After lying in Mount Sinai Hospital all night, Wang Yang felt that he was all back, and of course the annoying cold seemed to have just begun. But this did not affect his movements, put on a mask, led by Rachel, Wang Yang came to what she said was the "best place", when he visited half of the town and the small high school, he couldn't help but excitedly say: "This is it, the place where "Juno" was born!"

It's a nice town, with rustic architecture but not sparse, and the width of the streets is perfect for the film crew, and the high school is ideal, although it's small, its environment, the playground environment, is very quiet, and it's exactly the kind of scene that "Juno" needs.

Rachel's attitude towards him is very natural, without that kind of hot and cold, just like going back to before the Thanksgiving call; Wang Yang did not deliberately do anything, or say anything, and still adopted the position of "good friend" for her, just like Michael Pitt, Zachary, Annie, Natalie, he said when he should say, laughed when he should laugh, this is what he has always wanted, to be a good friend.

And the kind of phone call that a long time ago when he was interested in talking to her about various topics, Wang Yang still won't call again, he understands this, the girl he should be looking for now is called "Jessica"; as for Rachel, he doesn't think that his charm can be so great that this girl can never find the feeling of being in love, and has been a "spare tire", and time will make them really good friends.

A day later, Rachel went to Los Angeles early to participate in the promotion of "Youth Musical" 2, and Wang Yang also welcomed the members of the "Juno" crew in Toronto, including the film crew and other crew, as well as Natalie Portman, Michael Pitt and other main actors.

In terms of film crew, the personnel of photography, lighting, recording and other departments are all members of the team of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", while several positions such as art direction, art design, set makeup, etc., Wang Yang chose some old partners of "Singing and Dancing Youth". As the photographer of "Juno", it is naturally Valley Pfister, after two films, he has changed from a photographer who did not have a film contract to become quite famous in Hollywood today, to a certain extent, he is very grateful to Wang Yang, coupled with the pleasant cooperation and tacit understanding cultivated by the two, so he declined the photography invitation of several films, and waited for "Juno" to start.

As for what style and color to use to shoot "Juno", Wang Yang and Valey Pfister have long discussed. "Juno" is a serious story about a teenage girl who becomes pregnant, goes through changes, and makes life decisions...... But the way to express it must not be serious, not even serious, otherwise it will be "Sweetheart Iren", or other similar failed themes, for example, if "Juno" is a book, even if it is written in the Bible, but the cover must be a hippie skull.

The original "Juno", it has many small themes, but one core belongs to "praising women", praising women's strength and tolerance, as well as men's "bastards", women mature earlier than men, Juno and Paulie, adoptive parents Vanessa and Mark, they know how to love, know how to give love, and lead men to grow and move forward, which is also what Juno learned in the pregnancy incident, so she finally forgave Paulie and took the initiative to give her love...... In any case, Wang Yang wanted to shoot another subject, and he didn't think that men were such bastards, men can also know how to love and learn to give.

Why is "Juno" successful? What is its successful experience? The most important thing is not the story, not its core theme, in a way, its core is no different from "Sweetheart", "Sweetheart" Novali is as strong and tolerant, she was abandoned by her bastard boyfriend, cheated of money by her bastard mother, but she has always known how to love and give, and finally reaped her own beauty. Why is "Sweetheart" a good hit, but not a blockbuster? Because it's serious, it's not cool.

In fact, when an ordinary audience walks into the cinema, he does not go to the cinema with the intention of "being baptized" or "what I want to learn", he just wants to watch a wonderful movie, and of course it is best to get some insights after watching it.

What's the excitement?story, characters, pictures, soundtrack...... It's a whole movie, and if you want the inner wonder to be discovered and appreciated, then you must first do a good job of these exposed wonderful. And most ordinary viewers will not study the inside, they will only say "very insightful", in fact, those feelings are just familiar to everyone, and they can say a bunch of words casually, such as the persistence of dreams and the pursuit of happiness in "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", and the strong and tolerant women of the original "Juno".

What the movie has to do is how to interpret and package this simple sentence, so that the audience can "feel very insightful" after watching it. This is the charm of the movie, this is also the role and ability of the director, what ideas and thoughts you want to tell, don't tell it directly, everything must be done quietly, through the story, the characters, do a good job of music, editing, etc., this can become a classic movie.

The story of "Juno" is not complicated and legendary, what if Novali was put into the story flow of "Juno" and told in her gentle way? What's interesting and cool is that the character "Juno" is unique, individual, sharp-toothed, full of alternative charm, when she comes to life on the screen, in which scene she is, the audience will watch it with relish.

So there are two most important aspects of this teenage pregnancy movie, first, whatever theme you say, don't be serious, be cool, and second, portray and act Juno well. Juno's side, after watching Natalie Portman's latest performance, Wang Yang is no longer worried, and the first point is not the responsibility of the actors, it must be served in all aspects of the film's production, just like the funny and trendy lines in the script, as well as the style and tone of the picture on the film.

The result of Wang Yang and Vare-Pfister's discussion is still "sunshine", and the tone of the picture in "Juno" should be like a winter sun, with soft and textured light, which will reduce the seriousness of the story and make people's hearts warm. In terms of the choice of shots, with the experience of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", it was initially determined that more close-ups and close-ups would be used, which was naturally to highlight Natalie's acting skills, and at the same time, this is the style of this movie, small and warm.

"No, it's not that feeling. Looking at Natalie in front of him, Wang Yang shook his head and said to stylist Elle Harper: "I need her to look special, she's just ...... now" He glanced at Natalie with long hair and shawl in the mirror again, and said: "She's just Natalie, she doesn't have the taste of a character." Try a ponytail with a forehead and a ponytail?" said Ellie-Harper and fiddled around with Natalie's head.

In the spacious dressing room, the character's modeling and makeup are being set at this time, because "Juno" is a realistic theme, and the era is the present, so the work is relatively simple, no need to design and customize any clothes and props, and it can only be solved a few days before shooting. These few days are also used to familiarize the actors with each other, contact the filming permits of the venue, group performances and other work, and now the makeup.

Michael Pitt, Anne Hathaway and others are easy to set, but Natalie has a problem, she is not satisfied with even changing a few hairstyles Wang Yang, the character's style is very important, this will affect the lens effect, and it will affect the acting skills, a suitable good style can sublimate the acting skills, on the contrary, it is messed up, if Juno wants to be cool, then she needs a "cool" style.

Soon, Natalie's hairstyle became Ellen Peggy-style, and of course her ponytail was huge. Wang Yang asked her to stand up and try the front, side and other camera angles, and he shook his head again and said, "No, it still looks like your face is a little big." Natalie frowned and said, "Is my face big?" Wang Yang looked at her and said, "A little bit, and a forehead." Natalie glanced at him, shrugged her shoulders and said, "Unless it's 'Killer Leon' that I'm going to shoot right now, it's that big." ”

Elle-Harper smiled and asked, "Director, what now? Let's try short hair?" Natalie's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said in surprise: "Man, I have a great idea!" Wang Yang asked, "What?" She said with a serious face: "I shaved all my hair and put on a mask like yours, how about it, cool?"

"Wow, that's cool, it sounds so good!" Wang Yang pulled his mask and said, "But you won't have this mask, this is a limited edition." Ellie, shave her hair!" Ellie smiled and said OK, picking up the scissors on the dressing table, and Natalie grabbed her ponytail and sent it to her indifferently. Wang Yang laughed and said, "Okay, I think it's too cool again, leave it for you to use in horror movies in the future." He looked at Ellie Harper and said, "Ellie, find a way to make her forehead and face look smaller." Maybe some scattered bangs, and there are still hanging hair on the sides......"

After a while, Natalie's hairstyle changed, Wang Yang held her chin and looked at her carefully, the bangs covered her forehead well, but the long hair still made her too feminine and beautiful, and he said: "Cut the hair in the back short, cut it to the middle hair first." Elle Harper asked, "Do you want to change it back after you cut it, you have to use a wig." Wang Yang nodded and said, "Yes, I'm sure." ”

The sound of snapping sounded, and the scissors in Elle Harper's hand cut Natalie's hair short little by little, Wang Yang observed from the side, and said, "Shorter, shorter......" Natalie blinked, how did he feel more like a stylist?

(To be continued)