The weather on this day was exceptionally good, the sun was shining brightly, and there were no clouds in the sky. Such good weather is rare in Los Angeles. Even the rare birds began to chirp on the branches, making it very lively.
Fantasy Pictures and the crew of "Saw" began the boot-up worship ceremony as usual.
The statue of Guandi, revered by Yi Feiyang as the God of China, stands majestically in the center of the shooting location. Incense burners, sandalwood, roasted suckling pig, fruits, and other sacrifices are all available.
Rabbit Bill, Fat Jack and others seem to have become accustomed to this very Chinese god worship ceremony. As the assistant director, James Wan, as well as the starring Max Fonsido, as well as a bunch of other actors, are all the first
I was exposed to such an interesting startup ceremony for the first time, so I widened my eyes to see what the people in front of me were doing, and then I followed suit and lit incense and bowed in obeisance, mumbling a few words, "Master Guan bless you..."
"Why is this Chinese god's face so red?" The actor "Ray Whannell" who plays "Adam" next to him couldn't help but ask "Dante Seton" who plays doctor "Gordon" next to him.
"Oh, he must have drank a lot of wine. You know, Chinese people love to drink, especially their Erguotou. I drank it once. God, it's just alcohol!"
"It's really rare for a god to drink like this."
"Don't say that. I have also seen a black-faced Chinese god named Bao Qingtian. That guy is even more awesome. I heard he can travel through the underworld and interrogate those prisoners who have made mistakes..."
…
The power-on worship ceremony is finally completed.
As the director, Yi Feiyang stood majestically in the center of the venue, smoking a cigarette and looking at the crew members who were preparing around him.
Next to him is the assistant director James-Wan Rabbit Bill. Fat Jack is the coordinator this time and is responsible for the gathering and arrangement of the entire crew.
Originally, Yi Feiyang should be in charge of his own cartoon, and Rabbit Bill should be the director of this drama. However, after experiencing a series of things such as script collision, in order to rush for time and improve efficiency, Yi Feiyang still went into battle himself and did it.
The director of this play... Regarding this, Rabbit Bill could only sigh that his life was bad. However, Yi Feiyang promised him that after the company's situation stabilized, he would definitely open a new play for him so that he could become a director.
addiction.
"Director, the preparations are complete, everyone is in their places, we can start!" A staff member ran over and said to Yi Feiyang.
"Oh? It's time to start? Okay! Let's all start working hard together, "Saw"... get ready to start shooting!" Yi Feiyang threw the cigarette in his hand on the ground, looked at it, and then stepped on it.
He twisted hard and waved his hand. He ran towards a new starting point in his life.
Inside the decorated factory bathroom.
"Dante, this is going to be a long scene. It's a rivalry between you and Lei. You must show your true skills." Yi Feiyang held the script in his hand and faced Dante who was standing on his left.
After Din Sidon said something, he handed him the script and said: "You play it again, and now you think of me as Adam!"
Dressed by a stylist, Dante wore pale makeup, giving people a feeling of being tortured. He took the script handed over by Yi Feiyang and nodded: "No problem." After that, he said to Yi Feiyang
The performance started.
Looking at Dante after the performance, Yi Feiyang called Ray Warner over. There was not much makeup on his face. It was mainly about the setting of the character, a man who got up from a bathtub filled with water.
Guys, do you need makeup?
Yi Feiyang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Lei, you have to know that you are going to play a photographer who specializes in taking pictures of people's sex. You are a little person who envies the life of rich people and is selfish at the same time.
He is very timid and always likes to be suspicious of and guard against others, do you understand?"
Ray Wallner nodded repeatedly and listened carefully to Yi Feiyang's request.
After talking for a while, seeing that the photography equipment was ready, Yi Feiyang clapped his hands, looked at Lei and Dante, and said with a smile: "Guys, please take your place!"
…
A moment.
"Everyone is in your position, get ready!" Yi Feiyang calmed down his extremely excited mood, stood behind the monitor, and slowly looked around.
The recorder stood on the camera with a slate. He looked at Yi Feiyang, holding a notebook and pen under his arm. After getting ready to start, he sat aside to record. The cameraman Cindy held the camera and looked at the camera intently. The lighting engineer Charlie
The lights were dimmed to achieve the dark environment at the beginning of the show.
Dante Seaton was chained by a thick iron chain, sitting on the ground, frowning, closing his eyes and entering into the play, while Ray Warner was soaked in the pool, with the faintly glowing key floating on his face.
Pass.
Looking at the slate in front of him, which read saw, first scene, first shot, director feiyangyi and other information, Yi Feiyang looked at all the staff and finally waved: "action!!!"
"Bang!" The clear and loud clapper board suddenly closed, and the movie officially started!
Camera lens focuses.
"Adam" played by Ray Wollner suddenly woke up in a bathtub filled with water. He coughed repeatedly and struggled to climb out of the bathtub, then fell to the ground in panic.
Close-up: The light at this time was extremely dim. Reiner seemed to not be able to see clearly what was in front of him. He was horrified to find that his feet were locked by thick iron chains. He fumbled with the iron chains and stood up tremblingly with a big mouth.
Shouting: "Help, help! Damn it, who locked me up?"
Pulling hard on the chain, Ray Wollner gasped and shouted: "Oh, God! Is there someone here? I need help! Damn it, I might be dead!"
Lens shift, change of perspective.
"You're not dead..." Doctor "Gordon" played by "Dante Seton" sat on the ground and said feebly, like a guy who lost hope after struggling hard.
"Who is there? Who is it? Speak quickly!"
"No need to shout, I tried"
"Hey, whoever you are, turn on the lights!"
"I want to, but I can't find the switch."
…
Ray Wollner and Dante Seaton are both ordinary actors who were reserved by Fantasy Pictures after its establishment. Neither of them went to any acting academy and did not have many acting opportunities. Therefore, they are very unfamiliar in terms of skills. However, "Movie"
"Saw" is a drama that pursues story effects, and the requirements for actors' acting skills are not too high. Therefore, as long as the performance is not too outrageous, Yi Feiyang will not say much, just pass it if you can. To put it bluntly, this is a drama.
This is a fast food movie that was released in a previous life after just two weeks of filming.
In the camera, the character played by Ray Woerner finally decided to use the hacksaw in his hand to cut off his own feet alive so that he could escape.
A close-up of the camera shows him shaking uncontrollably while holding the hacksaw in his hand.
Yi Feiyang told photographer Cindy, "Use a subjective lens to shoot, which can enhance the sense of immersion..."
Close-up, cold sweat dripping from Ray Wallner's forehead, holding a hacksaw hesitantly, his heavy breathing can be heard from outside the camera...
…
"Stuck!" Yi Feiyang, who was standing behind the camera watching the footage, suddenly stopped.
In the studio, Ray Warner and Dante Seaton, who were performing, were stunned for a moment. They didn't understand what went wrong in their performance just now.
Yi Feiyang made a come gesture with his hand and asked Lei and Dante to come to him.
Then Yi Feiyang asked Lei: "Dear Lei, let me ask you, what is terror?"
"Terror is...just scared, yes, just very scared." Lei replied with a shrug.
"Then what is fear?"
"Afraid...it's just..." Lei didn't know how to answer, "It's just that I'm very afraid, yes, of something or someone, very afraid..."
"So, how do you think a very scared person would react when he encounters a very scary thing?"
"This...should be screaming loudly, or shouting for help."
"Except for this..."
"Well, my whole body is shaking, my lips are trembling, and..."
"Okay, since you know this, why was there sweat on your forehead when you were filming just now?"
"Is there something wrong with this...?"
"Man, the sweat on your forehead is nervousness, not fear!"
"But I think... that's about right!" Lei thought Yi Feiyang was a little too serious.
Dante next to him also said: "Yes, when someone is scared, not only will their forehead sweat, but their whole body will sweat, right?"
Yi Feiyang shook his head, "Then let me ask you, do you like watching horror movies?"
"I like it, of course I do, we are fans of horror movies!"
"If we didn't like horror movies, we wouldn't be filming here!"
Ray and Dante sang in harmony.
"So have you ever been scared or frightened when watching horror movies?"
"Of course there is. What we are looking at is the heartbeat. The heart is beating wildly. The more exciting, exciting, weird and scary the better."
"Okay, now let me tell you a story..." Yi Feiyang said suddenly.
"Ha, tell the story now?" The people who were filming were stunned, wondering which part Yi Feiyang was playing. As the assistant director and Yi Feiyang's apprentice, James Wan was even more confused, but he firmly believed in his heart,
There must be a reason for Yi Feiyang to do this.
Immediately afterwards, Yi Feiyang began his own weird story.
"My aunt is a doctor in Hong Kong and graduated from medical school. Here is her account of the first time she came into contact with a dead person:
Not long after I entered school, I was in anatomy class one morning. The teacher asked me to help get something. The thing was placed in a tray with a piece of cloth covering it. I followed his instructions and took the thing to the classroom. I originally thought
It was a model, and when it was opened, it turned out to be a real human head, that of a middle-aged man, with beard, eyes still open, and a strange expression! Some girls among the classmates screamed, no wonder
, although as a medical student, I was mentally prepared for these, but I was still quite surprised when I first saw them.
I couldn't eat for two days in a row, and I couldn't sleep well at night. Later, I saw a lot, and my nerves became numb after I really started to work in the industry. I could even go to the anatomy room alone to play with those things on the night before the exam!
This is a process that almost all medical students can go through, but of course there are exceptions!
The exception happened to a thin boy: he was in another class. He rarely talked but studied very hard. In the evening, you could always see him reading under the tree next to the playground opposite the dormitory with some books. Because the anatomy class is suitable for students.
When he got up to go to school, we often saw his fearful expression when faced with corpse specimens in class. He didn't take it seriously at first, but later he was still so frightened and uneasy when even the timid girls were no longer afraid. Everyone felt that it was unusual. Someone took it
He joked that he was allergic to those things. He didn't argue.
Strange things happened at the end of the semester, and the corpses in the morgue were severely damaged. Some were bitten to pieces, and the situation was horrific! The school increased the security force but found nothing, so many students spontaneously organized a vigil in turns, vowing to
The saboteurs were captured and brought to justice. Only the little boy did not participate. He was still allergic to that kind of thing. He actually vomited during class several times. It seemed that the symptoms had worsened, but no one paid attention to it.
Since the troublemaker could not be caught for several days, people began to suspect that it was a thief. Someone came up with a way to smear dye on the body and removed the patrolling people that night.
After a peaceful night, the most shocking thing happened the next day. The corpse was bitten again! At the same time, the little boy who was allergic to corpses was found dead in front of the bathroom mirror, with his mouth covered in purple.
Red dye!
My aunt sighed and said, people, sometimes it’s hard to distinguish between preferences and fears!”
Yi Feiyang's story came to an abrupt end, which made Lei and Dante feel frightened. They felt that the story told by the director was very "Edgar Allan Poe", very "Gothic" suspense and darkness.
But others began to think about Yi Feiyang's last words---people, sometimes it's hard to distinguish between preferences and fears!"
James Wan was the most perceptive and quickly understood the profound meaning that Yi Feiyang wanted to express.
Actors Lei and Dante didn't feel relieved at first. They thought the story Yi Feiyang told was very weird and could be published in an American horror magazine. But soon, they understood that Yi Feiyang was not doing this.
Tell them stories, but teach them how to act!
If a person likes to watch horror movies, he likes to put himself into the role and feel the fear experienced by the character; but deep down, he knows that he is watching a play and will not be harmed at all.
Filming is different. As an actor, when you want to step into the role, you have to forget who you are... and that kind of fear is definitely deep in your bones...
People sometimes can't distinguish between preferences and fears, but actors must separate the two, for no other reason than that, because you are an actor! You are the character in the play! You must not keep it when filming.
You must go deep into this idea of "I am filming, I am safe"...
After being inspired by Yi Feiyang, Ray Warner and Dante Seaton cheered up and began to devote themselves to filming.
Not to mention, as long as the actors are willing to work hard, the shots will be different.
Lei, who originally set up a street stall as a hawker, suddenly became the unlucky guy "Adam" in the movie story, and Dante, who originally worked as a pigger in the freezing factory, also suddenly became the cowardly doctor "Gordon". The two of them suddenly
The performance of each other in the play is different from that of steel. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
