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FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL FEATURE
USING BACK PROJECTION HAS MANY ADVANTAGES; THE LOOK AND THE FEEL IS BETTER THAN GREEN SCREEN OR CGI, THE COST IS HALF OR A THIRD OF OTHER TECHNIQUES
with imagery composited to a custom 4K x 1K resolution, to achieve his vision,” says Dunton. The painstaking procedure of meshing the horizontal and vertical lines together so that they blend into each other on the rectangular grid can take several long hours, so by now, my dizzy eyes wandered off to another area on the stage cluttered with 1970s period cars. There was a young woman operating an ALEXA camera while flagging reflections off the windscreen with the sparks (electricians) while still listening to Paul McGuigan give direction to
feel is better than green screen or CGI, the cost is half or a third of other techniques. The time it takes is shorter, but it’s especially the end results that make it worth it. The actors like it because they can see it. They are actually in a place and you can see the difference in their performance. “I‘ve worked with director Paul McGuigan before on Victor Frankenstein so I know Paul understands the value of back projection and doing things properly. We aligned stacks of powerful projectors to cover the giant screen,
and was trained as a child by his almost Guinness Book of Records, inventor father we all call Uncle Joe, he learned to handle all things technically complex with diligence, precision, and patience. He was not to be disturbed in the flurry of simultaneous manipulations, so I retreated to a dark corner on the stage to observe. GREEN SCREEN ALTERNATIVE “Doing things for real, in-camera, is fashionable these days,” says Lester. “Using back projection has many advantages; the look and the
RIGHT TOP Jamie Bell with Annette Bening, who plays Gloria Grahame; Pinewood Studios becomes a Malibu beach. RIGHT BOTTOM The back projection screen brings Malibu to Pinewood.
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