Class Notes:
Front Screen Projecting is an in-camera visual effects process in film production for combining foreground performance with pre-filmed background footage.
Tools. Mirror tint = a one way mirror.
Oblivion (2013) is an example of front screen projection.
Optical Printing Technique = the master film is projected through a lens to expose the raw stock. In continuous printing, the master film and the raw stock both run continuously. Continuous printing is usually contact printing but can be optical, through a projected slit.
– used to make special effects.
E.g – Tango (1980) by Zbigniaw Rybonski
JohnWhitney – Father of computer Animation.
Vertigo – Title Sequence (1958)
Ivan Sutherland – Professor, Scientist, American Computer Science
Sponsored by government, invented Sketchpad
John Warnock – Founder of Adobe System Inc
Edwin Catmull – Founder of Pixar Animation Studio, Former Vice President at Industrial Light and Magic (Later bought by Steve Jobs)
Developed fundamental techniques for computer animation.
Early experiments include: A Computer Animated Hand (1972), the first computer graphics.
John Lasseter – Where the Wild Things Are = used CGI to create backgrounds. Student film = Lady and the Lamp (1976)
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