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13. Mad Max: Fury Road

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Mad Max: Fury Road establishes new benchmarks for action filmmaking with its amazing mix of practical effects and computer-generated imagery improvement. Although the cars themselves were remarkably realistic and useful - real mechanical animals altered for the movie - the surroundings and many of the more amazing stunts called for major digital embellishment. The way Fury Road contrasts with the earlier Mad Max movies shows how special effects in action movies have developed. While Fury Road used new technology to accentuate its practical components to create a more immersive and stunning experience, the original nearly totally relied on practical effects and real stunts. The film's use of green screen technology improved the already amazing physical stunts and explosions and enabled the production of the huge, apocalyptic wasteland. What's more remarkable, though, is how the movie kept the raw, visceral sensation of practical effects while employing CGI to enlarge the breadth and scale of the action. Many believe that this mix of traditional practical effects and contemporary digital enhancement produces the ideal visual style between practical and digital cinematography.