- The electrical state The directors revealed why they did not use animatronic robots
- Joe and Anthony Russo say it would have been too expensive to do them
- The pair comments come in the middle of the reports that the film Netflix cost more than $ 300 million
The electrical stateThe directors revealed why the next Netflix film does not really have robots – and everything is due to money.
Speaking before the film’s release this Friday, March 14, Joe and Anthony Russo said it would have been too expensive to make each Android that appears in the science fiction film.
To fight against this, the pair and the important team of the film used a combination of visual effects (VFX) and movement of motion capture (MOCAP) to give life to the robot set of the film. It is a tactic that the Russo brothers say they were really able to grasp Avengers: War Infinity And Avengers: end of game – The latest Marvel films they made and, at the time of publication, are two of the three most profitable films of all time.
“There are so many robots that, if we were going with the animatronic, it would have cost five times more to do,” said Joe Russo when I asked why they had not created real versions of the popular robots of the new Netflix films in March. “Having worked on [Infinity War and Endgame villain] Thanos, we also have a good idea of what is necessary to obtain great Mocap performances.
“It is really important for actors of action live to have other actors to work,” he continued. “We had an incredible troop of Mocap actors who were trained to move like robots, say their lines and create this chemistry with Chris [Pratt, who plays John Keats] and Millie [Bobby Brown, who portrays Michelle].
You actually get more human performance in the robots themselves
Anthony Russo, co -director of the electrical state
“It was a very layer process. We would record the actors of the voice before starting to shoot. Then we had the Mocap actors listen to to listen to the recordings of the actors of the voice and perform the parts of the robot. When we finished shooting and superimposing on the VFX, we brought back the actors of the voice so that they could see their character completely expanded, then reconstruct their lines.”
“Our film explores the idea that you can find humanity in technology, and you can find inhumanity in humans,” prohibits Anthony Russo. “So it was very important for us to bring a strong human texture to robots. I do not know if we could have achieved it by animatronics.
“When we work with Mocap actors, we capture all the subtleties of their body language, the way they move and their emotions,” he continued. “When we record our actors in the voice, we do a similar thing. We capture their body language and their facial expressions, so all this information goes to our animators when they create robots. You actually get more human performance in the robots themselves that we could not have achieved with puppets or animatronics.”
Hey, great expense
Keep the cost on a film like The electrical state has a lot of sense. After all, Moviemaking becomes an increasingly expensive expense for many studios, including Netflix.
This did not prevent the Russos and Netflix from throwing money into the film, be careful. According to articles published by Puck News and World of Reel last June, The electrical state Cost of an eyewitness of $ 320 million to produce.
According to the first critical reactions, this Titanic expenditure did not pay dividends. Indeed, in my review of The electrical stateI called it “another non-Marque non-transparent project to add film and television films Russo Brothers” and “A pale imitation of science fiction films fueled by nostalgia with human stories richer in their hearts”. At the time of publication, his critical score of 23% Rotten Tomatoes suggests that many of my colleagues examiners agree. Do not expect to see him join our best Netflix film guide, then.
However, these terribly received Netflix films are, however, are not a concern for the best streaming service in the world. According to Variety, Netflix’s financial director Spencer Neuman said that the streaming giant is expected to spend $ 18 billion in content in 2025. It is a leap to 11% of last year’s expenses.
Long and along it is therefore that Netflix will continue to produce films and programs, no matter how they occur in a critical and commercial way. So don’t be surprised if (and it’s a big one!), Despite its waste criticisms, Electricity State becomes one of the most watched original films in Netflix and a suite is quickly greenery.
