How are movie scenes shot in large cities, with numerous extras and buildings?
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Depends on the movie. Sometimes they use real locations and people, sometimes they are entirely computer generated, or sometimes it is both. Some real locations or extras, with distinct features for the setting of the film added in, or masses of people added in if there’s large armies and things.
If it is a real, one-site location, they’ll usually block off traffic in order to facilitate filming. The famous “I’m walking here.” like from Midnight Cowboys happened specifically because someone ignored that. An actual cab driver drove through the set of the film, and Dustin Hoffman improvised that line when it happened.
If you see clips from sets of the Marvel movies for instance, the ENTIRE set is often one big green set to allow for all the effects and stuff to happen.
Though not in a big city, the Lord of the Rings movies are a good example of the middle ground. They had an actual number of extras, then digitally padded numbers to fluff up the armies.
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