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   Dimensional Traveler to Your Name   
   Re: Review: The Martian   
   12 Jun 16 10:57:11   
   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 6/11/2016 10:40 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > In article , Dimensional Traveler   
   >  wrote:   
   >> On 6/11/2016 7:22 PM, Tim Bruening wrote:   
   >>> On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 2:11:34 PM UTC-7, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>> In article ,   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>> On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 8:57:18 PM UTC-7, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>>> In article <7b85ccf7-fa9d-491d-bc0a-21c849a4aeda@googlegroups.com>,   
   >>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> When Mark was removing pieces from the Aries 4 MAV, it looked to me   
   like   
   >>>>>>> the pieces were falling as fast as they would on Earth!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> That's because they made the movie on Earth.  ;-)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> But the producers were able to simulate zero gravity on the Hermes.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It's easier to simulate in a small space (or even filmed in reality   
   >>>> using the "Vomit Comet"). It requires attaching everything to wires on   
   >>>> an overhead gantry system or filming underwater, which is far more   
   >>>> difficult and cumbersome in a wide open space than inside a studio. The   
   >>>> only other way is to digitally add the pieces in post-production, which   
   >>>> makes it difficult for actor interaction.   
   >>>   
   >>> How did they simulate the balls of water floating in the Hermes as a crew   
   >>> member cartwheeled and ate them?   
   >>   
   >> CGI water.   
   >   
   > Yep, or booking time on a "Vomit Comet" plane ride.   
   >   
   You'd have to paint the inside that special shade of blue so you can   
   insert the CGI background then.  CGI water would be cheaper I think.   
      
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