Question

Building a large set only to blow it up can be costly. So how do filmmakers pull off the massive explosions seen in films like star wars? Often they develop a mid-size or small scale model and then then set charges

Answer 1

Building a large set only to blow it up can be costly. So how do filmmakers pull off the massive explosions seen in films like Star Wars? Often they develop a mid-size or small scale model and then then set charges. To see how the wizards at ILM captured gargantuan (miniature) explosions for Star Wars

Answer 2

They are usually animated. So first the make like a little ka-boom and film it. Next the shoot the thing the gets destroyed get some computers and animate it so it looks like they blew that thing up. Finally they put a explosion sound in the background since there explosion isn't obviously large enough.