10 Ways TV Shows Blew Your Mind (Without You Even Realising)

10. Jesse's Floating High Wasn't Green Screened - Breaking Bad

Perhaps the single most memorable shot in the entirety of Breaking Bad occurs in season two's "Mandala," after Jesse (Aaron Paul) takes heroin for the first time and is shown levitating to the ceiling, symbolising the euphoric, otherworldly nature of his high.

To the untrained eye it's fair to assume that the scene was simply achieved by filming Aaron Paul against a green screen which would then be composited onto a separate plate shot of the camera craning upwards towards the ceiling.

The shot just looks CGI, in large part because the lighting source on Paul's face never changes, which screams "fake" to our brains.

But incredibly enough it was actually achieved entirely practically and in-camera. Rather than resort to green screen tricks, Paul was simply placed on a secure platform along with the camera that was then moved up towards the ceiling, creating the desired effect.