Daniel Radcliffe was allergic to his Harry Potter glasses. He had an allergy to nickel, and they were quickly replaced with hypoallergenic specs. Also, did you know that his glasses had no lenses? This was to prevent reflections from anything happening behind the scenes. The glass lens was added in post-production.
100 Mind-Blowing Production Facts
Scrappy-Doo, widely considered to be one of the most hated characters in fiction, has not appeared in an animated Scooby-Doo production since 1988 due to audience backlash.
Worldwide, cucumber production was 57.5 million tons in 2010 alone, with 40.7 million tons of production and export happening in China.
Milk that is used for Le Gruyère AOP cheese can travel no more than 12 miles from the cow to the production facility, and factors like what wildflowers the cow ate can change the taste of the cheese.
An employee at Pixar accidentally deleted a sequence of Toy Story 2 during production. Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar, wrote in his book, Creativity Inc., that the year before the movie came out, someone entered the command ‘/bin/rm -r -f *’ on the drive where the files were saved, and scenes started deleting. It would have taken a year to recreate what was deleted, but luckily another employee had a backup of the entire film on her laptop at home.
Brad Pitt suffered an ironic injury on a film set. In Troy, based on Homer’s Illiad, Pitt plays the brave (and buff) Greek hero Achilles. Legend has it that Achilles could not be defeated unless hit in his heel. (It’s where we get the term “Achilles’ heel,” meaning a vulnerable point.) While filming an epic battle scene, Pitt ironically hurt his Achilles tendon—an injury that set back the film’s production by two months.
There were 25 snakes found on The Maze Runner set. The grassy plains of the first Maze Runner film create a fearful anticipation of what lies within – and for the film’s cast and crew, it would have been snakes. Before shooting, the production team had to hire snake wranglers to clear out the area. They located a total of 25 venomous snakes – with the biggest one they found at 5 feet long.
China is the world’s largest silk producer. Over 150,000 metric tons of silk are produced annually. This accounts for 78% of the world’s silk production.
You can feel happier by crying. Research has indicated that crying triggers the production of endorphins which acts as a natural pain killer. It also releases feel-good hormones such as oxytocin.
Cows hate country music. You’d think that cows would vibe with country music, but that’s not the case. According to research, cows produce 3% less milk when listening to country music. The study was conducted on a Scottish herd of 45 cows, which were made to listen to classical music and country music. With classical music, their milk production increased, with one particular cow making 1 litre more milk than usual. However, with country music, 44 cows were observed to yield 3% less milk.
Game of Thrones Night’s Watch cloaks are made from Ikea rugs. Creating something like Game of Thrones takes a lot of painstaking attention to detail to take people to the rugged, sooty world of Westeros. However, you’d be surprised that some of the production designs are just from everyday things. Namely, IKEA rugs for the Night Watch’s cloaks. IKEA has since released a tutorial for how to make GoT cloaks.
Portugal is the top country for cork production. Out of 2,200,000 hectares of cork forest worldwide, 34% is in Portugal. With annual cork production at 200,000 tons, 49.6% comes from Portugal. They must be serious about their wine.
The film’s production had a tight budget. Despite the limited resources, the cast and crew managed to create a visually stunning and impactful movie.
The main production company for the film was Universal Pictures. Universal took a risk in financing and distributing the movie, but it paid off both financially and critically.
The filming locations included Poland and Israel. The production team sought out authentic settings to accurately depict the events of the Holocaust, including the former concentration camp sites.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times You cover your ears from the natural air when you wear headphones which increases the production of bacteria by 700% in 1 hour. Your eardrum cannot bear an influx of bacteria in that much quantity so it starts to react by painting or hearing loss in the long term.
Argentina produced the first animated feature film ever. Even if you are well-versed in Disney history, you might suppose that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a 1937 Walt Disney production, holds the distinction of being the first animated feature film. However, Argentina produced a full-length animated feature film 20 years earlier. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, El Apostol, a political satire, had a running period of 70 minutes and was composed of 58,000 drawings.
What’s inside a Kit Kat? Broken Kit Kats that are damaged during production—they get ground up and go between the wafers inside, along with cocoa and sugar. That’s a way to not let anything go to waste!
The First Computer Mouse. Colleagues at SRI Built The First Computer Mouse. Douglas Engelbart began the development of the computer mouse in the early 1960s. Bill English, a colleague of Engelbart at SRI, built the original prototype in 1964. By 1967, Engelbart filed a patent for the mouse, which was issued in 1970. SRI licensed the technology to other companies, but the computer mouse didn’t reach widespread commercial production until 1984. The original mouse relied on one or two wheels to record motion and a single button for clicking.
1 Million Recycled Laptops = Energy Savings of 3,500 Homes. Most laptops reach landfills rather than the recycling bin. Americans need to recycle as much electronic waste as possible, including laptops. Doing so comes with significant energy savings. For example, a million recycled laptops save enough energy to power 3,500 homes for a year. That’s an incredible energy savings and cuts back on further production of new laptops from new materials.
iTunes has unusual Terms & Conditions. When agreeing to the Terms & Conditions for iTunes, you are agreeing not to use it to make nuclear weapons. The clause states, “You also agree that you will not use these products for….the development, design, manufacture, or production of nuclear, missile, or chemical or biological weapons.”
Warner Bros cancelled “Home Alone” because they didn’t want to spend $14 million on it. 21st Century Fox continued the production, and the film grossed $476 million worldwide.
Prohibition myths. It wasn’t illegal to drink alcohol during Prohibition – the 18th Amendment and subsequent Volstead Act prohibited the production, sale and transport of ‘intoxicating liquors’ within America, but their possession and consumption were never outlawed. Any alcohol already stashed away could be enjoyed in people’s own homes.
Individual people can experience time differently, too. You’ve probably noticed how time seems to speed up when you’re racing against a deadline or having fun, and how it tends to drag when you’re bored. This is because when you’re focused on something, like a big work project or a party, your brain pays less attention to how time passes. But when you’re bored, or your brain is less stimulated, you become more aware of the passing of time, making it feel slower. One study proposed that dopamine—the neurotransmitter and hormone that helps us feel happy—may be an additional culprit. It showed that increased dopamine production, which happens when you’re enjoying something, may slow down your body’s internal clock, making time feel like it’s flying by.
Those breathtaking special effects you see in movie blockbusters? Well, they’re (partly) thanks to Linux. An estimated 90% of Hollywood visual effects rely on Linux at some stage in the production pipeline.
Ubuntu releases an LTS version every two years, which is supported and updated for five years. These LTS releases are perfect for companies, organisations, and individuals looking for a dependable operating system because they are made for stability, reliability, and long-term deployment in production environments.
Hacking attacks increased significantly during 2020 (Iomart): According to studies from Iomart, the number of cyberattacks, hacking, and their resulting costs have increased significantly during 2020. The number of breaches increased by around 273% during the first quarter of 2020, compared to the same period in the year before. Not only has the number of attacks increased, but the severity of the hacks is higher too. According to Japanese brand, Honda in June, a hacking attack hitting internal production systems cost the company around $250,000 in bitcoin.
It costs more than a cent to make a cent: In the US, it costs roughly 2 cents to make a 1-cent coin. For a nickel (5 cents), it’s 7.5 cents. These extra costs quickly add up. In 2018 (when the most recent figures were available), it’s estimated that cent production cost the US taxpayer an extra $85.5 million and nickel production an extra $33.5 million.
YouTube opened a production space in Los Angeles that is free to use – but only if you have at least 10,000 subscribers.
Asset Maintenance Is at the Forefront of AI Automation: According to Artificial Intelligence stats published in a Capgemini study, the most popular AI use cases in the manufacturing sector include predicting when machines are likely to break down and recommending the best time to perform maintenance. The study shows that nearly 29 per cent of AI applications in the manufacturing industry are for keeping production assets up and running.
AI Can Boost the Operating Profits of the Automotive Industry: According to Capgemini’s Accelerating Automotive’s AI Transformation report, major automakers will be able to increase operating profits by 16 per cent through the deployment of Artificial Intelligence in production facilities and supply chain operations. Gains will come from reductions in operating costs, including raw materials, labour, administration, logistics, maintenance, and inspection.