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Alien vs. Predator (film)
Third scale miniatures several meters in height were created to give the film the effect of realism , rather than relying on computer generated imagery ( CGI ) . For the whaling station miniatures and life - sized sets , over 700 bags of artificial snow were used ( roughly 15 -- 20 tons ) . A 4.5 - meter miniature of an icebreaker with working lights and a mechanical moving radar was created , costing almost $37,000 and taking 10 weeks to create . Visual effects producer Arthur Windus , claimed miniatures were beneficial in the filming process : `` With computer graphics , you need to spend a lot of time making it real . With a miniature , you shoot it and its there . '' A scale 25 - meter miniature of the whaling station was created in several months . It was designed so the model could be collapsed and then reconstructed , which proved beneficial for a six - second shot which required a re-shoot .
Third scale miniatures several meters in height were created to give the film the effect of realism , rather than relying on computer generated imagery ( CGI ) . For the whaling station miniatures and life - sized sets , over 700 bags of artificial snow were used ( roughly 15 -- 20 tons ) . A 4.5 - meter miniature of an icebreaker with working lights and a mechanical moving radar was created , costing almost $37,000 and taking 10 weeks to create . Visual effects producer Arthur Windus , claimed miniatures were beneficial in the filming process : `` With computer graphics , you need to spend a lot of time making it real . With a miniature , you shoot it and its there . '' A scale 25 - meter miniature of the whaling station was created in several months . It was designed so the model could be collapsed and then reconstructed , which proved beneficial for a six - second shot which required a re-shoot .