The supporting roles of "Die Hard" are not as troublesome as the male and female protagonists, and after selection, the supporting roles are quickly set.

The crew also went to the designated place in Leicester to shoot the film.

The prop team on the other side is also about to prepare the props that Lester needs.

This mode is especially suitable for shooting scenes with a long distance, such as street views from high floors, to achieve the best results. Before shooting, you can also drag and scale, zoom, and rotate the blurred area with two fingers on the preview screen before shooting. When he didn't get it right, Lester attended the 58th Academy Awards.

During the whole process, in addition to "Top Gun" winning the best original song, after Lester took the stage to accept the award, he kept watching everyone who went up to receive the award, chatting with Tom Cruise and others next to him from time to time.

"Relax, Mr. Spielberg. ”

Lester turned his head to see Spielberg looking nervously at each of the Oscars presented by the presenters, and said comfortingly;

From the beginning to the present, "The Color Purple" has been nominated for an award, and none of them have won awards.

Spielberg smiled helplessly and relaxed.

Lester doesn't have any hope that "The Color Purple" can win awards, the main thing is that the Oscars now have some colored glasses, and it is even more difficult for black people to win awards, and the black people who can win the Oscars in the 80s and 90s are very rare, unless it is the most valuable film, and there is a greater hope of winning the award, and the "Purple" movie directed by Spielberg is obviously not yet to that realm.

"Which film do you say will win the best picture? Tom Cruise asked Lester.

"I think 'Out of Africa' will win the best picture. Lester's words surprised Tom Cruise and the others a little.

"So optimistic about him. ”

Spielberg asked coldly, "Why don't you say that "Purple" won the award!"

Lester smiled and said nothing, letting everyone watch.

As the award presenters read out "Out of Africa", Tom Cruise and others were slightly stunned, and they really said to Lester that they were right, and they were won by that film.

The biggest winner of the Oscars tonight is "Out of Africa", Spielberg's "The Color Purple" and other films have lost in the race for best picture, and "Out of Africa" won best picture.

In the warm applause of everyone, the 58th Academy Awards came to an end.

Lester had another party with Spielberg and others, happily eating and chatting together, and after it was over, he continued to follow up on the props made by the props team.

"What do you say, Aaron Rickman, who plays the villain, is afraid of gunshots and explosions. ”

Lester, who was fiddling with the miniature model with the props team, listened to Deems's reaction, and it was a little difficult for a while.

"Substitution or not. Dimes suggested;

"It's too late for time, and the money can't be increased. Lester refuted Dimes' words.

"Boss, you have an idea!" Dimes didn't understand this shooting, and asked Lester for advice.

If "Die Hard" starts filming the day after tomorrow, it will inevitably come into contact with these explosive things, and Alan Rickman is afraid of this, which may waste a lot of time of the crew.

Lester thought for a moment, then said to Dimes: "You go and tell Aaron Rickman that when shooting shots and explosions, use a double body, and the camera only shoots his hands, and there will be no shots of his face." ”

This would avoid Aaron Rickman's fear of gunshots and explosions, which is the only way he can think of at the moment.

Dimes turned around and brought Lester's words to Aaron Rickman.

The other party can tell him this important thing, and Lester will not think about changing people, after all, the roles have been chosen, and temporary substitutions will only increase the money invested in the film, and it will make a film a waste of money.

To solve this problem, Lester and the crew re-made miniatures, and in some places these props were needed to shoot realistic results.

The so-called miniature model mode is a special visual effect of a simulated SLR camera using a special tilt-shift lens to shoot a special visual effect that looks like a Lilliputian model, and it is paved with post-production to make people look like a real scene.

This mode is especially suitable for shooting scenes with a long distance, such as street views from high floors, to achieve the best results.

Before shooting, you can also use two fingers to drag, zoom, and rotate the blurred area on the preview screen before shooting.

Making these miniature molds is complicated and fun, and watching the molds gradually take shape in your hands is like you have made a great masterpiece.

"It's changed here, and if it's going to be filmed, it's going to be a goof. Lester circled around the miniature and found that a spot would be exposed in the direction of the camera, so he asked the props crew to modify it.

The miniatures used must be well-made, even if there is even a slight hole, once the shooting, the right place to shoot the hole, will destroy the whole part.

It was just a little changed, and the props team repaired it in 15 minutes, and Lester checked it again, and after finding no problems, he asked the props team to put the finished miniature model away.

This elevator miniature will come in handy when filming the scene of the elevator explosion.

After making the miniature, Lester and the props team put themselves into the production of other molds.

Lester watched them make it and gave them advice.

"Boss, the location you want has been approved. While Lester was watching the designers of the props team design something else, the assistant stepped forward to report.

"I heard it," Lester said, his face delighted.

The filming location is Fox Plaza in Los Angeles, where many directors will shoot and shoot, and there are three high-rise buildings in Daxia, which is just right for the filming location of "Die Hard".

After the props team got the props they needed, Lester led the crew to Fox Square. However, it was not to turn on, but to take the crew to rent a hotel room nearby first, and everyone to rest, and some bulky props in the back will also come over with the made props when the camera is turned on.

Half of the footage of the storyboard drawn belongs to the dark night shooting, and after saying yes to their boss, Lester led the crew into the building to set it up.

"Put everything in the designated place for me. Lester, who is both the director and the producer, supervises the work of the crew.

After the crew put the props in place, Lester withdrew with the crew and returned to the hotel.

By this time, it was time for the actors to arrive near Fox Square, and Lester stayed in the living room, holding a storyboard to design the unpainted areas at the back.