Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 229 Rotating Corridor
"Security."

Fisher subconsciously thought that this Charles should be a security supervisor, and smiled with a very unconcerned expression.

But the next moment Cobb said seriously: "No, I am responsible for the security of special areas, subconscious security."

"Are you talking about dreams? You are talking about dream stealing." As the son of a top group, Fisher naturally knows that the ability to steal dreams exists in this world.

Cobb emphasized: "I'm here to protect you..."

He spoke very forcefully, with a slightly exaggerated expression.

"You're not safe here, they're coming for you."

It was after these words that Fisher seemed to realize something, and followed the bar to tilt slowly.

He looked at the shaking bar and the wine at a 45-degree angle in the glass, feeling a little shocked.

At the same time, the wine bottles above their heads also deflected to a certain extent.

Tang De shouted stop. This was the third time they were filming the bar scene.

So Scarlett's scene was completed quickly.

That night, while Tang De was still busy preparing for the next day's shooting on the set, Scarlett suddenly came over.

"Lonely, very lonely." Tang De stretched out his hand to touch Scarlett's leg, feeling the delicate and smooth touch.

When Cobb said this, the people drinking and chatting next to him all turned their attention to them.

"The easiest way to prove it is to think about how you got to this hotel."

As for the chubby-faced pharmacist Yousef, Dilip Laulau plays the role.

She was wrapped in a black windbreaker, a baseball cap and a mask. Except for her hair, her identity could not be easily identified.

So he believed Cobb's words and left the bar with him under everyone's gaze.

"Sir, are you lonely?" Scarlett held her chin with one hand and turned her face to look at Tang De.

The next day, Heath Ledger joined the team. He will spend half a month here to complete the most difficult live scene in the movie, the rotating corridor.

"Better looking."

Scarlett got off the chair with understanding, lay down on the counter, and looked at the wine glass in front of her.

"Fortunately, my sleeping state is okay." Before Heath Ledger joined the group, Tang De specially found a very powerful psychological counselor in China to help him with counseling.

This is also the reason why many movies have a long shooting cycle. Each scene takes a lot of time to produce, and the production time is even longer than the shooting time.

More than ten seconds later, the wine in the glass slowly tilted and rippled, as if being hit by a wave, swaying in rhythmic circles.

Tang De raised his eyebrows when he saw this, not knowing what she was going to do, so he followed her to the door.

"None of this is real, you're dreaming."

"Let's relieve each other's loneliness." After Tang De said, he stood up and came behind Scarlett's chair.

The person who plays Cobb's wife is still Marion Cotillard.

Fisher swallowed, blinked, tried to calm down as much as possible, and followed Cobb's instructions to recall, but only found a blank.

Scarlett smiled, and her red lips shone brightly under the light, making it look like she was wearing lip gloss.

"I'm a little lonely too, so..." Scarlett bit her lip lightly, took off one of her shoes, and rubbed Tang De's ankle with her beautiful arch.

After Tang De walked into the bar, he saw that Scarlett had taken off her black windbreaker.

She was wearing an outfit similar to the shiny skirt in the movie, revealing her smooth and beautiful back. Her long, fluffy hair covered one side of her face. She was slowly sipping a glass of wine while looking at Tang De.

The first two times were because Leonardo's performance was not adjusted to the best condition and there was a problem with the props, but after the third time, Tang De was finally satisfied.

Tang De watched the replay again: "Let's demolish this bar in three days."

"Crack!"

"How have you been lately?" Tang De hugged him when he met him.

After finishing this scene, they reshot the scenes between Scarlett and Zunlong.

I heard from him that his sleeping condition has improved a lot recently.

"Good, that's it."

She walked to the door of the Tilt Bar, then raised her fingers at Tang De, and then disappeared.

"Hello, sir."

Ken Watanabe's role in "Inception" was given to Zun Long by Tang De. The other actors have basically remained the same, with Tom Hardy still playing the pretender Eames.

"Okay." Tang De raised the corners of his mouth, walked to her, lowered his eyes and looked at her smooth thighs: "This dress is so beautiful."

Fortunately, there are very few employees on the set now. They are all busy preparing for the rotating corridor, so they are all concentrated on the other side. No one is here at the tilt bar.

"No problem." Chris nodded. Although the tilt bar scene was very laborious to create, it had completed its mission and would naturally be dismantled and all the materials used for other scenes.

When Tang De and Scarlett walked out of the bar, the blush on her face had not disappeared.

Their expressions were very calm, and there was an unsettling emotion in this calmness, and their staring eyes made people feel panicked.

"Really? Better than in the movie?"

"Come on, this scene is quite difficult."

Before Heath Ledger finished training, everyone else had gone to do their own business, and only Tang De and the crew stayed with him.

When he saw the spectacular rotating corridor, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh my God, this is really a difficult job."

"Yeah, but I believe you can do a good job." Tang De patted him on the shoulder.

"So how is this achieved?" Heath Ledger looked at the rotating corridor in front of him and couldn't help but feel curious.

"Chris, explain it to him." Tang De called the visual effects producer over.

"Actually, we hung the entire set in a giant ring, and we hired an engineer specifically for this because it used a lot of structural steel." Chris explained: "We originally planned to have five Ten feet, but later I found that there was no way to display fifty feet, so I had to lengthen it.”

"So how long is it now?" Heath Ledger opened his hands and tried to figure out the length of the corridor.

"A hundred feet," Chris answered directly.

"Hundred feet?" Heath Ledger was so surprised that he couldn't speak.

"Yes, it's a series of eight-by-thirty-foot circles, look here." Chris explained to the curious Heath Ledger: "We used an electric motor, paired with a camshaft and a drive wheel. "

"It's really fun." Heath Ledger nodded: "It reminds me of "2001: A Space Odyssey."

"Yes, the movement method of this scene is similar to that movie." Tang De continued: "So now you have to imagine that you are an astronaut, walking and floating on the space station."

"But how should I move? If I go in, I will probably roll around like a stone."

"Don't worry, we'll use steel wires to fix your body. But I'll remove the steel wires when you get used to it."

Heath Ledger shrugged, thinking it was a daunting challenge.

But he likes this kind of challenge, he likes this kind of different shooting experience, not single or duplicated, but unique.

"Okay, let's try it."

Heath Ledger quickly completed the look with the help of a makeup artist. Tang De was also discussing with the photographer how to shoot this scene.

“I thought we could use a fixed lens, where the camera is fixed to the floor and rotates along the rotating corridor,” Chris suggested.

Tang De touched his chin: "But this effect may be a bit dull. I think it is important to add a camera that does not rotate with the rotating corridor."

"Use a crane." Tang De knocked on the table: "Put the camera on the crane and fix it with a gimbal. Let's try these two methods together to see which one looks better."

"it is good."

Now that the director has made the decision, the crew immediately starts work.

Soon, the crane and the camera penetrated into the rotating corridor.

And they also fixed a camera on the corridor floor.

When Heath Ledger walked up, Donde stood in front of the monitor watching his performance.

"Start spinning!"

The corridor began to rotate, and Heath Ledger carefully followed the angle of rotation, stepping across doors, ceilings, and lights.

This feeling made him feel very novel, like being in space, giving him the illusion of weightlessness.

But his performance was pretty good, and Tang De and several staff members tried the rotating corridor.

Except for Tang De, who could still maintain his figure, the others staggered after taking only two steps.

Therefore, Tang De is still very satisfied with Heath Ledger's performance.

"If we stick to this schedule, maybe the scene can be filmed in half a month." Chris also nodded in appreciation.

"Yes, it's always better to have a little more time."

While talking, Christopher Nolan came to them.

"I like this." He looked at the big guy with admiration: "Don, your prop reminds me that I can also try it in Batman."

"Hahaha, that will be a disaster for your actors." Tang De joked with a smile.

"I believe they will enjoy this novel experience."

Nolan thinks Tang De's idea is really great. He likes this feeling of being wild and unconstrained, but being able to implement it into the real world.

“There’s no substitute for live action, it’s fun and challenging.”

Heath Ledger spent half a day training in the rotating corridor.

Tang De and Nolan also chatted in front of the monitor for a long time.

Nolan talked to him about the progress of Batman. The scheduled shooting time of this movie was moved a few months later, and it will not start shooting until April 07.

And he plans to try some more impactful visual effects for this one.

From the conversation with Nolan, Tang De found that he did not like heroism very much. He preferred three-dimensional characters with complex human nature.

This is also the reason why he wanted to shoot Batman in a dark style.

After Heath Ledger's training was suspended, Donde and Nolan took another look at the actual film.

"I think maybe both methods can be used." Nolan gave a suggestion after reading it.

Because he found that in the footage shot by the camera fixed on the floor, the audience could not see the corridor rotating because the camera and the corridor rotated in the same direction.

The audience can only see the actors sometimes fighting on the wall and sometimes on the ceiling.

The camera under the crane can clearly record the rotation of the corridor, which looks more dynamic.

After watching these two clips, Tang De had the same idea as Nolan, so he immediately made the decision: "That's it, shoot each of the two shots."

Obviously, the only hard part about this method is the actors.

But Heath Ledger enjoyed it.

In just a week and a half, he completed the relevant training and met the shooting requirements.

When all the actors gathered here, they found Heath Ledger jumping up and down in the corridor. He rushed to the wall in one stride without any pause or instability. He jumped back and reached the ceiling again.

Its movements are quick and agile, without any jamming, just like a mountain hunter entering the jungle to hunt for prey.

Leonardo couldn't help but whistle as he watched this set of actions: "That's so cool. Heath can become a real thief."

Downey folded his arms and looked in agreement: "Indeed, this skill is very strong. It reminds me of Captain America."

Ellen Page looked at this sci-fi scene with wide eyes and said nothing, because this was the first time she had seen such a wonderful scene.

The corridor rotated at a constant speed in front of his eyes, and the items seemed not to be affected at all. Even the lighting was as usual. Only the fight scene between Heath Ledger and his opponent actor became the main theme in the corridor.

He didn't even have a tightrope on.

"I think the audience will be amazed when they see this."

"You're right." Tang De walked over from the side: "So get ready, it's your turn to play next."

Although they didn't need to take any action in the corridor, they had to pretend to sleep in the floating room.

Leonardo and the others looked at the rotating room and twitched their lips, feeling a little difficult.

"Oh my god, this place is so dizzy!"

"Don't open your eyes, Paige, close your eyes."

"Whoops, your foot hit me, Leonardo."

"Sorry, I didn't control my body well."

"That's fun, but I think my collar is a little tight."

Tang De and Nolan stood outside the room, watching the actors being suspended in the air by wire ropes, and thought the scene looked really interesting.

"It's like an escape game." Tang De and Nolan chatted with smiles.

"Yeah, I was thinking it would be nice to fight if Batman ended up in a place like this."

"Nolan, you really don't think about Batman all the time."

"Hahaha, sorry, I should be thinking about Inception."

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and after everyone's various accidents were over, the filming of the film finally started.

Seeing Heath Ledger tying up everyone with skillful techniques and slowly pushing them into the room, Tang De nodded with satisfaction.

"Crack!"

After three days, this scene was finally completed in a perfect manner.

Tang De sat on the director's chair and read the script.

After this scene, the film will move to Paris to shoot the most famous scene.

Paris falls apart.

(End of this chapter)