A week after its release, the world is still analyzing Zack Snyder’s Justice League. One thing that has been a topic of conversation is how the Snyder Cut finally reveals the Flash’s full capabilities of time travel, something fans have been waiting to see since the film was announced. The first time fans are introduced to his super-speed is in the scene where he meets Iris West, and now a behind-the-scenes video offers insight into how it came to be.
The five-minute video, released on the film’s official Twitter page, brings together Snyder and John DesJardin, the visual effects supervisor, to talk about the intricacies involved in the scene. They explain how they were able to portray the notion of time slowing down, or the Flash moving extremely fast, with the help of visual effects.
Before the Scarlet Speedster joins the Justice League, Barry Allen is seen applying for a job at a pet store. While there, he witnesses West, played by Kiersey Clemons, being involved in an accident with a truck that runs a red light. As West and her red convertible go flying, Allen rushes out to rescue her. The entire scene appears in slow motion, or “Flash time” as Snyder refers to it, with Allen shattering the glass of the store, creating cracks in the road, moving a strand of hair away from West’s face and even grabbing a hot dog before getting her to safety. While it may appear like a simple, cute scene, a lot was happening behind the scenes.
In the video released by the film’s page, Snyder explains how after writing the scene, he made drawings to depict each frame, which made it easier for him to make others understand what exactly was going on. He praises Ezra Miller’s work as the actor had to run through an empty frame, instead of shattering glass, and was raising his hand in mid-air instead of touching Clemons’ face, all while maintaining his posture and looking convincing for the cameras. The whole scene was shot on set, with Snyder revealing that the “entire city was just a block on either side”. The set was surrounded by green screen, and the city was later added in using special effects.
Clemons on the other hand was on a “robotic arm”, wearing a performance capture suit, with all her clothes and hair added in during production. The purpose was for them to be able to portray a fluidity in her movement when the Flash starts to rotate her. DesJardin is heard saying that keeping in mind how fast the Flash is actually moving, slowly rotating Clemons before laying her on the ground made sense because “it sells the story better”.
This incredible scene is just one of the many that the behind-the-scenes documentary, which was released on the same day as the Snyder Cut, covers. The 30-minute documentary offers fans a closer look at the making of the Justice League. The video ends with Snyder telling DesJardin, “we’ll do it again… soon”. Those words obviously struck a chord with fans who have been campaigning to #RestoreTheSnyderVerse, with many comments immediately flowing in, urging the studio to bring Snyder back to the DCEU. They want Snyder to “do it again” and bring the team back for Justice League 2. However, so far, their requests have not been heard, with Warner Bros. repeating several times that Snyder will not be a part of the DCEU moving forward.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League is now streaming on HBO Max.
Source: @snydercut/Twitter
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