When you enter the working state, time flies by quickly.
Residents of Lihue, Kauai's largest city, have seen hundreds of "Jurassic Park" crew members head to the island's canyon every morning for more than a week, as if they were going to work.
The news of the filming of "Jurassic Park" has already appeared in the media. As a high-profile movie, people are curious about how Eric will "resurrect" the ancient dinosaurs.
Of course, there are people who are willing to work for it. In addition to the crew of "Jurassic Park", paparazzi from all over the world also appeared on Kauai Island, exploring the secrets of the crew in every possible way. For the leakage of filming information, the crew had to take very strict security measures, especially the dinosaur models. Once the photos and other information of these models are leaked before the movie is released, it will be a big disaster for the movie. Disaster, after all, the selling point of "Jurassic Park" is the realistic dinosaurs. If the audience sees the dinosaurs in the picture and suddenly thinks of the dinosaur model photos exposed in a certain magazine, the viewing experience will definitely be greatly reduced. .
Therefore, even the staff of the crew cannot see the dinosaur model all the time. These props will only appear on the set when shooting relevant clips. Escorted to a tightly guarded warehouse.
When the main crew on Kauai started filming, the two leading actors and actresses who played Aaron Grant and Allie Settler were still filming archaeological scenes in Red Rock Canyon National Park in California, and John Hammond's lawyer played The author was also filming the amber mine scene in Dominica, and only the two minor actors and some other supporting actors appeared on the crew. "Jurassic Park" is a multi-line narrative movie. Therefore, this situation did not affect the operation of the crew at all. Eric was just able to shoot some secondary shots to grind the crew together.
a week later. By the time the lead actor showed up on Kauai, Eric had already done most of the scene where workers have an accident while transporting the raptor at the beginning of the movie and most of the overweight software engineer Dennis.
Inside the dinosaur base built in the canyon.
Eric looked at the frightened bull that was still kicking wildly on the field, as well as the helpless staff around him, turned around and said to the assistant director in charge of the prop arrangement: "Royce, this is What's going on, didn't you say it's okay?"
Royce didn't have the mood of some other staff watching the excitement at all, and said with a bitter face: "Eric, this cow is usually very docile. Although it is a bull, it has been steered, and it won't cause any problems if you whip it a few times. I think, it... it might be afraid of heights."
As Royce said, he pointed to the nearby crane. At this time, the scene of feeding the Velociraptor was filmed. A live cow was to be sent into the Velociraptor's "nest" through the crane. After the crane is hoisted. Soon, he struggled violently, so hard that the mechanical arm of the crane shook continuously. In this situation, even if the camera can barely capture it, it will definitely not work. Eric had to immediately direct the driver to put the cow down. The wire rope wrapped around his body ran around and almost hurt people.
While the two were talking, a staff member with an anesthesia gun appeared outside the venue, received a signal, and shot the mad bull unconscious, and several other crew members stepped forward and dragged the bull out together.
Eric rubbed his forehead in distress. Animal actors are really a big trouble for any production crew. Fortunately, dinosaur props are not alive: "Royce, I don't care what method you use, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow at the latest, find me a... A cow who is not afraid of heights."
Although this simple feeding scene may only appear in the movie for a few seconds, it has taken more than two hours from the beginning of preparation to the present, but in the end this is the result. Of course Royce can see that Eric Depressed, he didn't dare to bargain, nodded and agreed, but Eric had already taken the speaker from the assistant: "OK, skip this shot first, let's shoot the next scene directly, Nicole, set up the camera quickly, and There are others, all move!"
Hearing the director's roar, everyone who was still remembering the fun just now woke up quickly and walked to their jobs one after another. Eric also picked up the script and walked towards the leading actors.
"I'm really sorry, it seems that we are going to shoot the next literary drama directly, you must have no problem here?" Eric walked to Sam Neal and others and asked.
Sam Neal, Helen Hunt and the others gathered around with a smile, nodding their heads to express that there was no problem.
Eric didn't participate in the line dialogue between the actors. He only needed to see the final result, saw everyone nodding, and then said: "The next one is a group play, and all five of you will appear in the camera. In order to cooperate with everyone in the play, the corresponding dinosaur sound effects will be played, and I hope that everyone can reflect the emotions that their characters should have."
Although some small accidents were caused by a certain arrogant bull who is afraid of heights, even the best crew will have some small accidents from time to time, so everyone is not surprised. After skipping the feeding scene, Nicole, the director of photography, . Frank quickly arranged for the next shots.
"Photography, ok!"
"Lighting, ok!"
"Recording, ok!"
"..."
After a period of time, the responses of the heads of each group sounded on the intercom, and Eric announced that the filming would continue.
This is a shot of the five leading adult actors seeing the base feeding the velociraptor. It has not been long since Dr. Grant and his party saw the resurrection of the dinosaur. However, everyone's mood is different.
As a dinosaur archaeologist, Dr. Grant was still in a state of excitement, asking various questions to John Hammond and administrator Robert Muldoon from time to time, showing a strong thirst for knowledge. And Dr. Ellie Settler, after seeing the dinosaur eating process, showed a woman's unique intolerance, and the excitement of seeing the dinosaur disappeared a lot. Chaos scientist Ian Malcolm has been a little worried since the moment he saw the resurrection of the dinosaur. This worry was exacerbated after watching the velociraptor eat. John Hammond was observing everyone's reactions. In a state of complacency, lawyer Donald is thinking about how to commercialize Jurassic Park.
Although everyone's thoughts are different, it is not so easy to express them perfectly. However, considering that the audience tends to focus on the person who is speaking, Eric, who is watching the monitor, has been paying attention Focus on the speaker, if the other party's performance during the speaking process is impeccable. And other people are above the standard, then this shot can pass.
Even so, a few minutes of talking footage consumed more than an hour of the rest of the morning.
After lunch, taking advantage of the good condition of the actors, the crew immediately moved to another scene.
"Pay attention to Royce. If you find a suitable cow tomorrow, arrange to shoot the shot in the morning first. If you can't find it, shoot according to the original schedule. In addition, pay attention to the latest weather conditions. Anytime I am planning to arrange a rainy day chase scene, I don’t want to see various problems when it rains and I want to start filming... ”
after a long day at work. Eric held a bottle of mineral water in his hand, and quickly explained the precautions to the director assistant of the crew as he walked.
The two walked all the way to a jeep, and the driver opened the door for Eric. Eric drank the water in his hand and stuffed the empty bottle into the trash can on the side of the road before getting into the jeep.
In the back seat, Allen, who was sitting on the other side, had spread out the folder on his lap.
On the set, Eric was a director, but in many cases, once the work was over, Eric had to switch to another identity.
The jeep was driving smoothly on the road, and Allen didn't say anything nonsense, and started his work directly.
"The budgets for the new seasons of "Friends", "The X-Files" and "Who Will Be a Millionaire" have been made, as well as the announcement budgets for Firefly and Disney's several films in the second half of the year. You need to read these documents as soon as possible and sign."
Eric nodded.
"The opening of Disneyland Paris is scheduled for September 10th. I hope you can attend the opening ceremony in person. An invitation has been sent."
"September 10th, what date is this?" Eric wondered.
Allen explained: "Disney also raised objections. The summer vacation just passed on September 10th, and it just entered the off-season of tourism. However, this is the arrangement of the French partner. The whole of Europe is opposing the opening of Paris Disneyland. They The choice of this date must also be due to the pressure of public opinion."
Eric stroked his thigh lightly with his index finger a few times. The shooting of "Jurassic Park" will take ten weeks at the shortest. If everything goes well, maybe he will be able to go to Paris on September 10th.
"It depends on the situation. If I can attend, I will rush over, otherwise forget it."
Allen quickly recorded a few words on the memo, and then continued: "One more thing, about "Ghost in Disguise", Fox is responsible for the overseas distribution of "Ghost in Disguise". It was released in four countries, and it has not yet covered the five major box office countries of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. However, its total box office has accumulated more than 40 million US dollars. The marketing department handed over a report, predicting the overseas box office of this film. It may exceed 200 million US dollars, almost twice that of the local market.”
When Allen said this, he looked at Eric, and didn't continue. These have been able to clearly convey the meaning of the management.
Eric shook his head and said with a smile: "Firefly is in charge of domestic distribution, and Fox is in charge of overseas distribution. It was an agreement between Liz and I when tg was established that they should stop thinking about it. Besides, "Grandmaid in disguise" is just a Surprisingly, most of this kind of local comedies with a strong style will not achieve any good results overseas."
Allen opened his mouth, but didn't say anything, and quickly wrote it down, and then said: "Also, Mr. Martin Davis will come over on the 15th."
"It's not a day off, is it?"
"I told the other party about it, but Mr Davies insisted."
"Then let him go," Eric said indifferently.
Allen turned over a page of the document in his hand and said, "There is one more thing about "Speed of Life and Death". A week ago, there was an accident during the filming of "Speed of Life and Death", but it was not too serious. As a result, only three people suffered trauma to varying degrees, and the most serious one only needed a month of recuperation. Originally, this matter would have passed after the crew clarified it, but three days ago, a report called "Daily Hollywood "The entertainment newspaper published a follow-up report on this incident, pointing the finger at you."
"Me?" Eric raised his body slightly.
Allen pulled out a newspaper from the folder and handed it to Eric: "Look."
Eric took it over and quickly browsed through the article that Allen marked with a red pen. This report exaggerated the accident of the "Speed" crew, and pointed the finger at Eric who provided the idea for this story , said that it was Eric who set up the story too thrillingly, which led to the accident during the filming of the crew. In the end, this report even called on the Los Angeles government and industry associations to pay attention to this matter, and hoped that the crew of "Life and Death" could suspend filming and accept corresponding safety investigations.
"What's the result?" Eric asked in a deep voice after reading the report. This report was already news three days ago. Since it was handed over to him, there must be a follow-up.
"After this report, several other newspapers also reprinted this article. However, realizing that this matter is unusual, the public relations department quickly followed up, and it has now calmed down."
Eric rubbed his forehead lightly. He didn't need to think about it. He also knew that some people couldn't bear the loneliness and wanted to do some small movements. It seems that the success of "Tornado" really stimulated those people. After all, If you just want to hype a piece of news, you won't turn the blame on him at all.
"Did you find out more information?" Although Alan didn't say anything, Eric was already aware of the result, but he still asked tentatively.
Allen shook his head: "No, but "Daily Hollywood" is a newspaper under Newhouse Media."
Eric recalled the information about Newhouse and said: "You send a letter to the head of Newhouse Media in my name. My request is not too much. Let the editor and writer of "Daily Hollywood" Get out of that reporter, I don’t care who is behind the instigation, since they take advantage of the benefits and are willing to be the first birds, they must have the consciousness to be cannon fodder, this is also a warning to other people who want to be cannon fodder. If If Newhouse refuses, let Firefly stop placing advertisements in Newhouse's magazines and newspapers until they agree."
In addition to the well-known "Vanity Fair" magazine, Newhouse Media also operates dozens of daily newspapers and corresponding magazines. These newspapers and magazines basically rely on advertising to survive. Throw away the big client Firefly Pictures. (To be continued..)