The Practical Special Effects of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire!

The team behind Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire have prided themselves in employing as many practical special effects in the new film whenever possible, and Adam gets a behind-the-scenes look at the design and implementation of two stunning new effects. From a proton pack that actually shoots sparks to a shattering ice statue, here's how the SFX technicians on the film were able to make those effects actually work!

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[DrVenture]

Adam's behind-the-scenes visits contain the level of detail I wish a purchased movie contained in their "bonus features".

[Tenneseejosh]

It has been one of the greatest pleasures of my life working with the best SFX crew I've ever worked with on this film. Mark Bullimore and Andy Bunce are legends of the industry and there are many films that just would NOT have been the same without these two guys.

[jimmysgameclips]

Bloody hell. I didn't understand the ice shattering was just a literal, it's happening as you see it thing. That's one of the coolest practical effects I've ever seen!

[HabitualButtonPusher]

Adam is a big kid at heart. So glad we get the opportunity to see it.

[_SurferGeek_]

The best part of these segments is seeing people who are normally behind the scenes and who rarely get to show off their work, especially to someone like Adam who really appreciates it and is good about giving great feedback and positive comments.

[transient]

One of the biggest losses I think we've seen as far as the shift from physical to digitial media - is the loss of bonus features. They aren't included on Amazon, Netflix, but for those who are interested they add *so much* to the texture and craft of how something is made. I know this was made through sponsorship, and endorsements, and probably a group of creatives pitching to sony to validate the spend on filming, staff time.etc. But it's so nice to see at least some things like this maintained

[peckenstein]

Only a matter of time until Adam has to build a sparking proton pack. Also loved that the intrusive thoughts won causing him to put his hand in front of the sparks. We've all been there!

[colley]

Kudos to all the Brits who are behind the builds. I hope there are award ceremonies for their amazing craft. We never hear about any awards on TV.

[joshua.snyder]

It's fun that we get to see this before seeing the film. "I know how they did that!" moment coming. Love these behind the scenes visits with Adam. Thank you, Tested!

[C-M-E]

I absolutely love that in-lens practical effects are finally on the comeback tour. Having done glass-breaking effects in CG and a ton of refractive rain, there's few harder shots to watch crawl through a sequence of render frames than things that have to run a physics engine in tandem with a long rendered shot.

[JP-ccyn]

Growing up in the 80's, I remember having toy guns that sparked inside the barrel when you pulled the trigger mimicking muzzle flash.

[joshp]

I love these advertisements made for us nerds and geeks! Let the rest of the world have their movie trailers...I'll take more Adam behind the scenes!

[crazykittenvideos]

As an engineer this to me is like seeing how magic tricks are performed. It takes nothing away from the illusion, it makes me appreciate the skill and talent even more!

[PolygonStew]

Just the look on Adam's face during that last spark is a feel good moment of the summer. 14:00

[CarboniteDreamer]

i love that they are using so many practical effects.

[notgonnahappen]

The fact that they are using the Hasbro replicas as hero props in the movie speaks volumes to the quality!!!

[thost]

Adam, I absolutely love you. You show the unsung hero's of film industry. It remarkable to hear how much time and effort goes into one prop. The amount of ingenuity and problem solving to make it work is amazing. At least now when I watch the movie and see the props I have a better appreciation of how it was made. Thank you.

[joshslater]

I’m pretty hyped for this sequel, and the fact that practical effects have been used over excessive CGI makes it even better.

[poochiew.]

I for one am glad that there are still practical effects in movies. CGI can do a lot, but the real thing is so much better!

[JCBeastie]

The Haslab modding community were rapidly brainstorming how to achieve those sparks, brilliant! I'm really impressed with that shattering effect, it's genius.