Chapter 61: Hearty
"Those who have walked through the south have crossed the north, those who have swum through the mountains have played in the water, those who have studied have visited the United States, and those who have kissed on the street. Come and take a look, walk by, don't miss it. Look at the people who are going to buy, the people who don't just look at me, the guys who are in need and greedy, the buddies who trust me and don't trust me. If you don't see the value of the thing, you're not here to buy something, you're here to steal it. I soaked a horse last night and ended up spending a lot more than a hundred. β
In the shot, Sun Honglei is wearing a black windbreaker, with a coffee-colored collar wrapped around the collar of the windbreaker, which makes him look a little maverick and cool. A string slipped through his mouth, enthusiastically selling the pile of items in front of him. The extras stepped forward and surrounded his stall.
"Is there anyone who likes jewelry, look at this necklace. Handcrafted in Italy and guaranteed to be stolen from the field, it's as long as my hand, almost as long as. Don't think that these boxes are all empty, only gravediggers sell empty boxes. I don't think you are rich people today, so let's do it, no two prices, a hundred yuan. β
The nurse played by Happy immediately stepped forward to pay for it, "You said a hundred yuan?" β
"Are you deaf?"
"It's really cheap, it's a hundred dollars, give me one."
Sun Honglei continued to shout, "Lean over and move your left foot forward, and your body will move naturally, which is called walking." Would you like to buy one too, pretty girl, great......"
In this movie, Happy uses a large number of black trench coats, bibs, and even a leather jacket with back fur, which is very fashionable and modern, fully reflecting a completely different gangster style. These life-like windbreakers, worn on a group of high-quality men, are full of visual impact with their temper and arrogance on the camera.
Brother Xiaoma's windbreaker and toothpick were popular for many years.
Zhao Xiaoding operated the camera and filmed the scene of selling from various angles, and Sun Honglei, who was foaming at the mouth, completely entered the state. Perhaps the IQ of the "King of Appearance" is worrying, but the potential of the drama maniac is already very obvious at this moment.
"Come buy it, guys, these weren't stolen, they just didn't pay for it. This is the only time there is no exception, because the locks have been changed there! It's too late to come back after selling, and it's too late to regret it when I'm gone! If you don't have any money with you, then you're out of luck! Buy a necklace for your wife or give it to someone else's wife, as long as you don't get caught, wildflowers are better than home flowers. By looking out of the crowd from time to time to cover with happiness, Sun Honglei spoke like a machine gun, happily collecting money and selling things.
"Lao Bei, there is a strip!" The happy people who looked around suddenly shouted, and ran out first.
"your lungs." Sun Honglei slammed the things into the box, picked up the box and ran deeper into the alley.
βCutοΌβ Roque's enemy shouted to stop.
The first shot went well, and he happily exhaled a breath and high-fived Sun Honglei, "Let's go back and watch the replay together." He walked back to the director's post and watched the replay carefully.
"How's it going, I think it's okay?" Roque is the enemy.
After reading it, Xingxing frowned, and said, "What does it feel like is missing, what do you think?" β
Sun Honglei spread his hands, "You are the director, you can act how you say." β
happily pondered: "Although there are policemen chasing behind the buttocks, I was too panicked when I ran, and I felt like I was being chased by the city management for setting up a stall, and I didn't have the temperament of a gangster." Let me think...... Run calmly, although fast and not chaotic. The two of us play the role of the boss of the neighborhood gangsters, although there is still a big difference from the top bosses, and it is not the type to run away with his tail between his legs when he is scared. It needs to be a little chic, a bit of a gangster hero...... Johnny, do you have a cigar? β
"What do you want cigars for?" Roc asked curiously, pulling the cigar case out of his jacket pocket.
Happy unbuttoned his windbreaker and handed the cigar to Sun Honglei, "You try the feeling of lighting a cigarette while running, let's do it again." β
Sun Honglei squinted his eyes with a cigar, and tried this scene several times in a row with Xingxing, slowly finding a feeling. Others don't quite know what kind of effect Happy wants, but filming is like this, everyone is doing their job.
After more than 20 minutes, I ran many times, and the audition was almost over, and I finally found a way. So filming started again.
With an "action", the two of them ran away in a panic, happily untying the trench coat while running, and jumped over the guardrail, the trench coat fluttered wildly and danced in the wind with running. Zhao Xiaoding was also inspired, and suddenly grabbed the scene of the windbreaker blowing straight and recorded it. On the other side, Sun Honglei was also dissatisfied, and lit a cigar with one hand while running, and a puff of smoke spewed out of his mouth and blew straight to the back of his head, just as the two policemen passed through the smoke.
If the escape just now is just the stage of catching the cat and the mouse, it is still the cat and the mouse, but it is the feeling of "Jack and Tom", and the mouse is teasing the big cat. The two diametrically opposed ways of running play the thief's style of teasing the police.
βcutοΌβ Luo Kedi's eyes also lit up, and he smiled: "I will definitely be able to pass this time." β
Happy noncommittal, after reading it, he nodded with satisfaction, "It's over." Lao Zhao's several shots are very good. Zhao Xiaoding gave a thumbs up and said that he agreed.
"Boom, you also played a great role. Most importantly, remember the feeling. You have more acting experience than I do, so if I have a problem with my performance, you might as well take me with you. β
As a director, you can't just sit in front of the monitor and pretend to be cool or just shout cut and good. In particular, Happy also played a role. Sometimes he can't grasp the situation on the scene in time, and the role of the assistant director is very important. This is also the reason why he has to promote Roque's enemy to help.
Happy must also do a good job of connecting the work of actors and directors and complement each other. If a problem is found in the acting, it can also be changed in time. Thinking about the problem from the actor's point of view can sometimes help other actors to enter the play and find the state of mind, facial expression and body language of the characters in the play. It's a very complex science.
Fortunately, Happy has such a quality, ten years of life in the pear orchard, although most of the time he is lazy, but the oriental quintessence of the artistic conception has cultivated his delicacy, coupled with the combination of rigorous film science learned from studying in Hollywood, which has caused his life to be extraordinary.
ββHe believes that he can do better than other directors.
Sun Honglei smiled: "Director, you are modest, you act better than me." I'm going to do my best to play well. By the way, director, if I jump out of the script while performing, will you mind? β
Happy said seriously: "In principle, I don't really support actors jumping out of the script at will. But if your performance really soars, and you think some places are better, as long as it's not too detached from the plot, it's okay. β
In Hollywood, the script also needs to be revised countless times before it is decided. But once the script is finalized, few people will change it again. This is very different from the situation in the country. In China, the director basically has the final say, and he can change it if he wants to, and sometimes investors and a big name will also participate. If the big name feels that he is too weak in this scene, he will ask the director to add drama to himself. An actress who doesn't want to act in a bed-play also asks the director to change the play for herself, etc. Hong Kong's degree of change to the script is even more arbitrary, with arbitrary deletions and arbitrary additions. I heard that Wong Kar-wai is filming, and he only gives the actor a note a day, with two simple lines on it, and you are completely at your disposal. Fortunately, the "King of Sunglasses" can still control it, otherwise I really don't know what to shoot.
But Happy Movie Plan is very detailed before filming starts. Every detail is perfect, and he doesn't want to change his mind. But no matter how careful the plan is, how perfect the storyboard is, and how well the preparation is substantial, there will always be temporary situations. He is not a stubborn person, and he does not allow actors to outline a line of him without authorization, as long as it is beneficial to the movie, he allows it.
With the experience of "Grand Central Station", he will not copy the original "Two Smoking Guns" as it is.
If you move to China, will you not adapt to the soil and water, and what kind of localization digestion will be needed? These are all questions to consider before filming begins.
For example, in front of the first set of shots, although the original movie is deeply rooted in my mind, the performance of the actors in the original version is also unusually good, and if I am someone else, I may just copy it as it is. But Happy is still pondering scene by shot, experiencing the real experience over and over again, looking for the best state and action to complete this set of shots.
As a result, it did not live up to his serious efforts, and the sense of the lens was better than the original.
The filming of the movie is really not as simple as everyone thinks, even if there is a fact of rebirth, non-professionals are still likely to make a box office blockbuster movie into four different ones, and thus suffer from the box office waterslide.
The second act continues with the running scene, which is the corner of the staircase that is hard to find, with graffiti on the wall and a dirty trash can in the corner. Under the deliberate use of slow motion, this scene looks funny and cool.
Zhao Xiaoding looked at this scene, and seemed to slowly find the way he wanted to photograph. And in the subsequent shooting, sparks of inspiration continued to burst out. He is already full of skills, as long as he finds the state, he must record it with the most perfect lens language. This group of shots will definitely not be inferior to the original.
In the morning, the two-minute scene was filmed.
The crew transferred to the scene, and the filming of the four gangsters started in the afternoon.
Liu Ye, the owner of the grocery store who sells black goods, and Huang Bo, the chef, are led out by Happy. Lin Xue, who played the middleman, also appeared for the first time. The feeling of two people who were calculating for a few hundred yuan, but they both took out a thick stack of banknotes from the pocket of their windbreaker and counted them, which is simply indescribable.