Production Stargate_(film)

1 production

1.1 development
1.2 filming
1.3 visual effects
1.4 music , soundtrack

production

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development

the film in original cut plays out in chronological order, when devlin , emmerich edited film in director s cut tighten narrative, decided change first scene of film flashback show human host of ra before aliens took him. davidson s upper torso filmed because davidson had refused take out nipple rings. first scene combination of model shots , set in yuma, arizona rambo: first blood part ii had been filmed. scene of excavation of stargate filmed in 3 days in arizona. golden achieved filming near time of sunset. keep within limit of budget, producers put stick figures cloth in distant desert appear humans. original stargate painted black, looked giant tire repainted silver @ last moment.

daniel jackson s lecture on theories filmed in hotel in los angeles. scene longer , delved more theories aliens had built egyptian pyramids, scene trimmed time concerns release. scenes o neil @ house first scenes filmed kurt russell; hair cut short afterwards. russell requested hair color brightened little film. fictional facility housing stargate largest set film, located in long beach, california. egyptologist stuart tyson smith joined production make ancient egyptian hieroglyphics , spoken language accurate possible.

filming

the mask of pharaoh in opening credits made out of fiber glass , modeled in workshop. sequence used motion-control camera give better depth of field. score of stargate composer david arnold s first work on american feature film. when devlin , emmerich first flew london meet arnold, had not yet heard score; hearing it, felt had elevated film whole other level . arnold later interviewed actors during principal photography, using information improve score.

visual effects

jeff kleiser , kleiser-walczak construction co. s visual effects team of 40 people created of stargate. used self-written image-creation , compositing software, commercial digital packages create stargate, morphing helmets worn ra , horus guards, , cityscape of nagada. footprints in sand digitally removed. creation of wormhole, digital, 1 of biggest challenges in making of film. ripples had digitally composited appear accurate , realistic. scanning lasers lined parallel gate illustrate amount of body passed surface of stargate plane. afterwards, parts of body had or had not yet gone through gate (depending of side of filming) obliterated digital matte - process removes unwanted components individual frame or sequence of frames. use of computers generating big 3d storyboard allowed emmerich try out different shooting angles before settling on 1 angle.

music , soundtrack

the film s score composed david arnold, played sinfonia of london , conducted nicholas dodd. second motion picture arnold had composed , first major motion picture. @ time of production, arnold had started work in local video store in london. once hired, spent several months in hotel room working on soundtrack, spending more time rewriting music , improving delays being created due film companies trying rights distribution. according arnold when first read script stargate, knew approach take, big , bold possible, kept on saying: every time there amazing sight, characters stand , say, oh god! james smile , walk towards it. basis stargate score, moving forward sense of majesty instead of being frightened s around corner.