Yi Feiyang didn't expect casting in France to go so smoothly. In fact, the main actors of the play "Lust and Caution" can be selected in Hollywood, but they need to take a plane to France to shoot, and according to the system given by the Screen Actors Guild of America, make up for the high "travel expenses", generally the minimum subsidy standard for each actor is 500 to 800 US dollars per day, and the big stars, or the slightly famous ones are thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan per day, and these subsidies also include their personal bodyguards, agents, nannies, etc...... In other words, if you hire a slightly famous star to fly to France to act in this play, it is equivalent to hiring a large group of his entourage, and these people will also take money from you...... This will be expensive.

Of course, as a famous director and boss in Hollywood today, Yi Feiyang is not bad for money, but he is not a big wrongdoer, there are obviously cheap overseas workers - French actors don't use it, but they want to bring it from Hollywood, isn't that brain-dead? What's more, the story of this play itself is set in France, and if the whole play is in American English, then it will be nondescript.

In addition, it is difficult for Hollywood actors to find the unique romantic atmosphere of the French, and the selection of actors here is all based on the nearest material. Like Noi and Nina, the two siblings, the salary after signing the contract is very cheap, and the two of them are less than half the price of a Hollywood actor. In addition, this drama will focus on the European market in the future, if it can open the door to Europe with French actors, then why not?!

Choose a good day, "Lust and Caution" is officially launched.

As in Hollywood, of course, you have to worship God when you turn it on. Incense to Second Brother Guan. Contribute to roast suckling pig.

Hollywood people are used to Yi Feiyang's very "weird" boot ceremony. Some filmmakers even say that this ritual is similar to the "evil magic" of gypsies and Indians, and it is precisely because of this magic that Yi Feiyang's movies will be invincible, popular, and have a super good reputation and box office.

But for the peoples of Europe, and especially for the French people, this ritual is still quite novel, therefore. The French people, who were very curious, broadcast the ceremony live on the camera.

And this undoubtedly helped Yi Feiyang do a lot of free publicity.

At the opening ceremony, there were a lot of people, all the French who had time came, and the whole scene was a sensation.

"Did you see it, did you see it? That is the god they worship in the Chinese, his name is Guan Gong, and he is a red-faced guy, and it is said that this guy likes to drink red wine. That's why the face is so red! ”

"And those incense candles, all of which were shipped from China with ingredients. There are also some in Chinatown in France, but the purity is much worse, in their Chinese language, it is called 'inferior goods'! ”

"It was a pig, a crispy roast suckling pig to be exact! Like our French pizza, this roast suckling pig is a very delicious food for the Chinese, which looks greasy but tastes fragrant. Oh my God, I can't help but work up my appetite! ”

"Well, when it's the most tense and exciting, you see, China Yi has started to worship God with incense and candles, and he will pray or say some very magical mantra during the worship of God, so that their dear Guan Shen can hear it, and then they will bless him! Unfortunately, we were too far away to hear what he was saying, let alone crack his strange and magical spells. ”

The reporter on France Libre TV drooled at the camera, he was full of passion, including enthusiasm, as if this magical worship ceremony had made him completely addicted to it.

And those French people who watched were even more excited, as if the Chinese Yi was really performing a very mysterious ceremony, which made people curious.

If Hong Kong people know the news at this moment, they will definitely cry and laugh, it was very common in Hong Kong to start worshipping God, but it was made so mysterious by the French who like to think cranky, no wonder they are so romantic, and their thoughts and brains are too floating!

But all this is really beneficial to Yi Feiyang's new play, at the same time as "Lust and Caution" starts, all French people already know that there is a very good erotic movie to be filmed, and they will always pay attention to this drama, and they may become the first audience of this drama in the future......

After the start-up ceremony, Yi Feiyang tore off the red cloth covering the camera and officially announced the official start of the movie "Lust and Caution".

It is a wide street on the outskirts of Bordeaux, France. Now an outlet, it has everything you need for photography, and the first shot of the entire film will be filmed here.

This area is the location chosen by Yi Feiyang himself, and will be staged here as a life-and-death battle between France and the German Nazis in World War II.

This first scene, the largest in the entire film, depicts the French army and the invading German Nazis head-to-head. However, because Jack, a traitor to the French intelligence agencies, defected to the enemy and turned into a Nazi side, the weakness of the French defense line on the battlefield was completely exposed to the German Nazi army. A bloody battle of defense began, and the traitor Jack trampled on the bones of his compatriots, promoted to the rank of a senior officer in the German Nazi intelligence agency, and received the honor of a German general. And secretly, the defeated French army began to plot to assassinate this traitor, the enemy of France, and a love-hate conspiracy began......

This scene is one of the keys to the whole movie, Yi Feiyang of course attaches great importance to it, in addition to some regular actors who participated in the filming, Yi Feiyang also asked Fat Jack to invite 800 extras, and they put on the French army costumes and Nazi German army costumes that the crew prepared for them. It must be emphasized here that many French people who consider themselves patriotic are unwilling to wear Nazi military decorations to play Nazis, and there is no way, Fat Jack has to temporarily increase the price, and anyone who plays a Nazi soldier can get an extra 30 francs a day salary, but as a result, there are many people who are vying to play Nazis and are unwilling to play the French army. It seems that the patriotic fervor of the French is as cheap as their romanticism.

In addition to these actors, Yi Feiyang also deliberately loaned dozens of World War II-era tanks and cannons from museums in France. These were originally displayed in the museum. The big guys who are covered in the dust. Finally, there is a place to use. In the words of the old director of the museum, instead of letting those children take the initiative to enter the museum to see these boring iron lumps, it is better to lend them to you for filming, let them come alive, and re-enact history, so that all French people can know how hard-won peace and happiness are today.

Of course, shoot such a big World War II scene. In addition to tanks and cannons, there are absolutely airplanes, but because there are so few such old-fashioned aircraft in Bordeaux, Yi Feiyang wanted to shoot realistically, but had to rely on post-production special effects and editing effects to assist.

In the filming location, Yi Feiyang asked people to install three cameras in one go, and the one that Yi Feiyang himself was responsible for was the main camera, located on the left side of the road, which could completely fit the picture of the head-on conflict between the two sides into the lens, which belonged to the main shooting in this scene; Cindy and Fat Jack are at opposite ends of the road. Shoot each other with French and German troops as subjects.

The tracks laid on both sides of the road and on the ground on the left side are also ready and have been erected on the landing gear according to the height. It can be moved drastically. Next to the tracks, the boom is also ready, which is prepared to facilitate top-down top-down shooting.

It was almost time, and the scene reporter told everyone in the audience through the loudspeaker that the ten-second countdown began.

"Ten, Nine, Eight,......"

There was silence on both sides of the wide road, and everyone was doing their job, moving according to the preparations that Yi Feiyang had arranged in advance.

"Three, two, one, let's shoot!" Yi Feiyang shouted, and the teams on both sides rushed together with a shout. The pre-buried gasoline barrels on the ground were quickly ignited, and black smoke suddenly rose out, and the spacious streets suddenly entered an era of war-torn turmoil.

In fact, there are many film and television works that have involved the head-to-head confrontation between the French and German Nazi legions during World War II. However, for the French people who don't like to reminisce about pain, the cruelty of war is packaged in romance and laughter, so many excellent French comedies during World War II have been born, and even French national treasure actors have starred in "Tiger's Mouth". But now what Yi Feiyang is shooting is an extremely cruel war scene, no laughter, no humor, only blood and fire!

Bullets flying, shells exploding, tanks crushing, stumps and broken arms, flesh and blood blur, this is the true face of war.

Yi Feiyang irresponsibly uncovered the scars of the war that the French people have always wanted to forget and cover up, and recorded this life-and-death struggle with his camera.

At first, the two sides were evenly matched, but as Jack, the French intelligence officer, temporarily defected to the enemy and betrayed France's defensive weakness to the German Nazis, the French army was attacked by the Nazi army, and the disadvantage gradually emerged, and it could not support the successive defeats.

This is followed by a large close-up, the main content of which is the German Nazis who defeated the French army firing guns and carnival, the French people are in tears, and as the hero of the victor's camp, Jack, who was originally still wearing a French military uniform, turned into a German military uniform and walked out. His eyes were cold, and he did not faintly regret or grieve at the death of his compatriot. His gaze swept over the rows of corpses, and the sun shone brightly on the eagle emblem on his collar.

"This is war!" This is his exclamation.

……

At the end of the filming of the first scene, it only took about an hour before and after a rough calculation. It can be said that this speed is fast enough, but for Yi Feiyang, he is not very satisfied, he nags, "It would be better if the scene was a little grander!" ”

Yi Feiyang gathered everyone together to check the quality of the work, but those French actors were amazed that Yi Feiyang could shoot such a strong lineup in one go. You must know that although the French also claim to be the kingdom of films, it was in the eighties, and French films at that time were indeed very strong, but with the passage of time, there are fewer and fewer excellent French directors and actors, so that French films have stagnated, and they are about to become second-rate film countries in Europe, and even British films that they originally looked down on have ridden on their heads.

This is a disgrace for the French. However, the French are easy to forgive themselves, they don't like to find fault with themselves, but think that Britain is behind Hollywood's ass and has learned Hollywood's special effects techniques, which is why it has grown. Of course, there are some aspirants in the French film industry, such as Luc Besson, who recognize this. The French pursue the humanities and arts. Ditch computer effects. Luc Besson picked it up and had a great time, filming the "Taxi Express" series and the future "Violent Block" series.

But now, seeing the war scenes shot by Yi Feiyang, those French people have to be convinced, there is no special effects in it, and it is completely the control of the camera and the scene. In their opinion, Yi Feiyang is indeed very powerful.

Among the three cameras, except for the one arranged in the French army, the other two were all well shot, especially Cindy, according to Yi Feiyang's pre-drawn sub-lens schematic, shot a long shot of nearly 55 minutes, although this long shot is not as sharp as the super classic corridor in "The Shining" for fifteen minutes, but it can also set off the scene very well.

All in all, the shooting went well.

Next, Leonardo's Jack is filmed receiving the medal from the German general. There are also two scenes in which the French underground resistance group prepares to plot the assassination of Jack. These two parts are the characters used in the shooting of indoor scenes. There are not many props, mainly relying on the communication between the actors and their acting skills. In this regard, Leonardo has fully demonstrated his maturity and steady. If the handsome young man in "Titanic" in the past is the vicissitudes of the gloomy traitor protagonist in front of him, no one will believe it.

Yes, take a look, how can Leonardo have a handsome appearance at this moment, his beard is unshaven, his eyes are depressed, and the most important thing is that the corners of his eyes show a trace of crow's feet, which is a little more vicissitudes. Of course, there is an indelible credit for the makeup artist, but Leonardo, at the age of thirty, can portray the character as an old man in his forties, and this skill is not to be underestimated.

It is precisely because of the superb acting skills of these actors that these two indoor scenes are basically not very N-machine, they pass in one go, and it only took half a day to shoot all the shots.

"Dear Yi! I'm convinced! I've been in Hollywood for so long, and I've never seen a director who makes such a wonderful and quick film! Off the field, Leonardo wore a Nazi military uniform and gave a thumbs up to Yi Feiyang.

After this scene, Yi Feiyang's superhuman on-the-spot command, scene scheduling ability, grasp of the camera and excavation of the actors, completely conquered everyone, including Leonardo, and he finally saw the magical directing skills of the legendary "Magic Young".

After listening to Leonardo's praise, Yi Feiyang just smiled, because he had heard too much of such praise and did not have the slightest novelty.

"Jack, what are you going to shoot in the afternoon?" Yi Feiyang was still unsatisfied, and turned his face to Jack.

The fat man flipped through the storyboard script in his hand, and said with a smile: "I want to film the French underground party and arrange someone to assassinate the traitor Jack in the big theater, but unfortunately the matter was revealed before acting, and the French Revolutionary Party was killed by the Nazis instead......"

"Let's keep it simple, not too complicated!"

"Oh, it's the theater assassination of Jack!" The fat man is crisp and neat this time.

Yi Feiyang nodded, and then muttered, "Is this also an action scene - call it a day, call Luc Besson, and tell him that we will go to the scene he arranged for filming in the afternoon." ”

Luc Besson was a partner that Yi Feiyang met when he participated in the film industry in Cannes, France, the year before. At that time, because Yi Feiyang was determined to open up the European market, he was not familiar with the place, so he made friends with Luc Besson, a big name in the film industry here.

The two have the same ambition and the same love for movies, and this common language makes the two work together very happily, and basically all the films of Dream Entertainment are distributed in Europe to Luc Besson; Similarly, Luc Besson's films shot in France were also handed over to Dream Entertainment for release in North America. It can be said that the two complement each other and are very harmonious.

This time, Yi Feiyang came to France to shoot "Lust and Caution", and the reason why he was able to choose a good shooting location in Bordeaux so smoothly is due to Luc Besson.

Back at the hotel where he stayed, Yi Feiyang took off his coat and lay down on the sofa to rest with his eyes closed, filming such a big scene in the first scene in France, but it made Yi Feiyang a little proud, even if he closed his eyes, he had a pair of breakdown shots in his mind.

"Director, may I come in?" A man's voice came in.

Yi Feiyang sat up from the sofa and found that it was the "Wang Leehom" he personally recruited - the French guy Noy.

"What's the matter?"

Noi held the script and said cautiously: "That's the case, I'm a little worried about the afternoon and evening scenes. ”

Yi Feiyang picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, turned his face and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"I don't think I can shoot well." Noi looked worried.

Yi Feiyang pointed to the sofa in front of him, asked him to sit down, and said with a smile: "Noi, in fact, filming is very simple, the key is to substitute, when I shouted to start filming, you will think of yourself as the hot-blooded young man in the play 'Alpha', to be honest, the afternoon scene is not very difficult, but it is very difficult to test the control of the actor's emotions and the play on the spot, for you, it is a challenge, you have to relax, remember, from the moment you enter the camera, you are no longer Noi, but the outstanding young Alpha who is full of enthusiasm to serve the country!" ”

Noi seemed to understand a little, nodded, but said: "But the script is very clear that the role I play is required to be dramatic, so what is drama?" ”

Yi Feiyang smiled, "The so-called drama is not too dull, but to plump up the character, for example, the alpha you play, who is hot-blooded and impulsive on the surface, but actually very timid inside, is not afraid of death...... Remember, heroes are all made from bears! Heroes are also afraid of death and sacrifice! ”

Yi Feiyang constantly studied his character's character with Noy, and what to do when he encountered problems, in short, he kept cheering this guy up, so that he cracked his mouth to his cheeks and went back with a smile.

"It looks like watching this assassination scene shoot very smoothly, and the actors are working so hard!" Yi Feiyang muttered to himself. (To be continued......)