Titanic Splits in Half 🚢💥🎬 | Insane Behind-the-Scenes Engineering This incredible behind-the-scenes footage reveals how filmmakers pulled off the most dramatic moment in Titanic — the ship splitting in half. Instead of relying only on CGI, James Cameron’s team constructed a massive multi-section ship model on hydraulic rigs designed to crack, tilt, and collapse exactly like the real event. The engineering involved was huge: steel frames, breakaway decks, and controlled destruction systems tha