Imperial Hangar Matte Painting - Harrison Ellishaw (c.1977) 🇺🇸 ( www.igorstshirts.com )

Matte paintings were used before the dawn of competent computer graphics to simulate a larger/more dramatic/exotic location than can be achieved in a film studio. Paint was directly applied to glass, which then sat between the camera and the actors (leaving a clear section to capture them).

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niktemadur ,

This one is closer to '81 or '82, for Return Of The Jedi.

craftyindividual OP Mod ,
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Ah, thanks I was looking in vain on YouTube for the specific scene.

mindbleach ,

AFAIK mattes are still A Thing in filmmaking, but they're obviously not done with actual paint on glass.

The best use of CGI is when audiences are wrong about which parts are CGI.

ivanafterall ,

I love these. Corridor Crew on YouTube dives into this stuff and has some great content.

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Another example - with the rest of the scene
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vo-vGuGdsfk/VngdEgIGhNI/AAAAAAAAh6Q/R3MT5XrkzFc/s1600/matte%2Bpainting%2Bstrange%2Btales%2Bralph%2Bmcquarrie%2Bempire%2Bstrikes%2Bback%2Bmillennium%2Bfalcon%2Bbespin.jpg

Paradachshund ,

I've known about matte paintings but I had no idea about the glass part! I just assumed it was composited together somehow. Very cool.

craftyindividual OP Mod ,
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I'm still amazed by how accurate some of the painting is, knowing it would be projected at cinema screen size!

There was a neat trick backlighting the lightsabers frame by frame with a fluorescent tube and a scalpel. Painstaking though.

Paradachshund ,

I would imagine putting it on glass also made it possible to remove the paint easier if a mistake was made, wouldn't it?

craftyindividual OP Mod ,
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Yes probably, you could scrape with a knife or spatula.

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