Director’s Legend

As various ceramic pieces and stone sculptures were brought in and decorated in every corner of the palace, the filming of this scene was finally about to begin. The photography team set up around the palace early in the morning, and Shao Shuaijun and the director team also got up early to arrange the shooting of the first scene.

"Leo Ao, Fa Ge, wait a minute to clarify the lines of your conversation. It will be recorded live."

"Don't worry, director, I haven't even eaten breakfast in order to shoot this scene. I will definitely pass it in one try." Fa Ge said with a smile.

This scene takes place in the dream of the golden dragon. The golden dragon is dining in his palace, and the protagonist Cobb plays the role of a spy who comes to serve him and wants to obtain secrets. But unfortunately, the golden dragon has received special subconscious training to prevent others from stealing dreams, and Mel, the phantom of Cobb's fantasy, also joined in to cause trouble. In the end, the mission failed, started fighting, and destroyed the entire dream, that is, this palace. .

After the food and drinks were served, Chow Yun-fat, Leonardo DiCaprio and Gyllenhaal immediately got into the mood. There was no fighting involved yet. For these acting masters, their roles were perfectly controlled. Leonardo played the role of calmness and composure that an excellent spy should have, and the tycoon played by Chow Yun-fat has an aura of calmness and authority no matter where he sits. Even Gyllenhaal, who plays a supporting role, performed well as a qualified assistant.

After finishing the meal scene, the crew immediately rushed to the beach to start filming another scene with Leonardo. The golden dragon was lost in the "lost domain" on the edge of the subconscious. Cobb came to look for him, fell into a coma on the beach and was rescued ashore. . Then he met the old golden dragon.

They happened to be filming outside, and Zhou Runfa dressed up as an old man in the palace. Then come back and continue shooting.

Busy as hell, the filming progress is progressing rapidly.

Soon, the most intense moment came, and the fighting began in the palace.

Action director Dong Wei has been preparing for this scene for a long time.

"Leo, wait a minute, you run over here, the camera is over there, you take out the gun from here, and then we will break the beam on the left side of the stairs, extending along your arm. You have to be careful. But Don't panic, we have all measured it, and you are on a safe island."

"clear."

The desired effect of the shot is that the entire palace begins to collapse, giving a trembling feeling. Bob and David both. While holding the camera. While using resonance to bump the camera, it creates a tremor effect. The prop group on the second floor keeps pulling the mechanism. Let a cloud of ash or rubble fall.

The whole scene went back and forth for more than three hours before Leonardo was able to complete the scene. Of course, Leonardo's play is over, but that doesn't mean Cobb's play is over. There are still a series of fights. At this time, Leonardo’s special effects stand-in Mark Fecchia needs to come on stage...

It took a whole week to finally finish all the actors' scenes, and the finished copy was reviewed several times by the director team to make sure there were no missing shots. On August 17, the final scene in the palace began.

This scene is the first scene at the beginning of the movie. In the dream on the first floor, Cobb is pushed into the bath, which affects the dream on the second floor, creating the illusion that water is flooding the golden mountain. In order to achieve perfect manufacturing effects, a special water tank was used to hold about 20 tons of water, which was distributed in each window.

More than a dozen excavators were mobilized to hold the water tanks, waiting for an order to pour water into the palace.

This scene only required Leonardo to leave the country alone, but the actors gathered around to watch, wanting to see what the real water-filled golden mountains looked like. In the morning, everyone was cleared out of the palace, leaving only the camera and a few photographers, wearing ponchos wrapped in waterproof membranes, ready to take pictures.

Shao Shuaijun was outside the palace, holding a walkie-talkie and watching the environment inside the palace through closed-circuit television. Others peeked from the doorway.

"Bob, adjust camera No. 3. The lens is tilted at a fifteen-degree angle."

"Leo, pay attention to your expression. You don't need to be too shocked. You know what is going to happen. You just need to show the level of emotion. Do you understand?"

On the monitor, Leonardo nodded.

Shao Shuaijun began to shout: "Every unit is ready!"

"Unit 1 is ready!"

"Unit 2 is ready!"

"Unit 3 is ready!"

"Alternate Unit 4 is ready!"

"The adjustment of the water tank group is completed, start reporting the sequence, and set the time at intervals of one second!"

"ten!"

"Nine!"

"..."

"All preparations completed, please give instructions!"

Shao Shuaijun held the walkie-talkie in one hand and a fist in the other, praying that the shooting could be completed in one go: "Start!"

Wow!

The first group of excavators on the left and right immediately started according to the already set schedule, pouring the water in the water tank into the palace through the window channel.

"Wow! Cool!" The cast, crew, and staff who were watching all exclaimed together.

Shao Shuaijun stared at the small screen of the monitor without blinking. Several sets of cameras sent images one after another, and the water was raging in the palace with an indomitable momentum. Through Unit 1, you can see Leonardo's slightly surprised and worried expression, and then, a large amount of water submerged Leonardo.

Blah, blah, blah!

More than a dozen groups of water tanks were poured into the palace. When all the water began to overflow, the filming ended.

"Very good! This is the effect I want!" Shao Shuaijun slapped, placed it on his leg, then took a breath with a crooked mouth, and slapped a little harder, it still hurt.

When the photographers carried their cameras and ran out of the dilapidated palace with Leonardo, all the scenes in China ended. Shao Shuaijun was in a good mood, rubbed his thighs, picked up the loudspeaker and shouted: "Everyone, pack up, I'm treating you tonight, Grand Hyatt Hotel, eat and drink as much as you like!"

"Ouch!"

…

After returning from the restaurant of the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Shao Shuaijun turned the air conditioner to the maximum, then took a refreshing cold shower, and then poured some water into it. He was teased to drink four bottles of beer just now, which almost choked him to death. Although he didn't want to admit it, he did only have enough for three bottles of beer.

As long as there are more than three bottles, I immediately feel like the wine is leaking out, and I can't help but want to vomit.

After draining the water and taking a shower, I felt comfortable all over.

Shao Shuaijun is ready to take a good rest. The recent filming started early and stayed late. The crew members have an eight-hour working day, but the directors and supervisors work overtime every day. Tired physically and mentally. Before he could take off his pants and go to sleep, there was a knock on the door.

"Who?"

"It's me." A female voice sounded outside.

"Scarlett?" Shao Shuaijun put on his pants, opened the door, and saw Scarlett leaning against the wall with flushed cheeks, "Aren't you going to continue drinking?"

"They are going to dance. I'm here to invite you, director, to dance with me." After Scarlett finished speaking, her eyes glanced at Shao Shuaijun's naked upper body. Although he didn't have much muscle, he still had four packs of abs. "Director, you My body is very sexy, why don’t you ask me to dance?”

"Sexy doesn't mean you can dance. Go ahead. I want to go to bed early. I'm exhausted these days."

Scarlett spread her hands and said, "Okay." Then she swayed and walked towards the elevator, seeming to mutter in a low voice, "Chinese people really don't understand the style."

"Am I not familiar with amorous feelings?" Shao Shuaijun looked down at his four-pack abs, "Brother is not a casual person..." (To be continued...)

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