On set, with musical accompaniment, Martin and Saoirse Ronan danced in front of the camera.

Thanks to a series of high-intensity and negative distance exercises, including last night, the two cooperated extremely tacitly, and the long shot of nearly a minute passed at one time.

Director Damien enters the set and talks to Martin and Saoirse about the highlights of the next scene.

After talking for a while, the choreographer Mandy Moore was called in again, and the four of them discussed it together.

Filming resumed, and the dance scene was relatively simple compared to the real dance performance.

Half a minute or so is a long shot.

Most of the dance scenes stop after more than ten seconds.

Martin and Saoirse prepared for half a year in order to shoot this film, although they were far inferior to professional dancers, but it was not a problem to cope with the filming at all.

Even so, the dance scene was filmed for more than a day.

On and off, Mandy Moore also fine-tuned some of the dance scenes at Damien's request.

Director Damien is obviously very thoughtful in the cabaret.

Martin had watched closely and consulted Louise, and both of them thought Damien was good.

Damien also discussed with Martin and Louise, and after the actors entered the group to familiarize themselves with and adjust a little, they took advantage of the physical and mental exhaustion that had not yet been tortured by the long shooting, and first filmed the song and dance part that consumed a lot of energy.

Martin and Louise agreed with him.

The actors who starred in the rest of the singing and dancing dramas also joined the group one after another.

Just after lunch, Catherine Daddario, who rushed to the crew, came to find Martin first, and the two sat diagonally opposite the studio and talked.

Catherine saw that Martin was not wearing makeup and asked, "There is no scene for you in the afternoon?" ”

"Not this afternoon or tomorrow morning," Martin said. ”

Catherine pondered, quietly took out the business card she brought from the hotel, and stuffed it to Martin: "I live here." ”

Martin looked at it a little, and suddenly found that Catherine, who was not with Alexandra, although also beautiful, had a precipitous decline in her attraction to him.

He didn't have time tonight, and he talked serious nonsense: "The intensity of the song and dance drama is very high, you maintain your mental and physical strength, and I have invested tens of millions of dollars in this play." ”

Hearing Martin say seriously, Catherine quickly assured for the sake of her future acting career: "Don't worry, I was introduced to the crew by you, and I will definitely go all out and will not embarrass you." ”

"This is the first role you can really talk about, and it's very important." Martin wasn't joking: "If you audition for another crew in the future, it's going to be a resume that you can take a shot." ”

Catherine listened to it, and Martin was much better than most of the producers, directors and top stars she saw in the circle.

"Let's get ready." Martin waved at her.

Catherine nodded, got up and walked towards the makeup trailer assigned to several of the main female supporting actors.

Martin looked at Catherine's back and suddenly figured out why she didn't feel as attractive as she did in Boston.

Without Alexandra Daddario's foil and sister flower gimmicks, Catherine Daddario is just a pretty girl.

Thinking of this, Martin couldn't help frowning, looked at Bruce who was sitting at the other table, and muttered to himself: "It's all because of Lao Bu's pervert, the influence of many years has made my thoughts gradually perverted." ”

The figure of Alexandra D'Addario floated through his mind, and Martin noticed that Catherine, who was walking away, had a little more charm.

He quickly shook his head, it would be interesting to wait for Alexandra to come over.

Martin saw Damien enter the studio door diagonally across from him, and knew he was going to get ready for the shoot, and he was going to go too.

A four-seater battery car drove up and stopped on the side of the road.

Thomas's former assistant and current WMA female agent Natasha waved at Martin, and the black long straight woman in the passenger seat was the first to get out of the car.

Clara, dressed in a slim-fitting suit that accentuated the near-perfect curves of her figure, took a few steps to Martin's side, first smiled and shook her hand, then leaned over and bowed: "Martin, thank you for your attention." ”

She wore a V-neck shirt under a slim-fitting blazer, which immediately revealed a strong sense of professionalism.

When many actresses wear low-necked clothes, they always like to cover their chests, for fear of being seen by people who shouldn't be looking.

That being the case, why not wear a turtleneck? Because they're afraid that the people who should be watching won't see it.

People like Martin.

Clara bowed in thanks for a few seconds before straightening up.

Always using these to test people, Martin was also helpless, and asked casually: "Are you still adapting here?" ”

"That's good." Clara looked back at Natasha and said, "The agent took very good care of me and helped me a lot. ”

These words naturally fell into the ears of Natasha behind.

Whether it's intentional or not, this makes people feel comfortable when they hear it.

Clara showed some self-consciousness in some ways: "After I auditioned for the set, I went to the crew rehearsals, and when I came home from the crew, I studied the script, and I didn't visit Los Angeles properly. ”

Her words, though not direct, always explained what she meant: "It's just that when Natasha took me for a physical examination, I took a general look at Beverly Hills." ”

Martin was a little surprised, and he can only say that he is worthy of being a person from the stick entertainment industry.

Natasha stepped forward and said, "Clara worked hard and signed up for acting classes and accent classes. ”

Martin said directly: "I'll take you to Los Angeles when I have time. ”

Clara bowed slightly and said, "I'm sorry Martin for you." ”

Martin waved his hand: "Go get busy." ”

Clara nodded and followed Natasha out of the place.

When going to the makeup trailer, Natasha whispered: "You are a smart person, don't think that you have Martin's support, just in the crew, some people you can-for-tat such as a few supporting actresses together, and some people you better put up with, such as the heroine Saoirse Ronan." ”

Clara took a closer look: "Saoirse Ronan is a student of Martin. ”

"Still a lover." Natasha said, "The kind that can get into Martin's house." ”

Clara replied, "I see." ”

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On the other side, Martin enters the studio and finds Damien.

There was no actor in the afternoon, and Martin simply acted as Damien's temporary assistant.

Damien was a little uncomfortable, and specially reminded: "Martin, you promised that I will be in charge of the shooting." ”

Martin smiled: "You don't have to worry about me, I won't interfere with your work, I just want to see how to schedule the crew." ”

Damien understood and said, "If you want to ask, you can ask me between shoots." ”

"I will." Having said that, Martin still speaks very little, more through his eyes.

It didn't take too long for all the four actresses who appeared on the shooting this afternoon to enter the set.

In the next day and a half, the crew will focus on filming the singing and dancing scenes of the heroine and her three female companions.

The original plan for these four roles was to choose four actresses of different skin tones to play.

But with Mene on board, the crew already had a face for black actors, with one white, one Latino and one Asian for the three supporting actresses.

Such a combination is very Los Angeles except for the incongruity of renting together.

Whites, Asians, and Latinos are everywhere.

Saoirse Ronan was the first to enter the set, saw Martin on the director's side, and beckoned when he turned around.

Martin responded, and she smiled back.

Then, three other actresses with makeup came over.

Latino and long black and brown hair are okay, and that long black straight body is a good foul.

Saoirse thought of Martin's ex-girlfriend Blake Lively, and estimated that the two had a fight in terms of figure.

Filming soon began, and Saoirse's energy was all focused on acting, and she knew exactly who the teacher was when she was twelve or thirteen.

After a few scenes, she didn't have to do anything superfluous, and the part of the set about the actors and performances completely revolved around her.

Saoirse is a very tearing actress, who once tore Emma Watson to the bitter end, and was once so depressed that she didn't dare to appear in public.

But she won't lower her style and take the initiative to tear up with these people.

As long as they don't provoke her.

In the next scene, the scene moves from indoors to outdoors and is actually still filmed on set in the studio.

Damien called in four actors and specifically emphasized: "Pay attention to the position. His gaze swept over the three supporting characters: "The three of you revolve around Saoirsa, and Saoirse is the center point of this dance. ”

The other three actresses have to hold back even if they have ideas in their hearts, and they must cooperate.

After a long rehearsal of the dance scene, the four actresses also cooperated, and the filming went relatively smoothly.

Martin followed Damien and kept carefully observing every department of his crew, the director was the chief director of the on-set shooting, and he said what he wanted, and the other departments had to do it.

The lighting is adjusted to match the expected brightness, the costumes are provided to match the scene, the props and sets set up the set, the actors are responsible for expressing the director's planned scenes, and the film crew records all of this.

Unlike David Fincher and Christopher Nolan, Damien is not the kind of director who likes to shoot in person, he knows enough about the work of each department, but in fact he is not very good at hands, and is more like a pure studio director.

And he has imagination, has a talent for dispatching and commanding, and lacks some experience.

So, Louise assigned Damien an experienced assistant director.

This assistant director is like the string of a kite, and at any time he will pull the young director who is easy to let go of his mind back to reality.

It's hard to say what will happen to Damien in the future, but he is now humble enough to listen to his deputy.

After an afternoon of cabaret shooting, the four actresses sat tired and didn't want to get up, Martin went over to ask a few questions, and Saoirse pulled him out of the studio with him.

Martin had just returned her to the make-up trailer and came out with her makeup and change her clothes, when Harold, the assistant in the crew's office, hurried from the studio.

Seeing Martin, he hurriedly trotted over and said: "Screenwriter Mia and arranger Sebastian have made a fuss in the studio, and no one can persuade them. ”

Martin called out to Lao Bu and went to the studio not far away.

(End of chapter)