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Orange Studios is a special effects studio founded by Gilbert Jr., although it was not established earlier than Industrial Light & Magic Digital Field.

However, it has developed rapidly since its establishment, produced a large number of films with excellent special effects, and won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects four times.

Today, Orange Studios has become one of the best special effects companies in Hollywood, and the technical confidentiality here is the most strict.

Guo Fan obviously also understands that the core of the special effects industry is technology,

In fact, whether it is Industrial Light & Magic or Orange Studio, many technical engineers are Chinese.

This is very similar to the model of Silicon Valley today, where white executives, Chinese engineers, and a small number of Indians make up the Silicon Valley today.

As for other races, it’s not that they are not smart. It’s just that they don’t have the identity of white people, nor the intelligence and diligence of Chinese people, so they can’t gain a foothold in Silicon Valley.

It is quite surprising that Indians can have a place in Silicon Valley, where blacks and Latinos are almost extinct.

Guo Fan obviously understands the importance of technical talents, but with the current domestic conditions, it is obviously impossible to attract these high-end talents to return for development.

Who wants to go back after getting a green card? We are all loyal defenders of the free world.

As to whether they are free or not and what freedom is, only they themselves know the answer.

Back to the production of "Inception", when Gilbert Jr. was communicating with the team, he said that "Inception" was his 007 movie.

Although this is true, "Inception" is obviously closer to heist films like "Ocean's Eleven".

A careful analysis of "Ocean's Eleven" reveals that although the film tells the audience about the production of props and the general process of action, it conceals the plan and details of the entire action.

At a certain point in time, the film allows the audience to stop receiving information, and then as a spectator, the film maintains a sense of freshness until the mystery is solved.

In fact, "Ocean's Eleven" and even subsequent films basically follow this idea, which is also a common trick used in theft films.

But "Inception" is not like this. Although Gilbert added the dream setting, it is actually a means of mystification to disturb the audience's attention.

All heist films have an ultimate goal, to steal something, a document, or a person.

"Inception" is unique in that it uses dreams to play a trick, which is to implant ideas.

I'm not here to steal the business secrets in your mind, but to change or even give you an idea, and that kind of creativity is cool.

As for the plot, this time "Inception" no longer hides the secrets from the audience, but allows the audience to participate.

The audience will see how the protagonist team will formulate detailed plans and programs, and this process will also make the audience feel involved.

Where does the dramatic conflict come from? Without a doubt, it is the protagonist Cobb himself. The train and his deceased wife Mel are both potential threats to Cobb.

Does Cobb know the potential danger he poses? He knows, but he keeps these secrets in his heart.

So the film needs a sufficient motivation to give Cobb the motivation to act. If it is for money, there is obviously no need to take such a big risk.

So the focus is on family and children, which are the simplest and most clichéd emotions, but also the most effective emotions.

After a long preparation period, Inception finally started filming in early September. However, the first scene to be filmed was the one in Mombasa, Morocco.

This is a chase scene similar to Jackie Chan's fighting style. Although Leo is not good at action scenes, he still looks pretty good after several months of training.

Perhaps in order to maintain his middle-aged man's fat body, although Leo has been training all the time, his belly has not decreased much.

So when he was filming a scene where they were walking through an alley, he got stuck.

"Hey! Help me, I'm stuck." Little Leo shouted for help.

Several staff members rushed over and rescued the stuck Leo. Looking at Leo's embarrassed appearance, Gilbert joked, "Mr. Cobb, are you a little too fat?"

Leo was speechless: "Who complained before the filming that I was a little thin and didn't look like a middle-aged man, and that I should eat more?"

"It's definitely not me, is it you?"

"It's not me..."

After some joking, Gilbert Jr. said, "This is actually a good design. Cobb is walking through an alley. There are pursuers behind him, and Cobb is stuck again.

A simple and exciting dramatic conflict was created in this way.”

"I think so too," said Leo. "We'll have another one later."

In the second shoot, Leo was not stuck and escaped successfully.

After the scenes in Morocco were finished, the crew moved to Paris to shoot the exterior scenes, which included the explosion scene in the cafe.

Because a lot of experiments were done beforehand, it was not difficult for the crew to shoot. But the important issue was how to ensure the safety of the two actors and not let them get hurt.

Assistant director Anne Burton suggested using a body double, but Leo objected.

"I worked with Gilbert Jr. on Saving Private Ryan. I know his style well and I don't need a body double."

Even a top star like Leonardo DiCaprio took part in the film himself. Even though Ellen Page is a girl, she was too embarrassed to use a body double, so she also took part in the film herself.

In order to help the two actors stabilize their mentality and complete their performances, Gilbert Jr. also provided them with psychological counseling.

"You've seen our stuntmen being safe and sound during the experiment before. Believe me, this isn't very dangerous. Just sit still and don't move, and you'll be fine."

Leo was still in the mood to joke: "Little Gilbert, you said I was bombed, how much will the insurance pay?"

Little Gilbert smiled and said, "I don't think the insurance will pay out. They will announce that they have withdrawn the insurance."

The hellish joke about the North American insurance business also successfully amused Ellen Page, who was still nervous.

The mood is relaxed and the performance is completed. Although the crew blocked the filming area, enthusiastic fans still saw the filming scene in various ways.

Fortunately, the pixels of video recordings these days are not very high, otherwise the footage would be all over the internet.

In fact, it doesn’t matter even if it is leaked. Although this part of the explosion scene is real, it must be supplemented by special effects to be more perfect.

Moreover, these Reuters videos can be used as materials for film promotion and attract the attention of movie fans.

In addition to the cafe explosion scene, the Paris location scenes also include a scene with two mirrors, forming an infinite scene.

This part is also a combination of real shooting and special effects. The crew completed this scene at the Eiffel Tower and the iron bridge of the Seine River in Paris.

The two large mirrors alone weigh 2.5 tons and were trembling when they were transported. Because they had to be moved, they had to be fixed.

Otherwise, if the mirror falls and breaks, it would be a small matter, but it would be terrible if Leo and Ellen Page were hurt.

The other scenes were not difficult, and the crew spent only about a week in Paris to finish the exterior scenes in Paris and then moved to Shanghai for filming.

According to Gilbert Jr.'s idea, all the location scenes should be shot first, and then the remaining scenes should be shot in the studio.

Going on location is always a hassle, much more troublesome than shooting in a studio. (End of this chapter)