And now you have a better idea of how they filmed the most eye-popping scene of the summer – and possibly of the year. X-Men: Days of Future Past is off to a red-hot start, and Quicksilver is the break-away star of the show (so much so that they’ve already confirmed he’ll get a much bigger part in X-Men: Apocalypse). And that’s what’s most impressive to me."Īnd to everyone else, as well. He and Tom Sigel, the DP, had such a clear focus from the beginning, which they manifested. He had been showing us photography tricks online. … Bryan had a very clear focus on what he wanted in that sequence. But some of the things in the air ARE real. I mean, some of the stuff that’s flying through the air isn’t real, because we couldn’t control rice particles. The only visual effect in that movie is some of the stuff in the air. It’s just because the camera has been so sped up. The Quicksilver sequence became iconic for the ambitious way that director Bryan Singer pulled it off (using extreme-flash lighting and high-frame-rate cameras), and how cool the finished result. If you go on the Internet and search super-high-speed photography, it’s all of those effects like where he touches the guy’s cheek and it bends. Yeah, because it was shot at super-high speeds. Meaning we had a high-speed camera – a bunch of cameras – that were on rigs that were circling with him. What was amazing about the Quicksilver scene is that it’s somewhat visual effects, but it is mostly special effects and camera work. When I sat across from Kinberg in New York, the Quicksilver scene was all I wanted to discuss. It’s a brilliant piece of movie magic… and one that X-Men writer Simon Kinberg was happy to explain. ![]() This allows Singer to let Peters manipulate his surroundings – moving a bullet or shifting a security guard’s arm – without disrupting the scene. Apocalypse arrives today as 20th Century Fox‘s latest chapter in the X-Men movie franchise hits. ![]() In an interview with Collider, the actor gave most of the credit to Singer and the visual effects team.By speeding up the frame rate on everything but Evan Peters, you could then film the actor at regular speed, and when combined together, it would make Quicksilver appear as if he’s moving 150-times faster than everything and everyone around him. A new behind the scenes feature explains how X-Men: Apocalypse filmed the new Quicksilver scene. Peters has been shy about taking credit for the final product though. Being that the last Quicksilver scene was one of the best parts of Days of Future Past though, it makes sense the producers and Singer would want to get it right this time around as well. The sequence for Apocalypse was reportedly one of the most complex and intricate parts of the entire shoot, taking a reported 30 days to shoot everything needed for the scene, not including the months of visual effects work needed to make the final product. Though, the general consensus seems to be that Bryan Singer had a slightly better handle on the character and the action sequence from Days of Future Past seems to speak for itself. ![]() There was some controversy of the character of Quicksilver on screen, as it was reported shortly after Peters was originally cast in Days of Future Past that Joss Whedon was also planning on using a version of the character in in Avengers: Age of Ultron.The part in Whedon's film ultimately went somewhat ironically to Peters' Kick-Ass co-star Aaron Taylor Johnson.
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