Chapter 36: A Ball of Fame
In the warm morning sun, the Hummer drove smoothly down the avenue, probably unbeknownst to the passing cars, and the driver was a screen superstar.
A luxury car is a luxury car, although Ye Wei is sitting on a folding chair, it is still very comfortable, and people can't help but dream that they will be able to drive such a good car one day in the future.
"So, you're the grandson of a veteran?"
As soon as the car drove onto the avenue, Lalu asked Ye Wei questions with interest, and then another, she was the granddaughter of the veteran.
Speaking of his grandfather, Ye Wei was a little strict, nodded and said: "Yes, my grandfather is a middle-class person, who participated in the Battle of Taierzhuang and received the third-class Baoding Medal. ”
In fact, apart from him, no Willis here knew what the Battle of Taierzhuang was, nor did he know that the Baoding Medal was the third highest military merit medal in China at that time, and he didn't know that it represented the honor of defending foreign insults and defending the country, telling the history of loyalty and courage full of blood.
These are not lies, the medal is hanging on the wall of Ye Wei's room, but the reason why he answered like this is not to say how powerful his grandfather is, but to make it clear about his grandfather's party. He didn't have much of an opinion on the choice of history, but who knows what Willis thought.
Later, he was born in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, to be honest, although he grew up in the United States, he inherited his grandfather's blood since he was a child, believing that only China is a place worthy of his life to defend. Especially after traveling to China several times when he was a child, he was excited when he talked about how the squadron taught MacArthur in the Korean War, and for a while he couldn't wait to say to everyone: "Veterans don't die, they just get kicked in the ass by the Chinese." ”
But these thoughts can't be leaked at all now, Willis's father is an American soldier!
However, he could see from the rearview mirror that Willis had no change in expression, still with his trademark smile, and obviously didn't care about what he said.
The glory and pride in his heart is of course uncomfortable when he is considered worthless by others, but Ye Wei knows that it is not time to continue this topic, and if Miss Willis takes the talk, he will definitely not do anything in the end, the image he wants Willis to remember is not the grandson of an officer, or the son of a dentist, but a young filmmaker!
"Did he kill anyone?" asked LaRue continued, interested. On the other side, Bailey babbled in disgust, "I hate killing." ”
"He's killed a lot of Japs. Ye Wei replied seriously, "They invaded China during World War II, so they should be killed." If I talk to my Japanese friends about World War II, I'm telling them the same thing, and if you understand things, we're fine, stupidly, I'll just say, you're still Japs. ”
I can't continue, there is no benefit in revealing my political tendencies, this should be a taboo topic!
There are less than 7 minutes left!Ye Weizhen hoped that Ramo could help and pull him out of this quagmire, but Ramo in front of him was gesturing his fingernails, and he had no interest in speaking.
He had no choice but to save himself, grasped an idea, and said: "War is terrible, war will distort people, whether it is an invader or a defender, in the end, it will be scarred. Mr. Willis, like in "Hart's War," you say the thought-provoking line: 'In war, we are all losers.'" ’”
At least Willis knew that he hadn't just written down the name of the movie, he had actually seen it.
"Hmm. Willis answered, but didn't react in particular, and seemed to concentrate on driving.
Ye Wei thought about it, the box office performance of "Hart's War" was very bad, and the cost of 7ooo only collected 3ooo global box office, and the evaluation of the film critics was only barely passing, so it is better not to continue.
He knew that Ramo really wouldn't help, even if it was a little, so he had to forcibly change the topic: "It's easier to tell a story like "Little Sunshine Beauty", this script is really a legend, the focus movie has changed it again and again in a few years, and when it was annoying, it was simply sold to me, in fact, the script was changed very well, and I picked up a bargain." ”
"Huh. Willis smiled, spun the wheel, and drove toward the turning avenue.
Ye Wei finally realized that the folding chair was not so comfortable, and the time passed in a second, but he couldn't show his ability, and he was in a dilemma, because obviously Willis didn't want to talk about "Little Sunshine Beauty" for the time being, and if he continued to talk about it, he would only annoy the big guys.
If she had said a few words and talked about the topic of the movie, because it was her daughter, Willis would have a completely different feeling......
"Ye, you seem to know a lot about movies. LaRue said suddenly.
Thank you!Lovely Laru!Forgive you for your previous offense!!Ye Wei suddenly shouted in his heart, her words really helped him a lot.
He immediately laughed and said, "I can't be modest about that. Haha, my dad is a movie fan, so I was deeply influenced, I grew up in elementary school with movies, you know I started to make short films with grade 8 when I was 1o years old, and I also bought a lot of film textbooks to study, I even went to usc to audit when I had time, and often went to ucLa to listen to lectures, which is called Troy in one hand and brown bear in the other, haha!"
This time it's half a lie, half the truth, and he does have the ability to do it anyway.
"Really?" said Rameau, but lazily questioned, "what about your short films, didn't you bring them?"
"I came in a hurry this time, I didn't bring ......" Ye Wei smiled, a cold sweat broke out because of this sentence, her doubts were reasonable, if she wanted to show that she understood movies, then she should bring a short film and hand it over, but he didn't bring any images.
Needless to say, his image as a "teenage filmmaker" is crumbling and about to become a "teenage braggart", which is not a good thing......
What to do, what to do...... His eyes were on the left and right, and the car was moving fast, and the scene outside the windows on both sides kept receiving.
Suddenly, there was a flash of inspiration, and Ye Wei said quickly: "Let's put it this way, if we are a movie scene now, how should we shoot it?" I will use five shots!"
Under the somewhat interested gazes of LaRue and Belle, he said almost without thinking: " First, the front of the car shot, medium shot, deep depth of field, through the windshield, clearly shot the five of us; second, the front of the car shot, medium close-up, shallow depth of field, for Mr. Willis; third, an insertion shot, Mr. Willis's hand clicked on the radio, and the light music played; fourth, the panoramic shot outside the car, shooting the car driving off the avenue, the music was playing, and the voiceover of my words was ringing at the beginning; fifth, the long shot, deep depth of field, our car had already driven to its destination, and when it stopped, my voiceover was just over, and the music faded away。 ”
He smiled and added, "Also be careful, all the shots can't be nete!"
"Wow. LaRue was a little dumbfounded, although he could only understand half of it, but he also knew that he really understood.
Ramo couldn't help frowning, so he used these little talents to charm Lily Collins?
"Good shot. Willis laughed too.
Ye Wei was like a treasure, his smile was even bigger, and he said thank you, in fact, this is just a routine driving shooting, nothing remarkable, but his image is at least reversed a lot......
"What is a transgression?" asked Belle suddenly.
"Uh......" Ye Wei paused for a moment, off-axis is a photographic term, a kind of improper camera placement and post-cutting during shooting, breaking the 18o degree principle, resulting in a set of coherent lenses between the axis confusion, the audience has an illusion.
It is difficult to explain this state of affairs in words alone...... If you have to say it......
The image is actually two-dimensional, and the audience has a sense of orientation and space up and down, left and right by relying on the camera position and depth of field, and once it crosses the axis, it will lose its sense of orientation, making people's eyes split (sp1it-looks). To use a simple analogy, in the previous shot, the actor walks out of the frame from the right side of the frame, and in the next shot, he has to walk in from the left side of the frame, and if he comes out from the right side, it will feel like he is turning around and walking back, not all the way forward, even though he is.
So no matter how the camera changes, how the camera moves, you must not cross the axis, otherwise there will be a whole bunch of low-level mistakes, such as two actors facing away from each other in an interview.
However, such a complex thing that a 9-year-old girl who has never studied photography cannot understand, he has to explain it in a simple and interesting way so that she can understand it and win her father's favor.
didn't have time for him to think about it, and in a moment or two, he had a quick and wise statement: "Crossing the axis means that the film crew is drunk, the most important thing is the scene notes, and they are drunk and messy." ”
Willis kept smiling, and Bailey immediately had a new question: "What is a field note?"
A scene reporter is a person who specializes in recording the number of shots on a variety of sets, and one of them is precisely these shot details to ensure that they do not cross the axis and wear out. For example, a typical goofs shot, it is clear that the previous character was blind in his left eye, but the next time he came out, he was blind in his right eye, which is a dereliction of duty on the part of the scene recorder and he must be fully responsible.
But Ye Wei still couldn't explain it like this, the cold sweat on the back of his neck suddenly turned into hot sweat, and said with a smile: "The field record is the creditor, you have forgotten when you borrowed him and how much money, he still remembers, and he keeps reminding you by the side." If he doesn't remember, then he has less money.
Baili didn't understand the humor, but the other three could, and if the scene reporter made that kind of low-level mistake, of course he would be fined.
LaRue smiled, Ramo also showed an angry smile, and Willis laughed even more: "Very apt description, young man, you know a lot about movies." ”
Yes, sheriff!! Ye Wei excitedly clenched the briefcase in his arms, with this compliment, the goal was basically achieved! Now the big man has such an impression: "This kid knows a little about movies! He has a very interesting script!" He smiled: "Sir, like I said before, I love movies." ”
Now that the goal has been achieved, he will not continue to talk about the movie without interest, he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, this time it's enough, and what about the three princesses?
So he no longer took the initiative to maintain the topic, but was ready to take it, and there were about 3 minutes left, come on, princesses, just ask what you want to ask!
Sure enough, as soon as he stopped talking, LaRue asked curiously, "Ye, are you boyfriend and girlfriend with Lily Collins?"
Ye Wei glared at him and said truthfully: "No, we are just friends, but we are dating." ”
"Wow, you're dating? She didn't tell me. Rameo teased, "She's talking about ordinary alumni." LaRue pouted: "I want to date too, but you're dating Collins, so I'm not looking for you." Willis was just smiling and didn't join the young man's conversation.
Little girl, you're not my type. Ye Wei said in his heart, and at the same time replied to Ramo: "It's just a date or two, and nothing is certain." ”
"Lily Collins?" Bailey suddenly thought of something, and exclaimed, "Is it the one with thick eyebrows? Her father is a British rock star!"
"Her dad is so much better at music than our old guys, old guys, how much does your band sell records?" Rameau quipped and quipped his father.
"I don't remember either, haha. Willis laughed, "But my movie box office is much better than Phil's, girls, the world is like this, some people sing, some people act." ”
Baili was still asking, "Her eyebrows are thick, aren't they?"
"Yes, but I think thick eyebrows are just as beautiful as shallow eyebrows. Ye Wei's answer was not offended on both sides.
"But she's so thick, it's weird......" Belle frowned at her slender brows, "I'll pull out some of it if I were hers." ”
In the last three minutes, Ye Wei spent the last three minutes talking about Lily Collins' eyebrows with the three princesses, and it was much easier to deal with it, and Willis didn't say anything more.
Soon, Ye Wei got out of the car on the side of the avenue, watched the Hummer drive away, and stood for a while before he suddenly jumped high excitedly, waved his clenched fists, and shouted to !!the sky: "Well done! You are a genius!
I have been sad, I have been depressed, and I have felt humble...... But what are those things, they did, they achieved their goals perfectly!!King of the World? No, I am the King of the Universe!!
"Hahaha-" He laughed excitedly as he kicked his bicycle on the sidewalk like a football, shook the defender down, and suddenly shot with his feet!
The goalkeeper jumped high, but ......
The ball went !! goaLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!
Absolute dead ends, crazy hat-tricks!!
"I did it!" he shouted again, pointing his index finger to the sky as the briefcase fell to the ground. This made the passers-by inexplicable, looking at him with the eyes of a madman.
Who cares!" Ye Wei couldn't stop laughing, and took out his mobile phone to call Lily.
Happy to happy, he is clear about the situation, now the only thing to do is to wait for Willis to read the script and reply, what will be the result, it is not up to him to control.
The other thing to do is to attack other targets, but before that, there is one more important thing! As Rameau said, why not bring a short film? If someone asks him to prove that he knows the film next time, what should he show up?
You must shoot something in the real world, otherwise even Lily and other friends of the same age can't convince them, how can they convince the big stars?
Just dialed over, and it barely took three seconds to connect, and Lily's nervous voice came out: "Is it over?"
"Guess what?" Ye Wei said and couldn't help laughing twice, "I just can't stop this game." ”
When Lily heard his non-serious tone, she knew that something good was going on, and she laughed crisply, "Messed up?"
"It was a mess at first, but fortunately I did black magic, haha! Also, thank you for your eyebrows!" Ye Wei said to her with a smile as he walked forward......
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