How was the opening scene in Fight Club made?

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In the opening scene of Fight Club (1999) there is a visual journey through the Narrator's brain showing the "synapses". How was that scene made?



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The scene was shot using extensive CGI, and this was during a period in which David Fincher was not only exploring the use of 'impossible shots', but pioneering new techniques...

The film used texture mapping and matte painting combined with CGI to achieve previously unseen special effects, as the first motion picture to use Photogrammetry.

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