Made in Hollywood

All the hot battle scenes were shot by Duke himself. Some literary plays and scenes such as the take-off of fighter planes were handed over to Anna Prinz. According to the plan, the filming period was only 80 days, any time. No delay.

Fortunately, Anna Prinz is not a novice. When Duke led the crew to the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the crew she led had already flown to the Pentagon to shoot some literary scenes over there.

On the filming site designated by the crew at the Baisha Missile Range, a Middle Eastern style dilapidated village has long been built. Channing Tatum and other actors who star in the special forces, after a certain period of training, have gained a few more sturdies His temperament, at least from the outside, looks like a soldier.

Dozens of trailers were parked far enough outside, and the military also set up a cordon around the village. Duke’s explosion scenes can’t be exploded with soft explosives. The shooting here will use a lot of them. Of military explosives.

This is the Baisha Missile Range, and he can also let it go.

"Jos! Jos!"

Standing on a high platform in the village, Duke yelled a few times with a loudspeaker. When Jos Williams trot for a while and got on the high platform, he said again, “Remember to communicate with the actors and don’t have any accidents. "

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"Someone is doing it." Jos Williams gave Duke a relieved look.

Duke looked at Channing Tatum and the others, who was not far away, who was sorting their equipment, and nodded, "I hope they won't be frightened."

The scale of the explosion was a bit large. Members of his team have long been accustomed to working in this environment, and even if these actors have undergone military training for a period of time, it is difficult to say whether they will panic by then.

However, Duke is not worried that those actors who play special forces will be frightened and face a powerful unknown creature. Especially for this type of giant Sark, it’s normal for someone to be scared. The special forces are very powerful, but they are not out of the scope of human beings, just like the soldiers on the battlefield shown in "Saving Private Ryan". It has always been diverse. It's not all the kind who shouts slogans that are not afraid of death.

The performance of the actors here will have a certain degree of uncertainty, but the actors are also scattered. In addition to the panoramic shots, the close-ups given to them will be shot separately by the camera assistant. Editing this magical film technology can also remove a lot of Duke does not want to watch. To the screen.

"Jos, have you seen the tallest earth building in the distance?"

Duke pointed to the southeast corner of the village, which was the furthest point from the battle between the Sark giant and the American forces, "Blow it up. I want the dust and gunpowder from its explosion to reach the sky two hundred feet high."

Jos Williams looked at it for a while and said, "No problem, leave it to me."

When Jos Williams left, Duke called out John Schwartzman again and asked him to arrange a shot of the explosion when the helicopter arrived.

Since Independence Day, Duke hasn't exploded like this in a long time.

Get off the platform and bypass the two jib trucks that were filming. Duke found Channing Tatum and other actors.

"Cha Ning..."

He beckoned there, Channing Tatum and others ran over immediately. "director?"

"The scale of the explosion scene may be a bit large." Duke warned, "You must follow the set route. Also, you must control your emotions. If you can't control it, I allow you to be deserters."

Channing Tatum and others looked at each other, their faces somewhat embarrassed. Even in the movie, no one wants to be a deserter.

"Director, we..."

Duke patted Channing Tatum on the shoulder and said, "Just do your job well. Don't worry about other aspects."

After telling the actors, Duke came to the forefront of the village. The model of the Sark giant has been transported over and will be blown up by the crew.

This will be the first Decepticon that the US military has eliminated.

In the previous movie, the imbalance of combat power between the Decepticons and humans can be said to be an obvious problem. Although the initial attack and attack on the US military positions were caused by sneak attacks, the US military is also known to be not good at responding to sneak attacks, but the Decepticons behind Compared with the opening scene, the combat effectiveness displayed by the tiger and the US military is a bit too exaggerated.

Just like Duke said, Transformers are powerful, but not invincible, so he changed the beginning of the film, attacking the US military base in Qatar, not only attacks, but also earth-shattering thunder and sky-warming.

In addition, the Sark giant is no longer a subsidiary of the attack, but as a separate combat unit like the original animation, his strength will be further strengthened, and launch a surprise attack from the ground.

The Four King Kong attacked from the air, the ground and the underground, all-round and three-dimensional strikes, thus killing a US military base.

The crew received tens of millions of dollars in military sponsorship from the Pentagon. Duke will definitely consider the image of the military. On the open desert, more than a dozen fighter jets and several gunboats were dispatched at the same time, and the most advanced ones were installed. The weapons, especially armor-piercing bullets and other equipment, even the Decepticons could not bear it.

The Zac giant will be torn to pieces by a violent blow from the air.

This setting is not only for balancing combat effectiveness, Duke is also considering for the entire series. Although Optimus Prime is the absolute protagonist, it is impossible for humans to only play soy sauce. After all, it is humans who watch movies, not Transformers. .

Returning to his position as director, Duke waited patiently. The layout of this huge set was not so easy, and there was only one opportunity to shoot. This part of the building would be turned into ruins under the fierce fire of the Sark giant. .

"The film crew is ready..."

"The prop set is ready..."

"The actor is ready..."

"The fireworks team is ready..."

The assistant director sent a piece of information to Duke. After receiving the news that all departments were ready, he raised the megaphone.

"Start!"

With Duke's order, the originally quiet set immediately turned into a noisy battlefield, with gunshots and explosions constantly sounding.

Duke has already stood behind the director’s monitor. What he mainly observes is the explosion footage and the footage of Channing Tatum and another black actor. It doesn’t matter how much the other people’s scenes are. If the performance is bad, just cut it out. Up.

Suddenly a huge explosion sounded on the left hand side. The tallest tulou in the village seemed to have been hit by a cruise missile. Countless gunpowder smoke rose into the sky, hitting the sky hundreds of feet high, and then collapsed.

The carefully calculated explosion will not spread to the set, but some dust still floats over.

Duke called a stop at the right time, waited for the dust to fall off, cleaned the set again, and started shooting again.

The military's cooperation was just right. After ten minutes, several batches of fighters swept across the battlefield from low altitude. Although it was impossible to launch any missiles, it was enough for shooting. Other effects can be added during post-production.

Perhaps due to sufficient military training, the performance of the actors is not to say how good, but it is enough for a film of the type "Transformers", even though the Zack giant was blown up and fell apart. The panic on Nin Tatum's face could not be concealed, but it had nothing to do with the overall situation.

In post-production, just cut this shot directly.

The filming ended. Except for a few houses used to erect cameras, nearly half of this small village was turned into ruins. Channing Tatum’s team also ‘killed’ several people...

"No need to retake, right?"

On the platform where Duke was, Tina Fei walked up wearing a big mask, looked at the monitor screen, and asked, "The military called me. If you need to retake it, they can Let the second batch of fighters take off."

Duke didn’t answer immediately after watching the video on the monitor. Instead, he said to Tina Fei after watching the shots taken by each camera, “No, you will call the Pentagon in person later. Just say that the crew and I are very grateful for the military’s support."

The support of the military can save the crew tens of millions of dollars in filming funds, which can be transferred to post-production, which will bring better special effects.

Tina Fey glanced down the stairs and reminded Duke, "Chanin Tatum is here."

Turn off the monitor, Duke turned back, Channing Tatum had already walked over, he raised his hand to greet Duke, and said, "Director Rosenberg, my role here is all over. If the crew has no plans for additional filming, I plan to leave the Baisha Missile Range this afternoon."

Duke thought for a moment and said, "Yes."

Channing Tatum said a few more polite words, then turned and left.

"He should report to the crew of Sony Columbia."

As a production manager, Tina Fei seems to know the situation well, "Another Hasbro toy series is also shooting a movie."

"Joe Special Forces?" Duke asked, turning his head.

"Well, it's the special forces."

When it comes to the reputation of toys in North America, the special forces are even bigger than the Transformers series. Tina Fei added, "If my news is correct, Channing Tatum will be the leading actor, and he will play the role. The role is Duke."

"The Duke?"

In fact, this series is also very suitable for adaptation into a movie, especially terrorism not only has not disappeared, but continues to spread today. It is just that Duke made a late shot and did not get the right to adapt. The sequel of this series was difficult to give birth. The main reason is also It's not about the popularity of special forces, but about the director.

The copyright of Stephen Sommers is pretty good, and he made a good start for this series, but the sequel directed by the director who took over is really uncomfortable.

"Duke, there is something else." Tina Fei reminded again, "You have to go back to Los Angeles to participate in the premiere of "Robot Walle"." (To be continued...)

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