One Hundred and Twenty-Two - Rapid Progress

Wayne and the production manager chatted casually. Although the crew did not go smoothly before the official start of filming, Nicolas Cage was worthy of the evaluation of a genius after the filming started.

This made all the core team members breathe a sigh of relief. Although the tacit understanding of the behind-the-scenes work cannot be broken out in an instant, it can always be polished by working hours. The actor's own state is the soul of a play, and this movie is another one. Chi Luoluo’s one-man show!

"Wayne, I have something special for you. I bet you will definitely like it." Zack Snyder and Robert laughed together, holding the iron box containing the film in their hands.

The two proud people pointed to the box in their hands, but after speaking, they did not hand it to him. Instead, Zack Snyder directly carried it away.

"What do they mean?" Wayne was confused by the inexplicable two people and turned to look at the production manager.

John also laughed, pointed at the backs of the two of them and said, "Zach and the others should have taken that scene of you dancing back to add music or something. Remember to make a copy for me as a souvenir!"

These words immediately made him feel helpless. He didn't expect that at that time, they would still have the time to take pictures.

"Okay, whatever you want."

The huge motorcade of the crew started driving on the streets of New York. It was still relatively early and it did not catch up with most white-collar workers' off work time. Fortunately, there was no traffic jam and they drove back to the hotel smoothly.

After getting off the car, Wayne specifically asked Nina to go to the newsstand on the roadside to buy a few newspapers. He wanted to make sure whether this incident had a big impact.

If there were any stubborn media tabloid that gave Nicolas Cage the title of a drug addict, then the crew would probably be harassed and investigated from time to time.

Even the representative of Merrill Lynch Insurance, who has been following the crew as a transparent person, will probably withdraw the insurance purchased by Warner Bros. for Nicolas Cage. Without the insurance, the Screen Actors Guild will definitely find trouble again, so this is a series of troubles.

After returning to the room, Nina deliberately read all the tabloids she could buy. It is true that everyone is hyping this matter, but there is no particularly sensitive guidance. This is just an interesting thing. A Hollywood star was caught in New York for the first time. Fun fact about draining your wallet.

This reassured Wayne that as long as there were no uncontrollable consequences, he was not afraid of anything.

Based on the current situation, Wayne is very satisfied with the filming. Compared with the small workshop-style crew he assembled for the first time, the huge crew of "Joker" is obviously much more professional.

Both the heads of various departments and myself as the director have made great progress compared to the first two films. Even the kind of top players that he didn't dare to ask for in the past are definitely not lacking in the crew now.

According to the plan he made at the beginning, after filming the scene on this street in two days, he turned around and started shooting the indoor scene. After a few days of shooting to familiarize the crew, more and more tedious tasks began. Indoor scenes.

"Nicholas, you have neither super powers nor super resources, and I will never let you show your super powers in this film. Although this is a well-known character in the DC universe, all you have to do is forget this It's a comic book character, treating Arthur as a real person..."

In an apartment in lower Manhattan, New York, the place has been completely transformed by the props team and scenery team, and is divided into different areas. At this moment, Wayne is instilling his own shooting philosophy into Nicolas Cage.

Faced with the scene that was about to begin, Wayne was not worried at all. What he was worried about was that Nicolas Cage was inconsistent with his ideas. After all, he is the performer in this film, and he must also present the director's production concept.

After the props around him were arranged, Wayne left the center of the camera and silently watched Nicolas Cage's performance from a distance.

Inside the monitor, Arthur was sitting at the desk, and at the other end was a psychological counselor.

"I just think it would be better to be locked up in the hospital!" Arthur said his thoughts to the psychological counselor. The camera slowly advanced and captured Nicolas Cage's expression very clearly.

If it wasn't still being filmed, Wayne would have applauded him for this performance.

The black female counselor's face was expressionless. "Have you ever wondered why you were locked up?"

"Cut, no problem, get ready, start the next one right away." As the director shouted, the two actors did not move. The following scenes were still here, but the post-editing was to insert two pieces of Arthur's music in the middle. fantasy.

After Wayne shouted, the makeup artist quickly ran over to touch up the makeup of the two of them.

With the sound of the recorder's clacking, filming began again. Arthur burst out laughing, and the counselor looked at him.

"why are you laughing?"

"Think of something interesting."

After two simple lines of dialogue, Robert changed the focus of the shooting and focused the camera on Nicolas Cage and the clock behind him.

Wayne's face instantly darkened. He did not stop the filming of this scene, but allowed the two of them to finish the scene.

"Cut! Take a five-minute rest, Nicholas, Kelly, you did a good job, do it again in a moment." After saying that, he walked under the clock hanging on the wall behind Arthur, and looked up at the motionless one. clock.

"Zach, ask me to get a real prop for me. It should be a real clock that can move, not this thing that looks fake at first sight!"

With a confused look on his face, Zack Snyder took off his watch and almost cursed.

This should be something from Warner Bros.'s prop arsenal. It's made of lime and can be used over and over again as a movie background.

Seeing the assistant director hurriedly walking out with the clock, Wayne raised his hand to touch his stubble, looked at the surrounding scenery and began to think about the hidden lines to be laid out here.

This clock is an important point. Do you think what you see is the truth? Wayne's purpose is to expose the fact that everything you see is just Arthur's imagination.

Ten minutes later, Zack Snyder hurried back, holding a new clock in his hand.

The filming of the film continued smoothly. Starting from the indoor scenes, the crew gradually found the best tacit understanding since the start of filming. Unknowingly, at the end of October, Wayne unexpectedly discovered that the filming schedule he had set turned out to be It took more than a week beyond the original plan.

This is related to the fact that the crew is full of experienced players, as well as the state of the actors and the behind-the-scenes running of the crew.

A week after the filming of the film started, DC CEO Jonathan Keller would always come around every few days. He would not disturb anyone, he would only watch silently and chat with John.

In fact, Wayne understood that the head of DC had seen the film he shot more than once, and the only place where he could see the film completely was the insurance copy from the production manager.

Since Jonathan Keller, who has seen all the footage, has not expressed any opinions, it can only mean one thing. He is very satisfied with what Wayne shot, at least it will not affect the current layout of the comic company.

In New York, the main focus is on live action scenes, and the second team members separated by Wayne have already shot many background shots under the occasional leadership of Zach.

He has not yet started shooting the remaining relatively large street scenes, which involve the issue of road closures in the downtown area, and all plans must be made.

Just when Wayne began to think that the live-action filming in New York might end early, an accident happened before his plan.

One of the assistant directors sent to the set by Warner Bros., Mr. Karen, had a major problem. He was arrested by the New York Police Department!

In fact, the absence of his assistant director, who has a weak presence, will not affect the normal operation of the crew, but it will face the risk of not being able to shoot the remaining street scenes. The New York City Government wants to end the contract they signed early contract.

"What's going on? What did that idiot do?" Wayne's voice was full of anger. He successfully controlled the crew. Although there was no shortage of bullshit and messy things, no one ever came to him to solve it. It never affected the shooting.

He had saved all the big street scenes and planned to shoot them together, especially the scenes at the end, which were very important.

"Actually, he didn't do anything, he was just in a car accident." John rubbed his temples, his voice full of exhaustion. "He was rear-ended by a taxi and suffered a cut on his face. Two policemen wanted to help him, but he refused in a panic!"

"This damn fool!"

The production manager suddenly cursed.