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>> being able to walk on water is not a requirement for the cast. so what went into that biblical special effect? >> they created a wooden platform underneath the water that the guy actually ran on. >> weights are used to hold the structure into place. another pliable layer is attached to the top of the platform. >> it was a flexible, bendable platform. so when you see him run, you see him tip back and forth. and it actually looks really, really real. >> when i first saw the guy running on water...

Home. it is 100% fake, so trying this for real could cause 100% injury. the stuntman is visual effects editor daniel saldovar who creates the video on a summer break in high school. >> that particular summer sunny day i was bored. i wanted to do something that day. >> he has a visual effects program on his computer and wants to test it out. his idea is to shoot multiple shots and layer them on top of each other to create the illusion of being run over by a bus. >> i went out to the front yard, s...

First ever scratch and sniff political mailing. now this week we have had another fundamental innovation in american politics. something brand new. carl paladino invented the first campaign mailer with a smell. but we now, as of today, have the first campaign mailer with a sound. >> if its a legitimate rape the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> not a special effect. look. >> if its a legitimate -- >> you believe it? i cant believe nobody came up this before now. we ha...

Female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> not a special effect. look. >> if its a legitimate -- >> you believe it? i cant believe nobody came up this before now. we have had greeting cards that sing to you and say wheres the beef or whatever for years now. i think this is the first time we have ever had somebody use this technology in a political mailer. >> if its a legitimate rape -- >> it does go on and on and on. its not just the quote. it goes on and is essentially a full...

Believable, we needed them to be athletic and we needed them to be good fun. the fact they could act a little bit as well. fantastic. >> being able to walk on water is not a requirement for the cast. so what went into that biblical special effect? >> they created a wooden platform underneath the water that the guy actually ran on. >> weights are used to hold the structure into place. another pliable layer is attached to the top of the platform. >> it was a flexible, bendable platform. so when yo...

Movie, a man in all black and wearing a gas mask appeared at the emergency door of theater 9. jennifer seegul was seated just feet away. >> i thought he was part of the show since it was the midnight premier. >> reporter: on screen, a shootout scene was unfolding. jennifer wondered if the guy coming up the aisle was part of the show, a publicity stunt. >> then he threw a grenade of gas and it exploded, all this gas. i thought, that was a special effect. nobody really knew what to think about it....

All this gas. i thought, that was a special effect. no one knew what to think of it. >> we heard a loud, pop, pop, pop. everyone got startled. it was super loud, louder than the sound track. my wife said, something aint right. me being into the movie was like, its probably the movie. good sound effects or something. >> he started at the corner of the screen and worked his way to the back and back down. >> he looked so calm. it was scary. >> just shooting people. he wasnt giving anybody a chance ...

>>guest: and that is what everyone was thinking. he looked like a swat team member. like he had a vest on, he had gas mask on, and a rifle in his hand. i didnt see other weapons. i know he did, later on, but all i could see was the rifle and he looked like he was, literally, in a video game or, like, literally, like a swat team member or someone not army. when he came in he was probably -- he is a tall guy, 6 3". tall. lean. with muscles. did you not know what to think, you thought he was joking...

>> mr. holmes came in the door. what did you think when you saw him with a gun. >> i thought he was part of a prop or was being theatrical, that it was part of the show. since it was the midnight premiere. i didnt know he was seriously a bad guy. you know what i mean. he came in and he was in full gear because they have things in the movie where they are dressed up kind of like that. he threw the grenade of gas and it exploded and there was all this gas. i thought, that was a special effect. no ...

The very right side. so when he came in, he came from the right side, from an exit doorway, and when he came in, i literally was four to five feet away from the man. i didnt know what was going on. i thought it was part of the show. i thought it was part of the premiere to make it more appealing or something because he looked like one of those guys that would be an actor in the show, and everybody thought that, too. they didnt know what to think of it. then he came in and he didnt say a thing. h...