Chapter Ninety-Nine: A One-Time Shooting

"A little more pain, the expression, the expression is not so exaggerated. $100 + degrees + search + small + say + net + see + most + new + chapter + section ****"

Andrew. Lincoln fell to the ground, listening to Link's explanation.

"You have to imagine that it hurts when you move, not a sharp sting." Link crouched on the ground and gestured as he said, "You can try to hold your breath, but don't blush." โ€

Andrew. Lincoln nodded, "I'll try again." โ€

"Well, remember what I emphasized to you this time."

Link said as he walked behind Polk. Polk was originally a cameraman and was responsible for the shooting of the main shots of "The Walking Dead".

See Andrew. Lincoln took a deep breath and Link shouted again, "! โ€

Johnny knocked in front of the camera with a clapperboard, which said how many shots of the first act were taken.

There was silence in the ward, and Andrew . Lincoln's expression grew pained again. The body fell to the ground, one hand covering the wound under the ribs.

Because of holding his breath, the blood vessels in his forehead bulged, the green tendons on his neck were also beating slightly, and his lips opened and trembled slightly while exhaling, and a few traces of saliva were brought out.

Andrew was still performing, he tried to stand up, and his voice was hoarse and low, "Nurse, nurse help me." โ€

In the end, the camera freezes on the main character, 'Rick', struggling to stand up, and curled up on the ground.

โ€œcut๏ผโ€ Link finally laughed and walked out from behind the camera satisfied: "Very good, Lincoln, you performed very expressively, I am satisfied." โ€

Andrew. Lincoln got up from the ground and reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Although his face was still pale, he was also smiling: "Director, you are so good, the method you told me really works." โ€

Link smiled and chatted with him for a few moments, then moved on to shoot the next shot.

Since there is not much time left for them. There were only more than two hours, so Link had to hurry up for the shoot while waiting for Joe. Burns' arrival.

Joe. Burns' character 'Sean' also has a shot in the hospital, so Link is still looking at his watch while shooting.

I don't know how long it took, but the shooting continued. The filming team has already begun to prepare for the filming of the main character, 'Rick', seeing the female corpse in the corridor of the hospital.

Several special effects makeup artists. Wearing a mask and rubber gloves, he is fiddling with a ball of props such as "intestines" and "internal organs".

And Link is still talking to Andrew. Lincoln speaks.

"When you see the dead body for a moment, the point of your expression is not how frightened you are. Because of this shot, the soundtrack will be added in post-production. I need you to focus on your eyes and face. โ€

Andrew. Lincoln listened carefully, nodding from time to time.

But Link continued: "You need to have a delicate process. Keep your eyes and mouth open slowly. But it's not the kind of expression that opens your eyes angrily, you actually have to perform more of a kind of horror and trembling! It is the feeling that the hairs stand on end. Do you understand? โ€

"Director, I see."

Link nodded: "You go to the side to find out how you feel first, and wait for the special effects makeup artist to get it done." โ€

See Andrew. Lincoln obediently walked into the corner, alone to find his senses, and Link slowly began to wander in place.

As a director, you have to take into account the post-production aspects while shooting. You have to think all the time about where the focus of this shot is, what kind of purpose that shot is going to achieve, and so on.

Take, for example, the next shot.

The protagonist 'Rick' walked out of the hospital room and saw a corpse of a woman with a rotten stomach in the corridor, with lights that kept turning on and off, plus the protagonist 'Rick' slowly opening his eyes, and added a weird soundtrack in post-production. Definitely more terrifying than any frightening and exaggerated performance.

There are several ways to achieve a terrifying effect.

One of the most common is definitely screaming, crying, struggling, and so on.

The other is to form a terrifying effect through sudden changes in the environment. For example, a certain horn sรจ walks in the quiet of the night, and then suddenly a terrifying grimace in the camera to achieve the condition of the god of jฤซng, which is physiological fear.

And Link's next shot is to use 'psychological fear'!

'Psychological Fear' does not require the above two shooting methods, but creates a terrifying effect through unconscious soundtracks, lighting effects, etc.

And if you want to talk about the highest level of horror, it still belongs to the "Resident Evil 1" in Link's mind, which simply uses the means of 'psychological fear' and 'physiological fear' to the peak.

Soon, the special effects makeup artist had all done it, and a bloody female corpse appeared on the spot, with mutilated limbs, a huge gap in the stomach, and various internal organs exposed, and the effect was very good.

And the staff in charge of the set has also covered the corridor with all kinds of debris, shredded paper and blood stains all over the floor, creating a scene after panic.

"Mario." Link shouted into the busy crowd, "Is that lamp modified?" โ€

Seeing Link pointing to the light above his head, Mario responded: "Don't worry, Director, I've already tried, it's perfect." โ€

Link nodded, and asked Andrew to take the place. Lincoln shouted again, first taking a shot of the main character 'Rick' walking out of the hospital room, and then asking the gaffer to turn off the lights again, leaving only the fluorescent lights glowing softly.

"Lincoln, in place."

Link shouted a sentence while discussing it with Pok in the palm of his hand, and then the official start of filming.

Half an hour later, Andrew . All the shots of Lincoln in the hospital have been filmed.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, only Link glanced at his watch anxiously again, and was about to ask someone to urge him, but he didn't expect Joe. Burns walked over in a jวng suit.

"Hi, Director."

Joe. Burns said hello to Link, and then to his old friend Andrew Brown. Lincoln chatted.

"Joe, I thought you weren't coming." Link said half-jokingly.

Joe. Burns said with some embarrassment: "Actually, I came here a long time ago, and I have been watching from the corner." I don't want to bother you. โ€

Hearing his words, Link couldn't help but roll his eyes: "I'd rather let you bother than worry about whether you can come or not." โ€

"Okay." Joe. Burns shrugged: "As an apology, I'm going to save you some film and shoot once, how about it?" โ€

Link couldn't help but look at him again. Some skeptical said, "No, are you really that confident?" โ€

"Why don't you try it?"

Link smiled: "You've read all the scripts, you still have a lot of scenes, and there are difficulties." โ€

Joe. Burns still smiled faintly: "Try it and you'll know." โ€

โ€œok๏ผโ€ Link gave him a thumbs up, then turned his head and shouted at Polk, "Polke, is the camera re-shot?" โ€

Pock's voice came: "It's done." โ€

"That's good. Let's witness the footage of a xรฌng. How it was born. โ€

As he spoke, Link was already laughing. To be honest, he really didn't believe it.

Are you kidding? Once xรฌng over? If he had gone through a few scenes beforehand, he would have been okay with it, but Joe. Burns clearly didn't mean to be out of the show.

And the people in the filming crew also gathered around curiously. Would love to know Joe. Is Burns bragging, or does he really have the strength to be over once.

When Link gives Joe. After Burns finished speaking, it was about half past five in the morning.

The next scene. The content is that the walking corpse begins to wreak havoc, and 'Sean' rushes into the hospital to rescue the unconscious 'Rick', but finds that it can't be done, and then blocks the door with a hospital bed.

Originally, in the original version of "The Walking Dead", there were many extras involved in this scene, such as the infected patients who were killed, the soldiers who shot, the walking corpses who rushed in, and so on.

But hearing Joe. Burns was going to be over once, and Link changed his mind for a while.

He plans to adjust the camera changes, first shooting 'Sean' personal shots, and finally shooting other chaotic scenes. These shots can be added in post-production in a 'first-person perspective' way, and nothing is missed.

Before filming a scene, Link first shot another very simple shot.

It was in the first episode that 'Sean' came to the hospital with flowers to visit the protagonist 'Rick'.

And Joe. Burns didn't have to change his clothes either, and even if he was wearing a jวng suit to shoot this paragraph, there was nothing unreasonable about it.

In the same ward as before, Pock was lying on his back on the hospital bed, and the camera was pointed at Joe. Burns.

This method of filming is equivalent to seeing it through the eyes of the main character, 'Rick'.

This kind of 'first-person view' shooting method is actually very simple, but it has a very important role.

Just like the story in the book, this way of shooting can be understood as a 'sense of substitution'.

What the audience sees through the screen of the TV series is what the protagonist 'Rick' sees, and vice versa.

It may seem like a bit of a tongue-twisting sentence, but that's the 'sense of substitution'.

When Link announced the start of filming, everyone on the scene saw a shocking scene.

Joe. 'Sean', played by Burns, holds flowers and looks down at the camera.

You know, it's not 'Rick' in front of him, it's just a camera.

I saw 'Sean' holding the flower, slowly walking into the camera, and facing the camera with his head down. He looked up and blinked a little sadly, and sniffed as he snorted, a trace of mist in his eyes.

The whole ward was very quiet, and a large number of people stood next to the camera, and the sound of 'Sean' sniffing was heard in their ears, as if everyone could feel the feeling of regret, guilt, and heartache in his heart now.

Even Link shouted in his heart, "It's amazing, it's just amazing." โ€

Joe. 'Sean', played by Burns, leaned over and said sadly to the camera: "Hey, man, we're all here, every day." As he spoke, 'Sean' smiled at the camera, but his smile was obviously a little bitter.

As he approached, Sean lowered his head slightly, as if he didn't dare to face Rick's eyes, and his voice became even weaker: "I'm sorry, man. โ€

As he spoke, 'Sean' straightened up, stretched out his hands helplessly, and there was a hint of unwillingness in his voice: "Every time I come to you, you are this virtue." With that, 'Sean' sighed.

"Forget it, say something else." 'Sean' smiled and continued to say to the camera: "This flower was bought by everyone together, and everyone misses you very much......"

With Joe. Burns's deep voice, everyone at the scene looked motionless, and there were even two female employees who had begun to secretly wipe their tears.

And Joe. Burns's performance continued, and he pointed to the flower in his hand and laughed: "This flower was chosen by Linda and Diane from the main station, they hope you will get better soon, you can see it." โ€

But, then, Joe. Burns was silent again. When his voice sounded again, the tone became even deeper, and he sighed and said, "I'll put this vase of flowers on the cabinet by your bedside, okay?" โ€

As he spoke, Joe. 'Sean', played by Burns, flashed out of the camera with his head down.