The Best Director

Chapter 199 Talking with Eyes

"Welcome to the T-21-Team club."

In the small self-study room, the camera was set up at the door, and Valle Pfister was controlling the machine. Wang Yang looked at the monitor, and saw Natalie sitting on a chair with a smile on the screen, with her left hand behind her back. The back of the chair; the expressionless Nick Cannon, the gentle and smiling Alexis, and the cold Karen Mok sat in the back seats respectively.

"ok, netbsp; this is exactly when Jeff Ma was brought to the blackjack group by Jay Baruchel. Natalie and others introduced the blackjack and invited him to join. Jeff Ma didn't answer He didn't agree, but just asked how card counting was going on. After everyone demonstrated it, he quickly understood and learned it. Everyone in the group laughed and played with him for a long time with three decks of cards. Huo Ma immediately showed disdain, but then he learned his lesson.

Several different study rooms, that is, the scene of the "club" has a lot of scenes, including Jeff Ma joining the group, the whole process of learning card counting and practicing, as for the skills of fighting wits with the casino, etc. In Wang Yang’s post-editing, some shots are used in a straight line, like studying at the table; and some shots are like Natalie standing in front of the blackboard, holding chalk while drawing and talking, after Jeff Ma stepped into the casino for the first time , the required flashback montage.

Although the scenes are not big, the shooting of these shots is very trivial, because there are many camera positions, and the appearance of the actors' clothes has to be changed according to the time of the story of the shots.

Soon, the filming of the invitation to join this scene was successfully completed, and it came to the scene where Natalie and the others played cards with Wu Yanzu. After playing with the first three decks of cards, the smiling Natalie and the others increased the number of cards to eight decks, simulating the actual situation of the casino, removing a large stack of cards at the beginning, so that the points on the table, a The card situation has become difficult to estimate.

Jay Baruchel, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, stood at the gambling table made up of several desks, his left hand quickly slid through the pile of cards, and he kept playing cards. Behind him was an elevated The camera, the recording microphone; front and center sits a frowning Daniel Wu, and a slightly smiling Natalie, flanked by Alexis and Nick Cannon.

Cards were played one by one, at this time Jay suddenly picked up a new set of cards that had been cut off and put them into the pile, Wu Yanzu suddenly showed a surprised expression: "Hey" Natalie tapped the table with a chip , she turned slightly to look at Wu Yanzu, smiling as if saying: "What's wrong?"

Wang Yang next to the "cuT" camera stopped, and under the eyes of everyone, he looked at Natalie and said, "Nata, when did you become so kind? Don't just smile and show me some evil but not ridicule , you're saying 'Smart kid, how's it going now?' Talk with your eyes" Natalie nodded thoughtfully: "Okay."

He looked at Alexis and the two again,

Said: "And Ali, Nick, you are also Nick, your smile can be bigger, 'You know how powerful'; Ali, your smile is sympathetic, more obvious, 'He was the same as me at that time, and was taken by Aman It’s so pitiful.’” He clapped his hands after saying that, and said, “When there is a camera but no lines, don’t forget to give yourself an attitude and express it with your facial expressions and eyes.”

"Okay." Alexis and Nick also nodded. After being reminded by the director of the character's state of mind, it became much easier to act. After all, this is not a difficult or complicated emotion.

""..."cuT is much better than before, but still a little bit worse", "Daniel, I think you can perform better, netbsp; This day the crew has a tight schedule, shooting some campus locations in the morning, and came to self-study in the afternoon room. After a day of high-intensity work, the crew did not continue at night. Both actors and staff need to rest, and rushing too fast will only be counterproductive. But on this night, one thing that has attracted the attention of the media is that The nominees for the 75th Academy Awards have been announced.

Many movie fans turned on the TV to watch, but after the Golden Globe Awards and the major labor union awards, there is really no suspense for this year's Oscar nominations. A few academic films must be big hits. Now one of the few eye-catching suspense is, will the Oscars reappear in sci-fi movies and directors after a year? Can Fantastic Young be nominated for his first Oscar for best director, setting a new record for the youngest nominee for the award?

This year's Oscars has a total of 25 awards. On the TV screen, one after another, the nominations for the awards are read out in full, and the big screen at the scene shows the nominees' photos, best editing, best sound, best documentary...

"The five nominees for Best Actor are, Adrien Brody, The Pianist; Nicolas Cage, Adapted Screenplay; Robert Downey Jr., District 9: Daniel Day -Lewis, "Gangs of New York"; Jack Nicholson, "About Schmidt."

Jessica, who was sitting on the sofa, shook her fists happily. After receiving multiple awards, her palms were full of sweat. When the host said, "The next step is Best Director", she took a deep breath. He held his breath, and saw that along with the sound, a photo of Stephen Daldry appeared on the live screen: ""The Hours"; Rob Marshall "Chicago"; Roman Polanski "The Pianist"; Martin S. Cosese's Gangs of New York..."

"Also, Wang Yang, "The Ninth District."

"..." Jessica closed her eyes and let out a long sigh of relief. She didn't have the emotion of jumping up for joy as she imagined before. She was very happy and satisfied. Her whole body seemed to be trembling, but she also felt a sense of tranquility. , she picked up the microphone with a smile on her face, and called Wang Yang to Jiang Ye.

At this time, the TV screen continued to announce: "The five films nominated for best picture are "Chicago", "The Ninth District", "The Pianist", "The Hours", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" Raiders."

"Wow——" Jessica seemed to feel the great excitement. Huo Di raised her hands and stood up. The microphone in her hand fell to the ground with a snap. She was stunned, and quickly bent over to pick it up, saying: : "Yang, hello, hello? It's not bad, is it?" She suddenly remembered that she hadn't finished dialing the number just now.

With the end of the show, all 25 Oscar nominations for this year have been announced. Miramax, the producer of "Chicago" and "The Hours", is still the biggest winner. Animated feature film, and "The Ninth District" received 7 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Makeup, Best Visual Effects, and Best Sound Editing.

In addition to reports such as "Roman Polanski was nominated, the police said he was arrested upon entry.", "Nicole Kidman's Oscar queen is in sight." and other reports, "Science Fiction Film Returns to the Oscars" has become a must for many media. The key point, the youngest best director nominee, Robert Downey Jr.'s self-salvation... Now it seems that no one remembers what they said was impossible 2 years ago.

The night sky in Boston is full of snowflakes. The bare trees and dim street lights are covered with a layer of snow. The students and pedestrians on the T campus are all wearing gloves and hats. Not many people appreciate this common snow scene; and "T-21- The crew of "Team" started work tonight, because there are some scenes in the snowy night, and now the snow is not too big or too small, which is just right for shooting.

"I was thinking, which star is the home of the shrimp and insects?" Natalie, who was wearing a black coat, looked up at the sky, her tall black cloth boots stepped on the thin snow, she whispered Asked: "Will they be happy knowing that they have entered the Oscar?"

The film crew is setting up the equipment on the side of the road. Walley Pfister and lighting engineer Steve Taylor are standing by the street lamps, discussing the lighting plan for the upcoming meeting; Next to Tali, looking at the sky covered by dark clouds, where are there any stars? He shrugged and said, "It should be, I was wondering which star is Queen Padme in?"

"Earth." Natalie's face recovered slightly, she glanced at him, and asked, "I don't seem to have asked you, are you a Star Wars fan?" Wang Yang also glanced at her, then looked at the sky , smiled and said: "It's not g-Fan, but I can name all the characters and chronicles." Natalie laughed suddenly, and asked: "Is that not g-Fan? I can't even tell. "

"Because it's more research than intoxication, but it's great." Wang Yang narrowed his eyes slightly, as if there were spaceships flying around in the sky in front of him, and said: "I love the interstellar world, buddy, our There's a lot of glamor over the head...I actually prefer the Star Trek kind of thing, but it's not so clean, you know what I like about a ship, a crew."

Natalie looked at him sideways, and he smiled and said: "The unique and charming captain, and some partners with different personalities, and roaming in the universe, there are many planets with different appearances, and those planets have various characteristics and cultures. ...then the ship whirrs down, the hatch flaps open, and the crew stands there casually but coolly..."

"Sounds good, but why is it Huhuhu?" Natalie frowned and asked, "Shouldn't it be bang bang bang...?" Wang Yang said with a serious look on his face, "Wow wow, okay?" Natalie Tali smiled and nodded: "Okay, it's really a magical spaceship." Wang Yang smiled, and saw Rachel, who had finished her make-up, get off the crew truck, and waved and shouted: "Rachel, Rachel, come here!"

In the scene that is about to be shot, the female detective Beverly came to Detective T following the spider trail. She was walking on the campus road and happened to meet Amanda head-on, but the two had always been separated from each other before. , so neither of them recognized who the other was, they just brushed past each other.

Rachel is wearing a white coat and a pair of brown-yellow high boots. Her soft golden hair was dyed light brown and curled by the "stylist" at the mercy of the "stylist". At this time, she tied a ponytail with bangs and hang on both sides. Looking at Wang Yang who was yelling over there, she smiled and raised her right hand and shook it, then trotted over to Jiang Ye with her pocket in her pocket.

Beverly does not have many roles in this big scene in Boston. It has been several days since the filming started. Tonight is the first time Rachel participated in the filming, and the first scene is the long-awaited scene between her and Natalie. , although they didn't have a single line, both of them felt the nerves of performing arts beating excitedly, and they secretly felt a sense of rivalry.

"Hi." Rachel came to the two of them and greeted them with a smile; Natalie smiled and said, "Hi."

Wang Yang took a look at them. They were basically the same height and shape, which was in line with his camera presets. But the close-up of the two people looking at each other when they passed by was the key to this group of shots. He said seriously: "You know the script, right? You don't know who is who at this time, and you have never met, but Rachel, you have actually seen many Natalies in disguise in the blurry surveillance video."

"Well, I know." Rachel, who was listening carefully, nodded, and Wang Yang continued: "You are a very observant person, so the moment you touched Natalie's eyes, your heart suddenly became vigilant. , and a strong sense of rejection, and some confusion." Natalie spread her hands helplessly and said, "I just hate it that much." Rachel pursed her lips and smiled, "I promise I am the same."

"Guess right." Wang Yang turned his head to look at Natalie, and explained to her: "You also have this kind of situation, very vigilant and repulsive." He wrinkled his face and slowly performed a demonstration, saying: "Two Ma'am, you are like cats and mice, lions and tigers..." Rachel and Natalie whispered in unison: "They are not." Wang Yang paused, and kept smiling: "Oh, thank you for correcting me, Wow, I have one more knowledge"

"Then let me tell you a piece of knowledge, don't provoke the director when he is speaking, or...ah" he roared hoarsely, "You know?" Rachel smiled and said, "Okay, I imagine Let’s see a lion and a tiger fight.” Natalie shook her head and sighed, “I’m worried about your future children.”

Wang Yang squeezed his chin and smiled, his face was hit by falling snowflakes, he felt very cool, he continued seriously: "This is a very subtle feeling, there is no way to explain it clearly in dialogue, but thank the Creator for giving It hurts our eyes, so please use it, don’t be shy, or the same sentence, speak with your eyes.”

The two girls nodded when they heard the words, and became serious, their faces were full of thought, trying to find the feeling he said.

Eyes have always been magical. For an actor, the eyes are a very important point of acting, but the eyes are actually related to the expression of the whole face. The two cannot draw a clear line, otherwise there is nothing wrong with just looking at one eyeball eyes. Wang Yang thinks that the key to being able to speak with his eyes well is whether he can capture the character's state of mind at that time, become that person, and then express his emotions.

"" With an order, the camera was started to shoot, and the film in the film box rotated rapidly, turning into pictures.

The white snowflakes fluttered and fell, and the streetlights reflected the surrounding area in a dim yellow. Rachel and Natalie walked up and down facing each other. At the moment when their bodies were parallel, their footsteps seemed to slow down, and they turned their heads to look at the scene. glanced at each other...