I believe that Alphonso Cuaron and Emmaunuel Lubezki put together one of the best pieces of cinematography ever. The whole film is beautifully shot, but this shot is simply amazing. The long shot at the end of the film is awesome as well.
I have the heart of a lion.......and a lifetime ban from the Toronto Zoo.- Unknown
August 20, 2018, 08:40 PM
SigJacket
An incredible scene all around. Everything, everyone has to be spot on.
Cuarón's initial idea for maintaining continuity during the roadside ambush scene was dismissed by production experts as an "impossible shot to do". Fresh from the visual effects-laden Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Cuarón suggested using computer-generated imagery to film the scene. Lubezki refused to allow it, reminding the director that they had intended to make a film akin to a "raw documentary". Instead, a special camera rig invented by Gary Thieltges of Doggicam Systems was employed, allowing Cuarón to develop the scene as one extended shot.[14][63] A vehicle was modified to enable seats to tilt and lower actors out of the way of the camera, and the windshield was designed to tilt out of the way to allow camera movement in and out through the front windscreen. A crew of four, including the director of photography and camera operator, rode on the roof.[64]
However, the commonly reported statement that the action scenes are continuous shots[65] is not entirely true. Visual effects supervisor Frazer Churchill explains that the effects team had to "combine several takes to create impossibly long shots", where their job was to "create the illusion of a continuous camera move." Once the team was able to create a "seamless blend", they would move on to the next shot. These techniques were important for three continuous shots: the coffee shop explosion in the opening shot, the car ambush, and the battlefield scene. The coffee shop scene was composed of "two different takes shot over two consecutive days"; the car ambush was shot in "six sections and at four different locations over one week and required five seamless digital transitions"; and the battlefield scene "was captured in five separate takes over two locations". Churchill and the Double Negative team created over 160 of these types of effects for the film.[66] In an interview with Variety, Cuarón acknowledged this nature of the "single-shot" action sequences: "Maybe I'm spilling a big secret, but sometimes it's more than what it looks like. The important thing is how you blend everything and how you keep the perception of a fluid choreography through all of these different pieces."[9]
-- I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is.
"For the cause that lacks assistance/The wrong that needs resistance/For the Future in the distance/And the Good that I can do" - George Linnaeus Banks, "What I Live for"
August 21, 2018, 04:15 PM
Hume
I recently watched again Children of Men. Agreed: Good tracking shot and innovative too. The film is unique too in that it strictly adheres to a limited third-person narrative. Everything transpires as seen by the Clive Owen character.
August 21, 2018, 04:42 PM
Bisleyblackhawk
I enjoyed that movie...it was, a little bit different, from what I usually "enjoy"...but a well done film...I thought it was well written and filmed. I would recommend it if you have not seen it...it somewhat saddened me to be honest...it's sort of an oxymoron to say you "enjoyed" something that "saddened" you...but, there you go...it's what a good film does ...as far as riding as the group in a car...that is so real, from the dialog, facial expressions and the egg "spitting", I can relate...then "it" happens so fast (which is "real life" too)...I can only imagine!
"we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet
August 21, 2018, 04:53 PM
redstone
I loved the opening to Gravity as well. I really love the idea and execution of the tracking shots. It takes an amazing amount of planning and strategy to pull it off. I watched a documentary on the rig that they built to film the ambush scene, it is a feat of engineering.
I think this is the same one, but low res I could not find the original.
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson
August 21, 2018, 05:13 PM
Bisleyblackhawk
quote:
Originally posted by redstone: I loved the opening to Gravity as well. I really love the idea and execution of the tracking shots. It takes an amazing amount of planning and strategy to pull it off. I watched a documentary on the rig that they built to film the ambush scene, it is a feat of engineering.
I think this is the same one, but low res I could not find the original.
Another good film that takes the viewer "past" the "everything takes days to transpire" to the real world of things come to fruition pretty damn quick after the die is cast...a very well done movie (I loved the ending with the frog when she is heading to the surface)
"we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet
...as far as riding as the group in a car...that is so real, from the dialog, facial expressions and the egg "spitting", I can relate...then "it" happens so fast (which is "real life" too)...I can only imagine!
I could not find the original.