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Genius filming trick used in Titanic that 'saved millions' in production costs

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The release of James Cameron's Titanic in 1997 saw the film become the first to gross more than $1billion worldwide at the box office.

Its level of success was matched by the painstaking detail which went into producing the film, including the huge undertaking of creating a replica of the ship to 90 per cent scale.

Producer Jon Landau explained that the decision was made to only build one side of the ship in the tank to be used for exterior shots of the passenger liner which set sail on April 10, 1912.

The starboard side was constructed, forcing the crew to build Southampton dock on that side to film the sequence of passengers boarding the ship.

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