Chapter 809: Selling and boasting

The last scene of the film is undoubtedly the main selling point, its scenes and settings are very grand, but the actual shooting is not the case, the aerial scenes mainly rely on CGI generation, the ground battle scenes, Duke will mainly limit the shooting to a street, which will effectively reduce the workload and capital investment of the scenery and CG production. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The film requires very few exterior shots, most of which are performed against a green screen, and almost all of the backgrounds and explosions are composited in CGI.

"Send people into these buildings."

Standing in the car resting in front of the green screen, Chris? Evans, dressed in the standard Captain America dress, said to the two policemen, "The people in the building may be panicked, they may run into guns, you take them on the subway, don't let them out into the street!" ”

Time was tight, and he said very quickly, "It's all closed from here until 39th Street." ”

"Why do we listen to you?" The officer waved his hand disapprovingly.

Then, Duke made a starting move, and two stuntmen with full of motion caps jumped into the car, and Chris? Evans followed a pre-set routine and easily knocked them to the canvas.

In Chris? As soon as Evans swung his shield and knocked the last 'enemy' away, the officer immediately shouted into the intercom, "Send people into these buildings, take them to the subway, don't let them go to the streets, all the way to Thirty-ninth Street, and lock them all down." ”

At the end of the morning's shooting, Duke went to his office suite to change clothes, and met with Scarlett and Sophia, who came to visit the class? Together, Coppola went to a restaurant with Mexican specialties near Warner Studios to taste Latin dishes that are rarely eaten.

Mexican goulash, tortillas and pies with vegetables, meats and cheeses are the restaurant's signature dishes.

After just a little tasting, Sophia and Scarlett put down their knives and forks. Instead, I drank a few more glasses of pure juice.

"These dishes have too many calories." Sophia put down the glass and said, "We're long past the developmental stage. These foods are simply women's natural enemies. ”

"Unless you want to be a special actor." Scarlett answered, "Otherwise, women better stay away from these foods as well." ”

Shrugged. Duke has long been accustomed to this situation, most actresses will develop the habit of dieting after the end of their physical development, and many of them are even hungry all year round, like Sophia? Coppola and Scarlett? It's good that Johnson is still eating normally, and some people are almost completely replacing their daily meals with meal replacement powder.

Even, there have been rumors in the circle that Madonna can maintain her current physical condition. It's because I've been living by water and yoga.

"It's been a rumor all the time." Scarlett shrugged her shoulders, "If it were me, I would rather not be an actor than treat my stomach so badly." ”

"You've lost a lot of weight."

Sophia, who was sitting diagonally across from Duke, reached out and pinched Scarlett's arm next to her, "I can't believe it's the chubby Scarlett I used to know." ”

"Because there are people who don't like busty girls." At this point, Scarlett glared at Duke before changing the subject, "Tell me about your new movie, Sophia." I remember you were going to France to shoot on the spot, how did you come back to Los Angeles. ”

"Something went wrong with the crew." Sofia? Coppola said helplessly, "The investor of my new film is Weinstein Pictures. But there were some problems with the withdrawal of funds from Weinstein Pictures, and the funds were not in place in the later stage, so the crew had to pause. ”

There is a problem with funding, which is probably a trouble that no crew wants to encounter, but fortunately, the strength of Weinstein Pictures is strong enough, and it should only be a temporary problem with capital turnover, and Duke estimates that Sophia's crew will soon be back to normal operation.

Had lunch, Sophia? Coppola said goodbye and left, and Duke and Scarlett returned to Warner Studios. All the main actors were concentrated in the main studio, and the crew filmed a key scene in the afternoon.

After intense arrangement and lighting commissioning. The six Avengers stood on the bridge of props that had gone through the smoke of gunpowder

"Scene 235, Act 47!"

Stand behind the director's monitor. Duke held up the megaphone and shouted in person, "Start now!" ”

In the shot, the six Avengers form a circle, facing the enemies who are not there in the film, and the equipment used for the live recording is also placed above their heads with a boom.

"Captain......

Robert Jr.? Donnie was covered in motion caps, and he was the first to speak, "Give the order!" ”

"Okay, pay attention." Chris? Evans as Captain America Steve? Rogers took the lead, "Since you can't close the portal, you have to control the situation." ”

He pointed diagonally upward, to Jeremy? Reyna said, "Patton, go up to the top of that building, observe everything, and report the enemy's whereabouts. ”

Chris? Evans looked at Robert Jr. again? Donnie, "Stark, keep the blockade, anything that runs out of three blocks, either drive back or wipe it out." ”

These noisy freaks, after all their ordeal, have finally come together.

"Thor." Chris? Evans vs. Chris? Hemsworth continued to order, "You go and find a way to block the portal, can't you summon lightning?" Use lightning against these bastards. ”

"Cortana." Did he go to Scarlett? Next to Johnson, "We hold the ground and pin down the enemy's forces. ”

"Hulk...... "Chris?" Evans vs. Mark, who is also full of motion caps? Rufag cocked up his fingers, "Smash it!" ”

“cut!” Duke shouted, "Good job, keep it up, let's do it again!" ”

This shot is the first time that the Avengers can really be gathered on the screen, and it is a very crucial shot, Duke naturally has to shoot a few more times, and the shooting lasted all afternoon before this one was completely passed.

Today's work does not end here, and it is not easy for all the main actors to be assembled, Marvel Studios specially prepared a news media meeting in the evening, so that these actors can appear collectively in front of the media again, so as to maintain the film's topicality among the media and the public.

The press conference was held in a hotel near Warner Studios as a dinner party, and the main members of the crew sat in the same banquet hall as the media reporters, which was also an effective means of boosting media favorability.

On such occasions, interviews are of course unavoidable.

When necessary, Duke never minds standing in front of the media and promoting his films.

"I think comic book fans will have some imagination of their own about the Avengers, but it's really not enough."

In front of the many media reporters, Duke appeared confident, "I promise that the audience will have a unique experience." I think those who don't know who the Avengers are, or even those who know the Avengers but don't know them very well, are worth looking forward to this movie, which will surprise everyone completely. ”

This is inevitably a bit self-defeating, but with Duke's current status and achievements in the film industry, it is quite convincing.

After a few simple words, Duke basically kept his mouth shut, and the protagonists of this news media meeting were still the Avengers.

For the sake of topicality, all kinds of real or false filming situations were successively asked by reporters from the mouths of actors.

"When Duke started writing the script, I said to him, 'The film has to start with me, I don't care how you write it, but Tony has to take the lead.'" ”

Like Tony? Stark, Robert Jr.? Downey didn't say anything serious, "As a result, we tried it and found that it was not ideal, after all, whether it is the plot or the tone, "The Avengers" is a completely different film, and each of us is just one of them. ”

Compared to Robert Jr.? Donnie, Chris? Evans's words are much more serious, "The audience will see a darker and angry 'Captain America' in 'The Avengers', after all, he suddenly woke up after nearly 70 years of sleep after World War II, most of the people he once knew had passed away, and he was living alone in a world that has now been turned upside down, this loneliness is naturally difficult for him to bear, so it is like 'a fish out of water', and it will take a process to adapt." ”

Chris? Hemsworth focused on the relationship between his character and Loki, "For the other members of the Avengers, Loki is just an ordinary villain who does all kinds of evil, but for my character, there is a deeper layer of personal emotion in it, after all, it is Thor's younger brother, so I always keep in mind when filming that Thor and Loki are not only a contest between good and evil, but also a struggle within the family." ”

Mark? Ruffalo's words revealed that there will be a major change in the relationship between Hulk and Iron Man in the next stage, "In the Avengers, except for Iron Man, who always likes to have nothing to do, the other members are all about the Hulk, a 'time bomb' that will detonate at any time; ”

The promotion of the film has always maintained a certain degree of popularity, because the production cost has been recovered through advertising placement, Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. have increased the promotional and marketing expenses of "The Avengers", and the upfront budget for this is as high as $180 million, and will be added as appropriate.

In addition, Marvel Studios has also appropriately accepted the investment of China Film Group, and "The Avengers" will inevitably be introduced to China. (To be continued.) )

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