Chapter 33: The Director's Skills
"Stop!"
Huo Que stood up from his seat again, and then walked over to Bobby, who looked apologetic.
This is the fifth time he has stopped at the beginning of the play, and the reason is all Bobby. Poppy may be getting more and more nervous because of too many NGs, and the more you get to the back, the more you can't find the feeling.
"Don't be nervous, Mr. Bobby. Otherwise, we'll shoot this shot later, and you can take a break. Huo Que's temper is good, if he meets other directors, Poppy will definitely be scolded.
Bobby gritted her teeth, a little unconvinced. Although he has been playing the role of porter in the crew, he can usually see the famous actors in the crew acting, and he can be regarded as accumulating a lot of experience, he knows that he is a little out of shape today, but as many as five consecutive NG times can be regarded as making him lose face.
However, he didn't complain about Huo Que, but because of Huo Que's seriousness, he appreciated him more, and he was not convinced.
"Director Huo, give me another chance, I'll adjust my mentality again, I believe I will be able to pass this time." Poppy looked at the young man in front of him and said solemnly, quite a bit like a military order.
Huo Que looked at Bobby's eyes, in fact, he didn't want this chubby middle-aged man to always toss back and forth for a shot, but his requirements for making movies were too high, and he must not be reluctant.
"Okay, I trust you." Huo Que originally wanted to shoot other scenes first, and then shoot when Bobby adjusted his mentality, but seeing that he swore so much, it was not easy to refuse, so he agreed.
"I have a build that allows you to quickly integrate into the play." Huo Que thought of a good way.
"What?" Poppy understands the distress of being NG, and when he hears that there is a solution, he can't be curious.
"Before you start shooting, you run for five minutes." Huo Que swept over Bobby's fat body and said reluctantly.
"No problem." Poppy didn't know Huo Que's intentions, but since he was a director, he said that if it was useful, it would definitely be useful, so Poppy agreed without hesitation.
He loosened his leash and ran along the river.
In fact, it makes sense for Huo Que to ask him to do this, with his stature, after running for five minutes, he will definitely be very tired, and then when chasing Eble, he must forcibly hold his breath, the expression on his face must be very tangled, and what Huo Que wants is this kind of entanglement, no matter what you are struggling for, as long as the audience sees the entanglement.
All directors sometimes have to be very smart in addition to directing, and they need to know how to use all aspects of knowledge to make up for the shortcomings of certain actors.
After running for five or six minutes, Poppy came to Huo Que's side panting: "Is it the director who will start filming now?" β
"It's best to start shooting now." Huo Que said slightly apologetically: "But I JianyΓ¬, you can rest first." β
"No, you don't." Bobbi waved his hand: "I've already delayed too much of my other colleagues' time, I can't be too selfish." β
"Alright, let's get started! Man your posts. Huo Que walked to the director's chair and looked at the screen, and then shouted loudly: "Action! β
"Hey ......"
Wearing a heavy police uniform, Bobby, who felt like a penguin, sprang out of the camera, his steps were heavy, and his speed was slow in the camera, which felt a little exaggerated and a little funny. Then he opened his hands and shouted, "Wait......, little friend."
Huo Que stared at the screen carefully, his eyes narrowed slightly, and when he looked at Bobby's slightly anxious and tangled expression on the screen this time, Huo Que finally breathed a sigh of relief, this time he could finally finish shooting.
"Stop!" Huo Que raised his hand: "Over!" β
"Oh......" may have felt that this scene was a bit torturous, and when Huo Que shouted the word "pass", the staff in the crew couldn't help cheering happily.
"Prepare for the next one."
was delayed by this scene for too much time, Huo Que had no spare time to rest, and immediately started the filming of the next scene.
This scene is a scene in which Able falls to his knees on the ice and then rows across the river, and he has to slide through the crotch of a man in the middle, and the actor who only shows his legs is Colin, the set manager of the set. Ulysses, he grew up in the north, and his skating skills were very good, and he was also a self-recommended extra, after all, this actor didn't need any acting skills, he just needed to be able to skate.
Although the audience thinks that the protagonist is very fast when watching it, the speed is very slow when shooting, and it looks fast because of some post-processing, just like yesterday's scene where he flew over the stairs, the speed is not very fast, and there is a rope from the staff to keep him safe on the sleigh he made.
The scene was arranged, Huo Que didn't rest for a moment, and immediately shouted to start.
At Huo Que's order, Abel immediately knelt on the ice, and then slowly slid forward according to the inertia of running......
"Stop!"
Huo Que stood up from the director's chair again, this time it was not the protagonist Abel who was not satisfied, but the extras, although not their faces were almost not shown on the camera, but their movements were obviously affected, and they didn't look natural at all on the monitor.
Huo Que took a few shots, and after focusing everyone's attention, he said, "Everyone, these cameras obviously affect your skating. Actually, you're not an actor in this scene, you're a skater. As I said earlier, you have to ignore that there is a machine here. β
"But I can't help but want to go to see that machine, and I feel very uncomfortable, ......" It was the curly-haired girl who spoke just now, she tilted her head and organized her words and said: "How to say it, it's like being peeped at in the shower, if I didn't know that there was a camera there, I might think it was nothing, but when I knew that there was a camera, I had to completely ignore it, and it was difficult for me to do it with my acting skills now." β
She was telling the truth, and Huo Que could understand it.
However, he still shook his head secretly: "In the next play, even if it is a passer-by who does not show his connection, he must ask for an actor who spends money, and this free actor is really too difficult to use." β
"You're right." At this time, Huo Que had no choice but to let them integrate, if he was allowed to airlift a group of extras from Hollywood, he would really be reluctant to pay that expense.
"Now that the cause has been found, let's go fix it." Huo Que walked to the center of the crowd, thinking about how to solve this matter while taking a step.
Talking to a group of people who don't know how to play at all, even if Huo Que has more energy, it is in vain, and people who are in the realm for the first time, even if they are actors who have graduated from the formal acting department, may not be able to be safe.
Now that the arrow is on the string, you can't go back with the machine, for a crew, time is money, and you can shoot a scene in one day, so it's strange that this progress is not filmed until next year?
Huo Que's footsteps suddenly paused, and a light of wisdom burst out in his eyes, he turned around and asked Alice, "Does the crew have a stereo?" It's better to be a little bigger. β
Alice was obviously stunned, this is not a musical and dance drama, how can she carry a stereo with her?
"No, but there is a stereo in the place where we are renting, and if we need it now, I will send someone back to get it immediately." Alice thought for a moment and replied.
"Then hurry up and get it." Huo Que walked to the director's chair and sat down: "By the way, choose two songs with a little faster rhythm." β
Alice arranged Huo Que's instructions, then walked to Huo Que's side, and asked puzzledly: "I also learn to direct, but I obviously don't understand your routines, this is not a musical and dance drama, and the plot doesn't need music, what's the use of you asking for audio?" β
Laurie also walked up to Huo Que with great interest, with the same question on his face. This idealist, who is several years older than Huo Que, is a very studious person, since yesterday, as long as Huo Que is talking about drama or dealing with any subtle matter in the filming process, he will run to Huo Que and take notes carefully.
"You'll find out later." Huo Que smiled mysteriously and made a detour.
After about twenty minutes, the guy who went home to get the stereo returned.
Huo Que specially downloaded two dynamic songs on the Internet, and then played the stereo on the edge of the river, turning up the sound to the maximum, and in an instant, the river surface that was originally full of laughter was suppressed by the sound from the stereo.
Huo Quedao turned off the music and shouted with a loudspeaker: "Now you just need to rotate your body to the rhythm of the music or make other tricks, I think from the moment the music remembers, you will forget that there is a camera here." β
All the unprofessionals participating in the performance at the bottom of "Good ......" applauded loudly, and they thought that the music could dilute their tension and discomfort.
After Huo Que explained to the extras, he summoned the crew to his side and said to them: "The music is very loud, so we can't record it live, everyone turn up the sound of the headset to the maximum, please pay attention to my arrangement, this time I will not stare at the monitor, but follow the camera to walk together." β
After a while, the dynamic music sounded, and those who skated on the ice were still a little uncomfortable at first, but slowly some people began to rotate to the rhythm of the music, or speed up, or do some fancy movements, and then everyone merged into the music and began to dance, and the already lively ice surface became more active.
Huo Que was not in a hurry to start filming, and when he saw everyone entering the state, Huo Que did not pick up the guide tube and shout to start, but gestured to the people in various departments.
Subsequently, under the condition that many people were unhappy, the movie entered the shooting state.
Huo Que followed the camera and looked at Abel's expression, never leaving his eyes from beginning to end.
As the assistant director, Lao Rui and his assistant Alice were in charge of looking at the monitor, and when they looked at the most natural posture of the originally nervous group actors in the picture, they couldn't help but be deeply impressed by the young director.
"He's a genius."
Lao Rui stared at the screen and said a sentence coldly.
Alice stared at him, not commenting.
(It's late today, but it's good that it hasn't been broken...... It's a one-sided drive of more than an hour, I ran back and forth twice today, and the time was delayed, only one chapter, sorry)