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Oppenheimer: Exclusive Behind The Scenes | Pushing the Button | Christopher Nolan | IMDb

IMDb featurette on the practical effects built to simulate the Trinity test detonation, shot in-camera rather than through visual effects.

IMDb · 6 min · Beginner · DES · Production Design · 2018

What you take away

See an example of solving a seemingly VFX-only shot with practical explosives and lighting.

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