Chapter 20

In the narrow connecting passage, a group of people fired unscrupulously with rifles. Henry was among them, ranked last.

Suddenly, a man like a bear rushed out from a hiding place. A throwing knife knocked down the person standing at the very front, and took advantage of the blind spot of the shooting to approach.

Immediately after, there were a few neat strikes, and everyone fell to the ground.

Henry, who was standing at the very end of the line, couldn't stay out of it either, but was solidly hit by a throat-locking kill, and the whole person was like being hit by a truck, flying into the air on the spot and falling heavily to the ground!

The man who made the move took a golden-haired beauty wearing a jacket and disappearing lower body, and passed through the passage without looking back.

"Cut! Good, everyone prepare for the next scene." The director shouted with a tin horn.

Immediately, behind-the-scenes staff began to adjust the machines, preparing to shoot different shots from different angles.

These shots will be used as fragments of the protagonist constantly acting inside the warship. In fact, it's just repeatedly shooting from a few different positions and constantly changing angles.

After all, this is an active warship, and it's impossible to let the production team's personnel run around the ship. So repeatedly shooting shots of entering and exiting from different angles and directions can rely on later editing to create the illusion of their actions.

Henry, who had just been killed, got up like other extra actors, and the next step is to change another group of people to serve as the villain minions who were beaten down.

But this doesn't mean Henry can "kill the green" (finish work) and go home. Now he has to die a few times every day, accumulating materials for the director to edit as much as possible.

Anyway, filming a movie doesn't stipulate that a person can only die once.

Which shot will be used in the end depends entirely on which segment of the protagonist's shot is suitable for stringing together a plot, regardless of whether Henry's death method is wonderful.

Of course, it's also possible that everything will be cut out in the end. In the finished film, Henry doesn't have a single shot. This kind of thing is very common for an extra actor; after all, it's a background board role at the same level as a street tree or a wall.

Actors belonging to other action teams naturally have people from the same team temporarily doing the work of assistants, handing towels, checking clothing, makeup, etc., needing to replace or touch up makeup.

Henry is alone, so he has to do these things himself.

And the reason why everyone has to check is because the fighting shots of Steven Seagal that look very realistic on the screen are all timed to react.

Can't be too early, that will make the picture look very fake. But if it's too slow... then it's really hit.

If you solidly take a hit from this male lead who has the identity of a martial arts coach, it's really not dead but injured.

This is why Henry, who doesn't belong to the action team, also mixed into the work of the villain minions who were beaten down.

It's really that too many actors are consumed. In order not to delay the filming schedule on the warship, everyone is almost injured after filming, and then goes up after being injured. As long as you are not beaten to death or disabled, you have to take turns on camera.

This thing that was originally "begged for" actually became like torture, making the actors distressed.

No wonder there are often stunt actors accusing Steven Seagal of hitting people under the pretext of filming, and even making things to the news headlines.

Henry has no difficulty cooperating with these shots, just make the action of being beaten down at the last moment.

He didn't dare to let this male lead really hit him; if he let the male lead break himself because he hit him, then he would be guilty of ten thousand deaths.

But as a villain minion who was beaten down, Henry couldn't mix a full attendance for the whole scene, so he still had to give up the filming opportunity.

People who temporarily have no filming work must all wait in the rest area planned on the warship. Because the passage of the filming location is too narrow, if a bunch of unrelated people are crowded there, it will undoubtedly only hinder the filming work.

The rest area is planned on the deck, with a restricted area pulled by a blockade line. Movie production team personnel are not allowed to leave the blockade line, and the officers and soldiers on duty on the ship are not allowed to enter the blockade line.

Theoretically, it is arranged like this...

But the rest area of the crew has snacks and drinks, as well as ashtrays for smoking. For the American soldiers who are addicted to "hitting the autumn wind," not reaching out is simply more painful than killing their parents.

The production team naturally cannot forbid the soldiers from taking things in the rest area. As long as someone crosses the line, as long as the military police responsible for supervision don't say anything, the crew personnel will pretend not to know the existence of the ban, and chat freely with these soldiers.

Henry, who went up to the deck, came to the side of the ship again. The Missouri didn't leave the port, but was moored at the port berth.

In the movie, those shots on the deck with the ocean all around are produced in post-production.

Also because the warship stayed in the port, this steel giant with a super large tonnage was not affected by wind and waves, and moving on it was as stable as stepping on land.

Being asked if he was seasick during the audition was purely superfluous.

This side planned by the rest area faces the direction of the port. There is a gangway next to it, and you can get off the ship at any time.

The reason why it is so convenient is that the production team has a considerable amount of materials and equipment piled up on the pier. Items without immediate use needs are not easily moved onto the ship.

Including the temporarily built makeup area, changing room, etc., are also on land, and are not set up on the ship.

Henry poured himself a cup of coffee and drank it in one gulp. He pinched the paper cup and threw it into the trash can. Then he walked to the smoking area, lit a cigarette for himself, and chatted with a group of old smokers.

Speaking of which, he accidentally learned this movie secret of a different universe, Henry's life didn't change, and he didn't even have the desire to explore who the mysterious person was.

The sentence often heard: "When you are staring at the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you."

This sentence can't just be used on those indescribable things, as if it were the beginning of some weird event. This sentence can be used on any place or any person.

When an investigation is launched against someone or something, traces will inevitably be left. When the opponent is not an ordinary person, his actions are very likely to "beat the grass and scare the snake," making the other party have to pay attention to him.

Henry wishes he would never come into contact with that level of character, so how could he be interested in a character who can mobilize an active battleship, and then launch an investigation?

How is this different from reminding the other party to pay attention to himself? Think his life is too comfortable?

Anyway, the target is not himself, the other party is coming for the heroine. His relationship is just filming in the same movie crew.

And she is the heroine who is the center of attention, and he is the background board extra actor who is insignificant, so even if he wants to get close, he will be disliked, right?

So Henry smoked with peace of mind, his fingers tapping lightly on the ship's railing like playing the piano.