The Queen of Atlantis Part 2

Of course you'll have realised by now that this is not a lost 1920s silent movie, but a modern attempt to make a film in that style.
The film is the work of students studying in Wellington, NZ. The sea creatures and underwater city were made by students from the Toi Whakaari National Drama School and the Bathysphere, costumes and all other props by Students from Massey University. The course was hosted by Toi Whakaari and is a component of their Bachelor of Design (Stage and Screen) program. You can find out more about it here;
http://www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz/quals_courses/courses/performance_design/index.html
This short course was actually in props making and special effects and the film is in some ways just a screen test for the things we made. The cast is drawn from the designers who made the props and costumes, and got their arms twisted into performing. The film was mainly shot, and partly edited by that same group of students.
We were generally true to our aim of using only 20s techniques. Whilst we used digital cameras and projectors, we only employed old school methods in their application No zooming, cranes and only very basic dolly shots. As youll see there are lots of model shots and back projection, and we got the underwater look by shooting through a fish tank laced with detol.
The only exception was the second fight with the Kraken, which we shot on our final day. To get the 10 shots we needed in time we had to use a digital matte technique. That aside I hope youll enjoy this opportunity to view some early twentieth century film making.
Francis Gallop course tutor.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• steampunk
• metropolis
• sea monster
• sea creature
• submarine
• underwater
• 1920's
• deco
• science fiction
• kraken.

[silexrifl]

What techniques were used?

I tried to click on the link, but i

found no information on this little film.....

[g4yvm]

Excellent. Straight "A"s for all I hope!

David

[wolfeman323232]

wow great film techniques

[GLOBITOkpo]

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