When you get to work, time flies.

For more than a week, residents of Kauai's largest city, Lyhuya, have seen hundreds of Jurassic Park crew members head to the island's canyon every morning to shoot, just like they go to work.

The news of the start of filming of "Jurassic Park" has long appeared in the media, and as a high-profile movie, people are curious about how Eric will 'resurrect' the dinosaurs of ancient times.

In addition to the crew of "Jurassic Park", paparazzi from all over the world have appeared on Kauai, and they have used their best to explore various secrets of the crew, in order to prevent the leakage of shooting information, the crew had to take very strict security measures, especially the dinosaur models, once before the movie is released, the photos and other information of these models are leaked, it will be a big disaster for the movie, after all, "Jurassic Park" If the audience sees the dinosaurs in the picture and suddenly thinks of the photos of dinosaur models exposed in a magazine, the viewing experience will definitely be greatly reduced.

As a result, even the crew could not see the dinosaur models all the time, and the props would only appear on the set when filming the relevant footage, and once the filming was completed, the models would be quickly escorted to a well-guarded warehouse.

When the main cast on Kauai began, the two male and female protagonists who played Aaron Grant and Ellie Setler were still filming archaeological scenes in California's Red Rock Canyon National Park, and John Hammond's lawyer was also filming the amber mine scene in Dominica, with only two young actors and some other supporting actors appearing on the crew. Jurassic Park is a multi-narrative movie. Therefore, this situation did not affect the operation of the crew in the slightest. Eric was just able to shoot some minor shots to run in with the crew.

A week later. By the time the cast appeared on Kauai, Eric had already completed the scene at the beginning of the film where the workers were transporting velociraptors in an accident and most of the footage of the obese software engineer Dennis.

Inside the dinosaur base built in the canyon.

Eric looked at the frightened bull on the field who was still kicking wildly, and the few staff members who were at a loss nearby, turned to the assistant director in charge of the props arrangement, and said, "Royce, what's going on, didn't you say it's okay?"

Royce didn't have the mood of some other staff members at all, and said with a bitter face: "Eric, this cow is usually very docile. Although it is a bull, it is gelding, and a few whips will not be a problem, I think, it ...... It may be afraid of heights. ”

Royce said, gesturing to a nearby crane that was being filmed feeding a velociraptor to a live cow into a velociraptor 'lair', but the originally docile cow was lifted by the crane. Soon it struggled violently, so strong that the robotic arm of the crane shook continuously. Even if the camera barely filmed it, it would definitely not work, and Eric had to immediately command the driver to put the cow down, but after landing, the stimulated bull still did not calm down, and frantically dragged the wire rope that was still wrapped around his body, and almost injured people.

While the two were talking, a staff member with a tranquilizer gun appeared outside the venue, got a signal, and shot the crazy bull unconscious, and several other crew members stepped forward to drag the cow out together.

Eric rubbed his forehead in distress, the animal actor is really a big trouble for any crew, fortunately the dinosaur props are not alive: "Royce, I don't care what method you use, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, at the latest, find me a ...... Cows who are not afraid of heights come. ”

Although this simple feeding scene may only appear in the movie for a few seconds, however, it has taken more than two hours from the beginning of the preparation to the present, and in the end it is this kind of result, Royce of course can see Eric's depression, he didn't dare to bargain, nodded and promised, but Eric has already taken the speaker from the assistant's hand: "OK, skip this shot first, let's shoot the next scene directly, Nikkor, hurry up and set up the camera position, and the others, all move!"

Hearing the director's roar, everyone who was still reminiscing about the interesting story just now quickly came to their senses and walked to their jobs one after another, and Eric also picked up the script and walked towards several leading actors.

"I'm really sorry, it looks like we're going to shoot the next drama directly, you must have no problem here, right?" asked Eric as he walked over to Sam Neil and the others.

Sam Neal, Helen Hunt and others smiled and nodded their heads to say that it was no problem.

Eric didn't participate in the activities of the actors on the lines, he just needed to see the final result, see everyone nodding, and continued: "The next is a group scene, the five of you will appear in the camera, in order to cooperate with you in the play, the corresponding dinosaur sound effects will be played, I hope everyone can reflect the emotions of their characters." ”

Although there were some small accidents caused by a certain tsundere fear of heights, however, even the best crew will have some small accidents from time to time, so everyone is not surprised, after skipping the feeding shot, Nikel Frank, who is the director of photography, quickly arranged the next few shots.

"Photography, OK!"

"Lights, OK!"

"Recording, OK!"

“……”

After some time, the response of the heads of each group sounded on the intercom, and Eric announced that the shooting had resumed.

This is a scene of the five leading adult actors after seeing the base feeding the velociraptors, and it has not been long since Dr. Grant and his party saw the dinosaurs come back to life, but everyone's mood is different.

As a dinosaur archaeologist, Dr. Grant was still in a state of excitement, asking John Hammond and the caretaker Robert Malden a variety of questions, showing a strong curiosity. After Dr. Ellie Setler saw the dinosaur eating process, she showed a woman's unique unbearable emotion, and the excitement of seeing the dinosaur disappeared a lot. Chaos scientist Ian Malcolm has been a little apprehensive from the moment he saw the dinosaurs come back to life. After watching the velociraptor eat, this worry manifested even more severely. John Hammond observing the reactions of the crowd. In a state of complacency, lawyer Donald is thinking about how to commercialize Jurassic Park.

Although everyone's minds are different, it is not so easy to express it perfectly, however, considering that the audience tends to focus on the person speaking, Eric, who pays attention to the monitor, has always focused on the speaker, if the other party's performance during the speech is impeccable. And others are above the standard, then this shot can pass.

Still, a few minutes of conversation footage took up more than an hour left in the morning.

After lunch, while the actors were in good shape, the crew immediately moved to another scene.

"Keep an eye on Royce's side, and if you find a suitable cow tomorrow, arrange to make up for the morning shot. If you can't find it, shoot according to the original schedule, and pay attention to the recent weather conditions. Always ready to arrange a rainy chase scene, I don't want to see all kinds of problems when it rains and wants to start filming......"

After a day's work. With a bottle of mineral water in his hand, Eric quickly explained the precautions to the assistant director of the crew as he walked.

The two walked all the way to a jeep, the driver opened the door for Erecla, and Eric drank the water in his hand, stuffed the empty bottle into the garbage can on the side of the road, and got into the jeep.

In the back seat, Allen, who was sitting on the other side, had spread out the folder on his lap.

On set, Eric was a director, but many times, as soon as he finished work, Eric had to switch to another role.

The jeep drove smoothly on the road, and Alan didn't say any nonsense and went straight to his work.

"The budget for the new season of Friends, The X-Files and Who's going to Be a Millionaire has been made, as well as the budget for the second half of the year for Firefly and Disney films, which you need to watch and sign as soon as possible. ”

Eric nodded.

"The opening of Disneyland Paris is scheduled for September 10, and I hope you can attend the opening ceremony in person, and an invitation has been sent. ”

"September 10th, what date is this?" said Eric, wondering.

Allen explained: "Disney also raised objections, September 10 summer vacation just passed, just entered the tourist off-season, however, this is the arrangement of the French partner, the whole of Europe is against the opening of Disneyland Paris, they chose this date, must also be because of the pressure of public opinion." ”

Eric swiped his index finger on his thigh a few times, and the filming of "Jurassic Park" would take a minimum of ten weeks, and if all went well, he might indeed be able to make it to Paris on September 10th.

"It depends, if I can attend, I'll rush over, otherwise forget it. ”

Allen quickly recorded a few words on the memo, and then continued: "One more thing, about "Strange Guy in Disguise", Fox is responsible for the overseas distribution of "Weirdo in Disguise", the film is currently only released in seven countries in Europe, and it has not covered the five major box office countries of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, however, its total box office has accumulated more than 40 million US dollars, and the marketing department handed over a report, expecting that the overseas box office of this film may exceed 200 million US dollars, almost twice that of the mainland. ”

At this point, Alan looked at Eric, and did not continue, these were already able to clearly convey the meaning of management.

Eric shook his head and said with a smile: "Firefly is in charge of domestic distribution, and Fox is in charge of overseas, which was agreed between me and Liz when TG was first established, so that they should not fight this idea." Moreover, "Strange Heroes in Disguise" is just an accident, and most of the local comedies with this strong style will not achieve much success overseas. ”

Alan opened his mouth, but didn't say anything, quickly jotted it down, and continued, "Also, Mr. Martin Davis will be coming on the fifteenth." ”

"It's not a day off, is it?"

"I told them about it, but Mr. Davis insisted. ”

"Then let him be," Eric said indifferently.

Allen flipped the page of the document in his hand and said: "There is one more thing, about "Speed of Life and Death", a week ago, there was an accident during the filming of "Speed of Life and Death", but there were no serious consequences, only three people suffered different degrees of trauma, and the most serious one only needed to recuperate for a month. Originally, this matter would have passed after the crew clarified, but three days ago, an entertainment newspaper called "Daily Hollywood" published a follow-up report on the incident, pointing the finger at you. ”

"Me?" said Eric, straightening up slightly.

Alan pulled a newspaper out of the folder and handed it to Eric, "Look. ”

Eric took it and quickly skimmed through the article that had been marked by Alan with a red pen, this report exaggerated the accident of the crew of "Life and Death", and pointed the finger at Eric, who provided the idea of this story, saying that it was Eric who set this story too thrilling, which caused the crew to have an accident during the filming. In the end, the report even called on the Los Angeles government and industry associations to pay attention to this matter, and hoped that the crew of "Life and Death" could suspend filming and accept the corresponding safety investigation.

"How's the result?" Eric asked in a deep voice after reading the report, this report was already news three days ago, and since it was handed over to him, there must be a follow-up.

This story was followed by several other newspapers that also reprinted the article, but realizing the unusual nature of the incident, the PR department quickly followed up and has now subsided. ”

Eric rubbed his forehead slightly, no need to think about it, he also knew that this was someone who couldn't bear the loneliness and wanted to make some small moves, it seems that the success of "Tornado" really stimulated those people a lot, after all, if you just want to hype up a piece of news, you won't turn the finger on him at all.

"Did you find any more information?" Although Alan didn't say anything, Eric was already aware of the result, but he still asked tentatively.

Alan shook his head: "No, but Daily Hollywood is a newspaper owned by Newhouse Media. ”

Eric recalled the information about Newhouse, and said: "You send a letter to the head of Newhouse Media in my name, my request is not excessive, let the editor-in-chief of "Daily Hollywood" and the reporter who wrote that report get out, I don't care who is behind it, since they take the benefits and are willing to be the first bird, then they must have the consciousness of being cannon fodder, which can be regarded as a warning to other people who want to be cannon fodder." If Newhouse refuses, let Firefly stop advertising for Newhouse's magazines and newspapers until they agree. ”

In addition to the famous Vanity Fair magazine, Newhouse Media also operates dozens of daily newspapers and corresponding magazines, which basically survive on advertising, and Eric does not believe that Newhouse will lose Firefly Pictures as a big customer for the sake of an editor-in-chief. (To be continued......)