Matte painting

A matte painting is a painted representation of a landscape, set, or distant location that allows filmmakers to create the illusion of an environment that is nonexistent in real life or would otherwise be too expensive or impossible to build or visit.

Historically, matte painters and film technicians have used various techniques to combine a matte-painted image with live-action footage.

At its best, depending on the skill levels of the artists and technicians, the effect is "seamless" and creates environments that would otherwise be impossible to film.

In the scenes the painting part is static and movements are integrated on it.

See also

• Digital matte artist - modern form of a traditional matte painter in the entertainment industry. He or she digitally paints photo-realistic interior and exterior environments that could not have been otherwise created or visited.
• Film
• Matte (filmmaking) - technique used in photography and special effects filmmaking to combine two or more image elements into a single, final image.

External links

• Matte painting @ Wikipedia