The $45 Million Movie Made With Only Screenshots

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You know in editing you use a screenshot, zoom in on detail and get low resolution pixels, it sucks. Well, these filmmakers figured out how to get high res screenshots, then used that method to tell a story entirely through a computer screen with the movie Missing (2023) starring Story Reid, and they made $45 million with it. The editing process and behind the scenes for the movie is incredible, and we want to unpack what is going on in here.

SO we interviewed the editors of Missing Arielle Zakowski and Austin Keeling, and went behind the scenes on the process of telling the story through a computer screen with high resolution screen recordings, the technical details to HOW to make it look not pixellated, and their storytelling philosophies on how to guide the audience through mystery