This looks epic and not that I want to wish the year away, but I can’t wait to see this.
Denis Villeneuve does what he does best and gives us another blockbuster story for the big screen.
It seems at the moment, that cinema is doing what cinema does best; creating epic sagas. The Odyssey, Dune 3, Spider Man: Brand New Day. Studio productions are having an impact on resurrecting box office receipts. Maybe the Studios will learn a lesson from this and see what audiences are craving and that’s spectacle.
Are you excited to see Dune 3? Have we reached a new age of epic cinema? What does this mean for independent producers and directors, when such expansive storytelling is way beyond our means?
1 person likes this
There's gonna be a battle of the behemoths: "Dune: Part Three" opens the same day as the equally much anticipated "Avengers: Doomsday."
1 person likes this
Geoff Hall One of the very few films I might venture into a cinema for these days.
1 person likes this
That trailer looks genuinely epic, and Denis Villeneuve has a rare ability to make massive scale feel intimate rather than just overwhelming. What's the most important lesson independent filmmakers can take from the success of these blockbusters without trying to copy their scale?
1 person likes this
Geoff Hall I’m definitely excited for Dune: Part Three. Villeneuve has shown that scale can be part of the storytelling itself, rather than spectacle being added simply for spectacle’s sake. The film is also being positioned specifically as a theatrical/IMAX experience, which says a lot about how studios are trying to make audiences feel that certain films are worth leaving home for.
But I’m not sure the lesson for independent filmmakers is that we need to compete with spectacle. We simply can’t compete with a Dune budget, and trying to imitate that scale would probably weaken an indie project.
I think the opportunity is almost the opposite: find the cinematic experience that only your story can provide. Scale can come from landscape, intimacy, performance, atmosphere, sound, or a strong visual idea not necessarily from massive production design or VFX.
If audiences are increasingly choosing theatrical experiences because they want something they feel needs to be experienced on a big screen, that should be encouraging for independent filmmakers too. The question becomes: what can an indie film give an audience that makes the screen feel essential?
E Langley the clash of the titans, perhaps! ;-)
Samantha Rivera good question, Samantha. I’m still looking for the answer!
Abhijeet Aade hi again, Abhijeet. I think maybe indie filmmakers could still work to an indie budget in a natural setting, by using expansive landscapes.
As Samantha Rivera said, Denis Villeneuve has the knack of making a massive scale feel intimate, I think because he shows the characters in intimate settings.
It seems that the Studios have found a new market with IMAX cinemas. I can see an increase in the construction of more IMAX theatres, and owned by them.
I’m just wondering what it costs to use IMAX cameras on a production, instead of digital format cameras?
1 person likes this
It's certain. :)
Opening weekend projection is $200 to $300 M for "...Doomsday" with $100 M for "Dune Part 3." That's a lot of total ducats to rake in over a weekend.
E Langley sadly there’s only one IMAX theatre in my city/region. We still haven’t been able to purchase tickets for it. It’s still sold out!
Life's a bitch and then you die.