Chapter 124: The Comedian
"Scene 12, first shot, first article. ”
Smack," anetbsp; Shortly after the start of work on Friday, the first anet sound sounded on the set on the beach, and the person who shouted was naturally not "Fire" Ye Wei, but assistant director Jennifer Anderson.
Everyone was looking at the performance area far away from the beach, and it was a telephoto lens, a shot from their dear director VIy!
This scene is not complicated, the "god of weddings" comes to earth, walking from the sea with his hands raised, as if Moses parted the Red Sea, there are no lines, just he needs to approach the camera from a distance, but he has to do a wonderful physical performance!
This is Ye Wei's first performance in the remastered scene, and it is also the first time in his life to be a movie actor.
It is impossible not to be a little nervous, Ye Wei saw Jennifer over there and gestured, he suddenly vibrated and silently chanted "I am the god of weddings! I am the god of weddings!" Trying to get himself into the state of performance, he raised his hands and walked towards the front with a swaggering movement, his shoulders were shaking, and his fingers were dancing.
How are you acting? It should be okay, keep walking, don't look at the camera, do more movements, keep walking......
There are some things that you don't know how difficult it is to do them well until you do them yourself.
Although many actors are just uneducated hillbillies and will only be pointed out how to do it, those excellent and great actors, with so many people's attention and so many distractions on the set, can still become characters and dedicate classic interpretations, which makes people really have to give a thumbs up.
Ye Wei has only read enough acting books, but he has no acting experience, not in that dream, and not in Harvard-Westlake.
In fact, the school's art classes are like physical education, which is compulsory, with a wide range of art courses to choose from, as well as many art performance activities, such as concerts, stage plays, dance demonstrations, etc., but he took drawing in visual arts and instrumental music in performing arts, and his guitar was learned from school. I knew that I would have practiced drama.
He didn't know if he had acting talent, so he just acted like this, and walked proudly for a while, until he heard Jennifer Anderson shouting "netbsp;" There is no problem with positioning, and the acting is ...... I think it's okay. When Ye Wei walked to the camera, Jennifer commented.
Gia puffed her palms a few times, looking very funny, "I can't judge, you're here with me, it's funny if you don't do anything." ”
Everyone has their own opinions, but what they say doesn't count, ng or goods-take is decided by the director, and it is Ye Wei himself.
If it's film shooting, it's really troublesome, you can only watch some simultaneous cameras, and digital shooting "what you see is what you get", when Ye Wei came to the monitor next to the camera, under the operation of the camera assistant Pete Jean, he looked at the footage he had just taken, and he was very excited and apprehensive, hoping that he was an acting genius......
I saw on the screen, the "God of Wedding" came in a narcissistic manner, and this shot in the later stage will be accompanied by sacred and solemn music, forming a contrast and producing laughter.
But then he frowned, his hands were raised for too long, he felt stiff, and the other movements of his body were not very coordinated, it was really bad, he was not a genius in acting.
"No, this ng. Ye Weixun made a decision, "Give me a few minutes, I'll adjust my movements again, and then shoot." ”
Everyone has no opinions, the director has the final say, because there is no need to rearrange, they will inevitably watch him make adjustments, but in this way, Ye Wei is even more unnatural, strange to say, he has always been a big man, but acting in front of everyone will be cowardly, and he began to understand Garbo.
"Guys, avoid looking!" Ye Wei smiled helplessly, I am not a panda, "Forget it, I'd better go farther, Jiya, come here!"
In the good-natured laughter of everyone, the two came to a dozen steps away, and there was no way to avoid it, and some beach tourists looked at it.
Ye Wei adjusted the amplitude of the performance while letting her observe the sensory differences, and Ji Ya said: "Well, this is okay, like a statue, this is too exaggerated, like a neurotic ......"
Suffering from these "insults", he secretly made up his mind that he would have the opportunity to study acting in his free time, like taking drama in his art class in high school!
Many great directors have never performed on stage or in front of the camera in their lives (cameos are not counted), but there is no harm in knowing acting, it will only help him better understand movies, actors, and better directors, such as one of his idols, Ang Lee.
When Ang Lee was studying in the film and drama department of the Taiwan Art School, he acted in a large number of stage plays, won the relevant Best Actor in Drama Award, and also acted in ballet! When he went to the University of Illinois to study drama, he could only play some mime and small supporting roles because he couldn't speak well, so he began to transform into a theater director, and then he had the idea that "to be a director is to be a film director."
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in drama at the University of Iraq, Ang Lee applied to study filmmaking at New York University's Graduate School of Film Production, and then the story followed.
So don't look at Ang Lee's honest and shy look, really let him perform on stage, this great director will not have stage fright, he is a ballet dancer.
"How about this?" Ye Wei raised his hands and waved them left and right a few times.
"Aren't you Chinese kung fu, wouldn't it be better to play some kung fu?" Ji Ya suddenly had an idea.
Ye Wei touched his chin and thought: "It's an interesting idea, this idea can add some more elements to the camera, like a couple kissing, blocking his way, and being violently opened by him with kung fu, which can highlight his character...... I don't know if it matches the scenes before and after, shoot more versions like this, and then see the effect when editing in the later stage. ”
"Where's the actor?" asked Gia.
"Just let Darum and Parreira go up and make cameos. Ye Wei waved his hands again, "Get this version first, how about this amplitude?"
"You really shouldn't ask me how to act, the women of the Coppola family don't know how to act, and the one who knows best is my cousin, by the way. ”
Ji Ya remembered something, narrowed her eyes slightly, and smiled a little proudly: "It's done, my cousin agreed to make a cameo, and there was no problem on the 7th." ”
"What!?" Ye Wei suddenly screamed, almost crazy, "What did you say, what did you say!
Nicolas Cage agreed to come to the set of "Wedding Soon" on the 7th to make a cameo appearance in "God"!
"What's the big deal?" Master Ji Ya spoke, does he dare not agree?" Ji Ya first sneered disdainfully, and then said sternly: "Declare in advance, you can't use all his shots in your own promotional videos, only I can use them! ”
"Hahaha!" Ye Wei raised his head and laughed, happy, "No problem!"
Although the role of "God" does not have many scenes, just a scene in which the god of weddings resigns to him, the natural weight of this role is very heavy, and it needs to be funny, and it must not be blasphemous and offensive to the faithful.
He originally had two big ideas, one was practical, to find an unknown actor with characteristics to play, and the other was to dream, to find Morgan Freeman, who played God in last year's blockbuster film "The Impostor".
This idea is extremely difficult to implement, unless Hanks comes forward to invite him, but Hanks has asked him to use some video footage from "My Grand Greek Wedding", what else do you want? And after Gia joins, he has a new idea to invite Cage to make a cameo appearance in God!
It can also be hilarious, and it's very exciting! That's Cage! Oscar for Best Actor ("Far from the Casino"), and last year he was nominated for an Oscar ("Adapted Screenplay")!
Yes, his luck in recent years has been good and bad, with the reputation of "Adapted Screenplay", and the fiasco of "Wind Whisperer", his directorial debut "Sony" was not popular and not a blockbuster, and the producer of "The Life of David Gore" also lost money and was scolded, but the starring "Stickman" received applause, and a blockbuster "National Treasure" with a production fee of hundreds of millions of dollars to be released at the end of this year was also scheduled.
This is Cage, a good and bad film, scolded for a while, and sought after for a while, but he has always been a Hollywood superstar!
Superstars come to this small set to make cameos, and the value is great! Think about the publicity effect in all aspects, how lucky!
"Wait, wait!" Ye Wei suddenly exclaimed, "Then I'm going to play opposite Cage!
Gia shrugged, "I hope you don't have too much ng by then, if you don't finish filming in one day, I don't know if he'll be free the next day." ”
"No problem, absolutely no problem, Cage, haha, Cage!" Ye Wei danced happily, and Jia suddenly shouted: "This is good, this action is good!"
"Really...... I understand!" Ye Wei realized something, and thought: "I forgot about love just now, damn it, I told others so much, I forgot about it when I acted by myself, so I used this kind of love that was about to get carried away!"
At that moment, he clapped his hands and walked back, in a high mood, shouting to everyone: "Guys, get ready to start!"
"Scene 14, first shot, second one. ”
Smack," anetbsp; In the camera's footage, the "wedding god" walks narcissistically and proudly, tilting his head slightly, and his raised hands are also waving, like a singer calling the audience to enjoy themselves in a concert.
Jennifer Anderson couldn't help but smile with admiration, this time it was much better than just now, the acting was natural, dedicated, and had some professional taste, VIy was still very talented in acting.
"Cut, I think it's good!"
"OK, let's see...... Haha, thank you Cage, good-take!"
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From morning to noon, and then to evening, a few exterior locations were changed in Santa Monica, and the crew's work today was not a qiēshun lì, nor was it a mess.
Ye Wei's performance is not good, he really relies on luck to eat, sometimes one or two are over, sometimes he is not satisfied with ten shots, but because of the tense progress, especially in the afternoon of "running all the way", there is not so much time for him to grind slowly, so some shots can be passed.
Fortunately, this is a spoof movie, and the acting is not very cared about, and in the words of the assistant director, "You are too demanding of yourself." ”
There's nothing wrong with being demanding, the problem is that he can't do it, on the road of being an actor, he is a pure rookie.
After Ye Wei announced the end of work, the crew on the side of the street conducted a lottery for the five-dollar Friday game.
Everyone gathered around the lottery winner Jiya, old and young faces were interested, she looked at the sky, her right hand smashed a few times in the cowboy hat, then pulled out a bill, and while looking at the name on it, she said: "Bell bell......! VIy!”
Ye Wei opened his mouth in surprise, his luck has been so good that it exploded recently, it seems that the blessing done in the temple in Hawaii is not in vain, less than 4% of them are hit!
In the smiling faces and congratulations of everyone, he smiled and said: "Jiya, let's smoke it again, let my good luck be brought to everyone, haha!"
In this regard, the old fritters couldn't help but silently praise, no matter what, VIy is a good guy that everyone likes on the set! The college students were thoughtful, and Gia was not verbose, and immediately drew again, "Bell, the winner is Sean Maurer." ”
"Wow thanks, I was lucky. No one will be unhappy if they win the lottery, and so will Maurer, whose middle-aged face is smiling, and he is not a miser, and said, "I invite everyone to eat ice cream!"
"Okay!", "Great!"
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