As the black RV approached Mason Avenue and had to stop because the street in front of it was temporarily blocked, George Lucas pushed the door and got out of the car, stood on the periphery of the crowd and looked ahead, seeing a camera hanging from a high boom, hearing the roar of a car motor and the sound of tires grinding against the road.

After calling out to his assistant and asking him to negotiate with the crew's order-keeping staff, George Lucas easily entered the set and, alerted by a staff member, to a raised platform to avoid the potential rush of cars.

"Uncle Lucas......"

Hearing the faintly nasal words, George Lucas nodded and raised his voice slightly to ensure that his words could reach the other person's ears when the noise on the set was constantly sounding.

"Sophia, shoot Shun lì?" He said.

"It's much smoother than the literary drama in the studio." Sofia Coppola almost leaned into George Lucas's ear, pointed to Duke, who was in control of a camera in the distance, and said, "Flying cars, collisions, explosions, maybe these are problems for others, but for the crazy director Rosenberg, this is what he loves and is best at shooting." ”

Just as Sophia was speaking, there was a loud and piercing noise in front of her, and the black Humvee H1 knocked down a prop pole, and several cars that had been placed on the catapult were thrown high and collided with the sedan rushing behind, and the glass and shards that flew like fallen leaves rolled up by the wind scattered in all directions, and some even landed not far from them.

"Are you going to see him?"

The crew took a short break and moved to a nearby intersection, where Sofia asked Lucas, "There's another collision scene ahead." ”

"I'll take a look at the periphery first." Lucas followed the crew to the next intersection, "Don't bother Duke just yet." ”

Away from the intersection that served as a temporary set, Lucas's eyes gradually focused on Duke as the center point, and he could see that Duke was very engaged and excited at the same time.

The makeshift set was like a battlefield, everyone was cautiously busy, it seemed like a massive explosion could happen at any moment, and there were so many cameras flying in the sky that George Lucas didn't even feel the need to set them up.

Next, he thought about the filming set of "Life and Death", although Lucas has not been to it much, but he has also seen the situation where Duke shoots action scenes, almost always this is the case, at that time he also felt that the setting of the scene was meaningless, but when the shooting effect came out, it suddenly dawned on him - it turned out that Duke knew very well what the purpose of each camera was, in fact, he had already stitched these scenes together in his mind.

The scene looked chaotic but clearly under Duke's control, and Lucas watched for a while only to see a tram, a Hummer H1 and a Ferrari being towed to the set, and the pyrotechnician team he recommended was planting explosives on a model tram.

"Never give up until the world is turned upside down!"

For some reason, Lucas remembered what some critics had said about "Life and Death."

Frankly speaking, after the completion of "Speed of Life and Death", although he was very optimistic, he did not expect to get such excellent results in the end, the first feature film box office in North America exceeded 100 million US dollars, and Steven Spielberg, who was praised by him back then, did not do it, that is recognized as a super movie genius.

Now that I think about it, he went all out to promote the project of Lucasfilm "Speed of Life and Death", which was basically a big bargain, not only made Leah and Duke owe him favors, but also easily made a profit of more than 10 million dollars, which is the first time in more than 20 years that this kind of good thing has been encountered.

Maybe this is luck, but in Lucas's eyes, it is not, as some people say, the success of "Life and Death" is just Duke Rosenberg's luck, after all, which successful film does not have the director's hard work behind it? The little guy's hard work and dedication were something he had never seen in a young man all these years.

If it is replaced by other young directors, with such a success, it is difficult not to be carried away, Hollywood is the world's temptation. If you can't keep your focus on your career, you will inevitably become a shooting star across the Hollywood sky.

I have a certain talent, I know what I want, and I can work hard for it, there are too few such young people today!

"Let's go over and see." Lucas said to Sophia, who was by his side.

The two gradually approached the filming location, and the clearest of them was Duke's loud voice, "John, put the camera on the Humvee, you still have twenty minutes." ”

Turning his head, Duke saw George Lucas, didn't go over to say hello, just smiled at him, and continued to busy his work, the next thing to shoot was a series of collisions, and there was no room for sloppiness.

"Christie......" he walked to the recording team and called the person in charge, "I want to record live, place the recording equipment on the Ferrari and the rail tram, I don't want any embellishment, I want the most realistic and harsh car crashing and friction sound!" ”

"Martin, come here, come here!" Duke called the stuntman over, "Don't drive too fast, give yourself time to escape safely, stay safe!" ”

The stuntman in a thick hazmat suit gave Duke a thumbs up.

Eventually, Duke returned to the film crew and told John Schwartzman, "The No. 1 camera is shooting 180 degrees horizontally, the No. 2 camera in the air is transposed at a 60-degree angle, capturing the details, the main target is the Ferrari, and the No. 3 camera is shooting upwards at a mixed angle of 30 degrees, and I want to see the bottom of the train as it blows up." ”

"John, we don't have a chance to do it all over again!" He concluded.

John Schwartzman nodded solemnly to Duke.

The makeshift set looked chaotic, but it was all under Duke's control, and seeing that things were going almost exactly as expected, he went back to the camera he was in control of, adjusted the angle of the aperture, and prepared to shoot with a wide-angle lens.

"Next time I'll go to San Francisco City Hall to talk about shooting,"

Robin Grande walked up suddenly, "It's going to be persona non grata." ”

"Don't worry, Robin." Duke didn't look up, and continued to adjust the camera, "Joss Williams is an expert in explosions, and they have calculated that they will control explosions within reasonable limits and will not damage the road surface and buildings. ”

As time went on, the heads of the departments came to Duke and the preparations were ready.

"Uncle Lucas......"

Not very far from Duke, Sophia handed a pair of earbuds to George Lucas, "It will feel better this way, that saboteur is about to make noise." ”

On the other side, Duke held a megaphone and shouted, "Fireworks? ”

"Ready!"

"Photography?"

"Ready!"

"Stunt ......"

Finally, he shouted, "Go!" ”

The model tram with explosives and the scrapped off-road vehicle parked together made a loud bang at the same time, and the flames of the explosion rose up, and the tram car was thrown high like leaves in a hurricane, tumbling towards the intersection, and after smashing on the road, it was pulled by two black wires, and with the help of the downhill slope, it made an extremely piercing grinding sound, and hit the Ferrari parked at the intersection.

"Crunch ......"

"Click......"

This brand-new Ferrari was run over by a model tram and turned into a pile of scrap metal!

"Perfect!"

Behind the camera, Duke slowly stood up, raised his arm, and waved it vigorously.

There was a calm in the scene, and there were many relieved voices among them, they were far less excited than Duke, and some of them still seemed to have nervous breakdowns on their faces, and they had been tortured by collisions, noises, and explosions in recent times, almost going crazy!

"Robin......" Duke said to the production manager next to him, "and you'll take care of the rest." ”

After saying that, he picked up the megaphone and shouted, "Transition!" ”

Now that the crew is in good shape, Duke doesn't want to waste this hard-won rhythm, so he naturally wants to shoot a few more.

"Well done, Duke."

The crew was ready to switch again, and George Lucas walked over, "You're getting more and more proficient in your filming techniques. ”

"Thank you!"

In the face of these real super directors, Duke does not have any capital to be proud of, "I still have a lot to learn." ”

"I'm looking forward to seeing a masterpiece like 'Life and Death.'"

Hearing Lucas's next words, Duke also showed enough confidence, "George, I promise, you will definitely see it." ”

After a few more words, George Lucas offered to leave, and Duke knew that the other party was busy, so he didn't keep him, but just asked the assistant to send Lucas out of the temporary set instead of him.

"Something?" Duke asked, and Sophia, who was standing nearby, didn't leave.

"Charles Rowan just called me." Sophia took out a notebook and said as she flipped through it, "Warners wants you to attend the MTV Movie Awards." ”

“MTV？” Duke was stunned, and Sophia explained, "The MTV Movie Awards, a film award founded by MTV TV last year, is a new award, but it has a certain influence in the audience, unlike the Academy Awards, it does not judge the film by the eyes of the judges, but completely relies on the ordinary audience to vote to determine the attribution of the award, at least in their publicity." ”

"I got a nomination?" Duke asked.

"Life and Death has received a lot of nominations." Sofia Coppola said, "There are eight nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Sexiest Actor, Sexiest Actress, Best Kiss Scene, Best Action Design, and Best Screen Partner. ”

"Let me go, Warner is for publicity, right?" Duke immediately thought of the film being filmed.

"That's right." Sophia nodded, "Viacom and Time Warner's media are hyping this award with all their might, wanting to make it a film award with world-class influence, and the way the award is selected by the audience determines that it will not lack attention." ”

"Well, by the way." Sophia spoke in a monotonous nasal voice, "Warner side built yì you bring a female companion." ”

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