How Christopher Nolan Made Oppenheimer - Oppenheimer Behind the Scenes
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- Oppenheimer Behind the Scenes - How Christopher Nolan and his team crafted one of the most visually stunning biopics, including a breakdown of the cinematography, practical effects, and non-linear structure.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to Oppenheimer
01:05 - Nolan's unique approach to Oppenheimer
03:19 - Chapter 1: IMAX Cinematography
09:52 - Chapter 2: Practical Effects
13:52 - Chapter 3: Non-Linear Structure
17:05 - Takeaways
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THE MAKING OF OPPENHEIMER
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer currently stands as the highest-earning biopic in history. Having the birth of the atomic bomb as subject matter certainly doesn’t hurt, but it was arguably Nolan’s filmmaking craft that pushed this film to such heights. In this video, we’re breaking down the making of Oppenheimer, including the cinematography, practical effects, and non-linear structure, to see if we can’t understand the mechanics of its success.
OPPENHEIMER CINEMATOGRAPHY
Working again with DP Hoyte van Hoytema, Nolan shot Oppenheimer on large-format film. This included 5-perf 65mm and 70mm film, IMAX (15-perf 70mm) in color and B&W. There was also a priority to shoot everything practically, with the only computer assistance being the compositing together of practical elements. The result is a film with the highest resolution possible of a rather intimate and subjective character study.
VISUAL EFFECTS IN OPPENHEIMER
Nolan and his team went out of their way to shoot everything in-camera. This included the vibrating backgrounds during Oppenheimer’s anxiety-ridden speech - achieved by projecting the background onto itself to create the effect. Oppenheimer’s visions were done with a combination of cloud tanks, practical lights, macro lenses, and varying frame rates. The nuclear explosion was an achievement in itself - perhaps the closest to an actual atomic blast without resorting to the real thing.
THE STRUCTURE OF OPPENHEIMER
If you’ve seen the film, you know it jumps back and forth between two main narrative threads - one following Oppenheimer and the other tracking Strauss. This non-linear structure was always the intent as Nolan wrote the script following this basic format, but editor Jennifer Lame also came with fresh eyes. She was able to hone the structure into a cohesive whole to make a 3-hour film of mostly people talking feel as tense as a train heading for a cliff.
With these filmmaking tools and artisans at his disposal, Christopher Nolan orchestrated one of the most visually stunning, gripping, and morally compelling films of recent memory.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to Oppenheimer
01:05 - Nolan's unique approach to Oppenheimer
03:19 - Chapter 1: IMAX Cinematography
09:52 - Chapter 2: Practical Effects
13:52 - Chapter 3: Non-Linear Structure
17:05 - Takeaways
It’s gonna own the Oscars next year.
I believe that Barbie will be in a great competition with Oppenheimer i.e. Barbenheimer.
It will be pretty f up if they doesn’t get nominated because of the diversity quotas
@@joaquinhernandez6940Barbie doesn't stand a chance. It might get nominated, but winning? Nope. It's a commercial film in its spirit.
Doubt it, the movie was fantastic but the Oscar’s are biased
@jonfee5081 The quota has different tiers. There's tier for actors, producers and filming crew. The film needs to meet diversity quota in only one of the tiers to qualify for the Oscars. Oppenhiemer should qualify because of it. Unless they went out of their way to hire an undiverse film crew. John Campea has video on it and explains it pretty well.
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YES released 1h ago finally ! 🎉 Thank you StudioBinder I've been waiting for this video and you have the best quality cinema content there is 🙏🤩 Oppenheimer truly is an experience especially in IMAX. Even more different than Nolan's other films which are thought-provoking and stunning, this made me discover a whole new set of reactions and thoughts ( everybody can relate how you feel at the end and then for like 10 days ) it's crazy. Thank you for doing this about this masterpiece 👑🙏
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It's Spectacular the way Christopher Nolan made Oppenheimer. Thousand Thanks StudioBinder for this Inspiring video.
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You people don't know, how eagerly I was waiting for this video.
I am so happy right now!
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Magnificent Explanation!
*Best Director!*
*Best Picture!*
*Best Actor!*
*Best Supporting Actor!*
*Best Cinematography!*
*Best Score!*
*Best Editing!*
15 mins ago! I love your vids. As a teenager who dreams to become a director or an actor someday in the near future, nothing is more helpful than your videos. I learnt the basics from your videos, how movie making works, the camera angles, positions, how to write a movie and so much more! Thank you so much for your videos. This one was so helpful too as I love Chris's films including this one, which I watched countless times. Thank you again ❤️
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Nice oblique reference to Dr Strangelove at the end.
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From the side of all Nolan fans....
Thanks for making this video ❤
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Love from india
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The production quality on this video is so good
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that bit about non-linear time line bein more efficient for story telling reminded me of the first season of westworld, where the revelation of the non-linear story made the finale so much more impactful, at leat IMO. which the fans kind of expected it bit still, and if I'm not mistaken, it all was btw directed and or written by Chris's brother
It's definitely both brothers' favorite technique
Should be winning the Oscars …like doing a sweep
We'll find out soon!
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Christopher Nolan really deserve a spacial in StudioBinder
He does! Our director's chair on him th-cam.com/video/zZJi_78XUVg/w-d-xo.html
Bro didnt talk about the excellent background score which aligns with the soul of the movie perfectly.
Music was great, this episode focused on the visuals!
I've watch the film, I believe 4 times now. It's like a drug, can't get enough of it.
There's something about it, and your points shown regarding the editing, I think that's it.
Nolan's script and direction is flawless, but the editing is truly what makes this film feel such a wild ride of emotions.
Every scene has weight, every scene has meaning, every scene and moment has reasons to happen, the editing just makes it all the better.
Nolan put out all the stops
I love StudioBinder's effort into these kind of videos so much.
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Christopher Nolan doesn’t make movies with zero CGI. He just limits it to CG enhancement using real objects as reference, but he does use it. There’s a difference between “not using noticeable
CG” and “not using CG at all”. 😮
But they claim they don't use it , and doesn't give credit to many vfx artists .
Nowadays, the Studios are forcing directors to say they used zero CGI .
Uncredited VFX Artists
Paul Arion ... global head of layout: DNEG (uncredited)
Kevin Campbell ... pipeline supervisor (uncredited)
Mike Chambers ... visual effects producer (uncredited)
Stanley A. Dellimore ... global head of cg: DNEG (uncredited)
Sijo Joseph ... visual effects artist manager: DNEG (uncredited)
Christopher Kowal ... global head of production operations: DNEG (uncredited)
Rika Kulsavat ... visual effects production (uncredited)
Jenny Lee ... visual effects lighting department manager: DNEG (uncredited)
Stephen Parsey ... visual effects production manager (uncredited)
Kila Price ... visual effects supporting role: DNEG (uncredited)
Brinna Rammage ... visual effects production assistant (uncredited)
Kathleen Squire ... visual effects shoot supervisor: DNEG (uncredited)
Vanessa Velasquez ... technology: DNEG (uncredited)
Credited
Marco Baratto ... digital artist: DNEG
Judy Barr ... digital artist: DNEG
Randy Brown ... digital artist: DNEG
Joan Chen ... visual effect line producer: DNEG
Alex Creasey ... visual effects editor: DNEG
Bhardwaj Divyanshu ... visual effects
Ivelina Dobreva ... compositing supervisor: DNEG
Mike Duffy ... visual effects producer: DNEG
Jannah Farooq ... visual effects editor: DNEG
Antonella Ferrari ... visual effects executive producer: DNEG
Bensam G. ... digital artist: DNEG
Souvik Haldar ... visual effects texture artist
Pete Howlett ... digital artist: DNEG
Andrew Jackson ... visual effects supervisor
Jill Jivrajani ... visual effects coordinator
Dan Kunz ... visual effects onset supervisor: DNEG
Ed W. Marsh ... visual effects editor
Giacomo Mineo ... visual effects supervisor: DNEG
Alice Mitchell ... digital artist: DNEG
Ashley Mohabir ... digital artist: DNEG
Jay Murray ... digital artist: DNEG
Jose Alberto Pino ... visual effects supporting role: DNEG (as Jose Pino)
Aditya Ponguri ... compositor
Simon Pynn ... digital artist: DNEG
Akul Ratra ... visual effects camera tracking td
Christian Ganea Reitmeier ... visual effects colorist: DNEG
Sergio Rincon ... digital artist: DNEG
Manuel Rivoir ... senior compositing artist: DNEG
Sanjith Shetty ... digital compositor
Tyler Simmons ... visual effects show production: DNEG
Vinay Tiwari ... visual effects environment generalist
Isabel Wallace ... visual effects line producer: DNEG (as Bel Wallace)
He does not actually use it. VFX and CGI are not the same thing, and even the number of VFX shots are limited to a handful.
You were misinformed, he never claimed to averted the use of CGIs on all his films, just _Oppenheimer_ alone.
@@rijuthk If I'm not mistaken, there's many more from India that should have ended up in credits
@@denizzagra6423 Oppenheimer Has CGI , just look at the uncredited VFX artists .
Many shots will have CGI , it will be used for set extension and stuff . But they clam that they used zero CGI , That is not a good thing for all the VFX artists that worked very hard on the film
god... i was waiting for so long (merely months by the time the movie came out) to watch and enjoy this detailled essay about this masterpiece practical effects.
Hope it was worth the wait!
I hoped this video would come out eventually. Thank you!!!
Glad you liked it!
Such an amazing movie and Cillian Murphy's performance is top notch.
Oscar worthy!
My mother and I saw this film twice, 2nd time on the biggest screen we could find to do justice to the film, since there's no IMAX in my country, I could see clarity of the details, like the explosion or Cillian's face at least to me. Nolan it's been one of my favorite directors, and Cillian Murphy one of my favorite actors, since Inception and The Dark Knihg Trilogy, Oppenheimer is probably Nolan's most mature film, a technical masterpiece that will stand the test of time, and also a revolutionary one in the way of how to shot film, which I think people dosen't give credit enough, thank you for covering these details.
Also great acting in this film, my mother always loved Robert Downey Jr, but here, she didn't saw Robert Downey, but Louis Strauss, great performance, he knocked it out of the park.
Definitely worth a second watch!
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wow, this is a very well put together documentary.
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Great video. I didn't know how they shot the subatomic scenes. But now it makes complete sense. Such a great film.
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Great lil Dr. Strangelove Easter egg at the end!
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I never realized before this video the concept of "non linear narrative" was in most of Nolan's movies: memento were the story is told backward because of the hero disability, Inception and the dreams that lasts longer the deeper they are in dreams into dreams, Interstellar and its self fulfilling destiny, Tenet and its ability to live time in reverse. I am really looking forward for Nolan's next Sci-Fi movie now.
Always looking forward to his next project!
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Those glowing bead things they spun that Cillian loves so much
Great explanation of the movie making process.
“We’ll Meet Again” at the end of the video…nice homage!
Dune being delayed really helped this movie in what is already a very interesting Oscar race. Nolan movies do really well in the technical categories for the Academy.
He and Villeneuve set the standard!
I love Dune, but if Dune came out this year and not postponed to next year ,,I would still choose Oppenheimer as the Oscar winner...dune and killers of the flower moon is a masterpiece artwork,, but movie like Oppenheimer comes out once a decade..it's not just a film, but an experience... easy winning for Nolan ..
The soothing narration ❤😂
Aaaaand the Oscar for the Best Direction Goes To....
We'll see!
Thank you sm I was living in several question marks ! You are literally the best teacher for us ✨
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Thanks so much for this very valuable information, this an everlasting filmmaking education
Those b/w shots are 🔥❤️
So much to learn
Nolan is an institution in himself
His name certainly carries that weight
Awesome & Thanks :)
Cheers!
One thing I noticed that I found interesting was the use of checkered tape on some magazines. Looks like it was used for the black and white scenes. Since the movie is shot on color and black and white, they need to have that additional tape to denote that. Much like color coding daylight and tungsten balanced color films.
Just a small thing I noticed but found it interesting anyway.
All in the details!
Hoyte or his first AC have been doing that for a long time, I've seen it on Tenet behind the scenes pictures. Essentially it's just tape for the film magazine, taping off where the magazine doors are to prevent lightleaks and secure it to the body.
Christopher Nolan is master. One of the greats for sure.
Lucky to see him work!
Thanks for guiding us. Love from India🇮🇳
Cheers!
Over 150 vfx artists worked on the film.
Yes VFX was used, not CGI specifically
@@StudioBinder CGI was also used, they just lied about it
Great video, I did hope more was spoken about the music and sound design however
Now you cannot possibly tell me that the missile shot at the end was not CGI. Everybody keeps talking about famous scenes except that one which is clearly CGI.
They did shoot it. According to Andrew Jackson: We filmed real missiles and little miniature ones for the trails coming through the clouds and slowed them down and scaled them so they felt bigger. The clouds catching fire was just another one of the elements that we shot.
In terms of making off or behind the scenes, you could also do it for the battle scene of gladiator. Or an explanation of the animation technique behind across the spider verse
We'll definitely be using those films in the future :)
good suggestions
No doubt. One of the best ones from Nolan
Amazing video StudioBinder! Insane amount of research done here. I'm glad you guys are putting in the work to analyze Nolan's filmmaking so thar average people know the complexity and genius that goes into his films
It was a fun deep dive!
It would be cool to see a how they shot it session for movies like pather panchali and other christopher nolan films like interstellar
Appreciate the feedback!
Thank you for showing us the extensive research that you had done for this movie. It was a great video. I was also curious about this scene where Robert j. Oppenheimer gives the speech after bumping in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and then he speaks. The background is getting distorted and there's a close up shot.. It would have been nice to know how they did it... Of its cgi or is it practically done
They did it by shaking a projector which was displaying a picture of the same wall on the wall itself!
If y’all want a sequel, watch Thirteen Days. It showcases the Cuban Missile Crisis and a different ending than from what Oppenheimer envisioned
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12:55 - never thought I‘d see Neewer lights on a Nolan set lol
haha good catch!
Great video....
Glad you liked it!
You guys should totally make one on The Creator
Not a bad idea!
@8:55 Nolan broke his rule of Not sitting 😂😂
Excellent video! I'll prolly take flak for this but I really cant stand the constant aspect ratio switching in the later Nolan movies. So I made my own fan-edits of the movies where I panned and sized the Panavision scenes to fit the screen like the IMAX scenes. What a relief to watch with no black borders.
If only Nolan could get his hands on the camera Kubrick used.
The only drawback to scaling out the borders is the full image can't be seen
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Such a great video here. Intelligently crafted and written (and seemingly narrated by a real human...unless the AI voices have gotten this good).
All human
You got back the VO artist, nice.
I think this 20 minute video made me want to see this film more than the trailer did. I wish they routinely showed BTS stuff in advertisements, especially it seems with less DVDs/Blurays are purchased with streaming. I miss those director cuts and features those discs provided.
I got an Ad when the timer went 3..2..1 😂
Right on cue haha
Thank you so much for this series, I would like to see videos about All Quiet On the Western Front and Terrence Malicks A Hidden Life ❤️🙏
Can you make a Video about Contrast (Value, Movement, Color, Size, Direction, harsh and low contrast, contrast in Screensizes, frames per Second etc)?
That sounds like most of filmmaking 😅
Awesome! I absolutely Love you're work. Could you do a Directing Style Explained video on Ari Aster. Thanks.
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Amazingggg guysass!!! 🚀🚀🚀
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If this doesn't sweep the Oscars its a tragedy.
We'll find out soon!
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Sir please add the subtitles
Subtitles are up!
I’d like to see a video on James Gunn. Also I would like to know how to properly pitch a script
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Awesome
Thanks for watching!
Can you please make a video on how action sequences are shot?
we might!
In which editing software Oppenheimer is edited ?
Avid
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Can you please make a video of the music in this film. It's haunting ❤
How they shot Tenet is more difficult
we have a breakdown on that film too! th-cam.com/video/3OYR2suViVY/w-d-xo.html
Who (or what, AI being what it is) does the voice over on this? It's great either way.
Simplemente hermoso!
Thanks for watching!
Some people have said that Nolan does not take advantage of the verticality afforded by IMAX. However, this film seems to do so. I wonder if the format has not been pigeon holed as an FX laden spectacle, when indeed it is just as good, if not better, for the intimacy of standard drama.🤔
Agreed, with the explosions and close ups I'd say the aspect ratio was well utilized
Phenomenal film ❤
This movie is a masterpiece, can't believe how much goes behind the scenes, more people need to know what it took to film it! Thank you for providing details on how it was made. It's hilarious that no one cares how Barbie was made. The Golden Globes showed as that people still value quality cinema. I hope politics don't get's involved in the Oscars and strip Oppenheimer from the deserved awards just to give it to Barbie.
@studiobinder can you make a video on how they shot Birdman?
Probably not on the movie on its own, but we have broken down the use of long takes and making a movie feel like one shot! th-cam.com/video/7uwjS7d4ntA/w-d-xo.html
The scariest kind of villains are the ones that fear themselves and yet proceed with their actions
They can say they made small explosions look bigger, but it reads exactly like old movies that used small model boats for ships at sea. Why didn't they just use the actual historical atomic test footage for the first moment of the explosion, which looks nothing like propane?