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Chapter 690: Actual Shooting of Hospital Explosion Scene

After filming a large number of literary scenes about the Joker, Heath Ledger can take a break for a while.

His girlfriend and daughter were with him on the set, and it was obvious that Gilbert Jr. thought it would be useful for Heath Ledger to be a necessary companion.

Gilbert Jr. also used the excuse that Heath Ledger should go to the Landrini-Steve Jobs Medical Center in Chicago for treatment, saying that playing the Joker might cause psychological trauma, so he needed to go for treatment.

Heath Ledger was not happy at first, but after going there a few times, he found that his headaches were greatly reduced without taking sedatives and painkillers, and he was no longer resistant.

Of course, if you want a complete cure, Heath Ledger must first quit taking these drugs. This is up to him, and the doctors can't help him.

The crew's next filming work will focus on action scenes, and Christian Bale's stand-ins will still be the same two from the previous film.

These two action doubles have similar builds to Christian Bale, and more importantly, they can imitate Christian Bale's movements and gait exactly.

However, action doubles are only used in high-risk action scenes, and Christie Bale requires herself to do all other general action scenes.

Especially when it comes to driving the Batmobile, he was determined to do it himself, because there are not many opportunities to drive the Batmobile on the road.

Gilbert Jr. has always been a director who likes real shooting. Now that digital technology and green screen technology have reached a certain level, he can participate in film shooting.

But in terms of texture, real shots are more realistic.

Most of the shots in "Avatar" were shot with digital technology and green screen technology. However, since it is a story that takes place on the planet Pandora, bright colors can be used to cover up the shortcomings of green screen technology.

But "The Dark Knight" is a film based on a realistic context. What Gilbert Jr. wants to do is to be real and make the audience believe that there is such a real Gotham City.

First of all, "The Dark Knight" gives the audience a big treat.

Two hundred meters from the entrance of an abandoned hospital in Billings, Montana, local state legislator Peter Rock was talking to Gilbert Jr.

Little Gilbert thanked him: "Thank you, Mr. Rock. Without your help, we would not know how to get the filming permit."

"It's my pleasure, Gilbert Jr., I've always been a big fan of the Batman series," said Peter Rock.

To express his gratitude, Gilbert Jr. invited Peter Rock to play a role in The Dark Knight.

The old man sitting in the police office and throwing paper balls shortly after the film began was him, which fulfilled the wish of this loyal fan.

Peter Rock also said: "If there is anything else I can help you with, just ask."

Little Gilbert thought for a moment and said, "I hope you can come to the premiere of The Dark Knight next year."

Peter Rock was more than happy to say, "Of course..."

This can also be considered a publicity gimmick, and neither side has any reason to refuse.

Guo Fan followed the director team to do on-site dispatching. He knew that the hospital was going to be bombed today, but seeing how large the hospital was, he thought it was just one building.

"James, which building are we bombing today?"

"Which building should we blow up? We'll blow them all up."

"Blow them all up?" Guo Fan suspected that he had heard it wrongly: "Isn't this a bit too exaggerated?"

James looked like he was ignorant: "Not really, our directors shoot movies for the real thing. Man, just watch it carefully, it will be absolutely shocking."

Gilbert Jr. was also communicating with Heath Ledger: "Have you filmed a lot of explosion scenes in your previous movies?"

"Not much," Heath Ledger shook his head. "It hasn't even been filmed."

"It's okay," Little Gilbert warned, "When the explosion occurs, your body may shake uncontrollably, and the huge explosion will make noise, so you need to pay attention."

Heath Ledger showed a strange smile on his face with clown makeup: "Don't worry, we have rehearsed many times before, there won't be any problems."

"OK," Gilbert nodded, and then reminded the pyrotechnic stunt director Tony Ridley: "Tony, remember to cooperate with the clown's movements later. The explosion will not happen all at once."

Tony Ridley made an OK gesture to show that he understood.

After the crew's safety officer finished the inspection, the scene was officially ready for filming. "Everyone, except for necessary personnel, evacuate 500 meters away to prevent accidents." James and Guo Fan shouted with a loud speaker.

Final preparations were being made on site, with little Gilbert standing there to watch the final explosion effects and wait for reports from each group.

"The props team is ready."

"The costumes and makeup are all fine."

"Lighting and photography are ready."

"The aerial photography team has taken off."

"The fireworks explosion team is ready!"

"The stage manager is ready to hit the board."

"The Dark Knight, scene 121, shot 1, the pig begins."

Little Gilbert held up a megaphone and shouted: "Everyone is ready. 1, 2, 3, action..."

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The main camera number one was operated by John Schwartzman and was a bulky IMAX camera.

From the camera's footage, we can see that the Joker, played by Heath Ledger, is skipping out of the hospital. There are constant explosions in the hospital behind him, but not all of them have detonated.

When the people in the school bus saw the clown, they all made terrified noises, as if they had seen something scary.

The hospital stopped exploding halfway, and the clown pressed the remote control a few times, then spread his hands and looked back at the hospital, still wondering what was going on. As a result, there was a more violent explosion, and the clown immediately threw the remote control away, got on the school bus, took hostages and fled the scene.

Guo Fan, who was hiding in the distance, was completely dumbfounded. He had been staring at the abandoned hospital since the explosion began, until the explosion razed the abandoned hospital to the ground.

It’s horrible, horrible, horrible.

Guo Fan repeated it three times in his heart. He looked at little Gilbert who was observing the explosion not far away. There was actually a hint of excitement in little Gilbert's eyes.

Guo Fan felt that little Gilbert must be a pervert, otherwise, how could a normal person do such a thing?

Although it was far away, the sound of the explosion was shocking enough. Not to mention Guo Fan, even Montana State Representative Peter Rock was stunned.

"Oh my God, oh my God, this is crazy," Peter Rock muttered to himself.

It turns out that someone really blew up a hospital during a real-life filming. Although it was abandoned, it was still shocking enough.

Little Gilbert didn't have time to marvel. He quickly checked the picture effect with several camera operators: "How is the shooting effect?"

"Camera One reporting, perfect."

"Camera No. 2 reporting in, perfect."

"Report from camera number three, perfect."

"Aerial photography team reports that the explosion was filmed perfectly from high altitude."

"Very good, congratulations, guys, you succeeded in one go," Gilbert Jr. laughed.

Everybody cheered. If the visuals weren't good, there wouldn't be another hospital to blow them up, so it would be best to get it right in one go.

Heath Ledger was a little trembling when he came down. It was his first time shooting such a scene.

But he had used great control to complete the entire performance, and didn't let the scene fall apart. Obviously, his performance was quite good.

Little Gilbert patted his shoulder and said, "You've worked hard. Go back and have a rest!"

Heath Ledger didn't want to talk any more, so he quickly got in the nanny car and went back to rest.

(End of this chapter)