Chapter 156: Videotape
"Actually, I'm also helpless about this kind of questioning, because my age is really a hard flaw, and there are very few directors under the age of 30 in Hollywood, let alone that I'm not yet 20 years old. Eric said eloquently: "Originally, I didn't have to respond to this kind of questioning, after all, reality is the best weapon to fight back, but as this view expands, I think that even if I ignore the irresponsible media chasing after the wind and shadows, I should give an explanation to the fans who have always supported my film, just because of some accidental factors, some images during the filming process were retained, na, these are the tapes." ”
Eric said, taking out more than a dozen cassettes from small boxes and stacking them between himself and Sophia.
"Wow, these are...... Filming tidbits?" asked Sophia.
Eric shook his head, "No, if it were tidbits, I wouldn't be in the footage, these are some of the trivialities I recorded with the extra camera when I was on set." ”
"Are you saying that a documentary of the production process is filmed from a third-party perspective, and this situation is allowed in the process of film production?"
Eric smiled: "Under normal circumstances, this situation is not allowed, because the content of the movie needs to be kept absolutely confidential, but the identity of the person who shot these tapes is relatively special, I believe she will not reveal the content, so let the other party toss." It is precisely because of my connivance at the beginning that I now have the opportunity to prove my innocence. ”
After Eric finished speaking, the audience in the audience stretched their necks and widened their eyes, and several fans whispered to urge Eric and Sophia to hurry up and play the content of the videotape.
"Okay, then you can't wait, let's take a look. Sophia didn't whet the audience's appetite too much, seemingly picking out a cassette of videotapes and stuffing them into the projector that had already been prepared.
Then, a little shaky picture began to appear on the big screen behind the two, it seemed that the person operating the camera was still very unskilled, and after a while, the picture slowly stabilized, and at the same time, a girl's slightly arrogant voice sounded from outside the picture: "Alan, hold up the radio, if I shoot out without sound, I will settle accounts with you when the time comes." ”
The other sounded, with a faint helplessness: "Okay, Your Royal Highness Princess." ”
The audience laughed along, and many people could hear that the girl's voice should come from Drew Barrymore, who was very close to Eric, thinking of what Eric had just said, it is true that only this girl can be so unscrupulous on the set, if other people dare to play like this on a movie set, they will definitely be blasted out.
On the big screen, the picture began to move, many people recognized that this should be a large studio, looking at the full-scale street and house models in the picture, the audience let out a faint exclamation, now is not more than ten years later, the era of the development of the Internet, many things can be found from the Internet pictures or videos. Although Americans often watch movies, they don't know much about the specific process of making films, and they have never seen such a large-scale studio with full-scale models, so they are not afraid of it.
With some noise, the person carrying the camera quickly walked into a room, and Eric wearing an army green director's vest appeared in front of the camera, in the picture Eric was dancing to Hanks explaining something, seeing the camera leaning over, Eric stopped talking to Hanks, smiled and reached over the camera, as if knocking on someone's head, and at the same time the girl's cry of pain and the laughter of some people around him.
"Hey, girl, this Sony professional camera is worth $128,000, and if you accidentally break it, I'll have to pay you off to Colombia. Eric knocked on Drew's head and said.
There was a brief shake in the camera, and Drew's frantic voice rang out: "Wow, that's annoying, how many times have you said it, don't knock me on the head." ”
Eric waved his hand at the camera like a kitten or a puppy: "Go, go, stand farther away, it's time to start shooting." ”
As the camera receded, the sound of Eric directing the crew to start filming sounded, and many of the crew members in the camera began to move, and Hanks and some other actors began to bury themselves, and a scene reporter stepped forward, expected to play the slate board.
At this point, Sophia pressed the stop button at the right time, and at the same time explained to the audience: "Sorry, the next picture will involve the content of the movie, so we have to stop." ”
Although it was only a minute or two, the audience still watched it with relish, and many people sighed regretfully when they saw Sophia stop playing.
"Eric, I'm starting to get more curious about a question, and I'm sure the audience in front of the TV is also curious about it," Sophia didn't immediately start showing other videotapes, but asked a lot of people's questions in accordance with public opinion: "Even though it's only a few minutes of footage, we can all see that you love Miss Barrymore, and the camera worth more than $100,000 can be played with like a toy, what is your relationship with Drew?"
Eric hesitated for a moment, sorted out his words, and then said, "How to say, I met Drew during the shooting, and I soon fell in love with this little girl." ”
Seeing that someone at the scene was about to coax, Eric hurriedly waved his hand to stop him: "Don't get me wrong, it's definitely not the kind of like you think, I just see Drew as my sister, and Drew was infected with some bad ...... Habit, although I have been to the rehabilitation center a few times, but the effect is not very good, her mother is helpless about it, I can't bear to let a girl with such potential as Drew sink like that, and impulsively discuss with her mother, let the girl move in with me, maybe I can supervise her to get rid of these bad habits, Ms. Adicon agreed after thinking about it, so there is the situation that everyone sees now. Maybe it's because I'm more in love with Drew, but she's more obedient to me, and because of that, she's now completely broken with those bad habits and is currently attending a girls' school, and I hope she'll graduate from high school smoothly and be free to choose her own path when she's an adult. ”
Eric doesn't have any psychological pressure on this kind of nonsense, and as an insider, he has long understood that these so-called interviews are just a show, as long as he achieves his own goals. After the stars in the previous life were interviewed, it is not uncommon for the divorce show to show affection and derailment, if you take a serious attitude towards this kind of show, it would be silly to hear the stars talk about their inspirational stories or love experiences.
Of course, although he was a little disapproving, Eric still made a full set of acts, and when he said this, his expression was sincere and very inflammatory, as if he was the angel sent by God to save the runaway girl.
And Sophia also showed a touched look, as for whether it was really Eric, I don't know.
"So, let's look forward to Miss Barrymore coming back to the big screen and bringing us great work, and now, let's take a look at what some of the other tapes have to say. Sophia said, picking out a pre-determined box of videotapes and putting them into the player.
The camera is still a little shaky, this time the scene is no longer a studio, but a blocked street, there are many police cars parked around, and a lot of camera booms and tracks are laid, but some of the staff in the picture are chatting in groups, some are looking up to drink water, and some people are leaning on the car door and fanning the wind with the text in their hands, looking at this situation, it is estimated that the crew is temporarily resting.
The voiceover sounded again: "Hello everyone, I'm Drew Barrymore, a reporter for ABC TV, and I've heard about a bank robbery here, so let's talk to Mr. Eric Williams, the commander of the scene." ”
The camera slowly approached Eric with sunglasses and a baseball cap not far away, the girl seemed to say something, and then a fluffy oversized radio microphone reluctantly appeared in the camera, slowly probed in front of Eric, and accidentally poked Eric's nose, which looked funny, and an aggrieved male voice sounded: "Director, I was forced, don't blame me." ”
Eric and Sophia laughed when they saw the picture, and the audience burst into laughter.
In the picture, Eric takes off his sunglasses and looks helplessly at the camera, looking like what do you want to do.
"Mr. Williams, I heard that there was a bank robbery here, how is it now, can you tell us about it?" asked the girl solemnly.
"Alright," Eric said lazily, pushing the microphone away from his face, " We have already controlled the situation, Miss Reporter, you see, the two robbers over there are playing poker with the members of the special combat team, the atmosphere is peaceful and harmonious, the negotiator Hanks is not really chatting with the plainclothes policeman, he is actually testing the other party, we have learned that the plainclothes is an insider, and we are going to wait for the arrest, the police chief Mr. Joe Pesci has left in a hurry, and I will be able to rush back in an hour, I am sure that the hostages will still be alive by then......"
Eric's funny words made the audience laugh again, and after playing this paragraph, Sophia smiled and selected a few boxes of videotapes again for a short playback, during which there were also two people's conversations and interactions with the audience, unconsciously, because some episodes needed to be recorded many times, it only took more than two hours to record a forty-minute talk show.