The Batman Making Of Video Shows How Gotham City Was Created
HBO Max has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette that shows how director Matt Reeves and the team behind The Batman made Gotham City comes to life using the same technology first used on the Disney Plus series, The Mandalorian.
The four-minute The Batman featurette from HBO Max begins with Reeves discussing his desire as a filmmaker to have as much 'real' in the frame as possible. As he talks about the process, fans are shown footage of the crew setting up the massive LED sound stage often referred to as The Volume. Producer Dylan Clark asks, «How do you create Gotham for real?» as the camera reveals the finished sound stage in all its glory. Production designer James Chinlund explains that they're «trying to do as much in-camera as possible» while also using new technology to create photorealistic landscapes with practical lighting.
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The behind-the-scenes video continues with director of photography Greig Fraser, whose previous work with the Volume was extremely influential. Fraser calls the new technology a «game-changer» and really highlights how it will be impossible for the industry to go back to traditional blue or green screens after using The Volume. This is further highlighted by VFX supervisor Dan Lemmon, who explains how The Volume allowed them to essentially freeze time and shoot scenes during any time of day. The end of the video shows how the Volume was used to create the now-famous car chase scene between Robert Pattinson's Batman and Colin Farrell's Penguin, which serves as an excellent example of just how effective this virtual technology is.
Created by influential visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic, The Volume was first used on the Disney
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