Viimeiset B5:TLT-uutiset
Henrik Herranen
muodossaan Varjojen paratiisista http://www.iki.fi/leopold/Babylon5/ .
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From: jms...@aol.com
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Subject: Further B5:TLT update from jms
Date: 12 Oct 2006 01:02:13 -0700
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Just a quick follow-up...I'm in Vancouver (coming back in 24 hours)
finishing up a round of final staff interviews for B5:TLT. Thus far,
we've hired two other producers, a script supervisor, a post
supervisor, the editor, a production manager, a conceptual
artist/storyboard guy, an art director/production designer, a first
assistant director, and closed several cast deals, with the rest
probably to be closed next week, at which time I may be able to say who
they are. Pending final negotiations, Chris Franke has agreed to come
on board to do the music. We're interviewing CGI houses up here to
decide which to go with. The three scripts have been completed, and
are now being storyboarded. We've narrowed down the director of
photography options to just a few last guys, and should have that
decided by week's end. We've also locked down the stage and have
started putting together our package (camera, lights, grip and
electrics).
By this time next week, about 80% of our crew will be in hand, the rest
coming aboard during the start of prep.
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Ja lisäys edelliseen (Lopussa myös ei-B5 asiaa)
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> From: jms...@aol.com
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> Subject: Re: Further B5:TLT update from jms
> Date: 14 Oct 2006 00:52:33 -0700
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> Fast follow-up....
>
> Just got back tonight from Vancouver, and we've now nailed down/hired
> nearly all of our key department heads and the Director of Photography
> who I'll be working with closely during production. We spent today in
> the first informal production meeting going over how we're going to
> shoot this, reviewing the storyboards, determining what's going to be
> green screen and what's going to be practical set...this should be a
> pretty cool looking project, with some sights we haven't really seen
> before as well as some more familiar sights.
>
> What I can say about the three episodes is that we go to Mars, Minbar
> and of course B5, we introduce a new kind of Minbari cruiser, and
> there's a rather startling sequence on Earth. I've decided to shoot
> each segment a little differently from each other, so they each have
> their own visual style that complements that particular story. On
> Monday the B5 team up north will be checking out the stages, and about
> a week or so from now the actual B5 offices will open up and folks will
> start moving in.
>
> It's starting to feel a lot like fun.
>
> We'll also be working with WB to put together a special reel from the
> shoot that we can bring to debut at San Diego Comic Con next year.
>
> Meanwhile, not only has the Universal feature deal noted in another
> thread been finalized, so I'm writing that now, but the Paramount
> feature deal has *also* been closed, so now there are two big-budget
> feature screenplay assignments that I have to write, the first due by
> late November/early December, the second one sometime to be delivered
> shortly after the first of the year. A third assignment is kind of
> nibbling around the edges which could be very cool, even though I
> couldn't start writing it until I finish the other two, which means
> it'd have to be spring 2007 to turn in the script if the assignment
> comes in.
>
> Finally, now that Ron has said it's okay to bring in other directors on
> Changeling, there's been a small flood of a-list directors coming
> around to try and pick up the assignment. Part of the attraction is
> not just the script, but the acting talent involved...as noted in the
> LA Times piece, Reece Witherspoon (and two other oscar-winning leading
> female actors) are extremely interested in the lead role. I imagine
> we'll start having meetings in the next few weeks to narrow down the
> list of directors.
>
> It's crazy-busy, but good.
Henrik Herranen
> Henrik Herranen wrote:
> > Alla viimeisimmät JMS-kuulumiset englanniksi alkuperäisessä muodossaan
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>
> Ja lisäys edelliseen (Lopussa myös ei-B5 asiaa)
Hah! Ajattelin juuri pistää saman JMS-viestin tänne, mutta
olit hieman nopeampi. :)
- Henrik
Jerri
Tosin ei kyllä sano vieläkään ketkä mukana, mutta pienellä
loogisella päättelyllä voi paljon arvailla.
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From: jms...@aol.com
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Subject: Further B5:TLT update from jms
Date: 26 Oct 2006 01:01:01 -0700
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Well, tomorrow I head back to LA for meetings on other
projects for two
days, then it's back to Vancouver again on Sunday to
continue prep. So
far everything's laying out very cleanly. We have an EFX
house on
board now, which was the last big step to be undertaken. It
wasn't
until the last day or so that we could really get into the
CGI issues,
which are huge on these stories.
And in regard to that...the initial goal was to try and do
three big
stories in one DVD. So I wrote three scripts, featuring
Sheridan,
Lochley, Galen and Garibaldi. (I wanted to focus on the human
characters initially so we'd have more time for prosthetics
R&D for the
next one.) The stories, as noted previously, were
huge...all over the
map, from Minbar, to Earth, Mars, the future, the distant
past, as well
as B5 itself obviously. We're also going to be trying some new
production technologies, again trying to stay ahead of the
tech curve,
the way B5 has always stayed ahead on these things.
And over the last few days, as we began to bring on crew and
lay out
the production, looking at just how complicated these
mini-movies were
going to be, the idea of making three of these monsters
began to become
a bit much for us to pull off on out first time out the gate,
especially since I'm still kind of new as a director. So we
decided to
postpone one of the three to the next DVD, and lengthen the
other two
to make up the difference. GIven that the Garibaldi story
was the most
complicated visually and technically, also the most
difficult from a
CGi perspective, that's the one that got pushed until,
potentially,
next time.
And if the sales are anywhere near what WB expects, and I
think they
will be, there's no question that there will be more of
these down the
road. So we're gong to focus in on those two stories and
knock them
out of the park. Same length, same running time, and now
even bigger
than at first anticipated since the budget on number three
will now be
applied to the other two.
Part of what we're doing is to re-think the look of B5 to
some degree.
The show was created using 1993 technology, video toasters
and amigas,
and was to some extent limited by the paradigms and
production methods
we used in that. But it's now 13 years later, and while I
will keep
the feel of the show the same, and the silhouettes and
designs, there's
no reason to limit the look of the feel to what we could do
six years
ago (from when we stopped). So we're going to invest a lot
of time,
effort and money into really re-imagining some of the
visuals at the
present level -- looking at shows like Battlestar and the
like -- and
bringing those tools into B5 while still maintaining the
feel of the
show.
I also managed to work in a nice nod to Andreas and Richard
in the two
mini-movies.
So with that...the team is now in place, the last personnel
have been
hired, and as soon as I get back to Vancouver, I get to take
off the
producer's hat and put on the director's hat.
Esa A E Peuha
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Jyrki Salonen
Lochley ja Galen. Siinäpä valittu taas tosi kiinnostavat henkilöt.
> So we decided to postpone one of the three to the next DVD,
> and lengthen the other two to make up the difference.
Tämäkin kuulostaa _todella_ hyvältä.
Lienee edelleen syytä säilyttää mentaliteetti, jonka mukaan tulossa on
lisää materiaalia B5:n likasankko-osioon.
.Jyrki
Henrik Herranen
> > Lochley, Galen and Garibaldi.
> Lochley ja Galen. Siinäpä valittu taas tosi kiinnostavat henkilöt.
Unohdit Sheridanin.
> > So we decided to postpone one of the three to the next DVD,
> > and lengthen the other two to make up the difference.
> Tämäkin kuulostaa _todella_ hyvältä.
Enpä tiedä, tämänhän mukaan jakson mitaksi tulisi sen sama noin
45 minuuttia, mitä alkuperäiset B5-jaksotkin kestivät. Minua
epäilytti alunperin ajateltu 30 minuutin formaatti.
> Lienee edelleen syytä säilyttää mentaliteetti, jonka mukaan tulossa on
> lisää materiaalia B5:n likasankko-osioon.
Tämä suojamekanismi saattaa kyllä olla tarpeen. Varsinaisen
B5-sarjan jaksojen jälkeen siinä universumissa ei ole tapahtunut
juuri mitään hyvää.
- Henrik
Jerri
> Jyrki Salonen <sj...@OTAPOISTAMAmbnet.fi> writes:
>> Lienee edelleen syytä säilyttää mentaliteetti, jonka mukaan tulossa on
>> lisää materiaalia B5:n likasankko-osioon.
>
> Tämä suojamekanismi saattaa kyllä olla tarpeen. Varsinaisen
> B5-sarjan jaksojen jälkeen siinä universumissa ei ole tapahtunut
> juuri mitään hyvää.
>
täytyy kuitenkin sanoa että heikkouksistaan huolimatta on trilogiat (Psi
corps, legions of fire & the passing of the techno-mages) olivat ihan
kelpo luettavaaa joka kohtalaisen hyvin istu sarjaan. (tai sitten aika
vaan kuultanut muistikuvat)
Mutta parempi lähestyä varovasisesti - 45min tarinan rakenteluun,
ratkaisuun & jälkipyykkiin ilman pitkän tarinan suomaa ARC-suojaa voi
olla melko paljon vaadittu.
Toivotaan parasta - odotetaan pahinta
Jerri
Henrik Herranen
> Henrik Herranen wrote:
> > tapahtunut juuri mitään hyvää.
> Vaikka en itsekkään ole kovin otettu ollut visuaalisesta tuotannosta
> täytyy kuitenkin sanoa että heikkouksistaan huolimatta on trilogiat
> (Psi corps, legions of fire & the passing of the techno-mages) olivat
> ihan kelpo luettavaaa joka kohtalaisen hyvin istu sarjaan. (tai sitten
> aika vaan kuultanut muistikuvat)
Hahaa, onneksi jätin tekstiini varauman " _juuri_ mitään hyvää".
Trilogiatrilogia oli päässyt ihan kokonaan unohtumaan. Nuo kolme
kirjasarjaa olivat aika ok, erityisesti psykootikkokirjat.
Teknomaagikirjoista välitin jo vähemmän, koska teknomaagit ovat
mielestäni ärsyttäviä fantasiasiiseleitä, joita ei olisi ikinä
pitänyt tuoda uudelleen sarjaan. Enivei, hyvä pointti.
Kaila Lasse
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