Chapter 330. 【Wonderful Finish】
The finale has always been the top priority, just like writing an article, the dragon head, pork belly and phoenix tail, and the last part must be drawn to a perfect end.
In addition, the finale scene is generally the most difficult part for the director to shoot, because in this way there will be the thrill of overcoming the most difficult mountain.
And the finale of "Iron Man" is the last rivalry between the actor Robert Downey Jr. and the villain Nicolas Cage.
The general plot is that the villain played by Cage wants to monopolize Stark Corporation and creates steel equipment that is stronger than the steel suit, and then the two steel giants start a life-and-death struggle, the scene is extremely intense, but unfortunately in the big war, the steel monster still loses to Iron Man.
As a science fiction film, this fight scene is basically made with computer special effects, which is extremely realistic and has good visual effects.
However, a rivalry scene after the end of the war is very important, and this scene is also the finale scene of Yi Feiyang's choice of "Iron Man".
"This scene has to be done in one go...... Yi Feiyang took out the camera position operation diagram that he had already designed and handed it to the photographer Matthew, because this scene is very important, and Matthew will be in charge of the camera himself.
As mentioned earlier, Matthew is a film talent that Yi Feiyang temporarily poached from Fox, and he is the best at science fiction films.
At this moment, Matthew glanced at the picture, closed his eyes and thought about it, and immediately nodded in agreement with Yi Feiyang's design: "This is the best way to do this, and the lens must be pushed to have a sense of solidification!" ”
It was this scene that Yi Feiyang designed everything and handed it over to the assistant director Fat Jack to control, and he walked into the performance area and said to the leading actors Downey and Cage: "Hey." Guys. Remember. Wait a while for your opponents to play the most, yes, you must take care of each other's emotions, it's best to be able to go through it all over again, don't N machine! God, I'm not stingy with those negatives, but because I've got a great finale for everyone, if the shooting is delayed. I'm afraid that those cold beers are going to lose their best taste! ”
As soon as they heard that there was a finale banquet, Donnie and Cage immediately became emotional, "Don't worry, boss!" "Don't worry, Director!" "We're going to shoot it well!"
In the case of morale, with Yi Feiyang's order, the last scene of "Iron Man" began.
But it is clear that the wish is beautiful, and the reality is cruel. Yi Feiyang has high requirements for this finale scene, and he has contacted and filmed five or six times, all of which are N machines. The most critical part is that Stark, played by Donnie, is "stuck" again!
Yes. It's Donnie, the guy who was trained by Yi Feiyang, a guy who can perform joy, anger and sorrow with a single smile, and was stumped by Yi Feiyang's high requirements again.
"Donnie, you have to change in the last scene, if at the beginning you turned into Iron Man just to live, just to take revenge on the enemies who hurt you, then now, your feelings and cognition must be sublimated...... Does Sublimation understand? It's not just a hippie smile, it's not a pretense of being deep, it's a kind of compassion that comes from the bones, but this emotion has to be covered and hidden by your superficial cynicism......" Yi Feiyang taught earnestly.
"Therefore, in the next scene, you fight with Cage and are knocked to the ground by his steel monster over and over again, but you, Iron Man, have to continue to stand up and fight unyieldingly, not for anything else, just because you are Iron Man!"
Yi Feiyang's request is actually very simple, requiring Donnie to understand the concept of "chivalry".
There has always been an essential difference between Western chivalry and Eastern chivalry. China's recognition of chivalry is Jin Yong-style, the great man of chivalry, for the country and the people. And the so-called chivalry in the West is Robin Hood, Zorro and the like, who are not afraid of violence and dare to resist. In today's era of American comics, all kinds of heroes emerge in endlessly, such as Flash, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Batman, Daredevil, Regeneration, Fantastic Four...... and so on, the concept of chivalry has also changed from the original fear of rape and opposition to strong power, to secretly punishing evil and eliminating adultery and upholding justice.
It can be said that American chivalrous movies have become more superficial and simpler, and there is no deeper meaning.
But this "Iron Man" is an exception, in Yi Feiyang's view, "Iron Man" is the only film that uses personal strength to confront terrorists, and these terrorists actually collude with the American authorities to stage a series of political scandals.
Therefore, in Yi Feiyang's view, the role of Iron Man is like Yang Guo in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", who was cynical at first, then mature and stable, and then became a generation of heroes.
Downey obviously remembered Yi Feiyang's teachings, and after a little rest, he and Yi Feiyang carefully studied the characters.
"Roughly fine, Director!" "I seem to have figured out the character's heart. ”
"That's good, why don't we do it again!"
"Well, that's good!"
"Come on!"
……
The camera rustles in orbit.
The camera focuses on the two main characters.
Downey's Iron Man is flattened by Cage's Iron Monster.
Donnie, who fell to the ground, got up over and over again, fell down again, and got up again, the slightly emotional scene that he performed before was extremely natural at this time, without the assistance of lines, but his demeanor and eyes were not pretentious, nor did he have the excessive physical expression and tone of voice before, and there was no excessive anger in his demeanor, but more of a mockery and regret......
Everyone felt a real and touching peace from him, and this feeling perfectly integrated into Donnie's every subtle expression, tone, and even ridicule and resistance, making everyone feel that although this Tony Stark was flattened by the steel monster, he had always exuded an indomitable and powerful consciousness.
Subtext:
You are my body, but your strength is my spirit!
Constantly beaten, constantly standing up.
Pursed his lips and smiled, and continued to fight, in that slow pace, but with a firm and mocking demeanor, people admired from the bottom of their hearts...... Seeing this scene on the spot, this kind of mental impact is far more moving than across the screen.
Johnny Depp, who is a Hollywood red student, although he only made a cameo in this play, he and Cage are close friends. So every time Cage is filming. He would come running to cheer him on. Therefore, in Depp's heart, he has long regarded Donnie as the strongest opponent in the future.
The attention to Downey has made Depp watch almost all of Downey's performances with his own eyes, but he doesn't feel this way at all, that is...... In just a few minutes, that perverted China Yi made Donnie achieve an incredible metamorphosis......
But Depp still didn't believe it, for fear that it was his own delusion, so he turned his head to look at the others. Observing their reactions, it was found that everyone had a look of admiration on their faces when they saw Donnie, and they were genuinely fascinated by the inexplicable charm of Donnie.
Cage is in danger!
This was Depp's first reaction, and he felt that it was too stressful for his best friend to play against Depp.
"For what, why is he like this, easy?" Depp finally walked to Yi Feiyang's side and asked curiously, some people next to him opened their ears and eavesdropped, all of this creator must know the answer.
"You take a good look at Donnie, how is it different from his usual life?"
Depp looks at Donnie as he performs. Looking through those clear eyes, I want to find out. Just as he was confused, he suddenly heard someone behind him muttering: "Calm, he looks calm?" ”
After hearing the word from the reporter behind him, Depp suddenly realized, yes, it is calm, although Robert Downey Jr. in front of the camera at this moment has shown a lot of emotional reactions on the surface, but his body always exudes a calm~~
"Well, it can be said to be calm, or it can be said to be a kind of calmness from the bottom of the heart." Yi Feiyang nodded when he heard this.
In fact, this kind of story that is suppressed first and then promoted is a fixed model, and the plot setting of superhero movies is actually not, and there is no big gap between it and other types of movie stories, all of which are in the same story mode.
The story of the protagonist who was bullied by the villain at the beginning and couldn't hold his head up, became strong for some reason, and then defeated the villain, the plot is very simple, and the protagonist of almost every type of drama will go through this process, and even many of the bridges are very similar.
Whether it is the vicious future mother-in-law, or the boss of the company who oppresses the protagonist, or the boss of the underworld, or the terrorist, in fact, it is just a form of "villain".
And under such a fixed plot, there is only one element that can really make people feel the difference between advantages and disadvantages - that is, whether the protagonist is enough to impress people.
And most of the gambling films, emotional dramas, the biggest reason for fighting with the villain is "personal purpose", in order to get love, in order to become a leader in a certain industry, in order to get ahead, etc., these personal goals, the protagonists in these stories are generally small people close to life, all the emotions that are easy to move the audience.
The actors are also very handy.
Superheroes are completely different from these, in the superhero is a superhero because he is detached from personal struggle, for the sake of others to sacrifice his life to fight, and China uses a word to accurately translate this spirit - "chivalry".
The character with "chivalry" as the starting point is actually very noble and admirable, but no matter how noble the comic superhero character itself is, in many movies and television performances, those actors play Superman and Batman not like superheroes, or they seem very hypocritical, or they seem naïve, which is commonly known as "fake big empty".
The fundamental problem is that whether it is a Chinese "hero" or an American "hero", although they themselves have incomparable personality charm, the young actors who play them cannot show the temperament of the characters themselves.
The heroes in those stories are all tolerant, humble, and benevolent noble personality media in their hearts after experiencing the world, so the spirit of these "chivalry" can infect the public, so that the admiration and worship from the bottom of their hearts, people worship not only their strong external strength, but are infected by the noble personality exuded from their hearts.
But those young actors, no matter how beautiful and handsome they are, their hearts are just an ordinary person who wants to get ahead in the film and television industry, a person who desperately proves himself to pretend to be a "chivalrous"? A mediocre look is enough to make a play.
Actors can only pretend to be tolerant, pretend to be humble, and pretend to work hard for others, but fans are not stupid, they can clearly feel what the real heart of the people on the screen is.
When the "chivalry" on the screen has become creamy, hypocritical, and oily. The image of heroes and "chivalry" collapsed. People will gradually stop believing in the noble spirits that exist in the world. Then everyone thinks that the so-called "chivalry" in the world is so ugly and realistic,
Mediocre people can't carry nobility, they will only make nobility hypocritical, and slowly people will be more accepting of the role of "real people" than "pseudo-heroes".
The "hero" gradually collapsed in the hearts of the people, and I don't know when the road began, people began to gradually become numb and began to accept the ugliness of everything. The worship of the noble is lost, tolerance is lost, those things that are most precious are lost.
And at this moment, looking at the "Iron Man" played by Robert Downey Jr...... Everyone clearly felt that his heart exuded indomitable, uncompromising, and pity for the enemy, and those noble heroes who were once fictional in the comics really appeared in front of them, he was a person. On the surface, he loves vanity and likes to be in the limelight. He was arrogant, but at the moment he was so bright and powerful inside.
This is what a real hero looks like, he has human weaknesses, but he can exude the gentlest and benevolent light in his heart, illuminating the darkest corners of our hearts~~
Knowing that Tony Stark in the filming of Lu Dao is fictional, everyone really feels his personality charm......
This is the "hero", this is the image of the "chivalry".
……
Filming continues.
seems to feel the sudden change in Donnie's aura, and Cage, as an acting opponent, has also been stimulated to his potential. An even more exciting rivalry began.
Downey pulls Cage out of the exploding steel armor, and the rain pours down, and the defeated Cage falls to his knees panting.
The conversation begins.
Donnie: "You lost this time, didn't you?" ”
Cage's eyes were full of anger, "I didn't lose!" Just unlucky! Yes, lost to you guy! ”
Donnie: "Am me? Hehe, I'm the president of Stark Corporation! ”
Cage: "Are you worthy?" Stark was founded by your father and me, and when I was a hairy boy, I was already selling my first gun in Stark! But now, what are you going to do, you want to reform the Stark Arms Company, God, what do the arms companies sell if they don't sell arms? Selling sandwiches, or egg rolls? ”
Downey: "We're killing people, do we know the truth?" Buddy! ”
Cage spat out a mouthful of blood and sneered: "Murder? In this world, people are killing people every day, but there are many people we help provide weapons, even if they really kill people, it has nothing to do with us, we are just doing business, and everything I do is also to maintain Stark Company! ”
Donnie said angrily, "No, you're deceiving yourself! You're not for the company, but for yourself! You are a selfish person who can abandon everything, including faith and kindness, in order to make money! ”
"Hahaha!" Cage laughed, "And what about you, man, what kind of person are you?" Are you merciful? No, you don't at all! What kind of Iron Man are you pretending to be, what kind of big hero are you, in fact, you are not a playboy who has fun everywhere? What life and death, what justice?! If the arms company you founded with me, if he is the executioner, then so are you! ”
"No, you bastard! Now I'm going to change all that! Downey angrily grabbed Cage by the collar.
"Are you trying to kill me, man? Didn't you just say that life is precious? Cage scoffed.
"But you bastard!" Donnie punched over.
Cage fights with him.
During the fight, Cage accidentally landed on the balcony, and there was an abyss below.
Close-up: Cage clung to the edge of the balcony, "Help me, man, please help me, I don't want to die yet!" ”
Donnie walked to the edge of the balcony and sneered: "A lot of people who have been killed by guns have said something similar!" ”
"I promise you, I agree to the reform of the company, you can no longer buy and sell arms, you can buy and sell anything, what about Coca-Cola? We bought it over? We can also sell BMW cars and buy them over...... Please, pull me up, it's high here! Oh God! Needless to say, this passage is a commercial added by Yi Feiyang.
Lens transitions.
Downey still reached out and grabbed Cage.
"Hope you're telling the truth, man! But before you can do that, you'll be punished by the law! ”
Cage was dressed in rough clothes and was pulled up from underneath by Donnie.
"Saved, I'm finally saved!" Cage came up and sat down on the ground and said.
Downey is also a little relieved, after all, saving people is not an easy task.
"I hope you'll keep your promise, man, well, it's better to turn yourself in, and maybe get forgiveness from the law!"
"Yes, I will! Yes, now I'll take a breath and take a break and go! Cage whispered as he quietly hid a sharp shard of steel, and just as he was about to stab Downey in the heart with a vicious stab, a gunshot rang out.
Cage looked back in disbelief, then lost his center of gravity and fell to the roof again, with a thud, into the abyss.
An old man in a security guard uniform ran to the roof of the building at some point. He also has a gun in his hand.
If you look closely, you will recognize him as the comic book tycoon Stan Lee, who made a cameo appearance in the show.
Old man Li acted like a person and panicked: "Did I kill him?" ”
Donnie with palpitations: "Yes, but you saved me too!" ”
Old man Li's acting skills are really good, "So, I'm also a hero?" ”
"Yes, you are!"
"So, are you Iron Man?"
Donnie glanced at Old Man Li and smiled mysteriously: "What do you say?" ”
A bolt of lightning thunderbolt in the sky illuminated the fiery steel suit......
“CUT!” Yi Feiyang yelled behind the monitor, "Great! In particular, your performance is top-notch! ”
The camera stopped running, everyone woke up like a dream, and when everyone came back to their senses, exclamations and discussions rang out one after another, filling the entire crew.
In the camera, Stan Lee: "Did you hear it, this sentence is praising me, I just said, I have a lot of talent for acting!" ”
Donnie didn't want to fart with the old man, but shouted at Yi Feiyang: "So director, have you passed?" ”
Yes, has this finale drama passed? This is what everyone wants to know.
Yi Feiyang smiled, and then Da Yan smiled: "Of course!" I declare that this drama has been successfully completed! ”
"Oh also!" Everyone jumped.
However, for Donnie, Cage, Depp and others, this scene is like a wonderful performance competition.
In particular, the unflinching acting skills of Donnie and Cage made everyone watch it heartily, and invisibly, they had a deeper understanding of acting skills.
"God, where is this filming, it's clearly a vivid acting class!"
"Yes, I can't forget, I definitely can't forget today, I can't forget their performance!"
"Thank you Yi for creating an opportunity for us to appreciate God's acting skills!"
……
Yi Feiyang listened to these words, and he was extremely relieved, whether it was Downey, Cage, or even just Depp as a cameo, they did not live up to their expectations, at least they made this "Iron Man" very successful. (To be continued......)