White House Down depicts a paramilitary takeover of the White House. He is seen and heard describing some of the spectacular action sequences that unfold, including one where United States military helicopters mount an aerial attack on the White House and are then blown out of the sky by surface-to-air missiles. Sargeant, a journalist with Global News Montreal, plays a reporter. “There were decommissioned military helicopters, fireball special effects, hundreds of people, lighting and cameras everywhere,” says Tim Sargeant, BA 97. The movie, which is heavy on computer-generated imagery (CGI), was filmed far from Washington, D.C., on a soundstage - complete with a giant, full-scale replica of the back of the White House - in the city of Laval, Que. A Concordia-trained journalist says he was overwhelmed by the set on his first day of filming his role in White House Down, an action blockbuster starring Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum.
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