“Out of 2000 shots in the film, 1300 are fake!” Albert Dupontel reveals the secrets of the production of the second round

One of the hallmarks of Albert Dupontel’s cinema is a constant concern for the image, the aesthetic, which we have seen in all his films, including the last two, the multi-Caesar winner Goodbye Idiots and The Second Round. Both use a lot of digital special effects work.

The idea of ​​the second round in this case was to highlight this idea”A modern fairy tale“, with the help of”Light contrast“from”camera movements“from”Different focal lengths in the same scene“A”Often hyper cutting editing“and”Very relevant music“, as Albert Dupont explains in the press kit of the film.

and added: “QWhatever subject I work with, politics, justice, the consumer world, I try to make things that are sometimes rustically beautiful. I had tremendous help from the cinematographer in terms of lighting Julien Poupard who managed to introduce the often radical light I spoke to him about. The use of low intensity, often moving lights gives the image of a modern fairy tale. And I have been working for 20 years Cedric Fayol, VFX supervisor and supervisor, I remember every time is “super”, an adjective that sums up his artistic and professional abilities well. He has been involved in the project since the first drafts of the script and is preparing the vfx aspect of the project in advance.T”.

With our microphone, Albert Dupontel goes further on this aspect and shows that “1300 out of 2000 frames in the film are faked“. And he adds: “Everything is a lie! This movie is a big, permanent lie!“. He completes: “There was no extra 10,000 in the picture. There were 300 of them; We did 10,000 eagles I didn’t have and we created etc. etc.“

As Albert Dupont told us in our podcast interview, a second round was required.takes again“, one of which was shot on an iPhone!The movie was greedy, that’s its main fault. We shot the beginning of the film, we did the filmingS.” scene featuring David Marsais from Palmashow and “Gate of ZizThe director tells us that it was shot in the editing room with an iPhone 13.I sent a message to David Marsais: would you do a savvy and passing gag?“

Another trade secret: using ChatGPT AI for scene duration. “We used ChatGPT for the ancient Greek sequence because we couldn’t find a translation or translator. It was ChatGPT who translated the movie from the beginning. “

The anecdote came in when we asked him about his feelings about the rise of artificial intelligence in cinema. “It scares me a little, like all new technologies. AI-written scenarios are frankly not attractive at this point. And at the same time, digital helps me a lot in my films. (…) Now, within what limits? Now, fascinating and disturbing at the same time, they’re talking about casting dead actors. Can they do it, with voice etc.? There are already successors who monitor the script and give authorization if the script is good. It’s a race against time. I don’t know what it will be like. You will see.”

During this interview, which can be viewed in its full podcast format and video excerpt above, Albert Dupontel shared his vision for the future of cinema. We have news of the release of the documentary Room 999 by Lubna Fleust last Wednesday.

Cinema has become one platform among others

This film continues the work done by Wim Wenders in 1982, Room 666. The purpose of this documentary is to question the future of cinema by asking the anthology of filmmakers: “Is cinema a language that is being lost, an art that is dying?“

“Cinema has become one platform among others. I grew up when there were three channels and very few movies on television. It truly was an absolute haven.

I think there will always be a need to bring people together like a village festival. And then the big screen and the sound, because here too the technology has developed a lot.

I cannot predict the future. But this festive need in front of the big screen, I think that psychologically it exists in very strong people. But for all the movies that Wenders’ generation knew, the side of a small cinema with 50 seats and going to see Tarkovsky…

I’ve experienced it, it’s absolutely fascinating. But I don’t know if this movie will still exist. This is my only uncertainty about the future.“

The second round is currently showing.