Hollywood's Best-Kept Secrets: Behind the Green Screen Magic

5. Gravity

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Sandra Bullock's performance in Gravity is a victory of current acting style mixed with innovative visual effects. The actress had to execute most of her sequences in a totally synthetic setting devoid of any real space equipment that would show in the finished movie, so the production procedure of the movie was groundbreaking. The technological difficulties were great and Bullock had to act while hung in several rigs surrounded by green screens and LED displays. She gave a gripping performance that made viewers think they were seeing an astronaut battling for survival in space despite these restrictions. Her performance in perfect harmony with the CGI elements produced one of the most lifelike representations of space ever seen in movies, illustrating that the mix of gifted acting with cutting-edge visual effects can produce very innovative movies.