Chapter 236: Lying on the ground and getting shot
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After originally intending to let Nicole play the heroine of "Sleepless in Seattle", Eric also auditioned for the girl once, and although Nicole also met his requirements that time, it was far from being compared with the current state. And this time, Nicole has simply turned herself into a different person, an Annie who is exactly the same as in the script. Red.
It seems that during this time, Nicole was not addicted to the scenery after winning the heroine of "Sleepless in Seattle", and must have put a lot of effort into figuring out this role in private. In Hollywood, as an actor, after all, you still have to rely on your acting skills to speak, compared to many beautiful actresses who are indulged in the scenery of vases and can't extricate themselves, Nicole obviously understood this early.
Hearing Eric's compliment, the girl showed a happy expression, and then cautiously probed, "Eric, can I lighten the tone of my lips?" ”
Eric looked at the girl's somewhat thick red lip gloss, and looked at the two makeup artists, he didn't remember for a moment what was going on.
An older makeup artist hurriedly explained, "Mr. Williams, this is the look we did for Miss Kidman according to the original makeup photo, and I also suggested that Miss Kidman's lips be lightened at the time, but it seems that you personally vetoed this mention." ”
Eric thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Oh, I remember. That's just right. No need to tune it. ”
"But. It looks very unnatural. The younger makeup artist weakly rejected.
"That's what I want," Eric explained, "and if even this flaw was repaired, Nicole would look perfect, don't forget Annie. Rhett is a woman who has a bit of a heartless heart in life, how can such a woman dress herself perfectly, there are some shortcomings that are more in line with her character. ”
Hearing Eric's words, all three nodded thoughtfully.
Eric continued, "I know you're all very professional makeup artists, but. Don't forget that you are modeling actors, so your job is not to dress the actors perfectly, but to shape the image of the actors as much as possible according to the director's requirements, regardless of whether they are beautiful or ugly. ”
"Thank you for your advice, Mr. Williams, we got it." The older makeup artist nodded hurriedly.
Because of the thorough preparation, Nicole's footage barely has much NG, so the shot of Sam and Anne's first encounter at Alki Beach is quickly completed. After filming a few more airport shots in the next few days, Nicole can leave the crew temporarily if she wants.
As is customary. The crew didn't shoot any complicated footage on the first day, except for Sam and Annie's encounter. It's basically the scenes where Sam frolicks with his son.
In order to be able to work with the little actor Victor. Morris played the image of father and son, and Hanks had been with the little guy for a week before, so when filming began, there was no barrier between the two. It's just that after the first day of running-in, the two 'father and son' have already entered the state, plus time does not allow the crew to go step by step, and the next day, the crew began a more complex scene. Of course, problems arise as well.
In the background, Jonah reveals the address of his home to the radio station, and Sam soon receives courtship letters from all over the United States.
There was a large pile of mail on the living room dining table, and Jonah picked up one at random, opened it, and read, "Dear Seattle, you are the most attractive man I've ever heard, poof......"
The little one poofed, tossed the letter aside, and reached out to open another one.
Before Hanks could say anything, Eric shouted again, because the boy's expression didn't have the funny look he should have, but a nervous expression, and his eyes couldn't help but look around.
Gesturing to the others, Eric said, "Forget it, let's rest for a while, Victor, come here, let's talk." ”
"Mr. Director, am I not doing a good job again?" The little one jumped out of his chair and approached Eric, asking with some trepidation.
Although it was only five times, from the third time onwards, the boy became cringe. Seeing this situation, Eric decisively stopped filming, he knew that forcing the filming would definitely cause more psychological pressure on the boy, and might even make the little guy have no confidence to play it again.
Hearing Victor's words, Eric hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no, you've done a good job, but you haven't done your best, do you want to be the best?" ”
Victor nodded fiercely: "Of course, when I grow up, I will also win the Oscar." ”
"Well, what an ambitious good boy, but the Oscars are not so easy to win, and those who can stand on the Oscar podium and take the little golden man are the best ones."
"So what should I do?" Victor asked expectantly, and the little guy relaxed for a moment as Eric beckoned him.
The crew members knew that Eric was teaching the little guy to act in his own way, and in order not to affect the two of them, most of them left the room consciously, and there were only a few staff members left in the room, and they were all light-hearted.
Hanks pulled another chair and sat down on the other side of the little guy with a smile. This action made Victor feel more at ease, after all, Hanks, who had been with him for more than a week, gave him more security than Eric.
Eric rubbed the boy's head and said with a smile: "It's very simple, that is, you can't be discouraged at all when you encounter failure, just like the shooting just now, since you didn't shoot well this time, let's do it a few more times." But because you don't shoot well once or twice, you become unconfident, and then a person will never be able to improve again. ”
The boy nodded as if he didn't understand, as if he realized something, but then he picked his fingers and whispered, "But." Seeing so many uncles and aunts because I wasted my time. When I think about this, I feel a little worried. Fear that they will get angry. ”
"No, you're wrong," said Eric, "and you're paid for acting, and they're also paid for acting." And, unlike you, their wages are based on time. The longer you shoot, the more they get paid. So they're actually very happy in their hearts. Eric said, pointing to Nickel, who was changing the film for the camera with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth: "Nikkor, you're happy now, aren't you?" ”
Nikkor let out a forced smile and nodded and smiled, "Of course, little one, you can try it as much as you want, and the more we shoot, the happier we will be." Of course, you can't deliberately smash the camera, because then Mr. Director will definitely see it, so we still won't get paid. ”
Eric glared at Nikl to stop him from continuing his nonsense. Then he said to Victor, "Well, tell me about your performance." Victor, have you seen Home Alone? ”
"Of course, Kevin and the two stupid thieves, but unfortunately I only watched it once, and my mother didn't take me anymore. Mr. Director, Mom said that you directed that movie, so will our movie be as interesting as Home Alone? ”
"That's for sure, so, if you play it well, in the future, the whole American kids will worship you as much as they worship Kevin."
The boy immediately showed a wistful look, although he didn't know much about what Eric said, because he hadn't learned the meaning of the word 'worship', but the little guy instinctively felt that it must be a very powerful thing to be adored by the children of the whole America.
In order to prevent the boy from taking the topic away again, Eric said: "Since you have watched "Home Alone", then you must remember the appearance of Kevin in that movie, and the role of Jonah you are going to play is similar to Kevin." What you just played was wrong, when you read the letter, you should be a little more funny, baring your teeth, staring, by the way, will you make a grimace? ”
"Wow-" The little guy immediately hooked the corners of his mouth and rolled his eyes and grimaced.
Eric patted the boy on the shoulder, "Well done, then, wait a minute, you're going to ......"
Ten minutes later, filming resumed.
It was still the same pile of letters, and the little guy opened a letter and read it as usual: "Dear Mr. Sleepless Seattle, you are the most attractive man I have ever heard, poof......"
“cut!” Eric subconsciously shouted, but then realized that something was wrong.
He had just built up his confidence for the little one, and had thought that he would at least wait until the boy had finished the scene before anything else. But seeing that the boy's expression was not in place, Eric instinctively shouted, but it was too late to take it back.
The boy looked over again with bright and apprehensive eyes, and Eric had an idea, grabbed a baseball cap next to him and threw it at Nickel not far away, just smashing it in the face of the innocent photographer: "Nickor, you idiot, such a good shot was messed up by the shaking of your camera." ”
Eric 'roared' and squeezed his eyes at Nichol a few times, although he was shot while lying on the ground, the poor photographer didn't dare to pretend not to understand Eric's meaning, so he had to apologize with a smile: "Sorry, director, this is really an accident, I will pay attention next time, forgive me, okay?" ”
"I'll let you go this time, and next time I dare to do this, I'll ...... Withhold your wages. Eric gritted his teeth and said to the boy in a blink of an eye: "Victor, I don't blame you this time, it was Nichol who messed up the camera, you see, adults can make mistakes too, so don't be nervous, let's continue, okay?" ”
"Well, Mr. Director," the little one nodded vigorously.
Maybe it's because of the 'encouragement' that adults can make mistakes, and although it was ng a few times later, this shot still went smoothly.
And now that he found that this method can stimulate the little one's self-confidence, Eric immediately found a few more 'fools', and even Hanks followed the fools a few times very cooperatively. As a result, the boy's performance has improved rapidly. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ point / official account (WeChat add friends - add official account - enter dd), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the dd WeChat public account! (To be continued......)