Lap dissolve Lilliputian scene Long shot

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Subject Field: Cinematography

This effect is used to alter proportions: small people walk around large objects.

Wilkie

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Traveling matte shot

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Jason and the Argonauts (Chaffey, 1963)

Context: Front-axial screen material can be cut up and used to provide multiplane layouts. For instance a projected picture of a house against sky could be split into two parts, the house being beamed on to a profiled cut-out and the sky on to the studio backing. A person walking from behind the cut-out would appear to come from behind the house. Useful for Lilliputian scenes where small people walk around large objects.

Wilkie

Attestation: 2

Effetto Gulliver

Reliability: 2