Chapter 709 Ideological Controversy

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

Just as Ryan left the crew, the crew went to the Pentagon for real-life shooting. This is the first time since the September 11 attack that a film crew was allowed to shoot in this place. The US Department of Defense's support for this movie is conceivable.

The Autobot Studio has long reached an agreement with Hughes Aircraft to rent a huge hangar in the West Los Angeles area, making some internal sets and adjustments, including the captive Megatron and all other scenes inside the Hoover Dam, which will be filmed here.

During the shooting, it not only uses the most advanced special effects technology, but also has room for special effects in Hollywood's traditional model. Megatron, which is frozen in the hangar, uses the same-scale model. As long as it is appropriately adjusted after appropriate post-stage, this is the arrogant Decepticon leader.

“I support your point of view.”

Standing behind the camera with his hands on his chest, Ryan looked at the Megatron model not far ahead and said to Michael Bay next to him, "I think we have reached a consensus on this point long ago. Michael, Transformers are powerful, but not invincible. Although I don't understand military affairs, I also understand that raids and prepared battles are completely different."

"Humans are indeed very weak compared to these huge alien life forms." Michael Bey moved a step to the side and patted the bumblebee model lying on the trailer. "But when facing these mechanical life forms, we do not have no power to resist. As you said, they are very powerful. But they are not invincible. Some heavy weapons of human beings will also cause damage to them."

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

"I understand." Explosion Bei nodded solemnly.

The Pentagon has provided numerous sponsorships for the filming of the film, which is worth tens of millions of dollars if calculated based on market prices, and the cooperation between the two sides will not be the only time. It is necessary to properly consider promoting the image of the US military.

Although there would not be a situation where the US military could not find an opponent on Earth in the previous life and could only fight aliens, if humans were too weak, they would not be welcomed by the audience. After all, the people watching the movies were still a group of humans, not the mechanical life forms of the planet Cybertron. Michael Bay was not James Cameron.

The filming is about to start, and Ryan has walked to the huge Megatron, and many actors, including Alessandra Ambroshe, are already waiting here.

"Scene 77, Act 15..."

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

While looking at Megatron with surprise eyes, a group of people walked towards it. Agent Simmons of the Seventh District introduced, "This is nbe-1!"

"Sorry, sir." Ryan interjected with his pockets in his hands, "I didn't want to interrupt you on purpose, but this is Megatron! He is the leader of the Decepticon!"

"He has been frozen since 1935." Another agent pointed to Megatron and said. "Your great-great-grandfather discovered it, the greatest discovery in human history."

The close-up camera swept across Ryan and Alessandra Ambrosho, who was close to him, and the two turned a blind eye to continue listening to Simmons' introduction.

"What you see is the source of modernization." The agent of the District 7 walked around with his hands behind his back, "Crystals, lasers, space flights, and cars are all obtained by reverse engineering."

He walked to Ryan and deliberately emphasized his tone, "nbe-1. That's what we call him!"

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

Perhaps it was because of not being very demanding about actors' performances. Several scenes in the morning went smoothly, even in group scenes, there were fewer occurrences. In the afternoon, even several scenes involving fire sources and robots were announced to be approved at one time, and the crew was able to finish work early.

After a day of shooting, Ryan also discovered something. As the heroine Alessandra Ambroshew, it seems that there is no line in today's shooting. The camera is always circling around her sexy figure except for scanning her extremely photogenic face.

In addition to the role of the vase, this heroine has been almost weakened to the point of being dispensable.

Every time Alessandra Ambrosho appears, she is basically "thin, exposed, and transparent". Even if she escapes and lies on the ground, she has to show off her sexy "po color" according to the director's requirements. Unlike Meghan Fox's wildness in her previous life, she looks more fashionable and open, because the setting of the male lead has also changed.

But these are not important. After the film is released, what the audience cares about is the fate of Transformers, fighting scenes, audio-visual effects and special effects.

In terms of special effects, Ryan agrees with Michael Bey restricting the dependence of Transformers and background elements on computer drawings in action scenes. For example, most of the completed crashes and explosions are taken in real scenes, and the camera lens is placed in vehicle impact and explosion scenes to make the scene look more exciting.

Due to the complexity of Transformers' design, even simple actions like turning the wrist requires dozens of visual components. Each gun in the iron sheet is composed of about 10,000 parts. Bumblebee uses a panel to act as an eyebrow and also needs to rotate multiple parts of the face to show the effect of smiling. All Transformers' eyes have been dilated and illuminated.

Among them, Ryan also gave a special reminder to light up the eyes of characters such as Optimus Prime to moderately avoid some viewers from being able to distinguish between Autobots and Decepticons due to the chaotic scene.

This difference will become very simple. The red eyes are the Decepticon, and the blue green ones are the Autobot.

Although the film is still early to release, the promotion and promotion of derivatives have begun.

At the end of last year, Hasbro and Walt Disney spent two months creating a toy product line for the film. In this process, it received strong assistance from the crew's main creators. Toys of Fire Source, Optimus Prime and Red Spider will be launched globally two months before the film is released, and the first wave of dolls will be launched this summer.

These toys will also include characters in several second movies including Horizon and Arsey, most of which contain moving parts that allow them to achieve real deformation.

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

In terms of promotion, many sponsors such as General Motors, Panasonic Electric, HP Computers, Burger King and PepsiCo have long obtained relevant image and role authorization from the Autobot Studio. Starting this summer, many products related to "Transformers" live-action movies will be launched one after another to warm up the movies.

Props such as Bumblebee's prototype sedan and fire source used for shooting will be placed on the eBay website for charity sale by marketing personnel after the shooting is completed.

In addition, the Autobot Studio has also established a website called District 7, which launched an alternative reality game for viral marketing, which includes all previous Transformers toys participating in a secret operation called "Hungry Dragon".

There are also many behind-the-scenes videos on the website, providing 'evidence' of the existence of Transformers on Earth, and naturally, the prototype sedan of Bumblebee is indispensable.

In addition, South Korea has issued an official invitation to Disney to place the world premiere of "Transformers" on the Seoul Tower, which is about to be renovated, and they are willing to pay a sponsorship fee of $2 million to the Autobot Studio.

Although he doesn't like those sticks very much, if the other party's sponsorship Fyken doubles, Ryan will still consider putting the premiere in South Korea.

The Autobot Studio has already negotiated with the other party, and the biggest difference is naturally the price issue.

The filming at Hughes Aircraft Company lasted about ten days, and the crew then moved to the Hoover Dam. Like the Pentagon, all Hollywood film crews have been rejected since September 11. "Transformers" was the first crew to be able to film live in the Hoover Dam since September 2001.

This is one of the famous attractions 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 the shooting before 10 a.m. The Hoover Dam will be open to tourists after 10 a.m. The pedestrians coming and going will definitely bring a lot of trouble to the crew.

Starting from the shooting of Hoover Dam, Peter Karen also joined the crew. The voice actor of the animated Optimus Prime will use his own voice to evoke the memories of the series by those nostalgic people.

His lines naturally include the "freedom and rights belong to all living beings" selected by online voting.

No matter what the actual situation in the United States is, "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 will fight to the death with the Decepticons and their compatriots for the earth and mankind.

To apply it to the real world, this is an ideological battle. It is a war that spans race, region and cultural background, and there is no possibility of compromise at all.

There were not many shots taken at Hoover Dam. Michael Bay only planned for three days. During the last day of shooting, Ryan welcomed the people who visited his class.

Natalie rushed over from Los Angeles and brought a few good news. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!