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2. An Ambulance Was Flipped Using An Old School Trick - The Creator
Returning to those old school ways of getting the job done, Gareth Edwards used a superb trick when he found himself needing to flip an ambulance during this year's sci-fi epic The Creator.
Rather than have his actors be legitimately flipped about as the vehicle was turned practically (and rather than using CGI to throw in some digital doubles for the moment), the film's cinematographer Oren Soffer revealed Edwards' far simpler approach to Collider.
Already happy with the exterior shots of the ambulance they had in the can, Edwards knew they just needed a brief shot that tricked audiences into thinking the actors were being flipped within the vehicle.
So, the director simply had his stars hop into the parked outside ambulance, and after a three-second countdown, Edwards rotated the camera 90 degrees while the actors threw themselves around the space. The prop department even helped out by throwing up random objects found in the ambulance, too.
The end result is a short and brilliant example of why the simplest ideas are sometimes the best.