Hollywood Drawing

After hearing the producer's suggestion, Wayne was stunned for a moment, raised his head and glanced at Charles Rowan. After making sure that the other person's expression was full of seriousness, he shook his head helplessly. "There may be changes for future DC comic movies, but it's impossible now, and Batman isn't suitable for that."

More DC movies that he didn’t say clearly, that are juvenile and popcorn-oriented? Batman and Robin? ! Unless he had a big blister on his head, he would never do that.

Since he is one of the shareholders of Warner Bros., he definitely hopes that the profit of the film will be as high as possible. However, since the dark style of Batman has already achieved success, there is no need to risk changing the style and continue the success of the previous film. style is the mainstream way of doing things in Hollywood.

Another point is that his main job is to be a director. Shooting non-mainstream movies like superheroes is already a very strange choice. Blindly popcorning movie production will only make the movie become a Hollywood assembly line. One of the goods, which is not good for his future.

Regardless of whether it is a superhero movie or not, Wayne will stick to his own production style. His ultimate personal style, full of darkness, humanity, and social attributes, is his biggest advantage that distinguishes him from others, and it is also what gives him the most points.

"Boss, it's time to start."

Gilmour ran over and tapped on the director's monitor, interrupting the two's chat about the movie. "I have just led the actors to practice their moves several times, and all departments are ready."

Wayne nodded and grabbed the loudspeaker on the table. The scene gradually became quiet, and the staff all looked towards the director's seat.

"light?"

"ok!"

"Photography crew?"

“The camera crew is fine!”

With his final confirmation that photography, props, lighting, scenery, recording and other work were all ready, he nodded to the recorder and said, "Let's get started."

"The Dark Knight, scene one, act one, begins now!"

After getting the director's signal, the scene recorder immediately made the decision in his hand. After countless preparations, the shooting of the first scene finally officially started.

Robert, the director of photography, controlled the No. 1 main camera hanging on the cantilever, and accurately conveyed the close-ups of several actors in the scene to the director's monitor in front of Wayne.

What was being filmed was a scene of robbers robbing a bank. Several actors were wearing clown masks. After hearing the sound of the script recorder, they immediately started moving according to the previous practice.

Since the actors wear masks on their faces, the difficulty of the performance is greatly reduced. As we all know, all the expressions and movements of the actors, even the slightest changes in expressions, will be accurately captured by the camera. With the mask blocking the actors, they can virtually I let go of a lot of performance baggage.

Besides, the purpose of the existence of these robbers is actually to show the power of the clown. Basically, there is no situation where the camera only chases a certain actor.

In the director's monitor, several robbers wearing clown masks were well-trained and had a clear division of labor to control the bank staff. Wayne nodded silently as he watched.

"Cut! You did a good job. Reset each team and let's do it again."

The ten-second shot ended quickly, and Wayne shouted into the loudspeaker. In fact, this line already met his usage standards, but this was the first line. He could have added one or two more for safety. Be more prepared for post-editing work.

"Ha, Wayne."

Nicolas Cage was holding the same clown mask in his hand and standing next to the director's monitor. After hearing him shout "Click", he suddenly made a joke. "I bet that guy you faced at noon, if they were as well trained as they are, you would be lying in the hospital right now."

"Shit, that's impossible."

While ticking the shooting plan on the first page of the director's notebook, Wayne said without raising his head: "Nicholas, why do you think I dare to go out? Don't think it's because of my courage. , when faced with bullets, my courage is worse than shit! Why do you think I carry Sergey with me everywhere?"

In fact, as long as the opponent is one person, the probability of hurting him is really infinitely low. No matter how well-trained ordinary people are, they can't be faster than a retired instructor of the special forces.

"Listen, you will also be performing with a mask on during the camera, so don't screw it up for me!"

Glancing at Nicolas Cage who was doing nothing, Wayne gave a serious warning. "It's been your one-man show for the past two days. You'd better get into performance mode quickly, otherwise..."

"Hey, I understand, I understand."

Nicolas Cage hurriedly raised his hands as if surrendering, backed away from the director's seat, and kept mumbling.

"Damn it, he really hasn't changed at all. He turns into an ice cube face when he works..."

"Wayne's always been like that, hasn't he?"

Lighting team leader Steve Wilson heard his muttering and reached out to pat her shoulder. "These past few days have been almost all your scenes, which shows that Wayne trusts you very much. Nicholas, I bet that if you mess up, you will definitely endure more cold violence and torture."

"Steve! If you like to chat, I will find a time and place for you to chat. Now, go and adjust the damn lights for me!"

Before the two could say anything more, the scene immediately remembered Wayne's shouting from the loudspeaker. Steve Wilson shrugged and quickly returned to his job.

"The Dark Knight, scene one, act one, scene two begins now!"

With the shout of the recorder, the filming started again, just like the time before, the actors and crew performed very well in all types of work, leaving Wayne almost unable to find any faults.

After years of hard work and accumulation, almost all the behind-the-scenes working groups of the crew are old people. Since the main team members have not changed much, the biggest advantage compared to the improvised crew is that they have a good understanding of each other.

The long-term cooperation allowed everyone to adapt to Wayne's working style. The crew directly saved the time of getting used to each other, making the filming go very smoothly from the beginning.

There were almost no problems with cutscenes like this. After a few shots were shot, they only had to be repeated three or four times before they were shouted at. Even Wayne himself was surprised by how smooth it was.

He originally planned to finish shooting the robber scenes in the bank lobby on the first day, and then it would be best to shoot two scenes of the clown's appearance. Unexpectedly, it was not even four o'clock in the afternoon, and Nicolas Cage would appear early.

"Listen, you are different from them, huh? Even if you are wearing a mask, I hope you can show the desired effect, okay?"

In the middle of the bank hall, Gilmour was directing the actors' positions, and Wicks-Hart was directing the props team, arranging bags of money that would be used for a while. Taking advantage of the break in arranging the shooting scene, Wayne grabbed Nicholas. -Cage, keeps giving advice.

"You should know your importance in this movie. I will be very strict with all your scenes. Even if a look in your eyes makes me feel that your performance is not up to par, I will ask you to keep repeating it, huh?"

"give it to me."

Nicolas Cage nodded, put the mask directly on his face, grabbed the prop pistol in his hand, squatted on the ground and began to prepare for the performance.

This is his chance. He knows the significance of this film. Although it is called Batman, the most charming character is actually the Joker. He has worked so hard for this role and this is the moment he has been waiting for.

It didn't take long, and as the clapperboard was laid down, the two actors in the field immediately began to perform. With the same clown mask, one of them suddenly raised his gun and pointed it at Nicolas Cage, saying: "I bet the clown asked you to wait for us to load the money into the car, and then he would kill me!"

"Oh, no, no, nonono!"

Nicolas Cage, wearing a mask, spoke in a relaxed tone, raised his wrist and glanced at the time. "The person I was responsible for killing was the school bus driver."

"School bus driver? What school bus driver?"

The two faced each other, constantly moving their positions.

"cut!"

Wayne's voice echoed through the loudspeaker throughout the bank hall. The two actors who were performing breathed a sigh of relief at the same time after hearing the director's voice.

"How was it? Do you want to do it again?"

Gilmore waited for a long time and found that Wayne had been staring at the monitor and kissed him in confusion.

"Let the school bus get ready."

Raising his head and taking a deep breath, Wayne looked at the assistant director and said. "There's no problem with this. Nicholas, this guy, behaves so that I can't find any fault with him."

"Props, set up the scene!"

Gilmore immediately turned around and ran towards the props team.

Whether it's because of the mask or not, Nicolas Cage's performance is remarkable, especially his voice, which reveals madness in a relaxed manner. Even Wayne really can't find much fault. In the subsequent filming, except for the scene where the school bus crashed into the wall, which was repeated several times, almost every literary scene was shouted out once or twice.

No one expected such shooting efficiency on the first day. By the time Wayne announced the end of work, he had actually shot the original one-day plan in half a day.

"The hardships he suffered, now it seems, were completely worth it beyond expectation. "

At some point, Nina quietly returned to Wayne and sighed to the clown who was walking towards the makeup truck.

"What do you want to say? What can't defeat you will eventually make you stronger, right?"

Wayne was also in a very good mood. He whistled and put a big check mark on the first page of the shooting plan.

Shrugging, Nina started to help him pack his belongings. "That's a good description. How is your cold, boss? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

"In addition to feeling like I don't have any strength, my head was frightened by what happened at noon, but I feel much more awake."

When this was mentioned, the two people frowned at the same time. They both knew that tomorrow would be the beginning of the media storm.

Before getting in the car, Wayne clucked his lips, temporarily suppressed all the disturbing thoughts, and told the assistant: "Nina, contact the Chinese restaurant we ate at last time in New York, and we will have Chinese food for dinner. "