Major League II (1994)
Animal Action
Animal action consists of a flock of pigeons flying over the ball park. A fly ball hits one of the birds, sending it crashing down onto the field. The Zen ball player picks up the bird and rubs it. The bird revives and the player releases it, tossing it gently into the air. The bird then flies up and away. The flock flying over the ball park consisted of homing pigeons released by the trainer. For the scene with the single pigeon, the actor released a tumbler pigeon, which flew to the handler off camera. Where the pigeon was hit by the ball, a real bird flew against a blue screen background. In seperate filming, a baseball was pitched against a blue screen background. The effect of the bird being hit by the ball was thus achieved by superimposing the film of the bird with the film of the tossed ball.
