Re: Mattes (traveling and otherwise)

[P3D Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxxx>]

P3D Bob Wier wrote:

> |Eric Goldstein writes:
> |like forced-perspective shots and even matte paintings do.  Hardly
> |a film is made these days without one or more matte shots to establish
> |a (non-existant) location or to create a fantasy background behind a
> |'real' set.  None of this would be possible in stereo; the matte
> |illusion doesn't work.  These types of effects are *far* more common
> |than completely computer-rendered effects.


Well, this wasn't me; I don't usually sound this intelligent!

While it's true that most films use mattes these days, I'm not sure that 
carefully crafted composites couldn't be done in stereo, either through the 
use of twin backdrops (expensive) or by making certain that the paints were 
"distant" enough so that no one missed the lack of parallax.

Eric G.


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