Here's ''Lost City'' parts one and two.
lt's cute.
Moviemaking 101 . We'll be right back.
What would you like to know today?
Just before we shoot the show, we have to take everybody out
and show them what's in my brain and the script and what we're gonna do with it.
- What are you expecting out of this trip? - A deeper understanding of your vision.
Oh, you sarcastic...
Jim's the director of photography. What are you expecting to get out of this trip?
- Lattice work. - Lattice work. Fabulous.
Here we go. We're at O'Neill's house.
This is always fun going into somebody's house.
Everybody piles in, stands around and then we leave,
cos all the decisions have already been made.
- Did Lynn call you? - Yes, she did.
l'm gonna see from here down to here with the front door.
Some tchotchkes on here, too. Venetians in that window.
The telescope will go out here on the deck.
That's good.
- Nice legs. - They're directing shoes.
The art department have a model of the set for me to look at.
lt makes it way easier if l've got a model to look at. Here it is.
This helps me to block out what l'm gonna do,
and it helps everybody to visualise the set,
and helps the director of photography figure out the lighting.
lt's way easier to use than drawings.
We started with a computer model. All these pieces were built in virtual reality.
Then l printed out the pieces from the computer model on paper.
- ls that good? - l love that.
With a model this detailed, it's very easy for me to block.
l may turn the chair away from the borehole, which would be really cool.
All the stuff's going on behind O'Neill then.
l'm in the studio to show you what it looks like before we put the set in it.
You've seen the model and now you get to see the set as it's being put together.
The set's going in over here. The ice cave will be over in here.
This area here will be the borehole.
This area right here is the actual ice room.
This is the studio we shot ''Solitudes'' in, the studio we refrigerated.
ln fact, l'm gonna show you the exact spot
where Jack and Sam were huddled just before they thought they were gonna die.
That's it right there.
OK, you're not gonna believe what this thing looks like now.
This is the set for the ice cave and the lava cave.
This is where the chair'll be placed.
lt's the same for both the ice cave and the lava cave.
This is all tin foil. This is what's gonna make the ice.
This light works like a black light, so the entire set will be outlined like this.
lt's painted with a UV paint called Wildfire.
lcicles are lances for really big jousters.
Those are the icicles.
There's no rules in an icicle fight. l need some fake icicles.
We need giant ones.
Forced perspective. They're gonna be huge.
How huge is that?
lt's not huge. This is huge. Look at that. That's huge.
The next scene is this.
Start back here. Steadicam across here. We open this up.
First time we see the room will be here on O'Neill, and then open it up like that.
Now let's see how much of the day we take up getting into this room.
l told you. Was l lying? lt turns into a La-Z-Boy.
By lunch it won't be here on set any more. lt'll be in his room.
On Stargate we normally use one, maybe two cameras to film a scene,
but when we get behind, this is what happens.
Four cameras shooting a scene that's three pages long.
The person that suffers the most is Jim Menard, director of photography.
The viewer's the one that suffers.
This is where everybody watches all four cameras.
This is not simply a director, but a true Regisseur.
- He's talking about Andy Mikita there. - Yes! A second Regisseur.
- You guys tired? You can't be tired. - No.
You've been at it for only 1 4 hours now, and you're tired?
No.
Hell, no. lt's nothing.
l just weep when l'm tired. Everything makes me cry when l'm tired.
Amanda's tired because next week she has to direct her episode,
and we haven't given her any time to prep.
How true, my friend. But you know what? l'm gonna kick ass.
l'm gonna knock people's socks off. Knock their blocks off.
lt's gonna be amazing. She's been doing a lot of prep on her own time.
lf l had to do that, l wouldn't be directing right now,
because the stuff l'd turn in would be crap, but she's gonna do a great job.
We're with supervising producer Damian Kindler.
There's no red light.
- Kindler's on set. Can we get rid of him? - l wanna get Kindler and mezuzah.
He's concerned that there's no mezuzah here on the... ls it the left or the right side?
Nobody understands that joke.
21 . The lens of choice. A fabulous lens for a 35mm television show, actually.
Especially one that's shot in 16 x 9 that only people watching the DVD get to see.
We start back here, and we start dialling the gate.
And the gate starts to spin, the cross happens...
- We're into it here. Hello, Peter. - Good morning.
- Finally, Peter has lines after seven years. - Whoo-hoo!
Unauthorised offworld activation.
That was a nuke. Or worse.
- l'm just talking to the general. - This man is a true leader of men.
- l know. He's from Texas. - Are you from Texas?
- l am from Texas. - You don't mess with Texans.
We've got the real general here. Chief of the Air Force.
- Hey, look, there's Anubis. - The galactic psychopath.
Could l just explain to everybody what's gonna happen?
The lights going down is your indication to spin and to look around.
Then l'm gonna bring in Anubis.
He appears, we spin around and look at him,
and then the secret-service guys are all gonna pour in the sides.
These two gentlemen are gonna be firing rounds.
They're using their own guns.
These are two real secret-service guys.
These guys are shooting. Don't flinch.
Two of your own guys are gonna come in and they're gonna start shooting at him.
At the same time this picture is gonna go up.
l have to have a crane. l don't think l can do it without a crane.
The move won't work without a technocrane.
We just lost the technocrane.
- What? - lt's broken.
When the shotguns start in there, is that when we blow the picture? Thank you.
Oh, man. We only have two paintings. This has to work.
And camera... action!
Why not a city or two? Just to prove his point.
The secret-service guys start shooting at him.
He sticks his hand out.
You are the leader of this world.
Henry Hayes. President of the United States of America.
He's not gonna actually touch him. He's just going to shake his hand.
You bring destruction upon yourselves.
Never going to happen.
Run away, David. Lights.
And cut!
Too much?
- How was that? - lt was good. lt didn't suck so badly.
The actors have to be in these suits all day. l'm gonna wear one, too.
Here we go. And action!
(Daniel) Architecture definitely indicates this was built by the Ancients.
- And cut. - Cut!
- That was good. l liked that. - Put your gloves on.
- He doesn't have any spare gloves. - You gotta put your rubbers on, too.
(Amanda) Yeah, the rubber boots.
- MacGyver's bathroom. - MacGyver?
l said MacGyver, didn't l? O'Neill's bathroom.
Used to be MacGyver's. He took over the MacGyver house.
- Michael... - Yes, Martin?
He has the phone and he washes it cos he's got shaving lotion all over it.
You've created a story in your mind about what you're gonna be talking about
while you're being washed?
Don't make it too sexually, you know...
Look what he's doing.
Oh.
- lt looks too small, Barry says. - lt does not. lt looks great.
- Fine. Anybody else? - This is the cliché shot.
- Alex, what are you doing here? - We're waiting for Rick.
Then we are going to do a rehearsal.
Look. Steam in a can.
This is hilarious, this scene. l can't stop laughing. l have to leave the room.
Here we go. And camera, and go, Rick.
(Martin) Ring, ring, ring.
- What? - Jack.
l've translated the writing on the colonnade SG-2 discovered on P3X-439.
l think the monument contains a repository of the Ancients.
Repository?
The thing that grabbed your head, made you talk crazy.
So we should stay away?
Considering what we know, we should find a way to access the information.
Sam found that device on the Tok'ra planet
that has been able to translate all kinds of different energies into... into...
Should l just go on? lt says ''Go on.''
That was the best work l've ever seen you do in your whole life.
lf you give me a block of stuff right in here, it stops me from seeing there.
Then that strafing line - boom, boom, boom, boom - is not obscured.
Come over here. Second strafing line comes from approximately that tower.
This is a glider now - boom, boom, boom - coming up toward us here.
Keep going with the pan. Alkesh coming in - boom, boom - coming at us here.
And we pick up SG-1 and they jump into the gate here.
We do have an evening scene which we'll play over at the ruins
with Anubis and Jaffa and his gang.
We don't bring Anubis out in the daytime cos he looks dumb. That's seriously why.
lf we don't find that Lost City, we're as good as dead. Or worse.
You can't sell that line. l defy you to sell that line.
Don't defy me. l think we could both sell it.
Or worse.
(laughter)
He crosses over here. He's looking left. He goes here. There he is now.
l jump back here, reorient a new axis here.
- He's looking left to him still. - Oh... you!
- Let me do this. - No, don't do that line.
Suck me.
l won this for the standing broad jump in...
We've wet down the grass. lt's tinder-dry.
We'll find out if we burn down Maple Ridge.
Burn it. Burn it all. lt'll be beautiful.
We're gonna have a few explosions, scare the... out of the grasshoppers,
do a little dialogue and go home.
- l'm hoping for an early wrap, myself. - (laughter)
There go the firemen to the fire truck.
We've got 13 firemen here today, two water trucks and a lot of nervous people.
The special effects guys are loading up the gas bombs. Take a look at this.
This isn't gonna be easy.
For me, it's easy. All l say is ''Action'' and then it goes nuts.
All right, one more time. Why are we doing this? Why?
- Safety's third today. lt's not first. - Safety!
First is a good TV show.
- Are you nervous? - Not nervous. Ray's here.
- Are you nervous for the wildlife here? - Mostly, yeah. Spotted owl.
The sperm whale. Can you say... whale?
Let's blow something up.
Everybody listen up! The first set of booms from me is fake. lt's just for timing.
So the second set when the Alkesh comes in is the big ones. You'll hear 'em.
And action!
SG-1 , we have incoming! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Face hugger!
Jack!
OK, more explosions.
Take cover!
We're doing this for you.
ENHOH