After two weeks of shooting at Warner Studios, the crew moved to the streets of Los Angeles to start shooting the location scenes, and the studio's studios and open-air studios had to be adjusted accordingly, and director Peter Borg's plan was to get all the exterior scenes done by September, and then finish all the filming in October, so that they could move to post-production by mid-October.

Warner Bros. has finalized the schedule for "Superman Hancock" next summer, and in this way, the post-production time is relatively a little more generous.

This film will use a lot of CGI generation technology, as the name suggests, Hancock is a superman, and many action scenes are not at all possible for ordinary people to complete, and they need to be shot in front of a green screen.

Transferred from Warner Studios to the streets of Los Angeles, the crew's first stop was Century City.

On an ordinary weekday morning, the sun had just risen, and the front of Century City's shopping mall near the Death Star Tower began to be busy, and dozens of police cars from the Beverly City Police Department roared in, tightly surrounding a store temporarily rented by the crew in front of the Century City shopping center.

The crew reached an agreement with the Beverly City Police Department early on, and the Beverly police were also happy to assist in filming.

Like the Pentagon, many government departments, such as the police, the CIA, and the FBI, have Hollywood liaison offices that handle business dealings with Hollywood.

Not only ordinary police cars and policemen, but also an explosion-proof car and an SAT team also came to the filming site.

Director Peter Borg was unusually busy, and it was never before for him to directly direct such a big scene.

Fortunately, he did not directly command, but participated in the field, before directing the film alone, he has been an assistant director for Michael Mann, and has assisted Michael Mann in filming films such as "The Line of Fire" and "Murder with a Knife", especially the classic realistic style of the police shootout in "The Line of Fire", and he is also one of the coordinators of the scene.

He still has some experience in how to deal with such a scene.

And his teacher, Michael Mann, also came here, but Michael Mann easily did not speak, just stood aside and watched.

Inside a huge trailer, Matthew put on his makeup, took over the costume and put it on, the original crew designed a tight-fitting costume similar to a comic book superhero, which needed to be lubricated to put on, he vetoed it without thinking about it, and after consulting with Aziva Gosman and Peter Borg, changed to black close-fitting equipment similar to police Kevlar body armor.

It's easy to wear and doesn't compromise on flexibility when shooting action shots.

He has seen Scarlett Johansson wearing prop tights, those superhero tights are completely different from athletes' tights, the athlete's tights are always the first consideration is conducive to sports and the practicality of doing actions, and the first element of the so-called superhero tights is all the visual effect worn on the body.

In order to have a great visual effect in the shot, things like what is thick, tight, and breathable, as well as padding on the chest and buttocks are the norm.

Putting on a costume that looks like Kevlar's body armor and is actually very lightweight, Matthew also moved his hands and feet to try it out, making sure that it would not affect his movements, and then stepped out of the makeup trailer.

He stood at the door of the trailer, looking at the side entrance of the Century City shopping mall, where the set was basically set up, dozens of police cars surrounded a bank with a glass curtain wall, and a police car was at the front, surrounded by plexiglas prop fragments, and a blonde actress was standing behind the car, talking to the assistant director of the crew.

Matthew looked at it, then entered the set and saw the director Peter Borg, next to Peter Borg, there was also a white old man with gray hair, the old man wore eyes, was polite, and looked very stylish.

Peter Borg was still directing the crew, and Matthew walked up to the old man, who was very famous in Hollywood, and although he hadn't seen him before, he knew each other.

"Hello, Mr. Michael Mann. He offered to extend his hand in greeting.

Michael Mann also saw Matthew, shook his hand, and said with a smile, "Hello, Matthew. Just call me Michael. ”

Matthew said politely, "I didn't expect to see you here." ”

"Peter and I are friends. Michael Mann didn't mention that Peter Borg used to be his assistant, he pointed to the towering Death Star Building next to him, "I'm going to CAA today on an errand, and I happened to be passing by here, so I'm coming over to have a look." ”

Matthew had long heard Aziva Gossman say that Peter Berg had been working as Michael Mann's assistant before he became independent, and it is estimated that Michael Mann came to see his students on purpose.

The two got together and chatted for a few words, and the topic was also around the movie, and naturally talked about the scene that is ready to be filmed now.

"Look here......" Matthew said with emotion, "I think of your filming of "The Line of Fire", that shootout scene has become a classic. ”

Michael Mann smiled and said, "It's a pity that the overall response to the movie was not very good. ”

Matthew said, "There is such a scene, and "The Line of Fire" is an eternal classic. ”

Nowadays, among the top ten classic scenes of movies in the 90s rated by many media, the gunfight scene of "The Line of Fire" is often among them, because the pace of the whole movie is outrageously slow, he has never watched it, but the police and bandit shootout scene of the bank robbery has been watched many times.

Several robbers relied on the automatic fire in their hands to suppress dozens of police officers, and finally Robert De Niro and Fang Zimmer killed them out of the police blockade with great energy.

Compared with the movie itself, this scene has been widely disseminated, and has even become a teaching material for many film schools, and its influence has surpassed that of movies.

In the 1997 robbery in North Hollywood, two robbers armed with automatic rifles left more than 100 police officers helpless, and the police searched their homes afterwards, and the video was seen on the video camera as "The Line of Fire".

It is said that before robbing the bank, the robbers watched the shootout scene repeatedly.

Society is influencing Hollywood movies, and Hollywood movies don't affect society, and many Hollywood directors, screenwriters, and scene designers, etc., are geniuses in crime design in a sense.

So, after 911, the Washington authorities gathered many Hollywood directors and screenwriters to get these film industry practitioners to imagine what would happen to the United States if they were terrorists......

Although Hollywood has never admitted that there are criminals imitating Hollywood movies, many of the criminal methods of Hollywood movies are imitated by criminals, but they are real.

The set was quickly set up, director Peter Borg had a few words to Matthew, and filming began.

The first to shoot some stunt shots, such as those jumping with a tightrope or other dangerous actions, Matthew will not be on the field to shoot in person, all done by stunt doubles, shooting difficult and dangerous scenes in Hollywood, the crew will basically not let the main actor play in person, even if the lead actor wants to be in person, will not allow it.

The first choice is the issue of insurance, like Matthew's shooting, the crew paid tens of millions of dollars for his personal safety insurance at most, and the representatives of the insurance company in the crew saw him shooting dangerous scenes and could work hard with the director directly.

Secondly, this is also responsible for the crew and all investors, once the leading actor is injured, the film will inevitably be delayed, and time is also a cost.

Finally, Matthew himself also pays great attention to this, now he is not a penniless little actor, and a big star must have the consciousness of a big star.

This is not irresponsible, but rather a reflection of responsibility and professionalism.

Whether it's the audience, the media, or the crew, no one will make irresponsible comments, because this is the normal situation.

When filming the stunt shot, there was also a little accident, one of Matthew's stunt doubles completed the shot of Hancock falling from the sky, and when he jumped off a car control platform, he jumped a little off, and as a result, he broke his foot, and his entire ankle was swollen, and the crew immediately sent a special car to take him to a nearby hospital.

However, the filming did not stop, the crew continued to operate, Matthew's stunt double was more than one, the injured one naturally had someone to deal with, and there would generally be enough money to compensate, and the on-site shooting would be replaced by a stuntman.

Although Matthew maintains fitness and kickboxing training all year round, he does not overestimate himself, like similar shots, even if he is a highly talented athlete to complete it, no one can guarantee that he will not get injured.

As a person who has money, a family, a business, and a lot of life to enjoy, he will not take fearless risks.

Five or six years ago, if the crew needed it, he might have played in person, but people's mentality and thoughts are changing with the environment and their own conditions, and now he is still very hard working and dedicated, and ensuring personal safety is a prerequisite.

Matthew spends most of his time watching, and most of the time, after the stuntman has completed the stunt action scene, he goes on stage to shoot the next frontal shots, which are edited together in post-production, and there is no problem with them.

As long as you pay close attention to Hollywood action movies, it is not difficult to find that in almost all action scenes, the frontal shots of the leading actors are limited, often interspersed with action scenes, which are basically filmed twice during shooting, stuntmen shoot action scenes, and the leading actors are responsible for the front shots, and then cut together.

He went to the "Iron Man" crew some time ago and watched an action scene filmed by Scarlett Johansson in Black Widow, Scarlett Johansson's stunt double is a man of her height!

I wonder how the audience will feel when they see the sexy Black Widow salivating over all kinds of seductive fighting moves, and learn that most of them are filmed by a man with various pads stuffed under a tight uniform.