"Attack with a blasting tube! Get out of the way!"

On the beach, Tom Hanks' loud voice was extremely loud, and he lay among a group of soldiers and shouted, "Attack with a blasting tube!"

"Attach the sand pit!"

"Attach the sand pit!"

The engineer shouted one after another, "Attach the sand pit!"

The blasting tube was constantly thrown into the sand pit behind the sand dike by engineers. Tom Hanks and others, who had practiced several times, quickly lay on the ground and hugged their heads tightly. ⊙

Not far behind them, Duke nodded to Jos William, and the other party pressed the line-controlled detonator, and the continuous explosions sounded one after another. The entire beach seemed to be trembling, and a lot of the flying sand splashed around Duke, with an extremely amazing momentum.

The filming is not over yet. Laurent Coyt, who plays Sergeant Horvat, turns around and shouts loudly, "You can counterattack! Hurry! Go to the other side of the sand pit to find cover!"

A group of American soldiers stood up and rushed forward in the German artillery fire. Several photographers followed with their hands on cameras.

After Duke shouted to stop, the shot came to an end.

In the next few days, the crew was filming scenes after the Allies attacked the beach. Until the Christmas holiday approached, the scenes of the landing war gradually came to an end, and the rest were some large-scale destructive explosion scenes.

The crew finally demolished the fortifications temporarily built on the coast. In order to save expenses, Duke simply used a relatively labor-saving method to directly blow up some buildings in the war.

Most of these buildings are just a model, and they can complete violent demolition without too much explosives.

"Joss, are you going to add gasoline barrels?"

Standing in front of the largest bunker, Duke said to Jos William. "The flames are not only going to burn in the bunker. I have placed the main camera on the beach. The flames must be able to emerge from the shooting position ahead, and it is better to soar into the sky, like an explosion."

Hearing Duke's words, Jos William immediately understood. This is not only a fire that burned and killed the German army, but also had visual impact!

"I understand!" Jos William immediately replied, "I will make some adjustments appropriately and will definitely meet your requirements."

This is the third movie that the two sides have collaborated. Duke believes in the professional ability of Jos William's team, and said a few more words, bypassing the bunker and returning to the beach.

"Is it really like the media said? Are you born when a comet hits the earth? Or is the explosion really integrated into your genes?"

Only Sophia Coppola was able to say such sarcasm. She stood beside Duke in her scene record, and said lightly in words with a monotonous nasal voice, "Even if this kind of video is full of humanistic care, you can't forget to show off your explosion!"

"Dear, war reflection and humanistic care cannot bring enough audiences."

In fact, the two have a big difference in their concepts about movies. Duke shrugged and said without caring. "If a movie wants to become a recognized classic, the first thing is that it must be widely spread."

"Explosion maniac!" Sophia was too lazy to say anything else. She just threw out this sentence.

Duke was thick-skinned enough to treat it as a compliment, "Thank you!"

After rolling his eyes, Sophia simply closed her mouth. If she didn't show off her visual impact, would Duke or Duke be?

The news that the fireworks team had finished preparing quickly came. Duke confirmed twice in a row to clear the scene before he asked the assistant director to notify the departments of preparation.

"Scene 12, Act 14, begin now!"

As soon as the assistant director finished speaking, several cameras were aimed at the German bunker facing the beach. Some of them were shot using wide angles, some were ready for mid-scene captures, and some were aimed at the Allied soldiers on the beach.

An orange-red flame suddenly emerged from the bunker and rose up for more than ten feet. Similar to dull explosions and heat waves also came. Half of the sky in front was reflected in red, and several burning objects that looked like humans fell on the beach from the flames of the bunker.

The Allied soldiers raised their guns and aimed at the other side. One of them turned around and shouted at the main camera, "Don't shoot! Let them suffer!"

“cut!”

After waiting for a few seconds, Duke called to stop. The firefighters who were ready to go rushed over immediately, took a special fire extinguisher and pointed it at the place where there was a fire head and sprayed it violently, eliminating all hidden dangers in the bud.

“Transfer!”

Duke ordered the assistant director, and the guy immediately shouted loudly, "Go to Field 5! Go to Field 5!"

Venue No. 5 is behind the bunker, and the shooting is still an explosion scene.

There is no difficulty in this scene. Jos William's fireworks team buried a special paper-covered medicine in the mound of dust, and let dozens of American soldiers act as background paintings. After a deafening sound, the amazing explosion was fully displayed in front of the camera lens, and the exploded soil flew up hundreds of feet high.

In the opening battle, Duke's ideas were different from his former director. In addition to expressing the cruelty and truth of the war, he appropriately added some scenes full of visual impact, which would inevitably attract the audience to watch it safely.

At the same time, these scenes must also be controlled within a certain range, and are absolutely different from the earth-shaking explosion of "Independence Day", so as not to cause aesthetic fatigue and destruction of the documentary at the beginning.

Before the Christmas holiday began, Duke finally ended the filming of the opening landing war. There will be a dedicated person to do the demolition work at the end. After discussing the shooting plan after Christmas, the crew officially took the holiday. Casts and crew from North America took the opportunity to return to spend Christmas with their family and friends.

Duke did not return to North America, but went directly to London. Mrs. Leah is still staying in London. He has no need to go back to Los Angeles. Because he is temporarily living in a hotel, it is impossible to celebrate Christmas like when he is at home.

"How should we have Christmas, mom?"

In the living room of the Hilton Grand Hotel suite, Duke solicited his mother's advice, "This is London, in the British way?"

Mrs. Leah was sitting on the sofa, looking through the information, and said without raising her head, "Is there any special way for the British?"

"As far as I know..." Duke didn't know the British, he said something heard about, "The British would go to football games on Christmas or go to the West End of London to see a drama."

"English football?" Mrs. Leah shook her head directly, "I'm not interested."

Hearing his mother's words, Duke asked, "What about the drama? Or we're having a party here."

"Duke." The mother finally raised her head and asked, "Do you have friends here?"

"No."

After sorting out the information, Mrs. Leah stood up and put it on the bookshelf aside, saying, "What are the plays of the West End Theater tonight?"

"I'll ask now."

Walking to the phone, Duke dialed the number from the hotel front desk, asked a few words, covered the microphone and said to his mother, "The opera "42nd Street" and the stage play "Famous Scenery".

""42nd Street", book tickets."

Seeing that his mother was interested, Duke notified the hotel front desk to book VIP box tickets for them so that after dinner, he could go directly to the theater in the West Side.

Like Broadway, New York, the West End is one of the two world-famous drama centers and is also synonymous with the British drama industry. Perhaps in terms of fame alone, the West End is a little inferior to Broadway. From a historical tradition, the West End is much longer than Broadway.

"42nd Street" is a traditional musical and dance repertoire in the West Side and Broadway. It has been staged for decades and has set a brilliant record of 3,486 consecutive performances on Broadway.

After dinner, Duke and his mother arrived in the Shaftsbury area in a car rented from the hotel, got off the bus and walked straight into the theater.

Due to a traffic jam on the road for a while, they came a little late and the performance was about to begin. Fortunately, Duke booked a private room ticket on the second floor, which would not disturb others.

When he entered the private room, Duke asked for coffee and snacks his mother would occasionally eat, and sat here safely and watched the show with his mother.

"When I first watched this show,"

During the performance, Mrs. Leah would also say a few words to Duke, "I am not as old as you. Decades have passed, and the adaptation of the play is becoming more and more gorgeous, but I always feel that something is missing."

Duke just laughed, but didn't say anything.

Even the most classic musical and dance dramas must be constantly updated and changed in order to adapt to the development of society. People are always nostalgic, especially those who are older, such as those old men who control the Oscars' right to speak.

As a director, Duke has also studied some plays, and the classic "42nd Street" is definitely no exception. This is an ancient Broadway inspirational story that cannot be more ancient, especially the tap dance among them, which is one of the most exciting clips.

But these are not particularly attractive to Duke, as he saw a familiar figure among several major female characters.

Punching his chin, Duke looked at the woman dancing on the stage below, recalled briefly, and confirmed that he should have admitted his mistake. He was a professional singer and dance drama and performed on stage plays in the West End of London...

But it's still a bit early now, and his next work will take at least one year later. It's not easy to find actresses with enough acting skills and singing and dancing.

While the stage changed scenes and my mother went to the bathroom, Duke waved to the VIP private room waiter.

"Will 42nd Street be staged lately?" Duke asked.

"Yes, sir." The waiter replied very politely, "six shows every week and will last the entire season."

"What about tomorrow?"

"have!"

With the confirmed answer, Duke waved his hand and the waiter walked out.
Chapter completed!