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The dark night was slowly withdrawing from the east, the sky had just turned white, and the Edward Air Force Base was already full of people, but the gathering of the U.S. military today is not for a space shuttle to land, nor for routine training, but to organize the history of mankind. The largest counterattack - unite all allied forces and destroy the aliens that invaded the earth!

It was a great battle, but the commander-in-chief of the battle was not there.

On the tallest command tower at Edwards Air Force Base, Duke stood behind a camera and used a wide-angle lens to capture the eastern sky. The darkness faded, the light came, and the clouds floating in the sky formed a beautiful painting like a painting scenery.

As in the first two films, Duke has captured a lot of wide-angle shots of sunrises and sunsets in the early morning since he was out on location.

"I heard that Santa Feia has borrowed a lot of landscape materials from you?"

Hearing Sofia Coppola's words, Duke turned off the camera, handed the follow-up to a camera assistant, walked over, pulled her shawl, wrapped her tightly, and said, "Yeah, Mom thinks a lot can be done. Used directly in landscape ads.”

"Maybe you should do a luxury commercial."

Taking a step back without a trace, Sophia slightly opened the distance from Duke, "I believe that some luxury brands must be interested in you."

"maybe."

Duke noticed Sophia's actions, but didn't care, he greeted her and walked down together, saying as he walked, "If a company is willing to pay me more than $3 million for a single commercial, I don't mind taking the helm for them. Guide tube."

It is normal for film directors to make cameo appearances in commercials. For example, for the famous Chanel No. 5, every time an advertising blockbuster is updated, almost all directors invited are Oscar-level.

In fact, since the release of "Brave to the Dead Island", several luxury brands have contacted Nancy, but they were all rejected by Duke. There is only one reason. The price offered by the other party is too low, and it is not attractive enough at all. force.

After getting off the control tower, Duke and Sophia, accompanied by two officers, returned to the largest hangar where the crowd was most dense.

At this point, the hangar layout work has come to an end. Not only are F-16s and F-18s pulled by trailers to the runway in front of the hangar, but hundreds of American soldiers are also busy changing into appropriate clothing. , ready for a later shoot.

After all, this is the military base of the U.S. military. Except for the main cast members of the crew, the extras cannot enter at all. Fortunately, there are no shortage of people in the military base. The American soldiers are also very interested in participating in the film. Under the coordination of the Pentagon , has recently been a soldier and logistician who has been on leave of absence in the U.S. military, and is serving as the background painting for the shooting.

Although this can save some expenses on extras, there are also a lot of troubles. These soldiers want to have frontal close-ups too much, and they can't help but lean in front of the camera, especially some of the shooting angles that are easy to appear on the camera, often is the point of contention.

When filming a few days ago, people from the Air Force and the Army almost fought for a photogenic roof.

"I want my child to see his father in the movie and fight the aliens bravely in the movie!"

The words of an air force lieutenant can be said to be the best portrayal of the mentality of these soldiers.

After explaining to the assistant directors to coordinate those GIs, Duke walked over to an F-18 and found Bill Pullman, one of the leading actors, who was whispering with Scarlett Johansson, who played his daughter, to chat. look very happy.

"Bill."

Ignoring Scarlett who came over and grabbed the corner of his shirt, Duke directly warned, "This is the most important emotional scene, it's up to you."

"Don't worry, Duke." Bill Pullman was full of confidence, "I've been rehearsing this scene for a month, and I won't let you down. If there is a best speech award at the Oscars next year, I think I'll definitely be able to. Get a golden statuette."

"Don't forget the words!"

After saying this, Duke walked to the other side, and Scarlett Johansson followed, "Duke..."

"Dear..." Duke didn't have time to chat with her, and pointed directly to the camera crew, "Go find your mother or Sophia."

"Hmph..." The little girl wrinkled her nose, turned around and walked away, "You're not funny at all."

Duke just pretended he didn't hear the little girl's complaints, looked around in the crowd, and found Lieutenant Colonel Renho, a liaison officer from the Pentagon. forward.

"Lieutenant Colonel..." Duke walked over and looked at the liaison officer dressed as a standard pilot, "You'll have a close-up of the front."

Duke pointed to the nearby No. 2 camera, "When this camera turns to you, the camera assistant will give you a signal, I want the most powerful military salute!"

"This is just trivial for me." Lieutenant Colonel Renho was also very confident.

Afterwards, Duke checked the camera positions, extras, background props, etc., and after confirming that there was no problem, he returned to the director's monitor.

Once again confirming that there are no problems with the departments, Duke raises the megaphone.

"Everyone, this is a special moment. You will be on the battlefield later to fight aliens. I need you to show the greatest enthusiasm to protect the earth!"

There was a burst of warm applause and laughter from the hundreds of people scattered in the fighter group. Duke's words obviously played a relaxing role. Those American soldiers who lacked actual performance experience were obviously relieved.

When the applause and laughter subsided, Duke gestured to Zach Snyder and John Schwartzman respectively, and after getting their OK in return, shouted, "Independence Day, 134th Field, Act 112, start!"

The crew immediately went into full swing, and Duke sat behind the monitor, carefully watching the feedback from each camera.

A group of pilots were making final tactical arrangements, and the President and Secretary of Defense stood up and saluted as they passed by...

Logistics personnel shuttle back and forth, refuel and reload fighter planes, and prepare for the final battle of life and death...

The president jumped into the gear box and took the megaphone from the officer...

"Good morning."

The crowd in front of the hangar was still busy, and it seemed that they did not hear this sentence. The president said again, "Good morning!"

Everyone raised their heads, put down their work, and spontaneously gathered towards the place where the president stood.

Sitting behind the monitor, Duke nodded slightly. The American soldiers who acted as extras, after a few days of filming, gained some experience. Instead of flocking to the camera like before, they did. According to the previous rehearsal, went to their respective positions.

The microphone used for live recording slowly fell from the sky above Bill Pullman. The actor with the best acting skills in the crew really showed his best state and started his speech with great emotion.

"Within an hour, the fighters here will join forces with fighters from the rest of the world for the largest aerial battle in human history! Human, the word has a whole new meaning for us today. We No more wasteful consumption of trivial differences. We should unite for our common good!"

"Perhaps it is God's will, today is the 4th of July, you will once again fight for our freedom, not to get rid of ****, oppression and mutilation, but to fight for the continued existence of mankind! Today, if we Win this war, and the Fourth of July will not only be a holiday and national day in the United States, but a holiday for the whole world!"

"The whole world will announce with one voice that we will not go silently into darkness, we will not give up our struggle and die, we will get through it, we will survive! Today, we celebrate independence Memorial Day!"

As the voice of the President's speech fell, applause and cheers sounded one after another, just like when the news of the victory of World War II had just reached this continent. The most powerful way to exaggerate an American military salute...

That's right, from speeches to military salutes, they were all naked and sensational, mobilizing the audience's emotions before the final battle.

Just like the scene in the bathroom in "Breaking the Dead Island", the sensational method here is equally simple and direct, but it involves some of the content and value orientations that the American people are most concerned about. Among them, the Great Americanism, which attempts to make Independence Day a worldwide holiday Needless to say, the president's speech also touched on freedom and ****, which can be said to be the most correct value orientation for films.

This speech, coupled with the subsequent personal flight of a fighter jet to attack an alien spaceship, the image of the president played by Bill Pullman instantly became extremely tall...

"Cut!"

Grabbing the megaphone, Duke stopped, "Perfect! Five minutes off."

It is not easy to put so many fighters and soldiers together. Duke plans to shoot a few more scenes with this scene, and the subsequent shooting no longer requires so many extras, and it will be relatively easier. He also added extra shots temporarily. There was a scene where Scarlett's daughter of the president bid farewell to her father in front of the plane, and it didn't end until noon.

The few scenes at Edwards Air Force Base were also completed. The crew then moved to the White Sands Missile Range, where they will shoot the largest explosion scenes in the desert of New Mexico, of which Industrial Light and Magic took nearly half a year to produce. The nearly two-hundred-foot-long model of the alien spaceship has already been shipped to the White Sands Missile Range ahead of schedule, where the modellers are completing the final assembly work, and then waiting for Duke to blow up their efforts.

The explosion has been gradually accustomed to by the crew, even Sofia Coppola, who was frightened and sickened by the explosion in the early days, is also used to working in an environment full of noise.