1395 Start all over again
“Jesus-damn-God, what the hell is going on?？”
Damien stood nearby, venting his dissatisfaction and depression, but found that Simmons and Renly completely ignored his existence and communicated with each other. This made Damien extremely depressed: He is the director, isn't he? Why does no one listen to his long speech?？
But gradually, Damien's taste changed..
The aura between Simmons and Renly is quietly changing. It is an invisible air flow that cannot be seen, touched, or even accurately described, but the subtle influence can be truly felt in every pore on the surface of the skin. dynamics.
Just now, Simmons was in a state of impetuous and restless, and his entire aura seemed chaotic and fragile, as if he might fall into collapse at any time; while Renly seemed calm and peaceful, with that powerful aura that seemed to move a thousand pounds. Enough to control everything in the palm of your hand.
Now, Renly became panicked and fragile, and the helpless confusion slowly flowed out, as if hanging on a high-altitude rope, teetering precariously; while Simmons became determined and sharp, and gradually relaxed. The shoulders and eyebrows are controlling the whole scene bit by bit..
Up and down, together and down, back and forth, the unintentional confrontation between the two actors quietly completed the transition between offense and defense, as if all the dominoes that had disrupted the order were rearranged, orderly, layered, and row upon row. , that kind of seamless smoothness is really pleasing to the eye..
“Hey, what's going on? "Damien's curiosity arose involuntarily. This kind of chemical reaction is really wonderful, but how is the conversion completed? The picture just taken appeared again in his mind. After comparing it with the scene in front of him, he was inspired by A wonderful feeling that is difficult to express in words.
It's like……
It was as if the two-dimensional barrier had been broken, reality and illusion were completely intertwined, true and false, false and true, everything was completely confused, and even reawakened Damien's memories of high school, recalling those The days and nights I spent in the rehearsal room recalled the cruelty and cruelty of the devil teacher..
“Damien? "A call came to his ears, interrupting Damien's thoughts. He turned around and saw his crew, "They are ready and can start filming again..”
The show manager paused for a moment, "Damien, are you... okay?" At this time, Damien's entire forehead was covered with sweat. He looked like he had just been fished out of the lake, and even his face looked extremely pale..
After Damien was stunned for a moment, he waved his hand, "It's okay, I'm fine." As if to convince himself, he repeated it again, "Yes, I'm fine." He gradually came back to his senses, and then Damien said He straightened his back, turned his head and looked around, "All departments and all personnel are ready. Let's do it again.".”
His eyes fell on Renly and Simmons again, and Damien hesitated: Should he give them some advice? Talk face to face? Give some fresh advice on the key scenes? Repeatedly emphasize the key points of the performance? Put more pressure and motivation on both actors？
Complex thoughts surged over and over in his mind. After thinking about it, Damien finally obeyed his intuition, turned around, returned to the camera, and shouted to the crew, "Everyone is ready. ." After looking around and making sure that everyone was ready, he directly gave the order, "Start shooting.！”
Shooting started again, starting from scratch.
Because the difficulty of this scene is extraordinary, the whole mood is coherent, and the ups and downs fully outline the images of the two characters Fletcher and Andrew. It can be imagined that the difficulty of filming is also extraordinary. Damien conceived a variety of different ideas. shooting methods, but most storyboard shooting techniques are too difficult——
Extremely stringent requirements are put forward for the actors' performance rhythm and emotional state, for the cameraman's shooting position and camera scheduling, and for the coherence and consistency of other amateur actors..
Shooting once, there is no problem; shooting twice, there is no problem; but switching different angles and shooting five or six times, 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’s also an unimaginable test.
The simplest and most intuitive one, the slap scene between Simmons and Renly was so difficult even once, let alone five or six times in a row after changing the angle? Moreover, according to Renly's request, everything was real shooting. In order to create the effect, Simmons could not show mercy. So if Renly's cheek was swollen, how should they change the angle to shoot?？
Damien once considered taking one shot to the end, using a super long lens to capture the entire scene in the lens, and then through the movement of the lens, from full scene coverage to concentrated focus, all the focus of attention fell on Renly and Simmons; but after conceiving various long shot plans, Damien gave up on this idea..
On the one hand, the technical difficulty is too high. From the appearance of all living beings to the focus on individuals, the control of scene scheduling needs to be extremely precise. The tense atmosphere can be presented by switching from surface 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 showmanship component is higher than the shooting needs, but it will easily overwhelm the two actors and take away the charm of the two actors..
After careful consideration, Damien adopted the multi-camera shooting technique of American TV series.
In the United States, before the strong rise of the Netflix model, TV dramas were shot and broadcast, and scripts were shot and written to ensure that they could keep pace with current social events every week. This also made the post-editing work very stressful and difficult. To reduce time as much as possible, the crew came up with a new way of shooting, but it was only suitable for studios.
The crew set up multiple cameras in different corners of the studio, including parallel camera positions, overlooking camera positions, front and back camera positions, and other different angles; when filming, the actors must be familiar with the location of the cameras in advance to ensure their performance Without losing focus, we can shoot, record and perform at the same time.
In this way, scenes with multiple actors and multiple cameras only need to be shot once, and all angles, characters, and directions can be captured at once. Post-production can be edited in different permutations and combinations according to the director's needs, which not only saves money The shooting time of switching lenses repeatedly also saves the time of post-production editing and production..
Of course, this is an assembly line industry, very lazy and very rigid..
In the process of true 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 composition are themselves a work full of inspiration. Those top photographers are They are important players in the industry.
If all shooting is done from a fixed camera position, the charm of photography will be completely lost..
However, it does not matter for TV dramas, because TV dramas are the art of screenwriting. What really attracts the audience is the screenwriter's preparation and control of the plot. The roles of photography and director have been weakened and reduced as much as possible..
Now, Damien is preparing to use such a shooting method in "Breaking Drummer". Although this is a forced choice, Damien still strives to restore the spirituality of artistic creation-not a fixed camera position, but the use of two The photographer had to move around with his shoulders against the camera to complete the shot.
To put it simply, the entire scene was shot smoothly without switching between different camera positions or angles. Instead, two photographers shot the scene in person. There were no shooting tracks or tripods, and the entire scene was shot hand-held. One photographer aimed at Simmons. , a cameraman focuses on Renly, and their cross-positioning captures all the tension and sparkle of the scene while avoiding the camera capturing each other..
This is undoubtedly the most difficult part.
First, it goes without saying that the actor’s performance is difficult.
Second, the photographer's position must be precise and in place. Not only must the camera not be able to capture each other's figures, but also the shadows on the ground must not reveal their position, and the actors' view of the performance must not be blocked..
Third, the lighting engineer’s job is crucial and must ensure the uniformity and stability of the light..
In fact, shooting like this is definitely no less difficult than a long shot to the end, but Damien was able to use the power of post-editing to give the shot a more "drum-beating" rhythm, which is like the heart and becomes the whole movie. vitality.
Therefore, for this scene, the photographer, lighting engineer and the two leading actors had rehearsed for three whole nights, just like rehearsing a stage play. Under Renly's guidance, they continued to rehearse and move, in order to To avoid potential flaws caused by intricate movements, they must minimize each other's movements and complete the most effective filming and performance with the most precise steps..
Just like Lingbo Weibu.
It is precisely because of this that the filming just now went so smoothly, but fell short because of Simmons's retreat. That's why Damien was so annoyed and depressed, and used all his strength to express his frustration..
Now that they have resumed filming, they have to start from scratch again, just like a domino. If one step goes wrong, they must overturn everything and start over..
Under Damien's instructions, the whole scene starts from the beginning.
Fortunately, neither Renly nor Simmons was affected at all this time, and the entire filming continued according to the established track without any mistakes; 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 highlight finally comes again.
“start counting.”
“567……”
“Count to hell four! look at me！”
Fletcher is like a terrifying devil, pressing forward step by step.！
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