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   Your Name to dtravel@sonic.net   
   Re: Review: The Martian   
   13 Jun 16 09:53:39   
   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Dimensional Traveler   
    wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   It depends on what is being filmed. In some cases they simply build a   
   set of the spacecraft interior inside a "Vomit Comet" plane - then no   
   CGI is needed at all.   
      
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