Post by VFDeye on Jul 20, 2004 18:04:35 GMT -5
Sheri from The Snicket Source(AWESOME SITE) posted these articles from her home state of Massachusetts(I found very interesting):
Monday, March 29, 2004
Getting the perfect shot
By O'Ryan Johnson
Staff Writer
LAWRENCE -- From the rooftop of New Balance Athletic Shoe, five men leaned out into 18 mph winds looking down some 50 feet at what will become the backdrop of the $100 million movie, "Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events."
Paul Huston, a scene painter with Industrial Light and Magic, and Tom Peitzman, a visual effects producer with Paramount Pictures, lay on their stomachs looking over the rooftop edge at the Merrimack River below. They took pictures and they liked what they saw.
He said the film will have a look that combines turn-of-the-century and futuristic styles so that one is not more dominant than the other.
"It's a timeless look -- not the present, not the past," he said. "What they're trying to do is create a world that's a combination of the old as well as modern day."
Based on the best-selling children's book series, the film focuses on the three Baudelaire orphans -- 14-year-old Violet (Emily Browning), 12-year-old Klaus (Liam Aiken) and the infant Sunny. The Baudelaires are taken in by a series of odd relatives and other people, including Lemony Snicket (Jude Law), who narrates the film, and the cunning Count Olaf, played by Jim Carrey.
Though Peitzman said none of the movie's stars will be in Lawrence, a film crew will return to the city this spring to shoot a scene that will show the three children being brought to the count's creepy house. Paramount plans to shoot a slow-driving car, followed by a horse and buggy on the green Duck Bridge.
While most of the acting will be done in the studio, portions of the film will be shot in Boston as well as Lawrence.
Part of Huston's job involves taking the digital images shot yesterday and transforming them to fit the world of the Lemony Snicket books. For instance, Peitzman said the Ayer Mill clock tower will be digitally moved to replace the blue and white water tower on Prospect Hill.
More smoke stacks will be added to the background and some of the other more modern elements captured yesterday will be removed.
Peitzman's last film was "The Incredible Hulk." Huston, who has worked for "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic studio since 1975, is also working on the Hugh Jackman movie "Van Helsing" before he begins work on the third installment of the "Star Wars" movies.
-O'Ryan Johnson/Staff photo Paul Huston, kneeling, center, a scene painter from Industrial Light and Magic, and Tom Peitzman, right, a visual effects producer with Paramount Pictures, look out over Lawrence taking wide-angle shots that will be used later to create the backdrop for the movie "Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events." The third crewman is unidentified.
Here is the second article:
Monday, April 12, 2004
Lawrence's 'celebrity' bridge due for face-lift
By Davin Wilfrid
Staff Writer
LAWRENCE -- Now that the Duck Bridge is set to become a movie star, it seems a face lift may be in order.
The Massachusetts Highway Department will present its plans to rehabilitate the historic, five-span bridge -- which will be featured in next fall's Jim Carrey movie "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" -- at a public hearing Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chamber at City Hall.
MassHighway spokeswoman Judith Forman said the bridge, which links South Union and Union streets across the Merrimack River, would be closed to cars during the project. She expects the $7 million project to begin in 2008 and probably take two years to complete, all at the state's expense.
Forman said the rehabilitation will preserve the bridge's original trusses and its historical character.
"To an untrained eye," Forman said, "it will look pretty much the same."
Despite appearances, the bridge will be different. The roadway will be widened and new guardrails will be installed. The bridge will also be fortified to allow heavier trucks to drive across. The rails along the pedestrian walkway will remain, but will be refurbished.
Forman stressed that the bridge has not been deemed "structurally deficient," but needs an upgrade because of its age.
The hearing Wednesday will allow residents to inspect the plans, which Forman said are about 25 percent complete, and voice concerns to designers, engineers and officials.
The bridge, which was built in 1888 by Boston Bridge Works, made news recently when it was chosen for a scenic shot for the "Lemony Snicket" movie, starring Jim Carrey and Jude Law. Location Manager Charles Harrington noticed the bridge while scouting Lawrence for the film "A Civil Action," and recommended the Duck Bridge to Paramount studios for one of the scenes in "Lemony Snicket."
-This view of Lawrence's Duck Bridge and beyond shows where a scene for the movie "Lemony Snicket" will be filmed.
Thanks to Sheri and all at The Snicket Source!
Monday, March 29, 2004
Getting the perfect shot
By O'Ryan Johnson
Staff Writer
LAWRENCE -- From the rooftop of New Balance Athletic Shoe, five men leaned out into 18 mph winds looking down some 50 feet at what will become the backdrop of the $100 million movie, "Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events."
Paul Huston, a scene painter with Industrial Light and Magic, and Tom Peitzman, a visual effects producer with Paramount Pictures, lay on their stomachs looking over the rooftop edge at the Merrimack River below. They took pictures and they liked what they saw.
He said the film will have a look that combines turn-of-the-century and futuristic styles so that one is not more dominant than the other.
"It's a timeless look -- not the present, not the past," he said. "What they're trying to do is create a world that's a combination of the old as well as modern day."
Based on the best-selling children's book series, the film focuses on the three Baudelaire orphans -- 14-year-old Violet (Emily Browning), 12-year-old Klaus (Liam Aiken) and the infant Sunny. The Baudelaires are taken in by a series of odd relatives and other people, including Lemony Snicket (Jude Law), who narrates the film, and the cunning Count Olaf, played by Jim Carrey.
Though Peitzman said none of the movie's stars will be in Lawrence, a film crew will return to the city this spring to shoot a scene that will show the three children being brought to the count's creepy house. Paramount plans to shoot a slow-driving car, followed by a horse and buggy on the green Duck Bridge.
While most of the acting will be done in the studio, portions of the film will be shot in Boston as well as Lawrence.
Part of Huston's job involves taking the digital images shot yesterday and transforming them to fit the world of the Lemony Snicket books. For instance, Peitzman said the Ayer Mill clock tower will be digitally moved to replace the blue and white water tower on Prospect Hill.
More smoke stacks will be added to the background and some of the other more modern elements captured yesterday will be removed.
Peitzman's last film was "The Incredible Hulk." Huston, who has worked for "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic studio since 1975, is also working on the Hugh Jackman movie "Van Helsing" before he begins work on the third installment of the "Star Wars" movies.
-O'Ryan Johnson/Staff photo Paul Huston, kneeling, center, a scene painter from Industrial Light and Magic, and Tom Peitzman, right, a visual effects producer with Paramount Pictures, look out over Lawrence taking wide-angle shots that will be used later to create the backdrop for the movie "Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events." The third crewman is unidentified.
Here is the second article:
Monday, April 12, 2004
Lawrence's 'celebrity' bridge due for face-lift
By Davin Wilfrid
Staff Writer
LAWRENCE -- Now that the Duck Bridge is set to become a movie star, it seems a face lift may be in order.
The Massachusetts Highway Department will present its plans to rehabilitate the historic, five-span bridge -- which will be featured in next fall's Jim Carrey movie "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" -- at a public hearing Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chamber at City Hall.
MassHighway spokeswoman Judith Forman said the bridge, which links South Union and Union streets across the Merrimack River, would be closed to cars during the project. She expects the $7 million project to begin in 2008 and probably take two years to complete, all at the state's expense.
Forman said the rehabilitation will preserve the bridge's original trusses and its historical character.
"To an untrained eye," Forman said, "it will look pretty much the same."
Despite appearances, the bridge will be different. The roadway will be widened and new guardrails will be installed. The bridge will also be fortified to allow heavier trucks to drive across. The rails along the pedestrian walkway will remain, but will be refurbished.
Forman stressed that the bridge has not been deemed "structurally deficient," but needs an upgrade because of its age.
The hearing Wednesday will allow residents to inspect the plans, which Forman said are about 25 percent complete, and voice concerns to designers, engineers and officials.
The bridge, which was built in 1888 by Boston Bridge Works, made news recently when it was chosen for a scenic shot for the "Lemony Snicket" movie, starring Jim Carrey and Jude Law. Location Manager Charles Harrington noticed the bridge while scouting Lawrence for the film "A Civil Action," and recommended the Duck Bridge to Paramount studios for one of the scenes in "Lemony Snicket."
-This view of Lawrence's Duck Bridge and beyond shows where a scene for the movie "Lemony Snicket" will be filmed.
Thanks to Sheri and all at The Snicket Source!