‘F1′ Movie Director Reveal How They Filmed at Actual Formula 1 Races | Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, F1, F1 Movie, formula 1, Joseph Kosinski | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

A System 1 film is on the best way, starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris!

The upcoming movie, merely titled F1, simply debuted it’s first teaser trailer on Sunday (July 7), whereas the aforementioned stars had been in attendance on the 2024 British Grand Prix, filming extra scenes for the function.

Greater than a yr within the works, the film has been filming at precise F1 races, on the observe and within the paddocks alongside the true life System 1 groups and drivers.

In a brand new interview, director Joseph Kosinski revealed how they’ve been filming throughout races and race weekends because the real-time occasions are happening.

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“We’ve obtained Brad and Damson truly driving the automobiles, which is fairly spectacular in itself, however to do this in entrance of a reside viewers and on the speeds they’re doing it and determining a strategy to seize it…” Joseph informed Deadline. “The logistics of it are in contrast to something I’ve carried out earlier than. We’re taking pictures on the precise Grands Prix, there are particular facets of this movie the place we’re working in very, very tight home windows, taking pictures on the observe, between follow and qualifying periods, in entrance of tons of of hundreds of individuals.”

“Final yr, at Silverstone, we had a scene we shot on the grid. I feel we had one thing like 9 minutes to shoot a one, or one-and-a-half-page dialogue scene with three actors. It’s like a pitstop,” he added. “It actually brings an depth and everybody’s leaning ahead in a means that perhaps you wouldn’t on a traditional shoot day on a soundstage, the place you’ve obtained 10 hours to get proper. Now, whenever you’ve obtained 9 minutes, with all of the actors you’ll be able to simply see the adrenaline going beforehand and you are feeling that within the performances.”

Joseph additionally revealed they created some new tech to have the ability to seize the footage for the movie.

“At this stage of efficiency, sure. We’ve bespoke cameras for this which are very small and light-weight in order that they don’t impede the efficiency of the automobile an excessive amount of and that’s key since you don’t wish to have a race automobile after which put 200 kilos of substances on it. Our digicam mounts had been designed with Mercedes as nicely. The cameras are specifically designed by Sony,” he dished.

“It’s the following era from what we did on High Gun [Maverick, which he also directed]. Every thing is way smaller and the massive innovation that’s that we’re now in a position to management the motion of the cameras on the automobiles,” Joseph continued. “We’re not locked into these sorts of fastened positions we had on High Gun. Now we’ve got real-time management of panning and focusing them whereas taking pictures by a really intensive RF community that we’ve constructed across the tracks.”

For those who missed it, make sure you take a look at the primary teaser trailer for F1, the place you’ll be able to see the footage these cameras are capturing!