Traveling matte		Travelling matte (UK)
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Subject Field: Cinematography

The matte changes from frame to frame to follow the action. Monaco			- Contained in - Traveling matte shot - Hyperonyms - Matte Bibliography Index Home Conceptual tree
Context: Let us consider a famous sequence in the film SUPERMAN, where Superman is flying across New York looking for Luthor, who is hiding in his lair. He enters frame top camera right passing the camera very closely and then flies away to become a very small figure in the distance. Then he disappears behind a large tower block, reappears on the other side coming toward us and flies right into camera and dives at the last moment out of frame camera right. This complex optical was a combination of travelling mattes of Superman, and optical moves. Field & Iles Attestation: 3 Maschera mobile Reliability: 3