If you haven’t seen Inception yet, do yourself a favor and go see it in IMAX, if possible. Not only is there an incredible cast of talented actors, but the whole movie is just put together superbly. This behind the scenes video shows snippets of how some of the actions were filmed and it’s just incredible how director Christopher Nolan pays so much attention to detail with lots of short 5 seconds or so clips. The movie was filmed in 6 different locations around the world.

From ColliderVideos

Can’t wait for the sequel. There is a sequel, right?

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What goes on behind a music video shoot? Take a peek at the Beyonce “Video Phone” shoot where Lady Gaga makes a guest appearance. It just looks [deceivingly?] incredibly relaxed and fun. All in a day’s work.

From beyonceVEVO

Why is it [seemingly always] a man teaching the moves?

Underwater photography has its unique challenges, including having the divers doing it again and again for a different angle shot. Here’s a behind the scenes video of how the 2010 MySpeedo Campaign was executed from idea initiation to the actual underwater shoot at Pinewood Studios Underwater Stage (where apparently James Bond and Harry Potter were shot) to post-processing with illustration.

See the finished video at: Speedo.

[fstoppers]

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Time Lapse and High Speed Shooting are the two techniques the BBC Life team uses a lot of to create their award winning David Attenborough nature documentaries.

As you can see, some of the [time lapse] shots are in fact taken in the studio with a “blue screen” behind and then superimposed on the actual outdoors shot. A whole year in 60 seconds. Amazing!

Chase Jarvis shares his lighting technique and workflow for a typical commercial photo shoot, in this case, The Ladies of the LPGA.

Stefan Simonsen gives us a behind the scenes look at how he lights the Volunteer Firefighteers Calendar Shoot. It’s almost as good as a tutorial.

PART 1st

Watch: Part 2 and Part 3.

The picture is beautiful and the behind the scenes is fascinating. Look carefully and you can see each character in the diner has his or her own little story going on. The cast worked for free to make this project happen.

The Diner © Ryan Schude

Here’s a diagram of how the scene was lit (I counted 24 lights!): Scott Kelby’s Photoshop Insider.

See more work by Ryan Schude at: Glasshouse Assignment.

[ via Stone Thrower ]

Domino’s Pizza goes for a new image. Here’s a behind the scene of how a commercial is filmed.

Domino’s also promising truth in advertising:

• We will only photograph real, honest-to-goodness pizzas.
• Domino’s employees will make the pizzas we shoot.
• We will not artificially manipulate our pizzas when photographing them.

[ via PetaPixel ]

How did photographer Scott McClellan take this photograph? Watch the video:

View his portfolio at: Scott McClellan.

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