1940. Pierre Schildneck Russian designer, who moved to France and when II World War begun, went to Spain. He painted glass shots for “La florista de la Reina” (1940) and “Pepe Conde (1941) with Enrique Alarcón as assistant. Schildneck used the technique of matte painting he learned with Percy Day in France. He filmed the shot masking the areas which he will paint over, and then paint the glass in his studio, filming again the glass on the original negative.
1942. Enrique Salva and a young Emilio Ruiz as his assistant, begun to paint in camera glass shots for art director Sigfredo Burmann in “El abanderado” They use the technique of ” glass shots” placing the glass in front of the camera, and painting the miniature with direct reference of the real stage, filming the painting with the actors at once.
