“I shot this film very differently than I ever have before, except maybe on Much Ado. We ran three cameras most of the time, and Ben encouraged it and was able to light for it.â€
And he continues: “While the first one was very deliberate, and my usual camera style is very deliberate – a shot exists for this reason and goes to here, and then we pick up this other one – this time I wanted to do something that felt a little more, as I joked, like a documentary about The Avengers.â€
Plus: “It’s a little more lived in, and rather than looking at them, we’re looking over their shoulders, and so I ran a bunch of cameras. At the same time, I’d get in the editing room and thought “I remember when I used to make decisions.†I couldn’t tell if I’d made artistically a step forward or a giant step back.â€
Yeah, perhaps that sort of doubts made Whedon burst out and call the movie a nightmare before time!
As to editing, Joss Whedon confesses he only counted on his feel!!! In his words:
“I would feel it. You can’t really describe this, I think. Some people can, but for me, I just go in and kind of just know what I wantâ€.
And he continues:
