After all September, "The Matrix" ended all the shooting of kung fu scenes and turned to literary dramas. The action guidance team from Hong Kong also ended their work and left Fox Studios. While Duke was in charge of the crew, he also handed some shots to Zach Schneider for shooting, which not only exercised his actual ability to play the filming, but also made him more familiar with this series.≧

The shooting on both sides is progressing at the same time, and the speed is much faster than expected. Moreover, the literary dramas of this film are actually not much difficult except for some geniuses. The remaining most difficult shots are bullet time.

According to the plan, Duke put the bullet time shooting to the end. John Schwartzmann and Industrial Light and Magic's special effects team have combined Duke's ideas and conducted a lot of experiments to find effective shooting methods.

However, before that, there were still quite a lot of literary dramas that needed to be filmed.

“What I want is the easiest arrangement!”

Standing on the shooting site surrounded by green screen, Duke told the setter, "Removing the rest, only two sofa chairs and a TV set are retained."

Seeing the setter nodding seriously, Duke turned to Schwartzman and said, "John, remember to give the TV and trademark close-up!"

The TV sets appearing in this scene are neither old antique nor futuristic, but the style that the sponsor has just launched, which is most in line with the aesthetics of the general public in this era.

Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburne walked over, Duke gave a few last words, and then returned to the director's monitor.

"Scene 172, Act 113..." The recorder placed the recorder in front of the camera lens, "Start now!"

“…is it that incredible?”

Lawrence Fishburne, wearing a black suit and black sunglasses, walked to the chair and said to Keanu Reeves, who looked curious on the opposite side, "Your clothes have been replaced. There is no socket on your arm."

Reeves looked down at his body, and Fishburne continued to say how different he was from reality.

Duke has been watching Keanu Reeves in the monitor. To be honest, his acting career has not risen in recent years, but has fallen a lot, which is not unreasonable. It has been 6 years since "The Speed ​​of Life and Death", Reeves' acting skills have improved, but the progress has been extremely limited. Moreover, he is not an actor with a distinctive style like Johnny Depp, Will Smith, and now Tom Cruise, whose performance and temperament are too popular. Without excellent acting support, his career cannot be maintained at a height for a long time.

There are also rumors that his personality is really not suitable for this fame and fortune fair.

"Is this true?"

Keanu Reeves walked to the sofa chair, touched the sofa chair, and tried his best to make a puzzled expression.

“What is true?”

After more than a month of shooting, Lawrence Fishburne completely grasped the essence of ‘cool’ and said coolly, “How do you define the truth?”

"If you say that reality is something you can feel, smell, smell you can taste, then this reality is the electronic signal that your brain responds. The world you know is such a world..."

Lawrence Fishburne picked up the TV remote control. John Schwartzman's main camera retreated to the side along the slide rail and walked behind the two of them to shoot with another photographer from Stenikon.

Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburne sat on the sofa chair. "This is the world at the end of the twentieth century..."

“cut!”

This long shot ended. Although Keanu Reeves' performance was average, he had met Duke's requirements, "This one has passed, sort the venue!"

Also under this green screen, Neo and Morpheus will continue to film the scene of authenticity and falsehood in this world. The field worker removed the TV and a chair, and placed another chair next to the green screen in the background, and the shooting began again.

Lawrence Fishburne is still like a charlatan. Keanu Reeves' acting skills have not improved at all, and Duke is not particularly strict in his acting skills. Even if he has strict requirements, Keanu Reeves may not be able to do it.

Duke has been filming the scene between Neo and Morpheus for three consecutive days, and when he goes out for the outdoor shooting, it is completely left to Zach Schneider. There are not many outdoor shots in this film. Schneider has been deeply influenced by him over the years. Whether it is his philosophy or technique, it is similar to his style, so Duke doesn't have to worry too much.

Besides, he will review all the shots that Zach Schneider has taken.

Compared with the extremely difficult filming of "Chicago", the crew, from props to photographers, from assistants to assistant directors, are very adapted to the shooting methods and rhythms of science fiction films, and maintains excellent condition. The crew's work efficiency is very high. In addition, Duke and Zach Schneider are moving forward together, and the actual progress has been far faster than planned.

Several large-scale explosion scenes are the most difficult, but because they want to reflect the difference between the virtual world and reality, most of them will be generated using CGI. The only explosion scenes shot on the spot are only one, the explosions created by Neo and Triniti when they rescued Morpheus.

The special effects team of Industrial Light and Magic had already made the model. Jos William led several assistants to Sydney from Los Angeles. There was enough communication between the two sides in advance, and the work quickly got on track.

"We finally cooperated again!"

Seeing Duke again, Jos William seemed a little excited, "Last year you went to film "Chicago", and I took on another drama, but the director was too far from you. His understanding of explosion was too shallow. He only knew to create explosions on the largest scale, but he didn't know that explosions were fundamentally different. There were too many means to use..."

He shook his head, "It's a disaster to work with him. Duke, I hope you keep blowing up..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped and sighed, "I almost forgot that the movie behind you is the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and I can't use it anymore."

"Didn't your communication with Zach be very smooth?" Duke gently patted his shoulder, "If the video is derived from the last two movies, you have the opportunity to cooperate with Zach."

"That's great!"

Hollywood is not only a director who needs to be familiar with various jobs, but other jobs also like to work with familiar directors for a long time.

"Joss, let's see you next."

Duke was quite relieved about these long-term partners. After saying this, he returned to the back of the monitor.

Jos William began to lead people to wiring the one-person-high reduction-scale model, and then did the final inspection. It was not until half an hour later that Duke was informed that the preparation was completed.

"A long-lost explosion!"

There are not many explosion scenes in this film. Duke sighed in his heart, then raised the megaphone and shouted loudly, "Clear the scene! In the last five minutes, clear the scene! Everyone retreated 50 feet away!"

Although it hasn't been used for almost two years, the crew members are familiar with all this, complete the final work in an orderly manner, and retreat to their respective positions.

"Jos!"

When the time came, Duke shouted in person, "Countdown is ready to explode!"

"10,9,8..." The countdown sounded on the set, "3,2,1, detonated!"

"Boom..."

With a loud bang, a hot wave rushed out of the model skyscraper. Accompanied by a earth-shaking loud noise, the rolling smoke rose into the sky like a covered sandstorm, accompanied by scarlet flames blooming, as if the enchanting and beautiful flowers on the other side were competing for beauty.

Fierce explosions sounded one after another, and one support column after another broke and collapsed. The broken reinforced concrete fell like a meteor shower, tilting mercilessly onto the smooth marble floor. Another fragment splashed onto the broken glass curtain wall, and flew to the cracked asphalt road outside. The glass of the number model car instantly turned into pieces, flew into the sky and turned into a strange glass rain.

The model building was shaking; the explosion of fire seemed to break through the sky...

A long-lost explosion!

For some reason, John Schwartzman, who captured the explosion of fire, also had this idea.

The long-lost explosion! Others in the crew also had this idea, especially compared to the difficult work in "Chicago", the torture of these explosions is really nothing!

Looking at the explosion of fire on the monitor, Duke's calm blood seemed to boil. This was a long-lost feeling, as if it was a natural instinct.

"Great!" Duke shouted, "very great!"

He stood up from behind the monitor and looked at the model that was blown into ruins on the empty set, and breathed a sigh of relief. However, the explosion scenes shot in the film were limited, so he could only get here for the time being.

Picking up the megaphone, Duke shouted again, "Transfer and go back to Studio 7!"

Turning around, he ordered the assistant next to him, "Go and notify the actors to prepare!"

The scene on the other side was already ready, and the shooting could only be started when the explosion scene was completed. An associate director directed the staff to pack up the equipment, while Duke returned to the studio first.

An hour and a half later, the shooting began again.

Amid the deafening music, Charlize Theron, wearing a low-cut tights, found Keanu Reeves.

"I'm Trinity." She took off her sunglasses and showed her cool face. "I'm looking for you, Neo!"

Keanu Reeves leaned against the wall, "How do you know my name?"

"It's more than just your name..."

This is just a very ordinary literary drama, but according to Duke's request, the camera lens controlled by John Schwartzman would sweep through Charlize Theron's chest from time to time, giving a close-up of the ravines squeezed out...
Chapter completed!