Chapter 232: Picking
"Thank God, it's finally over." As the shoot ended, Sean let out a long sigh, his tense nerves soothed a lot.
This section is really difficult, he has to put on an SS-like uniform, and then make a fierce expression, take a World War II rifle to the Jewish daxiao kneeling in front of him, and then make a murderous motion. This section is not like other places, although Sean feels the same way, but he has not thought about killing, so he can't find the emotions that the character should have for a while, and he doesn't dare to fully devote himself to making himself just as depressed and ferocious.
In addition, the director's positioning of this scene is not very clear, and after more than two hours of shooting, he kept changing a little here and there, and he couldn't make a final decision. Fortunately, this shot only exists in the actor's imagination, so it is not too important, and after the revision, only a few shots were retained in the end. Observing the male protagonist from behind the slain Jew, Daxiao also turns into a sneer, there is no real assassination action, and the Jews do not show up, it seems as if the male protagonist has abandoned his inner Jew himself in this way.
"Need a break?" Bean asked.
"Just move a little, we're going to shoot indoors anyway, as long as it's ......," Sean said, looking at the young girl who was still talking to the others, "as long as she's okay." ”
It was a fresh-looking girl, with beautiful black hair, a somewhat baby fat face, a little similar to Katie at first impression, and seemed a little innocent, but in fact......
"Zoe, how are you ready?" Bean asked in a loud voice.
"It's all set." The girl immediately closed the script in her hand and walked over, "You can start at any time." ”
Then she glanced at Sean: "As long as he's okay." ”
The tone of this sentence was almost no different from what Sean had just said, which made Bean want to laugh, but he still didn't laugh in the end, just turned around and beckoned people to go to the house next to him that had been arranged to prepare.
"How's it going, Zoe, do you want to see it again today?" Sean said with a grin.
"No matter how much you struggle, Sean, you're already a defeated man of mine." Zoe lifted her chin and snorted softly, with a little smugness, and her playful appearance made people tickle.
Her name is Zoe? Denscchet, a native of Los Angeles, was born in '80 like Sean, but a few months older. Her father is a director and photographer, and she has also been nominated for an Oscar, her mother is an actress, and she has an older sister who is 4 years older than her, and she is also an actress.
Zoe attended a summer camp in the summer of '98 to study acting, then attended an art acting school in Santa Monica, and studied theater acting at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, for six months before dropping out to become an actor. Although she also starred in TV series first, and then moved to the big screen after becoming famous, her luck was not as good as Sean, and she is still just an ordinary actor in the middle of the second tier.
The most famous work is "Fame in Sight", which won the Oscars for best original screenplay this year, about the rock band, in which she played a supporting role. If anything, Zoe is also a somewhat famous actor, and the reason why she is willing to play the heroine in the crew of "The Believer" is because she likes independent movies.
"Independent films are more thoughtful, aren't they?" That's what she said when we first met.
Therefore, even though her eyes are gray-blue and she doesn't look like a Jew no matter how she looks, Jacobson and Bean still chose her, and if the male and female protagonists have a certain degree of fame, the commercial value of independent films will be enhanced, as for the script.
"We modified it so that the male protagonist's girlfriend was not Jewish, but Zuihou became curious because the male protagonist kept mentioning Jews, and eventually converted to Judaism." Bean said so.
Well, you're a screenwriter, a director, a producer, whatever you want. Sean doesn't care about this, he's more interested in Zoe. When he first saw this girl, he had a lot of feelings for her, and although this statement also applied to other girls, Zoe's was a little different.
It was a very fresh feeling, and when she sat quietly reading the script, it was like a little lily in the mountains. So Sean couldn't help but tease her a few words, and then quickly saw her on the other side, the straightforward, independent, and eccentric elf side.
"Do you want to compare and see, whose acting skills are better." The seat, which didn't respond when Sean teased, asked Sean so during the first shoot.
Sean naturally agreed without thinking about it, so in the next shooting, he was supposed to devote himself to the role, but because Zoe distracted him from the side, especially when he blinked his eyes from time to time to express his curiosity about him, he went to NG again and again, and there was no usual smoothness at all.
On the other hand, Zoe, although she constantly teases with a small expression in concealment on the surface, she will be very serious once filming starts, so the main responsibility for the plot where the male protagonist teaches the female protagonist to learn Hebrew is that it was filmed all afternoon. Although Sean adjusted his emotions immediately after knowing that he had been fooled, it was still a little late, and Zoe's smug expression with a wicked smile was already on the corner of his mouth.
Thankfully, Sean made an excuse because part of the conversation was in Hebrew, so he blamed himself on not learning Hebrew well. Although this is a trick, he can't care so much for a while, but this point is remembered by Zoe, so the situation of teasing each other just now often appears.
Sean also knew that it was really inappropriate for him to play tricks, but Zoe played tricks first, let him take off his guard, and then set him up, which couldn't convince him anyway.
"Wait and see, I'll get it back sooner or later." Sean muttered.
"Don't forget what you said." Sanders had to remind him.
"But you can also see that she deliberately corrected me first, if you are not interested, you can directly refuse, I am not a pestering person, what do you mean by making me like this? So, why should I respond too? Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing. Sean spoke eloquently.
Zoe probably wouldn't have thought that the original act of just wanting to pass the matter would strengthen the other party's confidence.
But let's not talk about this for the time being, although Sean is filming in New York, things on the other side have not stopped.
"Okay, I know, send it to my mailbox, and I'll listen carefully to it one by one." As soon as today's filming ended, Sean received a call from Galen and said this to him.
After returning to the hotel, relaxing, taking a shower, and completely getting out of the character's emotions, Sean opened his laptop and checked the email.
There are a total of five songs in the attachment, counting the four and three songs in the previous two emails, Sean has almost twelve songs here, and it is not easy to listen to them one by one and pick out the right tunes from them.
Since Sean is going to release a song, he must first have the right words and songs, but the question is, he is not in Los Angeles now, and he has a movie to make, where will he have time to meet those songwriters? Not to mention the discussion.
In the past, he might have been able to spare weekends, and there were many record companies and music studios in New York, but now he has starred in four or five films in half a year, and "The Believer" is very demanding on acting, and it is both compatible and repulsive to him, so there is really no extra time.
Of course, Sean can also spend money to buy good songs from songwriters or record labels, but the question is who can guarantee that the songs will be to his liking.
Zuihou or Frederick came out and gave him a practical advice, go find those old songs from 50 years ago, and don't care about anything else, set the melody first. Most of these songs from 50 years ago have passed the copyright protection period, and the melody can be used casually, but in today's songs, the arrangement is often more important than the composition, and an old song may be rearranged to give it a new vitality.
But this will also cause another problem, I am afraid that I will not make much money after the release, but then again, Sean is not going to make money, is he? And, even if none of these melodies are suitable, Sean can at least understand what kind of tune he wants.
So he accepted his agent's advice and asked Galen to help find the songs, and when he found them, he sent them to his email, and he would listen to them whenever he could. Not only that, but during the filming break, Sean would also play a few sections on the guitar, and although he couldn't understand the score, there was no problem with the simple score.
"How does it feel? Compared to the previous one? Sean asked Sanders.
"You ask me the air, I can't tell if the melody is good or bad, for me, as long as it is pleasant to the ear." Sanders shrugged.
"Then tell me, which of the songs I just played sounded the best?" Sean sighed.
"The second one...... Or the third one? Sanders asked helplessly after thinking about it.
"Weishenme isn't the fourth?" A voice rang out, and a grinning Zoe appeared in front of them.
This is really rare, you must know that since he was put on a position by her, she rarely came to take the initiative to say hello.
"Is there anything special about the fourth song?" Sean asked, glancing at the sheet music in his notebook.
"What are you so picky for?" Zoe didn't answer the question, her gray-blue eyes widened, and she seemed very curious, which made her look cute, but at the same time she was cunning, and she didn't know what the hell she was thinking.
What are you asking for? Sean also wanted to ask this, but this momentum was weak, and judging from what he had observed in the past few days, if he said this, the other party would probably turn around and leave, without giving him a chance.
Since it is rare for her to take the initiative to ask now, of course she has to catch it, so Sean showed a curious look: "Why, you also understand music." ”
"Hey, don't be so underestimated, I just started a jazz band with my friends, and I did all the lyrics." Zoe immediately puffed up her little chest and said.
You see, as long as it is human, there will always be vanity.