Was The Deep House actually filmed underwater?
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Show  For The Deep House, directors Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo have done something amazing. Almost the entire film was shot underwater. It will be released in French theaters next week. The right to U.S. distribution has been bought by Blumhouse. It will be released through Epix domestically. Also, you might not know Maury and Bustillo, but you’ve probably seen their work. They directed Leatherface, the prequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It was an okay film. RELATED: LEATHERFACE (2017) Was F*cking Brutal and Badass Looking Back NowSynopsis: Varietyrecently sat down and talked with the directors about the challenges of filming underwater. Also, how their idea wouldn’t be easy, even pre-pandemic. “We were drawn by the idea of combinging these two sub-genres. We just wrote down four sentences with our concept and illustrated it with a photo of a diver and Clement Miserez, our producer, went for it,” Maury explains. Bustillo agrees, “He had the flair and the craziness to come on board with just this concept of aquatic horror film.” Filming The Deep House underwater was a giant challenge. “Shooting a film underwater is like making a movie for the first time. All the techhnical aspects had to be done differently there, and it forced us to reinvent the mise en scene process and the way shots are organized,” says Bustillo. Maury chimes in, “Every sequence under water takes three times longer to shoot than a sequence above it – even a shot reverse shot takes a long time to set up.” Directing actors underwater for The Deep House proved to be an especially taxing challenge. “There’s not wi-fi down there. We had an engineer who took months to create a system where we had antennas placed in the water which were connected to one another. This unique system required us to work with unusual crew members and allowed us to see the dailies on the monitors above water.” The explanation for how they got a whole house underwater is frankly amazing. They sunk a whole house. “We couldn’t leave the whole house in the water for days at a time because the decors would have been ruined, so we would immerse only parts of the house under water, and were shooting scenes floor by floor; we could only immerse one meter per hour, which represented six meters,” explains Bustillo. Maury chimes in, “The whole process was crazy, and we owe it to Jacque Ballard, who is a master of underwater filming. Ballard notabled created Beyonce’s aquatic music video ‘Runnin‘.” Obviously shooting underwater comes with an inherent danger. The directors were not allowed to go down in the water. They were following and directing the action via 6 monitors. Actors with diving masks can’t get across lines with their faces covered. This is something Maury and Bustillo were prepared for. “We needed tehe actors to be able to let strong emotions be reflected in their eyes, which we found with Camille Rowe and James Jagger.” The directors are currently promoting The Deep House and working on three different projects. “We’re ready to dive back in soon in an exotic location.“ The Deep House doesn’t have a U.S. release date just yet. Deep water scares the hell out of me. How do you feel about it? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! I’m Jans. I write news. Find me on Twitter @HorrorPlayed. TestShare:
Is The Deep House a real house underwater?In an interview with Variety, the directors explained that “the house was built on large grids and progressively plunged into a nine-meter deep water tank that was 20 meters wide.” and “We couldn't leave the whole house in the water for days at a time because the decors would have been ruined, so we would immerse only ...
Where was The Deep House shot?Production. Principal photography took place from 27 January to 13 March 2020 and from 15 to 26 June 2020 at Studios Lites (in Vilvoorde, Belgium), in the Occitanie region (in the, Raviège and Saint Peyres lakes) from 6 to 10 July 2020.
Why is the house in The Deep House underwater?The idea for an underwater haunted house movie came simply for the filmmaking duo. Bustillo explained, “Every time we work, we love challenging each other with ideas, brainstorming. We love underwater sequences in movies, like. We are in love with divers in underwater sequences.
Is Deep house found footage?Also, The Deep House ends up being a sort of found footage movie since the main characters are filming everything we see. They film for their YouTube channel, so that part makes sense.
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