film follows the funny style of "Pirates of the Caribbean", but it lacks innovation and can only be regarded as quite satisfactory.
——The Hollywood Reporter’s
dazzling special effects, fairy tales, and youth fantasy, what can we expect in March? ——The
New York Post’s
behind-the-scenes production of
3D new fairy tales,
although the fairy tale of “Jack the Giant” It is not new, but it is rare to express this story in the form of a live-action movie. After Brian Singer replaced Caruso as the director of the film, he made drastic changes to the original script. Moreover, the screenwriter he hired was Christopher McCauley, who had worked with him for a long time. Regarding McCauley's rewritten script, Singh said: "In my opinion, McCauley has made a very personal rewrite of the original script. He changed the structure and main line of the story. Although the original characters are still the same. And, but the whole story is completely different. More importantly, his rewriting made me feel a sense of deja vu."
The characters and plots from traditional fairy tales became under the hand of Christopher McCauley Another thing with the concept of adult. Brian Singer said: "Although the story was rewritten by McCauley, it is still a very traditional fairy tale. This movie may be the most traditional movie I have ever shot. Although traditional, he is still Very interesting. I also get a lot of fun from it. Fairy tales often have sociological or anthropological concepts. But in every rewriting and transformation, they gradually become children’s literature and for children. Things. If we say that the stories in fairy tales are not deceitful, but have happened in reality, how do we understand it? So, we return to the source of the story, the stories you read to the children before the bed From here to tell the origin of a fairy tale-this is what I did in this movie."
In order to shoot this movie well, Singh bought an EPIC 3D camera from RED to shoot this movie. Moreover, for the giants made by CG, he took the real-time image synthesis system from Cameron's hands, allowing the actors to perform in front of the green screen, while he himself watched the synthesized picture on the monitor. It is reported that in this film, Singh will completely use natural light to shoot. He said: "This is a film with a story that happened before electricity was invented, so I want to shoot it all with natural light. Because of EPIC's super high Tolerance and expressiveness of color, as well as amazing color depth and contrast, I can use it to do endless trials and experiments. Moreover, using this camera and camera system can also allow me to focus on framing and photography. Without having to think about too many 3D technical matters. This is the most ideal tool for shooting 3D. 3D provides me with a tool from virtual to real. With the help of this technology, we can be better than before. It is closer to the reality of dreams and provides an unparalleled sense of reality." The
British location and actor
began its own filming process in the British countryside on April 12, 2011. The entire location covers some of the most scenic villages in the entire UK. In these places, far from industrial civilization and cities, the vegetation has not yet been destroyed. For a fairy tale film that took place in an age without electricity, this is the most suitable location for location. The film once came to the famous Puzzlewood for shooting, where the vegetation is lush, tree roots, rocks and moss are not damaged, obviously it is the best location. And several major BBC dramas, such as "Doctor Who" and "The Legend of Merlin" were shot here. Even more legendary, this forest once inspired Tolkien to write "The Hobbit." Singh said: "These locations are really great. It's like a location tailored for this movie. We came here, as if the children came to the amusement park as excited and happy. Come here. Going to these places, I began to design that there should be a giant here, there should be a fight, etc. etc. After having these designs, we returned to the studio, and we had sufficient confidence and design in front of the green screen. In order to make such a movie well. Coming to this woods, I can imagine how Zemigis and Cameron made those great action-capture movies--I think they must have been at the beginning. Like me, I have felt this way."
In choosing actors, Singh did not hesitate, he found a vote of British actors for this film shot in the UK. Among them, the British boy Nicholas Holt plays the role of Jack, while the British rising star Eleanor Tomlinson plays the role of the princess. In addition, British actors such as Bill Nye, Ivan McGregor and Ian McCarshaun all appeared in the film. Talking about his British team, Singh said: "Because Jack's original fairy tale is an English fairy tale, so in order to show this story authentically, I deliberately chose a British team for this movie. In In my opinion, only in this way can we show the spirit and connotation contained in this story. Of course, the British actors that my producer and I have found are all very good. They are very good at being local. Find a balance between culture, Tucao, black humor, and traditional stories, and then show off one's own unique features that are unique to the British. After filming the film, I think the characteristics of this film are very distinctive, and right The expressions of British culture are also very interesting and are in line with modern people's perception. To be honest, I had expected such an effect before shooting, but I didn't expect the effect to be so good."
Highlights
·Video Based on the two fairy tales "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jack the Giant Killer". The original name of the film was also called Jack the Giant Killer, but it was later changed to Jack the Giant Slayer.
·The main actors in this film are all British. Director Brian Singer said that because the film was originally a British fairy tale.
·The whole film was shot in England, and the main locations are Somerset, Gloucestershire and Norfolk.
·The original director of the film was D·J·Caruso, but in August 2009, he was replaced by Brian Singer.
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