Los Angeles has a Mediterranean climate with a mild climate that is neither too hot nor too cold, and it is sunny all year round.

In the afternoon, I want a cup of coffee, sit outside and enjoy the warm sunshine, and the warm sunshine swaying on my body, so that the whole person is lazy. At this time, Li Mo was bathed in the Southern California sunshine and dozed off, while Zhang Wei, who was sitting opposite her, was looking at the script about the action part, and there was a notebook he had just bought and a black ballpoint pen and a sketch pencil at hand.

He is the action director of the show, so the action design about the fight part is basically his job, he must first sketch out the fight scenes in the style required in the script in his mind before the official start of filming, thanks to the blessing of "elf inheritance", he is no stranger to painting, so he can depict all the pictures and character actions he envisions with a brush, which is something that many action directors can't do.

At half past four in the afternoon, Pete called and asked Zhang Wei to go to a restaurant called Bethwaite on the Avenue of Fame, and he wanted to introduce Zhang Wei to the production manager and several main actors of the film. At this time, Zhang Wei's action design work has been completed for a small time, but these actions still need to be filmed on the spot, and only after they are recognized by the director, production manager and producer can they be considered passed.

Zhang Wei and Li Mo took a taxi to this Bestet restaurant, which was full of friends, and the restaurant had been chartered by the crew of "Plundering the City". Victoria, an Italian who came to the Stars and Stripes with his parents when he was very young, was a very easy-going old man. Next, Pitt introduced several core members of the crew and leading actors to Zhang Wei, among which the assistant director Jason is Zhang Wei's old acquaintance, and the other assistant director Robert also met at noon, and the rest is the venue management Ridley Scott, camera director Vincent Price, actor Jane Aishe, actor Hazel Court, actor Charles Bumont, actor Jay K. Coman and many others, Zhang Wei greeted these people one by one, and these people also showed enough politeness and expressed kindness to Zhang Wei, among these people, only Vincent Price, the camera director, looked very cold and even a little hostile when he shook hands with Zhang Wei, which made Zhang Wei very puzzled.

When Zhang Wei took a group photo with the main creative staff of the crew and started to move freely, Zhang Wei found Williams and asked if he had offended Vincent in something. Williams whispered to Zhang Wei that in addition to being a videographer, Vincent was also a mixed martial arts fanatic, so he knew quite a few MMA fighters. While preparing for the "Plunder City" crew, he was approached by a fighter friend he met at the UFC, Charles Kudrow, who is not an easy team of MMA athletes and has won two consecutive UFC featherweight titles, asking if he could play a less important supporting role in the film. Charles felt that he was past the peak of his boxing years and was ready to try to transform, because he settled in Los Angeles, so he considered whether he could go to Hollywood to eat, after all, many boxers and athletes joined the film industry after retiring.

The director of photography is often one of the director's hardcore in a crew, so it is no problem to suggest one or two supporting roles, but in order to reflect his importance, Vincent not only asked Charles for a supporting role, but also recommended Charles to director Pitt as the action director of the film, after all, Charles, as an MMA boxer, is very knowledgeable about fighting. Pete also gave Vincent face, gave Charles a chance to interview, and after seeing some of the aggressive moves designed by Charles, he said that he could use Charles as an alternative to the action director.

As a result, it didn't take long for Pete to report to the production manager, saying that the film's action director had been decided, that is, Zhang Wei, and this news naturally made Vincent hostile to Zhang Wei.

After listening to Williams's narration, Zhang Wei suddenly realized, and couldn't help but feel a little lying down.

Perhaps seeing the wry smile on Zhang Wei's face, Williams comforted him and said: "Albert, you don't have to worry, Vincent has worked with Pitt for many years, and he can tell which is more important, and he will not trouble you at work for personal reasons, unless he doesn't want to do it." What you really have to worry about is Charles, he's a grumpy guy, and I've heard that he knows that you've made a lot of nonsense to make you look good when you're the action director, but don't worry, he doesn't dare to make trouble on the crew. ”

What MMA fighter and UFC featherweight champion Zhang Wei didn't care about at all, the reason why he smiled wryly was because he remembered that he had encountered similar things when he was filming before, he didn't expect that the Hollywood film crew, which is famous for its professionalism, actually had a similar situation, it seems that this kind of human dispute is no exception all over the world, and sure enough, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

The dinner ended early, and everyone dispersed at 7 o'clock in the evening.

The next day, the filming of the indoor scenes and special effects part of "Plundering the City" officially began, and Zhang Wei also came to the crew early in the morning to report, this time he didn't bring Li Mo, and let Li Mo go freely, because the crew has rules that no one is allowed to bring assistants except for the director and production manager, which is a discipline on the set, and everyone has to abide by it.

The first day of filming also opened Zhang Wei's eyes, because most of today's filming is a scene with a green screen as the background, and the leading actors rarely have rival scenes, usually making movements or talking to a puppet wearing green cloth, which made Zhang Wei can't help laughing several times, but fortunately he is in the outermost part and does not interfere with the filming.

Watching the filming go on one by one, the actors made serious movements and emotional dialogues against the air and the puppets, which made Zhang Wei sigh: "It seems that the most important thing in filming in Hollywood is to be able to hold back your laughter." ”

Only a small part of the shots in today's shooting task have some jumps and simple action scenes, which requires Zhang Wei to go out, and Zhang Wei is also fully prepared for today's scenes, he patiently communicated with the actors, and borrowed some action parts to patiently demonstrate for the actors, so that most of the actions met the requirements expected by the director, only a few actions were not so ideal, but after Pete pointed it out, Zhang Wei was also able to design the actions that Pete wanted quickly according to Pete's needs, which made Pete very satisfied.

After a day of shooting, Zhang Wei's biggest feeling is two points, one is professionalism, and the other is high efficiency.

I have to admit that most of the actors in Hollywood are very professional, after they enter the crew, there is no so-called difference between big names and group performances, everyone's identity is the same, that is, actors, no one is superior to others, and the leading actors will also be very polite to communicate peacefully with supporting roles and even group actors, and everyone works hard for the perfection of a shot. When filming is underway, there are only two voices on the set, one is the director, the other is the production manager, there is no actor to change the lines, at most the actor is occasionally too emotionally involved in the filming and the impromptu emotions, actions and lines appear, but if the director approves of these improvisational things, he will not stop, but continue to shoot, if the director is dissatisfied, then he will call a stop and let the actor correct his mistakes.

On the other hand, Zhang Wei is also impressed by the shooting efficiency of the crew. In an indoor scene, from the positioning lens, the main unit shot to the standing view shot, over-the-shoulder shot, bridge in shot and connecting shot, everyone cooperates tightly, and there is no need for the director to stop and wait for the tail of the camera, everyone is doing a good job of the part they are responsible for. Whether it is a short shot or a long shot, after the director's lecture, most of the actors can quickly enter the state, and the cameraman can also find their own position, how to give light to the lighting, basically according to the director's requirements, the actors and the staff in all links cooperate very well. A crew, in the case of on-the-spot notes, cameras, lighting, radio, and actor fit, is naturally very efficient, many simple shots are all at once, and some long shots also meet the requirements at one time, but the director will shoot more than ten more options in order to keep improving.

Zhang Wei silently calculated, Pete started shooting at nine o'clock in the morning and filmed until about eight o'clock in the evening, except for more than an hour at noon and dinner, Pete filmed more than 20 scenes in more than nine hours, this speed is really a bit amazing, no wonder Pete is confident that he will finish this movie in 47 days.

Today, Zhang Wei basically watched how Pete made movies, how the actors showed in front of the camera, and the position and cooperation of cameras and lights, and learned a lot of things.

After the shooting, everyone was a little tired, but Pete seemed very excited, it seems that he can create a bright hall on the road of directing, which has a lot to do with his love for this industry.

When he returned to the hotel in the evening, Zhang Wei was not very tired, so he sat in front of the lamp and continued to design relevant martial arts movements. Zhang Wei knows that he is now only barely qualified as a martial arts instructor, if he is not qualified to speak of real action coaching, in fact, action guidance not only includes interlimb activities, confrontation actions, but also racing, machinery, explosives, firearms and other diversified action elements, these are Zhang Wei's weak links, although he did not think about becoming a professional action director, but since it involves this industry, he has to master the knowledge in this industry.

The indoor shooting process progressed quickly, and it took only four days to complete the shooting, and in these four days, Zhang Wei gradually became reluctant to be qualified for the position of action director through practice.

At the end of the fifth day, we will move to Monument Valley to start the location shooting. Monument Valley, part of the Colorado Plateau, is located on the northern state boundary of Arizona and the southern state border of Utah, and the landscape features a large number of giant lone peaks formed by sandstone, and a large amount of iron oxide exposed from the weathered sandstone to stain the surrounding area red, looking desolate, far-reaching, and vast.