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Willis O’Brien, Iwerks’ Multiplane Camera and Fleischer’s Stereoptical Process

March 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This post is by way of a posing a possible historical question. In reading Richard Rickitt’s book, Special Effects: The History and Technique, I was brought up short by the following illustration (on page 184) of the miniature rear projection setup created by Willis O’Brien for the original King Kong (1933):

O’Brien created this setup […]

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Tags: Special effects · Technology