Before half past eight, the crew of "Gravity" arrived at the shore of Lake Powell, which connects to the Colorado River, more than 200 kilometers northwest of Phoenix. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

There are only two scenes left today, one is a live-action shot of the return capsule falling from a high altitude into the lake, and the other is a scene of Judy's heroine Ryan Stone swimming from the lake to the shore. As for the interior of the re-entry capsule and the underwater scenes, they have been completed in the studio in Los Angeles. Therefore, Eric hopes to be able to do it all in one day, and everyone will be free to move around for the next few days.

In the open space by Lake Powell, everyone gathered around Eric to discuss the next shooting plan, because Nikl had just discovered another problem that had to be taken seriously.

"The weather today is very good, which is very suitable for the shooting of the landing scene, but because the weather is so good, there is no wind at all, and it is easy to be covered by the parachute after the return capsule falls, which affects the shooting of the camera, so we have to temporarily create some wind to blow the parachute away. ”

After Nickel finished speaking, several other creators in the crew couldn't help frowning.

If it's other times, of course, it's just a small problem, just turn in a blower. Even if you want to blow a parachute that covers more than a square kilometer, Hollywood can find a corresponding high-power blower, and Eric even used the engine of a Boeing plane to create a hurricane when filming "Tornado".

Today, however, the situation is more special.

The city of Phoenix certainly didn't have the high-powered blowers that the crew needed, so it needed to be shipped from Los Angeles. Even if you use a helicopter to check it in, it will probably be almost noon when you rush over. After transporting it and installing and debugging it, it is difficult to say whether the remaining time can be used to finish the shot.

If we wait until tomorrow, with the ability of the large number of media reporters gathered in the city of Phoenix, it is estimated that hundreds of people will come to 'witness' the landing of the return capsule in person, then it will be lively.

Everyone was discussing countermeasures, and a voice suddenly sounded in the crowd: "Mr. Williams, if you just want to blow the parachute open, it's actually very simple." ”

Everyone stopped talking, and their eyes focused on a big man standing on the periphery of the crowd with a height of nearly two meters.

It was one of four helicopter pilots on the VH-60 pilot team, named Mark Bierman. Mark Bierman, a former U.S. Marine Corps in his 40s, has more than a decade of helicopter piloting experience, including military aid to Afghanistan in the '80s. After retiring from the army, he worked for a helicopter rental company in Los Angeles, and started flying helicopters for Eric six years ago, and was later recruited by Eric with a high salary to work for himself, and is now the foreman of the four pilots of Sharp Horn Manor.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Mark Bierman smiled a little embarrassedly, stretched out his hand to the two VH-60s parked not far away, and said directly: "The wind blowing on the wings of a helicopter is much more than a blower. ”

Hearing Mark Bierman's words, everyone's eyes turned to the helicopter again, and William Stewart took a few glances and said, "The wind from the helicopter should be blowing down, right?"

Mark Bierman said, "Just come sideways." ”

A pencil in Eric's hand spun between his fingers, and without much hesitation, he pointed to the open lake in front of everyone, and said, "Mark, I want the wind to blow from west to east, you can show me first." ”

Mark Bierman nodded, but patted the shoulder of the other pilot next to him who was younger than him, and said, "Let Tim come, he's more skilled." ”

Eric glanced at the pilot named Tim Torres next to Mark Bierman, nodded, and did not object.

A few minutes later, the VH-60 took off from the shore, turned to the center of Lake Powell, hovered for a moment at a height of seven or eight meters from the lake, and then began to raise its head and lean forward, and in a blink of an eye, the huge fuselage with a length of more than 20 meters slowly climbed up like a gecko.

Seeing this, Eric had already made up his mind, and at the same time felt that he was worth the generous annual salary offered by several pilots.

However, the flight or performance above the lake was clearly not over, and the helicopter slowly climbed for a moment, and then began to flip slowly but nimbly, slowly making an inverted U-shaped flight trajectory of 180 degrees in the air like a fish leaping over the water.

Seeing that this was obviously already a performance in the field of flying stunts, everyone couldn't help but applaud, and Eric couldn't help but clap his palms.

Tim Torres probably sensed the reaction of the crowd, and did a few more difficult maneuvers in a row before driving the helicopter back to the shore. Eric watched the helicopter stop on the shore and jokingly said to Mark Bierman, "Mark, you tell Tim that if I dare to drive like that while I'm on the plane, I'll fire him right away." ”

Amid everyone's laughter, Mark Bierman shook his head and said, "Of course not." ”

The details of the specific scheme were discussed in detail, the problem of the parachute was solved, and the crew began to officially prepare for the filming of the landing scene of the return capsule.

A VH-60 slowly lifted into the air with the members of the re-entry capsule and props, and Eric and Nikkor split into two camera teams to cruise on the lake in two speedboats prepared in advance, waiting for the re-entry capsule to land to capture the footage.

On the intercom, it was confirmed that the VH-60 had flown to the altitude determined in advance, and after the other departments were ready, Eric gave the order to start shooting.

The re-entry capsule model was dropped from a height of 1500 meters, and under the remote control of the props group, the parachute was accurately opened, and another group of prop masters on the ground were also ready to implement the hatch ejection operation, as for the thrust reverser rocket near the ground, it was completely genuine, and Eric had it customized from Russia, which could be accurately and automatically activated when it was one meter above the ground.

A huge parachute like a strange mushroom bloomed in the sky, and another VH-60 hovering not far away began to prepare to blow the parachute away after the return capsule fell into the lake.

After more than ten seconds, the re-entry capsule and parachute rushed towards the surface of the lake at a speed of more than 10 meters per second, and then the bottom of the re-entry capsule suddenly exploded at a very close distance from the lake. The next scene was beyond the expectations of many people, everyone obviously underestimated the energy of the thrust reverser rocket when it exploded instantly, and at that moment, the lake surface was like a bomb, and it exploded, blowing up a huge wave five or six meters high, and shooting quickly around.

Although the distance has been adjusted, but the time is limited, the two speedboats on the lake can not judge the point too accurately after all, one of the speedboats is only seven or eight meters away from the landing site of the return capsule, and the huge waves blown up by the thrust reverser rocket of the return capsule are like the long tongue of predation stretched out by a giant beast under the water surface to roll towards the speedboat, as if there was an uproar, and several people on the speedboat were directly swept over by the waves.

All this happened in a matter of two or three seconds, and Caroline, who was standing on the lake holding Eric's director's script, blinked quickly a few times, and then realized that the person standing on the speedboat that was washed up by the waves was Eric, she felt her heart tighten, and involuntarily ran towards the lake, and other people who were still in a daze noticed the girl's rabbit-like rush out, and also ran to the lake.

Because of the anxiety in her heart, Caroline didn't have the heart to pay attention to her feet during the run, as if she had stepped on something in the process, the girl's body stumbled suddenly, and she almost fell, but she didn't have the heart to estimate this, she felt Mayer mixing herself next to her, stabilizing her figure, Caroline still ran forward.

"I'm okay here, everyone is okay, all departments continue. Tim, blow the parachute out, attention, blow to the north. There is also a props set, ready to pop open the hatch. Nikkor, you're going to shoot the hatch popping up, and besides, how about your side, and my side of the shot is useless?"

A moment later, Eric's voice came from several walkie-talkies in the crew at the same time, and everyone was relieved.

Caroline, whose legs had unconsciously stepped on the shore, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the figure of Eric on the speedboat in the lake from a distance and stood up again, only then did she feel relieved, and at the same time felt a slight tingling pain in her right ankle soaked in the water, and her mind was on Eric's side, and the girl only thought that she had twisted a little, but she didn't care too much.

"Carly, come on, your pants are wet. ”

Hearing Mayer shouting behind her, Caroline realized that she was standing in front of everyone before she knew it, and she was the only one who ran into the water. Her face suddenly blushed a little, and the girl embarrassedly dodged everyone's slightly ridiculous gaze, still holding Eric's director's script to her chest, and walked out of the water with her little head down.

"You are, but there are no shoes for you to change here," Mayer said, reaching out to pull Caroline away from the mud on the shore, noticing that Caroline's steps were a little unsteady, and asked, "What's wrong with your feet?"

Although she felt a little tingling in her ankle while walking, everyone was nervously busy, but Caroline didn't want to cause trouble to everyone, and shook her head: "It's nothing, it's just mud." ”

"Oh, let's go over there and clean it up," Mayer didn't suspect him, helping Caroline to the small area where the crew was resting.

Unexpected circumstances scrapped all the shots taken by Eric's camera, fortunately, Nikkor's shooting went smoothly, more than ten minutes later, the people on the two speedboats went ashore, and the staff of the props crew took the speedboat again, entered the lake and began to salvage the returned capsule props that had sunk, although the crew did not care about the money from the return capsule selling scrap iron, but if the model was thrown in the lake, it would not only be dug up by media reporters afterwards, but also may be troubled by environmental protection organizations.

Eric was also soaked after coming ashore, but the crew didn't expect this in advance, so he could only take off his wet coat, simply wipe the water stains on his body, and check the footage shot by Nikkle again to confirm that the success of the work just now was not in vain, and then stood by the fire that the crew had temporarily raised to bake with a few other unlucky eggs who were also doused into soup chickens.

Everyone teased each other, feeling a small figure walking up to him, Eric noticed Caroline's wet trouser legs, and asked, "Stepping into the water?"

"Yes," Caroline nodded embarrassedly, feeling useless, unable to help anything, and having to make Eric care about herself.

"Heh, let's bake it, I didn't prepare it in advance, so I can only go back in the afternoon and change my clothes. ”

"No, it doesn't matter. ”

When Eric saw the girl shake her head, a strand of hair hung down in front of him, and he reached out to help the girl tease it, and saw that Nizi shrunk her neck and shaved her little nose with a smile.

Caroline subconsciously wanted to protest as usual, but this time she held back, with these little sweetness in her heart, but her eyes did not dare to look at the others around her.

After nearly an hour of busyness, the model of the return capsule was salvaged ashore, repackaged and hung under the helicopter to be transported back in the afternoon, looking at the time, but after shooting this set of shots, the time had passed half past eleven. So the crew didn't continue and began to eat the simple lunch brought in the morning. Coupled with the few people who stayed at Powell Lake in advance, the entire crew was only 27 people, although various Hollywood unions have strict regulations on treatment during filming, but everyone didn't care about this meal, the crew has arranged a very grand finale party in the resort in Phoenix City, as long as it can be completed today, everyone can enjoy it when they go back.

"Eric, I suddenly noticed a problem," said Judy, who had changed into a simple tank top and shorts after lunch, just before the start of the shoot.

Eric was jotting down some of the changes needed to be made in the morning in his director's script, and he said, "What?"

Judy flipped through the stack of sketches that Eric gave her, showed several sub-shots to Eric in turn, and said: "The return capsule fell from the sky, Ryan fell to the bottom of the lake, Ryan surfaced, Ryan crawled to the shore, and finally, Ryan stood up, which seems to indicate the evolution of life, aquatic, amphibious, terrestrial, and even to the end of humans." Still, from the very beginning, you seem to agree with the idea that life on Earth is actually extraterrestrial, right?"

Eric didn't expect Judy's eyes to be so keen, and smiled: "You can understand it like that." ”

"Does that mean that the original shot of the baby in the capsule in the mother's body also represents the implication that life originated on an extraterrestrial basis?"

"It's not, I just want to express a certain primitive state of mind in a lonely and helpless moment. Who's the first thing that comes to mind in this situation?"

Judy recalled her state of mind when she shot that set of shots, and blurted out: "Mom." ”

"Yes. Eric nodded and said, "Although it will be affected by the acquired living environment, people often long to return to their mother's arms when they are most lonely and helpless. ”

Judy nodded seriously, and in the blink of an eye, she suddenly remembered the rumors of some mother-love complexes and other rumors about this guy next to her, and her eyes became strange again.

Eric felt Judy's strange gaze, although he didn't quite understand what she was thinking, but it was obviously not a good thing, and immediately put away his expression and put on the majesty of the director, and said, "Now, it's time to start filming, go and prepare." ”

Judy gave Eric a blank look, a smile on her lips, "You guy." ”