Chapter 66: The Last Reunion
"The camera crew is ready."
"The recording crew is ready."
"The lights are ready."
Feedback from various departments is transmitted to Jude through the intercom.
"Are the actors ready?" Jude picked up the walkie-talkie and put it to his lips, and glanced into the room with some concern, because of the official shooting, he could not be on the scene to interfere with the shooting, and could only check the content of the shooting through the monitor.
"I think it's ready." The other end quickly replied.
The only person in the entire crew who can speak to Jude in this tone is photographer Ayman Ruhr.
"Very well, let's get started!"
Jude put on his headphones and sat back down in front of the monitor, and the clapperboard in front of the camera clicked shut.
Marcus and a group of "men" kicked the door into the house, guns raised and prepared to shoot, while another group of people in ambush in the room emerged from their hiding positions and began to counterattack under the cover of the terrain.
At this time, if there are outsiders present, you will see a very strange scene.
As if the slow motion button had been pressed, all the actors moved slowly, only returning to normal at the moment of shooting and being shot, and equally unrestricted was the cameraman Ayman Ruhr, who watched the camera shoot close to Marcus at a normal speed, so that the shootout scene could be shown from Marcus's point of view.
At the same time, the camera is also very flexible in capturing the actions of other people shooting and being shot, which Jude and Eman Ruhr have discussed in advance, because this scene should not only be seen from Marcus's field of vision, but also more objectively, the choice of characters, the cohesion of movements, and the capture of close-ups of expressions...... It was all decided after repeated rehearsals.
Luckily, everyone's performance was on point this time, and at least there were no problems with the footage captured by Ayman Ruhr, so I don't know if Jude in front of the monitor will feel the same way.
With this in mind, Ayman Ruhr remained untouched by the camera in his hand, and continued to move to capture the images in the intended plan.
Jude in front of the monitor stared at the screen with his eyes, one hand unconsciously holding the armrest of the chair, and the whole person was in a state of high concentration.
Six minutes seemed like six years to Jude and the staff around him, and finally, the last gunman in the room in ambush was shot and fell, and the surviving Marcus poked his head out from behind the door and looked inside, no more than a second, no less, exactly six minutes.
Aiman Rull put down the camera in his hand, stood and breathed a long sigh of relief, then picked up the walkie-talkie and asked Jude if he had passed.
The actors, who had already been "shot and died", got up from the ground and looked at Aiman Ruhr in unison, and they were also anxiously coming from Jude's reply.
At this moment, the whole room was extremely quiet, and everyone held their breath, hoping to hear an affirmative answer from the intercom.
As the minutes ticked by, but there was no sound on the intercom, Ayman Rull felt that something was wrong, repeated what he had just said, and asked Jude if he had received it.
He was answered by a flurry of cheers.
Jude's calm voice followed: "Very good, this scene is over!" ”
The actors in the room spontaneously applauded, everyone high-fived, hugged, and celebrated loudly, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became lively.
Emmanrull put down his camera and entered the celebratory crowd, believing that Jude must be doing the same thing outside at this moment.
Soon came the exciting news that Jude would be inviting everyone to drink again at the COV Bar at King's Cross Station tonight to celebrate the official end of Two Smoking Guns.
For most of the crew, their relationship with the film is over, and they may see their names in the end credits when the film is released, but neither of them will continue to participate in the post-production of the film, or even work with Jude again.
IN THE BAR, EVERYONE WAS VERY DRUNK, AND THERE WAS NO SADNESS ABOUT PARTING, PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF "TWO BIG SMOKING GUNS" AFTER ITS RELEASE, BASICALLY NO ONE GATHERED AROUND JUDE, BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND PHOTOGRAPHER AIMAN RUHR.
Jude didn't have any opinion on this, but hoped that no one would come and disturb him at this moment, because he was kissing Kate affectionately in his arms.
"Are you sure you don't go and say hello to the others?" In between kisses, Kate asked, holding Jude's face.
"All I care about tonight is you." Jude continued to block Kate's soft lips after speaking, but unfortunately before he could go deeper, two guys who were in the way appeared.
Winnie Jones glanced at Jason Statham, who was with him, shrugged and said, "It looks like we're not here at the right time." ”
Kate parted from Jude in a bit of a panic, and excused herself to go to the bathroom to avoid the embarrassment in front of her.
Jude looked at Winnie Jones, who said he was leaving but didn't move, if it wasn't for the fact that he owed this guy a favor, he would definitely have a seizure on the spot.
"You're looking for me?" He glanced at Winnie Jones, but his gaze finally fell on Jason Statham on the side.
"We heard that you are leaving England soon, and we have come to say goodbye to you." Winnie Jones handed over the extra bottle of beer he was holding, and he sat down next to Jude.
Jude and Pooh-Jones clinked glasses.
"I'm definitely going to come back before the movie is released to do publicity, maybe I'll take the time to watch you play at that time, I hope you haven't received too many yellow cards this season, although I won't be disappointed not to see you play, but it's definitely not good to sit on the cold bench on the sidelines."
"Don't worry, my state on the court can be maintained for at least two or three years, if not, I can retire as a coach, and if I can't do it, won't I still have the promise you left me before?" Winnie Jones pursed his lips nonchalantly, looked at Jude defiantly and said, "You'd better speed up too, if by the time I decide to retire, you're still a little-known third-tier director, I'm afraid the promise you left me will become a joke." ”
"Then you have to pay more attention to the news in Hollywood, otherwise I have become a big director, and you don't know anything, then I'm afraid it will be even more embarrassing." Jude retorted unceremoniously.
Winnie-Jones pointed hard at Jude: "You'd better talk, or I'll make you look good!" ”
With that, he patted Jason Statham on the shoulder, got up and went to find someone else to continue drinking.
"Or do you decide to stay on the diving team?"
Jason Statham silently took a sip of his drink and looked up at Jude.
"In the last scene, you failed so many times and didn't give up, so I want to try it again one last time! A year is spent training, and if it doesn't work, retire. ”
Jude shrugged his shoulders in understanding and gave him his phone number in the United States, telling him to contact him once he made the decision to retire.