There is also a miniature set representing the cargo hold with silhouetted mattes of live action people placed over the top. When the explosion happens the mattes are not dense enough to prevent the background from bleeding through the silhouettes.
The technique of miniature ship visual effects.
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Tuesday, 2 January 2018
Souls At Sea 1937
Supervised by Gordon Jennings, this film has a couple of shots of a miniature matching the full size ship featured more predominantly throughout. The miniature ship effects are employed for explosion and sinking scenes.
There is also a miniature set representing the cargo hold with silhouetted mattes of live action people placed over the top. When the explosion happens the mattes are not dense enough to prevent the background from bleeding through the silhouettes.
There is also a miniature set representing the cargo hold with silhouetted mattes of live action people placed over the top. When the explosion happens the mattes are not dense enough to prevent the background from bleeding through the silhouettes.
Unconquered 1947
This Cecil B DeMille production has precisely one model ship shot in the film supervised by Gordon Jennings and shot by his brother Devereux.
Monday, 1 January 2018
Brides of Fu Manchu 1966
Thanks to Dennis Nicholson for spotting this title which features a couple of shots of a model ship that appears to have been photographed on location, probably just being pushed on a dolly. The ship looks like it may have been a display model from a shipping company although it does not match either of the two actual ships that were named "Windsor Castle".
It is followed by a dodgy split screen superimposed explosion where the matte line is clearly visible.
There is also a miniature aerial/ death ray and a sort of mountain/ volcano/ pile of rocks which is the baddies base which explodes at the end.
It is followed by a dodgy split screen superimposed explosion where the matte line is clearly visible.
There is also a miniature aerial/ death ray and a sort of mountain/ volcano/ pile of rocks which is the baddies base which explodes at the end.
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| Note prominent horizontal split screen matte line just under both ships. |
7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958
To complete the series on Ray Harryhausen films here is a movie which as far as model ships go, features shots entirely lifted from previous productions, mostly unrelated pirate movies which (except for the first shot) do not match the arabic lateen sails of the full size sets or the subject matter.
The other miniatures are of a cave and tunnel which is used as a background for the stop motion animated creatures and the live action.
The other miniatures are of a cave and tunnel which is used as a background for the stop motion animated creatures and the live action.
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