It's better to be famous as soon as possible, and if it's too late, then it's not happy.

This is very applicable to most actors, you should become famous as soon as possible, the sooner the better, but few people know what kind of price you will pay as an actor behind the glamorous, such as what kind of hard work you will pay during filming, which outsiders don't know.

Therefore, being an actor is not so easy, so easy, especially when shooting on location. If this is said to be used in the movie "The Day After Tomorrow", then this matter is actually even more so.

"The Day After Tomorrow" is a disaster movie, a disaster film that shows a cold environment, so many of the scenes in this film are shot in cold locations, which is even more difficult. Because when shooting, you have to find a cold location.

Just after Christmas, in fact, even in the United States, it is the coldest time, in the words of Huaxia, counting nine cold days, which is what it means to talk about this day. At this time, Director Emmerich pulled the crew to Wudalianhu, and there was no mistake, it was Wudalianhu.

In this movie the day after tomorrow, there is such a classic scene, that is, a big ship drove directly onto the street, such a shocking scene, which is indeed very stunning.

But how did such a scene come about, and was it made directly from the studio?

Obviously, if it is necessary to use the production in the studio, then the Hollywood film industry can still do it, but at this time, the cinematographer and the special effects are already very clear, if it is really done like this, then at such a time. In terms of the shock of the lens, it is just not good enough. Even if you add special effects in post-production, it won't be so realistic.

Otherwise, Hollywood movies use special effects, and what do you do when you shoot locations? So, that's exactly why it's for a reason. Director Emmerich decided that the ship drove directly into the streets of New York for a shot like this, which was to be filmed in real life.

That's right, it's a real-life shooting, not in the studio, but in Wudalianhu. So the crew arrived here, and along the way, Ye Ming used to find an opportunity to ask Emmerich why he went to Wudalianhu.

In fact, for Emmerich, there is nothing to explain or not. The key is to see who asks.

Since it was Ye Ming who asked, on such a question, Emmerich explained: "Actually, there are two main reasons, one is that Wudalian Lake is big enough to shoot a key scene where the big boat I want to enter the streets of New York, and what I want is to give the audience a shocking feeling, and the special effects can't do it." That's nothing, we can just move such a thing to the location and shoot it on location.

The second is that Wudalian Lake is cold enough. Our location is to be carried out in a cold environment, so on such a problem, no matter what, we go to Wudalianhu, which is very much in line with our needs. ”

It seems to have listened to the director's words. The cast and crew, who had been paying attention to the matter, were silent.

The director can explain, but that's because the person who asked such a question was Ye Ming, if it wasn't for Ye Ming, then other actors wouldn't have the courage to ask like this.

Therefore, everyone hears this explanation. It is also very normal for Hollywood to shoot movies to go to a cold place like Wudalianhu, you must know that it is the wax moon, Christmas has just passed, and Wudalianhu is also the coldest place at this time.

So, if you go to that place to shoot the exterior, it's perfectly normal. Everyone rested enough, got in the car, basically, a car for the staff, a car for the actors, these are three vans, and as the director, Emmerich and the assistant director Anna Foster are a luxury off-road vehicle, with a lot of air-conditioning refrigerators on it, it is a very luxurious off-road vehicle, almost similar to an RV.

And the people in the crew who are qualified to go to this off-road vehicle are basically three people in the entire crew.

Except for the director and assistant director, only Ye Ming has such qualifications. If it is said that Ye Ming comes as an actor, then he still does not have this qualification, he is basically the kind of actor who is level 18 in Hollywood, and he is considered the early stage of level 19, if he can be regarded as level 19, it is difficult to say, this depends on the day after tomorrow, what is everyone's evaluation of Ye Ming's acting skills.

Therefore, if it is said that according to the status of the actor, Ye Ming is not qualified to sit on this off-road vehicle, then if it is said that according to the status, then Ye Ming's status in Hollywood is enough to sit on this off-road vehicle.

At this moment, Ye Ming sat in the car, looked at Emmerich with a serious face and said: "This matter, you have to go all the way to Wudalianhu, isn't it a bit of a waste, even if you shoot on the beach in New York, it is relatively easy to get effective shots." ”

Effective shots, this is a Hollywood movie statement, for example, a plot, maybe you can shoot twenty or thirty of the same shots, but how many of these shots can be used, which is difficult to explain.

And those shots that can be used in movies are called effective shots.

And when editing, what kind of effective shots are used and how to use them, this is a test of a director's skills. Effective shots and special effects are an important reason why Hollywood movies dominate the world.

Emmerich nodded and said:

"Ye, has anyone ever told you that if a person is too smart, he will not be liked by everyone. Well, let me tell you, making a movie is making a movie, and a private thing is a private thing.

I went to the Five Great Lakes, in fact, for the reason I just mentioned.

The most important point is that in such a situation, a crew must have an authority, and this authority should be the director, or the producer, the investor or something. Now James is not very good at managing the crew, so I have to be responsible as a director, after all, James gave so much money, if I don't complete the task well, then this is not good for others.

Therefore, I want to establish the authority of the director in the crew. Can't let those guys be too presumptuous. ”

These words are loud and clear. Ye Ming said suspiciously: "Why, didn't you listen to the director in the crew? Even in our country, there are investors, but the shooting is basically more directed." ”

This problem is basically not a problem in Huaxia, the rights that the director has are very much, unless it is a very small number of superstar-level actors who may suppress the director, and under normal circumstances, the director is the boss of the crew. Therefore. The director does not need to establish authority, the director is an authority in his own right. Emmerich glanced at Ye Ming helplessly and said: "Now it's in Hollywood, not in Huaxia, Huaxia may be the director-centered system, but now, in Hollywood, it's the producer-centered system, the producer has the final say, the director." Screenwriters, drama and so on are all at the hands of the producers. So, to put it bluntly, even the editor could be against me in this movie, so I have to establish my authority, otherwise. At this time, there will be some unnecessary troubles in the process of shooting. Most of the rights belong to the producer, and if the director doesn't have enough prestige, then how do you say I will lead the crew? ”

Assistant director Anna said with a smile: "But you don't miss the script, according to the original script, it was the actor Sam and Sam's classmate Dick who went to the yacht to get medicinal herbs." But you must add Ye Ming, a bum.

I think Jerive will be mad at this change. ”

Jeff is the screenwriter of this movie, Roland Jeff. As a screenwriter, the script is very important, if it is a famous screenwriter, then the general director will not modify the script casually.

But Jereve, if not a famous editor, is a first-class screenwriter, so if it is said that it is not easy to change the script, at least Jerev will not easily agree.

Therefore, Emmerich directly changed the script that had already been ordered, and if this was known by Jeff, he would really be half angry.

Emmerich was not worried at all and said: "This thing is the need of the plot, think about it, I met a wild wolf in New York, God, this is a wild wolf, Sam and Jack are both college students, I don't deny that their IQ is very high, but high IQ does not necessarily mean that the survival ability in the wild is also high."

But Ye Ming, as a homeless man, is different.

If it is said that the survival ability of the homeless in the wild is not high enough, it will definitely be eliminated by nature.

Therefore, the script itself is flawed, I gave him money, he gave me a flawed script, I haven't gone to him yet, in such a situation, I am very unhappy, unhappy, you know? This guy still dares to trouble me, forget it, he doesn't have the guts. ”

Emmerich is not wrong about this, as two college students, whether they can deal with the wild wolf when they are able to deal with it, this is an unknown, but if it is said to add a homeless man, then at least there will be some possibilities, and the logic is more smooth.

Emmerich glanced at Ye Ming and said: "Ye, if this plot is according to the script, it will not appear with you, but I still changed the script, I hope you can give me a surprise, what I want is that in the face of the end of the world, anyone who can have the courage to face it has the courage and wisdom to show themselves." College students are the same, and as a homeless person, as the bottom of the American bottom society, they are also able to radiate the light of their wisdom in the face of disasters?"

There is often this kind of humanistic light in American movies, and the wisdom of the people at the bottom always seems to be more prominent than those so-called officials, businessmen, and scholars in movies.

In the United States, these elites are often ridiculed, and Emmerich seems to be a master of this. This is an opportunity for himself, and Ye Ming naturally won't give up casually.

Therefore, Ye Ming nodded very affirmatively and said: "No problem, don't worry, I will use my best ability to show the struggle of this character in the face of disaster." ”

When Emmerich heard this, he glanced at Anna and said, "Do you now know why I chose Ye to play such a role?"

Anna said without hesitation: "Because he is an Asian? Obviously, I don't think so, as an Asian actor, there are not one or two in Hollywood, such as Cheng Long and Li Lianjie, they are very good candidates, and these two are more powerful than Ye Ming in terms of fame." ”

This is natural, on such a question, no one can deny the achievements of Cheng Long and Li Lianjie, but Emmerich has his own opinion: "No, Anna, there are some things you can't understand, I look at the acting, do you understand the acting, from the trailer of Ye Ming's minority report, it can be seen that his acting skills are very powerful, very suitable for the rhythm of Hollywood movies."

The kind of struggle he said just now is not wrong, in fact, what is the heart of the homeless, it is naturally a struggle.

An ordinary homeless man faces an apocalyptic catastrophe, and if he behaves as strangely as Superman. What he wants to show is the inner struggle, the struggle to understand it, the contradictory mood of making a choice on the edge of life and death. This is what I need, Ye himself can comprehend, I think when shooting, he himself can express his emotions enough. As for Cheng Long and Li Lianjie, these two are stars, kung fu stars, and they also have a certain reputation in Hollywood, but I have always been a person who likes to use superstars, and you should be very clear about this, in the crew, it should be me who has the final say, not the producer or the superstar. ”

If the superstar reaches a certain level, whether it is in China or in the United States, there is enough power to influence the crew.

Emmerich is a bad actor who likes to use superstars, and it seems that in any of his films, he is very resistant to using superstars as actors.

Because he believes that superstars will be out of the director's control, and as long as they are actors with enough acting skills, they can all perform movies well.

And it seems that disaster movies are Emmerich's favorite, a disaster movie that uses superstars to take the lead a bit. (To be continued.) )

PS: I just heard the author in the group say anti-theft or something, experiment and see.