Rumble — The loud roar of helicopters resounds in the night sky of New York, the darkness is lit up by the brightly lit buildings, and the Brooklyn Bridge area is bustling with people, not just the usual cars, because a movie location shot turned the coastline around the East River Ferry into a bazaar.

"Buzzing ......and buzzing" Thousands of extras crowded the performance area on the set, and before the filming started, they were all playing with their mobile phones or chatting and laughing in twos and threes, and several young girls were excitedly discussing: "I saw Miraculous Yang just now, I called him, and he was still smiling at me." "Really, it's great!", "Do you think you're going to get a close-up of me?", "I'm looking forward to seeing myself on screen!", ...... There was no fugitive atmosphere, but a big party.

On the sea, the Coast Guard's patrol boats "cutters", utility boats, and many boats and small boats are all ready, and the lights are shaking to make the water glow white; several helicopters are hovering in the sky, some of which are "props" for scene shots, and some are vehicles carrying the crew's camera detachment; taxis, police cars, and other vehicles are parked on the road, and several military Stryker armored vehicles are waiting for them...... This is the first night that the crew of "I Am Legend" filmed the evacuation scene of citizens. For example, tonight's plan is to shoot the footage of the crowd walking, and the Black Hawk combat helicopter and the Coast Guard Dolphin helicopter seconded to the military will not be seen on the set, and the crew is expected to finish filming this huge scene within a week.

In addition to the group performances, more than 200 crew members, members of the National Guard, heads of various departments of New York State and New York City government who were nervous, as well as media reporters, paparazzi, and even fans of the movie...... Of course, there is a price to be paid for the mobilization of labor, and the shooting site will cost more than 5 million US dollars, and if you include the cost of CGI special effects for shots such as the military aircraft firing missiles to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge, then it will be even more, and the production cost will rise in Hohodi.

The aerial bird's-eye view, the top-down shot, and the ground evacuation shot naturally had to be shot separately, and Valey Pfister led the team to work on the scenery above, which did not require performance, and just shot according to the director's arrangement of ships and helicopters and the intended effect; Wang Yang personally controlled the camera on the ground, in other words, tonight was a shooting operation with its own purpose.

The scene is not easy to shoot at all, just directing the crowd to move around is a headache, especially when it is not a pseudo-documentary technique, Wang Yang's composition style pays great attention to a sense of spaciousness, even more so after enjoying the IMAX giant scenes, how to take care of the entire evacuation scene? to depict the apocalyptic escape atmosphere of tension, confusion, fear, helplessness, etc.? to show the humanity of human beings when they are in a desperate situation? These are all tests for directors and cinematographers.

However, this is not the first time to shoot a big scene, Wang Yang and his team are already familiar with it.

"We're going to try to finish filming in four nights, and we can do it!" At this time, next to the camera on the road, Wang Yang cheered up Nancy Lino and many other assistant directors and assistant directors, who should go to guide the group performance, convey intentions, and control different camera positions......

Everyone quieted down to listen to the director, and the young girls in the crowd stood on tiptoe, almost running away from everyone and fleeing in advance.

"Action——!" Soon, with Wang Yang's order, the East River ferry suddenly became noisy, the extras all made sad and noisy sounds, walking forward according to the predetermined route, the actors who played the soldiers held guns and shouted loudly to maintain order, Will Smith in a trench coat was holding his daughter Vero, Vero was holding a small German shepherd, Jada Pinkett was following him, escorted by several soldiers, they hurried by...... The moon sets and the sun rises, and the Brooklyn Bridge still stands.

The first night has passed, the second night has passed, Wang Yang filmed "The Dead" during the day, and "I Am Legend" at night, the schedule is full, the crew of "I Am Legend" has continuously filmed the scene to the third night, and the entertainment media have reported this "grand occasion" in the past two days, and a bunch of live pictures taken by reporters have also been circulated, and many fans are browsing while shouting spoilers, will the Smiths escape from Manhattan? Will it succeed?

"NO, NO——!!" At the ferry near the bridge at night, there were only 200 extras involved in the work that night, and the camera camera was aimed at Will Smith who was looking at the sky, only to see a red dolphin helicopter hovering in the air, he was holding Sam, shouting with pain and madness on his face, tears welling up in his eyes.

"CUT!" Wang Yang shouted to stop, and in the script and storyboard, it was a runaway helicopter that crashed into the dolphin helicopter carrying Neville's wife and daughter, and he wanted the audience to feel the pain that was deep to the bones, so that they could feel the loneliness, despair, and depression even more.

Although Will's performance made Wang Yang feel worried, he always felt that something was missing, and immediately thought: "Not crazy enough, too sensible!" Now that Keke has Keke, he fully understands the feelings of being a parent, and can also sense Neville's great sadness, he can't stand it, he walked to Smith and said: "Will, you need to be more angry! Grieve! And your shouting is too steady, pay attention to trembling......"

Will Smith nodded expressionlessly, clearly still basking in Neville's grief. As a good father of three children, he does not need a director to analyze the role in this scene, Wang Yang also knows this, Will knows Neville's mood at the moment, the problem is only how to stimulate and show it.

"Wrong, Neville should have completely lost his mind! He is going to pounce!" Wang Yang suddenly changed his mind, Neville is a scientist, yes, but he is more of a husband and father who loves his family, he should not stand still in place, his previous thinking was wrong.

Wang Yang looked left and right, and did not explain to the somewhat confused Gosman, and shouted to Nancy, who was wearing a fisherman's hat next to him: "Call two military groups to come over, wait and hold Will, and pay attention to the candidates not to go back and forth!" He looked at the helicopter in the air over there, and said, "Let the helicopter fly away first!" He touched the head of little Sam in Will's arms, and ordered: "Will, let go of your hand and let it jump down, and we will take a few more close-ups......"

"Okay!" Nancy, Will and others all responded one by one, Wang Yang turned back to discuss with Pfister about the changes in the lens caused by the change in the character's reaction, and said a few words to Gossman, and soon, the sound of "Action" sounded on the set again.

“NO…… NO-NO————!!" Will Smith's face was distorted, his mouth trembled, tears poured out in an instant, his face was dead and gray, he rushed to the shore desperately, and little Demu Sam fell to the ground, and several soldiers grabbed him and shouted sadly: "Colonel, Colonel!" ...... The bright moonlight sprinkled into the baby's room, for several nights in a row, Keke couldn't see the tall figure before going to bed, which really made the baby very unaccustomed, you must know that every night a family of three will laugh and laugh for a while, playing toys, playing games, and educating and teaching, but these nights the Wang family is very quiet.

"The queen often looks in the mirror and asks, 'Magic mirror, magic mirror, who is the most beautiful woman in the world?'" Jessica was sitting on the edge of the baby's bed telling an old fairy tale, and with a bang, she turned a page of the book and continued to laugh: "The mirror said, of course it's you, Queen! You are the most beautiful, the most beautiful!"

In fact, no matter how late Wang Yang came home, he always went to the baby's room to see her and kiss her at the first time, but the little angels were asleep, but Keke refused to sleep tonight, and when Jessica was talking about dry mouth and wanted to drink water, she suddenly heard Keke shouting: "Dad!" She said casually: "Dad is working." "What!?" Jessica's eyes widened and she exclaimed, "Oh my, baby, have you spoken?" Keke just smiled sweetly again, "OO-" Jessica, who had heard it just now, was excited and happy, it was a big surprise!!

It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that Wang Yang returned to his home on the Upper West Side, dragging his slightly tired footsteps into the living room, he was surprised to find that the big and small angels had not fallen asleep, and couldn't help asking, "Hey, what's wrong?"

"Welcome home!" Jessica got up from the couch with Keke in her arms, and said mysteriously with a smile on her pretty face, "Keke...... I can talk!" Keke finally became smart and clever, and shouted crisply: "Ahhh

"No! no...... Although I wanted to too, she called Dad first. Jessica hurriedly explained, oh my God, why can't Keke be called! I saw Keke stretching out her little hand to him, as if thinking about him hugging, shouting: "Mommy, Mom!" Jessica immediately looked at the little baby suspiciously, and then looked at Wang Yang.

Wang Yang also didn't hug his wife and daughter, and a strange thought arose in his heart: "You won't call me a mother, will you?" Jessica obviously thought of this too, she held Keke with her left hand and pointed to herself with her right hand: "Honey, I'm my mother." But Keke shouted, "Daddy!"

Wang Yang and Jessica both have a mood of covering their faces, and Keke is confused!

"No, no, no, we shouldn't suspect that she is calling her wrong, she is so smart, she knows how to call Mom and Dad in 8 months!" Wang Yang thought about it, and decided to recognize that Keke was called correctly, and be happy for a while, and pay attention to correcting it later, Jessica thought the same, she shouted happily: "Oh my God!!! She will call us at the same time!" The two could finally express their ecstasy, kissing and nibbling at their daughter, laughing and praising constantly.

Keke was provoked by their enthusiasm and laughed, her little face was like a beautiful flower, after all, she was too young, otherwise she would definitely ask, what are you excited about, it's not the first time you've called!

Is Keke called Dad or Mom first? Is there a mistake in calling it wrong? This is a very controversial new topic in the Wang family.

At the same time, it only took four nights for "I Am Legend" to complete the filming of the scene of the evacuation of the citizens, but for the crew's night scene mission, this is just the beginning.

(To be continued)