<P> Principal photography began on March 19 in Los Angeles, under the working title Warbird, with Ben Davis serving as director of photography, marking his fourth time working as a cinematographer in the MCU following Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Doctor Strange . A carnival scene, set in 1986 and featuring Danvers and Fury, was filmed later that week at the Jim Hall Racing Club in Oxnard, California . Filming of Captain Marvel in Los Angeles, along with other big - budget films that took advantage of California's improved tax credit program, helped raise on - location feature film production in the area by 11.7% in the first quarter of 2018, compared to the same period in 2017; it was the first two - figure increase in production since the fourth quarter of 2015 . Filming at Shaver Lake outside Fresno, California was set to take place in April under the working title Open World, but was pushed back to mid-May . In late April, Feige stated that filming was a little less than halfway completed . The following month, Annette Bening joined the cast in an undisclosed role . In late June, principal photography moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana and New Orleans for two weeks, also using the working title Open World, before concluding on July 6 . </P> <P> Visual effects were created by Lola VFX, with the company working on the de-aging of Jackson and Gregg . </P> <P> In May 2018, Clark Gregg indicated the film's soundtrack would include songs from the 1990s . Pinar Toprak signed on to compose the film's score by the following month, making her the first woman to score an MCU film . </P> <P> Concept art from the film was shown at the 2017 San Diego Comic - Con . In June 2018, Feige revealed a look at Larson as Danvers at CineEurope . Larson debuted the first trailer in September 2018 at the National Air and Space Museum on Good Morning America . Petrana Radulovic of Polygon felt the trailer showed "large - scale action and intergalactic mayhem that reaches for Infinity War's heights ." Ben Kuchera, also of Polygon, felt opening the trailer with Blockbuster Video was "fitting" and an "anchoring shot" since its logo "remains instantly identifiable to a large audience", and pointed out that the scenes of Danvers as an Airforce pilot "appear to nod at the famously sun - drenched Top Gun" that calls back "to the golden era of films about fighter pilots ." Devan Coogan of Entertainment Weekly called the trailer "a powerful introduction to the MCU's first solo female hero ." Graeme McMillian of The Hollywood Reporter noted that Nick Fury's narration dominates the first half of the trailer which "grounds the trailer in something--someone--familiar for the Marvel faithful, and lays the groundwork for Carol Danvers' first words ." He also noted that the film's apparent departure from its' comic book origins removes "the self - determination and agency of Carol Danvers", which was "a risky proposition" to long - time fans of the character . Richard Newby, also of The Hollywood Reporter, felt the trailer "waste (d) no time in not only establishing Captain Marvel's tremendous power set, but also distinguishing her from the heroes that have come before ." Newby also noted, that since Captain Marvel's powers are not as recognizable for the general audience, Marvel does not use their "unfamiliarity to present the character as a joke" as they did with Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant - Man, but "(r) ather it makes a statement that Captain Marvel means business, and if you don't know her, well buckle up because she's about to change the universe ." Newby commended cinematographer Ben Davis from the trailer for making the film's identity "distinct" from the other MCU films he worked on, noting Captain Marvel seemed "more grounded" than Davis' work on Guardians of the Galaxy or Doctor Strange and appeared to be inspired by the films of Tony Scott, Roland Emmerich, and Richard Donner . The trailer was viewed 109 million times in its first 24 hours, becoming the 11th most viewed trailer in that time period . </P>

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