I've always been a sucker for the second disc in those "Special Edition" DVD collections that show you how they pulled off the special effect shots. Clearly, I am a child of the Star Wars era.
For a long time the mesh between clever editing, models and matte shots made the unbelievable, believable. Then computer effects came in, and made Terminators and Bullet Time seem so simple.
That is part of what makes this video done by the BBC all the more impressive. Taking a page from Saving Private Ryan, a team of three managed to do in one weekend, what Steven Spielberg needed a cast of thousands and the best technical wizards in Hollywood to do.
The power to awe is now in the hands of anyone with a video camera, some ingenuity and a vision.
This opens up worlds of possibilities for the global audience.
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