In fact, it is somewhat unfair to say that "Roma" is comparable to "Spartacus", why? Because compared to "Spartacus", "Roma" is of higher shooting quality, the investment is larger, and the shooting is earlier.
However, at this stage, the entire Internet, at least the cognition of domestic American drama circles, "Spartacus" is unparalleled NO.1.
Therefore, I will write the title of this article like this, it can be regarded as rubbing the heat, after all, many of the popularity of "Spartacus" before was pulled up by me in waves, you can search for "Spartacus" on the whole network, and many of the recommended articles are from my account.
Returning to today's theme, "Roma" is really a very good American drama, filmed in 2005, famous actor Kevin McKidd co-starred with Ray Stevenson and Serenheed, staged a classic historical drama.
The play is interspersed with gags of small people, which can be described as wonderful. It is said that before the filming of this drama, I originally wanted to shoot a mini-series, but when the producer saw the script, he wanted to make a historical drama.
After its launch, it was a hit, but in the end, it was also because the filming location was in Italy, the production cost was too high, and the producer accepted it when it was good, and only two seasons were filmed.
But it is because of these two seasons that a lot of historical records have been created at that time, and today I will briefly introduce it to you:
1. This is the first long-form series between the BBC and HBO, and it is also one of the series in which the BBC has invested the most in the United States.
2, the production budget of the first season of "Roma" reached a staggering 110 million US dollars, with an average of up to 10 million US dollars per episode, you know, this is in 2005, converted to today, more than doubled. One of the largest investments in HBO history, the crew rebuilt the Colosseum and the Alexandria Lighthouse at 2/3 scale. Ancient Roman costumes numbered a staggering 3,000 pieces, and they were all made from materials that were popular more than two thousand years ago.
Interestingly, HBO even restored the toilet in the style of ancient Rome, although there are not many opportunities to use the toilet in the show.
3. The story of "Roma" is very rigorous, even the two minor characters of the gag, Urenas and Polo, are recorded in Caesar's "Civil War" and "Gallic Wars".
4. The ancient coins circulating in the city are minted by the Vatican for a limited time, and the heads on the ancient coins are cast with the head of Serenhid, played by Caesar in the play, which is an amazing detail.
5, "Roma" created a record of 40 horses in a scene, and in the shooting of Caesar's triumph, 750 extras were used, which is the most used live-action drama in American dramas, almost exhausting the prop artist at that time into the creator of the Guinness Record.
Compared with "Spartacus", the scenes of "Roma" are basically real creations, and by the time "Spartacus" was filmed in 2010, green screen technology began to be used on a large scale, and there was no need for so many extras and horses, many of which could be synthesized by computer. This is also the main reason why many people complain that the war scenes of "Spartacus" are more exciting than "Roma", one is real scene design, the other is computer scene creation, which is completely incomparable.
Well, I won't say too much today, see the opportunity to write such an article, like friends don't forget to like the collection.
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