How Oppenheimer's Sets Were Built Without CGI | Vanity Fair

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Production designer Ruth De Jong shows us how she brought Christopher Nolan's vision to life for his iconic film 'Oppenheimer.' How do you portray scale with sets? What goes into building a 360 set? From ample research to gather all the intricate details to physically bringing the sets to life, Ruth takes us through her genius design process of the film.
Director: Funmi Sunmonu
Director of Photography: AJ Young
Editor: Cory Stevens
Talent: Ruth De Jong
Producer: Juliet Lopez
Line Producer: Romeeka Powell
Associate Producer: Emebeit Beyene
Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi and Kevin Balash
Associate Director, Talent:: Meredith Judkins
Camera Operator: Marques Smith
Sound : Kara Johnson
Production Assistant: Liza Antonova
Set Designer: Cedar Jocks
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Jovan James
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Graphics Supervisor: Ross Rackin
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  • @lewisanderton8062
    @lewisanderton80624 ай бұрын

    Just bear in mind that if you take the total budget of this film and add Barbie's total budget on top of it, both films combined cost less money to make than the Flash.

  • @Vincent.Morreale

    @Vincent.Morreale

    4 ай бұрын

    Incredible, really

  • @RusstySspoon

    @RusstySspoon

    4 ай бұрын

    crazy to think about

  • @joyanna9433

    @joyanna9433

    4 ай бұрын

    thats INSANE

  • @troillandford7679

    @troillandford7679

    3 ай бұрын

    And that’s why flash is the greatest movie of all time… BUT THAT’S JUST A THEORY

  • @catalan500_8

    @catalan500_8

    3 ай бұрын

    It took them over a decade to make the flash so yeah checks out

  • @akhillmufc19
    @akhillmufc194 ай бұрын

    The fact that they filmed the whole movie in 57 days makes this even more incredible

  • @rockettheracoon85

    @rockettheracoon85

    4 ай бұрын

    I don’t beleive you… actually?

  • @thegreenredeye

    @thegreenredeye

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@rockettheracoon85 Ruth de Jong says that in this video at 9:40

  • @Centre14

    @Centre14

    3 ай бұрын

    is that long or is that short

  • @nathanthomson777

    @nathanthomson777

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Centre14short. very. very short.

  • @devd6373

    @devd6373

    3 ай бұрын

    She still hasnt caught up on the sleep by the looks of things

  • @jackson857
    @jackson8574 ай бұрын

    9:41 I'm sorry what? They shot this entire masterpiece of a movie in less than 2 months? That's insane!

  • @KainedbutAble123
    @KainedbutAble1234 ай бұрын

    Crazy that there was no Oval Office set available to use, it must be one of the most reproduced locations in TV appearing in almost every political thriller.

  • @jph4852

    @jph4852

    3 ай бұрын

    Since plans for using the Nixon Library (east of LA) fell through, I wonder if they contacted the Reagan Library (northwest of LA).

  • @backpackerraden6268

    @backpackerraden6268

    3 ай бұрын

    Honestly that's probably why it was hard to find; more than likely in use somewhere else

  • @johnabbottphotography

    @johnabbottphotography

    3 ай бұрын

    Note to self: Build an oval office. Send note to Hollywood production designers, along with a ridiculous rental fee.

  • @MRLONG758

    @MRLONG758

    3 ай бұрын

    Doesn't Tyler Perry's have an entire white house replica on his lot in Atlanta

  • @hughmccabe3385

    @hughmccabe3385

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised they didn't try to to contact Truman's Presidential Library to use their one, since you know the Oval Office there was part of the President they were filming of.

  • @holasoyjuansm
    @holasoyjuansm4 ай бұрын

    Ruth is amazing, so inspiring and fun and talented

  • @zxcytdfxy256

    @zxcytdfxy256

    4 ай бұрын

    wtf kinda bot comment is this?

  • @olgamatys7246
    @olgamatys72464 ай бұрын

    What I love most about this movie is that I can literally ***see*** that the whole Nolan's team was working at some heavenly level. Now seeing how it was built is just so amazing.

  • @louisberry4403
    @louisberry44034 ай бұрын

    Ruth is awesome and deserves a Oscar nomination for Oppenheimer.

  • @kholt1776

    @kholt1776

    4 ай бұрын

    Ah yes, the politics of Hollywood behind the video

  • @CB_4

    @CB_4

    4 ай бұрын

    Honestly i don't know how is it not locked for the Oscar in production design

  • @rafaelc.c.

    @rafaelc.c.

    4 ай бұрын

    I am not sure. You've got Poor Things, Napoleon, Killers of the Flower Moon and Barbie which should be locked. Then, the remaining spot would be between Wonka, Maestro, Asteroid City, A Haunting in Venice and Oppenheimer for example. Anyways, it will for sure be nominated just for being called Oppenheimer.

  • @abrahamrodriguezpineda1848

    @abrahamrodriguezpineda1848

    3 ай бұрын

    @@rafaelc.c.Napoleon didn’t make it in time for three Oscars

  • @lexkanyima2195

    @lexkanyima2195

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@abrahamrodriguezpineda1848they will be nominated

  • @momochanjones7302
    @momochanjones73024 ай бұрын

    “And we will carry on” -Christopher Nolan

  • @happynealltdpolly
    @happynealltdpolly4 ай бұрын

    I’m stressed just listening to it, bulding the oval office for 24 hours straight for a week

  • @RLeVeriteArt
    @RLeVeriteArt4 ай бұрын

    "You have to build this." ~Christopher Nolan

  • @Oldgregg02

    @Oldgregg02

    4 ай бұрын

    Then just walks away 😂

  • @futureshock5641

    @futureshock5641

    4 ай бұрын

    Or you're fired

  • @rexjamerson9316
    @rexjamerson93163 ай бұрын

    Having worked as a draftsman and CAD technician for well over 25 years and worked in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, architectural and land surveying, all of this was super interesting to me and I understood clearly everything she brought out in detail concerning the excellent drawings and lay out. Kudos to all those involved in this incredible project and bringing it to life. Can't wait to see the actual movie.

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq4 ай бұрын

    I was really impressed by the set designs, and it's wonderful to see how they were created.

  • @brucecrawford_17
    @brucecrawford_174 ай бұрын

    I respect her and the crew so much for building the Oval Office that fast. ✊

  • @JohnnyNiteTrain
    @JohnnyNiteTrain4 ай бұрын

    When the best of the best in their particular field collaborate, you get this masterpiece. Production designers, director, DP, art directors, composer, actors, editor. Awesome.

  • @saadalizeb
    @saadalizeb4 ай бұрын

    I love watching these videos where we see such brilliant minds at the top of their game discussing their creative processes

  • @BlueButterfly1134
    @BlueButterfly11344 ай бұрын

    They handled everything so well and so fast that it is mindblowing

  • @sch9125
    @sch91253 ай бұрын

    This was so interesting! I look forward to seeing this

  • @MaleekLoyd97
    @MaleekLoyd972 ай бұрын

    Felt the pain in her voice when she said they shot it in 57 days

  • @megandavies5769
    @megandavies57693 ай бұрын

    She is the icon and the moment

  • @LouieRides
    @LouieRides3 ай бұрын

    Wow that’s wild. I love hearing the stories of those behind the camera that are just as, if not more, vital to the movie

  • @user-wn6hj4ge2t
    @user-wn6hj4ge2t4 ай бұрын

    Espero que a Ruth De Jong seja indicada ao Oscar, ela fez um trabalho realmente incrível.

  • @abiola33
    @abiola334 ай бұрын

    There was such a physical and solid authenticity to the set.

  • @evandh1989
    @evandh19894 ай бұрын

    She looks like she could use a hug and Costco-sized bottle of wine after working that film 😂

  • @sam5631
    @sam56314 ай бұрын

    this is so intriguing!! really a fantastic job :)

  • @480brad
    @480brad3 ай бұрын

    Great team!

  • @youfillmylifewithjello6661
    @youfillmylifewithjello66613 ай бұрын

    Thank you for bringing to light these unsung heroes of the film industry

  • @ellieamoe
    @ellieamoe4 ай бұрын

    This was such an interesting insight as to what went on the behind the scenes of this movie!! loved it!!

  • @pad9x
    @pad9x3 ай бұрын

    amazing film. done so well and deserves all the awards coming its way.

  • @helenheeney2284
    @helenheeney22842 ай бұрын

    Truly Truly amazing

  • @meetghelani5222
    @meetghelani52224 ай бұрын

    Thank you for helping make a great film, Ruth!

  • @caseystu123
    @caseystu1234 ай бұрын

    This woman rules.

  • @lidarman2
    @lidarman24 ай бұрын

    Interesting that it was called Trinity Avenue then. I lived there and it was Trinity Drive I lived on. But Central was the main road where example Fuller Lodge is.

  • @geoafe66
    @geoafe664 ай бұрын

    This is actually super interesting

  • @user-gb8no8in9r
    @user-gb8no8in9r4 ай бұрын

    Wonderful♥️!!!!

  • @Vincent.Morreale
    @Vincent.Morreale4 ай бұрын

    Incredible person, crew, and team.

  • @joshnizzle
    @joshnizzle3 ай бұрын

    Great movie!

  • @_iam.the.ak_
    @_iam.the.ak_2 ай бұрын

    Absolute Cinema Absolute Legends

  • @2002yannick1
    @2002yannick14 ай бұрын

    11/10!!!!!

  • @xyzgta
    @xyzgta3 ай бұрын

    180+ page script shot (principal photography) in 57 days!!! mad genius of a crew!! there is a blockbuster story to be written about Nolan making a film about how he makes films !!

  • @Brookec2410
    @Brookec24103 ай бұрын

    VERY cool

  • @IMALEGEND_
    @IMALEGEND_3 ай бұрын

    That's so cool

  • @luciaceba4640
    @luciaceba46404 ай бұрын

    it probably written in the contracts that they have to say no cgi... and while that might be ture, there is loads of vfx

  • @thztan7492
    @thztan74924 ай бұрын

    Awesome👍👏

  • @AmaSharapova
    @AmaSharapova3 ай бұрын

    Wow

  • @danielanicolesalazar2348
    @danielanicolesalazar23484 ай бұрын

    dream job

  • @hellaocd
    @hellaocd4 ай бұрын

    Y'all should respect the thousands of hours that was put into the CGI and VFX of Oppenheimer. It's already bad enough how many of the artists didn't get a credit at the end of the film

  • @lexkanyima2195

    @lexkanyima2195

    3 ай бұрын

    It is no CGI at all

  • @thodajyadahogaya6016

    @thodajyadahogaya6016

    3 ай бұрын

    @@lexkanyima2195 There was CGI, they just didn't tell the audience

  • @lexkanyima2195

    @lexkanyima2195

    3 ай бұрын

    @@thodajyadahogaya6016 there is no proof of CGI, i rewatch it all over again

  • @thodajyadahogaya6016

    @thodajyadahogaya6016

    3 ай бұрын

    @@lexkanyima2195 what proof do you have that they have not used CGI?

  • @yandrak6134

    @yandrak6134

    3 ай бұрын

    of course, it drives me mad all the straight up lies in big news.

  • @edwardolaie
    @edwardolaie3 ай бұрын

    Truly incredible

  • @Potatostarch300
    @Potatostarch3004 ай бұрын

    "Just get it done." - Christopher Nolan

  • @hermanleung8815
    @hermanleung88154 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @dejjibd424
    @dejjibd4243 ай бұрын

    Interesting!

  • @hom296
    @hom2964 ай бұрын

    This is so very interesting to me!

  • @1469roach
    @1469roach3 ай бұрын

    Wow this was a great video!!! I had started watching this movie but then stopped because I lost interest because I'm boring..but this actually made me want to finish watching it.. getting the inside of it really made me want to watch it

  • @JFRSANTOS1
    @JFRSANTOS14 ай бұрын

    woww

  • @ludvigthomsen
    @ludvigthomsen4 ай бұрын

    What is the music in the background?

  • @eronorbi
    @eronorbi4 ай бұрын

    I really don't understand why they have to rebuild the Oval Office and spend budget for every single movie? Why don't they create just one replica and then rent it out for every movie. There are so many movies shot with that scenery that it would make sence

  • @blackguyofthesouth2161
    @blackguyofthesouth21614 ай бұрын

    Future Oscar nominee

  • @sultanwadood7467
    @sultanwadood74674 ай бұрын

    Nolan and Tarantino, the Writer/Director geniuses who still now stay true to art and practical effects!

  • @taliamason7986

    @taliamason7986

    4 ай бұрын

    Christopher Nolan isn't a Writer/Director. He has co-written most of his films with his brother Jonathan Nolan who is very largely the main writer up his last two films.

  • @barborab9343

    @barborab9343

    4 ай бұрын

    you cann add denis vileneuve to the group as well I think

  • @Obie.

    @Obie.

    4 ай бұрын

    Nolan uses VFX and cgi, he is just very meticulous with how he uses it. There isn't anything wrong or "less of an art" with vfx or cgi

  • @barborab9343

    @barborab9343

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Obie. I personally don't like huge CGI....like Avatar....for example...

  • @hellaocd

    @hellaocd

    4 ай бұрын

    Respectfully@@barborab9343 it's not that you don't like CGI, it's that you don't like when you can tell that it is cgi. I promise there are hundreds of movies you enjoy, that you would never have guessed had hundreds or thousands of CGI shots

  • @abinari
    @abinariАй бұрын

    this lady is goated

  • @zulfika_
    @zulfika_3 ай бұрын

    "NO CGI" is really just INVISIBLE CGI

  • @nicoladc89

    @nicoladc89

    Ай бұрын

    CGI means Computer-Generated Imagery, means a specific thing: entire images produced using computer. Gargantua in Interstellar is CGI, digitally remove the cables holding McConaughey in the tesseract isn't CGI. There's no CGI in Oppenheimer, not a single image was digitally produced. They used digital VFX to modify some details on shot, for example to remove cables or so. Anyway the VFX shot in Oppenheimer are around 200, a lot less than Parasite for example. You simply can't use CGI with IMAX without losing quality. Invisible CGI is an oxymoron.

  • @codyhorton4067
    @codyhorton40673 ай бұрын

    Pretty please do the skibidi toilet plumber reacts video

  • @JHydronix
    @JHydronix4 ай бұрын

    That's wild only took 57 days to create a master piece.

  • @kavid8120
    @kavid81202 ай бұрын

    This is cinema

  • @excalibur2024guy
    @excalibur2024guy3 ай бұрын

    She deserves an Oscar.

  • @Happymali10
    @Happymali103 ай бұрын

    I learned in film school that a script for a movie is "1 page a day, 1.5 if you're lucky" Yeah....bout that....

  • @troillandford7679
    @troillandford76793 ай бұрын

    HALF LIFE WAS IN NEW MEXICO?! OMG PLEASE MR NOLAN

  • @ethanmackler1160
    @ethanmackler11603 ай бұрын

    So impressive, I wonder why the Reagan Library wasn't an option.

  • @geoafe66
    @geoafe664 ай бұрын

    🔥👍

  • @Nietzman
    @Nietzman3 ай бұрын

    Hot take but I think Nolan was wrong in not using CGI to give Los Alamos its proper scale just as he was wrong for doing the same thing in Dunkirk.

  • @Jgvcfguy

    @Jgvcfguy

    3 ай бұрын

    Hi did use CGI in many other scene however

  • @michaelquinn7710
    @michaelquinn7710Ай бұрын

    So what happened to it after the movie was done filming? did they destroy it?

  • @flyflybaby2723
    @flyflybaby27233 ай бұрын

    Who else thinks that she looks beautiful😍

  • @TheKdizzle1971
    @TheKdizzle19713 ай бұрын

    8:48

  • @definitelynosebreather
    @definitelynosebreather4 ай бұрын

    Working 6-8 weeks 1:1 haha Chris is such an introvert

  • @bbpittorino5428
    @bbpittorino54284 ай бұрын

    That opening story is art department summarized….classic

  • @1Uncle43
    @1Uncle433 ай бұрын

    Which is more beautiful?

  • @walkerpaulp6526
    @walkerpaulp65263 ай бұрын

    Get ready it's going to be a storm at the Academies

  • @gofiocanario8897
    @gofiocanario88973 ай бұрын

    😍😍

  • @berishajrb
    @berishajrbАй бұрын

    Nolan wanted even the crews to feel like they are going through what the united states did with los alamos

  • @davemercer8532
    @davemercer85324 ай бұрын

    really nice documentary, but please stop editing between medium and close up shots of the speaker so quickly, or at all, very hard to concentrate on what she's saying, and doesn't add anything to the interview.

  • @angelbustos9766
    @angelbustos97663 ай бұрын

    THIS is filmmaking

  • @whateverdv
    @whateverdv4 ай бұрын

    They worked tf outta her ! She can barely smile

  • @wigglewiggle3789
    @wigglewiggle37894 ай бұрын

    My head hurts. I have worked in construction. No.

  • @frackingfluidinjection
    @frackingfluidinjection3 ай бұрын

    “No CGI” is really just invisible CGI

  • @mollywoodshots6503
    @mollywoodshots65034 ай бұрын

    Those who call out Nolan for not using CGI should compare the budget of The Flash & Oppenheimer.

  • @HristoVelev

    @HristoVelev

    4 ай бұрын

    He does use CGI, just lying about it

  • @hellaocd

    @hellaocd

    4 ай бұрын

    Nolan uses CGI in every movie he has made in the last 20 years...

  • @lexkanyima2195

    @lexkanyima2195

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@hellaocdproof it

  • @robotshaman1779
    @robotshaman17794 ай бұрын

    AmI missing something? Didn't they used to do this for every movie?

  • @swiftlymurmurs1825

    @swiftlymurmurs1825

    4 ай бұрын

    Oh for sure, but first of all, those sets didn't have to hold up to scrutiny under the immense detail of IMAX cameras, but also, the industry has really changed. Studios don't like it, investors don't like it, it's much more expensive mainly because craft workers are generally unionized and receive fair wage while CGI artists are often pushed and exploited without repercussions. It's been done in the past, and on this scale, too, but to do it in the modern industry is a feat in itself

  • @carlos10571
    @carlos105713 ай бұрын

    And the DMV can’t get my new license to me in less than three weeks 😠

  • @daplace902
    @daplace902Ай бұрын

    I guess none of you were around for the preceding 50 or 60 years of practical effects in movies - Pre CGI

  • @SithLord1988.
    @SithLord1988.3 ай бұрын

    So basically every film making it out of wood

  • @cinderclawz
    @cinderclawz3 ай бұрын

    This was better than the movie itself

  • @Maxime_G

    @Maxime_G

    Ай бұрын

    No.

  • @1msStrife
    @1msStrife2 ай бұрын

    Why is she not looking at the camera

  • @Laissez-faire402
    @Laissez-faire4023 ай бұрын

    Well, they had 100 million dollars, and built the sets.

  • @AntonQvarfordt
    @AntonQvarfordt3 ай бұрын

    All sets are built without CGI. You put that in afterwards.

  • @lexkanyima2195

    @lexkanyima2195

    3 ай бұрын

    No, there is no proof for CGI At all

  • @HUNVilly
    @HUNVilly3 ай бұрын

    Arent ther a bunch of permanent oval office sets in LA for rent?

  • @elowine
    @elowine3 ай бұрын

    "Without CGI" Literally the second step shown is the conversion of drawn plans into 3D ...

  • @JamesWestMusicMan

    @JamesWestMusicMan

    3 ай бұрын

    This comment made me cringe soooo hard... the 3D plan is for construction purposes, they LITERALLY talked about how they used the stoftware to help build the sets

  • @elowine

    @elowine

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@JamesWestMusicMan Exactly they literally talk about it so why use that title. That title made me cringe, the undertone that it's somehow bad to use CGI or an accomplishment to not use it is childish. Not to mention that for the movie plenty of shots were worked on by CGI artists. Don't get my wrong I love practical effects and miniatures, but the CGI industry doesn't get the respect they deserve and this is another example.

  • @Robert-rt9ho
    @Robert-rt9ho3 ай бұрын

    These producers and directors need to stop lying this movie is full of cgi and vfx yes they are different

  • @TheBBbentsen
    @TheBBbentsen4 ай бұрын

    Writing this before seing the video. ''So they did use a real nuke huh''

  • @phil4193
    @phil41933 ай бұрын

    I think that, day one of working on a movie of this nature, would be teaching everyone on the project to correctly pronounce NUCLEAR. Not NUKE-YA-LUR.

  • @hgfdshtrew8541
    @hgfdshtrew85413 ай бұрын

    why on earth wouldn't they just plan it better? ridiculous

  • @bri20902

    @bri20902

    3 ай бұрын

    ? Hater much?

  • @yanikkendler
    @yanikkendler3 ай бұрын

    i hate this "no cgi" obession that people have.. noone these days uses 0 cgi.. oppenheimer as well

  • @JamesWestMusicMan

    @JamesWestMusicMan

    3 ай бұрын

    ok

  • @mahkyehayden1492
    @mahkyehayden14924 ай бұрын

    Oppenheimer is full of CGI practical effects make a better CGI stop the anti-CGI rhetoric

  • @lexkanyima2195

    @lexkanyima2195

    3 ай бұрын

    I saw the movie, no CGI at all

  • @philtherock9579
    @philtherock95793 ай бұрын

    Please stop saying no CGI. It's NOT a flex. CGI was used everywhere in this come on...

  • @JamesWestMusicMan

    @JamesWestMusicMan

    3 ай бұрын

    Once again, someone mixing up CGI and Visual Effects. Yes they probably did use Visual Effects for a lot of the movie, but for very miniscule things.

  • @philtherock9579

    @philtherock9579

    3 ай бұрын

    @@JamesWestMusicMan You truly do not know what youre talking about. Miniscule things, lmao stfu nunce

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