Hi Guys and Gals…. it’s matte magic time once again, with a healthy round up of films and genres, from a wide spectrum indeed. I’ve got ‘B’ grade monsters, big budget Technicolor fantasy, gritty British WWII action, a thirties comic classic, a VistaVision epic, a wonderful Disney true story, and to top it off, a biopic of the late Tina Turner! Plus, a long forgotten and previously unidentified matte shot by Albert Whitlock when he was in England in the 1940’s is also in today’s line up! And as if that weren’t enough, I’ve got a cavalcade of rarely seen Matte World paintings that are currently being auctioned off. You can’t accuse Pete of shirking his vfx responsibilities! There is nothing worse than an online search that leads you to some disappointing venue where you get not much more than a paragraph of text and 3 pictures (if you’re lucky). Not so here. It’s an ‘all or nothing’ kind of a gig for Pete.
There’s something here for everyone (well almost everyone)… though, please make the effort to view on a proper sized monitor/screen/laptop. If I find anyone viewing these blogs on a damned cellular phone toy thing, I will find you, and, mark my words, ‘go full Liam Neeson on your sorry arses’! 😉
***Oh, and just before we begin the thrilling ride, an important disclaimer: None of the following (nor preceding blog posts for that matter) have been created through ‘AI’ – Artificial Intelligence (some might dispute the term “intelligence” in any respect with my blogs, though I digress…), nor through that godammed CHAT-GPT, whatever the hell that is! It’s all the real deal… a labour of love, from Pete. All ‘old fashioned, traditional, hand crafted blogging’… just like those old matte shots I love so much. ‘AI’…. well fuck ’em I say!…
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A Tribute to Golden Era Special FX
This blog is intended primarily as a tribute to the inventiveness and ingenuity of the craft of the matte painter during Hollywoods’ Golden Era. 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.