"Hugo, okay, now you look down, now below is the original Los Angeles, this bustling city has been reduced to ruins, and you also think of Jasmin, and your son Dylan, they are all left in the city, and you don't know what their safety is at this time...... But the problem is, you're not far from the alien spacecraft, and you have to take responsibility for saving the world, and both individuals and families must be left behind at this time......"

Roland's voice slowly passed through the guò headset, explaining the current situation little by little, Hugo followed Roland's instructions, looked down through the window of the fighter jet, trying to depict in his mind the appearance of Los Angeles in ruins, but in his sight, he saw the screwdriver thrown by the staff next to him, the red screwdriver was very obvious on the green ground, and in addition to that, there was a large pile of black wires next to it, which was messy. Look at such a picture to depict a magnificent ruin......

Hugo struggled to keep himself focused, but Roland clearly had little experience directing the actors' performances, and he continued to tell the story slowly, like a narrator in the animal world of the Discovery Channel.

Hugo finally didn't hold back, and laughed out loud, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my fault." Hugo first calmly admitted his mistake, and then said helplessly, "Roland, how long is this shot, do you want me to show so many things, are you sure?" ”

Roland's words just now contain too many mixed emotions, if Hugo wants to say it slowly, this is no problem, he can bring in the feelings and express the feelings accurately, but the problem is that this is a commercial film, and there is no time to spend a lot of time on delicate emotions in commercial films - even if the description is more closely related to a theme.

The most successful case is the "Batman Prequel" series of Batman's struggle between light and justice and dark protection, and digging deep around one point is enough to support the whole story, if too greedy, it will destroy the fast-paced excitement of commercial films.

The original script of "Independence Day" was too greedy for the role of president, and it also portrayed the relationship between him and his wife, his courage in the face of national disasters, and his dedication in the Vietnam War...... As a result, there was a situation where the three male protagonists stood side by side, but the scenes were uneven.

Now this version is much more streamlined, under Hugo's construction, the emotional scenes of the actor Steve have been refined, but at the same time, it has also been reduced, weakening love and increasing family affection, defining the bond between Steve and Jasmin and Dylan as family, highlighting the theme of having a country and having a home, and letting Steve stand up for the family and save the earth.

The scene that is being filmed now is actually only a two-to-three-second scene, and Roland is too greedy to show Steve's complex heart in this fleeting time. Although Hugo's performance space is relatively narrow, he can still meet Roland's requirements, and it may take a little longer to prepare, but he feels that he doesn't need to show much at this time.

"Roland, this is the first encounter between the army and the aliens, right?" After Hugo finished speaking, although he couldn't see Roland's expression, he could guess that Roland must not be very satisfied with his teasing, but Hugo didn't mind, he slowed down his tone and explained in detail, "I think that the reason why Steve is fighting at this time is simply because he is a soldier and he is obeying orders, he doesn't realize that he is fighting aliens, nor does he realize that he is saving the earth." But later, in order to save Jasmin and Dylan, he disobeyed the order and flew back to the base in Los Angeles to find his family, and under the inspiration of Jasmin and Dylan, he gradually realized that this was a war that could not be lost. ”

Maybe commercial films don't need to portray feelings too much, just a simple clue is enough. But Hugo believes that some simple small details, which show the changes in the psychology of the characters layer by layer, will actually make the whole story full and three-dimensional. Compared with Roland, who simply and rudely stuffed all the emotions together, Steve's changes will appear three-dimensional, and at the same time, they can also be combined with the plot and pushed to the climax step by step.

Roland didn't give an answer immediately, he was not used to actors disobeying his orders on set, and of course, he was not used to actors telling things he didn't know - Hugo's understanding of the role and the script was precisely Roland's shortcomings, which made him a little discouraged.

However, Roland is not an impulsive person, it can be seen from the previous negotiations, he was silent and thought about it carefully, and found that Hugo's words were actually very reasonable, which made Roland sigh lightly, picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "No problem, just do what you say!" ”

Hugo gestured in Roland's direction and began rehearsal again.

Hugo closes his eyes and keeps suggesting to himself that there is a ruin below him, and that thriving Los Angeles is now buried in countless flames and ashes, and then puts himself into a role and begins to worry about Jasmin and Dylan.

After re-entering the rehearsal, Hugo's eyes became sad, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and his slightly frowning eyebrows revealed self-blame and guilt, "I shouldn't have left them." ”

Roland's voice came from the headset again, "At this point your teammates are lining up on your left and right, in the 'herringbone' shape of geese flying south, and your teammates comfort you by saying, 'Don't worry, big man, I think they must be out of town first'." "Hugo lowered his eyes, but soon raised them again, he was flying, and he had to keep his eyes straight ahead," he then teased in a joking tone, 'or, as the priest often said, what the purpose of this mission is, we may never know.' But I am sure that at this moment, the Black Knight will be victorious again! Your teammates laughed, and then you turned to look at him, and the two exchanged glances, and you put on your oxygen mask......"

Hugo hid the thoughts in his eyes, then tilted his head slightly, looked to the left, and then saw a huge light, at this time there seemed to be some problems, there was a staff member standing on the stairs doing repairs, and at the bottom of the stairs stood two staff members were discussing the NFL regular season that ended not long ago, and two people were doing quarterback football throwing, looking very excited.

Hugo really made a lot of fun in this image, he really couldn't imagine that he had the same fighter plane flying on either side, and there was an alien ship parked directly in front of him, and he was about to moth to the fire to fight a battle with no outcome - but looking ahead, it was a bunch of scaffolding and cameras, not even a single reference.

Hugo forced his expression and ended the rehearsal, but Roland continued, "The alien spaceship appeared in front of your eyes, and the spaceship the size of four football fields was suspended in mid-air, and you were completely shocked to ......" The huge laugh produced by the strong contrast between fantasy and reality, Hugo still couldn't hold back after all, and laughed out loud.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, this time it's all my fault, my fault." Hugo patted his helmet in annoyance, but he couldn't stop laughing while apologizing, and he had to look in Roland's direction, "I'm really sorry." That's it for the rehearsal, I probably know what's going on, I know what to expect. ”

Roland looked helplessly at the happy Hugo, "Are you sure?" ”

Fortunately, it's just a rehearsal now, and if this is an official shoot, this kind of ng is a complete waste of film, you know, film is a piece of cost that cannot be ignored. As a producer, in order to control the cost, this kind of thing must be strictly controlled, which is also the reason why every time the actors make a mistake or laugh will be recorded by the producer - every ng is a cost.

Roland suddenly understood, this is why Hugo insisted on rehearsing first.

Hugo waved his hand, but he still had a smile on his face, "Give me five minutes, and you can prepare first." Roland stood there and hesitated, but still didn't say anything, but Hugo suddenly added, "By the way, the renderings of the alien spaceship, and the renderings of this scene, can you draw me a rough idea?" I mean, the shape and size of the ship, and the formation model of our fighters. ”

"No problem!" Roland said neatly.

Hugo rubbed his stiff cheeks and forced himself to calm down, he knew that it would never be possible to shoot in such a state, because all the most important scenes of the script would be filmed in the studio on a green screen, and he had to get himself into the state.

In fact, a long time ago, Hugo knew that green screen acting was completely different from acting under normal circumstances.

Hugo had seen the filming of "The Avengers" before, and the magnificent battle scenes on the movie screen were very stupid when they were filmed in the studio, because they saw the actors standing under an empty green screen, realistically making the appearance of being fighting - fighting with the air, even more like a madman than Don Quixote - at least Don Quixote was fighting with the windmills, and they were waving at the air. This makes the actor's "performance" look very comical.

The most famous example is the 2013 release of "The Wizard of Wonderland" (oz:the. great。 and。 powerful)", all the scenes in this movie were shot on a green screen, but several actors with excellent acting skills James Franco, Michelle Williams (Michelle. Williams), Rachel Weichy (Rachel. Weisz), Mila Kunis (Mila. Kunis) are all out of standard, the performances are pompous and contrived, and the characters are completely disconnected from the picture and the special effects, which makes people laugh and cry.

Sandra Bullock's performance in "Gravity" was underestimated by many people, missing out on her second personal actress statuette, in fact, those who really know know that all of Sandra's performances are completed in front of the green screen, which is more difficult than imagination.

Although Hugo knew this for a long time, he still underestimated the difficulty of green screen acting, originally thought that filming "Independence Day" would be easy - in fact, the atmosphere was indeed relaxed, and Hugo did not need to spend too much energy on studying the role, but he did not expect that green screen acting presented new challenges.