A Motion Repeating System for Special Effect Photography

O. L. Dupy

This is a motion reproducing system for use in “special effect shots” (multiple exposures, matte paintings, pan and tilt traveling matte shots, etc.) which permits the change of a camera position and adjustment while photographing a scene. Then, with the film rewound to the original starting point, a second exposure is made on the same film of a second scene, duplicating the relation of camera position and adjustments to the film movement which existed while photographing the first scene. This is done with sufficient accuracy to match matte lines in any of the standard double-exposure or other similar effect shots.

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Published
1950-03
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J06356