British 1986

Allen did not rush for them to get up. Instead, he lowered his head and watched the two old servants finally kneeling at his feet. He slightly curled his lips. This is the benefit of being a noble. With a small title, you can make people stand up. A grateful person kneels before him to show his loyalty.

"good!"

"Karl won't be back for a long time. Let's wait until Christmas before returning to the United States to register the company."

"Thank you, Master!"

Old Karl knew that the young master wanted him to stay at home for a few more days because of the hard work he had put in traveling around for so many years.

Allen finished rewarding the two butlers and left them alone.

Hu Te is an old butler, and giving him a reward will help him work better for himself in the future.

As for Old Karl, he will have to let him do things for him in the United States in the future. In the future, he will have the status of Lord, which will make it more convenient for him to do things there.

Light gray thickened sweatpants, a black long down jacket, and a cotton hat, this is Allen's current outfit.

After three days at home, the entire crew completed preparations and officially started filming.

There was no such thing as a power-on ceremony.

The first scene was filmed in the hotel where the actors auditioned.

The preparations for this crew took too much time. Allen was really tortured by the inefficient way of doing things by these gringos. If he didn't rush them with a whip behind him, he would wait for another month or two. It's not impossible.

It was still the same suite. After it was decorated as a shooting location, some props were rearranged and the shooting was ready.

Allen's shooting plan is to shoot at the Carmarthen Town Hotel at his doorstep first, and then go to The Gambia for on-site shooting at the end.

The general flow of the entire film is that the heroine saw an advertisement in a newspaper and the description of the black duck was really tempting. She was so itchy that she took action and bought a ticket to Gambia.

Come all the way to Gambia, pick out the black duck you like, and then go to the hotel.

The story flow is that simple, but it certainly cannot be all shot in The Gambia.

The physical environment there is too bad, so it’s more convenient to stay in a hotel at home. In the end, I just need to adjust the editing sequence.

After receiving the big horn handed over by Siphis, Allen lowered his head and looked at the loud speaker in his hand, his eyes a little confused.

"this thing"

"Haha, Master, our prop team spent a lot of effort to make this. It belongs to you only."

Syphis was a little embarrassed, but his eyes were slightly proud.

What Allen is holding looks like an ordinary large speaker, but the details of the large speaker are indeed extremely gorgeous.

The overall silver-plated surface is decorated with golden textures, especially on the handle of the big speaker, which also has the Hill family's crest. After their transformation, the value of the entire big speaker has definitely soared.

“Fancy”

Allen curled his lips, neither praising nor rejecting.

"Okay. Are the actors ready? Where's Meryl?"

"Come, come. Your Excellency, I am here."

With the sound coming from the distance, Meryl appeared in front of Allen in a new image, which really made Allen's heart tremble twice.

It’s not that I’m excited, but it’s so similar!

After the make-up artist's "transformation", the skin on Meryl's face now looks a little loose, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes are visible to the naked eye. Her orange-yellow hair has also been bleached and dyed into a golden color. She wears well-fitting professional attire. This is the proper youthful version of Thatcher!

this image

Very good, stable!

"okay."

Allen picked up his special small speaker and patted the microphone.

"Dong dong dong"

"Every group is in place!"

Meryl walked around the hotel room nervously. From time to time, she would go to the door of the room, lie on the peephole and look outside, but there was nothing outside the door.

"Click! OK, next one!"

From booting up to shooting, it’s all in one step!

When Meryl heard this click, she was a little doubtful about life.

She felt that Allen was a very serious person. She had been here for a few days and she already knew that the legendary noble was the young man in front of her. However, limited by her first impression and various ancient legends about European nobles, she I was still very nervous in front of Allen.

It was just the first shooting today, was it so smooth?

She was ready to be scolded, but

We haven’t even warmed up yet, but the first shot has been taken?

Alan didn't care about Meryl's thoughts at all. He waved and asked the stage manager to arrange for Xiao Heizi to appear.

The cameras these days are all film, but in the era when Allen started photography, the cameras were all digital!

At that time, the director would sit in front of the monitor with a small pony in his hands at the filming site. Those were the days when the photographer could see whatever the scene was on the monitor.

And now?

He couldn't see anything and could only "shoot blindly".

Although it would be possible to spend a lot of money to buy a device that could help you see the composition a little bit, Allen didn't think it was necessary.

He made this film because it was simple.

The scene is simple, the characters are simple, the dialogue is simple, the shooting is simple, all aspects are simple, and the actors’ positioning is fine. The other details that need most attention are just the feeling. These insignificant transition shots in the early stage, Just pass it so-so, there is no need to waste time trying to improve.

This is like some people watching a short movie, fast forwarding directly, pulling the progress bar to the middle or two-thirds of the way, and after stopping for a few minutes, they finally pull the progress bar directly to the end to see a close-up.

People watching this movie don’t care about these insignificant details at all!

After a brief scene of meeting the little black duck, the two were speechless in the hotel room. The little black duck picked up two long-handled wine glasses and poured two glasses of champagne, and chatted with Meryl first.

"Click! Stop."

Except for the photographer and a few necessary staff, there were not many people left in the entire room. This was to minimize the pressure on the actors and allow them to relax more.

Allen waved to Meryl and motioned for her to come over.

"Meryl, there's something wrong with your mood."

"Sir, what do you mean?"

Meryl blinked her big eyes and looked at Alan with some anxiety.

"Don't be so reserved. Just call me director when you are on the set from now on. The mood I want is to be restrained. But not too restrained. Do you understand? This is the product you ordered. Shyness and inability to let go are the two. Your character design, but the overall behavioral process is also decided by you in advance. There must be a sense of contradiction in it. Do you understand the sense of contradiction?"

Allen pulled Meryl aside alone, lowered his head and made gestures while describing to her the emotional effect he wanted.

After Meryl listened to Allen's words and thought about it seriously, the wrinkle glue on her face twisted a little, and she somewhat understood what Allen meant.

"Is it that feeling where the body wants it, but is also a little shy and hesitant?"

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Allen listened to the old lady's straightforward words and pressed his tongue against the inside of his mouth.