Chapter 661: Periphery
"Mr. Director, even if I secretly say bad things about you, you don't have to punish me like this, right?"
In his mind, Raven Phoenix complained to his boss Charlotte,
"Besides, I'll forget it, if you play like this, you'll scare Jenny, a little girl!"
"That's what I'm here for!"
Charlotte's answer in her heart made Ruifan stunned,
"You're testing her mental capacity!?"
"Yes. 」
Charlotte's words carried a hint of malice,
"After all, in order to completely make the influence of the poor god disappear, we have to create "accidents" in the future - as the heroine, if she can't bear it, then it will be trouble. 」
「...... Your approach to testing is surprising. 」
Ruifan could only be speechless at this time.
"Who told you to talk bad about me secretly to her?"
Charlotte, however, is in return.
And as his headless horseman, Ruifan can only be helpless,
"But since you're going to test it, why don't you test Depp, another "accidental" participant we are scheduled to have?"
"The poor god was recruited by him, so don't think too much about this kind of culprit!"
「...... That makes sense!"
Even if he is a good brother with Depp, Rivan can only answer like this.
In addition to this small "accident", the journey of the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean" to Rosarito, Mexico, was quite smooth.
When they arrived at the destination, everyone found that the huge sink used to shoot "Titanic" had completely changed at this time.
Not to mention all kinds of reefs used to simulate the uncharted sea in the script, just the three huge wooden sailing ships in the tank are eye-catching-
The one that looked like it was in the Age of Discovery, and was flying a tattered black skull flag, was naturally the "Black Pearl";
On the other hand, the old military brig on the other side should be the "Interceptor" in the script - that is, the warship that Will Turner and Jack Sparrow stole to save Elizabeth Swan;
As for the wooden warship, which looked bigger and more majestic, it should be the "Dreadnought".
- Although this "Dreadnought" is not the famous Dreadnought-class battleship that triggered the naval arms race in the Western world before World War I, it is also a symbol of the British Navy in the story of "Pirates of the Caribbean".
The Dreadnought was actually a reference to the famous battleship HMS Victory, which is said to have been Admiral Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, and on board which he was killed. ”
Charlotte proudly introduced to the crew,
"I commissioned the construction of all three ships to try to recreate the situation at the end of the heyday of piracy in the eighteenth century. How's that, not bad?"
“......”
- Isn't that good!?
Not to mention Jenny, who plays the heroine for the first time and comes into contact with commercial blockbusters, is an old Jianghu like Johnny Depp, who can't help but grow his mouth when he sees such a high-restoration old-fashioned wooden boat.
"Can't these three ships really sail, can they?"
Surprised, he even revealed that in order to play Captain Jack well, he specially asked a dentist to set 4 gold teeth for himself.
"It's okay to sail, but it's not fast, and you can't go too far to sea!"
Charlotte shrugged,
"At the end of the day, it's still a prop for filming - but then again, the fact that they can be towed here from the built dock is an indirect indication of their seaworthiness!"
"That's true. ”
For a while, the members of the crew all whispered.
After all, everyone has been in Hollywood for so long, and they can be regarded as knowledgeable, so they can naturally understand that the buildings that look majestic and magnificent in the movies, including ships, are often just models and some tattered props that look like that on the surface.
- This is also the reason why some action actors are able to resist hammerhead steel pipes and other percussion devices in the film.
After all, those props are likely to be made of soft plastic or silicone, or even edible tortilla chips and sugar if you are ruthless.
- Not to mention the hard resistance to blows, actors with more strength, if they are not careful, they will even destroy the props.
Things like breaking a sword when swinging a sword, punching a wall through a wall, etc., are really normal things when a movie is being filmed.
Even James Cameron, an obsessive-compulsive manic, can't do anything entirely with real props.
- He may be able to ask for tens of millions of new orders for a batch of tableware for the sake of a White Star company's logo problem, but he is never willing to rebuild a real Titanic.
- Of course, he may be willing to do it, but Fox, which was already on the verge of bankruptcy at that time, was absolutely unwilling.
In short, the beautiful ship in the movie, when filming, was just a hull that was only more than half built.
- Not to mention the power system, even the decoration has basically not been done.
Therefore, everyone is still very surprised that the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is willing to get three wooden ships that look very delicate and can really sail at sea.
Fortunately, Mr. Director immediately gave an explanation-
"Actually, there are two reasons why it will be so real-"
He held out a finger,
"One, that is, our film may be shot in a trilogy, which everyone should know. Therefore, it is better to make a lot of props stronger, after all, it is still very troublesome to break them halfway. Especially since we're still a water-related film – you know, "Future Water World" has been in this situation......"
Hearing Mr. Director talk about this "Future Water World", which directly led to Hollywood's "talking about water color change", the people in the props and set team immediately understood.
- You must know that an important reason why "Future Water World" is a mess is because of its high cost.
The main reason for the high cost is that the film was shot by the sea, and the set was often destroyed due to the tides and weather, so it had to be constantly restored.
- Time is a game, and the cost is naturally ......
"Therefore, when shooting at the beach, it is better to have the props and sets sturdier, and in case of repeated damage, the cost is better than using the real thing!"
Everyone understood Mr. Director's intentions.
At this time, Charlotte stretched out a second finger,
"And the second reason why we use such real wooden warships is that after we finished the film, I had to commission the builders to continue to refine them and make them into ships that could actually sail in the open seas - because someone had already bought these ships!"
"What!?"
Looking at everyone's demented looks, Mr. Director smiled,
"Let's just treat these ships as the biggest peripheral products of our movie!"