The Parting Of The Red Sea. Although some of Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" did film in Egypt in October through December of 1954, most of the movie was shot at the Paramount lot (March to August 1955) including the famous parting of the Red Sea sequence.
There's Charlton Heston in his red Moses robes with a line of key lights in the background. Meanwhile, much braver extras face swirling waters. One special effect would dominate the film - the parting of the Red Sea.
Julian Upton crosses Cecil B. DeMille's Biblical 1956 epic, The Ten Commandments. Here's a look at how they created the iconic parting of the Red Sea effect for Cecil B.
DeMille's 1956 epic 'The Ten Commandments.'. The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic religious drama film produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, [5] shot in VistaVision (color by Technicolor), and released by Paramount Pictures.
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The Red Sea was actually Jello Parting of the Red Sea / Paramount Pictures The scene of the parting of the Red Sea - so incredibly stunning to audiences at the time - was achieved by using large dunk tanks flooded with Jello. The film was then shown in reverse to achieve the illusion of the sea being 'parted'. Where was the parting of the Red Sea filmed? The 1956 movie "The Ten Commandments" was filmed in various locations, including California, Egypt, and the Sinai Peninsula.
The parting of the Red Sea was famously depicted using special effects and large sets constructed in California, with the use of water tanks and other visual effects techniques. But Moses rescues his people with a little Divine legerdemain by parting the Seas. Later, Moses is again confronted by God on Mt.
Sinai, who delivers unto him the Ten Commandments. The Parting of the Red Sea & The Ten Commandments (The Second Book of Moses, called Exodus) 13 17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 18But God led the people about, through the way of.