"Jessie, Jessica, come here!"

The McGraw-Hill Building in New York's central Manhattan business district was the main filming location for "The Devil Wears Prada", and it was Elias Clarke, the publisher of the book's "Runway" magazine, and the prototype of the reality was Condé Nast Publishing Group and Vogue. At this time, in the building, the crew is preparing to start a new day of filming, and it has been a few days since the start of filming.

In the bright and elegant office, the film crew is busy, and the assistant director also teaches several extras to move the position, and Wang Yang is naturally responsible for the protagonists. The next shot didn't have Meryl Streep, but there was a lot of it in this scene, and now she sat in a chair outside the camera, looking at the script and figuring out today's shooting.

She has been like this on the set since the start of filming, everyone is resting, she is reading the script, everyone is playing and laughing, she is reading the script...... Since working with her, Wang Yang can fully understand why she plays every role so well and why she has been nominated for 13 Oscars. Her acting talent, comprehension, and hard work are all genius-level.

Although Wang Yang said to the queen that "I will give you this role", as a director, he will naturally get and participate in the discussion of Meryl Streep's character questions and shooting suggestions, and she decided at the beginning not to refer to the character impression of the prototype Anna Wintour, and to portray Miranda into a new image, so one blonde hair became one silver, and she did not use a British accent and so on...... For the greatest actress in history, Wang Yang is very worry-free, basically there is no need to talk about any drama, because there is nothing to talk about, Meryl controls the character's mentality, and controls her words and deeds. What he wants to do is to give her a big enough time to play from the script to the storyboard, and capture her wonderful interpretation well.

"Jesse. Wang Yang shouted, beckoned to Jessica, who was standing on the hanger full of all kinds of clothes, and shouted, "Jessica, come here." ”

The women in front of the hanger were Patricia Field, Emily Blunt who played Emily Charlton and several secretaries, they were laughing and talking about something, and Jessica, who was looking at the white wedding dress with intoxicated eyes, couldn't hear the voice, all she saw was her wearing a wedding dress and holding a bouquet of flowers...... "Jessica!!" She suddenly sighed, hurriedly walked over to Wang Yang, and said with a smile: "Director, what's wrong?"

After Patricia's design hand, she wore a knee-length black cloth dress, and a blue sweater that looked very rustic, and her long brown hair was slightly curled and shawled, and there was no obvious makeup on her face, no lipstick, blush, eyeshadow, etc., only some foundation and eyebrow shaping. It doesn't seem to be a fashionable beauty, but it's still beautiful and simple, with a high return rate.

"I'll tell you about the play. Wang Yang smiled, in fact, she looked like this is really unique, he thought about the script for a while, then looked around at the people who were busy with each other, and said: "You know that Andrea just came to the interview, and suddenly these people said, 'Miranda is back', and then they ran around in a panic. Here, today, and for some time to come, Andrea will look very silly and rustic, an outlier in the office......"

Looking at his serious face, the familiar but long-lost voice, those hand movements, the eyes ...... Jessica was very happy, although it had been a few days since filming began, her excitement had not subsided, and she was finally filming together again good!

"Jesse?" Seeing her smile on her face, Wang Yang flicked her forehead and smiled angrily: "Are you listening?" Jessica wiped her forehead painfully, and said embarrassedly: "Yes, I heard that she is an alien ......" Wang Yang laughed helplessly, and started talking from there: "Others think she is a poor girl, and she will be kicked off by Miranda in a few days......"

Jessica's performance in the past few days is very good, in addition to being some street scenes without line collisions, lobby corridor scenes, etc., it is also that she is very suitable for playing Andrea's temperament in the first stage, with a slightly lively silly girl. This is also due to the fact that Wang Yang reminded her a few years ago not to be exaggerated, reduce body language and large expressions, and use more micro-expressions and eyes.

Otherwise, with her beautiful index of explosions, the exaggerated literary drama is more likely to make the audience feel that she is out of the way. Unless you have an expressionless poker face, and then use the plot atmosphere, picture color, camera editing, etc., to make her perform, it will be much better.

"But Andrea is confident, she thinks she's good, and she is. Wang Yang spread his hands as he spoke, looked at the fashionable arrangements around him, and said: "It's just that this is a new world, she looks stupid in front of these people, but she is not stupid, she is just an ordinary girl with a beautiful heart." ”

Jessica nodded silently, since the role was determined in the study that day, she has been studying the novel, having the script and studying the script, and has a lot of understanding of herself. Taking advantage of Wang Yang's pause, she said: "Yang, I think so, when Andrea first interviewed them, she also thought they seemed to be fools, what were they panicking about? Andre was very puzzled, and she felt weird! She also thought that the people here were so powerful, who knew how inexplicable?"

"That's right!" Wang Yang nodded with a smile, patted her shoulder, looked into her eyes, and said without hesitation in praise: "That's right, that's it! You said what I wanted to say, try to put it on a show! You can walk away and continue to look at the beautiful clothes." He smiled, ignoring Jessica, who was happy and satisfied, and beckoned and shouted, "Emily, come here!"

Emily Blunt was among the auditioners for the role of Emily, and after watching her performance, Wang Yang made the same choice as the future version, although she had only acted in stage plays in British theaters before, and had not yet landed on the big screen, she was a completely fledgling newcomer, but her acting talent was very high, and she was the kind of person who would become famous sooner or later.

For this eponymous role, she has a special feeling, the kind of aura that controls the picture is something that many famous actresses do not have, in fact, among the actresses in the future version of "The Demon Wears Prada", her performance level is only below Meryl Streep. Of course, Emily is a supporting character, the character's mentality is very stable, there is basically no level change, and it is relatively easy to control.

"It's coming!" Emily Blunt heard the director's shout and quickly turned and walked away.

...... "cut, good performance!" ...... "Lunchtime!We'll continue in the afternoon!" ......"cut! Dinner time, call it a day!

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, "The Devil Wears Prada" has been on for more than ten days, and the filming work is going on every day, except for weekends and days when night scenes are not filmed. Wang Yang and Jessica played in New York, went to Broadway to watch a stage play, and drove to the New Jersey Izod Center on the other side of the river to watch the NBA playoffs, the New Jersey Nets vs Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

This year's NBA rookie Yao Ming averaged 13 points and 8 boards per game in his debut season, but the Rockets did not enter the playoffs by one win, Wang Yang's beloved Warriors were only ranked 11th in the West, and the Lakers, who had an OK combination, were fiercely entangled with the Spurs, and were currently tied at 2:2.

In order to facilitate the production of "mit-21-team", the soundtrack work of "mit-21-team" was moved to the soundtrack room in New York, Wang Yang sometimes went over at night to see the results, and then gave his opinions to Christopher Baker, and also went to the headquarters of Blue Sky Studio to see the preparation of "Kung Fu Panda", and the days were very busy and fulfilling.

"The next thing you're going to do is change your look. Seeing the red light on the street in front of him, Wang Yang in the driver's seat braked to slow down, so that the black sedan stopped, he took the steering wheel, turned his head to look at Jessica, who was wearing big earrings and a gray fashion coat next to him, and said with a smile: "You want to become a super fashionable beauty, like now." Jessica nodded, and Wang Yang admonished again: "But don't be obsessed with fashion, even if I have become a fashion-leading person, you will know that it is not interesting." ”

"How could I?" Jessica smiled, raised her right hand in a spinning rope throwing pose, and said with a smile, "I'm a Texas cowboy! My favorite will always be jeans and a T-shirt." She glanced down at the scarf around her neck, pouted and shrugged, "But sometimes you just have to tie these napkins or something, I don't know why, it's prettier!"

"I know why, women love beauty, they like to wear these patterns, and handbags or something, in fact, it's a kind of animal feminine characteristics, they want to get other people's attention and praise eyes, just like a peacock on the screen, everyone has beautiful clothes, what to do? "Then you know why it's not 'The Devil Wears CK", right?' And the more accessories and the better the combination, the more attention will be drawn......"

In Jessica's laughter, Wang Yang said a few words with a casual smile, and when he saw that the red light in front of him was off, he stepped on the accelerator and started the car.

"Really?" Jessica stopped laughing, thinking about his words, as if there was some truth, but it wasn't a mistake to want compliments, right? She looked at the side of his face, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Isn't it the male peacock that opened the screen?"

“…… That's right, so it's scary for men to dress up and love beauty. When Wang Yang heard her say this, he immediately remembered some data he had learned when he collected information before, and said: "The Bureau of Labor Statistics has calculated that in 2002, American men spent only less money on clothes than women...... Looking at her curious face, he turned the steering wheel and said with a smile: "More than 200 yuan! But men spend a lot more money on cars, meals, alcoholic beverages, and audio-visual equipment than women." ”

Jessica was very surprised and puzzled, and asked, "Really, men like to buy clothes and shop so much?" She looked out the car window and looked back at the street, passers-by naturally had men and women, but only women carried bags, she wondered: "Why haven't I seen any men like shopping? For example, you and Joshua are also ......" She paused, and suddenly smiled: "But you buy a lot of things." ”

"Yes, men like to shop, but they don't like to walk around like women, go through all the items and pick carefully...... Men prefer to decide what they want to buy in advance, and they don't pick and choose and go home when they are done. ”

Jessica asked again, "Why?" Wang Yang looked at the car in front of him and said, "This is the result of the trend of human evolution, in the era of primitive people, men were responsible for hunting, and women were collecting fruits. They must carefully find the best place to collect and pick patiently to prevent bringing home poisonous berries or rotten nuts. ”

"Oh, that's why women nowadays like to pick so much!" Jessica's eyes lit up, and her pretty face was full of great amusement. Wang Yang nodded and smiled: "On the other hand, when a man is hunting, he must catch his prey quickly and decisively, and he must hurry home to protect his family, so we like to shop quickly." ”

After the weekend, the crew of "The Demon Wears Prada" also continued to start filming, and Jessica swept away the rustic and began to wear all kinds of fashionable clothes and change beautiful and charming looks. But the number of "NGs" on the set has suddenly increased, and the shooting schedule is not in the order of the script, but according to the scene, Andrea continues to learn and grow, and gradually understands the rules of the fashion industry and the office.

She knows how to satisfy Miranda, how to deal with Emily, who is "friend and foe", and unconsciously becomes more and more like Miranda.

This is a level change for Andrea, who has taken off her childishness and become a little devil. But Jessica also began to struggle with her performance, although her performance was no longer so pompous, but still too lively and joyful, without that subtle sense of evil. This naturally can't make Wang Yang shout "good" on the microphone, and his current requirements are very, very strict.

After the drama had no effect, Wang Yang suggested that she try to change into a poker face, but the result was too abrupt, and the second stage should not be a poker face...... A few close-ups are naturally much easier than the scenes, and this problem is solved by the camera technique, which also makes Andrea's changes more natural.

It's just that the biggest problem is still to come, after the betrayal of her relatives, the third stage of Andrea is very confused and painful, her impatience and anger are hung on her face from time to time, almost uncontrollably revealed, as well as inner pain, doubts and reflections on herself...... These painful struggles are arranged with inner monologue scenes, and Jessica can't play them well, and even those anger can't be played well.

The painful struggle is played very blankly, the anger is still playful and lively, and the large change in expression makes her hover on the verge of being out of the play, and the third stage of the interpretation can be said to be messed up.

Although there is a Meryl Streep on the set with a halo of 13 Oscar nominations, she can't help, acting is not simply teaching and copying, otherwise Meryl's daughter Maimi Gummer would not have to play tricks. Acting can be said to be a very personal thing, as a professional actor who came out of an acting school and has been in the film industry for many years, he basically knows everything in theory and practical skills and experience, but knowing it does not mean that he can do it, so acting is very personal talent, perception and tempering.

Talent can make Natalie explode in her teens and twenties, and can make people like Emily Blunt who are on the big screen for the first time have aura;

"Cut!Jessica, put in some emotion...... "Cut! still can't work!", "Jesse......", "Don't shoot this shot first, next one!", "Let's take a break!", ...... "What do you want!?" There were only two people left in the elegant office, Wang Yang and Jessica, he drove the film crew, Emily and everyone else, closed the door and couldn't help but take a deep breath, grabbed his hair, frowned and looked at Jessica standing in front of the glass desk, and said with hatred: " Please, why are you like that...... It's like a piece of wood!I can't say it!Emotions!Andrea needs emotions!"

Jessica looked at his crazy appearance, lowered her head slightly and didn't dare to look at his eyes, her brows were furrowed, her face was full of chagrin and self-blame, her heart hurt, she had done her best to act, but how could she get worse and worse...... "Don't look innocent! You're not!" Wang Yang roared loudly again, but then realized that the meaning of this sentence would be misunderstood, and hurriedly walked over: "No, no, no, I mean Andrea don't act innocently! I'm sorry!" Seeing Jessica's reddened eyes, his anger suddenly leaked, and he scolded himself: "Can anger solve the problem? She is not Donnie, and anger will only get worse and worse......"

Wang Yang sighed in his heart, maybe he was too strict with her! He found that it was still an old problem, and he scolded her for her problems when she was in "Youth Singing and Dancing", and she was not emotionally invested enough, and now she is naturally comfortable playing "Youth in Singing and Dancing", but in the face of the same upgraded role, she is entangled in the same problem! This is impossible to solve with the lens technique, because the lens itself needs these.

"Jan, I'm sorry......" Jessica blinked, grinned, and said, "I understand your feelings, I understand." ”

Looking at her slightly reddened eyes, Wang Yang hugged her and kissed her forehead, and said again: "Jessica, Andrea is not innocent, she has violated her own principles, her heart has become bad, but it is not 100% changed, that is the reason for her pain, struggle and trouble! Maybe there is a demon in everyone's heart, it will be induced, it will be destroyed, it depends on how you look at yourself and look at it." ”

"Hmm......" Jessica nodded, leaning on his shoulder and feeling comfortable, but the chagrin was growing, she had to play well!!

"Bring some emotions in, aren't you quite troubled now?" Wang Yang smiled and gave her an encouraging look, he knew that it was difficult to do, he hadn't tried to stand in front of the camera lens, but excellent actors had to overcome these difficulties. He continued: "It's a semi-revealing emotion, you know, suppressed, she doesn't want people to know she's angry, but it comes out. ”

Jessica felt it carefully, suppressing her anger...... She said, "I'll try," and began to perform in front of him.

"Your eyes are not sharp enough, you can be very sharp, you are very scary when you are angry!" Wang Yang clapped his hands and encouraged: "I know you can do it, think about the things that make you angry, how about the paparazzi? I need your eyes for a moment, become 'I'm going to kill her!'That's Miranda, that's you!' You can't stand it anymore, you're going to collapse!"

"What kind of shit life is this, what is this for?......

(To be continued)