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"Okay, gentlemen, ladies!"

Wayne's voice, amplified by the loudspeaker, immediately suppressed the riots of the crowd. "This video can always exceed the shooting plan and complete all shooting tasks ahead of schedule, which is inseparable from everyone's hard work!

There is one last thing, the crew will be disbanded in Los Angeles. When everyone has finished Christmas, there is still a party waiting for you to have a party. Warner Brothers has booked a bar for us, so don’t forget to come and attend it then!"

After saying that, he jumped out of the chair and told Zach Schneider again: "You must pay attention to the preservation of the film, and save it immediately when you return to Los Angeles."

"I see."

Zach Schneider nodded and began to clean up the film taken today.

This question is very important. Wayne has been in this circle for a long time and has heard too much news that the films that were shot were destroyed due to various "accidents".

Whether it is a human accident or not, he will try to avoid such things. After each shooting, the film must be copied one more copy, one will be stored in the bank's vault, and one will be stored in the Warner Bros.'s vault.

However, such things usually only happen in this era. By the end of the years, digital technology will gradually replace film, and by then, there will be almost no soil for such a broken thing to happen.

A projector with two discs, stacks of iron boxes with films, and a snow-white curtain, under the light and shadow condensed by the old projector, formed the movies in people's memory.

But these will eventually be eliminated. With the continuous advancement of technology, not only have the projection equipment gradually become digital projectors, but even Wayne's favorite 35mm film was gradually abandoned by Hollywood.

These are the products of the market economy. Hollywood production companies are not that they don’t like film, nor that digital technology is better than film, but because digital technology is good at quality and low price.

To be very simple, a movie that costs about an hour and a half will be about three thousand meters to spread the film, and it will take five or six copies to plate, and each copy will be about fifty kilograms.

Before each movie is open for public screening, these amazing guys need to be sent to designated theaters one by one, and the labor cost is a huge expense.

Digital technology will greatly simplify this process. In the early stage, only an encrypted hard disk can be installed to install three or four movies, and it is enough to give the theater a secret key before the screening. In the later stage, larger theater companies will not even need to use encrypted hard disks, and will directly transmit videos from satellites to various theaters.

The cost saved in this is too high, whether it is human resources or even the cost of copying film is saved to profits.

You should know that a large part of the expenditure of the distribution company's promotional and distribution expenses are movie copies. The cost of making a copy is more than 1,500 US dollars. Even if you have your own factory, this is still a very large expenditure.

But the cost of an encrypted hard drive is only a few hundred dollars, and it can be recycled and used repeatedly. As long as it is not broken, a hard drive can be used for many years.

With this convenient and cost-saving technology, it becomes natural for Hollywood production companies to abandon films that represent traditional ones.

"It's all packed, Wayne."

Zach Schneider's words interrupted his random thoughts. Wayne shook his head and said, "Okay, let's go back to Los Angeles."

"Batman: The Moment of War" ended all the filming work. Wayne boarded the plane the next day and returned to Los Angeles. After saying goodbye to the crew members at the airport, he rushed back to the manor without stopping.

After staying at the manor for only one night, he gave the assistant lady a holiday, brought two golden retrievers, and rushed back to the farm in Ventura County. He prepared to spend Christmas with his parents.

Since his work has become busier and busier in recent years, Wayne has returned to the farm less and less often. If the film hadn't ended at this time, he would have missed Christmas again.

On December 25, 1994, when he opened the door and was about to run around the farm, he found that it was already raining outside. The dark clouds in the sky were gloomy, and the rain falling from the sky was like a string of beaded curtains, still falling.

"Boy, how long has it been since you got up early to exercise?"

Hearing Old Greenberg's voice, Wayne discovered that his father was in the corridor, holding a huge pipe in his arms, sitting at the door watching the rare heavy rain outside.

"Maybe it's been a few months, right? Who knows?" He shrugged and sat next to his father. "I'm so busy that every day I wake up with a lot of work waiting for me to handle."

The two golden retrievers walked out of the living room with lazy steps and lay down next to his legs.

The rain in the sky gradually became smaller, and the sunlight pierced the dark clouds and shone on the white pasture. The sun in winter was dazzling, but it did not bring any warmth to people.

Wayne took out a cigarette from his pocket and took a deep breath. The weather in Los Angeles should be much warmer than New York, but he didn't feel the difference.

He raised his hand and touched his bald head. Old Greenberg stared at him carefully for a while. "You are in good spirits, much better than when you arrived at home yesterday. You are still very young. You must know that work is not the whole of life. Don't put too much pressure on yourself, you are already very good."

"Maybe I've been relaxing completely when I got home."

He reached out and rubbed the two huge dog heads, Wayne held a cigarette in his mouth, watching the light rain gradually stopped in the ranch. "This time the production cost is too high, and the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars has given me enough creative space, but the same pressure is like a mountain, pressing on my shoulders."

"Dear, you put too much pressure on yourself." Anna Greenberg walked out in an apron, holding two cups of steaming coffee, put the coffee on the table, and gently kissed his face.

"Mom believes you will continue to succeed. Hani, you are mom's greatest pride now, so don't force yourself to work too much."

Wayne smiled on his face, nodded and picked up the coffee and took a big sip. This is why he always wanted to come back. No matter what the reason was, he came here for no reason. God finally treated him well and gave him a very happy family environment.

Old Greenberg was also happy with his pipe in his arms. His mother turned back to the kitchen to continue making breakfast. The quiet atmosphere on the farm made Wayne exhausted and gradually relaxed.

He was supposed to stay for two days, but he was about to rush back to Los Angeles, but he lived until after the New Year and spent the last day of 1994 with his parents. He only got in the car and returned to Los Angeles on the first day of 1995 to continue his unfinished work.

Everything was fine on the farm, and the quiet and peaceful life was fascinating. Wayne missed the crew's carnival party because he stayed at home for a few more days, but he didn't regret it. He was not a party creature.

After a brief break, Wayne came to a late studio in Warner Bros. Studios to start the post-production work of "Batman: The Moment of War".

The basis of later work is undoubtedly film editing. Although the tiring shooting before is taken, those tedious and tiring shooting work are all for the sake of editing.

However, there is a good news, editor Dawn Scott is observing during the shooting every day, and sometimes even goes to the studio to discuss plans with him. The editor has been deeply involved in the early shooting, which can also be regarded as laying the foundation for this step of work.

"We have to cut the trailer out as soon as possible, and Warner Bros. has been urging."

After everyone was all here, Dawn Scott spoke first.

"No problem, just follow the fanatical scenes of the Super Bowl, our trailer must also fit that atmosphere."

Wayne nodded, thought for a while and continued, "Don't worry about continuity, nor about story logic. We only have thirty seconds to cut the popular shots that movie fans like, plus a few Batman's equipment shots, so that they can attract attention."

"Ok, no problem."

"Wayne." Tim Burton waited for them to communicate before he spoke, "I found the soundtracking master Hans Jimo for the film. His team will immediately start making the background soundtrack after seeing the rough cuts."

"Okay, I'll talk to him later."

Before the first rough cut of the film, or before the film started filming, he had his own editing ideas. Christopher Nolan liked to play a lot of fun in the editing, and liked to disrupt the narrative of the film the most, and was good at telling stories through various shots.

However, Wayne is not Christopher Nolan after all. Since Dawn Scott's first strike, he has clarified the editing ideas for the other party. This film will be based on linear narrative. This is not only the production method he is best at, but also lowers the threshold for viewing, so that more ordinary people can understand the movie according to the story.

In other words, "Batman: The Moment of War" will definitely be presented in the form of multi-line narratives, especially the beginning of the film, where there is almost no use of interspersed flashbacks.

We all know one thing: it is actually very simple to make delicious ingredients into a delicious dish. However, to make very expensive ingredients into a big pot dish, which makes most ordinary people feel delicious, it must be a little trick.

Wayne is doing such a job now, a familiar story like Batman, and it is in line with the appetite of popular movie fans. This definitely requires some level of skill.

Not only did he want to be the first director to shoot a superhero with a serious and dark temperament, he also wanted to make this dark epic as bold as an opera.

When shooting, the previously virtual and blurred comic world is pulled into a cold and realistic environment, Wayne uses a lot of spotlights when lighting the film, and the characters often use outline lights. In this way, it is the layout of the stage play.

Of course, this movie is just about to start, and in the next two movies, he will strengthen this effect even more.

Coupled with the towering and empty space layout, the dark parts are invisible, and the combination of effect sounds will make the audience feel majestic.