Made in Hollywood

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"This is the set, Nami."

Smelling the familiar aroma, Duke knew who was coming, and said without looking up, "I remember that there is no camera of you today, right?"

"I just wanted to have lunch with you."

When Duke looked over, Naomi Watts' expression just right, matched with her petite figure, easily gave people a feeling of weakness and pity.

"Let's go."

Without saying much, Duke walked out of the studio first and walked towards his trailer, with Naomi Watts following closely.

Lunch wasn't great, but it wasn't bad, but Duke didn't have time to say anything to Naomido, Zach Snyder, John Schwartzman, and Hannah Serena all came to his trailer, Coupled with Sofia Coppola, who is the assistant director, several people have been eating and discussing the afternoon shoot.

"Insurance companies require stunt doubles for all difficult action sequences."

In order to maintain a slender figure, Sophia just ate a little vegetable salad, then ended her lunch, took out a schedule and reminded some precautions, "Christopher's two explosive scenes were rejected by them, and Nikolai himself played the action scenes. also cancel."

"According to their request." Duke swallowed the beef in his mouth, "We don't have time to wrestle with third parties, we can use all the stuntman shots and use doubles. Also, Sophia, have the explosion funds I want been allocated? "

"Arrived in the morning."

Hearing Sophia's words, Duke nodded reassuringly, and then said to Zack Snyder opposite, "Jos Williams' pyrotechnic team will join in the afternoon, you bring them to get acquainted."

During the entire lunch time, there was no talk about other affairs at all, and the topic always revolved around the extremely related business of filming. Naomi Watts sat next to Duke, slowly eating a fruit salad, and found herself There was no chance to interrupt at all, she was a completely ignored outsider here.

They were a team, and she was outside the team.

That's the only feeling Naomi Watts feels, she doesn't fit in with the team.

"You know what you want, you know what you want, and you will naturally find the way to the goal, you will find the way. You will focus, you will endure everything, because you desire the goal you are going to, because You know you have to focus in order to achieve your goals!"

Suddenly, she thought of what Duke had said. These words are the best portrayal of the team in front of them. They are eager for their goals, they are eager to succeed, and they are extremely focused!

Looking at Duke next to him, his attention was not on her at all. It seems that since the start of the machine, he only has this movie in his eyes, and everything else can be temporarily put aside...

"I'm done." She leaned closer and whispered to Duke, "I have something to do in the afternoon, I'll go first."

"John, on the mid shot, the camera..."

Hearing the sound in his ear, Duke turned to look at Naomi Watts, just nodded slightly, and then continued his topic, "You can use the mixed upward angle to create the feeling of the first perspective, Increase the realism of the audience.”

Except for Sofia Coppola, who was sitting on the other side of Duke, no one else went to see Naomi Watts, who got up and left.

At the end of lunch, Zach Snyder and others left the trailer first, Duke had a cup of coffee, and then walked towards the open-air photography area of ​​Warner Studios with Sophia.

"You hurt a woman just now."

Walking on the asphalt road among the studios, Sophia suddenly said, "When Miss Watts left, there was loneliness in her eyes."

"Are you sure?" Duke turned to look, Sophia shrugged, "She's not very happy anyway."

She curled her lips, "Duke, you really are not a suitable boyfriend."

"I'm not her boyfriend either." Duke and Ben didn't take it to heart, and changed the subject casually, "Have you contacted the military advisor?"

"Lieutenant Colonel Renho will be here in the morning." Sophia stopped mentioning trivial matters and returned to work. "He has been leading people to investigate the scenes of the open-air studio and design appropriate tactical moves."

The filming in the afternoon quickly kicked off. The scene where General Hammer led a team to attack the arsenal was filmed. Although the film was set at night, due to various conditions, Duke put the filming in the daytime. Replace the background color in post-production.

Many night scenes of Hollywood movies are actually shot during the day, and then rely on post-production to replace the background.

This does not require any advanced computer special effects technology, ordinary in-camera special effects can be easily done.

The pouring 'heavy rain' fell from the water cannons, the Humvee drove to the outpost, and two guards stopped General Hammer's convoy...

Sitting in front of the monitor, Duke stared at the scene being filmed, and Lieutenant Colonel Renho suddenly stepped forward.

"There's a problem," he reminded Duke in a low voice, who immediately shouted, "Stop!"

Clouds and rain stopped, and the set was back in California's dry climate.

Duke replayed the footage just now, and Lieutenant Colonel Renho pointed to the assault rifles of the two guards hanging on their chests. "Their muzzles are pointing upwards is a serious tactical error."

Seeing Duke's continued gesture, he added, "It's not a wartime state, it's still raining. According to the US military's regulations, all soldiers hold their guns with the barrel down to avoid fire and water damage. ."

These are all small details that are easily overlooked, that is, military professionals noticed, otherwise Duke would not have found out, he immediately asked the military advisor to guide the adjustment, and try to avoid making such basic military mistakes in the future.

Due to the limitations of the architecture and terrain of Alcatraz Island, except for some car chase scenes and landscape scenes, there are not many scenes that need to be shot on the spot. In some of these action scenes, under the supervision of a third party as a guarantee, several leading actors rarely play in person.

The third-party insurance company not only insures the finished film, but also the life insurance of several of the leading actors. If they are injured, the insurance company will pay a large sum of money.

Although Hollywood's film completion guarantee system is not good for directors, Duke never thought of fighting against the entire Hollywood system with one person's strength, which would only lead to bloodshed. What he did was to maintain smooth communication. Basically, try to eliminate the differences between the two sides as much as possible. This is not a movie that you have to star in to win the award. If you can use a double, Duke will never insist, otherwise you will hurt a few leading actors and delay the next one. Shooting is more than worth it.

Due to the habit of making plans from the most difficult angle, the actual progress of the next shooting was slightly faster than the plan. According to Duke's prediction, if there are no major accidents, "Brave to the Dead Island" will be released next year. All filming can be concluded by February.

Different from the silent filming of "Speed ​​of Life and Death", the filming of "Breaking the Dead Island" is underway, and Warner Bros.'s publicity has not relaxed, and some true and false related news will be released from time to time. Pictures of the three male protagonists appear in newspapers and magazines from time to time, and even some of them are set photos provided by the crew to remind the public not to forget that such a film is still being filmed.

According to the plan, most of the first films were literary dramas, which is Duke's weaker aspect. Frankly speaking, the film structure of "Life and Death" concealed his shortcomings in storytelling. To a certain extent, this can be concealed, but this situation cannot be continued indefinitely. Duke does not shoot movies for the sake of shooting. Pursuing success is one aspect, and learning from it is another.

In scenes such as the balcony conflict between Mason and Womack, the meeting between Mason and his daughter, and the emotional exchange between Gusby and his girlfriend, Duke will think from the perspective of each character before shooting, and will also shoot a few more from different angles. I will do some private research afterwards, and try to make up for my biggest shortcoming in the fastest time possible.

"You should find a movie with strong emotional conflict and frequent character interactions," Sophia once suggested to Duke in private, "so that you can hone yourself, if every day is speeding, blasting and fighting. Through the scene, your achievements are limited to this."

Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. Sophia stayed on the crew to study and plan for her future. She could learn from Duke's best sports shots and visual impact, and Duke could also learn from the In her exchanges, she got some movie insights that the other party also spent more than ten years accumulating.

In the film industry, both of them are beginners, and they are both groping and striving for the goal of success.

After the time turned to December, the crew began to film the action scenes. Several studio areas of Warner Studios were ravaged by Duke's fireworks almost every day. In the Warner Building at the front of the studio.

When shooting hot action scenes, it is unavoidable for stuntmen to get injured. Although the Actors Association has strict regulations in this regard, if someone is accidentally injured, no one will cause trouble to the union, and it is basically solved within the crew.

"The fifty-fifth scene, the twenty-second scene..."

Duke put on his baseball cap instead and yelled into the loudspeaker, "Go!"

Just after he sat down, a roaring explosion sounded first, and a stuntman rushed out of the minecart track in the shot, flew to one side, and avoided the 'grenade' thrown back by Gusby.

Perhaps driven by the blast of air, another stuntman fell off the track just after running two steps. The side where he fell was not high and was protected by a cushion, but after he landed on the cushion, he issued A scream...