Made in Hollywood

It is not easy for an idea to be selected, planned, and ready to enter the production stage, but this is only the beginning of the "battle". There are still many problems in the production stage. The film production process is the process of organizing production. Be loyal to inspiration and pay more attention to management.

Throughout filming, Duke repeatedly emphasized on-set safety issues.

A crew can range from a dozen people to hundreds of people. A crew like "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" often even employs thousands of people to participate in the filming. Prepare and prevent in advance, once the scene is in chaos, it may lead to accidents.

In addition to being a director, Duke is also a producer. As the investor and producer of the film, he knows very well that once a safety accident occurs, it will mean the loss of a large amount of his profits.

Therefore, in addition to the need to do a good job in safety management in advance, we also signed a safety responsibility agreement with the main person in charge to implement the details to the specific person in charge. The crew of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" also established a corresponding safety team to ensure the safety of the set .

Safety issues on the set include not only personal safety, fire prevention, electricity consumption, transportation, finance, equipment safety, etc., but also other unexpected situations that may occur, such as sudden changes in the weather.

The most typical is accidents caused by props. Duke still remembers a tragedy in the mid-1990s. Bruce Lee’s son, Brandon Lee, died in an accident while filming the movie "The Crow" in 1993. The cause of the tragedy turned out to be that the prop gun was loaded with real bullets, and no one checked the gun before it was loaded.

A chain of negligence ultimately led to the tragedy, when Brandon Lee died at the age of 28.

Such a safety issue is undoubtedly fatal to a crew.

The crew also purchased insurance in time according to the needs of the project, such as the more common insurance in Hollywood, accident liability insurance; group accident personal insurance; building damage insurance; vehicle insurance; equipment insurance; sufficient preparation.

As a crew with a lot of scenes of blasting, action, fighting and flying around. Some money can be saved, and some money cannot be saved.

The filming of the crew in Iceland went smoothly, and all the shots here ended after ten days. Some of them were led by Anna Prinz and returned to Los Angeles to shoot in the studio of Hughes Aircraft Factory. Duke led most of them to fly to Ireland. The filming of the exterior scenes continued.

During the whole journey, the films and copies taken were kept by special personnel assigned by Duke to prevent them from being lost or leaked.

There is no need to be careless in this regard, because it is very likely that the results of the crew will come to naught due to some small omissions.

Although today's rapid development of digital technology has greatly reduced the cost of filming, it is also accompanied by the problem of how to store and keep a large amount of filming materials. In Hollywood, there are crews who do not pay attention. On the way, I lost the hard disk containing the material in the lost example.

For example, after MGM digitized "The Wizard of Oz", they threw away the original copy. When they wanted to make it 3D again, they found that the digital file had lost 20%. Fortunately, UCLA (UCLA) ) preserves the original negative. They were able to rescan and make 3D, which was a near miss.

Imagine if a project was shot on film and no negatives were kept or kept. What will be the consequences?

In addition to film, Duke's crew also has digital material shot. Digital materials also have to face the problem of converting between various formats. In order to prevent accidents during the conversion process, it is also necessary to back up the materials.

In addition, it should be checked regularly. Some crews save the digital material in the solid-state hard drive and ignore it. As a result, it is very likely that the file will be lost when it is opened again.

It is not difficult to say that it is easy to make records, back up in time, keep and check well, but you must remember to follow the process during work, and you must not be afraid of trouble.

Upon arriving in Ireland, Duke only gave the crew an afternoon to rest, and the location shooting would begin in the early morning of the next day. Even though the film came from his investment, the progress of the project should not be too procrastinated.

This is also a problem that any director must pay attention to.

Of course, unless you are the king of sunglasses, someone is willing to wait for you to grow old if someone spends money on you, or you have relatives who are really rich and willing to invest in your movie regardless of the return, otherwise the progress of the project is an unavoidable hurdle.

It’s not that we need to go online to force the director to fool things, but to complete the work within a controllable range—because once the progress is out of control, it will cause a chain reaction: maybe the money is not enough, maybe the season has changed, maybe missed It's a good schedule... The delay is not only time, but also real money.

The best way to achieve process management is to make a good shooting plan in the early stage. Based on the experience accumulated by Duke in the past, the daily shooting progress is about 2 to 4 pages of scripts, so that you can have a basic idea of ​​the approximate time.

In Hollywood, script decomposition is the basic tool to determine the shooting cycle. It can analyze the various elements in the script and convert them into shooting plans and budgets. Discover the various elements in the script that are ambitious, costly, and potentially difficult, and be alert, and it is easy to sort out and find parts that can be concentrated on shooting to improve efficiency.

When conducting site surveys before shooting, directors and producers should also remember to invite heads of photography, lighting, art direction and other departments to come to the scene and listen to their opinions and suggestions. After all, this is an expert in various fields. A director It is up to these experts and their teams to realize the pictures conceived by patting their heads.

Also, the plan cannot keep up with the changes, so the plan should be as precise as possible with room for it. This is not only a technical job, but also an artistic job: technology comes from professionalism, and art comes from experience.

Although every project is not exactly the same, the problems encountered last time will be valuable experience next time.

Starting from the filming in Ireland, Harrison Ford, the biggest star in the entire crew, joined the filming. He is also the highest-paid actor in the crew. In order to invite him, the crew paid a full 20 million US dollars in remuneration.

Although Duke decided to let Han Solo die to prevent Harrison Ford from reappearing in the sequel, the atmosphere between the two was quite harmonious during the filming process. Today, he is no longer the young director he was before. Even a long-established character like Harrison Ford must show enough respect on the set.

As for what Harrison Ford will do in private, Duke doesn't care at all. The two are just a simple business cooperation, and Harrison Ford also has enough bargaining chips to get the 20 million dollars in salary.

He appeared in the crew, not only for filming, but also for the promotion of the film.

Not long after Harrison Ford arrived in Dublin, the crew of "Star Wars: Far From Awakening" broke a big news, which instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the media and movie fans.

Warner's TMZ website took the lead in disclosing an exclusive news about Harrison Ford.

"On June 22, local time in Ireland, the 71-year-old veteran actor Harrison Ford injured his ankle while filming "Star Wars: The Force Awakens". Filming will continue while he recuperates."

"It is reported that Harrison Ford was hit by a hydraulic door that accidentally fell during filming at the Black Forest Film Studio in Dublin. His ankle was seriously injured and even threatened to break. Interestingly, the door It belongs to the Millennium Falcon in the film, so it seems that Harrison Ford's Han Solo in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" will fly the ship again."

"Duke Rosenberg's spokesperson, Tina Fey, has confirmed that Harrison Ford has suffered an ankle injury, but details of the extent of the injury and how soon he will be back on set are unknown. But he said that in Harry While Sen Ford is in treatment, the film will continue as planned..."

Naturally, the main publicity work of the crew was transferred to the actors.

Harrison Ford's injury aroused the attention of movie fans, but this deliberately made news could not last for too long. Only eight days later, Harrison Ford reappeared on the set used by the crew for filming.

As a result, Warner's media is another round of hype.

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues filming this week on the Black Forest set in Dublin, Ireland, following a brief hiatus due to injury to lead actor Harrison Ford, who was inadvertently filming on June 22 He sprained his ankle, the injury is not serious, and in addition to his advanced age, the doctor advised him to stay in bed for a week..."

"After recovering from the injury, Harrison Ford was also non-stop and immediately threw himself into the intense filming of the film."

At the same time, Duke also recorded a video on the spot, which was released by Lucasfilm and Warner Bros. In the video, he said that the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" crew will provide Star Wars fans with trips to Dublin and It is an opportunity to visit the Los Angeles studio. At that time, the lucky ones can not only see the super strong cast of the film, but also play a role in the film.

The contest among fans is linked to a charity called Forces for Change, and entry to compete for the benefit requires a donation to the UNICEF Innovation Lab, an organization dedicated to helping children around the world.

In addition, those participants who did not win the chance to go abroad can also receive "Star Wars 7" themed T-shirts and posters.

With the development of time, the publicity of Star Wars has become more and more intense. In addition to Duke and Harrison Ford, the two biggest names in the crew, other people have also frequently appeared in the media. (to be continued ~^~)

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