Movie Magic

Hollywood stunt coordinators like Wade Eastwood are the brains (and brawn) behind bringing car chases to life in movies like "Mission: Impossible" and "Fate of the Furious." Car chase stunts often involve millions of dollars, lots of brave stunt performers, and extremely detailed planning. Here's how they come to life.

Last year "Game of Thrones" set a world record for most people set on fire in a single scene during their season seven "Loot Train" episode. But Daenerys Targaryen and Drogon can't take all the credit. Stunt coordinator Rowley Irlam and his team set 20 stunt people on fire for a single shot. But how do stunt people actually get set on fire?

The "Jurassic Park" franchise is known for its groundbreaking use of special effects and animatronics, and "Fallen Kingdom" was no exception. Take a look behind the scenes to see how special effects artists used a blend of animatronics and CGI to create the terrifying beasts we see alongside Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard.

For a movie with such unique sounds and audio like "A Quiet Place" these foley artists had to do things a little differently. Rather than focusing on making everyday sounds like footsteps more audible, the sound designers on the film focused on a "less is more" approach, aiming for more minimalist and more terrifying sound effects. This is how they did it.

Fight scenes in movies and TV shows are more realistic than ever. The art of fight choreography has evolved significantly since the era of Bruce Lee. To find out how these scenes come together, we interviewed Anthony Vincent, a top stunt coordinator and performer. He demonstrated some of the fundamentals of how to make a fight scene look real.

We spoke to the man behind the visual effects in "First Man" to find out how the first ever moon landing was recreated in the movie. Both practical and visual effects were used to create an incredibly accurate portrayal of NASA's 1969 venture into space - here's how it was done.

Imagine a dragon's roar, and you probably have a pretty good idea of what it sounds like. But there's one problem - dragons aren't real. So how did we decide on what noise they make? And how do we create it? Meet some of the people behind Hollywood's dragon sound effects, who told us what it's like to create the roar of an imaginary animal.

Hollywood can't afford to wait around for the perfect weather for a scene. If you're filming in summer but you need rain or snow, you can call a practical effects designer like Jeremy Chernick. Jeremy showed us around his company J&M Special Effects to give you an idea of how Hollywood can engineer the perfect weather for a scene at any time and place.