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If you want "Independence Day" to be a big hit, careful preparation and detailed filming to every point are essential, although it is currently only filmed without actors, but most of the main actors have entered the crew, they not only have to receive proper training from the military, but also rehearse the supporting scenes, whether it is the director or the actors, if they don't work hard, they will definitely be eliminated by Hollywood.

The time slowly turned to December, and the preliminary preparations entered the final stage, Duke still led the crew to shoot special effects scenes, especially those that needed to borrow computer CGI synthesis, which was at the highest priority, and he had to leave enough time for the special effects team of Industrial Light and Magic.

It is completely a computer special effect burned out of dollars, there is no shortcut, and it takes half a month and a month to produce CGI special effects, which are placed on the big screen, and the effect has a gap between heaven and earth.

Spaceships, alien motherships, alien models, F-18 and F-16 models were unveiled in front of the camera, and after having the most basic footage, the special effects team began to synthesize huge aerial combat scenes while perfecting the explosion picture.

Inevitably, explosions were heard every day in several studios, far more frequently than during the filming of "Death Island", and in just over half a month, many people were tortured by Duke to the point of nervous breakdown.

"Aunt Leah is coming to visit."

Hearing Sophia's words, Duke, who was standing on the stage, nodded, turned around and waved his hand in the direction of his mother, and did not mean to give up the work at hand.

"Jos, twenty to the bottom of the explosion!" He shouted into the megaphone.

With the sound of a rumbling explosion, a model of an alien spaceship with a radius of thirty feet fell in the explosion and slammed into the ground covered with green screens, and when Duke shouted Tongguò, the firefighters who had been on standby around rushed up and sprayed a fire extinguisher at the scattered sparks.

Although the investigation of the last fire has always shown that it was just an accident, Duke has taken it seriously, not only sending a copy of the filmed film to the bank vault on the same day, but also having Warner Studios have enough security officers for the crew.

Don't think that Hollywood has a complete industrial system, and fire will disappear from the long river of history, just this month, the "Forrest Gump" crew on the Paramount set also had a fire, and Robert Zemeckis was far less fortunate than Duke, the fire not only burned a large number of props and photographic equipment, but also burned part of the film, even if most of the film was safe and sound in time, the crew had to be reconvened to make up the film.

It is said that the fire was also an accident, and as for whether it was a real accident, perhaps only God knows.

The crew temporarily entered the rest stage, Duke got off the lifting platform, said a few words to the assistant director Zack Schneider, walked to the periphery of the venue, and waved to his mother after some distance.

"Mommy......" he walked over briskly, "how do you have time to come?" ”

His mother was a busy man, flying between New York and Los Angeles, with the occasional trip to Europe.

"A commercial crew in Santa Fea is filming at the studio." Lady Leah's eyes fell on the little girl next to her, "Scarlett said I miss you, I'll take her over by the way." ”

"Hi, Duke." The little blonde girl shook her hand at him.

"It's been a long time, Scarlett."

Nodding to her, Duke asked directly, "How familiar are you with the character?" Tell your mom that starting next week, you'll have time to rehearse with Bill Pullman. ”

"Oh, I see."

She took Mrs. Leah's hand and followed Duke towards the seating area of the studio, "I don't think the role was too difficult, and most of the time it was used as a background painting. ”

"Mom, sit here."

Beckoning his mother to sit down at a rest table, Duke said to a female assistant next to him, "Ellie, two cups of coffee and one cup of juice." ”

"Hey, Duke!" After Scarlett sat down, she said dissatisfied, "Did you hear what I said to you?" ”

"Of course."

Mother was able to bring Scarlett Johansson with her, apparently preferring the goddaughter, and Duke pushed the juice from the assistant to her, "You go on, Scarlett." ”

"That ......" the little girl's sparkling eyes rolled, picking up the juice and hiding her grinning face behind the cup, "Can you add a few more lines for my character?" ”

Her eyes kept looking at Duke's face, and when she saw that his face changed slightly, she hurriedly said, "Just ten sentences!" No...... Three sentences will do......"

"I'll help you add one more scene."

Duke doesn't joke about things at work, and he doesn't change them at will, even if it's his mother's goddaughter, "Maybe you should fly a fighter plane and bomb an alien spaceship, Scarlett!" ”

Scarlett Johansson pouted and lowered her head slowly, "Forget it." ”

"Scarlett......" Lady Leah stretched out her hand and rubbed the little one's head, "patience is a beautiful moral quality, and waiting now can be exchanged for success in the future." ”

"Well," she nodded vigorously, "I see, godmother." ”

Probably someone supported her, when Mrs. Leah turned her head to talk to Sophia Coppola who came over, Scarlett Johansson wrinkled her nose and stuck out her tongue at Duke very quickly, Duke didn't look at her, this little girl was a veritable troublemaker, but she also had a relatively close relationship with her family.

Sophia sat down over there, too, and she chatted with Mrs. Leah about the movie.

"Duke's thinking is not something that the average person can understand." Sophia's words were full of ridicule, "According to the setting of the script, the key weapon for mankind to defeat aliens in the end turned out to be a computer virus." I'm not very proficient in computers, but I think viruses are based on computer languages and the storage of certain systems, so are aliens the same computer language technology systems as us? ”

Lady Leah laughed directly, "My mother, most of the time, I can't guess what he's thinking. ”

"Dear ......" Duke put down his coffee cup and looked at Sophia, "This is a science fiction film, it doesn't need so much rigorous logic, if it is set according to the most reasonable setting, then aliens will definitely occupy the earth, and our film will lose money because of the lack of audiences." ”

"But you can't deny it, Duke." Sophia saw someone waving on the other side and stood up, "A lot of the film's settings are too rough. ”

"I'm going to work, Auntie."

"Sofia, come to Santa Monica if you have time."

As the break drew to a close, Duke called in a female assistant and asked her to take her mother on a visit.

"We're going to see aliens." Scarlett Johansson couldn't wait to jump out of her chair and pull up Mrs. Leah, "The last time I came, I saw it once, and it was like the real thing, it was scary and scary." ”

Back at work, not long after the studio, another explosion sounded, just like the media commented, turning the world upside down, and Duke would not give up.

The explosion scenes that can be filmed in the studio or studio are basically concentrated in this time period, and the landmarks of North America have long been destroyed in front of the camera, as for the alien attack, why do they focus on landmarks instead of those more urgent military targets, does this need to be explained?

Anyway, Duke thinks that there is no need to explain at all, this kind of science fiction film, first and foremost, is to make the audience watch cool, when they watch familiar buildings turn to ashes in the explosion, the soaring adrenal count is enough to cover up some loopholes in logic.

"Independence Day" is different from "Life and Death" and "Death Island" in that it is a film that is completely based on visual effects.

Perhaps, he will really start the era of visual effects in Hollywood?

After all, in Hollywood in the future, mainstream commercial blockbusters will be like this "Independence Day", embarking on a simple, rough and direct road to making money.

Duke was filming, Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox were also working out a detailed publicity plan on the basis of initially maintaining the topicality of the film, and officially determined the release date of the film in mid-December - it premiered in North America on June 30, 1994, and officially released in North America on July 1 - so that the first weekend of the film July 1, 2, and 3 was connected with the Independence Day holiday, which may completely stimulate the public's enthusiasm for the film named "Independence Day".

There is no doubt that this is a film full of great Americanism, in Sophia's words mocking Duke, and even delusional desire to change the national days of the rest of the world, if it is replaced by the former Duke, there will be a natural rejection and antipathy to this type of film, but from today's standpoint, once "Independence Day" succeeds, it is enough to bring him huge benefits.

The butt decides the head, there is some truth in this sentence, standing in Duke's current position, why give up such a film?

The first thing he faced was the North American audience, and the production of zuò was also a commercial film, and the first thing to please was the North American audience, although the subject matter and some aspects of the film will inevitably arouse the disgust of many people in other countries and regions, but don't forget that the movies that are super selling in North America can always sweep the overseas market.

In other words, as long as Duke can ensure the quality of the film, he doesn't have to worry too much about the reaction of overseas markets.

However, whether the summer film can succeed depends not only on the quality of the film and the intensity of publicity, but also on the competitors in the same schedule, the most typical, if "Brave Island" directly collides with "Jurassic Park", the box office performance will definitely not be as good as it is now.

Therefore, Duke, while busy filming, also asked Warner Bros. to collect a list of films that are confirmed to be released in June and July next year.

Although James Cameron's "True Lies" is in mid-July, "Independence Day" is just over two weeks away, and the two sides will not be too fiercely contested.

And when I looked back, Duke saw an extremely familiar name - "Forrest Gump", which was released in North America on July 6!

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