Sometimes, it’s all right to use a greenscreen and some wires.
At No Film School, we love practical effects and stunts. They can be fairly inexpensive, and create a sense of realism in the film while letting filmmakers flex their creative muscles to create excellent moments of cinema that leave the audience wondering, “How did they do that?”
And we are not the only ones who love practical effects. Many of our favorite filmmakers like Robert Eggers, Steven Spielberg, and Christopher Nolan love to use practical effects and stunts to make their worlds feel and look as realistic as possible. While practical effects can be some of the most entertaining aspects of filmmaking, there can be some negative aspects.
Actor Kevin Bacon recently recalled a disgusting moment while filming Ron Howard’s Apollo 13. Howard chose not to use special effects and wires to simulate zero gravity for the film’s space sequences. Instead, the crew modified a KC-135 reduced-gravity Stratotanker, a plane dubbed the “Vomit Comet,” to achieve the effect of weightlessness through free fall.
Author: Alyssa Miller
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