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In general, the production process of a Hollywood film is basically divided into five stages: review and development, pre-preparation, shooting, post-production, and sales and distribution. After entering September, "Into the Deadly Island" is still in the initial pre-preparation stage .

At this stage, Rock Studios needs to do a lot of preparations for the actual shooting, hiring actors and crews, building scenes, and choosing shooting locations, etc. Duke needs to be involved.

It is absolutely impossible for a director to completely break away from the preliminary preparations. The kind of works produced by directors who hand over all the preparations to others and enjoy themselves all over the world can only go to the street, absolutely without exception.

Fortunately, Duke now has assistants with similar ideas to his own. Some work can be handed over to assistant director Zack Snyder and assistant director Sofia Coppola, and then aggregated to him for final review. Even so, The three people's work is also bound to have frictions caused by different ideas and thinking, but they are all well confined within the scope of work.

Reviewing Sofia's record sheet and schedule, and reviewing Zack Schneider's scene construction diagrams and shot illustrations are all things that Duke must do in his spare time. Shooting locations, chatting with art director Hannah Serena about set-ups, and more.

He will also participate in the audition work of several main actors. After confirming that Ed Harris, Nicolas Cage and Christopher Lee are the three leading actors, Duke will work with the role director to communicate with them about the role requirements...

In short, with the help of "Speed" breaking through 3 million US dollars and continuing to soar at the global box office, Duke won more support from Warner Bros., and also got much more power than when he directed it for the first time. Busy.

"Lieutenant Colonel..."

Standing on top of a building near San Francisco Bay, Duke pointed to the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance surrounded by clouds and fog. "Can our F-18 Hornet fly under the bridge?"

"Duke, I advise you to give up such thoughts."

Lieutenant Colonel Renhuo, the liaison officer assigned by the Pentagon to the crew, shook his head directly, "This is impossible!"

"It seems that we can only rely on special effects." Duke motioned Sophia beside him to remember this, and then said to Zack Schneider and art director Hannah, "The scenery I want is more intense than it is now, Zach, it's what you said The kind of feeling that is similar to oil painting."

"Then use artificial lighting." Zach Schneider is also remembering Duke's thoughts, and Hannah on the other side said, "When arranging the scene, I will pay attention to increasing the intensity and color."

"John..."

Snapping his fingers at the director of photography, Duke waited for John Schwartzman to come over and said, "It's autumn now, and it's the season with the most beautiful scenery of San Francisco Bay. Starting next week, let your The camera assistants come here every week to take pictures, and I want a lot of beautiful sunrise and sunset views.”

This is Duke's first official visit to San Francisco. Before entering the building, he has taken the heads of many key departments, including the assistant director, director of photography, art director, and military consultant, to the streets of San Francisco for a few laps. The streets to be destroyed in the movie also have a preliminary composition.

The Lieutenant Colonel Renhuo was not only the liaison officer sent by the Pentagon to the crew, but also the head of several military advisers.

Not surprisingly, after Warner Bros. submitted the application and the Pentagon reviewed the script, the Department of Defense agreed to sponsor this large-scale commercial film. Patriotism is just too much for the Pentagon.

The Pentagon provided generous sponsorship for this film, not only providing the crew with various advanced equipment such as F-18 Hornet and M-16 improved assault rifles to participate in the filming, but also sending a SEAL team to directly star in the special characters in the film. detachment.

Except for a small amount of labor costs, these are almost all free sponsorships, which shows the importance that various agencies of the US government attach to publicity work.

In other words, "Into the Deadly Island" is also a typical American theme movie.

Of course, for Duke, the type of film is not important, what is important is whether this kind of film can bring him benefits.

After leaving the building, everyone came to the pier in San Francisco Bay and took a ferry to the famous Alcatraz Island.

Commonly known as 'The.rock', Alcatraz Island is surrounded by cliffs and deep water, and the transportation to the outside world is not easy. Therefore, it was selected by the federal government as a prison site. There used to be Alcatraz Federal Prison, which housed many well-known felons. It was abolished in 1963. , is now a famous tourist attraction in San Francisco Bay together with the Golden Gate Bridge.

This is also where the main story of the movie takes place.

"Duke..."

While standing on the bow, Lieutenant Colonel Renhuo came over and brought up the old topic again, "Can you consider the opinion of the Pentagon again?"

"Lieutenant Colonel, the Pentagon has passed the review, which means that the script is generally satisfactory."

This is not the first time the other party has said that there may be differences of opinion within the Pentagon's Hollywood Liaison Office. Some people want to make the image of General Hammer and the FBI more positive, but Duke will not give in easily, "The country should treat it favorably." Individuals who have made sacrifices."

"The Pentagon has no objection to the subject," Lt. Col. Lenhorn said.

"That's good." Duke nodded, leaning on the railing of the bow and said, "Let's talk about roles."

"General Hammer took risks in order to be ignored by his subordinates, and Mason, who was used against him, was also a spy who made great sacrifices for the interests of the country. All the protagonists and supporting characters are loyal to their duties, even as the dark side Womack, the FBI director who emerged, also put Mason in jail to keep state secrets."

"All the characters did not betray their own country and responsibilities in the end. Hammer reversed the missile at the last moment; Mason just chose to go back peacefully after being wronged for the country for decades; Lieutenant Colonel Anderson knew that he would be shot. Killed, did not lay down arms, and is still doing his best to persuade the opponent to abide by the "Navy Oath."

"As for the two small fish who betrayed at the end, is that kind of small role important?"

Looking at Lieutenant Colonel Lenhor seriously, Duke said seriously, "In my conception, this is a movie without a real villain."

Having said so much, Duke is also trying to eliminate the differences with the Pentagon. After all, the free sponsorship provided by the other party allows him to have more budget to invest in special effects shooting, and as a director who will not stay away from the mainstream film industry, He still needs a lot of Pentagon sponsorship in the future.

The differences were not easy to resolve. Lieutenant Colonel Renhuo was temporarily persuaded by Duke and agreed to continue communicating with the Pentagon's superiors. After landing on Alcatraz, he did not bring up related topics. Instead, he discussed the architectural terrain of Alcatraz with Duke, a layman, explained in detail how to deploy troops rationally and how to carry out special operations. These are very rigorous professional knowledge, which is also the reason why Duke hired military advisors.

Although it's an entertaining movie, he doesn't want to make basic mistakes that are ridiculous.

Today's Alcatraz Island is no longer the original prison, but has become a tourist attraction, with a circle around the ground and underground. Duke also discussed the possibility of on-site shooting with others.

"It's not a big problem on the ground."

According to director of photography John Schwartzman, "The underground is not suitable for shooting on location."

"Yeah." Duke nodded, and said to the art director on the other side, "Hannah, I will leave it to you to copy and build the underground scene of Alcatraz."

The female art director over there gave him a reassuring gesture.

Finally, a group of people walked into the entertainment plaza of Alcatraz Island, which is a fairly wide and flat place. Standing here, you can clearly see the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance and most of the beautiful scenery of San Francisco Bay.

"Robin..."

Stopping, Duke walked up to the production manager who is habitually invisible, "The main scene in the film is on Alcatraz, if we put the premiere here in the future, will it be a good publicity boo .”

"It's really good for promoting the film." Robin Grande nodded approvingly, looked around, seemed to be considering the feasibility and cost of setting up a big screen, and said after a while, "There is a certain degree of maneuverability. Sex, I will communicate this with Warner Bros."

When the sun was westward, Duke ended the two-day field trip, shared several cars with the crew, and traveled long distances back to Los Angeles.

"Are you starting to lose sleep again?"

Seeing Duke resting on the back seat of the car, Sofia Coppola handed over a bottle of energy drink, "Is it too stressful?"

"No..." Duke shook his head, unscrewed the bottle cap and took a few sips, "It's much less stressful than when I was filming "Speed", but I'm a little tired recently, and I haven't slept well."

"It will be much better to find a woman." Sophia said with a bit of teasing, and took out her mobile phone, "Do you need me to call for you?"

"What?" Duke was taken aback.

"Naomi Watts..." Sophia pointed to her eyes, "I have no problem here, that woman is your temporary bed partner, right?"

Duke waved his hand casually, and didn't bother to pay any attention to her.

"Do you know how Nicholas relieves stress?" Sophia moved closer, lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "Find more than a dozen models with long legs, and hold a carnival party at home. There are companies in Hollywood that specialize in providing this kind of service."

"Did you participate?" Duke deliberately teased her.

"No..." Sophia shrugged and said openly, "But I saw my brothers drive."

"Okay, Sophia. Don't make these jokes." Duke felt a little better, "let's turn the topic back to work. Tomorrow, we will interview the pyrotechnician recommended by Uncle Lucas, and we have to prepare for female characters. An audition is being held..." (The novel "Hollywood Production" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign on the top right to add friends ", search the official account "qdread" and pay attention, hurry up!)