Questions tagged [production]
The act of creating a work (esp. movies: filming).
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Did Michelle Yeoh do her own stunts in this scene?
In episode 13, What's Past Is Prologue, Emperor Georgiou and Michael engage in hand-to-hand combat with Mirror Universe Lorca. Full video of the scene linked here. (warning, even the YouTube title of ...
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How is the Game of Thrones series being made when there are no new books by Martin to base it on?
How is the Game of Thrones TV series made, when there are no books written by Martin yet to base it on?
I've read all of the books and watched all of the episodes, but I don't get it. Season 7 is ...
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How many times has the in-production Robotech live action movie changed director already?
A Robotech live action movie was first announced in 2007. Since then, they changed company, and a different director was announced more than once. Yesterday, I saw the new of an Argentine "Andrés ...
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Why did Imperial Star Destroyers change?
Obviously the in universe reason that the Imperial-I star destroyer in ANH was replaced by the Imperial-II star destroyer in ESB/RotJ is because it's better in some way (cheaper, more effective, ...
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What was the cost to produce one episode of Galaxy Rangers?
I remember reading somewhere that the production was, at the time, USD $1,000,000 per episode. The only source I could find now is a comment on amazon, stating
the entire production cost $65 ...
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Was Return of the Jedi released in Japan as Revenge of the Jedi?
As is commonly known, the working title of Return of the Jedi was, for some time, Revenge of the Jedi. This was even used on early promotional material and on a teaser trailer.
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Is/was General Leia Organa expected to be in the next episodes (VIII and IX) of Star Wars?
With the death of Carrie Fisher, does it have any impact on the next Star Wars films, episodes VIII and IX? Was she slated to be on 8-9? Has principal photography started with her on camera?
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Is Face the Raven's village set reused for The Husbands of River Song?
The episode "Face the Raven" partly takes place in a hidden village within London. The Christmas special "The Husbands of River Song" also features a village having a very similar aesthetic.
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1.21 Gigawatts or 2.21 Gigawatts?
In the original "Back to the Future" movie, Doc has his famous "1.21 Gigawatts" scene. But I noticed today that the French version actually is translated "2,21 Gigawatts" (deux virgule vingt et un ...
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Why was the colour of Luke's lightsaber changed from blue to green between the trailer and the release of Return of the Jedi?
This answer showed me something I didn't know: that Luke's lightsaber was blue in the first trailer for Return of the Jedi.
As we know, Luke used a green lightsaber ...
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Which episodes of Star Trek TNG led to their writers becoming regular staff?
Most TV episodes, and it seems so for TNG too, are written by existing writing staff, or come from freelance screenplays whose writers rarely, if ever contribute to the show again. Occasionally an ...
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Why does Riker pronounce "charade" two different ways?
I learned this interesting fact from a comment on a YouTube video yesterday. In this scene from Future Imperfect, notice how Jonathan Frakes pronounces "charade" (at 1:55):
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Why were Series 6 and 7 split into two parts?
Nearly every series of new (post-2005) Doctor Who, excluding specials, has comprised a sequence of weekly episodes:
Series 1: weekly from 26 March 2005 to 18 June 2005
Series 2: weekly from 15 April ...
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Is Hulu's version of Trigun edited?
Recently, I've been watching Trigun on Hulu. It seems to have the occasional awkward cut, and the narrative seems to noticeably jump sometimes. I don't know if this is due to editing for content or ...
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How are lightsabers digitally rendered? [duplicate]
A while ago, I thought one could use trigonometry. Simply have the actors hold the base of the light saber, and the stick part would be generated by the computer.
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