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shooting 'Speed's' miniature L.A. Metro
Articles, Retro

A deep dive into shooting ‘Speed’s’ miniature L.A. Metro scenes

Posted onJune 11, 2019June 12, 2020

Crashing models, crafting sparks old-school, front projection (!), simulating anamorphic lens flares, and the mistake that stayed in the film.

'Speed': a tale of many buses
Articles, Retro

‘Speed’: a tale of many buses

Posted onJune 10, 2019May 19, 2020

One bus had a section made of rubber, just in case Keanu ‘got into trouble’.

'Speed' bus explosion with plane
Articles, Retro

Look closely and you can see the cable pulling the ‘Speed’ bus towards the plane before it explodes

Posted onJune 7, 2019May 19, 2020

But, so what…’splosions!

Speed Title
Articles, Retro

Shooting ‘Speed’s’ opening titles almost destroyed the miniature elevator

Posted onJune 6, 2019May 19, 2020

‘We shoved so much light into the miniature that it was literally melting and coming apart.’

Jumping bus on Speed
Articles, Retro

The bus in ‘Speed’ wasn’t supposed to land like a 747

Posted onJune 5, 2019May 19, 2020

But it did, and it was still spectacular.

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Get 25% off Multi-Cloud Rendering at YellowDog

Posted onJune 5, 2019May 19, 2020

YellowDog is the exclusive supporter of #speedvfxweek.

Train in Speed
Articles, Retro

‘He lost his head’

Posted onJune 4, 2019May 19, 2020

How they made Keanu Reeves and Dennis Hopper fight atop that train in ‘Speed’.

explosion vfx in Speed
Articles, Retro

The first big explosion in ‘Speed’ was very nearly a major disaster

Posted onJune 3, 2019May 18, 2020

And it was thanks to someone who thought they had missed their bus.

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