Gravity

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George Clooney chatted with USA Today about director Alfonso Cuaron's upcoming sci-fi film Gravity.

The "Cast Away in space" movie sees Sandra Bullock and Clooney as a pair of astronauts stranded among the stars after their space station is damaged by debris.

"It's a two-hander with only two actors in the whole film," said Clooney. "It is a very odd film, really. Two people in space. No monsters. It's more like 2001 than an action film."

"It is the first time I've been in 3-D and, hopefully, the last time," said the Oscar winner about the format.

Clooney added that the first cut of the film has just been screened for studio executives.

 

[redhawk23]

...I didn't even know this had started filming much less had a first cut screened!

 

[Crockett]

...I didn't even know this had started filming much less had a first cut screened!

It started filming May, I don't think it was a long shoot, perhaps it was just three or four months.

 

[dark_b]

"It is the first time I've been in 3-D and, hopefully, the last time,"

interesting

 

[Kane52630]

Sandra Bullock on Filming and Plot for Gravity
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=85620

Set for release on November 21st, Alfonso Cuaron's latest foray into science fiction is also his first with 3D. Though he'll be working with one of cinema's latest technical innovations within the camera, he'll be abandoning a decidedly older technique in front of it. The film's star, Sandra Bullock, tells USA Today that she shot Gravity without any makeup.

"Our vain little heads are going to be some massive 17-foot image," explains Bullock of the film's planned IMAX release. "You are going to see details because it's shot on this digital film that shows everything. It's so scary. There are scenes where you say, 'This is where you have to let go and let God.' And, thank God, there are no nude scenes."

Also starring George Clooney, Gravity tells the story of Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock), a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone--tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth...and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

very interesting.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

**** this is going to be awesome.

 

[flickchick85]

Oh my gosh, with all the Prometheus hype, I totally forgot this film was finally coming out this year! I think this ties with that film and TDKR as my most anticipated. This sounds like it's going to be amazing.

 

[dark_b]

interesting article.

are they saying that Bullock's character is without make-up or that the actor on set is without makeup? because in hollywood movies every actor is always having makeup even if the character in the context of the story is not. even if they are dirty. they use makeup to control the skin reflection from the lights. the lights on set's are very strong.

i would be very happy if Bullock's character is without make up. it make sense since she is on a space ship. for example Theron in Prometheus lokos like a supermodel. no offense Ridley. huge fan and i expect a good movie. but i do understand that your budget is insane huge and you need to make Theron look very hot.

 

[dark_b]

do we have a problem? there has to be something finished effect for one official pic. ohhh lets cast Bullock and then not promote the movie so that it can underperform?

here is Bullock from june 2011.

 

[Octoberist]

The movie doesn't come out till November.

 

[dark_b]

8 months. yes i know.

give me one official image. t:

 

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Cuaron's "Gravity" A CG Animated Film?

By Garth Franklin Wednesday April 11th 2012 09:10PM
There's still no images or footage as yet from Alfonso Cuarón's anticipated sci-fi drama "Gravity" starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, but some new details have emerged from a recent digital design conference reports Immersed in Movies (via First Showing).
As we know, the space survival tale deals with an astronaut stuck floating in Earth orbit and will feature extended long shots. Just how long though will surprise you when you consider an average two hour film (ie. a non-Michael Bay/Paul Greengrass cut-a-thon) has around 1,300-1,500 shots.
Chris deFaria, who oversees development of VFX and animation at Warners, recounts his conversation with Cuaron about it - "I said, 'How long?' And he said he wanted the first shot to be really long. And I said, 'You mean, 40 seconds?' 'No, 17 minutes.' So it ends up the film only has 156 shots in the entire two-hour movie, many of them six, eight, ten minutes long."
Because the film employs so much computer animation, the filmmaking team tried a different approach to the material - instead of making a live-action film with a massive amount of CG animation, they came at it from the perspective of a CG animated film with some live-action elements incorporated in.
deFaria says "Instead of trying to create real people and what they're doing, let's turn it around and create almost an entirely animated film and then backwards engineer the people into that film. As a matter of fact, let's not even engineer the people into the film, let's engineer their faces. So you've got these little faces inside these little helmets."
Don't think it was a cake walk though for those filming the live action elements - "When we began to bring in both the production designer and the DP we realized that we were committing to many things, not just shot design but lighting, direction, every prop, every single doorway, every single distance so that when we shot somebody’s eyes, they were converging at the right distance point. And we had a myriad of tools to deal with that. But we didn’t create the virtual world and let the live action drive what was ultimately going to be the shot. We actually created the shot and then made the live action work within it.”

 

[Kane52630]

Was this ever posted? it was posted in that article up there^

[YT]uIzxwIJVdus[/YT]

 

[redhawk23]

Though I knew this was going to be cg, heavy, that article isn't particularly encouraging.

 

[The Morningstar]

Tracking shots! Cuaron you the man!

 

[dark_b]

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/the-art-of-rendering/
''Today, Arnold is being used on productions around the world, one of the largest in production right now is Gravity. This is rumored to be the largest Arnold film outside Sony Pictures, but as it is not out for some time, it is too early too discuss. ''

Arnold is very bad when it comes to aliens,humans,supeheroes. but its very good with interiors and shiny surfaces. for example it can render very realistic spaceships.

 

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http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55480

 

[Kane52630]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55480

This is not just next level ****, this is several levels ahead of next level ****, & quite possibly the highest level **** you could possibly make. This is like if Avatar had been released in 1927 a week after The Jazz Singer. People won’t know how to comprehend what they are seeing. In short, Gravity genuinely makes you feel like you have been to space. It really, really does. And guess what? It’s beautiful, and awe-inspiring, and profound (and a little scary too), everything you thought it would be since you first thought about going to space when you were a kid. The movie exploits dreams it knows every sentient being has had, using the best special effects I have personally ever seen. I honestly don’t know how you could enhance a cinematic experience more. I kept waiting for a cameo from the Tupac hologram.

Sh** just got real.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

 

[dark_b]

and its in real 3D right?

where is my trailer?

 

[Kane52630]

It's shot digitally and it's going to be converted into 3D. So might as well call it 2.999999999D.

 

[dark_b]

i forgot that everything is CGI but the face. so converting the face is not hard in this time.

i demand the trailer.........now. Avengers was in 3D. maybe prometheus?

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I want my trailer!

 

[Crockett]

I'm not surprised if it'll end up as a polarizing film, even though I love Cuarón as much as the next guy, I'm not taking that review seriously, it sounds like a typical overhyped post-viewing reaction, define this film as a game-changer already? It's too soon for us who haven't seen anything from this.

 

[Project862006]

^seems like it is polarizing
http://www.slashfilm.com/early-buzz-reactions-test-screening-alfonso-cuarns-gravity/