The plot of the upcoming film, however, referred to Akira Kurosawa's mythical plots.
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The main influence on Star Wars was space operas like the " Flash Gordon" series and the "Buck Rogers" franchise. George Lucas had long envisioned a heroic space fantasy in the style of sci-fi comic books, film series and pulp-novels from the 40s and 50s. It's a long and interesting journey that deserves its own story, but it's the Star Wars franchise that holds the key to the development of special effects. It's getting harder and harder to surprise us with special effects, but we give little thought to the path that the effects industry has taken in cinema. Be one of the first to test the new functionality - click here for more detailed information. Leave the boring pre-production routine to the Filmustage - automatic script breakdown - and focus on your creativity!Īlso after a long time of hard work we are happy to announce the beta-testing of the new Custom categories feature in the Filmustage software. The main thing is to love cinema and talk about it.īefore we continue, we want to remind you that here we promote the love of art and try to inspire you to take your camera and make a short film. We can be wrong about certain statements - and that is fine. Filmustage does not aim to educate, but to gather a close-knit film community around us. We don't have that much time, however, we decided to tackle one thing: how exactly Star Wars changed the film industry.ĭisclaimer: our blog has no academic purpose behind it, because we are viewers just like you. Although the final budget was $11 million, the film grossed more than $513 million worldwide during its original release, setting the stage for a franchise that would span decades and create generations of fans across the world-all connected by a common love for a galaxy far, far away.In anticipation of one of the major holidays of the year, Filmustage has a new blog for you, which is, of course, dedicated to Star Wars! More than 40 years ago, George Lucas created a universe that today could be talked about for hours on end. Released in 1977, Star Wars ushered in a new era of movie-making with its special effects, fantastical world-building and engrossing blend of myth and fairy tale. Eager to begin shooting, they took the offer and the rest was history. Lucas and Kurtz originally budgeted $18 million for the film. On January 1, 1976, he finished the fourth draft of the script, the one eventually used when production began in Tunisia on March 25, 1976. For Lucas, Star Wars was finally coming into focus. The third draft introduced Obi-Wan Kenobi and played up the tension between Leia and Han Solo. Acknowledging that he had trouble writing dialogue, Lucas brought in help from writers Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz (although the director rewrote most of their changes). In the second draft, published in 1975, Luke Skywalker is a farm boy, not an older general, and Darth Vader is the menacing man in black we’re familiar with today.
Even Lucas’ partner Kurtz described the second draft as “gobbledygook.”īut with each round, the story improved.
His friend and mentor, Francis Ford Coppola, expressed misgivings about early drafts. The story was too dense, tonally imbalanced and its elaborate scenes would be prohibitively expensive to shoot. Lucas struggled to rein in his space epic.
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