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How did they do the Shark?


Was it a mix of live footage and animatronics?

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Think it was all live footage i'm not a 100% though.

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It's all live footage but it looks like it blended in with visual effects to bring the actors into the same frame. It looks very impressive and realistic.

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The only time it looked not real was when the shark actually went in for the kill. I am by no means blasting the movie I think that did a teriffic job blending the live footage, actors and CG. When they showed long shots of the shark and the actors in the same fram I was very impressed!

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I totally agree with you all. 100 % real sharks and CG was only used to mix it with the actors. Still wonder how they did some of the scenes. Amazing movie!

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they prob filmed the shark swiming and then filmed the actors and spliced both strips of film together.

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hey, thought so too. but still confused about lights of the same water scene though.


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