Last week "Harry Grows Up" premiered online. It's a short film Mazzy co-starred in when she was 18mo old. One of the things that is so amazing about the movie, besides my daughter's adorable face, is somehow the director got two one-year-olds to act for the camera.
They walked where they needed to walk, they looked where they needed to look and they smiled when they needed to smile, all seemingly without adult supervision.
How did the director get two one-year-olds to tell an eleven minute story when most of us can't get our children to listen to us for one second?
1) PATIENCE
We spent an entire day with him at the MOMA when all he needed to do was get the kids to sit on a bench, look at a piece of art and then touch hands. AN ENTIRE DAY.
2) TONS OF SPECIAL EFFECTS
Parents were painted out of the picture, the kids were rarely actually filmed together and several tricks like an Elmo puppet, stickers, and even what looks like A CARROT ON A STICK were used in the making of this movie.
The result is a behind-the-scenes look at "Harry Grows Up" that is almost as much fun as the full movie. Check it out:
Harry Grows Up – Behind the Scenes from Mark Nickelsburg on Vimeo.
If you haven't seen "Harry Grows Up" yet, do yourself a favor and click here.
A-MAY-ZING!
Thanks for sharing this. I seriously wondered if the guy was magic or something. I loved the short movie! The kids are just precious and Mazzy is a little doll!
HOLY CRAP! The movie was already amazing, but now I am completely blown away. I had no idea that level of editing was possible!
Wow, I didn’t even know you could do all that!!! He’s amazing!
WOW. That is amazing! I was already impressed and this took it to a whole new level!
Wow – that is really cool! Thanks for posting!
Interesting! I was wondering how a lot of those scenes had been filmed. I certainly wouldn’t have the patience.
PS – I had to watch this on the sly, in case my daughter lost it all over again about the dropped/lost toy dog. Seriously, she got herself into a real state over that last week…
Fantastic!
Bless his heart for having so much patience!
I would be willing to bet it would be WAY easier if they filmed all movies this way.
Love it.
Wow. This is so 21st century!
That’s insane!
Ok. I got sappy during the original but watching the parents run around and watching how proud the daddy was of his little boy… that had me crying. Adorable. Absolutely adorable.
And I was wondering how did the director bring the kids together so nicely
Answer got today…..amazing…..mazzy is soooo cute…..
Amazing! I love the ‘squishy nose on the window’ shot!