剧情介绍
What happens on screen, and what happened behind the camera.
A boy discovers an egg on the shore of Loch Ness. Except it isn't Loch Ness , it's Lake Wakatipu, dressed in Highland mist and Scottish heather. Every single frame of The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep was shot in and around Queenstown, from the lake-edge cottages to the wartime submarine pens hidden in the mountains. Lake Wakatipu has doubled for a Scottish loch, which tells you something about its scale and mystery. The production transformed Queenstown's familiar landscapes into something that feels entirely otherworldly.
Lake Wakatipu has stood in for Loch Ness, which tells you something about its scale and mystery. The Water Horse, a family fantasy about the Loch Ness Monster starring Emily Watson and Ben Chaplin, shot its water sequences on the lake, with the Remarkables filling in for the Scottish Highlands.
The lake's signature feature: its rhythmic 25-minute seiche, a standing wave that makes the water level rise and fall like a breathing creature: gave the filmmakers a natural special effect they didn't have to create. Local Māori know the phenomenon as the heartbeat of Matau, the taniwha whose body formed the lake after he was slain.
Most of the lake sequences were shot from the Queenstown waterfront and around Bob's Cove, a sheltered bay 10 minutes toward Glenorchy. The TSS Earnslaw, the vintage steamship that has been cruising Lake Wakatipu since 1912, appears in the background of several shots: and remains in operation today as a tourist experience.

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“Misty, storybook cinematography. Shot on 35mm with heavy use of diffusion and natural overcast light to give the lake an otherworldly feel appropriate for a creature feature.”



















