Chapter 803 Day makes night
“Stuck!”
The shooting was interrupted again.
“Sorry, director, do it again.”
NG is not the director, but the actor, to be precise, Kate Winslet.
When mistakes were made during the initial filming, the actors would apologize to the staff. After all, the result of every mistake was that the entire crew had to overturn and start over, which involved a wide range of things.
But once, twice, three, four, five times, after experiencing the fourteenth NG, apologizing has lost its meaning. Instead of making another mistake after not sincerely apologizing, it is better to devote yourself to the filming wholeheartedly and end this suffering. , improve shooting efficiency, which is more effective than any apology.
What's more, look at the time, it's eleven o'clock at night, and the second hand and minute hand are moving towards midnight little by little -
Generally speaking, Hollywood is the same as ordinary office workers. Five or eight hours of work, five days a week, is the official union rule.
Similarly, just like ordinary office workers, the rules are rules. Overtime work outside of working hours is repeatedly prohibited, and there are countless situations where people work overtime.
However, putting aside overtime for the moment, the biggest difference between Hollywood and regular office workers is that the working hours can be adjusted at any time.
The 9-to-5 schedule can be adjusted to the evening time, and if Friday falls on a holiday, it can also be adjusted to shoot on the weekend. This is very flexible.
That’s it before you.
The entire crew has been waiting patiently for dark, preparing to use the dark cover of the natural environment to complete the shooting, avoid increasing the post-production workload as much as possible, and present a real environmental effect.
Originally, there is a professional term in the film industry, "day for night", which means shooting night scenes during the day; and by analogy, shooting winter scenes in summer and outdoor scenes in a studio , this is a profile of movie dreams.
However, "Nuan Nuan Inner Light" tries to avoid such extra workload as much as possible and tries to present the real effect of the environment. It can not only help the actors enter the situation, but also give the audience a more realistic feeling.
So, it is now close to midnight, and these owls whose day and night are reversed are beginning to feel tired. However, the shooting progress is still unsatisfactory.
To be honest, the entire crew huddled in a small apartment with sufficient heating and steaming. When fatigue and warmth met at midnight in the cold winter, sleepiness naturally began to occur and the eyelids began to uncontrollably During the fight, one or two secretly began to pinch their thighs, trying to regain some sanity.
So.
The atmosphere on the set became lazy and casual. Both the actors and the director could feel the invisible pressure falling silently on their shoulders.
Kate, not hiding her annoyance, took a deep breath, turned back to the kitchen, and waited for the director's signal.
"Start shooting!"
Clementine showed a smile and entered the hall from the kitchen with two glasses of alcohol, "Two glasses of decadent blue."
One of them was handed over Give it to Joel and keep the other cup for yourself. Clementine stood in front of Joel, slightly closed the distance, and whispered in a low voice.
“It’s boring, young man.”
Joel looked at the cup slightly uncomfortably and visually checked the amount of alcohol.
Clementine noticed, "It's more natural to seduce you this way."
Joel visibly stiffened.
Clementine couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing, "Haha, hahaha." Clementine put her arm around Joel's shoulders, laughed so hard that she hurriedly explained, "I'm just joking."
However, having said that, with a smile fully blooming at the corner of her mouth, Clementine has been looking at Joel, her body slightly closer, and they collided inadvertently, appearing intimate and harmonious.
Joel also laughed, laughter surging in his chest, and his eyes shifted slightly uncomfortably.
The next second, Clementine pushed Joel's chest and pushed forward suddenly. Joel was so startled that he couldn't stand still and fell down on the sofa.
Clementine followed without pause, straddling Joel's knees, her free left hand blocked Joel's neck, and stared deeply.
Intimate, ambiguous, and a little aggressive. Looking at the next second, it seems that something is about to happen——
Joel raised his eyes and looked at Clementine, "No?"
Clementine took a long breath and shook her head, "No."
The meandering atmosphere Suddenly the smoke disappeared, and both people were separated from their roles. Anson and Kate both turned to look at the camera.
“I think we need to do it again.”
“It still doesn’t feel right this time.”
Although their words were different, Anson and Kate reached an agreement and looked through the camera at Michel Gondry behind them.
The director looked at the two actors, took a deep breath, exhaled helplessly, rubbed his cheeks vigorously, as if he was about to tear off his face to reveal his true face, and then looked at it with a struggling expression on his face. to the two actors.
“We...can’t we try again?”
Anson lightly shrugged, “Yes, of course.”
Kate also nodded, “No problem.”
Anson, "But we can feel that something is wrong, and you can also feel that something is wrong. The whole scene feels wrong, and there is no point in continuing."
Kate took a deep breath, "I know everyone is tired. Both eyes can't open. The best way now is for us to finish the filming of this scene as soon as possible and let everyone go back to rest as soon as possible." Anson shook his head, "No, it's best now. The best way is to open the windows and let some cold air in, otherwise the whole room will be filled with carbon dioxide."
Kate hesitated. She originally wanted to say that this temperature is to create ambiguity, but seriously. Thinking about it, Anson was right, so he kept his mouth shut.
Looking at Michelle at this time, she looked hopeless, and finally gave up the struggle, "Stuck."
Anson was able to sense Michelle's frustration. Not only the director, but also the on-site staff were facing frustration one by one, and he and Kate were no exception.
However, that’s what performance is all about. If the frequency and rhythm are wrong, it’s wrong. There’s nothing you can do about it.
If they are willing to muddle along, then there is no problem, things are not difficult, just get over it; but the point is, Michelle is not willing, and neither are Kate and Anson——
Despite the lingering power of Charlie Kaufman's script, they wanted to give the film more charm.
I originally thought that their analysis of the script and characters was in place, and subsequent filming would be smooth sailing; but obviously, acting is not the same thing, and neither is film shooting.
Even under the correct framework and context, there are still different challenges every day, and each scene may face different situations.
Kate took a deep breath, looked at Anson, and replayed the scene, trying to adjust some details, "I will first put my left hand on your chest. If I use my palm to feel the muscles, you will Uncomfortable?"
"No, no." Anson shook his head.
Kate continued, "Then I touched your left shoulder with my right shoulder, trying to get into your arms. Do we need to make eye contact here?"
Anson, "Okay. It's natural. I think that here, Clementine's rhythm is different from Joel's, so there is no need to deliberately arrange it, and the dislocation and jerkiness of the performance can be used to achieve better results."
Kate nodded, "Okay. I'll try to be more aggressive."
Then.
Kate looked at Michelle, "Director, do it again."
(End of this chapter)