Filming movies is an art, there are secrets that only directors know, however, they are the ABC of filming a Hollywood movie.
Below we present some of the secrets and tactics that productions use to lower costs and have instant solutions.
1. Apple does not allow villains to use their electronic devices in movies or series:
The director of "Knives Out" revealed that Apple has prohibited bad characters from movies or series from using company products, all this to prevent users from associating the brand with something negative.
2. 3D movies used to make viewers dizzy more often than they do now:
Before, when producing 3D movies, the effects forced our brain to understand that the image it was seeing was just an illusion, and not a real physical object, so the eye muscles were forced to focus more on the object, causing pain. headache, dizziness and even nausea.
That is why currently the 3D objects that appear have rapid appearances that do not give our brain time to focus on them.
3. Movies rarely make real food, most are replicas made of Styrofoam and resin:
For example, the delicious food that we see throughout the Harry Potter movies was only real during the first installment, but because it decomposed easily from day to day of filming, they decided to create inedible replicas.
4. The scenes in front of the mirror are some of the most difficult to film, and there are some tricks to achieve it:
For the second terminator movie, the director decided to use doubles, including Hamilton's twin sister, the scene was filmed to look like a mirror existed when in fact the shot was taken as shown in the image.
5. Every time we hear the sound of a bone breaking, it's actually the crunch of a carrot breaking:
To create the effect of a broken bone, sound engineers found that breaking celery and carrots is as close as possible to this sound.
6. Kids who act in horror movies have no idea what's going on:
In most cases children do not suspect that they are starring in a horror movie, filming is rarely done in chronological order, suspenseful music and scary sounds are obviously added in editing, thus what seems scary to us for them it is being filmed in a calm and controlled environment.
7. Most scenes feature fake body parts:
The actors wear beige-toned underwear or “artificial” private parts that are later processed on the computer, in the same way, if the actress is on her back, her chest is covered by special pads.
8. No one can share a photo of the location where they are filming, in "Insurgent" an extra shared a photo and was included in a Hollywood blacklist.
9. The movie trailer is made by an advertising agency and not the film company.
To avoid inconveniences and mistakes, the film company hires marketing specialists who are in charge of selling the premiere in the best way.
10. Supporting actors who try to stand out in takes are immediately fired:
If any extra looks at the camera or makes a gesture to stand out, he is immediately fired.
11. There is a company that provides snow for Hollywood movies:
In the vast majority of cases, the snow we see in movies or series is artificial snow created by the Snow Business company that has been working for more than 40 years and has 200 different types of snow.
