"After two days of frantic progress, our crew has taken shape. ”

In Scarborough, Toronto, in Cliffside, the TV in the living room was playing a P movie, and a young girl was sitting on the sofa watching, her pretty face full of shock.

The boy on the screen looked at a copy of the text in his hand and introduced: "Except for me, Andrew Grande and Heck Potko, they are co-producers and screenwriters.

The photographer is Michael Grady ta1gran, this guy has enough photography experience, he has made 3 episodes of TV series, 13 movies, all of which are films and independent films, only one documentary "Wrestling Heroes" has been released in theaters, 200,000 box office, he knows how to shoot documentaries in this work He is not only a photographer, but also a director of photography, that is to say, the scene scheduling of the photography part is from him, and there are two more, but not this time, he is the photographer, and the director's work is all mine.

There was another reason to hire him, he just made a thriller this year, "Death Has a Proof", I watched it, the camera is very good, and he looks like he's starting to enter a new level. By the way, Eva Geglia, the star of "Death Has Proof", played well, and you know the recently popular "Desperate Housewives" one

OK, the cinematographer is there, and then we found a few other important people, and the crew needs an art department, a supervisor who combines art direction, art design, set designer, and prop master, plus two executive artists. That director is none other than Julie Berghoff UIEBA, who is a newcomer and has worked on only a short film, a film, and ...... Saw Horror

Hahaha, the terrible torture instruments in "Chainsaw" have her share of the credit, this woman has a set of opinions on horror. I also contacted her with the mentality of trying, and it turned out. She's good friends with James Wing and Ray Warner, ......shh Don't let them know, they're going to kill me with a chainsaw.

Seriously, this was a new challenge for Berghoff, because she had only been an art director before, and she didn't do much in the art design area, and I believe she can do it well.

Then there's the costume and makeup department, which is very important to us, and Maggie's horrible, pathetic appearance when she is enchanted is to be designed and dressed. We found Mayes Rubeo AE. bube), she has been in this business for almost 2 years, "talk radio" in 196 was her first film job, assistant costume designer, I was born that year, wonderful, right? she didn't have my good luck, for a long time, she could only be a costume manager, wardrobe supervisor, like a security guard...

Finally in 193, she worked as a costume designer for the first time, and "Earth Defense" was not a successful film, so although she has B works now, they are all films and small-budget independent films. She's not famous, but she's really talented, and I love her watch in this year's Librarian: Quest to Find the Spear of Destiny, which is the poor man's version of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and her style is mysterious, with a sense of absoluteness away from the modern age, which is what we want.

Yes, her specialties are in the costumes, and she doesn't have much ability on the makeup side, in fact, because it's a pseudo-documentary, except for Maggie, no one else knows how to put on makeup, but someone has to wait for Maggie, Rubeo helped invite her little friend Martha Villanueva, Martha is a newcomer, and has only worked in three films, one of which is "Adventure in Search of the Spear of Destiny", she is an additional makeup artist.

I like newcomers, I like these people who seek to rise, and so am I, maybe everyone's ability is not the top, but everyone is full of passion and care, even if they work overtime without complaining, unlike those old fritters who refuse to add money.

In addition to these old brothers and sisters, we also need sound engineers and microphone operators, lighting engineers, scene reporters, catering supervisors, and three field workers who are willing to appear on camera, and I am ready to recruit these people directly in Toronto, because these positions have no creative requirements, as long as the professional ability is enough.

You know, everyone doesn't have an assistant, it's really bitter, even my special assistant Master Jiya has to go to school and can't be available, in fact, I didn't let her know, otherwise she dropped out of school and came to join in the fun, her grandfather will make a condition that I can't refuse, cough cough, slip of the tongue, it's not mine...... in a word

Michael Grady says he must have a camera assistant because he can't carry the body of a film camera for 2 hours a day straight, or even longer, haha

It is understandable that if he wants to make a pseudo-documentary, he must use handheld photography, which is the photography method pioneered by the photographer Huang Zongzhan, which has been said to be old for some years, but now it is popular again. We had to shoot handheld almost all of our projects, which was sometimes shaky and dizzying, as is the case with pseudo-documentaries.

What is the most conscientious photographer in the world? Yes, the answer is a pseudo-documentary photographer. Who's going to be hunted by monsters and still filming? Who's going to carry a few dozen pounds when they're running as fast as possible? They don't throw away their cameras until they die

And our camera is not the Canon M7001, but Panavision's Flex Lightweight II AAFELTE 111).

At first I wanted to use Panavision's latest millennium XL2I11cutum2), which is also a lightweight camera, but Grady says it's still too heavy and too big for a pseudo-documentary. I said okay, it's okay to use Flex II, it's all ...... The 1993 model is old

This gave me a new idea, and we moved the time setting of the story to the 3 years, and we were going to shoot an old videotape.

Grady has nothing to say, because Flex II is Panavish's lightest machine, the only option, it is a 3nn film camera that can record simultaneously, remove all the components that are not necessary, the body weight is only 14 pounds, and those with lenses and a box of film will be about 6 pounds and 2 kilograms), that is really heavy enough, Grady really won't be comfortable. But I turned down his request, why, because I can also take pictures ah Grady when he can't shoot, I'll help, Andrew Grande can too.

I'm not going to record with it synchronously, it won't work well, it will be a little lighter. We've got a sound engineer, and a guy with a battery, the third member of Cotton's film crew, and this old antique doesn't have its own battery, and it's not enough.

These are all decided, so I led the team back to Toronto, the official start of the project from the 4th today, in fact, we stole some time, shhhhh......h Anyway, in the next 2 days, we have to finish the system, counting the weekend is the 2nd, and then it will be the Christmas holiday, which is good, right?

We will spend a maximum of three days to complete the pre-production of filming: recruit the rest of the crew, find the leading actors, buy them insurance, determine the shooting venue, and rent equipment and equipment. And then...... Shoot on camera

Some actors can be found the day before filming, but the main actor can't, I've already found a candidate for Maggie, it's you, how about Nina Dubov, are you interested in acting in my film? ”

After all the images were broadcast, Nina stayed for a while, and then suddenly came back to her senses, looked at her and shouted: "Where is Yunik, come here, what is this?"

Instead of calling Yunic, she called her mother, and she walked to the living room confused, "What's wrong?"

He ......" Nina didn't know what to say, her heart pounded, and she got up and walked out of the house.

At this time, it was already past B o'clock on the night of the 4th, and the night sky was dark, she came to the utility room and knocked on the door: "It's me." The door was opened by Yunik, who greeted with a smile, "Surprised?" She walked into the room, the heating was blowing up, and as she took off her coat and hung it on the coat rack, she asked, "Are you kidding?"

"What are you kidding?" Ye Wei looked at her uncertain face and closed the door, "If you mean that pb no, it's not a joke, it's a very strict invitation." ”

"Oh. Nina's face flushed, as if something was excited about it, and her big almond-like eyes blinked, "You mean, you're going to make a new movie, for me?"

Ye Wei nodded: "Yes, part of the reason is that I want to prove my professional ability, 3, 70% for you, this script, this project, was born because of you." ”

"But I don't understand......," Nina said involuntarily, her eyes shining.

"It's okay, where don't you understand, I'll explain it to you?"

Looking at his concerned eyes, Nina couldn't say what she wanted to say, she didn't understand, she couldn't believe it, this thing was too crazy, too dreamy, no matter how he was, it was viy The movie project he made was a little beauty in the sun", his actors were Meryl Tripp, Julia Roberts...... Nina Dubov counts

For her to be happy, for the sake of the work she said together, and for her wishes, he actually wanted to really realize the professional movie starring her......

He also signed it all by Yunik Gu, just because of her.

"I just don't understand...... Nina's eyes are hot, and tears welled up in her eyes, and they were about to fall.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Ye Wei hurriedly put one hand around her shoulders and rubbed her hair affectionately with the other. He muttered to himself, she couldn't guess the girl's mind again, did she, she should be happy, could it be that Master Nagia was joking that something was wrong there, he just wanted her to get acquainted with his friends.

Nina burst into tears and smiled, her eyes were full of tender love, and she was stupid, "I don't understand why you're so good......"

"Ha" Ye Wei suddenly smiled, hugged her tightly, lowered his head and kissed her for a while, before parting and asking, "Then you agreed?" Nina smiled and pursed her mouth, as if she was thinking about it, and seemed to be reminiscing. He pretended to regret and said, "If you don't act, I'll have to find one of your gymnastics team friends to play, Alice Liz?"

"No, this is our movie" Nina slapped his chest coquettishly, "I'm a little worried about whether I can do it well, I dance there in the ballet, how can I show any expressions, I am not proficient in drama, I just started learning in school, I am a rookie performer, like you ski." ”

Ye Wei smiled, walked to the computer desk, and said, "It's okay, sometimes the performance of the true colors is enough, and I will guide the positioning and other aspects when the time comes." Some people's unpolished performances can be very amazing, but they become mediocre when they learn too much and act too much. Do you know Keisha Custer Hewys from "Whale Rider", it was her ll-year-old performance, her first acting, her first acting in a movie, and finally getting her Oscar nomination for Best Actress this year. ”

He tapped a few times on the keyboard, and the computer screen showed a picture of Huyce attending the Oscars, and when he thought something was wrong, he turned it off and turned on her "Whale Rider" stills.

Nina, who came over, looked at it, she was really a little stimulated and encouraged, she nodded with confidence: "I will try my best to act well, but if I don't act well, don't kill me......"

"No, I'll help you. Ye Wei patted her hand, "I want to see your performance, so, make a painful expression now?"

"Ahh......h

"Hmm...... ok。 Ye Wei didn't comment, and said: "Now make a scared and dazed expression, you have a demon in your body."

Nina was silent, frowning slightly, her eyes rolling to both sides, as if pitiful......

"Ok, your two performances are a bit overdone for screen acting, don't worry, this is a normal situation, whether you understand the skills or not, whether you have stage experience or not, people who perform on the screen for the first time are easy to go overboard, Anna Sophia Rob, she was more overdone than you when "Dance of Angels" started filming, and I also played "The Wedding is Coming" at the beginning. And Maggie will have scenes where she needs to be over-acted. ”

Ye Wei said and walked to the side of the bed, "Now lie down on the bed." Nina came over and lay down, not knowing what to think, her eyes were wandering, "What's next?" Ye Wei listened to her soft tone, looked at her graceful posture, her breath rose and fell, and the beautiful breath filled the air, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was so sweet, it was so spicy

It's a pity that it's not the right place and time, he suppressed his thoughts, and said seriously: "This is an exorcism scene in the script, I'm an exorcist, I'll exorcise you a demon, the demon reacts very violently in your body, you are in extreme pain, struggling, screaming, it's okay to go overboard, try acting." ”

Nina said okay, Ye Wei closed her eyes, relaxed her body, and let herself enter the state of performance, the first exorcism of the story, Cotton still doesn't believe that there are demons, and uses tricks...... When he opened his eyes, he started to act, and said impromptu lines: "Demon, do you think that God does not know the sin of torturing this innocent girl?

He let out a swift thump like a scripture incantation.

Nina on the bed began to writhe, grabbing the sheets with both hands, kicking her feet around, her face was full of excessive pain, and suddenly her eyes widened, and she screamed miserably: "Ah go away, you demon, don't, let me go, God, help me, ah............"

"Demon, you can't run, you can't hurt her" Ye Wei waved his hands, made impromptu gestures, and continued to read something.

"Ahh......h Help me, it's so uncomfortable, ah......"

Ye Wei stretched out his right hand and drew a cross in the air, raised his head as if bathed in holy light, suddenly bent over, reached out with his right hand, and pressed Nina's forehead, "Demon, die"

"Ahhh......h......h Ahhhh

Suddenly, at this time, a panicked rush of running footsteps, "Nina", "Damn boy, stop"

The door was slammed open, Ye Wei and Nina were stunned, and looked at the door, only to see Konstantin and Mihaela rushing in, Konstantin still holding a baseball bat in his hand, which was the one that put it on the porch. When they saw the situation in the room clearly, although the daughter was lying on the bed, it seemed to be ...... What's wrong......

"What are you doing...... Mihaela asked, stunned, as she grabbed her husband.

"What are you guys doing? Let's go, we're rehearsing" Nina shouted shy and anxious, so embarrassed, they thought something had happened, did Yunic rape her? Will he? It's too embarrassing. She grabbed the pillow next to her and threw it at them, "What are you doing standing there, let's go"

"Uh-haha. The Constantines laughed awkwardly and turned away, and Mihaela whispered: "You should also pay attention to the volume in the rehearsal." ”

Ye Wei nodded and said, "Okay, we were wrong just now, we scared you, I'm sorry, I'll pay attention." After they left, he closed the door of the almost dead room, and he couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then he couldn't straighten his waist with laughter, "Hahahaha, hahaha......"

"Laugh. Nina covered her face and smiled helplessly, "They're just so funny." ”

"No, no, they're normal reactions, it's us who are wrong. Ye Wei finally stopped laughing, picked up the pillow and threw it back on the bed, "That's all for this time, otherwise the police should come, and tomorrow there will be a scandal in the media about me being suspected of raping a girl, haha......"

Nina sat up, tidied up her clothes that had been messed up by her struggles, rolled her eyes when she heard this, and asked, "Then how do I behave?"

"Not bad. Ye Wei said, it is not a lie, "At least you can burst out, we are not scary to act like this now, but it is different in the movie, it will make the audience worried, nervous, and afraid." And I think you can play better. ”

"What should I do?" said Nina, listening.

Ye Wei walked to the computer desk and said: "You know that filming will start in less than three days, and it is pointless to work on acting skills now, but creating characters is different, we have to pay attention to this, in the remaining time, you have to understand Maggie, make yourself Maggie, and do whatever it takes when the time comes."

"Hmm. Listening to his words, Nina nodded, feeling that he was so professional and powerful, and also felt a little nihilistic and didn't quite understand, "You mean?"

"Feeling. Ye Wei picked up a full black duffel bag from the computer desk, walked to the bedside, and said to her, "You have to find a feeling, and then immerse yourself in it."

What's the feeling?' There's not a day in my life when I don't feel like a liar. This is the first sentence of Father Merlin in his conversation with the enchanted little girl in The Exorcist, and this is how he feels. In Star Wars, Obi-Wan's first training session for Luke Skywalker is that he speaks of your self-awareness, follows your instincts, and your eyes deceive you. Don't trust them, follow your senses and stretch your body. This is the mystery of using the Force and the mystery of acting. ”

Nina understood this, and said with understanding: "Yunik, rhythmic gymnastics and dance also talk about feelings, and you have to follow the rhythm and feeling of the music to make movements.

"That's it" Ye Wei praised and slammed his luggage on the bed, "Feeling is a common thing, only when the feeling of the filmmaker, the feeling of the character, and the feeling of the audience are compatible, will a great movie, a great performance, and a great Yiqiē be born."

When you can't grasp the technique, you grasp the feeling. These can help you, they are a source of feeling. ”

He unzipped his duffel bag, and Nina looked curiously, "What's there?"