Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 228 Tilt the Bar
The shooting of "Inception" started with indoor scenes.

It starts with the scene where Cobb, played by Leonardo, and Fisher, played by Downey, are having a conversation in a bar.

Film shooting is often disordered, especially this kind of commercial film, which must be considered based on cost and cannot be shot in the order of the script.

Therefore, actors are often thrown into different scenes one after another and perform performances that match the content of the script.

Before the official filming of "Inception" started, Tang De first communicated with the heads of the entire crew about the precautions during the filming process in the conference room.

"Chris, have the various explosion effects been planned?" Tang De asked the crew's visual effects director, Chris Cobot.

This thin, gray-haired middle-aged man has more than ten years of experience in film visual effects. He is one of the top visual effects masters in Hollywood. He is specially responsible for the visual effects work of "Inception".

In the previous life "Inception", the flooded attic and street blasting were all created by him.

"We already have a plan. We tentatively plan to use fixed-point explosions to show the instability of the dream. Then for the scene of flooding the attic, I plan to use 200 gallons of water, and then use air cannons to spray the water in through the windows. ,besides……"

He spoke eloquently for twenty minutes, while Tang De listened and recorded it in his notebook.

After staying in the conference room for three hours, he finally aligned everything one by one, including the photography director. Tang De left everything to other professionals this time.

Paul Franklin is the special effects producer of "Inception". Although the entire film is basically shot in real scenes, special effects are still very important.

Those steel structures are like a person's palm, holding the bar in his hand.

"Well." Tang De pondered for a moment: "Then add an on-site audition and find more people. Ollie, you will be responsible for this matter and find a few batches of extras. We will directly use the bar to audition on site."

Tom Struther, the special effects coordinator of "Inception" and the core figure in many scenes, is responsible for training actors to adapt to scenes, such as the rotating corridor and the tilting bar.

After hearing their discussion, producer Emma also recorded some notes. She is a producer of New Line and the producer of "The Hobbit".

“a3、b2、c1、h3、g2，不合格。”

He comes from Sony and is an experienced actor-director.

"The arrangements have been made, director..."

"Hey, Don, do we need so many people?" Leonardo asked with some confusion as he looked at the extras chatting not far away.

"I think it's not enough here at the bar. The performance of many extras now is not very good..." He gestured with his hands as he spoke: "When the bar tilts, it is difficult for them to maintain their bodies, and some people are messy. Roaring."

After a brief exchange of greetings, the two people came to the tilt bar. This time, unlike before, they were able to observe this behemoth more carefully.

"No problem." Ollie, one of the assistant directors, nodded.

"He... really didn't see it." Leonardo looked around and guessed: "Maybe he is inside."

After Tang De finished saying this, the actors with corresponding cards followed Tom and left the Tilted Bar.

Since he found the top props team in Hollywood and a team of talented people, this saved him a lot of trouble and allowed him to focus more on the movie.

"Yeah, a huge seesaw." Leonardo wore a dark suit and combed his hair back, looking like an elite.

"It looks like a seesaw." Downey sighed. His makeup today was very youthful. With his exquisite dark blue suit and gold-rimmed glasses, coupled with his neatly styled hair and clean beard-free chin, he looked... Like a true elite.

"Maybe yes, let's go take a look."

By chance, the originally tilted bar had returned to level. With the help of the staff, the two people walked into the tilted bar. As soon as they entered the door, they heard Tang De's voice.

Although compared to the original version of Fisher, Downey is a bit older, but in Don De's opinion, this fits the plot better.

Below, two hydraulic rods are used to control tilt. When the left side needs to be raised, the left hydraulic rod will be raised and the right hydraulic rod will be lowered.

"Tom, where are you?" After Tang De and Paul finished their exchange, they turned to a man with a tall nose and green pupils.

"Where is Tang De?" Downey glanced around, but didn't find Tang De's shadow.

Because "Inception" is not a low-budget movie, it is far larger and more complicated than "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Fifty Shades of Grey".

So Downey's age feels just right.

Leonardo Diraprio and Robert Downey Jr. finally met at the Tilt Bar on Saturday.

After getting this done, another two days passed.

The two of them looked at each other, not understanding what Tang De meant. When they looked again, they found that they were the extras from the live audition, and they all had a circular card attached to them.

It seems to be for ease of identification.

Fathers are often the harshest to their eldest son.

"Hello, Donnie."

"Hello, Leonardo."

After all, there will be places that cannot be touched in real shooting. For example, in the scene where the street is destroyed by blasting, many hard objects cannot be destroyed directly with blasting. In this case, special effects are needed.

If Tang De was distracted by photography again, he would lose more than he gained.

First of all, there is a four-sided building above, with various bar decorations on the inside, and various steel structures on the outside to tightly wrap it.

Because if the CEO father in the movie really came of age and had a son, he would not give his child so much oppression.

She has a lot of experience with this kind of commercial blockbuster, which is why the investors sent her here.

After confirming the visual effects, he looked at the other person.

And from the appearance point of view, a 30-year-old elite rich second generation has a father who is about to pass away in his s or s. No matter how you think about it, something feels wrong.

"Paul, how are the special effects arrangements going?"

"You are here." Tang De looked away from the monitor: "Of course, I will need many people to watch Cobb with their eyes."

Leonardo raised his eyebrows: "That sounds really scary."

"The dream world is like this. When you try to remind the host that this is a dream, everyone in this world will notice you." Tang De spread his hands and said: "In fact, I am even considering whether to let a person suddenly 180 Turn your head so that your face and back are in the same direction.”

"Oh my god, don't." Leonardo raised his hands and smiled bitterly: "This is really scary. I think those children will be scared to cry."

"Hahaha, just kidding."

"But your machines aren't moving back and forth?" Downey's attention was on the photography equipment at the scene, and he found that these things were fixed to the floor.

"Of course you can't move around. The lights, camera equipment, everything is fixed by us." Tang De patted the monitor: "Even this guy is the same."

"Aren't you going to watch it in a sloping bar?"

"Of course." Tang De took a step and said, "But this is not difficult for me."

"Okay, but when the bar tilts, won't the camera move with it?" Downey was very interested in these things on the crew, maybe because he was a producer before. "Look here." Tang De came to the camera and patted its base with his hand: "This is a huge pan/tilt. No matter how the scene moves, the camera will not move with it."

"Awesome." A few people chatted for a while, and Tang De screened a few more batches of extras.

Leonardo and Downey also took this opportunity to adapt to the tilt angle of the bar. For professional actors like them, even if they feel uncomfortable, they can overcome it.

He won't yell like other extras.

After selecting suitable extras, the crew immediately arranged makeup for them, and Tang De began to speak with the two main actors.

"This scene is Cobb. You deliberately used words to remind Fisher and tell him that this is a huge false dream. I don't think this is a test for you, mainly Donnie."

Tang De turned his head and continued: "Donny, you need to show very complicated emotions. First of all, it is disbelief, because your first reaction is that this world is real. But when the bar tilts, you realize that something is wrong, and then Nervous and worried, you’re afraid that what the other person is telling you is true.”

"Yeah, so I have a lot of subconscious physiological reactions..." Donnie swallowed and blinked, and the tension appeared instantly.

"Yes, that's it!" Tang De felt that he didn't need to tell them what to do. After all, both of them were absolute actors.

In terms of character psychology, he might be better than Tang De.

So Tang De returned to the camera and said to Chris: "Come on, let's try this scene again. I want to see if there are any flaws in the scene."

"Okay, everyone is ready." Assistant Director Greta picked up the intercom and communicated with the rest of the crew.

Greta had no movie plans since "Little Miss Sunshine", so Tang De filmed "Inception" and she also joined in, planning to study again and prepare for the future.

"3, 2, 1, start!"

As Chris shouted, the tilt bar was activated again, and the glass on the bar counter tilted slowly, and the wine in the glass also tilted 45 degrees.

This feeling is very strange, as if the perspective of the whole world has changed. Downey and Leonardo are sitting on the chairs, trying to maintain their physical condition, and the extras are also trying their best to maintain balance and not let themselves move Place.

"Okay, pause." Tang De walked on the sloping floor and looked at the glasses and various decorations one by one.

"Here, this wine glass is in the wrong place."

"And this, the angle of the chair is wrong."

"The table is a little shaken, please reinforce it."

"That light! Watch out!"

"boom."

Suddenly, a lamp that was not completely fixed slid down from the floor to the wall and hit the decoration on the wall.

Tang De scolded: "FXXK! What are you doing? I told you to check it three times! Fix it and repair the wall within ten minutes!"

"Sorry, director." A staff member took the initiative to express his apology.

But Tang De waved his hand and said: "I don't need your apology, I just want your actions! Understand! If you hit anyone today, then you should go to the hospital and stand waiting for compensation! Get it done! OK! Immediately, immediately!"

"Yes!" The staff hurriedly took the lamp back and fixed it again.

And Greta shrugged, feeling that the grumpy guy was back.

But this is Tang De, isn't it?
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After everything was ready again, Tang De also started today's official shooting.

"All departments are ready. Please answer when you receive it." Because there were too many people in the crew, the answer could only be answered through a walkie-talkie.

Tang De sat behind the monitor, waiting for the scene to be prepared.

At the same time, Scarlett Johansson also walked up from the side.

The actress in the original "Inception" is Dalula Riley, the future wife of Musk, the beautiful quantum physicist actress.

But now she is still filming "New Girls' School" and has no time to interview for "Inception", so the role was given to Scarlett by Tang De.

Of course, with her celebrity status, she can play a more important role, but it is a pity that there is no suitable role for her in "Inception".

And excessive actors' remuneration is not conducive to cost control, so she played a supporting role of more than ten seconds as a guest star.

But even though she was just a supporting role, when she appeared in front of everyone wearing a sparkling dress, exposing her beautiful back, and wearing heavy makeup, everyone still couldn't help but ooh and aah in admiration.

"gorgeous."

Scarlett smiled and lifted her hair, and then looked at Tang De: "Where should I be, director?"

"You should be on the chair." Tang De smiled, got up and took her to Donnie.

Danny glanced at the two of them, seeming to notice something.

But he didn't speak, just smiled politely.

"Come on, let's get started!"

Tang De returned behind the monitor, saw that everything was ready, and shouted start.

The next second, the camera starts and all the actors enter the state.
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When Cobb walked into the bar, Fisher was chatting with the beautiful girl in front of him.

Cobb walked up to Fisher and stretched out his hand: "Nice to meet you. I'm Rod Green from the Marketing Department."

"And you are..." Cobb looked at the beautiful girl, and she immediately said: "I'm leaving."

After saying that, she stood up and approached Fisher: "If you are bored, come to me."

Fisher was silent for a moment, then picked up a napkin from his arms and found a series of numbers written on it.

"She must have dumped you." Cobb stood nearby and raised his glass: "Unless her number really only has six digits."

Fisher realized something when he heard this, and immediately picked up the tissue and looked at it. Sure enough, it was six figures.

"It's easy to be picked up by random strangers."

Fisher heard this and touched his pocket, and sure enough, his wallet was missing.

"Hell, that wallet alone is worth it..."

"Five hundred dollars? Don't worry, my people have already taken care of it."

Fisher looked at this strange man sitting next to him with some confusion, realizing that he should not belong to the marketing department he introduced himself to.

Cobb approached Fisher: "My name is Charles, you should remember me, I am your security director here."

"Security director?" Although Fisher did not speak, the puzzled expression on his face proved his thoughts.

(End of this chapter)