Prometheus - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Prometheus"
Prometheus (2012)
Timing:
2:4 (124 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Executive Producer
Michael Costigan
Executive Producer
Writer
Casting
Avy Kaufman
Casting
Editor
Art Direction
Karen Wakefield
Art Direction
Alex Cameron
Art Direction
Marc Homes
Art Direction
Anthony Caron-Delion
Art Direction
Peter Dorme
Art Direction
Supervising Art Director
John King
Supervising Art Director
Costume Design
Stunts
Rowley Irlam
Stunts
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Rob Inch
Stunt Coordinator
Set Decoration
Sonja Klaus
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Aisling Nairn
Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Doug Hemphill
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Daniele Massaccesi
Camera Operator
Gary Spratling
Camera Operator
Graham Hall
Camera Operator
David Morgan
Camera Operator
Steadicam Operator
Daniele Massaccesi
Steadicam Operator
Costume Supervisor
Gordon Harmer
Costume Supervisor
Assistant Art Director
Philip Elton
Assistant Art Director
Claudio Campana
Assistant Art Director
Tom Whitehead
Assistant Art Director
Tom Weaving
Assistant Art Director
Helen Xenopoulos
Assistant Art Director
Andrew Palmer
Assistant Art Director
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jamie Dixon
Visual Effects Supervisor
Charley Henley
Visual Effects Supervisor
Richard Stammers
Visual Effects Supervisor
Trent Claus
Visual Effects Supervisor
Dick Edwards
Visual Effects Supervisor
Martin Hill
Visual Effects Supervisor
Trevor Wood
Visual Effects Supervisor
Lisa Gonzalez
Visual Effects Supervisor
Supervising Sound Editor
Victor Ray Ennis
Supervising Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Annie Penn
Script Supervisor
Electrician
Mark 'Rocky' Evans
Electrician
Jim Smart
Electrician
Set Costumer
Calandra Meredith
Set Costumer
Georgiana Sayer
Set Costumer
Bruno de Santa
Set Costumer
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Daniel S. Irwin
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Hairstylist
Peta Dunstall
Hairstylist
Nicky Knowles
Hairstylist
Still Photographer
Kerry Brown
Still Photographer
Animation Supervisor
Ferran Domenech
Animation Supervisor
Visual Effects Producer
Michelle Eisenreich
Visual Effects Producer
Annette Wullems
Visual Effects Producer
Allen Maris
Visual Effects Producer
First Assistant Director
Max Keene
First Assistant Director
Construction Coordinator
Laura Davison
Construction Coordinator
Art Department Coordinator
Sarah Griggs
Art Department Coordinator
Dialogue Editor
Michael Hertlein
Dialogue Editor
Margit Pfeiffer
Dialogue Editor
Julie Feiner
Dialogue Editor
Art Department Assistant
Archie Campbell-Baldwin
Art Department Assistant
Rebecca White
Art Department Assistant
Foley Editor
Glenn T. Morgan
Foley Editor
Transportation Coordinator
Peter Devlin
Transportation Coordinator
Compositing Supervisor
Charles Tait
Compositing Supervisor
Location Manager
Steve Hart
Location Manager
Characters
Hair Designer
Nana Fischer
Hair Designer
Enzo Angileri
Hair Designer
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Nathaniel De'Lineadeus
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Sculptor
Glenn Marsh
Sculptor
Gaffer
Perry Evans
Gaffer
Music Editor
Del Spiva
Music Editor
Joseph Bonn
Music Editor
Kirsty Whalley
Music Editor
Production Sound Mixer
Simon Hayes
Production Sound Mixer
ADR Recordist
Glen Gathard
ADR Recordist
Digital Compositor
Julian Bryant
Digital Compositor
Concept Artist
Conductor
Ben Foster
Conductor
Prosthetics
Davide Losi
Prosthetics
Production Coordinator
Miranda Marks
Production Coordinator
Visual Effects Coordinator
Scenic Artist
James Newell
Scenic Artist
Visual Effects
CG Supervisor
Phillip Leonhardt
CG Supervisor
Rigging Supervisor
Simon Dutton
Rigging Supervisor
Conceptual Design
David Vyle Levy
Conceptual Design
Best Boy Electric
David Sinfield
Best Boy Electric
Sound Recordist
Tim Gomillion
Sound Recordist
Dennis Rogers
Sound Recordist
Dialect Coach
Catherine Charlton
Dialect Coach
Costume Assistant
Maggie Partington-Smith
Costume Assistant
Angela Pledge
Costume Assistant
Rotoscoping Artist
Wigmaker
Alex Rouse
Wigmaker
Foley
Data Wrangler
Stephen Smart
Data Wrangler
Visual Effects Designer
Paul Butterworth
Visual Effects Designer
Layout
Carolina Jiménez
Layout
Script Coordinator
Amal Baggar
Script Coordinator
Production Illustrator
Julian Caldow
Production Illustrator
Compositors
Michael Queen
Compositors
What's left behind the scenes
- Producers Walter Hill and David Giler joined Ridley Scott for the first time in 30 years, since their first collaboration on the film "Alien" (1979).
- Gemma Arterton, Carey Mulligan, Olivia Wilde, Anne Hathaway, Abby Cornish, and Natalie Portman were all considered for the role of Dr. Elizabeth Shaw.
- The role of Charlie Holloway could have gone to James Franco.
- Initially, the film was supposed to be a prequel to "Alien" (1979), also directed by Ridley Scott. However, he decided to make "Prometheus" an original film starring Noomi Rapace (who was already slated for a role), who ultimately became one of the five main cast members. Later it was confirmed that, despite taking place in the same universe as "Alien" (1979) and referencing it in many ways, it would actually be an original film, not a direct prequel.
- Michelle Yeoh was considered for the role of Meredith Vickers.
- Rumor has it that Ben Foster could have gotten one of the roles in the film.
- H.R. Giger, who created the appearance of the xenomorph for "Alien" (1979), was invited as a design consultant for the aliens in this film.
- To emphasize the mysterious nature of Meredith Vickers, Ridley Scott explained to Charlize Theron how to freeze, hide in a corner, and move stealthily.
- Ridley Scott titled the film “Prometheus,” believing that this title fully reflected its essence: “It’s a creation story; a story about gods and a man who rebelled against them.” In ancient Greek mythology, the servant of the gods, the Titan Prometheus, stole fire and gave it to humans, forever changing human life for the better and for the worse at the same time.
- During the making of the film, Ridley Scott tried to use computer graphics as little as possible, using it mainly in spatial scenes. Scott recalled advice from visual effects specialist Douglas Trumbull, which he gave him during the filming of “Blade Runner” (1982): “If you can do it live, do it live,” and also stated that real visual effects are much more cost-effective than digital ones.
- An innovative viral advertising campaign, consisting of several videos depicting the world of the near future from the film, was used to promote the film. The first was a video of Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce) giving a speech at a “TED” conference in 2028. Then two different versions of the advertisement for the android “David 8” (Michael Fassbender) were released. These videos were conceived by Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof, and directed by Luke Scott (Ridley’s son).
- Ridley Scott suggested that the actors “live” in the sets on the set, but this did not happen due to safety violations and the potential threat to the actors’ health.
- Swedish actress Noomi Rapace trained extensively for her role to speak with a British accent.
- Logan Marshall-Green described his role as Charlie Holloway as a specialist in worldwide extreme games from the cable sports channel "ESPN" who watches before he leaps.
- Charlize Theron had a difficult time during the filming of the action scenes due to her smoking habit, especially during scenes where she had to run on sand in shoes weighing fourteen kilograms.
- The film was originally supposed to be called "Paradise," as planned in December 2010.
- Cinematographer Dariusz Wolski convinced Ridley Scott that the film could be shot in 3D as easily and efficiently as a conventional film. "3ality Technica" provided equipment to facilitate 3D shooting and trained personnel to operate it. Since filming 3D movies requires higher lighting on set, the dark, gloomy atmosphere characteristic of the Alien films was added in post-production.
- The film contains approximately 1300 shots with special effects.
- On May 7, 2012, Guillermo del Toro stated that his long-planned preparation for the film 'At the Mountains of Madness' had been postponed indefinitely as soon as he felt that the approach in Ridley Scott's film was very similar to how he was working on the Lovecraft novella, to the point that "there would be almost identical scenes, the same plot branches, and exactly the same revelations at the end."
- While preparing for the role of David, Michael Fassbender watched films such as: 'Blade Runner' (1982), 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' (1976), 'The Servant' (1963), and 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962). Fassbender also studied Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis, drawing inspiration from his physical qualities.
- According to Ridley Scott, the inspiration for the film's plot came from the works of Erich von Däniken about the presence of alien astronauts on Earth in the distant past: "Both NASA and the Vatican agree that mathematically it is almost impossible that we are where we are today without having had a little help along the way. That's what interests us: we're talking about gods and engineers, space engineers. Were aliens designed as a form of biological weapon, or as something that would come and cleanse the planet?"
- The scene that opens the film was shot in Iceland. The entire shoot took two weeks.
- During the flight, David watches David Lean's film "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) and tries to replicate the hairstyle of the main character as portrayed by Peter O'Toole.
- Ridley Scott contacted the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London to find specialists who could help create a new language for the film. Ultimately, Anil Biltoo, from the university's language center, took on the task of creating the language, as well as the alien writing system seen throughout the film. Anil himself can be seen in a scene with Michael Fassbender.
- The first shots of cave paintings at the beginning of the film, which depict a horse in motion, are taken from the Chauvet Cave in southern France. Werner Herzog made a documentary film about these drawings, "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" (2010) (which was also shot in 3D, incidentally).
- This is not Ian White's (who plays the last engineer) only role connected to the "Alien" film series. White also played Predators in the "Alien vs. Predator" series.
- At the conference, when Shaw is discussing her findings, you can see the inscription “Eilean a’ Cheo” in the background. Translated from Scottish (Celtic), this means “Island of Mists”; this island is also known as Skye, and its name is correctly written as “An t-Eilean Sgitheanach”.
- The three triangles – the logo of the Weyland Corporation (which visually resembles the logo of The Weinstein Company) actually originates from a drawing on a wall in the background of an early Ron Cobb painting depicting a “Space Jockey” for the original “Alien” film. This logo can be seen in David’s fingerprints.
- As mentioned in the film, Prometheus is a character from Greek mythology. He was a Titan (immortal) who gave fire to humanity. Prometheus was punished for this; he was chained to a rock in Colchis, where an eagle (a symbol of Zeus) flew every day to peck at his liver. And just as it grew back, the eagle would return the next day and eat it again. In some accounts, Prometheus is eventually freed by Heracles (Hercules). Among the ancient Greeks, Prometheus was revered as a god. Prometheus may come from the Greek “foresight” or from the Proto-Indo-European “thief”. Prometheus also deceived the gods, which is significant for the film.
- When Vickers asks David how long they have been in hypersleep, he replies: “2 years, 4 months, 18 days, 36 hours, 15 minutes.” It is unclear why a day should be longer than the standard 24 hours, and why he didn’t say “19 days, 12 hours.”
- Ridley Scott decided not to show Xenomorphs in the film because “the sequels wrung everything out of them, and it was great… but I’m not going back to them in any way.” The film is nevertheless an indirect prequel to “Alien” (1979), and Scott decided to show the ancestors of the Xenomorphs, the parents of the Xenomorphs.
- The names of the androids in the Alien films go in alphabetical order: Ash in “Alien”; Bishop in “Aliens” and “Alien 3”; Call in “Alien Resurrection”. In “Prometheus” – David.
- When Captain Janek flirts with Meredith Vickers, she claims to be “half a billion miles” away from other people. That distance barely stretches from the Sun to Jupiter, let alone other solar systems.
- The Prometheus crew’s spacesuits are made in a very strange way: they can withstand a fierce sandstorm and don’t even get a scratch, but they tear easily when an unfortunate astronaut breaks an arm or when a helmet is shattered by an impact.
- When Shaw exits the escape pod, she is wearing a helmet but no gloves. In the next shot, she is wearing gloves.
- After the Alien’s blood gets on Holloway’s helmet, it melts the plastic and drips onto his face, leaving a huge imprint. Later, when the rest of the team exits the ship to rescue him, he only has a small puncture in his helmet.
- The moment when Dr. Shaw grabs the axe happens instantaneously, from a shot filmed behind her to a shot in front of her.
- Multiple times during the initial exploration of the planet, the characters' helmets are shown being cleaned with steam, and then in the next frame they are completely clear.
- David saves Elizabeth and Charlie from a sandstorm 'cutting through their spacesuits,' and in the very next scene in the airlock we see that the suits are without a single scratch.
- When Dr. Shaw enters the ship that crash-landed on the planet, you can see books and belongings scattered everywhere, but a bottle of vodka sits undisturbed on the bar next to a helmet and some kind of container.
- When Vickers stands before Weyland and talks about why she went on the journey, her hands change position several times. In one frame they are in front of her, and in the next they are behind her.
- When Dr. Elizabeth Shaw is rescued during the sandstorm, Dr. Holloway calls her 'Numi'.
- During the making of the film, Ridley Scott tried to use computer graphics as little as possible, using it primarily in spatial scenes. Scott recalled advice from visual effects specialist Douglas Trumbull, which he gave him during the filming of “Blade Runner” (1982): “If you can do it live, do it live,” and also stated that real visual effects are much more cost-effective than digital ones.
- According to Ridley Scott, the inspiration for the film's plot came from the works of Erich von Däniken about the presence of alien astronauts on Earth in the distant past: “Both NASA and the Vatican agree that mathematically it is almost impossible that we are where we are today without some small help along the way. That's what interests us: we are talking about gods and engineers, space engineers. Were aliens designed as a form of biological weapon, or as something that will come and cleanse the planet?”
- At the conference, when Shaw discusses her findings, the inscription “Eilean a' Cheo” can be seen in the background. Translated from Scottish (Celtic), it means “Island of Mists,” this island is also known as Skye, and its name is correctly written as “An t-Eilean Sgitheanach.”
- As mentioned in the film, Prometheus is a character from Greek mythology. He was a Titan (immortal) who gave fire to mankind. Prometheus was punished for this; he was chained to a rock in Colchis, where an eagle (a symbol of Zeus) flew every day to peck at his liver. And just as it grew back, the eagle would return the next day and eat it again. In some tales, Prometheus is eventually freed by Heracles (Hercules). Among the ancient Greeks, Prometheus was revered as a deity. Prometheus may originate from the Greek “foreseeing” or from the Proto-Indo-European “thief.” Prometheus also deceived the gods, which has significance for the film.
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