh_hAkyaJO-uCIsLvSkkCC3fD-gyrT7v7kU6YOAjnKM5SQ3f32V0hBAQXIzhKIWyayn9ejSp5Wtpj9v8aLFyDadYIfpEcDI7-_t-PF9MceHCsCa9dYYMYlhyphenhyphenLWCFSEEc/w640-h486/G%2526S+15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final matte from THE STORY OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN is this operatic show where the upper half of the frame has been added in by one of the matte artists.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pdcK4-f1lRg3HclAheVm0HZ_22TVBUfuPQpGjy5Dq1Jc2oY_aZ5O_Vt3h9qff5lgllBJAnsB08MT3wc49lRHvbtA4Zq_BuJvghPIpBYE8GgN7Dl_AW2hVHqKgVCvsA6prtFBUXRQW0Q/s1473/SHE+header+%2528sm%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="1473" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pdcK4-f1lRg3HclAheVm0HZ_22TVBUfuPQpGjy5Dq1Jc2oY_aZ5O_Vt3h9qff5lgllBJAnsB08MT3wc49lRHvbtA4Zq_BuJvghPIpBYE8GgN7Dl_AW2hVHqKgVCvsA6prtFBUXRQW0Q/w640-h442/SHE+header+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film SHE (1935) being celebrated here is but one of at least five versions I'm aware of, with a silent version prior to this RKO production (and possibly others), as well as a pair of Hammer variants made in the 1960's. There was also a B grade incarnation, possibly made by the dubious Cannon outfit, in the eighties.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ad8oUtThzJXwxvOnMxzSM2e6NiPRQwY2iPM6DgRHU_MkxWnVDBMR3tnaYejEe2k1olrxjtMKH_9FajhlpbIn7BlTCZeuvAhxARHQVyesjc-RY0hPlRNykGxX8pej3eQHZYv_v0reXtE/s2544/Walker-Larrinaga-Dunn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="2544" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ad8oUtThzJXwxvOnMxzSM2e6NiPRQwY2iPM6DgRHU_MkxWnVDBMR3tnaYejEe2k1olrxjtMKH_9FajhlpbIn7BlTCZeuvAhxARHQVyesjc-RY0hPlRNykGxX8pej3eQHZYv_v0reXtE/w640-h224/Walker-Larrinaga-Dunn.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">SHE was a huge visual effects show, and many of the crew and technical people had previously worked on Producer Merian C. Cooper's all time masterpiece, KING KONG (1933). Shown above are three key creative forces behind both KONG and SHE. At left is RKO's special photographic effects chief Vernon L. Walker. Middle pic shows head matte and glass shot artist Mario Larrinaga. Photo at right is of optical cinematographer Linwood Dunn. All three were important players in this and subsequent films such as CITIZEN KANE.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIlav-dGenhm1BMiAyGu-d5HhbujhphqtE8NGvz-2RIfJ7F-vS3_Wh2IMUMKpivycs38Rz7UXe9ZwzlwvgqLwxBDUuNhhnhy7qiu2qV0bRF1x-ajG7QoaakqVJuUQNqRjgdOwqJD3isk/s2031/SHE1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1569" data-original-width="2031" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIlav-dGenhm1BMiAyGu-d5HhbujhphqtE8NGvz-2RIfJ7F-vS3_Wh2IMUMKpivycs38Rz7UXe9ZwzlwvgqLwxBDUuNhhnhy7qiu2qV0bRF1x-ajG7QoaakqVJuUQNqRjgdOwqJD3isk/w640-h494/SHE1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of RKO, and later on, Warner Bros, biggest assets was the great composer, Max Steiner. One of the absolute maestros in motion picture music scoring.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVX7R3FpDE-n-k17eXguamrQ1KDLF1NcVk3pcl88gSEuNOdcoM-1kjWrCNcubrnugAoGoOea2GZ7sUdVQozLwWCt8AF-mataPAUMFn_p0MZbw-JXsw-lwtHFGBRc30_B8Wlz0EwMdyl2o/s3300/SHE2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="3300" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVX7R3FpDE-n-k17eXguamrQ1KDLF1NcVk3pcl88gSEuNOdcoM-1kjWrCNcubrnugAoGoOea2GZ7sUdVQozLwWCt8AF-mataPAUMFn_p0MZbw-JXsw-lwtHFGBRc30_B8Wlz0EwMdyl2o/w640-h170/SHE2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A timeless and much immitated narrative of eternal youth and beauty in a mystical lost Queen-dom, from the popular H.Rider Haggard 1887 novel of the same name.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95kEuCslLvufrdMxfcGYHxPTil6cOCD6blQdGbefNKxJujZgVDOa58_SaeKDiZUPyZ5P_9Oqw2WFZzIXX6MPyzaHDlQu2Yt4mor0MddnlLNvd8_bTtMpyuIYiqXTCIxBsfKkdWFaJw1Y/s1456/SHE3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95kEuCslLvufrdMxfcGYHxPTil6cOCD6blQdGbefNKxJujZgVDOa58_SaeKDiZUPyZ5P_9Oqw2WFZzIXX6MPyzaHDlQu2Yt4mor0MddnlLNvd8_bTtMpyuIYiqXTCIxBsfKkdWFaJw1Y/w640-h478/SHE3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Upon discovery of some ancient documents, a Cambridge University Don and his associates proceed to the far reaches of the Arctic in search of a lost city (always a dead cert for an enjoyable melodrama for NZPete).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQO65E6gyocDxz2-8ahcQXFKuO8C56ebj3rhmGomPGcCbVz5dWnQYUoF7BpNU7KyF3Nnk3LHhkyCiX5jjJUs3A9K7BU2lpH7fggHB2U44wJOu2_NV-mhF_ovRwotRkhbw-ClCe_SqLFM/s1456/SHE4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQO65E6gyocDxz2-8ahcQXFKuO8C56ebj3rhmGomPGcCbVz5dWnQYUoF7BpNU7KyF3Nnk3LHhkyCiX5jjJUs3A9K7BU2lpH7fggHB2U44wJOu2_NV-mhF_ovRwotRkhbw-ClCe_SqLFM/w640-h478/SHE4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film is loaded with fine matte art and miniature work, as well as some well utilised Dunning composite photography and some nice near invisible moments of stop motion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LOOorDon8xH2ifdF6rGQVYq29qIJ8uwh8GKd_JT3-H_GQ87Ssvm72fLvkWV7xcvhrApBSYhEoqiVOp2hc4ATmIC_D2wVU0KNXf1_3B_XGQuqsOc9HtWr30tCL3w9_bPo6qR-py3oLhc/s1456/SHE5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LOOorDon8xH2ifdF6rGQVYq29qIJ8uwh8GKd_JT3-H_GQ87Ssvm72fLvkWV7xcvhrApBSYhEoqiVOp2hc4ATmIC_D2wVU0KNXf1_3B_XGQuqsOc9HtWr30tCL3w9_bPo6qR-py3oLhc/w640-h478/SHE5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The trek is long, and the matted scenery is excellent.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqtoAzUYAuQqlMMjMKiwryogHoEq8eACWIWHmwXp-k6pBz7LylUxwNYbWrMv6xxApzLQ3ZvcR1rlD3Zu0CC3B0LyLqxtut2XDJ6MMGvmzm-x_zKCVr2Fc6TX5d0K93loQKsGjXLNDrJU/s1456/SHE6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqtoAzUYAuQqlMMjMKiwryogHoEq8eACWIWHmwXp-k6pBz7LylUxwNYbWrMv6xxApzLQ3ZvcR1rlD3Zu0CC3B0LyLqxtut2XDJ6MMGvmzm-x_zKCVr2Fc6TX5d0K93loQKsGjXLNDrJU/w640-h478/SHE6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the hazards of matte shots of old were that they were invariably cut into the reel with an optical printed cross dissolve to bring in the subsequent scene. The mattes usually were dupes to begin with, so another level of optical degredation made things suffer badly with grain and washed out hues. Especially bad when colour came in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGExXGuTTNAjLxc4HAHtjOg6J_D2BIQl5ldRDWYRf7q3JfbQ8B9MXJixY_5ItXA3-jWFTeM7NlT9wEE_Bq_wGW_h3LL9YEodrnS0aMuGIlGce06u-LwflLSyqpi8MwrNcmZc8ug_ITZs/s1456/SHE7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGExXGuTTNAjLxc4HAHtjOg6J_D2BIQl5ldRDWYRf7q3JfbQ8B9MXJixY_5ItXA3-jWFTeM7NlT9wEE_Bq_wGW_h3LL9YEodrnS0aMuGIlGce06u-LwflLSyqpi8MwrNcmZc8ug_ITZs/w640-h478/SHE7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Either matte art or a combination of miniature set with painted glass, with people doubled in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwQE0erx9A2hr3d2MmVVlthcfZL1yJwxtRpTvC2UGNnhvJ3SzO_W-hNoq8QIiKJk496-tIxmMPbO6kouXBFwpjwSRKHHK3hchdqAjyy9cMWkV88vzCF9-hNPPfkzrpCaCc_I4F79r7qk/s1244/Larrinaga+concept+painting+SHE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1244" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwQE0erx9A2hr3d2MmVVlthcfZL1yJwxtRpTvC2UGNnhvJ3SzO_W-hNoq8QIiKJk496-tIxmMPbO6kouXBFwpjwSRKHHK3hchdqAjyy9cMWkV88vzCF9-hNPPfkzrpCaCc_I4F79r7qk/w640-h472/Larrinaga+concept+painting+SHE.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In addition to rendering all - or most - of the films glass and matte shots, artist Mario Larrinaga provided many conceptual drawings and paintings such as this one. Mario added immensley to the success of KING KONG and it's steamy, dangerous environs. Masterful!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGA6t2WtxqLMg6sXk1QMnzBFO996MBUVgNSYzgPbI-G6Ru022b05mcpYs5wTBFawfqlZmYaEebmBdmW_FqGD7BFnzwm8nD5kVX4rOsI4ueBAp6xuyNKqh7hMwp3TBJLcuVCfpwvSgGe4/s1456/SHE8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGA6t2WtxqLMg6sXk1QMnzBFO996MBUVgNSYzgPbI-G6Ru022b05mcpYs5wTBFawfqlZmYaEebmBdmW_FqGD7BFnzwm8nD5kVX4rOsI4ueBAp6xuyNKqh7hMwp3TBJLcuVCfpwvSgGe4/w640-h478/SHE8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Extensive matte art with actors clambering over the cliff top on an RKO stage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Uv8T9gebiE6iKafYTMo8zv4aTw7O1Lr9roiBUyx6Ha_SWi44l6LEqw2jV-c_na4_IffQrjS6r_VFni3ntBDqf8rWQlhc0U2sWgYWH_ruDxSjXpCW0fl4zDshKoqCSCS7GGDQVRrOZmg/s2996/SHE9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="2996" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Uv8T9gebiE6iKafYTMo8zv4aTw7O1Lr9roiBUyx6Ha_SWi44l6LEqw2jV-c_na4_IffQrjS6r_VFni3ntBDqf8rWQlhc0U2sWgYWH_ruDxSjXpCW0fl4zDshKoqCSCS7GGDQVRrOZmg/w640-h244/SHE9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The intrepid adventurers stumble (literally) across a giant Sabre Toothed Tiger, entomed in the ice. A Mario Larrinaga matte painting added with good rear projection by Sidney Saunders.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZOEKCOOMGPlOtQMmApJ_RQp3dkAko5I2b5ReBR1QlYw-20h5JRLyLuLSTfv4Y4zsfJIlkyBCoWiC6g1apIX-MyD0e7i9bNy68wXuH5VNEMgM9rYj283AA-PV2Exmf_kwK1TTiFTyi54/s2025/SHE+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="2025" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZOEKCOOMGPlOtQMmApJ_RQp3dkAko5I2b5ReBR1QlYw-20h5JRLyLuLSTfv4Y4zsfJIlkyBCoWiC6g1apIX-MyD0e7i9bNy68wXuH5VNEMgM9rYj283AA-PV2Exmf_kwK1TTiFTyi54/w640-h494/SHE+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A sudden avalanche brings grief to the party. Miniatures, Dunning process work and more</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhax1zE5Hdx4-lPWASJd_VtcQk6XNmtCH8I7cXo1GNXKAiKS2eRt52WC3cMGV6dkTZ_RvsXD2CcsiFcH7QgF0hrIWdGO7q9qF81bJ8vtEiLahvRDNTsSrV0kGTq0IkJ3aVhwf5OM77w4R8/s2992/SHE+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="2992" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhax1zE5Hdx4-lPWASJd_VtcQk6XNmtCH8I7cXo1GNXKAiKS2eRt52WC3cMGV6dkTZ_RvsXD2CcsiFcH7QgF0hrIWdGO7q9qF81bJ8vtEiLahvRDNTsSrV0kGTq0IkJ3aVhwf5OM77w4R8/w640-h244/SHE+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The elder statesman falls to his death. Actor doubled into miniature footage via the Dunning (or Williams?) travelling matte process.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ngDCXG9Dj7iAeJKJJ6fgrX473VqI61DocTwMl8HrZgZ_nF5b9Xkz5XAqSDBNTmBOdAY_1ANvoNpPSajapjNBZ8LVuacj7_QhIN8ULuK7ECkHnjMKImEc_8U3Jn_imc-hOy7wF_ayHbM/s1456/SHE+12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ngDCXG9Dj7iAeJKJJ6fgrX473VqI61DocTwMl8HrZgZ_nF5b9Xkz5XAqSDBNTmBOdAY_1ANvoNpPSajapjNBZ8LVuacj7_QhIN8ULuK7ECkHnjMKImEc_8U3Jn_imc-hOy7wF_ayHbM/w640-h478/SHE+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Excellent miniature photography of what appears to be a large model set. It's highly probable that legendary miniaturist, Donald Jahraus, built these miniatures as he was in charge of the RKO model workshop from around 1930 until he shifted across town in 1937 to A.Arnold Gillespie's department at MGM where he never looked back. One of the industrys truly great miniaturists, and the roll call of sensational MGM work is proof of that. His work on things like GREEN DOLPHIN STREET and the jaw dropping THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO - both Oscar winners for the miniature work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9W4NRRLafgIxL0hRjiUvnB-I5QV_SI6QkJxgmG5yVA9u5Kdirh5bwF5TxBKeWtwGMZSxdelOJVEXDRpqDpKKIuMIk-eytHGnFQn3XiZxCGalc0RQIGs4uYvUZ6hpvaGZASdCSalOMmg/s1968/SHE+13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1968" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9W4NRRLafgIxL0hRjiUvnB-I5QV_SI6QkJxgmG5yVA9u5Kdirh5bwF5TxBKeWtwGMZSxdelOJVEXDRpqDpKKIuMIk-eytHGnFQn3XiZxCGalc0RQIGs4uYvUZ6hpvaGZASdCSalOMmg/w640-h472/SHE+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More angles of the avalanche.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ18dAAbHri2Z2hv-h9VlhIP4yicUgR3pfFfQVvcrOzmefCFn9f82BUg5BkZ7ZnTz-5KY-lzqlsCnw4lG-jKQkTfvRWjndSToOca7FM2LaK9pBJfUccHOXyExa4Qg-ME65Qw7ZBCW4Ivw/s2608/SHE+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="2608" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ18dAAbHri2Z2hv-h9VlhIP4yicUgR3pfFfQVvcrOzmefCFn9f82BUg5BkZ7ZnTz-5KY-lzqlsCnw4lG-jKQkTfvRWjndSToOca7FM2LaK9pBJfUccHOXyExa4Qg-ME65Qw7ZBCW4Ivw/w640-h246/SHE+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Filmed in daylight I'd presume. Always a big 'plus'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8clti2EwpBJPQ2gXqgbzTfO6C5ASKhcTnY82pUGCjb7w8qVMk9_RHgXAeWNk_3rGksJ8ga-NbJmK5hKnSr1XxKyATCbVAqkmm3FMUfOcqjjWAW6JLphOXC8pONYQZ_omyVyPjpNnqu3A/s2988/SHE+15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="2988" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8clti2EwpBJPQ2gXqgbzTfO6C5ASKhcTnY82pUGCjb7w8qVMk9_RHgXAeWNk_3rGksJ8ga-NbJmK5hKnSr1XxKyATCbVAqkmm3FMUfOcqjjWAW6JLphOXC8pONYQZ_omyVyPjpNnqu3A/w640-h244/SHE+15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Our square jawed hero, Randolph Scott and entourage. There's no going back now!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ILLUcERLKUhDJtVtrvgWlFqYXbGUMUStT5bx63Q3TrK5dVbno-J9D1fysUoNR-vjVCJ_CFt2k3VP8XxFElLvqRS76BhUvL4CuUB7T3P_3RCYi715XoMtAc5gVhqOuzVa1mJla6ulA2M/s1456/SHE+16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ILLUcERLKUhDJtVtrvgWlFqYXbGUMUStT5bx63Q3TrK5dVbno-J9D1fysUoNR-vjVCJ_CFt2k3VP8XxFElLvqRS76BhUvL4CuUB7T3P_3RCYi715XoMtAc5gVhqOuzVa1mJla6ulA2M/w640-h478/SHE+16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Larrinaga's matte painted cavern.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibg-YWhVOAd7TrJDF1zCdJrvMQDlEsuLjdHGwlcwzwrWo0irkBNUo2SDwYdpTJo5ZONcXdajAaLlU81nyU1HiYH5i9LIofBd1CATRsrRuysvCKZBUoGlfUrwaKpXtg0-GxGdkzCocW1o8/s1456/SHE+17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibg-YWhVOAd7TrJDF1zCdJrvMQDlEsuLjdHGwlcwzwrWo0irkBNUo2SDwYdpTJo5ZONcXdajAaLlU81nyU1HiYH5i9LIofBd1CATRsrRuysvCKZBUoGlfUrwaKpXtg0-GxGdkzCocW1o8/w640-h478/SHE+17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A large miniature set I presume, judging by the depth of field and scale of the steam.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKNbr25WGRY09b3P2fkDciCXvPsn0s1V6M96b7liEojNqHiwWi3dYy5m1-Nn7B6nah-wwwQYwaVaiaB53tAZYhxQPvTDTHFJImX5ASGEcRH8yLfyBkc05q8_7TwBVVPZZua4nkqblpLY/s1456/SHE+18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKNbr25WGRY09b3P2fkDciCXvPsn0s1V6M96b7liEojNqHiwWi3dYy5m1-Nn7B6nah-wwwQYwaVaiaB53tAZYhxQPvTDTHFJImX5ASGEcRH8yLfyBkc05q8_7TwBVVPZZua4nkqblpLY/w640-h478/SHE+18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of my fave matte shots from the film. See below for comparison...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTs_oMukZBnEE7jaUzu7BNQnmJX9Ljh7IXdXS8HHVRY2LOI6Yc2J6aGGZykGWCSrCrM45UWy2NbLZwi3N3cqTGX_NZ1FdK1N_VzxAnsRIdh15k5JITNlKrX99JY98Xu0agCI6bykOrsYQ/s1456/SHE+18a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTs_oMukZBnEE7jaUzu7BNQnmJX9Ljh7IXdXS8HHVRY2LOI6Yc2J6aGGZykGWCSrCrM45UWy2NbLZwi3N3cqTGX_NZ1FdK1N_VzxAnsRIdh15k5JITNlKrX99JY98Xu0agCI6bykOrsYQ/w640-h478/SHE+18a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">No, you eyes aren't lying to you... I retrieved all of these high def frames from a, gulp, 'colourised' print. I strongly dislike the notion of 'colourisation' (damn you Ted Turner!) and avoid like the plague. However, the high fidelity specs of that print, as compared to awful DVD transfers, made for a better choice as far as obtaining very crisp effects shots. I went about <i>desaturating</i> almost all of the frames for this blog, back to their original monochrome, but have kept a few samples of colour shots for comparison. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOooAZpUBr2QV5BB3Ofz2gTHdbRlxDxxyFd31h9eK2RGTJwPjexykKK2-np1YmieQQZLBD5qUfefMTf4KQ8svTQUvArckusTC5s_Pb7ENwzl_iMtGAfrac_ADBCj4lg0mocx9XjJXcajo/s1456/SHE+19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOooAZpUBr2QV5BB3Ofz2gTHdbRlxDxxyFd31h9eK2RGTJwPjexykKK2-np1YmieQQZLBD5qUfefMTf4KQ8svTQUvArckusTC5s_Pb7ENwzl_iMtGAfrac_ADBCj4lg0mocx9XjJXcajo/w640-h478/SHE+19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure, but likely many of these shots were made as in camera glass shots, as was common at the time. The image resolution for most of the mattes look remarkably crisp.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRl-z-eKiJ7BBkAKmxVexMA3Z-tQvfNihO0CQ9BYGcqqLiaicct0bN60PaL9kVLOlKBm3Y3btezEnlrZIDo2iqn9hwX-InLV5cgwt2zZfJe1jXOlOW_zKXYGaiXDHJuyVNJsQ_RaXEbg/s1456/SHE+20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRl-z-eKiJ7BBkAKmxVexMA3Z-tQvfNihO0CQ9BYGcqqLiaicct0bN60PaL9kVLOlKBm3Y3btezEnlrZIDo2iqn9hwX-InLV5cgwt2zZfJe1jXOlOW_zKXYGaiXDHJuyVNJsQ_RaXEbg/w640-h478/SHE+20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A sensational, classic matte from what was the golden era of the art form. I suspect Larrinaga was not alone with the matte duties as fellow artist Byron Crabbe was also in the RKO effects department and almost certainly would have had a hand in things. It's entirely possibly too that Mario's brother, Juan - also a matte painter at that studio - could have painted on SHE.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLMBHX_drJMRoJojYlxvr-WrhyZSEsTzMwgO-n5RwwsOV2cNXo00QL8FegNp_zwoUq2zU1UYQc8YcMAEfNoGOlSs-Bsa2tqWRRz6f_hHYFJvG4qCUn7I8HjXdtzCq2zPUgXWRWUKZtQ8/s2984/SHE+21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="2984" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLMBHX_drJMRoJojYlxvr-WrhyZSEsTzMwgO-n5RwwsOV2cNXo00QL8FegNp_zwoUq2zU1UYQc8YcMAEfNoGOlSs-Bsa2tqWRRz6f_hHYFJvG4qCUn7I8HjXdtzCq2zPUgXWRWUKZtQ8/w640-h244/SHE+21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The adventurers are taken by the native locals to the lost city. A nice scene, either made with a painted backing, or a rear projected matte painting. I suspect the latter, as there are a few stop motion birds doubled into the vista flying across the valley. Probably animated by Orville Goldner who did likewise on the two KONG pictures and THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ach6zTdTjG-V-Atgm-9sE1iYRhmc5S32rJhWJhjjePx-0-pKdLmz08YF0_AFK6Ej1ax1-ZLNiEw45KfrqY-cmSixQ5lBi5VeHynbrhnfYyTSzOTQpTzxenIalCvuGZMj_VdLDnByNrc/s1456/SHE+21a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ach6zTdTjG-V-Atgm-9sE1iYRhmc5S32rJhWJhjjePx-0-pKdLmz08YF0_AFK6Ej1ax1-ZLNiEw45KfrqY-cmSixQ5lBi5VeHynbrhnfYyTSzOTQpTzxenIalCvuGZMj_VdLDnByNrc/w640-h478/SHE+21a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The colourised frame.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUIqrK8u-RkJANW6gHrHN5kf28w8JQ8Q2OxdE2VI3j_z8xVKc8P0o2hMXlsjXpR2BW-GG7fg0LkIGUWa01QWOTRNfd7A_3a2c4QKmmHm8voD_uQxqMC9hk3ft4PIrcezycnwGdoW5mwk/s1924/SHE+22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1924" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUIqrK8u-RkJANW6gHrHN5kf28w8JQ8Q2OxdE2VI3j_z8xVKc8P0o2hMXlsjXpR2BW-GG7fg0LkIGUWa01QWOTRNfd7A_3a2c4QKmmHm8voD_uQxqMC9hk3ft4PIrcezycnwGdoW5mwk/w640-h482/SHE+22.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Top left, the set is leftover Skull Island gates from KING KONG. Some groovy costume and art direction to be had in SHE, though the cast were exceptionally listless, especially the female lead, Helen Gahagan, and the pacing was a tad slow, it's still a good slice of thirties fantasy cinema.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUicVpVUfJgJTd-axz84FX74yzxrom7BNm8aQ49VoPYp9ChuJdPzs8StEiPS4aYh4gZ0LNiKNrDye-U-IB5f3nuY5DBHh_osWayq7yY7eGeljtRXhYn0DY5e1_7Vwr704uPjpsBcZG2Yw/s1456/SHE+23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUicVpVUfJgJTd-axz84FX74yzxrom7BNm8aQ49VoPYp9ChuJdPzs8StEiPS4aYh4gZ0LNiKNrDye-U-IB5f3nuY5DBHh_osWayq7yY7eGeljtRXhYn0DY5e1_7Vwr704uPjpsBcZG2Yw/w640-h478/SHE+23.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">She owns all that she surveys. Glass or matte shot. Mexican born Mario Larrinaga began in films as a technical artist at Universal Studios in 1916, where he gained experience in painting scenic backings and miniatures. Mario worked on many silent pictures and among those he rendered glass shots for was the Douglas Fairbanks epic, THE GAUCHO (1928). In the early 1940's Mario went to Warner Bros where he joined the famed Stage 5 photographic effects unit under Byron Haskin, while his brother Juan worked largely for Columbia Pictures as matte painter for Lawrence Butler and Donald Glouner.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9Eo7xULym_qeU9GQia-HzdT3fkIYci0YrWxHP3GC9KOG4cvgcPLL4hr8TeB3aTL-MDpFfdBlppRVhyphenhyphenjiGXHHgGaN6lNo8h-BTMfTZs7cVvSK5YdWWriU071XD4ZZKKEqKJ3E6U65WEA/s1456/SHE+23a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9Eo7xULym_qeU9GQia-HzdT3fkIYci0YrWxHP3GC9KOG4cvgcPLL4hr8TeB3aTL-MDpFfdBlppRVhyphenhyphenjiGXHHgGaN6lNo8h-BTMfTZs7cVvSK5YdWWriU071XD4ZZKKEqKJ3E6U65WEA/w640-h478/SHE+23a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Whatever you do, <i>don't</i> fall in love with Randolph..... You'll regret it!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBi51K_NH2JpNaiYyMmXUR5mjhpFqd4N-9922jxhjze-_6Aek_A-f4EMIXG4vl-Lhrcrsi03HqLg6YAyyqEbTgq5nUBIiwLi6c4YiP5D11ejasI0AZ8OeCYN2QaZFcq5oIjkNz3fZpf8E/s2996/SHE+24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2996" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBi51K_NH2JpNaiYyMmXUR5mjhpFqd4N-9922jxhjze-_6Aek_A-f4EMIXG4vl-Lhrcrsi03HqLg6YAyyqEbTgq5nUBIiwLi6c4YiP5D11ejasI0AZ8OeCYN2QaZFcq5oIjkNz3fZpf8E/w640-h330/SHE+24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very impressive, sweeping fx shot which begins on slave with burning torch, tilts up onto huge stone idol, pans around a bunch of idols and finally tilts down again on the last idol! Very well accomplished, no doubt with large miniature set and miniature process projected actor is my best guess. Willis O'Brien pioneered this gag on the original KONG, with 'postage stamp' process screens.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOD_nyfsO3ZucjZnrboSRgMWxinDDsgypuSPLguna9c-dyOXRNclZnCQdDTcX6t6ar2rCxmtaBGCzouWcE6X8LjJnjHjqooLHyQeTmOvpsmPfgQhj-Y5j9SJtW9lRkX_FMWDquqqLQubA/s1456/SHE+24a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOD_nyfsO3ZucjZnrboSRgMWxinDDsgypuSPLguna9c-dyOXRNclZnCQdDTcX6t6ar2rCxmtaBGCzouWcE6X8LjJnjHjqooLHyQeTmOvpsmPfgQhj-Y5j9SJtW9lRkX_FMWDquqqLQubA/w640-h478/SHE+24a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blow up from the colourised print.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoif-s6qg59XEXhu84GeV7U_LOKi1m2njqjfxg8BKFjMD-HNKuLatLTxqRkI4AwdUmlrWiUpp6DWGa1PZjn5kfdpL2OdW1t6bQtsMhbVGXKTQhyphenhyphenqeIBdkGxXujegTXnXyhZJwB0tz9Epw/s2988/SHE+25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="2988" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoif-s6qg59XEXhu84GeV7U_LOKi1m2njqjfxg8BKFjMD-HNKuLatLTxqRkI4AwdUmlrWiUpp6DWGa1PZjn5kfdpL2OdW1t6bQtsMhbVGXKTQhyphenhyphenqeIBdkGxXujegTXnXyhZJwB0tz9Epw/w640-h168/SHE+25.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">FX cinematographer Clifford Stine, may also have been involved with the film as he was with Vernon Walker's department all throughout that decade and beyond.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhzHHCR_Cvl6D8oc45L8fGOJ2R8mq2wti-gz54AdUKQV1NRmTRAfeb-rg5ACUQ8YcClW35xxX86MIS6lsGMQXvUcmtOgr8od4N294s-gHgl2DRXUy49eGSVe2qum3tf0VwIpuskWYIy4/s1456/SHE+26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhzHHCR_Cvl6D8oc45L8fGOJ2R8mq2wti-gz54AdUKQV1NRmTRAfeb-rg5ACUQ8YcClW35xxX86MIS6lsGMQXvUcmtOgr8od4N294s-gHgl2DRXUy49eGSVe2qum3tf0VwIpuskWYIy4/w640-h478/SHE+26.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Split screen with miniature idols matted in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGK65upkeWY4swxyn3UTBfjEnP_leIPhBgdom7X33TkZP3ntEtsHMhFjIP2Pt51GiK7euTLxvQQIaTV0bdbtohFMnUxDyj_OnGZMA4V92D02Uh0pYlTrcfbxnSryx7pvqGlaHBrpHybPw/s1456/SHE+26a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGK65upkeWY4swxyn3UTBfjEnP_leIPhBgdom7X33TkZP3ntEtsHMhFjIP2Pt51GiK7euTLxvQQIaTV0bdbtohFMnUxDyj_OnGZMA4V92D02Uh0pYlTrcfbxnSryx7pvqGlaHBrpHybPw/w640-h478/SHE+26a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the colourised print. Note the tiny optically added figure swinging on a rope from idol to idol.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUqx0f-GuNQJjv8X-EOqs2s7jHphGZJL2N3GWA5_4VjXgbSO12coHuelKjiPwLsG2SVZrQXEpWc392mdLd1maGB9D_UgdSnkjh40YkzQNVgUUpp2EbvFT_o9p_DzVRPbozrOjoAU3YjU/s2972/SHE+28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="2972" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUqx0f-GuNQJjv8X-EOqs2s7jHphGZJL2N3GWA5_4VjXgbSO12coHuelKjiPwLsG2SVZrQXEpWc392mdLd1maGB9D_UgdSnkjh40YkzQNVgUUpp2EbvFT_o9p_DzVRPbozrOjoAU3YjU/w640-h242/SHE+28.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Subsequent set extensions with either painted or model additions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDz2K4gJUY7Mu7j2K2mXSMcQ7rBetOxdjlHnfdrsCHXFnJ4Sg3t8Wuyh3zkrZ69ygNcn_vkuB5Ftj-cclAT_qHT6ajjNEZOXKPWBmoKuZgUIdYVNIcfxR6b4UO0dG4L-y2W3pL_sAerM/s2728/SHE+29B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="2728" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDz2K4gJUY7Mu7j2K2mXSMcQ7rBetOxdjlHnfdrsCHXFnJ4Sg3t8Wuyh3zkrZ69ygNcn_vkuB5Ftj-cclAT_qHT6ajjNEZOXKPWBmoKuZgUIdYVNIcfxR6b4UO0dG4L-y2W3pL_sAerM/w640-h336/SHE+29B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In a show stopper of an action set piece, our hero, Randy Scott flips over a flaming brazier, with the burning oil spilling down onto one of the less likeable inhabitants. An amazing combination of physical effects carried out on set, and brave stunt work. A 'wow' of a sequence for 1935!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGI1n5ltmATUD-nLgOU7BhmH2-I3cAguEMMWzRXN5hAdPKQOwGWD2vsmF_qgB25Sj3EY6qlYPOeMhkz9WLwVIx-2taokIOaMQkA8MQ3dLD4Bdnaf-sWWpZMqBh2mJdY9LE-yr5SGwyYY/s2728/SHE+29A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="2728" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGI1n5ltmATUD-nLgOU7BhmH2-I3cAguEMMWzRXN5hAdPKQOwGWD2vsmF_qgB25Sj3EY6qlYPOeMhkz9WLwVIx-2taokIOaMQkA8MQ3dLD4Bdnaf-sWWpZMqBh2mJdY9LE-yr5SGwyYY/w640-h336/SHE+29A.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And with a wave of NZPete's magic matte wand, we have the same in <i>'Pseudo-Colour'</i> (!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7113O5wgJ6kx0R8H6-AtEbaRZhfDgZ0MDlmY1MuzkLNU65X6upB3uTteK0yB-KkI6Xgqtof_rYaio3tJaapb8yry5qecMI3nsDzLqfDdCKVx_WR7sd5bpJJdc_gFbmooc7ax1yR_C_A/s2044/SHE+30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="2044" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7113O5wgJ6kx0R8H6-AtEbaRZhfDgZ0MDlmY1MuzkLNU65X6upB3uTteK0yB-KkI6Xgqtof_rYaio3tJaapb8yry5qecMI3nsDzLqfDdCKVx_WR7sd5bpJJdc_gFbmooc7ax1yR_C_A/w640-h452/SHE+30.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yeah, the stunt man is well suited up and masked <i>(with 100% 'good-for-what-ails-ya' <b>Asbestos</b>)</i>, but it's still one hell of an action scene in my book.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0oKbwi_jcZ8QcV06WQPwTmEFmIndfLrNOYg4D0BV8tQyIdhQQqA6BOPl1XbZX936pKSiHxSX4LxfNY-jZdZIUhBcBCe4FwPSQejTU_5nrdcwXJj_rbPEE3XfmNgS9aEUZcKfbzfkzJK4/s1456/SHE+31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0oKbwi_jcZ8QcV06WQPwTmEFmIndfLrNOYg4D0BV8tQyIdhQQqA6BOPl1XbZX936pKSiHxSX4LxfNY-jZdZIUhBcBCe4FwPSQejTU_5nrdcwXJj_rbPEE3XfmNgS9aEUZcKfbzfkzJK4/w640-h478/SHE+31.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Our trio make a dash for safety and make the great leap of faith across this decidedly unsafe abyss. Looks like mostly glass art, possibly with some miniature elements incorporated.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WHZEq3C92rSnpGb4lpI6ZjdX8FbqW-Z9Cgd-efjBqrjeJUExyOs5PKURgCRgotdsB3Wj5aWC1Hg1-TQv6nLNKFPDI2ZFwG8ZgFCeIuw0XUsCpIC5uuDKaHsBJ0XEhLGx_msA5cZZNjM/s1456/31a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WHZEq3C92rSnpGb4lpI6ZjdX8FbqW-Z9Cgd-efjBqrjeJUExyOs5PKURgCRgotdsB3Wj5aWC1Hg1-TQv6nLNKFPDI2ZFwG8ZgFCeIuw0XUsCpIC5uuDKaHsBJ0XEhLGx_msA5cZZNjM/w640-h478/31a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A pursuer misses the mark and tumbles to his death. A neat bit actually as the stunt guy falls as far as the matte line and an animated figure takes over for the remainder of the fall. I believe the <i>animated</i> figure suffered horrible, life threatening injuries and sued the animator(!) True story... <i>or is it</i>?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJgPeVJCdaOIH0fGUokrmJgR0X2vYlwn3qkAI5Lva3uVwGpSAQnn9cHlbdvlMvUESHGEtFc-RcWD8fh0GiwEuMz3tF6lSMn_dSUd2uRSDV5G4mD6JF6-NB10E-OIK9IqtiD5FckbAHwc/s1911/SHE+31b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="1911" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJgPeVJCdaOIH0fGUokrmJgR0X2vYlwn3qkAI5Lva3uVwGpSAQnn9cHlbdvlMvUESHGEtFc-RcWD8fh0GiwEuMz3tF6lSMn_dSUd2uRSDV5G4mD6JF6-NB10E-OIK9IqtiD5FckbAHwc/w640-h474/SHE+31b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the <i>non</i>-monochrome print we can appreciate the dangerous, non-union existence of cel animated stock villains.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCA-I0k3pIk-dC4v2El-fru57OCDnkLo6HMz-DFJ3kAF_gNnAFV5JESsaLSIs6114mxUPiv-XXPL1gP3lyhQotvRQ4AUJbZGX9yQ7YJqjSLWiNcvkyJ4TeNC0nAIii4XpL00g4mg92Zg/s2976/SHE+33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="2976" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCA-I0k3pIk-dC4v2El-fru57OCDnkLo6HMz-DFJ3kAF_gNnAFV5JESsaLSIs6114mxUPiv-XXPL1gP3lyhQotvRQ4AUJbZGX9yQ7YJqjSLWiNcvkyJ4TeNC0nAIii4XpL00g4mg92Zg/w640-h246/SHE+33.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Just in the nick of time the precarious rocky outcrop snaps off and falls away. Animated gag.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPsnSVnuHF3KjIEAacQSE7UENzyOgsiVSq0tB8_HT7VMQGVw-MTe5qkwzRliOq1WEZG-_Puq1GNCOGm9RkZm6VApFmgv_HTpZg9u2Tmmm7nnjMUMHrS7XWnEupIkgEz0K943AZT1UCxR8/s1456/SHE+34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPsnSVnuHF3KjIEAacQSE7UENzyOgsiVSq0tB8_HT7VMQGVw-MTe5qkwzRliOq1WEZG-_Puq1GNCOGm9RkZm6VApFmgv_HTpZg9u2Tmmm7nnjMUMHrS7XWnEupIkgEz0K943AZT1UCxR8/w640-h478/SHE+34.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Glass painted cave and altar for the penultimate sequence.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xnZEZNU7o5BPjXHHnFPJbFOwjTzIyCKlzpxCFh2swyc66M0GGpElWRnRuM5614Y_K93chBQIRcrtqLsyK8FmDWrwVjDEfJ8G6jYim03Z8mfXVS7w74qKe7S2Fdb65cAHvP1OZ6sxMYU/s1456/SHE+35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1456" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xnZEZNU7o5BPjXHHnFPJbFOwjTzIyCKlzpxCFh2swyc66M0GGpElWRnRuM5614Y_K93chBQIRcrtqLsyK8FmDWrwVjDEfJ8G6jYim03Z8mfXVS7w74qKe7S2Fdb65cAHvP1OZ6sxMYU/w640-h478/SHE+35.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">SHE - who bathed in the so-called Flame of Life, some centuries ago, discovers all that glows is not neccessarily good.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPmUZA2fcxLWY5imk65yi-nk8CzoShg5TYxkSyO1ZGgRcF9WusZSYh2FnSkoj9sI0fjjOp79HgfTrBZk1QgMdo0tSSoiWq-tC7QIAX9vqOIwFZUiibtdCCEKXYjm0yk1xdvj-jFn2pIY/s2163/SHE+36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1593" data-original-width="2163" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPmUZA2fcxLWY5imk65yi-nk8CzoShg5TYxkSyO1ZGgRcF9WusZSYh2FnSkoj9sI0fjjOp79HgfTrBZk1QgMdo0tSSoiWq-tC7QIAX9vqOIwFZUiibtdCCEKXYjm0yk1xdvj-jFn2pIY/w640-h472/SHE+36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oh.... this can't be good! <b> :(</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4T3N5MMRuc3FdyUup-7OFdtnsuwARTXe2w6APWKuFwaihpOlJKBms6ewYV0FwEIxkTIVYDrTfMpdvTZVcS0vY5kF5gDijWxfPcvWHg3akeS0h6OwruCs8eiaEHdHZxNyPRrrANnaZa4/s2196/SHE+37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1647" data-original-width="2196" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4T3N5MMRuc3FdyUup-7OFdtnsuwARTXe2w6APWKuFwaihpOlJKBms6ewYV0FwEIxkTIVYDrTfMpdvTZVcS0vY5kF5gDijWxfPcvWHg3akeS0h6OwruCs8eiaEHdHZxNyPRrrANnaZa4/w640-h480/SHE+37.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My, my... how the years have caught up with you. You don't look a day over <b>723</b>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWL2TqALUENqWsfefMT26GxliEcdPaRgPkM2O8Z47ZdSC-PndbX-muz0x1A7gChhFDZk_Qm1ZEFNT2BIzTbyUkL9aBSgLhI-KkaKBr7FQ10adgv5Smg8NdZ4nzzRLHMJDoSjF2spIlhR8/s1852/SHE+38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1852" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWL2TqALUENqWsfefMT26GxliEcdPaRgPkM2O8Z47ZdSC-PndbX-muz0x1A7gChhFDZk_Qm1ZEFNT2BIzTbyUkL9aBSgLhI-KkaKBr7FQ10adgv5Smg8NdZ4nzzRLHMJDoSjF2spIlhR8/w640-h260/SHE+38.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I think our very own local film genius, Peter Jackson now owns that wonderful Radio Pictures end title card in his, by all accounts, very impressive movie museum here in New Zealand.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>.<span style="font-size: medium;">..Just when you thought you were <i>'free of SHE'</i>, I have <b>two</b> remakes, just for the sake of semi-completeness....</span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-a5dW96ovRfVbfys7cruLkz1oiJJnDZxn3VN4lrFGXa-abK4BB2jmjrl6opE4nidbFBGQE3zALXR_kExwkSgbHQP1U_xsULsijttJk9GiBvl4VzNJUGfZpkkAMWzQ8tvnD-Dr35Rhf8/s1674/SHE-65.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1674" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-a5dW96ovRfVbfys7cruLkz1oiJJnDZxn3VN4lrFGXa-abK4BB2jmjrl6opE4nidbFBGQE3zALXR_kExwkSgbHQP1U_xsULsijttJk9GiBvl4VzNJUGfZpkkAMWzQ8tvnD-Dr35Rhf8/w640-h402/SHE-65.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Years later, SHE made another appearence, this time in 1965 by England's Hammer Films. Not really very good, but it stuck closer to the H.Rider Haggard novel from what I hear. The film was lavish, shot in Technicolor and <i>Hammer-Scope</i> no less, and Ursula Andress was perfect for the part. The always reliable Peter Cushing provided his usual solid support.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeeWks-yQ0bHoKpKAhzT8KCiHa2WxWU8iw3YP2ih-XByv4h_EnRv1XFJImWumYSjExHjgRhi33qVZZQxSV5kCBxxa2LwM2Vaa3S2pUkhxts4DmONtDi1LVK1XdLDRCmNQePM_Y4fcaV0/s2361/Bowie+Films+1968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2361" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeeWks-yQ0bHoKpKAhzT8KCiHa2WxWU8iw3YP2ih-XByv4h_EnRv1XFJImWumYSjExHjgRhi33qVZZQxSV5kCBxxa2LwM2Vaa3S2pUkhxts4DmONtDi1LVK1XdLDRCmNQePM_Y4fcaV0/w640-h362/Bowie+Films+1968.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Les Bowie (top left) was considered by many to be the Grandfather of British special effects. The Canadian born Bowie was primarily a matte painter but due to the need to put bread on the table turned his hand to all manner of special effects throughout his career. Miniatures, opticals, physical effects, mechanical devices, horror gore shots and much more. Top right is matte artist Bob Cuff who, along with effects cinematographer John Mackey (bottom left & middle) departed from Shepperton and joined forces with Les in the mid 1960's and later on formed ABACUS Films with Bowie and worked on a myriad of features and commercials. Bottom right we can see effects man Nick Allder manning the camera for a Bowie project in 1968.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGq1VnMBINyvuszsXMRUgXQkUdZSEqCVfFXaQO7HJygsUiTxK2Muh6R7R1hwGqIhOXZFZs34mcavtP-lQhIRo6li58MB3SoZLOC2pEH5jYj08VhqzYZca2qGhT7zwCfrwJUUPdPV64jU/s1964/Caple-West-Allder-Bowie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1964" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGq1VnMBINyvuszsXMRUgXQkUdZSEqCVfFXaQO7HJygsUiTxK2Muh6R7R1hwGqIhOXZFZs34mcavtP-lQhIRo6li58MB3SoZLOC2pEH5jYj08VhqzYZca2qGhT7zwCfrwJUUPdPV64jU/w640-h340/Caple-West-Allder-Bowie.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While Les Bowie supervised the effects work on SHE, he left the matte work to Bob Cuff and longtime Bowie associate, Ray Caple. In the two upper pics we can see Ray in a white shirt, setting up a glass shot on location in Malta for the Michael caine war film PLAY DIRTY. The bottom left pic shows effects man Kit West (shirtless), while Caple adjusts the camera in the background. Bottom middle shows then effects cameraman Nick Allder with a miniature set up, while the last pic of course is of Les.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfy8-dVeBPrCJzQ_T5kXvie6Kbrimt_gZMdsDwJTTZ906mFbU5arKDo6NsEinz4PaKI-s9Tkb5mDRVKmFK6-mT6In9Q-ozJAHaT36Y1f14gF_1IjfTNHY-c2LCT7zN2ENxjUGTm7nB0Z4/s1402/she65+title.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="1402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfy8-dVeBPrCJzQ_T5kXvie6Kbrimt_gZMdsDwJTTZ906mFbU5arKDo6NsEinz4PaKI-s9Tkb5mDRVKmFK6-mT6In9Q-ozJAHaT36Y1f14gF_1IjfTNHY-c2LCT7zN2ENxjUGTm7nB0Z4/s320/she65+title.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2gI7XjA_hPs5DO9pOz9FCTXtSfKzCY4hQkq7sutwzykt1ENbrnrGKEf5dCr9RgdGzXZlVNkSfXxg9zYM86G669LEoq-hDfu6sEhSukfDHd-V35hJ6YwRje2HpAxxF_cGo06AR4Luonw/s1166/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="1048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2gI7XjA_hPs5DO9pOz9FCTXtSfKzCY4hQkq7sutwzykt1ENbrnrGKEf5dCr9RgdGzXZlVNkSfXxg9zYM86G669LEoq-hDfu6sEhSukfDHd-V35hJ6YwRje2HpAxxF_cGo06AR4Luonw/w360-h400/7.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ursula Andress was pretty good and well cast here, and looked a million dollars.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPt-LuRROhleiyVLPNxTuGQb_BI62CVJ1NThMjDxjnSXEAfp03Db97vRBlNXuhfdQSepHWw5IpzywndvY2aLxcVxg-lm18DR9IRd3kNCR1ls3ncXZC1cQDqRC0EK0b1h0X1XqGBpeWqTo/s2619/SHE65+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="2619" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPt-LuRROhleiyVLPNxTuGQb_BI62CVJ1NThMjDxjnSXEAfp03Db97vRBlNXuhfdQSepHWw5IpzywndvY2aLxcVxg-lm18DR9IRd3kNCR1ls3ncXZC1cQDqRC0EK0b1h0X1XqGBpeWqTo/w640-h278/SHE65+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film was no great shakes by any stretch, but gets an inclusion here as a companion piece to the old RKO version, and if that ain't enough, the Hammer sequel to this one gets a look-see also! Talk about value for money.... <i><b>three</b> SHE's for the price of one!</i> NZPete... what a guy!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyPAAuq48Z635go8_tFm1ZeS0ojW-bC8jaxQydkZc3nfS5YEdFYXXg3bxPmS042NL5iKe4lRse34VkkRDLCCmcWQ3zs2jMQATtnROP-o8Q0tg-4n3HN-nsaUKja-hpuIxNUN48N6EGC8/s1284/SHE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1284" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyPAAuq48Z635go8_tFm1ZeS0ojW-bC8jaxQydkZc3nfS5YEdFYXXg3bxPmS042NL5iKe4lRse34VkkRDLCCmcWQ3zs2jMQATtnROP-o8Q0tg-4n3HN-nsaUKja-hpuIxNUN48N6EGC8/w640-h364/SHE.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">All I have are DVD grabs, but this matte shot is a beauty. The late Bob Cuff stated in an interview that both he and Ray would share all painting duties while working for Les, and that Ray was also a very gifted cameraman and modeller in his own right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEovSMPKx9Va41-1xK32IQ27DzN1WEeCm6rcZec48kK-YsVATfl018RvPW2hubXWm01QbbcjW_f3ovvkkknxQe1VjOd0UOluqsimbRSUXa8SScuDlJILF97uLRWugNtJmNUz5oiNdn_WE/s2648/SHE65+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="2648" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEovSMPKx9Va41-1xK32IQ27DzN1WEeCm6rcZec48kK-YsVATfl018RvPW2hubXWm01QbbcjW_f3ovvkkknxQe1VjOd0UOluqsimbRSUXa8SScuDlJILF97uLRWugNtJmNUz5oiNdn_WE/w640-h336/SHE65+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've written much about both Ray and Bob in other blog pieces, with Bob starting off in the business in 1952 at Shepperton, while Ray came under Les Bowie's wing at the young age of 15 as an apprentice matte artist alongside Derek Meddings in a disused cinema which Bowie used as his base of operations, labelled Anglo-Scottish Pictures in the mid 1950's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNKLe1xor0hMJdsV7_SKnBCiGIjusVt5Jeu7FPL-k5IcxWoC9VqHKE4cJqEl8yENjf-pUl0yx5fWmJRYUy6KMILpEIwN6JinHHMLT0jUbMrPcAILz22jYDVt0Gk_okD9Pd4Ksix-EEyM/s1280/vlcsnap-00451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNKLe1xor0hMJdsV7_SKnBCiGIjusVt5Jeu7FPL-k5IcxWoC9VqHKE4cJqEl8yENjf-pUl0yx5fWmJRYUy6KMILpEIwN6JinHHMLT0jUbMrPcAILz22jYDVt0Gk_okD9Pd4Ksix-EEyM/w640-h272/vlcsnap-00451.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A later view of the valley of ancient ruins. Among Ray Caple's notable films was Richard Donner's still wonderful SUPERMAN-THE MOVIE (1978).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64ehcXjSxrYtGwKgfyFFtdA_CTgMnl0V0gmI4Ys8A_niulvSj7qxoYdRqDyVzhqYyQzQGlAVO12pFiA_I_PZwzLA6mbsxdt7Og-ASNWHPWBRMG5lqy18DrkV7w9nBGdR-ravGvoIFAnw/s1308/She+1965+optical.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1308" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64ehcXjSxrYtGwKgfyFFtdA_CTgMnl0V0gmI4Ys8A_niulvSj7qxoYdRqDyVzhqYyQzQGlAVO12pFiA_I_PZwzLA6mbsxdt7Og-ASNWHPWBRMG5lqy18DrkV7w9nBGdR-ravGvoIFAnw/w400-h346/She+1965+optical.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">These scenes where Ursula makes a fatal decision, as did other SHE's before her, look sensational with optical enhancement.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDZDx7Lk_tqVqx1Vq5AO3XCMGI4Jaryz_9uwkHsbqjz6B4TAA8_-t-KkJo9m70KKo1QwhTj6veFq1z9AeLY8nWrdwSl1EHKwfVQcGdQLj_UaaKbtP63SU6pZ-swGtzRq1eRluiWo-17A/s1575/SHE+finale+Hammer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="1575" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDZDx7Lk_tqVqx1Vq5AO3XCMGI4Jaryz_9uwkHsbqjz6B4TAA8_-t-KkJo9m70KKo1QwhTj6veFq1z9AeLY8nWrdwSl1EHKwfVQcGdQLj_UaaKbtP63SU6pZ-swGtzRq1eRluiWo-17A/w640-h484/SHE+finale+Hammer.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Poor Ursula... she was so hot in DR NO.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9KgqtoOljEPx489wyvc_RXWjsZoSxqxwx_5QjVbYPgoNHvhTlnwoavKtogvuHmVxXixzDvZKnp0lnrSHtRqoDceVV_JA7XQBLUXckeoZet_Sss3SuMdVYdUqLl11hV5JER4sv11-WpA/s1280/vlcsnap-00455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9KgqtoOljEPx489wyvc_RXWjsZoSxqxwx_5QjVbYPgoNHvhTlnwoavKtogvuHmVxXixzDvZKnp0lnrSHtRqoDceVV_JA7XQBLUXckeoZet_Sss3SuMdVYdUqLl11hV5JER4sv11-WpA/w640-h272/vlcsnap-00455.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Night time matte shot of the valley.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><b><i>But wait...... there's more</i></b><div><br /></div><div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9HgnlYMWjmsIt1GU94hMQxgefl63AswmtrJAOB72TWKJpnlixceN8gze7TWHBsOwliR0RT1nWJ0kQGQmbrAIP6Ete9UnhdCLCDF2t9sVbbKcndTOXtHdnl7a2nctLr38WSFUUwfoRts/s882/vengeance_of_she_UKquad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="882" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9HgnlYMWjmsIt1GU94hMQxgefl63AswmtrJAOB72TWKJpnlixceN8gze7TWHBsOwliR0RT1nWJ0kQGQmbrAIP6Ete9UnhdCLCDF2t9sVbbKcndTOXtHdnl7a2nctLr38WSFUUwfoRts/w400-h326/vengeance_of_she_UKquad.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The inevitable sequel, THE VENGEANCE OF SHE came out in 1968. This time around, the spirit of the long dead Queen Ayesha invades the body of a sweet, innocent, giggly beach blonde and as you would anticipate, much mayhem ensues.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHg4pzsL07GAElJQp2dZ00vRE9QSv8LYF4T8ATiTFcaLNWLrovJLao_zXE9_IOhsQIlWZXp1m07osKchLl0__WprJpmQHb5qTZCCKyAHXgLJVWCAgRuOtz1awkQT5ejC4pOUrzq5BS-Tw/s2145/Veng+of+She1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="2145" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHg4pzsL07GAElJQp2dZ00vRE9QSv8LYF4T8ATiTFcaLNWLrovJLao_zXE9_IOhsQIlWZXp1m07osKchLl0__WprJpmQHb5qTZCCKyAHXgLJVWCAgRuOtz1awkQT5ejC4pOUrzq5BS-Tw/w640-h312/Veng+of+She1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It was kind of pushing it to make a sequel <i>(now they call them 're-boots' - and I hate them)</i>, but it has it's good points, with lead starlet Olinka Berova being one of them. Thee only cast member to return from the 1965 one was John Richardson.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmojww1gEDyQTK6p471-cogOPONgZA9IHRnhSVKAEK2HdMVaihwT-j7W1_sFK66_kORVyVT0yll2KQWKHVyqbRncCkPz4ut8kic8FkXN7cY-tI0VyVK7GxxDtWUqisLBCp7jZNzjRS4w/s1610/Vengeance+of+She-68+BR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1610" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmojww1gEDyQTK6p471-cogOPONgZA9IHRnhSVKAEK2HdMVaihwT-j7W1_sFK66_kORVyVT0yll2KQWKHVyqbRncCkPz4ut8kic8FkXN7cY-tI0VyVK7GxxDtWUqisLBCp7jZNzjRS4w/w400-h205/Vengeance+of+She-68+BR.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Great main title card!! You never see great title cards any more, nor, for that matter actual 'titles', with movies plonking the viewer straight into the narrative without any form of credit or title whatsoever. You only find out what the hell you're watching when the movie ENDS! God-almighty! And while we're on it, don't get me started on 'executive producer' credits!! How many <i>executive fucking producers</i> does it take to make even a simple film now! I've counted as many as <b>21</b> separate exec prod credits in a row! Aaaaaaargh! ... Though, as usual, I digress.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNdRUdoa3d5pTSALOZvLKX2Gmo-z3aYkBXFjxp0F-KtybHDrghRQGWvCEMaykqNQ755VSiwAk9jf6clHhR4UqnN6l8L0x-fJ8VPe5LqtX283gdqAtCQ5SzyCflaNUjhhLLRH_KhU5v9c/s1920/Veng+She3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNdRUdoa3d5pTSALOZvLKX2Gmo-z3aYkBXFjxp0F-KtybHDrghRQGWvCEMaykqNQ755VSiwAk9jf6clHhR4UqnN6l8L0x-fJ8VPe5LqtX283gdqAtCQ5SzyCflaNUjhhLLRH_KhU5v9c/w640-h352/Veng+She3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Opening shot with what I deduce to be a partial miniature set augmented with much painted scenery. Many of the FX shots in this film are similar combination set ups. Once again, it was a Bowie Films deal, as were almost all Hammer films.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMPPXF2sNkYr-MJqGoRsZs-LnCd63GU1mDXSP8qj9FKZQFb_iBzTTObjfD8ZEp_tmBdJczOXsRfg0jBeDjOOVeAlwAblppemJukzkKZyrvRbyS8LIrzqhkmL4KhhM32QjTsW6qJBtw7A/s1920/Veng+She4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMPPXF2sNkYr-MJqGoRsZs-LnCd63GU1mDXSP8qj9FKZQFb_iBzTTObjfD8ZEp_tmBdJczOXsRfg0jBeDjOOVeAlwAblppemJukzkKZyrvRbyS8LIrzqhkmL4KhhM32QjTsW6qJBtw7A/w640-h352/Veng+She4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A multi-part shot with horseman matted into either a miniature/matte combined shot, or a photographic enlargement mock up using different scenic elements. It was quite effective in motion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0QJl3j9KgWctueRSh2o9xp8SmApZcQ4UjL54ifqtKdaM05ZaAKMGAWFNVwC-iMUJqfd70gTNoKClJZ5XPP0xCaIvhSUBO_rjRTXRtiTEmaPizrIC5lPok8v26wN9nQeVsuWOX3si7ZA/s2400/Veng+She5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="2400" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0QJl3j9KgWctueRSh2o9xp8SmApZcQ4UjL54ifqtKdaM05ZaAKMGAWFNVwC-iMUJqfd70gTNoKClJZ5XPP0xCaIvhSUBO_rjRTXRtiTEmaPizrIC5lPok8v26wN9nQeVsuWOX3si7ZA/w640-h354/Veng+She5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As the main characters trek, their path takes them up perilous canyon paths and such - all of which were miniature sets with the actors matted (or projected?) in by Les Bowie.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZiKhUf03apXwFBWN2gw05uZ7ii2cb7ip9WWkN53DniQOvJQJbVTMghGxnrlZrYdpc1kW8WwO4jYWyFP7P_pwpRA9S7D-rmOsujCA1KC5_GxBZxGGIwC6annKPMJXBnzHgRusiENe842M/s2592/Veng+She+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="2592" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZiKhUf03apXwFBWN2gw05uZ7ii2cb7ip9WWkN53DniQOvJQJbVTMghGxnrlZrYdpc1kW8WwO4jYWyFP7P_pwpRA9S7D-rmOsujCA1KC5_GxBZxGGIwC6annKPMJXBnzHgRusiENe842M/w640-h346/Veng+She+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Square jawed hero John Richardson and delightful, lithe, exotic companion come across a hidden valley with a remarkable lookalike gold statue beckoning. Joy Cuff - the daughter in law of matte artist Bob Cuff - built the miniature statue and worked on various other effects shots. Formally known as Joy Seddon, she was also a talented matte artist and assisted Bob and Ray Caple on the mega-western MACKENNA'S GOLD the same year, did much modelling work with Bob of the forced perspective moon miniature for Kubrick's 2001, and later worked with Bob on THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN painting mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiAKvFhOUBAr9-hiQmW8dV6kLxj9vtokoZS5sSu_w9kWNkcoXVqB6DzK_qIZGtr6W6G3OP-XNQ8xH5z1-vedBWfwDQNSDG42TvGPOPjYQF1HLCesTSjPtd-y6EXirp1YLeOXghCZa_Fo/s1920/Veng+She8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiAKvFhOUBAr9-hiQmW8dV6kLxj9vtokoZS5sSu_w9kWNkcoXVqB6DzK_qIZGtr6W6G3OP-XNQ8xH5z1-vedBWfwDQNSDG42TvGPOPjYQF1HLCesTSjPtd-y6EXirp1YLeOXghCZa_Fo/w640-h352/Veng+She8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Large miniature set by Joy Cuff, with the actors seamlessly matted in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TxNW4nv2W72TMJXJmW40iOrGAPkilz5OslI07LFIabigqAJt3AOl7bt8yfEbSPfEbG61GwOTrJayyNXnMjzg3EDvf6zUUCwXzg6GKEKFD92TCex6dNsgXJ1MzU_fGkuQ70ZgSd4rNfo/s1719/Vengeance+of+She-tilt+down+%2528sm%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1719" data-original-width="1162" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TxNW4nv2W72TMJXJmW40iOrGAPkilz5OslI07LFIabigqAJt3AOl7bt8yfEbSPfEbG61GwOTrJayyNXnMjzg3EDvf6zUUCwXzg6GKEKFD92TCex6dNsgXJ1MzU_fGkuQ70ZgSd4rNfo/w432-h640/Vengeance+of+She-tilt+down+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A dramatic tilt upward from the group of actors onto the massive stone entrance way and gold statue, all well accomplished. Kit West was Les Bowie's cameraman for a number of years. Joy Cuff was miniaturist here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwEGNilF-g5xAJ0AiYXbuZeInnUFC1_M0uNGg5ImsYSTHL8JsGVdbJ4_KNWQSrWgyM4JjvSm8DbhzV0AaMOiTIjQaEIoF4CHCRbIt4fAXNU_Yp1eY4xQeq2vu6kGLmyKr3e6fjDM0vHs/s1920/Veng+She+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwEGNilF-g5xAJ0AiYXbuZeInnUFC1_M0uNGg5ImsYSTHL8JsGVdbJ4_KNWQSrWgyM4JjvSm8DbhzV0AaMOiTIjQaEIoF4CHCRbIt4fAXNU_Yp1eY4xQeq2vu6kGLmyKr3e6fjDM0vHs/w640-h352/Veng+She+7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The valley of the lost. Miniature set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQBHsxBB0DbmrxVTU2Vg_Wj45TlUNTP708o6fRCapaXD-uvIST3JorVMyl1gfqTZuhTV8yXUoT_Dc-GrUtNojDeWe38F07jkY_Gy7bMA7qe1YhnQbqQvcWIo1cccwGlzfgwqgjCG76f8/s1920/Veng+of+She+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQBHsxBB0DbmrxVTU2Vg_Wj45TlUNTP708o6fRCapaXD-uvIST3JorVMyl1gfqTZuhTV8yXUoT_Dc-GrUtNojDeWe38F07jkY_Gy7bMA7qe1YhnQbqQvcWIo1cccwGlzfgwqgjCG76f8/w640-h352/Veng+of+She+9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, this is a great shot. A large matte painting with some foreground miniature rock wall and foliage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJC0M7CqXcxkEU7R__tv_OIksA6MPl9P4IeMTNe8jBgPB8QGZBS_9-rGWwf7UhgagsAUgz14cIbMI3hM4dq13O0aq3HlDXY7FN_hHnZZtYEGmTwZdMSbXU4Lat_USg-1WTwmb33qCO1Tg/s1920/Veng+She+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJC0M7CqXcxkEU7R__tv_OIksA6MPl9P4IeMTNe8jBgPB8QGZBS_9-rGWwf7UhgagsAUgz14cIbMI3hM4dq13O0aq3HlDXY7FN_hHnZZtYEGmTwZdMSbXU4Lat_USg-1WTwmb33qCO1Tg/w640-h352/Veng+She+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here's an ingenious little shot, and one that Les had previously used to good effect on Ray Harryhausen's FIRST MEN IN THE MOON a few years previous. All done in camera, with our comely heroine surveying the enormous pit of slaves at work. The entire setting is a forced perspective miniature just beyond the actress, with much animated movement of slaves by way of what I suspect would be tiny figures attached to motorised conveyor belt rigs hidden within the fake setting. Done well on a low budget. Derek Meddings did the same thing on SUPERMAN 2 for the scenes with the battle of Metropolis where all those cars are being literally 'blown' down the street. Classic!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gzs8MtdRoiKffsBqEML9HOiv5A5lr8PDk53Lc-M83LrxaocxqMVbMo36V9_NakL3LnAygxxsk3aCMPxBAT1zNy746wVt72hmDPp_jEn6UK1Aw-c2filtERzzaIexBpEIfTujzBJ9uf4/s2364/Veng+She+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="2364" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gzs8MtdRoiKffsBqEML9HOiv5A5lr8PDk53Lc-M83LrxaocxqMVbMo36V9_NakL3LnAygxxsk3aCMPxBAT1zNy746wVt72hmDPp_jEn6UK1Aw-c2filtERzzaIexBpEIfTujzBJ9uf4/w640-h362/Veng+She+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndCtYyPtFq1rniHjfO8ruP29uElmu1yjCQqkKInr8ARzhl3rQMwKn_6UGfa22UoLB3v7RqpuN_tkvaa2yYjuakWUamQc6sQN3H97vyZlxaJXM0iKHLfzUoxPpXxB9q_Z8L3EQm66rpF4/s2464/Veng+She+12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="2464" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndCtYyPtFq1rniHjfO8ruP29uElmu1yjCQqkKInr8ARzhl3rQMwKn_6UGfa22UoLB3v7RqpuN_tkvaa2yYjuakWUamQc6sQN3H97vyZlxaJXM0iKHLfzUoxPpXxB9q_Z8L3EQm66rpF4/w640-h358/Veng+She+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I can't recall what happened, but suffice to say, she brought the house down....literally!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-x0YUIDsBGPIQEBhdpd52bkC6XED7-9_t74tH9QIcTjjahaXREp2oG8P6dkPRfODqYol1oijgCxyPkiYM4LaVgryXy9IQt-1KCtH5UPKI5DIcrUOYs97dAIZ2xd7MuXPF5tmDJKDPjA/s1344/Veng+She+15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1344" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-x0YUIDsBGPIQEBhdpd52bkC6XED7-9_t74tH9QIcTjjahaXREp2oG8P6dkPRfODqYol1oijgCxyPkiYM4LaVgryXy9IQt-1KCtH5UPKI5DIcrUOYs97dAIZ2xd7MuXPF5tmDJKDPjA/w400-h217/Veng+She+15.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">That was a time when Warners-Seven Arts had all of the Hammer films in the late 1960's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">*</span><i><span style="font-size: medium;">**</span><span style="font-size: large;">This post, and <u>all</u> 168 others posted continually since June 2010 as 'Matte Shot' were originally created exclusively by Peter Cook for nzpetesmatteshot with <u>all</u> content, layout and text originally published at</span></i></b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: large;">http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/</a><br /><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Parting shot...</span></b></p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJoignqvTkJxLbA07TGr_aUOSpOo62uposyaNX78R7TEe0PBfpdMv71HraTfS5lrZ__CxoM1vtSyFvvIhUZAC8FkwDOO6cJfPfqaSsjHZoorJz3yL0MDHpUCPB4zRWeQkUmcDS14G3W80/s2461/Baron+Munchausen+end+shot+CU+%2528sm%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="2461" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJoignqvTkJxLbA07TGr_aUOSpOo62uposyaNX78R7TEe0PBfpdMv71HraTfS5lrZ__CxoM1vtSyFvvIhUZAC8FkwDOO6cJfPfqaSsjHZoorJz3yL0MDHpUCPB4zRWeQkUmcDS14G3W80/w640-h446/Baron+Munchausen+end+shot+CU+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Take this beautiful matte painting by British artist Doug Ferris as a symbol of hope in regards to the ongoing pandemic. (From Terry Gilliams' THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Take care wherever you happen to be. See you all next 'issue'.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">NZ Pete</span></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-56907287577494177082021-01-25T19:36:00.000+13:002021-01-25T19:36:46.425+13:00MATTE PAINTING REVIEW: A Selection Of Overlooked Films - Part Fourteen<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYitH5MuABMVupATtLE8KJzuyZU6tommCek7oprJzA9RuGVgyYYjGQyuEr9LVHjShRtdJCX2tsnM0f0SpCqlX8V1MeXfFYCfQBHtpxEK0GXcBnh-hJ5PT02dl5v3TM2SmpZyhyphenhyphen-AzZJ8/s2492/Blog+header+Jan+2021+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="2492" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYitH5MuABMVupATtLE8KJzuyZU6tommCek7oprJzA9RuGVgyYYjGQyuEr9LVHjShRtdJCX2tsnM0f0SpCqlX8V1MeXfFYCfQBHtpxEK0GXcBnh-hJ5PT02dl5v3TM2SmpZyhyphenhyphen-AzZJ8/w640-h430/Blog+header+Jan+2021+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p></p><p>Greetings folks. It's a fresh year and much has happened in the world - to put it lightly - since we last connected, so the time is ripe indeed for some pleasant and illuminating diversion into the wonder-world of cinematic sleight-of-hand. I'm sure all of my readers would agree! I know full well how rough things have been for a great many of you, so if this blog can in any way provide some respite and 'time out', then you're welcome!</p><p>As is my field of interest, I've put together a varied cross section of motion pictures from a number of studios as well as diverse decades. I wouldn't have it any other way. In addition to the usual mixed bag of cinematic treasures, which include a pair of massive super wide-screen 70mm roadshow films and a couple of very much lesser known old black and white shows from the 1940's that are not without merit both in entertainment value and creative effects technicality. </p><p>I have included another in my <i>Blast From The Past</i> series, after a brief hiatus, where we pay tribute to another of the movie worlds veteran matte and trick shot exponents which I hope you enjoy. <br /></p><p>But first...</p><p><b><i>A Most Curious, Yet Timely Discovery:</i></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6_KGGu50OGfpVqKZsLYmmNZUlmWLdzDFjVoIx7aBeDZwXhTcsvrxcnS0PAxeWR5D_tOsXrF4PsyqSkk46NS4Qbk2Ljue-_JqXH_CwB4JDKSIPkAd-ubs-c5bmxCMWztifqk_Wyy06IA/s2103/Unknown+MGM+matte-Capitol.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="2103" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6_KGGu50OGfpVqKZsLYmmNZUlmWLdzDFjVoIx7aBeDZwXhTcsvrxcnS0PAxeWR5D_tOsXrF4PsyqSkk46NS4Qbk2Ljue-_JqXH_CwB4JDKSIPkAd-ubs-c5bmxCMWztifqk_Wyy06IA/w640-h232/Unknown+MGM+matte-Capitol.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In sifting through my files I came across an old MGM matte painting produced by one of Warren Newcombe's artists, rendered in pastel, probably from the early 1940's. The intended shot appears to represent a vast military presence of some sort in Washington DC, though what the film is, I have no idea. Given the recent chaos at the US Capitol building that was witnessed across the globe just a week or so ago, this matte seems pertinent.</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">If anybody can identify the film, let me know.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">A Blast From The Past: CLIFF CULLEY</span></b></i></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqz2C2rqs_hxofQrrwnfY3GAAxqJNZtw17bH4DYVPQMVe-7WR0iWw1GGSKg9C33g8tGJmHgGLrfbMhILgebhYOF4bM8xq777vmTeShAOYja2XhcL6AtMhtQQR9QyaANuTfKW98q7aEkzk/s1544/Culley+BTS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1544" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqz2C2rqs_hxofQrrwnfY3GAAxqJNZtw17bH4DYVPQMVe-7WR0iWw1GGSKg9C33g8tGJmHgGLrfbMhILgebhYOF4bM8xq777vmTeShAOYja2XhcL6AtMhtQQR9QyaANuTfKW98q7aEkzk/w640-h254/Culley+BTS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">British effects artist and matte painter, Cliff Culley was one of those largely unsung and to a great extent, invisible trick shot heroes of the UK film industry, in a career spanning some <i>five</i> decades no less. Cliff began his very long career as a scenic artist - as most matte exponents of the day in fact did - with the famous J.Arthur Rank organisation based at Denham and Pinewood studios in 1946. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Rank special effects department at the time was a busy one, with a considerable number of able and very talented technicians applying their individual specialties. Their were such effects men as supervising Effects Cameraman Henry Harris; Schuftan Process and general special effects expert Bill Warrington; Physical Effects man Jimmy Snow; Model Maker Douglas Woolsey; Miniatures Cinematographer Bert Marshall; Travelling Matte Cameramen Bryan Langley and Vic Margutti; Matte Painting Cinematographer Wally Gentleman; All round visual effects maestro Filippo Guidobaldi; as well as a number of matte painters working under the departmental oversight of Joan Suttie and later Les Bowie. Cliff Culley was one such matte painter, and virtually all his lengthy career would be based on the Pinewood Studio lot.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_s5pxwBYzNBHfu3PxaANKtSo3ouvsooenfOWG_AtYiqqdyiTddyJrjjcMgQ2Up4cK5t9q5n-bTCmNiFcaEbbs-uaSRcXG485UlQCdB-bM8vw5VW0VETU_UaFDXVPHOy7lnB0dCtcDg0/s2400/Purple+Plain.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="2400" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_s5pxwBYzNBHfu3PxaANKtSo3ouvsooenfOWG_AtYiqqdyiTddyJrjjcMgQ2Up4cK5t9q5n-bTCmNiFcaEbbs-uaSRcXG485UlQCdB-bM8vw5VW0VETU_UaFDXVPHOy7lnB0dCtcDg0/w640-h158/Purple+Plain.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The matte department was for some years run by Les Bowie, under whom worked Cliff together with Albert Whitlock and Peter Melrose. Later on other artists joined such as Bob Bell and Charles Stoneham, as well as future art director Stephen Grimes, Alan Maley and future well known effects man John Stears. After Bowie left to go independent, Bill Warrington would take charge of the whole Rank effects machine, and although not a matte artist himself, would have final say on all matters matte, and get on screen credit, which would rankle the other technicians <i>(*see special published apology later in this article).</i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRT9-oFP0fgBul_kduziyVLm_9jQLttYeq-oqhMPJoCYx0ckYeu26z2pyMwgXtI7F5GbaWrH3qodo_NRGXGqn4t9EZYJQ1quyCAv-v0pyUK6EjcNM9SS8qWb7IOAy0rxO_yhqgpe_yzZ4/s1920/NB6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRT9-oFP0fgBul_kduziyVLm_9jQLttYeq-oqhMPJoCYx0ckYeu26z2pyMwgXtI7F5GbaWrH3qodo_NRGXGqn4t9EZYJQ1quyCAv-v0pyUK6EjcNM9SS8qWb7IOAy0rxO_yhqgpe_yzZ4/w400-h225/NB6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cliff would also work alongside famous matte maestro, the great Peter Ellenshaw on the enormous matte showcase that was Disney's IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS (1962), with the huge roster of mattes and composite photography being carried out at Pinewood, with the results ranking among the best - and biggest - of all the Disney films in my book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Around 1973 Cliff set up his own visual effects company, Westbury Design & Optical, situated right there on the Pinewood lot. I believe this later shifted elsewhere. He was in constant demand and would provide his services to films as diverse as ZARDOZ, SHOUT AT THE DEVIL, DOCTOR WHO through to CLASH OF THE TITANS among many others. Cliff retired from the movie business in 1999 after an incredible <b>52</b> years in visual effects.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A Scrapbook of Cliff Culley Matte Moments:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJ5_6EwjZ2y5KBL7ol4WcNDqeXhNFQoB-CFk4I7PEHpijOrL-B1CKTAkFaD09Us_7X15s728mhQeQdLS0ig0vVEx0tdZPcVhx-DWbQoXBzvq6tNw3Xv31AjFcLvVcztN_hBSMgRYUpug/s1096/Cliff+Culley+-+From+Russia+With+Love.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1096" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJ5_6EwjZ2y5KBL7ol4WcNDqeXhNFQoB-CFk4I7PEHpijOrL-B1CKTAkFaD09Us_7X15s728mhQeQdLS0ig0vVEx0tdZPcVhx-DWbQoXBzvq6tNw3Xv31AjFcLvVcztN_hBSMgRYUpug/w640-h488/Cliff+Culley+-+From+Russia+With+Love.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A wonderful, and rare studio portrait taken in 1963 shows Cliff adding finishing touches to his beautifully ornate ceiling matte extension for the James Bond film FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. British visual effects supervisor of several more recent 007 adventures (and dare I say it, a big fan of this very blog), <b>Steve Begg</b>, had this recollection: <i>"I worked with Cliff a couple of times </i>[as a young matte painter]<i>, and they did indeed do a front-lit pass of the painting, with the live-action area clear glass with black behind, then with the film rewound in the matte camera and a white cyc lit behind the glass and the painting in silhouette, a bi-packed interpositive of the live-action was exposed onto the camera neg using the white backing as a printing light. That's what I think I remember. Leigh, is that your recollection?"</i>. Fellow Brit matte painter and miniatures veteran, <b>Leigh Took</b> was also one of 'Cliff's boys', and had this response: <i>"That’s a great shot of my boss, Cliff. One of my first jobs for Cliff as his assistant was to stipple glasses with several layers of black emulsion with a pad of mutton cloth this would be then scraped with a blade to smooth out any nobly bits and then repeat the process with white emulsion ready for delineation. Great times indeed. Mainly bi-packed colour separations a long process. And that lovely gearbox motor on the right would be grinding away all day. I can hear it now!"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5AogHSVSuclBGo-zcvZRdhRn6s8KkHZdqrjoknvXJYB62nT1Vg0Qhrt_I3ZzKw5NIAk6ey8oZEYO9mQUy-iRPof71QsREaoTlhC-D1cX7lZNzrT0IvB7QzKCIi1J_XX3uxwq9baQ2Q8/s1516/From+Russia+With+Love+BR+%2528chess+sequence%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="1516" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5AogHSVSuclBGo-zcvZRdhRn6s8KkHZdqrjoknvXJYB62nT1Vg0Qhrt_I3ZzKw5NIAk6ey8oZEYO9mQUy-iRPof71QsREaoTlhC-D1cX7lZNzrT0IvB7QzKCIi1J_XX3uxwq9baQ2Q8/w640-h368/From+Russia+With+Love+BR+%2528chess+sequence%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final, now iconic shot in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7Olum_fpaDEx3oi7w12qcfWP1dRZMo2F1mRCgAKiLUaKJA3iQfo_xT3dvuhaNGxGJJFRZYvAhvaRh0cAGZypbQJNd-uNT5sKlzQ90JaNwPbq9YkV5t7XCk41plAq4kRbNH4AsONL5_E/s907/Sea+of+Sand-58.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="907" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7Olum_fpaDEx3oi7w12qcfWP1dRZMo2F1mRCgAKiLUaKJA3iQfo_xT3dvuhaNGxGJJFRZYvAhvaRh0cAGZypbQJNd-uNT5sKlzQ90JaNwPbq9YkV5t7XCk41plAq4kRbNH4AsONL5_E/w640-h292/Sea+of+Sand-58.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cliff worked on so many films, with rarely ever a screen credit. This is just one such show, the excellent war picture SEA OF SAND (1958)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7K4OenMM52SgXZ4_EnRbijMnZ2SHd9C9qD0P-x-nFGF0Jv5fLUY5jta7VuiK8ybrk7-inDBy9FnaXHZ1Sp5FgLUdF0lvNgZ9Ts_a3rpMFvqOVJksuszQuIklwIvQdyrwdQe7ULJeZBW0/s1428/Prince+%2526+Showgirl1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="1428" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7K4OenMM52SgXZ4_EnRbijMnZ2SHd9C9qD0P-x-nFGF0Jv5fLUY5jta7VuiK8ybrk7-inDBy9FnaXHZ1Sp5FgLUdF0lvNgZ9Ts_a3rpMFvqOVJksuszQuIklwIvQdyrwdQe7ULJeZBW0/w640-h486/Prince+%2526+Showgirl1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pinewood had a stable of artists who would come and go over the years. Other painters included Bob Bell and Charles Stoneham. Peter Melrose was another who moved around various studios and eventually went freelance. Peter painted on this film, THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL (1957) alongside Cliff, so it could have been either artist?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2aqlkIqAsgZM4Rc9wuf9g8UeVuElPKHu2-YrV2FlLM4vaDUnyLaDJIFMV1-_1Ts1jzDhxx3tk2M3r6aOEp5vQACpLLqy3XxuJsVRcKEK6H4tcNR9bEUFEX1-agqwsT5GJzvR0t3cwXw/s1446/Prince+%2526+Showgirl+2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1446" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2aqlkIqAsgZM4Rc9wuf9g8UeVuElPKHu2-YrV2FlLM4vaDUnyLaDJIFMV1-_1Ts1jzDhxx3tk2M3r6aOEp5vQACpLLqy3XxuJsVRcKEK6H4tcNR9bEUFEX1-agqwsT5GJzvR0t3cwXw/w640-h482/Prince+%2526+Showgirl+2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Also from THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL is this excellent shot which I suspect could be either a hanging miniature or a foreground glass shot, given the crispness of the 'effect area'? The far background action appears to be a separate element added in? The film was loaded with many matte shots, some of which looked like retouched or hand coloured photographs - not an unusual thing as many studios did that as a time saver by the 1950's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipa497AZp9pwfwK-a5_PgcJhKUJvBkwxzfQCXYomCoPej_33yzqTeBFTt25kwHOyg8xE9NbBYd819KizDNT1yTOA5Orci35SIyjr430yEFQbLsm7KFRed8ioc5rEN4DQ_jzJKjkvtEtzw/s1538/Black+Knight+2a.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1538" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipa497AZp9pwfwK-a5_PgcJhKUJvBkwxzfQCXYomCoPej_33yzqTeBFTt25kwHOyg8xE9NbBYd819KizDNT1yTOA5Orci35SIyjr430yEFQbLsm7KFRed8ioc5rEN4DQ_jzJKjkvtEtzw/w640-h408/Black+Knight+2a.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some rare before and after frames from the Alan Ladd period piece THE BLACK KNIGHT (1954). Another film with a load of matte shots. Albert Whitlock may still have been at Pinewood then so he may have also had a hand in it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_iyF6nGu6Itiu6YAe5lb3czrnVaBb5LtXcO5LdP-mjxcqNzEKQu5BPV68CNaFY0sqGHKcCR-1fyLb6qYooS5oLaBssEqEF0o6snAw2DNvkIHWOka3BmtoiURyhN-e7d0cHJ3Nwam6lk/s1458/Black+Knight-54.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="1458" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_iyF6nGu6Itiu6YAe5lb3czrnVaBb5LtXcO5LdP-mjxcqNzEKQu5BPV68CNaFY0sqGHKcCR-1fyLb6qYooS5oLaBssEqEF0o6snAw2DNvkIHWOka3BmtoiURyhN-e7d0cHJ3Nwam6lk/w640-h224/Black+Knight-54.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More BLACK KNIGHT frames in Technicolor and VistaVision.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIHWTlELGKMSmRSmAI1h6oXzsU4PionJJdqkATrNzR_Oj_neMrfmRjkjMBGUrv9chotwMyNij0eCUC6JZ40FUVQB6LamrffS45pU5rUOBGEidMhVGBp_mLA-Qib-VTJO3K2BHQSODZjs/s1476/Bulldog+Breed%252CThe.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="1476" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIHWTlELGKMSmRSmAI1h6oXzsU4PionJJdqkATrNzR_Oj_neMrfmRjkjMBGUrv9chotwMyNij0eCUC6JZ40FUVQB6LamrffS45pU5rUOBGEidMhVGBp_mLA-Qib-VTJO3K2BHQSODZjs/w640-h262/Bulldog+Breed%252CThe.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've a soft spot for old time comics, and the crazy Norman Wisdom madcap adventures were, and remain, pretty funny. These are two of the mattes from THE BULLDOG BREED (1960)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gDwBKDI5H720eFm5laX2Xhb2pwqywgfykyZpBhmHPtXeR3GeEbBjHfUf_kzEYxMBwKEMuPNZjREigrCicjDVySlErhCg4aRHSBZWXcI0TyUTtkVY54relHLf8O9wAcEmaLtwksqQ7bU/s2046/Khartoum+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="2046" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gDwBKDI5H720eFm5laX2Xhb2pwqywgfykyZpBhmHPtXeR3GeEbBjHfUf_kzEYxMBwKEMuPNZjREigrCicjDVySlErhCg4aRHSBZWXcI0TyUTtkVY54relHLf8O9wAcEmaLtwksqQ7bU/w640-h478/Khartoum+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Arguably Cliff's finest matte work was seen in the huge blockbuster KHARTOUM (1966).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9p3JUzMBqzxMht3j2uQlbVWCVUid_sRMjGnEey8nO0RfAORJv2tw6hiskhyphenhyphenKhyjCAbcmlAUBrf0nbfsNUFyt-PbrkjXgSLSEitSisBq0QXylKCzDKHv8zW8riJ1nEuImJo33Htf1P0w/s2312/Tale+of+Two+Cities-Rank+version.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="2312" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9p3JUzMBqzxMht3j2uQlbVWCVUid_sRMjGnEey8nO0RfAORJv2tw6hiskhyphenhyphenKhyjCAbcmlAUBrf0nbfsNUFyt-PbrkjXgSLSEitSisBq0QXylKCzDKHv8zW8riJ1nEuImJo33Htf1P0w/w640-h242/Tale+of+Two+Cities-Rank+version.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rare behind the scenes look at a block in and test composite for THE TALE OF TWO CITIES (1958)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlt7FB1cySNF-tmPx717lSfsHLi33ZfcU2t4alxmEL5KFYvbBATVEvJp4Vvey3eHo8Yz40_vuLhIZlF2JNwi6idG_TusfWiuEwH8LrWuPQDSmWigI7lQsCs16PBok6evw_KVJoFFVjkQo/s1510/The+Early+Bird.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1510" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlt7FB1cySNF-tmPx717lSfsHLi33ZfcU2t4alxmEL5KFYvbBATVEvJp4Vvey3eHo8Yz40_vuLhIZlF2JNwi6idG_TusfWiuEwH8LrWuPQDSmWigI7lQsCs16PBok6evw_KVJoFFVjkQo/w640-h510/The+Early+Bird.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of the many agreeably insane Norman Wisdom comedies, with this one being THE EARLY BIRD (1965) which featured a number of clever miniature set ups, mattes and cel animated gags such as this bit where hapless Norman crashes the firetruck into the (painted) building and giant cracks spread all up the frontage. Funny movie, with Cliff actually getting a screen credit for 'Special Matte Effects'!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFBKYGsT8cZ2XNFAO4FdVRCJA6vz6-U6ArGTgzYScuPg4JsVhIUuZEHIXLAo9-fSgrfOqIfCI5DX6p9V7XtAWkGrzqfzlJbpKwBoI9QtSoAdXmBvQbqOzR4GrCH-zO2WfB0JYg3AcOXM/s1804/Doctor-No-Culley.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFBKYGsT8cZ2XNFAO4FdVRCJA6vz6-U6ArGTgzYScuPg4JsVhIUuZEHIXLAo9-fSgrfOqIfCI5DX6p9V7XtAWkGrzqfzlJbpKwBoI9QtSoAdXmBvQbqOzR4GrCH-zO2WfB0JYg3AcOXM/w640-h384/Doctor-No-Culley.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This shot from the first Bond film DR NO (1962) is a next to invisible set extension where Cliff has painted in all of the upper part of the set. Culley worked on all of the 007 movies up to and including On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and after a spell came back a few years later to do some small scale matte work on Man With The Golden Gun as well as some cel animated gags on Octopussy and The Spy Who Loved Me. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HMMrXb-19FLfUwrhaRF5pI8I4M9kmLUa44okl0lbDd2R_aGZIl8a8TQNKyKEGNYYlvl7-rIKm8852JdwFxgJEele9aSxSe9T-eRtD5D-98tGlXRzMUSJ9m4V_KnZSczR0fcKvxiqDhE/s1918/guns_at_batasi_01_blu-ray+matte_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1918" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HMMrXb-19FLfUwrhaRF5pI8I4M9kmLUa44okl0lbDd2R_aGZIl8a8TQNKyKEGNYYlvl7-rIKm8852JdwFxgJEele9aSxSe9T-eRtD5D-98tGlXRzMUSJ9m4V_KnZSczR0fcKvxiqDhE/w640-h274/guns_at_batasi_01_blu-ray+matte_.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of my favourite films, the terrific Richard Attenborough starrer GUNS AT BATASI (1964). A wonderfully acted, directed and photographed piece set in an unnamed African colonial outpost where a coup de tat is under way. All shot in England of course with Cliff augmenting UK landscapes with subtle painted 'African' scenery. Great movie!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pKtObqIVCfG55NcCzIyrUsh5Mhgcwv7eeywuXSxX9f0nr9nifZ1hrXT7ISbMG1Q3QhX16E92VBmYg554TiX9ARISEUcxUy1kugJ1fcOICoHF4JCdRN9dH-ghyphenhyphen8suBpBxvwknl3H5Me8/s2636/Chitty1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="2636" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pKtObqIVCfG55NcCzIyrUsh5Mhgcwv7eeywuXSxX9f0nr9nifZ1hrXT7ISbMG1Q3QhX16E92VBmYg554TiX9ARISEUcxUy1kugJ1fcOICoHF4JCdRN9dH-ghyphenhyphen8suBpBxvwknl3H5Me8/w640-h230/Chitty1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I well recall my grandma taking me to see CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (1968) at the now long gone Embassy theatre in downtown Auckland, in 70mm, magnetic track stereo no less. I recall the day out as vividly as if it were yesterday, yet I can't for the life of me remember what my friggen passwords are for any damned thing!! Go figure! Anyway, I digress..... live action composite here with beautiful Culley painted sky and hilltops, with miniature airship. Cliff got on screen credit too!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56onV4pVDJsI7kFMKxPS1VNx3u4Xu6LoKa32pa8BuF4SMeAzUkrr8LX7XBvWi02C7m3kuRxclnydcts_bpFqmKmvA2b_B4mHz2satcpWdXkRFrmuhecJc35qY4c713flq5DaeGwASj_Q/s2012/Chitty2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="2012" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56onV4pVDJsI7kFMKxPS1VNx3u4Xu6LoKa32pa8BuF4SMeAzUkrr8LX7XBvWi02C7m3kuRxclnydcts_bpFqmKmvA2b_B4mHz2satcpWdXkRFrmuhecJc35qY4c713flq5DaeGwASj_Q/w640-h464/Chitty2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte set up at Pinewood for another of the CHITTY shots. Shown at top is Cliff in pale sweater adding final touches to his glass painting, while matte cinematographer Roy Field mans the huge 65mm camera and an unidentified projectionist mans the 65mm rear screen process projector. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhK0K6HzNbDw85EfRFcAmXNyF1UClkn9QSwZuVpnALb_ARkOg6CKchAp6Ruum59QnUn5XHO-WTo5DfFuK7Myb7IFEKrT2jwo9CXOdivJXD2yv1-yDdrcfcCHoGcmzVO3BUYLZdbvnuuQs/s1792/Carry+On+Cleo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1792" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhK0K6HzNbDw85EfRFcAmXNyF1UClkn9QSwZuVpnALb_ARkOg6CKchAp6Ruum59QnUn5XHO-WTo5DfFuK7Myb7IFEKrT2jwo9CXOdivJXD2yv1-yDdrcfcCHoGcmzVO3BUYLZdbvnuuQs/w640-h386/Carry+On+Cleo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The very popular Carry On series also required Culley's expertise as seen in this frame from CARRY ON CLEO (1966). The shot is interesting as it appears mostly be a huge painted cyclorama with just the middle temple bit being matte art, and by the looks of it, done as an in camera foreground glass shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Tt9fs9GSVk1tFePppVeBzPFIukHyUKv4YbDOByke02ZxPD895W0kwoo75y9Rrl8wRQ-LKs4qao9SF8j52Rn54FN-z-WFOO_0fi9ML7g2XFDj-Cgk_awhhDCHA_j_U1rSq0bY46sfDN0/s1652/Follow+That+Camel.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1652" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Tt9fs9GSVk1tFePppVeBzPFIukHyUKv4YbDOByke02ZxPD895W0kwoo75y9Rrl8wRQ-LKs4qao9SF8j52Rn54FN-z-WFOO_0fi9ML7g2XFDj-Cgk_awhhDCHA_j_U1rSq0bY46sfDN0/w640-h194/Follow+That+Camel.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another from the Carry On series - FOLLOW THAT CAMEL.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0QXcCYQWNoElQMgjpLuq1NL9l7urm9JZ8Rwx-5wCW85D5LJGqC3PwW47EGQ9xNbzqySYPVrCSPig0nHKvz2dQzHyTPxkPdoH7vSsvGhL56f3yNBth91xbHG5GnYfrvhLMHv-VUkbUe4Q/s893/Hot+Enough+For+June-64.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="893" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0QXcCYQWNoElQMgjpLuq1NL9l7urm9JZ8Rwx-5wCW85D5LJGqC3PwW47EGQ9xNbzqySYPVrCSPig0nHKvz2dQzHyTPxkPdoH7vSsvGhL56f3yNBth91xbHG5GnYfrvhLMHv-VUkbUe4Q/w640-h252/Hot+Enough+For+June-64.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The spy spoof HOT ENOUGH FOR JUNE (1963) was titled AGENT 8 <span style="font-size: x-small;">3/4</span> in the US.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevXFS83kmzqwoHH6hOHcJAJKHlkiVTNa9Mz1IUjELpH2KgerYoPotqK5xYt03dKvF5JTvCssY_NKPGeh7UHbGMNGhwne0t_L5YdqFdoRrqqQFq5ymaZJqHaxWkHRG6yUHGTaJ_W6R4Yc/s1920/Northwest+Frontier+BR+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevXFS83kmzqwoHH6hOHcJAJKHlkiVTNa9Mz1IUjELpH2KgerYoPotqK5xYt03dKvF5JTvCssY_NKPGeh7UHbGMNGhwne0t_L5YdqFdoRrqqQFq5ymaZJqHaxWkHRG6yUHGTaJ_W6R4Yc/w640-h278/Northwest+Frontier+BR+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The action adventure NORTHWEST FRONTIER (1959) - aka FLAME OVER INDIA had this exciting sequence atop a busted rail viaduct, done as matte art and actors combined through travelling mattes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAxpgVjdyR8eyMH0LyjVLgsiCtg1HWnj33QPOosA5X_0ZnUDr1hiLecmelFuzmSd124K6U-BFbxa_91kqGL1AFhOcAvfzes82vqwIIJcUZSSNT0LTszE7kZztoISFZYuVj38Dv-gubhQY/s2640/Lion+Of+The+Desert.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="2640" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAxpgVjdyR8eyMH0LyjVLgsiCtg1HWnj33QPOosA5X_0ZnUDr1hiLecmelFuzmSd124K6U-BFbxa_91kqGL1AFhOcAvfzes82vqwIIJcUZSSNT0LTszE7kZztoISFZYuVj38Dv-gubhQY/w640-h194/Lion+Of+The+Desert.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A sorely overlooked war bio-pic, OMAR MUKHTAR-THE LION OF THE DESERT (1979) was an extremely impressive, big budget spectacular with Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed and the always <i>completely</i> over-the-top Rod Steiger <i>(as Mussolini!)</i>. Massive action set pieces, stunts and physical effects, it's a film many have never heard of but is well worth seeking out. Cliff supplied a pair of quick mattes of this vast refugee camp stretching far into the desert.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBeDJXGaZbCVwZ2xr3uDZnZSllbYspix1NqNQPG_8AJkHLgM2ZILOgRgatZ4bQ76976b1eD6AgDM6u7E7UM0oY629FSO9U-4UE9HluLlYWk5sm72lOkbM0PH53Zrt3GltNcoXfMj8a9M/s1971/Call+Me+Bwana.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="1971" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBeDJXGaZbCVwZ2xr3uDZnZSllbYspix1NqNQPG_8AJkHLgM2ZILOgRgatZ4bQ76976b1eD6AgDM6u7E7UM0oY629FSO9U-4UE9HluLlYWk5sm72lOkbM0PH53Zrt3GltNcoXfMj8a9M/w640-h358/Call+Me+Bwana.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As I said, I have a soft spot for old time comics, with Bob Hope being one such entity. CALL ME BWANA (1963) was pretty weak, though it did feature the gorgeous Anita Ekberg, so that's enough reason to sit through it!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGg-GBM5NzIucrxbAJr3MQPsKZiyhaT_9PVkZuRiLYH8Tkzxo7uDJ3I129F6IG3lDYRDKcNEvrSzldXlImF2PtGQk89_0usy-__8HnlRrr8FZbSpHvrbR5MKl5l_dMOeZapKU3SsdEFE/s1856/Clash+5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1856" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGg-GBM5NzIucrxbAJr3MQPsKZiyhaT_9PVkZuRiLYH8Tkzxo7uDJ3I129F6IG3lDYRDKcNEvrSzldXlImF2PtGQk89_0usy-__8HnlRrr8FZbSpHvrbR5MKl5l_dMOeZapKU3SsdEFE/w640-h242/Clash+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cliff's company Westbury Design & Optical handled all of the special miniature work for Ray Harryhausen's CLASH OF THE TITANS (1979). Cliff's son, Neil Culley, is seen here photographing the impressive deluge.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsRqjdOp3fNPcQgGffRBgSr4RkHOR1nyImK77C4XvhOkzfXsp3CkipMvE3So7cz72abpRQQW07TMzHvvAFfm4diNvLXVBr6rZ82Nu2TOWCh4II96i54dHrG2tPEbADpQNhaB4NQcgZaE/s1666/Clash+of+Titans-Westbury+set+up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1666" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsRqjdOp3fNPcQgGffRBgSr4RkHOR1nyImK77C4XvhOkzfXsp3CkipMvE3So7cz72abpRQQW07TMzHvvAFfm4diNvLXVBr6rZ82Nu2TOWCh4II96i54dHrG2tPEbADpQNhaB4NQcgZaE/w640-h410/Clash+of+Titans-Westbury+set+up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">CLASH OF THE TITANS flood with bluescreen performers added in by Frank van Der Veer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9eQapA5_kInob6ayvMsuJtwDmu1PXPSvmXELsfQGvE2ipRbVyx0F5c4K77Zr484cqNEUs32xuzL7RoqmG2WsjH9ZUHBq2oFlJ8FX1qmbE2u9EdL1w-mKaq-Tt2SjIFZeoFijCwHmJY0/s1280/Clash1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1280" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9eQapA5_kInob6ayvMsuJtwDmu1PXPSvmXELsfQGvE2ipRbVyx0F5c4K77Zr484cqNEUs32xuzL7RoqmG2WsjH9ZUHBq2oFlJ8FX1qmbE2u9EdL1w-mKaq-Tt2SjIFZeoFijCwHmJY0/w640-h368/Clash1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Culley matte shot from CLASH OF THE TITANS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTSASOT9gSG2s6SuSE_T76aMwBVWsIcnTbQDJLYZE6c6SR06Cgxxcu4OqDQ9CLogtL29cI2Z5pKmYIeE-Bbb3YSt3hyvGiPrizsPLYuyTwD79BGnTr-ndAk0tlSoFqkjsSjcqTyERFkQ/s2316/OHMSS+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="2316" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTSASOT9gSG2s6SuSE_T76aMwBVWsIcnTbQDJLYZE6c6SR06Cgxxcu4OqDQ9CLogtL29cI2Z5pKmYIeE-Bbb3YSt3hyvGiPrizsPLYuyTwD79BGnTr-ndAk0tlSoFqkjsSjcqTyERFkQ/w640-h160/OHMSS+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Arguably one of the very best James Bond pictures was ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969), which even with a change of lead man <u>still</u> hit the spot and delivered. A tough, no shit, kick-'em-in-the-balls style of Bond that even Connery hadn't ventured into. This is one of many mattes and visual effects from the film. Interestingly, I think Cliff painted the mattes for this one 'squeezed', as evidenced by photos I've seen <i>(the pic at right I've <u>un</u>-squeezed for this blog).</i> Presumably to enable the matte art to be photographed with superior spherical lenses and allow later scope stretch to 2.35:1</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoMHJa30Pe_WYcdKilHbozVxzaYu0pQuacwuR363pWFBfuKmdXYmA2VYQ4HPJMNXVwnW6-cvpOQF8Fg91Eaw3QgEqkst3j_qBtNt0NcnDR4shtW6eStTkd2HJf3Ye1lkUO20eUi_lT88/s1300/OHMSS2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1300" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoMHJa30Pe_WYcdKilHbozVxzaYu0pQuacwuR363pWFBfuKmdXYmA2VYQ4HPJMNXVwnW6-cvpOQF8Fg91Eaw3QgEqkst3j_qBtNt0NcnDR4shtW6eStTkd2HJf3Ye1lkUO20eUi_lT88/w640-h548/OHMSS2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A couple more OHMSS mattes, with the lower one being the perfect invisible trick that nobody ever notices. The small village far below has been painted in by Cliff, and speaking of 'cliffs', the safety cable on the stuntman's leg is very visible in this action bit. The film, though a tad overlong, was a very satisfying experience. Lazenby was surprisingly good and could have made a couple more (wish he had), Telly Savalas was wonderful as ever, Diana Rigg was a stunner, Peter Hunt's direction and John Glen's very 'Hunt inspired' rapid, almost violent action cutting was fantastic, but best of all was the breathtaking score by John Barry - arguably his best in the series. Sorry guys, you can keep Daniel Craig (easily the <u>least</u> impressive 007 by a country mile), with not a scene being memorable from any of his Bond films, whereas I can recall so much from all my faves.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmyBWwJZCJOqCqGiV0QNRgnkWTQkijNaPagxIMlTqOZd41s81Ze9X3IrI_Hl4eocgt1iAlNYjCkXJhhnrTKHUxaPZgdDxJMgliRRPmoJF2ZsMpdtuY1VuY8YSNYZx9gIb5iWT5CpnMvs/s1280/The+Long+Haul-57+BR+Culley+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1280" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmyBWwJZCJOqCqGiV0QNRgnkWTQkijNaPagxIMlTqOZd41s81Ze9X3IrI_Hl4eocgt1iAlNYjCkXJhhnrTKHUxaPZgdDxJMgliRRPmoJF2ZsMpdtuY1VuY8YSNYZx9gIb5iWT5CpnMvs/w640-h352/The+Long+Haul-57+BR+Culley+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another great little British flick many would not have heard of - THE LONG HAUL (1957) starring Victor Mature and Diana Dors. One of several UK 'trucking' thrillers made around that time <i>(another <u>great</u> one being the incredible HELL DRIVERS, made the same year. See it now!!)</i>. Here is a sensational full matte painting which features near the action packed climax. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWSKTJDRmzXguxoUcE5X_2ZroYdgMvZSgcxHlP0ss8dXle9RX7Xn8V-FyGWfQlr7Cre7kCZULhtkh8BSC1BM19cR42fzWgbp3oUjQTUW05YsNhNRmKJJdPh93QbgYl4-BARHUA9uMcs4/s1920/When+Eight+Bells+Toll-71+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWSKTJDRmzXguxoUcE5X_2ZroYdgMvZSgcxHlP0ss8dXle9RX7Xn8V-FyGWfQlr7Cre7kCZULhtkh8BSC1BM19cR42fzWgbp3oUjQTUW05YsNhNRmKJJdPh93QbgYl4-BARHUA9uMcs4/w640-h272/When+Eight+Bells+Toll-71+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'd seen the film several times but never spotted this matte shot until Dave Worrall, editor of Cinema Retro magazine (a must read!) told me and sent me a shot. WHEN EIGHT BELLS TOLL (1971) with an actual Scottish castle (that's by a lake in reality) that has been altered via Culley matte art to make it atop a sheer rocky clifftop. Genius.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzacOkeFOuU6dapdlxHaRQtU_zkXyJ9NbSrhqNSDnP9JvHoEGV_KvXhFV8B_lPnS4tWOq_YdtqvngFFnp3GWYww2W2fzNEVVhhvJXjlGwdm441rr41qqixK8VmpjkrnP_tGVkCRBcSdg/s1788/Woman+of+Straw-64+BLURAY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1788" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzacOkeFOuU6dapdlxHaRQtU_zkXyJ9NbSrhqNSDnP9JvHoEGV_KvXhFV8B_lPnS4tWOq_YdtqvngFFnp3GWYww2W2fzNEVVhhvJXjlGwdm441rr41qqixK8VmpjkrnP_tGVkCRBcSdg/w640-h386/Woman+of+Straw-64+BLURAY.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A superbly rendered Old Bailey courtroom matte from the Sean Connery drama WOMAN OF STRAW (1964). Incidentally, Sean and Cliff were good mates and would often play golf together once the day's shooting had been completed at Pinewood.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFW9XmciU94q2J5cF0_5kRscbhwm65h8JB-RFVnpqw87fOeox1CP1fsbAk0922nwSe57-znlqLZ-e3MddlDxqigvNvGRqhyphenhyphen4FkLk7IZOhPoFtNHKyPOTSuFwd6p-GVUqwFPrJI-MahoE/s2620/YOLT+space.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="2620" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFW9XmciU94q2J5cF0_5kRscbhwm65h8JB-RFVnpqw87fOeox1CP1fsbAk0922nwSe57-znlqLZ-e3MddlDxqigvNvGRqhyphenhyphen4FkLk7IZOhPoFtNHKyPOTSuFwd6p-GVUqwFPrJI-MahoE/w640-h280/YOLT+space.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the best James Bond films to my mind was YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967). My father took me to see it as a kid and I well recall later having nightmares over the opening sequence in space where the bad spaceship chomps through the air supply of the NASA astronaut, letting him float helplessly away, and then this 'bad' spaceship literally swallows the NASA rocket. Really shook me up as a young fella. Although, as a kid at the time of the first release, I knew nothing about trick effects, it was upon subsequent viewings in 35mm, 16mm and TV that the sequence really showed up the worst examples of <i>'garbage matting'</i> - that is, a common procedure where optical <i>patches</i> are applied to omit or conceal undesired artifacts from the original composite photography - where in <u>this</u> YOLT sequence they popped up all over the screen in very visible 'repairs'. Later DVD and BluRay don't seem to show this annoying artifact. maybe thanks to tighter control over the contrast of 'black' effects shots in the remastering process?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-ZUTCY2QHeIwMQra92qyR9J202UDaEDymIYWUIPPuxxpGi5qiclu2ncqIgN6FgcJRP2RVHOJI0HYMUwrXjRL1uTl4ezFr4CL4ztY-iAC7ZROP_lGZeE8I-ccjJz-mB3UofH219tQ7g0/s1292/YOLT+matte+Dave+Worrall.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1292" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-ZUTCY2QHeIwMQra92qyR9J202UDaEDymIYWUIPPuxxpGi5qiclu2ncqIgN6FgcJRP2RVHOJI0HYMUwrXjRL1uTl4ezFr4CL4ztY-iAC7ZROP_lGZeE8I-ccjJz-mB3UofH219tQ7g0/w640-h402/YOLT+matte+Dave+Worrall.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've contributed a few articles to Dave Worrall's wonderful mag, <i><b>Cinema Retro</b></i> over the years and he was kind enough to send me this wonderful pic he took when he visited Cliff Culley's matte studio at Pinewood quite a number of years back. Dave remembered Cliff as being a really nice guy and fun to be around. This painting is interesting as it's one of just 4 remaining Culley paintings that are known to exist. Eon, the producers of 007 apparently have this and three others in their offices (one of them is a CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG matte, which Eon also produced). The sequence in the final film only ever uses the middle part of this matte for some reason, as a close up. Perhaps the proposed long shot was dropped during editing?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHxXO3qmLeYqmMCX8iHlMNZGAOP3oZSDgAjiSaluaoYvaFOwIouai9UaBkNfOj__VnQGTrdaQOv7a93qOJbHqEXFfGH3ROBW61aqmfu-3aL99M-yU72naTA1FHnWImUpjHuywB_N5L3w/s1280/YOLT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHxXO3qmLeYqmMCX8iHlMNZGAOP3oZSDgAjiSaluaoYvaFOwIouai9UaBkNfOj__VnQGTrdaQOv7a93qOJbHqEXFfGH3ROBW61aqmfu-3aL99M-yU72naTA1FHnWImUpjHuywB_N5L3w/w640-h272/YOLT.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another grand view, entirely painted, from YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Incidentally, this too had the most sublime score by John Barry, and beautiful Nancy Sinatra theme song to boot. Love it!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhAAuIGoQrBPqyTMfwE1QIe51zejiv0W0GqLHRhUc9kEsOWPVfYIZ7pPNyXH7iFylw1fPdEg9xAb91k2CMKWXfvSrNQ17EtEzicsqpV7ll7_dz66qe8IuOhyk0tU0OznvIv1BHzNcHEA/s967/Cine+Technician-Pinewood+Protest+notice.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="967" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhAAuIGoQrBPqyTMfwE1QIe51zejiv0W0GqLHRhUc9kEsOWPVfYIZ7pPNyXH7iFylw1fPdEg9xAb91k2CMKWXfvSrNQ17EtEzicsqpV7ll7_dz66qe8IuOhyk0tU0OznvIv1BHzNcHEA/w640-h352/Cine+Technician-Pinewood+Protest+notice.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As mentioned earlier, an apology was forthcoming: The Pinewood studio effects team were miffed at being omitted from not only official screen credits but from all mention in the British industry journal Cine Technician, where boss, Bill Warrington was always the one and only FX kudos in print form. This probably dates from around 1957 or so.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKsmvCgcUR3uL0Sma0N-9yUR9VPQiscoLesOf2_bELSnZ5PrHeVD1AsIutgKYKWKBNH300Om2Hhy6HHnzZwDULgyanRQAH_d-bAr-PunxO9coF_rQgHO0-SXmVd97UzWEk1JrV1CaNxg/s1210/Warlords+of+Atlantis.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="1210" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKsmvCgcUR3uL0Sma0N-9yUR9VPQiscoLesOf2_bELSnZ5PrHeVD1AsIutgKYKWKBNH300Om2Hhy6HHnzZwDULgyanRQAH_d-bAr-PunxO9coF_rQgHO0-SXmVd97UzWEk1JrV1CaNxg/w640-h366/Warlords+of+Atlantis.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In the late 70's Cliff had a new apprentice, Leigh Took, and the pair of them would paint mattes and provide miniatures on a myriad of films such as WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS (1978)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPhltQ2YeGUbrXypRCFsydRnJuHFlE3j1Vz1JYnDP26S2RrY67AK2Sf0lGXBuREdDuDifW9RE0S6oDmibqa1aY2AYd42q8OdmYsCIGVajeBDWl6YUcLGuc-QpNX7EsyzaXfkmHAhA6wQ/s1616/Arabian+Adventure.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1616" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPhltQ2YeGUbrXypRCFsydRnJuHFlE3j1Vz1JYnDP26S2RrY67AK2Sf0lGXBuREdDuDifW9RE0S6oDmibqa1aY2AYd42q8OdmYsCIGVajeBDWl6YUcLGuc-QpNX7EsyzaXfkmHAhA6wQ/w640-h342/Arabian+Adventure.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of the spectacle films Cliff worked on was ARABIAN ADVENTURE (1978) which had many matte shots, models and some clever process combinations.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOx-hn6z9bitDUFvTtKk_5po3tBALPyW_et6crjHoRbi7NS4VgJTo88GQ1lbHThVIq_rvEwMijEoUQW7eeifc6OipPgiDPea8_5ySUROf7melVbqO8kJ3UzD3rfayqgLSqukgj2a0LyA/s1497/Sahara-83.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="1497" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOx-hn6z9bitDUFvTtKk_5po3tBALPyW_et6crjHoRbi7NS4VgJTo88GQ1lbHThVIq_rvEwMijEoUQW7eeifc6OipPgiDPea8_5ySUROf7melVbqO8kJ3UzD3rfayqgLSqukgj2a0LyA/w640-h562/Sahara-83.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A couple of barely detectable mattes from the Brook Shields adventure film SAHARA (1983). There were also a couple of other mattes that were supplied by Mark Sullivan and Jim Danforth.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECZ3ihNUYPPwWpOcdwaUe72c2JT57b-_7uW92n14lv75_lC2XGl6F9l-V2SbZqf47vroo5FqnlG6159TjCvdzCoquenZk5y2jCxYaj4xbYnieU6L5qDMVavKEZGNfr47LZ_OUuxb1kFM/s1920/On+eof+Our+Dino+3a+HD.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECZ3ihNUYPPwWpOcdwaUe72c2JT57b-_7uW92n14lv75_lC2XGl6F9l-V2SbZqf47vroo5FqnlG6159TjCvdzCoquenZk5y2jCxYaj4xbYnieU6L5qDMVavKEZGNfr47LZ_OUuxb1kFM/w640-h364/On+eof+Our+Dino+3a+HD.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In the mid seventies, the Disney organisation produced several pictures entirely in the United Kingdom, using all British talent. This is one of several Culley shots from ONE OF OUR DINOSAURS IS MISSING (1975).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVl3rVUby3tiyrHtCwtXraesP6oAYaU03-EPQHa8DO3NjXCtMbxscwkVE62l7gYhv7sHqk-ZJqadix7qr73ME6C-6Vw-tKCl6Lro7_NLvKrZsb5nBIxOdAKfLmwSp_Sws7GfUK7CPPoA/s1920/One+of+Our+Dino%2527s+is+Missing.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1920" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVl3rVUby3tiyrHtCwtXraesP6oAYaU03-EPQHa8DO3NjXCtMbxscwkVE62l7gYhv7sHqk-ZJqadix7qr73ME6C-6Vw-tKCl6Lro7_NLvKrZsb5nBIxOdAKfLmwSp_Sws7GfUK7CPPoA/w640-h364/One+of+Our+Dino%2527s+is+Missing.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the same film is this neat, almost entirely painted interior of The British Museum, circa 1920.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCc6_EkZp2Bo0RF8xIVV3ms0aWoh0hl75zzxMaeFNeUc7_lpPhHkoJI5OhWHjaaS8WXGeU9S-8zolfssUIe_nEtTKBeWclkcHDDpLJB17dvFnPB4pyO7k7nquY8QinYSnEGonNUQ7IVE/s1920/PP+Strikes+Again.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCc6_EkZp2Bo0RF8xIVV3ms0aWoh0hl75zzxMaeFNeUc7_lpPhHkoJI5OhWHjaaS8WXGeU9S-8zolfssUIe_nEtTKBeWclkcHDDpLJB17dvFnPB4pyO7k7nquY8QinYSnEGonNUQ7IVE/w640-h278/PP+Strikes+Again.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the popular Peter Sellers series THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (1976).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6NyiD_vpxlYpZMBowokI6z1FwiK1f0jJW3WL2Azfi6E_e6Mk_OtGeYWlPdxgpvwDg2j14l3AdKGcLjSDrQy2s-qLpaAI2N6E0JO_me2kwQXC4U4ZcztdtRwwH8xEEkWGlWcxoDkshKo/s1390/Last+Days+of+Pompeii+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1390" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6NyiD_vpxlYpZMBowokI6z1FwiK1f0jJW3WL2Azfi6E_e6Mk_OtGeYWlPdxgpvwDg2j14l3AdKGcLjSDrQy2s-qLpaAI2N6E0JO_me2kwQXC4U4ZcztdtRwwH8xEEkWGlWcxoDkshKo/w640-h466/Last+Days+of+Pompeii+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Scenes of spectacle from the made for tv mini-series THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII, with assistant Leigh Took helping out on the large number of shots, and Cliff's son Neil on fx camera duties.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdLxLRZSilbd9UXxvZQt3_kF5l-Jkkky4prxGZjMgEijqohoONvTsGWcT_4tEyJjiZWmrscifTIAOq1INldDmz0fGd-JfiDgsSNiRZceoah4k-_FZ1Cm5hD-VI9GEzkuoaJls8jrew_0/s1050/pompeii-line+up+streetB.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1050" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdLxLRZSilbd9UXxvZQt3_kF5l-Jkkky4prxGZjMgEijqohoONvTsGWcT_4tEyJjiZWmrscifTIAOq1INldDmz0fGd-JfiDgsSNiRZceoah4k-_FZ1Cm5hD-VI9GEzkuoaJls8jrew_0/w640-h482/pompeii-line+up+streetB.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Preparations for an <i>in camera </i>painted glass shot, made on the Pinewood back lot. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9_O7tQuf_SVaxmoRKiLcBvTjxUYcudOPaS_-GHWoz0C4cWTcCAe4AxgYNiiLs15i7RnsvhuH8uncnU-_br6RIk4Z3YAi270ZkSsnnnzWCxivlOUT7X44jEq8lhvyqaOJje8ZesdHc5I/s1737/Cliff+lining+up+glass+shot+Pompeii.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1737" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9_O7tQuf_SVaxmoRKiLcBvTjxUYcudOPaS_-GHWoz0C4cWTcCAe4AxgYNiiLs15i7RnsvhuH8uncnU-_br6RIk4Z3YAi270ZkSsnnnzWCxivlOUT7X44jEq8lhvyqaOJje8ZesdHc5I/w640-h450/Cliff+lining+up+glass+shot+Pompeii.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A revealing look at the set up for the foreground glass shot. That's Cliff at the 35mm camera, lining up the matte art with the partial set, and Cliff's son Neil as effects cameraman shown observing at left.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7pRF_sJfkI0uGpjYkAUIV3NoWBX5qiwh03fyUdOyu71aXG05f7wAl5bSVhEF5nQtOwyTxbhbZEL-8ABRxbMMlUYkruwnqTrEfDFq-PQ6cu_lG-GxVw6Yz7PEjSLdjbxSXUdJs2tvkcA/s1576/Peter+The+Great.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="1576" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7pRF_sJfkI0uGpjYkAUIV3NoWBX5qiwh03fyUdOyu71aXG05f7wAl5bSVhEF5nQtOwyTxbhbZEL-8ABRxbMMlUYkruwnqTrEfDFq-PQ6cu_lG-GxVw6Yz7PEjSLdjbxSXUdJs2tvkcA/w640-h496/Peter+The+Great.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some mattes from another mini-series for American television, PETER THE GREAT, from the 1990's. Note the wonderful Winter Palace painting shown top left.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgn02hNPfL1r1gMdJj8g56k_vpYv3bzLFyVPoMRHP4X_wZXk-uy-7kyLJFmO-rWFkWi05uXVsmushdHx1mHaSaDnPJ_lDo5OWP3MLGtgajjoaQ84jd410LyjA1RmCTdEJCnPMIxNOVA4/s1920/Hellraiser+2+1080p.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgn02hNPfL1r1gMdJj8g56k_vpYv3bzLFyVPoMRHP4X_wZXk-uy-7kyLJFmO-rWFkWi05uXVsmushdHx1mHaSaDnPJ_lDo5OWP3MLGtgajjoaQ84jd410LyjA1RmCTdEJCnPMIxNOVA4/w640-h360/Hellraiser+2+1080p.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now here's a film that featured some mind boggling visual effects - and most impressive they were at that. The film was HELLBOUND-HELLRAISER 2 (1988). These scenes were highly imaginative in design and supremely well executed by Culley and his team. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMwPcvg45QRH3IGUuQ-AmqaJGIKVjvc_CxxBxHyWi1X2fu5J2Z863hL5YUTVF1DLkcn2FwC_lGZKhxy8P0XJmfx6r0nOZtDn1wv60fV-rXAb94Y4eY1hLk_3JbD2_N4pyUE9bRaQkvLY/s1280/Hellraiser+2+matte+shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMwPcvg45QRH3IGUuQ-AmqaJGIKVjvc_CxxBxHyWi1X2fu5J2Z863hL5YUTVF1DLkcn2FwC_lGZKhxy8P0XJmfx6r0nOZtDn1wv60fV-rXAb94Y4eY1hLk_3JbD2_N4pyUE9bRaQkvLY/w640-h360/Hellraiser+2+matte+shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another bizarre set piece from HELLBOUND-HELLRAISER 2.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6ZXliMKJFlM32RJ7R6x9MAfmOVIW_fiWla-zOyYYjK8r5aMnfGR2vMeP1r0wPCnilJbspc74-iozt-stq6biv_le4WiE-94GgKlBYq06XN4JomzkKFoNOHNHUFUUa8Z9baedwSTHho0/s1512/NightBreed-bef%2526aft+Culley.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="1512" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6ZXliMKJFlM32RJ7R6x9MAfmOVIW_fiWla-zOyYYjK8r5aMnfGR2vMeP1r0wPCnilJbspc74-iozt-stq6biv_le4WiE-94GgKlBYq06XN4JomzkKFoNOHNHUFUUa8Z9baedwSTHho0/w640-h522/NightBreed-bef%2526aft+Culley.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While we're on extreme and utterly insane films, we can't for a moment omit the psychotic nightmare that was NIGHT BREED (1990) which I covered in detail in a previous blog. Tons of excellent matte painted shots and optical combination work. This is a great look at the way things were done, from the conceptual artwork, plate photography through to the finished composite. Assisting Cliff on this mammoth matte show was former Pinewood matte painter Bob Bell, and a young trainee, Terry Adlam.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4O4f6POrlR365Fx22jfRhX7qkmHVti9oUEfnyT2wKRnFYK5xNrXSL6taHQAHI8XXkrkvhfQz61YmQodamBtiI6i_l8SXShnqtS-6MfsiRZ8oDXrKFYNGUSf2GuraM5Tva2M3iE0rNRc/s1479/Restoration.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="1479" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4O4f6POrlR365Fx22jfRhX7qkmHVti9oUEfnyT2wKRnFYK5xNrXSL6taHQAHI8XXkrkvhfQz61YmQodamBtiI6i_l8SXShnqtS-6MfsiRZ8oDXrKFYNGUSf2GuraM5Tva2M3iE0rNRc/w640-h192/Restoration.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I think this might have been Cliff's final film, or certainly near to it. RESTORATION (1995) was a rollicking, sumptuous, bawdy, 17th Century, bodice ripper of a yarn if ever there were one.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><b>So now, on with todays topic - the overlooked films.....</b></div><div><b>Enjoy</b><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6mbkCA2QEPI2qt-zl0zaHoEG9egBFXMajF1bVBpsPh7f5GbiJXdqNnComOZnaYikTGr6dWDOVlDJ8yYTX5PyL9c6s3zo3IAYUubjW9fAt3yy57ULURNNGtNHLVKxK1uHFXRMemnw3qg/s2331/Spart-blog.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="2331" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6mbkCA2QEPI2qt-zl0zaHoEG9egBFXMajF1bVBpsPh7f5GbiJXdqNnComOZnaYikTGr6dWDOVlDJ8yYTX5PyL9c6s3zo3IAYUubjW9fAt3yy57ULURNNGtNHLVKxK1uHFXRMemnw3qg/w640-h272/Spart-blog.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">SPARTACUS, made in 1960, is one of those films that improves with age, and is far more than the 'sword and sandals' epic one might believe, thanks in no small part to a superb, literate and intelligent script by Dalton Trumbo - who thanks to the power of star/producer Kirk Douglas was hired <u>and</u> credited despite his 'blacklisted' status as a result of the paranoid Red Scare. The perfect cast of veteran actors compliment the wonderfully penned dialogue. While the film is really Kirk Douglas' show - and great he is - the support cast absolutely make the film. Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov and best of all the unforgettable Charles Laughton who gets all the best lines. So good is the writing that one hangs on every spoken word. Terrific.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-1hOYxKsoyWumVED2CQyoOe5rJpZSRcScE_nmYM_nnKRfk59NfAhq4WbvUkFXU7OwWTg74j7EM3rbOlRE0TWznra8ehJT5x167YJbaOpa1lEhuUtioBbL3LjBGpZtDv5TCSuraYvX9o/s1986/Spartacus-behind+scenes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1287" data-original-width="1986" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-1hOYxKsoyWumVED2CQyoOe5rJpZSRcScE_nmYM_nnKRfk59NfAhq4WbvUkFXU7OwWTg74j7EM3rbOlRE0TWznra8ehJT5x167YJbaOpa1lEhuUtioBbL3LjBGpZtDv5TCSuraYvX9o/w640-h414/Spartacus-behind+scenes.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm a big fan of Stanley Kubrick, and rank several of his films as all time classics. PATHS OF GLORY, THE KILLING, BARRY LYNDON and especially the brilliant DR STRANGELOVE - a film that gets better every year. SPARTACUS was never a favourite for its director, with him really just being a 'director for hire' (and replacing the original helmer, Anthony Mann), though I feel the film is exceptional, and ranks as among the very finest of the big budget Roman-Biblical genre. Beautifully photographed by Russell Metty in the high fidelity large format Super-Technirama 70mm.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh008irvYJr9HlSFFfOxNwRHrDQVC_XRO3ZW4AvlWnG1hz1pyPB6bSrQNrBcpuKDy38q6LQoDlCBEaHo6lvkFScirs19eJyURK2PddC5LanMlWHpHNuRJCgVKd1F1mEgb9UVFd984lmdLQ/s1380/Spart1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1380" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh008irvYJr9HlSFFfOxNwRHrDQVC_XRO3ZW4AvlWnG1hz1pyPB6bSrQNrBcpuKDy38q6LQoDlCBEaHo6lvkFScirs19eJyURK2PddC5LanMlWHpHNuRJCgVKd1F1mEgb9UVFd984lmdLQ/w400-h330/Spart1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The legendary Saul Bass was title designer and overall visual consultant.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhQKw_j8iO0X9H8NctvHhHu7_PNpjJRaTG3h59Vixw3p_kan5Z5ruXvyPsqBkpmhoEItkDjkZpI0V6g-SdQFgYuXDb4Qa31j72AuXlt14xioHQOoot6N0GEmnEILxIVRBAqS4MkcRijY/s1486/Spart2+%2528Ellenshaw%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1486" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhQKw_j8iO0X9H8NctvHhHu7_PNpjJRaTG3h59Vixw3p_kan5Z5ruXvyPsqBkpmhoEItkDjkZpI0V6g-SdQFgYuXDb4Qa31j72AuXlt14xioHQOoot6N0GEmnEILxIVRBAqS4MkcRijY/w640-h570/Spart2+%2528Ellenshaw%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">SPARTACUS contained a number of matte shots, with all bar one (above) executed in house at Universal Studios. The shot above is perhaps the most recognised and deservedly so. For some reason, this shot was farmed out to Disney Studios where <b>Peter Ellenshaw</b> ran the matte department. According to FX cameramen Bill Taylor and Craig Barron, this view of Rome was initially handed on to Peter's assistant, Albert Whitlock, to paint, though for whatever reason Albert only progressed so far - maybe just blocking it in - with Ellenshaw taking it over and completing it. Both Taylor and Barron mentioned to me that the finished matte as a whole is unquestionably Ellenshaw in style, technique and composition.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJsrpxHqIZmxMCsOoOWc-fEI8DD7hSxT2IRfOG6y_hvMduPUPNNxFfaDKwOridVj3xYInrRhZehQysLsnE8YwNDt8BujkrU5ntHgCi1oB-oAd4mqnTANuYyXJeBHLOpxL4LLTw6YBK3Q/s966/Spartacus-Ellenshaw+full+painting+HQ.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="966" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJsrpxHqIZmxMCsOoOWc-fEI8DD7hSxT2IRfOG6y_hvMduPUPNNxFfaDKwOridVj3xYInrRhZehQysLsnE8YwNDt8BujkrU5ntHgCi1oB-oAd4mqnTANuYyXJeBHLOpxL4LLTw6YBK3Q/w640-h324/Spartacus-Ellenshaw+full+painting+HQ.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ellenshaws' magnificent piece as it still looks today. The glass had cracked at some point and great care was needed to repair the delicate matte which was recently donated (or loaned?) by the Ellenshaw family to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99J8ou8BhNfUDUfukghBtdrTS9ncClXLIewfkeOpZklrevT55hnTJ6gv9hQro8CTr6TJVGEo5rna_OzHx7tnlPmo7ZjzlvdnxuzCQ39ywVF4hHfm5sHsAwevOjChIWhkIxOd9zXLXbDA/s1580/Spartacus-Peter+with+painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1580" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99J8ou8BhNfUDUfukghBtdrTS9ncClXLIewfkeOpZklrevT55hnTJ6gv9hQro8CTr6TJVGEo5rna_OzHx7tnlPmo7ZjzlvdnxuzCQ39ywVF4hHfm5sHsAwevOjChIWhkIxOd9zXLXbDA/w640-h462/Spartacus-Peter+with+painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peter inspects his one and only <i>non</i>-Disney matte painting at his California home in the mid 90's. The lower right pic shows Peter examining a tiny fragment of the original 35mm live action plate (shown top right) as shot on the Universal backlot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAtlMjtIV12-wrqpblfVNZRM4cnpTpbF203hxvwKP2TmBIEOGz-GG25IOHR9abnmM9N2wGirjbamQNgMBRFtj4z1xxWVEqWITeJ08DWl9xDD4vAd0xDwT0UARBnQX4z-ONwCFoeU3XxI/s2097/Spart+admiration-+Evans+%2526+Barron.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="2097" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAtlMjtIV12-wrqpblfVNZRM4cnpTpbF203hxvwKP2TmBIEOGz-GG25IOHR9abnmM9N2wGirjbamQNgMBRFtj4z1xxWVEqWITeJ08DWl9xDD4vAd0xDwT0UARBnQX4z-ONwCFoeU3XxI/w640-h396/Spart+admiration-+Evans+%2526+Barron.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">So much to admire..... Modern era matte pro's Christopher Evans (left) and Craig Barron show great admiration for the Ellenshaw masterpiece, and who wouldn't?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFkdnzzist1ZsVKExZLdnaX4dS4KVNSprlbCIqo7xwsA7sTI9sf6FNkcFXK5UlXWb5nuNxaa9OUuJSmq9KlnyQbM8om8e0c5a8acEOvgDbHEwoER-Y9Rh5xpn7FMpMeIH8ph8jbf-6Rg/s1632/Spartacus-detail3+hirez.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1632" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFkdnzzist1ZsVKExZLdnaX4dS4KVNSprlbCIqo7xwsA7sTI9sf6FNkcFXK5UlXWb5nuNxaa9OUuJSmq9KlnyQbM8om8e0c5a8acEOvgDbHEwoER-Y9Rh5xpn7FMpMeIH8ph8jbf-6Rg/w640-h480/Spartacus-detail3+hirez.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail with that definitive Ellenshaw feeling of backlight and subtle silhouettes. Fantastic.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGoHJ34fKaTN7THdLRK8SZcEYdfrjLtw1djv9fwev42xC9judBkpfroaZTV93Nu5CP2-tqGyMpr0DVeiYWr9XpvugB7zhJCG8u5l1HBQbYW4LQv-_KJvP6FLP7W2J4011X4YdeFf2bI0w/s1920/Spartacus-detail1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="1920" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGoHJ34fKaTN7THdLRK8SZcEYdfrjLtw1djv9fwev42xC9judBkpfroaZTV93Nu5CP2-tqGyMpr0DVeiYWr9XpvugB7zhJCG8u5l1HBQbYW4LQv-_KJvP6FLP7W2J4011X4YdeFf2bI0w/w640-h398/Spartacus-detail1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More wonderful detail.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLjpj0WKAZBWovZVfLMG-qjK8UJolo-0xToAc_9-9xYVydoROQ3OBOsZPoMODeovaKp1bNGlel9s9lV0g-pbTjN9kmhhK7gTfg_mDL8sUcboHO8cs-vEggdAWHc3LPl72T2KLkMeXCOQ/s1040/Spartacus-detail+hirez1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1040" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLjpj0WKAZBWovZVfLMG-qjK8UJolo-0xToAc_9-9xYVydoROQ3OBOsZPoMODeovaKp1bNGlel9s9lV0g-pbTjN9kmhhK7gTfg_mDL8sUcboHO8cs-vEggdAWHc3LPl72T2KLkMeXCOQ/w640-h484/Spartacus-detail+hirez1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">You can see some cracks in the glass here. An occupational hazard with the artform.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1nAmRxWaH1vsFq9ZVRV7X_ZMaqJtC-XdLYJ-rS9wBEAY1lYObWmY2bFc446ELrXfalJmZ-rxAkTAEA880qO6EEwJRCNTs3fz_LmGX7rB7jnAvwQahSzo-iluOTbfWfLR8ZEI021yiUE/s1920/Spart3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1920" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1nAmRxWaH1vsFq9ZVRV7X_ZMaqJtC-XdLYJ-rS9wBEAY1lYObWmY2bFc446ELrXfalJmZ-rxAkTAEA880qO6EEwJRCNTs3fz_LmGX7rB7jnAvwQahSzo-iluOTbfWfLR8ZEI021yiUE/w640-h288/Spart3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As mentioned, the remainder of the mattes were Universal renderings, with Russell Lawson being long time resident matte artist, a position he held from as far back as the 1930's on shows like THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. Lawson retired a couple of years after SPARTACUS when he inherited a fortune. Albert Whitlock jumped at the chance to head up a matte department of his own, so departed the Ellenshaw department at Disney and got the job at Universal. The rest, as they say, is history. For the above shot, the matte line runs across the screen just above Olivier's head.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6iFLV-johzTtc7FQ_BVo7M3_DhOB8xmCb7OSrIdeC3zuj_Wd8bQyhm1KvCTDdumTx5yRrZij784V4M4eLDttK0ki-iO7aEegdL2x8nxYKN39sHDJeLa8hqt6jbpG5JsfibLuoqSlU-g/s1920/Spart4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1920" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6iFLV-johzTtc7FQ_BVo7M3_DhOB8xmCb7OSrIdeC3zuj_Wd8bQyhm1KvCTDdumTx5yRrZij784V4M4eLDttK0ki-iO7aEegdL2x8nxYKN39sHDJeLa8hqt6jbpG5JsfibLuoqSlU-g/w640-h288/Spart4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A curious shot this one. The matted in portion (much of the frame) seems to have multiple layers, with the background and distant sky on different focal planes than the main painted section with temples etc. May be dual glasses, which is something evident in a number of old Universal films. Quite why they did this is unknown?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkYwbLIpbkGY5O8usDZkSOuSDx__kpjz7Q8qRWBwEcUGi8PlsXXDzeU0wv3W69A9x6M1XwC0YFP6-TPsZGjW8hvL_I5lyqBW6L25125xKKU4KXj9RxRoTgyHmVwkszRZyJJr110ZA7YQ/s1920/Spart5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1920" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkYwbLIpbkGY5O8usDZkSOuSDx__kpjz7Q8qRWBwEcUGi8PlsXXDzeU0wv3W69A9x6M1XwC0YFP6-TPsZGjW8hvL_I5lyqBW6L25125xKKU4KXj9RxRoTgyHmVwkszRZyJJr110ZA7YQ/w640-h288/Spart5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Previous incarnations of SPARTACUS were poorly timed, with the matte comps looking very unnatural. Old TV prints, VHS and even DVD's never looked satisfactory. These frames have been taken from the remastered and restored BluRay, which literally looks (and sounds) a million dollars. It's out on 4K UHD too, which I bet looks mind blowing indeed, though no good to me nor my home theatre set up, sadly <b>:(</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirivpRZ4bjzDeBdAASIX3pn2nOcqXE7BqlrMNolTywfo32kqwsGSET3iXwMKjgo9qqzFdSY-xKA5aGxPZR8hz9WqYlDIsKNKVXmLgaCxwqTiccRPgQdT9PbuvFpAz0BrPD7XnUCadr-8U/s1920/Spart6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1920" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirivpRZ4bjzDeBdAASIX3pn2nOcqXE7BqlrMNolTywfo32kqwsGSET3iXwMKjgo9qqzFdSY-xKA5aGxPZR8hz9WqYlDIsKNKVXmLgaCxwqTiccRPgQdT9PbuvFpAz0BrPD7XnUCadr-8U/w640-h288/Spart6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For a three hour and fifteen minute epic there is rarely a dull moment. Just the unwelcomed and likely front office mandated 'commercial' love interest kind of bogs things down. Other than that, it remains a tremendous and thrilling epic.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWjSvYIDAJ807lqWA12gffESyKmfrtm2MzqrAzpnjePGmb9YtGU0czDZWfo85pUUo5HsdtMrwCwt_ymO3xzhZslH7grkIskvF4E-Ba3yuboK3t8J_LbGOCbfr2-Y0AGdN4fBEINU87I8/s1920/Spart7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1920" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWjSvYIDAJ807lqWA12gffESyKmfrtm2MzqrAzpnjePGmb9YtGU0czDZWfo85pUUo5HsdtMrwCwt_ymO3xzhZslH7grkIskvF4E-Ba3yuboK3t8J_LbGOCbfr2-Y0AGdN4fBEINU87I8/w640-h288/Spart7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There was no special effects credit on the film, though I know Clifford Stine <i>(who <u>did</u> get an 'additional photography' credit)</i> handled some split screen photographic effects to greatly expand crowd and army numbers, and rather skillfully. I'm sure this shot is a complex one with painted upper half of the frame - complete with tiny flaming torches slot gags - coupled with a carefully replicated crowd of extras greatly expanded in number via soft splits. I read about that in a Kubrick book many years ago</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQvi2GFo1w95S-NdhWmZXInBVQC2igTmwPNtC711dmZoMzAXDSnz0SPy5VkTERBQBJACAqcmgrr9u9s0mDYFNSVXr4VJliNhaPHVSowPnOClXAuCSOIFkx6emGXtW4GE7dXTJEgul2hiM/s1920/Spart8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1920" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQvi2GFo1w95S-NdhWmZXInBVQC2igTmwPNtC711dmZoMzAXDSnz0SPy5VkTERBQBJACAqcmgrr9u9s0mDYFNSVXr4VJliNhaPHVSowPnOClXAuCSOIFkx6emGXtW4GE7dXTJEgul2hiM/w640-h288/Spart8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An ambitious shot where most of the frame has been painted in. Many little 'movement' slot gags are evident in the avenues between the troops barracks, bringing subtle life to an otherwise static shot. Veteran Universal matte cinematographer Ross Hoffman would have photographed all of Lawson's mattes and orchestrated the various gags. Hoffman has been highlighted many times in my blogs as a vital member of Universal's photographic effects department, having worked there as far back as the original INVISIBLE MAN in the early 1930's, right through to EARTHQUAKE in 1974. Hoffman handled all matte photography and travelling matte optical composite work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipGfLEOd9Fe23MOJ6eDPzT3H2AtjLWJMl-pXu7nX3drm0KHkUrR9atI4svQF-9c1hJ6o3qzG2xhYu5JWsHO_aeRbrzCGh90Yq7A-p7FI_spPNabphHo7MYjNOoLkuhHcltMin6x3De0n0/s1920/Spart9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1920" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipGfLEOd9Fe23MOJ6eDPzT3H2AtjLWJMl-pXu7nX3drm0KHkUrR9atI4svQF-9c1hJ6o3qzG2xhYu5JWsHO_aeRbrzCGh90Yq7A-p7FI_spPNabphHo7MYjNOoLkuhHcltMin6x3De0n0/w640-h288/Spart9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kirk surveys his mighty army, not realising that the majority of them are mere Lawson matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnA9NNH_hm-wBdW_nKqhwMSPbzxDz_awT5TzAq8Dk0Vg_xsPIWLCmXVulICuvI_5vUj3imE0HEbNQTSphE2duE4fKVlhyLpzDaOGXSoMjHQFBYqh8G8xrHHcSC8u3W3A-IknwPkrgniwo/s1920/vlcsnap-2020-12-31-23h34m53s119.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1920" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnA9NNH_hm-wBdW_nKqhwMSPbzxDz_awT5TzAq8Dk0Vg_xsPIWLCmXVulICuvI_5vUj3imE0HEbNQTSphE2duE4fKVlhyLpzDaOGXSoMjHQFBYqh8G8xrHHcSC8u3W3A-IknwPkrgniwo/w640-h288/vlcsnap-2020-12-31-23h34m53s119.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've deliberately adjusted this frame so as to see the painted half of the frame, again with numerous slot gags introduced to simulate fires etc.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKchVyZZY0FMqN7xO0ucHtm9_vtKJ2Hx6B2d-qp4-8LOzclLDamIeYjbU3H-6vru8AKvnRVJeac5T9C5DPb4ptR-3_Hc33rJjUvBR7bN30QV0znXOIOuszm82FP6pjcaRMghrJuekTmig/s1920/Spart+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1920" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKchVyZZY0FMqN7xO0ucHtm9_vtKJ2Hx6B2d-qp4-8LOzclLDamIeYjbU3H-6vru8AKvnRVJeac5T9C5DPb4ptR-3_Hc33rJjUvBR7bN30QV0znXOIOuszm82FP6pjcaRMghrJuekTmig/w640-h288/Spart+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A subsequent cut shows the encampment from a closer vantage point.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-NpudNVpQpjf15ckycSnb7BZekKNIsqam-0qc_ZEKXKNXf3j4kv_OIC8-G1ICuCY73-rqN4CSw47-Ra2wb-NhDPbE6u3CLfDl-N2tdnrCH91y0rUudgywS67LhaSnn5u1g9iflhT2QE/s1388/Spart+%2528split+scr%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="1388" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-NpudNVpQpjf15ckycSnb7BZekKNIsqam-0qc_ZEKXKNXf3j4kv_OIC8-G1ICuCY73-rqN4CSw47-Ra2wb-NhDPbE6u3CLfDl-N2tdnrCH91y0rUudgywS67LhaSnn5u1g9iflhT2QE/w640-h544/Spart+%2528split+scr%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, these frames are of interest. The vast approaching Roman army of Larry Olivier is in fact a trick shot accomplished with a moving optical split which basically uses the same mass of extras twice over. Clifford Stine is documented as having done this work. Stine started in Hollywood in the silent era and was an old time effects man and had been a VFX cameraman back at RKO on things like KING KONG and many other films. Later on, Clifford came over to Universal and for a time was a production D.O.P and then again was drawn back into trick photography on memorable films like THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN and TARANTULA. Even post retirement Stine was tempted back to the studio to shoot miniatures (superbly) for the Oscar winning EARTHQUAKE. Cliff's brother Harold was also an effects cameraman. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZeCjIyQH7_isfSyStL1ndnMyPf4Zk1Pc00OkZDD_0PCYvrKXXEY4W4rw-PnmQRVd2fLMw3gRunwPgk_aMDeC2yG7IltxIeLGxjXBQ7HZ4mKn5S8wItbPjfdjRLv25Ib4yxE_w17K6w4/s1920/spart+11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1920" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZeCjIyQH7_isfSyStL1ndnMyPf4Zk1Pc00OkZDD_0PCYvrKXXEY4W4rw-PnmQRVd2fLMw3gRunwPgk_aMDeC2yG7IltxIeLGxjXBQ7HZ4mKn5S8wItbPjfdjRLv25Ib4yxE_w17K6w4/w640-h288/spart+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In a later cut it appears that the background Roman battalion are either a freeze-frame split screened with the actual mobile extras in front, or the background players may be painted entirely? I wouldn't be the least surprised if the <u>nearest</u> mass group of slave warriors were the same extras matted again.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdT6Kgtwnz8sjSXTZkNSNJdhrBauk0HEA4LTTve2NT0uJVFDJVR0esHWoeQk6N_zAUjGjcyZRqT6Faa4oin8PEz6wDLPnF-HzYNMmgF9Y8MBtsCyBGJzvPTNyewCEayHh1kdDmh4S7dQ/s1514/Spart+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1258" data-original-width="1514" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdT6Kgtwnz8sjSXTZkNSNJdhrBauk0HEA4LTTve2NT0uJVFDJVR0esHWoeQk6N_zAUjGjcyZRqT6Faa4oin8PEz6wDLPnF-HzYNMmgF9Y8MBtsCyBGJzvPTNyewCEayHh1kdDmh4S7dQ/w640-h532/Spart+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While SPARTACUS remains notable for a great many reasons, the savage battle sequences are indeed a thing to behold. Superb choreography and fearless stunt work as flaming rollers are unleashed upon the Roman centurions, completely obliterating them in the process. We can see the asbestos masks and gloves in freeze frame, but when viewed in motion the scenes are harrowing to watch.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgED1WWl_FQapFJxvavNd58fEBZ5tBpcNq3OhupzyFHbZCLGrUxp3OFVi_BCCj6NNCpv9w5zzMbQtYPXQJ6vwr97kw4hQn0hOrLw5HUeyr71W3zw_k-GRZp8awVEn1LSNngTda_W7P-478/s1530/Spart+13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="1530" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgED1WWl_FQapFJxvavNd58fEBZ5tBpcNq3OhupzyFHbZCLGrUxp3OFVi_BCCj6NNCpv9w5zzMbQtYPXQJ6vwr97kw4hQn0hOrLw5HUeyr71W3zw_k-GRZp8awVEn1LSNngTda_W7P-478/w640-h578/Spart+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Of course, nobody knew about asbestosis back then</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-jpugHnRJ5o0FnyCCYdMLv08_BAUuI4V1thLtFTNVoWFL3dSgfZJCjLI6VURJ4dZuno2vAHMMSsnhwDUG-Qs6cwakYSUJdH8UQddjO9Z1_SYcOvnHFRcpr2fdjrwJYAsqm7f4gq1CGc/s1335/Spartacus-fire+stunts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="1335" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-jpugHnRJ5o0FnyCCYdMLv08_BAUuI4V1thLtFTNVoWFL3dSgfZJCjLI6VURJ4dZuno2vAHMMSsnhwDUG-Qs6cwakYSUJdH8UQddjO9Z1_SYcOvnHFRcpr2fdjrwJYAsqm7f4gq1CGc/w640-h528/Spartacus-fire+stunts.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrA-XlDEkQF0ngqyzoaZsr6FqEGnFoLuazk3vG813LF1PKRN11t95TciNI-XUzkEYmi49PoN5RL48LCvW4QoP9phAcpWGRBYaw0Z1jMRInZ4wRvH8XhZnfBqBfw1VPO-HXtwhi2TImUmA/s2564/Spart+armless.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="2564" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrA-XlDEkQF0ngqyzoaZsr6FqEGnFoLuazk3vG813LF1PKRN11t95TciNI-XUzkEYmi49PoN5RL48LCvW4QoP9phAcpWGRBYaw0Z1jMRInZ4wRvH8XhZnfBqBfw1VPO-HXtwhi2TImUmA/w640-h416/Spart+armless.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A memorable shot that probably rankled censors in various territories shows Kirk hack the arm off of a Roman soldier - complete with spurts of arterial blood. Bold for it's time. I believe that <i>Project Unlimited</i> had some involvement with the film with both Don Sahlin and Wah Chang listed on IMDB for <i>'creator of forced perspective figures'</i>, presumably for the masses of dead on the battlefield <i>after</i> the monumental arse-kicking.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRFNPKwlrcVUxY5fCs2ntW20gkS283s4FgHdp8m7P8CgveB1p42J9YfOFDP2SVIJLHCOHPYuRGdzu2IiafE2ZomvHLVPR7J4-rXnOcAw61C4716dh-0rcUjnwFXkMHXkdPI8ghjGus4U/s1920/Spart+14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1920" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRFNPKwlrcVUxY5fCs2ntW20gkS283s4FgHdp8m7P8CgveB1p42J9YfOFDP2SVIJLHCOHPYuRGdzu2IiafE2ZomvHLVPR7J4-rXnOcAw61C4716dh-0rcUjnwFXkMHXkdPI8ghjGus4U/w640-h288/Spart+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final matte shot in the film... <i>Oh the humanity</i>!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM72xEB0YZpzdIJN4FUyGgGHBphKK9bGn1FSL1iuk8aiwXipSpU6i-soY20yu5wj3NOQ8wjX-8psyfFYoWcnHCzJYLg1zJ-Bj42toGatYuYNHgFFaZPya1jbgkubQzCBmdEQ4RRgyvT-I/s1374/Spartacus+Jean+Simmons.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1374" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM72xEB0YZpzdIJN4FUyGgGHBphKK9bGn1FSL1iuk8aiwXipSpU6i-soY20yu5wj3NOQ8wjX-8psyfFYoWcnHCzJYLg1zJ-Bj42toGatYuYNHgFFaZPya1jbgkubQzCBmdEQ4RRgyvT-I/w640-h592/Spartacus+Jean+Simmons.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And the 'Dorothy Lamour' honourary award goes to..... Jean Simmons - superfluous as she was to the progression of the narrative.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ow1_VMPNYmjvj2lzMfYJUk1cf-x_a2-CJPr-w5BUv_ozIVmLUv4ngCDqhZcUWGtJyyebafSQKuIuACLj7KDmF4yKjr0lcjVn-EBdU21bYzXJvRmf98Ugw7gj_aSUDRZAGF71zjOnF6g/s1572/Spartacus-Simmons+%2526+Douglas+on+set.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1572" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ow1_VMPNYmjvj2lzMfYJUk1cf-x_a2-CJPr-w5BUv_ozIVmLUv4ngCDqhZcUWGtJyyebafSQKuIuACLj7KDmF4yKjr0lcjVn-EBdU21bYzXJvRmf98Ugw7gj_aSUDRZAGF71zjOnF6g/w640-h368/Spartacus-Simmons+%2526+Douglas+on+set.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Jean Simmons bathing scene was quite bold, though these rare publicity photos are extraordinarily frank for 1960. I just felt compelled to include 'em....entirely out of respect for Stanley you understand (!) </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyt1SD8m2H8UG_4PSMumxTznXYGarj-hUljUo7Ft8KoEuwD2miAucQUU9-H-WW-VyeQeBdbFLCIZvhic5ixux2bEFgJcvXhSudL_87V2Ech0UN-mjxmZ3le6yVREqDL77mzpzJ7m3MoQ8/s1632/Horn-posters.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="1632" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyt1SD8m2H8UG_4PSMumxTznXYGarj-hUljUo7Ft8KoEuwD2miAucQUU9-H-WW-VyeQeBdbFLCIZvhic5ixux2bEFgJcvXhSudL_87V2Ech0UN-mjxmZ3le6yVREqDL77mzpzJ7m3MoQ8/w640-h338/Horn-posters.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As I said, I have a definite affection for the old time comics. I love the films of W.C Fields, The Marx Brothers<i> (a <u>huge</u> fan of the Marx's)</i>, Bob Hope, Oleson & Johnson, and Jack Benny, who headlines here in THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT (1945).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9IRN-W9hyphenhyphenhJPlEwvncuIgQxkiLeAqwllZJmFRgueWRXdfaSiHcfhHOQNAhpaSgyxP_-NtSySKzuPcnNbnpRMF_oNGo2gD7SXH4gb7kut0J1sbxsrrOD3jsP9krffTU4JgfuaPpTpsePs/s1884/Butler-Koney-DuPar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1884" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9IRN-W9hyphenhyphenhJPlEwvncuIgQxkiLeAqwllZJmFRgueWRXdfaSiHcfhHOQNAhpaSgyxP_-NtSySKzuPcnNbnpRMF_oNGo2gD7SXH4gb7kut0J1sbxsrrOD3jsP9krffTU4JgfuaPpTpsePs/w640-h322/Butler-Koney-DuPar.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The crazy slapstick story required a multitude of visual effects that ran the gamut of matte art, miniatures, optical trickery, process and some amazingly complex camera moves with all of the above in the one shot! Luckily, the film was produced by Warner Bros who were certainly up to the task. The famous Stage 5 special effects unit were definitely no slackers when it came to creativity and problem solving. Warners had one of the biggest trick departments in Hollywood with everything self contained. For this movie, <b>Lawrence W. Butler </b>(upper left) was effects director. Larry's father, William, was an optical effects technician at Warners, with the younger Butler already assisting his father at the tender age of just 15 on films such as NOAH'S ARK . Much later Larry was chosen by the legendary Ned Mann to train as his assistant, with both shifting across to England to work for Alexander Korda. Also pictured here is <b>Hans 'Koney' Koenekamp</b> (middle) - a top notch trick shot specialist who made hundreds of effects shots for Warners over his long career, with such films as NOAH'S ARK, THE LOST WORLD, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN and a particular vfx favourite of mine, THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS - a film that Koenekamp himself was apparently most proud of. Also pictured above is <b>Edwin DuPar</b> (right) - one of the greats among Hollywood effects cinematographers. Among Ed's memorable achievements were the gargantuan FX show PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE and an all out classic in my book, the incredible YANKEE DOODLE DANDY - with it's central bit of movie magic <u>still</u> an absolute jaw dropper for me.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4HtUxWNowrACDkUja5l5IRrE_0XQO1Y0Wc3Fv8oaZvz15RwHhIoYWpBA2xXfy4FHRNOJVi-mf8m-H5iJK6_O43AyrSLWaGCEakAecYNFQ4hBVqNj9_TElkcv_ilqqoWU7Q1gJktG6L8/s1360/Warners+Stage+5+fx+studio+crop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1360" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4HtUxWNowrACDkUja5l5IRrE_0XQO1Y0Wc3Fv8oaZvz15RwHhIoYWpBA2xXfy4FHRNOJVi-mf8m-H5iJK6_O43AyrSLWaGCEakAecYNFQ4hBVqNj9_TElkcv_ilqqoWU7Q1gJktG6L8/w640-h526/Warners+Stage+5+fx+studio+crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A view inside the legendary Stage 5 special effects stage at Warners. Fred Jackman established the unit in the 1920's and many notable technicians and artists worked within those hallowed walls. Some of these names being Jack Cosgrove, Roy Davidson, Byron Haskin, Chesley Bonestell, Paul Detlefsen and William McGann</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpM0ZnMPNvcpAni03tH_jG5ppUOLNEVoOrvD6PUvhcMlgSBsk5f3hyefEGAwqFUD1O_h2kW_9tuYzpX5oNmeebLPayiefI-JHOjpPKKQXACb3J4lByTDCuO_cu8lHrXCnxsSyqq_w_QM/s1602/Horn1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="1593" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpM0ZnMPNvcpAni03tH_jG5ppUOLNEVoOrvD6PUvhcMlgSBsk5f3hyefEGAwqFUD1O_h2kW_9tuYzpX5oNmeebLPayiefI-JHOjpPKKQXACb3J4lByTDCuO_cu8lHrXCnxsSyqq_w_QM/w398-h400/Horn1.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oddly, it was directed by Raoul Walsh. Not a name I'd link with slapstick shenanigans. More with tough guy westerns and war pictures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetrrgHha-trL_C-QSjP34XJ7ujK7ahyphenhyphen4NRvWId_30X3OzTZ5DALI35MVG9LBf-LbXo0NsUAtbXT64bkcLYJ0ya5NI4-eEluaPvb7ploCLmP5ZkzgBiBXmkxFwFjffBgzNf_U-gpuNMcY/s1148/The+Horn+Blows+At+Midnight+11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="1148" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetrrgHha-trL_C-QSjP34XJ7ujK7ahyphenhyphen4NRvWId_30X3OzTZ5DALI35MVG9LBf-LbXo0NsUAtbXT64bkcLYJ0ya5NI4-eEluaPvb7ploCLmP5ZkzgBiBXmkxFwFjffBgzNf_U-gpuNMcY/w400-h300/The+Horn+Blows+At+Midnight+11.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The first of numerous mattes, though I'm sure I've seen this shot in other films - possibly from other studios?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGeLGfUa3ND43wpL9ud0-hTXuwI1AiwnzKpg4GsnOT4X3ZsvvDs45DdFN-Qi_G1iOe_UW8sm-Ay5EsCjnQDdivEjqjVey-s8M0SxgZmgkji7pVSQT6GgfWJmiW5plBa0WrKsO3nkGP1E/s640/vlcsnap-2021-01-20-00h49m39s014.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGeLGfUa3ND43wpL9ud0-hTXuwI1AiwnzKpg4GsnOT4X3ZsvvDs45DdFN-Qi_G1iOe_UW8sm-Ay5EsCjnQDdivEjqjVey-s8M0SxgZmgkji7pVSQT6GgfWJmiW5plBa0WrKsO3nkGP1E/w640-h480/vlcsnap-2021-01-20-00h49m39s014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The basic plot involves an angel sent down to Earth to, well, end life as we know it, by blowing this confounded trumpet precisely at midnight! I never said it was high brow, but it is pretty amusing, largely thanks to it's star.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXHZ7hy4okD5foyrbcyqwnuSYaVhNfchzTrnuaKuZmU2EJeQm-UrqIbjJvNZCg9poFLZaXzisqn4OsumHQETMqmcgReUbHNDwXkeI5Aufc23lw5aaHE4wPFfqlwcOJQ6nvIqpoOOw-Es/s1336/Horn3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1336" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXHZ7hy4okD5foyrbcyqwnuSYaVhNfchzTrnuaKuZmU2EJeQm-UrqIbjJvNZCg9poFLZaXzisqn4OsumHQETMqmcgReUbHNDwXkeI5Aufc23lw5aaHE4wPFfqlwcOJQ6nvIqpoOOw-Es/w640-h244/Horn3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Part of the massive tilt up and dolly in toward Heaven</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9D_8EGr73MRgcnrGbWwRaWWpeZezpMOlBQqueThOlm6i40tAF9g0PF4WsCLs3phUJPaiJPKDmogLr9hSEPNlHhMUlNfkFQfVzdQ5ZZ_IsrrbR4sGn9eOI0eNlMkgpQf1tmogH2Qk8cPs/s2124/Horn4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="2124" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9D_8EGr73MRgcnrGbWwRaWWpeZezpMOlBQqueThOlm6i40tAF9g0PF4WsCLs3phUJPaiJPKDmogLr9hSEPNlHhMUlNfkFQfVzdQ5ZZ_IsrrbR4sGn9eOI0eNlMkgpQf1tmogH2Qk8cPs/w640-h326/Horn4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Warner Bros creative team were absolute genius when it came to complex motion shots such as this. It was very rare indeed to see such bold photographic trickery from the other studios, and when attempted it was never a patch on the Stage 5 expertise. Beautifully rendered matte art here with what I assume to be a perfectly blended rear projection plate of the Heavenly conductor atop the clouds.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPy5wrGzUoQBxE1RzytIuTlHf6iMwsBPo4ry6vwKmz_KBXbgwjbb6tr47XXAWknhnX4zBzb-GGFNbqzzWB1xMGIutr54tIYCSpxb5jOMNOq20c_8jkmpY4aZQ07-hQxycGdD2jb4SYIXM/s1084/Horn4a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1084" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPy5wrGzUoQBxE1RzytIuTlHf6iMwsBPo4ry6vwKmz_KBXbgwjbb6tr47XXAWknhnX4zBzb-GGFNbqzzWB1xMGIutr54tIYCSpxb5jOMNOq20c_8jkmpY4aZQ07-hQxycGdD2jb4SYIXM/w640-h472/Horn4a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chesley Bonestell was matte artist on this show to some extent, and a I'm sure Mario Larrinaga, Louis Litchtenfield and chief artist Paul Detlefsen must have had a hand in.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AOYwShYEtEKvRWhCynaa_UisOaIE1MPqc7zU-YD-KAPjJ2s6qBDz7gEnRuljodvzqDe_-9QiObjFDXRF2JmOCYCuxrSsSyhRq3HDaIla0ID1kJu5mX2puvoUC-CI5okQschjxMPhQIk/s579/horn.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="579" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AOYwShYEtEKvRWhCynaa_UisOaIE1MPqc7zU-YD-KAPjJ2s6qBDz7gEnRuljodvzqDe_-9QiObjFDXRF2JmOCYCuxrSsSyhRq3HDaIla0ID1kJu5mX2puvoUC-CI5okQschjxMPhQIk/w400-h295/horn.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jack Benny as our somewhat bored and 'tone deaf' angelic trumpeter.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8kasAYfgwYTc_pUflUSW4lb_KO7zXRqQD7SM6VSnHdlxD3RBufrS9ZVFt0WWSCU6nSqnORtvSwzJtWcWazrOnEg1TpKklSqLy7Nwg_cC_VNCPkE-dnXc22yi6XwrZAA4eNL0Kz741jc/s1340/Horn5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="1340" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8kasAYfgwYTc_pUflUSW4lb_KO7zXRqQD7SM6VSnHdlxD3RBufrS9ZVFt0WWSCU6nSqnORtvSwzJtWcWazrOnEg1TpKklSqLy7Nwg_cC_VNCPkE-dnXc22yi6XwrZAA4eNL0Kz741jc/w640-h248/Horn5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The opening frames from an astonishingly well executed visual effects sequence that I'm still trying to figure out! The conductor and his massive heavenly choir and orchestra, all in full concert...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcfo_hHUiBHQf8bRMF8jinozgZOYrpm8kuQFKSQl81f3a0UuAOh3sOuWOlEIWhWfdVcEA6ZxfAinTJ3ZxjFgP2gfVSzvIU24gkAYFYF0txYe8gLcQa57gXvqQb3K7NMObt3CDWqnH0lBQ/s2802/Horn6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1593" data-original-width="2802" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcfo_hHUiBHQf8bRMF8jinozgZOYrpm8kuQFKSQl81f3a0UuAOh3sOuWOlEIWhWfdVcEA6ZxfAinTJ3ZxjFgP2gfVSzvIU24gkAYFYF0txYe8gLcQa57gXvqQb3K7NMObt3CDWqnH0lBQ/w640-h364/Horn6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">...and in one arresting single camera move, we sweep up and over the conductor, over the heads of the choir and orchestra - all of whom are in full motion with violins and bows and the rest of it - while the camera finally comes to rest on the face of our hero with his out of tune trumpet. Hard to describe to do it justice, but it's an absolute stunner of technical mastery that still has me baffled.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDzfW8OLYGqVBfiNMlkwwbqw7xEcPPBIcDv97JFD5BngqoulDyjFOn0a3k6XmWXt9-VDSYb8j1xKG7pLlLJz9z6feXbHl-KGBrzKCSp9u1Du7LdPuB2QmXvTRzeb2Jrv4kUoNVuP-d1I/s640/vlcsnap-2021-01-20-00h24m17s878.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDzfW8OLYGqVBfiNMlkwwbqw7xEcPPBIcDv97JFD5BngqoulDyjFOn0a3k6XmWXt9-VDSYb8j1xKG7pLlLJz9z6feXbHl-KGBrzKCSp9u1Du7LdPuB2QmXvTRzeb2Jrv4kUoNVuP-d1I/w640-h480/vlcsnap-2021-01-20-00h24m17s878.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Each figure moves independently of each other...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLu4Vs2gW5wV4xoUIqYfU6ATQFhn0Ktdx4SIEIKGwSr8glBEvbw5RaCjRU_oMDqxPK62zlMQgYtvaRXhJgQ2w9OEuGd2lBzUoW_GAwGaUfQScltqow37p7MkIYCpr5yPYGaNac9kl6LBw/s640/vlcsnap-2021-01-20-00h24m41s167.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLu4Vs2gW5wV4xoUIqYfU6ATQFhn0Ktdx4SIEIKGwSr8glBEvbw5RaCjRU_oMDqxPK62zlMQgYtvaRXhJgQ2w9OEuGd2lBzUoW_GAwGaUfQScltqow37p7MkIYCpr5yPYGaNac9kl6LBw/w640-h480/vlcsnap-2021-01-20-00h24m41s167.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blurred due to original camera move sweeping across 'orchestra'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlTCZx3MTPkNqNHPu5pEQ3lg_Zxu6CT6j6RQnPJpJ2fGTVvsVgkLSIJLb0Ra5HwBJtQTy7L2zjVOHEUFeZIDEqJSDOmd1WunDsdY004jPiiAZfPf0N3I_3D8_0ZutTcKaVXnadzz11NI/s640/vlcsnap-2021-01-20-00h24m44s691.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlTCZx3MTPkNqNHPu5pEQ3lg_Zxu6CT6j6RQnPJpJ2fGTVvsVgkLSIJLb0Ra5HwBJtQTy7L2zjVOHEUFeZIDEqJSDOmd1WunDsdY004jPiiAZfPf0N3I_3D8_0ZutTcKaVXnadzz11NI/w640-h480/vlcsnap-2021-01-20-00h24m44s691.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Warner Bros successfully pulled off similar complicated camera gags in many films, particularly in the 1940's, which was the heyday of such inventive work. Other films like THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN, RHAPSODY IN BLUE, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE, YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN, SVENGALI and of course THE FOUNTAINHEAD all contained miraculous and dazzling work of this nature. <u>No</u> other studio was as adept as were Warners.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDuoDhyphenhyphen1BwSHBR-NfgY5hMZx0L0fKusEFfsHcI_Zuz-3Vss_ZSzmoIrIUhMI0EBxf2kJ125LOh5ohkTBd6JPPlJ_8SczokB1c5K-3hWnszPliWJtE8TPnANORICFxsR6lZP_NkQG2Cjo/s1366/Horn7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="1366" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDuoDhyphenhyphen1BwSHBR-NfgY5hMZx0L0fKusEFfsHcI_Zuz-3Vss_ZSzmoIrIUhMI0EBxf2kJ125LOh5ohkTBd6JPPlJ_8SczokB1c5K-3hWnszPliWJtE8TPnANORICFxsR6lZP_NkQG2Cjo/w640-h248/Horn7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte set extensions</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FMtxvgK0UZGKOrzN_k0AVQHUd-c690YQn5MhrMDNA5mCgNyAg_uhCq4retGKB5elbtl6X3coWkD0H0snlAlc6O8A8wBfF0bRnFRHfAhobs19YUMj0z_koqThXBqAX3ituUPMP4_zIh4/s1428/Horn8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1428" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FMtxvgK0UZGKOrzN_k0AVQHUd-c690YQn5MhrMDNA5mCgNyAg_uhCq4retGKB5elbtl6X3coWkD0H0snlAlc6O8A8wBfF0bRnFRHfAhobs19YUMj0z_koqThXBqAX3ituUPMP4_zIh4/w640-h478/Horn8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Our angel Benny is sent down to Earth via some cosmic elevator.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG3-VNsfN-CNAsSm7NZJVkihihp9Skzb5KTu7qOTnZTb9ic_PzBLqPjVffNvuvzh90n1KxeB5Dt_kiEJpwC9AcWWDfKwqy3-tx6gm-dq55Laudq0yCRA51ZsBlJ-reUhBmPDJOyEjzdjQ/s1396/Horn9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="1396" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG3-VNsfN-CNAsSm7NZJVkihihp9Skzb5KTu7qOTnZTb9ic_PzBLqPjVffNvuvzh90n1KxeB5Dt_kiEJpwC9AcWWDfKwqy3-tx6gm-dq55Laudq0yCRA51ZsBlJ-reUhBmPDJOyEjzdjQ/w640-h480/Horn9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkQlRYfNeQTYANu6EyUDPdhx7aHMMAj8ZSVqW94p5JtcH7KXEsOAu2YKRqKQFEGHaxETkDKfwdZb7FN6re5BIeMNDtEdDrbTMu70YKpC6s4Ru19C8dazeHfU97QVddh2OnBvNLDNR-Ls/s785/Horn+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="785" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkQlRYfNeQTYANu6EyUDPdhx7aHMMAj8ZSVqW94p5JtcH7KXEsOAu2YKRqKQFEGHaxETkDKfwdZb7FN6re5BIeMNDtEdDrbTMu70YKpC6s4Ru19C8dazeHfU97QVddh2OnBvNLDNR-Ls/w400-h304/Horn+10.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Likely matte set top up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghd7tNCLAcL9F_EbnYmXsUGyBpIzYcx9yNzSP2KHUoBgl3ne5o1JBd1V4gp6J1QMnRad-elSfwAz8Y7xM5rrD2GkGdHxsq9p28oGa9h3iWTkPKWmB2vy44jFsxleQdN2w2BqtBl3_VlxQ/s909/Horn+11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="909" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghd7tNCLAcL9F_EbnYmXsUGyBpIzYcx9yNzSP2KHUoBgl3ne5o1JBd1V4gp6J1QMnRad-elSfwAz8Y7xM5rrD2GkGdHxsq9p28oGa9h3iWTkPKWmB2vy44jFsxleQdN2w2BqtBl3_VlxQ/w640-h486/Horn+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A multi-plane effects shot with flickering neons, a dolly in camera move and live action atop the building.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoWi_55TE0qh78a4dIbjOb94p2bSXBKwnqzC3hxSl1h5D4t5u-6jc4GJ80Zk-iloEtHmIyAH8UAfZJZtq_S5-MMfH394bz1urrK6-QLZTFL1ejKUPdD_8RIBMSxYtWUOufYdCQ5N9QR8/s1998/Horn+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1998" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoWi_55TE0qh78a4dIbjOb94p2bSXBKwnqzC3hxSl1h5D4t5u-6jc4GJ80Zk-iloEtHmIyAH8UAfZJZtq_S5-MMfH394bz1urrK6-QLZTFL1ejKUPdD_8RIBMSxYtWUOufYdCQ5N9QR8/w640-h326/Horn+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Dramatic camera move ending with Jack Benny coming out of rooftop doorway. Impressive shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOzFLpw0h-v1iNXzMnWchKj44BkY1Z0oT6HBVpIRcg_eYMl1l9DYhjB8_4J_2snZMLHuNC7s4Z3cgnRunmxIR-w-wVfjtkbPGObetyQQj8Vk4HiOlBpZCKA4cv3sLWIRr8npmdM1rUsQ/s1340/Horn+13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="1340" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOzFLpw0h-v1iNXzMnWchKj44BkY1Z0oT6HBVpIRcg_eYMl1l9DYhjB8_4J_2snZMLHuNC7s4Z3cgnRunmxIR-w-wVfjtkbPGObetyQQj8Vk4HiOlBpZCKA4cv3sLWIRr8npmdM1rUsQ/w640-h248/Horn+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I presume the main building to be a large miniature, with process projected live action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidWzzciUInGouHuwP18x4Q1nCrCsKY2hXQRnLyu52DlsFd6EvAFwlI2P6oCx2xrn1sqfMPlHl4gKvZqI0C0Rx8VLWDacMkPq2vHZI_4z8S5c5BFKVFLk2d0YslIabfoNFHd4S4X9_Xx14/s819/Horn+15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="819" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidWzzciUInGouHuwP18x4Q1nCrCsKY2hXQRnLyu52DlsFd6EvAFwlI2P6oCx2xrn1sqfMPlHl4gKvZqI0C0Rx8VLWDacMkPq2vHZI_4z8S5c5BFKVFLk2d0YslIabfoNFHd4S4X9_Xx14/w400-h299/Horn+15.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painted set extension.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCeBsY8BzWFgitcQVF8dbJN78YUSZXt086oSImPTNb5J_PpjdXVI4JuCkmF0RkJMaHBq2ZgeiGV-5ncIB0dl9bDb9ZyX-QHGX6WIB3x9Zx8veaVkWt61KTxj_gjGaj1nbkaecFbuWZAA/s1316/Horn+14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="1316" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCeBsY8BzWFgitcQVF8dbJN78YUSZXt086oSImPTNb5J_PpjdXVI4JuCkmF0RkJMaHBq2ZgeiGV-5ncIB0dl9bDb9ZyX-QHGX6WIB3x9Zx8veaVkWt61KTxj_gjGaj1nbkaecFbuWZAA/w640-h248/Horn+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">So starts an utterly madcap rooftop escapade.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviM6hetZpM3UFMQUyK0Oo8YPqEfrsjKYwdTUjDcHPwo9_-JSmd4xaJ5OjGl3HL44CH1ZeBLfV2CG56nHDAjWzPGH781VWAYEOoT2k65VMT4IQ143ROQs7obLyXhwNbx2N8g9LfvSrsnM/s1323/Horn+16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="1323" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviM6hetZpM3UFMQUyK0Oo8YPqEfrsjKYwdTUjDcHPwo9_-JSmd4xaJ5OjGl3HL44CH1ZeBLfV2CG56nHDAjWzPGH781VWAYEOoT2k65VMT4IQ143ROQs7obLyXhwNbx2N8g9LfvSrsnM/w640-h246/Horn+16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The street views are very cool. Presumably large miniature for the down views, with model cars attached to some sort of conveyor belt mechanism.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWSjIlUUD-QidHzsfh9EO3L4O7sOuhZ1qwCKjS0qMW2RhqjYH36rBKohxe_NCyvBdL73_PUEf6zNyVEoHl5D9hdFReuStk2quEBjmU9qt4_i4lhgxqOfNBD5GmDl-s4AJ3FoLrAd69Cc/s1336/Horn+17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1336" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWSjIlUUD-QidHzsfh9EO3L4O7sOuhZ1qwCKjS0qMW2RhqjYH36rBKohxe_NCyvBdL73_PUEf6zNyVEoHl5D9hdFReuStk2quEBjmU9qt4_i4lhgxqOfNBD5GmDl-s4AJ3FoLrAd69Cc/w640-h484/Horn+17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Considerable mayhem as Jack Benny does all he can to save his precious trumpet, which at midnight <i>must</i> be played to bring the planet to oblivion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUulasmC-Fx9yH47llC5mgK5sQx2R6R3oY35TSwtSKoE32jagTGNiUVmFXtGZiDO9j0fkQNmD4zBCl3kBbgDO73fyIR_8lhw4BUDKWFJFxgcnPBLbu27qJ4tyojiOVLrl_IvZFluAV2g/s1140/Horn+18.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1140" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUulasmC-Fx9yH47llC5mgK5sQx2R6R3oY35TSwtSKoE32jagTGNiUVmFXtGZiDO9j0fkQNmD4zBCl3kBbgDO73fyIR_8lhw4BUDKWFJFxgcnPBLbu27qJ4tyojiOVLrl_IvZFluAV2g/w400-h316/Horn+18.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Painted matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXA7J9tG_Hc6gR70DQfHR5bcRL-zD-ODsG7wnEW6PSfPML9rwlskKkIK7nUt1FGy2gQpxPY5OcN14IQ1jXBpvT8KRsvSkEW-yOjyriKa5d_bp-4SvwgilNI64vkfh6xsI8dqcA6IMJwQ/s1322/Horn+19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1322" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXA7J9tG_Hc6gR70DQfHR5bcRL-zD-ODsG7wnEW6PSfPML9rwlskKkIK7nUt1FGy2gQpxPY5OcN14IQ1jXBpvT8KRsvSkEW-yOjyriKa5d_bp-4SvwgilNI64vkfh6xsI8dqcA6IMJwQ/w640-h482/Horn+19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More characters become entangled in Benny's scheme, which of course is a dismal failure. Great miniature, matte and process work. Also part of the effects unit on this film were William McGann and Warren Lynch. Robert Burks was one of the miniatures cameramen and would go on to a solid career later as a production D.O.P on films such as HOUSE OF WAX, Hitchcock's THE BIRDS and NORTH BY NORTHWEST.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMK2XcXaWJ79arlJnsKN2YyVCzZ309aWFoJtA867R7YI3HWxskwdiC2UCGFUz67H8G3Y1EYW0sq7MZuPF5skFTDyGIspmIjK0WqCkpfqg-EmfA53cAaK03XM0bdW8x30oixdCxNAiMLnE/s1344/Horn+20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1344" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMK2XcXaWJ79arlJnsKN2YyVCzZ309aWFoJtA867R7YI3HWxskwdiC2UCGFUz67H8G3Y1EYW0sq7MZuPF5skFTDyGIspmIjK0WqCkpfqg-EmfA53cAaK03XM0bdW8x30oixdCxNAiMLnE/w640-h482/Horn+20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Several characters are hanging daisy chain style from each other in a wild puppet set piece.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-cyaGvlyqWdW1hwp_COhBUp5dV5aLiSQ4BKx3VFIfe9N39vvr75CIvEsNtViorInnbTkZc9iyOICzcM4hgu849jIA3MdgQy6R5yXcZVSG9sG09LOCcEchf6LqaR4qCBtNOXU_vgkZwg/s1324/Horn+21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1324" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-cyaGvlyqWdW1hwp_COhBUp5dV5aLiSQ4BKx3VFIfe9N39vvr75CIvEsNtViorInnbTkZc9iyOICzcM4hgu849jIA3MdgQy6R5yXcZVSG9sG09LOCcEchf6LqaR4qCBtNOXU_vgkZwg/w640-h484/Horn+21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If it all starts to resemble the climax of Stanley Kramer's IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD - well hold on to your hats friends, as that film is covered <i>next </i>in this blog, and I'm sure Kramer got his ideas from this show.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPQrmJcxFfyzn9YkRTDzKUNyaADae_nUsEATTP3rzunl8J4NZEwgKQipvCRH5XXVS4qJJzQej-qGpUW_DDByV3RV1QP2i1slTjUZM_i8oXS4pf21pWh4bMITeLULVXNGH4beuobNBZNs/s1324/Horn+22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1324" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPQrmJcxFfyzn9YkRTDzKUNyaADae_nUsEATTP3rzunl8J4NZEwgKQipvCRH5XXVS4qJJzQej-qGpUW_DDByV3RV1QP2i1slTjUZM_i8oXS4pf21pWh4bMITeLULVXNGH4beuobNBZNs/w640-h482/Horn+22.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">'No comedians were injured during the making of this film'.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FtF_sBH1BhcyalSVwkMEbzgmRfAuubnfOCWTwP8A_zqPqAHdY8mS4ksw9qwwTMOQvmVs0gJf19NC4cGJ90wtV9L6CFR8V-I3DPT2DRf-hMRTqAHW97LZpQgfa56D_RQYIyF1NbcKDso/s1280/Mad+World-art1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1280" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FtF_sBH1BhcyalSVwkMEbzgmRfAuubnfOCWTwP8A_zqPqAHdY8mS4ksw9qwwTMOQvmVs0gJf19NC4cGJ90wtV9L6CFR8V-I3DPT2DRf-hMRTqAHW97LZpQgfa56D_RQYIyF1NbcKDso/w640-h412/Mad+World-art1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From one wild, unleashed comedy to another. Stanley Kramer's behemoth of a raucous laugh-fest, IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1962) had a cast of every known comedy star - and a few new to the genre - going through the motions of what amounted to a gigantic three hour plus chase for some stolen loot. The comedy is broad, though the action is plentiful and packed with outrageous stunts, pratfalls, gags and some amazing effects work that ranged from thrilling physical effects by Danny Lee, optical combinations by Linwood Dunn and Bill Reinhold, effects cinematography by James Gordon, miniatures by Howard Lydecker and Marcel Delgado, mattes by Howard Fisher and Cliff Silsby and stop motion by Jim Danforth and Marcel Vercoutere, all operating under the banner of Film Effects of Hollywood.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglo2Mi9uycRXsLZmzHiH6esD6w7Zt3MkSs96A_AbVkjtBfySs4EEB3dDzNCtxgHGQ8eq30p2nXbTZKSDEkU9QecfEhTb73tkpV_G7_UhTuVFJN9N2rJOrH32GJMfFgZpOZa6He6ucDkHk/s2256/Lin+Dunn+%2526+James+Gordon-+Film+Effects.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="2256" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglo2Mi9uycRXsLZmzHiH6esD6w7Zt3MkSs96A_AbVkjtBfySs4EEB3dDzNCtxgHGQ8eq30p2nXbTZKSDEkU9QecfEhTb73tkpV_G7_UhTuVFJN9N2rJOrH32GJMfFgZpOZa6He6ucDkHk/w640-h284/Lin+Dunn+%2526+James+Gordon-+Film+Effects.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Founder of Film Effects of Hollywood, Linwood Dunn (left & middle) with associate James B. Gordon (right). Cecil Love and Don Weed were also co-founders. The company was established by Dunn, Love and Weed after RKO shut down it's operation in the 1950's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPWgGAKr7Fqhq-9Oi3y31k3l2rTtknUZ6ZzP1VphJhFm9xa0Onu2fNjKTy9S4P93k7CWhSEdpObURWBru0ESXy0ySehN3iyY70GwhwEbF-WYXD61T_ptvw0b7zTZ5jFU-SDSFzImX-mw/s1324/Howard+Fisher+-+Mad+World+painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1324" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPWgGAKr7Fqhq-9Oi3y31k3l2rTtknUZ6ZzP1VphJhFm9xa0Onu2fNjKTy9S4P93k7CWhSEdpObURWBru0ESXy0ySehN3iyY70GwhwEbF-WYXD61T_ptvw0b7zTZ5jFU-SDSFzImX-mw/w640-h262/Howard+Fisher+-+Mad+World+painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painter Howard Fisher is shown here at work on the high rise matte. Howard was one of the old timers of the industry, having worked mainly at MGM in Warren Newcombe's matte department for decades. Howard began with Newcombe as far back as 1933 and was considered one of the most senior painters. Among the scores of films Howard painted on were GREEN DOLPHIN STREET, where according to Jim Danforth, who knew Howard, he would add little jokes into his mattes such as dogs copulating in some of the GREEN DOLPHIN mattes <i>(though I've never managed to spot them)</i>. Most famously, Fisher painted the amazing show stopping matte in FORBIDDEN PLANET of that massive underground power plant that everyone remembers. In later years Howard would work for Film Effects of Hollywood alongside another veteran from days gone by, Cliff Silsby.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vtXVQvYAMc2rFwBQajfVAd482i_OJ2qcd-CNY5Wjcym0CD5DkVhxqaF0LQJrX6HCRrZJ9gV_dk6Weif6OiLUOn5HCDixXgFRIH77P3_7MDFnBoxhTfcSC929STNGCde5NxItQMYcgEw/s1454/Mad+World-Film+FX+crew.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1454" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vtXVQvYAMc2rFwBQajfVAd482i_OJ2qcd-CNY5Wjcym0CD5DkVhxqaF0LQJrX6HCRrZJ9gV_dk6Weif6OiLUOn5HCDixXgFRIH77P3_7MDFnBoxhTfcSC929STNGCde5NxItQMYcgEw/w640-h456/Mad+World-Film+FX+crew.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some insider glimpses of the Film Effects of Hollywood facility. Top left we can see <b>Linwood Dunn</b> and <b>James B. Gordon </b>with other crew members. Top right has <b>Howard Lydecker</b> crouching, <b>Jim Danforth </b>atop the ladder and <b>Marcel Vercoutere</b> on the right. Bottom left is the matte stand with 65mm camera set up in operation. Bottom right we see founder Linwood Dunn with director of effects photography James B. Gordon in front of a large miniature set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhqBX-DY-5So_WBZmQnJXstDPl1LG4r5NqBP2aOWEzUMflOKziZWs3Mg5rjkQ4RA099mo5OyeZ7TZC3kfVvbeceURI7oxi-3rktrL-b-5wg6dRKVoDqL4aFHKBfaf7oqr5FvtgCBAdA4/s1617/L.Dunn+%2526+C.Love.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="1617" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhqBX-DY-5So_WBZmQnJXstDPl1LG4r5NqBP2aOWEzUMflOKziZWs3Mg5rjkQ4RA099mo5OyeZ7TZC3kfVvbeceURI7oxi-3rktrL-b-5wg6dRKVoDqL4aFHKBfaf7oqr5FvtgCBAdA4/w640-h460/L.Dunn+%2526+C.Love.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Film Effects co-founders Lin Dunn and Cecil Love. Both men had a lengthy career in optical cinematography going back as far as the old RKO era with KING KONG and films like CITIZEN KANE. Love was instrumental in designing and building a then state of the art optical printer to Dunn's specifications, which became an industry staple for many decades. Here the two men are shown shooting the titles for WEST SIDE STORY, in what appears to be large format 65mm.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJEfFSzYDb7Ii32qSEUo2A9puHtX2YuCLTFU3iGdJcGW2mxq2dHeBcV4mgf6WKs50iML53dnx83ziAYsY6WS2TMCXWOddphThnJDgp-hR79gsdK73iCY2KBUY3hc1h61FC-NkeDHeI8I/s988/Mad+World+article1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="988" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJEfFSzYDb7Ii32qSEUo2A9puHtX2YuCLTFU3iGdJcGW2mxq2dHeBcV4mgf6WKs50iML53dnx83ziAYsY6WS2TMCXWOddphThnJDgp-hR79gsdK73iCY2KBUY3hc1h61FC-NkeDHeI8I/w400-h248/Mad+World+article1a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">James B. Gordon (second from right) had a long career in optical cinematography, for the most part at 20th Century Fox, under Fred Sersen, Ray Kellogg and Bill Abbott. Gordon was responsible for hundreds of unique and outstanding optical puzzles at Fox, where a favourite gag was to drop live action figures into miniature action of scenes of destruction such as THE BLACK SWAN, THE RAINS CAME, HELL AND HIGH WATER and many more. A Fox specialty.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuce29HSDwCDNy9ri51rvlZKeI8M73768nnOgT3dGY64PX6R_bOR-hAH7DpCMCZA34AXfZKSOBU-OROyFmFoCSo-zHqZsGbTs-ccUoY8FTgav2UKRyHr6_aQ2pkUJRX6dLWMeU90PawQ/s678/Mad+World-Danforth+%2526+Vercoutere.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="678" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuce29HSDwCDNy9ri51rvlZKeI8M73768nnOgT3dGY64PX6R_bOR-hAH7DpCMCZA34AXfZKSOBU-OROyFmFoCSo-zHqZsGbTs-ccUoY8FTgav2UKRyHr6_aQ2pkUJRX6dLWMeU90PawQ/w640-h468/Mad+World-Danforth+%2526+Vercoutere.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A young Jim Danforth concentrates on the stop motion action climax, assisted by Marcel Vercoutere. *<i>Photo from Jim's vital career memoir 'Dinosaurs, Dragons and Drama'.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvxj2Uev0FENf1j-4I3oVONe7HigRzdDSzxpf99_u5mihAxk571aqPjBAJMmMN0TE_QkjxiRVD5Q_yMvInrjfzl4GoBvrc_CbsVIm8F9zl8-GS69vgRstMTQdiheO3hBoawKVWSBwprA/s1920/vlcsnap-00421.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvxj2Uev0FENf1j-4I3oVONe7HigRzdDSzxpf99_u5mihAxk571aqPjBAJMmMN0TE_QkjxiRVD5Q_yMvInrjfzl4GoBvrc_CbsVIm8F9zl8-GS69vgRstMTQdiheO3hBoawKVWSBwprA/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00421.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It was a film that never really knew when to quit, and tended to overstay it's very lengthy welcome.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7vH9hr65W2wAWDd2aGG7n4ITIu4vJOPM2P172PTptAeNUVN5ZytG0fwW1z9yVGqoXLpoX8S_QyF8TXRvexoD5zoE19PHAjP2sWJAj5OwahCwcsLcf2YTtj5lbmmvCuIE_obpLvl-RQs/s2090/titles2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="2090" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7vH9hr65W2wAWDd2aGG7n4ITIu4vJOPM2P172PTptAeNUVN5ZytG0fwW1z9yVGqoXLpoX8S_QyF8TXRvexoD5zoE19PHAjP2sWJAj5OwahCwcsLcf2YTtj5lbmmvCuIE_obpLvl-RQs/w640-h464/titles2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film was shot in <i>Ultra-Panavision</i>, which was 65mm with a 25% anamorphic squeeze, allowing high quality optics on the large negative and a wider than normal 'scope' presentation when projected <i>unsqueezed </i>at 2.76:1. This looked good in it's <u>true</u> ratio but was absolutely dire when viewed on TV or VHS, with two thirds of the action missing. I'm sure the current <i>digital</i> generation have no idea what I'm talking about (?)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj208_SXL7riFYcB19cBhd3Dm4SHxloXvR3Rmwy2AaavzO5M-hlmuFJGBnxPXpBwplE6MJwKLFaqviWzmfn7fJ63dMzQnu2l0DFjA5FMsq2_8lEolJGxVEIaeCjy0K6iX2137pxgoeg9Jw/s1031/Mad+World-concept+%2526+matte2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="1031" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj208_SXL7riFYcB19cBhd3Dm4SHxloXvR3Rmwy2AaavzO5M-hlmuFJGBnxPXpBwplE6MJwKLFaqviWzmfn7fJ63dMzQnu2l0DFjA5FMsq2_8lEolJGxVEIaeCjy0K6iX2137pxgoeg9Jw/w400-h269/Mad+World-concept+%2526+matte2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the most part, the film was almost devoid of photographic effects, with the first 9 or 10 reels being non-stop mechanical effects and mayhem. There were the requisite process shots supplied by Farciot Edouart and Irmin Roberts, as well as a couple of invisible optical 'fix' jobs where Dunn was required to make optical mattes in the printer to alter some mistimed physical destruction that did not go according to plan when the cameras rolled (the gas station destruction as I recall). It wasn't until the last reel where visual effects kicked in. This was the first matte shot, shown above with the pre-production artwork where an upper floor and windows were required.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxHSvOquuH06bOuXxnb9pbnKZkDryTbM10FFWUGvlU7zk7CftbpoUEMfVjjFW3ZtPgn52st07OHezc0JD1ZHTFFYhIXUZZcS6ZV0Em6sdnHqJcb-1vZnpzkQXfsG1SIH6ScwbSx7u5R0/s1920/vlcsnap-00427+%2528lightened%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxHSvOquuH06bOuXxnb9pbnKZkDryTbM10FFWUGvlU7zk7CftbpoUEMfVjjFW3ZtPgn52st07OHezc0JD1ZHTFFYhIXUZZcS6ZV0Em6sdnHqJcb-1vZnpzkQXfsG1SIH6ScwbSx7u5R0/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00427+%2528lightened%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The first matte painted shot may be more than just the upper floor, with the wall at left possibly also matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMK1IYuAnAeCSUwQs7J69RuDvfVYrjsgcAXxdZ6BXQx8TQ9VVjNqP-fRX1hMl2pU_vBz_HRgTC2LkRYpEyhzEzZ9RkOWOCTjbJSqojPcLKnhydYehqvPorEjctI-ji0Tr_nCTIla9X7y8/s1246/Mad+World-concept+%2526+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1246" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMK1IYuAnAeCSUwQs7J69RuDvfVYrjsgcAXxdZ6BXQx8TQ9VVjNqP-fRX1hMl2pU_vBz_HRgTC2LkRYpEyhzEzZ9RkOWOCTjbJSqojPcLKnhydYehqvPorEjctI-ji0Tr_nCTIla9X7y8/w640-h532/Mad+World-concept+%2526+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The big money shot occurs at the start of the stunt packed climax atop a high rise building. Here is the initial design and layout as well as a photo of artist Howard Fisher's beautifully detailed matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAIYTxxGvbnGY-DiGSB-D1IhdFh5jZrDCtVh3E1qNkt6oPlLfhW6Ir2Ssofrw4JRrjOUvpBTkdr8f0QvJcuc2G3_9bX8u3FEXNahDR_Cb2hrTrOzsXKjunvCLxKCbCgPJPUBkMRZVYDA/s1667/Mad+World-zoom+out.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="1347" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAIYTxxGvbnGY-DiGSB-D1IhdFh5jZrDCtVh3E1qNkt6oPlLfhW6Ir2Ssofrw4JRrjOUvpBTkdr8f0QvJcuc2G3_9bX8u3FEXNahDR_Cb2hrTrOzsXKjunvCLxKCbCgPJPUBkMRZVYDA/w324-h400/Mad+World-zoom+out.jpg" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The matte as it appears in the film starts off as a close up on an actual partial set built on the Universal Studios backlot, and rapidly zooms out to reveal the full extent of the perilous situation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWI8bZmzSjSxkaLsU0eftOwTPsa-KcbJoTmsjLUmBTnMS-mSnIjFmgxTkSBl6bhf91phehjGF4xJzyxdVCRXFMzxDpilbv8SmA2gYG8ZLEv_gP2EIFQd3PJddjbF-FdaCpp6v8xjq2Xhc/s1920/Mad+World+00439.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWI8bZmzSjSxkaLsU0eftOwTPsa-KcbJoTmsjLUmBTnMS-mSnIjFmgxTkSBl6bhf91phehjGF4xJzyxdVCRXFMzxDpilbv8SmA2gYG8ZLEv_gP2EIFQd3PJddjbF-FdaCpp6v8xjq2Xhc/w640-h232/Mad+World+00439.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Far more than a straight matte shot, as you will see below with the breakdown of individual elements.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd27QoBw0IfGfqKgg_c2ozLaWLGYi5JJoQanaDJQHeN6b6ngyR-sr8L8O4YdVMj7tJVOpPvxOaFSBrsRMKZH2O1o_V9-RSQe2mgEuLDWk87iu6VA9dR4iUbWWiyzKbQmbulJbsoEUNI-I/s3108/Mad+World-multi+elements+for+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="3108" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd27QoBw0IfGfqKgg_c2ozLaWLGYi5JJoQanaDJQHeN6b6ngyR-sr8L8O4YdVMj7tJVOpPvxOaFSBrsRMKZH2O1o_V9-RSQe2mgEuLDWk87iu6VA9dR4iUbWWiyzKbQmbulJbsoEUNI-I/w640-h228/Mad+World-multi+elements+for+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The matte shot above comprised around seven different live action components as well as the painting itself, all assembled in 65mm on the Film Effects optical printer, which in itself, was a mammoth task given the system used at the facility. Using the then standard method of colour separation masters, each of the live action elements required three separate passes - as yellow, cyan and magenta - each run in bi-pack with appropriate red, blue and green filters. Some <i>twenty one</i> separate exposures were required overall.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJNBaMB_sSxdhY9p4GPQYBhGQFdJllm6Un0DJTMLyWnZRJa7JroeJHJ2ngwJEscLKEO5AK2r93_pO5lfPdgV3v1AerZ9gpAarobHaKgrb7lfp0KFYIH1V5-zfGT_jxvHx8Y4dZy15Tno/s1011/Mad+World-long+shot+matte+bef%2526aft.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1011" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJNBaMB_sSxdhY9p4GPQYBhGQFdJllm6Un0DJTMLyWnZRJa7JroeJHJ2ngwJEscLKEO5AK2r93_pO5lfPdgV3v1AerZ9gpAarobHaKgrb7lfp0KFYIH1V5-zfGT_jxvHx8Y4dZy15Tno/w640-h512/Mad+World-long+shot+matte+bef%2526aft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The matte was painted on a large, five foot wide sheet of hardboard, or Masonite as the Americans refer to it. In my extensive oral history blog back in 2012 with Matthew Yuricich, I asked him about Howard Fisher, with whom he had worked at MGM: <i>"Howard was a really nice guy… he was an MGM matte artist and also one of the nicest guys you’d ever find – a very nice gentleman. Howard must have been around 65 back in 1955. They hired Howard away from some other studio. There was a lot of jealousy in those days."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAS8rWrOGxuAQLpjBmOsjJO-ay760HPfg-5Sdec2kPCgMFNo0_hp4TCvC-53HiVDoDuMjvwAWvR8kKlvPlGrJpKIdR1PuA-PHbC6tOp4BU2MnG-r0HDQS3dVm4Iumz3D-ZRwsRZZ220YA/s1534/Howard+Fisher+matte-detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1534" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAS8rWrOGxuAQLpjBmOsjJO-ay760HPfg-5Sdec2kPCgMFNo0_hp4TCvC-53HiVDoDuMjvwAWvR8kKlvPlGrJpKIdR1PuA-PHbC6tOp4BU2MnG-r0HDQS3dVm4Iumz3D-ZRwsRZZ220YA/w640-h396/Howard+Fisher+matte-detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up of Howard's detail work. Friend and coworker, Matt Yuricich referred to Fisher as <i>"a photo realist"</i> in his style and approach.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWojXjEuICmxXRfZ0uScC5AuUHZ1rb-qfQAKroK-jXOAyHe9m-nxxdkMrhxGHwZ1qYqv22L6e3ryS9dtLT_02dnBxhreHkJcJZK7soL9tw_PlmTPU38CgriDAMZHhOD0MURM2T7oWT8vg/s2137/Mad+World-+fx+%2526+matte+layout+2+HR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="2137" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWojXjEuICmxXRfZ0uScC5AuUHZ1rb-qfQAKroK-jXOAyHe9m-nxxdkMrhxGHwZ1qYqv22L6e3ryS9dtLT_02dnBxhreHkJcJZK7soL9tw_PlmTPU38CgriDAMZHhOD0MURM2T7oWT8vg/w640-h198/Mad+World-+fx+%2526+matte+layout+2+HR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not sure about this photo. It doesn't appear to be a matte block in due to the sheer size <i>(note the studio lamp at right plus the notation 36" on one of the buildings)</i>. I'm thinking it was the early stage of prepping a large painted backing for the stop motion work perhaps.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJ3hD2UMHkey34aKdxyHAhfyB34f3Qlm8t_gwdTXvS735cVT6D_riq7Bue_vPh7UtMCCFzImnFN2uGwkQPd-50fabb4YSSAXqAL-EEPAjMQYl5GJ7idLzY59gTBgOXNR5UMz2-YZ_-Hk/s1920/vlcsnap-00442.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJ3hD2UMHkey34aKdxyHAhfyB34f3Qlm8t_gwdTXvS735cVT6D_riq7Bue_vPh7UtMCCFzImnFN2uGwkQPd-50fabb4YSSAXqAL-EEPAjMQYl5GJ7idLzY59gTBgOXNR5UMz2-YZ_-Hk/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00442.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte shot with live action filmed on the Universal lot combined with painted in skyline.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmeW_ZEYMcZFzgieU_2u1mhB72q3OASkwEogy4xEuey_VJzYQli91qvYjiyZyK7Zfhl6D7nr4Zo7QdJTaOAV5kghde8F8LSTS64BBqrUBUY_q3sOeCR9sm09U9KnBw2lH3_95ZMWutAc/s1920/vlcsnap-00428.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmeW_ZEYMcZFzgieU_2u1mhB72q3OASkwEogy4xEuey_VJzYQli91qvYjiyZyK7Zfhl6D7nr4Zo7QdJTaOAV5kghde8F8LSTS64BBqrUBUY_q3sOeCR9sm09U9KnBw2lH3_95ZMWutAc/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00428.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here's one of those cool finds that nobody ever spots until high def BluRay allows us to notice things not previously visible. A seemingly straight production shot looking down at the plaza is in fact a 3 part matte shot. Painted in store frontages at left, live action mid section filmed at Universal, and a matte painted street, cars, people and shops at right. Cool, huh? I live to discover shots like this. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xd4lkxctUOdflZCfHxLCtfnyia9e0aMMhdvhRlAO2MWOZvmFC1ue_emQP80N8NIDWeHrRHM9V-iUWcstr6c6UU-BuEaATGdVmxsD5iNbTp_fwlZoO76ihx29-D9PhqIsXCJc5RoNDtc/s1485/Mad+World-detail+street-left+side.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1485" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xd4lkxctUOdflZCfHxLCtfnyia9e0aMMhdvhRlAO2MWOZvmFC1ue_emQP80N8NIDWeHrRHM9V-iUWcstr6c6UU-BuEaATGdVmxsD5iNbTp_fwlZoO76ihx29-D9PhqIsXCJc5RoNDtc/w400-h285/Mad+World-detail+street-left+side.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blow up of the left side of the frame.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsUCggcXM73qd1g7XKI3TsOnt2igbuR2PQrg-xkGKh0aNo9KOznqrk7urpVU-u8Gp-z0JSnrXc0a-HoOWiQhHdaj3HMMtaTbdIJJPxu4sGjpuc2avLfA6CpFR384AKcxTkXFncsrj-Oc/s1236/Mad+World-detail+street.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1236" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsUCggcXM73qd1g7XKI3TsOnt2igbuR2PQrg-xkGKh0aNo9KOznqrk7urpVU-u8Gp-z0JSnrXc0a-HoOWiQhHdaj3HMMtaTbdIJJPxu4sGjpuc2avLfA6CpFR384AKcxTkXFncsrj-Oc/w640-h568/Mad+World-detail+street.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">...and the matted in right side of the frame.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgriN79GuiQBc95HIK-3AHB3I2awu_mk9hahcgMI3StuQFLp1qK-LTFeZndvXOF2S4sCTTljBhMJRYXTINVHUKPPJ2BKbEisJuEvUIpDd35ZibzYJEdneNDhDHWls-U27FhDSPwO5bhsW8/s2096/Mad+World-+fx+%2526+matte+layout+B+HR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="2096" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgriN79GuiQBc95HIK-3AHB3I2awu_mk9hahcgMI3StuQFLp1qK-LTFeZndvXOF2S4sCTTljBhMJRYXTINVHUKPPJ2BKbEisJuEvUIpDd35ZibzYJEdneNDhDHWls-U27FhDSPwO5bhsW8/w640-h286/Mad+World-+fx+%2526+matte+layout+B+HR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A wonderful and rare image of an incomplete test for a major effects shot. The performers on the mock up set at Universal have been split screened into a live action plate of Los Angeles, with a rough block in of what will become a matte painted section that will blend the two live plates. See below...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKN25M8MjbKhi2C2TitiRBikEjqcG78DBnh5qXxkumShAKf9_ScproBicA3g5gI_-C38g4xbPNAxxL8q9oip-POwn2bEZxgqQuKvkbbRWM8qZgDV2dYKCayIGqP8GTEhXakyxQdWSJYE/s760/Mad+World-+fx+%2526+matte+layout+HR+detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="760" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKN25M8MjbKhi2C2TitiRBikEjqcG78DBnh5qXxkumShAKf9_ScproBicA3g5gI_-C38g4xbPNAxxL8q9oip-POwn2bEZxgqQuKvkbbRWM8qZgDV2dYKCayIGqP8GTEhXakyxQdWSJYE/w640-h488/Mad+World-+fx+%2526+matte+layout+HR+detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The block in for the matte art that will ultimately blend the studio action with the 2nd unit cityscape.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBy7D1us5hUvfkSNW_NgyZvK7WnbHdBcZZWjGQMqJfLoBEFfolSTyhF1GSwgohP8o9dS0PCMWIMH7arTNvRLxpaNOBx45dBz0qVkCdGui-d7YShKDTbZDP-9by8cnDkfIZjRVTDrEpqY/s1920/vlcsnap-00443.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBy7D1us5hUvfkSNW_NgyZvK7WnbHdBcZZWjGQMqJfLoBEFfolSTyhF1GSwgohP8o9dS0PCMWIMH7arTNvRLxpaNOBx45dBz0qVkCdGui-d7YShKDTbZDP-9by8cnDkfIZjRVTDrEpqY/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00443.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot as it appears in the film with perfect join and invisible intermediate matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXy2M6G_J_bVqF5AYHqZMthBj_pcqUnv8ogPuTb3oS0OmbkleeIRxStWlmLH9-xBzS8vvu4ZbHWd99C7vL9v6GpAVn_f2RxgXCyuZfDpiYp9IXdrFX8gXvNJ6_l4JKKDJ2-v9bCC4bkzs/s1920/vlcsnap-00445.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXy2M6G_J_bVqF5AYHqZMthBj_pcqUnv8ogPuTb3oS0OmbkleeIRxStWlmLH9-xBzS8vvu4ZbHWd99C7vL9v6GpAVn_f2RxgXCyuZfDpiYp9IXdrFX8gXvNJ6_l4JKKDJ2-v9bCC4bkzs/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00445.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure, but looks like a distant building may be painted into this shot?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Tj43Jdgpk3d4-AWweswC68g1jxuBhd4l5-2hnYTNZUf7bzCduqJAU_Z5lA1MFPXRKi9fkOjVZzxMwZmg6So_gmUY97otj5b18wpxmQmfzcM_vQ3jzGdt8a2c6J2xJFZmj7xy-VMyrSw/s1920/vlcsnap-00446.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Tj43Jdgpk3d4-AWweswC68g1jxuBhd4l5-2hnYTNZUf7bzCduqJAU_Z5lA1MFPXRKi9fkOjVZzxMwZmg6So_gmUY97otj5b18wpxmQmfzcM_vQ3jzGdt8a2c6J2xJFZmj7xy-VMyrSw/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00446.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another view of the stunt action with another matte rendered to blend in. I spoke with Jim Danforth about this: <i>"In this frame the comedians are real and were filmed on the set at Universal. The wall of the building extending to the left appears painted. I don't remember how many storeys of the building at Universal we constructed. I'm guessing that part of the building below the comedians was painted. Obviously, the street traffic is real. My guess is that the brick building to the right of the real building is painted (and the entire city may be). I think this shot was completed before I started at Film Effects"</i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7Db55jfeuUm1Ix-G64EDRvsUFeqnUyldY4RLM2b9q0jxl0tywGBW7Kkdk0wyjQXLQsvgN5q3mgvzT6gLwSmvvvPZB3Oe3mlq3gg-KLZZrdxso-JpCIBUujNYGsHMAXipu1xpHyVgkpM/s1920/vlcsnap-00451.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7Db55jfeuUm1Ix-G64EDRvsUFeqnUyldY4RLM2b9q0jxl0tywGBW7Kkdk0wyjQXLQsvgN5q3mgvzT6gLwSmvvvPZB3Oe3mlq3gg-KLZZrdxso-JpCIBUujNYGsHMAXipu1xpHyVgkpM/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00451.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This angle may have entirely painted cityscape matted in? Shades of THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT me thinks?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTKIi3DPV_rfOOooGwrv5zH2zakdJV1qdjgAydhz-8AwxkywThy4ikDRwmEkCHEHyA0Eo5qh9HA2XZYvqZK5bPgfiV0BbMaKBvjyKFuD-TvTKLZuQYteaX6hWEM1S1QRv8rijA2zTWzE/s1242/Mad+World-bef%2526aft+Uni+backlot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1242" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTKIi3DPV_rfOOooGwrv5zH2zakdJV1qdjgAydhz-8AwxkywThy4ikDRwmEkCHEHyA0Eo5qh9HA2XZYvqZK5bPgfiV0BbMaKBvjyKFuD-TvTKLZuQYteaX6hWEM1S1QRv8rijA2zTWzE/w640-h508/Mad+World-bef%2526aft+Uni+backlot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A revealing behind the scenes look at just how much skill went into executing these shots, that for the most part, were invisible to the audience. I asked Jim Danforth, and his remarkable memory recalled the manner in which this was composited: <i>"The scene is live, filmed on the set at Universal with a matte split to a painted distant cityscape. The Film Effects / Fox duping system made it possible to have the delicate iron work extend into the sky area. In some scenes the artists penciled in 'ghost' images of the fire escape on the duping board in order to increase the black density of the fire escape iron work".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBQAR3AESgh9WJjLNZ4qXF7kVoOa1xf3RM6-Tzl5Hi4WVe5vVsbukeTiHY0WxUDx3wP6LUYqbSe6Uy8goxkcjQWvA_yeLkFkf8zLQ4e-bOLbY6NfBWCnsjUdGw4htnDm9QAYTsc24_AE/s1920/vlcsnap-00452.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBQAR3AESgh9WJjLNZ4qXF7kVoOa1xf3RM6-Tzl5Hi4WVe5vVsbukeTiHY0WxUDx3wP6LUYqbSe6Uy8goxkcjQWvA_yeLkFkf8zLQ4e-bOLbY6NfBWCnsjUdGw4htnDm9QAYTsc24_AE/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00452.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Ultra Panavision frame. Cliff Silsby was also matte painter on the film. Cliff was another old timer who's career stretched back to the old days at Warner Bros and 20th Century Fox. Famed matte artist Matthew Yuricich told me that he had fond memories of Cliff when at Fox in the early 50's. He described Silsby as <i>"a mousy little guy, a good matte painter who would take it all personally", </i>especially<i> </i>when their boss Emil Kosa got on his back and bugged him, as he habitually did with all of his matte artists at Fox.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIa3d-wxuZWD-k8PVZYJmXB8TKINLqVXc_3q03ocoSQ_dGfhh5aK84-hAk04eNg6fES9qTk2oDAdFv9wXHaZzSETIfqlldmGYdGS9R__25sjIRt-vxI574HFdxpg3s1cBhoEzg3xoN7O4/s1198/Mad+World-detail+city.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1198" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIa3d-wxuZWD-k8PVZYJmXB8TKINLqVXc_3q03ocoSQ_dGfhh5aK84-hAk04eNg6fES9qTk2oDAdFv9wXHaZzSETIfqlldmGYdGS9R__25sjIRt-vxI574HFdxpg3s1cBhoEzg3xoN7O4/w640-h380/Mad+World-detail+city.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I enlarged a BluRay frame to show the extensive matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXuJWY-pHYU7ApETNcYms_Mt_27lPZ39-RNv5-dZGnq8fX1Q7tzkYcPxNdSafmPaO-r-ZnKUEEnFDIlgYn3SYZw-f_M95VtvOnQ70zb3EhTpLVqDb7Z8fcavpDJ1mUnxBBbD275EMjWk/s1920/vlcsnap-00447.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXuJWY-pHYU7ApETNcYms_Mt_27lPZ39-RNv5-dZGnq8fX1Q7tzkYcPxNdSafmPaO-r-ZnKUEEnFDIlgYn3SYZw-f_M95VtvOnQ70zb3EhTpLVqDb7Z8fcavpDJ1mUnxBBbD275EMjWk/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00447.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An extensive matte painted shot with miniature action. I was communicating with Jim Danforth a few years ago about the mattes in MAD WORLD and asked him about this curious looking shot: <i>"The perspective of the primary building is off compared to the buildings on the right and left. Note that the verticals of the painted buildings at the far right are almost a true vertical whereas the primary (miniature) building is greatly canted clockwise, as though drawn to a three-point perspective, and yet, the buildings farther to the left of center are not canted as far. This is a scene with multiple vanishing points (which rarely happens in life). The fire engine ladder is a stop-motion miniature as I recall, and the people on the fire escape balcony are stop-motion puppets".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGRjbB1ZLfjxaqI5J0AI7uFSqcTCzLLR-_CVrlHOL3MzR2wD5Rb89HxvvirGWFpTDAWoz-7ZB-179L2jT0pOeFteddQhtL3rbR5xfMHJtwiS_VAK5TY9U5S_0IP9lnFGgwkx2OYe2reo/s1920/vlcsnap-00450.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGRjbB1ZLfjxaqI5J0AI7uFSqcTCzLLR-_CVrlHOL3MzR2wD5Rb89HxvvirGWFpTDAWoz-7ZB-179L2jT0pOeFteddQhtL3rbR5xfMHJtwiS_VAK5TY9U5S_0IP9lnFGgwkx2OYe2reo/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00450.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In an interview for <i>American Cinematographer</i>, Dunn revealed that some <b>25</b> matte paintings were required for all of the action shots involving the fire escape and ladder sequences, with almost all views of the buildings, surrounds and city being rendered by Howard Fisher and Cliff Silsby at Film Effects of Hollywood.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0pxnzWLh9jUZ_umhQEb2YAQCKLxk98f2IbjA5Zae6Uz-Mjt5pFNbOOeYNIYdGA8f_58f4SeZraForTaesugmtQMUe7W1Fsxi2hjqhZ-gRn9toOglu6H1EKTs9pVX-HNV5OvnHoeiH_o/s2118/Mad+World-65mm+%2526+anim.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="2118" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0pxnzWLh9jUZ_umhQEb2YAQCKLxk98f2IbjA5Zae6Uz-Mjt5pFNbOOeYNIYdGA8f_58f4SeZraForTaesugmtQMUe7W1Fsxi2hjqhZ-gRn9toOglu6H1EKTs9pVX-HNV5OvnHoeiH_o/w640-h280/Mad+World-65mm+%2526+anim.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOySaUjg_srs6xqjpnfBk6FOTbDzzYgazkjsS7tHTQ1Y1lb2jGIbMTTvEC1OjPoZlwiGZEqMewrIWdGm0cGi2JwNYFRsqMsOZGyv0ErFfCwbwnNGlG4EzuCKjgGEz_ZHC_V6AoLsMhLo/s2096/Danforth+8a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="2096" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOySaUjg_srs6xqjpnfBk6FOTbDzzYgazkjsS7tHTQ1Y1lb2jGIbMTTvEC1OjPoZlwiGZEqMewrIWdGm0cGi2JwNYFRsqMsOZGyv0ErFfCwbwnNGlG4EzuCKjgGEz_ZHC_V6AoLsMhLo/w640-h328/Danforth+8a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Behind the scenes stop motion. * Pics are from Jim Danforth's memoir: <i>Dinosaurs, Dragons and Drama</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBiHhzvzyPVfmmr-Q67V6lz6_K4mSG_ivdEqLEJc5VH6OhV8gB7F4p5EMdljnyRoWKfb52T2Xy6MRopgJBBICU6osdS6M_esWVXedH9qfqUTMlXgKSqKotkd38KGOXOEJ_lHLKkv9iQU/s810/It%2527s+a+Mad+Mad+World-miniature+set+up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="810" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBiHhzvzyPVfmmr-Q67V6lz6_K4mSG_ivdEqLEJc5VH6OhV8gB7F4p5EMdljnyRoWKfb52T2Xy6MRopgJBBICU6osdS6M_esWVXedH9qfqUTMlXgKSqKotkd38KGOXOEJ_lHLKkv9iQU/w640-h494/It%2527s+a+Mad+Mad+World-miniature+set+up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">*I have copies of these pics from the old American Cinematographer magazine but decided to substitute <u>same</u> better quality images from Jim Danforth's <i>Dinosaurs, Dragons and Drama</i> - volume one, which I recommend to anyone fascinated in 'old school' special effects. Jim discusses MAD WORLD in depth, among much else.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcIEB0vyh7jrOXXiXRP1noDrsjBSa6syBs-ODlB1xLUcq5bO-c4l5fv2hY1pFXGemjVxrC3shQvTLeuaDer4U-Oe8L640pItH2wu4FSgI6QocZG-7rwS8DDguNVquvN61q12Ktj2w6-o/s739/It%2527s+a+Mad+Mad+World-miniature+shoot2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="739" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcIEB0vyh7jrOXXiXRP1noDrsjBSa6syBs-ODlB1xLUcq5bO-c4l5fv2hY1pFXGemjVxrC3shQvTLeuaDer4U-Oe8L640pItH2wu4FSgI6QocZG-7rwS8DDguNVquvN61q12Ktj2w6-o/w640-h550/It%2527s+a+Mad+Mad+World-miniature+shoot2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">*From Jim Danforth's <i>Dinosaurs, Dragons and Drama</i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9vv544fIb2_4elkROkdPppb2VvFr0d8l8nidmFFVe99NS8ik23tWDwZs8Kr-_hoh6fE9upRaDwuvroxnVuDQcl863dxCj5_fGV92rUDEmI-w0q9-m1E0AEXY1pVXkxBV89gonEM4FFQ/s1920/vlcsnap-00458.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9vv544fIb2_4elkROkdPppb2VvFr0d8l8nidmFFVe99NS8ik23tWDwZs8Kr-_hoh6fE9upRaDwuvroxnVuDQcl863dxCj5_fGV92rUDEmI-w0q9-m1E0AEXY1pVXkxBV89gonEM4FFQ/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00458.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Miniature with stop motion. Initially, the legendary Willis O'Brien was assigned to design and animate these sequences but sadly passed away during pre-production. Jim Danforth - himself a massive fan of O'Bie - came on board and took over animation chores, with the experience being, according to Jim, one of the most enjoyable of his career. Also on the stop motion was Marcel Vercoutere, and according to some sources, articulated puppet builder Marcel Delgado did some animation, which ultimately wasn't used.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CFFD5MerH7K-C_dSePI2S8tcDzyVBXztdNGRYKT-Mk56wWH5FOdqrAjQajit6oBS_HcQqPpT5-TV3PLTHoGqNOAeGgzsxCU6beHXSfQqCCfD3orxU3bNiO_eF5u5rsQB1bnzO6t-o-k/s1920/vlcsnap-00457.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CFFD5MerH7K-C_dSePI2S8tcDzyVBXztdNGRYKT-Mk56wWH5FOdqrAjQajit6oBS_HcQqPpT5-TV3PLTHoGqNOAeGgzsxCU6beHXSfQqCCfD3orxU3bNiO_eF5u5rsQB1bnzO6t-o-k/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00457.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Miniatures coordinator on the film was another full on legend in the field, Howard Lydecker. Howard had decades of experience along with his brother Theodore, at the old Republic Studios, where, despite the unavoidable cost cutting that a second tier studio had to live with, the Lydeckers constantly produced incredibly realistic miniature effects that still look great today, due in no small part to excellent photography out of doors in actual daylight, something not common at the time. So many of the newer generation of effects men owed their lot to the Lydecker brothers and their no-nonsense, pragmatic approach to making terrific model shots. Apparently, on the MAD WORLD shoot, Howard and Linwood would clash over differing approaches to achieve shots, with Lydecker figuring upon a no-nonsense, practical means while Dunn preferred to orchestrate a complicated, multi-element optical solution. Some ill feeling developed, resulting in Lydecker walking off the shoot with a simple <i>"Well, it's time I went fishing"</i> as a form of resignation, and off he went, never to return.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEier3mtd_iBciRCjcPezEAB36Lso8uEFEs4OiF5s1VVjOrPV88qYIafMVMHkt8WIuRr_cYfdUjlCbsy52Eeh67PZQTftJLDobvWruyRgPvqnBTaUg7-4qvyOtx94wp3Ow1SDaZBBsNgJmU/s1920/vlcsnap-00467.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1920" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEier3mtd_iBciRCjcPezEAB36Lso8uEFEs4OiF5s1VVjOrPV88qYIafMVMHkt8WIuRr_cYfdUjlCbsy52Eeh67PZQTftJLDobvWruyRgPvqnBTaUg7-4qvyOtx94wp3Ow1SDaZBBsNgJmU/w640-h232/vlcsnap-00467.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Carey Loftin's stunt team bounce off the power lines at the conclusion. Real stunt guys with optical overlays of sparks and zaps of voltage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJp5Y_RPDJKKer3kRnuu29yFt_wPKsBTRIPoKzICj5ynb6Cs8q2JNjV0Py-uP4wttMa44E784dNEVXCqIKvkh_G1g_-E7A9DmR2dzQZjElM9DSvr0-h8MA1RazMIShwsKJFN4zOpQL8w0/s550/itsamadmadmadmadworld.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="550" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJp5Y_RPDJKKer3kRnuu29yFt_wPKsBTRIPoKzICj5ynb6Cs8q2JNjV0Py-uP4wttMa44E784dNEVXCqIKvkh_G1g_-E7A9DmR2dzQZjElM9DSvr0-h8MA1RazMIShwsKJFN4zOpQL8w0/w320-h241/itsamadmadmadmadworld.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yeah....ain't <u>that</u> the truth!!!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gjZEukvQ70H7RAdxqzvqDj7RtEJPk2W1drqJWH4DTH1D3XM1ZodZMX7KXSPaV9cZfki0phFgGe2YMQQOv1vOdKlQI_rL10y_QtI2mZhu3f6qIO4NyZYbpiC0fYjpCV0yVVSWfYtYSqU/s1056/Miracle+Bells-artwork.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1056" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gjZEukvQ70H7RAdxqzvqDj7RtEJPk2W1drqJWH4DTH1D3XM1ZodZMX7KXSPaV9cZfki0phFgGe2YMQQOv1vOdKlQI_rL10y_QtI2mZhu3f6qIO4NyZYbpiC0fYjpCV0yVVSWfYtYSqU/w400-h324/Miracle+Bells-artwork.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From frantic slapstick to a somber Christmas sort of 'pull at the heart strings' movie...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrx4CvQA_fvayIWuCDDLzYMD4MXvDsA6LVqHeHBkA_VoUTrGA7yKz14nvMazf95ef3-1TgQ6GjIiZ0yHotFcwcuOR1sR0NsqvlPcz-LTW2wVturqOylveaY1sDbfb0uNbDH50Kp761HY/s1764/Miracle1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1764" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrx4CvQA_fvayIWuCDDLzYMD4MXvDsA6LVqHeHBkA_VoUTrGA7yKz14nvMazf95ef3-1TgQ6GjIiZ0yHotFcwcuOR1sR0NsqvlPcz-LTW2wVturqOylveaY1sDbfb0uNbDH50Kp761HY/w640-h472/Miracle1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although trashed by the critics, I didn't mind THE MIRACLE OF THE BELLS (1948) too much. A hokey sort of story for sure, but I actually quite enjoyed it as a lazy afternoon time filler</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJRfS0F7l8haAJ7OxGeXkGBACPiQKhFZGFma3ooVnk_GO1z1UXKNf-SAsQeYzVMFAzatY0RMR-GveR0MgnsIoZEkUIid17AYMBfA5iWrcLY2HOPaT7C6ECN-2l_IeU02fTTPejgbv3XM/s610/MJY-Willis+O%2527Brien.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="610" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJRfS0F7l8haAJ7OxGeXkGBACPiQKhFZGFma3ooVnk_GO1z1UXKNf-SAsQeYzVMFAzatY0RMR-GveR0MgnsIoZEkUIid17AYMBfA5iWrcLY2HOPaT7C6ECN-2l_IeU02fTTPejgbv3XM/w640-h522/MJY-Willis+O%2527Brien.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film is of particular interest here as it is one of the few examples where storied visual effects visionary, the great <b>Willis O'Brien</b> no less, was matte painter. O'Bie was a highly skilled artist in his own right, as well as a stop motion genius<i> (KING KONG for any pathetic individuals who don't already know of his importance to the timeline of trick film technology and sheer gold standard entertainment).</i> When work was limited, O'Bie occasionally took on matte shot assignments, painting mattes for films such as THE DANCING PIRATE and THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S. The story goes that the industry had a major and very, very nasty union strike in the late 1940's, certainly effecting the matte artists and illustrators union as I heard it. Studios like RKO were blockaded with picketers, violence was rife and all hell had broken loose. I have an account by John P. Fulton's daughter: <i>"Dad had a friend who was an artist at Universal and when he tried to cross the picket line he was grabbed by some union guys who laid his hand across the curb and pounded it with a hammer and broke every one of his fingers"</i>. Willis apparently worked on the sly, rendering the mattes for MIRACLE OF THE BELLS and others, at home and having them smuggled in through the studio gates. According to Matthew Yuricich, his mentor at MGM, Henry Hillinck was also caught up with the big strike and he told Matthew he painted in secret in a non-descript building across the street from the studio.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDk-qZQxklLard6QF4NnhN_71erXvhdxb1sTMrPNXCEfjD0naIXncyZo_dacGvZPe26ncCAoxXyiJzYPNPuh6IIy1S1AyjInAC0UDOyKe_ewSPFj6e4hV6TaNgYwGBInCUOf6uD1bt2Ws/s1480/Miracle2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1480" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDk-qZQxklLard6QF4NnhN_71erXvhdxb1sTMrPNXCEfjD0naIXncyZo_dacGvZPe26ncCAoxXyiJzYPNPuh6IIy1S1AyjInAC0UDOyKe_ewSPFj6e4hV6TaNgYwGBInCUOf6uD1bt2Ws/w640-h468/Miracle2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I had a couple of readers email me about this shot which I'd used as a tiny part of my blog header collage for my previous entry so I figured I'd celebrate it here properly. There are really just a couple of shots in MIRACLE OF THE BELLS but this main one is a doozy. A beautiful matte that is kept on screen for some time with a slow optical zoom in, following Fred MacMurray up to the doorway.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV926WwBPsrvGG7zaIpNplRWInQqt5ELKfUeiEUlWRTGgmLOu6_o6KrJvyeVRaARyxD8T1l8pImBWdUQCm9aLJUDcFSGvuvz8QsUTkfElp4Bxotb6mg_bI4b4iEzVl9YQNkWxYBnT-Akc/s2235/Miracle3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2235" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV926WwBPsrvGG7zaIpNplRWInQqt5ELKfUeiEUlWRTGgmLOu6_o6KrJvyeVRaARyxD8T1l8pImBWdUQCm9aLJUDcFSGvuvz8QsUTkfElp4Bxotb6mg_bI4b4iEzVl9YQNkWxYBnT-Akc/w640-h470/Miracle3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Russell Cully was chief of the RKO photographic effects department, following the unfortunate death of Vernon Walker. Clifford Stine was effects cameraman on the film.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBl371v0mmHBK8m2N7254KB2zGYANFb2fD0CAJ3XrNC8A_eGuEXNk_IqGLryL1kQbLyOO2YjEGqvLQ9d4CK9XNIQCBhk_OCtXPiinHrG_vdpx4E7Mms0LfEzxpnsMZ12TeK6O9bvNu-g/s2259/matte-detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="2259" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBl371v0mmHBK8m2N7254KB2zGYANFb2fD0CAJ3XrNC8A_eGuEXNk_IqGLryL1kQbLyOO2YjEGqvLQ9d4CK9XNIQCBhk_OCtXPiinHrG_vdpx4E7Mms0LfEzxpnsMZ12TeK6O9bvNu-g/w640-h342/matte-detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A blow up of the Willis O'Brien matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIBnz90x2DeQSuG9KgCzW8c0RR4lfNjvXfKNAlA4PDdSXzuS26BcLokG8dwEykhNNz7l_QwEcZmONOv7T-0fW51f-DgP-0TNsT0eGL3piyBgEY9SkLXfNsDhyPjgKRMh0AXPmRchySBI/s2007/Miracle4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="2007" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIBnz90x2DeQSuG9KgCzW8c0RR4lfNjvXfKNAlA4PDdSXzuS26BcLokG8dwEykhNNz7l_QwEcZmONOv7T-0fW51f-DgP-0TNsT0eGL3piyBgEY9SkLXfNsDhyPjgKRMh0AXPmRchySBI/w640-h458/Miracle4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A few other shots from MIRACLE OF THE BELLS.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>That's it for now. Hope you found this blog interesting and maybe even educational.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Take care and stay safe wherever you are...</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Pete</i></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-55789536591161210292020-12-21T15:59:00.000+13:002020-12-21T15:59:32.069+13:00MATTE PAINTING REVIEW: A Selection of Overlooked Films - Part Thirteen<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmFIAoY4mn3-RZpJuCli0fgRzkanxQqH5eC9JN692Bl2fhw3w1jxmCXL-aojCVdgw8szUqFVDguAAv5fheW_0I9w3-kRByftxBeaZezbRE1hEywfOr0CmicT6RuaEXt3OczaRCKNTPjY/s2092/BLOG+header+Dec+2020+%2528small%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1395" data-original-width="2092" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmFIAoY4mn3-RZpJuCli0fgRzkanxQqH5eC9JN692Bl2fhw3w1jxmCXL-aojCVdgw8szUqFVDguAAv5fheW_0I9w3-kRByftxBeaZezbRE1hEywfOr0CmicT6RuaEXt3OczaRCKNTPjY/w640-h426/BLOG+header+Dec+2020+%2528small%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Greetings folks, wherever in the world you happen to be. In light of the depressing global situation that's still being inflicted upon many, I think it's high time to 'take five' and put all of that on the back burner for the time being and enjoy another of NZ Pete's phantasmagorical trips down the cinematic rabbit hole of old school special photographic, matte and miniature effects. With the festive season just days away, what better time to shift gears and take our minds off of the events that surround us, and have done so for all of 2020 - arguably a bastard of a year, bar none - and as a pleasant diversion enjoy some wonderful and creative matte painted visuals from a trio of films. Just three I hear you complain? Well, there are a lot of shots here today, so you ain't being short changed. I try to be thorough.</p><p>The first retrospective is THE BLACK HOLE - a massive, effects laden and 1979 FX Oscar nominated extravaganza from Disney, with a record breaking number of mattes, opticals and miniatures. Second film celebrated here today is an old Paramount classic that only senior film buffs such as myself will be familiar with. The Joel McCrea-Barbara Stanwyck picture, THE GREAT MAN'S LADY from 1942 with a multitude of wonderful matte paintings and cleverly engineered trick work. Lastly today is a very low budget monster-supernatural flick, EQUINOX, from 1969, that although wasn't very good at all, the semi-professional cult classic was important as a foundation for several burgeoning effects creators who would all go on to much bigger things and considerable fame as a result.</p><p>So my friends, as per standard with my introductory ramblings, let us take a seat, dim the lights, have a Jack Daniels & Cola at hand, and through the magic of the cybernet, enjoy some magical and occasionally jaw-dropping cinematic trickery from the days of old ... you know the sort.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGVL2-Li2I9SH9GjfFkj4a4Ajb2IaHmU_WxVY6gRa_rVgMUsK5QnfK2iWP8r81IwC-zGM-hL6M_Irsg7ppZ4d4NYxuKdkVIzJfzS61zPCBETX2rCubHZ_FyHdGUHQ_SOhVuocMuY3OHI/s2536/The+Yearling+%2528Newcombe+shot%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2536" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGVL2-Li2I9SH9GjfFkj4a4Ajb2IaHmU_WxVY6gRa_rVgMUsK5QnfK2iWP8r81IwC-zGM-hL6M_Irsg7ppZ4d4NYxuKdkVIzJfzS61zPCBETX2rCubHZ_FyHdGUHQ_SOhVuocMuY3OHI/w640-h344/The+Yearling+%2528Newcombe+shot%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This magnificent matte painting and exquisite final composite is from the 1946 Gregory Peck family film THE YEARLING. It has absolutely no connection to todays blog other than being an utterly sublime, even soothing sidebar to the tough times facing many of us at present. The sun <u>will</u> come out to shine again. Please enjoy this piece of Warren Newcombe history. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy, have a safe Xmas and New Year wherever you are, and <b>chill out</b>!</p><p><br /></p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2PbqgGH37o12NEtAtwHzfoC1sSt9tF4AB6Nd7E0XQ-78aFhZ1ZAWAoqYPqoM66tJD5fbQokxFj0yKVNwbIhQmsfNC-O8snoSBdxWFeVs3I6rB3eU3YSZc38Xk_XwbPrZfQuo7EEMeq0/s1464/BH+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="1096" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2PbqgGH37o12NEtAtwHzfoC1sSt9tF4AB6Nd7E0XQ-78aFhZ1ZAWAoqYPqoM66tJD5fbQokxFj0yKVNwbIhQmsfNC-O8snoSBdxWFeVs3I6rB3eU3YSZc38Xk_XwbPrZfQuo7EEMeq0/w478-h640/BH+art.jpg" width="478" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Great ad-art that I never saw back in the day (1979), and may have helped sell the picture better had they used it? It didn't do very well I believe.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5Sq9mCT-FpW4_F5wFTeCamTy1ZposodP_vSQ1MiseFL_8tYj6idL-asWolhKJCuijz4UmmenntVyzZ4Vc6ROzYjeDKQcH6TXw0KNhu5xBmwPl9qIy5Mez98bQFZDyLklORH7uvFvV6I/s2100/BH+0.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="2100" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5Sq9mCT-FpW4_F5wFTeCamTy1ZposodP_vSQ1MiseFL_8tYj6idL-asWolhKJCuijz4UmmenntVyzZ4Vc6ROzYjeDKQcH6TXw0KNhu5xBmwPl9qIy5Mez98bQFZDyLklORH7uvFvV6I/w640-h292/BH+0.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Can't read it? Well, that's what you get when you try to view this magnificent blog on one of those silly, dinky cellular devices. Try a real 'man sized' screen for optimum matte appreciation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJ2ITRJ1z_JEnRrgEV0Q1QFaKjDOoP8p42n6FaMNXDYYhPIjNKQq4KuUj62zg3_RgeYHE4OM4rGywlOZ0jr-64Il4yvKKoJcWANPytlOAavwnwE4JQk1aalm7uDTCBHg11cKiUu2RiZI/s600/The-Black_Hole_Concept_Art_by_Peter_Ellenshaw_600x239.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="239" data-original-width="600" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJ2ITRJ1z_JEnRrgEV0Q1QFaKjDOoP8p42n6FaMNXDYYhPIjNKQq4KuUj62zg3_RgeYHE4OM4rGywlOZ0jr-64Il4yvKKoJcWANPytlOAavwnwE4JQk1aalm7uDTCBHg11cKiUu2RiZI/w400-h160/The-Black_Hole_Concept_Art_by_Peter_Ellenshaw_600x239.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the many conceptual paintings by long time Disney creative icon, the great Peter Ellenshaw.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyS1jSLVzJqDORaL5uN24LgGAq0QKVmtswiFcTw4mpQKk8Ur3zxkOtnkqH0YCQQ-YK7dr5jg1vRuiNOur8kzGfONE4-jYfNDk4TKOGMC9xnpvIgqeyfKRrgnA8HknSOZD1zyT1mKkh7E/s880/Art+Cruickshank_Cygnus%252BACESccd.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="880" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyS1jSLVzJqDORaL5uN24LgGAq0QKVmtswiFcTw4mpQKk8Ur3zxkOtnkqH0YCQQ-YK7dr5jg1vRuiNOur8kzGfONE4-jYfNDk4TKOGMC9xnpvIgqeyfKRrgnA8HknSOZD1zyT1mKkh7E/w640-h462/Art+Cruickshank_Cygnus%252BACESccd.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Veteran vfx cinematographer Art Cruickshank, was director of all miniature photography on THE BLACK HOLE. Art had a very long and esteemed career in visual effects, beginning at Disney as an animation cameraman in 1939, Art would participate on old classics such as FANTASIA and was instrumental in working with Disney's multi-plane animation set ups for shows like BAMBI.</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Art played a key role with trick shots on classics like the still jaw-dropping DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE - a film that belongs in the pantheon of <u>all time</u> VFX excellence if ever there were one!</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeGhGEs0FnyjF8DAmNhHtqRgkpHxyRamBauOwBPYVIYZK4oUWQ_r49rvi8vPAoMiL7qYAYrg5fhsVcc0WAYMLj0uCvUaKb3X1FePYlzcFyeW5O6h3-YQ9DfUikRG-Q5SuR6XvrL60a7c/s1516/BH_publicity+001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1516" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeGhGEs0FnyjF8DAmNhHtqRgkpHxyRamBauOwBPYVIYZK4oUWQ_r49rvi8vPAoMiL7qYAYrg5fhsVcc0WAYMLj0uCvUaKb3X1FePYlzcFyeW5O6h3-YQ9DfUikRG-Q5SuR6XvrL60a7c/w640-h412/BH_publicity+001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Why just employ one Ellenshaw when <i>two</i> will double the creative output? Peter had been with Disney ever since TREASURE ISLAND back in 1950 when Walt asked him to paint mattes for that classic film. Peter stayed with the company from that day forward, and in addition to being principal matte painter <i>(and for a time the only matte painter)</i> would also shift roles and work as production designer on several big Disney shows such as JOHNNY TREMAIN and others. For THE BLACK HOLE Peter was assigned the dual role of both production designer and miniatures supervisor. Peter's son Harrison was another long time Disney staffer, having joined the matte department in 1970 for BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS. Harrison would oversee all of the, reported, 100 or so mattes for BLACK HOLE. As an aside, I think Peter must have been the very first painter to actually get an on screen credit for 'matte artist' back on TREASURE ISLAND, thanks to Walt. I've never seen any other matte painters that I can think of getting that specific on screen credit prior to then, and no others for some time after that film, until Disney started to credit fellow matte shot artists in the mid 50's like Albert Whitlock and a little later, Jim Fetherolf. No other studio did that.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAFoSSVLo1MoViX0aQ4FDC_bMu4nNgDG3BND55mflKZ6bIppDikbRiraHWgGmThRjNFec0jimoI6y3ZIXJMxlTt7v4wvlRooKd8bChoFY9J9a4wb4TlZJ6gEPzRol7bfLLxLlmUqszwM4/s1248/Cygnus002.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1248" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAFoSSVLo1MoViX0aQ4FDC_bMu4nNgDG3BND55mflKZ6bIppDikbRiraHWgGmThRjNFec0jimoI6y3ZIXJMxlTt7v4wvlRooKd8bChoFY9J9a4wb4TlZJ6gEPzRol7bfLLxLlmUqszwM4/w640-h418/Cygnus002.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A close up photo of the wonderful, and large, miniature of the ship Cygnus, as built by British modeller Terry Saunders and his crew. I do like the design of this craft.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6nYQ04Ik9fo2nz6yS_0MerW1NcJvzCaMQr79-TH0aboQqJqWBKeMh5skeL8rxvH2vmvg_e-0RAsEIwa3CDQvp4Ia-s6ihz6CR7jR55F1ubl7RzJjaRxEPLlpDHKSg_vcGt3yXl96iJk/s1200/StevMcEveety%252Btracks_ccd.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1200" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6nYQ04Ik9fo2nz6yS_0MerW1NcJvzCaMQr79-TH0aboQqJqWBKeMh5skeL8rxvH2vmvg_e-0RAsEIwa3CDQvp4Ia-s6ihz6CR7jR55F1ubl7RzJjaRxEPLlpDHKSg_vcGt3yXl96iJk/w640-h388/StevMcEveety%252Btracks_ccd.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Cygnus model set up in front of the galactic rear-illuminated backing, with the camera track for the new ACES (Automated Camera Effects System) motion control rig - a further development on the ILM Dykstraflex which proved revolutionary at the time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidu0tuXJofFEcSkz1gBVFpI-ABwf4OYbtkXwZGDo5Wl7puJYj9_s4qkjviiBgyVPfgFc9pJdYotw0eWgxLrenzEd63smm3ALPYnyydNxcWH6o-Cc1ujYDaqJ3sQivy-mKIESQaL7__iew/s1730/BH+models.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1730" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidu0tuXJofFEcSkz1gBVFpI-ABwf4OYbtkXwZGDo5Wl7puJYj9_s4qkjviiBgyVPfgFc9pJdYotw0eWgxLrenzEd63smm3ALPYnyydNxcWH6o-Cc1ujYDaqJ3sQivy-mKIESQaL7__iew/w640-h352/BH+models.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The miniatures crew with Terry Saunders' 22 foot long tunnel shown at top right, which would see much action later in the film. Lower right, Peter and Harrison confer on a model shot set up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8okAerFZ5_Mzq1DUWdBnDEW9cA3Kd0JOiTXG4c5Di2uVaFXH6uRWdydiL17etfGMZg-7xbPUrhQ-IK_gGQuJF4zksySjUU1udGfzX1J6k-9KltzkCg8Tw65EH_N3ld6apLAbKG6am_Zc/s756/BH-HE-0001T.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="756" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8okAerFZ5_Mzq1DUWdBnDEW9cA3Kd0JOiTXG4c5Di2uVaFXH6uRWdydiL17etfGMZg-7xbPUrhQ-IK_gGQuJF4zksySjUU1udGfzX1J6k-9KltzkCg8Tw65EH_N3ld6apLAbKG6am_Zc/w640-h398/BH-HE-0001T.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Art Cruickshank with the ACES set up and model ship. Art had a very busy career aside from Disney and was 'poached' by L.B Abbott to come across to 20th Century Fox in 1964 to oversee the optical cinematography on big Fox science fiction films such as FANTASTIC VOYAGE for which Art took home an Academy Award, and later did <i>major</i> fx work on the first two PLANET OF THE APES pictures, with <u>all</u> of these mentioned films having a <i>profound</i> effect upon NZ Pete as a young film viewer at Saturday matinee's I assure you!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5-zhymp3oD_5551dL4_g6z_fI5asWxiX7Jy0TH9sy-oukwhqlg64nhuFC5qe2_rCO0Q5ehmCl6wLAEzvPfAWzHZeiPOEJH3iFZiPEimpfOdZFrdHmFWK7DQAZG4FvsJrBI4h-llaqVw/s1498/miniatures+BH+cam+ready.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1498" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5-zhymp3oD_5551dL4_g6z_fI5asWxiX7Jy0TH9sy-oukwhqlg64nhuFC5qe2_rCO0Q5ehmCl6wLAEzvPfAWzHZeiPOEJH3iFZiPEimpfOdZFrdHmFWK7DQAZG4FvsJrBI4h-llaqVw/w640-h292/miniatures+BH+cam+ready.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Model magicians: Ellenshaw inspects the space probe at left while Cruickshank takes a light meter reading on one of the Cygnus miniatures. In L.B Abbott's indispensable memoir, he spoke fondly of Arthur and the astounding fact that until he managed to hire him - on a strong recommendation of Ub Iwerks - for FANTASTIC VOYAGE at Fox, Abbott had never been aware of Art, as he'd been hidden away in the Disney studio under the radar for many years. Sadly, Art passed away relatively young at just 65 in 1983 and the industry lost a master specialist.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-e4Ij6ea-MQ6L9y-HuJJKYGcCNfLA-11NwuTuvhI74BheYlsBdSkLvykPd08-rehEOEc-uzqsiTb6yVmx9ht5M-Qc4Qb6MUSZ-Lro_MiwmNxiGjcTLjJ8AGmMGw32A8viaMMRZmmBqSw/s1384/BH+Cygnus+model.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1384" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-e4Ij6ea-MQ6L9y-HuJJKYGcCNfLA-11NwuTuvhI74BheYlsBdSkLvykPd08-rehEOEc-uzqsiTb6yVmx9ht5M-Qc4Qb6MUSZ-Lro_MiwmNxiGjcTLjJ8AGmMGw32A8viaMMRZmmBqSw/w640-h324/BH+Cygnus+model.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Miniature Cygnus mounted in front of one of the 'space' backings, which were painted, stretched muslin, with about a thousand holes individually punched out and lit from behind with massive amounts of light.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08BoWta64fKHX2G-H2QqYG0siWbVEYfnN4kDEt-2aV77aXjYgFWlNNFoTvP2RYPbRGtEaX_QLZlfe4htbvGDYgnxkrHF6Kw2xrh4qDWguzUmYA5CoO0NDGHlwgZ2Mhb-gCmrTFJ1DxgI/s600/BTSBlackHoleSm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="600" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08BoWta64fKHX2G-H2QqYG0siWbVEYfnN4kDEt-2aV77aXjYgFWlNNFoTvP2RYPbRGtEaX_QLZlfe4htbvGDYgnxkrHF6Kw2xrh4qDWguzUmYA5CoO0NDGHlwgZ2Mhb-gCmrTFJ1DxgI/w400-h399/BTSBlackHoleSm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Spacecraft model ready for a shot, with Peter Ellenshaw perched atop camera crane with what appears to be a snorkel camera mount. The computer controlled ACES rig is shown at left on its track.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsSNBBQO6F6Ha-Xut3Q5a8m46HdIxfAEsTqieiuGUTpLKCrEIfUoqib4HaPoSXSm3zJzUW_0hg79Hbgart829Vd6ZMmx47BenyDEouPTTxRIHFSsTb7uexxINOEgDJ1UuZm6QTbrx400/s1660/BH+ACES+camera+system.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1660" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsSNBBQO6F6Ha-Xut3Q5a8m46HdIxfAEsTqieiuGUTpLKCrEIfUoqib4HaPoSXSm3zJzUW_0hg79Hbgart829Vd6ZMmx47BenyDEouPTTxRIHFSsTb7uexxINOEgDJ1UuZm6QTbrx400/w640-h304/BH+ACES+camera+system.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdx-sPuTj2xxmDmmv5cNuMiOO6CmiO5ldYG8qsk3tklZULKyA9FvRuDIaGWQF9TSR8iJzMnTWHF6IQHv6Sq2IjWmUNPr8qHKNxq1IvZ-QY6uDo3g-GRAoGQtNq5XW_FfRgJ3KMaaXAGKA/s1887/BH+CYGNUS+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="1887" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdx-sPuTj2xxmDmmv5cNuMiOO6CmiO5ldYG8qsk3tklZULKyA9FvRuDIaGWQF9TSR8iJzMnTWHF6IQHv6Sq2IjWmUNPr8qHKNxq1IvZ-QY6uDo3g-GRAoGQtNq5XW_FfRgJ3KMaaXAGKA/w640-h466/BH+CYGNUS+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Behind the scenes photos of the vast Cygnus miniature.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4VWl7rk28l1zS-PkcZTvbCxerAQ6sS_XitR4KkpU_McgD7eTUGnOmQ7gWONw71cEfPudq-BzV-CJRgvmZpCfw6BZ1zXyVit-gEb4AnG21cjo1J-8uggW9Sr9BdeGgHSQamQwr2QNUcE/s1515/PE%2526HE_Black+Hole.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1515" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4VWl7rk28l1zS-PkcZTvbCxerAQ6sS_XitR4KkpU_McgD7eTUGnOmQ7gWONw71cEfPudq-BzV-CJRgvmZpCfw6BZ1zXyVit-gEb4AnG21cjo1J-8uggW9Sr9BdeGgHSQamQwr2QNUcE/w640-h638/PE%2526HE_Black+Hole.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peter and Harrison pose in front of the film's most memorable matte painting - and most complex multi-element matte composite shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZWHyX82pxNnVImgfTdX7Pv0jT12KvDa35XpE2xYBuw4mbA_UaDzVJqhGB0TeXDSf3QFuFexJ0IiY7-CzMlwsuZH4xdGQwpP4t3scz2FLqAHelO6BbalaCul22HRYQuDOZoDKq-wFpk4/s1950/BH+matte+dept.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1950" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZWHyX82pxNnVImgfTdX7Pv0jT12KvDa35XpE2xYBuw4mbA_UaDzVJqhGB0TeXDSf3QFuFexJ0IiY7-CzMlwsuZH4xdGQwpP4t3scz2FLqAHelO6BbalaCul22HRYQuDOZoDKq-wFpk4/w640-h372/BH+matte+dept.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Disney matte staff on the job. Top left is matte cameraman Ed Sekac, with the department's new Matte Scan camera rig. Middle top is matte plate projectionist Don Henry with the VistaVision process projector. Top right shows the whole crew: matte painter David Mattingly, chief matte artist Harrison Ellenshaw, projectionist Don Henry, matte painter Constantine Ganakes and cameraman Ed Sekac, Bottom pics show Ellenshaw at work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mXy8ugJ6z3raAnSvgB-5S4ISem6IJumVlyBoBlu8I4DPVM_YMvlhmRrRZbu7WrBtaZe8lHeJJ79yud5iFG_a5x-cQl-nPgDi_3Acpx79bjIWum90SUOE0hSpyjIrZeF0toCdrLpXIgw/s686/BH-HE-0027Tflop+crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="686" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mXy8ugJ6z3raAnSvgB-5S4ISem6IJumVlyBoBlu8I4DPVM_YMvlhmRrRZbu7WrBtaZe8lHeJJ79yud5iFG_a5x-cQl-nPgDi_3Acpx79bjIWum90SUOE0hSpyjIrZeF0toCdrLpXIgw/w640-h478/BH-HE-0027Tflop+crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer view of the MatteScan rig, with Ed Sekac entering code.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXrY5n37w2BmzKD8ds2pg3Nw9TvpbZTC6sTKuPWqCM-VERoT3olfUpGuAk5FNszvWn9UelcF1jYEmcggFICNvHo6uFEJks5fUyFJMyjxbhXahgfYaJwJgYxC-XpfENoWFTPkrNlABWbE/s2836/BH+harrison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="2836" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXrY5n37w2BmzKD8ds2pg3Nw9TvpbZTC6sTKuPWqCM-VERoT3olfUpGuAk5FNszvWn9UelcF1jYEmcggFICNvHo6uFEJks5fUyFJMyjxbhXahgfYaJwJgYxC-XpfENoWFTPkrNlABWbE/w640-h318/BH+harrison.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harrison scratching out tiny blinking control panel lights within the vast control room painting, while at right, he is shown supervising plate photography for one of the matte shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWa9VRlqYp0E8IFRFCAscRmOCtWPBnvSe3wwANtyZm97WLAR5u4hhGilVblEJiLvpuhMe9YwPIFj0ciypKkZJM1wUfXNqWX1Ve5sSiqs2wTNjyuBcsdDOlBabXAoJb9n6BrJE9KhqcTs/s664/BH-HE-0024T.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="664" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWa9VRlqYp0E8IFRFCAscRmOCtWPBnvSe3wwANtyZm97WLAR5u4hhGilVblEJiLvpuhMe9YwPIFj0ciypKkZJM1wUfXNqWX1Ve5sSiqs2wTNjyuBcsdDOlBabXAoJb9n6BrJE9KhqcTs/w640-h410/BH-HE-0024T.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A peek inside the wonderful Disney matte department, with 'fresh' matte painter David Mattingly busy. Note the multitude of 'works-in-progress' all about the room, in various stages of completion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkFS0YuRj32jKjwwwqOqzQoXaZgOrb5EpUWLAeKXKfypXy9hojP_XGmv-XhMqhPHoT0ZY_nA-afwiDyE-P_JJbV6RBBlwSruD231YPv_Ysm2xsRs0I34NKF3g9xs4KWL_B-zvI9aLtxw/s1775/BH+mattes1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1775" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkFS0YuRj32jKjwwwqOqzQoXaZgOrb5EpUWLAeKXKfypXy9hojP_XGmv-XhMqhPHoT0ZY_nA-afwiDyE-P_JJbV6RBBlwSruD231YPv_Ysm2xsRs0I34NKF3g9xs4KWL_B-zvI9aLtxw/w640-h322/BH+mattes1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A selection of mattes that were among the many rendered for the film. In a 1979 interview David Mattingly said: <i>"Altogether there were 150 mattes, but only 52 were full scale paintings. Most of the others were primarily specialised mattes, designed for optical use and the blue screen process, in relation to some of the full mattes".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6ID0K8We179NoFv1euLEVSFAZKcDK19M26sxsXnfZb9zDE2qkbgCk7_tQosa98zs1d90HeOZjF9xBrAPRe62GFIhTFP1zoSQrMdkvGBO9l7qaR626eqdbg51wUFem20ieFS8FAzVuOA/s693/BH-HE-0018T.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="693" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6ID0K8We179NoFv1euLEVSFAZKcDK19M26sxsXnfZb9zDE2qkbgCk7_tQosa98zs1d90HeOZjF9xBrAPRe62GFIhTFP1zoSQrMdkvGBO9l7qaR626eqdbg51wUFem20ieFS8FAzVuOA/w640-h462/BH-HE-0018T.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A matte painted control tower on the stand for composite photography. I'm not sure this was ever used as the similar looking view in the final film appeared to be a miniature, with rear projected action?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoL2-fEvjq-6_3um-DABKj021ocn9Yv5p1U3VFFbxJS4s-eiFqJI6QEB59zrx-v2Q86vTCy-LopzFcf37-UZ0xSFswS_r5Gm4hcWW1p8hTSzRGaEy4DpoGG3X-rnMBr_bxkcAFW3Xh0g/s996/David+Mattingly001.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="996" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoL2-fEvjq-6_3um-DABKj021ocn9Yv5p1U3VFFbxJS4s-eiFqJI6QEB59zrx-v2Q86vTCy-LopzFcf37-UZ0xSFswS_r5Gm4hcWW1p8hTSzRGaEy4DpoGG3X-rnMBr_bxkcAFW3Xh0g/w640-h448/David+Mattingly001.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">David Mattingly blocks in the so-called Umbrella shot, which will be integrated with live action and a tilt up. Note the racks filled with vintage - or complete BLACK HOLE - matte paintings. I'd love to have a wander through there!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yU3dy00PldHxtY7p_5qZqvW-MrsqZA0gdBur8pALW6oe4qGqrEgGMZu9zhftvfArX9VK-3pk8tSEc985X3Txk8VbI7jsIA9ZR3RtUdQwAT9k3RloFMvJ_Xll6q5nzIIFmw-Tvo4XAUQ/s1542/Black+Hole+matte+artists.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1542" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yU3dy00PldHxtY7p_5qZqvW-MrsqZA0gdBur8pALW6oe4qGqrEgGMZu9zhftvfArX9VK-3pk8tSEc985X3Txk8VbI7jsIA9ZR3RtUdQwAT9k3RloFMvJ_Xll6q5nzIIFmw-Tvo4XAUQ/w640-h264/Black+Hole+matte+artists.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte men: Harrison Ellenshaw, David Mattingly & Constantine 'Deno' Ganakes. Mattingly's first matte assignment was this film, though he would go on to eventually head the Disney matte dept for a short time and later on be called back to work on the massive, effects loaded DICK TRACY, where he would prove vital as deadlines loomed. Recently David published a comprehensive handbook on Digital Matte Painting. Deno Ganakes, on the other hand, was an old timer in the matte department, having started back in the late 1950's and painting on films such as DARBY O'GILL and POLLYANNA alongside fellow artists Albert Whitlock and Jim Fetherolf. Later Deno would assist Peter Ellenshaw on big matte shows like MARY POPPINS and THE LOVE BUG and the huge ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD, which must have been one of Disney's biggest VFX films ever. Rarely ever credited, Ganakes would paint alongside Matthew Yuricich and Michele Moen on GHOSTBUSTERS in 1984.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMORIwZ3tW6TrK8W12ZMjrEmHToBXPQ3OnpErdmy2luccr66KaHL_oJtCXT68YxmfMVvTfNUE6LJLpVovEMtwgKkxSAn5WnNdcZuI_mYeeHygF-cWWoATrQ1JXHwZRdL8OSaU6u8D9tRI/s2640/BH2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="2640" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMORIwZ3tW6TrK8W12ZMjrEmHToBXPQ3OnpErdmy2luccr66KaHL_oJtCXT68YxmfMVvTfNUE6LJLpVovEMtwgKkxSAn5WnNdcZuI_mYeeHygF-cWWoATrQ1JXHwZRdL8OSaU6u8D9tRI/w640-h282/BH2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although the script was inane and the direction very much almost a 'TV Movie of the week' level of insipidness, the film was buoyed by the plentiful visual effects sequences, many of which were pretty good, and some of which were excellent.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiM-cVxYkhI_PHN3shDT3RXAWSSQf0YFj8bYXRZuN8pAaRn5GwLXayAf97V_8LGSkeI3945Ag72MTTMTggvTQTOAZgg1CcwAloeBBgXuUh8_0-VLSXvM9_QlVlNgOOPP_dbT6sEtH59CA/s2620/BH3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="2620" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiM-cVxYkhI_PHN3shDT3RXAWSSQf0YFj8bYXRZuN8pAaRn5GwLXayAf97V_8LGSkeI3945Ag72MTTMTggvTQTOAZgg1CcwAloeBBgXuUh8_0-VLSXvM9_QlVlNgOOPP_dbT6sEtH59CA/w640-h280/BH3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Excellent Art Cruickshank miniature photography</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8OB_HpeJFgNbk7yNJoPiwTbATgm6FKGbVlMYJCT9z2wmdeaGS61X3SPSrawXFAej1wGgwKQdoubfnkSbMR6L65Rgc3ZjNvtLUP8LDXPbtG6LskRG0n4lkmFdlU0t9eEfhQr8DKQh_cM/s1920/BH4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8OB_HpeJFgNbk7yNJoPiwTbATgm6FKGbVlMYJCT9z2wmdeaGS61X3SPSrawXFAej1wGgwKQdoubfnkSbMR6L65Rgc3ZjNvtLUP8LDXPbtG6LskRG0n4lkmFdlU0t9eEfhQr8DKQh_cM/w640-h278/BH4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Said Peter Ellenshaw: <i>"With The Cygnus, we've managed to come up with a spacecraft that's never really been seen before".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhV85KXuJXFZ9Ld9-u07PA5qEbVqxdRNWkAWqYiYib8Oi4XJi4NW6ocyHB6pG4ECuE1PmN-yTlqJ7NRtN5yR5gotRVXoQKSDnmncmeIdqomNVYLmScmcRM-JqQyHvXTtvZW7HT8nar_mM/s1920/BH5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhV85KXuJXFZ9Ld9-u07PA5qEbVqxdRNWkAWqYiYib8Oi4XJi4NW6ocyHB6pG4ECuE1PmN-yTlqJ7NRtN5yR5gotRVXoQKSDnmncmeIdqomNVYLmScmcRM-JqQyHvXTtvZW7HT8nar_mM/w640-h278/BH5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Multi-part composite with live action in gangway, painted right side of frame, and I suspect miniature background superstructure(?)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlcWnaPdJsJjzJWsWQIFAGdM6o8AvBkR9ajUWApLL2ljnZNW9wPqZ8GiucE4-JXZNIuVHQxckbvLEcw6u95sBbWPYQHlqqqmCbd28_RZQjP43m3waK7C1g82BeVYtep8K5krimBW3B0Cw/s1920/BH1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlcWnaPdJsJjzJWsWQIFAGdM6o8AvBkR9ajUWApLL2ljnZNW9wPqZ8GiucE4-JXZNIuVHQxckbvLEcw6u95sBbWPYQHlqqqmCbd28_RZQjP43m3waK7C1g82BeVYtep8K5krimBW3B0Cw/w640-h278/BH1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A strong cast of name actors, with the delightful Yvette Mimieux and the late Robert Forster headlining. Some of the other casting choices were bizarre, such as a miscast Ernest Borgnine and the perpetually jittery and irritating Anthony Perkins who no matter what he did could never shake his <i>Norman Bates</i> alter-ego.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KABzFut8kYhsJQGcFXbGvUy-CS1TlDldM1CqcgU6rF3qCmYBgpN7tLFXJ_93GK2tXfy7k2cnUHFfQiJGY_PHz3NgrdNbQdxx6y8HiMOMas5xXtEqhyphenhyphenhuPxR31oaHwqQ2lTXuQCZKuC0/s2081/BH+elllenshaw+at+work.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="2081" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KABzFut8kYhsJQGcFXbGvUy-CS1TlDldM1CqcgU6rF3qCmYBgpN7tLFXJ_93GK2tXfy7k2cnUHFfQiJGY_PHz3NgrdNbQdxx6y8HiMOMas5xXtEqhyphenhyphenhuPxR31oaHwqQ2lTXuQCZKuC0/w640-h240/BH+elllenshaw+at+work.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harrison paints the background on glass, with certain elements rear projected.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBlvxMkZ1X_miPBGuB5qD2CxWAe02Z4IMHqPoYdAkHn_fsKkemSlqyPq1RZAYYo-LkmZQOj5hPjXHyd9PID3ZuAWmFFVSbxP0n9PEQ_eTdtSxnZHwXqC0EKBAuyUCtTosODSulqQFmtY/s3291/BH+TM+wire+work.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="3291" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBlvxMkZ1X_miPBGuB5qD2CxWAe02Z4IMHqPoYdAkHn_fsKkemSlqyPq1RZAYYo-LkmZQOj5hPjXHyd9PID3ZuAWmFFVSbxP0n9PEQ_eTdtSxnZHwXqC0EKBAuyUCtTosODSulqQFmtY/w640-h122/BH+TM+wire+work.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue screen set up for Ellenshaw matte composite. Traditionally Disney relied upon the tried and true <i>Sodium Vapour </i>yellow backing travelling matte technique, as developed by the Rank Laboratories in the UK and adopted by Ub Iwerks and Eustace Lycett for Disney application on a mass scale. As BLACK HOLE was an anamorphic film, Lycett was forced to switch to the <i>Blue Screen</i> method for all of the composite photography as scope lenses weren't compatible with the complex beam-splitting prism array within the special Sodium matte cameras. The final BS shots were variable in quality, often quite washed out and grainy.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvL77L4bzUGXbB3bktcEVNouyEq2gU50l6BaiDEYa8KDJ3lHIc-ZcjvO4g92JgM2ZVWrI-COdLqcwwub0MRxaeo9wSkZ1MSGGuhNR1PeNnTgGyATfuBs-XhvRu1LLHz5GoySsARo7BEo0/s1500/Matte+Scan001.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1500" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvL77L4bzUGXbB3bktcEVNouyEq2gU50l6BaiDEYa8KDJ3lHIc-ZcjvO4g92JgM2ZVWrI-COdLqcwwub0MRxaeo9wSkZ1MSGGuhNR1PeNnTgGyATfuBs-XhvRu1LLHz5GoySsARo7BEo0/w640-h388/Matte+Scan001.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harrison's trench matte art on the camera stand with the Matte Scan camera in the foreground. Ed Sekac was operator and had been with Disney for many years on big movies like ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD and also photographed and composited several of Harrison's mattes for George Lucas' STAR WARS, which were rendered at Disney as a 'moonlighting' enterprise.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_gkLSUCo2V1TsiNF0U0Xvt-TpkpcdVMmJ2RF79ws8w1Kc9srJ3_u636vy-EOb5HQe7AxnR2wX5PEYb-7vopwVsWZiL7nmGGueGJeN1F43iMRFZ8_Htobymae68YoAsjrI7hF1-jAuhE/s1317/BH7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="1092" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_gkLSUCo2V1TsiNF0U0Xvt-TpkpcdVMmJ2RF79ws8w1Kc9srJ3_u636vy-EOb5HQe7AxnR2wX5PEYb-7vopwVsWZiL7nmGGueGJeN1F43iMRFZ8_Htobymae68YoAsjrI7hF1-jAuhE/w532-h640/BH7.jpg" width="532" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The cast race through some sort of pneumatic tube to the main ship. A beautifully done sequence, with the miniature set shown below, along with the special snorkel lens array rigged for the journey.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wE9QYDuCiF6D0EUOL4KgTcCFyLKdIzZI2LJIuYQdjw1tq9skxy3rxcle7tnH2JuP2Zk7QmOVkTMtnLXyAsmdX9Q-665KYvDh4ZrYm0sUJtaPryGK6rLelywG4ldxmQt-01PncIH15-g/s1650/BH+cinefantastique1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="1650" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wE9QYDuCiF6D0EUOL4KgTcCFyLKdIzZI2LJIuYQdjw1tq9skxy3rxcle7tnH2JuP2Zk7QmOVkTMtnLXyAsmdX9Q-665KYvDh4ZrYm0sUJtaPryGK6rLelywG4ldxmQt-01PncIH15-g/w640-h538/BH+cinefantastique1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A sensational colour spread from my old <b><i>Cinefantastique</i></b> special double issue on the film. Man, did that mag exceed all others back in the day with their double issues, with a number of issues still cherished and re-read by yours truly. The mag fell down in later years, with as much to do with the lack of worthwhile films deserving coverage.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkdBpDWRoi1vhnYDola-G5ToWTnuZoMLw0njdfRZT9xUqcPGKjRoUtSteASMSF0rwUV0S7StBxT9NR87twqnMWhyphenhyphenZj4QTuNlLhNAds5jFvEvNpXxkXWaRf_7hLQA0-hrmN2w1HP_DB0I/s2268/BH6a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="2268" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkdBpDWRoi1vhnYDola-G5ToWTnuZoMLw0njdfRZT9xUqcPGKjRoUtSteASMSF0rwUV0S7StBxT9NR87twqnMWhyphenhyphenZj4QTuNlLhNAds5jFvEvNpXxkXWaRf_7hLQA0-hrmN2w1HP_DB0I/w640-h168/BH6a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Elements of a multi-part composite. At left is a partial matte painting by David Mattingly which will be used to fill in the limited stage set, while the huge tunnel is a rear projected element of a still photograph of the miniature set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iOEKi8juTvFyRXQGQ9pw925nHsipC6KYiu3lMZwHPA_mO7TwA5MV_bK3h3ZOCLOXxlQw7oKG9PMtetS43NguXECi5-XHQokW9lQEILcKxhyphenhyphenRuYuIqqlNtaqeuLnT21JMs28DkWG_z6g/s1920/BH6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iOEKi8juTvFyRXQGQ9pw925nHsipC6KYiu3lMZwHPA_mO7TwA5MV_bK3h3ZOCLOXxlQw7oKG9PMtetS43NguXECi5-XHQokW9lQEILcKxhyphenhyphenRuYuIqqlNtaqeuLnT21JMs28DkWG_z6g/w640-h278/BH6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTRuM-n4Z_xQ8iDFSY3t84En4cuqjsXn-qTzymnk6L3HAOQKGSEl35jCi1f3a-QJQplrzr3ZHcczfsvCn1_L3nMRLS8n106d0aGhg2LvWiB7syBIrNxDw0HRygRprSC7yC4hlEpOOj5s/s1920/BH8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTRuM-n4Z_xQ8iDFSY3t84En4cuqjsXn-qTzymnk6L3HAOQKGSEl35jCi1f3a-QJQplrzr3ZHcczfsvCn1_L3nMRLS8n106d0aGhg2LvWiB7syBIrNxDw0HRygRprSC7yC4hlEpOOj5s/w640-h278/BH8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Minimal live action set augmented with much matte art as well as, a likely model tunnel still photograph projected in. Nice.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtpnD2M5HktoxITOl_Xk8T71C_6B5RBnLlEvsSasxICaF-PNWOGre9te1yI1rDs59LXQQSpavK5BIdb3s3Ix33kqM4YsWuHEGqBd9rmxMg-WKkl4scGIrEmzsMN3fG2JG4pq5vLLFv6Y/s1920/BH9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtpnD2M5HktoxITOl_Xk8T71C_6B5RBnLlEvsSasxICaF-PNWOGre9te1yI1rDs59LXQQSpavK5BIdb3s3Ix33kqM4YsWuHEGqBd9rmxMg-WKkl4scGIrEmzsMN3fG2JG4pq5vLLFv6Y/w640-h278/BH9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The first frame of the so-called 'big umbrella' matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYkWD2aTEQlOQzP8zI1jtFXsmpQrebLTaSLeKTUnBcFF1NCf06HKb6bWMiJRwMLzE8IT_lw_tHBgBPDIjK5mzQ17jBUtC0QBep-xAAJN3HxLeVH01rNGDyyrXBDUYmw_P-Z2BmYof_Lk/s1920/BH9a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYkWD2aTEQlOQzP8zI1jtFXsmpQrebLTaSLeKTUnBcFF1NCf06HKb6bWMiJRwMLzE8IT_lw_tHBgBPDIjK5mzQ17jBUtC0QBep-xAAJN3HxLeVH01rNGDyyrXBDUYmw_P-Z2BmYof_Lk/w640-h278/BH9a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tilting up to a reveal...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcMG7oD5Vm3i3Kk4QjWZHn7yVeAb3JtFMKwq0E5jhPwii-F16v_Ja6IJptboCqXQNL9PrBy6EX6nAo_U9KH2KkJ-apD-udmLUmzJk8Xh7zy9HQdB3fberKXv_XtzI0dkdtaczOqGtH74/s736/blackhole5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="736" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcMG7oD5Vm3i3Kk4QjWZHn7yVeAb3JtFMKwq0E5jhPwii-F16v_Ja6IJptboCqXQNL9PrBy6EX6nAo_U9KH2KkJ-apD-udmLUmzJk8Xh7zy9HQdB3fberKXv_XtzI0dkdtaczOqGtH74/w640-h590/blackhole5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Final shot with set, painting and miniature all comped with a camera move.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHtsJ33sEDOjW5_K9rVsV8nePjhqcLEbv7OGKza8QPF2ZTxPJ_Y0C2Mag_e5TDuoXXSWAiUBMMNktNm5tB7usrds0GNebIlhu6m_0jp0FD3_AoFZtvlnb7d9SFo0y5OZSdjBolfJwx6g/s1164/Elevator+Matte+crop.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1164" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHtsJ33sEDOjW5_K9rVsV8nePjhqcLEbv7OGKza8QPF2ZTxPJ_Y0C2Mag_e5TDuoXXSWAiUBMMNktNm5tB7usrds0GNebIlhu6m_0jp0FD3_AoFZtvlnb7d9SFo0y5OZSdjBolfJwx6g/w640-h469/Elevator+Matte+crop.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The initial block in for the 'big umbrella' matte.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyentmUGfGjk-Dz3Xybwjj-LZKrOyDjVtB-I61RCZyh4yMJpsfuS34n7USeQx8BIp9a265Sibs0uQvsJbAjlEVzNxSu9RVkWHr89xg4TBjsiikxIBvZzZZF2tffSAYHEgNUqj6xw82dc/s1153/Black+Hole.+umbrella+painting.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1153" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyentmUGfGjk-Dz3Xybwjj-LZKrOyDjVtB-I61RCZyh4yMJpsfuS34n7USeQx8BIp9a265Sibs0uQvsJbAjlEVzNxSu9RVkWHr89xg4TBjsiikxIBvZzZZF2tffSAYHEgNUqj6xw82dc/w400-h285/Black+Hole.+umbrella+painting.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">David Mattingly's original completed matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vUskrhbpfU-gYhap7D5srZ3oVwGdmejrVHr835pMOCjDHLE-1Q8BQB0-fRNEH9mkNLOhOii8_4Yh5pfMPCwTRHB69nc9Ph3cBqNzmEUoDZwyCb_Kl32Buz_jsvWT23GQ8YalSCMV-OU/s1194/Peter+Ellenshaw+concept+art+BH.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1194" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vUskrhbpfU-gYhap7D5srZ3oVwGdmejrVHr835pMOCjDHLE-1Q8BQB0-fRNEH9mkNLOhOii8_4Yh5pfMPCwTRHB69nc9Ph3cBqNzmEUoDZwyCb_Kl32Buz_jsvWT23GQ8YalSCMV-OU/w400-h270/Peter+Ellenshaw+concept+art+BH.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peter Ellenshaw's concept sketch for the grand control room set - almost all of which would be rendered as a significant and complex matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhZNIWqMZnI8IOHWmC_HunfBXs4P5C7BcOKsAXNktcZ9cWwfU6GFLPy5mYPbxmHdX1rLyi9GhW4bRf86fNHHCJzcA-ndkBVGFkCn3evjBdc0XyPs2j8AhHgsGGIDuchvkmgfB9RTXHc8/s2636/BH+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2636" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhZNIWqMZnI8IOHWmC_HunfBXs4P5C7BcOKsAXNktcZ9cWwfU6GFLPy5mYPbxmHdX1rLyi9GhW4bRf86fNHHCJzcA-ndkBVGFkCn3evjBdc0XyPs2j8AhHgsGGIDuchvkmgfB9RTXHc8/w640-h414/BH+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In an elaborate camera move that tracks out and upward, the cast walk out of the elevator and into the massive control room, or throne room if you prefer, of nemesis Maximillian Schell - a very fine actor BTW, and definitely the best in this cast by a long shot <i>(and don't get me started on those fucken' 'cute' robots!!!!!!!)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Teff8z_N3WgzChVch_fE2DsIzyxuELSo0MMG7n9BO3F95TFWyb8RspFNFhGBiI3Z5cHZ8b1WaF-fwdQ0JDF1xVDjrbVgRoCtBeGWV6QxAHr3KxvnooCKCgwttNvfecf_YlJkAa_qL08/s1920/BH+10a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Teff8z_N3WgzChVch_fE2DsIzyxuELSo0MMG7n9BO3F95TFWyb8RspFNFhGBiI3Z5cHZ8b1WaF-fwdQ0JDF1xVDjrbVgRoCtBeGWV6QxAHr3KxvnooCKCgwttNvfecf_YlJkAa_qL08/w640-h278/BH+10a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Virtually all painted here with the exception of the small pocket where the actors are as well as the extras playing those strange cloaked beings seen above on the gantry.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7dHjeimRnTG5tsK_4LBV3ZO4XHtPOchX4x63DV3Irb_EYd266ylxUNyTezOBpVLrScXbJ8qs_CImyRvdjvXR5xKqNhYUBhEZ0huZpBzSO4EtOzvvFVhMBp2-hIn1QyASY5bVnX1ZKZY/s1920/BH+10b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7dHjeimRnTG5tsK_4LBV3ZO4XHtPOchX4x63DV3Irb_EYd266ylxUNyTezOBpVLrScXbJ8qs_CImyRvdjvXR5xKqNhYUBhEZ0huZpBzSO4EtOzvvFVhMBp2-hIn1QyASY5bVnX1ZKZY/w640-h278/BH+10b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The tilt up complete with live action 'beings' and a nifty lens flare as the overhead light hits us. An utterly sensational shot, and by far the best in the film. Apparently, it was very difficult to get the correct colour match for the matted in live action portion within the painted planetary globes - matching pure colour straight against pure colour without matte lines showing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8xFdaj8MCpH5qeecfJ7HNx2qciwj4mh3LwJK6h4Ge41q8nSCmktsxfia_YESLtP93TXKT7qnCWEvfX2csh9Z2QqRJwZng0bi9J0sWV61YwgPDZ-mJSCaki5uOE9z28YVqNlNNtFufR0/s1280/vlcsnap-00549.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8xFdaj8MCpH5qeecfJ7HNx2qciwj4mh3LwJK6h4Ge41q8nSCmktsxfia_YESLtP93TXKT7qnCWEvfX2csh9Z2QqRJwZng0bi9J0sWV61YwgPDZ-mJSCaki5uOE9z28YVqNlNNtFufR0/w640-h272/vlcsnap-00549.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In the magazine MediaScene, painter David Mattingly stated: <i>"At one point we seemed to run into a jinx. It was an eleven plate matte that normally took a whole day to put together. It was a scene where the Palomino crew comes out of an elevator, see's the interior of the Cygnus, and the camera pans up to show the control room, and outer space and some other details. Literally every element had to be artificially added with special effects, and it just took a long, long time to process. For some reason we got hung up on that shot. A piece of tape was left on one of the glass paintings; another shot would be over-exposed, and one time we even had a computer breakdown. Finally after about seven days we got the shot, and everyone began praying until the next shot went through smoothly".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUOZdhy_SGP9fD1O4ewUOA_U8VNCe2eWmXcg4ZGmTbW8kbFN581ck26mpz7rytJki6Tt6TYsuHyQr_NBjn3JoDBt4jzlI1Teq7rVt6z5dwCZmWtKKT0ZHkG_J0bvlg-U6tGjfhZFnuN8/s2020/BH+camera+%2526+elements.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="2020" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUOZdhy_SGP9fD1O4ewUOA_U8VNCe2eWmXcg4ZGmTbW8kbFN581ck26mpz7rytJki6Tt6TYsuHyQr_NBjn3JoDBt4jzlI1Teq7rVt6z5dwCZmWtKKT0ZHkG_J0bvlg-U6tGjfhZFnuN8/w640-h276/BH+camera+%2526+elements.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">At left is Disney's old tried and trusted matte shot camera (Bell & Howell I think?), that was used for standard 'straight' matte work that <i>didn't</i> require any camera move. At right are three of the live elements that would be integrated into the vast and dramatic matte shot shown above.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixx9HmgDGmRktu4N-dvEKJK3wOFDuXC1oDFlEJNKIv_XgNzV_w9g2QEWC8Q35v5CNa27q_zgL-v6gvS9tIZ9YNdvfcMRuTo-bPVvnVsPxPpQJwmOD_r0-TG4S6TZQ2xhyL5rk5WkZkSGk/s1161/Black+Hole-command+ctr+painting+B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1161" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixx9HmgDGmRktu4N-dvEKJK3wOFDuXC1oDFlEJNKIv_XgNzV_w9g2QEWC8Q35v5CNa27q_zgL-v6gvS9tIZ9YNdvfcMRuTo-bPVvnVsPxPpQJwmOD_r0-TG4S6TZQ2xhyL5rk5WkZkSGk/w640-h440/Black+Hole-command+ctr+painting+B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harrison's original sizeable matte art. Note the blacked areas where the actors appear as well those up above where the 'beings' or whatever the hell they were, will be dropped in as process plate elements. The masked corners are a guide as to where Ed Sekac's camera move should avoid, as he tracked back as the camera tilted upward. Harrison discussed the matte: <i>"The Observatory shot (above) has the most number of elements used in any of our mattes. It was our most complex shot. There were 3 plates in the bottom for our YCM's; one on each side; 4 for the humanoids; one overlay for the burn-in, and then one for the painting. That makes 11 separate elements in all. Then of course, we had to expose them all three times".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzXrycUlY_g8YHTsDbIN3PuIhI2ewRMqpHNQvwU8x7opB4R6ondxGe5rxYLM_jRwokOrfAR6lrRwG5PoO9DaH4HWrZ-Q9Qy1TOa9KNr95k3LVlYCIhCHoG0Q2NMzoy3vkNZ6dTR9s0gI/s1976/BH+11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="1976" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzXrycUlY_g8YHTsDbIN3PuIhI2ewRMqpHNQvwU8x7opB4R6ondxGe5rxYLM_jRwokOrfAR6lrRwG5PoO9DaH4HWrZ-Q9Qy1TOa9KNr95k3LVlYCIhCHoG0Q2NMzoy3vkNZ6dTR9s0gI/w640-h560/BH+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another view inside Schell's 'Throne Room', with extensive matte art and multiple elements combined and photographed with a camera move.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeg_ZecWyV_rx3hcds7sXWblfInjz_CkwFdEUihUULjtSTQY7FueTAJiqGYDhHj0PJOgaWi47FzyZOzSKOWxCWxvEXuzKKN_0wZ-mkHkXEXr2Y_SpIELfSErlB5-7I92qLidqHOrsxzk/s1163/cygnus_command_tower_interior_concept_art_by_peter_ellenshaw.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1163" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeg_ZecWyV_rx3hcds7sXWblfInjz_CkwFdEUihUULjtSTQY7FueTAJiqGYDhHj0PJOgaWi47FzyZOzSKOWxCWxvEXuzKKN_0wZ-mkHkXEXr2Y_SpIELfSErlB5-7I92qLidqHOrsxzk/w640-h362/cygnus_command_tower_interior_concept_art_by_peter_ellenshaw.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of Peter Ellenshaw's conceptual paintings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjP-YVwc2JV1-CwTZ3a2Z6ZA9a2pbsb3_U0LkPxB-6MQkaAmik82D9DsKiIHX0Ub2fV5krqjoMiwC7gxAt7eA3hqqoPUT5DR5OolNoo3dGMIKg914PVrqkiiLDT_BO6GrDYP4f2YsrYY/s1920/BH+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjP-YVwc2JV1-CwTZ3a2Z6ZA9a2pbsb3_U0LkPxB-6MQkaAmik82D9DsKiIHX0Ub2fV5krqjoMiwC7gxAt7eA3hqqoPUT5DR5OolNoo3dGMIKg914PVrqkiiLDT_BO6GrDYP4f2YsrYY/w640-h278/BH+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Multiple element composite. David Mattingly: <i>"As for the actual black hole itself (visible in the distance), we wound up creating 15 or 20 full paintings - more than we had planned - because of complications arising out of various angles and colour matchings".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPD9bsmwbS-QjPCkzxP7qpr5KMNDoBLjFZ_nFX4f5R799gwaumCNfcAYh6Cm-GNi67RC2BwdjYsiQSeXptFtOoJNLH-LTUR2TJ8hCsXjxOMmrcZNPws2qyEoS7GADEc2qSI1nCGUtIHQ/s1920/BH+13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPD9bsmwbS-QjPCkzxP7qpr5KMNDoBLjFZ_nFX4f5R799gwaumCNfcAYh6Cm-GNi67RC2BwdjYsiQSeXptFtOoJNLH-LTUR2TJ8hCsXjxOMmrcZNPws2qyEoS7GADEc2qSI1nCGUtIHQ/w640-h278/BH+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Again, almost entirely painted scene. Disney never really experimented with original negative latent image matte shots, and were more secure in doing almost all of their shots as rear projection comps using YCM separations. I did hear from Jim Danforth that some early mattes from the Burbank operation were done using original negative, with some on DARBY O'GILL and of course Whitlock painted his Grand Canyon mattes for Disney's TEN WHO DARED as o/neg shots</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXf5zmvai_9SxkQlZoR41eRvxR-5N-Al4fiBFwgu4yaPHRnSNSqWGD3EByBT0TtjZxTvqt_JuwfKoouONWANL90lKQ2xdDsL1pWUtgmT24tQHkaO5BjETEn98Lc07QsAMPn9Le_HP4Qo/s1341/BH+14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1341" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXf5zmvai_9SxkQlZoR41eRvxR-5N-Al4fiBFwgu4yaPHRnSNSqWGD3EByBT0TtjZxTvqt_JuwfKoouONWANL90lKQ2xdDsL1pWUtgmT24tQHkaO5BjETEn98Lc07QsAMPn9Le_HP4Qo/w640-h550/BH+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More mattes, with the top frame especially interesting as I'm sure most of the control room to the left and right of Max Schell is painted - and comped purposely <i>'out of focus'</i> to match. If so, it's brilliant, and just one of those clever VFX gags I just live for!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZsyqjEAWDOPkZA0zq5GsVEZNkl1JsUgT1u19w6qwilpI0EYkGkN13YLcbcv71TI7DZ8p2XGOIZBIKgl3Q2gPae4LBOUZwlBegaqcF2J9jfSUwOWlrmO1Ouk6PlepnOzqDXVH66Qq_vY/s1920/BH+20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZsyqjEAWDOPkZA0zq5GsVEZNkl1JsUgT1u19w6qwilpI0EYkGkN13YLcbcv71TI7DZ8p2XGOIZBIKgl3Q2gPae4LBOUZwlBegaqcF2J9jfSUwOWlrmO1Ouk6PlepnOzqDXVH66Qq_vY/w640-h278/BH+20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">That's a long way down! Ellenshaw senior didn't produce any mattes himself for this film, being busy with far more pressing duties.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTr2PE7x3tZnw90aa_ybmsjvOtO3MIWsKJeF9Isf-k1u6AiH_rrshGMkMsA0aSN3p0jRtK5RSMA3EHmbQWXYJdYqxvwmhzCV3vkzq-N3rDh5-uPmorZjrrCPe-qqyR4rVNP1GF2kws0o/s1306/BH+15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1306" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTr2PE7x3tZnw90aa_ybmsjvOtO3MIWsKJeF9Isf-k1u6AiH_rrshGMkMsA0aSN3p0jRtK5RSMA3EHmbQWXYJdYqxvwmhzCV3vkzq-N3rDh5-uPmorZjrrCPe-qqyR4rVNP1GF2kws0o/w640-h550/BH+15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Set extensions and split screen combination shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFrPDBfNUGT8-jNK5XUhFf9Ot-lHKEUUoqNT_-ChlBFXcCthl0LhYNofGRNa6ztXbxR5lEBoM2bOY8XNokICdq8md5H38JFpMRIr-uSWQBrjDmdBDqCA2lmW10Qi5xkxcNSPHof2mnA4/s1360/BH+22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1360" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFrPDBfNUGT8-jNK5XUhFf9Ot-lHKEUUoqNT_-ChlBFXcCthl0LhYNofGRNa6ztXbxR5lEBoM2bOY8XNokICdq8md5H38JFpMRIr-uSWQBrjDmdBDqCA2lmW10Qi5xkxcNSPHof2mnA4/w640-h538/BH+22.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Top frame matte extended corridor set, while lower frame I'm unsure if it's a set or a painting? Certainly the immediate <i>foreground</i> seems to be painted in industrial vents or something?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzUskYEaOM0AsVKucvNTNrCmg7LW8nawEGiy4MNn9bY4cvNa____FPqnEHUMgnTvxrG8xqKqPziOfaCOvAk6OMZGoIzVsQftmyHjv9iQNzbt7M-Qk8HMkktuAZkZmM0X9U6lYgtLRe3Q/s1296/BH+17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1296" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzUskYEaOM0AsVKucvNTNrCmg7LW8nawEGiy4MNn9bY4cvNa____FPqnEHUMgnTvxrG8xqKqPziOfaCOvAk6OMZGoIzVsQftmyHjv9iQNzbt7M-Qk8HMkktuAZkZmM0X9U6lYgtLRe3Q/w640-h586/BH+17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More of the same with much added in later.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1mz7u7PdK_vQXGtUjXW9FDPtcjk4chplcxXbKIGiydHTL0Ce6eKpcR0-FzQ50Uw2CLknFdZ0JWzEF4iFnIjjS-YLfUN-TE0hJcnbpdjyWxuhHJmDbFO67Ur_i8ilajmaUZLVS7ry_gA/s1336/BH+19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1336" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1mz7u7PdK_vQXGtUjXW9FDPtcjk4chplcxXbKIGiydHTL0Ce6eKpcR0-FzQ50Uw2CLknFdZ0JWzEF4iFnIjjS-YLfUN-TE0hJcnbpdjyWxuhHJmDbFO67Ur_i8ilajmaUZLVS7ry_gA/w640-h522/BH+19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The cathedral sequence with much matte work rendered by David Mattingly, whereby he recalled that these and other mattes needed some remedial work. <i>"Towards the end of production we went back and corrected our mistakes, by picking up the mattes that had 'stars' on them. When you do a matte there's a temptation for lint and other foreign matter to land on the matte. If you then spray over that stuff - we use a gloss in the matte room to make the colours pop out - you get a little bright spot, a little reflecting 'star' which picks up the light during photography. We had to go back and get rid of a lot of 'stars' on the cathedral sequence mattes. There were lots of them there because the sides of those mattes were real smooth and dark - almost black - and that's where the most foreign matter shows up. You can see some 'stars' in other films, but the mattes we did on this picture are in really good shape". </i>Jim Danforth told NZPete that his very first assignment as trainee to Al Whitlock at Universal in the mid 1960's was to carefully run a razor blade across such 'stars' or small blobs of paint on Al's glass shots to smooth out where required - a job that initially had Jim quite 'on edge' through fear of ruining Al's painting . On 'stars', you can spot them often in RKO movies of old - even CITIZEN KANE - where I assume much dust must have been floating around the matte room. According to Matt Yuricich, old timer Jack Cosgrove used to drop all manner of cigarette ash and what have you into his matte art, though the results were always first rate (!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8VLGxa53d3cGmcKUvFOhqGnxf_pHOT3rgv0Ul8vgoWjIrLSwpVcAEkqzjKwFGuH_qdEdi2LTFGeWmTQ5gy00X6Z46WVlWjT9mePyO2EQbJ_tetV-P2h7d11NFG2OoTVaiNcP73ZblN8/s759/Black+Hole-greenhouse+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="741" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8VLGxa53d3cGmcKUvFOhqGnxf_pHOT3rgv0Ul8vgoWjIrLSwpVcAEkqzjKwFGuH_qdEdi2LTFGeWmTQ5gy00X6Z46WVlWjT9mePyO2EQbJ_tetV-P2h7d11NFG2OoTVaiNcP73ZblN8/w390-h400/Black+Hole-greenhouse+matte.jpg" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">David Mattingly's agriculture centre matte shot before and after. The notations visible on the side of the glass are important instructions to Ed Sekac, the matte cameraman, as to the camera move requested by the director. Harrison mentioned in my blog interview with him: <i> "I was so blessed to have David work on the matte shots with me. A great artist".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLG20gA7xsMLVq54LC5Guw_6U1GjPAl0rIiI8xUzGEO9NysKtxVvU7VvS9LdVFfQ9wCgyZpzHCr3-mxylwURtz1BaZ843wPGv-qbhLnl77j-WyC2jgQg0ikwBmOydacC9Hi03fFV_8FP8/s1920/BH+21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLG20gA7xsMLVq54LC5Guw_6U1GjPAl0rIiI8xUzGEO9NysKtxVvU7VvS9LdVFfQ9wCgyZpzHCr3-mxylwURtz1BaZ843wPGv-qbhLnl77j-WyC2jgQg0ikwBmOydacC9Hi03fFV_8FP8/w640-h278/BH+21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For THE BLACK HOLE's work load, Harrison painted 14 complete mattes, Deno painted seven, and David rendered a substantial 31 mattes. A significant number of other mattes were small patches and partial painted elements required to tie together production and model shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyGsI1coC4KRSS2Gt1Gq-8z4B_Mb4qzMPZMO0JSFcOoAinSFcbXPY956ZUa8cUQ2I1bFJrPzWCTf5gOCOwSIF3I_5qP9CFX5-WLfVnsqELdwL4nVmW-0TyFeTnO9PZFcltjdoAJ6c04g/s2604/BH+16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="2604" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyGsI1coC4KRSS2Gt1Gq-8z4B_Mb4qzMPZMO0JSFcOoAinSFcbXPY956ZUa8cUQ2I1bFJrPzWCTf5gOCOwSIF3I_5qP9CFX5-WLfVnsqELdwL4nVmW-0TyFeTnO9PZFcltjdoAJ6c04g/w640-h280/BH+16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Combination miniature-matte-live action scenes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0VHZBfLELUYhhZoEfGwVxGxsP5HLn0BFxZjzl4qPYfszoC-CzZTBr3ioFeXtF5e8S9_w-IuHjRx41KBpVtJpWlijCNRfvn26yspAsl06wNyE0P3PwSkyhiqwYDUlRu-3DQnNRpU3rcn0/s1920/BH+32.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0VHZBfLELUYhhZoEfGwVxGxsP5HLn0BFxZjzl4qPYfszoC-CzZTBr3ioFeXtF5e8S9_w-IuHjRx41KBpVtJpWlijCNRfvn26yspAsl06wNyE0P3PwSkyhiqwYDUlRu-3DQnNRpU3rcn0/w640-h278/BH+32.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another view down the chasm</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_VxHfs9w1qN0J5m0fOlmFtLXroxM4nt9vfdw4nBPfp-eOgYbhTFRw2gNkE0mvyx_3FEgEMKawe0TQvc5F5JbDBOGGPjtU0hIBa1EWO9-TKyxUN1yt6JgKEGZG_nvWgennq72_idUPTM/s1470/BH+23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1470" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_VxHfs9w1qN0J5m0fOlmFtLXroxM4nt9vfdw4nBPfp-eOgYbhTFRw2gNkE0mvyx_3FEgEMKawe0TQvc5F5JbDBOGGPjtU0hIBa1EWO9-TKyxUN1yt6JgKEGZG_nvWgennq72_idUPTM/w640-h548/BH+23.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another multi-part effects shot with live action (severely washed out, regrettably), matte paintings, blue screen additions, and a camera move.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAK-EqeTCXoLV1gEnqN-UqGnFfnKHJ2sPG2wj_PT4dwDxjIh7Sqffkz_KeWb_wLG6QHxhNXp9EvSDSTWIQHfs6f9KDmkwK65CkEYiXaMax6pwo67B4tWjae5xtKzW4kSVZpo98KDJs-8/s1962/BH+24.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1731" data-original-width="1962" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAK-EqeTCXoLV1gEnqN-UqGnFfnKHJ2sPG2wj_PT4dwDxjIh7Sqffkz_KeWb_wLG6QHxhNXp9EvSDSTWIQHfs6f9KDmkwK65CkEYiXaMax6pwo67B4tWjae5xtKzW4kSVZpo98KDJs-8/w640-h564/BH+24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same scene in a closer cut, with matte art and other elements.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnRz2_yy3F_ehyrS3yweU6rIKAJ-LCuO8hLzY_NYE-LIMTDx5iE0msKmupSuOscY0_KlhevVZ0HwyGAx0PcthucWZly-yj8LD-Ci9VSzNmYQgp2SlyztVWmrYpNOZ88eQwCj7MOC37mE/s1920/BH+27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnRz2_yy3F_ehyrS3yweU6rIKAJ-LCuO8hLzY_NYE-LIMTDx5iE0msKmupSuOscY0_KlhevVZ0HwyGAx0PcthucWZly-yj8LD-Ci9VSzNmYQgp2SlyztVWmrYpNOZ88eQwCj7MOC37mE/w640-h278/BH+27.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harrison mentioned to me that one failing with the rear projected plate composites were that contrast would suffer and it was very hard to get true 'blacks'. </span><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"It was indeed a downside to RP mattes - making the blacks black enough. Interesting though, about 10 years later we used RP for DICK TRACY, and, by then, thanks mainly to many dedicated and talented people, including matte cameraman Peter Montgomery and his compatriots, things had improved considerably with our matte composites"</span>.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNAAaKBt_46Lmd95bzabElRUoka1hcuo6YNGiPYfMhR2nAV5tzar1__A6IKmNm-B8yAKoEn4MNXQCnxXvZ3p8nsUGEu5_A8MY98JDLZtn14rxu2g_OfKZdXcJEuZlbR0hwbqpJD2Vo6U/s1572/BH+25.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="1572" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNAAaKBt_46Lmd95bzabElRUoka1hcuo6YNGiPYfMhR2nAV5tzar1__A6IKmNm-B8yAKoEn4MNXQCnxXvZ3p8nsUGEu5_A8MY98JDLZtn14rxu2g_OfKZdXcJEuZlbR0hwbqpJD2Vo6U/w640-h510/BH+25.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Most likely a miniature, with RP inserts</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_qQuq6E3GT0UIsOStePGGqUtirTnDKHX1V9qj6mVhp7MsUsQZym-7bcTv3KeWjQWe-IqxKgeeMeh4UWUZQPXdZJJF5w3ZA0E1lzQW6xb6b1g7fgxBs61U2bjikl4IcpGiD0y9EsZdIU/s1920/BH+26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_qQuq6E3GT0UIsOStePGGqUtirTnDKHX1V9qj6mVhp7MsUsQZym-7bcTv3KeWjQWe-IqxKgeeMeh4UWUZQPXdZJJF5w3ZA0E1lzQW6xb6b1g7fgxBs61U2bjikl4IcpGiD0y9EsZdIU/w640-h278/BH+26.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cleverly disguised blend between the set and the matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_k9bZHly_UcS03EttI9v3ANECh5lIQ9XETt5ujftV0ReCVMo-Qjtj8ZKUEt8ox0BQeAkU5e6i0m75golsPzvZcY2zNYKh_8tpFOEiUJCzli3PwG2qz1_T3YYAV6_HUrGTxgYwffpxA8/s1920/BH+28.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_k9bZHly_UcS03EttI9v3ANECh5lIQ9XETt5ujftV0ReCVMo-Qjtj8ZKUEt8ox0BQeAkU5e6i0m75golsPzvZcY2zNYKh_8tpFOEiUJCzli3PwG2qz1_T3YYAV6_HUrGTxgYwffpxA8/w640-h278/BH+28.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I like this shot. A very bold trick shot with almost everything being matte artistry. The mid frame slot of live action up on the railing seems to be a separate element.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83AzfniG8vL0gT81gn4LNZvCWsIp4XBJ3auk-Hj8AIf1urz2-8DsrrJB5M3P1Xx4hT4Hzo9VLstHrnA-00wxxw6NQ47UhHmdKx8_3xQvYvijly0vogGbtZhCn7l2ZlLK0yr38ebANc68/s1473/BH+33.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="1473" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83AzfniG8vL0gT81gn4LNZvCWsIp4XBJ3auk-Hj8AIf1urz2-8DsrrJB5M3P1Xx4hT4Hzo9VLstHrnA-00wxxw6NQ47UhHmdKx8_3xQvYvijly0vogGbtZhCn7l2ZlLK0yr38ebANc68/w640-h538/BH+33.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">While the retro rocket blast off gags were by Joe Hale and Dorse Lanpher very well executed, I found the rest of the film's cel animated fx work surprisingly below par for a Disney film. The later laser battle cel shots were utterly flat and uninspired when one considers those responsible did such supreme work on shows like LT. ROBINSON CRUSOE USN, MARY POPPINS and THE GNOME MOBILE to name just three that <u>still</u> blow my socks off today with their eye-popping cel gags.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSYWc4uBuix1IlOeIEE2Jv5UYscGmD7rR09siquh84wNSjeKxB6hyphenhyphenSPe1lVMpMXu_TWuXanVtiNsIn0qk0YptdMobvhvLvtN7weS46gbf3su1V6VhyphenhyphenkgDmlVWfdMGtlNRNJtdlhmK-iU/s1920/BH+29.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSYWc4uBuix1IlOeIEE2Jv5UYscGmD7rR09siquh84wNSjeKxB6hyphenhyphenSPe1lVMpMXu_TWuXanVtiNsIn0qk0YptdMobvhvLvtN7weS46gbf3su1V6VhyphenhyphenkgDmlVWfdMGtlNRNJtdlhmK-iU/w640-h278/BH+29.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In addition to painting some 14 mattes himself, matte supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw was tasked with being on set to oversee each and every proposed matte shot and direct the action to fit with the matte cut off point. Co-painter David Mattingly commented: <i>"So much of the credit must go to Harrison. He spent so much time on the sets with the real actors lining up shots, and then coming back to the matte studio to lay out every matte in detail. He was responsible for every facet of each painting."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2nGlFWpQ5giyWeN0odfVaESrchdM4OZ5bIxXsWHfTpOzAputnN7n_5GbS9AXCA0zNn_eMXC7W8l1-uR2AJDCENegWlA5PoUfPzGbC4siG8mv8q15NXua1k8pZiReQlIBOBNdvLelpcA/s2622/BH+34.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="2622" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2nGlFWpQ5giyWeN0odfVaESrchdM4OZ5bIxXsWHfTpOzAputnN7n_5GbS9AXCA0zNn_eMXC7W8l1-uR2AJDCENegWlA5PoUfPzGbC4siG8mv8q15NXua1k8pZiReQlIBOBNdvLelpcA/w640-h278/BH+34.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The myriad optical composites were handled by long time Disney optical man Eustace Lycett, assisted by Bob Broughton and a staff of twenty line up, rotoscope and printer operators, equipped with seven optical printers. In addition to making the numerous blue screen travelling mattes, the Disney optical department also prepared the many YCM VistaVision separations required for the 150 painted matte shots. Both Lycett and Broughton started at the studio in 1937 on the animated Technicolor classic SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS and provided subtle optical gags such as rippling reflections in water and such like. Both would work under Ub Iwerks in the optical laboratory and would be tasked with compositing the many hundreds of travelling mattes throughout the decades, which Disney were very big on.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqAPPJoklhxJfUVQOFlr-Q5_TFkVqvHGd0GzcgiQ6ngbX4KXMfct0OJafNQBJyZRQRwsSOhy-PB4xnfc-gzwrwinxiEbkfPbZ8iynhErZr_Y6oiMF3vN2QzMiz7IVmJEc9foQADdLDn0/s1920/BH+30.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqAPPJoklhxJfUVQOFlr-Q5_TFkVqvHGd0GzcgiQ6ngbX4KXMfct0OJafNQBJyZRQRwsSOhy-PB4xnfc-gzwrwinxiEbkfPbZ8iynhErZr_Y6oiMF3vN2QzMiz7IVmJEc9foQADdLDn0/w640-h278/BH+30.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the many seemingly endless passageways aboard the Cygnus, in reality minimal sets heavily augmented with much skilfull matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi2hneGtIv6CdzoMIx7J_o5etMuxcxW_bCKdWr-UtTE8Cb98QDW2On_w9PeNYKpkf-jhx-6VJqUDtqrwtjSAC_BXLjEL3vtdrzCvk-F5Kn-KwD_zqQpnVlaUGt2mH6f-6h8XGK6Ozemp4/s2604/BH+35.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2604" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi2hneGtIv6CdzoMIx7J_o5etMuxcxW_bCKdWr-UtTE8Cb98QDW2On_w9PeNYKpkf-jhx-6VJqUDtqrwtjSAC_BXLjEL3vtdrzCvk-F5Kn-KwD_zqQpnVlaUGt2mH6f-6h8XGK6Ozemp4/w640-h278/BH+35.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">First rate miniature cinematography by Art Cruickshank compliments Terry Saunders' excellent model spacecraft, and dazzling black hole physical effect created as a swirling vortex of various coloured lacquers injected into a water filled perspex tank. The vortex 'hole' effect was strongly backlit and filmed from above, seriously overcranked at some 15 times normal camera speed. The tank vortex footage was later blended with subtle matte painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcuCzRjbAHp5_KNowcxQQzSSPDMO4n6FL7buqRyotMchFjowAlWdzpMqg_XVZyF2yRhKZ8GgkzdTsXQbZN6RJGL3NOhloEHapoAwMzZ6svP-poRLgrpApslhlVD811g7MuTArEPTxbTA/s1920/BH+31.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcuCzRjbAHp5_KNowcxQQzSSPDMO4n6FL7buqRyotMchFjowAlWdzpMqg_XVZyF2yRhKZ8GgkzdTsXQbZN6RJGL3NOhloEHapoAwMzZ6svP-poRLgrpApslhlVD811g7MuTArEPTxbTA/w640-h278/BH+31.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Small stage set enhanced with matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2he6cU5II3abfaKhizXPcL3dDTmfxf3VylTwpGMUviHzYxhUxsuJ1PjlTpafP2gMYiElBVvLrpgMwlyZ3-dmGKmhfA4YCeTsMAJcIRrDNe3Sylr5xNIHK3c7Fe_LGTPE-EcePruNutxI/s1920/BH+36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2he6cU5II3abfaKhizXPcL3dDTmfxf3VylTwpGMUviHzYxhUxsuJ1PjlTpafP2gMYiElBVvLrpgMwlyZ3-dmGKmhfA4YCeTsMAJcIRrDNe3Sylr5xNIHK3c7Fe_LGTPE-EcePruNutxI/w640-h278/BH+36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A large miniature with a tiny portion of live action at left, possibly extended with painted elements.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xdYFPSKnKOFlJG7L2h7biVt4Xqn0I63xB7uO87JLzoveU7hZRvA4bwsJz41tE-GT5jloHFyhHga_B9C6g6-Y-BulFnAw6ILImeys6nAQNHZFRl4BxPOQHDC1yM2HcSI0hkQQdKyhQcw/s2625/BH+37.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="2625" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xdYFPSKnKOFlJG7L2h7biVt4Xqn0I63xB7uO87JLzoveU7hZRvA4bwsJz41tE-GT5jloHFyhHga_B9C6g6-Y-BulFnAw6ILImeys6nAQNHZFRl4BxPOQHDC1yM2HcSI0hkQQdKyhQcw/w640-h278/BH+37.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">What should have been a thrilling ray-gun battle is instead an abysmally inept sequence lacking even a modicum of excitement or danger. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfpYgheFSXrE4UWfHqz4T_auXtU_0CatkPNmu9_fzZkCGuhQkhavF00tBV_Ncx6nBxJx5BWU7sMVwWz6K4UDwtymmb0ybVCeOgNO4iUM1q0P86AMWn4pgkdIRxtjO0bFutqwSYEJf2pc/s1920/BH+40.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfpYgheFSXrE4UWfHqz4T_auXtU_0CatkPNmu9_fzZkCGuhQkhavF00tBV_Ncx6nBxJx5BWU7sMVwWz6K4UDwtymmb0ybVCeOgNO4iUM1q0P86AMWn4pgkdIRxtjO0bFutqwSYEJf2pc/w640-h278/BH+40.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Terry Saunders' substantial miniature tunnel gets much screen time in several sequences, usually supplemented with areas of live action and matte paintings to extend the length.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_iWuuWaYmKFMp4eXauAjNO7uk3BZUd9qAftrS2YpvCNeqGg4gui6Vd-lrKGMA1efOLNweJrjMEvsTMA8GBwBMUpbcB1HJtt5DgFayWD5iKFGUQTTEfoui9EEYRVkAwKOtHlpKwvGu9Q/s1953/BH+38.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1725" data-original-width="1953" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_iWuuWaYmKFMp4eXauAjNO7uk3BZUd9qAftrS2YpvCNeqGg4gui6Vd-lrKGMA1efOLNweJrjMEvsTMA8GBwBMUpbcB1HJtt5DgFayWD5iKFGUQTTEfoui9EEYRVkAwKOtHlpKwvGu9Q/w640-h566/BH+38.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Good production design and execution marred by very inadequate cel animation effects (and utterly lousy direction of a key sequence)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicph-uKJ0nh_iS8er2kee62wwRBQdejtAt3hQfOoTGsJKUwemU5LJK1DY3sm84bjJFI9wk_Y8Tjn2n4F_g96gb-Yi6VkzosMeGYeBl9bOVAAcCspqFhmUcTUBqv5fv6p__xQQdnUxr_7c/s1953/BH+39.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1725" data-original-width="1953" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicph-uKJ0nh_iS8er2kee62wwRBQdejtAt3hQfOoTGsJKUwemU5LJK1DY3sm84bjJFI9wk_Y8Tjn2n4F_g96gb-Yi6VkzosMeGYeBl9bOVAAcCspqFhmUcTUBqv5fv6p__xQQdnUxr_7c/w640-h566/BH+39.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Many layers within these fx shots, though a more 'static' and uninspired action sequence you are never likely to see.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQm5-Zo1KbCL6lBcAHv9lR1cvMOME4LZsFRR6xAJvBi2qZ6FIXluB1etyuO0g1wsVwts7rhxcUzpmyx44ovPm8MdiZDPqnynC34NzNMHza-oDGql50GZqOBWZ3vHaQC11i_lb56tecGM8/s1959/BH+41.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="1959" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQm5-Zo1KbCL6lBcAHv9lR1cvMOME4LZsFRR6xAJvBi2qZ6FIXluB1etyuO0g1wsVwts7rhxcUzpmyx44ovPm8MdiZDPqnynC34NzNMHza-oDGql50GZqOBWZ3vHaQC11i_lb56tecGM8/w640-h560/BH+41.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Terrific effects shots here as things start to go 'pear shaped'. Miniaturist, Terry Saunders had earlier built model spacecraft for the film MAROONED, which won that film's chief miniaturist, Robbie Robertson the Oscar for visual effects in 1969, though quite how it won when up against the vastly superior KRAKATOA EAST OF JAVA that year is anyone's guess, but don't get me started on bloody Oscar injustices!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOssLx7VjQCfpWfcXgBpjJ0Az-CAWWlEc0d0TNgDzb7KQQFom0s1fcpn2uOb2jzMs2GLmcER9dN0dTlK1Bs48al1k04UST6lMXblAZkiu0pc3u4H6UXFyaaGChSrkhyAmI0_ZsWh8g-os/s2604/BH+42.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="2604" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOssLx7VjQCfpWfcXgBpjJ0Az-CAWWlEc0d0TNgDzb7KQQFom0s1fcpn2uOb2jzMs2GLmcER9dN0dTlK1Bs48al1k04UST6lMXblAZkiu0pc3u4H6UXFyaaGChSrkhyAmI0_ZsWh8g-os/w640-h278/BH+42.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ellenshaw remarked that they did attempt a few direct on-set glass shots, and I assume this is one such shot as the background structure ghosts through Robert Forster's head as he and Yvette run away.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilRJXLXd40RLd2K1rduEtUDirlbsgmhujmHYH-64AoVPUcGelx3ZGCWSfWVgaIHT0i4TUYQ7Qlb4fX412czuTBKlzYiya3r7vvE2uVpKaCyIrUbhCJyEV10I_wKyFz1ozK5gBmLxpfeg8/s1920/BH+18.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilRJXLXd40RLd2K1rduEtUDirlbsgmhujmHYH-64AoVPUcGelx3ZGCWSfWVgaIHT0i4TUYQ7Qlb4fX412czuTBKlzYiya3r7vvE2uVpKaCyIrUbhCJyEV10I_wKyFz1ozK5gBmLxpfeg8/w640-h278/BH+18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The never ending hallway - mostly painted of course.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxh37VCqo0NXkx6Zxj7I2AuHC_wA7v4ohMbN1IQN09Jli66j_t7Ave2ScviUDvSTEGo0mEJjGEdAzyXUXB3kSVQnvdF5IwZaQxsGT3mBD6o6uVfK0vF_biRKhVoUKdTy9_uyOS6Esrqd0/s775/Black+Hole-glass+painting1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="775" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxh37VCqo0NXkx6Zxj7I2AuHC_wA7v4ohMbN1IQN09Jli66j_t7Ave2ScviUDvSTEGo0mEJjGEdAzyXUXB3kSVQnvdF5IwZaQxsGT3mBD6o6uVfK0vF_biRKhVoUKdTy9_uyOS6Esrqd0/w400-h193/Black+Hole-glass+painting1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the mattes completed and photographed, though ultimately left on the cutting room floor.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflJMRHU8QWxX2GpcQCfs7srz4khYl1_Wde9YQ1Pb5XbtY7iXRZndsTI6IO1y8MkSwtwlEG5zOuWzQGG3GPNmAPID9MakyK4KrCCEfGPxJNwLwfKzad65hZuhx4r-6Q34Ia6E_Pu6tuO8/s2604/BH+43.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="2604" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflJMRHU8QWxX2GpcQCfs7srz4khYl1_Wde9YQ1Pb5XbtY7iXRZndsTI6IO1y8MkSwtwlEG5zOuWzQGG3GPNmAPID9MakyK4KrCCEfGPxJNwLwfKzad65hZuhx4r-6Q34Ia6E_Pu6tuO8/w640-h280/BH+43.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In the final act of the film a massive meteorite shower bashes the hell out of The Cygnus in an extremely well done series of scenes and vfx shots. Art Cruickshank orchestrated this and explained his process to Cinefantastique magazine in 1979. To this blogger, <b>this</b> is exactly what special effects is all about - or at least used to be all about: <i> "To get that effect of the meteors I just dropped some different sized plastic balls right onto the camera. We pointed the camera up towards the rafters of Stage 3, and then I put a 20mm Technovision lens on it and protected the lens with a plastic bubble. Then we built shields for myself and the camera assistant, and then the effects people dropped those things directly down onto us. Since they were at that height, there was over 40 feet of travel on those balls, and you got a nice sense of them hurtling through space. I then lit those with every arc light that the studio had - all 19 of them - and put red gels in front of the lights. I was cranking at five times the normal speed. We were shooting the meteors for about two weeks, and then it was just a matter of running the footage and selecting the good stuff that we'd matte in later." </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBJvWjArg95PXGgy5fqsODQ2vLoUspXn01qPw6Xa11556pE062AYxn7EH_ibTCmH1AsZ0fL8amLwfXbzvYeWLk7VJpkOEZ9y5vPCUk8aU12ZWR044x6TwrGYSDHRYQAW8U9rhWlNmDuE/s1920/vlcsnap-2018-06-05-22h05m42s857.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBJvWjArg95PXGgy5fqsODQ2vLoUspXn01qPw6Xa11556pE062AYxn7EH_ibTCmH1AsZ0fL8amLwfXbzvYeWLk7VJpkOEZ9y5vPCUk8aU12ZWR044x6TwrGYSDHRYQAW8U9rhWlNmDuE/w640-h278/vlcsnap-2018-06-05-22h05m42s857.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I seem to recall that Cruickshank did something very similar for the blood corpuscles on FANTASTIC VOYAGE. Another great effects showcase that earned Art an Academy Award.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ1wdmsqD0tf7ZF8k7XfW9Ok8lw6P_YbMzUS057SYouzjgwvYGO_elOSBkL-v1k7oQJZ-b2uqqZNX1czETtiEGt4Zg5q6eIiL9nOCqMOQ8DHnHiOdsdOdamAhYenWhLIkEWZfXG3AEuQ/s2616/BH+46.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2616" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ1wdmsqD0tf7ZF8k7XfW9Ok8lw6P_YbMzUS057SYouzjgwvYGO_elOSBkL-v1k7oQJZ-b2uqqZNX1czETtiEGt4Zg5q6eIiL9nOCqMOQ8DHnHiOdsdOdamAhYenWhLIkEWZfXG3AEuQ/w640-h278/BH+46.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>The shit is about to hit the fan!</i> A monumental slice of science fiction cinematic wizardry at play.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibY-ox-a8gEOYGgcjwnmwVlY29vMmmpyoivopj1AMDcC1sfDjjUFAltkkHOusfPb263UhV-zLWUBmrMvIAR0Ze4aIwkVJR-gnJJyilEmFJfleqB0_jD5o1GJceyVKY4lEw_2j-Sk2YCHg/s1096/Scan_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1096" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibY-ox-a8gEOYGgcjwnmwVlY29vMmmpyoivopj1AMDcC1sfDjjUFAltkkHOusfPb263UhV-zLWUBmrMvIAR0Ze4aIwkVJR-gnJJyilEmFJfleqB0_jD5o1GJceyVKY4lEw_2j-Sk2YCHg/w400-h295/Scan_0003.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The miniature meteor attached to it's special rolling device, which will be driven down the large miniature tunnel. Massive amounts of light were required to obtain the eye watering glow as it barrels along. According to miniaturist Terry Saunders, everybody who's somebody at the studio came by to watch this effects shoot, and it was an embarrassing failure first time up. Subsequent takes worked well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ08r9sFys0_tCn5AMegN-fskSj0aV2LTjR3ZYkC_eN2h03Ouf-eOA1h1ew5y9Q9FMLuS8_WJiq11ZZR_KWXjor0bf_tHZpjxja3QxYTjKP0MGmwvTeB-8LR97bMk2YKLj1Ybdr-gyszA/s1342/IMG_0700.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1342" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ08r9sFys0_tCn5AMegN-fskSj0aV2LTjR3ZYkC_eN2h03Ouf-eOA1h1ew5y9Q9FMLuS8_WJiq11ZZR_KWXjor0bf_tHZpjxja3QxYTjKP0MGmwvTeB-8LR97bMk2YKLj1Ybdr-gyszA/w400-h279/IMG_0700.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Terry Saunders admires his beautiful handiwork just prior to it being utterly destroyed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VZVBJ-pe7ReQhKPgpDyVKH-T3Ad6nB1vIUt6guxMmPHL3mlOOJX0QMNMmhLIn0_JKzkHHT3JmrxEI0EvRMrdpAjKX3YZ7KKZEtTfdDYZUVaAN5ZocOI-NLZNBh3Jd-lGxrQnB5NBXe8/s1097/BH+bluescreen+tunnel.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1023" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VZVBJ-pe7ReQhKPgpDyVKH-T3Ad6nB1vIUt6guxMmPHL3mlOOJX0QMNMmhLIn0_JKzkHHT3JmrxEI0EvRMrdpAjKX3YZ7KKZEtTfdDYZUVaAN5ZocOI-NLZNBh3Jd-lGxrQnB5NBXe8/w373-h400/BH+bluescreen+tunnel.jpg" width="373" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">According to Art Cruickshank, the travelling matte line up and composite worked out first run through the printer here, much to everybody's delight. Often these comps can take 8 or 10 attempts to pull off successfully. Harrison told me about the problems of shooting anamorphic travelling mattes: <i>"20'000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954) was the last anamorphic (scope) Disney film until THE BLACK HOLE. A number of reason for that. Walt liked the look of non-wide screen (flat) presentation, which was better for sharper depth of field for the type of live action films Disney were doing. Initially Fox had the only anamorphic lenses and they were huge and expensive to rent. Panavision eventually filled the need with less bulky, but greater variety of lenses, though at the start, Panavision lenses were dreadful. They still weren't all that great when we came to do BLACK HOLE. That's why we went with Technovision lenses. Doing anamorphic opticals was also very difficult to accomplish with our system at Disney, with sodium beam splitting cameras, anamorphic lenses wouldn't fit those cameras as the mount would bump into the prism, so blue screen was the next best thing".</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5Y1ScMzRcGpAnhjo_y2tTdeOwfGveEMiEEQd0qpcN_M3RZXdfRSaDQHJxtalDYktg1eUmup4kYsFml1A54l2u2ZhblkeaWg-QFr4DolSdV-exyGX-BH3t6nqXfgn3KotqKriDi9sS9k/s1920/BH+46a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5Y1ScMzRcGpAnhjo_y2tTdeOwfGveEMiEEQd0qpcN_M3RZXdfRSaDQHJxtalDYktg1eUmup4kYsFml1A54l2u2ZhblkeaWg-QFr4DolSdV-exyGX-BH3t6nqXfgn3KotqKriDi9sS9k/w640-h278/BH+46a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Superb wide-screen mayhem that still looks great today! Incidentally, famous vfx artist Jim Danforth had worked with Art Cruickshank in the 1970's and told me an amazing story about Art's skills. <i> "Art was an extremely knowledgeable and dedicated effects man, whose animation camera experience had made him comfortable with procedures that would probably terrify some of todays visual effects workers. Art told me he decided to make a TV-compatible 'pan & scan', non-anamorphic negative of Disney's 20'000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, which was originally filmed in 2.55:1 CinemaScope - an <u>extremely</u> wide format. Art had personally printed the dupe negative on the optical printer, animating <u>all</u> of the 'pans' manually, one frame at a time. Because the dupe negative was printed from black & white three colour separation masters, Art had to repeat <u>all</u> of the moves and positions three times, to an accuracy of about .0001. The running time of 20'000 LEAGUES is about 127 minutes, so Art had to correctly expose about 548'000 individual frames of film. In those days, some of the cameras still had wooden bodies, but the men who ran them were made of steel."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8nKF3WE9Ad6XaBjK_c8SW5Is2PBrQZKAd1WdlwMylHYlQtmgm0NUM81ZqlOh9KNLWx8xi8BlNXchjuq3Ub6RTAoznL2BceM4_c9N62vWADeUD9pnNPCMU9piubEAhKvcTSCRgUOWvL8/s1680/BH+47.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="1323" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8nKF3WE9Ad6XaBjK_c8SW5Is2PBrQZKAd1WdlwMylHYlQtmgm0NUM81ZqlOh9KNLWx8xi8BlNXchjuq3Ub6RTAoznL2BceM4_c9N62vWADeUD9pnNPCMU9piubEAhKvcTSCRgUOWvL8/w315-h400/BH+47.jpg" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And you think you've got problems? This baby was <u>un</u>insured!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8d2vNtTj7QXroUWjgcFDHmxTNu8i9masb2LzPsKB39YYsgEV2_d91kN0Xj2ZoUIBnrWemo95LSVNVPkZY8ur3oh14TcJ2Rkyien-Rxzq7Pb4U0a6RIbf8BwuIJo1svdVgNJqaT6oPMl8/s1920/BH+44.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8d2vNtTj7QXroUWjgcFDHmxTNu8i9masb2LzPsKB39YYsgEV2_d91kN0Xj2ZoUIBnrWemo95LSVNVPkZY8ur3oh14TcJ2Rkyien-Rxzq7Pb4U0a6RIbf8BwuIJo1svdVgNJqaT6oPMl8/w640-h278/BH+44.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The cast escape in one of those cool pneumatic tube car things as the Cygnus takes a thrashing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRmS_tKmvOZyiwvVzyNadKkGGINSilsmvqFr1UwbvgriQSQ8x7vBo45fM2Hcj9b_fpQG85K6upstBqW_eUNux8_lQ0jepczwKQQA2DC8uFskbWa5F7mvX6nZ44y6tcT5MzHUibAKWevY/s2604/BH+35a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="2604" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRmS_tKmvOZyiwvVzyNadKkGGINSilsmvqFr1UwbvgriQSQ8x7vBo45fM2Hcj9b_fpQG85K6upstBqW_eUNux8_lQ0jepczwKQQA2DC8uFskbWa5F7mvX6nZ44y6tcT5MzHUibAKWevY/w640-h278/BH+35a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The escape is one of the best orchestrated action scenes in the film, with the tube car winding, rolling and swerving all over the show, like an insane theme park ride. Looked great in scope on the big screen. A massive amount of trick work here, with Saunders' miniatures, Cruickshank's fx camera savvy, Lycett's optical compositing and also Danny Lee's pyro, in addition to multiple components introduced <i>within</i> the layers of shots such as the meteors, the actors and the optically created 'roll over' gags. All up, <u>sensational</u>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUjqsyFmRJz_2XSZ4z8WtIwiQLX_tkdn9z9VpWOXfbg0cOXr6I6pU2MBzm7K7k3YIrriQ8ay5HqOD9lD69c2VxGh2qHfihvSbjnY7uEmZwre8cWsX_L-ghs88vcpOSXqTaRp2NOqVKrU/s1920/BH+45.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUjqsyFmRJz_2XSZ4z8WtIwiQLX_tkdn9z9VpWOXfbg0cOXr6I6pU2MBzm7K7k3YIrriQ8ay5HqOD9lD69c2VxGh2qHfihvSbjnY7uEmZwre8cWsX_L-ghs88vcpOSXqTaRp2NOqVKrU/w640-h278/BH+45.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Extensive matte painted shot with tiny slot of live action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wSVU71FW8s46dHeQgj9EDGovEk79I3NTXmHFF-31nMHkmMyq8ZUeV9f8n_o16giUve87YVMAoJPzjnJs5ai3mRg8W5DsKH7uxPgZrTtQnktF2pl-LAmyiB0GO9NwmRPXMCBJFWi2nzk/s1920/BH+48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wSVU71FW8s46dHeQgj9EDGovEk79I3NTXmHFF-31nMHkmMyq8ZUeV9f8n_o16giUve87YVMAoJPzjnJs5ai3mRg8W5DsKH7uxPgZrTtQnktF2pl-LAmyiB0GO9NwmRPXMCBJFWi2nzk/w640-h278/BH+48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The end is apparently close for Max Schell and his army of mute cyborg militia. Again, almost entirely painted scene with just the actor and a portion of his control panel being real. The hurtling meteor shower is a miniature set up, rear projected into the painting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6RPLBc4nIfIv-l2BzXHabdBsk1Nue5DJIgOFCgl-b0MwbVMj6WyN31N9BdJe05Ze-PmJzzVc_g-WKUg5R95Tyzuti8_gxjwDAvhKD0TQ-1Yrm51oXLAvIaB7L55fyzpMfVtVSoVylkg/s2648/BH+49.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2648" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6RPLBc4nIfIv-l2BzXHabdBsk1Nue5DJIgOFCgl-b0MwbVMj6WyN31N9BdJe05Ze-PmJzzVc_g-WKUg5R95Tyzuti8_gxjwDAvhKD0TQ-1Yrm51oXLAvIaB7L55fyzpMfVtVSoVylkg/w640-h348/BH+49.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A series of quick cuts all comprise various degrees of matte art and optical work. The 'blink and you'd miss it' shot at left is practically all matte art, with just enough actual space around the actor to move.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10kjKfHosT4ymiE-2JpH0hKKi1by3KP2DWoxNIA30Bi471eYtIUCeInq3Fuz2wZQ3xXtpe6Sv-UWa-aPahkDOw-xdVR-V3Eh-TZZOsxn58uLrMcmM4IICTUZIy4LQUTtYer3fuowEsaI/s1324/BH+50.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1324" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10kjKfHosT4ymiE-2JpH0hKKi1by3KP2DWoxNIA30Bi471eYtIUCeInq3Fuz2wZQ3xXtpe6Sv-UWa-aPahkDOw-xdVR-V3Eh-TZZOsxn58uLrMcmM4IICTUZIy4LQUTtYer3fuowEsaI/w640-h542/BH+50.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The upper frame is another sensational effects shot that worked a treat. The lower frame is a miniature with some live action people matted in on the gantry.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMtFH0LvZAovPFCTpdl4Xdxgx3S020mGWabh292c8Dwoxwk8Hf1IEU79o2wYjGC9hlafYP3SozXgZQ-HXz5NLeJL4YZXms5jN7chB6kVsbG4HbePrp16Bepyl50sgqKM3HlK8Lb_8yg8/s1920/BH+51.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMtFH0LvZAovPFCTpdl4Xdxgx3S020mGWabh292c8Dwoxwk8Hf1IEU79o2wYjGC9hlafYP3SozXgZQ-HXz5NLeJL4YZXms5jN7chB6kVsbG4HbePrp16Bepyl50sgqKM3HlK8Lb_8yg8/w640-h278/BH+51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The swirling vortex created with coloured lacquers, heavily backlit, in a perspex tank filled with water.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_5BNIxrx5Gr_USuJNnWLxAYlS4YHjvhU4PQtOMVsgtqIrt7KHN0z8NPYhPsG1c69veRvLpu3ZsA2uq9fm2afPEYox985RG0VF9X1j993f9yW0CvxsQlLcXOgnn5t6ll676opQvf66Do/s1962/BH+52.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="1962" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_5BNIxrx5Gr_USuJNnWLxAYlS4YHjvhU4PQtOMVsgtqIrt7KHN0z8NPYhPsG1c69veRvLpu3ZsA2uq9fm2afPEYox985RG0VF9X1j993f9yW0CvxsQlLcXOgnn5t6ll676opQvf66Do/w640-h560/BH+52.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The heroic crew fight for their lives against a particularly nasty, mean spirited and completely insensitive 'bucket of bolts' armed with buzz-saws and ray guns. Extensive matte painting extends all of these shots.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3hlKzRZHVyOwMf0hUqOEHIcIyZEEhfdgIjHRTDA2BCtIFnngsBjt52q-DGPJKGK3ZJ2xBGFl9xwAi2n7WhzFd2SBFQdie8yK3Hzsiof0gx9qSLjGF3w8_pxWcKXBPzo7-x6kNYKF1c8/s1920/BH+53.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3hlKzRZHVyOwMf0hUqOEHIcIyZEEhfdgIjHRTDA2BCtIFnngsBjt52q-DGPJKGK3ZJ2xBGFl9xwAi2n7WhzFd2SBFQdie8yK3Hzsiof0gx9qSLjGF3w8_pxWcKXBPzo7-x6kNYKF1c8/w640-h278/BH+53.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">They just <i>had</i> to write in a pair of 'cutesy' robots, didn't they? Nice matte shot though.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfjp8isQsZnl7EfUTU37cyWU3CL3xF5-EzwFIvDnL574TTHyLh9KyZDKMcFFDOggA_0CmNlYebwEQdVDuir0nnAi0DZlkhb02WsWabK_1MAk-AlplkIEQSi87ZrltpO_jhMrkyu1cEwI/s1920/BH+54.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1920" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfjp8isQsZnl7EfUTU37cyWU3CL3xF5-EzwFIvDnL574TTHyLh9KyZDKMcFFDOggA_0CmNlYebwEQdVDuir0nnAi0DZlkhb02WsWabK_1MAk-AlplkIEQSi87ZrltpO_jhMrkyu1cEwI/w640-h278/BH+54.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The cosmic toilet has just been flushed, it seems!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJCaaPJSk62EbCdtCB6SApHuAyE_2MGstCbVSMPIYSpWM97Hy2ZVLmij93XFm3ZRVP4fJVMLk9JXFLTSd14L7CGh9GzbzMBuZyezmACLkViQgUK4SOXCBOqnRVRgJoFdxJKnSVx6-dSA/s1936/BH+P.Ellenshaw+concept+painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1936" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJCaaPJSk62EbCdtCB6SApHuAyE_2MGstCbVSMPIYSpWM97Hy2ZVLmij93XFm3ZRVP4fJVMLk9JXFLTSd14L7CGh9GzbzMBuZyezmACLkViQgUK4SOXCBOqnRVRgJoFdxJKnSVx6-dSA/w640-h280/BH+P.Ellenshaw+concept+painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the film's bizarre 'tag' scene, where Max Schell appears to have morphed into something-or-other <i>(it all kind of lost me to be honest),</i> and now resides in Hades, production designer Peter Ellenshaw rendered this vivid conceptual painting as an indication of 'Hell' - a regular Dante's Inferno.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHejVVHDW4DymbpScnvEEm8unadYKHQk5lH2uhctunRZGiEw4jnXM9OE3ZaNizXfOn5ec4H0CduIX5ArsADN6yB3XTFuyEhDYhPkaB8GNEILEWH3McbE_hHeBk4BQkUwO_3Lpg9C-YmFc/s2616/BH+55.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="2616" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHejVVHDW4DymbpScnvEEm8unadYKHQk5lH2uhctunRZGiEw4jnXM9OE3ZaNizXfOn5ec4H0CduIX5ArsADN6yB3XTFuyEhDYhPkaB8GNEILEWH3McbE_hHeBk4BQkUwO_3Lpg9C-YmFc/w640-h280/BH+55.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the visions of 'Hell', a pair of miniature sets were built by Terry Saunders and were shot separately by Art Cruickshank and then combined optically as one smooth single pullback shot. Each miniature set measured around 40 feet deep by 60 feet wide, equipped with hidden gas jets, engineered by veteran Disney physical fx man, Danny Lee.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrrUORuGw74QlHrKZblgGIcTJndmLf0HlIkDbXyW5ZvHEblp-LroiOa7MJzPFpN3ifTV1FsTEKQVulnRsV0Ik4ki4Jz6Ija4tdwfr9i71UGhM6QIF0-JzEFAIV9fwc5GPGg6kH5Chmpw/s1318/BH+56.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1318" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrrUORuGw74QlHrKZblgGIcTJndmLf0HlIkDbXyW5ZvHEblp-LroiOa7MJzPFpN3ifTV1FsTEKQVulnRsV0Ik4ki4Jz6Ija4tdwfr9i71UGhM6QIF0-JzEFAIV9fwc5GPGg6kH5Chmpw/w640-h546/BH+56.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For the final shot in the film, the initial miniature of Earth was deemed unusable after excessive heat from lighting rigs actually melted and deformed the plastic globe - much to Cruickshank's annoyance. As a fix, the shot was turned over to the matte department from which Harrison painted an Earth matte. Mattingly spoke about the shot in Cinefantastique: <i>"Harrison did the matte painting, and I think his version looks better than the model one. We ran one test on it and then shot it. We got that halo effect in two passes. The first we shot the painting itself. The second time through we didn't light the painting. We put a very heavy light source behind it, and then Harrison took an Xacto knife and scraped a hole in the painting around the outside of the globe. To get that diffusion on it he put some vaseline on it and then rubbed it out. So when the camera went by a second time you got this gentle glow around the rim of the Earth, and, as a plus, all these rays of light shooting out from it. It was really quite effective, considering how simple it was."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3luvGl8VHattxFO0grKKyvZob173rY8yu5N3xnKB-Nkwcw44elgYBs_Vb8nznGNLyaL7YlXqyOKT9xbWeRwSonvwH5iJX4CTdnm-8ZDTSpLf4deZLgS9SO35Uq9sjv4Sz8MSRM6ytXZk/s793/Peter+with+Prince+Philip-BH+art.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="793" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3luvGl8VHattxFO0grKKyvZob173rY8yu5N3xnKB-Nkwcw44elgYBs_Vb8nznGNLyaL7YlXqyOKT9xbWeRwSonvwH5iJX4CTdnm-8ZDTSpLf4deZLgS9SO35Uq9sjv4Sz8MSRM6ytXZk/w400-h297/Peter+with+Prince+Philip-BH+art.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">At the London premier, Peter shows the Royal Consort, the perpetually bemused Prince Philip (centre), one of his grand conceptual paintings. An O.B.E was not forthcoming for Peter, sadly. <b>:(</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsugF07JySsQm4TZpMVBOMPUmWwXeMePBi03v_J0RcGw89SJboz9iruBgHaAh7s-FJf7arbY7a0UEAMlUt0ObUFfz5L-xiszRr_xFyonVg6rtSxd8tIV8I0gPGQQSos4-6N8S_X-RSUQ/s1638/GML+art+B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1638" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsugF07JySsQm4TZpMVBOMPUmWwXeMePBi03v_J0RcGw89SJboz9iruBgHaAh7s-FJf7arbY7a0UEAMlUt0ObUFfz5L-xiszRr_xFyonVg6rtSxd8tIV8I0gPGQQSos4-6N8S_X-RSUQ/w640-h292/GML+art+B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A fairly lively Paramount 1941 drama with a strong headline cast - the always great Joel McCrea and the forever reliable Barbara Stanwyck - both stars of dozens of pictures from that studio.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv105PdGWV4_3Ll5ealakEkOZxN9M3hf7DHSgNFlxsUunRCkd_zcylxqmUTMJSNP8PRwxOIu8gF3E33WM9IIThPhoVjF1V9g9IyEiZKQMIVkvHMYMJTfYNnavupbFekk4yL7Dyvd0XmJ8/s1732/GML+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="1732" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv105PdGWV4_3Ll5ealakEkOZxN9M3hf7DHSgNFlxsUunRCkd_zcylxqmUTMJSNP8PRwxOIu8gF3E33WM9IIThPhoVjF1V9g9IyEiZKQMIVkvHMYMJTfYNnavupbFekk4yL7Dyvd0XmJ8/w640-h478/GML+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I watched the picture purely based upon the cast and the period, not expecting any significant trick work. Imagine my surprise when a substantial load of mattes and other visual effects cropped up along the way.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JsT9UtJBjM4ijqNoJ5q8k2GMGkUpRLFxlPmZentjHurt-L0P0NO-RFSn7ocac-PLo49Peq5AwfYnwPfp3gP6_r6uzrk8J4f4oVc2RnGgYIpL7oflE6GHTUrCnF-JxZfFWS9tU4dydw8/s2132/GML+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="2132" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JsT9UtJBjM4ijqNoJ5q8k2GMGkUpRLFxlPmZentjHurt-L0P0NO-RFSn7ocac-PLo49Peq5AwfYnwPfp3gP6_r6uzrk8J4f4oVc2RnGgYIpL7oflE6GHTUrCnF-JxZfFWS9tU4dydw8/w640-h498/GML+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film opens with a nice close up of a veranda on a stately home and pulls back to reveal the property in question to be plonked right slap bang in the middle of a vast urban metropolis.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggamLk9vHmYsiO5-pVAexsHPLoJFLsIT1zuyXNu1OpjE8_NUmiwHk5Ap_wdKZVnoWXnkH296_J7uxGJAqazLO7Az9RJVBb3fEsz3jfNUNMx27dGaLLqvWJEs8hdTcg4rLKFHLu1qzKyao/s1464/GML+3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggamLk9vHmYsiO5-pVAexsHPLoJFLsIT1zuyXNu1OpjE8_NUmiwHk5Ap_wdKZVnoWXnkH296_J7uxGJAqazLO7Az9RJVBb3fEsz3jfNUNMx27dGaLLqvWJEs8hdTcg4rLKFHLu1qzKyao/w640-h472/GML+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Gordon Jennings was Paramount's chief of special photographic effects from 1933 up until his sudden death during a game of golf in 1953, right after completing the Oscar winning work on George Pal's WAR OF THE WORLDS. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVK0zv6Etj1QVVLLyCQ9ioD4XNbv1YK-7GExO6nIF70ntMAfA7IXRtMjeWscOrK7ZZNTLNWopBWlUPBz91zB6LnT_XboL1G4CD5-hCGPKBRBrbJfKfzT2X6prm0V4F-Sz87xnSz4c0nY/s1464/GML+4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVK0zv6Etj1QVVLLyCQ9ioD4XNbv1YK-7GExO6nIF70ntMAfA7IXRtMjeWscOrK7ZZNTLNWopBWlUPBz91zB6LnT_XboL1G4CD5-hCGPKBRBrbJfKfzT2X6prm0V4F-Sz87xnSz4c0nY/w640-h472/GML+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's a very impressive shot. Jan Domela was matte painter at Paramount from 1926 for around the next <b>40 plus</b> years. That's a career and a half if ever there was one!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-02iLH_izhb0IoPyTfxBxtJPVWA_oY-6k6iF425aptz5naadNMlPScpXgkfWv674eSyC-JHIZBUhDYteOllrGAHT9_SjawTbMXwLyW3SK1RAbeKYuskw7UZhI7lx5iB9Z-3e_sHtXIEo/s1464/GML+5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-02iLH_izhb0IoPyTfxBxtJPVWA_oY-6k6iF425aptz5naadNMlPScpXgkfWv674eSyC-JHIZBUhDYteOllrGAHT9_SjawTbMXwLyW3SK1RAbeKYuskw7UZhI7lx5iB9Z-3e_sHtXIEo/w640-h472/GML+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The matte photography was handled by Irmin Roberts - another long time industry veteran whose career, largely with Paramount, spanned from 1926 up until 1971, with latter forays into 2nd unit D.O.P assignments and various big films such as IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD, AIRPORT and TORA!, TORA!, TORA!. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPAMgdnohutGYvG1-cu9c4gqwj3jdhE88ihzNT1h2ti60uGq1-F9Gd9RCAKPXrXQs0qtS7_S1FblzqgQ-L64mG6VUp1y2bZTbSHdMCWCB0mVHucY8wf2-lhgAFuVjd3K9OVobbv5wh5o/s1464/GML+6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPAMgdnohutGYvG1-cu9c4gqwj3jdhE88ihzNT1h2ti60uGq1-F9Gd9RCAKPXrXQs0qtS7_S1FblzqgQ-L64mG6VUp1y2bZTbSHdMCWCB0mVHucY8wf2-lhgAFuVjd3K9OVobbv5wh5o/w640-h472/GML+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More matte painted composites which place the stately home in the urban jungle.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gM_SpmcZYrIRQtm_fdOGmLABLqY7aThFqZNDpdaPRAXjG0lMVy7KZ_3jfpplgHn0TLUXsI2n1ppgQm3BowgvD1_FqnT4Dm6z6akjgjUxQC4_mR_Tdq5SQUTRFvwO1BeHKJWioif2Svo/s1464/GML+7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gM_SpmcZYrIRQtm_fdOGmLABLqY7aThFqZNDpdaPRAXjG0lMVy7KZ_3jfpplgHn0TLUXsI2n1ppgQm3BowgvD1_FqnT4Dm6z6akjgjUxQC4_mR_Tdq5SQUTRFvwO1BeHKJWioif2Svo/w640-h472/GML+7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Multiple Oscar winning effects chief Gordon Jennings was, by all accounts, very well liked and much respected in the industry. Director Cecil B.DeMille once wrote that Jennings was <i>"the best special effects man I had ever had the pleasure to work with." </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5gotSMPlmBA-6gyRKEJ6ndFoAD93wBHcohYfuSIjGVei2laMDZMW7b5q6OrQgpgfLYcMazZAz68jRmvHQMmr2zh11tcPwAJpk3sjVq3tPk4vbkRlKfA9Va5_5znyM9EC0Wbox4hIKBw/s1464/GML+8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5gotSMPlmBA-6gyRKEJ6ndFoAD93wBHcohYfuSIjGVei2laMDZMW7b5q6OrQgpgfLYcMazZAz68jRmvHQMmr2zh11tcPwAJpk3sjVq3tPk4vbkRlKfA9Va5_5znyM9EC0Wbox4hIKBw/w640-h472/GML+8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nicely rendered matte art by Jan Domela, with excellent blending into the live action.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrn9E_T00t1Cg55Yzb17CfU2vv6TxYAV4uGtHUJJwjj-4BNBkD5N9sSMpSwk9CpHmG_Luso6DP4Y0D1WBpcnv_XV0O4i5r1ktC2HyFs8J7LAs-K_BES5nt_I9qxqj_r3-5fSoz6687w90/s1464/GML+9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrn9E_T00t1Cg55Yzb17CfU2vv6TxYAV4uGtHUJJwjj-4BNBkD5N9sSMpSwk9CpHmG_Luso6DP4Y0D1WBpcnv_XV0O4i5r1ktC2HyFs8J7LAs-K_BES5nt_I9qxqj_r3-5fSoz6687w90/w640-h472/GML+9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An exquisite Domela matte which hits the spot for me as I'm a massive fan of this period in Hollywood matte painting - the 1940's being my favourite era of the artform.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihr98b_E8GZ3lQL8z36AKpW1r5MaTGScJFw5pRZ8tWtE_3xgohyphenhyphenitp_JQ1YtHsI2smN4sLT_Pq4b6hOSBfCBrIyhW795Vz89LgBfzm7JgB-zQ_QlxBeaS-ypgvdUTJgg24Ur5Qyh8vyCQ/s1984/GML+9a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1984" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihr98b_E8GZ3lQL8z36AKpW1r5MaTGScJFw5pRZ8tWtE_3xgohyphenhyphenitp_JQ1YtHsI2smN4sLT_Pq4b6hOSBfCBrIyhW795Vz89LgBfzm7JgB-zQ_QlxBeaS-ypgvdUTJgg24Ur5Qyh8vyCQ/w640-h240/GML+9a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Even the process work is of a high standard in THE GREAT MAN'S LADY. Farciot Edouart was another marathon player in Paramount's effects department, having started in 1915 as a camera assistant at RealArt Studios, which was a forerunner to Paramount. Edouart pioneered various rear projection developments, and remained employed until the late 1960's.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82yN7B3n8tXZ3x-pj6xx0Oxj4rPUK_8ToK7VktNqld6PHajZ9duHWs4V6eX4xvbe-zmytP6r97soDmfm24RNzxDDiio6vEmJb9_19CykdYmJwsqcZzXdse65m_20CFaq4v3ynGXunj3U/s1558/GML+9b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1558" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82yN7B3n8tXZ3x-pj6xx0Oxj4rPUK_8ToK7VktNqld6PHajZ9duHWs4V6eX4xvbe-zmytP6r97soDmfm24RNzxDDiio6vEmJb9_19CykdYmJwsqcZzXdse65m_20CFaq4v3ynGXunj3U/w640-h482/GML+9b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This entire sequence is very well done and lends an almost ethereal feel to the narrative. While Joel and Barbara discuss the future, the vista beyond slowly dissolves from a simple western landscape into a bustling metropolis. Optical man Paul Lerpae created a slow dissolve from one Jan Domela matte painting into another, with this material serving as a plate for the Edouart RP set up. Beautifully done, and helped a great deal by the actors.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtc24zKBzvUATFqWIpj7ea60NSL5GGVrnwX1ttye6yeUwpI58Ix6BzYfc6UWM18AvszJo2GmBdxFKKkhsHZKlYUEtrT1Io8TtpFnmht1kaEhF8WTTL7xanE-LHve0gfCU0JbSmxpSndpY/s1464/GML+9c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtc24zKBzvUATFqWIpj7ea60NSL5GGVrnwX1ttye6yeUwpI58Ix6BzYfc6UWM18AvszJo2GmBdxFKKkhsHZKlYUEtrT1Io8TtpFnmht1kaEhF8WTTL7xanE-LHve0gfCU0JbSmxpSndpY/w640-h472/GML+9c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer look...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxC6qrfPsLiIPfy2mjnKGEuiYH8mxcxlKs8fvDRVBBV98zGEntx6QbqDaLhRCnDPb5v1lixpHYE_Xp_P3Mo8Cu9ehS9MRRDqVMmYUFgzHb34IqsodpXh-HZ99shdYmC3qpCtO4sfKDHg/s2980/GML+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="2980" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxC6qrfPsLiIPfy2mjnKGEuiYH8mxcxlKs8fvDRVBBV98zGEntx6QbqDaLhRCnDPb5v1lixpHYE_Xp_P3Mo8Cu9ehS9MRRDqVMmYUFgzHb34IqsodpXh-HZ99shdYmC3qpCtO4sfKDHg/w640-h240/GML+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More atmospheric Domela matte art. I've always liked the actor Joel McCrea<i> (no doubt a name lost completely on <u>less</u> aged film viewers!)</i> and his work in films like SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS was unforgettable.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFYPTE1SYDjABnEcmpSni6MrfbfZGHJYnfoR6sXCHzBR2o1XNAOS_nsRYfixiXiJCx9gcjSAtZvrvjyuZu67tXi4XL-3n40S7sUlOjt8r1InmwV9NKqy7vYxlQZ29TE0SRWyix3lrVuI/s1968/GML+11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1968" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFYPTE1SYDjABnEcmpSni6MrfbfZGHJYnfoR6sXCHzBR2o1XNAOS_nsRYfixiXiJCx9gcjSAtZvrvjyuZu67tXi4XL-3n40S7sUlOjt8r1InmwV9NKqy7vYxlQZ29TE0SRWyix3lrVuI/w640-h254/GML+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More matted set extensions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTecyn-64Ts4sQI8XUI6ysz3QvNGZDM3y-JpeO6AJib24ANNj3ivDPX2C8-iUK8MsKJ5ZAHwOF4rJDNxXGMAyo07Ofh_fZlm5W0zFBQ4kGrQVIb3FVuDJnnchVi0wSGDHzsHlwQf49i3Y/s1464/GML+12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTecyn-64Ts4sQI8XUI6ysz3QvNGZDM3y-JpeO6AJib24ANNj3ivDPX2C8-iUK8MsKJ5ZAHwOF4rJDNxXGMAyo07Ofh_fZlm5W0zFBQ4kGrQVIb3FVuDJnnchVi0wSGDHzsHlwQf49i3Y/w640-h472/GML+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now, we shift gears. The film isn't all matte art and process, as this remarkable sequence demonstrates. The horse drawn coaches cross a bridge above a raging, flooded river during a storm, with dire results involving loss of life and death of children. The sequence (below) impressed me as one that had to be rewound and played back a bunch of times <i>(always the sign of a great trick shot)</i> to figure it out. As best I can figure it out, the raging torrent was a miniature tank shot, likely matted - with great skill - into a plate of the surrounding valley, possibly blended with matte art. The bridge with horses and carriages I suspect were a separately filmed element shot elsewhere probably against a pure (white?) backing to facilitate a travelling matte being isolated. This would then probably be all combined optically in Paul Lerpae's department, complete with rain overlay. That's my best guess. It's brief but very impressive.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGVmH3ATcNdZrGgxiy6Imh-YUqfY3OzrySJ4Z4qNFfnAjBV68UINlFs4jBe3L_SnpM3Jefw5ndh5y_3UHkxTCiMrK3o5pL249_ZbxHggzmuJn5R4tSNlARpe2zgEoXojCqF51hTFlkHE/s1904/GML+12a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1904" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGVmH3ATcNdZrGgxiy6Imh-YUqfY3OzrySJ4Z4qNFfnAjBV68UINlFs4jBe3L_SnpM3Jefw5ndh5y_3UHkxTCiMrK3o5pL249_ZbxHggzmuJn5R4tSNlARpe2zgEoXojCqF51hTFlkHE/w640-h494/GML+12a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Frames from the scene just before the bridge collapses. Gordon's brother Devereaux was miniatures cinematographer. There was another famous quote about Jennings from DeMille, at least as best I recall reading it years ago: <i>"Anything God can do, Gordon can do better."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2DOzhenwSLPrWCuMnIZ2twmxPou3R-gEkmTVBUNpYW7cugSz2roqYJ8-R05jV9nz1exyqlRY6aBlLswQCdPYYTa1k0zEnLLlfKDLqpBDnZi-ZMOkUGELvaep3XZoUUfRPTh4repD2-Y/s1464/GML+12b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2DOzhenwSLPrWCuMnIZ2twmxPou3R-gEkmTVBUNpYW7cugSz2roqYJ8-R05jV9nz1exyqlRY6aBlLswQCdPYYTa1k0zEnLLlfKDLqpBDnZi-ZMOkUGELvaep3XZoUUfRPTh4repD2-Y/w640-h472/GML+12b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've purposely lightened up this frame for a better look. I'm certain the whole thing comprises separate elements; Actual valley, miniature river torrent, art department built bridge set with speeding horses and coaches, painted blends to tie it together, plus superimposed rain.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJdR3tosBLruJGJem9jaKP7KOF1yeGWnmjEOf-TRd-ZtjpwPPkQWRUEOrARwkZ38C1bkva7cdhor3iWWWyQWPMHW1-lPAT51T0jY_fc8rv6yqvUkqQdhGtE7h-R3ia6gtluPjojg-RQc/s1464/GML+13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJdR3tosBLruJGJem9jaKP7KOF1yeGWnmjEOf-TRd-ZtjpwPPkQWRUEOrARwkZ38C1bkva7cdhor3iWWWyQWPMHW1-lPAT51T0jY_fc8rv6yqvUkqQdhGtE7h-R3ia6gtluPjojg-RQc/w640-h472/GML+13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another superb painted matte rendering, complete with smoke doubled into chimney stacks.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16aux7L8plFswL-xc2lQoc78yGAd-vHJulvCKdVluzFZWRsd9p0sTyclExH5I1cGcPmqfmo1v4LS0tBf8LrJmPt0eeb-Gqd12JVuyaYTaf6gy9wyzH7LpEsrqbB6uJZ9yBBJ0LtQYLV0/s1464/GML+14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16aux7L8plFswL-xc2lQoc78yGAd-vHJulvCKdVluzFZWRsd9p0sTyclExH5I1cGcPmqfmo1v4LS0tBf8LrJmPt0eeb-Gqd12JVuyaYTaf6gy9wyzH7LpEsrqbB6uJZ9yBBJ0LtQYLV0/w640-h472/GML+14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">For a straightforward sort of drama, I was pleasantly surprised with all of the effects shots, and here is another winning Domela matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPa3mszS7eG5XqEXOKmX70NQzNOKKeLGEmdKGt5hLgQF0xZFA6TD8KF3C5x2MA_m90Dp4fiwSml5mMEj47xdP7TaDnrTt_0393e8XybstNi4DIQ1l9VfOODImVkMy6C1U_cwz5GqI3tWw/s1824/GML+15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1824" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPa3mszS7eG5XqEXOKmX70NQzNOKKeLGEmdKGt5hLgQF0xZFA6TD8KF3C5x2MA_m90Dp4fiwSml5mMEj47xdP7TaDnrTt_0393e8XybstNi4DIQ1l9VfOODImVkMy6C1U_cwz5GqI3tWw/w640-h256/GML+15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">We end up in San Francisco. A full matte painting suggestive of a great sense of romance found in the movie making style of the period.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UvjSQNuK75ZbJEMPeSI8c5dWuPxRl0C0ua1O5sBRV0B2ZaAKebrc8T6roAe5bqJPkes2bzP3mfPeu6055Ic-kSmBD_Ix-Z1wZ7niE_dfdkc0d-M2V-WWcfGZsk6xp6bEca3PIgnCv7E/s1464/GML+16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UvjSQNuK75ZbJEMPeSI8c5dWuPxRl0C0ua1O5sBRV0B2ZaAKebrc8T6roAe5bqJPkes2bzP3mfPeu6055Ic-kSmBD_Ix-Z1wZ7niE_dfdkc0d-M2V-WWcfGZsk6xp6bEca3PIgnCv7E/w640-h472/GML+16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same matte shot, but lightened up for closer inspection.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UZcJ65S4fwIMdrLJl4rsYhX0_OvP228bCrO1A4L6q12kzC_IfricIcgHELn4YagSY_0rukh3x57EjwidcEeonyGlHGAVYqh0ZJ2_ozut569t1GrfJvvhF0N9soMdMCdGmHNhFL9On7k/s1464/GML+17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UZcJ65S4fwIMdrLJl4rsYhX0_OvP228bCrO1A4L6q12kzC_IfricIcgHELn4YagSY_0rukh3x57EjwidcEeonyGlHGAVYqh0ZJ2_ozut569t1GrfJvvhF0N9soMdMCdGmHNhFL9On7k/w640-h472/GML+17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Same old homestead, though seen at a different time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdcl47FWH0Pb4J1i-PNglT381QnJOeX7DywJx6AQbETRVGRp85cfG_liQcjasqnCfTJPOuWrT9i7fJQmGCwHjjgYbujCr85hbqpnob2Z9E5WzVkIiXCuMrEJp6xux7vq7oG-DX7A7K9I/s1464/GML+18.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1464" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdcl47FWH0Pb4J1i-PNglT381QnJOeX7DywJx6AQbETRVGRp85cfG_liQcjasqnCfTJPOuWrT9i7fJQmGCwHjjgYbujCr85hbqpnob2Z9E5WzVkIiXCuMrEJp6xux7vq7oG-DX7A7K9I/w640-h472/GML+18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film closes on another moody Domela matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsU7nIPb1Fr9QAW4rcYnx7rTh9GgvH290MrkaxjThCzJYkvPRJRv-KMnwrABpnIYa3tK99DcxbwBsVHkft0K8KzbYWOamh0CRjc8pXJm03vObZ2PcKNpZoG3dXrmSsediHAUzwga17mE/s1023/5193-10_1024x1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1023" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsU7nIPb1Fr9QAW4rcYnx7rTh9GgvH290MrkaxjThCzJYkvPRJRv-KMnwrABpnIYa3tK99DcxbwBsVHkft0K8KzbYWOamh0CRjc8pXJm03vObZ2PcKNpZoG3dXrmSsediHAUzwga17mE/w400-h313/5193-10_1024x1024.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXMe1p6d-J89Y39BvfsaVtdbAQaqIXNdm3f6O1AWdDru1xWU9QnVDdFWwHvy32Uf8bOtoYpyy_zWjeYFC20BmAgDf-w5H-EEHQk9CrUpQVASk0XOsB3X0agNi86h_Hqz2mv1BHHLFV0E/s1329/Equinox+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="1329" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXMe1p6d-J89Y39BvfsaVtdbAQaqIXNdm3f6O1AWdDru1xWU9QnVDdFWwHvy32Uf8bOtoYpyy_zWjeYFC20BmAgDf-w5H-EEHQk9CrUpQVASk0XOsB3X0agNi86h_Hqz2mv1BHHLFV0E/w640-h510/Equinox+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">EQUINOX (1969) was an indescribably bizarre semi-amateur film that makes little sense, but was an important exercise for a number of budding trick shot exponents to get their collective 'foot in the door', namely Dennis Muren, David Allen, David Stipes and Jim Danforth - though in fact Jim was the 'veteran' of the bunch, having already worked on a number of major film and tv productions in a variety of visual effect capacities.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOHG3A6qCoa5puDEP2PZcs2joeRr0tLbsBfUPJmEkv1hF5cfJEPy4C931Is-5vb1ZSntPJajDBX15KoaeDSVcUfNq2FbJlPk23SDkv45dYgBo6ST4UHJSDObPSo5Lne9kv-BJpeQKgO0/s1444/Equinox+BTS.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1444" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOHG3A6qCoa5puDEP2PZcs2joeRr0tLbsBfUPJmEkv1hF5cfJEPy4C931Is-5vb1ZSntPJajDBX15KoaeDSVcUfNq2FbJlPk23SDkv45dYgBo6ST4UHJSDObPSo5Lne9kv-BJpeQKgO0/w640-h464/Equinox+BTS.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Shot, for the most part I believe, on 16mm, the film was sold to producer Jack Harris who then shot additional material and blew the 16mm negative up to a more commercially viable 35mm. For a detailed article on the production, <a href="https://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/e-h/equinox6770.htm"><b>click here</b></a> to learn more fascinating background.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrblPvf2nLTLj4zhVtYqlrwe36ZKtn7q_v_ZJHL3rFzMvi-aukNDkSdiTjijWDzTyAmhYZKGN1oKnnJwmmJw_YUmWvJ0BhWCReJONageDd0rLm0nDORCdoAVQVGO03cSAboTrvt1vqew/s2156/titles.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="2156" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrblPvf2nLTLj4zhVtYqlrwe36ZKtn7q_v_ZJHL3rFzMvi-aukNDkSdiTjijWDzTyAmhYZKGN1oKnnJwmmJw_YUmWvJ0BhWCReJONageDd0rLm0nDORCdoAVQVGO03cSAboTrvt1vqew/w640-h252/titles.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Any visual effects fan would well know these names, and if they don't they should hang their heads in shame. All had links through the Cascade Studio, which specialised in photographic effects for tv commercials and films. All would work a few years later on the pop-culture fave FLESH GORDON, Dennis, of course, went on to major feature assignments such as STAR WARS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, INDIANA JONES, THE ABYSS and scores more, mostly for ILM. Primarily a vfx cameraman, Muren also worked in stop motion and holds the record for the most number of Oscars awarded a single effects technician!. The late David Allen was a stop motion animator of some repute, with credits on major films such as WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH <i>(as assistant to Jim Danforth)</i>, THE STUFF, WILLOW, YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES and one I really liked, a little Charles Band 'B' flick called ROBOJOX. Jim Danforth is a multi-talented creator of trick shots, with vast experience in matte painting, stop motion, miniatures and vfx camera work. Jim had already racked up many credits prior to EQUINOX, with things like tv's I LOVE LUCY, a number of tv commercials and huge features such as IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD. Later films included DARK STAR, CREEPSHOW and NEVER ENDING STORY among many others.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgDu9jpHfVuySEIA-LYFywA99c9KeDtgJsg3a_ZXPIGTCj5xP4R0FaWu3aQygsDTHyBPB9qzpL2PLSGGvQ_4bQIGMs3VocywTjV5-aof6tlo8yJ-5IymRSPU9jnCDML764xaphSvfATg/s1440/Equinox-Danforth+matte1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1440" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgDu9jpHfVuySEIA-LYFywA99c9KeDtgJsg3a_ZXPIGTCj5xP4R0FaWu3aQygsDTHyBPB9qzpL2PLSGGvQ_4bQIGMs3VocywTjV5-aof6tlo8yJ-5IymRSPU9jnCDML764xaphSvfATg/w640-h476/Equinox-Danforth+matte1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of Jim Danforth's evocative matte shots from EQUINOX. Jim had experimented with glass shots as a teenager and was well versed in the technique by the time he had his first professional assignments.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25wUF4RBx2NxEY3dvzSYk4rnVv7e9mG16_kbo29q9OhEok6bQ1y5u92G7RFvl0Pu9K8zn68pRHuRD3lrNmgNACDT2yOVXy_jEMIMUtTSCeaKgmCqNlRvPa_Z1jGLCJjp6Jpdwlg2i02M/s1440/Equinox-Danforth+matte+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1440" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25wUF4RBx2NxEY3dvzSYk4rnVv7e9mG16_kbo29q9OhEok6bQ1y5u92G7RFvl0Pu9K8zn68pRHuRD3lrNmgNACDT2yOVXy_jEMIMUtTSCeaKgmCqNlRvPa_Z1jGLCJjp6Jpdwlg2i02M/w640-h476/Equinox-Danforth+matte+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A subsequent cut with more Danforth matte art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWBx71kIhJjeV74yLWYsqPrxyfNGaUTsJLZRjiZHNvWwJZ_7vRHqY-OORIFg-Bae73HpsjiT1focH0fxeFo5JZeURGI-tDuMN7VRc9LRGxW7EfkYqLgk3xHHNTcBYl9tDG7n7oGu31Aw/s1200/equinox2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1200" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWBx71kIhJjeV74yLWYsqPrxyfNGaUTsJLZRjiZHNvWwJZ_7vRHqY-OORIFg-Bae73HpsjiT1focH0fxeFo5JZeURGI-tDuMN7VRc9LRGxW7EfkYqLgk3xHHNTcBYl9tDG7n7oGu31Aw/w640-h476/equinox2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Very little of EQUINOX makes much sense, with disjointed sequences seemingly strung together with abandon, with the whole shoot taking place intermittantly over a number of years. The stop motion however is quite good and generally effective for audiences of the day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1oACrUQHTvK4od2YzyorjD7KIT6RypkajXeR24QL968h7bMICcfFLfAQwuAKdTFu3jTD8K2j7QZ44Ezd6usXAmyJhhqrjDG3U6oT8OAQdug9HiCwR-jMt-6wWPOPLpXWZe5xI1HN3f4/s1632/Muren+SMA+set+up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1632" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1oACrUQHTvK4od2YzyorjD7KIT6RypkajXeR24QL968h7bMICcfFLfAQwuAKdTFu3jTD8K2j7QZ44Ezd6usXAmyJhhqrjDG3U6oT8OAQdug9HiCwR-jMt-6wWPOPLpXWZe5xI1HN3f4/w640-h248/Muren+SMA+set+up.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rare behind the scenes images of the key monster puppet and Muren with one of his stop motion set ups, presumably rear projected.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBzBco-6-eddTFkwbUHsTKzxFvdhfZc4BK3Lw-seO1i5k7nFTVTqjolU7WwCa1uTe5Cjzvjb6XMW-tjhsrp6v3XiBcksxNi_MsVcjhfnQDdnGRVsF39HgDHVrE9drrDYO82hyphenhyphenVhQPwFM/s1952/Equinox-SMA+shots.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="1952" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBzBco-6-eddTFkwbUHsTKzxFvdhfZc4BK3Lw-seO1i5k7nFTVTqjolU7WwCa1uTe5Cjzvjb6XMW-tjhsrp6v3XiBcksxNi_MsVcjhfnQDdnGRVsF39HgDHVrE9drrDYO82hyphenhyphenVhQPwFM/w640-h470/Equinox-SMA+shots.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stop motion that's unstoppable!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_DhPApC0hIZ35rXkUhqu__8WlAKj46m0F0ZK0zhVNoT8oGYPG7-LUo-CEdM_IaJhR6z8AA7idV2l3pyrtlVQcdr48BoSl1rfVnc7wfcffvoxkA8GgObbsAZ3XwDPQOu1kdK8DsbNg6w/s2145/Equinox+fx6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="2145" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_DhPApC0hIZ35rXkUhqu__8WlAKj46m0F0ZK0zhVNoT8oGYPG7-LUo-CEdM_IaJhR6z8AA7idV2l3pyrtlVQcdr48BoSl1rfVnc7wfcffvoxkA8GgObbsAZ3XwDPQOu1kdK8DsbNg6w/w640-h248/Equinox+fx6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There were several ingenious trick shots in EQUINOX that caught my attention. This nifty little bit of business where screen character 'Sue Turner'<i> (presumably named after crew member and future miniaturist of the same name)</i> is rescued by an actor running <u>into</u> the composite frame. Has me baffled?? Possibly the runner's lower legs rotoscoped for a few frames to cross the action? </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDcQ3psbfeDTxnZj4smf8fvxML57iV4n91sVDD54mvhIsZ4JGKGaJaffK8IafF9kuQL8c168z0KgkfcbikqNOgXldulV1w09z9wQn2Ees31w33rZ9c2OL1pPKmRsXTb-VAZjCme-_3nc/s707/Equinox_5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="707" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDcQ3psbfeDTxnZj4smf8fvxML57iV4n91sVDD54mvhIsZ4JGKGaJaffK8IafF9kuQL8c168z0KgkfcbikqNOgXldulV1w09z9wQn2Ees31w33rZ9c2OL1pPKmRsXTb-VAZjCme-_3nc/w640-h442/Equinox_5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Behind the scenes shot of stop motion set up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg211O4Puzil3M6mQ7npsEBB64zu72fRg49l5XMEvtmzvOZDfRraG0QJSDwfShL_ncHrw0ToFTbMX3mgagkEVEs0wCW3LyoDBRt1vhmUQUIU-M6XHH-ryn-pKA59zKHMUIgd3ONuwIzVCM/s703/Equinox_7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="703" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg211O4Puzil3M6mQ7npsEBB64zu72fRg49l5XMEvtmzvOZDfRraG0QJSDwfShL_ncHrw0ToFTbMX3mgagkEVEs0wCW3LyoDBRt1vhmUQUIU-M6XHH-ryn-pKA59zKHMUIgd3ONuwIzVCM/w640-h444/Equinox_7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5lZsiOKOlrU9051MTpElFUdq017Ez7oGuU-wj8jc4jdLREROYZVWipwXD8W2DFfUHNdPpd23siFTpaNM09HaZ4MvUMN1q-jEE-bSEtJSfoMawGz9fR39XA5ZjuSwinu1zzZSc_SsNQT8/s1440/Equinox+matte3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1440" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5lZsiOKOlrU9051MTpElFUdq017Ez7oGuU-wj8jc4jdLREROYZVWipwXD8W2DFfUHNdPpd23siFTpaNM09HaZ4MvUMN1q-jEE-bSEtJSfoMawGz9fR39XA5ZjuSwinu1zzZSc_SsNQT8/w640-h476/Equinox+matte3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jim Danforth matte painting with what looks like a foreground miniature close to camera.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdoKk0PouZ5o43B4Gzwdtp0L7OPlgokvoLPdhSNzZGr0ycoagU1TYX1uuQEcuKK-725QWloPhuZVkWp7_nVMI7BreN_VCEkNwjCRhnSaTOsv79eHYwjNhD90dVuq6MbttZALBc1E6egg/s1968/Equinox+fx8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1968" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdoKk0PouZ5o43B4Gzwdtp0L7OPlgokvoLPdhSNzZGr0ycoagU1TYX1uuQEcuKK-725QWloPhuZVkWp7_nVMI7BreN_VCEkNwjCRhnSaTOsv79eHYwjNhD90dVuq6MbttZALBc1E6egg/w640-h320/Equinox+fx8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Miniature set with painted backing, and a realistic cave set constructed in Dennis Muren's yard.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHD2jIPbGzLuf89yUZ0f1b2Nd-Sd12m80c4N_TKzlQv-I98ZElpy-nJDvZ5HWGtKID2RsnTN6tjzZGD4A8SIGshiosaWOZN2FB83Ed4swlZ0DJ-qW6TWfPtvd7aFaP0kvKWjl5b5WxE4Y/s719/Equinox_29.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="719" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHD2jIPbGzLuf89yUZ0f1b2Nd-Sd12m80c4N_TKzlQv-I98ZElpy-nJDvZ5HWGtKID2RsnTN6tjzZGD4A8SIGshiosaWOZN2FB83Ed4swlZ0DJ-qW6TWfPtvd7aFaP0kvKWjl5b5WxE4Y/w640-h478/Equinox_29.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I well recall as a kid seeing stills of this scene in <i>Famous Monsters of Filmland</i> and other like minded publications, and being utterly fascinated at how pristine the trick shot was, with none of the normal indicators of matte lines, dupe grain or fuzzy back projection. I found this scene so intriguing as a youngster. Having now seen the film quite recently I was <i>not</i> disappointed with this sequence at all, even with all my childhood expectations.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bYB0WMz-RaNxRe2Sew1OFi2KgB2o2K-2qtxhaN5L5aGE-dR-CCZa32WN2zFpcDj6QKWV26gIasu7afTewQ-kWv4t_ZGqzH_CDPQ5_L2vhtcOdLCvFdMhKZ3s2yVzpDY1hfz8XIiInUQ/s2010/Equinox+fx9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="2010" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bYB0WMz-RaNxRe2Sew1OFi2KgB2o2K-2qtxhaN5L5aGE-dR-CCZa32WN2zFpcDj6QKWV26gIasu7afTewQ-kWv4t_ZGqzH_CDPQ5_L2vhtcOdLCvFdMhKZ3s2yVzpDY1hfz8XIiInUQ/w640-h480/Equinox+fx9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The jolly green giant takes a whack at our hero...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFvigVwhLgFQif8DAUbo0rRFYhgdL79nL2TusvfS2tcevKh5k9c7u0ZxltKdHHO8-kF9SmEayuL0h7Fv63w1xYaQOhKUZl9ZFlAAkYfAyvJBqdMNkRitOj7N_BY6vVRBoWRsUKyhO820/s1202/Equinox-perspective+gag.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="1202" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFvigVwhLgFQif8DAUbo0rRFYhgdL79nL2TusvfS2tcevKh5k9c7u0ZxltKdHHO8-kF9SmEayuL0h7Fv63w1xYaQOhKUZl9ZFlAAkYfAyvJBqdMNkRitOj7N_BY6vVRBoWRsUKyhO820/w640-h252/Equinox-perspective+gag.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The effect was as old as the hills, but supremely well executed. Simple perspective photography - nothing more. All done <i>in camera</i>, which explains why it had me transfixed to published frames as a kid. I'm wondering whether Dennis got some clues from Disney's wonderful DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE - <b><i>the</i></b> benchmark for perspective gags until Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS which raised it to a whole new level.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMhVkgEYWXuaT3aNdjTR9pOhT7vhNb97HUaKcKNnlQqr9uS2FRQofix8gwhyvaE-bIweoCduhG7L6omHz2zimoHW1k2LUZ-Oukncy1qbjO-3FCy_OlXKe3b_WXUd1HIQX7QkoE-GPxsk/s695/Equinox_12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="695" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMhVkgEYWXuaT3aNdjTR9pOhT7vhNb97HUaKcKNnlQqr9uS2FRQofix8gwhyvaE-bIweoCduhG7L6omHz2zimoHW1k2LUZ-Oukncy1qbjO-3FCy_OlXKe3b_WXUd1HIQX7QkoE-GPxsk/w640-h362/Equinox_12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Ogre unmasked!! Setting up the perspective shot in the blazing heat.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SofEOzypB7pKXCPyaZLxA04HlhUOHg-XkoF_sB2mh9jnHGxRwgj5ni12YypZBvmH5hcJBm1WfZjErd4wpld2OaX093XnfqPKRRDEZyT8HMyX1X5PYrdyefeJ522dkhYnJB0JI4F51dA/s696/Equinox_10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="696" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SofEOzypB7pKXCPyaZLxA04HlhUOHg-XkoF_sB2mh9jnHGxRwgj5ni12YypZBvmH5hcJBm1WfZjErd4wpld2OaX093XnfqPKRRDEZyT8HMyX1X5PYrdyefeJ522dkhYnJB0JI4F51dA/w640-h362/Equinox_10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A cleverly matched prop foreground atop a picnic table blended in perfectly with the actual setting. The only giveaway being the slight wobble of the picnic table as the actor stomped across the top.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3MOJcDnH2PRma-8OBhFkby9xLHasu612FzsRggmPJf0ShaXLAsu6DTwfocGsAIBsw_VE4oz0ajANxVHEAKYPwvF-Yht4JXPf3PPQTHI1s5moQe6JhlE7gk8rxZp-5zv8uLLPG8NFNQg/s702/Equinox+fx9b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="702" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3MOJcDnH2PRma-8OBhFkby9xLHasu612FzsRggmPJf0ShaXLAsu6DTwfocGsAIBsw_VE4oz0ajANxVHEAKYPwvF-Yht4JXPf3PPQTHI1s5moQe6JhlE7gk8rxZp-5zv8uLLPG8NFNQg/w640-h446/Equinox+fx9b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A still photograph taken from the 16mm camera position gives the game away, though the final framing conceals the bench.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjEUGDPvFSEFvheXThmSDItisaNq7k-IaqCMef3YiQ4GCotky4b1HluoO35njiVKljBuwTfu9c282xlKoTT_iKjVP-RIzff0tk217zNZCHlzp1Xz9sTWFNoHtjxCSgfq8Qd2gAHfhH6E/s1440/Equinox+fx9a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1440" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjEUGDPvFSEFvheXThmSDItisaNq7k-IaqCMef3YiQ4GCotky4b1HluoO35njiVKljBuwTfu9c282xlKoTT_iKjVP-RIzff0tk217zNZCHlzp1Xz9sTWFNoHtjxCSgfq8Qd2gAHfhH6E/w640-h476/Equinox+fx9a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As it appears on screen.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVfzhiZUHN9ysesqNmdsKgEvHvwOdnHX2Xo9t04y2XiMMNw6Pc8L2gBEXrYruAZvDGC5sjo0UrmjWu7unmlnIE1GSubQ8pby513z1YXsHBu4Q3MmmnMZqbmnu6wUVLMM4Y_Jj3uiNobs/s704/Equinox_17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="704" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVfzhiZUHN9ysesqNmdsKgEvHvwOdnHX2Xo9t04y2XiMMNw6Pc8L2gBEXrYruAZvDGC5sjo0UrmjWu7unmlnIE1GSubQ8pby513z1YXsHBu4Q3MmmnMZqbmnu6wUVLMM4Y_Jj3uiNobs/w640-h444/Equinox_17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jim Danforth mans the 16mm camera to shoot one of his foreground matte paintings (see below)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNO0qtXlgF-EahWMEKkfHuttmd6NRy8_b42TdQOlC1VEw4NVWQ-A8i2-3LfpCZuuf6Cfez7EOaBjKXE4mx84Kywd7JDS9VasQrK_RHwmmEHhZxpP76lBeEpxRwoTnZO5-CUsaiUnozQFc/s897/Equinox-foreground+painting-Danforth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="897" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNO0qtXlgF-EahWMEKkfHuttmd6NRy8_b42TdQOlC1VEw4NVWQ-A8i2-3LfpCZuuf6Cfez7EOaBjKXE4mx84Kywd7JDS9VasQrK_RHwmmEHhZxpP76lBeEpxRwoTnZO5-CUsaiUnozQFc/w640-h336/Equinox-foreground+painting-Danforth.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From Jim's extensive and incredibly detailed memoir <i>Dinosaurs, Dragons and Drama</i>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4TKMki51gbuLs83LIqymQ3nX03_QlC1hc-gU0sYPkfiAVaFhX0TZVlWHGhgpL7zSnyu6NEsb1SlVzqn3OD3pGb3j4gMk-dRuO9bj0DT54uhzftaFjaCIxiqhTqjrWp2GBxtlKm0X2XI/s1623/Dennis+Muren+on+Equinox.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="1623" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4TKMki51gbuLs83LIqymQ3nX03_QlC1hc-gU0sYPkfiAVaFhX0TZVlWHGhgpL7zSnyu6NEsb1SlVzqn3OD3pGb3j4gMk-dRuO9bj0DT54uhzftaFjaCIxiqhTqjrWp2GBxtlKm0X2XI/w640-h474/Dennis+Muren+on+Equinox.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Muren animates the winged nemesis.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUytYUf2KXpKhpMAH-HV_TfIU5V27TEThgQ8-3XnaIQruWT9HXdiCV4OlX8H9IJc5UTsUf5IBvtssA8yJtAgdwXkHSb_D-oSRyfmNghiudSLKoe6Coe87eaQm8M2T5enNr5_JvW3sPS8U/s719/Equinox_31.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="719" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUytYUf2KXpKhpMAH-HV_TfIU5V27TEThgQ8-3XnaIQruWT9HXdiCV4OlX8H9IJc5UTsUf5IBvtssA8yJtAgdwXkHSb_D-oSRyfmNghiudSLKoe6Coe87eaQm8M2T5enNr5_JvW3sPS8U/w640-h478/Equinox_31.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stop motion split screened into live action. Production began tentatively as far back as 1965 and slowly progressed in dribs and drabs until it's eventual and long overdue theatrical release in 1970!!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCk3TAJNEa5rf29HYGyxwm_HX7Ys4gmARERqMjWFdKAfBtYotQgLBAnHvKYusQEXQKAqsDtwx1M7ljr9AoAVn0sZMDnAscTRqwoEMQEopHamkIc8DPCoZsZDMjao7Cxp922vPm5zjSfM/s1440/vlcsnap-2020-12-02-23h31m36s182.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1440" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCk3TAJNEa5rf29HYGyxwm_HX7Ys4gmARERqMjWFdKAfBtYotQgLBAnHvKYusQEXQKAqsDtwx1M7ljr9AoAVn0sZMDnAscTRqwoEMQEopHamkIc8DPCoZsZDMjao7Cxp922vPm5zjSfM/w640-h476/vlcsnap-2020-12-02-23h31m36s182.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKuDeRSWMUEruZ3k2_TPu20GKT4E6DgGvEg1dYkrqz_dcOhOlEdEmt7LMsMeBivHsjBFB-gs0sft-r376LqIhmjUcHJjEG-EbqKSSvsUYAGlVj7cP81y-P1qE_jZO1amUSC4J92nf89Y/s2298/Equinox+fx10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="2298" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKuDeRSWMUEruZ3k2_TPu20GKT4E6DgGvEg1dYkrqz_dcOhOlEdEmt7LMsMeBivHsjBFB-gs0sft-r376LqIhmjUcHJjEG-EbqKSSvsUYAGlVj7cP81y-P1qE_jZO1amUSC4J92nf89Y/w640-h248/Equinox+fx10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I seem to recall reading that some form of front projection was employed on some shots, with Danforth having much to do with that?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFy2WB5M3aYpis4kIJkBuR93AWcBc6AQkkatB09Obf7JUy48BPCs8eQ3xkYQmLaVI18aaTbxuyJgqxdmc3RWXa7uNxCmkEFtXc4cP8j6aTaC9LTSsidS3Ob2vZLoQAoWQjj3YIytweiIw/s2896/EQ2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="2896" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFy2WB5M3aYpis4kIJkBuR93AWcBc6AQkkatB09Obf7JUy48BPCs8eQ3xkYQmLaVI18aaTbxuyJgqxdmc3RWXa7uNxCmkEFtXc4cP8j6aTaC9LTSsidS3Ob2vZLoQAoWQjj3YIytweiIw/w640-h214/EQ2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">Well friends, that ought to do it for 2020. Here's hoping we will all still be around in 2021 to enjoy more of this wonderful old school movie magic. Take care wherever you are - especially those of you in the Northern Hemisphere which seems to be having a never ending critical situation.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">Happy New Year.... </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">Pete</span></b></div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-38190683031213572412020-10-24T18:14:00.001+13:002020-10-24T18:14:52.562+13:00MATTE PAINTING REVIEW: A Selection of Overlooked Films - Part Twelve<div class="separator"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tAS2HYlYUg0FnukBjifrZq80E1EtnOuUUxuwPt0j9ZMpG2zlR6D4YFZ2y9OKlbJiofB2HwnMl369QLPNY01TFPwp9IoEWLNCNJtH3R1vu41HUnUvf15XnhsTHfQ1xOwESxr-nW1Ttys/s2244/BLOG+header+Oct+2020+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="2244" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tAS2HYlYUg0FnukBjifrZq80E1EtnOuUUxuwPt0j9ZMpG2zlR6D4YFZ2y9OKlbJiofB2HwnMl369QLPNY01TFPwp9IoEWLNCNJtH3R1vu41HUnUvf15XnhsTHfQ1xOwESxr-nW1Ttys/w640-h446/BLOG+header+Oct+2020+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Greetings friends, and welcome back to another retrospective journey down the boulevard of old school hand crafted special photographic effects, matte painting and other magical methods now consigned, for the most part sadly, to distant motion picture history.<div>Today's collection of films fall within the science-fiction realm, not entirely by design, rather that was just the way it seemed to shape up as I was pulling out folders of matte shots and the like.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've got a couple of vintage Gene Roddenberry TV movies here from the seventies, as well as a bona-fide masterpiece of the genre dating back to the early fifties. Also featured here today are a pair of Emmy Award winning George Lucas' matte-packed made for television epics from the mid-eighties, illustrated for the first time right here by way of wonderful High Definition screen grabs.</div><div>To round it all out, there's also a top notch Arnold Schwarzenegger show as well as a theatrically released pilot for a popular Space Opera series.</div><div><br /></div><div>There is some truly spectacular matte work on display here in todays blog, with a large number of exponents of the artform celebrated, ranging from the veterans of long ago, such as the Sersen Department at 20th Century Fox, right on through to masters like Albert Whitlock and Syd Dutton at Universal; Dream Quest's Robert Scifo, as well as the magicians at Industrial Light & Magic - Michael Pangrazio, Christopher Evans, Sean Joyce and Caroleen Green - all of whom turned out remarkable matte trickery during the heyday of the photo-chemical era before it was all thrown mercilessly into the cinematic dumpster by the fast encroaching army of 'hard drives' and gigabytes, much like buzzards circling a lost lamb. So sad.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijItcqNXuy31HqwG9IMdzDo8t9nHbgwKBBzl7b5Beq1U827fSniOVvVSwgXZjd1iBvcSAw4rM20MyIY14My6fJy6NyvoAjOdh4sZ4_LCkPQ0y49WIhqQw5n7kSLa68W09lw_XhIPxoto8/s705/matte-buck_rogers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="705" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijItcqNXuy31HqwG9IMdzDo8t9nHbgwKBBzl7b5Beq1U827fSniOVvVSwgXZjd1iBvcSAw4rM20MyIY14My6fJy6NyvoAjOdh4sZ4_LCkPQ0y49WIhqQw5n7kSLa68W09lw_XhIPxoto8/w400-h311/matte-buck_rogers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Also, just for good measure here today are some stop-motion clips as well as some outstanding <i>backlit cel-animated</i> optical gags - an arena NZ Pete especially appreciates and gets a big kick out of.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, with that, it's time to commence our collective and awe-inspiring cinematic journey. </div><div><i>*(Apologies for any layout 'issues', as the Blogger platform has been apparently "re-invented" by Google, supposedly to make our user experience easier, though from past updates, this tends to end up being a <u>major</u> headache...). </i>This new version seems to have put an end to my idiosyncratic editorials where I place small pics at the left and right of the main body of text. As the legendary BBC hotel proprietor, the misunderstood Mr Basil Fawlty once stated :<i> "That particular avenue of pleasure has been closed off."</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Enjoy, and I look forward to your feedback and comments.</div><div><br /></div><div>Pete </div><div><br /><p></p><br /><p><br /></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYLxhsg_VyEOOzds5iyTNemKJuEsDFdZfiVjl-OE1iX5-h78zAan4ncigRB1GmCv3Ci71dDxrnSvDG95yAu2zU3zet7LnYGyGFCgz_cAH7-TsjfBULI0Uaa74Qm18q6F43duSx8-xUQQ/s1500/Genesis+II-Planet+earth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="1500" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYLxhsg_VyEOOzds5iyTNemKJuEsDFdZfiVjl-OE1iX5-h78zAan4ncigRB1GmCv3Ci71dDxrnSvDG95yAu2zU3zet7LnYGyGFCgz_cAH7-TsjfBULI0Uaa74Qm18q6F43duSx8-xUQQ/w640-h432/Genesis+II-Planet+earth.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two of at least three special made-for-television films produced by Gene Roddenberry in the mid 1970's. GENESIS II was the better of these two by a long shot. I suspect both were shot back-to-back as some of the same cast and sets appear in both. Note; another Roddenberry TV film of the era, THE QUESTOR TAPES (1974) was really <u>very</u> good, and though I have it on DVD, I'd dearly like to get it on BluRay. Here's hoping. </span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYho1FFaMjJt0YibrI_0WOYV0bNEGmiOpdMST0KBZ3fr2RUWH97ea5COWQL8RPD9IrnfI3MJbhqF4-D7aAabkwez4Knby31mEmkjys4MNVjDhznX3zFLqGmD3LR3QbnDfrwcvwZILwL8/s1722/genesis+2+title.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1722" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYho1FFaMjJt0YibrI_0WOYV0bNEGmiOpdMST0KBZ3fr2RUWH97ea5COWQL8RPD9IrnfI3MJbhqF4-D7aAabkwez4Knby31mEmkjys4MNVjDhznX3zFLqGmD3LR3QbnDfrwcvwZILwL8/w400-h293/genesis+2+title.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I think GENESIS II (1973), starring Alex Cord, was likely the pilot for a planned, though never produced sci-fi series. It wasn't too bad in fact, taking into account the confines and limitations of 1970's made-for-tv films.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrWjdrtv7ml04WNpOZSIR-wdctdhDxbnmRu8_5j76zxzd2wQjOVbmCge4tahLBQyQsbN6kvcqvbRvPPCK6l7qxp3iRkQCazmXpvfFMKyO0pjgToSog4Pj_zsd0laOcBYkGT9B7DnDduI/s1436/vlcsnap-2020-10-10-19h41m50s363.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1436" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrWjdrtv7ml04WNpOZSIR-wdctdhDxbnmRu8_5j76zxzd2wQjOVbmCge4tahLBQyQsbN6kvcqvbRvPPCK6l7qxp3iRkQCazmXpvfFMKyO0pjgToSog4Pj_zsd0laOcBYkGT9B7DnDduI/w640-h482/vlcsnap-2020-10-10-19h41m50s363.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">GENESIS II was mostly noteworthy for it's excellent matte painted shots, which for many years proved to be a mystery to me as to who had been responsible. I'd always suspected the fine quality work to be that of the great Albert Whitlock - a suspicion that proved <i>correct</i> once I spotted the shots on one of Whitlock's showreels, courtesy of documentarian Walton Dornisch.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYr3UipDuiWQkfPMXqX99R56s58znxkTs5Ph4RWWLlumTzvTARX-QUEyeGGqTlQ18lQwhF43o1lAO-aWuad20TdnkgAzizTpCGm73YSxfkpfzLNLSGXlxYO0tQ9SMKXOelkBN4_BBedCE/s1038/Genesis+II+BR+matte+2+detail+%2528Whitlock%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="1038" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYr3UipDuiWQkfPMXqX99R56s58znxkTs5Ph4RWWLlumTzvTARX-QUEyeGGqTlQ18lQwhF43o1lAO-aWuad20TdnkgAzizTpCGm73YSxfkpfzLNLSGXlxYO0tQ9SMKXOelkBN4_BBedCE/w640-h302/Genesis+II+BR+matte+2+detail+%2528Whitlock%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A blow up of the above matte of the nuclear power plant is hands down classic Whitlock in its composition, strong feeling of backlight and atmospheric haze as well as being high fidelity latent image matte photography, done as most of Al's were, on original negative. The matte line is soft and well integrated into the plate, with a small amount of actual scenery retained in the near foreground.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSAllQcOAV0OgHpoZnbl039vk6RCXwXb3JiLjL-4nr2pMrput7v0l7jby6kIAHwZaytCQk6am4CX3MFrW64nNOwNviLHkfsMUz0xZ9NfMTB-oyVlE1WF1AhcUY9eY12pc0sCIJ_U30R8/s1436/vlcsnap-2020-10-10-19h42m25s730.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1436" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSAllQcOAV0OgHpoZnbl039vk6RCXwXb3JiLjL-4nr2pMrput7v0l7jby6kIAHwZaytCQk6am4CX3MFrW64nNOwNviLHkfsMUz0xZ9NfMTB-oyVlE1WF1AhcUY9eY12pc0sCIJ_U30R8/w640-h482/vlcsnap-2020-10-10-19h42m25s730.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another show-stopping establishing shot courtesy of Whitlock, where the characters first see the city of the future. Once again, superb matte art and an incredibly acute sense of light as was Whitlock's trademark. Of note too for using unconventional matte line demarcation where one would least expect it, and once again, all photographed and composited (by longtime Universal fx cinematographer Roswell Hoffman and assistant Mike Moramarco) onto original negative for maximum fidelity.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6mpfxYnPnFrxilp3Oc76rgYmLmoUy3zlDAIbyo_b1_i2ab4F2mtlvF0P4B4YzE8rnrySLh56w1PeNsBiFioV-v0YCMPDM5JRZt8rGzkk342O38wYEfec2jUsDvonIQI1Q-wMD_LUugo/s1056/Genesis+II+BR+matte+1+detail+%2528Whitlock%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="1056" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6mpfxYnPnFrxilp3Oc76rgYmLmoUy3zlDAIbyo_b1_i2ab4F2mtlvF0P4B4YzE8rnrySLh56w1PeNsBiFioV-v0YCMPDM5JRZt8rGzkk342O38wYEfec2jUsDvonIQI1Q-wMD_LUugo/w640-h338/Genesis+II+BR+matte+1+detail+%2528Whitlock%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've enlarged the BluRay frame here.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxJY0P4YwM5c8jQAZrlC1Psh9zRKt5BE59OroRK7jOUypqHF9bHNLdP10FDB5DSh5UQddsymhwB8MvoLfvXjYNvX2Vp9_-uGDa8aDGXHsOhPVp1i1v4tIgbHQAviFmIVw56vaTaPrDRY/s3069/Genesis+II+%2528Whitlock+bef%2526aft%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="3069" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxJY0P4YwM5c8jQAZrlC1Psh9zRKt5BE59OroRK7jOUypqHF9bHNLdP10FDB5DSh5UQddsymhwB8MvoLfvXjYNvX2Vp9_-uGDa8aDGXHsOhPVp1i1v4tIgbHQAviFmIVw56vaTaPrDRY/w640-h168/Genesis+II+%2528Whitlock+bef%2526aft%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rare before and after frames from Albert's showreel, courtesy of Al's friend Walton Dornisch who documented the master and his career some 40 odd years ago.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyf_prSUFlLiK6uhpaHhwY4efAq3gbN1OgD1JLIImOKU7gIuucPbymCHAEPzqM2ADNl_JAAu6wzuAtCxuznWn_BvDxfqbnGG1-asobrd5C6Hbc6Ka41c681_H-yLcEOnVOuFZHZIessCY/s1436/vlcsnap-2020-10-10-19h42m51s771.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1436" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyf_prSUFlLiK6uhpaHhwY4efAq3gbN1OgD1JLIImOKU7gIuucPbymCHAEPzqM2ADNl_JAAu6wzuAtCxuznWn_BvDxfqbnGG1-asobrd5C6Hbc6Ka41c681_H-yLcEOnVOuFZHZIessCY/w640-h482/vlcsnap-2020-10-10-19h42m51s771.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same view shown in a subsequent cut as a wider shot, with more distant painted scenery visible. Whitlock's trademark multi-layered drifting clouds enhance an already spectacular vista. Note the barely detectable soft matte line, expertly blended into the live action plate.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_GovHBSs2JeBsT14upriL5fEFlzV8oZn2n3E-mwWnQZ8fN3yGq8tMmtTdExdiAD785gLltcKfOYnVtIl40V8xqbJrsSNjCESYBoMFaHFxQcmfovj1GWTMYdfFJFn8bBv63CC7LTRO1U/s1436/vlcsnap-2020-10-10-19h43m40s808.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1436" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_GovHBSs2JeBsT14upriL5fEFlzV8oZn2n3E-mwWnQZ8fN3yGq8tMmtTdExdiAD785gLltcKfOYnVtIl40V8xqbJrsSNjCESYBoMFaHFxQcmfovj1GWTMYdfFJFn8bBv63CC7LTRO1U/w640-h482/vlcsnap-2020-10-10-19h43m40s808.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not sure about this one. The film ends with this setting sun, though it might well be a painted backing and some shrubbery? Doesn't at all look like Whitlock's work.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_NlQcaGWAbURsZcfmInSCOSTqi2RRBM6lASIVm80n8zKMYerEvpV5npKfU6jfPNaMcAz2Qvu5cQdc5HZFxnmiHOo4pD1qVwKnqmuLL7AVJgi0eR3aqZsZ_unvumM1fmpAP0d00dsKGE/s1876/planet+earth+title.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="1876" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_NlQcaGWAbURsZcfmInSCOSTqi2RRBM6lASIVm80n8zKMYerEvpV5npKfU6jfPNaMcAz2Qvu5cQdc5HZFxnmiHOo4pD1qVwKnqmuLL7AVJgi0eR3aqZsZ_unvumM1fmpAP0d00dsKGE/w400-h158/planet+earth+title.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">PLANET EARTH was shown on tv in 1974 and was probably fair game of the day but is terribly dated now. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOJzP46lvNCIAXC1ZNBq7DyuZfpViXkWcTYVvggRFHrp7qP8qRPbQOhjDZI6ZB7MDcfDDPNfrd8ridlALdriBgNf733Bcd7NkqcturboTDmh2F4EsrY3XmOMhyMHQT4yRQyJCtu0qWVk/s1436/Planet+Earth-74+2+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1436" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOJzP46lvNCIAXC1ZNBq7DyuZfpViXkWcTYVvggRFHrp7qP8qRPbQOhjDZI6ZB7MDcfDDPNfrd8ridlALdriBgNf733Bcd7NkqcturboTDmh2F4EsrY3XmOMhyMHQT4yRQyJCtu0qWVk/w640-h482/Planet+Earth-74+2+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film opens with a fairly spectacular, though uncredited establishing shot with the massive Ted Cassidy - who played Lurch in the old Addams Family series and also appears in Genesis II - shown as a zoom out. Not sure who painted it, though quite likely Albert Whitlock as he did a lot of mattes for Gene Roddenberry over the years such as the original STAR TREK series as well as the other TV films mentioned above.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2JUOB2NWBd_4ahmuiWsulecv9_oBbsqJAnPriVFwo3dXrOahnk53Vy4K3TlmNZxNDx6jObKjOFbK4_2bEsKCqNYK7W78Ky-sfbRHLKWTSHRBVSut3c73optGdrpwX5L5IzrTH6C3bWY/s1436/Planet+Earth-74+1+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1436" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2JUOB2NWBd_4ahmuiWsulecv9_oBbsqJAnPriVFwo3dXrOahnk53Vy4K3TlmNZxNDx6jObKjOFbK4_2bEsKCqNYK7W78Ky-sfbRHLKWTSHRBVSut3c73optGdrpwX5L5IzrTH6C3bWY/w640-h482/Planet+Earth-74+1+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The same matte as shown optically 'zoomed in'. Stylistically it's hard to pinpoint if Whitlock did this shot. If it were somebody else, I'd suggest maybe someone like Matthew Yuricich, Louis Litchtenfield, or maybe even Jim Danforth?</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5r3fer671RDF3Sc2Xt7qhxttThXmWbDLtskbzpBTW5PXkFRJVUxZEeOD1hTorn3Gsa09DDomLIuPZsMe3v0_dU2AhfV6aj099DqAYjuwlterMw6OvK49Jkyk-1ViLaQ3OJg6OkTiNgz4/s1176/Planet+Earth-74+BR+matte+shot+%2528detail%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="1176" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5r3fer671RDF3Sc2Xt7qhxttThXmWbDLtskbzpBTW5PXkFRJVUxZEeOD1hTorn3Gsa09DDomLIuPZsMe3v0_dU2AhfV6aj099DqAYjuwlterMw6OvK49Jkyk-1ViLaQ3OJg6OkTiNgz4/w640-h338/Planet+Earth-74+BR+matte+shot+%2528detail%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy30sSZ4ucUJZWa3OPfC9ca7ZPLKrJaEKeIqte3XcXmlSUWsl_KrzxDRfJeEqC-GJ4oaSyXv1WVexIVzvlsqxTvAi7_kfGvL9_wLGdmtPQ-m2PP84h_7rDpMSFtW4SfRqrOdwrEmDlIIs/s1568/Predator.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1568" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy30sSZ4ucUJZWa3OPfC9ca7ZPLKrJaEKeIqte3XcXmlSUWsl_KrzxDRfJeEqC-GJ4oaSyXv1WVexIVzvlsqxTvAi7_kfGvL9_wLGdmtPQ-m2PP84h_7rDpMSFtW4SfRqrOdwrEmDlIIs/w640-h484/Predator.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not a fan of Arnie, though I have had the good fortune to attend a conference in his home town of Graz, in Austria, which was beautiful. Anyhow, I digress... PREDATOR (1987) was Arnold's best film by a long shot. A terrific, suspense filled and blood soaked jungle action ride, with <i>amazing</i> visual effects by R/Greenberg and Joel Hyneck which really <i>(really!!)</i> <u>should</u> have taken home the Academy Award for Best VFX that year, such was the superior and understated quality.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_z9qpfXAp-i2bFYYo2Znv7NQ0XfqyFDRnJ0Lda71p4SRYvHfG8pN9Fp1cMBIuhPqOTiJpxGIYYqK7xAy7AcqAFoYkormahbvJwyC8eeqr7b82eh4qMh6XlaMerLdJt-OCTpT24sUxmoA/s2412/Robert+Scifo+at+Dream+Quest+1989.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="2412" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_z9qpfXAp-i2bFYYo2Znv7NQ0XfqyFDRnJ0Lda71p4SRYvHfG8pN9Fp1cMBIuhPqOTiJpxGIYYqK7xAy7AcqAFoYkormahbvJwyC8eeqr7b82eh4qMh6XlaMerLdJt-OCTpT24sUxmoA/w640-h222/Robert+Scifo+at+Dream+Quest+1989.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I've discussed the elaborate photographic effects in an earlier blog on optical effects, so I'm just examining the two matte painted shots here. Dream Quest was a dynamite visual effects house throughout the 1980's and beyond, and turned out a brilliant array of dazzling and often invisible trick shots. Various matte painters would come and go at Dream Quest throughout their glory years, with artist Robert Scifo (above) tenured during the late eighties. Scifo began as a trainee matte painter under industry veteran Lou Litchtenfield on films like FLASH GORDON, and would become one of the most talented practitioners in his own right on scores of notable films such as TOTAL RECALL, MOONWALKER and THE SEVENTH SIGN.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbKqqjdmhAsGRt2C-nFcitIhAXQ8SvvzRysoMlSmNEkWAVbFaDqGj-0Qb10mw1RyHhpyyvC1jAynWcXA75rcIaOzepv9u3PvGhM-ilrWZHXVetoI0u1zPOAzX5CGl4Qso1omQfTwzi54/s1494/Predator-Plate-1987+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="1494" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbKqqjdmhAsGRt2C-nFcitIhAXQ8SvvzRysoMlSmNEkWAVbFaDqGj-0Qb10mw1RyHhpyyvC1jAynWcXA75rcIaOzepv9u3PvGhM-ilrWZHXVetoI0u1zPOAzX5CGl4Qso1omQfTwzi54/w640-h444/Predator-Plate-1987+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There were just two mattes in PREDATOR, with the most important being the shot across the river at the bottom of the canyon where all definitely does not 'feel' right for our cast of muscled action stars. Shown above is the original limited set prior to the matte being applied by Scifo at Dream Quest Images.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOStzs0hzsqCzcgYZ9gKuqpqtcEMVskzLytRcreNZf8or9zIedgy6kTJaecTYjPVvK0ERX98Kl3fpKzBYEJI-bKWiFJynAvYJVI_f8G4HoldDXWLldKknABVuLlyW6GD6FHkzH04oqig/s1515/Predator-Sketch-1987+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1515" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOStzs0hzsqCzcgYZ9gKuqpqtcEMVskzLytRcreNZf8or9zIedgy6kTJaecTYjPVvK0ERX98Kl3fpKzBYEJI-bKWiFJynAvYJVI_f8G4HoldDXWLldKknABVuLlyW6GD6FHkzH04oqig/w640-h456/Predator-Sketch-1987+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The exterior set with a preliminary sketch roughed in by Scifo to establish perspective, light and colour values.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWiyItw9NZKjmA0uiWI1GDDNrcg8AXfsgASVpfRgwDw9-U0AignWOMBX-A78ggR6DrpNKpmSkLkPT6j9AzrGuvJFf4UAlrZ7EEy_b8a-_Bt5-StVsjp8PgR3wEe-oV9GNgj_gYlkqSpd8/s2053/Predator+%2528Bob+Scifo+matte+art+full+sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="2053" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWiyItw9NZKjmA0uiWI1GDDNrcg8AXfsgASVpfRgwDw9-U0AignWOMBX-A78ggR6DrpNKpmSkLkPT6j9AzrGuvJFf4UAlrZ7EEy_b8a-_Bt5-StVsjp8PgR3wEe-oV9GNgj_gYlkqSpd8/w640-h400/Predator+%2528Bob+Scifo+matte+art+full+sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bob Scifo's original matte art.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFclz_WyNBHqdGvbCVuFXo858IkeGGmdEsIVVxYbDeF45sYYD9zKFEYLHJnTERIYyj_kKMqq7x-4D58FJIneYL3Ch39ITKsgPIsQD-dvq4O3CLsZ3WHQ8A3gG0A_XZKoiWzDYJVz_uuI/s1634/Predator-BR+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="1634" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFclz_WyNBHqdGvbCVuFXo858IkeGGmdEsIVVxYbDeF45sYYD9zKFEYLHJnTERIYyj_kKMqq7x-4D58FJIneYL3Ch39ITKsgPIsQD-dvq4O3CLsZ3WHQ8A3gG0A_XZKoiWzDYJVz_uuI/w640-h342/Predator-BR+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final composite (original negative?) as it appears in the film, with a memorably spooked Sonny Landham realising his time might be running out, and no matter how tough he thinks he his, this could be 'it'. (!!)</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyU1jSBrDxgMFqVjHe5g18Pcm43-84QkfMPFPWuBLR7LhH5L_L2kxGM7UXnUTg3_u6OF2vTAA42PSOJI2YtH5SrwcJrb7WwsaRd7sA1NnJLKH99l7T82nkwnFMaSVeQuumDIYc2ZdtVNM/s1404/Predator+%2528Bob+Scifo+matte+art+detail%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1404" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyU1jSBrDxgMFqVjHe5g18Pcm43-84QkfMPFPWuBLR7LhH5L_L2kxGM7UXnUTg3_u6OF2vTAA42PSOJI2YtH5SrwcJrb7WwsaRd7sA1NnJLKH99l7T82nkwnFMaSVeQuumDIYc2ZdtVNM/w640-h358/Predator+%2528Bob+Scifo+matte+art+detail%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up of Scifo's matte art.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohyqQgkALBFxrBjb5Nmuk7NwekSFvtMLxfQN99WwZxDhvL0fCa9fX2eWPe5r_EePWLu6YvcKPXQd7JAY_tRCCPNXz4ytcnl_AV9WJt0_7XHKW3uXQTzyFdg2C8BimYN-gF2Wd75Ja_Oc/s1920/Predator+%2528Bob+Scifo+matte+shot%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1920" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohyqQgkALBFxrBjb5Nmuk7NwekSFvtMLxfQN99WwZxDhvL0fCa9fX2eWPe5r_EePWLu6YvcKPXQd7JAY_tRCCPNXz4ytcnl_AV9WJt0_7XHKW3uXQTzyFdg2C8BimYN-gF2Wd75Ja_Oc/w640-h346/Predator+%2528Bob+Scifo+matte+shot%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The other matte was a blink and you'd miss it night shot with full moon atop jungle canopy. As good as the film was, they <b><u>really</u></b> should have left the monster as that semi-visible camouflaged entity the whole way through, and NOT revealed the ole' guy-in-a-suit for the final act, which killed the otherwise quite terrifying WTF nature of the unseen beast. <i>Less is more!</i> About the only time the guy in a suit ever worked a treat was for Ridley Scott's masterpiece ALIEN, coz Ridley knew what to show and just how <i>little</i> was needed to make you freak out.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUPB-Dfrr52rit26F67SMMELLayt348YPjWHqbQbFxV-XBBtA-N4Bi1Lf26p9EnhNS_1UY_2AfxDhsoYys6Jwl045QGhaDpBok5Q4aFRRP7mmnfjwgTgUNYwVfRi7MrqvIhZ2E_QL_Qg/s1300/ewok2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1300" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUPB-Dfrr52rit26F67SMMELLayt348YPjWHqbQbFxV-XBBtA-N4Bi1Lf26p9EnhNS_1UY_2AfxDhsoYys6Jwl045QGhaDpBok5Q4aFRRP7mmnfjwgTgUNYwVfRi7MrqvIhZ2E_QL_Qg/w640-h480/ewok2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The first of a pair of special made-for-television LucasFilm features depicting furry little creatures called EWOKS. This one, CARAVAN OF COURAGE (1984) was the first, and while generally aimed at kids, wasn't too bad. Both films were however released in cinemas in much of the world and were popular, with subsequent releases on home video and DVD being less than desirable, it is great to see them finally in high def on BluRay, not least for the scores of beautiful ILM matte shots. Both CAVARAN OF COURAGE and it's follow up THE BATTLE FOR ENDOR were awarded Emmy's for Best Special Visual Effects.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzPG1GCkEUK7Qp3kFZfHWL6QVbEzCqc0VCdNZp6CqFjCvsXX3dbea66Afbiq8T52fRJeT6WrE8j8mcfGkzJhi9hGXFeeLiJ4t63eW1askfHhEIlg4FSAyZIP_vqnnZkPw2UAfMA3Q62M/s1629/ILM+matte+staffers+1984.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1629" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzPG1GCkEUK7Qp3kFZfHWL6QVbEzCqc0VCdNZp6CqFjCvsXX3dbea66Afbiq8T52fRJeT6WrE8j8mcfGkzJhi9hGXFeeLiJ4t63eW1askfHhEIlg4FSAyZIP_vqnnZkPw2UAfMA3Q62M/w640-h442/ILM+matte+staffers+1984.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I do have a full and complete article on all of Industrial Light & Magic's traditional era matte painted work in preparation, but considered celebrating these two films here due to the sheer volume of mattes. Shown above are several key creative ILM staffers at work on the EWOK show. Top left is matte artist Caroleen Green, seen here painting a forest canopy for the second EWOKS film. Top right is matte camera supervisor Neil Krepela with the special front projection rig employed for some of the matte composites. Bottom left is matte cameraman Craig Barron, setting up an exterior latent image matte shot. Bottom right is ILM miniatures expert and matte assistant Paul Huston, again masking off a latent image split screen shot.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvcYthU0k6Csebbh3t-XQJp6K3wppCzcUVbzw7kvmaSHvv9l9-R5EHfa06dVOXi4ozvrhBzmKhr-KUiUnh2bdc-JNx47_d4qLpk6mJ26w2YyP03ZyyAnwtwa2VehFX4m_nSqpF4HMpWU/s1514/EWOKS+Frank+Ordaz+at+work+B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1514" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvcYthU0k6Csebbh3t-XQJp6K3wppCzcUVbzw7kvmaSHvv9l9-R5EHfa06dVOXi4ozvrhBzmKhr-KUiUnh2bdc-JNx47_d4qLpk6mJ26w2YyP03ZyyAnwtwa2VehFX4m_nSqpF4HMpWU/w640-h354/EWOKS+Frank+Ordaz+at+work+B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another key creative force within ILM's matte department was the highly talented young artist Frank Ordaz. Frank was a vital member of the department throughout the 1980's and painted on a number of high profile shows. An exceptional talent.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCJjlHiHXX9CDgjwk8B4IsxcRTr1bbKjV14jJEqymwNx9evEmRXHZfRkKh5ZHgD28d5AezDrACXU5ky_7UstKFzkMHeGlq4XqrqF98rMOPry6XHo2liBEX8GlnEdRm7vPXArKgmWdH1I/s1870/Chris+Evans+ILM.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1870" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCJjlHiHXX9CDgjwk8B4IsxcRTr1bbKjV14jJEqymwNx9evEmRXHZfRkKh5ZHgD28d5AezDrACXU5ky_7UstKFzkMHeGlq4XqrqF98rMOPry6XHo2liBEX8GlnEdRm7vPXArKgmWdH1I/w640-h436/Chris+Evans+ILM.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Senior matte artist, Christopher Evans, is shown here at work on a vast matte that may well be for RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983).</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsGmeRTZDL3RYZwLyfjv8hbysFHsMpPjhp9Di28q5I_R8ZN3WuElltOmVmGVm18c26cvUpw0cBMUyKPKj93C30r6QAEh0kdfZ9hpMid3UZ_M9B_Dcm4WGIOZovSi6zKkIHjCPFyXZ5-g/s1400/NESGreen2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="1400" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsGmeRTZDL3RYZwLyfjv8hbysFHsMpPjhp9Di28q5I_R8ZN3WuElltOmVmGVm18c26cvUpw0cBMUyKPKj93C30r6QAEh0kdfZ9hpMid3UZ_M9B_Dcm4WGIOZovSi6zKkIHjCPFyXZ5-g/w640-h436/NESGreen2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of ILM's stable of skilled matte artists was Caroleen Green - another of the 'dream team' of exceptional talent acquired by the organisation through the 1980's - certainly the heyday of ILM movie magic.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZ5h9O9lXPUXX3Ud6-hbnh2CycV5R02kx-y8bj5VB9KRQNYc99nWLT5BWz3NYYTnDFdZaEriHZ0WN4OXgzSwxQ8BP2aAPphVN0jfx574pF0xzFzO1jI9NybaElJrMAAUNbtpNddSH6oU/s1424/vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h26m34s057.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZ5h9O9lXPUXX3Ud6-hbnh2CycV5R02kx-y8bj5VB9KRQNYc99nWLT5BWz3NYYTnDFdZaEriHZ0WN4OXgzSwxQ8BP2aAPphVN0jfx574pF0xzFzO1jI9NybaElJrMAAUNbtpNddSH6oU/w400-h301/vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h26m34s057.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJx3IbrdMjUrU11dkasiH6RJ6xhEpy9sGwiaw-pd1fIgnKCIcs0BLp578FlLCQQWKT30P5ZD6tcdixnLbvZ01yVTWxacJYSzroTvOz_Mmfwu63kRa1Z0r4UVWy2NqkcVNuZ36OWDQLAM/s1424/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h26m54s974.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJx3IbrdMjUrU11dkasiH6RJ6xhEpy9sGwiaw-pd1fIgnKCIcs0BLp578FlLCQQWKT30P5ZD6tcdixnLbvZ01yVTWxacJYSzroTvOz_Mmfwu63kRa1Z0r4UVWy2NqkcVNuZ36OWDQLAM/w640-h482/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h26m54s974.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There are so many mattes in CARAVAN OF COURAGE that in addition to the ILM artists, some additional mattes had to be farmed out to other suppliers to meet demand and deadlines.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlg6a2eA-_50kFdvqK_cZjnOt_4GhPSmbjOTH97g_mGg6sIyqhK7P2MVrVax4i8K-J2i8xTed9Pldl0G50qWGSeRYpPZrgkm0QN37yPnvllKb2FvUdwzmOfZsCDoeC-haYHNFo1MmWCuo/s1980/EWOKS+courage+tilt1a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="1449" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlg6a2eA-_50kFdvqK_cZjnOt_4GhPSmbjOTH97g_mGg6sIyqhK7P2MVrVax4i8K-J2i8xTed9Pldl0G50qWGSeRYpPZrgkm0QN37yPnvllKb2FvUdwzmOfZsCDoeC-haYHNFo1MmWCuo/w468-h640/EWOKS+courage+tilt1a.jpg" width="468" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Most of the EWOK mattes were planned and executed as original negative composites in order that the best resolution possible be achieved for television transmission, where deficits in broadcast technology of the day would likely render 'dupe' mattes as less than desirable.<br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTLw-E2RTGAd8l3dS2IQUpi9SyEjLzG0FRQNYr8LixmFqNHw2qMJ9u4jM2ZJdS2G00Jmd5xBDYiTTtufxbedJLM87bubqAZd0olFWsZzGzkxxYjjTgi6kYWbwoEaya9kr5vFWPs5LWwA/s1424/vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h24m43s583a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTLw-E2RTGAd8l3dS2IQUpi9SyEjLzG0FRQNYr8LixmFqNHw2qMJ9u4jM2ZJdS2G00Jmd5xBDYiTTtufxbedJLM87bubqAZd0olFWsZzGzkxxYjjTgi6kYWbwoEaya9kr5vFWPs5LWwA/w640-h482/vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h24m43s583a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A single frame from the above tilt down. Worth noting that future director of such critically acclaimed films as SE7EN, ALIEN 3 and ZODIAC, David Fincher, was matte cameraman at ILM for a time and photographed mattes for this film.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2InxdCu3KDzkOPACk-gKKszx8lXU2h6enCwbkfjPzrEiqwARoEJQlE9ZOBl4OBIB0v7WafvnMnlcDbu_bzR-LkPhie3-fzicY_Q5fksKu4aOR72suCcEogCsHlxPJHN2ryqYWdzrfJ0/s1424/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h27m23s613.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2InxdCu3KDzkOPACk-gKKszx8lXU2h6enCwbkfjPzrEiqwARoEJQlE9ZOBl4OBIB0v7WafvnMnlcDbu_bzR-LkPhie3-fzicY_Q5fksKu4aOR72suCcEogCsHlxPJHN2ryqYWdzrfJ0/w640-h482/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h27m23s613.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As crisp and sharp as the HD transfer was, it was very, very dark, rendering many effects shots quite hard to fully appreciate. I've had to lighten the levels on many frames just so as to make them clearly visible. Some were so dark that attempts to adjust the levels tended to deteriorate rather than improve the shot. I did the best I could.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0lEoeZVNxxrdljdqh883rtAbEbrpIGPsqa_dk2M4RjaAlDtNg8rWT4ra4AguJM8V1ftyEWFYk72caWaIDX5Ygt3Yr73jZzkc02LnmgIYNVKdokkoUPEIERsULiPn-eewgS_RwpWzuH0/s1600/ILM+Ewoks+Caravan+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0lEoeZVNxxrdljdqh883rtAbEbrpIGPsqa_dk2M4RjaAlDtNg8rWT4ra4AguJM8V1ftyEWFYk72caWaIDX5Ygt3Yr73jZzkc02LnmgIYNVKdokkoUPEIERsULiPn-eewgS_RwpWzuH0/w640-h480/ILM+Ewoks+Caravan+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the original matte paintings as it was prior to photography and comping with foreground blue screen actors.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWumCUWvp2XFjnEMFnIouhOzL5ECDTqfDjSYSwmMiSEadlhLiEVFlLS5uzAwcOzpAqNnvQmHteMc5oSqqAgSSnGFAlb5bzbGmYrFvjM8C2i2bEp_fb7r-CtTpYg-7TAe85AVe-G6Zzg0s/s1452/detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1452" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWumCUWvp2XFjnEMFnIouhOzL5ECDTqfDjSYSwmMiSEadlhLiEVFlLS5uzAwcOzpAqNnvQmHteMc5oSqqAgSSnGFAlb5bzbGmYrFvjM8C2i2bEp_fb7r-CtTpYg-7TAe85AVe-G6Zzg0s/w640-h402/detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Detail</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnwxJmpdM25MA-LEZgNGGXjEbDJC0P9fMM4EEAIbwpC_5gFs4xZyEAsybsyC0ZeenWJxnOqgYBaEP-vNoaPx0wL7r5uW-8lzIX1h7yJghFVdFjFF3xUGSWbpG0huY666d-Pv8YLfIigc/s1587/detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1587" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnwxJmpdM25MA-LEZgNGGXjEbDJC0P9fMM4EEAIbwpC_5gFs4xZyEAsybsyC0ZeenWJxnOqgYBaEP-vNoaPx0wL7r5uW-8lzIX1h7yJghFVdFjFF3xUGSWbpG0huY666d-Pv8YLfIigc/w640-h382/detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up of the brushwork. Love it!<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-cWDDO93b7L0LR3GD15Daj_UhdDKFJD-6_TxR7TWwZLJVj-cRFZOaLvLU-Ih6JooJErNH6jWkaj_OD2PCl52mJaWh-sHAB64DKhCE3CX0Z3a0mxUfS9ub9Ck-g-IAzRlNwbekqO0JHM/s1424/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h27m50s374.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-cWDDO93b7L0LR3GD15Daj_UhdDKFJD-6_TxR7TWwZLJVj-cRFZOaLvLU-Ih6JooJErNH6jWkaj_OD2PCl52mJaWh-sHAB64DKhCE3CX0Z3a0mxUfS9ub9Ck-g-IAzRlNwbekqO0JHM/w640-h482/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h27m50s374.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The painting as it appears on screen with blue screened characters added in.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYifDP_0xFF4QuOqUSz_herDxON8iUUoW2EfhsT6nnK1M7YpTgRI2X3IVAOuvdkoRIV2kEVtbM63P808omdPcmpoStoFWfGtz8MAGu5bQ5Xm7xgoeFoGGGLwsNV0n8p1G6m1UkJ3qDiAc/s1200/Danforth+ewok+matte+painting+%2528sm%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1200" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYifDP_0xFF4QuOqUSz_herDxON8iUUoW2EfhsT6nnK1M7YpTgRI2X3IVAOuvdkoRIV2kEVtbM63P808omdPcmpoStoFWfGtz8MAGu5bQ5Xm7xgoeFoGGGLwsNV0n8p1G6m1UkJ3qDiAc/w640-h458/Danforth+ewok+matte+painting+%2528sm%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As mentioned above, some of the EWOK matte work was completed elsewhere, with this beautiful dawn setting painted by Jim Danforth.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcLmpUFBbCuIRMoh_8R-tz51XdYX0ebImLqhKc6E5JoK_qaeaopzGCVLHWdABWFzQAAOynnuIiBBOQ5f7_vuiLErgKWEt_afEQpJJ30FtzNYCTv6Co6mgEkHzzSP-APlV44V2BcwzaZo/s630/Danforth+ewok+matte+painting+%2528detail%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="630" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcLmpUFBbCuIRMoh_8R-tz51XdYX0ebImLqhKc6E5JoK_qaeaopzGCVLHWdABWFzQAAOynnuIiBBOQ5f7_vuiLErgKWEt_afEQpJJ30FtzNYCTv6Co6mgEkHzzSP-APlV44V2BcwzaZo/w640-h458/Danforth+ewok+matte+painting+%2528detail%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close look at Jim's brushwork.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLTh8l27243BiBmv8W7WkP0YWcUYp9rLJ14ooxkM3aS9aMdOvJBqG5qTbPThz4uKwl53kPbo9icWJREbiPcurIz87MJYm9CRV5jS8sPH1rjXqVGaLpLrnqOTn10_-Wytim_Qd2QohfAU/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h51m16s869.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLTh8l27243BiBmv8W7WkP0YWcUYp9rLJ14ooxkM3aS9aMdOvJBqG5qTbPThz4uKwl53kPbo9icWJREbiPcurIz87MJYm9CRV5jS8sPH1rjXqVGaLpLrnqOTn10_-Wytim_Qd2QohfAU/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h51m16s869.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Unfortunately, the final comp looked extremely dark in the new BluRay edition (the older VHS looked much lighter), so I've had to raise the levels a little just to appreciate the matte, though it was starting to 'wash out'.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZLdH_z2bwqk7lREeTwSm8XiYM13Dwxa50cVyehA_byp7TWFo2PDCUGKANnailrcQ67XkfcpofEteKjVozOr_YC-5rM6Uyvt1SjIrxHs77WgIqiJWkRhPEanWsK8djnBd7LiBFX4eoCQ/s2248/EWOK+COURAGE+%2528sma%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="2248" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZLdH_z2bwqk7lREeTwSm8XiYM13Dwxa50cVyehA_byp7TWFo2PDCUGKANnailrcQ67XkfcpofEteKjVozOr_YC-5rM6Uyvt1SjIrxHs77WgIqiJWkRhPEanWsK8djnBd7LiBFX4eoCQ/w640-h480/EWOK+COURAGE+%2528sma%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the stop motion set pieces from CARAVAN OF COURAGE, supervised by Phil Tippett.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1KsHpScYWbWsQcv1WoSlMn63muRzAaTcMhRcdc5-lL4tZZ8WvMWtL3MQYVzBKhEFV1yMKKdphigmUOtqGD3st4avGOpjdC1l3I-thpnPCOnaLtv58y9ffjhFvHc0In3s50Ab2Y6BD0s/s1424/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h47m46s207.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1KsHpScYWbWsQcv1WoSlMn63muRzAaTcMhRcdc5-lL4tZZ8WvMWtL3MQYVzBKhEFV1yMKKdphigmUOtqGD3st4avGOpjdC1l3I-thpnPCOnaLtv58y9ffjhFvHc0In3s50Ab2Y6BD0s/w640-h482/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h47m46s207.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More matte art.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbRqshGPO3aCylJjiGGXBkUDZQWgrwb8Pk25IkiNTM5Ulru72lLVS6wK1yDuN9fFTvyToQG0WcZh-XLsQZc7rckbdThEDeveRDDYmzaDX-8v_6DfWnGCfgDxfZbO9_eGDrcllCwJ1yCc/s1424/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h48m45s918.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbRqshGPO3aCylJjiGGXBkUDZQWgrwb8Pk25IkiNTM5Ulru72lLVS6wK1yDuN9fFTvyToQG0WcZh-XLsQZc7rckbdThEDeveRDDYmzaDX-8v_6DfWnGCfgDxfZbO9_eGDrcllCwJ1yCc/w640-h482/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h48m45s918.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Ewok village - a full painting with doubled in flaming torch elements.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1la2nE_Nn9d0dNSeSwSGFdaN6gh8SKDWOxB4QLhbl2MN9Mz11nEG9q1EVQcPmyIvyu1d8xws3nB9Vf3fON4NGN1MrGp-qfRnrxjscXKO2ooYC89x463G_Nn6JzZDRp8GPEAcgQiXjE_Y/s1424/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h49m05s204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1la2nE_Nn9d0dNSeSwSGFdaN6gh8SKDWOxB4QLhbl2MN9Mz11nEG9q1EVQcPmyIvyu1d8xws3nB9Vf3fON4NGN1MrGp-qfRnrxjscXKO2ooYC89x463G_Nn6JzZDRp8GPEAcgQiXjE_Y/w640-h482/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h49m05s204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Follow up shot of the Ewok treetop dwellings with live action added.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwNA-qDLw7rK5CjuiMFvcDDAo3T1JoYQDZAbPkZqdMHMFLF4Z5eSiycWsrCgNHVjk7ZLp70vcRGFUEaMefpo3mcnAR82PoMtGCvfwiTHC4mQL9mm0c-oGfAj0O8MwCmq-5kDfv8nNzto/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h51m58s096.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwNA-qDLw7rK5CjuiMFvcDDAo3T1JoYQDZAbPkZqdMHMFLF4Z5eSiycWsrCgNHVjk7ZLp70vcRGFUEaMefpo3mcnAR82PoMtGCvfwiTHC4mQL9mm0c-oGfAj0O8MwCmq-5kDfv8nNzto/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h51m58s096.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another view of the village with matted in action.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7aZCBpgew2O96FV6WefC6frwOWsMNldjtOkigisBeLFHu4s7UR9xGLwV87aBa-ceKpRnPCc9jTFAKmLoCmAzqWfJj4TDOfVcXuqT517vz1Gk8zaySRpc4gK8BaWiFRS2QesfmWnUdSCE/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h53m20s469.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7aZCBpgew2O96FV6WefC6frwOWsMNldjtOkigisBeLFHu4s7UR9xGLwV87aBa-ceKpRnPCc9jTFAKmLoCmAzqWfJj4TDOfVcXuqT517vz1Gk8zaySRpc4gK8BaWiFRS2QesfmWnUdSCE/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h53m20s469.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now this shot is most interesting. What appears to be a stage set sans any trick work seems upon close inspection to be a matte shot. The extreme right side of the scene appears to be a separate painted element, matted in, possibly done as a fix to eliminate unwanted material from the original shoot (?)</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwe-W14oOcRNbmYXm8n9_W-aYgcEGzJ9594fiYzo0m9Xeqy3CyXu8QbexGJn5YQQVpurr8HHIhOPoCMc1WBsDNJsQSgmbzGh6OqW-W_AZBYrvNffR20lWoIwaPI5fadIug8eukg1lrwg/s2228/Ewoks+Courage+%2528Universal+matte+shot%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="2228" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwe-W14oOcRNbmYXm8n9_W-aYgcEGzJ9594fiYzo0m9Xeqy3CyXu8QbexGJn5YQQVpurr8HHIhOPoCMc1WBsDNJsQSgmbzGh6OqW-W_AZBYrvNffR20lWoIwaPI5fadIug8eukg1lrwg/w640-h240/Ewoks+Courage+%2528Universal+matte+shot%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As discussed earlier, certain shots were farmed out to other matte departments, with this one going to Al Whitlock's department at Universal Studios. Possibly painted by Syd Dutton, with other shots as well supplied (?)</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaM3p1yRoh67gbl97gy3BSYWkkbdv0hSgkwIDWCZlzIuaCPiqY8e8C_a5VgOKs2xe0b4Uc6Gj161blNYmTmr1OrvG3f1EYNQ1sc0AVMBraErPX_lRUJR7QQ5DhrL8CvwMzKht-wnURZag/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h55m31s369.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaM3p1yRoh67gbl97gy3BSYWkkbdv0hSgkwIDWCZlzIuaCPiqY8e8C_a5VgOKs2xe0b4Uc6Gj161blNYmTmr1OrvG3f1EYNQ1sc0AVMBraErPX_lRUJR7QQ5DhrL8CvwMzKht-wnURZag/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h55m31s369.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final original negative result.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAljq-G3Jq4qQSk5m86pX29yBbRd_kMw90iQYVgj6lSno_3NpKXtgabN1W9DwKIzAfHRO84Df7eJ8UL202Ly9RyBvxd5H4pIRAKxlV401rd37gcGPinQlfXHmCRmq1dAljNx-SdT3lro/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h55m11s196.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAljq-G3Jq4qQSk5m86pX29yBbRd_kMw90iQYVgj6lSno_3NpKXtgabN1W9DwKIzAfHRO84Df7eJ8UL202Ly9RyBvxd5H4pIRAKxlV401rd37gcGPinQlfXHmCRmq1dAljNx-SdT3lro/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h55m11s196.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The trek through the forest was wall to wall matte shots, as was a later desert trek to lands far away.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PXGIpC79spuTxwOnIMQ-mfI26azZD22fkCqmdOGkY7LJrXIeuvJtArKkKPedbsHvn5dbPjK8BmXTyu7Cq7Xy71La0hfhT_dmWIMY1YjpwIhTqoTzcBhM5pb4v23MYt2SC46CEMuJQek/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h56m00s265.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PXGIpC79spuTxwOnIMQ-mfI26azZD22fkCqmdOGkY7LJrXIeuvJtArKkKPedbsHvn5dbPjK8BmXTyu7Cq7Xy71La0hfhT_dmWIMY1YjpwIhTqoTzcBhM5pb4v23MYt2SC46CEMuJQek/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h56m00s265.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A matte shot that I particularly like.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhWOA597Hppz57xEudn3MHcmwCb6LZuo6Iz5oKrUfRKL9uYdLaeeLramU45Bm4SF9siA4kQV9RwL4ExYqci7LSb-S_G-EWtIK8uHveQIsY7DMfsEEWt1YhAQRPMq1UTvRJXR7KfM4_tY/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h58m36s519.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhWOA597Hppz57xEudn3MHcmwCb6LZuo6Iz5oKrUfRKL9uYdLaeeLramU45Bm4SF9siA4kQV9RwL4ExYqci7LSb-S_G-EWtIK8uHveQIsY7DMfsEEWt1YhAQRPMq1UTvRJXR7KfM4_tY/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h58m36s519.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Actual setting augmented with matte art.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOILsiP4YghAYBeqWB7l6Om_d_CYOEVeh62hGe_V6m1iIlpn8G9I6208OUGljGkjegx6OhukOUZ8VKM-Xh2ODZv5uD1JAUeDDQ-UdTCLRIdEoaBTJPxS-WstVvcUo3SlkCt54wyGI3oU/s1424/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h40m57s964.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOILsiP4YghAYBeqWB7l6Om_d_CYOEVeh62hGe_V6m1iIlpn8G9I6208OUGljGkjegx6OhukOUZ8VKM-Xh2ODZv5uD1JAUeDDQ-UdTCLRIdEoaBTJPxS-WstVvcUo3SlkCt54wyGI3oU/w640-h482/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h40m57s964.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u>Very</u> dark in HD print and hard to see, so lightened a little here.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1-vMS0zMVwWmLmYfHMQ_cPhYXEw1qMCeiLQYBjPnERQnrWCsM2xHb7PoD9PzAkfbb5vxa8NQEVyVsm5Zkh4T_WClEzMNEbCFnR0oUGJ5Tln_TtVctJQpGQUW0W54eSunn-qmNPyoK2M/s1424/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h41m52s693.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1-vMS0zMVwWmLmYfHMQ_cPhYXEw1qMCeiLQYBjPnERQnrWCsM2xHb7PoD9PzAkfbb5vxa8NQEVyVsm5Zkh4T_WClEzMNEbCFnR0oUGJ5Tln_TtVctJQpGQUW0W54eSunn-qmNPyoK2M/w640-h482/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h41m52s693.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A shot most poetic.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ThOOMb9eZ_Gb8YQalfZNiVC5h4TKsUL6uq1VTlVQCItM6y6nbOD3VTxE33DdXfRb9AzuT3RbMwhNwd4NuOszqU3wnssRfWNfYr19RbcnU2UUCuAbxulfBBtqgNJYGK-YQxOa1ravHxE/s2067/EWOKS+COURAGE+%2528opticals%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1557" data-original-width="2067" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ThOOMb9eZ_Gb8YQalfZNiVC5h4TKsUL6uq1VTlVQCItM6y6nbOD3VTxE33DdXfRb9AzuT3RbMwhNwd4NuOszqU3wnssRfWNfYr19RbcnU2UUCuAbxulfBBtqgNJYGK-YQxOa1ravHxE/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+%2528opticals%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ILM's strength during those glory years was in the artform of beautifully executed backlit cel animation gags, The plethora of CG type business doesn't hold a candle to the old hand made cel gags.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDgAX1MTlDe_XVZ1SlWN8pHUeuSI2ZrZyCtdf1lvN8mYTq9clBB00fAHO_iY66wVRRNHxdr3eaXv4-0scWLJeH81YeydvAEu9I0eJwTcdwUU3PiZ5bE1VxPmRUNPnmgjfio5-YG-P0kI/s1563/EWOKS+COURAGE+%2528tilt3%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="1422" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDgAX1MTlDe_XVZ1SlWN8pHUeuSI2ZrZyCtdf1lvN8mYTq9clBB00fAHO_iY66wVRRNHxdr3eaXv4-0scWLJeH81YeydvAEu9I0eJwTcdwUU3PiZ5bE1VxPmRUNPnmgjfio5-YG-P0kI/w582-h640/EWOKS+COURAGE+%2528tilt3%2529.jpg" width="582" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another skilled painter in the employ of ILM at the time was Sean Joyce. Sean was one of the few who preferred the traditional approach with oils and glass, and never felt inclined to transition over to the tools of the digital era.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88Hp4JauT8tMmLJTk9UoBPLKYDTOsRXJDx4zKVDIoTE8GT05ccblmbIWLPR2h0DJJTXzAlSHMEcvRIu89UrnF0EZ7oh0inyg9XtOAMqys9LCJhnj4e67AQa7e3wXEUrQSLy29dZqTCqI/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h11m21s652.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88Hp4JauT8tMmLJTk9UoBPLKYDTOsRXJDx4zKVDIoTE8GT05ccblmbIWLPR2h0DJJTXzAlSHMEcvRIu89UrnF0EZ7oh0inyg9XtOAMqys9LCJhnj4e67AQa7e3wXEUrQSLy29dZqTCqI/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h11m21s652.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another matte I'm <u>very</u> fond of. I'm trying to recall whether this too could have been a Jim Danforth shot?</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8adslgJtLAJnpKONeisM50dWjmyfxXO6JEmGUM7oMwa2CaFJ1kRDMHO5YJUCMRDtrBRpBUqlbQ8CJNM_y13Rck-sGVGVJID_eqnokYUtabjj28bQT7x4TYxQebyid7D2mI5PI1Bisius/s2310/EWOKS+COURAGE+%2528pan+B%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="2310" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8adslgJtLAJnpKONeisM50dWjmyfxXO6JEmGUM7oMwa2CaFJ1kRDMHO5YJUCMRDtrBRpBUqlbQ8CJNM_y13Rck-sGVGVJID_eqnokYUtabjj28bQT7x4TYxQebyid7D2mI5PI1Bisius/w640-h296/EWOKS+COURAGE+%2528pan+B%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This one is a sure show stopper as far as matte shots go, and done with a slow pan from right to left, with a fantastical alien landscape coming into shot.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwPkEIX6wCpLvu_3H8cF4pElgYcYIFcKqA7vO0eliEbwUsjv1PUf6TAB_QCGMah-2AjACSocbbsuUoMDPcfYQGIqVNptoN9iHaDlKaU0706MANdvdATJ21ukJbzkCLgiXzzjJLbk_1ys/s1486/Ewoks-Courage+%2528bef%2526aft%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="1486" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwPkEIX6wCpLvu_3H8cF4pElgYcYIFcKqA7vO0eliEbwUsjv1PUf6TAB_QCGMah-2AjACSocbbsuUoMDPcfYQGIqVNptoN9iHaDlKaU0706MANdvdATJ21ukJbzkCLgiXzzjJLbk_1ys/w640-h222/Ewoks-Courage+%2528bef%2526aft%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Before and after for follow up shot, made on the original negative.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwPkEIX6wCpLvu_3H8cF4pElgYcYIFcKqA7vO0eliEbwUsjv1PUf6TAB_QCGMah-2AjACSocbbsuUoMDPcfYQGIqVNptoN9iHaDlKaU0706MANdvdATJ21ukJbzkCLgiXzzjJLbk_1ys/s1486/Ewoks-Courage+%2528bef%2526aft%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_a2qD0h2jX36x-ORqs1YbqY_1LA5qmbOKIlFsRQNfp2XKGy0aezSwaHebtx_qGkTmvArvPBgtDMm0uKxlBWkTTMJkwHDYx98TekkGHk_EIFJOpROJAwqeEpzFyardXiqiOObdliYgbQ/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h20m29s874.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_a2qD0h2jX36x-ORqs1YbqY_1LA5qmbOKIlFsRQNfp2XKGy0aezSwaHebtx_qGkTmvArvPBgtDMm0uKxlBWkTTMJkwHDYx98TekkGHk_EIFJOpROJAwqeEpzFyardXiqiOObdliYgbQ/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h20m29s874.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Finished composite is a thing of greatness.<br /></span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5frjr8nv_Ez8k_lags6gPf-rS9n7n6YzYZtzUlTQAZ9NzKs9uQ9KsM5OhgzdJm0FYL06MQ4uw3BVbG7xXj6_eCKL29RvkxeYw0PUPPtSNFwbGkb_guVLCD-hCxlQFvQDzT1PWTZh1reU/s2496/EWOK+COURAGE+%2528tilt+up+matte%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2496" data-original-width="1416" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5frjr8nv_Ez8k_lags6gPf-rS9n7n6YzYZtzUlTQAZ9NzKs9uQ9KsM5OhgzdJm0FYL06MQ4uw3BVbG7xXj6_eCKL29RvkxeYw0PUPPtSNFwbGkb_guVLCD-hCxlQFvQDzT1PWTZh1reU/w364-h640/EWOK+COURAGE+%2528tilt+up+matte%2529.jpg" width="364" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A grand tilt up shot, most of which is painted. Wonderful!<br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZGzO2phbq0DaPqs6De57QbL7b0p6yQe8hGmH2RVOcD6faFI_M6svxa1_I3JnEIrXP7Z6-jlaX5_fDLiLO0H0IKsZpOTRv9l0JNlZvhqRGT4aFi31qk_1Mq7Zt2RS7TLYr8y4n7K72b8/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h22m41s919.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZGzO2phbq0DaPqs6De57QbL7b0p6yQe8hGmH2RVOcD6faFI_M6svxa1_I3JnEIrXP7Z6-jlaX5_fDLiLO0H0IKsZpOTRv9l0JNlZvhqRGT4aFi31qk_1Mq7Zt2RS7TLYr8y4n7K72b8/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h22m41s919.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer view of the mountain matte art.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmuGEk_ofHRUTNfHQ76gWPdwzaxFXhXgAjOoxg1Cy2gncXm_jT0-PExpnP5FxIHM1Qt6mi2uiY-gHpz4EB32eJN-XqLlDs_rnnRvoMFvA_N6cC_pOJZx_wKRbSjRScNgBshRv964Fjlc/s1424/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h21m44s635.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmuGEk_ofHRUTNfHQ76gWPdwzaxFXhXgAjOoxg1Cy2gncXm_jT0-PExpnP5FxIHM1Qt6mi2uiY-gHpz4EB32eJN-XqLlDs_rnnRvoMFvA_N6cC_pOJZx_wKRbSjRScNgBshRv964Fjlc/w640-h482/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h21m44s635.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Closer view of the lower painted area's of the shot before the tilt commences. Note the painted in canyon walls to the left.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvJzYCvLpW4vNlWvnNJoveGHO7B-kLd9wmQnWIpOKGYktSmAvgdLvSYscRsCAuDfHT4iDU9eU-nyPjujOZqlgbGI_0S5nnkJLV0mhOWJW2F06qpV53chPU363S-M7JZHdXC-BZI70xLA/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h26m02s091.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvJzYCvLpW4vNlWvnNJoveGHO7B-kLd9wmQnWIpOKGYktSmAvgdLvSYscRsCAuDfHT4iDU9eU-nyPjujOZqlgbGI_0S5nnkJLV0mhOWJW2F06qpV53chPU363S-M7JZHdXC-BZI70xLA/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h26m02s091.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Once inside the mountain cave the intrepid group come across the biggest god-damned spiders web you ever saw <i>(shame about the very feeble marionet spider in subsequent closer attack shots... dire).</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LoGZB8VRu_OA7Pn_tlaNQ_B_z7LvHRjURyPDchN_g8ye98aILeDzvuEy1jcWXyjmHZ9K_5am1KvgpyqB_YlOxFVX4rBbDUzubbUl2Vrl4QiuY6oifo7JCKYEIv8LsftGXKZ9WLtXn0U/s1146/ILM11%2528sm%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1146" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LoGZB8VRu_OA7Pn_tlaNQ_B_z7LvHRjURyPDchN_g8ye98aILeDzvuEy1jcWXyjmHZ9K_5am1KvgpyqB_YlOxFVX4rBbDUzubbUl2Vrl4QiuY6oifo7JCKYEIv8LsftGXKZ9WLtXn0U/w640-h436/ILM11%2528sm%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Artist Frank Ordaz at work on the spiders cavern glass painting. Note the overhanging stalactites visible here but seemingly omitted from the final composite version for some reason.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_xA4gqTRnSoWtUCRvGJCCpfsHdLnj98U8lGrnarrEH9YlAtanBGhUnbZkrlsrP_qUHLgp5AAI7AybaeOuMV-Br2yjDCHimmuz2mUrBenyQuKbZcbpCoNA0YceUumC1I6R9DXwqU_Q8U/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h25m49s815.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_xA4gqTRnSoWtUCRvGJCCpfsHdLnj98U8lGrnarrEH9YlAtanBGhUnbZkrlsrP_qUHLgp5AAI7AybaeOuMV-Br2yjDCHimmuz2mUrBenyQuKbZcbpCoNA0YceUumC1I6R9DXwqU_Q8U/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h25m49s815.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer in view from the same sequence. Note the actors matted into Ordaz' painting at left.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7b-FPxCBCZB1xkbKqzo6wrzB620GAMPsQehMlMdtY3zwzpWk7HiQZAnBxNsLGXZQosVARGsxhGoxyvhDjpc_m4yDa2zx6BWK-WWB2kZ5Fi5mxZlpbSKLmWa9lzCdOw3q8AYNI6VdwRkY/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h34m42s038.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7b-FPxCBCZB1xkbKqzo6wrzB620GAMPsQehMlMdtY3zwzpWk7HiQZAnBxNsLGXZQosVARGsxhGoxyvhDjpc_m4yDa2zx6BWK-WWB2kZ5Fi5mxZlpbSKLmWa9lzCdOw3q8AYNI6VdwRkY/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h34m42s038.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yet another terrific matte shot from same sequence.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAFpQo9uWY_X7QX-LEQI1jJpL8PAbyyx9XVMoYiU-at0jVnBpmQrI_9SLhoJ9wgL77XyHYis_4Vb9ew4EKDU2MfN4mw01Ph9E54NBKco_IZweDuWOsHj1OSsqwXv4mFnPRIOvri8B4aw/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h25m14s185.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAFpQo9uWY_X7QX-LEQI1jJpL8PAbyyx9XVMoYiU-at0jVnBpmQrI_9SLhoJ9wgL77XyHYis_4Vb9ew4EKDU2MfN4mw01Ph9E54NBKco_IZweDuWOsHj1OSsqwXv4mFnPRIOvri8B4aw/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h25m14s185.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chief matte artists were Mike Pangrazio and Chris Evans. Pangrazio got his start as a trainee matte painter with the Introvision company in the late 1970's and moved over to ILM just in time for the mammoth EMPIRE STRIKES BACK project in 1980. Evans joined the company a few years later, I think it was for either DRAGONSLAYER or STAR TREK-THE WRATH OF KHAN in 1982 if I'm correct. Both would later join up with another former ILM alumnus, Craig Barron, and start the specialty fx house Matte World. In recent years Pangrazio has been resident here in New Zealand as a part of Peter Jackson's WETA Digital, largely in the role of Production Designer.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAFpQo9uWY_X7QX-LEQI1jJpL8PAbyyx9XVMoYiU-at0jVnBpmQrI_9SLhoJ9wgL77XyHYis_4Vb9ew4EKDU2MfN4mw01Ph9E54NBKco_IZweDuWOsHj1OSsqwXv4mFnPRIOvri8B4aw/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h25m14s185.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjJKLuLeR_BAgG7JggidYJIulxXl5t-Y6CcM1rBybvdbd60Oiv7xArlvLtwm9HYFfmQyI26rfkttuBCJiz7Z4zdwpr6jems7mutkx_HAv-YgPovcqqxKWQtWlfpe_lFJLoUS45z0d8uY/s2013/EWOKS-CARAVAN+OF+COURAGE+%2528pan%2529+BR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="2013" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjJKLuLeR_BAgG7JggidYJIulxXl5t-Y6CcM1rBybvdbd60Oiv7xArlvLtwm9HYFfmQyI26rfkttuBCJiz7Z4zdwpr6jems7mutkx_HAv-YgPovcqqxKWQtWlfpe_lFJLoUS45z0d8uY/w640-h342/EWOKS-CARAVAN+OF+COURAGE+%2528pan%2529+BR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A pan matte shot as our characters come into frame at left. Not sure if the camera moves were made on the ILM AutoMatte set up or done on the optical printer. Whatever, they all look great.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IQ6mQnDk3fP9qfKheWxJwgAKHt9tcO3hVjSEqddlY625lO6MaZW6UhzlDa1nBwTfmCGorzPmIHtCXgMEPhjuvq4yUaMB2Lai3aZ1GTQgHtS35t69VOH73AqLfJamiGl4rYx6Gkp1db8/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h35m39s652.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IQ6mQnDk3fP9qfKheWxJwgAKHt9tcO3hVjSEqddlY625lO6MaZW6UhzlDa1nBwTfmCGorzPmIHtCXgMEPhjuvq4yUaMB2Lai3aZ1GTQgHtS35t69VOH73AqLfJamiGl4rYx6Gkp1db8/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h35m39s652.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Either matte art or miniature set, with actors all too obviously blue screened in.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzwVnNJEEEZ4W1HLPIgHJXZoncR3TafkxxZlomUfF0OHXGVh-WBcdDD1SokElEa76Iv31kZAmIBVQkVrjmpVxQenoA3WSEvZoN6nTbpCKA-JTDagQfXYes_WyElRoZMXA_fGMsDDlVyc/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h40m28s894.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzwVnNJEEEZ4W1HLPIgHJXZoncR3TafkxxZlomUfF0OHXGVh-WBcdDD1SokElEa76Iv31kZAmIBVQkVrjmpVxQenoA3WSEvZoN6nTbpCKA-JTDagQfXYes_WyElRoZMXA_fGMsDDlVyc/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h40m28s894.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A subtle camera move as they rush toward the edge of an abyss - painted of course.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7Ei58H0o3bVi-oTAlgduPTQxzVdFshyDGd7cXy6R-VL5vDPsQ7oAxs3oDuT-i0kVlXJC9u0RIw8eL3z2R5LgYen03jIkkicuQ5SAho3yBcf4Z86FcMGjT_uA0zRm9RMpNadU8ZiWktQ/s2100/EWOKS+COURAGE+%2528tilt2%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7Ei58H0o3bVi-oTAlgduPTQxzVdFshyDGd7cXy6R-VL5vDPsQ7oAxs3oDuT-i0kVlXJC9u0RIw8eL3z2R5LgYen03jIkkicuQ5SAho3yBcf4Z86FcMGjT_uA0zRm9RMpNadU8ZiWktQ/w444-h640/EWOKS+COURAGE+%2528tilt2%2529.jpg" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A massive tilt down on an entirely painted vista.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiriVZFdMiyx61SH9_88bSzQYEV3Em_Nm7mfNb_YghQCbeSsp0_W7Ky1Wnkmw9BODo6Bwujzlx8yiWU7R06io4wTuNYfqxGzrOhFEi5g861FKh05sHhzH4IO7H3Mk1oKHTfquS1q46c5as/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h29m21s687.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiriVZFdMiyx61SH9_88bSzQYEV3Em_Nm7mfNb_YghQCbeSsp0_W7Ky1Wnkmw9BODo6Bwujzlx8yiWU7R06io4wTuNYfqxGzrOhFEi5g861FKh05sHhzH4IO7H3Mk1oKHTfquS1q46c5as/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h29m21s687.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer look at part of the same painted vista.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwLlh6Ca5NWkccgJJUjNlYLa1iyW3h7bUmT1dqvF-R231a0F6vQi90CLn0MhjvjMpx_rwUjzVmDPHIr86-KW6TIN9KHkbzZ90OecGtkuYrdkv8Gqf6afu-FCPUXyysfUTp4eGXQ_AOsA/s1424/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h31m40s717.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwLlh6Ca5NWkccgJJUjNlYLa1iyW3h7bUmT1dqvF-R231a0F6vQi90CLn0MhjvjMpx_rwUjzVmDPHIr86-KW6TIN9KHkbzZ90OecGtkuYrdkv8Gqf6afu-FCPUXyysfUTp4eGXQ_AOsA/w640-h482/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h31m40s717.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Caroleen Green matte painted treeline with doubled in hang glider.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMupiFgC1ZtGBWi4VDxAY9GbnXpIpE8QcMj9G0d59VA903npyoUU0AlxyABQu2uRISo8pc2YYY79eqr1we-TxvOqYo2EdWHBUt4Sz6wABWSsT9gBKtJrqYKaukD6YbkjrVPYJCUuo6Nw/s1424/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h40m48s635.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMupiFgC1ZtGBWi4VDxAY9GbnXpIpE8QcMj9G0d59VA903npyoUU0AlxyABQu2uRISo8pc2YYY79eqr1we-TxvOqYo2EdWHBUt4Sz6wABWSsT9gBKtJrqYKaukD6YbkjrVPYJCUuo6Nw/w640-h482/EWOK+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-16h40m48s635.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A full painting with, as I recall, a stop motion wolf (or something?)</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHqo1LpAaXMf7mUJgoRD_RQLSP-1ms7JbN7sETopmtbtdjKfYQNRW51CS88CyowWcwxrVuafh2P1x5HO1Sk0GH0oBgOqQugpkRCHzjyMiFAFe8TyWqCxBYbIybMhuzYeZsNR6Ld-3SRE/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h11m44s094.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHqo1LpAaXMf7mUJgoRD_RQLSP-1ms7JbN7sETopmtbtdjKfYQNRW51CS88CyowWcwxrVuafh2P1x5HO1Sk0GH0oBgOqQugpkRCHzjyMiFAFe8TyWqCxBYbIybMhuzYeZsNR6Ld-3SRE/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h11m44s094.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not sure, but feel this shot is to some extent painted. The tents certainly look painted, and maybe the mountains too.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxyPhguc3Soqf65IXjjS8yCKKuS60mmGevNGYUyJWul5lFveOt79xVCYa8EzWp3qFJvxN229Y0RqVJjJzl7xkbR77b0WvA0BLvvZjDGmLQdgjqHkGPvkY4RoJyXXeqINuWlU9uyJIMLg/s2199/EWOKS+Pangrazio+%2526+final.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="2199" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxyPhguc3Soqf65IXjjS8yCKKuS60mmGevNGYUyJWul5lFveOt79xVCYa8EzWp3qFJvxN229Y0RqVJjJzl7xkbR77b0WvA0BLvvZjDGmLQdgjqHkGPvkY4RoJyXXeqINuWlU9uyJIMLg/w640-h318/EWOKS+Pangrazio+%2526+final.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Supervising matte artist Michael Pangrazio is shown here painting the mountainous scenery and vally for one of the trek scenes. Closer inspection of Mike's painting on the easel shows a completely different painting visible underneath the EWOK matte art? Presumably some rejected or unfinished matte art from a different project.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNl5SLZKbKbr5z0K-veu8OUMCNnkLHgI69TxOJJZy5FNhMfnCIzZrXEyG0ZWbjkGRrsRypLVIZsmHgXBvqvBqZzX9oLABvn-w3viQOOsGqw60VGMJLEVf9ZbETDv8vOtvjvVI-tLUVEnQ/s1220/ILM-Pangrazio+painting+Ewoks.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1220" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNl5SLZKbKbr5z0K-veu8OUMCNnkLHgI69TxOJJZy5FNhMfnCIzZrXEyG0ZWbjkGRrsRypLVIZsmHgXBvqvBqZzX9oLABvn-w3viQOOsGqw60VGMJLEVf9ZbETDv8vOtvjvVI-tLUVEnQ/w640-h440/ILM-Pangrazio+painting+Ewoks.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two mattes in one, it would seem?</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqcmucYU8u7H8o5TEhnRGtTZtDJh18ZslsPRpXmNJP0MQPgf0se93Mri25jpgH1_iiiifzGhyQOQ8aqexPg9wtEH1xEp5pyhGhoOiKolPKwFCXchWRbKdRCwyrZVToY3jb6qgeBn5lQY/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h20m57s601.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqcmucYU8u7H8o5TEhnRGtTZtDJh18ZslsPRpXmNJP0MQPgf0se93Mri25jpgH1_iiiifzGhyQOQ8aqexPg9wtEH1xEp5pyhGhoOiKolPKwFCXchWRbKdRCwyrZVToY3jb6qgeBn5lQY/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h20m57s601.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjR1wKQOVZduSMx2PYucc2-JFew2TH8SuYEb20CEzFsAgj_EweT_iYH6jCnbRgt5gSic8eP25OFhKJq-noqsl2uxzuYoDwcOvLoNWqXoTRgQgME8EAY6CMAKFGTz_CHApIPSIEc7sf7A/s655/EWOKS+C-Green+matte+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="655" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjR1wKQOVZduSMx2PYucc2-JFew2TH8SuYEb20CEzFsAgj_EweT_iYH6jCnbRgt5gSic8eP25OFhKJq-noqsl2uxzuYoDwcOvLoNWqXoTRgQgME8EAY6CMAKFGTz_CHApIPSIEc7sf7A/w640-h564/EWOKS+C-Green+matte+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An original EWOKS matte shown here on the ILM matte stand. This is one of Caroleen Green's paintings.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbW7j_1dQVpcm_ihtLxiIiDpvkTIa8Jws3V9oP1b-Yov68a2CMQer5EVkeeEyrSB94FReCcCbFgzxG5ENhtmOigKcgd85cImhv7kvj1mlVVcVhLGmefCHScLHflafTY7wIZmzZI0kyGw/s1424/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h04m59s820.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1424" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbW7j_1dQVpcm_ihtLxiIiDpvkTIa8Jws3V9oP1b-Yov68a2CMQer5EVkeeEyrSB94FReCcCbFgzxG5ENhtmOigKcgd85cImhv7kvj1mlVVcVhLGmefCHScLHflafTY7wIZmzZI0kyGw/w640-h482/EWOKS+COURAGE+vlcsnap-2020-08-16-17h04m59s820.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Caroleen's exquisite full painting as it appears in the film.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYM0eHJGCIyj0g4QQ-FVxBuL5BpL55wY_aE7oK71wioxAIM84i6LlpU89cih9afXmUReI4gXWIPEOPVJ4y7OaIuTUE1uaUFi0GbR0GAnaj7uYmGhqXn6our7vYzwPCpDOr-r3Ko8TGIY/s2220/EWOKS+COURAGE+%2528end+tilt+down%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2220" data-original-width="1460" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYM0eHJGCIyj0g4QQ-FVxBuL5BpL55wY_aE7oK71wioxAIM84i6LlpU89cih9afXmUReI4gXWIPEOPVJ4y7OaIuTUE1uaUFi0GbR0GAnaj7uYmGhqXn6our7vYzwPCpDOr-r3Ko8TGIY/w420-h640/EWOKS+COURAGE+%2528end+tilt+down%2529.jpg" width="420" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final matte from CARAVAN OF COURAGE which is another motion shot with an extreme tilt.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixurglAR-gq1syPmzYTOQZQ00Z3T2CBJh1hWdKYsnt8BT3rxMLDiLwf5kGyvH08L0Gwmd83yiGuZJS9hrYl0Eu2hiAvXbM-6KAtNYf1usmUeJGUaTMMTpyFiEWoS95xmPFoGJIyfOMemw/s1134/ILM+Jedi3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1134" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixurglAR-gq1syPmzYTOQZQ00Z3T2CBJh1hWdKYsnt8BT3rxMLDiLwf5kGyvH08L0Gwmd83yiGuZJS9hrYl0Eu2hiAvXbM-6KAtNYf1usmUeJGUaTMMTpyFiEWoS95xmPFoGJIyfOMemw/w640-h440/ILM+Jedi3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Senior ILM matte painter, Christopher Evans, at work on a matte of the Ewok village.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssuamddDSA9w1CCO49HA7A5jXtcOxf0Z2aUk5-8qSCyGkBlvvf5sFH9W1uhM0yFLBvgwMlaQwYO5pZYEPf_UqeUfL9i2aXlEm46tGrmJRrP5Ilex4h9Kv3HPRpeFOI8PPse7o3RaaIf0/s1440/EWOK+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h18m56s063.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGCuT_71ypiTeaSlxijnPT5LmjplmLhVlkQcpJTVrIZzFsrJTw8pQzmjF6pFsTkGDhN0QmcUCNTaB-a6rb-arXuUIPK7Ctf2LYYGifTo_vWeyRG67ocn7ngZtNnfak8_K94XPY6Mz-CE/s2060/Ewoks+Endoe+%2528tilt%2529+OK.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGCuT_71ypiTeaSlxijnPT5LmjplmLhVlkQcpJTVrIZzFsrJTw8pQzmjF6pFsTkGDhN0QmcUCNTaB-a6rb-arXuUIPK7Ctf2LYYGifTo_vWeyRG67ocn7ngZtNnfak8_K94XPY6Mz-CE/w450-h640/Ewoks+Endoe+%2528tilt%2529+OK.jpg" width="450" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte painting combined with live action for the vast reveal that opens BATTLE FOR ENDOR (1985)<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOp1WU2hspKWcBI7sMvPF8V14f-LoEmqS-qa0wRrV92F5DO-Dhd44gxHfTgovQ1zMd-IDZkV_EkPIgwHc9TObkN4qb-XmJyjBe-YizOHP9zizAT04ynJjlwy-jhBO_2Fn5AbYmmXkArM/s1620/detail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1620" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOp1WU2hspKWcBI7sMvPF8V14f-LoEmqS-qa0wRrV92F5DO-Dhd44gxHfTgovQ1zMd-IDZkV_EkPIgwHc9TObkN4qb-XmJyjBe-YizOHP9zizAT04ynJjlwy-jhBO_2Fn5AbYmmXkArM/w640-h444/detail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A closer look at the brush technique and wonderful sense of light and atmospheric phenomena.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqthDo3tkP-hhPV_GTyBE105z3Al_ZCspYcci1SnXKhf7dsd8tTW14cV5iz72z4Ffs-CRqgSHqIanq0TJ6pC6hyphenhyphenZZWHh9F8DF2YEwhCMBr32HDswMhIjg70uTHin5SdOeSwBHYQMw93w/s1389/detail1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1389" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqthDo3tkP-hhPV_GTyBE105z3Al_ZCspYcci1SnXKhf7dsd8tTW14cV5iz72z4Ffs-CRqgSHqIanq0TJ6pC6hyphenhyphenZZWHh9F8DF2YEwhCMBr32HDswMhIjg70uTHin5SdOeSwBHYQMw93w/w640-h456/detail1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More sensational detail for us amateur painters to study and enjoy.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFfplfWVSdGT1H5sPiYYCsW7zp7URs3HlMqcTm1R_asamTaVhmZERWvI-Qp8kn2oxyD-FhzOY77NCDDqKaVGcusbKC_4F-jugwvQHWl4R0a4tKi3u8RdRSAgJKZjaxJNycbqDf3EhYEc/s2264/Ewoks+Endor+tilt+up2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2264" data-original-width="1432" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFfplfWVSdGT1H5sPiYYCsW7zp7URs3HlMqcTm1R_asamTaVhmZERWvI-Qp8kn2oxyD-FhzOY77NCDDqKaVGcusbKC_4F-jugwvQHWl4R0a4tKi3u8RdRSAgJKZjaxJNycbqDf3EhYEc/w404-h640/Ewoks+Endor+tilt+up2.jpg" width="404" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In order to break out of the so-called 'static nature' of a painted matte, ILM introduced a great many camera moves into such shots, and usually with much success. Another incredibly dark frame that I had to lift the levels slightly for your viewing pleasure.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLagGSnF2DQF6cgQGEKCr4GUSdeGMD1C9pDyzEPymtJawPkLYEIxbuzW7s7ZYsyA_V_HQKNDkIvh1JYCUWqguXFh7Agf_pLB-peLOXes8ZCyWePTsauO9kHhuHuY_27ZRJLMta52eVqc/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h28m19s470.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLagGSnF2DQF6cgQGEKCr4GUSdeGMD1C9pDyzEPymtJawPkLYEIxbuzW7s7ZYsyA_V_HQKNDkIvh1JYCUWqguXFh7Agf_pLB-peLOXes8ZCyWePTsauO9kHhuHuY_27ZRJLMta52eVqc/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h28m19s470.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now kids...don't try this at home.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HK0VDorazZvG9u2YVxTDCvhAyoC4y8TL5dQcshw3pYFwefWYfOZnzXARsde6jdsIId0_4htYuhvo9bI0MF7s3ddjSn5vL2EkzKjjHG04O2vPam7vOPldCfsrLluldbPNZgYxvRzquHg/s2956/Ewoks-Endor4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="2956" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HK0VDorazZvG9u2YVxTDCvhAyoC4y8TL5dQcshw3pYFwefWYfOZnzXARsde6jdsIId0_4htYuhvo9bI0MF7s3ddjSn5vL2EkzKjjHG04O2vPam7vOPldCfsrLluldbPNZgYxvRzquHg/w640-h242/Ewoks-Endor4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Very dark matte frames lose some resolution when adjusted for this blog, but otherwise you'd barely be able to make out anything.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="2404" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dAwxzRrJVJ1_hOvlEX4zEkhSOROLcE6a72BtE5LfFVU9Yh55qgMhO5F-hQjT9BO88AaeQ0u5jhyphenhyphenXBvAVfW6Jdghnjvwp7rB8PaKjxSQdg5oSADaOmDz63cD1G0dYYTVu9MD3_QxtWJ4/w640-h470/EWOKS+Endor+SMA3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stop motion sequence.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qRsZpPFj77XCP0WdfFz_qPhxABTnfivbbXDiycm8ibiA5ngvy6bcpJXOZ4zbENqQmr4nMtVRkoP9Grf6RkjTVPfx9wBzHm6jg8En3PjT97rZyAt7gU-nPk-rphuvlMn5Y5zMN4xZABs/s2936/Ewoks+Endor+SMA5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="2936" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qRsZpPFj77XCP0WdfFz_qPhxABTnfivbbXDiycm8ibiA5ngvy6bcpJXOZ4zbENqQmr4nMtVRkoP9Grf6RkjTVPfx9wBzHm6jg8En3PjT97rZyAt7gU-nPk-rphuvlMn5Y5zMN4xZABs/w640-h244/Ewoks+Endor+SMA5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painting and miniature.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYppIyxXI_hWJXRJTPWFEEQpGaz1ymz6QirovV9IaF9pPEtogloI03kWJ35G9RlXiGM2Fn8jTicJ7xEnaYHAw6iU-BnavER6vkt4Bt6-301kdN3doY7rbBoSvXM48vTyPaK8hc7d4Sf5c/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h36m22s023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYppIyxXI_hWJXRJTPWFEEQpGaz1ymz6QirovV9IaF9pPEtogloI03kWJ35G9RlXiGM2Fn8jTicJ7xEnaYHAw6iU-BnavER6vkt4Bt6-301kdN3doY7rbBoSvXM48vTyPaK8hc7d4Sf5c/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h36m22s023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>'I never thought I'd ever see a matte, as beautiful as that....'</i> (or so said the poet).<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSma_dUlLKtd5QcYBpmXAVeLl7MZR0SHva9ldERAsw_EmTZe9mGuDQpQ3i-4nd2YXM0qkc38p74GeDdK-FzGZ7iJaX6yccR-2WfqEQpcU_iu22YiIAS_DVmOx7i1ekVXojod4OmAuugXk/s2468/EWOKS+Endor+tilt+ending.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2468" data-original-width="1436" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSma_dUlLKtd5QcYBpmXAVeLl7MZR0SHva9ldERAsw_EmTZe9mGuDQpQ3i-4nd2YXM0qkc38p74GeDdK-FzGZ7iJaX6yccR-2WfqEQpcU_iu22YiIAS_DVmOx7i1ekVXojod4OmAuugXk/w372-h640/EWOKS+Endor+tilt+ending.jpg" width="372" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Half painted, half location, combined as another of those epic tilt downs, and a push in on the ground level action.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPIXXx8NFD45T_ks8JmULMl0_7yZF3msIAvNEwyMFsjBcF8fxd4uTjf5sgNbJatOXYh7QzBo7AuSYd8P1Xk_eM9VimvfBnpl358AqSj7XhUPo5cCM62ctARpQRnH085dokYNa8O1wMTyI/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h25m16s957.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPIXXx8NFD45T_ks8JmULMl0_7yZF3msIAvNEwyMFsjBcF8fxd4uTjf5sgNbJatOXYh7QzBo7AuSYd8P1Xk_eM9VimvfBnpl358AqSj7XhUPo5cCM62ctARpQRnH085dokYNa8O1wMTyI/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h25m16s957.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Full frame from the top of the matte sequence.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBKt91O-ghS_pm_zhib01C5HBVaHkVIjwcAXHRGJZHwrr7Gn1cQRPmSphVYqiSJmClgtoU0gozP3xV42ng7k7Vlnu4OClzYOUt1Ttf9oZcxc-GfS6iuqSxZ2kYp9L_9sGvSQgKTMPakQ/s1856/EWOKS+sma7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="1856" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBKt91O-ghS_pm_zhib01C5HBVaHkVIjwcAXHRGJZHwrr7Gn1cQRPmSphVYqiSJmClgtoU0gozP3xV42ng7k7Vlnu4OClzYOUt1Ttf9oZcxc-GfS6iuqSxZ2kYp9L_9sGvSQgKTMPakQ/w640-h474/EWOKS+sma7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Phil Tippett was overall supervisor here, while key stop motion animators were Tom St. Amand and Randy Dutra, while the multi-talented Harry Walton served as principal cinematographer.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVunPsWLTd-SZ7ecuZNZOtYqZaInbueRA3xGw1wpFxtBLF2wb9yxwT7trIfxQUIlquqlxKrOGjROmOJihb4RZxxuhnQGfbMZlnbiCGcVcK55GBi01LbH9N6rYq6RjzWB4Q5Casdh8NwiI/s1971/Ewoks+Endor+SMA1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1971" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVunPsWLTd-SZ7ecuZNZOtYqZaInbueRA3xGw1wpFxtBLF2wb9yxwT7trIfxQUIlquqlxKrOGjROmOJihb4RZxxuhnQGfbMZlnbiCGcVcK55GBi01LbH9N6rYq6RjzWB4Q5Casdh8NwiI/w640-h248/Ewoks+Endor+SMA1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Creatures From The ILM Lagoon.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-SZgagSKLSypR9lS5b27LPu42tZXkLYnIiiUHMF2eQ-dZIYAwUrtw9IWPsyaTkz9Wf9eC1MeVr7QuTpdmCwUcF80VXqP0gMpr7sWABLNKzZ9pQf1jNNUbssGroapm9GZ9miFpNVM1d0/s2264/Ewoks+Endor+SMA2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="2264" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-SZgagSKLSypR9lS5b27LPu42tZXkLYnIiiUHMF2eQ-dZIYAwUrtw9IWPsyaTkz9Wf9eC1MeVr7QuTpdmCwUcF80VXqP0gMpr7sWABLNKzZ9pQf1jNNUbssGroapm9GZ9miFpNVM1d0/w640-h498/Ewoks+Endor+SMA2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nice atmosphere and miniature settings.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9W4CzJJB_bRbZQxT7VsaNkQHQuLGSaogYOwnBwlkakGHst1QBPUggzf95vM3Co-O70iwcfY6der6q9_yu1kpCcDcPEQVylshBUyGxpqViIcHeiy5ROch6LvviDKHPbUZh0ojmj3DsSQ/s1440/vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h25m29s592.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9W4CzJJB_bRbZQxT7VsaNkQHQuLGSaogYOwnBwlkakGHst1QBPUggzf95vM3Co-O70iwcfY6der6q9_yu1kpCcDcPEQVylshBUyGxpqViIcHeiy5ROch6LvviDKHPbUZh0ojmj3DsSQ/w640-h480/vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h25m29s592.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhar2I2CHNulJcz84rCQQJKpd0jG_IpojqfSTcQ_OHPLbTMoAFQ5dX2HvLLTosKDHcNX8DnGbPhp90xMNjEXlKQArpp9mnuGTDOBthlrlHHrn57BWhr10ft-mcXppe0S1wRpsJTuiKYVoE/s2012/Ewoks+Endor+tilt+shot5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2012" data-original-width="1460" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhar2I2CHNulJcz84rCQQJKpd0jG_IpojqfSTcQ_OHPLbTMoAFQ5dX2HvLLTosKDHcNX8DnGbPhp90xMNjEXlKQArpp9mnuGTDOBthlrlHHrn57BWhr10ft-mcXppe0S1wRpsJTuiKYVoE/w464-h640/Ewoks+Endor+tilt+shot5.jpg" width="464" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">At the risk of repeating myself... this is <i>not</i> a static matte shot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzf5dFKookGwrNmEh9HLQQaNkQDnpgiK1DX4KdNeRNPinNuL9XGyN1FbdedVgIZXFp9hXCPm6OU3m-NVi-KyCyOn1Q64EmErLRCnrZ2FEW8d5UMVzLPW9YaBf3YGSv2X71lxo2n9dzg4/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h42m40s662.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzf5dFKookGwrNmEh9HLQQaNkQDnpgiK1DX4KdNeRNPinNuL9XGyN1FbdedVgIZXFp9hXCPm6OU3m-NVi-KyCyOn1Q64EmErLRCnrZ2FEW8d5UMVzLPW9YaBf3YGSv2X71lxo2n9dzg4/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h42m40s662.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painted half of the previous shot.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBB6sQtPf0ILlwWMOfo-IsW_9OeKsUaj3QJD0ZGMCk114JbUujYX2l8X3v8lSqYgdvbB2tbrlKCkV5FciysQaP-zbnNxHa6vxLizMVPiMKJoJnh27EI9vLdlssGGGbeXNLVR9_O4iwfo/s1908/EWOKS+Endor+tilt+down+battlements+B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="1180" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBB6sQtPf0ILlwWMOfo-IsW_9OeKsUaj3QJD0ZGMCk114JbUujYX2l8X3v8lSqYgdvbB2tbrlKCkV5FciysQaP-zbnNxHa6vxLizMVPiMKJoJnh27EI9vLdlssGGGbeXNLVR9_O4iwfo/w396-h640/EWOKS+Endor+tilt+down+battlements+B.jpg" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A very cool shot and an excellent bit of trickery where our rider approaches the castle gates. Practically all painted, and superbly realised perspective for the camera move.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cDfPszNx80R93fLYPEKKePLjpELLkpzvhpAnSvxwc6p1zY51Y4gUb_rzA5J5fY_X9nRQe3U6KdhboGxwJCJ_Hm5nJwYuIk9ILPyMCtIdWj-ntiEQYFYIyiCyGpPrGwekMh5SI7_x-yg/s1440/EWOKS+%2528detail%2529+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h51m46s918.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cDfPszNx80R93fLYPEKKePLjpELLkpzvhpAnSvxwc6p1zY51Y4gUb_rzA5J5fY_X9nRQe3U6KdhboGxwJCJ_Hm5nJwYuIk9ILPyMCtIdWj-ntiEQYFYIyiCyGpPrGwekMh5SI7_x-yg/w640-h480/EWOKS+%2528detail%2529+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h51m46s918.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Close up of some of the painted area.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUSWT2lZzwlw4Jr954hWg4vXj9A_M7uPVwB6omhKAMhv0pkYWoMmnijMTk_QKzjymUpYZ3yI1KN9D24qdHm6fuIBLmQG5-n11iRg5a2d4cqepbv2xsiDMi0CHBUB1Pz0zolEaWUKO5do/s2920/EWOKS+Endor+tilt+castle+night+B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="1480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUSWT2lZzwlw4Jr954hWg4vXj9A_M7uPVwB6omhKAMhv0pkYWoMmnijMTk_QKzjymUpYZ3yI1KN9D24qdHm6fuIBLmQG5-n11iRg5a2d4cqepbv2xsiDMi0CHBUB1Pz0zolEaWUKO5do/w324-h640/EWOKS+Endor+tilt+castle+night+B.jpg" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Castle and battlements by moonlight. An extensive matte painting (see below...)<br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV738ur5vPVoTMitBDc_d-o-R5rY2Tfjl2qWFgWhalqrOgN3IjsGjx2vgLKXirx5PHG6oz4E8yfDqmWTw457crIzUa9nh6NKjUpYRyylu8XvzSHQOtOIAd1gWDA-vtknB7-BtbNWAAuts/s662/ILM+Ewok+matte+in+corridor.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="518" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV738ur5vPVoTMitBDc_d-o-R5rY2Tfjl2qWFgWhalqrOgN3IjsGjx2vgLKXirx5PHG6oz4E8yfDqmWTw457crIzUa9nh6NKjUpYRyylu8XvzSHQOtOIAd1gWDA-vtknB7-BtbNWAAuts/w314-h400/ILM+Ewok+matte+in+corridor.jpg" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The original and very sizable matte hanging on the wall at Industrial Light & Magic.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoikA3kslptG52JmAC6Q17HFNkv4GWCOAaK8MEw0SXsJQuy7GOTjBMBBnmpmJp_TikI0kAZvWaVhx9dPN5kU3b94LQ4GyMCz4UG68I8OgBEjGRwh349VhSf_1cF0eotAdp5sZ7ZLt9qVI/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h58m35s701.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoikA3kslptG52JmAC6Q17HFNkv4GWCOAaK8MEw0SXsJQuy7GOTjBMBBnmpmJp_TikI0kAZvWaVhx9dPN5kU3b94LQ4GyMCz4UG68I8OgBEjGRwh349VhSf_1cF0eotAdp5sZ7ZLt9qVI/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h58m35s701.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Painted detail.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkh4yDprWLW58J_izKHGF1GLXB3B6KkIuhwYkIhbWKNHHz-FalMX1XPLo6oGgDHyrEuln7F8aHWwnJepiBOxb9jNAqv3LDhyRbfiSOfd5w779GlOmBkzoDQp6bca4VrNkWlA3lw2PhE8/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h01m18s615.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkh4yDprWLW58J_izKHGF1GLXB3B6KkIuhwYkIhbWKNHHz-FalMX1XPLo6oGgDHyrEuln7F8aHWwnJepiBOxb9jNAqv3LDhyRbfiSOfd5w779GlOmBkzoDQp6bca4VrNkWlA3lw2PhE8/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h01m18s615.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Newsflash!!!</b> Cuddly toy makes his getaway from intergalactic Colditz.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4cj7lukpjYEh9e_f1nKSFdBPpSPz7SEsbKx7mcJRf3huCtZDLX-GLnI5Gj3K-AIdA3vrUkUS3qXUYGPZHxl_uuUB0QtoutMp42BXiurZzooZStLDnZMGnQNKvOJy6lyKCROKEu8RoXo/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h02m38s523.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4cj7lukpjYEh9e_f1nKSFdBPpSPz7SEsbKx7mcJRf3huCtZDLX-GLnI5Gj3K-AIdA3vrUkUS3qXUYGPZHxl_uuUB0QtoutMp42BXiurZzooZStLDnZMGnQNKvOJy6lyKCROKEu8RoXo/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h02m38s523.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not certain but I think the walls and gargoyles etc have been painted into a limited set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_ZeiAU9fP2sJNoEE-f2uabhlIn15Pd0jP9-bL4xq3CNM3XnvkFeF8H36TRg2DvfnusKwtXTD7eCOGkLMZdnUB6f5xhU84LLulSoWQuoAoXGc9suYZjjsGoyrhgFzM75Q8m_hI3ULlrs/s2937/Ewoks+Endor-optical1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2217" data-original-width="2937" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_ZeiAU9fP2sJNoEE-f2uabhlIn15Pd0jP9-bL4xq3CNM3XnvkFeF8H36TRg2DvfnusKwtXTD7eCOGkLMZdnUB6f5xhU84LLulSoWQuoAoXGc9suYZjjsGoyrhgFzM75Q8m_hI3ULlrs/w640-h484/Ewoks+Endor-optical1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I just love old school 'effects animation'. You know, the sort of thing drawn by hand and backlit on an Oxberry or similar animation stand. Disney were utter marvels at this sort of 'gag' of course. Here is one of the several cel animated sequences in BATTLE FOR ENDOR that look sensational. I think Bruce Walters was in charge of this work, though I <i>did</i> notice Peter Kuran's company VCE in the credit roll - with Kuran a genius with this sort of work.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_ZeiAU9fP2sJNoEE-f2uabhlIn15Pd0jP9-bL4xq3CNM3XnvkFeF8H36TRg2DvfnusKwtXTD7eCOGkLMZdnUB6f5xhU84LLulSoWQuoAoXGc9suYZjjsGoyrhgFzM75Q8m_hI3ULlrs/s2937/Ewoks+Endor-optical1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_d7Z62uDFqKom1aYNefVXQOf1mHyEYgewJ1cHtnujxQ2PQy1tSOp0gzLH3NcWmjFgERlirWYczoZlYGiKBi9tndzAmPLS5XPGFo0tQl6spOy4CcBjMiLrHKa1BxklzpA_sByc0-d-uY/s2932/Ewoks+optical5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2212" data-original-width="2932" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_d7Z62uDFqKom1aYNefVXQOf1mHyEYgewJ1cHtnujxQ2PQy1tSOp0gzLH3NcWmjFgERlirWYczoZlYGiKBi9tndzAmPLS5XPGFo0tQl6spOy4CcBjMiLrHKa1BxklzpA_sByc0-d-uY/w640-h482/Ewoks+optical5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Further examples.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGVUhtC4Z-qFMj6tIpvKjifqlxifEmr2QIgsY_xI5qyIbmZKi8qLzk7q1bUKSj6AOZUpg2q_GikEpf6Oe6hCHWiSA64bGst4kSdU323a-NBOxgNiyG6l54rw0sdS7dZodgpf3XVsRUVJ4/s2936/EWOKS-optical2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2220" data-original-width="2936" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGVUhtC4Z-qFMj6tIpvKjifqlxifEmr2QIgsY_xI5qyIbmZKi8qLzk7q1bUKSj6AOZUpg2q_GikEpf6Oe6hCHWiSA64bGst4kSdU323a-NBOxgNiyG6l54rw0sdS7dZodgpf3XVsRUVJ4/w640-h484/EWOKS-optical2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ILM really mastered the art during the eighties, with so many great and memorable bits of cel animated greatness - some subtle and others of near Biblical scale. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLosIi__IWwF900xNfKqA8ATLyD6GKTPGy1lNcxvsld8hJWY3MzjfXZDUS7yWZhdrMIEPlkrM753f1okxV-ks2bwq8BKc5PDKpGLiTT2l3YksdnMsC3i6lzmoEzgYzx0C2NxGZrGMEgI/s2948/EWOKS+SMA6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2228" data-original-width="2948" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLosIi__IWwF900xNfKqA8ATLyD6GKTPGy1lNcxvsld8hJWY3MzjfXZDUS7yWZhdrMIEPlkrM753f1okxV-ks2bwq8BKc5PDKpGLiTT2l3YksdnMsC3i6lzmoEzgYzx0C2NxGZrGMEgI/w640-h484/EWOKS+SMA6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The other form of animation - with ball and socket joints etc.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1rgsibJxjlP_s7f6Pcvqls3CkEyWo9m8TvW4b618m75IAreIC1QyF3dTli2C7gE1eR6DpRVUF_yysrCqngZNdZJxah8NMNd2izEFxGC748qXt9xdwkKbUS7sdohfiP5NvKGa4oPvEFI/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h05m39s006.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1rgsibJxjlP_s7f6Pcvqls3CkEyWo9m8TvW4b618m75IAreIC1QyF3dTli2C7gE1eR6DpRVUF_yysrCqngZNdZJxah8NMNd2izEFxGC748qXt9xdwkKbUS7sdohfiP5NvKGa4oPvEFI/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h05m39s006.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another one of those shots that appear to have been extended via matte art (left half of frame), possibly as a cost saving measure?</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzpmAsOmF9ccMYbopxtbbg416fFRwkqs5mSBY6HGfsW7bNqRYRfUBON7SD-wV-ToUqUIwqqrO6GGMOOltiGuj65OLB4ICKgnAi2vkMHW4e0YqYpVyMIb3t9kFjDaAJZ6RKfKI8dDKpDo/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h06m27s441.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzpmAsOmF9ccMYbopxtbbg416fFRwkqs5mSBY6HGfsW7bNqRYRfUBON7SD-wV-ToUqUIwqqrO6GGMOOltiGuj65OLB4ICKgnAi2vkMHW4e0YqYpVyMIb3t9kFjDaAJZ6RKfKI8dDKpDo/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h06m27s441.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matte or miniature, I know not, but something tricky is going on.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwc9Kt9Z03Vcbj8MWxkhv7pjxVmTcaXRC3Zd2h2_6Gn2mugKwR3fYJYAEWqDx74o5BJl_THzscXJjRhahXKLGEYEjoy4jFBXrSyZzqfIkz_IYfPB2EKN5mpsWLl0DfqBrxqSN9wlha_o/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h14m26s348.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwc9Kt9Z03Vcbj8MWxkhv7pjxVmTcaXRC3Zd2h2_6Gn2mugKwR3fYJYAEWqDx74o5BJl_THzscXJjRhahXKLGEYEjoy4jFBXrSyZzqfIkz_IYfPB2EKN5mpsWLl0DfqBrxqSN9wlha_o/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h14m26s348.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"Where's that bloody 'Yellow Brick Road' we're supposed to follow?"</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5zo8JOnD2O5yvxhkreSZFOo6adxYCw_IzmB4G-TyCyeX6Yd1Y_7-cEQGAHpM__C2TaQYtKaULu9Me1aybkEPf9EJfC8yM0jlUUB0iUmQDgdaDOqCitYOI5Prtm87MTPNleyHhmR2v9c/s896/batt.endor-setup+A.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="896" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5zo8JOnD2O5yvxhkreSZFOo6adxYCw_IzmB4G-TyCyeX6Yd1Y_7-cEQGAHpM__C2TaQYtKaULu9Me1aybkEPf9EJfC8yM0jlUUB0iUmQDgdaDOqCitYOI5Prtm87MTPNleyHhmR2v9c/w640-h408/batt.endor-setup+A.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the 'must own' FX Bible <i><b>ILM-The Art of Special Effects</b></i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTD6Rms3UKJmqaP8C7B4VLE9cpf7VoP1UDmS25udffwGVAPNLS7dCQoe_QTJWGSHe8NgYiz2nZBcxqk3cQ3gcrSIYyhs7Plxvvtg2iK1PzHThzjhim7Bx6iI66OjxqLnwXVesqy9cPKY/s1107/batt.endor-setup+B.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="1107" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTD6Rms3UKJmqaP8C7B4VLE9cpf7VoP1UDmS25udffwGVAPNLS7dCQoe_QTJWGSHe8NgYiz2nZBcxqk3cQ3gcrSIYyhs7Plxvvtg2iK1PzHThzjhim7Bx6iI66OjxqLnwXVesqy9cPKY/w640-h322/batt.endor-setup+B.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Paul Huston and others set up an in-camera split screen shot with a miniature castle.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmR7hiTDfcj-HkyGMXq6FZ5v16KWxb6vH42nQsFH9RUQR0xmb1gVeApneb88s3o7DdMWgOwsYp5OIqmSpzaG6VZEC1PIehW4RxJ_Sx_T6-yv3B6Gypv8JhpJJIjmBgli5TLRwwtXdFBsw/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h51m16s445.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmR7hiTDfcj-HkyGMXq6FZ5v16KWxb6vH42nQsFH9RUQR0xmb1gVeApneb88s3o7DdMWgOwsYp5OIqmSpzaG6VZEC1PIehW4RxJ_Sx_T6-yv3B6Gypv8JhpJJIjmBgli5TLRwwtXdFBsw/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h51m16s445.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The small scale miniature castle is photographed on the exact same locale as the live action will be, though the fixtures propping up the model will be split screened out for the second run through the matte camera.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfGYEkhgObtxc4mORGv2YbFhpre4sxlnU3gfu1dCq-Qpq98q1-12lSCHBxHf312QwZquANR_n5F4v3tZHSHq_zVYeWHm3sp1TXKZII2rMe-pqvWDmIxMMdNA4r7phP7qNv67EGaoFXy4/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h15m29s002.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfGYEkhgObtxc4mORGv2YbFhpre4sxlnU3gfu1dCq-Qpq98q1-12lSCHBxHf312QwZquANR_n5F4v3tZHSHq_zVYeWHm3sp1TXKZII2rMe-pqvWDmIxMMdNA4r7phP7qNv67EGaoFXy4/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h15m29s002.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Effective merging of stop motion, live action and matte art.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6l5OpQHsWb6voLPiP2cH1j6veI0AwyVuchspqJ4bAP3V2zp4d9uizJXddov25AxJ0uHfHteazDIB86zQXYdocfLRNpCGKsz9sZdoS0OK3QAbWklRep8dJqo2_o2WRjzjooPuVjFXjTvM/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h54m16s307.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6l5OpQHsWb6voLPiP2cH1j6veI0AwyVuchspqJ4bAP3V2zp4d9uizJXddov25AxJ0uHfHteazDIB86zQXYdocfLRNpCGKsz9sZdoS0OK3QAbWklRep8dJqo2_o2WRjzjooPuVjFXjTvM/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h54m16s307.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The miniature castle as seen at dawn</span>.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqARsfq8E8FzdPTCkjkxJR-9J3jOejKYQUw2kdly0GQoJDdHGrI-opDXLe7nvYlFTn3q-uBYPNd2bWnXrrBcFStTcFlco0AqanuEVdRmVS5wKiq3nw02815ud1th0GUjvTIqKw1kIw1Y/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h12m40s962.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqARsfq8E8FzdPTCkjkxJR-9J3jOejKYQUw2kdly0GQoJDdHGrI-opDXLe7nvYlFTn3q-uBYPNd2bWnXrrBcFStTcFlco0AqanuEVdRmVS5wKiq3nw02815ud1th0GUjvTIqKw1kIw1Y/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h12m40s962.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Castle again, but this time a painted one, matted with live action. Note the painted landscape across and down the right side of the frame.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTn9NvWAKtQlHpUe9LwoZ1jmXC0pLUVx3xNJHtaNDnNRQRSFlEs8aPqxKMLbf1FFc2fsViSXAF-WcfKh_rYAaE-l9B7wNjCcNKbnp2NFPda9aacwWa4PQMC5JACcGvD6YXezEtn3peoM/s1904/EWOKS+ENDOR+matte+line.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1904" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTn9NvWAKtQlHpUe9LwoZ1jmXC0pLUVx3xNJHtaNDnNRQRSFlEs8aPqxKMLbf1FFc2fsViSXAF-WcfKh_rYAaE-l9B7wNjCcNKbnp2NFPda9aacwWa4PQMC5JACcGvD6YXezEtn3peoM/w640-h226/EWOKS+ENDOR+matte+line.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An interesting example of an otherwise invisible matte, painted here by Frank Ordaz, with his own demarcation inscribed to roughly show where the real ends and the imagined begins. Oddly, Frank's meticulous ship engine detail has been cropped out of the finished release print.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTn9NvWAKtQlHpUe9LwoZ1jmXC0pLUVx3xNJHtaNDnNRQRSFlEs8aPqxKMLbf1FFc2fsViSXAF-WcfKh_rYAaE-l9B7wNjCcNKbnp2NFPda9aacwWa4PQMC5JACcGvD6YXezEtn3peoM/s1904/EWOKS+ENDOR+matte+line.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYXqGDSVHSbatQEwp_luCj_aXKOlX2B_507ZLcXnihX-TBJSDELYmUI-abIK8Q435ft4tfBSy48JYewWHyVz_9PWYRiQpqF985vOy9O-QcbDiOn4cK8g4CEnoddU4I3MtZDWGddDW7OU/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h20m45s436.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYXqGDSVHSbatQEwp_luCj_aXKOlX2B_507ZLcXnihX-TBJSDELYmUI-abIK8Q435ft4tfBSy48JYewWHyVz_9PWYRiQpqF985vOy9O-QcbDiOn4cK8g4CEnoddU4I3MtZDWGddDW7OU/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h20m45s436.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here's a better HQ frame showing Frank's matte artistry.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dyWJyceOFSDDljUPDBLRIgiHmdJ_QroBzLElr7fWufBbU3fqLmdqzYEDfHwlpiMHX5nIXV9ifujSToV5xbSLwQfj2ayJ9izaaHz5M77-H88xnbo950vv6agezzPoebLc7aYAn97mhqY/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h45m57s514.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dyWJyceOFSDDljUPDBLRIgiHmdJ_QroBzLElr7fWufBbU3fqLmdqzYEDfHwlpiMHX5nIXV9ifujSToV5xbSLwQfj2ayJ9izaaHz5M77-H88xnbo950vv6agezzPoebLc7aYAn97mhqY/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-15h45m57s514.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another invisible o/neg matte that nobody noticed.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9w720ZW1bEuv-rLLp46FHraY3wSSnl-MH4QZsayH-eaBbMH1LGkHLpWoAbgMeXKc68iOUESDowk-5Ur4vMNuD3fVe9qNvxIcLp154dikLKbZ04L3nON7kZ2ItDi-A6ZzxBCvTieTuOM/s1440/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h26m04s567.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9w720ZW1bEuv-rLLp46FHraY3wSSnl-MH4QZsayH-eaBbMH1LGkHLpWoAbgMeXKc68iOUESDowk-5Ur4vMNuD3fVe9qNvxIcLp154dikLKbZ04L3nON7kZ2ItDi-A6ZzxBCvTieTuOM/w640-h480/EWOKS+vlcsnap-2020-08-19-16h26m04s567.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Superbly painted and composited, with almost all of the frame being manufactured in the ILM matte department.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNpjeDM39ktxrTc4_nQkdRi8pVuBPONFhHrZPwi0ieNYYiZsTQ0AtbR4cBOJLmpmKoKhAk4cFqkLQM4YKVnlAbbRpZZdbojNECRezPDg0ze7r4P-2eRZeq11FuT5XvIX42B5eMB69j1A/s2944/EWOKS+end.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2216" data-original-width="2944" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNpjeDM39ktxrTc4_nQkdRi8pVuBPONFhHrZPwi0ieNYYiZsTQ0AtbR4cBOJLmpmKoKhAk4cFqkLQM4YKVnlAbbRpZZdbojNECRezPDg0ze7r4P-2eRZeq11FuT5XvIX42B5eMB69j1A/w640-h482/EWOKS+end.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The final farewell, with miniatures, motion control, painted art and travelling matte action.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYYRq8-nF16jt_XIguikgCIs2-U_pDosaGwJ-uToJe7GNbvIc9QTELsrVw_vhfnSK0l9svwD2kgeFKNd-2EDADsaznIHqRw14ODHTadsF541Icl5f5yJ3nA128fBsLbNCVdc5ENmTcDAk/s1545/EWOKS+ENDOR+credit.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1545" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYYRq8-nF16jt_XIguikgCIs2-U_pDosaGwJ-uToJe7GNbvIc9QTELsrVw_vhfnSK0l9svwD2kgeFKNd-2EDADsaznIHqRw14ODHTadsF541Icl5f5yJ3nA128fBsLbNCVdc5ENmTcDAk/w640-h618/EWOKS+ENDOR+credit.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I note that one of the matte painters was someone named simply <i>'Lazarus'</i>, about whom I know nothing, nor have ever seen the name before.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutIiBur7Rmlww_C3usoEFTZXcmpXxhcQ44u-5vIl7N3rsvoTYfoDUmDwMzhmRSYklxeXYSI9oNEtRPfSBO8rEFFw_VxtONQ-TwY8zBrPTETB8fPRxbYqjXaPkE41Id4JNZuimx_9Lvcc/s1480/ILM-Pangrazio-Evans.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="1480" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutIiBur7Rmlww_C3usoEFTZXcmpXxhcQ44u-5vIl7N3rsvoTYfoDUmDwMzhmRSYklxeXYSI9oNEtRPfSBO8rEFFw_VxtONQ-TwY8zBrPTETB8fPRxbYqjXaPkE41Id4JNZuimx_9Lvcc/w640-h338/ILM-Pangrazio-Evans.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ILM's matte department in 1981, with Michael Pangrazio (left) and Christopher Evans (right) painting on the film DRAGONSLAYER.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bZ_CGoRuPjYxuTDjnDsoEVJdvvFOjL3oLdgsKnvso3BcfUwGlyxLW8hrl35UFlykq7SZgTDxG7pnYZKoXuOuLWgqu9o9bs6t3_qPopZualhWxyhKpOC7nV3qXzkIFLyIQgP_1CZaiOs/s1202/Day+Earth-poster+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1202" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bZ_CGoRuPjYxuTDjnDsoEVJdvvFOjL3oLdgsKnvso3BcfUwGlyxLW8hrl35UFlykq7SZgTDxG7pnYZKoXuOuLWgqu9o9bs6t3_qPopZualhWxyhKpOC7nV3qXzkIFLyIQgP_1CZaiOs/w640-h466/Day+Earth-poster+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Time now for an oldie.... and one of my favourites. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) - and no, <b><i>not</i></b> the Keanu Reeves time filler folks, but the masterful Michael Rennie original, directed by the great Robert Wise.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjwZSQ6R2efKY9pMHvx-f2B36PsaxqylHalHITAVfxfME71TQjnYiXylhBXx2X6VGYyK9JjN0Gb30ov9JiQacIagmpjvQvYCFbjODus_XjFGQ5c0e8UaNwvKl902AAUQoVZjH0Zmb4ew/s1460/Day+Earth+Stood+Still.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1460" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjwZSQ6R2efKY9pMHvx-f2B36PsaxqylHalHITAVfxfME71TQjnYiXylhBXx2X6VGYyK9JjN0Gb30ov9JiQacIagmpjvQvYCFbjODus_XjFGQ5c0e8UaNwvKl902AAUQoVZjH0Zmb4ew/w640-h492/Day+Earth+Stood+Still.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Promoted as a 'spacemen invade Earth' flick, that couldn't be further from the truth. The film is actually a low key, though superbly written and directed statement about peace, and, set as it is (and filmed) during the Cold War. The picture was unique and stood apart on it's own merits in an era where Drive-In fodder with little green men and such were gaining popularity. This is a film that just keeps improving each time I see it, though admittedly, the giant metallic robot Gort did give me nightmares when I saw it first on TV as a kid, especially with Bernard Herrmann's one of a kind eerie score omni-present.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlUWjMeMKbzpluogIYAtWmXEN6tqSgW0BsQW_cUPzd2beZUNuF8xGtOM_dihlAiE0TTr3kVZrq-aXM42-0BI7W3LXhTyhsYUkdQqfoClFtwXkwnNKIrK5u9R_V22Z5NIlM5lbOZSXlsY/s1100/Day+Earth8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1100" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlUWjMeMKbzpluogIYAtWmXEN6tqSgW0BsQW_cUPzd2beZUNuF8xGtOM_dihlAiE0TTr3kVZrq-aXM42-0BI7W3LXhTyhsYUkdQqfoClFtwXkwnNKIrK5u9R_V22Z5NIlM5lbOZSXlsY/w640-h372/Day+Earth8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75aaQ7RSIOQnH594UvQWl6BAnJcnCwxysxkuuCLLgHxYFtiwcArtQB_ZOHBoYFkorD3hxTpMuOExhJdGPHUjmsYsKuxCId_sgkJ2xQmXWAOAYxCVvMA5zG5VryQwIJPZN2u71mTbbOU8/s1599/Day+Earth1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="1599" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75aaQ7RSIOQnH594UvQWl6BAnJcnCwxysxkuuCLLgHxYFtiwcArtQB_ZOHBoYFkorD3hxTpMuOExhJdGPHUjmsYsKuxCId_sgkJ2xQmXWAOAYxCVvMA5zG5VryQwIJPZN2u71mTbbOU8/w640-h482/Day+Earth1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not a <i>big</i> effects movie, and for the most part deliberately limited in spectacle, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) still utilised the resources of Fred Sersen's trick shot department at Fox to the max, mainly in subtle but important ways, and to great on screen effect that compliment and never take the limelight from an intelligent film.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcRUgyYPnkOf2yxjBX3PyiMguKrBZhHSXI-3oYSNBvSWU7AUKPb3oNqYz58Xr7A5ovcBOIpPnGr0C3YSIShieufqa2no0jsAEng2t6ulEI6dmtW_GK78TOeaiG50IH5ihmXRNeH_q1os/s2955/Day+Earth2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="2955" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcRUgyYPnkOf2yxjBX3PyiMguKrBZhHSXI-3oYSNBvSWU7AUKPb3oNqYz58Xr7A5ovcBOIpPnGr0C3YSIShieufqa2no0jsAEng2t6ulEI6dmtW_GK78TOeaiG50IH5ihmXRNeH_q1os/w640-h242/Day+Earth2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chief matte artist at 20th Century Fox was Emil Kosa jnr, who held that post from 1933 up until his death in 1968. Emil's work went by uncredited for decades until the late 1950's when L.B Abbott took over the Fox special effects department and saw to it that Emil received screen credits where applicable. Kosa's father, Emil senior, was also a matte artist at the studio in the 1940's as well as some work at MGM.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqN3bNivh9UUdlnOgiAu7ZUC38aPkr298MfacAeIZdmXWsqYfwc8xaBOOto-LdVqH2mGlVWYDuG55MBygjbm0d4vyqqrPYrNNDzMkvysMG_mTvasFeTwAC67WA5OuBCU8a05DxiF5li0/s1920/Day+Earth3a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqN3bNivh9UUdlnOgiAu7ZUC38aPkr298MfacAeIZdmXWsqYfwc8xaBOOto-LdVqH2mGlVWYDuG55MBygjbm0d4vyqqrPYrNNDzMkvysMG_mTvasFeTwAC67WA5OuBCU8a05DxiF5li0/w640-h472/Day+Earth3a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The film opens with a flying object of the saucer variety circling over Washington and landing. The sequences are very well done, with carefully animated shadow visible under the matted in model saucer as it passes over structures and parks. Interestingly, a fresh newcomer to the Sersen department by the name of Matthew Yuricich worked on the film in a junior capacity, and actually manipulated and 'flew' the model spacecraft. The visual effect here was explained in detail by L.B Abbott in his memoir <b>'Special Effects-Wire, Tape & Rubber Band Style'</b>. <i>"The script demanded shots of a large white saucer approaching and landing among familiar Washington landmarks. Fred Sersen had provided some sketches of his concept, and when the location shots arrived from Washington he called me into his office and showed me his sketches and the clips of the 2nd unit backgrounds. Fred explained that the ship should have a pulsating glow that would appear and recede every 5 seconds. Then he said "I would very much appreciate it if you would do the chore" Having no alternative, I said, "Surely". During the night I did a bit of mulling and finally went to sleep feeling the problems were solved. The scenes of the ship flying by the Washington buildings were, of course, a cinch. But when the ship landed in a large park, I had a problem. Obviously as the ship approached the ground it should cast a shadow. We built a 2 foot miniature of the ship, but the difficulty was that we would have to land the ship twice at exactly the same speed - once for the image of the ship itself and once more for it's shadow. I spoke with my mechanical expert friends and we came up with a solution. We would lower the ship on a fine wire, by gravity. It would be stabilized by another fine wire. A prop man would manipulate the lowering device with a crank which would uncoil the wire from a spool. We would carefully chart the rate of descent using a metronome and a pointer on a circular piece of cardboard. We shot the ship landing against black. Then we painted the ship black and changed the table top to white. When duping the location scene, we carried a holdback of the shadow bi-packed with the positive of the scene in the optical head. The ship was doubled in twice - once as a sharp image and again using a fog filter, varying the exposure to make the glow pulsate".</i></span><i><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkfBHVktL_yjyetPt8o37UpXfWSH9iC-zmcyWXI-K-5meNKoLcDo0MEwpW0y-AYwF2IedMAUyphkaWiHcYjVhmXCQiL-iuSAHWImpo8GXRVUcshFDAd0q-xgbUdROLDD9WXmStNOZDwo/s1440/vlcsnap-00074.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkfBHVktL_yjyetPt8o37UpXfWSH9iC-zmcyWXI-K-5meNKoLcDo0MEwpW0y-AYwF2IedMAUyphkaWiHcYjVhmXCQiL-iuSAHWImpo8GXRVUcshFDAd0q-xgbUdROLDD9WXmStNOZDwo/w640-h480/vlcsnap-00074.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Aside from some second unit work, the whole film was shot in California. Matte paintings were rendered to provide key establishing shots and settings such as this. Ray Kellogg was Fred Sersen's right hand man and an able matte artist in his own right. L.B (Lenwood Ballard) Abbott was effects director of photography and would prove to be one of the biggest assets to the Sersen department, and later on through the Kellogg era until himself becoming head in 1957.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEibmYXV3MB8aATR-5sKWJP7wXXe9sTZP2iclDM3ENciN17lwe9WOVqHJgYNVP-GF6ll39Kfq3OXMGNOu2AVfUTyEbwmBNFLlgLl7MNtfkhj9k2KXE9R1hya0XYA0c-CrWgcftfkNeXYM/s1440/vlcsnap-00075.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEibmYXV3MB8aATR-5sKWJP7wXXe9sTZP2iclDM3ENciN17lwe9WOVqHJgYNVP-GF6ll39Kfq3OXMGNOu2AVfUTyEbwmBNFLlgLl7MNtfkhj9k2KXE9R1hya0XYA0c-CrWgcftfkNeXYM/w640-h480/vlcsnap-00075.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm fairly sure the treeline has been painted in here. The spaceship itself is a remarkable bit of minimalist work, with a gantry that seemingly melts back into the superstructure with no visible seams, as does the main door from which our alien visitors Klaatu and Gort emerge. The film is really 'made' by the literally hair raising score by the legendary Bernard Herrmann - quite possibly his best. A lot of folks say PSYCHO was his best, but my money's on <u>this</u> film.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKocC60mfQ98oNDOEjd-sGnURX-kcJH7nZRdysZgybzRzWKhUJQidu6dGgFGyl9slc2MX9_hGjw4Wlw3wdTibcVcx-QD_q0j81AcMPHaByl6U4UQ6PHxtnZqAwsidCpDT__91ZnXFfWs/s1440/vlcsnap-00076.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKocC60mfQ98oNDOEjd-sGnURX-kcJH7nZRdysZgybzRzWKhUJQidu6dGgFGyl9slc2MX9_hGjw4Wlw3wdTibcVcx-QD_q0j81AcMPHaByl6U4UQ6PHxtnZqAwsidCpDT__91ZnXFfWs/w640-h480/vlcsnap-00076.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Again, painted in treeline as seen from a reverse angle. Just love that ship.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3hvJSuEC1bbWrcYudVQOK8MGIV9moOxTwLNA64PCuvzKgL2T_KCVjn2Iin7rMP7-Q8CfGLnfMpxE_HF9141XIqL1o5RUS1sPFmJbRvV1TNMxO_u2Jvo1TBXKjO69kQ_5AzDbwcyzui-A/s1724/Day+Earth4a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="1724" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3hvJSuEC1bbWrcYudVQOK8MGIV9moOxTwLNA64PCuvzKgL2T_KCVjn2Iin7rMP7-Q8CfGLnfMpxE_HF9141XIqL1o5RUS1sPFmJbRvV1TNMxO_u2Jvo1TBXKjO69kQ_5AzDbwcyzui-A/w640-h488/Day+Earth4a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The guardian of the ship, the monstrous Gort, provides emergency defense measures and evaporates any threat with ease (and roto animation).</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_3t75bwigc90p9KUauoBgn74iBVkJTai-8HhMSAMO5RzJ55VRBk2PfV6Zvj7UhTe2ko6GirLhLFIFZQttwKwuV1I-YCnvze4V3aBr30oZ-Fn8KzPx5FAvpni9SMnIJFASwd0pef3f7E/s1440/vlcsnap-00083.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_3t75bwigc90p9KUauoBgn74iBVkJTai-8HhMSAMO5RzJ55VRBk2PfV6Zvj7UhTe2ko6GirLhLFIFZQttwKwuV1I-YCnvze4V3aBr30oZ-Fn8KzPx5FAvpni9SMnIJFASwd0pef3f7E/w640-h480/vlcsnap-00083.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Roto ray eliminates US military. The actual hardware looks as if it could be photographic touch ups - a technique often employed by Fox - matted into a shot for the destruction that is to follow.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFu-u4vXT0mpyz8e6-rZYu1VQYkwBBNkU9fcwuSpJKpHjHmBNGLC75k-DXvIP8XzMvd92uu9Eud1HLwS_e0F2FL6fQp5QQBss3cQK3ZtSxCnR2NCtdphTO3NAoobD-7JbEtuqshq64Q-U/s1772/Day+earth5a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1772" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFu-u4vXT0mpyz8e6-rZYu1VQYkwBBNkU9fcwuSpJKpHjHmBNGLC75k-DXvIP8XzMvd92uu9Eud1HLwS_e0F2FL6fQp5QQBss3cQK3ZtSxCnR2NCtdphTO3NAoobD-7JbEtuqshq64Q-U/w640-h512/Day+earth5a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Effective animation, rotoscope and optical work.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9pOx-funXZcANtnQF0lBgl8cm4fSY6EVDcPiMhQjlQxYY5t8SwxIyDuZ9tJbGQJbo2CuQUZ6fQPXZwUUqcctkiH_RxoKzcWoyLo8xLilXbvfHPgjfgGvFOwUdILnBICLLRcpCANTeiA/s2956/Day+Earth6a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="2956" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9pOx-funXZcANtnQF0lBgl8cm4fSY6EVDcPiMhQjlQxYY5t8SwxIyDuZ9tJbGQJbo2CuQUZ6fQPXZwUUqcctkiH_RxoKzcWoyLo8xLilXbvfHPgjfgGvFOwUdILnBICLLRcpCANTeiA/w640-h244/Day+Earth6a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A reminder that the message here from our inter-galactic visitors is one of peace, and the measures taken were justified.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKyN0_Eskexj3J59kA-l1tOnNU9YXT-teqAR_g5HipegCyYm2Jf8Xy6HCNI7CHIlYd8-TdUYthC3E9ky_atKa0Q5pNXZSOM5JDkmH9M7sHRN0z_DxHViI9JaLKLr17c2uGQNWIqqlkaM/s1440/vlcsnap-00094.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKyN0_Eskexj3J59kA-l1tOnNU9YXT-teqAR_g5HipegCyYm2Jf8Xy6HCNI7CHIlYd8-TdUYthC3E9ky_atKa0Q5pNXZSOM5JDkmH9M7sHRN0z_DxHViI9JaLKLr17c2uGQNWIqqlkaM/w640-h480/vlcsnap-00094.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mid point in the film, the visitor Klaatu, makes his point by making all of the power sources in the world 'stop' for an hour, resulting in every vehicle and piece of machinery conking out <i>(not sure what happened with passenger aircraft high in the clouds?)</i>. One of a series of cleverly rendered effects shots where either actual footage (such as here) or photographic blow ups, have been substantially modified by matte artists to literally create a global stand still. This view of Times Square is well done, with a great many painted vehicles matted into a live action plate.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkNl7ACmaG3A8ZjeQWFUOtf37j21WWaOu6B3_6NjPe5Ow3eJ7LbMBVrWnXtgtXciebFzOgZGZ3bKmQCTJTFwa4NSsSX4-znEdUD7zcmyZWeyUVoe-2fm3DqWfJFKqvxoZJRGffB3xbVU/s1440/vlcsnap-00095.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkNl7ACmaG3A8ZjeQWFUOtf37j21WWaOu6B3_6NjPe5Ow3eJ7LbMBVrWnXtgtXciebFzOgZGZ3bKmQCTJTFwa4NSsSX4-znEdUD7zcmyZWeyUVoe-2fm3DqWfJFKqvxoZJRGffB3xbVU/w640-h480/vlcsnap-00095.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another of the same sequence is almost entirely painted by Kosa or one of the other Fox matte artists</span>.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxH0MPWhAzS4r17RcsmomxA6ViW5CmpQ-52nKHY1HrWNffjIXk9j0h6SEmHopZ4i8Cp08YctqbrgvguSgI5CTENWFdA_RpENLsHf6MXWkgGnwYLccQwFiB6yTP1VuOvPecO0PmO9rU78/s1440/vlcsnap-00098.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxH0MPWhAzS4r17RcsmomxA6ViW5CmpQ-52nKHY1HrWNffjIXk9j0h6SEmHopZ4i8Cp08YctqbrgvguSgI5CTENWFdA_RpENLsHf6MXWkgGnwYLccQwFiB6yTP1VuOvPecO0PmO9rU78/w640-h480/vlcsnap-00098.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Even London is hit, and a similar photographic effect is applied, with live action plate and detailed, matte painted traffic.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenE9j0aqnoWXM2_iZiSeyHLqNsnex0yo8h7BWBXK3iWh1oVs7d3ZF1jq8IntUAMeqPyvu2VoXevFTaDyOoyvDB4Wp3zlep3CM1Jw9ilzK87zW_f8yEzQNtzC7taem_gkzqOKS5hYgmks/s1440/vlcsnap-00103.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenE9j0aqnoWXM2_iZiSeyHLqNsnex0yo8h7BWBXK3iWh1oVs7d3ZF1jq8IntUAMeqPyvu2VoXevFTaDyOoyvDB4Wp3zlep3CM1Jw9ilzK87zW_f8yEzQNtzC7taem_gkzqOKS5hYgmks/w640-h480/vlcsnap-00103.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Given the film's Cold War undercurrent, even Moscow gets the Klaatu treatment in this magnificent matte painted shot.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjUfX5xf8gzXYShS9E82t0_TbkDmecJOO98Yrj2o04Za-HtWnlW3MjFliBAjxL8rLBXBGsqd21AKmTpduv_ynAWJzuOlnKZA_L6Xmytt8bgz_MUSiRAjcHB1jRaEUNuZsbwxzpNDGmME/s1440/vlcsnap-00099.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjUfX5xf8gzXYShS9E82t0_TbkDmecJOO98Yrj2o04Za-HtWnlW3MjFliBAjxL8rLBXBGsqd21AKmTpduv_ynAWJzuOlnKZA_L6Xmytt8bgz_MUSiRAjcHB1jRaEUNuZsbwxzpNDGmME/w640-h480/vlcsnap-00099.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Paris takes it square between the Eiffel Tower and the Arch Triumph, with what I assume to be either a vast matte painting or a substantially retouched photo blow up of the setting, with a great deal of painted in traffic and additional live action crowds matted in.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0FcaV-gWZm4vRflQU3lJVD6HhOrGZCEY2U3o-CxK41IscbcZdYfE-3Zm1-urNchANn-bnkBmIy4rt2oVUdfINIFSyqg3lTGjJP_XlZ8QHjPaIU_hymasO8ug307dGs3VYYszZZkecww/s3068/Day+Earth7a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="3068" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0FcaV-gWZm4vRflQU3lJVD6HhOrGZCEY2U3o-CxK41IscbcZdYfE-3Zm1-urNchANn-bnkBmIy4rt2oVUdfINIFSyqg3lTGjJP_XlZ8QHjPaIU_hymasO8ug307dGs3VYYszZZkecww/w640-h328/Day+Earth7a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A cleverly done bit of trickery here, where the enormous metallic Gort disintegrates a cell wall. The sizable jagged hole was <i>already</i> prepared by the art department and in place, and it fell to Fred Sersen to provide the 'complete' undisturbed wall as an Emil Kosa matte painting, which was then optically dissolved out with cel animated glow. The bars in the foreground were a separate element altogether, matted in later. This roto work may well have been carried out by the fresh young Matthew Yuricich and another equally new matte department staffer, Jim Fetherolf - both of whom were assigned just this sort of precision work tracing and inking mattes for special gags within production and trick shots as part of their training before being allowed to embark on matte painting duties. James B. Gordon was head of optical effects at Fox for many years. </span> <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiax0MF_4ZTlZT_6BgfZBL6ODE8zl_oxsXJWn9CBJLAvZMl9gi5elt0QpnW95BODZGEXcoEpFtvuNVAcltV2oTUP0fTcI4XSaR7FC4xK5wjHZ3tgrm7q76AzseqEzwXO6yur5n6aQmbrnQ/s1440/vlcsnap-00113.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiax0MF_4ZTlZT_6BgfZBL6ODE8zl_oxsXJWn9CBJLAvZMl9gi5elt0QpnW95BODZGEXcoEpFtvuNVAcltV2oTUP0fTcI4XSaR7FC4xK5wjHZ3tgrm7q76AzseqEzwXO6yur5n6aQmbrnQ/w640-h480/vlcsnap-00113.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The finale features an extensive matte painting with a miniature saucer doubled in.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8tZ0bqfLk5w4Rw_bkseO7lXc4zHLhTQmqflulHxaNvBpiv0NTLsd4syt3VjeRNqOdY8SvhrQ96wdu1F3Oe6m9F5GUDY_T3CQXd8S57kyh0VhyMlRJg1ADMaGMKyA6Sv2I264vYUiu88/s2000/Day+Earth8a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8tZ0bqfLk5w4Rw_bkseO7lXc4zHLhTQmqflulHxaNvBpiv0NTLsd4syt3VjeRNqOdY8SvhrQ96wdu1F3Oe6m9F5GUDY_T3CQXd8S57kyh0VhyMlRJg1ADMaGMKyA6Sv2I264vYUiu88/w640-h480/Day+Earth8a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>Lift off, so please fasten your seat belts and refrain from smoking for the next 22 light years until we reach our home planet. </i>Great shot. Excellent matte art, saucer glow, and of course, that haunting Bernard Herrmann theremin score that stays with the viewer long after the fact.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxy0Cy1VB2h5RlIrJSQMEcmUuOD-DqdZ0599o2mZNGSY8O4O7WJjqCkeEgvBhb6kWoFrRTQpjKbIYyPWHWY_XTI1ukZpKS3QMfMnfg9Td5Rebr-DgOq5Lun-68lUEJOZJ7OuOB4rx68xo/s828/day-still.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="828" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxy0Cy1VB2h5RlIrJSQMEcmUuOD-DqdZ0599o2mZNGSY8O4O7WJjqCkeEgvBhb6kWoFrRTQpjKbIYyPWHWY_XTI1ukZpKS3QMfMnfg9Td5Rebr-DgOq5Lun-68lUEJOZJ7OuOB4rx68xo/w400-h297/day-still.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7fHTak3ShWzf3F3K2SSbhO4aX1xeEtbMRHI18kCqFe_9Xijji-QPzf_itxDuSNxnfwv65nz4Eu13PwOOZbO2ipYOMEWIwWPtppwq8B0k3-6Osd3CfNs_WZDSzqoM1gWYIgwkgzITgcY/s1388/Buck+Rogers+ad+art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1388" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7fHTak3ShWzf3F3K2SSbhO4aX1xeEtbMRHI18kCqFe_9Xijji-QPzf_itxDuSNxnfwv65nz4Eu13PwOOZbO2ipYOMEWIwWPtppwq8B0k3-6Osd3CfNs_WZDSzqoM1gWYIgwkgzITgcY/w640-h494/Buck+Rogers+ad+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY (1979) was the pilot movie for a popular TV series from Universal that ran for several seasons from around 1980 or so. I quite liked this and I saw it on the big screen here doubled with the not as good pilot for BATTLESTAR GALACTICA at our magnificent 1920's showcase movie palace, The Civic. The huge cinema was jam packed that day, which for a 2500 odd seat venue, was pretty amazing for a lazy summer Sunday afternoon.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaPefcPCYdyZzKaQfE54t9-x3mWRrmEBeFq5kpXJ8AGmuthq4mFfwOV0i2Orr8JBGNfosu6YV3lxnY1LAcLxQNUAHGtALP-_tB8_MKIvCTmy9h3qJMJoBwNgSrSKH0IsRGLfVd8BhRV0/s1923/BR1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1923" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaPefcPCYdyZzKaQfE54t9-x3mWRrmEBeFq5kpXJ8AGmuthq4mFfwOV0i2Orr8JBGNfosu6YV3lxnY1LAcLxQNUAHGtALP-_tB8_MKIvCTmy9h3qJMJoBwNgSrSKH0IsRGLfVd8BhRV0/w640-h482/BR1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lots of motion control model work, carried out at the newly established Universal Hartland, which was a separate VFX facility not part of the Universal City Studios property. Peter Anderson, David Garber and Wayne Smith ran the photographic effects unit, though all of the pilot/feature film's matte paintings were executed and created by Syd Dutton in the Al Whitlock matte department back at Universal with Bill Taylor, Mike Moramarco and Dennis Glouner all involved with the camera side of things. The subsequent television series would see some of Dutton's mattes recycled, though new talent was brought in by way of David Stipes Productions vfx facility to supply the new mattes. Jena Holman was principal matte painter for David, with Dan Curry also coming on board to render additional mattes.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvPzZxcKKoD_pJedY3j5HVuSumfI8wuIRdwLeOzZJjv5vwolPHtt4G86C_81KTcWqn5wOVk_n6PR2LOpiNwqSqs7u0RXWnOWozeySkwF0MZnPEfP-B1pC5dD-of4gMQULACcR60Y8W-Y/s1440/BR+matte2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvPzZxcKKoD_pJedY3j5HVuSumfI8wuIRdwLeOzZJjv5vwolPHtt4G86C_81KTcWqn5wOVk_n6PR2LOpiNwqSqs7u0RXWnOWozeySkwF0MZnPEfP-B1pC5dD-of4gMQULACcR60Y8W-Y/w640-h484/BR+matte2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Earth's cities take on a whole different look 500 years from now. Must be global warming. A full painting by Syd Dutton, with a motion control spaceship added in subsequent frames.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wrg4-oxu7pvzXlIwUvjAPTvQdZ59H5oEeS0G_sgmFS_OausPuEuAdmBGvAxuSga4j0Gud77YBPf6XWrJ-kaZFBi06nP6c5CyJ7Jyth-x6HxcryvOXmp2NY2Q0uBzW9dOksW5Vq2HwC0/s1438/BR+matte3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1438" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wrg4-oxu7pvzXlIwUvjAPTvQdZ59H5oEeS0G_sgmFS_OausPuEuAdmBGvAxuSga4j0Gud77YBPf6XWrJ-kaZFBi06nP6c5CyJ7Jyth-x6HxcryvOXmp2NY2Q0uBzW9dOksW5Vq2HwC0/w640-h436/BR+matte3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I well remember being blown away by the matte shots back in '79 (oddly credited as "<i>Matt</i> Paintings by Syd Dutton"), and this one looked a million dollars up on the big screen. A fabulous night vista of, if I recall, New Chicago, complete with monorail traffic speeding along. Sensational!<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbie_ZydAiYFzlpwKpRro56aIycEyay_5JI_Timerm8kj-qsiDN8y6eHLkNVC-gAEMl6h3AmG8VqvX48jMg_EmR8vsMykANRKTkqXFHt9HS_8d-RmOpiclSeqVOVq5722CyB0j-c6uwFA/s1160/BR+matte+art+Dutton.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1160" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbie_ZydAiYFzlpwKpRro56aIycEyay_5JI_Timerm8kj-qsiDN8y6eHLkNVC-gAEMl6h3AmG8VqvX48jMg_EmR8vsMykANRKTkqXFHt9HS_8d-RmOpiclSeqVOVq5722CyB0j-c6uwFA/w640-h624/BR+matte+art+Dutton.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Upper photo is of the original matte painting on the matte stand prior gags being doubled in.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFD_rDSjkMnkmZaKWJKbWui87nPw6796ItLxr234mUW0dgSU8-sMb4cbjKMgfmuqVNwe8_YvkKaq3pisKnfUNXCLUcOAVEfeb6b91VKPHg7VvpMYKl6xOYASalCsgY1CIgMkqzo_f0Kuw/s1440/Buck+Rogers+BR1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFD_rDSjkMnkmZaKWJKbWui87nPw6796ItLxr234mUW0dgSU8-sMb4cbjKMgfmuqVNwe8_YvkKaq3pisKnfUNXCLUcOAVEfeb6b91VKPHg7VvpMYKl6xOYASalCsgY1CIgMkqzo_f0Kuw/w640-h484/Buck+Rogers+BR1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My personal fave among Syd's mattes for BUCK ROGERS was this beautiful day shot of the same city, complete with bi-packed in flying vehicle zooming by. Matte fans can really see Whitlock's influence on Dutton, with a strong feeling of backlight, haze and depth. Love it, and in fact told Syd the same when I met him back in '86 <i>(the only actual matte or effects artist I've ever met in person) </i>and saw his showreels with all of these plus a ton of Albert's great before and afters in 35mm on a preview theatre screen. Stayed with me till this very day, as you'd expect! :)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIl2bD6AF78oPjWZjhg28dSeYbhTvde8u4S9aL0tfVkV4eI6ghU2BR9e_UD03IGKl2RQ8Rr42aPtT1iYHk-R05OQPU1hj8Q7Lr7Um37vMwzX7_sWwyK93GB_qUcZTD4n9Cz3n7GO1NBy8/s1440/BR+matte4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIl2bD6AF78oPjWZjhg28dSeYbhTvde8u4S9aL0tfVkV4eI6ghU2BR9e_UD03IGKl2RQ8Rr42aPtT1iYHk-R05OQPU1hj8Q7Lr7Um37vMwzX7_sWwyK93GB_qUcZTD4n9Cz3n7GO1NBy8/w640-h484/BR+matte4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">More exterior matte enhancements with flying traffic and monorails etc. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIl2bD6AF78oPjWZjhg28dSeYbhTvde8u4S9aL0tfVkV4eI6ghU2BR9e_UD03IGKl2RQ8Rr42aPtT1iYHk-R05OQPU1hj8Q7Lr7Um37vMwzX7_sWwyK93GB_qUcZTD4n9Cz3n7GO1NBy8/s1440/BR+matte4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4KsxyVdpzqNkDTlb0O3osMhDdBwUidDVYEvG9fby7W2Fw1U7-4PCR_dKdqGmRqMGfMr9WDlT3pPr599kd0zt9yP_f2b8njcDQ8w7xMDJI2sPwcwYG5TWHSiXeFhOlJ_FxZFTVEjGA0so/s1200/20180225-184314.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4KsxyVdpzqNkDTlb0O3osMhDdBwUidDVYEvG9fby7W2Fw1U7-4PCR_dKdqGmRqMGfMr9WDlT3pPr599kd0zt9yP_f2b8njcDQ8w7xMDJI2sPwcwYG5TWHSiXeFhOlJ_FxZFTVEjGA0so/w640-h480/20180225-184314.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An impressive and decorative ceiling was most likely the work of Syd Dutton rather than the set construction boys. Ceilings are probably the most common matte effects painted in for hundreds of films since the silent era.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdofHX8Ugvx19L4v49S9oClAXnmqRvu1pLh7Qeagjqev8hO0h_TkXEBi3iR2RWySzzigATutpYK1QZAGB5GfP4-SJKJT12LIXCMl3FWrkB5ftlIuFFIqA_DyB1XDVZgWpD59ZbElOLIz0/s1440/BR+matte5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdofHX8Ugvx19L4v49S9oClAXnmqRvu1pLh7Qeagjqev8hO0h_TkXEBi3iR2RWySzzigATutpYK1QZAGB5GfP4-SJKJT12LIXCMl3FWrkB5ftlIuFFIqA_DyB1XDVZgWpD59ZbElOLIz0/w640-h484/BR+matte5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Buck and robotic pal Twiki (voiced by Mel Blanc no less) fail to take notice of stern advice and decide to head out across the tracks to the bad side of town. The matte line runs at the diagonal across and down the screen, with most painted in by Dutton.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OQrai3k0KsuGpnEReMBt6wTQNV3mpf_j0alTu-K_xH8WQ6gy5uNpV6bt8VVk4PBNvKFE90xfGzjXTSQJRm3MQZEilHlZqoRBJQ3r-c6HjmDbx_XrMfq_RrUE24aM3f0UsODVrtq_P6g/s1440/BR+matte6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1440" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OQrai3k0KsuGpnEReMBt6wTQNV3mpf_j0alTu-K_xH8WQ6gy5uNpV6bt8VVk4PBNvKFE90xfGzjXTSQJRm3MQZEilHlZqoRBJQ3r-c6HjmDbx_XrMfq_RrUE24aM3f0UsODVrtq_P6g/w640-h484/BR+matte6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another great shot of the once great city that's now the haunt of disreputable types. Again, the Whitlock influence is all there in Syd's style and technique. I've been planning a <i>'Post-Apocalyptic Mattes Blog'</i> for a while now, and really must get on with it.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-YcZUT-H7A_EEk_R_X2mlAVsCoVm-i9sHR1pO8Zzwte5-dFTHPzBj2_24kcdOePvllHb2npJVnH-zE7RKrnIKzkzTd5hqmqgnCKt0pIGyxUoHcDMYF9AK-yhSKmqjTNWWoealmXRWHk/s1288/BuckRogers+%2528tv%2529+Stipes+%2526+Holman.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1288" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-YcZUT-H7A_EEk_R_X2mlAVsCoVm-i9sHR1pO8Zzwte5-dFTHPzBj2_24kcdOePvllHb2npJVnH-zE7RKrnIKzkzTd5hqmqgnCKt0pIGyxUoHcDMYF9AK-yhSKmqjTNWWoealmXRWHk/w640-h376/BuckRogers+%2528tv%2529+Stipes+%2526+Holman.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">These pictures relate to the subsequent television series. At lower left is David Stipes with one of the tv mattes (multi-plane by the looks of it) on his matte stand ready for photography. Standing at right is artist Jena Holman with one of her BUCK ROGERS mattes. Jena was a highly talented matte painter and worked often with David on various projects before her untimely passing at a young age. David once told me she was such a shy lady it was next to impossible to get a snapshot of her at work, as she always hid from the camera. Jena painted on shows like METEOR, THE JAGGED EDGE, THE PRIMEVALS and THE DAY AFTER to name just a few.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bSdrTbn_stn5icMbkszqZhmxLftI8DB35sLQcW9poeWtU7DtCtfVj8rTu5kfdzFwbIa4DnB5eCLct4NAP7huyTx-5G7upuJzmcFRZoaIdhs0s0QDFRbU2yqkWhUry4FKKftUx_iU-5o/s1276/Buck+Rogers+%2528tv%2529-New+Chicago_+0190+Jena+Holman.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="1276" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bSdrTbn_stn5icMbkszqZhmxLftI8DB35sLQcW9poeWtU7DtCtfVj8rTu5kfdzFwbIa4DnB5eCLct4NAP7huyTx-5G7upuJzmcFRZoaIdhs0s0QDFRbU2yqkWhUry4FKKftUx_iU-5o/w640-h472/Buck+Rogers+%2528tv%2529-New+Chicago_+0190+Jena+Holman.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A Jena Holman matte painting. I believe Syd came by the Hartland effects facility once or twice to lend advice or guidance on some of the TV mattes.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCydRy67hJki_wCQB93qk7HAF7fsLXI0jjYHTTzofjYA_V8SXWmNc26XYKPTAGuf24KzbdvPeEdZ_3E7oIfkni7KZKc4ntY3INkjfpVVQxh1ahQ-siT_vpy7bLOgVysjpd-EGBlu2E3I/s3024/Buck+Rogers+%2528tv%2529+Jena+Holman+matte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCydRy67hJki_wCQB93qk7HAF7fsLXI0jjYHTTzofjYA_V8SXWmNc26XYKPTAGuf24KzbdvPeEdZ_3E7oIfkni7KZKc4ntY3INkjfpVVQxh1ahQ-siT_vpy7bLOgVysjpd-EGBlu2E3I/w640-h240/Buck+Rogers+%2528tv%2529+Jena+Holman+matte.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A rare before and after of one of Jena Holman's mattes from an episode of BUCK ROGERS, photographed and composited by David Stipes on original negative.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><i>That's all for now. 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Hello there my fellow trick shot enthusiasts, and welcome back to another retrospective study of those wonderful 'old school' special photographic effects, matte paintings and miniatures that thrilled, dazzled and amazed us, and more often than not fooled us completely that <i>seeing</i> was indeed <i>believing.</i><br />
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What with much of the world going through all manner of pandemic lockdowns, restricted movements and movie houses in many countries off limits, with the latest Hollywood releases delayed till next year in all probability, now is a good time to seek out some of these 'old' pictures that I write about here <i>(and those in the 'about me' movie recommendations at the side panel of this blog)</i> and watch so much cinematic greatness. You might be pleasantly surprised!<br />
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Among the films celebrated here today are an exciting Errol Flynn historic classic adventure from Warner Bros with many splendidly realised matte shots; A rip-snorting 'maritime western' from Paramount which not only is loaded with Oscar winning mattes and model work, but also features one of the silver screen's most vivacious visual treats, my long time favourite, the exquisite Dorothy Lamour! What more could one ask? No, seriously folks .....<i> what more</i>??? Humour me!<br />
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Also on the roster today is a terrific hard-boiled private eye film noir flick from RKO studios with mattes and decidedly out-of-kilter hallucinatory opticals. There's also a lightweight and leisurely Spencer Tracy-Hedy Lamarr <i>(another Golden Era doll, though I digress...)</i> drama from MGM that's loaded with high quality Newcombe matte shots.<br />
There's also an action packed Zorro picture with Tyrone Power swashing his buckle from 20th Century Fox that has some intricate optical jigsaw puzzle trickery in addition to first rate matte shots from Fred Sersen's people that's of extraordinary standard.<br />
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<i>But wait.... there's more!!</i> The great Alfred Hitchcock has one of his early British pictures profiled too, with elaborate and boldly eye-poppingly complex and lengthy miniature set pieces very much neglected and overdue for retrospective examination. Lastly on the bill today is a forgettable teen comedy from the mid eighties - when all they <i>ever</i> seemed to produce were in fact forgettable bloody teen comedies - though this one features absolutely photo-real jaw-on-the-floor matte painted expertise from the amazing Ken Marschall that nobody ever noticed nor suspected - me included when I saw the dreadful film on a double bill! Surely enough here to satisfy even the most jaded tech fans of trick shot wizardry.<br />
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I was going to include a <i>Blast From The Past </i>piece on the legendary maestro, Emilio Ruiz one of my absolute fave trick shot exponents, and in a class of his own, but may include that next 'issue'. Likewise several other 'special editions' such as one on every single traditional era matte produced by Industrial Light & Magic as well as a few other fascinating articles. Just gotta be in the right mood.<br />
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So, sit back and enjoy this collection, and <u>please</u> make the effort to view on something bigger than a damned cell phone/smart phone or whatever the hell those godawful things are called. These wonderful visual collections I publish are <u>meant</u> to be viewed and appreciated on a decent sized screen, with more and more entries being of high definition and remastered origin whenever I can find them, which ain't always easy .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The 1936 Warner Bros epic, CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE was one in a long line of very popular and highly successful pictures directed for the studio by the <u>very</u> versatile Hungarian born Michael Curtiz, who could work across a number of genres with ease and had a remarkable success rate, especially when he worked with star Errol Flynn and Humphrey Bogart.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Warner Bros were at the top of their game during the thirties and into the forties as far as special effects went, with their famous and sizable 'Stage 5' special photographic effects department being the envy of the industry. Fred Woodruff Jackman was already a long time cinematographer in the business, and was in fact a founding member of the ASC <i>(American Society of Cinematographers)</i> in the early 1920's. Jackman was instrumental in the visual effects photography of Willis O'Brien's 1924 silent adventure THE LOST WORLD (to be featured in this blog very soon), and a few years later, along with fellow effects cameraman Hans Koenekamp, set up the large special effects department at Warners-First National. Described as <i>"a</i> <i>studio within a studio"</i>, Stage 5 was a vast trick shot factory with everything self contained. They had their own designers and draftsmen, cameramen, editors, matte artists, miniature specialists, process experts and optical compositors. They also had their own 'insert unit' which was a mainstay of motion picture production for decades throughout Hollywood, where montages and special bridging sequences were common place and a part of almost every film. Many famous directors got their start as Montage Directors at Warners such as Don Siegel, who would design and oversee some incredible trick sequences for memorable pictures such as YANKEE DOODLE DANDY to name a particular favourite of mine. Siegel of course went on to direct some of the best Clint Eastwood pictures, with DIRTY HARRY being an all out classic for me.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A fascinating behind the scenes photo of Fred Jackman and crew members with what appears to be a two camera bi-pack set up for what I assume to be a complex travelling matte sequence. Not sure what the film is, but wonder if it <i>might</i> possibly be the incredible THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON (1941) which was a <u>massive</u> effects show for Warner Bros and featured astonishing, extended outdoor moving action shots with forboding painted skies 'doubled in' over motion camera moves and furious action with such consummate skill I can never recall ever seeing anything quite like it, though I digress...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Of note as the leading lady, the great Olivia DeHavilland, died just last week aged some 104. Interestingly, she outlived her leading man by some<b> 63</b> years, with Errol Flynn dying at the ripe young age of <b>50</b> (!) That's what legendary<i> (and I do mean legendary) </i>volumes of womanising, boozing and hard living does to a fella! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The opening matte shot is a classic of the romantic era of old school establishing vista's. Matte painters on the film would surely have included Paul Detlefsen, Hans Barthowlowsky, Mario Larrinaga and others.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I've always had high regard for matte work from the thirties, which I personally feel was the Renaissance period of the artform. I love the design and 'romance' of the brush work and the manner in which directors and production designers of the period utilised the technique. Here the sky has been painted and matted in. Matte cameramen at Warners included Edwin DuPar, John Crouse, Fred Jackman jnr and Hans Koenekamp.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The film relies a great deal upon mood and many wonderful painted skies, often with drifting clouds and peeking moonlight.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Ground level all actual set, with evening sky painted in</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Clouds drift across the full moon allowing a brief window of opportunity for sabotage at the fort.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Day for night action with painted in sky.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Multi element matte shot with full moon amid layers of drifting cloud. Looks great on screen.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Foreground exterior set with painted clouds and quite possibly painted in background scenery too.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Live action battlements with painted sky carefully soft matted around the actor. Probably all original negative.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">According to historian and author Rolf Giesen, <i>"Fred Jackman didn't do creative work and just collected the money to keep the Stage 5 operation going, with effects directors like William McGann, and cinematographers Koenekamp, Byron Haskin, Ed DuPar and son Fred Jackman jnr."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The Crimea, with war on the horizon.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Same place seen later on though with a different, closer matte painting with changes for mood with sky and foliage as the troops set off to battle.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Again, same setting, though the mood has been deliberately lowered with dark clouds coming in. Nicely done.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It's all about to 'kick off'.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Into the valley rode the six hundred...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">This 1985 release from the dire <i>Police Academy</i> school of teen comedy was barely memorable, with two up and coming stars featured - a very young Don Cheadle <i>(so great in Boogie Nights many years later)</i>, and a fresh faced Jennifer Tilly. Other than that it only had the amazing, yet totally invisible matte shots by Ken Marschall and Bruce Block to recommend it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The super talented illustrator, fine artist, matte painter and <i>Titanic</i> historian, Ken Marschall, is pictured here while an employee at the small visual effects firm Graphic Films circa 1982, with Ken's massive Earth painting set up for TOMORROW IN SPACE. Ken and fellow Graphic Films staffer, cinematographer Bruce Block both wanted to specialise in matte painting, though Graphic Films were quite content in keeping to their own agenda, resulting in the pair quietly experimenting on their own time with creating original negative matte shots purely out of fascination with the limitless potential of the medium. The duo soon had a demo reel of a whole range of matte painted shots, from completely invisible 'patch' jobs and subtle 'alterations' to actual settings, all the way through to elaborate and spectacular, imaginary futuristic vista's - none of which were made for any actual feature film projects, simply prepared to show what they could do and to serve with confidence as their demo reel for potential clients. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The film is a sort of a non-descript car crash comedy, and not at all one where visual effects trickery would be suspected. Think again friends! It probably helped as one half of the <i>Matte Effects</i> company duo, Bruce Block, was also the producer of said film, thus ensuring work for them where otherwise mattes might not have been figured. This frame is the original plate photography of the big control room set. The set would be massively enhanced by not only Ken's matte painted extension, but also a myriad of big screen graphics.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Ken's painting of the control room set extension, complete with painted in technicians and vast bodies of mainframe computers. The huge screens have been left blank for additional hand made graphics elements.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A closer look.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of the notations made regarding requirements for the graphics elements for optimum quality. The notes in red are Ken's directives to the company which would prepare the transparencies.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Detail of the separately prepared matte art representing the on-screen graphics. These would be filmed backlit, in two separate double exposed passes over the main matte painted environment.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Additional backlit graphics artwork which will be doubled into the main shot. The original graphics artwork was made into high contrast film negatives at the exact same scale of the painting by a facility called Star Graphics in Studio City, California.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The reverse side of the opaque black graphics matte card showing the various film negatives carefully cut out and taped into the precise position to conform with the blank 'screens' on Ken's original painting. Various coloured gels are seen here taped in position behind corresponding 'slots'. On a second pass, contrasting colours were employed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The same shot as shown in the BluRay presentation with more vibrant colour and contrast. Wonderful work!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Several shots were needed to show the fictional Dana's Nursery - one for daytime and the other for night. Here is Ken's preliminary sketch for not only the nursery (at lower centre), but also for an entirely different urban landscape! Ken told me in the very extensive career interview I conducted with him back in 2015 that such sketches were usually done quickly, in black and white, with the matte concepts usually approved - sometimes with some changes - from very simple renderings just like this.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Ken's phenomenal finished painting offers an entirely fresh cityscape in addition to the featured nursery. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Staggeringly fine work as shown here in this close up. Ken always paints in acrylics, and more often than not renders these remarkable pieces at his home near the beach, on his kitchen table! The artwork is always applied onto special imported high quality art card stock with a very opaque black surface. Ken always loved to paint with tiny brushes and had an absolute mastery of light, shadow and tone. He told me he was 'bitten by the matte bug' so to speak when he and Bruce attended a couple of Albert Whitlock's day long VFX seminars in the mid 1970's and he mentioned holding Whitlock's ability in very high regard.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final composite, made as per the preferred Matte Effects method, directly onto the original negative.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A sketch for the same shot for the night time view, with various notes and changes mentioned such as 'remove this roof' and 'angle this more toward the camera' and remarks about just how visible distant buildings should be (!) etc</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Plate photography and mask in place.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Ken's finished painting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final composite that nobody ever noticed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Once again, some backlit signage was employed. Ken told me the artwork had additional details scraped into black Cel-Vinyl and gelled from behind.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The reverse side of the backlight elements. The sign artwork and other night time street light burn in elements have been fixed in place with coloured gels taped on. Ken said: <i>"Since the card stock we used wasn't opaque enough, for double exposed backlight passes like this I always added a layer of Exeter paper, which is extremely lightproof, and filled in other areas with camera tape."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">There were two more invisible matte shots in MOVING VIOLATIONS that nobody ever suspected (me included!). Both are in the parade sequence where the director wanted the skyline changed as well as several hundred more 'extras' added in to what was called the 'passing the crowd' sequence. This is the original plate, photographed in Long Beach, California.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Bruce Block has masked off the plate to eliminate any unwanted material (which it seems is pretty much everything!)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The master does it yet again.... and superlatives escape me. Breathtaking....have I used that one yet??</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Revealing detail in Marschall's rendering, which as his hand demonstrates, was pretty small when compared with other matte exponents of the day who would often paint at 3 times the size. Ken liked to paint small and liked to keep it all 'manageable' and easily transported in a carry bag and able to be filed away for safe keeping after the fact.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Now, the shot wasn't just a bog standard painted matte, but also required 'crowd movement'. Slot gags such as moving crowds, tree leaves, water and such like have been a common trick dating way back to the early thirties at least. Often glass paintings would have tiny areas carefully scratched away to allow flicker devices of one sort or another to be set up behind the artwork to lend the illusion of 'movement' where in fact there was none. As Ken didn't paint on glass, any 'gags' had to be introduced as a separate pass or exposure. Such was the case with this subtle trick which Ken explained to me in 2015: <i>"The moire gag shown here, would be double exposed over the finished painting in a separate pass through the matte camera. The animated 'people' are just a bunch of holes in an opaque black card with coloured gels tape behind, and made to undulate in brightness through the use of a moire behind that card. The 'holes' were made by painting black Cel-Vinyl onto Mylar, then scraping away the spots with a pointed instrument."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Samples of some of the specially designed moire rigs made by Bruce Block and used at Matte Effects for things such as crowd movement (upper left) and sparkling water gags (bottom right) etc.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The reverse side of the separate animation card showing the small pieces of coloured gel taped into place.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The completely convincing finished shot with a seemingly animated 'crowd'. When asked once whether anyone ever noticed his subtle moving clouds in his meticulous matte shots, Al Whitlock responded that people may <i>not notice</i> them moving, but they do tend to notice if they are NOT moving. Couldn't have put it better myself.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final matte in MOVING VIOLATIONS is another in the epic parade sequence, where a new urban setting as well as a massive crowd were required. Here is the initial location as shot by Bruce Block.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Ken Marschall's beautifully rendered acrylic painting that so accurately captures the light, time of day and hues of the original location plate.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A close look.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An even closer look...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It doesn't get much closer than this! THIS is precisely why I implore you all to view the blog on a decent sized screen!!!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">And here it is.... WOW. All remarkable shots, from a completely unremarkable movie.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I have a definite penchant for the films of Alfred Hitchcock, and especially like his older ones such as THE LADY VANISHES, REBECCA, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT and my favourite SABOTEUR. This film, celebrated here, tends to be largely overlooked sadly, though it is a corker of a flick with all of the Hitchcock elements - innocent man on the run, a great chase and some incredible trick shots and a wickedly ingenious final reveal. The film is YOUNG AND INNOCENT, made in 1937 by Gaumont, in the UK. In the USA it was called THE GIRL WAS YOUNG for reasons which escape me(!) Nonetheless, it's a whole lot of fun</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Annoyingly, no effects credits, which is a shame as the film has extensive miniature and glass shot work. I do know that a very young Albert Whitlock was on the crew, likely as a scenic artist and possibly helped the miniatures crew - both jobs he found himself involved in during his days at Gaumont. I do wonder whether Filippo Guidobaldi may have possibly been involved too, as he was at Gaumont around then and specialised in miniatures?</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Most likely a matte or glass shot where the lighthouse, foreground cliff and homestead appear to have been added. The sky is real.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Several shots in YOUNG AND INNOCENT appear to be in camera glass shots made directly on location. The glass painted sky is a bit out of focus and is clearly painted <u>around</u> the edges of the roof and <i>Tom's Hat</i> signage, which I would imagine to be problematic, especially as the glass seems to have been set up too near to the camera.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Painted in distant countryside and sky.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another effects shot that's either a glass shot or an in camera matte shot with a miniature dwelling and painted surroundings. A soft matte line is detectable running across the setting just above the heads of the actors.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A later closer view, possibly all miniature?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">English countryside in miniature, allows ease of lighting for night shots.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of the elaborately set up and photographed miniature sequences.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Part of the extensive miniature village, railway and network of avenues that will feature in a pair of dynamic action sequences that really are well orchestrated, shot and cut together. Kudo's to all involved.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">For this sequence, the camera begins on the train station and slowly moves in, following a passing steam engine and finally closing in on some people in the railyard amid the wagons. Impressive for 1937.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I was very impressed with the deep depth of field during the camera move, which for it's day would have been difficult.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The latter part where we close in on the people, which were small figurines. The editing was good as we cut to the actual actors before we have too much of a chance to think about it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another great sequence that impressed me no end was this foot chase where almost all of it is back projected miniature train yard and surrounds, with the actors running in place on a treadmill. What's great about it is the process plate isn't static - the fx cameraman tracks through the model setting with great mobility.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Same sequence, with even the process screen looking remarkably crisp and evenly balanced projection arc illumination. Again, very impressive for 1937, and better than many later shows I've seen from big studios.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Same sequence, with the guys in a speeding car - <u>all</u> done in miniature!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Same, with an absolutely amazing shot from this angle with everything visible here being model work!! I was blown away by it years ago on tv and figured this shot to be a live action one, but looking closely at the HD print I have it's really all miniature, yet so well photographed and engineered. The one small giveaway is a barely visible focus pull which follows the vehicles as they approach the camera, which of course wouldn't be the case if the set up was actual sized. Brilliant bit of undocumented, uncelebrated and shamelessly overlooked British technical expertise. Bravo boys!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In a rush, they try to outrun a fast approaching train! All models naturally, in fact every cut in this extended chase was a model shot or process combination shot, all brilliantly edited as one exciting set piece.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">They dash across the rail lines just in time... </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I can't detect any form of apparatus to propel the vehicle. Often an invisible slit in the 'roadway' connected to the chassis would be the method, especially for American practitioners, but here I just don't know.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Shooting out of doors in actual sunlight added hugely to the success of this marvellous sequence.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I'd love to know more about the team behind this. If anyone has any info, send it to me.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It's wall to wall model work, for several minutes. Very impressive.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The car and train both have 'weight' which lends much realism to the fast action</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Still part of the same sequence, and it's <u>all</u> in miniature once again.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Nearing its climax, the action moves to the Grand Hotel, which is another model.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Not an effects shot, but a memorable Hitchcock shot indeed, where the killer is revealed by way of a long tracking shot (on a camera boom) which makes its way through the ballroom of The Grand Hotel and moves right into the twitching eye of the bad guy. Executed with style and great follow focus, this shot stayed with me for years after first seeing the film decades ago.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A solid outdoors action adventure/drama all set up in Alaska, SPAWN OF THE NORTH (1938) was a sort of <i>water western</i>, where instead of cowboys rustling cattle from the ranch, this show centred around competing fishermen rustling salmon and pulling all sorts of underhanded shenanigans amid the dangerous icebergs.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">SPAWN OF THE NORTH was the first film to win a special Academy Award for it's special visual and sound effects in 1938 - a year <i>before</i> the actual best effects Oscar category was to be established. Chief of special effects at Paramount was Gordon Jennings (top left); matte cinematographer Irmin Roberts (centre right); matte painter Jan Domela (far right). Bottom pics show the Paramount matte department with the Roberts' brothers, Irmin and Oren manning the camera. Gordon's brother, miniatures cameraman Devereaux Jennings, is shown at bottom right.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An industry trade magazine from 1938 congratulates the Paramount effects crew for their Oscar win - the first given out for special effects work as a one off 'special achievement' consideration.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Art Smith's miniatures crew at work in the Paramount tank, though this photo is of another production made around the same time at the studio.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Did I mention that the eternally effervescent Dorothy Lamour was in this movie? <i>What... I didn't?</i> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Henry Hathaway directed a lions share of great movies throughout his career. My fave was TRUE GRIT (1969), with the great John Wayne in his Oscar winning role... though I digress...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It's all about 'fish piracy' and gun totin' vigilantes on the high seas.... A mega cast with top line talent such as Henry Fonda, George Raft, John Barrymore and the always wonderful Akim Tamiroff as the perennial bad guy, oh, and did I mention Miss Dorothy Lamour is here too as the gal caught in the middle.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The first of a number of matte shots by Jan Domela. Dutch born 'Johan' Domela was a mainstay at Paramount for over 40 years, with a career that started in 1927 and ran through to 1968 when he bowed out of the film industry to pursue a career in fine art. Among his many credits are the original silent THE FOUR FEATHERS, DR CYCLOPS, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS and later at MGM for THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, THE MAN FROM UNCLE tv series and THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD to name but a few.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another of Domela's paintings seen here prior to compositing by matte cameraman Irmin Roberts.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The composite shot. *These rare before and after photos and many stories were kindly supplied to me over a decade ago by Jan's daughter, Johanna, to whom I am <u>most</u> grateful.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A close view of the painting detail.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A second later matte with night time action.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another before and after establishing shot of the Alaskan fishing town.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Domela's matte art.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The location live action plate.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Final composite.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another SPAWN matte shot in progress, with miniature fishing boats.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final shot with extensive matte art flawlessly blended with Art Smith's miniatures.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Amid the icebergs. Effective combination of foreground soundstage 'wet' set and miniature background blended via Farciot Edouart's process projection. The bottom edge of the process screen is concealed by prop ice flow.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><u>Entirely</u> miniature scene here, including the people.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">That collapsing iceberg is a little too close for comfort...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Our fishermen are in grave danger as the boat is drawn into the path of cascading ice.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The small figure 'moves about' as the model boat collides with the iceflow.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It all looks pretty effective, even now some 80 odd years later and must have made quite an impact back in 1938.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Miniature construction by Art Smith and Harry Reynolds.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Good process work by Farciot Edouart and process cameraman Loyal Griggs.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It's mayhem on the Alaskan high seas. The film won Oscars for both visual <u><i>and</i></u> sound effects which for many years was standard AMPAS Oscar procedure, regardless of the complete disconnect between the two sciences.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Art Smith's miniatures in the tank at Paramount.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Highly effective, though ultimately unused final shot with Domela's painting doubled in.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An alternate take with different matte art as seen in the release print.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final showdown on the icy ocean, all executed in miniature under Gordon Jennings' supervision</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Excellent tank shot suggests models must have been of a reasonably large scale.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The badly wounded George Raft forces the less than honourable Akim Tamiroff to drive head first into a massive, yet unstable iceberg in a suicide mission.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The end is near...</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">No longer a seaworthy vessel I suspect.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The Captain always goes down with his ship, as the legend goes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The township is kind of quiet after the maritime square off.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Dorothy Lamour - Paramount's Princess. Say no more! </span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A leisurely John Steinbeck story, TORTILLA FLAT (1942) is also set, by sheer coincidence, in a fishing community, with a strong cast including Spencer Tracy - oddly cast as a Hispanic, though he <i>did</i> win an Oscar a few years previous for playing another Hispanic fisherman(!) in CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS so, go figure! The great John Garfield plays second fiddle - an actor who passed far too early - while the exquisite Hedy Lamarr provides the love interest.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">MGM's visual effects cinematographer Mark Davis shown here with matte supervisor Warren Newcombe.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I've never really managed to 'get into' the John Steinbeck world, and find film adaptations of his stories a real endurance test.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The setting for the film is made up almost entirely of MGM soundstages, backlot sets and much matte art.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A nice opening shot is almost all painted, complete with a layer of drifting clouds, which is something not often seen in matte shots produced by the Warren Newcombe department.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Soundstage set augmented with painted top up and an optical element of smoke rising.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More significant painted in scenery and sky expands a stage set. The clouds drift here too.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">This <i>may</i> be a scenic backing, as MGM had a first rate backing department run by George Gibson. I tend to think it's likely a soft blended matte painting. Newcombe and Davis were among the best when it came to concealing matte blends through their pastel matte paintings, with matte joins very hard to detect, and the elements extremely steady.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The interior of the local church with dogs running amuck. The top half of the frame has been painted in.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Not in the least pertaining to the artform of visual effects, but indeed something of a visual effect herself, the wonderfully talented Hedy Lamarr <i>(who as well as being a first rate actress was also a patent holding inventor!)</i> who I read somewhere tried to sue Mel Brooks for using a jokey likeness of her highly recognisable name for the chief villain in BLAZING SADDLES (Hedley Lamarr) as played by Harvey Korman, who at one stage quips to the legendary Slim Pickens <i>"This is 1877 my friend... we'll be able to sue her!"</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A masterfully blended matte shot with the join running across the frame just above Spencer Tracy's head. The blend in of the tree trunks is superb.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A key set piece occurs in the Redwood forest, which was entirely fabricated by Newcombes artists and a very limited soundstage set.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">And yes, the troup of dogs <u>do</u> play a major part in the TORTILLA FLAT proceedings.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A rare photograph of the original, meticulously drawn pastel artwork which still survives to this day. Note the absence of sun rays which will be superimposed by Mark Davis as a separate painted element to complete the effect.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The sun rays break on through and shed new light onto everybody's problems.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A magnificent extreme up-view with terrific perspective in play.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The sun's God Rays break on through and illuminate the dogs and the old man.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The exterior of the town church is an almost entirely painted shot, with only a small area of live action around the door.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A reverse angle of the interior where Newcombe's artists have contributed much architecture.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">All's well that ends well. Probably a matte painted view used as a process plate which was common at MGM.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I've a soft spot for the old 1940's private eye mystery flicks, and the RKO picture MURDER MY SWEET (1944) is as dark, tough, two fisted and as sharp tongued as the best of the film noir genre had to offer. Highly recommended for fans of the Raymond Chandler-Philip Marlowe school.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">RKO's chief of special photographic effects for many years and more than 100 films was Vernon L. Walker. Walker started off in the industry as one of Mack Sennett's cameramen on scores of silent two-reelers and then worked for a time at Fox before transferring across to Warner Bros-First National where he was assistant to Fred Jackman on the seminal THE LOST WORLD (1924). After a few years with the studio, Vernon did a stint at Columbia and finally found his home at RKO, as assistant to photographic effects supervisor. Lloyd Knechtel. Eventually Walker became head of the effects department at RKO and contributed to many memorable films, the most noteworthy being the original KING KONG, BRINGING UP BABY, CITIZEN KANE and BOMBARDIER - all big trick shot enterprises. Walker died suddenly in 1948, with his long time assistant, Russell Cully assuming headship of the department for several years before handing over the reigns to Linwood Dunn.</span><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A key member of the Vern Walker (right) RKO photographic effects department for decades was Linwood Dunn, seen here at left with his pride and joy, the Acme-Dunn optical printer. Dunn was something of an optical jigsaw genius, and his creative stamp was evident (though more often than not,<i> invisible</i>) on hundreds of films - both for this studio and later on from his own effects house Film Effects of Hollywood.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Based upon Raymond Chandler's novel FAREWELL MY LOVELY - which itself was filmed several times - MURDER MY SWEET ranks up there with the best of the Bogart pictures, with leading man, Dick Powell excellent in the Marlowe role as the quintessential cynical, trust nobody - <i>especially a dame -</i> anti-hero. Terrific performance underscored by some cracking dialogue, moody cinematography and some genuinely nightmarish situations.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Not a big effects film, but several effective mattes as well as a brilliantly conceived and assembled 'dream sequence' later in the proceedings all contributed much to the outcome. This opening shot appears to be a matte painted street with animated neon lights and with doubled in traffic, and used as a rear projection plate at a window for a slow dolly in.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A blink and you'd miss it matte shot where I'm fairly certain the only real element is the car and the bit of road. I'm sure all else has been painted.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Our anti-hero arrives at the house to quiz a questionable dame about some nasty business. Matte painted shot here.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The interior of said homestead, an RKO set nicely augmented with painted upper half of frame.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Process shot with what looks like a matte shot used as the background plate. Real ocean and painted city and sky in the distance would be my guess.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The initial frame from a big tilt down matte effect likely assembled by Linwood Dunn on his optical printer. See below.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Highrise penthouse is all matte painted down as far as the top of the driveway wall. Matte artists working at RKO around this time included Fitch Fulton, Chesley Bonestell, Juan Larrinaga and others unknown.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Closer view of the lower part of the big tilt down, with the demarcation line clearly in evidence. The washed out live action portion could suggest rear projection compositing?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Probably the most memorable point in MURDER MY SWEET comes later on where Marlowe, our likeable anti-hero has his drink spiked and goes on the most nightmarish 'trip' and a near death experience. The montage sequence was designed and overseen by Douglas Travers, and a ripper of a sequence it is too, beginning with Dick Powell in free fall tumbling through a bizarre 'Twilight Zone' type space.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The montage is wall to wall opticals, process tricks and mind-bending manipulation, all composited by Linwood Dunn and Cecil Love, under Doug Travers' creative direction in RKO's optical room.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I'd say the sequence must have shaken audiences up somewhat back in 1944.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Shades of Dali, Escher and German Expressionist cinema seem evident.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Run, run, as fast as you can .... I'm coming straight for you! Very effective in every respect.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Director of Photography Harry Wild was, I believe, a visual effects cameraman prior to this assignment, and worked under Jack Cosgrove on things like PORTRAIT OF JENNIE.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Montage, as I mentioned earlier in this blog, was really an artform in a world of it's own, especially throughout the 1940's where it was extremely popular and occasionally superbly applied, possibly few more effective than here. It lost favour in the fifties and onward, so it can be a real treat to see some old school creativity once in a while.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">When will this nightmare end? To think, all this fuss over a simple flu jab.... I dunno!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The complicated wrap up occurs in this very noir-ish residence above the crashing surf. All painted of course, with just the water being real. Note, the highly visible 'speckles' of paint evident in various areas of the painting. These are most likely tiny points or ridges of paint that were never smoothed over sufficiently and are catching glints of light from the tungsten lamps during composite photography on the matte stand. RKO seemed forever plagued by this artifact on so many productions. CITIZEN KANE was littered with them as were many other mattes in a variety of films. Incidentally, later artists such as Albert Whitlock would always paint extremely 'flat' to avoid this problem, and during a period of apprenticeship under Whitlock in the mid-1960's, Jim Danforth's first job was to gently run a razor blade across areas of loaded paint on some of Albert's Universal mattes to eliminate unintended 'speckles and glints' - a task the fledgling effects man found nerve-wracking until he became assured it all worked out harmlessly.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">There have been so many incarnations of the storied masked hero Zorro, with this Tyrone Power outing THE MARK OF ZORRO (1940) being memorable, not the least for the grab-bag of visual effects wizardry from Fred Sersen and his industrious SFX department at 20th Century Fox.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A superstar from days long gone, and by my reckoning has probably starred in <i>more</i> huge VFX movies than possibly any other actor! All for Fox, think SUEZ, IN OLD CHICAGO, THE RAINS CAME, UNTAMED, THE BLACK ROSE and THE YANK IN THE R.A.F to name just a handful.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Surprisingly the film had no special effects credit, despite the volume of mattes and optical gags. Fred Sersen would have been in charge, with his long time right hand man and fellow effects artist, Ray Kellogg at his side.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Fox were always reliable when it came to visual effects, and so had a very large matte department which included, at various times around this period Emil Kosa snr and his son Emil jnr; Joseph Serbaroli, Max DeVega, Lee LeBlanc, Cliff Silsby, Barbara Webster, Ray Kellogg, Gilbert Riswold, Menrad von Muldorfer, Christian von Scheider, Irving Block, Jack Rabin and Fitch Fulton.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More matte art from the opening sequence which is littered with such splendid shots.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It was a common gag at Fox to bi-pack a tree with gently moving leaves etc over a matte shot so as to break the static quality common to painted views. Sersen would implement this trick countless times in many movies over the years.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In addition to the matte shots, THE MARK OF ZORRO had a number of invisible opticals and patch up shots that are near impossible to detect. One such shot was this seemingly simple bit where Tyrone hurls his sword straight upward whereby it imbeds itself into the wooden beamed ceiling. I don't know the breakdown other than it was indeed a 'trick shot'. ???</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matte shot that looks extensively painted, with just a bit of dirt road and water being real. The water may be a different live action plate altogether and tied in very convincingly with the artwork and foreground action.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another interesting scene that I'm convinced was a complicated optical/matte set up to enable Zorro to ride at full gallop across a tiny, narrow footbridge to escape the pursuing soldiers. I've studied this sequence frame by frame and in slow-mo several times and it's a real head-scratcher. I'm under the impression that the 'tiny' narrow bridge was probably much more substantial in width and strength, and possibly Sersen 'narrowed' it with mattes and maybe painted in gorge? </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another possible explanation could be the horse with rider being filmed galloping across a plain white or grey surface (in natural light), with mattes being extracted to allow the horse footage to be dropped into the main exterior live action plate? It's always been a mystery and I'd love to know the background here. I'm 99% convinced it was an elaborate visual effect, and given Fox's photographic effects capabilities it would come of no surprise to me that Sersen's optical guys, headed by James B. Gordon, could pull this off with utter realism. They did incredible work like this on other films like THE RAINS CAME and IN OLD CHICAGO which still stand head and shoulders above most others.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Of interest as this shot appears a few times, and each with a <i>different</i> matte painting added in beyond the bridge.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Here it is again, with painted in Hacienda and landscape...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">...and yet again with painted in boulders and brush.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Here is another ace photographic effect that I'd love to get the full lowdown on. Famous optical pioneer, Linwood Dunn, once stated <i>"The Mark of Zorro had more optical tricks than you could shake a stick at"</i> - or words close to that effect. This sequence has Zorro cornered on a bridge across a fast flowing river, leaving him no choice than to take the plunge - horse and all. This was the most complex optical/matte scene in the film, and once again, even repeat viewings make it hard to figure out, but I'll give it a go. I'm sure the lower bridge pilings, river bank and rushing water are all in miniature, matted perfectly with the live action up top - with some of that in the background being possibly painted(?)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Our masked hero and his trusty stallion take the leap of faith...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I don't really know, but suggest the falling horse and rider might have been rotoscoped into the already multi-element scene.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i>The big splash theory</i></b> (wasn't that a sit-com?) ... I think this is yet another element generated elsewhere as a practical effect, and doubled in optically just as the roto'd horse and rider hit the (miniature) river?? It's an incredible, though brief scene, but has had me fascinated for years. I know it's all a supreme example of sleight-of-hand, but just how it was done, I'm just putting forth my opinion. I've discussed this scene in the past with premier effects artists Mark Sullivan, Jim Danforth and Rocco Gioffre and I recall they too were just as curious and seeking the truth. If anyone has any info, do tell Pete.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Final ZORRO shot could in truth be an actual church interior, I don't know. But here it is for the sake of discussion.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Oh, and perennial screen vilain, the legendary Basil Rathbone, is splendid in this film - as he always was.</span></td></tr>
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Hello friends, followers and fellow film-freaks. It's that time again for another comprehensive and no-holds barred matte and effects extravaganza where we will be able to celebrate the mastery, magic and outright mystique of the traditional hand painted matte shot, as well as a healthy dose of classic era miniature trick work from motion pictures that I bet very few of you have seen, or even heard of for that matter. Today's blog is a true bounty of terrific images, facts and rare biographical material on effects practitioners from days long gone.<br />
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The films celebrated today run the range from an early and rare 1930's British science fiction picture - a very impressive vfx showcase from Gaumont Studios that is now largely forgotten though most worthy of rediscovery; through to a David Niven - Ginger Rogers Universal period teary eyed costumer; a taut MGM WWII escape drama with Spencer Tracy; a popular 1949 Warner Bros Gary Cooper picture based on an epic novel featuring one hell of a lot of skyscrapers; and last but not least a pair of relatively recent - as in late 1980's - back to back sci-fi actioners involving a shiny cyborg with a badge.<br />
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And as if that isn't enough, for my regular feature <i>Blast From The Past</i> I have a long overdue retrospective piece on one of the legends of the British special effects industry, Filippo Guidobaldi - an important contributor whose name is inexplicably missing from seemingly <u>all</u> textbooks and published histories of special effects!<br />
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So, with that foreword done and dusted, we can now begin the journey...<br />
Stay cool and stay safe wherever you happen to be.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">A BLAST FROM THE PAST:</span></i></b> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Filippo Guidobaldi</span></b><br />
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It has always been something of a mystery to me that the name Filippo<i> (sometimes billed as 'Philippo' and known by most simply as 'Guido') </i>Guidobaldi has been overlooked by researchers and authors and compilers of special effects texts throughout the years, with not one mention in any of the books or journals that I'm familiar with, despite having a long and busy career in British trick work with many screen credits. Sadly, this appears to be the case for a great many British trick shot exponents whose contributions are largely forgotten or completely unknown today.<br />
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I was most fortunate a few years ago when Guido's grandson, David, made contact with me and told me his grandfather's life story, part of which I included in an earlier blog dedicated to movie miniatures. David was not only very forthcoming with a most fascinating history but also more than generous with the last remaining photographs from the Guidobaldi family collection, for which I remain most grateful. Guido's career in visual effects spanned several decades, from around 1929 creating memorable high rise skyscraper miniatures and city environs for the film High Treason, right through to the mid fifties on shows like the classic Above Us The Waves, working extensively at Gaumont Studios and later at Rank/Pinewood.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Two of the astonishing effects shots seen in the impressive British made science fiction film TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL (1935), which in the UK was titled just THE TUNNEL. See article later in this blog.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Shufftan set up for Gaumont's ROME EXPRESS (1932)</span></td></tr>
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Guido - born in Perugia, Umbria in Italy in 1889 - would live a most event filled life even before finding his place within the film industry. Guido's grandson regaled me with many stories: <i>"Around 1916-17, Italy was fighting Austria at that time, but it was not connected with the war on the Western Front, though my recollection of the precise dates and hostilities might be hazy. Guido told me his job was to go up in an observation balloon, take photos of the enemy trenches, gun emplacements, troop movements etc, and then build models to display the facts later. He was a pacifist by nature but the work interested him, and it was fun, if not a little exhilarating. After the war, Guido and his two brothers moved to the south of France. At some point Guido, with his natural artistic abilities joined a small film company in Nice and became their in-house model maker, while learning everything he could about photography and cinematography."</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Guido with a miniature set on the effects stage at the Gaumont British Studios at Lime Grove, from an unknown production. This might be from the film THE GHOST TRAIN made by Gainsborough in 1931?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Guido at left, with his effects team, identities unknown.</span></td></tr>
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David was very close to his grandfather and maintained a keen interest of Guido's life and adventures. <i> "By the mid 1920's his work was noticed by an English film company, which one I'm not sure of, but I do know he worked for many such as Gaumont and ended up at Pinewood. Around 1928 he befriended Herbert Ponting, who was the official photographer with Robert Falcon Scott's journey to the Terra Nova of the Antarctic. They both worked together on Pontings' film called 90 Degree's South. I suspect Guido filmed the opening, let's say a model he'd made or a matte shot. After Guido died I cleared out so many tins of that nitrate film. The nitrate film had become more and more unstable from being kept in his studio shed, so I threw reel after reel into an incinerator where flames shot nearly 30 feet into the air." </i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A large miniature set for an unidentified film.</span></td></tr>
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David described to me how he later had another big clear out many years after, this time from the loft of the house in 1976, where dozens of reels of more nitrate film had been stored for over 50 years and remarked: <i>"More huge flames in the garden!"</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Epic establishing shot from THE WICKED LADY (1945)</span></td></tr>
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Guido was, for a time, gainfully employed at London's Gaumont British-Lime Grove Studios where he worked on many films such as Hitchcock's The 39 Steps and the amazing 1935 science fiction movie Transatlantic Tunnel (aka The Tunnel, which is covered later in this blog post) primarily as a model maker. He worked alongside other notable effects personalities such as Cliff Richardson, Bill Warrington and a young Albert Whitlock and most likely Henry Harris, Lionel Banes, Jack Whitehead, Bert Marshall and Douglas Woolsey, all of whom would play a significant part in British special effects work in the years to follow, for the most part at Pinewood Studios.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Guido's miniature set and it's destruction from MILLIONS LIKE US (1943)</span></td></tr>
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Guido's grandson David explained: <i> "Guido was a big part of my life as I lived with him till he died. I grew up accompanying him to various studios (mostly Pinewood) during my holidays away from boarding school. I also spent a large amount of time helping him out in his studio at home. It was like an Aladdin's cave where, as a boy, I often played out 'Walter Mitty' scenarios with the props that he had made for his work."</i> David told me he'd make small model set ups and his grandfather would refine them and then film them with an old hand-cranked 35mm camera, while adding his own 'gags' and tricks of the trade to enhance the illusion, all of which the younger man soaked up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Miniature effects by Filippo Guidobaldi from the film BROKEN JOURNEY (1947)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Guido, in the middle, poses with his special effects assistants, possibly at Gaumont. Staffers unknown but <u>may</u> include Jack Whitehead, Bill Warrington, Henry Harris and Lionel Banes(??) Cannot be sure.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">THAT LADY HAMILTON</span></td></tr>
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Filippo specialised in miniatures for the most part, though I believe he had an expertise in the Schufftan technique, which was a commonly employed in-camera means in Europe and England for combining models or photographic prints with live action by means of cleverly devised mirror set up. Later on he would work on optical effects in some of the later films he participated on at Pinewood.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The Battle of Trafalgar as seen in miniature by Guidobaldi for THAT LADY HAMILTON (1941)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Excellent miniature photography and staging from Korda's THAT LADY HAMILTON</span> </td></tr>
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As big an assignment as That Lady Hamilton was, the experience would result in an unforeseen and near catastrophic event that would change Guido's life significantly. David told me: <i> "The interesting thing about that film - so I've heard - is that it was Winston Churchill's favourite film, and he allegedly watched it over 50 times in his private cinema. The irony was that Churchill in 1940 - it was now well into World War II - said 'Collar the lot', meaning, round up every Italian in the UK and deport them all to Canada - and that included Guido!! He was arrested and taken away. You can imagine the stress it caused his family, never knowing if they'd see him again."</i><br />
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Things only got worse for poor Guido from here on: <i> "After being interned in Liverpool he was put on a ship called the Arandora Star, bound for Canada. On the 2nd of July 1940 off the west coast of Ireland, the Arandora Star was torpedoed by the German U-Boat U47 under the command of Korvettenkapitan Gunther Prien. He was a U-Boat ace who's claim to fame was that he'd previously sunk the Royal Oak in the Scapa flow. Legend has it that he had one faulty torpedo left after returning from a successful Atlantic patrol....Boom!!"</i><br />
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Conditions aboard the Arandora Star were grim, and severely overcrowded according to David: <i>"There were 1500 Italians on board, including their English guards and also Germans who were at that time living in England. I believe over 800 people drowned. Guido managed to stay afloat by treading water and holding onto some debris for nearly 8 hours, till someone died on a lifeboat and he was hauled aboard. He told me it was his Catholic faith and the love of his family that helped him survive. He believed that in s state of delirium he saw a vision of the Madonna on the horizon, and he was to paint this vision in oils years later."</i> According to Guido's grandson, it was the Canadian Navy who picked up the survivors and compared to the humiliation and abuse suffered at the hands of the British, the Canadians were remarkably kind and caring.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Shown here with some of his miniatures at the ready for the Technicolor film CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1949). Also on the visual effects crew was Albert Whitlock, who also received screen credit. Whitlock would work on many films alongside Guidobaldi throughout his British period.</span></td></tr>
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David continued the fascinating story, which still had more twists and turns: <i> "About a week later, Guido and the survivors - plus many others - were put on another ship, the Dunera. This time they were destined for Australia. He told us he was scared stiff to go below decks in case they were torpedoed again, which in fact they were(!) but this time with little damage. The ship took 2 months to get there under the most appalling conditions, overcrowding being the worst part. Once in Australia they were put into a what he called a concentration camp - a purpose built camp run by the Australians, where most of the guards had fought in the First World War. There again, they were kind, considerate and helpful, compared to the cowardly British that had abused him for being Italian back in the UK."</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Some rare Guidobaldi artifacts and film tests, including some hand crafted skeletons, with the shot of the pair sword fighting being part of a stop motion experiment that he was especially proud of. The bust shown at lower right is Guido's sculpture of The Madonna - based upon a vision he had whilst trying to stay afloat and alive amid debris, oil and bodies after being torpedoed by a U-Boat.</span></td></tr>
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Life in an Aussie POW camp was pretty relaxed, with light security as there was literally nowhere to escape to. Guido found various means to engage in his passion for painting, with a certain degree of ingenuity. <i>"He was allowed out to collect wood to make charcoal for his drawings and he also gathered natural resin as a paint base along with natural coloured pigments to create his paints, which he inserted into old toothpaste tubes. He made his paintbrushes from badger hair, stripped from shaving brushes. He created many paintings, some of which still survive to this day. He used the backs of wooden boxes that had once contained eggs or sheep drench to paint on. Always inventive, Guido set about with others, to build a chapel with all the necessary artifacts, including a font and carved statues."</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Guido, at extreme right, on one of his miniature sets from an unknown film which has some similarities to the Ealing film DEAD OF NIGHT (1945). Possibly an unused shot as a similar sequence, though not identical street setting with an out of control bus did occur in that film? Any info gladly accepted.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Miniatures & tests from unknown films, though Guido's grandson thinks the submarine frames were tests for the WWII film ABOVE US THE WAVES (1955) - his final effects assignment.</span></td></tr>
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Much like another well known UK effects man, Les Bowie, who also happened to be a prisoner of war, though held elsewhere and made the best of a difficult situation, Guido also developed effective means to conceal contraband. <i>"Like all of the prisoners they made their own alcohol, and the hard part was where to store it as well as the illegal still. Once again, Guido came to the rescue. I remember as a child, he said to me, 'Where do you hide a tree?' Answer, 'In a forest'. And that's just what he did. There were two tree stumps outside his hut and Guido decided to create a floral display in the tops of both. However, the fake tray of plants hid a hollowed out cavity, and that is where he hid the contraband."</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Miniatures combined with painting, optical flak effects and explosion from THE PURPLE PLAIN (1954)</span></td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_a3-yElqSkFMTEEOP05ORT23Wq7L0dtFecPRDyhGWUbsgnVovqZT8bCMzZsGnW7ZGsHDGMH7xSQna46VV19cZYM1xqtMeygckMwwhImYfTCOX6AamdIoexgQ233f_sLPA6nm6cJ4H0JI/s1600/Gainsborough+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="506" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_a3-yElqSkFMTEEOP05ORT23Wq7L0dtFecPRDyhGWUbsgnVovqZT8bCMzZsGnW7ZGsHDGMH7xSQna46VV19cZYM1xqtMeygckMwwhImYfTCOX6AamdIoexgQ233f_sLPA6nm6cJ4H0JI/s320/Gainsborough+logo.jpg" width="232" /></a>Once Italy capitulated, Guido and the other UK-Italian citizens were returned to Britain in 1943. Sadly, the majority of the many small artifacts that he'd carved or built under two and a half years in POW captivity - as well as all of his possessions - were stolen upon his arrival in the UK.<br />
Guido would return to the film industry in late '43 and continue with creating trick shots for a multitude of movies such as Millions Like Us, The Magic Bow, The Seekers, The Purple Plain, Quartet, Snowbound, A Place of One's Own as well as some invisible animated matte effects for Romeo and Juliet and his last film in 1955 which was Above Us The Waves.<br />
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Filippo would die four years later in 1959, but his legacy lives on, with his extended family still delighted when they see his name up on screen when assorted old films are shown on television.<br />
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A few years ago, all of Guido's old camera equipment, effects gadgets and hand built optical devices were gathered up by another family member and sold at auction at Christies London - including most of his memorabilia - with just the photographic material displayed <i>here</i> able to be 'salvaged' by David from imminent dispersal to whereabouts, unknown.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Three of Guido's P.O.W oil paintings of life in an internment camp in Australia in 1941-42, accomplished with home made pigments, brushes and supports.</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">ORIGINAL ILLUSION ARTS MATTE PAINTINGS AUCTIONED:</span></b><br />
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I'm always thrilled to discover unseen matte art that occasionally crops up on auction sites, though vast distance, pandemics and civil unrest obviously preclude your far flung correspondent from ever attending such venues. Late last year <i>Heritage Auctions</i> hosted a sale of some amazing matte art from the vaults of the, sadly now shut down, boutique visual effects house, Illusion Arts, which was established in 1985 or so by former Universal staffers, and Albert Whitlock associates Bill Taylor and Syd Dutton. What follows are an extraordinary collection of wonderful traditional hand painted mattes <i>(is there any other kind, I ask you?),</i> largely the creation of Syd Dutton, though I think a few might have been rendered by Robert Stromberg - though I stand to be corrected. Best still, the images are <u>superb</u> high resolution photos that allowed me to crop and present close up detail areas of the original brushwork, which is something NZ Pete just cannot get enough of.<br />
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*Note- a message from Google Images last week informed me that space is rapidly filling up, and as I have no intention of 'buying' more storage, my images will need to now be reduced in size considerably, though I'll still try to present matte shots as best I can - especially to the true devotees who actually read this on a genuine computer screen. I do it for <u>you</u>!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matte artist Syd Dutton, shown here some years ago outside the Illusion Arts facility with a major matte from one of the later STAR TREK tv series. See below for more great work...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Magnificent, evocative matte art by Dutton from STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION made either in the late 80's or early 90's. I liked the old original tv series and films but never watched the reincarnations. The matte was titled <i>Unification Romulus,</i> which I assume was the episode or locale.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Detail that definitely shows the Whitlock style of impressionistic flicks of paint and much suggestion rather than needless detail to bring it all together. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More detail</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A particular favourite matte here, from a middling spoof made almost a decade too late - Mel Brooks' SPACEBALLS (1987). An absolutely eye popping Dutton painting that was shown as a full painting, with just a spaceship doubled in as the only other element. You can show me a thousand digital mattes and not a one would, for me, have the life, energy or just plain sense of wonder as a painting like this. Incidentally, the Heritage site stated this to be an Al Whitlock painting which it's not. Just sayin'. </span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Close up</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More detail, with the sense of backlight being an absolute plus, as well as a clue as to who Syd's mentor was. Whitlock so often composed his shots with this sort of backlight to brilliant effect.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Still more detail. Would you expect anything less from NZ Pete? No... seriously, would you??</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I'd donate a lung and a kidney to own this masterpiece.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Listed as Devil's Due, Ventax II from STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION. See below for composite.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final on screen composite.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">This one's from STAR TREK-DEEP SPACE 9 and was listed as Cardassia Prime. It's rough and unfinished look suggests perhaps either an unused shot of one that might appear on a monitor or something, with little need for detail?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">From an episode of STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION, I think this might be a Robert Stromberg matte as I have pics of him working on it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The show stopping Geidi Prime matte painting from the opulent, yet flawed DUNE (1985)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Some detail of the area where a few extras would ultimately be doubled in.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More detail than you can shake a stick at. Additional elements would later be doubled in during matte photography.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">From STAR TREK-DEEP SPACE 9 and labelled as Teplan.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Closer view of art.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Dutton, at left, confers with matte cameraman Mark Sawicki as foreground miniatures are positioned in readiness for the shooting of a mammoth BATMAN FOREVER establishing shot of Gotham City.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Syd's impressive BATMAN FOREVER (1995) matte, which must have been among the very last ever traditional mattes put together by Illusion Arts. It has a very Dick Tracy flavour to it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">You want detail?? ... You can't handle the detail!!!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A superb piece of matte art rendered by the traditional means, from a show that was almost entirely a 'digital' matte show - the excellent Rutger Hauer HBO telemovie FATHERLAND (1994). The wide painting served as a pan across a 1960's Berlin that still had Hitler running the joint! God forbid!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>'Achtung!... Ve haf vays hof makink you enjoy traditional matte art!'</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More Dutton matte art from STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION, described as Angosia by the auction house.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Closer look makes it all look so easy!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">This one's from STAR TREK VOYAGER - a series I've never even heard of. The note says it's 'Caretaker Ocampa Underground' which undoubtedly means something to die-hard Trekkies. I think Robert Stromberg may have painted this one too (see below).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Illusion Arts matte painter Robert Stromberg who is now an Oscar winning production designer and has directed a couple of big features too. Note the foreground miniatures that would lend depth to the final shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Detail from the STAR TREK VOYAGER matte art.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The last of the mattes is this one from STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I'd often seen the film mentioned in reference books but until recently had never found it. TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL (1935) - which by the way was just titled THE TUNNEL in England, it's country of origin - proved to be a most satisfying piece of science fiction that was years ahead of its time in so many ways.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Some of the many examples of ad-art the film received, with a special note to the somewhat jarring - yet effective Spanish ad campaign shown at lower left. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The film was a modest affair by all accounts, made by Gaumont British Picture Corporation, but it is actually a very good picture indeed, especially for it's day. Yes, I was impressed. If you (like me) enjoy vintage cinema from long ago, then this comes well recommended. If, however, you are of the <i>Marvel era</i> generation you're bound to not in the least be interested. I know which I belong to.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">American star Richard Dix was brought over to bolster box office appeal, and Walter Huston (father of John) also came on board as the US President, which has just <u>got</u> to be a better deal than you know who. As an aside, when it comes to actors playing The President, I reckon the best was Fredric March in the chilling SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964), followed closely by Henry Fonda in Sidney Lumet's brilliant FAIL SAFE (1964) ... though, I digress.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The film had no special effects men credited, though the primary contributors were the aforementioned Filippo Guidobaldi, who as you'll be aware specialised in miniatures - of which there are many. Also on the effects crew was Jack Whitehead, who was an effects cinematographer who specialised in process shots. The only other name I can find was someone called 'A.Stroppa' - about whom, I know nothing. This rare photo from an ancient magazine shows the effects crew rigging a forced perspective model shot. See below.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of the perspective, or hanging, miniature shots featured in the film. The movie had, what I'd describe as, outstanding visual effects work the whole way through. In fact I was quite stunned at the quality and substance of the trick work and found it hard to believe it had been produced in 1935, <u>and</u> in a small British studio. </span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL is the third version of the same narrative - the massive enterprise in drilling a giant tunnel all the way under the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to America - with a very early 1913 German version, as well as a later 1931 German/French affair. There were reports that the British 1935 version lifted SFX shots out of the 1931 German print, though I've seen that one and nothing seems similar to me at all<i> (unless I blinked and missed something?)</i>. If anything, the 1931 one is the more realistic only inasmuch as it relies upon genuine looking tunnellers hard at work, slogging it out underground, largely unaided by futuristic equipment, almost doco style. That said, the German film industry <i>were</i> experts at the use of hanging miniatures and Shufftan processes in early cinema, but I really never saw anything similar.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Crane down on miniature tower and city scape to reveal massive sort of 'Big Brother' styled television broadcast announcing impending tunnel project. As with all of the model work in the film, it's very impressive, both in construction and in photography, with excellent depth of field in all of the miniature shots, which is not at all common in films of that era.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The technology is all there, though just what the supposed 'year' the story occurs in, we're never told, other than a mention of the Channel Tunnel from France to Britain being completed successfully way back in 1940 (!) - so maybe this takes place in the late 50's or so? The film made much more of an impression on me than the similarly dated THINGS TO COME.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">There are a myriad of scenes showing speeding railcars hurtling through the incomplete undersea tunnel. These shots are phenomenal and have me baffled. Not only are they superbly engineered and constructed <i>(I assume they are very large miniatures?)</i>, but the camera swerves around into the tunnel just as the railcar speeds by, or in other shots swerves out of the way of an approaching vehicle. Even replaying these scenes I can't fault them.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Depth of field is spot on, which is usually a dead give away with such work. Lighting also perfect. Wow!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">This production still taken during the making shows the degree of detail in Filippo Guidobaldi's set.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The construction is interrupted by political in-fighting and money problems - not to mention a steadily rising death toll among workers. Here, our leading man flies to the US on a sort of early helicopter, landing on the roof of a skyscraper.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A production still of the miniature set, though the heli-craft looks decidedly 'naff' when seen with too much illumination.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of a number of hanging miniature set ups that greatly enhance the already very impressive art direction by Erno Metzner</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">There are many shots involving massive machines grinding away and rolling into position, most likely all executed with foreground, or hanging miniatures, and all expertly photographed. I wonder whether Gerry Anderson or Derek Meddings ever grew up on this film as many shots have a 'Century 21' flavour to them.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Members of the Houses of Parliament keep a watch on the proceedings via their 'televisor' (everyone seems to have one). Probably a matte painted set extension or hanging miniature filling half the frame here.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Set enhanced with foreground models including an overhead monorail that transports workers through the tunnel.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The cockpit of the giant drilling machine which uses a 'radium drill' to slice through the bedrock. These shots look great as we get to see the operator climb up the ladder and go inside what I presume to be a model.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">You can almost hear Barry Gray's fantastic <i>Thunderbirds </i>underscore with these scenes as this machinery rolls into place.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Now, some clever pencil pushing bastard forgot to mention the fact that the route of the aforementioned tunnel runs straight <u>through</u> a massive volcano under the ocean floor!! The equipment hasn't been tested on such obstacles but heroes Richard Dix and Leslie Banks will give it a go anyhow.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The massive engine strains under the oppressive heat, which reaches a sweltering <b>155 degrees</b>, though whether that's that half arsed<i> 'fahrenheit' </i>or the far more civilised <i>'celsius'</i> is anybody's guess.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The whole set piece is pretty intense actually, and must have really got audiences shifting uncomfortably in their seats back in '35.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>"One small step for man..."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The reception committee on the United States side of the Atlantic...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">...and the British reception committee on the <u>other</u> side, though curiously, both places look identical to me, just flopped back to front with actors wearing different costumes. Anyway, hanging miniature work at play here again.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Some <u>very</u> cool alternate ad-art for the Paul Verhoeven sci-fi cult hit, ROBOCOP (1987)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An enjoyable satire, packed with mayhem and over the top action, ROBOCOP was a dazzling display of photographic effects trickery from start to finish, with the highly regarded Peter Kuran and his VCE optical house supervising the rollout of effects shots that ran that gamut from excellent stop motion animation, traditional matte painting, optical combinations and more.... and that doesn't even count the mind boggling number of physical effects and special make up work. Should have been up for Oscar consideration in the visual FX category, but don't get me started on friggen' Oscar injustices!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Top pics show VFX supervisor Peter Kuran, a specialist in optical cinematography and decades worth of jaw dropping cel animated and roto gags on scores of memorable films. I'm a massive fan of his work and count shows like George Lucas' original STAR WARS (1977) - the only 'real' SW flick for me - where he pretty much got his start, animating countless lasers, blasts and very subtle roto enhancement on composite shots for so much of the show it just staggers the mind. Among his other credits, I loved his extensive work in the neat little post-apocalyptic thriller DREAMSCAPE (1984) and his completely low-tech, hands-on title sequence for John Carpenter's THE THING (1982) to name but two titles. Also pictured here (bottom row) is animator and all round VFX expert Harry Walton, at work on a couple of sequences. Harry is one of those broadly talented trick men who can paint glass shots, shoot miniatures, execute rotoscope mattes and cel animation and handle optical compositing! Harry started off way back in the early seventies on the Rick Baker monster flick OCTAMAN (1971) and later worked for years as one of Cascade's effects staffers, alongside people like Jim Danforth and Dennis Muren, and had a <u>very</u> successful career with numerous effects houses such as ILM on massive shows such as WILLOW, HOOK and TERMINATOR 2 to name just a few. Harry is also an avid follower of this very blog and has been most helpful to NZPete with questions and images in the past.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Chief stop motion animator Phil Tippett - a key creative contributor to the success of ROBOCOP, is shown here at work on one of the brilliantly orchestrated SMA cuts. Phil's animation still looks a million dollars all these years later. I first became aware of Phil from his brief 'chess game' sequence in the first STAR WARS back in '77, and again shortly afterward with a memorable bit in the Corman film PIRANHA which stuck with me (great little flick actually!). Tippett would quickly rack up a healthy list of top shelf titles, and even if the titles were lacking somewhat, Phil's stop motion was always reason enough to see the film. Some fine Tippett stop motion work was to be found in DRAGONSLAYER (1981) which was groundbreaking in it's development and application of 'Go-Motion' - an entirely new slant on the time honoured stop frame methods of old which delivered an astonishing new level of movement to puppets. Phil had much to do later on with the final look of JURASSIC PARK, which although a CG enterprise by the time it reached the screen, began as much as a stop motion project.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I discussed the career of matte artist Rocco Gioffre in my last blog. Here we see Rocco with one of his seven mattes created for ROBOCOP. Rocco had, for a few years, shared a studio with fellow matte painter Mark Sullivan, with the pair often working side by side on a number of films, ROBOCOP included. Mark rendered a pair of dynamic mattes for the film, though only one - the epic downview that concludes the film - made the final cut. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The completed shot of the 70 story elevator shaft. A remarkable matte shot, beautifully designed and painted, with flawless compositing. All of the mattes in the film were made on original negative excepting the two elevator shots as they required a substantial reduction of the live action plate on the optical printer so as to rescale the action to fit. Robbie Blalack's optical house, Praxis Film Works made the dupes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An alternate angle of the 70 floor shaft and elevator required another Gioffre painting. The live action material was filmed at the Plaza of the Americas' in Dallas, Texas, with substantial set extension added as a matte shot, once again to brilliant effect.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The O.C.P headquarters skyscraper was, in reality, nothing of the sort. A mere six storey building served perfectly as the main focal point due to it's odd futuristic design. Rocco would paint in a great many more floors as well as other non-existant high rise structures. I spoke with Rocco many years ago about this and he mentioned having regrets at having sold off all of his ROBOCOP mattes years ago.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another splendid BluRay frame demonstrates the crisp original negative, first generation result.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A clearer look at the matte work in progress.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">New Detroit, or Delta City courtesy of Rocco and his paintbrush.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Before and after of Delta City in the year 2020 (!!) In an interview about the film for Cinefex magazine, Gioffre described his work: <i> "The usual technique that I employ is original camera negative compositing. This involves going on location with a camera crew, very sturdily locking off your camera, and then masking off the portion of the frame which will later be replaced with the painted artwork. On ROBOCOP the paintings themselves were about 30 x 40 inches in size, which is about the norm for a locked off shot. They were done on masonite [hardboard], my preference over glass. Glass is a bit heavier than masonite, and if you drop a glass matte, there's not only the danger of injury, but more of a chance you'll lose your whole painting. If you drop masonite you might scratch your painting, but that's it. Usually I do my paintings in oil. Every once in a while I'll do some work in acrylics, like an underpainting, but primarily I prefer brush painting and oils - no airbrushing or anything like that."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another dizzying downview, possibly a printed down dupe of the earlier daylight shot</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Rocco's associate Mark Sullivan was responsible for this incredible full matte painting for the film's dramatic climax. Mark painted two mattes - the other was of the skyscraper at sunset - though this was the only one to make the final edit. *<i>Thanks to Mark for letting me have this wonderful photo and the one below.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Close up detail from Mark's phenomenal matte art. Added realism was made possible by creating moving traffic on some of the painted streets below. In a Cinefex interview Gioffre stated: <i>"When we photographed the painting, I added some animated traffic to help sell the shot. It was all pretty low tech really. I provided little painted facsimiles of cars - about an eighth-of-an-inch long, which were taped right onto the painting itself. Then I'd get in there between frames and push them along at about a sixth-of-an-inch per frame per shot."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>'You sure got a real purdy mouth' .</i>..oh, sorry, wrong Ronny Cox movie(!) Anyway, our villain tumbles out the window to his death in a multi-element trick shot involving matte art, motion painted traffic and an immaculately dressed puppet.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>"Oh, shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhit"</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In addition to painting most of the mattes for the film, Rocco Gioffre also created and animated the Ronny Cox puppet for the death scene. Much work went into the construction of the puppet, with a specialist hired to make the suit which had tiny aluminium wires inserted within the coat and pants legs to permit not just the articulated puppet to be stop frame animated but also areas of his clothing so as to flutter as the wind rushes by. For the puppet itself Rocco stated to Cinefex magazine: <i>"I began by sculpting a two foot tall figure, molded after Ronny Cox. The puppet itself was equipped with only thick aluminium wire. The original plan was to have a full ball and socket armature but with the time constraints we had I ended up using just wire. We shot it on a motion control rig at David Stipes Productions using a Mitchell camera against a 12 x 20 foot frontlit blue screen. The shot was set up as a continuous pullback, starting with the puppet right up against the lens - a 15mm wide angle - and then going back a full 30 feet. Robert Bailey was then responsible for the blue screen compositing with our second element, Mark Sullivan's matte painting."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The immediate sequel, ROBOCOP 2 (1991) wasn't as good as the original though it was entertaining and packed in a truckload of great visual effects, from a very large team, mostly the same folks as the first film. This photo shows animator Harry Walton in the midst of a stop motion action scene.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A number of animators worked on the film such as Phil Tippett, Randy Dutra, Pete Kleinow, Tom St.Amand and others. Interestingly, it was matte painter and all round effects guy Mark Sullivan who animated this and about a dozen more shots of the Cain robot - <i>"The bad guy with the snow plow head"</i>, as Mark described him to me.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Once again, Rocco Gioffre was brought back on board to render a few matte shots such as this dynamite one of the O.C.P headquarters as seen in a fresh vantage point this time around. Until I got a hold of a photo from Rocco a few years ago of the actual painted matte (which was for sale), I had no idea the scene was a trick shot!! Imagine!! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A more splendidly realised piece of painted realism you are never likely to see! Love it!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I'm so thrilled whenever I get the chance to see before and after clips. It just makes life worth living.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The glorious, and completely invisible finished photographic effect. Who'd have known?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another painted matte that slips by unnoticed. I don't know who did this as I note the Craig Barron firm Matte World and artist Michael Pangrazio did some work on the film, so perhaps it's theirs?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Part of a news break on tv, hence the deliberate scan lines, this nuclear reactor is looking decidedly 'dodgy'<i> (non-compliant to you Americans)</i>. A Rocco Gioffre matte shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An earlier test frame from the same sequence set in the Brazilian rainforest. Gioffre shot a live action portion of the frame in the Los Angeles Arboretum, with palm fronds and some trees, which were then combined on original negative with a painting of the nuclear reactor. Additional elements such as smoke painted on a separate foreground glass which was moved slowly during photography and split screened by matte cameraman Paul Curley to move behind the foreground trees, in addition to a bi-packed fire element.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Mark Sullivan also painted on ROBOCOP 2, with this scene from an exciting fx sequence where two robots face off and scrap to the death atop skyscrapers. Mark described the set up to me: <i> "My painting here of the office buildings was done on glass. A clear area of the glass allowed the camera to see a miniature of the rooftop edge and facade of the building, which is closer and on the right side of the frame. The animation puppets were positioned on the miniature building roof edge. I had used this approach before on other films to combine miniature, painted and stop motion elements all in camera."</i> The glass shot set up was done at Phil Tippett's studio.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The finished shot, done entirely in camera with Mark's fabulous matte painted city and the miniature components as one. Mark's painting was based upon a series of still photographs taken in San Francisco by Rick Fichter. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Often described as another matte painting, this - and several other night views in the same sequence - were in fact large photo blow ups and mock ups that were done by technicians at Phil Tippett's Studio. They were rigged with back light slot gags as an additional effect.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The photo mock up that was passed over to an auction house as a matte painting, though Mark Sullivan informed me that it wasn't one.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I'm a sucker for extreme perspective matte shots, though this isn't one in the true sense of the word, rather a cut and paste of carefully selected photographic elements, arranged to give the sense of a building 150 floors in height.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More of the same. Photographic prints of buildings were reproduced and carefully pasted over the original to greatly extend the elevation and extreme perspective. The paste up was mounted on gatorboard and additional gags were introduced such as twinkling lights and moving traffic far below. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I think the shots look great and work a treat in the action packed punch up. An additional filmed element consisting of crowds of onlookers was projected onto the photo paste up. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A massive tilt down takes place, which required much careful planning and execution by Rocco Gioffre and Mark Sullivan. A building that was relatively small in stature was greatly expanded upon courtesy of matte artist Rocco Gioffre, with the need to execute an extensive tilt down camera move all the way down the artwork and onto some live action at street level. </span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The upper most portion of the large six foot tall matte painting as the tilt down begins. A VistaVision plate of the live action at street level was projected on a two foot screen at the bottom edge of the painting (not shown here).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The tilt was shot as a stop motion camera move by Mark Sullivan. Gioffre elaborated to Cinefex magazine in 1990: <i>"It would have been nice to have a motion control setup for that, but we didn't have one available at the time so Mark did it by manually computing increments, using a gunsight on the pan and tilt head of the camera. Mark had an arc drawn out off camera on the right hand side of the painting, and then he lined up the gunsight crosshairs to that and viewed through the sight while he was doing the tilt down. He'd fire a frame and then advance to the next position. It was about a two or three second exposure, so Mark could actually do a gradual blur by just moving the handles on the pan and tilt head while he was viewing. We shot it with a standard 35mm Mitchell camera."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The tilt down continues...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">...and continues, with a subtle camera gag introduced as a beam of blue searchlight which was in fact a piece of steel rod manipulated very closely to the matte camera lens while being illuminated by a small lightbulb. The closeness of the rod made it deliberately 'out of focus' so that it looked like an actual searchlight beam moving across the building.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The complex shot comes to an end as the camera reaches the VistaVision live action rear projected plate. Rocco borrowed Mark's special process projector to pull off the shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I'm a massive fan of tales and especially true accounts of escape and evasion during the Second World War in Europe. All fascinating stuff. This film, THE SEVENTH CROSS (1944), directed by a young Fred Zinnemann, is an excellent, taut story - set in 1936 - of a persecuted man on the run from the newly emerging Nazi party for being a supposed 'enemy of the state'. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">No effects credit but being MGM Warren Newcombe would definitely have been running the matte side of things.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">There are just a few matte shots but I want to illustrate them here, particularly as I have a very nice photo below of this wonderful painting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Glorious matte art, largely executed with fine tipped pastel crayon, as was the tried and true Newcombe department method, by an artist unknown, though some of the names working for Newcombe at the time included Howard Fisher, Rufus Harrington, Henri Hillinck and others.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matte art provides upper part of German village and sky</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Spencer finds sanctuary from the ever present Gestapo, who have a 'cross' all prepared for his impending execution - one of the seven German 'enemies of the state' who escaped a domestic concentration camp, with hi m being the only escapee still evading capture. A very good film, with solid support from the <u>always</u> excellent character actor, Hume Cronyn.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Tracy finds safety and solitude in the church as a massive thunderstorm rages outside. A superbly drawn and worked matte painting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A chase ensues across the rooftops of the German town as the Gestapo close in. Upper part an MGM set and painted backing, while all else immediately below the roofline being a Newcombe department matte painting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A gigantic leap of faith pays off ... or does it? See the movie.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">MAGNIFICENT DOLL (1946) is a mildly interesting period costumer with much political manipulation and devious deeds along the way leading to Thomas Jefferson getting into the, still under construction, White House.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">No effects credit, but at that period David Stanley Horsley would have been in charge of the Universal photographic effects department, with Russell Lawson as matte painter.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matte art extends from the upper half of the foreground pillars and encompasses the walls, ceiling and probably the top bit of the hanging chandeliers. The matte line is just visible. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More matte art, presumably by Russ Lawson, of a far simpler time. The cloud work is a bit too exaggerated here.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">This shot is rather good, and I had to review it several times to be sure. Much of this scene has been painted in with the matte extending just above the door on the left, across and down along the floor where the carpet ends. All of the wall and background foyer area with it's staircase and the archway have been painted. Just the sort of trick shot I like.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">This shot is a very well executed set extension with upper walls and ceiling with it's suspended chandeleir all painted in quite skillfully. I suspect the matte blend runs along the line of the sunlight rays across the back wall.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">All above the hedge row painted in.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Now, this one's a doozy. The White House under construction, with a great amount of the frame here being matte art, with just a small 'wedge' of live action down front.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A tour of the as yet unfinished White House, with someone's dirty laundry hanging out to dry! Hardly becoming for what will be the Presidential abode. Much of this shot being painted of course.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another matte extended grand ballroom from MAGNIFICENT DOLL.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The last trick shot in the film may be a miniature? Then again, matte art would be more cost effective I'd say.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The hugely successful Ayn Rand novel was transformed into a big budget, effects filled epic by Warner Bros in 1949. A sprawling saga of ambition, greed, corporate hi-jinks, lust and a hell of a lot of very tall buildings.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The movie was a massive photographic effects showcase for Warner Bros, who luckily, had a large and extremely well staffed and equipped special effects department that was known as 'Stage 5'. THE FOUNTAINHEAD was made right at the tail end of Stage 5's glory years, where anything, and everything a director envisioned, could be created and put up there on the screen. The very large effects crew was headed by <b>William C. McGann</b>, who was head of Warner's camera department, and supervised trick shots from the mid 1940's to the early 1950's. <b>Edwin DuPar</b>, a highly experienced visual effects cinematographer whose career went back to the Mack Sennett one-reeler days. After three years with Sennett and an interlude at Fox, DuPar was recruited by <b>Fred Jackman</b> in 1920 to join Warners as an effects cameraman, and would work his entire career at that studio on countless films, with the James Cagney musical bio-pic YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942) being his absolute highpoint in my opinion. Additional key crew on THE FOUNTAINHEAD included veteran trick shot man <b>Hans F. Koenekamp</b> - a man that former Warners effects chief and future feature director, <b>Byron Haskin</b> would call "the greatest effects man of them all". Among Hans' hundreds of film credits he was most proud of the horror picture THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (1946) where disembodied hands play a piano and strangle star. Peter Lorre. It's great work folks! As for <b>John Holden</b>, I know very little, other than he was for a time effects supervisor on some films at Warners, though he appeared to specialise is special effects art direction - and THE FOUNTAINHEAD was a film top heavy in that respect. Numerous matte artists worked on the film, and I'll detail them subsequently.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A squad of matte artists painted on this film, with this matte - prepared for the film's trailer - being the work of Chesley Bonestell. Bonestell had studied architecture and in the early thirties was assistant to the chief engineer of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge doing engineering drawings. As far as I can discover, Chesley first became a matte artist in 1939 at RKO Studios where he painted shots for THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and a year later for Orson Welles' CITIZEN KANE (1940) and his later THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1941). Chesley would move from studio to studio and work on all manner of film projects. At Fox he painted on HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941) and much later at Paramount he would provide the astronomical artwork for several George Pal pictures such as WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953). Most of his film work was done for Warner Bros, with some memorable and highly complex matte wizardry to be seen in both RHAPSODY IN BLUE (1945) and the film THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN (1944) which featured a staggering tour-de-force panoramic matte composite which saw the film nominated for the effects. Later on, Bonestell became famous for his research and publications focusing on the universe and planetary paintings, with a retrospective of this work exhibited just recently.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Some of the visual effects crew: top left is Chesley Bonestell; top middle is Hans Koenekamp; top right is Mario Larrinaga; bottom left; Edwin DuPar; bottom middle Paul Detlefsen; bottom right unidentified Warners matte artist.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An interesting pic of costar Raymond Massey in his lavish office set on the Warners sound stage while the scenery guys fit the vast painted backing.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Top left is star Gary Cooper with what might be one of the matte paintings in the background. Bottom left is one of SFX Art Director John Holden's drawings for a proposed matte shot. At right Gary Cooper observes as members of the art department demonstrate the finer points to architecture</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A series of architectural drawings as shown in the film, purportedly designed by the Cooper character - all of which will later be matched with elaborate matte painted shots and miniatures.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">High drama, high emotions and often in high places! Much lusting and treachery afoot amidst corporate greed and self destructive meltdowns - but hey, I liked the movie.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The Chesley Bonestell matte art as it appears in the feature film.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another Bonestell matte shot where the top half of the frame has been painted in seamlessly.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The film is literally packed with excellent matte shots, with several top form artists on board to turn out all of the work. Chief matte artist at Warners was Paul Detlefsen - the son of Danish immigrants studied at the Chicago Art Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts. Paul had initially wanted to get into cartoon animation work though became a scenic backing painter, and by default, fell into glass shot painting for director Cecil B.DeMille and Douglas Fairbanks. Paul worked on silent pictures such as DANCER OF THE NILE (1923) - a film now thought lost - among many others. Paul came to RKO in 1929 and helped create the famous RKO logo. He got a call from Warner Bros in the early thirties to work on a Michael Curtiz picture CABIN IN THE COTTON (1932), with the director himself outwardly showing he had absolutely no faith in Paul's ability! When Paul turned in a matte shot of vast cotton fields surrounding Bette Davis' small cabin, he had engineered an in-camera gag where he created subtle movement in the trees to the utter astonishment of the outspoken Curtiz, who then insisted Jack Warner put Detlefsen under a contract at once! That was the start of a long and successful career with that studio right up until Paul's retirement in 1950. Incidentally, that cotton field matte was so popular it ended up in countless other movies for years, even non-Warner pictures! Go figure!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In an interview many years ago, Paul Detlefsen stated that the unsung hero for the sucess of so many matte shots at Warner Bros was long time matte cinematographer John Crouse. Both Paul and John would be Oscar nominated in 1944 for their work in THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More mattes than you can shake a fist at.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A dramatic pull back from one of Cooper's glass and steel creations - all an elaborate trick shot naturally.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another well known matte painter who worked on THE FOUNTAINHEAD was Mario Larrinaga. Mario, born in Mexico, was taught to paint by his brother Juan. He started off as a technical artist and illustrator in 1916 at Universal Studios where he also painted miniatures and scenic backings. Mario drifted into glass shots during the silent era and really found his place when hired by visionary trick pioneer Willis O'Brien at RKO for the film CREATION (1930) and was a key member of O'Bie's creative team for the classic, never to be beaten, KING KONG (1933) in which he provided a great deal of conceptual art as well as extraordinary multi-plane glass paintings that still to this day represent the medium at it's best. Larrinaga would work between RKO and Warner Bros for the remainder of his film career and, alongside Chesley Bonestell, contributed mattes to CITIZEN KANE and big Warner Bros pictures such as MILDRED PIERCE and SAN ANTONIO (both 1945) and Hitchcock's UNDER CAPRICORN (1949).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Yet another matte painter was engaged to complete the multitude of mattes. Louis Litchtenfield began as an illustrator for the legendary Production Designer William Cameron Menzies at the Selznick International Pictures studio. Under Menzies he helped design prospective matte shots for photographic effects supervisor Jack Cosgrove on the epic GONE WITH THE WIND (1939). Following his WWII service, Lou sought work at various Hollywood studios where he painted mattes and glass shots at Columbia and RKO where he would use the time to study the different methods each matte department employed. One such film was the Willis O'Brien stop motion classic MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (1949) where he teamed with three other matte exponents in producing superb jungle glass shots, which would ultimately see the film take home the Best Special Effects Oscar that year. Lou moved toWarners for THE FOUNTAINHEAD and then over to MGM for AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951) and other films. Lou transferred back to Warners for the rest of his career, more or less, and painted on big films such as HELEN OF TROY (1955) for which he was also supervisor of special photographic effects. Later films included FLASH GORDON in 1980.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">According to Matthew Yuricich - who was friends with Lou Litchtenfield - they had an issue with one of these paintings whereby an emergency fix was urgently called for. Apparently the finished painting was starting to 'run', with overly diluted pigment slowly dribbling down the otherwise finished artwork. As composite photography loomed the next morning, Lou and Mario had to come in and clean up and repaint the smudged sections in time for the camera. I don't know if this matte is the one, other than it being described as similar to this.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More matte artistry as Gary Cooper's building boom goes sky-high.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: blue;">'Why the hell didn't I design and fit an elevator?'</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Not sure but I suspect the upper part with the floodlights may be painted in later? </span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It's High Noon on the construction site. Process shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Subtle matte work with much added in later.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Possibly a large miniature set, complete with model truck. The trees and distant scenery could possibly be glass painted elements?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Now this matte shot I've always loved, as I'm a sucker for extreme perspective drawing.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Still more flawless matte painted urban add-on's.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I think this view is a large miniature, built for reasons of explosive destruction in a later sequence.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Cooper surveys his creation. Probably a miniature shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Miniature </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Now, this is a cool shot - a large miniature set complete with approaching vehicle, with the camera panning along the action. FX cinematographer Edwin DuPar would have been chiefly responsible.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The miniature scene in action, with a cut to live action car against a process rear projected miniature set.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Patrica Neal amid the miniature construction site via effective back projection.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More fictitious architecture matted into city footage and used as a process plate.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It seems that the sky's the limit judging by this near <i>Tower of Babel</i> proportioned skyscraper. Great shot, though whether it was a large model or superb matte art, I can't tell. A small elevator can be seen travelling up the building so perhaps it's entirely miniature.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Leading lady Patricia Neal journey's up the worker's elevator to the roof in one dramatic continuous effects shot, where Gary Cooper is shown far in the distance, with the POV gradually moving into extreme close up - from miniature to live action. </span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">There's Gary way up at the edge of the roof of the (miniature) skyscraper.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Warner's Stage 5 effects team were absolute masters when it came to complex shots like this, as was proven in so many films of the thirties and especially the forties - which were their heyday for grand and inventive camera trickery. There are just so many shows I've seen from this studio where miniatures, matte art, process plates, live action and even more, are brilliantly combined into incredible, uninterrupted fx sequences. Some include THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN, THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT, YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN, SVENGALI, RHAPSODY IN BLUE and the grand daddy of all, the eye popping YANKEE DOODLE DANDY to name but a handful. No other studio was as adept at pulling off these jigsaw puzzle visuals as Warner Bros.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A barely detectable soft 'matte' or blend of some sort can be seen surrounding Gary.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I've never been able to figure out how this was done - and in one continuous move. Probably some sort of process projected element of Cooper, blended invisibly into a glass painted sky behind the miniature lying on it's side is my best guess??</span></td></tr>
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Greetings friends, fans and followers of <i>old time</i> - as in the time <u>before</u> computerisation - traditional era 'hand crafted' movie trickery. I have a wonderful line up here today of grand matte painted mastery spanning the decades, as is my recognised <i>modus operandi</i>. I'm very pleased with the comments, emails and feedback I've been getting regarding this series of so-called 'overlooked films', so naturally I still have a lot more to share with you all. From a pair of classic thirties features - most likely completely unknown to recent generations - through to an excellent fifties musical bio-pic of a <i>real</i> American legend of harmony and tune from the crossover into the 20th century (probably also a mystery to many of you younger people, but what a sensational film) with terrific matte paintings and clever innovative camerawork.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Both of these fine artists are discussed in today's blog.</span></td></tr>
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Also featured here is another matte laden true story epic bio-pic made for television in the early 1990's worthy of rediscovery, and as if they weren't enough, I have a particularly fun Sly Stallone guilty pleasure in the form of a sci-fi thriller as well from quite recent times - at least quite recent in <i>my</i> general scheme of things, 1993 - in fact one of the last of the traditional hand painted films of it's type before the whole she-bang went the way of the motherboard, plug ins and a keyboard. Sad times all round for those antique aficionados of conventional cinema technology, like me.<br />
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<i>But wait... there's more!</i><br />
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My latest 'Blast from the Past' feature celebrates a legend in matte artistry and all round visual effects expertise - a man I've been meaning to pay tribute to for quite some time but never seemed to get around to it, until a faithful reader and fellow industry matte painter recently gave me the subtle 'hurry up' (thanks Richard). Overdue I know, but better late than never.<br />
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<b>Pete in Pandemic Lock down:</b><br />
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Before I embark on today's cinematic journey I should make mention of the terrible contagion that is sweeping the globe. My heart goes out to those communities (and countries) that seem to be having a particularly tough time of it. We have family in New York as well as friends in Spain and elsewhere, so we get the picture loud and clear. Thankfully, thus far at least, we <i>seem</i>, here in New Zealand, to be escaping the worst of it, with a total lock down of most every aspect of daily life put in place a month ago and due to be relaxed s little next week, with the vast majority of the populace fully behind the government. To date, we've only had <i>thirteen</i> deaths here, which is re-assuring, with the relative isolation - surrounded by ocean - and a low population (less than five million) spread out across a country about the same size as Japan and the closure of all borders, surely (hopefully) having a lot to do with it. The economy will be an unknown quantity probably for quite some time, but the Prime Minister is working hard to arrest this virus in it's tracks. One thing's for sure....nothing will ever be the same, once we, the world, are out of this catastrophe. All the best to you all on that front.<br />
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So, with that cheer filled and <i>uplifting</i> opinion piece, let us kick off our shoes, recline in our fave chair with a Jack Daniels at the ready and enjoy another of NZ Pete's tributes to matte magic and the marvellous practitioners therein, and <i>please</i> try to view the blog on at least a decent size screen or desktop, as I always try to get the best images I can, which isn't always easy. But before we do that ...<br />
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I'm sure Stanley would approve..... <i>and</i> accept the visual effects Oscar (!!) - AGAIN!<br />
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<b>A Curiosity and an Explanation:</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Zsa Zsa Gabor - the poor man's Meryl Streep - in the 'B' epic QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE (1958), which despite what you might think, was <u>not</u> a true story!</span></td></tr>
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Oh, and as it's my pleasure, I always drop in one or two mystery pics within the banner montage at the top, though few ever comment, nor notice. Just for your information, that odd matte painting seen at the bottom right of the banner/header at the very top of this blog post is a shot from the incredibly bad, unintentionally hilarious, though oddly entertaining Zsa Zsa Gabor Allied Artists sci-fi epic, THE QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE (1958), though it may have been lifted from a completely different movie, due to the shot being stretched sideways to impossible dimensions as a pseudo CinemaScope shot to fit with the rest of the Scope film (I've 'squeezed' the frame up there back to Academy ratio as it, no doubt, was originally painted). The film had no FX credit but I notice <i>imdb</i> credit the great Jack Cosgrove for 'special photographic effects', so maybe Jack painted it, which is a surprise! If anyone can identify the origins of this shot, please let me know.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>A BLAST FROM THE PAST:</i></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Rocco Gioffre</i></span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwADOHCN21LH9u9dt5U2KpqhMTEaC-jl3tqLrZyMtyHtpovvtVrmJeVKmrESKZ5bOQXdRR48xBm7vFBTwaK5tiRSqHTxg0O0K3iv1susI-Fc-H9cVEtuKVa_rQmw9u4wE02tLYyNfCJ0/s1600/vlcsnap-03566a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwADOHCN21LH9u9dt5U2KpqhMTEaC-jl3tqLrZyMtyHtpovvtVrmJeVKmrESKZ5bOQXdRR48xBm7vFBTwaK5tiRSqHTxg0O0K3iv1susI-Fc-H9cVEtuKVa_rQmw9u4wE02tLYyNfCJ0/s400/vlcsnap-03566a.jpg" width="400" /></a>Rocco Gioffre is well overdue for a tribute piece here, and for that, I must apologise. Rocco was one of several notable visual effects artists to come out of the US state of Ohio, with three others I'm aware of being Jim Danforth, Mark Sullivan and Gioffre's very mentor, the late Matthew Yuricich. There was obviously something in the water out there in Ohio that was responsible for so much matte and all round trick shot magic that probably deserves a fully funded post doctoral study by some boffin to see 'what gives'.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Doug Trumbull, Steven Spielberg & Matt Yuricich on CE3K</span></td></tr>
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May be some clandestine 'effects exponent trafficking ring' at work there? Who knows?Anyway, Rocco, like so many of his generation - and those before and after for that matter - was a keen enthusiast of movie magic as a result of catching features at his local theatre on Saturday double bills, as well as repeat showings of older shows on local tv stations. It would come as no surprise to anyone who knows the <i>arc of awareness</i> that specific movies would cast upon young and highly impressionable audiences that the all time 100% classic, KING KONG (1933) had a profound effect upon Rocco - as it did so many countless other visual effects exponents spanning the generations, from people like Ray Harryhausen to Dennis Muren, just to name two.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Rocco's first pro matte assignment-the lights out shot in CE3K</span></td></tr>
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The young enthusiast was to embark upon many Super 8<span style="font-size: x-small;">mm</span> experiments in his formative years - again, as did so many like minded teenagers in the 1970's, hooked as they (we) were on the wonderful fantasy films of Harryhausen and other things like JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, WAR OF THE WORLDS and 2001-A SPACE ODYSSEY. Completely self taught, Gioffre would turn out stop motion, miniatures, camera superimpositions and matte art, though it would be a fortuitous connection with veteran matte painter Matthew Yuricich - another Lorain Ohio 'hometown boy' made good - that Rocco would find professional work in the effects industry. Already knowing each other, Yuricich had helped Gioffre out with odds and ends such as reflective 3M front projection material for his student projects, Matthew was deep into Steven Spielberg's CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1978) when the workload grew from next to no mattes to a vast amount of painted work being needed. Yuricich persuaded Douglas Trumbull to allow him to hire on an 18 year old Rocco in 1976 as an apprentice and general assistant in the CE3K matte department, which only consisted of Matt and cameraman Don Jarel.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of Matthew's large matte set ups from CLOSE ENCOUNTERS.</span> <span style="color: blue;">I'm not sure why, but the two upper photos appear to be of different set ups for the same shot. The one at left seems to be a multi-plane affair with masonite painted background sky and a separate glass painted plane with the silhouette of Devil's Tower blocked in, though the photo at right, from a recent auction of CE3K matte art, shows the masonite (hardboard) panel itself with blocked in silhouette as one?</span></td></tr>
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So began a fruitful and long association that Gioffre frequently acknowledged as being the best education he could ever hope for. Rocco's friend, collaborator and fellow matte painter Mark Sullivan once told me that Rocco's first real 'gig' in Hollywood was in fact handing out Halloween candy to kids who knocked on the door at Yuricich's house. We all gotta start somewhere. You heard it here first!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">STAR TREK-THE MOTION PICTURE's Frisco of the future.</span></td></tr>
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Among the many duties an 'assistant' does in the matte department is to wash and clean up brushes, palettes, scrape off glasses and generally push a broom. Gradually Rocco's responsibilities grew to such precise chores as rotoscoping or tracing film projections onto a prepared matte painting board or glass panel for Matthew to paint on.<br />
Gioffre did block-ins for Matthew and was an avid learner, watching his mentor waste no time in knocking out mattes with the greatest of ease. Later he contributed various painted elements to a number of Matt's paintings such as tree lines, stars and runway lights, while also graduating to completing 2 or 3 full paintings on his own, including the base camp and the city lights shutting off. Much intermediate matte art was needed to serve as subtle blends to pull together miniature set ups and live action seamlessly, which for the most part, were undetectable. Rocco himself often remarked <i>"Matthew did almost all of the matte painting work on CE3K, I just helped."</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Gioffre at work STAR TREK. Not sure why hues are wonky?</span></td></tr>
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Years ago I recall speaking with Rocco and he was full of great stories about working with Matthew, including one whereby he and Yuricich were actually painting mattes for two different films at the same time, using Future General (Doug Trumbull's fx house) in secret. In between paintings for CE3K, when nobody was around, Matt would ask Rocco to close the door and they would knuckle down to paint shots on the sly for Fox's post-apocalyptic DAMNATION ALLEY - some of which entailed painting directly over the top of large photographic enlargements, a time saver method Matthew was very familiar with from his many years at 20th Century Fox and later at MGM. None of the mattes under Yuricich at the time were made on original negative, with Trumbull's organisation adamant on utilising the old Clarence Slifer interpositive film stock method where the artist was required to deliberately paint in unrealistic hues to suit the particular sensitivity and range of the slow film stock - sometimes known as 'orange base' - which to be certain of a satisfactory final match, required a high degree of skill and patience. Yuricich, though well used to it as having been pushed on him for a few decades, none the less hated it, and found a whole new degree of artistic expression with later brushwork on original negative assignments, ironically as a contractor to Rocco, his former student.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Rocco's interpretation of planet Vulcan for Robert Wise's still vital STAR TREK-THE MOTION PICTURE (1979)</span></td></tr>
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Other projects followed, and anywhere Trumbull was assigned, Matthew followed. Robert Wise's STAR TREK-THE MOTION PICTURE (1979) was a huge effects show, with numerous effects houses tied up - some participants being hired to replace or re-shoot work deemed unsatisfactory. Even the mattes were subject to revision and complete overhaul in some cases. Matthew's already completed and composited shots of the planet Vulcan <i>(which, with all due respect to Rocco, I much preferred personally)</i> were replaced with completely different notions of the planet, as instructed by the art director and painted from scratch by Rocco, which as I recall from my extensive oral history with Matthew, he was none too thrilled about. The then budding matte artist, Ken Marschall even contributed a replacement matte for the film from his then base at <i>Graphic Films</i> - the 'birthplace' of 2001's Trumbull and Con Pederson - by sheer coincidence ... though, I digress.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj41y_hA2ChEGqK8YaMvdJAgl1vRHCz2rOq392qeKQNglni9Gu5qkWZhSI_OjH0X_ePw67d260S0dt6eUqdYPZoZ6zh_Ylec7_G5_zjxryNwnmT7cwZk9wPYA2Eq4N56BWQKgRneCmwE4/s1600/rocco+-+armature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="800" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj41y_hA2ChEGqK8YaMvdJAgl1vRHCz2rOq392qeKQNglni9Gu5qkWZhSI_OjH0X_ePw67d260S0dt6eUqdYPZoZ6zh_Ylec7_G5_zjxryNwnmT7cwZk9wPYA2Eq4N56BWQKgRneCmwE4/s320/rocco+-+armature.jpg" width="320" /></a>Interestingly, in an interview some 20 years ago Rocco commented: <i>"When I was in my tens and teens, 7<span style="font-size: x-small;">TH</span> VOYAGE OF SINBAD and Harryhausen's films were all an</i> <i>influence. As I grew older, I became less fascinated with special effects films and more fascinated with the use of matte painting in non-visual effects movies. There are so many non-vfx movies out there that have tons of mattes work in them. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) for instance, contains about fifty matte shots."</i><br />
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Around 1980 Rocco and several of his youthful STAR TREK alumni stepped out and formed their own VFX house, Dream Quest Images, which, though small in comparison to the ILM's, Boss Films and Apogee outfits, more than stood their ground and produced around a decade's worth of extremely high calibre visual effects of all types - a trick shot factory I personally took great notice of and followed. The early <i>Cinefex</i> issue that delved deeply into the Dream Quest shop and it's staffers positively remains my <u>all time</u> favourite of all of the Cinefex articles by a country mile.<br />
At Dream Quest, Rocco was chief (and for a time) sole matte artist, with the company constantly sought after by both commercial clients and feature film producers. Among the many assignments Gioffre rendered mattes for were the tragic - in more ways than one -movie THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1983), the Bob Newhart satire FIRST FAMILY (1980), the Bill Murray comedy hit CADDYSHACK (1980) and some mattes again with Yuricich for Ridley Scott's monumental and visually perfect BLADERUNNER (1982) among many other jobs.<br />
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Around 1984 another talented painter named Mark Sullivan started at Dream Quest. Mark had been another 'Ohio export' with a similar formative background to Rocco, having created very impressive stop motion short films and matte work. Whereas Rocco trained under Yuricich, Mark trained under Jim Danforth - yet another from that exclusive Ohio club. Mark and Rocco would work as a team for a number of years - both at Dream Quest and later at a stand alone, two man matte effects shop of their own where the duo rendered remarkable mattes for ROBOCOP (1987) and it's sequel ROBOCOP 2 (1990) as well as films such as HOUSE II (1987), HIGHWAY TO HELL (1992), ISHTAR (1986) and PREDATOR 2 (1990) as a few examples. <i>*<span style="color: lime;">For readers seeking out shots from either of those original ROBOCOP films, check out my <u>next</u> blog for a full run down as space here is kind of limited</span>.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Dream Quest at play in DEAL OF THE CENTURY (1983)</span></td></tr>
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Some of Gioffre's most identifiable work was for the smash hit (and still funny to this day) Harold Ramis show NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION (1983), with the fictional Walley World amusement park being a classic matte in it's own right.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Rocco at work on an unidentified film or commercial.</span></td></tr>
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Rocco would continue to provide matte painted shots for the remainder of the traditional era, well into the late 90's, with the Chris Farley cowboy film ALMOST HEROES (1998) being probably his last hand painted project. Gioffre stated: <i>"I was still working with a paintbrush myself at that time. I was aware of digital matte painting, but I thought the traditional method would never die out. I thought there was still a need for an actual matte painting, it would still be possible to make a decent living photographing a painting. I held out as long as I could. ALMOST HEROES contained my last brush painted shots. I started those in 1996 - an old western fort and a view looking across the river at the town of St. Louis."</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">ALMOST HEROES (1998) last traditional shot...well, <i>almost</i> his last.</span></td></tr>
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Incidentally, although Rocco was, by nature of the business, forced to go the digital route from there onward right up to the present day, he did quite recently have the opportunity to step back into the past and actually hand paint a traditional brushes & oil matte for the popular musical LA LA LAND (2016), as the film's director understood and appreciated the romance that was forever associated with old time painted mattes in MGM musicals of days long gone. I haven't got the shot as I've not seen the flick **<i>[I can't <u>possibly</u> sit through a Ryan Gosling film without putting a loaded shotgun in my mouth! <u>Then</u> where would NZPete's blog be, I ask you?]</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An early test shot that Rocco made at an airstrip circa 1980, where the number of aircraft has been multiplied. *<i>Thanks to David Stipes for these frames.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I am the proud owner of this magnificent Gioffre matte art. It's from a Joe Dante tv movie called THE OSIRIS CHRONICLES made in 1998, so it must really be one of Rocco's last ever traditional mattes. The film was also known as THE WARLORD - THE BATTLE FOR THE GALAXY which sounds just awful with such a tacky title, like some 60's Italian cheaply made 'minestrone space opera'. Love this painting!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Detail from above.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Beautiful matte work here rendered and composited for a Japanese tv commercial and directed by the guy who made the <u>very</u> good TRAINING DAY, Antoine Fuqua, of all unlikely people (if my failing memory serves me, that is).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Rocco works on a spectacular matte for the action thriller CLIFFHANGER (1993), though sadly the shot never made the final cut for some inexplicable reason.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Great before and after images from the uninspired Madonna comedy WHO'S THAT GIRL (1987), who's only positive were a couple of excellent mattes and complex foreground miniature and stop motion set ups by Rocco with Mark Sullivan.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Atmospheric full painting from the Eddie Murphy-Richard Pryor gangster homage, HARLEM NIGHTS (1989)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of a number of mattes from the successful CITY SLICKERS (1991).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Arse kicking tough guy Steven Seagal, leaps the chasm in ON DEADLY GROUND (1994) - one of several expansive matte shots seen in the film.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another shot from ON DEADLY GROUND where Steven's clifftop lair offers <b>no</b> off street parking nor broadband, which must lower property values somewhat.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of three mattes Rocco painted for NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION (1983).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another VACATION matte, and probably the one that brought more fame to the artist than any other.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The fabulous Walley World painting which now hangs on the wall of director J.J Abrams, whom, I was reliably informed, has been a purveyor of <u>this</u> very blog! Go J.J... and do spread the word!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Close up detail. Just love it!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Possibly my favourite Gioffre painting. From the action packed and very violent HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN (1991) - a film packed with mattes and required a bunch of artists to supply all the work. Nice in jokes here with <i>'Rocco's'</i> seen in the right background as a neon sign as well as a nod to matte cameraman Paul Curley seen at the left as <i>'Paul's Deli'</i>; though you'd never notice if NZPete hadn't alerted you to that very important fact.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The opening shot for Joe Dante's GREMLINS (1984) was one of a pair of Gioffre shots that bookended the film.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The two mattes in Harold Ramis' CADDYSHACK (1980) with a fictional golf clubhouse and course has been added, as well as a penultimate scene where the golf course blows up courtesy of Bill Murray. Lower right shows Gioffre sharing a joke with Dream Quest cameraman Hoyt Yeatman.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of the large matte paintings that Rocco did for Ridley Scott's visually jaw dropping BLADERUNNER (1982), with another example of his sense of humour at top of the painting, Other matte artists were infamous for painting in private jokes into their matte art. Matt Yuricich did it on CE3K as did old timers such as Lee LeBlanc at Fox and Howard Fisher at MGM.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A recent photo of Rocco with one of the BLADERUNNER original mattes that was up for auction a few months ago.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Gioffre points out a blank area where advertising neon messages of the future will be doubled in as additional elements.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">As a one-off assignment, Rocco was called in by ILM's chief matte painter and old friend Mark Sullivan, to lend a hand on the big Spielberg epic HOOK (1991). At far left is Rocco at work (with Eric Chauvin) on a massive, multi-plane painting for the closing 'birds eye' pull back view in the film.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The toxic waste dump as seen in the John Candy film ARMED AND DANGEROUS (1986).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An undetectable matte adds a valley and township to a shot from the Gregory Peck western OLD GRINGO (1989).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Both Mark and Rocco paired up to provide highly authentic puppets of actress Anne Ramsey for the Danny DeVito black comedy THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN (1987). Also, unrelated, are pics here of a splendid stop motion T-Rex puppet, and a close look at brush in use upon glass.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A key scene from the film THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1983) where the sun comes up and the parched landscape begins to bloom - or at least that's how I vaguely remember it. An optical wipe, I think I recall, transforms one piece of artwork to another. I've put two different frames here as a curiosity. The one at left was from a DVD years ago, whereas the one at right is from a BluRay. The colour grading is totally off the wall, and is something I tend to notice more and more with BluRay, with colours I'm familiar with being re-jigged by some colourist during the authoring or re-mastering process somewhere, often with horrible results, and more often than not, casting a curious magenta or blueish glow over the proceedings.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An invisible fix here for the Liam Neeson movie ROB ROY (1995) where Gioffre has 'repaired' an actual landmark on an Irish location by painting back in the fallen walls and rooftop. Rocco once mentioned to me that he was annoyed the film makers then decided to to a lap dissolve into the shot, thus reducing his original negative work to a dupe, whereas he could have produced the required transition himself during his own matte composite photography, thus saving the fidelity of the effect. The same sort of post production tampering has caused other artists to complain, such as Al Whitlock, as told to me by Bill Taylor, when Warner Bros decided to <i>dupe</i> his pristine and meticulously crafted tornado scene at the start of THE LEARNING TREE (1969) in order to add the main titles - something that could have been achieved quite easily by Al's cameraman, Ross Hoffman during the matte composite stage back in Universal's matte department, though, as usual, I digress.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">ROBOCOP (1987) - an okay film but a first class visual effects act all the way. I'll be doing a retrospective on this and it's sequel in the <u>next</u> blog post.... so stay tuned.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">For a very unusual, independently funded project titled LEGACY run by the Mormon Church, Rocco was asked to make this superb matte shot of a vast Mormon temple, and in 70mm no less! Probably his one and only adventure into the mega sized film format.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The quite bizarre, quasi-historic character piece, WALKER (1987), was a tough watch but did have it's moments amid the cinematic and narrative chaos, including some nice matte work.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A trio of matte painters worked on PREDATOR 2 (1990), with Rocco painting this and other city shots. Mark Whitlock also contributed some moody night cityscapes (painted at home in his garage I believe), and Mark Sullivan took care of the spacecraft matte shots. Not a bad film as far as sequels go, with some very effective shocks and the usual terrific R/Greenberg-Joel Hynek 'Predator' partial visibility opticals, used to great advantage. Man, that work in both films was sensational.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another splendid matte that Rocco painted way back in 1982 while at Dream Quest for a popular DR PEPPER series of commercials. I'm happy to say that I also own this piece and look at it every day. The reverse sides of the mattes I have of Rocco's <i>(painted on heavy grade hardboard, or masonite as Americans call it)</i>, with unfinished ISHTAR matte art by Mark Sullivan showing partially painted mosques and minarets etc than were never completed as the studio dropped the sequences from the already overblown, over spent, problematic production.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A recent photo of Rocco with one of Matthew's large CLOSE ENCOUNTERS glass mattes that was up for auction a couple of months ago.</span></td></tr>
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I superb matte painter and an all round versatile visual effects man, whose work has delighted many since the late 1970's. Rocco, we salute you.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I thoroughly enjoyed STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER (1952) - an energetic, fictionalised celebration of America's first <i>star</i> of popular music at around the turn of the century, the legendary John Philip Sousa. I found myself humming his timeless tunes for days afterward. Man, if there were ever a composer-conductor who typifies 'America', in every note, then it has got to be Sousa!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The always capable Clifton Webb makes for an excellent lead, complimenting Fox's usual high production values.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Long time Fox effects veteran Ray Kellogg supervised the numerous matte shots for the film, with his own background being as one of Fred Sersen's matte painters and eventually Fred's 'right hand man' for many years. Sersen retired around 1951 and Kellogg assumed the headship for several years before moving on to a career in 2nd unit on films like TORA!, TORA!, TORA! as well as helming a few B films, for reasons known only to himself, as director. This shot I think is a full painting with just the fluttering flag doubled in as was common with 20th Century Fox.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Fox had a significant effects department and over the years consistently turned out quality effects work, with a number of Oscars to celebrate the fact.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Classic stage set top up with painted upper half flawlessly combined.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">John Philip Sousa and his band were immensely popular and tours of every corner of the country were order of the day, including large expositions such as this matte painted view.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Among the painters working at Fox were Emil Kosa snr and his son, Emil jnr. All round fx expert Ralph Hammeras was a skilled painter in addition to other skills. Matt Yuricich and Jim Fetherolf both started the same day in 1951 and would have had a hand in some of these shots I'm sure. Fitch Fulton worked at Fox for a time as did people like Menrad von Muldorfer, Cliff Silsby, Gilbert Riswold, Max DeVega and Lee LeBlanc.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A bit of miniature work in the Fox tank.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I can't recall if this scene was of The White House? Nice full painting though.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More of Fox's marvellous matte painting work.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER covers quite a significant time frame, all packed into a compact 89 minutes. This scene sees the end of the Spanish-America War with much celebration.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another bio-pic, this time from 1991, THE JOSEPHINE BAKER STORY is the frank and, at times, disturbing, look at the celebrated life of black singer and entertainer Josephine Baker, who escaped poverty and violent racism in America to find incredible fame and full social acceptance in France in the early 1920's.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Made by HBO for cable tv and released in foreign markets, the film is pretty good, buoyed to a huge extent by actress Lynn Whitfield in the title role. I recall first seeing this on tv back in the early 90's and being struck with all of the matte shots, though never knowing who painted them. The only credit was <i>'Matte Supervisor Bruce Block'</i>, whose name at the time and for many more years would remain a mystery to me. No longer!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The tiny two-person company, <i>Matte Effects</i>, was established in 1980 by a pair of experienced <i>Graphics Films</i> staffers who decided to branch out into specialised matte painted effects work. Cinematographer and effects producer Bruce Block (shown here mid bottom and far right) and matte artist Ken Marschall (left and top middle) kept their company well below the radar for the most part and were responsible for probably 100 or more, high fidelity mattes over the next 20 years that Matte Effects was operating. In fact, very few in the VFX industry seemed to know of Ken and Bruce's existence, which was, for many of those two decades, housed in a small room at Gene Warren jnr's Fantasy II effects house. *<i>Note: Gene, who sadly passed away recently, can be seen with the matte camera set up in the middle photo of the blog banner/header at the top of this blog</i>.</span></td></tr>
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**I carried out an extensive, and some would say exhaustive, full career interview with both Ken and Bruce back in 2015. That massive document filled up three separate blog posts, and even then we couldn't include all of their remarkable work. Those interviews are an absolute 'must' for those keen on traditional methods and remain the 'peak' of what I've tried to achieve with this matte blog. The posts can be read here <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-company-called-matte-effects-work-of_2.html">(part one)</a>, here <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-company-called-matte-effects-part-two_16.html">(part two)</a> and here <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-company-called-matte-effects-part.html">(part three)</a>. I apologise for some glaring technical problems encountered in dealing with the original upload and page layout - those were beyond my control. Pete<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Ken's extraordinary art was always rendered on specially imported art card rather than the normal industry approaches of painting on glass or hardboard panel. Ken liked to paint small, and could achieve incredible light and atmosphere with high levels of detail as he preferred to use small brushes and acrylic, sometimes supplemented with airbrush, coloured pencil and even black marker pens for a deep, rich black where required, The painting here isn't from JOSEPHINE BAKER, rather from another of Ken's projects, MOBSTERS, yet I include it as a typical example of brush at work.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Although the painting shown above is not from JOSEPHINE BAKER, Ken holds up this example from the film MOBSTERS which demonstrates the size of his average matte painting. Note the coloured swatches attached at left which would prove a vital aid in colour matching and blending.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The first JOSEPHINE BAKER matte was an invisible fix, and as Ken was so busy painting a number of shots for the production, another artist (possibly Dwight Carlisle?) was brought in to help out. On rare occasions artist Rick Rische came in to lend a hand and render the odd shot on one or two films and told me a few times just how utterly blown away he was with the efficient, tightly run and highly organised <i>Matte Effects</i> operation. </span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">For a big establishing shot of Josephine and company arriving by steam ship into New York, a suitable location was found for plate photography - probably in Hungary where most of the film was apparently shot. See below...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The plate with black matte in place, and Kens initial sketch shown at right which will serve as the tracing for the actual painting process.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Ken's completed painting of the port, the steamer The Normandie, and New York skyline. Ken told me that he can't recall just why he painted it with such a magenta hue. The final composite appeared completely natural. Incidentally, if there is one thing Ken lives his life to paint, it's maritime art. His specialty as a fine artist has, for many years, been ships at sea, in particular, the Titanic, which he has illustrated books and provided technical advice on for projects such as the film RAISE THE TITANIC (1979) and of course James Cameron's massive TITANIC (1997), for which he was technical advisor. In addition, Ken has been very active in 'all things Titanic' and, as well as being an authority on the ship he also has the rare distinction of having been up close first hand to the sunken behemoth, as a part of the <i>(terrifying to me!) </i>journey in a submersible to the Atlantic ocean floor.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A close up of the painting with Ken's hand visible just to give an indication of the <i>small</i> size of the artwork, which was unheard of in the effects industry. Ken told me he never quite understood why other artists mattes had to be so huge by comparison. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Although I'd seen JOSEPHINE BAKER several times, I'd never spotted this shot until a recent rewatch on BluRay. Jo is seen here performing for the troops in North Africa during WWII, and everything above her head is painted - even most of the soldiers. Oddly, this matte never came to light even when I interviewed Ken - and he and Bruce were phenomenally generous with their time and their vast, meticulously filed archives, with practically every painting preserved, including preliminary sketches, block ins, film clips, wedges, notes, rejected shots and all. But this shot never seemed to be among them, so I do wonder if someone else might have rendered this as an outside job - possibly Rick Rische - seeing as the small company was so tied up?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I'm an absolute sucker for classic neon lights or theatre signage matte art, as anyone who reads this blog will know. MGM were maestros of the artform, bar none, back in the day. Here, I was thrilled to see a homage to those days with a street chock filled with amazing theatre signage - all painted in by Ken Marschall. Above, in these original 35mm trims is the set and then with sign backgrounds in position. See below...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The neon signage was carefully arranged and painted in layers on separate lightproof cards. Note the precise lettering.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Ken explained the gag:</span> <span style="color: blue;"><i>"Each of the individual elements were variously flashed on and off. These were each on individual lightproof cards with high contrast acetate stats of the neon artwork, each gelled with the desired colour."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final composite with live action and four separate elements of 'neon' signage artwork, illuminated. Magnificent!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">For a period view of a busy New York street of the 1940's, the production was in fact shooting in Budapest of all places, with matte work required to transform this Hungarian boulevard into The Big Apple. Bruce Block explained the arrangement: <i> "I went to Budapest where the film was shooting. The original plan was for me to supervise all of the shots and to do them as original negative mattes [the preferred and standard method at Matte Effects]. What I ended up doing was teaching the crew about original negative mattes and then being sent back to California. They ended up shooting all of the plates without me, and everything was done as an optical."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The Budapest plate, masked off, and Ken's drawing prepared for transfer onto the special art card he used for painting mattes</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Ken's wonderful New York avenue, complete with painted traffic. Superb perspective work. Ken mentioned: <i>"I seem to recall someone saying that the Chrysler Building was so tall that it's iconic top was out of frame, and could I lower it? I carefully sliced my painted Chrysler Building to lower it in the field so it would show, instead of repainting it. Call me lazy. This was another advantage of painting on this card stock; it was easy to slice with a blade and shift something around without having to laboriously repaint something."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A wonderful close view of Ken's expert <i>brushmanship</i>, colour and feeling of time of day. Breathtaking work. A few years ago Ken discussed his methods with me: <i>"We [Matte Effects] wanted to keep a low profile, and from the beginning Bruce and I wanted a comfortable amount of work, not to be overwhelmed, have to hire others and complicate our lives. We looked at it like a sort of professional hobby, I think. We wanted it to stay fun and interesting, not to become a burden, an obligation that we resented. I much prefer to paint more manageable, convenient size - something that will fit on my table in front of me. I paint 'flat' and always have. This was dictated by the amount of reference material I usually had scattered all around, often lying right on the painting for ease of access. I didn't want to turn away from a vertical easel and step to the side for a reference photo. I also kept my water and palette - usually an old pie tin or a piece of illustration board - right next to me and sometimes on the painting too. On average, unless they were for VistaVision, the paintings themselves were only about 18 x 22 inches, with the unpainted borders extending a bit further to around 20 x 27 inches."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final composite as seen in Academy ratio when it was shown on tv. Flawless in every respect, and what's more astounding, the fact that Bruce wasn't able to composite as latent image, which they always swore by as the best method, bar none. The optical composite is excellent, with no visible matte lines nor, when viewing, any movement.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Well, after all of that work the top of The Chrysler Building <b>did</b> get chopped off in the needlessly <i>reframed</i> 1.85:1 ratio for BluRay presentation. Don't for Christ's sake tell Ken!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">For another key scene in the film, the cast enter The Stork Club (also visible in previous matte shot) and this one's a real stunner. The image at left is Ken's original concept painting for the director's approval. A completely fabricated shot with the exception of a small pocket of live action under the entrance lights, and, if you look carefully, a second tiny bit of action with the cab driver's face visible in what will eventually become a painted taxi.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I've seen the majority of Ken Marschall's matte paintings [thank you Ken] and they are without question, sensational, though I feel that this one is my favourite. A near on full painting with just a blacked out patch under the Stork Club awning and a tiny spot also where an actor's head will be doubled in as the taxi driver. Naturally I praised Ken for this work and he commented: <i>"Jo Baker, as we called the project, was one of the biggest jobs we had. I wasn't credited for that...go figure. Anyway, the night time Stork Club matte is neat, I agree, although the front of the foreground taxi is too fisheyed and tweaked. Bad planning on my part. But I liked the night cityscapes, which required multiple double exposed lights with flashing red beacons above roofs. Although I don't remember, we probably made some of the distant signage blink on and off."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Close up of the cab and street. Note the beautifully realised pin-pricks of reflected signage and street lamps visible on the taxi's paintwork. Masterful. Interestingly, Ken would paint practically all of his mattes at his home, and on his kitchen table. The work was done in acrylic to allow for fast drying and when ready he would 'bag them up' in a special purpose made satchel and drive across town to meet up with Bruce at a parking lot near the airport, pass the satchel over to Bruce, who would then travel across town to the Matte Effects studio which was situated in Gene Warren Jnr's Fantasy II effects shop, defrost the held takes, as most of their work was latent image, from the original photography, and set up and shoot and composite the matte during the night. It seems an odd arrangement - especially the covert meeting in a dark and deserted carpark - but both Ken and Bruce told me that it worked fine and continued like that for some twenty years.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More detail of the skyscrapers and night lights of NYC. Both Bruce and Ken had years ago attended a series of visual effects seminars by Albert Whitlock and were both utterly captivated by what Al presented with his shot breakdowns. Al had just finished THE HINDENBURG at the time. The simplicity yet high quality of Whitlock's trick work struck the pair of them like a light bulb switching on. Right then and there Ken told me he just <u>had</u> to become a matte artist. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The finished composite. I'm lost for words, so I'll let Bruce Block speak: <i> "I was determined to keep everything at Matte Effects as simple as possible. Ken painted on special black cards, and the size wasn't very large. The paintings were registered to the artwork stand using traditional Acme animation pegs. We stopped using the Mitchell NC camera for the artwork photography and indulged in a specially designed animation camera built by John Monseaux. He had designed and built a similar camera for Apogee. The camera accepted standard Acme 4 perf and 8 perf VistaVision movements. The maximum speed was 2 frames per second, but I could slow the camera down if we needed blur effects or very long exposures. The camera used standard Mitchell magazines and had bi-pack capability. It ran forward and reverse, of course. We never took a photo of our matte room but our matte stand was a horizontal rig. The camera was bolted to a very heavy platform, and about 6 feet away was a vertical artwork stand for Ken's paintings. The camera and art stands were welded together with heavy steel beams so there was absolutely no chance that either unit could independently move. We had one lens for the matte camera, a Nikkor Macro lens, with the focus locked to the artwork distance. That never changed. We had a whole range of diffusion filters and colour correcting filters that I'd use, depending on the job."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another great period matte shot is of the Copa Club. Here is the already masked off plate, with Ken's drawing that served as the means to transfer to card stock and painting to begin.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The finished painting. Ken commented to me: <i>"The Copa Club in Miami, following reference material I was given, it's considerably reimagined from what the original looked like."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final composite. Bruce Block explained the credit situation, or lack therein: <i>"Unfortunately, credits back in the 1980's were not yet evolved into the endless, everyone-on-the-movie triple-column lists we see now. We never got credit for a lot of our work, and even on the internet it's impossible to find an accurate list of all the movies and tv shows we contributed to."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">As Josephine is nearing the end of her days, her lifestyle inside this massive French Chateau is about to be turned upside down. A full painting by Ken, with a later optical of animated snow falling down.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Some detail.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Even closer detail.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Final shot with animated overlay.</span></td></tr>
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Interestingly, <i>Matte Effects</i> would continue, silently and well under the industry radar - yet with a steady stream of clients - for two decades, and even well into the digital era that other FX companies embraced, Ken and Bruce would stay with traditional photochemical methods of paint and camera, making many more mattes for film, television and commercials up until 2001 when they made their last hand painted shot, then, having enjoyed the ride, decided to close up shop and move on to separate pursuits.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of the long running series of hugely successful vehicles for munchkin Shirley Temple, who must have earned a fortune for Fox. HEIDI (1937) was of course based on a very popular childrens book and would be remade and reinvented numerous times over the years.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Upper photo shows a complex dual panel glass shot being completed on the Fox lot, very likely to serve as the opening glass panning shot shown below. Standing in front of the set up is Fox head of effects Fred Sersen, with several of his artists seen busy at work. The lower photos show, at left, Sersen with his assistant Ray Kellogg, and at right, the matte painting room in full swing.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">No official effects credit but almost certainly supervised by the great Fred Sersen, with adept assistance by Ray Kellogg and Ralph Hammeras. This beautiful glass shot - most likely the set up pictured above - opens up the story and is in fact part of a perfectly designed and engineered wide pan from the valley and alpine range, following Heidi as she walks around the house and up into the village square. See below...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The gag was an oldie, but a goody, and Fox were absolute geniuses at deploying multiple painted glasses in order to execute unusual camera moves to outstanding effect on scores of films. No studio came near Fox when it came to these gags. Note the strategic placement of the prop tree at a point to conceal the rigging supporting the carefully positioned and very large bulky framed glass plates. That 'tree' would become such a familiar attribute in countless Fox movies for the exact same purposes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final part of the epic glass shot as young Heidi proceeds up into the village. Perfection. The crisp resolution was a big plus with well orchestrated in camera foreground glass tricks.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A subsequent cut, although well painted, is most certainly a production matte shot and I think, part of a dissolve, thus the dreadful resolution that comes with a dupe.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More matte work from HEIDI, with almost everything painted. The film has also been released on home video formats in an appalling 'colourised' edition, which, like all colourised editions looks diabolical to say the least.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The hustle and bustle of turn of the century Frankfurt as presented with much matte art and some fake snow on the Fox lot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Very recent, broadly speaking, of my general blog catalogue of films, DEMOLITION MAN (1993) was an enjoyable, 'get-your-moneys-worth' sci-fi actioner that hit all the right buttons - and featured a few stunning conventional mattes.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A trio of highly talented matte painters were responsible for the first class work seen in the film, with Mark Sullivan painting two shots, while both Brian Flora and Mike Pangrazio painted one each.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Some inside pics of Mark Sullivan's earlier matte studio in West Los Angeles which he shared for a time with fellow artist and former Dream Quest compatriot Rocco Gioffre. In the background we can see matte art for ISHTAR and HOUSE II. Also shown here is the tried and trustworthy Acme matte camera mounted on a bolted down, heavy pedestal. Mark described the camera set up to me:<i> "This is the Acme model six camera I used for photographing my matte paintings. Since it was engineered for single frame and low speed shooting, it was easy to thread, especially with bi-packing. The site viewer, seen to the left of the shutter control, has the nice feature of allowing a line up film clip to be placed into it, and the clip could be seen imposed over the ground glass field view. The lens mount is for Hasselblad medium format lens. I enjoyed using this camera for several years, and it was always 100% reliable. It had a nifty manufacturers emblem too!" </i>I think Albert Whitlock and Bill Taylor used an Acme too if I'm not mistaken.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A concept painting done by Mark Sullivan for the first matte shot, though Mark didn't paint the final actual matte, as he explained to me: <i> "I spent a couple of days in Warner Bros. art department working on shot design sketches for DEMOLITION MAN. The director and producer both liked this one, so it was followed closely. Brian Flora worked with me on this project, and he did the final matte painting for this shot. It was fun to see my little sketch turned into such a nice shot by Brian." </i> See below...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Brian Flora at work in Mark's studio putting the finishing touches on his rendition of Mark's original concept sketch <i>[Mark calls his a sketch, but to me it's a piece of fine art in it's own right!]</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final composite of Brian's painting is a brilliantly realised look into the not so distant future.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Here is another of Mark's concept sketches for a proposed matte shot. Again, it may be a 'sketch' to Mark, but it's a mini marvel to me! Mark mentioned to me a couple of years back: <i>"I have very few of the little concept paintings. The DEMO MAN was scanned from a colour xerox. Mike McAllister kept the originals on that project. I guess you can't argue with the client. The few that I have, I've had to be kind of sneaky with. I got a little p.o'ed when I was at ILM. The supervisors and the upper management would just help themselves to the sketches. After a while, I started to 'help myself' to a few too."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An excellent photograph of Mark with his final matte art ready for the camera. Mark told me about his small studio: <i>"My little studio in Berkeley was where I did this work. I had a process projector, a tiny darkroom, and a matte stand rig, set up with an Acme and a Mitchell camera. I worked on a number of freelance projects there, such as BUGSY, TOYS, THE HUDSUCKER PROXY and WYATT EARP." **</i>I did<i> </i>an extensive career interview with Mark back in 2013, and that can be <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2013/10/restless-at-night-conversation-with.html">read here.</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final comp of Mark's superb painting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another of Mark Sullivan's shots, which, although planned as a latent image original negative composite ended up being quite the opposite. Mark elaborated: <i>"It was a problematic shot, made so by Mike McAllister's sudden decision to do the shot as a digital comp instead of a latent image matte. It could have been a nice, straight forward o-neg shot, but as it turned out the company Mike was working with, Cinesite, made my work on this shot an extremely difficult process. I won't bother to list all of the complications and difficulties, but I felt the shot could have been better, and accomplished so much faster as a straight film latent image composite."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final matte in the film was handled at Matte World and painted by former ILM artist Michael Pangrazio, with camerawork carried out by Craig Barron. Another superb matte shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An oldie, but a goodie... THE YOUNG IN HEART (1938) from David O. Selznick.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A highly amusing, occasionally laugh out loud, vintage screwball comedy of confidence tricksters, scams and get rich quick schemes and the screen's least appealing automobile, <i>The Flying Wombat </i>- a character all unto itself!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">As with virtually all of the Selznick pictures, special photographic effects man Jack Cosgrove provided all of the necessary trick shots, miniatures and matte paintings. Long time associate, Clarence Slifer was Cosgrove's effects cinematographer and the pair worked on dozens of high profile, important films such as THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1937), GONE WITH THE WIND (1939), THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (1938), REBECCA (1940), DUEL IN THE SUN (1947) and SINCE YOU WENT AWAY (1944) to name but a handful.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Part of the title sequence shows an elaborate matte painting beneath the transcript, though the shot fades out right about here, leaving no opportunity to grab a 'clean' frame.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An early effects sequence involves a train derailment on a precarious viaduct, done in miniature, with follow up scenes utilising split screen tricks and painted mattes to extend the danger.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Things go, quite literally, off the rails!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Ingenious split screen work by Cosgrove and Slifer combining miniatures with well integrated live action.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Probably all matte painted beyond the immediate area with the actors.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Left: Crossing the ocean an entirely manufactured effects shot. Right: All painted, with rain overlaid.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The latest, greatest automobile ever, <i>The Flying Wombat</i>, is here and ready to hit the market, and is about to be revealed. Mostly painted here by Cosgrove.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Well....will the public buy it?</i> Frame at right largely matte art. If we build it, they will come.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An extensive matte painted shot where I think everything here is artwork aside from a middle section where the actors walk.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A curious image here that I came across by chance. Presumably a Selznick publicity department reworking of the Jack Cosgrove matte art for promotional purposes. Interesting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">All painted from the opposite edge of the riverbank, with the nearest foreground tree movement probably doubled in as a bi-pack element, a common gag through the thirties and forties to break up the static matte shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An interesting shot where I'm sure the ceiling has been painted in, along with the reflections of the diners and dancing couples from below, maybe as a separate superimposition. Very clever. Clarence Slifer was always taking the classic matte to whole new levels with various ideas and innovations.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Janet Gaynor at the door of a partial stage set augmented with a matte painted upper floor, trees and all of the left side flower beds etc. I love the boldness that Cosgrove believed in, as he could paint anything and wasn't afraid to paint way beyond what was a reasonable expectation. So many shots in GONE WITH THE WIND were significant in the sheer amount of painted frame, with very little live action worked in - sometimes with miniature elements as well.</span></td></tr>
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Greetings fans of old school cinematic trickery. It's that time once again to examine some more marvellous and inventive special effects work and reflect upon the tried and true methods employed over the years to thrill, delight and completely hoodwink film audiences the world over.<br />
My film viewing tastes are amazingly broad and I watch as much of the medium as possible, from ancient silent pictures, 50's westerns, vintage 1940's war films, B&W Universal horror flicks, film noir, Marx Bros and Abbott & Costello comedies, foreign language, lush Technicolor widescreen epics, psychological thrillers, Italian giallo, crime & cannibal movies, 70's drama, cheesy 'B' films, Korean cop thrillers and thought provoking sci-fi all the way through to reasonably recent fare, though my preference tends to sway more toward older films for a variety of reasons.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUT0Xv60xHcl2y4DZs_xme2CsEpyoPhldHTAxB3O44YfQ7jdjS1fgnHwGQeoAGwTHaM3onNxwd8EDXaILYbYKd9JgJ90tTxkJN571KxNJ2vfytpZ959XDRCnACSJTFSvgwcivx4yZ6nQ/s1600/Evil+of+Frankenstein-Ray+Caple.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="905" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUT0Xv60xHcl2y4DZs_xme2CsEpyoPhldHTAxB3O44YfQ7jdjS1fgnHwGQeoAGwTHaM3onNxwd8EDXaILYbYKd9JgJ90tTxkJN571KxNJ2vfytpZ959XDRCnACSJTFSvgwcivx4yZ6nQ/s400/Evil+of+Frankenstein-Ray+Caple.JPG" width="400" /></a>Certainly when it comes to <i>special effects </i>I'm not in the least interested in modern fare and just cannot get enough of the old, hand crafted specialties. There is plenty of highly detailed and comprehensive coverage to be found elsewhere for the calibre of film and methodology I don't delve into in what I'd term the modern era. Now in it's <b>10th year</b>, NZ Pete's Matte Shot has explored hundreds of films, countless artists, cameramen and effects specialists of one sort or another, and I've still got a veritable 'treasure chest' full of imagery and odds and ends that I want to present, discuss and celebrate. It's all a matter of finding a suitable 'place' in my blog to promote same.<br />
This month, I've sifted through and blown the dust off of a great deal of material from my archives in an effort to highlight not only great matte and miniature craftsmanship but also to bring forth motion pictures that may not be your common, well known films. I always try to uncover as much across as broad a range of films as I can.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-we_F1dk92d40518WuymQt4nYzpt0bYmi7PhfeWSGNUCxBAUiJtHhrbVH5iUq8H7c-9sBRB2nbltWLL0Su1rWaJBKXxxymtB-GqYnec9iPR3PtyDcsb9h_F242RbzqwF2-hdT7qwFoo/s1600/Clarke+cloud+pan+device.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="597" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-we_F1dk92d40518WuymQt4nYzpt0bYmi7PhfeWSGNUCxBAUiJtHhrbVH5iUq8H7c-9sBRB2nbltWLL0Su1rWaJBKXxxymtB-GqYnec9iPR3PtyDcsb9h_F242RbzqwF2-hdT7qwFoo/s320/Clarke+cloud+pan+device.png" width="320" /></a>It's somewhat of a coincidence that a number of the films below have a wartime theme. Not intended, but it just turned out that way. There's one set in the Crimean war, another dealing with World War One, a Technicolor show set at the start of the Second World War, plus a CinemaScope flick dealing with the rising conflict in French Indochina for good measure.<br />
But wait...that's not all.... there's also an exotic Alan Ladd espionage thriller, a Gary Cooper Marco Polo adventure, a 'knights in shining armour' love story, and to cap it all off, a Richard Pryor comedy of all things, just for the sake of 'balance'. You can't accuse NZ Pete of cutting corners! I had fully intended to include the Willis O'Brien classic MIGHTY JOE YOUNG but realised I have so much material that it should be a 'stand alone' blog all of it's own... so watch this space.<br />
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It's always a joy to celebrate matte and effects talent from days long gone, and a thrill indeed to be able to put a title to a mystery matte shot that has eluded me for years. I've previously written about esteemed production designer/art director <b>John DeCuir snr</b>, who, long before embarking upon his storied design career on such films as CLEOPATRA, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTACY and GHOSTBUSTERS to name but a few, was a busy matte artist in his own right. Despite failed attempts by Walt Disney to secure John in cartoon work which wasn't a route he wanted to go as live action motion picture design or artwork was more appealing, John was recruited by Russell Lawson as an assistant matte painter in Universal's matte department in 1939. Add to that decision that Universal were offering much more money than Disney as an added draw card!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">John DeCuir's magnificent Technicolor matte shot from the obscure Boris Karloff melodrama THE CLIMAX (1944) finally puts a name to the until now baffling behind the scenes photo shown above which even John's own family could never identify. It's so exciting for NZPete to discover lost shots such as this, especially in high resolution as this one is and not the YouTube low grade medium one is sometimes forced to accept. The film was shot on leftover PHANTOM OF THE OPERA sets. I thought I knew my Karloff films but never heard of this one till now.</span></td></tr>
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After a trial by fire initial period whereby DeCuir was tasked with proving himself to Lawson by painting 'realistic' renderings of chunks of rock plonked on the matte room work bench, covered in dirt and weeds, as well as other odd, but ultimately very useful subject matter such as the clouds seen out the matte department window - the very same window which would many years later be Albert Whitlock's matte room window - John would embark on matte work for scores of pictures dating from films like SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939), THE TOWER OF LONDON (1939), THE WOLF MAN (1941) and THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES (1946) and several ARABIAN NIGHTS themed 'sword & sand' movies popular with Universal at the time. World War II would see John active in the US Navy from 1941 to 1944, with his Universal career resuming after the war for a few more years in Lawson's department before taking on his first art direction assignments for films like the powerful prison drama BRUTE FORCE (1947).<br />
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John's son told me how his father's responsibilities in the Lawson matte department really grew as Russ had a daily habit of going up onto the roof for a lunchtime snooze, which as time went on, lasted longer and longer, leaving the young DeCuir to more or less 'run' the department with effects cameraman Roswell Hoffman. Celebrated visual effects man L.B Abbott once wrote that DeCuir was not only a fine film set designer but also an equally fine visual effects artist in his own right.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">DeCuir painted on the Lon Chaney classic THE WOLF MAN (1941) as shown above among many others such as numerous Abbott & Costello comedies and my own personal favourite from Alfred Hitchcock's illustrious catalogue, SABOTEUR (1941) which was probably Hitch's biggest matte painting showcase.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">John with one of his mattes for the seemingly endless Technicolor Universal romantic desert adventures, SUDAN (1945).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: blue;">DeCuir's son sent me a list of all of the known films his father had worked on. He painted mattes for the very funny Abbott & Costello farce WHO DONE IT? released in 1942.<br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Some examples from John's art director's years where matte shots would be used. Clockwise from top left: SOUTH PACIFIC, BRUTE FORCE, DIPLOMATIC COURIER, THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO and GHOSTBUSTERS. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I have much admiration for silent cinema, with THE BIG PARADE (1925) being a most impressive anti-war epic indeed. The film is an extremely well made, big budget affair dealing with the harsh realities and sheer horrors of war during <i>'the war to end all wars' -</i> the 1914 to 1918 meat grinder. Being <i>pre-code</i> by nearly a decade, the director, King Vidor, wasn't bound by what would later become the Hollywood norm with unabashed flag waving heroics and a strict compliance to maintain a 'glamour' to the narratives. The film is startlingly honest, in both its actions and it's dialogue (shown of course by inter-titles).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Good writing and superb camerawork made for a memorable experience for this viewer. There was no special effects credit, which wasn't unusual for the era, though I do note James Basevi's name in the credits here. British born Basevi was a major player at MGM during the early days, both as leading art director, and a short time later as head of the special effects department which was for years a part of the overall Art Department. James would supervise the effects work on films such as SAN FRANCISCO and several TARZAN epics. The astonishing special photographic effects on THE BIG PARADE were carried out by Austrian born cinematographer Maximilian Fabian, an <u>exceptional</u> talent in the field who would be an integral part of the MGM effects scene for the remainder of his career with a particular skill at photographing miniatures. So many grand MGM effects showcases owe so much to Fabian's camera savvy, with absolute bona-fide VFX classics such as GREEN DOLPHIN STREET, THE PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE, QUO VADIS and the <u>still</u> eye-popping THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO as testaments to his work.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Career visual effects cinematographer Maximilian Fabian was one of the industry's most gifted specialists in trick work and particularly miniature photography. Without doubt, one of <u>the</u> unsung greats. For decades Max would be the number one 'right hand man' of storied MGM effects man A.Arnold 'Buddy' Gillespie and mentioned with great fondness by Buddy himself in his extensive 1965 penned memoir <i>The Wizard of MGM,</i> which was only published a few years ago thanks to the tireless energy of Buddy's grandson, Robert and co-editor Philip Riley. The pic on the left is an old family portrait while the one on the right showing Max kneeling by the camera is from a different film, one of Joseph von Sternberg's pictures.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">At two and a half hours the film is a shade too long, but still an absolutely worthy film for those who admire silent cinema. Even the performances are more restrained than one often saw in films of that vintage.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The studio 'hoopla' as seen in the movie trailer, typical of the time. Advertising departments were highly creative back in the day as shown here, leaving not a shred of doubt as to what you could expect.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The film has a considerable number of trick shots, including many glass shots, in camera matte work, miniatures and phenomenal early travelling matte composite work which impressed me to the point where I had to rewind and re-watch numerous battle scenes just to try to figure out how they had pulled it off. The shot shown here is a matte, and I suspect, quite a complex one at that. The seemingly endless convoy of troop carriers head off onto the Western Front in what appears to be a series of clever splits to multiply the number of trucks stretching off into the horizon. I suspect too that the dirt road is a separate element to the surrounding countryside. The same road is seen much later with an entirely matte painted post-battle devastated landscape to excellent effect. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Various sequences are tinted, which was quite common during the silent period, though I have purposely desaturated a matching frame to better demonstrate trick work, especially for the epic 'over the top' set piece which occurs at night and is packed with trick work. This French town is likely an MGM backlot set and I feel the upper floor and rooftops have been added on as a glass painting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A beautifully rendered glass shot shows the impact of the German bombardment on the small French village. No idea who was matte painter at the time, nor whether Warren Newcombe had yet joined the studio. I think he came along a little later than this though I'm not sure. Newcombe did work in the early years with an associate named Neil McGuire, whom Matt Yuricich mentioned did all of the painting for Newcombe in the early days.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Almost every shot in the vast confrontation contains a trick element of one sort or another. So good were the scenes that I just had to re-watch the sequences several times to absorb it all. It must have knocked audiences socks off back in 1925 where the real war was still fresh in every ones minds. Most of this extended and vital set piece involves miniature sets with pyro work in addition to superimposed explosions, split screens and travelling matte combinations to add actors and extras into the mayhem. It's all quite brilliantly designed and executed and I think designers Cedric Gibbons and James Basevi, along with photographic effects expert Max Fabian really earned their coin on this <i>'Saving Private Ryan'</i> scale set piece.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It's likely the extras here were dropped in via the Williams Matting System, which, along with to a lesser degree, The Dunning System, were the only real methods available for film makers to add moving actors and such into previously shot footage. The Ries brothers; Park, Frank, Paul, Ray and Irving were established in Hollywood by this time and specialised in camera systems. Irving and his brother Park were employed in 1928 at MGM, with Irving becoming specialised in optical composite cinematography - a role he would hold with the studio for the remainder of his long career. Prior to Irving's time I wonder who might have been running the optical lab, and whether they were able to handle such a workload.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Soldiers flee for their lives as a massive battery takes a direct hit. All miniature with expertly composited people, most likely carried out at the Frank Williams Laboratory, if in fact that technique was employed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">With the blue tint removed we can better appreciate the effects set up, with flawless blending in the shot on the right.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Now folks, <u>this</u> scene is a mind-blower...and it took me several rewinds and slow-motion views to figure it out. I'd just assumed it to be a full scale mechanical effect with a bunch of risk taking stunt men, but no, not at all. The exploding house is a miniature - a very large one I'd wager - shot at high speed (not at all common in the day). The marching soldiers appear to be two different 'layers', with the distant guys as one element, added to the miniature footage, while the near and foreground extras have been composited over that already combined footage by way of a travelling matte. Back projection wasn't really a go then, especially on such a large scale, and it couldn't come anywhere <i>near</i> this fidelity. The shot is so damned perfect with then only slight give-away being some barely detectable 'shudder'' between the miniature action plate and the separately filmed actors. It would have been much easier to do it as a straight in-camera split screen where the action occurs above the matte line, but it wouldn't have been anywhere near as effective. With this remarkable Fabian visual effect we have the costumed extras actually <i>immersed</i> in the catastrophe. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Blue tint removed here for better inspection. Travelling matte technology of the day largely fell into the hands of two chief opposing practitioners, both of whom laid claim to who's was more effective. Frank Williams had his patented '<i>Double Matting Technique' </i>while across town C.Dodge Dunning and his son Carroll H. Dunning had their own popular variant. I'm not sure what the actual Hollywood studios had in-house at the time as most of this work was farmed out until rear process projection was made more viable and optical cinematographers improved upon developments in composite photography. Williams method used black backing in order to facilitate matte extraction, though later iterations would see white illuminated backings and then blue backing - the forerunner of modern era blue screen work. The Dunning method, known as the <i>Dunning Self Matting Technique</i>, was unique in that they came upon the idea of using a blue illuminated backing while shooting the actors under a particular orange-yellow lighting scheme using a bi-pack camera. Both processes were in constant use through the latter part of the twenties and well into the thirties, often to quite good effect. Noteworthy films such as the legendary KING KONG (1933) utilised <i>both</i> systems in interesting ways, while other productions such as THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933) relied entirely upon the Williams method.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Frame by frame breakdown as the building blows sky high, with chunks of debris crushing the soldiers. So bold, so well designed and just so bloody impressive in execution. The modern <i>Marvel</i> generation will not be the least bit impressed I'm sure, but this work, created almost 100 years ago really is the definition of 'trick photography' of the highest order.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A massive artillery battery - all miniature setting with actors matted in.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">There were several similar pictures around this time such as WINGS (1927), ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) and HELL'S ANGELS (1930) - all of which have merit, but THE BIG PARADE I feel ranks above.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The German shell makes a direct hit on the battery and all hell breaks loose. Interesting 'demolition' work of the extras here as debris rains down. The lower frames show more comp work as a foreground skirmish is blended with a VFX background battlefield where large scale pyro physical effects have been added in the distance and closer explosive work can be seen against the background plate with unavoidable matte fringe around the smoke. For 1925 this work is remarkable, with smoke or water elements proving a nightmare right the way through the photo-chemical era as far as optical compositing went... so these guys <u>really</u> did well.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More ingenious trick work as Fabian has added some soldiers <i>in front</i> of the already layered action by way of a travelling matte.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The mud and blood soaked 'no man's land' where each side fight for a few precious yards of soil, often to no avail. I'm not sure here, but I think most of the set up is a large miniature with what appears to be a separately filmed advancing battalion added in later? Not certain, but on close inspection here (and in other shots) we get the odd glimpse of bleed through or double exposure at times, suggesting photographic skullduggery was afoot. Bold as hell though! By the way, Peter Jackson's remarkable doco THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD (2018) is a must see for anyone interested in this ghastly piece of history. My own grandfather fought in <i>both</i> wars - too young for WWI so he faked his age to join the Navy, and too old (and married with kids) for WWII but faked it again to go back, much to my grandmother's annoyance. Survived it all and never talked about it. Those were the times, and those were the calibre of the men.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An example of THE BIG PARADE's inter-titles show a brutal honesty rarely ever seen or heard in war pictures, and certainly never in any made later on in the late thirties through the forties. Just not allowed under any circumstances.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The long convoy of wounded and shell shocked survivors head for Red Cross assistance. A matte painted landscape here.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An interesting side by side comparison with a pair of mattes, one showing the troops headed into danger, and the other as the remaining troops come out of the inferno. Shot at left appears to be an actual landscape, though the road has been matted in and the thousand odd trucks I suspect have been created by Max Fabian as a series of split screens or even painted traffic in the distance. Shot at right is all painted except the road and some of the nearer trucks. Great stuff.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">John Gilbert is severely wounded but recovers in a converted cathedral turn Red Cross hospital in France. A beautifully rendered glass shot, artist unknown.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The exterior of said cathedral is also a wonderful glass painted shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Gilbert returns to the now devastated town where his French girlfriend used to live. More great matte art done for sure as an in-camera foreground glass shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Hobbling about on a mangled leg, John searches in vain for the lovely Renee Adoree. More glass art here, or possibly even a foreground hanging miniature?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Long shot of the farm she used to live in is all painted except from the windows down.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The film concludes with our hero, now minus one leg, searching the countryside for Renee. She spots him wobbling across a hilltop. Full glass painted shot with what <i>might</i> be a small puppet simulating the star of the film way off atop the hillside.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">DESTINATION GOBI, made in 1953 was a very unusual WWII picture where US Navy patrol ends up in the wilds of the desolate Gobi desert for reasons few could comprehend. Still, it was a Robert Wise film, so that's a plus, and it starred the <u>always</u> reliable and under rated Richard Widmark, which was always a bonus as far as I'm concerned. The Fox ad department worked overtime with the poster artwork, emphasising the enemy as the butt-ugliest bunch of <i>Mo-Fo's</i> the world had ever seen. Surely not endorsed by the Mongolian Dept. of Tourism.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A fairly routine adventure but worth it for a number of good matte shots and other invisible visual effects, as supervised by Ray Kellogg.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Opening shot might be a matte, or at least a retouched photographic blow up which was common at Fox</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Very nice matte art where our intrepid group make their way across China and into Mongolia. Emil Kosa jnr was head of the Fox matte department for years and employed a number of very able artists under him. Painters included Jim Fetherolf, Lee LeBlanc, Matthew Yuricich, Cliff Silsby, Max DeVega, Menrad von Muldorfer and others. I believe Yuricich did some work on this film.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The camp comes under aerial bombardment. A painted sky with an enemy dive bomber added in in what I assume to be a separate element.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Visual effects shot with live action location footage matted into a painted sky, airplane element and cel animated tracer fire.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The aftermath with location work, practical effects and a flawlessly animated enemy plane flyover.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Multi part composite with miniature Junk filmed in the Fox tank, split screened along the horizon with a painted sky and animated flyover. Effects cameramen at the time included L.B Abbott, Harry Dawes and Walter Castle.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Time for a British film now. The story of the mother of the nursing profession, Florence Nightingale as told in THE LADY WITH A LAMP (1951)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A sensitively written and directed film, highlighted with a wonderful star turn by Anna Neagle, who incidentally played a similar role in the American WWI film NURSE EDITH CAVELL (1939) as a deeply compassionate nurse fighting for a cause, with both films being top drawer stuff. Many fine Brit character actors such as Gordon Jackson have key roles in LADY WITH A LAMP. This film has eluded me for decades so I was delighted to finally be able to track it down at last. It was worth the wait.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Being a Shepperton Studios production, the large and busy special effects department was under the stewardship of industry veteran Wally Veevers (shown at right), who had only just taken over headship from Walter Percy 'Poppa' Day, who was about to retire. Matte painting work was carried out by another British veteran, George Samuels (left) who ran the matte side of things while his brother Ted ran the practical side of the effects shop. The middle photo shows George busy at work in 1954 on a matte painting for one of the popular ST. TRINIANS comedies. George was one of Pop Day's 'boys' and had painted for years under Day, with Veevers being another of Pop's 'boys', having been his effects cameraman going back as far as THINGS TO COME (1936). George painted many mattes over the years for films such as ALEXANDER THE GREAT, DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS, HEAVENS ABOVE and THE GUNS OF NAVARONE. Wally was a genius with mechanical rigs and special camera devices and played a large part in the success of Kubricks' 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An overview of Shepperton Studios and an inside look at the matte painting room, circa 1965.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">LADY WITH A LAMP takes place for the most part in Turkey during the period of the Crimean War of 1854 where Florence Nightingale not only has to battle the 'establishment' to even be allowed to get there, but is mortified at the lack of hygiene and rampant spread of disease through lack of the most basic of care. Fascinating bio-pic. The shot here is the matte establishing shot as she arrives in Scutari, Turkey.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A second closer shot as Florence steps ashore. A cleverly done shot as the mast and sails move freely against what I imagine was a small painted backing directly behind that isolated part of the vessel's rigging, with the matte painting supplying the rest of the vista. I get the impression that this may have been an on location (UK) in camera glass shot in order to line up the gag, plus, the composite is very clean and sharp.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Wilton House, England was probably also matte painted by the looks of it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Possibly another likely Samuels matte shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Richard Pryor was a force to be reckoned with. A comic genius who fell foul to his many demons <i>(like so many American comedians for some inexplicable reason)</i>. Richard did some great work, though this one, CRITICAL CONDITION (1987) was no masterpiece, it had its moments. I still enjoy his hilariously profane seventies record albums and his absolutely brilliant no holds barred 1979 stand up feature RICHARD PRYOR LIVE IN CONCERT as the best of its type. Pryor was at his best when unscripted, unleashed and allowed to fire on all cylinders. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The film has just a handful of matte shots, but they were really good. Syd Dutton and Bill Taylor's Illusion Arts were contracted to provide the shots, with consultation with their retired mentor Albert Whitlock according to the end credits. The film takes place in a run down hospital situated on a small island accessed only by a narrow causeway during a massive storm, which reads like something out of a thirties James Whale movie.... and yes, the bridge does get washed out! This shot features a matte painted sky and tree, with rapidly closing in storm clouds.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The causeway to the island with a Syd Dutton painted city and stormy sky matted in. I spoke with effects cameraman and co-owner of Illusion Arts, Bill Taylor about the work on this film. <i>"I seem to recall the causeway here did not actually exist, or at least, not there. There was a road that ran along the edge of the water on which ran the traffic. The water on the camera side was a separate element printed in. The pilings, reflections and shadows were all painted - there was a similar shot in FUNNY LADY that I did with Al. Skies were always painted and photographed in the usual splits for the moving clouds. It looks like our stock smoke elements off in the distance."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Same scene with additional lightning flashes, interactive light on buildings and rolling storm clouds. Brilliant work Syd.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The fictitious hospital and grounds. An actual setting matted into an entirely painted city vista beyond, including the trees, rolling sky etc. The helicopter is real.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Closer view of Dutton's matte art. Note, the <i>top</i> of the big tree is real as per the location plate shoot, while the rest of the same tree is painted along with the rows of tall buildings directly behind. Bill told me: <i>"When there were trees against the sky, they were film elements under-cranked to simulate winds, then bi-packed in later when the paintings were shot, in the usual splits method. We may have used wind machines on the trees but I don't remember at this late date."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matte art which may in fact be more extensive than I initially thought. Certainly the left side, distant background and tree tops are painted, though upon reviewing the scene the whole shot might be Dutton matte art? Nice animation of lightning strike. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: blue;">Bill Taylor confirmed:</span> <i style="color: blue;">"Yes, the shot was done with cel flop animation lightning, plus interactive overlays just as you [Pete] thought."</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A <u>very</u> interesting shot where the raging, howling storm really thrashes the hospital and the sea wall. I suspect the whole thing to be a Syd Dutton matte painting - the cityscape, rolling storm clouds, lightning, tree and all - with a most intriguing bit of effects business added no doubt by premier cameraman Bill Taylor where a massive wave crashes against the sea wall and sort of curls itself along the wall in the powerhouse wind gust. If it was a vfx gag then I'm extremely impressed. The still frames do no justice to the final motion shot. Bill kindly let the cat out of the bag and explained the rather ingenious shot for me in an email just before publication: <i>"As you guessed, the wave was a gag. Larry Shuler, our grip, built a long, narrow metal channel - maybe fifteen feet long. In that, we sprinkled various fine powders; talcum powder, flour etc. An air hose travelled down the length of the channel at a good clip - maybe elastic power - blowing into a diffuser fastened to the end. The travelling blast of air blew the particulates upward, with our high speed filming simulating a breaking wave. This is probably an Al Whitlock idea; he was uncannily able to see right to the visual essence of an effect, avoiding expensive things like 'scale' water."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The 'wave' crashes against the seawall and curls and rolls along in a phenomenally realistic and supremely well engineered piece of movie magic. This sort of wizardry is really what 'special effects' are all about, and I never cease to be enthralled by such work of old, with practicals, instinct and pragmatism won the day. Kudos to Illusion Arts for this invisible shot. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final shot as the end credits roll. Not sure, but suspect two different locations might have been matted together as one New York setting and blended with matte art??</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The age of the genuine Hollywood movie star, with actors like Gary Cooper being one of the industry's most endearing and popular screen actors of countless classic films, though I was never sure he was cut out to be the title true-life character here. THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO (1938) was a fairly entertaining and rollicking adventure, set in lands a-far with sneering villains and fetching hand maidens never in short supply.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Samuel Goldwyn Studios - originally the Douglas Fairbanks-Mary Pickford Studio - made a number of memorable pictures, especially in the 1930's and 40's, with such films as DODSWORTH, THE HURRICANE and THE NORTH STAR. For a big budget picture ($2 million I believe) MARCO POLO had a number of great sets and matte shots to supply the mystical East, though no credit was given for the effects nor matte shots. I do note that the production was designed by the aforementioned James Basevi, who did similar duties on THE BIG PARADE, so he must have played a pivotal role in organising the effects work, having just moved from MGM where he'd been head of their special effects department - a role which was then handed on to Basevi's longtime assistant, A.Arnold Gillespie. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I seem to recall reading somewhere that the sets for MARCO POLO were constantly reused over the decades and even ended up in one of the 'worst' sci-fi flicks of all time, CAT WOMEN ON THE MOON (1954), though in truth, <u>that</u> flick was a masterpiece compared with FIRE MAIDENS FROM OUTER SPACE made a year later in 1955 - so bad you just gotta see it.... Oh, brother! ... though, I digress.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A montage of shots show Marco Cooper(!) in his trek across the globe to seek things he couldn't find back at home I guess. Montages were something of a fine art all of their own back in those days, and entire departments were set up to shoot, edit and provide tricks where required, to facilitate 'montage' sequences.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I only have low-ish rez DVD grabs unfortunately, though I'd love to see it on BluRay some day. Here Marco traces the Great Wall of China to a vast city - all matte painted naturally. I've no idea who painted at Goldwyn Studios, but the work was generally of a high standard from all of the films I've seen. So many matte artists 'floated around' from studio to studio so it's impossible to know. Guys like Jack Shaw, Fitch Fulton, Mario Larrinaga and others tended to move around quite a bit.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The mysterious Orient on the Goldwyn lot, enhanced with good matte art.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The set during photography just shows how much was added in various views by the anonymous matte painter.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I'm very fond of matte art from this period - the thirties and forties were for me, the heyday of the art form. There was just something so romantic and tangible about mattes in that era. Love it!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The classic rickety rope bridge across the deep gorge - the quintessential matte subject matter.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A wonderfully evocative thirties matte shot, so much a 'snapshot' of those early years, long since passed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I can't take credit for this, nor the couple of following images. Years ago I stumbled across a most interesting blog site dedicated to all of the films shot at the Iverson Ranch in California. The site details an incredible amount of data about the productions and obscure facts, so I've included a couple of facts related to the shooting of this matte shot. *The blog can be found <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2015/10/incident-at-overlook-point-disaster-on.html"><b>here</b></a> for those interested in history.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A fleeting moment in an action sequence in MARCO POLO resulted in tragedy.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">From the Iverson Movie Ranch <a href="http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2015/10/incident-at-overlook-point-disaster-on.html"><b>blog</b></a>, the author has delineated the matte, though more was to follow...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Apparently this was the only sequence filmed outside of the Goldwyn lot. Here is the plate photographed before the addition of the matte painting. That horse has been specially harnessed and secured with hidden cables (as has the stunt rider) to prevent a fall from the cliff edge as it rears up on it's hind legs. See below.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I've spared you the frames where it all went horribly wrong, but as things worked out, the cables securing the horse snapped and it fell backwards down onto the rocks below to it's death according to the Iverson blog research. The stuntman's wires did not snap so he survived, dangling in mid air. Hollywood never wanted you to ever know about things like this.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More impressive matte art lends grandeur to the Goldwyn back lot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Flawless blend between art and partial set.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO (1938) - matte shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The blog reader is certainly getting his or her money's worth in exotic matte painted locales... you really can't complain, can you? Well, <i>can </i>you?? This one is a solid, well directed and produced war action film set in what was French Indo-China that probably many of my readers haven't heard of, CHINA GATE (1957) - in fact some of you may not have heard of <i>French Indo-China</i> for that matter. Look it up!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">This one is a curiosity. It was a 20th Century Fox film, yet none of the credits suggest the usual Fox departmental heads who were always listed on all of their films - you know, the usual<i> 'Make Up by Ben Nye'</i> kind of credit that appeared on everything. Odd even more is that Linwood Dunn has been credited for <i>'Optical Effects'</i>, whereas Dunn had always been an RKO guy until he set up his own Film Effects of Hollywood. RKO did coincidentally wrap up all operations the same year CHINA GATE was made so it's all a bit strange. Fox had it's own large effects department, run at that time by Bill Abbott, so I just don't know - maybe it was an RKO show bought outright by Fox or something?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Samuel Fuller ... now there was a friggen great screenwriter, director and all round tough guy one of a kind character! So many memorable films: I SHOT JESSE JAMES, PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET, THE STEEL HELMET, FIXED BAYONETS, SHOCK CORRIDOR and THE BIG RED ONE among many others. The man was a WWII hero himself and specialised - when the studios allowed him - in uncompromising, tough, unapologetic films, be they westerns, war pictures or dark film noir thrillers, Fuller's tough talking, take no prisoners signature was all over them.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A half dozen matte painted scenes appear in CHINA GATE, with this opening shot being one. The confusing credits make it hard to figure out who might have painted the shots. If it was an RKO deal then probably someone like Albert Maxwell Simpson who had a long association with Dunn and that studio. If it were Fox, then any of a dozen painters could have contributed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">As with the opening shot, this too is a full matte painting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A multi part effects shot here as star Gene Barry leads his team through the Cambodian ruins. The background behind the actors is a process projected matte painting, while the immediate foreground with the stone pile, columns and tree is another layer of matte art, possibly a glass painting nearer to the camera position.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A stunning matte painted vista with just a small pocket of live action with the actor in front of the headless buddha. A beautiful, crisp matte that is used to great effect in CinemaScope.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Same view as seen later at night with more actors.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The getaway sequence is another multi part effects shot. The airplane is a miniature, as is the distant set. The immediate foreground appears to be a glass painting due to the transparency of the barrels with the wings visible through. It was common in the older days to layer miniature set ups with glass paintings so as to maintain a depth of field not always possible with a 'deep set' and more so with the hefty anamorphic lenses and their wonky distortion and short focal length of the time.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The miniature plane takes off and <i>just</i> makes it over the mountain.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Miniatures at play: massive jungle base goes up in flames</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An emergency landing is unavoidable.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">They promoted CHINA GATE on Angie Dickinson's long legs <i>(and they weren't wrong)</i>, with much advertising stressing the point!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Alan Ladd was a solid, reliable leading man, and turned out some fine work, almost always for Paramount. His one shortcoming - pun intended - was that the dude was very small of stature yet played tough guys who beat the crap out of the other guy, and I mean guys like Jack Palance for goodness sake, without raising a sweat. Anyway, I like his films like THIS GUN FOR HIRE and SHANE, and although the movie illustrated here, THUNDER IN THE EAST (1953) is really small potatoes yet has enough action and double crossing to make it worthwhile.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Longtime Paramount visual effects man Gordon Jennings was head of department, though he would pass away not long after and his place would be filled with John P. Fulton. For a time, Paramount would issue multiple screen credits for members of the Jennings effects team, as evidenced here where both matte painter Jan Domela and vfx cameraman Irmin Roberts also got their names up on screen. Process chief Farciot Edouart had it in his contract that he <u>always</u> received screen credit, and according to Irmin Roberts' daughter, made damned sure <u>everyone</u> in the industry knew it!! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Paramount matte artist, Netherlands born Jan Domela, shown here while working on a matte shot layout for a much earlier film, THE LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER (1935) on location at Lone Pine, with Gary Cooper.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Set entirely in Afghanistan, though the city here is more known as <i>Kandahar</i> nowadays.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A Jan Domela matte painting serves as the establishing shot, complete with a tilt down added by matte cinematographer Irmin Roberts.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Most of the matte work appears in the opening sequence of THUNDER IN THE EAST (1953)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More matte work from the same sequence.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Both Domela and Roberts had a very, very long association with Paramount. Both started at the studio in 1926 and would work together making mattes for close to <b>40</b> years! Domela's last work was for the MAN FROM UNCLE tv series in the mid sixties, while Roberts' was assisting L.B Abbott on the Oscar winning effects for TORA!, TORA!, TORA in 1970.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Upper frames show more Domela matte art used as rear projection plates by Farciot Edouart's process unit. Lower frames show miniature work by Ivyl Burks, the studios' model expert.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A dramatic plane crash at night, executed in miniature naturally, and worked in well with split screened extras running to the rescue.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In terms of NZ Pete's blog goes, this film is a <u>very</u> recent affair, albeit from 1994. That's 'new' as far as my coverage is concerned. FIRST KNIGHT was okay as best I can recall, with Sean Connery stealing the show hands down, and some exquisite design and rendering of the fabled Camelot made it worth a look.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">FIRST KNIGHT (1994) was produced right at the end of the traditional era by most accounts, and as such was a mix of both traditional methods and new fangled digital gadgetry. I include the movie as the matte work was largely the hand made variety as well as some lovely miniature work as well. British visual effects man Dennis Lowe (top left and bottom left) was effects supervisor. Dennis has had a most interesting and long career in the field, starting off as a fresh recruit with Brian Johnson and Nick Allder on the old TV series SPACE 1999 in the mid seventies. As with many UK effects men, Dennis was versed in all manner of the SFX industry, working with miniatures, FX camera work, optical cinematography, mechanical devices, matte painting, motion control rigs and eventually into visual effects supervision. Dennis worked on many prestige films such as the still brilliant ALIEN as well as the James Cameron sequel and scores of other films such as THE ENGLISH PATIENT and many more. Leigh Took (top right) is another British effects man whose company <i>Mattes and Miniatures</i> has provided a multitude of effects and matte paintings for decades. Leigh started off under veteran artist Cliff Culley's wing as a matte painter at Pinewood and <i>Westbury Design</i> in the late 1970's and painted on such films as WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS, BATMAN and THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII among others. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Four matte artists were engaged on FIRST KNIGHT, with this opening shot being a combination job that fell into several hands before a final approved shot was finalised. See following for details...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The original location plate which Dennis Lowe found an ideal setting in Snowdonia, Wales, whereby he photographed a large 4x5 negative and had that blown up and mounted onto a very large plywood sheet for extensive matte painting enhancement. This is the original Welsh valley, perfect for the scenario.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matte painter Leigh Took then painted in the mythical Camelot in the distance directly over the photo blow up</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The previous painting by Leigh was for all intents and purposes complete and ready for filming when the director, Jerry Zucker, had as change of artistic heart and decided he wanted more localised villages and monuments identifiable to the period added in to the matte shot. By this time Leigh Took was on another assignment elsewhere so effects boss Dennis Lowe designed and painted in substantial extensions to the landscape. Dennis said: <i>"I took care of the many painted modifications myself and added the rest using photos of English villages and buildings that I thought the Americans would like, and merged them in".</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Some detail from Leigh's original Camelot, which remained unaltered through to the final approved shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More of Leigh Took's detail.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Same, with part of Dennis Lowe's enhancements visible at bottom left.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Dennis designed and painted in these architectural details and made significant additions throughout the otherwise sparse landscape. Dennis had painted mattes previously on films such as THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER - aka CROSSED SWORDS (1977) for Wally Veevers, and also Ridley Scott's ALIEN (1979) for which he painted all of the astronomical and planetary matte art, all to wonderful effect.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Some of the photo-collage approach used by Dennis to fill in some blank space with quaint little (20th Century!) English villages (there's even a car or two evident on close inspection). Adding photographic elements atop traditional matte art was nothing new and had been done often by various practitioners over the years.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Close up with hand painted blending of photographic and actual painted structures.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Some of Lowe's hand painted Medieval enhancements.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Additional villages and hamlets added after the fact to satisfy director Jerry Zucker.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More of the same, though in the final cut you'd never know such 'surgery' had been carried out</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More detail</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Last of the detailed close ups.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Among the other matte artists on the film was American Rocco Gioffre who I believe was called upon at the eleventh hour to render this night shot of Camelot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Rocco's matte shot with Connery and co composited in. FX supervisor Dennis Lowe mentioned: <i> "I don't have any info on Rocco's work as that may have been done after I left the picture. I have a feeling that Walter Murch, when they were back in the States, may have suggested it, as there was a frantic rush to get the whole thing finished ... business as usual."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another matte painter was brought in as well; Doug Ferris painted this shot and a later view of the same in disarray. Dennis talked about this work: <i>"Yes, Dougie did the matte painting for the town of Leonesse down there in the Welsh valley. I remember that matte cameraman John Grant was working with Cinesite at the time as a matte painting consultant and he composited all of Dougie's paintings at Shepperton for years so he pushed for Doug to do Leonesse. We ended up retouching the digital composite afterwards to help with the blend."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Camelot in miniature. Dennis Lowe: <i> "I got Jose Granell - who had left Magic Camera Company and started his own company by then - to build a section of Camelot which we could then rearrange the buildings and insert into the other digital matte paintings done at Cinesite. We shot only stills of the elements at Shepperton Studios as there was no need for movie footage."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Closer view seen later. Exquisite miniature construction.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Magnificent night shot, which apparently was a digital shot more the most part according to Dennis Lowe, done by Cinesite. Incidentally, Dennis mentioned to me that this was the first Hollywood film, as best he can recall, that Cinesite had done in the UK, so they really pulled out all the stops, and he believes the crowd multiplication shots are still in their showreel.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Yet another company handled these courtyard composites, though Dennis can't recall which one. Apparently the Cineon software they used was incredibly advance for it's time.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another Doug Ferris traditional matte shot of the village of Leonesse in very dire straights.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More shots, though I'm not sure about the lower right shot - it might be real. I don't normally mention 'digital' but seeing as we're on a temporary roll I'll let Dennis describe an interesting shot: <i>"I do vividly remember that at one of the pre-production meetings there was a problem that Richard Gere couldn't wield the large sword fast enough for a sword fight as it was rather oversized, so I suggested that they just give him the handle and we would replace the blade digitally. The pay off to this idea was that Richard Gere would have to make the sword stop exactly as it met his foe's sword during a clash - which was real - and to the surprise of all the crew he actually did with no problems, with very few takes, thus he was able in the film to whisk the sword with ease - a true 'superman'."</i></span></td></tr>
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<i>Well, that's about it for this 'issue'. We end on a sad note as I see that the wonderful Swedish actor Max von Sydow has just passed away, aged ninety. An exceptional talent with so many fine performances under his belt - THE VIRGIN SPRING, THE EXORCIST and even FLASH GORDON, with my personal choice being Sydney Pollack's terrific thriller 3 DAYS OF THE CONDOR (1975) as being his best work. Nothing whatsoever to do with mattes or special effects I know, but hey.... whatcha gonna do?</i></div>
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Greetings friends, and I'd like to start with a sincere 'all the best for the new year'. It's 2020, or so I'm told, and it's now apparently 'the future'. Not exactly as I imagined it would be when watching <i>The Jetsons</i> on TV back in its heyday, more like the darkest dystopian nightmare as I look at the 6 o'clock news and read the daily papers! Anway, before the world comes to an untimely end, NZPete will hopefully keep you suitably enthralled with old school movie magic - from a time when films were, gasp, actually produced <i>and</i> projected on celluloid. Try explaining that to one of these damned Millennials. They just stare at you with a blank expression.<br />
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I have a broad range of films here today for visual effects analysis, with my usual eclectic grab-bag of cinematic wonders that spread the spectrum from divine British comedy gems; a celebrated Disney family film; a big budget Technicolor historic epic; a long forgotten Fox western; an exceedingly dark 'anti-hero' actioner <u>and</u> a surprisingly good Italian remake of a true cinema classic. What's not to like, I ask you? Artists and technicians such as Percy Day, Bob Cuff, Robert & Dennis Skotak, Al Whitlock, Ralph Hammeras, Harrison Ellenshaw, Tom Howard, Joseph Natanson, Richard Kilroy and Rick Rische are discussed in the following VFX breakdowns.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwwtjVOVJr5nYgez7AoDnqOZ8-1N1EE6vvvRu5ZtEz6SzM-zoq-ugu6NspUX_37kpXu81kS0DmOXYvc5df0Kf3xCxFFdpF8Kki10Ls9i0oFCxGtC_BX6K2Z0rH6SDwWizsGppe-6UmTQ/s1600/unknown+painting04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1114" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwwtjVOVJr5nYgez7AoDnqOZ8-1N1EE6vvvRu5ZtEz6SzM-zoq-ugu6NspUX_37kpXu81kS0DmOXYvc5df0Kf3xCxFFdpF8Kki10Ls9i0oFCxGtC_BX6K2Z0rH6SDwWizsGppe-6UmTQ/s320/unknown+painting04.jpg" width="320" /></a>There's something for everyone here as I endeavour to cover all manner of motion picture genres and eras, which for those of you having consumed any significant chunk of my near on decade worth of VFX blogs will fully expect, and I sincerely hope, enjoy. In addition to the roster of chosen film titles here I've again purchased a new FX book for my collection and reviewed same, and of course there is another of my celebrated <i>Blast From The Past </i>tribute pieces headlining another of the matte shot industry's usually unsung, though not at all in this case, heroes of the brush trade.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_jTJNQPgEAAzEtTiWZ8hRzfyvD5aExkuQYelgVfMMeEHrnxTZhJyqLHPb4fu4QbqxzHaZYk22mPiuPDZde0FnNJoLoVmg3Lup1GtFrEpS1SqsaoNuFikQilMZA9NQ_Im7Gt2wMsz3AHg/s1600/Legions+of+the+Nile+3+%2528Ruiz%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="800" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_jTJNQPgEAAzEtTiWZ8hRzfyvD5aExkuQYelgVfMMeEHrnxTZhJyqLHPb4fu4QbqxzHaZYk22mPiuPDZde0FnNJoLoVmg3Lup1GtFrEpS1SqsaoNuFikQilMZA9NQ_Im7Gt2wMsz3AHg/s320/Legions+of+the+Nile+3+%2528Ruiz%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a>Just as a side note, I mentioned ages ago about upcoming big articles which I have still to follow through on; a substantial piece on all of the matte painted work carried out at <i><b>Industrial Light & Magic</b> </i>(pre-CG naturally), as well as a <b><i>World History According To The Matte Painter </i></b>piece, where all (or a great many) significant periods in the history of the world will be exhibited and celebrated - from the age of the dinosaur through to the Roman era, the Middle Ages, the American Civil War, Victorian England and so on and so forth - maybe even into the world of the future too. You get the drift. <br />
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Oh, and another topic I've been meaning to do is a <i><b>Post-Apocalyptic Nightmare Matte</b></i> blog, where the world has turned to a gigantic steaming pile of shite. Should be interesting.<br />
As mentioned previously, I'm ALWAYS keen to hear from any of you with regard to film or matte show recommendations, and will always gratefully accept matte grabs and such like.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Pete's FX Book Review:</span></i></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3qFH5UgUJZCM06WMPY7jRv6j7jgFf9QN2AqqIjWLoug7Qp1Iygcb3W4ocjjBQfo4aFAiDIaNHxUOT2Ghwt3RDZPEsOe2DKvjrUBX3ohQ4hawMisu9zeqCvbDFNqHfTg4E7J8nsBH0rg/s1600/J.Richardson+book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1086" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3qFH5UgUJZCM06WMPY7jRv6j7jgFf9QN2AqqIjWLoug7Qp1Iygcb3W4ocjjBQfo4aFAiDIaNHxUOT2Ghwt3RDZPEsOe2DKvjrUBX3ohQ4hawMisu9zeqCvbDFNqHfTg4E7J8nsBH0rg/s320/J.Richardson+book.jpg" width="305" /></a>Although I'm a through and through matte painting 'maniac' <i>(shock of shocks!)</i>, I also love all other movie trickery so long as it falls strictly into the 'hand-made' category and hasn't been manufactured via a computer. Be it special make up effects <i>(a-la the great Dick Smith, John Chambers or Rick Baker)</i>, miniatures <i>(a-la Derek Meddings and co)</i>, cel animated trick work <i>(Peter Kuran for example) </i>I've always been keen on special effects and the specialists behind the magic, which is where today's name fits the bill. John Richardson has been a mainstay of the UK movie industry since the mid 1960's, following hard in the celebrated footsteps of his father, Cliff Richardson, who was one of the giants of the British effects world with expertise in miniatures and physical effects, going as far back as the old Denham and Gaumont era where he worked with names such as Poppa Day, Roy Kellino and Wally Veevers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">John fights fire with fire on A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1977)</span></td></tr>
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John was really born into this fantastical world of make-believe and among the many films he worked on were THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, STRAW DOGS, THE DEVILS, THE OMEN, A BRIDGE TOO FAR, ALIENS and a number of Bond films to name just a mere handful.<br />
Richardson's memoir <i>Making Movie Magic</i> is an excellent addition to the bookshelf of any student of traditional special effects. The book is a candid, revealing and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny as John regales us with many stories of his days in the trick trade, and the various personalities and productions he worked with and on, with a particular meeting at Pinewood with a prospective 'new 007' candidate, Kiwi actor Sam Neill, proving side splitting a recollection indeed. Wish he'd included a photo of <i>that</i> W.T.F incident!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The wonderful David Warner loses his head in THE OMEN.</span></td></tr>
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Notoriously tempramental celebrity names such as Michael Winner, Ken Russell, Sam Peckinpah and Paul Verhoeven crop up with amusing regularity with Richardson's accounts of the trials and tribulations associated with these 'artistic' folk being especially entertaining. Hell, someone could write an entire volume on the confrontational explosions that cast and crew have encountered with fascist auteurs Winner and Peckinpah alone... though I digress.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">John's father Cliff is shown here prepping one of the huge miniature sets for the valiant and patriotic British Navy picture SHIPS WITH WINGS (1942).</span></td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfB574-BScejOA23-IeeJiqojwiLF92Mbb8FXRXPz5PmAsvkjOo4TCiIOwhe6d0cKbZGhsuetaGUd4d0JqGpmyKZkzOnB9WZkIsdP6pmDAqd214-BkzwaR9Cy61xzL0gEDAKLMc7yq9G4/s1600/ships+with+wings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="474" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfB574-BScejOA23-IeeJiqojwiLF92Mbb8FXRXPz5PmAsvkjOo4TCiIOwhe6d0cKbZGhsuetaGUd4d0JqGpmyKZkzOnB9WZkIsdP6pmDAqd214-BkzwaR9Cy61xzL0gEDAKLMc7yq9G4/s320/ships+with+wings.jpg" width="320" /></a>John's book is packed with facts, anecdotes and a <i>ton</i> of fine photographs, though inexplicably these are generally not captioned. The book features a brief chapter on John's dad, Cliff <i>(thank you so much for that)</i>, including a collection of old pictures from some of Cliff's miniature effects dating back to the late 1930's, which are just marvellous.<br />
All up, a book I raced through in record time, occasionally re-reading certain accounts and film experiences, a worthy addition to my extensive collection. Also, frequent director and friend Richard Donner contributed a wonderfully heartfelt foreword.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of the large miniature deep sea oil exploration rigs, complete with tiny mechanised 'people', built by Richardson for the excellent and very much under-appreciated Roger Moore action show NORTH SEA HIJACK (1980)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Before and after miniature set up and big bang from the Bond film OCTOPUSSY (1983)</span>.</td></tr>
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<b>Harrison Ellenshaw</b> has been a well respected effects artist from the early 1970's, and being the son of legendary master matte painter Peter Ellenshaw, not to mention the <i>step</i>-grandson of the illustrious Walter Percy 'Pop' Day must have indeed loaded considerable expectation upon the shoulders of the then budding young matte painter as he embarked upon what would become a very fruitful and successful career at Disney Studios.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Harrison at his desk at Disney in 1992. Note the beautiful matte painting on the wall behind him from ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD (1974)</span></td></tr>
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Harrison, or as he was for a long time screen credited, P.S Ellenshaw (or Peter junior), had initially served as an intern in the Disney matte department in the late 1960's where he observed his much storied father whip out remarkable matte painted shots with an ease, agility and speed that few in the industry could ever hope to emulate. Harrison told me once that he was somewhat nervous having to prove himself with the <i>master's</i> shadow still very much in residence at the studio. I can just imagine the pressure, though none was applied, as such, but just being in the shadow of greatness itself.....!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Harrison Ellenshaw posing here with his sole matte executed for the Disney sci-fi epic TRON (1982) where a seemingly endless office space stretches into infinity. A nightmarish environ if ever there were one.</span></td></tr>
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Young Harrison's tutor in the artform was one Alan Maley, an established matte practitioner from England (as many seemed to be) who's career harked back to the Wally Veevers photographic effects department at Shepperton from the late 1950's on films like DR STRANGELOVE and BECKET and then for a time over at Pinewood with Cliff Culley in his matte unit, which is where Peter Ellenshaw first came across Alan during the enormous effects workload for Disney's IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS (1962) - a film I regard as one of Disney's best ever visual effects showcases which I wrote about in detail a few years back, but can be <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2012/09/in-search-of-castaways-ellenshaw-goes.html">read here</a>.<br />
Ellenshaw senior brought Maley to the US in the late sixties as chief matte artist when Peter decided to step down for a bit and concentrate more on production design. Harrison's first assignment under Alan's supervision was painting brickwork and bits and pieces of old London in mattes for the Oscar winning BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (1971).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Eternal fame and a cult like status within the explosively successful Star Wars lexicon would come Harrison's way with his mattes for George Lucas' STAR WARS (1977). Here is a fairly recent photo of Harrison with one of his matte paintings out of storage at Lucasfilm.</span></td></tr>
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Many more Disney projects would follow, both for theatrical and television release. Alan was supervising matte artist though more and more he would give free reign to Ellenshaw to contribute mattes. Among the shows big on matte art were SNOWBALL EXPRESS, THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG and especially ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD made in 1974, which was a massive effects show, and was covered in this blog in great detail a while back. You can read my extensive VFX analysis and shot breakdowns <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2012/11/island-at-top-of-world-special-effects.html">right here</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Ellenshaw with one of his mattes created for the Disney comedy NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN (1975), by which time he was in charge of the matte department. See below for final shot.</span></td></tr>
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Harrison would take over the matte department following Alan's departure to engage in a career in fine art with a distinctly Victorian flavour. Disney's modus operandi as far as mattes went was their tried and true rear projection colour separations technique that were standard operating procedure for the most part, aside from some early work from the mid fifties with original negative on old shows like in camera glass shots for 20'000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA and THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE, and some shots in the still to this day eye-popping DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE <i>(absolutely one of the finest vfx films ever made, hands down)</i> - all Peter Ellenshaw masterworks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of my favourite of Harrison's shots was this ingenious (and invisible) matte from the Disney family film GUS (1976). The shot is a substantial trick shot whereby almost everything here has been painted, including the crowds, the 'Gus Day' stage, the arena and even the row of marching band and associated people. Great shot that kind of got NZPete thinking about that monumental final shot for STAR WARS.</span> </td></tr>
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Among the various Disney shows requiring matte expertise I happened upon one in particular. I sent Harrison a high-def frame from the movie GUS (1976) shown above for comment and he responded: <i>"OMG...1976...I barely remember that movie. That matte shot doesn't look half bad... in fact, better than I remember. As I vaguely recall, I showed my first attempt to Ron Miller and he said that the stands had too steep an angle. He was absolutely correct. I had no excuse since I had 'faked' the angle without ever looking at reference - a rookie mistake! So I went to the Disney reference library and searched through magazines and other reference to finally find a photo of a football game, and 'voila'...what a concept! And I got the angle. As I recall, the film was a typical Disney lacklustre comedy with a kind of a cute (barely) story, dreadful opticals - in spite of the fact they were sodium shots. All I cared about was the fact that at least I got a screen credit."</i><br />
Following this film, or perhaps concurrently, Ellenshaw got a deal to work on a small sci-fi flick for another studio (Fox) - and we all know what that one was. STAR WARS was massive, and deservedly so, which saw Harrison moonlighting painting SW mattes at night and doing Disney stuff during the day, though all with Disney's approval.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Speaking of that STAR WARS shot, here is Harrison's original matte painting. Fantastic shot then which blew my mind on the big 70mm screen with John Williams pounding theme bursting out of the 6-Track stereo sound system at Auckland's sadly long deceased, mighty Cinerama showcase<i> (oh, how we miss ya!)</i>. Saw the flick some six times on its initial run, including opening day. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Said shot as it looked in '77. Now, did Georgie-Porgie screw with it as he did with so much else when he re-jigged the 'classic' where great old school opticals were allegedly 'cleaned up'? Leave the damned thing alone George, for Christs' sake. Just because you have the money to tamper with these things doesn't mean you have to! Though, I digress...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Nicholas Roeg's visionary science fiction saga THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976) - a film that when speaking with Harrison always made him cringe as he felt it so pretentious. I disagree and found the film utterly spellbinding and as unique an experience in cinema one is ever going to find. I always liked this important effects scene which, when cut to the vocals of The Kingston Trio's <i>Try To Remember</i> literally makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.</span></td></tr>
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Harrison would go on to supervise the many mattes for the second STAR WARS picture THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) and later become a key player in the new Buena Vista Visual Effects company, whereby a largely managerial role would see younger new matte painters such as Paul Lasaine climb on board and do phenomenal work in their own right for massive shows like DICK TRACY (1990) and most noteworthy, DAVE (1993) - a particular high point in the hand painted matte shot art form if ever there were one. If creating visual effects weren't enough, Harrison took time out to personally direct the amusing and beautifully photographed film-noir DEAD SILENCE (1989) which is well worth catching if you can find it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The Disney high adventure ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD (1974) featured a massive number of effects shots across the spectrum of trick work, with one of the studio's heaviest matte painting assignments ever. Alan Maley was chief matte artist, with Harrison assisting. This is one of his mattes which involved a small live action foreground element, a large format photographic still taken by Peter Ellenshaw in Norway for the background mountain range, and considerable painted middle section with the fortress atop the hill, the Viking city, bridge, river and wall. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A pair of uncredited shots Harrison rendered as a replacement for mattes rendered elsewhere that were rejected by the director for A KID IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT (1995)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of my particular pleasures in life is sitting back and delighting in the sixty odd glorious matte shots that fill the Warren Beatty comic book adventure DICK TRACY (1990). Magical, deliberately larger than life, fantastical and as imaginative in design as just about any matte show I've seen. Sensational work throughout with some 7 or 8 artists all busy churning out the massive volume of mattes - which the director/star incidentally was never able to make up his mind about and constantly asked for painted changes, revisions, alterations, adjustments and then when those tasks were complete would often ask for it to be 'put back the way it originally was! Jesus!! This was before the advent of that 'undo' button that the CG desk jockies of today rely upon. The effects team really deserved an Oscar for their fine work, as well as a 'special Oscar' for what I would call 'painting under adversity'.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">As recently as a few months ago, Harrison was the recipient of a VES Fellowship Award from the Visual Effects Society.</span></td></tr>
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For my full and very extensive career interview with Harrison, conducted a few years ago, you can read that <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2013/03/harrison-ellenshaw-reveals-allalmost.html">right here</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In this age of endless damned superhero type 'franchises' <i>(gee, I hate that term and all that it stands for)</i>, where it seems the exact same thing is recycled or<i> 're-booted'</i> as they prefer to comfortably label it, over and bloody over <u>and</u> bloody over to satiate the undemanding masses, one needs urgently to step back thirty years to a terrific Sam Raimi picture, DARKMAN (1990) which, at the time, was so fresh, energetic and dark as hell - but unlike this stuff nowadays, knew the meaning of restraint.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Yeah, I really enjoyed DARKMAN, though I never saw the pair of direct-to-video follow ups. Liam Neeson was great as Dr Westlake who by circumstance became the exceedingly dark and arguably fucked up anti-hero of the title. Darkman isn't your regular guy by any stretch, nor an especially likeable fella, but as far as disturbed and mutilated scientists on the path for bloody revenge, he's my guy. I wonder whether Spielberg saw this and with a light bulb bursting into life above his head thought<i> </i></span><i style="color: blue;">'Neeson is the guy to be my Oscar Schindler!' </i><span style="color: blue;"> Just wondering. A quick mention here of the outstanding prosthetics and special make up by Tony Gardner featured throughout the film.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The movie is loaded with absolutely superb visual effects courtesy of Introvision and 4-Ward Productions. From first rate matte art by Rick Rische and Richard Kilroy to brilliant miniature sequences by the Skotak bothers, Dennis and Robert. Great optical composites from several providers such as Visual Concept Engineering (VCE) as well as additional key visuals from Craig Barron's Matte World. All up, an exceptional effects show, as these stills will testify. This early scene in the film always appeared to be a regular location to me until I happened across Berton Pierce's brilliant doco A SENSE OF SCALE where Berton had compiled a couple of years worth of interviews with miniaturists and secured a mass of behind the scenes stills of their work. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of the outstanding miniature sets built by 4-Ward Productions under the supervision of industry veterans Robert and his younger brother Dennis Skotak. The brothers have had a fascinating journey and one that I've always tried to keep an eye on since initially becoming aware of their work when I saw the low budget Roger Corman space epic BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (1980) and the equally little seen GALAXY OF TERROR (1981). I still have a couple of their hard to find labour-of-love fanzines, <i>Fantascene</i>, published in the mid 1970's dedicated to all things fantasy and special effects <i>(wish I could come by others!)</i> Really first class zine in all respects. The boys were apparently heavily inspired by the Universal sci-fi classic THIS ISLAND EARTH as well as the ambitious Soviet era space films of Pavel Klushantsev.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Doctor Westlake's laboratory is about to blow sky high. Invisible miniature work here.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Note the small puppet of Frances McDormand.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Seen from above, the lab is history.... what what of Dr Westlake I hear you ask?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Well, sad to say, Dr Westlake is also blown sky high, but due to a series of coincidences, does in fact pull through, albeit in a somewhat knocked about state of health. Interesting animation here and optical work by Spencer Gil and others at VCE.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A vfx sequence that slipped by also unnoticed was this one where arch villain, Aussie actor Colin Friels, shows his amazing work in progress, Strack City, to Frances McDormand. The cityscape is a combination miniature and scenic backing arrangement, dropped into a blue screen backed stage set with a motion control camera move across the actors. The sequence was farmed out to Matte World under the auspices of Craig Barron and Michael Pangrazio, with Kendall Nishimine building the models and Brian Flora extending the set up via his scenic art. The shot was optically combined elsewhere by one of several companies engaged in the blue screen composites.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Strack City skyscrapers on the rise.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Extremely convincing cityscape.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another superb example of miniature construction by 4-Ward, with chief model makers Anthony Doublin and Tom Scherman - whom I discussed in my previous blog on FLESH GORDON.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Top left we see the miniature factory under construction, with the other frames showing it's destruction at the hands of pyro expert Joe Viskocil - a name also featured in last month's blog.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A birds-eye view of the factory pre-explosion, with Neeson hanging onto a cable suspended from the bad guys helicopter.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Our battered and bandaged anti-hero makes an urgent departure from the miniature conflagration. An effective miniature is only as good as the cinematographer lighting and filming it, with Dennis Skotak photographing these scenes it was definitely in safe and assured hands.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">High speed photography captures that instant Joe Viskocil's charge 'flashes' a millisecond before the big bang.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More model mayhem from the same sequence. Terrific pyro work here too, which is a science unto itself.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Flawless miniature set and importantly, believable lighting. So many model shots in the past were screwed with poor or obvious studio lighting that in no way matched actual daylight Kelvin (temperature).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">And as if the former scenes don't look dangerous enough, worse is yet to follow with the dynamite set piece where an out of control helicopter collides with a vehicle tunnel, resulting in one of the best vfx shots in the film where the rotor blade shears off and ricochets down the tunnel over the top of Liam Neeson. Fucking brilliant!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The 4-Ward miniature stage for the chopper sequence. Interestingly matte painters Richard Kilroy and Rick Rische found themselves with dual employers during the making of DARKMAN, with matte painting duties under the Introvision banner as well as miniature work for 4-Ward which required detailing and painting all of the many models. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final act of the film is a lengthy night time confrontation between the protagonist and his enemies, taking place exclusively atop a partially constructed skyscraper. I'm not sure, but I think this pull out shot could be a matte painting by either Richard Kilroy or Rick Rische, or then again it might be real?.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Years ago I spoke with matte artist Rick Rische and he told me about the DARKMAN assignment: <i> "I worked on the movie at two companies - Introvision Systems and 4-Ward Productions which was Bob Skotak's company. With 4-Ward we did three major miniature sequences, Dr Westlake's lab explosion, the factory explosion and the helicopter getting dragged into the tunnel. Richard Kilroy and I painted and detailed all of the models. At Introvision, Richard and I worked on the high steel sequence at the climax, painting all the girders and bits for the buildings under construction. There were several matte paintings that opened up the scale of the scene, mainly painting down angles and up angles that were too big to do in miniature. If I remember correctly, I painted one, and Richard painted three - including the one at the end showing the elevator coming down at sunrise. This was needed to bridge the ending scene, which was shot at daytime with the previous action on the building, which was all shot at night. Continuity was kind of sloppy on this film. At times, I was working at both companies simultaneously, doing a 10 hour shift at Introvision during the day, then working at night at 4-Ward. Good thing I was much younger then. The main thing I recall about making this film was Sam Raimi's enthusiasm for making it. He woke up every day thinking "I have the coolest job in the universe!!!" You just couldn't help but be caught up in it."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Oh, and the best line in the film comes in a scene where Neeson beats the living shit out of some slack-jawed carny worker and shouts at Frances McDormand: <i>"Just take the fucking elephant"</i>. Well, I laughed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The lower frame is one of the films Introvision process shots placing Colin Friels within a miniature environment, complete with camera move. I'm not sure but I think the upper frame is also possibly an Introvision process shot. Introvision's Bill Mesa and Tim Donahue pioneered a patented reflex front projection system in the late 1970's which brought an entirely new dimension to standard front projection shots. Actors and areas of soundstage sets could be cleverly integrated <i>within</i> a high resolution process plate with the ability to interact and move around or behind objects or scenery previously filmed elsewhere. The process showed tremendous potential in the thrilling sci-fi picture OUTLAND (1981) and in a number of other films such as STAND BY ME and THE FUGITIVE. The system was effective as it allowed the film maker the ability to immediately see the finished trick through the viewfinder of the camera as it was being set up and filmed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">McDormand hangs on for grim death while Neeson and Friels battle it out in a possible Introvision shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">As my father would sometimes say, <i>"He's got a face like an unmade bed" </i>- <u>or</u>, <i>"He's got a face like a collapsed lung"</i>. Funny guy my late Dad. Screw political correctness I say!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A rare photo of a surviving DARKMAN matte painting - either by Rische or Kilroy.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Frances McDormand hangs on by her fingernails in this Introvision process shot using the above matte painting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matte painting added significantly to a limited set in the high steel sequence with three areas of live action.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The villain begs for his life as our scarred anti-hero dangles him over the edge.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The finale includes this absolutely jaw dropping Richard Kilroy full matte painting of the construction site at dawn. The matte was needed to bridge the previous night sequences to a rather jarring cut to daylight for the final shot. A small elevator can be seen coming down and the matte is photographed with a tilt down. As good as it gets, folks.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The substantial VFX crew end credit roll, which, if you have a proper computer screen and not one of those 'dinky' little <i>i-phoney gadgets,</i> you'll actually be able to read, unaided!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>"If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it."</i></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">If you love movies <i>about</i> movies, then you should enjoy THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH (1957), an endearing little British film loaded with charming affection for the days of old 'Picture Palace' theatres and showmanship.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It's a particular fave of NZPete, with a band of eccentric characters try as best they can to resurrect and maintain a broken down old 'fleapit', amid nearby competition from a mega theatre showcase. The cast are wonderful, with Peter Sellers stealing the show. An effects film it is not, but matte artistry does play an important part in the narrative for a handful of scenes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I've often written about the unsung heroes of the British effects industry, with Bob Cuff mentioned frequently in previous blogs. Bob was one of the most respected and talented matte painters in the UK and his work on scores of films, both high profile epics like THE GUNS OF NAVARONE and MACKENNA'S GOLD and little films like DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS and the film under examination here today. Bob had studied art at Camberwell School of Art in the UK and in 1952 found himself and fellow student David Hume hired by Vincent Korda as trainee matte painters at Shepperton Studios. Percy Day had just retired and his longtime cinematographer Wally Veevers had taken charge of the quite substantial special photographic effects department. Bob trained under chief matte artist George Samuels and the much valued Albert Julion in the methods of cinematic matte work. Cuff stayed with Shepperton until 1963, whereby he departed and set up shop with Les Bowie and Ray Caple where he painted mattes on films such as MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, SHE and ONE MILLION YEARS BC. Bob would go on to contribute many, many mattes and effects over the next couple of decades, with Terry Gilliam's THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN in 1989 being his last assignment prior to retirement. Many British effects folk spoke highly of Bob, and in fact just the other day I was communicating with New Zealand born veteran visual effects director Kent Houston at Peerless Optical in London who worked a lot with Bob Cuff and told me that he never quite got what he wanted from other artists, whereby he stated Bob was by far the best matte painter he's ever known and the nicest guy too.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I think this was Bob's first actual on screen credit, after some five years at the studio, though as <i>'R.Cuff'</i>. Presumably Wally Veevers saw to it that Bob got some credit.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Just a minor shot but effective. Bob painted in the top of the mighty old picture palace and added the name 'Grand'. This by the way is not the aforementioned 'fleapit' movie house.... this is the corporate opposition.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Totally invisible trick photography here with Cuff painting in an entire second level 'balcony' of the somewhat rundown, rat infested Bijou, with seats and architecture where none actually existed on the Shepperton stage. Kudos too to cameraman Peter Harman for tying it all together so perfectly with not so much as a matte line to be seen.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A magnificent full painting by Bob as star Virginia McKenna looks soulfully out of the Bijou window at the vast mega-theatre just across the way. According to some of Bob's contemporaries from the old Shepperton department, he would just paint and paint and paint, every minute detail imaginable, regardless as to whether the camera would (or needed to) pick it up. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The interior of the Bijou again, though from a lower camera angle this time and slightly wider in view with more painted areas in frame up top.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The hapless group of old time film buffs put on their first session, and of course it's a disaster with poor projectionist Sellers trying to cope with antiquated 35mm projection equipment that rattles, groans and falls apart each time a train passes by outside! Hilarious. Now this shot is sensational though you'd <u>never</u> know it. Live action lower section and an entirely painted in upper section, complete with audience members! Note the projection beam has also been added in by Wally Veevers as a separate painted element complete with subtle 'illumination' motion. Marvellous.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An act of drunken vengeance by the Bijou doorman sees the neighbouring Grand Theatre burnt to the ground. Another full frame painting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Lavishly produced in CinemaScope and Technicolor, with what appears to be a fairly good budget, this version is actually full of imaginative ideas, some great sets, nifty special effects of all kinds and doesn't outstay its welcome. Although the Italian film industry had various vfx experts I note they farmed out much of the work to Tom Howard at MGM at Elstree in the United Kingdom. I see too a curious credit for miniatures by Joseph Natanson (whom I covered in last months blog) which appears odd as he was a veteran matte painter, and I'm not sure where Howard's input crossed over into Natanson's contributions? Tom Howard was most known for optical cinematography, travelling mattes and things of that nature, whereas Joseph was a glass shot artist, so the 'miniatures' credit seems unusual, though there are some miniature sets here and there in the film. It's almost certain that Howard contributed to the quite beautiful flying horse sequence later in the film (cel animated by the looks of it, and quite extraordinary at that), a terrific scene where a woman of questionable motives is turned to stone (also very good) and some blue screen shots too. There are some interesting painted mattes, some being marvellous, which are most likely Natanson's work as the MGM-Elstree set up wasn't really up to a very high standard in that field. It's worth noting too that Tom Howard was one of the original photographic effects staffers on the Korda THIEF OF BAGHDAD in 1940, providing a ton of blue screen composites in what was relatively early Technicolor, at least as far as blue screen chemistry went.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The opening shot of the Arabian city looks very odd, with everything in the frame skewed to the right? It looks like a miniature set to me (shot with a pan across) and I put the 'skew' down to some misalignment of the anamorphic lens somehow, where it's not registered dead centre.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An excellent matte sets the tone of the adventure.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another superb matte shot, though I may stand corrected should these shots in fact be hanging foreground miniature set ups. The shots are all rock steady and blend very well.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Intriguing double use of the same shot flopped for two different parts of the story.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matte with a most foreboding mountain range.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The riders race through the canyon which I would say is a foreground miniature.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Our hero, played by the muscular Steve Reeves, tackles a particularly vicious and unfriendly tree in this blue screen shot where the whole forest seems pissed off for some reason.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A magical kingdom awaits our athletic hero - or does it?? A wonderful matte shot almost certainly painted by Joseph Natanson who though Polish by birth, and England trained in matte art (by Percy Day) was by this point based in Rome, probably at Cinecitta Studios where he was gainfully employed in his trade on many films.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Yeah, Steve...don't let those bodacious dancers, lavish costumes, gaudy Technicolor and faux Busby Berkeley routines fool ya ... these Mama's mean business!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Steve, the thief of the title, turns the chief Mama into solid rock in a really impressive sequence executed by Tom Howard back at Elstree with what appears to be gradual cel painted overlays. More to follow...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Ever get an ice cold, <i>turn you to stone</i> stare from anyone? Well she did!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">...things just keep getting worse for this Dame, but the sequence works a treat.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matte art or foreground miniature? I cannot say for sure, though it might be a foreground glass shot, popular with Continental film makers, especially at the time this was made.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Definitely matte painted, with our hero and a blue screen ocean plate matted in.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The frames don't show it well but it's a nifty little bit of business where Steve Reeves swirls his cape and vanishes just as these strange dress shop mannequin looking folk are about to tear him a new arse.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Lovely art direction, lighting and cinematography here.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Sensational shot and a memorable effects sequence that follows.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The winged horse takes to the air in a beautifully rendered animated sequence, presumably by some of Tom Howard's people</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It's actually very impressive as a pre-CG, hand made, photo-chemical visual effect, much like the old Tri-Star logo from the 1980's and 90's. This looks as though they might have filmed an actual galloping horse, perhaps against black, isolated and rotoscoped that frame by frame, with that element being matted frame by frame into the shot - though I'm just guessing. That's the thing about old shows like this, it's a fun game to freeze frame, rewind, study and scrutinise in order to try and figure it all out, knowing full well that it wasn't easy to pull off. It ain't the same for CGI whereby, I simply don't care and the methodology bores me senseless. The magic just ain't there anymore folks!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Very nice work from 1961</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Upper frame miniature environment with puppeteered characters.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Several blue screen travelling matte shots by Tom Howard at MGM-Elstree.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matte art and live action via travelling matte process.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Again, a quite impressive bit where the winged horse with Reeves flies in atop a cloud and lands.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The last effects sequence is a neat little bit where the thief of the title creates an army out of thin air by hurtling a ball of light across the desert sands and hey-presto, an army complete with horses, is at the ready. Tom Howard would have done this as a standard 'wipe' optical transition on his optical printer and then added an animated ball of light element.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It actually did deliver the goods.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I have in fact covered GREYFRIARS BOBBY (1961) previously in my vast and mind bogglingly detailed Albert Whitlock blog a few months back. I'm refreshing it here as I've recently viewed a high definition print of the Disney film and not only have some very crisp images of mattes we've seen before but also discovered <i>four</i> more in the film that never became apparent on regular DVD. So in my ongoing efforts to be a 'Whitlock-completist', here we go...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Master matte artist and visual effects expert Albert Whitlock pictured here around about the time this film was made, and quite possibly on the Disney lot, or maybe Shepperton in England where the film was shot, though I can't be sure, though the extras seem to match those in some of the mattes shown below. Here Albert lines up the VistaVision camera for a matte shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">GREYFRIARS BOBBY (1961) was one of Disney's numerous British based productions, quite common at the time. The picture was popular in it's day and still holds up very well today. A simple true story set in Edinburgh, Scotland during the mid 1800's, the film is all out 'old-school' Walt Disney, and all the better for it. A moving story, a great cast, amazing production design on the stages of Shepperton emulating the period, and of course a number of mattes, some of which are just beautiful.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The opening shot appears to be a matte painting with sky and distant landscape added in by Al Whitlock.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Edinburgh in the middle of the 19th Century, though shot on the backlot at Shepperton Studios in London for the most part. The upper floors of the buildings, the sky and the famous castle are all matte art. This view appears several times throughout the film though with different skies etc.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A stunning full painting by Albert that just looks a million dollars here in HD 1080 where individual brush strokes and splotches of pigment can be identified as the painting never needed to pass an extra 'generation' through the matte camera or optical printer. There is a quick flash of cannon fire up on the turret though that was probably done as an in-camera slot gag of some sort.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Same view as earlier though the sky and light is different now. Al's friend Rolf Giesen told me that Albert often spoke with fondness for this film.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An out and out masterpiece is this Whitlock rendering of the city of Edinburgh. It always looked good on TV, VHS and DVD, but check this out for resolution and quality. Magnificent backlight, which I'm convinced Albert picked up from his Disney mentor Peter Ellenshaw who would frequently use backlight to stunning effect on so many of his shows. The live action is just a small slot by the graveyard with a few people and a wagon acting against a small painted 'flat'. Whitlock also added drifting smoke rising almost unnoticed from some of the chimney stacks. I sure hope this painting survives somewhere in the Disney archive.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">That castle view again, though with different time of day, sunlight, cloud etc.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Here's another heretofore unseen Whitlock shot that I had to check by rewinding a dozen times to be sure. An almost full painting of the graveyard where the whole thing is pure Albert except a patch in the middle with Laurence Naismith walking up a path. The cobbles, the iron gate, stonework, chapel, tree and sky are <u>all</u> matte art. Finding these 'lost shots' is such a thrill for me.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Here's another unseen matte shot that I just noticed too. The family farm and house at night out in the Scottish hinterland is an entire 100% matte painting. A tiny slot-gag allows the oil lamp in the window to be extinguished. Love it!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another view of Edinburgh Castle, with a loud cannon blast. Most likely another full painting with an overlay of cannon fire and smoke superimposed. This shot was later recycled by Disney for their PRINCE AND THE PAUPER film the following year.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Lastly, a seemingly regular production shot though I think the sunlight rays have been added as a glass painted element. A lovely little film by the way, especially for dog lovers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A fairly run-of-the-mill 1941 western (and I love old westerns) from 20th Century Fox, with just three mattes in it, but they are very interesting so it's worth inclusion here.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Fred Sersen has been the topic of many a conversation on this blog so I don't need to elaborate. Long time Fox special effects man Ralph Hammeras was closely involved with BELLE STARR's trick shots, as detailed in a very old issue of the wonderful Cinefex, where editor Don Shay published an extremely rare interview with Ralph that had been gathering dust somewhere in a desk. Thank you Don, as Ralph was one of the greats.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It's set during the American Civil War so that provides us with a few mattes such as this nice shot where practically everything has been painted in directly above the horse and farmer, even all of the detail shown at right such as the tree etc.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Photos from Ralph Hammeras' original scrapbook which were published years later in the early 1980's in <i>Cinefex </i>magazine. Hammeras described the shot as being a large scale miniature combined with live action, and then blended in the middle via careful matte art to tie the elements together as one. See below.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The finished, seamless trick as it is in the film. Fox were wizards at this sort of finicky illusion and would go to great lengths to make shots work convincingly under Fred Sersen's oversight.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The only other matte I found was this curious one where, presumably for pictorial and compositional value, the director requested a tree be painted into the otherwise static and boring shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A sprawling, all star, adventure set during the 13th Century, THE BLACK ROSE (1950) is a British made epic released under the 20th Century Fox banner.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The sheer scale of the storyline necessitated a great number of matte shots as well as some ingenious miniature work from the experts at Shepperton Studios. Walter Percy 'Pop' Day was visual effects chief and oversaw the many painted mattes with a team of artists such as Albert Julion, George Samuels and others, most likely Judy Jordan and Joseph Natanson among them - all graduates of the Poppa Day school. Wally Veevers was effects cameraman and Ted Samuels looked after the miniatures. The picture at left shows Day with one of his matte camera bodies, sans magazine, firmly locked off atop a rostrum.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Wonderful old school hand painted title lettering on glass - an artform of its own.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Not sure if this is an effects shot but I suspect an actual location may have been extended with painted additions, particularly the tower at left.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Castle interior soundstage set topped up with matte art.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Excellent matte which extends all of scene directly above the heads of the people.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Subtle extensions, with wall at left painted and distant mountain and sky added at right.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The film has a lot of those fifties era montages where caravans traipse across exotic lands in search of high adventure.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Even a matte painted Great Wall Of China gets a look in.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The burning city was actually an elaborate miniature orchestrated by mechanical effects man and long time Shepperton staffer Ted Samuels, who was the brother of matte artist George Samuels. In an old publication Wall Veevers explained how this sequence worked: <i>"Any additional movement required in the painting section became more difficult to do. At Shepperton we overcame this by using a selsyn and oil interlock system, driven and relayed from the camera motor drive. By this means we were able to drive any model in sync with the picture as often as we needed to. On THE BLACK ROSE Ted Samuels used more than 50 slave selsyns to drive various effects in order to create a village on fire using a model. This was shot with an N.C Mitchell camera three times in sync through blue, red and green filters so that Technicolor could use it as a three-strip shot."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">THE BLACK ROSE isn't short of big screen spectacle courtesy of Pop Day's special effects department. By the time THE BLACK ROSE was in production, all of Day's matte shots - or as he preferred to term it, 'process shots' - were dupe shots using the Technicolor Type 8 Separation Masters with the help of Douglas Hague at Technicolor Laboratories. The duping process was first used in Technicolor in Britain for the famous extreme down view from the convent to the valley deep below in BLACK NARCISSUS (1947).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The flaming city seen in the distance. I suspect the majority of this shot to be a painting, including the tents.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Wally Veevers discussed the progress in matte work: <i>"I joined Pop Day's matte department which at the time was tucked away in the stables at Denham Studios. Matte painting took over from the Schuften and other model systems, mainly due to the preparation time required for making the models. The early matte paintings were black & white, static camera, tied down shots. The action and movement being in the lower half of the picture, in order to overcome this we used to make clouds out of cotton wool and move them across behind the paintings. The paintings were mainly on glass so that some paint could be scraped away in order that a little movement could be introduced behind the glass. With the introduction of the three-strip Technicolor system, things became a bit more difficult. We not only had to match the matte lines, the drawing and the tones, but also the delicate colour. The period of BLACK NARCISSUS, HENRY V and CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA with matte painting by the late Percy Day added so much atmosphere to those pictures and I don't think any other visual effects medium could have done it any better."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A time of discovery and true adventure, all courtesy of Poppa Day and his talented painting staff. Apparently a very young Peter Sellers of all people provided the voice over dub for one of the Chinese characters in the film (!)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The best shot in the movie and I do wonder whether it might be a skillfully orchestrated hanging miniature?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The journey continues. Incidentally, star Tyrone Power must hold some sort of personal unofficial trophy for appearing in more big special effects films than any other living actor of his era. Just think: IN OLD CHICAGO, THE RAINS CAME, MARK OF ZORRO, MARIE ANTOINETTE, SUEZ, CRASH DIVE, THE RAZOR'S EDGE and more! Some great work in that line up.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Elaborate cave interior substantially augmented via matte art by either Pop Day or one of his artists such as Judy Jordan, George Samuels or Albert Julion.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The closing shot in the flick is a beautifully poetic full painting.</span></td></tr>
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<b>That will do it for January's issue. See you next month, assuming I'm in the mood and the world hasn't come to a screeching, grinding halt and imploded.</b><br />
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Hello friends and fellow fans of traditional era motion picture visual trickery. It's been a while since I've had the opportunity to tackle a new post for this blog as I've been doing my civic duty as an elected juror in the New Zealand justice system. This has been the third time I've landed a place on a panel of fellow jurors, though the other occasions were nothing compared with this intense and multi-layered four week High Court trial (which threatened to go over into a fifth week!) Talk about 12 Angry Men (and women). Glad to be finally finished with that I can tell you.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">All round vfx exponent, Jim Aupperle on FLESH GORDON.</span></td></tr>
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Anyway, back to the blog. As well as a terrific <i>Blast From The Past</i> tribute I've pulled together some really interesting material here today from a positively eclectic - to say the least - selection of films that you would be most unlikely to ever see on the same 'triple bill' <i>(if such a mode of viewing even exists nowadays).</i> I've got a solid old MGM exotic adventure picture, GREEN FIRE, with Stewart Granger and Grace Kelly which has some nice matte and miniature work. Also featured is a lightweight Demi Moore vehicle titled THE BUTCHER'S WIFE which, though not especially memorable, has some wonderful Illusion Arts matte shots and visual gags. Lastly, I am proud to present a comprehensive overview of one of the most notorious films of the seventies, the delightfully insane parody FLESH GORDON - a deliriously naughty, sci-fi romp that in true early seventies 'all or nothing' collective creativity captures all of the old time serial flavour and fervour with a great deal of affection, and 'balls to the wall' special effects from a multitude of junior visual fx exponents who would all go on to bigger things and, in some cases, Academy Award - Hollywood Walk-of-Fame glory in their own right. The sort of flick from a sadly lost era that simply wouldn't and couldn't be produced in the suffocating cinematic climate of today.<br />
But first, let us pay some long overdue attention to an unsung hero of the matte painting world, Joseph Natanson in a real <i>Blast From The Past.</i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A BLAST FROM THE PAST:</span></b><br />
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<b>Joseph Natanson</b> is a name probably completely unknown to the majority of my readers, though his career in the matte shot industry stretched back over several decades and featured in both the British effects medium and later with great success with numerous studios in Europe.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Noted surrealist artist and very much in-demand matte painter Joseph Natanson.</span></td></tr>
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Joseph (or Jozef) was born in Poland and took his artistic abilities to Britain and found himself gainfully employed as a matte painter in 1947 on the exquisite Michael Powell-Emeric Pressburger ballet epic THE RED SHOES alongside fellow painters Ivor Beddoes and Les Bowie, matte cinematographer Leslie Dear and optical effects wiz George Gunn.<br />
Joseph had a knack for surrealist painting - in fact he had quite a claim to fame in that artform - so I'm sure that was what caught the eye of Powell and Pressburger, with the film requiring dozens of dazzling mattes and eye popping vfx transformations.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Dazzling Technicolor matte magic from Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger's beautiful THE RED SHOES (1947)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Rare before and after frames from one of Joseph's mattes from THE RED SHOES.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A film I never expected to so much as 'get through', but instead found it utterly enchanting: THE RED SHOES.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Natanson at work, and mattes from FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1961)</span></td></tr>
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Joseph worked also for some time with the legendary father of British 'Process Shots', Walter Percy Day - or Poppa Day as he was known by many. Working with Day and other artists such as George Samuels, Bob Cuff, Judy Jordan and Albert Julion at Shepperton Studios, as well as with effects cameraman Wally Veevers who would take over the department upon Day's retirement in 1952. Natanson departed around 1954 and moved to Italy where his skills were in constant demand by studios such as <i>Cinecitta</i> on a never ending stream of 'sword and sandal' cheapies, grand historic costume adventures and numerous CinemaScope epics of a Biblical slant. Films included shows such as HEROD THE GREAT, CAST A GIANT SHADOW and Michael Curtiz' FRANCIS OF ASSISI as well as some mattes for the big effects laden Warner Bros extravaganza HELEN OF TROY, the mammoth Fox spectacle CLEOPATRA (1963) - which earned an Oscar that year for it's matte paintings - and some subtle painted additions for the Sean Connery medieval whodunnit THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986) to name but a few. Joseph worked on over eighty films in his long and busy career with his last motion picture credit listed in 1991 for LA MONTAGNA DI DIAMANTI. He passed away, aged in his nineties in 2003. Certainly one of the many unsung and little acknowledged masters of the matte painting world. What follows are some examples of an unsung effects artists' trick work.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Natanson mattes from various Italian films: Top left NEFERTITI QUEEN OF THE NILE (1961); Top right MASTER STROKE (1967); Lower left THE MINOTAUR (1961); Lower right COLOSSUS AND THE AMAZON QUEEN (1960).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Before and after shots from PUCCINI (1953)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another of Joseph's matte shots, this being from LUCRECIA BORGIA (1953) which appears to be a multi part composite with different Roman landmarks matted together and extended with painted elements.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A remarkable before and after matte from the film ETERNA FEMMINA (1954). **<i>These, and a sizeable number of other very rare photos came to me by way of another matte legend Harrison Ellenshaw who many years ago received a weighty package in the post from British matte artist and all round effects expert Ian Scoones. Ian had trained under Les Bowie and begun his career on THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (recently covered in another major blog here). Ian told Harrison that he had retrieved a mass of material from a garbage skip at London's Technicolor Laboratories way back in 1961, with the stash including a number of ancient Percy Day and Peter Ellenshaw mattes, hence the collection being forwarded to Harison for appraisal and examination. Given the origin of the photos, it appears that even the foreign titles illustrated here must have had the requisite post-production photographic effects work carried out in London. As always, I'm very grateful indeed to Harrison for sharing all such 'museum gems' with me, as is the generosity of the man. Interestingly, an almost identical, though smaller collection of photos went up for auction in the UK recently, possibly the same collection though I've seen both and some prints show different markings etc. The plot thickens!</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">20th Century Fox spent a bloody fortune on CLEOPATRA (1963), and it nearly broke the studio. Production initially commenced in England, with even some matte and glass shots being completed before the plug was pulled. The top heavy production resumed a while later entirely in Italy. The film, as dull as it was, managed to grab the Best Visual Effects Oscar that year <i>(stolen outright from the more deserving THE BIRDS, though I digress)</i>. Emil Kosa jnr accepted the statuette though I'm not sure just how much he had to do with the hands-on matte work. There were only 3 or 4 mattes in the film, with two of them being rendered as old style in-camera glass shots. Ralph Hammeras did one majestic shot utilising dual glasses - possibly on a stateside location, one other of Rome was probably a studio made matte done back at Fox, maybe by Kosa himself, while Joseph Natanson and Mary Bone rendered the staggering establishing shot on the film's European location shown above.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Natanson, like many of the Europe based matte exponents, such as the great Emilio Ruiz and many others, often preferred to render their mattes in-camera as latent image foreground glass shots, with superb results. Noted Production Designer John DeCuir designed and orchestrated the glass shots for CLEOPATRA, with a fair chunk of experience in mattes as assistant to Russ Lawson at Universal Studios from the late 1930's through to the mid 1940's.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">There is much to be said for the oldest trick technique since the invention of the movie camera... the glass shot! It's still admired and even used, though sparingly, in recent times to my delight.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final frame from the extremely impressive panoramic glass shot. *See below for the backstory...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matte painted city and port of Alexandria with British muralist Mary Adshead Bone (left) and Joseph Natanson shown surveying their work in progress. The glass and camera set up was located in a small historic castle south of Rome in the village of Nettuno. The building was perfect for DeCuir to use for his matte painters as the vantage point was exactly what they were looking for, as was the elevation. The small castle was linked to the mainland by an old causeway or stone bridge. A platform on the rooftop was set up with two giant plates of glass locked off at right angles. A miniature stone statue was placed in such a fashion to obscure the join where the two glasses met - an old Fox gag used hundreds of times by the effects department since the twenties to invisible effect. DeCuir recruited British mural painter Mary Bone to come to Rome to assist Joseph in this mammoth undertaking. She came highly recommended and Natanson spoke very highly of her, as he did of his involvement with CLEOPATRA. The work proceeded on time and without problems until delays on the main production unit meant the giant glass shot couldn't be used exactly when scheduled. Stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were both escorted up to the platform to see the trick for themselves and were reportedly most impressed with what they saw. Two camera tests were made and all fitted perfectly, but the actual shot had to be put on the back burner. The glasses were carefully wrapped in plastic for protection from the elements as the seasons changed. Quite some time later, Natanson was called with some sense of urgency to the glass shot set up by Production Designer John DeCuir. At first he thought the glasses might have been damaged by the change in the climate and elements, but not so. Apparently when now viewed through the viewfinder a row of mountains had mysteriously appeared and were now clearly visible beyond the cityscape. According to Natanson, when the matte was painted in summer, the natural haze like sea fog had obscured the actual Apennine Mountains. Now when seen in Spring, with the fresh breezes at play to blow away the mist and haze, the vista is completely unlike that of the ancient sea port of Alexandria, which was, and still is, situated along the Nile Delta, where no mountains are to be found. Joseph had to do a great deal of remedial painting to cover up the unwanted mountains whereby a few more additional districts of Alexandria were painted on as a fix. The final repair was invisible and the on screen result speaks for itself</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A not altogether accurate schematic on the CLEOPATRA glass shot at least gives the general idea.</span></td></tr>
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*<i>Addendum: At the time of this blog post there is a retrospective of the work of Joseph Natanson in both film and art being held in Rome. There will also be a series of lectures on the history of the artform by the Italian Association of Visual Effects Artists. I understand this exhibition will continue until late January 2020.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">GREEN FIRE (1954) was a fairly entertaining and at times spectacular early CinemaScope adventure from MGM, set in Colombia, South America, and dealing with emerald prospecting and assorted mischief. The film isn't effects heavy by any account but does have a few good sequences involving Arnold Gillespie miniature destruction and some good Newcombe matte art.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I've said it before and I'll say it again.... NZ Pete loves those old hand lettered title cards from days gone by. Beautifully crafted by an altogether anonymous team of skilled lettering artists onto large sheets of glass. Some studios did their own in house, while a great many were farmed out to Pacific Title in Hollywood who were masters of the artform.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A beautiful sprawling matte painted set extension adds much to what was presumably a set on one of MGM's numerous vast backlots. Warren Newcombe was King, Emperor and Lord of the highly regarded matte department at MGM for many decades, though never picked up a brush according to reliable co-worker accounts. He did in the very early days, back in the 1920's, mostly as a New York based effects artist, but seemingly didn't participate much once coming to Metro. His organisational and planning skills however were second to none and Newcombe had an uncanny ability to know just how valuable matte art could be to a given production. MGM were at the top of the game when it came to visual effects for many years, thanks in no small part to Warren's directorship of his jealously guarded team of matte painters. Painters working under Warren at this time included Howard Fisher, Henry Hillinck, Otto Keichle and quite possibly a young Matthew Yuricich. Director of matte photography was Mark Davis.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A minor, but effectively handled gag courtesy of A.Arnold Gillespie, who in addition to running all the physical, mechanical and miniature effects requirements, also oversaw the process work at MGM. A seemingly invisible shot where star Stewart Granger is seen approaching a small taverna and coming inside and engaging with other principle players. The background of the harbour and jetty with Granger in full stride is a previously filmed process plate, with the action perfectly timed to allow the <u>projected</u> Granger to enter an exterior doorway and then to appear 'live' in <u>front</u> of the same process screen and carry on with the requisite action. Seems basic, but timing the action to match, plus ensuring a crisp back projected plate <i>(no mean feat in scope and colour!)</i> made it work seamlessly. This gag wasn't new and has been done a million times but often with dire results. MGM often utilised overlapping multiple projector processes to ensure an extremely bright and clean image, often with remarkable results. Carroll Shepphird was the studio's resident process man, with a career dating back to the original KING KONG and even earlier! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another Newcombe matte shot depicting Stewart Granger's emerald mine operation.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I'm a <u>big</u> fan of superbly executed miniature sequences that have been set up and filmed outdoors in natural light. Buddy Gillespie was a devoted advocate of just such application, and the quality was there up on the big screen for decades as a testament to Gillespie's understanding of 'miniaturisation'. Here, a major screw up in the mine site causes a water race to burst and cause a devastating flood and landslide.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The mountainside starts to collapse onto the encampment. All miniature, filmed on the backlot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I wish Gillespie had included some info about this film in his fascinating memoir <i>The Wizard of MGM</i>, but I suppose with the 300 or so films he worked on a few got missed out along the way.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Miniature mayhem is only as good as the cinematographer lining up and shooting the gag. Almost certainly, longtime studio miniatures cameraman Maximilian Fabian would have been the key player in photographing these scenes. An amazingly skilled effects cameraman who had a life long association with MGM, filming such massive effects showcases as the earthquake in SAN FRANCISCO, another monumental quake and flood for GREEN DOLPHIN STREET and the pick of the bunch, the <u>still</u> jaw dropping bomb run sequences from the incredible THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO - a career best in my book that rank among the finest effects set pieces ever filmed!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Upper frame, probably live exterior physical effect, though very well cut in with exterior model destruction without the usual differential in tungsten indoor stage light and natural sunlight that NEVER cut together believably in other films.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Water is problematic when it comes to miniature work, though Gillespie and his large effects team were time honoured experts in making such shots work. Presumably Buddy constructed very large miniatures here (I'm guessing around 20 feet high?) to lend a credible 'gravity' and weight to the rock fall and subsequent water action.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Gillespie was 'ace' at this sort of demanding work. Just take a look at the Oscar winning trick shots in GREEN DOLPHIN STREET if you don't believe me. 20th Century Fox were also <u>very</u> adept at this sort of thing under Sersen, Kellogg, Hammeras and Abbott.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I don't know who was in charge of the miniature construction here. For many years it was the incredible Donald Jahraus who contributed so damned much to those other films I previously mentioned. Donald started off at RKO back around 1930 building models and worked on shows such as THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME. He may have worked on KING KONG as it was made back to back pretty well with that film, but I've never seen any evidence. From the late thirties Jahraus worked at MGM where he remained for the rest of his career. The last film I have documentation on was the 1952 picture PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE, made two years before GREEN FIRE.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Appropriate camera position, choice of lens, focal length <u>and</u> depth of field.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The film concludes with some very damp stars, a painted sky and optical overlay of a rainbow. How sweet!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A rather thin, though amiable rom-com with Demi Moore, THE BUTCHER'S WIFE (1991) was to my lady wife's liking somewhat more than me, but the matte and visual effects shots were a definite stand out for me...naturally.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">As discussed in previous blog posts, Illusion Arts germinated from the remnants of the old Albert Whitlock matte department at Universal, and proved to be a force to be reckoned with for around two decades.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A beautifully rendered sky with the tried and true 'rolling clouds' gag which had been pioneered by Al Whitlock as far back as the early 1960's. The trick involved photographing a skillfully painted sky one portion at a time, with the sky masked off in three horizontal 'bands' using soft splits. Each 'band' would be photographed individually as the painting was being very slowly hand cranked along the matte stand, with each of the sky 'bands' being cranked at a slightly different speed - with the band of clouds nearest the foreground being cranked at a marginally faster rate than the second 'band' of mid distant clouds. The most far away clouds near the horizon would be moved extremely slowly, if at all. All of this was carefully filmed directly onto original negative in a series of exposures that when viewed gave a remarkable and convincing 'live' sky. As Whitlock often said <i>"You may not necessarily notice that subtle movement, but you do tend to notice when it's <u>not</u> there."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Several shots in THE BUTCHER'S WIFE take place atop buildings in a congested New York City neighbourhood. The Illusion Arts team, headed by Effects Director of Photography Bill Taylor and Supervising Matte Painter Syd Dutton - both co-owners of the effects company - furnished several dazzling views of the city at night and day, with this marvellous rendering being an all out winner in my books. Assisting Dutton with the matte art were Robert Stromberg and Mannix Bennett.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The glorious matte art with some small rooftop action added in.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An alternate take with our male lead character looking on as part of a blue screen composite.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Same frame lightened up for better examination.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Close up detailed look at the above masterpiece nicely demonstrates draftsmanship and brushwork. All very Whitlock inspired in both style and technique.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A later evening matte painted view of the <i>City That Never Sleeps</i>.... a far cry from a couple of other places I've visited elsewhere as <i>'The City That Never Wakes Up'</i> and <i>'The City That Dozes Off When You Least Expect It'</i>. True story!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Morning in NYC as per the matte painters at Illusion Arts.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The film concludes with an incredible, and quite massive, pullback from our star crossed lovers, all manufactured in house at Illusion Arts. Love that sky, which again is strongly influenced by Syd Dutton's mentor Albert Whitlock.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Glorious HD 1080 frames of the above grand finale for matte fans to enjoy....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Evidently some kind of complex multi-plane gag, probably engineered with motion control for precise camera move.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">All painted except for the people, with possibly the ocean as well being manufactured?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Possibly a smooth transition from one painting into another, which was a technique employed by Bill Taylor for other massive 'moving' shots for films such as COMING TO AMERICA and NEWSIES to name just two.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Possibly a miniature element for the lighthouse. Lynn Ledgerwood was Illusion Arts' resident miniatures and 'special rigging' expert and contributed many intricate gags and foreground models to many films and tv shows.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">And they all lived happily ever after ... <u>except Demi</u> who went through a kind of messy divorce with Bruce Willis and didn't make too many more films after the fact because women in their forties in Tinseltown are pretty much 'old hat' and nobody wants to cast a woman who actually has matured gracefully unlike in England where they are treasured, admired and celebrated for their talent and longevity and usually get loads more work the more senior they become! ... <i>(though I digress)</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Political correctness seems to infect nearly every aspect of the society in which we now live, unfortunately. Thankfully the Seventies were an era where such so-called <i>social engineering</i> was strictly contained within the dystopian framework of George Orwell's brilliant, immortal<i> 'it-could-never-happen-here' </i>masterwork <b>1984</b>. Who'd ever have imagined back in those carefree, halcyon days that the Orwellian nightmare would a few decades later be an insidious reality. I bring this up as the film FLESH GORDON (1974) is a prime example of just what could be made <i>back in the day</i> and would never in your wildest dreams get the 'green light' nowadays.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The movie had been in the minds of the creators for some while I believe, from as early as 1971, though things really kicked off around '74. Endless controversy would soon follow in FLESH's footsteps, with FBI raids, confiscated prints and hidden negatives!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A veritable <i>'who's who'</i> of movie magic talent were on board, and these are just some of the names who got a screen credit. Rick Baker went on to multiple Oscar glory <i>(best work was for the John Landis classic AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON me thinks) </i>and possibly got his own star on the Walk Of Fame (?). An uncredited Dennis Muren also went on to massive success with ILM and more Oscars than you could possibly imagine, and did get a star on the Walk Of Fame. Note, the oddly named chap <i>'Mij Htrofnad'</i> .... he's actually Jim Danforth who asked not to be credited though ended up with a 'reverse' credit.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A myriad of names were bundled together for the key credits, with Howard Ziehm seemingly getting the lions' share, no doubt due to the rave reviews(!) of his earlier cinematic classics CITY OF SIN and the monumental SEEDS OF LUST.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The film is still a riot all these years on and despite its shortcomings achieves considerable production value and benefits from a genuine thirties <i>'stay tuned folks for the next exciting installment'</i> flavour that the film makers seem to have had a real affinity for and put their hearts and souls into translating to film. For the most part, the creators hit all the right buttons.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Tom Scherman at work on the miniature set for Dr Flexi Jerkoff's' <i>(no, I'm not making that up!) </i>secret rocket propulsion lab. Scherman, along with the majority of the young effects technicians on FLESH GORDON were part of the well regarded Cascade Films Stage 6 Special Visual Effects Studio which largely concentrated on scores of tv commercials and other assignments though I understand they worked as independent contractors for FG. One or two declined due to the 'nature' of the project. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The big reveal. Dr Jerkoff unveils his somewhat unique intergalactic rocketship. The ship and laboratory workshop is all a miniature by Greg Jein with the actor split screened into the shot at right. Jein became most well known later for such films as CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 3rd KIND, STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE and my fave miniature effects showcase 1941, which was a total jaw-dropper. I did a massive tribute piece on 1941's phenomenal effects here a few years back. <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2015/08/1941-special-visual-effects.html">You can read all about it <b>here</b></a>.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Thar she blows ... Dr Jerkoff, Flesh and his come hither galfriend Dale, head into outer space. Their adventures are quite unlike anything experienced by Capt James T. Kirk and Mr Spock - not to mention Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong I can confidently say.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A rare photo of a still relatively unknown Dennis Muren who photographed the miniature sequences. Dennis had previously been heavily involved with another low budget enterprise EQUINOX - also with some of the same fx folk, and would soon after FLESH move onto a little film called STAR WARS, if anyone can recall that one!! Among Muren's other notable credits were CE3K, INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (a definite high point) and scores of others for ILM</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The intrepid trio hurtle through the <i>'Moronosphere' </i>and encounter space junk including flying billboards as well as the man in the moon.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I loved the crazy assed art direction and prop design - very much of what would now be termed 'Steam Punk' I believe. Wacky Victorian era control panels and levers, with not a seatbelt to be seen - just overhead hand straps. Love it! Of course you know you have problems when the 'low-tech' equipment declares <b>"Trouble"</b>, and you are really up shit creek when it reads <b>"Double Trouble"</b>.</span><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Our trio of brave Galactic adventurers face a slight hitch when caught in the net of the evil Emperor Wang's Sex Ray (don't ask). Nice optical work which seems to be from a welding torch, optically tinted and doubled in. Bob Costa was responsible for the opticals on his own home built optical printer.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The ship is dragged into the planet Porno <i>(hey, there are a million planets out there...can <u>you</u> prove this one's made up??)</i> Great wire rigged miniatures filmed in natural light against a real sky, complete with Buster Crabbe style smoke trails, sparks and cartoon sound effects. Love it! If anyone doesn't know who <i>Buster Crabbe</i> was then you have no right to read this blog and should go back to your damned 'Marvel' world! Shame be heaped upon you.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">'Let's find a landing strip, Flesh'. Pun <u>un</u>intended.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">As mentioned earlier, a great many talents were engaged to work on the many trick shots, with Jim Danforth primarily hired to supply some of the matte paintings (others were by Joe Musso). This was just a tiny partial set augmented with Jim's matte art, as shown below.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The pic at left shows the partial set, or facade with a doorway really, of Flexi's rocketship. The frame at right is the final.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Jim Danforth at work on the original matte art for the above shot. Jim was also involved with some of the later stop motion work and provided the film's most memorable animated set piece. More about that later. <i>*Note the rather witty graffiti scrawled in the background.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The picture was filmed in the standard Academy 1.33:1 ratio, which was entirely faithful to the format in which the original 1930's serials had been made. Original 16mm prints and VHS releases were made in this 'standard' format though all later editions on DVD and now BluRay have been remastered in a severely cropped <i>(excessively so!)</i> pseudo widescreen format which eliminates a great deal of information at the top and bottom of the frame. A BIG mistake! Aside from the loss of carefully designed production detail and set decor, not to mention compromised visual effects shots such as this Jim Danforth matte painting <i>(see below for comparison)</i>, the film's new 'modern' format buggers the composition and just isn't honest to the films' and serials it parodies and celebrates with such affection.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Jim Danforth's original matte art still in fine condition as pictured here as one in the collection of fellow effects artist Harry Walton. Note the 'full' composition' here which was compromised in the widescreen digital formats. *<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Many thanks to Berton Pierce for this great photograph.</span></i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">On the planet Porno there are many strange and highly suspect forms of life, with this <i>Penisaurus</i> being one such beast. Bill Hedge was primary animator for this sequence. The stop motion composites were all miniature rear projection process set ups, and for the most part worked well, though this sequence suffered badly from poor process plates and colour mismatch from shot to shot - something not uncommon to stop motion process work with even the great Ray Harryhausen turning out some shocking results for VALLEY OF GWANGI where colours jump all over the place from shot to shot, not to mention grain the size of golf balls.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Other contributing animators on the film to various degrees were Rob Maine, Jim Danforth, David Allen, Doug Beswick, Laine Liska, Jim Aupperle and Stephen Czerkas.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Dale and Flesh look on in true old time serial fashion as Flexi does battle with not one but two Penisaurus'. Who dreams this stuff up?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">'Emperor Wang-The Perverted' <i>(official Royal title, though he's occasionally addressed as 'Your Sickness')</i>, has a pretty impressive castle, shown here as a finely detailed miniature. At lower left is another future 'effects star' Joe Viskocil who would become famous for his mastery of miniature pyrotechnics on a ton of films like STAR WARS and I think INDEPENDENCE DAY. The pic in the centre shows Mike Minor and other fx staff as they shoot a moving POV of Queen Amoura's swan ship. At right is Dennis Muren lighting a stop motion set up.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">FX man Tom Scherman adds finishing touches to Wang's castle.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Although technically not a Cascade assignment, most of the effects artists pictured here worked on FLESH GORDON in various capacities. I'm not sure when this trade advertisement dates from, whether <i>before</i> or <i>after </i>FG?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A more fierce front door you are never likely to find in the known Universe my friends!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Emperor Wang's mighty throne room is party central it seems. Jim Danforth painted a significant amount to top the set up, with ornate statues, ceiling as well as smoke elements rising from the cauldron <i>(which was in fact the same smoke element that Jim had used several years earlier for the Plesiosaurus sequence for WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH)</i> and a pulsing glow from the suspended orb. The film was intended and filmed as an X-Rated hardcore flick though was later recut by the film makers to soften the graphic nature of the shenanigans, though oddly still wound up with the dreaded 'X' from the MPAA. Cut as it was, hardcore activity is still to be seen in certain sequences behind the key players. The film was heavily censored in numerous territories and banned outright here in New Zealand for several years. See below for an uncropped frame from Jim's original 35mm trims.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A word of commendation for the cast here. Jason Williams as Flesh was the perfect choice, and managed to conjur up all of the quite deliberate excesses and mannerisms so essential to the thirties vibe. Joseph Hudgens as Dr Flexi Jerkoff and Suzanne Fields as Dale (below) also play to the comic strip tone so well. William Dennis Hunt, as Wang (right), chews the scenery like a hungry dog...though I'd not accept it <u>any</u> other way.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Suzanne Fields as Dale Ardor.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Part of a massive, multi-plane matte painted tilt up to the heavens by artist Joe Musso.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Joe Musso's wonderful glass painting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Musso at work on his glass painting. Joe was primarily a production illustrator in the industry for decades and occasionally ventured into matte art for films such as Irwin Allen's WHEN TIME RAN OUT and WRONG IS RIGHT. For quite some time Joe was President of the Motion Picture Matte Artists and Illustrators Union.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The big tilt shot culminates with the swan spaceship of Queen Amoura cruising along. I suspect a second painting was rendered for this as there is a lap dissolve from the tilt into a slow zoom in and animation.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Emperor Wang's stormtroopers chase down Queen Amoura amid a variety of curious celestial bodies.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Speaking of curious celestial bodies..... Queen Amoura auditions our shy hero.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Wang wequests Woderick and Wobert to wescue the wocketship. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another wonderful matte painting by Jim Danforth which he told me was his favourite from FLESH GORDON. *For a most impressive career blog on Jim's matte career - which is quite substantial in itself - <a href="http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2012/05/jim-danforth-matte-arts-last.html">check it all out <b>here</b></a>.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A full frame Academy ratio look at the same matte shot as originally intended, from Danforth's personal 35mm trims. In my extensive career interview with Jim back in 2012 I enquired about his work on this film. <i> "I was no longer on Cascade Films permanent staff, but I did work for them when they needed me. Some of the FLESH GORDON paintings were composited at a small facility Cascade had set up for me on their property. I rented the facility for the FG work. Initially the film was a hardcore porno film - but with laughs. I asked the producers not to put my name on it. The producers decided to use my name spelled backwards and said I would probably be happy later to have the credit. After the film was re-edited to 'soften' it, I was happier."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">My particular favourite among all of the many effects shots in FLESH GORDON was this remarkable Jim Danforth matte, complete with excellent fire elements, interactive 'flame' lighting and live action of Flesh escaping the crashed ship. Jim spoke to me about the film a while back: <i>"I believe FG began with a suggestion made by animator Mike Hyatt to director Michael Bienvenisti (aka Mike Light). The production designer was Mike Minor, and he was definitely <u>not</u> minor! Mike was a major force behind the film. Greg Jein made the miniature spaceships, Tom Scherman made some of the full scale props, such as the robots. Joe Musso did some of the matte paintings while Bob Costa did opticals on his unique printer and also printed plates for my shots." </i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Simple old fashioned forced perspective shot with our actor literally yards away from a quite large model set and painted backing.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In addition to executing several mattes for the film, Danforth also animated a full set piece where the Beetleman attacks Flesh and friends. Jim discussed his work with me: <i> "I was originally asked to work as Mike Hyatt's assistant animator. That wasn't an assignment I wanted, so I declined. Later the production got behind, so the producers asked me to do some of the animation for them, without Mike Hyatt's supervision. This wonderful crew didn't all work together in the same facility. Tom, Dennis, Joe Musso and Joe Viskocil all worked in a rented studio in Eagle Rock. I did some of my matte paintings there, some at Cascade, some at Raleigh Studios. The animation I did of the Beetleman was done on part of a stage at Raleigh Studios, next to the stage where the FG live action had been filmed."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The Beetleman puppet was built by future Oscar winning make up specialist Rick Baker. The sequence is a pure joy and owes much to the films of Ray Harryhausen in design and execution, particularly two of the SINBAD pictures, 7th VOYAGE and GOLDEN VOYAGE - both top shelf shows in my book.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In an interview in the magazine SPFX in 1995, Danforth talked about the work on FG: </span> <span style="color: blue;"><i>"I passed on it initially, then a year and a half later they didn't have any effects finished so they brought some other people in and they hadn't been able to do it either, so I eventually inherited back some of it. Of course, I had nothing to do with the planning, but I got to re-edit the Beetleman sequence. The movie that came out was a lot better than the one they started with. I watched them shoot a little bit here and there and it was really a straight X-Rated porno movie. After they realised they could actually improve it by some deletions it actually turned out to be pretty funny."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Beautifully handled animation and blending of process action with puppet interaction.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Straight out of Harryhausen's wonderful 7th VOYAGE OF SINBAD. No apology required. Great work! Jim told me that while the main production was shot on 16mm, initially most or all of the effects material was also shot on that smaller gauge. Jim said that those effects shots were redone in 35mm for higher resolution, especially with regard to shots requiring 'registration' for matte or additional exposure later on. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another of Jim's numerous matte paintings which starts off on the bathing maiden and tilts up to an approaching Ladybug spaceship coming in (see below).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Jim described this shot to me: </span><i><span style="color: blue;">"All the matte paintings I did for FG were inexpensive - $250 above my costs for each shot! The shot with the giant trees you mentioned was more difficult because I had to match the painted trunk to my cut-out painting of a section of tree trunk, in front of which Dennis Muren and Tom Scherman 'flew' the miniature spaceship."</span> </i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Greg Jein at work on the Ladybug miniatures while Tom Scherman adds detail to one of the models seen in the final confrontation between good and evil.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another Jim Danforth matte shot which Jim told me: <i>"I particularly enjoyed painting the down angle of the palace tower that was supposed to evoke memories of a shot of the witch's castle in THE WIZARD OF OZ."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A multi-plane glass painting by Joe Musso, with drifting clouds painted on a seperate glass, and a slow push inward.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The gnarly front door to Emperor Wang's groovy abode. I really want one of these for home when those damned religious zealots ring my doorbell!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">"NO" to all of the above.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Our interstellar trio hook up with a Robin Hood-esque fellow with very peculiar tendencies and wind up in Wang's 'Royal Flush' chamber. A nothing set extended by Jim Danforth for front and reverse angles. The despicable Wang has engineered the room as a giant toilet bowl (I want one of these as well) to dispose of irritating folk.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Danforth described this complex scene to me: <i>"The Royal Flush shot was tricky for me as I had to create an expanding <u>oval</u> shaped travelling matte, which I bi-packed in my projector while compositing the shot that showed the floor opening near the actors' feet. That shot also required me to create a floor 'thickness' painting that I had to expand in sync with the matte. The producers got a lot of 'bang' for their buck there."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">We then cut back to the palace throne room and begin a very long tilt-down matte shot from one Danforth painting onto another which encompassed the entire sewerage system of the palace as our good guys get literally 'flushed away'. See below.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Danforth: <i> "Another difficult shot was the big tilt-down from the throne room to the cross section view of the drainage system, into which I added Flesh and his friends swimming."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">...and going! I assume more than one painting was used due to the extent of the shot. When I asked Jim what sort of timeframe was involved in finishing all of these matte shots he said <i>"The film was sort of 'on again', 'off again' for a while, so there wasn't much time pressure for my work. But at those prices, I didn't want to spend much time on each shot."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">One of the many neat opticals seen in FLESH GORDON, with Queen Amoura making a mystical appearance. Bob Costa was optical cinematographer on the flick with the old Hollywood based Ray Mercer company screen credited for opticals.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The final act of the film introduces the beloved behemoth <i>'Nesuahyrrah' </i>- which cutely, was 'Harryhausen' spelled backwards. Ya just gotta love these guys.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The gigantic behemoth is called upon by Wang The Perverted to defend the planet Porno. A nice shot with stop motion puppet, fire elements and a live action character at bottom right.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Referred to in the script as <i>The Great God Porno</i>, the creature is a marvel of stop motion and in-your-face character. Talk about personality...this dude's got it in spades! Most of his animation was done by Bob Maine, with some additional shots carried out by David Allen and Jim Aupperle. Several crew worked on the puppet prior to it being camera ready, including Laine Liska, Mike Hyatt and David Allen, with parts of the armature being cannibalised from an old Pete Peterson puppet for an unfinished project. Peterson had worked with the great Willis O'Brien on MIGHTY JOE YOUNG and did some great work on the very much under-rated THE BLACK SCORPION.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I love the 'swagger' that this character has ... so damned arrogant and full of himself. Reminds me of a world leader somewhere.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Puppet against process plate of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, with the actors running down the stairs. See below for a far more revealing glimpse.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An out take from the same sequence where the tie downs are clearly visible, as are the unwanted vehicles parked in a row. The final sequence will include foreground miniatures to obscure the unwanted material.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Animation is as smooth as silk.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Nicely done little cutaway as Porno grabs at Flesh</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Interestingly, the creature was planned to be a non-vocal being who just grunted once in a while, but once the animation cuts were viewed the makers decided to add a voice and some sparing, though hilarious quips. The voice was provided by the then unknown actor Craig T. Nelson. What floored me was the remarkable 'lip sync' considering it was never the intention to begin with. They must have really paid close attention to the silent animation cuts and worked it all out carefully.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Great line here from Porno in the smoothest of Barry White tones: <i>"This is the tower of evil...and it's where I hang out."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Jim Aupperle dressing the miniature set for the climax. This was Jim's first professional film experience, with him initially coming on board to assist in model lighting and camera operating, then got himself in with actual hands-on animation for several shots in the now classic grand finale.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The big KONG moment where our lovable beast climbs the tower with nubile damsel firmly in hand.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Flesh and Flexi steal one of Wang's cruisers to rescue Dale from the clutches of the giant beast. Danforth matte shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Fledgling effects artist Jim Aupperle does an exposure check while animating some of the climactic action. Note the expansive painted backdrop.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In tried and true KONG fashion, the beast toys with <u>his</u> Fay Wray.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It was controversial back in 1933 and fell afoul of the censor's scissors. Not so for this 1974 incarnation <i>(nor the later 1976 DeLaurentiis effort either)</i> where it wasn't an issue, though the PC brigade of today would run screaming through the streets tearing their hair out in sheer unrelenting horror.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Animator Rob Maine who was primary animator for the Great God Porno sequence.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Once again, terrific lip sync, even if it was only worked out after the fact. Monster utters the immortal line <i><b>"My asssss"</b> </i>as he is hit in the butt with a ray gun. Beautiful marriage of vocal and foam rubber articulation.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In addition to providing a number of excellent matte paintings and an extensive stop motion sequence elsewhere in the film, Jim Danforth also supplied other elements. <i> "I was also involved with some of the process composite set-ups, plus the animated rays fired by the passing space ships. I animated the rays on glass while Jim Aupperle and Rob Maine were animating the Great God Porno."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Porno utters the inimitable final line <i>"Oh.....shit!"</i> as he loses his footing and trips over the edge...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>'Does this mean the end of Wang The Perverted?' .</i>.. Yeah, I'd say so, though there was a <u>very</u> feeble sequel made many years later that wasn't a patch on this one. Worthless.</span></td></tr>
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Welcome back to yet another installment of New Zealand Pete's tribute blog to old school special visual effects and the masters of that particular form of cinematic magic. I've assembled a fascinating collection of effects shots from a broad spectrum of motion pictures, with more than a few surprises. As per the norm, I've included some well known, a few not so well known, and at least one completely off the wall celluloid oddity that I bet most readers will, in all likelihood, never have heard of, let alone actually seen. In addition to the analysis of five movies, I'm also delighted to finally showcase a recently auctioned Al Whitlock matte painting in detail, as well as a review of two most deserving coffee table books that I purchased recently. No space for another 'Blast From The Past', but next issue I'll have some cool stuff.<br />
Do give me your feedback, comments, corrections, gossip or tips on movies worth tracking down that I may have missed (I generally watch 3 or 4 per night, which is fine as I'm retired and don't need to get up at the crack of dawn to be a part of the rank and file traffic misery that is rush hour in Auckland.)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUukITO4FsVFSbyFxH4_Paz7GDFVTi1VLEIsK47acoEU2yxZVgAaBjaBM5o5AEcgbdH6YX7IjmOsbN_sZ6iu8WBM1NK5KCIo3P3qmc97xkCXNhDdDA6O6xrUvfoTiJMQr-xdprmjieNuA/s1600/apes+book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="697" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUukITO4FsVFSbyFxH4_Paz7GDFVTi1VLEIsK47acoEU2yxZVgAaBjaBM5o5AEcgbdH6YX7IjmOsbN_sZ6iu8WBM1NK5KCIo3P3qmc97xkCXNhDdDA6O6xrUvfoTiJMQr-xdprmjieNuA/s320/apes+book.jpg" width="320" /></a>The American author J.W Rinzler has published several essential and sizable volumes on the <i>original</i> Lucasfilm STAR WARS trilogy which occupy pride and place on my sagging bookshelves, such is the remarkable attention to detail, deep investigative journalism and utterly splendid photographic archival material - particularly with regard to the first STAR WARS book, A NEW HOPE - a <i>re-readable </i>tome if ever there was one. I recently purchased two more of Rinzler's magnificent books - <b>THE MAKING OF PLANET OF THE APES</b> and just last week, was delighted to open a weighty package from Amazon, UK containing Rinzler's most recent book, <b>THE MAKING OF ALIEN</b>.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QFEBOZvvHhGyM3YRs9Qsq8TvqByOHIgweSy-g2-5Ux4xFwejf4A7Icx1SdbpePvfXgyh-55bYbh66TiDm77ZYb22BGUAlh5gaXc7v91Qybwu0BbO-jdojqNWqjC16t2cKMm8ctXX3Yk/s1600/apes2+big.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1288" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QFEBOZvvHhGyM3YRs9Qsq8TvqByOHIgweSy-g2-5Ux4xFwejf4A7Icx1SdbpePvfXgyh-55bYbh66TiDm77ZYb22BGUAlh5gaXc7v91Qybwu0BbO-jdojqNWqjC16t2cKMm8ctXX3Yk/s320/apes2+big.jpg" width="320" /></a>Both films are in my all time top list, right near the top, so it was with great haste that I order and devour these books A.S.A.P. I was not in the least disappointed with either purchase. The APES volume I received and read a few months back, while I'm about halfway through the newly unwrapped ALIEN edition.<br />
I've never tired of viewing the original 1968 PLANET OF THE APES film, and so vividly recall seeing it on the big screen, probably around 1970. A most literate, intelligent and thought provoking film that was a hell of a gamble for the studio, and for most associated with it. So much of the film still resonates with me, even all these years, and countless viewings later, with of course the 'kick in the guts' tag scene of the Liberty Lady buried in the sand being a jaw dropping moment that ranks right up there among the greatest 'reveals' in cinema history. In saying that, there was another particular brief scene that shot a bolt through me as a kid in the movie house audience <i>(the suburban Mayfair Cinema, Auckland),</i> and that was the very first shot of one of the apes on horseback right after that skin crawling screech heard from an off camera shell horn up in the trees.<br />
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Riders dressed entirely in black chase the primitive human folk through the corn field... we can't quite make out who <i>or what</i> the pursuers are until one stops and turns toward camera, with a zoom in to reveal <i>an ape</i>! Cut to Charlton Heston in disbelief! Might not read as much nowadays but it rattled me no end as a kid. It still gives me a shiver even today some 50 years later. Rinzler covers every aspect of the production and leaves no stone unturned, from the casting - my fave being the wonderful Maurice Evans who steals the show hands down - to Bill Abbott's low key visual effects (I always admired the opening shot outside the spacecraft windows); John Chambers' groundbreaking make up design and of course, the incredible experimental percussion score by the great Jerry Goldsmith. Oh, and as an addendum, the one thing I never liked was the 'cheap' looking Ape City, where a matte painting really could have been employed to extend the small exterior set and create something resembling a 'city' rather than the quaint little styrofoam village that it appears to be on screen. <i>Just my opinion</i>.<br />
A fabulous read, very well researched and illustrated.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrVqxK1TrIXpuuaH7mVsyDm4ZdIIHuj3wUtgS_MSSl9_pCy9i49GcJuov-g3FYk-Ui9h8jRKghci6WdcCt6zC3wPgm2IOT0TZF4EfGgz6Svj9p0i8q491tyss0wM5ClDWuPj5W97G2rM/s1600/alien+book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="1600" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrVqxK1TrIXpuuaH7mVsyDm4ZdIIHuj3wUtgS_MSSl9_pCy9i49GcJuov-g3FYk-Ui9h8jRKghci6WdcCt6zC3wPgm2IOT0TZF4EfGgz6Svj9p0i8q491tyss0wM5ClDWuPj5W97G2rM/s320/alien+book.jpg" width="320" /></a>In my opinion, director Ridley Scott has never topped his remarkable achievement that was ALIEN, and it's plain author Rinzler shares the sentiment. As with his previous books, <i>no</i> aspect of the surprisingly lengthy and tangled journey - from Dan O'Bannon's initial idea; the largely under-credited Walter Hill's major script revisions; the utter revulsion by 'The Suits' at Fox toward eccentric Swiss surrealist H.R Giger's conceptual artwork; the hiring of an unknown English director who'd only helmed one previous 'arthouse' feature with every director in town turning the project down as, in the words of one,<i> "a piece of shit monster movie". </i>Finally one studio executive (Alan Ladd jnr) was willing to risk his reputation and green-light the film. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkgx8HAzQtEwMOawcuHvoOwOipnNmu4CgQKneuuD-8SOd_IuEjE49licGn9hkF7IdJPgJS4XmJY88j76tS3sM3FBshLNPhDCwNCAgNkzaMdq-hsrU4KNhRd8gW3cOEXlllT2yFyNo9cA/s1600/alien+book+inside1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1260" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkgx8HAzQtEwMOawcuHvoOwOipnNmu4CgQKneuuD-8SOd_IuEjE49licGn9hkF7IdJPgJS4XmJY88j76tS3sM3FBshLNPhDCwNCAgNkzaMdq-hsrU4KNhRd8gW3cOEXlllT2yFyNo9cA/s320/alien+book+inside1a.jpg" width="320" /></a>I've lost count of the number of times I've seen the film, dating right back to an advance industry preview in 1979 which blew my socks off, to the umpteenth look on BluRay the other day, the film <u>never</u> fails to deliver on every single front, even 40 years down the track. Terrific screenwriting complimented by a superb ensemble cast, <b>all</b> of whom were the very definition of perfection playing characters that were <i>real</i> people <i>(I especially admired Ian Holm's 'Ash', and Veronica Cartwright's 'Lambert' - just so bloody good...but then they all were!)</i>. Brilliant art direction <i>(where was that God-damned Oscar I ask you?)</i>, cinematography, music, the very deliberate slow-burn pacing that just 'tightens the screws' ever so gradually till it's almost unbearable <i>(Brett's demise...now was there <u>ever</u> a more nerve wracking build up to a death scene, <b>ever</b>? All that dripping water and jangling chains. Genius Ridley.)</i> and the most ghastly screen incarnation of sheer, unrelenting pulse pounding terror that was the title creature itself.<br />
It all worked because Ridley knew just how much (if anything) of the creature to show, and exactly when it would work to heart stopping perfection.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC8qZx3GUvm__6GIukcK_DES3ypAC5RoJiMMJz94eLheCQcKyt9iAfd-OP267__KwbIFS0TeJOiEaPPv_QQ2uhTuVGRVgriczW-b0t7TVuVytLa3TomUOYxqyrg8sYMczShjFIRoNDWo/s1600/alien+book+inside1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="933" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC8qZx3GUvm__6GIukcK_DES3ypAC5RoJiMMJz94eLheCQcKyt9iAfd-OP267__KwbIFS0TeJOiEaPPv_QQ2uhTuVGRVgriczW-b0t7TVuVytLa3TomUOYxqyrg8sYMczShjFIRoNDWo/s320/alien+book+inside1.jpg" width="320" /></a>As a <u>big</u> fan of movie sound effects, I'd easily rank ALIEN as one of the best ever for sound fx editing (by Jim Shields) and this area too is covered in depth in the book along with all of the creative departments, not forgetting Brian Johnson and Nick Allder's Oscar winning visual effects, which never outstayed their welcome and were used sparingly, unlike films of this current vogue, unfortunately.<br />
Both books, as with the previous Rinzler 'Making Of' volumes are substantial 350 page, large landscape format, heavily illustrated, quality hardcover publications that I highly recommend to anyone who shares my love for these two iconic science fiction films.<br />
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<i>[Footnote: The James Cameron sequel ALIENS may well be an all out action packed rollercoaster ride, but it completely lacked any form of empathy for it's human characters - one simply can't wait for them to be wiped out, as obnoxious, cliched and one dimensional as they all were - due to Cameron's curious inability to 'direct' actors and contribute believable dialogue exchanges, an unfortunate and inexplicable reality that's sadly all too evident when his subsequent films are also viewed. But that's just my observation]</i><br />
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<b>Albert Whitlock update:</b><br />
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It's not very often that any of Albert's mattes come up for auction, but three did recently, and as much as I'd love to be the happy owner of any of them (I'm not!), a friend in Germany managed to purchase one major piece, with the added bonus of having <i>another</i> matte painting on the reverse side, which my pal wasn't aware of until the enormous crate arrived and was opened. The paintings come from the estate of Larry Shuler who, as mentioned in my earlier Whitlock career blog, was Al's grip for many, many years, dating from the early 1960's. Larry, who passed away earlier this year owned half a dozen wonderful paintings, with his daughter sending me snapshots of them all gracing his walls.<br />
My pal in Germany was thrilled, not only to be the proud owner of these superb pieces, but to actually receive the carefully boxed up shipment in one, <u>unbroken</u> piece, especially given that we're talking about massive <i>glass</i> matte art. This makes three original Whitlock's and a dozen vintage MGM mattes now in his collection.<br />
*A very big 'thank you' Thomas, for sharing these and other images with me. It's much appreciated, and I know at least one MatteShot reader will be delighted (I'm talking to you Steve).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Albert's spectacular panorama of Washington DC which appeared in the opening shot of AIRPORT 1977 with Al's split screen rolling cloud gag and a miniature 747 jet airliner matted flying over.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Detail from a masterpiece of matte art.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Albert's loose, impressionistic brushstrokes at play.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Just love the dots and dashes which appear random, yet pop to life with considerable realism when viewed as a <i>total</i> piece.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Foliage and urban sprawl - AIRPORT 1977 detail.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">On the reverse side of the above matte was this beautiful painting from THE HINDENBURG. The matte featured as a POV tilt down with a subtle rainbow element doubled in. Naturally the clouds moved in layers too.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Detail of Whitlock's cloud work from THE HINDENBURG.</span></td></tr>
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Interestingly, the particular auction house appeared to have absolutely no idea as to what they were marketing, nor who Whitlock was, the basic concept of a matte painting, nor even any of the film titles! The AIRPORT one was simply described as 'Cityscape by Albert Whitlock' (!!!)<br />
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Now, let us review some overlooked effects films...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A sensational cast under the eye of a more than capable director, PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE (1944) was an entertaining - though confusing - patriotic WWII melodrama dealing with the Free French, Devil's Island incarceration and escape and a myriad of experiences all told in the most convoluted of flashbacks, flashbacks within flashbacks, and even a flashback within <u>that</u> just to make it a head scratcher. Still, the film has a <u>ton</u> of action and is loaded with great effects sequences and matte shots.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The legendary Jack Cosgrove was director of special effects on the film. Primarily a matte painter, Jack worked on many huge effects films such as GONE WITH THE WIND, DUEL IN THE SUN, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY and THE PRISONER OF ZENDA - mostly for David Selznick. Jack worked on several films at Warner Bros during the forties and onward. The sheer volume of trick shots required for PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE (1944) encompassed many painted mattes, complex miniature set ups, opticals and process shots, not to mention some very impressive full scale physical effects. Long time Warner's VFX cameraman Edwin DuPar was Cosgrove's cinematographer for the model shots, with Hans Koenekamp most likely on board too. John Crouse was matte photographer and a number of painters worked in the studio's famous Stage 5 FX department, with Paul Detlefsen as chief painter and a staff that included Mario Larrinaga, Chesley Bonestell, Louis Litchtenfield, Hans Bartholowsky and Jack Shaw.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Although the painting here is not a matte from PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE<i> (actually it's from The Adventures of Robin Hood)</i>, this excellent photo demonstrates the matte stand set up at Warner Bros.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Curtiz was responsible for so many excellent films, largely for Warner Bros. A most adaptable and competent director.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">There's a ton of model work in the film, and it's all solid stuff. Here an air raid takes place on German occupied French railroad depot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I'm not sure, but I suspect these shots may have been lifted from an earlier Warners film - something the studio was not at all ashamed of.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">At left is an interesting rear projection shot with Bogart jettisoning a large parcel to his lady. The French farmland zooming by under the bomb bay is all a large miniature. At right is an effective pyro miniature shot</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Bogart's lady hears his plane and runs out to look. Mostly matte painted shot with just the yard and partial house frontage being an actual setting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Bogart's miniature bomber intercut with Michele Morgan in heavily matte painted settings. Warner's were so identifiable through the 30's and 40's by their wonderful matte painted clouds and romantic evening skies.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The cast is not to be scoffed at - Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains and the great Sydney Greenstreet.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Although it takes place in England, France and Devil's Island, the film was naturally shot in Hollywood as it was war time, with substantial matte painted additions made. This, the first in a substantial wall-to-wall FX sequence, shows our star being driven through the countryside to a secret rendezvous - and <u>every</u> shot is either a matte or an elaborate miniature.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A somewhat corny matte, complete with wooly English sheepdog, shepherd with his crook, and all the fanciful makings of a bucolic greeting card of the era.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The drive continues, with trick shot expertise. Everything is a miniature. The farms, the car, the mechanised farm animals, the tractors and hay makers, it's all one very cleverly engineered model shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Faintly visible is the 'slit' in the road behind the model car where the pulley mechanism is situated.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Edwin DuPar's effects camera floats along, following the action, with the car being 'driven' from a mechanism beneath, connected through a slit in the roadway to a drive system underneath - a standard gag for such scenes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">As a still frame here it looks phoney, but when viewed in motion, as a tracking shot with the cows moving their heads as they 'eat' grass and the tractor 'driving' by. Now what is so interesting is that the large set appears to have been constructed on several individual 'planes', with subtle and credible parallax shift evident between the foreground, midground and background as the camera moves through the scene. I assume the set must have been built in maybe three sections and engineered on tracks. It's so subtle, and barely perceptible.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">As I've said, it looks much better in motion in the movie.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Miniature setting in process shot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The sequence ends with a clever continuous camera tracking shot that optically pans off the miniature set and onto a full scale live action set up.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A rare out-take shows Edwin DuPar's effects camera slate and his assistant at the tail end of take one</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The original staff car miniature as it looks today.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The small metal hook visible at extreme right is likely the drive mechanism which would connect to a pulley device hidden beneath the miniature roadway through an invisible slit.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An impressive VFX shot where bombers, having been hidden is secret bunkers in the farmland, taxi out in readiness for a night bomb run. A miniature set augmented with actual people added through a density travelling matte of some sort.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">More model work.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A couple of maritime shots, with a matte painted view through a German U-Boat periscope, and a curious lower frame on a ship that seems to me to be a miniature ship with people and ocean both matted in. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Although I'd seen the flick several times on VHS, TV and DVD, I never spotted this shot till I saw the BluRay recently. A soft split runs across the scene just above the guy's head, with the sky, trees, top of the building and even the upper half of the jail bars being painted. Very brave shot to pull off, but those old time craftsmen could handle these as a matter of <i>'all in a days work'.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Humphrey Bogart in front of a process screen, with an effects composite projected comprising a partial crowd matted with a painted crowd (with slot gag waves and cheers) and a painted plane and airport.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A pleasant drive through the English countryside is a wall-to-wall series of matte shots.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">All painted except for the bit of foreground road and the bottom half of the nearest trees.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">California augmented to become WWII period England.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">All painted except for the balcony and actors.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The infamous Devil's Island looks like Club Med to me. A multi element photographic effect with real beach, actors on a set, and much matte art from Cosgrove or one of his painters.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Bogart, Lorre and compatriots escape Devil's Island and are strafed by German aircraft. All in miniature.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">They take casualties but do manage a direct hit on the enemy plane. Incidentally, the practical fx crew did some great work here with full scale pyro and stunt guys blown to hell on the deck of the boat.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A pretty impressive set piece that looks like it was executed on real ocean, possibly the Salton Sea, which I seem to recall reading somewhere was the case for this film and another from the same era and studio, ACTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The secret storage hanger interior which I'm sure was extended with matte art to complete the walls and ceiling architecture.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Total miniature set up in action.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I was reluctant to watch this film, what with bad to middling reviews, but I gave NEWSIES (1992) a shot mainly for the matte work and found it a reasonably enjoyable and energetic song and dance time filler.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The film was a bonanza for effects house Illusion Arts, who contributed a number of excellent matte shots and one show stopping grand vista of an effects sequence mid-way through. Bill Taylor, Syd Dutton and Robert Stromberg provided the trick shots with panache and period style for the 1899 narrative.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In case newer readers aren't familiar with the folks involved, Bill Taylor was (and still is) a career VFX cameraman who specialised in matte and optical cinematography from the mid 1960's for a few well known optical houses in Hollywood. Taylor would strike up a friendship in the sixties with Universal's ace matte expert Albert Whitlock - a friendship that would pay dividends years later when Al hired Bill to become his matte cameraman at Universal in 1975. At the same time, a budding artist named Syd Dutton had occasion to be also employed in Whitlock's matte department where an apprenticeship in the art of matte painting would establish Syd as one of the industry's best.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">An elaborate matte painted tilt up and pull back on period turn of the century New York City.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Numerous plumes of smoke or steam were superimposed, and it appears that one smoke element was re-used for all of the individual smoke stacks as they all look identical to me.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The grand final frame of the extensive matte painted shot. Beautifully handled backlight which was a Whitlock standard and surely passed on to Dutton.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The most memorable centrepiece of NEWSIES was the incredible, massive pullback from the Brooklyn Bridge. I am delighted to have high quality photos of the original Syd Dutton matte painting which was in the living room of retired master grip, Larry Shuler, and was sent to me by Larry's family, to whom I'm most grateful indeed. Such a magnificent painting. Note the tiny black area lower left which Syd left unpainted to allow some live action component to be added.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Here is the huge pullback in a set of sequential frames.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Bill Taylor well remembers the shooting of this major effects shot for Illusion Arts. <i> "There were three paintings match dissolved in a big motion control move back. There are rear projection live action inserts in the first and the third paintings."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Illusion Arts' resident 'special ops' technician, Lynn Ledgerwood, was instrumental in bringing the complicated shot together.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Bill Taylor: <i>"The move was calculated so that the rate of change in size is constant - not counting the slow in and the slow out - so that the camera is always slowing down as it is approaching the painting(s), complicated by the close focus limits of the anamorphic lens."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Bill Taylor: <i>"Shooting was so finicky that we had to brace off the frame that held the paintings and screw the braces to the floor. The VistaVision plates were shot on a roof on the Disney lot."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Final frame from the pull out with RP live action added. Syd Dutton recalled to me just how big the overall painting was, something like eight feet wide. Syd told me that Larry Shuler had plenty of wall space in his home so it was no problem to hang this one and several others.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Some wonderful close up detail of Syd Dutton's painting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Detail with the blacked out area visible for a crowd of extras to be added in later.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">You want detail? - I got detail!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">NEWSIES masterpiece of matte artistry detail of the Brooklyn Bridge, circa 1899.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Assisting Dutton on the many painted shots was newcomer matte artist Robert Stromberg, who himself would prove to be a top exponent in the field before turning in his brushes (and later his Mac) to turn his hand at motion picture direction.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It has always interested me in the different sizes various matte guys prefer to render their work. In the old days the Selznick studio under Jack Cosgrove worked on large masonite panels for their mattes, while over at MGM the standard size chosen by Warren Newcombe was surprisingly small and incredibly detailed - sometimes as small as a modern A3 scale, yet they held up on screen perfectly. In England, Percy Day would paint on very large glasses, as would the artists who succeeded him at Shepperton. Pinewood's mattes were somewhat smaller from the examples I've seen. Tom Howard's studio at MGM Borehamwood painted small as well. In the modern era, the paintings just got bigger and bigger, presumably to accommodate the higher fidelity optics of photography and projection yet no one painted as tiny as master matte painter Ken Marschall, who rendered incredibly accurate and finely detailed works on astonishingly small sheets of art card (painted often on his kitchen table!) no bigger that an A3 sheet of paper.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">All paint, with just a tiny slot of live action on the balcony.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Here's a film that probably isn't that well known <i>(if known at all) </i>among my American readers, GUNS AT BATASI (1964), a superior British made military drama set in an un-named African country under the last bastions of colonial British rule. A powerful psychological drama plays as a battle of wits <i>and</i> wills ensues between the British garrison, commanded by a tough as old boots Staff Sergeant, played superbly by a <u>never</u> better Richard Attenborough, stretched to breaking point as a <i>coup de-tat</i> occurs with a wanna-be African dictator, who, as history has shown us, will surely turn out like all the other strongman African dictators before the sun goes down.... Dire. An outstanding movie!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Although it was a 20th Century Fox release, GUNS AT BATASI was an entirely Rank-Pinewood show.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">There are only four matte shots in the film, all quite minor except this one, but they are a good example of trick shots that nobody suspects nor notices. The apparent African setting was entirely photographed on Salisbury Plain in the southern part of the UK, and at Pinewood Studios. Cliff Culley was Pinewood's matte chief and would have been key to making these shots. The upper half of the frame is a painting, including the native village, mountains and foliage.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The African township and surrounds have been painted.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The British garrison and army base on the central African plain as painted by Cliff Culley. Note the foreground trees, bushes and palms have also been rendered by Culley. Matte cameraman was probably Roy Field, assisted by Martin Shorthall.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Subtle painted extensions added to a Pinewood backlot set with the roof and upper floor of the guard house, as well as the mountain behind, being painted in. A terrific film, superbly written and acted, and beautifully photographed in B&W CinemaScope by the great Douglas Slocombe.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">FOREVER AMBER (1947) was a popular and lavish Technicolor costume romp set during the era of King Charles II, based upon an equally successful novel that everyone seemed to be reading in the 1940's apparently.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">As I sadly have no Dorothy Lamour movies this month, the next best offering on hand is the vivacious Linda Darnell who starred in FOREVER AMBER and was a popular leading lady under contract to 20th Century Fox for some years.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A peek inside the matte painting room of the Sersen effects department. At lower right is scenic artist John Coakley who would later go on to establish the essential J.C Backings company, supplying painted cyclorama's and backdrops to Hollywood studios.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Fred Sersen keeps a watchful eye over his stable of skilled artisans in this wonderful photograph, probably taken around 1950. The artists at work here are: Ray Kellogg, Lee LeBlanc, Cliff Silsby, Emil Kosa jnr and Max DeVega. *<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Picture courtesy of the utterly indispensable book <i>The Invisible Art</i>, by Craig Barron and Mark Cotta Vaz. A must own if ever their were one!</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A multi part effects shot opens the film with a blazing manor house - probably a miniature - combined with live action escape in a horse and carriage and a matte painted foreground with trees and such. Fred Sersen was Fox's chief of special effects, with Ralph Hammeras and Ray Kellogg as primary contributors to the trick work.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A full frame matte painting, shown as part of a camera move in close.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Superb period matte art combined with a backlot set at Fox. Emil Kosa senior and his son Emil junior were matte artists in Sersen's department, along with Barbara Webster, Lee LeBlanc, Max DeVega, Cliff Silsby, Fitch Fulton and Menrad von Muldorfer. Sersen, Kellogg and Hammeras were also skilled matte artists, as well as all round effects experts, with Hammeras being most adept at miniatures and special photography. Fox had the biggest matte department in Hollywood during the golden era, and the standard of the work was exceptional.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Effects cameramen at Fox included Walter Castle, Charles G. Clark and a young L.B 'Bill' Abbott who would go on to head up the department from 1957 and win several Academy Awards.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I so much enjoy dissecting fx shots of old, and this one's a doozy. A seemingly straight forward buggy ride is a multi-plane gag with extensive matte painted background art and what looks like a separate painted foreground with trees and bushes, with our live action dirt road, horse etc and a bit of grass sandwiched in between.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A nice atmospheric night matte that would be stolen later and cropped up in other non Fox films such as Irwin Allen's THE STORY OF MANKIND and others.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">There's a massive blaze at the end of the picture with several fx shots, probably combining miniatures, painted matte art and full scale action. Incidentally, for many of the background rear projection plates Sersen assigned the young Bill Abbott the task of completing the required inferno footage. Having worked on the much earlier Fox epic IN OLD CHICAGO back in 1937, Abbott remembered shooting a great deal of high quality fire footage to be used in many of the process shots. So good was the footage that Bill dug out many of the old unused takes from the Fox vault and through a complicated process proceeded to 'colourise' the black & white footage on the optical printer. It worked a treat and Sersen was very impressed with Abbott's ingenuity.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A splendid Technicolor matte shot, and one that also appeared later in other movies and tv shows.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Another Fox film, and one I'll bet many of you have never heard of - CHANDU THE MAGICIAN (1932) - a completely off the wall, deliriously insane, incident packed programmer that runs like a bunch of old time serials all strung haphazardly together where all rationale is thrown out the window and the audience of the time were no doubt left reeling with<i> 'What the hell did we just see?'</i>. This of course is all the more reason to seek out this mysterious, little known but thrill packed celluloid concoction. NZPete actually digs the flick and just had to include it in this blog. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I'm fond of Bela Lugosi, and couple him with legendary cinematographer James Wong Howe and visionary designer turned movie director William Cameron Menzies..... I mean, you really can't pass this one by, now can you?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The scatter brained scenario (which is not to put it down) concerns a dashing spiritualist (Edmund Lowe) who's pitted against a patently insane megalomaniac (Lugosi...who else) hell bent on destroying the world as we know it with his very powerful, home made 'death ray'.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Opening shot is a long dolly shot into the mysterious temple, all done in miniature, probably of some considerable size due to limitations with focus and depth of field at the time. No effects credits but certainly would have involved Ralph Hammeras and probably Fred Sersen helming the considerable catalogue of various trick shots, from matte art, glass shots, models, animation, split screens, optical gags and explosions.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The visual effects work is really good actually, with this sequence where the mystic walks on fire being an impressive use of carefully registered double exposures and roto work. A few other fire scenes also occur where drums of flaming oil are tipped over and cast members have to wade through the conflagration - all accomplished as travelling matte and superimpositions.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Lugosi and his dreaded 'death ray' (NRA sanctioned I presume)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Giving the contraption a run through... cel animated beam and squibs.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>'Honey, I shrunk the faith healer'</i>. Standard split screen.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>'Yeah...and screw you pal, and the camel you rode in on.'. </i> More well executed split screen antics, possibly done in-camera?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Glass painted shot with real water.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I thought this scene to be rather good, where the fellow's alter ego splits from his body and runs off. Good work for 1932.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The evil lair of our <i>off-his-rocker</i> villain. Most likely a glass shot with the walls on the left and at back,as well as the roof all painted in. I'm sure Chuck Jones must have been influenced by that 'death ray' as it looks the same as the one in<i> Duck Dodgers'</i> classic WB cartoon.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In seeking out their foe, our heroic troupe must scale the (miniature) rockface to gain entry through the rather inconveniently designed door.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Peril strikes our intrepid trio at every turn...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matte painting with well combined live action. Nice blend.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A vertigo inducing downview is also well executed, most likely as an extensive matte painting with some sort of slot gag for the water ripples. Again, a very impressive composite.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Glass shot with moving clouds.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Madman Bela fires up his ray gun and does some serious damage ..</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Probably matte art, maybe with a foreground miniature?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The death ray virtually erases the city off the map in one fell swoop.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Nice montage with multiple exposures as our cackling super villain goes about his wicked deeds.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matte art most likely, with effective cel animated death ray.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The death ray focuses in on a major hydro dam, with catastrophic outcome.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Miniature dam breaks apart and floods the town.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">I couldn't fathom why, but Bela's toy sort of has a big hissy-fit, overheats and in a last gasp blows the Lugosi kingdom all to hell. Cel animation and miniature rockface with actors matted in at lower right.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The miniature mountain hideout explodes and comes crashing down. Will our evil genius survive and get to inflict his reprehensible nastiness another day? Will Lugosi ever get to play a nice guy? Will NZ Pete ever be forgiven for criticising James Cameron's directing ability?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A nuclear countdown thriller that still resonates today - perhaps even more so than it did when the film came out in 1979. One of my fave thrillers, the thought provoking and intelligent screenplay and terrific performances, especially from the great Jack Lemmon, who really should have snapped up the Best Actor Oscar that year. Fonda and Douglas are great, but it's the presence of some first rate old school character actors like Scott Brady, James Hampton and Wilfred Brimley in important support roles that help so much to sell the realism. I'm a huge follower of character actors, those unsung thespians who have saved many a motion picture.... I could do a whole blog on those folks.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">It wasn't until years after first seeing this film in the theatre that I even became aware of the matte work in it, as I believed everything I saw as being an actual nuclear installation. Matthew Yuricich's mattes are excellent and among his best, and least visible work. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Closer look at the above matte shot</span>. <span style="color: blue;"> Matthew said he wasn't happy as to how this photographed as he'd spent a great deal of time texturising the cement walls: <i> "So I used a razor blade there and I had every colour in the spectrum on the walls and it still came out looking white. It's speckled, and I tried to dirty it up and make all the slots in it...something to give it a little character instead of it being a 'coffin' out there." </i>It looks sensational to NZPete.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">News reporter Jane Fonda and her cameraman played by Michael Douglas as in the process of doing a routine scheduled short TV item about the glories and safety of nuclear energy at a (fictional) Californian power plant when things suddenly go askew. This is another beautifully integrated Yuricich matte shot of the non-existent reactor plant. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Although THE CHINA SYNDROME was a Columbia picture, Yuricich utilised the optical department at MGM, which was being run by James Liles at the time and still had a matte stand, to paint and shoot the mattes. Matthew had numerous arguments with Liles and his camera assistant over the approach and photography of the live action plates.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Matthew had many difficulties when working on the film. Yuricich: <i> "The thing is I had to do several paintings, longer shots and all that stuff but there's no character when shooting the plates. There's no shade. Everything was blah. I said to the director 'You need some cross light here. Either early morning or late afternoon'. The director said 'Well, why are we shooting it now?' So I said, 'I don't know. I specifically said I'd like to shoot at 10am or something'. He had us do the whole shot over and wait for the best light."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The interior of the reactor with the huge cooling tanks was all a matte painting, with just a door and ladder being an actual set. Matthew was displeased with this matte: <i> "I never finished it...I wanted to change the tanks. They went in and secretly took a picture of a real plant. I did a bad job drawing this because I had to get it done right away. My ellipse on the top of the tank [upper left tank] should not have been going that way and a couple of them aren't actually finished. They had to have the shot, though I think it served it's purpose because it's not something that you see all the time."</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The matte is shown as a zoom in to the live action character. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In addition to Matthew's painted shots the film had several excellent miniature shots overseen and photographed by Richard Edlund. These shots are from the sequence where the turbines are basically overheating and burning out the bearings, with the whole unit shaking itself apart, leading to a potential catastrophe of near biblical proportions.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The technician's giger counter goes off the scale as he inspects the turbine for leaks. An entirely miniature set with an actor matted in. Nicely done as it allows his flashlight to shine on parts of the model while he checks it out (and in the story things looked pretty dire, as those who have seen the film will recall.)</span></td></tr>
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<i><b>That's about it for this installment. Catch you all next month...</b></i><br />
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<i><b>NZ Pete</b></i>NZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.com14