Where is ronin 47 being filmed

After getting a tour of the set, we walked for a few minutes further into the forest and came upon another incredible practical set. It was here where the crew and actors were filming a scene. As we walked through the gate, we were again transported to another time and place. But while the fortress we had just left was dark and dreary, the castle was alive and bright, with the Samurai dressed in red and the cherry blossoms in full bloom.

Also, the castle was painted with bright colors and there were Japanese signs. Everything looked alive, and not a man made structure. When we first arrived, we immediately got to see Rinsch directing a massive group of actors and extras. He was being very specific with the way he wanted the red samurai to kneel down to the visiting Shogun Warrior. He even went up to a few of the extras and positioned them exactly how he wanted them to be. The scene was first being shot with two cameras and one was a very wide shot that could see the entire castle grounds and show the audience everyone there.

Imagine hundreds of actors all dressed in samurai outfits including horses with armor, and they even had dogs with armor. In addition, you had the princess and her handmaidens. For a moment I imagined that I was in an Akira Kurosawa movie and started thinking about what it must have been like to be on one of his sets. As we stood off to the side, we watched the scene get filmed a few times.

It was at this moment I realized 47 Ronin is going to have a very strong color motif as each group of samurai had different colors. What's good about this is that you'll be able to easily follow each group on the movie screen, and with so many colors, the footage seemed alive in 3D. After watching filming for an hour or so, we eventually left the location for a small press tent nearby.

And even though it's sometimes tough to talk with a director as they are very busy making key decisions all day, Rinsch was actually our first interview and was really open and honest about the production.

One of the great quotes was when he told us 47 Ronin was like " Kurosawa on meth. Further down the page are links to the full on set interviews. After finishing the interviews, we were back in the castle and watching the production film the close-ups.

If you're not aware, a movie doesn't film every angle at the same time, as they usually start with the widest shot and slowly get closer to make sure every person speaking in the scene has "coverage.

Anyway, since they were shooting close-ups, we were able to stand right by a cherry blossom tree that was very close to the camera. The set was filled with very small rocks that made a crunching sound as you moved around on them, so anytime they were shooting, you had to be extremely careful not to move around or you'd make a lot of noise. Another random thing I noticed were the samurai that were off screen feeding their horses while sitting on the steps leading up to a temple.

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