Chapter 974

"Okay, I know, I'll pay attention..." Hugo said with a slight smile on his face, holding the receiver of the landline phone, but when he was about to hang up the phone, the receiver There was another voice, which made Hugo's smile involuntarily contain a hint of helplessness, but he still listened patiently, "Don't worry, I will take care of myself. You should also pay attention to yourself. The temperature changes are also a bit strange, don't catch a cold."

After finishing speaking, Hugo closed his eyes gently, nodded his chin slightly, and said with a light smile, "That's it, I need to go to rehearsal." But before he could lift the receiver, he heard it again. The voice, this time there was a sneer next to him, Hugo glanced at Charlize helplessly, then put his attention back on the phone, "Postcard? I'll remember it, I'll buy it when I go out to dinner tomorrow. , Princess Sissi? Okay, I see. Well, miss you, bye."

Finally, Hugo hung up the phone. As a result, Charlize's laugh came directly. She also picked up her voice and said in a worried and squeamish voice, "Hugo, you must pay attention to your body, Don't catch a cold, the weather in Vienna is different from Los Angeles..."

"Charlize Theron!" Hugo put his hands on his hips and looked at Charlize with a smile, which made Charlize smile even more brilliantly.

"You should know that she has already repeated these words in Los Angeles, right?" Charlize giggled, thinking it was very interesting, especially Hugo's helpless expression pleased her, "I still remember, she Holding your cheeks and whispering. Oh, God, she usually looks like a cheerful girl, why did she become like this this time when you went away? Is it because the first time after you dated Long distance apart? That's not right, when you were promoting the album, you didn't spend much time together..."

"Charlize! She's my girlfriend, isn't she supposed to say these things?" Hugo interrupted Charlize and smiled helplessly. In fact, Hugo also felt the abnormality of Cameron this time, it seems... It seems to be particularly sensitive, but Hugo can't find an accurate reason. It is indeed not an easy task to guess a woman's mind. Hugo shrugged, "You can't do this, it doesn't mean she can't. Maybe as you said, we are now separated by the Atlantic Ocean, and she is more worried, that's all."

The phone call just now was from Hugo to Cameron Diaz. They arrived in Vienna yesterday. After a day of adjustment, he first called Adam to explain the situation, and then he called Cameron. Made a call to report safety. As a result, the phone calls were endless. Charlize had been waiting for Hugo to rehearse, and the first wait was twenty minutes.

Charlize raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, "I can't feel the girl's heart, it's my fault."

"Who called you a man?" Hugo's words immediately provoke one of Charlize's slippers, Hugo dodged skillfully, then walked across to Charlize and sat down, "You don't give Mr. Perfect a call. Telephone?"

"I've called, I feel more distressed about the international phone bill." Charlize's words made Hugo sneer directly. They are now living in a hotel, and the cost is naturally paid by the crew. Charlize's words are pure nonsense.

"Need help?" Hugo said, and began to take out his pocket. Then he found two coins in his pocket and handed them over, which made Charlize grin, but Hugo took a closer look and put his hand back. , "Gee, it's Kennedy and Roosevelt, not Wagner."

John F. Kennedy is the head of fifty cents, Franklin Roosevelt is the head of ten cents, and Otto Wagner is the head of five hundred shillings.

As a result, Charlize flew the other slipper, and Hugo flashed past again and said with a smile, "It seems that you have no plans to go out today."

Charlize waved her fist fiercely, "I can run with bare feet!"

The fierce look made Hugo avoid his eyes, and said with a smile, "Rehearsal, rehearsal, work is the most important thing." Charlize glared at Hugo again, and then slowly retracted his fist.

"Before Sunrise" is very special because the script restricts the time to the dark night after nightfall, which means that the whole story takes place in one night. If it is shot in the studio, it is naturally simple, and it is very convenient for the staff to set up the background.

But the problem is, Hugo and Richard decided to shoot on the spot, which means that in order to fit the real process of the story, they need to capture the moments after night each day to shoot, before dark and after dawn, they all Can't work. And they also need to take into account the weather. If it rains, they will definitely not be able to shoot. If the difference between moonlight and starlight is too obvious for a few nights, the lens and lighting need to be very careful when shooting.

Also, when the hero and heroine met, they were on the train in the afternoon, and then they chose to get off in Vienna. This also means that the process of the sun gradually setting and the night gradually falling will be presented in the film. In order to ensure authenticity and continuity, Hugo and Charlize must be completed in the shortest possible time. Of course, if It is the most perfect state to be able to pass all the shots at one time like real life.

This also means that the rehearsal between shots has a greater responsibility.

In the past, the rehearsal was more about familiarizing the actors with the shooting process, the positions, camera positions, shots, and performance methods, etc.; but now the rehearsal is more like the rehearsal of a stage play, and the actors need to pay attention to every detail outside the camera. Knowing it like the back of the hand, it's like a Broadway show after entering the shooting, and mistakes are avoided as much as possible.

Of course, this isn't real Broadway, and they don't have a live audience to watch, so there's room for error, but they have to fight against the weather, against nature, and against time, so they have to be in rehearsal***** *** energy.

Today is only the first day. For a long time to come, we will start shooting at night. In addition to making up for sleep during the day, Hugo and Charlize must spend most of their time in rehearsal, treating the movie as a real Broadway. perform.

Hugo and Charlize started by reading the script. The so-called script reading is actually reading the script aloud. The most important thing is to make the actors familiar with the script and the dialogue with each other, and then gradually outline their own performance image. This is the foundation of the basics in the performance class, but in practical application, it is one of the necessary links. Hugo and Charlize used to practice at home a lot, so this is no stranger to the two of them.

Although the script was written by Hugo, at this time in the position of the actor, Hugo's perspective became different. The screenwriter is a bystander and a storyteller, and the actor is a participant and a storyteller. Maybe this is not 100% accurate, but in the "Before Sunrise" story.

Many people have always believed that "Before the Sunrise" does not actually test acting skills, but rather penetrates the director and screenwriter's perception of life and love, but this is a wrong perception.

"Before Sunrise" is a very strict challenge to acting skills. Because this movie is based on reality as a whole and shows the true face of love as much as possible, the requirements for actors are even stricter. The movie requires actors to be able to outline the characters delicately and casually. It is as if the two people are really just discussing the dialogue at will, talking in a wild way, but in fact, they are reciting the lines, how to express the lines like It's a conversation in life, and it's not easy.

What's more difficult is that the content of the dialogue is the soul of the two characters. This is a film with no conflict and no plot, which means that the characters have no personality. But do the two characters really have no personality? Of course not, the personalities of the two characters are expressed from their words, and their personalities can be seen in just a few words, and then the sparks burst out quietly, but they can make the audience feel clearly arrive.

In short, it's a movie that uses performance to interpret real life. It is very likely that it is just a story that happened unintentionally on the streets of Los Angeles last night. There is no special plot, no special ups and downs, just an ordinary life.

It was a challenge for Charlize and a challenge for Hugo.

After "Schindler's List", Hugo appeared in two works, "Pulp Fiction" and "Speed ​​of Life and Death". Apart from the simple and rude character shaping of "Speed ​​of Life and Death", in "Pulp Fiction", Hugo tried to The characters are stripped out of the script and incorporate more of their own personality and understanding. In fact, this is to make the characters closer to life.

In "Pulp Fiction", Quentin Tarantino tried to reflect the life fragments of a special group in Los Angeles in a lively but dramatic and humorous way. The authenticity is credible and the drama of black humor is added. . When Hugo challenged the role of Vincent at the time, he could feel a completely different performance method, and this time, Hugo needs to go further in this road.

It's very difficult to perform life-like performances, because if you don't pay attention, it will become a true performance. The so-called true performance is not a performance at all, it is just being yourself, and the performance components in it are almost negligible; the real life performance should be to increase the character's personality on the basis of the true self.

Taking "Before Sunrise" as an example, is Jesse really Hugo? Obviously not, and Selena is not Charlize either. Maybe they are the character prototypes, but Hugo has built a complete background and personality for the two characters in the story, which means that these two characters are just characters in the story after all, maybe there are many Jesse and Hugo Similarities, but they are two very different people.

Therefore, how Hugo grasps the similarities and differences between himself and Jesse is the biggest test of acting skills. Following the "Pulp Fiction", Hugo can further explore the performance method of integrating his personality and characters, which makes Hugo feel a little excited and long-lost!