Chapter 248: I'm Not Acting
Eric immediately understood why the little Lori appeared here, it must have been brought by Donald Teplan, but the surrounding staff were really derelict in their duties, even if the little guy stayed here, she shouldn't be allowed to touch the movie equipment here at will.
Just as he was about to reprimand a few staff members who were doing nothing, the walkie-talkie rustled: "Eric, it's ready, can you start?"
"Oh, of course," Eric replied, putting the matter aside for a moment, and hurriedly put on his headphones and walked behind the monitor.
At the beginning of the shot, Kevin walks into the lobby of the hotel, looks around, and begins to walk down the corridor towards the lobby, and the camera follows the boy's movements, slowly backing back.
"Cut, Nikk, what's going on with you, don't you notice that the camera is a little off?"
Nikkle's apologetic voice came over the intercom, and it took two minutes for everyone, including the ensemble, to re-bury before filming began again.
"Cut, Royce, the part you're responsible for, the guy in the blue knitted jacket, let him concentrate a little, it's hard to imagine that someone would look at the camera footage, if this happens again, let him fuck off and do it all over again!"
“cut,……”
“cut,……”
I don't know how many times, Eric pointed out another mistake, and was about to continue to start, but Nichol's voice came from the walkie-talkie: "Eric, no, I'm about to lose my strength." ”
Eric was stunned. Immediately realized that this time there was no photographic track. Instead, Nikkor followed with a heavy camera in his hand.
Reluctantly, he took off the headphones on his head. Eric said to a field attendant next to him, "Tell me to go down and rest for ten minutes." ”
"You're stupid, you can't shoot so many shots," said Ivanka, who had just sat down in the director's chair and accepted the glass of water handed by his assistant, who had been probing his brain behind him.
Eric just drank a mouthful of water in his mouth and squirted out directly, and the sudden situation frightened the little Lori next to him to scream.
"Ahem, ahem......" Eric slapped his chest a few times before he said, "Ivanka." Don't you see, it has nothing to do with me. ”
Little Lori put her hands in her pockets, raised her chin arrogantly, and said dissatisfiedly: "This gentleman, please call me Miss Teplan." ”
Eric felt a black line pop up on his head, and he instantly remembered the famous 'Please call me Queen'. Just as he was about to say something, Nichol, Stewart, and some other important members of the crew also got in.
"Dad," Ivanka saw her father appear, walked over to Donald, and took Donald's hand.
"Ivanka, what were you talking to Eric about?" Donald had just seen Eric talking to his daughter again. So asked curiously.
"It's nothing, you still say he's very powerful, very powerful or something. But I've been watching it for so long, and I can't shoot a simple walking shot, which is far worse than the directors you took me to meet before. ”
Eric hasn't reacted yet, but Nichol's face can't hold back, because most of the mistakes in the shot just now are due to him, the photographer, and now Eric is being ridiculed by a little Lori in front of so many people.
"I'm sorry, Eric," Nickel said apologetically to Eric.
"It's okay, everyone knows, it's not too easy. Eric patted Nikkor on the shoulder soothingly: "You go and rest for a while, find someone to massage your arm, try a few more times in ten minutes, if not, let's shoot other shots first." ”
Nikkor nodded and turned to leave.
"You're Kevin?" said Eric, who soon heard Lori's voice again.
"Actually, my name is Stuart Runkel," said Stuart who was his age in the crew, and Stu took the initiative to introduce himself.
"I heard you're eight years old, why are you so much shorter than me," little Lori leaned up to Stu and brushed her little hand over the boy's head and touched the tip of her nose.
Because of Stu's precociousness, the boy's sexual consciousness has been a little awakened, so he was ridiculed by a beautiful little Lori like a doll for being short, and he suddenly reluctant, and retorted: "I will definitely grow taller than you in the future." ”
"You're not as tall as me now, what else are you talking about in the future?"
A group of people couldn't help laughing, although Donald Teplan was also laughing, he grabbed his daughter and said: "Ivanka, don't be so rude, in fact, Stu is also very powerful, he made a movie last year." ”
"What's so great about this, just walking around like that, I'm going to play too. Ivanka retorted indignantly.
"Then you can play and let's see," Stu immediately seized the opportunity, and although the little guy was only eight years old, he also knew that acting was not so easy.
"I'm ......" Ivanka looked left and right, and then directly locked her gaze on Eric: "Mr. Williams, can you let me try that shot just now?"
Eric shrugged, "I'm sorry, Miss Teplan, our Mr. Photographer is resting. ”
"What about you, aren't you a director, why don't you come?"
"Me?" asked Eric, confused.
"yes, you don't want to sue me, you can't do anything but direct, can you?" said Ivanka in a standard mocking tone.
You can't do anything but direct......
Little Lori's words are too lethal.
Although the staff who have been with Eric for a long time, he is definitely the kind of all-rounder director, but when he heard Xiao Lori's words, he laughed and couldn't help but coax.
"Eric, show her a hand. ”
"Mr. Williams, you can't let this little lady look down on you. ”
"Director, if you get on, I'll help you drag the cable. ”
“……”
In the midst of the buzzing noise, Eric clapped his hands in distress: "Quiet, give me silence, don't forget what kind of place this is!"
When everyone gradually quieted down, Eric turned to little Lori and said, "Miss Teplan, do you really want to try?"
Ivanka raised her chin: "Of course. ”
"Alright then," Eric said, "You're sure you saw Stu's performance on the monitor just now, so you don't have to tell me how to perform, right?"
"Hmm," Lori nodded, and repeated: "I came in through the gate, asked my dad for directions in the second hallway, and walked all the way here." ”
"Very well, let's do it once," Eric nodded.
Since it was a play ticket during the break, of course, the group performance did not need to be moved, but Donald Teprang was obviously satisfied with his daughter's watch, so he offered to cooperate with the shooting, and asked Eric to keep the film, which he planned to engrave into a videotape as a souvenir.
In the entrance hall, Ivanka saw a large group of people behind Eric with a camera looking at her, and although she tried to stay calm, her constantly flashing eyes betrayed the panic in the little girl's heart.
"Miss Teplan, Act I, Act I, Scene I, Action!" the scene notes playfully slap the slapstick and quickly flash aside.
Little Lori blinked her eyes a few times, looked at the camera lens that had been looking at her and the people who were looking at her, and somehow felt her hands and feet slightly numb, but she still stubbornly raised her steps and walked forward, looking left and right as she walked, but after only a few movements, Ivanka felt that she couldn't stand it, and her steps accelerated.
That's it, all the way to the second corridor, seeing her father walking towards her with encouraging eyes outside the camera, Ivanka seems to have seen a big savior, at this time, maybe only her father will give her a sense of security, without the slightest hesitation, little Lori fled the camera in a hurry, and ran to her father with tears in her eyes, with a faint cry in her tone: "Dad, I'm not acting." ”
……
"Nikkle, otherwise, we will shoot the scenes in the first corridor and the second corridor separately, so that the chances of success are greater, and there can be less tossing. ”
Although little Lori Ivanka escaped halfway through, however, Eric walked through the empty shot with the camera, and at the same time found that it was not easy to walk this shot down again, and it was necessary to edit it in the later stage, so it was better to shoot it in two parts. So after Nikkor rested, Eric didn't start shooting right away, but renegotiated with the photographer.
At this time, there was a simple floor plan of the Plaza Hotel in front of the two people.
Eric pointed with a pencil and said, "From here to here, as the first part of the shot, the rest of the shot starts from here until the lobby." ”
Nikkor pondered for a moment based on Eric's words and said, "So, the group performance will also be buried in two parts?"
"Well, that's not a problem, it can be arranged in ten minutes, and Stu is not a problem. It's mostly you, how are you feeling now?"
"I'm fine," Nikkor shook his hand, "If it's split into two parts, it's fine." ”
"Alright, that's it," Eric said, raising his head and saying to the people around him, "You heard it too, let's go and prepare, ten minutes." ”
After everyone dispersed, Eric returned to his director's seat, at this time, little Lori Ivanka was holding a box of unprocessed film in her arms, like a little phoenix drenched in the rain, with a dejected face, and there was no longer the domineering and poisonous little Lori that she had just seen. Donald Teplon also sat beside his daughter, whispering something comforting. (To be continued......)