The content of "The Grudge", the new horror movie in the shell of "Ghost Shadow", the first day of filming.

"Mrs. Lawrence, wait a moment for you to show this look, unsmiling, stiff expression, how to put it, just like a vegetative person, without the slightest vitality." Yi Feiyang carefully spoke to Mrs. Lawrence.

In the original book, Emma, an old man, is a lonely old man who suffers from mental illness and is stiff, but in Yi Feiyang's view, directly "zombie" her, at least you don't need the role to play too much "acting skills".

"But, dear Yi, I'm only half-paralyzed, and I can still move."

"Hehe, I said, from now on, you will be an actor in this play, so you just need to do what I say." Yi Feiyang said patiently.

"Oh, I see. That's where acting, right? Oh God, look at me old fool, don't worry, easy, I'll do well. Isn't it just pretending to be disabled, and I don't have to pretend that I'm disabled! For the first time, Mrs. Lawrence was proud that she was in a wheelchair and could not move around casually.

Yi Feiyang nodded, turned around, and saw Anne Hathaway holding the script in a daze.

"What's wrong, Annie?" Yi Feiyang asked.

"This character...... It doesn't seem to work quite for me. Anne said.

"For what? From the beginning to the end, it seems that this heroine is not religious at all, and if she is a devout believer, even if she does not pray, God will bless her from these evil spirits. ”

Yi Feiyang fainted.

It seems that I need to explain it to her in detail.

"I'm sorry, Anne. I hope you can understand that from now on, it is not to let this heroine be like you and slowly move closer to you, but to let you, full of heroines, gradually become her, understand? ”

Anne Hathaway blinked, "I understand what you said, but ......"

"Okay, no," Yi Feiyang said in his heart, this girl has already boarded my thief ship, and she is still in the twilight, so unprofessional. "This drama is about to start filming, you better go to makeup first. By the way, Mickey, I'll touch up Mrs. Lawrence's makeup later, and I'll be a little paler, yes, it's better like a zombie in one of those horror movies......"

Mrs. Lawrence, who was excited to be an actress, touched her wrinkled face in surprise and complained, "What zombie? People are beautiful women......"

……

Four hours later.

"OK, this shot is over! I'll take a look, and it's working very well. Yi Feiyang looked at the footage taken by Cindy and praised.

Although he has never been a director before, Yi Feiyang has a unique advantage, that is, he understands and masters various movies, and most importantly, Yi Feiyang has some "ghost talents", when shooting, many unexpected inspirations will suddenly appear, such as which lens should be enlarged and which should be reduced, as well as how to deal with close-up shots, how to portray the eyes of characters, etc., in the eyes of old photographers like Cindy, almost all "professional".

Therefore, during the filming process, unconsciously, Yi Feiyang had done a very good job of the role of director, and most importantly, he was in awe of Cindy, Charlie, and Mickey and other crew members.

To be a director, you must have the ability to control, to put it bluntly, you must be domineering. Able to subdue people. Therefore, some people say that the director is actually the embodiment of the general and the military in the battlefield, who can bravely kill the enemy, give orders, and strategize to win a thousand miles.

Although the shooting was going on at a fast pace, it was still dark outside.

The big guys are very tired, but Yi Feiyang didn't shout to stop, in his opinion, now is the time to race against time, not the time to be kind and herd horses and sheep.

"Okay, let's get ready, get ready to shoot the next shot...... Well, Annie, I'm going to shoot you helping Mrs. Lawrence wash her hair later, yes, it's washing your hair, according to the script, you will see evil spirits when you wash your hair, first the pool of water turns a horrible blood red, your eyes show panic, fear, and then there is a dense hair coming out of the pool full of hair, a pair of white ghost eyes looking at you, and you start screaming loudly. ”

"But we can't make up the evil spirits now, and we need to ask the special effects company to help make them in the later stage, so we need you to use your imagination, yes, it's imagination, first the blood, then the hair, and then the white eyes of the evil spirits...... I need you to gradually express the level of fear and fear and really bring yourself into the role. You are now a helpless person to help with the private care of the elderly! It's no longer Hathaway, you don't have a crew, no cameras, and no us! You're alone, in this horrible house, and then you've met a ghost, understand? ”

Yi Feiyang's string of words, Anne Hathaway was stunned, to be honest, she didn't expect acting to be so complicated, she used to watch movies, and she thought it was quite simple, but now she realized that it was not easy to do anything.

"Well, having said all that, I hope you can remember my words, just one sentence: I'll let you fall into the devil! Well, yes, that's it! Well, the shooting is ready to begin...... The camera is buried, the lights are ready, Ike God! Yi Feiyang stared at the camera tightly, and the shooting began.

In the camera, the female nurse played by Anne Hathaway walked to the edge of the pool, stubbornly snorted, and turned on the faucet.

Then the camera is pointed at the pool, close-up.

According to the script, the water flowing from the faucet will slowly turn into blood, but this is not the time to do special effects, and this kind of horror scene has appeared in many horror films, the most famous is the "Ghost Street" series, the effect is amazing, just like the viagra of horror movies, tried and tested.

Anne Hathaway Now I'm no longer myself, I'm the heroine, I want to feel lonely and terrifying, no one around, no camera......

"Cards!" Suddenly, Yi Feiyang shouted to stop.

"Anne, what do you see? I said, don't let you look at the camera, you just act like nothing exists around you. Yi Feiyang said loudly.

Anne-Hathaway felt ashamed, she had told herself to forget the camera, but she couldn't help but glance at it.

It's a habit, it's hard to break.

"I'm sorry, director, can I do it again!"

"Okay, the camera is re-prepared, and the actors are in place...... Ike God! After a while, Yi Feiyang gave orders again, and filming restarted.

This time, Anne remembered Yi Feiyang's words and forgot everything.

There seemed to be eerie music in my ears, the night breeze was blowing, and the glass windows were rattling.

Turn on the faucet and the water is buzzing.

Quiet.

Suddenly, Anne saw the pool suddenly turn blood-red, and chilling blood gushed out of the pool and rushed towards her feet......

Close-up:

Anne's expression was horrified, and her beautiful eyes widened.

"Great, this expression!" Yi Feiyang, who was staring at the camera, praised.

Then, Anne, who had already entered the play, saw that in the pool that was originally bubbling with blood, a lot of black hair suddenly crawled out, and the hair spread out, like a spider's web, and soon covered the entire pool......

"Ahh Anne began to scream loudly.

The scream was terrible, as if he had really seen a ghost.

“OK！ Shooting is complete! Yi Feiyang shouted.

But in the camera, Anne, who had already entered the play, was still screaming, trembling in the screaming, and her fingers kept pointing at the pool, "There, where ......"

"Alright, Annie, you've done a great job, you don't have to do it anymore." Yi Feiyang said.

Anne didn't seem to hear what Yi Feiyang was saying at all, and was still screaming loudly, looking frightened and inexplicable.

"Man, she doesn't look like she's pretending."

"yes, it can't be evil, right?!"

People next to me discussed.

Seeing this, Yi Feiyang hurriedly went up and hugged Annie, "Okay, it's already over, don't be afraid!" Patted Anne on the shoulder.

Under Yi Feiyang's comfort, Anne-Hathaway calmed down, but the horror on her face had not yet dissipated.

"Yi, I saw a ghost, a real ghost!"

"That's acting, Annie, you're too deep into the play!"

"No, no, I really saw it, very scary eyes...... It's looking at me, it's looking at me all the time! ”

Anne's reaction directly startled the people around her.

"Oh my God, I said it wasn't clean!"

"Yes, such a big old building, it's cold!"

"God, bless me!"

……

"Shut up!" Yi Feiyang was furious, and he just kicked the guy who drew a cross on his chest out of the air.

Under Yi Feiyang's fierce gaze, everyone was silent, and it was the first time that they realized the "terrible" of the Chinese director's tantrum and anger.

"Today's shooting is over, you all go and rest, don't talk nonsense! If I hear that any of you are still chewing your tongue, then, immediately roll me up and get out! ”

Under Yi Feiyang's reprimand, everyone kept silent. Although some newcomers don't like Yi Feiyang's domineering spirit very much, especially the United States, which advocates democracy and freedom the most, but as soon as they came into contact with Yi Feiyang's eyes, they became cowardly.

The crew slowly dispersed.

Yi Feiyang comforted Hathaway for a while, and her condition improved a little.

"Go and rest, today's scene will be filmed here."

"I'm sorry, I just ......" Hathaway didn't understand how she could be so vulnerable.

"Don't be cranky, you're too involved in acting." Yi Feiyang smiled.

"Hey, my baby Annie, will you not talk yet? Can you push me to the bathroom? God, I've been holding it back for a long time! Mrs. Lawrence, who was anxious to urinate, had to call her granddaughter.

Anne Hathaway's face turned red, "Oh yes, I'm coming!" "Ran over.

……

The second day of filming of "Ghost Shadow".

"Okay, let's continue shooting today, it's pretty much the same as yesterday. After the heroine Jiayun screamed, she found that everything she saw was an illusion, and then gasped for breath, here I need the gaffer to dim the surrounding light a little bit, to set off the horror of the heroine. Then Jiayun got up and was about to push the demented and rigid old woman in to wash her hair, but when the old woman arrived at the door, she seemed to sense something and refused to go in...... Yes, I just want this kind of weirdness for no reason, as if there is something terrible in it that makes the old woman dare not go in. That's the general plot, if you don't have any opinions, hurry up and prepare! ”

After Yi Feiyang announced the order, everyone began to get busy.

Originally, the weather was quite good today, and it was sunny outside, but in order to set off the gloomy atmosphere here, Mickey, as a gaffer, used plastic sheeting to block those bright lights outside, creating a lifeless dark gray atmosphere.

"Alright, everyone in place, ready to ......" Yi Feiyang stared at the camera lens, "Ike God!" ”

At the sound of an order, the shooting began.

This time Anne Hathaway performed a little better than yesterday, at least between horror and fear, weirdness and shock, and was able to express her good emotions.

As for Mrs. Lawrence, I have to say that there is really a frame for being an actor, Yi Feiyang was afraid that her acting skills would be too shabby, so he restricted her from using too much body language, and even deleted some lines about her, for fear that she would "wear a goof" when acting, but as soon as the acting really started, Yi Feiyang found that Mrs. Lawrence's acting skills were much better than Hathaway!

What is the reason for this?!

An old lady who has not undergone special training has such good acting skills.

Could it be that you have lost your eyes?

In fact, the reason why Mrs. Lawrence was able to play the nervous old man "Emma" was entirely because she was old enough.

As the saying goes, people are old and spirits are old, and ghosts are old spirits.

When people are old, they have experienced a lot, they have never encountered anything in the world, and they are well-informed, which will inevitably have an impact on "acting".

What's more, the background of Emma's character is similar to that of Mrs. Lawrence.

Accustomed to loneliness, disability, need to be taken care of, and occasionally, nervous.

……

"Ghost Shadow", the third day of filming.

The story continues: Jiayun lives in this old building full of weirdness and horrors, and carefully takes care of the lonely and widowed elderly with mental problems. Then she began to notice that something was wrong, there was an eerie noise upstairs from time to time, the bed would sway up and down in the middle of the night, and the bathroom door creaked...... And all these supernatural images were captured by a camera placed in the corner of the old building. A terrifying evil spirit seemed to be approaching her.

According to the filming program, this day was mainly to shoot some supernatural events in the old house caught by DV cameras.

In other words, the drama was transformed from "The Grudge" to "Ghost".

The difference in shooting techniques is not much different for Yi Feiyang, who is in charge of the guide tube for the first time and is a director.

If there's a difference, it's --- DV shooting, which is really cost-effective!

As a photographer, Cindy also recommended DV shooting skills to Yi Feiyang.

In this regard, Cindy emphasized that the most important thing in DV shooting is the pre-shooting, and if the pre-recording is not good, let alone the post-editing, it must be miserable. After all, what kind of ingredients you have, what kind of food you can make, and if you are given a bunch of garbage, you can make a French meal, that's a miracle.

DV shooting should be flexible and mobile, good at changing, not only to shoot the scene, but also to ingest, from the empty lens of the scene to the character, let the character walk into the empty lens picture, from the character's appreciation of the line of sight or walking direction to shake out the scene, or from the panoramic character to the scene to end the video, so that people and things are organically integrated together. The video shot in this way is more in line with the viewing habits.

Listening to Cindy's introduction and know-how, Yi Feiyang's mind came to mind with many small AV movies he had seen in his previous life.

Among them, it is said that those actresses who look cool are pouting their fans ~ buttocks lying on the bed, performing the "old what pushes" shot, in fact, the poor male actors are holding bulky DV cameras, working hard below, while using their own eyes and angles to shoot hard.

According to this line of sight and angle, it can give the viewer a strong sense of substitution, as if the guy who is making the "cart" is himself.

Nowadays, combined with what Cindy calls the shooting technique, "the scenery is shaken out by the person's appreciative gaze or walking direction", which is simply a truth.

"It looks like filming is really not that simple!"

Someone sighed.

(My mother is hospitalized, things change suddenly at home, everything is messed up, the update is a little weak, and I apologize.) ）