20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)

It's nice to know there's still some movie magic left in Hollywood.
20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)

Filming a scene for a major motion picture involves massive teams and a lot of steps. It’s a complicated process. The complicated process may seem onerous, but it works and the thought that goes into each step can add up quickly, especially if you're a filmmaker who wears many hats on stage.

The picture of a bespectacled Harry Lloyd dangling from a massive towering clock is one of the cinema's most famous images. Safety first! It was a terrific comedy, and the audience's frenzy peaked during the "clock hanging" scene. What's even more fascinating about this famous episode is how Lloyd deceived us by expertly manipulating our viewpoint. Lloyd, a superb athlete, constructed a timepiece on a tower at the edge of the top of the building. In addition, he concealed the platform with high-angle images and camera techniques.

Have you ever seen a special effect in a movie and thought it was "movie magic" before rejecting it as CGI? Well, it turns out that some of the most magical moments from our favorite films didn’t use computers all–no sir, just regular ol’ elbow grease, ingenuity and a little bit of that show biz, silver screen fairy dust. And that just warms our hearts, folks.

Scroll down for some incredible examples!

For a scene in Inception, director Christopher Nolan wanted to have an infinite staircase. This step is on a lower level. The effects team built it fo
To tell the backstory of Sophia ORANGE on Bursot is BLACK GRAH the new M. Laverne Lamar Cox transgender actress Laverne Cox did not as her pre-transir
20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)
SHOOTING THIS TORTURE SCENE IN MIssION: IMPOSIBLE IIl WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY PAINFUL FOR Tom CRUISE. Ton's H0D So DIRECTOR JJ ABRAMS CA
CRACKEDCO GHOST IN SHELL THE CGI city Real Real water actor CGI reflections.
20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)
20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)
Harly Potter AND THR PRISONER OFAZKABAN It would've been SO easy for the crew to use CGI for Aunt Marge's inflation scene. But they didn't. Expandable
There's a scene in Eternal Sunshine ofthe Spotless Mind in which the protagonists are inside an anold memoryar Jim Carrey's character is the size of a
How to make a head explode (Scanners. 1981) Latex head filled with dog's food and rabbit's livers Prosthetic hand with rings made of cigarette wrapper
20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)
A L I E N No, of course no alien baby thing actually came out of John Hurt's body. John Hurt was sitting in a deck chair under the table. A fake chest
Black Swan (2010) Natalie Portman 1. filmed walking backwards. A new shot of her facing the mirror. 2. Both shots are put together in post. CRACKED.CO
20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)
Francis Ford Coppola chose to film Bram Stoker's Dracula as it would have been filmed in the early 1900s. That is, all effects were to be done in came
Tlbe HANGOVER In the famous tiger in the bathroom scene, the tiger was actually on a leash with a trainer nearby at all times. All of that was digit
20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)
GAME OF HOW TO FILM THRONES A DRAGON CGI ATTACK? fire Explosive charges placed under stuntmen's feet. Set a world record for most stuntmen simultaneou
Creating the pre-CG! scene in 1963's THE BIRDS of the birds hovering over the burning gas station involved: 1. Painting the town on a glass matte, bla
THING THE Ridiculously detailed fiberglass model of actor Charles Hallahan Actor Richard Dysart Gelatin arms with wax bones Double Richard. Dysart amp

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