American fame and fortune

Rogers, who rushed from Los Angeles to New York on behalf of DC Films and DC Comics, notified the crew as usual, took a short rest overnight, and entered the Brooklyn studio the next morning.

As a representative of the copyright holder, it is normal to come to the crew for routine inspection.

Martin was busy filming and didn't need to pay attention to him.

Louise came out to receive him.

Rogers came to the open-air studio, stood outside the street where the scene was set up, watched the crew busy, and was not in a hurry to speak.

If the crew itself was a mess, he didn't need to say anything.

Rogers remained silent and watched the crew filming patiently.

In half a morning, the crew filmed more than 20 scenes, and Rogers found that the situation was completely different from what he expected.

It is generally recognized in the Hollywood circle that "The Shallows" was filmed well, but director Martin was obviously taking shortcuts. The small number of movie scenes and characters, and the simple plot made it more like the lowest-level unit drama.

Like his boss Hamada, he even suspected that the film was not shot by Martin at all, but Martin waved the money and asked the experienced assistant to shoot, and he was just a mascot in the crew.

Rogers found that it was not the case at all.

After watching this morning, the crew of "Joker" was completely under Martin's control. Almost all the shooting decisions were made by Martin, and others cooperated unconditionally. All departments operated smoothly, which was exactly what a mature Hollywood crew should look like.

In addition, his boss Hamada's worries were coming true.

After a morning of shooting, Rogers was able to confirm that this new film directed and acted by Martin had almost nothing to do with the comics except the name. It was simply a clown name and coat to interpret other story contents.

It would be fine if the film failed, but once it was as successful as "The Dark Knight", the impact on the Justice League movie universe would be catastrophic.

Just like the fans of the movie who are not comic fans all over the world, who think that Batman is set to not use guns and not kill people, what will they feel when they see the group of bats in the Justice League not only use guns and machine guns, but also kill crazily?

They will definitely say what the hell you shot, is this Batman?

Then, one by one, they give bad reviews, one by one hate the film, and the bad reputation spreads automatically.

In the afternoon, Rogers decided to take action.

No matter what the crew is like, he must do what he should do, because it is DC, not this crew, that determines his future and fate.

Martin, wearing a clown costume, entered the set and came to the alley. As the shooting began, he got into a fight with several gangsters.

These action scenes are more physically demanding to shoot. After shooting for more than an hour, Martin asked the crew to take a break.

Rogers looked and saw Martin coming to the nearby rest area to drink water, and hurried over.

Before he got close, he was stopped by two bodyguards, who quickly said, "Hello, Martin, I'm Alexander Rogers, the copyright representative from DC, and I want to talk to you."

Martin also wanted to know what Warner Bros. was going to do, so he waved his hand to let the bodyguards come over, shook hands with Rogers, and said, "I heard from Louise that you are welcome to join the crew."

"Thank you." Rogers looked very polite, but the next sentence specifically emphasized, "DC is the copyright holder, and someone has to pay attention to the progress of the project."

Martin said directly, "Please rest assured, the filming is going smoothly, and all filming will be completed in July."

Rogers was not concerned about the progress of the filming. In recent years, Warner Bros. has sent executives to its crews to directly intervene in the filming and production, which has long become a routine. Even though Jon Berg's super genius invention has caused ridicule from both inside and outside the industry, Warner Bros. has not fundamentally changed this practice.

They no longer send multiple executives with similar powers at one time, which leads to endless quarrels when they disagree, but focus on a certain executive.

"I see, Martin, you are an actor and director with a lot of ideas." Rogers knew very well what he was going to do, and said directly: "But as a representative of DC, I have the responsibility and obligation to remind the crew that this is a superhero movie adapted from comics, and the setting and main line of the film must be in line with DC's strategic planning..."

Martin nodded casually, and let it go in one ear and out the other.

Rogers turned into a troublemaker and continued: "I don't want to interfere with your normal filming, but the current situation of the crew gives me reason to believe that your actions will seriously damage the Joker and its related copyrights!"

He said righteously: "Please stop filming temporarily and make necessary changes to the script and character settings..."

Hearing this, Martin had no intention of responding, nodded to Louise who was walking quickly, and said: "Let's stop here, Mr. Rogers, I'm going to start working."

"Director Martin Davis!" Rogers wanted to stop Martin.

Two bodyguards came over and stopped Rogers directly.

Martin entered the set without looking back.

He now has an idea about what DC and Warner Bros. are doing. They are obviously sending a troublemaker here. If they can't change the project, how can they disgust you?

Martin called several actors to talk about the next scene's movements and precautions.

Rogers was still thinking about how to make trouble, and Louise came over with several security guards.

She glanced at the DC representative: "Let's find a place to talk for a few words."

Several burly security guards surrounded him. Rogers worked hard in Hollywood, and he still had to maintain his basic face, so he replied: "Okay."

Louise took him away from the set and said directly to the security director who came over: "Take back Mr. Rogers' temporary documents."

Originally, she didn't want to completely tear off the most superficial face with DC, but for the normal operation of the crew, she simply took the simplest and most effective way.

The security director came to Rogers and held out his hand: "Sir, please give me the crew ID."

Surrounded by strong men, Rogers, who didn't want to add to the men, could only take off the badge on his chest and reminded Louise: "I represent DC Films and DC Comics. You treat the copyright representative like this..."

Louise interrupted him directly: "If you have any questions, you can ask Hamada to call me. No need to say anything else."

Rogers took off the temporary ID and handed it to the crew security director. He glanced at Louise and turned to walk out of the studio.

Louise told the security personnel: "Remember this person, don't let him get close to the crew in the future."

The security director replied: "Okay."

Their remuneration is paid by the crew, and they only listen to the arrangements of the crew.

As for DC, it has nothing to do with them.

Rogers came to the parking lot, got into the rented car, stared at the direction of the crew, calmed down a little, and called Los Angeles: "Tell the boss that I was kicked out of the crew by Martin Davis and Louise Mayer, and I will adopt the second plan."

The other side quickly replied: "Okay."

Before Rogers came, he had drawn up several plans. As a troublemaker of the Warner group, he also had the awareness of being kicked out of the crew directly.

However, he didn't expect Martin and Louise to be so simple and rude. On the first day of joining the crew, he was kicked out before he said anything.

Rogers hung up the phone and called an entertainment reporter friend: "Do you have time to chat? I have some explosive news here, of course it's explosive enough, about Martin Davis' new film "Joker"."

"Explosive news? Okay!" The other side immediately asked: "Where are you? I'll treat you at noon."

The two sides agreed on a time and soon rushed to a restaurant in Manhattan. Facing the entertainment reporter's recorder, Rogers made many remarks attacking the "Joker" crew.

For example, Martin was arbitrary in the theater, refused to accept the advice of the copyright holder, and rudely drove the DC representative out of the crew, just like a fascist.

The Warner group and the team they control are all geniuses, and they can always make moves that shock the film industry and even the world.

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In the Brooklyn studio, the crew's filming is still going on normally.

More and more extras are joining the set, but the crew has a team of twelve assistant directors, each of whom has at least three movies' on-site shooting experience, and they can help Martin manage the huge set.

Martin controls the set through the assistant team, and his own energy only needs to be focused on a few main actors.

Today's scene is very important. Before shooting, Martin specially called assistant director Steve Downton, director of photography Jeff Kronweiss, editor Joel Negron and supporting actor Robert De Niro for a meeting.

Martin glanced at the set and said, "Steve, is the garbage in place?"

Donton said, "All of it has been transported here. I have to wait until the lighting group is set up before the garbage can be brought in."

Martin added, "Control the emotions of the extras. They are dissatisfied but not to the point of rioting. This is the beginning of social unrest."

Donton replied, "Leave the extras to me."

Martin said to Cronus, "First take wide-angle close-ups of street garbage and extras."

Cronus said, "I'm ready here."

Martin called several other actors over and said to everyone "I said during the script reading that the cruelty of society created the Joker, and the next scene is a direct display of social unrest."

He pointed to the set and emphasized: "The garbage truck workers have been on strike for more than half a month. Their demands are for better wages and benefits. The Gotham City government's response is uncompromising and declares the city to be in a state of emergency. As a result, garbage is spread all over the streets and corners of the city, and then super rats appear."

Others nodded one after another. This is also closely related to social reality. Once similar incidents occur, the first thing to be solved is not the incident itself, but often the people.

"In order to avoid the escalation of the situation, it is necessary to divert attention." Martin looked at Robert De Niro: "If you want to do this, there is no better tool than the entertainment industry."

Robert De Niro was born in the lower class of society and had many years of experience in acting and field research. He immediately understood the essence of his role in this play: "The talk show star I played needs to help the Gotham dignitaries divert their attention. I turned a livelihood issue into entertainment, and then the dignitaries made up excuses to divert their attention and did not solve the core problem."

Martin said: "All this is driving social unrest to intensify, leading to the riots at the end, thus deifying the Joker, pushing him to the altar, and making him a symbol."

The reason for doing this is simple. Most of the consumers of the movie are ordinary people, the "poor" in the real sense, and their position and emotional value naturally stand with the poor.

Anti-elitism is the most common plot in Hollywood movies. For example, the Washington authorities are a group of idiots, the CIA is always killing its own people, and even the quarterbacks on campus are brainless ruffians.

Martin knows very well who the audience of this movie is, so the Joker must stand with the poor.

Feedback In the plot of the movie, it is the Gotham dignitaries who created the image of the Joker, making the Joker a symbol, a concept widely accepted by the poor - using the Joker as a symbol of the resistance movement!

Nowadays, the gap between the rich and the poor in North America has further widened, and social contradictions are so acute that various organizations such as demons and monsters are needed to divert attention. The Joker not only meets the needs of the poor people in Gotham, but also can become an emotional outlet for ordinary people in reality.

Piles of garbage were transported to the street studio, and the next many scenes were to be filmed with the "garbage dump" as the background.

Martin also entered the studio, and the filming began soon.

The studio immediately became chaotic, just like the outbreak of the black movement.

The filming did not go smoothly, and various problems always occurred. Occasionally, some difficult problems, Martin also needed to find the heads of various departments to discuss and solve them.

He has an advantage. He may not be professional enough in various industries behind the scenes, but he never lacks decisiveness and can always choose the best solution from various opinions.

This is also a kind of talent and ability.

There is always a gap between theory and practice. Martin's control of these scenes has gradually changed from unfamiliar to familiar.

However, repeated filming has brought a lot of pressure to all the crew members, as well as Martin himself.

On weekends, Martin simply booked a famous nightclub in Manhattan and asked the crew to relax.

When they returned to work on Monday, the crew's mental state improved significantly, and the filming went much more smoothly.

Many problems in this industry can be solved with money, especially the staff's work enthusiasm and mental commitment.

Every day, the staff below vomited after eating a few pie-in-the-sky promises.

All the pie-in-the-sky promises can be exchanged for actual money, and Martin doesn't need to mobilize them, and the work enthusiasm of the entire crew will be high.

During this period, there were constant rumors in the outside media, such as Martin controlling the crew like a fascist and violently driving away DC's representatives in the crew, which were hyped over and over by some entertainment media.

There were also some news that Martin, the director, was just an empty shell, and the actual work was done by others, which was widely circulated in the gossip media.

Martin and Louise had been prepared for it. In addition to the routine press conferences, crew members such as Robert De Niro accepted media interviews, and they also held two media open days, inviting active media reporters and peers to enter the crew, actually contact the crew, and observe the filming of the film.

After this series of actions, those false rumors soon decreased a lot.

Even many media outlets are touting Martin, saying he has the potential to become another successful actor-turned-director after Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner.