Mattes Up Close – Part 1

It’s with great pleasure that I present today’s (or this week’s as the case may be) blog which I feel is an exciting and exceedingly rare review of a number of never seen before matte paintings (for the most part) from several different matte artists, studios and general points of origin. Today’s special issue blog will try to reveal to you, the matte art enthusiasts out there, the styles and techniques of this honourable cinematic profession of old, with a number of what can pretty well be best described as jaw droppingly wonderful mattes from several sources, as well as two of my very own which are ideally suited to today’s theme.

In putting this blog together, I have, as is my personality quirk, gone way beyond my intended five or six film examples and found that I have so much material that I’ll need to break this topic into 2 or maybe 3 separate blog articles – depending upon the interest and feedback I receive. I
‘m forever conscious of overloading my blog storage allowance (if there is such a thing) and the “Blogger” outfit sending me a terse note stating that I’m out of control and need to limit my jpegs, seek psychiatric help and get a real job or they’ll confiscate my matte shots, or some such thing…

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A Tribute to Golden Era Special FX

This blog is intended as a tribute to the ingenuity of the traditional matte painter where movie magic was created entirely by hand. Some of the shots will amaze in their grandeur and epic quality while others will surprise in their ‘invisibility’ to even the sophisticated viewer. I hope this collection will serve as an appreciation of the artform and both casual visitors and those with a specialist interest may benefit, enjoy and be amazed at skills largely unknown today

NZPete

This site is over 15 years old and I have gone further back into the archives of Matte Shot – A Tribute to Golden Era Special FX to feature even more articles from this great site, so please, like me, I hope you enjoy this wonderful journey.

PJ Max