Chapter 1722 Two Sets of Shots

Yin Jun had watched the movie "The Pianist" several times in his previous life.

Back in this life, he also read the original novel "The Pianist".

It should be said that the movie restores the novel to a high degree.

Whether it is the background, the characterization, or the description of the tragic scenes, they are all very profound.

If it can be summarized in one sentence, it tells the story of how Schipilman saw, encountered, and escaped danger again and again in these six years.

In fact, Yin Jun doesn't like movies like "The Pianist" very much because it is very cruel.

The entire movie is almost filled with a large number of massacre scenes, and they are very real and bloody.

The men, women, and children who were killed by the Germans in various ways appeared so bloody in the camera that it was easy to make people uncomfortable.

But it is such a real thing that happened, just like the heinous crimes committed by the Japanese invaders in our country, everyone will subconsciously avoid it and don’t want to think about it, but it is so real and It's so painful that it makes people heartbroken just thinking about it.

Yin Jun has no intention of removing these scenes.

After watching hundreds of movies and making movies for so many years, Yin Jun finally understood that the reason for the success of "The Pianist" happened to be that it showed the suffering of the Jews in a tragic and undisguised way. Painful calamity.

Not to mention that most of the old men at the film school are Jewish, this kind of restoration of history with the most realistic sense is an artistic expression they like very much.

Tom Hanks has lost weight so much that his cheeks are thinner. Although his weight is still normal, he is no longer as round as before.

This was just the beginning. When Schipilman hid alone in an empty house on the street, when he was well-meaningly hidden by the German officers, and was in panic all day long, that person who was so thin that he almost had only bones was Tom Hank. Sri Lanka’s difficulties.

As Yin Jun said to Carlson, "The Pianist" has many scenes.

In addition to half of the scenes that can be shot in neighborhoods and houses, the other half, including train stations, wilderness, factories, etc., are also very important.

Carlson had already decided on these scenes during the inspection, and the filming team will also go to Poland for filming near Warsaw.

But this neighborhood is also the most important area.

Whether it was the initial bombing by the German army; the German army entering the city; or the scene of pulling out people at night and letting them run but then shooting them; or the Jewish workers who seized weapons and tried to resist, but were bombarded by the German army and opened the building. Scenes of melees in the neighborhood; or scenes of the German army sweeping houses next to each other with flamethrowers...etc., these all need to be shot in the neighborhood.

Of course, in order to avoid being burned to death by a flamethrower, Schipilmann jumped over the wall and ran into the broken neighborhood after being bombed by the Allies, and finally the scene after Big Brother's army entered the neighborhood and he was discovered, that was all at the end. .

That would require destroying most of the entire city block, and then adding computer special effects, screen corrections during production, etc.

All in all, Yin Jun is not so satisfied with the current construction block.

Although in the opinion of Carlson and others, it is already relatively close to the description in the book.

But who says Yin Jun is someone who has watched the movie several times?

Although there are some changes in this neighborhood, you can generally see that it is the same place. I am really impressed.

It can be said that without the story happening here, the entire atmosphere of "The Pianist" would be largely weakened.

Therefore, Yin Jun must let them make some changes according to his own wishes.

Of course, the entire project was completed in about 20 days. Carlson could not have done a better job, and Yin Jun was not demanding, but just let him continue to work hard to improve it.

Anyway, we will shoot scenes in the rooms first. It will be too late to wait a few days for the interiors of these houses to dry before decorating and modifying them.

At the beginning of the plot, in addition to dozens of seconds of old photographic materials of Warsaw in the 1940s, the opening scene shows the male protagonist Schipilman playing the piano in the recording studio of the radio station.

But this scene coincided with the bombing of Warsaw by German planes.

Because the Broadcasting Building is very grand, the crew for this shot entered the city of Prague and temporarily rented a building for exterior shooting.

As for the scene where the airflow was bombarded, causing the glass in the room to shatter and cement and debris to fly, the effect can be achieved through post-production.

The most important role in the entire film is Schipilman. As long as Tom Hanks is ready, filming can begin.

The first shot Yin Jun took was of Tom Hanks' hands playing the piano.

Many viewers didn't realize that the director actually had certain intentions.

At this time, accompanied by the sound of the piano, the hands that kept playing were clean and tidy. There was a great contrast with the dry and dirty hands of Schipilman's later days when he was in danger and kept playing. .

The director is also using this silent change to tell the audience the change in Schipilman's fate.

It was the same thing if it was Yin Jun who took the photo.

Tom Hanks' hands are also slender, and Yin Jun also used photography effects to lengthen them a bit, making them more artistic.

What needs to be filmed in the building today are, in addition to the first set of recording studio playing scenes, there is also the scene where Schipilman rushes down to escape with everyone and meets his female fan Dorota.

The most important thing is the first set of shots.

Yin Jun did not interrupt Tom Hanks' performance repeatedly, nor did he say much. He just waited until Tom Hanks finished playing and asked him to play again over and over again.

Even though many people present felt that Tom Hanks' performance was already very good, not much worse than the pianists at those concerts, Yin Jun did not have any intention of agreeing.

It wasn't until almost three hours later, during which Tom Hanks took five breaks and everyone had a light meal bought from outside, that Yin Jun called him qualified.

That is, in the scene where Tom Hanks took a deep breath, drank water and rested, preparing for the next scene to escape from the building because the bombing destroyed the building.

Both Hajiekova and Yelinqinwa were a little dumbfounded.

"Linwa, are all filming people like them like this?" Hajiekova whispered, "That handsome guy is an Oscar winner! The best actor in the world is actually treated so harshly by his boss, and Are you still not angry? The boss is not deliberately looking for trouble, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Ye Linqinwa lowered her voice.

She watched "Rain Man" in the school screening room to learn English.

"Mr. Tom Hanks was discovered by the director, and he single-handedly made Tom Hanks the Oscar winner. Why do you think he tortured the leading actor?"

As she spoke, Ye Linqinwa looked at Yin Jun, who had been staring at the camera roll, and suddenly felt that this focused man had an indescribable charm.

"Tsk, tsk, I don't understand this. I only know that the boss is so majestic! What a man!" Hajiekova also looked at Yin Jun with bright eyes, and couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

When she saw Yin Jun in the coffee shop yesterday, she didn't think anything was wrong.

From last night to today, Yin Jun was surrounded by countless people. Yin Jun was commanding the photography venue with determination and speaking the right words. He was really impressive and showed what it means to be a superior.

Compared with Yin Junlai, the company bosses and so-called big guys that Hajiekova saw before were completely weak.

Tom Hanks, who spent a lot of time and energy, took a break and then started filming the second scene.

The second scene was mainly about the scene where he met Dorota when he followed everyone to escape from the broadcasting building, and then the two got to know each other excitedly amidst the sound of bombing.

This time the shooting also took more than two hours to complete.

This time it's not Tom Hanks' fault, but the extras who made many mistakes in showing the chaos of escaping from various floors when being bombed.

Hatekova and Yelinqinva demonstrated their value at this time.

The two of them kept telling them what Yin Jun meant and made specific instructions for changes.

Most of the extras who needed to have lenses were actors selected from the Czech Republic, rather than those in the town who served as background personnel.

But the shooting techniques they experienced were very different from those in the United States, so Yin Jun also spent a long time and even demonstrated it himself many times.

The two women did not expect that Yin Jun, a rich man and a famous director, would personally direct this kind of group performance.

Including those who stumbled down the spiral staircase, including one who was unsteady and almost fell, including those who pushed others in a panic and wanted to escape first... Yin Jun corrected at least seven or eight actors in all kinds of life situations. .

The most exaggerated time was when Yin Jun played a character who fell to the ground regardless of his image, then struggled nervously and continued to escape.

Yin Jun also deliberately let the camera show a close-up of a frightened expression on his face, and then asked the actor to do it again according to his performance just now. ——This shot was not in the original version of the previous life, but Yin Jun deliberately added it to highlight the confusion and fear that people feel when they suddenly encounter a bombing.

An Oscar-level director and the world's richest man actually put so much into filming, which not only opened the eyes of the two sisters, but also all the non-American actors present sincerely admired Yin Jun.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about his professionalism and serious spirit is enough to make everyone marvel.

Only two sets of shots were shot in one day, and the movie footage lasted only two or three minutes at most, which also allowed everyone to see Yin Jun's pursuit of excellence in filming.

Many people cheered up and warned themselves that they must work hard in the future filming process, otherwise the director will not give you good things to eat!