“I started doing commercials in 2008 right after we released Death Race, and the reason was that I spent two years prepping Death Race and building all these custom rigs to shoot cars in the most dynamic and exciting way.” WayYearsTwoReasonRaceCarBuildingExcitingTwo YearsCustomsRigsDeath Race Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“I love Death Race, it's one of my favorite films. I thought, "You know what? All that two years worth of work is now gong to be wasted because I'm highly unlikely to direct another car movie straight away," and I felt at that point there was no one who was kind of better at shooting cars, so I thought rather than let it go to waste I would explore the idea of doing commercials, and that's what I did.” KnowsYearsKindTwoIdeasFilmFeltRaceCarWasteDirectMy FavoriteShootingTwo YearsUnlikelyLet It GoLove DeathGongsDeath Race Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“Every movie is a commitment of a year or a year and a half. Commercials are much faster than that because they're much more contained. You can get in and out really fast, and you do a piece of work the you see the end result very quickly.” YearsEndsResultsHalfPiecesCommitmentFasterEnd Results Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“3D really altered the way I shot the movie completely, and it was exciting because, after 20 years of filmmaking, I felt like I was making my first movie, all over again.” WayYearsFirstsFeltShotsExcitingFilmmakingAltered Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“3D is very exciting. I love it. I'm a complete convert. Everything for me, from now on, is 3D. I'm completely convinced it's the future of home entertainment, as well as cinema entertainment. I think it's a paradigm shift, in terms of cinema, and those things don't happen very often. The introduction of sound, the introduction of color photography and now 3D have been the big shifts. They happen once every 40 or 50 years, so it's very exciting to be a filmmaker, working while one of them is happening.” ThinkingYearsWellsHas BeensHomeBigsHappensSoundTermColorPhotographyHappeningsExcitingEntertainmentConvincedCinemaFilmmakerIntroductionParadigmParadigm ShiftColor Photography Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“When we wrapped Resident Evil, we were a 3D movie, but it was no big deal. And then, Avatar came out and the whole of Hollywood was like, "Look at these grosses! 3D is huge. Let's all be 3D!" We just got on with doing what we were doing, which was making what we think is a really quality, kick-ass 3D movie, and we'll really be the first live-action 3D movie of the year.” ThinkingYearsFirstsLooksWholeBigsActionEvilDealsQualityHugeHollywoodAssKicksBig DealResidentsKick AssResident Evil Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“What happened with Final Destination was that the movie was in post-production for a long time and I think they changed a lot of the deaths, so a lot of those things were last-minute additions. Everything we shot is in the movie and it's all been designed. We didn't change anything. It's been a year of making those things happen, exactly as we had pictured them.” ThinkingYearsLongHappensLastsHappenedMinutesChangedLong TimeShotsFinalsProductionsThings HappenPostsDestinationLast MinuteFinal DestinationPost Production Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“We've been working on the visual effects for a year, so we're trying to raise the bar. Stuff will absolutely come out at the screen, but it will absolutely not look as bad as that tire in Final Destination.” TryingYearsLooksStuffEffectsRaisesFinalsScreensBarsVisualsDestinationTireRaising The BarFinal DestinationVisual Effects Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“It's a very different experience shooting in 3-D because the camera rigs are so large. Everything we've become accustomed to in the last ten years as filmmakers, which is cameras getting smaller and smaller and you can just throw them on your shoulder and stick them in a car and do whatever you want, you can't do any of that now. You're forced to put things on dollies and track and cranes.” WantYearsDifferentLastsCarTenCamerasSticksTrackShouldersShootingFilmmakerAccustomedDo Whatever You WantDifferent ExperiencesCranesRigs Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“I had this movie, Death Race, that was a passion project for me that I'd had in development for almost ten years.” YearsPassionRaceDevelopmentTenProjectsDeath Race Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
