Chapter 705 What is Powerful
As a well-known art director in the circle and a person who has won the best art director Little Golden Man twice, Hannah Serena received a solemn task from Duke to create at least 150 motor vehicles that are free from harmony with the deserted land and its barbarian ruler covered in sunscreen.
"Be cooler, or you'll kill you."
With such excitement from Duke's "horrifying remarks", Hanna Serena took her design team and took a full three weeks to complete the first draft of the first version.
In addition to being crazy and surreal, every shape of the first draft is designed to consider better explosion effects during highway driving in New Mexico deserts.
These design drawings must be recognized by Duke before they can be applied in practice. Hannah Serena asked the prop group to make a batch of models and then found Duke.
In a studio at Warner Studios, the first batch of models were placed on the exhibition stand. Duke first looked at it roughly, and then looked at it one by one with the introduction of Hannah Selena.
The most conspicuous part of the exhibition stand is of course the car war machine driven by the heroine Ferosa.
However, this is just a model that is more than a foot long.
Hanna Serena stood in front of this pocket but mighty model and gave an explanation to Duke, "This is a war machine. The heroine Ferosa's special chariot is composed of an oil pipe truck and another oil tank trailer. The prototype is the Czech taitula. The Taitula t815 truck, which was put into production in 1983, is the pioneer front. The cockpit is translated backwards as the overall space in the front cover engine room. It has a 6-wheel drive and 18-wheel drive dual V8 engines!"
Duke was still very satisfied with his appearance, but he didn't know much about the car and asked, "It doesn't look like a terrible one."
"Our modification staff will increase the space in the front cover engine room," Hannah Serena pointed to the war machine's long front nose. "The transformation was a bit large, so it was a bit unsightly."
"Yes!" Duke approved the plan. "As long as it does not affect the use."
"Don't worry," said Hannah Selena. "There are experts in the design team in the automotive field."
The two turned to the villain **oss Immortal Old Joe's car again, and Hanna Serena named the model he designed as 'Gigabit Horse'.
"I think the spikes and rocket tails can bring a very unusual feeling, so I used two 'Golden Empire' produced by Cadillac in 1959 and a big bike. I created such a huge thing, not counting the rear tail and other flags, this car is four meters high."
She shrugged and joked with Schwartzman who passed by, "Anyway, that guy John can't climb up."
Then, Duke carefully checked other modified car models under the introduction of Hannah Selena.
The "war wave" Nux's car was modified by the 1932 Ford Chevrolet superpowered sports car, with nitrogen, steel plates, V8 engines, overall tilted wheels and dive exhaust pipes.
The Vulture Tribe's "Spike Classic Car" was modified from a 1937 Plymouth sedan.
"No doubt, the steel spear on the body of the car can definitely tear the opponent apart in battle," said Hannah Serena. "The design inspiration comes from the Australian echidna."
The most eye-catching character in "Raging Road" must be the guitarist in the villain team. However, Duke looked from the side and couldn't tell what the model of the car he was riding in.
"The original model of the electric float is the German Mann Group. A188 off-road truck, I think this will be the coolest scene in the movie."
Hanna Serena obviously has a lot of feelings about the car, "It has giant speakers, digital drummers at the rear, and the double-necked fire guitar of the electronic music warrior to inspire the convoy forward. This car is really crazy, with a mobile stage with various speakers, the fire-breathing guitar you proposed is the biggest highlight."
After watching it one by one, Duke's biggest feeling was that Americans were crazy and messy about changing cars, which can be seen from these models.
Duke is an unscrupulous layman for vehicles. His requirement is that these modified cars should be cool enough. Hannah Selena's design basically meets his requirements.
After watching the modified car model, Duke went to the stunt department again. The film will use a large number of stunt personnel. For this reason, he specially hired an acrobatic master who has been in the industry for 30 years from the circus. Many stunts rely on field shooting. In addition to the skills of stunt personnel, some professional equipment is also being prepared.
In the finished shooting script, there is a scene where the modified car needs to show a spectacular collision effect, and the stunts need to find the safest way to flip the locomotive.
To solve this problem, the stuntman specially made a flat steel plate to install it under the car. It can be retracted after slapping the ground, allowing the stunt driver to control the car when the car flips.
This new method makes shooting of the flip locomotive quite safe. A stunt driver named Gallinoris flipped 8 and a half laps while doing the test.
"It probably broke the world record in the film industry."
Hanna Serena, who came with her, said this to Duke.
One of the iconic stunts in the script is to use a high rod to bounce the attacker from one running car at a high speed to another.
Sebastian Diggins is a stunt actor with thirty years of experience in acrobatics and gymnastics. He is a special staff hired by the crew. In his words, these pole stunt experiences are like "swinging a swing, but not swinging feet downwards, but hanging upside down."
The special stunt department also conducted special designs and tests on this. The struts are made of steel made of special materials, both strong and elastic. Some rods are fixed on hydraulic bearings and oscillate by others operating the weight-to-weight device to achieve a more natural action effect.
Computer special effects have been booming in film production in recent years. Duke is the most representative figure in this regard, but he will choose old academic live-action stunts in the filming of "The Road of Furious".
Duke's idea is to make a movie that relies heavily on visual expression so that Japanese audiences can understand it without subtitles, but this does not mean that the dialogue between characters in the movie will be reduced without limits, but rather that they will transcend the barriers between the mother tongue and culture and choose cross-cultural symbolic techniques that movie fans can understand to communicate with the audience.
Based on the traditional script, Duke also collaborated with several illustrators on the team to produce more than a thousand storyboards and up to three thousand storyboards, which are the final script.
The cast and crew need to communicate with him as the director throughout the shooting process.
"Rampage Road" is a large-scale project that requires at least 1,700 staff, including more than 200 stunt actors, stunt drivers, photographers, and snakeheads to clean up the deadly rattlesnakes and venomous lizards on the set.
Although Duke's expectation is that 90% of the stunts will be completed by real people, the Industrial Light and Magic's special effects team still needs to produce about 1,500 special effects shots for the film.
The charm of this film is largely due to the fantasy lineup of villains. All of this design is to make Duke's idea of the crazy post-apocalyptic world appear more full. Duke also gives the team members a complete free space for imagination. As long as the characters or elements have a background story related to this science fiction world, they can come and give suggestions to him, director.
For example, John Schwartzman believes that the crew should really make an electric guitar that can be used for the film and throw flames.
Duke also made people do this. If the film can have enough influence, it may be produced as a peripheral product?
In addition to these work, Duke often meets Charlize Theron and Tom Cruise, constantly discussing roles and videos.
When October came, Charlize Theron appeared on the crew again, giving him a big surprise.
"Is it strange?"
Walking into Duke's office, Charlize Theron took off his hat openly, hung it on the clothes hanger, shook his head with only short hair, and sat opposite Duke's desk. "If you don't cut it now, you will have to cut it off later. If you cut it earlier, I will get used to it early."
Sitting on a high-backed chair, Duke held his chest with one hand and his chin with the other, looked at Charlize's bald head and said, "If you apply some engine oil on your forehead, you will feel more."
"Feeling?" Charlize suddenly curled the corner of his mouth and stared at Duke and asked, "What do you feel? I remember you always like long blonde hair. When did your taste change?"
Duke shrugged, too lazy to answer her questions.
Charlize Theron withdrew his somewhat compelling gaze and said, "Fortunately I did not endorse shampoo, otherwise I would be sued for compensation for the liquidated damages."
"Are you still endorsing Dior?" Duke asked casually.
Charlize Theron has been the spokesperson for Dior for so many years.
"Yes, other brands don't like me." She was not polite, and took a water cup from the side, picked up the kettle on the table, poured herself a glass of water, took a sip, and then said, "If there are no more popular works, Dior will probably terminate the contract with me."
"Okay, or the character problem." Duke turned the topic to the film side, "Where did we talk about the last time?"
“The relationship between Ferosa and the people she saved,” Charlize reminds, “You say everyone’s potential is still there, but the road will be different, and Ferosa is the one who changes their path.”
She asked Duke, “She is a hero, right?”
Duke did not answer, but asked, "What do you think?"
"Ferrosa is the kind of hero I want to see. Although it is not mentioned in the script, if you think about it carefully, her path cannot be smooth sailing." Charlize obviously put a lot of effort into thinking about the role. "She was kidnapped at a young age and grew up in a society where women can only become cows. She can fight a way out and become a general. The price she pays is not as simple as an arm."
"She is very powerful!" Charlize Theron said, "so she is a hero."
Duke shook his head, "Ferosa is really powerful, not combat power." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!