![]() This includes a team of 19 artists, technicians and producers embedded in Babelsberg. It is not only helped design the volume but will take a lead role creating 1899’s visual effects.Īccording to Little Black Book, Framestore’s work on this major episodic project is led by VFX supervisor Christian Kaestner ( Captain Marvel Gravity), who oversees the company’s integrated visualization, virtual production and VFX teams. “Once you start working with it, it makes you write scenes differently, it allows you to explore things you might not be able to explore on a natural set.” VFX by Framestoreįramestore, the UK-based international VFX powerhouse, is also intimately involved. And then in the editing you already have it all there.”įriese adds that the experience will help filmmakers to think of stories differently. “Everything has to be decided beforehand, you have to create it, build it, so it’s all ready to shoot in camera. “You literally take post-production and make it pre-production,” Odar continues. Jonas Bloquet as Lucien, Mathilde Ollivier as Clémence, Rosalie Craig as Virginia, José Pimentão as Ramiro, Gabby Wong as Yuk Je, and Isabella Wei as Ling Yi in writer/director Baron bo Odar’s “1899.” Cr: Netflix The team also constructed a significant physical set for their crucial location - the ship - at the Babelsberg facility. It’s about creating 3D worlds in camera that can move and change with you.” If I push the camera towards the wall, the landscape moves with us. “It’s about scanning landscapes and turning them into 3D models so you can actually walk through them. “You don’t shoot a 360 of a landscape and project it onto LED walls, because you would move in with the camera and the projection would stay 2D,” he added. And then in the editing you already have it all there.” - Baran bo Odar Everything has to be decided beforehand, you have to create it, build it, so it’s all ready to shoot in camera. “You literally take post-production and make it pre-production. It’s a big, big difference,” Odar said of the experience.īackground plates for 1899 were shot on location and on the ocean for rendering in Unreal and playback on set. “It’s like if you’re used to driving a car and now you suddenly have to fly a plane. They spoke with the team behind The Mandalorian, including DP Barry Baz Idoine to better understand the technology. Netflix arranged a test shoot for the showrunners at a virtual stage housed in Shepperton Studios near London. Quite quickly we realized it would not be possible in the near future.” The pandemic really hit us, and we had to discuss how we could do a pan-European show during this time - it was really the worst idea. We’re used to going on real locations, using real sounds and stuff like that, that was the plan for this show. Aneurin Barnard in writer/director Baron bo Odar’s “1899.” Cr: NetflixĪs Odar explains to Deadline: “We are very old school filmmakers. When the pandemic hit, these plans were derailed and the show pivoted wholesale to making it using virtual production techniques. The series had been in prep since 2018 and planned to shoot in Spain, Poland and Scotland. Having inked a production deal with Netflix, they embarked on 1899, a period mystery set on a migrant boat sailing from Europe to the United States. Studio Babelsberg itself is now owned by US real estate firm TPG Real Estate Partners.ġ899 is the new project from Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, German creators of supernatural drama Dark, which aired in 2017 and ran for two seasons. ![]() Rendering is by Unreal Engine, with additional tech supplied by ARRI Solutions Group and Faber AV. The virtual studio is controlled via the “Brain Bar,” which provides 13 high-performance workstations. It also features a claimed industry-first revolving stage - a motor-driven 360-degree turntable which allows filming of real sets from different angles without conversion times. The volume is 55 meters (75 feet) -wide and seven meters (23 feet) -high, making a shooting space of 4,500 square feet, and surrounded by an LED wall composed of 1,470 ROE LED panels. Emily Beecham as Maura Franklin in writer/director Baron bo Odar’s “1899.” Cr: Netflix Raising that funding was possible because Netflix has also committed to house multiple series on the stage, over the coming years, Netflix told Deadline. According to Deadline, it cost “a significant amount of money, with backing coming from sources including the Investment Bank of Brandenburg and Netflix. The facility is operated by Dark Bay, a sister company to Dark Ways, the production company outfit behind 1899. Fflyn Edwards in writer/director Baron bo Odar’s “1899.” Cr: Netflix
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