In short, the filming of the location near Chefchaouen has come to an end.

- Although even the location itself has "come to an end".

However, the "Mummy" crew did not leave Morocco just yet.

After a short break in Chefchaouen, they moved on to a second location near Casablanca.

Here, a fake city location similar to Cairo, Egypt, in the early 20th century has been built, and they will shoot the scenes of Cairo in the script.

- There's really no way around it.

Not to mention that it is impossible for Egypt to open up many of its monuments and let the "Mummy" crew conduct live-action shooting;

not to mention that the situation and law and order situation in Egypt have always been unstable, which is not suitable for the crew to shoot - otherwise the crew would not have chosen the Moroccan desert as the location in the first place;

The main problem is that it is now 1998 and we are about to enter the 21st century.

Even in the real Cairo, it is difficult to recreate the appearance of the British colonial era before World War II.

In this case, the crew of "The Mummy" can only build a fake city out of wood, plastic and cardboard.

Fortunately, with this hand, Hollywood filmmakers have already played a lot in the era of Westerns.

- In many old westerns of the sixties and seventies, the western-style towns where cowboys duel in the street are actually completely made up of pieces of paper and wood.

INTERVIEWER If you do open the door of a house while shooting, you will find that there is nothing but empty space behind it.

But such a set, in the movie, will seem very real.

So, now Charlotte is not worried about anything wrong with this "fake Cairo city" near Casablanca.

Especially this is a location built under the supervision of the old gun.

"I built this "city" entirely on photographs and maps of Cairo from the early 20th century. ”

The old gun introduced Charlotte,

"I'm not worried about anything wrong with the view, but, extras—"

The old gun shrugged.

Since Star Wars, Morocco and Tunisia have often been used by Hollywood as locations for desert films.

This makes people in the two countries accustomed to Hollywood crews coming and going for a long time, and even a set of industrial chains has been produced as a result-

From helping to build the location, to wandering around the various service providers near the location, to many full-time extras.

INTERVIEWER It can be said that for the two countries, which do not have particularly large populations, the Hollywood crews that come here to shoot movies do provide a lot of employment opportunities.

This is also an important reason why many countries with small populations and weak industrial chains are willing to give film crews part of the tax rebate incentives.

- Promote employment!

However, this is not a completely good thing for the crew of "The Mummy".

Because of the crews that are often sent to Hollywood, Moroccans have become accustomed to acting as extras.

Although their labor costs are far less than the scary labor costs in the United States, they are no longer very cheap.

However, according to the script, there are some scenes in the movie "The Mummy", such as the scene where Immorton controls the people of all Cairo to hunt down O'Connor and Evelyn and others, which requires a large number of extras.

This means that the crew will have to spend a lot of money.

Of course, this money is in the shooting budget, but as an assistant director, the old gun who prepares here in advance always feels that the money is not worth it.

- The main reason is that the acting skills of these extras are generally not very good.

"Shall we use some other solution to the extras problem?"

The old gun asked.

The so-called other schemes, in simple terms, are computer special effects.

After all, the cost of labor in the United States is very high, even for those extras who play tricks.

In a country like China, where labor costs are low, some scenes of extras can be used entirely, such as war scenes, etc., and filmed in the United States, if all real people are used, it will be a large expense.

Therefore, after the advent of computer special effects, Hollywood film companies immediately began to study how to use computer special effects to replace those characters that cost a lot of money.

- Especially those characters who are in the background, have no lines, and can't even see their faces clearly.

And now, they have achieved certain results.

It is precisely such a technique that the old gun suggested.

But Charlotte smiled mysteriously,

"Actually, we have a group of extras who don't need to spend money to use!"

"You mean—"

Lao Gun was stunned for a moment, and then remembered some of the actors who played ghosts during the filming of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

- That's a real ghost, right!?

Regarding this matter, the psychological shadow area of the old gun is large.

However, he also had to admit that the ghosts driven by Charlotte were indeed the best candidates for extras.

Not only can they change at will, but their own characteristics also determine that they do play the role of the Cairo people controlled by the resurrected high priest Immorton.

- Ghosts and the walking dead are essentially lifeless!

So, when filming on location near Casablanca, the actors of the "Mummy" crew found that the crew hired an extra few extras.

In this regard, the assistant director Lao Gun's explanation is that computer special effects will be used to synthesize the effect of Cairo City.

- also includes the scene where O'Connor and others are hunted down by a large group of Egyptians.

Because this technology does exist in Hollywood, there is no doubt about it.

Only photographer Addison Young is shooting pictures in "Cairo City" every day, and he is complaining wildly in his heart-

"It's a ghost town, isn't it?"

Mr. Photographer felt a little chill in his heart, but he couldn't help but feel funny,

"I don't know what kind of reaction Bland Fisher and the others would have if they knew that they were really chasing a large number of lifeless ghosts behind them?—— maybe the performance would be more realistic, at least, when showing some expressions such as horror, it would definitely ......."

Addison Young has a bad joke in his heart that only a few people, including himself, can understand, but work life is not boring at all.

In contrast, Rachel Weisz was a little depressed.

It's not that she's running into some unsolvable problems, it's just that Charlotte has added an extra setting to her role as Evelyn, which makes this bookish English girl a little troubled -

"I think that the fact that I like to eat some snacks can make Evelyn look more cute in the eyes of the audience. ”

When Charlotte explained to Rachel, she said such eloquent words that Rachel couldn't help but believe it.

However, after a while, Rachel pondered carefully, but suddenly found that the snacks prepared by Mr. Director for her to eat during filming were all local snacks that she had eaten and liked when she was in Savannashev.

- Like dates or something.

How did the other party know this, Rachel didn't doubt it much-

After all, Rachel is a good girl who finds something good to eat and likes to share it with those in her neighborhood.

Mr. Director has also been Amway by her, and it is not unusual for him to know this.

But combined with the setting he added to the heroine Evelyn he played, Rachel was a little depressed-

Mr. Director, your method of adding settings to the characters based on the real actors is really awkward!!