For the next month, John and his crew traveled around the United States, filming some background shots.

Shooting background shots is a rather boring job, every day is constantly setting up cameras, shooting, then transitioning, setting up cameras, and shooting again. Sometimes it's about the natural scenery of a certain place, and sometimes it's about a certain object, such as the feather that flutters in the wind and ends at Forrest Gump's feet at the beginning of the film.

Although the days of shooting background shots are boring, these shots are essential in the film, which can not only explain the time and place in the film, but also explain the plot, highlight the characters, and render the atmosphere. What's more, it can also be used to run in the crew and reduce mistakes for the main shooting in the later stage.

After the background shot was filmed, John took the crew back to HSD, because the main shot was going to be filmed next, so the actors of the film gathered at HSD one after another, and Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola also joined the crew at this time.

Once everyone had arrived, John held an all-hands meeting in the hotel's conference room to arrange the filming that followed.

"We welcome everyone back to the team and hope that we can have a good time working together in the future. John stood up and looked at the crowd and smiled. "I'm going to arrange the work next. ”

"The footage that will be shot tomorrow is Forrest Gump giving a speech on the National Mall and then meeting Jenny. This scene is the first time that the hero and heroine have worked together, so Mr. Hanks and Miss Rhett hope that you will communicate more, and it is best to cultivate a relationship. John said and looked at the two of them seriously. "Let me affirm, what I mean by cultivating feelings refers to the characters in the play, not in reality, I personally don't support intervention, of course, if you have to insert then I can't do it. ”

"Hahaha......" Everyone laughed when they heard John's words, and the whole atmosphere of the meeting suddenly became relaxed.

After everyone had laughed, John went back to work.

"Emmanuel, I'll need three cameras tomorrow, one on the podium, one in the pool, and one hand-held. ”

"Don't go wrong with tomorrow's props. ”

"Zach, you're in charge of the extras, and you're taking care of the perimeter and not letting unrelated people run in. ”

Over the course of an hour, John arranged his work in an orderly manner, and after the meeting, everyone had a dinner to celebrate the start of the meeting.

At four o'clock in the morning the next day, John and the crew once again arrived in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall.

Although the footage to be shot is daytime, there is a lot of preparation to be done before the film starts, such as setting up cameras, setting up props, sets, and actors need to put on makeup, need to position, and need to test shoot.

So being an actor is actually a very hard profession, needless to say wearing cotton clothes in winter and summer, a crew like "Forrest Gump" that is not in a hurry, Tom Hanks and Winona Ryder still need to start work at 4 o'clock in the morning every day, not to mention those crews who are in a hurry, they may basically have to spend 24 hours a day on the set.

Towards noon, when everything was ready, John sat behind the monitor with Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola with the megaphone, waiting to be turned on.

With the sound of the beating board, the photography assistant finished the report and the shooting officially began.

Forrest Gump, played by Tom Hanks, appears on the monitor in a military uniform with a group of people who are marching against the war.

"CUT! ”

The first shot is very simple, and there is no dialogue, mainly to explain the beginning of the plot.

Soon the second shot began, Forrest Gump was pushed onto a podium full of microphones by two organizers of the anti-war march, and just as he was at a loss for what to do, a man wearing a national flag walked up to him and said. "Tell us about this war, brother!"

Forrest Gump asked. "Vietnam War?"

The man shouted excitedly into the microphone. "yes, it's the fucking Vietnam War. ”

"CUT, this is over, ready for the next shot. ”

John is very happy with today's shooting, and the actors' performances are basically in place.

The time gradually came to the afternoon, and there was only one last shot left for the crew to end the day's shooting, this scene was the first time the hero and heroine appeared together, and it was also the most important scene of the day.

“ACTION”

After the camera assistant finished reporting the show, Forrest Gump stood on the stage and said his name, and suddenly heard Jenny's shouts in the distance, and then ran off the stage and jumped into the pool in front of the square to hug Jenny, who also ran into the pool.

“NG”

John, who was sitting behind the monitor, called NG for the first time with a megaphone, and then called Tom Hanks and Winona Ryder to his side in the pool.

"Tom, Winona, you two need to let go of your performance, I need a strong hug to reflect the joy of reunion after a long absence, and feel the temperature of longing, OK?"

Tom Hanks and Winona Ryder may be because of their first collaboration, so they can't let go of intimate contact, just hugging shallowly, giving people a slight sense of distance.

"Good director!"

Tom Hanks and Winona Ryder nodded at the same time.

"Okay, let's do it again, you go touch up first. After John finished speaking, he called the makeup artist to touch up the makeup of the two, and he returned to the monitor and waited for the new start, and Martin Scorsese, who was on the side, saw him come back and said very little. "John, I think the camera set up on a high platform to shoot the panorama should be moved back a few meters. ”

Martin Scorsese explained, pointing to the footage he had just shot. "The shot of our scene is the scene of the hero and heroine hugging each other against the background of the HSD monument, and this shot is not only about the feelings between the hero and heroine, but also the implication of mutual tolerance between the mainstream values represented by Forrest Gump and the non-mainstream values represented by Jenny under the great harmony of the American dream.

In the shot, Forrest Gump represents mainstream values, Jenny represents non-mainstream values, and the HSD monument represents the American dream, and the shot we just shot only captures four-thirds of the HSD monument, which will cause the lens to be a little less heavy. ”

John looked at the screen replayed by the monitor and nodded involuntarily, the HSD monument representing the American dream in the picture was indeed only four-thirds of the silhouette, which is a little less heavy.

"Thanks for the reminder Director Scorsese. John looked at Martin Scorsese sincerely, and sighed in his heart that ginger is really old and spicy, and Martin Scorsese's attainments in film language can be said to be very few people can reach his height.

"Oh, you're not so polite, I'm not here to make a suggestion!" Martin Scorsese shrugged like an old naughty boy.