Chapter 123 Preparing for Batman I
Kevin is amazed and admired for Mark's high efficiency and speed, other directors are eager to try all the suitable actors, and think and discuss again to decide on the candidate, and this guy is almost a word, and decides when he sees it, completely unconstrained by all kinds of rules in the industry, he can do whatever he wants, and this style of monopolizing power is better than James Cameron.
This is an extremely serious shortcoming, once the box office hits, almost everyone will put the blame on him, and he has no chance to explain the blame, so few directors and producers dare to do this, Mark ignores this and still goes his own way, but fortunately it has been successful, so no one picks on him.
So this time he cooperated with Warner, he felt that there were a lot of elbows, and he was extremely uncomfortable, just for a protagonist, he almost fell out with Warner, and what was even worse was that Warner gave him better and more expensive, and he didn't appreciate it.
This time, the costume designer is Dee Hemming, who has played "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and "Tomb Raider", the batsuit designed by him is not only based on the shape of Xiao Lizi's body model, but also has a variety of functions such as waterproof and heat preservation, and the production of the batsuit is carried out in the workshop of 24-hour security.
Nathan Crowley, the art designer of "Batman: Time to War", built a workshop in the studio designated by director Mark to complete the design and production of the main elements of the film.
In previous Batman films, the Batmobile is in sync with the times, and played to the extreme in publicity, the Batmobile in this film is a hybrid of Lambberhini and Hummer, combining the delicate and sensitive sports car with the strength of the armored combat vehicle, they plan to design it, invite the best modification team to modify, this Batmobile is also one of the peripheral products, of course, it is just a shrunken toy, the more flamboyant the combat vehicle in the movie, the cooler it is, the more sought after by fans.
There are also various weapons and equipment of Batman, which will also become a best-selling product, the profits of "Spider-Man" peripheral products are not under the box office, so Warner was cautious when filming "Batman", Mark made a guarantee at the box office, none of which could satisfy Warner, they were not making movies, but developing a big IP, Disney is the best in this regard, and Lucasfilm is also doing well, as for MGM, which has no ability to develop IP, it has been struggling, and Warner is in "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" They are trying to develop another IP, another gold mine, so they try their best to pull Xiao Li into the gang, what they fancy is his popularity and appeal, Xiao Li is different from Tom Hanks, Tom is a powerful superstar, relying on acting skills to eat, and Xiao Li has the temperament of an idol superstar, what is easier than the money of idol pit fans? So for Warner, Xiao Li Zi is the most suitable, and I can't find a second one when I go all over Hollywood.
As for the soundtrack, it is handed over to Hans Zimmer, one of the three major Hollywood soundtracks, he is a prolific film scorer, in the combination of electronic synthesizers and traditional instrumental music, especially in action film scores, Hans Zimmer combines the dazzling compactness of electronic music and the majestic spirit of symphonies, which is the "standard equipment" of typical Hollywood heroic action movies.
Hans Zimmer's identity as an outsider has occupied a place in Hollywood in a short period of time, in addition to his own humanistic qualities, it is the energy he released in the music, which has deeply touched every listener who has listened to his musical works, because from a scientific point of view, every note is a sound wave, and the amplitude of the sound wave is showing the energy of vibration, so even if you put aside the image of the movie, Hans Zimmer's soundtrack is not only melodicly emotional, but also has a moving energy release. "Into the Island of Death" and "Gladiator" are very fascinated, and they have the original soundtrack of the movie.
As early as eight or nine years, Hans Zimmer and music producer Jay Fkin established a "media company", this year the two parted ways, and then the media company was renamed "remote control production company", and began to invite musicians to join in the name of the company, Nick Glenny Smith, Harry Grayson-Williams, John Bauwell, Klaus Badelt, Steve Jablonski, etc. are all from this film music company, and under the leadership of Hans Zimmer produced a large number of film music works.
Mark personally went to the "remote control production company" to visit the ace soundtrack in person, and after some interviews, he decided to be the soundtrack of "Batman: Time to War", and was responsible for the production of the original soundtrack of the movie.
In the film, the scene at the foot of the Himalayas was set at Vatnaykul Glacier in southeastern Iceland, which is the largest glacier in Europe, accounting for one-tenth of Iceland's national territory. Since Iceland has only one two-lane road that runs through the country, the crew had to build their own roads to the glacial lakes, villages, and monasteries.
Mark They can't go to X to hide and shoot, as for the border prison in Huaxia in the film, there is a place where black China and ugly Chinese people, Mark has no pressure to change the location to India and change it to A third brother, the Chinese people speak English in the movie is a bit of a disobedience, but if it is changed to the third brother in the English region, there is no problem, so Mark asked the third brother to go on top, try to be realistic, and try to be as dark as possible on the dark side of human nature, so that the movie will not be cut by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television when it enters China.
The original chamber scenes and many of the scenes were filmed in the UK's famous Shepparton Film Studios and the huge Addington Studio, a former hangar, because of the British subsidy policy and Nolan, who is British, thinks of his hometown first when he has good things.
And Mark won't care about the British subsidy, because the money can't fall into his pocket, Kevin mentioned this matter, and has the intention to carry out such an operation, who knows that he was choked by Mark: "Can't Warner's studio be filmed, so many equipment and personnel fly to the UK without money, what should I do if the Al Ida organization hijacks it? Is it called Bush Jr.?"
Kevin thinks about it, it's not worth it to toss back and forth for two or three million, Mark is not good at servoing, in case he makes some kind of bewitchment, this will be rewarded, although he is unhappy with this guy, it is undeniable that after Mark joined, the speed was greatly accelerated, the crew was quickly formed, and it was done in a week, which was greater than the progress made in the previous months, at this rate, Mark entered the group in September, and he could start filming immediately, a four-month shooting cycle, half a year of post-production and publicity and distribution, and it was not difficult to compete for the summer file of 05γ
Now when Mark decided to join, everything unfolded quickly, Mark still brought Wally as a cinematographer this time, Nick was still his assistant, assistant director, casting director, and now they are working on production planning in their spare time for filming, and a team is working around him, all of which seems to be efficient.
However, Mark is annoyed that he has asked Xiao Lizi to exercise, but Xiao Li, who prides himself on not selling meat or noodles, disdains these requirements of him, and accompanies his girlfriend when he is free, or spends all day drinking, lingering between nightclubs and parties, and does not return at night, Xiao Lizi does not listen, Mark has no way, and he does not force the other party, he knows that this person joining will not make him feel better, this may be just the beginning.
There were a lot of action scenes and fight scenes in the movie, and Mark didn't want these fight scenes to be created with suspended tightropes, because the fight scenes were too beautiful to be really threatening and tense, so they invited David J. Brown, the action director of The Last Samurai. Foreman served as the action director, and he used the KFM fighting mode in this film, KFM appeared twenty years ago, requiring strong leg and torso strength, and emphasizing the concentration of spirit and will, Hong Kong-style martial arts made a big splash in Hollywood, but it was not suitable for Batman, Mark wanted a more realistic, closer to the actual combat fighting method.
In terms of car chase stunts, they invited Hollywood's well-known stunt team to join, and they dispatched more than 30 stunt drivers to be on standby, and were responsible for designing that thrilling car chase scene.
The interior and exterior of Wayne Manor were planned to be filmed in the Mentmore Tower in England, which was built by the Rothschild family in the nineteen-fifties and is located about an hour and a half north of London.
Kevin was so angry that he scolded his mother, why is he not afraid of Al Ida's hijacking now, the Cardington studio used to be an aircraft hangar, located in north London, Cardington's huge No. 2 hangar is eight hundred feet long and two hundred feet high, and the area in the studio is equivalent to sixteen Olympic-sized swimming pools, which can accommodate 8,400 London double-decker buses, which is beyond the reach of ordinary studios, not to mention the tax exemption, which can save two or three million, now it's not to save money for himself, this kid doesn't care, insists on shooting in Warner Studio, and also builds a huge Gotham City model hereγ
The Batcave set, also built inside the Warner Studios, is about 250 feet long, 120 feet wide, and 40 feet high, and it uses twenty-four pumps, with 12,000 gallons of water flowing through the set every minute, creating waterfalls, streams, and dripping dripping damp cave walls, which is realistic but a waste of money.