The Hollywood Byte #51: Luc Besson

"The funny thing with technology is that when you're advanced, you're never advanced for long," said Besson. "On the one hand we're going to save time because the characters have already been created, on the other hand, there are some really difficult scenes to do."

Besson was able to get more out of his cast of actors, which included Madonna, Robert De Niro, Jimmy Fallon, Emilio Estevez and Snoop Dogg; because of new technology similar to that used in videogames like Sony's The Getaway: Black Monday.

"The thing that was very new is that when I filmed the actors, we had no wires at all," said Besson. "The Bif Company found a new motion capture technique where the actors can act in front of nine cameras without wearing any of the optical reflectors. It was much easier to direct the actors and make them move the way I wanted. I think we saved some time and got more emotion and expression from the actors."

Besson said he likes to make movies that he wants to see, but at the same time, he hopes audiences will enjoy the adventure.

"When I make a film, I never think much about which group will like it," said Besson. "I have five kids going from 2 years old to 20. I know at least one of them will like it, but I don't know which one. Now that I've seen the film with kids, I think the ones who enjoyed the film the most are between 5 and 12 years old."

Getting back to videogames, Atari let Besson get behind the wheel of its Xbox 360 game, Test Drive Unlimited.

"I tried playing the game and drove the Ferrari, but I'm much better with the real one," said Besson, laughing.

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