Dry for wet is a film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 technique in which smoke, colored filters, and/or lighting effects are used to simulate a character being underwater while filming on a dry stage. Fans and slow motion

Slow motion

Slow motion is an effect in film-making whereby time appears to be slowed down. It was invented by the Austrian priest August Musger....

 can be used to make hair or clothing appear to float in the current. In recent years, it has become possible to digitally add rising bubbles in post-production

Post-production

Post-production is part of filmmaking and the video production process. It occurs in the making of motion pictures, television programs, radio programs, advertising, audio recordings, photography, and digital art...

, heightening the realism.

Examples

• The technique is in use in the final scene of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring when Sam sinks in a river.
• In the underwater scooter scene in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
  Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
  Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life is a 2003 action film directed by Jan de Bont, and starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft. It is a sequel to the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider...
  
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• In A.I. Artificial Intelligence the technique is used for the scenes with the submerged attractions at Coney Island.
• Many underwater scenes in For Your Eyes Only
  For Your Eyes Only (film)
  For Your Eyes Only is the twelfth spy film in the James Bond series and the fifth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It marked the directorial debut of John Glen, who had worked as editor and second unit director in three other Bond films. The screenplay by Richard Maibaum...
  
  were shot this way due to a medical condition actress Carole Bouquet
  Carole Bouquet
  Carole Bouquet is a French actress and fashion model, who has appeared in more than 40 films since 1977. Bouquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France....
  
   suffered that precluded her from doing any underwater stuntwork.
• The exterior shots of the submerged Red October in the film The Hunt for Red October
  The Hunt for Red October (film)
  The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 thriller film based on the novel of the same name by Tom Clancy. It was directed by John McTiernan and stars Sean Connery as Captain Marko Ramius and Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan...
  
  were also achieved using this technique, with a model hung by wires that could be tilted and turned in three dimensions.
• The technique is used in many underwater scenes in The Spirit
  The Spirit (film)
  The Spirit is a 2008 American superhero noir film, written and directed by Frank Miller and starring Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson, Dan Lauria, Paz Vega, Jaime King, Scarlett Johansson, and Samuel L. Jackson. The film is based on the newspaper comic strip The Spirit by Will Eisner...
  
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