Patty Jenkins Reveals Why She Chose To Shoot Wonder Woman On Film
With Diana of Themyscira making her solo move debut in just over two weeks, the film's press tour [...]
With Diana of Themyscira making her solo move debut in just over two weeks, the film's press tour is in full swing. Previously making her DC Extended Universe debut in last year's Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman follows the titular character throughout the earliest part of her career in becoming the character we've all come to know and love.
While movies within the pop culture spectrum often times using cutting-edge technology to display the latest, greatest tools money can buy, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins took a more traditional route while filming the movie.
Instead of going with the new industry norm of filming the movie digitally, Jenkins decided to stick with her roots and chose to shoot the entire movie on film.
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"I've come up on shooting film and working on film for a long time. Digital has come a long way. Digital does a lot of great things. There are things I really like about digital, but they [film and digital] are not the same and there is some sort of strange myth that 'Oh, you can do everything now on digital.' Well if that was true, why do all the great, great, great filmmakers still shoot on film?" ," Jenkins told film critic Kevin McCarthy in a recent press stop. " Is it because they know less? Is it because they're more haphazard? Is it because they can't move on to new information? No. It's because there's a certain type of epic grander escapism that film gives you that you cannot — you will struggle very hard — to get that on video."
Jenkins went on to explain how she feels film provides a better quality feel to the final product, comparing the difference between digital and film to a cheap romantic comedy going up against a Coen Brothers-style comedy.
"But even like a Coen Brothers-style comedy, you can't transcend the real world as effortlessly as you can. You can end up looking like a cheap rom-com or you can look like a Coen Brothers' movie, it's about the world you put in," reflected Jenkins. "If you're willing to pay very little more for an A-list actor versus someone who's never acted before or if you're willing to pay more for a better set than a cheaper set, why on Earth is it a big deal to pay a tiny bit more to shoot on the greatest medium in history of film. I'll never get it."
It seems safe to say that any further projects Jenkins helms will be shot on film and who blames her — early reviews of Wonder Woman are stating it's the best film of DC's shared cinematic universe.
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Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers…and her true destiny.
Wonder Woman is directed by Patty Jenkins and is written by Allan Heinberg, Geoff Johns, and Zack Snyder. The film stars Gal Gadot (Diana Prince/Wonder Woman), Chris Pine (Steve Trevor), Robin Wright (General Antiope), Connie Nielsen (Queen Hippolyta), David Thewlis, Elena Anaya, Lucy Davis (Etta Candy), Danny Huston, Ewen Bremmer, Doutzen Kroes, Samantha Jo (Euboea), Florence Kasumba (Senator Acantha), Said Taghmaoui, Eleanor Matsuura (Epione), Emily Carey (Young Diana), and Lisa Loven Kongsli (Menalippe).
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