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[ColtraineGF]

Man, every time I see the trailer, I go "Wow, that's absolutely insane and terrifying". Just imagining that scene playing out with no sound as she drifts off into space... trailer definitely got me interested in watching the movie - don't really care about the star selection.

 

[sarcastor]

What makes this sci-fi? Or does movie in space just automatically make it sci-fi?

I would say this is a drama set in space. Just because it's set in space doesn't mean it's Sci-Fi.

there are no robots, time travel, aliens, alternative dimensions, cyborgs, etc.

 

[NomarTyme]

Man, every time I see the trailer, I go "Wow, that's absolutely insane and terrifying". Just imagining that scene playing out with no sound as she drifts off into space... trailer definitely got me interested in watching the movie - don't really care about the star selection.

Exactly but I do like Clooney.

 

[ColtraineGF]

Exactly but I do like Clooney.

To be clear, I mean I don't dislike the main people like I've been seeing here and there, or laughed at Sandra Bullock flying off. Clooney is cool though, yeah.

 

[Tesseract]

what a shame they went with clooney over devito. huge misstep.

 

[rekameohs]

I liked the part in the trailer when Sandra Bullock went careening off into space, never to be heard from again.

 

[-Kees-]

The 3D trailer was pretty awesome in front of Pacific Rim. Was this shot specifically for 3D or was it done in post?

Mentioned here: http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-...ooney-and-bullock-on-a-cutting-edge-adventure

It was designed for 3D (on the title page for the script it said Gravity: A Space Suspense in 3D) but since it's almost all effects shots there isn't anything to shoot in 3D.

Love this part:
"Alfonso had an idea that he wanted the shots to be incredibly long, and I said, ‘How long?’ And he said he wanted the first shot to be really long. And I said, ‘You mean, 40 seconds?’ ‘No, 17 minutes.’ So it ends up the film only has 156 shots in the entire two-hour movie, many of them six, eight, 10 minutes long."

Saw the teaser before Pacific Rim in IMAX 3D. Watching it on a computer screen compared to that, it just doesn't compare at all. Most anticipated movie last year before it got delayed and easily again this year.

 

[Guzim]

Love this part:
"Alfonso had an idea that he wanted the shots to be incredibly long, and I said, ‘How long?’ And he said he wanted the first shot to be really long. And I said, ‘You mean, 40 seconds?’ ‘No, 17 minutes.’ So it ends up the film only has 156 shots in the entire two-hour movie, many of them six, eight, 10 minutes long."

That's awesome. I can't wait.

 

[Slackbladder]

I hope the sound effects in the trailer aren't in the film, as, you know, there's no atmosphere in space and therefore no sound. It should just be voices over comms, music and silence. That's all.
Apart from that I'm really looking forward to the film.

 

[Can Crusher]

I really, really hate how movies use sound in space. I know audiences need sound effects in their movies to keep them satisfied, but fuck them. Make it realistic and direct around it for petes sake. Its so annoying hearing explosion sounds.

You would be surprised how many people think sound works the same in space, because of movies...

 

[Expendable.]

Woot, full video now up (and new hi-res photo):

Watch: Full Comic-Con 2013 Panel For ‘Gravity’ With Alfonso Cuarón & Sandra Bullock

 

[Kyaw]

"hi res"

 

[Solo]

lolo

 

[phaonaut]

IMAX 3D or don't watch it.

IMAX 3D made it seem like you were floating in space with them, everything was so tense.

 

[Expendable.]

"hi res"

Well, better resolution I suppose. It was initially debuted as a tiny thumbnail in EW.

 

[Kyaw]

Well, better resolution I suppose. It was initially debuted as a tiny thumbnail in EW.

Ah ok, fair enough then. Video player doesn't seem to be working.

 

[Expendable.]

Ah ok, fair enough then. Video player doesn't seem to be working.

Ah, site that was hosting it crashed. Will try and get a mirror up.

Update: Here we go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEiUdWpCDXo&feature=youtu.be

 

[Kyaw]

Ah, site that was hosting it crashed. Will try and get a mirror up.

Update: Here we go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEiUdWpCDXo&feature=youtu.be

Thank you! Although we aren't shown the actual film material.

 

[Expendable.]

Thank you! Although we aren't shown the actual film material.

Why would you ever want to see an extended take outside of a theater in the context of the movie? That would be horribly damaging to the overall experience come October.

 

[Lemonz]

Here's the second trailer.

Spoiler

One freakin' shot for almost 90 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4coTNta-YA

 

[Nappuccino]

Here's the second trailer.

Spoiler

One freakin' shot for almost 90 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4coTNta-YA

I hope that isn't the actual soundtrack to the film . . . The shot was certainly impressive but it felt let down by the music.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Music's pretty generic, yeah. That's a growing pain in Hollywood movies these days. But I'll be damned: that was a great trailer. It's brisk, lets viewers in on the situation, is a fucking tour-de-force in construction, &c.

 

[Harlock]

So, Nasa will make a rescue mission in less time than the spacesuit has oxygen?

 

[jett]

So, Nasa will make a rescue mission in less time than the spacesuit has oxygen?

If this movie is truly striving for realism there won't be a rescue mission.

aw snap spoilers

 

[jerry113]

Nice but it'd be much scarier without that background noise, instead with just their heavy breathing, radio voiceovers, and helmet noises.

 

[Platy]

Fuck that was beautiful !

Fuck I love Cuarón movies !

Fuck this movie sumarizes every phobia I have !

...Fuck

Also, that youtube link says Cuaryn xD

 

[Harlock]

Other alternative: use the space shuttle damaged to go after her. If they are using space shuttles, the movie already is not aiming to be realistic.

 

[jerry113]

The chinese astronauts in the chinese space station will go rescue them (if this is near future)

 

[Hobbestetrician]

Here's the second trailer.

Spoiler

One freakin' shot for almost 90 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4coTNta-YA

Oh my.

OH MY.

This is looking so incredible and yet so goddamn terrifying. Held my breath the entire trailer, so I will surely pass out only a few minutes into the actual film.

 

[Mr.Swag]

Damn. I'm gonna sweat thru this movie...

 

[Ghost_Protocol]

How the hell do you shoot something like this? It blows my mind how directors are able to visualize this kind of thing.

 

[Mike Works]

So ready for Cuaron. So, so ready. That looks amazing.

 

[SuicidalSteve]

Master or the long shot...looks absolutely terrifying and amazing. Just hope it ends perfectly

 

[Marion Cobretti]

new trailer looks great. definitely gonna have to imax this.

should make for some beautiful visuals at the very least.

 

[Dead]

How the hell do you shoot something like this? It blows my mind how directors are able to visualize this kind of thing.

pre-viz, virtual cams, etc, Id imagine

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

How the hell do you shoot something like this? It blows my mind how directors are able to visualize this kind of thing.

On a soundstage with gimbals, rigs to hold your actors, green screen for the expansive background of space.

 

[Akahige]

How the hell do you shoot something like this? It blows my mind how directors are able to visualize this kind of thing.

probably why it's taken so long, not an easy task at all.

 

[shadyspace]

Here's the second trailer.

Spoiler

One freakin' shot for almost 90 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4coTNta-YA

further proof that sandra bullock's sole talent is her ability to ruin even the most promising of films

 

[Rastafarian42]

I'm there day one, I was tense watching it.

 

[Discotheque]

this and the hobbit are the two films i must go to imax for this year.

 

[red731]

Holy shit.
Holy fuckin shit.
I am shaking. I need this.

 

[watershed]

That was good.

 

[cakefoo]

How the hell do you shoot something like this? It blows my mind how directors are able to visualize this kind of thing.

With this:

Not only for the camera, but also robotic rigs for lights and actors and allegedly stage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQlJCHu_9Wc

 

[UrbanRats]

Here's the second trailer.

Spoiler

One freakin' shot for almost 90 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4coTNta-YA

I keep thinking this looks fucking stupid.

Soundtrack is awful, and the "single shot" isn't nearly as impressive when it's all CGi, since really you can cut and paste whenever you like.
I also don't appreciate the crazy camera movement, i guess he was going for the disorienting aspect, given the circumstances, but it just goes over the top and feels more like a "look what we can do", reminding me of TinTin, which i hated for that reason.

Just a trailer, i know, but so far i'm really not digging this at all.
Also those CGi suits look kind of distractingly off.
Too bad, since it was probably my most anticipated movie of the year.

I still want to believe.

 

[Mariolee]

This trailer was much more better, far less cheesy and much more dramatic. The only quip I have with this film is that Clooney and Bullock look like CG floating faces in min-Stay Puft Marshmallows.

Nice but it'd be much scarier without that background noise, instead with just their heavy breathing, radio voiceovers, and helmet noises.

Cuaron said that to make the trailer more exciting, the studio added sound effects and explosion noises to the first trailer, but that there will be no outside sound in the actual film since obviously there's no sound in space. I can only imagine the same applies for this trailer.

 

[jerry113]

This trailer was much more better, far less cheesy and much more dramatic. The only quip I have with this film is that Clooney and Bullock look like CG floating faces in min-Stay Puft Marshmallows.



Cuaron said that to make the trailer more exciting, the studio added sound effects and explosion noises to the first trailer, but that there will be no outside sound in the actual film since obviously there's no sound in space. I can only imagine the same applies for this trailer.

That's a pretty bold move and shows a lot of trust towards the general audience's intelligence. I hope they get rewarded for their accuracy.

 

[universalmind]

Can't tell if you're all joking. The CGI looks awful.

 

[Mariolee]

That's a pretty bold move and shows a lot of trust towards the general audience's intelligence. I hope they get rewarded for their accuracy.

Me too. I have a bad feeling they won't however.

Can't tell if you're all joking. The CGI looks awful.

Well this is what I said:

The only quip I have with this film is that Clooney and Bullock look like CG floating faces in min-Stay Puft Marshmallows.

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Read on Faraci's Twitter that the industry buzz is that this is one of the best films of the year, whereas Elysium is a tad disappointing.

Can't wait. Not watching anything else besides the first trailer, so I have to fight the urge to click on that trailer link.

the "single shot" isn't nearly as impressive when it's all CGi, since really you can cut and paste whenever you like.

You're selling it short. They apparently had to develop all kinds of robotics to make this possible. It's why people like Cameron and DelToro says the movie is years ahead of its time.

 

[SuicidalSteve]

Just to compare with this single shot take from the car attack from Children of men. He does know how to make them tense Car Attack - Children of Men