Li Yi is making final preparations before filming begins.
Just watching those "crime scenes", I have to say that there are indeed many types of jobs in Hollywood.
Even comparing Li Yi's version with the original version, it was even worse.
However, if you think about it carefully, it doesn't necessarily mean that the original technology is worse than the current one. The main reason is that the movie was born in a different era.
everything's ready.
Soon, "Seven Deadly Sins" started shooting at Dean Films' studio in New York.
The shooting of this movie definitely cannot be as easy as shooting other movies. After all, the atmosphere of the whole movie feels quite depressing.
Especially those crime scenes, even if everyone present knows that they are just scenery, they still feel uncomfortable after watching them.
There is an interesting thing about "Seven Deadly Sins", because the seven days in it are all rainy days.
There is an iron rule in Hollywood: "Never touch animals or water"!
Of course, there is one more thing to add to this iron rule, that is, don’t touch children. Because animals, children and water are factors that are difficult to control, shooting is difficult and expensive!
"Seven Deadly Sins" is actually not bad, but it involves "water"!
In fact, rain scenes are really difficult to film. Of course Li Yi knows it, but there is no way that the seven times of rain in "Seven Deadly Sins" itself have a very profound meaning.
Fortunately, there is no need for violent storms, otherwise it would be even more troublesome.
Shooting with water is extremely troublesome. Many times in China, when writing scripts, one has to try to avoid writing about rainy days unless necessary. When filming rainy days, the crew usually cooperates with two units, one is the fire department, and the other is
Gardening companies. Both types of units can provide sprinklers. Of course, Hollywood does not need to be so troublesome. Dean Film and Television has a professional company that is responsible for the "water" in movie shooting.
Some people may say, wouldn’t it be simple in this case?
But in fact, the difficulty of rain scenes lies in the cooperation of various departments.
On the one hand, the photography and lighting teams have to find ways to protect the camera and lighting equipment. Once a problem occurs, it will inevitably delay the progress; on the other hand, if the actor's clothes are wet and the makeup is gone, it will take time to change and repair the clothes, which will also delay the process.
Progress. A day's filming costs a day's money, so producers want the film to be shot as quickly as possible. However, because the error tolerance rate is low, the rain scene is shot very slowly, which leads to burning money and the production cost also goes up.
Already.
In fact, the rain scene is nothing, the difficulty lies in the "violent storm" and "big wind and waves". The creation of these two environments is much more difficult than the rain scene. Among them, the most difficult one is the "wave". Filming cannot
Relying entirely on natural conditions, we don’t really go to the beach to shoot big waves, because the waves are not guaranteed to come and go, which will delay the progress. Therefore, we usually use wave pools, but ordinary wave pools cannot meet the needs of the crew for filming, so we have to shoot enough
To make waves, you need enough money.
Fortunately, "Seven Deadly Sins" does not have these problems, because it is just a normal rainy weather.
Of course, some more demanding directors will choose to shoot on a real rainy day, but in this case, shooting will consume more time and material resources.
Li Yi had no such plan.
Because "Seven Deadly Sins" does not have one or two rain scenes, it can be said that the movie has many rain scenes. It would be very troublesome to have to deal with the weather.
If it doesn't rain all the time, it will be a shame.
The Seven Deadly Sins actually has a lot of interesting details. The number "7" can't be found everywhere in the movie, but it does appear in many places.
For example, all the building numbers in the opening scene begin with 7, the delivery time at the climax is 7:07, etc., etc.
Of course, compared with the audience watching the movie, filming is actually very boring in many cases.
Fortunately, everyone eats this kind of rice and is a professional, so they are all used to it.
Li Yi actually doesn't like to work overtime most of the time when making movies. In Hollywood, there are rumors that people must get off work at a certain time and not work overtime. This is actually all nonsense, because when the scene is really critical, overtime will definitely still be worked.
However, it is not the norm in China.
"Seven Deadly Sins" is being filmed in an orderly manner. In addition to the leading actors, many behind-the-scenes staff do not know the complete plot of the film. This is also one of the fun aspects of filming this type of suspense film.
When they were taking a break, they would occasionally discuss the plot of the movie.
The filming of the movie is progressing very quickly.
After all, the drama "Seven Deadly Sins" cannot be released in China, so Li Yi has not done any publicity in China.
However, this cannot be hidden from insiders.
After all, there are many people who know about this matter, and just not publicizing it does not mean it is kept secret.
So, it spread quickly.
"Why do you want to film in Hollywood? Can't you do it at home?"
"Is this a regular operation of the dog director? It must have been shot in China but it couldn't be released, so it went to Hollywood."
"Anyway, even if it can't be shown in theaters, at least it will be no problem to watch it on the online platform. I look forward to Director Gou becoming the real king of suspense!"
"This is too difficult. After all, the routines of today's suspense films are all overused. How can it be so easy?"
Domestic movie fans are discussing it one after another.
At the same time, the crew of "Seven Deadly Sins" was filming the scene.
The final scenes of the movie are being shot.
It's the plot of Mills and old agent Summerser taking the murderer to his body hiding place.
This is the climax of the movie. Naturally, this scene is also the part that requires the most acting skills from the actors in the entire movie. This is a scene that requires their acting skills to explode.
A long shot of a vehicle moving behind the scenes.
I was going to shoot the scene after parking the car.
"'Seven Deadly Sins' Chapter 121, first shot, first time, ACTION!" As the credits fell.
This scene was officially shot.
Mills was letting the murderer get out of the car. At this time, camera No. 2 followed the old detective's line of sight and showed it to a dead dog on the side of the road.
When the time comes for dubbing, the sound of flying flies will be added.
"What is it?" Mills asked.
"A dead dog!" replied the old detective.
At this time, the camera focused on the "murderer". His face was unusually calm, and he said calmly: "I didn't kill him!"
This scene also includes footage of a helicopter monitoring the scene through a telescope.
Of course, this requirement is not high. Another group of lenses will take care of it, but Li Yi doesn't need to worry about it.
"what time is it?"
"What are you doing?" The old detective looked at the murderer with a serious and vigilant expression.
Li Yi couldn't help but nodded. He was worthy of being a Hollywood gold medal, and Daniel Moore's acting skills were masterful.
"I want to know!" The murderer still looked calm.
"Seven o'clock and one!"
"Soon!"
"Take us to see it!"
"Here!"
"OK, click! This one is passed!"
Li Yi shouted.
This is just a prelude, a foreshadowing, and a savings. It has not yet exploded, so the requirements are not complicated.
Of course, even though this step was passed, soon there would be helicopter shots to film them, so the three actors still had to shoot a walking scene.
Because it is a long-term perspective, the requirements are not high.
"Get ready and take the next picture!"
Li Yi shouted.
""Seven Deadly Sins" Chapter 121, second shot, first shot, ACTION!"
The three of them walked in front, and the camera followed them from behind.
After a while, Li Yi picked up the walkie-talkie and said to the assistant director: "Start!!"
At this time, shot No. 1 showed the old agent played by Daniel Moore, and he stopped.
Shot No. 2 captures a car driving from a distance.
"Mills!" the old agent reminded.
"Kneel down..." Mills raised his gun and asked the murderer to kneel down.
Then came the old agent run.
This scene may seem difficult, but in fact it is relatively simple.
Soon, this one was passed.
"Ten minutes of rest!" Li Yi thought for a while and let everyone rest.
Because we have to shoot the last scene, which is also the ending scene of the entire film.
This scene is of course very important!
In the end, in this scene, even Daniel Moore and Mills were NGed by Li Yi more than a dozen times in a row.
"CUT! Mills, angry, angry, you're not angry enough! Do it again!"
"CUT! Not only angry, but also unbelievable and collapsed!"
"CUT! Do it again! Crash, understand? I need to see you on the edge!"
"CUT, you are the murderer. You are enjoying everything at this moment. You are begging for death, but you are not just begging for death..."
"..."
Li Yi actually had some simulations of this scene. Although he had the original version as a reference, after all, different actors had different feelings when performing it.
For Mills, after hearing the bad news and the old detective didn't say it outright at the first time, it was already too late. No matter what he said later, Mills would not believe it.
This is the murderer's trap.
In fact, whether the old detective saw what was in the box is a mystery in itself.
But he ran over. This was the murderer's trap, a trap that made Mills unable to calm down and think rationally.
And the same thing also left the old detective at a loss for words.
In fact, before filming, including in the script, Li Yi did not explain what was in the box.
So, after the filming of this scene was completed, the actors couldn't help but ask.
"So, what's in that box?"
In fact, not only the male protagonists, but also the crew are also particularly interested in knowing what is in that box at this moment.
Is it really the head of Mills' wife?
"Is this important?" Li Yi smiled.
And what exactly is in the box?
In fact, this really isn't important anymore.
This is also one of the fascinating aspects of this movie, because there are countless possibilities inside the box.
The first possibility is that there is indeed a human head, and it is Tracy’s head.
But such a result also made the old detective unable to tell Mills.
Because at this time, Mills was angry, collapsed, and hysterical.
If the old detective tells him that there is nothing, will he believe it?
the answer is negative!
Because the murderer had already told him that it was his wife's head.
Even if it wasn't, the murderer wouldn't allow him to verify it at this time, or he wouldn't have time to verify it at all.
The second possibility, the third possibility, the fourth possibility, in short, in short, there are indeed countless possibilities.
Of course, if you want to keep the audience guessing, you need to have an edited shot later, a shot that allows different people to have different ideas after watching it.
That’s a picture of Trish!
The movie is finished.
As for the answer, it doesn't matter.
In fact, Li Yi himself doesn’t have the answer, because any answer will do!
Anyway, it is impossible for the camera to take a picture of Tracy's head.
Everything is left to the audience.
As for why the old detective was frightened, the fake human head was so lifelike, why wouldn’t he be frightened?
The interesting part is that we have been trying to give the audience the impression that John is a sophisticated murderer.
He is indeed very particular, and he even gives people a sense of elegance, but in reality?
He is still a murderer!
He is a human being, and he is also a pervert who has gone so far as to create the Seven Deadly Sins case, so anything he can do is possible.
The audience will naturally make up their own minds when the time comes.
Just like, if you want to see a person alive or dead, you want to see a corpse. As long as the answer is not clearly given, then this will be a key point of controversy in the movie.
This is actually the most commonly used formula in countless suspense films and thrillers.
This will divide the audience, and the audience will be like I don’t want what you think, I want what I think!
And this question will never have an answer!
This is the concept of Schrödinger's cat.
Yes, the old detective opened the box, but what did he see?
In fact, just one shot can completely eliminate this controversy, but in that case, it will also make the movie lose a key discussion point.
In fact, by then, the audience will actually become like Mills. Even if Li Yi tells them what is inside, they will not believe it by then, because they also have their own understanding of themselves.
prove.
If that's the case, why wasn't it filmed at the time?
The same is true for Mills.
By this time, he had actually been hinted that there was Tracy's head inside.
And if John wants to complete his perfect work of the Seven Deadly Sins, he must die!
And people often cannot stand the test!
The movie has been finalized, but there is still some time left for this movie to be completed. Unlike other movies, this movie still requires a lot of effort in editing and post-production.
Such as color grading, soundtrack, etc.
In fact, these plots are carefully designed, including the last sentence: The world is beautiful and worth fighting for!
This sentence is also enough to cause division among the audience.
Of course, the premise is that if the movie is popular enough, then there will naturally be countless fans and film critics who will spontaneously interpret it according to their own ideas!
