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The dark night slowly receded from the east, the sky had just turned white, and Edward Air Force Base was already full of people, but the U.S. military assembled today is neither about to land a space shuttle, nor to conduct routine training, but to prepare to organize the largest counterattack in the history of mankind - to unite all allied forces and eliminate the aliens who have invaded the earth!

It was a great battle, and yet the commander-in-chief of the campaign was not there.

Standing behind a camera on the tallest control tower at Edward Air Force Base, Duke uses a wide-angle lens to capture the eastern sky, where the darkness fades and light falls, and the clouds drift in the sky, creating a beautiful landscape like an oil painting.

As in the previous two films, Duke has captured a large number of wide-angle shots of sunrise and sunset in the early morning dusk since he went out on location.

"I heard that Santa Fea has borrowed a lot of scenery materials from you?"

Hearing Sofia Coppola's words, Duke turned off the camera, handed over the follow-up to a camera assistant, walked over and pulled her shawl, wrapped her tighter, and said, "yes, Mom thinks a lot of it can be used directly in landscape advertisements." ”

"Maybe you should make a luxury advertising blockbuster."

Taking a step back without a trace, Sophia slightly distanced herself from Duke, "I believe that some luxury brands must be interested in you." ”

"Perhaps."

Duke noticed Sophia's movements, but didn't care, beckoning her to walk down with her, saying as he went, "If a company is willing to pay me more than $3 million for a single commercial, I don't mind taking the lead for them." ”

It is normal for film directors to make cameo appearances in commercials, such as the famous Chanel No. 5, and every time the advertising campaign is updated, almost all the directors invited are Oscar-level deposits.

In fact, since the release of "Brave Island", several luxury brands have contacted Nancy, but they have all been rejected by Duke, and there is only one reason, the price offered by the other party is too low and not attractive enough.

After exiting the conning tower, Duke and Sophia, accompanied by two officers, returned to the largest hangar, where the crowd was most dense.

At this time, the hangar setting work was already in the end, not only were F-16s and F-18s towed by trailers to the runway in front of the hangar, but hundreds of American GIs were also busy changing into suitable costumes and preparing to participate in the later shooting.

After all, this is a military base of the U.S. military, except for the main cast and crew of the crew, those extras can't enter at all, fortunately, there is no shortage of people in the military base, and American GIs are also very interested in participating in the movie.

While this can save some money on extras, it also has a lot of trouble, and these GIs are so eager to have a frontal close-up that they can't help but lean in front of the camera, especially some of the easy-to-shoot angles are often the focus of contention.

During the filming a few days ago, people from the Air Force and the Army almost went straight to the ground because they were fighting for an easy-to-photogenic roof.

"I want my child to see his father appear in the movie, and bravely fight against aliens in the movie!"

The words of an Air Force lieutenant can be said to be the best portrayal of the mentality of these GIs.

After asking several assistant directors to coordinate the American GIs, Duke walked to an F-18 and found one of the leading actors, Bill Pullman, who was chatting happily with Scarlett Johansson, who played his daughter.

"Bill."

Ignoring Scarlett, who came over and grabbed the corner of his clothes, Duke directly advised, "This is the most important sensational scene, it's up to you." ”

"Don't worry, Duke." Bill Pullman is full of confidence, "I've been rehearsing this scene for a month, and I won't let you down, and if the Oscars have the best speech award next year, I think I'll definitely get a little golden man." ”

"Don't forget the words!"

With that, Duke walked to the other side, Scarlett Johansson followed, "Duke ......"

"My dear ......" Duke didn't have that much time to ramble with her, and pointed directly to the film crew, "Go find your mom or Sophia." ”

"Hmph...... the little girl wrinkled her nose and turned to walk away, "You're not fun at all." ”

Duke didn't hear the little girl's complaints, and looked around the crowd to find Lieutenant Colonel Lenhoe, a liaison officer from the Pentagon, who was interested in a cameo role and was ready to stand in front of the camera in a moment.

"Lieutenant Colonel ......" Duke walked over and looked at the liaison officer dressed as a standard pilot, "you'll have a frontal close-up." ”

Duke pointed to the nearby No. 2 camera, "When this camera turns to you, the camera assistant will give you a signal that I want the most powerful military salute!" ”

"It's just a small thing for me." Lieutenant Colonel Lenho was equally confident.

Duke then checked the camera positions, extras, background props, etc., and after making sure there were no problems, he returned to the director's monitor.

Once again to make sure there were no problems with the departments, Duke held up the megaphone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a special time, you will be on the battlefield in the future, fighting aliens, and I need your utmost enthusiasm to protect the Earth!"

The hundreds of people scattered in the group of fighters erupted in applause and laughter, and Duke's words clearly had a relaxing effect, and the American GIs, who lacked actual performance experience, had a much lighter face.

When the applause and laughter fell, Duke gestured to Zack Schneider and John Schwartzman, respectively, and after getting their OK in return, shouted, "Independence Day, scene 134, act 112, begin!" ”

The crew was immediately at full capacity, and Duke sat behind the monitors, carefully watching the feeds from each camera.

A group of pilots made the final tactical arrangements, and the president and defense minister stood and saluted as they passed by......

The logistics personnel shuttled back and forth, refueling and reloading the fighters, and preparing for the final life-and-death decisive battle......

The president jumped into the equipment box and took the megaphone from the officer......

"Good morning."

The crowd in front of the hangar was still busy with each other, and it seemed that they did not hear the words, and the president said again, "Good morning! ”

Everyone raised their heads, put down the work at hand, and spontaneously gathered towards the place where the president stood.

Sitting behind the monitor, Duke nodded slightly, and the American GIs, who acted as extras, had some experience after a few days of filming, and did not flock to the camera like before, but walked to their respective positions according to the prior rehearsal.

The microphone used for the live recording slowly fell from the air above Bill Pullman, and the actor with the best acting skills in the crew really showed his best and started the speech with emotion.

"Within an hour, the warplanes here will join forces with those from the rest of the world in the largest air battle in human history! Humanity is a word that has taken on a whole new meaning for us today. We can no longer afford to be wasted by insignificant differences between us. We should unite for our common good! ”

"Perhaps providently, today is the 4th of July, and you will once again fight for our freedom, not to be free from tyranny, oppression and cruelty, but for the continued survival of humanity! Today, if we win this war, July 4 will not just be a holiday and a national holiday for the United States, but a common holiday for the whole world! ”

"The whole world will declare with one voice that we will not go into darkness without a sound, that we will not give up the struggle and go to perdition, that we will get through it, that we will survive! Today, we are celebrating Independence Day! ”

As the voice of the president's speech fell, applause and cheers rang out one after another, as if the news of the victory in World War II had just reached this continent, some people were shouting, some people raised their guns in greeting, some people applauded warmly, and one pilot gave an American military salute in the most exaggerated and powerful way......

That's right, from the speech to the military salute, it is all about the sensationalism of the naked dew, and before the final battle, mobilize the audience's feelings.

Just like the bathroom scene in "Brave Island", the sensationalism here is also simple and direct, but it involves some of the content and value orientations that the American people are most concerned about, not to mention the great Americanism that tries to make Independence Day a worldwide holiday, and the president's speech also touches on freedom and tyranny, which can be said to be the most correct film value orientation.

This speech, coupled with the subsequent pilot of the fighter plane to attack the alien spaceship, the image of the president played by Bill Pullman instantly became extremely tall......

“Cut！”

Grabbing the megaphone, Duke shouted to stop, "Perfect! Rest for five minutes. ”

It was not easy to get so many fighters and soldiers together, Duke was going to use this scene to shoot a few more, and the subsequent filming would no longer require so many extras, it would be relatively easier, and he also temporarily added a scene where the president's daughter, played by Scarlett, said goodbye to her father in front of the plane, until noon, and it was over.

The crew then moved to the White Sands Missile Range to shoot some of the largest explosion scenes in the New Mexico desert, where the nearly 200-foot-long alien spacecraft model that ILM took nearly half a year to build had already been transported to the White Sands Missile Range in advance, where the modelers were completing the final assembly work and waiting for Duke to blow up their brainchild.

The explosion has gradually become accustomed to the crew, even Sophia Coppola, who was scared by the explosion in the early days, is also used to working in a noisy environment.

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