Background lament: This ithe scene nto which the feregraund element i inserted. The background ‘ements called plate and i usualy shot with a pin-egstered camera to insur absolute steadiness, ttherwise the backround and foregoune wil not be locked tagethar and the lision wil be destroyed. Prec ebcu aration pov is prepared by printing the oigial clr agate of the foreg‘ound element ono black-and-white f wih luted ight, Ou Spaceman foreground elements recorded normaly in shades af grey, but the O background buescreen Is lar fim, Green and ed searation posives may ‘480 be prepared at hs pont or aking adonal mats that may become rocessary in usual stations. Etna The orginal olor negative of our foreground element Is sanowiched wih th tue positive separation ing ths, the postive and negative images ofthe Spaceman cancel each ater out. The sandwich is rma orto anew black ard rite film using rd tard igh esuting na black and white pint n which the inet areal ansparent and the background is opaque, Ths background mask is ines onto archer pace o fi io create te insert Imask, These masks ae caled traveling mates, cara is A. color print (or intr plates sandwiched nto. new color negative. The area into which the spacer can re negative is wound back ot Sha forthe net step. sive) ofthe background the insert mask an printed ask protec the printed. This ginning ofthe A color pint (or interpastive) ofthe fx ‘ements sandarched withthe background mask ‘and pines onto the sare coor raga sed inthe pravous stop. The mask protects the area ino whic Wwe have aeady printed the background. Ths fal dupe negative is developed ana printed revealing our campos, Spaceran ana background a as one, Geena