One Direction: This Is Us
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| Directed by | Morgan Spurlock |
| Produced by | Morgan Spurlock Simon Cowell Adam Milano Ben Winston |
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One Direction Simon Franglen (score) |
| Cinematography | Neil Harvey |
| Edited by | Guy Harding Wyatt Smith Pierre Takal |
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| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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92 minutes Extended fan cut: 106 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $68.5 million |
One Direction: This Is Us is a 2013 British-American 3-D concert film centering on British-Irish group One Direction. It opened in the United Kingdom on 29 August 2013, followed a day later in the United States. The movie shows many clips and songs of One Direction.
Billed as an intimate all-access look at life on the road for the global music phenomenon, This Is Us follows the lives of the five members of the boy band, One Direction. One Direction was first put into a group on the X Factor in 2010. This Is Us contains live concert footage from One Direction's 'Take Me Home' tour at London's O2 Arena, and footage from their lives pre- and post-X Factor appearance, and gives insight into the preparation for their concerts and ultimately what it is like to be One Direction.
This Is Us was first announced by the band while on The Today Show in New York's Rockefeller Plaza on 12 November 2012, followed by confirmation it would be directed by Morgan Spurlock. Spurlock, who unsuccessfully negotiated to direct similar films, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never and Katy Perry: Part of Me, said that he took on the film because of the band's fast-track rise to stardom. The film started filming in Tokyo on 17 January 2013 and was being shot in 3D with 4K resolution RED Epic digital cameras, which Spurlock said gave a cinematic appeal. The film was later given the name One Direction: This Is Us on 19 March 2013, previously being referred to as 1D3D.
It has been further said that the film is not scripted, with the footage genuine and of them acting "naturally". Styles admitted that the cameras following them around was scary but said that this film gives them the opportunity to show more personality, how they interact, and how they relax when not on stage. Niall Horan remarked that the film crew had access to all areas, even filming them in the toilet.
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