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- Breakdown artists, sometimes called agers, dyers, or textile artists, work behind the scenes to fake all the damage on a character's costume. Sarah Blostein has done breakdown work on "The Boys," "The Strain," "Ready or Not," "The Handmaid's Tale," and "Station Eleven." Because movie and TV show scenes are frequently shot out of order, sweat stains and rips have to be replicated. Sarah walked us through how to create convincing fresh and aged blood stains on a shirt, what materials look the most like dirt, and the very specific way to make a bullet hole look realistic.
- Mirror shots in movies are especially challenging, as it's hard to shoot a character's reflection without accidentally revealing the camera, so Hollywood has many visual tricks to avoid this. Movies like "The Lady from Shanghai" and "It Chapter Two" used two-way mirrors. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" didn't use a mirror at all and instead had Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton standing on one side of an open frame looking into a double set with body doubles mimicking their every move. Better visual effects meant movies like "Birdman" could shoot a real mirror and easily erase the camera later. For "Last Night in Soho," Edgar Wright used a combination of these techniques, and many more, so Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy could mirror each other's movements.
- Honoring exceptional Canadians with distinctive accomplishments in philanthropy, advocacy, and contributions towards the greater good.
- Insider takes a look at the ways that underwater scenes are created for movies - whether they're shot in the ocean, in an underwater tank or on dry land later adding underwater qualities using lighting tricks and CGI.
- When a movie or TV show wants to film an action that it never could with a real animal, special effects artists have to come up with a convincing fake version.
- Four childhood friends heave caution to the wind during the booze-soaked phenomenon that is senior year of high school, clashing with parents, local cops and one magical little Smurf during their hedonistic journey to nowhere.
- A young man wakes up one morning to discover that his motel room is being burgled. When he gives chase and catches up to the burglar, the shocking truth about the thief's identity is revealed.
- In this comedy, a young Irish woman who steals for a living meets and marries an American tourist. They move to America, but even this is not far enough to escape his Irish in-laws.
- Many movies have scenes shot to look like one long take. To do this, filmmakers will shoot a scene in long, unedited segments and then stitch them together. Action movies like "Atomic Blonde" will do this by having actors run in front of the camera to hide the cuts. For a one-take action sequence in Netflix's "Extraction," director Sam Hargrave had to strap himself to the roof of a vehicle and then quickly run off in order to get an uninterrupted shot of Chris Hemsworth. One-take scenes can help show the passage of time, like when Showtime needed to film a montage that took place over the course of five years in "Kidding." Meanwhile, the Oscar winners "Birdman" and "1917" kept the one-take illusion going for their entire running times. In order to cover a lot of ground, both these movies traveled light: they relied on small handheld cameras as well as natural light in place of large light kits.
- A documentary about the making of "Antwone Fisher", actor Denzel Washington's feature directorial debut.
- Alone among rotting corpses, a fraternity pledge must complete his initiation. But things take a horrifying turn when the dead begin to stir. Is it a cruel hoax or are the dead coming back to life?
- An intimate performance by Jack Savoretti of his song "One Day" for the film Post Grad.
- A courier with a strange hobby disrupts the unspoken etiquette of a high-rise elevator.
- The 19th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 16, 2014 at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, honoring the finest achievements of 2013 filmmaking.
- Awkward and shy, a teenage boy makes an embarrassing mistake at a party, exposing feelings towards his beautiful and popular sister that are more complex than traditional sibling rivalry.
- A Penn State professor vanishes while hiking in Chile - his sister tries to discover the truth of what happened, and encounters a web of lies.
- 2021 began with a lot of uncertainty about delayed releases and how we would be able to consume blockbuster movies. Regardless of whether you watched at the theaters or from the comfort of your home, there were many captivating movies that took filmmaking to another level. High-adrenaline flicks like "Shangi-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," "F9" and "No Time to Die" created in-camera stunts that you may have thought were CG. Young audiences got to see 2-D characters come to life like never before in "Clifford the Big Red Dog," and "Space Jam: A New Legacy." And real-life landscapes were constructed in both "Old" and "The French Dispatch" to transport viewers to another world. Here's what 16 movies of 2021 looked like behind the scenes.
- Recent horror films have gone great lengths to scare viewers. "The Invisible Man" employed a performer in a green suit to throw Elisabeth Moss' character across a table. Jordan Peele's "Us" used facial replacement CGI to allow characters to act alongside their doppelgängers. While movies like "Crawl" needed CGI to make its alligators as terrifying as possible, many horror movies still rely on practical effects to scare audiences. The 2019 "Child's Play" reboot built an animatronic Chucky controlled by puppeteers, while "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" went all out creating makeup effects and costumes to turn its cast members into monsters.
- A journalist investigates the kidnapping of American soldier, Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for five years in Afghanistan.
- Old women drink, smoke and reflect on the good old days in a bizarre laundromat.
- A little ogre, different from all the others, goes searching for truth. Orlando is a human child who grows up dealing with diversity and is taught the value of respecting nature.
- Determined to save her wheelchair ramp from repossession, Daisy confronts the shady insurance agent who owes her money.