Here’s some BTS from #NancyDrew 408… the script asked for a huge wave to crash into Ace and Thom once the pickle jar was dropped into the ocean. In order to safely achieve this, our incredible SFX team @pacwestspfx mounted the fishing boat on a hydraulic gimbal… 1/

… so we could animate the boat. This gave us three axis control so we can rotate, tilt and roll the boat as needed to create the proper physicality. They then added a huge water cannon shooting 2000lbs of water at a high PSI to create the wave. 2/

In unison, we were able to create a practical wave that could crash on top of the stunt actors while the boat was seemingly rocking in the ocean. The last step was adding the ocean water by our incredible team @cosa_vfx. Really happy creatively and safety-wise with this stunt.

this is so cool i love practical effects

THIS LOOKS SO COOL

This is awesome!

this is sooo cool !!!!! thanks for sharing

Ohh I was wondering about this, how cool! This was such a lovely scene. ♥

@TheNaceFiles @larryteng seriously cool seeing how it was done! Thank you for sharing and keeping us Drewds in the know!

Really cool, thanks for posting!