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Eadie · Galactic Ambassador Joined: 14 Dec 2013 Posts: 1695

A look at the miniature effects in old movies is the latest at Matte Shot.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:38 pm Post subject:

What a great article!

(Hey, look! Wayne was right. They do tilt 'em back for the light . . . Very Happy

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I LOVE the 1930s and 1940s classics that use miniatures like the ones shown in that article. I watched Casablanca just last night and was thinking how wonderful it must have been to work with the folks who did those FX, especially the guy shown below . . .

A. Arnold Godzilla!

And I want this model hanging in my living room so badly I'd sell my blood to raise the price!

And then there's these two guys, in some movie I've haven't seen (lately Very Happy

).

Thanks, Eadie! This site was quite a find! Cool

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Krel · Guest

Look at all of the oil derricks in the background of the first photo! Try doing that in CA. now, and see what happens to you! Laughing

David.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 10:45 am Post subject:

Hey, maybe they're just miniature oil derricks! It's a special effect inside a special effect. Wink

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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Pye-Rate · Starship Co-Pilot Joined: 14 Dec 2013 Posts: 625

Sometimes there is no substitute for real. In the new movie "Fury" the final tank battle is a A4 Sherman v a Tiger. The booms and stuff are practical effects. To respect the story there was no way to make it look right with models or CGI. The audience they had to please were the tankers who lived in the Shermans on the fields of Europe that trained the actors in the movie.