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    For seven days a week from the 18th to the 24th, the crew of "The Lovely Bones" spent their time tired, depressed and satisfied.

    Working for more than 15 hours a day, you are bound to be tired; filming such a tragedy, each member is more or less heavy-hearted. This story also comes from the real experience of Alice Sebold.

    The director has the responsibility to create a suitable atmosphere on the set for the filming scene. For example, if the scene of Mr. Harvey¡¯s rape and murder of Susie is about to be filmed, but it is not possible to laugh and laugh, it will be difficult for the actors and all creative staff to have corresponding emotions.

    When Ang Lee was filming "Brokeback Mountain", he deliberately made the set depressing. A good old guy like him was criticized by Heath Ledger for being cruel.  On the other hand, the director is the person who is most fully invested in the entire story, and is naturally the easiest to get immersed in it.

    The atmosphere on the tlb set this week was very depressing. Ye Wei would smile in the hotel and even at the base camp, but there was no smile at all on the set. His seriousness brought a sad pressure to everyone.  On the day of filming the rape and murder scene, it was like the set couldn't breathe.

    This is the opening chapter of the original novel. Mr. Harvey lured Susie into a hole dug in the cornfield, and then raped and killed her.  Every line of Mr. Harvey's dialogue speaks of his perversion and despicability, especially the lines "Susie, you are so beautiful.", "I want you, Susie.", "You wear white underwear."  After the last "Tell me you love me." the weak Susie said, he cut her throat with a razor and killed her.

    This chapter is a complete blasphemy, almost every line echoes back and forth.  Ray said, "Susie Shamon, you are beautiful." Mr. Harvey also said, "Susie, you are beautiful." But the emotion and meaning behind it were completely different.

    In the end, Mr. Harvey completely blasphemed "love", which not only stained Susie's body, but her soul was also completely occupied by grief and anger, "I want him to die."  Later, it was true love that made Susie grow, let go, and grow new bones.  Mr. Harvey's evil deeds are punished.

    No matter how you adapt it, you can¡¯t escape this scene.

    How to deal with it?  Ye Wei struggled very much when adapting the script. Shanxin said, "Let's use a few metaphorical shots to bring it through." However, professionalism, reason, and art told him that he must film the emotions, effects, and power of Chapter 1. Under extreme circumstances,  Shocked, completely heartbroken!

    But I won¡¯t take photos in such detail. First, it¡¯s not necessary. Second, TLB¡¯s predetermined rating is pg-13.  The audience will see Mr. Harvey's evil and Susie's kindness and pity. She struggled to escape, but ultimately could not escape from the hole.

    During this period, a montage of the Salmon family and Ray will be assembled. For the rape process, a large close-up shot of Susie is mainly used. Her face is the only one in the entire frame, which seems to be the dim light of the edge of hell. The voiceover sounds Mr. Harvey's words.  : "You are wearing white underwear."

    This will make the audience feel helpless, filled with grief and anger, depressed, and explosively painful.  That's it.

    The cave was actually a set in the studio. During the shooting of each shot, no one on the set said a word of small talk. Women such as assistant director Anderson and scene recorder Lynn first had red eyes, and Gia also lost her energy.  , and then many men also had solemn expressions, and those with daughters couldn't help but sigh.

    Stanley Tucci brought a pervert to life, not only his facial expressions and movements, but also his voice. His voice performance was absolutely top-notch. When he read out the perverted lines, every time he said it, everyone's hearts were moved.  Just a few points heavier.

    This is the best scene that Liz has performed since filming started. It meets Ye Wei's expectations for her, but overall it can be said to be an explosion.  With this scene, I'm afraid her screen image will be "Susie" for a long time.

    Throughout the whole scene, Ye Wei was almost silent, with a tense face like a lion ready to bite people.  When all the shots were taken, he shouted cut, rushed forward and punched Tucci on the back with a loud bang, "We are all beasts, we actually filmed these things." No one on the set stopped him.  .

    Tucci was severely beaten by the punch, but he responded with a perverted smile. This punch was a high praise for him.

    There are many scenes in Mr. Harvey, and Tucci's performance is more than just a show of perversion.  In the original work, he also had a complicated childhood, which led him to become a pedophile and perverted murderer, but the movie cannot accommodate so many stories, and he is a big villain.

    This is the limitation of the movie, everything is due to the limited time.

    Every main character in the original work is very complicated, and so is Susie¡¯s mother Abigail. She not only deals with the pain of losing a daughter, but also women¡¯s mid-life crisis, self-desire, etc.

    Susie once accidentally took a photo of Abigail. That mother was different, she was radiant.  That is the other side of Susie's mother that she hides for her family. Originally, this housewife would sacrifice everything for her family. When the family was broken, her pillars collapsed, and Susie's mother fell into a trap.Entered the "half Nelson" state.

    In the words of the original novel, those unknown sides of her, the longings that had been suppressed in her heart for many years, all escaped like a wild horse because of Susie's tragic death.  "She lost her self-control and succumbed to her inner desires. She allowed her body to take charge, and when her body awakened, it might be able to evoke the remaining feelings inside."

    Half a year ago, Ye Wei didn't feel strongly about this, but now he fully understands Su Qian's mother. In that state, anything is possible. It is a kind of pursuit after no longer being suppressed.  Self, but often on the wrong track.

    Susie¡¯s mother cheated on her, and she hooked up with Officer Fernemon, who was investigating the case. She used this method to release her pain, chase herself, and want to be young again so that she could escape Susie.  But she only became more and more painful and confused, and eventually she left her husband and two children and ran away from home. She could not forgive herself until the end of the story many years later.

    Is this how the movie should be shot?

    ¡°First of all, what is certain is that Susie¡¯s mother must run away from home. If she does not leave, there will be no sense of fragmentation in the Salmon family, and the family will always be united.

    She must leave, but "sad escapism" can also leave. The question is whether she should cheat.

    This is not Susie¡¯s mother¡¯s movie. Two hours cannot accommodate her complexity.  Regarding this issue, Ye Wei was hesitant for a while. In the subsequent roundtable discussion, the Jacksons were inclined not to cheat because it was another complex psychology that was not equivalent to the grief of losing a daughter and could easily confuse the audience.

    It¡¯s true. The audience can¡¯t see the character¡¯s heart. Why did Susie¡¯s mother cheat on her during such a difficult time for the family?  Crazy?

    Yes, she is crazy.  To make the audience see this, we need to use more scenes to express it. This is not Susie¡¯s mother¡¯s movie!

    So Ye Wei was very hesitant, either because he was worried that it would be too dark, or that the story was too emotionally complex, or because there was no space to explain it clearly, and it would be self-defeating if it was not convincing enough.

    But on the other hand, if Susie's mother had left home for many years without cheating, it would be equally unconvincing, and the huge damage suffered by the Salmon family would not be adequately represented. This damage turned a good husband into a physical and mental disability.  People turn a good wife into a cheating woman who abandons her husband and son. She is also blaspheming love.

    To put it simply, Susie¡¯s mother has to make a mistake and commit an act of betrayal.

    In the end, Ye Wei decided to let her cheat. Because her space was limited, she had to make the adaptation simple and natural, from active to passive, from confusion and pain ¡ú cheating ¡ú making mistakes ¡ú leaving home to confusion and pain ¡ú making mistakes ¡ú cheating ¡ú leaving home.  .

    What mistakes would cause her to cheat?  Drunk.

    Abigail was devastated by the loss of Susie, and Jack neglected her, either wandering outside to investigate the case, or suffering pain at home.  One day she got very drunk and had a relationship with Officer Fennemont who came to explain the case.  After sobering up, Susie's mother naturally ran away from home.

    There is nothing new in this approach, but it is the best reason to quickly concretize it, and get the same effect: Susie¡¯s mother is indulging herself, escaping from herself, and punishing herself.

    Old sets are better than not.  The Jacksons expressed doubts that day, would it be too heavy?  Too despairing?  In this way, the story has multiple wrongdoers, Mr. Harvey, Susie's mother, and the police officer. Will it harm the unity, innocence, and moral high ground of the decent camp?

    The idea of ??adaptation is so different!

    The incompetence and non-absolute justice of the police and the law represented by Officer Fennemon is one of the main themes of TLB. This is why Mr. Harvey will be rewarded for his evil deeds and hopes that all bad guys like him who go unpunished will get retribution.

    Although his adaptation does not use karma, the credit does not go to the police.  They can't solve the case, and the audience can think that they tried their best and don't blame them; when Officer Fennemont hooks up with Susie's mother, the audience will only think that this guy is a scumbag, and the police are not the absolute antonym of "bad guy".

    And if Susie¡¯s mother doesn¡¯t cheat, but leaves home in confusion and pain, then she is just a mother with a human background, an insignificant character, and has no effect on the story.  But everything was different when she cheated on her. She had to cheat on her.

    Ye Wei is not sure that this is the case, he is just trying his best.

    Rachel Weisz also agrees that "Abigail" cheated is better. She now lives a happy life and her performance is equally amazing.

    Ye Wei likes to communicate with her very much. She majored in English literature at Cambridge University and there are many topics to talk about.  If he was born in the same era as her, he would probably pursue her, just kidding!  But it was her British accent that made him miss that girl.

    The kiss scene in tlb is not only the first kiss between Susie and Ray, but also the love kiss scene between Ray and Ruth, and the scene after Susie descends to earth and possesses Ruth?Lei¡¯s second kiss scene with her.  In the original work, the latter was originally having crazy lovemaking. For the movie, a kiss was enough, and the beautiful feeling between the two could not be ruined.

    When filming these kiss scenes, Ye Wei used emotions instead, thinking about Lily.

    He thought about it. His acting ability has not yet reached the stage where he can substitute in and pull out when asked. If he does not need to substitute, he may put his feelings for "Susie" into Liz, thinking that Lily is  Lily's.

    The crew first filmed the kiss scene between Ray and Ruth. On the grass on the hillside, the two were drawing. After the drawing, they watched it together, and then the couple kissed naturally.

    This is one of the montage shots in which Susie peeks into the world while narrating. The design is just a light kiss from lips to lips.  When Anderson called action, Ye Wei and Dakota first smiled, stared, and kissed naturally, but Dakota suddenly kissed passionately, and she even stuck out her tongue

    That was a really stuck moment. As an actor, Ye Wei couldn't shout cut. Faced with this accident, Anderson thought it was their improvisation and didn't shout cut. Master Gia didn't have the authority to shout cut.  As a result, in front of everyone, he and Dakota kissed for six or seven seconds, until Anderson finally shouted cut.

    Of course it was ng. Before taking the second shot, Ye Wei solemnly told Dakota, who was smiling and thinking about it, just a gentle kiss, not too much, and don¡¯t move around!

    Afterwards, it was indeed a light kiss, but she deliberately made mistakes in other aspects, so she took six photos.

    Ye Wei was a little angry, but no one seemed to believe him and thought he was joking.  Will viy be angry because he kissed a beautiful girl a few times?  "Hahahaha!" Just like that.  What could he say?  Waste of film?  tlb is digital shooting.

    Dakota didn't believe it either, and whispered to him afterwards: "Is that the only chance I have to kiss you?" There was a hint in her words.  He answered her seriously: "Yes, the only chance is, I have a girlfriend." Dakota was surprised and disappointed.

    He didn¡¯t blame her, she thought he was still living a dissolute life.  Her performance was not bad, and she demonstrated Ruth's coldness and eccentricity, which was worthy of her family background in the entertainment industry.

    After Susie descends to earth, she will use Liz to play Ruth's body, so he and Liz kiss for the second time, this time it will be a passionate and long beautiful kiss.

    Because he couldn't let go, Ye Wei kissed unnaturally, which made the matter worse. He took four shots. One of them was due to technical compromise and the microphone was also captured. The sound source of this shot was 99% unknown.  use.  He was almost furious. When he thought that this kind of bastard thing would probably accompany him throughout his career as a director, he just wanted to throw down his burden and leave.

    "I'm all Lizzie." Lizzie was a little unhappy, "Be more professional."

    "Oh my god!" He could only make this sound. This was either because he was unprofessional or because he didn't want to kiss any girl except Lily right now.  He would like to act in his own or other people's movies in the future, and avoid roles that include kissing and intimate scenes.

    There was another thing that made him very depressed.

    Promotion of tlb has been going on, and Paramount recently released a batch of stills, including photos of Ray and Susie's first kiss.  The stills are handled by the picture photographer, and the publicity is handled by the Paramount Distribution Department. Since he can't take care of it, even if he can, let him take care of it, and there will be no need to do other things.

    It¡¯s okay to release the stills, but the publicity side used them as a selling point: ¡°Ye Wei and Elizabeth Olsen¡¯s first kiss on screen.¡±

    Ye Wei requested that this not be used as a selling point, but Paramount did not take it seriously. To alarm Spielberg about this matter was to make a fuss out of a molehill from a professional point of view, especially now that he still has a playboy image.  But he had to ask, otherwise Paramount would definitely hype up the scandal between him and Liz for publicity.

    However, all his power lies with the producers. Although Spielberg said that he understood, supported and was happy that he was coming to terms with the situation, there was nothing he could do about the matter. The distributors had the right to implement their publicity strategies, and it was against the rules for him to dictate.

    But he managed to ensure that he didn¡¯t need to cooperate, which was equivalent to rejecting the scandal hype.  Because there is a time limit for promoting fake scandals. After the time limit, the person involved will say "there is no such thing." Now he can deny it within the time limit, which makes it difficult to hype up.  But what is the selling point of Paramount's promotion of the film? He doesn't want to make a fuss.

    As a result, "Ye Wei and Dakota Johnson's kissing scene" also became a selling point.

    Every time he shoots a kiss scene these days, Ye Wei will report it in the text message he sends to Lily that day, not wanting her to have any misunderstandings, even though the text messages may have been intercepted.
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