Chapter 84 Continue to Prepare

"Hey Ryan, see who's here?"

Thomas was busy with the camera effects, and in a blink of an eye, he saw a familiar figure leisurely come to the set.

Ryan, who was writing and drawing beside him, stopped his pen and followed Thomas' line of sight, and found that Lyman was greeting the staff on the set.

He also didn't perfect the scene shooting schedule, and hurriedly got up and walked over.

"Is the filming equipment in place?"

"What about the location. Are there suitable locations for communication and shooting?"

Lyman was inquiring about the progress of the preparations. Suddenly, there was a poking sensation in his waist and abdomen. When he turned around, he saw Ryan's face full of joking, "How is it, are you done over there? After so long, I'm almost exhausted."

He looks like a complaining little wife.

"There's no way, things have been repeated, no, I'm here to help as soon as I'm done with the actors. Isn't it sincere?" Lehmann explained.

Ryan has always been in charge of the preparatory work of the crew. The team is mainly based on the shooting team of "Three Silly Troubles in Bollywood", but the photography team has become Thomas in charge. After the shooting of two plays, his studio experience has risen rapidly, and he has a better understanding with Lehman, so it is a logical thing to promote him.

And George has been busy in the field of communication props and the work of preferential taxation in the filming location.

In general, the division of labor and cooperation in preparations are only handled properly.

"It's good if you come, and you have to make up your mind on many things."

"Thank you for your hard work." Laiman said sincerely.

Ryan just likes to complain. After seeing Lyman coming, he didn't say anything more, and went back to deal with his own affairs.

Ryman, standing at the leased Warner Studios in Los Angeles, also got to work.

Review Sandy's planning schedule; review the character clothes drawn by the costume team and the image designs of each character; communicate with the set team about the venue arrangement you want...

These are all things that he needs to decide, lest the filming work will always be wrong or not in line with his vision.

It is absolutely impossible for a director to completely deviate from the preparatory work. With such an irresponsible attitude, there are absolutely no exceptions to his works except for the street.

Fortunately, Ryan did a good job before. It would be good to summarize the plans during the shooting process to him for the final review, but even so, he was still busy enough.

"The photographic effect should be a little more simple, and the colors should be brighter."

In the Warner Studios booth, Lyman sat in front of a monitor, looked at a sample of experimental footage taken by Thomas, and pointed to the effect on it.

"Okay, I see." Thomas nodded, meticulously taking note of the lens effect that Lyman wanted.

"Here...here...here..."

The two kept discussing to determine the final picture style that the film could express.

The color style of the shots should be appropriately changed as the content of the story progresses.

These are all to be determined.

This film is different from "Buried Alive"'s slanted gloom, "Three Silly"'s bright and recording techniques, and "Fury"'s photography style obviously with a simple taste.

The story, after all, takes place in the very distant past, during World War II, and this slightly nostalgic feeling would be very tricky.

At the beginning of the battle, the tank team just killed a lookout, the color of the picture should be dark, and when shooting the entire battlefield, the lens should have a slightly yellowed sense of history, giving people a sense of reality. atmosphere; when recruit Norman joins the squad, the colors can go up a little brighter; by the time they all die,

The colors will fade again.

It can be said that such lens collocation is very knowledgeable, and it can better set off the characters in the story.

Lyman and Thomas were planning the scene in detail when suddenly, someone knocked on the door of the office and pushed in.

Ryan and a middle-aged white man stood at the door.

"Can't some of the tank scenes be built with props? The real and the fake are mixed, who can find out?"

"Who is this?" Lyman gave Ryan a quick wink. The comer is so aggressive, who is it?

Ryan really understood, and quickly introduced: "He is Jonathan Gavin, the representative of the Allianz Fire Fund Insurance Company, to verify the shooting expenses and budget."

Come on, that's it. Once you know your identity, you will be able to understand the other party's tone.

As a guarantor, there is only one purpose to find them, and that is to compress the shooting expenses as much as possible to ensure that the budget of the film will not exceed, "There are also those few battle scenes, the number of group performances is too large, and the scale is so large. , the risk can't be controlled at all, if there are several mistakes, the arrangement of the shooting funds will also be affected, can't we reduce the number of group performances?" Jonathan-Gavin continued to talk about his concerns.

"Mr. Jonathan, what we need is reality, so the tank can't be built with props, so let me ask, if it's built with props, can it start?" Lyman looked at the other party and retorted: "As for the positive scenes in those battlefields , are the key points to promote the plot, it is impossible to reduce."

"Then how do you control the risk, there are so many group performances, and there are bomb sites that the pyrotechnic team has to plant in advance. If something goes wrong, what should you do?" Jonathan Gavin said rationally.

"The crew hired the most professional pyrotechnic team in Hollywood. They are experienced and have reasonable disposal methods for the explosion point. If someone steps on it, it will not explode, and nothing will happen."

"As for the number of group performances, you have to find hundreds of them all at once. With such a large sum of money, as long as you make a mistake in the filming and repeat it many times, it can drag down the subsequent budget."

Lyman really wanted to kick this guy out of this office at the moment, conservative and stingy, so he wanted to make a mistake, so why did he make a movie? He took a deep breath, suppressed his temper, and asked, "Then you What do you mean? Can dozens of people be able to cooperate with the tanks? Ha, the guide tube is for you, can you take a picture of it for me?"

Jonathan Gavin completely ignored the irony in Lehman's words. He did this business, and he had never seen anything before. He had also performed a full martial arts with the director. This verbal blow is nothing but lethality. He said calmly: "Find the military to cooperate. As long as we provide meals, we can get a large number of free group performances. In this way, the risk of shooting these scenes will be very low."

"Our crew has communicated with the Pentagon, and they are willing to help, even five real tanks that are slightly scrapped, not to mention all kinds of firearms and battlefield transportation equipment, and a real tank team as a With the help of a driving consultant on set, what more could you ask for?”

This kind of military sponsorship is very popular in Hollywood. Under the communication between CAA and Paramount Pictures, the Department of Defense easily agreed to provide technical support for "Fury".

"Breaking the Dead Island", "Black Hawk Down", "Saving Private Ryan", "Soldiers in the City"... A large number of war-themed movies can see the shadow of the American army.

The reason why the government is willing to do this is also very simple, to promote the image of the US military to the world through the film, and increase the sense of honor of the recruits.

These days, conscription work is getting more and more difficult. As long as you provide a little support, you can promote the American army and patriotism. This idea is not too cost-effective, but it is only technical support. It is very difficult to ask for more.

Otherwise, Lyman is willing to find a group to perform, and let the real soldiers participate in the performance is not better, more in line with temperament?

Jonathan Gavin naturally knows the situation of his own Ministry of Defense, and also understands that it is very rare to dispatch a tank team in service to help solve some technical problems, but, obviously, the director still failed to understand some more. .

He shook his head and said, "Isn't he serving? There are so many veterans every year, the income is a problem, not to mention the group that is about to be eliminated at the end of the year, at most, they only need to pay some labor costs. You can also invite them, no matter what, it’s definitely better than spending money to find a group to perform.”

Lehman's eyes changed when he looked at Jonathan Gavin. Capitalists are indeed capitalists, black, or you black, even this method can be thought of.

In other words, wouldn't it be more appropriate to invite military soldiers to participate in the performance, and it would be more in line with the sense of realism that Lyman wanted.

Seeing what Jonathan Gavin wanted to say, Lehman quickly said, "I see, Jonathan, I'll settle this matter right away, if you have any objections, please contact my production manager Ray first. En said, no matter how bad it is, you can find producer George, now, I'm going to start work, you don't want to continue to delay, and make the shooting plan wrong."

"Okay then." Jonathan Gavin finally warned: "There can be no other ideas, and the shooting funds are absolutely not allowed."

Ryan, who was on the side with a bitter face, also left with Jonathan Gavin.

In the days when Lehmann didn't come to the set, he had to endure this man's devastation every day, sometimes saying that it was too risky to not work there, and sometimes saying that the set was not good and that it would overrun.

In short, his head was so annoyed that Lehman finally came and led the trouble to him, but he didn't expect that in the end, he would still have to deal with it.

Life is so hard, this guy is so annoying.

The guarantor representative that Europa Films had hired was much tougher than the previous filming.

The work is so responsible, is it possible to get a salary increase or something, are you not tired of doing so many things?

Just when Ryan was frantically complaining, Lyman also responded to Jonathan's suggestion and began to call George and asked him to take charge of the matter.

Not only the United States, but France can also look for them, they are more familiar there, and Europa Pictures can also help.

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