mattes (photographic equipment)

  1. Home
  2. top of the aat hierarchies
  3. Objects Facet
  4. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
  5. Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
  6. equipment
  7. [equipment by process]
  8. image-making equipment
  9. photographic equipment
  10. mattes
Scope note
Primarly used in film industry special effects, mattes are sheilds or masks placed in front of a camera's lens to block out part of the image being shot, for the purpose of shooting subsequent images which may be inserted into the blocked space.
mattes
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024