Chapter 54: Death Steve
In fact, for this film, the Navy also invested money and hired Larry Wolfe, a specialized aircraft model expert, to make a 1/10 scale F-14 model and a 1/13.5 scale F-5/MiG-28.
At the same time, USFX added extremely fine details to the models and filled them with explosives to shoot the plane destroyed by a missile.
The blow-up was shot last, and the models could be used to simulate flight before the blow-up footage was shot.
It's just that, under normal circumstances, as long as you can fly a real machine, you won't use a model, after all, it's fake.
Now, the two are locked in an argument, and at this time, Nathan, who has just finished exchanging confrontation information with Emily, returns to the studio.
What Emily and Jenny talked about that night, Nathan really didn't know, now, the two seem to have become friends, and Nathan is used to sending the two back to the house outside every day, but Nathan never stays there again.
As a normal man, Nathan certainly has that need, but now Nathan is a little confused, not knowing which one to choose, whether it will hurt the other, so Nathan simply pretended to be silent first, anyway, his emotional intelligence is not high.
When Nathan entered, he overheard the two arguing, and then both looked at Nathan.
"Nathan, you wrote the script, and now the protagonist is you, tell me, if we use a model, how much will it reduce the realism?" "You know, I'm very strict with this work," Tony said. ”
Tony was indeed very responsible, just filming the take-off of a plane, repeating it back and forth several times, and at the same time, in order to shoot more accurately, he specially modified an Alpha business jet, with four cameras on it, and an A-4 to shoot, and every time he shot, the scene was very spectacular.
Models can never replace the real thing.
"Nathan, you should know the danger of tail spin, our entire 121 squadron, the ones who can fly the tomcat tail spin, are in single digits." Robert said.
Now, the Tomcat fighter has not been equipped for a long time, and there are not many squadrons assigned to them, most of them fly other models, which is why Nathan was brought here in the first place.
There weren't many people who could fly, but now they have to fly reluctantly, I'm afraid it's going to be very dangerous!
"I'll fly." "I just have a request, don't have cameras on my plane," Nathan said. ”
Nathan is aware of this story, and there are several versions, the most common version is that when flying this episode, aerobatic pilot Art Skoll entered the horizontal spiral, but was not able to pull it out in time, causing a major accident in which the plane was destroyed and people died.
It has been speculated that Skoll's death was related to the camera set up on his plane, which upset the balance of the plane and prevented him from pulling it out of the spiral. In this way, in later reshoots, the model can only be used.
Now, Nathan decided to fly himself, because he had already flown a tailspin once, and moreover, Nathan was at the highest level of flying a Tomcat, often flying on the edge of the envelope.
What would a pilot who could fly back a tomcat with a half-broken wing?
"So how do we shoot the kind of scene where the pilot is at the disposal?" Tony said.
"That's your business." Nathan said: "Otherwise, replace it all with models, you choose." ”
Faced with Nathan's threat, Tony chose to be flexible: "How about not having a fixed camera, just a hand-held camera in the back cabin?" ”
"No, I'm not going to fly with someone in the back seat who doesn't have any training, if he accidentally touches the switch, it may affect my flight, if he pulls the ejection handle, then I'll fly with a whoosh." Nathan said.
Two-seater fighters have a division of labor in the front and rear, and they can't be picked up casually.
Unbeknownst to Nathan, not long after he spoke, he made an exception and took a special passenger, and that passenger made his love life even more colorful.
Nathan firmly disagreed, so Tony chose to be flexible again: "Then how about I ask your backseat radar officer to be an additional photographer?" ”
Nathan became the male number one, but his partner Steve didn't, after all, the navy still has to focus on training, and the wild goose who plays Ma Huali's partner in the film is an unknown actor, but he works very hard and his acting skills are good.
This also made Steve express his dissatisfaction, he said that he also wanted to be on the screen, but unfortunately no one gave him a chance!
Now when it comes to shooting footage of airplanes, Steve has a chance, but, wearing a helmet and goggles, Steve is simply indistinguishable from an extra.
Now, Tony has come up with a new plan, lowering the demands over and over again.
Ordinary people can't become excellent photographers in a short period of time, so let Steve hold the camera in his hand and shoot the in-camera lens in the tailspin, maybe it will end up blurry and waste film.
Nathan also shook his head: "No, the tail spin is too dangerous, if it is possible, I want to fly alone, and put a mannequin in the rear cabin instead." ”
Flying is dangerous, and in this case, Nathan has to be careful.
"Nathan, give me a chance." At this moment, Steve didn't know where to run out, this guy was the same as everyone else in the base, as long as he didn't have a task, he would run to watch the filming and be an extra, and now, when he heard that he was going to make himself a photographer, he was even more overjoyed.
When he's not working, Steve likes to fiddle with a camera, and now that he has the opportunity to be the cinematographer of this blockbuster, he can't wait: "I asked that my name be added when the film is played. ”
Steve was confident, and he knew that Tony didn't object.
Nathan didn't object, if Nathan still objected, then he would shake out the fact that he was in love with two girls at the same time, hum!
"Steve, be careful, cameras have weight, and if you can't hold it steadily during a big overload maneuver, it can kill you." Sitting in the cabin, before taking off, Nathan instructed Steve behind him again.
At the same time, Nathan is also praying in his heart that he should not be like in the history of later generations, he has the aura of a traverser, and he should be fine. And what about Steve?
Somehow, I always feel that there is something wrong with this time and space that has traveled over, some can match history, and some cannot match history!