In modern cinema, cool 3D graphics and computer special effects will not surprise anyone. And the salaries of the creators of special effects, admittedly, are very attractive.
Therefore, more and more people are learning to produce high-quality and unique computer renderings, which are often simpler and more profitable than in-kind filming, and sometimes the only alternative for planned scenes.
We present you 10 incredible movie scenes that were shot live without the use of special effects.
10. Birdman | 2014
The director and cameraman of this strange film was not a bit confused. Firstly, an atypical filming style was used. Secondly, the number of mounting glues required for such films was minimal. This forced the actors to shoot all the scenes for a long, tedious and painstaking rehearsal.
The scenes shot in the dressing room, where the mirrors were installed, were difficult, the operator had to manage not to get into the frame.
Also curious is the scene where the hero of Keaton in his underpants walks through Times Square. A crew for 4 people was prepared for her, and street drummers were hired in shorts to divert attention from the actor.
9. Mad Max: The Road of Fury | 2015
From the name of the film we can conclude that the scenes here will be really crazy and crazy with a bunch of tricks and stuntmen. But the most curious point is the fact that basically they were shot without the use of computer processing.
The viewer observes the "juicy" flame and smoke, incredible somersaults and difficult tricks that are real. If you have forgotten the main scenes from the film, we recommend that you revise it with a new understanding that the actors have given all the best.
8. The Fast and the Furious 7 | 2015
But this is a real "brain explosion"! A film about crazy, well, just unrealistic races contains scenes without computer processing. Did you know that out of 300 cars prepared for filming, only 30 remained intact?
Recall the episode where cars, one after another, fly out of airplanes and calmly land on parachutes. The authors of the idea assure that they threw out real cars with parachutes from the plane.
Not surprisingly, the powerful fleet has worn so much. And how much money was literally thrown to the wind!
7. 007: Skyfall coordinates | 2012
And in this case, the directors wanted to saturate the film with somersaults and stunts without artificial graphics.
For example, a fight on the roof of a train was shot live. The bridge along which the train was moving was indeed located over a precipice at a height of three hundred meters. The train was moving at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, and the desperate Craig had to independently perform the prepared tricks. The viewer can appreciate that he definitely succeeded.
6. The Dark Knight (scene with the explosion of the hospital) | 2008
In this popular film, several scenes were shot without the use of special effects. Let's start with the scene where the hospital explodes behind the main villain of the Joker.
The director of the film, Nolan, decided to abandon the computerized rendering of the explosion, so the structure was really destroyed for the epic.
Experts familiarized themselves with the design and decided where it is more optimal to lay explosives so that the building collapses beautifully and on a large scale. Actor Ledger at that moment was in the thick of things - that is, in the immediate vicinity of the explosion. Dangerous and hot!
5. The Dark Knight (scene with somersault of the Joker truck) | 2008
The second scene, shot without computer graphics in the film about the Dark Knight, is the spectacular somersault of the Joker at full speed of the cargo ship. For the cool shot we used a special pneumatic piston, which effectively threw the truck so that it made a somersault.
It is noteworthy that the scene was a success from the first take. And they shot it on a covered Chicago street, and not in the pavilion, which also pays tribute to the film crew.
4. Interstellar | 2014
And again we are talking about the film of Christopher Nolan. At Insterstellar, he also wanted to minimize computer rendering of scenes.
So, for filming a huge corn field, which was very simple to draw or put footage on, Nolan decided to really plant a plot of crops.
He consulted with his colleague Zach Snyder and instructed to plant about 200 hectares of corn - and all so that the frame was more organic and convincing.
3. Matrix: Reboot | 2003
This epic film is simply mottled with computer graphics, because without this it would be impossible to shoot cult scenes of fights and movements.
Recall the scene of the battle and the chase - it was one of the most time-consuming in terms of creating special effects, as well as expensive. It took about 3 months to create a scene, so as not to be unfounded.
It is noteworthy that Wachowski refused to draw the road in the frame. Especially for him, a three-lane highway was separately laid. And the General Motors concern allocated 300 cars from the fleet - all of them were somehow damaged during the epic shootings.
2. The Space Odyssey of 2001 | 1968
Remember the cult film of 1968, when there was no question of computer graphics and complex special effects. Nevertheless, the masterpiece scenes still cause nostalgia and delight among the moviegoer. Director Kubrick has become a true innovator in the field of filming without special effects.
So, for the scene of the heroes moving up the spacecraft upside down, a special rotating corridor was installed. Filming was carried out on a static camera: the actor stood still, simulating walking, and the room spun. Nolan, already known to us as a lover of "live" filming, borrowed a trick for his picture "The Beginning".
1. Mission Impossible: Protocol Phantom | 2011
Not everyone knows, but Tom Cruise often refused the services of stuntmen and independently performed complex stunts in films. It is also a dangerous shot at the top of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper, where the actor did the trick himself.
Cruise was secured with several reliable safety cables, but there was no less danger from this, because you had to play on camera at an altitude of 828 meters!
In some films there are moments that look extravagant or dangerous for the participants. They could have been replaced by computer graphics, but for some reason they did not.