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- There are many difficulties in shooting film, but there is also a lot of fun in shooting film. There is also a wonderful feeling, as if the whole world has a sense of film, from the silent film era, the golden age, New Hollywood, the eve of the digital revolution, before it has passed. Ye Wei likes this feeling to have it.
Technical problems were solved by the team, while performance problems depended on the director and actors. To his relief, the actors performed very well.
Ryan DeSantis who plays Cotton, Mark Carlton who plays Switzer, Mara Barry who plays the female sound engineer Mara, Damien Rush who plays Ramon and other actors, they are all Amateur actors who have never performed in film and television, do not have an INDb personal page, and do not belong to any union have little experience in stage dramas, and most of them do improvisational performances in some entertainment venues.
Improvisational performance ability is the most important aspect for Ye Wei in this casting. Because there is no rehearsal and no preparation for directing the play like a nanny, the actor's improvisation is very important.
¡°These actors are really cheap and easy to use. They are absolutely pseudo-documentary, and they are willing to work at full speed for B days without a break.
At first, "Cotton" and the others were very awkward in front of the camera, and they couldn't let go. He had to direct a lot, not just telling the story, but adjusting their mental state, saying that they should just follow their usual performance style. The difference is that you have to say your lines and complete the required moves and actions, but you don't have to think about acting in a movie, just perform naturally.
It didn¡¯t take more than a morning for them to get into the mood, and because it was a mockumentary, the cameraman¡¯s hand-held capture was more important than the actors¡¯ precise movements, and stabilizing the lens made it easier to perform, so there were no big problems after they performed well.
And Nina, Nina who joined the cast today, I really have to praise her acting talent, but it may not be as good as Natalie Portman, Keisha Castle-Hughes, and Abigail Breslin Those geniuses may not be able to match the realism of Emma and AnnaSophia, but Nina is talented.
Even though she usually looks like a stupid girl, on the set she has her own understanding and shaping of how the scene should feel and the character's thoughts. Due to the extremely flexible shaping of "Maggie", she makes Maggie become herself. , also turned herself into Maggie, making her true performance convincing.
She also has a strong sense of performance rhythm, great enthusiasm and hard work. It is not surprising that she has performed well in three studios in one day.
Of course Nina will N. Sometimes it is because she goes too far, sometimes because the details of her performance are not precise enough, and it is easy to interpret "perform more" as making a face These greennesses are normal, and they may not be the same as those who are geniuses.
Ye Wei is happy and proud of her. He knows that when everyone hears that Nina is his girlfriend, their first reaction is: "No way? Isn't this a professional project?"
Now they all see that no one is messing around, Nina is not a doll, not a fool, not a genius, but an excellent girl.
Night falls over Toronto, and the cold wind blows the snow on the ground and trees, creating a dark white expanse. On the Ho farm, the crew of "Exorcist Video" is working overtime to shoot.
From early morning to now around seven o'clock, we took a half-hour break for lunch at noon, half an hour for dinner at 6 p.m., and then everyone worked overtime until point B to shoot today's highlight scene, Cotton gave Maggie her first drive magic.
The set was an ordinary guest room in an old farm house. Now, after being decorated by Julie Berghoff's art department, it has become a simple and warm girl's room. Nina also brought some small items from her room. Come to set the scene with objects that match the atmosphere of the 1930s.
At this time, everyone was making preparations for the shooting. Grady and Mara were checking the photography equipment. Beside the wooden bed, Berghoff took the artist to make the final set. In the corridor at the door, Grande and Porterko held the Discussing the script quietly, whether any line can be changed better
After a whole day of running around, everyone's face looked tired, but the fire in their hearts never went out.
Cotton and other actors stood by the door, each with a script in their hands, listening to Ye Wei's simple talk: "Cotton, you are just acting, so that the audience can see that you are deceiving Switzer and the others, exaggerating The old liar. Switzer, your normal reaction is to be nervous and uncomfortable. You are hopeful for Cotton and heartbroken for Maggie. Ramon, because you know it is a trick, you are watching the fun, and you seem to have a little bit of fun. Uneasy. OK?¡±
"Understood.", "Okay." Everyone nodded, Ye Wei looked at Nina who was listening next to him, and said calmly: "Maggie, you were nervous at first. Cotton did not successfully exorcise the demon. On the contrary, it angers the devil, and he wants you to taste some pain, but your pain is not extreme, just moderate, more fear than pain, helpless, hoping that God will save you through the exorcist. You know that you need to overact here. , give me 70% of your strength."
"Well, okay." Nina nodded thoughtfully.
Ye Wei encouraged everyone: "This is a long scene, but youDon't worry, I will divide it into many shots. At worst, I may have to work overtime for an hour. "Everyone chuckled, and he said no more. He clapped his hands and walked towards Grady. Without an assistant director, he could only shout by himself: "The whole world is ready, filming starts."
With the order, everyone took action and entered the shooting state.
Soon, there was a click, and the recorder Lauder hit the camera in front of the camera, and Ye Weida said: "Ptv."
"Okay, let's start, let's pray to God, please close your eyes."
With a Bible in one hand and a special cross in the other, Cotton looked at Maggie lying on the bed and read impassionedly: "He leads me by still waters, and he revives my soul. Guide me for his name's sake." The path of righteousness. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, and your rod and staff comfort me.¡±
"Yes, sir." Maggie nodded nervously, clasping her hands on her belly like a prayer.
"Do you believe it? Do you believe that Jesus can drive the devil out of your body?" Cotton spoke faster and louder.
A few steps away, Switzer frowned and took two steps. Ramon seemed to be smiling and surprised.
"I believe it, sir." Maggie nodded again, breathing heavier.
"Then let him take it away, devil, in the name of God, go away. Get out, devil, do you think God doesn't know the sins of torturing this innocent girl? God's light has come, you leave this girl, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the name of the Holy Blood, get out of here, devil, I command you to get out of here
Just as Cotton was shouting, Ye Wei, who was outside the performance area, approached the microphone and pressed his Walkman, playing the devil's cry sound effect. It was Cotton's trick in the script, and in order to reduce the mixing workload during post-production Save time and record directly on the set.
Hearing this sound, everyone had different reactions. Switzer was surprised, Ramon was curious, Cotton was awe-inspiring, and Maggie's face was full of fear. She looked around and was about to get up. Suddenly there was a bang, and the wooden body was tampered with. The bed shook, and she suddenly screamed in extreme fright: "Ah"
"It's coming." She moved back, but the head of the bed blocked her. She suddenly screamed again, with pain, as if being torn apart, her eyes widened, and her hands and feet kicked wildly, "No, it's coming." Come, save me, God, ah, ah"
Ye Wei looked at it, his palms sweating from nervousness, and said silently: That's it, my good girl, that's it, fear, pain, now.
Until point B that night, the sound of exorcisms and the screams of girls kept ringing in the house. The director dealt with it calmly. When he finished filming the whole scene and was about to get off work that day, he praised everyone and said, "It's very good." "
Nina, who was sweating profusely during the performance, just smiled, letting everyone who doubted whether the devil really came breathe a sigh of relief.
The 10th passed, and the 1st day continued to shoot early in the morning. The first turning point has been filmed. Cotton and the others, who thought they were done, came to the farm again. The suspenseful pregnancy and the suspenseful death of Maggie's mother emerged one after another, and they all pointed the finger at Switzer. , he killed his wife and raped his daughter.
The cause of death was suspenseful because Maggie started saying crazy things, like mental problems or the appearance of the devil, which was her mother's ghost.
To perform these scenes well really requires another breakthrough in Nina's performance, because the cunning devil, the resentful Maggie's mother, and the poor Maggie are three different images. Acting in character alone is not enough, it requires richness. It is not easy to perform with changing expressions and eyes.
So on this day, Nina¡¯s N¡¯s increased, Ye Wei¡¯s directing also increased, and the filming progress slowed down.
Another reason is that it is the weekend, and Constantine and Mihaela came to visit the class to watch their daughter act in a movie. They only stayed for about an hour before Nina drove them away and warned them not to come back again. They stayed on the set and she couldn't find the feeling of acting at all.
On the 2nd, the fifth day of filming, Cotton began to dubiously follow the second exorcism in the ancient book and began to confront the devil head-on.
Nina¡¯s performance has another layer of change and craziness.
After these ten days, there has been a new situation in the casting of "Devine". Now "Little Miss Sunshine" is a highly anticipated project. Countless young actors hope to get this role. Not only Angarano, who actively participated The number of well-known actors auditioning has skyrocketed, including Jon Heder of "Napoleon" fame.
There are ten people on the final list, including well-known actors and actors who are not well-known but have performed well, and they all got the same news. After the Christmas and New Year holidays, the final audition with Ye Wei in charge will be held. The specific time will be notified later.
They don¡¯t know the reason, but if you ask the people on the crew of "Exorcism Video", they will know why.
"Oh, young people are young people, will he be tired?"
When work was finished on the night of the 13th, Grande and Potko returned to the hotel where they were staying.At the hotel, I was so tired that I didn¡¯t even have the strength to walk back to the room. My only thought was to go to bed quickly and get up again at 6 o¡¯clock tomorrow to watch the samples. The 13th day of continuous work since the script was sold
They were only in their thirties, definitely in their prime, but after working like this for more than ten days, they were doing fine, but when they heard Ye Wei's voice, "That's it for today, thank you for all the hard work," they seemed to fall apart. Yes, I have exhausted my energy for the day.
But the two of them fell asleep with smiles on their faces, and their sleep was particularly sweet and solid. The other side of these tiredness was that the new work was being realized step by step, and they felt like God.
Tired, but full of enthusiasm, this is the general appearance of the crew of "Exorcism Video".
??Every creative staff cherishes this opportunity very much. Compared with showing their talents and ambitions, making dreams come true, and compared with the bright future they envision, exhaustion is nothing.
Grady¡¯s right shoulder is swollen. It¡¯s not a big deal. It¡¯s the first time he tried to apply Chinese medicinal wine. He had never tried it before. He only used it after hearing the recommendation of VIYR Spoon. The effect was really good. In the past, if someone said that VIY was just commercial hype, he would just listen to it, but now he will seriously refute it, it is really not the case.
The people who have the most say are those who have worked with VIY. Grady still doesn¡¯t know who on the crew is not convinced by that guy.
Convinced? According to Julie Berghoff, VIY is that devil. There is a kind of devil that can make you willingly sacrifice your life for him. If you do well, you should do it. If you do not do well, you will feel sorry for him. It is good if he says good. If he says no, then he will do it until he says yes.
"It's so different, even though it's full speed ahead, "The Exorcism Video" and "Saw" are different, it's faster, more sudden, more work.
How many times because of Ye Wei¡¯s whims, the art team headed by Berghoff almost broke his legs. What a crude exploitation film. It was a lie, not to deceive the audience, but to trick them into boarding the ship. Exploitation films don't care about a prop that the audience won't even notice. Exploitation films don't focus on the meaning or subconsciousness of the setting. Exploitation films just lay out the things they want to exploit. If you want blood, let it be blood. If you want breasts, give them breasts.
He did it too, but his requirements were a bit too high, but what can you do? He also did it for the good of the film. Seeing his young face full of enthusiasm and his words full of trust, you naturally want to do a good job. This is really completely different from James Wan, bad boy serious charm.
Berghoff was not a little girl, but she couldn't sleep because she was too stressed and nervous. After a whole day of excitement, her mind was still running and she didn't know how to stop. She started taking sleeping pills and setting an alarm clock the day before yesterday. Tell yourself how many days are left
In comparison, Mayes Rubeo was a little more relaxed, because the script only lasted three days, and the actors did not need to prepare a lot of costumes, so Maggie had to design a few more sets. The director's overall requirement is "30s, with a sense of desolation". She gives full play to her ideas. Regardless of whether the project can be released and successful, this job is always more interesting than guarding the closet.
Until around 10pm on the 13th, Rubeo was suddenly visited by a demon
Y called and said that the dark red dress that she had prepared before was no longer needed. It was originally Nina's costume for tomorrow. VIY also said that dark red can form a strong contrast with the white of the snow scene and the black of the night. But now she said, "I was negligent." One thing, dark red doesn¡¯t fit Maggie¡¯s character, it¡¯s not the most suitable. She is a simple farm girl, so she shouldn¡¯t have a sexy dark red skirt, so let¡¯s change it to a white skirt, a classic and simple style, not pure white, but gray. , there were blood splatters and large blood stains from killing Katie.¡±
I need to use it tomorrow. I have two pairs of the same style. One has blood stains and one does not. Where can I find it all of a sudden?
After sitting on the chair and thinking for a while, Rubeo sighed and left the room and the hotel. There was no need to sleep this night.
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The sky was still dark and the alarm clock kept ringing.
"UmI got it." Martha Villanueva slowly turned around, reached out to press the alarm clock on the bedside table, forced herself to open her eyes, and yawned to get up.
As the make-up stylist of the film crew, she has to arrive at the set the earliest every day and start the day's work the earliest to set the makeup for the leading actors. But every time she thought she was the first to arrive, she saw VIY playing football there, while Nina, who was about to put on makeup, was still sleeping in his car.
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