The platform broadcasts a video in which the actor who plays Geralt de Rivia explains the shooting of the scene plane by plane.
The Witcher's first season has been available on the platform since December, but Netflix has not stopped promoting fiction, which has become one of the most successful of the moment. Through the social network Twitter, the company has published a video starring Henry Cavill, which brings the main character of the adventure to life. Those who have seen the series will remember a sequence in which Geralt de Rivia ends the lives of eight enemies in a matter of seconds. How was it filmed? Cavill has the answer.
"I'm going to shred a sequence of the series The Witcher flat to flat," reveals the actor in the presentation of the video. On the scene, Geralt searches for Renfri, but a gang of criminals is willing to truncate his plans. Wolfgang Stegemann, responsible for the fight scenes and action doubles, was in charge of designing this battle. The character, an accomplished warrior capable of returning crossbow arrows, knows what his advantages are and chooses a shorter sword to fight against his opponents.
It was recorded in a single shot
"The difficulty is that we all have to act as if the sword were full size instead of medium size," he says in the clip. "When you move at full speed, your adrenaline is triggered and you take it shot by shot, sometimes it can be complicated." The funny thing is that "everything was done in one shot." As an alternative, they proposed recording different planes and cutting, since "it is easier to roll."
The problem of shooting in a shot, argues Cavill, is that everything should work perfectly. If someone misses the speed or makes a mistake, the whole scene goes to waste, so “you have to go back and do it again and again until it goes well. There is no time or space for mistakes. ” The interpreter explains that although he managed to perform all the movements perfectly, there is always a risk that the camera does not move correctly or that some double action turns to the right or left and ruins the sequence.
The actress who gives Renfri life, Emma Appleton, was relentlessly entering for weeks. In addition, Henry Cavill highlights the work of Lucy Cork, which he qualifies as the best double with which he has had the opportunity to work.
A movie on the way
The Witcher of Netflix will premiere its second season in 2021. However, the sorcerer's fans will not have to wait until that date to enjoy a new adventure set in the universe created by Andrzej Sapkowski. The platform recently announced that it works in The Witcher: The Nightmare of the Wolf, a story that will acquire anime movie format.
In an interview published by Gizmondo i9, the author of the novels, who works as a consultant in the series, explained that Netflix fiction could not be compared to video games, since both have a different focus and objectives. The writer also assured that he has not gotten too involved in the series and that he has only intervened when they have requested it. Defend the freedom of artists to express themselves.
Source | Netflix
