Friday, August 03, 2012
Snowy Days, Dark Knight(s)
Carnegie Mellon University: When Pittsburgh became Gotham City and summer turned to winter, Carnegie Mellon staff and students were part of the once-in-a-lifetime transformation.
For the final film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, “The Dark Knight Rises,” several scenes filmed
on campus at the Mellon Institute and near the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) were covered with fake snow.
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Having gone to precollege last summer, I was actually one of the lucky few who were able to see this process up close and first hand, as well as attend the panel discussion. Being able to watch the shooting process was really cool, because as the article says, they were filming a winter scene in mid July. They used giant lifts with light shields on them as well as having fake snow everywhere. It was interesting to see all of the different techniques they used to achieve this effect. Also, I thought it was interesting that they used the name Magnus Rex for all of the shooting instead of letting people know that it was Batman. The panel discussion was also really informative because besides just learning about their work we were able to ask them questions about things like their educational background. I thought it was interesting that most of them did not come from a background in entertainment. Like Ilt came from journalism and Chris came from engineering. It just goes to show that working in the entertainment industry is a combination of many different fields put together.
It is exciting to have seen the building where such a great movie was filmed. The fact that the building is not a set piece in a studio and in such a well known part of town, amazes me. The transformation, however, that the building went under for the movie makes it all the more amazing. Seeing the snow in the film and yet knowing it was filmed in July, astonishes me and truly proves the mastery of the designers and editors of the movie.
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