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The first shot of 1937’s Heidi shows off the innovations made with these objects and light under Fred Sersen at 20th Century Fox. Norman Dawn made the first of these objects when trying to film ruined Spanish missions on location. Unusually, these objects were often aluminum when designed by Emilio Ruiz del Río. Walter Percy Day, who made very large examples of these objects for Powell and Pressburger, is often incorrectly credited with the examples in the (*) “Ballet of the Red Shoes” sequence. These objects were usually glass panels around five or six feet tall. Iconic shots that use these images include the cliff-drop in Black Narcissus and the Statue of Liberty in Planet of the Apes. (-5[1])For 10 points, scenic views were achieved through composite shots of what paintings? ■END■ (10[1]0[3])

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