In a manor in the beach area of ​​Malibu, the garden was decorated with ribbons and balloons floating among them. Countless guests walked around and sent gifts and blessings to a girl with long golden brown hair. The girl smiled very sweetly and looked very happy, as if she was really celebrating her birthday.

It was just a few cameras around, which proved that this was just a scene.

"Hurricane Rescue" officially started filming in Malibu in mid-November. The crew rented a villa in Nancy Josephson. After some decoration, they started the first scene filming of Jinmi's birthday party.

Although this is the first scene and I have also slapped several times before, Duke's team is basically an old man who has been working for more than ten years. He knows his style very well, whether it is the camera position or the props and sets. Some problems that arise will be easily solved in a few words.

Duke sat in the director's chair under a palm tree, looked at the girl on the monitor, nodded slightly, and shouted, "cut!"

Then (None-He gave the thumbs up to the actress who played Kimmy, "Amanda, very good, stay in shape!"

When it comes to praise, Duke will not be stingy with his words of praise. These young actors encourage sometimes more than scolding.

"Thank you, director."

Amanda Seyfried, with long golden brown hair, came over to thank him and then went to make up.

Duke personally finalized her ability to become the heroine of the film.

Duke didn't take it seriously at all when he was recommended by the partner, but when he participated in the second audition for several roles, he saw Amanda Seyfried's performance and makeup effect. Although his acting skills were not very outstanding, his appearance was quite likable, so this young actor, who was only eighteen years old, became the lucky one.

The other party's performance did not disappoint Duke. Among the two shots shots that were shot on, they did quite well. The several problems had nothing to do with her.

"John, the number one is adjusted to the entrance of the garden!" Duke stood up and shouted to the crew, "David, your number two are moving to shoot, pay attention to capturing Miss Ryan's facial expression."

The crew quickly adjusted their position and prepared to shoot the next scene. Duke walked to the makeup group and looked at the effects of Meg Ryan and Liam Neeson after putting on makeup. Several makeup artists were all old men who had followed him for many years, knowing what kind of makeup they needed in the current scene.

Duke nodded with satisfaction. He returned to his director position, waited for a while, and after receiving the rewards prepared by each department, he notified the filming to begin.

""Hurricane Rescue", the first and third acts." The recorder stood in front of the main camera with the recorder, "Start now!"

This scene is not difficult, retired agent Brian comes to attend his daughter's birthday party and has an argument with his ex-wife who is reluctant to quarrel.

In fact, the whole film is an old Hollywood routine. For example, behind every Hollywood-style hero, there must be a problem or even a broken family.

These are very vulgar, but they are still popular and are also the favorite scenes of mainstream audiences.

Liam Neeson is the earliest actor who has been confirmed. In the past few months, he has often communicated with Duke. It is easy to grasp, but it is a bit unsatisfactory to play Meg Ryan, who is used to playing Sister Sweet.

“cut!”

When the camera gave Meg Ryan a close-up face, Duke stopped, "Meg. You are playing an ex-wife who still has resentment in your heart. Put away your smile. This character is not sweetheart!"

"Sorry, Duke." Meg Ryan rubbed his face gently, "I can adjust it soon."

The role is not difficult. After the makeup artist put on makeup, the filming began again. Due to the positioning, Duke called for another stop. The crew made a slight adjustment. During the third shooting, he called for a pass.

This is a very pure action commercial film. Duke does not have strict requirements on actor performances, which is also his usual style. Since entering Hollywood, except for "Chicago", most of the actors who starred in his films have not actually had too much performance pressure.

Then there was a scene where Amanda Seyfried rode a horse. The young actress did not use a stand-in. In the past two weeks, she had been learning horse riding for only a few minutes of circus, and she was just riding in the garden. Without the scene of riding a horse, it was not difficult.

The garden that took two days to build was dismantled as garbage in just half a day.

In the afternoon, Duke announced the end of the filming, but today's work will continue.

Although there was no large-scale publicity before the film started, Warner's public relations and publicity department, like Duke Studio and Pany Kellys, was staring at the upcoming awards season, but this was Duke's new work, and it was impossible not to attract media attention. Warner Bros. has also prepared a press conference.

This was a small press conference, but there were hundreds of reporters coming, which was enough to witness Duke's appeal to the media today.

After more than ten years of hard work, Duke has stood at the highest level in Hollywood and even the world's directors' world with the great success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The directors who can stand on this level can count them with one hand in Hollywood.

The rise of the Internet, a new medium, also determines that directors can no longer hide behind the scenes as before.

The press conference was arranged in the small square in front of the manor villa. Everything was very simple, and Duke also tried his best to answer some reporters' questions.

"Duke, it is said that your new film is a story about father and daughter?"

At the beginning of the question session of the press conference, a reporter immediately asked, "Is it the type of crime?"

"It's true," Duke thought for a while, "I had traveled around the world last year. I heard people mention this in Paris that there was a criminal gang in that city that hid his true identity and forced away young women. Then, these girls would be taken to a luxurious villa near Paris and were auctioned there."

Another reporter asked, "Your new film is based on the case."

"No, what I heard was just some inspiration." Duke said as simply as possible. "After hearing other people's descriptions of these events, I realized that this very attractive real case can be converted through dramatic techniques to create a compelling crime story, which includes some conventional techniques that action movies have always followed, and can also combine real hot scenes and close-fitting duels..."

Action elements are undoubtedly a major highlight of the film. Duke started shooting an action scene on the second day of the press conference.

The action scenes of "Hurricane Rescue" were designed by his action director Jimmy Carter. This old-fashioned Hollywood action director has been stealing from "The Matrix", learning from the shooting methods of Hong Kong-style kung fu movies, using Hollywood's advanced technical means, and combining a variety of famous fighting elements around the world, to develop a set of action routines that are easier for North American audiences to accept.

These action routines eliminate the heavy weight of Hollywood tradition, remove the cumbersome and fancy kung fu, and incorporate the harsh and fierce Muay Thai and free fighting. The effect is fast and simple, sharp and direct.

In the studio of Warner Studios, Duke stood in a shooting venue arranged in a dilapidated factory, making his final instructions to Jimmy Carter and Liam Neeson before the shooting.

"This is the opening action scene, and the plot that will be edited in the end will not be very long. So, you must use all the essence of your action routine in the shortest time."

Jimmy Carter nodded heavily and promised, "We have practiced many times, don't worry, Duke."

Duke will hand over the action scenes in the film to Jimmy Carter. If the final effect can satisfy him, the other party will definitely become the action guide of the Batman trilogy.

In the past trilogy, although the fighting method used by Bruce Wayne was a bit too clumsy and was also due to the need for realistic films, Christopher Nolan was really not good at action scenes.

Batman uses close combat combined with ninjutsu, and Duke will definitely not become a light and elegant type. His movement routines are still realistic, but they will also be appropriately improved.

All Hollywood-style action scenes are extremely incoherent and are basically divided into countless pieces. Duke spends most of his time sitting in a director's chair and watching the monitor, rarely expressing his opinions. After years of careful research, Jimmy Carter has formed his own characteristics, although he is still a little far from Dacheng.

The filming of Agent Brian's last mission before retirement was filmed, which was the opening scene that Duke finalized for the film.

The movie that used to be, unlike a typical action movie, had a very slow opening pace.

Whether in Hollywood or Hong Kong in the East, there will inevitably be a scene that will attract the audience's attention when the action movie begins. This film, perhaps once a French director, has a slow pace after the opening. Although this is indeed a bit different, it is definitely not a good start.

So many years have passed, and the action movies have been, now and in the future, and there will be a wonderful fighting scene when the action movies start. It is not unreasonable.

Although the most moving thing in the film is the strong fatherly love, what really attracts people to watch is the action element. This is an action movie aimed at action fans. If the audience wants to sit there and watch after the opening, instead of leaving the scene because of a slow pace and spreading negative reputation after the exit, the opening action scene is essential.

In the past, the slow pace at the beginning actually had a great impact on reputation and box office. It can only be said that even commercial directors, French commercial directors have different thinking -

(To be continued...)

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