The black swan- behind the scenes
Let's take a behind-the-scenes look at the production of "The Black Swan," the film that, along with "The Wrestler," catapulted Darren Aronofsky to fame. Starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel and Mila Kunis, this psychological drama touches on the supernatural in its way of exposing the artist's anxiety.
Production
Making of captured by an Arri camera, where you can see the technical part of the shoot. Most of the film was shot on ARRIFLEX 416s.
Some sequences in the film were shot on a CANON 7D, such as the subway sequence. The reason is that it is easier to shoot like this in a real wagon and that the aesthetics of the moment allow the quality of the 7D. The fill lighting is made with a simple LED PAD.
Post production
The difficulty of the script forced the use of multiple visual effects to recreate the most fantastic part of the story. From 3D reconstruction to classic composition.
Controversy over the double
Natalie Portman's double told the press that the actress only did 5% of her dance scenes, being the one who appeared dancing in sequence with Portman's face superimposed by computer.
"This is the truth. I had my editor counting takes. Of these, 139 were dance and Natalie appeared in 111 without any retouching and 28 were her double, Sarah Lane. If we calculate the result is that Natalie did 80%.
About the address? Stunt shots are wide shots that rarely lasted more than a second. There were two long complicated shots where we used face replacement. If we counted by time Natalie it would be 90%.
To be clear, Natalie danced on her toes. If you look at the final shot of the long opening, the last 85 seconds were entirely danced by Natalie. She was on stage on tiptoe, without any digital retouching. I answer to defend the honor of my actress, who worked hard physically and psychologically and I don't want anyone to think that she is not the one they see in the film. It's her."
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