In a manor house in the Malibu Beach District, the garden is newly decorated, with streamers and balloons fluttering, and countless guests walk up and down to present gifts and blessings to a girl with long blond brown hair, who smiles so sweetly as if she were really celebrating her birthday.

It's just a few cameras on the periphery, which proves that this is just a show.

"Hurricane Rescue" officially started shooting in Malibu in mid-November, and the crew rented Nancy? Josephson's villa, after some decoration, began the filming of the first scene - Kimmy's birthday party.

Although this is the first scene, and I have NG a few times before, Duke's team is basically an old man who has worked together for more than ten years, whether it is the direction of the camera or the props and sets, they know his style very well, and some problems that arise will be easily solved in a few words.

Duke sat in the director's chair under a palm tree, looked at the girl on the monitor, nodded slightly, and shouted, "Cut! ”

Then, he gave a thumbs up to the actress who played Kimmy, "Amanda, very good, keep it up!" ”

When it's time to praise, Duke doesn't skimp on his words of praise, and these young actors sometimes encourage more effectively than reprimand.

"Thank you, Director."

Amanda with long blond brown hair? Seyfried came over to thank him, and then went to touch up his makeup.

Her ability to become the heroine of the film was finalized by Duke himself.

Duke didn't take it to heart at all when the partner recommended him, but when he participated in the second audition for several roles, he saw Amanda? Seyfried's acting and makeup effects, although his acting skills are not very good, but his appearance is quite pleasing, so this young actor who is only eighteen years old. Became one of the lucky ones.

The other party's performance did not disappoint Duke, and in the two shots shot at the start, she did a relatively good job, and there were several problems with NG, which had little to do with her.

"John, machine number one adjusts to the entrance to the garden!" Duke stood up. He shouted to the film crew, "David, your camera number two moves to shoot, pay attention to capturing Miss Ryan's facial expressions." ”

The crew quickly adjusted their position and prepared to shoot the next scene, while Duke walked over to the makeup crew and looked at Meg? Ryan and Liam? The effect of Neeson after applying makeup, several makeup artists are old people who have followed him for many years, and they know what kind of makeup is needed for the current scene.

Duke nodded in satisfaction. I returned to my director's position, waited for a while, and after receiving a report from all departments, I was notified to start shooting.

"Hurricane Rescue, Scene 1, Act 3." The reporter stood in front of the main camera with the sign in hand, "Start now!" ”

The scene isn't difficult, and retired agent Brian comes to his daughter's birthday party. An argument with a resentful ex-wife.

In fact, the whole film is an old Hollywood routine. For example, behind every Hollywood-style hero, there must be a family with problems and even breakage.

These are very vulgar, but they have been prosperous for a long time, and they are also the favorite episodes of mainstream audiences.

Liam? Neeson was the first actor to be confirmed, and in the past few months, he has often exchanged roles with Duke. It's easy to grasp, but Meg, who is used to playing Sister Sweet? Ryan, it's a bit unsatisfactory.

“Cut！”

When the camera to Meg? When Ryan's face was close-up, Duke directly shouted to stop, "Meg." You are now playing an ex-wife who still has resentment in her heart, put your smile away, this character is not a sweetheart! ”

"I'm sorry, Duke." Meg? Ryan rubbed his face gently, "I'll be able to adjust soon." ”

The role is not difficult, after the makeup artist touched up the makeup, the shooting started again, because of the position, Duke shouted again to stop, the crew made a slight adjustment, and when the third shooting, he shouted through.

This is a very pure action commercial film, Duke's requirements for actors' performances are not strict, this is also his consistent style, since entering Hollywood, except for "Chicago", most of the actors who have starred in his films, the performance pressure is actually not too great.

Amanda followed? In a scene where Seyfried rides a horse, the young actress did not use a stand-in, and for the first two weeks, she had been learning to ride a horse for a few minutes in the circus, and she was only riding in the garden.

The garden, which took two days to build, was dismantled as garbage in just half a day.

In the middle of the afternoon, Duke announced that filming was over, but the work would continue today.

Although there was no large-scale publicity before the film began, Warner's PR and communications department, in collaboration with Duke's Studios and Pani? Kelis, like that, is keeping an eye on the upcoming awards season, but this is Duke's new work after all, and it's impossible not to attract media attention, and Warner Bros. has prepared a press conference.

It was supposed to be a small press conference, but there were hundreds of reporters, which is enough to see how attractive Duke is to the media today.

After more than ten years of hard work, Duke has stood at the highest level of the Hollywood and even the world's director industry with the great success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

And the rise of the Internet, a new media medium, has also determined that directors can no longer hide behind the scenes with most of their bodies as before.

The press conference was arranged in the small square in front of the manor villa, everything was simple, and Duke tried to answer some questions from reporters as easily as possible.

"Duke, it's said that your new film is a father-daughter story?"

At the beginning of the question session of the press conference, a reporter immediately asked, "Or is it the type of crime?" ”

"That's true." Duke thought for a moment and said, "Last year, I was on a trip around the world, and I heard about a criminal gang in Paris that hid their true identities and forcibly took young women, and then the girls were taken to some luxurious villa near Paris, where they were auctioned off. ”

Another reporter asked, "Your new film is based on a case." ”

"No, what I've heard just gives me some inspiration." "When I heard other people's accounts of these events, I realized that it was perfectly possible to transform this very attractive real case into a dramatic twist to create a compelling crime story that included some of the usual conventions of action movies, as well as real hot scenes and hand-to-hand combat ......."

The action element is undoubtedly a highlight of the film, and the day after the press conference, Duke began filming an action scene.

The action scenes of "Hurricane Rescue", directed by his action Jimmy? Carter Design, the old-fashioned Hollywood action director, has been stealing from Yuan Heping since "The Matrix", borrowing from the shooting methods of Hong Kong-style kung fu movies, using Hollywood's advanced technology and combining a variety of famous fighting elements around the world, to develop a set of action routines that are more acceptable to North American audiences.

These moves eliminate the traditional Hollywood clunkiness, remove the tediousness and fancy of kung fu, and knead in the ferocity of Muay Thai and kickboxing, and the results are quick and simple, sharp and direct.

In the studio of Warner Studios, Duke stood in the middle of a shooting set set up in a dilapidated factory building. Carter and Liam? Neeson made the final remarks before shooting.

"It's the opening action scene, and the final cut won't be very long. So, in the shortest possible time, you have to use all the essence of your routine. ”

Jimmy? Carter nodded heavily and assured, "We've rehearsed it many times, don't worry, Duke." ”

The action scene in the film, Duke will give to Jimmy? Carter is in charge of the camera, and if the final result is satisfactory to him, the other party will definitely become the action director of the Batman trilogy.

Once a trilogy, although Bruce? Wayne's fighting style is a bit too clumsy, also for the sake of the film's realism, but Christopher? Nolan is really not good at action scenes.

Batman uses hand-to-hand combat combined with ninjutsu, and Duke will definitely not make it a light and elegant type, and the action routines are still based on realism, but they will also be improved appropriately.

All Hollywood-style action scenes are extremely incoherent, basically divided into countless pieces, and Duke spends most of his time sitting in the director's chair looking at the monitor, rarely expressing his opinion, Jimmy? After several years of painstaking research, Carter is still a little far from Dacheng, but he has also formed his own characteristics.

This is where Agent Brian goes on his last mission before retiring, and it's the opening scene that Duke finalizes for the film.

The movie that used to be, unlike the typical action movie, had a very slow pace in the opening.

Whether it's in Hollywood or Hong Kong in the East, there is bound to be a scene at the beginning of an action movie that can catch the audience's attention, and this film, perhaps once a relationship with a French director, has a slow pace after the opening, although this is indeed a little different, but it is by no means a good start.

After so many years, it is not unreasonable that action movies were, are, and will continue to have a wonderful fight scene at the beginning.

Although the most touching thing in the film is the strong father's love, what can really attract people to watch it is the action elements, this is an action movie for action movie fans, I want the audience to sit there and watch it after the opening, rather than exiting because of the slow rhythm, and spreading negative word of mouth after exiting, the opening action scene is essential.

In the past, the slow pace at the beginning of the film actually had a great impact on word-of-mouth and box office, and it can only be said that even if it is a commercial director, the thinking of commercial directors in France is different-

(To be continued......)

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