Michael Apted on Filming Dawn Treader in Australia
Posted November 23, 2009 11:14 pm by fantasia_kitty
Spencer Howson from ABC Brisbane spent some time with Michael Apted as they’re wrapping things up in Australia for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Apted spent a good amount of time talking about why they decided to film primarily in Brisbane and (more specifically) Cleveland Point.
It’s a very interesting interview that you can listen to on ABC Brisbane’s website here.
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General Movie Discussion | ABC Brisbane interviews Michael Apted
It was really interesting listening to the interview last night. The most interesting thing to me was hearing the fact that it had not been for the recession, they would have had a very hard time making this movie because they'd barely have been able to afford it. Guess something good came out of the recession. 
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General Movie Discussion | Re: ABC Brisbane interviews Michael Apted
I had heard mention before of the strength of the Australian dollar compared to the US dollar. Perhaps it was in the Ernie Malik interview; had the US dollar not been as weak as it was when they started filming, it could have caused serious problems.
I like the explanation for the use of Cleveland Point. That was helpful. I need to look around Malta and film studios there. Something must have held Mr Gresham's attention for going to there.
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I like the explanation for the use of Cleveland Point. That was helpful. I need to look around Malta and film studios there. Something must have held Mr Gresham's attention for going to there.
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General Movie Discussion | Re: ABC Brisbane interviews Michael Apted
Lots of very interesting bits and pieces in there. One bit in particular that stood out for me was when he mentioned just how long he had been working on this movie for, an astonishing amount of time really. Admittedly he side-stepped the whole Disney issue when describing the contributing factors in the numerous delays, but i think Prince Caspian gets unfairly blamed for alot of the pre-production woes on Dawn Treader, but its easy to forget just how many unprecendent situations occured during that time - the writers stirke, the global recession, the drug war in mexico - all of which slowly pushed Dawn Treaders release date further and further back. Perhaps without all that going on, Prince Caspian's slightly thin profit margins wouldn't have been an issue, but i guess no-one is ever told what would of happened 
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The other point of interest related to that, was that he mentioned just how long it took to get the story and script right. Its of great comfort to hear him say that, not just that it shows how irrelevant certain old leaked scripts may be, but that they took their time to get the script right, and create a story that works in a movie. So often today movies are rushed through development, and maybe VDT's extra scriptwriting time wasn't entirely by their own design as mentioned before, its still nice to hear.
That said, he did still mention battles again, but i guess you can't have it all, can you? lol.
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.The other point of interest related to that, was that he mentioned just how long it took to get the story and script right. Its of great comfort to hear him say that, not just that it shows how irrelevant certain old leaked scripts may be, but that they took their time to get the script right, and create a story that works in a movie. So often today movies are rushed through development, and maybe VDT's extra scriptwriting time wasn't entirely by their own design as mentioned before, its still nice to hear.
That said, he did still mention battles again, but i guess you can't have it all, can you? lol.
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General Movie Discussion | Re: ABC Brisbane interviews Michael Apted
interview? what interview? I didn't see it! 
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General Movie Discussion | Re: ABC Brisbane interviews Michael Apted
Front page, top story.
http://www.narniaweb.com/2009/11/michael-apted-on-filming-dawn-treader-in-australia/
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http://www.narniaweb.com/2009/11/michael-apted-on-filming-dawn-treader-in-australia/
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General Movie Discussion | Re: ABC Brisbane interviews Michael Apted
oh! thanks, fantasia_kitty! I didn't see it at first! 
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Good to hear from the director, now that he has some time.
aaaww. :[
i’m so sad filming is over.
ecstatic for the film, though!can’t wait for trailers.
exactly my thoughts!
duh! who wouldn’t be excited?
I’m not excited. I am much MORE than excited! Is there a word for triple triple triple excited???
He says queensland weird.
Nice to hear from him, this is the first time right? I can’t wait for the movie to come! What battles are he talking about? Guess we will have to wait till it comes out. Keep the story of Aslan alive.
man it so good to hear from Apted. he sounds to be as sensible and intelligent a man as he’s reputed to be.
here’s one more thing that this interview confirms. VODT was shot with digital cameras. i know that in this day and age its getting to be quite commonplace but there are some films– big budget at that– where some directors are still using traditional film.
and seems like Apted can tell a lot of stories about bringing this 3rd Narnia film to the big screen. the actual shooting schedule was pretty short, but truthfully it was a long haul movie, with so much delays and franchise-ending close calls. i wihs ther ecould be an interview or something where he can talk about that experience freely, but i dont know how they can do that without it coming off as some kind of bad press.
you know there’s one presence that i kinda miss– Andrew Adamson. he didnt seem to have shown his presence much, if at all, did he? we seen more of Doug Gresham than of Adamason. i wonder where is he all this time of the shoot?
Wow, Micheal Apted sounds like a cool guy and I have a good feeling that Voyage of the Dawn Treader will be the best Narnia film made yet. It’s kinda sad the filming is over, but I’m glad because hopefully a teaser or trailer will be coming out in a couple months. That I am REALLY looking forward to! I am simply dying to get a glimpse of the film! Long live Aslan and Sail on VDT!
Me too.
I’m just sad that filming is done! But i’m excited for the movie!!! Probably more sad, though, because it’s a long wait! Let’s hope this is better than Prince Caspian! It’s probably not with all the changes we’ve heard and seen, but there’s still hope! Let’s also hope that the movies will keep coming and the rumors about stopping the films at Silver Chair are NOT rue!! But I wouldn’t blame them if they did. I mean, they’ve done a LOT of work on the costumes, scripts, casting, and making those awesome sets! Still Praying!
Aslan is on the Move!
When I said, ‘Let’s hope the rumors about stopping the films at Silver Chair are NOT rue’ I meant NOT true! Sorry, i forgot the T!
I honestly think that they are true, because of money issues. do you know how much it costs to do a multi-million dollar movie? No I bet you don’t……..
Perhaps multi-millions of dollars?
And The Silver Chair could very well be produced, depending on how lucrative The Dawn Treader is.
you guys are scaring me…i dont want to think about them stopping the movies right now.
So far, all I’ve heard from the movie-makers is that they plan on making all seven movies. Hope that eases your minds a bit.
Wow what wouldn’t I do to interview Mr. Apted… I like it that he said that reep will still be like he is in the book because he is my favorite Narnian from the books.
It is relieving that Reep is the same as he is in the book. Reep is AWESOME!
Yea for extra info! I am so excited to see the movie, plus the next Harry Potter is coming about the same time! I think I might faint!
really? awesome! Better get back to Narnia though it is Narniaweb! = P
that was such a cool interview! M.A. sounds like a pretty cool guy
yay! further up and further in, VotDT!!!!!!
his voice is lovely! ya know i actually didnt know all this time that he was british i thought he was american. lol. that was a really cool interview! i found it amusing how you could hear the shooting in the backround and how at that same time he was overseeing a scene while he was talking, and i loved it when he called over to some person. i just thought it was cool imagining what was going on behind the recording. man this is making me REALLY excited! after hearing him talk i think i can rest at ease that this movie is in good hands. yay narnia!!
yeah I found it very cool that they were shooting during the interview. I can’t wait for the film!
Further up and Further in!
Would anyone want to do a transcript, There are people still out there with 26.4 kbps dial up
I sure would appreciate it.
wow…really nice to hear some positive feedback from the director.
Writers strike! I feel sorry for the writers, though it has slowed down some movies.
It is getting harder and harder to make myself believe that there won’t be "battles" in this movie. AHHH!!!