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- "Scene 12, first shot, first line."
¡°Click, ¡°Action.¡±
Not long after work started on Friday, the first action sound sounded on the set on the beach. The person shouting was naturally not "Fire" Ye Wei, but the assistant director Jennifer Anderson.
Everyone is looking at the performance area in the distance on the beach. This is a telephoto lens, the lens of their dear director VIY!
This shot is not complicated. The "God of Wedding" comes to the world and walks from the sea with his hands raised, just like Moses parting the Red Sea. There are no lines. He only needs to approach the camera from a distance, but his body movements must be wonderful. Performance! It makes people want to laugh just looking at it.
This is Ye Wei¡¯s first performance in a remake, and it is also the first time in his life that he has become a movie actor.
It was impossible not to be a little nervous. When Ye Wei saw Jennifer making action gestures over there, he suddenly got excited and silently chanted "I am the God of Weddings! I am the God of Weddings!" Trying to get himself into a performing state, he raised his hand He held up his hands and walked forward in a swaggering manner, his shoulders shaking and his fingers waving.
Did you perform well? It should be fine, keep walking, don't look at the camera, please move more, keep walking
¡°Some things don¡¯t realize how difficult it is to do them well until you actually do them yourself.
Although many actors are just uneducated country bumpkins who can only be told what to do; but those outstanding and great actors can still become characters and contribute to a performance when there are so many people watching and so many distractions on the set. A classic performance that makes people really have to give it a thumbs up.
Ye Wei has only read enough acting books and has no acting experience, not in that dream, nor at Harvard-Westlake.
In fact, the school's art classes are compulsory just like physical education classes. There are a wealth of art courses to choose from, as well as many art performance activities, such as "performance season" concerts, stage plays, dance demonstrations, etc., but he took the elective His main focus is on visual arts, drawing, and performing arts, instrumental music. He learned the guitar from school. If I had known earlier, I would have studied drama.
He didn¡¯t know if he had any acting talent, so he just acted like this, walking arrogantly for a while until he heard Jennifer Anderson shouting ¡°CUT¡±.
"There's no problem with the positioning, and the acting I think it's pretty good." When Ye Wei walked to the camera, Jennifer commented.
Jia clapped her hands a few times, looking very funny, "I can't judge, you are here with me, you are funny even if you don't do anything."
Everyone has their own opinions, but it doesn¡¯t matter what they say. NG or Good-Take is decided by the director, Ye Wei himself.
If it were film shooting, it would be really troublesome, and you could only watch some synchronized cameras; with digital shooting, "what you see is what you get." Ye Wei came to the monitor next to the camera, and under the operation of the photography assistant Pete Joan, he looked After watching the scene I just took, I feel a little excited and nervous. I hope I am an acting genius
On the screen, the "God of Wedding" walks narcissistically. Later, this shot will be paired with sacred and solemn music to create a contrast and produce laughter.
But then he frowned, his hands felt stiff after being raised for too long, and other movements of his body were not very coordinated. He was really bad, and he was not a performing genius.
"No, this is NG." Ye Wei quickly made a decision, "Give me a few minutes, I will adjust my movements again, and then shoot again."
Everyone had no objections. The director had the final say. Since there was no need to rearrange the arrangement, they would inevitably watch him make adjustments. But as a result, Ye Wei became even more unnatural. Strange to say, he had always been a careless person. Everyone is still shy when acting, and they begin to understand Garbo.
"Guys, avoid looking away!" Ye Wei smiled helplessly, I'm not a panda, "Forget it, I'd better go further, Giya, come here!"
Amid the good-natured laughter of everyone, the two of them came to a dozen steps away. There was no way to avoid it, and there were still some beachgoers looking at them.
Ye Wei adjusted the performance while letting her observe the sensory differences. Gia said: "Well, this is okay, like a statue; this is too exaggerated, like a psychosis"
Suffering from these "insults", he secretly made up his mind to learn acting when he had the opportunity, such as drama as an elective in high school art classes!
Not all good directors also know how to act. Many great directors have never performed on stage or in front of the camera throughout their lives (guest appearances do not count). But there is no harm in knowing how to act. It will only help him better understand movies, Actor, better director, like one of his idols, Ang Lee.
When Ang Lee was studying in the Film and Drama Department of Taiwan Arts College, he acted in a large number of stage plays, won the relevant best actor award in dramas, and also performed in ballets! When I went to the University of Illinois to study drama, because of the languageNo, I could only act in mimes and small supporting roles, so I began to specialize in theater directing, and then I came up with the idea that "if I want to be a director, I should be a film director."
After getting a bachelor's degree in drama from the University of Illinois, Ang Lee applied to study filmmaking at New York University's Film Production Institute, and the rest of the story follows.
So don¡¯t look at Ang Lee¡¯s honest and shy look. If you really let him perform on stage, this great director will not have stage fright. He is a ballet dancer.
"How about this?" Ye Wei raised his hands and moved them left and right a few times.
"Don't you know Chinese Kung Fu? Wouldn't it be better to do some Kung Fu?" Gia suddenly had an idea.
Ye Wei touched his chin and thought: "It's a very interesting idea. This idea can add some more elements to the camera, like a couple kissing passionately, blocking his way, and being opened by him with Kung Fu, which can highlight the I don¡¯t know if his character matches the scenes before and after. Let¡¯s shoot one more version and see the effect in the later editing.¡±
¡°Where are the extra actors?¡± Gia asked.
"Just let Darum and Parela come up as guest stars." Ye Wei waved his hands again, "Let's finish this version first. How about this range?"
"You really shouldn't ask me how to act. None of the women in the Coppola family know how to act. The one who knows best is my cousin, by the way."
Gia thought of something, narrowed her eyes slightly, and said with a proud smile: "It's done, my cousin agreed to make a guest appearance, no problem on the 7th."
"What!?" Ye Wei screamed immediately, almost going crazy, "What did you say, what did you say! Just say it now!?"
? Nicolas Cage agreed to come to the set of "Wedding Day" on the 7th to guest star as "God"!
"What's the big deal? Master Gia asks, how dare he refuse to agree?" Gia scoffed disdainfully, and then said seriously: "Let me state in advance that you cannot use all his shots in your promotional videos, only I can use it! I have a few more exclusive shots of mine that day.¡±
"Hahaha!" Ye Wei raised his head and laughed happily, "No problem!"
So happy! Although the role of "God" does not have many scenes, it is just a scene where the wedding god resigns to him, but the natural weight of this role is very important. It needs to be funny, and it must not be blasphemous or offensive to believers.
He originally had two big ideas, one was practical, to find an unknown actor with characteristics to play the role; the other was dreamy, to find Morgan Freeman to guest star, Freeman played the role in last year's blockbuster film "The Impostor" Just play God.
This idea is extremely difficult to realize unless Hanks comes forward to invite it, but Hanks has already let him use some video materials from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", what else do you want? And after Gia joined, he had a new idea and invited Cage to guest star as God!
This can also be very funny and very exciting! That's Cage! Oscar for Best Actor ("Far From Casino"), and got an Oscar nomination last year ("Adapted Screenplay")!
Yes, his luck has been up and down in recent years, including the reputation of "Adapted Screenplay" and the disastrous failure of "Windtalkers". His directorial debut "Sony" was neither well-received nor successful, and the producer's "David- "The Life of Al Gore" also lost money and received a lot of criticism, but "Stickman" starring in it received applause, and a blockbuster "National Treasure" with a production cost of hundreds of millions is scheduled to be released at the end of this year.
This is Cage, he is good in one movie and bad in another, sometimes he is scolded, sometimes he is admired, but he is always a Hollywood superstar!
When a superstar comes to this small set to make a cameo, it is of great value! Think about the publicity effect in all aspects, how lucky!
"Wait, wait!" Ye Wei suddenly exclaimed, "Then I will star opposite Cage! Wow!"
Jia shrugged, "I hope you won't be too upset when the time comes. If he doesn't finish filming in one day, I don't know if he will be free the next day."
"No problem, absolutely no problem, Cage, haha, Cage!" Ye Wei danced with joy, and Gia suddenly shouted: "This is not bad, this action is good!"
"Really I understand!" Ye Weiming realized something and thought: "I forgot to put my emotions into it just now. Damn it, I talked so much for others to direct the play, but I forgot about it when I was acting, so just use Let¡¯s act out this feeling of almost getting carried away!¡±
At that moment, he clapped his hands and walked back, feeling high-spirited and calling everyone: "Guys, get ready to start!"
¡°Scene 14, first shot, second line.¡±
¡°Click, ¡°Action.¡±
In the camera lens, the "God of Wedding" walks narcissistically and proudly, with his head slightly raised and his raised hands swaying, like a singer in a concert calling the audience to enjoy themselves.
Jennifer Anderson couldn't help but smile in praise. This time it was much better than before. Her acting was natural, engaging, and somewhat professional. VIY was still very talented in acting.
"Cut, I feel good!"
"OK, let's see Haha, thank you Cage, Good-Take!"
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From morning to noon, and then into the evening, several locations were changed in Santa Monica. The crew¡¯s work today was neither smooth nor a mess.
Ye Wei's performance was hit or miss, and he really relied on luck. Sometimes he got through with just one or two shots, and sometimes he wasn't satisfied with even ten shots. However, due to the tight schedule, especially in the afternoon when he was "running all the way", he didn't have that much time. Let him grind it slowly, so some shots are passable.
Fortunately, this is a spoof movie, so acting skills are not taken seriously, and in the words of the assistant director, "You have too high demands on yourself."
There is nothing wrong with having high demands. The problem is that he can't do it. He is a pure rookie on the road of being an actor.
After Ye Wei announced the end of work, the crew on the street held a lottery for the five-dollar Friday game.
Everyone gathered around Gia, the lottery winner. Her faces, old and young, were full of interest. She looked at the sky, punched her cowboy hat with her right hand a few times, and then pulled out a banknote while reading the name on it. , while saying: "Dangdang! The winner isVIY!"
It¡¯s really a hit! Ye Wei opened his mouth in surprise. His recent luck has been so good. It seems that the prayers at the temple in Hawaii were not in vain. Less than 4% of them were successful!
Amid everyone¡¯s smiling faces and congratulations, he laughed and said: ¡°Giya, please do it again and let me bring good luck to everyone, haha!¡±
In this regard, the veterans couldn¡¯t help but praise silently. No matter what, VIY is a good guy that everyone on the set likes! The college students were thoughtful, but Gia did not hesitate and immediately drew again, "Dangdang, the winner is - Sean Maurer."
"Wow, thank you, I'm lucky." No one would be unhappy about winning the lottery, and Maurer was the same. His middle-aged face was smiling, and he was not a stingy person. He said, "I'll treat everyone to ice cream!"
"Okay!", "Great!"
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