Park Town, located near the Mexican border, has less than a thousand permanent residents and retains many buildings from the pioneer period. Some Hollywood western-style scenes are often shot here.
The advertising crew formed by Coca-Cola arrived here half a month ago to prepare for the preliminary work.
Once the two main characters, Martin and Sam Mendes, arrived, filming began immediately.
On the gravel road, Sam Mendes came to the set and said to Martin: "Forget your identity as the leader of the church, you are just a cowboy who just founded the Coca-Cola Cult and came to the West to promote the gospel of the Cult. Show off the temperament of a cowboy Come!"
Martin nodded to show his understanding: "No problem."
During the never-ending shoot, he studied the old cowboy in "Unforgiven."
Martin took the two old-fashioned revolvers handed over by Bruce, inserted them into the holsters on his waist, and asked the stylist to wrap them in a red scarf and a torn red cloak.
The words Coca-Cola are all missing, which shows the difficulty of the hero's journey, but it also allows people to distinguish it at a glance and understand what the hero represents.
The jockey brought over a horse.
After Martin came over yesterday, he had already done some basic familiarization and immediately took over the reins.
Elizabeth Olsen, wearing a cowgirl outfit, rode another shorter horse and slowly walked into the set.
She waved to Martin: "Hi, Martin."
Seeing her skillful control of the horse, Martin praised her: "Good riding skills."
Elizabeth smiled sweetly: "I have been practicing riding horses for more than five years."
When Martin got on the horse, she whispered again: "I'll tell you a secret. Being able to get this role requires good riding skills."
Martin raised his thumb at her: "Excellent people can shine wherever they go."
In today's society, unless the family runs a ranch, generally people in cities, including many actors, who can practice horseback riding for a long time come from wealthy families.
Elizabeth's denim outfit and scarred cloak are based on red, which can highlight her figure.
With the addition of red, your combat power skyrockets!
Director Sam Mendes shouted: "Get ready to shoot!"
Two jockeys came over and led Martin and Elizabeth's horses to the starting point.
The recorder is on the board and filming begins.
Martin drove the horse forward at a trot, and Elizabeth followed from behind.
The horse's hooves splashed up sand and dust, which was swept to the rear under the influence of the blower.
Arriving at the door of the old Western bar, Martin pulled the horse and dismounted.
"Very good!" Mendes kept improving: "Let's shoot it again."
Advertisements are divided into two types: online version and TV version.
The former will be played in the form of short videos on major portal websites and emerging video websites.
The latter mainly edits highlights from it and serves as a normal TV commercial.
Sam Mendes controls it easily, and Martin's performance is effortless.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the crew ended the filming on time, and all the location scenes were successfully completed.
The interior scenes will have to be shot for at least one more day.
Martin could only stay in the small town for the time being.
"Let's go have a drink." Sam Mendes invited Martin.
The Western Bar used for filming was booked by the crew and would not accept customers other than the crew. Martin responded: "Have a drink."
He followed Sam Mendes into the bar: "When Kate and I met, you had just gotten married."
The two sat at the wooden bar and each ordered a glass of whiskey. Mendes said: "Kate told me about you, you met in Atlanta, and you gave her a crystal peach.
Martin almost forgot about this. At that time, he tried his best to seize even one percent chance.
Later, I did borrow a lot of help from Kate.
Martin said frankly: "Kate also invited me to London as a guest."
"Call us when you go to London." Mendes smiled and said, "Kate is traveling by car and will come from San Diego tomorrow."
Martin toasted to him: "Cool!"
Mendes smiled: "She said some time ago that she wanted to talk to you, and she only came here when she found out you were here. It seems that I came by the way."
Martin had nothing to talk about with Winslet, so he said frankly: "At the Oscars ceremony, she mentioned to me that I have been busy with two projects recently, and Kate has been traveling again, so we haven't met each other."
He deliberately lowered his voice: "Sam, can you reveal a little information in advance? I won't tell Kate that you said it."
Mendes thought for a moment and whispered: "It seems to be about the movie and the character." He roughly said: "You know, Kate is obsessed with the Oscar and wants to win the Best Actress once. She found someone to buy it. Film and television rights for one.”
Martin nodded, remembering the one Kate told him about the Nazis.
Mendes said: "To be specific, we'll wait until she comes over and you two can talk."
He spread his hands and said, "You must keep it a secret. Don't tell her that I leaked the information. Kate is super fierce. I don't dare to offend her."
Martin said: "How can you talk to women about topics that are discussed between men?"
The crew checked into the only hotel in town, and the group quickly returned for dinner.
Elizabeth Olsen held the dinner plate and sat opposite Martin: "Are you alone?"
Bruce, who was coming over, found an empty table.
"Yes." Martin asked, "Your sisters didn't come?"
Elizabeth said: "The agent came with me. My sisters are very relieved to know that I am cooperating with you this time."
Martin thought to himself, so I am so reliable?
In fact, Elizabeth lied, because her sisters cooperated with Coca-Cola, and it was Coca-Cola who managed the crew.
She specifically reminded: "You forgot, Burbank Middle School, you saved me!"
Martin looked unconcerned: "Every little thing is over."
"You saved my life!" Elizabeth puffed out her bulging chest and said specifically: "If you come to me for anything in the future, no matter what, I will do everything."
Martin just glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze and changed the subject: "You are about to graduate from middle school, right?"
Elizabeth took a sip of her soda and said, "Next summer."
Martin had an idea.
Seeing that Martin was not very interested, Elizabeth suddenly came closer and said, "When it gets completely dark later, you go up to the top floor and I will show you the scenery."
Martin was surprised: "What scenery?"
Elizabeth looked around and said mysteriously, "You will know then."
After dinner, it got dark quickly. Martin changed into shorts and a T-shirt, and called Bruce to go to the top floor with him.
The hotel in the town only has four floors in total, but it is the tallest building in the town.
As soon as Martin went up, he saw Elizabeth wearing denim shorts and a halter top.
White women are very mature at the age of seventeen or eighteen.
Elizabeth waved to Martin: "Come here quickly, let's start!"
Martin was puzzled and walked over quickly.
Elizabeth opened the bag she was carrying, took out a telescope, and handed it over: "Look at Tijuana on the opposite side."
Before Martin picked up the binoculars, more than a dozen people came up one after another, including Mendez, the director of the production, Milner, the head of Coca-Cola on the production crew, Paul, the security director, and so on.
They each brought binoculars.
Milner said to Martin: "The crew had a pre-shooting meeting last night and missed a lot of good scenes." He pointed to the direction: "Look across the way, it's very lively."
Martin knew he was talking about the other side of the border, beyond Tijuana's outskirts.
He raised the telescope and saw faint fire, and there seemed to be an explosion. One of the burning spots was just a jumping red dot at first, and soon turned into a flaming cloud.
"There have been explosions and fires every day since I've been here," Elizabeth said.
Martin saw more fire spots.
On the south side of the border, it seemed like a small war was going on.
On the north side, the entire town of Parker was quiet.
Comparing the two, it's like heaven and hell.
Paul, the security supervisor, comes from a certain PMC and knows some of the situation there: "Tijuana has been uneasy recently. Several gangs have been fighting for goods channels and markets. The fighting has lasted for almost a week. It seems that it will not stop in a short time."
A bright light suddenly appeared, and the sound of explosions was faintly heard.
Martin couldn't help but say: "They are not like gangsters, more like warlords."
Paul said: "It can be understood as a warlord acting as a trafficker."
Although they were far away and could only see the fire and explosions, Elizabeth, a young girl from a wealthy family, not only was not afraid, but watched with great interest.
Half an hour later, the agent called Elizabeth away.
After watching for a while, Martin also came down from upstairs.
Back in the room, he asked Bruce: "The Mexican gang that caused you trouble was destroyed?"
"The small and medium-sized gangs over there were established and annexed at an alarming rate. It is said that they are gone." Bruce roughly said: "Gangs also pursue profits, and they will not do things that are risky and unprofitable."
Martin returned to his room and slept peacefully all night.
Bruce sat in the living room, gun in hand, and kept watch all night.
After Martin got up, he saw Bruce moving his body and didn't say much.
The two faced the old black robber together, trembled under Sophia's terror, framed others, and were framed by others, and even experienced the Burbank Middle School incident.
Some things simply cannot be expressed in words.
After breakfast, the crew started work on time, and Martin entered the trailer outside the bar to put on makeup and style.
Milner singled out the stylist who was doing makeup for the supporting characters and asked, "Have you seen the video of the Avalon Bar?"
The stylist was not stupid and said: "The part between Martin and Pitt?"
If the other party has seen it, then it's easy to say. Milner pointed to the Western Bar: "Don't you think this advertisement is somewhat similar to that video?"
"The male protagonist is Martin..." the stylist realized: "I understand how to style the supporting character."
Milner nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, if you do it well, you will get an extra bonus."
This ad originally originated from the fight between Martin and Pete in the Avalon Bar.
Martin represents Coca-Cola, so the villain naturally has to be played by a character similar to Pete.
(End of chapter)
