mung
This film employs a number of technicolor shots from previous films. There are definitely shots from the Black Swan 1942 and Anne of the Indies 1951. One of the early shots is from Anne of the Indies and has been flopped left to right so that the name plate on the bow of the ship is back to...
mung
Almost all of the ship action in the movie was shot on a real freighter but there is a cutaway to a tanker on fire and exploding at night which is a miniature. Another exploding ship miniature can be seen as a rear screen projection from the bridge in daylight and as a cutaway. A still of a...
mung
This comedy has a number of underwater miniature hull shots of the sailing ketch of the title. One sequence is in a mine field trying to raise the centreboard and the other is scraping past a reef.The movie can be found in its entirety on youtube as well as the internet archive.
NancyO
9780712354271British Library, 2022305 pppaperbackIt's been a while since I've been here -- vacation and then a subsequent case of covid have sucked up my time pretty much since Thanksgiving and I'm just now feeling up to posting again. I couldn't let the year go by without reading at least one...
mung
Nihonkai Daikaisen Japanese title.The miniature effects were supervised by Eiji Tsubaraya and in my view they represent the best Japanese model ship effects ever put to screen. There is an abundance of models, scenic art, pyrotechnics and miniature water tank action throughout the film. In...
John Neel
Focus and Aperture Movements with Older Lenses Mirrorless cameras have become popular partially due to their relatively short distance from the lens mount to the imaging plane. This shortened distance has allowed for the use of a variety of vintage lenses. The distance that was reduced was made...