The first thing we shot was the indoor basketball court scene. This scene was not in the original work. It was specially added by Chen Feng for Li Dazhi. Of course, it could also enrich the characters of the male and female protagonists.
In this scene, both the male protagonist and the female protagonist are present. Li Dazhi, as a classmate of the male protagonist, said three lines to the male protagonist, and the male protagonist replied two sentences. The male protagonist was standing with the female protagonist at the time, so the three of them
They all have to be photographed together.
Chen Feng and Li Dazhi had already rehearsed before the battle, including the issue of positioning in front of the camera. Before the filming started, Chen Feng specifically warned him, and then asked him to close his eyes and take a few deep breaths. At this time, they came over
It's been almost ten minutes since I arrived here, and Li Dazhi has also been modified and put on makeup, and he looks a lot more tender. It's not unreasonable to say that he is a teenage high school student, and he is not that old to begin with.
Despite Chen Feng's psychological counseling and the time he needed to change clothes and put on makeup, Li Dazhi finally calmed down.
After all, he is also someone who has been through big scenes. Every time he records a variety show outdoors, which time is it not crowded with people? There are at least hundreds of people watching from the outside. In comparison, there are dozens of people in the indoor basketball court now.
, really nothing?
Li Dazhi mentally encouraged himself for a while, and then he thought about what Chen Feng said just now, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work, it just needs to be retaken a few times, and he became a little more at ease. After all, this movie is Chen Feng's.
Feng, his master, invested in and screenplayed the movie, and was also a producer. Even if he doesn't perform well in his own movie at first, it doesn't matter. He can just shoot it a few more times.
After calming down and having Chen Feng play against him many times before, Li Dazhi's condition became very good.
Li Dazhi walked into the venue and took his position, right next to the basketball court. In the play, he, the male protagonist, and the female protagonist watched the indoor basketball game together. Director Marcia said "Xixon" and I officially started shooting.
Li Dazhi spoke first: "They fought really badly!"
Then, Victor, who plays the male protagonist, turned his head and responded to him: "They are pretty good at this level."
Then Li Dazhi said again: "They are really bad at fighting. If I go up, I can beat five of them by myself."
"Just brag." The male protagonist responded again and ignored him.
Li Dazhi's last words: "If you don't believe it, forget it. I'm leaving."
After saying that, he turned around and walked away. The hero and heroine ignored him and continued to stand on the sidelines watching the game.
"Cut!" Marcia shouted to stop, then pointedly raised her thumb towards Li Dazhi, who turned around again, and praised, "Very good. One line passed. Victor, you also performed well this time."
The little boy named Victor suddenly opened his mouth and smiled shyly. This guy is really a little boy. He is only 18 years old this year and has just graduated from high school. He is a very young boy. He was recommended by Teralon himself.
She is a new talent he discovered and has signed a contract with their beautiful beauty company.
Miranda on the side obviously had some tacit understanding with him. After hearing this, she reached out and touched his head, as if petting a pet, and then giggled. The two of them appeared to be somewhat close to each other.
Chen Feng saw this scene, and although he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he didn't feel anything. This kind of interaction between the opposite sex is normal abroad. What's more, the two of them are now playing a young couple.
, without this kind of familiarity and tacit understanding between each other, it would really be impossible to capture the real flavor.
At this time, Li Dazhi was already so happy that he couldn't find anything to say. He didn't expect that the filming went so smoothly, just one shot passed. Of course, Chen Feng knew that the reason why Marcia specifically praised Li Dazhi was entirely because of Chen Feng.
On face.
Li Dazhi's performance just now cannot be said to be amazing. Such a scene cannot be too surprising. After all, it is just a simple two or three lines of dialogue.
However, Li Dazhi passed it once, and his performance just now was indeed quite good. Marcia was not wrong in boasting about this.
After filming Li Dazhi's scene here, the crew did not withdraw immediately. Instead, they shot a lot of scenes, including some scenes of a dozen middle school students playing in the game. Some of the scenes of playing basketball can be included in the final editing.
Cut in again.
After the reshoots were completed, the crew began to move to the playground.
This is a scene between Li Dazhi and the male protagonist, talking while running. Li Dazhi changed clothes again, put on the school sports uniform, and put on a headband like the male protagonist.
Makeup is put on here, and the camera setup on the playground and runway has been completed. Li Dazhi and Victor stood on the runway in advance according to the director's requirements, and started running as soon as the camera gestured. First, the long shot,
When the camera zoomed in, the two began to talk.
"Hey, buddy." It was Li Dazhi who spoke first.
"Hey, Dazhi, how are you doing?"
"Not bad. Did you hear that? Juno McGuffey is pregnant?"
"yes."
"Just like a teacher and a mother."
"yes."
"Have you ever heard someone say that that's what you did?"
"yes."
"You're so awesome, buddy."
"I don't feel much."
"You should grow a beard."
"Can't keep it."
"Me too. But I decided not to wear underwear and plan to reserve more sperm. See you next time."
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It's a bit tiring to speak lines while running. Moreover, when the snow and ice have just melted, you have to be even more careful when running.
Therefore, this time Li Dazhi was not as lucky as the first time. After this shot, Marcia played back both sides on the monitor, and finally shook her head to express dissatisfaction, so she had no choice but to retake it. However, in the retake
Before, Marcia called the two of them over.
"Victor, when he asked, 'Did people say you did that?', you had to pause and be stunned for a moment before saying yes. Do you understand? You just answered too quickly. You have to
After a bit of embarrassment and hesitation, I answered yes."
"Okay, director, I remember." Victor nodded quickly in response.
"When you said the last sentence just now, your expression wasn't quite right. You want it to feel natural, as if you were chatting with your real classmates. Do you understand?"
Of course, Marcia spoke in English, and she spoke very fast. Of course, Li Dazhi couldn't understand, so he could only look at Chen Feng behind Marcia with a confused look on his face and for help.
Chen Feng did not embarrass him and translated it directly to him. Li Dazhi nodded repeatedly and assured Marcia that it was "OK" and "OK".
So, the second time started. But this time it was worse than the first time. While the two were running and talking, Victor accidentally slipped and fell. Fortunately, he was not injured. Last night
It's still snowing here, and there's still unmelted snow on the runway.
It was only the third time, but this time Marcia specifically told them not to run too fast, but to jog and pay attention to their steps.
This time, the filming was finally completed. However, after Marcia looked back at the monitor, she was still not very satisfied. The main problem this time was the cooperation between the two of them in answering questions. The tacit understanding was not very high. After all, the two had previously
I don’t even know him, we just met him today.
This time Marcia did not rush to shoot, but asked the two to review their lines first, so that they were familiar with each other and their demeanor was in place.
In this way, the two of them reviewed the lines for almost ten minutes, several times, with Marcia personally guiding and correcting them. In the end, she was satisfied.
So, they continued filming for the fifth time. This time, the two of them filmed very smoothly from beginning to end, just one shot passed. Everyone was relieved, especially Li Dazhi. He was actually under a lot of psychological pressure. He was afraid of himself.
This apprentice brings shame to the master Chen Feng.
Fortunately, it passed after several takes this time. It was almost seven o'clock in the afternoon, and although the sky was not dark yet, it was almost there. So, if they had delayed some more time, this shot would have been shot today.
It’s not over yet, so we can only wait until tomorrow. This will definitely slow down the filming process of the entire crew, and will also make Li Dazhi feel that he is embarrassed by his master.
"Okay. Let's take this photo today. Thank you for your hard work."
Marcia watched Li Dazhi and Victor's performance several times, and finally found no dissatisfaction, so she announced that today's filming was over.
Foreign crews rarely work overtime, and even if they are paid overtime, many staff are not very willing to work. Therefore, it is normal for some foreign movies, especially large-scale productions, to take one or two years to shoot. This is true for domestic movies.
It's obviously impossible. Think about those Hong Kong movies back then, one movie every two or three days, and the quality was pretty good. It's really hard to imagine.
"Juno" is a completely drama film, it is basically dialogue between characters, and there are no grand scenes. The budget of the original work was only more than 6 million US dollars, which shows how shabby this film was when it was originally shot.
If it were shot in the Tang Dynasty, such a movie could be shot in two weeks at most, or even in one week if rushed. After all, there are only a few people, and the scenes are all concentrated in one
In the town, there are either homes or schools, and at most there are shops and highways, so it is quite easy to take pictures.
But in the United States, the shooting cycle of such a movie usually takes one or two months, which is relatively fast. Of course, it must be said that this has a lot to do with Marcia's control of the shooting quality.
relation.
Anyway, the budget was large, with a total of 20 million US dollars, and no particularly big-name actors were invited. The crew's budget was quite sufficient. Originally, Miranda thought about inviting a few well-known actors to come over for guest roles, but in the end they were all rejected.
Feng refused. The reason is very simple. We cannot let these guest actors take over the spotlight and cover up the brilliance of Miranda as the heroine.
After Miranda heard Chen Feng's reason, she immediately gave up the idea of inviting celebrities to make guest appearances. This was a movie specially created for her by Chen Feng. There could only be one protagonist, and that was her. Others, including the male protagonist, also only
Can be her foil.
To put it simply, this movie is Miranda's personal movie. Most of the people on the crew can see this, let alone Marcia, the director.
It is now seven o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, the crew has finished shooting for the day, and it is completely normal operations.
Chen Feng, Miranda, Li Dazhi, and Li Yixue went back to the hotel first. Since they were here anyway, Chen Feng certainly didn't plan to go back at night. As for Li Dazhi, there was no need to rush back to China at night. He had originally expected to go back.
He will stay here for at least two or three days. However, Li Dazhi is still quite ambitious and does not plan to stay here any longer. After spending the night here, he will take the nearest plane back to his country early tomorrow morning.
Of course Chen Feng didn't try to persuade him to stay. Chen Feng now wished he could hold a whip behind him every day to urge him to make progress.
After Chen Feng and Miranda returned to the room, they first took a shower together. An hour had passed since they finished washing. Then, the two of them came out of the room together and went to the hotel restaurant for dinner.
This hotel also has a restaurant open to the public. This time the crew stayed here, and all three meals a day were contracted to this restaurant. When the crew comes over, they don't have to pay themselves as long as they show their work ID. Everything is borne by the crew.
The crew’s lunch box lunch was also provided by this restaurant. According to Miranda, the potato salad in this restaurant tastes very good.
When the two came over to eat, they met a few people from the crew. They nodded to Chen Feng and Miranda and did not come over to act as light bulbs. This made them very satisfied.
"The filming of this movie went more smoothly than expected. Originally, I thought Dazhi would be delayed. But I didn't expect that his performance was very good today. Even Marcia praised his performance."
"Yes. He performed exceptionally well today and his performance was okay. But that's all thanks to me acting opposite him before coming here."
"I just don't know how Yi Xue's performance is? I have a scene opposite her tomorrow. I heard from Wenxiu that she is very famous in the Tang Dynasty and has become a national goddess, so her acting skills should not be bad."
Chen Feng said truthfully: "Her acting skills are quite good. Especially for such a simple plot and lines, as long as she performs normally, it is not difficult for her at all."
"How does it compare to me?" Miranda asked seemingly casually.
Chen Feng was not stupid. Although he felt in his heart that Miranda's acting skills were not as good as Li Yixue's, he still said: "Of course you are better. Of course, there is no fierce confrontation between you two in this role. As long as you say the lines well."
That’s fine. I believe the results you’ll take tomorrow will be good.”
Miranda also deeply agrees with this.
After dinner, the two went back to the room. Since they had to get up early tomorrow to film, Chen Feng didn't bother her. He lay on the bed with her and said some words, and the two of them fell asleep without knowing it.
At seven o'clock the next morning, the two of them were awakened by the alarm clock. Miranda's eyes were still closed, but her body jumped out of bed. Seeing how hard she worked, Chen Feng, her boyfriend and the producer of the crew,
The filmmakers were too embarrassed to stay in bed and got up with her.