Test composite, sea crosing #2

Annotated photograph used in the production process for the `Parting of the Red Sea' sequence from the film THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 1955: Test composite, sea crossing #2.

This was the first test of the two water walls composited onto an actual Egyptian background plate. The scene was ultimately rejected because the optical deparment at Paramount Studios could not properly blend the individual water wall segments convincingly.

The actor on the chariot in the left corner is a stand in for Yul Brynner. Brynner was later photographed against a blue screen and composited over subsequent shots of the same vantage point.