"Back off, back a little further." Albert commanded the truck in the middle of the street, raising his hand to dispatch, "Yes, this is it, you can drive here and stop in a moment." Then he compared it with the notes in his hand again, raised his head and said to the actor in the truck, "Remember that the brakes can be applied in advance, but not later!" ”

But the actor looked at Albert blankly, obviously not understanding the complicated English, Albert looked left and right, wanting to ask for help, but the thought was directly extinguished, he drew a line with his left foot on the sand directly in front of the car, and then used his hands to vividly say, "Exceed?" No! In advance? OK! The actor immediately understood, and nodded again and again.

Today is the first day of the official start of filming in "City of God", and Lance led a crew of only eight people directly into the hinterland of Rio de Janeiro and started a painstaking shooting.

This is only the first day of filming, and the entire crew, including the extras, is a team of up to 200 people, not to mention that the eight crew members are all unknown and unknown. Despite this, the entire crew was orderly, showing an unimaginable order and unity, and that rare veteran made Donald can't help but look sideways.

After confirming the driving route and parking location with the truck driver's actor again, Albert walked quickly to the side of the street and shouted to the bustling thirty or so young actors in front of him, "Attention! Note! The eyes of the young actors followed Lance and Hayden next to them, looking at Lance and their work with curiosity, which made Albert very helpless.

At this time, Lance was saying to the three young guys in front of him, "Sue me, if the police/inspector comes, and you try to escape from here, how will you leave, and then get out of the pursuit of the police?" ”

The three little fifteen or sixteen-year-olds were clearly not in the groove, and stood in place with their faces staring at each other, not daring to speak, as if they were worried that Lance was pretending to be a policeman, and the light of distrust made Lance laugh dumbly—he had been training with them for more than two months, and he was still like this, which showed how terrible the deep-rooted ideology of the slums really was.

Alexandre Rodriguez, who was standing next to him, suddenly walked out, glanced at Lance, and said quickly, "I'll run from here." Before the words fell, and without waiting for Lance to react, he quickly ran down the main street, jumped straight into a small alley on the right, and disappeared in an instant.

Lance couldn't react, slowed down two beats, and then quickly followed, following the dust that Alexander had kicked up all the way to chase after him.

Although Lance still had a camera in his hand, his movements were not affected much, and he chased after him in great strides, following Alexander's footsteps all the way, and after a large circle, Alexander was back on the football field two blocks away.

Alexander stopped, looked behind him, and found that Lance had chased after him, which made Alexander have a disappointed look on his face - he didn't dump Lance, and if Lance was a policeman, it meant that he had failed.

Seeing Alexander's annoyed expression, Lance did not explain, but beckoned, "Come back with me, and explain my intentions to them." "Although Reims has no problem communicating in Portuguese, there are often cases where words don't make sense and Donald's help is often needed. Now it seems that Alexander understood the meaning of his words.

Alexander kicked the dust off the ground sullenly, followed Lance in despair, and walked back to the main street. At Lance's suggestion, Alexander explained Lance's intentions to the three young actors in a dull voice, while Lance whispered to Hayden beside him.

On the day of the opening of "City of God", this was the first time that Lance stood in the position of a film director, but the imaginary jerkiness and panic did not appear, all Yiqiē was so familiar, as if he had experienced it thousands of times, and every link and step was clearly shown in his mind, he just needed to go with the flow, like a director who had experienced a lot of battles.

There was no nervousness, but excitement.

Lance chose to shoot this film according to the schedule, mainly to take care of the non-professional actors, so that all the actors could follow the shooting, follow the story, and go deep into the plot little by little.

The story starts with the famous "Young Three Heroes" in the City of God, the so-called "famous", in fact, it is only for the first perspective narrator of the story, A Cannon, in the eyes of A Cannon, the Young Three Heroes are probably the most powerful ruthless characters in the world. Ah Mao, Ah Jia, and Ah Dumb, these are the three young heroes, and Xiaodouzi and Ah Mao's younger brother Benny are followers. Ah Pao is Dumb's younger brother, but he doesn't have the courage to follow his brother on the way.

Every week, gas trucks pass through the City of God and arrive at shops to deliver to local residents. However, since the family simply did not have enough money to buy gas, Ah Mao, Ah Jia and Ah Dumb committed armed robberies, intercepting the gas truck every week, then forcing the driver to take out all the cash on him, and asking residents on both sides of the street to come and carry the gas.

The story begins with this robbery scene.

According to the usual practice, the first scene of the crew will be arranged to be filmed in the most relaxed and simple scenes, which is also for the whole crew to ask for a lottery, hoping that the filming will go smoothly. Lance is no exception, but since the actors present are all just children, and they have only been trained for less than three months, they have very vague concepts about the camera, the angle, the lighting, the lines, etc. So, even for a simple scene, Lance and Albert were well prepared.

The first scene is the young three heroes and a group of children playing football on the playground, the shooting itself is not difficult, plus the preparation is well, it goes very smoothly, it only takes less than 20 minutes, the filming is announced, and it is not even a "knife test", just let everyone feel the atmosphere of the shooting scene.

Such a relaxed atmosphere boosted the confidence of the children's actors, which also made the preparation for the second scene smoother. The second scene is the robbery scene.

Alexander plays the role of a cannon who has grown up, and he didn't have a job in the early stage, but today he still arrived early, and unexpectedly, Lance and the eight crew members came earlier, and their work started early. Alexander stayed quietly and carefully observed the work of the crew.

The three peers standing in front of Alexander play the role of the young three heroes, the important characters filmed today.

Alexander was a little frustrated, but dutifully explained, "What Mr. Strello means is that if this is your home, and you're robbing a gas truck, and then the police/detective suddenly appear, where would you run?" Sir I want to do it according to your own ideas. ”

As soon as this explanation was given, the three young men immediately understood, and began to talk nonsense, "I must run away from here, and then bypass that row of houses......", "Stupid, there is no place to hide there, and I was seen at once......"

Alexander's attention was a little distracted, and he stole a glance at the two men standing two paces away.

Today, Mr. Strello wore a yellowed white shirt, with sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and his messy short and medium-length hair was unkempt, and drooped haphazardly and sloppily - in the slums, dressed too neatly or too newly, it was almost self-defeating. But even so, Alexander felt that Mr. Strello had an indescribable aura.

"No, no, Hayden, I need a little bit of color, fullness, and even a little bit of exposure doesn't matter......"

"And what about the cold and cruel atmosphere of the ghetto? Cool tones can create too sharp contrasts, and that sense of disparity can ruin the overall tone. ”

"That's what I want! Remember? I've discussed with you before that if you take out the conflict of love and the dullness of the world, the stark contrast between warm and cold tones, and deliberately use the image quality of a toy camera similar to that of a music video, to bring out this contrast, which obviously makes the audience feel the difference, and even a little dirty with a bad texture, so that it is a little disgusting. If they're willing to laugh at our terrible approach, then we've succeeded. ”

Alexander looked at Mr. Strello's deep eyes, and there was a strong momentum that could not be refused, and he couldn't help but bow his head, and then he heard a silence. Alexander knew that Mr. Hunt would compromise.

"So you're saying that you use the fullness of color to enhance the texture of the picture, but use the deliberate contrast of warm and cool colors to bring out the chaotic, dirty, restless atmosphere of the ghetto. is different from documentaries, and is closer to the interpretation of jokes. ”

Alexander couldn't understand the words, not even a word, but he snapped his fingers briskly at Mr. Strello, and his eyebrows stretched out like a picture scroll. The smile on Alexander's lips couldn't help but bloom slightly, and the noise in his ears made Alexander look at the three peers in front of him again, "Why don't you just run to the football field?" Then he took the opportunity to change his clothes and mingle with his other companions, pretending that he was playing football from start to finish. ”

Alexander's words stunned the three children, which made him a little embarrassed, he was not used to such attention, he subconsciously wanted to shut up, and then retreated. But when he saw the figure beside him, he couldn't help but quietly clench his fist, "I mean, Mr. Strello just filmed us playing football, didn't he?" Then, maybe after you're done with the robbery, you can go back around and continue playing football. ”