"Action!"

Tom Hanks is wearing a military uniform from the Civil War, looking at a 45-degree angle to the left from the corner of his eye. This posture comes from the photo of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a retired southern officer after the Civil War.

Came from imitation.

This person was Forrest Gump's distant relative many generations ago, and was also the source of his mother's name for Forrest Gump.

Hanks wore a wig and a beard. He took a helmet with a long pole like a lightning rod from his assistant, put it on his head, and then put down the mask made of white sheets.

The white horse, with its two eyes and mouth exposed, a rein, and a white sheet covering its crotch, ran forward obediently until it met a group of extras. Then it made a 180-degree turn, and a group of people

Riding a horse and galloping by.

"Cut!"

This footage will be sped up in the later film processing, the grain of the image will be increased, and it will be processed using technical means to look like a slightly brownish black and white full-color film, which has the characteristics of films from the ancient silent film period.

"Ah sneeze... ah sneeze..."

After Tom Hanks finished shooting this scene, he got off his horse and sneezed several times. Previously, he and Robin Wright shot a scene of the two meeting in the heavy rain on campus, and shot a few more scenes. The amount of water from the sprinkler truck was a bit too much.

What's more, both protagonists have troublesome cold symptoms.

"I think you'd better rest, Tom. Stop filming, lest you end up like Robin..."

Upon seeing this, Ronald stopped the original shooting plan. Robin Wright had just given birth not long ago, and the cold had a particularly serious impact on her. The next schedule was adjusted to shoot Little Forrest Gump and Little Jenny.

scene.

…

"Thank you for coming, I really appreciate it..."

When filming the scene of Little Forrest Gump, the actors specially invited by Ronald flew to South Carolina. They were the celebrity couple, Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn.

They and Ronald have known each other for a long time. Goldie Hawn has acted in many small series, many of which have military content. In Hollywood, which is generally anti-war, she is a bit special, and she often makes fun of joining the military.

But it didn’t turn the army into hell either.

Kurt Russell also filmed a movie called "The Monster in Chinatown" with Diane many years ago, and he and Ronald have known each other for a long time.

They are very special. They have been living together since 1983, and their children from their previous marriages are jointly raised by them. They also gave birth to a son.

But the two just refused to get married. When asked, they said they still wanted to taste the sweetness of love, that marriage was just a ceremony, etc. People inside and outside the circle were not sure what they thought, but they had not had any trouble for many years.

What a contradiction, it’s true that we have always been very affectionate.

"Hey, it's fun here. Kurt and I are here for sightseeing, hahaha"

Goldie Hawn is not young now, but she still looks like a girl. The way she talks and treats others is similar to when she first entered the industry and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She has the style of a silly older sister.

"And I am about to start working..."

Kurt Russell is also a relatively simple person who speaks his mind straightly, and everyone who has worked with him has a good reputation for his attitude.

"I have arranged for a makeup artist and a costumer. We have tried our best to verify the appearance of Elvis Presley when he was young, including his early video materials and the memories of some close friends..."

"No problem, I will obey your orders now..."

The reason why Kurt Russell was invited here was that Ronald took a fancy to the scenes in which he played Elvis Presley in the 1979 Elvis Presley biopic.

There are many Elvis Presley imitators in America, and imitation contests are often held in various places, especially in Las Vegas and Elvis Presley's former residence in Memphis, Tennessee, which have annual contests.

But most of these people are just similar in appearance, not in spirit. In Forrest Gump, when Little Forrest inspired Elvis to learn the twerk dance, there was no positive image of Elvis in the entire shot.

This is because Ronald and I have not secured the copyright for Elvis Presley's image. It is not because he cannot afford the money, but because Elvis Presley's copyright is extremely complicated.

After Elvis Presley's death, his copyright was inherited by his father. After his father also passed away, it was managed by his grandmother and daughter Lisa. But in 1982, Elvis Presley's ex-wife Priscilla also changed

Became co-custodians of the estate.

Together they established a Presley company and turned Elvis Presley's former home into a museum. This led to a conflict with RCA Records, the original owner of the record copyright. After several years of court litigation and out-of-court negotiations,

The final result was that RCA owned the rights to the recording, but the live performance belonged to Presley's company.

The song "Hound Dog" that Ronald used in Forrest Gump, the song that made Elvis Presley famous, can be purchased through RCA, but if Elvis himself appears, there are a lot of troubles. Two companies

Copyright ownership agencies have different opinions on this, and it is really time-consuming and laborious to clear it.

What's even more troublesome is that Elvis' fans are also a group of very picky and loyal people. Especially after Elvis' ex-wife Priscilla took over the management of the club, they were quick to respond to various imitation shows against Elvis.

authorized permissions.

This also led to the gradual decrease in Elvis impersonation shows on television after the mid-1980s.

Ronald was also a little worried. If the scene where Forrest Gump taught Elvis Presley to learn the iconic twerk dance was filmed, many Elvis Presley fans might cause trouble.

Therefore, the final compromise was not to film the front of Elvis, but only in the subsequent plot, so that little Forrest Gump and his mother could see the real Elvis performance on TV. By weakening this interesting plot, it not only allows ordinary audiences to

It's fun, and it also prevents Elvis fans from taking it as offensive.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In this way, the actor who plays Elvis must only expose his back, and the audience must recognize at a glance that this is Elvis Presley.

Ronald asked Julia Taylor to find a suitable candidate, and she immediately recommended Kurt Russell, the star of the Elvis Presley biopic.

The Elvis Presley he played back then was generally recognized by film critics. The two main points are that not only do he look similar in appearance, but his accent and tone of voice are also very similar.

Second, even in the long shot without close-ups, he looks very much like Elvis. This is because he specially studied many of Elvis’s habitual little moves during daily life and singing...

"Action!"

After Kurt Russell arrived, he quickly got into the mood, put on makeup, and got the hairstyle of Elvis Presley's youthful slicked back and long sideburns, and immediately started filming.

The mobile camera used in this shot was a young and strong man who was an operator sent by the Steadicam company. He used a stand to lift the heavy camera and started shooting behind Sally Field, who played the mother.

"Forrest Gump, Forrest?"

Sally Field wore a red floral apron and walked through several rooms on the ground floor, asking people to eat.

As a family hotel operator, she not only has to take on the job of hotel owner, but also has to cook meals for these tourists together with the black servants.

The camera followed Sally Field up the long wooden stairs. These were built by Paramount's very capable carpenters in a short time. The white paint made this old-fashioned old house look...

Very spacious and bright.

The next shot cuts to the top of the stairs, facing Sally Field coming up from the bottom of the stairs.

"Forrest?"

Just like all mothers in the world, when it’s time for dinner, they often have to look for their naughty sons to come back for dinner.

She stopped at the door of a room, and music she had never heard in her life came from inside.

"You never catch a rabbit...dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong..."

Under the fierce strumming, little A-Gump held a broom upside down. His legs were tied with leg bands and could not move freely, so he could only swing from side to side and dance to the rhythm of the young man sitting on the bed playing guitar.

An unprecedented dance.

"Forrest Gump, I told you not to disturb this uncle..." Sally Field said in a polite way.

"Ah, ma'am, not at all. I'm just showing your son a little guitar music..."

The camera happened to capture a panoramic view of Little Forrest Gump, and the Elvis Presley played by Kurt Russell next to him had been cropped from the chest up. But all Americans saw this person playing Elvis Presley's famous song "Hound Dog"

The audience will definitely say oh and understand it.

"Okay, but lunch is already ready. You can come down to eat at any time..." The mother, played by Sally Field, cannot break away from the role of the proprietress of the family hotel and cannot urge the young people to come down for dinner. She just gave a gesture.

Okay, so I closed the door.

"Young man, do that dance you just did again and let me see..."

Director of photography Don Burgess, who was just behind the camera operator, saw the opportunity coming and immediately patted the focus operator gently on the back.

The focus puller repeated the practice many times. After feeling the tap on his back, he immediately rotated the focus knob quickly. In less than a second, he adjusted the focus from Sally Field at the door to the one closest to the camera.

Forrest Gump's face.

Kurt Russell hugged his guitar and sat back on the bed. The camera operator immediately pulled back a little. In the viewfinder, Little Forrest Gump in the foreground immediately filled the left half of the frame. Kurt behind him

Elvis Presley, played by Russell, entered the out-of-focus range just right, and his entire face was blurred. Only his voice that deliberately imitated Elvis Presley entered the recording range...

"You are nothing, you never catch a rabbit..."

"Cut!"

"Very good, very good, Kurt..." After confirming with director of photography Don Burgess that there was no problem with the camera, Ronald immediately came out to praise Kurt Russell's performance.

This shot was smooth and smooth, all the necessary plot details were shown, and it was just right to avoid the impact of Elvis Presley's image copyright. They were all top-notch Hollywood actors and teams, and this kind of execution made Ronald very satisfied.

"Thanks, Kurt..."

In the evening, after all Elvis' scenes were filmed, Ronald specially entertained Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn and thanked them for their help.

"It's nothing, Ronald. I have the opportunity to travel, and being with my Kurt is a great complement to my honeymoon..." Goldie Hawn still spoke in a girlish tone.

"Thank you anyway. You know, because of copyright reasons, the best Elvis actor in our country cannot sign his name as Elvis Presley in this movie. He can only sign his name as a young guest."

Ronald still thanked Kurt. It was a little unreasonable for a famous actor to come over and play a small role. Not only could he not be signed as Elvis, he was playing Elvis Presley.

"Ha, I'm still very happy. When Elvis was young and before he became famous, I have always wanted to play a part in his life. This is also a dream come true for me."

The scene shot on the second day was the scene where Forrest Gump gets on the school bus. This has a repetitive structure in the movie.
To be continued...