Matte World Digital
Matte World Digital (also known simply as Matte World) is an effects studio that has mainly provided Matte Paintings for several movies and commercials. (They also have provided CG Animation and miniatures when the need arises).
The Studio first established in 1989 as an offshoot to effects company Industrial Light and Magic. And has worked with ILM nearly a dozen times.
See also Illusion Arts, another Matte Painting studio that unfortunately closed its doors.
Films worked on by Matte World include
- Titanic
- Independence Day
- The Shadow
- October Sky
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Cats and Dogs
- Terminator II: Judgement Day (Special Thanks credit)
- Terminator Salvation
- Flight of the Intruder
- Batman Returns
- Hot Shots! Part Deux
- RoboCop II
- Hocus Pocus
- Zodiac - Plus film poster as commissioned by director David Fincher
- Demolition Man
- Star Trek: First Contact
- Con Air
- The Truman Show
- Darkman
- Home Alone II: Lost In New York
- X Men
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mars Needs Moms
- Captain America the First Avenger
- The Golden Compass
- The Ring
- The Green Mile
- The Last Samurai
- Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)
Tropes Associated with Matte World
- Art Evolution: Originally started doing traditional Matte paintings.
- Conspicuous CG: Occasionally
- Off-the-Shelf FX: One of the Zodiac posters uses a stock image of the Golden Gate Bridge.
- Scenery Porn: Even more so than many other studios.