bloom america

Chapter 342 Preparations for filming

The audition went well.

Even Catherine herself didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

"Ms. Edson, you are so amazing! You are simply a born actor. I really think you should become an actor!"

These are Lucas' exact words.

"In that case, it would be a great loss to the world."

Catherine's answer made Lucas scratch his head in embarrassment. There are really very few people who can compare with Catherine. If there were no Catherine, the entire electronics industry would have regressed by more than ten years, right?

"Okay, I think the preliminary work has begun. Can you tell me how the preparations are lately?"

"Well. Sean Connery has agreed to play the role of Clinton. We have already had several candidates for the male lead, and we are currently selecting them. But as for the filming location... there is a slight problem."

"What's wrong with this? Can't we just build one in the studio?"

This question is simple.

"Because it describes East Asia many years later, if possible, it would be best for us to go to Japan to shoot." Lucas said.

"Going to Japan?"

Catherine is a little confused. In her opinion, Japan now and Japan 50 years from now are almost two different worlds, let alone the more futuristic world in her film?

Spielberg continued to add: "And we definitely need enough extras. In China, it is difficult for us to find so many actors, but it is different in Japan. They are all yellow people, and any extras can be used."

Grab a handful."

In a sense, it seems that this is true?

"Well...it seems somewhat necessary..."

Indeed, the company cannot hire so many extras.

In the script, many plots take place among the crowd. Although there are many Japanese and Asians in the United States, it is difficult to find so many people in the same place. If you want to gather so many people,

To shoot a video...it would be more cost-effective to go to Japan!

"Then the 'Third New Tokyo' city you mentioned, are we directly applying the topography of the current Tokyo?"

Catherine is half a "setting party", so she has considered many things - although this may not be shown directly in the film.

And "Third New Tokyo" is the stage where the story takes place. Catherine unscrupulously directly used the name EVA.

"No, we will build a miniature model ourselves, and... let's go to Japan to shoot the exterior scenes, but it is better to shoot the interior scenes here now."

After all, this is Japan many years later, so simply applying a modern appearance will definitely not work.

Catherine's film is a science fiction film, so it must be "science fiction"!

"We build a miniature model, and then we use a camera to shoot a bird's-eye view of the model... Well, that's it for the first scene, so that everyone can see this 'future' scene first."

Yes, let everyone know in advance what the future world will look like.

"But if you use models... it might look a little unreal..." Lucas is indeed the ancestor of the special effects world.

"This is simple, it can be done through celluloid film technology ~ Catherine said confidently."

"Celluloid film?"

Lucas had no idea what celluloid could be used for.

The use of celluloid film is a unique secret of DreamWorks, and the technology itself has also been patented, making it impossible for other companies to imitate it.

The first time this technology was successfully applied was probably in "Red Alert". The artificial intelligence played by Catherine was made "translucent" using this technology.

"Ah, by the way, look at this."

Catherine handed over several drawings she had drawn before coming here to the two of them.

"What's this?"

Catherine smiled and said: "I designed the clothes myself. Since it is the future world, their aesthetics and clothes must be different from ours now, right?"

——Having said that, in fact, it’s just because Catherine likes Shirou Masamune’s painting style, especially when Shirou Masamune is drawing nvxing’s body.

The nvxing characters written by Shirou Masamune are all very beautiful and have very sexy figures. Moreover, Shirou Masamune seems to have a special liking for tights, so in many of his comics, most of the nvxing characters wear tights, and the styles are very interesting.

It also looks very charming...

Although Catherine is slightly resentful of Shirow Masamune's painting style which is slightly more realistic than cute, but overall, she still likes his paintings very much.

What Catherine is drawing now is the classic battle suit worn by Motoko Kusanagi, the protagonist of "Ghost in the Shell".

"But for the protagonist's clothes, wouldn't they be a bit conservative?" Lucas suddenly raised his head.

Then he suddenly found that Spielberg and Catherine were looking at him with strange eyes. Lucas, who was suddenly offline, seemed to realize something. He shook his head in panic: "No, it's not what you think. I

I just feel that since the protagonist is a sex toy, he should at least wear a belt... Ah, no, I was just joking!"

"Okay, okay."

Catherine pouted.

"...Forget it, leave the costume design to DreamWorks and I won't get involved."

When Lucas said this, Catherine immediately lost interest.

"Ah, ah, there's one thing you need to pay attention to!" Catherine's tone suddenly increased: "Belt clothing is absolutely not allowed!"

Young Lucas scratched his head.

"Uh... Okay, then this design drawing..."

"Ah, let's just use this as a prototype."

Catherine didn't know this sentence, which started a trend in the future. As the film is broadcast, the "future clothes" worn by everyone in the plot will become the future fashion of the world, and completely change people's

Of course, that was decades later.

After they left, Catherine brought Elsa to the set.

Because the male protagonist is still in character, there is nothing important for the time being. Catherine came to see the progress of the scene construction. Although it is the near future, it is still the "future" after all, which is very demanding for the designer.

The height should not only show the "future", but also make the design reasonable.

"not bad."

I guess it won’t be long before we can start shooting, right?

Catherine was very satisfied.

In the movie version of "Ghost in the Shell" - and now "Soul Reaction" - Catherine also slightly references the plot and setting of "Deus Ex: Human Revolution", of course, it is just a reference.

"Deus Ex 3: Human Revolution" can be regarded as a real version of "cyborg". Although it is just a game, it explores today's (21st century) orthopedic plastic technology, neuromechanics and human function enhancement technology.

And these things happen to be the future of mankind described in "Ghost in the Shell".

Prosthetic limbs have replaced ordinary limbs, and artificial organs have completely replaced human beings' own organs with various defects.

However, compared to "Ghost in the Shell", the technological level of "Deus Ex 3: Human Revolution" is still a little low-level, and the prosthetic body is still in its infancy, and it can be seen that it is a mechanical prosthetic body; while "Ghost in the Shell"

"Team" has already been able to achieve full-body prosthesis, which cannot be seen through the appearance. If it is a specially prepared prosthetic body, it cannot be distinguished without dissection.

In the plot, Catherine specifically showed the gap between the rich and the poor in society to reflect racism and money worship.

In Catherine's version of the plot, bionic prosthetics can only be used by people above the middle class, and many of the beggars seen on the street use mechanical prostheses.

Moreover, the more important reference significance of "Deus Ex 3: Human Revolution" does not lie in this, but in that this game is a "native version" produced in the West. Compared with Japan's "Ghost in the Shell", it is more in line with

The aesthetic taste of European and American people.

When used in model building, "Deus Ex 3: Human Revolution" also has very important reference significance, which is also very important to Catherine.

While Catherine was observing the construction of the miniature model, George Lucas and Spielberg were talking with the costume designer.

Then they happily handed over Catherine's full-color design.

Because it is in the future, the styles of clothing are different from those of today.

However, the current "future science fiction" series of films always like to design people's clothes to be the same, but Catherine's clothes are eye-catching.

The two requested to design different styles, but they could still give people a "cháo" clothing series.

This seemed to be a good thing at first, but when they came back the next day, they were dumbfounded.

The clothes designs drawn on the drawings are obviously so beautiful, but why do the clothes feel so strange after they are actually made?

"The clothes don't seem that shiny..."

Not only Lucas, but Spielberg was also puzzled.

"Why not use a shinier material?" he asked strangely.

"Of course it's because I can't find the material. There is no such shiny clothing material on the market..." Both the styling designer and the costume designer were complaining.

Although Lycra is already very good, it cannot be "sparkling". It just gives people a kind of

"I seem to remember seeing such shiny clothes somewhere..." Spielberg seemed to remember something: "I remember that there seemed to be similar things in Angel Clothing Design Company, but I didn't pay much attention to them.

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"Hey! We can go take a look!" Lucas suddenly became excited. This great director who can use salt particles to simulate lava has a very enthusiastic pursuit of special effects...

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