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Matte Shot - a tribute to Golden Era special fx

This blog is intended primarily as a tribute to the inventiveness and ingenuity of the craft of the matte painter during Hollywoods' Golden Era.

  • By NZPete
  • Based in New Zealand
  • Roughly four posts per year
  • First post on

Posts per year

Data for this chart is available in the table below
Posts per year
Year starting Posts
2019 8
2020 7
2021 7
2022 4
2023 4
2024 4

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

MATTE & EFFECTS FILMS CELEBRATED: Part Seven
Welcome fans and devotees of old school mattes, models and clever trick photography. It's time once again for another giant of a blog post, and I do emphasize, giant! I never do these things by …
On , by NZPete, 6,778 words
MATTE & EFFECTS FILMS CELEBRATED: Part Six
Hello again friends and olde timey matte and trick shot enthusiasts. It's that time again for a trip through the cinematic museum of movie wizardry and creativity from the pre-computer era. I call this my …
On , by NZPete, 8,188 words
MATTE & EFFECTS FILMS CELEBRATED: Part Five
Hi friends... it's autumn here now and the season is turning a different colour 'down under' (sounds like something a medic should promptly look into?) As such, it appears that it is that time again …
On , by NZPete, 10,232 words