Posted on 09/12/2014 7:29:36 PM PDT by servo1969
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I am a film buff who enjoys discussions of “old school” SFX, so thanks for posting this.
Good history lesson. Thank you.
Green is way more received by the human eye, hence the 2x green in the Bayer mask.
Thanks for posting. I love Filmmaker IQ.
I’ve always been a big fan of “Sunrise” (1927) since I first saw it, thirty years ago. Paid a fortune for a bootleg video copy. I’d forgotten they’d utilized a matte/black-screen effect. Many if not most of the optical tricks in the film involved clever perspectives created via set-design and camerawork, as opposed to “special” effects, as I recall.
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Another early compositing device for animation was the multiplane camera, created for Disney by his technical genius and friend, Ub Iwerks. Various elements of a animated image were stacked up vertically, like a sandwich on plates of glass. The camera was placed on top of this. That way if the characters moved, but the scenery and other elements were static, only the cels that animated the characters needed to be inked and painted, not the whole scene. Also the focal plane of the camera could be “pulled” through the composite image to create realistic depth-of-field effects. one of the best uses of the camera can be seen in “Dumbo” (1941).
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Here is a cool video. Lots of green screen in tv shows that you would never guess.
Stargate Studios Virtual Backlot Reel 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clnozSXyF4k
I use green screen when editing my own personal videos. You can easily find green screen images with a simple Google search and use them on the highest track in a video editor like Sony Vegas. You then convert the green to transparent which allows a lower video track to become visable in just the area that was originally green.
Sounds complicated but it is actually quite simple.
Bookmarked. Fascinating stuff...thanks for the post!
I use Vegas Pro as well.
I am using Vegas Pro 13. I had 8 and then 9 before that. Way back when I think I started with Version 2 or 3. Vegas is much better than Premier Pro or Final Cut Pro IMHO.
I started using it back in version 8 and currently use version 11. I like it. I also occasionally use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to make titles for use with Vegas Pro.
That is very interesting. I use Sony Vegas for my YT videos. No real need for the technique for what we are doing now but it is intriguing. Thinking about doing something new.
That is absolutely amazing. You would never think some of those scenes would use special effects
Great post . . . it proves that at one time Julie Andrews was a babe.
Another Vegas/Vegas Pro user here, dating back to Vegas 4. Skipped a couple of versions out of financial considerations, and haven’t upgraded to 13 because it’s doubtful that I’ll ever produce another product of the type that made ‘keeping up’ with the latest version cost-effective. VP 12 works well for my needs at this time.
Sad that it has to be a $ decision, but there’s only so much to go around and a lot of competition for its use. I love Vegas, the first editor to emphasize a format-agnostic approach to the timeline...
“There are cynics today that believe modern film is too reliant on CGI and that we should return to a simpler form of real filmmaking... The undeniable truth about filmmaking is the only thing that matters is what’s on that screen. “
Yeah and when they rely too heavily on CGI....oh never mind....
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