The film, 'The Soloist' was based on LA Times columnist Steve Lopez columns about his relationship with schizophrenic Nathaniel Ayers, a former music prodigy who now lives on the streets of LA.
The director, Joe Wright, faced problems before filming as he was creating a film in America based on an American real life story yet he knew nothing about America. Before filming he spent time with people from the local community and after a week he decided he was positive about creating a film that was based on the society they came from.
Many of the extras that they hired for the film were locals from the community, living on the street, who had no experience beforehand.
The actor, portraying Nathaniel Ayers, Jamie Foxx, learned how to play the cello in preparation for the film and his character, and was taught by LA Philharmonic's Ben Hong.
The production team decided to not film in the actual setting of skid row as they had told the people who lived there that they wouldn't kick them out so they didn't want to cause more disturbances for them and push them away from their home.
Nathaniel Ayers was given a chance to watch the Los Angeles Philharmonic rehearse at the Walt Disney Concert Hall which the orchestra had never allowed anyone to do before.
The producers of the film suggested Joe Wright for the director as he has previously done films such as Atonement and Pride & Prejudice that were based on novels and a story behind it so thought he would be a good choice.
Working Titles films are moving away from their usual British films such as Hot Fuzz and The Boat That Rocked. They are introducing a new genre that they haven't generally done before, instead of their most used comedy films, so it shows how they are trying to reach wider audiences through the different films they are creating.
The director, Joe Wright, faced problems before filming as he was creating a film in America based on an American real life story yet he knew nothing about America. Before filming he spent time with people from the local community and after a week he decided he was positive about creating a film that was based on the society they came from.
Many of the extras that they hired for the film were locals from the community, living on the street, who had no experience beforehand.
The actor, portraying Nathaniel Ayers, Jamie Foxx, learned how to play the cello in preparation for the film and his character, and was taught by LA Philharmonic's Ben Hong.
The production team decided to not film in the actual setting of skid row as they had told the people who lived there that they wouldn't kick them out so they didn't want to cause more disturbances for them and push them away from their home.
Nathaniel Ayers was given a chance to watch the Los Angeles Philharmonic rehearse at the Walt Disney Concert Hall which the orchestra had never allowed anyone to do before.
The producers of the film suggested Joe Wright for the director as he has previously done films such as Atonement and Pride & Prejudice that were based on novels and a story behind it so thought he would be a good choice.
Working Titles films are moving away from their usual British films such as Hot Fuzz and The Boat That Rocked. They are introducing a new genre that they haven't generally done before, instead of their most used comedy films, so it shows how they are trying to reach wider audiences through the different films they are creating.
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