Chapter 1985 Careful Craftsmanship

Originally, according to the content of "Forrest Gump", the filming could be divided into two groups.

The first group was dedicated to filming Forrest Gump when he was a child, and the second group was to film what happened when Forrest Gump grew up.

In this way, the filming scenes of many actors will not conflict, and a lot of time can be saved.

But this also has a big disadvantage, that is, if two groups of people shoot together, it is not easy to achieve the same quality.

It is impossible for two executive directors to form a unified style, even if the chief director is watching.

Therefore, when many big directors face such scenes, they choose to shoot them themselves.

At most, it will only change the chronological order of some filming, but will not change the inherent mode of filming.

Sometimes, change and innovation are not the best. In the film industry, a lot of persistence is necessary.

For example, director Christopher Nolan still used traditional film shooting techniques when filming "Dunkirk". Although the cost increased by no less than 10 million, the effect of this shooting was very good and high-quality.

It can make people deeply feel the era they live in, rather than relying on special effects.

Of course, Nolan's "waste" in "Dunkirk" was not just about the film, but also his settings for the entire set, and even all the details on the sea, he demanded that they be as they were during World War II.

This greatly increased the cost of "Dunkirk", at least US$30 million more than originally planned.

But everyone has seen the result. It became the number one war movie in history, with a box office of about 800 million US dollars!

After it was "Saving Private Ryan" more than ten years ago, with a total box office of about 500 million US dollars.

Therefore, making a movie does not depend on how you save costs, but how hard you put your heart into making the movie and make the best movie. Of course, there will be people watching.

Directors also need to have their own persistence, otherwise they will blindly compromise for commercial movies. Such a director will definitely only be a famous director and will not become the world's top film master.

Compared with them, the biggest advantage of a film master like Yin Jun is that he has seen the complete versions of these classic movies and already has a version in his mind.

What he has to do is to continue to build and carve on these versions to make his own version.

In addition, Yin Jun also has the advantage that he doesn't have to care about the cost, nor the profit or loss. Anyway, the company belongs to him alone, and he only needs to shoot according to his own wishes.

Forrest Gump's childhood, Forrest Gump's youth and Forrest Gump's middle age are now three episodes. Yin Jun has already had specific plans in his heart.

Forrest Gump's childhood is undoubtedly the best to film because it is the simplest.

But it's not that easy to make it effective.

Because the two young actors are the main characters, and their acting skills cannot be compared with those of Meryl, Marlon Brando and others, and they have no experience or enlightenment.

To put it in more fashionable terms, most of it depends on the director's continuous guidance, and a small part of it is just left to chance.

Moreover, because they were chosen recently, they are not very familiar with the script. If they start filming in a hurry, the effect may not be very good.

Forrest Gump's Youth, in Yin Jun's classification, should be from the end of the Vietnam War. The writing is not that heavy, and many of them are interspersed with memories and special effects. There is nothing difficult about this part.

Even Tom Hanks' acting skills don't need much, just show Forrest Gump's honesty and slight retardation.

In the end, Forrest Gump grew up mentally, understood life and responsibility, and understood what life is. This is the most important part of the whole movie.

Yin Jun has great confidence in Tom Hanks. He believes that if he filmed Forrest Gump's youth, and then filmed Forrest Gump's adulthood, and transferred and sublimated this part of the emotion, then it would be eight or nine. Not far away from ten.

Looking at the state of Tom Hanks on the first day, Yin Jun finally decided to start filming from the moment when Forrest Gump grew up, when Forrest Gump hugged a football, and suddenly jumped from a boy to a young man.

As for the two young actors, on the one hand, they were allowed to get along with each other to cultivate their relationship. On the other hand, Yin Jun also let them go around the crew to see how others acted, and at the same time, they also became more familiar with the script.

Just like reading, if you read more, you will naturally understand many things.

Comprehension is something that only very few people can possess. The rest are all based on stupid methods, slowly exploring and strengthening.

Just like acting, why do many people suddenly improve their acting skills when they are in their thirties or forties?

Do you really think it’s enlightenment?

It is their efforts day after day to constantly improve themselves, and finally achieve a qualitative improvement.

Let the two children continue to familiarize themselves with the script and perform a few scenes from time to time. After several times, they will naturally become more proficient and may even surprise others.

Ignore them.

When Yin Jun was filming Tom Hanks' scenes, he clearly felt the progress of Tom Hanks.

Tom Hanks has already won two Best Actors, but in "Rain Man", he played a role in a mentally retarded group, which was a coincidence. In addition, the Oscar judges wanted to compensate for Yin Jun's movie, so he Lucky to get an Oscar winner.

The second part of "The Pianist" is different. This is Tom Hanks's true performance of a role, and his wonderful performance won him the Oscar.

But this is not the peak of Tom Hanks.

His peak is in the third "Forrest Gump" that he continues to work hard on.

It is no exaggeration to say that Tom Hanks had already started preparing for "Forrest Gump" as early as 4 years ago, when he signed a 20-year, 30-movie contract with Qilin Culture.

He didn't even tell Yin Jun that he had read "Forrest Gump" no less than 30 times, and his reading notes alone were as thick as three "Forrest Gump" books.

With such a deep accumulation, Tom Hanks is naturally confident and his acting is effortless at all.

No.

He is not acting, he is expressing himself in front of the camera.

At this time, he has completely integrated into the role of Forrest Gump. He is the character that Yin Jun looks most like to. He is even more natural than the version in his previous life that was released nine years later.

The role of Mr. Marlon Brando was only in the beginning. Now he has not left the set without any problem. He brags and farts with a group of people every day, and also goes to the surrounding farms to play around. He seems to be very leisurely.

He also likes to chat with Yin Jun, but mainly about business and how to increase and preserve his wealth.

On this point, Yin Jun is his best consulting partner.

The old man is also frightened by the financial crisis. If he wants to have a chance to enjoy his old age, he must humbly seek advice.

On the way to seek advice from Yin Jun, he would also make his own comments on some of the characters in the movie, and also teach Yin Jun from another aspect how to adjust their status and how to force them to perform their best.

Yin Jun also benefited a lot from him.

Among them, when Marlon Brando talked about Tom Hanks, he admired the young man who had become one with the character, without any hint of acting at all.

Although this will prevent him from getting out of Forrest Gump's shadow for a long time, it is the greatest good thing for the film art itself.

"Perhaps this is the best biographical film ever made."

The old man's evaluation was so high that it made Yin Jun a little nervous.

It would be a sin to film such a classic with your own hands and not be able to watch Tom Hanks perform well but be dragged down by other factors and actors.

So Yin Jun started filming more and more slowly.

Sometimes, at the end of the day, I only shoot about 10 shots.

Fortunately, everyone's salary is not small, and Yin Jun is powerful enough to suppress them.

But after all, Yin Jun is too familiar with "Forrest Gump", so generally speaking, there are very few mistakes, and most of them are due to Yin Jun's desire to keep improving.

Facing such a masterpiece that was already within the scope of Oscar consideration, and seeing Yin Jun's meticulous craftsmanship, the actors did not feel impatient.

Didn't they come to this crew just to become famous in "Forrest Gump" and leave their own footprints in this masterpiece?

The better "Forrest Gump" is filmed, the more honors everyone gets. What's wrong with that?

In this atmosphere, Yin Jun himself became more and more skilled.

However, after he went back every night, his rest time did not increase.

Because he has a lot of ideas in his mind about how to shoot better, how to squeeze out Tom Hanks's state more, how to let other actors keep up with Tom Hanks' rhythm... these series of ideas, They kept flashing in his mind, and then he took them out and put them into practice.

What excites Yin Jun is Zhang Maomou's control of the camera.

Although it was his first time to take charge of such a masterpiece, except for the first few days when Zhang was out of shape, he spent the rest of the time adjusting and growing with the crew.

He worked harder than Yin Jundu.

After filming every day, Yin Jun, Tom Hanks, him, and some crew members would watch the footage.

As a result, several times, he himself proposed how he could improve and change, so that the characters, scenery and scenes in the shot would be better.

Every time he said this, he would definitely continue to build these images in his mind that night.

I waited until the next day to reshoot, and it turned out to be true. It was indeed much better.

With such superb shooting skills, Zhang Moumou has also won everyone's recognition. Even Marlon Brando praised his use of color and long lens.

And with the joint efforts of outstanding cast and crew members such as Tom Hanks and Zhang Mou, the crew has a smooth and precise operation!