The film was shot in order from easy to difficult.

It started with a literary drama, then an action scene, and finally moved to a desert set in Nevada, filming the scene of the desert planet Tatu.

As the filming progressed, George Lucas witnessed Donn's directing ability, and while he was amazed in his heart, he was also relieved to boldly delegate power, and during the filming process, everything was based on his opinion.

A veteran actor like Liam Neeson was so manipulated by Don that he didn't dare to question it, and others didn't dare to complain.

"Our robots have lost a lot!"

"Without a shield, we're a living target!"

"The shield is out of order, it needs to be restored immediately!"

Watching Ben Affleck and the others perform, Donn shouted, "Okay, that's over, Chris, you go and shoot the next two shots of the robot." David, the wide-angle lens of the space exterior scene, you go to the green screen to grab it, this is not difficult. Call Nate and we'll shoot the Queen's speech. ”

Tang En arranged the shooting tasks in an orderly manner, and the whole crew was running very efficiently.

Because of reading the original book, Donn's image of the movie in his mind is far clearer than that of George Lucas, he has deleted more than 20 unnecessary shots, and handed over a large number of non-real shots to the assistant director for shooting, while the workload is sharply reduced, the shooting progress will be greatly accelerated.

Of course, producers like directors like Donne, and the shorter the deadline, the less it costs!

This is also the reason why Steve Spielberg is Hollywood's sweetheart, but James Cameron is intimidating.

At this time, Natalie Portman, who was dressed up, walked out slowly, and Donne's face was less gentle when they met in private, "Remember, you are the queen, the queen who is high, you have to hold your chest high and raise your head, and show the queen's temperament." Yes, that's it, good...... Don't laugh, your planet is suffering, and your expression can be a little anxious. ”

Natalie, who was under heavy makeup, couldn't see her delicate appearance, and nodded lightly at Don's request.

This set of shots is a group scene, the planet Naboo is attacked by the dark forces of the Sith, Queen Amidala is trapped, and the two Jedi rescue the queen and want to take the queen away, but Queen Amidala misses the people on the planet and is unwilling to leave.

The Jedi Knight shows strength, and Ahmed Best, who wears an animal hood, plays the Ganga man "Plus Plus Binks", which is a hilarious role.

In the whole movie, except for a few characters such as "Elder Yoda", all of which are made of animation, most of the animated characters are played by people and filmed, and then special effects are produced in the later stage.

On the one hand, the acting is convenient and the progress is faster. On the other hand, motion capture is easier and post-production is easier. The downside is that the animation is not realistic enough and is nowhere near as smooth as a fully animated production.

After twenty minutes of explanation and arrangement, Don came to the viewfinder and watched for a while, nodded, "Okay, let's go!"

Natalie Portman stood at the front, took a deep breath, her face was sad, but her tone was loud: "Thank you, Mr. Special Envoy, but I want to be with my people!"

"They're going to kill you!" said the Jedi Knight Kui Gang with a frown.

The Queen's Prime Minister immediately vetoed, "They don't dare!"

"They need the queen to sign a legal invasion agreement, so they won't kill her. The Queen's Guard added.

"Kui Gang" muttered: "I think they have another conspiracy, and the invasion is illogical!"

"Stop!"

Don yelled, "Ben, there's something wrong with your expression! This is not the time to fight, you don't need to play the role of a ruthless warrior, your mood right now is worrying, you are worried about the future of the queen and the planet Naboo!"

Most of the shots in the original version are close-ups, and everyone is talking, so everyone is given a separate short shot, so that the shooting is simple, you can shoot everyone individually, and then edit it together.

However, because of Natalie, Don wanted to give her more time to leave the country, and this conversation became a long-distance long shot, which led to everyone in this group scene having to have their expressions in place.

Ben Affleck was a little absent-minded because he didn't have important lines, which made Donn a little dissatisfied.

"Okay, director, I'll pay attention!" Ben Affleck always has a good attitude in front of Donn.

Don Uncerem was unceremonious, "Give you a chance, if you don't play it again, push the camera closer directly, and cut out all the faces that don't meet the requirements!"

In order to shoot this set of shots well, and to shoot them quickly and time-saving and labor-saving, Tang En had already prepared the crew, fixed the position during the rehearsal, and there would be eight cameras to shoot from different directions in all directions.

With such a large amount of resources, Donn will not allow anyone to make mistakes, not even Ben Affleck, a potential actor he is very optimistic about.

Ben Affleck clearly felt Donn's resoluteness, patted his chest and promised, "Director, don't worry, I won't let you down!"

……

"I think we have to get rid of them first!"

"Kui Gang" said resolutely.

"We can only hope that Congress will be on our side. The planet Naboo needs your help!" said the Prime Minister earnestly.

Queen Amidala stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "No matter what, our situation is very dangerous. ”

"You have to go, Your Majesty, you have to go now!"

……

"CUT! It's over!" Don breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the time, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, this set of shots, more than an hour of shooting, Natalie in full costume obviously carried tiredness in her voice.

Don sighed, "Okay, that's all for today, Abel, send tomorrow's lines, go back tonight, be sure to memorize them." See you tomorrow!"

In the past, when Don watched popcorn movies, he always felt that the actors' acting skills were so bad, and many actors who were obviously Oscar-level actors still couldn't play their acting skills.

With this Star Wars filming experience, Donn instantly understood a lot, which he couldn't feel when he was filming "My Grand Greek Wedding".

In this special effects movie, the characters' emotions are trivial, and the fragmented lines are coupled with messy supporting opponents such as animated characters and special effects characters, so that the actors can't play their due acting skills at all.

During the filming of "My Grand Greek Wedding", Don was even able to direct an extra who had never acted much like an old actor. But in such a special effects movie, it is difficult for these actors with very good acting experience to come up with heartfelt performances.

The script is not distracted, the character clues are broken, and the top and bottom are incoherent, so how can the actors understand the role positioning?

Tang En let out a long sigh, it seems that the views of the older generation of filmmakers are not necessarily pedantic and conservative, animation special effects and film art are sometimes really out of place.

It's a paradox!

Arriving at the door of Natalie's dressing room, Don knocked on the door and saw Natalie leaning tiredly in her chair, allowing the makeup artist to remove her makeup.

As soon as she saw Done, Natalie complained, "Done, I'm almost exhausted!"

Her hair and headdress weighed more than a dozen pounds, and she couldn't stand it for a few hours.

Before Don could speak, her mother, Shirley Hirschler, said angrily, "Nat, how can acting not be hard?" and then turned to Done, with some meaning of repentance, "I'm sorry, Director Walker, Nat is still young and ignorant." ”

Donn was a little strange, wasn't this Mrs. Hershler very stern, why was she so easy to speak?

"It's all right, Madame Hershler, you're so kind, me and Nat...... It's a friend, and if you complain a few words between friends, I don't think it's anything. ”

"That's it!" Natalie muttered, and then her eyes flashed with hope, "Don, I don't want to eat Chinese food today." ”

Donn couldn't help but smile, "What about an Italian meal? I know an Italian restaurant, in Beverly Hills, which is a Southern Italian cuisine, and the taste is very good. ”

"Okay!" Natalie's eyes rolled, and she kept giving Don a look that he could convince his mother.

Donn smiled and asked, "Madame Hershler, may I invite Nat to dinner?" ”

Shirley Hershler laughed, "Of course, Director Walker, I've always believed in you." ”

Natalie's eyes flashed with surprise.

Mom...... When did it become so good to talk?

Did she really recognize Donn? When she came back in the evening, she would have to ask her.

……

Half an hour later, Don and Natalie walked out of the Lucasfilm studio, looking at the silver-gray Porsche 911 in front of them, Natalie screamed "wow", jumped over, and hugged Donn's arm.

"That's cool! Donn, you really did it!"

Tang En keenly observed the snickering expressions of the people in the passing crew, and laughed in a low voice: "Nat, everyone looks at us both strangely, why do you say?"

Natalie pursed her lips and laughed, "Why else? Another little girl is going to be deceived by you!"

Don's face changed, and a chill ran down his back, "Nat, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"Hmph!" Natalie gave him a big roll of the eyes and said coquettishly, "Don't think I don't know anything!"

After speaking, he happily opened the car door, got into the car excitedly, and then shouted to Don who was standing stupidly: "Hey, how long are you going to be stunned?"