Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 725

With a bang, the cabinet was opened, and a middle-aged man with a trace of exhaustion on his face appeared in front of the cabinet.He rummaged through the things inside and then closed the cabinet door. Just as he was about to leave, his eyes fell on the small plastic medicine in the corner of the counter below. He immediately reached out to take it and poured two medicines and warm water to eat.

The middle-aged man continued to look for it, and an empty tin can entered his eyelids at this moment. He frowned and took it over for a look, with an annoyed look flashing across his face.Just in time, the sound of going down the stairs came, and he immediately walked over and waved his arms to the girl who came down: "How many times have I told you, Chrissy! Can't you..."

"That can is already empty." The girl who glanced at the things in his hand said coldly.

The middle-aged man couldn't help but suffocate, his eyes seemed to be on fire, he gritted his teeth and raised his arms as if he wanted to drop the thing in his hand to the ground, but after moving, he finally gave up on this plan.

"Even if it's empty, you shouldn't put it in the kitchen, Chrissy! You can throw it in the trash, and if you want to keep it for something else, put it in the warehouse outside. "The middle-aged man said nagging, but unfortunately the girl turned a deaf ear and walked inside, "You can't put this kind of thing in the kitchen-are you listening to me, Chris?!"

"Are you going to follow me to the bathroom, Brian?" the girl who walked to the door turned around and said coldly.

The middle-aged man was obviously stunned for a moment, and with a bang, the door was shut heavily in front of him.The middle-aged man raised the jar in his hand for the second time, but this time he still didn't drop it.

"Chris, can we talk?" He stood outside the door and said in a low voice.

"We've talked many times, Brian." The door in front of him was suddenly opened, and the girl's face was still cold.

"I'm your father, Chrissy! I don't want you..." Brian raised his voice suddenly.

At this moment, the girl suddenly turned her head and stretched out her hand to press it, then shouted loudly: "Cut."

Time seemed to stop flowing, everyone turned into sculptures, and there was no sound at all.But two seconds later, all kinds of noisy voices came out.Al Pacino, who was still staring at the beginning, let out a long breath, while Angela, who was walking towards the camera in a hurry, had an expressionless face that turned even colder.

After looking behind the monitor for a while, Angela shook her head: "Do it again."

"What's the matter, is there something wrong with me?" Al asked immediately as he was drinking water next to him.

"No no, your performance is very good, Al, even better than before," Angela shook her head and spun around on the spot, "The problem is with me, either I have some faults or some deficiencies, and acting and directing really Not an easy thing."

Seeing her sighing, Al couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry, it's just because you are both an actor and a director for the first time and you want to make it more perfect, so you always repeat and repeat, it's normal. Etc. If you calm down and watch it again, you will find that the previous performance is still very good."

Angela glanced at him, rubbed her chin and asked with interest: "How many times have you said this, Al?"

"Hmm... the third time? The fourth time? Hey, honey, don't be so tricky?" Alha laughed.

Angela also smiled and raised her hands: "Thank you for your kindness, Al, I have slowly adjusted from the start of the machine to now, you should be aware of my changes, shouldn't you?"

It has been almost half a month since it was started. At the beginning, the progress was quite slow and the contrast was quite strong.If it's just Al's shots, the number of NGs will not exceed single digits, and the NGs caused by Al's mistakes are even less pitiful.But as long as Angela is in the shot, the number of NGs will definitely be doubled several times.

"It's not easy to switch between the two roles of actor and director." Angela explained.

But as time goes by, this situation is slowly changing. Anyway, she has directed and produced so many movies. If she can't even learn this thing, then Angela should buy a piece of tofu and kill her. up.Even so, she still remains cautious, taking each shot several times for comparison, just as Al said: Pursue perfection—of course, there is a limit to this pursuit of perfection, and many directors also pursue perfection, just like William Wheeler is known as "the Wheeler who took 99 shots." Kubrick also had a record of shooting more than 50 times for a shot.

It's just that this is not the norm after all. If every scene is handled like this, there is no need to shoot the movie. That's why Al, who is an old drama player, said those words to Angela.

"Speaking of which, Al. You have worked with quite a few directors. What do you think... what are their characteristics?" Angela said suddenly, with a smile that was not a smile, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"Well..." Al rubbed his chin, "Francis likes to control everything by himself, even if

The third "The Godfather" was produced to pay off debts, but he still does not allow others to dictate; Martin Brest is used to explaining roles with loud voices and body language actors. You should have an impression of staying on the set in New York ; Harold Baker always wanted to get over the big shots; it was an open secret that Sydney Lumant liked to growl; and you..."

Speaking of this, Al suddenly laughed, obviously seeing through Angela's mind: "Although we have worked together before, this is the first time for you as a director, so I can't draw conclusions, otherwise it would be rash, wouldn't it? .”

Angela coughed dryly, turned her head and rubbed her nose in embarrassment.

"But what you have to say..." The handsome old man said again with a smile, "You are very good at adjusting the rhythm of the scene, everyone can understand your meaning at the first time, this is probably your charm—— Or do female directors have this advantage? Although you don’t use drastic means to establish your authority like other directors, if the shooting doesn’t achieve the effect you want, those sharp words will still make people feel scared.”

"This... um..." Angela's embarrassment became more intense. Fortunately, the assistant director came over and said that it was time to start, so she quickly changed her expression and ordered a few words before starting the filming again.

Although I went through all the shots this time like last time, after seeing the content on the monitor, Angela asked to re-shoot again, and it took two or three times to pass the test.Even so, compared to the previous shooting, Angela told Al to try to play freely, because the tone set by the film from the beginning is to win with details.

Angela knows that the logic and structure of her script are fairly rigorous and reasonable, but the plot is relatively clichéd. After all, there are not many routines that can be used in family dramas. The development of movies in the past century has almost used the routines that can be used. If you want to achieve an eye-catching effect in this respect, you must be ingenious.

Angela is not without ideas if she really wants to be ingenious, but this movie is different to her after all, the meaning of it does not need to be repeated, and many scenes are processed and exaggerated based on her experience. She deliberately added the conflict between her father and grandfather that she had guessed, otherwise why would her daughter's name be Chris?And at the beginning, she wanted to take her father's name directly, but after thinking about it, it was not very good, and finally she used the godfather's name to make up the number.

Therefore, if it is self-defeating due to ingenuity, Angela will definitely regret it for a long time, so it is better to act steadily.That being the case, it is natural to take the detailed route and move people with emotion.

For example, after this scene, the content to be filmed is similar to the current one. There are still language conflicts between the father and daughter, and the lines and costumes have changed, but the most critical change is in that scene: the father found out. The small plastic bottle that I filled with the medicine, I picked it up and shook it, then frowned and found that it was empty.It doesn't seem like a big deal, but in the script, this shot is in front of the previous one, and it happened the day before.Coupled with the two close-ups of the small plastic bottle, it is easy to see that these are two different bottles, so it is not difficult to guess that the daughter bought it back immediately after the father ran out of medicine.

This is the main clue of the movie. The seemingly contradictory and conflicting two people always use their own methods to care about each other in private without letting each other know.It's awkward, but it's interesting and easy to resonate with.

"This will definitely be an excellent movie." Al said after a certain break, his expression seemed a little gloomy, obviously thinking of his daughter Julie, who has not visited the set since the movie started.

Angela couldn't say anything about it. After all, it was Al's housework, and she didn't know much about it. She just heard that she was very dissatisfied with Al's new girlfriend, Foley D'Angelo.But this also strengthened Angela's determination to make this movie a good one.

Three weeks after the movie started, Xiao Qiao, who should have arrived at the crew, finally reported. It wasn't because she was so busy with Sarah that she forgot to work, but because Angela's progress was much slower than expected. Otherwise she should have been called up a week and a half ago.

But this just left some time for Jordana. She and Sarah successfully registered in Boston, but just received the notice of the delay to the crew's report, so she and Sarah went on a trip to Europe. The two went to the Netherlands, which was the first to recognize gay marriage, for a walk.

"Cut!" Angela waved her hand and shouted, and after looking at the monitor, she came to Jordana: "Your performance just now was a little dull, Xiao Qiao, the character of Zina, as Chris's best friend, understands what she is thinking. What, but as a family whose parents are divorcing, she doesn't know how to persuade Chris, so the tone should be more helpless while comforting, but you didn't fully understand in the performance just now. Show it."

Zina, played by Jordana, is a relatively important supporting role in the movie. She is Chrissy's girlfriend and plays the role of a bystander, just like in many movies, she is responsible for pointing out the protagonist.But Angela didn't let her just play the role of lubricant, but also gave her some different things, such as a family situation similar to the protagonist, so that the two characters have a kind of sister-in-law taste, Not only does the plot have more points to watch, but it also makes the character more three-dimensional-although I worry about being ingenious and self-defeating, I can make adjustments in small places.

"Sorry, I will pay attention." Jordana nodded after listening to Angela's words.

"Well, I also have something to pay attention to. When I talked about my father just now, my tone should be more hesitant," Angela said after thinking, "Then let's continue after a 10-minute break."

Although it was a rest, Angela didn't relax so quickly. She still had to exchange ideas with the assistant director and a group of assistants.After being busy like this for almost half of the rest time, it was not over. Fortunately, as her personal assistant, Alizee was used to her busyness. She processed and delivered messages very quickly and did not forget to pass the water glass to Angela's hand.

"Oh, Lily, I'm so happy to have you by my side." Angela sighed after taking a sip, but unfortunately all she got was a cold snort, and Angela, who was coldly received, had to turn her eyes and look around. Jordana of the script.

"How does Holland feel?" She walked over and asked with a smile.

"It's not bad. The people there are very friendly. We can arm in arm and make out on the street." Xiao Qiao closed the script, looked at Alizee not far away, and showed a narrow smile : "If possible, we would like to move the wedding there, right, if it were you, where would the wedding be held?"

The corners of Angela's mouth twitched immediately, she gritted her teeth and said "I don't care", glared at Jordana who was snickering, turned around and left, and after the rest time was over, she immediately started calling people to take pictures immediately.

The reason why she is so weird is mainly because her lovers knew about Jordana and Sarah going to Boston to register their marriage.Although they didn't express much in front of Angela, there were subtle changes after mentioning this matter in the conversation.Not everyone thinks about getting married, but at least it represents a commitment, doesn't it?

With a crash, his vigorous body jumped into the cool water, splashing large groups of waves, and then shuttled through the water for several feet like a nimble fish before emerging from the water.

"Not bad, not bad, I didn't expect you to be so fat and able to swim so fast." Angela, who was sitting on the shore, clapped her hands and said in a teasing tone. The slender legs stretched into the pool were not kicking the water.

"What does it mean to be so fat?!" Scarlett in the water protested after wiping her face.

"Isn't it? At least it looks like this from the picture refracted on the water surface." Angela tilted her head and said with a smile, Scarlett couldn't help feeling a little angry: You said it was a refracted picture, but He still plausibly said that he was so fat, did he start to itch again?

"Hey, since you never lose weight, why do you care so much about me saying you are fat?" Angela seemed to feel that it was not enough, and continued to add fuel to the fire.

That's because you said it!idiot!Scarlet felt that Angela's smile was getting more and more hateful, and she didn't answer her question, but sank into the water as if showing weakness, and then swam to Angela's side, grabbed the bank of the pool and gasped twice.

"Tsk tsk, look at you, you've just swam such a distance and you're panting, obviously it's because you're getting fat..." Angela was still saying this recklessly, before she finished, she screamed, she was caught by Si Carrie was dragged into the swimming pool.

"Do you think I'm fat? Do you think my figure is out of shape?! Do you think my daily exercise has no effect!" Scarlett said viciously, grabbing Angela and pressing her into the water again and again.

Angela screamed and struggled, and finally broke free from Scarlett's clutches. The two of them immediately started fighting in the swimming pool, with splashes of splashing water.

After a long while, the two stopped and hugged each other and gasped for breath. Looking at each other's wet appearance, both couldn't help laughing.

"Do you still want to insist on your opinion?" Scarlett said, reaching out and pinching Angela's face deliberately.

"Of course not, although you are... um... plump, but you still have a good figure." Angela said while pinching her waist in the water, "I don't know what size wedding dress is suitable for you. "

The casual words made both of them stunned, and the atmosphere between each other became subtle.Angela wanted to change the subject, but didn't know what to say.

She couldn't help complaining in her heart, why did she say it this time?

In the past, it was basically lovers who occasionally said in their words, and they were all about Jordana and Sarah. This situation has never happened like this. After all, it was agreed at the beginning, so Angela can’t be forced because of it, right? but……

"I... I actually want to say..." Angela finally spoke up and wanted to say something, but her mouth was blocked immediately. Scarlett's tongue easily pried open her teeth, and her hand under the water also Walk up and down her body.

After a heated entanglement, the two separated temporarily. Scarlett looked at each other and was about to move again, but Angela stopped her: "Wait, don't you think you owe me here?"

"I owe you?" Scarlett looked at her in confusion.

"Do you want me to remind you? Last year, it was because you pushed me away here that the fuse of those outrageous incidents was ignited. Aren't you going to make it up to me?" Angela rubbed her waist and laughed.

"Then why don't you say it, because I pushed you away and opened a gap in the dark cloud that blocked your repentance?" Scarlett snorted softly.

"I don't care, I want to make up." Angela suddenly showed a rascal face.

"Okay, okay." Scarlett rolled her eyes at her, pushed her away and came to the edge of the swimming pool, put her hands on the shore, raised her hips and turned her head to look at Angela charmingly: "Do whatever you want .”

Seeing the blood-pumping posture of the beautiful carcass in front of her, Angela sighed deeply in her heart, then grabbed Scarlett's waist and lowered her head to kiss her buttocks without thinking. .