Senhor Schlauschlau 🪐#Namibia is a stunning place. Did you know that the unique landscape of #Spitzkoppe was used as a backdrop in #StanleyKubrick‘s 2001: A #SpaceOdyssey? (🧶)
(🧶 2/…) The „Dawn Of The Man“ Sequence was shot after all the other scenes were wrapped. The establishing landscape shots were actually still photographs shot by a second unit at #Spitzkoppe, #Namibia. Because Kubrick had a phobia of flying in airplanes, despite having a pilot’s license, he directed the second unit on what to capture via the telephone…!
(🧶 3/…) Kubrick and the photographer each had the same graph with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.. going up the left-hand side of the graph and A, B, C, D, E, F, G... going off the top of the graph. Then #Kubrick was on a direct telephone connection with the still photographer and he'd say something like 'Okay, um, you've got the mountain range at 3B … change it now to 4M…‘
(🧶 4/4) The shots involving the apes were filmed in England whereas the photos that were captured by the unit in #Namibia made up the background of these shots. The photos were basically projected onto a giant highly reflecite screen that was 40 feet by 90 feet. Such a large-scale front projection hadn't been done before. At the time, this was actually the largest front projector ever made.