Miami Vice Full Production Notes
	Chapter 1 - Welcome to Miami: The city of perfumed reality The reasons for returning to Miami Vice are, according to Michael Mann, simply, “attraction and timing.” More Chapter 2 - The Players Club: Cast of Miami Vice Known for drawing performances that allow his actors to take their craft to a new level, Mann wanted to fill the roles of the Miami-Dade police, feds and their quarry with men and women who were as dedicated to understanding the back stories of their characters as they were to performing on screen.  He knew that to realize these cops or criminals would require rigorous training and strict discipline on the part of his cast. More Chapter 3 - Gritty Reality: Training with Experts on Set To have his cast members be able to walk the line between justice and revenge, Mann saw to it they prep through a regimen of physical, mental and weapons training before shooting began. He notes that if anyone understands this kind of training, it is an actor.  “Agents prepare to go undercover in the same way an actor prepares-knowing everything about the person they are pretending to be,” he relates. More Chapter 4 - The Intersection of Crime: Shooting Locations for Vice In 2006, while many a director has settled for green-screen technology or cheaper locales to lens his or her story, Mann has resisted and rejected those cheats.  For the filmmaker, it is crucial to go to the actual places where his characters live, work and play. “There are things you can't artificially create,” he says.  “As good as our crews are, you can't duplicate the texture, the fabric of the neighborhoods.  Audiences know when you're making it up, and they know when you visually deliver an animated environment for the actors that makes it feel like they are truly here.” More Chapter 5 - Lensing Miami Vice: Allure of High-Definition Cameras Director Mann has become a pioneer in his use and support of high-definition filmmaking.  The depth-of-field that HD shooting allows-together with its system for exposing highlights-created a dimensionalized effect for Mann and cinematographer Dion Beebe. Vice would mark a reunion for the two, as they worked together on Mann's last thriller, Collateral. More
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