Chapter 571： End of round 1

After the filming of the scenes in the studio is completed, the crew will go to Thailand, Switzerland, Tunisia, and Guilin in China for shooting. George Lucas's eyes are also on the rapidly developing film market, and even Also accepted an interview with a Chinese media.

"The choice to go to Guilin for shooting is an unanimous opinion reached by the crew. I really like Chinese landscape paintings and I really want to bring the beauty of China to the screen."

When faced with reporters, he said so, and even specifically mentioned the biggest actor in the crew, “Ryan deliberately drew on many characteristics of Chinese Kung Fu when he was acting, which allowed him to show extraordinary physical fitness and flexibility. The action scenes in the movie can certainly meet the needs of both the East and the West."

As long as it can bring huge benefits, Hollywood has never minded to praise the other side to the sky.

This situation has gradually evolved into the norm in Hollywood. It is difficult to see Chinese villains in commercial productions, and those evil countries have gradually become the number one military power in the universe or the Libya and Venezuelan activists.

With the signing of bilateral agreements on films and the rapid development of the Chinese film market, coupled with the improvement of the relationship between the two parties after 9/11, since 2002, more and more commercial blockbusters have planned to go to China for filming and added to the film. Appropriate Chinese elements to please the audience, thereby gaining more box office and further opening of the market.

Although the extent of doing it is extremely limited, for example, some major productions will only consider international chapters as a small supporting role, but as the opposite market becomes larger and larger, it will not take long for Chinese stars to appear frequently in Hollywood commercial productions. The case of soy sauce.

Of course, the main market for Hollywood in the future will still be North America. If Chinese actors want to play an important role in super productions, it will take time and the level of development of the Chinese market.

If the number of screens on the other side can be increased to 15,000 yuan next year, Ryan will not hesitate to add a Chinese supporting role to Disney's movies, but this is obviously impossible.

"Originally, I wanted to replace Jill Valentino with Ada Wang in "Life Crisis 2."

During the lunch break, the most important members of the crew sat together and chatted about the latest events. Ryan talked about the Chinese side, "Then I will find a Chinese actor or an actress from mainland China, but..."

He shrugged, "Later, I dismissed the idea."

"Why?" Ivan McGregor, who was sitting across the table, put down the coffee cup and asked curiously.

"Because of this type of film..." Ryan briefly explained a few words, "It is almost impossible to pass the review of their relevant agencies."

"So, you are focusing on the Japanese market?" George Lucas said of the relevant data he had read. "I heard that the Japanese box office of "Resident Evil 1" is close to 20 million U.S. dollars? The sales of DVDs are also extremely high. high?"

"That's because of the game." Ryan naturally knows why this movie is so popular in Japan. "Japanese game makers have also asked for sharing in peripheral revenue."

Several people laughed at the same time, because this kind of thing is absolutely impossible.

Now Hollywood would rather make some compromises at the box office than make concessions in peripheral areas.

Ryan didn't even have any plans to talk to the Japanese. Although the movie did borrow the game's big hit, except for the game copyright, the other copyrights of "Resident Evil" are in his hands.

How important peripheral copyrights are to Hollywood, the filming of "Star Wars" is the best example. From the first movie to the present, the box office of the movie has been thrown aside, and the peripherals alone have sold more than 200 Millions of dollars has created George Lucas’s billion-dollar net worth.

Most of Lucasfilm's value is concentrated in this series.

The shooting continues. According to George Lucas's plan, in the first round of shooting before the Oscar, all the shots in the studio were ended. After April, it began to move between locations.

"Ready, Ivan?" Ryan arranged his clothes, took a look at the main camera, and finally set his eyes on Ivan McGregor, "I hope you don't get too heavy, otherwise..."

"I believe you, Ryan." Ewan McGregor said quickly, "I believe you will not throw me to the ground."

"Relax, I will never throw you on the ground." Ryan pointed to the three prop elevators in front of him, "I will definitely throw you down from the elevator."

An assistant came over and reminded Ryan that they should prepare, and then the assistant director called to start.

Ivan McGregor lay on the ground, Ryan picked him up on his shoulders and rushed towards the elevator, but he always felt that he had forgotten something, as if he had a question and didn’t ask to understand it, and the assistant didn’t explain it. Issues.

Although Ivan is also a standard sportsman, with Ryan's strength, there is absolutely no problem running with him in a short time, and soon he rushed to the prop elevator surrounded by blue screen.

Seeing the elevator, Ryan suddenly understood that these three elevators are props, and only one of them can open the door...

Which door can be opened? He forgot to ask, and the crew seems to have forgotten to say.

However, you have already rushed over, can't you just give up like this? The odds of choosing one of three are still very high, at least higher than the chance of choosing five of the twenty-five in the previous life.

Without thinking about it, he rushed to the elevator on the far left, pressed the button to open the door, and the elevator door did not move at all.

"Open Sesame..."

Ewan McGregor seemed to understand something, and shouted on his shoulder.

"Okay, we can do it again." Ryan quickly threw the heavy guy to the ground and asked loudly, "Who can tell me which door can be opened?"

Such small mistakes will appear from time to time during the shooting, and after a second time, the lens passed smoothly.

The most problematic is Anthony Daniels, who plays c-3*o. This old actor wears a shiny robot coat and face mask. He can't see the road ahead. It often happens when he falls or collides with r2d2. In this more than a month, the model crew of r2d2 alone has changed two.

In this shooting, George Lucas once again used all-digital photography and vowed to never use a film camera again.

Of course, in the interview, he also claimed that this is the last work of his director career.

"I plan to retire." George Lucas also revealed his plan to Ryan, "The era that belongs to us is over."

"What about Lucasfilm?" Ryan looked at Lucas' two daughters and a son nearby without showing a trace.

Although his sons and daughters have guest roles in the movie, they are obviously not interested in the movie. The eldest daughter Amanda Lucas even told many people on the crew that she wants to become a professional fighter.

"If you retire."

Listen to it, George Lucas seems to really plan to retire after "Vengeance of the Sith" is completely finished. "I intend to let Kate take over my position and become the chairman of Lucasfilm."

"It's too early to talk about this, let's finish this movie first." Kate in his mouth must be Catherine Kennedy, Ryan knows this.

The crew occupies a total of two main studios and four small studios of the Fox Sydney Studios to set up scenes. At this moment, Ryan and others are still shooting the slaughter of Jedi youngsters in Studio 7 at this moment. The next shot is Back in the small studio covered with blue screens, I was in love with Padmé Amidala.

However, from the scenes where Anakin and Padmé get along, it is enough to see that George Lucas is not good at dealing with emotional scenes, and the lines are turned over and over again.

"My dear, I want to take our child to Naboo." The speaker was Natalie standing on the terrace in front of the blue screen, with her long brown wig. "We can go to the lake to live in seclusion," It’s safe there and he can grow up healthy."

"You really..." This is a line belonging to Ryan, "It's beautiful!"

"That's because I love you so much."

Just after Natalie finished speaking, Ryan replied almost the same sentence again, "No, it's because I love you so much."

"You mean the lover is particularly beautiful when she looks at her lover?"

"No, I didn't mean that."

Participating in the filming personally, Ryan also understood that this emotional scene is considered the most **** and most failing plot in the Star Wars Prequel trilogy. It is not unreasonable. Past Natalie’s Padmé? Amidala saved this emotional drama to a certain extent. In this life, he joined himself. Although this drama still drew attacks, it was not as violent as the previous life.

The most typical example is Anakin Skywalker, who has repeatedly become the winner of the golden plum in his previous life, disappeared from the list of golden plums announced in early March.

As the media said he did not invest enough in this role, but he was far from the point of disaster.

The execution of Lucas’s shooting plan went smoothly. Although the completion of the scene in the studio was delayed by two days due to accidents of this kind during the shooting, the crew ended the shooting in Sydney before the Oscars ceremony. The cast and crew are those who participated in the Oscars, and they can also return to North America, while others can enjoy a vacation.

Ryan’s private jet took Lucas and other people who were about to return back to North America. The 75th Oscars ceremony is about to kick off amidst the controversy.

Nowadays, the focus of the entire North America has long been on the traditional Oscars. Now that the war in Iraq is rekindled, countless anti-war activists strongly urge the cancellation of this awards ceremony and the direct announcement of the results.

But the college will not make compromises easily. After all, this award ceremony involves all aspects of interest and will not be cancelled because of opposition and non-participation by a group of people.

Besides, how many celebrities who called for the cancellation of the award ceremony will not attend? How many are on the show? rs

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