John's behavior of just killing and burying was naturally scolded by Devon Morgan, and if it weren't for Michael Jackson's ability to bring some attention and influence to ICM, she wouldn't have helped John deal with the aftermath.

But in any case, Michael Jackson's affairs have finally come to an end, and the tragedy of this life will be a new beginning.

With Michael Jackson out of the way, John returned his focus to the film, which had all been built with the combined efforts of the set designer and props crew, and was now waiting for him to start shooting.

"Emmanuel ......"

Standing in the middle of the built-up interior, John called the photographer Emmanuel to his side.

"When you're shooting, you're shooting Nicolas Cage from the back with a camera in your hand, and the focus is on the expression on his face, understand?"

"Understood. Emmanuel nodded.

John led him to the place where he was going to be filmed in a moment, and pointed to the position in front of him. "There's another camera here to shoot Tom Hanks from above. ”

"Okay. Emmanuel hurriedly beckoned to the camera assistant not far away, and instructed him to set up the camera where John had just pointed his finger.

After arranging the photography work, John called the gaffer Harry Box.

Lighting is crucial to films, not only to shape the characters, but also to bring the viewer into an emotional state on the big screen. A good director is one who can use different lighting to bring a positive effect to the film.

"Harry, the actors in today's scene have a lot of emotional fluctuations, you have to control the lighting on your side, especially Nicolas Cage, you have to focus on showing the changes in his face, understand?" John admonished as he looked at the somewhat skinny gaffer in front of him.

"Understood. Harry Box nodded solemnly.

"That's good. When John saw that he understood, he patted him on the shoulder and looked at Emmanuel on the side. "Let's talk about the next thing, you two!"

Lighting serves photography, photography serves the director, and only when the two cooperate with each other can the director's intention be realized. So John wants Emmanuel and Harry Boxes to communicate privately.

After arranging the photography and lighting, John finally walked into the dressing room, where he was going to talk to the actors.

The purpose of the director's drama is to instill the three-dimensional characters in his mind into the actor's head.

Some directors like to tell the actors in great detail what to do, while others like to give the actors the freedom to play.

John is somewhere in between, when he meets a good actor like Tom Hanks, he lets the actor play freely, but when he meets an actor with poor acting skills like Will Smith, he will tell the other party his thoughts in detail, because he knows that if he dares to let the rap superstar play freely, then "Forrest Gump" will definitely be ruined on the black man's natural talent for funny.

And Nicolas Cage is also the object that John needs to talk about, this Oscar-winning actor is actually like an unstable player, sometimes good and sometimes bad, he can act very well when his acting skills are online, but he can play extremely bad when his acting skills are not online, and the reason why he became the king of bad movies in later generations is that a large part of it is related to economic problems, but it is also inseparable from his state.

"Cage! John looked at Nicolas Cage, who was bound his feet.

In the movie, Dan Taylor's legs were blown up, John would not really saw off Nicolas Cage's legs during filming, with the existence of special effects, like this kind of broken leg effect is very good, you only need to wrap Nicolas Cage's legs with a green cloth when shooting, and later Industrial Light & Magic will use computer special effects to "dig out" his legs, so that what the audience sees on the big screen is a Lieutenant Dan Taylor with broken legs.

"Understood. Nicolas Cage nodded. He is the protagonist in today's scene, and Tom Hanks is the supporting role.

After seeing that Nicolas Cage understood, John didn't say much, and immediately began to tell him about the play. "Today's scene is the first conversation between Lieutenant Dan Taylor and Forrest Gump after his leg was sawed. Lieutenant Taylor is a person who regards honor above life, and now his leg is gone, he can't go to the battlefield, and he can't follow the trajectory of his ancestors to die on the battlefield, so his heart is desperate for life, and he also has an ambivalence towards Forrest Gump, because Forrest Gump saved him so that he couldn't die in honor, and because Forrest Gump saved him, he didn't die in Vietnam, so you have to show a kind of despair for life, contradictory mental activity for Forrest Gump, angry but low, want to completely explode but can only press desperately. ”

Lieutenant Dan Taylor wanted to die on the battlefield but was saved by Forrest Gump, and he was indeed very conflicted in the face of Forrest Gump who saved him, but later when he reconciled with himself, he still said the thank you to Forrest Gump that has been pressed in his heart.

After John finished the play, he let Nicolas Cage slowly understand the role alone, and the actor needs to do this kind of thing by himself, as a director, he can only tell the actor what effect he needs.

Out of the dressing room, John checked the props again, and only after there was no problem did he go back to the monitor and wait for it to be turned on, and the assistant director Martin Scorsese on the side smiled when he saw him return. "It's not easy to be a good director!"

"Yes. John nodded. "If you hadn't helped me with director Coppola, I might have made a lot of mistakes. ”

Although he has already filmed "Stealing Love", but "Forrest Gump" involves more things than "Stealing Love", if it weren't for Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola escorting him one after the other, then he really doesn't know how he would be anxious.

"Actually, you've done a good job, don't be too yourself. Martin Scorsese patted him on the shoulder and said in a more relaxed tone. "The director's job is actually to use people, to create a work through the wisdom of everyone in the crew, and you do this very well, much better than me and Coppola when we were 22 years old.

If this "Forrest Gump" can be nominated for some awards, then you can definitely make it to the director's scene. Martin Scorsese finished speaking, and there was a look of anticipation on his face. Being able to enter the directing industry in his 20s will definitely shock many people's jaws.

And if John can really accomplish such a feat, he is fully qualified to go down in history, because since the day the film was born, no one in this world has entered the world in the world at the age of 20.