Largest film budget for special effects
- 纪录保持者
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- 纪录成绩
- 60 percentage
- 打破时间
- 1968
A total of US$6.5 million (then £2,246,023) was budgeted for 2001: A Space Odyssey (US 1968) representing over 60% of the total production cost of US$10.5 million (then £3,628,191).
The modern equivalent of this in the year 2005 is approximately US $49.1 million (£25.6 million) on special effects.
Stanley Kubrick himself supervised all the 200+ special effects scenes during the making of the film. He wanted every detail to be as technologically and scientifically accurate as possible. For this reason, and on recommendation of Arthur C. Clarke who wrote the book the film is based on, Kubrick hired spacecraft consultants from NASA to help him achieve the desired effect. The most impressive set built was the inside of the spaceship Discovery. A 30 ton rotating wheel was built by a British aircraft company which cost $750,000 £259,125, measured 38 ft (9 m) in diameter, 10 ft (3 m) wide and which could rotate at three miles/hr (five km/hr). At the time, the 'Star Gate' sequence at the end of the film also broke new technical and artistic ground. A stream of whirling colours was created using a 'slit scan' machine which allowed for the filming of what looked like two infinite planes of exposure. The impact of all these techniques has meant that 2001 never looks dated as compared to other more recent computer generated films which are quickly overtaken by new technology.
If we compared this to Star Wars - The Phantom Menace (US 1999) it would be the equivalent of spending $69 million (£48 million) of its $115 million (£81 million) budget just on special effects!
The modern equivalent of this in the year 2005 is approximately US $49.1 million (£25.6 million) on special effects.
Stanley Kubrick himself supervised all the 200+ special effects scenes during the making of the film. He wanted every detail to be as technologically and scientifically accurate as possible. For this reason, and on recommendation of Arthur C. Clarke who wrote the book the film is based on, Kubrick hired spacecraft consultants from NASA to help him achieve the desired effect. The most impressive set built was the inside of the spaceship Discovery. A 30 ton rotating wheel was built by a British aircraft company which cost $750,000 £259,125, measured 38 ft (9 m) in diameter, 10 ft (3 m) wide and which could rotate at three miles/hr (five km/hr). At the time, the 'Star Gate' sequence at the end of the film also broke new technical and artistic ground. A stream of whirling colours was created using a 'slit scan' machine which allowed for the filming of what looked like two infinite planes of exposure. The impact of all these techniques has meant that 2001 never looks dated as compared to other more recent computer generated films which are quickly overtaken by new technology.
If we compared this to Star Wars - The Phantom Menace (US 1999) it would be the equivalent of spending $69 million (£48 million) of its $115 million (£81 million) budget just on special effects!