2011 TV News Archives

May 15, 2011: Greg Beeman on Directing "Smallville" Finale

Smallville Season 10 Greg Beeman, who directed part 2 of the series finale of "Smallville", has posted a lengthy blog about the series finale, the challenges of the shoot, and his thoughts on how it all turned out. It does contain SPOILERS if you haven't yet watched the finale. Here's a portion of his blog...

    It was about four or five days into shooting when we filmed the final scene on the daily planet rooftop where Clark runs to camera and reveals the logo. It was a hard shot to get right on many levels. The intention was to do it in one shot. Also Tom had to run full speed right at camera but not slam into it. Getting focus right is very difficult on a shot like that. And it took several takes to do so. But beyond all that - I knew it HAD to be perfect... There was no margin for error. I'm usually pretty relaxed and confident on set - but this day I was nervous. It took, if I remember right, about ten or twelve takes to get it right. I consulted with everyone - "Do you think we got it?" "Do you think we got it?" (Which, again, I don't usually do)

    After that scene I went right into the final Clark/Lois scene.. Which was equally important - And then right after that I directed the scene with Lois getting off the elevator and going up to Perry White's office where she meets Jimmy.... Which was ALSO super important. Basically, I directed the last 5 minutes of the series in one day - but in reverse order.

    It was a crazy hectic day - BUT... When I went home that night and was laying in bed in my hotel room - a great sense of relief came over me - "OK I thought - I got those scenes right... The last five minutes of the show work!" I felt that even if I screwed everything up the rest of the shoot - the series would be OK with a great last few minutes. I slept well that night.

Read the complete article at Greg Beeman's official blog.



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