March 17, 9 a.m., light rain, Universal Pictures conference room.

On March 7, the casting work was completed, the curtain and venue negotiation were completed on March 9, and on the same day, the storyboard of the script of "Afterlife" was completed, and today, the "Afterlife" project was officially launched!

The conference room was full of people, and the atmosphere shouldn't have been so oppressive before Mickey arrived, but now, people didn't communicate with each other, just studied the script, and it was a little difficult to breathe quietly.

It was the lady at the front of the long table who brought pressure to the people, and from the moment she arrived, everyone obediently closed their mouths, and only dared to sneak a glance at her figure when she was not looking.

The white wrist flipped over, revealing the delicate watch on the wrist, and Kamiya frowned at the time, but did not complain or get up to leave, but stirred the unmelted white sugar in the coffee cup with a spoon, and refocused her gaze on the script.

......

Outside the courtyard, a blue bird of prey was full of mud, and the moment Gbagbo pushed open the gate, it roared into the courtyard, and saw that the parking lot was full of vehicles, and the main driver nodded his head.

"Good morning owner. ”

"Good morning Barbo. ”

The four doors were pushed open at the same time, and the four sturdy men got out of the car, and the leather boots stepped on the puddle, making a splash, and Barbo quickly handed the umbrella to Lu Ze and the three of them, and gave the umbrella to Mickey alone, and the group entered the company.

Outside the conference room on the second floor, the four bodyguards saw the arrival of Mickey and his party, nodded to the four of them, and gently opened the door of the conference room.

Sitting in the main seat, looking around, twenty-seven people, one is not a lot, Mickey nodded with satisfaction, took off his sunglasses and threw them on the table casually, and waited until Lu Ze and the three of them also found a place to sit down, clapped their hands, and took the lead in speaking.

"Thank you for being here on time in such weather, Miss Kamiya, may you please not stir your coffee? Now I'm talking, okay thank you. ”

Mitch put up a shelf, Kamiya, who originally needed to be held, became the first chicken he killed, he paid, Kamiya took the money, then Kamiya is his employee, and now he officially starts working, then everything here, he has the final say.

Kamiya was not angry, maybe it was because she was pampered during this time, and the actor's consciousness had not been adjusted for a while, but now when she heard Mickey's lecture, she really realized that she had officially joined the group, instead of attending a meeting, as an actor who has been in the industry for more than 20 years, she still has this awareness, nodded lightly to Mickey to apologize, and poured all the coffee into the trash.

"First of all, I know that your roles are long and short, so it's impossible to follow all the group, here is the schedule for rehearsals, everyone needs to fulfill their obligations according to the above time, when it's time for you to film, don't say that I don't have a schedule or anything like that, otherwise the liquidated damages are clearly written on the contract, don't make any contradictions. ”

A stack of A4 paper was distributed to the twenty-six supporting characters present, and as for Kamiya, she, like Lu Ze, had to follow the team until the filming was completed.

The approximate date that everyone needs to report to the crew is clearly marked, of course, because the filming schedule cannot be guaranteed, the date will be adjusted, but it will basically not exceed a week, so that all the supporting characters did not speak, and they all bowed their heads and considered the schedule.

"I expect that the gentlemen and ladies who will join the group after a while can seriously study the characters, don't drag the task to the end, causing me to be dissatisfied when I see your performance, filming will start this afternoon, and the staff has already begun to set up the scene, so those who have scenes today should hurry up and familiarize themselves with the script, there is not much time left for you. ”

"During this time, I hope you can be strict with yourself, don't have accidents, cause me to need you when I can't find your person, friends who like to drink should pay special attention, okay, the meeting is not long, I hope you don't mind, people who have a role in the scene today stay, others can leave. ”

The meeting in less than five minutes, what can be told on the Internet, but let a group of people go to the suburbs of Liverpool for a meeting in the rain, which is undoubtedly a trick, but no one complained, and the person who should leave just folded the A4 paper and put it away, said goodbye to Mickey, and left in a hurry.

This is a dismount, everyone knows, but on the surface they can't show dissatisfaction, because everyone knows that what Mickey wants is this effect, what he wants is this control, none of the people present are thorns, dare to fight with Mickey, as for how to scold Mickey behind his back, Mickey doesn't care.

After all the people who didn't have a role in the scene left, Mickey didn't speak, just tapped the cheap lighter on the table, looked directly at everyone, and after a long while, said with a slight smile.

"Let's go, go to the set. ”

......

The first scene was filmed in a restaurant, and a group of actors drove to form a long line, and on the side of the road, they could see that there were many crew members in the restaurant carrying a large number of equipment to start installation and commissioning, and they themselves also attracted the attention of many people.

"Falk ......"

Mickey was shaking the tobacco in his hand and distributing it to Lu Ze and the three of them, when he suddenly saw a person standing on the corner of the street, and the lights flickered, his face became a little gloomy, and he cursed in a low voice.

British journalists are very good, this is recognized all over the world, but this is definitely not a compliment, especially entertainment journalists, they have offended a lot of people, so many people hate them.

For the sake of sales, or purely for money, they can do a lot of things that ordinary people can't think of, such as taking pictures of the bodies of deceased celebrities, stealing into private houses in the middle of the night to shoot artists' privacy, and even rummaging through celebrities' trash cans, so that celebrities don't dare to throw their private items into the trash with the garbage for a while.

Regarding what they did, and their attitude of liking to spread rumors, Mickey has no doubt that they can do anything to secretly shoot the plot of the movie, so at present, for Mickey, the most important thing to consider is how to prevent the pervasive prying eyes of reporters, after all, he and Kamiya have been targeted by these grandsons.

Looking in the direction of Mickey's gaze, Lu Ze obviously noticed something, lit the cigarette in his mouth, walked gently to the car where Kamiya was, and gently knocked on the glass of the car in the back seat.

"What's the matter? Mr. Lu. ”

"There are reporters taking pictures, don't come out first, just sit in the car, and when the work is done, I'll call you again, this scene without you, you can also choose to leave first, the script must be kept well, and it must be placed in a position where you can see it at all times. ”

"Okay, I understand Mr. Lu, I don't plan to leave, after all, it's the first scene, I still want to see it, thank you for the reminder, I'll just wait in the car, when will the filming start, just remember to call me." ”

Kamiya wants to see Lu Ze perform, after all, she is the winner of five actor trophies, although four of them do not have much gold content in her eyes, but this nature does not tolerate awards from actors in other regions, if you want to get it, it is usually no different from daydreaming, and if Lu Ze can get it, it must belong to his special skill.

In addition, she also wants to take a good look at Lu Ze to see what merits Mickey's Asian-American actor is, and why Mickey wants an Asian to play a role that is best played by a white person, in short, she just wants to see how strong Lu Ze is, and whether he is worthy of playing against her.

Through the car window, she saw that Mickey was talking to Lu Ze, and then the two took the Russian brothers into the restaurant, and the staff opened the black opaque curtain to block the glass window of the restaurant.

About half an hour later, a drama manager informed Kamiya that he could enter the restaurant, and the bodyguard next to him raised an umbrella to shield Kamiya from the rain, and also blocked the reporter's shooting direction, blocking Kamiya's face, and finally escorted Kamiya into the restaurant safely.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Kamiya nodded secretly, and the first thing that caught his eye was the photography track, comparing the position of the lens and the height of the camera.

Shooting a somewhat crowded restaurant at a wide angle slightly below the table, but the view can be transparent, and I think this person definitely has a unique insight into the control of the shooting technique.

This shot is definitely not made by Mickey, all industry insiders know that Mickey's shooting perspective is not very good, only the lens language is powerful, plus he is not sensitive to color, he can't get the dark red like blood oxidation on the scene, and the orange and red lights, this tone is uncomfortable, but it just matches this film very well.

Glancing at the strong man who was fiddling with the camera, Camia knew that Lucas's position was the No. 1 photographer and art director, so all of this was definitely from him, which also made Kamiya have a different opinion of him, Lucas is indeed a real talent, not a simple façade thug.

At the same time, Mickey and Kesha are discussing their respective positions and postures with the group performers and co-ordinators on the scene, and the seemingly unfixed discussion ended unexpectedly quickly, and all this is thanks to Lu Ze's delicate description of the storyboard, without such a visual effect storyboard, they would not have been able to find the feeling so quickly.

Seeing Kamiya arrive, the main creative staff present just nodded lightly and said hello, without being too enthusiastic to say hello, this way of getting along was also very comfortable for her, and she dragged a stool behind the director's chair and sat down, waiting for Lu Ze to appear.

"Check the equipment again in all departments, Marcus, you stretch the wire on your left, don't trip people, pull a little bit on me, enter the camera, man, have the departments finished checking?"

"The film crew checked it and everything was fine. ”

"The props team checked and everything is normal. ”

"After the light group is checked, there is no need to debug it again. ”

"The radio group is OK, the sound quality is very clear, no noise, no interference. ”

"What about the art team? Is Lu Ze's makeup good? Hurry up. ”

Under the constant urging of Mickey, he came down from the second floor, wearing a black and white classic suit, and his face was relatively young, so it seems that he is twenty-five or sixteen years old.

"Lu Ze, are you OK?"

Lu Ze didn't speak, just made an OK gesture, he read the script for a long time, and the storyboard was still written by him, coupled with his perverted script digestion ability and robot-like stability, it was completely unnecessary for Mickey to ask.

Slowly approaching the scene, sitting at the same table with the other actors, after Mickey notified the departments to be in place, he closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing, "Death" has begun, then he is no longer Lu Ze, but the man named Parker Lee.

"Act 1 of 'Passing Away'! Scene 1! Begins!"

Under the gaze of all the crew, all the actors entered the state, including Lu Ze, or he was the one who entered the state the fastest, his personal emotions began to be restrained, and the emotions of the characters replaced himself, from closing his eyes to opening his eyes, but in five seconds, he changed his soul.

“......”