TITANIC - FIFTH ELEMENT - DANTE´S PEAK miniature effects

Published 2021-10-12
TITANIC, FIFTH ELEMENT, DANTES PEAK miniature effects. Evan Jacobs talks about Vision Crew´s miniature effects work for the films. New segment from my Sense of Scale documentary. Photos: Evan Jacobs, Vision Crew Unlimited, Digital Domain

All Comments (21)
  • @Primus54
    I cannot believe the talent these miniature model makers have. Not just the ability to make the small look real, but how to design the innards and framing to make them capable of holding up to the rigors of filming while also being able to be moved to the sets. Love this series of videos!
  • Doug Miller sent me to this video. We work together now. I wish I could of seen that Dante's Peak set. Incredible. Far more interesting than an Avengers blue screen soundstage.
  • @Jedi-Deni
    Sense of Scale and the YouTube extras are the new live action Cinefex. Thanks for continuing to release these videos! :)
  • @peterhagan8454
    The humvies really was the push selling the shots and I would never have even thought they were models fantastic work
  • @nasalpolecat091
    KIT BASHING. I used to do that for fun before I knew there was a name for it.
  • I had no idea they used miniatures in any of these films, amazing. Great video series
  • @JB-js4xi
    The Fifth Element blew me away back then. It was the first movie I bought on dvd....no telling how many times I have watched it. Still love it to this day. Amazing models! And...that Titanic is bigger than a real boat I had once...lol.
  • I worked for DD on “Dante’s Peak” there at the old naval station in ’96. Later worked on “Supernova” at the DD main shop where they were doing some “Fifth Element” stuff. Saw the Titanic model as well. Though no one could imagine what a huge hit that would be! The damn-break effects on "Dante's Peak" were pretty nuts! This was all right before CGI took over. I’m guessing most people watching those flicks today would just assume none of it was real. It was REAL!
  • @Cold417
    That Dante's Peak set looks wicked.
  • I can't believe the complexity involved is there anything like this today? Detail, craftsmanship, 'love' put into this is inspiring but makes me sad somehow too
  • @bigdmac33
    I watched Dante's Peak and Jeez, I never once realised that so much of what I was seeing WERE MODELS!!!
  • @Davy.J.Y
    Dear me, i had no idea that the bridge scene was a miniature shoot ! The eruption looked amazing..
  • @808v1
    amazing and detailed work.......the end effect is just awesome. Nicely documented! EDIT: ok, so all of these movies were realeased in one year...and those Humvees look fantastic
  • @pangrac1
    Hey Ive seen Dantes peeks few month ago and I was trully impressed by all the effects. That was something. 👍
  • @MD_Builds
    Lol liturally as he says starwars stuff, close up of the side greebles... and low and behold, millennium falcon parts :D Also loved that battleship model. Been meaning to make a CG model of it for a LONG time.
  • @MozTS
    Always loved the look of those battle ships