Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 404 Shooting went well

Amidst the noise of the propeller, Angela covered her eyes with the long hair fluttering around her head, and then loudly asked the cameraman on the side: "Are you clear about what I said? There is a straight line from here to here, do you understand?" !"

After the cameraman made an OK gesture, Angela waved to the driver in front: "Start now!"

It took about 10 minutes to finish shooting this shot. Although the safety measures were well done, Angela still waited for the plane to land and jumped off. This kind of flight is really not a good experience.

"I'll leave first, and I have to go back to Torrance as soon as possible. I've been delayed for a while, and I'll leave the rest to you." After putting on her sunglasses, she shouted to the assistant, and sat down after the other party nodded in understanding. get in the car.

This is a small town on the outskirts of Sacramento, the capital of California, and the aerial shot just now was the title of "American Beauty".But what's interesting, or depressing, is that the other shots have nothing to do with this place, and why this is so is because the filming location should be Torrance in southern California instead of the capital Sacramento.

So it’s frustrating, especially when you’ve got everything set up—the lease is set up, the equipment and people are in place—and you’ve started filming and it’s going well, and then you get caught by the police when you’re about to do aerial photography. Notice that helicopters are not allowed to fly below 300 feet to prevent noise disturbance!Hell, you know, according to the photographer, in order to achieve the set effect, the helicopter cannot fly higher than 100 feet.

After negotiating with the police to no avail, Angela had to find another location, and finally chose a satellite town on the outskirts of Sacramento, but she had to travel all the way from Torrance, and then pay overtime on weekends to complete this section. The shooting of the camera, followed by rushing back, this is not a pleasant thing anyway, so——

"Sarah! Pay attention to your emotions, eyes and movements, OK!" On Monday morning, the high school students at Torrance Southern Middle School could hear Angela's angry roar, "Start again!"

It's not bad this time, and finally she is satisfied, but Angela didn't intend to shoot the following shot, but walked around the three young people with her chin in her hand, gestured with her hands and called the photographer and After the lighting engineer said a few words, he clapped his hands again: "Okay, let's do it again from another angle, Sarah, remember to maintain the emotion just now."

This time it was passed after only one shot, which was so fast that the three leading actors were a little overwhelmed.

"Angie, I seem to..." Sarah couldn't help but want to say something, but Angela waved her hand immediately: "Yes, it's a little worse than before, but it's just a little bit, I discussed it with them just now, The angle is slightly off and the light in the dark can make up for this. Okay, let's rest for a few minutes, and then we will go to the gym."

Although it was a break, it was for the actors and staff. Poor Angela stayed in the middle of the venue and it was fine. As soon as she got out of here, she would be surrounded by high school students and face those boring and inexplicable questions.

"Everyone, if I can, can I go to the bathroom first?" After answering a lot of questions and signing a dozen or so papers, seeing the crowd tend to increase, Angela had to call out.

Fortunately, the students were notified by the school early on. Angela had already visited once last Friday, and their enthusiasm had already been vented, so they finally gave way politely, but Angela still had to stay The two bodyguards went to the bathroom in a crowd, and there were still students coming over to ask a question or two from time to time on the way, which made her quite upset.

"I'm just a big spectacle," she said to Kevin Spacey after coming to the gym. "In order to satisfy their curiosity, I can't refuse. Even if it is hidden, someone will help find it."

"Because no girl can do what you have at 18, singing, acting, producing, scoring, writing, and directing, so to sum it up, you asked for it." Kevin laughed He replied, it seemed that he could not think about the revenge of that day all the time.But after the teasing, he changed his serious tone: "To be honest, don't you think that what you said before had a bad influence on Sarah? She looks a little depressed."

"You said that Miss Buffy, who knows karate and can catch vampires, is depressed? Are you joking, Kevin?" Although Angela said jokingly, she turned her head and looked for Qisha among the employees walking around arranging props. pull figure.

A few seconds later, she found the figures of two girls in the corner. Sarah was leaning against the wall with her head lowered and her left hand hanging, her right hand hugged across her chest and her left foot resting on the wall. It seemed that her emotions were indeed true. A little depressed.Mina stood with her and chattered endlessly trying to make her happy. Although Sarah was smiling, she was somewhat reluctant.

"Okay, I have to go and talk to her." Angela said so, greeted Kevin and walked over there.

I was indeed a little negligent, Angela thought so.Of course, what she said before the end of the shooting was not intended to be aimed at Sarah, but many things were caused by poor communication and communication. After all, what you said meant one thing, but others might think it meant something else , this is how the contradiction arises.

"Hey, girls, what are you discussing?" Angela called with a smile.

"Girls? It doesn't seem appropriate to use this word to call us?" Because she worked with "Run Lola Run" and often kept in touch after that, Mina spoke directly, "You know, in terms of age, the two of us They're all bigger than you."

"Really? Then what do you think I should be called?" Angela shrugged, "Woman? Miss? Or Ms.?"

"Of course...heck, it's not that good," Mina patted her head and sighed, "It's better to just call her by name."

"Okay, Mina, Sarah, although you guys had a good chat, it's a pity that I have to interrupt now because Mina should go to touch up her makeup, and we will shoot 112 scenes and 46 scenes later." Angela said He looked at Mina.

"Wait, didn't they still..." Mina just wanted to say something, but after meeting Angela's gaze, she immediately understood, returned a look of "you know it too", and nodded: "Then I Let’s go to make up first.”

Sarah, on the other hand, collected herself and tried to look normal: "What's the matter, Angie?"

Angela walked to her side and also leaned against the wall: "If you are angry about what happened just now, then I apologize."

"No, I just think..." Sarah wanted to argue, but Angela didn't give her a chance: "I understand your mood, these days your NG times are the most, especially double that of Wes, Even as a director, I have to find a way to remedy it in other ways, so you feel angry with yourself and wonder if I, a guy, can handle the situation well."

"Hehehe, wait, I didn't think about it that much," Sarah listened silently at the beginning, but she couldn't sit still later, "I admit that I am really annoyed by my constant NG, but I don't There is no doubt..."

"Are you sure?" Angela looked at her seriously, with a half-smile expression.

"...Well, I admit that there is indeed a little bit," Sarah admitted a little dejectedly after staring at her for a while, but she immediately emphasized: "It's just a little bit, most of the time I blame myself, especially I was really blown away when you said just now that you can ignore that little deficiency with angles and lighting."

"I said those things earlier not because I was disappointed with your acting, but to find a remedy. In fact, that shot was useless or experimental. It just occurred to me that some shots could be changed in a different way to make the whole tone closer. The effect I imagined, so I decided to shoot again." Angela said sincerely, "It's just that I accidentally misunderstood you. If you feel that my actions have hurt you, then I apologize again."

"No, Angie, I just..." Sarah squeezed her fingers a little embarrassedly, "I just feel a little unbalanced, not to mention Kevin and Annette, they are both very good actors; not to mention Mina , I know she has always been excellent; but I don't understand that Weiss' acting experience is not as good as mine, but why I always cause NG when playing with him."

"I know, I understand," Angela patted her hand lightly, "Actually... Let's put it this way, I think the role of Rich is actually tailor-made for Wes. You know, when he watched After the script, I entrusted an agent to contact for an interview as soon as possible, and even the director and producer didn’t read it, so this guy clearly showed disappointment on his face when they met, and he didn’t take it back until after the conversation. Then, when he When talking about 'the simplest things can be so beautiful, life can be so beautiful', I actually used 'the simple way' to explain it, then I knew he was the same kind of person as Rich to some extent."

Angela paused, looked at Sarah before continuing: "As for you, remember the comment I gave you after the audition?"

"Too beautiful..." Sarah thought about it for a while, and then asked with some dissatisfaction and strangeness, "If you say you are beautiful, you are the most beautiful, but you also won the Best Supporting Actress at the age of 14."

"Hmm..." Angela was dumbfounded for a moment, what should she say?According to the Chinese point of view, Sarah has a kind of foxy beauty, which is easily reminiscent of sexy or even coquettish. In other words, she is very attractive, so when she appears on the camera, she will attract a lot of attention. .

Even though she has dyed her hair dark brown for the movie, and the smoky makeup her makeup artist applied to her somewhat conceals that, it doesn't do much.

"Let's put it this way, Sarah, I can fully bring myself into the role of the movie, but you can't." It doesn't matter so much, if she still has confidence, she shouldn't be hit so hard, Angela is in the stomach at the same time muttered.

To her surprise, Sarah nodded and admitted the fact: "I think so, you are so smart, and even Kevin said that you are mature beyond your age in some aspects, so you can play any role, But it's difficult for me to fully experience Jenny's life, and this role is indeed a big challenge for me."

"Since it's a challenge, of course you should face it. If you can't do it once, you can do it a few more times until you achieve the desired effect. Don't care about others, just let yourself do your best. I'm not afraid Flower film, do you have anything to worry about? Unless you think you are a vase at all." Angela turned her head and looked at Sarah without blinking, "You know, when I first made a movie, I was NG Not less than you."

Facing Angela's gaze, Sarah suddenly raised the corners of her mouth: "You know, Angie, what you said just now was said by my mother when I starred in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", so I am very nervous now. Surprised, are you covering your face like Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible?"

Speaking of which, Sarah stretched out her hand extremely seriously and wanted to tear Angela's face, then giggled and slipped away before she could react.Regarding this, Angela could only roll her eyes. It seemed that she didn't care much about what happened just now, but to be honest, psychological counseling work is really difficult. I hope she can perform better in the future, otherwise she will definitely Let her NG to death!

The filming progress of "American Beauty" is progressing intermittently. This is Angela's first time directing someone else's script, although she also drew the sub-cameras with simple lines after reading the script, and the main plot of the script was basic under her interference. None of them went off track, but there were still quite a few other extra shots.

These shots could have been ignored, but Angela still decided to shoot them. This is also a way to test her own level. Anyway, if it is not suitable for editing, it can be removed during editing, but it took a lot of effort and screenwriter Ai during the shooting. Lun discussed with the assistant director Matthew—yes, the assistant director is still Matthew, the scene of "American Beauty" is not big, and Angela can basically control it, so it is better to find Matthew and others who are familiar with her as partners.

Although Sarah is still the actor with the most NG times, at least she is acting attentively every time. If there is a problem, she should either discuss it with Mina and Angela, or ask Kevin or Annette for advice. "Rich" Bentley has also been questioned by her several times, so although it still needs to be honed, it is comparable to Bentley and Mina in the shots that have passed.

Of course, when anyone is in a good state, there will be a bad time. When Lester's sexual fantasies with Betty began to be filmed in the third week, Spacey had to NG three or four times each time to pass.

"I'm going to be a fool if I keep on giggling." Kevin complained while massaging his cheeks.

"That's right, Lester is a fool when he fantasizes about Betty." Angela's laughter made everyone around him laugh, and Kevin could only shrug his shoulders and continue massaging his cheeks to continue.

However, for those shots where there is a possibility of revealing—such as in Lester's sexual fantasy, Betty is lying naked among rose petals.Angela asked Mina to wear underwear, and let the petals cover the underwear as much as possible. It doesn't matter if it is slightly flawed. When the time comes, go to the animation department and grab a few people to fix it on the computer. Anyway, Rose Petal Shower wants them help.

"To be honest, I don't think it's a big deal to lie naked in there." Mina didn't think it mattered, but was very excited to be able to lie in a pile of rose petals.

"Please, at least I don't want to see this kind of scene." Angela retorted unceremoniously.

Reminiscent of her previous filming of Leicester’s fantasies about Betty undressing in the gymnasium, she also emphasized that Mina must wear a bra, and the kissing scene between Kevin and Mina was shot in a misplaced way, and Betty also had to wear a bra when she appeared in the rose tub. Na was wearing underwear, and the crew couldn't help but want to know why Miss Genius did this, or she...

"I don't care what you're thinking or thinking, since I'm mature in some ways, but anyway, I'm only 18 years old. Yes, I admit that I am a bit conservative, but so what? Besides, these plots are in the movie It is a dispensable thing, so why must it appear?" When Mina couldn't help asking why again, Angela answered in front of everyone.Of course, there is another sentence she didn't say: at least I have the right to decide what is in my movie and what is not.

Everyone was noncommittal about this answer, and they understood the subtext. Kevin did not miss the opportunity to tease: "This is not a bad thing, but as long as you continue to be a director, you will have to face this one day."

Only Chris Cooper, who played Rich's father, stood on Angela's side clearly: "Angie is still just an adult after all, as she said, no matter how mature she is in her heart, she is still only 18 years old, how can she behave in movies?" This speed is very troublesome. I don’t think it’s suitable for her to be in charge of the guide tube for pornographic scenes.”

This old actor who started out as a cowboy and farm worker grew up on a farm, so he is relatively conservative. Angela feels somewhat comfortable with supporters, but there are two scenes that are really difficult to shoot.

There was a foreplay where Lester was going to have sex with Betty, but that was easy, since Betty could wear panties why couldn't she also wear a bra?Just ask Minaj to say the "first time" line before Spacey goes to undo her bra, so just put up with that foreplay a little bit.

But there is also a scene where Lester's wife Caroline and a real estate agent commit adultery in a motel. Although Annette said that she is fine, Angela has a bit of a headache. Entering the motel, on the one hand, it does not conform to the gentlemanly demeanor of these "successful people", and on the other hand, it does not describe Caroline's unsatisfied sex life deeply.But if the shots are divided according to the discussion, it is a bit too intense...

In the end, Angela asked the photographer to place the camera at the same level as the edge of the bed, and shoot from an upward angle, while the two people on the bed do not have to take off all their clothes. in the same pose, so that there is nothing in the shot but the real estate agent's back and Caroline's legs.

Even so, after the filming, Angela's face was still as red as an apple, which made many people laugh in their stomachs, and at the same time, they had a better understanding of what she said before.