Timeline for How did they film the Invisible Man being invisible in 1933?
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| Jul 20, 2023 at 13:47 | comment | added | Hypnosifl | In the first part of the clip where you can see through his eyeholes and noseholes as he takes off the fake nose and glasses, I assume a separate practical effect is used? The double compositing technique only seems to take over when they switch to the shot where he's taking off the bandages from behind and you can see the top of his head is missing. | |
| Jun 28, 2019 at 16:39 | comment | added | Acccumulation | Was the composition done with the negatives? That would make sense, since when you film something black, the negative will be transparent, so you can just lay it on top of the film you took of the background. | |
| Jun 27, 2019 at 21:22 | comment | added | Hagen von Eitzen | But I suppose they could not just make a double exposure for the background as that would bleed into the visible clothes. I suppose they created a matte from an overexposed inverted copy of the foreground? | |
| Jun 27, 2019 at 15:56 | comment | added | TheLuckless | @AJFaraday similar effect, but an even more primitive method to achieve the results, effectively relying on 'just not recording anything' to the film in some parts of the shot. [Technically can also be done in colour, but is a pain to control the black well enough to work as a practical tool.] | |
| Jun 27, 2019 at 15:36 | vote | accept | MilkyWay90 | ||
| Jun 27, 2019 at 14:47 | comment | added | AJFaraday | So it's basically a monochrome version of bluescreen? | |
| Jun 26, 2019 at 16:18 | history | answered | Kyle Doyle | CC BY-SA 4.0 |