Independence Day Shooting process

When the film was filmed, the US military had intentionally provided personnel, vehicles, and clothing for the film, but the filmmaker was unwilling to remove the content about Area 51 from the script, and the military immediately withdrew from filming. As a spectacular sci-fi action film, the film requires more than 3,000 special effects shots. In order to reduce shooting costs and create a more realistic explosion scene, the crew does not rely too much on computer special effects, but uses a large number of set special effects and Special effects in the lens. Some of the shots were filmed at Hughes Aircraft Company in Culver City, California. The art department, motion control photography team, pyrotechnics team, and model department headquarters of the crew are located there, and the buildings, streets, airplanes, and landmarks produced by the model department The total number of various miniatures such as monuments and monuments is double that of any previous movie. The model technicians also created a number of miniature models of alien spacecraft, including a 30-foot-long attack spacecraft model and a 12-foot-long mother ship model.