36 Low-Tech Tricks Hollywood Uses

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As you may have noticed, we love to dissect movie effects here at Cracked. That's why we asked our readers to show us the shockingly simple tactics behind executing some of the most visually complex scenes in film history.

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Entry by thnderleg

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The waterfalls surrounding the city of Theed in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace were created by pouring salt down a velvet screen. They used

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In order to keep production budgets reasonable, many TV shows will plan for episodes that have only the main characters, using only a few regular sets

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