<P> Mendes revealed that production would begin on 8 December 2014 at Pinewood Studios, with filming taking seven months . Mendes also confirmed several filming locations, including London, Mexico City and Rome . Van Hoytema shot the film on Kodak 35 mm film stock, in contrast to Skyfall being filmed on digital cameras . Early filming took place at Pinewood Studios, and around London, with scenes variously featuring Craig and Harris at Bond's flat, and Craig and Kinnear travelling down the River Thames . </P> <P> Filming started in Austria in December 2014, with production taking in the area around Sölden--including the Ötztal Glacier Road, Rettenbach glacier and the adjacent ski resort and cable car station--and Obertilliach and Lake Altaussee, before concluding in February 2015 . Scenes filmed in Austria centred on the Ice Q Restaurant, standing in for the fictional Hoffler Klinik, a private medical clinic in the Austrian Alps . Filming included an action scene featuring a Land Rover Defender Bigfoot and a Range Rover Sport . Various airplane models were used in filming, from a life - sized plane with detachable wings to film the crash in the woods, to plane fuselages either built atop snowmobiles or shot from nitrogen cannons . Production was temporarily halted first by an injury to Craig, who sprained his knee whilst shooting a fight scene, and later by an accident involving a filming vehicle that saw three crew members injured, at least one of them seriously . </P> <P> Filming temporarily returned to England to shoot scenes at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, which stood in for a location in Rome, before moving on to the city itself for a five - week shoot across the city, with locations including the Ponte Sisto bridge and the Roman Forum . The production faced opposition from a variety of special interest groups and city authorities, who were concerned about the potential for damage to historical sites around the city, and problems with graffiti and rubbish appearing in the film . Special effects supervisor Chris Corbould stated the scenes had to be extensively planned prior to filming specially to avoid any mishaps, going to the point of building protection above steps where cars would drive . A car chase scene set along the banks of the Tiber River and through the streets of Rome featured an Aston Martin DB10 and a Jaguar C - X75 . The C - X75 was originally developed as a hybrid electric vehicle with four independent electric engines powered by two jet turbines, before the project was cancelled . The version used for filming was converted to use a conventional internal combustion engine, to minimise the potential for disruption from mechanical problems with the complex hybrid system . The C - X75s used for filming were developed by the engineering division of Formula One racing team Williams, who built the original C - X75 prototype for Jaguar . Remote driving pods were built above the cars so the vehicles could be driven while the cameras focused on Craig and Bautista in the steering wheel . According to chief stunt co-ordinator Gary Powell, filming the chase had the "risk of skidding into the Vatican", and led to "a record for smashing up cars in Spectre--seven Aston Martins in all," with the film's car expenses estimated at £ 24 million ($48 million). </P> <P> With filming completed in Rome, production moved to Mexico City in late March to shoot the film's opening sequence, with scenes to include the Day of the Dead festival filmed in and around the Zócalo and the Centro Histórico district . At the time, no such Day of the Dead parade like the one from the film took place in Mexico City; in 2016, due to the interest raised by Spectre and the government's desire to promote the pre-Hispanic Mexican culture, the federal and local authorities decided to organize an actual "Día de los Muertos" parade through Paseo de la Reforma and Centro Historico on 29 October 2016, which was attended by 250,000 people . The film opens with a long take that joins six shots seamlessly, and was one of the few scenes that required previsualization . Through extensive planning, filming did not require motion control cameras . The scene joints were done in post-production through re-timing and re-projections, which even matched Mexico locations with interiors filmed at Pinewood . </P>

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