關於 top 100 movies of all time ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

Throwback v2.

Before i joined debating, my English was not fluent & my general knowledge was even worse.

I thought Africa was a country & Egypt was a continent.

I do believe that hardwork will take me places.

I would memorize the english dictionary & watch as many documenteries/videos/movies in English.

I was jealous of my counterparts in Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard etc.

They get the best of debaters from all over the world to join their Uni & expose them to the best of trainings & competitions.

When i was in highschool, i'll watch their videos on Youtube & put it on replay until i'm well-versed with their style of debating.

My Highschool didn't allow for smartphones/laptops, so i smuggled in a low-specs second hand Acer laptop & hid it in the "English room" so that i can watch the videos from 10pm to 1am, daily.

In the Youtube Videos, when they forwarded an argument i never thought of, i'll reverse my thinking process & brainstorm how i overlooked this uniqie angle. I want to be as sharp & smart as the best in the world.

Fast forward, the photo above was taken at Cambridge University when i was awarded the Top 10 Debater for the Cambridge IV (Open).

This was the first time (that i could remember of), a debater from an Asian University from an ESL status, got into the top 10 list.

Usually, we will be awarded with a bottle of wine or champagne, but the organisers were kind enough to replace it with Chocolates when they found out i made the Top10 list.

The following year, Cambridge appointed me as their Co-Chief Judge of the Cambridge IV. Interestingly, another record was broken when a Malaysian team from UITM won the whole championship. I could never be prouder for Malaysia!

Message is, Hardwork is key. Anything is possible when you put your mind to it.

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【芸能事務所の生き残り方】

本題に入る前に近況報告からさせてください。

昨日もお話しさせていただいたのですが、３日前に募集を開始した「西野亮廣オンライン講演会　〜マーケティング講座【上級編】〜」に期待が集まっているみたいで、昨日の段階では受講生が８５０人だったのですが、今朝見たところ、１７００名を超えていました。本当にありがとうございます。

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https://silkhat.yoshimoto.co.jp/projects/2158

こちらの講演会は受講料が５３００円となっておりますが、映画『えんとつ町のプペル』のオンラインムビチケ（前売り券）が「３枚」ついてくるので、受講料は実質ほぼ無料です。クラファンの手数料ぐらい。

当然、この講演会をやっても僕には利益なんてないのですが、僕からすると、そんなものよりも、皆で作った映画が一人でも多くの方に観てもらえる方が何千倍も何万倍も嬉しいので、まったく構いません。

モノを届ける為には、何が必要なのか？
人を集める為には、何をしなければならないのか？

今回の講演会では、エンターテイメントに限らず、全てのサービスに関わってくる問題と、その解き方について、かなり踏み込んだ話をしたいと思います。「上級編」とありますが、難しい言葉や、無駄な横文字は使わないので、ご安心ください。


https://silkhat.yoshimoto.co.jp/projects/2158





というわけで、今日の本題です。



今日は「キンコン西野が芸能事務所を作るなら…」というテーマでお話しさせていただきます。



僕は表向きは吉本興業のタレントなのですが、それって表舞台に出る時で、僕の実際の仕事は９割ぐらいが株式会社NISHINOの仕事なんですね。

ただ、吉本興業とバチっているってことはなくて、吉本興業と一緒にした方がいい仕事は一緒にしますし、「ここは組まない方がいいよね」という仕事は組まずに、株式会社NISHINOでやらせてもらっています。そのへんは臨機応変に。

吉本芸人の中では珍しい「吉本愛」がある男です。

やっぱり、なんだかんだ言っても自分を育ててくれた会社なので、その恩は何倍かにして返さないと気持ちが悪い。
だからこそ、ダメな時はかなり強めに「ダメだ」と言います。
かなり強めに(笑)


吉本興業に限らず、あらゆる芸能事務所がおかれている今の状況を、めちゃくちゃフラットな立場から切り取ると……やっぱり、最大の権威であった「テレビ」を観る人が減ってきて、それぞれがYouTubeチャンネルを持ってしまって、「テレビに出たい」というタレントや、「レギュラー番組が欲しい」というタレントが減ってきた。
くわえて吉本興業の場合だと、コロナで劇場もやられてしまって……それによって「いや、劇場でネタをおろすより、ジャルジャルみたいにYouTubeでネタをおろした方が多くの人に見られるし、実入りもいいんじゃね？」というのがバレてしまって……今、全員の頭の中にある疑問は「芸能事務所って本当に必要なの？」だと思います。



インターネットの本質は「直接購入」なので、どうしても「中抜き」の立場は弱くなってしまう。

そんな中、今、各芸能事務所が生き残りをかけて、あれやこれやと手を打っているわけですが、たとえば、こと吉本興業に関していうと、やっぱりこれまで「大仏商売」だったんですよね。

明石家さんまサンがいて、ダウンタウンさんがいて、ナインティナインさんがいて…という。もちろん、その才能を生んだのは吉本興業であることは間違いないのですが、「生んだ才能に乗っかり続けた」というのも、また事実。

それでも、ネットインフラが整うまでは、それでいけたんですよね。
タレントのスケジュールを切って、ギャラ交渉をして、時々、バーターで新人を挟んで…というビジネスモデルを長らくアップデートする必要がなかった。
それはそれで本当に凄いことなんだけども。


だけど今は、ネットインフラ、もっと言うと、動画インフラやダイレクト課金インフラが整ってしまったので、もう「事務所に所属していないと世に出れない」みたいな時代じゃなくなった。

で、「これはヤバイ！」となって、今、慌てて、各芸能事務所デジタル化らしきものを進めているのですが、肌感でいうと７〜８年ぐらい遅い。
「UI、UX、何やそれ？」「オンラインサロンって、儲かりまんの？」という世界です。

本当に、何年も前に止まってしまった時計の針を今、慌てて動かしているから、ガタガタギシギシ鳴っているのが現状です。

頑張っているのは分かるのですが、そこに対する知識が圧倒的に不足しているから、流行っているものを見よう見まねで始めては見るものの、全然イケてないサービスを量産してしまう。
「そういうことじゃねえんだよ」の連続です。


一つ、吉本興業のクラウドファンディング「SILKHAT」に関しては、立ち上げから携わらせてもらった手前、今でも逐一「ここは違う、ここはこうだ」と口を挟ませてもらっているのですが、それ以外の吉本が仕掛けているサービスなんかは、ちょっとよく分からない。

救いは社外取締役で来てくださったビリギャルの坪田さんで、さすが坪田さん案件はイケてるなぁと思うのですが、ただ、坪田さんの身体は一つしかないので、さすがに吉本興業の全てのサービスをカバーすることは難しい。
吉本って、本当に大きな会社なんです。

ネットは特に適者生存の世界で、これまでリアル社会でどれだけ幅をきかせていようが、時代に合っていなかったら、１秒で駆逐されてしまうんです。

時計の針を長年止めていた人が見よう真似で参戦して生き残れる世界じゃないんですね。

今、コロナで食い扶持が減った各芸能事務所が、「新しい収入源を作れ〜」と躍起になっていると思います。

このへんの展開は手に取るように分かるのですが、まぁ、いろんな事務所さんが「オンラインサロン」を始めると思います。

始める理由は「オンラインサロンは、どうやら儲かるらしいから」です。
そして僕の見立てだと、ほぼ１００%失敗します。

「なぜ、ダイレクト課金が成立しているか？」を構造で理解していないからです。
「認知」と「人気」の違いを本質的な部分で理解できていない。

今田さんや東野さん、この前だと華大さんとか千鳥さんとかが「そういうのは、知識の無い社員が旗を振らずに、西野に頼んでやってもらったらいいんだよ」と言っていたんですが、僕本人が言うのもアレですが、本当にそうだと思うんですね。
でも、社員は絶対に聞いてこない。

僕は日本の名だたる企業さんから社員向けの講演会のオファーを受けるのですが、吉本興業から頼まれたことは一回もありません。

自分で言うとカドが立つので嫌なのですが、でも実際問題、クラウドファンディングで日本で一番支援を集めていて、オンラインサロンで日本で一番会員を集めていて、なんか国内最大の広告賞を取っている。
…そんな奴が、自分とこの会社にいて、カジュアルにアドバイスを求められる距離にいるんだったら、アドバイスを求めた方がよくないですか？

渡辺直美ちゃんにインスタの運営方法を聞いた方がよくないですか？
カジサックやオリラジの中田君にYouTubeの勉強会を開いてもらった方がよくないですか？


でも、それをしないんです。なぜか？
「プライド」です。

芸能事務所とテレビというタッグはこれまで本当に強くて、タレントはあくまで「使う存在」だったので、「教えてくださ〜い」とは言えない。

現役のバリバリ第一線でやっている人が、隣にいるんです。これ、勿体無いでしょ。

僕が吉本興業の社長なら、西野にギャラ１００万円渡して、なんばグランド花月に吉本の全社員を入れて、西野のマーケティング講座をやります。もしくは西野の書籍「革命のファンファーレ」あたりを全社員に配ります。
#どうせ西野は100万円を全額寄付します

これビッグマウスでも天狗でも何でもなくて、普通のビジネスマインドを持った人からすると、かなりフラットな意見だと思います。


で、今日の本題である「キンコン西野が芸能事務所を作るなら…」というところなのですが、やっぱり、今、一番時代を切り取れているのは、「結果を残しているプレイヤー」であることは間違いないんです。

そこに、あらゆる情報が集中しているので。やっぱり、その人が一番、知識がある。

　
その上で、僕が芸能事務所を作るのなら…………トッププレイヤーに株を持たせます。
むしろ、事務所の方から頼みこんで、事務所の株を持ってもらう。

　
株を持ってもらうのが難しいというのであれば、顧問料として業務ごとに契約して、事務所の売り上げのパーセンテージ渡します。

吉本興業でやるYouTubeならば、顧問料として、カジサックやオリラジ中田君に僅かでもパーセンテージを渡します。

そうすると、カジサックやオリラジ中田君は、吉本興業のYouTubeを盛り上げようとして、他の吉本芸人のYouTubeチャンネルの宣伝を自発的に行ってくれるので。


これから「タレントに株を渡せる事務所」と「タレントに株を渡せない事務所」の明暗は大きく分かれてくると思います。

今日のオンラインサロンの記事は、ここから、さらに踏み込んだ話をしたいと思います。

よろ！

　
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２０２０年１２月２５日公開！
映画『えんとつ町のプペル』

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[how to survive the entertainment office]

Let me make a status report before entering the chase.

I was able to talk to you yesterday, but I started recruiting 3 days ago, ′′ Ryo Nishino Online Lecture ~ Marketing course [Advanced Edition]~" it seems that there is a lot of expectations for yesterday's stage, and I'm going to have a good time with the students There were 850 people, but I just saw it in the morning, and it was over 1700 people. Thank you so much.

(here ↓)
https://silkhat.yoshimoto.co.jp/projects/2158

This lecture is 5300 yen for the enrollment fee, but the online bangabandhu (advance tickets) of the movie ′′ a town ′′ is coming with ′′ 3 pieces ′′ so I'm going to enroll The fee is virtually almost free. About the fees of a fan.

Of course, I don't have any profit to do this lecture, but from me, it's a thousand times more than that, it's a lot of people who have been able to watch a lot of movies that we all made. I'm so happy that I'm so happy that I'm so happy that I'm

What do you need to deliver things?
What do you have to do to collect people?

In this lecture, I would like to talk about the problem that is involved in all services, and the problem that is involved in all services, and the solving of it." it is an advanced version." but it is difficult words and useless. I don't use the side letters, so please rest assured.


https://silkhat.yoshimoto.co.jp/projects/2158





So today's chase.



Today we will talk about the theme of ′′ if xin nishino is going to make an entertainment office..."



I'm officially a talent for yoshimoto kogyo, but it's time to go on the stage, and my actual work is about 9 % of Nishino Co Ltd.

It's just that I'm not drumstick with yoshimoto kogyo, but I'm going to have a good time with yoshimoto kogyo, and I'm going to have a good time with the work that I don't have to set up here, but I'm going to do it I'm giving it to you. I'm flexing it.

This is a man who has a rare ′′ Yoshimoto Love ′′ among yoshimoto comedians.

As expected, it's a company that raised me even if I said it, so i feel bad if I don't return it to a few times.
That's why when you can't do it, it's pretty strong to say ′′ no
Pretty strong lol


It's not limited to yoshimoto kogyo, but when you cut the current situation that every entertainment office is in a flat position...... as expected, there are many people who watch ′′ TV ′′ that was the biggest authority, and each one is youtube I have a channel, and I have lost the talent of ′′ I want to be on TV ′′ and ′′ I want a regular program,"
In the case of yoshimoto kogyo in the mouth, the theater was also hit in corona...... by that, ′′ No, it's a lot of people who put down the story on Youtube like jal rather than lowering the story in the theater. I found out that it's good to have a good time?" now I think that the question in everyone's head is ′′ I really need an entertainment office?"



The essence of the internet is ′′ direct purchase so the position of ′′ inside ′′ is going to be weak.

In such a way, each entertainment office has survived, and it is hitting their hands with this, but for example, about yoshimoto kogyo, it was a ′′ Daibutsu business ′′ so far.

There is a akashiya san, and there is downtown, and there is a nine nine nine... Of course, there is no doubt that it is yoshimoto kogyo who gave birth to the talent, but it is also a fact that ′′ I have continued to be born with the talent that I have been born,"

Still, until the net infrastructure is done, it's done.
I didn't have to update my business model for a long time, when I cut my talent schedule, negotiate galaga, and sometimes, in remembrance of the newcomer...
That's really amazing though.


But now, net infrastructure, more to say, video infrastructure and direct charge infrastructure have been set up, so it's no longer an era like ′′ if you don't belong to the office, you can't get out of the world

So," this is crazy!" and now I'm in a hurry, and I'm going to have a good time with each entertainment office digital, but it's about 7 TO 8 years late with the skin feeling.
′′ UI, UX, what is that?"" the online salon is profitable?"

Really, I'm in a hurry to move the needle on the clock that has stopped years ago, so it's the current situation that I'm going to have a good time with the tagaytay snipe.

I know you're working hard, but the knowledge of there is overwhelming, so I'm going to see what's trending, and I'm going to have a good time with a lot of people who are in the middle of the day, and I'm going to have a mass production of
It's a row of ′′ it's not that kind of thing


One, as for yoshimoto kogyo's crowdfunding ′′ Silkhat ′′ in front of the launching, I still have a mouth-to-mouth ′′ it's different here, it's like this other than that I don't really understand the service that yoshimoto is planting.

Salvation is the outside director of the biryani, and I think that the case is cool, but it's just that there's only one body of Mr. Bamboo, so I'm going to go to the middle of the day, and I'm going to have a good time with yoshimoto kogyo Covering the services of the.
Yoshimoto is a really big company.

The net is especially the world of the fittest survival, and how wide it is in real society so far, but if it is not right in the era, it will be destroyer in 1 seconds.

It's not a world where people who have been stopping the needle in the clock for many years can survive and survive.

Now, I think that each entertainment office, which has lost the the in corona, is scrambling to make a new source of income ~"

I know I'm going to get this strange expansion, but I think all kinds of offices will start the ′′ Online Salon ′′

The reason to start is ′′ the online salon seems to be profitable
And when it's my likened, almost 100 % fail.

Because I don't understand the structure of ′′ why the direct charge is completed?"
I don't understand the difference between ′′ cognitive ′′ and ′′ popularity ′′ in an intrinsic part.

Imada-San and higashino-San, last time, Mr. Hua-San and chidori-San said, ′′ that's what I wish I could ask nishino to do without knowledge without throwing the flag But that's what I'm saying, but I really think it is.
But employees never listen.

I'm getting an offer for a lecture for employees from a Japanese famous company, but I've never been asked by yoshimoto kogyo.

I don't like it because I'm going to say it myself, but it's actually a problem, crowdfunding is collecting the most support in Japan, and I'm collecting the most members in Japan at the online salon, and I'm going to have the biggest advertising I'm taking it.
... isn't it better to ask for advice if that kind of guy is in this company and in the distance where he can ask for advice casual?

Isn't it better to ask Naomi Watanabe how to operate her instagram?
Isn't it better to have a youtube study session for kazi and olli nakata?


But I don't do that. Why?
It's ′′ pride

The tag called entertainment office and tv is really strong so far, and the talent was only ′′ the existence of use," so I can't say ′′ let me know,"

There are people who are doing it on the front line of the active crunching. This is not spoiled, is it?

If I am the president of yoshimoto kogyo, I will give you 100 yen to nishino, and I will put all employees of yoshimoto in nanbagurando huā yuè, and I will do a marketing course in nishino. Or handing out nishino's book ′′ Fanfare of the revolution ′′ to all employees.
#どうせ西野は100万円を全額寄付します

I think it's a pretty flat opinion from a person with a normal business mind, not a big mouse or tengu.


So, today's chase, ′′ if xin nishino is going to make a entertainment office..." but now, the most era is," the player who leaves the result ′′ Things are not wrong.

There, because all the information is focused. As expected, the person is the most knowledgeable.

　
On Top of that, if I'm going to make an entertainment office............ I'll bring stocks to the top player.
Rather, I'm going to ask you from the office, and I'm going to have a office stock.

　
If it is difficult to get stocks, sign up for each business as an adviser fee and pass the percentage of the sales of the office.

If you're on Youtube at yoshimoto kogyo, you'll give a little percentage to kazi and olli nakata as an adviser.

So, kazi and olli nakata are going to elevate yoshimoto kogyo's Youtube, and they are voluntarily going to promote the youtube channel of other yoshimoto comedians.


From now on, I think that the light of ′′ the office that can pass stocks to talent ′′ and ′′ the office that can't give stocks to talent ′′ will be divided greatly.

Today's online salon article, from here, I would like to talk about stepping in further.

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The movie in a town ′′

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【水世界】的前製設定與現場劇照

WATERWORLD (1995)
In celebration of today’s anniversary of this wet mess/epic. Let’s celebrate the hard work this crew put into bringing this world to life. Water movies are never easy but when it comes to this movie anytime you bring it up and a crew member from it is in earshot, the stories pour out. Not always bad, I know a AC that said he had a blast, he loved the boat rides out and all the camaraderie the crew had to have to get thru it. To all the crew that helped bring WATERWORLD to life, We salute you and thanks for the memories. I personally enjoy this hot mess of a movie, it’s one of the last ones of its kind...done practically...in a way.
let’s take a deepest of dives into WATERWORLD

The director, Kevin Reynolds, knew there would be problems before production had even started, “During pre-production. Because having never shot on water to that extent before, I didn’t really realise what I was in for. I talked to Spielberg about it because he’d gone to do Jaws, and I remember, he said to me, “Oh, I would never shoot another picture on water”.
“When we were doing the budget for the picture, and the head of the studio, Sid Sheinberg, we were talking about it and I said, “Steven told me that on Jaws the schedule for the picture was 55 days, and they ended up shooting a 155 days”. Because of the water. And he sat there for a moment and he said, “You know, I’m not sure about the days, but I do know they went a hundred percent over budget”. And so, Universal knew the potential problems of shooting on water. It’s monstrous.”
The film began with a projected budget of $100 million which had reportedly increased to $175 million by the end of production. The principle photography had overrun for at least thirty days more than originally planned due to one major decision.

Whereas today they would film in water tanks with partially built sets, employing green screens to fake the locations, back in 1995 they decided to build everything full size and shoot out on the ocean.

This causes extra logistical problems on top of those that already come with making a major action blockbuster. Cast and crew have to be transported to sets. The camera boats and sets float out of position and will have to be reset between takes taking up valuable production time.

The first draft of Waterworld was written by Peter Radar, a Harvard graduate who wanted to break into the film business. His contact in the film industry was Brad Kevoy, an assistant to the legendary director Roger Corman.

Roger Corman is best known for making films very quickly on a small budget. He also liked to give young talent a chance to direct and write their own films. Brad informed Peter that if he could write a Mad Max rip off, he would arrange to finance and let him direct the picture.

Radar came back and pitched the idea for what would become Waterworld. Kevoy took one look at him and said,

“Are you out of your mind? This would cost us three million dollars to make this movie!”
So Radar kept hold of the idea and decided to re-write the script but, this time, going wild. He wrote what he wanted to see on-screen, limited only by his imagination, not a real world production budget.

He managed to get the newly written script shown to a pair of producers with whom he had made contact with. They loved it and ironically they passed it onto Larry Gordon. He shared the enthusiasm saying it had the kind of cinematic possibilities he was looking for. A deal was signed on Christmas Eve of 1989.

As further script rewrites progressed, it became clear that Waterworld was too big for the Larry Gordon’s production company to undertake by themselves. In February 1992, a deal was signed with Universal Pictures to co-produce and co-finance the film. This was now six years after the first draft had been written.

Universal had signed director Kevin Reynolds to Waterworld. Whilst he was finishing his latest film, Rapa Nui, pre-production for Waterworld was already underway.

The decision was taken that the largest set for the film, known as the atoll, would be built full size. The atoll was the primary location for film and in the story served as the location for a small population of survivors.

The logic behind this decision was due to the high percentage of live action filming required in this location, as well as a huge action set piece. No sound stage would be big enough to incorporate this number of scenes and it was crucial that we see the mariner sail his boat into the atoll, turn around and set out again. A full-size construction was the only way to go as the use of miniature and special effects would be impractical.

The next problem was deciding where to build this huge set. After much research, Kawaihae Harbour in Hawaii was chosen as the location. The atoll could be constructed in the harbour and rotated when needed thus allowing for open sea in the background. Later towards the end of principle photography, the atoll could be towed out into the open sea for the filming of the big action sequences which would be impractical to shoot in an enclosed harbour.

Director Kevin Reynolds also discussed the possibility of using the same water tank as James Cameron’s The Abyss, which had filmed there around five years ago,

“We had even entertained the notion of shooting at that big nuclear reactor facility where they had shot The Abyss, to use it for our underwater tank. But we found it in such a state of disrepair that economically it just wasn’t feasible. We didn’t have as much underwater work as they did. Most of The Abyss is interiors and underwater and model work, ours is mostly surface exterior.”

The production company had originally envisioned building the atoll by linking approximately one hundred boats together and building upon this foundation, just like the characters in the film. The production crew set out to search Hawaii and get hold of as many boats as possible.

During this search, a unique boat in Honolulu caught their attention. Upon further investigation, they discovered it was built by Navitech, a subsidiary of the famous aircraft production company, Lockheed.

They approached Lockheed with the strange request of figuring out how they could build the foundations of the atoll. Lockheed found the request unusual but didn’t shy away from the challenging. They agreed to design the atoll foundation and Navitech would construct it.

Meanwhile, an 11ft miniature model of the atoll was sent out to a model ship testing facility in San Diego. Scaled wave tanks are used to determine the effects of the open sea on large scale miniature models of new untested ship designs. This would help determine what would happen with the unusual design of the atoll when it was out of the harbour.

The atoll, when finished, was approximately ¼ mile in circumference. It took three months to construct and is rumoured to cost around $22 million. As the atoll would be used out on the open sea, it required a seafaring license. Nothing like this had been done before and after much deliberation, it was eventually classed as an unmanned vessel. This meant that all cast and crew would have to vacate the set whilst it was towed into position. By the end of production, the atoll was towed out to sea a total of five times.

Shooting out on the open sea presented a series of logistical problem as Reynolds describes,

“We had an entire navy, basically – I mean, this atoll was positioned about a mile off-shore in Hawaii, it was anchored to the bottom of the ocean so it could rotate. What you don’t think about are things like, you’re shooting on this atoll to maintain this notion that there’s no dry land, you always have to shoot out to sea. Away from the land. So we chose a location where we had about a 180 degree view of open water. Nevertheless, any time when you’re shooting, there could be a ship appear in the background, or something like that, and you had to make a choice. Do I hold up the shot, wait for the ship to move out, or do we shoot and say we’re going to incur this additional cost in post-production of trying to remove the ship from the background.

And at that time, CGI was not at the point it is now, it was a bigger deal. And so, even though if you’re shooting across the atoll and you’re shooting out onto open water, when you turn around and do the reverses, for the action, you had to rotate the entire atoll, so that you’re still shooting out to open water. Those are the kinds of things that people don’t realise.

Or something as simple as – if you’re shooting a scene between two boats, and you’re trying to shoot The Mariner on his craft, another boat or whatever, you’ve got a camera boat shooting his boat, and then the other boat in the background. Well, when you’re on open water things tend to drift apart. So you have to send lines down from each of those boats to the bottom, to anchor them so that they somewhat stay in frame. When you’ve got a simple shot on land, you set up the camera position, you put people in front of the camera and then you put background in there. But when you’re on water, everything’s constantly moving apart, drifting apart, so you have to try to hold things down somewhat.

And these are simple things that you don’t really realise when you’re looking at it on film. But logistically, it’s crazy. And each day you shoot on the atoll with all those extras, we had to transport those people from dry land out to the location and so you’re getting hundreds of people through wardrobe and everything, and you’re putting them on boats, transporting them out to the atoll, and trying to get everybody in position to do a shot. And then when you break for lunch, you have to put everybody on boats and take them back in to feed them.”

The final size of the atoll was determined by the size of the Mariners boat, the trimaran. The dimensions for the trimaran were finalised very early on in pre-production, allowing all other vehicles and sets to be sized accordingly.

Production required two trimarans boats which are so called because they have three hulls. The first was based on the standard trimaran blueprint and built for speed but also had to accommodate a secret crew below decks.

During wide and aerial shots it would have to look like Costner himself was piloting the boat. In reality, a trained crew could monitor and perform the real sailing of the boat utilising specially built controls and television monitors below deck.

The second trimaran was the trawler boat which could transform into the racer through the use of special practical effects rigs. Both of these boats were constructed in France by Jeanneau. Normally this type of vessel requires a year to construct but production needed two boats in five months!

Normally once the boat had been constructed, Jeammeau would deliver it on the deck of a freighter, requiring a delivery time of around a month. This delay was unacceptable and so the trimarans were dismantled into sections and taken by a 747 air freighter to the dock Hawaii. Upon arrival, a further month was required to reassemble the boat and get them prepared for filming.

sets recreating the inside of the tanker were built using forced perspective in a huge 1000ft long warehouse which had an adjoining 2000ft field. In this field, they built the set of the oil tankers deck, again constructed using forced perspective. Using the forced perspective trick, the 500ft long set could be constructed to give the impression that it was really twice as long.

There’s more to a film than just it’s sets and filming locations. Over two thousand costumes had to be created with many of the lead actors costumes being replicated many times over due to wear and tear.

This is not an uncommon practice for film production, but due to the unique look of the people and the world they inhabit, it did create some headaches. One costume was created with so many fish scales the wardrobe department had to search the entire island of Hawaii looking for anyone who could supply in the huge quantity required.

Makeup had to use waterproof cosmetics, especially on the stunt players. As everyone had a sun burnt look, a three-sided tanning booth was setup. The extras numbering in their hundreds, with ages ranging from six to sixty-five, passed through the booth like a production line to receive their spray tan. The extras then moved onto costume before finally having their hair fixed and becoming ready for the day.

In some scenes, extras were actually painted plywood cutouts to help enhance the number of extras on the set. This can easily be seen in one particular shot on board the Deez super tanker.

Filming on the water is not only a difficult and time-consuming process but also very dangerous. It’s been reported that Jeanne Tripplehorn and Tina Majorino nearly drowned on their first day of filming.

Waterworld’s star Kevin Costner reported having a near-death experience when filming a scene in which the mariner ties himself to his catamaran to survive a storm. The pounding water caused him to black out and nearly drown.

Unbeknownst to most of the crew, Kevin Costner’s stunt double was riding his jet ski across 40 miles of open ocean between his home on Maui and the film’s set on the Big Island. When he didn’t show up for work one day, the production team phoned his wife, who informed them he had already left for work. The stunt double’s jet ski had run out of gas halfway through his “commute” and a storm had swept him farther out to sea. It took a helicopter most of the day to find him. The stunt doubles name was Laird Hamilton.

As well as the logistical problems of creating a film of this scale and on water, they also had to deal with the press who seemed intent on wanting the film to fail. Director Kevin Reynolds discusses the situation,

“It was huge, we were constantly fighting – people wanted to have bad press. That was more exciting to them than the good news. I guess the most egregious example of that that I recall was that the publicist told me that one day…we’d been out the day before and we were doing a shot where we sent two cameras up on a mast of the trimaran and we wanted to do a shot where they tilled down from the horizon down to the deck below. We’re out there, we’re anchored, we’re setting the shot up and a swell comes in, and I look over and the mast is sort of bending.

And I turned to the boatmaster and I said, “Bruno, is this safe?”. And he looks up the mast and he goes, “No”. So I said, “Okay, well, we have to get out as I can’t have two guys fall off from 40 feet up”. So, we had to break out of the set-up, and go back in a shoot something else and we lost another half-day.

Anyway, the next day the publicist is sitting in his office and he gets this call from some journalist in the States and he goes, “Okay. Don’t lie to me – I’ve had this confirmed from two different people. I want the facts, and I want to hear about the accident yesterday, we had two cameramen fall off the mast and were killed”.

And, he goes, “What are you talking about?”. And he goes, “Don’t lie to me, don’t cover this up, we know this has happened”. It didn’t happen! People were so hungry for bad news because it was much more exciting than…they just said it, and you know, it hurt us.”
Upon release, the press seemed to be disappointed that the film wasn’t the massive failure they were hoping it to be. Universal Studios told Kevin Reynolds that one critic came out of an early screening in New York and in a disappointed tone said,

“Well, it didn’t suck.”

It is true that during principle photography the slave colony set sank and had to be retrieved. However due to bad press, the rumour became much bigger and to this day when you mention the sinking set, most people assume it was the huge atoll.

During production, press nicknamed the film “Kevin’s Gate” and “Fishtar”, referring to 1980’s box office failures Heaven’s Gate and Ishtar. Heaven’s Gate failed so badly it led to the sale of United Artists Studio and has become synonymous with failure in Hollywood.

As well as the exaggerated set problems and other various production rumours, there were also difficulties with the script. In a risky move, the film was green lit and moved into production without a finalised script.

The final total is a reportedly thirty-six rewrites. One of the writers involved was Joss Whedon. Joss had worked on many scripts before becoming a director having being at the helm of both The Avengers and the sequel Avengers: Age Of Ultron. He described his experience on Waterworld as,

“Seven weeks of hell”
Everything came to a head just three weeks before the end of principle photography. Kevin Reynolds who was an old friend of Kevin Costner allegedly walked off set or was fired. There was no official statement on what happened.

When Reynolds left the production this event caused many changes to be made. Composer Mark Isham had already composed approximately two-thirds of the film’s score by the time Reynolds left and that event ultimately caused him to leave production. As Mark describes in this interview excerpt,

“Kevin Reynolds quit the film, which left me working for Kevin Costner, who listened to what I had written and wanted a completely different point of view. He basically made a completely different film — he re-cut the entire film, and in his meeting with me he expressed that he wanted a completely different approach to the score. And I said, “oh let me demonstrate that I can give that to you”, so I presented him with a demo of my approach to his approach, and he rejected that and fired me. What I find a lot in these big films, because the production schedules are so insane, that the directors have very little time to actually concentrate on the music.”
Rumours report that Costner took control of production. He directed the last few weeks of principle photography and edited the final cut of the film that was released in cinemas.

Reynolds discusses his surprise at discovering that one of the most famous scenes from what is known as the extended version, was left on the cutting room floor,

“…it would have differed from what you saw on the screen to some extent, and one of the things I’ve always been perplexed by in the version that was released, theatrically, although subsequently the longer version included it, and the reason that I did the film, was that at the very end of the picture, at the very end of the script, there’s a scene when they finally reach dry land and The Mariner’s sailing off and he leaves the two women behind, and in the script they’re standing up on this high point and they’re watching him sail away, and the little girl stumbles on something.
And they look down and clear the grass away and that’s this plaque. And it says, “Here, near this spot, 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary first set foot on the summit of Everest”. And that was in script and I was like, “Oh, of course! Wow, the highest point on the planet! That would have been dry land!”. And we got it! We shot that. And they left it out of the picture. And I’m like, “Whaaat?!”. It’s like the Statue of Liberty moment in Planet of the Apes. And I was like, “Why would you leave that out?”

Written by John Abbitt | Follow John on twitter @UKFilmNerd

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