Chapter 105: Coppola's Diary
The pitch-black veil of night slowly withdrew from the east, yielding to the first pale light of dawn. Edwards Air Force Base was already bustling with noise, but the US Military gathering today was not for the impending landing of a space shuttle or routine training. They were preparing to organize the largest counterattack in human history—uniting the Allied Forces to wipe out the aliens invading Earth!
It was a monumental battle, yet the supreme commander of the campaign was nowhere to be seen.
Atop the highest control tower at Edwards Air Force Base, Duke stood behind a camera, using a wide-angle lens to capture the eastern sky. Darkness faded as the light broke, illuminating drifting clouds to form a scene as beautiful as an oil painting.
Just as he had on his previous two films, Duke had captured extensive wide-angle footage of sunrises and sunsets in the dim light of dawn and dusk ever since they started shooting on location.
"I heard Saintphia Company borrowed a massive amount of landscape footage from you?"
Hearing Sofia Coppola's voice, Duke turned off the camera and handed the rest of the work to an assistant. He walked over and tugged at her shawl, wrapping it a bit tighter around her shoulders. "Yeah, my mother thought a lot of it could be used directly in landscape commercials."
"Maybe you should go shoot a high-end commercial."
Taking a seamless step back, Sofia slightly widened the distance between herself and Duke. "I'm sure certain luxury brands would be very interested in you."
"Maybe."