The technique of miniature ship visual effects.
A reader of this blog suggested this title which I had never been aware of.
It has a small number of impressive visual effects miniature shots supervised by Lawrence Butler.
It starts with a German aircraft miniature and features a small flotilla of model ships and a patrol vessel in a miniature Norwegian coastal landscape. The landscape with painted background features fog on the water as well as layered clouds around the mountains making for a very atmospheric effect.
This film has a couple of shots of a model ship in a storm. Most of the shots are just crashing waves. The image is so murky it is pretty hard to see anything. The effects were by Alex Weldon.
There are a few miniature shots of a cargo vessel as well as sampans and a small sailing craft that looks like it could have been a simple cutout as it is only seen in silhouette. There are also some stock miniature shots from They Were Expendable from 1945 of a Japanese cruiser exploding used as rear projection plates.
The miniature work was supervised by A Arnold Gillespie with matte paintings supervised by Warren Newcombe.
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| This appears to be a simple flat cutout. |
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| Matte painted village. |
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| Shot lifted from They Were Expandable. |
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| Exploding Japanese Cruiser shots lifted from They Were Expendable. |
