hollywood melon man

Time slowly enters the late August, and the competition of summer movie season is drawing to a close. The biggest winner of this summer season is undoubtedly "Transformers 2", produced by Sky Studios and distributed by Sony Columbia Pictures.

The film grossed $3.91 million in North America and is still accumulating revenue, making it the North American box office champion this year.

The global box office also exceeded 8 million US dollars, but the global box office champion is "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", which has exceeded 9 million US dollars in global box office.

The third best performing film was "Iron Man 2", produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Disney. The film earned $3.11 million in North America and $7.21 million worldwide.

Thanks to "Iron Man 2", Marvel Studios has established its brand.

When promoting the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the future, they can rely on the accumulated fans to be successful.

Marvel Studios is certainly satisfied with this performance, and the focus of Marvel Studios will be on "The Avengers". The outside world has long known this news, and Gilbert Jr. will also direct "The Avengers" himself.

However, Marvel Studios still has to wait for Gilbert Jr.'s schedule, because Gilbert Jr. is currently busy with another big project!
"The train is a very important element," Gilbert Jr. discussed the shooting plan with stunt director Luca Farias at the designated shooting location in downtown Chicago.

"I want the train to rush directly onto the street, and it would be better to deploy a few more cars so that the train can knock over the cars."

Luca Farias was not at all surprised by little Guibert's crazy idea.

"We can't bring real trains here unless we build another track, but that would be too expensive."

Luca Farias stroked his chin and thought for a while before saying, "We can modify the semi-trailer and use the connection method to make a model train."

"This idea is feasible. Come up with a plan as soon as possible." Little Gilbert agreed.

When he turned back to discuss the plot with Leo, he said: "Although we don't want the dream to appear chaotic, the train rushing onto the streets of the bustling city center is something that is impossible to happen in reality.

But I think it was necessary to have this scene to emphasize the potential danger that Cobb poses.”

Little Leo was very excited when he heard this: "Yes, I am already excited when I think of this scene."

Nowadays, computer special effects and green screen technology are very advanced. According to the habits of most directors, they will probably shoot directly on the green screen. And the producer will also ask for this, because there are too many things to coordinate in real shooting.

But for little Gilbert, this is not an option.

If it is possible to shoot in real life, we will shoot in real life. If there is really no condition to shoot in real life, we will create the conditions to shoot in real life. If it is really impossible to shoot in real life, we will choose to use CGI to produce it.

For example, the scene where the train rushes onto the street is jaw-dropping.

Guo Fan finished filming Source Code and entered the post-production stage. In his spare time, he brought his good friends Liu Ji and Gong Geer to visit the set.

Gong Geer looked at the semi-trailer that the crew of "Inception" was modifying and asked Guo Fan curiously: "What are they doing?"

"I don't know either, maybe it's for filming!" Guo Fan guessed.

He found a familiar person in the prop group: "Evans, what are you doing?"

When Evans saw that it was Guo Fan, he did not hide it and answered directly: "We need to convert this car into a train to complete the filming."

Gong Geer saw this scene and couldn't help wondering: "Isn't it said that Hollywood's computer special effects are very advanced? Can we just use computer special effects to make it?"

Liu Ji explained: "Every director has a different style. Gilbert Jr. is the kind of person who can shoot real scenes and never use computer special effects."

Gong Geer gave a thumbs up in admiration: "Why do you say he is a great director? He is awesome!"

Guo Fan led the two Chinese people on a tour and encountered no obstruction on the way. Some familiar staff members even greeted him.

Gong Geer, who had just come from China, was surprised at how well Guo Fan was doing here, and he also got to know his friend's situation in Hollywood. Since he was visiting the crew, he naturally had to meet director Gilbert Jr.

Little Gilbert was communicating with the art director about the art design, so Guo Fan brought the two of them over.

"Director, let me introduce you. This is Liu Ji, my producer. Gong Geer, a singer and also my good friend."

Little Gilbert nodded slightly, and the two of them greeted each other quickly.

Little Gilbert didn't care what the two were doing. He asked Guo Fan, "Is the production of Source Code going smoothly?"

"It went quite smoothly," Guo Fan said excitedly, as this was his first Hollywood film as director.

"It is currently in post-production. If all goes well, it should be able to catch up with the spring season next year."

"Very good," Little Gilbert nodded with satisfaction. "This is a test for you. Don't be idle during the post-production. Come and have a look when you have time."

With Gilbert's words, Guo Fan was basically allowed to enter and leave the "Inception" crew at will.

Guo Fan was naturally very grateful. Not everyone can get the opportunity to visit Little Gilbert's crew often.

After Guo Fan left, Charles Roven said worriedly, "There are rumors that you have accepted a Chinese director as your student. I'm afraid those people outside will gossip."

Little Gilbert glanced at Charles Rowan and said nonchalantly, "Let them say what they want, Charles.

As the saying goes, too many lice don't itch, too many debts don't worry, anyway, I've been criticized more than once or twice. Since they all say I did this, I might as well really do it.

I want to see, is it God or Satan? What can they do to me? "

Gilbert has the capital to be arrogant, which he would never dare to do before. But now he has become the leader of Silicon Valley capital and Hollywood's new forces. If he doesn't have an attitude, others will think he is easy to bully.

In fact, this is a process of testing to see who backs down first.

Facts have proved that as long as you are strong enough and tough enough, the weakness of capital will be exposed.

The dogs are barking now because you are strong, so they are barking from a distance. If you were weak, they would not bark.

Instead, they will put a gun to your head and force you to spit out all the good things.

A dog that bites will not bark. A dog that barks at you is often afraid of you, so it is bluffing to scare you away.

Little Gilbert naturally couldn't be afraid, and there was no need for him to be afraid.

In the following period, in addition to being busy with the post-production of "Source Code", Guo Fan will also frequently bring his Chinese team members to "Inception".

Guo Fan's goal is to make his team members fully aware of how the best crews in Hollywood and even the world work.

If you want to build a first-class crew, the best object of study is undoubtedly Gilbert's crew.

However, given the current small workshop model of the Chinese-language film industry, it is still very difficult to accomplish such a transformation.

But Guo Fan was not afraid. The only thing he feared was not daring to start something. As long as he started, no matter how difficult it was, Guo Fan would keep going.

The "Inception" crew also basically did not involve Guo Fan in any involvement, including art design, scene design, prop workshop, actor rehearsals, etc.

However, there is one place that Guo Fan can never go to, and that is the Orange Studio. (End of this chapter)