Video: Ex Cathay Pacific 747 Deliberately Crashed Into Hangar

Simple Flying ^ | 12 Nov 2020 | Linnea Ahlgren

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Most of these days, spectacular movie sequences are created by an army of visual effects specialists. However, every now and then, a director prefers to go the more traditional, analog route.

Cheaper than CGI Christopher Nolan is described as “doing nothing by halves.” Meanwhile, in the age of computer-generated images and green screens, even for him, crashing an actual 747 into a building is unexpectedly real and hands-on. However, it turned out to be cheaper to buy an actual jumbo jet rather than construct miniatures and use CGI for the scene.

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I remember “405” well!

Suprised to see it is twenty years old!!!

From wiki:
The producers shot the film using a digital camcorder and created the special effects using personal computers, all on a budget of $300. Furthermore, $140 of the budget paid the fines of two traffic tickets for walking on the highway shoulder while filming, issued by California Highway Patrol Officer Dana Anderson, who is listed in the “Special Thanks” section of the credits.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/405_(film)

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I know. I remember reading something about them filming the highway with traffic and splicing sections of film together where the cars weren't to make it look empty.

Very clever stuff.