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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:292:No Relation to [[Franchise/{{Superman}} The Daily Planet]].]] |
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| 4 | [[http://www.matteworld.com/ Matte World Digital]] (also known simply as Matte World) was an effects studio that provided matte paintings for several movies and commercials. (They also have provided CG Animation and miniatures when the need arises). |
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| 6 | The studio was established in 1989 by Craig Barron, Michael Pangrazio and Krys Demkowicz as an offshoot to Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic and has worked with ILM nearly a dozen times. They were also the first to utilize the "radiosity" technique in the movie ''Film/{{Casino}}''[[note]]Website/TheOtherWiki has a page on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiosity_%28computer_graphics%29 this particular technique]][[/note]] and the last to use traditional matte painting methods in ''Titanic''. |
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| 8 | See also Creator/IllusionArts, another Matte Painting studio that also closed its doors and Creator/TransArts and Creator/DigitalDomain, two other studios that went bankrupt in 2012 (The former going under just before; the latter just after). Craig currently works at Creator/TippettStudio. |
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| 12 | !!Films worked on by Matte World include |
| 13 | [[index]] |
| 14 | * ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' |
| 15 | * ''Film/BatmanReturns'' |
| 16 | * ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' |
| 17 | * ''Film/CatsAndDogs'' |
| 18 | * ''Film/ConAir'' |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton'' |
| 20 | * ''Film/{{Darkman}}'' |
| 21 | * ''Film/DemolitionMan'' |
| 22 | * ''Film/FlightOfTheIntruder'' |
| 23 | * ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'' |
| 24 | * ''Film/TheGreenMile'' |
| 25 | * ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' |
| 26 | * ''Film/HocusPocus'' |
| 27 | * ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'' |
| 28 | * ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'' |
| 29 | * ''Film/{{Hugo}}'' (Last major film) |
| 30 | * ''Film/IndependenceDay'' |
| 31 | * ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' |
| 32 | * ''Film/TheLastSamurai'' |
| 33 | * ''WesternAnimation/MarsNeedsMoms'' |
| 34 | * ''Film/OctoberSky'' |
| 35 | * ''Film/TheRing'' |
| 36 | * ''Film/RoboCop2'' |
| 37 | * ''Film/TheShadow'' |
| 38 | * ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' |
| 39 | * ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' (Worked on the deleted ending; Special Thanks credit in the final film) |
| 40 | ** ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' |
| 41 | * ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' |
| 42 | * ''Film/TheTrumanShow'' |
| 43 | * ''Film/XMen1'' |
| 44 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' |
| 45 | * ''Film/{{Zodiac|2007}}'' - Plus film poster as commissioned by director Creator/DavidFincher |
| 46 | [[/index]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | !! Tropes Associated with Matte World |
| 49 | * ArtEvolution: Originally started doing traditional Matte paintings. |
| 50 | * OffTheShelfFX: One of the ''Zodiac'' posters uses a stock image of the Golden Gate Bridge. |
| 51 | * SceneryPorn: Even more so than many other studios. |
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