Chapter 271: Ulysses
Emma is very excited, this cameo was said to be good at the end of June last year, when she was greatly inspired by Viy, and his words are still in her heart:
See things for what they are, enjoy the show, try to make a difference, create a different image of your aunt, a name of your own!
On the set of a busy restaurant, opposite the main table, makeup artist Sandy Cooper, assistant makeup artist Nicole Sotilon and others were touching up her light makeup, Ye Wei also stood next to her, encouraging her: "Don't be nervous, just a few simple shots, I know these are difficult for you, just perform in your true colors." ”
Maurel: They are resetting their seats, with the tables on the left side of the aisle facing each other. Ye Wei finally chose the second option, which not only allowed Emma to be clear in more shots, but also highlighted the eccentricity of the family (mainly Richard), as he told Roberts at the beginning.
At this time, Julia Roberts, who was sitting at the large dining table opposite, paid close attention, but did not say anything, and there was no reason to say anything, so leave it to the prodigy.
"Play well. Ye Wei said that he was going to walk away and go to the opposite table to talk about the play.
"Hey, don't you have any requirements for me?" asked Emma hurriedly, blinking her combed eyelashes, not wanting to just go through the motions, but it didn't seem to be difficult.
Over there, Roberts suddenly smiled, and looked helplessly at Hanks and others around him, saying "My niece is strong in love", and everyone smiled.
"Oh?" Ye Wei frowned, what can she ask for, the first shot to be shot in this camera position, she will sit and drink coffee and read a book, and do a few subtle physical performances, the focus of the performance is on the Richards' side, and then she gets up and walks to say the lines, her close-up and the medium and close-up camera positions in order to have a performance.
However, he still said "strictly": "Yes, according to Stanislavsky's theory, I ask you to act out the real and correct emotions in your heart, which requires you to truly believe that the drama can really happen, and I also want you to do the perception mentioned in "Empty Space", okay?"
"Hmm...... Good. Emma was a little stunned. Roberts, Hanks, they laughed, and the offline people could laugh too, and viy was sometimes very teasing.
"Just perform in your true colors, really, don't lie to you. Ye Wei also smiled, not wanting her to think too much, that would not be good.
"Uh-huh. Emma didn't say much at this time, and the sentence "I don't lie to you" was sweet in my heart
Soon, the words "fire" sounded in the restaurant again, the actors played their own roles, the group actors "talked" without making any sound, Hanks talked to Abigier about whether the little girl across from him ate ice cream, Roberts persuaded angrily, Ah Jin said "girls are beautiful when they have some meat", and Rose and Dano were strangely silent.
Emma over there had a calm expression, as if she hadn't heard, although she couldn't shoot clearly, but her eyes turned slightly, she turned over a page of the book on the table in her hand, lifted the coffee cup and took a sip.
The book wasn't just a random book or magazine, and when she closed the book and got up, the cover of the book was clearly visible: James Joyce's Ulysses.
James Joyce, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, is a master of stream of consciousness. He spent most of his life on the move, suffering from poverty and disease, and if we were to divide it by successes and failures, he was a great loser, like Marcel Proust, another stream-of-consciousness guru ("Frank" was the scholar of Proust and self-proclaimed the best in the United States). But his Ulysses is a masterpiece of stream-of-consciousness fiction and has even been hailed as the greatest English novel of the 20th century.
Joyce famously said, "We should be open to success and failure, which is just a symbol of deception." ”
There are many people who have said similar things, but this sentence is one of the souls of "Little Sunshine Beauty", and Joyce and "Ulysses" can better illustrate and highlight this theme.
The situation and actions of the Richard family are like Joyce's life, far from home, one failure after another, Joy is stammered, they only have grandpa at the moment, but they are generally concerned about the fat and thin appearance, and the literary little girl is concerned about the spiritual consciousness.
The heart is an answer, and at the end of the story, they don't go home, but go to eat ice cream, why, because the "home" with heavy mortgage pressure is not really home, and no house is the true meaning of life, it is part of the game of fame and fortune in the world.
A real home is a place where the family happily eats ice cream, away from Vanity Fair, and rests in the garden of the soul, which is the true meaning of life.
So every detail of Ma's character is a point. Of course, not every audience will appreciate this kind of esoteric details, but without these details, there would be no literary classics.
"Cut! ”
Today's shooting was really smooth, and the shot of this camera was quickly shot to the last one, which was the main shot, and Emma got up and left, and walked to the other side to talk.
Although you don't have to change the camera seat, because there are lines and performances, you need to do a dress rehearsal. If you shoot digitally, you can shoot it directly, and you can do it in a pseudo-documentary performance style every day, but LMS can't, and you will lose money and more time every time you shoot a film - it's best to rehearse for changing films.
Just like the official shooting, but the machine was not turned on, and after the fat woman waiter who checked out walked away, Emma closed the book, stood up and walked straight to the opposite table, and smiled: "Excuse me, I heard your conversation, I'm Emily." Everyone was stunned, and she said to Oliver with a serious expression: "Others won't know the delicious taste in our hearts when we eat ice cream, but we know it ourselves." Personally, I think the best ice cream here is the chocolate flavor. ”
The frontal camera position of the six people has been filmed before, and it will be interspersed during the editing, so that the audience can see the reaction of each of them clearly, the grandfather and the three are surprised and agree, Oliver is smiling, Cheryl is also laughing, and Richard is stupid, and then Oliver eats ice cream, and everyone wants to fight, he is helpless and unhappy.
As Oliver eats the ice cream, through the glass window behind her, Emma can be seen walking down the street outside.
At this point, Emma pursed her lips and smiled again, and turned to leave. If it weren't for a rehearsal, the camera would have sported her walking out of the restaurant's door.
“cut。 Ye Wei stopped, but shook his head: "Emma, Nianbai's emotions are not good enough. Emma came up to hear what he had to say, "That should be?"
Roberts was a little nervous, these lines were too important, and the situational setting of the scene was also interesting, and it was easy to impress the audience. If Emma plays well and LMS is successful, this brilliance can make her famous.
Hanks, Arkin and Rose were curious, and Abigier and Dano couldn't figure it out, in their opinion, Emma acted very well, and her speech was clear and emotionally precise in reading, how could she not be good enough?
"You're talking too seriously, relax. Ye Wei lowered his words to express the feeling he wanted.
It turned out that it was not good enough to be kind words, but in fact, it was ...... Emma couldn't help frowning and slightly raising her headlines, "Shouldn't it be serious?" Richard is one attitude, she is another, she is serious. Not so?"
"Don't think about who's right and who's wrong, there's no such thing. Ye Wei explained to her, this girl has always been very smart, good at perceiving the emotions of the story, he can understand it in the usual reading exchanges, but it is not transparent enough, "Don't think about winning or losing, you don't fight, you forgive people who are trapped in fame and fortune, you are calm, kind, and warm-hearted, understand?"
Hearing this, Emma suddenly sighed, and faintly understood, "A person from outside the world......!"
Roberts, Hanks, and others who could also be heard were all relieved, but Abigier did not understand the subtle difference. Roberts is naturally happy, this is sweet sunshine!
"I didn't say anything, you thought of it yourself. Ye Wei laughed widely, which drove her affection, "Try again?"
"Good. Emma walked back to perform again, this time smiling the whole time, losing the feeling of being serious enough to compete just now.
However, Ye Wei shook his head again and said to her: "This time I said it too confidently, and I was a little proud." Emma, relax, like a cloud! You're like an old friend to the six people at this table. Right at the table, he asked her to try a few more times, but it was still not good, the main problem was that she was not relaxed enough, and she was obviously in a hurry, and the more she was off track.
Roberts was in a hurry, but he couldn't say anything. It's hard for anyone to say anything, it's a "private matter" for Viy and Emma.
"I'm sorry. Emma is anxious and annoyed with her appearance, even if she grew up on the set, she now feels a pressure, as if everyone is laughing at her, and she also created her own name, but she is not as good as the rookie Nina, how can this be, after rehearsing for so long, these lines have slipped smoothly, but the emotions are not accurate......
"Come with me. Ye Wei whispered, if it continues like this, it is estimated that the scene will be cleared, and the scythe of time and death has already been cold, he led Emma to the side, and left the filming area a little, and everyone did not look at it, except for Roberts.
"Try emotional substitution. He thought that kind of indisputable mentality, let alone Emma, he didn't have it himself, and it really didn't work for a 14-year-old girl to be like Gandhi and Joyce. But emotional substitution will work, and the audience won't know what she's thinking.
Ye Wei spoke softly like a hypnotist, almost didn't massage her temples, and said softly: "Imagine you are walking on the beach with an old friend, an old girl friend, there is friendship, you are very relaxed, chatting, laughing, the surrounding scenery is beautiful, the sky is blue, the water is also blue, do you feel it?"
"It's a little, it's a little ......" Emma closed her eyes and took a deep breath to relax.
"The wind blows, like kissing your cheek, the leaves of the palm trees by the sea are shaking, and the world is beautiful and peaceful. Ye Wei continued. Emma let out a pleasant mummmm, and he added, "Your old friend suddenly saw something, a mobile car selling ice cream, and she asked you if you want to buy it? Of course, you think ice cream is so delicious, why not, you like it very much, you want to buy it." And then...... You just say?"
Emma had already relaxed, exposed her dimples, opened her eyes, and smiled naturally: "No one else will know the deliciousness in our hearts when we eat ice cream, but we know it ourselves." Personally, I think the best ice cream here is the chocolate flavor. ”
"Okay, let's go buy it. Ye Wei smiled with satisfaction, from his expression to his voice, quiet, friendly, and warm! That's it.
"I've rehearsed?" Emma's eyes lit up.
"Yes, don't be happy yet, keep the feeling just now, and act like this. Ye Wei walked back as he spoke, signaling to assistant director Jennifer Anderson to start filming immediately.
"The whole world prepares. Jennifer spoke quietly and briefly, trying her best to defend Emma's affections, and of course she knew what was going on.
Roberts had already smiled, watching him teach Emma gently and patiently, as if he could see his niece's beautiful screen career in the future, and it was really wise to think of this 11 joining.
But the bad thing is that Emma must be more obsessed with him, and it can't be helped.
Soon, the set resounded with the clapperboard beating, followed by a gentle "fire".
......
After Emma got the feeling right, the shooting became a matter of course, the main shot was passed, and then the cameras of each camera were satisfactory to others and herself.
Her scenes were all filmed in the morning, and in the afternoon, she followed the transfer set to watch the excitement, and after finishing work, Ye Wei successfully pestered Ye Wei to take her to the cattery to see Katie, and sure enough, her trip to Toronto was over, and the next morning, she endured mild fear of flying and went back to Los Angeles.
What an unforgettable day, what a rich harvest, Emma can feel that she has a deeper understanding of viy, his charm is simply fully upgraded, it is fantastic at work, and it is also fantastic outside of work, every qiē is heartwarming...... Like!
I'm really looking forward to the release of "Little Sunshine Beauty", I'm really looking forward to the next collaboration, I'm really looking forward to the next date, haha.
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On the return flight on May Day, Nina lost her temper with Yunik, I really hated it, why do you have to play co-production games all day long, so many poems, movies...... He thought she was angry with Emma Roberts, but in fact......
I really hate the feeling that I'm stupid, and I hate the feeling of "you're all smart, I'm stupid", Lily Collins listened to half of the sentence, and knew the whole sentence, she listened to the whole sentence, and she was confused...... Lily Collins is smart, elegant, and generous, and she's ......
Hmph, why don't you compare sports, football, volleyball, tennis, skiing, rhythmic gymnastics!, what are you choosing from, rope, ball, belt, stick, circle, individual all-around?
...... Can't an astronomer be someone who studies aliens?
It's annoying, it's annoying, it's nasty!
Alas, Nina didn't know who she was angry with, Yunik must have thought she was inexplicable, he must have been upset, but he was still trying to coax her, stupid! Why not be angry, he never got angry with her, every time he lost his temper, whether it was justified or not...... Sometimes I really want him to be so good, then she is more comfortable......
At least I won't feel guilty and upset when I lose my temper, and I won't ...... before