The small town of Palapabo is an inconspicuous town among the countless satellite cities around Los Angeles. The characteristics of sparse independent housing, simple commercial areas, not wide streets and some abandoned factory houses and the like.
In the back of a detached wooden house, a used gray-blue jaguar was parked, and the crew was already in place, just waiting for Angela, who was next to the sports car, to finish talking for the three actors before shooting could begin.
"Note that the neuroticism you want to show is less, more depression and boredom, but that anxiety and anxiety must always be with you, understand?" Angela said to Hugh Jackman, the "Wolverine Wolverine" in front of her. "Although he is in a suit and leather shoes, his height of 6 feet 3 inches makes him look very thin, and with the stubble on his face and the work of the makeup artist, he looks a little haggard and decadent, but his bright eyes and two thick The eyebrows have made him look energetic.
"Can I tell you my opinion, Miss Angela?" Hugh rubbed his chin and thought, "Although Shebyl lost his short-term amnesia, he still has biases in his subconscious, such as Teddy's attitude, so I communicated with Rebecca before contact, maybe he should take a little more relaxed?"
"I'm glad you have your own thoughts, Hugh. In fact, I haven't delved into the specific situation of Shebir, because everyone will have their own interpretations. A good director will only express half of his intentions and let the audience guess. The other half, so you want to add your own understanding, I have no objection, but you can't dominate!" Angela smiled and nodded.
Hugh Jackman is really a good choice, not to mention his shape is very suitable, the weight loss of at least 8 pounds for this movie alone is enough to show his professionalism, except for the first day of shooting. , at other times, the performance is not bad, and the performance foundation is really solid. So Angela is quite complacent. If she hadn't made several calls to "Wolverine", this guy would have gone back to Australia for vacation with his wife.
"As for you, Charlie, I don't need to say more, just follow your current mood. Although the filming time is not long, your performance is very good." Angela turned to Charlize Theron again. At that time, Charlize's golden curly hair had been dyed brown and black, and the makeup artist deliberately made her eyes puffy and her face sallow. Although it wasn't very ugly, it didn't change much, but it was the same as before. It's quite different, but she does have more leeway in this way.
"Thank you." Charlize smiled reservedly and didn't say much.
"In the end, it's you, Joe, I don't need to say too much, your performance is currently the best. But there is one thing you have to pay attention to, although the later editing is a flashback method to show one segment by segment, but the whole story is displayed. The timeline is not reversible, so don't bring this emotion into it." Angela looked at the biggest supporting character in the entire movie again.
"No problem, I'll pay attention." Joe Pantoliano nodded immediately. He is also completely different from the bald head in "The Matrix". Although the beard is still the same, he has a small flat head and wears glasses. , but not the slightest gentle breath.
Although Angela said that she would give up "Cyver" to play Teddy, but before going to the wedding in the UK, she did not go to the "Matrix" crew. It didn't go well either, either because I didn't have an impression, or I had an impression but it wasn't suitable for the movie "Memento".
So after the wedding, Angela went straight to Joe and said I needed you for my new movie. Fortunately, Joe's scene was almost done, plus the girl promised not to delay too long, and no matter she still had a producer's name on it. head, so Ridley adjusted the shooting schedule after asking for Joe's opinion and had Angela loan him out.
"Okay, guys, cheer up, let's start shooting now." The girl clapped her hands and said loudly, motioning for everyone to take their places and then sit back in the director's chair. With the announcement of the scene and the sound of knocking on the board, the camera started turn.
This is the 3rd day after the filming started, and the 6th day after returning from attending my uncle's wedding ceremony. Because the wedding was relatively low-key, it was inevitable that everyone would know it. It was also inevitable that the media would chase and block Angela. What's more, the girl has not made any response to the failure of "Snatch and Kidnap" so far.
So in order to escape the attention of the paparazzi, and the timing of the shooting location itself is very tight, after the "Matrix" crew got Joe Pantoliano, Angela immediately took everyone to Parapabo. The start of "Memento" was originally very low-key, there were not many actors, and the main ones were already predetermined. In addition, they were very careful when filming in the small town, so no reporters have chased them here so far.
"Cut!" Angela shouted, and although her brows were slightly wrinkled, she waved to Hugh and Charlize in the room: "It's nothing, you are all great, of course Charlie, it would be better if you could be sharper. ."
As she said, she walked around the living room with her arms in her arms, and then looked at the frame with her hands, and then called to the lighting engineer: "Polly, make the light in the living room softer, and you don't need to deliberately show whether the time is morning or morning. afternoon."
Polly nodded immediately and waved to the assistant opposite him: "Change the orange filter paper, Carl!"
Angela walked up to the photographer again at this time: "Andy, the close-up of the second shot is replaced with the upper body of the two, the fourth and seventh shots are exchanged angles, the fifth and... The rest remain unchanged, we Do it all over again!"
"Your scheduling is getting more and more proficient. I can't believe it. You must know that when you were filming "Lola Run", you were still asking the camera to move at the angle you specified." Matthew handed the bottle of pure water In front of Angela, who was sitting back in her seat.
"Thank you," the girl took a big sip with a smile, and then made a gesture to the recorder to let him start at the right time, "Everyone is constantly learning and improving, I am a little bit luckier and learn things faster. "
"So you're going to shoot the same way, with the same crew, except for the actors." Matthew shrugged.
"It's not the same hand, this time the trick is more thorough," Angela shook her head, then looked at Matthew with a smile as if remembering something: "Why, you lose confidence in me after one failure?"
"Of course not," Matthew hurriedly raised it, "I just want to say that we have to learn a lesson this time, otherwise the last time will fail in vain."
"Don't worry, you'll find out after the post-production is completed." Angela said confidently, at this time an assistant hurried over and whispered a few words in her ear, the girl immediately stood up with a surprised look. When he got up and looked at the door, a beautiful figure came into view immediately, and he waved to himself playfully.
The happy Angela was about to call the other party's name, but at this time the voice of the reporter rang: "The 27th shot of the 98th act starts shooting."
The girl had no choice but to close her mouth, spread out her hands with a helpless look, and then gestured to tell her to wait for a while, the other party responded with a sweet smile of understanding, and then stood silently outside the crowd, Angela hurriedly sat down Let's start to observe the shooting.
"Your directing level seems to be getting better and better." When Jessica said this, the two were walking slowly around the house in the bright sunshine while the crew was resting. They didn't want to go. It's too far, and the town's security is not bad, but it's also not that good. Anything that might happen can happen anyway.
"I don't know when my dear Jesse will start flattering too?" Angela said with a narrowed smile, with her eyes curved.
"Do I need to flatter you, Miss Genius," Jessica rolled her eyes, "I just think you're more of a director than James, and he's always running around and talking here. Talk to there."
The James in Jessica's mouth is the Chinese director named James Huang who directed "The X-Files" at the beginning. He is now taking a group of people to film "The Death Is Coming" in a nearby town. Angela had told the deputy manager Bruce before that the filming of "Memento" would not affect the preparation of the film, so "Death Is Coming" was a few days earlier than "Memento", at the wedding of my uncle. Before.
The director candidate had several conversations with Angela, who looked like a fat businessman, especially after the exchange on this script, the girl was 80% sure that this fat guy was the yellow in her memory. What Yi, of course, sent out an invitation very sincerely. James Huang also had the intention to enter the film circle, and was very interested in Angela's script, and agreed that a Chinese director was needed to take the shot, so it hit it off.
"That's not the same, dear, after all, James is the first time to be a film director, and he still needs to run in with the crew," Angela shook her head, "I'm different from him, these staff are all I'm used to working with, If I replaced it with someone I didn't know well, I wouldn't necessarily do better than him."
Because he is more experienced than me, the girl said this in her heart, and then changed the subject: "So how is your performance? I think you should have some experience."
"Alright... ok." Jessica pouted, her mood suddenly a little depressed, "It's just that the number of NGs is a little bit more, probably the last few in the whole crew."
"Okay, don't be so unconfident, I don't believe that James or other guys have not praised you?" Angela hugged Jessica gently, "Besides, you finally won this opportunity, it's impossible to end this. give up?"
"Of course not," Jessica shook her head, "I'm confident that I can play better, James or Edward or a few others say I'm actually pretty good, but these are achieved through a lot of NG, like Edward did There are almost no shots in one shot!"
"Idiot, didn't that person come from NG?" Angela held her face and looked into Jessica's eyes and said seriously, "When you accompany me to film "Born to Be", I didn't NG as often Don't think too much, honey, you know? I think horror movies are the best for you to hone your acting skills. Your greatest charm and your greatest weakness is that your smile is too charming, understand? You have to learn to take it easy I believe you will do it."