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Re: Saving Private Ryan's blood on the camera technique
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Hi Miriam,

There was an instance of this in the Wildlife documentary The Ballad of Big Al: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special, in which the CGI created young dinosaur drips saliva on the lens of a camera supposedly embedded in the landscape, no doubt to different effect than the Saving Private Ryan instance.

On 10/08/2010, at 7:45 PM, Miriam Ross wrote:

> Does anyone know of instances prior to Saving Private Ryan where blood or
> other liquids have splattered onto the camera lens and have been left in the
> shot (thus suggesting the fourth wall).
> Following this enquiry, does anyone know of any 3D films that have used the
> same effect. Step Up 3D allows water to remain on the lens but I haven't
> seen this in any other previous stereoscopic films.
> 
> many thanks
> Miriam Ross
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