Hollywood Lover

And Zhang Dongcheng is immersed in his movie world. His current life is high-intensity and high-paced. Every minute can't wait to break it into 120 seconds. Hiding in the corner, plotting and plotting.

Now, there are only movies, only the endless loneliness in the desert, the thousand-year-old dust, and the entire crew.

Art direction director Allan Cameron (Allan Cameron) found a dormant volcano in Erfoud, where the entire Hamna Tower exterior was built.

Allen is the candidate recommended by Universal Pictures. Zhang Dongcheng has no objection to this. He does not want to monopolize the power and let no one touch it. On the contrary, the century-old history of American movies has created countless talents who specialize in this profession. Obviously Allen is that kind of person.

Impeccable professionally, cheerful and generous in person, once he starts working, he will become a workaholic, throwing everything away and doing his best just for the movie.

Zhang Dongcheng is very satisfied with the location chosen by Allen. He thinks it is very reasonable to hide a city in the crater of an extinct volcano. Unless you go deep into the desert, you will never see it. And if you don’t know it in advance, you And I definitely don’t want to go to the volcano to find it.”

The crew took a survey of the volcano so that an accurate and scale model of the pillars and statues could be reproduced on another set, Shepparton Studios in Surrey, England. The shots are all shot here.

Other shots of the movie were shot in England, which is Zhang Dongcheng's second hometown. Zhang Dongcheng is full of affection for the place where he became famous, so he didn't change the original arrangement of the space-time movie.

It took eight weeks to set up these complex and elaborate exteriors. If you think eight weeks is too long, in the original time and space, the layout of these scenes took sixteen weeks!

Driven by Zhang Dongcheng's crazy work and the great attention of Universal Pictures, this time has been cut in half. According to Zhang Dongcheng's words, we can't wait, do it now, do it now!

He didn't take thousands of useless shots like other directors, and then let the editor cut out a wonderful movie in a mess, but it seemed that those shots that should be put on the big screen of the movie theater existed in him. In my mind, one after another, there will be no chaos at all.

Jang Dong Sung is a genius!

After only two days of filming, all crew members have come to this conclusion. He may not be well-known in Hollywood, but the fact that the filming speed is the best in Hollywood is indisputable.

It was quick to shoot, but the set-up couldn't have been quicker, with eight weeks of exterior work including a fiberglass cylinder shot that required special effects at the end of the credits.

Another large-scale exterior set built in the same period was built at the Chatham Shipyard in the United Kingdom, which doubled the size of the Giza port on the Nile and was 183 meters long. There were "steam lighters and traction engines, three Crane, an open two-horse carriage, four-horse cart, five costumed horses with corresponding grooms, 9 sets of donkeys and mules, market stalls and Arabian-style rooms for 300 costumed extras .

The preparations for the film are tedious and arduous, but none of this can compare to the horror of the desert, and the crew will soon appreciate this.

But everyone had a less scary time to live before the sun peeled off in the Sahara desert. Here is the beginning of the movie, Marrakech, the historical ancient city of Morocco, an African country.

For Marrakech, an inland magnet that attracts the great camel caravans from the south, this oasis is the most beautiful city they have ever seen. Today's Marrakech exudes its unique charm, making countless tourists flock to it, exploring the legends and mysteries of the Middle Ages here. The heat, dust, and mud-brick fortresses make Marrakech a uniquely African Moroccan city.

In Arabic, "Marrakesh" means "red color". The reason is that the city wall was made of ochre-red rocks and has been basically preserved so far. Strolling along the red city walls of the old city, the scene in front of you seems to make you go back to the distant medieval era. Jemaa El Fna Square in the city is the busiest place. In the afternoon, people gather here from all directions to watch the open-air performances on the square.

Marrakech has a long history of folklore and art activities, especially the Arabic folk songs and dances with local flavor performed by small song and dance teams from mountainous and desert areas. They are usually performed freely in the square, and a grand event is held here every May. An unprecedented festival.

In the square, in the circles surrounded by the crowd, in addition to singing and dancing performances, there were thrilling acrobatics, thrilling snake charmers, and touching stories told by storytellers...the wonderful performances won rounds of applause from the audience. And cheers, very lively. It wasn't until night fell and the crowd dispersed that the square became quiet.

Near the square, the streets and alleys are criss-crossed, the houses are dense, the pavements are everywhere, the goods are sufficient, and there are Arabs wearing white scarves and robes everywhere. The air exudes a strong smell of roast lamb and pancakes. Shops are all over the streets, crowded with people, bustling, and the narrow streets are extremely crowded, which is a prosperous market in the middle ages.

"My God, it's so hot in this place! Oh, damn the flies!" Adaman muttered in displeasure, waving his arms to fend off a buzzing fly that was circling around his head. .

"Forget it Adaman, the conditions of this place are just like this, we don't have money to waste, such accommodation conditions are pretty good here." Zhang Dongcheng lay lazily on the sofa and stretched comfortably Waist, then put your hands behind your head, stare blankly at the exotic scenery outside the window, let your body relax after a long journey.

This is an ordinary hotel in Marrakech, and the crew has booked it here. In order to save money for Mr. Carl, Zhang Dongcheng did not go to any five-star hotel, but chose to live in this ordinary hotel like all the crew He felt that by doing this, he could share weal and woe with everyone and benefit the unity of the entire crew. Although the investment of 200 to 80 million US dollars seems to be a lot, it is a huge cost to spend everywhere, and there is no extra cost at all. .

Among the people Mr. Carl arranged into the crew, the producer he sent to monitor the rationality of the entire cost was indispensable. Zhang Dongcheng didn't want to give others anything to catch here. In his heart, only movies are the most worthwhile thing to work on.

"I don't think it's a good place here. You are the director, so you don't have to live in such a place anyway." Adaman seemed to hate the fly that kept circling around him, and kept spitting While desperately trying to drive the fly out, and then hastily closed the window, I stood under the air conditioner, blowing the air-conditioning and wiping my sweat.

Looking back, Zhang Dongcheng frowned and stared blankly at the ceiling, but his eyes were strangely radiant, as if they were as moving as the stars in the night sky. Adaman couldn't help being stunned, and then asked a little confused: "Hey, Dude, what are you thinking?"

Retiring from the future movie information in his mind, Zhang Dongcheng said thoughtfully: "I'm thinking about something, I've been thinking about it since we came to Hollywood, I thought, I want to create my own A dream, a real dream, a crazy dream!"

"Crazy dream? Oh no, my God, Smith! My dear man, you know you're a dream in the eyes of others now, a crazy dream! The first film made the film festival a hit, Shocking the whole of Europe, the box office of the second movie was overwhelmed, and it became a phenomenon-level event that caused the whole British tabloids to quarrel, and the third movie came to Hollywood and received an investment of 80 million US dollars from Universal Pictures! These three steps How crazy it is to walk, and some people can’t even reach it in their entire lives! My God, it’s unbelievable that you still say you have a crazy dream now! Dude, don’t say you want to go to the moon and make a movie!” Adaman boasted about Zhang Dongcheng's great achievements, and was very proud of having such a friend who made the world look up to him, but this didn't stop him from curling his lips and making a harmless joke from another side.