After all other matters of the film were ready, the movie Angel Amelie also officially started shooting in New York.

Because the children needed to be used in the movie can now grow up a little more, and Bale is now trying his best to better use the local tone of London, so the highlight of the pre-shooting of this drama naturally fell on Winona Ryder. As the absolute protagonist of this movie, Emily has many places that can be said to be a one-man show, and these parts don't need much cooperation from others, just Winona's own performance is enough.

And Winona herself can't wait to get to work - it's already March, and if she wants to air a movie in the summer, she'll have to hurry. The post-production of this film took about two months, and the filming of the film had to be faster.

"Actually, you don't need to be in a hurry. The movie will be released this year, so why bother if it has to be in the summer? ”

Levy didn't forget to say a word to Winona when he was filming the film - he still felt a little too anxious. Of course, he also knew that if the movie could be shown in the summer schedule, he would get better income, but the film was not easy to shoot, and Levy didn't want to spoil the film because he was too anxious.

For this play, Levy still values it very much - although for the actors, this play does not have much to pay attention to, but for the director it is different. Compared with the previous play, many things in this play are more difficult.

Because this play is a fantasy movie.

A film with a very strong rhapsody fantasy will undoubtedly be more difficult to shoot. Eavesdropping on the Storm movie. A lot of the camera positions are set up in order to shoot a voyeur-like effect. Those cameras are fixed, and the same scene is shot over and over again. Naturally, it's not difficult. However, this movie is different. Using fast push to show fantasy and rotating to show observation is the basic use of this film, and those actors-centered, 360-degree rotating shots are themselves a big challenge to the director's ability to control.

Moreover, there are also many things in this movie that need to be done with special effects. Shooting. A key that flashes, a cloud that turns into a rabbit, and a person who can see the beating of his heart through his chest are all fantastical designs. Stunts are not difficult to do, but how to make stunts that allows people to find a balance between reality and fantasy is difficult.

And in color, large chunks of green, blue. The yellow color matching, from the studio to the exterior scenes, is completed with colorful filters and sets, and even the bright saturated lighting, the accordion soundtrack used throughout the whole story. Even the deliberate pursuit of spotless pavement, these are all fantasies.

These things have created problems for filming. How to make the color of the shot work not too greasy. It gives people a cheerful pleasure, which also requires art direction to process.

"I still wish it was better to shoot it faster – you invested in the film. If our movie doesn't do well at the box office, you're going to suffer. You know, my movies haven't always been very good at the box office. I think it's important to catch the summer season. ”

However, Winona still insisted that the movie be shot quickly.

In this regard, Levy has no choice: above all these fantasies, what is most needed is an actor who seems to have enough fantasies and enough ideas. If the actor himself looks dull and numb, or if he looks old and sophisticated, then this movie can't be made at all.

Fortunately, Winona is not one of these two people. She is not a vase woman with a dull expression and no one who knows anything but screaming, nor is she a well-honed person with worldly sophistication between her eyebrows. Years of acting career have given her good acting skills, and years of star life have allowed her to still retain her innocence, her expression, and it is the best thing to use to shoot a scene.

Since she wants to come sooner, she should hurry up.

It's just that when it came time to actually shoot, Levy soon found some small problems.

"Your expression in this place is not right." While filming the movie, Levy once again shouted a little dissatisfied and stopped, "Your smile still can't get through." ”

The first thing Levy shot was the part where Winona stood in place and the camera rotated 360 degrees with her and the axis - this part required more shooting skills than fast push and chase, and it was also the first thing Levy wanted to try.

However, it was this shot that ran into trouble.

"I don't understand, why do you have to say that I didn't shoot well enough, do you think my face isn't good enough or what?"

Winona was also a little dissatisfied, and she noticed that when Levy shouted to stop, every time the camera turned to the front.

"Because this is the place where Emily needs to smile. Are you smiling? ”

"You go and look at the camera yourself, what is my expression not smiling?"

"I'm not talking about your expression on the camera, I'm asking you: Are you smiling? In your heart, do you smile? ”

"It's not important." Winona frowned, "I've got a smile on my face in front of the camera, and that's enough." ”

"A smile from the heart and a smile are two different things. Look at the footage you shoot for yourself, where is the real heartfelt smile? It's just about a forced smile. Levy pointed to the camera, "See for yourself, is your smile warm enough?" ”

"I don't know if a smile can tell if it's warm or not."

Winona spoke with some anger, but the way Levy looked at her let her know that Levy didn't bother to refute it. This look made Winona want to say something, but thinking of Levy's forced smile, she didn't know how to defend herself.

"I think I can do it." Winona whispered.

Levy sighed: maybe Winona herself thought she was ready: she was here, she wanted to make a movie, and she thought she was ready for everything. But. In fact, she was not at all as prepared for everything as she thought. Her people did come here and studied the film carefully. But in the final analysis, she is only envious of Emily portrayed in the play. I don't know what I have to do to become Emily.

To put it simply, when she acted, she was floating outside the play, without being immersed in the characters. This kind of performance is just a character who relies on acting skills, not the real Emily.

"Winona, you can't perform like this." For Winona's performance, Levy sighed and persuaded her beside her. "Your acting skills are very good, and you can really play the characters in the play. But if you can't fully immerse yourself in the characters and fully understand the mood of the characters, then the movie will not be successful. ”

"I don't think there's a difference." Her voice was lower—how could she not know this, in fact? She just couldn't do it.

"No, there's a big difference." Levy retorted, "A smile of joy from the heart and joy in disguise are two different things. These two temperaments are completely different. And the audience has seen a lot of these two smiles in their lives, and they can tell the difference. You're just trying to put on a smile right now, and that smile isn't enough to reflect Emily - Emily is optimistic. A positive girl, even if life is unfair to her, she has always been optimistic about life. Her smile is not forced, and the smile she pretends to be can't move people. Her happiness must come from the heart. ”

Winona raised her eyes and looked at Levy carefully for a long time. After confirming that Levy really wanted her to play better, instead of deliberately making things difficult, she lowered her head again, "I can't play the kind of play you said, I just know how to act according to my own method." ”

"You're being angry." Levy shook his head, "I know you'll be able to perform. Winona, I need you to show that it's the cute girl in Edward Scissorhands, not the woman in Little Women. ”

"Edward Scissorhands is already in the movie many years ago." Winona retorted, "After so many years, I'm a lot older, and many things are different, how can I still behave the same as back then?" ”

"That's why you need acting skills, and you need to recall your mood back then."

This sentence seemed to touch Winona's sore spot. Levi had been reprimanding her for a long time just now, and she didn't have any overreactions, but this time, she raised her head a little angrily, and her voice was obviously much higher-pitched, "Do you think it's really that easy to go back to the past?" ”

Also, for her, it is indeed not easy to go back to the past. In the past, she was the spokesperson of Hollywood's pure jade girl and the most popular big star in Hollywood. But now, she is constantly working hard to find a way out for herself, and she is too far behind her before.

It's a bit too much to let people reminisce about that kind of past. Reminiscing about those glorious days in the trough, who wants to do it?

"I didn't mean to make you sad." Winona's mood change made Levy have to speak comfortingly, "I know you've been through a lot of things, and you may not be willing to remember them - but, Winona, I just want to make the movie better." This movie is your movie, and if you play it well, this movie will become good. It's up to you to play the movie, and I hope you can perform better to Emily. ”

"You're willing to tell the truth," Winona said, turning her head a little angrily.

"There's no need for me to lie to you - I said before filming started, I'm thinking about the movie first, and I'm going to put the movie above you. I do everything for the sake of the movie being better, not for you. ”

"I know." Winona replied softly. She stared at the distant riverbank for a long time without focus, and then spoke again, "I know you're not targeting me, and I know it's my own problem...... It's just that I don't know how to straighten my mind. Can you chat with me? Stop blaming me, just make small talk, maybe I'll be in a much better mood. ”

Emotional woman...... Levy sighed inwardly, but since he had found an emotional, sensitive person to play Emily, he could only accept such a reality. To this request, he still immediately answered.

"Glad - I just don't know, what do you want to talk about?" (To be continued......)