Danell

33 minutes ago, hmcindie said:

Well this is damn inspiring. How does the funding go in Sweden for projects like this? Here in Finland they are very averse to funding anything that has 'genre' in it.

It's the same in Sweden. Everything that's not romantic comedy or crime is almost impossible to make. 

18 hours ago, mercer said:

Although the visuals are very impressive... I’ve watched the trailers a few times each... as a screenwriter, I am intrigued by how you used common end of days tropes as a framework to what seems like a more personal story... of course there’s only so much story one can gather from a trailer. 

I guess if I had a BTS question, I’d be curious to know the ratio of practical effects to CGI? 

Obviously, the helicopter crash was CGI, how about the dead birds falling to the Earth?

That's exactly what we aimed for! To tell a big, apocalyptic story, but through the eyes of the people. How would you and I act if our country was attacked by a mysterious enemy?

We tried as hard as we could to do as mush as possible for real. Of course it's a lot of CGI, the movie as 420 VFX shots, but we really tried to avoid all-CGI shots. The shot with the helicopters is one of the heaviest VFX-shots and include a lot of 3D. The helicopters, the threes they interact with, one car, smoke and some debris is all CGI. But what really sells the shot is the plates of real smoke, debris, dirt and rain. We spent a week in a studio blowing things up. We shoot rain, glas explosions, fire, smoke, falling birds and more. Everything that we couldn't do for real on set, we tried to shoot for real in post and comp in. 3D always was the last way out. 

The movie also include som mayor miniature shoots. We're going to release a BTS video for that next week, but here is some stills:

12 hours ago, mjfan said:

Thanks! Which monitors did you use?

SmallHD 702

16 hours ago, Django said:

@Danell  what resolution did you guys shoot on with the FS7?

4K

15 hours ago, Turboguard said:

Swedish expat here living in NYC. When and where can I watch this?! My best friend back in Stockholm saw it at the premiere and he said it was the best swedish movie he had ever seen.

Wow, I'm so glad to hear that! We're talking to American distributors right now, but nothing settled yet. I'll let you know!

6 hours ago, webrunner5 said:

He is associated with https://www.newsshooter.com/2015/02/20/in-conversation-with-dog-schidt-optics-an-old-world-alternative-to-modern-lenses/

Exactly. It's to bad that he's not selling the wide angle adapter as a stand-alone any longer. Only as a component of his Clavius set. http://www.richardgaleoptics.uk/clavius-lenses/

15 minutes ago, zerocool22 said:

What lenses did you use most? Or what were the favorite lenses you used? Not surprised about going the vintage route, allthough I would have gone for more pricyer vintage lenses like the contax or summicrons. What was the decision criteria there? Budget or specific looks? And surely impressed how good you made the FS7 look

Budget + look. We could afford more expensive lenses, but the look of the Russians were exactly what we wanted for this project. Together with the oval iris we added to all of the lenses they looked like vintage lenses, but without the cost, weight and headache that comes with real anamorphics. 

I think my favorite lens was the Helios 44-2 together with Richard Gale's wide angle adapter. The character is out of the world! 

If anyone is interested in the VFX of the movie, you can take a look at this BTS/Breakdown:

12 hours ago, mjfan said:

did you have just one camera? which camera settings did you use? what did you do for sound? thanks and great job!

We used the Sony FS7 for 95% of the shots, and a Sony A7s mkII for the rest. Mostly when shooting in tight spaces, crash-cam stuff and the few times we needed more then 1 camera. 

Everything is shot in SLOG3, XAVC-I, 23,976 fps. (24fps wasn't available when we started shooting)

This is the sound gear we used:
- Recorder: Sound Devices 688
- Wireless: Wisycom MCR42, MTP30
- Mics: Sennheiser MKH50, Neumann KMR81, DPA Microphones 4060, 4098, 4018
- Timecode: Ambient Recording GmbH Timecode Link and ACD301.

11 hours ago, Linus N said:

1. One thing I found very intriguing was the non-Swedish-movie factor of your film. With this I'm referring to script, compositions, audio, sfx, vfx, camera movements, blocking, dialogue etc.. I very much enjoyed the "non-Dramaten-feeling" of the script/delivery from the actors. Was the whole step-away-from-the-Beck-vibe a conscious direction you took, and how did you go about it?

2. In terms of the vintage lenses, how on earth did you fit all the accessories on there? Seems like a tight fit!

3. Without spoling anything for anyone, I believe I spotted a few hommages to a variety of classic films embedded in The Unthinkable. if my observation is correct, do I win a cookie? Preferably a dammsugare, I love those.

1. Thank you! I really appreciate this. We don't really think so mush about this, we just do films the way we like to watch films ourself. (and we don't watch a lot of Beck) 

2. It wasn't that hard. I attach some BTS stills of the camera

3. Of course! Easter eggs from most of my favorite films can be spotted in the movie. I'll send you a dammsugare if you can spot homages to The lord of the rings, Jurassic Park, Lost and Home Alone.

I think this is the numbers you are looking for:

120 shooting days
79 hours of raw material
420 vfx shots
19 crashed cars
Over 1000 extras
360 000 liter rain
3 broken bones
82 locations
3000 liter coffee
7 liter fake blood

Wow. Thanks for those kind words. I’m the director/writer/VFX-supervisor & a member of Crazy Pictures which means that I’m kind of involvd in most things regarding this project. We worked qite hard to achive a high production value with the small budget we had, so it feel GREAT to hear that you enjoyed the result. 

(extra fun to hear about your girlfriends reaction!)

If there’s anything you wonder about the production, the process or some technical details, feel free to ask.