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492-Talk to yourself to the green screen

After attending the media conference of 20th Century Fox, Wayne continued to join the core team members and entered Warner Studios together, and began to focus on the post-production work of "The Dark Knight".

At the same time, the news of his signing with 20th Century Fox also caused quite a stir in the outside world, and major media have reported on it. The term "X-Men" has become the topic of discussion among major media for a time.

For example, Fox's cable network has specially changed the theme of a conversation program, called "Return to the place where it first set sail, Wayne Greenberg and Twentieth Century Fox."

In the program, they specially invited Terry, an executive of 20th Century Fox, to describe the original cooperation process between Wayne and 20th Century Fox in artistic processing.

The consequence of this is that people listened to the hardships of his initial stages again, and were also full of favor for Twentieth Century Fox, a company that gave him the first opportunity to show off.

That's how it is. Every time someone is praised by people, some stupid guys will appear. So, the company that once rejected Wayne and the film selection expert began to be gradually exposed by gossip tabloids.

The ones who vomited the blood the most were not those small and medium-sized companies that were exposed, nor were Harvey Weinstein, who wanted to take advantage of the situation. Instead, it was one of the six giants of Universal Pictures. There has never been a secret in this circle. The destruction of Universal Pictures executives against Wayne at that time became the sales explosion point of gossip tabloids.

There is no way. People like to watch stories of inspirational struggle, even if this story has undergone some insignificant processing to meet the aesthetic views of more ordinary people.

But no matter which version of the story it is, the ultimate villain is Universal Pictures. It is almost human nature to pull one step at a time. In just two days, this giant film and television company that fell a big hit in the summer season this year has almost become a topic of conversation for ordinary North American movie fans after dinner.

"Hey, throw those colorful gossip tabloids aside."

In the later studio of Warner Studios, Wayne waved helplessly to the people who were surrounded by them. "Damn it, those stories have been made up. Sometimes I wonder if I have forgotten some of the plots of that year."

"Boss, look at this version."

Photographer Robert, as if he had discovered the New World, his eyes suddenly opened and rolled around, jumped up from the prop box like a child, holding the newspaper and letting him watch it loudly. "Oh my god, these editors of gossip tabloids, with such a great talent in making stories, why don't they just join the Hollywood Screenwriters Union? Look, this version is like a Dragon Quest..."

"This is indefinite, Robert."

Christian Bale, who was standing beside him, suddenly stood up and teased: "How do you know that he is not a screenwriter? You know, any taxi driver or restaurant waiter in Los Angeles is very likely to be a member of the screenwriter's union."

His teasing caused a burst of laughter, and everyone knew that he not only responded to Robert's teasing, but also connoted the embarrassing living environment of screenwriters in the circle. Almost all relevant practitioners knew that screenwriters were the industry with the lowest income in the circle.

So if you observe carefully, you will find that except for some leading screenwriters in large companies, as well as some screenwriters who are willing to join the screenwriter department and are willing to have no right to sign in the project, almost all the rest are struggling on food and clothing, and many people even need to rely on part-time jobs to support themselves.

This is the current situation in Hollywood. Even though the screenwriters fought countless times in the past many years, and even the so-called general strikes have been carried out many times, they still have not improved much of their own treatment.

The producer union, which is a position in the capital, will make limited compromises and concessions to the actor union every time the Hollywood strike occurs, and the same is true for the director union. However, when it is the screenwriter's turn, the situation will reverse greatly. The producer union will immediately become extremely tough and it is almost difficult to gain advantage from them.

The same situation has been happening all the time, even twenty years later. In this circle, the bottom-ranked salary of screenwriters is almost different from that of male and female celebrities, becoming two most unlikely situations that can be changed easily.

"Okay, the rest time is over. If you want to go on vacation early, please cheer me up." Wayne stretched out his hands and patted the people around him. "I would like to remind you, think about who is the boss behind those gossip tabloids? You will no longer be interested in all kinds of novel hype stories."

Everyone threw down the colorful newspapers and magazines in their hands, began to return to their respective positions, and began to prepare for the next work.

In fact, they all know that if most of the gossip tabloids on the market are actually affiliated with News Corp. As long as they figure this out, most people will suddenly realize that everything is actually 20th Century Fox guiding public opinion. They need to continue to hype related topics and increase the memory points of ordinary movie fans about "X-Men".

"Robert."

Looking at the director not far away, Christian Bale came to Robert, who was debugging the equipment, and whispered his doubts. "I don't understand what Wayne wants me to perform, but just performing a strange performance against this big green cloth? Do you know his intention?"

"It's an important easter egg and clue to the next part."

Robert also peeked at Wayne's position and found that the other party hadn't looked here, so he turned his body and replied in a low voice. "I don't know the specific plan. The relevant plan is very confidential, but I can be sure that the next DC comic-changing movie should not be the third part of Batman."

Because when shooting the camera material, it basically disrupts the plot, timeline and scene. In fact, no one can guess the final video effect except Wayne, and no one can guess even the easter eggs and clues that are preset for the subsequent chapters.

Just like the current filming work, before the crew was officially disbanded, the actor was only Christian Bale, and there was no specific script. Wayne had to make a request for each performance, and then he came to the green screen to make gestures or talk to himself.

"Steve, pay attention to the lights, I'm going to lean towards a dark red tone."

After communicating with the lighting team again, Wayne came to Christian Bale with satisfaction, reached out and knocked on the other party's obviously more technological bat armor, and told in a relaxed tone: "If you have any psychological burden, just follow the performance I assigned to you, or just pose it. I promise that the work will end today."

"Don't worry, boss." Christian Bale nodded. "I want to finish this damn job soon, you know, I've booked a flight to Hawaii the day after tomorrow."

“Ok.”

After filming the other party's armor again, Wayne turned around and shouted: "Each department is ready, we will start shooting immediately."

He observed the light at the scene again through the camera, nodded with satisfaction, and then immediately said loudly: "Let's keep the current effect and start."

After Gilmore, who acted as a temporary recorder, shouted the start, Christian Bale, dressed in armor, appeared in the center of the camera lens, and behind him was a large green screen, and began to make some strange moves.

Just as the studio was being secretly filmed, a middle-aged white man in a suit and tie jumped off the tram in the studio with obvious anxiety and irritability. His pace was quite fast, as if he was being chased by something terrible, and quickly walked towards the studio where the crew of "The Dark Knight" was located.

"Bruce? Why are you here?"

As soon as he walked to the door of the studio, he was immediately stopped by several security personnel. Before he could explain anything, he was seen by passing Charles Rowan.

"Damn it, something big happened, I'm going to see Wayne right away."

Bruce Rosenblum glanced at the security guard who was retreating and a low hoarse growled in his throat.

“What?!”

He was obviously stunned when he heard the roar. Charles Rowan knew the other party very well. As the most vicious boss among Warner Bros. executives, he had almost never seen the other party's current performance of losing his composure. "Wait, there is a secret shooting inside. Without Wayne or Gilmore's leadership, those security personnel will not let you in, so I'll call immediately."

"Shit! Fast, the faster the better."

Not long after, Wayne walked out with a puzzled look on his face. He didn't bother to ask, nodded to the security staff and walked into the studio with the two.

The staff at the filming scene were also confused. Everyone saw Bruce Rosenblum and recognized the distribution manager of Warner Bros., but they didn't understand what was going on. The big man needed to come to the studio to interrupt their work.

Wayne waved to the team members and signaled everyone to rest first. He brought the two people behind him to the office.

“Just just now.”

Bruce Rosenblum lit a cigarette in annoyance, sat on the sofa, stared straight into Wayne's eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "I got a shit-like press release through special channels!"

Speaking of this, he sucked two cigarettes tightly, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice before continuing: "The manuscript records the specific plot of "The Dark Knight". I have read it carefully. A small part of it is exactly the same as the script. Most of the remaining ones should be completed by speculation, and...."

“m**her f**ker?!”

Wayne, who just wanted to light a cigarette, threw the lighter and cigarette out, and at the same time, his upper body leaning against the sofa suddenly tightened. You know, a popular movie that will be released in advance was leaked, which is basically equivalent to a disaster, and the impact on the box office is self-evident.

The reason why most ordinary movie fans are willing to go to the theater to spend money to watch movies is because of the various attractiveness of the movie. This is also the main reason why production companies and directors maintain their mystery before the film is released. It is nothing more than just for the box office.

There have been similar situations in Hollywood, on the contrary, there are quite a few. But without exception, the box office was lighter than expected. Films that lost their appeal to ordinary movie fans, even big stars and big special effects scenes, are usually not saved.

492-Talking to the green screen
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