Thursday, October 04, 2012
The Next James Bond Movie Has Some Serious Underwater Kickass
gizmodo.com: Skyfall, the next James Bond movie, is going to have some serious underwater fights. They have been filmed in the only underwater stage in the planet, a 20-by-10-meter pool that is almost 20 feet deep and contains 317,006 gallons (1.2 million liters) of water.
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While I wasn't thrilled with the last James Bond movie and am even less excited for this upcoming one, I think that the underwater shooting is fantastic. We have reached a point where we no longer have to limit ourselves in the environment that we want to work in. There is so much technology and convenience that shooting a fight seen in this pool of water isn't that strenuous and the after affect is completely worth it. I'm also fairly impressed with the way that Daniel Craig if handling himself and completing all of his stunts. I do think that making Bond as up to date and "cool" as possible, really works in the favor of the series. The actions and the danger only improve the movie action.
underwater filming definitly shows to be a challenge that can be somewhat safe or incredibly dangerous. This underwater stage sounds incredibly versatile and useful as opposed to finding a lake you like and filming in waters with uncontrollable temperatures. Its interesting to hear them mention how a big challenge is for the actors to be equalizing their ears as the action goes on. I have been a certified diver for 2 years now and equalizing underwater is actually a huge necessity that if forgotten can cause real damage. Within the first 30 feet underwater there is the most pressure change so if the scene takes place between 8 and 15 feet of water thats a lot of pressure.
I think that this is an amazing display of the amount of work that is put into only a few minutes of footage. I have always wondered how they are able to film the underwater shots. It’s amazing how things that formally limited us such as breathing we have now been able to find ways around. I am also impressed with how Daniel Craig is handing himself and the stunts. I personally would like to know more about the technology that is required to complete this type of shoot.
I am very excited to see this upcoming movie, since I have always loved James Bond 007 movie series. Especially after watching this making scene, I can feel the passion coming out from the actors. It would have been very hard time for taking movie from the underwater. I think it is impressive that Daniel Craig has done a great job in terms of stunt despite of his age. I can feel how much effort he is putting in for his series movie. It could have been very dangerous just by looking at the size. I also realized how technology improved such as underwater sparkers, monitors, and dive buddies to make it look more realistic.
It's cool to get to see a behind the scenes view of how underwater scenes are shot. I found it interesting how the process used for rehearsal underwater allows everyone to be wearing masks, but repeated enough times to allow the actors to perform the same actions while unable to see very well with the masks off. I am curious if any waterproof and isolated film/video lighting equipment exists in addition to the huge floods and reflectors seen above the pool.
Having worked on the TV Workshop this past weekend, this would be extremely interesting to be a witness of. Having said that, it would also be a pain in the butt. While we are not in the professional environment they were in, at the TV Workshop, several takes along with a rehearsal, several takes took quite a long time. I can only imagine how exhausting and time consuming these scenes were to tape. I have a new found fascination and appreciation for film now, and I hope that one day I have the opportunity to work on a project like this.
Wow, I want to work there! Thats one of the coolest things ive ever seen. As Ive mentioned in a previous comment, if i could live underwater i would, and going to work underwater everyday sounds like the next best thing.
Thats such a fascinating challenge from so many different perspectives. Not only learning how to use underwater technology to make things just as good as on land, but the actors have to literally learn how to act in a legitimately new world and they have to do it blind. & talk about a design challenge! costumes would need to worry about different things like clothing weight, color bleeding, water proof makeup, fabric that wont stretch to the point where it would fall off underwater, all very abnormal challenges. Lighting would be so different to, but i bet you could get some pretty cool affects through the water. I wish we could get a chance to do some underwater work someday.
That seems amazing. I also think it is crazy that there is the only underwater film studio. Everything is amazing. Seems like the underwater studio has there crap together, with the loud speakers, lighting and air supply all ready to go. The ability to communicate from the surface to in the water was amazing. Plain and simple I thought that space was incredible. It would be very thrilling to work in that space to see the extents of capabilities that space has.
I do wonder if the pool heated? Because all the people above the pool had sweaters on. So was it kind of cold?
first off i just want to say how excited i am for the next james bond movie!!! i think anything that is filmed underwater is not only impressive but beautiful! to think that we have the technology to do this is amazing. It takes a ton of management and organization in order to pull it off. it is extremely dangerous and everything has to go according to plan.
This is extremely cool that they have a giant pool that they use for these fill shots but the pool is not all that big. It is the largest in the world for this type of work but compared to the pools used at NASA it is not all that big. The technology that they use to make sure people can stay under the water for long times is really cool and people just come up when they really need to. I wonder if there are different rules or union regulations about working under water and if there is a max to number of hours they can work a day. I am surprised at all of the different effects that they are able to do underwater and they don't do these effects in post-production.
And just when I thought things couldn't get better. I just keep becoming amazed by what is capable of filmmakers nowadays. I used to think that all underwater scenes were just filmed in random bodies of water during certain times of the day to get the right lighting. This puts a whole new perspective into my mind on how movies are made. This type of stage for film reminds me of the theatre stage for the Cirque du Soleil show "O" which I find amazing to know that people have been able to incorporate a pool into a theatre. It is just astounding to see these things and how they work.
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