After all the preparatory work was completed, John finally waited for the day when he started the film, there was no incense case, no red carpet superstars, no fans watching, and no reporters interviewing.

Some are just more than two dozen crew members chattering in the crown studio, chatting about the start of filming.

On this day, John got up early in the morning, wore a beige casual suit made for him by Lafayette, and came to the crown studio, and before the start of filming, he also needed to do a short start-up meeting for the crew.

Not long after arriving at the conference room, John looked at the gods sitting in the audience, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

He never thought that the first movie in his life was actually an American film, and what he didn't expect was that the crew involved in the production of his film were all industry gods, looking at the familiar faces in the audience, which made him feel like a dream at the moment.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

John cleared his throat, sorted out his mood, and looked at the gods in the audience and said: "Some people say that we are a rookie crew, from the director to the sundries, there is no one who is not a rookie." ”

John looked at the expressions of everyone in the audience and continued: "I agree with this, I admit that we are rookies, but we will not always be rookies, I believe that in the near future, the world will definitely hear our voice, and this "Stealing Love" will be the first cry of our group of rookies to the world...... ”

The whole boot meeting was very short, and the content was very simple, the purpose was to cheer up this group of rookies who had not yet become gods.

After the meeting, John did not delay but rushed to the filming location directly with the crew. The first scene he wants to shoot is a scene where the actor Phil broadcasts a live weather forecast on a TV station.

So John took the crew directly to the NBC weather forecast room in Los Angeles.

Since the weather forecast hall is a live broadcast room, the lighting, scenery, and props do not need to be rearranged, as long as the crew's cameras are set up, the actors are in position, rehearsal are good, and finally after the audition, they can start shooting directly, which undoubtedly reduces a lot of work for the crew.

Although the work was much lighter, it still took nearly an hour for photographer Emmanuel to set up all three cameras.

And when the movement and rehearsal between the main character Jim Carrey and the supporting characters were completed, John was ready to start shooting the first shot of his life.

"Each group prepares ......"

"Actors ready to ......"

"Let's try to shoot one first, the whole audience is silenced, and the board is ......"

As John's order is given, intern Alan walks up to the camera with a field marker

"The fifth, the first shot, the first......!

With a "click", Alan withdrew outside the shooting area.

The field card is also called the board card, which is indispensable in the filming of the movie, the field card will not only record the camera position, the scene sequence number, which is convenient for the later editing, and the "click" sound at the moment of the board is also to help in the post-editing, so that the sound is synchronized with the image, and the synchronization point is in the "click" sound.

With a "click" sound, the lead actor Jim Carrey appeared in the camera.

Phil: "Someone asked me today, 'Phil, just pick a place, where will you go?' I'm going to say, 'That's probably it,' Eco, Nevada, ...... today."

"Stop ......"

After more than ten seconds of test shooting, John shouted to stop, and after putting down the megaphone in his hand, he stood up from the monitor and walked up to Jim Carrey and said, "Carrey! What I need is a humorous weather forecaster, your expression is a little tight, man, be relaxed, humorous and funny is your true color." Let's adjust it once."

"Okay, no problem. Jim Carrey nodded, he knew what was wrong with him!

Because he usually watches the weather forecasters on the TV station, he will form a fixed thinking in his mind, and when acting, he will involuntarily be affected by this thinking, but now after John's reminder, he can overcome it with a little idea.

When John saw that Jim Carrey understood, he looked at the photographer Emmanuel and said, "Emmanuel moved the camera 10 degrees to the left. ”

"Okay boss!" Emmanuel heard John's words and hurriedly ran to the number one to move the camera.

By the time the camera moved, Jim Carrey was ready. John took the megaphone and said loudly: "All groups are ready, this time we will officially start filming, the whole audience will be silenced, and the board will be played." ”

Alan walked up to the camera again with the field marker

"The fifth scene, the first shot, the first article......!

"Click......"

Phil: "Someone asked me today, 'Phil, just pick a place, where will you go?' I'd say, 'Probably here,' Eco, Nevada, where the highest temperature in the country today is 79 degrees Fahrenheit, and California is going to have warm weather tomorrow......"

John looked at the picture on the monitor, and after his reminder, this time Jim Carrey's performance was exactly up to the mark.

"Stop ......"

"This one is over ......"

When John's voice fell, he took the lead in applauding, and the first shot of his directorial career was born.

After a short celebration, John looked at the crew and said, "Prepare to change the ......." ”

He didn't dare to delay the time, this weather forecast hall NBC still needs to be used in the afternoon, and it is impossible to stop the weather forecast for the sake of shooting! This is obviously impossible, so he must hurry up.

In order to save time, John took the viewfinder and helped Emmanuel find the camera position in the forecast room, and when the camera was found and the camera was set up, the second scene began.

"The fifth scene, the second shot, the first one......!

Phil: "I won't be here at ten o'clock, tomorrow is the Groundhog Festival, I'm going to Psutani to participate in the oldest groundhog festival in the country, according to legend, tomorrow February 2nd, if the groundhog sees its shadow, there are still six weeks of winter, pray for good luck!". ”

Hostess: "It seems to be fun, Phil, this is where you went 3 years in a row!"

"Stop ......"

After more than a dozen minutes of starting, John shouted to stop again, but this time it was not Jim Carrey's problem, but the hostess who played with Jim Carrey.

This hostess is NBC's weather forecast host, although she is in front of the camera every day to make weather forecasts, but after all, she is not a professional actor, when it comes to starting filming, it is inevitable that she will be a little nervous, of course, this little nervousness can not be seen on the scene, but on the screen of the monitor, it will be infinitely magnified, this kind of flaw is unbearable for John, so he must shout to stop.

"Miss Gillian, forget the camera across from you and think you're hosting the weather forecast, okay?" John smiled as he stood in front of Gillian and comforted the NBC host.

"Okay! Director Chris Deng. Gillian nodded, trying to sort out her emotions and put herself at ease.

When Gillian was ready, John looked at the audience again and said, "Each group is ready, the whole audience is silenced, and the board is played." ”

"Scene 5, Mirror 2, Strip 1......!

Phil: "I won't be here at ten o'clock, tomorrow is the Groundhog Festival, I'm going to Psutani to participate in the oldest groundhog festival in the country, according to legend, tomorrow February 2nd, if the groundhog sees its shadow, there are still six weeks of winter, pray for good luck!". ”

Hostess: "It seems to be fun, Phil, this is where you went 3 years in a row!"

Phil: "4 years......"

Jim Carrey makes full use of his exaggerated expression in front of the camera, fully expressing the humorous side of the protagonist Phil, and the extremely aggrieved heart, symbolically protesting against the dissatisfaction of the TV station for burying talents, and fighting against work and life with a coping heart.

John looked at Jim Carrey's performance and nodded, "This is the true nature of the king of comedy!"

"This one is over ......"

"Carrey, you've done a great job. John walked up to Jim Carrey and praised it, such a humorous performance is Jim Carrey's housekeeping skill, so there is no need for John to say anything, what John is really worried about is Jim Carrey's restrained performance in the later stage.

"Thank you....... Jim Carrey smiled.

"Carrey, there is no role for you in the past few days, you can take a break, and the crew will notify you in advance when the time comes. "John and the crew need to run in, although John has not made films independently, but he is not a rookie, and he will never use the protagonist to run in with the crew, he will not make this kind of low-level mistake.

Although Jim Carrey and Sandra Bullock are just a small actor now, John is also a small director, and in order to make the filming process smooth in the future, it is better not to let this kind of thing happen, at least everyone must maintain a superficial harmony.

Besides, every actor has a temper and dignity, even if the other party is just a young actor.

Now that John has taken care of their dignity, they will naturally maintain John's position on the set in the future, and this kind of thing is mutual.