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Here's an older Space Cop  behind the scenes photo we just found. The opening shot of future Milwaukee was a matte painting done on plexi-glass by Jim from Canada, which was layered on top of an actual photo of Milwaukee. You can also see we put some miniature trees out of focus in the foreground to give the shot some depth. Later in post, Colin from Canada added cgi cars flying through the sky as well as water rippling on the lake.

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Montague Films

Wait, aren't you supposed to sit in front of that monitor and say "faster and more intense" while counting your money like Lucas?

Jon G

Classic Jim and Colin, wearing sandals and being blurry.

Chase

Look at those damned canuks, taking all our good fx jobs

Jessie Leigh

Very cool; thanks for sharing! Actually, there is a shortage of VFX dudes here in the Vancouver area. I always see postings for high profile jobs at places like ILM Vancouver!

Bahareh

Did you come up with this technique? Well done! And how fun!

Red Letter Media

Physical matte paintings on glass were a common technique until CGI took over. Jim was the one who really wanted to do an old school matte painting.

Matt P

That's wonderful :)

Anonymous

This is so cool.

Chris Rothgeb

So glad you guys went old school with this.

Gary Probert

One of the best shots in the movie that doesn't feature Rich Evans