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Chapter 630: The Tyrant Evolver on the Set

"1, 2, 3, move, move, react, run..."

A group fight scene is being filmed, and there are many extras involved, with a total number of nearly 1,200 people.

Of course, this was not a difficult task for Gilbert's team. The crew of The Lord of the Rings once managed a large scene with 5,000 to 6,000 people and more than 4,000 horses at the same time, and they completed the scheduling very well.

But little Gilbert seemed to be in a bad temper today. He started to make a fuss as soon as he found a little mistake, which made everyone in the crew silent and dared not make a sound.

"Arasaka soldier on the searchlight side? Are you in a daze? Everyone is rioting, and your searchlight is not moving?"

Gilbert held up a megaphone and yelled at the two young men who played the Arasaka soldiers. The two young men didn't dare to talk back. Assistant director James ran over and gave instructions.

The filming continued, and with so many scenes and extras, it of course took some time. However, in order to pursue a realistic texture, Gilbert Jr. still insisted on making the world real and credible.

How to make the audience feel that this is what will happen in the future and shape a realistic world view is very important.

So whether in Toronto or in Nevada and New Mexico, many scenes of "Edgewalker" were built on site.

With Hollywood's industrial capacity, it is not difficult to achieve this, it is nothing more than burning money. But burning money is not a problem for Gilbert Jr., Warner and Disney can also afford it.

Although there are rumors that big shots are going to take action against Gilbert Jr., this will not affect Warner and Disney's continued cooperation with Gilbert Jr. within the normal business scope.

"Click, click, click! Stop."

Little Gilbert watched the performance of the extras on the monitor, then looked at the director team. The director team looked at Little Gilbert's murderous eyes and shrank their heads.

"Look at these extras you chose? Can they act? They have no expression or reaction. What are they doing? Are they wooden?"

No one in the director team dared to say a word. They all lowered their heads and listened to little Gilbert's lecture.

Gilbert said in a very serious tone: "If they can't act, just replace them. They are not made of wood, they are all human beings!
Everything behind me exploded and burned, but I didn't even react at all."

The director team was silent. Little Gilbert pointed at the mistakes on the monitor with a laser pen and continued to scold.

"Did you have a unified plan on what the reaction should be? How to act? No!
Look, what is this doing? And this? If you don't know, you might think they are wandering in the sky and not in this world view.

How can you make my audience believe that this world is real? How can they watch this series? Finally it is on the platform, is this performance worthy of your hard work? "

"Well, well..." said the first assistant director, Anne Burton, "We made a mistake. We will make arrangements to correct it right away."

"It's better this way," Gilbert said earnestly at last, "There is nothing careless in this series, even for the extras who are just background actors."

The directors scattered like birds and beasts and quickly adjusted the arrangements.

At this time, only Charles Rowan, the producer, could say a few words: "Little Gilbert, you seem to be particularly strict this time."

Gilbert sighed and said, "Perhaps our continuous success has made the team feel a little proud and complacent, and gradually they are not paying enough attention to their work."

"But even so, we are still the top crew in Hollywood, and not many teams can compare with us." Charles Roven is very satisfied with the team.

Gilbert agreed, but he added: "But that's not what I want, I want the best team.

Charles, I think our director team was too careless when rehearsing some scenes with extras, or we fell into a fixed routine.

If these requirements were not mentioned, the habitual routine might be entering the painting, exiting the painting, and moving around.

What I hope is that every extra is a character. He needs to know why he is making trouble here, crying here, laughing, and running. "Charles Rowan sighed, patted little Gilbert on the shoulder and said, "Okay, this is your request, of course we will do it."

If any extras heard what little Gilbert said, they would probably complain.

I only earn a few bucks a day, yet you still ask me to perform and act realistically. Is there something wrong with you?
However, this may be the crew's spirit of striving for perfection, and Gilbert Jr. has been in a bad mood recently, so the requirements will be stricter.

Lead actor Andrew Garfield felt this most clearly. He initially thought that Gilbert Jr.'s crew was no different from Michael Bay's crew.

But later he found out that he was wrong, very wrong.

Why Michael Bay is always inferior to Gilbert Jr.? There is a huge gap in the team.

Since he started filming Edgewalker, he has been amazed at the work done by the crew. A large number of props, vehicles, costumes, etc. were built on site.

Of course, this is not to say that Michael Bay will not make it. But if Michael Bay were to direct Edgewalker, he would not choose Gilbert's method, but would more likely choose CGI technology to achieve it.

Andrew Garfield felt that Gilbert Jr.'s approach was better because he didn't need to imagine when performing, and the real scene could bring a better sense of immersion.

For Andrew Garfield, who has little acting experience, this can save a lot of trouble in performance.

But Andrew Garfield heard from Scarlett Johansson that this was not the most exaggerated time for Gilbert Jr. During the filming of "The Lord of the Rings", Gilbert Jr. actually built a Minas Tirith.

Although he had never been there, Andrew Garfield had heard about it. Many times when he heard about it, he thought little Gilbert was crazy and incredible.

It wasn't until he experienced it himself that he realized that all the work was necessary.

The scenes in Nevada and New Mexico took more than a month and a half to shoot. Except for a crew that stayed behind to reshoot some scenes, the crew moved to the Cyberpunk City in Toronto.

If the progress of the first phase of Cyberpunk City is good, although it is not fully completed, it will at least be enough for the filming of "Edgewalker".

The first scene in Toronto Cyberpunk City is where Rebecca is smashed into a paste by Adam Sledgehammer, which is quite heavy.

Emma Roberts, who plays Rebecca, pretended to be aggrieved: "Adam, please be gentle later."

Dwayne Johnson showed a ferocious smile: "Don't worry Rebecca, you won't feel any pain, and you have experienced it once."

Dwayne Johnson said that before moving to Toronto for filming, the two had already completed a shoot using motion capture in the Orange Special Effects Studio.

This time it is shot on location, and the scene will be completed by combining motion capture footage with real shots.

After all, Adam Hammer only has 4% of his original body, and the whole person is a cyber-transformed person. So the crew made him a set of cyber-transformed appearance, but the most important work was done by motion capture.

The crew used the optical motion capture technology that James Cameron wanted to use in "Avatar". Because Gilbert Jr. provided financial support, he could also be the first to use this technology.

However, the biggest selling point of "Avatar" is 3D, which is something that "Cyberpunk: Edgewalker" cannot achieve.

Gilbert Jr. will not use 3D for movies after the Cyberpunk universe because it is not suitable. Cyberpunk has serious light pollution and many scenes take place in the dark.

If it is produced in 3D, some viewers who are prone to 3D dizziness will probably vomit. In addition, the poor presentation effect is the biggest reason.

James Cameron adopted 3D because 3D technology can bring shocking viewing effects, and Gilbert Jr. did not adopt it because he wanted to give the audience the best viewing effect.

Besides, Edgewalker is a TV series.

(End of this chapter)