The movie starts with an unmotivated and unsuccessful writer, Bradley Cooper, who is in a rut and can't seem to get his new book started. His relationship has come to an end and his life seems to be spiraling out of control. I don't want to give the movie away so I will just say that he finds someone with this magic pill that activates a humans entire brain and allows them to access every part of it. The movie travels through the complicated rise of Bradley Cooper and the problems that follow him because of the pill.
Now for the most amazing part of the film, the opening title sequence. I had to do a little research to figure out how they were able to create such an effect.
I had posted earlier in the year about the amazing Red camera systems that have infiltrated movie sets all over Hollywood and I found that they were also used for this terrific effect. Surprisingly enough all the camera setups were done static. There were no moving crane shots for this shot. However what was most amazing, according to an interview with Josh Comen and Tim Carras the special effects coordinators, was the fact that there was 15 different camera set ups for just the first third of the sequence.
On top of that they used 3 separate Red cameras set side-by-side on a tripod. Each camera had a different lens, one with wide angled, then medium, then close-up. So not only was there a myriad of camera set ups, but they had three separate angles for each camera for every set up. This allowed for a full panoramic view of each section of the sequence so that they didn't miss an section of NYC. If you click on the link of the interview you can see how in depth the sequence actually got and how much work went into this. The exceptional work shows and this title sequence is definitely one of my favorites of all time.
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