And the Oscar goes to … 4 B.C. key grips for inventing inflatable green screen
DELTA, B.C. — As Godzilla rises from the ocean depths and attacks the Golden Gate Bridge, movie audiences suspend disbelief at the captivating on-screen spectacle.
But strip out the immense monster that’s clawing apart cables and what’s left is a corps of actors in military fatigues and one gargantuan, inflatable green screen.
The unique screen, stretching more than 200 metres for the 2013 “Godzilla” film shoot, has garnered its Vancouver-area inventors Hollywood’s highest honour — an Academy Award.