Chapter 399 Disaster of Water and Fire
Those brave staff members, including those on the first ship that rushed to rescue but unfortunately ran aground on the rocks, received a generous bonus as a reward for their bravery.
After this incident, little Gilbert decided to shoot all night scenes in the studio to avoid accidents.
However, the filming of the crew was still not going smoothly, and another accident occurred.
The thing is, usually in studio shooting, many scenes and props are designed with flammable things, such as foam.
Therefore, in order to prevent accidental fires, smoking is usually not allowed in the studio, and it is not allowed to carry tinder to play with fire to avoid accidents.
But unfortunately, after the shooting that day, the set manager was packing up things. One of the set managers may have thought that nothing was wrong and no one was looking after him, so he lit a cigarette on his own.
After he finished smoking, he threw the cigarette butt away without stepping on it.
As a result, the cigarette butt fell on a scene prop and began to smolder, growing from small to large. After half an hour, it turned into a large flame, and then spread rapidly.
The entire Studio No. 2 suddenly became a sea of fire. By the time the crew found out, the fire was out of control.
Little Gilbert returned to the hotel and was having a meeting with the heads of various departments of the crew, and was still emphasizing safety issues.
"Safety, I have repeatedly said that safety is the most important thing..." Little Gilbert was impassioned, and then an assistant trotted over and whispered a few words in little Gilbert's ear.
Little Gilbert's face darkened visibly. When many supervisors saw Little Gilbert's face, they knew something had happened again.
Sure enough, little Gilbert said: "There is a fire in Studio No. 2."
Charles Rowan was startled and quickly asked: "Is there anything wrong with the warehouse manager next to him? Has the fire spread there?"
The warehouse next to Studio No. 2 is where the crew stores the film. If it also catches fire, the loss will be huge.
The fire in the warehouse meant that all the material shot by the crew during this period had to be re-shot. These days, there are no such large digital storage disks that can store so much material.
Therefore, the film used for shooting is very precious. Although the film will be backed up, the latest batch of materials has not had time to be backed up.
Little Gilbert said he was unclear: "Let's go and have a look!"
"Okay," Charles Rowan asked everyone to come together, and at the same time called the local fire station and asked them to send fire trucks to put out the fire.
By the time Gilbert Jr. and Charles Rowan arrived at the scene, Studio No. 2 was already ablaze, with black smoke rising into the sky.
The staff who stayed at the scene could not get close at all and only felt a heat wave.
Fortunately, all the films in the warehouse next to Studio 2 were transferred in time. Otherwise, according to the current situation, when the fire is extinguished, the warehouse will also be burned down.
The set itself has fire-fighting facilities. At this time, more than a dozen field staff set up water cannons and sprinkled water on the fire scene in an attempt to extinguish the fire, but with little success.
"How's the film?" Little Gilbert's first concern when he rushed to the scene was the film.
The staff member who stayed at the scene replied: "It has been moved as soon as possible and there was no damage."
"Well done, quickly organize the fire extinguishing to prevent the fire from spreading to other studios." Little Gilbert ordered.
"Yes..." The staff took action, and the local fire department arrived quickly, and the fire was finally under control. However, Studio No. 2 was burned down to the ruins and was seriously damaged.
"As long as everything is fine between man and film," little Gilbert sighed.
The crew has had some bad luck recently. They either encountered water or fire. The disaster caused the crew a lot of losses. The next day, the damage report came out quickly. The preliminary estimate was that the loss was about more than 400,000 US dollars, which was actually not bad. The main thing is to save the film. If the film is burned, the loss will be huge.
Charles Rowan breathed a sigh of relief and said to little Gilbert: "The most feared thing on the set is fire. Once there is a fire, it means huge losses.
Fortunately, our film was not burned. "
"Yes," little Gilbert nodded, and then said, "But the fire will not burn for no reason. You should pay more attention to this matter."
"Of course..." Charles Rowan promised to find the culprit.
In fact, this staff member was quickly found out and he will face serious charges and will probably go to jail.
But there is no way. Since you have done something, you must take responsibility. Fortunately, the film was not damaged, otherwise this worker would have been even worse.
After going through floods and fires, the crew had gone through a long and difficult time, and the subsequent filming went smoothly without any accidents.
Because the No. 2 studio was severely damaged and it would take time to rebuild, the crew used the No. 3 studio to complete the rest of the filming work there.
In fact, it is normal for various accidents to happen on the set. Fires are just the most common type. There are also life-threatening incidents!
In the 1969 movie "Shark", props and special effects production were not available at that time. Before "Star Wars", Hollywood special effects model production was not very realistic.
Therefore, in order to pursue a more realistic effect, real sharks were used in the filming of "Shark".
But during filming, a shark broke through the protective net and directly attacked stuntman Jose Marco, causing his death.
Later, when the movie was released, it directly used sharks to kill people as a publicity point, which caused a lot of controversy.
In addition, there were supernatural incidents. During the filming of the movie "The Master", a fire also broke out, but no cause could be found after the investigation.
The actor who played the mother of a daughter possessed by an evil spirit fell down on the ground for no apparent reason and broke her spine.
What's even more bizarre is that nine behind-the-scenes staff and actors died one after another during the filming of the film. Later, the crew had to ask the church pastor to pray, so the supernatural incidents stopped happening.
It is worth mentioning that the movie "The Master" is the inspiration for the "Conjuring" series of movies.
Another movie, "The Conqueror," can be called a crew of death. This movie tells the story of Genghis Khan from a typical Western perspective.
As a result, the crew filmed in the desert near Utah, where there is still nuclear radiation left over from the nuclear bombs tested in the last century.
The cast members of "The Conqueror" were exposed to a large amount of nuclear radiation, which indirectly led to the death of 91 people, including the director and male and female actors. It can be called the most ominous crew in Hollywood.
There are many similar accidents, many of which have serious consequences, ranging from financial losses to direct death.
So this is why little Gilbert repeatedly emphasized safety to all the staff. In fact, his crew management was very strict.
Hitting the rocks and catching fire were both big events for the crew, but fortunately no one died.
After these things, the crew did not encounter any special accidents, and the filming went smoothly.
(End of chapter)