readx;?“ The battle of "The Dark Knight Rises" begins, and the secrets are revealed on the set and behind the scenes! ”

As soon as we entered October, news like this flooded the Internet to remind fans that Duke's new film has entered the filming stage. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info [full text reading]

Websites such as Yahoo Entertainment and Instant Share have also received a lot of news from Warner Bros. on its own initiative.

"Duke? Rosenberg's production team is now in Los Angeles for a two-week shoot. Therefore, the paparazzi in the City of Angels are ready to go, and I believe that there will be a huge amount of new news every day to hit your visual nerves. ”

The next day, the Los Angeles Times revealed, "According to the latest inside information, an important supporting character in "The Dark Knight Rises" will die, which directly leads to the unpredictable direction of the film." ”

Subsequently, Yahoo Entertainment published Cillian? A photograph of Murphy entering the Hughes Aircraft Factory, accompanied by the caption "Scarecrow Reappeared".

"Cirian? Murphy's Scarecrow has appeared in Duke's first two Batman films, and this time he'll be there! In The Dark Knight Rises, his ostensible identity is the new judge of Gotham City! When he takes office, he will sentence the wealthy and the elite to death or exile, perhaps because of the turmoil that has plunged Gotham into turmoil. ”

These are all news released by the crew on their own initiative, which will not cause spoilers and attract the public's attention.

And the Hughes Aircraft Factory, where Duke has kicked off filming, is a forbidden area for media reporters, and the entire crew is busy filming intense and complex action scenes, and there is no time to deal with media reporters.

Duke begins with aerial action scenes in the film, where Bane plans and carries out a deadly hijacking kidnapping, which leads to a riot.

Most of this part of the scene was filmed in a huge hangar at the Hughes Aircraft Factory, Anna? Prinz is already leading a team to shoot the location footage, and then use CGI technology to replace the background green screen with a real scene in post-production.

In the studio, a huge C-130 Hercules transport aircraft and a small business jet model have long been built, and with the assistance of more than a dozen booms, they have achieved "flight" in the air.

The stuntmen hung Weiya in a thrilling look. In fact, it is very safe to complete the hijacking action from one plane to another in front of the camera surrounded by a green screen.

Sitting behind the monitor, Duke watched intently at the real-time feed.

A huge model of the C-130 Hercules transport plane is hoisted from above the hijacked aircraft by a boom, and four stuntmen playing terrorists are tethered to cables and fly out of the cargo compartment. landed on the wing of the CIA's special plane, and then swept violently at the window.

Subsequently, they tied the plane, which had completely lost control, to the Hercules transport plane.

Duke's directing style is that he never ventures to shoot on location where he can use post-production, so most of this opening scene is covered. It's all done in front of a green screen in the studio.

Even so, this action is still very difficult and dangerous, and from the beginning to the end, it is all due to the high degree of cooperation between various departments in terms of timing and precision, and it is carried out in an orderly manner.

In order to shoot this high-altitude opening scene smoothly and ensure the personal safety of all the crew, the crew began various preparations months in advance, and did a lot of things that challenged the historical record, and even broke the traditional practice, but Duke was still very cautious in filming because he firmly believed. All precautions are necessary.

Prior to the shoot, the visual effects team from ILM created an animation with sound, a low-resolution computer animation, to give a preview of the work of the various departments so that possible problems could be identified.

Through the preview version of visual effects animation, the special effects team, special effects team, visual effects team and other departments can clearly know which part of their functions will play a role in the actual shooting, which can be of great help to the team to better complete their work.

In front of the shot of the hijackers flying from the C-130 Hercules transport plane to the CIA's business jet, stunt director Jimmy? Carter also made a lot of preparations in order to ensure the maximum personal safety of the high-altitude stunt actors.

Don't look at it, it's just four people grabbing four ropes and flying out of the cabin from the tail of the plane. Landing on another plane, but to cooperate with the filming of the crew, is also not an easy task, especially for safety issues. It's something that the crew has to consider.

Before filming with a live action, Duke asked Jimmy? Carter has done countless simulations with dummies and various equipment, and has done a variety of emergency precautions, including the ability to cut ropes at any time, and the double protection of WIA.

Fortunately, God willing, these measures have not worked so far.

Due to the premise of the script, the CIA's special plane will eventually fall. Therefore, the crew's preparations on the ground are not sloppy at all, and the entire studio has made thorough preparations for clearing the scene before shooting, even if it is just a model aircraft, the majesty of falling from the top of the studio cannot be ignored by anyone.

When everything is ready, Duke and director of photography John? Schwartzman captured all the footage from the air in an open lift, and the level of preparation and professionalism created efficiency and precision, and the aerial drama, which was originally planned to be completed in nine days, was actually filmed in only two days.

In the desperate struggle that unfolded in the cabin, Duke transferred to the airship hangar of the Hughes Aircraft Factory to shoot. Serena and her team built a fuselage on a balance frame that could be reversed vertically and horizontally, and tilted quickly, putting the balance of everyone in front of and behind the scenes to the test.

"I don't know why on set when Duke is the director, the actors have to do somersaults, or they have to turn them on all fours," said director of photography, John? Schwartzman clearly remembers the filming of Gravity vividly, "Obviously, it was very hard and difficult to shoot like this, but it was definitely very good on the big screen. ”

His words also made Dawn? Johnson and the others got a little comfort when they were flipped.

These opening action scenes were shot entirely with IMAX cameras, and in addition to this, the IMAX cameras will also be the protagonists throughout the filming process, completing most of the action scenes.

Regarding the cooperation with IMAX, Duke also told the media in an interview with Hughes Aircraft Plant.

"I love shooting with IMAX cameras,"

Facing the reporter's voice recorder, Duke emphasized in particular, "because it can magnify and relax the picture, and give full play to the scale and proportion." In the last "The Dark Knight" and other films, I have already appreciated its extraordinary ability, through continuous learning and research, our technology is becoming more and more mature, and the exposure index and other aspects can better serve the film. The continuous updating of technology has allowed us to continuously improve our shooting standards. ”

Nowadays, a film is shot with a large number of IMAX cameras, which is already one of the selling points, and Duke's words are also for publicity.

John interviewed with Duke? Schwartzman fully agrees with Duke, "In terms of picture and sound quality, IMAX provides an immersive viewing experience, because the format and clarity of the picture presents the expansive, immersive feeling in front of human eyes, and when combined with high-fidelity surround sound, it is difficult to forget." We spent three months working with Panasonic and IMAX to restructure the viewfinder on the camera and improve the lens so that we could shoot extremely high-quality images even in the dim environment of the machine. All of these improvements have been made in a way that we couldn't do with the previous two films. ”

However, during the filming of the film, the clunky camera gave John? Schwartzman and his camera crew had a lot of trouble, and it was enough to set up the big guys on the lifts used for filming, and the crew had to recut and weld them on the lifts to fit the bulky guys more securely.

When filming the ground scenes, the crew placed thick aluminum plates on miniature moving tracks, thus creating a horizontal working platform for the camera.

In all of the scenes shot with IMAX cameras, Duke asked for a two-camera shoot, and at least one of the three technicians assigned to the IMAX crew had to assist John on set? Schwartzman's camera crew coped with some difficult filming assignments and carried out temporary repair work to ensure the smooth running of the crew's work.

In general, in terms of film loading, film walking and C work, the camera is no different from other cameras, but there will be many accidents when changing the film, which will lead to the failure of the card, if the card phenomenon is too serious, the camera can only be temporarily out of work, dragged to IMAX's branch workshop in Los Angeles, to do professional disassembly and maintenance.

In a way, these bulky big guys are more delicate than ordinary cameras, and the combined number of IMAX cameras in the world is extremely limited, and if all three cameras fail, Duke will have to either pause shooting or switch to a regular digital camera.

In Duke's hands, the camera is mainly used to shoot action, panorama and impact shots, and other ordinary shots are mainly shot by ordinary digital cameras.

Even now, the cost of IMAX cameras is high, and using IMAX cameras throughout the entire process is both inconvenient and too luxurious.

This is the third installment in the series, and the crew spends close to $100 million on the compensation of the cast and crew, and Duke also has to ensure the cost of post-production, not to mention that the film is expected to cost as much as $250 million, but in fact, the money for filming is not particularly large.

After the opening scene, Duke led the crew back to Warner Studios, and the most mysterious Margot? Robbie also appeared on the set, and the crew was ready to shoot her scene. (To be continued.) )

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