Made in Hollywood

In the following time, Duke deliberately took Christopher Nolan to the light box and other equipment to have a look, and also communicated with him. Anyway, Christopher Nolan will direct next is Warner Bros.’s huge investment. The film, the success or failure of the film is also directly related to his interests.

Following Duke to the back of the director's monitor, Christopher Nolan looked at the animation clips played on the monitor screen and asked, "I heard from Jamie Johnson that you did a lot of previs for shooting?"

"There are a lot of previs, but there is still a lot of flexibility on the set." Duke pointed to his head, "If some new ideas pop up here, asking the special effects team to do something outside the camera, they must be able to Respond in time."

Looking at the special effects staff, Duke continued, "If I want to change the speed and timing somewhere, they have to do it as soon as possible. So, in addition to doing a good preview in advance, it is also necessary to be able to There is room for maneuver. But of course, there are some places where there is no maneuver..."

"Where?" Christopher Nolan asked.

"For example, in terms of actors, I will negotiate with Scarlett Johansson and George Clooney at that time, especially in some indoor scenes. It’s like, ‘We want you to put your hand here at the end of this shot, exactly here, no deviation.’ The two of them just know how to do it, and put your hand there at the right moment. place, and they work well together every time."

Not only that, after each shot, from the director Duke to John Schwartzman and Tim Webber to Scarlett Johansson and George Clooney, they will sit together to discuss the shot, in order to Seek to be the best.

In the next three days. Christopher Nolan has come to the crew, Duke didn't say anything more, the other party is not well-known in the mainstream film industry, but he is not a rookie, he can be described as full of talent, the only difference is the production experience of commercial films.

From mid-August to early September. Duke and the crew are busy shooting, and the time is really tight. Except for the two-day rest after the long-shot shooting, the crew has no holidays to speak of during most of the half-month shooting.

Fortunately, the crew doesn't have to travel around, all the shooting will be done in the studio of Warner Studios, and they will leave with the end of George Clooney's role. Scarlett Johansson is the only actor left in the crew.

"Houston, Houston... I'm the Space Mission Specialist, have you heard?"

In the space capsule with the set set up, Scarlett Johansson kept shouting into the communicator, and the camera lens swept around her one by one. Buttons with Chinese names, ping-pong balls, and trinkets such as giant pandas were captured successively.

Scarlett called continuously, and suddenly there was a response voice in the space capsule. The voice was a bit stiff. This Chinese response came from Duke himself. The recording process has undergone special processing.

"Cut!"

Duke yelled to stop, then stood up and said to Scarlett. "Your emotions are not in place!"

This scene has been NG many times. This is where Scarlett needs to show her acting skills the most. It should be said that Duke has already said it in the early communication, and just let the crew rest for 15 minutes. Then let Scarlett find her own feelings.

If she still can't find the feeling, Duke intends to lock her alone in the studio, looking for the loneliness of being alone in the sky.

In the filming that has been carried out, Duke can see that Scarlett Johansson's performance is no worse than that of Sandra Bullock.

Sandra Bullock is not known for her acting skills in Hollywood, but her performance in "Gravity" is definitely the highest peak of her acting career, far surpassing her performance in "The Weakness", which won the Oscar. Actress Leanne? Tausi.

In fact, Sandra Bullock, who won the Oscar for her leading role in "The Weakness", is also considered to be one of the top five "water queens" in Oscar history, just like Julia ? Roberts, Sandra Bullock won the statuette, not so much the affirmation of her acting skills and roles, but rather the recognition of her years of hard work and her own qualifications by the academy.

As we all know, if you want to win an Oscar for acting, you need more than just your role and acting skills.

Once the Academy had just rewarded Sandra Bullock with Best Actress, but she performed another role that was far better than the award, but it was impossible for the Academy to throw the Oscar on her head again.

Sandra Bullock is also destined to become one of Oscar's most watery actresses.

Over the past ten years, the male and female protagonists of Oscars are the result of a combination of various factors. An actor must be exposed if he wants to win an Oscar. Many judges in the academy are typical of voting with their feet like Duke. The actors themselves are not familiar with it, so even if it is to carry out public relations, the effect can be imagined.

Scarlett Johansson was specially highlighted in the publicity of "Gravity". According to Duke's request, Warner Bros. and Penny Kelly also made a very complete publicity plan.

It's already September, Duke's filming is coming to an end, and the new awards season in North America is about to kick off. The Hollywood Reporter also conducted an exclusive interview with Scarlett.

Because the shooting time is quite tight, the interview was placed between the shootings. Although Duke was busy with the work of the crew, he still went to watch it. After all, whether the film can achieve his goal. Performance in Gravity is just the foundation, self-promotion is an essential tool.

However, Duke just stood on the periphery and listened, and didn't mean to get involved.

The whole process of this film from the script to the approval of the project to Scarlett signing the actor contract is very simple, but you can’t say that when facing the media, it’s like a story, the more twists and turns, the more attention it can attract.

In Hollywood, interviews with Duke and Scarlett Johansson are carefully designed. From questions to answers, their public relations managers don't know how many times they have to draft and communicate with the media.

From another perspective, not many words in this kind of interview are credible.

For example, a reporter from "The Hollywood Reporter" asked, "Someone said that the script of "Gravity" is very special, especially if you can't imagine how the director could shoot it. Do you have such a strong impression of it?"

"Actually, what attracted me was not the script, but the concept of the story itself. For me, this script is like a good book, with a strong sense of image and emotion. I can't imagine how Duke would make it... ..."

Scarlett's answer was half a Pacific Ocean away from the truth, "And I didn't want to accept the script at the time, so I didn't care about it at all. Later, when I chatted with Duke, I directly refused, but he used a He told me in a veiled way why he wanted to write this story so much. He said it was based on a very real personal experience. Life sucks."

"When he was describing it to me, I not only secretly sighed, wow!" Scarlett made an exaggerated expression, as if everything was true, "All the pictures have come to my mind..."

She shrugged again, "I don't know how he can achieve it on a technical level, but his words are so beautiful and magical. I know Duke very well. He is calm on the one hand and very engaged on the other. I realize that It was one of the most important opportunities of my life and I couldn't say 'no' to it."

The reporter of "Hollywood Reporter" asked, "So when you agreed to take the filming, you also unconditionally handed over yourself to Director Duke Rosenberg. No matter what strange shooting techniques you tried?"

"Because Duke's method of shooting is so special, he can't explain to me too much about any technical aspects."

Just now she said a fact, Scarlett started talking nonsense again according to the answer formulated by Penny Kelly, "The original plan was that we were going to shoot in a space shuttle of NASA. The method of descending simulates the effect of weightlessness for about a second. Most of this type of movies were shot in this way before. When I think about being thrown into the air, I feel that this is too crazy and scary, but I still agree with it. a means of filming."

She smiled at the reporter and said, "The time to leave the plane is getting closer and closer. When it was said that the crew had invented a device that could simulate my 'flying', I realized that I was going to start physical training, because it seemed that The installation requires the human body to stretch like a gymnast. Physical training is tough but necessary, and I met a female trainer who was a former dancer and knew how to control her limbs."

The reporter asked again, "Do you and Director Duke Rosenberg often communicate about this role?"

"Duke and I talked the most about who the woman I was playing was, how to let the audience know her, what dialogue is needed, what is not needed and other details. This is a story that is done visually, and the actors don't need much. Dialogue, whenever I have an understanding dilemma, I ask him to try to tell me how do we get to the heart of the story, what do you want the audience to see, and how you tell the story in visual language."

After saying a lot in one breath, Scarlett Johansson took a sip of water and continued, "Many actors can't figure out the meaning of the dialogue. They always think that the better the articulate, the better the performance, but this movie is a completely different routine. , an actor is a small existence in a grand and special theme."

In the end, Scarlett specially emphasized, "My trust in Duke is based on his complete trust in my instinct and interest as an actor. This is a very wonderful cooperation." (To be continued ~^~)

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