‘The Making of Annihilation’ (73 min of Extras)

• Refractions: “Explores the challenges of translating the book to screen, story themes, crafting the movie's visual style and structure, digital support challenges, real-world visual inspirations.”

• For Those That Follow: “Explores the characters and the actors who portray them while discussing the individual and collective qualities they add to the story.“

• Shimmer: “Covers the value of shooting in sequence, filming in the UK, set construction and design, making challenging practical and digitally supported scenes.”

• Vanished into Havoc: “Takes a more detailed look at making practical and digital support effects in the film.”

• Unfathomable Mind: “Covers the science, look, and visual construction of The Shimmer, both the outer shell and some of the visuals within.”

• The Last Phase: “Looks at the qualities Director Alex Garland and the crew brought to the shoot. It also explores the film's appeal as both an entertainer and a thought provoker.” 🤔
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p.s.

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody! 🍁

The animatronics team nicknamed the animatronic bear ‘Dexter’

The absolute unit

insane how they managed to pull certain set pieces and sets off.

oscar isaac massive tits

An interesting insight into the thought process behind the movie. It's one of the sci fi films in recent years that's able to promote discourse rather than just telling a story.

I could listen to Alex Garland talk about movies all day. Was glad to hear I'm not the only one who loves Moore's Swamp Thing run.

If you really love the movie like I do, this is worth a watch. Lots of great insight to the production.

I was surprised by how in-depth this doc was gonna be, another evidence that Blu-rays can have good special features. Anyways, I love learning about movies, filmmaking, and behind-the-scenes look into craft, production design, and visual effects. This movie deserved the microscopic look because it's so detailed and immersive.

There's also the sense that Annihilation is a deeply collaborative effort from Alex Garland, the cast, and all the crew members who made this an astonishing feat of science fiction.

Goes to show you what you can actually make in the UK.

i wish they would’ve talked about the score because it’s undoubtedly the most unique one i’ve ever heard but this was really interesting and helped me better understand the movie itself. i also love how self-aware the director is in knowing what his role entails and giving credit where it’s actually due. there are so many people involved in the making of a movie and most of the critics on here annoyingly only attribute a film’s success or failure to its director, which makes absolutely zero sense. y’all could learn something from my mans alex!

A lot of cool stuff here but I really wanted to hear about the making of that amazing score. Even so, the part about the finale of the movie adds some more interesting things to think about.

people talking about movies <33

insane how they managed to pull certain set pieces and sets off.

oscar isaac massive tits

‘The Making of Annihilation’ (73 min of Extras)

• Refractions: “Explores the challenges of translating the book to screen, story themes, crafting the movie's visual style and structure, digital support challenges, real-world visual inspirations.”

• For Those That Follow: “Explores the characters and the actors who portray them while discussing the individual and collective qualities they add to the story.“

• Shimmer: “Covers the value of shooting in sequence, filming in the UK, set construction and design, making challenging practical and digitally supported scenes.”

• Vanished into Havoc: “Takes a more detailed look at making practical and digital support effects in the film.”

• Unfathomable Mind: “Covers the science, look, and visual construction of The Shimmer, both the outer shell and some of the visuals within.”

• The Last Phase: “Looks at the qualities Director Alex Garland and the crew brought to the shoot. It also explores the film's appeal as both an entertainer and a thought provoker.” 🤔
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p.s.

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody! 🍁

I love Annihilation

If you really love the movie like I do, this is worth a watch. Lots of great insight to the production.

I was surprised by how in-depth this doc was gonna be, another evidence that Blu-rays can have good special features. Anyways, I love learning about movies, filmmaking, and behind-the-scenes look into craft, production design, and visual effects. This movie deserved the microscopic look because it's so detailed and immersive.

There's also the sense that Annihilation is a deeply collaborative effort from Alex Garland, the cast, and all the crew members who made this an astonishing feat of science fiction.

Goes to show you what you can actually make in the UK.

Hoping some more (all) of my theories would be validated, I guess it’s not their fault

I want the guy who does the bear mo-cap to tuck me in at night and tickle me awake in the morning

Toujours enrichissant de regarder un making of, si en plus c'est celui du meilleur film de 2018, je dis oui.

Je ne pensais pas du tout, mais le film utilise très peu de fonds verts. Garland préfère très largement utilisé de vrais décors qu'il fait construire, et habille.

To be honest, the only frustration about it ever, from my point of view, it's that what typically happens on the films I've worked on with them. Particularly the ones where I am credited as director, is that I get credited for their work. Things that they do that I had really almost nothing to do with or sometimes nothing to do with just simply automatically gets attributed to me, that's something I find kind of embarassing but apart from that everything about it is a pleasure. - Alex Garland

i wish they would’ve talked about the score because it’s undoubtedly the most unique one i’ve ever heard but this was really interesting and helped me better understand the movie itself. i also love how self-aware the director is in knowing what his role entails and giving credit where it’s actually due. there are so many people involved in the making of a movie and most of the critics on here annoyingly only attribute a film’s success or failure to its director, which makes absolutely zero sense. y’all could learn something from my mans alex!

I’m a complete sucker for long in depth behind the scenes documentaries that talk about really unique aspects of filmmaking, and this is one of the best ones.