Terminator Salavation will look very silvery
Terminator Salvation has reached the mid-point of production. Most of you have likely already seen the first teaser for the movie either on our site or attached to The Dark Knight this past weekend.
McG posted an update on the film’s official production blog a few days ago and one of the major highlights I took from it was the cool stuff they are doing with the “look” of the entire thing.
From a technical perspective, we have set out to achieve a completely new visual style that hasn’t been seen before. We’re shooting the film on color stock but are using a method inspired by the Oz process which was developed at Technicolor by Mike Zacharia and Bob Olson. Basically we are adding three times as much silver. It creates a surreal texture that is in keeping with the notion of the entire picture - feeling detached from the world we know today.
Sweeeet. Who doesn’t like a silvery picture? I’m highly curious what this will actually look like when finished.
He also pointed out that unlike the other three Terminator films, this is the first to be set in the future.
All three Terminator films took place present day, with Terminators traveling back in time to attack. This picture takes place after Judgment Day. It happened. Everything is gone. The story of the movie is the “brink moment” Reese always talked about.
To me, “brink moment” would imply the exact time the bombs go off, but if this takes place after that, I wonder what “brink” really means? Is there a brief time period when things are chaotic and confusing, and that is what Reese was talking about?
Anyone know what McG meant?
Finally, he wrote about the passion and commitment of the entire crew for this project, which is always a good sign. The same things were said about The Dark Knight and how the entire ensemble cast gave their best efforts.
Every morning and every night Christian and I work on the story. Sam’s contribution has been excellent. We are committed to putting the story and character first and then supplementing that with action and visual effects. It is our intention to make a film on a large scale with the nuance and subtext of a high quality independent picture. The richness of the story is really coming out now. It’s a Prometheus tale really, how creating life creates real responsibility - and if left unchecked, can be our undoing. The entire crew takes the making of this film very seriously.
So are you excited yet to see this film, or did Terminator 3 ruin you for life?
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