Four Hundred and Ninety-Two-Talking to Oneself in Front of the Green Screen

After attending the media conference of 20th Century Fox, Wayne immediately gathered the core team members, got into Warner Studio, and began to work on the post-production work of "The Dark Knight".

At the same time, the news that he signed a contract with 20th Century Fox also caused quite a stir in the outside world. All major media reported on it. The term "X-Men" suddenly became a topic in major media. topic of discussion.

For example, Fox's cable TV network temporarily changed the theme of a talk show and called it "Return to where it started, Wayne Greenberg and 20th Century Fox."

In the program, they specially invited Terry, who is an executive of 20th Century Fox, to narrate the artistic process of Wayne's original cooperation with 20th Century Fox.

The consequence of this is that people once again heard about the hardships in his early stages, and at the same time they also felt good about 20th Century Fox, the company that gave him his first chance to show himself.

The thing is, for every object of lavish praise, there are some idiots who pale in comparison. As a result, the company and film selection experts who had rejected Wayne at the beginning began to be gradually exposed by the gossip tabloids.

The people who feel the most vomiting blood are not the small and medium-sized companies that were picked out, nor Harvey Weinstein who wanted to take advantage of the situation, but Universal Pictures, one of the six giants. There have never been secrets in this circle. The scandal that Universal Pictures executives exposed against Wayne suddenly became a sales hotspot for tabloids.

no way. People like to read similar inspirational stories of struggle, even if the story has undergone some trivial processing to conform to the aesthetics of more ordinary people.

But no matter which version of the story it is, the ultimate villain is Universal Pictures. It is almost human nature to push and push others. In just two days, this giant film and television company, which has suffered a big setback in the summer season this year, almost It has become a topic of conversation among ordinary movie fans across North America.

"Hey, throw away those colorful gossip tabloids."

In the post-production studio of Warner Studios, Wayne waved helplessly to a few people gathered around. "Damn, those stories are all made up. Sometimes I wonder if I have forgotten some of the plots from that year."

"Boss, look at this version."

Photographer Robert seemed to have discovered a new world. His eyes suddenly opened wide. He jumped up from the prop box like a child and held up the newspaper loudly for him to watch. "Oh my god, these editors of tabloids have such great talent in writing stories. Why don't they just join the Hollywood Writers Guild? Look, this version is like Dragon Quest..."

"You can't tell, Robert."

Christian Bale on the side suddenly stood up and joked: "How do you know he is not a screenwriter? You know, if you pick up a taxi driver or a waiter in a restaurant in Los Angeles, it is very likely that he is a member of the Screenwriters Guild. One member."

His ridicule caused a burst of laughter, and everyone knew that he was not only simply responding to Robert's ridicule, but also contained a connotation of the embarrassing living environment of screenwriters in the industry. Almost all relevant practitioners know that screenwriting is the industry with the lowest income in the industry.

Therefore, if you observe carefully, you will find that except for some top screenwriters of big companies and some screenwriters who are willing to join the screenwriting department and are willing to have no signature rights in the project, the rest are almost struggling to make ends meet, and many even need to work part-time. Feed themselves.

This is the current situation in Hollywood. Even though screenwriters have carried out countless struggles and even so-called general strikes in the past many years, their treatment has not improved much.

The Producers Guild, which is the employer, will make limited compromises and concessions to the Actors Guild every time a general strike occurs in Hollywood. The same is true for the Directors Guild. Only when it is the screenwriters' turn, the situation will happen. In a big reversal, the producers' union will immediately become extremely tough, and it will be almost difficult to take advantage of them.

The same situation has been happening, even twenty years later. In this circle, the bottom salary of screenwriters is almost the same as the unequal pay of male and female stars for equal work, which have become the two situations that are least likely to be easily changed.

"Okay, the rest time is over. If you want to go on vacation early, cheer up." Wayne stretched out his hands and patted the people gathered around. "Another reminder, think about who is the boss behind those gossip tabloids? You will no longer be interested in all kinds of novel hype stories."

Everyone dropped the colorful newspapers and magazines in their hands and began to return to their respective positions to prepare for the next work.

In fact, they all know that most of the gossip tabloids on the market, if traced upwards, are actually affiliated with News Corporation. As long as they understand this, most people will suddenly realize that everything is actually guided by 20th Century Fox. They need to continue to hype related topics to increase the memory of "X-Men" among ordinary movie fans.

"Robert."

Glancing towards the director's seat not far away, Christian Bale came to Robert who was debugging the equipment and whispered his doubts. "I don't understand what Wayne wants me to do at all, just make a weird performance in front of this big green cloth? Do you know his intention?"

"It is an important easter egg and clue to connect the next part."

Robert also took a peek at Wayne's position and found that the other person was not looking here, so he turned his back and whispered back. "I don't know the specific plans. The relevant plans are very confidential, but I can be sure that the next DC comic book movie should not be the third Batman movie."

Because when shooting footage, the plot, timeline and scenes are basically disrupted. In fact, no one except Wayne can guess the final film effect. Even where are the Easter eggs and clues preset for subsequent chapters? No one can guess it.

Just like the current filming work, before the crew was officially disbanded, there was only one actor - Christian Bale, and there was no specific script. Wayne had to make requests for every performance, and then he came to the green screen. Make gestures or talk to yourself.

"Steve, watch the lighting, I'm going for a darker red tone."

After communicating with the lighting team again, Wayne came to Christian Bale with satisfaction, reached out and tapped the opponent's obviously more technological Bat suit, and said in a relaxed tone: "Don't have any psychological burden, just follow the instructions. Just perform the performance I give you, or just pose. I guarantee that the work will be completed today."

"Don't worry, boss." Christian Bale nodded. "I also want to finish this damn job quickly. You know, I've booked a flight to Hawaii the day after tomorrow."

"ok."

Patting the opponent's armor again, Wayne turned back and shouted: "Every department is ready, we will start shooting immediately."

He observed the light of the scene again through the camera, nodded with satisfaction, and then immediately said loudly: "Just keep the current effect and let's get started."

After Gilmore, who acted as the temporary recorder, called the start, Christian Bale, wearing a suit of armor, appeared in the center of the camera lens, with a large green screen behind him, and began to perform some strange actions.

While secret filming was taking place in the studio, a middle-aged white man in a suit and tie, with obvious anxiety and irritability on his face, jumped out of the tram entering the studio. His footsteps were very fast, as if he was being chased by something terrible, and he quickly walked towards the studio where the crew of "The Dark Knight" was located.

"Bruce? Why are you here?"

As soon as he reached the door of the studio, he was immediately stopped by several security personnel. Before he could explain anything, he was spotted by Charles Rowan who was passing by.

"Damn, something big happened, I need to see Wayne right away."

Bruce Rosenblum glanced at the security personnel who were retreating, and let out a low, hoarse growl from his throat.

"What?!"

He was obviously stunned when he heard the growl. It can be said that Charles Rowan knew the other party very well. As the most vicious boss among Warner Bros. executives, he had almost never seen the other party's current gaffe. "Wait a minute, secret filming is taking place inside. Without the leadership of Wayne or Gilmore, the security personnel will not let you in. I will call right away."

"Shit! Hurry, the sooner the better."

After a short time, Wayne walked out with a puzzled look on his face. He ignored the questions, nodded to the security personnel, and led the two of them into the studio.

The staff at the filming site were also confused. Everyone had seen Bruce Rosenblum and recognized the distribution executive of Warner Bros., but they didn’t understand what was going on and that the big shot needed to come in person. The studio interrupted their work.

Wayne waved to the team members, indicating that everyone should rest first, and he led the two people behind him to the office.

"Just now."

Bruce Rosenblum lit a cigarette irritably, sat down on the sofa, stared directly into Wayne's eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "I got a cigarette through special channels. What a piece of shit news!"

Having said this, he took two puffs of his cigarette, twitched the corners of his mouth twice, and then continued: "The specific plot of "The Dark Knight" was recorded in detail in that manuscript. I read it carefully, and a small part of it was related to The script is exactly the same, most of the rest should be guesswork, and..."

“m**her f**ker?!”

Wayne, who just wanted to light a cigarette, threw the lighter and cigarette out, and at the same time, his upper body tensed up while leaning on the sofa. You know, if a popular movie that is about to be released is leaked in advance, it is basically equivalent to a disaster, and the impact on the box office is self-evident.

The reason why most ordinary movie fans are willing to go into theaters and spend money to buy tickets to watch movies is because of the various attractions of the movie. This is also the main reason why production companies and directors maintain the mystery of the movie before it is released. Just for the box office.

It's not that similar situations have never happened in Hollywood. On the contrary, there are quite a few. But the results are without exception, and the box office is still slightly lower than expected. For those films that have lost their appeal to ordinary movie fans, even big stars and big special effects scenes can usually not save them.

492-Talking to oneself in front of the green screen