"'City of God,' August 18, Act II, Scene 1, First Time!"

Albert stood in front of the camera with a slate board, and due to a shortage of manpower, there was no full-time slate for the camera, so Albert, the drama manager, came to make a cameo, he raised his voice and shouted, and after playing the slate board, he quickly walked behind the camera.

Standing behind the camera, Lance didn't rush to speak, but took a deep breath - a little nervous, but more about the whole frame of the medium shot through the guò camera. The whole set was silent, and the children who had no experience were even a little scared, so much so that they held their breath, and even the sound of the wind froze, as if ...... In this world, Lance is the supreme God.

However, this thought only flashed through his mind, and Lance barely distracted, his attention was refocused on the camera in front of him, and after confirming that it was correct, he shouted loudly, "Let's shoot!" ”

The gas truck staggered down the street, the potholes of the street made the car turbulent, and the speed could not be accelerated, and suddenly a group of children with white cloth covering their cheeks rushed out of the street on both sides and quickly followed the gas car. It's like a hippopotamus walking on the African savannah, and suddenly a pack of hyenas runs out from both sides and quickly surrounds the bulky hippopotamus.

Because the gas car was not fast, the running child actually caught up with the car at once, and then raised the pistol in his hand to the driver, shouting, "Stop, stop!" ”

The driver not only did not stop, but also tried to accelerate, but then a small pothole sank the tire, and the accelerator was pressed, and the whole car jolted, which made the driver frightened and had to release the accelerator. It was too late to say that it was too late, and a masked teenager in a red shirt with an open button to reveal his strong chest rushed to the front of the car, raised his pistol high, and aimed it at the driver's seat, which made the driver subconsciously step on the brakes.

A series of accidents actually caused the gas truck to stop at the intersection. The yellow sand flying everywhere shone a hazy white light under the scorching sun, as if the whole world was only a few rows of low bungalows, and beyond that, only the endless desert remained.

"Stop, or shoot!" The young man in red yelled at the driver of the gas truck, and the other two teenagers who were still in the driver's seat just now also rushed to the front of the car with high spirits, stood side by side with the young man in red, and aimed their pistols at the cab together. But at this time, the car had braked urgently and stayed in place, and the driver nervously raised his hands to make a surrender gesture, and the actions of the three teenagers seemed a bit redundant.

Lance stood behind the camera lens and watched closely, controlling the whole scene, which was the position where the mid-shot was about to be shot, this time shooting the close-up first, and then shooting the mid-shot alone after the close-up shot.

In the middle of the scene, you can look at the whole street to the end, but you can see that there is still no scene at the bottom, as if the end of the vast horizon is still a void, and the empty perspective highlights the noise that is close at hand, forming a strange sense of grandeur.

Ah Mao pulled the driver down and directly robbed him of all the money; Ah Jia and Benny climbed directly into the gas car and shouted excitedly, "Who wants gas!" "Children from all sides poured out, bucket after bucket of gas into the house; Dumb pulled the co-driver out of the car, found a large amount of cash under the seat cushion, and waved the banknotes feverishly, "There's a lot of money here, there's a lot of money here......"

Mao excitedly punched the driver in the neck, and the driver fell directly to the ground, and then Mao also climbed into the driver's seat and began to search inside. Xiao Douzi, who was following closely behind Ah Mao, stepped forward and began to beat the driver who had fainted to the ground, his eyes flashing with frenzy.

Behind Little Bean, more and more people gathered towards the gas cart, and they all took the gas canisters from Benny and Ah Jiao, not only children, but also many adults, as if the dead street had awakened in an instant.

At this moment, the police/detective came!

In an instant, everyone was running in the opposite direction. Hayden and Ethan carried the camera and followed the three actors who played Ah Mao, Ah Jia, and Ah Dumb and began to run together.

Although Hayden carried the camera on his shoulder, he was very agile in his movements, following closely at the side of the young actor, running quickly, and the heavy equipment and chaotic steps made the whole street chaotic for a while, quite with the powerful momentum of some galloping horses—but chaotic.

Lance walked sideways and ran briskly towards the next street - this was the second shooting position in the middle shot, and when he stood firm, three people appeared at the mouth of the alley, followed by Hayden and Ethan with cameras on their backs, and the narrow street soon allowed them to cross it, and after running over, it was a flat football field.

Lance remained where he was, waiting for about five seconds, and then two policemen/detectives appeared on the street, but the two men had completely lost their target, and could only search left and right in a daze, but found nothing.

"Cards!"

Lance shouted, and all the busy crew and cast stopped their steps. Lance stood there and shook his head, replaying all the details of the entire set just now, and shook his head again, he was not satisfied.

All the ideas were correct during the ideation process, but there were many discrepancies after the actual operation, and they had to be readjusted. Lance had some ideas in his head, but he still needed to confirm the images taken by Hayden and Ethan before he could make a decision.

"Hayden, come here, watch the replay." Lance shouted expressionlessly, which made all the actors on the scene involuntarily close their mouths and hold their breath, they could clearly feel Lance's dissatisfaction at this time, the huge pressure made them all stand in place uneasily, but they didn't know what was wrong, they could only stiffen at a loss.

The whole scene was silent, except for the trivial sound of Hayden and Ethan's footsteps rubbing against the sand as they moved, and after the three of them converged, they came to the monitor and began to watch the replay in silence. The low air pressure at the scene is getting worse and worse, almost suffocating.

Lance replayed the footage taken by Hayden and Ethan three times before looking at Hayden and signaling to hear his opinion.

Hayden's brows were also locked, and he scratched his head irritably, and his face was full of dissatisfaction, "The picture feels too messy, there is no clear idea of the shooting trajectory, and there is no way to edit such a picture; Then there is the lack of a good sense of distance, sometimes too close, sometimes too far, and even some out of focus; And then there'...... Ethan, in the next shooting, you run with the police/detective and chase behind; I ran with the young three, running away in front of me, opening up the time gap. ”

Due to Lance's ultra-high requirements for the realism of the lens, the difficulty of the director's shooting exceeded Hayden's expectations, and the first shot was not satisfactory.

"Lance, I always feel that the sense of the camera is still not strong enough, do you have any opinions?" Just now, Hayden was one of the filmmakers, and he was in the middle of the Lushan Mountain, so he needed Lance's opinion as a bystander, and also as a director.

"The contrast between the big and the small is not enough, in addition to the medium shot, your follow-up shots also need a mix of close-ups and close-ups, and in addition, when everyone is running away, you can shoot a medium shot first, and then follow it up, gradually becoming a close-up, so that the overall chaos and individual anxiety will become more obvious." Lance was mainly responsible for observing the overall situation just now, so he was analyzing from the perspective of the composition of the whole picture, the vastness and grandeur of the middle scene is actually a kind of irony for this robbery scene, if the contrast between the middle and close scenes is used, it will add a lot of color to the movie, "In addition, the part where Xiaodouzi beats the driver, I think I can give a close-up, highlighting Xiaodouzi's violent tendencies, and laying the groundwork for the later story." ”

"Close-up?" Hayden thought about it for a moment, "What do you think about a close-up from the driver's point of view?" From the bottom up, it will highlight the victim's situation and resonate with the audience. "It's as if the audience is being beaten.

Lance constructed a picture in his mind and shook his head, "This is too direct, you can raise the angle a little higher, still from the bottom to the top, and then deviate from the victim's perspective, more to highlight the exuberance and excitement of Xiaodouzi's violence, and the upward angle angle is enough." After speaking, a flash of inspiration flashed in Lance's mind, "You say, when the three young heroes gather in front of the car, press a camera on the front of the car, and also use the upward angle to bring them into the picture, how about it?" ”

"You mean, a close-up of their unfamiliar robbery moves?" Hayden immediately understood, on the one hand, such a move is to highlight the identity of the perpetrators of the three young heroes, but on the other hand, it makes people clearly feel their jerkiness and immaturity, forming a kind of black humor that cannot be laughed at.

The car had stopped, but the three of them still gathered together with a sense of ritual and asked the car to stop again; Masked robbery, before it succeeds, they can't wait to take off their masks, perhaps more than robbery, they want to see the eyes of others or fear or respect or adoration......

Lance nodded, then beckoned to Albert, and when Albert got closer, "This scene was filmed in two parts just now, after the first part of the police/detective arrived, everyone fled, ran out fifteen yards, and the camera was cut off; In the second part, they turned to the side alley and escaped by Shun Lì. ”

Originally, Lance wanted to express that rush and urgency in one go; But it's too difficult to shoot in one go, and the effect is not as good as expected. The lack of experience as a film director manifests itself at this point, making the mistake of a novice rushing to achieve results. So, Lance plans to change his strategy and shoot the part where everyone runs towards the camera first, and then shoot the part where the camera follows everyone to see how it goes.

Albert nodded in understanding, but Lance called out to him again, "A lot of people have looked at the camera just now, let them just ignore Hayden and Ethan, and think that these two people are here to steal gas." ”

Albert glanced at Hayden, who was speechless, and couldn't help but laugh.