Hollywood Domination Chapter 131: Acting skills in action movies

The two films are planned together, with a total budget of 500 million. Such a project is rare even for Disney. Without Robert Iger's strong support and his smooth leadership, it is hard to say whether the crew could complete the formation in 2005 as scheduled. You must know that even at the beginning of the year, Jenny heard news that due to the delay in the completion of the script, they would cancel The Pirates project.

As an ordinary gossip, Jenny would not think too much when she knew about it, but now that she has been introduced into Iger's social circle, Jenny needs to know more carefully: Disney's business situation at this time can only be said It is unsatisfactory. In order to satisfy investors and have a good financial report, many projects will become victims of office politics. It can be said that behind the shooting of each major production series is a series of game processes, and neither the producer nor the director has any say in the game. The seemingly ordinary staff inside the Disney building hold the real power. After Iger took office, the 500 million project was quickly given the green light. The crew was formally formed in early July 2005. After shooting some interior scenes, the arduous journey of shooting in the wilderness began...

Compared with "Pirate 2", although "Sally" has a limited budget, the overall shooting process is still very comfortable. Hamilton is also a city, where there is no need to worry about food and drink, at most it is a bit difficult to live in. However, due to the subject matter of "Pirate 2", the filming locations selected are all primeval forests and alien lands. In the first part, the crew only went to St. Vincent Island, but in the pre-planning of the second and third parts, St. Vincent Island is already considered a pretty good place, at least there is a Motel on the resident, in addition, they have to go to the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas - the virgin jungle, one can imagine how difficult the living conditions will be.

Because of the joint shooting, the big scenes in the third part, that is, the scenes that need to be completed on location, are basically planned. When Johnny was shooting his solo scenes and the flying Dutchman When the crew members were filming the stunt scenes, Jenny was not idle, she was--it's a bit contrary to say, but she is indeed learning from a teacher, practicing Chinese martial arts diligently...

It’s normal for big productions to have action elements mixed in. Generally speaking, actors without action scenes don’t need to learn martial arts, but it’s different if there are fight scenes. It's done, but the actors themselves must at least have a solid foundation in kung fu. If there is a stand-in scene that plays well, and the real person is close-up, the audience may not mind, but it will definitely become the laughing stock of the industry, and of course it will also lower the evaluation of the actor.

Thanks to Elizabeth's explosive popularity, Jenny has a lot of fighting scenes in "Pirates 2 and 3", and she also has a lot of roles in hanging Wia. Of course, the crew also prepared a double for her, but she herself also needs to have Agility is the only skill. Due to her busy schedule, the crew cannot ask her to train in advance, so in the filming schedule, there are no scenes of her for half a month, just to let her concentrate on class. ——A-lister privilege, if it is the status of the first film, if you want the crew to arrange a schedule for you, dream about it, and let you exercise while filming.

"Pay attention to your right hand, be more brisk," the coach of the martial arts guidance group kept walking around Jenny, encouraging her to hit herself, "Pay attention to the plum blossom pile, and don't step on the air!"

Although he is a pure-blooded African-American who is about to turn black into charcoal, he is very natural and proficient when he speaks words such as plum blossom piles and cleverness unique to Chinese martial arts, as if he has no sense of disobedience. They are also used to it—in the cultural industry, Chinese martial arts is the fastest to invade Hollywood. Not to mention the martial arts masters in Hong Kong and Taiwan. After the reform and opening up of the mainland, many martial arts masters went abroad to make a living. Those who learned English stayed in Hollywood to become martial artists, and of course brought apprentices. The martial arts guidance team of "Pirate" was led by Jet Li's fellow apprentice brother Chen Zhizhong. The fish are all contracted by his disciples. Speaking of which, Director Chen is also the first "person of my own" that Jenny has worked with for a long time in the industry. After all, due to the influence of traditional culture, there are not many ethnic Chinese who aspire to go behind the scenes of movies...

"It's too slow, pay attention to the rhythm." Coach Nicholas kept patting Jenny on the shoulder. No matter how Jenny chased him, he could hide behind her with ease. Jenny felt like a dog chasing its tail The cat, turning dizzy, almost fell off the plum blossom pile, "Take a break for a while-I'm so tired, I'm going to throw up."

"No problem." Nicholas laughed. He helped Jenny down the plum blossom pile and let her sit on the exercise mat beside him, "Do you need water?"

"Thank you." Jenny paused for a while, unscrewed the bottle of mineral water and drank most of it in one go, "Are you sure you're not abusing me, Nicholas, is the plum blossom pile really necessary?"

"This is a targeted training designed according to your future performance scene." Nicholas explained, "You should have seen the design sketch from Master. You are going to jump around on the tree, which is similar to the plum blossom pile. It feels similar, if you can walk the plum blossom pile well, you will be able to switch between close-up and long-range shots when shooting, and the shooting effect will be better.”

Although he is young, that is, in his twenties, Nicholas has a very stable personality, and Jenny has a good impression of him, so she appointed him as her coach. When filming the first part, the coach arranged by Chen Jiaban didn’t do anything out of line, but she had a wretched temperament and always looked at her with perverted eyes. Jenny could only bear it at the time, but now it’s unnecessary Don't embarrass yourself anymore.

Being encouraged by Nicholas, she did have a little more motivation, but her muscles were already sore. Although Jenny maintained the habit of exercising, she was not a muscular figure, and anaerobic exercise was not her strong point. . "So the exercises we're doing aren't meaningless?"

"Of course not." Nicholas said, "You have to know that there is definitely a gap between the acting effect of a stand-in and a real person. Except for some dangerous scenes, if you can complete all the action scenes, I think the effect will be better— —I personally think that doubles are just a product of the laziness of big stars.”

"Would you say that to Johnny?" Jenny asked with a smile. In "Pirates", there are three stand-ins for Johnny Depp alone.

"You have a better temper." Nicholas winked at her.

The two laughed together, and Jenny said unintentionally, "However, I have to say that your master is quite creative, isn't that how plum blossom stakes are used?"

"Oh? Do you know the common usage of plum blossom stakes?" Nicholas looked at Jenny in surprise, "I didn't know you liked oriental culture, Jennifer."

If Cesare was on the side, he probably would have looked at her with some deep meaning. Jenny sweated secretly. She didn't know how other traversers solved this problem. Anyway, she was probably the kind of traverser full of loopholes. If she was placed in the Middle Ages, she might be killed as a witch. After all, while using cheats, it is also difficult to cover lies seamlessly in front of close people, and it is even more difficult if the close one happens to be an elite like Cesare.

"I've seen Bruce Lee's videos." She said casually, "so I have some interest in kung fu."

"Really..." Nicholas still looked puzzled, but he didn't ask, but explained to Jenny, "I actually asked Bob about this trick, Orlando in "The Lord of the Rings" This is how it was trained. If you observe carefully, you will find that Orlando is the lightest and most flexible actor among all elf actors. It seems that his weight is really much lighter than ordinary people. To me, he The most charming point of the elf is here. It is precisely because his gestures are so light that his elf prince is so eye-catching. I have watched his other films. After losing that temperament, he looks like It's not so charming."

The Bob he is talking about is Bob Anderson, a well-known Hollywood martial arts director and swordsmanship master, the action director and swordsmanship director of "Lord of the Rings", although he is old, he was still invited by the crew of "Pirate" to do swordsmanship Guidance, because Chen Zhi is not good at western swordsmanship.

"Of course I would also like to thank the blond hair and the soft light." Jenny smiled and said that she had a better impression of Nicholas. The need for work experience is much higher than the degree of education. After returning to Hollywood, as an A-lister, she faced the upper class. In the film crew, she lived a different life. There is a big addiction to marijuana today. Gentlemen, gambling enthusiasts, alcoholics, with bad eyesight, always trying to take advantage of girls, speculative assistants who want to embrace celebrities' thighs and make a fortune-although many of them are ordinary people, but they have something to do with huge amounts of money coming in and out, A business with a low threshold will definitely attract a lot of dregs. There are not many potential stocks like Nicholas who are calm, intelligent, have some ideas in conversation, and know how to learn from masters.

"Yes, thanks to the blonde hair and the soft light," Nicholas also admitted, "but Orlando worked hard enough. In order to achieve that effect, I heard from Bob that he worked hard for two months. .”

Is there anything else Jenny can say? She put the water bottle on the ground, "Come again."

Time passed quickly while Nicholas abused Jenny again and again, Nicholas kept pointing her, "Find a good rhythm, the key is to integrate rhythm and breathing."

"Hands and feet need to be coordinated, you'd better do some more exercises tonight."

"Do several things at the same time, use your five senses, and react when you hear the sound, otherwise you will never catch up with me."

After a whole day of practice, she was so tired that she didn't even want to move her fingers, and she didn't even have an appetite for dinner. It is impossible for her to continue the original diet, otherwise it would be a slow suicide. Jenny began to increase the protein content in the diet according to the recipe prescribed by the nutritionist. Nor does she get much pleasure from eating.

While eating, she turned on the computer and watched the pre-stored video - there is no network here, and the current mobile network cards are almost all 2G, and the speed is also horribly slow. But it’s okay, because so far they are still in areas with signal. If they go deeper into the jungle, they won’t even have mobile phone signal. The crew can only contact the base through satellite phone and walkie-talkie. Making a movie is almost like military Act as hard.

In the middle of the talk show on the computer, the phone rang, and Jenny pressed pause, and pulled out a prepaid phone. "Hello?"

"I thought we agreed that it was you who called me today." Christopher said sadly on the other end of the phone.

Jenny smiled, "I also have this plan, but I just plan to call after dinner."

"Really?" Chris said plaintively.

"Really." Jenny put her legs on the opposite chair, plugged in her earphones, and picked up her dinner again. "Don't you want a photo? I can send you one now, do you want it?"

"Thank you, no need." Christopher said gloomily, "The way you eat is not so precious that you need to record it."

"Really?" Jenny asked plaintively, imitating his tone.

"Of course it's fake, Silly." Chris started his sweet talk again, "I don't have your private photo yet, send me one, make me feel like a VIP-God knows I already Like those fans, I searched for your photos online and saved them.”

"Chris, don't spoil my appetite." Jenny couldn't help laughing, she couldn't help but say that Chris is a pretty good chat partner, especially when she was on the set and could only eat alone , "I'm almost exhausted today, if I don't eat more, I may not be able to survive tomorrow."

"Ah, you're still training," Chris said, "Has Bob started teaching you swordplay yet?"

"No, it should be soon, but I also started a new class today," Jenny said, "to exercise my agility, and they asked me to use plum blossom piles..."

She has always been a very self-disciplined person, but this does not mean that Jenny likes to swallow everything by herself, and she has indeed seldom had such pure physical exertion before—and she can’t take shortcuts. Dancing in the performing arts space is mainly because dancing can be practiced by one person. Martial arts practice, which requires people to fight and give advice at any time, may be counterproductive if you do it yourself. The next day, Director Chen pointed out that the movement was not standard, but it took an extra day to correct the punching posture.

You can’t cheat... There’s always a feeling of grievance. Anyway, Christopher’s calls to harass her have no purpose. Jenny vomited for a long time, and her appetite improved, "...I’m going crazy when I think that there are still two weeks left. Now, the scariest thing is why you can't take classes in Los Angeles, the weather here is crazy."

"What can you complain about if you can cooperate with Bob for free?" Christopher didn't continue to joke with her, but said seriously, "Bob is over eighty years old this year, even if the customer is willing to pay a high price, He also won't accept apprentices in private. If it wasn't for Disney's solution, I think he would have retired at home long ago instead of coming to the island to teach swordsmanship. Didn't you say that he wouldn't go to the Bahamas with you? If I were you, I will take advantage of the time in St. Vincent to learn more. You know, you may still make a lot of action movies, but a national treasure sword master like Bob Anderson will probably not come to guide you again. "

Chris's professionalism is absolutely worthy of his status. Jenny hummed, "Well, you are right, if I have the energy tomorrow..."

"Don't put it off until tomorrow, make an appointment with him now." Christopher said, "God, I envy you, I want to come to St. Vincent too - no, I have to tell Jerry, I want to Come here for training, let me exercise my coordination and flexibility, the young man today is right, this can completely change your character."

Jenny rolled her eyes, "Don't come."

"But—" Christopher protested.

"If you're interested in Nicholas, I'll give you his phone number." Jenny checked her bruised toenails, chatted with Christopher for a few more words, hung up the phone, stretched herself, Pacing back and forth in the house to promote digestion, at the same time spread out the yoga mat, ready to finish the homework assigned by Nicholas meticulously, and go to have **** with Bob tomorrow-she was surprised to find that her tiredness had dissipated a lot, and more The important thing is that the eager, greedy, vigorous fighting spirit returned to his chest.

Before, she had some resistance to the course, mainly because she was used to being abused by "Sally". Jenny admitted that she prefers complex characters and difficult scripts like "Sally", including a close match with Chris Studying roles with her opponents and doing auditions again and again can give her a sense of accomplishment. After all, there are not too many people in the world who can play Sally well, and these boring physical exercises make her feel bored, tired and frustrated. She feels that there are many people who can do better than her no matter what she does. However, Christopher woke her up. In fact, this is also a kind of acting. As an actor, it is her job to enhance the charm of the character, to make herself more agile and make her movements more pleasing to the eye. This is the acting skill of action movies. In order to improve acting skills, these Tiredness is nothing.

Jenny's movements paused for a moment——she found that, before she knew it, she had truly fallen in love with acting.

The author has something to say: Note: 1 The story of Bob Anderson is true, Director Chen is also a real person, but Nicholas is fictional.

2 The locations of the Caribbean islands are almost all real, but the shooting time has been adjusted.

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There are double updates tonight!

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