As early as 1948, the great director Alfred Hitchcock adopted this shooting method in the movie "Soul Snatcher", but due to the conditions at the time, a roll of film could only shoot for about 10 minutes, so the film was actually made of ten shots, strictly speaking, it cannot be regarded as a completely one-shot movie.

It wasn't until 2000 that digital cinematography matured, and the first true one-shot film was born, when Russian director Alexander Sokolov used a high-definition digital camera to shoot for 90 minutes at a time in a famous palace in St. Petersburg, and after three failures, he finally succeeded in shooting the film "Russian Ark".

And the Oscar-winning film "Birdman", which really made the concept of one shot to the end widely known, director Alejandro Iñárritu likes to use long shots, and the long shots in this film are very distinctive, but it is not a one-shot movie, and there are a total of 16 editing points in the film that can be seen.

In normal historical time and space, the movie "This Man is from Earth" did not use a one-shot shooting method, but when Jude got it, he wanted to try it, because it was a very good opportunity.

For others, the one-shot shooting method is definitely a difficult challenge, but for Jude, who originally had a ready-made movie picture in his head, it was not so difficult to operate, especially the story of "This Man from Earth" only takes place in a relatively fixed space, and a discussion in front of the fireplace by several professors constitutes the whole movie, and the difficulty of shooting has been greatly reduced, so Jude wants to make such an attempt.

After a moment of silence, Mueller slowly raised his head.

"I'm joining."

Jude wasn't surprised by the result, but he was now more worried about the reaction of others.

"It sounds interesting, but it's not easy to do, right?" Tony looked at Jude with concern, and although he had found all the people at this table, it didn't mean that he was completely on Jude's side.

"And it will increase the cost of shooting, right?" Petty added.

"There are a lot of rehearsals before the shoot, and of course I don't expect it to be done in one shot, you can make mistakes, as long as it's not intentional." Jude said with a shrug.

"But what's in it for us?" Jeff asked bluntly.

"What do you think of the world's first truly one-shot movie?" Jude asked rhetorically.

"Sounds cool!" Jeff pouted regretfully, "That's all I can think of. ”

"Isn't that enough?" Jude gave Jeff a serious look, "A movie that sounds cool will inevitably attract the attention of more audiences, which is equivalent to increasing the stakes of the film's success, and all you need to pay is about two weeks to memorize the lines and practice the coordination, in my opinion, such a request is not too much." ”

"And what if it fails?" The first time Han Lin, who was silent and silent, opened his mouth, he asked a question that made Jude a little embarrassed.

"It's me, not you, who has the most to lose." Jude replied with a wry smile.

After saying this, no one at the table continued to ask questions.

Jude took a sip of the drink on the table, waiting for everyone's final reply.

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Excuse me, you're talking about a movie?"

Jude turned her head to see a fair girl in a white cropped top standing behind her, and the tight-fitting jeans not only stretched her legs straight and slender, but also made her tall figure look more perfect.

"Any questions?"

Jude didn't get up, but he gave him a serious look.

The full forehead and jade-like nose, the shiny eyelashes protect the half-open eyes, and the upper and lower lips are gently matched, and every time the eyes turn, people can't help but be distracted and admired.

For such a sudden beauty, the other people at the table were a little surprised, and several men even showed undisguised expressions of appreciation, but Jude's expression was a little strange.

"I'm sitting at the next table, and I overheard your conversation just now, and the movie you're discussing makes me feel so interesting, so I can't help but want to come and ask."

The brown-haired woman's serious and sincere expression easily convinced everyone of her statements.

"How much have you heard about this movie?"

Jude looked curiously at this beautiful girl who suddenly appeared, but thought that Hollywood is really small, so you can meet "acquaintances".

"I know it's rude to eavesdrop, but I've heard almost everything." The brown-haired shrugged regretfully.

"So, you're interested in this movie?" Tony opened his mouth before Jude spoke, looking at the other with a curious expression.

"I hear there's a lack of actors on your side, maybe I can give it a try."

The brown-haired woman's offer was met with an immediate response from the other men at the table, and Jeff even whistled briskly in welcome.

Maggie and Petty looked at each other helplessly, obviously a little speechless at the gang's performance.

Only Jude asked quietly, "I haven't asked you for your name yet." ”

"Catherine Bessachen." The brown-haired woman replied in a standard London accent, spelling out all the letters of her name in passing.

"Kate Beckinsale?" Jude repeated the other person's name in American pronunciation, as if to confirm something.

Kate Beckinsale nodded, because it was not the first time she had heard someone pronounce her name like that in the United States, and of course there would be no objections.

Jude's eyes looked more curious, "Did you really come to this restaurant by chance, and not for some other reason?" ”

"I'm from the UK, and this time I came to Hollywood with my boyfriend for a movie audition, and it just so happened that the place was not far from here, so I waited here for him first." Kate Beckinsale glanced down at the somewhat young director in front of her, and suddenly noticed that this face seemed to have been seen somewhere.

Jude didn't give her a chance to reminisce carefully, and asked bluntly, "Since Miss Beckinsale is interested in my film, do you also know that there is no pay to appear in this movie." ”

"Of course, I listened very carefully just now." Kate Beckinsale nodded.

Jude pulled a chair from the side and made a gesture to sit down.

Kate Beckinsale hesitated for a moment, but eventually sat down.

"Has Miss Beckinsale ever acted before?"

"Of course."

Kate Beckinsale gave a brief introduction to her previous acting experience, Jude nodded from time to time as she listened, while the others became more and more frightened the more they listened.

It's really hard to believe that the girl in front of her with good looks is actually a high-IQ talented girl who majored in French and Russian literature at Oxford University, and the first movie she starred in after dropping out of school walked on the red carpet in Cannes.

Even Petty, who was a little hostile to Kate at the beginning, has to admit at this moment that the gap between herself and the other party is so obvious that it has even reached the point where there is no need to be jealous.

Only Jude reacted more normally, in addition to knowing this information for a long time, more importantly, he knew very well that Kate Beckinsale's proud capital did not help her in the entertainment industry, and later her fame trajectory was also very embarrassing to prove the useless Hollywood status quo of reading.

Sometimes Jude even thinks that if Kate had another choice when she was studying at Oxford, then maybe there would be one more literature professor in Britain who made female students envious and jealous, and male students fascinated and couldn't extricate themselves, but unfortunately such a talented woman went to Hollywood but was useless, and the movie that became famous overnight can almost be said to be all about her natural beauty, and has nothing to do with her high IQ and high education, which has to be said to be a kind of helplessness and regret.

Of course, this also explains why Kate is so interested in "This Man is from Earth", a science fiction movie that is purely driven by the script is naturally very attractive to a talented woman like Kate who loves literature.