The Best Director

Salt Lake City, Utah, approaching December, the weather here is gradually getting colder.

It was a sunny morning at East Salt Lake City High School. The class bell had already rang, and classes were going on in the classroom as usual, but today many students were obviously absent-minded. The students sitting by the window looked at the school lawn outside the window. On the side, from time to time, the students next to each other whispered.

Seeing the students like this, the white male teacher who was teaching couldn't help shaking his head secretly. He walked to the window and looked outside, and said, "Oh my God, it's very lively outside, does anyone want to go down and have a look?" The students in the classroom They booed immediately and raised their hands in unison. The Caucasian male teacher laughed, walked back to the podium, and said, "Stop dreaming, guys, and listen to the class well."

"Oh, I knew it!" The students expressed their disappointment one after another. The white male teacher shrugged, picked up the chalk and continued to write the formula on the blackboard, complaining in his heart, why did the principal approve the filming of "High School Musical" here? Doesn't he know that this will bring great trouble to the school? For popularity? Come on, will this movie be a hit? God only knows!

The teaching building area of ​​the East High School in Salt Lake City has a "concave" architectural pattern, with buildings on three sides and empty roads and lawns in the middle.

At this time, these lawn clearings were full of teenagers in youthful clothes, chatting in twos and threes, waiting for the filming to start. They are all extras in "High School Musical". The crew contacted a brokerage company that specializes in providing extras, and got a reply that they hired these local performing arts school students in Salt Lake City.

These people will act as ordinary students on campus and fulfill the "mass" needs of all scenes in the movie.

And now, "High School Musical" is about to officially start filming the first set of shots. The New Year's holiday is over, and the school is reopening. This group of shots is to shoot the actor "Troy Burton" getting off the school bus, and then walking into the school surrounded by good friends, teammates and beautiful cheerleaders. The first shot of this group of shots is a frontal shot of Eastern High School, where the students are happily talking or walking into the school, a sunny scene. In the later stage, this shot will also be accompanied by brisk and enthusiastic music, so that the youthful atmosphere of the high school campus will come out.

On the far way to the school gate, the camera equipment has been placed, and the camera crew is making final adjustments. Walley Pfister is talking with lighting engineer Steve Taylor to confirm the lighting And the exposure, Fat Harry George listened carefully with his ears pricked up. He had finished the task of laying the guide rails, so he had time to follow Walley Pfister's ass and learn the skills and experience of photography.

The staff of the crew performed their duties, and those who finished their work temporarily took a rest and stood away from the camera lens; Tom Welling, Marcus Mance and other leading actors also stood and chatted together, and Rachel sat Silently watching the script on the grass, Zachary twisted his body and practiced his dance steps, while Jessica raised the corners of her mouth sweetly,

Looking intently at Wang Yang in the distance, he was talking about his requirements to the actors who will appear next.

"When you're filming later, you guys pass by with your skateboards, just like you did when you were walking the scene, jump on this railing." Wang Yang patted the iron railing next to him, looked at the specially invited skateboarding masters, and said: "I need a perfect jump." Those skateboarding masters nodded, and one of the white men smiled, "Don't worry, it's too easy for us."

Wang Yang patted him on the shoulder with a smile, walked towards the extras who would be close to the camera, and said to those young men and women: "You all smile, clap your hands and hug each other, as if you haven't seen each other for a long time, understand? "

"Okay." Several young people agreed. At this time, Jill Thaddeus, the scene director, came over and said, "Director, the extras are in place, and the school bus is ready." Wang Yang nodded to him, and walked back to the camera. - Pfister has already communicated with the lighting engineer and checked the camera, and said to Wang Yang: "No problem."

It's all ready. Wang Yang looked at the main school building in front of him. In order to shoot this scene, the time of the big clock above the main building was temporarily messed up. He took a deep breath, turned his head to look at Walley Pfister standing behind the camera, and said: "Then, it's time to start." Walley Pfister smiled at him and said encouragingly, "Yan, don't be nervous."

Wang Yang also showed a smile, and sighed: "Ware, I can't control myself, this is not "Ghost Story", this is not DV, I have been looking forward to this for too long, it makes people crazy." The head smiled and said: "I can understand, when I first picked up the camera to shoot, my hands were trembling."

In the original TV movie, this shot only captured the front teaching building and then switched to the next scene. The shooting range was very small, and the camera only moved from the ground to the vertical and horizontal. The teaching buildings on both sides of the East High School There is no shadow of the building at all, that is because the TV screen is small, if the picture is zoomed away it will not be beautiful; but the big screen is different, if it is only set on the front of the teaching building, it will disappear, it will bring a very depressing viewing experience , so the shot taken now has been redesigned. After a frontal middle shot, the camera will quickly reverse to the back, turning the middle shot into a long shot.

To capture this effect, the camera track was laid out far away from the road.

Wang Yang had already discussed the filming plan with Waller Pfister. Walley Pfister held the camera's azimuth handle, waiting for the director's order; Wang Yang looked around again, and everyone was looking at him, extras, crew colleagues, good friends... …Harry George opened his mouth exaggeratedly and said silent words, and his mouth was clearly "Dude!"; Michael Pitt folded his arms and smiled with a thumb; Jessica had a happy smile; Rachel Standing aside, she smiled faintly at him.

Wang Yang went behind the camera, heart beating so fast, he did it, he is about to become a real film director! Clenching his fists, Wang Yang shouted loudly: "Start shooting!"

The scene reporter held the clipboard and shouted the serial number and scene number of the shot in front of the camera, which is to facilitate the later editing work. After the minutes were finished, Wang Yang knocked down the scoreboard, and shouted again: "N!" Following his voice, the extras immediately moved around and entered the state of performance.

Wang Yang focused his eyes on the viewfinder, and saw that Walley Pfister pointed the camera at the school building sculpture on the ground, and then controlled the camera to slowly move to the right and raise it up, and he saw the bustling school, almost Two students passed by on a skateboard, one of them jumped on the iron railing and slid, while the students in the distance were chatting with laughter and laughter, the two girls clapped their hands and hugged each other and talked about something, the yellow behind them The school bus is also slowly coming.

"Okay, ok, very good..." Wang Yang thought in his heart, turned his body sideways, and Wally Pfister quickly pushed the camera back, Wang Yang followed, looking at the extras He retreated to the end of the track and shouted excitedly: "cut!" Seeing everyone looking at him, Wang Yang grinned and nodded: "Very good, it's over!"

Everyone immediately cheered, applauded enthusiastically, and whistled. Wang Yang also clapped his hands with a smile, raised a thumb, and shouted, "Get ready for the next shot."

The next shot is Troy Burton getting off the school bus and walking into the school with his friends. The shooting position of this shot needs to be changed to the front of the yellow school bus, which requires moving all the photography equipment and recording equipment there, and readjusting the lighting, which will take a while.

"Hey, buddy, leave it to me." Harry George, the photography chore, came over. The fat man stared at the dark film camera with glowing eyes. Move the camera to the front.

Other field staff also moved other photography equipment. Michael Pitt packed up the guide rails, looked at Harry George's back, and shouted: "Be careful, fat man!" Harry George walked further and further away without looking back. , replied loudly: "I can do it!"

"Michael, don't worry about that. To Harry, the camera is like his wife. He is reluctant to drop it." Wang Yang looked at the energetic Harry in the distance, said something with a smile, and clapped his hands: "Everyone move quickly, me-on, me-on!" He stood by and looked at it for a while, then walked to the grass next to him, looked at the blue sky, and let out a soft breath, he had just completed the movie he directed on film The first shot went smoothly and was not as difficult as imagined.

It's a wonderful feeling to see the camera take the picture you want. Wang Yang smiled slightly, recalling the indescribable feeling, and suddenly heard a gentle voice behind him: "Hey, Yang, do you want some water?"

Wang Yang looked back and saw Jessica holding a bottle of mineral water in her hand. She had a sweet smile on her face, and her eyes had a look unique to the period of passionate love, which made her look even more charming. Wang Yang pretended to frown, and shouted into the distance: "Michael, where have you been? Isn't this supposed to be his job? How come there is an extra beautiful female floor manager? I can't afford this salary!" Jessica laughed, and said playfully, "No salary is required, this is the job of the girlfriend, not the maid."

"Thank you, girlfriend." Wang Yang took the mineral water in her hand with a smile, unscrewed the lid, suddenly gasped, and whispered: "I thought it was opened, but it turned out to be brand new. , It’s so disappointing.” Jessica rolled her eyes and said with a smile, “Okay, then I’ll give you Harry’s bottle of water next time.” Wang Yang pretended to be terrified, and shook his head again and again: “No No, it's better if it's brand new."

Rachel, who was standing in the distance, glanced over there, and saw Wang Yang and Jessica laughing and talking happily and sweetly. She felt empty and a little uncomfortable in her heart. She shook her head and forced a smile, and took the drama to go further lawn.

"Yang, today's work is over, shall we go to the cinema?" Jessica looked at Wang Yang expectantly, and introduced: "I heard that the recently released "A Bug's Life" is very good, and "Public Enemy" "I haven't seen it yet."

Wang Yang thought for a while, then shook his head apologetically, "Jessica, I'm sorry, I have to discuss tomorrow's shooting plan with Vale tonight; there are still some company matters waiting for me to deal with..." Jessica quickly She waved her hand and said, "Oh, it's okay! Yang, I'm just talking casually." She smiled and said, "I have to study the script carefully, I have a lot of plays tomorrow, don't I?"

"Jessica..." Wang Yang couldn't help grabbing her hand, and said with a smile, "If you don't understand anything, remember to ask me." Jessica held his hand instead, and said with a sweet smile, "Mmm , I know." Wang Yang looked around and said with a mysterious smile: "I'll let the production crew rest for a day on the weekend, and then we'll have a good day of fun, okay?" Jessica felt the martial arts The king made the holy king, the king will kill the gods at night, the throne of the gods, and the throne of the gods will be the strongest. The throne seeks the devil, the proudest nine heavens, the strongest abandoned young man, the royal family of Zhou, the god-maker, and kills the gods at night "Okay" and laughed again: "But, does that count as being lazy?"

Wang Yang was about to say something, but he suddenly noticed a familiar gaze looking at him. He subconsciously looked over to Jiang Ye, only seeing Rachel's back. He was silent for a while, and then turned around and smiled at Jessica: "Now I'm lazy. So, Mary, I'm going to work." After that, he let go of her hand and handed the bottle of mineral water to her. He ran over to Jiang Ye to the front camera team.

Jessica stood on the spot and took a deep breath, enjoying the air of love. She turned around and looked at Wang Yang, watching him directing everyone's movements. Then, as if for demonstration, he patted a basketball Turning around, her footsteps were light and handsome, she smiled sweetly and said, "Cool."

"Watch my movements." Wang Yang patted the basketball and said something to Marcus Mance, who played Troy Burton's good brother "Chad Denver", then swayed left and right and made a few turns The extraordinary movement, stopped, threw the basketball to Marcus Mance, and ordered: "You do it again, remember, in a playful posture, because the cheerleaders who will defend you later! "

Under the dress of the stylist, Marcus Mance combed an afro, with fluffy hair like a mushroom cloud. He caught the basketball and nodded: "I'll try it." Then he dribbled and rehearsed.

Wang Yang called a beautiful cheerleader to come over, and she asked Marcus Mance to guard. This cheerleader was also hired from an acting school, and they were not considered extras, because although they had no lines, they would appear in many scenes , has a fixed image; the same goes for Troy Burton's teammates.

After instructing Marcus Mance, Wang Yang asked Tom Welling to come over again. His face was matte and pink, his nose was more three-dimensional, and his eyebrows were sculpted heroically, looking very sunny. Wang Yang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Tom, you know, you are the man of the hour in this school, you are the hero here, you are admired by everyone, so when you get out of the car, you are surrounded by everyone You have to be used to the expression on your face, and you have to have the demeanor of a captain, but not arrogant and arrogant, understand?"

Tom Welling nodded again and again, listening to Wang Yang's request seriously.

After talking for a while, seeing that the photography equipment was ready, Wang Yang clapped his hands, looked at the beauties in the cheerleading team, teammates and classmates and other actors, and said with a smile: "Guys, take your positions!" The beauties in the cheerleading team They took off their outer sweatpants, leaving only a pair of red shorts, revealing their snow-white long legs. The weather is cold now, so they will only wear it very refreshingly when shooting.

Wang Yang walked to the back, and said to Walley Pfister who was holding the camera: "Ware, I'll leave it to you." Wally Pfister put the camera on his shoulder and said with a smile: "No problem." This The shot needs to be shot by hand, so Wang Yang stopped looking at the viewfinder. Seeing that the actors were all in place, he said, "Let's start." After the scene recorder called out the sequence number of the scene, and tapped the slate, Wang Yang shouted again: "N! "

With an order, everyone entered the performance, Marcus Mance slapped a basketball, a blonde beauty in a red cheerleading uniform stood behind him, and Marcus Mance playfully made feints , dribbled the ball and turned around; other students were also interacting with each other, when the door of the yellow school bus behind opened, several young students quickly got out of the bus, and then Tom Welling also got off.

Just when the actors were about to cheer and go up to surround Tom Welling, Wang Yang frowned suddenly and shouted: "Stop!" Everyone looked over immediately, Wang Yang looked at Tom Welling, recalling Looking at the scene just now, he thought about it: "Tom, your posture of getting out of the car is the same as that of everyone else, and you don't have the special feeling of a famous man..."

How can it appear that Troy Burton is different? Wang Yang thought for a while, and under the gaze of everyone, he got on the school bus, walked up and down several times repeatedly, stood at the door of the bus and looked at the people outside, he suddenly walked up a step, and got out of the bus. He jumped up and down, and smiled at Tom Welling: "Try what I did just now, take a step and jump off!"

"Okay." Tom Welling nodded, and he and a few young people walked back to the car, and Marcus Mance and others took their positions again. The recorder rang the recorder again, and Wang Yang shouted: "N!"

After Marcus Mance performed, the yellow school bus opened the door. After a few students got out of the bus, Tom Welling took a step behind and jumped off. The boys and girls immediately cheered. Surrounding them, Tom Welling greeted his classmates with a smile. Marcus Mance held the basketball in one hand and put his arm around Tom Welling's shoulders, and said with a smile: "Hi, man, you've been doing well recently. Okay?" Tom Welling said with a smile, "Hi, Chad..."

Wang Yang crossed his arms and watched everyone's performance without blinking his eyes; Walley Pfister, carrying the camera, walked up slowly to zoom in on the camera, and then backed away as the crowd walked forward .

At this time, everyone embraced Troy Burton, that is, Tom Welling, and walked towards the school gate, shouting excitedly: "What team?!" "Wildcats!" "What team!" "Wildcats! "

"Cut!" Wang Yang stopped shouting, clapped his hands and smiled, "Not bad. But I think it can be better, let's do it again." He looked at Walley Pfister again, and said, "Warey, this cut Some close-up shots." Walley Pfister gestured to show that he understood. Wang Yang then shouted: "Everyone take your place."

I shot for a whole morning, and only took less than half of all the shots of the scene "outside the teaching building". After the crew prepared for lunch, they continued to shoot in the afternoon. After shooting this scene, I switched to the corridor scene or the classroom scene .

The film crew cooperated with a McDonald's near East High School in Salt Lake City, and that store provided daily fast food during filming, including extras, and everyone in the film crew could get a big hamburger for free. Of course, you can choose to order takeaway by yourself, or ask the crew to buy an extra portion. For example, Harry George will eat three, but after Wang Yang’s weight loss reminder, Harry only ordered two in the end.

Sitting with Jessica on the bench beside the grass in the campus, Wang Yang looked at the students nearby. The real Dongfang high school students, not extras, felt the martial arts. The strongest abandoned young master of the Zhou royal family will kill the gods and seal the throne at night to seek the demons and proud of the world. Jiang Ye kills the gods, seals the throne, seeks the devil, proud of the world, the strongest abandoned young Dazhou royal family, seeing their youthful vigor, Wang Yang thought of his high school life, he took a bite of the hamburger, and said with a smile: "Jessica, what do you think?" Do we look like the students here? Two ordinary high school students?"

Jessica shrugged and said, "I do; but you don't, you look like a college student." Wang Yang immediately said with frustration, "Please, it's so disappointing, I'm only one year older than you." Jessica laughed and said, "That's a compliment." She also took a bite of the hamburger in her hand, and said softly, "Yang, I actually don't like the campus very much."

"This place brings me too many bad memories." Jessica leaned on Wang Yang's shoulder and said softly, "But I like your campus, it's all good memories." She tilted her head and looked into Wang Yang's eyes, and sighed with a smile, "Yang, I feel like I'm back in our elementary school. At that time, we often sat on this kind of bench and chatted together. It was a wonderful time." Days, let people miss."

Wang Yang stroked her hair gently, and said: "You don't have to miss the past, because good things are happening and will continue." Jessica showed a happy smile: "Yes, it It will continue." Wang Yang frowned suddenly, because there were a group of girls walking in front of them, and they seemed to be coming towards them. Seeing them getting closer, Wang Yang whispered: "Jessica, I I think we have to go." Jessica asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

It was still too late, when Wang Yang stood up, those blond-haired, black-haired, and brown girls cheered and rushed over to Jiang Ye, surrounded him and talked in a hurry. They are all fans of Wang Yang, which is not surprising, "the youngest director", "the youngest multi-millionaire", "worth 30 million", plus the handsome face, tall and handsome figure, Let Wang Yang become an "idol director".

"Hey, Yang, can you give me an autograph?" A beautiful black-haired Caucasian girl is holding a pen and a notebook and wants to hand it to Wang Yang; another black pearl expresses her admiration: "Yang, you "Ghost Story" is so good, I almost got scared to death when I saw it in the cinema." Another girl laughed: "Jan, can we get to know each other? I love movies!" Another scantily clad The blond girl looked straight at Wang Yang, reached out to touch his chest muscles, and said in a sexy voice: "Yang, can I date you?" Several other girls looked at Wang Yang with smiles on their faces, and held The camera is ready to take pictures.

"No, thank you, I can't go on a date." Wang Yang smiled and avoided the girl's hand, took the black-haired girl's pen and notebook, and wrote his signature on it. This was the first time he was surrounded by people asking for his signature. , I haven’t practiced it before, and I deliberately wrote one in an exaggerated style to avoid being consistent with the signing style of the contract. Hebrew Karl reminded him of this.

But the girl was still not satisfied, and said with a smile: "Yang, can I sign your Chinese name again? Can you write it?" In this way, the autograph she got will definitely be more precious.

"Of course." Wang Yang smiled, and picked up a pen to write the Chinese name Wang Yang. The girl continued: "Also, please write 'To Amy from East Salt Lake City High School'." Wang Yang shrugged, and said while writing: "OK." paper, and shouted: "Yang, I want it too, I want it too..." Wang Yang responded flawlessly: "Don't squeeze, you will get it..."

Jessica stood on the periphery, looking at Wang Yang surrounded by girls, she couldn't help smiling playfully. Seeing Wang Yang looking over for help, Jessica made a grimace, walked backwards, and gestured goodbye to him with a smile.

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