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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

The Lovely Bones...

Jonathan Smiles said:
Watched "The Lovely Bones" an excellent movie with an outstanding ensemble cast.

Finally got to meet Peter who did a Q&A after the screening in the Paramount Lot's main Theater with Fran and cast members Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Imperioli, Rose McIver, Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci.

Chatted briefly with Peter about D9, and how he missed the fun of shooting in Soweto.

The RED Logo comes up in the credits, so I asked Peter about the use of digital cameras on Lovely Bones, and he said there are around 20-30 Red shots in movie comprising of blue screen and aerials. The macro shots where done with the Iconix camera.

Jonathan
RED Camera Supervisor on District 9
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Envy :eek:
Must have been awesome to attend the Q&A
 
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly names Peter Jackson as one of the top directors of the decade. The accompanying photo is from Lovely Bones, and it is of PJ lugging a RED on a tripod...






real name Bill McCarty
 
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Just saw it last night at the Groove (LA), and it was outstanding. This movie is a masterpiece...

From a technologic point of view, I thought that the macro shots were having a very "video" look, and I was a bit afraid to learn it was RED... But it wasn't make sense to me after all this shot-on-RED-movies that I've seen on theater...

Then I checked imdb and saw that there was some HDCAM SR shots in it... And now, I've been confirmed that those shots were made with the iconix, thanks to redusers forum!

Anyway, this movie is not about technology. It's an intense, emotional piece of art, and a great lesson on how to narrate a story.

I haven't seen something that moved me to that point since a while...
 
Julien Deka said:
Just saw it last night at the Groove (LA), and it was outstanding. This movie is a masterpiece...

From a technologic point of view, I thought that the macro shots were having a very "video" look, and I was a bit afraid to learn it was RED... But it wasn't make sense to me after all this shot-on-RED-movies that I've seen on theater...

Then I checked imdb and saw that there was some HDCAM SR shots in it... And now, I've been confirmed that those shots were made with the iconix, thanks to redusers forum!

Anyway, this movie is not about technology. It's an intense, emotional piece of art, and a great lesson on how to narrate a story.

I haven't seen something that moved me to that point since a while...
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Did you and I see the same movie? The special effects were absolutely laughable. From the shores of "heaven" to the falling body at the end of the film, the entire thing was a joke. Having put out Avatar, Weta should be ashamed of how this film looks. That and the movie was terrible and Jackson's filmmaking was horrifying.
 
In french we have an expression : "les goûts et les couleurs..."

means "tastes and colors...", means everyone perceive stuff differently, according to his own feeling...

I'm agree to say that the VFXs of Avatar are bringing the game to another level, but as a story, the Cameron movie did not moved me as the Jackson 's one did...
 
James Mixon said:
Did you and I see the same movie? The special effects were absolutely laughable. From the shores of "heaven" to the falling body at the end of the film, the entire thing was a joke. Having put out Avatar, Weta should be ashamed of how this film looks. That and the movie was terrible and Jackson's filmmaking was horrifying.
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It seems you're working on a film now. Perhaps you'll be so magnanimous as to post it when you're done to show us all your version of good film making.
 
Julien Deka said:
In french we have an expression : "les goûts et les couleurs..."

means "tastes and colors...", means everyone perceive stuff differently, according to his own feeling...

I'm agree to say that the VFXs of Avatar are bringing the game to another level, but as a story, the Cameron movie did not moved me as the Jackson 's one did...
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I agree with Julien
The lovely bones is a preferred taste for me
and I thought it perfect except for the last kiss and falling safe
and Avatar I thought there was so much that could have been
and should have been done differently.
But as Julien stated
to each his own
This is a thing I learned only this year
I am 28
I always said how can people like this!! angrily.
Then I let go ; )
I like what I like
I let them like what they like
But we do have to draw the line somewhere :emote_whack:
I draw that line with movies like "Legion"
I dont know how it got made
isnt there a ton of people writeing more complex stories that are riseing
to the top of the pile???
guess not.
peace
 
Mark Toia said:
My Sources say Peter will shoot nothing other than RED soon.

Work flow issues (last year) and studio concerns slowed him up and so him and his team decided to go Film for now.

But you can garrantee, he weill be RED in the future now that work flow will be sorted soon with AVID.
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People keep telling me about Avid issues, but really, is it more trouble to render out some intermediate, Avid-friendly files from Red with timecode than to one-light transfer intermediate files from film with timecode? I feel I'm missing something.
 
Julien Deka said:
In french we have an expression : "les goûts et les couleurs..."

means "tastes and colors...", means everyone perceive stuff differently, according to his own feeling...

I'm agree to say that the VFXs of Avatar are bringing the game to another level, but as a story, the Cameron movie did not moved me as the Jackson 's one did...
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My tastes are different. I thought Avatar had a beautiful and inspiring message about respecting what is unique and wonderful in other cultures, and against the Bush-era attitude. I kept thinking about how they allowed the Baghdad museum to be looted. They didn't bother sending a single tank to protect it - all they cared about was their own version of Unobtanium.

Lovely Bones wasn't really about much, I felt, in the end, at least not about anything that resonated deeply with me. Yes, a touching story, but what was the message? Again, personal taste: We Canadians love our preachy messages - for proof see the last 40 years of our films :-)
 
James Mixon said:
Did you and I see the same movie? The special effects were absolutely laughable. From the shores of "heaven" to the falling body at the end of the film, the entire thing was a joke. Having put out Avatar, Weta should be ashamed of how this film looks. That and the movie was terrible and Jackson's filmmaking was horrifying.
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I don't think I'd go that far. I read the novel, which is very subtle, very poetic, and the sort of thing that's very hard to capture on screen. I thought Jackson made some very good choices -- particularly to eliminate the dozens of flashbacks and to change the structure, which tells the story over a decade-long period of time.

I think the film's core problem is that it's a very downer idea that isn't commercial. Jackson got slammed by some critics because he shied away from the novel's grimmer elements (like the rape and murder in the opening chapter), but I gotta say, even Jackson's commercial failures are more interesting that a lot of other filmmakers' successes. Definitely a brave choice, and there's some striking, haunting images throughout the production.
 
Rob Ruffo said:
My tastes are different. I thought Avatar had a beautiful and inspiring message about respecting what is unique and wonderful in other cultures, and against the Bush-era attitude. I kept thinking about how they allowed the Baghdad museum to be looted. They didn't bother sending a single tank to protect it - all they cared about was their own version of Unobtanium.
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Funny, thats exactly what I hated about the film. To each is own.
 
Joe G. said:
"[Peter Jackson] said there are around 20-30 Red shots in movie "

I thought the whole thing was supposed to be Red? Now I don't know what to think.

The obvious follow up question for Jackson: WHY were there only 20-30 Red shots? What was lacking?
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Most of the movie was shot in the states (Pennsylvania I think) before the Red One was quite in a condition for a large scale production. The effects stuff they did later in New Zealand was on Red though. The Lovely Bones had a really long post, so actual production was quite a while ago.
 
Finally got to see this masterpiece after a long wait. It was well worth it.
In my humble opinion the cinematography was outstanding and the story was both well executed and well paced. Frankly, the only complaint I have is that they translated the title in my country - and imho, that's pretty much nonsensical :beer:
 
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