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Chapter 41 filming is in progress!

"Liu Yifei, don't feel embarrassed. Don't think that you have Chinese culture now. You are a native American.
Americans are very open to sex. This is just a very simple American line.

You must overcome this shyness, otherwise you will waste a lot of my time! "

After turning on the camera, I encountered a problem when filming the simplest school scenes.

Due to cultural differences, it is difficult for Liu Yifei to express her lines naturally like Americans.

"This line is very simple. It means that your best friend slept with 'Little Finger' once.

Because he is Ku Juji and Jang Keun Suk, so you are discussing the possibility of changing their nicknames,

This is very normal in American culture! "

Guan Ling asked Liu Yifei to overcome it quickly, because there are often dirty jokes in American movies.
If Liu Yifei keeps delaying things like this, the shooting effect will not be good.

The shooting location chosen by Guan Ling was a small town by the sea in California.

California is known as the third coastline of the United States, and it is also the west coast. If you can shoot the fishing scenes here, you can save a lot of money.

And because Los Angeles is right on the edge of this town, many needed crew members such as photography, lighting, sound recording, and art direction are also very easy to mobilize.

Since there were producers from China Film Group, everything went smoothly.

And in order to ensure that there would be no mistakes in the filming, an independent producer from Columbia was even chosen to co-produce. This was a relationship with China Film Group to avoid trouble.

This time happens to be the most comfortable time in Los Angeles, with the lazy sunshine shining on the endless sea.
The waves create the most unique melody, and it does feel like the water is sparkling.

"I understand, I will take the picture well." Liu Yifei clenched her fists.

The movie "Hearing Girl" is said to be simple, but it is actually very simple. Its shooting was not complicated, and there were not many transitions and scenes designed.

But for Liu Yifei, there is a certain degree of difficulty.
The first is sign language. She needs to communicate with the other three actors in the family in sign language throughout the whole process.
And in this process, Liu Yifei had to express her emotions and use body movements to show her attitude.

The second is a test for Liu Yifei's singing and dancing, which requires her to sing English songs at a higher volume. This aspect is difficult for Liu Yifei.

That is to say, for Liu Yifei, Guan Ling only spoke in a persuasive way, but for other members of the crew, Guan Ling did not have such a good temper.

American extras have a bad temper. I don't know if it's because they can't control guns. American extras are very noisy when they're acting.

"You are here to film, not to chat, put away your procrastination,
From now on, if you don't listen to me, I will fire you directly!Do you understand? FUCK! "

At this time, the co-producer hired with money will be of great use.

It's hard for outsiders to film in the United States, but with their own people, the crew's integration was relatively smooth.

"Sign language interpreter, come here! You tell me the other three members of the family,
When they act, they not only need to have warmth, but also daily life, and also have emotional fluctuations.

For example, in the script, Yifei and her brother have to show a sense of familiarity when acting.

Yifei said he had a stupid face and made exaggerated sign language expressions.
And her brother had to make the same exaggerated expression to call his sister an idiot!
This feeling of mutual hostility is what makes people think this is a real family, you know?

Also, although the actor who plays Yifei's father is deaf-mute,
But he enjoys sex very much. When he is in the house, he will tease the mother of the child.
There must be movement and don't be afraid of being touched. There is no actor who cannot be touched! "

It is difficult for Guan Ling to communicate with deaf-mute people, so he is surrounded by people who know sign language.
This can not only ensure the smooth shooting, but also make timely corrections to Liu Yifei's sign language to avoid problems with the sign language.

The movie "Hearing Girl" has a lot of sign language scenes. Because of this, this movie tests the actors' acting skills more than normal movies.

Because silent acting can sometimes be much better than sound acting, the range of some body movements and even changes in expressions will be infinitely magnified during the frame-by-frame shooting process.

Although the film mainly focuses on family, it doesn't seem difficult,
However, since the sign language dialogue occupies a large space, it is still very challenging for Liu Yifei.

But Liu Yifei's subsequent performances did make some great progress.

In the film, the character who plays the role of Ruby (Liu Yifei)'s father goes to the hospital to see his crotch syndrome. Since he cannot speak, Liu Yifei needs to interpret.

Ruby's father expressed in sign language and signaled Liu Yifei to translate to the doctor.

Liu Yifei very accurately expressed her unwillingness to translate, her disgust and difficulty in accepting it.

At this time, the cooperation between several people has become relatively tacit.

When the doctor says to prescribe some medicine and ask them to change into clean underwear,
Liu Yifei specially made sign language instructions to the two of them, never do it!
The father's expression was very shocked?Why?
I must do it!
Liu Yifei also made a more exquisite expression than the original version. She covered her head and was speechless, ashamed and angry, and rolled her eyes.

"Good, very good!" Guan Ling praised Liu Yifei generously.

After several days of shooting, Liu Yifei’s speed became faster and faster.

And because of the growing familiarity with the other actors in the family, the filming speed was greatly accelerated.

When filming the scene at school, Guan Ling asked Liu Yifei to express herself differently from the one in the fishery. "Director Guan, can you tell me more about the drama? I don't quite understand why the situation is different in school."

"First of all, your family is deaf-mute. Deaf-mute people will be bullied in the fishing grounds.
You're the only one who can hear it, so you have to hold up for the family,

So when you are in the fishing ground, you need to be confident, brave and bold. This is your responsibility.

You are a free and useful simultaneous interpreter,
It is the link between this "united family" and the outside world.
At the same time, it is also the last barrier to protect the other three people from cold faces, ridicule and failure!understand?
So in the fishery, you are a crazy little pepper! "

“But when you’re in school, the people around you are normal people;

And you are the 'abnormal' one, and that brings humiliation to you.

Moreover, in a family where the minority obeys the majority, you are suppressed and 'artificially castrated'.
Your process of self-acceptance has been severely disrupted by your family,
Therefore, you are psychologically weak, you have inferiority and fear in your heart, you feel suffocated and exhausted,

You don’t have time to socialize, fall in love, or sing. You complain but can’t give up on your family, so you feel guilty and aggrieved.
But before that, you were more embarrassed in school! "

"How do you think you should express this difference?" Guan Ling told Liu Yifei about the detailed description of the characters,
"You straighten your back at the fishing ground and hunch your back at school. This is the simplest way of interpretation.

But I hope to see a more appropriate expression from you. "

"I understand." Liu Yifei nodded heavily as she thought about what Guan Ling said.

Just like the chorus scene in the scene, when others can sing and use their voices confidently, Ruby can't make a sound.

Instead, he ran away alone and sang loudly by a small deserted lake.

The movie "Hearing Girl" belongs to a deaf-mute family, but the soul impact it brings is for everyone.

First of all, Ruby is an adopted child. Her parents love her but are full of fear of her normality.

Because in the world of the deaf and mute, a normal person may encounter many dangers when entering the outside world.

And her father was like an ostrich, always leaving her helpless and hopeless.

There is also a brother who always quarrels with her and competes with her for attention and presence. He regards her as a unnecessary challenger.

Ruby has been fettered since she was a child, and her family has given her a lot of constraints and baggage.

She has never been an independent individual with unlimited expectations and blessings.

But in fact, the metaphor is very obvious.
A mother who can’t let go + a father who can’t be the pillar of support + a brother who is hostile,

This kind of family configuration has never been a characteristic of families with disabilities, and perhaps many people in the family are familiar with it.

This is originally a tender movie about reconciliation with the world, reconciliation with family, and reconciliation with oneself.

So Liu Yifei needs to show the difference between before and after, from a girl in trouble to

Becoming surrounded by beautiful love, she also faced a bright future.

She has grown from a suppressed withered grass to a flower blooming in the fertile soil.

Next, a funny scene was filmed.

Her best friend teased Ruby and asked if she could become Ruby's brother's girlfriend.

Ruby replied that in her eyes, girlfriend was just synonymous with sex.

So Ruby was very firm in telling her not to think about such things.

My best friend asked Ruby how to express in sign language:

"You are really sexy~"

"Should we really go to bed?"

Ruby asked her to say absolutely impossible!
Then the best friend went downstairs, saw her brother, and made seductive moves like pole dancing, intending to tease him.

The brother, however, completely misunderstood and asked Ruby with a puzzled expression.

"What happened to Gertie? Did she just tell me she had herpes?"

"Director, is there something wrong with my filming?" The person who plays Liu Yifei's best friend is a young American actor who looks quite enchanting.

"It's perfect, with exaggerated body movements and a hearty smile. This is the feeling I want!"

Guan Ling praised this little actress so much that he didn't even realize that she was one of the 85 stars of Hollywood in the future, Ana de Armas.

(End of this chapter)