Not exact matches
Nintendo is nearing a deal with
production studio Illumination Entertainment on an animated
film set in the world
of Super Mario Brothers, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday that cited anonymous sources.
Analysts were forecasting weekend sales
of $ 41 million to $ 47 million for the Spielberg
film, a respectable opening for a movie with a
production budget
set at $ 150 million to $ 175 million by people with knowledge
of the matter, and additional millions in marketing costs.
The campaign
film is shot with a balance
of tradition and heritage with contemporary imagery, and depicts the comparative
sets of words against the renowned Speyside landscape and the bustling distillery during the
production process, reinforcing the premium and craft credentials
of the range.
generates a «sour» review they could (in theory) change the end
of that very show as soon as they read it... the Story NXT tells is
set on
film (digital file) 4 days to 4 weeks before the Audience sees it, to adjust their sails for that would require back stage re-shoots and post
production edits (look at Impact scrambling to re-write their Pre-tape to cover for ADR's release)... easier to let it ride, see if the opinions stay sour, and then IF Needed adjust the angle for the next taping, at which time they'll have a better idea for the correction and can make it look more organic
Currently, in most
production processes in which there is printed ink on plastic
films, the material is rejected for not complying with the final specifications required or simply because they come from the initial
settings for the commissioning
of the machinery.
The program looks at
sets and their construction, locations near Jamestown, and the involvement
of Native Americans in the
production and their depiction in the
film.
He buys cameras instead
of renting them, creates a
set of an alley way instead
of just shooting in an alley,
films on both 35 mm and HD at the same time, and that's before they even start actual
production.
The
production design is incredible, with some
of the biggest
sets I have ever seen in a
film.
With scenes in the United Nations — this is the first time a Hollywood
production has been granted access to
film there — it also has smatterings
of Alfred Hitchcock's «North by Northwest,» a thriller also
set in and around the United Nations.
Production designer Eugenio Zanetti worked closely with director Jan De Bont during
filming of The Haunting to build some
of the largest and most elaborate
sets ever created.
«Keith Carradine Demo» (12:06)
sets the actor's four performances
of three songs («It Don't Worry Me» twice, his Oscar winner «I'm Easy», and the unused «Big City Dreamin»») to
film stills and
production documents.
The first half
of the
film is dreadfully contrived and artificial, from the uneven acting to the stereotype - filled script, to the aforementioned
set and
production design.
As the
film's shooting schedule wears on, Fairbanks becomes romantically involved with her leading man, Jake Fields (Jeremy Sisto), but Fields and his friends on the
production staff begin to question her stability when she starts wearing her costumes at all times, living on the
sets, and tries to live as the character
of Guinness.
Gangster Squad's time
setting allows a rather gritty
film to be bombastic in its use
of color and
production design.
Production designer Santo Loquasto created much
of the
sets at the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, Allen's go - to
film studio in New York.
I think the best part
of being an actor is that to me it feels like I've been in the best
film school for the last twenty years because not only do I see the director work on
set, I see how the producers work, I see how the DPs work, I see how the gaffers work, I see how the costume department works, I see how the
production office works.
During
production of the
film, director Josh Trank displayed «erratic» and «very isolated» behavior on
set.
The
film leaves room for doubt, and I don't know if it's because the
production values are those
of an experimental
film rather than a documentary - which means we are at fault for depending on a certain
set of conventions for truth - or if we simply don't have enough confidence in Emmy's p.o.v.
Production for the
film was also rocky, as the media found out through a video
of David O. Russell storming off
set after an argument with Lily Tomlin.
Instead, it is betting more on its self - financed
productions, which include the new
film by the acclaimed Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos
set in the 18th - century court
of Britain's Queen Anne.
THR is reporting that, in addition to Patty Jenkins not being
set to direct Wonder Woman 2 just yet, the studio is currently focusing on putting together the Justice League Dark and Batgirl
films, with the hopes
of having them go into
production next after Aquaman.
Like Edmund Halley, who died just a couple
of years before seeing his prediction come true about the date when the comet bearing his name would return, the sad note about the
film is that Rad (listed as director, producer, writer, editor, composer,
production designer and
set decorator) died in 2007 before he saw it gain new life.
From the very outset Resnais
sets up the theatrical artifice
of the
film with opening scenes
of repetition and staged
production design.
Production on the
film is
set to begin at the end
of April in London.
It focuses more on location shooting and other practical matters
of film production, and it repeats a bit
of the material found elsewhere on this
set, but it's still a worthwhile listen for fans.
A smattering
of extras begins with a deleted scenes section that more accurately details abandoned concepts for the
films; running 12 minutes when «play all» is selected, «All Things Deleted» includes intros from producer Pam Marsden, Disney Toon executive Jeff Howard, and director Matthew O'Callaghan that never once make mention
of the precedent -
setting nature
of the
production!
Costume Designer Colleen Atwood,
production designer Dante Ferretti and
set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo comment on the look
of the
film «Designs for a Demon Barber» (9 minutes).
Berg looks at the opening credits, cast and performances,
sets and locations, music, story issues, camerawork, some history behind the
film's subjects, and a few other bits
of production trivia.
In June
of 2010, I was able to visit the
set of director Shawn Levy's Real Steel when the
production was
filming at a hundred year old Ford factory in Detroit.
The expensive and exhausting
production of the original 1978
film has been documented elsewhere, most recently in the 12 - DVD box
set released by Warners in 2006 to celebrate their «year
of Superman» that coincided with the release
of Brian Singer's Superman Returns.
«Armed and Underground:
Production Design» (7 mins., 1080i / 16x9) brings production designer Jon Gary Steele into the interview mix for an insider's view of the film's carefully - aged sets (the industrial - site exterior was a real location in Fontana, CA, but the massive interior was built on a soundstage), while «Crash Course: Stunts» (11 mins., 1080i / 16x9) taps stunt coordinator Lance Gilbert to tell, among other stories, the one about crawling around on the floor with his kids» Hot Wheels cars to plan the armoured - truck chase scene w
Production Design» (7 mins., 1080i / 16x9) brings
production designer Jon Gary Steele into the interview mix for an insider's view of the film's carefully - aged sets (the industrial - site exterior was a real location in Fontana, CA, but the massive interior was built on a soundstage), while «Crash Course: Stunts» (11 mins., 1080i / 16x9) taps stunt coordinator Lance Gilbert to tell, among other stories, the one about crawling around on the floor with his kids» Hot Wheels cars to plan the armoured - truck chase scene w
production designer Jon Gary Steele into the interview mix for an insider's view
of the
film's carefully - aged
sets (the industrial - site exterior was a real location in Fontana, CA, but the massive interior was built on a soundstage), while «Crash Course: Stunts» (11 mins., 1080i / 16x9) taps stunt coordinator Lance Gilbert to tell, among other stories, the one about crawling around on the floor with his kids» Hot Wheels cars to plan the armoured - truck chase scene with Antal.
With another big
film, Rebel in the Rye (directed and written by Danny Strong and co-starring Nicholas Hoult) coming to theaters this fall, a recent wrap on The Year
of Spectacular Men (written by her sister Madelyn Deutch and directed by their mother), and
production starting on the Netflix romantic comedy
Set It Up, a work drought does not seem to be in Zoey's future.
The digital choice allows the movie to look clean, but perhaps the grain
of film would have been better fitting for the overall presentation that Baumbach was going for (especially with some
of the
production design and
set decoration (especially the apartments) by Sam Lisenco and Hannah Rothfield, respectively).
For her a source
of inspiration was the
film's elaborate hotel lobby
set, created by
production designer Adam Stockhausen, a previous Anderson collaborator and recen Oscar nominee for his work on «12 Years a Slave,» in a former department store in the storybook German town
of Görlitz, near the border with Poland and the Czech Republic.
Focused only slightly differently is «San Andreas: The Real Fault Line» (6 mins., HD), which spends its opening moments very superficially discussing the real threat
of earthquakes in California before delving into the
production tricks behind the
film's earth - shaking scenes, like a restaurant
set designed so that everything visible in the frame is shaking except the floor itself, since it was being prowled by a Steadicam operator.
During
production in Atlanta, Newton — who, by the way, was also in both Lady Bird and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri last year — would pop over to the
set of Halt and Catch Fire to
film yet another role.
Along the way, we touch on the abandoned
film project that Lee was working on with screenwriter Michael Arndt, how The Book
Of Life affected this production, the evolution of the idea from the initial spark to the finished film, how Adrian Molina got involved in the project, how Lee Unkrich went from editor to director and how he edits his own films, how Darla got a credit as «Digital Angel» on the original Toy Story, hiding easter eggs in an international setting, and working with Michael Giacchin
Of Life affected this
production, the evolution
of the idea from the initial spark to the finished film, how Adrian Molina got involved in the project, how Lee Unkrich went from editor to director and how he edits his own films, how Darla got a credit as «Digital Angel» on the original Toy Story, hiding easter eggs in an international setting, and working with Michael Giacchin
of the idea from the initial spark to the finished
film, how Adrian Molina got involved in the project, how Lee Unkrich went from editor to director and how he edits his own
films, how Darla got a credit as «Digital Angel» on the original Toy Story, hiding easter eggs in an international
setting, and working with Michael Giacchino.
Some
of the other extras are more
production - based, like the location featurette «James Bond in the Bahamas,» an in - depth featurette on
filming the sinking palazzo sequence («Death in Venice»), and storyboards for two
of the
film's big
set pieces.
With a solid belief from
film critics that she's bound for stardom and a growing filmography
of award - winning indies and big - budget
productions, Emmy's success will rest on her own talents when she
sets out to prove everyone right.
And
production designer Giorgio Giovannini, who created many
of the
film's forbidding
sets for its shoot on the Titanus Appia Studios soundstage, deserves credit as well.
Fox's X-Men spinoff Gambit reportedly still intends to
film in New Orleans, as originally planned last year, before
production was
set back by the loss
of director Doug Liman and an overhaul
of the script.
Galleries
of production stills,
production art, filmmaker biographies, posters, lobby cards, merchandise,
set documents (call sheets and the like), and a screenplay excerpt
of the
film's climax (Felton had a beautiful command
of language), three radio spots, storyboard - to - screen comparisons for the scuba and squid scenes, an outtakes reel, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea's 1954 theatrical trailer finish off this exhaustive treasure chest
of a DVD.
This collection
of production - diary - style footage finds Brian De Palma on the
set of his 2002
film Femme Fatale directing the shoot, a process that — as seen in these specific clips — includes rehearsals with actors Rebecca Romijn and Antonio Banderas, working through movement / blocking and fight choreography, and the management
of the movie's bravura opening setpiece that takes place at the 2001 Cannes
Film Festival.
With
production now underway on Ridley Scott's Prometheus sequel / Alien prequel Alien: Covenant, some new spyphotos have arrived online from the Sydney
set of the
film, showing what has been described as an «extraterrestrial massacre» featuring what looks to be scorched humanoids (or Engineers?).
The 1975
production is
set in the 1920s and stars Warren Beatty as a con man trying to get his hands on the fortune
of a madcap heiress (a bubbly Stockard Channing in her first major
film role) and Jack Nicholson as his dim - witted stooge who slowly figures out he's really a partner in crime.
Even the themes
of the
film are distinctly eastern, although the action and characters themselves could just as easily stepped off the
set of a Hollywood
production.
Though Ng dropped out
of film school with one semester left for the chance to document Willard's journey to the screen, I can't imagine she'll live to regret it: She's the best I've seen at compiling on -
set footage with momentum since David Prior and should find steady employment in the specialized field
of DVD
production.
«British Columbia's work - safety agency says a
film production company «failed» to ensure the safety
of workers on the
set of «Maze Runner: The Death Cure» when actor Dylan O'Brien was injured in March.»
Originally
set for a June 2018 release, the live - action version
of Barbie suffered a huge setback last March when comedy star Amy Schumer suddenly dropped out
of the project due to «scheduling conflicts,» just two months before the
film was
set to go into
production.
Extras: Two optional English narrations, including one by actor Roy Scheider; audio commentary from 2008 featuring Schrader and producer Alan Poul; interviews from 2007 and 2008 with Bailey, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto, composer Philip Glass, and
production designer Eiko Ishioka; interviews from 2008 with Mishima biographer John Nathan and friend Donald Richie; audio interview from 2008 with co-screenwriter Chieko Schrader; interview excerpt from 1966 featuring Mishima talking about writing; «The Strange Case
of Yukio Mishima,» a 55 - minute documentary from 1985 about the author; trailer; a booklet featuring an essay by critic Kevin Jackson, a piece on the
film's censorship in Japan, and photographs
of Ishioka's
sets.