The reason why "The Avengers" has been praised by countless professional film critics, including discerning veteran film lovers, is that the real reason is slightly different from "Batman: The Dark Knight", mainly because —
The film is a perfect mix of humor and tension, playfulness and excitement, and the flowing narrative presents all the baggage just right, without being too playful or serious, and without being too playful. A spoof that really makes the entertainment of commercial movies the best.
But this skill is definitely not that simple, even Marvel movies are difficult to fully replicate the excellence of "Avengers" in other works.
Now, Colin is trying to replicate this chemistry in Jurassic World.
The next scene to be filmed, on the whole, the atmosphere should be scary and tense, because the tyrannical Tyrannosaurus rex may still be cruising around, the life and death of the two children are uncertain, and Owen and Claire are also on the line. -If Finch or Christopher Nolan is in charge of the director, then the tone of the entire photography and performance should be heavy, but Colin doesn't want to highlight the thrilling and exciting atmosphere, but pursues a relatively relaxed way to resolve the scene, Make the viewing process as enjoyable as possible—and, of course, not too pompous or hilarious, or the quality of the film may become a "scream" kind of parody.
This also means that the way of shooting and interpretation may be different.
The real difficulty is here: maintaining a certain degree of tension, but bursting out role sparks, and at the same time not being too exaggerated, this kind of "degree" is the most difficult part.
Fortunately, there are only two main characters facing each other, and there is no need to take care of everything like "The Avengers", and the difficulty of rhythm control is much reduced; on the other hand, Colin can rely more on the two actors, through their chemistry React to finish the shot, which makes things a little easier.
However, today's filming process seems to have encountered some problems. The two actors are not in the best condition, and the cooperation between each other is not fully compatible. A scene of 90 seconds, I thought it could be filmed in at most 30 minutes. It's over; but thirty minutes have passed, and Colin has not seen a scene that can satisfy him - he spends more time in NG, and even filming the entire scene seems impossible. task.
How is this going
"Card!" Colin couldn't help but interrupted the filming again, standing still and scratching his head, he didn't know what was wrong, so naturally he couldn't solve the problem.
"Sorry!" Bryce closed her eyes angrily and said loudly, this is her sixth NG, and the shooting progress obviously did not progress as expected.
Renly stood diagonally across from him, frowning slightly, and his expression was a little confused, then turned his head to face Colin, raised his hand to signal, "Sorry." Although this time it was Bryce's NG, he himself The performance wasn't great either.
Just as laughter is contagious, mistakes are also contagious. Watching a gymnastics competition, you can see that after an athlete makes a major mistake, it is very easy to infect other athletes, and a series of mistakes occur. The psychological fluctuations are very subtle, and now Renly and Bryce are like this—
Renly also made at least three NG appearances.
Renly is not omnipotent, he can also make mistakes, and he can also be NG, which is very normal, but it is also NG, but it still needs to analyze the internal causes carefully.
Originally, this scene was not as simple as imagined. First of all, there were a lot of lines, and secondly, it was necessary to show the humorous spark in the tense atmosphere, which all put a test to the performance.
Renly, who returned to the crew from a busy publicity schedule, is still not in the right rhythm. In addition, his physical condition has not recovered 100%. It is inevitable that he will not concentrate. It is not the kind of distraction, but the details. Losing is like holding sand tightly in both hands. The harder the sand is, the more the sand will be lost. So, mistakes appear like this—
Renly even made a low-level mistake like eating a screw, and the lines were unclear, so that the performance could not be conveyed. This is not common for actors with a stage background, especially for Renly, who has been very careful in script preparation.
Similarly, Bryce seems to have her own troubles, her attention is not able to concentrate, her eyes and lines do not match, and the entire emotional rhythm is wrong. Either she forgets the words, or her emotions are wrong, mistakes are made one after another, and the whole The performance atmosphere has not been able to enter the state.
Obviously, there was a problem with the tacit understanding between the two sides of the play. This is a problem for both Renly and Bryce, and one cannot simply blame one person.
Renly tried to communicate with Bryce, because his own state rhythm also needs to settle down. At this time, it is undoubtedly the easiest and fastest way to enter the character state through communication and dialogue; but Bryce avoided his eyes. He lowered his eyelids and immersed himself in his own world.
Each actor has his own performance rhythm, and each opponent's play also needs to learn from each other between different rhythms and channels.
Renly didn't rush, but turned around and began to regulate his breathing. When the mood is unstable and the state is not right, the most important thing is to adjust the breathing, so that the whole person can calm down, and the brain can rethink and operate; otherwise, if you hit hard, it will only make the clockwork more and more tight.
"The Guard is Here"
Whether it's physical exhaustion or excessive excitement, Renly now needs to calm down, maintain a relatively stable and relatively stable state, and find the "Owen" channel again. Although the recent turbulence brought a series of shocks, he was inevitably affected; but in the past few years, he has also experienced ups and downs, and his rich experience can still allow him to find a way to solve the problem.
Turning around again and raising his head, Renly nodded to Colin: he was ready - not ready to enter 100% Owen mode, but ready to find a rhythm in the performance, the whole state of mind has stabilized down.
Immediately afterwards, Bryce nodded to indicate that she was ready.
Shoot again.
"Oh, God, they jumped down." Claire stood in front of the waterfall, breathing rapidly, looking at the waterfall in disbelief, and exclaimed.
Owen was watching the footprints at the end of the cliff of the waterfall, and then looking forward in the direction of the rushing river, looking for clues in the jungle, nodded his head gently, and said to himself, "Brave child."
These small details were very rough in previous performances, and all emotions were superficial, but now Renly's performance has gradually stabilized, and the emotions between eyes and actions have become more vivid and accurate. - Although you can still find some traces of deliberateness, it is obviously not Renly's best state; but for a commercial film, and just a scene, this is enough.
Claire looked around blindly and shouted, "Zach! Grey!"
"Card!"
Less than ten seconds after the filming started, Colin interrupted the filming again, "Bryce, let your emotions out, your shouting is wrong."
Bryce stood there, stomping her feet in annoyance, seeming to be complaining and venting, and muttered, "If you let it out more, it will become stupid, okay?"
Renly heard it and nodded affirmatively, "That's the purpose." Colin couldn't say why, but Renly's thoughts had gradually become clear - as to whether the performance could be fully in place, it would take a little while. Broken.
"What?" Bryce looked at Renly incomprehensibly.
Renly explained, "Here, Claire is a layman. She has no concept of survival in the wild. The only thought in her mind is to find her two nephews as soon as possible, so she often acts impulsive and takes things for granted— For example, calling your nephew's name directly. Remember? That's why Owen and Claire had an argument, he thought Claire's presence would only disrupt the search and rescue operation, and wouldn't help at all, so he told Claire to go back."
"I know I know." Bryce still didn't dare look Renly in the eyes, and shook her head irritably, "I mean, if you let your emotions out, you'll be stupid, like... just... It's like 'Dumb and Duck', babbling without knowing what they're doing."
Renly paused for a moment, Bryce didn't wait for an answer, raised her eyes in confusion, and then saw Renly's eyes, and then he continued, "But I think that's what Colin is for. , you know, to add a sense of joy. It's not intentional stupidity, it's an impulse in a hurry, you can interpret it as your own version, for example, exaggerate the facial expression a little bit, just a little bit to make the whole emotion come alive, then The whole scene would be different."
Bryce watched Renly silently, not speaking.
Renly pursed his lips, "I'm also looking for performance status now, I mean, we can find an accurate performance rhythm for each other, otherwise, I think they're thinking now, should they push us both? Go down, we've spent enough time here."
Renly admitted that his performance was not good enough, and joked in a witty way, which made Bryce's tense emotions relax a little; at the same time, Colin's voice came from the walkie-talkie, "Renly , you know our radio mics are still working and we can all hear, right?" - Then you speak ill of the staff so openly
Renly nodded. "Yes, I know."
That calm appearance did not panic at all, but made the staff feel overwhelmed and paused for a moment, then everyone laughed together, even Bryce couldn't help but laugh, the tense atmosphere of continuous NG finally relaxed again. Come down, otherwise no one will know if the scene will explode in the next second.