> John DeCarli
>
> So, for that last photo, they must have had a matte painting below to get the
> famous vertiginous shot, right?
Yes John, a matte painted by Peter Ellenshaw.
They used all the tricks available, mattes, hanging miniatures, B&W photos of the Himalayas touched up with pastels and tilted to catch the English sun acting as backdrops - and lots of other tricks that they made up on the spot.
They were an amazing team of artists and technicians at the top of their game
Steve
“Peranson's dyspeptic Cannes wrap-ups are always a hoot. They might begin to lose bite, though, if there are many more years like this in which everyone agrees on how bad the selection was.”
“Far and away the most shattering, raw and fully human series of films I have ever seen. In fact, one of the ten touched/disturbed me so completely that I have only seen it once. And I have taught . . .”
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By Steve_Crook
July 11, 2011
07:48 PM
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July 19, 2011
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