Surprising Green Screen Photos That Show How Hollywood Actually Works

7. Life Of Pi

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For viewers who hoped to believe in the enchantment, the disclosure of how the magnificent Bengal tiger in Life of Pi was produced could be somewhat disheartening, even if we logically understood it couldn't have been a genuine tiger. Suraj Sharma's performance is much more remarkable when one sees the real filming procedure, in which he performs against empty space or little props. Engaging something that wasn't really there, the young actor had to portray fear, amazement, and then friendship. His acting skills are much enhanced by the fact that he could sustain such realistic emotional responses while floating in water and handling the technical requirements of CGI-heavy filmmaking. This behind-the-scenes look also emphasises the amazing progress in visual effects technology, where a totally digital tiger could be produced with such realism that it became an interesting character in its own right." Although it could "knock the icing off the cake" to discover how the illusion was produced, it also makes us value the technical mastery involved in contemporary movies.