Behind-the-scenes highlights of Hawkeye

"Preview" will make the film lose its mystery.

At the beginning of filming Hawkeye, director caruso clearly expressed his views. After filming, he resolutely bypassed the routine step of "screening" and adopted the strategy of delaying the post-production of Hawkeye as much as possible, leaving no room for manoeuvre. Caluso said, "It may not be authentic, but it is very useful. Producer Alex Cuzman thinks: "Hawkeye is a very large-scale action thriller. In order to make it more powerful, as a producer, you'd better use appeasement instead of impatience, because you will eventually find that even if a work like this has done a lot of preparatory work in the early stage, there are too many things to coordinate when shooting, so some delays by the director are reasonable and completely understandable. But what I didn't expect was that caluso deliberately extended the post-production of the film in order to avoid the' screening'. He was really cheated by his own tricks. "

The length of Hawkeye was originally set at 152 minutes, which may not be a very definite figure, but caruso also promised that there would be no big ups and downs on this basis. He continued: "In Hollywood, two and a half hours is really a bit too long, especially for an action movie ... Of course, there are still places to consider and polish in the movie. Well,

In addition, caruso also said that Hawkeye was really influenced by his previous TV series SHIELD. He said: "Although we didn't directly hire the behind-the-scenes staff related to SHIELD, Hawkeye is still related to this TV series in style. However, the Bourne ultimatum series also gave me considerable impact and feelings ... Speaking of which, some people may think. But my answer is,' We made a similar attempt at Shield almost six years ago.' I really prefer to shoot some scenes of Hawkeye with a portable camera, because I always feel that Hollywood has entered a strange circle now, and the frequency of using portable cameras is really a bit too high. For this reason, I hope to record everything we want to tell correctly in the form of' mockumentary', but it is definitely not crazy or excessive. Believe it or not, this is the first time I have used the camera stabilizer in my career as a director. I find it a very good shooting equipment, and I like it very much, because the camera stabilizer can not only keep the unique feeling picture created by the portable camera, but also help you eliminate some uncertainties in this shooting method. "

This time, caruso made the right choice, because when shooting a movie, the proper use of portable cameras can really bring a real sense of the scene to the audience. In addition, caruso also combines real shooting and CGI special effects, which makes all the car-chasing scenes have a thrilling speed. He said: "There seems to be no way to avoid the auxiliary role of digital special effects in this kind of movies, but we have been trying our best, and the parts that can be filmed will definitely not rely on it. For example, the crushed cars in Hawkeye are all real shots, and the only part of the special effects technology is to use CGI to eliminate the traces of cables, because we need to borrow cables to increase the power and let the cars collide in the most violent way. Therefore, the realistic car chase scene in the film is not the result of special effects, especially some big scenes that need to be shot with the help of lifting brackets. You can hardly erase props without CGI. You must set a very high starting point for Hawkeye, because it is completely different from a work like Transformers, and you can't surprise the audience's chin with too many fantastic and illusory elements. Once the goal is clear, digital special effects will not be considered as an indispensable film technology. " Alex kurtzman added: "Transformers focuses on a world that has been paid too much attention to. Part of it is true, but it also combines the illusion of comics. But the environment of Hawkeye's story is very different, which makes us make corresponding changes and choices for one purpose, that is, to keep the film realistic. You can call it "aurora video" or any professional adjective you can imagine ... but at the beginning of shooting, we really didn't think so much, just wanted to make an action movie that was really loved by the audience. "

Create excitement by osmosis.

For director caruso, Hawkeye is more like a modern French drug trafficking network. He said, "When alex kurtzman and I first met and started discussing this film, we had a similar feeling, especially from the perspective of film technology, you will find that there are many similarities between the two films. Cuzman and I reached an understanding from the beginning, trying to keep the picture and story true, including its naturalistic style. I hope that when the film draws to a close, the audience can personally feel the crisis and fear faced by our protagonist. "

For the key plot that may play a decisive role in the film, caruso adhered to the principle of "confidentiality" that filmmakers have always used, leaving an unusual suspense. He said: "This has become a kind of' humanity' in the film industry. Our producer is Steven Allan Spielberg, who is one of the most mysterious filmmakers in Hollywood and never reveals the answer until the last minute. Under his influence, plus, maybe this movie doesn't have the sudden amazing moment that makes people suddenly realize, but its story development way is subtle and seeps into the brain bit by bit. The final answer may not be what you want, but it also makes you feel that there is no other choice. In view of the fact that the thriller part accounts for a very large proportion in the Hawkeye, I certainly hope that the audience can concentrate on the movie until the final ending is still puzzling, and I can't figure out what happened ... The first movie I made, Pursuit of the Murder, had this tone-at first, everything that happened in it made you feel confused, but for me, this suspense atmosphere was just a kind. But Hawkeye may pay more attention to the collocation of the plot than you think. As a director, I often struggle with the choice of roles and stories. It always takes a long time to weigh which is more important. When you really see the film, you will know how well these contradictory parts are prepared. " Alex kurtzman, the producer, said, "It's very interesting to analyze this separately. For example, if you are a screenwriter, you will definitely say that the characters are an integral part of the plot itself. You should combine them closely, or let them play a role in their respective fields, so that the audience can feel the other when they see one. However, this is just the need of words. It is not so easy to express such emotions with pictures. " Roberto Olic, another producer, also expressed some opinions: "caruso certainly hopes that the audience can subjectively enter the environment where the protagonist is in the film, so at this time, the less they know, the more likely they are to feel the same."

Caruso also thinks that Hawkeye's setting in this respect is similar to that adopted by many computer games: "Think back to the greatest computer games in your mind. Their attraction lies in that they can immerse you in an unknown world and an emergency environment where you don't know what will happen in the next second ... The first half of Hawkeye is like the first two levels of a game, so you can not only relax. But as the story develops, you will find that everything before has been overturned. Without the basis of choice, you have to get out of the initial advantages and strive for a way out in the predicament-whether it is games or movies, this is their real interest. " Alex kurtzman went on to say, "From this point of view, I think this film has also drawn many unique magic weapons from Alfred Hitchcock's works. The whole process of watching movies is like playing a guessing game: what is the final outcome? What kind of identity did these people involved play? The best way to tell such a story is to start from the perspective of a bystander and then imagine everything that the protagonist may experience. " Therefore, the focus of Hawkeye is not "who" but "why". When you finally discover the true identity of the "who", that is, when the mystery is revealed, you will realize what an attractive story the film tells.