Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Titanic (14)

The rest of the crew soon arrived on the coast of Lozalito. And for some time before they arrived, poor Jerry let the Titanic's choreographer badly. No way, in order to get the best out of the film, every actor, especially the film's leading actors, must be proficient in Victorian dance steps. There can be no gap. Jerry couldn't do anything about it, who made him agree to James Cameron's request, and also delayed it for so long because of other things. Fortunately, after he was trained by Kenny Ortega and Rob Marshall, the two directors of the "Youth Musical" series, his comprehension of dance has made great progress, although the Titanic's dance fingers are strict enough, Jerry still did his best to complete the hellish one-on-one special training before the other members of the crew arrived.

is full of youth but with a hint of seeing through the vicissitudes of the world, which is probably the feeling that Jerry gives people now.

Even James Cameron couldn't stop nodding his head when he saw it, saying that it was a very wise choice to send an invitation to Jerry and wait for him for so long.

Once everything was set up and all Victorian props were in place, filming began on the Baya set on the coast of Lozalito.

The filming of the Titanic movie used a combination of live-action shooting and computer special effects production, and 200 million US dollars allowed James Cameron to build more than just a 1:0.998 giant hollow Titanic model on the Baya studio. In order to solve the problem of filming in the water where the giant ship gradually sank, stunt coordinator Mas Fisher meditated. In the end, in order to lift the scene several stories high, Fisher finally designed a new hydraulic lifter. Manufactured by Mayo Hydraulics and installed under the first-class dining room. After the initial test was successful, such a hydraulic lifting device was transplanted to the entire model of the big ship. The large ship model is mainly composed of three separate parts, each of which is about the same weight as the scene of a first-class restaurant. And these jobs, before Jerry came to the set of Baya. It's already done.

On the aft deck of the Titanic, Ruth was bored with high society and ran out of the luxurious hall of the first class. Run all the way to the aft deck. Because when she realized that she had no friends, no relatives, and no partners to talk to, Ruth, who was stubborn by nature, gushed out a sense of desolation. She trembled and stepped to the outer edge of the ship. Stand up straight on the edge of a narrow edge of only a dozen centimeters, and face survival or destruction directly. Just as Ruth closed her eyes, feeling the fear and anxiety of the bottomless sea after the jump, and the excitement of inexplicably escaping from the hustle and bustle, when she was about to say goodbye to this noisy and restless world, Jack appeared.

The difficulty of shooting almost all scenes, except for the underwater scenes, lies in the fact that each actor. You have to face a green panel to shoot your imagination.

This is true of the aft deck scene. The same goes for the scene where Jerry stands on the bow of the boat, waving his arms and shouting that I am the king of the world.

Imagining performance is the most critical challenge for the cast of "Titanic".

Jack: Don't do that!

Ruth's eyes opened immediately, and she looked back to see a young man standing on the deck not far away.

Knowing that Ruth had discovered him, Jack stopped and kept some distance from Ruth.

Ruth said in a commanding tone: Stand back, don't come here!

Jack remained silent, but began to move slowly to get closer to the girl who was about to kill herself.

Jack said firmly: Give me your hand and I will pull you back.

Ruth said loudly: No, you stop, don't come near me! I'm not kidding, I'm going to let go and jump right away!

Jack made a nonchalant gesture of nonchalance, straightened up, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and said as easily as he could: No, you won't jump.

Ruth: Why not? Don't think you can guess what I'm going to do!

Jack: If you wanted to jump, you would have jumped long ago.

Ruth: I know you want to distract me,...... You go away!

Jack ignored her attitude and quietly took another step.

Jack: If you let go, I'll jump after you, don't be so stupid.

Ruth: You're going to drown!

Jack: I'm a strong swimmer, but if you fall into the sea, you'll die.

Not to be outdone, Ruth said: Then you will also fall and get hurt! ”

Jack: I didn't say I wouldn't get hurt. But what I'm afraid of is that the sea is so cold......

Jack glanced at the sea, shivered with cold, and then quietly unbuttoned his coat and slowly took it off.

Ruth: How cold is it?

Ruth was infected by Jack, looked back at the water, and while Ruth was not paying attention, Jack undressed much faster.

Jack: Like ice water, maybe not to the freezing point,...... Have you ever been to Wisconsin.

James Cameron, who was standing on the side, interrupted the performance of the two men, and sure enough, there were still some problems.

Even though the two of them have tried very hard to show that the two of them are standing in the stern of the cold wind at this time, facing the choice between life and death, they are still not expressive enough.

"Ruth is a stubborn girl, so, Jack, you have to respect her opinion when convincing her, but at the same time, because you want to save her, you have to use your alertness, such as your injured cigarette butt, and Ruth, for Jack's approach, you have to show instinctive resistance, your expression can't be too exaggerated, but there has to be a change, Ruth's heart is anxious and uneasy now. OK~ Give me more expressiveness in my eyes. Let's do it again! ”

Kate Winslet really has an extraordinary comprehension in performance, and after Cameron's explanation, her already good acting began to become refined, with subtle changes in her eyes, expressions and body movements. And led by Kate Winslet, Jerry's expressiveness is not far behind.

Ruth interrupted Jack irritably. And said loudly: Don't say it, I know!

The fear of the ice in her heart was fully manifested in her tone and expression, no more, no less.

Jack said with a hint of sarcasm: I'm sorry. Looks like you're a girl who hasn't traveled far before.

He knew very well that saying this would definitely disgust Ruth. A girl like this stubborn would never want to be described as a caged canary.

Ruth's face showed a hint of disgust as if it were cooperative.

But Jack insisted: I was stepping on thin ice and falling into the water. You know, the lake is so cold that it looks like the water below, like ten thousand blades piercing your whole body? It makes you breathe, you can't breathe, and you just feel like your mind is blank. The pain is unbearable...... I don't want to jump with you!

As he spoke, the expression on his face changed, as if at this moment, he had fallen into an ice cave. It's like you're wrapped in cold water. His slight trembling was like a sudden shiver. In the end, the expression on his face turned into a kind of reluctance.

This subtle change made James Cameron, who was standing on the sidelines, very satisfied.

Ruth's mood really changed after hearing this, she stared at the sea water (in fact, there is no sea water below), her face showed a little hesitation, and then she turned her head to look at Jack, and said in a stubborn tone: But I said it. If you're going to jump, I'm going to jump.

Jack quickly took off his shirt. Stand behind Ruth: I hope you can get off the railing and don't force me to jump into the icy water......

Ruth turned her head very stubbornly, and then cursed: Crazy!

Ruth still made a gesture of jumping into the sea and straightened her upper body forward.

Jack was really anxious, and knew that he couldn't delay any longer, so he simply went straight to the point: everyone else called me crazy, and I didn't want to stay in the stern like this. Hurry up, give me your hand, know you don't want to jump......

With that, Jack carefully extended his hand to Ruth's arm.

Ruth's gaze was still towards the sea, but the afterglow made her see the hand stretched out on her left, and the instinct to survive caused her to gradually let go of her left hand that was gripping the railing and passed it to Jack's hand. Jack gripped that hand tightly. He let out a big sigh, not knowing whether to say it to himself or to Ruth.

Jack: You can only be saved if you want to live.

Then, supported by Jack's strong hand, Ruth turned around and kicked her red leather shoes on the iron railing, and she looked at Jack face to face.

When Ruth's gaze met his, a genuine smile appeared on Jack's lips.

Jack: My name is Jack? Dawson.

Ruth: My name is Ruth? Kayt.

Jack (easily): You have to write it down to remember it.

Ruth smiled, and smiled sweetly.

She relied on Jack's hand, lifted her legs, and wanted to cross the iron fence to turn over to the Titanic, just when she stepped on her legs, her body was crooked, she lost her foot, and the other foot also left the hull due to weightlessness, and suddenly her whole body was suspended in mid-air, only one hand was tightly pulled by Jack's hand, and she was in danger of falling into the sea at any time.

Ruth screamed loudly as if frightened: "Help me, help me!"

The self-confident look of a few minutes ago had vanished without a trace, replaced by a kind of panic and helplessness.

Jack understood that it was time for him to make a move, so he grabbed one of Ruth's hands with all his might, and encouraged her loudly: Listen! I've caught you, and I won't let go! You have to cheer up, hold on, come on! Hard! It's going to be fine!

The two men struggled on the edge of the aft deck.

But Jerry eventually laughed.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. But Kate, it looks like it's time for you to lose weight. ”

Kate Winslet, still hanging on the edge of the deck, punched him angrily.

"Hey~ You're still in danger." Jerry laughed hard and dragged Kate up from underneath, "I'm sorry, director, let's do it again!" ”

Cameron didn't say anything, he saw Jerry's progress, maybe if he did it again, his expressiveness might be better.

As for film, that's not something he needs to think about.

In fact, director Cameron never thinks about such small issues.

The scene where Ruth commits suicide is soon announced to be filmed. (To be continued......)