Watch Three Short Film Prequels to ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’

Via /film:

Three things.

First, this is a terrific idea by the studio, out-of-the box thinking that lends even more narrative credibility as well as buzz for what promises to be the big franchise movie of the summer.

Second, screenwriter and friend of the blog Brian Duffield was involved in the the first prequel above. Here are a couple of tweets by Brian about the project:

Third, in relation to the upcoming movie Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, these prequels are what screenwriters call backstory. Normally, we delve into the personal and collective histories of our story’s characters knowing that 90% of it won’t appear directly in the screenplay, rather it will be felt indirectly through subtext, psychology, emotions, and so forth. What the studio has done with these prequels is visualize some of the backstory.

Again the whole thing is pretty damn cool akin to what Warner Bros. did with Gravity, showing the other side of the conversation Stone has with Aningaaq, the Inuit she happens to find on the ship’s radio communications system:

Congratulations to Brian Duffield and all the filmmakers involved in the Apes prequels.

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