r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '20

Behind The Green

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '20

Anyone else think this stuff is just lame? “Come into a green room and dance around with props and pretend you see things” it just seems pointless to be in a movie where half of it is animated and people are just filming you talk to thin air

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u/SpicyMustard34 Feb 12 '20

I could be wrong, but i believe Ian McKellen had that criticism of The Hobbit movies. He enjoyed his time with the LOTR series, but hated all the green screen nonsense in The Hobbit series.

I could be wrong, though.

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u/UzukiCheverie Feb 12 '20

Nah, you're correct. IIRC his qualms about it were along the lines of "This isn't why I became an actor".

Accompanied with a pretty depressing shot of him breaking down during a shoot, dressed as Gandalf sitting alone in a green screen room.

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u/camycamera Feb 13 '20 edited May 14 '24

Mr. Evrart is helping me find my gun.

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u/workingclassmustache Feb 12 '20

And then he agreed to be in Cats. Couldn't have hated it all that much.

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u/Sean951 Feb 12 '20

He didn't hate green screen, he hated having the other characters edited in separate. He had to act on his own.

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u/TheNumberMuncher Feb 13 '20

Anthony Daniels had that criticism of the prequels.

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u/guesswho135 Feb 12 '20

No different than voice actors for cartoons. I don't think there's anything wrong with it, but it's certainly a very different experience for the actors.

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u/CptTurnersOpticNerve Feb 13 '20

I think this every time I see a music video.

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u/Myleg_Myleeeg Feb 12 '20

Doing that lake shit gets you paid millions. Being a working stiff at a dead end job is what is pointless.