"I don't like you, Mr. Williams." John Aniston, who was sitting opposite Eric, said sullenly while his daughter was going to the bathroom.
Eric was a little speechless, he could only shrug his shoulders and said, "May I know why, John?"
John Aniston said: "For so many years, Jenny has hated me in my heart, and I am also very guilty of what happened back then, and I always hope she can forgive me. She called me last night, you know? She is the first I took the initiative to call me once, and I almost jumped up for joy. It turned out that the reason why my daughter called was to ask me to help her boyfriend, the guy who might snatch my daughter away."
Well, this reason is very strong. The saying that the daughter is the lover of the father in the previous life is not just a word. Usually, the relationship between the father-in-law and the son-in-law is not very good.
Eric could only shrug his shoulders again, and the two men fell into an awkward silence.
Aniston came back from the bathroom soon and sat beside Eric with a smile. The intimate appearance made John Aniston even more upset. But it's not easy for his daughter to take the initiative to reconcile, and he won't be so stupid as to explode on the spot.
Under the mediation of Aniston, on the surface, the meal was quite pleasant. John Aniston just took the air of an elder and reprimanded Eric for a few words, and his daughter stared angrily. Come over, eventually John Aniston agreed to help Eric contact the actor as much as possible.
With the help of John Aniston, who is well-connected in the TV industry, Eric quickly found actors for most of the roles, and because John Aniston brokered them, the pay was not high, which made Eric Very relieved.
Only Marvin of the stupid duo, Eric was a little hesitant about the list of candidates, until Aniston brought his classmate and friend to Eric, looking at the face with a natural decline , just tried the mirror for a while, and Eric made a decision, because this guy is called Matthew Perry, one of the six members of "Friends" in his previous life.
Then Eric and Jeffrey Hansen flew several times to Canada, and finally found the shooting location of Kevin's house in a small town. He was busy day and night, and Eric lost weight in just one week. A few pounds, Aniston felt distressed and envious when she learned of this.
On October 17th, Eric's first directorial work after his rebirth was officially launched in Los Angeles. The crew sent several people to the selected Canadian town to set the scene for Kevin's house. Most of them stayed in Los Angeles to film the airport and the police station. Scenes that don't need snow scenes, after all, this is the world's largest movie base, so it's much more convenient to shoot.
The entire crew, from the lighting engineer to the actors, basically agreed to shoot the film because of money and the face of Jeffrey Hansen and John Aniston. Although they had a lot of concerns about Eric, But it's not that I don't have my own little thoughts in my heart. To use Eric's words in his previous life: What if I accidentally get angry
They have already understood the content of "Home Alone", and they are very fortunate that this young director who is a bit too much is not as deep as other young directors in making literary films, so they think that "Home Alone" has a relatively high possibility of success. With a shooting cost of one million dollars, relying on Eric's aura brought by "Return to Seventeen" and "Jurassic Park", maybe he can make a small fortune, and Eric Maybe I promise, if the movie makes money, I will give everyone extra dividends.
After all, he provided a job opportunity for the team left by his wife. Jeffrey Hansen appeared on the crew on time every day after the filming started. Originally, Jeffrey wanted to use his years of experience to provide Eric This 'newbie' offers some help. But one day later, Jeffrey directly began to doubt life, God is so unfair.
Eric was not in a hurry to direct the film for the first time. From the moment he started the film, he was like a director with many years of shooting experience. He methodically discussed the placement of props with the set designer and discussed with the photographer in very professional terms. In the next shot, I directed the lighting engineer to play the effect I wanted, and patiently gave a lecture to the actress who played Kevin's mother who was more than ten years older than me...
Of course, when there are continuous mistakes in some shots, it also shows the talent and skills unique to the director race: the director's roar!
"Ms. Leslie, what I want is a puzzled look, puzzled, not curious! According to my observation, you must have some OCD, so this expression should be easy for you. Imagine you lie in bed at night. In bed, thinking that the door might have been left locked, that the kitchen faucet might have been dripping, but you can’t be sure what’s wrong, and that feeling of getting caught up in that conflicted emotion, imagine these scenarios. Oh shit, we can only Charter this plane for three hours, three hours, ok, crew ready, do it again. Nikkor, do you want to see the clouds in the sky through the titanium ceiling of the plane, get serious, fuck!"
Due to Eric's outstanding performance before, everyone in the crew basically recognized Eric's director status for a short time. So when Ms. Leslie, who played Kevin's mother, was on the plane, remembering the repeated mistakes in the shots of Kevin being forgotten at home, Eric felt anxious because the shooting plan might be disrupted, and couldn't help roaring out. , everyone unknowingly forgot Eric's age and became silent.
When a photographer in his thirties named Nicole Frank was reprimanded by Eric, he completely forgot that the young man in front of him was an eighteen-year-old boy, and subconsciously apologized: "I'm sorry, Director Williams, I'll pay attention."
Many years later, Nicole Frank, who won the Oscar for Best Cinematography, stood on the podium of the Kodak Theater. His first sentence was to recall the scene at this time. Rick became an authoritative director, not an eighteen-year-old youth, as if he was born to lead the entire crew."
After another ng, the scene finally passed. Eric also breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately regretted his gaffe just now, and took the initiative to apologize to Ms. Leslie: "I'm sorry, Leslie, my tone just now It's a bit heavy."
"It's okay, Director Williams. It's true that I didn't do a good job. I should be the one to apologize. Speaking of which, the way you got angry just now is actually quite charming."
"Eh..." Eric wanted to remind her that this is a sign of Stockholm Syndrome and needs treatment, dear.
In the next few days, Eric discovered that the crew members who had originally called him Eric had changed their address unconsciously to 'Director Williams', even Jeffrey Hansen was no exception. He knew that this was the performance of the crew members who fully recognized him as a director from the bottom of their hearts. Therefore, he became more dexterous in directing the crew. In just four days, the crew completed the shots in Los Angeles and moved to the Canadian town.
The crew had sent several staff members to set the scene for Kevin's house before. Although they only directed by phone, Eric was very satisfied after seeing the layout of the apartment. At the same time, he made up his mind to keep Jeffrey's wife. This team has been recruited under the command.
This small town in northern Canada has never been filmed before, so the residents in the town are very enthusiastic and curious. Before Eric came, many people had already asked about the job Eric sent. Can the staff play some small roles or something. Moreover, because the filming was a Christmas scene, all residents in the town took the initiative to decorate their homes, and the whole town seemed to be celebrating Christmas in advance, full of festiveness.
Faced with these, Eric of course reciprocated, and generously invited several children from the small town to make guest appearances in the movie.
The main filming in the small town is the life of the little protagonist Kevin and the process of spoofing the two stupid thieves. As a pure Christmas comedy, the film does not need any connotation at all, it just needs to be funny. In addition, Stewart's performance is much better than that of Macaulay Culkin in his previous life. The shooting process can only be described as fast. Eric is sure that all the shots can be completed within a week.
Another thing happened during the period. Penny Marshall, who was nervously working on the post-production work of "Return to Seventeen" in Los Angeles, needed Eric to dub some scenes in the movie, and suddenly found that they could not find Eric is gone. She didn't answer the phone, and went directly to Eric's house, and the door was closed. This made Penny Marshall even have some bad associations. When she was about to call the police, she learned about Eric's whereabouts through Aniston. .
On the phone, Penny Marshall complained all the time, restricting Eric to return to Los Angeles within a week. In addition to the dubbing of the film, Eric's participation in the promotional work of "Return to Seventeen" is also inseparable.
Of course, the fact that Eric was filming "Home Alone" was also naturally exposed. In this regard, Penny Marshall naturally acted like an elder, and criticized Eric for some words such as being too ambitious, but she didn't pay much attention to Eric's movie. She was not like the staff in Eric's crew With such empathy, it is natural to feel that this is just a young man's nonsense work.
Eric, who is stuck at work, is basically two people with the reality. Although he gets along well with the people in the crew, that's all. On the contrary, Matthew Perry, who was introduced by Aniston, would get close to Eric from time to time, chatting or something. Eric was also very interested in Matthew Perry at first, but unfortunately at this time, his goal of completing "Home Alone" was above all else, and of course he didn't have the opportunity to make friends with Matthew Perry for the time being.
A week later, the film was successfully completed in the small town. Because of the reasonable planning of Jeffrey Hansen and Eric, it only cost more than 600,000 yuan so far, and there are more than 300,000 US dollars left, which is more than enough to complete the post-production .
So Eric generously held a party in the small town, and invited the crew and everyone in the small town to have a carnival night. The next day, while many people were still in a hangover state, Eric took the finished film and boarded the flight back to Los Angeles.
It took half a day to complete the dubbing of "Return to Seventeen". Eric plunged into the post-production studio introduced by Jeffrey and started crazy work.
In the past few days, Eric basically worked more than 16 hours a day, and it took only five days to complete the post-production work of the film under everyone's surprised eyes. Because everything in his mind is ready-made, Eric can complete everything so quickly. The speed with which all the shots were perfectly edited in less than a day made the editor who cooperated with him look at him full of admiration.
Five days later in the morning, more than a dozen people were crowded in a simple screening hall with only five or six seats, most of them were crew members of "Home Alone". Aniston also came here specially to watch Eric's director Maiden work.
Amidst the slight hum of the projector, the film officially begins with the blue silhouette of a house in the hazy moonlight...