Levy praised Watts in his heart because Naomi Watts' performance can be said to be very satisfying when Jim Carrey repeatedly struggled with his acting style. The actor's hard work and intelligence all surprised Levy.

As everyone knows, Watts can satisfy him, and the effort is not low at all.

It's been a while since the filming of this movie began, and the filming of this movie also made Naomi know how troublesome it is to shoot big-budget movies. When she didn't join this crew, she originally thought that the so-called big production was just a higher salary for actors and a larger number of actors, but in this play, she was very shocked.

For example, in this scene, she and Jim Carrey sat in the car chatting and talking, and then began to drag the car to try to leave Taoyuan Island, in order to let the camera rotate freely in a small space to shoot the scene of their conversation and the changes outside the window, the camera was specially developed by doggicamsystems, which can not only extend to the interior of the car, but also can rotate 360 degrees to smoothly shoot the scene outside the car, so that the part of shooting the conversation between two people in the car seems extremely smooth - these things, In the small crew, that is definitely not visible.

What's more, in order to shoot this scene, the cars they were sitting in were all modified. The seats in the car can be adjusted to match the camera position to create a harmonious picture at any time, and the windshield of the car has been modified to lift up to make it easier to shoot - conditions that Naomi has never touched before.

And. Even the things she had seen before, she didn't dare to recognize now. In order to show some panoramic shots, the crew even used a 15-meter-long boom and laid unbelievably long slide rails, which let Naomi know how far apart her previous films are.

What's more, there are some things that surprise her even more about the movies made with big investments.

"The first half of the film was shot in a studio because a lot of the special effects had to be done in the studio to be able to do it. And the latter part is going to Florida to shoot. ”

Some of the special effects in the film need to be built in the studio. Therefore, it is also expressed through the studio. And a lot of things in the back. It was a location shoot that would have been too expensive to completely recreate a town in a studio, so Levy chose to find a place to shoot the location.

In Levy's opinion, it was to save money, but in Naomi's opinion. It's already a lot of money. After entering this big crew. She began to understand it gradually. Why are those movies made on a small budget always difficult to compare with big movies in terms of effect: equipment, equipment. scenes, special software, these aspects, the big crew can use it very easily, but the small crew can't even think of it.

In the past, when she made little money, she always complained about where the money for big movies was spent, so that the salary of the dragon set was low. However, seeing the tracks on the ground, the boom in the sky, and the specially designed cameras and prop carts, these are almost all understood. Not to mention the post-production of the film, it is estimated that some things still have to use computer special effects.

If you want to make a good effect in movie shooting, that is to burn money.

Seeing this, Naomi was sometimes discouraged: she was 30 years old, but she had never been exposed to these things. These advanced shooting methods are already accustomed to others, but she is still in contact with them for the first time. Some people have been experiencing this kind of life since childhood, but what about themselves? Until now, I didn't know what the production of tens of millions of dollars was like, and my gap was too big.

However, she did not give up despite being discouraged: in the past 10 years, she has been discouraged many times, and she has already learned not to care about failure every time, and she has become accustomed to and climbed up from failure. Since you don't know, you have to learn quickly and catch up. Such thoughts are more in her heart.

Being able to participate in such a film shoot is definitely an eye-opener. Naomi is well aware of this, so she has worked harder to make movies.

Unlike Jim Carrey, Naomi Watts never had the idea of being a big name herself. Although she has also acted in a lot of dramas, she knows very well what her identity is. In this play, there are comedy kings, golden supporting actors, young students who are in the limelight, and even minor supporting actors, who are also heroines acting in classic TV series, and are sought after by many people at the Emmy Awards, compared to them, their identity is far behind.

If there is something that is not as good as others, then you have to learn yourself. Naomi has lived in the United States for many years and has always been unsatisfactory, but the torture of life has never made her think about making a mess, and she has been working hard to pursue her career. Now that she has met so many good actors, she has to ask these actors for acting skills every day, which has become an extremely important part of her acting life.

Ten years of experience has made her know what a hard-won opportunity this is, and she can have the status of the female number one in such a large-investment movie, which not only means becoming famous, but also means that she can learn a lot of useful things.

After a few days of filming, Naomi Watts has already gained the favor of almost the entire crew, 'This is a smart and studious actor', and she has heard a lot of this kind of evaluation.

Naomi is very proud of being smart and studious, but she also knows very well that it is not easy for her to act in this drama well. In order to act well, she tried to read the script, and naturally she had to communicate with Levi a lot.

"Truman doesn't love his wife, he is still thinking about other women, her wife is an actress, that is, she thinks about him very clearly, she knows that Truman doesn't love herself - so, should I show some emotions when acting? Is it showing that she is just perfunctory to Truman, or is it showing her implicit dissatisfaction and jealousy towards Truman? Even if she doesn't love Truman, she plays Truman's wife every day, so she shouldn't be indifferent to it, right? Or rather. Everyone else in this drama wants to retain her place in reality TV, and her role as Truman's wife is one of the most important roles, should she also show something about it? ”

Naomi thought a lot, which surprised Levy a little. Especially as a little-known rookie actor, it is even more extraordinary to be able to have such an idea. This made Levi admire her and think about how to tell her about the play.

"The role of the wife in the original book is mainly to reflect several points: first, Truman's wife is very beautiful, and his life is very happy. Second. She's constantly advertising. These advertisements will be strung together later and become clues. And then there is the fact that his wife is the first big net to intercept his thoughts - or rather, his wife represents the reality of life. Every time Truman begins to try to break through reality. Dreaming of some wild pursuits. That is, when he was 'Fiji', his wife had to remind him of reality and pull him back. ”

"But the effect of this layer of the net is not very good." Naomi said her understanding.

"Nope. Before Truman looked at the photo, this effect was very good, and the previous paragraph where he came back from drinking with Malone reflected this, although Truman had an idea, he would be dispelled by his wife. It wasn't until he saw the gesture of his wife when she swore in the photo that he began to suspect his wife, which had a twist. ”

In other words, Truman has two attitudes towards his wife...... Will his different attitudes lead to a change in his wife? How do I show this twist? Naomi asked.

"It's up to you."

"Myself?" She didn't expect this to be the result.

"I can tell you some methods, but no matter how much I emphasize them, they are not as good as you can figure them out yourself. I still hope that you can think for yourself and have some independent movements and demeanor. If that's you, what do you do? Here's what you have to think about. ”

Naomi didn't expect that the director would give her so much power, Jim Carrey was there to lock up every detail, and the director here let her play independently.

She knew that the director attached great importance to this play, and she also knew that the director should have very strict requirements for the performance of this play: she saw with her own eyes how troublesome the filming was when Truman heard the truth from the car during the filming and walked on the street: the director was not satisfied with the editing and patchwork of fragmentary shots, he asked for a complete and coherent shot to show all this. In this scene, there are a lot of actors, not to mention, Truman also changed direction several times, which also cooperated with stimulating Truman's glance at the surroundings, as well as the scene of entering the office building - the smooth and natural direction change of the camera, the focus adjustment when observing the surrounding environment, the lighting changes in and out of the building, and even the rhythm and movement of each actor walking in front of the camera at different times, these are all requirements, any place is not in place, the whole set of shots will look like the beauty is insufficient, not to mention the whole shooting processCamera stability is still a concern.

The director's refusal to use editing, but rather a coherent shot, is enough to show his requirements for the film. Although Levy is not a person who likes to show off his skills and like to play with some special tricks in movies, he has high requirements for the aesthetics of film shots, and these requirements make many aspects of his film shooting quite strict.

In such a demanding movie, an actress is allowed to play independently, which flatters Naomi. It's just that this also gives her a big burden: can she really do it?

"Was Director Levy so tolerant of other actresses before?" Naomi couldn't help but ask Clark - she knew that Clark was Levy's best friend and the assistant director and editor that Levy had been using.

"Of course not, he's very strict with others." Clark immediately denied this, "Maybe, you're special?" ”

I'm special? Naomi froze. She never imagined that a director like Levy would appreciate her day by day. It's just, can you really do it?

This idea was quickly nippled in the bud by her. How could you think that? I used to blame my bad fate and no one reused me, but now someone reuses me, and I complain that the pressure is too much, which is not good.

This is absolutely not a no-go. Since someone has given me such a great deal of trust, I have to do it well! (To be continued......) u