New Movie Surfers Clips Online
Now up on the Movie Surfers website, are two new clips from behind the scenes of Prince Caspian (you can download them following that link). In the first clip, Movie Surfer Michael talks to Greg, a steady cam operator, about his job and gets a chance to try it himself. In the second clip, the actors who play the Pevensies talk about Ben Barnes and his role as Caspian as well as a short interview with Barnes himself.
Prince Caspian, the 5th Pevensie
UPDATE: View these videos at Disney.com
Disney Movie Surfers Clip #2 – Michael on the Steady Cam
SURFER LOGO
Voice Over: Surfers, it’s time to go behind the scenes of the latest Disney movies.
MOVIE SURFER MICHAEL STANDS IN THE TRAIN STATION SET WALKING TOWARDS THE CAMERA. SLIGHTLY SHAKY PICTURE.
Michael: Hey surfers, you know if your camera person shooting the movie isn’t careful, your movie might end up looking something like this.
WIDESHOT SHOWING TESSA HOLDING A VIDEO CAMERA IN FRONT OF MICHAEL.
Tessa: I know. I know. It’s hard to keep the camera still.
SWITCHES TO A SHOT OF MICHAEL
Michael: Exactly! That’s why I’m going to go meet with Greg, the steady cam operator on the set of Prince Caspian.
SHOT OF GREG AND OTHER CREW MEMBERS ON SET. A CAMERA IN ACTION. LUCY RUNS TOWARD A GROUP OF OLD NARNIANS AND HER SISTER. GLENSTORM CHARGES. SHOT OF SOMEONE LOOKING OVER THE EDGE OF A CLIFF. CASPIAN ON HORSEBACK. TELMARINE ARMY CHARGING.
CLOSE UP OF GREG.
Greg: A steady cam is a camera device that allows you to run with the camera and do some really fast action movements and the camera remains very stable.
SHOT OF A STEADY CAM IN ACTION. SHOT OF THE NIGHT RAID. LUCY RUNNING UP A HILL. SHOT OF TRUMPKIN ON THE BEACH.
Trumpkin: Don’t move your majesty!
LUCY LOOKS AT A BEAR AND TURNS TOWARDS THE CAMERA. SHOT OF MICHAEL STARTING TO PUT ON THE STEADY CAM HARNESS
Greg: There’s a scene where a bear begins to chase Lucy, but the bear was fictitious. So I was the point of view of the bear and they put it in later in visual effects.
RUNNING BEAR. WIDE SHOT OF LUCY WITH THE BEAR BEHIND HER. SHOT OF LUCY AND THE BEAR WITH COMPUTER GENERATED LINES OVERLAYED.
Greg: It allows you to do some moves as though the camera were just really fluid. It kind of floats through the air.
WIDESHOT OF THE PEVENSIES ON THE BEACH. TELMARINE ON HORSEBACK IN THE WOODS CHASING LUCY. ASLAN RUNS THROUGH THE FOREST AND JUMPS OVER LUCY. SWITCHES BACK TO GREG AND MICHAEL ON SET.
Greg: You can follow people walking, whip this thing around, or you can chase people or you can chase animals whether they are fictitious or real and make it look fantastic.
GREG GIVES A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE CAMERA.TELMARINES AND CASPIAN IN THE WOODS. CASPIAN LOOKS WITH APREHENSION AT THE MOVING BRANCHES. REEPICHEEP JUMPS OUT AT HIM KNOCKING HIM BACKWARDS AND ENDING WITH HIS SWORD AT CASPIAN’S THROAT.
Caspian: You are a mouse.
Reepicheep: I was hoping for something a little more original.
SCENE SWITCHES BACK TO MICHAEL AND GREG ON SET.
Greg: The camera’s about a half million dollars, so don’t drop it. We have to use it this afternoon. Let me put the vest on you.
MICHAEL GETS SUITED UP WITH THE STEADY CAM HARNESS.
Greg: Put your arm in there.
Michael: You feel like you’re going to tip over to one side.
GREG GIVES MICHAEL SOME INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THE CAMERA RIG.
Greg: The arm that you are holding has spring canisters in here and it mimics your arm and absorbs all of the vertical motion when you walk or run.
SHOT OF THE STEADY CAM IN ACTION. GREG SHOWS MICHAEL A FEW BASIC POSITIONS WITH THE CAMERA.
Greg: Now bring it around on this side and hold this… hold that right there. Now it’s not as heavy as you’d think is it?
Michael: No. No. Kind of flies.
Greg: Why don’t you walk with me.
SHOT OF WHAT THE CAMERA SEES. SHOT OF GREG AND MICHAEL. VARIOUS SHOTS OF MICHAEL FOLLOWING GREG WITH THE CAMERA.
Greg: You’re doing great.
Michael: Do I have a future as a steady cam operator?
Greg: You have a future as a steady cam operator. Just walk backwards and I’ll guide you as you walk back.
A VIEW OF WHAT THE CAMERA SEES. GREG WALKS OFF LEAVING MICHAEL WITH THE CAMERA.
Greg: Good. We’re going to go to lunch. Ok? We’ll see you.
Michael: All right! What am I filming today?
SHOT OF CASPIAN AT THE DANCING LAWN. CHARGING GROUP OF OLD NARNIANS. SHOT OF CASPIAN ON HORSEBACK AT THE NIGHT RAID. LUCY RUNS OUT OF THE HOW. MIRAZ AND PETER AT THE DUEL. WIDESHOT OF THE TELMARINE ARMY.
Voice Over: You can check out Greg’s work in The Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian when it glides into theaters soon.
Aslan: All that you know is about to change.
SHOT OF CASPIAN AT THE BATTLE. PETER AND EDMUND SURROUNDED BY ENEMY FIRE. CASPIAN ON A REARING HORSE. SUSAN TAKING AIM WHILE BEING HELD BY A GRYPHON IN MIDAIR. WIDESHOT OF GRYPHONS OVER MIRAZ’S CASTLE. NARNIANS CHARGE OUT OF THE HOW. TELMARINE ARMY CHARGES. PETER, CASPIAN, AND SUSAN CHARGE.
Peter: For Narnia!
FADES TO WHITE. FADES TO BLACK.
Disney’s Movie Surfers #3 – The Fifth Pevensie
SURFER LOGO
Voice Over: Surfers, it’s time to go behind the scenes of the latest Disney movies.
MICHAEL STANDING OUTDOORS SWITCHES TO A SHOT OF THE PEVENSIES IN THE TRAIN STATION.
Michael: In Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media’s latest adventure, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are joined by a new hero.
A DIVING GRYPHON. SUSAN AND LUCY ON HORSEBACK. SHOT OF PETER, SUSAN, AND LUCY LOOKING OVER THE EDGE OF A CLIFF. LUCY RUNS TO ASLAN.
Susan: Who are you?
Caspian: I am Prince Caspian.
CASPIAN IN ASLAN’S HOW DRAWS HIS SWORD, THE PEVENSIES STAND IN ASLAN’S HOW, CASPIAN ON A HORSE
Caspian: Charge!
SKANDAR BEING INTERVIEWED
Skandar: Ben Barnes is Prince Caspian, sometimes referred to as the fifth Pevensie.
WILL BEING INTERVIEWED
William: There were lots of people going for Prince Caspian and we didn’t really know who that was.
ANNA BEING INTERVIEWED
Anna: We were all concerned about how he would fit in to our tight knit little family, so Ben had a lot to live up to before we’d even met him.
Peter: Prince Caspian?
PETER LOOKING PERPLEXED
Caspian: You’re not exactly what I expected.
CASPIAN LOOKING PERPLEXED
Edmund: Neither are you.
EDMUND LOOKING SUSPECIOUS
Jeryn: Jeryn here, on location with actor Ben Barnes. Thanks a lot for hanging out with us.
JERYN AND BEN ASKING EACH OTHER QUESTIONS
Ben: My pleasure.
Jeryn: In the first movie the kids got to Narnia through the wardrobe.
Ben: Yes.
Jeryn: Is that the way they get back this time?
Ben: No, this time when I blow the horn, it calls the old kings and queens and we join forces against the Telmarines.
CASPIAN BLOWING THE HORN, PETER AND CASPIAN DEBATING IN ASLAN’S HOW
Peter: Our only hope is to strike them before they strike us.
Caspian: That’s crazy; no one has ever taken that castle.
Peter: There’s always a first time.
GEORGIE BEING INTERVIEWED
Georgie: He just totally slotted in, and he’s almost like part of the family.
SKANDAR BEING INTERVIEWED
Skandar: He kind of adds to the story, and makes everyone act more mature.
LUCY LOOKING AROUND ANGRILY AT THE OTHERS
Lucy: I wish you all would stop trying to sound like grown-ups.
SHOT OF TRUMPKIN
Trumpkin: I am a grown-up.
JERYN AND BEN
Jeryn: Now, would you tell me a little bit about the character you play in the movie?
SEVERAL SHOTS OF CASPIAN IN ACTION
Ben: Well he’s a prince so he’s been highly trained in horse riding and sword fighting skills, archery, and all that stuff. He’s got the confidence of someone who’s regal, but he’s got the naivety and innocence of somebody who’s still young.
SHOT OF ASLAN AND LUCY
Aslan: Rise, kings and queens of Narnia.
PETER, SUSAN, AND EDMUND STAND WHILE CASPIAN REMAINS KNEELING
GEORGIE BEING INTERVIEWED
Georgie: He’s just so lovely and we all get on together.
ANNA BEING INTERVIEWED
Anna: He’s a great actor, he’s got such a great sense of humor. I can’t really rave about him enough, he’s just great.
CASPIAN AT THE DANCING LAWN
Caspian: Beyond these woods, I am a Prince. And I can bring peace between us.
THE OLD NARNIANS DRAW THEIR SWORDS IN SALUTE
SHOTS OF THE NIGHT RAID, CASPIAN FLEEING, LUCY FALLING OFF HER HORSE IN FRONT OF ASLAN, MAIN LOGO
Michael: You can catch all the adventures with Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media’s The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian when it glides into theaters soon.
JERYN AND BEN WAVE GOODBYE
Jeryn and Ben: Bye Movie Surfers.
Thanks to everybody who sent this in!
