Chapter One Hundred and Six. [Demolition of "nail households"]
Since the crew's application for filming a "blasting scene" was not approved by the film association and the local police station, the crew of "Saving the Female Soldier Rachel" had no choice but to temporarily change to other scenes or suspend work.
But looking at the hundreds of people who were finally summoned in front of him, standing trembling in the ice and snow, Yi Feiyang, as the director, was really a little unbearable.
Think about it, Yi Feiyang can only call Henry the elephant and tell him about it, after all, the other party is an investor and a producer, and he has the right to know the progress of the filming of Lu Dao.
Who knew that after Henry heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, "You are a serious person, where do you know how to deal with those bastards, you can start filming immediately, and I will handle this matter!" ”
It turned out that Elephant Henry's TOP Film Company used to shoot many small movies, and from time to time it had to engage in small frictions with the Film Association and the nearby police station. Rub and rub, and there were "sparks" in one and second place, and Henry the Elephant figured out the temperament of these guys, plus a lot of banknotes were thrown out, and it was immediately done.
Knowing the result, Yi Feiyang realized that he had really taken the wrong path, and he didn't have to meddle in this matter at all, just let the scumbag Henry the Elephant deal with those bastards, but he still took care of it.
At noon, Yi Feiyang took a team of actors and actresses to the location that had been arranged in advance, where the most spectacular war scenes of the entire movie would be filmed.
To the east of Los Angeles, there is a town that is about to be demolished, and Americans have always been passionate about building prosperous towns. For this does not need protection. A dilapidated town that has no value and only affects the appearance of the city. Or will it be dismantled soon. So that the old look can be renewed, so that people can see the government's achievements.
This town, which is about to be demolished, is dilapidated, and many old places need to be blasted before they can be built.
For example, there is an old steel mill, and the chimney stuck high in the clouds definitely affects the image and environment here, and the urban construction department in the United States is preparing to blast it, but now they don't need to take action, because Yi Feiyang, the crew, took over the job.
The terrain around the town is complex. There are woods, and there are also a small number of hills, which are personally selected by Yi Feiyang, and the site has already been arranged.
This first shot, the largest in the entire film, depicts the fascist army marching into the "town" and then starting to burn and loot...... Thanks to those anti-Japanese TV movies in his previous life, Yi Feiyang is very familiar with such scenes, so he almost turned the Nazi devils directly into Japanese devils, and chased the hens when he entered the village.
An important scene in the content of the script is that the Nazis meet the American GIs who resist. Then a fierce shootout ensued. As the heroine of "Rachel", the first time to exert power. Use your skillful sharpshooter skills to headshoot those Nazi enemies one by one.
This scene is one of the keys to the whole movie, and Yi Feiyang certainly attaches great importance to it.
In addition to the actors recruited by Yi Feiyang himself, he also asked Rabbit Bill to dress up as Cheng Long's actors, and led the team to wear ready-to-wear costumes with those extras, holding fake guns made of wood, standing in the middle of the demolition town and waiting for his instructions, while Stormy, who played "Rachel", was all armed and lurking behind a broken wall.
In the venue, Yi Feiyang made a big show this time, and let people install four cameras in one go, the one he was responsible for was the main camera, which was located on the broken wall, and the ground was paved with track cameras and the cameras were also added to the landing gear, which could move significantly. The one in charge of the main photographer was in the middle of the two armies, opposite the alley that the Nazis were about to rush out, and the other two were in charge of the two photographers who were temporarily hired, arranged in the two units to photograph individuals.
Minutes and seconds passed.
Seeing that everything was ready, Yi Feiyang waved his hand and began the countdown.
"Ready to shoot!" As soon as the time came, Yi Feiyang gave the order.
The whole town was silent, and everyone was doing their own thing, moving according to Yi Feiyang's preparations.
The extras who played the Nazis, and those who played the American GIs, rushed together with shouts.
The pre-buried gasoline barrels on the ground were quickly ignited, and black smoke suddenly rose out, and the whole town suddenly entered an era of war.
Under the attack of the Nazi army, the U.S. military gradually became inferior, and if it could not support it, it was about to retreat.
"Camera No. 1, ready, start shooting!"
With Yi Feiyang's order, behind the broken wall opposite, Stormy shot an enemy one by one, and shot his head with a gun, and then under her inspiration, the American army rushed to the Nazi army from the flank, and the balance of the war suddenly fell to the American army that was originally defeated, Rachel played by Stormy took the lead, and the team behind him followed closely, and the Nazi army was defeated and fled.
The whole shooting time was less than half an hour, and the work was finished.
After the filming was completed, Yi Feiyang gathered together to check the quality of the work, and Rabbit Bill and others were amazed by Yi Feiyang's behavior of using four cameras to shoot a scene. The first time you control so many cameras, you can be at ease, and you deserve to be praised as a "genius director"!
For everyone's pursuit and praise, Yi Feiyang was secretly ashamed.
You must know that this method of using four cameras to shoot comprehensively, Yi Feiyang completely learned from Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan".
You must know that the shooting of this kind of large-scale war scene, the four cameras taken to shoot at the same time, can not only show all aspects of the war in an all-round way, profoundly portray the characters and the battle situation at that time, but more importantly, it can save money to the greatest extent, so four cameras in a war is better than one camera to shoot four wars.
All in all, the shooting went well.
The next shot is the biggest explosion scene in the whole play, which is to blow up the chimney with high clouds.
Before filming, Yi Feiyang had already studied with the blaster in charge of blasting how to make this chimney collapse in an instant, and the smoke was filled.
How much explosives are needed, where to place them, and where the camera is best viewed......
Seeing that everything was ready, it was almost time to turn on the camera and shoot directly.
Yi Feiyang was full of confidence and was about to give orders, but at this moment, Rabbit Bill stopped him and said, "Oh no, boss, look! ”
Yi Feiyang looked in the direction that Bill the rabbit was pointing, but saw that on the chimney, it was actually ...... There was a person crawling!
To be precise, on the ladder of the high chimney of the clouds, stood a man waving a bright American flag in his hand, as if shouting something.
I tried to listen, but it was: "Protest against violent demolition, and give justice to my factory!" ”
In an instant, Yi Feiyang was extremely depressed.
What the hell is going on here,?
I actually met the legendary "nail household"!
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Yi Feiyang has always thought that only the Celestial Empire, which advertises harmony, will give birth to the by-product of demolition such as "nail households", but today he understands that as long as the demolition exists, then whether it is the Celestial Empire or the United States, there will be protesters!
What demolition?
On the surface, it seems to be replacing the old with the new, but in fact, it is rich and official, and poor people!
Originally, the United States, which advertised democracy and freedom, would be better, but now, Yi Feiyang found that the world was as black as a crow, whether it was the United States or the Celestial Empire.
Things also have to be settled. You can't just look at this guy dancing the American flag and crawling on it like "Spider-Man" and being indifferent.
This kind of thing can't be solved by the crew, and you still need to call the nearby police station.
Not to mention, the efficiency of the American police is fast.
After receiving a call from the crew, in less than ten minutes, two police cars came.
A big fat black police officer got out of the police car, took off his police hat and scratched his head, then glanced at the unlucky guy who was crawling on the chimney to be "Spider-Man", and said very contemptuously: "Shout, he is limited to climb down within three minutes, or he will be taken down for 'obstruction of public affairs'!" ”
The American police were still ruthless, and they didn't wait for this nail household to get mad and shout something about "democracy" and "freedom", so they went up directly and took him down.
Yi Feiyang "admires it to the fullest", and highly doubts that these policemen are the same as those real estate developers...... It's so helpful!
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No matter what, Yi Feiyang still has to thank these American policemen, with their help, the guy who climbed the chimney and was stunned by Spider-Man was taken off, and the filming could finally go on normally.
With the camera fully prepared.
Yi Feiyang gave an order, and the blaster pressed the button vigorously, and then saw the chimney collapse with a bang!
Yi Feiyang estimates that he will never forget that spectacular scene for the rest of his life, just like the damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami, the chimney is from the bottom to the top, like a broken building block, broken layer by layer, in the smoke of gunpowder, it instantly became a big ruin!
Looking at such a spectacular scene, Yi Feiyang was speechless for a long time.
Although he didn't quite understand the voice of the protester before him, he somewhat understood his heart.
It was not an old chimney that you blew up, but a piece of history!
Although, sooner or later, this history will be overwhelmed by a new one!
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The filming of the day was "smooth" under the auspices of Yi Feiyang, yes, it can only be said that it was "smooth", not "very smooth", and the occasional grasshopper that popped out could not affect Yi Feiyang's domination of this play.
In the evening, Yi Feiyang was going to Lionsgate's celebration banquet this year, which was also a Christmas banquet, and the task of evening shooting was handed over to Bill Rabbit...... Of course, Yi Feiyang was still not very relieved about Bill the Rabbit, so he transferred Fat Jack Black from Dream Pictures to help him do the night shooting.
Rabbit Bill has no opinion on this, anyway, this kind of position does not increase salary, why not have one more person to help him.
With the help of Fat Jack, Yi Feiyang is more confident in Bill Rabbit's filming, and he can also devote himself to the banquet of Lionsgate. (To be continued......)