The story of the Tinanic and her first and only voyage has fascinated people ever since The films director James Cameron is one of these people Using late twentieth century technology and a team of thousands he brought the great ship to life on the big screen An almost full-size model of the outside of the ship was built off the coast Mexico Huge machines were used to tilt the model to show how the ship went down Just before the Titanic sank the front of the ship went under the water causing the back to stand up almost vertically