«The Legend of Van Helsing» has Sommers explaining in concise terms his own reworking of Abraham Van Helsing, and the clip makes generous use of Universal monster flicks (capped by a cross-promotion shot after the credits), plus some behind - the -
scenes production shots and blooper materials.
Also included is a photo gallery featuing behind
the scenes production shots.
Not exact matches
Actor William Fichtner, a Cheektowaga native, and the
production team
shot scenes Wednesday for his new film «Cold Brook,» at SUNY Cortland's campus.
Another
production company, Wing & A Prayer Pictures, also
shot scenes for one movie at the film hub.
Three major
productions are currently
shooting scenes in the area and a highly anticipated movie filmed at several local sites will be released next month.
The participants get into cast and performances, characters and story issues, sets,
production design, and
shooting in Louisiana, deleted
scenes and changes made for the extended cut, making their directorial debut, and a mix of other
production topics.
John Ford had several bitter disputes with RKO Pictures while making The Plough and the Stars, especially after the studio re-
shot several
scenes with another director to tone down the film's politics; while he distributed several independent
productions through the studio, he never
shot another picture for RKO.
The
production telegraphs a lot by bathing pre-war college and jazz club
scenes in a honeyed light that drips with nostalgia, while wartime and post-war
scenes are
shot in a drab bluish - gray.
Blu - ray Highlight: In addition to an excellent six - part documentary that runs the entire gamut of
production — from location
shooting in Romania, to Nicolas Cage's (creepy) performance capture of the Ghost Rider, to special effects and more — the Blu - ray also includes a feature similar to Warner Bros.» Maximum Movie Mode where directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor dissect the film (sometimes pausing it to discuss certain
scenes in more detail) with the help of behind - the -
scenes footage.
EXTRAS: The Blu - ray release includes a behind - the -
scenes look at
production — including visual effects, stunt choreography and location
shooting in Gabon — as well as a featurette examining Tarzan and Jane's iconic relationship.
The
production design in the New York
scenes (the entire film
shot on built sets in Canada) is an appetizer for the main course, The Sharpe Estate.
Wide span
shots of gorgeous
production design flawlessly set the
scene, but then Hooper comes in for the close - up, revealing even the tiniest of details, whether it be the grain in the walls or a facial blemish.
Shane Black has denied this plot point and a recent
production rumor gives the impression it's more of a rural setting as
scenes have been
shot on a local private farm, supporting Black's denial.
EXTRAS: The two - disc set doesn't have much for a movie its size, but there are three
production featurettes — on location
shooting, filming the train chase sequence and cowboy boot camp — as well as a deleted
scene and blooper reel.
«Star Wars» Sequel: All six previous «Star Wars» film have
shot some
scenes at U.K. studios, but almost all of the
production on J.J. Abrams» upcoming sequel will be done in the country, including the visual - effects work.
It is packed with interesting interviews (including one from 1978 with Donald Pleasance who fails to conceal his contempt for the project) and
production trivia (e.g. the mask of the killer originally bore the face of William Shatner), and includes two
scenes which were
shot later to make the film long enough for NBC to televise.
It's your usual assortment of
production anecdotes, but Wynorski is pretty good at screen - specific observation, cluing us in on which
shots required the most work behind the
scenes — like the tracking
shot through the furniture store that forced stagehands to move furniture into place and stay out of frame as the camera rolled backwards through the set.
EXTRAS: The Blu - ray release includes an interview with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, deleted
scenes, a gag reel and nine short featurettes covering various elements of
production, including actress Bella Thorne's «makeover,» location
shooting in Georgia and more.
A mix of black and white and color, the photos offer behind - the -
scenes looks at
production, glimpses of a few deleted
scenes, and
shots of Mitchum with the adoring public.
Lots of
shots of an old Moog
production board and behind - the -
scenes bits of Jagger cutting up with Cammell constitute the bulk, such as it is.
Features relaxed commentary by director Lone Scherfig and actors Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard (who spend as much time reminiscing over the
shoot and appreciating key moments as discussing the
production and the characters), a nine - minute making of featurette (which also includes interviews with screenwriter Nick Hornby and author Lynn Barber) and 11 deleted
scenes among the supplements on both DVD and Blu - ray.
Thanks to Far Far Away, I have added a new behind the
scenes photo, promotional
shoot photo, and new
production stills of Richard in Lady Chatterley's Lover to the gallery!
There's also a featurette where director Michael Bay discusses some key
shots from the film, a behind - the -
scenes look at
production and a trip to Hasbro headquarters.
Other
production sections include «Sequence Breakdowns,» covering 6 key fight
scenes and locations, and offers viewers the chance to read the
scene in Goyer's screenplay, compare it with the final
shooting script, view the
scene through storyboards, jump to the
scene in the finished film, and view video footage from the set.
Program Description: During the month - long Directors Lab, eight fellows work with an accomplished group of creative advisors and professional
production crews, rehearsing,
shooting, and editing key
scenes from their scripts.
In addition to sound bites speaking enthusiastically about the film and its messages, we get to be on location for various
scene shoots that excite and challenge the down - to - earth
production.
Not surprisingly, At World's End went into
production without a finished script, and some of the
scenes were already
shot while making Dead Man's Chest without really knowing how they'd fit in to this one.
Best - case scenario: Core has an eye for athletic action, and the film's globe - trotting
production plan — with
scenes shot in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Venezuela, and India — sounds tantalizing.
When
shooting the
scene the eccentric Russian director Dover Koshashvili, who added «passion» and a «little bit of crazyness» to the
production, was in hysterics laughing himself at Scott's performance.
Last month it was revealed that Megalyn Echikunwoke is set to bring Mari McCabe from animation to live - action with a guest - starring role as Vixen in the fourth season of Arrow, and now we have out first official look at the actress in character... The official image comes after Stephen Amell posted a behind - the -
scenes shot from
production -LSB-...]
According to EW, the
scene — characterized as a «rescue sequence» — was
shot early in
production and involved Paquin, Shawn Ashmore (Iceman), Ian McKellen (Magneto) and Patrick Stewart (Professor X).
The things that are bad about the film — director Douglas's obvious bid for recognition as a serious creative personality — are all traceable to faulty
production decisions and a direction willing to settle for easy second - or third - best solutions instead of seeking the most effective means of staging,
shooting, and mounting a
scene.
This
scene was
shot quite late in the
production, but I really enjoyed it.
Universal Animated Anecdotes» Text Commentary • «The Making of Back to the Future Part II» • «Making the Trilogy: Chapter Two» • Deleted
Scenes with Optional Commentary from Producer Bob Gale • Outtakes •
Production Archives • Hoverboard Test • «Evolution of Visual Effects
Shots» Featurette • «
Production Design» Featurette • «Storyboarding» Featurette • Huey Lewis and the News «Power of Love» Music Video • Theatrical Trailer • Cast & Filmmakers •
Production Notes • Booklet • DVD - ROM Features
Although a high volume of night
scenes led to the scrapping of director Brad Bird's original idea to
shoot primarily on film stock in IMAX, sharpness remained paramount to the
production and Tomorrowland became one of the first features to be photographed entirely in 4K.
Shot at De Laurentiis» Rome studio, this international
production filmed its
scenes in both English and French, with the fluently bilingual Fonda performing her lines in both languages (while mime Marcel Marceau and Italian model Pallenberg had their English dubbed).
The TV spot features only behind - the -
scenes footage of the film currently
shooting, since it's a major
production and they just started a month ago (and it doesn't come out until 2017).
EXTRAS: The Blu - ray release includes nine featurettes — covering a range of topics like the cast, stunts, visual effects,
production design, location
shooting in Johannesburg and A.I — as well as an alternate ending, an extended
scene and a concept art gallery.
Starting things off, there's an audio commentary from director Mark Hartley, joined by «Ozploitation Auteurs» Brian Trenchard - Smith, Antony I. Ginnane, John D. Lamond, David Hannay, Richard Brennan, Alan Finney, Vincent Monton, Grant Page, and Roger Ward; a set of 26 deleted and extended
scenes, now with optional audio commentary from Hartley and editors Sara Edwards and Jamie Blanks; The Lost NQH Interview: Chris Lofven, the director of the film Oz; A Word with Bob Ellis (which was formerly an Easter Egg on DVD); a Quentin Tarantino and Brian Trenchard - Smith interview outtake; a Melbourne International Film Festival Ozploitation Panel discussion; Melbourne International Film Festival Red Carpet footage; 34 minutes of low tech behind the
scenes moments which were
shot mostly by Hartley; a UK interview with Hartley; The Bazura Project interview with Hartley; The Monthly Conversation interview with Hartley; The Business audio interview with Hartley; an extended Ozploitation trailer reel (3 hours worth), with an opening title card telling us that Brian Trenchard - Smith cut together most of the trailers (Outback, Walkabout, The Naked Bunyip, Stork, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, three for Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Libido, Alvin Purple, Alvin Rides Again, Petersen, The Box, The True Story of Eskimo Nell, Plugg, The Love Epidemic, The Great MacArthy, Don's Party, Oz, Eliza Fraser, Fantasm, Fantasm Comes Again, The FJ Holden, High Rolling, The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style, Felicity, Dimboola, The Last of the Knucklemen, Pacific Banana, Centrespread, Breakfast in Paris, Melvin, Son of Alvin, Night of Fear, The Cars That Ate Paris, Inn of the Damned, End Play, The Last Wave, Summerfield, Long Weekend, Patrick, The Night, The Prowler, Snapshot, Thirst, Harlequin, Nightmares (aka Stage Fright), The Survivor, Road Games, Dead Kids (aka Strange Behavior), Strange Behavior, A Dangerous Summer, Next of Kin, Heatwave, Razorback, Frog Dreaming, Dark Age, Howling III: The Marsupials, Bloodmoon, Stone, The Man from Hong Kong, Mad Dog Morgan, Raw Deal, Journey Among Women, Money Movers, Stunt Rock, Mad Max, The Chain Reaction, Race for the Yankee Zephyr, Attack Force Z, Freedom, Turkey
Shoot, Midnite Spares, The Return of Captain Invincible, Fair Game, Sky Pirates, Dead End Drive - In, The Time Guardian, Danger Freaks); Confession of an R - Rated Movie Maker, an interview with director John D. Lamond; an interview with director Richard Franklin on the set of Patrick; Terry Bourke's Noon Sunday Reel; the Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker vintage documentary; the Inside Alvin Purple vintage documentary; the To
Shoot a Mad Dog vintage documentary; an Ozploitation stills and poster gallery; a
production gallery; funding pitches; and the documentary's original theatrical trailer.
The bulk of Infinity War was
shot from January of this year to July, with Joe Russo revealing to us that there are still a couple of Infinity War
scenes to be
shot during
production for Avengers 4.
Even from a
production standpoint, Game Night stands out with great lighting and
scene composition, with a «hot potato / capture - the - flag» - like sequence that is not only a riot but
shot impressively.
We could mention the heap of establishing
shots of San Francisco that make no sense to the story, the out of place football throwing
scene, the rooftop set with such painfully atrocious green screen work that words escape us, or the character of Peter — whose role is replaced midway after the actor left
production due to other commitments, but like many things, the monstrosity that is The Room needs to be seen to be believed.
Shot by Oliver Wood («The Bourne Identity,» «Face / Off»), «Child 44» is attractive to look at and full of impressive
production values, but the
scenes and settings never coalesce into one through - line of a story as Hardy and Rapace go from Moscow to the hinterlands and back, repeatedly.
I was present during the whole
shoot and so was able to carefully prepare each
scene with
production designer Alain Guffroy, Josée and Bertrand, and of course there had been a good preparation ahead».
The water and western
productions are the most eye - catching, but he does some of his best camera work in the
shots of individual actors or
scenes - within - a-scene.
While many of their shared
scenes might have easily resulted in a stagy two - hander, Stearns» reliance on static
shots, complemented almost exclusively by slow zooms and pans (Pakula's paranoia thrillers of the «70s come to mind) and subtly dated
production design (the 1980s, perhaps) put a very deliberate focus on the players, who all rise to the occasion.
There's also a extensive still gallery, featuring myriad publicity
shots of the film's characters;
production stills, with
shots of Darkness from the U.S. version's early
scenes and material from the U.S. - used Pygmy
scenes; and continuity Polaroids -LRB-!).
Stoller also manages to inject artistry into the
production design and cinematography; the wild party
scenes are especially chaotic and well -
shot, with bursts of color and disorientation.
Sure, it's just footage from the
shooting of the last few «sneak peak» photo sessions, but something about the emphasis on all the behind - the -
scenes production for the event struck me as weirdly charming.
«Filming the Hunted» (9 minutes) gives an overview of the film's
production, as Friedkin explains the film's look and discusses how various
scenes were
shot.