Chapter 37: Set Sail, Black Pearl!
Two days later, director Wibinski and producer Brooksheimer gathered all the cast and crew together to announce the official start of filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean", although it is unknown how the two persuaded Disney's top management, but the start of filming also meant that the latter acquiesced to Wibinski's plan. The media is still cynical, but the decision is good news for most of the crew. The stone hanging in people's hearts has finally landed, and Johnny Depp, who has been at the center of the controversy, seems to be in high spirits.
Lin Mingyang should be the only person in the crew who was not surprised by this news, because he knew that "Pirates of the Caribbean" was going to be filmed, and this would definitely be the result in the end. In addition to comforting Johnny Depp before, Lin Mingyang feels that he did not play much of a role in it, but producer Brooksheimer, director Wibinski and starring Johnny Depp do not see it that way.
At Lin Mingyang's suggestion, Johnny Depp went to Brooks Heimer to talk about his understanding and thoughts about the role of Captain Jack, and brought out Lin Mingyang's analysis in his room as it was, and he did not forget to mention that it was Lin Mingyang's credit.
In fact, in the dispute over Captain Jack's playing style, he was inclined to support director Verbinski's idea, and he thought that if he wanted to make a different pirate film, this coincided with Lin Mingyang's idea of establishing an alternative classic in pirate films.
He made the same point clear at a high-level meeting of Disney, and threatened to cancel his cooperation with Disney if the shooting plan was not approved by the board of directors. Brooksheimer's hard-line attitude eventually forced the Disney top brass to back down, and the film began filming as originally planned.
By the time director Wibinski learned the whole thing from Johnny Depp, Brooksheimer had already brought the good news back to the crew. Although he has always had doubts about Lin Mingyang's ability, Lin Mingyang did himself a great favor this time. Although Vebinsky did not express anything in language, he had already recorded Lin Mingyang's favor in his heart.
In this way, the three most important people in the crew are grateful to Lin Mingyang, and unconsciously, Lin Mingyang's status in the crew has quietly changed.
Johnny Depp can be regarded as a busy man in the crew, in addition to completing his own filming tasks, he also attends such and such activities, but as long as others are in the crew, whether there is his scene or not, he will go to the filming site and give some advice to Lin Mingyang, who has just started on the road. Not to mention that when the two have a rivalry, he always carefully points out his shortcomings in performance to Lin Mingyang.
Just Johnny Depp's illumination of Lin Mingyang, everyone can also attribute it to the personal relationship between the two, but director Vybinski mentions Lin Mingyang from time to time during the filming, and calls Lin Mingyang to discuss the plot from time to time. And Brooksheimer rarely comes to the crew, and there are not many people who can contact him every time he comes, and Lin Mingyang is fortunate to be one of them. The attitude of the director and producer can be said to be the vane of the entire crew, and fools can also see that Lin Mingyang is an actor that these "big shots" attach great importance to.
The people around him suddenly became enthusiastic, which made Lin Mingyang feel a little uncomfortable at first. The only one in the entire crew now is Keira Knightley who will give Lin Mingyang a look, and Lin Mingyang swears to God that he really doesn't know where he annoyed this delicate English rose.
Whether the two sides want to or not, the first rivalry between the two came as scheduled. As early as during the filming of "Youth Singing and Dancing", Lin Mingyang had overcome his nervousness in front of the camera. But before he appeared on the camera this time, his heart was still a little abrupt.
Although "Pirates of the Caribbean" is the first Disney Studios film to be rated PG-13 in the United States, the whole plot story still tends to be conservative, and the male and female protagonists do not even have kissing scenes except for tuning ** and holding hands, let alone other "out-of-line" performances. Lin Mingyang and Keira Knightley only held hands twice in the play, and the next part to be filmed happened to be one of them.
This plot did not appear in the original play, but later because of the change in the role of the second male lead due to the appearance of Lin Mingyang, the two screenwriters specially added it. The heroine Elizabeth, played by Keira Knightley, is the daughter of the Governor of Port Royal, and she likes to dress up as a boy and sneak out of the house.
On the street, she meets a thug who bullies a flower girl and teaches the guy a lesson. Unexpectedly, this little gangster gathered a few accomplices and blocked Elizabeth in the alley. At this time, Will, a thief played by Lin Mingyang, successfully burglarized from a merchant's house, turned out of the back window, and just landed in this alley.
Vir's skillful work to eliminate the gangsters, but the sound of the shock alarms the guards patrolling the harbor, and the leader of the team recognizes Will as a thief wanted by the Governor's Palace. A hilarious and hilarious manhunt begins, and Will takes Elizabeth through the streets and alleys, undoubtedly Elizabeth's hat is knocked off, her long hair is scattered, and her identity as a woman dressed as a man is exposed.
The encounter of love at first sight made the two young people fall in love with each other. Elizabeth helped to lure the guards away for Will, who gave Elizabeth a gold coin left by his father as a token of his promise. It was this gold coin that led to the story of the Black Pearl.
Lin Mingyang's performance at the beginning was very natural, especially the plot of the fight, and the kind of clean and neat skills he showed made everyone admire. As a wonderful appearance in the film, Lin Mingyang will certainly not miss this excellent opportunity to express himself. The whole fight lasted less than two minutes, but for the sake of this play, Lin Mingyang discussed with director Wibinski for a long time in advance. Because the crew's special effects designers were not familiar with oriental martial arts, Vebinski specially authorized Lin Mingyang to design the action of this fight scene by himself.
Lin Mingyang's Bajiquan learned to be dominated by actual combat, influenced by this, Lin Mingyang did not design the kind of exaggerated cornices in this fighting action, in the not spacious alley, he set his movements in the body as the center, within a radius of one meter, although the space is narrow, but his movements show that he moves freely, which not only fully embodies the characteristics of Bajiquan close combat, but also makes the greatest use of the narrow space of the alley.
Lin Mingyang didn't know that he had inadvertently overcome a big problem in action movies, shooting fight scenes in a small space, the actors' performances were usually restricted, and the shooting was not easy to choose. Many directors try to avoid filming this kind of street fighting, because if the action is not well designed, the whole fight will give people a chaotic feeling. It's good that the time is shorter, if the time of the fight is one, the audience is sure to be dazzled.
In order to make the fight realistic, Lin Mingyang discussed with the director and felt that he had accurately designed the parts of several other actors who were hit by him, and he tried to avoid those vital parts of the body, and these people brought enough protective tools to the relevant parts before filming to ensure that nothing went wrong.
The filming of this fight in the end achieved very good results, and it made Lin Mingyang have a good grasp of the strength of Bajiquan, his fist fell on the bodies of these actors, although he was separated by a layer of protective gear, and there would be no injuries, but the taste was not pleasant. Fortunately, there are not many such fights in the whole movie, otherwise these extras should really complain.
This wonderful drama passed smoothly, but Will, played by Lin Mingyang, had to hold Kailanay Turley's little hand and run at least 200 meters in front of the camera. The physical exertion of this distance is nothing to Lin Mingyang, but after filming this chase scene, he doesn't feel easy. There was no sweat on his head, not even a breath, but the palms of the hand that held Kelanay Turley were already covered with sweat.
After the director shouted to stop, Lin Mingyang let go of the other party's little hand with relief, although the soft and smooth feeling made people reverie infinitely, but holding Keira Knightley's little hand, Lin Mingyang was under a lot of pressure.
"You're nervous?" This is the first time that Keira Knightley has taken the initiative to talk to Lin Mingyang since she joined the crew, she squeezed her palm, which was also soaked in sweat, in fact, she was as nervous as Lin Mingyang. She was the first to ask questions, just to hide this emotion.
"Of course it's nerves to perform with a big beauty like you!" Because he didn't face the camera, Lin Mingyang's expression was much more natural, and he even had the kung fu to tease the other party.
Keira Knightley glared at him, but the title of beautiful woman in her heart was still very useful. She ignored Lin Mingyang during this time, mainly because Lin Mingyang knew the plot before the audition, but did not disclose it to her, so she was so passive after she got the script. Keira Knightley felt that Lin Mingyang had "bad intentions" from the beginning, so Lin Mingyang naturally became the "hateful" type of person in his eyes.
Of course, she didn't really hate Lin Mingyang in her heart, but she was angry, so she always gave Lin Mingyang a look every time they met. Later, she was also a little reluctant to go, because Lin Mingyang always greeted her warmly every time she met, no matter what her attitude was. And this guy doesn't know what method he used, everyone in the crew has a good relationship with him, and if Keira Knightley continues to get along with each other, it means that he can't get along with the entire crew. Although she has a small surname, her brain is not stupid.
The distance still has to be maintained, which is the inherent insistence of Keira Knightley as a proud British girl, but it is also necessary to show a little favor and repair the relationship between the two. It was with this idea in mind that Keira Knightley took the initiative to speak to Lin Mingyang for the first time today.
Lin Mingyang found that it was much easier to chat with a beautiful woman than to run in front of the camera by holding a beautiful woman's hand, but director Vybinski felt that the performance of the two in front of the camera in this scene was not good, so it had to be reshot, he gave the two a fifteen-minute break, and as soon as the camera was turned off, the makeup artists who surrounded them separated the two.
The second time they held hands in front of the camera, the performance of the two was much more natural, and the effect this time was much better than the last time, but Verbinski was still not satisfied, and as soon as the two were halfway through, he stopped the photography and called both of them in front of him.
"Felix, your performance is more than a notch away from your performance in the fight scene before. It can be seen that you are not fully into the role, even if you are hunted down by the guards, you have to have that kind of relaxed and free look on your face, but your performance just now obviously lacks such charm! Verbinski pointed out the shortcomings of Lin Mingyang's performance in great detail, "There is another detail you must pay attention to, in this scene you don't know that Elizabeth is a girl, so the only thing you need to consider when you pull him to run is how to effectively get rid of the pursuers behind you!" You've been too gentlemanly just now, you've always been very deliberate in your running speed and avoiding obstacles, maybe you're thinking it's nothing, but from the camera, you look a little absent-minded, you know what I mean? ”
Lin Mingyang nodded, he didn't expect that his "small action" would be discovered by the director. It seems that acting really can't be sloppy, and this thing can only be left behind the play to show slowly!
Keira Knightley hadn't noticed this before, and Wibinski made a point out of it, which really touched her. After Wibinski instructed Lin Mingyang, he also made some suggestions for Keira Knightley's performance.
"Knightley, you're going to have to keep up with Felix when you put on a show later, I know it's tiring, but you've got to persevere. It doesn't matter if you can't keep up, if you really run, you will definitely be 'dragged' by him. You don't need to deliberately cover up this passivity, it will manifest itself naturally. From the perspective of your character's positioning, this run to avoid the chase of the guards is a very exciting experience, and you need to show this excitement! ”
After pointing out Keira Knightley's shortcomings, Wibinski did not forget to remind Lin Mingyang again: "Felix, remember what I just said, let go of your worries, and increase your running speed." Of course, don't treat acting as a game, run like you do on the basketball court, it is estimated that few people can keep up with you, that will definitely not work! ”
He clapped his hands and motioned for the crew to take their places, and then the camera retreated back to the alley where the hero and heroine met. Watching the performance of the two in front of the camera, the corners of Verbinski's mouth finally showed a satisfied smile.
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