New Word: Oppenheimer

 Christopher Nolan's latest film Oppenheimer is arguably the best movie in his 15 years of filmmaking, a VERY impressive title to receive when you are the same man to make Interstellar, The Dark Knight, and Inception. As a mere student in a Film course I can only aspire to make movies with the same genius (and budget) as Christopher Nolan, however it does beg the question, what makes Oppenheimer stand out so well? Well aside from the brilliant writing and acting itself, Christopher Nolan's latest film has been so popular for what I've coined to be, "The Oppenheimer Shot". See the movie Oppenheimer, is a 3 hour long film about the creation of the Atomic Bomb, and the political, logistical, and ethical dilemmas Pulitzer prize winning Physicist J Robert Oppenheimer faced throughout the journey. In the film Christopher Nolan actually shows the audience the explosion from the first testing of the Atomic bomb, with one key detail about it. He never once uses CGI. CGI, or camera generated imagery, is what most film studious will use to portray things in their film they couldn't actually create in real life, such as alien crashing to earth, mountains exploding, or as many would've done, an atomic bomb exploding. However by recording Oppenheimer's explosion of an Atomic Bomb without the use of CGI, it means Christopher Nolan would have to actually create an explosion the size of one from an Atomic Bomb, and had only one chance to film it. This was Nolan's "Oppenheimer Shot". This scene is singlehandedly what people will be walking into his film expecting to see, so it's execution must be terrific to deliver. Bringing this back into our film, our Oppenheimer shot will be one of the last scenes in the movie. Where it is revealed our protagonist gets into a car crash. While Nolan faced the logistical challenges of creating an explosion that large, this Highschooler is faced with the logistical challenge of needing to crash cars car without having the budget the afford it. Meaning if we couldn't crash two cars, the next best thing was to make it look as though we crashed 2 cars to the best out our ability. To do this we studied videos online from other low budget film students who also couldn't afford to crash a car. After several videos we found the perfect series of shots that would allow us to portray a car crash without actually crashing my parents hard earned vehicles that we need everyday to go to work and school. Our "Oppenheimer Shot" will be essential to execute, and it will also be our biggest hurdle to overcome, so I'll be sure to update you all on how the process goes! As always, i'll see you all in the next one!

Nolan's Oppenheimer

A Highschooler's Oppenheimer

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