Chapter 46: Awareness and Response
The scene on the yacht took about three days to complete, not that the show was difficult, Sean was well prepared, and maybe there were still problems in some places, but he would adjust it after a few more visits. It's just that these shots are quite fragmented, and the requirements for lighting and scenery are quite high, so they are inefficient.
Although there are green curtains hanging all around to make it easier to add a background to post-production, it is not necessary to have no set at all, let alone such a large ship. In general, a detailed set will only be taken into account by the lens, and the location assistant will check that the details of the set are in place before each shoot, in which case the more shots there are in the same scene, the slower it will be.
Not to mention the angle of the light source, but also to simulate the light in normal weather, the shooting is even slower.
Of course, none of this is Sean's business, he just needs to do his job. In fact, he also did so well, preparing for so long and holding his breath that Minghella praised him in public for doing a good job.
This is a good thing, with Minghella's praise, plus he often actively or passively helps with some chores, and before he gave Roy? Locke and others have a good impression, and their popularity in the crew is getting better and better - except for Jude.
I don't know Weishenme, he became more and more cold to him, and one day at noon, Sean accidentally touched him, so that he scolded him very unhappily: Look at the point.
Sean doesn't want to speculate on anything, anyway, as long as it doesn't affect the filming of the movie, it doesn't matter, as he told Frederick before, as long as he insists on making the movie, it will be a victory. So even though the past two days were tiring, in addition to the main part of the yacht, the production team also increased the shooting of other scattered shots, such as where Ripley walked by, or came out, and what he took.
It is said that this is the opinion of a certain producer to save time and efficiency, and Sean, who is focused on acting, does not care until Galen reminds him.
"Don't you think there's something wrong with the work arrangement?" Galen, who was looking through the itinerary form, frowned and said to Sean who was lying on the sofa of the trailer.
"What's wrong?" Sean sat up and took a look.
"It's so full, almost as soon as you enter the crew, you have to start performing in front of the camera, and it won't stop until the end of the day's shooting, which doesn't give you time to rest at all." Galen said.
Hearing this, Sean immediately sat up and looked at it again with a solemn expression,
"There is indeed a problem." After a moment of silence, he said this, not annoyed, Galen's job was to deal with these things, and it was normal to find out earlier than him.
"Galen, do something for me......" After thinking carefully, Sean beckoned and whispered a few words in Galen's ear-
On the calm water, a small boat is rocking and floating, and the two men on the boat are arguing loudly.
"You're like a blood-sucking leech sometimes, you know! And...... Annoying...... You can be really annoying sometimes! Dick squinted his eyes and looked at Ripley coldly, and said in a disgusted tone.
Ripley sat there for a long time without speaking, his eyes under his glasses were holding back, as if he was about to shed tears: "It's ridiculous, I didn't pretend to be someone else, but you kept doing this. ”
"It's tiresome." Dick repeated.
"I've always been honest with you, but you'...... I know you're hiding something......" Ripley continued.
At that moment, there was a "Cut" sound from the side, and the cameraman who was operating the camera on the landing pad, the theater assistant who was holding the boat in the water, and the microphone operator holding the boom high outside the pool all stopped.
Minghella stood on the other side, frowning, and after a while walked to the edge of the pool where the boat was leaning, and beckoned the photographer to come over: "If the camera passes from this angle, and then the reflection of the frame, can it make him look, or give the viewer, the appearance that he is about to cry." ”
As he spoke, he reached out and gestured in front of Sean, apparently stopping because his performance was not in place.
"Also, Sean, you have a lot of small movements, if you can't control the haode, then don't do it at all!" Then he said something to him a little harshly.
Sean opened his mouth, wanting to defend himself, but in the end he just sighed inwardly and nodded to show that he understood. After all, I am indeed a little out of shape, and in fact, my state today has not been very good.
However, the more this time goes, the more Sean can calm down. While Minghella was still discussing with the photographer, he took a deep breath and tried to understand Ripley's feelings as much as possible. At this moment, he enters a state similar to that advocated by Brecht, blending into the character but keeping a distance to take control.
In the final analysis, Sean doesn't approve of what Ripley has done in his heart, strictly speaking, his current mood is very similar to Ripley, they don't have much capital, they don't think much of it, and they all want to change this situation. But there is a difference, the biggest one is that Ripley can't control his desires, and in Sean's opinion, it's difficult for a person who can't control himself to succeed, so Ripley's tragedy was doomed from the beginning, and Naomi was right.
Whether it is a temporary breakthrough or accumulation, Sean, who has entered this state, easily grasped the main point of the role, which surprised Minghella a little, so after shooting the angle mentioned before, he did it again and gave him a close-up of his eyes.
"You're doing a great job, Sean, and if you were like this in the first place, we wouldn't have to shoot more." After looking at it on the monitor a few times, Minghella said this half-jokingly about him.
However, the picture shot from that angle was still retained, after all, the shooting effect was also good, and it could also pave the way for Ripley's emotional outburst.
Sean, who had relaxed down, felt a trace of fatigue at this time, not physically, but mentally. It's hard to explain, as if something has been drained, if it had been a few days ago, he might not have known what was going on, but now he probably realized that it had something to do with the fact that there were too many fragments to shoot.
Quite simply, those bits and pieces of footage are fine if you just walk through there, or get things here from there, but when it comes to being emotionally engaged, it's going to be troublesome. After all, he is not a machine, it is impossible to say that he will change, he needs to brew and adjust, and when the emotions required for the two shots before and after are completely opposite, more time is spent on adjustment.
In addition, his current performance method is closer to the method school, and he is a newcomer, and he has never experienced this intensity of shooting, so he uses this feeling of taking time, but it is especially obvious today.
"Sean." Just as he was about to take a good rest, someone called his name.
Following the prestige, it was a middle-aged man in his forties, Sean frowned involuntarily, then walked over and asked in a calm tone, "Is there something wrong, Mr. Hoberg?" ”
"Yes, you see, we're building a new set in another studio, and the pool here still needs to be maintained, so we're running out of manpower. You've been helping out a little bit from time to time these days, and it just so happens that there's nothing else to do right now, can you help them? The other party said with a smile.
Looking at the prop assistant who came with him, Sean nodded quietly: "No problem, Mr. Horberg." ”
This has been the case since the beginning of filming, and it was either Houberg looking for him or Chiccarelli looking for him - it seemed that he had completely fallen for Houberg. Sean originally thought that the other party was still using the previous trick to force him to complain to Minghella by constantly exerting pressure, but when it comes to Galen's discovery, I'm afraid it's not like that.
Soon, this was confirmed.
"You're right, Sean, are all Williams on these schedules? "Galen, who went to inquire about the news," Hoberg reviewed and arranged, "We've got to do it like a way." ”
Sean, who was still helping the props team, frowned and didn't speak, in fact, this bit of labor is nothing, anyway, even if he is a newcomer, he is also the protagonist of this movie, even if he comes to help, they will not assign themselves heavy tasks. But in this way, he doesn't have time to adjust himself and figure out the script, and with the constant shooting of those fragmentary footage, his state will slowly decline. Of course, it is possible to rest in the evenings and on weekends, but as soon as the work starts, it will soon fall.
"Then, after a long time, when I can't catch up at all, they can kick me out on the grounds of efficiency or whatever," Sean explains, "I still have less experience after all, and I just want to build my network and make a good impression, and I forget to save myself and I don't take the opportunity to adjust myself on the set, so I end up like this." ”
Speaking of which, he regretted it a little, Harrington also mentioned these when he taught him, but at that time, he was studying acting, and there was still a long way to go before acting in a movie, so he didn't pay too much attention to it.
"Can't you tell the director? He should be able to perceive it, right? Galen asked.
"If you tell the director, then there will be the situation I told you at the beginning, and too many times will be troublesome after all. As for the latter, the director only cares about how the film is done, and most of those fragmentary shots are handed over to others, and even if they see it by chance, they won't care. Sean smiled wryly.
"Is that all there is to it?" Galen was a little deflated.
Sean was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his head: "Galen, remember the one in your father's study...... Verses? ”
Then, without waiting for him to answer, he whispered in Chinese: "The world slanders me, deceives me, insults me, laughs at me, despises me, despises me, hates me, deceives me, how to deal with it?" Just endure him, let him, let him, avoid him, bear with him, respect him, ignore him, stay for a few more years and watch him. ”
"What do you mean?" Galen looked confused, he was only interested in dishes related to China, and Sean knew it, so he immediately explained it.
"That's too negative, isn't it?" Galen immediately exclaimed, "If those two bastards keep targeting, are you going to pretend you didn't see them forever?" It's not like something you would do. ”
"Of course not," Sean laughed, his teeth grinding slightly, "I mention these two sentences just to say that the necessary patience is indispensable. Although they are very good at playing tricks, they have made a fatal mistake now, and what I have to do is to wait for this mistake to ferment and then ...... Give it a push! ”