Bang bang

Gunshots rang out one after another, and pieces of car glass broke. Dozens of policemen lowered their heads and lay behind the car. They were suppressed by dense bullets so that they could not look up. Just behind the glass curtain wall opposite, figures kept shaking, and some people were aiming at this side with automatic rifles, and flames seemed to spew out of the muzzle.

"Let's go! Lying down..."

A sheriff shouted loudly from behind the car, "Everything is down!"

Broken glass fragments fell from above like money.

Matthew and a police officer got down from a nearby height, and a photographer with Stenikon was shooting ahead.

"What's the situation?" he looked at the police officer not far away.

"Bank robbery," the officer said quickly, "there are at least eight hostages and four criminals!"

He pointed to the front police car again, the blonde police officer hiding behind, saying, "A police officer is trapped, but the other party's automatic firepower is too strong, we can't get close to her."

Matthew took off his sunglasses, stood behind a car, and looked at the bank, and the officer followed and continued, "They kept shooting at us all morning."

"Yeah." Matthew nodded and was about to rush out. The police officer reached out and grabbed him and reminded, "They have large caliber and heavy firepower, I don't know if you can."

Matthew broke free from the officer's hand, "I'll be fine."

He just wanted to go out, but only took one step forward, and then retreated. His mouth opened and closed several times before he said a little stiffly, "You guys did a good job!"

The police officer was stunned immediately.

Matthew turned around and said to all the police officers around him, "You guys did a great job! They did a great job!"

The police were a little uncomfortable at first, but soon someone smiled at Matthew, who stretched his hands and jumped into the police car.

"Stop!" Director Peter Borg called to stop shooting and raised his hand at Matthew, "Okay! Let's shoot the next scene."

There is also a scene where Hancock flies over the car, which was previously filmed by the stuntman.

The whole scene remains unchanged, with cameras and lights adjusting, Peter Borg finds Matthew, points to the blonde policewoman hiding behind the police car, and says, "You go over and rescue her, don't run, don't be nervous, be as relaxed as a walk."

Matthew nodded, "No problem."

The shooting took more than two weeks and he also found his status.

The stunt team there was also ready. Peter Borg returned to the director's monitor and shouted, "Shooting...start!"

The originally quiet set immediately became noisy, shouts, gunshots and screams continued to sound. Matthew strode towards the police car facing the bank door. He could smell the smell of gunpowder. He occasionally looked down and looked at it, as if he was shot, and reached out to flick off the gunpowder from his clothes.

The shooting effects of bullets all depend on post-production addition, and he only needs to make postures.

Matthew walked past a large number of billboards, and glass cabinets burst into pieces under the careful control of the stunt team, all of which fell on the other side, as if they were really shot by bullets.

After walking past a SUV, Matthew made a random slap according to the routine set in advance. The next second he made the action, the SUV exploded.

As a real man, of course, you can't look back at the explosion.

Matthew came to the back of the police car, helped the female policeman who was lying on the ground in great pain, and shouted, "You did a good job!"

The actress just shook her head in pain and couldn't say a word.

"Can I touch your body?" Matthew asked seriously, "Is that OK?"

The actress nodded with pain in her face, "Please take me away!"

Matthew grabbed the actress' arm and prepared to help him up.

Director Peter Borg's shout came over, "Stop! This one has passed!" He nodded to Matthew first, and then shouted to the stunt team, "Be prepared, you have twenty minutes!"

The actor was temporarily resting, but he didn't relax at all. He first looked at the camera shot, then coordinated with the photographer to check the equipment situation with the special stunt team.

The next shot is Hancock holding a police car as a shield. Of course, the actor cannot grab a car and walk, and this depends on the stunt team to coordinate.

Peter Borg was meticulous and did not miss anything that could make mistakes. Not only today's shooting, but also all the filming before this film, he was energetic and put in 200% of his efforts.

For a director like him, it is very rare to direct such a big production.

When he was the assistant of Michael Mann, he didn't feel anything. Whether it was an actor or a film company, he was polite to Michael Mann for his sake, but since he left Michael Mann and became a director independently, he truly realized the difficulty of being a new director.

Before this project, he could only direct some small productions in the independent film industry, and the highest investment was only a few million US dollars. It was not that he didn't want to direct first-line productions, but that no one was willing to give a new director such an opportunity.

He finally filmed several small productions and became famous. With the help of Michael Mann's recommendation, he met Aziva Gossman, a noble man. Although he was a little hesitant at one time, he knew that he could not miss such an opportunity.

There may be really directors who are willing to spend their entire lives in the independent film industry and devote themselves to art, but most directors are like him, and have the opportunity to direct first-line mainstream commercial productions. Who is willing to continue to stay in that small circle?

After checking the stunt team, Peter Borg said to the person in charge, "Truth, check it again, don't have any surprises, we will try to pass it once."

"Okay." said the head of the stunt team.

After the head of the stunt team checked again and confirmed that there would be no problem, Peter Borg returned to the back of his director monitor, his eyes turned to the actors, and his eyes fell on Matthew Horner.

"I'm really lucky." He whispered to himself. "Michael Mann was helping him to become a director. The first work he turned into the commercial film industry was starring Matthew Horner..."

He has worked hard in the independent film industry. That circle is the only way for many new directors to start. Compared to himself, most new directors have very different resources and opportunities, even very different.

Before taking over this project, he once saw a survey report on the survival status of a new director from a friend who was doing film market research. A set of data was particularly eye-catching: Among the 60 new directors interviewed who had already had a feature film, 38% of the directors interviewed had their own money, of which only 21% raised funds within one year, and most of the works would take one to two years or even three years to start filming. Among those interviewed who had failed the project, 58% came from investment issues, ranking first among all options.

No one will easily trust a new director, just as no one will easily trust a new screenwriter.

Peter Borg has a personal understanding of this, and there are too few lucky people like him.

In fact, due to the deviation of survivors, the sixty respondents who already had a feature film work are already "lucky people who finally got the investment". In addition to them, the dream of a film director who was forced to terminate due to the lack of money, even the most professional film survey institutions do not know how many of them are.

Only by shooting your debut work can you officially enter the ranks of "film directors", but this is a hurdle. Michael Mann once said to him: This is a paradox. If you want others to invest money for you to make a movie, first of all, you have to have a movie to prove your own abilities. So how to find investment in your first movie becomes particularly difficult.

How difficult is it for a new director to find an investment? Peter Borg has personally experienced it. Professional companies dare not invest, private investment cannot be found, no one buys the pre-sale copyright, and crowdfunding is more difficult...

For example, when Christo Nolan debuted, in order to raise funds for the filming of the new film, he did not hesitate to put down his figure and sought crowdfunding in the cinema.

Although the road is smoother than other new directors, Peter Borg has fully experienced the difficulties and difficulties.

When he just left Michael Mann, he went to find an investment and went to a company that made art films. The person in charge yawned and listened to his troublesome narrative, and then said, "You see, we are all Oscar-level...

So the other party refused without even reading the script.

Later, his project was introduced by Michael Mann and made a small profit for the production company. However, the company that rejected him did not regret missing a profitable movie: refusing a debut work without anyone endorsing it, in their opinion, was a professional approach.

As he personally felt: a helpless situation is that if you are a newcomer, how well your script is written, it often does not allow you to add points when facing investors.

Even the same script will have different destinies in different environments: with the recommendation of the great director Michael Mann, his project has attracted investment; without the help of Michael Mann, he may not be able to find an investment until now.

Twenty minutes later, the shooting began on time, and Peter Borg sat behind the director's monitor and focused on the whole audience.

Gunshots rang out again. The filming of "The Man of the People" attracted many media reporters and pedestrians to watch. Many people gathered outside to watch. After some movie fans found Matthew, they prepared pens and notebooks, intending to wait a while to find him to sign.

Francis Lawrence walked out of the entrance of the Death Star Building, met Paula Patton, who was waiting at the door, and also discovered the shooting not far away.
Chapter completed!