Christopher Nolan caused a stir when he announced that he filmed his new movie ‘Oppenheimer‘ without relying on CGI for crucial scenes, even those involving the detonation of an atomic bomb.
By now, you’ve probably seen some variation of the meme suggesting that the director actually blew up a nuclear bomb to get the shot.
Of course, that’s not true. But you may wonder how they achieved the stunning scene. It may also surprise you to know that a bomb was used, although not as destructive.
The scene in the film involving the bomb is a recreation of the Trinity Test, a historic moment when a real bomb was tested.
How did Christopher achieve it? With the help of special effects supervisor Scott R. Fisher and something called forced perspective to make a smaller explosion look much larger.
“We don’t call them miniatures; we call them ‘big-atures’,” Scott told Total Film, according to SYFY. “We make them as big as possible, but we scale them down so they’re manageable. We bring them close to the camera and make them as big as possible in the environment.”
The explosion was created by igniting gasoline and propane with a couple of additional ingredients to create the dazzling effect.
During a roundtable with EW, Christopher revealed that the cast filmed with an exact replica of the atomic bomb that was created in real life.
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