The technique of miniature ship visual effects.
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Deep waters 1948
Nominated for an Academy award for special effects, supervised by Fred Sersen. Has a storm sequence at sea with some dangerous rocks, a lobster boat and an overturned dingy, clinging to which is a small boy played by Dean Stockwell. A largely forgotten film which is very difficult to find these days. The frame grabs are from a NTSC VHS to DVD dub from an Ebay vendor.
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just found your website through a search.....great site!
ReplyDeletewasn't this footage of the boat used in the opener of "Gilligan's Island" TV series, the pilot and season one? It looks very familiar. Might have been used in the "Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries" in the late 70s also, or something VERY similar.
Too bad about this movie being so overlooked. The storm sequence is truly incredible. I'd put it on par with the storms from Plymouth Adventure and Guns of Navarone. I thought it was really impressive how they floated the camera raft while producing such massive waves. As in those other films, it really adds to the sense that this was shot on location.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to know the scale of that model, it looks huge. I'd guess 1:5 or maybe even 1:3. Really, the only way I'm certain it's a miniature is that there's no way in hell they could've shot it for real and survived lol