The pier scene that was originally planned to be completed within half a month, because Angela is not in a hurry, and has been shooting slowly, even the simplest scene has to be shot several times to pass, so it will not be completed until the end of the month.
"At least every shot achieved the effect I wanted, and that alone was worth it," Angela said.
For this statement, the crew is basically noncommittal, only Will Smith said that it is standing and talking without back pain.
"You don't need to stand in front of the camera and repeat it again and again until your face cramps," he says.
"You're just jealous, jealous that I can sit here and direct you to walk around, jealous that I can stop at random, jealous that I don't have a lot of scenes, and that I don't have to repeat my face cramps." Angela responded with a smile, Will Gave her a big white eye, and if she wasn't a woman, she might even get a middle finger.
However, Natalie, her best and closest friend - in the eyes of those around her - keeps a low profile, rarely talks, and just sits on the side and drinks water silently during breaks.
"It's okay, she's just a little too involved in the drama and needs to be adjusted." Angela explained.
What is the actual situation, Angela is not very clear, she is a little busy during this time. For example, Xia Xia's birthday party in the middle of the month, and Jessica's birthday party at the end of the month, although she doesn't need to arrange it, she can be someone close to them, but she has to be busy.
In addition, she has to deal with all kinds of questions from her lover.
As for the cause, of course, it was the blurry photo of Angela thrushing Natalie that was published in the tabloids after the boot. While she blogged about photos and explanations, lovers thought differently.
Keira's reaction was probably the biggest of all. After all, Angela was the one who "seduced" her when she was directing "Love Actually", so she tossed Angela hard and stroked her smooth back. "I thought I was the only person whose eyebrows were painted by you."
Of course, Angela, who was tossed to death, couldn't answer, and she might not even hear it at all. But Kayla didn't repeat it, just hugged her tightly and didn't want to let go, even if their arms were numb when they got up the next day.
The reactions of the others were similar. Kate directly announced that Angela would be in charge of makeup for her in the future; Jessica softly asked Angela to do her makeup; Liv was very interested and asked Angela to show her more. Makeup skills; Avril Lavigne said she wanted Angela to paint her smoky makeup for a long time; only Scarlett was slightly better.
"Don't worry, I won't ask you to do makeup for me like they did." Scarlett said this, smiling very charmingly, but her words changed immediately: "You will let me do makeup for you in the future."
Soon others learned of Scarlett's approach from an assistant - intentional? Unintentional? Who knows - as for poor Angela becoming a Barbie. Although she has been working with Natalie on a new movie during this time, the rules of taking turns staying in the villa have not changed, after all, it is still a few months before it expires.
It's not that Angela hasn't resisted, for example at Xia Xia's birthday party. She was forced to be dressed up by her lovers as Mattel's latest Barbie doll. It was amazing, Xia Xia even coaxed Kate or someone to take her to a ballroom dance or something, but considering that there were still many men at the party, she finally gave up.
"Don't you think this is boring? I'm not a real Barbie!" Angela protested so loudly when she was caught by her lover and forced to change into different clothes.
"No? How is it possible? Is this a fake?" Keira shook in front of her with a Barbie doll in Angela's image that she found from nowhere, and Avril rolled up her sleeves straightforwardly: "Shut up and sit there honestly, you have the right to remain silent, every word you say has no effect!"
The resistance is ineffective, in order to avoid attracting greater "abuse" Angela can only swallow it, anyway... They can always find a way to repair themselves, rather than stop them and let them explore new ideas, it is better to let them continue like this , at least she was mentally prepared. Of course, as to whether there is still pain and happiness... I don't know.
Therefore, she temporarily ignored Natalie's feelings. Anyway, she told her that it was nothing, but it was a little too involved in the play, and it was enough to adjust it a little. In addition, Angela herself had this experience when filming "Happy Terminal", and she had comforted Natalie more than once before, so she didn't take it to heart.
Time slipped to May 2007, and Los Angeles has begun to slowly enter the summer.
The progress of the new movie has accelerated somewhat. Although the media has reduced the popularity, various reports are still ongoing, and the resentment of the fans is the same as before. Only time, only 4 months left.
"I need you to turn your attention to this side, and leave the case of smuggling to Group B for the time being." In the spacious office, the white-haired old man sitting behind the desk looked blankly at the two people sitting in front of him. Said the able-bodied officer.
"I have an objection, Mr. Cooper." The frowning young woman raised her hand. Although she tried her best to suppress her emotions, the dissatisfaction in her eyes was very clear. It was too late for her black partner to stop her. .
"No objection, Catherine." Cooper didn't give Catherine a chance to speak, his tone was unusually severe, "I hope you do what you should do yourself! Instead of thinking nonsense! That's it!"
Catherine wanted to retort, but Ranard spoke first. "We got it, Mr. Cooper."
Then she pulled the unwilling female detective and quickly left the office. After the two walked all the way, Catherine angrily looked at her partner: "Do you know what you are doing, Ranaard?!"
"I should ask you this, Catherine!" The black partner showed a look of annoyance, "If I didn't stop you just now, did you want to tell Cooper about your inference? Infer to tell Cooper?!"
"Please pay attention to your words, Lanard! It's just that there is no solid evidence. My intuition tells me that the other party must be a woman, otherwise the means will not be used so carefully!" Catherine said excitedly, she turned in the aisle Turn around, "Damn, just give me a little more time... I'll be able to find her out! Damn!"
Ranad shook his head, sighed, and tried to comfort him in a calm tone: "Okay, Catherine, since Cooper has already handed over the case to the team, let them do it, it's no big deal."
"What do you know, Ranaard, you have no idea what this means to me, you..." Catherine looked up in anger and was about to scold, but looking at Ranaard, her eyes sternly turned The latter words were swallowed back. After all, the other party stopped her impulsive behavior on the dock not long ago and saved her from the brink of crime.
"Cut!" A voice shouted at this time, the two people's movements paused for a few seconds, and then took a long breath to relax their bodies at the same time, and the surrounding noise suddenly began to sound.
"What's wrong? Is there still a problem?" Will came over, pulling his collar.
"Yes," Angela, who was looking at the monitor nodded, "your is fine, you're doing a decent job, but..."
She turned her head to look at Natalie who was drinking water silently beside her, and Will followed her gaze, then shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, indicating that he couldn't help it.
"Ten minutes to rest now." Angela asked the assistant director to announce this matter, and then carefully considered the words in her heart before walking towards Natalie.
"Hi, Nat." Angela greeted and sat down in front of her.
"Hey Angie," Natalie glanced at her and continued drinking her own water, "do you want to revise the shooting plan?"
"Well... that's right." Angela coughed lightly, "but I want to say something else."
She looked at Natalie, but the other party didn't have any special reaction, so Angela had to continue: "Don't you think your performance is a little too... hard?"
"You mean I'm not good at acting?" Natalie raised her eyebrows immediately, then stood up without waiting for Angela to explain, "Then retake it, and retake it now."
She didn't realize that her voice was a little too loud, Angela rolled her eyes with a wry smile, stood up and waved her hands in comfort: "Okay, Nat, I'm not saying your performance is bad, I mean... "
"You said it," Natalie interrupted her rudely, "although you didn't say it clearly, but I know what you mean, if that's the case then why not reshoot, as long as I know where the problem is, I can definitely Fix it."
"I didn't mean that, I just wanted to discuss it a little bit." Angela couldn't help frowning and glanced around, and those who looked over immediately turned their eyes away.
"Don't console me, I know what I'm doing. If it's not good, then start over. It's very simple. Every movie is shot like this, isn't it?!" Natalie waved her hand anxiously.
"Stay calm, Nat!" Angela said with some headache and worry. This has happened more than once, and every time she talks about Natalie's bad things, it touches her nerves.
The worst was when she and Natalie almost got into an argument a few days ago during the scene where the heroine and the boss behind the scenes confront each other in the interrogation room. This shot is the most critical part of the whole movie, and Angela deliberately used several cameras to shoot at the same time. In her conception, the finished product of this section should be that the camera continuously moves clockwise. Using this method to switch the expressions of the two, the light is dim, there are not too many props around, and the nervous and a little weird Music, this confrontation of sign language and spoken language is sure to be fascinating.
Yes, sign language versus spoken language! In Angela's script, the behind-the-scenes BOSS is not only a woman, but also a disabled person who can't speak, but it is this mute woman who has planned the actions that make Karina, a capable and excellent FBI agent, disheartened again and again!
Such a role naturally requires a high degree of acting from the actors. They cannot speak, and all emotions must be expressed in eyes and body language. It is precisely because of this that Ed and the others will persuade Angela to take the role. What could be more suitable for this role than her three-time best supporting actress or author, and the original creator of the script
Although Angela agreed to this role after persuasion in many ways, it did not mean that she did not do enough homework. Not only did she find time to read a lot of books about deaf people, she also specially invited a teacher to teach sign language. In addition, she wrote the script and knew the role best, so she played very well in her first appearance.
In this scene, the heroine Katherine has to look dignified and face a big enemy, pressing her words step by step to get all the information, while Susan, who is the BOSS behind the scenes, is casual and fluent in sign language as if everything is there. in control.
Although there are only more than 20 shots in this scene, Angela has high requirements for each shot. Even if there is no mistake, each shot has to be shot several times to pass. As a result, after an NG, Natalie kept chasing after Angela who was analyzing the camera and nagging about whether there was something wrong with her, and it happened that Angela was also annoyed by her poor state, and the situation of not speculating quickly became After the argument, the scene almost got out of hand if it hadn't been for Will's timely interjection.
Then, Angela noticed that Natalie's situation didn't seem to be very good, but apart from occasionally worrying about her own acting skills in the middle of filming, she was usually silent and rarely spoke. So Angela didn't know what to do, so she tried her best to soothe and talk to Natalie during her break.
"I... I... Natalie finally realized that she was a little rude at this time. After shaking her body and covering her forehead with her hands, she squeezed out a wry smile and sat down with a little dejection.
"I'm sorry, Angie." Natalie whispered with her head lowered.
"It's nothing," Angela, who was secretly relieved, shook her head, "Why don't you pause for a while today and film Will and a few supporting roles first."
"No, no, I can." Natalie rejected the proposal.
"Listen to me, Nat, so you can relax, from another angle..." Angela comforted.
"I can!" Natawan raised her head to interrupt her, her brown eyes full of stubbornness.
Angela sighed with a wry smile, and finally agreed after hesitating.
When the sun went down, today's scene was finished. After simply instructing the assistant director and the director's assistant to confirm tomorrow's events, Angela and Natalie left the studio.
"Remember to fasten the seat belt, if something happens, it will not be very good." Angela said to Natalie who was in the passenger seat while fasting the seat belt for herself after sitting in the cab.
Natalie just gave a faint "um" and pulled out the seat belt. Angela, who saw it in her eyes, had to sigh in her heart. If it was before, she would definitely have said "you don't need to say it".
Although Angela has rarely driven by herself since 1995, it does not mean that she will not drive without taking a driver's license. In the United States, a driver's license is often used as an ID card. For example, the janitor of a bar usually asks for a driver's license. to determine whether the other party is 21 years old. It would be fun if Angela couldn't get a driver's license and could only apply for a social welfare number at this time, especially for someone like her.
So Angela re-examined her driver's license. Even though she seldom drives herself on the street, she still drives a few laps at a special race track in the suburbs from time to time, where she can hone her skills.
There was nothing to say all the way, Angela's attention was on the traffic, while Natalie leaned half-sideways in the seat, put her head on the backrest, and looked out in a daze, and didn't react until the car returned to the villa.
"Shouldn't you be sending me back? Why did you come to your villa?" Natalie looked at Angela and asked strangely.
"Liv has an announcement to go back to New York." Angela explained briefly, then parked the car at the door of the house.
"But that should be..."
"Okay, Nat, come down." Angela got out of the car and opened the door for her, smiling and making a please gesture.
Natalie moved her lips, but still got out of the car.
"I specially asked Annie and the others to prepare the vegetarian food you like," Angela said as she walked inside, "but, to be honest, I don't think it's a big problem for you to eat some meat occasionally, so is animal protein. It is one of the things the human body needs, and it is good to take a proper amount of it.”
"Even if you need animal protein, you don't have to eat meat," Natalie replied.
"Well, you always have a reason anyway." Angela shrugged.
One night, Angela always picked on Natalie's words like this from time to time. Although Natalie would still be in a daze, she would occasionally answer a question or two.
"At least it's better than the previous few days. In those days, it was like being immersed in her own world and turning a deaf ear to the things around her." Angela said with a sigh as she looked at Annie who was cleaning the restaurant.
"I think she might have something else on her mind," said Alizee who was helping Annie suddenly.
"Oh?" Angela raised her eyebrows.
"I've seen the situation where you were in the play but couldn't come out. You are a little bit similar and a little bit different, so I can't tell you the specifics." Alizee shrugged.
Angela tilted her head for a while and shook her head, then put the cup on the table: "Okay, that's it, I'm back in the room, I'll have a good talk with her if I have a chance. In addition, thank you , Lily, called Annie for me. Thank you Annie for making such a great dinner."
"As long as you like it." Annie gave her a smile.
"Good night then." Angela nodded, suddenly thinking of something wicked, came over and kissed Annie's cheek, and before Alizee could react, she hugged her and kissed her firmly on her face. One bite.
Alizee twitched the corners of her mouth unhappily but said nothing, only raised her voice when Angela came to the door triumphantly: "By the way, maybe you have a vigorous bed exercise tonight. reward."
Angela's footsteps slipped, and she stumbled and almost fell.