Hollywood Production - Chapter 19

The set was busy but not chaotic. Duke held the loudspeaker and kept giving orders, “Cruz, There is something wrong with your second camera aperture. Readjust the white balance. The third camera, you just have to keep your eyes on the heroine!”

Throwing the loudspeaker to Sofia Coppola next to him, Duke stepped into the built bus, bowed to the actors who greeted him, and walked directly to the driver’s seat.

“Uma, you also had a problem with the test shoot.”

Sitting in the driver’s seat is a blond woman who is five feet ten inches tall. Like most Hollywood actresses, she is very thin, perhaps it is a bit exaggerated to describe her as skinny, But she was almost anorexic.

“You were too wild just now.” Duke reminded her, “Be restrained, and don’t glare, this is a very bad habit, your facial lines are already tough, which make you look too fierce!”

Turning around, Duke looked at Keanu Reeves again. Maybe he had been with Johnny Depp and River Phoenix for many years, or maybe he hadn’t completely gotten rid of his last role.

Turning around, Duke looked at Keanu Reeves again, maybe because he has been hanging out with Johnny Depp and River Phoenix for many years, or maybe he hasn’t completely gotten rid of his previous role, there is a bit of a reckless aura about him.

“Keanu, put away all your cynicism! I don’t expect much of you, tighten your face and put on your most serious expression!”

“I see.”

Keanu Reeves waved his hand at will to indicate he didn’t want to hear any more.

Glancing at him again, Duke turned and walked into the back of the bus. From the moment he entered the crew, Keanu Reeves has been acting like this. Maybe he should also be glad that at least the other party isn’t taking drugs while filming.

“And you!”

In the back seats sat an Asian, Russian, African, Latino and white actors including Naomi Watts, Duke’s eyes swept over them one by one, “You are not a decoration, every expression of yours , will have an impact on the male and female protagonists, don’t let me see any more blank stares. If I do, I’ll replace you!”

After getting off the makeshift bus, Duke returned to his position and called for various departments to clear the scene. The shooting continued shortly after.

For this type of film, the requirements for actors are not very strict, and Duke does not need difficult long shots. After more than ten days of working, the efficiency of the crew has improved somewhat, although he still need to adjust the camera position in many scenes. The crew has to reset the set sometimes to make up for mistakes, but in general, they are much smoother than they were the first week.

His careful research in his past life still has a little effect.

Especially in the planning, the length of the final release version of the film is between 90 and 100 minutes, and he will not shoot many unnecessary scenes that will consume film and money.

However, Duke will never hold back when it’s time to spend, such as when a few explosions needed to be filmed.

After the shooting in the morning, Duke didn’t eat lunch either. With several teams of photography and special effects, they left Universal Studios in several cars and went to a small town on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. A few days ago, the crew was there. There was a detached house that was about to be demolished, which was suitable for photography.

After the shooting in the morning, Duke didn’t eat lunch. With several teams of photography and special effects, they left Universal Studios in several cars and went to a small town on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. A few days ago, the crew got the news that there was a detached house that was about to be demolished that was suitable for photography.

They bought hamburgers and cokes on the road as a temporary lunch, which is the norm for a busy crew.

“Not to your taste?”

Sitting in the back of the pickup truck, Duke saw that Sofia Coppola hadn’t touched her burger.

She looked at the hamburger with its tempting aroma and said “This kind of thing is the natural enemy of women.”

Hearing this, Duke remembered that Sophia used to be an actor, and even now, she can be described as thin.

Duke’s wasn’t very hungry. He only ate half of his hamburger and didn’t drink any soda. Taking advantage of the rare free time he closed his eyes and took a nap. He was then woken up by Sofia Coppola when they arrived in town.

“thanks!”

Pulling off the blanket covering him, Duke said to Sophia, “You’re welcome.”

The crew’s motorcade drove through the town, turned into a fork, and drove for about five minutes before stopping in front of a white wooden house.

The house was small, around a few hundred square feet. It was recently renovated by the crew, so it did not run-down from the outside. The most important thing is that it’s quite far from the surrounding neighbors. At such a distance, even an explosion the size of a Tomahawk missile wouldn’t affect anyone else.

All the formalities have already been completed, and after Duke and others got off the bus, they immediately started getting busy.

The special effects team and the pyrotechnic team were busy arranging the explosives, the two producers were communicating with the owner of the house, and Duke directed the camera team to set up the cameras.