Early films used bleached cornflakes, gypsum, salt, concrete dust, asbestos — and even chicken feathers — to achieve the visual effect of fresh snow. LAist looks back at the history of making fake flurries.
File: A poster advertising an Academy presentation of "It's A Wonderful Life" inside The Academy Theater on Dec. 12, 2011 in New York City.
Scenes that featured dialogue but had cornflakes falling all around the actors would need to be re-dubbed. That’s why, when Capra knew he needed to shoot important dialogue scenes for “I think it really is important as a part of the storytelling in that film,” Arnold said. “When we first think of, I think most of us tend to first think of the image of George Bailey, running through the streets of Bedford Falls, shouting ‘Merry Christmas’ in the snow, as the snow is falling and there’s snow all over the ground.”
When you go back and watch the film, you may notice the water dripping down Jimmy Stewart’s face. But it’s likely less from the artificial snow most of the time and more because the film was shooting in Encino, with actors in winter clothes, in the summer. The town of Bedford Falls was one of the largest sets ever built for a movie, taking up four acres, and Stewart had to run down those streets on days where it would get into the 90s.
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