Chapter 73: Base
North Carolina is located along the coast of the southeast coast of the United States, the scenery is pleasant, the land is covered with green jungle, the outline of the town is rarely seen when you sit on an airplane, the clouds hang like cotton candy in the sky, and the air seems to be sweet, it is a journey back to nature. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Li Wei looked out of the window of the machine, he was a little distracted, his mind drifted to his hometown Crawford Town, in his memory it was a quiet village, there was a big windmill erected outside the village, he often went there to play when he was a child, he was ready to buy all the nearby land, build a large manor, specially for vacation.
"Will, I'm still the same, please hire a stand-in, what you did is incorrect, very reckless!" Tracy spoke again, repeating the topic since she got on the plane.
Li Wei didn't respond to her, his eyes were still outside the plane, he said to himself: "I called Leni today, and she said that she took on a new play, do you know what it's called?" ”
"Killer Tragedy 2"!" Li Wei asked and answered, "She is still the heroine, but the actor has changed!" "The copyright of this film is in the hands of New Line Company, and Li Wei does not have the right to shoot a sequel.
And the inertia of history is very strong, and the sequel to the tragic song of the killer of the previous life was written by the Mexican Antonio. Banderas starred, directed by Robert Banderas. Rodriguez is also the original creator of "Killer Tragedy", and now "Killer Tragedy 2" has unexpectedly reunited these two people.
Tracy said in a flat tone: "The new line offered Lenny a salary of five million plus five percent of the box office share, and it is impossible for her mother to refuse this offer, in fact, Leni doesn't want to star in a sequel without you, she told me about it!" ”
Lady Lai's "New Father-in-law" has long been painted, the box office just broke 100 million, and she starred in two blockbuster works in a row, which directly led to her doubling of her value, and she can't finish the films, she is very busy now, Li Wei hasn't seen her for half a month.
"Will, is your decision irreversible?" Tracy circled back again.
Li Wei said: "Brown and MacDonald made a plan overnight, jumping into the dam scene, we will not use continuous footage, the whole process will be divided into three parts to shoot, can minimize the danger, I have agreed to their proposal, I am so young, I must care more about my life than anyone else, I know what I am doing, Tracy!" ”
"I hope you are doing well, I will pray for you!" Tracy didn't try to persuade again, and she finally asked, "Are you sure you don't inform your mother about this?" ”
Of course, Li Wei can't say it, otherwise Laura will definitely have to go to the filming base to persuade him in person.
It was a long-distance voyage, and there was no airport in Dearsboro, so planes would land in Charlotte, the capital of North Carolina, and take a train to their destination.
Li Wei's producer Stephen. Brown had already set up a base at the filming location, where the special effects team had been stationed, and now the model trains were ready to start filming when the crew moved over.
When Li Wei arrived here, ILM's VFX supervisor Ben. Snow personally greeted you, "Lee, congratulations on your four Oscar nominations for "Hurricane Rescue!" ”
"If you can't win, it doesn't mean much!" When Li Wei spoke, his eyes had already wandered, the area he was in was the bank of a long river, located in the scenic area on the outskirts of Dillsborough City, it was also like a huge construction site, many buildings were built along the river, the most striking thing was the long railroad track, which stretched for more than ten miles, and a train full of goods was parked on the track, which was a real train, specially used for crashing.
The so-called blockbuster is to burn money, if you want to create a big scene that shocks the eyeballs, you must be willing to invest, five years later, "Titanic" belongs to burning money, the king of the world in order to shoot a perfect work, spent a lot of money to build a simulated ship, and sold it as scrap iron when it ran out, and spent a lot more money than Li Wei.
"Ben, I hope you've solved all the difficulties of crashing, you know my request, this scene must not appear NG!" Li Wei's biggest concern is the crash effect.
"I'll make sure there's nothing wrong with the train collision and make sure you catch the best scene!" Root. Snow pushed his glasses and replied very simply, he had led the team to work for so many days in a row, and all the details of the crash had been carefully calculated, and he was confident that he would succeed at the first time.
"That's good!" Li Wei patted him on the shoulder, and immediately stepped onto the tracks to observe the prop train.
The accompanying crew pulled large and small suitcases and began to settle in the base.
After the crash, the plot of the magistrate to investigate the scene should be started immediately, so Tom. Hanks and his entourage all followed, and they were also curious about the prop train, and they followed behind Li Wei and looked at it lively.
Li Wei kept asking: "Ben, how high was the speed at the moment when the train crashed?" ”
Root. Snow replied, "30 to 40 miles, that kind of speed can cause the train to overturn, and then all the carriages will go off the rails!" ”
"How many carriages are there? What kind of hot scene will occur after the impact? ”
"Twelve cuts! Once the front of the car leaves the track, the speed will drop instantly, and the cars behind will crash like cannonballs due to inertia, and they will fall apart when they are hit by a volley. ”
"So my train will end up in a pile of scrap metal!" Li Wei couldn't help but joke: "I don't know if there are any old goods here, at least let me recover some costs!" ”
The crowd immediately laughed, Tom. Hanks smiled innocently and said seriously: "If you want to sell them, you must first use a crane to pull them away, but the freight will exceed the price of scrap iron, Will, no one wants to do a loss-making business!" ”
Li Wei laughed, turned around and pointed at him and said, "Tom, when this scene is filmed, I will send you a section of the carriage, it should be a souvenir, please accept it!" ”
Tom. Hanks thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Then you need to sort out this section of the carriage from the rubble first, and then put it together, otherwise I don't want it!" ”
Li Wei shook his head and no longer quarreled with him, Big Tom's mouth skills were very slippery, he went around the base, and he was very satisfied with Ben. Snow's work, the next thing is the shooting time, which takes about a week or so.
According to the plot, Li Wei wants to shoot the road bus first, after the male protagonist Dr. Jin Bo was sentenced, he was escorted to the prison by the prison guards, he and a group of prisoners shared a bus, on the way, one of the prisoners pretended to be sick, lured the prison guards to come to the rescue, suddenly launched a sneak attack, the head of the prison guard was forced to suppress the prisoners, and the driver was killed by mistake during the operation, the bus overturned from the road, rolled down the slope to the tracks, and everyone in the car was injured.
In the following days, several groups of people arrived at the filming base one after another, these are not crew members, some are from insurance companies, some are from local government agencies, and some nearby residents are watching the excitement, and the number of people in the base quickly swelled to more than 500, just like a small village.