I used to believe that special effects in films were done by people wearing camera-proof clothing who moved stuff around on the screen.
A childhood belief about films

others believed things like this
- I always thought you could break through the tv screen and walk into whatever was on the screen at the time.— Linda
- I thought if you point the video camera at the TV then both the video camera and the TV will explode.
Anon - I used to believe that people couls see you on the TV screen. I only changed when the commertials were on.Anon
- I used to believe that when I went to movies people were behind the screen acting out the part — Amy
- I used to think that if someone gave you acid, you could completely counter the effects by taking an antacid.— abracadaver
- I use to believe that people who wore tuxedos were actually wearing the skins of Penguins. — Keith