Made in Hollywood

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The front of the Faymont Hotel in San Francisco was full of people, and reporters were under the dome gate made of white columns. The press officer of the crew tried to maintain order with a microphone, but the guys who were moving by the wind were still a mess.

Standing behind the three leading actors, although he also answered some questions, it is just like where he is now. The three in front are the focus of media attention. Duke took the initiative to marginalize himself, and he has officially entered. Shooting state, does not need the media to distract him.

Although he also wanted to be like James Cameron, always turning on in silence, Duke still cooperated with the promotion plan of Warner Bros. and the entire crew, and he had to consider the promotion of the film.

"You're incredible." A faint nasal voice sounded from behind, "This kind of situation is actually distracting!"

"I'm just thinking about the shooting plans for today and tomorrow." Duke's mind is indeed full of film shooting. "I'm a director, not a star."

Seeing the reporter's microphone and camera lens fully aimed at Ed Harris, Nicolas Cage and Christopher Lee in front, Duke simply took a step back, this small press conference for the opening ceremony went on for too long, continue Delaying it will affect his shooting plan.

"Director Rosenberg..." A reporter's question suddenly came over there, "This is your first time directing an A-level production. Are you confident?"

"Of course I have confidence." Duke immediately put on his brightest smile, "You will see a thrilling and exciting action blockbuster next summer."

After speaking, he winked at the press officer of the crew, and the press officer from Warner Bros. reluctantly announced the end of the press conference.

"Clearance!"

Looking at his watch, Duke found that the hotel had only three hours left for them, and said to Sophia behind him, "Tell everyone to speed up, we don't have much time."

A Hummer H1 drove over and parked in front of the hotel. Duke looked at the parked location, then took the loudspeaker from another assistant director next to him and put it to his lips.

"The car is facing the door!" He looked up and said to Sofia, "Communicate with the hotel and set up a camera on the terrace on the third floor to use overhead shots."

After Sophia left, Duke walked over to the camera team and asked, "John, is Unit 1 in place?"

"OK!" John Schwartzman handed over the work at hand to the assistant, "We have arranged the track on the left side, and the No. 1 camera can rewind and shoot."

"The street is too narrow..." Duke pointed to the location at the entrance of the hotel, "Arrange the No. 2 aircraft in the hotel."

Turning around, Duke walked behind a camera, looked through the lens at the location of the hotel entrance, and shouted, "Zach, the light is still low, I'm going to be thicker and brighter!"

Zach Snyder, who was in charge of light and color over there, immediately gave Duke an 'OK' gesture.

"John, the filming is up to you."

In this shooting, Duke did not arrange the director camera, and would sit behind the monitor the whole time. He returned to the side of the hotel door and walked to Christopher Lee.

Christopher Lee, who had just finished makeup, was wearing a neat suit, and his tall figure looked majestic. Although he was seventy years old, he felt sharp.

"Chris, the opening scene is not long." Duke pointed to the location of the hotel entrance. "You rush out from the inside, and then ignore the obstacles of other people and go straight to that Hummer."

"I see."

For a veteran like Christopher Lee, the scene wasn't difficult.

"Bring out what it feels like to be an agent." Duke gave him an index finger, and the old man laughed, then gave Duke a thumbs up.

Back behind the monitor, and after the extras were in place, Duke asked the assistant director to start and prepare for a test shoot.

There were a lot of people gathered at the entrance of the hotel. An old man with gray hair rushed out of the hotel. He just glanced at it a little, and chose the Hummer parked at the entrance of the hotel. He rushed over and pulled out the waiter who was about to park the car. pregnancy……

"CUT!" Duke shouted to stop, and then said directly, "It's over!"

The trial shot was over once, and it seemed to be off to a good start, especially because Christopher Lee was very old and limited by physical strength. With the unique sturdy aura, it really lives up to the real experience of the battlefield and espionage personnel.

Judging from the footage collected on the monitor, Christopher Lee is not performing at all. He just brought out an experience in his life that he may never forget. Acting in his true colors is incomparable to performance.

Perhaps being forced to choose him was the right decision! Duke also gradually began to be optimistic. After all, Sean Connery is a thing of the past, and he will not find someone to share his cake.

Although it was simple to clear the scene, after Duke called to stop, the camera shutter sound of the reporter and the surrounding audience continued to sound. This is a problem often encountered when shooting on location. As long as the other party does not interfere with the normal shooting of the crew, it is generally not too much. If you stop it, it is also a promotion for the movie.

The first day of filming came to an end, with footage of Nicolas Cage running out of the hotel door and the two stuntmen driving off the street.

Today's shot is really not difficult. Before shooting, Duke had communicated enough with Zach Snyder and John Schwartzman. In addition, he had the experience accumulated during the shooting of "Life and Death", which made the first day shooting was relatively smooth.

The crew then prepared to rush back to Burbank for the next day's shooting at Warners Studios.

The reason why I chose to go out in San Francisco on the first day was due to the needs of the crew on the one hand, and the sponsor's request on the other hand.

That's right, the film has drawn a lot of advertisements. Duke has experienced the baptism of highly commercialized films, and he is not disgusted with such things as implanted advertisements. As long as advertisers do not force them to appear in some unreasonable scenes, generally he Nor will it object.

Hummer, Ferrari and several other businesses have brought a total of $3.5 million in advertising sponsorships for the film. This is still Duke's brand name is not loud enough. If he has another film with a North American box office of over 100 million, Robin Grande and Charles · Rowan is confident that the film's advertising costs will be doubled.

These are different from the tax rebates exclusive to Warner Bros., which are included in the film's income. Duke, as one of the investors, certainly has no reason not to allow it.

Just as Duke watched the crew clean up the venue, Christopher Lee, who had finished removing his makeup, suddenly came over.

"Duke, I heard something." He looked at Duke. "The crew wanted Sean Connery for this role? Is that so?"

His brows frowned slightly, and Duke laughed immediately. With the energy of CAA, it was not difficult to find a way to get this kind of news into Christopher Lee's ears. Their purpose was very simple, to influence Lee's state.

"I did think about Sean Connery."

There are some things Duke said without drafting at all, "but I heard about your experience from others, and I think you are more suitable for this role than Connery."

Hearing these words, Christopher Lee laughed, and Duke laughed too. He knew that such a scene could not be hidden from the old and mature Lee.

"Chris..."

If the "Lord of the Rings" tidbits didn't lie, Christopher Lee should be an old but angry man, so Duke said, "Are you worried that after the film is released, everyone will compare you with that old 007. Compare?"

"007? What is 007?" Christopher Lee's old face put on an indifferent smile, "Duke, I don't think you know, Fleming is my cousin, and we fought side by side in the British Non-Gentlemen's War Department. , 007 was originally created by Fleming based on the experience of himself and our group of companions, how can those fictional things be compared with our real experience?"

"Oh..." Duke immediately became interested, "Can you elaborate?"

This Jack Su was really unexpected. On the way back, Duke simply pulled Robin Grande, Charles Rowan, the press officer of the crew, and Christopher Lee to a large business car. In the car, listen to Jack Sue tell his story about his past...

This is good material for future hype!

The work of film promotion is naturally handled by professionals. Duke only paid a little attention to this aspect, and then put his energy into filming. More than half of November has passed. If you want the film to catch up with next year's film as planned. In the summer, he still has a lot of work to do.

One movie a year is already a very, very prolific director in Hollywood. As for the kind of movies that can make three or more million-dollar movies a year, they are all high-quality and big-selling types. One.

Even if there is such a director, under the current system of Hollywood, it is impossible to do it. The film is a product of teamwork, not a work that belongs to the director alone. Maybe the director himself can have such strong energy, the team people? If you switch to other teams, what about the time to break in the tacit understanding?

Not to mention other things, Duke had enough exchanges with Zach Snyder and John Schwartzman, who had similar ideas he found, during the preparatory period, and had already communicated with Sofia Coppola and Robin Grande. I have worked together on a movie, but I still stumbled and stumbled in the early stages of the filming of "Brave to the Dead Island", and there were many problems in tacit understanding and cooperation.

There is no shortcut to solve these problems, and it must be accumulated through time and a lot of field shooting. People are individuals with differences, not machines that can be turned according to design when they are together.

"John..."

In the studio, Duke stopped, walked over to the main camera, and said, "Change the defocus lens and close up Ed!" (The novel "Hollywood Production" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform. At the same time, there is a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign on the upper right to "Add a friend", search for the public account "qdread" and follow, hurry up!)