Chapter Seventy-Four: Shooting Problems
"Thank you for your help, Mr. Sean, my agent will be picking me up in a moment. In the meantime, I'll find someone to solve the matter here. ”
Monica Bellucci's white dress was attached to the hot body, which looked particularly sexy, and she teased a big wave, "Tonight's things are unimaginable without you." I was in a hurry to pull you into the water, I hope you don't mind. It's a ...... for you."
This is a mature and intelligent woman!
"It doesn't matter, what has happened. When you open your mouth, I'm implicated. Sean looked at the amorous Italian meat bullet in front of him, "Are you filming movies here?" ”
"Uh......"
Monica Bellucci glanced at Sean in surprise, hesitated, and nodded, "That's right, I'm shooting movies here." It was precisely because of the filming that a group of local people wanted to ask me to go to the appointment, and I was going to go to the director of Tornatore tonight for help, believing that he could solve the problem here. ”
"He's a native of Sicily." Monica Bellucci explained. Go without saying. To be able to shoot movies here, this director is not simple.
"The Beautiful Legend of Sicily?"
Sean looked at her steadily, saw her surprised gaze, and nodded slightly, "I heard from the hotel that this movie is being filmed here." The director is the famous Tornatore, whose "Pianist at Sea" and "Cinema Paradiso" I loved. ”
When he saw Monica Bellucci, especially looking at the other party's dress in a white close-fitting dress, Sean couldn't help but think of the movie "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily". The opening scene of Monica Bellucci in the movie is also in this shape.
Melancholy and cold.
"I think your performance in this movie will shock everyone." Sean glanced at Monica Bellucci, a sexy wife who got into the nanny car, and smiled slightly, "I'll go see this movie!" ”
"Thank you."
Monica Bellucci paused, nodded to Sean, and left in the nanny car. The two of them were like a beautiful encounter, passing by without the slightest ripple of surprise. There was no erotic encounter, and it seemed that the sea breeze in Sicily had blown away all the ripples.
"Beautiful legends of Sicily...... Really. Looking at the shoreline next to him, Sean smiled self-deprecatingly.
Of course, Monica Bellucci, the Italian meat bullet, will become popular all over the world with this movie, and at that time, she may be seen in Hollywood.
The next day, Sean took the train back to Naples with the crazy Nicolas Cage at the hotel, and then transferred to Rome, where he rested for the night, and then returned to the crew of "Gladiator" while Nicolas Cage was flying to Los Angeles.
After 19 weeks, art director Arthur Marks and a team of several hundred people finally managed to make the Roman Empire the central landscape. So as soon as he entered the crew, he saw a very realistic landscape of ancient Rome, and Sean was surprised.
Along the way, there were constantly staff members who recognized Sean and greeted Sean with a smile.
When Sean arrived at the heart of the crew, he happened to see Russell Crowe chatting with Connie Nelson and Director Ridley Scott over coffee.
"Hello, Sean, how were you doing these two days? It doesn't seem good to look at your complexion. Connie Nelson greeted Sean with a smile as she handed Sean a freshly brewed cup of coffee, "Looks like you're going to have a cup of coffee to refresh yourself." ”
"Thanks, that's exactly what I needed." Sean smiled and greeted everyone one by one.
It's no wonder he's in good spirits, and when he returned to Rome last night, Nicolas Cage dragged him to a nightclub for another night, and now Sean feels a little sleepy.
Approaching Russell Crowe, seeing that he still had a splint on his arm, and touching his other fist, Sean took the work plan for the day handed over by the assistant director.
Russell Crowe spent the next few days recovering while Sean filmed his own scenes.
Sean's Conmodius returns to Rome, the republican councillors are very dissatisfied with him, and Sean is even more suspicious of these old diehards, if it weren't for Connie Nelson's princess sister in the middle, maybe Commodius would really have a huge dispute with the councillors as soon as he returns.
In a house in the newly built central landscape of the Roman Empire, director Ridley Scott stands next to a monitor, carefully directing the standing of the cast on the spot.
"Sean, you lean a little sideways, that's right, that's it, sit there sideways, don't be too formal."
"Stand in the back, no, no, no, I'm calling them, not you. You're still sitting behind Sean, a little back."
"Princess, sit up straight and keep your figure. Chest and abdomen ......"
"Grix, you're going to have to stand here and walk over slowly."
"Gales, you leaned back in your seat, yes, there you leaned in Sean's direction, staring at him. His hands propped his chin and his clothes moved to the side. ”
"Mr. McHill, you have to go a little further, you are blocked. The gentleman behind him should not move, please do not look around, and look in the direction of the No. 3 position. ”
Director Ridley and First Assistant Director Alexander Witt were both on hand to direct each actor's position. This first meeting of parliamentarians and the new emperor Commodius is an important part of the film to show the differences between the monarchy and the republic, involving many characters and their own definitions, so everyone's position is very demanding.
This scene is a relatively obscure group play. When it comes to group scenes, it is definitely a gap in the film industry, and few directors like to shoot group scenes.
Originally, when Ridley and the screenwriter discussed this scene, they were going to cut some of this scene for filming, but out of the long-cherished wish of the great director, he still kept this scene. In the previous life, when filming the scene of Commodius returning to the palace, he chose to compromise, but in this life he did not choose to do so.
There is no way, this drama has to be filmed like this, these actors who play the role of parliamentarians are all old actors in Britain and Hollywood, although their reputation is not obvious, but their strength is there. If you shoot like the previous life, it looks very weak. In fact, when filming in the previous life, Ridley also wanted to use this kind of large group scene for choreography, but later for some reason this scene was canceled and readapted into a deleted version.
In group scenes, the first thing to pay attention to is composition, and movie composition is to put it bluntly when filming group scenes. The quality of the position determines the basis of this scene.
Not every director is a master of Robert Altman or Coppola's master of tuning and teaching actors. One is the true banner of American cinema, a master of cinema who represents the commanding heights of North American art cinema and independent cinema. The other is one of the few directors who can be called masters of American commercial films. Look at his Godfather, look at Apocalypse Now!
At this time, Sean sat on the throne, next to the councillor with the code in his hand, opposite a judgment table, behind which sat two councillors, and next to the hospital, on the steps, Princess Connie Nelson sat there. Behind him are scattered dragon sets, and the whole room looks a little cold, in order to express this effect, the camera shoots with a layer of blue light on the lens.
For this scene, the crew prepared 5 cameras to shoot, and behind each camera there was a full-time cameraman in charge.
When it was ready, Director Ridley walked back to the monitor, beckoned, and the assistant director played a dozen boards.
"Eksh!"
"Nishizawa, the Senate has formulated a series of rules so that His Majesty can see and begin to solve the many problems of the city, first of all, including the health of the Greek district, to try to eradicate the plague, Your Majesty, you have to ......" Grix approached Sean step by step with the Codex.
Sean's iron sword kept spinning on the ground, and he raised his hand to stop the other party from continuing to speak.
"My father spent his whole life...... Studying knowledge and philosophy, he spent his old age in the scrolls of the Senate, and then from beginning to end, he neglected the people! Sean carried his sword and said in a slow and gloomy manner.
"The Senate represents the people, Your Majesty!" Grix choked.
"I doubt the people want you to be well fed, Grex!" Sean turned his head and said coldly, "Or like Gales, I know my people." ”
"Then what do you know, Your Majesty? Please advise ......" As soon as Grix's voice fell, there was laughter from the scene.
"I think it's love, I love my people. I'll hug them all on my chest. ”
"Your Majesty, have you ever hugged a man infected with the plague?"
"Haha......"
"No, but I know you'll interrupt me again, and I promise you will."
"I'm sorry, Councillor, my brother is exhausted......" Connie Nelson, who was sitting there, suddenly stood up, inserted between the two, and took the Codex from the Councillor's hand, "Nishizawa will act according to the people's councillors." ”
In this scene, Sean represents the emperor who is eager to express himself in power, and his shallow political foundation makes his words full of childishness. Grix represented the members of the Senate, who were dissatisfied with the new emperor and did not want to give Commodius dictatorship.
Connie Nelson is on his brother's side and thinks about him, but he doesn't want Commodius to be angry, so he can only play a round. Gales, on the other hand, was dismissive and opposed to Commodius' ascension. The rest of the people are tricks to set off the atmosphere of the scene
These groups of people, when they get together, not only are they a little chaotic, but even Ridley Scott, a big director, has a headache. Therefore, this scene was filmed from morning to afternoon, and there were as many as 7 technical errors, plus performance mistakes were even more bleak.
No one has this kind of group drama experience, and when it comes to filming, they are timid, and Ridley is sweating profusely when filming. As a director, he has to show the mood swings of his respective actors, and also ensure that the film is smooth and the clues are clear. Not to mention the actors, no one has this kind of experience.
"Click!"
After the 20th time, there was finally a complete clip, and Ridley called the art director, assistant director, and screenwriter after shouting to stop, and watched the group scene behind the monitor.
"It works pretty well." Alexander Witt looked at it for a moment and hesitated and said.
"It's okay......" screenwriter David Franzoni nodded, not sure to be good or bad.
Arthur Marks didn't speak, just wiped the sweat from his forehead, frowned and glanced at Ridley, and found that Ridley, who was the director, also happened to be looking at him. Obviously, neither of them was sure if there would be another one.
This one was filmed for a day, and everyone was physically and mentally tired, and no one was sure if they would be able to shoot better.
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