Mattes Up Close – Part Three

As it’s summer here, I took a little break and did a multitude of household chores – roof painting, various building projects and such like – all while Mrs NZPete was away overseas so as to make a good impression upon her return (success!!). In addition I’ve been helping number two son with his end of diploma ‘definitive’ student film, which itself has a few interesting matte shots.

Some time ago I posted parts one and two of Mattes Up Close whereby I examined a number of matte paintings in detail – with several quite spectacular examples from the Golden Era. It’s been a long time coming but here is the third chapter in the series and I feel there are some great mattes here, some of which have never seen the light of day before.

Whenever possible I’ve obtained close up photographs of mattes, though that’s not always possible so in some cases I’ve tried to blow up detail through the use of Blu Ray images or other means. Some of the BluRay material looks pretty good in fact and I think there’s a good cross section of artist styles, genres and degree of detail which should delight purveyors of traditional hand made matte artistry. Hope you enjoy this rather sizable collection of hand made wonders…

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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

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  I hope you enjoy this wonderful journey we’re on together.

PJ Max