Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Titanic (16)
"What are your thoughts on today's shoot?" Jerry slouched on the bed, not having the slightest desire to move. The skeleton of the whole body is almost scattered!
The current in the cabin can reach a maximum speed of 8 kilometers per hour, which is almost too much for him to support, let alone Kate Winslet.
Kate Winslet fell to Jerry's side, equally unmoved, "I take back what I said earlier. ”
Jerry turned his head sideways to look at Kate, who had some baby fat faces, just closed his eyes, he had some thoughts, but after soaking in the water for almost a day, and it was still in the torrent, his strength did not have time to recover at all.
The two of them chatted without saying a word, until finally, they fell asleep groggily.
The scenes to be filmed in the events of the next few days all took place in the first-class restaurant, including because Jack rescued Ruth on the aft deck, Carl Hockley invited Jerry to a high-society dinner, originally wanted to snub Jack, but he didn't expect Jack's frank words at the table to win applause, including because the hull sank, the first-class cabin was flooded, and the gentlemen sat on the revolving staircase of the first-class cabin, pretending to be calm and drinking whiskey, of course, including the elderly Ruth throwing the heart of the ocean into the sea, finally completed the agreement with Jack, fell asleep in his sleep, and finally dreamed back to the Titanic, saw the people who died when the Titanic sank, and then hugged and kissed Jack on the spinning staircase. Because the first-class cabin is a completely separate part, there is a separate hydraulic device underneath the cabin. Therefore, when shooting, the current speed is only faster than that of the lower cabin.
Fortunately, in this part of the shooting, Jerry and Kate except for the part where they are chased by Cali Hockley, the dinner part, and the scene where they kiss on the big staircase. There was no shooting of the water chase.
But it's not that there's nothing bad about it.
For example, in the dinner section of the first class cabin.
The leading actors finally managed to hold their bellies to meet James Cameron's requirements and complete the filming of this part. James Cameron, on the other hand, frowned and picked up a plate of steaks, and then told the leading actors that the scene had to be reshot. Why? Because all the dishes used for filming do not have the mark of the White Star Company at all.
The Titanic built by the White Star Company, the tableware used on the Titanic does not have the mark of the White Star Company, which is really a big joke.
Thereupon. The leading actors collectively wailed.
But what can be done, a person like James Cameron, who strives for perfection, simply can't tolerate such a mistake. What's more, he is a director, and the actors only have everything under their command.
Filming of the flooded first class continued for about three weeks.
However, compared to the extras and stuntmen, the situation of the leading actors is really much better.
During the filming of the Titanic, there were about 3,000 extras on the Baya studio every day. Thereinto. The number of superstars accounts for almost one-third.
The job of these stuntmen every day is to keep falling, jumping, and then continuing to fall and keep jumping!
In groups of ten, take turns jumping from above.
Their job is not easy.
Every jump, every fall, every slide. All have to meet James Cameron's requirements.
Otherwise, it's all over again.
In the live shooting. Although James Cameron uses a take-off and landing machine called Akela (which is also one of the largest photographic take-off and landing aircraft in the world, which is 80 feet tall), he still needs to rely on a tower crane many times. Because when the Titanic was erected by a hydraulic device in almost a 1:1 scale, even if it was only half a ship, the height was really enough.
Cameras were installed in various parts of the hull, and in order to capture the whole grand scene, James Cameron had to stand on a tower crane and command loudly with a loudspeaker.
The stuntmen kept jumping down from the sloping deck or screaming loudly, or sliding down with a loud scream, and then resurfaced from the pool, and then continued back to the Titanic through the tower crane, and then continued to jump, continue to slide, and continue to fall.
This scene lasted for several days.
And after this period of time, many stuntmen have suffered a lot of injuries, and most of them have broken bones. After all, jumping from such a high place, even if you dive, you will inevitably not hit the hull of the ship on the way down, such as towers, such as railings, and propellers, even if these objects are specially treated (in order to prevent the actors from being injured, the model designers all use foam), injuries still occur. "Variety Daily" specially opened up the "Tracking the Titanic" column for the Titanic, and soon there were reports of the continuous injuries of the stuntmen during the filming of the Titanic. The Screen Actors Guild also came to the door to ensure that the Titanic filming environment was safe.
It's just that the occurrence of these episodes still can't change James Cameron's tyrannical temper.
Every crew member had to spend at least 80 hours a week cooperating with the filming. Whether it's actors, or makeup, props, lighting, photography, or even logistics, everyone has to be like that.
"Do it again!"
"Do it again!"
"Do it again!"
"It's not enough!"
"No, this won't work!"
"It's so slow!"
"Lack of tension in the performance!"
"Don't worry you're going to get hurt!"
"If you get hurt, you have to keep jumping! Otherwise, you can only be expelled. ”
James Cameron's voice kept ringing through the horn, who wants to be lazy? There are no doors.
Except for director James Cameron, who is still energetic every day, all the people in the Titanic crew are tired and half dead.
Most of the people got sick from this intense underwater shooting.
Everyone was apprehensive about this shoot, even Jerry.
Who knew James Cameron would be perverted to this point.
Eh~ In fact, James Cameron can't be blamed for this matter.
Who made JR invest so generously, with a total investment cost of 400 million US dollars, the largest investment film in the history of world cinema.
Anyone wearing such a hat will be under a lot of pressure.
A $400 million investment movie, which took nearly 3 years to prepare, and Jerry Rothschel, is a topic of contact, and now the filming process is full of problems, not to mention that there is a big investment movie like "Future Water World" that has a dismal box office as a lesson from the past, and all the media are waiting to see the joke.
Although "True Lies" is still decent at the box office around the world, in the United States, with the reputation of director James Cameron, this movie can be said to be a complete failure.
In this case, James Cameron would be weird if he didn't have pressure.
"Whew~" Jerry threw himself on the bed, his eyelids drooping.
Kate Winslet went to the hospital for routine reporting again, and because she had been filming in the water for a long time, she had also followed in the footsteps of many people.
Tomorrow is the annual Christmas.
James Cameron kindly gave the crew a small long vacation.
Robert Soros sat on the side, looked at Jerry's appearance, and said with some fear, "It's good that Director Cameron rejected me, otherwise, I'm afraid I'll die ugly like you." ”
"I also regret it, I regret that I didn't convince Cameron to let you join the crew." Jerry smiled weakly, "How is Cindy now, can you arrange your working hours?" ”
Cindy Crawford made a cameo appearance as Ruth's granddaughter in the movie, and because the recording time coincided with "American Supermodel", the filming of this part was delayed, after all, the filming location was not on the Baya set.
"There shouldn't be any big problems. But Jerry, director Cameron won't pity the jade at all? ”
James Cameron? Pity the fragrance and cherish the jade?
"If you see how he tortures Kate over and over again, you know if he's a merciful person."
You must know that during the escape filming of the cabin, Kate Winslet was washed by the torrent and fainted in the waterway, almost drowning alive.
On the set, James Cameron only has movies in his eyes, pity and cherish jade, and has nothing to do with him at all.
Of course, when filming the fruit painting scene, James Cameron wanted to pity the jade, but Jerry would not give him this opportunity, he has the ability to paint himself, and the drawing technique is no worse than Cameron.
Jerry shook his head, "Don't worry, Cindy is not the starring role, her main scenes are on the exterior of the salvage ship, and it has almost nothing to do with the Baya set." ”
"Then I'll be relieved." Robert breathed a sigh of relief, "How do you spend Christmas?" ”
"How else can I live?"
"Back to Japan?"
Jerry nodded.
"Look at you like this, how can you participate in the TBS New Year's Eve concert?"
At this year's TBS New Year's Eve concert, Jerry really didn't participate.
Because when he met Miyuki Nakajima and the Seven Angels of the Witch in New York, he sent a one-sided invitation to Miyuki Nakajima and the Seven Angels of the Witch alone. Whether it is Miyuki Nakajima or the Witch Seven Angels, they haven't shown their faces on variety shows for a long time, and it would be an unexpected surprise to be able to agree to his invitation, otherwise Jerry invited a heavyweight guest, and the heavyweight guest arrived, but he himself did not appear, which is really unreliable. You know, Miyuki's predecessor was still a lot angry because he didn't agree to the radio program she hosted.
"Just give me a few days of rest. Do you want to come back to Japan with me? Just in time to meet Bob. ”
Robert's eyebrows fluttered. (To be continued......)