The scenic design of a film gives the appearance that everything in front of the camera is realistic within the world of the film. Scenes can be interiors, exteriors, or locations, but the essential element of all of them is that they are designed to look authentic and to photograph well.
Sometimes the scenes are actually constructed using backdrops, false building fronts, and modified studio interiors, and actors work in these sets as they would on a stage. At other times, the actors are photographed using a green screen background and the green color is removed later to allow the visual effects staff (the compositors) to combine the background with the actors.
Pixar animators creating Finding Nemo (2003) were challenged by creating a realistic underwater setting. Programmers went scuba diving and learned to simulate waves, swells, and shifting light patterns of the underwater world.
Select whether you want to see the actresses filmed with a green screen behind them or composited onto the background setting. You can also view six possible locations. Each setting changes the meaning of the scene.
