A second ago, everyone was laughing because of Renly's rough and flamboyant performance; a second later, the two actors, Renly and Rooney, were arguing over the chance to "make a fool of myself".
The staff standing next to them were a little stunned. Did they miss something? The only two young actors on the set seemed a little… unusual. Wait, aren't all actors so abnormal
Thinking back carefully, they found that they couldn't remember it, because the two actors in front of them had already occupied all the thoughts in their minds, as if they were insane. So, this is... a neurological hospital? This style doesn't seem right!
The strange eyes on the side have no effect on Renly and Rooney. They are completely immersed in their own world, just like every actor, a real actor.
"Emmanuel, can I try it? Performing under the fast-moving IRIS robotic arm?"
"I haven't finished the test yet, I want to do it again."
Without giving in, Rooney immediately widened her eyes, filled with an incredible expression, and argued with reason, "You have already tried it once, now it's my turn, have you forgotten? There are also related performances! The order, please follow the order, okay?"
"However, my performance just now was really bad, I need to find my status again!" Renly also argued without showing weakness.
Rooney still refused to back down, "What if my performance is just as bad? I have to try it out to know the result."
You come and go, you fight for me, and Emmanuel is stunned when he stands beside him. In such a chaotic scene, he didn't know how to control and deal with it for a while, so he could only say in a panic, "Uh... the two of you. , you two! You don't really need to do this, maybe, your performances are all excellent?"
"not necessarily!"
Renly and Rooney said in unison, the thunder-like sound made Emmanuel instantly stunned, first shocked, and then aggrieved - why did they suddenly join forces against him
Rolling around in Hollywood for so many years, as a top photographer, Emmanuel has seen countless actors. They are always used to compliment each other, and even flatter each other, because actors are narcissistic, even proud, and even refuse. Accept any criticism; but like Renly and Rooney, scrambling to belittle yourself is the first of its kind.
He always felt that something wasn't quite right.
However, the two actors who were quarreling just now joined forces to deal with him in a blink of an eye. Emmanuel didn't know what was going on. He opened his mouth slightly for a while, froze in place, and said nothing. come out.
In the end, Timothy Webb came up to make a clearance, "Don't worry, you all need to test again, before and after, until you get used to the environment and atmosphere of such a performance. With an 18-minute opening shot, we have a very low error tolerance rate. Finding problems at rehearsal is far better than reversing them during the actual shooting.”
As they discussed earlier, in the 18-minute long shot of the title, the protagonist is Alfonso Cuaron, not the two actors - they are just a piece of the puzzle, doing their job dutifully and forming the whole image, Avoid your own mistakes and delay the composition of the whole.
Now, the two actors are trying to eliminate their "existence" and become part of the whole; likewise, Timothy and Emmanuel agree.
So, Renly and Rooney took turns.
It was originally thought that the rehearsal for the early preparations was over, but before officially entering the shooting, the two actors obviously still need to get used to it. After all, they are real people with flesh and blood, not machines and computers composed of a series of numbers. In the actual shooting process, there are many, many situations that need to be dealt with.
First Rooney, then Renly, then Rooney, then Renly, and it felt like… they were on the Corsair coaster rides, full of fun and laughter.
Both actors are trying to strip away their performance traces, return to their original intentions, and use a more primitive and pure performance method to present the conditioned reflex of human beings under extreme conditions, presenting a more realistic viewing effect.
After the two actors tried to perform one after another, they quickly communicated and exchanged opinions on each other's performances. Just as the staff were arranging technical equipment before, no one else could interject. There were only two actors in the entire crew. , this time, they were reduced to bystanders, quietly admiring the two professionals getting the job done.
From quarrel to communication, from communication to quarrel, the way the two actors get along, in the eyes of Emmanuel and other staff members, is actually no different from a lunatic, and the conversations are all incomprehensible books; but Amazingly, they can always find more inspiration.
So Emmanuel understood that maybe the actors and the cameramen were the same, working in their own way and then colliding with sparks. It's just that the channels of actors and photographers are different, just like the channels of a radio station. These are two completely different channels, but they share the same radio waves.
After everything was ready, the filming of "Gravity" really began.
It is obviously impossible to complete the shooting at one time with a super-difficult and long-lens shot in one go. The entire crew has foreseen the difficulty of shooting; but after the real start, the difficulty is still far beyond imagination. Every department of the crew presented a severe test.
"My Healing Game"
It took two weeks of back-and-forth before the crew's cameras actually started working for the first time.
The 18-minute long shot of the opening chapter is a very difficult task. The real difficulty lies in the fact that the various departments fit together like gears, and the splicing is meticulously completed in a "German craftsmanship" way to form a delicate The whole, in one go, combines the vast universe with the grand narrative.
Among them, the specific work of each link, the tasks of the three departments of photography, lighting and special effects are undoubtedly the most important, and bear the most heavy responsibility; as for the performance work of the two actors, it is relatively simple and easy. Yes, it wasn't too difficult for Renly and Rooney, and it was done lightly and easily.
The most complicated part of performance work is not the performance itself, but the adaptation to the performance environment.
Just like standing in front of a green screen, details such as eyes, lines, tone and body have to be adjusted, because most of the time you are acting against the air; similarly, being in a light box, you have to sit in a basket at the same time Among them, the IRIS robotic arm completes all the movements, and the actors themselves interpret the moving scenes in a static state, and they also need to be adjusted.
After getting used to it, Renly and Rooney began to feel like a duck to water.
First, Renly took off all the burdens with ease. Under the state of absolute relaxation, he seemed to have returned to the novice state when he was just learning to perform. The strong enthusiasm injected a pure, smart look and more The changed lines really made people applaud, and the inspiration that came easily made the performance full of a special temperament.
Under the guidance and drive of Renly, Rooney also slowly unearthed the humorous cells under the cold exterior, and told the farce of her own treasures in a deadpan way. The light tone gave the story an absurd and uninhibited sense. Joking, creating an incredible comedic effect.
There was this little episode during filming where Alex and Ryan were maintaining the Hubble, with Ryan being the lead technician and Alex coming over to help.
In the boredom, Alex and the Houston base correspondent started chatting, "So, what is this scanning system used for?"
"Nothing, Alex, just new eyes to the edge of the universe."
"This was supposed to be a medical item, but this is a prototype."
In the simple conversation, Ryan always completed his work in silence, while Alex was in a big circle and came to the opposite side of Ryan, curiously looking at Ryan, who was dedicated to his work, came from the Houston base. The confirmation of the work, "Wait for the lock." This means that while Alex is chatting, Ryan has completed his work.
Alex didn't seem to realize it at all, and still stood beside him, dangling gently, spacewalking, and most importantly, expressionless. It doesn't look like a fool at all, but a bit of wandering spirit, and then he tilted his head slightly and said lightly, "They won't provide funding for the prototype, even if you have a pair of blue and charming eyes. ."
When Rooney said this line, the entire crew was stunned.
The original script line was: They wouldn't fund a prototype, even for medical use.
But during the performance, Rooney stared at Renly like this, through the glass cover of the helmet, the basket was shaking gently, but her eyes always fell on Renly's eyebrows. It's an intuition, a performative intuition.
Alex was a little curious, but she didn't plan to say it, because she knew that she didn't want others to probe her privacy and story. However, this did not prevent her from observing Ryan quietly.
Alex is waiting for Ryan's reaction, and is stared at by a work colleague for a long time, his eyes are burning, so what will Ryan say? Or what expression
Quietly, quietly, that line just blurted out.
The most important thing is that Alex's words are very calm, not like flirting/playing or ambiguous/ambiguity, not like chatting up or tempting, but more like a girl with weak roots, inadvertently speaking the truth straight out. , and then killed the opponent by surprise.
That wonderful gap makes people wonder if they should cry or laugh. But then, Ryan's answer and demeanor made it all come true.