superstar director

Chapter 523

After Mackenzie Foy, Ning Sheng auditioned a few more children, but in general, none of them could compare with Foy, whether it was her pretentious maturity like a little adult, or The lively ghosts in the words are the most suitable for the role in Ning Cheng's mind.

Therefore, besides the main character Emma, ​​the most important supporting roles in the movie were decided in this way. Naturally, someone specially assigned to take charge of the specific contracts. After Ning Sheng auditioned for the role of the little girl, he also participated in the audition for the two roles of the little girl's parents. In the end, two old Hollywood actors who have participated in film and television dramas for many years but have never been popular won the awards.

After the main actor is confirmed, he, the director, will not be responsible for the subsequent roles. Moreover, for some extra roles, you can just find someone locally. The local government has already done a good job of coordination. Therefore, in July, Ning Sheng took Emma to hold a small press conference in Los Angeles, and then hurriedly took everyone directly to Mexico to start the official filming.

At the end of July, the weather in Mexico is the same as in Asia, it is hot summer, but the better point here is that the average temperature is around 20 degrees, which is not too hot to be unbearable.

But even so, when you are exposed to the sun for a long time during the day, you can still feel the heat of the sun.

Because most of the filming was done abroad this time, the crew was not the same crew that Ning Sheng used to shoot in China, but with a few old crews, and then Hollywood prepared to build a new crew.

After all, the place where Ning Sheng filmed was not the Middle East or Africa, and there is no danger of war. Although Mexico seems to be in chaos in the movie, and there are occasional bad news in the news, overall, it is still a very stable country. It seems that the only thing to worry about is local security.

However, there is no turmoil in Mexico now. "Rage and Rescue" is obviously not a small crew, and the "famous genius director from China" will not make fun of his own life. The security work will indeed be "presidential treatment" as he said.Therefore, under the generous salary, there are indeed quite a few Hollywood employees who are willing to accept this job, especially many people who are from Mexico or born in Mexico are more than willing to take the salary and go back to have a look, so the "Rage Rescue" The crew will be ready soon.

When Ning Sheng led the crowd to Mexico City and gathered with the people there, "Rage Rescue" also officially entered the filming stage.

According to the scheduled plan, the crew will first shoot in the studio and some indoor real scenes in Mexico City; after completing these shots, it will probably be almost September, when Ning Sheng will return to China to participate in the Starlight Awards ceremony, and the nominations for the Starlight Awards were announced some time ago , "Thunderbolt Angel" has won many nominations. Although it can't compare with the Golden Tripod Award, it is still an award recognized by fans and audiences, especially when the organizer specially called him to invite him back. It would be hypocritical if you don't go back.So it's time to go back.

When he comes back from China after attending the awards ceremony, he will start framing and shooting some street scenes in Mexico. After the Mexican scenes are finished, he will return to China to shoot a few side scenes in which Fan Xiaoye participated, and finally he will return to the United States to finish filming. The remaining shots are estimated to be completed before Christmas this year.

And now, "Rage to the Rescue" is about to start shooting the first shot.In a Mexican bar, Emma Roberts was wearing a pair of ordinary jeans and a short-sleeved T-shirt. Her long hair was spread out to cover most of her face. She looked like an ordinary college student, but judging from her decadent demeanor, More like a degenerate being ravaged by society.

Originally, the costume given to Emma by the stylist was a camouflage outfit, which made it easy to see that she was a soldier. However, in the movie, Emma was not only retired, but also just released from prison. The ex-boyfriend, so the military decoration is inappropriate, especially because of the three-year prison life, and the love that gave high hopes, but was betrayed by the ex-boyfriend. At this time, Emma is a decadent woman who has suffered a major blow, A cripple who can't see the future, has no energy, except for his sharp eyes and sharp counterattack when he is harassed by men, no one can see how powerful he was once!
Standing behind Emma was a Mexican-American actor who played the bar owner. He was not a big star, and he was just an unknown member in Hollywood. He participated in the filming this time to come back to see his family.

Then there's some bar setters, and a drunk who's ready to take advantage.

On the other side of the bar, the camera crew is there to adjust the camera lens.In front, the cameraman is carrying the camera on his shoulders, the sound engineer next to him is holding the microphone boom, the lighting engineer and others, and Ning Sheng, who is wearing short sleeves and holding the director's viewfinder in his hand.

"Guys." Ning Cheng aimed at the viewfinder with one eye closed, and while checking the lens used as a boot, he asked with a smile, "Are you all ready?" Emma over there blinked at him, Taking a deep breath and smiling, he said, "Come on!" The photographer gave Ning Sheng a thumbs-up, and everyone nodded with a smile and replied, "Let's start!" I've been looking forward to this moment for so long."

Me too!Ning Cheng smiled, put down the viewfinder, signaled to the scene, and said, "Let's get started." He looked at Emma and the many foreign actors in front of him, took a deep breath, and remembered the long-term memory of another time and space- —— Misfortune will never come again. In this life, he has the ability to protect all the family members he wants to protect!

Although it is not the first time to shoot an action scene, every movie is a new experience, and now I am about to start a new directing journey!There's action, there's speeding cars, explosions, shootouts -- all of these shots will have a new experience.

Seeing the clerk knocking down the electronic slate, "The first set of shots No. 001, the first time." Ning Sheng suddenly felt a rush of energy all over his body, and the door to happiness had opened, he shouted loudly; "Action! "

With a sound of action, the film crew immediately started to work, and the two actors also started to perform. This scene is very simple, that is, "Winnie played by Emma staggers in from outside the bar, and then asks the boss Drink a big glass of beer silently", and even the line is only "Boss, have a big glass of beer!", and the scene has been rehearsed before, so there will be no problem.

I saw Emma with loose hair and a decadent expression on her face. Although she always looked young, under the make-up artist and stylist's dressing up, she looked like an abandoned American aunt. In front of the bar.

The cameraman and others who were carrying the camera quickly backed away, and everyone retreated all the way to the end of the scene. Ning Cheng stopped in his tracks and shouted with a smile: "Cut! Very good, it's over!"

Everyone cheered happily. Emma raised the big glass of beer in front of her and took a big sip, then let out a mouthful of alcohol in satisfaction. The smooth passing of the first shot of the startup is always full of joy !
"Get ready for the next shot!" Ning Cheng smiled and clapped his hands, and the film crew adjusted the direction of the camera again, and then it was time for the drunkard who flirted with Emma to appear on stage.

Of course, in the post-editing, before Ning Sheng was disturbed by the drunkard, he would insert a memory to explain why Emma was so decadent, and that was the content of the story between her and her ex-boyfriend.

When the sound of "action" sounded and the camera started again, Emma sat in front of the bar and ordered another large glass of beer. She had just taken a few sips when suddenly behind her was a big black man over 1.8 meters carrying a bottle. He leaned next to Emma and smiled and said, "Honey, you look so sad, it makes me feel bad to see, come on, come and have fun with me, be happy, come and let me see your face - oh ——God—” The alcoholic was knocked down by Emma’s backhand.

"Cut!" Ning Cheng shook his head, naturally he didn't pass, and said, "Emma, ​​your eyes and expression are not in place." Emma and others immediately looked at him, Ning Cheng walked over and patted him. The shoulder of the black man, thought for a while, and slowly said: "Well, your current state is that your ex-boyfriend broke your heart. You must know that you were willing to spend three years in prison for him. After the result came out, you saw But it was his betrayal of you, the only sustenance in my heart was destroyed by the ex-boyfriend, now you are like a walking dead, it seems that you have no feelings."

He spread his hands, pointed to the actor who played the drunkard and said, "But this drunkard, in your heart, you were an insignificant garbage in the past. Maybe you talked about humanitarianism before going to prison, but after going through the ex-boyfriend's After the betrayal, when this alcoholic came to take advantage of you, you were only verbally provocative at first, and you would not have any emotional changes. You looked at him like you were looking at a piece of pork, without any emotion. You didn't respond to what he said, because you were already numb and didn't want to deal with any such nonsense, so at this time, you didn't have any expressions of anger or disgust."

As he spoke, he stared, gritted his teeth, and said, "But when the alcoholic sees that you don't respond and wants to go further and touch your face, the other party's action is like what your ex-boyfriend used to do to you. In that way, you will immediately hear the person you hate the most, so you won't have any hesitation at this time. At this time, the alcoholic is like a stand-in for your ex-boyfriend. To treat the person you hate the most, it is natural to use The most cruel method, that's why you directly backhanded the opponent and quickly knocked him down to serious injury. And when you counterattacked, your expression was angry and crazy, but when the opponent came down, there was no threat to you, you also saw After clearing the other party is not your ex-boyfriend, you will return to the original.

Then, at this time, your expression is neither afraid nor angry, but returned to a decadent state of indifference, do you understand?Before you met that little angel, you were a beast that fell into the abyss of despair. You usually stayed in the dark and would not respond to any verbal provocations from the outside world, but when someone reached out to your body and made you feel Seeing the other party's malice, or thinking of the person you hate the most, you immediately want to bite the other party to death like a wild beast—"!"

"Well, I think I need to be more involved in the play." Emma bit her lip and frowned, and realized this problem, he looked at the actor who played the alcoholic, and said with a smile: "I don't know if it's because of this, I don't feel that he is a bad person." The alcoholic shrugged and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, maybe I look like a good person, I will make myself more like a nasty alcoholic." Emma chuckled, Said "Director, I have to cultivate my emotions—" On the set, although everyone knew that they were husband and wife, Emma still called them the director to show her position, so as not to make things difficult for Ning Cheng.

Ning Cheng looked at the alcoholic actor seriously, thinking about the solution in his heart.Although this is not a big problem, but in order to allow Emma to perform in a more exciting state, Ning Sheng can only think about how to make this alcoholic more like an alcoholic, which will help Emma's entry and performance.But how can we make the other party become an "annoying alcoholic"?
"Wait a minute——" Ning Cheng raised his eyebrows, and vaguely thought of an idea in his mind. He glanced up and down at the alcoholic actor, and finally his eyes stopped on the big mouth on that face, and he suddenly smiled and said: " I thought of it, who has some garlic for this dude!"

garlic?Everyone suddenly seemed to think of something, and soon after the waiter took a few cloves of garlic, Ning Cheng said to the alcoholic black actor, "Thank you!"

"It's nothing." The other party smiled indifferently, not to mention trivial matters such as eating a few stir-fried garlic, even if he was asked to eat a plate, he would do it.He also cherishes this opportunity very much. Although his figure on the big screen is only a scene of at most one or two minutes, it is also a serious supporting role with his face and lines!

Soon, at the same time as Emma rolled her eyes violently, the alcoholic brother ate up six cloves of garlic with a plate of spaghetti, and then couldn't help hiccupping. Everyone who watched laughed, only Emma couldn't laugh when she thought of the scene for a while.But what she can guarantee is that when she fights back, her expression will be very angry and crazy!

Ning Cheng asked Emma to brew up his emotions for a while, and after she signaled OK, Ning Cheng looked at everyone and shouted "Well, everyone takes their places!", the cameraman picked up the camera again, and everyone returned to the track , he also walked back to the monitor, waited for the field manager to knock off the slate, and shouted: "action!"

The alcoholic appeared again. He leaned against Emma, ​​and when he spoke, he deliberately opened his mouth, revealing his white teeth. The tone that people couldn't see rushed towards Emma like a biochemical weapon, while Emma lowered her head and kept her head Buried in beer, presumably buffered by the smell of beer, and finally waited until the alcoholic reached out to her face, the next moment, I saw the perfectly rehearsed movements, Emma's face exposed to the light was even more Full of madness and destruction, just like facing your own father-killing enemy!After the alcoholic collapsed, Emma hesitated for a moment, then returned to her decadent look, drank the beer in one gulp, and left the bar staggeringly while everyone was stunned!
Ning Cheng shook his fist with a smile, and could feel Emma's soaring resentment, and shouted with a smile, "cut! Very good!"

(End of this chapter)