Saturday 23 March 2019

The Night My Number Came Up 1955

This odd concept for a film  about a dream foretelling a reality features a miniature Douglas DC3 (Dakota)  along with a large miniature snow covered mountain landscape. The same footage is used both for the dream sequence and with additional shots in the real event so you get to see it twice.
The DC3 model is  nicely detailed complete with a lowering undercarriage mechanism, Occasionally very faint wires can be seen in some shots.

The Special effects  were supervised by Sydney Pearson with "Special Processes" which probably means rear screen projection or possibly a traveling matte process, by Geoffrey Dickinson.


There is also a very unconvincing and much too small miniature ship seen briefly through the cockpit windows bobbing about on the miniature waves.



















Frame showing model lit with flash from lightning effect.









Plane lands in miniature shown in rear projected background on the live action control tower set.



















Small miniature ship shot at too low a frame rate, not very convincing.



Painted effect, painted clouds part to reveal painted background shore line.












































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