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Location rumours come first, perhaps with news of action scenes based there. Don't rule out casting one of two roles early on as well.
The history of Bond Director Of Photography could be told like this also :
From DN to TMWTGG, every DOP ended his carrier with at least one academy award, except for the DOP of OHMSS. From TSWLM to SF, no DOP ever got an academy award, except for the DOP of TND.
One could say it "explains" why the 60's Bond still look like movies nowadays, while the 80's Bond look more dated.. but it's far from being a rule. I don't think TND would be amongst the first choice of anyone asked about the best looking Bond movies...
And in defense of Phil Meheux, let's not forget the Campbell/Meheux pair made GE and CR, they are part of the crews that somehow saved Bond twice, if they had been people with no talent, Deakins may not even have the opportunity to work on Bond...
I was not aware of a Meheux backlash? His work on GE and CR is fantastic. Action cinematography is a hard thing to master and Meheux has great skill at it. Roger Deakins may have won plaudits for his work on 'Skyfall', but Mehuex’s lighting and camerawork in CR is great and the movie is beautifully glossy, opulent and stylised. It’s by far one of the greatest looking Bond movies. The same can be said of GE.
The only issue with CR I do have is that out-of-context some of the shots do look a little on the bright side. However, Mehuex was clearly trying to give the film a glossy wealthy feel which made the whole thing work very well.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/judi-dench-wishes-shed-fixed-682234
There isn't. But Gustav_Graves wrote that Deakins stirred interest into the cinematography of Bond, "something Phil Meheux ('Casino Royale') and Dennis Gassner ('Quantum Of Solace') could only dream off". And I tried to explain to him, that with such comments, his opinions are not very popular, even if he thinks he can "prove" them as facts (thanks to Academy Award nominations, box office figures, etc.)
Does this shot ring a bell about Skyfall ? :)
Phil Meheux may also be the only DOP of a B&W scene in a Bond movie for a long time, and the story goes he proposed it.. He had quite some guts !
To read more about Phil Meheux's work on CR :
http://www.theasc.com/ac_magazine/December2006/CasinoRoyale/page1.php
Wise words @battleshipgreygt! Bond films are known for being stylish, there are a few lackluster ones in the middle but mostly they are beautiful looking films. Oscar or no Oscar some extraordinary cinematographers have worked in the franchise since the very start and that will obviously continue. The same thing has to be said about Sam Mendes films, I don't like all of his films but I think all of them, without exception, look gorgeous! It seems to be very important for him to get the right visual tone to tell a story. That is why we can be sure that whoever is replacing Deakins is going to be a talented professional who is going to deliver a beautiful looking film.
I've no problem with Phil Meheux or Roberto Schaefer work on CR and QOS but Deakins work on SF was my favourite.
Mendes will choose someone who'll deliver I'm sure, he knows how much weight Deakins carried and that allot of the notices the film got commented on the masters work so he'll be definitely be picking a replacement that impresses.
Hoyte Van Hoytema is one I'd definitely be keen on and Lubezki is riding high with his success with Gravity and has links with Terrence Malick.
http://www.deadline.com/interstitial/?ref=http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/oscars-cinematographer-philippe-le-sourds-beautiful-journey-on-the-grandmaster/
I've not seen WOW yet, unfortunately I think it will be on the small screen, the price of tickets is too expensive and I'm currently unemployed at the moment.
Anyone that Marty is using is likely to be a top DOP and Prieto has an impressive record having seen a few films on his resume. Interesting to see Scorcesse again using a cinematographer utilised by Oliver Stone.
Don't forget the constructing of sets. That will begin very soon as well. Exciting times.
Hopefully they won't need to construct as many sets as last time and shoot a larger percentage of the movie on location than they did 3 years ago. Most of the sets made for 'Skyfall' were relly great but nothing beeats a real location.
I hung out with a film crew about 10 years ago now and the producer told me about the 3 key things that start first in pre-production.
Set building
Costume design
Storyboarding
Casting can be first but can be left to the very last days.
Also he did the bit darker spy movie and he be a compromise choose ''Dutch: Water bij de wijn doen''.
http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/sam-mendes-to-be-feted-at-roundabouts-spring-gala-1201114510/
And perhaps he'll say, 'I can't tell you anything'.
I don't think they'll return. Although I'm sure that their viral strategy will be even larger to reach out to a huge group of people.
The shooting will commence in October, that gives Mendes 7 months of prep which is a quite short span of time compared to many other films.
His work with Steve McQueen is extraordinary, I finally got round to watching my Criterion Blu ray of his astonishing debut Hunger. It was the first time I'd watched it since seeing at the cinema back 2008.
As sobering and powerful an experience as ever. Bobbitt's framing of the now famous 17 1/2 minute take alongside McQueen's direction and Michael Fassbender and Liam Cunningham's acting is one of the single greatest pieces of film in the last 10 years.