Chapter 039: Deadly Game - Sample 2
Although the next clip is not so amazing after the three consecutive sets of seamlessly connected shots that move relative to the audience's perspective, the female climber came down from the cliff in a panic after seeing her companion killed, trying to escape, but at the last moment she was pulled down by a thick iron chain thrown out of the depths of the jungle, screaming and being dragged away.
Of course, there must be relaxation, and after the fast-paced torture clip at the beginning passed, the sample film naturally entered a relatively flat stage-
This paragraph is actually the beginning of the story, telling the story of the male protagonist Chris drove to Rory City for an interview, but because of a large traffic jam, he drove on a dirt road in order to take a shortcut, but accidentally had a traffic accident and met a group of five people, including the heroine Jesse.
Since it has not yet been edited, the plot of this paragraph seems a bit lengthy, and Charlotte watched it while introducing her post-production plan to Jodie Foster next to her.
"This shot is indispensable to illustrate the plot, but I use the soundtrack and editing to make it less verbose in post, so that I can leave more length for the exciting and impactful shots that follow. ”
What do you mean by "exciting and impactful shots"? In horror films, especially American plasma horror films like "Fatal Bend," there is actually more plasma, more hunting ways to kill, and more action-oriented, fast-paced chase and escape shots. Of course, in line with the principle of R-rated film production with adrenaline and hormones flying together, there will also be some dew points and meat selling plots, such as-
"This ......"
Looking at the screen showing the dailies, a coquettish-looking, disheveled red-haired girl half-lying on the hood of a car, enjoying the tongue service made for her by the man under her, and constantly sighing and moaning in enjoyment, Jodie Foster couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Although she also knows that using this kind of lens to attract viewers is a common method in American horror films, she is still a little uncomfortable when several people who don't know each other are crammed into an RV to watch this kind of footage.
Charlize is also uncomfortable.
In fact, she was on the set while filming this set of shots. At that time, Charlotte told her bluntly that this was a shot added for "commercial purposes", and she could understand it, although-
"Generally speaking, this kind of wild shot, if you don't come to the real thing, isn't it all men leaning on the car and women squatting down to do blowjob?"
Out of curiosity, the old driver Theron accidentally exposed the essence of his countless films. But Charlotte's answer was more direct -
"Who wants to pay to go to the cinema and see a man's high and trendy face!?"
- What you said makes so much sense that I'm speechless.
In fact, in the original version of "Fatal Bend", the shot here is indeed a woman blowjob for a man, but Charlotte pondered it when she filmed it, and really thought "Who wants to spend money to go to the cinema to see a man's high-tide face!?"
But this switch may be really right.
Not to mention anything else, Erica, who was scolded by Charlotte during filming, is really suitable for this role. Although she is by no means as beautiful as Charlize, she can't stand the temperament of others and the role......
"This bitch!"
Because of the previous rumors, Charlize has always had no good impression of Erica and Vivian, the two actresses who work with her, but now looking at the picture on the screen, she has to admit that at least in terms of passion play, the coquettish Erica is a little bit stronger than her who can't let go.
In fact, what really makes Charlize uncomfortable with this set of shots is that if it weren't for the disappearance of the heroine Eliza Kunis with director Allen - the night she met the ghost tiger, Charlize didn't notice that Allen and Eliza had become ghosts - then the one lying on the hood of the car and pretending to be high tide might be her.
"So good at filming this kind of scene, why don't you just go to Fernando Valley!?"
In the end, the depression in the girl's heart can only be expressed in such a vicious statement.
Actually, this segment of the shot is not very long. In terms of plot, it's just that after the hero and heroine meet a group of six people, because the car can't be driven, four of them go to the front to explore the way, leaving a young couple to guard the broken car. It's just that after the other four people left, the empty natural space gave the bored two people the urge to liberate themselves and return to nature, so there was the above paragraph.
Of course, Charlotte will shoot such a scene, not only to be "faithful to the original" or "commercial purposes", but also to fit the law in American horror films, where couples in the wild ML must hang up first-
Sure enough, in the next shot, the man and woman who were enjoying it were suddenly alarmed by a strange sound, and had to go around to check it out of their hearts, but the man was easily killed, and the woman ran around in panic, but in the end she didn't escape the poisonous hands of the mutant weirdo, and was strangled directly from behind by a chain full of iron thorns.
Of course, to be precise, it can't be considered strangulation, because the chain covered with iron thorns cut off the blood vessels and nerves of the woman long before she strangles her, and although her death is painful and horrific, the process is far faster than ordinary suffocating strangulation.
- The part where she dies at the end is where Charlotte was never very satisfied with Erica's performance when it was filmed. For this reason, he sneered at Erica, and was even recorded in his diary by Annika, a makeup artist who was watching, which shows his bad attitude at that time.
Now, though, looking at the camera, everything that was done before was not meaningless. After several struggles, Erica expressed the fear and shock before death very realistically, coupled with the unique design of the way of death, the horror feeling was fully rendered.
Although in terms of the appeal of the wheel to the audience, Erica's performance in this section may not be better than the previous part where she lies on the hood of the car and is coquettish, but the latter relies more on human instincts, while the former is an out-and-out performance.
And until now, the real protagonists of the story, the mutated weirdos who like to hunt passers-by, have not shown their faces in the camera once.