Hollywood Domination Chapter 121: Small victory

Although the indoor temperature is similar to that of Los Angeles, Hamilton has a high latitude and the weather is cold, and it sometimes snows in April. In addition, this drama is a period drama, and the location is very restricted. According to the planning of the crew, almost all the location scenes are completed by green screen post-production, which is actually lower than the cost of real location shooting. ——This is also a manifestation of the sharp drop in special effects costs and the rapid development of the film industry in recent years.

After shooting the simple shot of Roger walking out of the office in the morning, according to the chronological order, in the afternoon, we started to shoot the shot of the first meeting of Roger and Dai Rui rehearsed yesterday. Jenny did not go back to the hotel after attending the opening ceremony in the morning, but waited on the set to watch Christopher's performance.

Jenny did not participate in the whole makeup process of this film, because her makeup is the most difficult. All five personalities have to have makeup photos. I was so busy that I didn’t even see Christopher’s makeup photos, so I saw that after makeup Christopher, she was still taken aback: the crew meticulously turned him into a middle-aged man. With the help of superb special effects makeup, Christopher's hair became thinner, his cheeks became plump and sagging, and his forehead became more wrinkled. , bags under the eyes, nasolabial folds, and a slightly bloated figure. You can clearly see that he has a small belly, and his arms are slightly thick. Even his pupils wear specially customized colored contact lenses. His eyes are originally divine. It's cloudy a lot. If he walked on the street like this, probably only one out of ten passers-by would recognize him as Christopher Hanks.

Of course, it is easy to find the unnatural place with the naked eye. If you have enough time, the prosthesis you wear is not as effective as the fat you eat. However, there is a certain age gap between Christopher and Roger. There must be special effects makeup on the face. In order to be photogenic, Christopher had to go to the set to put on makeup three hours in advance, and it took about an hour to remove the makeup, which was not counted as the shooting time. From this point of view, his professionalism cannot be criticized. The film's salary is only 2 million, even if the part of bringing money into the game is not counted, it is only one-tenth of the normal film salary.

After he put on his makeup and stood with the still young and beautiful Jenny, the feeling of Roger and Sally came out. The photographer on the set signaled them to take a few group photos for promotion in the future. Jenny walked up to Christopher and made a festive V-shaped hand with him.

"Did you stay here on purpose to watch my performance?" Christopher asked curiously, and he retold what happened yesterday.

"I want to see Roger's effect. If it's too bad, there's still time to change." Jenny also said as if it was business-like, and Christopher laughed, "Do you really distrust my acting skills so much?"

"After all, you haven't won a real professional award yet." Jenny pointed out sharply.

"Roger will be a breakthrough." Christopher said firmly, "Of course, the premise is that you don't fail."

The two looked at each other, and they could feel each other's fighting spirit and confidence. Jenny still had a little trouble accepting Christopher, who was working hard. She stepped aside and stopped disturbing Christopher to cultivate his emotions. Instead, she chatted with producer Catherine about post-production knowledge.

Soon, with the sets and machines in place, Christopher was also called to the sidelines, put on a doctor's gown, and walked back and forth in the set for a few steps, as if he was brewing emotions, and tried to rub himself several times. However, she realized that she was wearing makeup on her face, so she lowered her hand halfway up. Through the small screen on the monitor, Jenny could clearly see his deep breathing, as if he was going to spit Christopher out. Inhaling Roger into the nasal cavity, Christopher's eyes became more and more numb, and his expression became more and more numb as he continued to coordinate movements. His shoulders slumped, and his body language clearly showed his emotions: This is a man who is overwhelmed by the burden of life. He has completely lost the spark of youth. Although he may not look so old on the outside, his mentality is rapidly aging.

A layman watches the excitement, an expert watches the doorway. When Christopher didn't have makeup before, due to the constraints of his appearance, his performance was not so brilliant, but now that he put on old makeup, the effect is completely out. Roger's gentle exhaustion was brought to life, and because of the strong contrast between his appearance and Christopher's, his acting skills were even more evident. More importantly, Roger inherited Christopher's dazzling traits—just like playing villains, some villains are bad enough to attract people, and some villains are bad and mediocre. As a young man, Roger is obsessed with being more attractive than thousands of characters of the same type: it is hard to say what is attractive, it should not be temperament, nor appearance, it can only be said that it is written in one person. The mark on the bone is a kind of talent.

This is a very simple long shot. Roger came back from the ward inspection, had a brief conversation with a few nurses on the way, then washed his hands, undressed, and walked out the door. In terms of performance, there is no difficulty, and under the command of an expert like David Fincher, his royal camera crew is also very good at scheduling the shots - of course, this is also because of the good preparation work, the schematic diagram of the shot It was made very early on.

However, despite this, this scene was shot five or six times before David finally yelled 'Good' with satisfaction. This is because the director will continue to find problems during filming. Depending on the angle, the composition of the shot is more beautiful. Maybe on a whim, he wants to delete or add some lines. This is a normal shooting behavior. It is common for a shot to be shot more than ten times. Actors are patient.

Christopher was very quiet on the set. He hardly spoke except for communicating with David. Although he repeated the reshoots, he did not show any negative emotions. It can be seen that this made David quite satisfied, and it also made Catherine face more. A smile: David is a famous director, but Christopher is also a famous actor. If the two parties are not convinced and cannot cooperate with each other, the whole movie may become a disaster. Now that Christopher has a high degree of cooperation, David can inspire more inspiration and talent, which is of course beneficial to the movie.

"I think Christopher has been seriously underestimated in the past." During a break on the set, she chatted with Jenny, "I was amazed by his performance in the morning. In past films, both the audience and the director It seems that everyone is distracted by his appearance, but after playing ugly, his brilliance shines out, and his acting skills are fascinating-maybe this film can really bring him a nomination."

Jenny also had to admit this: Christopher's performance was indeed surprising, and even made her feel a certain sense of crisis. Among her several roles, at least Dai Rui didn't have much room for exploration. In the scene in the afternoon, although Roger was fascinated by Dai Rui, in terms of acting skills, she had much less room to develop than Roger.

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Perhaps because it is a thriller, the atmosphere on the set was a bit gloomy and alienated. Although David did not hesitate to praise himself, he did not mean to mingle with everyone. After the film, he went back to the trailer. Take it to the trailer. Christopher also behaved very quietly. He looked thoughtful during lunch, and had no intention of approaching Jenny at all. He didn't tilt his head to simply praise Jenny until the two of them arrived at the set to bury their seats. One sentence, "You look beautiful, Dai Rui."

Although these words were meant to be teasing, Christopher's expression was gentle and sincere, and Jenny didn't feel offended. Christopher seemed to have completely devoted himself to the role of Roger, and he never pulled away. His expression Both her voice and her tone of voice spoke of infatuation and love. Although the appearance was not striking, this kind of admiration was so pure and passionate that Jenny couldn't say anything disappointing, but just responded with a shy smile, and actually found something in a trance. Dai Rui's feeling...

"Scene 2, Scene 1, March 31, 2005 at 2:30 pm, Action!"

Following the words of the scene notes, the studio quickly quieted down. The headlights scorched the air, making the studio warm as spring even though there was no heating. Roger, played by Christopher, squinted his eyes and looked at the The light lamp seems to be unable to withstand the direct sunlight. He was walking hurriedly among the extras, biting a hamburger while browsing the passers-by aimlessly, while on the other side of the studio, wearing a fresh floral dress and blond hair shawl

'Dai Rui' met Roger, looked around casually, and walked over with a pleasant smile. She has fair complexion and quick steps, and her temperament appears pure and dusty under the large amount of light, just like a newborn Like my children, I have curiosity and kindness in everything I see.

Several staff members squatted down, holding reflectors, and concentrated the light source under Dai Rui's feet, so that the sun on her side seemed brighter, and she looked so beautiful bathed in the spring light Roger, who noticed her first, couldn't help slowing down, his eyes lingering on Dai Rui's face, the tight corners of his lips, his clenched hands, and his body language that couldn't help but lean forward slightly, all told him The fact that Dai Rui was deeply attracted.

As for Dai Rui, she also noticed that someone was looking at her, her eyes inadvertently flowed onto Roger's face, not only was she not frightened by Roger's obsession, but she happily showed him a friendly smile, The eyes of the two met.

Roger's chewing slowed down, the hamburger in his hand rubbed against his cheek, leaving traces of sauce, Dai Rui was amused by his silly look, she pointed to the corner of her lips, and showed Roger A mischievous smile——

"Cut! Nogood!" David's voice brought Jenny back to her senses, and her heart sank: she couldn't see her own performance, but judging from Christopher's performance, the director's 'NG' should be It was yelled at her—in her shots, Jenny almost never heard the director yell 'Nogood' at her.

Although it was only for a moment, Jenny swore that she saw pride in Roger's cloudy eyes, as if Christopher was showing off to her through Roger. Jenny glared at him, walked to the director's side, David has already begun to prepare to give them a play.

"Your performance is a little too much," David's first sentence took both of them into trouble, which made Jenny feel a little better, "Jennifer, your performance has always been very good, but in the end This smile is too intimate, do you understand what I mean? Dai Rui suddenly became an adult woman, not a girl without lust. "

Jenny couldn't help admiring David's eyesight: the fact is that although she had rehearsed many times before and was really immersed in the role just now, Jenny was really amused when she saw Christopher's funny performance. In an instant, her 'self' replaced the role of Dai Rui, and it was indeed Jenny who was smiling, not Dai Rui. It's just that she didn't expect that David's sharp eyes would catch such a short moment of play.

"And you, Chris, your expression on Dai Rui is too erotic," David said seriously, "Before this, because of Dai Rui's innocence, this feeling was not Obviously, but after Dai Rui smiles, your eye contact will make people want to say 'find a room'. It gives me the feeling that Roger is not only awed and convinced by Dai Rui's beauty, but wants to pursue her , this kind of admiration is purposeful—of course, later, with the development of the plot, Roger will have **** with Sally. In this scene, he simply admires Dai Rui’s beauty. Remember, he Appreciation and worship without purpose, like, I don't know, like you see Nicaragua Falls, you think it's beautiful, you love the beauty, but you don't want to sleep with Nicaragua Falls Waterfall, do you want to?"

Christopher shook his head, he glanced at Jenny quickly, "I don't want to."

"Very good," David said, looking back and forth between the two of them, "you both have great acting skills and great chemistry, just gotta get it under control - we'll do it again."

For David, he was just joking. Jenny was sure that he had no hidden meaning. Glancing at Christopher, "No problem, David."

In the second take of this scene, Dai Rui managed to concentrate on nothing else, but Christopher still couldn't control Roger's expression. They reshot several times, but Chris couldn't satisfy David, and the atmosphere on the set obviously deteriorated. Yes, Christopher also felt this pressure. He proposed to take a fifteen-minute break, and got into his trailer with a contemplative expression.

Although she had made up her mind to crush Christopher before, but now that she really stepped on him, Jenny began to worry about the progress of the filming again—according to this progress, she might have to shoot this scene all afternoon, and 90 days might not be possible at all. The entire video was not captured.

However, after all, Christopher is also battle-tested, unlike Ryan Gosling, who needs someone to call him. After a fifteen-minute break, he returned to the set calmly, and everyone started to take again—this time , he looked at Dai Rui with an extremely pure expression. Under David's strong praise, this scene also passed the filming smoothly.

It may not be as easy as you think to suppress him... Leaving Christopher to continue shooting some solo shots, Jenny thought absently while preparing the styling and costumes for the next scene: this time, she It may be that she has encountered a strong enemy. Whether it is talent or savvy, Christopher seems to have been underestimated before. It can be said that this time she is really playing against an actor who has been nominated for an Oscar, or even an award-winning actor. Today Although she won a small victory, she must not take it lightly. Under David's keen eyes, her slightest mistake will be found out. As long as she makes another mistake in the afternoon, Christopher may be able to win in this game that she herself believes. Find opportunities to turn around.

Although she doesn't want to admit it, but... the corners of Jenny's lips are still slightly raised-maybe it's not because of Christopher, maybe it's just because this is her first award-winning film-but it is undeniable that she feels It was the feeling that the previous few films did not bring her—the feeling of blood boiling and fighting spirit, this kind of competitive scene of chasing after me seemed to mobilize her emotions and put her in a certain situation. In the excitement of a low-grade fever...

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