470 - smooth shooting
Hearing the producer's suggestion, Wayne was stunned for a moment, looked up at Charles Rowan, and after confirming that the other party's expression was full of seriousness, he shook his head helplessly. "There may be some changes in the future DC comic-making movies, but it is impossible now, and Batman is not suitable for doing that."
More things he didn't say explicitly, the DC movies that were young and popcorn-like? Batman and Robin?! Unless he grows up on his head, he will never do that.
Since he is one of Warner Bros. shareholders, he definitely hopes that the higher the profits of the film, the better. However, when Batman in the dark style has achieved success, there is no need to risk changing his style. The style that continues to succeed in the previous work is the mainstream way of Hollywood.
Another point is that his main business is a director. It was already a very strange choice to shoot non-mainstream movies like superheroes. Popularizing film production will only make the film one of the goods on the Hollywood assembly line, which will not be of any benefit to his future.
Whether it is a superhero movie or not, Wayne will stick to his own production style. The ultimate personal style full of darkness, human nature, and social attributes is his biggest advantage that distinguishes him from others and what adds most points to himself.
"Boss, you can start."
Gilmore ran over and knocked on the director's monitor, interrupting the two of them chatting about the movie. "I have taken the actors to practice moving a few times just now, and all departments are ready."
Wayne nodded and grabbed the loudspeaker on the table. The scene gradually became quiet, and the staff looked at the director.
"light?"
"Ok!"
"Photography?"
"There is no problem with the photography team!"
With his last confirmation, he got the photography, props, lighting, sets, recording and other work were ready, and then nodded to the scene record and said, "Let's start."
"The first scene, the first act, begin now!"
After receiving the director's instructions, the scene record immediately laid the board in his hand. After countless preparations, the first scene finally officially started shooting.
Photography director Robert controlled the No. 1 main camera hanging from the cantilever, and accurately conveyed the close-up of several actors in the field to the director's monitor in front of Wayne.
The scene of a robber robbing the bank was being filmed. Several actors were wearing clown masks. After hearing the sound of the sound of the scene recording, they immediately started to move according to their previous practice.
Since the actors wear masks on their faces, the difficulty of the performance is greatly reduced. As we all know, all the actors' expressions, even the slightest expression changes, will be accurately captured by the camera. With the mask blocking, the actors invisibly let go of a lot of performance burdens.
Besides, the meaning of these robbers' existence is actually to reflect the clown's power. There is basically 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 clear division of labor to control the bank staff. Wayne nodded silently as he looked.
"cut! It performed well, and each team member was reset. Let's do it again."
The camera for more than ten seconds ended soon, and Wayne shouted at the megaphone. In fact, this one already meets his usage standards, but this is the first one. You can keep one or two more and make more preparations for the post-production editing work.
"Ha, Wayne."
Nicholas Cage was holding the same clown mask in his hand, standing next to the director's monitor. After hearing him shouting, he suddenly teased. "I bet that if the guy you faced at noon, if they were as well-trained as they were, you would definitely be lying in the hospital now."
"Shit, that's impossible."
While ticking the shooting plan on the first page of the director's record book, Wayne said without raising his head: "Nicolah, why do you think I dare to go out? Don't think I'm because of courage. When facing bullets, courage is not as good as shit! Why do you think I take Sergey with me everywhere?"
In fact, as long as the opponent is a person, the probability of hurting him is really extremely low. Even if an ordinary person is well-trained, he is not as fast as a retired instructor from a special forces.
"Listen, your camera is also performing with a mask in a while, so don't mess it up!"
After glanced at Nicholas Cage who was doing nothing, Wayne warned seriously. "These two days have been your one-man show. It's better to get me into the performance state as soon as possible, otherwise..."
"Hey, I understand, I understand."
Nicholas Cage hurriedly raised his hands, looked like he surrendered, and retreated and left the director position, muttering constantly.
"Damn it, he still hasn't changed at all. He turned into an ice-shaped face when he worked..."
"Wayne has always been like this, hasn't it?"
Lighting team leader Steve Wilson heard his mumbling and reached out to pat her on the shoulder. "These days are almost all your scenes, which shows that Wayne trusts you very much. Nicholas, I bet that if you mess it up in a while, you will definitely suffer more cold violence and torture."
"Steve! If you like to chat, I will find a special time and place for you to chat. Now, go and adjust the damn light for me!"
Before the two of them could say a few more words, the scene immediately remembered Wayne's shout from the loudspeaker. Steve Wilson shrugged and quickly returned to his job.
"The first scene, the first act, the second time begins now!"
With the shouts of the scene, the filming began again, just like the one just now, the actors and the crew performed well, which almost made Wayne unable to find any fault.
After years of hard work and accumulation, the behind-the-scenes working groups of the crew are almost all elderly people. Since the main team members have not changed much, the biggest advantage compared to the temporary crew is that they have enough tacit understanding.
The long-term work cooperation has allowed everyone to adapt to Wayne's work style. The crew directly saved the time of running in with each other, making the filming very smooth from the beginning.
Similar to this kind of cutscene scene, there was almost no problem. After shooting a few shots, they could be called out after only three or four times. Even Wayne himself was surprised.
He was originally planning to finish shooting the robbers in the bank lobby on the first day, and then it would be better to take two more clowns to appear. Unexpectedly, Nicholas Cage was about to appear early at four o'clock in the afternoon.
"Listen, you are different from them, ahha? Even with a mask, I hope you can show the effect you deserve, OK?"
In the middle of the bank hall, Gilmore was directing the actors to stand, and Wicks Hart directed the prop group, laying out the money needed for a while, taking advantage of the break in the shooting scene, Wayne grabbed Nicholas Cage and kept making instructions.
"You should be clear about your weight in this movie. I will have very strict requirements on all your shots. Even if a look and emotion makes me feel that the performance is not in place, I will make you repeat it all the time, huh?"
"Leave it to me."
Nicholas Cage nodded, buckled the mask directly on his face, grabbed the prop pistol in his hand, and squatted on the ground to start brewing his performance.
This is his opportunity. He knows the meaning of this film. Although the name is Batman, the most attractive character is actually the Joker. He has worked so hard for this character, and he is waiting for this moment.
Not long after, as the board was knocked down, two actors in the field immediately began to perform. One of the same clown masks suddenly raised his gun and said to Nicholas Cage, "I bet, the clown told you to wait for us to put the money in the car and then kill me!"
“Ha, no, no, no no!”
Nicholas Cage, wearing a mask, spoke in a relaxed tone, raised his wrist and glanced at the time. "I am responsible for killing the school bus driver."
"School Bus Driver? What school bus driver?"
The two confronted each other, constantly moving their positions.
“cut!”
Wayne's voice rang through the megaphone throughout the bank hall. The two actors who were performing breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the director's voice.
"How is 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 prepare.”
He raised his head and breathed a sigh of relief. Wayne looked at the deputy director and said, "This is OK. Nicholas is acting so that I can't find any fault."
"Props, arrange the site!"
Gilmo immediately turned around and ran towards the prop group.
Regardless of whether it was covered by a mask, Nicholas Cage's performance was remarkable, especially his voice, which easily revealed madness. Even Wayne could not find any big mistakes. In the subsequent filming, except for the scene where the school bus crashed into the wall, which was repeated several times, the literary scenes were almost always called once or twice.
No one expected that there would be such a shooting efficiency on the first day. When Wayne announced his work, he actually took a half-day to shoot the original one-day plan.
"The hardships he suffered now seem to be completely beyond expectations."
At some point, Nina quietly returned to Wayne and sighed at the clown who was walking towards the makeup remover.
"What do you want to say? If you can't beat you, you will become stronger in the end, right?"
Wayne was in a very good mood, whistled and drew a big hook on the first page of the shooting plan.
Shrugged, Nina began to help him pack his belongings. "Good description, how are you having a cold? Boss? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
"Apart from feeling that I don't have much strength, my head is scared by the afternoon incident, and I feel much more awake."
When they mentioned this, the two of them frowned at the same time. They both knew that tomorrow was the beginning of the media storm.
Chapter completed!