24-08-2013, 08:05 PM
Jeff Carter Wrote:My understanding and experience was/is in part explained above.
The curb is not a cut line. the outline of Jackie Kennedy's upper body and head would have to be part of the matte line and she is constantly moving. Any matte would have to be done on a frame by frame basis. Look at the green lawn. It is not uniform It would be impossible to match the lawn. Any matte would have to carefully and precisely conform to the outlines of the limousine, its occupants, and the motorcyclists as these figures pass across the lawn. And be so seamless that any evidence of this work is invisible.
you're beginning to understand out-of-camera Hollywood effects and just why optical film effects and printing was created for in the first place...
seemless as in frame-by-frame matte artists, absolutely!
Match the lawn? Match to what, if the original no longer exists?
So what, it is what it is on the new in-camera original. Lawn doesn't look good blame it on bad film stock, the cameraman... who the hell cares?