A Behind The Scenes Look At "The Creator"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

"The Creator" is now playing in theaters and contains one of the most fascinating behind-the-scenes production stories of 2023. Shot with a budget of only $80 million, the original sci-fi film from "Godzilla" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" director Gareth Edwards has turned quite a few heads in the industry regarding how a blockbuster film can be shot, and its visual effects work be produced efficiently. Edwards was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about the film, including how it harkens back more to his work on his directorial debut "Monsters" than his latest two Hollywood blockbusters. But before we spoke with him, we also had the opportunity to talk with ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Jay Cooper, the on-set Visual Effects Supervisor Andrew Roberts, and cinematographers Oren Soffer and Academy Award-winner Grieg Fraser. Please take a moment to listen to these interviews and check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from 20th Century Studios. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com For more about Regal Unlimited and the Slasher Sale - https://regmovies.onelink.me/4207629222/bjs99t0x New subscribers can use code REGALNBP23 for 10% off of Regal Unlimited for the first 3 months Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and these are my interviews with the director for the creator, Gareth Edwards,
0:08.5	cinematographers Greg Frazier, and Orrin Soffer, the visual effects supervisor, Jay Cooper, and the onset visual effects supervisor, Andrew Roberts.
0:18.2	What's heaven?
0:19.9	It's a peaceful place in the sky.
0:23.0	Are you going to live in?
0:27.1	No.
0:30.0	Why not?
0:33.3	You've got to be a good person to go to heaven.
0:35.7	Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Next Best Picture podcast, where I am being joined right now by the visual effects supervisor of ILM, Jay Cooper, and the onset visual effects supervisor at ILM, Andrew Roberts, both of whom worked on Gareth Edwards, the creator.
0:52.2	Gentlemen, how are you today?
0:53.8	Oh, good. Good. Thanks for asking.
0:56.0	They're doing well, Matthew. Good to see you.
0:57.7	Awesome. Good stuff. I'm really, really excited to dive into this with both of you because the stories I've heard about this I think are going to be passed down in lore in the visual effects world as far as how you guys were able to accomplish so much with
1:11.5	so little.
1:13.1	I've heard so many innovative techniques were utilized here in the shooting process, and there
1:17.9	was so much involved on set, too, to just try and get the best visual experience one could
1:23.9	get with the budget that was at the disposal here.
1:28.0	So let's break it down two different ways because we have on set, like we said here for
1:32.9	Andrew and we got Jay here working obviously behind the scenes with all the talented people
1:37.1	at ILM.
1:38.7	I would like to know specifically, though, for our listeners who may not be familiar.
1:43.0	Like, can you give me like a detailed description of how your roles are dissimilar from the other?
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