"Albert, this is today's schedule, you need to confirm it again."

"Where would Albert, Tom Cruise's motorhome stop? Aren't we going to take to the streets for our next play? ”

"Albert, the special trailer of the lighting team and the crew's driving vehicle have not come until now, what is the phone number?"

"Albert, when does the press conference start? Reporters had begun to gather outside, and they asked to come into the set to interview Tom. ”

"Albert, Mr. Hayden Hunt from the photography team asked me to come over and ask when the camera equipment he asked for would arrive, and he didn't get the equipment yet."

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The gossip questions were asked one after another, like a stormy wave, and they were beaten down with their heads and faces covered, so that people had no room to breathe at all. Halfway through Albert's answer, someone came and interrupted him, as if the matter was getting more urgent than the other.

Today is the first day of the start of the "Murder by Knife" crew, everyone gathered in the studio rented by Burbank, almost all the members of the crew arrived at the scene, although it is not as large as the "day after tomorrow" The huge crew of more than 300 people, but the scale has exceeded 150 people, and the studio is noisy and lively, a thriving scene. But behind all this noise is the beginning of everything - no clue, you have to start from the beginning.

"Quiet! Be quiet! Albert raised his voice and shouted, but he still couldn't suppress the noise, he had to shout directly, "Shut up!" ”

In fact, all the crew members of "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" are inherited from the "day after tomorrow", which is also a relatively fixed team of Chaos Pictures at present - all of them have similar characteristics, they are not famous, but their strength is good, and most of them are from independent film crews. So, although everyone already has a certain tacit understanding. But it is still in the run-in stage, especially the addition of a top star like Tom Cruise, which has triggered a series of chain reactions, which are extremely unfamiliar to everyone.

Albert's swearing finally quieted everyone. He took a deep breath and tried to sort out his thoughts, as a drama manager, he had to ensure that the crew could run on a regular track and would not affect the creation and filming of Reims. After the mood slowly settled. Only then did Albert look at the staff around him, "First, there will be no press conference today, and there will be no public filming, so I don't accept an interview in the form of a qiē." ”

"But ......" But Tom Cruise is on the set, how can the reporter give up lightly?

Albert shook his head and smiled at the staff, "There's no 'but', if they're not satisfied, leave them the business cards of Chaos Pictures and Paramount Pictures." Let them call the company to complain. ”

"Killing with a Knife" has already set the tone before the start of filming, and in order to ensure the quality of Tom's performance, the confidentiality policy will be continued at the beginning of filming, increasing the mysterious atmosphere of the film, and the details including the character modeling of the script will not be revealed, and no interviews will be given. According to Lance: the propaganda war has begun.

Thanks to the surprise victory of "The Day After Tomorrow", Paramount Pictures almost did not put up any resistance, and directly nodded in agreement with Lance, which was also supported by Tom. As a result, the entire crew completely blocked the news. There is no room for manoeuvre.

"The tow truck and the open road vehicle of the lighting team are parked in the parking lot next to the seventh stage and will not be on the road until 6 pm this afternoon to start shooting, so there is no need to rush for the time being. If you're still worried, go to Percy Brandley. He has a contact list of all the crew's squads, which I don't have with me right now. Albert prioritized the matter, "By the way, you go to Percy too, yes, it's you." Sue sù Hayden. All the Alexa cameras he asked for have arrived, Percy went to get them this morning, you go over and look for him, he will bring the cameras to Hayden. ”

In order to achieve the picture and lens required by Reims, in the past week, Hayden tried different models of cameras, and finally selected the German-made Alexa high-definition digital cinema camera, which is not widely used at present, to be precise, the use of digital cameras is not much, although with the birth of "Blair the Witch", digital cameras began to be widely valued, but most directors still insist on using film cameras, There are also obsessive film enthusiasts like Christopher Nolan, who strongly reject digital video cameras.

However, Hayden found that the use of Alexa digital cameras is perfect for "killing with a knife", on the one hand, the picture texture fully meets the requirements of the film, and can create a sense of coolness with strong color differences, the scene can be corrected in real time, increase the contrast and saturation adjustment, in order to meet the strict requirements of Reims, at the same time, the post-processing is also very good, as long as it is used properly, it almost makes people feel that it is a digital shooting; On the one hand, it is also in the consideration of cost saving, there is no need to worry about the consumption of film, and the digital image can be stored directly, without the problem of waste.

To do this, Percy procured four Alexa HD digital cameras specifically for Chaos Pictures.

Albert thought about it for a moment, and then said, "Then Tom's RV, parked in the parking lot outside the studio, Tom only had one scene today, and he didn't need to follow him out on location. Tomorrow, you can confirm the schedule of the show, tell Tom's driver, just park the RV on the street where the first scene is located, and we have arranged the corresponding parking space on the spot. ”

The so-called RV is actually a van. The RV includes bathrooms, kitchens, TVs and beds, mainly to provide space for the actors to rest and change clothes during the filming on location.

For most actors, there is no need to buy an RV, so when they sign the actor's contract, they will ask the crew to prepare a corresponding RV according to their level, the highest level of RV is a single RV, which includes a bathroom, stereo TV, Internet, fax recorder, refrigerator, oven, bed, heating and air conditioning, and the refrigerator will also store specific food and drinks.

But an actor of Tom's level naturally does not use the crew's RV, but has his own private RV, and follows him to work in different crews, like a mobile "home".

In addition to Tom's private RV, the crew also arranged a sedan that will follow the crew through the streets of Los Angeles.

After the people around him got the answer, they gradually dispersed, Albert finally looked around, suddenly remembered, took the information in the hands of the staff around him, and said seriously, "In addition, I will confirm today's schedule again, other than that, are there any other questions?" ”

"Yes! What time is dinner? And the crew didn't say that they didn't start work until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, why did everyone arrive at the scene at 11 o'clock in the morning! This is a violation of human rights! A voice came from behind him, Albert turned around, and then saw Lance on the way, laughed nothingly, then shook his head, and explained seriously, "If you have an opinion, you can call the Screen Actors Guild, if you don't know the phone number, I can provide it." ”

Generally speaking, actors in the United States must work within eight hours, which is written into the contract. If you need to work overtime, or if you need to shoot all night, there will be corresponding clauses in the contract. This is also a clause to protect the rights and interests of actors.

All the scenes of "Murder with a Knife" took place at night, so the filming time was from 8 pm to 4 pm the next day. Today is the first day of filming, and after a slight adjustment of the time, it is only 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

Lance pouted, "The Screen Actors Guild can't take care of me. "He needs to find the directors' union.

Albert looked at Lance speechlessly, the look of resentment in his eyes was more lethal than words, but Lance only raised his eyebrows, directly ignored Albert's sad eyes, looked up, and couldn't help pursing his lips, "Percy called me just now and said that he was taken aback by Tom's pomp, I thought he was joking." ”

Albert also followed Lance's line of sight, "This is the pomp and circumstance of Hollywood A-list actors." ”

Tom alone brought nearly twenty staff members with him today, in addition to the bodyguards, there were as many as six assistants alone, and it was not unusual for the staffing of costumers, hairstylists, makeup artists, etc., but even physical trainers, masseurs and nutritionists also appeared on the scene. Lance couldn't understand it at all - weren't sports massages and the like happening outside the set?

Tom's configuration alone has surpassed all the other casts, but Lance has also heard that Tom is not an exaggeration, this can only be regarded as standard equipment. Mariah-Carey is rumored to have at least 120 people on her entourage at each appearance, and even her pet dog is cared for by a professional team of 20 people - not included in her own entourage.

"I'm even more surprised than Tom that you convinced him to join." Albert sighed lowly. In fact, the perfection of Tom's accompanying team is to reduce the pressure on Albert's work, otherwise it is estimated that he will take care of such a top actor.

Lance wasn't too complacent, "Everyone has weaknesses. "He's just grasping Tom's weakness. Then Lance straightened up and whispered, "The really hard stage has just begun today. With that, Lance took a step in Tom's direction.

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