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 > > -- > http://glasgow.academia.edu/MiriamRoss > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org