director of the millennium

Chapter 70 Preparations for Pirates of the Caribbean
Wu Yuan came to America this time with two main things to do.

Attending the 74th Annual Academy Awards.

Conducted landscape work for the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" and learned about the crew's preparations.

The first thing to say is that this year's Oscar awards ceremony will start on March 3th, Wu Yuan only needs to check into the designated hotel on the 25th, and then leave for the venue on the 24th.

The more time-consuming is mainly the second thing.

Although Wu Yuan is only a tool director in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" project for the time being, he still has to do his job well as a director.

Moreover, since the news that Wu Yuan won the best director in Berlin came back to Hollywood, Jerry and Disney have also been happy.

Originally, spending 800 million US dollars to hire a director with a box office of 2 million US dollars is already a very good deal, but now I have to add a title of "Berlin Best Director" in front of this director's name, which is really bloody money!

Jerry contacted Wu Yuan more frequently than before!

The day after Wu Yuan arrived in Los Angeles, Jerry came to meet him, and then took him to Florida, which is also the closest place to the Caribbean Sea in the continental United States.

"Daniel, the pirate ship Black Pearl, we finally decided to just buy a 1948 Finnish brig."

"This ship has been transporting cargo in the Caribbean Sea since the 20s, and it was also featured in the 70 Golden Globe-winning TV show Roots, where it was used as a A prop ship for slaves."

"In addition to the Black Pearl, the Intrepid is being built at the Long Island Wharf. This flagship of the Royal Navy, we built it completely according to the ever-victorious warship "Victory" in the British fleet."

"It is estimated that the construction period should take three and a half months."

"It just so happens that the setting of the cave where Barbossa hides his treasure will also take five months, and the two should be completed at the same time."

On the way, Jerry was eloquently introducing the preliminary preparations of "Pirates of the Caribbean" to Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan nodded frequently.

Perhaps the preparations for this movie can only be regarded as average in Hollywood, far less time-consuming and labor-intensive than some top sci-fi movies, but for the current Chinese movies, the preparations for this movie can be regarded as a huge project up.

It takes 150 craftsmen to build the Dreadnought alone, and more than [-] craftsmen are needed in the cave where the treasure is hidden.

In addition, the renovation of the Black Pearl, the construction of Port Royal and the town of Port Royal in the film, the design, finalization and production of a large number of men's and women's attire, uniforms, pirate uniforms and military uniforms from the [-]th century...

Only with a complete and mature film industry system can we handle these preliminary preparations so easily.

In China, only "Hero" can achieve such a level, and the preparation process is extremely difficult, and it has been shut down many times.

It is impossible to say that Wu Yuan is not envious of seeing Jerry finish the preparatory work so easily.

He smashed his mouth, and asked curiously: "So it's not a sight now?"

"Once the shooting location is determined, the movie can be started?"

"Almost." Jerry said with a smile: "For you, you just need to determine the shooting location, and then wait for the shooting in October."

The filming process of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" broke the rules. Strictly speaking, the film is now considered to be a boot.

Because the production of special effects, design and construction of the set have all started in full swing.

But director Wu Yuan doesn't need to join the group early, he can wait until all the layout preparations are completed, and then join the group at the actual shooting stage.

The same goes for the actors.

However, Wu Yuan's opinion should still be the main consideration for the final location of the filming.

After Jerry took him to Florida, he took him on a yacht rented in advance and began to wander the Caribbean Sea.

"Holy shit!"

"Uh, 哕~"

On the yacht, Wu Yuan clutched the armrests with both hands and was vomiting, all the acid in his stomach was vomited out.

Beside him, Jerry stood steadily on the deck, holding a bottle of antiemetics and mineral water in his hand. He smiled bitterly: "Daniel, you never told me that you are so seasick?"

"Damn it, before today, I didn't know I was so seasick!" Wu Yuan complained weakly.

Jerry couldn't laugh or cry: "This yacht is very stable and doesn't shake at all. Compared with real seventeenth-century ships, it's a treat in heaven."

"This damn heaven, let's fall in love with you!" Wu Yuan walked back tremblingly, got out of the cabin without looking back, and fell into the bedroom, "I need to take a break, let's talk later. "

Maybe it was because of leaving the ground for the first time, or maybe it was because of psychological factors, Wu Yuan's first yacht trip experience was not good at all.

But after all, he didn't really come to play, but to work.

Seasickness, I got used to it after vomiting.

After a few days of drifting in the sea with his head dazed, Wu Yuan finally got used to it. At least he no longer had vomiting and diarrhea, and could have time to appreciate the beautiful Caribbean Sea.

There are many unnamed islands in the Caribbean Sea, and many islands have no traces of human activities, highlighting a primitive beauty.

It just so happens that in the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean", several small islands with relatively primitive features are needed to shoot some scenery, night scenes and chase scenes.

After Wu Yuan got rid of seasickness, he and Jerry quickly selected several small islands with beautiful scenery as shooting options.

Wu Yuan could finally bid farewell to the yacht that made him suffer from vomiting and diarrhea, and returned to Los Angeles.

Don't think that "Pirates of the Caribbean" is a story about the Caribbean Sea, but in fact 50% of the film's content needs to be shot in the studio, including the most intense naval battle in the film.

Because these episodes require a lot of special effects, such as the cursed Barbossa and his crew, turning into undead creatures during naval battles, all of these were shot in green screen studios.

So for this movie, Disney not only used the largest studio No. 2 to build the Treasure Cave, but also rented several large studios as the filming location of this movie.

One of the most important places is the Port of San Pedro in Los Angeles. Most of the fierce naval battle scenes need to be shot in the studio in the south bay of the port. Only a small part of the plot will be shot in the Caribbean.

Since he is the director, Wu Yuan must also visit these studios to see how the scenes in the studios are doing, and discuss the details with the screenwriter by the way.

After Wu Yuan won the best director in Berlin, the two screenwriters of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" also paid a lot of attention to his opinions and opinions, and the communication became more harmonious.

In this way, Wu Yuan stared at the preparations for "Pirates of the Caribbean" while waiting for the start of the Oscars.

The time soon came to March 3, and the "Juno" crew, which had been separated for more than half a year, also gathered in Los Angeles again!

They're going to compete at this year's Academy Awards!

(End of this chapter)