Angela took a deep breath and put everything out of her head. In the past, she had appeared in dramas for school celebrations and so on, and when she was a child, she often played musical instruments in front of her family and friends at home, so she said She still has some experience in acting, but the pressure on her for the first time in "forty years" is a little bit too much, and she will inevitably be a little timid, but when she goes out again (why say it again?) completely in a state.
"Hey, can you take it out for me?" Holly Parker shouted to a tall girl who was passing by, with a warm smile on her slightly childish face.
"Of course there is no problem." The girl pushed her yellow travel bag out of the package in two or three times, and then asked kindly, "Are you from California?"
"Yes, I live in Napa Valley, Northern California. Nice to meet you, Holly Parker." Holly reached out and shook hands.
At this time, the administrator's voice came from the crowd: "Holly Parker?"
"This way!" Holly hurriedly raised her hand in response.
"Abraham's Cabin!" the manager shouted to her from a distance with a megaphone.
"Just like me." The tall girl said immediately.
"Great, let's go." Holly immediately gave the girl a high-five, picked up her travel bag and walked to the wooden house with her.
"CUT!" Charles shouted, clapped his hands lightly, and nodded, still expressionless: "Very good, we officially start shooting!"
Angela breathed a sigh of relief. She saw Nancy cast an approving look. In fact, Nancy was relieved at this time. The little girl was indeed very talented. She didn't tell her. When the young actors made a movie for the first time, it was impossible not to repeat each scene five or six times. After all, children are different from adults. Although precocious children are better, they are a minority after all, aren't they? Angela made a movie for the first time, and the first scene was only repeated twice, which was considered rare.
"CUT!" Charles' voice came again, this time he clapped his hands vigorously, "Very good, let's move on to the next scene." If you look closely, you can see a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Nancy knows that her husband agrees with Angela. Although he is usually a good gentleman, he is very strict when shooting movies. What to say, I agree with her script very much, but I definitely don't agree with her acting in a movie. Now Angela has initially shown the ability to play this role well, which is a good thing for the entire crew.
The morning time passed quickly, and Angela, who entered the state, completed several of her shots very well, and most of them could be passed at one time, but the scene in the afternoon was different.
"Is this... the clothes I want to change?" Angela asked with a headache looking at the plaid skirt brought by the costumer.
"Yes, Miss Mason, is there any problem?" The costumer looked at the clothes, there was nothing special about it.
"Oh, nothing, thank you, I'll do it myself." The little girl sighed in her stomach, took her clothes and walked to the changing car.
Although it wasn't the first time to wear a skirt, and I believe it won't be the last time, but the uneasiness of the cold swish below really made her feel pain. Gritting his teeth, this should be considered a cocoon.
"Hey, Angie, are you okay, why are you frowning all the time?" Jessica, who had nothing to do so far, came over and waved in front of Angela, asking curiously.
"Dear Jesse, if you can, please don't disturb Mr. Claude's work, okay?!" Angela, who was sitting on the chair, said almost gritted her teeth. Several people had asked her what was wrong before this, Jennifer, Sparrow, Wells, Nancy, and even Mr. Claude, who was doing his hair now, but she could say nothing but answer
Oh please don't worry about me, Nancy (Jennifer, Sparrow, Mr. Wells), I just don't like wearing dresses, that makes me feel really bad? This is definitely the dumbest answer, and if she does, she'll be the biggest laughing stock in the entire crew! So although she was very unhappy, she could only perfunctory a few words.
Seeing her somewhat resentful look, Jessica knew that she had something on her mind but couldn't vent it out, she always did, so it was best to let her be quiet for a while, she stuck out her tongue and ran away, Angela took her. He sighed in annoyance, then looked at himself in the mirror and turned into a different look.
If Holly Parker, who follows her father, has an outgoing personality and looks wilder in "Born to Be", then Anne James, who follows her mother, is more quiet, like a little princess. Of course, both of them have The character of not admit defeat, so it is back to the summer camp to start a conflict.
But of course it's easy to comment on a character, but it's different when you need to play that character, when you need to interpret her, compared to a few shots of Holly Parker in the morning, Anne James's in the afternoon There is undoubtedly a lot more room to play, especially in the opposite scene with the housekeeper. How can the little girl grasp this role and interact with the housekeeper, and at the same time, she can't be the same as Holly in the morning, and she has to express the small movements she designed for the audience to distinguish. Careful correspondence is required.
"... walk from here to here after getting off the car, take out the items in the trunk, and then don't move here, all the dialogue and actions are done here, understand?" Charles told Angela and the British who played Butler Martin Actor Alan Barker spoke, and after both nodded in understanding, returned to his position to begin.
After getting into the car, the little girl rolled up her skirt and sat down on the seat and took a deep breath. Ellen Buck, who came in with her, couldn't help comforting her: "Don't be nervous, Miss Mason, you did a good job this morning, like Just keep going."
"Thank you, Mr. Buck, I'm just... I'm just..." the little girl replied with a smile, pressing her skirt and her legs tight, and it took a long time to think of an excuse, "I'm just more excited about starring in my own script. ."
"My own script, wait, what do you mean..." Allen was a little surprised. Just as he was about to ask what was going on, he heard the sound of the director turning the machine on, so he had to sit back and start to enter the role.
This scene is not complicated. Butler Martin sent Annie to the summer camp and then went back. It was mainly driven by the performance of the actors to drive the atmosphere. For Angela, this was the first time, and it was very challenging.
Unexpectedly, it was Mr. Buck who made the director call pause first. He said a wrong line, which made Angela want to laugh but didn't dare. As a result, his shoulders trembled, and Mr. Shuye had to call CUT.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault, I'll pay attention." Allen explained to Charles, then secretly winked at Angela.
The little girl was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that Mr. Buck did it on purpose, and she couldn't help being a little grateful, and it seemed less uncomfortable under the skirt.
"Come again!" With the director's voice, the entire crew began to shoot again. With Angela's peace of mind, although there were occasional mistakes, it was basically smooth, and the little guy's performance was quite satisfactory, but Charles seemed to be always right. What's not satisfactory, after several shots from different angles, he announced a break for a while, and then watched the scene just shot by himself.
Nancy, who has been paying attention to her husband, also came to watch with him: "Is there any problem?"
Charles shook his head, didn't speak, just pointed to the small screen in front of him, Nancy stared at the screen, in the scene just now, Angela's performance was neither good nor bad, just for the first time. That's good, but the question is why does it always feel weird
"Charlie, you mean Angela's performance is a little... a little..." Nancy frowned, just about to say it, another voice said it first: "It's like imitating someone, right."
Nancy looked back in surprise, Angela was standing behind her for some time, frowning slightly, a little unwilling and a little distressed, while her good friend Jessica was standing a little embarrassedly at her. beside.
"It's true, your performance is not natural enough in subtle places. If it only appears occasionally, it doesn't matter, but if there is too much, it will affect the whole movie." Charles said slowly, he didn't accuse him, but he I kept looking at Angela.
The little girl nodded calmly: "I understand, can you give me five more minutes?"
After Charles agreed, she turned and walked towards the lake in the log cabin. Jessica was worried and wanted to follow, but Nancy stopped her and made a shush with her index finger to her mouth. Jessica didn't quite understand. , hesitated again and again and had to go back to Jennifer and tell them about it.
At this time, the little girl who had already walked to the lake was staring at the water in a daze. Although the clear water of Lake Arrowhead was sparkling in the afternoon sun, it looked very beautiful, but Angela had no intention to appreciate it at all. She was full of thoughts. Who is she imitating, yes, she is imitating, it is Lindsay Lohan!
Oh, to be precise, it's not an imitation, it's a subconscious reaction. Ever since she agreed to participate in the performance of "Born A Couple", she has been pondering how to act, and the original version naturally popped out of her head for reference, although It has been many years, but in general she can still remember it, so when she thinks more about it, when the filming officially starts, it will be revealed unconsciously, and even she will not be aware of it, if it is not for Charles' strict requirements, if it is not She eavesdropped and watched because she was worried, and she would never know that she still had this problem.
"Damn it!" Angela covered her forehead and couldn't help groaning in her heart. Could it be that she is really not suitable for making movies