In Ridley Scott’s bio-epic Napoleon we see the French general at the battles of Austerlitz and Waterloo, in his tent, standing outside his tent, on a horse – waiting, waiting, waiting, writes Adrian Pennington.
“Those wars were gruelling and probably not very exciting for the most part because it involved lots of strategy and waiting around for days,” said Dariusz Wolski ASC, the film’s cinematographer speaking to IBC365. “We have to make them more concise, more exciting and clear for the audience to follow.”
Doing so involved a whole army of production crew who exhaustively reccied, plotted, discussed and manoeuvred cast and kit on 3D models prior to shooting a single thing.
“First it’s just planning, planning, planning and logistics,” he said. These include...
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