Made in Hollywood

As a well-known art director in the circle, who has won two best art director statuettes, Hannah Serena received a solemn task from Duke to build at least 150 vehicles and wastelands. The undisturbed motor vehicle of the Land of the Dead and its brutish ruler covered in sunscreen.

"Be cool, or I'll kill you."

Encouraged (wei) and encouraged (xie) by Duke's "terrorist remarks", Hannah Serena took her design team and spent three full weeks before completing the first draft of the first version.

In addition to being crazy and surreal, every shape of the first draft was designed with better explosion effects in the New Mexico desert at high speed.

These design drawings must be approved by Duke before they can be used in practice. Hannah Serena asked the props team to make a batch of models, and then found Duke.

In a studio of Warner Studios, the first batch of models produced were placed on display racks. Duke first took a rough look at them, and then examined them one by one under the introduction of Hannah Serena.

The most conspicuous place on the display stand is of course the car driven by the heroine Firoza - War Machine.

However, this is just a model that is just over a foot long.

Hannah Serena stood in front of this pocket-sized but mighty model, explaining to Duke, "This is a war machine, the special chariot of the heroine Felosa, which is towed by a tubing truck and another. The prototype is the Tatra of the Czech Republic. The Tatra T815 truck, which was put into production in 1983, is used as the front of the pioneer. Twin V8s with wheel drive!"

Duke was still very satisfied with the appearance, but he didn't know much about cars, so he asked. "It doesn't look like Taitra."

"Our refitters will increase the space in the engine compartment of the front cover," Hannah Serena pointed to the long front nose of the war machine, "the extent of the modification is a bit large, so it's a little hard to see."

"Yes!" Duke approved the plan, "as long as it doesn't affect the use."

"Don't worry." Hannah Serena said again, "The design team has experts in automobiles."

The two turned to the car of the villain big boss Undead Joe. Hannah Serena named the model she designed 'Giga Horse'.

"I think the spikes and the rocket tail can bring a very unusual feeling, so I used two 1959 Cadillac's 'Golden Empire' and a monster truck to create such a behemoth, not counting the rear The spoiler and other flags, the car is four meters high."

She shrugged and joked to Schwartzman who was passing by, "Anyway, that guy John can't climb up."

subsequently. Under the introduction of Hannah Serena, Duke carefully checked other modified car models.

"War Boy" Nux's car, modified from a 1932 Ford Chevrolet supercar, with nitrogen, steel plates, a V8 engine, integrally sloping wheels and a swooping exhaust pipe.

The Vulture Tribe's "Spiked Vintage Car" was converted from a 1937 Plymouth sedan.

"Don't doubt it. The steel spears on the body can definitely tear apart opponents in combat," said Hannah Serena. "The design was inspired by the Australian echidna."

The most eye-catching character in "Fury Road" must be the guitarist in the villain's caravan, but Duke is looking at it from the side. It is impossible to see what the model of the car he was riding in is.

"The electronic music float, the original model is the MAN .KAT .A1 8x8 off-road truck of the German MAN Group. I think this will be the coolest scene in the movie."

Hannah Serena clearly has a feeling for the car, "It has giant speakers, a number of taiko drummers at the rear, and a double-necked fire guitar from an electronic warrior to keep the convoy going. This car is really It's crazy. A mobile stage with various speakers, and your fire-breathing guitar is the highlight."

After looking at them side by side, Duke’s biggest feeling is how crazy and messy the American car modification is, which can be seen from these models.

As for vehicles, Duke is an out-and-out layman. His requirement is that these modified cars should be cool enough. Hannah Serena's design basically met his requirements.

After watching the modified car model, Duke went to the stunt department again. The film will use a large number of stunt personnel. For this reason, he specially hired a circus acrobat who has been working for 30 years. Many stunts rely on on-site shooting. In addition to the skills of the personnel, some professional equipment is also being prepared.

In the finished shooting script, there is a scene that requires the modified car to show a spectacular collision effect, and the stunt personnel need to find the safest way to flip the locomotive.

In order to solve this problem, the stunt personnel specially made a flat steel plate and installed it under the car. It can be retracted after hitting the ground, so that the stunt driver can control the car when the car turns over.

This new method makes shooting flipped motorcycles quite safe. A stunt driver named Galinoris flipped 8 and a half laps while doing a test.

"It probably broke the world record in the film industry."

Hannah Serena who came together said this to Duke.

And one of the signature stunts in the script involves using a tall pole to bounce an attacker from one speeding car to another.

Sebastian Diggins is a stuntman with 30 years of experience in acrobatics and gymnastics. He is specially hired by the crew. In his words, the experience of these pole stunts is like "swinging, only But instead of swinging with your feet down, you swing upside down."

The stunt department has also carried out special design and tests on this. The struts are made of special steel, which is both strong and elastic. Some rods are fixed on hydraulic bearings, and other people manipulate the counterweight device Complete the swing for a more natural motion effect.

Computer special effects have become popular in film production in recent years. Duke is the most representative figure in this area, but he chose old school live-action special effects in the filming of "Fury Road". .

Duke’s idea is to make a movie that relies heavily on visual expression, so that Japanese audiences can understand it without subtitles, but this does not mean that the dialogue of the characters in the movie will be reduced indefinitely, but that it will transcend the barriers between native language and culture . Choose cross-cultural symbolism that fans can understand to communicate with the audience.

On the basis of using a traditional script, Duke also collaborated with several illustrators in the team to produce more than a thousand storyboards and up to 3,000 storyboards, which became the final script.

The cast and crew needed to be in constant communication with him as the director throughout the shoot.

Fury Road is a massive project, requiring at least 1,700 workers. That included more than 200 stuntmen, stunt drivers, photographers, and snake charmers to clean up the set of deadly rattlesnakes and venomous lizards.

Although Duke's expectation was that 90 percent of the special effects would be done by real people, ILM's special effects team still needed to produce about 1,500 special effects shots for the film.

The charm of this film is largely due to the unrestrained cast of villains. All these designs are designed to make Duke's idea of ​​the madness of this post-apocalyptic world more full. Duke also gives the team members complete freedom of imagination. Characters or elements have backstories that relate to this sci-fi world, and they can all come and give him advice as a director.

For example, John Schwartzman believed that the crew should really make a fully functional electric guitar that could throw flames for the film.

Duke had people do the same. If the film can generate enough influence, maybe it can be used as peripheral production?

In addition to being busy with these tasks, Duke also often meets with Charlize Theron and Tom Cruise, constantly discussing roles and films.

When the time entered October, Charlize Theron appeared in the crew again. Gave him a big surprise.

"Is it weird?"

Walking into Duke's office, Charlize Theron took off her hat generously, hung it on the hanger, and shook her head with only short stubble. Sitting across from Duke's desk, "I won't cut it now. I will cut it off after a while. If I cut it off earlier, I can get used to it sooner."

Sitting back on the high-back chair, Duke put his arms around his chest. With one hand on his chin, he looked at Charlize's bald head and said, "If you put some engine oil on your forehead, it will make you feel better."

"Feeling?" Charlize suddenly raised the corners of her mouth, staring at Duke and asked, "How does it feel? I remember you always liked long blonde hair. When did your taste change?"

Duke shrugged, too lazy to answer her question.

Charlize Theron withdrew her somewhat threatening gaze, and said, "Fortunately, I didn't endorse shampoo, otherwise I would be sued for liquidated damages."

"Are you still endorsing Dior?" Duke asked casually.

Charlize Theron has been the face of Dior for so many years.

"Yeah, other brands don't like me." She was not polite, and took a water glass from the side, picked up the kettle on the table, poured a glass of water for herself, took a sip, and said, "If If there are no big-selling works, I’m afraid Dior will terminate my contract.”

"Okay, let's talk about the role." Duke changed the topic to movies, "What did we talk about last time?"

"The relationship between Ferosa and the people she saved." Charlize reminded, "You said that everyone's potential is still there, but the road will be different, and Ferosa is the one who changed their path."

She asked Duke, "She's a hero, right?"

Duke didn't answer, but instead asked, "What do you think?"

"Firosa is the kind of hero I want to see. Although it is not mentioned in the script, but thinking about it carefully, her path cannot be smooth." Charlize obviously put a lot of effort into figured out the role, "She was so young at a young age. Being kidnapped, growing up in a society where women can only become cows, and being able to fight her way to become a general, the price she paid was definitely not as simple as an arm."

"She's a strong fighter!" Charlize Theron said again, "so she's a hero."

Duke shook his head, "The real strength of Firosha is not her combat power." (To be continued ~^~)

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