The Dynamic Frame: Camera Movement in Classical Hollywood

2.x7 Back Pay

Before the rise of rear-screen projection in the early 1930s, filmmakers often relied on traveling-matte systems. The resulting images typically contained visible flaws, as in the automobile shots in Back Pay, where one can see a fringe separating the foreground from the background, indicating imperfectly aligned mattes. Compare to 2.x8, which uses rear-screen projection.

This page has paths:

This page references: