Leap of Faith (1992)

In an opening scene as Jonas is driving the bus we see a turtle walking along the side of the busy highway. The turtle was placed on the ground by his handler and merely walked a few inches for this shot.

In another scene, Will, the Sheriff, brings a gift box to Jane, one of the revival group members. He opens the box, takes out a puppy and hands it to Jane. In shooting this scene, the puppy was only in the airated box a matter of a few seconds. This puppy was also seen later sitting in Jane’s lap while they ride to town with Will in his truck.

In a closing scene Jane and Will are standing on the porch, when out of the flowers come quantities of butterflies flying up into the evening air. Several butterflies are seen sitting on Jane and Will’s hands and shoulders. This scene was shot in cuts. Approximately 12,000 butterflies were all released simultaneously from below the flower bed by butterfly wranglers. The semi-stationary butterflies seen on the actors had been placed in an air conditioned cooling area prior to this scene so they would become more docile. The butterflies had been captured for this scene. They were all released back into their natural surroundings as soon as the scene was completed without any injury occurring. Three cows and a horse are also seen in one background scene as atmosphere.