Millennium director

When Wu Yuan came to the United States this time, he had two main things to do.

Attended the 74th Academy Awards Ceremony.

Conducted landscape work for the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" and learned about the crew's preparations.

The first thing is easy to say. This year's Oscar awards ceremony will start on March 25. Wu Yuan only needs to check into the designated hotel on the 24th, and then leave for the venue on the 25th.

What is more time-consuming is mainly the second thing.

Although Wu Yuan is only a tool director in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" project for the time being, the director still has to do his job well.

Moreover, since the news that Wu Yuan won the best director in Berlin came back to Hollywood, Jerry and Disney have also been happy.

Originally, spending 8 million US dollars to hire a director with a box office of 200 million US dollars was already a very cost-effective thing. Now we have to add the title of "Berlin's Best Director" in front of the director's name. It's a huge profit!

Jerry's contact with Wu Yuan was obviously much more active than before!

The day after Wu Yuan arrived in Los Angeles, Jerry rushed to meet him and then flew him to Florida, which is also the place closest to the Caribbean in the United States.

“Daniel, the Corsair Black Pearl, we finally decided to just buy a ketch built in Finland in 1948.

"The ship has been transporting cargo in the Caribbean since the 1970s and was featured in the 1977 Golden Globe-winning TV series Roots, where it was used as a cargo ship. Prop ship for slaves.”

"In addition to the Black Pearl, the Dauntless is being built at the Long Island Pier. This flagship of the Royal Navy is completely modeled on the victorious warship HMS Victory in the British fleet."

"The construction period is expected to take three and a half months."

"It just so happens that it will take five months to set up the cave where Barbossa hides the treasure. The two should be completed at the same time."

On the way, Jerry kept talking to Wu Yuan about the early preparations for "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Wu Yuan nodded frequently after hearing this.

Maybe the preparation work for this movie can only be regarded as an average level in Hollywood, and it is far less time-consuming and labor-intensive than some top science fiction movies, but for today's Chinese movies, the preparation for this movie can be regarded as a huge project. .

Just to build the Dauntless, 150 craftsmen were needed, and the cave where the treasure was hidden also required more than a hundred craftsmen.

In addition, the renovation of the Black Pearl, the construction of Port Royal and the town of Port Royal in the film, the design, finalization and production of a large number of men's and women's attire, uniforms, pirate uniforms and military uniforms from the 17th century...

Only with a complete and mature film industry system can we handle these preliminary preparations so easily.

In China, only "Heroes" can achieve such a level, and the preparation process was extremely difficult, with many failures and shutdowns.

Seeing how easily Jerry completed all the preparations, it was impossible to say that Wu Yuan was not envious.

He smacked his mouth, and asked curiously: "So now it's bad?"

"Once the shooting location is determined, the movie can be started?"

"Absolutely." Jerry said with a smile: "For you, all you need to do is decide on the shooting location and then wait until October."

The filming process of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" was unconventional. Strictly speaking, the film has already started shooting.

Because the special effects production, design and set construction all started in full swing.

But director Wu Yuan does not need to join the team early. He can wait until all preparations are completed and then join the team during the actual shooting stage.

The same goes for the actors.

However, Wu Yuan’s opinion still had to be based on the scenery of the final shooting location.

After Jerry flew him to Florida, he took him on a yacht rented in advance and started wandering in the Caribbean.

"Holy shit!"

"Ugh, ugh~"

On the yacht, Wu Yuan clutched the armrests with both hands and was vomiting, all the acid in his stomach was vomited out.

Beside him, Jerry stood steadily on the deck, holding a bottle of antiemetics and mineral water in his hand. He smiled bitterly: "Daniel, you never told me that you are so seasick?"

"Damn it, before today, I didn't know I was so seasick!" Wu Yuan complained feebly.

Jerry couldn't laugh or cry: "This yacht is very stable and does not rock at all. Compared with a real ship from the 17th century, it is like a paradise."

"Come to this damn paradise, you fell in love with you!" Wu Yuan walked back tremblingly, got out of the cabin without looking back, and collapsed in the bedroom, "I need to rest, take it slow before talking. "

Perhaps because it was his first time off the ground, or perhaps because of psychological factors, Wu Yuan’s first yacht trip experience was not good at all.

But after all, he didn't really come here to play, but to work.

As for seasickness, I got used to it after vomiting.

After a few days of drifting in the sea with his head dazed, Wu Yuan finally got used to it. At least he no longer had vomiting and diarrhea, and could have time to appreciate the beautiful Caribbean Sea.

There are many nameless islands in the Caribbean, many of which have no trace of human activities anymore, highlighting their original beauty.

It just so happens that in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, several relatively primitive islands were needed to shoot some scenery, night scenes and chase scenes.

After Wu Yuan got rid of seasickness, he and Jerry quickly selected several small islands with beautiful scenery as shooting options.

Wu Yuan could finally bid farewell to the yacht that made him suffer from vomiting and diarrhea, and returned to Los Angeles.

Although "Pirates of the Caribbean" is a story about the Caribbean, in fact 50% of the content of this movie needs to be shot in a studio, including the most intense naval battle in the film.

Because these plots require the use of a large number of special effects, such as the cursed Barbossa and his crew who turned into undead creatures during the naval battle, all of this was shot in a green screen studio.

Therefore, for this movie, Disney not only used the largest studio No. 2 to build the treasure cave, but also rented several large studios as the filming location for this movie.

One of the most important places is the Port of San Pedro in Los Angeles. Most of the fierce naval battle scenes need to be shot in the studio in the south bay of the port. Only a small part of the plot will be shot in the Caribbean.

Since he is a director, Wu Yuan must also visit these studios to see how the scenes are in the studios, and discuss the details with the screenwriters.

After Wu Yuan won Berlin's Best Director, the two screenwriters of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" also paid a lot of attention to his opinions and views, and their communication became more harmonious.

In this way, Wu Yuan was watching the preparations for "Pirates of the Caribbean" while waiting for the Academy Awards to begin.

Time soon came to March 24th, and the "Juno" cast and crew, who had been separated for more than half a year, gathered together in Los Angeles again!

They're going to compete at this year's Academy Awards!