Amid the noise of the propeller, Angela covered her eyes with the long hair that was fluttering on her head, and then loudly asked the cameraman on the side: "Do you understand what I said? It's a straight line from here to here, understand? !"
After the cameraman made an OK gesture, Angela waved to the driver in front: "Start now!"
It took about 10 minutes to complete the shooting of this scene. Although the safety measures were well done, Angela still waited for the plane to land and jumped off impatiently. This kind of flight is really not a good experience.
"I'll leave first, I have to rush back to Torrance as soon as possible. After a little delay, I'll leave the rest to you." After putting on the sunglasses, she shouted to the assistant, and sat down after the other side nodded to show her understanding. Get in the car.
This is the suburban town of Sacramento, the capital of California, and the aerial shot just now is the title of "American Beauty". But what's interesting, or depressing, is that other shots have nothing to do with this place, and why this is because the filming location should be Torrance, southern California, not the capital, Sacramento.
So it's kind of frustrating, especially when you've got everything ready—the house has been rented, the equipment and people are in place—and it's going well after you start shooting, and then when you're ready to do aerial photography, you're told by the police, To prevent noise disturbance, helicopters are not allowed to fly below 300 feet! Heck, you know, according to the photographer, the helicopter can't fly more than 100 feet in order to achieve the desired shooting effect.
After negotiating with the police to no avail, Angela could only find another location, and finally chose a satellite town outside Sacramento, but she had to come all the way from Torrance, and then pay overtime on weekends to complete this section. The shooting of the camera, followed by rushing back, is not a pleasant thing in any case, so—
"Sarah! Pay attention to your emotions, your eyes and your movements, OK!" On Monday morning, the high school students at Torrance Southern Middle School could hear Angela's angry roar, "Come again!"
It was not bad this time and finally made her feel satisfied, but Angela didn't plan to shoot the following shots, but walked around the three young people with her chin up, framed her hands and called the photographer and After the lighting engineer said a few words, he clapped his hands again: "Okay, let's do it again from another angle, Sarah, remember to keep the mood just now."
This time, it was passed after only one shot, but it was so fast that the three leading actors were a little overwhelmed.
"Angie, I seem to..." Sarah couldn't help but want to say something, but Angela immediately waved her hand: "Yes, it's a little worse than before, but it's just a little bit, I discussed it with them just now, the angle A little darker light will make up for that. Okay, let's take a few minutes off and then we'll go to the gym."
Although it was a break, it belonged to the actors and staff. It was fine for poor Angela to stay in the middle of the venue. As long as she left here, she would be surrounded by high school students and face those boring and inexplicable problems.
"Everyone, if I can, can I go to the bathroom first?" After answering a lot of questions and signing a dozen or so names, Angela had no choice but to call out as the crowd tended to increase.
Fortunately, the students were informed by the school early. Angela had already come here on Friday last week, and some of their enthusiasm had been vented, so they finally gave way politely, but Angela still had to stay there. The two bodyguards went to the bathroom, and students still came to ask a question or two from time to time on the way, which made her quite upset.
"I'm a big spectator," she said to Kevin Spacey after arriving at the gym. "In order to satisfy their curiosity, I can't refuse, even if I hide it, someone will help find it."
"Because no girl can do what you do at 18, singing, acting, producing, scoring, writing, and directing, so to sum it up, it's all yours." Kevin laughs Answering, it seems that he does not want the revenge of that day all the time. But after teasing, he changed his serious tone: "To be honest, don't you think that what you said before had a bad influence on Sarah? She seems to be in a low mood."
"You said that Miss Buffy, who knows karate and can catch vampires, is depressed? Are you kidding me, Kevin?" Although Angela said jokingly, she turned her head to look for Qisha among the employees who were walking around setting up props. Pulled figure.
A few seconds later, she found the figures of two girls in the corner. Sarah leaned against the wall with her head lowered and her left hand hung down, her right hand clasped across her chest and her left foot against the wall. It seemed that her emotions were true. Somewhat down. Mina stood with her chattering and trying to make her happy, Sarah was smiling but somewhat reluctantly.
"Okay, I have to go and talk to her." Angela said so, greeted Kevin and walked over there.
I was indeed negligent, Angela thought. Of course, the sentence she said before the end of the filming didn't want to be aimed at Sarah, but many things are caused by the lack of communication and communication. After all, what you said means one thing, but others may think it means something else. , this is how the contradiction arises.
"Hey girls, what are you discussing?" Angela called with a smile.
"Girls? It doesn't seem appropriate to use this word to call us?" Because we collaborated on "Lola Run" and have been in touch since then, Mina spoke more directly, "You know, in terms of age, the two of us They're bigger than you."
"Really? Then what do you think I should be called?" Angela shrugged, "Woman? Miss? Or lady?"
"Of course... Hell, it's not very good," Mina tapped her head and sighed, "It's better to just call me by name."
"Okay, Mina, Sarah, although you guys had a great time chatting, it's a pity that I'm going to interrupt now because Mina should go to touch up her makeup. We'll shoot 112 scenes and 46 scenes later." Angela said Looking at Mina.
"Wait, aren't they still..." Mina was about to say something, but she immediately understood when she met Angela's gaze, returned a "you know it" look, and nodded: "Then I will Let's go make up first."
Sarah, on the other hand, calmed herself down and tried to appear normal: "What's the matter, Angie?"
Angela walked to her side and leaned against the wall as well: "If you are angry about what happened just now, then I apologize."
"No, I just think..." Sarah wanted to argue, but Angela didn't give her a chance: "I understand your mood, you have the most NGs these days, especially twice as many as Wes, even It makes me have to figure out a way to remedy that as a director, so you're angry with yourself and wondering if I'm a guy who can handle it."
"Hey hey, wait, I didn't think about it that much," Sarah listened silently at first, but she couldn't sit still later, "I admit that I'm really annoyed by my constant NG, but I don't No doubt..."
"Are you sure?" Angela looked at her seriously, with a half-smile expression.
"... Well, I admit that there is one thing," Sarah admitted a little dejected after staring at her for a while, but she immediately emphasized: "It's just one point, most of the time I'm blaming myself, especially just now When you say that the slightest lack of light can be ignored with the angle and light, I'm really hit."
"I would say those words before because I wasn't disappointed with your acting, and wanted to find a remedy, in fact that shot was useless or a test piece, I just suddenly thought that some shots can be changed in a way to bring the whole tone closer. The effect I imagined, so I decided to shoot again." Angela said sincerely, "I just accidentally misunderstood you. If you think my actions hurt you, then I apologize again."
"No, Angie, I'm just..." Sarah squeezed her fingers embarrassedly, "I'm just a little unbalanced in my heart, not to mention Kevin and Annette, they are both very good actors; not to mention Mina, I know she's always been great; but I don't understand why Wes's acting experience is not as good as mine, but why it's me who always leads to NG when he plays against him."
"I know, I understand," Angela clapped her hand lightly, "actually... let's put it this way, I think the role of Richie was actually tailor-made for Wes. You know, he read the script back then. After that, I entrusted the agent to contact the interviewer as soon as possible, and I didn't even see who the director and the producer were, so when we met, the guy obviously had disappointment written on his face, and he didn't take it back until after the conversation. By the time 'the simplest things can be so beautiful, life can be so beautiful', and I actually used 'The Great Way to be Simple', then I knew that he was in some way the same kind of person as Richie."
Angela paused, looked at Sarah before continuing: "As for you, remember the comment I gave you after the audition?"
"Too beautiful..." Sarah pondered for a while, and then asked with some dissatisfaction and strangeness. "If you are beautiful, you are the most beautiful, but you also won the best supporting actress at the age of 14."
"Well..." Angela was a little dumb for a while, what should she say? According to the Chinese point of view, Sarah has a kind of fox-like beauty, which is easy to associate with sexy and even coquettish. In other words, she is very attractive, so when she appears on the camera, it will attract a lot of attention. .
Even though she's dyed her hair a dark brown for the film, and the smoky makeup the makeup artist puts on her to cover up that aura, it doesn't do much.
"Let's put it this way, Sarah, I can fully bring myself into the role of the movie, but you can't." She couldn't care less, if she still had confidence, she wouldn't be hit much, Angela was in the stomach at the same time. grunted.
To her surprise, Sarah nodded and admitted the fact: "I think so too, you're so smart, and even Kevin says you've matured beyond your years in some ways, so you can play any role, But I... It's hard to fully appreciate Jenny's life, and this role was a real challenge for me."
"Since it's a challenge, then of course you should rise to the challenge. If you can't do it once, you can do it several times until you achieve the desired effect. Don't worry about what others are doing, just let yourself be the best. I'm not afraid. Flower film, do you have anything to worry about? Unless you think you are a vase at all." Angela turned her head and looked at Sarah without blinking, "You know, when I first made a movie, NG Not less often than you."
Facing Angela's gaze, Sarah suddenly raised the corner of her mouth: "You know, Angie, my mother already said what you just said when I starred in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", so I am very Surprised, are you covered in a face like Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible?"
Saying that, Sarah stretched out her hand very seriously and wanted to slap Angela's face, then giggled and slipped aside before she could react. In this regard, Angela can only roll her eyes, it seems that she doesn't care much about what happened just now, but to be honest, psychological counseling is really difficult to do, I hope she can play better in the future, otherwise she will definitely Let her NG to death!
The shooting progress of "American Beauty" is moving forward intermittently. This is the first time Angela has directed someone else's script, although she also drew the sub-shots with simple lines after reading the script, and the main plot of the script was basically under her intervention. None of the shots were off track, but there were still plenty of other extra shots.
These shots could have been ignored, but Angela still decided to shoot them. This is also a way to test her own level. Anyway, it is not suitable to remove them during editing. It just took a lot of effort and screenwriter Ai during the shooting. Lun and the assistant director Matthew discussed it—yes, the assistant director is still Matthew. The scene of "American Beauty" is not big, and Angela can basically control it, so she still finds Matthew and others who are familiar with her as a partner.
Although Sarah is still the actor with the most NGs, at least she is always acting carefully. If you have any questions, you can either discuss with Mina and Angela, or ask Kevin or Annette for advice, even if she is taciturn and plays." Richie's Bentley has also been asked several times by her, so although it has yet to be honed, it is on par with Bentley and Mina in the footage that has passed.
Of course, when anyone is in good shape, there is also time when they are in bad shape. When Leicester's sexual fantasy about Betty was filmed in week 3, Spacey had to NG three or four times each time to get through.
"I'm going to be a fool if I keep giggling," Kevin complained as he massaged his cheeks.
"That's right, Lester is a fool when he fantasizes about Betty." Angela's laughter made everyone around him laugh, and Kevin could only shrug his shoulders and continue massaging his cheeks to continue.
However, for these potentially dewy shots - such as in Leicester's sexual fantasy, Betty is completely naked in rose petals. Angela asked Mina to wear underwear, and then let the petals cover the underwear as much as possible. It doesn't matter if there are any flaws. Then go to the animation department and get a few people to fix it on the computer. Anyway, the rose petal rain still needs them. help.
"To be honest, I don't think it's a big deal to be naked and lie inside." Mina felt that it didn't matter. Instead, she was very excited about being able to lie down among the piles of rose petals.
"Please, at least I don't want to see such a scene." Angela retorted back bluntly.
Lenovo also emphasized that Mina had to wear a bra when she was filming Leicester's fantasy Betty undressing at the gym before, and the scenes where Kevin and Mina were kissing were filmed in dislocation, and when Betty appeared in the rose tub, she also had to wear a bra. Na was wearing underwear, and the crew couldn't help but wonder why Miss Genius did this, or that she...
"I don't care what you're thinking, what you think, since I'm mature in some opinions, but I'm only 18 years old anyway. Yes, I admit that I'm a bit conservative, but so what? Besides, these bridges are in the movie It is a dispensable thing, so why does it have to appear?" When Mina couldn't help but ask why again, Angela answered in front of everyone. Of course, there's one more thing she didn't say: at least I have the right to decide what's in my movie and what's not.
Everyone was noncommittal about such an answer, and they understood the subtext, but Kevin didn't miss the opportunity to laugh: "It's not a bad thing, but as long as you continue to be a director, you will face this one day."
Only Chris Cooper, who played Richie's father, stood by Angela's side: "Angie is still an adult after all, as she said, no matter how mature she is, she is still only 18 years old, how can she behave in the movie? This is a very troublesome thing. I don't think it's suitable for her to be in charge of the director of the erotic scene."
This old drama bone, who started out as a cowboy and a farm worker, is relatively conservative because he grew up on a farm. Angela is somewhat comfortable with the feeling of having supporters, but there are two scenes that are really difficult to film.
There's a foreplay where Lester prepares to have sex with Betty, but that's easy, since Betty can wear panties, why can't she also wear a bra? Just have Mina say the "I'm first" line before Spacey goes to untie the bra, so just put up with the foreplay of sex for a while.
But there is also a scene in which Lester's wife Caroline and a real estate agent commit adultery in a motel. Although Annette said that she is fine, Angela has a headache. If you only shoot the two of them hugging each other like a borderline Entering a motel is not in line with the gentlemanly demeanor of these "successful people", and secondly, it does not portray Caroline's unsatisfactory sexual life in depth. But according to the negotiated sub-shots, it is a bit too intense...
In the end, Angela asked the photographer to put the lens at the same level as the edge of the bed and shoot from an upward angle, while the two people on the bed did not have to take off their clothes. posing, so there's nothing in the shot but the realtor's back and Caroline's legs.
That's the case. After the filming, Angela's face was still as red as an apple, which made many people giggle in their stomachs, and also gained a better understanding of what she said before.