Made in Hollywood

Of course Duke and George Lucas have no conflicts. These are all for the purpose of publicity. In Hollywood’s publicity and marketing strategy, a pair of mortal enemies who are different from each other may be close friends in front of the media and the public. Even time can become a sworn enemy.

Of course, neither the producer Lucasfilm nor Warner Bros. actually want George Lucas to really get involved in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

The media will inevitably ask George Lucas such questions, and creative differences can be said to be the most appropriate excuse.

Creative disagreement can also be simply referred to as disagreement. Hollywood companies don't like uncontrolled employees, and directors who pursue individuality too much will make the producer's position empty. In this circle, whoever pays is the boss , how can the director or actors do whatever they want?

It is also normal for directors to change directors for the sequels of blockbuster Hollywood films. Creative differences are the best excuse for the directors who are replaced. One thing is that the asking price is too high.

Presumably many people have heard of many examples of actors who were rejected by the film studio for asking too much money, and the same is true for directors.

Because a huge money-absorbing production has become popular rapidly, its value has been rising rapidly, and cost control is one of the means of making money, and the film studio may be reluctant to bear this huge salary.

After the success of Alien in 1979, Twentieth Century Fox Films did not recall director Ridley Scott, but instead threw an olive branch to James Cameron, who was favored by Terminator. , Ridley Scott was still surprised when he recalled this incident many years later. He couldn't believe that the film studio didn't come to him, but he also admitted that if he took the helm of the sequel, his asking price would be very high.

The direct purpose of film studios to shoot movies is to make money. No one wants to blow the budget and risk losing money.

George Lucas, who has entered retirement, seems to have no more scruples. In addition to coordinating with the promotion of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, he also frequently fired at Hollywood's traditional production model.

When he was a guest on a news program of the CBS TV network, when he talked about the drastic changes that are taking place in the Hollywood industry today, he bombarded Hollywood film companies: Now Hollywood is increasingly lacking in creativity and imagination.

If a movie isn't good enough, it's largely because of the movie giants. The eight major studios in the early days had both artistic and commercial value. They kept discovering interesting novels and stories, and then adapted them into movies, but now Hollywood is dominated by finance. Capital has seized power in an all-round way, they don't understand the film business at all, and talented directors simply cannot display their talents under the current Hollywood system.

George Lucas considered himself very lucky when he was creating the Star Wars franchise, when a producer at 20th Century Fox gave him a lot of creative freedom.

He likes my American Graffiti. So he believes in my vision, and he will try to help me realize any request I make. He believes that some things are my specialty, so he will not interfere with a What about the image of how the dog flies around a spaceship! But, today. It's really hard to come across a producer like that!

George Lucas's words are quite meaningful, but he alone cannot change the situation in Hollywood, and only after retirement, how could George Lucas say that.

After all. He remains a beneficiary of the Hollywood system.

This incident was inevitably linked to Duke by the media. Many media believed that George Lucas was targeting Duke. After all, Duke can be said to be a representative of the Hollywood industrial assembly line model.

Will Duke Rosenberg's 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' be a hit again, or will it black out the classic?

News comments like this are circulated in the media and on the Internet, which serve as an excellent promotional film, and only when there is controversy will there be topics.

On set in Iceland. The American reporters who followed here also interviewed Duke specifically about George Lucas, and Duke seemed quite humble. These were for publicity to gain attention. On the one hand, the friendship between George Lucas and the Rosenberg family is on the other hand.

Duke expressed his gratitude and respect to George Lucas is unlimited, He developed digital special effects, digital editing, digital sound effects and digital photography techniques with available resources. He opened a door for me. The gate allows me to take what I want in my mind and make it into a work.

Although George Lucas's ability to tell stories was not mentioned, Duke spoke highly of him for creating and innovating Hollywood film technology, I think what he contributed to the entire film industry is far more than what he received. If there are more rewards, he is the Thomas Edison of the movie industry, if there is no innovation of George Lucas, maybe there would be no Lord of the Rings series or even superhero movies today.

This is all Duke's promotion and marketing work with Lucasfilm and Warner Bros. in addition to filming.

His main job at this stage is to complete the shooting of the film as soon as possible.

The forest park in Iceland was cleared, and all media reporters and irrelevant personnel who might lead to the early leak of the next filming scene were invited out of the forest park by the security personnel of the crew and the management here.

Next, under Duke's strong request, not only the management of the forest park released the shooting location, but even most of the crew had to leave, even the lead actor like Oscar Isaac was no exception.

Those who can stay in the venue to participate in the filming work have signed strict non-disclosure agreements.

The scene only needs three actors, Lee Pace, who plays the villain Kylo Ren, Daniel Wu, who plays the leading actor Finn, and Daisy Ridley, who plays the heroine Rey.

The camera crew is ready!

Actors are ready!

The lights are ready!

The props are ready!

All departments were ready. Daniel Wu and Lee Pace walked up to the camera where snowflakes were falling. After Duke gave an order, they each waved their lightsabers and started a lightsaber battle.

The shooting was constantly interrupted, and the action director Jimmy Carter would correct the movements of Daniel Wu and Lee Pace from time to time, and during the shooting, although Daniel Wu held the lightsaber, the actual combat effectiveness was not high, and he did not have a powerful weapon at all. Rival members of the Skywalker family of the Force.

Star Wars pioneered lightsaber combat, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens naturally has to face this unique challenge. The previous prop lightsaber is coated with front projection material, which is easy to break, and when the material leaves the axis Afterwards the light effect becomes weaker, so optical stacking is required.

This time around, Duke used in-camera processing with even more significant and impressive results.

These interactive live lighting effects created with lightsabers are also enough to excite Star Wars fans, and building them so that they emit enough light to start a battle is not difficult for Duke and professionals, because they can be programmed. The amount of light, and balancing the color temperature of the scene, can establish the behavior of the lighting, so that when two lightsabers collide, they burst into a bright light—in a dark environment, this becomes the main source of light.

When the lightsabers were replaced with digital effects, Duke was able to easily crank up the brightness, unlike previous films, without having to fake redirecting the light.

An afternoon of shooting came to an end. After countless fragmented shots, this crucial fighting scene came to the end. Daniel Wu was knocked down to the ground, and the Skywalker lightsaber he was holding flew out of his hand, lying on the ground Rey held out her hand...

Cut! Duke shouted loudly, That's it for today.

The staff of the crew began to pack the set and equipment, and Duke stood up from the director's chair. The weather in Iceland is definitely not warm. It is already very close to the North Pole. In addition, the sky is a bit gloomy, and there is still a cold wind in the forest from time to time. After blowing, he who had just come from the desert of Abu Dhabi unconsciously shivered.

Tina Fei from behind brought over a cup of hot tea in time, Take a sip to warm yourself up.

Thank you. Duke nodded slightly to her, and he was not polite, took a sip of the tea, the temperature of the tea was just right, rolled down his throat, and his whole body became warmer, Tina, you drink too Come on, the cold wind has been blowing here for so long.

Tina Fey screwed up the tea thermos and said with a smile, When you were filming, I already drank it.

An assistant director came over to clean up Duke's director's workbench. Duke shook his head to get himself out of the working state of filming, and asked, Is there any news worth paying attention to in North America recently?

You'd better call Scarlett back tonight. Tina Fey solemnly urged, She complained that you didn't attend the premiere of Captain America 2.

Yeah. Duke tightened his coat, remember to remind me at night.

One more thing. Tina Fey continued, Our donation to the USC Film Academy in the name of Star Wars has received a reply from USC, and now Warner's media is ready to report.

Duke thought for a while and said, You are responsible for following up on this matter.

After that press conference, Duke set up a film foundation in the name of Star Wars and donated a donation of $10 million to the USC Film Academy, which was specially used to fund the USC Film Academy. Chinese and Latino students, this is also the largest single donation for student aid received by USC in its history.

There's enough of this work to have Tina Fey staring at it.

After chatting with Tina Fey, Duke deliberately went to look at the staff who sealed the film. Although the filming of Star Wars: Far From Awakening went smoothly, everything should not be careless. (to be continued ~^~)

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