With her phone in her right hand, Anne discussed with the person on the other end of the line, "He had a criminal record in the '80s, so he could get a heavier sentence." A taxi pulled back and stopped in front of her, Anne opened the door straight and sat in the back seat, and after hearing the driver's inquiry, she raised her voice and said, "Downtown, 312 North Spring Street." ”

The taxi drove smoothly forward, "Listen, I need to translate by seven o'clock in the morning, is that okay?" Anne explained into the phone, glancing out the window at the receding scenery, and she took her phone down, "Wait." Holding out her right hand to the driver, "Take the Spark Avenue past Slocheng to Rabia, and from Rabia north to Sixth Avenue and into the city center." ”

Anne knew that these taxi drivers, who were always taking advantage of the rush hour to take the busy lanes and earn more for their detention, were not the ones who were wronged.

Ignoring the driver, Anne continued to speak into her phone, "So what? You're going to stay all-nighter? I want to save your tears, too. After saying that, Anne ignored the other party and hung up the phone.

Max, who was sitting in the driver's seat, glanced at Anne from the rearview mirror, seemed to hesitate, couldn't help but look at it again, and then kept his voice calm, and said tentatively, "I will go to the East Highway 105 and turn to the Highway 110, which will be faster." ”

"What?" Anne apparently didn't notice.

Max paused slightly, his eyebrows gathered a little uneasily, but he still showed a trustworthy smile, looked in the rearview mirror and said, "I said, go one hundred five to one hundred zero, this will be faster." ”

Anne glanced at Max nonchalantly, "One One Zero will turn into the parking lot near USC." "The parking lot here refers to a large square of traffic jams.

Max holds the steering wheel with one hand. He pursed his lips and tapped his chin slightly, and a flash of confidence flashed in his eyes. But fleetingly, "but once you go Rabia." By the time you get to the north of Santa Monica," his head tilted, with a blinking pause, as if he hesitated for a moment to breathe, and then firmly concluded, "you're going to be completely choked." ”

Anne was unmoved, "If Highway 10 goes north into 110, you'll meet people who go back to Pasadena. They drive really slowly. ”

Max raised his left hand, lightly touched the tail of his eyebrows with the nail of his thumb, and tilted his head, "Yes," which was an affirmation, but the corners of his mouth pursed slightly, and he continued with a hint of uncertainty in confidence, "But I will leave Grand Street, and then I will ...... Uh......" Max looked at Anne in the rearview mirror, only to see that Anne didn't react much. A ray of light slowly slipped through the thick lenses like a spring, and he was silent for a moment, then smiled kindly. With a hint of compromise in desperation, he said calmly and gently, "Hey, if you plan to take the highway, then we will take the highway." ”

Anne seemed to smell the helplessness and compromise in Max's words, and she raised an eyebrow, "Are we betting?" ”

The smile on Max's lips lifted slightly, but then it retracted, and it seemed to be a little interested. In a rhetorical tone, he said, "Really?" ”

Anne spoke up. "What if you're wrong?"

Max exhaled softly, and a smile bloomed at the corner of his mouth. In that mocking tone, he confidently said, "I don't think I'm going to be wrong." But if I'm really wrong......" Max raised his brow, looked into Anne's eyes again in the rearview mirror, and said lightly, "this trip is free." There was a convincing confidence in those simple words.

Anne also seemed to see Max's eyes in the rearview mirror, and couldn't help but smile and nodded slightly, "Okay, then it's decided." ”

"Cards!" Percy Brandley raised her head and shouted uncertainly, then looked at the huge convoy in front of her, and met Lance's gaze for help, and after getting Lance's affirmative look, Percy exhaled quietly and stood up straight.

Since Lance was involved in the filming, and Albert and Hayden had their own jobs, the task of standing behind the monitor and shouting "card" fell to Percy. However, Percy didn't have any knowledge of the director's position, looking at the picture displayed on the monitor, he didn't know whether it was good or bad, so he could only follow Lance's explanation and wait for the filming of this scene to be finished before speaking.

Fortunately, Percy's expression didn't change much, so that others couldn't see the hesitation in his heart at this time.

With Percy's words, the entire huge convoy stopped. Since most of the scenes in "Murder with a Knife" were done on the road, a road truck was needed to control the speed in front of the crew to ensure the safety of the entire crew, and then a trailer carrying the entire crew - including the camera crew, the lighting crew, and the taxi that was the main character of the film. If necessary, a broken vehicle is also needed in the back to ensure that there will be no traffic accidents when the crew is moving to shoot.

Lance opened the taxi door and walked over to the monitor. In the past, during filming, Lance always stood behind the monitor, and the control of the whole scene was always in his mind, but there was no way to "kill people with a knife", and Lance had no idea at all about the quality of the scene just now.

Walking behind the monitor, Lance thought for a moment, "Kate, Hayden, and ...... Tom, you all come here. Although Tom Cruise only had one scene today, he also followed the crew throughout the filming, which seemed to outsiders to be a manifestation of dedication, but Lance knew that Tom was actually watching the filming of the movie, including the rhythm of the performance.

With Lance's words, not only Kate, Hayden, and Tom came over, but Michael Fassbender, Mark Ruffalo and others standing next to him were eager to try. Even Gawain probed his head to come forward and watch, but in the end Ian pulled him to avoid complicating the encirclement of the outer three layers there.

After everyone was standing behind the monitors, Lance gave the order, "play", and everyone began to watch the brief scene with bated breath. In fact, there are only about 70 seconds of scenes at the beginning and end, and the playback is over in a blink of an eye.

There was silence at the scene, which was made tense by the sound of the engines of the vehicles passing by as they were filming on the road.

Lance turned his head to look at Tom and gave him a look, and then Tom shifted his attention, but then Lance didn't speak to Tom, but looked at Hayden, "The use of light in this scene can be weakened a little, then the gap between Max and Anne can be established, but the contrast doesn't need to be too obvious, because in the next few scenes, the two of them will begin to establish a connection, and the light shadow in the middle can even gradually blur." ”

In this scene, Hayden has already started to use the lights according to their predetermined plan, and the shooting effect is very amazing, Anne is sitting in the back of the passenger seat, and Max is sitting in the driver's seat, both of them are close to the side of the car window with brighter faces, Hayden borrowed the sky that has not completely darkened the outside world, and used natural light to brighten it, and then created a hazy halo between the two people and the car window, increasing the light source to create the illusion of visual effects, and the light between the two people was weakened, It's as if there's a gray area in between.

However, the relationship between Max and Anne, and between Max and Vincent, is different, and the lighting naturally needs to be different.

"Later, Max and Vincent's lights can also change a little, at first Vincent's position is slightly brighter, but Vincent's whole person is hidden in the shadow under the bright light; But in the second half, the light in Max's position starts to brighten, but Max's whole person is exposed to the light. In fact, this is also a metaphor for the contrast of power between the two people, at that time, the light will hit the middle of the two people, as if the light is used to connect the bond between the two people, and the light outside the car window will gradually dim into darkness, cutting off the connection between the taxi and the world.

Tom's brow narrowed slightly, he finally understood why Lance had called him over, and the performance was already evident in the details from the first scene alone. However, Tom still didn't have a clear idea at this time, and he couldn't help but look up at Lance.

By this time, Lance had already turned his head to look at Kate, and said to Percy, "Play it again, and if I call a timeout, I will pause immediately." Percy nodded, and then Lance motioned for Kate to focus, "Look, as soon as you get in the car, watch Xiàn be a little stronger, because you know the route of the taxi, as if you have seen through Max's plan - he just wants to take you around in circles, so your tone can be a little more serious, your eyes can be clearer, as if there is a sign above your head, and then use some gestures." ”

Lance looked back at Kate and motioned for Percy to pause, "Did you notice?" I've been trying to make eye contact with you. Kate couldn't help but be shocked, she really didn't notice," said Guò in the rearview mirror. Max is the driver, he can't turn back directly, but he can communicate with you through the guò rearview mirror, at first, you don't care about it at all, but later on, you have to notice this communication and you can be convinced that it is because of this collision of eyes. ”

Percy got the signal and started playing again, but Kate didn't pay attention to her own performance, but to Lance's performance. In fact, the scene just now was only one minute, as if there was not much room to play, but to Kate's surprise, Lance's performance clearly outlined the image of Max.

Calm and confident but unassuming, introverted and friendly without aggression. Although the character still needs to be further excavated, it is only a minute of space, a few lines, Kate can feel that the image of Max, which is completely different from Lance, has quietly jumped on the paper, which is not only hiding his eyes behind the glasses, but also weakening the attack power in the line of sight, and at the same time, he also uses subtle small movements such as pouting, touching eyebrows, smoking, and tilting his head to show helpless or confident emotional changes, almost every picture is full of "drama".

Kate suddenly noticed, "Lance, are you deliberately slowing down the pace of the show?" (To be continued.) )

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