American Fame and Fortune Chapter 887

Chapter 887: Kicked out of the crew

Hunted from Los Angeles to New York, Rogers, who represented DC Films and DC Comics, notified the crew as a routine, rested briefly overnight, and entered the Brooklyn Studio the next morning.

ˆ As a representative of the copyright owner, it is normal for him to visit the production crew regularly.

Martin is busy filming so don't pay attention to him.

Handed by Louise.

Rogers came to the open-air studio and stood outside the street where the scene was set up. He watched the crew being busy and was not in a hurry to speak.

If the crew itself was a mess, he wouldn't have to say anything at all.

Rogers remained silent and patiently watched the crew filming.

For half a morning, the crew filmed more than 20 scenes, and Rogers found that the situation was completely different from what he expected.

It is generally acknowledged in Hollywood circles that "Shark Tank" was pretty good, but director Martin was obviously opportunistic. The number of scenes and characters in the movie was small, and the plot was simple, making it more like the lowest-level unit drama.

Like his boss Hamada, he even suspected that the film was not shot by Martin at all, but that Martin waved the money and asked an experienced deputy to film it. He only served as a mascot on the set.

Rogers discovered that this was not the case at all.

After watching this for half a morning, the crew of "Joker" was completely under Martin's control. Almost all shooting decisions were made by Martin. Others cooperated unconditionally. All departments operated as smoothly as silk. It was exactly what a mature Hollywood crew should do. appearance.

In addition, his boss Hamada's concerns are coming true.

After a morning of filming, Rogers was able to confirm that, apart from the name, this new film directed and starred by Martin has almost nothing to do with the comics. It is basically just wearing the name and cloak of the Joker to interpret other story content.

It's okay if the film fails. Once it becomes a huge success like "The Dark Knight", the impact on the Justice League movie universe will be simply catastrophic.

Just like non-comic book fans all over the world, they think that Batman's setting is not to use guns and not to kill people. How will they feel when they see the bat swarm in Justice League not only using guns and machine cannons, but also killing like crazy?

They will definitely say what the **** did you shoot? Is this Batman?

Then, one by one gave negative reviews, each one hated the film, and bad word of mouth spread automatically.

By afternoon, Rogers decided to take action.

　　No matter what the crew does, he must do what needs to be done, because it is DC that determines his future and fate, not the crew.

Martin, who was wearing a clown costume, entered the set and came to the alley. As the filming started, he got into a fight with a few gangsters.

These action scenes were relatively physically demanding to shoot. After more than an hour of filming, Martin asked the crew to take a break.

Rogers looked over and saw Martin coming to a nearby rest area to drink water, so he quickly walked over.

Before he even got close, he was stopped by two bodyguards, who quickly said: "Hello, Martin, I am Alexander Rogers, the copyright representative from DC, and I would like to have a few words with you."

Martin also wanted to know what the Warner team was planning to do. He waved his hand for the bodyguard to let him over. He shook hands with Rogers and said, "I heard Louise mention that you are welcome to the set."

"Thank you." Rogers looked very polite, but the next sentence emphasized: "DC is the copyright owner, and there must be someone paying attention to the progress of the project."

Martin said directly: "Please rest assured that the filming is going very smoothly and all filming will be completed in July."

Rogers was not concerned about the filming progress. In recent years, Warner sent executives to its crews to directly intervene in the filming and production. It has long been a routine. Even if Jon Berg's super genius invention attracted ridicule from both inside and outside the industry, the Warner team also There is no fundamental change in this practice.

They no longer dispatch multiple executives with similar powers at once, leading to quarrels when opinions differ, but rather one executive takes the lead.

"I see, Martin, you are a very thoughtful actor and director." Rogers knew exactly what he was going to do and said directly: "But as a representative of DC, I have the responsibility and obligation to remind the crew that this is a A superhero movie based on a comic book, the setting and main line of the film must be in line with DC's strategic plan..."

Martin nodded casually, speaking in one ear and out the other.

Rogers turned into a troublemaker and continued: "I don't want to interfere with your normal filming, but the current situation of the crew gives me reason to believe that your approach will seriously harm the clown and its related copyrights!"

He spoke righteously: "Please temporarily stop filming and make necessary changes to the script and character settings..."

Hearing this, Martin showed no intention of answering. He nodded to Louise, who was walking over quickly, and said, "That's it, Mr. Rogers, I'm going to start working."

"Director Martin Davis!" Rogers wanted to stop Martin.

Two bodyguards came over and stopped directly in front of Rogers.

Martin entered the set without looking back.

He now has an idea of what DC and Warner Group are doing. He has obviously sent a stick to stir things up. He can't change this project, so he can't disgust you?

Martin called a few actors to talk about the moves and precautions for the next scene.

While Rogers was still thinking about how to make trouble, Louise came over with several security personnel.

She glanced at the DC representative: "Find a place to chat."

Several burly security guards vaguely surrounded him. Rogers worked hard in Hollywood, and he still wanted to show his dignity, so he responded: "Okay."

Louis took him away from the set and directly told the security director who came over: "Take back Mr. Rogers' temporary ID."

Originally, she didn't want to completely break away from the superficial relationship with DC, but in order to ensure the normal operation of the crew, she decided to adopt the simplest and most effective method.

The security director came to Rogers and stretched out his hand: "Sir, please give me the crew ID."

Rogers, who was surrounded by strong men and didn't want to add men to men, could only take off the tag on his chest and reminded Louise: "I represent DC Films and DC Comics. This is how you treat the representatives of the copyright owners..."

Louis interrupted him directly: "If you have any questions, you can ask Hamada to call me. There is no need to say anything else."

Rogers took off his temporary ID and handed it to the crew's security director. He glanced at Louise, then turned and walked outside the studio.

Louise ordered the security personnel: "Remember this person, he will not be allowed to approach the set in the future."

The security director responded: "Okay."

Their remuneration is paid by the crew, and they only follow the arrangements of the crew.

As for DC, it has nothing to do with them.

Rogers came to the parking lot, got into the rented car, stared in the direction of the crew, calmed down a little, and dialed the number in Los Angeles: "Tell the boss that I was hired by Martin Davis and Louise May. I kicked out the crew and will adopt the second plan.” The other side quickly responded: “Okay.”

Rogers had drawn up several plans before he came. As a troublemaker in the Warner team, he was ready to be kicked out of the crew.

However, he didn't expect Martin and Louise to be so simple and rude. On the first day they joined the group, they were kicked out before they could say anything.

Rogers hung up the phone and called an entertainment reporter friend again: "Do you have time to chat? I have some fierce information here, of course it is exciting enough, about Martin Davis' new film "Joker"."

“Big news? Okay!” The other side immediately asked, “Where are you? I'm treating you to lunch.”

The two parties agreed on a time and soon arrived at a restaurant in Manhattan. Rogers faced the entertainment reporter's recorder and made many remarks attacking the crew of "Joker".

For example, Martin acted dictatorially in the theater, refused to accept the copyright owner's suggestions, and violently kicked the DC representative out of the crew, just like a fascist.

The Warner Group and the teams they control are all geniuses, and they can always make moves that shock the film industry and even the world.

At Brooklyn Studios, filming is still going on as normal.

More and more extras are joining the set, but the crew has a team of up to twelve assistant directors. Each assistant director has at least three film shooting experiences on set. They can assist Martin in managing the huge set.

Martin controls the set through a team of assistants, and his own energy only needs to be focused on a few main actors.

Today's scene is very important. Before shooting, Martin specially called assistant director Steve Downton, director of photography Jeff Cromweis, editor Joel Negron and supporting actor Robert De Niro to start shooting. Had a meeting.

Martin looked at the set and said, "Steve, is the garbage in place?"

Downton said: "Everything has been transported here. I have to wait for the lighting team to complete the arrangement before the garbage can be brought in."

Martin added: "Control the emotions of the extras. They are dissatisfied but not to the level of a riot. This is the beginning of a social unrest."

Downton responded: "Leave the extras to me."

“Start with wide-angle close-ups of street trash and extras,” Martin told Cromweis.

Cromweis said: "My side is ready."

Martin called several other actors over and said to everyone: "During the script reading meeting, I said that the cruelty of society creates clowns, and the following scenes are a direct display of social unrest."

He pointed to the set and emphasized: "The garbage truck workers have been on strike for more than half a month. Their demand is for better wages and benefits. However, Gotham City's response has been uncompromising and declared a state of emergency in the city. The consequences are It was **** all over the streets and corners of the city, and then there were super rats.”

Others nodded. This is also closely related to social reality. Once a similar incident occurs, the first thing to be solved is not the incident itself, but the people.

“In order to avoid the situation from getting bigger, we must divert our attention.” Martin looked at Robert De Niro: “If you want to do this, there is no better tool than the entertainment industry.”

Robert De Niro comes from the bottom of society and has many years of experience in acting and on-the-ground materials. He immediately understood the essence of his role in this scene: "The talk show star I played needs to help the rich and powerful in Gotham City move to... "Look, I turned a people's livelihood issue into entertainment, and then the powerful used clever excuses to divert attention from solving the core issue."

Martin said: "All of this is promoting social unrest, leading to the big riot at the end, thus deifying the clown, putting it on the altar and becoming a symbol."

The reason for this is very simple. Most of the consumers of movies are ordinary people, "poor people" in the real sense. Their stance and emotional value naturally stand with the poor.

Anti-elitism is the most common plot in Hollywood movies. For example, the Washington authorities are all a bunch of stupid pigs, the CIA is always killing its own people, and even the quarterbacks on campus are brainless fools.

Martin knew exactly who the audience for this movie was, so the Joker had to stand with the poor.

Feedback In the plot of the movie, it is the powerful people of Gotham who created the image of the clown, thus making the clown a symbol, a concept widely accepted by the poor - using the clown as a symbol of the resistance movement!

Nowadays, the gap between the rich and the poor in North America has further widened, and social conflicts are so acute that it is necessary to use various organizations such as monsters and ghosts to divert attention. The clown not only meets the needs of the poor people in Gotham, but can also become an outlet for the emotions of ordinary people in reality.

Piles of garbage were transported to the street set, and many of the subsequent scenes were filmed with the "garbage dump" as the background.

Martin also entered the set, and filming soon began.

The set immediately became chaotic, as if a black movement had broken out.

The filming did not go smoothly. Various problems always occurred. Occasionally, Martin also needed to find the heads of various departments to discuss and solve some problems.

One advantage of him is that he may not be professional enough in various industries behind the scenes, but he never lacks decisiveness and can always choose the best solution among various opinions.

This itself is also a talent and ability.

There is always a gap between theory and practice, and Martin's control of these scenes has gradually changed from unfamiliar to familiar.

However, repeated filming brought a lot of pressure to all the crew members, as well as Martin himself.

At the weekend, Martin simply booked a famous nightclub in Manhattan and asked the crew to relax.

When they returned to work on Monday, the mental state of the crew improved significantly and the filming went much more smoothly.

Many of the problems in this industry can be solved with money, especially the work enthusiasm and mental commitment of employees.

Every day I draw cakes, and the staff below vomited after eating them a few times.

The pie in the picture can all be converted into real money. Without Martin's mobilization, the enthusiasm of the whole crew will be high.

During this period, there have been constant rumors in the outside media. News that Martin controlled the crew like a fascist and violently drove away DC representatives on the crew were repeatedly hyped by some entertainment media.

There are also some news that Martin as a director is just an empty shell, and the actual work is done by others, which is also widely circulated in the gossip media.

Martin and Louise were well prepared. In addition to regular press conferences, in which cast members such as Robert De Niro were interviewed by the media, they also held two media open days, inviting proactive media reporters and colleagues to enter the set. Meet the crew and observe the filming of the film.

After this series of actions, those false rumors quickly became much less common.

Even many media are still touting Martin, saying that he hopes to become another successful actor-turned-director after Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner.

(End of this chapter)

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