Subtitle of this chapter: Yuan Bole with a unique vision

The director of "Twelve", Miss Lillian Girch refused to give in to anything. And Mr. Victor Fleming volunteered on the spot to be the cinematographer for the film. As for the actors, all the people in the film and television industry brought by the big stars are all round.

Who said that foreigners don't talk about relationships, they are also good at orking, and they will assign these twelve roles to their relatives and friends in minutes.

In the next few days, the freshly baked female director found a place to rehearse with those actors day and night, and at the same time pulled her "tired" to refine the script. And the photographer Mr. Fleming took his assistant to Edison's laboratory to familiarize himself with the sound film production equipment.

In this way, in just five days, everything was ready, and the film officially started filming.

In fact, this was completely beyond Master Yuan's expectations, and he had no intention of making a sound movie in the short term. Because in the United States today, there is not even a sound movie theater open to the public. According to his original plan, he rehearsed a stage play first, and then found an opportunity to make a movie after becoming famous.

It's just that Miss Gish can't wait. Not only did she serve as a director, but she also took the initiative to bear all the production costs and became an independent producer, and she didn't even think about whether the film could be released after it was made.

Luckily, there are almost no exterior locations in this film, which is completely in line with the Trinity Law, so just ask a few workers to build an interior scene. The cost of costume props is even more pitiful, and the actors of this kind of fashion drama can wear their own clothes. Aside from furniture and stationery, there are no props that need to be procured for this film.

In addition, her Chinese lover was still good to her, and tried his best to save Miss Ji Xu a lot of expenses. Yuan Yanqian asked Mr. Louis-Baker to intervene, and under the pretext of experimentation, he rented the equipment in Edison's laboratory and this large warehouse almost for free. Of course, you still have to pay for film or something, but it's all according to the cost price.

In this way, a large part of the shooting cost is saved.

As for the actors who were hired, it didn't cost much. After all, performing artists are performing artists, not traffic stars a hundred years later, they really have artistic pursuits.

These actors are already a five-body cast just by looking at the names of the screenwriters, and they don't need to look at the content to understand that this script is a rare classic, and it is also a grand event in the literary and artistic world, and it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them to participate. Several of them even expressed their willingness to participate in the filming for free, and other actors were embarrassed to talk about any remuneration when they took the lead.

So in the end, Yuan Yanqian estimated that she could make this movie for about four or five thousand dollars. In this case, he did not dissuade Miss Gish, and he also understood why his "lover lady" was so impatient.

What does it matter if the film "Twelve" is filmed and there is no place to show it? With such a small amount of money, it is definitely cost-effective to occupy the title of the world's first real sound movie. It's proper to leave a name in history.

In addition, before making this film, Miss Ji Xu was just a movie star who was not much better than Ji Nu's reputation, and after making this film, she became a big director who made art films. These two identities are completely incompatible.

People, besides money, who does not have a little higher pursuit.

"Madam Director, Mr. Fleming asked you if you would like to shoot this scene again." At this time, a small field reporter with a pencil behind his ear came up and asked.

The current director Ji Xu is still a little worse in terms of self-confidence, and she naturally asked the screenwriters around her for advice: "Neo, what do you think?" ”

"Hmmm......"

In fact, Yuan Yanqian, a traverser, really doesn't like the acting skills of these actors, although their lines are very fluent and their positions are also very good, but the traces of their stage performances are too obvious. is just the opposite of the emojis of later generations, Xiao Xianrou, their expressions are too many and too exaggerated.

Especially the actor who played the main role, that is, the No. 6 juror he wrote himself, this gentleman is also a popular Broadway actor. But our Master Yuan always felt that this guy didn't grasp the essence of this role, and it was useless to talk to him several times in person.

In fact, the prototype of this playboy is Master Yuan himself. So in his mind, Juror No. 6 should be the same as him, he looks serious on the outside, but he is cynical on the inside, and most of the reason why he jumped out to preside over "justice" is that he can't bear it. Instead of exuding a sense of justice in every pore as played by this brother, it is closer to Henry Fonda in the American version.

During the rehearsal, this feeling was not deep enough, but when it came to the official shooting, our Master Yuan felt that the taste was even more wrong.

But he wasn't going to be too nitpicky, after all, it was 1920, and he couldn't be too demanding of actors in this year, just be fooled.

"Huh?!"

When Yuan Yanqian was about to say that he was about to pass, he inadvertently saw the little field record with a little green face but he was very familiar with it.

He couldn't help but ask, "I'm sorry, who are you?" ”

"Mr. Yuan, I'm here to help."

"I know. I would like to ask for your name. ”

"Oh, my name is Humphrey? Bogart. ”

“humphrey bogart？”

"Yes, Mr. Yuan."

Oops, no wonder I'm so familiar, this is the male lead actor of "Casablanca"!!

That's right, this famous movie star is also a New Yorker. He was born on December 25, 1899, in New York, USA, at the age of 21. In July 1918, after graduating from high school, Bogart joined the U.S. Navy. Although he received military training during his service, he never really carried out his mission. After retiring from the army in 1920, he worked as a handyman in a theater in New York. (Author's note: This is the case historically.) ）

Therefore, Master Yuan's own traverser aura made him appear here.

"Da!"

Yuan Yanzi carefully looked up and down at the future big star, and suddenly snapped her fingers and said to Miss Ji Xu: "Lilian, what do you think of him?" ”

The latter looked at Mr. Bogart, who was also confused, and said, "I see...... Well, this guy is pretty handsome. ”

Our Master Yuan shook his head and said, "No, no, no, don't just look at his face, you have to look at his temperament." Is it ......" to find this site, please search for "6 Mao" or enter the URL:.