Chapter 104: Good morning

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The dark night slowly withdrew from the east, and the sky had just turned white. Edward Air Force Base was already full of voices. However, the gathering of the U.S. military today is neither about a space shuttle landing, nor a routine training, but a preparation for the organization of mankind throughout history. The largest counterattack-unite all allies to destroy the aliens who invaded the earth!
This is a great battle, but the commander-in-chief of the battle is not there.
On the highest control tower of Edward Air Force Base, Duke is standing behind a camera, using a wide-angle lens to capture the eastern sky. The darkness fades, the light descends, and the floating clouds in the sky form a beautiful painting like an oil painting. The view.
As in the previous two films, Duke has been dim in the early morning since he went out on location and captured a large number of wide-angle shots of sunrise and sunset.
"I heard that Santa Fea borrowed a lot of landscape materials from you?"
Hearing Sofia Coppola’s words, Duke turned off the camera and handed the follow-up work to a camera assistant. He walked over and pulled her shawl to wrap her tightly, and said, "Yes, mom thinks a lot can be done. Used directly in landscape advertising."
"Perhaps you should make a luxury commercial."
∏, taking a step back without a trace, Sophia slightly distanced himself from Duke, "I believe some luxury brands must be interested in you."
"maybe."
Duke noticed Sofia’s actions, but didn’t care. He asked her to walk down together, and said as he walked,
If a company is willing to pay me more than $3 million in a single commercial, I don’t mind acting for them. Guide tube."
It is normal for film directors to make guest appearances in commercials, such as the famous Chanel No. 5. Every time a blockbuster is updated, the directors invited are almost Oscar-level.
In fact, since the release of "Break into Death Island", several luxury brands have contacted Nancy, but they were all rejected by Duke. There is only one reason. The price offered by the other party is too low and it is not attractive enough. force.
After leaving the control tower, Duke and Sofia, accompanied by two officers, returned to the largest hangar with the densest crowd.
At this time, the setting up of the hangar has come to an end. Not only are f-16s and f-18s being dragged onto the runway in front of the hangar by trailers, hundreds of American soldiers are also busy putting on suitable clothing. , Ready to participate in later shooting.
After all, this is the US military base. Except for the main cast and crew, the extras cannot enter. Fortunately, there is no shortage of people in the military base. American soldiers are also very interested in participating in movies. Under the coordination of the Pentagon. Recently, the soldiers and logisticians who have been on holiday in the US military are acting as the background pictures for the shooting.
Although this can save some expenses on extras, it also has a lot of trouble. These soldiers want to have frontal close-ups too much, and they can't help but get in front of the camera, especially for certain shooting angles that are easy to appear on the camera. It is the focus of contention.
When shooting a few days ago, people from the Air Force and Army, because they were vying for a roof that was easy to be photographed, almost did it directly.
"I want my child to see his father appear in the movie and fight the aliens bravely in the movie!"
The words of an air force lieutenant can be said to be the best portrayal of the mentality of these soldiers.
Explaining that several associate directors had coordinated those American soldiers, Duke walked to an F-18 and found one of the heroes, Bill Pullman, who was whispering and chatting with Scarlett Johansson, who played his daughter. Looks very happy.
"Bill."
Regardless of Scarlett who came over and grabbed the corner of his clothes, Duke directly told, "This is the most important sensational drama. It's up to you."
"Don't worry, Duke." Bill Pullman was full of confidence. "I have been rehearsing this scene for a month. I will never let you down. If there is an Oscar for the best speech next year, I think I will definitely be able to Get a little golden man."
"Don't forget the words!"
After saying this, Duke walked to the other side, Scarlett Johansson followed, "Duke..."
"Honey..." Duke didn't have much time to talk to her, and pointed directly to the camera crew, "Go find your mother or Sophia."
"Huh..." The little girl wrinkled her nose, curled her mouth and turned away, "You are not fun at all."
For the little girl’s complaint, Duke just didn’t hear it. He looked around in the crowd and found Lieutenant Colonel Lenjo, a liaison officer from the Pentagon. This person was very interested in guest roles and was ready to stand on camera for a while. before.
"Lieutenant Colonel..." Duke walked over and looked at the liaison officer dressed as a standard pilot. "You will have a frontal close-up."
Duke pointed to the nearby No. 2 camera, "When this camera turns to you, the camera assistant will give you a signal, I want the most powerful military salute!"
"This is just a trivial matter to me." Lieutenant Colonel Renhuo was equally confident.
Afterwards, Duke checked the camera positions, extras, background props, etc., and after confirming that there was no problem, he returned to the director's monitor.
Once again, confirming that there were no problems with the departments, Duke raised the loudspeaker.
"Everyone, this is a special moment. You will be on the battlefield later and fight the aliens. I need you to show the greatest enthusiasm to protect the earth!"
Hundreds of people scattered in the fighter group burst into enthusiastic applause and laughter. Duke's words obviously played a relaxing role. The faces of those American soldiers who lacked actual performance experience were obviously relieved.
When the applause and laughter fell, Duke respectively gestured to Zach Schneider and John Schwarzman, and after receiving ok from them, he shouted, "Independence Day, 134th The scene, the one hundred and twelfth act, begin!"
The crew was running at full capacity immediately, and Duke sat behind the monitor, carefully watching the feedback from each camera.
A group of pilots were making the final tactical arrangements. When the President and the Secretary of Defense passed by, they stood up and saluted...
The logistics personnel shuttled back and forth, refueling and loading the fighters, preparing for the final battle of life and death...
The president jumped into the equipment box and took the loudspeaker from the officer...
"Good morning."
The crowd in front of the hangar was still busy. It seemed that they had not heard the words. The president said again, "Good morning!"
Everyone raised their heads, put down their work, and spontaneously gathered to the place where the president was standing.
Sitting behind the monitor, Duke nodded slightly. The American soldiers who acted as extras have gone through several days of shooting and gained some experience. Instead of swarming in front of the camera like before, According to the previous rehearsal, they went to their respective positions.
The microphone used for live recording slowly fell from the air above Bill Pullman. The actor with the best acting skills in the crew did indeed put out his best state and began his speech with great voice.
"Within an hour, the fighters here will unite with fighters from other parts of the world for the largest air battle in the history of mankind! The word human, for us today, has a whole new meaning. We We can no longer be uselessly consumed by the insignificant differences between each other. We should unite for our common interests!"
"Maybe it is God’s will. Today is July 4th. You will once again fight for our freedom, not to get rid of tyranny, oppression and cruelty, but to fight for the continued survival of mankind! Today, if we win this War, July 4 will not only be an American holiday and National Day, but will become a common holiday for the whole world!"
"The whole world will announce with the same voice that we will not step into the darkness silently and we will not give up the struggle and go to extinction. We will tide over the difficulties and we will survive! Today, we want to celebrate independence. Anniversary!"
As the voice of the president’s speech fell, applause and cheers sounded one after another, just like when the news of victory in World War II had just spread to this continent. Some people were shouting, some raised their guns, some warmly applauded, and a pilot used the most Exaggerated the most powerful way to perform an American military salute...
That's right, from speeches to military salutes, they are all sensational, mobilizing the emotions of the audience before the final battle.
Like the bathroom scene in "Brave to Death Island", the sensational approach here is equally simple and direct, but it involves some of the content and value orientations that the American people are most concerned about. Among them, Great Americanism is trying to make Independence Day a global holiday. Needless to say, the president’s speech also touched on freedom and tyranny. This is arguably the most correct film value orientation.
This speech, coupled with the subsequent personally piloting the fighter plane to attack the alien spacecraft, the image of the president played by Bill Pullman, instantly became extremely tall...
"Cut!"
Taking the loudspeaker, Duke called to a halt, "Perfect! Take a five-minute rest."
It is not easy to put so many fighters and soldiers together. Duke intends to take this scene to shoot a few more, and the subsequent shooting no longer requires so many extras, it will be relatively easy, he also temporarily added shots There was a scene where Scarlett played the president’s daughter saying goodbye to her father before the plane, and it ended at noon.
The few shots at Edward Air Force Base were completed. The crew then moved to the White Sands Missile Range. They will shoot the largest explosion scenes in the desert of New Mexico. Among them, Industrial Light and Magic took nearly half a year to produce. The nearly two-hundred-foot-long model of the alien spacecraft had been transported to the Baisha Missile Range in advance, where the modelers were completing the final assembly work, and then waited for Duke to go and blow up their efforts.
The explosion has been gradually accustomed to the crew. Even Sophia Coppola, who was frightened by the explosion in the early days, is also used to working in a noisy environment.