"Attack with a blaster! Get out of the way! ”

On the beach, Tom? Hanks' voice was unusually loud, and he lay in the middle of a group of GIs and shouted, "Attack with blasters!" ”

"Aim at the bunker!"

"Aim at the bunker!"

The sappers shouted one after another, "Aim at the bunker!" ”

The blaster was constantly thrown into the bunker behind the sandbank by the sappers, and Tom, who had been rehearsed several times? Hanks and the others hurriedly lay on the ground and hugged their heads tightly.

Just a short distance behind them, Duke vs. Jos? William nodded, and the other party pressed the wire-controlled detonator, and the continuous explosions sounded one after another, and the entire beach seemed to tremble, and a lot of flying sand splashed down on Duke's side, and the sound was extremely amazing.

Filming isn't over yet, Laurent who plays Sergeant Horvat? Koyt, covered in sand, turned around and shouted, "It's time to counterattack!" Fast! Take cover on the other side of the bunker! ”

A group of American GIs followed him to their feet, and rushed forward under German fire, followed by several photographers with hand-held cameras.

After Duke shouted to stop, the scene came to an end.

For the next few days, the crew was filming the scenes after the Allies stormed the beach, and until the Christmas holidays, the scenes of the landing battle were gradually coming to an end, and the rest were some large-scale and destructive explosion scenes.

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The temporary fortifications on the coast were finally demolished by the crew, and in order to save money, Duke simply used a relatively labor-saving method and directly blew up some buildings in the war.

Most of these buildings are vain, and they can be violently demolished without too much explosives.

"Jos, are you going to add more gas barrels?"

Standing in front of the largest bunker, Duke to Jos? William said. "The flames don't just have to burn in the bunker, I put the main camera on the beach, and the flames have to be able to come out of the firing position in front of them, and preferably into the sky, like an explosion."

Hear Duke, Jos? William immediately understood. It's not just a fire to burn the Germans, it has to be visually striking!

"I understand!" Jose? William immediately replied, "I'll make some adjustments and I'll be able to meet your requirements." ”

This is the third film to be worked on by both parties, and Duke believes Jos? William's team's expertise, with a few more words, bypassed the bunker and returned to the beach.

"Is it really what the media says it is? Were you born when a comet hit Earth? Or is the explosion really in your genes? ”

Sophia is the only one who can say such sarcasm? Coppola. She stood beside Duke with the field watch, and said lightly in a monotonous nasal voice, "Even if this kind of film is full of humanistic care, you can't forget to show off the explosion!" ”

"My dear, war reflection and humanistic care can't bring enough audiences."

In fact, there is still a big difference between the two people's concepts about movies, Duke shrugged his shoulders and said without much care. "If a movie wants to become a recognized classic, the first thing is that it must be widely circulated."

"Exploding Maniac!" Sophia didn't bother to say anything more. Only threw out such a sentence.

Duke's cheeks were thick enough to be regarded as a compliment, "Thank you!" ”

Rolling her eyes, Sophia simply closed her mouth, if she didn't show off the visual impact, would Duke still be Duke?

The news that the pyrotechnic team had completed their preparations quickly spread. After Duke confirmed the clearance twice in a row, he asked the assistant director to notify the departments to prepare.

"Scene Twelf, Act Fourteen, Start Now!"

As soon as the assistant director's words fell, several cameras focused on the German bunker facing the beach. Some of them were shot at a wide angle, some were shot in medium shots, and some were aimed at Allied soldiers on the beach.

Orange-red flames suddenly emerged from the bunker and jumped upwards for more than ten feet, similar to a dull explosion and a wave of heat, half of the sky in front of them was reflected red, and several burning humanoid objects fell from the bunker's flames onto the beach.

The Allied soldiers raised their guns and aimed them that way, and one of them turned around and shouted at the main camera, "Don't shoot!" Let them suffer! ”

“cut！”

After waiting for a few seconds, Duke shouted to stop, and the firefighters who had been ready to attack immediately rushed over, holding a special fire extinguisher and spraying violently at the place where there was still a fire, eliminating all hidden dangers in the bud.

"Transition!"

Duke gave an order to the assistant director, and the guy immediately shouted in a loud voice, "Go to Field Five!" Go to Venue Five! ”

Scene 5 is behind the bunker, and the explosion scene is still filmed.

There's nothing difficult about this scene, Jos? William's pyrotechnics team, burying a special paper shell in a mound of dirt and using dozens of American GIs played by Irish soldiers as the background painting, after a deafening sound, the shocking explosion is fully displayed in front of the camera lens, and the blasted dirt flies hundreds of feet high.

In addition to expressing the cruelty and truth of the war, he appropriately added some scenes full of visual impact, which is bound to attract the audience to watch it safely.

At the same time, these scenes must also be controlled within a certain range, and they are absolutely different from the earth-shattering explosion of "Independence Day", so as not to trigger aesthetic fatigue and destroy the documentary sense of the beginning.

Before the start of the Christmas holiday, Duke finally ended the filming of the opening landing battle, and the finishing demolition work will be done by someone, and after discussing the shooting plan after Christmas, the crew officially went on vacation, and the cast and crew from North America took the flight back to spend Christmas with family and friends.

Duke did not go back to North America, but went directly to London, where Mrs. Leah was still staying, and there was no need for him to go back to Los Angeles, because it was impossible to celebrate Christmas as he did when he was at home.

"How are we going to spend Christmas, Mom?"

In the living room of the Hilton suite, Duke asks his mother for advice, "This is London, in the British way?" ”

Lady Leah sat on the sofa, looking through the information, and said without raising her head, "Is there any special way for the British?" ”

"As far as I know......," Duke knows about the British, and all he says is hearsay, "and the English go to football at Christmas, or to the West End of London." ”

"Soccer?" Lady Leah shook her head directly, "I'm not interested. ”

Hearing his mother's words, Duke asked, "What about the drama?" Or let's make a pie duì over here. ”

"Duke." Mother finally looked up and asked, "Do you have any friends over here?" ”

"Nope."

Putting the materials in order, Lady Leah stood up and put it on the bookshelf to the side, and said, "What's in the show at the West End Theater tonight?" ”

"I'll ask now."

Walking to the phone, Duke dialed the number of the hotel's main desk, asked a few questions, covered the microphone and said to his mother, "The revue "42nd Street", the stage play "Famous Scene". ”

"42nd Street, book your tickets."

Seeing that his mother was interested, Duke told the hotel reception desk to book VIP tickets for them, so that after dinner, they could go directly to the theater in the West End.

Like Broadway in New York, London's West End is one of the world's two most famous theatrical centres and synonymous with the British theatre scene.

"42nd Street" is a traditional musical and dance repertoire on West End and Broadway, which has been staged for decades and has set a glorious record of 3,486 consecutive performances on Broadway.

After dinner, Duke and his mother took a rental car from the hotel to the Shaftesbury district, got out of the car and crossed the busy street and walked directly into the theater.

Due to the traffic jam on the road and the delay for a while, they came a little late, and the show was about to kick off, but fortunately, Duke booked a box ticket on the second floor, and it would not disturb others.

Entering the box, Duke asked for coffee and the occasional snack that his mother ate, and sat here safely to watch the play with his mother.

"The first time I saw this play,"

In between performances, Lady Leah would also say a few words to Duke, "I'm not as old as you, and decades have passed, and the repertoire has become more and more gorgeous, but I always feel that something is missing." ”

Duke just laughed, but didn't say anything.

Even the most classic song and dance dramas, in order to adapt to the development of society, they must be constantly updated and changed, and people are always nostalgic, especially those who are older, such as the old men who control the Oscar discourse.

As a director, Duke has also studied a number of plays, and classics like "42nd Street" are certainly no exception, and this is an old Broadway inspirational story that can't be more ancient, especially the tap dance, which is one of the most wonderful sequences.

But these didn't particularly appeal to Duke, as he saw a familiar figure in several of the main female characters.

Pinching his chin, Duke looked at the woman tap-dancing on the stage below, and briefly recalled that he should be right, a musical and dance background, and acted in stage plays in London's West End......

It's just that it's still a little early, and his next work will be at least a year later, and it's not too easy to find an actress who has enough acting skills and can sing and dance above the level.

Taking advantage of the change of scenery on the stage and the time when his mother went to the bathroom, Duke beckoned to the waiter in the VIP box.

"Has '42nd Street' been going on lately?" Duke asked.

"Yes, sir." The waiter replied very politely, "Six performances a week, which will last for the entire season." ”

"Tomorrow?"

"Yes!"

With a confirmed answer, Duke waved his hand and the waiter walked out.

Tonight is to accompany his mother to watch the musical, of course Duke can't go backstage to find the actress, and plans to come back later if he has time, even if he doesn't have time, he can let Nancy or someone else contact her. (To be continued......) R1292