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Jim H wrote on 1/22/2012, 6:14 PM
Well that must have taken some time to get all those shots lined up.
NicolSD wrote on 1/23/2012, 2:15 PM
As Jim said, it must have been quite something trying to find all the right sites and camera locations.
Steve Mann wrote on 1/23/2012, 2:40 PM
It was all in and around Old Tucson, AZ. Nice day trip if you're ever in Arizona.
CorTed wrote on 1/23/2012, 5:43 PM
No, the original film was shot in Almería, Spain, with interiors done at Rome's Cinecittà Studios.

I am impressed how the person knew where to to go to get his perfect shots

Ted

DWhitevidman wrote on 1/25/2012, 12:27 PM
Just looking for a little clarification, since I saw all these Clint movies when I was a kid.
Do you mean he shoots now with a HMC-150 and edits with Vegas now ?

This film was made in the early 60's, so no pc's and Vegas then right?

And, after watching the video, is it showing that almost all the actors, horses etc. were shot on green screens then layed over the background, Is so, then this must have been quite time consuming post production with the tools they had then, yes?
Former user wrote on 1/25/2012, 12:51 PM
It wasn't shot with green screen. The process really didn't even exist then (per se).

Instead, he does an excellent and meticulous job of masking out the actors and placing them in the "present."

I find it so oddly compelling to watch. I love those old Spaghetti westerns.
farss wrote on 1/25/2012, 3:21 PM
"Just looking for a little clarification, since I saw all these Clint movies when I was a kid.

Clint Eastwood, probably not. The guy who made this video, yes.

"This film was made in the early 60's, so no pc's and Vegas then right?"

Indeed however many quite amazing things were done without using computers.

"And, after watching the video, is it showing that almost all the actors, horses etc. were shot on green screens then layed over the background, Is so, then this must have been quite time consuming post production with the tools they had then, yes?"

The originals used no screens or mattes although such things were certainly available without computers.

The key to pulling off this gag is getting the camera in the exact same place as the original, pointing it in exactly the same direction with the same focal length lens. The lighting also needs to match. Quite a task. If the camera moved in the original shot then you have to match that as well. There is software today that can compute a lot of the data you'd need to avoid having to do a lot of trial and error.

To put the original actors into the new backgound "plate" the only way to do this is to mask them out by hand. Not too hard if you take a snapshot. A major effort if you want them moving and even more of a pain if the camera moves.

Bob.