Ex Machina: Shooting Spot, Whare Does It Filmed?
Ex Machina, directed by Alex Garland, looks into the power relationships that develop between a new sentient AI and the people she interacts with. The science fiction film centers on Caleb Smith, a programmer for the high-tech business Blue Book, who is given the opportunity of a lifetime to visit the CEO Nathan Bateman’s mansion. Nathan introduces him to Ava there, a highly intelligent female robot he made. Caleb is given the assignment by Nathan to determine whether Ava truly has the capacity for independent thought and behavior.
The limits and risks of artificial intelligence are fascinatingly examined in Garland’s debut feature as a director. The majority of the film is set in Nathan’s opulent home, which is furnished with cutting-edge technology but is also cut off from the outside world. Fans of the movie are therefore understandably curious to learn where “Ex Machina” was shot. Here is what we’ve learned.
Filming Locations for Ex Machina
Although most of the movie takes place at Nathan’s posh hideaway in the wilds of Alaska, it wasn’t actually filmed there. Filming for “Ex Machina” took place in Norway and the UK. Beginning on July 15, 2013, the film’s principal photography continued for a few weeks until coming to an end in September 2013. The various places where the science fiction film was filmed are listed below.
Norway’s Valldal
Norway’s Mre og Romsdal county contains the valleys of Valldal and Valldalen. The Juvet Landscape Hotel, which serves as Nathan’s home in “Ex Machina,” is located here. The motel is situated in Alstad, a rural region of the valley. The residence in “Ex Machina” appears more remote because of the hotel’s setting. The hotel’s futuristic interior design, which contributes to the film’s unsettling mood, also makes the film feel spooky. The Juvet Landscape Hotel was the location for two weeks of the production’s filming.
Other Norwegian locations
At addition to the Juvet Landscape Hotel, ‘Ex Machina’ was filmed in a number of other places in Norway. The deepest fjord in Norway, Sognefjord, was chosen by the production crew for filming the scenes that depict the natural world. The Briksdal glacier, which is a component of Norway’s vast Jostedalsbreen National Park in the municipality of Stryn in the county of Vestland, is where the opening shots for the scene in which Nathan and Caleb go hiking were shot.
However, the Grnfossen Waterfall in Grndalen, another valley in the nation, is where the hike actually takes place in the movie. It is about 30 miles away from the Juvet Landscape Hotel. The same architectural firm that created the Juvet Landscape Hotel, Jensen & Skodvin Architects, also created the private residence Fjora House, where further house-related filming took place.
England’s Buckinghamshire
The movie was filmed in a studio at Pinewood Studios, which are situated in the Buckinghamshire village of Iver Heath. Less than 20 miles separate the production facility from London. The decor of the hotel in Norway were imitated by the production designers. Studio shooting was done in a way that would support the film’s considerable special effects production. Pinewood Studios had a longer filming schedule than Norway because the crew utilised the locations for four weeks as opposed to just two in the Scandinavian nation.