Zhang Wei had only been in this huge studio for a few minutes, but what he saw in front of him was an eye-opener, he had also participated in film shooting in the past, but the shooting of Hollywood movies was obviously fundamentally different from Chinese film shooting. In Huaxia, almost everything in each crew has to be arranged by the director, from actors, cameras, lighting, costumes, props, sets and other related links, almost all of them have to be executed by the director, but this is obviously not the case in Hollywood.

On this set, director Pete had been talking to two white men, but none of the staff members had ever stepped forward to ask about the set or props, and everyone had their own job, and although there were a lot of people, they seemed to be in order.

About ten minutes later, a white man who was talking to Pete looked at his watch, said something to Pete and the other man, and left. Another white man looked up at the set, beckoned a staff member, and the two began to communicate. At this time, Billy stepped forward to say something to Pete, and Pete turned around, saw Zhang Wei and Li Mo, said a word to the white man who had spoken before, and walked over to Zhang Wei.

"Long time no see, Albert. Pete stepped forward and gave Zhang Wei a warm hug.

Zhang Wei also smiled: "I haven't seen you for a long time, it seems that you have almost prepared here." ”

"Yes, the actors are already in place, the set will be done tomorrow, and the production manager has decided to finish the interior first, and there is quite a bit of fighting action in it, and if you don't come back, the production manager will be angry. ”

Zhang Wei was surprised: "Tomorrow will start? Don't you need to have a start-up ceremony?"

"There's no need for the boot ceremony, it's not Huaxia here, we don't have those rules, just take a photo with the main creators and the leading actors when the time comes. Pete said with a nonchalant face, and then said: "By the way, Williams will come over later, you can discuss the music creation first, he is responsible for the music of this movie, and I will call the production manager later, and ask him to screen out all the fighting parts of the script, make notes on the action requirements, you have to carry out the preliminary design first, and then guide the actors to meet the requirements of the script according to the situation on the set." Oh, I almost forgot, you still have a supporting role in the script, and I'll ask Robert to give you your part of the script later, Robert is my assistant director, he's in charge of the shooting schedule, and every actor's script is with him. In addition, tomorrow the production design will take stills for you, and the production manager said that this is to prepare for the promotion of the Chinese market, and there will be a special stylist to do the styling and costumes in the play for you at that time......"

Pete didn't have much to say hello to Zhang Wei, and went straight to the point and talked a lot about things at work, for seven or eight minutes, if it weren't for Zhang Wei's amazing memory, he wouldn't have been able to remember so much content at all.

Finally, after Pete finished talking about all the work that Zhang Wei was responsible for and participated in, Zhang Wei asked, "Is there anything else?"

"That's all you're responsible for, oh my god, I just reacted, man, it's only been two months, and your English has improved so much, I remember the last time you came, you didn't seem to be that fluent. ”

Zhang Wei smiled: "I'm going to participate in your movie soon, it's not good to not be able to speak English, after all, this is an American movie, isn't it?"

"What you said is very good, it can be seen that you are also a dedicated filmmaker, and what we want is professionalism. Pete was very happy that Zhang Wei could say this, patted Zhang Wei's arm and said, "Albert, I plan to shoot all the shots in 47 days, and you have to prepare very hard during this period." ”

"Uh...... My agent should have told you that I need to attend a boot ceremony on September 10, I wonder if there will be a conflict in time?"

"I know about this, Ms. Zhang communicated with my assistant on the phone, so I plan to arrange the fight part of the scene and the shot you participated in first, and as for the music part in post-production, even if you are not in the Stars and Stripes, you can discuss it with Williams online in Huaxia. Pete has already made arrangements for this, and after saying this, Pete's face turned grim and said: " Albert, one thing I want to make clear to you first, making a movie in Hollywood is different from Huaxia, we have a strict pre-screening mechanism here, this film is essentially a commercial film, if you design the fight action and create the music that does not meet the requirements, it is likely to be rejected by the production manager and the investor, and then the producer may arrange someone else to take your place, these are written into the contract, you have to be mentally prepared for this. ”

"I understand. Zhang Wei nodded.

"Okay, then I'll call Robert first and ask him to send you your work arrangement first, if you find it boring here, you can go to my RV and rest for a while, Williams will find someone to call you when he arrives." ”

"No need, I'll just stay on the set and learn something by the way. ”

"Feel free to do so, I'll ask the venue staff to bring you an ID card later, so you can get in and out. After Pete finished speaking, he took out the phone and walked out as he called.

Zhang Wei watched the staff busy on the set, and it didn't take long for a strong man wearing a hat to come to Zhang Wei, take him and Li Mo to a room, take a photo of each person, and then skillfully make two ID cards with barcodes. Zhang Wei's identity card is marked with the meaning of "Fight Choreographer", which means "martial arts instructor", while Li Mo's identity card is marked with "Asst", that is, assistant, and the number of the recording studio, the number of the crew, and other information are also marked on this identity card.

got the identity card, Zhang Wei and Li Mo came to the studio again, and they felt bored after watching other people's sets for a long time, so Zhang Wei wanted to find a place to sit with Li Mo for a while.

At this moment, Williams came and invited Zhang Wei to his car, and Zhang Wei learned that there were few places for actors and crew to rest on the film set in Stars and Stripes, so it was no wonder that so many actors and directors drove their RVs and nanny cars to the set.

In the car, Williams handed Zhang Wei a written request for the soundtrack and the two songs in the film, and verbally gave the production manager a rough outline of the film's musical standards. In general, in the movie "Plundering the City", there are a total of twelve songs and soundtracks, which contain intense, grandiose, dull, witty, warm, soft, and so on.

After Zhang Wei finished reading the producer's request, Williams couldn't wait to take out some very simple music scores he wrote and handed them to Zhang Wei, saying: "This is some of the directional music styles I initially made, you can take a look and give some advice." ”

Zhang Wei took it and looked at it carefully, recalling the soundtracks in movies such as "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", and felt that Williams's directional music scores still failed to depart from the original style.

Zhang Wei was organizing his speech to discuss music with Williams, but his mobile phone suddenly rang. It was Pete who called, and the assistant director Robert arrived, and brought some script requirements for the script part and the action part in which Zhang Wei participated, and asked Zhang Wei to go to the C2 area of the set to find them. So Zhang Wei, Li Mo and Williams came to the C2 area, found Pete, and met the assistant director Robert under Pitt's introduction.

Robert is a bearded, stout, and has many tattoos on his arms, looking very much like the "Heavy Machine Knight" of the Stars and Stripes Country, but although Robert is a little rough in appearance and personality, he is a very talented person, and the two sides talked for a while, Robert introduced the producer's work requirements for Zhang Wei's role and Zhang Wei's action director, and gave some very reference suggestions.

After chatting about work, when it was time for lunch, the staff put down their work to eat, and Pete and Williams also had to pick up the wind for Zhang Wei, and a few people walked out of the studio, but I didn't expect this Robert to really ride a big "Harley" motorcycle, and there were two exhaust pipes in the back alone, so it seems that Robert is really a "heavy machine rider".

Perhaps seeing Zhang Wei's surprise, Pete said: "You don't have to worry, Robert is not a gang member, but a member of the 'Angel Club', legal." ”

Zhang Wei said: "No, I think his motorcycle is so big." ”

Pete fastened his seat belt and said to Zhang Wei: "Texans like big things, if you go to Texas, you will find that the local people are big guys in terms of cars, motorcycles, food, drinks, etc." ”

Williams, who was sitting in the passenger seat, added, "The guns that Texans like are also big guys, and almost all of the 'Desert Eagle', 'Ryan Bauer .500' and 'Barrett XM109' have been sold to Texas." ”

Hearing that Robert is a Texan, Zhang Wei was a little relieved, although he is a Chinese, but he has also heard a little about the toughness of Texans, it is said that in Texas, most of the people are frank and hot, they like Ford Raptor and other cars, like Harley's heavy motorcycles, and from a very young age to contact firearms, there was a very famous picture on the Internet, a gray-haired old lady carrying a handful of M16 to the supermarket to buy things, this picture comes from Texas.

There's a little story in the Stars and Stripes that describes Texans.

There was a Mexican smuggled to the Stars and Stripes, and when he came to a remote town in Texas, he was hungry, so he chose a tavern with only a few old men and old ladies to prepare for robbery, when he entered the tavern and took out his gun and shouted to rob, the old men and old ladies who were originally depressed immediately felt like chicken blood, everyone didn't know where to find the pistol standard This Mexican who came to rob, several of them were holding 1911 four or five, the most exaggerated is an old lady, trembling in her hand is a Colt python revolver, the caliber of this pistol is point four four, it is not a problem to deal with brown bears。 And the proprietress behind the counter also took out a 12G Mosberg shotgun, and the "click" was loaded, and the Mexican was directly scared to pee.

Although the story is short, it is very illustrative of the folk customs of the people of Texas. If the Russians are a fighting nation, then the Texans are a super fighting nation, and the folk customs are a mess.

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