Chapter 127: A Vampire's Kiss
Nicolas Cage!
This Oscar-winning actor, a Hollywood superstar, is about to come to the set of "The Wedding is Coming"!
Except for Master Gia's calm appearance, everyone in the crew is waiting for it, it's great, it's really rare, how many low-budget film projects can invite superstars to make cameos?
That's right, cameos don't take much time, the question is why? Why would a superstar risk a cameo that could be a bad movie and then have his image damaged?
Even if there is Gia's opening, that is, Cage will agree, the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and after playing "Wind Whisperer", he is really not afraid of the reputation of acting in bad movies.
"Has Mr. Cage arrived?", "Not yet. "No superstar is not late. ”......
On the open lawn, everyone talked and waited, and Peter Heller and Sean Maurer were full of excitement, at least the chances of success of the film increased a little more.
They saw a lot of NBA stars when they were filming "Jordan Heirs", but seriously, Allen Iverson, Jason Kidd, Dirk Nowitzki and others combined, in them, are not half as big as Cage!
"My cousin's text message has arrived, and I'm going to bring him over. ”
At this time, Jiya's words suddenly sounded, and the apprehension in everyone's hearts suddenly turned into cheers.
"I'll go with you. Ye Wei smiled and followed, the big man gave face like this, how could he be lazy.
"Look at you, calm down, calm down!" Gia spread her hands, "just a cake in a cage, that's what I'll call him." ”
Everyone laughed, he wasn't our cousin!
The two left the set and walked for a while, and when they came to the driveway outside the lawn, they saw a black Land Rover RV coming, and at first glance they knew that it was the car of a Hollywood star.
Ye Wei's inquiring gaze, Ji Ya nodded, when the RV stopped in front of them, the rear door opened, and a tall middle-aged man walked down, wearing a gray shirt and slacks, with a long nose and blue eyes, a little front baldness, and no clean stubble, highlighting his melancholy temperament, and smiling very kindly.
It's no one, it's Cage!
"Cake, you're too late. Gia walked up angrily, and pointed at the watch on her left wrist with her right index finger, "It's okay to have a little sense of time, you're really uncooperative! I don't know if I still have to put on makeup? I don't know if I'm going to shoot some shots today? Say, what's the excuse?"
"Sorry, my alarm clock is broken. Cage said sorry to his niece, but looked at the black Chinese boy next to her, who had heard a lot about VIy recently!
It is true that Cage was nearly twenty minutes late, but Ye Weizhen had no complaints, people didn't come to make cameos for a salary or anything, just to give face and a chance. He smiled and walked up: "It's nothing, fortunately, God doesn't stink and beautiful, and the styling is fast." ”
Just change into a white robe and stick some long beards. Don't be a type, because one is too much like God, there will be blasphemous controversy at any time, and the other is too unlike Cage, and the audience doesn't feel it.
After laughing, Ye Wei stretched out his right hand and said seriously: "Mr. Cage, thank you very much for your cameo, it makes us all crazy." ”
It is impossible for him not to be excited, Cage is one of his favorite actors, and Cage's performance in one of his favorites, "Changing Face", makes him unforgettable, of course, Cage has so many great performances, "Birdman", "Far from Las Vegas", "City of Angels", ......
I can't fail to mention "Vampire's Kiss"! Cage's classic comedy when he was young, the funniest and most neurotic vampire in history! He even swallowed a cockroach alive when he performed!
"Just call me Nick. Cage shook hands with the young man and said with interest: "I'm really interested in this project, the project of a 16-year-old film genius." ”
"Haha. Ye Weizheng was about to laugh and say something, but Ji Ya was in a hurry than him, pushing his cousin to the set, "Don't waste time greetings, go put on makeup!"
"Okay, okay, Master Gia has the final say!"
......
Griffith Park is sparsely populated, and it's a Wednesday, there are not many tourists, and in the distance of the lawn of the "Paradise" scene, only four tourists who happened to pass by were taking pictures, and they were politely stopped by the crew, hoping that they would not disturb the filming.
"Nick, I just need you to pretend to be serious, and you can do the rest. ”
Filming is about to start, the film crew is conducting the final inspection, and Ye Wei is telling Cage about the scene, and Jiya is supervising the work next to him.
Although the other party is an Oscar winner, once he enters this moment, Ye Wei does not allow himself to have stage fright, if he can't do it now, "Little Sunshine Beauty" still wants to invite superstars to join? The director with the least qualifications is also a director, and the biggest actor is still an actor, so there is nothing to be nervous about!
Seeing Cage nodding slightly, he continued: "God doesn't want the God of Weddings to resign because he really can't find anyone else willing to do the job, but he convinces the God of Weddings that 'you are important and you are the only one who is competent', so this is very subtle. ”
"I understand. Cage was already styling, shaking his head coquettishly, his brown beard fluttering, "Something mean, right?" ”
"That's right!" Ye Wei smiled, "It's mean! All characters in spoof movies are mean, and God is no exception." ”
is worthy of Cage, almost knows better than him what effect is needed, that's it, a little cheap, people can't help laughing, wanting to laugh and scold each other affectionately, like an old friend.
"Then you'd better perform in your true colors. Ji Ya's eyes swept Ye Wei, and she smiled very meaningfully: "That shouldn't be too much." ”
"Let's see. Ye Wei clapped his palms and shouted to everyone: "Ready to start!"
Soon, the set entered the filming state, and the scene was like this:
God sat by the tree on the lawn, leisurely watching the herd of deer grazing in the distance, a peaceful and peaceful scene. But God suddenly saw the god of the wedding coming, just like seeing the god of decay, God hurriedly got up to get away, but was stopped by the god of the wedding, and then they talked as they went.
There was no performance in the first few shots, and it was not difficult to shoot, it was completed in less than half an hour, and a few close-ups and insertions of rich material were taken, and finally came to the focus of this scene, a "talking while walking" shot, the rivalry between Ye Wei and Cage!
There are many ways to shoot this kind of two-person talk scene, such as switching back and forth close-ups of the two on TV, interspersed with several double shots, which is the easiest, and those shots can even be done on different working days, and the actor performs in the air when the close-up is taken, and the audience will not know.
And breaking down this scene into a number of double shots with different angles and movement is also a kind of one, so that it is easier to shoot and perform, that is, to divide the work into small pieces, and then solve them piece by piece, just be careful not to cross the axis.
But this kind of long shot of "talking while walking"!
However, it is very challenging to schedule the scene, and it is okay to have no complicated scheduling, but it just looks like a home DV video, and it is only necessary to talk while walking and talking that is both interesting and dramatic.
It also tests the skills of the actors, just saying more than a dozen lines in one breath in order, there is a problem of memory and pronunciation, and some actors can't even remember more than three rounds of lines at a time!
There are also changes in performance, there are multiple levels in one shot, which is also a headache for many actors.
A good "walking and talking" is like a cloud of peers, and the audience is not aware of it, but they have already seen a lot.
There is only a back-and-forth dialogue between God and the god of weddings in this scene, and nothing else, so "talking while walking" can complete the process the fastest and most attentively for the audience, and can also take the audience to appreciate the beauty of heaven, and at the same time conform to the atmosphere that God wants to slip away in front of him.
As a director, Ye Wei's choice of "talking while walking" here is perfect, but as an actor, he seems to be a little ignorant......
Instead of laying the tracks, they had Maurer put on a Steadicam mech and operate the camera, and in front of the camera, the two leading actors stood side by side, ready to start.
"Whew, whew!" Ye Wei took a few deep breaths, swinging a few punches and jumping a few times as a boxer did in the ring, before nodding to the assistant director: "Okay." ”
And Nicolas Cage is calm, what big scene has he not seen?
"Start recording. Jennifer Anderson commanded, everyone around was quiet, Gia watched the show, guess how many shots would pass?
"Scene 32, Scene 8, Article 1. ”
Smack," anetbsp; Hearing this, the two of them walked forward on the preset route, and the show began!
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