practical effects
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The Secret To How Hollywood Makes An Actor Vomit Massive Amounts Of Blood
Video: Adam Savage and the Tested crew recently had the opportunity to visit the sets of Alien: Covenant, and in their latest video they not only get some hands-on time with many of the weapons used in the upcoming prequel, they also learned the secrets of how alien-infected actors are able to vomit so much…
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Fast And Furious 7 Actually Dropped Cars From A C-130 Plane
Video: The Fast & Furious movie franchise is consistently the most fun anyone can have in a movie theatre because the stuff they do is completely ridiculous and borderline insane. Like do you remember that scene from the Furious 7 trailer where they dropped cars from an aeroplane? That wasn’t CGI, that actually happened.
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T-600 Is Menacing Even When You Can See Puppeteers Moving It
Stan Winston Schools has released other behind-the-scenes footage of the T-600 puppet from Terminator Salvation, but this gives a clearer sense of how the animatronics evolved and how important the materials are in any puppet. If it’s not lightweight, but with the stability and feel of whatever it’s representing, it can’t be convincing.
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Building The Animatronic Terror That Trounced A T-Rex
Jurassic Park III may not be your favourite movie in the series. But that doesn’t mean its effects weren’t fantastic. In fact, the somewhat random third entry in the series boasted the biggest animatronic ‘saur yet: the Spinosaur. Stan Winston Studios recalls the details of that behemoth’s construction, and it’s wild to watch.