Originally Posted by MinLShaw (Post 10294184)

The CGI is pretty demanding. Remember, there are only a handful of digital studios out there doing all the work for all the movies. It's commonplace now for a major movie to farm out different aspects to different studios; ILM and Digital Domain, despite being competitors, are frequently contributors to the same film these days just to ensure completion.

As films become increasingly animated digitally, scheduling becomes increasingly important. If you can't get shot footage turned in on time, you risk being bumped for another film that can. And ultimately, that adds even more pressure to set a release date and shoot quickly than any given actor's schedule.

This isn't anything new; we've seen it time and again with shooting at larger studios. Remember how in-demand the 007 Stage at Pinewood gets for the blockbuster releases? There are only so many places large enough to accommodate the increasing scale of these kinds of tentpole movies. Same goes for the digital labs that finish the work.

Originally Posted by Giantrobo (Post 10296578)

Where are its balls?

Originally Posted by RocShemp (Post 10296579)

Umm... It's a girl robot? :shrug:

Originally Posted by valkyrie (Post 10296939)

Please quit giving Mr. Bay ideas.

Originally Posted by RocShemp (Post 10296579)

Umm... It's a girl robot? :shrug:

Originally Posted by valkyrie (Post 10296939)

Please quit giving Mr. Bay ideas.

Originally Posted by RocShemp (Post 10296997)

You never watched the cartoon, did you? :p

Originally Posted by The Cow (Post 10297118)

Arcee was in Revenge of the Fallen.

Originally Posted by Esox50 (Post 3574563)

Thought you guys might like to know that they were filming scenes from this movie today outside of my office. Basically, they are filming at the old Post Office building the next three days. This is where Nolan filmed the Joker robbing Gotham National Bank.

Anyway, it looked like they were filming the autobots (in car form) quickly entering some sort of SWAT or military facility. They spent a lot of time doing what looked like the same scene a bunch of different ways.

There was a large "firetruck" looking thing with a big "drill" or jackhammer on the top. The numbers 316 were written on the side. I thought this looked like a decepticon but after the started shooting the action it was clear it was an autobot. Does anyone know who or what this is?

When they called action... from the right the Ferrari (new autobot?) and the big truck autobot #316 noted above came flying from the right, and from the left Bumblebee (sporting a new darker metallic yellow color), Ironhide (black pickup truck), and the new Corvette (i forgot the name of this autobot but it's a newer version of the Vette) came flying in. They simultaneously arrive at the entrance to the facility where some SWAT looking soldiers open the fence with barbed wire and wave them through as they all skid their rear wheels to turn in. Then a few SWAT soldier come out of the building armed in a "defensive position".

They did the same scene above a bunch of times with only the cars arriving from the right. And then the same thing with only the cars arriving from the left. Different wider angles. My bet is Bay will use these shots cause without the simultaneous arrival it seemed the stunt men were able to drive "faster". Though there was more "action" and excitement of the simultaneous arrival. So who knows. But my gut is faster arrivals from left and right, edited quickly together in post production will give it more energy and "Bay" feel.

Later in the day, Optimus Prime did an arrival from the right, carrying a full 18 wheeler trailer. I missed most of this, so i only saw the last take. I don't know if any other autobots were with Optimus. When they finished, i saw the "twins" with their new paint jobs going the other way off the set. Then all of the autobots were taken off set.

The crews started setting up the lights for some night shooting during the "break".

Originally Posted by Diesel (Post 3574577)

Thanks for taking the time to post what you saw :)


The Vette's name is Sideswipe.



Here's a video of what you described (maybe some of your buddies filmed it :p)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFPr_...layer_embedded


Edit: And some more from different angles:

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPheKcDByc4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eu3j-2D9cc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwS4qxyTDlQ

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xoMZ3XXk7U



Good shot of the fire rescue:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...2_395000_n.jpg


Must be Inferno

Originally Posted by Diesel (Post 3574678)

A bunch of stuff, some of which may have been posted, but most of it hasn't.



Here goes:

Set photos (follow the link for a couple others):
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/...63722f1ec4.jpg
Bay and the Mayor

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/...07ae6249cf.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/...efe9a91d89.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/...52c996c357.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/...31bbc795a2.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/...39bc088deb.jpg


_______________


Quote from Bay in the Chicago Suntimes:



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Bay uses the iPad on set ;)




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ABC 7 video interview with Bay


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On the Transformers 3 Set with Michael Bay


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Chicago Tribune interview:




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Chicago's 'Transformer'-tive experience: Was it worth it?


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Michael Bay's Decepticons Attack Chicago


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Bay and Whitely:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/...9d4482979d.jpg








He confirms in one of the videos that the stuff will in fact be IN Chicago, they won't be sayings its somewhere else and just filming there.

Originally Posted by Col.Zombie (Post 3583868)

I don't know if this has already been posted. I haven't seen this in the last couple of pages, unless I missed it, which is entirely possible.

Anyway, here is some possible HEAVY spoilerific info-mato!!

Major spoiler alert!!!



Supposedly, the guy who made the posts is some kind of credible source, don't ask me how, but the photos might give some credence to the story.



http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G96gxvrHqr...ashWacker5.JPG

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G96gxvrHqr...ashWacker4.JPG

Originally Posted by Col.Zombie (Post 3583868)

Major spoiler alert!!!

Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC (Post 10306860)

I loved that video. I dunno why but...cars flying to the side, an explosion, and solidiers shooting at something...is just super cool to me. Hopefully...this is a better film.

Originally Posted by Col.Zombie (Post 3636964)

A magic glove and a McDreambot may make TF3 the greatest movie EVAAAAR!!! :rolleyes:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G96gxvrHqr...LotAction3.jpg

http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=14146

http://transformerslive.blogspot.com...ith-power.html

Originally Posted by blu man (Post 10328468)

i'm calling it, this could possibly be worse then it's predecessor.

Originally Posted by wb0819 (Post 10328978)

Without Megan, the teast of this movie is metamorphous

Originally Posted by wb0819 (Post 10328978)

Without Megan, the teast of this movie is metamorphous

Originally Posted by wb0819 (Post 10328978)

Without Megan, the teast of this movie is metamorphous

Originally Posted by RocShemp (Post 10328986)

:whofart: