Chapter 5 Family

"Theβ€”Parentβ€”Trap" is a Disney family comedy about twin sisters, who have never been masked since birth, and after an unexpected reunion at a summer camp, the sisters swap identities and pretend to be each other in order to reunite their divorced parents. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

From the concept, it can be seen that this movie is based on the identity swap of twin sisters as the core, to create all the dramatic conflicts, laughs, and tears. So the most important thing in this film is the heroine's performance.

"Hey, Lindsay, what are you doing?" In the voice of the assistant producer, a red-haired Lori in her early teens ran across the set with a DV camera.

It's early in the morning, and most of the people on the set are either preparing for filming or preparing breakfast, and the whole set is buzzing with people and extremely busy.

"Haha, I'm making a movie!" Lori replied with a giggle, only to see her long red hair, emerald green eyes, and her pretty face covered with hazel freckles, and her energetic appearance was particularly eye-catching.

She is the protagonist of this film, Lindsay Lohan.

"This is my mom. Lindsay's camera is cast on a middle-aged woman with blonde hair.

"Tina, what are you doing in this film?" asked the assistant next to him.

The blonde woman, Lindsay's mother, Tina Lohan, smiled a little awkwardly, "I'm in charge of taking care of Lindsay. She pointed to the red-haired Lori and said.

"Hey, Dad. A thumbs-up gesture was made by a middle-aged man with round-rimmed glasses, who was Lindsay's father, Michael Lohan.

"Michael, look here. A little black-haired boy was stopped by Lori, who looked like he was only seven or eight years old, "This is my brother." ”

The little boy was particularly shy because the set was full of girls.

"And this is my sister, Ariana. "A little Lori with brown hair and white skin, she looks like a beautiful embryo at first glance, and her big watery eyes are particularly cute.

Then Lolita Lindsay shuttled back and forth on the set with a DV machine, so it was not lively.

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"Wow, that's a whole family. Sid sat at the round table in the dining room, looking at the lively heroine's family in front of him with a smile.

"Hey, SuperStar, what are you watching?" said producer Charles Schell with a smile as he walked over and sat down.

"The rising genius star, and her greedy and incompetent family, what a bloody drama. Sid sarcastically said mercilessly.

"Hey, you're exaggerating. Simon Kuntz, who played the butler, also sat down with breakfast, "Lindsay, this little girl is very good, she has a kind personality and is lively and cute, she is very popular with everyone." ”

Sid stirred the cereal porridge and sneered: "Macaulay Culkin and Drew Barrymore are also very popular with everyone, but unfortunately, they can't compete with the cheating daddy." ”

In the early 90s, Macaulay Culkin, who became the world's first child star because of his starring role in "Home Alone", was first forced to shoot advertisements by his vampire-like parents, and later the drama of his parents divorcing and snatching custody was even more well-known all over the world. It has become the most famous negative teaching material among Hollywood child stars.

As for Drew Barrymore, after becoming famous as the girl who kissed aliens in "E.T.". Driven by the parents of the addict, he drank heavily at the age of nine, was contaminated with cocaine at the age of thirteen, and was already admitted to a drug rehabilitation center three times at the age of fifteen. If he hadn't broken off his relationship with his parents at the age of sixteen at the age of sixteen, he would not have been reborn in Nirvana.

"Why do you have such a big opinion about Lindsay's family?" said Charles Schell with a meaningful laugh, "Hehe, do you know something?"

Sid raised his eyes and looked at the old fox, and sure enough, the people who could roll around in Hollywood were human spirits: "No~~, I'm just idle and bored." ”

"Haha, but then again, Lindsay is only eleven years old and is the main character. Simon Kuntz saw that the atmosphere was a little stiff, and immediately changed the subject, "Think about when I was eleven years old, I only knew how to roll in the mud all day. Charles, what about you?"

"Me?" said Charles Schell, scratching his beard, "Playing baseball or something, we didn't have that much entertainment in our time. ”

"OK, the field notes are shouting, it's time to work. Sid clapped his hands and said.

"Oh, Sid, you're so good, I'm almost out of work as a producer if it goes on like this. Old man Charles Schell laughed teasingly.

"Go, I don't want your job, it's true to pay me more salary. Sid laughed and cross-examined.

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Formal filming was carried out effectively under the intensive preparations, and Sid found that although this was a large team of hundreds of people, under the mature division of labor system in Hollywood, the division of labor between technicians and the overall planning of directors and producers, it seemed busy but not chaotic.

As an assistant director, Sid is responsible for liaising with all aspects of the crew and collecting information from each link to the director and producer. Just like the mailroom of the five major Hollywood agencies, this job may seem simple and cheap, but in the eyes of those with discernment, it is the best way to promote and grow.

"Hey, hey!" Lindsay was fencing fiercely in front of the camera with a serious face, but the other girl was not to be outdone and returned the sword, and after Lindsay threw out a sword flower, the two fought together again.

This is the first important scene of the film, the "two heroines" Anne and Holly through a-for-tat fencing match, not fighting the process of not knowing each other. So comedy and action are the most important.

The intense fencing scene is not difficult for the lively and active Lindsay, and wearing a mask can be filmed directly in one go, which also makes the shooting slightly easier. It wasn't until the "two" heroines rolled into the sink one after another to end the fight that Anne and Holly's first meeting gave Sid his first glimpse of Hollywood cinematic technology.

Let Lindsay play Holly in green first, and Annie will be played by another girl with a similar hair color and body shape to Lindsay, and then shoot it the other way around, and then cut out the characters in post-production and combine them together.

Although it is theoretically simple, the technology that can be used directly without the help of a green screen here still makes Sid very curious. But what surprised Sid even more was Lindsay's performance, just listening to director Nancy Meyers' explanation, she accurately performed the two completely different styles when Holly and Anne first met.

Holly, who was born in the United States, immediately exclaimed in small surprise, her eyes widened, and at the same time, she involuntarily took a breath of cool air - the image of an American girl jumping freely jumped on the paper. And Anne, who was born in England, just widened her eyes slightly, and kept looking Holly up and down - the gentle and generous British ladylike style exudes from the inside out.

The two performances are completely different, but they all have a sense of layering and rich details, and this little girl's talent is really limitless. But more importantly, Lindsay's performance has a sense of sparkle that absorbs the camera, and she can't help but attract everyone's attention when she stands in front of the camera, which is the idol temperament.

It's no wonder that Disney later starred her in a series of blockbuster movies, surpassing Anne Hathaway and Hillary Duff of the same period.

There are a lot of newcomers who are beautiful and have the temperament of a star, and there will be a lot of them in Hollywood every time, and many of them can also get the opportunity to star in popular films and become popular fried chicken.

For example, Vanessa Hudgens in "High School Musical", Jessica Alba in "Fantastic Four", and Kristen Stewart in "Twilight". But their acting skills are shallow, because they lack a solid foundation, it is obviously impossible for them to survive in the fiercely competitive Hollywood for a long time.

While others have outstanding acting skills, but they don't have star temperament, they can only struggle in the second and third lines, or the embarrassing position of the quasi-first line for a long time, and it is difficult to make too many breakthroughs. Most of such actresses have a few well-known masterpieces, but there is an insurmountable gap between them and the position of first-line superstars.

For example, Rachel McAdams in "The Notebook" and Amy Adams in "Enchanted".

Lindsay, on the other hand, has a rare combination of two qualities, both acting talent and idol temperament, it seems that she can become the queen of topics later, and it is not for nothing.

After the fencing scene during the day, the night time was not wasted, but was used to film the second confrontation between Anne and Holly, who did not know each other, with gambling cards.

Holly, who lost in fencing, succeeded in counterattacking this time, forcing the ladylike Anne to fall into the lake again. Of course, it was Lindsay herself who actually jumped into the lake. And this also escalated the conflict between the two sisters, and conflicts and jokes emerged one after another.

Needless to say, after the shoot was over, Sid put the camera in the trailer for the photographer and locked it, and yawned and prepared to go back to sleep. Although he is mentally tough, he is only 16 years old now, which is the age of physical growth.

Just as he was passing through the Lake District, suddenly, a cry of "chirping, chirping" came from nowhere. "Yes!!" Sid immediately snapped.

What the heck!?

"Who's where?" Sid asked in a loud voice.

The voice immediately broke, and Sid scratched his head, did he hear it wrong?

He turned to leave, and the sobs rang out again. Sid frowned, and followed the sound to the small wooden boat in the dock by the lake, and the sobbing was getting louder and louder, apparently coming from below.

Sid crouched down, "Hey, where did you come from, bad boy, why don't you go back to sleep here?"

A small figure shook its head sharply.

It was a little face shivering and tearful.

"Lindsay!?"