How did they film the Titanic splitting in half with all the actors on it?

How did they film the Titanic splitting in half with all the actors on it? - Rows of comfortable empty seats in modern theater hall with stage and screens

In the Titanic (1997), we know the ship crashed into an iceberg. All havoc broke loose and all sorts of things started to happen.

What I don't understand is how did they manage to film the Titanic splitting in half over a body of water with all the actors on it and the actors starting to slide into the water.

How did they film the Titanic splitting in half like that?

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Best Answer

A large scale model and computer graphics.

James Cameron was able to get the studio to build a giant water tank on the Mexican coast and had a full scale model built of the ship (minus a couple of bits which were added using computer graphics). This was all built on top of a lifting platform which allowed the ship to be tilted.

This meant that people really were on a full scale ship which tilted to simulate the sinking.

The part where the ship is ripping in half as enhanced computer graphics applied to the recorded footage, as was the removal of any visible evidence of the water tank, and also the addition of the night sky.

There are quite a lot of behind the scenes videos on YouTube discussing this.




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Did the Titanic split in half in the movie?

"Did the break-up occur in front of the third funnel or behind it?" "Did the bow raise itself up?" Scientists have confirmed that it did happen, and it was caused by the uneven distribution of weight in the Titanic's stern. In the movie, the split happened behind the third funnel.

How did they film the sinking scene in Titanic?

Leonardo and Kate's famous bow scene was filmed against an actual Pacific Ocean sunset. And the sinking scenes blended live-action, indoor water tank work with that outdoor endless pool.

Did they actually go down to the Titanic in the movie?

The majority of underwater shots from TITANIC in the movie are real! James Cameron dived 12 times to the wreck to capture the ship authentically. In the Titanic Experience, guests can see unique footage of Titanic under the water and study artefacts left on the seabed.

Who died during the filming of the Titanic?

Mexican actor Pedro Armendariz was diagnosed in 1960. And the film's stars Susan Hayward, John Wayne and Agnes Moorehead all died of cancer in the 1970s. Of the film's 220 cast and crew members, 91 developed cancer and 46 ultimately died of the disease.



TITANIC [1997] - Break-up Miniature.mp4




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