At that time, I did not know much beyond the basics (foreign attack and the Navy has to kick ass), but with science fiction being my favorite genre, I knew I wanted to see the production closely.In October 2009 I was invited to visit the set of the Battle of Jonathan Liebesman: Los Angeles, while the production was filmed in Shreveport, Louisiana.
While my set visit illuminated what the film would be and how Liebesman planned to kill most of the film with handheld cameras, for now most of you already know the basics such as the impressive Battle: Los Angeles trailers have been very popular with our readers. However, for the few who have not seen, Battle: Los Angeles was published on March 11 and stars Aaron Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan, Michael Pena, Ne-Yo, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ramon Rodriguez and many others.
More after the jump:Although there are a number of “aliens attack” movies on the horizon, I really think Battle: Los Angeles will be very cool and most of it comes from being on set and see first hand what the production was trying to achieve.
So instead of just hearing about what I saw, seeing the video, you can get summaries of the two visits set.Before continuing, I have to apologize. Since we’re usually on the set together, we were on different days and saw things differently. I had planned on writing an in-depth piece about my visit to the set, but I’m currently at Sundance and completely flooded with hundreds of things. However, before going to the Festival of Peter, (from / Film) and recorded a video blog extended about visits our set.
The only way to describe it is that they are like real life transformers. I was very impressed. When I was standing there watching them, I really felt like I was watching a Michael Bay moment come to life. It is by the way off and landing. But one thing I want to mention that was the real highlight of the visit to the set … I’ve seen about 6 or less of Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey (more information here) take off and land close to where I was standing. Of course I saw many incredible things in the set, but seeing the Osprey was something I will never forget.
You can also read / hear my joint interview with Aaron Eckhart, Michael Pena, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan and Ramon Rodriguez here.Anyway, here’s the video. I really think Battle: Los Angeles is going to be awesome. I have time indexed, so you can see the parts that interest you. I hope I have reason.
Battle: Los Angeles video blog
* 10:53 – Talk about sequel ideas. * 11:45 – Steve talks about his visit to the set. * 20:10 – Talking about the long wait for the movie and the release date change, the way that reflects positively on the movie * 20:50 – Speaking of the last tests positive test for the movie * 21 : 50 – Talk about how it will be a great movie for Liebesman * 22:14 – Talk about how the whole Liebesman. * 13:20 – chance to see U.S. military aircraft they are able to take off straight up. Talks about being wary of the “problems” flat. * 23:40 – Talk about the future of that Liebesman. Wrath of the Titans * 25:00 – Wrap up and closing thoughtsOrder the “Michael Bay” tour. *: 55 – Intro / talk on the earlier work of Jonathan Liebesman * 2:10 – The first impressions of Battle: Los Angeles footage seen so far * 2:50 – Talk about the plot of the film, described as ” Black Hawk Down meets aliens “* 03:45 – Talk about the style of the film, the film type Liebesman had in mind * 4:15 – Talk about how Liebesman got help from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp in creating his “pass” for being chosen as the director of the film from Sony * 05:20 – Speaking of aliens in the movie. The whole movie is from the Marine point of view. He saw a “destruction of Los Angeles” set, with 3 cameras were shooting documentary style. Some actors who have a “theme.” In the middle is a guy with a sound system music players pumped up for the next scene. * 15:25 – Pedro spoke of how passengers feared private plane landing at the airport after the battle: the crew was dressed to look destroyed * 16:22 – Steve describes a scene was filmed involving Aaron Eckhart inform their soldiers what to do at the beginning of the movie * 17:00 – Speaking of roundtable interviews with the entire cast * 18:15 – Talk about what the players did in their free time during filming in Baton Rouge (drinking, games, etc) * 18:50 – talks about how the military advisor on the set was also the adviser to many of the video call service games * 19:20 – Steve continues talking about his visit to the set. Talk about the “sizzle reel” he saw, which included scenes shot by Liebesman before filming the movie in order to launch the idea of Sony. He says this is not a science fiction film Independence Day type, which explains everything about the aliens. How are “unlike anything we’ve seen earlier in the film” * 06:54 – Pedro spoke about his visit to the set. * 8:15 – Why the movie could not go through after the 3D conversion * 9:50 – Peter goes on to describe his visit to the set. He saw a whole apartment complex interiors, underground sewerage sets.
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Look for a Battle: Los Angeles in an interview later today. Until then, here are some new images from the film
