A film that will take the audience on a high-speed ride is coming. Set to be released on June 25, <F1 The Movie> depicts the journey of veteran Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), who has not become the best, teaming up with rookie Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), who wants to be the best, against the backdrop of the world’s fastest race, ‘Formula One’ (F1). This film has garnered particular attention because director Joseph Kosinski, like in <Top Gun: Maverick>, captured realistic scenes. With the cooperation of F1, including the participation of actual F1 drivers, this film reflects the ambition of director Joseph Kosinski, who has attempted to include realistic depictions in his works. In <F1 The Movie>, we have summarised Joseph Kosinski's hidden (?) 'desire for reality' in each of his works.
F1 The Movie - Painting Over Real F2 Cars
The new film <F1 The Movie> is expected to reveal more behind-the-scenes stories after its release. Even based on the information released so far, it has put a lot of effort into being an 'official film' discussed with F1. The protagonists in the film belong to ApexGP (APXGP), a fictional team, and they rented a garage to film the pit wall scenes. The cars used in the film were actual F2 racing cars. Unlike F1, all teams in F2 use the same chassis, and one of them was disguised as APXGP's chassis with the cooperation of Mercedes. In this process, they not only changed the appearance but also made it easier to film the actors while in operation. Additionally, filming took place during the actual Grand Prix to capture the atmosphere of the F1 scene, and both Brad Pitt and Damson Idris actually drove the cars while acting. Brad Pitt has attempted racing films several times but has not been able to proceed with production, so it seems he poured everything into this film.
Top Gun: Maverick - Even an Actor Who Throws Up All the Time Gets to Fly a Fighter Jet
His previous work <Top Gun: Maverick> was not only directed by Joseph Kosinski but also starred and produced by ‘analogue maniac’ Tom Cruise, who did his best to capture the reality of aerial combat. At the time of production, there were doubts about whether Joseph Kosinski could fill the shoes of Tony Scott, who directed the first film, after his passing, but he successfully restored the series perfectly. Like the first film, <Top Gun: Maverick> received active cooperation from the U.S. Air Force and filmed scenes with actors aboard fighter jets to capture the pilots' appearances. Although the actors received training before filming, Miles Teller revealed that there were actors who threw up every day while filming the fighter jet scenes (three of them, in fact). Of course, a professional pilot was in charge of flying the modified fighter jet, which was not visible, but still, setting up the filming and acting in a fighter jet soaring through the skies is no easy task. The scenes were filmed using cameras attached to the cockpit, which the actors operated themselves, and the director had to wait for the fighter jet to return without being able to monitor it. Tom Cruise, an experienced pilot with a pilot's license, was not satisfied with this and took the controls himself in some scenes, finishing with a scene of him flying his own plane.
Only the Brave - Borrowing Real Firefighting Helicopters
Among Joseph Kosinski's films, <Only the Brave> is the only one based on a true story. It tells the story of the 'Hotshots' firefighters who were deployed to suppress the initial stages of a wildfire and heroically stopped the Yarnell Hill fire in 2013. In a way, this can be seen as a turning point in expanding to the current 'reality', dealing with a very realistic story in stark contrast to the sci-fi worlds he had previously presented. Actors including Josh Brolin and Miles Teller, who played the Hotshots, all completed training as wildfire management personnel at an Air Force base. Since recreating a massive wildfire is impractical, they used CG and actual wildfire footage, but in a controllable set in New Mexico, they actually set fires to capture the perilousness of the fire scene. The helicopters used in the film were also actual aircraft used by the California Forest Fire Department, and to use them in the film, they removed doors and changed registration numbers, so they did not appear as they would in real life. It seems that the Forest Fire Department cooperated to match the film's portrayal of real firefighters' stories.
Oblivion - Even in a Virtual World, It Must Be Created for Naturalness
In the pure 100% sci-fi film <Oblivion>, one might wonder what realistic depiction there is, but surprisingly, a lot of it was actually built and completed. For example, the spherical aircraft 'bubble ship', which symbolizes the design aesthetics of this film, is not CG. (Of course) it cannot fly, but a full model was made, and to make it look as realistic as possible, they even created an operable control panel (which can turn the lights on and off). The flight scenes were filmed by attaching a specially made cockpit to a crane, allowing it to move in various directions to capture the feeling of actual flight as much as possible. In addition to this scene, the residence of survivor Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) was also actually built. Judging that it could not be brought to life with CG alone, they constructed a set, and played back footage of landscapes filmed in Hawaii on 21 screens to closely replicate the view from the house. This technique has since evolved into the LED wall used in many recent video media, so Joseph Kosinski may have been a pioneer.
Cineplay Seong Chan-eol
