Green Screen Tricks: Award-Winning Films & TV Series that Have Made Magic with Green Screens

Boardwalk Empire

In order to keep the costs low during the filming of the series, the directors had to get creative. Instead of finding two gigantic Titanic ships, they were able to find a spot to film and edit in the ships.

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The More You Know

  • The cigarette smoked by Sigourney Weaver in Avatar is completely CGI.
  • For Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers was paid $1 million, 55 percent of the film’s budget.
  • That slightly scandalous charcoal drawing of a topless Kate Winslet in Titanic was drawn by none other than the director himself, James Cameron.
  • In Saving Private Ryan, all of the main cast were given basic military training except Matt Damon, in the hope that the cast would build a resentment towards him necessary for the role.
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