My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 937 In a humid and sultry foreign land, the actor's self-training
PS: Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket.

On the banks of the Mekong River.

Pedestrians are bustling with each other, in a humid environment filled with the smell of sweat, the muddy loess sticks to the yellow skin, and the sweat of this land drips in the rut marks. They look at a black Limousin with nervous eyes. The car drove slowly away from the mud pit.

Many people carry baskets to sell along the street, and the smell of green grass, jasmine, frankincense and even flying dust is also mixed in it. The air in the camera is humid and hot, and a little spark can trigger an explosion.

Sweet potatoes are roasted on the stove, passers-by are wearing sackcloth, a few dark buffaloes are walking slowly by the side of the road, and the lush and tall trees make the loess land extraordinarily vivid. In the camera, all this is both real and dreamy.

The children were arguing, the voices were high-pitched, the voices were noisy, and the car horns sounded, as if to drive away these scumbags.

Hot air flows on the road, there are no four seasons, only hot summer, so hot and monotonous.

The air makes the surrounding sleepy, blurring the boundary between reality and image.

The rice fields are intertwined with the lush green trees. It seems that through the picture, you can smell the green grass of tropical plants.

Cameraman Robert Fries and Du Kefeng, a French guy and an Australian guy, fiddled with the camera together.

"Director Wu, the wooden bridge is being overhauled, and it should be completed tomorrow for filming." Chen Yingxiong took the initiative to say to Wu Xiaozu who was sketching with a notebook.

Under the shade of a tree, Wu Xiaozu was wearing the hat most often worn by Vietnamese farmers, and his vest was soaked in sweat. Next to him, a slim girl in a white Ao Dai twisted a towel from the basin to wipe his exposed skin. This girl It is the elder sister of the sisters, named Ruan Yazhen, who looks very similar to the later famous Vietnamese actress Deng Yuzhen.

Then, I took out the white tiger ointment from Vietnam and gently applied it on the mosquito bites on his arms.

In the past few days, the production crew has started to run officially. As a director, Wu Xiaozu is also a leader. Tropical mosquitoes are really annoying... Especially near the Mekong River, it is too humid, and you can be woken up by mosquito bites every night.

Film shooting is indeed a very hard job, trekking through mountains and rivers, the combination of ice and fire, are all common things...

"What about Berri?" Wu Xiaozu frowned.

"Mr. Claude wants to finish filming the scene here first, and then go to the embankment to film. He has already communicated with the local government." Chen Yingxiong quickly opened the record sheet, "He wants the scene here It's over in a week."

"A week..."

Wu Xiaozu rubbed his forehead, his face full of helplessness.

After four or five days of filming, various problems emerged one after another.Things didn't go well for the crew.

Many people in the crew are French staff, so communication is a big problem.Coupled with the fact that all parties are unfamiliar with each other, common sense mistakes often occur during filming, which delays filming.

no way.

Film shooting itself is a team work, and the lack of tacit understanding will inevitably affect the process.Fortunately, Wu Xiaozu had the experience of co-shooting "Dragon Inn" before, and he was able to deal with emergencies very well. Moreover, Wu Xiaozu's own fame, strength and influence were enough to overwhelm the on-site staff.

At this time, the convenience of paying for gold at European film festivals comes to the fore.The cooperation of the entire production crew was a little dull, but there were not too many discordant voices and troubles.

I believe that as long as the running-in is in place, the shooting progress will keep up... right?

"John—"

Claudberg, the bald old baguette, jumped off a box with a smile, "I have already contacted the dormitory, but the shooting time can only be set at 8-11 am and 13:00-16:00 pm , for us to shoot. At the same time, the ferry iron boat has successfully tested and is ready to shoot at any time.

Not sure when you want to shoot?Do you want to shoot the scene on the Mekong River tomorrow? "

The dormitory here refers to the heroine's "Lingyou dormitory" in the novel. The iron boat is the place where the hero and heroine meet for the "first time", and it is also the beginning of the novel "Lover".

Reading the novel "The Lover" will be very detached. Duras's overall writing style is so floating and scattered... If you read it with a small amount of reading, you may find it very obscure.

Movies certainly can't be made that way.

Sometimes it is really difficult to adapt a novel to a film, because it is difficult for you to show those 'hydrology' with the lens.

Wu Xiaozu didn't answer, but frowned slightly.

When this expression came out, Ruan Yazhen trembled in fright, and quickly apologized in Vietnamese.

Glancing at this Vietnamese girl, Wu Xiaozu didn't pay much attention, mainly because he couldn't understand...it's not like being on the bed...ahem, it only needs body language to communicate.

"The scenes on the Mekong River haven't been filmed yet."

Wu Xiaozu's eyes were stern, "The book said, 'I have never seen such a beautiful, majestic, and ferocious river like the Mekong River in my life, as if the earth is pouring down...' I checked, and it will be the rainy season in two days, and it should be possible then. shoot."

"Are you serious?"

"Of course." Wu Xiaozu had a serious expression, "Since we are going to shoot, of course I have to show the most perfect side."

"Okay, then I will coordinate other venues first."

Claude Berry shrugged, not too entangled in this 'rigorous', he himself has been a director, understand this idea.

The novel "The Lover" can be regarded as a well-known modern French love novel, and even one of Duras's most acclaimed and most popular novels.When he invited Wu Xiaozu to be the director, he also valued his talent and ability.

Therefore, in terms of creation, he is relatively willing to support Wu Xiaozu.

This is also the difference between Europe and Hollywood.

In Europe, in the final analysis, it is still a director-centered system, and the director has a lot of power in the crew.On the contrary, in Hollywood, the producer is the one who really holds the scepter of a movie...

Not to mention a few special great directors as examples...that kind of level can be broken no matter what kind of system it is in.

Because they can bring benefits to the producers.

When the truck driver was filming "Titanic", the executives in charge of the project at Fox almost jumped off the building.But when the film was successful, he immediately became a gold standard in Hollywood.

This is the reality.

Wu Xiaozu's fame and strength are to a certain extent the prerequisites for ensuring that he can get the right to speak in the crew.

However, seeing that Claude Berri agreed, Wu Xiaozu heaved a sigh of relief, and looked back at the bewildered Vietnamese gun carriage holding the white tiger ointment... Wu Xiaozu frowned slightly as the other party watched cautiously.

"Go back and ask them to teach them to learn Chinese and English." Wu Xiaozu said to Chen Yingxiong.

Then he raised his leg and walked towards Liang Jiahui not far away.

The other party has been trying to figure out the character for the past two days.

Quite obsessed.

　Arrived at WF today... and go home tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)