Star Wars in 1977, before the greenscreen

Sep 28, 2016 1:19 PM

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These guys deserve the real props.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What I wouldn't have given to work in practical effects back in the day...

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They used fucking loads of blue screen in star wars though

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

what a repost

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nice. But why submit such minuscule images?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Film making for a more civilized time.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm so sick of green screens and computerized imagry! Old school rules

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

Man, that exhaust port WAS small!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Before the greenscreen... Before the empire...

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

They used green screens and blue screens to film any ship that was out in space and not against a certain background, like the Death Star

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So much more impressive than a guy sitting at a computer

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 3

That shits not easy to model either way as far as I'm concerned.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Interesting... Especially the old chev shaggin wagon in the back of the last 2 photos.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

How did they shrink Porkins?

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

I find it hilarious that it's filmed in a parking lot.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

@OP they had greenscreens. And blue ones, red ones, yellow, black, white, etc. It all depended on what was being filmed and in what format.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So, you cant get flames in space, or, you can but for a moment, so how do flamey esploshuns look? Air-ey and debris flying everywhere?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah well, that wasn't GOOD enough for you, was it George...?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I can probably appreciate this more than the CGI effects today. The physicality of it makes it s but more real even.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Before CGI, these would have used greenscreens for the part where you can see the death star or ship and space at the same time.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

*bluescreen (greenscreens became the standard later)

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

duh, filming on the real death star in space would have been way too expensive

10 years ago | Likes 230 Dislikes 1

Thanks for the recession, Nixon...

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I think he meant - before CGI :)

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Why did you bother to repost this?

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 7

10 years ago | Likes 61 Dislikes 4

This is better than the post.

10 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

I can hear Picard yelling.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Back when behind the scenes stuff was super interesting. Now it is all green screens, CGI and guys sitting at computers.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 3

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10 years ago (deleted May 8, 2017 11:22 AM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

Except that, that one is awesome. I mean movies, not commercials.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I smell ignorance

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

There is no one closer to your nose then you are, it must be your own stench.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Someone needs a hug

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

They had bluescreens, not greenscreens.

10 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Genuine question - would they not have used both? There were probably scenes where bluescreens wouldn't have worked well.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

...greenscreens started being used. I can only guess it's because the green works better with computer systems, and blue was better for (2)

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I don't know how reliable my POV is on this, but I remember "bluescreen" being the term in the 70's-80's, and then when CGI came about (1)

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

...the old style of "key in" technology that was used in analog systems.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Green is more common now because cameras and displays have twice as many green pixels as they do red or blue. 1/2

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This results in greater resolution for green, but any of the colors can be used and occasionally are (and always were). 2/2

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Oh, but they did have green screens.

10 years ago | Likes 50 Dislikes 2

Yep. Blue was more common, but green and even red were occasionally used, and still are.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Long, but good https://youtu.be/coPi6fvskF4

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Putting a big ol' dot here to watch later

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10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

I mean, technically, they were blue screens. And they used it to add one filmed scene to another filmed scene, not add an actor to digital

10 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

Why change to green ?

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Google will serve you best.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Depends on the scene, they used bluescreens in ROTS too, all you need is a highly visible color

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And also a color that is not in the clothing of the actor, or it will change too to the background.

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