Made in Hollywood

With the increase of the filming time of the crew in Las Vegas, more and more reporters have gathered here, circling around the crew every day, hoping to snoop or shoot some exclusive news, even if there is no exclusive news, can get Some new news can also be, who made "Transformers" Duke's new work?

"If you were to interview ten random people on the street, half of them would know what Duke Rosenberg's new film was."

Sitting in an outdoor cafe, Jack Scholes, the ace reporter from the entertainment page of the Washington Post, said to his cameraman, "If you want to attract attention to the entertainment page, Duke Rosenberg's new work The report is actually the best option.”

The cameraman holding the coffee cup kept nodding, "There is no director who has received the attention of the entire North American public like Duke Rosenberg. His influence has long exceeded the scope of the director himself."

A director who can rank among the top 20 of the Forbes list of the world's richest people, how can it be as simple as an ordinary director.

"You're right."

Speaking of which, Jack Scholes looked at the location of the crew in the distance, and suddenly shook his head, "It's a pity that his vulgar personal taste will never change."

The other party has achieved enough brilliant achievements in the field of commercial films, but he is unwilling to take a slight step towards the field of literary films. In his opinion, this is simply too unseemly.

The cameraman stopped nodding, but didn't say anything. He just sipped his coffee. Although he had a different opinion, he wouldn't be stupid enough to say it in front of his boss.

Jack Scholes was still shaking his head. He remembered a scene he had seen in the morning. It was a scene with the heroine.

As the heroine Amber Heard, there is not a single line in the entire scene, except that the camera sweeps over her extremely photogenic face. Always revolving around her sexy figure.

This heroine, in addition to the role of the vase, is simply weakened to the point of dispensation.

Every time she appears, she is basically 'thin, revealing, revealing'. Even when she runs away and lies on the ground, she has to put on a sexy 'POSE' according to director Duke Rosenberg's request. Such an actor appears in such a in a movie. It's just a great mockery of the art of cinema...

There are other scenes to shoot. If it weren't for the lack of a chance to meet, Jack Scholes would definitely sneer in front of each other. A top director who has been in the industry for more than 15 years turned to the old way of his debut. In addition to the explosion, the shooting Still an explosion.

The other party obviously took a live explosion to shoot those hot scenes, and Jack Scholes watched the shooting for a few days. Those well-built backgrounds are often blown to pieces after a scene.

This crew is just a garbage maker.

But not everyone sees it that way.

At another table next door, several reporters from the Los Angeles Times were also discussing the filming of Transformers.

"The explosions were very visually stunning on the ground, but shot on the streets of Las Vegas. Still a little risky."

After one reporter finished speaking worriedly, another retorted, "For a director like Duke who has filmed "Brave Island", "Independence Day" and "Saving Private Ryan" and other director full of explosive scenes It's not that difficult to control the explosion scene."

The reporter sitting between the two said. "Brave Island" Duke destroyed half of San Francisco, "Independence Day" blew up North America. "Saving Private Ryan" destroyed Omaha Beach, "Transformers" how could he destroy a few U.S. troops Base and half Las Vegas..."

Although more and more reporters flocked to Las Vegas, Duke's filming schedule was unaffected, save for the occasional new idea. The entire shoot was proceeding in an orderly manner according to plan.

The main filming on this day is the scene of Amber Heard. As the heroine, she does not have many lines, and spends more time using body movements to complete the performance, and the purpose of these body movements is only one , to accentuate the appearance and stature.

The sun was gradually moving westward, and a scene in which Mikaela was driving a Bumblebee was filmed. Today, the filming crew completed all the filming tasks. Duke handed over some finishing work to Tina Fey, and he was accompanied by the press officer. Then, walk into the interview area designated by the crew to be interviewed by the media.

This is a practice that Hollywood crews and news media have evolved over many years. Reporters will not disturb the filming of the crew too much, and the crew will appropriately cooperate with the media for interviews.

To be precise, this is a win-win event.

Even Duke's films need a lot of publicity if they want to sell.

A few days ago, the hero and heroine Andrew Garfield and Amber Heard were interviewed separately. Duke never minds playing in person at such a necessary moment to promote the film.

"Duke, can you tell me your purpose of making Transformers into a live-action movie?" a reporter from the Los Angeles Times asked first. "There's a lot of news that you like the series a lot?"

"Yes, I like this series very much." Duke nodded without hesitation. "As I said, I have always liked the toys and cartoons in this series."

"As for why a live-action movie version is made."

After pondering for a while, Duke continued, "I don't think in all the years of filmmaking history has a truck turned into a 20-foot-tall robot on the screen, and I also want to make a classic cartoon that looks back to the past. A tribute to the work that finds out the imagination that Hollywood has lost for many years. There are many moments in the movie that have touched us, even people over 30 years old, when they see the movie, they still feel like a 10-year-old child Eyes open."

"But there are a lot of people criticizing..."

Later, a reporter from an unknown newspaper took out several conceptual design drawings of Optimus Prime released by the crew. "Such robots have no sense of reality. Their slender and slender bodies cannot bear their weight at all."

"Who said they were robots?" Duke spread his hands and said, "They are mechanical beings! Just like humans, they are advanced beings with thoughts, feelings, hobbies, and dislikes, and they should have the same beauty as humans. streamlined body."

Duke stretched out his right index finger and deliberately emphasized, "Remember, they are not those boxy and cumbersome robots made of steel by humans. If they were designed to look like clumsy robots, it would look fake and boring, because this It's not like intelligent life in an alien galaxy, but like a low-quality robot product made by the Japanese."

In this regard, the crew, Warner Bros. and Hasbro have fully reached an agreement, and various preparatory work has been carried out quickly on this basis.

Even though the film is still far from its release, the promotion and spin-off promotion has already begun.

Beginning in October, Hasbro and Warner Bros. spent two months creating a toy product line for the film, with great assistance from the crew, including toys from Tinder, Optimus Prime and Starscream. It will be available globally a month before the film's release, with the first wave of dolls launching next spring.

The toys will also include several characters from the second movie, including Cross Cannon and Arcey, most of which have moving parts that allow them to truly transform.

In terms of publicity and distribution, after months of negotiations, Warner Bros. has reached distribution and introduction agreements with exhibitors in more than 80 countries and regions, many of which will be released simultaneously with North America.

In terms of promotion, many sponsors such as General Motors, Panasonic, Lenovo Computer, Burger King and Coca-Cola have already obtained the relevant image and character authorization from the 'Transformers' studio. Products related to the live-action Transformers movie to warm up the movie.

The props used for the filming, including the prototype car of the Bumblebee and the fire source, will be put on the Amazon website for charity sales by the publicity and marketing personnel after the filming is over.

In addition, Hasbro and Warner Bros have also established a website called District 7, which has a viral marketing alternative reality game, which has this film and all the previous Transformers toys participating in an event called 'Hungry Dragon' covert operation.

There are also a number of tidbits videos on the website, providing 'evidence' of the existence of Transformers on Earth, including the prototype car of the Bumblebee, of course.

Filming in Las Vegas lasted about a week, and the crew then moved to Hoover Dam, which, like the Pentagon, has declined all Hollywood film crews since 9/11. Transformers was 2001. After September, the first crew to be able to film live on the Hoover Dam.

This is one of the famous scenic spots in the United States. In order not to affect the normal operation of the dam, the crew must get up early every day, and then finish filming before ten o'clock in the morning. The Hoover Dam will be open to tourists after ten o'clock. It will definitely bring quite a bit of trouble to the crew.

From the filming of Hoover Dam, Peter Cullen also joined the crew, the voice actor of the animated version of Optimus Prime, will use his own voice to evoke the memories of the series for those who are nostalgic.

Among his lines, of course, the "freedom and rights belong to all living beings" voted on by the Internet.

Regardless of the actual situation in the United States, 'Freedom and rights belong to all living beings' is definitely the best embodiment of American values ​​in the film, and it also interprets Optimus Prime's thoughts and ideology. Just this line can explain why the Autobots he led I will fight to the death with my fellow Decepticons for the sake of the earth and human beings.

Applied to the real world, this is an ideological battle. This is a war that crosses ethnic, geographical and cultural backgrounds, and there is no possibility of compromise at all. (To be continued ~^~)

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