After finishing the trip in China, Gilbert Jr. and his crew rushed to Chicago to shoot street gun battle scenes and scenes of a train rushing onto the street.
The scene was quite large, so the crew did not choose to shoot in Los Angeles, but came to Chicago to shoot.
Director of photography John Schwartzman suggested that this scene be shot at night, which would be easier and more relaxed, but Gilbert Jr. rejected this and decided to shoot it during the day.
Usually when shooting rain scenes, people choose to shoot at night because it looks better when the light comes from behind, and you can see the raindrops.
But if you choose to shoot during the day and when the sun is out, it will be different.
It's like going to a football game and it suddenly starts raining during the day, and then you realize you can't see anything clearly; that's the lighting problem caused by the rain.
Another difficulty is the issue of rainmaking. Simple rainmaking is not a problem, but the problem is that the scale of this scene is very large.
The crew mobilized a large number of tower cranes to hang sprinklers in the air on an unprecedented scale, capable of making two to three blocks rain at a time, creating realistic and deep rain.
During a test shoot, the interference from sunlight was too great, which placed high demands on the shooting.
John Schwartzman complained: "This scene is really a bit weird, with the scorching sun on one side and heavy rain on the other."
Gilbert Jr. said, "This is a dream, John. Nothing is impossible in a dream."
Indeed, dreams are supposed to have this kind of absurd feeling. The design of the train rushing onto the street is also based on the absurdity principle of dreams, because this is something that is impossible to happen in reality.
Of course, things like sun showers do happen in reality, and quite a lot of them.
The scene where the train rushes onto the street can be said to have a sense of absurdity similar to that of Freud's dream. Although they knew it was a real shot, Leo and Ellen Page were still amazed when filming this scene.
After filming this scene, Ellen Page felt her legs go weak.
She came down and told little Gilbert: "This is too exaggerated. I never believed that I would experience this."
Leo said as if it was a matter of course: "Believe me, you will experience many such scenes again."
Little Gilbert also laughed and said, "From your performance, at least you achieved your goal, didn't you?"
"It's true that not having to rely on imagination to act is very helpful for the performance, and we did it very easily," said Ellen Page.
Although acting without physical objects is a basic course in acting courses, acting through imagination is not as effective as acting with physical objects.
In addition to maintaining his image as a real-life shooting fanatic, helping actors to better perform is also one of the reasons why Gilbert Jr. insists on real-life shooting.
By the time the Chicago scenes were finished, it was already October. The crew moved back to the Los Angeles studio, and except for the exterior scenes in Canada, the rest of the scenes were completed in the studio.
"Joseph, you are facing a great challenge. Are you confident you can accomplish it?" asked Gilbert Jr.
Joseph patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I have been training for two months just to prepare for this scene."
The other leading actors who had nothing to do showed up on the set. Tom Hardy was a jokester, and he shouted, "Arthur, do you need me to be your stand-in?"
Joseph responded, "No, Eames, I'm afraid you'll fall to pieces."
There are also scenes in the movie where the two of them bicker with each other. This habit extends from the play to outside the play, and also helps the actors get to know each other better in their roles.
Joseph and the stuntmen were ready to go as they entered the huge hotel's revolving corridor for filming.
Before the shooting, the photographer and lighting staff discussed the shooting angle and lighting issues for a long time, and also tried several shooting methods. In short, one fixed camera was fixed in the hotel corridor, so that the hotel corridor would not appear to be rotating. The other camera was controlled by a mechanical jib for chasing shooting.
Fortunately, due to sufficient preparation and practice, this scene was not too difficult for Joseph. However, the scene of the hotel's rotating corridor took a long time to shoot before it was completed.
The actors were all very excited because this kind of movie shooting process is quite fresh and doesn't happen every time.
Leonardo DiCaprio is okay, after all, he has experienced the filming of "Titanic", which was directed by an even crazier director.
The rest of the cast, such as Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, have mostly appeared in low-budget films and have not been baptized by blockbusters.
Robert Downey Jr. has extensive experience in green screen shooting. After all, many special effects in the "Iron Man" series require the use of green screens, and he has no experience in such large-scale live shooting.
Previous Marvel movies were indeed the epitome of green screen technology. The large-scale use of green screen technology to complete filming was one of the important means to save production costs.
And there are some scenes that you really can’t shoot without a green screen.
However, later on, even a coffee shop scene had to be shot with a green screen, and they were unwilling to go out and find a real location for shooting. This was obviously an overreaction.
Now that Gilbert Jr. has become the boss of Marvel Studios, he naturally would not allow such an absurd situation to happen.
Any technology and shooting method needs to be used appropriately and properly. It should be used when it is necessary, but it should not be abused. This is true for both green screen technology and live shooting mode.
Just like the movie "Inception", it is a perfect example of the combination of special effects technology and practical shooting technology.
Robert Downey Jr. was so excited to participate in the filming of "Inception" this time.
Although it is a supporting role, Robert Downey Jr. still excitedly expressed on the social media platform:
"Guys, you are not going to believe what a crazy thing we have done. I can't wait to see this movie in theaters, trust me, it will blow your mind."
Leo is also a big mouth. After filming the Chicago location scenes, he couldn't wait to post photos of himself, Ellen Page, and Gilbert Jr. on social media.
He also excitedly revealed: "This is the most imaginative and one of the best movies I have ever participated in. I had a lot of fun shooting it. The action scenes and gun battles are also very exciting, and there are many fantastic ideas.
More importantly, these fantastic ideas are all based on reality, and I am very much looking forward to the film being made.”
Although the two big mouths said a lot, they didn't say anything, which made the fans itchy and wanted to see what big thing little Gilbert had done next.
Of course, there are also some Reuters videos of the filming of "Inception" circulating on the Internet.
But unfortunately, the quality of most videos is very blurry. Apart from the fact that the scenes are huge, you can't see anything else. They are also very short, which is not enough to satisfy movie fans.
Many fans launched a petition online, asking the crew to reveal more content.
But unfortunately, the entire crew remained silent, and even the two big mouths seemed to have been given a gag order and refused to reveal anything.
For the movie "Inception", it would be meaningless to reveal too much content in advance, and spoilers are not allowed.
Therefore, fans can only continue to look forward to it and pray that they can see this movie in theaters as soon as possible.
The filming of the film went smoothly, and more than half of the filming was completed by the end of October. Then in November, Calgary, Canada finally had the heavy snow that the crew had been waiting for. (End of this chapter)
The scene was quite large, so the crew did not choose to shoot in Los Angeles, but came to Chicago to shoot.
Director of photography John Schwartzman suggested that this scene be shot at night, which would be easier and more relaxed, but Gilbert Jr. rejected this and decided to shoot it during the day.
Usually when shooting rain scenes, people choose to shoot at night because it looks better when the light comes from behind, and you can see the raindrops.
But if you choose to shoot during the day and when the sun is out, it will be different.
It's like going to a football game and it suddenly starts raining during the day, and then you realize you can't see anything clearly; that's the lighting problem caused by the rain.
Another difficulty is the issue of rainmaking. Simple rainmaking is not a problem, but the problem is that the scale of this scene is very large.
The crew mobilized a large number of tower cranes to hang sprinklers in the air on an unprecedented scale, capable of making two to three blocks rain at a time, creating realistic and deep rain.
During a test shoot, the interference from sunlight was too great, which placed high demands on the shooting.
John Schwartzman complained: "This scene is really a bit weird, with the scorching sun on one side and heavy rain on the other."
Gilbert Jr. said, "This is a dream, John. Nothing is impossible in a dream."
Indeed, dreams are supposed to have this kind of absurd feeling. The design of the train rushing onto the street is also based on the absurdity principle of dreams, because this is something that is impossible to happen in reality.
Of course, things like sun showers do happen in reality, and quite a lot of them.
The scene where the train rushes onto the street can be said to have a sense of absurdity similar to that of Freud's dream. Although they knew it was a real shot, Leo and Ellen Page were still amazed when filming this scene.
After filming this scene, Ellen Page felt her legs go weak.
She came down and told little Gilbert: "This is too exaggerated. I never believed that I would experience this."
Leo said as if it was a matter of course: "Believe me, you will experience many such scenes again."
Little Gilbert also laughed and said, "From your performance, at least you achieved your goal, didn't you?"
"It's true that not having to rely on imagination to act is very helpful for the performance, and we did it very easily," said Ellen Page.
Although acting without physical objects is a basic course in acting courses, acting through imagination is not as effective as acting with physical objects.
In addition to maintaining his image as a real-life shooting fanatic, helping actors to better perform is also one of the reasons why Gilbert Jr. insists on real-life shooting.
By the time the Chicago scenes were finished, it was already October. The crew moved back to the Los Angeles studio, and except for the exterior scenes in Canada, the rest of the scenes were completed in the studio.
"Joseph, you are facing a great challenge. Are you confident you can accomplish it?" asked Gilbert Jr.
Joseph patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I have been training for two months just to prepare for this scene."
The other leading actors who had nothing to do showed up on the set. Tom Hardy was a jokester, and he shouted, "Arthur, do you need me to be your stand-in?"
Joseph responded, "No, Eames, I'm afraid you'll fall to pieces."
There are also scenes in the movie where the two of them bicker with each other. This habit extends from the play to outside the play, and also helps the actors get to know each other better in their roles.
Joseph and the stuntmen were ready to go as they entered the huge hotel's revolving corridor for filming.
Before the shooting, the photographer and lighting staff discussed the shooting angle and lighting issues for a long time, and also tried several shooting methods. In short, one fixed camera was fixed in the hotel corridor, so that the hotel corridor would not appear to be rotating. The other camera was controlled by a mechanical jib for chasing shooting.
Fortunately, due to sufficient preparation and practice, this scene was not too difficult for Joseph. However, the scene of the hotel's rotating corridor took a long time to shoot before it was completed.
The actors were all very excited because this kind of movie shooting process is quite fresh and doesn't happen every time.
Leonardo DiCaprio is okay, after all, he has experienced the filming of "Titanic", which was directed by an even crazier director.
The rest of the cast, such as Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, have mostly appeared in low-budget films and have not been baptized by blockbusters.
Robert Downey Jr. has extensive experience in green screen shooting. After all, many special effects in the "Iron Man" series require the use of green screens, and he has no experience in such large-scale live shooting.
Previous Marvel movies were indeed the epitome of green screen technology. The large-scale use of green screen technology to complete filming was one of the important means to save production costs.
And there are some scenes that you really can’t shoot without a green screen.
However, later on, even a coffee shop scene had to be shot with a green screen, and they were unwilling to go out and find a real location for shooting. This was obviously an overreaction.
Now that Gilbert Jr. has become the boss of Marvel Studios, he naturally would not allow such an absurd situation to happen.
Any technology and shooting method needs to be used appropriately and properly. It should be used when it is necessary, but it should not be abused. This is true for both green screen technology and live shooting mode.
Just like the movie "Inception", it is a perfect example of the combination of special effects technology and practical shooting technology.
Robert Downey Jr. was so excited to participate in the filming of "Inception" this time.
Although it is a supporting role, Robert Downey Jr. still excitedly expressed on the social media platform:
"Guys, you are not going to believe what a crazy thing we have done. I can't wait to see this movie in theaters, trust me, it will blow your mind."
Leo is also a big mouth. After filming the Chicago location scenes, he couldn't wait to post photos of himself, Ellen Page, and Gilbert Jr. on social media.
He also excitedly revealed: "This is the most imaginative and one of the best movies I have ever participated in. I had a lot of fun shooting it. The action scenes and gun battles are also very exciting, and there are many fantastic ideas.
More importantly, these fantastic ideas are all based on reality, and I am very much looking forward to the film being made.”
Although the two big mouths said a lot, they didn't say anything, which made the fans itchy and wanted to see what big thing little Gilbert had done next.
Of course, there are also some Reuters videos of the filming of "Inception" circulating on the Internet.
But unfortunately, the quality of most videos is very blurry. Apart from the fact that the scenes are huge, you can't see anything else. They are also very short, which is not enough to satisfy movie fans.
Many fans launched a petition online, asking the crew to reveal more content.
But unfortunately, the entire crew remained silent, and even the two big mouths seemed to have been given a gag order and refused to reveal anything.
For the movie "Inception", it would be meaningless to reveal too much content in advance, and spoilers are not allowed.
Therefore, fans can only continue to look forward to it and pray that they can see this movie in theaters as soon as possible.
The filming of the film went smoothly, and more than half of the filming was completed by the end of October. Then in November, Calgary, Canada finally had the heavy snow that the crew had been waiting for. (End of this chapter)
