S T O R Y B O A R D I N G W O N D E R M A N | P E R S P E C T I V E 5 7
Nightclub Fire
Actor Josh Gad (playing a fictional version
of himself) emcees in a Hollywood
nightclub. In fact, all of Wonder Man
was shot in Los Angeles County with a
local crew. Production Designers Cindy
& Michele (Cindy Chao and Michele Yu)
brought many of LA's iconic locations
and Hollywood landmarks into the story.
For the nightclub sequence, the director
and DP wanted an establishing shot
where the camera slowly cranes over the
nightclub crowd and ends on a close-up
of Josh. A pyrotechnics mishap sparks a fire, causing all the
clubgoers and Josh to flee. Crowd scenes are always a complex
beast to storyboard, especially when chaos is happening in the
scene. You're always trying to strike that delicate balance of
making the frame look energetic but clear—as the boards will
be a critical blueprint to get all departments on the same page
and for the cast and crew to execute the shots safely on the
day.
