Robin Wright is on the left and Tom Hanks is on the right. The two walked into the camera from back to front on a dirt road in the woods in front of Forrest Gump's house.
Forrest Gump wore a blue and white plaid shirt, and he and Jenny walked side by side. This was the first scene where adult Forrest Gump and Jenny appeared in the script. Ronald filmed this first,
It is also to allow the actors to start simple and get into the state quickly.
"Bang..." A rock made of lightweight material hit Tom Hanks on the head...
Both Tom Hanks and Robin Wright turned their heads quickly. Hanks also made several exaggerated movements using the stiff posture he learned from the actor Michael in Forrest Gump. His face
There was also a very innocent but hurt expression.
"Stop!"
Jenny, played by Robin Wright, had a tomboyish look on her face and shouted loudly at the boy who threw stones to tease the low-IQ Forrest Gump.
The supporting actor picked up another stone, said, "Didn't you hear me? You idiot," and then threw it in that direction.
"Run, Forrest Gump, run!"
"Cut!"
Ronald stopped, he knew there was something wrong with this one. Tom Hanks' performance was a little too stiff.
Although Forrest Gump is a somewhat silly young man, his movements are usually a bit stiff, but this is due to his own spinal problems. Later, because he wore corrective leg braces, he became even more inferior after being laughed at, and his movements were awkward.
He couldn't help but slow down, because he wanted to make sure that what he made was not so stupid, to prevent others from laughing at him.
In this scene, Tom Hanks' movements seemed too stiff. It seemed that in addition to his slightly lower IQ, Forrest Gump also suffered from some other disease. The stiffness caused by this went beyond the psychological category and became a physical disease.
Ronald didn't point it out to his face, because Shirley Lansing, a layman pretending to be an expert, was watching his filming with sunglasses on. He couldn't give her any excuse. Even if it wasn't good, he would have to wait until she got out.
I'll explain it to Hanks again, and at the worst possible outcome, we'll have to reshoot it.
Anyway, with Ronald's current status in the world, even if the filming is not good halfway through, and someone is replaced and the filming is retaken, there is a high probability that someone will pay for it. Under the long-term accumulated reputation, he can do small things willfully. In the past,
The success will make capital feel that it will be as successful as ever this time. If there are any shortcomings, it must be other people's problems.
This was what Spielberg was like back then. After Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and other blockbuster movies, there was a period of time when he would shoot repeatedly on the set until he was 100% satisfied. No one thought he had the
What's wrong? It wasn't until the comedy 1941 failed at the box office that he became more concerned about budget balance.
Tom Hanks is also an old actor who has been working on film crews for more than ten years. When he heard Ronald's call to stop, he did not let himself continue running forward and left a proper editing point. He knew that he
His performance was not satisfactory to the director. He came over to say a few words to Ronald, but Ronald just gave him a thumbs up and continued to shoot the next scene.
"Cut! This one is also very good, let's add another insurance, and then enter the next scene..."
Tom Hanks frowned. Before filming started, he and Ronald talked about Forrest Gump's performance almost every day. He also knew that Ronald's understanding of this character was complex and not so easy to let go.
past one's own mistakes.
But on the set, everything must be based on what the director says. Others present, except perhaps Robin Wright and creative director Polly Platt, who had some understanding, felt that Ronald was using his name normally.
The directing ability to quickly integrate performances.
In the past, there were so many movies with complex and delicate performances and high-level requirements. Ronald also did it with ease. He could often achieve satisfactory results with just a few lines, and then turned it into gold in the editing room, making everyone on the scene look ordinary.
Film becomes eye-catching.
The next shot is the scene where the bad boys chased Forrest Gump with their car. Ronald arranged a section of rails right in front of Tom Hanks to take a close shot of him.
"Kakakaka..."
Tom Hanks's face is covered with sweat (a masterpiece of the makeup artist, indicating that Forrest Gump is now frightened and scared, and can only run with all his strength to avoid being hit from behind...), and his hands swing back and forth to a large extent, almost exceeding his shoulders
, parallel to the eyes, and his eyes never blinked once during this period.
"Cut!"
Ronald was quite satisfied with this running scene. Tom Hanks once asked for a real shot, but Ronald refused because it was too dangerous. He didn't want his leading actor to be injured on the first day of filming.
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Anyway, the special effects department has a lot of blue screen special effects to deal with, such as Lieutenant Dan's broken leg, Forrest Gump playing table tennis, and various shots of encountering artillery fire in Vietnam, and there are not many scenes like this.
So I had people set up a blue screen behind, and then let Tom Hanks run hard alone. The car chasing behind was shot separately later, and then superimposed with post-production computer special effects.
As for the shots of the car approaching and hitting Forrest Gump's butt, as well as the shots of Forrest Gump running very fast, and the car missing Forrest Gump by just a few inches, all were solved using close-ups, close-ups, and special effects stand-ins.
After a few shots were taken, Ronald continued shooting the next shots without making any requests.
This time it was the football coach of the University of Alabama who came to the local area to select talents. It happened that Forrest Gump was chased by the bad boys and had nowhere to escape. He crossed the railing and entered the field, but he ran faster than all the football players...
The coach stood up in surprise.
These shots of running on the field are actually quite technical, using the illusion of perspective to make Tom Hanks, who is closer to the camera, appear to be running faster than the football players on the far side.
In fact, Tom Hanks is already thirty-eight years old. No matter how talented he is in sports, he cannot outrun the extras who are in their twenties and are strong and strong playing rugby players. But let the extras slow down.
It will also allow the audience to see flaws, because the human eye is very good at judging the speed of human running. They can clearly see that Hanks has tried his best, but the extras are obviously letting go.
Therefore, by using some illusions caused by perspective, Hanks' speed can be made to appear faster than the football players in the background. There will be no obvious fake visual experience.
"Cut!"
Ronald didn't say anything, and just asked Tom Hanks to rest for twenty minutes, and then run with all his strength again.
Taking advantage of Hanks' opportunity to rest, Ronald pointed the camera at the stands again to capture the coach's reaction.
Playing the University of Alabama football coach was Sonny Schroyer, who was chosen in part because of his familiarity with the subject and his familiarity with the subject, having played a role in the 1972 football movie "The Longest Yard."
The price is cheap.
Sonny Shroyer wore a brown coat and a black-and-white plaid hat on his head. The style of the hat was called a "dogtooth hat."
This is the most famous costume of Bear Bryant, the real football coach of the University of Alabama in history. This is the legendary coach in the history of American University football, during his twenty-five years as the head coach of the University of Alabama
, he won six national championships and thirteen regional conference championships, and his 323 wins were also a national record.
This coach may be one of the few nationally-known figures in Alabama (except for the current head coach William). Anyone from the South or a college football spectator will notice this black and white dog-tooth-like figure.
With crossed hats, no one can mistake his owner.
"Action!"
I saw the legendary coach played by Sonny Schroyer, following the passing route with his eyes, following the ball from left to right, observing the performance of local high school players. Suddenly, he discovered something extraordinary.
In the next shot, Sonny Shroyer suddenly stood up, and a second later, the attendant next to him also stood up. There were expressions of surprise on everyone's faces.
Then in an over-the-shoulder shot, from behind the coach, we saw Tom Hanks' stand-in, a young man named Kiefer, wearing the same blue and white plaid shirt running desperately.
Then the coach asked the people around him again, "Who the hell is this?". When asking, the coach was already staring at Forrest Gump's back. This was the first time he had seen a person running so fast.
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"Ah, that's the local fool, Forrest, Forrest Gump..."
"Cut!"
After shooting this sequence of shots, Tom Hanks happened to be almost resting, so we started shooting the second running scene.
At the end of the whole day, Tom Hanks just kept running, using that clumsy but determined posture, running with all his strength. And during the running process, he never blinked when facing the camera.
This filming secret has been used by many Hollywood actors since the British actor Michael Caine made it public in a film acting video that was released to the public.
Because when people watch a movie, they feel different from when they talk to a real person in the real world. The huge screen will magnify the blinking dozens of times. When the audience sees the characters not blinking, they will feel that they are not blinking.
When you are watching yourself, you feel like you are carefully observing the reactions of the characters in the dialogue, which gives you a very immersive feeling.
An actor who blinks will be perceived as lacking confidence, weak, or absent-minded, thinking about how to deal with this person while talking, etc.
In the movie Forrest Gump, the meaning of not blinking goes beyond that. Forrest Gump is a child whose IQ is much weaker than the average level, so he heard his mother say that he should be serious about doing things, so when he is focused, he
Never blink.
"The progress today seems to be good?"
At night, the cast and crew went to rest. Shirley Lansing went to Ronald's room to get some news.
Lansing didn't have much experience in making movies. Although she was an actress by background, most of her so-called "experience" was just passing on some of Jaffe's ideas around her partner and boss Jaffe.
So she couldn't tell whether the movie was good or bad. Only Ronald had to say it himself before she could have an idea.
"Not bad. For a movie that has just been launched, it is very good. You can see that my requirements are basically met, and the performances of Tom and Robin are simply great. Especially Robin, you can
Can you tell she just gave birth a few weeks ago?"
Ronald knew that this woman was very superficial, so he immediately used some insignificant details to deal with her, but they sounded interesting to a layman.
"It's really great. How did you feel the level of their performance from the scene?" Shirley Lansing pretended to ask for advice. Although she didn't understand, as a shrewd woman, she did feel the slightest hint of their performance.
Something between Nader and Tom Hanks.
She didn't understand this kind of thing, nor did she understand it, but there was something in the eyes of the two that no one else could understand, something that Ronald and Hanks could convey with just one look.
"You are also an expert in movies, Shirley. I am no different from other directors. I only see it with the naked eye and feel it as an audience. When the samples are developed tomorrow, we will watch them together to make the final decision..."
Ronald shrugged, deliberately showing an expression that said, "I'm not a genius."
"Don't say that, in my eyes, you are a genius..." Lan Xing was elated by the saying that you are also an expert, and she quickly started complimenting each other.
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"What did I do wrong? I can't find the feeling..."
"You did nothing wrong, Tom. You just need some time to find Forrest, he is in your heart...", Ronald pointed to Hanks' chest.
"I don't think so. I feel like I've lost him a bit. Forrest Gump is moving away from me..." Tom Hanks sat on the sofa in distress and let out a long sigh. Forrest Gump is indeed a very difficult person to play.
Role.
This fool is different from Dustin Hoffman's idiot genius in "Rain Man". He is a little bit below the dividing line between normal and low-IQ...
So many times, Forrest Gump is not always a stupid person. He has obvious feelings about the contempt, teasing, and rejection of others.
His always positive attitude towards the contempt others have for him is not because he is too stupid to feel it, but because he is keeping a promise to his mother and Jenny, two people who love him.
Mother told A-Gump that only those who do stupid things are fools. A person with a lower IQ does not mean that he will always do stupid things. As long as he remembers the methods taught by those who love him, he will not become a fool.
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Jenny is Forrest Gump’s only friend of the same age. She protects Forrest Gump’s only pure spiritual land despite being despised by many people around him. With Jenny, Forrest Gump will not feel that his IQ is inferior to others. This is why Jenny
He was told to run away if the momentum was not right. A-Gump remembered the reason why he was so tight.
Therefore, A-Gump sometimes reacts like a normal person to others (things he often experiences or encounters), sometimes reacts slowly (being teased by acquaintances), and sometimes is completely unclear about the situation (encountering strange places, people, etc.)
Things), how to make the three of them look unnatural in the eyes of the audience, and how to faithfully convey this reaction to the audience is the ultimate challenge for the actors.
Rainman is different. He is usually autistic and cannot communicate with others normally. He yells when he leaves his familiar environment. The only time he is superhuman is when he does math problems... This is very clear and demarcated.
Although the performance is quite beautiful, it is actually not very difficult.
"It's okay, Tom. I'll give you time to find the right feeling. You know, sometimes it's just a matter of proportion. Once you find it, you've found it. Before I find the feeling, I just treat it as a test shoot. It doesn't matter. Wait.
You found the correct size, we just re-photographed it."
"This, this really makes people feel relieved..." Seeing Ronald's understatement, Hanks was very confident in himself and regained his courage.
"It's okay. I haven't lost money while making a movie. I can waste enough time. Don't think about anything. Shirley Lansing is a fool and doesn't understand the importance of this movie. You just need to