The famous “I’m flying” scene from Titanic that James Cameron had to scramble his crew together so they wouldn’t miss the sunset… was shot against a painted backdrop.
by chrisolucky
The famous “I’m flying” scene from Titanic that James Cameron had to scramble his crew together so they wouldn’t miss the sunset… was shot against a painted backdrop.
by chrisolucky
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Why did they have to scramble if it wasn’t a real sunset? Or was it real sunset light against a painted sunset backdrop?
Yeah … multimillion dollar film shoots typically are scrambling for their iconic shot. It’s makes for a great story, but in reality they are almost entirely shot on a controlled soundstage over multiple day since it required multiple setups.
> [Though most of the ship itself is computer generated, the scene was famously shot using the real sunset in the background — but that meant they had to move quickly. “We shot two takes before we lost the light,” Cameron remembers in an exclusive clip, above. “The first one — completely out of focus. The second one is out of focus for about four seconds and then it pops in. And that’s the one that’s in the movie.”](https://ew.com/titanic-iconic-scene-out-of-focus-james-cameron-8407711)