"Hey, Jack! Goofs! ”

"You should put your sword on Orlando's right shoulder!"

In the "Port Royal" built on a small island in the Caribbean Sea, Wu Yuan was holding a walkie-talkie and shouting dissatisfied.

Jack here is not referring to Jack Sparrow in the movie, but Jack Davenport, who plays Brigadier General Norrington.

The first shot was good, but during the second close-up, the careless Jack misplaced his sword.

Jack, who was stopped, quickly apologized, and after re-selecting the position and angle, the camera started shooting again.

"Five mirrors 3 times!"

“Action！”

Wu Yuan stared at the monitor with a frown, if Jack made a mistake again this time, he would really curse!

The filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean" did not go well.

Maybe it's because it's the first time for Wu Yuan to control such a large crew, and it's an industrial blockbuster in the Hollywood mode, so he didn't take many aspects into account.

The crew had several accidents one after another.

First of all, just a few days after the start of filming, one of the studios built and used by the crew in Los Angeles accidentally caught fire.

Although there was no filming at the time of the fire, and no one was injured, it added $350,000 in financial losses to the crew.

Then, in late November, when the crew moved to the Caribbean side of the filming, while finishing a night scene shooting, Keira Knightley's boat accidentally ran aground and sank on the way back.

Although the rescue was timely and the personnel did not have an accident, Wu Yuan, who was afraid, also decided to change the remaining night scene to shoot in the studio after a serious discussion with several producers, and no longer took risks.

The sea at night really deserves enough respect.

Of course, the biggest headache for Wu Yuan is that during the filming of the film, many cast and crew were seasick!

From Kayla, the 17-year-old British Rose, to many cameramen, lighting, and radio masters in the crew, they were all seriously seasick during the shooting.

And "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" has a lot of plots sailing on the ship, whether it is filmed in the studio or in the port, the big guys are going to get on the ship!

In order to allow these cast and crew to adapt and alleviate the symptoms of seasickness, Wu Yuan's filming progress could only be slowed down.

Even so, there were more than enough manpower, but when the filming progress slowed down, some of them were actually understaffed.

Huaxia cameraman, lighting engineer and others who are purely here to learn occasionally have to make a cameo appearance as the main mirror and main light!

This also greatly increased Wu Yuan's coordination work.

Even if he is not a director like Spielberg, who grasps everything in detail, his tiredness has been getting higher and higher day by day recently.

In order to give Kayla more time to adapt to life on the ship, Wu Yuan had to focus on filming the plot of Port Royal first.

A large number of ground plots have relieved the seasickness of the entire crew.

Jack, the Brigadier General Norrington, also lived up to Wu Yuan's expectations, any mistake would only be made once, and the second time he would immediately get back into shape.

"Very good, this is over, let's rest for ten minutes first!"

Finally finished filming this scene, Wu Yuan reached out and rubbed the root of his nose, giving the crew and himself a break.

Jerry, who had been staring at the shooting situation, immediately came to Wu Yuan's side and asked, "Daniel, are you sure you want to go back to Huaxia on the 13th?" ”

“Yes！” Wu Yuan glanced at him and affirmed.

"Hero" will hold its premiere in the Great Hall of the People on December 14, and when he went to the Berlin Film Festival before, Wu Yuan promised director Yimou to attend the premiere of "Hero", and he naturally couldn't break his promise.

If you miss the premiere of other movies, you will miss it, but "Heroes" is different!

This is the first film to premiere at the Great Hall of the People!

And it is also the first blockbuster in China that benchmarks against international standards!

How grand is this premiere?

First of all, in order to be in line with international film events, Chinese and foreign journalists attending the venue need to wear suits and leather shoes to enter.

Moreover, whether it is domestic or foreign media, as long as it is a reporter participating in this interview, it must hold a valid ID.

Secondly, because thousands of people were invited to the guest reporters alone, even the Great Hall of the People was not enough to hold the premiere of "Hero".

Given the influence of "Hero" at home and abroad, even relevant national leaders are likely to attend the premiere.

Therefore, in addition to some leaders of China Film Group, the investor and distributor of "Hero", and representatives of foreign distributors.

In order to reserve a place, only Zhang Yimou and the five leading actors Li Lianjie, Liang Chaowei, Zhang Manyu, Chen Daoming and Zhang Ziyi participated in the premiere.

Even the important crew members such as Cheng Xiaodong, the martial arts director of the international celebrity level, the photographer Christopher Doyle, the costume engineer and Tian Huimei, did not have a place to participate in this premiere...

The important creators did not have a place to attend the premiere, which should be the first time in the domestic film premiere.

I don't know whether to exaggerate Wei Ping's hype, or whether he should be scolded for being too shameless for engaging in this kind of gimmick.

Anyway, Wu Yuan received an official and very formal premiere invitation to "Hero".

He is the best director in Berlin, how can he be qualified to participate in the premiere of "Hero", Zhang Weiping can't wait for him to go.

For the sake of director Yimou's face, and considering that the movie "Hero" itself is an epoch-making work in the history of Chinese films, Wu Yuan still decided to return to China to participate.

In order not to affect the filming progress of "Pirates of the Caribbean" as much as possible, Wu Yuan could only choose to take a two-day leave, take a red-eye flight back to China on the same day, and then fly back to the crew after participating in the premiere of "Hero" on the night of its premiere.

The main attraction is to live in a hotel using the plane as a hotel.

Jerry was not so unkind that he didn't even give approval for two days of vacation, he came to ask Wu Yuan, mainly because he was afraid that he would be too hasty to arrange the itinerary like this.

"Daniel, why don't you give you three days and set aside a day to rest." He said with some concern.

But Wu Yuan shook his head and refused: "Forget it, I'm the director, if I take one more day off, the crew will have to stop work for one more day, the shooting will not go well, there is no need to waste more time."

Maybe Wu Yuan has taken a lot of shortcuts on the road of directing, or maybe his success has a lot of luck, but he always has a heart of reverence for the job of director.

As long as he is in this position, he is absolutely conscientious and abides by his duties, and he is not willing to delay the progress of the crew because of his own personal affairs.

Even if this crew invited him to work part-time.

"Okay." Jerry shrugged: "You are the director, and you have the final say in the shooting of the crew." ”

After a ten-minute break, filming resumed.

In the next few days, the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean" gradually smoothed out.

Maybe it's because the crew has run in, or maybe it's because seasickness and other problems have been overcome one after another, every cast and crew has recovered to their best condition, and the filming of the movie has finally entered the fast lane.

Wu Yuan, who was a little relieved, raised his arms and exhaled, and after giving the crew a two-day vacation, he also took a flight back to China.