I’m in Hollywood

Less than half past eight, the Gravity crew reached the shores of Lake Powell, which is connected to the Colorado River, more than two hundred kilometers northwest of Phoenix.

There are only two scenes left today, one is the real shot of the return cabin falling from the sky into the lake, and the other is the actress Ryan Stone, played by Judy, swims from the lake to the shore. As for the interior of the return cabin and the underwater scene, it has been completed in the studio in Los Angeles. Therefore, Eric hopes to be able to get it all day, and everyone will be free to move in the next few days.

On the open space on Lake Powell, everyone gathered at Eric to discuss the next filming plan, because Nickel had just discovered a problem that had to be taken seriously.

"The weather is very good today, it is very suitable for shooting in the landing scene. However, because the weather is very good, there is no wind. The return cabin is easily covered by the parachute after falling, which affects the shooting of the lens. Therefore, we have to make some temporary The wind blows the parachute."

After Nikkor finished, the other main players of the crew couldn't help but frown.

If it is other time, this is of course only a small problem. Just bring a blower over. Even if a parachute with an area of ​​more than one square kilometer is blown away, Hollywood can find a corresponding high-power blower. When Eric first filmed the Tornado, he even used the engine of the Boeing aircraft to create a hurricane.

However, today's situation is quite special.

The city of Phoenix is ​​definitely not the high-power blower that the crew needs, and it needs to be shipped from Los Angeles. Even with helicopter consignment, it is almost noon to arrive. After the shipment, I will install and debug it. It is difficult to say whether the remaining time can still be shot.

If you wait until tomorrow, with the ability of a large number of media reporters gathered in Phoenix, it is estimated that there will be hundreds of people coming to personally 'witness' the return cabin landing, then it will be lively.

Everyone was discussing the countermeasures, and a voice suddenly sounded in the crowd: "Mr. Williams, if you just want to blow the parachute, it is very simple."

The crowd stopped talking and focused on standing on the outside of the crowd with a height of nearly two meters.

That was one of the four helicopter pilots of the VH-60 driving team, named Mark Bierman. Mark Bierman has served in the US Marine Corps. He is in his forties and has more than 10 years of experience in helicopter driving. He also participated in military aid to Afghanistan in the 1980s. He is experienced. After retiring, he worked at a helicopter leasing company in Los Angeles. He started driving Eric for six years ago. He was later hired by Eric to work for himself. Now he is the foreman of the four pilots of Sharp Point Estate.

Seeing everyone's eyes focused on themselves, Mark Bierman smiled a little embarrassedly, and reached out to the two VH-60s that were not far away, saying very directly: "The wind blown by the helicopter wing can be compared to the blower. Most of it."

When I heard Mark Bierman’s words, everyone’s eyes turned to the helicopter. William Stewart looked at him and said, “The wind of the helicopter should be blowing down?”

Mark Bierman said: "It's okay to come over."

A pencil held by Eric turned around his fingers, and he didn't hesitate too much. He pointed to the open lake in front of everyone. He said, "Mark, I want the wind to blow from the west to the east. You should give a demonstration first. Let me see."

Mark Bierman nodded, but took another shoulder of a younger pilot who was younger than him. He said, "Let Tim come, he is more proficient."

Eric looked at the pilot named Tim Torres next to Mark Bierman and nodded, no objection.

A few minutes later, the VH-60 took off on the shore and turned to the center of Lake Powell. It hovered for a moment at a height of seven or eight meters from the lake. Then it began to look up and the huge fuselage with a length of more than 20 meters in the blink of an eye was like A gecko climbed up slowly. Although the height of the helicopter has exceeded 10 meters above the lake, the powerful blow of the wing still evokes a clear ripple on the east side of the lake.

Seeing this situation, Eric has made up his mind and feels that he is worth the good salary for several pilots.

However, the flight or performance above the lake was not over yet. The helicopter slowly climbed for a moment, and then slowly and flexibly flipped, making a 180-degree inverted U-shaped flight path in the air like a fish jump over the water.

Seeing that this is obviously a performance in the field of flying special effects, everyone can't help but applaud, and Eric can't help but pat the palm of his hand.

Tim Torres estimated that he felt the reaction of the people. He did a few difficult moves in a row and drove the helicopter back to the shore. Eric watched the helicopter stop at the shore, jokingly to Mark Bierman next to him: "Mark, you tell Tim, if I dare to do this when I am on the plane, I will fire him immediately. of."

In everyone’s laughter, Mark Bierman shook his head: “Of course not.”

The details of the specific plan were discussed in detail, and the problem of the parachute was solved. The crew began to formally prepare for the return of the landing scene.

A VH-60 with a return cabin and props group slowly lifted off, Eric and Nikkor divided into two photography groups, driving two speedboats prepared in advance to swim on the lake, waiting for the return cabin to land when capturing Lens.

In the walkie-talkie, confirm that the VH-60 has flown to the height determined in advance, and after the other departments are ready, Eric issued the start order.

The return cabin model was dropped from a height of 1500 meters. Under the remote control of the prop group, the parachute was accurately opened. Another group of props on the ground was also preparing to implement the hatch pop-up operation. As for the anti-pushing rocket near the ground. It is a complete authenticity. Eric is made from Russia and can be automatically started automatically when it is one meter away from the ground.

A huge parachute like a strange mushroom blooms in the sky, and another VH-60, which is hovering around, is also preparing to wait for the return cabin to fall into the lake and blow the parachute away.

After a dozen seconds, the return cabin and the parachute rushed to the lake at a speed of more than ten meters per second. Then, the bottom of the return cabin suddenly exploded at a distance close to the lake. The next scene is beyond the expectations of many people. Everyone obviously underestimated the energy of the anti-pushing rocket when it burst open. At that moment, the lake was like a bomb, bursting open and bursting five or six meters. The high waves are flying fast around.

Although the distance has been adjusted, but the time is limited, the two speedboats on the lake will not be able to judge the point too accurately. One of the speedboats is only seven or eight meters away from the landing point of the returning cabin. The waves were like the predator of a giant beast protruding from the surface of the water, and it was like a slamming sound. Several people on the speedboat were directly washed away by the waves.

The time when it happened was only between two or three seconds. On the lake, Caroline’s nephew, who was holding Eric’s director, quickly slammed a few times, only to realize that the speedboat was rushed to the speedboat. The person standing is Eric. She feels that her heart is tight and she can't help but rush to the lake. Other people who are still in a daze notice the action of the girl bunny rushing out, and they rush to the lake.

Because of the anxiety in the heart, Caroline didn’t have the heart to pay attention to the foot during the running. What seemed to be stepped on in the process, the girl’s body slammed and almost fell, but she didn’t think about it, she felt that Meyer was Next to him, he held himself and stabilized his body shape. Caroline still ran forward.

"I'm fine here, everyone is fine, all departments continue. Tim, blow the parachute away, pay attention, blow to the north. There are prop groups, ready to bounce the door. Nickel, you come to shoot the hatch pop-up lens, In addition, how is your side, the lens on my side is abolished?"

A moment later, Eric’s voice was heard in several walkie-talkies of the crew, and all the talents let go.

Carolyn, who had unknowingly stepped on the water in the shore, sighed with great relief. Looking at the figure of Eric on the speedboat in the lake, he stood up again, and then he let go of his heart and felt dip. The right ankle in the water was slightly stinging, and my mind was on Eric. The girl only thought that she was twisted a little, but she didn't care too much.

"Carly, come up, your pants are wet."

When she heard that Meyer was calling herself behind her, Caroline realized that she was standing in front of everyone without knowing it. Only she ran into the water alone. The face was a bit blushing, and the girl was embarrassed to dodge the slightly ridiculous eyes of the crowd. She still held Eric’s director Taiben on her chest and walked out of the water with her small head.

"You are really, but there is no shoes for you to change," stretched Caroline off the mud on the shore, Meyer said, noting that Caroline's footsteps were somewhat unstable, he said: "You What happened to the feet?"

Although the walking room felt a little tingling in the ankles, but everyone was busy and nervous, Caroline didn't want to trouble everyone. He shook his head and said, "Nothing, just got mud."

"Oh, let's go over and clean it up," Mayer did not doubt him. He held Caroline and walked to the small area where the crew rested temporarily.

Unexpected conditions scrapped all the shots taken by Eric's camera. Fortunately, Nickel's shooting went well. After more than ten minutes, the people on both speedboats went ashore, and the staff of the prop group went back. Take the speedboat and enter the lake to start salvaging the returning cabin props that have already sunk. Although the crew does not care about the money to return the scrap iron in the return cabin, but the model is thrown into the lake, not only will it be dug up by the media reporters afterwards, but also Will be troubled by environmental protection organizations.

Eric was wet after landing, but the crew did not anticipate this in advance. He could only take off the wet jacket and simply wipe the water stains on his body. He also checked the shots of Nickel and confirmed. The success of the previous work was not in vain. This was the same as the other unlucky ones who had been poured into the soup chicken and stood beside the fire that was temporarily raised by the crew.

Everyone teased each other and felt a little figure walked to their side. Eric noticed Caroline's wet trousers and was concerned: "Stepping into the water?"

"Well," Caroline nodded embarrassedly, feeling that she was useless, couldn't help anything, and let Eric care about herself.

"Oh, then bake it, don't get ready beforehand, only go back in the afternoon and change clothes."

"No, it doesn't matter."

Eric saw the girl squinting her hair as she shook her head. She reached out and helped the girl to squint. Seeing this Nizi narrowed her neck and smiled and scraped her nose.

Carolyn subconsciously wanted to protest as usual, but this time she held back, and brought these little sweets in her heart, but her eyes did not dare to look at other people around.

After nearly an hour of busy work, the return cabin model was salvaged ashore, repackaged and hung under the helicopter to be transported back in the afternoon, to see the time, just finished shooting this group of shots, the time has passed 11:30. So the crew did not continue and began to eat a simple lunch brought in the morning. In addition to the few people who stayed at Lake Powell in advance, there were only 27 people in the entire crew. Although the various unions in Hollywood had a prohibition on the treatment during the shooting period, everyone did not care about the meal. The crew was already in Phoenix. The resort has arranged a very grand party, as long as it can be completed today, you can enjoy it when you go back.

"Eric, I suddenly found a problem," said lunch, and near the start of the shoot, Judi, who had already replaced the simple vest shorts, said with great interest.

Eric is recording the changes he needs to make in the later stages of the group of directors on his own director's desk. He said: "What?"

Judy turned over the stack of drawings that Eric gave to himself, and showed a few shots to Eric in turn, saying: "The return cabin descends from the sky, Ryan falls into the bottom of the lake, Ryan rises out of the water, Ryan climbs to the shore. In the end, Ryan stood up, which seems to herald the evolution of life, aquatic, amphibious, terrestrial, and even to the ultimate human. However, from the very beginning, you seem to agree that Earth's life is actually from the outside. The idea of ​​the stars, right?"

Eric didn't expect Judy's eyes to be so sharp, laughing: "You can understand this."

"Does that mean that the lens of the baby in the original capsule in the original space capsule also represents the meaning of life originating from the alien?"

"This is not, I just want to express a primitive mood in a lonely helpless moment. Who is the first person you think of in this situation?"

Judy recalled his own mentality when shooting the group of shots, and blurted out and said: "Mom."

"Yes." Eric nodded and said: "Although it will be affected by the living environment of the day after tomorrow, people tend to return to the mother's arms when they are most lonely and helpless."

Judy nodded seriously, in a twinkling of an eye, but suddenly inexplicably remembered the rumors of this guy's love of her lover, and her eyes became strange again.

Eric felt that Judy became a weird look. Although she didn't quite understand what she was thinking, it was obviously not a good thing. She immediately put away her expression and put on the majesty of the director. She said, "Hey, get ready to shoot, go get ready. ""

Judy white gave Eric a look, with a smile on his lips: "You guy."