Heavy rain fell from the air. Eight American soldiers hid carefully behind a broken house with weapons. The captain moved to the gate of the garden and looked out through the crack of the door, as if observing the enemy situation outside.●⌒

Just behind them, three photographers wearing special rain ponchos were holding portable cameras, choosing angles set in advance, and carefully capturing the true reactions of each soldier.

On the periphery of the rain, Duke also wore a poncho and stood on the pre-built observation deck of the commanding heights, overlooking the situation of the entire battlefield.

Artificial rain kept hitting his face, but he couldn't feel the cold, but instead there was a hint of warmth left behind. Although Ireland had already passed the coldest season in late February, the temperature was still relatively low. Naturally, the crew could not really use cold water to shoot, but instead created artificial rainwater with suitable temperatures.

Rain always brings a lot of trouble. If you include rehearsals in this scene, it is the seventh time in three days. Fortunately, according to Duke's observation, the actors are in good condition, and there is no problem yet.

This may be related to the end of the filming. As long as the scene is over, the crew can leave the cold Ireland and go to France to feel the warm sunshine.

Another unit rushed past the door, and the captain played by Tom Hanks shouted, "Thunder!"

The opposite immediately responded, "Lightning!"

From Duke's perspective, Tom Hanks was assigned tasks, skilled and calm like a truly battlefield-tested officer. He and his men covered him, attacked forward, and soon joined a US squad.

At the same time, German sounded on the opposite side...

John Schwartzman followed him with the camera in person. Following Duke's instructions, his camera always followed Tom Hanks firmly.

Waiting for Tom Hanks to move, John Schwartzman stepped back at the right time and hid in the reserved photography position next to him. His assistant Ben Watts temporarily became the main photographer. Through the camera in his hand, he was afraid of Cappazzo, played by Demilford. While complaining, the soldier picked up a few more edible fruits on the ground.

The gunshots, shouts, and howls suddenly sounded again. Even with the raincoat, John Schwartzmann was already wet. At this time, he hid in a place where warm water could not be wet, and instead felt a burst of cold.

“cut!”

Finally, a familiar cease-stop came from the commanding heights of the battlefield, "Go here first!"

The US military soldiers who were nervously guarding dispersed and walked towards the bathroom that had been prepared long ago. If you don’t pay attention to such weather, you will immediately find the symptoms of a cold or fever.

Back in the tent where the director's monitor was located, Duke took the towel handed by Sophia, wiped his face casually, and sat behind the monitor. The audit looked at the shots he had just taken. The shots captured from various angles were very scattered, but in Duke's eyes, they confirmed each other with the pictures he imagined in his mind, and they were generally satisfied.

This is the best set of shots that have been taken in three days.

"Notify the crew," Duke turned his head and ordered an assistant director, "Go to the Fourteenth Field as soon as possible!"

The 14th venue had been completed long ago, and the crew moved over and began to make the final preparations. At the same time, they gave the actors who had just been hit by the rain some rest time.

After the actors changed their costumes and entered the set, Duke summoned the US and German troops at the same time to make a final explanation.

"This is an encounter!" Duke stood by the wall that was pushed down, "You face the enemy in unexpected situations. I want you to take out your hysterical side and shout hard!"

Everyone nodded, and Duke deliberately called John Spencer, who played Urban.

"John, not include you!" he reminded, "Remember, even in this case, you are still unwilling to take up your weapons, I will give you a close-up! Remember to use German."

"I see."

This actor looks thin and young, but in his thirties, he has worked hard in Hollywood for many years. He is a typical actor with good acting skills but bad luck.

Of course, there are too many actors like Hollywood.

Ten minutes later, the departments were ready, and Duke asked the assistant director to start.

A team of American soldiers walked among the ruins of the street. The officers in the team saw that the surroundings seemed to be safe. They sat on the ruins and were about to pour out the sand and stones in their shoes. Unexpectedly, they touched a wooden pillar, which hit the wall behind them. The wall that had been baptized by the war could no longer support it and collapsed, attracting many people to look over there.

At the same time, the people inside also looked outside. The German and American troops encountered each other at such a close distance. Both sides raised their weapons at the same time, shouting loudly at the top of their lungs to let the other party put down their weapons.

Ben Watts immediately walked to the slant of sixty degrees and captured the shot of Urban holding a weapon from the side and shouting in German.

The gunshot suddenly rang out, and the Germans in the ruins fell to the ground one after another, and blood sprinkled like rain...

After the American soldiers entered the ruins and inspected them, Duke shouted to stop. He could clearly hear the relaxed exhalation from the left and right. Although the crew still had to switch to France to go to the Allied Cemetery to take a live scene, he could finally leave the cold Ireland.

Moreover, there are only a few shots in France. After the end, you can return to California and enjoy the bright sunshine and warm air again.

"Sophia,"

When the crew packed up the venue, Duke called out Sofia Coppola and asked, "Have Hudson Young and other extras arrived?"

Hudson Young is the actor who played the elderly James Ryan found by the crew.

"They arrived in Caen, France the day before yesterday." Sofia looked through the work log, "We have someone to receive them there."

"What about the cemetery?" Duke asked again.

"We've been in touch!"

After a few words, Tom Hanks, who had changed his clothes, came over, "It's time to say goodbye, Duke."

Without waiting for Duke to react, he came over and hugged Duke, and said with a smile, "This is a pleasant cooperation, and I hope we have a chance to continue to cooperate."

"Yes, I hope so too."

Duke is not polite words. Actors with excellent acting skills often make the director much easier, especially actors like Tom Hanks. He shook hands with Hanks, and then raised his thumbs up and said to him, "Tom, come on! Win the Oscar for Best Actor!"

"Let's borrow your auspicious words!"

After Tom Hanks left, actors came to say goodbye to Duke one after another. These people knew very well that there was no harm in establishing a good relationship with a director like Duke.

“Are you interested in going back to Los Angeles to the party I called?”

After a few greetings from Leonardo DiCaprio, he suddenly lowered his voice and said to Duke, "Blonde! Long legs! Model!"

"Leo..." Duke smiled at him and patted his shoulder heavily, "It seems we can find a common language in this regard."

In Sophia's rolling eyes, the two laughed at the same time. They still had some commonalities in this regard.

In the afternoon of the same day, most of the actors evacuated the set, and most of them took a plane to return to their respective cities. The next day, Duke left a executive producer and several other assistants to deal with the crew's aftermath. He led a large group of people to Caen, Greater Normandy, France.

The crew's destination is the Normandy American Cemetery located on the Omaha Beach Highlands. The cemetery covers an area of ​​about 70 hectares and overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. The other side of the ocean is the hometown of the "dead soldiers".

Here is a carefully carved green lawn surrounded by pines, shrubs and roses. White marble crosses are arranged intersecting on the lawn, holy and majestic, and can't see the end at a glance. On this land where nearly 10,000 souls rest, the overall architectural design of the cemetery is divided into two rows left and right, distinguishing the area by letter. There are two female statues to the west of the cemetery. On the hilt of the sword in their hands, there are bald sea eagles and Gaul roosters symbolizing the United States and France.

In 1956, the cemetery was officially opened to the public. The French government donated it to the United States as permanent territory in 1979, and the Normandy US Military Cemetery became a magical "national China".

Each cross monument in the cemetery is engraved with the soldiers' names, military ranks, troops numbers, hometowns and dates of death. According to the information collected by Duke, it is said that the prototype of the soldier who rescued the 101st Airborne Division was buried here. However, the cemetery management did not deliberately mark the location of their tombstones because all the victims received equal treatment.

Because of the relationship that had been coordinated with the management party, after Duke led the crew, the cemetery temporarily closed an area as the shooting location. Although it only took half a day, it was enough for Duke.

The shooting here is almost no difficulty. I tried it several times as a running-in, and most of the shots passed by a few times, and the shooting quickly reached the end.

The old James Ryan stood in front of Captain John Miller's cemetery and looked at his wife.

"Tell me that I have never lived in vain in my life!"

"What?" the wife was puzzled.

"Tell me that's a good person!"

The wife realized something, looked at the white cross, and said extremely seriously, "You are, James!"

She turned and walked backwards, James Ryan held his head up, stood attentively, and then gave a standard American military salute to the white cross!

The camera surrounds by one hundred and eighty degrees. Duke takes off the headset used to listen to the live video and shouts directly, "It's past!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but there was no excitement or applause of celebration. Everyone kept silent in a tacit understanding. This is the most basic etiquette in the cemetery.

Without too much stop, the crew packed up their equipment as quickly as possible and evacuated the US cemetery. Duke and others flew to Los Angeles that night. After sealing the film in duplicate into different bank vaults, they temporarily entered a vacation state. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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