Hollywood Drawing

In his previous life across the Pacific, Wayne had heard about the production process of some movies and TV shows, when he was a movie projectionist.

A 30 or 50-rated TV series or online drama can be filmed in three or two months, and a 90-minute domestic film can be filmed in just over a month.

But after he started learning to make movies, he realized that this was simply impossible in Hollywood. The filming time of the crew here is very precious.

Judging from the speed of shooting and production, he is already a fast shooter. He can shoot the footage in three months and complete the post-production in two or three months. This is the reason why the film he chose has a small investment and is clever in production.

Even the famous quick shooter Spielberg cannot guarantee one film a year.

It is normal for a relatively popular American drama to take several years or more to film, but for a normal commercial film project, it is normal for the filming and post-production to take a year or two.

Therefore, he was very relieved that the crew encountered the director's scandal as soon as they started filming, and the filming was able to smoothly catch up with the plan.

In fact, there are reasons for the slow pace of filming and production in North America. The first is the various labor unions that cannot be circumvented.

All the actors and actresses hired by the crew and behind-the-scenes workers have their own unions. North American labor protection laws do not allow you to work two or three shifts, and even overtime shooting generally does not happen.

If you do not comply with labor protection laws and increase the workload of crew members by working overtime, it does not take more than one person to report it to the union, and the entire crew will be shut down for inspection.

Relative to having the crew stop work for inspection, the time and financial costs are wasted. Compared with overtime shooting, extending working hours will cause greater losses, so even if you want to speed up, there is no good way.

At this time, it became clear how important Wayne's advance shooting plan was. As long as he shoots according to the plan, he is the most efficient. After each scene is shot, the props, scenery and other items for the next scene are already ready.

"Hey, Will, Nami, you must pay attention to your emotions. This is the beginning of the whole play, showing your passionate love state."

Will Smith and Naomi are communicating easily. They need to play a couple. Chatting a few words in advance will help reduce the sense of strangeness.

"No problem." "ok."

As the playing began, Will Smith opened the door, smiled and hugged Naomi, and the two kissed like close lovers before entering the room.

"Cut, passed, ready for the next one."

This kind of scene is not complicated, but it is the early stage of the entire movie. The filming went smoothly until a sex scene between the male and female protagonists, when it suddenly got stuck.

"Damn it, you are lovers, lovers in love, relax and show your professional attitude."

Wayne stood in front of the bed a little anxiously, looking at Will and Naomi. They made the same mistake as novice actors. Under the crowd's watch, both of them were stiff and unable to let go.

"Sorry, Wayne, let's try again."

Naomi herself was a little annoyed. Whenever she thought about being watched by a large circle of people and being intimate with a strange man, her mind went blank.

"Luke, tell them to take a ten-minute break. Nami, Will, don't think too much. You performed very well earlier. It was just a sex scene."

Will and Naomi sat on the bed, both at a loss. This scene has been filmed more than ten times in a row, and the footage lasted for more than ten seconds, but it just couldn't meet the director's requirements.

Wayne didn't criticize them particularly. Every novice actor would feel ashamed when encountering this kind of scene, especially when everyone is watching.

The important thing now is to find a way to get them into the role. A shot of more than ten seconds is finally edited into the film. It may only be a few seconds, but it is very important.

Will looked at Wayne and said hesitantly: "Director Greenberg, could you clear the set for filming and leave only the necessary staff? I think it would be much better."

"The two of you communicate for a while first and brew your emotions. If you still can't get into the role, I will consider it."

He crossed his arms and touched his chin with his left hand and said, Clearing the place is also a way, but such a simple sex scene is really unnecessary.

It stands to reason that Hollywood actresses or female stars are not shy and afraid of exposure. If they can't do it in front of the whole crew, then they will not be alive when the film is broadcast.

This kind of situation only happens to novice actors. Two complete strangers are suddenly asked to take off their clothes and make out in front of everyone. Their bodies are numb and so on, which is just a normal reaction.

As long as you have done one scene and passed the mental hurdle for this kind of thing, there will usually be no obstacles if you shoot scenes like this again in the future.

"How are they two?" Luke saw himself sitting on the prop sofa and sat next to him. "They just lack practice, don't worry, they will adapt quickly."

"I'm not worried about this. Actors are all emotional creatures. As long as the emotions are there, these are not problems." Wayne lowered his head, holding a stack of photos in his hand, flipping through them one by one, when suddenly he stopped.

"Who prepared these photos? Where are the props? Let him prepare them again." After saying that, he threw the photos on the table with a snap.

Luke picked it up and looked at it, and frowned. The photos are all of Naomi and various black people. This is the prop that will be used next. The camera will give a close-up of the photo.

But most of the black ex-boyfriends inside were expressionless and took photos with Naomi with serious faces. He saw the problem at a glance. This was definitely not a state for taking photos with your lover.

"Jason, Jason!" Luke shouted to the prop master.

"What happened, Luke." Jason, who still had several props and costumes hanging on his body, ran over and looked at the photo in Luke's hand. "Is there something wrong with the photo?"

"Go find those African Americans and take new photos of them." Wayne pointed to the road photo before Luke could say anything. "These are the ex-boyfriends of the heroine. Think about it with your brain. Would you take a photo with your girlfriend with a straight face and no physical contact between the two of you?"

"Sorry, I'll do it right away!" Jason understood as soon as he heard it. There was nothing to say. Some directors never pay attention to these details, and some will pursue them too much.

"Arrange for Mace and Naomi to take a photo too. I just saw it was not in it." The maid (grandmother) who laughed and cried in the plot was actually deceived.

"Okay, I'll get ready right away!"

When the break time came, the staff began to return to their posts in an orderly manner. The photographer also arranged the camera position and once again focused on the two people on the bed.

Wayne walked to the bed and asked, "Any more questions? How is the communication going?"

After seeing them nod that it was okay, he walked back behind the monitor and stared at the screen.

"Scene 10, Act 2, begin!"

A close-up of two people kissing began to appear on the monitor screen, and they slowly began to make love to each other.

"Cut! Good job, that's pretty good. Steve, lights down, let's do it again."

It was difficult to stop the busy filming schedule once it started. Wayne did not care about the news from the outside media and refused to be interviewed after get off work every day.

The external disturbances were completely put aside by Wayne, and even the follow-up matters of communicating with Warner about racial discrimination were completely left to Jimmy.

He devoted himself wholeheartedly to the filming and no longer cared about anything outside the crew. However, all the big and small issues in the crew had to be asked before he could make a decision.

Because of his own personality, Wayne would never leave the task of managing the crew to the assistant director and production manager, and neither would most successful directors.

He has to communicate with the main staff in advance about the daily shooting plan. From props to scene layout to lighting and camera location selection, he needs to be involved in everything. Although he will not participate in the specific process, he will definitely be responsible for the final review. Will start shooting.

Also, some scenes in the script are still being designed and polished. After all, this is not a normal reality movie. There will be many absurd plots in the later stages of the film. He wants to make the plot arrangement as reasonable as possible to avoid any flaws that will be criticized by the audience.

For example, when the male protagonist is imprisoned and tied up, he deliberately added some dialogue to let the mother's character tell the audience's doubts through dialogue.

Some things can be explained completely through dialogue, thereby reducing the audience's doubts or questions. To put it bluntly, this is not a normal story. The plot twists and turns, and the story is only based on absurd brain swapping. The audience must try their best to feel that this is real and increase the sense of immersion.

Wayne went through many dialogues in the film over and over again, and even brought several actors together to look for loopholes and areas that could be improved.

After all, this is a movie made thirty years later, and many of the inappropriate dialogues and jokes must not appear in the film.

Wayne understood that dialogue is the most obvious display element in a movie. When the dialogue unfolds, the viewer's attention will be focused on it. The fundamental role of dialogue is to promote the development of the plot and explain the various aspects of the characters in the movie. motivation.

There is also a huge advantage to gathering actors together. After all, he is very slow to make things funny. After being baptized in the era of the information explosion, he has some funny points that are not available in this era. A group of actors can perfect these things that he cannot. good at.

Therefore, he planned to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses and avoid the scenes that he was not good at. The film focused on what he was good at, the final murder scene.

For these last large-scale bloody scenes, he prepared a lot of ketchup, and the finished film will definitely be full of blood and violence.

From the beginning of preparation, the goal of this film was to be an R-rated film, so Wayne simply used this standard to show as many of these as possible, so that the final scene can bring the audience a refreshing feeling of emotional release.

Although R-rated movies have a relatively narrow audience, they will become a selling point. There are many rebellious teenagers in North America who will go to theaters for the movie rating.

R-rated movies have always been the first choice for teenagers in the video rental and buying and selling market.

Being a director is never an easy job, just like a large contractor. The final shape of the building depends entirely on him to find a balance between various types of work.