hollywood melon man

Chapter 277 Little Gilbert who collaborates with the enemy

The camera begins filming, starting with a large map, and slowly advances, showing the interior facilities of the hobbit hut.

Then we entered a studio, where a man was smoking a cigarette and thinking about how to write his travel memoirs.

This man is Bilbo Baggins, played by little Gilbert's father.

Unexpectedly, the old man actually had good acting skills without any pause. The lines are cadenced and the emotions are well grasped.

This simple shot is the first scene of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring". It was shot twice and passed smoothly.

When the old man came out, little Gilbert praised him: "Dad, your acting skills are not bad. It's really good. Why didn't I see it before?"

The old man disagreed: "When I was in Hollywood, I was acting every day. Every Hollywood practitioner has become a good actor through hard work."

"Well," little Gilbert had to admit that the old man's words were indeed true.

Including little Gilbert himself, facing so many people coming and going every day, whether he likes it or not, is not all acting.

Maybe it's because of this that these little meatheads can't put their acting skills into real acting.

After this scene, the crew filmed another scene in the afternoon, a scene between Gandalf and Frodo Baggins.

As for the old man, he is obviously already able to act freely, and he can act whenever he wants, regardless of the occasion or time.

Acting is such a difficult thing to figure out.

So don't say that the fresh actors have no acting skills, they just don't use it in the right place.

Have you ever thought about continuing to deepen this theme and making a series like "Raiders of the Lost Ark"? "

"Well said no," said little Gilbert: "I'm not very optimistic about this project. It's probably a big bad movie, so you say no well."

Little Gilbert quickly added: "I have watched your "Eagle Project", a movie about adventure and treasure hunting, which is very interesting.

Cheng Long's heart moved and he asked: "What kind of treasure hunting story is it?"

Little Gilbert recalled a little, and then said: "You are an archaeological expert who has been searching for the twelve talismans. These twelve talismans evolved from the Chinese zodiac legend and have magical power.

It's just that acting and acting are two different concepts. For example, the popular little girls in the past life spent their whole life acting skills playing the characters assigned to them by the agency.

Some people are born to act, and they can be said to have the element of drama in their mother's womb. But some people may only see some results after continuous learning and exercise.

Cheng Long smiled and said: "I'm lucky. I just rejected the movie "The Dragon of the Western Regions" and I'm preparing for "Rush Hour 2"!"

So Cheng Long was very interested: "It sounds interesting. I think it's good. When will it start?"

The story may sound a bit ordinary, but it is the story that little Gilbert came up with. Little Gilbert is known as a master storyteller in Hollywood, and the stories he comes up with should be extraordinary.

Cheng Long followed the suggestion, but he actually thought the film was pretty good.

As long as the movie outline is ready, it can be made into a trilogy or even a tetralogy or five parts, or it can be made into an animation linkage. "

"Jack, long time no see. How are you doing?" Little Gilbert greeted warmly.

But then assistant Anna came over to report: "Boss, Jack is here."

Similarly, bad guys will come to snatch these charms, and a series of stories will happen.

Little Gilbert turned around and saw the familiar big-nosed actor. Then he greeted him with a warm smile on his face.

"After you finish working on Rush Hour 2, let's discuss this project again!" Little Gilbert said.

Cheng Long left with satisfaction. After a conversation with little Gilbert, his slightly confused road to Hollywood gained some light.

For little Gilbert, this was just an experimental film.

You can make a movie to test the waters first, see the market response, and then decide on subsequent plans.

Little Gilbert was not a contented person, and he would just finish filming the well-known movies in his previous life and be done with it. He always wants to try new things and likes how new things react in the market.

To this end, he also prepared a cyberpunk story that he liked very much.

Perhaps in the near future, the stories of David and Rebecca, Johnny Silverhand and V will be able to meet the audience on the big screen.

In the beautiful Hobbit town, camera locations are being arranged for filming.

Little Gilbert communicated with John Schwartzman: "John, I want a big panorama to show the beautiful scenery of the Shire. Starting from the grassy slope here, all the way to the countryside over there."

John Schwartzman used the viewfinder to find a feeling and said it was OK: "No problem, director, I will find the camera position."

"Use the drone equipment to get a bird's-eye view." Little Gilbert ordered.

"Okay, I'll arrange the drone right away."

Since the early 1990s, when Gilbert Jr. introduced drone aerial photography technology to Hollywood, this technology has developed rapidly.

Today's drones have solved the problems of image transmission, clarity, size and weight, and have entered the stage of practical use. In the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, a large number of scenes require the use of drones, which is cheaper than helicopter shooting. It can also reach areas that Steadicam and other equipment cannot reach, giving different effects.

It was the first time for the Chinese crew of the film crew to see drone-mounted cameras being used for filming, and they were very surprised.

Ning Hao had close contact with this high-tech equipment, which was similar to the take-off mode of a helicopter and flew directly into the sky. It was also equipped with a camera.

This kind of camera is a collaboration between Gilbert Jr. and camera equipment manufacturers to research a camera that is smaller, lighter in weight and volume.

Because the film carried can only capture three minutes of footage at a time, in order to ensure that every shot is not missed, the footage shot by the drone must be strictly designed on the ground.

Adjust the lens, angle, and route, and every shot must be precise.

I heard that Sony is developing a new generation of digital cameras and is preparing to upgrade the resolution of digital cameras to DVD standards, which is standard definition.

However, this level of resolution is still not enough to be used in film shooting. When the resolution of digital cameras is increased to 4K level, it will become a reality to replace film cameras.

In the movie "Lord of the Rings", visual enjoyment is a very important component, so digital cameras cannot be used, but traditional film cameras can be used.

Little Gilbert was not old-school and thought film was better or something.

Once digital cameras mature, he doesn't mind trying new technologies. After all, when he was a director in his previous life, digital cameras were almost universally popularized in the film and television industry, and film cameras were almost extinct.

The rise of new technologies will inevitably replace old technologies. This is a change of the times and cannot be stopped by one or two people.

Returning to the shooting scene, Ning Hao followed to watch the installation and take-off process of the drone. But these foreigners wouldn't let him touch this, and even said a few words to him.

Ning Hao didn't understand. He probably meant that this was not something for Chinese people like them to play with, so be careful not to break it.

Ning Hao was not convinced. He believed that sooner or later they would have these things in the future, and they would be better.

Ning Hao's mental state is something only a few people have. Most of the Chinese staff have never seen such professional and advanced equipment in Hollywood.

It is conceivable that the gap in my heart is quite big.

There was a feeling that the gap was too big and it was impossible to catch up.

Their Chinese film crews are still shooting manually, but the foreign crews are equipped with various advanced mechanical equipment, and the efficiency is fifty times that of their manual work.

And despite the large number of people in the crew, there is no chaos. Everyone does their own thing in an orderly manner.

At this time, some people lamented that it was indeed a crew from Hollywood in the United States. They really couldn't compare with this level of professionalism.

This mentality is understandable. When Gilbert Jr. was chatting with Xu Qing, Xu Qing said this: "Your crew came here, which shocked our Chinese filmmakers a lot.

They used to think, isn’t it just about making movies? They just don't have the money, otherwise they could still make Hollywood movies, but now it's different. "

"How do you say it?" Little Gilbert asked curiously.

“Now they feel that this is a gap in technology and systems that can be made up by non-human resources, so many people who want to develop in Hollywood have been born.

I heard that people from Hong Kong Island do well in Hollywood. "Xu Qing said.

Little Gilbert nodded slightly and said to Xu Qing: "It is a good thing to bring some inspiration to Chinese filmmakers. In the short term, there is a gap between the two sides. This is an objective fact.

But you also need to understand clearly that it is a good thing to know where the gap is. If you have a goal to catch up, you are not afraid of the gap. "

Xu Qing was very surprised: "Why do I feel like you are one of our own? You have no hidden ideas. Aren't you afraid of being scolded by our own people when you go back?"

Little Gilbert shrugged and said he was not worried at all: "Why should I be scolded? I am helping cultural exchanges between China and the West, and the politicians in Washington have to write me letters of thanks."

Xu Qing looked at little Gilbert with suspicious eyes. Little Gilbert's heartbreaking behavior to them could be treated as half a million.

Xu Qing could only sigh that she couldn't understand the foreigner's brain circuit.

Little did Xu Qing know that little Gilbert had a Chinese soul buried under his blond appearance.

Little Gilbert is not a good person. When he goes abroad, he will hate his own country, and in turn attack it, without any regard for the blood flowing in his own blood.

He actually wanted to be reborn in Hollywood, although because of his rebirth he has become a first-line director in Hollywood.

So given the opportunity, little Gilbert wanted to give back to his home country in his previous life as much as possible, although sometimes such help would bring some negative effects, such as adding more people.

Gilbert Jr. had already discussed with Tian Chongming about these equipment brought to China. After the filming of "Lord of the Rings" is completed, China Film will come forward to buy these equipment.

Although Chinese-speaking filmmakers look at these equipment as very advanced, in fact these equipment are quickly outdated in Hollywood.

Today, in an era of rapid technological change, new equipment is constantly being developed, and Hollywood's technological innovation has not yet reached a bottleneck.

Therefore, it is nothing to sell these relatively mainstream equipment to China. Maybe newspapers and media in North America will praise Little Gilbert as a person who knows how to do business.

Perhaps decades later, people will realize that little Gilbert had already collaborated with the enemy decades ago.

(End of this chapter)