Chapter Forty-Eight: Am I a Bastard?
After completing the filming of all the non-singing and dancing scenes, the crew began to shoot the singing and dancing scenes. And whether it is Wang Yang or Valley Pfister, they have no experience in this, fortunately, there is also Anne Fletcher, she is the dance finger of "Titanic", she has rich experience in singing and dancing shots, knows how to place the camera, knows what pictures the camera should capture, etc., she is the guiding light in this regard.
Of course, the focus of the camera is on the picture, which is also the dance, and in terms of songs, as long as the mouth shape matches when shooting close-ups, it is okay, and then slowly add the songs when recording in the post-production.
After David Lawrence quickly signed the contract, he also quickly came to Salt Lake City with his songs, after Wang Yang selected the songs he was satisfied with, Lawrence taught the leading actors to sing, and Anne Fletcher choreographed the appropriate dance according to the style and rhythm of the song, and then filmed the camera.
However, Anne Fletcher has already choreographed the dances for those scenes where the songs were picked early, and the filming work did not have to stop.
In order to shoot these singing and dancing scenes, the crew rented two more film cameras for multi-camera shooting, and the same scene was shot many times, burned a lot of film, and also got a lot of lens material. As for how to express this scene and this song and dance, these trade-offs will be considered in the later editing.
At this time, the crew was in the school cafeteria of Eastern High School, filming the singing and dancing passages of this scene, there were cameras on the second floor of the cafeteria, and the front of the downstairs was also working with a camera assistant, and there were also on the side. Now that the main chorus and dance shots have been filmed, it has come to an end.
Everyone was still dancing, Gabriela and her good friend walked in with their lunch, Chappet-Evans walked down the stairs angrily, as if to trouble Gabriella, but Gabriela in front stepped on a puddle of water on the ground, slid a step, and the hands holding the plate flipped uncontrollably, and the box of french fries sauce on the plate flew up, and landed right on the body of Chapee-Evans behind, and then Chapel left angrily and aggrieved.
In the original movie, the camera here takes a direct switch, the first second is a close-up of the french fries sauce flying in the air, and the next picture is Xia Pei holding the french fries sauce box on his chest in amazement.
But Wang Yang wanted to shoot more realistically, he hoped to shoot a side shot, with the whole process of Gabriela slipping, French fries sauce flying, and smashing into Xia Pei's chest, this shot can be inserted in the middle, making this dramatic scene more vivid and concrete.
Valey Pfister was carrying the camera, Wang Yang was standing behind, the cheerleaders and extras next to him were still dancing, he looked at Rachel walking down the stairs, and then looked at Jessica holding the dinner plate, and prayed in his heart: "Please, this shot must be passed once!" If it can't be passed, Rachel will have to change into the same set of clothes and start again, and she will be smashed by the french fries sauce again, which is hard and uncomfortable.
Rachel, who played Xia Pei, walked down from the second floor with an angry face, and Zachary, who played Rennes, followed like a servant. Jessica looked left and right at the dancing crowd around her, she shrunk her hands and feet and walked forward, suddenly stepped on the water on the ground and slipped, the plate in her hand shook upward, and the box full of fries and french fries sauce flew up!
Everyone couldn't help but look at the box, Wang Yang clenched his fist, his heart tightened, seeing that the box of fries was about to fall, it seemed that it was still a little bit close, Rachel hurriedly took a step forward, just let the box of fries hit her chest! She pressed the box on her chest with both hands, there was already a stain of sauce, she looked down with a shocked face, and then screamed: "Ahhh!!hhh
Wang Yang waved his fist happily and shouted, "Cut! Good, very good!" He looked at Jessica and said with a smile: "Jessica, a very good pass, it seems that it is not without benefit to fall often." As he spoke, he gave Rachel another thumbs up and praised, "Rachel, your performance is amazing!"
Jessica couldn't be happy, looked at Rachel a little embarrassed, and said, "I'm sorry, Rachel ......" Rachel smiled slightly, shook her head and said, "It's nothing, you need to shoot, don't be sorry." She continued to press the box of fries on her chest and said to Wang Yang: "Yang, the next shot, right?"
"Oh, okay, next shot. Wang Yang also realized that it was not the time to laugh, Rachel was very uncomfortable like this, although it was necessary for work, but it should be over quickly! He clapped his hands and shouted, "Everyone is ready!"
Alison Reed, who played Mr. Dabbs, walked over, stood behind Rachel, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?" Rachel gasped angrily and said aggrievedly, "It's Gabriella, she spilled her lunch on me! She did it on purpose! She wanted to mess it all up! And Troy, he and his basketball team were the masterminds!" She glanced at Jessica over there, gritted her teeth in hatred, and read the line: "I paid so much for the musical, and the result was ...... Ahh
With that, Rachel's eyes were a little red and she shook her hand and walked briskly to the second floor, and the extras on the stairs gave way.
"Cut!" Wang Yang shouted to stop, nodded and said, "Good as always, guys, get ready for the next shot." "The rest of the shots were all from Troy Burton and his best friend, and the photographer and gaffer had to reposition. Wang Yang looked at Rachel in the distance, her eyes full of grievances just now...... It's a really good acting. He felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and shouted, "Rachel, it's hard work, you go clean up." ”
Rachel nodded silently, walked to the second floor of the cafeteria, sat down on a chair, took the tissue from the field attendant, and wiped the sauce on her chest. Seeing Jessica walking over, Rachel, who was tidying up her clothes, smiled at her and said, "Hi." ”
"Rachel. Jessica sat down in a chair next to her and apologized to Rachel, "It's work, but I'm sorry." Rachel shrugged her shoulders and said, "It really doesn't matter. She showed two dimples and smiled, "I'm paid, I have a work ethic, huh, don't I?"
Jessica smiled, but she always felt that Rachel was a little unhappy, and she had been like this lately, was it because of that? If so, she couldn't help it...... She thought for a while, and could only reply: "Your work ethic is great, and your performances are almost all done once, and I always have to NG several times, wasting a lot of film." ”
"Nothing, the film isn't ours anyway. Rachel shook her head and laughed, and she suddenly said, "It's almost Christmas." ”
Hearing this, Jessica was stunned and nodded, "Yes." It seems that it has been a long, long time since the last Christmas, and she sighs with some sighs: "This year seems to have been very long." Rachel asked, "Why? Because of Jan?" Jessica glanced at Rachel and was silent for a moment before she said, "I think yes, since I reunited with Young, my world has become so colorful." ”
"Then you have to cherish it. Rachel smiled faintly, patted Jessica on the shoulder, stood up and said, "I'll go to the bathroom, I'm out of company." ”
Jessica looked at Rachel's back and said firmly in her heart, I will cherish it.
After a day of filming and two hours of dance rehearsals in the evening, Rachel returned to her hotel room, where she sat at her desk and looked at the laptop screen, which opened up some photos taken by her and Wang Yang while they were in Chicago. In the photo at this time, Wang Yang is standing at the Navy pier with his hands outstretched, with a bright smile on his face.
Rachel looked at it for a while, and then clicked on the next one, this photo was taken with the help of passers-by, she and Wang Yang laughed together, and they wanted to hit each other. Thinking of those happy memories, Rachel couldn't help but smile, and she clicked on the next one, the next one, and the smile on her face gradually faded, and finally her face was calm.
Maybe it's time to let go of these things! Rachel's heart ached, holding the mouse to select all the pictures in the folder, and about to click delete, her index finger rubbed the left mouse button, but she couldn't press it, she gritted her teeth, and seemed to have made up her mind...... At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Wang Yang's voice was faintly heard: "Rachel, are you there?"
Rachel was stunned for a moment, she turned her head to look at the door, the knock sounded again, she sighed, closed the folder, got up and walked to open the door, it was really Wang Yang outside the door. Rachel felt annoyed and asked, "Jan, what's the matter?"
Wang Yang looked at her with a smile and said, "I just want to say sorry to you, but I haven't been able to find a chance to say it today." Rachel shrugged and said, "I'm sorry what? It's just work, I'm not angry." Wang Yang nodded, yes, it's just work, it's not a big deal, he doesn't know what he wants to apologize for, today he saw Rachel's sad eyes, that look pierced his heart like a thorn, making him very uncomfortable.
He shook his head again and said, "No, Rachel, I still have to say something, I'm sorry." ”
"I see, so is there anything else?" said Rachel, holding the handle of the door from beginning to end, seemingly ready to close the door at any moment.
"Ugh. Wang Yang couldn't think of anything else, so he had to say: "No ......" Seeing that Rachel was about to close the door, he couldn't help shouting: "Wait!" Rachel stopped, looked at him and said, "What's the matter, say good night?" Hearing her mocking tone, Wang Yang wiped his forehead helplessly and said, "Yes, I want to say good night." Seeing that Rachel was about to close the door without even saying "good night", he sighed and said, "Rachel, I don't understand, why don't you talk to me?"
In the past, on the phone and on MSN, they were always chatting happily, talking about all kinds of topics, exchanging their opinions, but recently, except for things at work, Rachel would talk well, and the tone at other times was always light, and there was no such pleasant conversation atmosphere as before, and he talked to Rachel about movies, and she always talked about everything, and she always said 'oh, yes', and then ended in a dull way.
Rachel suddenly laughed and said softly, "Jan, you know, some things are different. ”
Something is different...... Wang Yang was silent, he knew this, he knew that some things had changed, but could he not speak anymore? He thought a little willfully, and said, "Rachel, I don't understand, aren't we good friends?"
"No, good friends can talk about a lot. Rachel shrugged her shoulders and frowned again and asked, "Okay, what do you want to talk about, Jan?" She looked at Wang Yang angrily, and said in a quick tone: "Movie, drama, song and dance?", "Rachel, I watched "The Count of Monte Cristo" again yesterday......', 'Rachel, I suddenly thought of a great idea......', 'Rachel, you know what...... 'Rachel, Rachel, Rachel!'" She said in a trembling voice, "Why are you talking to me about this, I don't want to say it, okay?"
Wang Yang was stunned, Rachel took a deep breath, spread her hands funny, and said, "Do you only have one friend of mine? Why are you looking for me?"
"I ......" Wang Yang was speechless, he has a lot of friends, why is he looking for Rachel? He doesn't know, he just feels very happy when chatting with Rachel, whenever he reads a book and gets excited, or has any ideas, he wants to find someone to talk to, he always looks for Rachel, Rachel understands what he is talking about, there is a tacit understanding between them, which makes him feel very comfortable.
Seeing his embarrassed face, Rachel's heart ached, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Jan, you know what? She looked into Wang Yang's eyes and said blankly: "I don't know what you think, what do you want to get? Tell me, Yang, what do you want to get? A good female friend who can confide in each other and talk about hobbies?" she exhaled uncomfortably, looked into the distance, shook her head and said, "I can't do it, it's not my obligation." My life has been completely disrupted by you, Jan, what else do you want?"
"Rachel, I'm sorry, I'm sorry......" Wang Yang blushed with shame, his thoughts were too selfish, he thought he could continue to do the same as before, but he hurt this girl. Seeing Rachel's red eyes, he said uncomfortably, "I'm sorry, Rachel, I'm really sorry." ”
Rachel took another deep breath, blinked her hot eyes, and said, "I don't need to say sorry, I don't need to ...... Yang, good night, I'm going to sleep......" With that, she slammed the door shut, her heart felt suffocated for a while, leaning weakly against the door, Wang Yang's ashamed, embarrassed, and how to be good lingered in front of her eyes, she suppressed her breathing and muttered: "Yang, I'm sorry...... I can't. ”
The door slammed shut. Wang Yang covered his face with both hands, closed his eyes, grabbed his hair very unnaturally, and said softly: "Am I a bastard?"
He punched the wall with his fist, and walked to the elevator, and after a few steps, he sensitively looked back at the other end of the hallway, there was no one, and he walked away quickly.
(To be continued)