Vol 2 Chapter 273: Long-lost explosion

Throughout September, "The Matrix" ended the filming of all Kung Fu dramas and turned to literary drama. The action guidance team from Hong Kong also ended their work and left the Fox Studios. While Duke was in control of the crew, he also Delivering some shots to Zach Schneider for shooting, not only exercises his actual shooting ability, but also makes him more familiar with the series.
Shooting on both sides progressed at the same time, and the speed was much faster than expected, and the literary play of this film, except for some magic sticks, is actually not that difficult. The most difficult shot remaining is the bullet time.
According to the plan, Duke put the shooting of bullet time to the end. John Schwarzman and the special effects team of Industrial Light & Magic have combined the ideas proposed by Duke, done a lot of experiments, and found an effective shooting method.
But before that, there are still quite a few literary dramas to be filmed.
"What I want is the simplest arrangement!"
Standing on the shooting site surrounded by green screens, Duke confessed to the set designer, "All the rest are removed, only two sofa chairs and a TV are retained."
Seeing the set decorator nod seriously, Duke turned around and said to Schwarzman, "John, remember to feature the TV and the trademark!"
The TV sets that appear in this scene are neither old nor futuristic. They are styles that have just been launched by the sponsor, which best suits the aesthetics of the general public in this era.
Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburne walked over, Duke made a few last words, and then returned to the director's monitor.
"The one hundred and seventy-second scene, the one hundred and thirteenth act..." The scene note placed the scene note card in front of the camera lens, "Now it begins!"
"...Is that incredible?"
Lawrence Fishburne, wearing a black suit and black sunglasses, walked to the chair and said to the curious Keanu Reeves opposite, "Your clothes have been changed. There are no sockets on your arms. Up."
Reeves looked down at his body, and Fishburn continued to talk about how he was different from reality.
Duke has been watching Keanu Reeves on the monitor. Frankly speaking, it is not unreasonable that his acting career has not risen in recent years, but has fallen a lot. It’s been six years since "Life and Death", Reeves’ acting has improved, but his progress is extremely limited, and he is not the future Johnny Depp, Will Smith, and Tom Cruise now with a distinctive style. The actors, performances and temperament are all too popular. Without the support of excellent acting skills, the career cannot be maintained at a high level for a long time.
There are also rumors that his character is really not suitable for this Vanity Fair.
"is this real?"
Keanu Reeves walked to the sofa chair. Touching the sofa chair, trying to make a puzzled expression.
"What is true?"
After more than a month of shooting, Lawrence Fishburne fully grasped the essence of ‘cool’ and said coolly,
How do you define truth?

"If you say that reality is what you can feel, the smell you can smell, the taste you can taste, then this is really the electronic signal your brain responds to. The world you know is such a world... "
Lawrence Fishburne picked up the TV remote. John Schwarzman’s main camera moved aside along the slide, and another Steadicam photographer walked behind them to shoot.
Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburne sat on the couch. "This is the world at the end of the 20th century..."
"Cut!"
At the end of this long shot, although Keanu Reeves's performance is average, he has already met Duke's requirements, "This one is over, clean up the venue!"
Also under this green screen, there will be continuous shooting scenes of Neo and Morpheus demonstrating the truth of this world. The crew removed the TV set and a chair, and placed another chair beside the green screen in the background, and the shooting started again.
Lawrence Fishburne is still like a magic stick, Keanu Reeves' acting has no trend of improvement, and Duke's requirements for acting are not particularly strict. Even if he is strict, Keanu Reeves may not be able to do it.
For three consecutive days, Duke was filming the scene between Neo and Morpheus, and the location shooting was completely handed over to Zach Schneider. The location shots of this film are not particularly large. Schneider has been in these years. Deeply influenced by him, whether it is concept or technique, it is similar to his style, so Duke doesn't need to worry too much.
Besides, all the shots taken by Zach Schneider will be reviewed by him.
Compared with the extremely difficult shooting of "Chicago", the crew, from the props to the photographer, from the assistant to the assistant director, are very adapted to the shooting method and rhythm of science fiction films, and the state is also maintained extremely well. The crew is very efficient. Coupled with Duke's side and Zach Schneider's side, the actual progress has been far faster than planned.
Several large-scale explosion scenes are the most difficult, but because they want to reflect the difference between the virtual world and reality, most of them will be generated using cgi. The only explosion scene shot on site is only one, which was created when Neo and Trinity went to rescue Murphys. Explosion.
The special effects team of Industrial Light & Magic had already produced the model. Jos Williams led several assistants and came to Sydney from Los Angeles. There had been enough communication between the two parties beforehand, and the work soon got on track.
"We are finally working together again!"
Seeing Duke again, Jos Williams seemed to be a little excited, "Last year you went to film "Chicago" and I took another scene, but the difference between the director and you was too great, and his understanding of the explosion was too great. Too superficial. I only know to create explosions on the largest scale, but I don’t know that explosions are fundamentally different from explosions. There are too many methods that can be used...
He shook his head, "Working with him is a disaster. Duke, I hope you keep bombing..."
Having said that, he suddenly stopped and sighed, "I almost forgot. The movie behind you is a trilogy of "The Lord of the Rings", and I don't need me anymore."
"Didn't the communication between you and Zach also go smoothly?" Duke patted his shoulder lightly, "If the film becomes the function of the latter two, you and Zach have a chance to cooperate."
"That's great!"
In Hollywood, not only the various types of work that directors need to be familiar with, but other types of work also like to work with familiar directors for a long time.
"Jos, it's up to you next."
For these long-term partners, Duke is more at ease. After saying this, he returned to the monitor.
Jos Williams began to take people to the one-person-tall scaled down model, and then did the final inspection. It was not until half an hour later that Duke was notified that the preparation was complete.
"A long-lost explosion!"
There are not many explosions in this film. Duke sighed in his heart, then raised the loudspeaker and shouted, "Clear the scene! The last five minutes, clear the scene! Everyone retreat 50 feet away!"
Although the explosion hasn't been used for nearly two years, the crew is familiar with all this, completed the final work in an orderly manner, and retreated to their respective positions.
"Jos!"
When the time was up, Duke himself shouted, "The countdown is ready to explode!"
"10, 9, 8..." Joes Williams's countdown sounded from the set, "3, 2, 1, detonation!"
"Boom...!"
With a loud noise, a fiery wave burst out of the model skyscraper. With the earth-shaking loud noise, billowing smoke rose into the sky like a dust storm, accompanied by scarlet flames blooming enchantingly, as if blossoming enchanting. The gorgeous flowers of the other shore are fighting for beauty.
Violent explosions sounded one after another, one by one supporting pillars broke and collapsed, and the fragmented reinforced concrete fell like a meteor shower, leaning mercilessly onto the smooth marble floor, and there were fragments splashed into pieces. On the glass curtain wall, collapsed and flew onto the cracked asphalt road outside. The glass of the quantitative model car instantly turned into shards, flying into the sky and turned into a peculiar rain of glass.
The model building is crumbling; the explosion of fire seems to break through the sky...
The long-lost explosion!
I don't know why, John Schwarzman, who captured the exploding fire, also had this idea.
The long-lost explosion! Other people in the crew also have this idea, especially when compared to the hard work in "Chicago", the torture of these explosions is really nothing!
Looking at the explosion and fire on the monitor, Duke's calm blood seemed to boil. This was a long-lost feeling, which seemed to be a natural instinct.
"Great!" Duke exclaimed, "It's great!"
He stood up from behind the monitor, looked at the model exploded into ruins on the empty set, and let out a long sigh, but the explosion scenes shot on the spot in the film are limited, and he can only get here for the time being.
Picking up the loudspeaker, Duke shouted again, "Transition, back to Studio 7!"
Turning around, he instructed the assistant next to him, "Go and inform the actors to prepare!"
The scene on the other side was prepared long ago, and shooting could only begin after the explosion was completed. A deputy director directed the staff to pack the equipment, and Duke returned to the studio first.
After an hour and a half, shooting started again.
In the deafening music, Charlize Theron, wearing a low-cut tights, found Keanu Reeves.
"I'm Trinity." She took off her sunglasses and showed a cold face, "I'm looking for you, Neo!"
Keanu Reeves leaned against the wall, "How do you know my name?"
"More than your name..."
This is just a very ordinary literary drama, but according to Duke's request, the camera lens controlled by John Schwarzman will sweep through Charlize Theron's chest from time to time, giving a close-up of the squeeze out of it... …
The filming is always proceeding in an orderly manner, and Duke's energy has been focused on this aspect. Until mid-October, the news of "Titanic" came from North America. (To be continued...)