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I’ve been excited for this movie since I heard about the cast (expect plenty of TV spots for it between The Office + 30 Rock in the coming months), and, featuring two of my favourite comedians in terms of Carell & Fey, it’ll be difficult for me to be disappointed. I can say that this is not at all the kind of film I expected, and it’ll likely be pretty formulaic, but I am there nonetheless. Some scenes, much like many in last year’s Get Smart look waaaaaay too ‘video’ to me - Stu Maschwitz could explain exactly why in terms of shutter, etc., and I really wish certain DPs could get that figured out for low-light/kinetic situations as it cut’s the look of the budget by about 75%. Happened in District 9 once too, but that was a low-light, smoky, small location with a lot of stress on the production crew already. This is Steve Carell and Tina Fey in an alley. Enjoy the trailer nonetheless, and let me know what you think

I’ve been excited for this movie since I heard about the cast (expect plenty of TV spots for it between The Office + 30 Rock in the coming months), and, featuring two of my favourite comedians in terms of Carell & Fey, it’ll be difficult for me to be disappointed.

I can say that this is not at all the kind of film I expected, and it’ll likely be pretty formulaic, but I am there nonetheless.

Some scenes, much like many in last year’s Get Smart look waaaaaay too ‘video’ to me - Stu Maschwitz could explain exactly why in terms of shutter, etc., and I really wish certain DPs could get that figured out for low-light/kinetic situations as it cut’s the look of the budget by about 75%. Happened in District 9 once too, but that was a low-light, smoky, small location with a lot of stress on the production crew already. This is Steve Carell and Tina Fey in an alley.

Enjoy the trailer nonetheless, and let me know what you think

Say what you will about Night at the Museum, Shawn Levy, whatever - but this 20 minute “day in the life” video from MakingOf.com is pretty fascinating to someone like me. I love seeing as much uninterrupted, fly-on-the-wall sort of on-set footage as possible - Peter Jackson’s ‘King Kong Production Diaries’ (now on DVD), Edgar Wright’s ‘Scott Pilgrim’ video blogs, Kevin Smith’s ‘Train Wreck’ behind-the-scenes videos from Clerks 2 - I really can’t ever get enough.

Enjoy.