I just saw The Three Stooges in Pardon My Backfire (1953) at Film Forum in NYC, part of their classic 3D series; oil is sprayed directly onto the lens. And the technique is not uncommon in nature/ wildlife films set in oceans, lakes, rivers. Cynthia Chris, Associate Professor Department of Media Culture College of Staten Island, CUNY On Aug 12, 2010, at 9:48 AM, Kendrick, Jim wrote: > I immediately thought of the sequence in Stanley Kubrick's "The > Shining" in which the torrent of blood comes pouring out of the > elevator. We see it several times, but it is only the last time > that the blood actually washes up over the camera and we see > everything for several seconds bathed in red. > _________________ > > James Kendrick, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication Studies > Film and Digital Media Division > Baylor University > http://homepages.baylor.edu/james_kendrick > > ________________________________________ > From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Miriam Ross [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4:45 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [SCREEN-L] Saving Private Ryan's blood on the camera > technique > > 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 > > -- > http://glasgow.academia.edu/MiriamRoss > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF > Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu