As the second largest state in the United States, Texas has a unique position in the United States, in addition to the racially mixed Latinos and African immigrants, hot-tempered and gun-carrying cowboys, the vast western plain has gradually formed a second Silicon Valley, and formed the fourth largest metropolitan area after New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, with a significant geographical location, economic structure and political role.

But when people think of Texas, they always think of Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas, but no one mentions Austin.

As the capital of Texas, Austin is low-key, almost in any aspect is difficult to be mentioned, from economy to culture, from sports to entertainment, even the architecture is difficult to find obvious characteristics, only less than 800,000 population is the "vast and sparsely populated" western style of the interpretation of the vivid, even Texans themselves almost forget the existence of this capital.

Therefore, when a Hollywood crew arrived in Austin for filming, it shocked many city residents, and everyone seemed to be amazed, even in the peak of Westerns, there were only a handful of film crews who came to Austin to shoot, which immediately became the biggest talk of the Austin people's ordinary daily life.

Albert Allen dropped the cigarette butt on the ground, stomped on the sole of his shoe, scratched his head, and looked back at Edgar Snow, who was sitting behind. Edgar crossed Erlang's legs, sat leisurely in the chair, chewed gum in his mouth, and lazily soaked up the sun, looking extremely relaxed, which made Albert can't help but roll his eyes, "Didn't you say you came to help?" ”

Edgar rolled his eyes nonchalantly, "It's not my job, please!" ”

Edgar is a make-up artist, and Albert has no way to refute this, so he can only turn his head in frustration and look at the surrounding residents who are probing their brains, each with a curious look, going around the crew, and his eyes are full of inquiry as if he wants to penetrate the iron sheet of the studio and get a glimpse of what is going on.

However, the studio in front of me is tightly surrounded, and only the cement gray façade can be seen, and there are three trucks and two RVs parked neatly in front of the door, but there is nothing special about it, and it doesn't look much different from a construction site. This was disappointing, and the eyes of the residents fell on Edgar and Albert, who were full of jokes and speculations, but there was no way to ignore them.

Edgar took out his sunglasses from his pocket and put them on directly, trying to block the sight of those scrutines, "You say, why did Lance choose to come to Austin?" Isn't Burbank very convenient? ”

Albert also wanted to hide in the studio, but today was the first day of filming for the "Sin City" crew, and all scheduling work had to be supervised by him, and Lance issued an absolute ban - no visits in the form of a qiē, and the crew must be absolutely confidential, and no information was allowed to be divulged.

No one would suspect that Lance was joking, and the example of Ben Affleck not so long ago was still alive, so the entire crew was on high alert.

Although it is not clear why Lance made this move, it undoubtedly made Albert's job very difficult.

The publicity and display of "Killing with a Knife" came to an end, and the Paramount public relations team led by Tom began to move to the awards season, attending various pies, charity gatherings, union annual meetings, etc., and slowly unfolding the college's public relations strategy, but at present, the movie is still killing all sides on the box office charts, making Lance's every move attract a lot of attention. Even though Tom and awards season attracted most of the attention, there were still quite a few media outlets that followed; Not to mention the irrepressible enthusiasm of Austin's locals.

Although, the crowd in Austin seems to be much lower than in Burbank, where you can see hundreds of people roaming around the studio all year round — especially when big-name stars come along; But in fact, Burbank's studio system has been perfected, even if there are crowds of onlookers, they are all outside the set, ensuring that there is enough space around the studio for the crew to shoot, while in Austin, the number of people is smaller, but the distance is closer, almost everyone is around the barricades set up in the studio, and the director zhì The whole set has become extremely lively, which also creates a lot of obstacles for the crew's work.

Therefore, today Albert personally sat at the door of the crew to ensure that all the work was carried out smoothly.

"Taxes, you know." Albert casually replied to Edgar that the biggest difference between a director and a producer is that the director is whimsical and freewheeling, and every move of the producer must be linked to funds and ledgers. "Sin City" is independently produced by Chaos Pictures and has no other help, so it must be budget-conscious.

There was a sudden commotion in the crowd, and Albert and Edgar both turned their heads before they heard a rustling sound coming from afar, and a plain dark blue sedan appeared at the end of the road. The residents gathered on both sides of the street came out, bustling and pointing at the cars, their faces glowing with excitement, and the lively scene almost gave the illusion of being surrounded by thousands of troops - but in fact, there were less than a hundred people around, scattered around the streets, leaving large blank spaces.

The sedan also seemed to be frightened, and its speed increased significantly, but then it saw the roadblock again and had to brake quickly, and the result was that it turned off directly. The car stopped in place for a short while, then restarted the ignition, and slowly drove over, the driver's window rolled down, revealing a young and immature face, which looked no more than in his early twenties, and looked left and right, "Uh, excuse me...... Is this the crew of 'Scouts vs. Zombies'? ”

Albert raised his head and looked around, those simple and kind residents immediately turned around and left pretending to have nothing to do, and some people pointed to the plane tree next to them and began to discuss, the whitewashed posture was really a little joyful, which made people laugh, Albert retracted his gaze and looked at the young man in front of him again, "Who is asking?" ”

"Uh, I'm Tim, from hybride-technologies." As he spoke, the young man turned back and asked, "Where's the pass?" What about passes? There was a commotion in the car, and the young man looked back at Albert, "Sorry, we didn't ...... Realize...... Oh, here! The passenger seat handed over a document and waved awkwardly at Albert, and the young man explained, "We're all hybrid, what are the names on the documents, there are eight people in total, and four people are in the car in the back......"

Albert took his ID and looked at it carefully, then bent down and looked through the window, which made the young man's words truncated, and he looked back at his partner in some confusion, and before he could react, Albert patted the car door, "Welcome to the crew, you can go in." ”

The young man wanted to drive in, but Albert stopped them and handed over the papers, "Once you're in, you'd better get a pass, trust me, you'll be able to use it." With that, Albert took a step back, and the young man froze for a moment, then nodded vigorously, and then started the car again and cleared the barricade.

Hybrid Technologies is a special effects company that will be working with the orphanage and café-fx to create all the background effects for Sin City.

Since the entire "Sin City" movie will be filmed in front of a green screen in the studio, this puts super high demands on the actors' performances; At the same time, because the movie footage will be comic stylized, and the computer special effects are also put forward super high requirements, unlike most of the special effects in the "day after tomorrow", most of the pictures in "Sin City" are virtual and absolutely comic, so Lance decided to have three special effects companies come and work with them.

During the filming process, Lance and Frank Miller will directly propose the VFX shots, and then the special effects company will execute exactly according to the plan, making the computer effects as efficient as possible; At the same time, the actors can also directly observe the effect presented, presenting a more accurate performance.

After watching the car enter the crew, Edgar's voice came, "'Boy Scouts vs. Zombies'? The words were full of ridicule and banter, and it was almost impossible to hide the urge to burst into laughter.

Albert shrugged, "Lance's idea, don't ask me." After a pause, Albert turned back and said, "At least it made a lot of crows fly away." "Raven, this refers to journalists and paparazzi. Lance fabricated a fake title, falsely claiming that it was another low-budget film invested by Chaos Pictures, and that "Sin City" would be filming in Detroit — and that many journalists had been deceived.

Turning your head, you can see that the residents are stretching their ears one by one, trying to eavesdrop on the clues here, and the scene is really helpless and funny. If in the next period of time, news about "Boy Scouts vs. Zombies" starts to appear on the Internet, then it will be really interesting.

As he spoke, another black sedan slowly drove over, and Albert stepped forward, he thought it was the other four staff members of the mixed technology, but the window rolled down to reveal a familiar face, "Good afternoon, Albert, why are you personally guarding the door?" ”

"I'm waiting for the prop truck, and the high-altitude boom camera hasn't been delivered yet." Albert replied casually, "But why are you here?" Does Lance know? "It's Ian, and it's an unexpected surprise.

Ian chuckled, "I haven't spoken to him on the phone yet, but he should be expecting me." ”

"I think so." Albert's eyes widened, and he said in a low voice, "I don't know what happened, Lance seems a little irritable today, and the atmosphere of the crew seems a little depressed. Your presence has saved a lot of people. ”

"I'll relay that to Lance." Ian smiled, then slowly closed the window, leaving Albert standing alone, dumbfounded. (To be continued.) )