They should put that model in some sort of museum. It's of better quality than many actual museum models. Truly remarkable craftsmanship

I was a child in the late 1950's at the age of 9, at school we were all required to choose a subject and create a project to be completed by the end of term. My chosen subject was the RMS Titanic, it wasn't easy. However there were many crew survivors still alive and I managed to contact a waiter from Bournemouth. After exchanging numerous letters with him I received an invite to meet him, I finally persueded my Dad to take me to Bournemouth to meet him. He was a very kind and gentle person despite his age, he described how he escaped with his life and gave me an enormous amount of information for my project. As we left he gave me a set of keys that were in his pocket as he abandoned the ship.

For all the flak James Cameron gets for not being “completely accurate,” you cannot deny that he knows how to film a truly fantastic film and to a level of detail that feels authentic.

I remember going to see this on it's release, and watching VERY closely - I had only just completed a painting commission of Titanic, moving away from the quayside in Southampton, using the famous photograph as a template, so I was watching every detail of the sailing, almost as a familiar. But when it came to the "glory shot", it just blew me away. I sat back in my theater seat, totally amazed, like- "how did they DO that?", gawking at the people walking on deck, oblivious to the shift in lighting angles. I had no idea that the motion capture technology existed back in the 1990s. It's still one of the all time stop-you-dead moments of cinema, and probably will remain so.

Yes, I am staying up for 24 hours and this is the perfect video to watch to pass time AND its about the movie, YES!

8:59 apart from the lighting, if you look carefully you can see that the gymnasium at the base of the 2nd funnel is on the left side. Actual ship had it on the right side and left side was open space. The "million dollar" shot of the whole ship is apparently mirrored and the name of the ship at the stern feels edited. The name's been mirrored and pasted, I guess.

Cameron did a phenomenal job with the realism and accuracy! I can’t believe it’s been 25 years since Titanic was released. Going to see it in theaters this February! Haven’t seen it in theaters before!!! ❤️❤️❤️

I feel that Titanic manages to capture the tragedy while also being entertaining outside of the sinking.

This nails what I've always thought - one of the things which makes Cameron's film so powerful and enduring is that the ship itself is one of the main characters. Throughout the film she exists in the background as a sort of omnipresent creature and during the sinking, it does feel like a living thing is being wrenched apart and dying. That may be a bit over the top, but I think you know what I mean. Conversely, one of the many things wrong with the film Pearl Harbor was that Bruckheimer didn't realize that some of the main characters in his film were the ships moored along battleship row - anyone who makes a film about Pearl has to establish in our minds that these ships were more than anonymous assortments of steel and guns. But rather than Arizona, Oklahoma, Maryland, Nevada, etc. we got a bunch of indistinguishable gray metal. It also didn't help that modern war ships were visible in the pass overs, but we could spend a day talking about the flaws in Pearl Harbor.

Those huge models are called 'bigatures' to separate them from miniatures. and they do produce much better effects then cgi, they don't make them like they used to :(

A am a huge Titanic nerd (about both the ship and the films) and your wonderful channel is rapidly becoming one of my favourites! A quick question: where did you find the behind-the-scenes footage ("Making of 'Titanic' , Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox")? I assume it's from the DVD or Blu-Ray, but does it also exist online somewhere? I would love to be able to watch it in full and similarly use some clips to illustrate some points in some of my scale model / VFX videos. Many thanks and keep up the great work :)

This is the video for me. I'm currently building a 1/350 Titanic (with lights) and will display it to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the James Cameron film. I started it back in August of 2022 and will have it finished by next week!

I worked on cleaning and repairing the 40 foot glamour model of Titanic when it was at Fox Studios Australia. I dusted every square inch with make-up brushes over two weeks or more. I got a bunch of photo of it with Star Wars figures on deck.

*Titanic 1997 will forever be absolutely astounding the sheer scale of the behind the scenes effects is absolutely incredible truly inspirational!*

People don’t realize how important lighting is. Next time you see an old Bonanza on TV look closely at the 4 or 5 shadows they had in numerous scenes.

I never noticed the shadows. 25 years and I never noticed the shadows. Good work team

Thanks for this look-behind-the-scenes of "Titanic" Mike! I makes one appreciate all the effort that goes into making a film like this, efforts that most of us never think about when we see the finished product. I guess if we DON'T think about it the film makers have really done their jobs well!

The glamour model is my favourite Titanic model. No other model I've seen has its level of accuracy and detail.

The last part about using washed out color for scaled down models... Yes. YES. Pro model builders or wannabes like me have known this for ages... Using the same extracted colors used on real ships or even planes will just make the model look fake. Modelers often "weather" their works or exaggerate the shadings to make things lifelike and scaled up. Tanks the size of your palm can look like it can barge through houses if these are done right. Saw a self proclaimed "my dad's a real shipbuilder I know what Im talking about" guy vehemently denying this, saying "1997 Tiranic's scale model looks too dirty to be a new ship(I know what I'm talking about)" and said it had to be painted "shiny, glistening white and black, no smudges at all etc. etc." Nobody could convince this man. So frustrating.

I saw that model back in 1998, along with many other "Titanic" props, while on display at Paramount's Great America amusement park. The craftsmanship was indeed amazing. I chuckled at the people who gathered around the 1912 Renault, trying to make out Rose's sweaty handprint on the window.

Honestly, I think James Cameron should build a replica of the Titanic with an interior and have it as a museum.

My favorite Titanic book that I've read over and over again is by Ken Marshall. I'm not surprised he helped work on this movie

When I was about 3 or 4 years old, I saw a picture of the Titanic in a magazine, after that day I was just engulfed by facts gifts and books given to me by my relatives in attempt feed my hunger of knowledge about the ship. To this day, it still fascinates me.

The Titanic never had much chance for the paint to fade! I've seen SS United States at about ten years old, gleaming in perfect black and white sitting at dock in Manhattan.

These behind-the-scenes videos for the movie, focusing on the ship itself, are really fun!

Brilliant. Thanks for showcasing the artisans who bring movies to life. CGI is a useful tool, but models will ALWAYS be the best. Lighting, movement, and just the “look” will always be achieved with miniatures. Of course, a model of this size we call a Big-ature. And, the bigger the model the better the depth of field and level of detail. This is why in “2001”, Kubrick (and Douglas Trumball) chose to make the “miniature” of Discover some fifty-four feet long! And that first shot holds up today, even after 55 years! Keep up the great videos, our friend, Mike Brady.

I’m going to watch the film next weekend in IMAX 3D too. I’m going to look at absolutely everything.

I've heard this described as the "Million Dollar Shot." Not just in the usual sense that it was the defining shot of the movie, but in that it literally cost a million dollars. For the lighting, I find it somewhat surprising that they didn't take the model outdoors and use natural light - though if each camera pass took two hours and what we're seeing is basically a time-lapse of it, we'd see the shadows moving over the course of the shot.

Uploading this as I'm sitting here building the Lego Titanic 9090. How perfect.

I've always wanted to see the Titanic movie model in person :)

Your knowledge about the Titanic is impressive (to say the least) but what's even more impressive is the knowledge about the films made on the topic. All presented in the same elegant manner as always. A big thank you to you!

This was great and brilliant follow up to the previous on the making of the film and look forward to the "wreck models" and the upside down story!

I was a Titanic fan since I was about 8 years old. I was born in 1960. I was also a big Hindenburg fan too. I remember seeing "A Night To Remember" and thought this was the ultimate Titanic movie. Then in 1986 the IMAX movie came out about the discovery of the Titanic. That blew me all away. Then the movie Titanic came out and I was blown away again.

As a kid, in the 1970s, I saw the huge (about 50 ft long) Titanic model used in the horrible adaptation of the Clive Cussler book "Raise the Titanic". It was being stored in the RV lot on the mole in the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. It was built in California, and was waiting to be sent to Spain (??) for filming. Evidently it was abandoned afterwards on a film lot for decades, and only recently met it's end. There were calls to preserve it, but years of being out in the elements had caused it to be rusted beyond repair...

The idea of a model big enough to be populated by a more or less to scale action figure collections speaks very deeply to my inner child.

Hi Mike, a video close to my heart so to speak! As you say the challenges with a model always come down to the real world not quite scaling how you want it around your model. Light and physics generally remain at 1:1! Fascinating to see just how this was achieved in 1997! Stay well, Robbie

As a model maker myself I appreciate how must effort this took!

The 1979 film "S.O.S. Titanic" was filmed in part on location on the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA..

Mike, your videos have really opened my eyes to Titanic being the * ahem * tip of the iceberg (sorry) when it comes to maritime dramas and disasters. It's just a pity more of these fascinating stories haven't been made into blockbuster movies.

Great video. I love what Cameron did with this film, it's hard to imagine it done better. One thing I don't like about the model choices is that they made the funnels smaller than they really were to make the ship look bigger. I get it, but it always struck me as a shame when so much effort had been gone to to make it so accurate.

At the Titanic museum in Branson, Missouri, they have a (I believe) 1/48 scale build up. It is around 18 - 20 feet long, and just amazing to look at.

Another BRILLIANT Titanic video by you, Mike! Titanic is one of my favorite ships and favorite films, and I love your 'behind the scenes" videos of the film. I don't know how you do the amazing things you do - but PLEASE keep doing them for us! 👍👍

Tobis Films made great use of the Cap Arcona for the exterior scenes of the 1943 Titanic film. Great production value for very little money because there was no need to construct a huge mock-up set piece.

As a trek/wars fan I’m used to seeing big models. That Titanic Model is something else. Thing need a to be in a museum.

amazing video mate, so well structured and very informative but also fun. also i love your drawings, excellent work.

There are exactly two youtubers that I follow whose advertisements I don't skip and coincidentally they are both from Australia; you Mike Brady and martincitopants. And you styles are the exact opposite :D I like martincitopants' overly loud, hectic and chaotic sponsor announcements, but your calm, explanatory way of talking through the sponsor actually blends in with the video and I don't even feel the need to tapt the screen to skip it. Keep your good content coming!

The late 90s/early 00s seem to be somekind of a golden age for movie making. They already had the possibilities to use CGI without everything being CGI like it is nowadays. And this combination of amazing props like the Titanic models, great shots and the use of CGI make for great movies. Same with the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.

I did not know a ship being scrapped was used for a sinking shot

I love how in the bridge fly over after "take her to sea, Mr. Murdoch" you see the CGI Murdoch walking out to Smith on the wing, and while at close inspection, he looks very generic low res CGI, but it perfectly captures the goofy arms to the side walk of the Murdoch actor.

It's a shame that not a lot of films are made like this anymore most now days just use CGI

Great video! I'd love it if you did a video breaking down the sets and scale models for older Titanic movies such as 'A Night to Remember' somewhere down the line.

I didn't know you had a website as well. I will check that out, I like actual articles.

Fantastic work, every detail of Titanic is worth a video to explain more. I think you're one of the best at looking at finding interesting points and creating good production on content.

What another amazing video, I never knew this about the movie! The technology used here is just absolutely out of this world and you explained everything very well. Definitely glad I subbed

The lack of practical effects really hurts movies nowadays. Too much cgi looks fake and your eyes know it as soon as they see it. I’m glad to have grown up in a time when better movies existed.

Hoy Mr. Brady. Wonderful video Sir, spot on. I remember when this model was being built, I saved a couple of magazine article's about it. Thank you.

Mike you are the best! Even for a huge titanic nerd like me, you always teach me things I never knew. Super looking forward to you finishing this series

The breakup model was absolutely perfect. The behind the scenes shooting of the breakup model is still on KZfaq

Fun fact - Marilyn Monroe (and Jane Russell) sailed on the Titanic in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'. The sets and model Titanic were pulled from the props warehouse stand for the 'Isle de Paris' - with three funnels and ventilators reminiscent of the Queen Mary replacing the Titanic's four. When the filming was done, the model was put back in storage till sold to a Minnesota shopping center where it was restored. When the mall put it back on offer it was to the maritime museum on Fall River, Massachusetts where it resides to this day... Don't know what happened to the rest of the sets.

Absolutely incredible

Your channel was suggested to me because I was digging thru youtube for behind the scenes Titanic vids a few months ago. Since then you’ve made a few Titanic videos and they are awesome! Great job, keep it up mate!

There’s a 1/20 scale model of the IJN Yamato in Japan with the same attention to detail. It’s stunning.

Fascinating video, Mike!

Very nicely done, Mike!

Thanks for telling the story. Love it.

This was an incredible tour of an incredible design and process. Mind blown!!!

Wow. Just discovered your website. You have amazing stuff. Really.

in 50's my girlfriend sailed on the Mauritania from NY, past Gibralter, down the Suez Canal, and finally docking at a city in India, not sure which one---what a voyage that must have been! her dad worked for Firestone

It's not the only Titanic model to survive, I believe the one made for the 1953 Fox version of the story (and which later appeared in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' disguised as the Queen Mary...) also made it into a museum.

This is absolutely incredible

Good morning

I’ve been fascinated by the Titanic since I was a kid, my Grandad bought me an air fix model of it when I was 4, been obsessed since, absolutely love your videos!

This was fascinating Mike. Thanks for sharing.

Interesting take on the movie models!

I wonder what happened to the model of Antonia Graza for the movie Ghost Ship?

The model from "Raise the Titanic" was even bigger

Lovely video, Mike. And thank you for the birthday present! You're the best!

Our friend Mike Brady! 🎉

Absolutely fascinating!

Awesome video!, looking forward to the next one ❤

Great Vid mate!!

Incredible

I'm a big fan of Ken Marchalls art work. I have a few of his Titanic pieces framed very nicely. I'm wondering if he's painted other famous liners and naval ships and if there are available copies???? Great video!!!!!

You can see at 12:56 that despite their attention to detail, they have the Union jack portion of the Blue Ensign upside down. The bottom right corner of the Union Jack canton shows a broad white stripe over a narrow red stripe; this should be on the top left, not the bottom right.

This always intrigued me.

Thank you for this explanation.

Fantastic! I wonder what Paul Hogan is doing right now.

I think this is my favorite channel on KZfaq. Thanks for all the awesome content!

What a great video Mike, can't wait to see more. I'm also hoping you'll get around to a video or two on Raise The Titanic, despite its many inaccuracies - I really do love that film, and the raising sequence was out of this world 🤩

Thanks to Mike for this fine detailed and enjoyable video. My kids and myself must have seen Titanic in the theater ten times, although after third time we would pay for another movie and walk into Titanic just before the ship hit the iceberg. So much work went into this movie, it's unbelievable, kind of like the first Jurassic Park movie. Thanks again to Mike for this fine watch.

I am sure there are only few people in the world who know more about Titanic than you. What a fantastic and informative channel! And I like how you dress.

Great video! I really enjoy your work and your passion for ships. I can't wait for the next part of this video! ♥

You should talk about Raise The Titanic.

I was amazed in '97 when I saw the movie, they did an incredible job. That 45' model is a priceless artifact now, I hope she is preserved for centuries.

Such a beautiful ship

Fascinating!

I'm so happy he uploaded on my birthday 😄😁🎊🥳

..The 45feet "Beauty" model from the 1997 film is currently sitting in Cameron's Lightstorm Ent. Studio. .along with some other iconic animatronic models from his earlier successful films....Search ' Titanic Original Filming Model' on YT... ..If you delve deep enough in that video's comment section, you'll find a man named Jeff DeSario...Jeff is one of those artist who created the "Beauty" model for Cameron...You'll find him replying many Titanic enthusiasts about building that special miniature ship model & how it was used during shoots...He's presently a digital artist & given up working on miniature making for movies... .

I appreciate the hard work these chaps put in, it is a work of art truly. My main problem with the film is the inaccurate portrayals of the people like William Murdoch who died saving many and Captain Smith who though made mistakes, did a grand job in trying to fix it and save as many lives as he could. Films are difficult to make. But when you make historical fiction, you have to be careful not to sully men's reputations, to be as reporters, and not authors. I'm glad that the tale remains in public conscience, but am bitter that it spawned myths and lies about real heroes and events. Regardless these models are fantastic.

This so cool!