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"The "Dark Knight Rises" war begins, and the set and behind the scenes are revealed!"

Just entering October, news like this flooded the Internet to remind fans that the new work directed by Duke has entered the shooting stage.

Websites such as Yahoo! Entertainment and Instant Sharing have also received many news that Warner Bros. actively disclosed.

"Duke Rosenberg’s production team will now be shooting for two weeks in Los Angeles. Therefore, the paparazzi in the City of Angels are ready to go. I believe there will be a huge amount of new news impacting your vision every day. nerve."

The next day, the "Los Angeles Times" disclosed that "according to the latest inside information, an important supporting character in "The Dark Knight Rises" will die, which directly leads to the unpredictable direction of the film.

Subsequently, Yahoo Entertainment published a photo of Cillian Murphy entering the Hughes Aircraft Factory with the title "Scarecrow Reproduction".

"The Scarecrow played by Cillian Murphy appeared in Duke's first two Batman movies, and he will appear this time! In "The Dark Knight Rises", his apparent identity is from Gotham City New judge! After taking office, he will sentence those wealthy and social elites to death or exile, perhaps because of this, Gotham has fallen into turmoil."

These are all news released by the crew on their own initiative, which will not cause spoilers and attract public attention.

The Hughes Aircraft Factory, where Duke has started filming, is a restricted area for media reporters. The entire crew is busy shooting intense and complex action scenes, and there is no time to deal with media reporters.

Duke first shot the aerial action scene in the film. Bain planned and carried out a fatal hijacking incident, which caused a riot.

Most of this part of the scene was shot in the huge hangar of the Hughes Aircraft Factory. Anna Prinz has already led a team to shoot the location material, and the background green screen will be replaced with a real scene through CGI technology in post-production. .

In the studio, a huge C-130 Hercules transport aircraft and a small business jet model have been built long ago. With the assistance of more than a dozen booms, the "flying" in the air was realized.

The stuntmen dangled Via, seemingly thrilling. In fact, it is safe to complete the hijacking from one plane to another in front of the camera surrounded by a green screen.

Sitting behind the monitor, Duke watched the transmitted real-time picture intently.

The huge model of the C-130 Hercules transport plane was hung by a boom and approached from above the hijacked plane. Four stuntmen playing terrorists were tied by cables and flew out of the cargo compartment. It landed on the wing of the CIA plane, and then shot violently at the window.

Afterwards, they tied the plane that had completely lost control with the Hercules transport plane.

Duke's style of directing is that you can use post-production and never risk shooting on the spot, so most of the opening scenes. It will be done in front of the green screen in the studio.

Even so, there are still great difficulties and dangers in this action. From start to finish, it depends on the high degree of cooperation between the various departments in the pursuit of time and accuracy, and it is carried out in an orderly manner.

In order to smoothly film the high-altitude opening scene and ensure the personal safety of all staff, the crew began various preparations months in advance, doing a lot of things that challenge historical records, and even break traditional practices, but Duke filmed Zhong is still very cautious because he firmly believes. All protective measures are necessary.

Before shooting, the visual effects team from Industrial Light and Magic produced a sound animation, that is, a low-resolution computer animation, to preview the work of each department in order to discover possible problems in time.

Through the preview version of the visual effects animation, the special effects team, special effects team, visual effects team and other departments can clearly know which part of their functions will play a role in real shooting, which can help the team to better complete their respective work To a great help.

Before shooting the scenes of the hijackers leaping from the C-130 Hercules transport plane to the CIA business jet, stunt director Jimmy Carter also made a lot of preparations in order to ensure the maximum personal safety for the high-altitude stunt actors.

Don't look at the four people grabbing the four ropes and flying out of the cabin from the tail of the plane. Landing on another plane, but to cooperate with the filming of the crew is not an easy task, especially safety issues. It is something the crew must consider.

Before shooting with a real person, Duke asked Jimmy Carter to make countless simulation demonstrations with dummy and various equipment, and did various emergency precautions, including the ability to cut the rope at any time, and the double-protected Via, etc. .

Fortunately, God bless, none of these measures have worked so far.

Due to the script setting, the CIA plane's body will eventually fall. Therefore, the crew’s preparations on the ground were not at all sloppy. Before shooting, the entire studio was thoroughly cleared up. Even if it was just a model airplane, the power of falling from the top of the studio should not be ignored.

When everything was ready, Duke and the director of photography, John Schwarzman, took an open lift and captured all the shots in the air. Sufficient preparation and extremely professional level created efficiency and precision. The original plan was nine days. It took only two days to complete the aerial drama completed here.

In the desperate fight in the cabin, Duke moved to the airship hangar of the Hughes Aircraft Factory to shoot. Hannah Serena and her team made a section of the fuselage on a gimbal, which can be vertical. The horizontal inverted freely and the ability to tilt quickly puts the balance ability of everyone in front of and behind the crew to a thorough test.

"I don't know why Duke is the director's set, the actors always have to somersault, or they have to turn them all over," the director of photography John Schwarzman apparently remembered the situation when filming "Gravity." Youxin, "Obviously, shooting like this is very laborious and difficult, but the effect on the big screen is definitely excellent."

His words also gave Dawn Johnson and others a little comfort when they were turned over.

These opening action dramas were completely filmed with IMAX cameras. In addition, the IMAX camera will do my part as the protagonist during the entire filming process, completing most of the action plots.

Regarding the cooperation with IMAX, Duke also told the media when he was in and out of the Hughes Aircraft Factory in an interview.

"I especially love shooting with IMAX cameras,"

To the reporter’s recorder, Duke especially emphasized, “Because it can enlarge and relax the picture, and maximize the scale. In the last "Dark Knight" and other films, I have already experienced its extraordinary Skills, through continuous learning and research, our technology is becoming more and more mature, and the exposure index and other aspects can better serve the film. The continuous updating of technology has continuously improved our shooting standards."

Nowadays, a large number of IMAX cameras are used to shoot a film, which is already one of the selling points. Duke's words are also for publicity.

John Schwarzman, who was interviewed with Duke, completely agrees with Duke’s statement, “In terms of picture and sound quality, IMAX provides an immersive viewing experience because the format and clarity of the picture are presented in front of humans. The expansive and immersive feeling that came out, coupled with the high-fidelity surround sound, makes it difficult to forget the emotions. We spent three months restructuring the viewfinder on the camera with Panasonic and IMAX, and Improved the lens, so that even in the dim environment of the machine, you can shoot extremely high-quality pictures. All these improvements have achieved many details that we could not do in the previous two films."

However, during the filming of the film, the bulky MSM9280.IMAX camera caused a lot of trouble to John Schwarzman and his photography team. It was enough to set up these big guys on the elevator used for shooting, and the crew had no choice. Don't re-cut and weld on the elevator, in order to put these heavy guys more firmly.

When shooting ground scenes, the crew placed a thick aluminum plate on a micro-moving track to build a horizontal working platform for the MSM9280.IMAX camera.

In all scenes filmed with IMAX cameras, Duke required dual-camera shooting. At least one of the three technicians assigned by IMAX to the crew must be on set to assist John Schwarzman’s camera crew to deal with some high Difficult shooting operations, and temporary repair work to ensure the smooth progress of the crew.

In general, the MSM9280.IMAX camera is no different from other cameras in terms of film loading, film movement and operability, but there will be many unexpected situations when changing the film, which will cause the card to malfunction. If the card phenomenon is too serious , This MSM9280.IMAX camera can only be temporarily taken out of work and dragged to the IMAX branch workshop in Los Angeles for professional disassembly and repair.

To a certain extent, these cumbersome big guys are more delicate than ordinary cameras, and the total number of IMAX cameras in the world is extremely limited. If all three MSM9280.IMAX cameras fail, Duke can only pause shooting or Use ordinary digital cameras instead.

In Duke's hands, the MSM9280.IMAX camera is mainly used to shoot action, panorama and impact lenses, and other ordinary lenses are mainly used for ordinary digital cameras.

Even now, the cost of IMAX cameras remains high. Using IMAX cameras throughout the process is both inconvenient and too extravagant.

This is the third part of the series. The crew’s expenditure on cast and crew remuneration is close to 100 million U.S. dollars. Duke also guarantees post-production costs. Regardless of the film’s estimated production cost of up to 250 million U.S. dollars, it is actually used for shooting. The funds are not particularly large.

After the opening scene, Duke led the crew back to Warner Studios, and the most mysterious Margot Robbie also appeared on the set, and the crew was preparing to film her part. (~^~)

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