Chapter 13: Challenging Yourself (1)
"Get paid?" The next night, in the room, Nolan and Sith flipped through the script absently and didn't pay much attention to it.
"Smack." Nolan couldn't see the joy and anger, put the script lightly on the table, and raised his eyebrows, "OK, you can go and talk to the lawyer of the crew, this kind of dangerous scene, I think it is not too difficult to increase the budget a little." β
Bell looked into Nolan's eyes for a full ten seconds, unable to see what he really thought, and nodded, "Okay, I'll go to a lawyer right away." β
After he went out, Sith asked in surprise, "Director, really give him a pay?" His salary is now around one million, which already includes these! β
"Enough! Are you a director or am I a director! Nolan frowned and said, "The salary has to be discussed with the producer, whether to add it or not is their business, what do we care?" He will add his way. Warner nodded, it wasn't our turn to be in a hurry. β
"If he uses this point to strike now, it will be the entire crew that suffers, and the camera is dangerous, and the price increase is reasonable, I think Warner will agree, if he doesn't nod, he will immediately have an entanglement with the difficult actors' union, which is what they don't want to see." His brow furrowed, "He's smart, though, I don't like people who aren't satisfied." β
There are two artists in this shot, Lin Xiao's shot is more dangerous, he needs the whole person to volley on the cliff, one hand is grabbed by Bell, and he will definitely not be able to catch it once. In other words, Lin Xiao had to slide down several times like this before he could finish this shot.
However, instead of coming, Bell did.
"That's it. A notice was sent that preparations would begin at 10 a.m. tomorrow and the first shooting would start at 12 p.m. β
"Director, is that one?"
"Of course, it's the most dangerous game!" Nolan glared, "If this scene is not filmed, no one will be at ease!" β
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The next morning, the whole crew was like a complex and sophisticated instrument, and everyone moved.
got all the scripts, only the male protagonist was alone, because in the whole scene, only his play was throughout the whole play, even Lin Xiao, his role disappeared for dozens of minutes in the middle.
Bell was tightly wrapped in a camel hair coat and a pure wool scarf, Nolan led the team in front of the big team, the others carried the machine, and the props took the props, and followed Nolan to the place where Lin Xiao had seen them two days ago.
"Oh...... It's damn weather. A member of the makeup team exhaled white air and said, "It's spring, but you can't see a trace of spring here." β
At this moment, a clear and violent propeller sound swept over everyone's heads. When everyone looked up in surprise, they were surprised to find two camouflage-colored helicopters, slowly flying over a group of people on the ground with a very low flight path.
A crew member whistled and shouted "CH53!" How can there be helicopter gunships in this place! β
The black shadow of the helicopter was like a black eagle with two wings spread, and the wind and waves brought by the propeller made the clothes of everyone below turn up.
"Stopped?!" "Oh! Oh my God, it actually stopped? "This is the crew's helicopter?" "It must be! How could it be possible to stop here otherwise. β
At the same time, Nolan stopped.
This is a silver-white border, many strange rocks are covered in snow-white armor between the mountains, the terrain is open, but in the midst of the rocks, a snow-white carpet has strangely extended downward, forming a slope of sixty degrees.
The plane landed not far away.
Nolan didn't speak, just nodded. At the same time as he nodded, the crew had already started to build it quickly, the shooting frame, the lighting frame...... Everyone knows that the first scene will begin here.
No one noticed the 60-degree slope, and no one associated the slope with the plane, and even less with the artist.
"Everyone!" Just as the photographer was setting up the camera stand, Nolan grabbed the horn and walked over, leaning on the camera with a big sting, "Everyone should be very puzzled, why there is a plane, why it stops here." β
βSTOPγβ He beckoned to the staff who were setting up a second camera stand: "One is enough." β
Everyone, all of them, stopped their work and looked at Nolan suspiciously.
It's normal for two cameras to shoot at the same time, even though Nolan has always insisted on taping, which costs more budget.
When editing, the best shots are selected from two machines, and most crews use this method.
Nolan looked around the crew, pointed to the sixty-degree slope, and said in a deep voice, "Today." There are two venerable entertainers who want to jump from here! β
"In order to ensure their safety, I specially rented two CH53s! As everyone knows, this is the heaviest helicopter! I need to make sure that when they jump, the plane doesn't tremble! β
"I'll go to the shooting group A on the plane myself, and the B group on the ground, you have to shoot all the shots!"
"Good! Now start applying makeup. β
After he finished speaking, he clapped his hands, but no one moved.
The wind whined, whining and whining his words into everyone's ears.
It took a full five seconds for the first exclamation to erupt.
βMOGODοΌ Jump from here?! "Oh my God! The director is not kidding! "Oh my God! This, this, this ......"
Everyone, looking at Nolan dumbfounded, and then turned to look at Lin Xiao and Bell, who were wrapped in their coats, their eyes were full of amazement and admiration.
In the vast snow-capped mountains, even if a hundred people jump into it, it is like a stone thrown into the sea, and there is no wave to turn it over.
Now, these two people are going to jump, and just thinking about it makes their scalps tingle!
William, who was beside Lin Xiao, looked at the slope, and then looked at Lin Xiao who was silent beside him, the boss with his mouth open, couldn't say a word.
After a few seconds, he patted Lin Xiao's shoulder heavily, "Man, there are yours!" β
"It's a matter of duty." Lin Xiao said lightly.
"Oh, no." William said solemnly, "Below, even if I don't look at it, I know how terrifying it is, you actually want to jump down from here, connected to a thin Wia...... Oh...... Really, I don't even know what to say! β
He gave a thumbs up, "Dude, I really admire your guts!" β
"That's it! Each group prepares. Nolan waved his hand and walked to the helicopter himself.
After getting on the plane, he looked extremely solemn, and took several staff members to check the machines on the plane one by one.
"You, jump." He said to a staff member.
"Huh? I? The staff member was dumbfounded, looked at the cliff, and his tongue was knotted, "SORRY, DIRECTOR, THIS...... I...... NOβ¦β¦ SORRYβ¦β¦β
He was a little incoherent, Nolan frowned and said, "It's not for you to jump off the cliff, it's for the plane to take off ten meters and put down a nine-meter line, you try to see if this line is old or not!" β
The staff nodded in agreement.
This kind of lens can't tolerate a little mistake, otherwise...... It's human life and the whole crew that gets in!
On the other hand, the staff are already helping Lin Xiao and Bell put on makeup.
Each of them is extremely careful, and there is already a little more respect in their hearts for the artists who dare to shoot this shot.
This is a movie made with your life! Extreme dedication!
On Nolan's side, the staff with a blue face jumped several times, and Nolan finally nodded, and then jumped off the plane, "Props group, make a support point on the ground, Bell's line is tied to the support point, tied to death!" I'll check it out right away! β
Suddenly, the man in makeup was stunned and looked at Bell with an indescribable gaze.
Although his gaze was light, Bell felt like a pinprick in the needle.
This is obviously to say that both artists need to slide down, but Bale doesn't need to slide into a cliff! Lin Xiao was the only one who really jumped!
Bell was filled with rage. He couldn't stand this contemptuous gaze!
Subsequently, he always felt that the makeup artist did not do his best, and the clothes given to him by the prop artist were not the best!
"It's psychological." He gritted his teeth and thought to himself. But he couldn't stop the jealousy that spread wildly in his heart, looking at everyone, he gradually felt that they didn't do their best, but Lin Xiao's side, as if everyone had used their strength to eat, which was higher than the honor he received as the protagonist!
His teeth grinded so hard that even the makeup artist sensed that Bell's mood was not right.
"Mr. Christian?" He asked tentatively.
Bell had a dark face and grinded his teeth for a long time before he said lightly, "Go on!" β
Makeup, props, debugging WIA, and when all this is done, an hour and a half has passed!
"Sith, go and give them a play, you only have fifteen minutes. In this play, there is no dialogue, only action! Filming was about to start, and everyone's expressions were solemn, Nolan said to Sith.
Everyone knows that this scene is not only for the artists to give their all, but also for their efforts to the other party.
Five minutes later, two helicopters slowly rose, and twenty minutes later, Lin Xiao and Bell, who had put on makeup, were already standing on the edge of the slope.
As long as you are a human being, knowing that you are about to slide into the abyss, you will inevitably be extremely nervous in your heart.
Behind Lin Xiao's waist, limbs, and back, there were already several thin steel cables connected to the plane, and even so, there was unprecedented tension in his heart.
The Sith had already made it very clear that he was going to be unconscious and slide all the way down this slope! Then the moment he slipped off the cliff, he was grabbed by Bell's hand!
Anywhere except here, it's a simple and simple drama, but here, it's definitely even more difficult!
Psychological fear is the root of the success or failure of this scene!
Lin Xiao secretly clenched his fists, he had already made up as an old man at the moment, glued a slowly bearded beard, his hair was dyed gray, and his cheeks and eye sockets were shaded.
The wind blew through the rocks like knives, and the audience was silent!
"The first one!" Nolan's voice, mixed with the loud propeller of the helicopter, came from the megaphone, "Report to the teams!" β
"Lighting group OK!" "Photography team OK!" "Logistics team OK!"
Nolan's voice was indescribably cautious, he looked around the field again, leaned out of the plane, and his blonde hair was messy by the wind, but he didn't care, his sharp eyes fell on Lin Xiao's javelin-like figure like an eagle.
"Ready!"
"Click!" The scene recording team "clicked" and resounded throughout the audience.
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