Rebirth In Hollywood

Chapter seven hundred and ninth ideological struggle

Not long after arriving in Los Angeles, Ryan returned to the "Transformers" crew, and the team led by Michael Bay returned to the Greater Los Angeles area after a tour of Virginia and Washington, D.C.

While Ryan was away from the crew, the crew went to the Pentagon for live-action shooting. This was the first time since the September 11 attacks that a film crew was allowed to shoot in this location. Big, as you can imagine.

'Autobot' studio long ago struck a deal with Hughes Aircraft to lease their huge hangar in the West Los Angeles area and did some interior sets and tweaks, including the captivity of Megatron and everything else inside the Hoover Dam All the scenes will be filmed here.

During the shooting, not only the most advanced special effects technology will be used, but the traditional Hollywood model special effects also have room to play. This is the mighty Decepticon leader.

"I support your point of view."

Standing behind the camera with his arms crossed, Ryan looked at the Megatron model not far ahead and said to Michael Bay next to him, "I think we have already reached a consensus on this point, Michael, Transformers are powerful, It is not invincible, although I do not understand the military, but I also understand that a surprise attack is completely different from a prepared battle."

"Compared to these huge alien lifeforms, human beings are indeed very weak." Michael Bay took a step to the side and patted the bumblebee model still lying on the trailer, "But when we face these mechanical lifeforms, It's not that there is no resistance at all, like you said, they are very powerful. But they are not invincible, and some human heavy weapons can also cause damage to them."

"You can measure this aspect." Ryan patted Michael Bay's arm, "Grasp the degree. Michael."

"I understand." Bang Bei nodded solemnly.

The Pentagon provided numerous sponsorships for the filming, if at market prices. There are tens of millions of dollars, and the cooperation between the two sides will not be only this time. Due consideration must be given to promoting the image of the US military.

Although there will not be a situation where the U.S. military cannot find opponents on earth and can only fight aliens in the previous life, if humans are too weak, they will not be welcomed by the audience. After all, the people who watch movies are still a group of humans, and Not a mechanical life form on the planet Cybertron. Michael Bay is not James Cameron either.

Filming is about to begin, and Ryan walked to the giant Megatron, where many actors, including Alessandra Ambrosio, were already waiting.

"The seventy-seventh scene, the fifteenth act..."

The assistant director's voice quickly sounded, "Start now!"

A group of people looked at Megatron with astonished eyes and walked towards it. Agent Simmons of the seventh district introduced, "This is nbe-1!"

"Sorry, sir." Ryan crossed his pockets with both hands. Interjected, "I didn't mean to interrupt you, but this is Megatron! He's the leader of the Decepticons!"

"He's been frozen since 1935," another agent said, pointing to Megatron. "Your great-great-grandfather discovered it, the greatest discovery in human history."

The close-up camera swept past Ryan and Alessandra Ambrosio, who was next to him, and the two turned a blind eye and continued to listen to Simmons' introduction.

"What you see is the source of modernization." The agent of District 7 walked up and down with his hands behind his back, "chips, lasers, spaceflight, and cars were all obtained by reverse engineering him."

He walked to Ryan's side and made a point of saying, "nbe-1. That's what we call him!"

"cut!" Michael Bay's voice came from behind the camera, "It's over!"

Maybe it's because the actor's performance is not very demanding. Several scenes in the morning went well, even the group scenes. The number of appearances of ng is also relatively small. In the afternoon, even a few scenes involving the source of fire and robots were announced once, and the crew was able to finish work ahead of schedule.

After a day of filming, Ryan also discovered one thing. As the heroine, Alexandra Ambrosio, it seems that there is no line in today's filming. In addition to sweeping over her extremely photogenic face, the camera always It was spinning around her sexy figure.

This heroine, in addition to the role of the vase, is almost weakened to the point of dispensation.

Every time Alessandra Ambrosio appears, it is basically 'thin, revealing, revealing', and even running away and lying on the ground has to be sexy according to the director's request. Different from the wild, she looks more fashionable and open, this is because the setting of the male protagonist has also changed.

But these are not important, after the film is released, the audience will care about the fate of the Transformers, fight scenes, audio-visual effects and special effects.

In terms of special effects, Ryan agrees with Michael Bay for limiting the reliance on computer graphics of Transformers and background elements in action scenes. For example, most of the crashes and explosions that have been completed are shot in real scenes, and the camera lenses are placed in the scenes of vehicle collisions and explosions. , to make the scene look more exciting.

Due to the complexity of the Transformers design, even a simple action like turning a wrist requires dozens of visual components, each of Ironhide's guns is made up of about 10,000 parts, and Bumblebee uses a panel to act as an eyebrow , and multiple parts of the face are rotated to show the effect of a smile, and the eyes of all Transformers characters have been dilated and brightened.

Among them, Ryan also specifically instructed that the eyes of Optimus Prime and other characters should be moderately brightened, so that some audiences would not be able to distinguish between Autobots and Decepticons because of the chaotic scenes.

This way the distinction becomes very simple, the red eyes are the Decepticons, and the blue-green ones are the Autobots.

Although the film is still early in its release, the promotion and spin-off promotion is already underway.

At the end of last year, Hasbro and Walt Disney spent two months to create a toy product line for the film. In the process, they were greatly assisted by the main creative staff of the crew. The toy club of Tinder, Optimus Prime and Starscream. Available globally two months before the film's release, the first wave of dolls will be released this summer.

The toys will also include several characters from the second movie, including Cross Cannon and Arcey, most of which have moving parts that allow them to truly transform.

In terms of publicity and distribution, after several months of negotiations, Disney Pictures has reached a pre-sale and introduction agreement with exhibitors in more than 80 countries and regions, many of which will be released simultaneously with North America. Simultaneous global release.

In terms of promotion, many sponsors such as General Motors, Panasonic, Hewlett-Packard, Burger King and PepsiCo have already obtained the relevant image and character authorization from the 'Automobile' studio. From this summer, they will be launched one after another. Numerous products related to the "Transformers" live-action movie to warm up the movie.

The props used for the shooting, including the prototype car of the Bumblebee and the fire source, will be put on the eBay website for charity sales by the publicity and marketing staff after the shooting is over.

In addition, the 'autobot' studio has also established a website called District 7, which has launched a viral marketing alternative reality game, which has this film and all the previous Transformers toys participating in a "hungry dragon" 'A stealth operation.

There are also a number of tidbits videos on the website, providing 'evidence' of the existence of Transformers on Earth, including the prototype car of the Bumblebee, of course.

In addition, South Korea has issued an official invitation to Disney, wanting to put the world premiere of "Transformers" on the Seoul Tower, which is about to be remodeled. .

Even though he doesn't like that group of sticks very much, Ryan would still consider putting the premiere in South Korea if the other party's sponsorship fee can be doubled.

The Autobot studio has already started negotiations with the other party, and the biggest difference is naturally the price.

Filming at Hughes Aircraft lasted about ten days, and the crew then moved to Hoover Dam, which, like the Pentagon, has declined all Hollywood film crews since September 11, 2001. After September, the first crew to be able to film live on the Hoover Dam.

This is one of the famous scenic spots in the United States. In order not to affect the normal operation of the dam, the crew must get up early every day, and then finish filming before ten o'clock in the morning. After ten o'clock, the Hoover Dam will be open to tourists. It will definitely bring quite a bit of trouble to the crew.

From the filming of Hoover Dam, Peter Cullen also joined the crew, the voice actor of the animated version of Optimus Prime, will use his own voice to evoke the memories of the series for those who are nostalgic.

Among his lines, of course, the "freedom and rights belong to all living beings" voted on by the Internet.

Regardless of the actual situation in the United States, 'Freedom and rights belong to all living beings' is definitely the best embodiment of American values ​​in the film, and it also interprets Optimus Prime's thoughts and ideology. Just this line can explain why the Autobots he led I will fight to the death with my fellow Decepticons for the sake of the earth and human beings.

Applied to the real world, this is an ideological battle. This is a war that crosses ethnic, geographical and cultural backgrounds, and there is no possibility of compromise at all.

There were not too many scenes shot at the Hoover Dam. Michael Bay only planned for three days. On the last day of shooting, Ryan ushered in people who visited his class.

Natalie arrived from Los Angeles with some good news. (To be continued) ()