What older movies made a good use of either side stepping special effects or have effects that somehow still hold up today? Why are they good movies?

  • Zonetrooper@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    And matte paintings. Never forget the legendary artists who turned paintings into scenery, or the camera workers who managed to blend in the actors to them.

    • That first legendary pan-down to Tattooine, which the Tantive IV and Star Destroyer then fly past? Matte painting.
    • The sterile hangars and seemingly-bottomless pits of the Death Star? Matte painting.
    • The busy Rebel hangar on Yavin IV? Also a matte painting. I seem to remember reading that some of the hangar floor markings - besides making it look like an actual hangar - served to help align the matte with the set shots and coordinate extras so they wouldn’t accidentally walk out of the filmed segment and behind a matte portion.