Chapter 106 The one-person crew, the acting skills of pulling the crotch, the lost youth, and the blonde little loli
"Okay, Roland, let's do one more."
"From close-up to wide-angle, the 'SK' shot noted on the script, follow that, uand?"
A noisy voice rushed out of the walkie-talkie, and the roaring voice made Roland raise his eyebrows.
Although he was troubled by the loud voice that was amplified several times, he still pressed the call button, pulled his throat, and said to Chris Columbus hanging in the sky: "yes! i seeοΌ β
As the words fell, the roar of the knock dong also swept in, when the wind brought by the propeller blades was felt by the staff standing at the top, the roaring but not chaotic order, like the band with the baton, the accurate notes, transmitted to each post, and handed over the walkie-talkie in his hand to the field staff, Roland also picked up the Polaroid again, standing at the top of the twin buildings with excited hope, his heart was silent for dozens of seconds, and his fingers pressed the shutter.
Take a picture, take a picture, take a picture, take a picture...... Tightly wrapped, he looks like a hillbilly who has just entered the city, and his skillful and swift movements vividly show Kevin's curiosity about this international metropolis.
Since you're going to shoot in New York, you can't just shoot the Plaza Hotel, right?
One is too monotonous, and the other is too referential.
As a result, adding other landmark shots to show the local style of New York has become the first choice of producer and screenwriter John Hughes, and in the case of the ownership of the Empire State Building is unclear and the Statue of Liberty is about to be shot and destroyed, it will be destroyed in the future, and the twin towers, the tallest buildings in New York, have naturally become the target of the crew.
From here, you can see the whole of New York from here, and the feeling of looking down on all living beings will arise spontaneously.
And Kevin's understanding of New York from here in the film can also reflect the child's desire for the unknown.
It is human instinct to climb high and look far away, and the twin buildings are the best platform.
It's too high, but it's not easy to shoot!
Even if the city approved Fox's filming plan, if it wanted to include the twin towers with ultra-wide-angle lenses, it would only be a helicopter, and after renting a helicopter and tuning all the machines, directing Roland to perform a live interpretation in the face of the noise was the most critical step.
But fortunately, Roland is not the same as those child stars.
Now he can read the draft of the storyboard, and after staying in the two crews of "Terminator 2" and "Captain Hook", he also understands how the camera movement technique on the script annotation is realized, even if it is not arranged in advance, it is not difficult to find the position of the distant camera, so that the shooting, which is extremely difficult because of the inconvenience of communication, becomes extremely enjoyable when he walks in his hands.
Of course, "Home Alone 2" is not a landscape documentary, let alone an urban propaganda film.
Although Polaroid and Plaza Hotel sponsored the film, that doesn't mean the film will revolve around them.
With the Twin Towers as the center, a bird's-eye view of the whole of New York, it took nearly three hours, taking multiple plastic discs, and determining that when the post-editing was made, there would be no more ways to make up the shots, and Chris Columbus was able to break away from the trapeze state.
As soon as he got off the plane, Roland saw beads of sweat on his head.
"Director? So hot up there? β
Standing on the rooftop of the Twin Towers for three hours, Roland felt like he was about to be blown into a stupid beep by the strong wind brought by the helicopters coming in and out, but as soon as this was over, the director appeared in front of him as if he had come out of the sauna?
Could he ...... Not cold?
"Don't talk about that, I'm going to the toilet."
"Take off my hat, I'm suffocating."
In the face of Roland's inquiry, Chris Columbus used his actions very bluntly to show what it means to have three urgency.
Because the live shooting in New York has to go through the procedures, the process is quite cumbersome, so whenever the crew comes here to shoot, the whole team is eager to break a minute of time in half, Roland blows the wind on the rooftop, it doesn't matter, if there is any trouble, just drill downstairs, but the camera and director flying in the sky can't be willful!
If they go up and down, then this movie will not be made.
Missed the time and found someone to re-do the procedure?
You think you're Tom Cruise!
Got a daddy dangling on Pentagon?
Besides, even if the formalities are completed, that old face can't be hung up!
What kind of scenes are filmed by other crews, it can be done in half a day, and you have to repeat it up and down for two or three days?
I don't want you to be like Xu Fei, from "Dream of Red Mansions" to "Snow Mountain Flying Fox", and turn away those guys who want to call Xu Dad, but you can't be like Angel Baby, acting from the cloud, and directly promoted to the current cloud red carpet, right?
In this way, Columbus endured.
And this forbearance also made him feel comfortable after relieving himself.
When he reappeared, when he saw the little guy holding the hand warmer, the whole person nested on the sofa, curled up in a ball, trying to recover, the director who had just finished releasing the water, immediately laughed, "Roland, progress is very fast!" β
"I haven't seen you for a year, and the camera is more accurate."
"When Daniel and Joe join the group next year, they will be absolutely surprised to see how you perform!"
Although Columbus was praising Roland's learning attitude and rapid progress in film skills, the 'stinky' words not only did not make Roland happy, but directly made him roll his eyes.
The buttocks cocked, and with a touch of his hand, Roland threw back the knitted hat that had been covered by himself.
At the same time, he said, "Hey! Chris, I beg you to stop talking about this! β
"I annoy me listening to it now, you know?"
"I thought everyone was making movies together like last year, but I didn't expect that the two of us came to New York to freeze for a long time!"
Hearing Roland say this, Columbus, who was sweating profusely, reluctantly buttoned his knitted hat to his head, shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's no way!" Who made this movie custom-made? The main character is you, and the others don't have any roles, so only we shoot first. β
Yes, it's not the same as what Sister Olsen said that day.
"Home Alone 2" does take five months to shoot, and Roland is in New York, at least three months, but
The frozen journey from the West Coast to the East Coast was only enjoyed by Roland and Columbus.
Because after the plot of the movie was dismantled, the vast majority of people did not use New York to film.
The script written by John Hughes is about the protagonist Kevin who is once again separated from his family who wants to go on vacation; In this way, Kevin's family doesn't have to appear in New York, right?
Then, Kevin, who took the wrong plane, came to New York, stationed at the Plaza Hotel, and had a 'game' of wits with the waiters who suspected him of stealing someone else's credit card to spend, so that Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, who played the thieves, would not have to follow the team, right?
And after the first two scenes are filmed, it is Roland who 'strays' into the toy city, and the former thief is face-to-face, and the highlight of a final duel;
Of course, filming is picky and selective, and if it is done in order, the funding will soar directly.
And once screened and sorted out, on the night of the ninth day, Director Columbus was the only one who flew to New York with Roland, and in this case, Roland suddenly felt very painful!
knew that he was the only one filming in the group in the early stage, so he fooled the three sisters and Aunt Garneti!
Anyway, I live in the suites provided by the Plaza Hotel, and it won't increase the cost of Fox!
After three months with Columbus, a guy with a wife, face to face, nose to nose, and eye to eye, no matter how you look at it, it's not right!
Although the two of them can chat for a few days and nights with the movie, Roland doesn't want to talk to him about work when the crew is so free! Wouldn't it be nice to take the three little loli to the Bronx Zoo for a visit?
Even if it's not the spring that Mr. Zhao said, the turtle won't hibernate!
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Three little loli, will my brother take you to see the turtles?
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Of course, there is no regret in the world about taking medicine, and even if Xiao Loli is tricked, Roland still has to film well.
It took seven days to cooperate with Columbus to collect the fragmentary footage of Kevin wandering around New York, and then the plot was filmed, which was put on the agenda, and the first day was filmed with the first shot of Kevin entering the Plaza Hotel and asking for directions.
For Roland, this kind of plot to advertise the sponsor's father is too simple.
What can a child from the 'country' be like?
After seeing the magnificent palace, it is natural to express surprise and confusion!
Therefore, after entering the hotel gate, he didn't walk well in the camera, just like Grandma Liu when she first entered the Grand View Garden.
And Chris Columbus, who had already discussed with him, also understood what Roland meant, and after Roland's personal role passed, he commanded the photographer to follow the path Roland had walked, slammed the lens to the ceiling, and shot it again.
Licking a dog?
No, it's called taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others.
As for the short conversation of asking for directions?
Although Comrade Chuan Jianguo won the 39th Golden Sour Plum Worst Actor, but
Well, even if Chuan Jianguo gives Roland more money, he has to say that this guy's acting skills are really crotch-pulling.
I ask you 'where is the lobby', you go straight back to me 'end of the corridor, turn left', and then I say 'thank you' again, everyone is fine, just leave, isn't the whole plot over?
Why do you turn around before I say 'thank you' and then turn around to look at me after I say 'thank you'?
Do you think that you are giving directions to others and do not need to be thanked by others, or do you think that there is a problem when I ask for directions and say thank you again?
If it's the former, then you're really alive, but if it's the latter, isn't that a etiquette problem?
And if it's neither?
Then don't you just want to steal the show?
After taking a few shots in a row, Columbus, who felt that something was wrong, "smiled" and "invited" Roland to the monitor, and when Roland saw the guy who was super (just) level (wanting) karma (grabbing) surplus (mirror), he
"Forget it, Chris, that's it."
"Don't shoot, don't shoot, you can use it."
"Steven taught me before that you don't need to be perfect in every shot, and the selling point of the whole movie is Kevin's wit and the thief's funny, not him. The camera can be seen through it, and you don't have to shoot it so many times. β
To be honest, if he could, of course Roland hoped that Comrade Chuan Jianguo would be able to perform well, but the problem was that if he didn't stop it in time, said some perfunctory words, and integrated 'reports', '404' and the like into it, causing Columbus to laugh and nod, and filling the hall with a happy air, then wouldn't he have to pull the curry?
He's only twelve years old! He's still young!
All right......
Seriously.
The reason why Roland was able to recognize this kind of logical error on the camera was purely because he felt that on the day of the premiere of "Captain Hook", Spielberg's words to him were too reasonable!
They don't need to perfect every aspect of Home Alone 2, they just need to amplify its highlights infinitely.
The dialogue scene between him and Chuan Jianguo does not conform to the way normal people communicate?
It doesn't matter, the audience of the whole movie is not going to hold on to this!
And even if as time goes by, the children who watched this movie grow up and can find all kinds of bugs in the movie, then they will not jump out and blame these contents!
Just like when "The Legend of Shu Mountain" was released, people were crazy and angry Xu Lao Wei, twenty years later, I thought it was the beginning of Xianxia movies, but I didn't expect it to become the peak! β
Just like when "Journey to the West" was released, Zhao Jiping, the soundtrack teacher who became popular with "Red Sorghum", was rated as 'cultural garbage', and he was even unwilling to hang his name after the movie, twenty years later, he will love all his life. β
Many people say that this is a typical case reversal.
Actually, it's not, because the guys who controlled the comments back then are old, and the people who like it have grown up.
What can children understand when they watch movies?
It's handsome, it's cool, it's beautiful, it's over......
Just like the film review of "Terminator 2", the film critic wrote a lot of it, and finally in the eyes of children, it is the cool of T-really **, and the handsomeness of John is really **......
And when time passes, when they grow up, when they start to miss the past......
Even if he thinks these things are naΓ―ve, then he won't say it.
Not only that, but many people are not allowed to be spoken.
Because
'I think of running in the sunset that day, it was my lost youth'!
Even if youth is cheap, it can't be evaluated by others.
With the blessing of this feeling, one more small bug in a movie is not a big problem at all.
And after Chuan Jianguo ascended to the position of commander, this bug is a stalk.
So
Roland wasn't worried at all, director Columbus would be dissed by film critics after filming this scene.
Anyway, those guys will grow old after all, and when the guys who like me grow up, what will be the mouth of a film critic?
Well, to be honest, in addition to Roland really thinking that this bug doesn't matter, he also thinks that there is nothing wrong with the sponsor showing his face, of course, this also has something to do with the little overseer waiting on the sidelines.
After the official filming of the Plaza Hotel, Chuan Jianguo appeared in front of Roland.
Along with him came his eldest daughter, Ivanka.
When she took her father's hand and appeared in the lobby of the hotel, Roland had already noticed that something was wrong.
And after the official start of filming, that feeling is even stronger.
Because, from beginning to end, the little girl in the golden dress and the golden bag diagonally stared at him.
Although it is a very normal thing to be stared at by countless pairs of eyes during filming, but
He always felt that there was something wrong with the way the little girl looked at him.
So, of course, he wanted to get over the cameo scene of Chuan Jianguo as soon as possible, so that the uncle could leave quickly.
However, what he didn't expect was that when Director Columbus accepted his statement and told Comrade Chuan Jianguo that his role had been completed, the little girl who should have left according to Roland's idea actually pulled her father and walked over.
Not only that, but she also smiled and said, "Hello Roland, my name is Ivanka." β
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