Clash of the Titans (1981)
 

Producer:  Charles H. Schneer/ Ray Harryhausen /John Palmer
Director: Desmond Davis
Writing: Beverley Cross
Original Music: Laurence Rosenthal
Cinematography : Ted Moore
Film Editing: Timothy Gee
Production Design: Frank White
Art Direction:Giorgio Desideri / Fernando Gonzalez / Peter Howitt  / Don Picton
Costume Design: Emma Porteus
Special visual effects creator:  Ray Harryhausen
Special makeup effects: Colin Arthur
Blue screen technician:  Dennis Bartlett
Special miniatures and matte painting: Cliff Culley
Special opticals: Roy Field / Frank Van der Veer
Animator assistent:  Jim Danforth / Steve Archer
Matte cameraman:  Martin Body (uncredited)
Model maker:  Colin Chilvers / Janet Stevens
Floor/physical effects: Brian Smithies
Prosthetics technician:  Nick Maley
Matte and miniature camera: Neil Culley
Miniature makers at Culley´s team: Terry Adlam, Rodney Fuller, Ray Hanson, Leigh Took, Peter White, Mark Woollard

Thanks to Terry Adlam for his aditional information on the making of the miniatures.
 
 

Animation legend Ray Harryhausen with the miniature city of Argos, with a painted backing behind him.

The miniature city and the painted backing composited with the real sea.
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"The set all ready to be flooded and you can just see Neil Culley behind the high speed camera." Terry Adlam

 

  "This shows the crew preparing the model prior to the tidal wave,  You can just see on the right hand side of the photo the two 'tip tanks' and the chute that the water
   travelled down.  The amount of work and detail that went into these model was amazing, and so was the resulting shot and all with no CGI!!!" Terry Adlam
  The actors were filmed in front of a blue screen,  and composited latter into the miniature by Roy Field.
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"Most of the miniatures were breakaways, right down to the columns and the temple facade were made in Cliff's workshops.  I remember that one of my jobs was making all the roof tiles for the main building.  These had to be made separately so that some would fall off when the water hit the buildings.   The building were made of various materials ranging from wood, plaster and rubber.  I also remember setting this shot one weekend when it poured down with rain all the time, but come the Monday when we shot it, as you can see the sun shone." Terry Adlam.

 

Some other images showinh miniatures composited  with live action elements
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