View Full Version : Boardwalk Empire opening - how?


Cameron Poole
February 7th, 2012, 08:52 PM
One of the best opening sequences I think I've seen (great show too of course) but how did they do the bottles in the sea. My guess is they netted off an area of sea and littered it with fake plastic Canadian Club bottles then duplicated it, but I really have no idea. I don't think it's CGI.

Normally this would be considered a nerdy thing to discuss, up I feel I'm among like minded folk here.

Damian Heffernan
February 8th, 2012, 02:55 AM
i'd lay a bet it was cgi actually. Mixed with a few real bottles for close ups

Ryan Douthit
February 9th, 2012, 06:25 PM
One of the best opening sequences I think I've seen (great show too of course) but how did they do the bottles in the sea. My guess is they netted off an area of sea and littered it with fake plastic Canadian Club bottles then duplicated it, but I really have no idea. I don't think it's CGI.

Normally this would be considered a nerdy thing to discuss, up I feel I'm among like minded folk here.

This will probably interest you...

Brainstorm Digital's "Boardwalk Empire" VFX Breakdowns - YouTube