Extras approaching the other side toward rock of Moses
- Made:
- 1955 in Los Angeles
Annotated photograph used in the production process for the `Parting of the Red Sea' sequence from the film THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 1955: Extras approaching the other side toward rock of Moses, no #FFAX-3. with acetate overlay with markings.
Rehearsal of Egyptian chariots racing towards the Israelites in the Red Sea bed. Cecil B DeMille and John Fulton are on the parallel. The location was the desert at Beni Youssef, October 1954. Aeorplanes used for wind effects. Rocks of plaster were positioned along the sea bed, matte paintings of additional rocks were added later.
The dates and annotations on the mount and acetate indicate when the various sections of miniature water for sea walls were photographed. The white markings were scribed by the optical department just to indicate the parameters of the sea walls. Each wall was a composite of three sections taken from different angles, split-screened together.
