:52:00
and the Sirens themselves,
or this very placid, calm ocean...
:52:04
it was a huge vocabulary
of water to develop for the picture.
:52:09
Really, the development
started two- and-a-half years or more...
:52:12
before the release of the picture,
just to get the water alone.
:52:16
This is some of John Logan's
best writing for us in the movie...
:52:20
this confession that Sinbad makes.
:52:23
He created this for us
about half-way through production...
:52:26
and invented the whole back story
between Sinbad and Marina.
:52:30
The fact that he knew her long, long ago...
:52:32
and ended up that she was the reason
he had originally left Syracuse.
:52:37
We only had to watch it one time...
:52:38
to realize how much weight
and emotion it brought to this relationship.
:52:42
It's one of the longest acting scenes...
:52:44
I think Simon Otto, working closely
with the lead, Jakob...
:52:48
Simon did a lot,
if not all of the Sinbad work here.
:52:51
Simon also was the lead on Jin and Li,
the Southeast Asian sailors...
:52:55
but he came in as a heavy hitter
to help out...
:52:57
with this really lovely piece of acting.
:53:01
Proteus met you at the dock.
:53:03
Balancing our quick cuts
in a scene like the escape from the roc...
:53:07
we tried to do these long shots
where we would let the acting play out.
:53:12
It's a sort of a risk
you get a little nervous about...
:53:15
but I think we found
a sensibility to the characters...
:53:18
that helped balance all the action.
:53:23
Of course, we've been sailing
for a destination for half the picture now...
:53:26
and finally we get there.
:53:28
It drove our editor nuts
not to have this shot be longer.
:53:31
Poor Tom was like, "Can't it be just
four frames longer, six frames?"
:53:35
We all wished, but...
:53:41
The entrance into Tartarus was the subject...
:53:44
of much debate
thought the course of the film.
:53:46
Originally, there was
a giant mangrove-like swamp...
:53:49
that was inhabited by a Medusa
who guarded the gateway.
:53:52
And then we had doppelgangers there...
:53:54
versions of Sinbad and Marina
who protected the gateway.
:53:56
The doppelgangers
was beautifully storyboarded by Rodolphe...