Re: Restored Ending (on youtube)
PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:48 am
The preproduction video is where I got the storyboards and images (and audio) for my 'ending' video. It's starts off by stating a few bits about the book and it's awards and quickly dives into a 30 minute synopisis of the entire film. This is before actors were hired etc, yet already at this stage it gives the idea of the film's futuristic-esqe feel.
Certain images and shots are directly recreated in the final film that are taken from this video. It mixes paintings, CGI, and test shots with actors taking the parts of the voices.
highlights include:
* Original daemon test
* Lyra's original meeting of Mrs Coulter
* Lyra riding Iorek shot that got the film greenlit. This is pratically the same in the final film!
* The ending!
The video was originally placed on here on youtube, then moved to Stage6 (which you could download from) however New Line Cinema didn't like the video being public, claiming it was heavily steeped in what Tom Stoppard wanted from the film (bollox), and had the video pulled. The video did show many of the changes that were made with the film, however most fans who have seen it prefer it to the final thing. Where you'd find it now I don't know, I just have my copy for editing work.
As for the guys running, I know the buildings look weird, but I do believe thats not a scene in oxford. I think the angle doesn't help my argument. There is no point in the film where we'd have a battle in Oxford. If I remember rightly these guards are a spot on match to the ones in trollsaund as I checked them out because I noticed the buildings too! I think it's just a part of town we hadn't seen before...
Certain images and shots are directly recreated in the final film that are taken from this video. It mixes paintings, CGI, and test shots with actors taking the parts of the voices.
highlights include:
* Original daemon test
* Lyra's original meeting of Mrs Coulter
* Lyra riding Iorek shot that got the film greenlit. This is pratically the same in the final film!
* The ending!
The video was originally placed on here on youtube, then moved to Stage6 (which you could download from) however New Line Cinema didn't like the video being public, claiming it was heavily steeped in what Tom Stoppard wanted from the film (bollox), and had the video pulled. The video did show many of the changes that were made with the film, however most fans who have seen it prefer it to the final thing. Where you'd find it now I don't know, I just have my copy for editing work.
As for the guys running, I know the buildings look weird, but I do believe thats not a scene in oxford. I think the angle doesn't help my argument. There is no point in the film where we'd have a battle in Oxford. If I remember rightly these guards are a spot on match to the ones in trollsaund as I checked them out because I noticed the buildings too! I think it's just a part of town we hadn't seen before...