"Nope" Analysis & Breakdown — Gordy, Fake Clouds, and Night Scenes Explained

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Making of Nope — A technical and creative look at Nope behind the scenes, including the day-for-night cinematography, CGI clouds, and how they brought Gordy the chimp to life.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Making of Nope
00:58 - Jordan Peele's vision for Nope
01:31 - Cinematography
03:46 - Shooting Day for Night
05:39 - Visual Effects
06:35 - Gordy Explained
08:07 - Wrap up/Takeaways

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NOPE BEHIND THE SCENES

Nope is not just any other blockbuster. The techniques they used to shoot it were intended to provide a unique cinematic experience. In this video, we’re gonna take a look at the making of Nope and the technical and creative choices that contributed to such an immersive and cinematic experience.

MAKING OF NOPE — CINEMATOGRAPHY

There are a couple of aspects to the making of Nope’s cinematography that prove this is no ordinary spectacle. First, the decision to shoot the night scenes allowed for a revolutionary update to an old-fashioned technique. Day-for-night is the process of shooting night scenes during the day. Traditionally, filters and color correction could be used to simulate nighttime. But in this case, Hoytema assembled a dual-camera system that shot both infrared and color images at the same time. Then, in post-production, these are combined and manipulated to achieve something closer to how humans actually see in the dark vs. how cameras see in the dark.

Hoytema also shot the entirety of the movie using large format cameras and film stock, either 65mm or 70mm. The larger frames allow for greater detail in the image and, ideally, a more immersive experience.

MAKING OF NOPE — VISUAL EFFECTS

Obviously, there are a lot of visual effects in the film. Jean Jacket, the film’s monster, is a wildly imaginative and impossible creation achievable only with CGI. But there are other visual effects that you might not have been aware of. The clouds, for example, are completely CGI. This allowed the filmmakers complete control over the amount, shape, and coverage of the clouds.

Another notable visual effect concerns the chimp, Gordy. For this, they employed a technique called “faux-cap, " a type of performance capture that can be done without infrared tracking in a typical motion capture environment. Actor Terry Notary provided the base performance for Gordy while additional reference cameras were placed around the set. They also used forced perspective to make Terry chimp-sized, including hiring a much taller stand-in for comparison and building the set furniture 30% larger.

With the making of Nope, Jordan Peele and his team went out of their way to create a true spectacle. And with innovative techniques like these, they were able to do just that.


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VIDEO EDITOR: BRANDON SCULLION
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