Made in Hollywood

The black RV just approached Mason Street, and had to stop because the street in front was temporarily blocked. George Lucas pushed the door and got out of the car, stood outside the crowd and looked forward. The camera on the arm heard the roar of the car's motor and the brakes of the tires rubbing against the road.

After calling the assistant and asking him to negotiate with the crew to maintain order, George Lucas easily entered the set, and was reminded by a staff member to come to a high platform to avoid cars that might rush in. .

"Uncle Lucas..."

Hearing the words with a faint nasal voice, George Lucas nodded and raised his voice slightly to ensure that his words could reach the ears of the other party when the noise on the set continued.

"Sophia, did the filming go well?" he said.

"It's much smoother than a studio drama." Sofia Coppola almost got close to George Lucas's ear, pointed to Duke, who was personally controlling a camera in the distance, and said, "Speeding, collision, explosion, maybe These are difficult questions for others, but for the crazy director Rosenberg, it’s what he loves and excels at shooting.”

Just as Sophia was speaking, there was a loud screeching noise in front of him. The black Hummer H1 knocked down a prop pole, and several cars that had been placed on the catapult were thrown high and rushed behind. The car slammed into one place heavily, and the broken glass and fragments were scattered like leaves blown by the wind, and some of them even landed not far from them.

"Are you going to see him?"

The crew entered a short rest period and turned to a nearby intersection. Sophia asked Lucas, "There is a collision scene next."

"I'll take a look at the periphery first." Lucas followed the crew to the next intersection, "Don't disturb Duke for the time being."

Away from the intersection that was used as a temporary set, Lucas's eyes gradually focused on Duke as the center point. He could see that Duke was very involved and excited at the same time.

The makeshift studio was as chaotic as a battlefield, everyone was busy busy carefully, it seemed that an earth-shaking explosion could happen at any time, and there were so many cameras on the scene that George Lucas even felt that one Many are completely unnecessary.

Next, he thought of the filming set of "Speed ​​of Life and Death". Although Lucas has not been there many times, he has also seen Duke filming action scenes. This is almost always the case. At that time, he also felt The on-set settings didn’t make sense, but when the shooting effects came out, it dawned on him that Duke knew exactly what each camera was for, but he had already stitched these scenes together in his mind.

The scene looked chaotic, but it was clearly under Duke's control. Lucas watched for a while and saw a streetcar, a Hummer H1 and a Ferrari sports car being towed to the set. He recommended The team of pyrotechnicians also placed explosives on a model streetcar.

"Never give up until the world is turned upside down!"

For some reason, Lucas remembered what some critics said about Speed ​​of Life.

Frankly speaking, after the film "Speed ​​of Life and Death" was released, although he was very optimistic, he did not expect to achieve such excellent results in the end. The first feature film in North America box office exceeded 100 million US dollars. Neither did Steven Spielberg, who is recognized as a super cinematic genius.

Now that I think about it, he made every effort to push Lucasfilm through the "Speed ​​of Life" project, which was simply a big bargain. Not only did Lia and Duke owe him a favor, but he also easily earned more than ten million dollars. This is the first time in more than 20 years that such a good thing has happened.

Maybe it's luck, but in Lucas' eyes, it's not like some people say that the success of "Life and Death" is just good luck for Duke Rosenberg. After all, behind which successful film, there is no cohesion of the director. blood? The effort and focus of that little guy was something he had never seen among young people over the years.

If you are replaced by other young directors, with such a success, it is difficult not to be carried away. Hollywood is the most tempting place in the world. If you can't keep your focus on your career, you will inevitably become a star across the Hollywood sky. shooting star.

He has a certain talent, he knows what he wants, and he can work hard for it. Today, there are too few young people like this!

"Let's go and have a look." Lucas said to Sophia, who was with him.

The two gradually approached the shooting location, the clearest of which was Duke's loud voice, "John, install the camera on the Humvee, you still have twenty minutes."

Turning his head, Duke saw George Lucas, didn't say hello, just smiled at him, and continued to work on his own. The next thing to shoot is a series of big collisions, and there is no room for sloppy.

"Christie..." He walked to the recording team and called the person in charge, "I want to record on the spot, and put the recording equipment on the Ferrari and the tram, I don't want any modification, I want the most real and harsh car collision and friction. !"

"Martin, come here, come here!" Duke called the stuntman over, "Don't drive too fast, give yourself time to escape safely, pay attention to safety!"

The stuntman in the thick protective suit gave Duke a thumbs up.

Finally, Duke returned to the film crew and told John Schwartzman, "Unit 1 shoots in parallel at 180 degrees horizontally, and Unit 2 in the air is transposed at a 60-degree angle, to capture details, the main goal It's a Ferrari, and the third plane is shot at a mixed upward angle of thirty degrees, and I want to see the underside of the tram when it blows up for a split second."

"John, we have no chance of coming back!" he said finally.

John Schwartzman nodded solemnly to Duke.

The makeshift set looked chaotic, but Duke had everything under his control, and seeing that the situation was going almost exactly as expected, he went back behind the camera he personally controlled, adjusted the aperture, and prepared to shoot with the wide-angle lens.

"Next time I'll go to San Francisco City Hall to talk about filming,"

Robin Grande suddenly came over, "It will definitely become unpopular."

"Don't worry, Robin." Duke didn't lift his head, and continued to adjust the camera, "Jos Williams is an expert in explosions, they have carefully calculated that they will control the explosion within a reasonable range, no Damage to roads and buildings."

Over time, the heads of various departments have successively summarized the situation to Duke, and the preparations are already in place.

"Uncle Lucas..."

Not too far from Duke, Sophia handed a pair of earplugs to George Lucas, "It feels better this way, that saboteur is about to make noise."

On the other side, Duke held the megaphone and shouted, "Fireworks?"

"Ready!"

"photography?"

"Ready!"

"trick……"

Finally, he shouted, "Go!"

The tram model with explosives and the scrapped off-road vehicle parked together made a loud noise at the same time, and the flames of the explosion rose, and the tram car was thrown high like leaves in a hurricane, rolling towards the intersection. After falling from the ground and hitting the road, it was pulled by two black steel wires. With the help of the downhill slope, it made an extremely harsh friction sound and hit the Ferrari sports car parked at the intersection.

"crunch..."

"Crack..."

This brand new Ferrari was run over by a model tram and turned into a pile of scrap metal!

"Perfect!"

Behind the camera, Duke slowly stood up, raised his arm, and gave it a vigorous wave.

The scene returned to calm, and there were many people breathing a sigh of relief. They were far less excited than Duke, and some people seemed to have nervous expressions on their faces. Recently, they have been hit by collisions, noises And the explosion, tortured to the point of almost going mad!

"Robin..." Duke said to the production manager next to him, "The rest of the cleanup is up to you."

After speaking, he picked up the megaphone and shouted, "Transition!"

Now that the crew is in good shape, Duke doesn't want to waste the rhythm that he managed to adjust, so he naturally needs to shoot a few more.

"Well done, Duke."

The crew was preparing for the transition again, and George Lucas came over, "Your shooting technique is getting more and more proficient."

"thanks!"

In the face of these real super directors, Duke has no pride in his capital. "I still have a lot to learn."

"I'm looking forward to seeing a masterpiece like Life and Death."

Hearing what Lucas said next, Duke also showed enough confidence, "George, I promise, you will see it."

The two sides said a few more words, and George Lucas offered his farewell. Duke knew that the other party was busy and did not retain him. He just asked his assistant to send Lucas out of the temporary set in his place.

"Anything?" Duke asked, and Sophia, who was standing beside him, didn't leave.

"Charles Rowan just called me." Sophia took out a notebook and said while flipping through it, "Warner wants you to attend the MTV Movie Awards."

"MTV?" Duke was stunned, Sophia explained, "The MTV Movie Awards is a movie award founded by the MTV network last year. Although it is an emerging award, it has a certain influence in the audience. Dispatch awards is different, it does not judge the film with the eyes of the judges, but relies entirely on the general audience to vote to determine the attribution of the award, at least in their promotion."

"Am I nominated?" Duke asked.

"Life and Death has a lot of nominations," said Sofia Coppola, "Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Sexiest Actor, Sexiest Actress, Best Kissing Scene, Best A total of eight nominations for Best Action Scene Design and Best Screen Partner."

"Let me go, Warner is for publicity, right?" Duke immediately thought of the film being shot.

"That's right." Sophia nodded, "The media of Viacom and Time Warner are trying their best to hype this award, wanting to make it a world-class film award, and the way the audience chooses the award will decide. It will not lack attention.”

"Well, by the way, I'll remind you." Sophia said in a monotonous nasal voice, "Warner recommends that you bring a female companion."

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