readx;??? Back in Los Angeles, Duke took five days off for the crew, and he himself only had two days off. Schwartzman's photography team and Josh? William's pyrotechnic crew, concentrated in a huge hangar at the Hughes Aircraft Plant, prepares to shoot explosion shots without the use of actors. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are a lot of actors in the film who are immersed in the explosion, such as Bruce? Wayne blows up the Shadow Warrior Alliance Monastery.

But few directors will actually let the actors into the explosion scene to shoot, and some directors will pursue the effect of shooting on location, and may use the staggered shooting method, but a technical director like Duke would rather compose than let the actors take too much risk.

The reason is very simple, if an actor is injured, not to mention the economic problems, the delay alone will make him unbearable.

With today's computer technology, shooting the explosion background and the actors' performances separately and then compositing them together is very simple work.

"Josh, how's the preparation?"

Walking into a hangar that has been converted into a makeshift studio, Duke and Josh? William said hello and walked towards the model in the depths of the hangar, saying as he walked, "I only have one model ready, and if there is a mistake, the entire shooting progress will be affected." ”

"Don't worry, Duke." Josh? William said with great confidence, "I promise, you can achieve the effect you ask for in one go." ”

The explosion can be said to be Duke's earliest fame and the means used to attract audiences, but after "The Matrix", because of the nature of the film he filmed, he never bombarded the film unscrupulously.

Compared to the movies he shot in the early stage, the explosions in the Batman trilogy must be much more restrained.

Walking to the explosion-proof area of the hangar, more than a dozen staff members were busy around the model that had been built, which was a twenty-foot tall model, among which the Shadow Warrior Alliance Monastery was built on the mountainside, and the most important function of this model was an explosion scene in addition to shooting panoramic shots.

Bruce? Wayne blew up the abbey and also broke him and Henry? Ducat's relationship is also a master and a father.

"John ......"

Standing in front of the model, Duke shouted, Wait for John? Schwartzman strode over. "Is the camera set up?" ”

"The miniature camera inside is ok." John? Schwartzman pointed to the boom above the model, "After adjusting the No. 1 aerial aerial shooting, you can shoot." ”

Duke admonished. "Stay safe."

As always, Duke used a miniature camera to simultaneously shoot explosions inside buildings for explosion shots, which was an innovative approach in the early '90s, but with the success and popularity of several of his films. Nowadays in Hollywood, almost all explosion scenes use this technology.

It's about the same as bullet time and explosion time, and in Hollywood and even in the entire North American film market, this is a film technique with an indelible Duke-like brand.

It's just that compared to the original fanaticism for explosions, after several filmmaking tempering, Duke has become more calm and objective when shooting, and is no longer the crazy director who avidly worships explosions.

Still, when it's time to use the explosion to shock the audience's visual and auditory nerves, he doesn't hesitate to use it.

Half an hour later. Duke stepped back from a safe distance, picked up the microphone and shouted, "Clear, clear!" ”

Remove Josh? Outside of the final checks on William's blast team, the rest of the crew retreated to the safe distance, and after another ten minutes, Duke got Josh? William's feedback to inform you of the start of shooting!

“10，9，8。 7......" The sound of the countdown echoes in the hangar, "3, 2, 1. Initiation! ”

With the sound of a loud explosion, a flame burst upward, the explosion was quite amazing, but the power was extremely limited, and the rising flame was still far from the roof of the hangar, and it lost all momentum. Slowly scattered, only puffs of gunpowder smoke rose, and were sucked away by the exhaust fan above, and sent to the atmosphere outside.

Josh? William has long been one of Hollywood's best pyrotechnicians, and the explosion has been carefully calculated and tested, and the effect is basically in line with Duke's requirements.

Duke stood behind the monitor, looked at the footage he had just taken, nodded in satisfaction, and said to an assistant, "Notify Josh and John of the transition." ”

Today, he came over to specialize in sabotage and blow up all the models carefully built by the crew.

The crew moved to the opposite corner of the hangar, and the model of the high-speed train and the basement of the building had already been built. Schwartzman's men quickly set up the camera, Josh? William's men stood to the side, waiting for the film crew to finish their work before going to lay the **.

As a result of prior with Josh? William and John? Schwartzman had enough communication, Duke was just standing on the periphery, the professional things were of course left to the professionals, and the director was a scheduler, not an implementer, most of the time.

After a while, an assistant walked over and whispered in his ear, "Doug? Mr. Walter is here. ”

Hearing that the CEO of Warner Bros. is coming, Duke temporarily hands over the set to Anna? Prinz was in charge, and walked towards the entrance to the hangar, and didn't go far before he saw Doug? Walter greeted him.

The two greeted each other familiarly and walked towards the hangar.

"Did the shooting go well?"

Standing on the periphery of a makeshift set, Doug? Walter asked, "I heard you're in trouble in Iceland. ”

"The main thing is the weather." Duke straightened his coat a little and said, "The winter weather in Iceland is harsh, with more cold and windy than usual, but fortunately, the crew completed the filming plan on time. ”

"I just came over from Marvel Studios." Doug? Walter said directly, "Me and Kevin? Feige and Avi? Arad has basically reached an agreement that Warner Bros. will become the distributor of Marvel Studios for the next three years. ”

Duke's eyes lit up immediately, "That's good news. ”

Anyone who knows a little about the industry knows how important a good distribution channel is for a film.

"Duke...... "Doug?" Walter suddenly sighed, "DC's superhero movies have been sinking for too long, Batman ......"

He shook his head slightly, "Bruce? Wayne couldn't afford to survive another big screen failure. ”

"I know." Duke thought for a moment and said, "I want my film to be successful more than anyone else." ”

How many directors would be so weird as to want to see their own film fail?

Doug? What Walter and even the entire Warner Bros. think, Duke can guess some, DC's superheroes have indeed been sinking for too long, and now seeing Spider-Man and the X-Men making money in theaters and the surrounding market, how can they not be blushing?

And once Duke's proposed assembly plan is successful, it is bound to create unprecedented brilliance in superhero movies.

As the CEO of Warner Bros., Doug? Walter must have been busy, and after discussing the announcement of "Time to Go to War" with Duke, he took the initiative to leave.

From beginning to end, neither of them talked about the negotiations between Duke's and Pixar's studios, which had been delayed for a long time.

In fact, these two closely related negotiations also went beyond Doug? The control of Walter and Warner Bros. management has involved a significant amount of equity and capital transactions, and Time Warner has taken over the negotiations.

Actually, it's not complicated at all, if the equity swap between Pixar Studios and Duke Studios and Warner Bros. is completed, Duke and Steve? The equity that Jobs got will inevitably affect Time Warner Group's control of Warner Bros., and this kind of negotiation involving billions of dollars has never been easy, not to mention that the formal negotiations have only been less than a year, even if it drags on for a few years, it is a normal situation.

Of course, whether it's Duke, or Steve? Steve Jobs is not averse to becoming a shareholder of a world-class media group.

Even, in a recent phone call, the two vaguely expressed the idea that it would be best to enter the board of directors.

Send Doug away? Walter, Duke continues to concentrate on filming, this is a post-collision explosion scene, you must control the timing of the explosion between the collision of the models, good for Josh? William has been honed for several years, and there are not many problems with this aspect of control, but after one shoot, Duke shouted through.

This is the end of today's work, and the actors will have a holiday in the next few days, and Duke mainly focuses on shooting explosion scenes, and he strives to use these few days to finish filming most of the explosion scenes.

After waiting in the hangar's office area for a while, Duke's car picked up Tina? Fei came over, he got into the car, glanced at the female assistant who was sitting silently next to him, and said directly to the driver, "Go back to Malibu." ”

Wait for the car to start and hit the road, Tina? Fei suddenly reached out and pressed the button, raising the barrier between the front and back, as if she had something very important to say to Duke.

"Did something happen?" Duke asked.

Tina? Fei didn't answer immediately, but opened his briefcase, took out a file bag from it, and handed it over, "This is Orr?" Lawyer Ryder asked me to hand it over to you. ”

Duke took it, took it apart and looked at it, the contents were not secrets, they were all about Donald? Trump's case, this is Orr? Ryder's lawyer gathered some of the evidence that the other party was using his reputation to profit.

Under North American law, Duke can ask Donald to do so? Trump paid him a certain amount of money from the profits from these activities, but he thought about it and returned the file bag to Tina? Phenanthrene.

"Let's put these things on hold for now." He knew that Ivanka valued her father

Tina? Faye obviously didn't want to see Duke and Ivanka go down a path of no return, so she quickly put it away and changed the subject, "The global screening of "Hurricane Rescue" is over, and I have got the latest statistics. (To be continued.) )