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marble falls

(57,144 posts) Mon Apr 15, 2024, 11:10 AM Apr 15

The invention Disney created and then lost ...

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The invention Disney created and then lost ... (Original Post) marble falls Apr 15 OP

You can figure out pretty well why they stopped using it jmowreader Apr 15 #1

You're generous. Film stock for films of large budget and high expectations aren't a factor alone that makes ... marble falls Apr 15 #2

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)

1. You can figure out pretty well why they stopped using it

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Mon Apr 15, 2024, 08:59 PM

Apr 15

It doubles your film stock budget because you need two rolls of film as opposed to one with green screen. And synchronization gets REAL fussy with this - the traveling-matte negative can't be even slightly out of sync with the negative with the subjects on it or it screws up the whole effect.

But you can't deny that it does an excellent job.

marble falls

(57,144 posts)

2. You're generous. Film stock for films of large budget and high expectations aren't a factor alone that makes ...

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 15, 2024, 09:44 PM

Apr 15

... or buries a production.

It's because no one really believes they're making art these days. Disney made art. I was always impressed with the animation live action quality, I just didn't know why before.

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