213. Will Smith receives a boxed lunch
After handing Will Smith over to Nicolas Cage for training, John pulled Emmanuel, who was holding the camera beside him, to a large tree not far away to talk.
"Emmanuel!, except for the close-up at the beginning, don't give the rest of the shots to Will Smith, and even if you do, don't show your face frontally, at most give a side, understand?" John really doesn't believe in Will Smith's acting skills, so if it's not necessary, he won't show his face if he can, even if he shows a side meaning at most, the rest of John will use dubbing to supplement it later.
"Okay, boss!" Emmanuel knew what John meant, holding up the camera and nodding slightly.
After half an hour of Nicolas Cage's training, Will Smith finally met the requirements, and the subsequent filming process went a lot smoother, mainly because Emmanuel rarely gave Will Smith shots according to John's requirements, so the number of NGs was relatively small.
When the time came to September, the scenes of the Vietnam War gradually came to an end, and only the last few shots were needed to end this part of the shooting.
One of the shots is the first time Will Smith has appeared on the same stage with Tom Hanks and Nicolas Cage. It is also the last scene of Will Smith in "Forrest Gump", and after this scene, he will become the first important supporting role in "Forrest Gump" to receive a "box lunch".
"Are the cameras ready?"
"Ready. ”
"Hit the board. ”
The camera assistant heard John's words and walked over to the camera with a field sign and began to play the board.
"Forrest Gump" Scene 237, Mirror 5, Article 1, Action ....... ”
As the camera assistant's voice fell, Emmanuel moved with the camera in hand and following the actor.
In the footage, Forrest Gump and Bubba are wearing military uniforms and carrying duffel bags and walking towards the reporting office, and Bubba tells Forrest Gump about his favorite topic - shrimp supplementation as he walks.
"I bet the water here is full of shrimp, and they told me that Vietnam has the best shrimp, and when we win this war, we will take over everything here, and when the time comes, we will bring the shrimp replenishment boat from the United States and come here to replenish shrimp, brother. ”
As a rapper, Will Smith is very suitable for this kind of chattering role.
The camera soon follows Forrest Gump and Bubba to a tent, where Nicolas Cage, who plays Lieutenant Dan Taylor, appears topless, with a cigar in his mouth and a roll of toilet paper in his hand.
"You're recruits, aren't you?" asked Dan Taylor.
"Good morning, sir. Forrest Gump and Bubba dropped their duffel bags and gave Dan Taylor a military salute together.
"Put your hands down!" Dan Taylor said as he panicked as he walked towards the two of them. "Don't salute me, there are a lot of fucking snipers in this area, and I like to hit officers the most, I'm Lieutenant Dan Taylor, welcome to the Furt platoon. ”
After Dan Taylor finished speaking, he suddenly saw Bubba's protruding lips and asked suspiciously. "What's up with your lips?"
"I was born with thick lips, sir. Bubba replied.
"You'd better suck it in, or you'll hit a mine line. Dan Taylor suggested. Then he asked, passing between Forrest Gump and Buba. "Where are you from?"
"Alabama, sir. Forrest Gump and Bubba said in unison.
"You twins?" Dan Taylor turned to look at the two and smiled.
"No, we're not relatives, sir. Forrest Gump replied. He and Bubba looked at each other and found that they were very different from each other in terms of skin color and appearance.
After listening to Forrest Gump's answer, Dan Taylor suddenly became serious. "Listen, the basic rule here is ......," he said, as he walked. "You have to follow me closely and learn from others, they have been in this country for a while, you will be fine, it is very important for soldiers to have a piece of equipment, it is a matter of life and death for you. Dan Taylor turned to look at the two of them. "That's the socks, the bottom is padded army green, you have to keep your feet dry, we have to change our socks when we climb the mountain, otherwise when you stop, the Mekong River will soak your feet and your whole foot will fall off. Dan Taylor said, turning around and suddenly saw Sergeant Sith played by an extra.
"Sith Sergeant, damn it......" he walked over to Sergeant Sith. "What about the rope I told you to set?"
"I've written the application form ......," Sergeant Sith replied.
The Sith sergeant is a black actor, and a group actor like him who can show his face in the play and have a line or two is generally a professional group actor trained by the agency itself, and this kind of actor has far more acting skills than those stragglers who wander outside the theater, and of course the income is much higher.
The shooting continued, the camera lingering in front of Dan Taylor and Sergeant Sith for a few seconds before gradually shifting to Forrest Gump and Bubba until they were at 60 degrees to their faces, and John finally picked up the megaphone and shouted to stop, ending the long shot.
"It's over. John stood up from behind the monitor, walked over to the three actors, and reached out to Will Smith. "This one is a great shot, congratulations, you can go and get a boxed lunch. ”
"Lunch?" Will Smith held John's hand, wondering what it meant to receive a boxed lunch.
John also reacted that the stalk of receiving a boxed lunch was not something that the Chinese people didn't understand, and then explained the meaning of the boxed lunch, and several people present felt very interesting after hearing it, and they were amused by this statement.
When the laughter of several people gradually stopped, John looked at the crowd gathered from the surrounding area and said loudly. "In order to celebrate the end of Mr. Will Smith's scene, let's have a farewell party tonight, although there is no restaurant and bar on the island, but the barbecue is ready-made, I have asked Sophia to go to the city to collect, we will not get drunk at night, and everyone will have a two-day holiday tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. ”
"Oh...... Long live the director!"
Everyone cheered when they heard the second day of the holiday, although the shooting during this period was not long, but it was very hard, either in the mud, or in the jungle or in the pond, and the island was far away from the city, and life was also very inconvenient.
"Alright...... All right!" John pressed his hand, suppressing the cheers of the crowd, and then returned to his usual solemn appearance. "We've got one last shot, and everybody transitions to finish this shot. ”
"Good ......"
Everyone was affected by the holiday, and their emotions were unprecedentedly high, and one by one, they returned to work in an instant as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.
The final shot is a blasting scene in which Forrest Gump is carrying Bubba out of the jungle when he encounters a fighter plane coming for air support, and several shells explode behind him.
Of course, John wouldn't really let Tom Hanks run through the explosion with Will Smith in his arms, unless he wanted to kill both of them. This kind of shot is usually shot twice for safety, the first shot of Tom Hanks running with Will Smith hanging on Wia, and the second shot of the explosion.
After the filming is completed, as long as it is handed over to Industrial Light & Magic, they will merge the two sets of shots into one shot, and what the audience will see on the big screen at that time is the picture of Forrest Gump running in front of the sea of fire with Bubba in his arms.