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"Hey, Ryan, who are you here?"

Thomas was busy dealing with the photographic effects. In a blink of an eye, he saw a familiar figure leisurely coming to the set.

Ryan, who was writing and drawing on the side, stopped and followed Thomas's sight, and found that Lyman was greeting the crew on the set.

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

"Are the shooting equipment in place?"

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

Lehman was asking about the progress of the preparations. Suddenly, there was a feeling of poking in his waist and abdomen. When he turned his head, he saw Ryan's face full of jokes, "How about it, have you done it over there? It took so long. I'm almost exhausted."

He is like this, just like a complaining little wife.

"No way, things have been repeated, no, I will come to help as soon as I am done with the actors. Are you not sincere?" Lehman explained.

Ryan has always been responsible for the preparation of the crew. The team is mainly based on the shooting team of "Three Fools in Bollywood", but the photography team has become Thomas in charge.After shooting two plays, his studio experience has risen rapidly, and he has a tacit understanding with Lyman, and it is logical to promote him.

George, on the other hand, has been busy communicating props and preferential taxation in the location.

In general, the preparations for the division of labor and cooperation are still only organized.

"It's fine if you are here. You have to make up your mind about many things."

"Thank you," Lehman said sincerely.

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

Lehman was standing in the Warner Studios leased from Los Angeles and also began to handle the work.

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

These are all things that need him to make a decision, so as not to make mistakes or not in line with his vision.

It is impossible for a director to completely break away from the preliminary preparations. With that kind of irresponsible attitude, there are absolutely no exceptions to the work that he produces, except for the street.

Fortunately, Ryan did a good job before. It would be good if all the plans during the shooting process were summarized here for the final review, but even so, it was still busy.

"The photographic effect should be simpler, with brighter colors."

In the Warner Studios cubicle, Lyman sat in front of a monitor, looked at a sample of experimental footage taken by Thomas, pointed to the effect presented on it, and said: "The scenes of the war scene can be documented."

"Okay, I see." Thomas nodded, and meticulously noted the lens effect that Lehman wanted.

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

The two people kept discussing to determine the final style of the film.

The color style of the lens needs to be changed appropriately as the content of the story advances.

These are all to be determined.

This film is different from the dark side of "Buried Alive", the brightness and recording technique of "Three Silly", and the photographic style of "Furious" obviously has a simple taste.

After all, the story happened in the far past, during World War II, this kind of slightly nostalgic feeling would be a trick.

In the beginning of the war, the tank team had just killed a watchman. The color of the picture was dark, and when shooting the situation of the entire battlefield, the lens should have the historical weight of a slight yellowing, giving people a sense of reality. The atmosphere; when the recruit Norman joins the team, the color can rise a little brighter; when all of them are killed in the end, the color will dim again.

It can be said that this kind of lens collocation is very knowledgeable and can better set off the characters in the story.

Lehman and Thomas were planning the camera in detail, when suddenly, someone knocked on the office door and pushed in.

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

"Can't some tank scenes be built with props? Real and fake are mixed together, who can find out?"

"This is?" Lyman gave Ryan a wink quickly.Who is the person who is so aggressive?

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

Damn, that's it.Once you know your identity, you can understand the other party's tone like this.

As a guarantor, there is only one purpose that can be found, and that is to reduce shooting expenses as much as possible to ensure that the budget of the film will not exceed, "There are also a few battle scenes, there are too many group performances, and the scale is so large. The risk cannot be controlled at all. If you make a few mistakes, the subsequent shooting funding arrangements will also be affected. Can't the number of group acting roles be reduced?" Jonathan Gavin continued to talk about his concerns.

"Mr. Jonathan, what we need is reality, so it's impossible for a tank to be built with props. I'll just ask, can it be moved with props?" Lehman looked at the opponent and retorted, "As for the positive scenes on the battlefield. , Are the key points to promote the plot, it is impossible to reduce."

"Then how do you control the risk, the number of group performances, and the bomb points that the firework team has to plant in advance, what should you do if something goes wrong with the shooting?" Jonathan Gavin argued arguably.

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

"As for the number of group performances, you are looking for hundreds of them all at once. For such a large sum of money, as long as you make mistakes in the shooting and the number of re-starts, you can drag down the funding budget behind."

Lehman really wanted to drive this guy out of this office at the moment, conservative and stingy, so he wanted to make a mistake, why did he make a movie, he took a deep breath, suppressed his temper, and then asked, "Then you What does it mean? Can dozens of people be able to achieve coordinated combat with tanks? Ha, give you the guide tube, can you take a picture of it for me?"

Jonathan Gavin completely ignored the irony in Lehman’s words. He did this, and he hadn’t seen anything before. He had also staged a martial arts action with the director. This verbal blow was a fart, and it was not lethal at all. He calmly said: "With the army, we can get a large number of free group performances as long as we provide food. In this way, the risk of shooting these scenes will be very low."

"Our crew has passed through the Pentagon, and people are willing to help. Even the slightly scrapped real tanks have provided five, not to mention all kinds of guns and battlefield transportation equipment, and there is a real tank squad. The driving consultant on the set provides help, can you get more?"

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 "Furious."

"Break into Death Island", "Black Hawk Down", "Saving Private Ryan", "A Soldier Near 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. It promotes the image of the US military to the world through movies and increases the sense of honor of recruits.

In recent years, the conscription work is getting harder and harder. As long as you provide a little support, you can promote the American military and patriotism. This idea is not too cost-effective, but it is only technical support. To be more, very difficult.

Otherwise, Lehman is willing to find a group to perform. Wouldn't it be better for real soldiers to participate, and more in line with the temperament?

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

He shook his head and said, "Isn't they in service? With so many veterans every year, income is a problem, not to mention the batch that is about to be eliminated at the end of the year. At most, you only need to pay a little labor. You can also invite it, no matter what, it is definitely better than spending money to find a group performer."

Lehman's eyes on Jonathan Gavin have changed. The capitalist is worthy of being a capitalist, black, or you black, even this way.

In other words, wouldn't it be more appropriate to really invite military soldiers to participate in the exercise, and more in line with the realism that Lehman wanted?

Seeing what else Jonathan Gavin wanted to say, Lehman hurriedly said: "I see, Jonathan, I will go to solve this matter immediately. If you have any objections, please talk to my production manager Rui En said, no matter how bad it is, it’s okay to find producer George. Now, I’m going to start working, and you don’t want to continue to delay it because the shooting plan is wrong."

"Okay, then." Jonathan Gavin finally exhorted: "There can be no other ideas. Filming funding is absolutely not allowed."

Ryan on the side was bitter and followed Jonathan Gavin to leave.

During the days when Lyman did not come to the set, he had to endure the torture of this man every day. One said that it was too risky, another said that the setting was not good, and he would overspend.

In short, his irritated head was so big, and finally Lehman came and led the disaster to him, but he didn't expect that in the end, he would still be required to deal with it.

Life is hard, this guy is really annoying.

Compared with the previous shooting, the guarantor representative from Europa Pictures was much tougher.

With such a responsible job, is it possible to raise the salary or why? Are you tired of doing so much mess?

Just when Ryan was frantically complaining, Lyman also responded to Jonathan's suggestion and began to call George and ask him to be responsible for the matter.

Can you find it not only in the United States, but also in France? They are more familiar there, and Europa Pictures can help.

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