SCENE 2 - MIR / NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP

MIR ONE & MIR TWO - Russian deep submersibles from the science vessel Akademik Mistislav Keldysh
ANATOLY MIKAILAVICH - portrayed by Anatoly Sagalevitch, Senior scientist of the Keldysh
LEWIS BODINE - portrayed by Lewis Abernathy, a Titanic buff and longtime friend of James Cameron

SCENE 3 - THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

THE TITANIC - most of these shots were filmed in September 1995 when James Cameron and the Keldysh crew went to the wreck site
SNOOP DOG - on these dives, this ROV went 90 feet into the wreckage, farther than any previous Titanic expedition
The grand piano - this is one of the props developed to simulate the furniture of the wreckage
The bathtub is from Rose's stateroom. The fish that swims behind it is a CGI.

SCENE 15 - LAB DECK

The sketch - these drawings were coated in clear gel so they could be submersed without visible damage.

SCENE - 17 CERAMICS STUDIO

Old Rose - Cameron modeled Old Rose after 103-year old sculptress Beatrice Wood of Ojai California

SCENE 29 - INTERIOR IMAGING SHACK / KELDYSH

Bodine starts a computer animated graphic on the screen, which parallels his rapid-fire narration - Cameron included this animation early in the film to help prepare the audience for the eventual sinking of the ship, making it easier to follow the love story during the disaster.

The sinking animation was composited into the television as the animation was not available for live,on-set playback.

SCENE 34 - SOUTHAMPTON DOCK

Use of color - Cameron mimicked the black and white to color effects of his favorite film, The Wizard of Oz. Watch the contrast between the muted colors of the present day scenes and the bright colors of 1912. Also, the bright colors worn by the first class passengers versus the drab colors of the second and third class - accurate for 1912 clothing.

Flopping - This scene was "flopped" since only the starboard side of the ship set was built. The scene was filmed "backward" then reversed for the movie. This required all text (on hats, trucks, buildings, etc.) to resemble a mirror image.

Young Rose dressed in a stunning white and purple outfit, with an enormous feathered hat - the large hat is symbolic of the oppression Rose feels, as is the walk up the elevated boarding bridge a few minutes later.

ROSE:"I don't see what all the fuss is about. It doesn't look any bigger than the Mauretania" - the Mauretania was the largest luxury liner in the world prior to Titanic.

CALEDON HOCKLEY AND SPICER LOVEJOY - Billy Zane and David Warner also appeared together in an episode of the television show "Twin Peaks." In this episode, another cast member utters the line "I'd rather be his whore than your wife." (There is no reason to think Cameron knew this when he used the same line in this script.)

A man is filming with a wooden Biograph "cinematograph" camera mounted on a tripod. This is Daniel Marvin ,whose father founded the Biograph Film Studio, and who was on his honeymoon with bride, Mary. Theirs was the first filmed wedding in history. Daniel died in the sinking.

SCENE 36 - SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS / PUB

Jack Dawson was loosely based on writer Jack London.

SCENE 46 - SUITE B-52-56

Rose and her paintings - This scene was filmed on 9/18/96, the first day of principal filming at Rosarito. These reproductions were painted by on-set painter Marilyn McAvoy in the five days before the scene was shot. She was also responsible for some of Jack's sketches and for the "aging" of the contents of Cal's safe.

SCENE 52 - SERIES OF SCENES

The engine room - watch the emphasis on the overwhelming size of the machinery. One of Cameron's trademarks is the idea of "man v. machinery." The engine room sequence was filmed on the WWII ship Jeremiah O'Brien, which boasted the same triple expansion reciprocating steam engine as RMS Titanic.

SCENE 60 - POOP DECK/DAY

Bert Cartwell & Cora - Cartwell is portrayed by one of the stuntmen, Rocky Taylor
Jack sees Rose - Rose is positioned higher than and opposite of Jack, symbolizing the class difference. The characters are diametrically opposed - a first class woman had the greatest chance of surviving the sinking, a third class male the least.

SCENE 65 POOP DECK/NIGHT

Rose's suicide - the closeup of Winslet's feet is a Cameron trademark

JACK: "Water that cold...it hits you like a thousand knives all over your body" - this was based on a quote by Second Officer Lightoller, who survived the sinking.

Jack pulls Rose over the rail, one foot slips off the edge of the deck - the torn lace is symbolic of Rose shedding her constrictive upbringing. Later, she will shed her shoes (steerage dance), then her clothes (sketch scene).

She plunges; Rose barely grabs a lower rail with her free hand - during the filming, Winslet was hanging over a 12 foot drop

SCENE 66 POOP DECK/NIGHT ,/p>

CAL: "What made you think you could put your hands on my fiancée?! - this line foreshadows the scene in the Renault when Rose says, "Put your hands on me, Jack."

SCENE 67 - ROSE'S BEDROOM

SCENE 73 - BOAT DECK/DAY

Jack and Rose walk the decks in first class -this scene was used for Winslet's screen test and for DiCaprio & Winslet's screen test together. It was also used for the Oscar reel for Winslet's Best Actress nomination.

Jack's sketch book - Most of the sketches were done by Cameron, though other artists contributed

SCENE 74 - RECEPTION ROOM / D-DECK

ISMAY: "What a glorious end to your last crossing if we get into New York Tuesday night and surprise them all" - watch the woman in the background listening to Ismay and Smith. This woman is based on Elizabeth Lines, a survivor that claimed to overhear this conversation.

SCENE 76 - DECK PROMENADE/ SUNSET

Spitting scene - neither DiCaprio nor Winslet nor studio executives wanted to include this scene but Cameron insisted. In pre-screening, it was an audience favorite.

SCENE 81- DINING SALOON

The string quintet - Professional string quartet I Solonisti portrayed the band , joined by Jonathon Evans-Jones as leader Wallace Hartley.

SCENE 82 - DINING SALOON

ROSE: "To making it count" - Cameron had DiCaprio deliberately hold the wine glass by the globe rather than the stem in contrast to the other characters.

SCENE 85 - THIRD CLASS GENERAL ROOM (D-deck)

The steerage party dance - the band is portrayed by Gaelic Storm of Santa Monica, California. This scene was choreographed by Lynne Hockney, who was also the film's etiquette coach. Other than the principle actors, the scene boasts professional dancers.

Rose pulls off her high heeled shoes to dance with Jack - Winslet, a trained dancer, required the least work with the choreographer; DiCaprio, the most. This is another "foot shot" - a Cameron trademark.

SCENE 90 - RUTH'S SUITE

RUTH: "You are not to see that boy again, do you understand me Rose?"- this scene was originally written as Rose helping Ruth with her corset, but Cameron and the actors decided Ruth tightening Rose's corset was more dramatic.

SCENE 91 - FIRST CLASS WORSHIP SERVICE

"Almighty Father Strong To Save" is sung during the worship service ('O hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea.') and was sung during the last worship service on RMS Titanic. Winslet is a trained vocalist. Listen for her voice mixed in front of the others.

SCENE 94 - A-DECK

A man is playing with his son, who is spinning a top with a string. - this scene is based on one of the last known pictures taken on the ship; watch for Titanic historian Don Lynch in this scene.

SCENE 99 - TITANIC'S BOW

Rose finds Jack on the ship's bow - This scene was shot at different angles both against a natural sunset and against a "green screen" with the footage being combined to form the entire effect. Most of it was shot on the last day of principal filming (3/20-22/97).

SCENE 101 - EMBRACING ON THE BOW

The transition from the past to the present reminds the audience of the impending danger, loss and horror that is to come - both a temporal and emotional transition.

SCENE 103 - ROSE'S SUITE

Sketch scene - This scene was the first that DiCaprio and Winslet filmed together(filmed 9/19/96). Watch for Rose's engagement ring, which is missing when she exits the dressing room. Watch the shots of Cameron's hands, which are drawing the sketch, spliced between the close-up shots of DiCaprio.

JACK: "Over there on the bed, I mean, couch." - DiCaprio accidentally said "bed," it wasn't written in the script, but Cameron liked it and left it in the scene.

SCENE 104 - ROSE'S BEDROOM

Rose takes the butterfly comb from her hair - Rose's hair is worn up when she is with her first class circle, but down during many of her scenes with Jack, signifying her rebellion.

SCENE 105 - THE SKETCH SCENE

Rose hands Jack a dime - It is a "Barber" dime. They were minted between 1892 and 1916. The Barber dime is distinctive because the portrait of Liberty on the head of the coin faces the right, not the left.

SCENE 120 - CARGO HOLD

The Renault touring car was actually on the Titanic,stored on G-deck, and was owned by William E. Carter. Cameron had the movie prop designed as an exact duplicate of the original, designed based on pictures from the wreckage as well as from insurance records.

SCENE 131 - TITANIC STRIKES THE ICEBERG

Cinematography: The style shifts from slow and smooth (elegance)to bouncing and jarring (panic).

SCENE 177 - BOAT DECK / PORT SIDE

FLARES - underline the desperate nature of the situation, the complete isolation and forebode the doom of the ship.

ROSE : "I'd rather be his whore than your wife." - This scene was written for Rose to stick Cal with a hairpin but Winslet suggested spitting in Cal's face. This scene was shot 27 times and eventually required the crew to use KY jelly on Winslet's tongue to keep it from drying out.

SCENE 192 - THE STAIRWELL

Rose plunges into the water holding the axe above her head - Winslet admitted that her reaction to the cold water was real. She had asked Cameron not to heat the water for this shot.

There were 26 copies of Rose's dress because of the conditions imposed on the material by filming in the water.

SCENE 193 - MASTER AT ARMS OFFICE

The axe used on the wardrobe was real; the axe used on the handcuffs was rubber.

SCENE 223 - GRAND STAIRCASE

Jack finds Rose after she jumps from the lifeboat - After this scene was filmed, DiCaprio asked Cameron to shoot one "for the actors." With everyone unaware of what he had planned, DiCaprio lifted Winslet in the air when they embraced. This became the shot in the movie.

SCENE 253 - GRAND STAIRCASE

Glass dome implosion - this scene, filmed 12/21/96 right before the casts' 5 week break, cost $500,000 and had to be done in one take.

SCENE 257 - BOW SINKS / STERN RISES

These scenes were filmed 3/6/97-3/12/97 and were the most expensive filming days in motion picture history.

The stern section used for this shot weighed 1.3 million tons.

SCENE 265 - STERN

A man falls from the poop deck, hitting the bronze hub of the starboard propeller - This propeller was made out of foam, as were the other objects the falling passengers "struck."

The full size set could only be tilted by splitting it in half. Two pieces of footage were composited to give the impression of the full ship sinking into the water.

SCENE 274 - TITANIC - NIGHT

Jack looks to his left and sees Baker Joughin, crouching on the hull. The ship's stern drops like an elevator. - Joughin, the baker on RMS Titanic, did ride the stern when it descended. He described it feeling as an elevator dropping.

SCENE 285 - OCEAN

ROSE: "I'll never let go, Jack" - this scene was filmed on 10/5/96, Winslet's 21st birthday. The still from this scene was also used as the "For your consideration" Academy Awards advertisement.

For this scene, DiCaprio and Winslet spent 13 hours in the water, with only two breaks.

SCENE 301 - ROSE ON THE CARPATHIA

The Statue of Liberty is a miniature.

SCENE 310 - THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC

Zooming through the decks of the sunken ship which transforms into the ship in its original state - this is the longest special effects shot in the film.