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A Quick Peek From the Matrix Set In Sydney
We posted recently about the planned shutdown of part of Sydney for filming of the upcoming Matrix sequel. Now reader zobier points to a followup describing the shooting, and since he was on hand to see it first-hand, writes: "I went along to watch the filming, it was very cool (I love helicopters tho' ;) They didn't block off much city space, maybe (100 - 200m), and the chopper flew down the square (Martin Place) between the buildings about 5 - 10m above our heads. Many onlookers were videoing and photographing the scene. At about 5pm when it got dark the camera flashes started going off, this pissed off the director as it was interfering with his film." GoogolPlexPlex adds a link to coverage in the Sydney Morning Herald.
At about 5pm when it got dark the camera flashes started going off, this pissed off the director as it was interfering with his film.
Too bad the Matrix isn't set in Japan, where tons of people carry cameras all the time. Then the people could take all the pictures they wanted to, and it'd be ok.
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..your life must be incredibly small and boring if you refuse to see any Hollywood movie because of decss. Hate to tell you, but just about ALL indy films are in some way connected to, produced by, and funded by Hollywood money. You better quit watching TV too, my friend.. Man, there are SO many more important things in this world to worry about...
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Anyone heard news that there will be a new actress to play the Oracle?
I was in the National Geographic shop in Darling Harbour Sydney, browsing, when a lady with a Yankee accent came in. The guy behind the desk asked her where she was from, if she was a tourist, etc, etc.
She claimed that she was working on a new movie, the guy behind the counter asked which, she replied The Matrix. The guy and the girl behind the counter were impressed, they asked what she had to do with it and she said she plays the role of the Oracle, since the actress who played the Oracle in the first movie has passed away.
Can anyone confirm that the origial Oracle actress has passed on?
Damn, she was uber cool.
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Wow .. this is all very exciting.
... they must have swept all the homeless guys out of the way beforehand.
The building I work in is on the corner of Martin Place and Castlereagh streets.
I walk along there everyday !
Where they found space to land a goddamn helicopter is beyond me
Here is why, most meters will average across the whole frame and the thing you are photographing is usually occupying maybe 10 to 20% of the frame.
Switching flash will normally set a fixed speed on 1/30th sec. This is usually enough for the illuminated bit of the photograph. Forget the flash itself, it is the fixed speed that helps. With negative film there is usually enough lattitude to get something off the negative. This is why flash photos of concerts often work.
If they are filming on to negative film, they will need a fair amount of illumination (even with black helicopters). I wouldn't be suprised if the photographers don't actually get something (although a 30th is a bit slow for action and it is sure to blur).
I was onsite (on business in the city) and I can assure you that Keanu was not there. All in all it was a pretty boring few hours. I was in the best viewing spot just off the square near Elizabeth street and although the buildings were non-descript, the head security guy nearest me said the Brothers picked the building because it looked dark and sinister. I was further told that the sequence would later be filled in with a fight seen with Neo on a windy and rainy night, although they were filming in the late afternoon before losing light.
Since the chopper came in from a few streets away and flew to the square then then traveled up along the building, my guess is that Neo might be "flying" as he did at the end of Movie 1 and then fighting someone on the externals of the building. All Greenscreen of course.
They are filming 2 more sequences during the next 2 Sundays and the second one will be the largest street closure ever (surpassing Vanilla Sky's empty street scene). I won't be here for the big one where they will close down all of George Street, but I'm hoping to see some of the cast (Trinity anyone?) next Sunday.
Either way, it will be cool having pre-CGI footage of the scene as it will likely be a pivotal sequence.
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When I worked at a photomat, it was very common to see disposables (the kind you have to activate the flash on) to have one severely under-exposed shot before each good one (or few good ones).
People would usually forget to turn the flash on the first time.
OK, here are my theories about the matrix: First of all, remember that the only explanation that we have of the matrix is from Morpheus. Now, Morpheus said himself that humans did not know that much about the matrix. Perhaps Morpheus is wrong about the machines using humans as a power supply. Perhaps the machines need to keep humans around in order to do their thinking for them. Maybe the machines put humans into the year 1999 because they wanted to see how they were created. Also, about using Llamas, maybe when the skies were torched all species except humans were destroyed. I don't really know, but hopefully Matrix 2 will do some more explaining.