On a certain street in Philadelphia, the crew of "The Sixth Sense" is making preparations in front of the rented apartment, waiting for the first shot, the first encounter between a little girl and a psychiatrist.
Director David Fincher is talking to the staff. It seems that he is a little excited. It is no wonder that he just ended the shooting of "Alien 3" not long ago, and then Disney came to the door again, or he always liked it. The thriller theme, he likes this script very much, especially the unexpected ending at the end, he doesn't know how Angela's little brain can come up with these things, but compared to the "Hide and Seek" he worked with before, it can make him There is more room to play.
"... Anyway, let's hurry up like this, we'll start the test shoot right away." David patted the staff on the shoulder, then walked to Michael Douglas, who had already changed his clothes and finished his make-up, and sat down on a street bench. .
"Mr. Michael!" David cried.
Michael, who was talking to his assistant in a low voice, stopped to speak. He raised his head and nodded to the director: "Can you call me Mike, David, what's the matter?"
"Okay, Mike." David is naturally not polite, although they don't have much friendship, but they both work in Hollywood, at least they know each other well, "After Miss Angela's makeup is finished, we can start the test shooting, probably still need a few minutes."
"It doesn't matter, a lady always has the right to be waited for, and she is still a young lady." Michael said with a smile, with a gentle and calm temperament.
"Okay, I'll go see her right now." Mr. Director nodded and walked to the apartment. The apartment was temporarily unavailable, so it naturally became a place for the dressing room and other piles.
"Hi, Riley, how long are you going to have? It's almost dinner time." Opening a door, David asked the makeup artist who was scribbling on the girl's face.
"Don't worry, David, this is a technical job. It's useless to worry." Riley said casually while putting on makeup for Angela. "Besides, your requirements are still so high."
"If it goes on like this, it's really time for dinner, I'm not kidding." David folded his hands.
"Okay, okay, give me another 10 seconds... okay, how about it, Miss Angela!" Riley drew a final stroke on the girl's eyebrows, and said with a long breath.
Angela slowly opened her eyes, the girl in the mirror was pale, her curly hair had been straightened, and draped over her shoulders in a stray way. The best part was a pair of willow eyebrows, which were slightly raised, making the whole person look like Slightly gloomy, according to the Chinese language, is a face of bad luck.
"Oh, I look... very haggard." The girl touched her chin and smiled. Although the girl in the mirror also laughed, she seemed reluctant.
"I think this looks very suitable, David." The girl turned her head and nodded to the director.
"Okay, then we'll start right away." David smiled and walked out immediately, while Angela took a deep breath, said hello to Riley, jumped off the chair and walked out, thinking: finally here we go.
The girl stayed in Boston for three days, and then went directly to the Philadelphia crew to report. Those three days can be said to have benefited a lot. In the past, she only practiced at home, consulted with teachers, and rarely communicated with more people. In the old man's orchestra, those men and women may not be as broad as her, but they all have unique insights on the instruments they are familiar with, which opened Angela's eyes.
As for the soundtrack, in addition to being a little ignorant at the beginning, I quickly became familiar with it. By the afternoon of the second day, I could discuss it with John, and on the third day, I could put forward a lot of opinions for the old man to accept - based on the memory of the previous life. Yes, there are also interpretations from her own point of view. Before she left on the fourth day, she also completely created a piece of music, oh, it's not complete, the basic tune was changed from the violin she played at the beginning, It's a pity that I was in a hurry, and I don't know if it will be used in the end.
Really want to stay a few more days. The girl said in her stomach, it's a pity that the "Sixth Sense" has already set a time, and she can't change it if she wants to, but it will be a long time in Japan, and sooner or later, she will take out all the things in old John's stomach!
"Everyone, take your place, Act 1, Scene 1, ready for trial shooting!" David's voice came from outside the door at this time, Angela hurriedly calmed down, returned to the filming, adjusted her clothes and then took over the work on the side. The bag handed by the officer, then grabbed the doorknob.
"start!"
Following the director's voice, Angela half-opened the door, hesitated for a few seconds, and then squeezed out through the crack of the door, then lowered her head and looked outside with a calm but slightly panicked look, turned and pulled it on The door, then took out the key to lock the door, then turned around and took out a watch without a strap from his pocket, carefully put it in the close-fitting jacket pocket, then looked at Michael sitting on the other side of the street, and ran quickly. .
"Cut!" David called out.
Angela hurriedly stopped and looked at the director. It wasn't her problem. Michael spread his hands and said that he was not in the state, but David didn't care. In the original position, wait for the official start of shooting.
The girl shrugged and didn't care, which just made her experience the role more. Girls and boys would have different reactions to the same things. She didn't want to be mixed with Haley Joel Osment by acting by herself. Go, otherwise she spent so much time revising the script, such as the watch that replaced the glasses.
"Angie, let's continue!" David's voice came from the camera, Angela nodded and returned to the apartment, ready to start shooting again.
This time, there is no big problem, Michael Douglas is an old drama after all, NG once is enough, and there is no interaction between the psychologist and the little girl in this scene, so it will be over soon, and then David There are repeated shots of the girl trotting down the street and the psychologist chasing after her, until the girl enters a tall church.
Next is the most important play, which is the first meeting between the psychologist and the girl in the church. The priest of the church only promised to use it for one day, so the crew was very tight.
"Okay, let's move faster!" David directed the staff, then looked for the girl: "Angela! Where are you? Go to your place!"
"Okay, I'll be right there." Angela, who had done a little makeup, appeared from the side, nodded to the director, and walked to the middle row of seats, but she was obviously... nervous!
David frowned strangely. It was not the first time for Angela to make a movie, so why was she still nervous? He didn't know that the original script was a boy, but solving the actor's psychological problems is also one of the director's jobs, so he said hello to the people around him and walked to Angela: "Angie, do you have anything on your mind?"
"What?" Angela was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "It's nothing, I'm just worried that the performance will not be good."
"Is it bad? How could it be?" The director said amusedly, "I remember when you were filming 'Hide and Seek', you and Al couldn't play against each other! Not good? This is not what a talented girl should say ."
"Okay, okay, I know, I will adjust my mentality." Angela said with a helpless smile.
"OK, let's do a test shoot first." Although the time was a little tight, David decided to try it first.
The movie started shooting again. Michael walked slowly to the bench where the girl was hiding. There was a small sculpture of the Virgin Mary on the armrest. A sentence in Spanish rang out from time to time, and he walked away. Going to the bench, looking at the girl hiding under the chair, he said gently, "Don't be afraid, Carly."
The girl looked up at him, grabbed the small carving and quickly put her head down. At this time, David shook his head and shouted, "Cut!"
Everyone stopped and looked at the director, who went straight to Angela: "Angela, your emotions are not right, you should be weak and afraid of being hurt, but you didn't express it at all just now."
The girl nodded and said she understood, but didn't say a word, and David didn't say much, clapped his hands: "Okay, let's do it again!"
However, after repeating it seven or eight times in a row, this first shot was still not enough. Angela's expression never met the requirements, which made everyone depressed.
"Mr. David, let everyone rest, I think... think about it a little more, and brew for a while." Angela stood up at this time and said, with a wry smile evident at the corner of her mouth.
David looked at her for a few minutes, and finally nodded: "Okay, let's take a break first."
The staff breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the bench of the church, and chatted with each other in a low voice. Angela walked to a corner alone. Originally, Sparrow and Grace wanted to come over to see her, but also She was stopped by shaking her hand, and then the girl leaned back on the chair and froze.
She actually knows what the problem is, but she always finds it difficult to put herself into it. Maybe this is the pressure. In addition to the actors, director, script and other factors, the reason why "The Sixth Sense" is successful is that it is set as a boy. First, you must know that horror movies are usually sold on scaring women, and "The Sixth Sense" does the opposite, giving people a refreshing feeling, which is also one of the factors of success.
But now I'm back to the routine of scaring women. If it's not surprising, the charm of the movie will undoubtedly be reduced by a large amount. Angela naturally knows this, so when she should be a girl, she is given more tenderness, Cautious and autistic personality, but Haley Joe Osment's original performance really made her remember deeply, and she unconsciously compared herself with the other party. Although it was obviously not comparable, she put pressure on herself, which made her feel uncomfortable. She was a little out of place.
Thinking of this, Angela couldn't help but sighed and covered her forehead.