Les Mis Filming Has Started — Page 19

Check out this YouTube clip --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv8TcK55LYc


Hope we eventually get to see the official online version soon!

In another country.

It looks like the supposed trailer that has been attached in some screenings of SKYFALL in the UK.

The one who posted the trailer clip is from Australia, but it was attached to another movie event. But based on descriptions of the trailer shown with Skyfall, it looks identical with that one.

EW article with new photos.

http://aarontveit.net/photos/displayimage.php?album=188&pid=4377#top_display_media

Whoops -- Sorry about the size!

But Les Miserables is getting a lot of love from ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY!

Try this link --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaIUtG4OESA

The trailer included part of I Dream A Dream, parts of ONE DAY MORE ( including Russell Crowe singing) and DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING.

Interesting article from the LA Times on the singing in Les Miserables.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sneaks-les-miserables-20121104,0,5503621.story

Excerpts:

>>Musical director Stephen Brooker, who also supervises the London stage show, said the cast went through extensive preparation for the film, including months of work with voice coaches and nine weeks of rehearsal. The actors brought their own vocal qualities to the roles.

As the noble ex-convict and protagonist Jean Valjean, Jackman's sound is "very muscular," Brooker said, and reflective of his extensive musical theater experience. "It's pingy at the top end, it's got energy."

Crowe, who plays Valjean's nemesis, the dogged Inspector Javert, has a background in rock music and an edgier sound, "a dark baritone," Brooker said. Hathaway, a trained singer whose mother once played Fantine in a national tour, conveys "a real sense of fragility."

A major concern regarding the live approach was ensuring that the actors stayed in singing shape. Brooker said he did his best to monitor the cast's vocal health and work load, though he recalled some "brilliant, crazy nights," such as when "Hugh Jackman was up to his ears in mud in an estuary in Kent, still singing at 2 o'clock in the morning."

Jackman survived the ordeal, voice intact. In the end, Hooper said, none of the obstacles proved insurmountable, and the results were worth the challenge.

"Singing unlocks something in actors that's different," he said. "I think I can safely say that you'll see something different from all of them that you've never seen on film before."<<<

That clip gave me a splitting headache...you could barely see or hear anything.

Any plans for a film cd?

I meant the general public, obviously. I doubt those in the industry are making this thing with their eyes and ears closed! And it's the general public throwing about the Oscar thing and they are only throwing it around because others have been throwing it around and because "it's Les Mis." I doubt most have been saying that due to a top Oscar predictor gushing over it. And if that is the reason, then I need to give the general public more credit, and we all know I never will. So...there!

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One of the more notable film bloggers/Oscar forecasters, Kris Tapley of HITFIX, said he has been assured by official sources that Universal Pictures will be campaigning for only one lead role in Les Miserables, Hugh Jackman. Everybody else will be campaigned for in supporting roles, whether actors or actresses.

Sorry, I can't find the specific link anymore, but this is already common knowledge among Oscar forecasters, hence you will find Anne in the Supporting Actress category. Russell Crowe who can probably be argued as a co-lead will also be campaigned for in the Supporting category. Javert has more impact on the story and definitely has the second most important screen time, compared to the Fantine role.

What do you guys think about Les Mis in the Sound Mixing and Sound Editing categories?

I know that generally those two categories are geared towards movies like Inception, Transformers, War Horse, The Bourne Identity, etc. where there usually are a lot of sound editing that goes into the war and action sequences.

But given that the singing was recorded LIVE for Les Mis, would that garner a nod (and maybe win) for Sound Mixing and/or Sound Editing?