Step behind the curtain of Hollywood magic with these eye-opening green screen revelations. From blockbuster superhero films to epic fantasy adventures, discover how movie makers transform simple green backgrounds into spectacular visual masterpieces. These fascinating before-and-after comparisons expose the raw reality of modern filmmaking, where actors perform in empty spaces that later become breathtaking digital worlds. See how your favorite movie moments are crafted through the perfect blend of acting talent and cutting-edge visual effects technology.
14. The Avengers
Here, we can see Mark Ruffalo at his best again. For Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth, they had it easy wearing those boring super warrior costumes.
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But as for Mark, he had to consistently switch roles from playing the shy, awkward scientist to the 1400 pound, 8- foot tall monster who ends up with no short on. Can I have a round of applaud, he deserves it.
15. Guardians Of The Galaxy
I apologize but to be honest, I’m a little unhappy that I didn’t get to see Bradley Cooper who was credited for playing the role of Rocket in Guardians of the Galaxy in that green morph suit.
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Replacing him in the suit is the effect actor Gunn Sean who had to keep a low stance for a prolonged period of time in order to pull off the role.
16. The Dark Knight
While Harvey Dent was having issues with his identity crisis, Aaron Eckhart was kicking ass with his perfect acting. Even though Credit needs to be given to CGI for doing all the heavy lifting for Eckhart, his attempt at making the half part of his face look more frightening than the other was quite good.
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Throw in some prosthetics in the mix and he won’t even need special effect, well-done Eckhart.
17. Boardwalk Empire
A few strips of green screen can be seen deployed here in the movie Boardwalk Empire and it goes to show how this can remodel an entire scene, amazing effects right?
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A few decades ago, making a film like this will require a large body of water and the dated ocean liners would have to be omitted. This goes to show how far we have gone in the movie industry.
18. Gravity
Are you a big fan of movies made in outer space, such movies are bound to have some CGI action and screen in them, and it goes to show how much efforts was put into the movie Gravity.
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The actress Sandra Bullock didn’t even have anything close to the actual equipment deployed in the studio and yet, everything turned out fine, kudos to the muscle power of CGI.
19. The Avengers
I think there’s a saying that a little bit of fire won’t hurt anybody. Well, no way Marvel is taking any chances here, green screen to the rescue. These movies by Marvel are filled with action scenes with various explosions flying around here and there.
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Decades ago, this probably won’t have even been possible. Ok, maybe it might have been achievable but they will have had to use real explosions which will have been unsafe. Once more, green screen to the rescue.
20. The Matrix
Back to showcasing The Matrix movie again, the above scene was set up in a storehouse and green screen was still deployed in the entire background. Taking into account that half of this movie plot revolves around the character “Neo” doing his thing while inside The Matrix, a great deal of CGI needed to be used.
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I get the feeling that Keanu Reeves basically played his role in this entire movie using his own wits and imagination, I must say this is quite amazing and remarkable.
21. X-Men
Is Wolverine really smiling here? I bet he won’t be if he had actual metal rods sticking right inside of him. He is basically the mutant that can regenerate after any type of damage is dealt to his body. It doesn’t matter if it’s a blade slicing right into him or a gunshot aimed right at him with the bullet going right into his body, he always manages to come back and not only that, he comes back angrier than ever. Little kids should wonder no more about how he does it.
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In this scene, cast members are setting him up for success, even though the metal rods look like it is going right through him, they are only attached to the exterior part of his body.
22. Infinity War
No one is smiling with you “Thanos”, introducing the most ruthless villain in the Marvel Universe. He never disappointed after making his full-length movie appearance around early 2018 playing the character in Avengers: Infinity War. How was this actor remodeled?
Well, it looks to me like facial scans were taken and matched with CGI. This means that any facial expression that Brolin Josh makes in the computer will be also be projected on the big screen for us to see.
23. Godzilla
Come on, giant lizards waiting to attack after laying dormant in unknown and secluded places. If the case was this, the world as we know it is doomed. Probably, a nuke might stop it but this is also dangerous to the civilian population.
Looks to me like a giant screen was deployed in front of breathing and living actors and Godzilla was slipped through using impressive CGI effects.
24. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Lots of us wish to believe that Ceasar was real and a revolution could be led by a group of monkeys, this is just not the case in reality but it will be fun to find out how this bold and powerful lead character was brought to life.
Turns out that the filmmakers used a similar approach to that of “Thanos” from the infinity movie. Grab something and place it on his head and leave the rest of the work to CGI. Smooth right?
25. Kill Bill
As regards the stunts Uma Thurman pulled off in this movie, it’s probably very few people that will be capable of it; of course, a little bit of Hollywood magic came to her rescue.
For balance, a couple of wires were attached to her to keep her safe in case she falls off this poor fellow (I hope he was paid enough for this). I am looking forward to “part three” of this movie by the way.
26. Infinity War
Quite a number of people often wonder how realistic buildings often get destroyed while making these movies. Maybe they visit the city’s mayor and request for old buildings to use in their movies but we all know that’s not the case.
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There was a lot of destruction in Infinity War. In the above scene, the iron man played by Tony Stark is getting ready for battle, the damage done so far is minor and instead of using our now-classic green screen, the buildings were covered in blue and will be edited afterwards.
27. Life Of Pi
After the wrapped stick Emily used for CGI in Games of Thrones, we are now having this, someone should please throw me inside a bottle of water, lol. Life will have actually been a blast if tigers could willingly sleep on our laps instead of seeing us as a potential meal.
Looks to me like he was just holding a stuffed animal with an eye drawn on it. Definitely not scary at all and I must add that the tiger actually looks cute.