Great Behind the Scenes Videos

[Jeremy Wiles]

Hey,

I've never gone to film school so I'm stuck reading hundres of books, magazines and occassionaly watching behind the scenes videos online.

Kerner Optical used to be under ILM (Lucas) but is now a separate company that still provides "miniature" services to filmmakers. I enjoyed watching all their behind the scenes videos.

Go to their website and click on "Gallery" and then "Video."
www.kerner.com

If you have a great behind the scenes video to share, I'd love to see it.

Jeremy

RED #388

 

[Mark Phelan]

Thanks Jeremy, that was a lot of fun.

 

[Nathan Garofalos]

My friend Kyle did this behind the scenes still photo shoot for Forum Snowboards with renown photographer Ian Ruhter.

After watching the first video click on behind the scenes videos and enjoy.

http://www.ianruhter.com/

 

[Ace]

What a great thread... Would love to see a lot more "BTS" video's or anyone who knows DVD/Blurays's with good BTS segments can list them here..

 

[Nathan Garofalos]

Lord of The Rings has really good BTS segments, really good ones. I highly recommend watching them.

 

[P Andersson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD1jkBL6NwA

 

[Harva Raj]

That website should be a case study for what a website design should not be. Despite the content, it's one of the worse professional website i've ever visited.

 

[Jeremy Wiles]

Here's some aerial footage of the sets that were used on "Harry Potter." It's just a bunch of blue screens built around 8 or so sets in about a 100 acre farm field.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UztBMrEw9g

 

[Gary Stone]

That website should be a case study for what a website design should not be. Despite the content, it's one of the worse professional website i've ever visited.

yeah. the quality of their website really seems to be hurting their business.

most of david fincher's dvd's/blu-rays BTS is amazing. more like a day to day on a film set kind of thing but very educational.

 

[Iannis Holwech]

All the extras on Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven; Extended director's cut, DVD/BD are very good. Follows the production from prep., shooting in Spain and Morocco, through post prod.

Impressive movie too!
Link; Wiki;Extended director's cut

More than 6 hours of extras.
Be sure to get the right edition.
Here is an overview of the region 2 edition.

Link;DVD comparisons


R2 Kingdom of Heaven DC United Kingdom - (Fox - Definitive Edition)

Extras:
Disc One
Introduction by Ridley Scott (1:02)
*Part One of the Director's Cut Film (95:11)

"Overture"
Audio Commentary by Director/Producer Ridley Scott, Writer William Monahan and Actor Orlando Bloom
Audio Commentary by Executive Producer Lisa Ellzey, Visual Effects Supervisor Wesley Sewell and First Assistant Director Adam Somner
Audio Commentary by Film Editor Dody Dorn

"Intermission"

The Enginer’s Guide: Technical and Production Reference Track

(Bonus Trailers for: "Tristan and Isolde", "X-Men: The Last Stand", "The Omen" (2006), "Over There: The Complete Series", "Prison Break: Complete First Season" )

Disc Two
"Overture"

*Part Two of the Director's Cut film (90:48)
Audio Commentary by Director/Producer Ridley Scott, Writer William Monahan and Actor Orlando Bloom (cont'd)
Audio Commentary by Executive Producer Lisa Ellzey, Visual Effects Supervisor Wesley Sewell and First Assistant Director Adam Somner (cont'd)
Audio Commentary by Film Editor Dody Dorn (cont'd)
The Enginer’s Guide: Technical and Production Reference Track (cont'd)
Weblink for Fox website

Disc Three:
The Path to Redemption, Part One
Development:
art I: Good Intensions
- Tripoli Overview (Text Feature detailing the early development and later shut down of Tripoli, Scott’s and Monahan’s first collaboration)
- Early Draft Screenplay By William Monahan
- Story Notes
- Location Scout Gallery
Pre-Production:
Part II: Faith And Courage
- Cast Rehearsals
- Colors of The Crusade
- Ridleygrams
- Production Design Primer
- Production Design Gallery
- Costume Design Gallery
Production: Spain:
Part III: The Pilgrimage Begins
- Creative Accuracy: The Scholars Speak (26:38)
- Storyboard Galleries (Balian's Village, Forest Ambush, Pilgrim Road)
- Unit Photography Gallery

Disc Four:
The Path to Redemption, Part Two
Production: Morocco:
Part IV: Into The Promised Land
- Unholy War: Mounting The Siege (17:06)
- Storyboard Galleries (Kerak, Battle Preparations, The Siege)
- Unit Photography Gallery
Post-Production:
Part V: The Burning Bush
- Deleted & Extended Scenes (additional)
- Play All
- Play All With Commentary by Director Ridley Scott and Editor Dody Dorn (commentary also availible if scenes are viewed separately)
- Deleted & Extended Scenes Index
DELETED & EXTENDED SCENES INDEX:
1. Gluttony
2. Starting Over
3. Healing
4. A New World
5. Golgotha
6. Godfrey’s House
7. The Penitent Man
8. The Penitent Man II
9. Massacre Flashback
10. Walking The Ramparts
11. The Boy’s Arrival & Coronation
12. Rape
13. Husband & Wife
14. Obstruction And Salvation
15. Hattin Aftermath
Sound Design Suite (Grid where you can listen to separate elements In sound design from Dialogue Editing to Final Mix played to the swordplay scene from the beginning of the film. You can also learn how the sound designers do this by accessing the video feature corresponding to the stage of sound design you want to learn more about)
- Dialogue Editing
- ADR
- Foley
- Sound FX Editing
- Final Mix
Visual Effects Breakdowns
- Play All
- The Burning Man: Fire Effects And Face Replacement
- Building Jerusalem: Digital Matte Paintings And 3D Modeling
- Casualties of War: Artificial Intelligence And Virtual Warriors
- Medieval Engines: The Physics and Firepower of Trebuchets (04:44)
Release:
Part VI: Sins and Absolution
- Trailers & TV Spots
- Play All (06:46)
- Trailer 1 (02:35)
- Trailer 2 (01:36)
- Trailer 3 (02:35)
- Trailer 4 (02:27)
- TV Spots Index (Includes 40 thirty sec spots and 10 fifteen sec spots)
- Press Junket Walkthrough
- World Premiers: London, New York & Tokyo
- Special Shoot Gallery (Photos taken for the press)
- Poster Explorations
- Paradise Found: Creating The Director’s Cut
- Director’s Cut Credits
Subtitles:
English HoH (all discs, access via remote on discs 3 and 4)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Picture Format:
Anamorphic
TV System:
PAL
Soundtrack(s):
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Case type:
Special Case
Notes:
Comes in a steelbook case. Subtitles are disabled during the "Engineer’s Guide" track. Previously released in a four-disc digipack.

Sadly the Blu-ray edition is missing the "Overture" and "Intermission" as seen on the standard DVD.

 

[ericyoung]

That website should be a case study for what a website design should not be. Despite the content, it's one of the worse professional website i've ever visited.

Do you mean the ian ruhter one?

 

[Adrian Sims]

Filmmaker IQ has hundreds of 'making of' links, mostly YouTube though.

Check 'em out here .... LINK

 

[Ketch Rossi]

Film School? Whats that?

I'l never, not ever go to one, not even if they paid me to go.

I prefer to learn my own technics and style by trial and error, and I know it will be my material and I'll be original, not saying good, the viewers will decide about that, but I'll be original in my creations .

Now BTS I absolute love them, and some time far more then the film it self, I for one I will make sure that I will have a Photographer and a Pro Videographer or Cinematographer for the BTS, present at all time during my shoots.

I will dedicate time and effort to share how I do what I do, and show how I do it, just in case some one wants to see it, and learn something they didn't already know.

Also I believe is important and refreshing to be able to share how a movie is made, and not only by its production and shooting material, but also the how it came to be and the story behind the story and such.