Simply put, the effect was achieved by projecting a strip of previously photographed background footage onto a translucent screen and filming actors' performances in front of it.
As creative director, Mr. Mitton was at work on several projects at his death, notably "Adventures on Orsum Island," a comedy-adventure series for children ages 7 to 11. Combining photographed backgrounds and computer-generated images, the show is about a shipwrecked teenager named Kodi who becomes embroiled in a struggle between good and evil for control of Orsum Island.
But in my poster the painted sky, textured photograph, wood background and glazed finish throws the viewer off.
"The ability to take a good wildlife photograph requires background knowledge and perseverance, and an eye and sense of composition.
The photograph's background had been cropped out so that it was tightly focused on his face.
In 1996, documentary filmmaker Keith Beauchamp, who was greatly moved by Till's open casket photograph, started background research for a feature film he planned to make about Till's murder.
And you can go here to see more photographs and background information, including on this crowd-source effort.
They worked largely from a hefty dossier of photographs and background information intended, one supposes, to add depth and import to the project.
More than 438,000 people have applied for deferred action, and more than 411,000 have been scheduled for fingerprinting and photographs for background checks, the second step in the process.
The most obvious difference between the two is Bing's use of colourful photographs as background images on its homepage with hotspots revealing related links.
