Directors, screenwriters, and makeup artists are willing to go to great lengths to create a flawless image on the big screen that millions of people across the world will believe. Long hours of rehearsals practice, and takes are frequently required to achieve the desired results. Stunt doubles, amazing editing, and very realistic visuals are sometimes required in addition to great performances.
On the set of Noelle, Anna Kendrick is skating on ice using a special device.
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the performers had to wear special outfits with sensors that tracked their motions.
When Marty McFly needed to go to 1885 in Back to the Future Part III, this is how it was done.
On the set of The Martian, Matt Damon
They had to build a set that was an exact replica of the Buckingham Palace façade, especially for the series The Crown.
Elle Fanning and Timothée Chalamet on the set of A Rainy Day in New York, a romantic comedy.
A replica of the metropolis that will be destroyed in Terminator 2: Judgment Day is being created by the artists.
On the set of Shaft in New York, make-up professionals are dying Samuel L. Jackson’s beard.
On the set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Daniel Radcliffe
On the set of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Eddie Redmayne uses a customised stand to make him appear taller.
On the set of Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, Rebecca Ferguson is riding a motorcycle on a moving platform.
On the set of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino is giving Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt directions on what to do.
Joss Whedon, director of Avengers: Age of Ultron, demonstrates how to shoot a bow to Jeremy Renner.
Steven Spielberg, Laura Dern, and Sam Neill on the set of Jurassic Park
Joaquin Phoenix is being teased by Todd Phillips, the director of Joker.
In The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, actor Martin Freeman waiving his hand at the end of the last day as Bilbo Baggins.
Peter Jackson on the set of The Lord of the Rings with the cast
In Terminator Genisys, this is how the police car was handled.
On the set of Transformers: Age of Extinction, director Michael Bay shows actress Nicola Anne Peltz the “hand” of a transformer attempting to grasp her.
Behind the scenes of Titanic, the famous sequence where Jack saves Rose didn’t look as good.
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