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The cinematogrpahy in Quantum of Solace is actually really nice. Some visually striking shots and a nice colour pallet. Shame its all hidden behind crappy quick editing.
This 100% Garreth. :)
What I'm so excited for is the IMAX stuff - the stuff we've seen in the trailer that is indeed from that footage (namely Matera and ice lake, some Cuba too and the first we see of Jamaica) looks gorgeous even cropped down. EON better be putting some money behind 70mm IMAX prints for this, not just because of tech capabilities of venues here in London (the BFI IMAX still doesn't have laser projection, and to see the film 'proper' without prints one would have to go to Manchester, Plymouth or Brussels) but actually seeing this exhibited from a physical print will add a certain special quality to it also.
Bond is going to go through the ringer in this one. It won’t be like SP were he isn’t bloodied and always clean
Honestly, there is no point comparing it to other Bond films. I don't think either Fukunaga or Sandgren were trying to emulate any.
It looks like Sandren and Fukunaga have looked back at those old 70mm films from the 1950's and 1960's for inspiration. Much in the same way that films of that period inspired 'La La Land.'
Personally, speaking a lot of the stills look like they were taken from 'La La Land' - which is stunningly gorgeous film.
A nice assessment, I would say. Cary being such a big fan of CR is coming through visually in that trailer, I feel, especially with the Matera scenes.
A print screening is a must at some point. I'd pay substantial figures for a ticket to that. The film looks delicious.
It was always present even in the trailers. It’s part of the style that the DP was known for. Check out INTERSTELLAR which was made right before and it has the same color palette.
This feels like a big 'stunt' and it looks superb. The decision to play in one take is genius. It's simple, elegant and efficient. In fact, it has more of a 'wow' factor to it then any of the overly busy CGI action scenes in any of the other trailers this week (Wonder Woman 84 and Black Widow)
The same is the case for the jump of the bridge. Keeping the cutting to a bare minimal increases impact.
It's one of the reasons the barrell-roll helicopter stunt in SP isn't that impactful. In fact, the DVD making-of contains better clips of it!
Yeah I totally agree mate, the editing of that stunt looks immaculate. It made me sit up just in awe of that amazing stunt, which I'm sure has a lot to do with the directing as well the stunt work itself
I really do have faith in Cary to deliver a great James Bond film, he seems to understand how to film action
Though it is key to mention that just because it is presented that way in the trailer, doesn't mean it's going to be that way in the film. We could easily find that sequence cutting to a reverse and possibly a reaction shot of the crowd, considering Bond is barreling towards them.
However, the sentiments I agree with. CJF generally allows his scenes to breathe incredibly well and I think we'll be in for a treat in April in the action department.
https://www.definitionmagazine.com/journal/2019/11/20/fresh-air
Incredible!
Point well made.
However, there are a number of other examples where action is shot in such a way to emphasis the 'in camera' element.
Such as the explosion with the plane flying by and the jump from the bridge.....
Very Goldeneye...
Absolutely. I think your view here is sound. Or at least I hope it will be proven to be sound!
From the trailer, I get the reason why Craig is in that very garish suit. It's all part of the colour scheme that Cary and Linus are creating. The shirt is meant to match the sky. It's actually much prettier when photographed in film than set photos
Do we think this shot has a CGI backdrop though?
Other winners...
And also that other shot of Madeleine, is she in Safin's base?
Regarding the “is it a cgi backdrop” of the second image, Sandgren captured the exact same look in La La Land, in camera, and won an Oscar for it.
My money would be on real.
Of course it's real. It's all Fukunaga's sunset scramble ;)
They had two sets of the hotel room. One in Pinewood and one in Matera. From what i heard all interior scenes were done in Pinewood and only the view and balcony stuff was done in Matera. Might be this shot is a merger, but the background would definitly be 'real'
Exactly why would they go for all that trouble to build the set around the city if they wanted to use CGI.
Could be, yes. I had no ideia they built it in Pinewood as well.
Yeah the crew told me in Matera.
They literally build this whole construction just for the view and around one day of filming lol.
In that case....it's pretty staggering. I always thought those La La Land shots were augmented by CGI but if you are telling me they are in camera, then I believe you.
Personally, I'm one of those basic people that just adores those purple sunsets and always has to take a picture. They are just so damn pretty!!!
I'm sorta enamoured that Fukunaga and Sangren have gone out of their way to get these shots. They are very difficult and time-pressured to get.
Also, it is me or has the colour-grading changed on these two shots compared from the old and the new trailer respectively:
Most likely. Colour grading is almost always the very last thing that gets finished on a film as it's the most time-consuming effect, seeing as how it has to be applied on every single shot.
Even when it is applied, it is still tinkered with endlessly until the last day of post-production in order to better bring out the subtleties in the image and not make it look like they slapped the same filter over every shot.
@Zekidk pointed out that the grading already got updated between the first trailer and the Superbowl spot.
I recently watched TDK again and it's truly quite startlingly the distinction between 35mm and IMAX. The IMAX stuff is just gorgeous and the clarity of the image is stunning. Does anyone know if we have seen any IMAX footage in the trailers yet (but it's just been cropped into widescreen?) I have a hunch that @antovolk will know.........