Hollywood Drawing

"how do you feel?"

In the center of Warner Studio's preparatory studio, Christian Bale had just climbed out of the Batmobile. Props team supervisor Wicks Hart and two assistants immediately ran to him and asked.

"It's not bad. Well, it's still a little crowded."

Taking a deep breath, Christian Bale nodded and said, "But don't worry, this slight discomfort will not affect the filming work."

Most of the large number of props and products in the crew are used to serve Batman in the film. All equipment has actually been reviewed by Wayne. After the last minor adjustment today, it will be immediately packed and sent to New York.

The most important thing is these Batmobiles, but after all, these are not cars for daily use on the road. They are just movie props. They are not designed for comfort at all, so it will naturally not be too comfortable to get into them.

"There are some changes in the car, as well as the armor on Chris."

Producer Charles Rowan observed the prop team busy dismantling and packing, folding his hands on his chest, turning his head to look at his partner beside him. "Although these changes are very subtle and are based on the previous props, if you look carefully, you can still easily find that you designed it like this on purpose?"

"It can be said like this."

Wayne nodded, and before he could continue to explain, he shouted to the crowd: "Gilmore."

The assistant director who was busy ran over immediately when he heard the cry. "What's the matter, boss?"

After checking the time, it was less than an hour before lunch time. Wayne thought for a while and told the assistant director: "Notify everyone that they will not come in the afternoon. Let everyone go back to rest. We will also have a day off tomorrow. We will be at the airport the day after tomorrow. Assemble and leave for New York."

"ok."

The preparation work here has come to an end, and what will follow is the more busy and annoying material shooting. Since the preparation and audition work went much smoother than he imagined, more time was left for the shooting work, so he prepared to go a few days in advance. past.

There is also a very important point. In the past two days, Wayne has always been observing Nicolas Cage unconsciously. The character of the Joker in Batman 2 is too evil. He is afraid of some unexplainable situations and wants to start as soon as possible. For shooting, it is best to complete all the footage before the awards season arrives.

Maybe sometimes he feels like he has been poisoned by European and American superstitions, but sometimes there is really no way to explain those evil things, and this is something he feels particularly deeply.

"By the way, did you just talk about the subtle changes in the props?"

Shaking his head vigorously to get rid of all the messy thoughts, Wayne turned to look at the producer. "Those are all designed by me. After all, this is not a separate series of movies. Everything must be considered comprehensively and prepared for future plans. How do you feel? How do you feel after seeing these?"

"Well, how should I put it?" Charles Rowan put down his hands on his chest and tilted his head to look at the equipment. "After careful observation, it seems to be more advanced, no, or more technological? Or science fiction?"

As he spoke, he looked at his partner. Almost all the major plans for DC movies had been put into his mind. As long as the finished film was not released, no one could guess what the design of that mind was.

"That's right, what you want is the feeling of subtle progress."

Hearing the producer's doubts, Wayne had a smile on his face. This was exactly what he wanted to see.

After all, there must be some differences from the trilogy in his mind. Although he is not willing to change the storyline of "The Dark Knight", some subtle methods must still be used. In the future, Bruce Wayne's equipment must be Moving in the direction of science fiction and science and technology.

In the fighting scenes, it can be a realistic style of punching to the flesh. Bruce Wayne's own setting is not suitable for full of special effects and destruction of heaven and earth. There are many ways to show the destructive power on the big screen. But you always have to be convincing to the audience.

Although he felt a little baffled, Charles Rowan still shook his head and did not continue to ask. There were not many clues that he could extract from his partner. It would only increase his curiosity. It would be better not to know.

The staff behind the scenes in the studio were busy cleaning up. Wayne returned to his temporary office and gave Nina the drafted storyboards, prepared shooting plans, and camera layout and other documents to put away. He lit a cigarette on the sofa, quietly waiting for the work outside to end, and then left.

As one of the former movie fans, not only he feels this way, but I believe many people also feel the same way. If you watch the Christopher Nolan trilogy carefully, you will find that the style of the first and second two parts , there are quite obvious differences, which is quite obvious in the background setting of Gotham City.

In the first film of Gotham City, the camera shot quite a lot of close-ups of Wayne Tower, the Gotham Monorail that runs through the city, and Naho Island. By the second part, the Gotham Monorail was gone, Naihe Island only had its name, and even Wayne Tower had changed. And in the third part, it’s written about Gotham, but it’s pronounced New York!

The reason why there are such big background differences between the first, second and third parts of Christopher Nolan's trilogy series is that the root of the problem lies in Warner Bros.'s own planning.

They originally planned to use "Batman Begins" and "Superman Returns" as the beginning of the DC movie universe, so Christopher Nolan's first Batman should have one in itself to prepare for the future DC universe. The detailed background setting, Gotham City's map and architectural style should be included. Where special effects should be used, Christopher Nolan can't even think about not using them.

However, all plans could not keep up with the rapid changes. The reputation of the "Superman Returns" movie fell off a cliff and collapsed, causing Warner Bros. executives to make another round of mysterious operations and choose to abandon the Superman series of movies and the entire associated DC universe plan. Follow-up.

But "Batman Begins" on the other hand is different from "Superman Returns". The film not only saved the Batman movie whose reputation had collapsed, but also accumulated a good new reputation among movie fans. Warner Bros. is unlikely to be willing to put down " opportunities created by Batman Begins.

So things took an expected turn, and they simply let Christopher Nolan continue filming according to his own ideas and style, treating this trilogy as a separate profitable series.

This is why many movie fans felt that the first film was very cartoonish, but the style of the subsequent two films suddenly changed and became a police film with a strong personal style.

Sometimes, in other words, if the Superman reboot series of "Superman Returns" did not encounter such a big setback, we might not be able to see a team of famous directors from the DC Universe today fighting against the assembly line of Marvel's Russell Brothers... .Of course, Warner Bros. executives and shareholders are, well, more metaphysical!

In fact, Wayne can be said to be well aware of what many people in the industry are confused about. Countless people are waiting for the DC Universe to fail, die, and then become separate series.

After all, almost everyone in DC Comics knows a little bit about the story in it, and no matter how bad they are, they also know about the Big Three of Justice, and they want to create a movie universe with the same world view and the same latitude, Superman Clark Kent, the true god walking in the world, and Wonder Woman It is impossible for a high-octane character like Diana Prince to be reunited with a character like Batman on the big screen as in the comics.

Wayne had considered this issue when he was very young. Later, when he thought about the era he lived in, he often burst into laughter. Nowadays, no one has seen the proliferation of superheroes in movie theaters, so much so that all kinds of anti-heroes have appeared. A scene where similar movies are so popular.

At first glance, these problems are almost unsolvable bugs when put on the big screen, but he is different from others. He has experienced the era of information explosion in later generations, and there are some routes that can be tried and imitated. of.

Few people may have carefully considered it. The power of Marvel's magic is indeed great, but doesn't the Marvel world have high-definition characters? It is estimated that the shoehorn-faced Doctor Strange will definitely quit the group chat with a curse, and Thor will also smile slightly and let you experience the power of Meowth Hammer for free.

So if I can't come up with a good idea, why don't I combine it with the methods that have been planned and successfully tested by countless elites? Wayne has always felt that this was his biggest advantage over others.

When Marvel was at the end of its rope and all its first-line sons were sold out, who was the target of the desperate gamble? Iron Man, yes, the mortal Iron Man. If you compare Iron Man with Doctor Strange and Thor, you will know there is no comparison.

But the strange thing is here, movie fans, including countless media and film critics, why the movie universe has seen Avengers 3 and Avengers 4, but no one has raised or worried about discovering the same as Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman, that problem of inconsistent intensity?

In fact, this is a manifestation of the ability of the designers at Marvel. They used the shooting and screening rhythm of the series of movies to allow the audience to accept similar settings in a completely reasonable and subtle way. This alone completely opened up Marvel's Well idea.

Can Batman be placed next to those high-octane characters without making people feel awkward? Of course you can, but you must not be eager for quick success. After filming Batman, you can directly launch the popular monster Superman, or directly play Batman vs. Superman. That will definitely not be convincing.

Just like after the first Iron Man movie was released, he was immediately asked to fight Thanos. I am afraid even a fool would not be able to accept the sense of disobedience. The reason why everyone can accept Iron Man and Thanos Hard Steel later on is because of the well-paced foreshadowing and upgrades.

Then look back and think about it carefully, is the background setting of Batman Bruce Wayne similar to Iron Man? Both of them are playboys who support the richest man. Their biggest superpower is the ability to make money, money! Except one is in the dark and suffers and hates, while the other is in the spotlight and is having fun.