Half an hour later, Yi Feiyang greeted everyone again to start filming.
This time, the extras who were originally absent-minded, cheered up one by one, and based on the acting skills they learned, as well as their own experience and understanding, they seriously performed their "small roles" in front of the blue screen and in front of the air.
Needless to say, this photo shoot was a repeat.
Afterwards, the extra actors expressed their gratitude and gratitude to Mel Gibson, who taught them how to act, but Mel smiled and said, the person you should thank is not me, but someone else.
At this moment, the extras seemed to suddenly realize and understand the good intentions of director Yi Feiyang.
On the third day of filming, Mel Gibson, as the leading actor, was naturally speechless. His acting was superb and the filming went smoothly. And Jason Statham, who plays his general Thain, is also very charming.
, he shaped his role very well.
During this period, Jason was constantly on the stage and received guidance from Mel Gibson, and his acting skills can be said to have improved by leaps and bounds.
Mel Gibson also admired Jason as a British guy. He felt that he was not as boring as other British people. On the contrary, he was very humorous and could tell some interesting jokes, especially those about women, which made people laugh.
You know, although Mel Gibson is conservative, as a man, there is no one who doesn't like to hear such jokes.
As a result, Jason further gained Mel's favor and was secretly taught many filming tips.
For example, Mel Gibson told Jason Jason's role as General "Sion" that the focus of this character is "loyalty and courage". When cut open, it means bravery and loyalty, but how to express these two aspects?
What? There are skills.
What technique?
Showing bravery relies on movements. The basic movements are clenching fists, glaring, gritting teeth, and roaring; showing loyalty relies on eyes. The basic eyes are resolute, fearless, admirable, and bold.
These are the experiences Mel Gibson has gained from acting for so many years. Most people don't tell him at all, but Jason is undoubtedly not an ordinary person. He was taught by Gibson and his acting skills have flourished.
Compared with the stability and explosive acting of Mel Gibson and Jason Statham, Bill Clinton, who plays the villain Persian Emperor Xerxes, feels a lot of pressure.
Yes, it's a lot of pressure.
Clinton was familiar with the script and had a thorough grasp of the role. However, there were some awkwardnesses in the performance, such as Xerxes' domineering attitude of only dancing, and the cruelty of wielding the power of life and death. He couldn't do it.
Performed vividly and vividly.
As a director, Yi Feiyang saw it and took it to heart. He went to Clinton privately and asked him why.
Clinton said: These are all the consequences of being the president of the United States.
As the former President of the United States, Clinton has always been exposed to the media spotlight, which resulted in him developing a gentle and personable manner. To put it bluntly, he has the very hypocritical social image of a politician.
This was far different from the presidential domineering Yi Feiyang had expected. Yi Feiyang knew that he was wrong and mistakenly equated the president of the democratic era with the emperor of the slave era.
Xerxes is a representative of dictatorship.
The President of the United States is a symbol of freedom and democracy.
The two characters are simply polar opposites.
After understanding this, Yi Feiyang was completely miserable.
It seems that many things cannot be solved or realized by taking it for granted. I originally thought that choosing Clinton to play Xerxes was a perfect choice, but now it seems to be a deceptive mistake.
…
"I'm sorry Yi, I couldn't perform the role well and held back the crew." During the break, Clinton even ignored his face and apologized directly to Yi Feiyang.
Faced with Clinton's self-blame, Yi Feiyang felt that Clinton was cute for the first time and started to look like a real actor.
A real actor must understand honor and shame, respect the director, and unite the crew.
"It's okay, you just haven't found the feeling." Yi Feiyang comforted him.
"No, it's not like that. I know what my problem is. I can't act like a tyrant at all. Yes, I am too gentle and too statesman. My years of experience as president have made it impossible for me to combine dictatorship and despotism.
Integrating into the drama, I...I am a loser!"
"No one is born a winner. Failure is the mother of success, right? So, you must have confidence in yourself!"
"So what should I do?" Clinton asked humbly.
"It's very simple, exchange your disadvantages for your advantages..." Yi Feiyang pointed out, "Since you can't be superficially tyrannical, then exchange it for hidden tyranny. Don't forget, you are a politician, a politician
What are you best at? That’s disguising!”
A word to wake up the dreamer!
At that moment, Clinton suddenly became cheerful, yes, why didn’t he think of that?!
As a political chameleon, why can’t I play the role of a tyrant?! Shit!!!
…
Shooting continues.
The camera rustled.
Close-up shot, Xerxes, sitting high on the throne, looks at the kneeling ministers below with a look of disdain.
After putting on makeup, Clinton is almost unrecognizable. He has a pale face, strange eyes, ears with gold rings, a crown, and imperial robes... The robes are based on the costumes of the ancient Persian emperors.
Specially made.
Clinton played his role very accurately this time. Xerxes' grace, domineering, and hidden cruelty were all revealed in his expressions and every move.
Xerxes: "You mean, the Spartans were unwilling to surrender and defeated the army I sent over?"
Minister: "Yes, my great majesty, those hateful Spartans rebelled against your will and wanted to go against us, Persia, and begged you to send troops again to destroy them."
Xerxes sneered: "I know this, I don't need you to teach me!"
The minister was frightened and said, "I'm sorry, my king, you deserve death!"
Xerxes: "People say that those Spartans are good at fighting. It seems true. They can even stop my army. Maybe they are really a group of warriors."
"But..." the topic changed, "No matter how powerful the warrior is, in front of our Persian army, he is just an ant that can be easily crushed to death!"
In a close-up shot, Xerxes's eyes reveal a cruel look, and his pale face is as terrifying as a ghost.
…
"CUT!" Director Yi Feiyang yelled from behind the camera to stop.
The actors, who had been so solemn just now, all let out a sigh of relief.
"How was it? Director, how was our performance?" Someone couldn't help but ask.
"Very good!" Yi Feiyang praised, "Especially dear Clinton, you performed very well!"
Clinton, who plays Xerxes, did not expect that Yi Feiyang would praise him so much. He was quite surprised and said: "Are you telling the truth? My performance was very good?"
"Yes. You have finally grasped the heart of the character Xerxes. Just as I expected, what I want is not something superficial, but the domineering and violent spirit from the heart. You,
Did it all!”
What Yi Feiyang said is absolutely sincere. You must know that from the beginning of filming this movie, what Yi Feiyang wanted to do was to be different from the previous movie "300" and to shoot with his own characteristics. So there is no doubt that Xue Feiyang
The character of Sith needs to be transformed, and actors need to repackage him, making him flesh and blood. He has feelings. He is not a monster in his previous life, let alone a god, but a person of flesh and blood. To be a human being, he must have feelings. There is no doubt that Clinton did it.
.
…
If the actors' performances are on track and the shooting is getting smoother, then Yi Feiyang will focus on special effects design.
As mentioned before, this drama was shot with a blue screen. The actors stood in front of a large blue screen to perform. Later, special effects were used to create visual shots. Palaces, palaces, warships, battles, endless rice fields, etc. all needed to be used.
Show special effects.
The special effects team of Fantasy Entertainment, a subsidiary of Yifei Yang, worked hard to take over this work. However, some specific shots were still unable to be produced, so the company had no choice but to turn to some big-name special effects masters in Hollywood.
In the end, Yi Feiyang chose Stan Winston.
Many people may be a little unfamiliar with the name of director Stan Winston, but if you look at his work list, you will find a long list of extremely familiar characters - "Terminator 1, 2, 3", "Alien"
", "Jurassic Park", "Edward Scissorhands", "The Predator", "Interview with the Vampire", "Big Fish", etc. Many of these films won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects and Costume Design, including
The "Terminator" series is the most famous, and he designed the Terminator's endoskeleton shape.
The existence of Stan Winston makes people understand: in today's extremely advanced CG technology, model special effects are still irreplaceable. For this master who once brought aliens, terminators and dinosaurs to life on the movie screen, we can't imagine movie special effects.
What would the world be like without him? He is like the "Ray Harryhausen" of this era, making special effects worthy of the title of "movie magic".
Now, at the indoor studio of Fantasy Entertainment, this super special effects master met Yi Feiyang. He looked very old. After all, he was in his fifties. And because he focused on mental work, his temples were grayer than his actual appearance.
He looks much older.
Winston was a little strange. He didn't know why the owner of Fantasy Entertainment was staring at him. He was very interested in this company. After all, the person standing in front of him was not only the owner of a film company, but also the only recognized company in Hollywood.
The most powerful screenwriter and director. He knew that Yi Feiyang was talented, but he didn't know that he was still so young.
In fact, Yi Feiyang looks to be more than twenty-four years old. The slightly raised smile at the corner of his mouth makes him look more mature and charming. Originally, Yi Feiyang kept in mind the old saying in China that he has no hair on his lips.
, I was not good at work, and I wanted to give myself a beard, but when I looked in the mirror, it felt fake. It turns out that growing a beard to play a tycoon also requires qualifications, such as Gusta from Lionsgate Films, who is in his thirties.
How old he is, he looks more attractive with a beard, but it would look a bit artificial if he were Yifeiyang.
Obviously, Yi Feiyang is not suitable for growing a beard, so the only way to start is from the expression. By chance, Yi Feiyang found that he turned up the corners of his mouth and looked a little bit secretly charming, and he also appeared to be much more stable and mature, so this became
His signature.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Everyone has special little moves that can highlight that person's personality traits, and Yi Feiyang, the little habit of Qiao's mouth, makes him look more mature and sophisticated, and also has a very manly feeling.
Yi Feiyang smiled and shook hands with Winston: "I have admired your name for a long time, and it is an honor to meet you today!"
"Nice to meet you too, Yi. You are a legend!" Winston was very interested in this Chinese young man.
After the two briefly exchanged greetings, Yi Feiyang got down to business, "Mr. Winston, I've always been curious about how you did the special effects in "The Predator"?"
What Yi Feiyang wants to ask about is the special effects in "The Predator". They will indeed be nothing in the future, but in this era they are definitely quite outstanding. The effects are very realistic and not made with animation. But the most disappointing thing is
What Yi Feiyang was curious about was the appearance of the Predator after he took off his mask in that film. It could be described as "amazing". At that moment, Yi Feiyang's first reaction was, had Winston seen the Chinese 86 version of "Journey to the West"?
", actually borrowed Zhu Bajie's style from the past.
Winston was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Yi Feiyang's first sentence would be this. Since he mentioned his most proud skill, he naturally said: "Actually, it's not difficult to do special effects, as long as you are willing to put in the effort.
!”
Yi Feiyang nodded. It is indeed not difficult at the moment. In the future, it will really require professional skills. However, he believes that Winston's ability definitely has great potential. He stared at Winston and smiled slightly: "Wins
Mr. Dayton, you don’t have any film dates right now, do you?”
"We still have a drama contract with Paramount." Winston seemed to understand, but he didn't quite understand: "But I don't even know when the drama will start!"
"How about this, let's let Dream Entertainment sign you, what do you think? As for Paramount, their boss Mr. Raymond and I are old friends, and I will call him immediately to talk about it!" Yi Feiyang handed it over.
He gave him a contract. He motioned for him to take a look, picked up the phone and called Raymond: "Hi, dear Raymond, long time no see. I have something to ask you this time. Does your company still have a video camera?
Mr. Ston's acting appointment? Give it to me and I'll pay you five hundred thousand."
When Raymond heard this, he suddenly burst out laughing, "Ha. Dear Yi, what are you going to do? You came over halfway to poach me?"
Yi Feiyang shrugged and said to the phone: "No way, it's not my new play, I need Mr. Winston's help!"
"Oh, that's it." Raymond said with a smile, "Okay then. Just five hundred thousand, forget it. God, you underestimate me. I'm not such an unloyal person... But I'm waiting for your drama.
When it is released, I want to obtain some overseas distribution rights in advance..."
Yesterday, he also said that he is loyal, but everyone knows that Yi Feiyang's movies will definitely make a lot of money, especially when it comes to overseas distribution.
However, Yi Feiyang didn't care about this and immediately replied: "It's settled, thank you very much!"
"Haha, then I wish us happy cooperation in advance!" Raymond hung up the phone.
Winston here was greatly surprised, because he didn't expect Yi Feiyang's power to be so powerful. He "asked" for him with just a phone call, and he didn't spend a penny. What does it mean to have hands and eyes all over the sky?
?This is it!
Taking advantage of the gap between Yi Feiyang and Raymond saying goodbye, Winston took the opportunity to look at the contract that Yi Feiyang handed him just now, and then he was shocked again.
Not to mention anything else, the engagement fee above alone is 50 million US dollars!
God, it’s really 50 million!
Winston thought he was dazzled, so he wiped his eyes and looked carefully. Yes, it was 50 million!
In other words, is the other party planning to use 50 million to hire me?!
Seeing Winston's dumbfounded look, Yi Feiyang already understood what he was surprised about, and smiled: "Don't be too surprised, Mr. Winston, please see clearly, the 50 million US dollars is to hire you for three years, yes, this is
A three-year contract, not one! But as far as I know, your current highest retainer is only 15 million, and it is only 45 million in three years. Now I will buy you out for three years with an extra 5 million. I don’t know.
What do you think?"
Winston was very excited. You must know that people who do special effects like them generally don't get many jobs. After all, not every Hollywood blockbuster requires him to do special effects, especially now that the competition for special effects in Hollywood is fierce.
, many people lowered their prices to accept films. Although he was strong, his worth was too high, so he was robbed of many opportunities by many juniors. He cherished his face, but was embarrassed to fight for it, which made him very depressed. But now,
Fantasy Entertainment is actually willing to pay 50 million to sign him for three years, which means that within three years, he and his company will not have to worry about whether there will be a job to take. Such a generous condition will definitely make everyone in the circle envious.
Winston never imagined that such a good thing would happen to him, whether he hit the jackpot, got lucky, or... was he dreaming?!
No, this is all true!
Winston was overjoyed and was about to sign the contract. Seeing that he was still dazed, Yi Feiyang couldn't help but tap the table to wake him up and said: "Mr. Winston, please read the contract clearly. In the three-year contract, in addition to serving as
In addition to the special effects work at Fantasy Entertainment, you also have to take care of the director's duties. Yes, you have to take on one more of these tasks, how about it?"
Winston was shocked and quickly browsed the terms carefully. Sure enough, in addition to being invited to be a special effects artist, he was also invited to be a director. But... why would the other party value him so much? Give him so many heavy responsibilities?
Could it be that I really met my soulmate?!
You know, in the United States, trust is more precious than gold!
