Chapter 248 Return to Paris
Chapter 248 Return to Paris
In an ordinary film crew, directing actors in acting is not an easy task.
This involves many hurdles, and it also reflects whether a director's professional ability is good enough.
After all, in order to guide actors on how to perform well, the director not only needs to have a clear understanding of the "story's context and theme", but also needs to have a complete understanding of the "character's personality and reaction".
Only when the director does these homework first and then guides the actors can it provide positive and constructive influence.
Generally speaking, based on this condition, the director's ability to guide actors can be roughly divided into four levels.
The best director is the one who can satisfy both of the above points at the same time. He has a clear framework concept in his mind for the film he wants to shoot and produce, and knows what kind of performance he needs.
At the same time, they are often extremely good at directing actors. Generally, such directors are first-line big-name directors at home and abroad, and are particularly good at discovering new actors. For example, Zhang Yimou, Zhou Xingchi and others often belong to this category.
After these top directors, there are the second-tier directors, who generally only meet one of two requirements: either they have a clear understanding of the film's context and theme, or they are good at analyzing characters.
When directing actors, this type of director requires the actors themselves to have a certain level of acting skills in order to create a chemical reaction with them.
For example, Chen Kaige. Many people say that Chen Kaige’s later films are not very good, but that is also because his ability to tell and write stories needs to be improved, and he has unclear grasp of the story’s context and theme.
When it comes to training actors, interpreting the personalities and reactions of story characters, and grasping the essence of the characters, he is very accurate.
This can be seen from several entertainment variety shows he participated in. Often, just a few words and a little analysis can help an actor figure out what kind of state the character should behave.
Then there are the third tier of directors. Directors at this level do not possess both abilities. When directing actors, they can neither make clear performance requirements nor explain the true state of the character to the actors.
Therefore, the actors are not restricted by too many rules and regulations and are allowed to perform freely.
As for the director of the fourth gear?
What else could it be? Of course it was the dog that was led in front of the surveillance camera. It was nothing!
Because of his background as a screenwriter and the learning he has undergone over the past year, Zhuang Wenqiang has begun to develop into a second-tier director.
At least Wang Hao was standing on the periphery, and watching him instruct the actors on the spot, it looked quite professional.
This visit to the set did not last too long, after all, the filming set is not a place for casual chatting.
Wang Hao came here just to support the new director Zhuang Wenqiang and use his fame to endorse him.
Now seeing that the filming and production of "Raging Fire" was proceeding in an orderly manner, he was very satisfied. After staying for a while, he said goodbye and left.
Of course, before leaving, he also made an appointment with Nicholas Tse and Zhen Zidan to have the two of them make a cameo appearance in his "Taken".
As for "Raging Fire", Liam Neeson will also come to make a cameo appearance.
After visiting the set of "Raging Fire", Wang Hao continued to devote himself to the filming of "Taken".
If you really count, the scenes set in Hong Kong only account for 20% of the entire movie.
So by mid-April, they had almost finished filming their scenes in Hong Kong and began preparing to head to the next location - Paris, France.
Unlike in China and Hong Kong, the crew was reduced to a certain extent because it was filmed abroad. At the same time, Wang Hao also used his connections in Colombia to contact a small production company in France in advance and asked them to provide some help.
So even though they were unfamiliar with the place, when the crew of "Taken" arrived in Paris, France, their local filming went smoothly.
Of course, in addition to the help of the local production company, some information about Paris that Wang Hao learned from the Internet in his previous life also helped them avoid a lot of trouble.
Unlike those subordinates who had never been abroad, Wang Hao had learned through the Internet in his previous life that Paris, France was not just a fashion capital as the world believed.
After the crew arrived here, Wang Hao put forward the first request, that is, crew members were not allowed to leave the hotel where they were staying or go out for fun without permission.
In addition, crew members, especially female members, should not be alone. Even in a hotel, they should try to be in pairs.
The movie they shot is about a daughter who was kidnapped by gangsters in Paris and her lone father who came to rescue her.
Now that Wang Hao gave such an order again, the female employees in the crew were shocked and became nervous unconsciously.
After that, when they started shooting on the streets of Paris and had a deeper contact with the city, everyone understood why Wang Hao gave such an order.
In fact, as a world-famous art capital and tourist destination, the environment in some wealthy areas and tourist attractions in Paris is still acceptable.
However, even in these places, there is still no shortage of thieves and even robbers.
Among them, blacks, Arabs, Indians and gypsies are the most dangerous. Even though Wang Hao and his crew had a large number of people, they still encountered several daring thieves during the filming process.
In this regard, Wang Hao could only instruct his own field staff to arrange a few more tall and strong men to stand guard outside.
Just after the crew had been filming for about ten days, the female lead Liu Yifei finally arrived in Paris by plane.
As in the past, her mother was with her this time, and there was also a fashion show in Paris that she needed to attend.
After attending the fashion show, Liu Yifei arrived at the crew and was arranged to stay in a hotel. It was not until the afternoon of the next day that she officially began the filming process.
As the leading actress of the movie, Liu Yifei, who is also Liam Neeson's stepdaughter, actually doesn't have many roles in this movie.
The main scenes are the one where she is transported in Paris as a commodity, then the scene where Liam Neeson saves his daughter, and the scene where Liu Yifei is kidnapped by Parisian gangsters shortly after the story begins.
(End of this chapter)