{"id":66803,"date":"2020-09-14T23:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-does-rear-projection-work\/"},"modified":"2020-09-14T23:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T20:16:00","slug":"how-does-rear-projection-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-does-rear-projection-work\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Does Rear Projection Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a240a62ae5e5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a240a62ae5e5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-does-rear-projection-work\/#Howd_they_do_that\" >How\u2019d they do that?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-does-rear-projection-work\/#Long_story_short\" >Long story short:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-does-rear-projection-work\/#Long_story_long\" >Long story long:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-does-rear-projection-work\/#Whats_the_precedent\" >What\u2019s the precedent?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How Does Rear Projection Work?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><em>Welcome to <strong>How\u2019d They Do That? <\/strong><\/em>\u2014<em>\u00a0a bi-monthly column that unpacks moments of movie magic and celebrates the technical wizards who pulled them off. This entry looks into how rear projection works.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>If you\u2019ve seen a film from before the 1970s, there\u2019s a very good chance you\u2019ve already encountered <strong>rear projection<\/strong>. And if you\u2019ve seen a film from before the 1970s with two people talking in a moving car, there\u2019s a one-hundred-percent chance you\u2019ve already encountered rear projection.<\/p>\n<p>The concept is simple: Can\u2019t shoot on real locations? No problem! Want to record on-set dialogue while your actors outrun the cops in a noisy convertible? Don\u2019t worry! It\u2019s as easy (in theory) as a sound stage and a projector.<\/p>\n<p>At its advent in the 1930s, rear projection was a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>-changing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>. It gave filmmakers more control, consistency, and creative freedom to shoot <i>what<\/i> they wanted <i>where<\/i> they wanted. And yet, while rear projection\u2019s in-camera process effectively streamlined production workflows, it regularly failed to achieve any sense of naturalism.<\/p>\n<p>Rear projection is, against its technicians\u2019 best efforts, far from an invisible effect. Despite being the standard compositing technique for decades, with a few exceptions, rear projection never achieved a level of perfection such that its presence could go unnoticed. When there\u2019s rear projection on the screen, it\u2019s hard to overlook.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra=\"{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\filmschoolrejects.comrear-projection\"}\" data-original-width=\"700\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"357232\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-description=\"\" aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}\" data-image-title=\"To Catch A Thief Rear Projection\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/To-Catch-a-Thief-rear-projection.jpg\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/To-Catch-a-Thief-rear-projection.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/To-Catch-a-Thief-rear-projection.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/To-Catch-a-Thief-rear-projection-460x345.jpg\" title=\"To Catch A Thief Rear Projection\" width=\"460\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>To Catch a Thief (1955)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"357231\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-description=\"\" aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}\" data-image-title=\"Dr No Rear Projection\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dr.-No-rear-projection.jpg\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dr.-No-rear-projection.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dr.-No-rear-projection.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dr.-No-rear-projection-227x171.jpg\" title=\"Dr No Rear Projection\" width=\"227\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>Dr. No (1962)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"357229\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-description=\"\" aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}\" data-image-title=\"Airplane! Rear Projection\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Airplane-rear-projection.jpg\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Airplane-rear-projection.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Airplane-rear-projection.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Airplane-rear-projection-227x170.jpg\" title=\"Airplane! Rear Projection\" width=\"227\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>Airplane! (1980)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"357236\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-description=\"\" aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}\" data-image-title=\"Best Kubrick Movies Eyes Wide Shut Production Design\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Best-Kubrick-Movies-Eyes-Wide-Shut-Production-Design.jpg\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Best-Kubrick-Movies-Eyes-Wide-Shut-Production-Design.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Best-Kubrick-Movies-Eyes-Wide-Shut-Production-Design.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Best-Kubrick-Movies-Eyes-Wide-Shut-Production-Design-691x518.jpg\" title=\"Best Kubrick Movies Eyes Wide Shut Production Design\" width=\"691\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>Eyes Wide Shut (1999)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>These days, rear projection has a reputation for being distracting and dated \u2014 an antiquated special effect that spoils the suspension of disbelief and never looks quite right. Over time, traditional rear projection morphed from a practical necessity to an expressive tool, a technique employed by stylish directors to revere or ridicule the past. Others have employed rear projection\u2019s \u201coff-ness\u201d to convey a sense of unreality and unease, as with Neo\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> into <strong>The Matrix<\/strong>\u00a0or Dr. Bill wandering the streets at night in <strong><em>Eyes Wide Shut<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While rear projection as it was originally conceived may have fallen out of fashion, good ideas always find a way to adapt and survive. So here we are, almost a century later, and despite all odds, rear projection is making a comeback. Here\u2019s everything you\u2019ve ever wanted to know about how rear projection works, where it came from, and where it\u2019s going:<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Howd_they_do_that\"><\/span>How\u2019d they do that?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Long_story_short\"><\/span>Long story short:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>By projecting an image onto a screen from behind and then staging foreground action against its backdrop. The result, when photographed, is an in-camera composite.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Long_story_long\"><\/span>Long story long:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Rear projection (a.k.a. <strong>process photography<\/strong>) was the primary special effects composite technology in Hollywood from the mid-1930s to the early 1970s. At its most basic, rear projection is composed of four components: a projector, a screen, foreground subjects, and a camera. The subjects are placed between the camera and the screen while a projector positioned on the other side of the screen projects pre-recorded footage or a still image. Typically, the aesthetic objective of rear projection is to create the illusion that the subjects are not on a sound stage. The technical objective is to make production more streamlined, safer, and consistent.<\/p>\n<p>Rear projection background footage is called a \u201c<strong>plate<\/strong>.\u201d If you\u2019ve heard someone yell \u201croll plate!\u201d on a movie set \u2014 or a fictional depiction of a movie set \u2014 they\u2019re basically shouting, \u201cFire up the projector!\u201d When the projected background is in motion, it\u2019s a \u201c<strong>process shot<\/strong>.\u201d If the background is a still image, it\u2019s referred to as a \u201c<strong>transparency shot<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If your only experience with projectors is of the front-facing variety, you may be wondering: how does the light pass-through and stick on the screen? The short answer is that rear and front projection use different kinds of screens. Front projection uses an opaque reflective screen, which bounces light back. Rear projection uses a translucent screen that allows light to pass through while transmitting the light across its surface.<\/p>\n<p>For the rear projection process to work, several holistic details have to be taken into consideration. For one thing: because the screen and the camera are fixed in place, all motion and angles must be accounted for by the rear projection photography team in advance. In other words: every movement and angle in principal photography must be carefully planned before the footage for the plate is shot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Psycho Rear Projection\" height=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Psycho-rear-projection-2.jpg\"  width=\"934\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>The lack of Steadicam technology made this easier said than done. Matching the lighting on the soundstage to that of the plate is also critical. If the plate depicts a cloudless day and the actors are in shadow, the illusion will not work. Synchronizing the frame rates of the camera and the projector was also important. If one of the apertures was open while the other was closed, optical artifacts (like halos of light) would <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear in the background plate and ruin the effect.<\/p>\n<p>As Julie Turnock outlines in her essay \u201cThe Screen on the Set,\u201d one surprisingly prevalent misconception about rear projection is that it is basically an old-timey predecessor of blue screen and green screen compositing. It\u2019s true that the two techniques share similar aesthetic purposes. Namely: opening up the possibility of where and how filmmakers can shoot their subjects. But ultimately, both approaches have very different on-set and post-production specifications.<\/p>\n<p>During its heyday, rear projection\u2019s major advantage over other compositing techniques was its efficiency. The process could be completed im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely on-set at the same time as principal photography. It could also be shot in the presence of the key filmmakers and performers and assessed promptly in the dailies. Meanwhile, blue and green screen compositing is a part of a wider set of techniques that historically fall under the auspices of traveling mattes or \u201copticals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is a crucial difference between optical composites and process photography: the bulk of the work for the former falls to post-production, while that of the latter takes place in-camera. The technical requirements of rear projection controlled many aspects of production, from blocking to mise-en-sc\u00e8ne. And that sat just fine with the Henry Ford-ified conveyor belt of Old Hollywood.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra=\"{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\filmschoolrejects.comrear-projection\"}\" data-original-width=\"700\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"357243\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-description=\"\" aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}\" data-image-title=\"North By Northwest Rear Projection\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/North-By-Northwest-Rear-projection-1.jpg\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/North-By-Northwest-Rear-projection-1.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/North-By-Northwest-Rear-projection-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/North-By-Northwest-Rear-projection-1-344x258.jpg\" title=\"North By Northwest Rear Projection\" width=\"344\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>North By Northwest (1959)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"357244\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-description=\"\" aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}\" data-image-title=\"From Russia With Love Rear Projection\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/From-Russia-With-Love-rear-projection.jpg\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/From-Russia-With-Love-rear-projection.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/From-Russia-With-Love-rear-projection.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/From-Russia-With-Love-rear-projection-343x258.jpg\" title=\"From Russia With Love Rear Projection\" width=\"343\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>From Russia With Love (1963)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a fun twist. while conceptually rear projection is easy enough to explain and understand, in practice it\u2019s very difficult to pull off in a subtle, seamless way. When people say \u201crear projection looks bad\u201d they are usually talking about the same thing. Namely: that the technique tends to produce a visible difference between the foreground action and the rear projection footage.<\/p>\n<p>Rear projection tends to look, in a word, \u201cfake.\u201d A part of the reason for this is that there is usually a discrepancy in the quality of the foreground action and the projected image. The characteristically washed-out, desaturated look of the projection is the result of a number of factors. These include print quality and projectors incapable of producing an image of sufficient brilliance.<\/p>\n<p>There were fixes over the years, from fine-grain VistaVision film stock and more powerful projector bulbs. But a reliable methodology for eliminating the degraded image quality in the re-photographed plates never came through. As Turnock puts it: \u201crear projection was, in sum, perfectly consistent with the Hollywood studio production system, but not with its ideal seamless aesthetic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Front projection, the first mainstream use of which was in<i> 2001: A Space Odyssey<\/i>, solved a number of the problems of rear projection. The process involves carefully angled mirrors that allow the projected image to align with the camera\u2019s focal angle and appear on a highly reflective screen, in-camera. The main motive for using front over rear projection is a noted improvement in image quality. Which, it turns out, makes all the difference.<\/p>\n<p>As front projection and optical compositing became more affordable and accessible, rear projection became increasingly obsolete. There are very few directors today who earnestly never gave up on process photography, however. One of them is <strong>James Cameron<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_357240\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Terminator Rear Projection\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357240\" height=\"333\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Terminator-2-rear-projection.gif\"  width=\"800\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-357240\">Didn\u2019t know there was vehicular rear projection in \u2018Terminator 2,\u2019 did you?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But, thanks to improved equipment, rear projection is back with a vengeance. For directors intent on shooting as much in-camera as possible, the promise of rear projection is enticing. Cutting edge technology like high-contrast 4K laser projectors have all but eliminated the distracting fidelity issues of film-based rear projection.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is digital, pre-rendered, and real-time media able to achieve full photorealistic in-camera results, but filmmakers are also now able to add interactively cued elements at a moment\u2019s notice. In addition to looking fantastic, live projection has the added benefit of giving the performers and the camera department something tangible to work with.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Kosinski\u2019s <strong><i>Oblivion <\/i><\/strong>used front projection to convey an encompassing sky that reflects off spaceships and into its actors\u2019 eyes. Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n\u2019s <strong><i>Gravity<\/i><\/strong> placed its performers in the \u201cLight Box,\u201d a room full of LED screens that projected moving images onto their faces allowing animators to composite them perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s <strong>StageCraft <\/strong>(a.k.a. \u201cThe Volume\u201d), a process Industrial Light &#038; Magic honed in <strong><i>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story<\/i><\/strong> that uses a ginormous curved wall of LED screens powered by the Unreal Engine allowing for real-time display. The result is a virtual environment that can be rendered in real-time in the perspective of the camera.<\/p>\n<p>The latest <em>Star Wars\u00a0<\/em>project to use StageCraft is the Disney  <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> <em><strong>The Mandalorian. <\/strong><\/em>And as executive producer Jon Favreau muses in <em>American<\/em> <em>Cinematographer<\/em>, StageCraft isn\u2019t\u00a0<em>really<\/em> rear projection but also isn\u2019t really like anything else. And yet, amidst all this unprecedented tech, the practical purpose remains the same: by shooting everything in-camera, you reduce the time, money, and workload of post-production.<\/p>\n<p>That StageCraft is able to make good on that promise in a way traditional rear-projection never cracked is exciting, to say the least. The ability to do real-time, in-camera compositing on-set means <em>The Mandalorian\u00a0<\/em>is able to fill the tall order of being a live-action <em>Star Wars <\/em>television series \u2014 a small-screen project with a big-screen feel. Whether for television or film, the implications are exciting: that both production workflows and visual fidelity could improve in tandem.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gUnxzVOs3rk?feature=oembed\" title=\"The Virtual Production of The Mandalorian, Season One\" width=\"700\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Considering that back in the 1970s <strong><i>Star War<\/i>s<\/strong>\u2019 use of optical effects was the supposed nail in the coffin for process photography, it\u2019s somewhat poetic that the same franchise is pulling the technique back into the spotlight.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_the_precedent\"><\/span>What\u2019s the precedent?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In what is becoming a regular staple of this column, the idea for rear projection \u2014 by one <strong>Norman O. Dawn<\/strong> in 1913 \u2014 came way before the actual technique. Three unrelated technical developments in the 1930s made the technique possible: projectors that could synchronize shutters; better, panchromatic film stock; and more powerful projection lamps.<\/p>\n<p>The first Hollywood studio to use rear projection was Fox Film Corporation\u2019s <strong><em>Liliom<\/em><\/strong> in 1934. Appropriately, the film was subsequently recognized by the Academy for its efforts. The technique was then refined by Paramount Picture\u2019s <strong>Farciot Edouart<\/strong> ASC, who developed new methods including brightening exposure and synching multiple projectors to the same plate.<\/p>\n<p>The process became more standardized with a screen that had been specifically developed by <strong>Sidney Sanders<\/strong> for <em><strong>King Kong<\/strong> <\/em>in 1933 that was not only bigger and more flexible but capable of supporting a higher quality image. <em>King Kong<\/em>\u2018s composition shots were optical effects, not process photography, but the improved screens they used were an important innovation for future process effects.<\/p>\n<p>Rear projection is a special effect with a long past and a bright future. So next time you scoff at an Old Hollywood car two-hander: the modern incarnation of this technology is actually now being heralded as the future of television. 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