Movie Magic Volume 1 - Part 3 - Shot in Miniature

Recorded from the VHS release from Village Road Show Corporation on Australian home video cassette in 1993.

Since the beginning of film, special effects have kept audiences on the edge of their seats, now, for the first time on video, the magic of the movies is revealed.

Some of the most memorable scenes in motion pictures have been shot in miniature. The nuclear destruction of Los Angeles in "Terminator 2", the undersea vehicles in "The Abyss" and the Batboat sequence from "Batman Returns" are examples of this camera technique which capture an entire FX sequence in one shot