Chapter 140: A Chance
"All departments prepare, all departments prepare!" With the voice of the director's assistant, the crowd that had been resting, and all the people wearing armor stood in the designated position.
βActionοΌβ The sound of the scene notes resounded through the loudspeakers.
A few seconds later, the actors standing on the huge wall, which had been taken care of and was obscured by the curtain, began to "fight" with their weapon models, and many of them were whining and screaming to add to the atmosphere. It doesn't matter, as I said before, Jackson deliberately rented the stadium in Wellington and found tens of thousands of fans to record the sound effects of the Valley of the Helmets with collective shouting, so there was no recording equipment at the scene, even if the voice was hoarse.
When the boom drew a semicircle in the air, the sound of "Cut" came from the loudspeaker, and the actors stopped and began to sit or rest against the wall, but for more than ten seconds, they seemed to be very tired.
It's not surprising that there have been more than a dozen such shots, and there is no angle on the boom that has not been tested from left to right, right to left, top to bottom, bottom to top, and even right oblique up to left oblique down, or left oblique up to right oblique down. There was even one time when he drew two waves in the air, and as a result, the boom shook a few times irregularly, and the photographer who was holding the camera on it was half scared to death.
Under such shooting, even if it is only a few tens of seconds at a time, it is tiring enough to accumulate, not to mention that the actors are still wearing armor. And this kind of filming is already a regular thing in the plot of the Holy Helmet Valley, many times it is like this, only one scene is filmed for several days in a row, and it is no wonder that it has been filmed for a month before, but the progress is only one-third of Jihua.
"What do you think?" Taking advantage of the actors' breaks, Jackson, who was watching the filming repeatedly on the monitor, asked the assistant director and a cadre of assistants.
"That's enough, we just need to pick out the right clips from them." An assistant said.
"Maybe we can also consider a path to move from behind the walls to the front." Another assistant expressed a different opinion.
"I think this shoot is okay, it's been two days of repeated shooting, and everything has been taken into account." This one is in favor of the first.
After a gossip discussion, most of the people are in favor of it, both in terms of progress and shooting effect. But Jackson didn't speak, and after looking at the screen for a few more moments, then walked back and forth in the tent twice, and then looked up: "I need a long shot." β
Soon, the photographer was called over, and Jackson stood in front of the improvised model and explained: "I need to move from here to here, and then from here to here, zuihou stretch to the panorama, what do you think?" β
"Don't let me go." The photographer immediately exclaimed.
"I'm in charge of the camera myself this time," Jackson waved his hand, "I'm just asking you what you think, this is a zuihou shoot, and it must be the most haode effect." β
The photographer breathed a sigh of relief, he was tired, and the previous boom problem - though it was a minor one - had left him somewhat shadowed.
Soon, the two of them, who had fully exchanged opinions, determined the desired color, light sense, distance, light and shade and other effects.
"Let the gaffer adjust the brightness contrast of the scene more intensely, the light source is cut from the left and right, and the focal length of the lens is balan...... Well, the fifth number. He then instructed his assistant, and then the costumer arrived: "Mr. Jackson, they have changed their costumes again." β
"I see." The fat New Zealand man nodded, said a few more words to his assistant, and then got out of the tent, followed the path to the bottom of the city wall, and jumped up in a few steps, so agile that it was inversely proportional to his figure.
"How's it going, Vigo, John, Orlando, Sean, can you continue?" He called out the names of several leading actors one by one.
"I'm fine." Sean was the first to speak, albeit with obvious exhaustion on his face.
"I'm fine." Then came Mortenson, who took a deep breath.
"Me too." It was Bloom who did a few movements to stretch his body.
Then, they looked at Davis together, he was the hardest of all, not to mention the trouble of makeup, and sometimes he had to perform on his knees, which was quite troublesome. However, because he has a dwarf stand-in, he consumes relatively less energy than the three of them, so in this case, as long as he should be able to hold on, he can continue.
"No problem, let's continue." Davis waved his hand generously.
"Xiexie you, John." Jackson nodded with relief, and then took the megaphone from the assistant's hand: "Attention all departments, there will be a shooting of zuihou today, the time is 1 minute, please hurry up and prepare." β
A few minutes later, as "Action" sounded again, dozens of extras fought again, the boom quickly rotated along the designated trajectory, and Jackson in the front held the camera firmly in his hands and captured the images one by one.
It seemed that a century had passed, and the long 1 minute had finally arrived, and when the assistant assistant on the crane called to stop, a crackling sound sounded, and most of the weapons in their hands fell to the ground, and then they all looked for a place to lean on. I don't know if it's too tired or what's going on, an extra dressed as an orc leaned back without observing, but he didn't expect the edge of the wall behind him to be a lot shorter, and he was caught off guard and turned over.
"Wow!" A cry of horror rang out, and everyone around him was stunned and did not react, only one of them immediately pounced, stretched out his hands and grabbed the drape on his shoulder, which he rolled over.
"Help! Help me! The man below was dancing and screaming and struggling with fear, so that cracks began to appear in the not very strong drape.
"Damn...... Calm down! Give me your hand! The one above shouted, wearing long blonde wigs and dressed as an elf, officially playing Shaun of Haldier.
was shouted by him, and the one below finally temporarily controlled his emotions, and immediately reached out and grabbed Sean's arm firmly. However, his body was on the fat side, obviously heavier, and Sean was already a little protruding forward in order to catch him, and his lower abdomen was pressed against the wall.
Fortunately, after such a moment of lightning, the people around all reacted, and seven or eight hands had already come up, and finally pulled them all up.
"How's it going, are you alright?" After the show assistants dropped the extra and Sean down, Jackson finally arrived.
The extras didn't say anything, they were supported and nodded, obviously frightened.
"It's okay, it's just that my arm is a little out of strength." Although Sean's face was a little pale, it was still within the normal range, and he just covered his lower abdomen with his hands.
This made Jackson breathe a sigh of relief, although the crew had taken protective measures, there were mats disguised as stones under the walls, and soft things were stuffed inside the armor, it was still inevitable that some people would be injured due to bumps, broken feet, dislocations and the like were all small things, and there were many people who were blue because of stumbling, and some people even rolled down the steps.
Fortunately, after filming for more than half a year, there were basically no deaths, and if it weren't for Sean's quick enough reaction today, I don't know what would have happened, and the mat below is not omnipotent.
"Well done, Sean."
"You're so brave."
"If it weren't for you, it would be a big problem."
When he took off his makeup, a group of people praised him like this, not only Mortenson, but also Davis and Bloom, and they could all be seen to be sincere, well, I hope they can keep it up.
"How does it feel, hero?" Sanders also took the time to say this.
"It's good, it's just that my stomach hurts." Sean replied angrily.
There are probably a few small stones on the edge of the wall, which makes the lower abdomen very uncomfortable, and I don't feel it when I save people, but I feel very uncomfortable after I finish it. But it didn't matter if it was a little problem, after all, he saved a person, although he didn't have any ideas at the time, he just pounced on instinct.
"Really? It's so thrilling, if it were me, I wouldn't have been able to react. After the makeup was removed, the crisp female voice immediately drifted into the ears.
A tall young girl was near a tent, laughing with Bloom and Mortenson.
"Look, he's out," Shaun Bloom beckoned, "Come here, Shaun." β
"Don't make a sound, let me guess, this must be the most beautiful flower in the entire crew, and Liv who plays the most beautiful twilight star of the elf clan in the novel? Miss Taylor. Sean said with a smile as he looked at the girl.
"Xiexie," the other man's face flushed slightly, looking a little shy, "you're really good at talking, Mr. Tang." β
"Sean," Sean's smile was more gentle, "I'm just telling the truth. β
"Sean is different from us, he is the best actor nominee for the third year in the history of the Oscars." Bloom interjected.
This guy just complimented you. Sean couldn't help but roll his eyes inwardly, and then glanced at him in realization. Could it be that this guy is pursuing her?
Okay, Liv? Taylor is indeed a beautiful girl, especially those gray-blue eyes, which are very attractive. Sean has seen stills from when she played the elf princess Arwen, and it does give people a stunning feeling, but it's just ...... The face looks a little long, and it feels a little strange when you look at it for a long time.
Then you go after it, I won't ...... Wait a minute! Sean suddenly thought of something and looked into the distance. Sure enough, he quickly found the one who came with Liv, Kate? Blanchett's figure, talking to Jackson in the distance.
Although the New Zealand fat man is currently busy with the filming of the Battle of the Valley of the Holy Helmet, he has not let go of other plots, just like mentioned when talking about Wood before, some cutscene scenes that do not need his personal supervision are all taken by several assistant directors with actors or outside to take exterior scenes or conduct indoor shooting, so Wood, Austin, Kate, Liv and others are all staying here.
So, Sean thought of an opportunity.