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Chapter 715 The Director is More Like a Brain

As the heroine of the movie "Aquaman", Mera, played by Emilia Clarke, has a very good appearance in addition to her agile skills.

Since it is a good-looking product, how can a hair dryer be missing?
In Mera's various scenes, hair dryers of all sizes are what make her red hair look so flowing.

In fact, not only Mera, Aquaman is also adept at using a hair dryer.

Especially when Aquaman and Mera appear together, the hair dryer is simply a must-have artifact for the "Aquaman" crew.

But Mera's red hair and Aquaman's blond hair look really good together.

During the filming, Jason Momoa and Emilia Clarke looked like they were shooting a print ad.

Li Mu vaguely noticed that a trace of loneliness seemed to flash across Nicole Kidman's face at this moment.

"Nicole, are you feeling unwell?"

Li Mu said with some worry, because the shooting progress was running at a high speed at this time. If there was any problem with the body at this time, the impact would be a bit troublesome.

"Oh, no, just thought of something."

Nicole Kidman smiled and shook her head.

Li Mu looked at the male and female protagonists in the center of the set, especially Emilia Clarke, and then thought about the loneliness that just flashed across Nicole Kidman's face, and he immediately understood.

This is probably because I feel sad that I am old and my youth is gone.
If it were Nicole Kidman from more than a decade ago, there is no way she would have given up the role of the heroine so easily.

When Li Mu was still busy filming Aquaman, he unexpectedly got a role in Nolan's movie.

"Lee! I heard you were filming in Australia?"

"Bingo!"

“Maybe you can send me a location. I just finished my trip in Sydney and I still have some time before I go to China.”

Nolan obviously wanted to come over to visit the set, as the two hadn't seen each other for a long time.

"You may have to take a speedboat to come to my place!"

Li Mu smiled and sent the address.

Queensland is not too far from Sydney. It takes ten hours to drive there, and it will naturally be shorter if you fly.

Li Mu was not surprised that Nolan was about to go to China. After all, the share of Hollywood imported blockbusters in September had already been determined.

The first day of September is the war-themed movie "Dunkirk", the 9th is "Spider-Man: Homecoming", and the last 8th day is "War for the Planet of the Apes", which can be said to be a constant stream of big dishes.

Because this year's Mid-Autumn Festival misses September and falls directly on the National Day Golden Week, domestic blockbusters will definitely flock to the National Day schedule, thus giving up the September schedule.

Imported films played a leading role in June, domestic films were popular in July and August, imported films made a comeback in September, and domestic films gathered in October
Looking at the domestic film market, the imported films and domestic films are in a very good understanding of each other.

Li Mu also learned from Lu Yu's email that the box office performance of "Assassin 2" has been locked at 5.8 million yuan, and there is no hope of 6 million yuan.

Ning Hao, on the other hand, withdrew after staying in Yakushima, Japan for a few weeks.

"how do you feel?"

Li Mu asked on the phone, Huang Bo's "A Good Show" seemed to have entered the final stage.

"Hiroko has been acting for so many years, and her understanding of the role is pretty good. I think this movie will be successful."

Ning Hao was obviously itching to get started, and then he said slowly, "When Bozi comes back, I have to prepare to start filming this project."

"It's time to shoot. We've been preparing for many years."

Li Mu smiled and said that Ning Hao had been stuck on this movie for quite a long time.

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Time flies and it is already mid-August.

At this time, the scene where Aquaman bravely fights the pirates is being filmed.

Li Mu also specially found a martial arts action designer from China, and integrated the action designs from Europe and the United States to design this fighting scene.

The clean and neat movements, the devastating punches, and the perfect muscular body of actor Jason make it seem as if every frame is leaking hormones out of the screen, allowing the audience to fully accept from the very beginning that this is a half-human, half-god being.

"Very exciting move. I might die if he punches me like that."

Nolan said to Li Mu, "I feel the shadow of Chinese Kung Fu here."

"Of course, because this set of movements does incorporate the aesthetics of Chinese Kung Fu."

Li Mu smiled proudly and said that many fighting scenes in "Aquaman" actually have the shadow of Chinese Kung Fu.

Moreover, this scene uses exquisite point, line and surface scene design with precise action design, and switches between long and close-up shots to perfectly combine the logic and sense of space of the entire scene.

This gave us the feeling of the crushing blows and flesh-pounding scenes just now.

"Lee, you guys did a great job protecting the stuntmen."

When Nolan was taking a break from the crew, he also looked around and found that the various safety measures provided sufficient protection for the stuntmen.

"If the filming of Deadpool 2 could be like yours, perhaps the tragedy wouldn't have happened!"

Nolan shook his head slowly.

Accidents are happening frequently in Hollywood at present. Following the death of a stuntman in "The Walking Dead" and Tom Cruise's injury during filming, a female stuntman died accidentally while filming "Deadpool 2" in Vancouver a few days ago.

Nowadays, all major Hollywood media are frantically criticizing Marvel's "Deadpool 2". After all, foreign public opinion is similar, and the media will not let go of this rhythm.

Nolan stayed for only one day.

After the two had dinner in the evening, Nolan started his next promotional schedule.

The global box office of "Dunkirk" is not that impressive, and it has only broken 4 million US dollars so far.

As a country with the largest number of screens in the world, China has now become a top priority and all major publicity agencies will not give up on this piece of cake.

On the other hand, Liu Yifei has already spoken with Li Mu, and the family has boarded a private plane to travel together near the filming location of "Aquaman".

You can also visit the set while you're at it.

"The director seems a little anxious today, and the shooting schedule seems a little rushed."

Jason Momoa was already feeling it after he finished his morning shoot.

"Ask?"

Emilia Clarke and Nicole Kidman both looked at Jason Momoa, signaling that the chatterbox could go and find out some information.

"Oh, why do you give me such a dangerous task?"

Jason Momoa shook his head and said, "I won't go. If it's bad news, I'll be taught a lesson."

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In the end, no one came forward to ask.

Because Xiao Baozi and others will arrive tonight, Li Mugang thought that the crew had not had much rest recently, so he took this opportunity to speed up the progress and let everyone relax.

There is a highlight in the afternoon.

The scene where Mera is chasing on the rooftop was very complicated to set up because of the long shot. In the middle, Mera suddenly turned 90 degrees to escape, so it was set up with two stunt doubles, who ran in different directions.

So a film pull process is needed here, and one shot needs to be divided into two sections or two parts for shooting.

One shot captures the performance of a stuntman, and part of it is the performance of a real actor. Then, through editing, the performance of the stuntman and the performance of the leading actor are put in one scene, making the audience mistakenly believe that the entire action was performed by the leading actor.

The idea is to make it look like the lead actor has done a cool stunt himself, but in fact, it’s a clever “invisible” performance done by a stunt double while the camera keeps rolling.

"OK, at 36 seconds, the part where they pan from the house to the outside and follow Mera all the way starts, and the first group of stuntmen are responsible for the straight-line movement on the roof.

When Mera turned 90 degrees and continued running, the second group of stuntmen took over. At 46 seconds, a chimney was placed at the corner.

The first group finished running and hid behind the chimney, and the second group took over."

Li Mu clearly gave everyone instructions on their tasks and even arranged the time. There was also a person next to the set who was responsible for timing and giving signals to ensure that the performance was completed without any errors.

"By the way, the safety cables and safety pads must be checked again and again. I want to make sure there are no problems."

Li Mu finally added that because the shot of Mera being blown off the roof was shot directly by a stunt actor, it was a very dangerous shot. If you weren't careful, the person would be gone.

"Okay, director!"

"I'll go check it out now."

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People in each department have their own responsibilities, and the director is like a brain, directing the work.

After everything was prepared correctly, the afternoon shoot officially started.

"Emilia, be careful."

Jason Momoa also knew that this afternoon's scene was a bit dangerous, so he couldn't help but remind his partner.

Li Mu also heard it. Although this chatterbox was a bit funny, he got along really well with the crew members and was the kind of person who really helped them when they had something to say.

The performance in this section was not smooth sailing, and it was not the actors' fault, but the photographer's.

Because Li Mu wanted to make a classic chase scene, but also wanted to add something new, he designed a three-dimensional chase with up and down movements.

This means that the photographer should also be able to perform all-round stunts and be able to jump up and down.

The cinematographer only built some roofs for the entire scene, 2-3 feet above the ground, and the rest was filled in by visual effects.

This will result in the camera being a little blurry or losing track of Mera when shooting.

“What causes these problems?”

Li Mu pinched his philtrum and pointed out the blurriness of the picture and the problem of people disappearing directly in the camera.

“I think it’s caused by the explosions, because the explosions were designed to be relatively short, so every take needs to be perfect when connecting, because as long as there is a problem with one frame, there will be a bug.

The current three-dimensional pursuit of photographers cannot keep up with the current action."

"Extend the explosion time?" Li Mu shook his head repeatedly, "This is too dangerous."

Although this can solve the problem, the safety risks are too great.

"Go ahead and shoot until it's perfect."

Li Mu thought about it for a long time. Since there was no solution, then doing it to the extreme was the best solution.

(End of this chapter)