The time shifted to December, and after some of the scenes in the studio, Duke pulled the entire crew to Las Vegas, which is a busy city after all. It was finalized after many consultations with the Las Vegas City Hall. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Despite the support from City Hall, Duke didn't have much time to shoot, and the scene at the end was only a week to shoot, but all of the Transformers were generated using CGI in post-production, so they didn't have to shoot their footage.

However, Duke was still fully engrossed, and before each shot was taken, he had to take into account the effect of the addition of Transformers, and the shooting speed was not too fast, but it was running non-stop according to the plan.

But there are always accidents happening during shooting, and Duke sometimes comes up with a new idea and changes the shooting plan on the fly.

"Stop, pause for half an hour!"

After the sound of a loudspeaker sounding on the set and calling out the entire crew, Duke jumped off the director's camera on the slide, walked to the other side of the street, and then climbed a slightly higher staircase to observe the entire set condescendingly.

It's the most famous of the Las Vegas Strips, but now it's not only temporarily closed, it looks as if it's just been invaded by an alien invasion, and the streets are littered with scrapped cars and asphalt debris.

Standing on the steps, looking at the M1A2 main battle tank in the distance, Duke thought for a while, made up his mind, and decided to increase the scene of the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons again.

He summoned the heads of the crew's camera, pyrotechnics, stunts and props to the temporary set, and called Andrew ? Garfield and Amber? Hilde, the hero and heroine.

He simply talked to Jos? William and John? Schwartzman said, "I'm going to add a more impactful set of shots here." ”

Then, Duke turned to Andrew? Garfield beckoned to the assistant behind him, "Bring the tinder source!" ”

The assistant immediately took the prop fire source and handed it to Duke.

"That's it, Andrew."

It's a temporary addition, and there's no such thing as a script, Duke pointed to the tall building ahead. He elaborated, "You take the source of fire and run towards the predetermined building. ”

"Follow me."

Duke took off his baseball cap and handed it to his assistant behind him. He took off his sunglasses again, hung them in the pocket of his jacket, and ran a few steps forward. Garfield said, "And then." An F-22 Raptor fighter from the sky fell. ”

"Let's go for a run."

The two of them ran to the model car set up by the props crew, and Duke stopped first about twenty feet away.

"Andrew, after you run here." He turned his head to look at the other party, pointed to the three cars that were being put on the catapult plane, and said,

"The red spider fell, overturned the cars, blocked your way, and then the tin and the ambulance rushed from behind. Fierce firefights with red spiders, and you take advantage of the chaos to run past them. ”

"I see."

Been on the set for so long, Andrew? Garfield was also aware of the film's style, knowing that Duke was going to add more combat and explosions.

"And." Duke beckoned to him, Andrew? Garfield followed him to the pyrotechnic crew, and Duke pointed to some thumb-thick ropes and said, "This is the detonating cord, there will be a lot of them on the ground during the shooting, you have to rush over them quickly and don't trip over them." ”

This is the usual explosive prop in Hollywood. Although the explosion was amazing, it was not very powerful, but Andrew? Garfield also paid attention, after all, he was really blown up. Even if it doesn't hurt much, it's definitely not comfortable.

The filming of an explosion scene is not only costly, but also very cumbersome, and it takes nearly two hours just to set up the scene. Fortunately, this kind of scene does not require high acting skills of the actors, otherwise if Duke shouts 'cut', it will be no less than a disaster for the crew.

After checking the crew's preparations, Duke stood behind the camera on the slide and shouted in front of the camera with a megaphone, "Andrew, are you ready?" ”

Andrew? Garfield took the 'Tinder' from his assistant, gave Duke a thumbs up, took two deep breaths, and looked ahead.

"Let's go!"

Hear Duke's shout, Andrew? Garfield dodged two cars that had overturned to the ground and rushed towards the building not far away, and the source of the fire that was enough to destroy humanity was tightly held in his arms.

His speed was very fast, but in just over ten seconds, he ran dozens of feet, and seeing that the target was getting closer and closer, just as he rushed to the vicinity of the door of a Lauder store, Andrew ? Garfield looked up at the sky.

Despite the fact that there was only air, he appropriately showed a slightly frightened expression after seeing the red spider, and quickly stopped.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

More than 20 feet ahead, three cars were overturned by red spiders that did not exist in the filming, fires and smoke rose up, and three cars provided by GM were catapulted by catapults, and sparks rushed into the sky.

Holding the Tinder Source with one hand and covering his head with the other, Andrew? Garfield turned to the back and shouted, "Ironskin! Ambulance! ”

After about three seconds of waiting, several places in front and behind were detonated at the same time, and the smoke and flames of war indicated that the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons had begun.

"Ironhide! Ambulance! ”

According to the setting of the role, the male protagonist Sam is not the sullen high school student he once was, and he does not lack courage at critical moments, "Cover me!" Cover me and rush over! ”

With that, he rushed forward again, dodging a burning car on the side of the road, gradually picking up speed while nimbly jumping over the detonating cord placed on the road.

Andrew? Garfield's speed is getting faster and faster, and wherever he rushes, fire and smoke explode, and a late-stage special effect is added, that is, the Red Spider is chasing him!

"Boom!"

Just over twenty feet to his left, another car was catapulted into the air in the explosion.

With the smoke wafting in, Andrew? Garfield rolled on the black mat on the pavement and ducked behind a small truck, gasping for breath a few times before looking in the direction he had come.

Naturally, there are no two factions of robots that will rely on CGI to add in the later stage, but explosions and fires are still appearing frequently, and cars are bounced or tumbling or colliding, which seems to prove the fierceness of this non-existent battle.

Three cameras have been chasing Andrew? Garfield moved, and a camera assistant set up a Steadicam, ran out of the hidden camera booth and gave him the biggest close-up when he got closer.

“ok！”

The explosion finally came to an end, and although it was not particularly satisfying, it basically achieved the desired effect, and Duke held up the megaphone and said, "Well done, this is over!" ”

Whether it is the props team or the pyrotechnics team, they have cooperated with Duke for more than ten years, and there is no doubt about the tacit understanding between the two parties.

A successful director represents not only himself, but also a large and successful team behind him.

"Duke, you've done a great job!"

Taking advantage of the break in filming, Hasbro's CEO Brian? Godnow walked over and said, "We've ruined a street in Las Vegas. ”

Although this is an exaggeration, the street that was closed for filming is indeed miserable.

Even if no roads or buildings were damaged, the road was full of wrecked cars and 'tarmac' props that exploded.

Don't worry too much about this, the crew has already contacted a special cleaning company, and someone will enter the street and clean it up in a new way.

"Here, the U.S. military will assist in taking out a few Decepticons."

This is the person in charge of Hasbro, and Duke also said a few words simply, "Since Transformers are living beings, they will also die, and they are not invincible." ”

"I support your point of view."

Standing behind the camera with his hands on his chest, Brian? Godnow looked at the ravaged streets and said to Duke, "I think we have long agreed on this, Transformers are powerful, but they are not invincible, although I don't understand military affairs, but I also understand that any powerful existence has its limits. ”

"Humans are really weak compared to these huge extraterrestrial life forms." Duke took a step to the side and pointed to the bumblebee model that was still lying on the trailer not far away, "But we are not completely powerless in the face of these mechanical lifeforms, just like you said, they are powerful, but they are not invincible, and some human heavy weapons will also cause damage to them." ”

"You can measure that." Brian? Godnow knew very well that Duke was saying this to respect Hasbro as the original manufacturer.

According to the agreement between the two parties, Hasbro did not have much say in the script and filming, and even if Duke did not explain, Hasbro had no right to interfere.

However, Duke understands the importance of smooth communication and tacit cooperation to the success of the film, not only with Hasbro, but also on the American side.

The Pentagon provided numerous sponsorships for the filming of the film, which is worth tens of millions of dollars if calculated according to the market price, and the cooperation between the two sides will not be the only one, and due consideration must be given to promoting the image of the US military.

Although there will not be a situation in the previous life where the US military cannot find an opponent on Earth and can only fight aliens, if the human race is too weak, it will also not be welcomed by the audience, after all, the people who watch the movie are still a group of human beings, not the mechanical lifeforms of Cybertron, and Duke is not James? Cameron, he won't come up with some movie plot of aliens encircling and annihilating mankind.

While Duke was filming in Las Vegas, Anna? Prinz led a film crew to Hoover Dam to shoot some of the male and female leads, but more for post-production.

Take Anna? Prinz's ability, it is not difficult to cope with such a shooting. (To be continued.) )