Made in Hollywood

In the brightly lit tunnel, one car after another drove in. Among them were large trucks pulling containers, more than a dozen police cars, and a special swap police car provided by the Chicago police.

Filmed here will be several popular car chases.

As the crew received the full support of the Chicago City Government, there was sufficient time to temporarily close this tunnel area for filming. Although in the early stage of the studio, a lot of related scenes were filmed through models and green screens, some scenes were still Need to shoot on the spot.

Duke methodically directs the operation of the entire crew, and will visit the actors from time to time. A large number of stuntmen will be used to shoot some thrilling scenes, and safety measures must be in place.

No one wants to see accidents happen to the crew and actors.

In addition, batmobiles and bat motorcycles specially made by Lamborghini were also transported. These vehicles were divided into two parts. In addition to the normal ones, there was also a modified type specially used for erecting imax cameras.

All the scenes here will be shot with imax cameras.

After watching the preparations of the film crew, Duke walked to the place where the vehicle was parked, first circled the police car, and then walked to the large truck used by the clown to attack Harvey Dante,...↑, just watched At a glance, he found something wrong.

"Dun, come here."

Called the person in charge of the props group vehicle, Duke pointed to a line of letters on the outside of the truck container and said, "Did you miss something?"

After reading it carefully, Dunn said quickly, "Sorry, Duke, I will paint right away."

"As soon as possible," Duke nodded slightly. He said, "Don't delay the shooting."

After speaking, he walked towards the location of the director's monitor.

The mistake made by the props group was not big, it just forgot to paint a letter, but the meaning of the jargon outside the truck container has completely changed.

This sentence is ".". That is, "laughter is the best medicine", but this sentence does not meet the needs here, and it is impossible for people like clowns to accept this view.

Therefore, in the original design, at the beginning of this sentence, Duke asked people to add a striking red "s", that is, ".", so the meaning of the sentence became "slaughter is the best medicine" .

According to Duke's request, "s" is painted on the side door of the container. This is where the clowns will appear during shooting.

After the preparation was completed, the filming soon kicked off. Although the speed of the vehicle is actually not fast, it is more about using the motion of the camera to create the illusion that the vehicle is traveling at high speed. The filming is still divided into countless pieces, except for Heath? Jie's clown is fastened to the truck container with a safety belt, and the rest are basically stunt actors.

Especially Batman, there is not a single shot showing his face here. Duke had no intention of letting Christopher Bell play.

And in his plan, the film letters correspond to the cast list. Behind Batman will be the names of two stuntmen, because 90% of Batman scenes are done by them.

Christian Bale’s name will only be placed behind Bruce Wayne.

Police cars, swat special police cars, bullet-proof prisoner cars carrying dante, police cars, police cars, and a helicopter in the air have appeared one after another, and shots of explosions and car rollovers also appeared constantly during shooting.

These stunt scenes do not have much performance difficulty, but the shooting speed is not fast. A lot of preparation work takes too much time. A crash and rollover shot of only a dozen seconds often takes an hour or more to prepare.

The scene under the tunnel was filmed for three full days, and then Duke switched to shooting Batman. The imax camera was also installed on the front of the special Batmobile and Batmobile. To ensure that the shots of Batman driving fast have enough visual impact.

The shooting in Chicago is not only action scenes, but also a lot of literary scenes. The ending part is upstairs. Duke set up a venue in the studio to shoot. Harvey Dante and Batman fell downstairs. It was shot on the spot in an abandoned factory in the suburbs of Chicago.

Perhaps the rest time is too long. Gary Oldman and Christian Bale are not in good condition. The scenes of the night were endless. The crew was blown in the cold wind of Illinois for nearly two hours. Do not call both actors over.

"How do you feel?" Duke looked at Oldman and Bell, "It seems I shouldn't give you a holiday."

Gary Oldman smiled apologetically, Christian Bale was covered by the bat mask, and his expression was not visible.

Duke walked back and forth two laps, and then said to Gary Oldman and Christian Bale, "The reason why Batman and Gordon have this last conversation is because they know that if Harvey Dante changes publicly After becoming a double-faced person, flip a coin to kill, then the clown will truly win Gotham’s soul battle, and the city will completely lose hope."

Seeing that both of them were listening attentively, Duke continued, "If even Dante eventually loses the standard of good and evil and enters pure chaos, which is the so-called state of fairness, then Gotham will do what the Joker had hoped before. That’s how it develops. So Batman told Gordon to convince the public that the people Dante killed were killed by Batman, so that Dante could maintain his image as a martyr.

He first turned to Christian Bale, "Your character has to bear a heavy burden for this city and become a true dark knight."

Then Duke looked at Gary Oldman, "You are a pragmatist, for the sake of Gotham's hope, you can only make this choice."

Seeing Gary Oldman and Christian Bale thoughtfully, Duke waved his hands to both of them, "You guys go get ready and start shooting in fifteen minutes."

Perhaps Duke's analysis played a role, or perhaps the previous ng played a sufficient warm-up role. After the filming restarted, Gary Oldman and Christian Bale's performance improved.

Christian Bale, dressed as Batman, looked firmly at Gary Oldman, decided to resist this precious burden, and said, "Now call them in."

Gary Oldman hesitated, "They will hunt you down."

"Yes, you will hunt me down, you will curse me, let dogs chase me, because it must be so!"

Although there is no expression on Christian Bale under the mask, his tone did not waver, "Because sometimes it is not enough to have the truth! Sometimes people have the right to get more! Sometimes people's beliefs must get payback!"

After speaking, he stopped staying, stood up and limped to the place where the bat bike was parked, leaving only a black cloak back for the camera lens.

Duke made a gesture, and the little actor who played Gordon's son slowly walked to the camera and came directly to Gary Oldman. Gary Oldman moved his body slightly to cover the corpse lying on the ground.

"Batman? Dad, why did Batman run away." The little actor asked puzzledly.

Gary Oldman looked at the place where Christian Bale disappeared, "Because we had to catch him."

The little actor's expression became even more confused, "But he didn't do anything wrong."

Looking at the monitor screen, Duke slowly nodded. This little actor named Lanny Blackett performed very well, completely acting out the doubts and innocence of a child, which was exactly what he wanted.

Children represent innocence, and their standard of judgment is often the most human nature. In the eyes of innocent children, Batman is a good person.

This ending is a bit dark. It always has to give the audience some hope. Gordon's son represents this kind of hope.

Gary Oldman said his last lines emotionally, "Because he is a hero worthy of Gotham, but he is not the hero we need now, so we have to hunt him down, because he can bear all this, because He is not our hero, he is a silent guardian, a guardian who is always on the alert, a dark knight!"

"Cut!" Duke called to a halt, and when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, he said again, "Not yet, let's continue shooting!"

In the cold air, the crew became busy again. Shooting continued until midnight. After three more satisfactory shots were obtained, Duke announced the end of the day's work.

With the advancement of shooting in Chicago, 2006 ended here. The brand new 2007 entered Duke’s life. However, the New Year’s crew did not have a holiday and was still advancing according to Duke’s plan. All shots must be in mid-January. Time ends to allow enough time for post-production.

Although a large number of models and real scenes are used for shooting, there are still a lot of shots that need to be synthesized by cgi. Even Industrial Light and Magic requires a certain amount of time to produce.

After the New Year, filming in the Chicago area continued for another week, and the location scene gradually came to an end. In order to complete the filming as planned, Duke split the crew into two, and Anna Prinz led some people to film the remaining scattered scenes in Chicago. He led the main crew to Moscow to film.

There are not many scenes in Moscow, mainly Batman arrested and controlled the person in charge of the money of the gang. Although the market in this country is also very large, the fact that one of the main villains of the scene is set to be a Russian will also cause some trouble, but it is relatively Said that this market is more open, as long as Warner Bros.'s work is in place, there is no problem in film entry.

Even if it will arouse criticism from the Russian media after the release, Duke doesn't care. How many people in Hollywood directors care about Russian opinions?

Besides, if the Russians spit too much, it will inevitably lead to a counterattack from the American media. He is a native American director, and the mainstream media in North America will inevitably defend him.

Duke would be happy to see the result if the two sides started to fight, after all, there will be hot topics only when there are topics. (To be continued...)

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