Science of the Movies

Season 2

8 episodes · Oct 12, 2009

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  • S2E1

    The World Is Our Canvas

    Oct 12, 200960m

    Nar visits the masterminds at Obscura Digital, who believe “the world is our canvas” and have the technology to prove it — from huge immersive video domes, interactive building surfaces, and multi-touch holograms! Watch Nar play with their holographic video game! Next he gets the zombie treatment from Quantum Creation FX, and interviews a mortician while undead. And finally he interviews Garrett Brown, the legendary inventor of the Steadicam, and gets a Steadicam boot camp from the master himself.

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  • S2E2

    Speed: When Buses Fly!

    Nov 19, 200960m

    Nar rides a fake horse from Narnia'at Creature FX, survives a 100mph hurricane at John Frazier's FXPERTS, which creates weather fx for movies, meets Emily, the most convincing CG-created human and tests the physics behind the bus-jump scene in Speed.

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  • S2E3

    Puppet Meisters - The Magic Behind 'Team America: World Police'

    Dec 3, 200960m

    Nar gets a lesson in puppet sculpting from the Chiodo Brothers, marionette makers for "Team America: World Police". Nar visits Technicolor to get a crash course in movie coloring. Animal Wrangler Jules Sylvester unleashes a roomful of creepy crawlers.

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  • S2E4

    The Magical World of George Lucas

    Dec 10, 200960m

    ILM uses motion capture fx to create Davy Jones' beard in Pirates of the Caribbean sequels; science of lighting at Mole Richardson; Flash Filmworks creates explosive chopper crashes for The Day the Earth Stood Still; makes low-tech squibs with Indy Mogul.

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  • S2E5

    Transformers: Bumblebee Rises

    Dec 17, 200960m

    Nar helps FXPERTS reconstruct a 20-foot replica of Bumblebee from Transformers and morphs into a video game character at Image Metrics; the science of 3D moviemaking at Stereoscope; Nar gets his brain waves read by neuromarketing company fMRI.

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  • S2E6

    Windows Of Opportunity

    Mar 14, 201060m
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  • S2E7

    The Explosive Science of '24'

    Mar 23, 201060m

    Sound-design lesson at Todd-AO; night vision and thermal cameras from Sofradir EC; virtual set for the television series "24''; a nuclear scientist has a problem with Indiana Jones.

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  • S2E8

    The Force Is With You: Skywalker Sound

    Aug 18, 201060m
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