When Percy arrived at the Montage Hotel, it was already a quarter past one o'clock in the morning, and he was standing in the doorway with three large plastic bags in his hands, sweating profusely. Edgar opened the door of the room, took the initiative to take the two bags, looked at the contents, and stared at the contents in surprise, "At this point in time, you actually bought these things?" ”

The bag was full of art props, and the supplies were amazingly professional, and they had to be bought at a specialty store, and by this point in time all the shops were closed. Percy had been running for nearly an hour just now to buy things according to Lance's request, and it was too late.

Percy didn't say much, though, and just nodded lightly, "What about Lance?" ”

Edgar still looked down at the utensils in the bag, but casually replied, "It's inside." When he looked up, he found that Percy was no longer visible.

Percy walked into the hotel room and saw Lance sitting cross-legged on the floor, surrounded by a mess of papers, but they were all sorts of newspapers, wine lists, tissues...... The paper is covered in a mess of graffiti, staining all the white with a scribbled black, and it looks more like a garbage heap, reminiscent of Frankenstein's research lab.

However, Lance is neatly dressed, the buttons of the shirt are meticulously fastened, even the buttons on the cuffs and the socks under the suit pants are not missing, the extreme neatness and extreme clutter form a powerful visual impact, pushing the chaos of abstinence/lust to the extreme, and the endless dark night behind him slowly extends, but it is completely reduced to the background, making Lance look like an iron-blooded king who stepped on the throne with blood and bones.

In the quiet of the space, you can even hear the sound of the heart hitting the chest, and the trivial sound of footsteps is absorbed by the carpet, and all the noise is absorbed by the carpet, leaving only the thin grinding sound, as if the air is gently rubbing against the sound of sparks.

Hearing footsteps, Lance looked up. Glancing at Percy, he lowered his head, "Did you bring all the comics?" ”

Percy's heart skipped a beat, and then he casually picked up the remaining bag in his hand, sat down on the edge of the scrap paper pile, and then pulled out one copy of the comics one by one and threw them to Lance, "So, what do I need to do?" ”

Lance picked up a comic book and pondered it. Then he opened the comic and showed Percy the inside page of the picture, and Edgar came over and sat down next to Percy, and Lance adjusted his position so that he could face two people at the same time, and then explained, "I need to draw a three-minute dailies, the more detailed the better." The style of painting is completely according to the comics, but it is realistic, and the faces of the characters in it must be materialized, and then the shadows on the faces are transformed into light and dark effects. ”

"But that's the case. What's the difference between it and the manga itself? Percy saw the problem at once.

"Sin City" is originally a comic, and the picture of the comic is the most direct shot, and the movie needs to caricature the lens language, which is also the biggest feature of the film adaptation. But. In order for Frank to understand this intention, it was not enough to use just comics, Lance needed to lensify these checkered comics.

Lance looked around. Then he picked up a newspaper and drew a portrait of a beautiful woman on the advertising page of the newspaper, but on the whole, the picture looked gray and unclear, "Hand me the colored pencils." Edgar rummaged through the bag for a while, took it apart, and handed it to Lance, who simply put the newspaper on his lap and drew it quickly.

Lance did not formally study painting, and he was not good at it—God is fair, but if he gives a person certain talents, he will inevitably strip them of certain talents. However, during his study period, in order to express the stage effects and costume modeling more vividly, he learned some basic sketches, and his brushstrokes can only be said to be average, without much talent, but at least he can express his meaning clearly and accurately. During the filming of "City of God" and "The Day After Tomorrow", Lance painted many shots by himself, but Hayden complained that his brushstrokes were too immature.

Lance finished drawing quickly, then showed the newspaper to Percy and Edgar again.

Percy's pupils shrank suddenly, and an uncontrollable sense of amazement came to his face, the newspaper was originally black and white, and Lance quickly sketched a city full of high-rise buildings, at this time the city was shrouded in pouring rain, the night was hazy and gray, and only a faint white halo came through the buildings, but it could not support the heaviness of the night, as if the damp and chaotic night could be detected through the paper.

In the front of the picture, there is a bewitching and evil woman's face, the narrow and angular eyebrows draw a sword mark along the pair of enchanting eyes, the deep eyes are surrounded by heavy smoky makeup, the straight and tall nose bridge divides the face into perfect proportions, the slender fingertips hold a slender lady's cigarette, the gray soot of the cigarette butt is crumbling, the full lip flap is slightly opened, exhaling an ethereal and rich smoke, raising the chin slightly, arrogantly and provocatively looking straight ahead.

If that's all there is to it, then this painting is nothing amazing. The focus is on the control of color, the crystal clear pupils bloom with a crystal-like emerald light, and the flaming red lips release a looming tease/tease and seduction behind the smoke swirling with smoke.

The black-and-white picture has only these two colors, which instantly draw all eyes to the past, arrogant, evil, seductive, provocative, and ostentatious...... The intricate charm is almost on the page, displaying pure sensual stimulation without inhibitions in the line of sight.

To be honest, Lance's painting is indeed untalented, and can only barely be regarded as average, not bad, but not good. However, this sketch, which can pick out countless shortcomings, easily attracts all the attention, and then makes one ignore all the loopholes, hold your breath, and marvel after another.

"Wow!" Edgar couldn't help but sigh, "Lance, is this the painting you were busy with?" Who is the woman in the painting? ”

Different from the comics, Lance chose a realistic style of sketching, which can almost be said to be a copy of the characters, every detail is lifelike, which also makes the painting in front of him break away from the comics and become vivid, almost like a movie picture. That's what Lance was hoping to achieve, to bring out the realistic shots of the film -- to make Frank feel straight up that this is what the film looks like after it is shot.

"Eva-Green." Lance said an unfamiliar name, Eva, who is only twenty-four years old this year, is a French actress who did not star in "Sin City" in her previous life, but later starred in "Sin City 2".

In 2003, Eva made her screen debut in "Drama in Paris", in which her bold performance amazed the continent and earned her a ticket to Hollywood, and not long ago became the heroine of "Heavenly Dynasty" and then "007: Casino Royale".

Eva is the kind of woman whose aura suppresses a qiē, enthusiastic and open, amorous, and her evil and innocent eyes perfectly interpret the powerful temperament of the femme fatale, which is unforgettable.

When Lance conceived "Sin City", the first thing that came to mind was not Jessica Alba, who was famous all over the world with this work in the previous life, but the aura queen who has never been able to become popular. The ultimate charm in the black and white style is simply a work tailored for Eva, but unfortunately, in the last life, Eva starred in "Sin City 2", but the terrible quality of the work made her lose the opportunity to reach the top in one step.

Just now, when he was sketching the storyboard, Lance began to write according to the image of Eva in his mind, and the effect was really amazing. However, Lance's painting skills are really insufficient, lacking a bit of charm, and also destroying the overall beauty.

"That's what I wanted to do with the storyboard, the stark color contrast in the black and white picture, the stylized comic film shots, but detached from the unreal sense of the comic world, injected with realistic elements, and created a hazy sense between the unreal and the real." Lance began to explain simply, "Every storyboard has to be delicate and accurate, including the proportions of the shots, the grandeur of the buildings in the background, and the details of smoke, gas, light, etc., and we will shoot a complete sample according to these storyboards." ”

Edgar felt that the amount of information was too much, he was just a stylist, and the reason why he was called by Lance was because he was very good at drawing. But now it seemed that he knew something terrible, "Wait, wait. Edgar waved his hand repeatedly, "Lance, aren't you going to explain, what the hell is going on?" ”

Percy, who was sitting next to him, had no such concerns, and he looked directly at Lance, "Is there anything I can do to help?" Lance glanced at Edgar, did not speak, and turned to look at Percy, his eyes flashing with doubt, Percy blinked lightly and explained, "I studied sketching for twelve years as a child. This suddenly made Lance's eyes light up, revealing a bright smile, and even the corners of Percy's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

Lance turned his head and said meaningfully to Edgar, "There are some things that it is better not to know. ”

Edgar was furious by Lance's gaze, and then he noticed that Percy's cold gaze also fell on his shoulder, he only felt a chill behind him, and turned his head to look, only to realize that there were only three people in the hotel room at this time, and he was obviously the one who was alone. So, Edgar chuckled dryly, "Huh? What storyboards do I need to draw, and are there any comics to refer to? (To be continued.) )

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