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The bad weather and raging wildfires have caused a lot of problems for work and life in the Los Angeles area, and some companies near San Gabriel Hill have simply taken a vacation.

But none of this affected Duke's preparations, which began smoothly after Warner Bros. received $60 million in advance funds.

Duke leads Hannah first? Serena and John? Schwarzman spent more than ten days visiting several countries such as Paris, France and Tokyo, Japan, and after finalizing a suitable location, he hurried back to Los Angeles to review the studio that had been set up here.

As Duke thought on the day of the press conference, the film will have a lot of location scenes, and it will span several countries and regions, but the proportion is not particularly high, and the main scene of the film is still shot on a green screen in the studio, relying on CGI generation.

Of course, Duke will not shoot on film, but will mainly be made digitally, and the film will inevitably be a 3D film in addition to shooting with IMAX cameras.

The high ticket price of 3D films is something that Duke will not ignore no matter what, "Avatar" is about to be released, and in the next year and even the next two or three years, the market will be full of ** sense of 3D films, especially in the time period after "Avatar" detonated the boom, the audience's enthusiasm for 3D films can only be described as incredible, which directly created a big hit of Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" such a converted 3D film.

Although Duke also owns some shares of "Alice in Wonderland" after acquiring Relativity's investment in some films, he will not let the film enjoy the 3D feast brought by "Avatar" alone, and has already discussed with Warner Bros. that he will release several 3D films like "Alice in Wonderland" in due course.

Duke's plan is to turn the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy into a 3D movie, taking advantage of "Avatar" to make another profit. Even if the series has been released in 3 different versions on DVD alone, capital will not be against profit.

The plan to turn the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy into a 3D movie will be officially implemented from next month, and it will be re-released in January this year, once again starting the journey of making money.

In a huge soundstage at Warner Studios. Duke walked in front of the green screen set up one by one, and as he walked, he considered whether the green screen met his needs, and from time to time he would call the person in charge to his side to give a few words, and then make some appropriate changes.

Walking through the studio with green screens, he came to the reality construction area. In today's Hollywood, even if they rely heavily on CGI's "Transformers" and "Avatar", some live-action scenes are still used.

Duke first came to a flight of stairs, walked up and walked around, and gave a thumbs up to the special effects team responsible for the construction, which actually built an enclosed staircase that looked like an infinite loop from a certain angle, referring to the Penrose staircase depicted by the master of illusion Escher.

To shoot the weightlessness in the hotel, Duke also had the special effects crew set up an entire corridor on a giant 'Vientiane Ring' installation.

Walking around the entire scenic area, Duke walks over to a model train, a real prop. The interior is driven by trucks and several trailers, and the exterior is covered with a fiberglass train shell.

There are many models that have already been made or are in the process of being made nearby, such as the miniatures used to photograph snow bunkers......

Leaving the studio, Duke went into the rehearsal hall next to the actors, where Leonardo? Led by DiCaprio, including Joseph? Gordon? Levitt, Scarlett? Johnson, Ken Watanabe, James? Franco, Mark? Ruffalo and others are rehearsing some scenes that need to be cooperated.

Before the filming of each movie, the actors will rehearse to a certain extent, especially in this group drama, and their dream team must cooperate tacitly.

More than just rehearsals. Even if it's resting, to Leonardo? The six people, led by DiCaprio, all call their respective characters by their names to find their feelings as soon as possible.

In Duke's eyes. The play of these six people, coupled with their goals, is like making a movie.

To put it another way, Saito is a film production company that insists on overseeing the production of films; Arthur wants to take care of everything and know that everything is running smoothly, that is, the producer; Cobb directs the action and brings others into his dreams and plans, he is the director; Adrian is in charge of building the dreamland. It's screenwriters; Ames knows how to transform, he is an actor; Yusuf provided sedatives, that is, the technical department; And Fisher is the audience......

Many, many playwrights have in their drawers a half-written tome. They hope that "one day they can pick it up and finish it", but very few actually do it.

Especially "Inception", if it weren't for the director of a certain identity and status, with the style of a Hollywood studio, I am afraid it would not be ignored. Nolan is also quite a smart guy who understands Hollywood style.

The director insists on 'originality', but does not stick to 'original', and knows very well that the 'original' genre of ordinary directors, screenwriters and even producers is not popular in Hollywood, and the first thing he aims at when he enters the mainstream film industry is to adapt the movie, relying on the great success of the adapted movie, so as to win the opportunity for his own 'original' that needs to be invested and produced.

"The cinema is a very dream-like experience for me."

During the break, the actors gathered around Duke to discuss the film and the character with him. Gordon? When asked by Levitt about the idea for the film, Duke could only ask, "I've always been drawn to dreams and wanted to make a film about them. Because I think there's a connection between the way your imagination works on dreams and the stories you create, watching a movie is like experiencing a dream, and it's an unknown experience to see and accept that in a theater. ”

"Dreams also visually influence the creation of many directors."

James is known as a geek in Hollywood? Franco echoed Duke's words, "In my dreams, I often get some wonderful images, or small elements, and I write them down as soon as I wake up. ”

"Oh, oh, oh......". Joseph? Gordon? Levitt deliberately quipped him, "It turns out that James also has a dream of becoming a director." ”

James? Franco shrugged, but didn't deny it, "I'd love to be a comedy director, Joseph, and we can work together then." ”

Everyone laughed, Joseph? Gordon? Levitt's current style is more literary and artistic, and it seems unlikely that he will appear in a-pee-fart comedy.

"I admit that my dreams are very little inspired by the story elements," said James? "But I believe the human brain can solve problems in sleep." ”

Duke understood this and nodded slightly, "I always think about things before I go to bed, and with that state of consciousness, I can often get a flash of inspiration before I actually fall asleep. If you think about the script and think about hitting the wall, then before you go to bed, tell yourself, 'Okay, don't think about it, it's time to sleep.'" And then you really don't think about it anymore -- but it often frees up another part of your brain and gives you the answer. ”

"Dreams are a really magical thing." Scarlett? Johnson handed Duke a glass of water, "I've been dreaming the same thing since 10 years ago......."

Leonardo? DiCaprio winked his eyes at Scarlett, "Honey, has your dream come true?" ”

"Of course!" Scarlett looked at Duke, and the corners of her mouth hooked a beautiful arc, "When dreams come true, it will be extraordinarily beautiful and sweet." ”

Take James? Franco led the way, and there was a lot of noise around him.

Maybe because the main actors in the crew are basically men, and the most important woman is Duke, the director's girlfriend, the internal atmosphere of the crew is much more harmonious than when filming "Fury Road", even if the actors have their own thoughts and plans, but they won't be like Tom? Cruise vs. Charlize? Theron, like that, almost had 'I don't like you' written on his face.

The topic gradually returned to the movie and the script, Duke and Scarlett left because they had beforehand, looking at his back, Leonardo? "When I first read the script, I thought Duke was going to set the movie as a theft film, a team of commercial spies led by Cobb, hacking into unsuspecting people through dreams and stealing his ideas, which in itself would be enough to make a good movie." ”

He shrugged his shoulders and said in a slightly playful tone, "But Duke clearly has higher aspirations, and what he's always been interested in is penetrating someone's psyche layer by layer, and it's really not attractive enough to just take something from there." ”

"I've talked to Duke enough that he's created a bigger goal for himself, and he's tasked these thieves with ......"

Leonardo had a bit of admiration on his face, "It's a genius innovation to put an idea in someone else's head, an idea that would normally be resisted, but that, after their planning, takes root and eventually makes the target person act according to their employer's needs!" ”

James? Franco nodded solemnly, and then Leonardo's words, "You need to place something in people's consciousness and let it grow in a certain way, and you have to anticipate how it will grow in a chaotic way - that seems to be the biggest conclusion we can draw from the script." (To be continued.) )