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January 19, 2015: "Batman v Superman" Fight Choreographer Talks About Epic Battle

Guillermo Grispo Fight Choreographer Guillermo Grispo participated in an interview with Spanish website Estilo, where he talks about working with Zack Snyder, and what we can expect from the fight scenes in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice".

The following text was translated from Spanish to English by FreeTranslation.com (with some adjustments).

    What was it like preparing the fights between Batman and Superman?

    I was fascinated. To me, I tell you, I love the two characters, but Batman is a character that I always liked. In 2007 I almost got to work on the second part of Christopher Nolan's trilogy, but in the end due to contract issues it didn't happen. Luckily, Zack incorporated Batman in this version that goes on to deal with the origin of the Justice League. Going to be in charge of the entire franchise with its aftermath, that they will be the upcoming projects of Zack.

    And what role did you have in the film?

    I attended preparing choreography to the stunt coordinator and director of the second unit, Damon Caro, who has been working with Zack for years now. I worked with them on "300", "Sucker Punch" and the first Superman, "Man of Steel", and the truth is that my film school are these films. Zack seems to me the most dangerous today in action movies, is the boss and at the same time gives us free rein to design the fights and do editing. I am also in charge of operating the camera in the testing of action filmed, we do the choreography and after I do all the editing of images of this species of displays of action scenes.

    What can you tell us of the story?

    Warner Bros. are very strict, I can't say a lot, but there is no surprise if I say that Batman and Superman will face off in the film. It is one of the most important sequences and I was actively involved in the design of this fight: the crossroads of punches and the physical movements we pieced together with my colleague Ryan Watson.

    People think that Batman has no chance, that he'll be crushed like a bug. But when you see the movie you're going to see that all decanted and falls by its own weight, there is a very intelligent explanation behind the confrontation that at first-hand seems completely disadvantageous for Batman.

    Sounds like there's entertaining assemble fights between superheroes...

    Of course! Imagine, was how to make caramel, now Batman is going to fight in the way it had always dreamed watch him fight... is a character so well prepared in arts of combat that you can do many things, but it is not often taken advantage of. Even in the latest movies by Nolan there are not very good action scenes, both from a technical point of view martial as the choreography, the filming, mismanagement of camera...

    Don't get me wrong, Nolan is an excellent director, I take off my hat to him, he makes fascinating stories, but it seems to me that he did not spend the time necessary on the fights, the beats as they have to be. All the luxury of details that Zack, to be so physical, loves preparing. Then I believe that it is going to be a noticable contrast, very important when you see these fights of Batman in comparison to the previous ones.

    What things do you have to be careful about when assembling these scenes?

    Many things... When you arrive and you say "I want to hit that window and I want to break it" and you say "No, no", because you cannot rotate the camera for this or that side by lighting, or because it is not referred to the digital extension of a point.

    For example, imagine a fight in a foreign location in Gotham City: I say, "Well, in this scene I want a low angle looking up when pulling the kick," and I say "No, look, if you look up that takes you to the production is going to cost 80 thousand dollars more because we'd have to add the digital extension from the buildings up to the clouds, then we lower the camera a little so that we are going to be a lot cheaper" (laughter).

Source: Estilo



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