Description: Item: SET of special effects photo boards. One board features, the two main actors looking over the cliff (I will looks to be a regular neighborhood, cul-de-sac) which, of course, in the film was digitally, altered to be the science station/landing zone of the mothership in the film. The other board is of that landing zone/science station set. Some photo boards have hand drawn directions/codes/ Sketches. These exact photos were used by Spielberg and his team, to plan the special effects for these scenes!! This piece is accompanied by two COA’s. One from the prop house (photo of original) and one from my shop guaranteeing it’s authenticity or your money back ANY TIME! Size: roughly 5 1/2x 11 in (photo boards) behind the scenes photo is roughly 8 x 10”. Will look amazing once framed! Condition: Good. Standard production use. HISTORY/INFO; Here we have original production used special effects photographic storyboards and photographs from Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I purchased a collection of production used art from the film from one of the top prop houses in the world. They were consigned by special photographic effects, artist Douglas Trumbull ( from his personal collection) and I’ve never been offered for sale before! These are the original production photographs. Some have handwritten notes/numbers ( see all listings). You won’t ever find a collection like this come up for sale. This will look amazing framed. Visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull I was born in Los Angeles in 1942 after abandon doing architecture for technical drawing in cartooning has talent for photorealism soon earn him work at great graphic films. An esteemed Hollywood studio for which he designed groundbreaking cosmic effects for the 1964 New York’s world fair. After seeing his work Stanley Kubrick hired him to create animations and VFX shots ( including the iconic Stargate sequence- for what would become his Seminole masterpiece 2001 a space Odyssey. From that film success, he became one of the industries most trusted, photographic, affects experts, designing and producing legendary screen moments and search. Syfy landmarks is close encounters of the third kind, Star Trek, the motion, picture, blade runner (all of which one Academy Award nominations.
Price: 499 USD
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
End Time: 2025-02-03T14:00:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Industry: Movies
Object Type: Prop
Original/Reproduction: Original
