On an ordinary morning in November, the crew of "Love Before Dawn" started filming in London in a low-key manner.

The turmoil caused by Hawke's role as the leading actor in the Chinese entertainment industry gradually subsided, and he was only occasionally mentioned in some forums.

The mainstream media chose to wait and see after the objective report, and only symbolically sent a few reporters to Britain to take some photos of the start-up period.

For an idol newcomer with zero film and television works, the media is temporarily unwilling and has no energy to make presumptuous comments.

And in various film and television gossip circles and forums of artists of the same age, they are almost one-sided and not optimistic about this matter.

It can be said that in addition to Hawke's fans and some fans of the Dream Dragon Group, other passers-by have huge doubts about the choice of Keggs Films.

The black spots of Chinese fans are focused on Hawke's lack of acting skills and strength, while British fans who follow this movie are dissatisfied with Keggs's behavior of bowing to the Chinese market.

Even if there are many opposing remarks from the outside world, it has not had any obvious impact on the crew.

It was raining in London as always, but fortunately the first scene was an indoor play, which avoided the interference of the weather factors.

I don't know if it's because of the movie itself or David MacDonald's own obsessive-compulsive disorder, the shots of the entire movie are shot strictly according to the plot progression.

The first act is the story of the male and female protagonists meeting and talking by chance on the train from north to south, and then falling in love at first sight.

Hawke and Jocelyn sat in a carriage, staring at each other across an aisle.

Just a meter away from them, there were directors, cameramen, scene notes, lighting and other behind-the-scenes personnel, more than ten of them.

According to the length of the script, the length of the dialogue between the male and female protagonists should be more than five minutes.

To put it bluntly, this movie with only two protagonists tells the story of an affair and a flirtatious girl.

"Do you know what they're talking about?" asked Luo Yunfei, the male protagonist played by Hawke, pointing to a quarrelsome couple walking outside the carriage to Joselin opposite.

"I don't know," Joceline, who plays the heroine Serena, laughed and shook her head, "I only know a little German, and I can't understand what they're saying." ”

"Do you think husbands and wives will be like this when they get old?" asked Hawke.

Jocelyn nodded and said, "Some people say that husbands and wives will not be able to hear each other's voices after being married for a long time. ”

Hawke looked curious, then stood up and prepared to cross the aisle of the carriage to the opposite of Joceline.

"Click!"

Hawke was about to get up when David stopped the show.

He looked at the camera dissatisfied, then stood up and said to Hawke, "Hawke, your expression just now was too deliberate, do it again." ”

This is the fifth NG, Hawk still nodded sincerely, and then thought carefully about how to improve.

"You should show great interest in what the girl has to say, and you can't wait to sit down next to her and listen," David said, "and instead of widening your eyes and looking surprised, there's nothing surprising about it." ”

After listening to David's guidance, Hawke thought carefully.

This scene is simply the female protagonist saying "Tell you something magical! Who is next door", and then the male protagonist shows the feeling of "really?!

It's just that because of the first time he faced such a close camera, Hawke's expression was involuntarily exaggerated, so the effect was not good.

After figuring this out, the shot passed smoothly on the sixth shot.

followed by the plot of the male and female protagonists across a small table, and then chatting with each other.

I have to say that at that time, in order to memorize these lines, Hawke only slept five hours a day, even if it was long, it was still English.

So in the following shoot, Hawke could clearly feel out of shape, and after three or four sentences, he always had to think about what the next sentence was, and then how to say a certain English word.

Not to mention that there are some problems that need to be paid attention to in the pronunciation of biting words.

Then he looked at Jocelyn on the other side, although the other party had no English barriers, but it seemed that he was also quite painful because of the long lines.

There were several chuckles in the middle of the performance of the two people, and the strange thing is that the director never stopped.

The more I talked, the more embarrassed I became, and finally chatted for five minutes to end the first shooting.

After saying that, Hawke looked apologetically at the director and cameraman, only to realize that there was a red dot next to the camera's lens - it was simply closed.

Co-author David never thought that they would succeed at one time, so he simply didn't shoot.

The routine is so deep.

"One more time. David said with a blank face.

Five minutes later.

"Stop! ”

After failing twice, Hawk could feel that his lines were more familiar, and the third time he began to try to add some body language, but he didn't care about the coincidence and inappropriateness, but he felt that the whole person was not so nervous after adding body language.

However, the facts told him that one should be self-aware and not try to deceive oneself.

"Click. This time, after only a minute and a half of filming, David stopped the performance.

I saw that he had been expressionless at the moment, frowned, stood up and walked around the carriage.

Hawke glanced at Jocelyn opposite, both of whom had some worry in their eyes, afraid of making the director angry.

David picked up the script and read it silently, then closed it and handed it to his assistant.

"Hawke, you have no problem adding physical acting, but there are too many small movements that are not conducive to the camera," David said to the two, "and Joceline, your character is telling each other the story of their family, and you have a few pauses, which is not like the way you speak when introducing yourself to something familiar. ”

Both nodded their heads to indicate that they would correct their mistakes.

"It's an acting problem, and it's a bit difficult to correct it in a short period of time. David rejects their determination.

"Try to let go of the script, don't think about the dialogue in the script, and imagine how you two are strangers to young men and women, and how you can talk when you meet and are attracted to each other during your travels. David said, "You just need to remember the basic character design of the characters in the script, and try to play freely for the rest." ”

What should we talk about if you are free?

Hawke thought about it, in this script, the protagonist Luo Yunfei is a young man who has just graduated from senior college and is traveling around and has no fixed place to live.

Youthful, confident, energetic and flamboyant, the role of Luo Yunfei has the world's unanimous consensus on Chinese young people.

Maybe he is just a hard-working, simple and slightly conservative "Earth Chinese" in his soul, and now he has to play the appearance of the setting,

If you are not confident and public, you dare to say that you are flirting with girls?

Hawke and Jocelyn asked for a break like David, and then the two discussed the conversation.

Ten minutes later, the camera restarted.

"So, where are you from?" Hawke looked at Jocelyn curiously, "German-speaking Britons?"

"Paris, French. Jocelyn rejects Hawke's reasoning.

"Do the French speak English? ”

Jocelyn said with a "Are you kidding" expression: "It's a dilemma to find someone in France who doesn't speak English." ”

And then she continued, "So what about you? Where are you from?"

"Chinese people. ”

"Huaxia?" asked Jocelyn in surprise, "are you kidding? ”

"What?" Hawke listened to Jocelyn's answer, first with some questions, and randomly changed to a look of sudden realization.

He leaned back in his chair, stretched out his hands slightly exaggeratedly, and said in a self-deprecating tone: "Oh yes, in the eyes of others, Huaxia people are the kind of people who can only speak Huaxia, think that their country is the best in the world, and then stay in their own city for the rest of their lives and will not go out to see the world, right?" ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" said Jocelyn, smiling, "but you said it yourself. ”

"I'm really Chinese," Hawke leaned forward, and then said to Jocelyn solemnly, "I took English courses in college, and not only that, but I also speak Latin. ”

"Oh, tell me?" said Jocelyn, spreading her right hand, motioning for Hawke to begin your performance.

“ego amor te”

"What?"

“ego amor te”

"Do you know what that means?" said Jocelyn, looking at Hawke a little speechless.

Hawke shook his head slightly embarrassed, and then said, "Actually, my friend from the language department taught me, I don't know what it is." ”

Jocelyn laughed out loud, and then said with a playful look: "Isn't it rude to say 'I love you' directly in front of a girl whose name you don't even know when you meet for the first time?"

I thought it meant "have you eaten?"

Hawke was a little embarrassed, but still not cheeky, and he continued to smile and say to Joceline, "Then it depends on how beautiful this girl is." ”

Jocelyn stopped talking, the corners of her mouth turned upwards from time to time, and she tried hard not to laugh.

"Click!" David interrupted the conversation between the two, "It works well, ponder the expression and do it again." ”

With a hint of excitement in his eyes, he whispered something like "awesome."