One Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety-Five All over Again

"Jesus-damn-God, what the hell is going on here?"

Damien stood by, venting his dissatisfaction and depression rambled, but found that Simmons and Renly completely ignored his existence and communicated with each other, which made Damien extremely depressed: He's the director, isn't he? Why is his tirade not listened to?

But gradually, Damien's taste changed.

The aura between Simmons and Renly was quietly changing. It was an invisible air current that could not be seen, touched, or even accurately described, but every pore on the surface of the skin could really feel the subtle influence. Dynamic.

Just now, Simmons was in a state of impetuous restlessness, and the entire aura seemed chaotic and fragile, as if it might collapse at any time; while Renly seemed calm and peaceful, the powerful aura seemed Enough to control everything in the palm of your hand.

Now, Renly became flustered and vulnerable, the helpless dazedness that slowly flowed out, as if hanging from a high rope, teetering; Simmons became certain and sharp, and gradually stretched out. The shoulders and eyebrows are controlling the audience little by little.

One up, one down, one back and one back, the unintentional confrontation between the two actors quietly completed the offense and defense transition, as if all the dominoes that disrupted the order were all rearranged, orderly, clearly layered, and row upon row. , the seamless smoothness is really pleasing to the eye.

"Hey, what's going on?" Damien's curiosity arose involuntarily. Such a chemical reaction is really wonderful, but how did the conversion happen? The picture just shot reappeared in my mind. After making an analogy with the scene in front of me, it gave birth to a wonderful feeling that was difficult to express in words.

just like……

It was as if the two-dimensional barrier had been broken. Reality and fantasy were completely intertwined. The real and the fake, the fake and the real, everything was completely confused, and even the memories of Damien's high school were awakened again, recalling those The days and nights spent in the rehearsal room recalled the cruelty of the demon teacher.

"Damien?" A call came from his ear, interrupting Damien's thoughts. He turned his head and saw his own drama, "They are ready and can start shooting again."

The drama management paused for a moment, "Damien, are you... alright?" At this time, Damien's entire forehead was covered with sweat, and it looked as if he had just been fished out of the lake, and even his face was extremely pale. .

Damien was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand, "It's fine, I'm fine." As if to convince himself, he repeated, "Yes, I'm fine." Gradually, he came back to his senses, and then Damien said Straightening his back, he turned his head and looked around, "All personnel in all departments are ready, let's do it again."

His eyes fell on Renly and Simmons again, and Damien hesitated: should he give some advice? Have a face-to-face conversation? Re-instructed about the key scenes? Re-emphasizing the key points of the performance? Put more pressure and momentum on the two actors?

Miscellaneous thoughts were surging back and forth in his mind. After thinking about it, Damien finally obeyed his intuition, turned around, returned to the back of the camera, and shouted to the crew, "Everyone is ready. ." After looking around for a week, after confirming that everyone was ready, he directly issued the order, "Start shooting!"

Shooting started again, from the beginning.

Because the difficulty of this scene is not trivial, the whole mood is coherent, and the images of Fletcher and Andrew are completely outlined in the ups and downs. It is conceivable that the difficulty of shooting is not unusual. Damien conceived a variety of different Shooting methods, but most of the storyboard shooting methods are too difficult——

For the actor's performance rhythm and emotional state, for the cameraman's shooting position and shot scheduling,

And for the coherence and consistency of other amateur actors, all put forward extremely strict requirements.

Shooting once, there is no problem; shooting twice, there is no problem; but switching different angles and shooting five or six times repeatedly, even if the number of errors in each link is not counted, every angle and shot is passed once, which is very important for the entire crew. It is an unimaginable test.

The simplest and most intuitive, the slap scene between Simmons and Renly was so difficult once, let alone five or six times in a row after changing the angle? Moreover, according to Renly's request, everything is real, and in order to create an effect, Simmons can't be merciful, so if Renly's cheeks are swollen, how should they switch angles to shoot?

Damien once considered one shot to the end, using a super long shot to capture the whole scene of all beings in the shot, and then through the scheduling of the motion shots, from full coverage to concentrated focus, all the focus of attention fell on On Renly and Simmons; but Damien has given up on the idea of ​​having a variety of long-take options.

On the one hand, the technical difficulty is too high. From the appearance of all beings to the focus of individuals, the control of the scene scheduling needs to be extremely precise. The tense atmosphere is presented by switching from face to point. This is only Damien's second work. , his ability has not reached such a high level; on the other hand, even if it is really completed, the dazzling skills are still higher than the shooting needs, but it is easy to overwhelm the guest and steal the style of the two actors.

After much deliberation, Damien adopted the multi-camera approach of American TV series.

In the United States, before the strong rise of the Netflix model, TV dramas were filmed and broadcast, and scripts were written while filming to ensure that they could keep pace with current social events every week, which also made the post-editing work very intense and difficult. Cutting down the time as much as possible, the crew came up with a whole new way of shooting, but only for the studio.

The crew set up multiple cameras in different corners of the studio, including different angles such as parallel camera positions, overlooking camera positions, front and back camera positions, etc. When shooting, the actors must be familiar with the location of the cameras in advance to ensure their performance. Without going out of focus, shoot, record, and perform at the same time.

In this way, the scenes of multiple actors and multiple cameras only need to be shot once, and all angles, roles, and orientations are all captured in one go. Post-production can be edited in different arrangements and combinations according to the director's needs, which not only saves money Repeatedly switching the shooting time of the shots also saves the time for post-editing production.

Of course, this is an assembly line industry, very lazy and very rigid.

In the process of real film art creation, the camera is an extremely important link. The photographer's position and angle, the photographer's capture of light and shadow, and the composition of the picture are themselves a work full of inspiration. Those top photographers in The industry is a pivotal presence.

If all use fixed camera position, then the charm of photography will be lost.

However, it is harmless for TV dramas, because TV dramas are the art of screenwriters, and what really attracts the audience is the screenwriter's foreshadowing and control of the plot. The roles of cinematographers and directors have been weakened and reduced as much as possible.

Now, Damien is ready to take such a shot in "Boom Drummer." Although this was a forced choice, Damien still tried to restore the spirituality of artistic creation-not a fixed camera position, but two photographers walking against the camera to complete the shooting.

To put it simply, the entire scene was shot smoothly, without switching between different camera positions or angles, but by two photographers in person, without a shooting track or tripod, and shot entirely by hand, with one photographer pointing at Simmons. , a cameraman aimed at Renly, and through their crossovers, captured all the tension and spark of the scene, while preventing the shots from capturing each other.

This is undoubtedly the most difficult part.

First, the difficulty of the actor's performance is unnecessary.

Second, the movement of the photographers must be precise and in place, not only the cameras cannot capture each other's figures, but also avoid the shadows on the ground from exposing their movements, and at the same time not block the actors' performance line of sight.

Third, the work of the gaffer is crucial and must ensure the uniformity and stability of the light.

In fact, shooting like this is definitely not less difficult than a long shot in one shot, but Damien can give the shot more "drumbeat" rhythm through the power of post-editing, like a heart, it becomes the whole movie. vitality.

So, for this scene, the photographer, lighting engineer and the two leading actors have been rehearsing for three full nights, just like a rehearsal for a stage play. To avoid the potential loopholes caused by intricate movements, they must minimize each other's movements as much as possible to complete the most effective shooting and performance with the most precise steps.

Just like Lingbo microstepping.

It is precisely because of this that the filming just now was so smooth and smooth, but it fell short because of Simmons' retreat, Damien was so annoyed and depressed, and used all his strength to express his frustration.

Now that they're back in shooting again, they have to start from scratch, as if -- like a domino, if one part goes wrong, it has to be overturned all over again.

Under Damien's direction, the whole scene starts from scratch.

Fortunately, this time, neither Renly nor Simmons was affected in the slightest, and the whole filming proceeded according to the established track, without the slightest mistake; moreover, the emotions were fuller and more in place, as revealed in Renly's eyes. Emotions are quietly driving the rhythm of the whole scene.

Then, the main event finally came again.

"Start counting."

"Five six seven..."

"Count to four hells! Look at me!"

Fletcher is like a terrifying devil, pressing step by step!