"Adjust the fourth plane to the air and shoot overhead!"

The set was busy but not chaotic, Duke held up the megaphone and kept commanding, "Cruz, you have a problem with the aperture of the second camera, readjust the white balance." Machine Three, you just have to stare at the heroine! ”

Throw the megaphone to Sophia next to her? Coppola, Duke walked into the built bus, nodded to the actors who greeted him, and walked directly to the driver's seat.

"Uma, you also had a problem during the test shoot."

In the driver's seat was a blonde woman who was five feet ten inches tall, like most Hollywood actresses, she was very thin, perhaps a bit exaggerated to describe it as skinny, but almost to the limit of this body.

"You were too wild just now." Duke reminded her, "Be restrained, and don't stare at your eyes, it's a very bad habit, your facial lines are already hard, and your eyes look too fierce!" ”

Turning around, Duke looked at Keanu again? Reeves, maybe for years with Johnny? Depp and Rivan? Phoenix is mixed up, or maybe he hasn't completely gotten rid of the previous role, and he has a lot of prodigal son.

"Keanu, put away all your cynicism! I don't have high requirements for you, tense your face and show the strictest expression! ”

"I see."

Keanu? Reeves waved his hand casually, not buying Duke's account too much.

Glancing at him again, Duke turned around and walked into the back compartment, starting from the time he entered the crew, Keanu? Reeves is like this, maybe he should be glad that at least the other party didn't suck. After the drug addiction is high, I will come to the crew to film.

"And you!"

Asian, Russian, African, Latino and Naomi were seated in the carriage. Watts and other white actors, Duke's gaze swept over them one by one, "You are not decorations, your every expression will have an impact on the hero and heroine, don't let me see your Mu Ran again!" Otherwise I'll replace you! ”

After getting off the makeshift bus, Duke returned to his position, deployed various departments, and shortly after calling for clearance, filming continued.

This kind of film, the requirements for the actors are not particularly strict, and Duke does not need difficult long shots, after more than ten days of running-in, the efficiency of the crew has improved somewhat, although he will also adjust the camera position to re-set in many scenes, to make up for the mistakes of the director due to lack of experience, but in general, it is too much more than the first week of start-up

The careful study of the previous life still has a little effect.

Especially in Duke's planning, the length of the final release version of the film is between 90 and 100 minutes, and he will not shoot many shots that do not cost film and money unnecessarily.

Although he had no say in the finances, the film had a production budget of only $15 million, and Duke had to make a careful calculation while shooting.

But when it's time to spend money, Duke definitely doesn't hold back, like a few explosion scenes to be filmed.

After the morning shooting, Duke didn't eat lunch, and left Universal Studios in several cars with several teams such as photography and special effects, and rushed to a small town on the eastern edge of Los Angeles.

I bought a burger and a cola on the way and used it as lunch for the time being, which is also the norm for the busy crew.

"Not to your liking?"

Sitting in the back of a pickup truck, Duke saw Sophia? Coppola never touched her burger.

"This kind of thing is a woman's natural enemy." She doesn't even look at the enticing scent of hamburgers.

Hearing this, Duke remembered that Sophia used to be an actress, and even now, it can be described as skinny.

Duke's appetite is not very good, he tosses the burger aside after eating a quarter, and he also can't touch the carbonated drink of Coke, taking advantage of the rare free time, he simply closes his eyes, the recent workload and mental pressure are too great, and he actually fell asleep in the car, waiting until Sophia? When Coppola woke up, the car had already driven into the town.

"Thank you!"

Pulling off the blanket covering him, Duke said to the side, and Sophia shrugged, "You're welcome. ”

The crew's motorcade crossed the town to the easternmost point, turned into a fork in the road, and drove for about five minutes before finally stopping in front of a white wooden house.

The house is not big, that is, hundreds of square feet, because the crew has just repaired it a few days ago, the house is not dilapidated from the outside, and the most important thing is that this house is separated from the surrounding neighbors by a considerable distance, even if there is a Tomahawk-sized explosion, it will not affect others.

All the formalities had already been completed, and after Duke and the others got out of the car, they immediately began to get busy.

The special effects team and pyrotechnics team were busy setting up the explosives, the two producers were communicating with the owner of the house, and Duke was directing the camera team to set up the cameras.

This is a live shooting, there is no chance to shout 'cut' and come back, the only thing to be thankful for is that he used to shoot a lot of explosion shots independently.

"Cruz, arrange the first and second machines on the front."

Standing on the lawn in front of the house, Duke explained to Director of Photography, Cruz, "These two cameras shoot at a wide angle. The No. 3 and No. 4 machines were arranged at an oblique angle of 45 degrees respectively to capture a close-up picture of the explosion. Also, what about the wireless high-speed camera I want? ”

"Ready." Cruz showed Duke the camera as he had prepared.

"This is the number five." Duke looked at the dummy in police uniform placed on the side, "Put the camera on it." ”

It was clear that Duke was going to use it to capture the internal explosion.

Just as Cruz was about to leave, Duke grabbed his arm and reminded, "The camera should be two hundred feet away!" ”

Although he valued the shoot, Duke didn't want tragedy.

After explaining this, he entered the house again, turned the hallway, and entered a bedroom, where the props team was setting up, trying to restore the scene of the studio, which was also the first explosion point.

Seeing the pyrotechnic team planting explosives at the support point of the house, Duke suddenly had an itchy feeling, he was a good player in this industry in his previous life, but now he will not rob other people's jobs, for him, shooting explosions is more important than making explosions.

Walking out of the house, the four cameras on the front and on the slope had been set up, Duke walked across the lawn, walked behind several cameras to check the shooting angles one by one, and after confirming that there was no problem, he returned to the vicinity of the first camera.

"Why use a line control?"

Looking at the person wiring in the distance, Sophia? Coppola asked him curiously, "Isn't wireless remote control more convenient?" ”

"You don't know?" Seeing that she was at a loss, Duke explained a few words briefly.

Wire control explosion is a criterion that the crew must abide by when filming, many people think that the explosion is operated by the pyrotechnic engineer with a remote control, but in fact it is not, because there are too many communication tools now, it is easy to interfere with the signal and cause accidental explosion, and the wire control is safer.

This misunderstanding is also inseparable from Hollywood movies, in which the characters always press the button and blow up the car or building to pieces, but never look back at the flames of the explosion......

Under normal circumstances, the explosives used by the crew for filming are also completely different from military or mining explosives, the principle of the latter two is that the solid instantly turns into gas, and the explosion is huge; Filming mostly uses special soft explosives, the principle is to burn to produce pressure and explode, and the destructive force is much smaller.

In some shots of bomb explosions, the power of soft explosives is obviously insufficient, and the shooting effect is not good, in fact, it is easy to solve, you can fill the inside of the bomb made of plastic foam with some dirt and dust, and after the explosion, there will be a dusty effect.

Of course, if you want to shoot a ship, a large car, or a house blown up, you have to use military explosives.

What the pyrotechnic team is deploying and controlling is military explosives!

The amount of explosives required to meet Duke's requirements for the explosion scene of the building was quite large, and the pyrotechnic team placed nearly thirty pounds of explosives in various key parts of the house, obviously not only to blow up the house, but to let it completely enjoy the treatment of a dirt plane.

"You mean ......"

After listening to Duke's words, Sophia slowly opened her mouth, "They used military explosives?" And thirty pounds? ”

"Because I want an earth-shattering explosion!"

With his hands on his chest, Duke calmly looked at the house in front of him that was about to fly into the sky.

"You're crazy!" Sophia's words squeezed out between her teeth were rare without a nasal sound.

"I want the best visuals." There was a hint of fanaticism on Duke's face, "You have to have a crazy spirit!" ”

"Robin didn't stop you?"

"There are no stars in the film, and the director is also an unknown small character like me." Duque suppressed the frenzy in his heart and regained his composure, "Only thrilling enough can attract the audience." ”

After a full three hours, the setup was over, all the cars were in the distance, and Duke stood behind the No. 1 and held up the megaphone.

"Clear?"

"Cleared!"

"Photography?"

"Ready!"

“……”

After the usual questioning, Duke raised his finger to the pyrotechnic team, who immediately replied with an 'OK' gesture, and the other shouted the countdown in the loudest voice.

“10,9,8，7…… 3，2,1！ ”

"Detonate!"

The invisible electric current activated the detonating ** along the line, and the deafening explosion suddenly sounded, and the orange-red fire rushed into the air about fifty feet away, the white wooden house disintegrated in an instant, countless fragments scattered and splashed, and the scorching waves of air surged like a sea tide.

A large amount of debris landed less than fifty feet ahead, the manic waves of air crushed the hair back up, earplugged ears buzzed, and the ground beneath their feet seemed to tremble......

This qiē could not distract Duke, who was engrossed in controlling the camera, like the most fanatical religious element, using the camera to worship the flames of the explosion!

"Oh God! My God! ”

Trembling hands, Sophia? Coppola slowly took off the earbuds, bent down to support the sudden thigh, staring at the guy who was still controlling the camera, she and Duke have also gotten along on the set for more than half a month, and Duke is also familiar with him, where is Duke still calm and indifferent at this time, he is simply a madman!

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