Chatty Hollywood

In short, the filming at the location near Chefchaouen was over.

——Although even the location itself has "come over".

However, the "Mummy" crew did not leave Morocco.

After a short break in Chefchaouen, they went to the second location near Casablanca——

Here, the exterior scene of a fake city similar to Cairo in Egypt in the early 20th century has been built. They will be here to shoot scenes of the scene in Cairo in the script.

——This is actually impossible.

Not to mention that it is impossible for Egypt to open up many of its monuments and let the crew of "The Mummy" shoot live;

Not to mention that the situation and security situation in Egypt has always been unstable, and it is not suitable for the crew to shoot-otherwise the crew would not choose the Moroccan desert as the location; &1t;i>&1t;/i>

The main problem is that it is now 1998 and we are about to enter the 21st century.

——Even in the real Cairo, it is difficult to reproduce the appearance of the British colonial era before World War II.

In this case, the crew of "The Mummy" can only use wood, plastic and cardboard to build a fake city.

Fortunately, in this hand, Hollywood filmmakers have been playing very well in the Western film era.

——In many old westerns from the 1960s and 1970s, those towns with obvious western styles where cowboys fight in the street are actually made up of pieces of paper and wooden boards.

——When shooting, if you really open the door of a certain house, you will find that there is nothing but empty space behind.

But this kind of setting will appear very real in the movie. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Therefore, Charlotte is not worried about what is wrong with this "fake Cairo city" near Casablanca.

Especially this is a location set up under the supervision of Lao Qiang, the old rivers and lakes.

"I built this "city" exactly based on the photos and maps of Cairo in the early 20th century."

The old gun introduced Charlotte,

"For the spectacle, I don't worry about any problems, but the extras—"

The old gun shrugged.

Because since "Star Wars", Morocco and Tunisia have often been used by Hollywood as locations for filming desert movies.

This makes the people of the two countries have long been accustomed to the coming and going of Hollywood crews, and even produced a set of industrial chains-

From helping to set up location, to various service providers wandering around the location, to many people who are full-time extras. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

——It can be said that for the two countries where the population is not particularly large, the Hollywood crews who come here to shoot movies do provide a lot of employment opportunities.

This is also an important reason why many countries with small populations and relatively weak industrial chains are willing to give some tax rebates to film crews.

——Promote employment!

However, this is not a completely good thing for the crew of "The Mummy".

Because they often welcome crews sent to Hollywood, Moroccans have become accustomed to acting as extras.

Although their labor costs are far less than the terrifying labor costs in the United States, they are no longer very cheap.

However, according to the script, in the movie "The Mummy", there are some scenes, such as the scenes where Emerton controls people in Cairo to hunt down O'Connor, Evelyn and others, which require a large number of extras. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

This means that the crew has to spend a small amount of money.

Of course, this money is included in the shooting budget, but as the assistant director, the old gun who prepared here in advance, always feels that the money is not worth it.

——The main reason is that the acting skills of these extras are generally not very good.

"Should we adopt some other methods to solve the problem of extras?"

The old gun asked.

The so-called other programs, in simple terms, are computer special effects.

After all, labor costs in the United States are very high, even for those extravagant extras.

In a country with low labor costs like China, some scenes of extra actors, such as war scenes, can be used for shooting in the United States. If all real people are used, it will be a big expense. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Therefore, after the advent of computer special effects, Hollywood film companies immediately began to study how to use computer special effects to replace those expensive characters.

——Especially those characters who have no lines or even can't see their faces as background.

And now, they have achieved certain results.

The old gun suggested using this technique.

But Charlotte smiled mysteriously.

"In fact, we have a group of extras who don't need to spend money to use!"

"You mean—"

The old gun was taken aback, and then he remembered some actors who played ghosts in the filming of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

——That is a real ghost! ?

For this matter, the psychological shadow of the old gun is too large. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

However, he also has to admit that the ghosts driven by Charlotte are indeed the best choice for extras.

Not only can they change at will, their own characteristics are also determined, they really play the role of Cairo people controlled by the resurrected High Priest Immortal.

——Ghosts and the walking dead are lifeless in nature!

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As a result, when filming in a location near Casablanca, the actors from the "Mummy" crew found that the crew hired fewer extras.

In this regard, the deputy director Lao Qiang explained that computer special effects will be used to synthesize the effect of the crowds of Cairo City.

——It also includes the scene where O'Connor and others were hunted down by a large group of Egyptians.

Because this kind of technology does exist in Hollywood, there is no doubt about it. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Only the photographer Addison Yang is taking pictures of "Cairo City" every day, while spitting out in his heart——

"This is a ghost town at all, isn't it?"

The photographer felt a little bit cold~www.readwn.com~ but couldn't help feeling funny.

"I don’t know if Brand Fisher and others knew that they were really chasing after a large number of lifeless ghosts, what kind of reaction would it be? — Well, maybe the performance would be more real, at least, I will definitely..."

Addison Yang said in his heart that only a few people, including himself, can understand cold jokes, work and life are not boring at all.

In contrast, Rachel Weisz was a little depressed.

It's not that she encountered an unsolvable problem, but Charlotte added an extra setting to her Evelyn, which made the bookish English girl a little bit troubled——

"I think the fact that I like to eat some small snacks can make this girl Evelyn look more lovely in the eyes of the audience."

When Charlotte explained to Rachel, she said so plausibly that Rachel couldn't help but believe it.

However, after a while, Rachel pondered carefully, but suddenly realized that the snacks prepared by the director for her to eat during filming were all the local snacks she had eaten and liked when she was in Shawanshev.

——Like a date palm or something.

How did the other party know this? Rachel doesn't have much doubt about it--

After all, Rachel is a good girl who finds something delicious and likes to share it with people nearby.

Mr. Director has also been Amway by her, you will know that these are not uncommon.

But combined with the settings he added to his heroine Evelyn, Rachel was a little depressed——

Mr. Director, your method of adding characters based on real actors is really awkward! ! !

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