Four Hundred and Eighty-Four-It’s the Clown Who Doesn’t Want to Play Anymore

In fact, the overall soundtrack for "The Dark Knight" is not difficult, as long as it continues the general style of the first "Battle Hour". The film has a strong dark epic flavor, and Wayne's atmospheric spatial layout is like an opera, which also provides the soundtrack. Sets the tone.

Especially the soundtrack for Bruce Wayne's appearance in Batman, with its low, dark, majestic and other elements, is relatively not that troublesome. The trouble is with the Joker.

The reason why a movie can stimulate the audience's viewing experience is naturally indispensable due to its visuals, layout, actors' wonderful performances, and the director's storytelling ability. However, the most direct element that can directly stir up the audience's emotions is the soundtrack. .

Thanks to the short video platform he was exposed to in his previous life, the clown is an enduring character. Wayne has come across many netizens’ secondary editing creations about the clown. Naturally, the convenient advantages of the Internet have also given many short videos more diverse soundtrack choices.

In fact, there are many things that left a deep impression on him, such as "time back", which is indispensable whenever there is a clown. The violin in the chorus, coupled with the strong and low drum rhythm, makes it easy for people to immerse themselves in the clown's madness. As soon as the prelude sounds, there is an impulse that makes people want to go crazy along with it.

There are several similar songs, but unfortunately, Wayne is just an ordinary person, and he remembers the general tone feeling. It would be a bit difficult for him to copy it. In addition, his energy does not allow him to do everything. The best way is, of course, to leave professional matters to professional soundtrack masters.

Time passed by. Early the next morning, the crew's motorcade drove to the suburbs of New York. The long and busy work rhythm gave the various teams of the crew an amazing tacit understanding. Ever since the motorcade arrived at the shooting scene, From the beginning, it was like a precise instrument, running step by step.

Hank Connor led the pyrotechnics team to once again check the layout of the blasting points, and even every wiring was strictly checked again.

This kind of large-scale building explosion scene does not allow for the slightest carelessness. Not to mention the money spent by the crew to buy these buildings, the time cost of long-term layout, and the most important thing is safety reasons. This is filming, so there are bound to be filming equipment and staff. A slight mistake may cause bloodshed.

In the decades of history of Hollywood, there have been countless tragedies that have occurred due to the filming of big scenes. No one wants to have an accident on the crew where they work at the end of the filming.

When Hank Connor came out of the building again, he came directly to Wayne, glanced curiously at John Williams, who was silently observing, and said, "The bombing point arrangement is confirmed to be OK."

"Attention all! Clear the area! All staff retreat 2,500 feet!"

As he raised his megaphone, Wayne stood up on his chair and started shouting. "The blasting will start in five minutes. Attention all staff! Gilmore, do a final check again and ensure that all staff must retreat 250 feet away!"

Seeing that the filming in New York was about to end, no one behind the scenes wanted to have an accident. Everyone started to leave the scene in a familiar manner, and the people involved in the filming returned to their corresponding positions.

While Gilmore was checking the safety facilities, Wayne jumped out of his chair and called Nicolas Cage, who had just stepped out of the makeup trailer, to give him one last instruction. "I want to take a route. You have practiced it countless times, but I still have to warn you, safety first!"

Speaking of performance, this is probably the least thing he worries about. Nicolas Cage's performance has always been maintained at a very high level. What he is worried about now is that he is afraid that this crazy actor will pursue better camera performance. , take the liberty to play some free play where inspiration comes from.

Similar situations have not happened before during filming. Wayne has never been a director willing to guide actors in acting. He prefers to let actors go through a lot of advance practice to achieve the screen effect he wants, so he is not strict with actors who sometimes have flashes of inspiration. requirements.

After all, they who stand in front of the camera are the ones who truly sink into the characters. For minor changes in lines, he always takes the screen effect as the standard.

"Hey, hey, take it easy, bro."

A white hospital gown looked particularly funny on Nicolas Cage. Coupled with his demeanor when he was clearly into the drama, it gave Wayne a very uncomfortable feeling. "Believe me, this scene is not difficult for me."

Facing the confident Nicolas Cage, he raised his hand and patted the opponent on the shoulder. "Remember, follow the practiced position when the first explosion sounds..."

"I Know, I Know."

Nicolas Cage shrugged impatiently. "When the first explosion sounds, don't look back. Go to the preset safety planning point and then look back. Fiddling with the remote control is a signal, and the pyrotechnics team will help detonate the second explosion, then get into the damn school bus and leave the center of the camera. .”

"ok."

Wayne didn't care about the other party's impatient expression. The large-scale explosion scene was no joke. Any slightest accident might bury Nicolas Cage underneath. He was too close to the explosion point.

"Hank, prepare to detonate, start the countdown!"

Returning to the director's seat, he nodded to the waiting pyrotechnics supervisor. After handing over the command of the crew, he quietly stared at the director's monitor, waiting for the explosion to begin.

"Attention, prepare to explode! 10, 9, 8, 7..."

The filming scene was extremely quiet, except for Hank Connor's voice, which was constantly heard through the loudspeaker. "3, 2, 1, detonate!"

"Boom, boom, boom." Like a huge firecracker thrown into a confined space, a dull roar sounded. Nearly a hundred meters away, a wave visible to the naked eye first appeared on the left side of the building, followed by smoke and thick smoke that filled the sky, followed by a low sound and drifted into the sky and around.

To be honest, the explosion scene observed at the scene at close range was far from being modified in post-production. The shock seen on the big screen, just the violent noise, made most of the staff cover their ears.

Wayne completely ignored the reactions of the people around him and stared at the center of the monitor with his glasses unblinking. After the explosion, Nicolas Cage started his crazy performance. At least so far, his performance was perfect. Meets everyone's expectations.

As if sensing something was wrong, the clown in the center of the camera stopped, looked back in confusion, and began to fiddle with the remote control in his hand twice.

"boom"

There was a loud noise, and Nicolas Cage seemed to be startled. He took a few steps in a funny way, jumped into the shit-yellow school bus from the opened door, and drove out of the camera with the transferred patients. outside.

"Steve, pay attention to the center of the blast."

Following Wayne's reminder, camera teams of different levels began to capture the collapsing and disintegrating hospital building from different angles at the same time, trying to record all the details.

This explosion was far more shocking than the first. Large and small pieces of concrete in the air continued to fall. If you look closely, you can see that the steel bars in the building were twisted into various shapes by the explosion and flew in all directions. go.

Glass, various debris and other things also became fragmented in the air, and after a short time, they sparsely fell to the nearby asphalt road. The entire building turned into a sea of ​​flames almost simultaneously, and then began to collapse continuously.

"Excellent!"

It wasn't until the scene was completely quiet that Wayne's voice rang out. "Hank, you guys did a great job, that's what I wanted."

With clapping of his palms, Wayne turned around and walked out from behind the director's monitor. He didn't care about the bombed-out hospital and began to shake hands with the staff of each pyrotechnics team one by one.

"Gilmore, tell everyone to clean up the scene and let's leave this cold New York."

After turning around, Wayne returned to the director's seat and gave instructions to the assistant director. Finding that all the staff were staring at him, he simply picked up the loudspeaker, stood on the chair, and said loudly: "Look what I'm doing?! End the shitty work you are doing, and let's go back to Los Angeles to spend time with our families. Celebrate Christmas! I announce that the crew has finished filming in New York!"

"Roar."

"oh!"

As soon as he finished speaking, various cheers and excited whistles erupted from the scene. Everyone is fed up with the cold Big Apple and no one wants to stay here for Christmas.

After nearly three months, "The Dark Knight" has finished all scenes in New York. Except for some special shots, the work is about to move into post-production. Those special shots are an important connection with the next film, and they will be shot confidentially at Warner Studios after returning.

"Nicolas Cage, I remember him as the actor who plays the clown Arthur. "

The crowd dispersed and started busy packing their things. John Williams, who had been watching silently, came to Wayne's side at this time. "He did a great job, and I kind of understand what you're going for with the score."

"John, I think you must have seen Batman, or at least heard stories about it."

After tilting his head and thinking about it, Wayne directly made a metaphor. "You can read the full version of the script when you go back. As for the Joker, the tip I can give is that it's not that Batman won, it's that the Joker doesn't want to continue playing."

"I will come up with the relevant soundtrack as soon as possible and start production immediately when I return to Los Angeles. We can contact and communicate at any time."

John Williams nodded solemnly. He also took this cooperation with Wayne very seriously. The director opposite him can be called the most special person in Hollywood since the 1990s. This music master likes this feeling of collision between geniuses.