"Cut!" Michael Mann, who was sitting in the chair, shook his head and stopped the shooting. This shot still failed.
Angela relaxed and sighed, she knew that the performance just now was a bit too much, Al came over and patted her on the shoulder: "Okay, dear, don't worry, this kind of thing happens often."
"Thank you, Al." The girl was a little lethargic. This was the first shot. It had been shot 5 times, but she couldn't get into the state for some unknown reason.
"Now take a 15-minute break." The assistant director's voice sounded, Angela looked towards the camera, and the old man was explaining something to the reporter beside him. After sensing her gaze, he turned around and smiled, and then After explaining his own affairs clearly, he walked up to the girl: "What's the matter, you don't have a good grasp of the role?"
"It's obvious, either the performance is overdone, or it's not in place." Angela spread out her hand and raised it angrily.
"I thought you'd like this character," Michael Mann still smiled, "you know, I'm tailor-made for you too - I don't know you fully, but the character you've shown suits me well. ."
"I'd rather not have this tailor-made!" the girl muttered in a low voice.
"What?" the old man asked in a clear voice.
"Oh, nothing, I mean..." Angela shrugged, and after thinking about it carefully, she made her request: "If I remember correctly, there should be at least some shots without me, okay? If so, Mr. Director, can you shoot these shots first and leave me alone, well… think about it?”
Old Man Man thought for a while and agreed to her request: "Well, although there are not many precedents for this, I agree."
Then the crew started filming between Al and Diane in the studio. Angela, on the other hand, was led by the staff to another room. This was a room with a lot of props. It was fairly clean. The most important thing was that the soundproofing facilities were good, allowing the girl to think quietly.
"Do you need anything else? Miss Angela?" the assistant who brought her asked at this time.
"Oh, no, it's fine here. If the filming over there ends, please call me." Angela smiled. Then looked at Sparrow, "Will you go out too, Jack? I need to be alone."
"Okay, I'm just outside. Please call me if you need anything." Sparrow nodded, walked out with his assistant, and closed the door.
The girl took a deep breath, moved her body, then found a place to sit down and held her chin, recalling the failed scenes just now. To be honest, just from the looks, she fits the image of the character very well. Everyone applauded when he just came out of the venue. Her short hair looks really handsome, and she is a little wild and rebellious when she bites her lip and stares at others, which is very charming. However, it's not always possible to play this role just by looking good, and the first shot NG five times is a good example of this.
In fact, Angela knew exactly where her problem was, but she didn't know what to do at all! She has always used the substitution method to perform, which is called the method school in academic terms. Al or Robert and earlier Marlon Brando used this method. The advantage of this kind of performance is that when you fully immerse yourself in the character and fully understand the sadness and joy of the character, you can play 120% of the level; the disadvantage, or the difficulty, is that you need to spend a lot of money Take the time and energy to try a life that may be similar to them to get a thorough understanding of how they feel.
In this regard, the girl originally had an advantage. For the films she had acted in before, she could find clips for reference in her mind, especially "The Sixth Sense"; the only exception was "Piano Lesson", But Ms. Campion's script is delicately written and resonant. And that role is also very important, second only to the heroine, Angela spent a lot of time researching, so she played it well and won the best supporting actress.
But the character in "The Thread of Fire" is different, because old man Man has changed the character's character, and Natalie's performance in the original version can only give her very little reference, plus there are not many roles, so relative , Angela did less homework.
But most importantly, this is the character's boyish rebellious style! This is bad, very bad, Angela has always been playing girls subconsciously, sometimes she even fully recognizes herself as a complete girl, the masculine side has her hidden deep, and now she has to let her Showing the temperament of a girl, but also with a little masculine action, Oh My God, what the hell is this idea! Even playing a boy in reverse is better than this!
"Hi, Vincent." Angela looked indifferent to the mirror and read her lines. Although she is full of dissatisfaction, the girl is still working hard. She knows that if she can pass this level, her acting skills will definitely go to a higher level.
No, with hi, it looks kind. Thinking like this, the girl changed her posture, put her hands in her trousers pocket, and tilted her head slightly to look at the mirror: "Hey, Vincent, are you going to work?"
After thinking about it for a while, she shook her head again, which was a little too much, damn it! It's really hard to figure it out, if you go on like this, you will be insane! Even when Dustin Hoffman was in "My Fair Lady", there wasn't a female soul in her body, was there
"Find it for me, Mom! I'll be late at this rate! I don't want to be late!"
"Leave me alone! Vincent! It's my business! I'll handle it, and I'm not your prisoner!"
Even though she was screaming bitterly in her stomach, Angela still practiced over and over again in front of the mirror, and her stubborn temper or bachelor character flared up again. This may be a good thing, but when the assistant came to call her, it became obvious to her. The anxious look was startled.
"Are you all right, Miss Angela?" the other party asked worriedly.
"It's nothing, I'm fine." The girl shook her head. When she couldn't get into the state, she could only make up for it with a lot of practice. "Is it just my footage, today?" she asked.
"Yes, that's right." The assistant nodded again and again.
"Okay, let's go." Angela didn't want to say anything more, she had captured a little bit of feeling just now, and she only hoped to keep it until the shooting.
Everyone expressed a little surprise to Angela who was back on the set again. They could all see that the girl had a small change that they couldn't explain, and Michael Mann was slightly moved, but the old man didn't say much, but let the assistant director direct the staff to prepare for shooting.
"Angie, how's it going?" Al, who walked to the middle of the venue, looked at the girl with concern.
"I think I have some experience, it should be useful." Angela smiled reluctantly, then walked to the predetermined position and waited to start shooting.
"43 scenes, 22 scenes, start shooting!" Chang Ji knocked on the wooden board, and the camera immediately turned.
This scene is in the morning. Sheriff Vincent Hannah is about to go out and has a few words with his wife and adopted daughter. The adopted daughter, Lauren, can't find a favorite hairpin because she wants to meet her father, and finally has a big hair. temper. The first shot is of Al greeting Angela.
"Hey, Lauren, how are you?" Al has been filming for quite a while and quickly got into shape.
"Hey, Vincent." Angela passed by him, glanced at him, and replied indifferently.
"Cut!" Old Man Man's voice sounded, but this time he didn't shake his head, but said loudly: "Angela, I need you to show less indifference and more impatience."
Obviously, the previous practice was not in vain, which inspired Angela to get up and start again. The performance still didn't go well, this scene was NG 3 times in a row again, but obviously, it was much better than the original one.
Finally, in the fourth shooting, the girl's complex expression of indifference, impatience, and longing in the glance of the girl at Al was fleeting, and finally passed this shot.
"Very good, very good, that's it!" Michael Mann took the lead in applauding, smiling like a fake, "I think I finally saw the strength of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress."
"Actually, Mr. Michael, I doubt that when this movie comes out, I'll take home one of the worst supporting actresses!" Angela sighed, rubbing her temples with both hands.
"Okay, dear, if you knead it again, it will turn back time," the old man said with a smile, and after the girl looked at him, he said seriously, "You did a good job, Angela, everyone here can witness this. One point. To be honest, if I had to say it, it would have been ok in the 2nd shoot, but you surprised me, Angela, your performance is getting better every time, you should have played at the highest level just now! "
"Thank you for your compliment, I will keep it." Angela squeezed out a smile, the corners of her eyes twitched imperceptibly, the damn old man and Ben didn't know how much the performance of these scenes caused her to suffer, She had to work hard to adjust her mood after NG, dig something out and knead it in, it's not flour, just sprinkle it with water to make steamed buns!
The girl is very fortunate that she has solved problems such as "who am I" a long time ago, otherwise it is difficult to say what it would be like today.
The shooting continued. Although the first shot has passed, she can roughly grasp the related emotions, but each shot still has to be repeated several times to pass. The old man seems to want to shoot her part. To the extreme, Angela was almost mad, but she still had to grit her teeth and insist, she couldn't quit halfway.
"Next is 44 scenes and 11 scenes. After this shot is completed, we can call it a day!" For the whole day, this sentence was the most pleasant, but as long as you think about it, you will have to repeat it a few times, and everyone will feel unlucky.
You can't always let the old man take the initiative, you have to find a way! Thinking so, the girl came to the designated location. It would be nice to be able to play freely like Al, if I had that ability.
Snapped! The plank came down, and after two seconds of silence, Al walked over to Angela: "Hey, dear, let's go, tell me where you're going and what you're going for, and I'll give it to you, okay?"
"I don't think you need to know where I'm going or what I'm doing, Vincent! I said I will pay you back, you just need to answer, yes or no." The girl looked at him angrily.
After thinking for two seconds, Al raised his hand: "Okay, okay, I hope you can do what you say!" Then he took out $20 from his wallet, which he should have handed directly to her hand, Then he said the next line: I hope you remember your words, two weeks!
However, when Al took it out and handed it over, he raised it upwards. This is normal. No one requires actors to follow the script meticulously. , but this time—
"I hope you remember..." Before Al's words were finished, Angela suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the dollar, and impatiently put it into her jacket pocket.
Al was stunned, frowned and said, "That's rude, Lauren."
"If you're willing to nag a little less, I'll consider being polite to you." Angela replied unceremoniously, walking out as she spoke.
"Damn, I'm doing this for your own good! Well, where are you going!" Al followed her closely.
"Maybe you can mobilize people to monitor me 24 hours a day, and then you can know everything you want to know." The girl turned her hands and said irritably.
"Good this shot is very good!" Michael Mann applauded again, and after a few claps, he found that no one should answer him, all eyes were on him, including Al and Angela who had stopped.
The old man thought for a while in surprise, and then smiled relieved: "I have already said, this shot is very good, I like that sentence, maybe you can mobilize people to monitor me 24 hours a day, and then you can know what you want to know It's all over, it's fitting, so—it's over!"
The warm applause suddenly sounded overwhelming, and Angela, who was the initiator, was relieved. The free play just now was purely a whim, but fortunately, the performance was not bad. After all, she still put a lot of effort into the script, Lao The role of Lun finally went to the place where Hanna lived and committed suicide after he separated from his wife. In addition, her biological father ignored her, so she obviously longed for fatherly love, so she added the sentence "Maybe. You can mobilize people to monitor me continuously for 2 hours, and then you can know everything you want to know", which is used to reflect the character's resentment and grievance, and Michael Mann obviously recognized the role of this sentence, so This shot is one pass, but...
Heck, there's another day tomorrow, if I continue to shoot like this, what will I become? Angela thought so with a wry smile in her stomach.