hollywood draw

"In New York, the shooting needs to be renovated has been completed. After the scenes here are over, you can start shooting directly."

The crew's filming location is mainly on this set called Qingshui Bay. Because the set started early, and the film company here coordinated, the preparations were done very well.

While photography director Robert Carlos was working on the camera debugging and testing before shooting, Luke Simmons got close to Wayne and talked to him about work in New York.

“Good job.”

He took his attention from the chaotic shooting scene and turned to look at his senior. "Luke, you don't have to participate in the shooting of this film. Follow Tim Burton and help him deal with various problems in the crew and various financial situations."

Luke Simmons nodded. "I understand, but, are you sure I'm suitable to be a producer?"

"Of course, believe me, you will do a very good job. If there is no accident, I will need you to work as a producer in my next project."

This is a small promise he made to his senior. The producer he was most co-produced with must be John Gray of Warner Bros. But John is now expected to take over the film and television production department and will definitely not come to the crew again.

Luke also has talent in this area, and he has a relatively gentle personality and will not conflict with him due to work problems and crew rights.

"Do you know? Wayne." Tim Burton walked back from the local actors with an incredible look. "I used to think that you and Spielberg were the most typical fast gunners, and no one can compare to the speed of making the video, of course, on the premise of ensuring quality.

However, I talked with those people through Sandy Yang that the directors on their side could actually shoot the camera materials of a film in half a month, and then do all the post-production work in half a month, and then after the film was released, the box office results were quite good."

Not only was he surprised by this kind of thing, but Luke Simmons next to him was also surprised. "My God, can you make a movie in one month? Are you a small-cost mill film?"

"No, the speed here has always been so fast." Tim Burton said, it seems that he had asked this question just now.

This may be a miracle for the Hollywood crew, but Wayne had known this for a long time. It was simply incomparable to the other party in this regard. Its work efficiency was different. In addition, the constraints of various unions, the inability to work overtime, and the need to take vacations, etc., such things can basically not be copied in Hollywood.

For example, the crew is doing test work carefully now, and many of Robert Carlos' behaviors have puzzled many people watching from a distance. In their opinion, these are harmless problems and are seriously affecting the shooting progress.

Since arriving at the Qingshui Bay set at 7:30 in the morning, the crew has been waiting for their work to be completed. More than an hour has passed, but there has not even been a single shot.

This is the difference in the production concepts of the two places. On the contrary, Wayne was very satisfied with the delay of the photography team. Only by doing these preparations carefully can the progress and quality of the shooting be guaranteed.

Since "Happy Day of Death", he has never done specific camera work, especially since working with Robert, the other party's professional ability has always been above the level.

"I'll have a little more time. I'll test the effect of the actual shooting. It should be completed in about twenty minutes."

He was surrounded by hundreds of people to watch, not counting dozens of local actors. Robert couldn't help but show an anxious look. After running to the director's monitor, he explained a few words to the producer and director.

"It doesn't matter. Don't worry about shooting on the first day. In my plan, there are only two camera tasks today, and the rest of the time is for the crew to work together." Wayne took the arm of the film director, so that he could debug with peace of mind.

"Ok." Robert nodded and ran back to a group of photography assistants.

Before a project begins, even if the camera has been debugged and prepared, the photography supervisor and director have already known the shooting effect well together with the director's requirements, but when it comes to the official shooting, it will still simply repeat this process.

Today's cameras are not digital, they are all shot using film, and these films need to pass different filters, different camera lenses, and many common shooting processing tests to observe their effects in different actors and different styles of costumes.

Then Robert and the colorist will study these clips together, observe different filters, lenses and processing processes, and select the effects that best suit the director's intentions. These are unavoidable tasks in the film era.

Due to the preparation period before the shooting, Robert's photography team had already done almost the tedious work. Now they have to simply follow the test site shooting process to ensure that there will be no unexpected problems before notifying the crew to prepare to start shooting.

Therefore, a good photography supervisor or photography supervisor will become a member of the core team when he goes to almost any crew. They do inconspicuous and tedious work behind the scenes, but it is the most important basic work.

“Ok.”

Robert made simple adjustments to the camera to ensure that the shooting effect was fine, and asked the photography assistant to notify the entire crew and prepare to start the official shooting.

Through Sandy Young's translation, Zach Schneider directed the supporting actors to walk again, allowing Christian Bale to follow him.

After everyone was in place, the recorder took the record card in his hand and placed it in front of Robert Carlos's camera, shouting loudly: "The first scene, the first scene of Batman, will begin now."

The staff behind the crew and the unrelated people watching all closed their mouths as soon as possible and turned their eyes to the camera.

The set was full of light, and Christian Bale was wearing shabby clothes on the monitor, lined up in a down-and-out look, with the prison outdoors in the background.

In the bright set, Christian Bale observed everything around him, his hair was long and greasy and had a long beard.

“cut!”

The sound came out of the megaphone, and Wayne stopped shooting in the actor's curious eyes. "Everyone resets, rest for five minutes!"

Then he walked out from behind the monitor and waved to Christian Bale. "It has nothing to do with your performance. You are acting very well, especially the emotions in your eyes, keep this state."

This British actor, Wayne is definitely practicing this privately many times. There is no problem with his performance, and the call is stopped only because of the lighting reasons.

"No problem, Director Greenberg!" Christian Bell breathed a sigh of relief.

Wayne waved Steve Wilson over and pointed to the lighting group where he was, saying, "It's still too bright. It's a little darker. I need some shadow effects."

After the explanation, he returned to the director position, watching the crew reset and adjust, waiting for the next official filming.

"Sandy." Wayne turned his head and looked at the translator. "Tell me and let him be ready."

"OK."

Five minutes later, the shooting started again with the sound of hitting the board. Through the scenes feedback from the monitor, he nodded with satisfaction this time. Christian Bale entered the role very quickly, regardless of whether it was moving or emotional, and he was as smooth as an old actor.

This may be the role of hard work. Before the start of the film, he had been practicing various trainings for more than half a year and the various performance scenes of the male protagonist. I guess he had practiced many times by himself.

Until an Asian bald man bowed his head and sneered at Christian Bale, he said, "Boy, you live in hell!"

After saying that, he punched him in the face.

"cut! This one is fine."

Hearing the director so easily, he shouted, the camera team quickly adjusted the position of the machine and prepared to take the next action shot.

For this kind of fighting scene, the audience must have seen extremely coherent shots on the big screen, but this is not the case when shooting. Some movements are almost not even a second, and they are all spliced ​​in the later stages.

Adjust the camera and the next time I shoot, due to the actors running in, a continuous cycle began.

In fact, these Asian martial arts actors performed well, but they were beaten by Christian Bale, and there was no problem at all. But if they were asked to beat the male lead, these people's actions were obviously worried.

But Wayne was not in a hurry at all, so he simply grinds one shot and one shot down. It was not until Bruce Wayne hit the six prison bullies in this video that he called him through.

In the subsequent filming of Christian Bale and Liam Neeson's literary drama, Wayne's requirements became more stringent in this regard. For their master and apprentice, he asked the two of them to have emotional resonance.

Action scenes can also be adjusted through post-editing and synthesis. This kind of literary drama that requires emotions and acting skills basically has no shortcuts to go. If you don’t meet the standards, you can only find a feeling slowly.

This is also the normal rhythm of Hollywood shooting scenes. It can pass in one or two times, after all, there are too few.

The filming work on the first day was not smooth, and the staff behind the scenes cooperated well. The main problem was the communication between the actors, especially the movement of Asian actors. They did not pay attention to this, but Zach Schneider had very strict requirements.

After working for a day, the camera materials planned to be shot were completed, but this was because Wayne had few plans.

"Zach, let the crew finish the work."

Wayne glanced at the time and waved to Zach Schneider. It was almost 5 pm, and it was not very meaningful to continue to grind. Filming is a long-term job, and it is impossible to maintain high intensity every day.

As a result, more than 100 people in the crew began to pack up props and equipment in an orderly manner under the gaze of many local actors.

At 5:30 pm, when the crew's huge convoy drove out of the set, Wayne took his assistant and translator together and climbed onto his director's trailer and drove towards the hotel.