Making of Beowulf 1/3

[godalenvgs]

"Jonesey!!!"

[CloudX100]

Thanks so much for uploading this. I was always curious how exactly they did this.

[lamin14]

that beowulf guy does bet635 Adverts looooool ... bet635 now !!

[Dawe85xD]

to je hnus



[Rpgedimac]

love the film.. but it's just better with the brilliant score from Alan Silvestri

[Buckleofbelt]

HOLY FUCK BEOWULF IS MR. FRENCH FROM THE DEPARTED!!!

[2bsure]

Ray Winstone, brilliant! Ordinary down to earth guy, no Hollywood ego. Love hearing his London accent, reminds me of home. Thanks for posting these, first chance to see them as I am about to watch the film again.

[deviatea]

incredible art film animation....love this film!!!!

[boiledcrap]

Crispin Glover loves his 'odd' roles XD and he plays them so well.

[MaTchBoOkPoEt]

zemikis shoulda tried to get the conan license. woulda fucking ruled!!!!

[ExhaustedPenguin]

I really feel sorry for Grendel. I thought he was cute.

[HelenaBlack80]

Beowolf, the only cockney Viking in history!

[jayangli]

basically this type of film making motion capture is nothing is real apart from the actors lol

[jayangli]

I cant get over how they made this movie. love this film though

[Ivanlamperouge]

grendel who is ugly in the movie is more handsome than beowulf in real life

[dragonfang47]

thanks for the upload :)

[endocomar93]

4:34 wierd and yucky

[van8]

sbrook zemeckis didnt actually adapt the beowulf epic he uses his own vision of how beowulf was from the story. if u ever read the original u would know that beowulf was not like the one in the movie... not even close actually maybe only the part that hes good at fighting is

[jayangli]

@van8 why what was different

[perfectajo]

ok i've always admired zemeckis as a director, but when he described what his vision for Beowulf is, i was like WTF! i mean, eating, drinking, killing and sex! i thought this was a robert zemeckis film not a michael bay film.

[sbrook805]

its not like he wrote the story, its a classic piece of literature and he just adapted it to the screen.

[imeldaDuke]

robin wright penn looks beautiful! Her 3D figure is a shame!

[yaglourt]

viplovem : you confound motion cap and perf cap, they are not the same

[MrHarris5406]

lol holy shit i thought the guy that played Beuwolf was gonna be sum ripped up athletic guy .........hes just a middle aged fat guy

[imeldaDuke]

yeah thats pretty odd

[temsi]

Not really, Tom Hanks played 5 parts in The Polar Express, including the lead role of the kid (except the voice).

It's about the ability to emote. Since the actor's performance is captured, there's no reason it cannot be applied to a character that looks nothing like the actor.

In Beowulf, I know of at least one actress who played 3 parts.

Andy Serkis played Gollum and King Kong and looks like neither...

[imeldaDuke]

In that case you could have used a cheaper stuntman for Ancient-Action-Hero-Beowulf and let Ray Winstone only voice, maybe mimic him.

Gollum is a different case, he has such an odd  animalistic personality that you cant possibly create him only with computer. You need a good actor to perform adequate gestures and facial expressions.

In case of King Kong. Well I guess Serkis was used because he excactly knew what PJ wanted.

[bernhardtsen74]

Did you see The Departed?

He was the nasty hitman who killed most in the movie!!

mr. French

[ambermensch]

@MrHarris5406 . . . and Angelina Jolie had to kiss him. I bet she was so eager to get home to Brad LOL

[PhillAlexandros]

This must be hell for the actors, because usually sets help them get into character. In this case, all they have is a suit of electro dots, and machinery. These guys are true actors. The finishing product is interesting though.

[temsi]

That's exactly why James Cameron's approach is so cool. It gives the actor the sets back, via a realtime tracking system that feeds to their headset a 3D view of the virtual set - and the other actor "in makeup".

Plus, they don't need to wear those silly dots on their faces.

[imeldaDuke]

oh really? That must have been a huge adventure for them then!

But it also must have cost loads of Dollars to let them have the view

[temsi]

It did, but it's worth every penny because it allows the actor more freedom and any actor will tell you having a location/character to react to and act off of is much preferred over acting by yourself on a large stage wearing dots all over your face.

[laylanii]

i dont know how they keep straight faces talking to each other in those gettups!

[danimalo007]

This is a great film!!!! Great Director!!!!

[viplovem]

They use this technology called Motion Capture or Performance capture. Other movies made using Motion Capture include The Polar Express,Monster House, Happy feet etc. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's upcoming TINTIN will use this technology. James Cameron's AVATAR also uses Motion Capture.

[ilovehannibal]

when i see the movie , and i see the making of beowulf .. it seems wtf? nothing is real .. like the ship part .. SO FAKE .. but still good movie :D

[maxevry]

Fascinating.

[fell999]

Does anybody know what software(s) did they use for this movie?

[Aqualeader5]

I thought the movie was made using real actor

[Timmetrius01]

Hahaha it shows how good they did the animation then, doesn't it?

[jorgen145]

hehe me too

[drunkdonutboy]

"Eating, drinking, and fornicating"

Ah yes, the true essence of Celtic times...

[arcrendition]

Thanks!!! I've been looking forward to watching the "making of"

[redfoxbennaton]

This director has b@lls.

[Johnad10]

Beowulf is the greatest film of 2007! 10/10

[danthemanporto]

i love everything you upload. maybe same tastes in film

[danthemanporto]

i love everything you upload. maybe same tastes in film