Made in Hollywood

The location scenes shot by the crew in Paris were not too many, and the difficulty was not too big. The most difficult part was the road closure in the extremely prosperous and crowded city of Paris. No matter the time and space were quite limited, Duke had to direct the crew to use it. The fastest speed, quality and quantity to complete the planned scenes, fortunately, Liam Neeson's state adjustment is good, as long as he can maintain a good state, the shooting progress can be guaranteed.

On the temporarily closed viaduct, the traffic jammed into a lot, and the camera on the slide kept backing away. Right in front of the camera, Liam Neeson strode forward with his two long legs, desperately chasing forward. Actors who are over 50 can run almost to their limit.

"cut!"

Behind the camera, Duke raised his head and called to stop, "Five minutes off, Riley, to touch up Liam's makeup."

The tall Liam Neeson was leaning over a car and gasping for breath. Even after systematic training, this long uphill run was still a bit overwhelming.

Duke went over to ask him a few questions, lengthening the break to fifteen minutes.

The character setting of Agent Bryan determines that it is impossible to use a younger actor, a retired agent of a senior age, and to use close combat to kill a bunch of young and strong gangsters. happens in the movie.

Fifteen minutes of rest time is already the limit. Although the actual filming was not on the viaduct near Charles de Gaulle Airport, the traffic here is not too busy, but the crew could not take up too much time.

Duke stood up and walked to the viaduct, and looked into the distance for a while. Looking at the blockade of the crew again, Tina Fei stepped over the blockade and was walking towards him.

"The plane has taken off," she said as she walked over to Duke. "Evie will call you when she arrives in Australia."

"Yeah." Duke nodded.

Ivanka only stayed here for four days, and then went to Australia. Now is the period of rapid development of the company. It is still very far away to expand to the world, but the European and English-speaking Friendship Zones that are closely related to North America, It's not difficult to get in.

As for the company going public, although Ivanka mentioned it several times after returning from New York. Duke has used various reasons to drag it down. When a company develops to a certain stage, it is normal for it to go public and seek expansion funds. Moreover, the company has only invested in but not produced for several years. Ivanka has the idea of ​​​​going public, which seems normal to him.

However, according to Duke's understanding. Listing this thing behind. There seems to be a shadow of Donald Trump, who doesn't want that troublesome guy to put his hand in his cake.

Of course, going public is a necessary choice in the future. If Instant Share wants to continue to expand, it will undoubtedly require huge amounts of money. Duke does have some wealth, but most of it is not cash. And it's impossible for him to devote a large sum of money to just this one project with an uncertain future.

The time to go public can wait, at least until Google goes public.

The short break was soon over. Tina Fey seemed to have something else to do, and Duke told her to come back later, and the next shot wouldn't take too long.

Liam Neeson, who had been gasping for breath, had basically recovered. Although the last scene was shot four times, it took less than forty minutes before Duke called him through.

The scene on the viaduct was completely over, and the crew left part of the crew to finish here. Duke took the members who participated in the filming and drove to an ethnic minority community in the urban area.

In the driving car, Tina Fey talked about something that she didn't have time to mention just now, "There is news from Warner's distribution department that their international distribution department has basically negotiated with the people on the other side."

Hearing her say that, Duke immediately showed interest.

"The other party agrees to your conditions in principle. "Hurricane Rescue" can be released at the same time, and it is recommended that you take the film to the Shanghai Film Festival in early June next year."

Tina Fei opened the work log, glanced at it, and said, "The other party also has a condition, requiring you to send the screening version of the film no later than mid-April at the latest. They need..."

"Need a review?" Duke said.

"Yes." Tina Fey nodded. "The film can only be released there after it needs to be reviewed."

This is a normal situation, let alone now, even in the past ten years, any movie released in the theater market over there must be reviewed. In fact, all over the world, before the movie is released, it will basically face this situation.

For example, in North America, although the rating system of mpaa is not mandatory, which distribution company will not send ratings when releasing films? If not rated, theaters will almost refuse to show.

After thinking for a few minutes, Duke said to Tina Fey, "Promise them."

Duke is not worried about a certain big scissors. Although the films he made after entering Hollywood were very American, they did not touch the sensitive nerves of the opposite side, such as the South China Sea in "Brave Island". The content, in his hands, became Iran and the Persian Gulf...

And in the future, no matter it is anyone's film, if you want to screen in the theaters on the other side, you must go through this procedure.

Although the audit standards on the other side are always erratic, what can pass the audit today may not pass tomorrow, but it is only for their domestic movies, and the quantitative standards for foreign movies are still relatively clear.

Duke used to feel helpless when it came to a certain pair of scissors, but after staying in Hollywood, he also fully understood that no matter what country or region, it is impossible to completely allow the free circulation of audio-visual products that actually have the effect of propaganda and incitement.

Political correctness is a necessary choice for mainstream audio-visual products in any country. This big scissors does have many defects such as inconsistent standards and too strong randomness, but it cannot simply throw some responsibilities on their heads.

For example, some theatrical projects he worked in in his previous life.

At that time, he had been in the crew of several theatrical dramas. In fact, it was very clear that the popularity of divine dramas was not only because of the existence of scissors, but also inseparable from the market.

In addition to the mandatory requirements of the big scissors, it is not difficult to find that, among many TV series, the drama is the most clear type, with a global model - a clear confrontation between good and evil camps, and justice finally wins. The ending, the plot of life and death...

And after the high development of the Internet, no one can deny that the age of the audience in front of the TV shows a trend of getting older, and it gradually becomes mainly people born in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a lot of enthusiasm, which has also created a rigid demand in the market.

There is a certain market demand, and it is destined that the drama has room to survive, especially for TV stations and production companies, the drama has low risk and high returns.

First of all, the drama is a TV series that is absolutely politically correct, and there are a lot of "just needs" - it must be played on various anniversaries; secondly, the genre of the drama is clear, and it has a group of loyal target viewers like older audiences; and other Compared with repertoires, divine dramas do not require stars, the investment is relatively small, the replay rate is high, and the income is high. At the same time, the popular, special and local special dramas often receive government support, and the financial subsidies are considerable.

Although he didn't really make a name for himself in his previous life, Duke's turning point in the past came from the drama crew. Pyrotechnician is a must-have position in the drama, and the existence of a large number of drama crews also provides newcomers with opportunities to emerge.

Perhaps the behind-the-scenes department is not very conspicuous, but from the cast members of the drama, it is not difficult to understand the opportunities this kind of play creates for the cast and crew behind the scenes.

Divine dramas are dramas that have very low requirements for actors, especially actors - not beautiful, tall, and temperamental. Maybe other dramas can't be performed, but generally speaking, there is no problem in performing divine dramas.

In fact, many second- and third-tier idol artists who look very glamorous, maybe not even divine drama actors who have hardly heard of their names, make a lot of money.

Duke once heard from some producers that some second- and third-tier artists, who specialize in idol dramas and life dramas, may also need to go around at home and provide living expenses; and the actors of divine dramas, as long as they work hard enough, they often There are endless plays that can make a lot of money.

To exaggerate, in the film and television industry where opportunity is far more important than ability, the cast and crew of divine dramas may be relatively close to the category of "no pain, no gain".

The popularity of certain types of movies and TV series is often caused by various reasons, and it is impossible to simply attribute the problem to any one person or unit.

Just like Captain America scolded Hitler and Quentin Tastino for smashing the top Nazis, both China and the United States actually have similar attitudes towards film and television dramas-political correctness must be encouraged, and romantic imaginations are allowed. .

Of course, proper imagination and additions can bring more entertainment to the entertainment repertoire, and everyone likes it, but adding some vulgar elements, it can only be said that it really deserves to be complained.

In short, as a former industry insider, Duke generally knows where the bottom line of the big scissors is, and he is a director who can make timely adjustments, and he is not a die-hard like Christopher Nolan.

Arriving in the minority community, Duke finished the day with a few shots.

There are not many exterior scenes in Paris, but they are quite fragmented, and the shooting plan has to be adjusted from time to time according to the relevant situation in the urban area. In mid-January 2004, the crew finally ushered in the last scene.

All the difficult shots were basically shot in the Burbank studio. For Liam Neeson, the most difficult part was undoubtedly the running scene, when he finished his last run on a bridge over the Seine At that time, Duke announced the end of filming.

The film took only two months to complete all the shots. Duke did not stay in Paris. He needed to return to Los Angeles to continue post-production. He also needed to go to various occasions to gain a sense of presence during the sprint stage of the awards season. .

It is very important to be familiar in front of many judges, and the first to bear the brunt is the upcoming Golden Globe Awards. (To be continued..)

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