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MAKING MATTE SHOTS
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The test film, of which we usually have about one hundred feet, and the scene itself is turned over to the artist undeveloped. We take a few feet of the test and develop it, and this is used for lining up. There are several methods that can be used for lining up a "matte shot."
One can project the film through a camera on to a highly colored surface on which the artist is going to paint, and draw the outlines of the objects of the first exposure, which gave the base to draw to. After the drawing is completed, it is laid in with oil paint in black and white, and on the artist's ability and experiences depends the matching of the tones of the first exposure, which is ascertained by making the hand test and comparing the tones. He does this re
Finished product after triple exposure and matting
peatedly by correcting the painting until the match is perfect. Another system is to line up the shot by using auxiliary aperture and looking through it to guide the drawing of the picture.
The third method is to double expose over the original exposure a black screen divided by white lines into one inch squares which are duplicated on the surface of the would-be painting, and the image of the original exposure is transferred by aid of these squares. It is the same system that is used by artists in enlarging a drawing. In all cases enlargements of 9x12 inches should be made in order to better see the details of the picture.
The system wc are using in this studio and which is most practical in about seventy-five per cent of "Matte Shots" is to make an enlargement of the picture on the paper which is mounted on a specially prepared board. This gives the artist a perfect picture of the scene and he can work out his drawing, tones and composition and see the picture as a whole before he paints his reverse matte on. It eliminates a long and tedious job of lining up, which is connected with the methods previously mentioned. One can appreciate the advantages