Now that Angela has made a decision, the film department immediately started preparations, everything has been prepared properly, even the scene maps of the art director were taken over by professionals at the first time - no way, in the lover's " Help" Angela was ultimately unable to complete the job alone, and had to clap and throw it to the art directors of those crews.
So when Angela came back from London after filming her role in "Order of the Phoenix" in late April, she immediately pulled up a large group of people to the pier in Long Beach to prepare for the start.
"I need the light to be brighter, but it must be softer when hitting people's faces. Don't let me see pictures in the lens that are so bright that I can't even see them." Angela read the data to the lighting engineer. The voice commanded.
After he was finished debugging, and the staff next to Natalie's face with the tester also made an OK gesture, Angela returned to the director's chair, looked at the screen through the monitor, and then motioned to the assistant director. Ready to start.
"Attention to all units, we are now ready to start the first trial shooting." After informing everyone on the walkie-talkie, the assistant director made a gesture to the scene recorder, who immediately raised the baffle and knocked: "The 14th scene, the 23rd scene begins. Test shot."
There are three scenes at the pier. One is the heroine Katherine played by Natalie and her partner, and the black detective Ranaard played by Will Smith came to take over the smuggling case after receiving an order; the second is Katherine alone to the pier. Come to want me, an informant used abnormal means to ask for clues, and then Ranad who came to stop her from making a mistake; the third is that she asked what she wanted from the boss behind the scenes, and the two rushed back to the dock only to find out that it was again. An empty.
Although there are only three episodes, it is not so easy to interpret. In each scene, the emotions and states of the two characters are different. The first paragraph is the opening scene. At this time, Catherine is confident and arrogant, as if there is no case that she can't handle, while Rannard is depressed and helpless. He has just been transferred to partner with the maverick and famous Catherine; The second paragraph is the part that is close to the climax in the middle. At this time, Catherine suffered a major blow because she was completely calculated, so she was full of anger and fear and wanted to get back the situation. Although Ranaard applied to be transferred from her side, but No matter because of regulations or human feelings, she could not be allowed to mess around, so she rushed over and tried hard to persuade her back; as for the third paragraph, it was already close to the back. At this time, Catherine was passively baptized several times and was interrogated. After confronting the big boss several times in the room, he has become much more cautious, and his relationship with Ranad has eased a lot.
In a word, because the emotions and feelings of the three scenes are different, and the shots are staggered during the shooting, maybe Natalie will show the pride due to her confidence in one second, but the next second will become Furious and angry. Even if Katharine Hepburn or Grandma May came to such a quick change of mood, it may not be able to do well when the phone was first turned on, let alone Natalie.
"Cut!" Angela behind the monitor waved and stopped, "Come here temporarily and rest for five minutes."
She thought for a few more seconds before she got up and came to Natalie, who was drinking water in her seat.
"These few shots are not very good, will it be a little reluctant?" Angela sighed and sat down in front of her.
"I'm trying to adjust, don't worry, okay?" Natalie smiled and patted her arm comfortingly.
Angela couldn't help sighing, and suddenly felt that it was a mistake to promise Natalie to shoot the pier scene first. At first, she planned to start shooting from indoor scenes, and gradually let Natalie fully integrate into the role. But Natalie, after seeing the shooting plan, hopes to start with the role of the dock.
"This way I can integrate into the story faster. We all know that some things need to be forced to do." Natalie said this at the time, her eyes flashing with excitement.
It's no wonder that this role, which is full of contradictions, sometimes serious and sometimes fierce, is too malleable. Simply put, this role will be very good if played well, but it will be quite mediocre if played poorly. More importantly, even if the performance is very mediocre, it will not have much impact on the whole story. For Natalie, this is a very attractive challenge, so such a request will be made. Angela originally wanted to refuse, but she couldn't stand Natalie's repeated pleas, so she waved her hand and directly pulled the entire crew to the Long Beach Pier to start the operation.
"You know, Nat, I think I seem... a little too accommodating to you, it's not good." Angela stared into Natalie's eyes, as if admiring a piece of art.
Natalie was stunned for a moment, but didn't speak. After a few seconds, she lowered her eyelids to hide the complicated look that flashed in her eyes.
"Lelise!" Angela suddenly shouted loudly, hooking her fingers in the direction behind her head, "Come here with an eyebrow pencil!"
"What's wrong?" Natalie asked in confusion, Angela didn't answer, just made a calm gesture, and leaned in front of her, holding her face in her hands and looking at it carefully.
Angela's hot air sprayed directly on Natalie's face, making her not only itchy on her face, but also on her heart, and her whole body seemed to start to float upwards. Pinch on.
"Angie, don't you think so..." She wanted to say something half annoyed and half resentful, but Angela interrupted her words immediately: "If you have anything to say, wait a few minutes."
Following Angela, she took some makeup products such as eyebrow pencils from the hurried makeup artist, stretched out her hand and pulled the chair to Natalie. After sitting down, she began to carefully put on makeup for her.
Looking at Angela who was close at hand but focused, Natalie's face flashed an imperceptible blush, then emptied her head and let Angela sketch on her face.
It took about ten minutes for Angela to stop, and after a closer look, she returned the eyebrow pencil to the makeup artist: "Nat's eyebrows should be drawn straighter, so that they are inserted vertically from top to bottom and inserted in the middle. Down… "
She made a downward gesture: "It can make Nat look more heroic and more in line with the profession of the movie character. The reason why the shot just now has nothing to do with this is that the details often affect the overall situation. I hope that in the future All of the tough-related scenes in Nat do her makeup like this."
Natalie put down the mirror only after the make-up artist named Leris nodded and left: "I have to admit that you observed it very carefully, but it has changed a little, but it is much sharper than before."
"Of course, don't look at who made it for you." Angela said proudly with her chest raised.
Natalie couldn't help but glared at her, but didn't say anything but looked at Angela with a complicated sigh.
"Don't look at me like this, I'll be embarrassed. If you want to, then I'll paint your eyebrows every day from now on." Angela didn't think too much, she reached out and squeezed Natalie's face with a smile. .
"I think you'd better be more cautious," Natalie knocked off her hand with some resentment, and pointed to a few dodging figures in the distance, "There are a lot of reporters over there, don't think you should drive them away Far away, they can't see anything."
"Don't worry, Nat will be fine, do you care what the tabloids write?" Angela shrugged and pinched Natalie's cheek, "As for those big newspapers, they have Proper."
"Yeah, Miss Angel is one of the most powerful people in Hollywood." Natalie said sarcastically, and then pointed to behind her with a mocking look: "Then what about the few who are here now? "
Angela was stunned for a while, and before she could react, the familiar voice floated into her ears: "I told you, Anji was definitely different when she arrived at the director, didn't you see her pursed lips just now? When have you been so serious? So it must be very hard to work with her!"
"But you just said you wanted to work with Anji!" Another familiar voice rang out.
"Yeah, you obviously want to take advantage of Anji like this, it's too hateful!" The voice was still familiar.
"Well... I can't say that. I'm doing it for your own good. When you look at you, you will know that you are cared for on the set and have never been blamed by the director. I am different from you. You must know that when I was in "Bad Girl", because I have been scolded by the director for not being in a good state, so I am mentally prepared. If it is you who is blamed by Angela, and then looks like she is about to cry, what will Anji do?" The first voice defended.
"You said we would do this, we must do this? Besides, Angie is not someone who loses his temper. Nat has been NG at least a dozen times before, and Angie didn't say anything? Just don't talk to you." The two The voice rang at the same time.
Angela, who was listening without a word, couldn't help showing a wry smile, while Natalie, who was in front of her, covered her mouth and snickered. Without waiting for Angela to turn her head, two figures had already rushed over from behind, grabbed her arms and sandwiched her between them.
"Angie, if we also cooperate with you in the future, you won't blame us for our mistakes." Lulu on the right looked at Angela with a pitiful expression, with teary eyes as if she was greatly wronged.
"Angie, if Lindsay will cooperate with you in the future, if you make a mistake, you must reprimand her severely, otherwise she will definitely make the same mistake!" Xia Xia on the left said with a smug smile like a little devil.
"How can you do this!" Lindsay yelled and hugged Angela from behind, "You can't listen to them talking nonsense, Angie!"
"Okay, the three of you! Didn't walking around in a circle consume your excess energy?!" Angela stood up weakly to get rid of their entanglement, "Also, this is the set, please let me keep it Is majesty okay?"
The three girls blinked at her for a few seconds, and then Xia Xia's face showed a half-smile expression, turned her head and asked Lulu in a suspicious tone: "Is Angie dignified on the set?"
"I'm sure—" Lulu, who was prompted, immediately puffed out her chest and answered firmly, "No!"
"More than nothing, no one pays attention to her at all." Lindsay followed Yoyo.
"Wait, Lindsay, doesn't that contradict what you just said?"
"Idiot, it depends on the situation. Didn't I tell you before that she can play whatever she wants when she's in a good mood, but when she's in a bad mood, she has to hide as far as she wants!"
What is "playing"? ! What is "how far to hide"? ! Angela was trembling with anger. Finally, they still know where this place is, and there is no unbridled loud discussion. But looking at this, if they don't stop it, it is estimated that they may discuss this topic for a whole day.
After coughing twice to show her existence, Angela asked in a calmer tone as much as possible: "Enough, can you not talk about this? Don't you think this is boring?"
"Where are you bored?" The three asked in unison.
Angela couldn't help rolling her eyes, feeling some blue veins on her forehead: "Tell me, Lindsay! Xia Xia! Lulu! How old are you!"
"I'll be an adult in a few months." Lindsay replied with a serious look after thinking about it.
"It's my 17th birthday soon, what present are you going to give me, Anji?" Xia Xia asked for the birthday present bluntly, and she didn't feel anything wrong.
"It's a pity, it was so easy to be the same age as Xia Xia for two months, but soon she will be one year older than me." Lulu said sadly.
Angela rubbed her temples: "Then you still think it's not boring and interesting? I thought you were only three years old!"
"It's really sad, she doesn't want us to grow up." Xia Xia frowned and pretended to be disdainful.
"Probably because if we were all young, she could ravage us as much as possible." Lulu said shaking her head.
Angela twitched the corners of her mouth and was speechless. Lulu was not the kind of girl who likes to make puns, but it was because of this that some words came out of her mouth and gave people a headache. Fortunately, Lindsay noticed Angela's expression, and it was rare to make a round of it: "This is normal, who made you Angela? Who made you our Angela?"
So you can be so reckless? Angela wanted to ask this question very much. But the three guys who saw the thief smiling finally gave up the plan, and then looked in Natalie's direction with some guilty conscience, although they knew that some things were known to all lovers, but...
Unexpectedly, Natalie was not in her seat. Angela looked around again only to realize that she ran to play with Will. Obviously, she knew what might happen here. Unknown.
"Okay, it's past the set rest time, get ready to start." Angela, who turned around and found that Xia Xia and the other three seemed to be planning to say something, hurriedly called out, not giving them another chance to coax.
The reason why Xia Xia appeared here, of course, was that Angela brought it back after her role in "Order of the Phoenix" in London. This is not a bonus. Although Xia Xia came to the United States before to promote the "Harry Potter" series of movies, but after all, she has never traveled to the United States alone, and most of the holidays are spent. on the European continent.
So this time, when Angela returned to the United States, the stalkers were going to follow him, saying that anyway, because of the filming of "Order of the Phoenix", he had already asked for leave from the school, and in the past few days, there were no scenes to be filmed, which was just right. Come and travel.
Angela couldn't help her plea and agreed. Of course, the three chapters of the contract must be done. Who knew that this guy promised well at the time, but he changed his mind when he arrived in Los Angeles.
It is estimated that it has nothing to do with Lulu. The day after Xia Xia moved into Angela's villa in Beverly Hills, this guy moved in, and he sticked with Xia Xia all day long in an undisguised show of affection. If it wasn't for Natalie or other lovers who were always by Angela's side, night raids would be a common occurrence.
When Angela's new movie was launched, the two of them naturally had to come to the studio for the first time to hang out. It happened that Lindsay also came to visit the class, and the three of them immediately became one, giving people a feeling of... "smells like each other"! That's right, it's the word, and these four big Chinese characters appear in Angela's mind. It's conceivable how much she "hates" these three guys who do whatever they want.
The subsequent shooting was still not very smooth. Although the previous shot had passed after repeated shooting a dozen times, it was stuck on the next shot.
"It's okay, take your time." Angela comforted Natalie, who was a little frustrated, during her break. Anyway, she had time and money. The budget was about 60 million, which was already the largest investment in Angela's films. - of course, the 60 million investment does not include Angela's salary - enough for a movie without hot action and no computer stunts, and even if additional investment is required due to slow progress, Angela has money. Well.
But it seems that Natalie didn't listen to it, but tried harder to immerse herself in the character's emotions. It's no wonder that she had done a lot of homework before this, but she didn't even make half the scheduled progress after shooting for a whole day. It's normal to have this kind of reaction. It's just that Angela is a little worried. Although it is very helpful for the filming of the movie to be too involved in the role, it will be very bad once the actor can't get out of the role.
Therefore, after procrastinating and shooting a few more shots, seeing that it was getting late, Angela decisively stopped the shots at night and decided to end today's work.
"Don't forget, it was the same when filming "Father" before, so it's not a bad thing to start slowly. As long as everyone is in a good state, the next thing will be much smoother." Angela said to the staff of the crew. , Of course, many people care about leaving get off work early, so she actually said it to Natalie in this way.