Movie Master

"Albert, this is today's schedule, and I need you to confirm it again."

"Albert, where is the best place to park Tom Cruise's RV? Aren't we heading out to the streets for the next scene?"

"Albert, the special trailer for the lighting team and the clearing vehicle for the crew have not come yet. What is the phone number?"

"Albert, when will the reporter's press conference start? Reporters have already gathered outside, and they asked to enter the crew to interview Tom."

"Albert, Mr. Hayden Hunter from the photography team asked me to come over and ask when the camera equipment he requested will arrive. He has not yet received the equipment."

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The rush of questions followed one after another, like a stormy sea, beating down the head and covering the face, leaving no room for breathing. Every time Albert answered halfway, someone came over and interrupted his answer, as if the matter was becoming more and more urgent, which made him overwhelmed.

Today is the first day of the production crew of "Murder with a Borrowed Knife". Everyone gathered in the rented studio in Burbank. Almost all members of the crew arrived on the scene, although it is not as large as the "The Day After Tomorrow" with more than 300 people. The crew, but the scale has already exceeded 150 people, the studio is noisy and lively, and it is a thriving scene. But hidden behind such a commotion, it was the beginning of everything - no clue, had to start from scratch.

"Quiet! Quiet!" Albert raised his voice and yelled, but still couldn't suppress everyone's noise, he had to raise his voice and yell, "Shut up!"

In fact, all the crew members of "Murder with a Borrowing Knife" are inherited from "the day after tomorrow". This is also the relatively fixed team of Chaos Films at present-all of them have similar characteristics, not well-known, but with good strength. All from independent film crews. Therefore, although everyone has a certain tacit understanding, they are still in the stage of constant running-in, especially the joining of a top star like Tom Cruise, which triggered a series of chain reactions, which is very strange to everyone.

Albert's cursing finally calmed everyone down. He took a deep breath and tried to organize his thoughts clearly. As a drama manager, he must ensure that the crew can run on a regular track and will not affect Lance's creation and shoot. After the mood slowly settled, Albert looked at the staff around him, "First, there will be no press conference today, and there will be no public shooting. All forms of interviews are declined."

"But..." But Tom Cruise was on the set, how could the reporter give up so easily?

Albert shook his head and smiled at the staff member, "There is no 'but', if they are not satisfied, leave them the business cards of Chaos Pictures and Paramount Pictures, and ask them to call the company complaint."

"Murder with a Borrowed Knife" has already set the tone before the filming. In order to ensure the quality of Tom's performance, the confidentiality policy will be continued during the filming stage to increase the mysterious atmosphere of the film. Details including the script, characters, and styling will not be disclosed. Will not be interviewed. According to Lance: The propaganda war has already begun.

Thanks to the surprise victory of "The Day After Tomorrow", Paramount Pictures had almost no resistance, and directly nodded in agreement with Lance's opinion, which also got Tom's support. As a result, the entire crew completely blocked the news, and there was no room for maneuver.

"The lighting team's trailer and clearing vehicles are parked in the parking lot next to Studio 7. They will start filming after 6 pm today, so don't worry for now. If you are still worried, go find Percy Bradley, He has the contact list of all the teams of the crew, and I don’t bring it with me now.” Albert explained in accordance with the priorities, “By the way, you go to find Percy too, yes, it’s you. Tell Hayden, he The requested Alexa cameras have all arrived, and Percy went to fetch them himself this morning, you go to him and he will bring the cameras to Hayden."

In order to achieve the picture and lens required by Lance, Hayden tried different types of cameras in the past week, and finally chose the Alexa high-definition digital movie camera made in Germany. This kind of camera is not widely used at present, to be precise , the use of digital cameras is not much, although it is said that with the birth of "The Blair Witch", digital cameras have begun to receive widespread attention, but most directors still insist on using film cameras, and even more persistent like Christopher Nolan Fanatical film enthusiasts strongly reject digital cameras.

However, Hayden found that using an Alexa digital camera is perfect for "Killing with a Borrowing Knife". On the one hand, the picture quality fully meets the requirements of the movie, and it can create a sense of coolness with strong color differences. Color, contrast and saturation adjustments are added to meet the strict requirements of Lance. At the same time, the post-processing is also very good. As long as it is used properly, it is almost impossible to feel that it is a digital shooting; on the one hand, it is also for cost-saving considerations , Don't worry about the consumption of film, digital images can be stored directly, there is no problem of waste.

To this end, Percy purchased four Alexa high-definition digital cameras specifically for Chaos Pictures.

Albert thought about it carefully, and then said, "Then Tom's RV is parked in the parking lot outside the studio. Tom only has one scene today, and he doesn't need to follow the location. Wait for tomorrow, you Confirm the arrangement of the scene and tell Tom's driver that the RV can be parked directly on the street where the first scene is located, and we have arranged the corresponding parking space at the scene."

The so-called caravan is actually a van. The RV includes bathrooms, kitchens, TVs, beds and other facilities, mainly to provide space for actors to rest and change clothes during location shooting. During the shooting period of "the day after tomorrow", the crew arranged two sedan RVs for The entire crew serves.

For most actors, it is not necessary to buy a RV, so when they sign the actor contract, they will ask the crew to prepare a corresponding RV according to their level. The most advanced RV is a single RV, which includes a bathroom, stereo , TV, Internet, fax, VCR, refrigerator, oven, beds, heating and air conditioning, and the refrigerator will also store certain foods and drinks.

But an actor of Tom's level will naturally not use the crew's RV, but has his own private RV, and follows him to work in different crews, just like a mobile "home".

In addition to Tom's private car, the crew also arranged a sedan car, which will follow the crew in the streets of Los Angeles.

After the people around got the answer, they gradually dispersed. Albert looked around for the last time, suddenly remembered, took the information in the hands of the staff around him, and said seriously, "In addition, today's schedule I'll double check, is there any other questions?"

"Yes! When will dinner be served? And the crew didn't say they started working at 4:00 p.m. Why did everyone arrive at the scene at 11:00 a.m.? This is a violation of human rights!" A voice came from behind, Albert Te turned around, and then saw Lance oncoming, laughed vainly, then shook his head, and explained solemnly, "If you have any comments, you can call the Screen Actors Guild of America, I don't know the phone number If so, I can provide it."

Generally speaking, actors in the United States must work within eight hours, and this will be written into the contract. If there is a need to work overtime, or if there is a need to shoot overnight, there will be corresponding clauses in the contract. This is also a clause to protect the rights and interests of actors.

All the scenes of "Murder with a Borrowed Knife" took place at night, so the shooting time was from 8:00 pm to 4:00 the next day. Today is the first day of filming. After a slight adjustment to the time, the filming started at 4:00 pm.

Lance curled his lips, "The Screen Actors Guild can't control my business." He needs to find the directors union.

Albert looked at Lance speechlessly. The resentful expression in his eyes was more lethal than words, but Lance just raised his eyebrows, ignoring Albert's sad eyes, and looked up. After passing by, he couldn't help but pursed his lips, "Percy called me just now and said that he was taken aback by Tom's pomp. I thought he was joking."

Albert also followed Lance's line of sight, "This is the pomp of Hollywood's first-line actors."

Tom brought nearly 20 staff members with him today. In addition to the bodyguards, there were as many as six assistants alone. Athletic trainers, masseurs and nutritionists were also on hand. Lance couldn't understand it at all-couldn't sports, massages and the like be done off-set?

Tom's configuration alone has surpassed the lineup of all other actors, but Lance has also heard that Tom is not exaggerating, this can only be regarded as standard equipment. According to rumors, every time Mariah-Carey (Mariah-Carey) plays, there are at least 120 people in her entourage, and even her pet dog is taken care of by a professional team of 20 people—not included in Among her own entourage.

"However, compared to Tom, I am more surprised that you actually persuaded him to join." Albert sighed softly. In fact, the improvement of Tom's accompanying team is to relieve Albert's work pressure, otherwise it would be too much for him to take care of such a top actor.

Lance was not too complacent, "Everyone has weaknesses." He just caught Tom's weaknesses. Then Lance straightened his back and said in a low voice, "The really hard stage has just begun today." After speaking, Lance stepped in the direction where Tom was.

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