Cargo
Bay
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This Cargo Bay, as you probably know, is part 'live action' set and part 'Matte Painting'.
My experience with matte paintings is that they are begun by filming a "plate". A plate is
a shot of a live action scene in which elements, too expensive to build, are needed.
Here, for example, is the plate of the cargo bay set, filmed from Kirk's point of view
(POV), as he enters the new Enterprise. And below is the second plate set-up,
shot about ten feet off the (stage) floor.
What I was required to do, as a Production Illustrator, was to get a frame of (plate) film
and have it printed at a pre-determined size. Part of this frame, required for the live action
element would be cut out and pasted to a piece of illustration board.
The remaining blank board, intended to be the matte, would then be painted around that
piece, blending the two together. Here, you can see that I'm working on a new idea for that space.
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This Cargo Bay, as you probably know, is part 'live action' set and part 'Matte Painting'.
My experience with matte paintings is that they are begun by filming a "plate". A plate is
a shot of a live action scene in which elements, too expensive to build, are needed.
Here, for example, is the plate of the cargo bay set, filmed from Kirk's point of view
(POV), as he enters the new Enterprise. And below is the second plate set-up,
shot about ten feet off the (stage) floor.
What I was required to do, as a Production Illustrator, was to get a frame of (plate) film
and have it printed at a pre-determined size. Part of this frame, required for the live action
element would be cut out and pasted to a piece of illustration board.
The remaining blank board, intended to be the matte, would then be painted around that
piece, blending the two together. Here, you can see that I'm working on a new idea for that space.
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