![]() ![]() Did you shoot the entire escape sequence the same way you wrote it? Frank Darabont: I was pretty confident and I really was very focused on what I needed to shoot because we didn't have a lavish schedule. But I've been wondering ever since if I was inspired or subconsciously copying something. But it just seemed so obvious to me, or so right to me, to do it that way. I don't know if I ever saw anything like that in another movie when I was a kid. I wonder if that came from some part of my subconscious. Play Was the sequence inspired by anything specific? Frank Darabont: No. It really helped to shoot that way because the actors were experiencing that for real. As these guys got to grow old together with the greater familiarity and that sense of family, you sense that on film and you sense that in those later scenes. Because their relationships developed as we were shooting. The actors have commented so often on how helpful that was for them. So, we did go in rough continuities throughout the shoot. In other words, if there were scenes set in 1946, we were able to shoot out all the scenes set in 1946. I didn't want to completely shoot in continuity because there are practicalities, but we did have the advantage of shooting in continuity of years. So, we did have the luxury of shooting somewhat in continuity. But you're not loading up trucks and moving across town. In general, did you shoot in sequence so Tim could play the dramatic payoff, or was that impossible due to production constraints? Frank Darabont, Director and Screenwriter: was a huge location, of course. In fact, IGN asked him and his Tim Robbins about their remembrances of that now classic scene. When IGN caught up with Darabont to discuss the film’s anniversary this year, the director politely disagreed with his former DP’s assessment. "That’s one of those ones that I hate, because I over-lit it,” he said of Andy’s dramatic stretch in the storm. Yet, ironically, Deakins recently told Total Film magazine that sequence is one that continues to haunt him in the worst way. It didn’t win for any category, but Andy’s escape sequence perfectly embodies the marvelous work of every nominated department. ![]() Directed and written by Frank Darabont, The Shawshank Redemption was nominated for seven Academy Awards back in 1995, including nods for Frank’s writing, Thomas Newman’s stirring score, and Roger Deakins’ cinematography. The movie celebrated its 25th anniversary this past October, and audiences have consistently voted The Shawshank Redemption as one of the best films ever made in the years since its release. ![]()
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