Made in Hollywood

In the brightly lit tunnel, cars drove in one after another, including large trucks pulling containers, more than a dozen police cars, and SWAT police cars provided by the Chicago police.

Filmed here will be several hot car chase scenes.

Due to the full support of the Chicago city government, the crew had enough time to temporarily close this tunnel area for filming. Although many related scenes were shot in the studio through models and green screens in the early stage, some scenes were still Field shooting is required.

Duke commanded the operation of the entire crew in an orderly manner, and would visit the actors from time to time to have a look. 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 the crew and actors have an accident.

In addition, the Batmobile and Batmobile specially made by Lamborghini were also shipped. These vehicles are divided into two parts. In addition to the normal use, there are also modified models specially used for erecting IMAX cameras.

All the scenes here will be shot with IMAX cameras.

Looking at the preparations of the film crew, Duke walked to the parking place, first circled around the police car, and then walked to the big truck that the clown used to attack Harvey Dante, just glanced at him. Found something wrong.

"Dunn, come here."

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

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

"As soon as possible," Duke nodded lightly. He urged again, "Don't delay filming."

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

The mistake made by the props team was not a big one, they just forgot to paint a letter, but the meaning of the jargon on the outside of 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 at all, and it is impossible for a person like the clown to agree with such a point of view.

Therefore, in the original design, at the front of this sentence, Duke people added a striking red "S", which is ".". So the meaning of the sentence becomes "killing is the best medicine".

According to Duke's request, the "S" is painted on the side door of the container, which is where the clown will appear during the filming.

After getting ready, the filming kicked off quickly, even though the vehicle wasn't actually moving very fast. More is to use the motion of the camera to create the illusion that the vehicle is moving at a high speed. The filming is still divided into countless fragments. Except for Heath Ledger's clown, which is fixed on the truck container by the additional seat belt, the rest are basically used. Stuntman.

Especially Batman. There isn't a single face-up shot here, and Duke has no intention of putting Christopher Bell on the court at all.

And in his plan. On the credits corresponding to the letters of the film, Batman will be followed by the names of two stuntmen, because 90% of the Batman scenes are done by them.

Christian Bale's name will only be placed after Bruce Wayne.

Police cars, SWAT cars, bulletproof prison cars with Dante, police cars, police cars, and a helicopter in the air. They appeared one after another, and scenes of explosions and rollovers continued to appear during the shooting.

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

The scene under the tunnel was filmed for three full days, before Duke switched to filming Batman, and IMAX cameras were also mounted on the front of the special Batmobile and Batmobile to ensure those shots of Batman driving fast. Has enough visual impact.

Not only action scenes were filmed in Chicago, but there were also a lot of literary scenes. The ending part was upstairs. Duke set up a venue in the studio to shoot. Harvey Dante and Batman fell downstairs. It was filmed on-site in an abandoned factory in the suburbs of Chicago.

Perhaps it was because the rest period was too long. Gary Oldman and Christian Bale were not in good shape. This night was a series of NGs. The crew blew in the cold wind in Illinois for nearly two hours. Duke couldn't. Don't call both actors over.

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

Gary Oldman smiled apologetically, Christian Bale was covered by a bat mask, so he couldn't see his expression.

Duke walked back and forth twice, then said to Gary Oldman and Christian Bale, "Batman and Gordon have this last conversation because they know that if Harvey Dante changes publicly, The coin-tossing murder after becoming a two-faced person, then the Joker has truly won the battle for Gotham's soul, and the city will lose all hope."

Seeing that the two were listening intently, Duke continued, "If even Dante eventually loses the standard of good and evil and goes into pure chaos, the so-called fairness, then Gotham will do what the Joker had hoped for before. That's how it developed. So Batman told Gordon to convince the public that all 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 carry a heavy burden for the city and become a real dark knight."

Then, Duke looked at Gary Oldman, "You're a pragmatist, and that's the only choice you can make for Gotham's hopes."

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

Maybe Duke's analysis played a role, or maybe the NG in front played a warm-up role enough, and Gary Oldman and Christian Bale's performances improved after shooting restarted.

Christian Bale, dressed as Batman, looked at Gary Oldman firmly, and decided to resist the cherished burden, saying, "Call them in now."

Gary Oldman hesitated. "They'll hunt you down."

"Yes, you will hunt me down, you will curse me and let the dogs run after me, because it has to be!"

Although under the mask, no expression of Christian Bale could be seen, his tone did not waver, "Because sometimes the truth is not enough! There are times when people are entitled to more! There are times when people's beliefs must be get payback!"

After he finished speaking, he didn't stop, stood up and limped towards the place where the Batmobile was parked, leaving only a black cloak behind the camera lens.

Duke made a gesture, and the young actor who played Gordon's son slowly walked to the camera and came directly to Gary Oldman's side. 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 inexplicably.

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

The little actor's expression became even more puzzled, "But he did nothing wrong."

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

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

This ending is a bit dark, always giving the audience some hope, and Gordon's son represents this hope.

Gary Oldman said his final lines emotionally, "Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the hero we need right now, so we're going after him because he can endure it all, because He is not our hero, he is a silent guardian, a watchful guardian, a dark knight!"

"Cut!" Duke shouted, and when everyone was relieved, he said again, "Not yet, keep shooting!"

In the icy air, the crew started busy again, and the filming continued until midnight. After getting three more satisfactory shots, Duke announced the end of the day's work.

With the progress of shooting in Chicago, 2006 also ended, and the brand new 2007 entered Duke's life. However, the New Year's crew did not have a holiday, and still proceeded according to Duke's plan. All shots must be in mid-January. time to leave enough time for post-production.

Although a large number of models and live scenes were used to shoot, the film still requires a lot of CGI composite shots, and even Industrial Light and Magic takes a certain amount of time to produce.

After the new year, the shooting in the Chicago area continued for another week, and the exterior scenes were gradually coming to an end. In order to complete the shooting as planned, Duke divided the crew into two, and Anna Prinz led some people to shoot the remaining scattered scenes in Chicago. He led the main crew to Moscow for filming.

Moscow's scenes are not too many, mainly Batman captures the person in charge of the money of the gangster. Although the market in this country is also very large, it will bring some trouble if one of the main villains in the scene is set to be Russian, but relatively It is said that this market is more open, and as long as Warner Bros. does its job well, there is no problem with the entry of the film.

Duke doesn't care even if it will cause criticism from the Russian media after its release. How many Hollywood directors will care about the opinion of the Russians?

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 definitely defend him.

If there is a war of words between the two sides, Duke is also happy to see it happen. (To be continued ~^~)

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