Chapter 112: Set up the real scene
After discussing the signing, Li Teh looked at his watch and proposed that everyone have lunch together.
"Cage will also be coming, so you can take this opportunity to familiarize yourself with it in advance." This is Leett's explanation of Stephen Sommos, and in order to convince Jude he added: "I also called Kate." ”
Jude had already thought of an excuse not to go, and now he had nothing to say.
When they came, there were four drivers, and when they left, there was an extra Charlize Theron, and Littlet had to give up the co-pilot's seat and squeeze himself in the back seat with Jude and Stephen Sommers.
"You really should consider getting a bigger car, and when you have more and more artists, you can't let everyone be crammed into canned sardines like this, right?" Jude grumbled dissatisfiedly.
"When you're all big stars, I'll have no problem preparing a private jet for you." Li Te replied angrily. In fact, unless it reaches the level of Ovitz, it is impossible for ordinary Hollywood agents to afford their own private jets, even if all the artists in their hands are big names, and more often rely on renting, and the cost has to be borne by the artists themselves.
Stephen Sommers was sandwiched between Jude and Leett, and it was already uncomfortable to sit, but now the two sides began to fight again, which gave him even more headaches.
"When it comes to flying, one thing suddenly comes to mind. The main filming location of this movie is in Washington, D.C., but the second half of the story takes place in Philadelphia, and the crew will definitely not be able to fly at both ends at that time, so which part should we shoot first? ”
"Washington, of course!" Jude and Leeter didn't disagree on this issue.
As a producer, Jude gave a more detailed explanation.
"We had permission to enter the Lincoln Memorial to film, but the Park Service didn't want filming to get in the way of the audience, so the crew had to try to limit the filming. The most troublesome thing is in the National Archives, where you don't enter the archives with a movie camera, the crew is still communicating with the management side, and it is impossible for the crew to be completely successful. ”
Stephen Sommers then asked another question: "What about the Declaration of Independence?" ”
"The original is certainly not going to be open to us, and we have already asked experts to complete a copy."
As soon as Jude finished speaking, Charlize turned his head curiously from the front row.
"Does this film still have anything to do with the Declaration of Independence?"
"To be precise, you stole the Declaration of Independence from the National Archives, and you happen to be the female curator of the National Archives."
After listening to Jude's words, Charlize had a ghost-like expression, and swore in his heart that the screenwriter who came up with the idea for the movie must be a madman, but he didn't know that the madman was sitting behind her at the moment.
"It's the same thing with Philadelphia?" Stephen Sommers asked worriedly, building a set means extending the shooting cycle, compared to which he still hopes for more live action shooting.
"The crew was lucky enough to get permission to shoot at Independence Hall and Liberty Bell Tower, but you have to plan well beforehand, as both locations are limited in terms of hours." Jude finally came up with a piece of news that made Stephen Sommers happy.
"So, after filming in Washington and Philadelphia, we'll end up in New York?"
The last hidden place in "National Treasure" is in Trinity Church on Wall Street in New York, and Jude is filming "The Seven Deadly Sins" in New York, which is why Stephen Sommers will say so.
Jude pouted regretfully, "I'm afraid this will be difficult to achieve." ”
Stephen Sommers followed up and asked, "Why?" ”
"Two reasons, first of all, from the perspective of filming time, it takes at least two to three months for "National Treasure" to finish filming Washington and Philadelphia, and the filming of "Seven Deadly Sins" has already ended; The other is that the final shooting location of this film is not in New York, we will build the underground passage and tomb of Trinity Church in the studio in Los Angeles, and this work will be carried out at the same time as the filming of the film, which is the most time-consuming and laborious part of the film, maybe all the exterior scenes have been filmed, and the set here is not finished yet. ”
After Jude finished speaking, Stephen Sommus was silent for a moment.
"I had an idea if it would be possible to build this location into a real location, so that the shooting effect would be better."
"This is definitely not going to work, Disney only gave us a $60 million shooting budget, which was agreed to when Mr. Ovitz tried his best to get it, and the cost of setting up the location was too high, and the budget couldn't support it at all." Litt hurriedly replied.
Stephen Sommers didn't refute, but looked at Jude, and he knew very well who could really make up his mind about it.
"I thought I could give it a try!"
Jude's answer was completely unexpected by Leeter, so much so that he didn't fully react for a moment.
"Don't forget, we're working with Disney this time, and if we propose to develop a new venue in California or Orlando Disneyland with the theme of the movie 'National Treasure' and the discovery of Templar treasures, do you think Mr. Ovitz will be able to convince the Disney board of directors to agree?"
Leet had previously thought the idea of live-action shooting was whimsical, but after listening to Jude's proposal, the idea immediately changed.
"We can try to mention this to Mr. Ovitz when we meet in the afternoon, but one thing I have to remind you is that if Disney does take this advice, then the filming time of the film may be much longer, and building an amusement park pavilion is much more expensive than building a set in a sound studio, and it will not be possible to build it in a year."
Jude looked at Stephen Sommos, after all, he had come up with the idea of building a real world.
"I think it's worth the wait." Stephen Sommers replied with a firm gaze.
Jude shrugged his shoulders, "Okay, in fact, this matter is not as difficult as you imagined, although the construction of the theme pavilion is very time-consuming, but our purpose is only for filming, so we only need to build the internal scenes before we can start shooting, as for how to turn these built scenes into permanent entertainment facilities in the next step, and use it to make money that is a problem that Disney should consider, and it has nothing to do with us." ”