For anyone who is not familiar with the ballet, Swan Lake: This is the prologue/introduction where we see Odette running through the forest all happy and what not. Just then a man appears all mysterious and cunning. He then turns into a monstrous wizard and Odette tries to run away but it was too late. The wizard had turned her into a swan. You gotta give props to the filmmakers for making this the beginning as it is in all the Swan Lake productions. This isn’t necessarily a nightmare Natalie’s character had. This was her dreaming of playing the part of Odette. Look up American Ballet Theater’s version.
@@AfoParedes yes you’re right! That’s what she said in the following scene where she tells her mom she danced the part ….I’m referring to the intro of the original ballet :)
I don't remeber anymore which company played in Portugal in 2015. But this was not the opening scene. :( It started with a party at the Prince's castle. The joker character made most of the ballet stunts. After this, the Prince leaves the party and finds the swan princess in the forest. I wish I could have seen this as the opening scene.
You forgot her "gasping" sounds interspersed in between... They must have had to record them separately in a studio. "Okay.... gasp sound recording" "Gasp!!!" On a lighter note I wonder if it felt funny for her while doing that...
This scene portrays the princess' transformation into a swan very well. The soundtrack and the movement of the camera make the scene perfect. My God. It's so beautiful.
Natalie''s hand work is amazing. You can tell which is the double and which is Natalie.They should have given her "double" credit on the film, mentioned her at the Oscars, that does not take away however from the amount of training Natalie did for this film. Great job and amazing shots.
The dance double got about as much credit as a stunt double because that is functionally all she was. She did the more complicated pointe work but at the end of the day she isn’t an actress and Natalie did appear en pointe. Nobody gets this upset about Tom Cruise’s stunt double for his fight scenes in his movies not getting credit so I’m not sure why the ballet community thinks dance doubles would be treated any differently.
"I had my editor count shots. There are 139 dance shots in the film. 111 are Natalie Portman untouched. 28 are her dance double Sarah Lane. If you do the math, that's 80% Natalie Portman. What about duration? The shots that feature the double are wide shots and rarely play for longer than one second. There are two complicated longer dance sequences that we used face replacement. Even so, if we were judging by time, over 90% would be Natalie Portman. And to be clear, Natalie did dance on pointe in pointe shoes. If you look at the final shot of the opening prologue, which lasts 85 seconds, and was danced completely by Natalie, she exits the scene on pointe. That is completely her without any digital magic. I am responding to this to put this to rest and to defend my actor. Natalie sweated long and hard to deliver a great physical and emotional performance. And I don't want anyone to think that's not her they are watching. It is." - *Darren Aronofsky, Director of Black Swan*
So what? Sarah Lane sweated even more. I would go on and say if Sarah acted the whole thing she would be just as good as Natalie, if not better. Natalie is just lucky they chose her to be the actress. Ballet dancers are actors too they act without speech, they act with only emotions. As a ballet dancer Sarah must been acting since she started dancing variations.
@@shinemendwoor dude, you talk like actors don't go through a vigorous regime. Sarah's job here, is to be a stunt double, that's it. she isn't asked to be an actress, that's Natalie's job and that's why it's a movie she won an Oscar for. You don't expect her to learn the minutia of ballet in a year do you? Besides, that is not her job, she's done her job well, and gotten an Oscar for it. They aren't going to hire a ballet dancer for an acting job, the same way they wouldn't hire an actor for a professional ballet performance.
@@yuriambre3253 Face it, she won because of the dancing, that of which was limited. A dancer would have never won had they achieved the same sad face marathon in the role. Oscars like it when names they are familiar with challenge themselves. They don't like to give awards to the normies.
I just love how great heights of artistic transcendence thus movie has. You feel the majestic swan Lake by Tchaikovsky through the eyes of cinematography and of course ballet. I just love this movie. Not only it masters the classical aspects but also the depiction of the characters too. Reflects light on the ballet as a discipline and how it's like being on their,. Its amazing and I love it
@@drcommondrate12 that's opinion based, they shared their opinion and they are allowed to have one just like you, however don't try to speak for them since they clearly don't think any of his other movies are better than this one.
The moment when the quick change happens and you see the feathers fly when she transforms into the swan mid turn was absolutely brilliant. I wish companies that did the Prologue of Swan Lake incorporated that quick change
Brilliant movie. It’s the less satirical more mysterious version of American Psycho. We are still trying to figure out what she really did vs just imagined.
Just like the version of the swan lake movie and ballet when rothbart turned Odette into a white swan and her prince will defeat him and live with the vow of everlasting love.
@@ellerysmith4449 because Nina lived a life of innocence and purity until she got a taste of attention from Thomas (the director of the Swan Lake ballet) and was driven to embody the darkness and seductiveness of being the black swan, which made her crazy. She needed to lose control. The only thing that held her back WAS HER MOTHER. Losing control for the sake of perfection killed her. Carrie was innocent until she got her first late period, and then discovers she has telekinesis. She practices her telekinesis properly so she'll be better with it. But she lost control during the prom with the pig's blood incident. The only thing that stopped her from going all out WAS HER MOTHER. That is, until she died. There's your parallel.
Nariman Abuzeid yeah because locking your daughter in the closest full of religious paraphernalia, slamming a bible in your daughter's face, and stabbing her from behind is being "over-protective"
@girl dream14 Nina's mother was just emotionally manipulative. Striving for her daughter to achieve perfection and living through her when she couldn't after she gave it all up to have Nina. Nina's mother just needed therapy. Margaret White, on the other hand, need to be tossed in the loony bin. I mean, she thought her daughter was a witch because of her telekinetic abilities. Also close to killing her daughter at birth after Margaret being sexually assaulted by her own husband.
Unpopular opinion: This intro theme is better than the black swan theme. It is straight up terrifying/horrifying whereas the other one is a sad dream, a lil over used 🙌
Oh my god. Seeing it again. I remember 2 times in my life, after Difficult! experiences, I felt that I had to -I did consciously “take back my innocence.” I See a Swan, horrifically wounded, trying her best to continue, floating/flying off as an animal would, in shock, not knowing yet the extent of her wound, but Wounded, I think mortally.
Black swan you are always a beatiful. Black swan is always symbolic in art, music and ice. I hope the bts group wouldn't ruin the concept of a Black swan.
@@m.v.129 not the story stupid small head. The concept. Few will only appreciate it, they will only watch this movie for the group they are supporting, not for the movie itself.
@@youdeservetobehappynow7584 story, concept, whatever lmao the movie was literally based on swan lake so what's your point? they didn't invent anything, and i still can't see how a musical group would "ruin" it 💀
@@m.v.129 the movie is about the black swan! Do you know what the movie meant? But as I analyze, BTS is preparing for it's end just like the black swan did after all she's gone through. It's a simple symbolism. Fans will go watch this film not for the appreciation it deserves but for the group they worship to.
I love this scene. It's just so hard to focus on this video because of the very large, white watermark on a black screen. Why did you watermark someone else's work??? Just curious.
~ That sure as LL getout IS Natalie dancing -AND EMOTING. Yes, I am sincerely taken in by her EN POINTE dancing (she was dancing ballet before she was acting) but the Riveting thing about the scene is in her face and actions. She is not only Dancing, trusting to fall into another dancers arms, being buffeted about, trying to get away -en pointe, which is the point , running for her life, obviously terrified of -Something, confusion , etc, -but she is Scared. There is a malevolence sneaking up on her and has a hold of her, enough to have left it’s mark on her Psyche. Sarah Lane, Anyone? I honestly wonder if Merle Streep’s hands would be as emotive.
Actually, they don't. I've seen many documentaries and read many articles in which the state that the only time the use a second ballerina for the role of the white/black swan is during the ball when the white swan appears at the window after the prince declares, unknowingly, his love for the black swan.
not exactly. if the ballet is performed every night for several days the part is played by different principal dancers on different nights. because it require so much time on pointe per performance it would be hard for same person to do it each night, so they get night or two off between dancing it.
+Sarah Lovell body double for the more difficult moves (you can tell usually when they cut away from her face) but all the basic to intermediate moves were apparently done by her
+James Galante she did train but to be honest it's not her, it takes 2-3 year for a child to go on pointe and 6 years for an adult. Training for that long is nothing trust me she probably just increased her flexibility a lot more. If that was her and only train for so little time she probably would get seriously injured ballet is extremely dangerous and it defiantly takes years for perfection. So just telling you NO! It was a professional. Also I have nothing against Natalie she's an actor not a dancer and I completely understand that I'm just telling you
@@andreabweek but natalie didnt dance it so that has nothing to do??? I love her as an actress but her port the bras is terrible😅 (which is ok bc she is NOT a dancer) and she still did a pretty good job for a year of training.
For anyone who is not familiar with the ballet, Swan Lake:
This is the prologue/introduction where we see Odette running through the forest all happy and what not. Just then a man appears all mysterious and cunning. He then turns into a monstrous wizard and Odette tries to run away but it was too late. The wizard had turned her into a swan.
You gotta give props to the filmmakers for making this the beginning as it is in all the Swan Lake productions. This isn’t necessarily a nightmare Natalie’s character had. This was her dreaming of playing the part of Odette. Look up American Ballet Theater’s version.
The kirov intro from 1969 is exactly the same as this. Me thinks they copied it from there
I think her character states that she was dreaming about the prologue of Swan Lake (right about when she wakes up and talks about it to her mother)
@@AfoParedes yes you’re right! That’s what she said in the following scene where she tells her mom she danced the part ….I’m referring to the intro of the original ballet :)
Watching barbie as a child, gave me some of those ideas😀
I don't remeber anymore which company played in Portugal in 2015. But this was not the opening scene. :( It started with a party at the Prince's castle. The joker character made most of the ballet stunts. After this, the Prince leaves the party and finds the swan princess in the forest. I wish I could have seen this as the opening scene.
Natalie's performance in Black Swan was PERFECT. No wonder she won an Oscar. She's one of my favourite actresses. I enjoyed watching Black Swan.
Me too
Everything in this scene is perfect: the music, Natalie's face, the camera work, Natalie's face, the lighting, did I mention Natalie's face? :D
I think you forgot Natalie's face :D jk
But you didn’t mention THE Natalie Portman’s face...
Let’s face it !
You forgot her "gasping" sounds interspersed in between... They must have had to record them separately in a studio.
"Okay.... gasp sound recording"
"Gasp!!!"
On a lighter note I wonder if it felt funny for her while doing that...
Natalie's face but not her body
Wow! I never before noticed that her hair and outfit change at 1:35 in the middle of her spin! 😮
that's the point of this scene: the princess is transformed into a swan by the evil wizard's curse. this scene is the prologue of swan lake
@@chdelvallev How is it normally done on stage?
@@littlewara I think they will use a double dancer..?
@@littlewara They use a double dancer but it depends on the production because not all productions have the prologue.
@@littlewara most productions unfortunately don’t have the intro but if they do they just use two diferent dancers
The camera work is amazing
How do u have 535 likes and no comments
No *Your* amazing :)
I know right. It's so beautiful!!
how did they even do that?
This 10 year old film is cinematically flawless in every way.
Anxiety coming along like
Hahahaha 😂😂😂 the story of my life, no wonder has been my favorite movie since 2010
This scene portrays the princess' transformation into a swan very well. The soundtrack and the movement of the camera make the scene perfect. My God. It's so beautiful.
Natalie''s hand work is amazing. You can tell which is the double and which is Natalie.They should have given her "double" credit on the film, mentioned her at the Oscars, that does not take away however from the amount of training Natalie did for this film. Great job and amazing shots.
The dance double got about as much credit as a stunt double because that is functionally all she was. She did the more complicated pointe work but at the end of the day she isn’t an actress and Natalie did appear en pointe. Nobody gets this upset about Tom Cruise’s stunt double for his fight scenes in his movies not getting credit so I’m not sure why the ballet community thinks dance doubles would be treated any differently.
I think..she was afraid of the Black Swan. Once she surrendered to the madness, she soared.
"I had my editor count shots. There are 139 dance shots in the film. 111 are Natalie Portman untouched. 28 are her dance double Sarah Lane. If you do the math, that's 80% Natalie Portman. What about duration? The shots that feature the double are wide shots and rarely play for longer than one second. There are two complicated longer dance sequences that we used face replacement. Even so, if we were judging by time, over 90% would be Natalie Portman. And to be clear, Natalie did dance on pointe in pointe shoes. If you look at the final shot of the opening prologue, which lasts 85 seconds, and was danced completely by Natalie, she exits the scene on pointe. That is completely her without any digital magic. I am responding to this to put this to rest and to defend my actor. Natalie sweated long and hard to deliver a great physical and emotional performance. And I don't want anyone to think that's not her they are watching. It is." - *Darren Aronofsky, Director of Black Swan*
So what? Sarah Lane sweated even more. I would go on and say if Sarah acted the whole thing she would be just as good as Natalie, if not better. Natalie is just lucky they chose her to be the actress. Ballet dancers are actors too they act without speech, they act with only emotions. As a ballet dancer Sarah must been acting since she started dancing variations.
@@shinemendwoor dude, you talk like actors don't go through a vigorous regime. Sarah's job here, is to be a stunt double, that's it. she isn't asked to be an actress, that's Natalie's job and that's why it's a movie she won an Oscar for. You don't expect her to learn the minutia of ballet in a year do you? Besides, that is not her job, she's done her job well, and gotten an Oscar for it. They aren't going to hire a ballet dancer for an acting job, the same way they wouldn't hire an actor for a professional ballet performance.
Charlostain Sawshades Lol, talk about downplaying achievements.
'Natalie was lucky to be chosen', good grief lol.
@@shinemendwoor stfu dude.
@@yuriambre3253 Face it, she won because of the dancing, that of which was limited. A dancer would have never won had they achieved the same sad face marathon in the role. Oscars like it when names they are familiar with challenge themselves. They don't like to give awards to the normies.
That's like Persephone being abducted by Hades
Well spotted
Oh yes absolutely yes!
Wow
Lmfao not even the first comment but I see this
Yeah if they ever make a movie about hades and Persephone this is the soundtrack they should use
The music is SO GOOD. The original play is genius. This movie is fantastic.
I just love how great heights of artistic transcendence thus movie has. You feel the majestic swan Lake by Tchaikovsky through the eyes of cinematography and of course ballet. I just love this movie. Not only it masters the classical aspects but also the depiction of the characters too. Reflects light on the ballet as a discipline and how it's like being on their,. Its amazing and I love it
The whole scene is immortal because of the music and sound effects
Really love this opening even after 10 years
Gives such an insight of the metaphorical journey Nina has to go through
Top ten best movies ever, I don't care what anyone says. Truly a favorite for every most obvious reasons.
Definitely. This is one of the few movies I watched more than 3 times and I believe I'll always be getting back to it.
Definitely but not the best Aranofsky film. Aranofsky’s best film is either Pi or Requiem for a Dream.
I agree. It's amazing from beginning to end. I don't understand why people trash it.
@@drcommondrate12 Pi is decent and Requiem is excellent, but this is definitely his best film. It is near flawless.
@@drcommondrate12 that's opinion based, they shared their opinion and they are allowed to have one just like you, however don't try to speak for them since they clearly don't think any of his other movies are better than this one.
What a movie !! One of the few masterpieces made in post 2000 era. Reminds of of something Stanley Kubrick could have made
Nina's life went spiraling out of control, which is so relatable. Her mother was no help to her.
Amazingly terrifying.
She is beautiful.
It is very beautiful but complicated at the same time.
THİS İS ART
1:09 IT'S MORPHIN TIME!
I had the same dream. But the difference is that i was dancing as the black swan. Such a crazy and weird dream.
Mikah Llagas how? This scene is where is where Odette is turned into a swan after she's seduced by Rothbart.
@@Alex2468ful i think what she meant was both dream scenes were from swan lake
Micaella Llagas I had a dream where I was dancing recently but as the Sugar Plum Fairy. I know people probably don’t care but umm here ya go anyways 😂
The movie's entire plot shown in the first 2 minutes and 30 seconds. 😅❤️
and yet they hid it so well
They literally copied this from a swan lake ballet production of 1969 jsjdhs it looks exactly the same only with better camera and effects.
i am a simple man, i watch this and break my toe
This is beautifully shot.
god, I love the part where she *transforms* into a swan.
The moment when the quick change happens and you see the feathers fly when she transforms into the swan mid turn was absolutely brilliant.
I wish companies that did the Prologue of Swan Lake incorporated that quick change
ahhh i love this ballet so much, the movie does it Justice
Rothbart was always a scary motherfucker. I was generally terrified watching this... 😳
Thank you for this amazing video.
Bucharest, Roumanie
one of the best movies of all times i can't get enough of this movie ❤️❤️❤️
I dont get this movie story :(
@@floafluffy1937 ok search it up
1:19 HELP ME!
Brilliant movie. It’s the less satirical more mysterious version of American Psycho. We are still trying to figure out what she really did vs just imagined.
Just like the version of the swan lake movie and ballet when rothbart turned Odette into a white swan and her prince will defeat him and live with the vow of everlasting love.
Yes I believe Derek and Odette from the Swan Princess and Animated stories from New testament 😊
Sarah Lane's footwork
1:56 great shot
The plot line is kind of like Carrie with ballet.
how?
Ellery Smith ikr😂 like wtf
@@ellerysmith4449 because Nina lived a life of innocence and purity until she got a taste of attention from Thomas (the director of the Swan Lake ballet) and was driven to embody the darkness and seductiveness of being the black swan, which made her crazy. She needed to lose control. The only thing that held her back WAS HER MOTHER. Losing control for the sake of perfection killed her.
Carrie was innocent until she got her first late period, and then discovers she has telekinesis. She practices her telekinesis properly so she'll be better with it. But she lost control during the prom with the pig's blood incident. The only thing that stopped her from going all out WAS HER MOTHER. That is, until she died.
There's your parallel.
Nariman Abuzeid yeah because locking your daughter in the closest full of religious paraphernalia, slamming a bible in your daughter's face, and stabbing her from behind is being "over-protective"
@girl dream14 Nina's mother was just emotionally manipulative. Striving for her daughter to achieve perfection and living through her when she couldn't after she gave it all up to have Nina. Nina's mother just needed therapy. Margaret White, on the other hand, need to be tossed in the loony bin. I mean, she thought her daughter was a witch because of her telekinetic abilities. Also close to killing her daughter at birth after Margaret being sexually assaulted by her own husband.
Great job Desiree. Ill make sure you get the credit for yoir performance just like for Loren Allred. God++
Perfect blue + the red shoes = black swan
Shut up
The great SARAH LANE!!
This scene is remarkable
Super scary movie. I think it's because I feel so related.
Astounding!
The only person standing in your way is you ...
This was one of my nightmares at 7
Perfecto... Ha sido perfecto...
Unpopular opinion: This intro theme is better than the black swan theme. It is straight up terrifying/horrifying whereas the other one is a sad dream, a lil over used 🙌
Hormones yo
she can’t see him cuz he knows she’ll be scared yet he watches her all the time
That's pretty impressive.
Oh my god. Seeing it again. I remember 2 times in my life, after Difficult! experiences, I felt that I had to -I did consciously “take back my innocence.” I See a Swan, horrifically wounded, trying her best to continue, floating/flying off as an animal would, in shock, not knowing yet the extent of her wound, but Wounded, I think mortally.
Woah i haven’t seen this scene yet
Umm wth how can cinematography be so great like Wth
my om actully tried it with diffrent music and it was so cool
Love this movie
over my 5000 years in this world ive snatched many bodies
Add a wing and youll be dancing la sylphide
Madeleine Beatriz ❤️😢
No way!!! Where can I watch the full one ?
0:40
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Black swan you are always a beatiful. Black swan is always symbolic in art, music and ice. I hope the bts group wouldn't ruin the concept of a Black swan.
are you on crack how can a group ruin a story 💀😭
@@m.v.129 not the story stupid small head. The concept. Few will only appreciate it, they will only watch this movie for the group they are supporting, not for the movie itself.
@@youdeservetobehappynow7584 story, concept, whatever lmao the movie was literally based on swan lake so what's your point? they didn't invent anything, and i still can't see how a musical group would "ruin" it 💀
@@m.v.129 the movie is about the black swan! Do you know what the movie meant? But as I analyze, BTS is preparing for it's end just like the black swan did after all she's gone through. It's a simple symbolism. Fans will go watch this film not for the appreciation it deserves but for the group they worship to.
Does anyone know the name of the song that plays before Nina finds out that Beth is in the hospital?
Nevermind, it's Pas de six, Variation 1
Queen Amidala ?
Obi-Wan Kenobi XD hahaha !
Is that Natalie doing upper body work?
I love this scene. It's just so hard to focus on this video because of the very large, white watermark on a black screen.
Why did you watermark someone else's work??? Just curious.
Because they’re Fandango Movie Clips and they have permission to.
~ That sure as LL getout IS Natalie dancing -AND EMOTING. Yes, I am sincerely taken in by her EN POINTE dancing (she was dancing ballet before she was acting) but the Riveting thing about the scene is in her face and actions. She is not only Dancing, trusting to fall into another dancers arms, being buffeted about, trying to get away -en pointe, which is the point , running for her life, obviously terrified of -Something, confusion , etc, -but she is Scared. There is a malevolence sneaking up on her and has a hold of her, enough to have left it’s mark on her Psyche. Sarah Lane, Anyone? I honestly wonder if Merle Streep’s hands would be as emotive.
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Ok but why was Rothbart kinda-
NO NO NO DONT YOU DARE😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@HorrorFans763 XD
i born in april 23 2010!!! and i want to be a bellerina!!! and thas movie released in february 2010!
In real life they make 4 girls split the role because it's so difficult
Do you mean the role of the black swan? that's so impressive!
I think both swans
Actually, they don't. I've seen many documentaries and read many articles in which the state that the only time the use a second ballerina for the role of the white/black swan is during the ball when the white swan appears at the window after the prince declares, unknowingly, his love for the black swan.
Stacey Vermilyea maybe it depends on the academy then.Thanks for the info girls!
not exactly. if the ballet is performed every night for several days the part is played by different principal dancers on different nights. because it require so much time on pointe per performance it would be hard for same person to do it each night, so they get night or two off between dancing it.
Did she have schizophrenia or a personality disorder? So unsure and watched it before a long time ago. Certainly quite the thriller 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
She is schizophrenic like me
@@gustavosouza5875 god bless you
If Rambo was female
Who's he? He's gorgeous!
I'm here for the BTS theory😉😢
Jane?
Did Natalie really really do this ballet?
+Sarah Lovell body double for the more difficult moves (you can tell usually when they cut away from her face) but all the basic to intermediate moves were apparently done by her
+ohshityoheadsgone Its brilliant
She did an interview where she practiced 6 days a week for 6 hours everyday for 7 months for this movie, she is incredible
+James Galante that doesnt mean she did all the ballerina stuff. If you can see her face clearly in the shot its her. If not well...
+James Galante she did train but to be honest it's not her, it takes 2-3 year for a child to go on pointe and 6 years for an adult. Training for that long is nothing trust me she probably just increased her flexibility a lot more. If that was her and only train for so little time she probably would get seriously injured ballet is extremely dangerous and it defiantly takes years for perfection. So just telling you NO! It was a professional. Also I have nothing against Natalie she's an actor not a dancer and I completely understand that I'm just telling you
I think she died at the end of the movie
ألعبوني دور البجعة البيضاء رغما عني .. كي يحققوا نجاحا بعذابي ..
Im in balley
Wowo Wowo
Can someone tell me what is the name of the music
Veena The Swan Lake Introduction by Victor Fedotov, Mariinsky Orchestra and Pyotr Ilyrich Tchaikovsky
İ wanted to say to much that the Man she sleept with was damn OLD But she was goergous herself and its not aesthetic.
Her sitting down was very bad cgi. U can tell they literally placed her head on the actual dance doubles body
Its literally impossible to tell
😭😭😭😭🌈😭😭
🇮🇱 🎥
I know that she worked hard, but her arms are really ew
They are simply terrible. As is her posture.
She’s still richer than all of your ancestor’s wealth combined so...
How? She looks good
@@lauraspaeth3079 not as terrible as your attitude
U act like u can do any better 🤣🤣🤣🤣
She's not very good
Kelly Devlin shut the fuck up,yaaaaah she's not good and she won so many awards by this role,and you?bixxh
Kelly Devlin please I’d like to see you dance the part of Odette
I finally found a natalie portman hater.
Kelly you “Really just being a curmudgeon
@@andreabweek but natalie didnt dance it so that has nothing to do???
I love her as an actress but her port the bras is terrible😅 (which is ok bc she is NOT a dancer) and she still did a pretty good job for a year of training.
Impresionante!