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bad effects shot

posted 14 years ago by willardfillmore
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What's the deal with that last shot of James Mason and the cameraman? Why does it look so bad?

[–] newbie453 14 years ago

They had to film James Mason separately from the roaring crowd of players in the background in order to allow Mason to disappear from the scene after he says goodbye. Mason was then rotoscoped into the shot. It's how it was done with the technology of the day. Not sure about the cameraman aspect of the shot.

[–] PrometheusTree64 11 years ago

Although a 10 year old kid could fix it on Photoshop today.

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[–] laurence01 11 years ago

Very likely, but such things didn't exist then.

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