cecil b demille's 1956 film ten commandments was filmed at seal beach, california.
cecil b demille's 1956 film ten commandments was filmed at seal beach, california.
where was cecil b demille's 1956 film ten commandments filmed?
seal beach, california
the special photographic effects in "the ten commandments" were created by john p. fulton, a.s.c. (who received an oscar for his effects in the film), head of the special effects department at paramount pictures, assisted by paul lerpae, a.s.c. in optical photography (blue screen "travelling matte" composites) and farciot edouart, a.s.c., in process photography (rear projection effects). fulton’s effects included the building of sethi’s jubilee treasure city, the burning bush, the fiery hail from a cloudless sky, the angel of death, the composites of the exodus, the pillar of fire, the giving of the ten commandments, and the tour de force, the parting of the red sea. the parting of the red sea was considered the most difficult special effect ever performed up to that time. this effect took about six months of vistavision filming, and combined scenes shot on the shores of the red sea in egypt, with scenes filmed at paramount studios in hollywood of a huge water tank split by a u-shaped trough, into which approximately 360,000 gallons of water were released from the sides, as well as the filming of a giant waterfall also built on the paramount backlot to create the effect of the walls of the parted sea out of the turbulent backwash. all of the multiple elements of the shot were then combined in paul lerpae's optical printer, and matte paintings of rocks by jan domela concealed the matte lines between the real elements and the special effects elements. unlike the technique used by ilm for "raiders of the lost ark" and ""poltergeist"" of injecting poster paints into a glass tank containing a salt water inversion layer, the cloud effects for "the ten commandments" were formed with white britt smoke filmed against a translucent sky backing, and colors were added optically. striking portraits of charlton heston as moses and three women in front of menacing clouds were photographed by wallace kelly, a.s.c. in farciot edouart’s process (rear projection) department, in what are still considered unforgettable scenes. demille used these scenes to break up the montage, framing his subjects like a renaissance master. an abundance of blue screen spillage or "bleeding" can be seen, particularly at the top of the superimposed walls of water, but rather than detracting from the shot, this (unintentionally) gives the scene an eerie yet spectacular appearance. the parting of the red sea sequence is considered by many to be one of the greatest special effects of all time.
the ten commandments (1956 film)
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bullet::::- "the ten commandments" (1923 film), a 1923 silent film directed by cecil b. demille, starring theodore roberts









































bullet::::- "the ten commandments" (1945 film), an italian film









































bullet::::- "the ten commandments" (1956 film), a 1956 epic film directed by cecil b. demille, starring charlton heston









































bullet::::- "the ten commandments" (2007 film), an animated film starring the voices of ben kingsley and christian slater









































bullet::::- "", a 2006 musical film starring val kilmer as moses









































bullet::::- "the ten commandments" (tv series), a two-part 2006 television mini-series, directed by robert dornhelm









































bullet::::- "", a video series by richard rich
ten commandments (disambiguation)