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film has the support of the Audubon Society (a wildlife conservation organization), and the film's natural wit will be great for families who have had enough of whales and dolphins A nice adjustment.
——"Chicago Sun"
Just like bird watching activities, this film requires a certain amount of patience from the audience. It stays true to the fun of the activity itself, while conveying more of the fascinating and natural character of birds themselves. ——The director of
"New York Times" and three excellent leading actors make this film full of knowing humor. - Behind the scenes at The Hollywood Reporter The bird- watching film is based on Marc Oubmaxi's novel The Big Year: A Tale of Man , Nature and Fowl Obsession). In the novel, Oubmaxi describes the story of three "bird lovers" who gave up their careers and families in order to find more kinds of birds, but then they discovered that bird watching is actually just a detail of life, and finally they still With a new understanding of life back to the normal track of life.
In real life, Oub Maxi is also a bird watcher. He said: “I love birds and I love chasing them. My family members often don’t know what to pursue, so birds can sometimes be a point of interest. Last year, I took my 6 My 12-year-old went bird watching. I picked him up from school and went to a place 10 miles away from our house. I think it's better to see birds there and enjoy nature than to study in the classroom Much more interesting. To write this book, I spent a whole year actually watching birds and getting a feel for the life of a bird watcher. I understood along the way why they are willing to spend so much time and money, which is To get a glimpse of the psychology of birds. I wrote it all in a book. As for the way this novel is written, I think it's a very traditional way of writing, its story and plot is like the Tom we often talk about Sawyer is the same story as Hackleberry Bailey."
After the publication of Uub Maxi's novel, many people felt that the fictional story he wrote read as true as a non-fiction novel, and for this, Oubmaxi said: "First of all, an author must be responsible for his own heart, and he must be honest with his readers. The three protagonists in the novel have an almost fanatical love for birds, but my readers often I don't like birds so much. As an author, I have to do a little 'translation' work, tell readers their love for birds, and introduce some birds and their living habits to me within a certain range. Readers. I think it's a kind of interaction and good communication." With an excellent novel as the foundation for the
adaptation and shooting
, David Frankel, who filmed "The Devil Wears Prada", can rest assured Boldly take another great production. And Frankel is married to a junior birder. He said: "My wife is a bird watcher who is just getting started. Of course, her enthusiasm cannot be compared with the three people in the novel, but her passion for birds is I am still very happy with the enthusiasm and storytelling. We live in Miami, a place not far from wetlands and swamps. We spend every day with some birds. I believe my life would be better without these birds Different."
Although there is a certain "bird watching foundation" and "bird watching passion", from a technical point of view, shooting "Bird Watching Year" is still difficult. Frankel said: "The hardest thing is that the novel is a whole year of what's going on, which is obviously a bit too much for a movie. Because we're going to make and shoot the spring. The different feelings of summer, autumn and winter, and we had to shoot some birds. So, we really started shooting all over North America according to the route written in the novel, and we traveled thousands of miles and traveled all over the United States, just to It can show a sense of reality in the movie. I think it is very important to follow the route in the novel, because only in this way can we fully restore the feeling of searching for birds and birds in the novel.”
In such a comedy film, shooting people and scenery is actually very simple. The three leading actors of the film are all veterans, and shooting scenery is not difficult, but shooting birds is difficult. Because I am not a professional photographer, it is difficult to take pictures of beautiful birds. Frankel said: "It's really hard to shoot birds, and we don't have the time to shoot so many birds in the movie, so we use a lot of documentary footage. Editing that footage into the film , I don't think there is anything abrupt or inappropriate. In addition, we also hired some people to specially shoot birds, because some birds will appear in the shooting, so there are many real shots in the film. The footage. These birds are all special, uncommon species. And finally, the footage of those birds arriving in droves to the North American continent is actually computer-generated."
Three Big Names
"Bird Watching" has a surprising cast: Owen Wilson, Jack Black and Steve Martin's names appearing at the same time basically guarantees that this is a very traditional "bad boy comedy" ". Frankel said: "These three main actors are the soul of the whole film, and almost all the jokes burst out from these three people. The three people have very different personalities. Believable chemistry and jokes. We went from Florida to California, from New York to Canada to make this movie. Every day was a different scene, and it became the favorite part of the three lead actors, Because they don't know what kind of performance they will face every day when they come to the filming site. Maybe they are still hiking and climbing the river the day before, but the next day they will be rolling in the snow or clumsily operating solo Canoes and things like that. There was a lot of laughter during the shoot, and it was fun.”
Jack Black said, “It’s a very loving story because it’s fun to follow the lives of birds. It’s very tiring to shoot, but still Very worthwhile, because we are basically shooting in scenic areas where birds live, and it is really cool to be able to shoot this film in such a beautiful place. About a year ago, Frank Cole found it with a novel and a script I wish I could be in this movie. After seeing what he brought, I decided to join the crew because I have never played a bird watcher like this on screen. Owen who worked with me Steve and Steve are both my favorite actors, and it's great to work with them. The three of us have different roles in this movie, and the characters' personalities are also different. That's where the fun is. , because of the differences in character and life, most of the jokes in the film are made. It should be said that I enjoyed the filming process of the film, and the experience of working with them even more."
Trivia
· "Big Year" (Big Year) The meaning in English is a kind of competition among bird watchers. The competition is to see who observes the most species of birds within a certain time and geographic range. Big Year competitions can be held within a state or across North America. This kind of competition has been popular among "bird lovers" since 1934.
· This film is the screen debut of Jim Parsons, known as "Sheldon", after "The Big Bang Theory."
· Filming began between May 3 and July 30, 2010, with some interiors shot in Vancouver, Canada.
· Steve Carell and Dustin Hoffman were prepared to play a role in the film.
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