The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 260 Large Crew
"The first team is ready."

"Team 2 is ready."

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"The fourth group, the fourth group, the crowd of onlookers enters the shot and needs to retreat five yards."

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"Makeup team, please wipe off the oil shine on Mr. Robinson. The lens is slightly reflective."

"Sound team, the No. 3 radio microphone has been raised slightly and is now in the camera."

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"The camera crew is ready and waiting for the lights."

"Give me a little more time."

Noisy, busy, orderly in chaos, without feet touching the ground.

This is another ordinary day for the crew.

"Spider-Man" officially started filming in March, because Sam Raimi wanted the story to be set in winter, showing the coldness and indifference of New York. If it is postponed further, spring is here and summer is not far away. The crew will continue to insist If you shoot in real scenes, you will encounter a series of difficulties.

Having already had experience shooting "Princess Diaries" before, the crew needed to build a scene of a virtual small country in the studio, so the crew's shooting work had to be divided into two parts: real scene and studio.

And this time "Spider-Man" has to go one step further, because the movie requires a lot of computer special effects and needs to "destroy" a lot of New York city buildings, so it has to go into a studio for green screen shooting.

At the same time, Sam still hopes to start shooting in real scenes. After all, the studio cannot present the texture of reality. This is why he went to Berlin, Paris, London and other cities to explore. Although the story of "Spider-Man" takes place entirely in New York, the New York City Hall Not necessarily willing to approve all filming requests, so they had to travel to other cities to find scenes.

It is precisely because of this that the filming of "Spider-Man" became a challenge——

Especially for a newcomer Anson.

The movie is not shot according to the timeline, nor is it shot according to the story line, but unfolds around the shooting scene.

Now that the crew is in New York, they must finish filming all the scenes arranged in New York, regardless of time, until the scene is over, and then go to the next filming location.

Disrupting the timeline means disrupting the story line and emotional line.

When watching a movie, the audience follows the development of the plot and characters and feels the emotional context; but when filming, the actors cannot do the same. They may be happy one second, but they may be separated the next second.

Therefore, this places strict requirements on actors:
He must know the ins and outs of this character and completely penetrate into the world of the character. Only in this way, when extracting any fragment at any time, will the emotions and states presented by the actor not be fragmented, like a puzzle, waiting for the end of the film's post-editing. After that, it still fits seamlessly.

Big crew, always.

Of course, things can be simpler. After all, this is "Spider-Man", not "Sophie's Choice". The actors only need to show accurate emotions at the right moment——

sad? joy? happiness? Bitter? upset?

And so on and so forth.

As long as the emotion is correct, the state presented in the picture will not be abrupt, and even if it does not fit 100%, it will not be noticed by the audience.

However, Anson didn't think so.

Character arcs and emotional contexts, these seemingly simple but actually complex expressions, are precisely the key to distinguishing commercial movies from bad. An excellent commercial movie may not need to think about the depth of human nature, but it needs to maintain a smooth viewing experience. These invisible threads play such a role. Look at "Titanic", look at "Avatar", look at "The Avengers", there is a reason why these movies can detonate box office bombs.

In its previous life, "Spider-Man" achieved great success and was unquestionably brilliant. Years later, it is still considered a landmark work in superhero movies, and Anson himself likes it very much.

But is "Spider-Man" perfect?

No.

At least in Anson's view, this is not the case, and the most important reason lies in the performances of the three actors.

Be it Tobey Maguire, James Franco, or Kristen Dunst, the performances of the three actors are too iconic.

Led by Toby, he gave Peter Parker a shy and youthful quality, but it was superficial during several emotional turns and psychological changes.

In fact, this has always been his acting habit. It can be seen from later works such as "The Great Gatsby" and "The Age of Era" that the characteristics of different characters are exactly the same, and the presentation of emotions is always superficial. There is no layer or power. His career as an actor is more about repeating the same role——

There may be some differences, but they are very limited.

The result is that the character arc is complete, but more comes from the script, which is not missing but not full enough.

In the end, "Spider-Man" became an iconic movie. Although the script gave Peter Parker a complete and three-dimensional room for growth, Tobey Maguire's version of Spider-Man has never been able to resemble Christian Bale. Bale's version of Batman generally packs a punch.

Of course, there is a doubt here:
Not only Toby, but James and Kristen also have the same problem.

This makes Anson have to guess, either this is Sam Raimi's original intention, consciously keeping the story light and avoiding too heavy emotions; or this is what Sony Columbia means, they hope to maintain the entertainment effect of the movie, No. 1 at the box office, no Need to dig deeper.

So, they made an "idol movie".

To a large extent - about 90% - Anson agrees with this view. The box office success of "Spider-Man" is due to this strategy. There is really no need for bitterness and hatred; but there is a thin line between excellence and classics. If the window paper can be pierced, the film can usher in a completely new change.

Anson wondered if it would be possible to give Peter Parker a layer of psychological changes in some scenes of emotional outbursts and plot twists without affecting the editing and weight of the film. Would it be possible to truly unleash the potential of this story template that has the qualifications to become a classic? Some charm?

Therefore, before the movie started, Anson had been studying the script, studying the characters, studying the relationship between the characters, and studying the psychological state, not only for the characters, but also for the filming stage. He could accurately capture the state of any scene and try to enrich the interpretation. .

There is no doubt that this is a difficult problem.

Moreover, this is also the first time Anson has tried this, and it is also the first time he has played the leading role. It is completely different from the situation in "Friends" and "Princess Diaries".

Whether it is a mule or a horse, you will only know if you take it out for a walk.

In the blink of an eye, the "Spider-Man" crew has been filming in New York for half a month. From the initial chaos to the current situation, the crew has finally found a rhythm.

Then, today the crew is about to shoot a key scene——

In Anson's view, it can be said to be the core of the entire movie, and it is also the key to making the entire movie unique.

The classic line "With great power comes great responsibility" comes from here.

At the same time, the crew chose to shoot in New York in order to truly capture the light of New York. The location is located at the entrance of the Metropolitan Museum of Art——

Another landmark building in New York.

As a result, there was a scene in which the crew did not touch the ground but were orderly in chaos. Busyness and noise, chaos and excitement collided in the air, creating sparks.

(End of this chapter)