“Apollo 13” A beloved story of perseverance and overcoming a hopeless situation in outer space.

Launch video created from scratch

``Apollo 13,'' which went into production with the support of such a solid cast, became a work that director Ron Howard felt deeply attached to. Howard would later win the long-awaited Oscar for `` A Beautiful Mind '' (2001), but ``Apollo 13'' is a few steps higher in terms of penetration among a wide range of generations. It may be said that this is one of Howard's most beloved works. However, despite the best subject matter, it is by no means easy to visualize missions in outer space. Naturally, Howard was faced with a number of uncompromising challenges.

For example, the place to show off your skills is how to depict a ``rocket launch scene'' full of exhilaration. If you lie here, everything will be ruined. At first, there was apparently an idea to use existing recorded footage, but director Howard and the technical staff aimed even higher and decided to create powerful footage from scratch from "unbelievable angles" unique to movies. shifted to.

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It is said that many layers of CG are meticulously layered over the image of a miniature rocket ascending, the flames being ejected and the tiny ice cubes peeling off from the surface of the rocket. Nowadays, we have become more discerning and can tell that these are CG images, but at the time of release, some people thought they were footage of an actual rocket launch.

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