The Greatest Showman

548 Five Second Shots

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"Transcendence" is a very special work. In addition to the narrative main line of the film itself, the camera is aimed at Henry, and a large number of interviews, or psychological monologues, interpret and interpret the core ideas of the story, and then In a fragmented way, it is mixed into the theme of the film. It's not the narration of the documentary narration, but the raving-style expression of a one-act stage play.

This form of expression is very common in drama, and the most well-known is the classic line in "Hamlet", "To survive or to perish, this is a question worth considering."

The entire monologue is nearly 400 words long, and the performance lasts about three to five minutes. It is not only obscure and difficult to understand, but also full of philosophical reflections, which is a severe test for the actors. However, with the wide spread of Shakespeare's plays, this iconic monologue became famous. More and more people began to practice it repeatedly, and it gradually became an important part of the basic performance class. The popularity has skyrocketed, but it has left people behind gave a false impression of "not too difficult".

In "detachment", Tony aimed the camera at the protagonist, giving Henry a lot of monologue space, reflecting, introspecting, babbling, and whispering, using the poetic temperament as the structure of the text and the color of the performance. Gives a unique texture to the film.

But it is precisely because of this that the filming process cannot be advanced in a linear way. When to shoot the main story line, when to shoot a single-camera monologue, and how to coordinate the coherence and burst of emotions, these are all questions that Tony must think about in advance. , and then the crew made corresponding arrangements.

Today is the first day of the official launch of "Transcendence". According to the sequence of the script, the first scene should be Henry the night before he goes to work, showing his daily state, showing the loneliness, loneliness and loneliness of the character. The characteristic of sadness; the next step should be the high school principal facing the review and making things difficult by the Ministry of Education, the school's grade point has not improved, and even is still falling, which has caused the whole state's grade point to drop; and the situation of students breaking the law and making troubles is repeated, and must be done. out rectification.

The shooting of these two scenes is not small, involving a lot of lines and camera switching.

Although "Transcendence" is an independent film crew, or an art film crew, the director's style is eccentric, elusive, and seems to play cards out of common sense; but even Tony, he hopes that the film can be successfully completed. , the superstitious significance of the first scene to discuss the lottery is still very important.

So, after thinking about it, Tony gave up the first two scenes of the script, and chose the simplest scene as today's start-up work——

Henry, the substitute teacher who came to the school to report, got off the bus. Before entering the school building, he stood by the bus stop, stopped for a while, adjusted his mood, and then turned around and entered the school.

To put it simply, it is a scene in which you stand under a bus stop and pose as a model. When edited into a movie, it is only a few seconds of footage, at most five seconds. The difficulty of shooting is close to zero, ensuring that the crew can get a good start.

Renly came all the way to the bus stop on the street, ready to start shooting; the staff behind him were organizing extras, who needed to show the busy scene of school in the morning; on the other side, Tony was greeting the camera crew Talk to the lighting team about light and color.

Habitually, Renly looked up and looked for the figure of the theater manager, or the assistant director. At this point, they should come over and talk to Renly, to further explain the next filming track, camera distance and scene content, and make sure that the actors can walk in the right direction when performing - even if it is the back of the shot, no eyes are needed. The actor also needs to have a general understanding of the orientation of the lens, otherwise the performance will easily lose focus.

The same actor, dedicated to the same performance, has a completely different presentation under the lens of different directors. Some directors are particularly good at capturing the details of the performance, but for some directors, under their lens, the changes in eyes, expressions, and limbs are easily blurred and lost.

The importance of communication before shooting becomes more and more prominent. In several works so far, even with different directors in "War in the Pacific", this cooperation model has continued.

But at this moment, looking left and right, Renly couldn't find anyone. He was standing alone by the bus stop, like a lost lamb, no one cared.

Renly turned around and looked for Roy and Nathan in the crowd, cast a suspicious look, and the two quickly ran over, but before they could get close, Tony's voice came over, "Everyone. All ready, the countdown begins."

Tony seemed to sense Renly's confusion, walked around, and said loudly, "Take a shot first and see the effect." Then he nodded and walked quickly to the monitor.

"Renly?" Roy had already run over and shouted. Renly waved his hand, indicating that it was all right, and then his thoughts slowly settled down.

It can be seen that he still lacks enough experience. Different directors have different styles, and have different understandings of shots, performances, and overall structure. He has not worked with enough directors, and his style is not clear enough. Suddenly, he conflicts with his past habits, and then he doesn't adapt.

The style of a free-spirited artist like Tony's, where he grinds while he shoots, is clearly a style too.

However, the uncertainty of this method is too great. If the actor never finds the state, or the director never finds inspiration, then the shooting can only be repeated continuously, and the consumption of film is a lot of money. for the big cast

It may not be a big deal, but it is an unimaginable burden for an independent small crew.

However, Renly wasn't the one doing the budget, so he just calmed down and got ready to start shooting.

Accompanied by the clear and loud shouts of the scene, Tony calmly shouted the first sentence "start shooting", all the surrounding noise has settled down, and all the links of the entire crew have entered a state.

The students were jogging and cruising on the lawn at the entrance of the campus, chatting mindlessly. Although they had already arrived at the school, they were unwilling to go in. It was not until the piercing bell rang that the crowd swarmed in the direction of the teaching building. After leaving, in a blink of an eye, the playground became empty, and only a handful of people were left, like tails that didn't have time to disappear, shrinking into the building awkwardly.

Looking around, the entire playground suddenly became deserted, and only a lonely figure was left on the street.

It was a man in a decent suit, with a smoky grey top, dark blue trousers, a white shirt, and a red tie. The whole outfit was like a pile of patches, disorganized; Shiny black briefcase, but from the texture of the leather, you can see traces of years of use.

With his back leaning on the metal pole of the bus stop sign, he often took half a step back with his left leg, lowered his head, took out tobacco leaves and tobacco from his briefcase, and seriously began to roll up the cigarette. Concentrating, there was the roar of the engine on the street, he raised his head and glanced along the sound, for a moment Guanghua revealed a little tension and confusion, but then lowered his eyes again, before the ripples could ripple, Disappeared without a trace, and concentrated on cigarettes again.

The handsome face has a green beard, and the hair is combed into a 28-point back hair to reveal the facial features; the handsome eyebrows are calm and indifferent, without too much expression, and the focused light is projected on the pair of deep eyes. In the eyes, sparsely sprinkled through the eyelashes; the corners of the relaxed mouth outline a touch of alienation and indifference, like the water mist on the lake in the morning, silent and dense, but it always makes people want to spy.

At this moment, the bell for the class had ended, the tail at the door of the teaching building had entered, and the entire playground was silent. Except for the man, there was no other figure, and even the noise disappeared like smoke. The tranquility of cessation brought out a trace of desolation in vain.

The curling quietness fell on the shoulders of the man like a light smoke. It looked thin and thin. The calm face hardly showed too many expressions. The slender fingertips flexibly rolled up the tobacco leaves. Weird, it seems that standing on such an open and flat ground does not have any sense of existence, but there is a vague sense of elusiveness exuding from the whole body, which is really indescribable in words.

After the cigarette was rolled, the man put the cigarette butt in his mouth, but did not light it. He just stood there quietly, letting the faint smell of smoke linger under his nose. There are no superfluous movements, no superfluous expressions, and it is impossible to tell whether it is sadness, pain, depression, expectation, happiness, or indifference. To be precise, it seems that there is no emotion at all. There, there is nothing wrong with being a transparent person.

But it is such a figure, but it has an unspeakable charm and an unspeakable story. There is an endless taste hidden between those sparse eyebrows. I can't tell, I don't know, under the cold light, it flows slowly, people can't help but want to spy on those pair of eyes, trying to find an entrance from the pupils.

Then, the man lightly bit the cigarette holder, turned around, and walked straight towards the teaching building. No cigarettes were lit or thrown away; there was no sadness, no emotional disturbances; no lines and no extra actions. In this way, like a model, he stood there for five seconds, turned and left.

The slightly straight shoulders were energized and strutted, but they seemed to be missing half a sigh of relief. They couldn't really lift their heads up. The strides were vigorous and fast, but they seemed a little thin. Light and shadow quickly flowed between the side face, shoulder line and forearm, sketching a light and lonely, but that's all, it was fleeting.

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