Chapter 70 Advancement
Chapter 70 Advancement
Since the negotiation that night, the filming process of "The Shallows" did not improve much, reaching the same level as the previous film "Buried".
After all, compared to Huang Lei, the acting teacher at Beijing Film Academy, Wang Zhi and the others' acting skills are indeed too immature.
Fortunately, everyone has a clear understanding of the future direction, which at least dispels their concerns, eliminates everyone's doubts, and makes people know how to work hard.
Wang Hao naturally saw all of this.
In fact, in his opinion, it is not a good thing to let Wang Zhi and Tong Liya get in touch with these commercial film performance theories too early.
As the saying goes, if you want to run, you must first learn to walk. The Hollywood way of acting can indeed save costs and shorten shooting time for directors or producers, but it is not so good for actors and is not helpful in improving their acting skills.
However, he did not have enough time to train the actors in the movie "The Shallows". He also had to reserve some energy for special effects, so he had to adopt this method, making extensive use of panoramic shots to make the actors move and distract the audience from finding faults.
Low-cost movies are like this: if you want to gain something, you have to sacrifice something. A mature director must learn to make trade-offs, cover up the shortcomings, and try to show the advantages to the audience.
In this respect, the director is like a magician, and all he needs is quick hands.
Editing, special effects, montage… the better the director performs, the more realistic, exaggerated, and gorgeous it is, the more the audience will like it, and they will be willing to be deceived.
A few days passed by in this way. Although there were many problems during this period, they were all minor matters and did not delay the filming of the movie.
The simple shots of Wang Zhi and Tong Liya have been shot, and the next task will be to take it to a higher level, mainly involving surfing, struggling and fighting in the water.
Before this, Wang Zhi and his friend had rarely been to the beach, so seeing the blue sea and beautiful scenery, they had always wanted to go into the sea to play in the water, but they were stopped by Wang Hao.
Now, when shooting difficult scenes, the two have to soak in the salty and fishy sea water for six or seven hours a day, but they can no longer express the desire to play in the water.
In fact, long before filming these scenes, Wang Hao took into consideration the two actors' ability to swim, especially their surfing skills, and he also found two local professionals who were proficient in water and surfing and had a similar body shape to them as backup stand-ins.
Although Wang Zhi's acting skills are still immature, she has a strong tenacity in her heart. Even though Wang Hao told her that the crew had professional stand-ins, she still insisted on performing many scenes and actions herself.
The actors were not afraid of danger and performed hard, so it was difficult for director Wang Hao to refuse.
Wang Zhi performed very hard, but Tong Liya finished filming before her.
In early August, after finishing her last shot, Tong Liya reluctantly bid farewell to her besties and crew members and boarded the train home.
Wang Zhi, who was left behind without the company of his good friend, felt lost for a few days, but this loss was soon overwhelmed by the busy filming tasks.
There were only a few days left until the end of August, and she had to get back before school started, so she had no choice but to work hard.
Fortunately, compared to the original "The Shallows", Wang Hao's "The Shallows" this time also made a lot of magical changes based on Chinese culture and the science fiction movie universe.
In addition, the original movie is 90 minutes long, which is not long, but compared to a one-man show, it still has the disadvantage of being too slow in plot pace.
In the cinema, the audience may tolerate this shortcoming because they have paid for it, but once it is shown on TV, the audience may change the channel because of impatience. So Wang Hao combined the "subconscious therapy device" that appeared in the previous film "Buried" in the "Labyrinth of the Heart" series and played another trick.
The plot rhythm of the original movie was compressed by one-half, and the originally lengthy plot suddenly became tense and exciting.
Of course, in addition to the changes in rhythm, Wang Hao still retained many shots from the original movie, especially those parts that look terrifying.
"Click!
Wang Zhi, your hands are so steady!
You should be aware that you are sewing yourself, and you are using a necklace and earrings, so you should be filled with nervousness and fear, and your hands should tremble slightly when you move!"
What the crew is filming today is the scene where the movie's protagonist Han Duoduo climbs up the reef and sutures her thigh wound.
If it were a theatrical movie, such bloody scenes would definitely not pass the review and would definitely be cut. But since it is a TV movie, the impact would not be that strong, so Wang Hao retained it.
As for whether it is reasonable to use necklaces and earrings to sew wounds, that is not important. In this day and age, as long as the movie is exciting enough, the audience is still very friendly.
Besides, this is a thriller. Can the effect be the same if you sew up a wound with a silk thread or with earrings or a necklace?
This is exactly the effect he wants, to make the audience cover their eyes and dare not look, but also can't help but open their eyes and watch secretly!
In the monitor, Wang Zhi was holding a crescent-shaped earring in his hand and reaching towards the wound on his thigh with trembling hands. He frowned and paused for a moment, then stabbed into the hideous wound. At the same time, he let out a shrill cry of pain and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Of course, it was impossible to really sew stitches on Wang Zhi's thigh. It was just a layer of prop skin that was lifelike enough to contain blood bags, which would burst if stabbed.
"Crack!"
"Wang Zhi, when you thrust in, make sure your entire leg is tense and your body is leaning back!"
"Crack! The hand movement is over!
Please note that this is different from the performance style I told you before. You cannot create path dependence and rely on body movements to distract the audience. That is useless.
At this time, you need to do subtraction, make sure every move is precise and in place, be able to mobilize the audience's emotions, let the audience's psychology change with your movements, and make them feel bloody and scared. "
Wang Hao repeatedly pointed this out many times. As he said, although Hollywood's filming methods can reduce the film's requirements for actors' acting skills, there are also a few shots that require actors to demonstrate their hard power.
Fortunately, Wang Zhi was serious enough and learned quickly.
In the last shot, Han Duoduo was holding half of an earring in her hand, with the sharp part pressing against the edge of the everted wound, and her thumb and index finger holding the earring were trembling slightly.
The next second, she gritted her teeth and closed her eyes. She paused for less than a second before slowly and firmly inserting the earring into her flesh.
(End of this chapter)