Rear projection involves the projection of either a still or a moving picture onto the back of a translucent screen. The screen appears behind the live action being photographed, creating an effect whereby both the background on the screen and the foreground action are combined into a single image.
Rear projection had been used in still photography, and first appeared in motion pictures as early as 1913. However, it wasn’t until the advent of sound, when studio shooting became necessary, that rear projection became a common cinematic technique. One typical use of rear projection involves filmed, moving scenery projected on a screen while a character sits in a car, so that the car appears to be in motion.
Closing the Deal (0:52)
- Film:
- Detour, 1945
- Director:
- Edgar G Ulmer
- Source:
- 2000 Image Entertainment
- Audio commentary by:
Richard Peña- This clip appears in:
- - Rear Projection
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