"You seem to be stressed?" Touching Duke's glass, Naomi Watts asked tentatively.

Drinking the wine in the glass, Duke shrugged his shoulders and didn't answer her question, instead asking casually, "What about you?" Why not grow in Australia first? Instead, came a more competitive Hollywood? ”

"At the end of last year, I came here to attend a friend's pre-marital bachelor party," she said, taking two glasses of whiskey from the bartender and placing them in front of herself and Duke, "and then stayed in Los Angeles for the time being, to see if I had a chance, and my friend helped me a little bit, this is my third movie role, but the first one with a line." ”

"Maybe you've heard of her." Naomi Watts raised her glass to Duke again, "My acting school classmate, Nicole Kidman......"

"It turned out to be Mrs. Cruise."

Taking a sip of the golden liquor, Duke nodded, but stopped talking, using his friends to elevate his identity, which was a common tactic in this circle.

After drinking the wine in the glass, Naomi Watts returned to the crowd, Duke keeping his eyes on her back thoughtfully.

"Got a crush on her?"

A monotonous nasal voice came from the other side, and Sofia Coppola pulled up the high chair and sat down, "Then take the initiative." ”

"Love is a child's trick." Duke turned his head and gave her an annoyed look, "You think I'm going to be distracted by this kind of thing?" ”

It took him two lifetimes of accumulation to get the rare opportunity he has now, and as long as "Speed of Life and Death" is not completed, he will never distract himself.

If there is a more appropriate word to describe the current Duke, it is a workaholic!

After a short day off, the hectic filming began again, but fortunately, the main locations were in Santa Monica and the greater Los Angeles area, and the crew also avoided the need for long trips.

The studio rented an unfinished highway from Santa Monica to Long Beach as a major filming location, rented hundreds of used cars from three rental car agencies, and secured rare advertising sponsorship, with one car manufacturer providing four buses for the crew for free.

It's not a lot of value, but it always saves some money.

In addition, Lucasfilm has also shown its deep side, they have been in contact with the Los Angeles County Police Department for a long time, and the police are very interested in this distinctive LAPP propaganda film, and will be involved in the whole process of filming on location.

This can be regarded as the norm in North America, where Congress, the Pentagon, the FBI, the CIA, the authorities in Washington, and even the public sector in some major cities have offices or liaison offices dedicated to dealing with Hollywood, and often participate in the filming of Hollywood films in order to promote their positive image.

"Life and Death" is simply too much in line with the needs of the Los Angeles police, and with the name of Lucasfilm, they will not only send a SWAT team as a background map, but also provide a variety of equipment including police helicopters, except for the cost of fuel, basically no other fees.

This in turn allows the crew to save a lot of money.

For the next ten days, the crew basically spent time surrounded by collisions and noise, and several of the main actors completely retreated to the second line, selling their faces in front of the camera most of the time, and the stuntmen and the vehicles they drove were the protagonists in front of the camera.

Filming such a scene, it is inevitable that someone will be injured, not to mention a few stuntmen with minor injuries, even Duke, the director, was scratched his eyebrow bone by flying car fragments during a shooting.

Fortunately, it is only a skin injury, and it will not affect the work at all.

The bright sun shone on the earth, dozens of cars of various types were parked on the originally empty road, the props team was busy changing the road signs, and the stunt team installed the three cars on the catapult frame, and adjusted the appropriate ejection angle according to the requirements put forward by Duke.

Duke was standing on the side of the road, discussing the next shooting with Cruz, when assistant director Koné hurried over.

"Duke, you're going to put a wireless camera in your car again?" He directly questioned, "In the last week of shooting, you have already damaged three expensive wireless cameras in crashes and explosions!" ”

Turning his head, Duke looked at him, "My decision won't change!" ”

After saying that, he stopped caring about the department and walked directly towards the director's camera.

"Arrogant, paranoid......" Koné said to Director of Photography Cruz, looking at Duke's back in the distance, "this movie will be ruined in his hands!" ”

"Whether the movie will be ruined or not is a question for the producer to consider." Cruz clearly didn't want to get involved in the personnel battle, "I'll just do my job!"

The crew is composed of an individual, everyone's thoughts and interests will collide, and many disputes will appear, and the paper contract they signed is the best constraint, don't expect to convince people with personal charm in this vanity fair, that is the most naïve and stupid idea, power and legally effective contracts, far more direct and effective than the unreliable thing of convincing people's hearts.

Duke knows that this is a circle full of lies and snobbery, and he is on his way to success, and if he stops because of some inexplicable little problem, it will be more than worth the loss.

"Props?"

Standing on the slide table behind the director's camera, Duke made a routine inquiry into the loudspeaker, "Camera?" ”

“OK！”

"Stunts?"

“OK……”

"All departments are ready to ......," he said, putting a Los Angeles Raiders hat on his head, "One hundred and thirty-three, twenty-five acts, begin!" ”

When he sat behind the camera, the sound of the car's motor sounded one after another, and a bus came speeding from a distance, because it did not slow down and turn, and ran into several moving cars one after another, which in turn crashed into other cars, and then the catapult started, and several cars rolled and flew into the air......

Car doors, bumpers, broken car glass, like a downpour, poured on the nearby pavement.

“CUT！”

Standing up from behind the camera, Duke shook his fist vigorously, "Great! ”

Medical and rescue workers, who had been waiting on the side of the road for a long time, swarmed to the scene of the 'car accident' and dragged several stunt drivers out of the car, but they were not injured because safety measures were in place.

"Rest for half an hour!"

After such an exciting scene, Duke also temporarily relaxed the crew.

"Duke...... Sofia Coppola walked over quickly, "someone is coming to visit." ”

Leaving the camera, Duke pointed to himself, "Me? ”

Then, he saw the two people following Sophia, with a sincere smile on his tired face, strode over, opened his hands and hugged him gently, "Mom, I'm so glad you came!" ”

"I've heard you're doing pretty well." Lady Leah stepped back, "So come and have a look." ”

Duke turned to the other side and shook Lucas's outstretched hand hard, "Uncle George...... Well, George, I didn't expect you to come too. ”

"I've seen all the film you've taken." George Lucas said seriously, "You've done a lot better than I thought you would!" ”

This is not the place to talk, Duke leads the way and returns to his director's trailer with his mother and Lucas, but as soon as he says a few words, Sophia comes over to inform the stunt crew that something is looking for him, and Duke has to leave in a hurry.

"Sophia...... "George Lucas called out to the director's assistant, who was also leaving, "bring Robin." ”

A few minutes later, Robin Grande walked into the trailer, probably having learned that Lucas was coming, and was not surprised to see the two.

"Duke still doesn't know that you invested $10 million in the film!" Leah Rosenberg asked, he said.

"Don't let him know until the film is finished." Leah explained simply, "I can't see anything from Duke's face, in fact, he is under a lot of pressure, and he hasn't been sleeping well lately, which only adds to his pressure, and I don't want to let too heavy a burden weigh on his young shoulders, even if he is very capable of bearing pressure." ”

"Robin, let's talk about it." George Lucas spoke, "How's Duke's watch?" ”

"At first, it was very immature and inexperienced, and in the first week of filming, the filming of the entire crew was completely in a state of disorder, if it weren't for the fact that all departments were veterans of regular cooperation with Lucasfilm, and Duke replaced all the originally planned scenes with extras, the conflict between the crew was very likely to erupt."

Robin Grande is completely honest, "But Duke's adjustment ability is very strong, it only took more than ten days to lead the crew through the most difficult run-in stage, he has obviously studied the Hollywood production model, completely entered the role of director, and his dedication to the work is amazing, he no longer looks like a novice when he finds the state, he can not only convey his ideas to the crew, but also through his own work to drive the state of others, the filming is a month, The crew gradually showed the rhythm of some mature Hollywood crews. ”

"The most important thing is that Duke knows very well what he wants or should do, and there are many people in the crew who are skeptical of him, but Duke can ignore these stereotypes and use his work to temporarily knead the complex crew into a ball, which is a very rare quality for a young man!"

"Then there is professional ability, no matter how strong a director's ability is in other aspects, he must prove himself through the lens and works. "The Speed of Life and Death" is not yet complete, and I can't talk about the work, except to talk about the shots that have been filmed, Duke has a keen ability to capture big scenes such as crashes and explosions, and can record these best parts with the camera. ”

Speaking of this, the corners of his mouth twitched, "In my calculations, even if Duke can't tell the story of "Speed of Life and Death", the thrill of the film is definitely not a problem, even if those films have not been post-processed, I can imagine that when they are presented on the big screen, they will be full of shocking visual impact!" ”

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