King of Stage

The so-called Super Eight camera is actually the most popular hand-held eight-mm camera in the 1980s. The grainy texture of the film can present the most retro and precious images. In 2012, more and more high-definition, more and more portable Digital camcorders have gone mainstream, but these retro camcorders still have their own huge fan base.

Last year, JJ-Abrams (JJ-Abrams) directed a sci-fi movie "Super 8". The name of the movie comes from the eight-mm camera in the hands of the actor.

However, Alice did not want to follow the trend. This Super Eight camera was twelve years ago. On her birthday, Max and Ronan jointly bought it as a birthday present for her. Said that it has a special significance, and now it has become an important helper for her filming work.

Of course, Super Eight cameras consume a lot of film. It is impossible for Alice to take a few large boxes of film with her on a road trip. She still uses digital cameras for normal shooting work, and the lens quality of Super Eight cameras shoots some specific shots, only for special moments. use.

Like tonight.

Looking at the scene with too much performance in front of her, Alice decisively turned on the camera lens and recorded it truly——

Such jerky and embarrassing performance elements, on the contrary, can more truly reflect the true colors of the band.

But looking at the band members with obviously stiff limbs and stiff expressions in front of him, Ollie even raised his eyes secretly, and then looked directly at the camera.

"Hahahahaha."

Alice couldn't hold back anymore, burst into laughter, and even the camera shook together, which made Alice shake her head again and again to express her speechlessness——

The lens must not shake hands. The sense of movement in a hand-held lens is not the same thing as shaking your hands.

Alice explained to Ollie, "The significance of the documentary is that I recorded what I saw as a bystander. You should ignore my camera, or even my existence. Everything is normal, just As usual, that’s what makes sense.”

"Oh oh oh." Oli nodded repeatedly, quickly lowered his head, pretending that he was busy.

Alice hesitated: Should she remind Ollie that the book is reversed?

Then, Maxim, who was struggling to get up from the ground, inadvertently looked up and hit the camera lens head-on. He froze for a while, and lay down again without money.

Alice's head was full of black lines, "Maxim, you should ignore my existence, but if your eyes accidentally meet the camera, there is no need to deliberately avoid it, just pretend that the camera is me, you can say hello, you can talk, and you can naturally Look away, there's no need to make a fuss."

Maxim's head protruded from the other side of the mattress again, "So many demands! Then what do you want us to do!"

Although she could only see her eyes, she could still feel Maxim's depression, which made Alice laugh, "Just be your true selves."

The three people in the room fell silent, and the stiff body movements could tell that they still hadn't turned the corner.

But Alice also understands that standing in front of the camera also requires an adaptation process, whether it is a professional actor performing or an ordinary person showing themselves, this is true. After all, the existence of the camera lens itself is an "interference". Both of them need a digestion process before they can really adapt to the existence of the camera lens.

For documentaries, directors need such patience.

"Where's Ronan?" Alice asked without further embarrassing them.

Ollie looked out the window, "I don't know, I went out, it should be in the corridor."

Alice held the camera and left the room, stood in the corridor, looked around, and then found the familiar figure by the swimming pool.

Alice didn't approach right away, but adjusted the focus of the camera lens to focus on Ronan's back. Because the shooting distance of the eight-millimeter camera is limited, it cannot achieve true high-definition. It can only capture a back silhouette outlined by moonlight and lights, but she can still recognize it:

That's Ronan.

Obviously, Ronan was not sure how to face the camera lens, so he fled with an ostrich mentality and moved his position, which was much smarter than the other three.

Alice stood quietly on the spot, using the camera film to capture the figure in the night. She liked the rough grainy texture of the night, as if time was left on the film bit by bit, condensing into eternity in an instant , will not disappear and fade no matter when.

After a while, Alice turned off the camera and went all the way down the stairs to the oblique rear of the swimming pool. She quietly sat cross-legged on the ground obliquely behind Ronan. Although she didn't deliberately hide her figure, she also avoided revealing her whereabouts. Then Turn the camera back on.

In fact, there is still a little secret deep in her heart, which Alice did not say.

She likes Ronan's enthusiasm and persistence, with a kind of heroic aesthetic feeling of flying moths to the flame, and still refuses to compromise and admit defeat under the oppression and frustration of cruel reality.

Because in real life, too many people choose to give up, use countless reasons to find excuses for their mediocrity and mediocrity, and then laugh at the stupidity and embarrassment of those dreamers, complacently thinking that they are the wise and brilliant, But I don't know what I missed.

But it was precisely this stupidity that Alice cherished. So is Max.

In fact, the Cooper family is not a wealthy family as imagined. The three brothers and sisters all relied on their own efforts to win scholarships and entered UCLA to study; and now they are still burdened with different amounts of tuition loans.

At the beginning, Max gave up his dream for his younger brother and sister, but Max did not want Ronan and Alice to bow to life, so when the opportunity presented itself, Ronan was encouraged by Max to embark on the journey. The road of chasing dreams——Alice is following in the footsteps of Ronan.

Over the years, Ronan wanted to give up more than once, but finally persisted because of that silly courage, even if he needed to work part-time, even if he needed to do dirty work, even if he had no fixed place to live and no three meals a day. Afterwards, Ronan has always relied on his own efforts to persevere.

Alice likes Max, but also likes Ronan. The two elder brothers are the source of her faith and courage. This is also an important reason why she came to New Orleans. In the midst of hesitation and confusion, she hopes that Ronan can point out the direction for herself again, and she hopes that she can gain the courage to persevere from Ronan again.

But...Alice is not going to tell Ronan, otherwise Ronan will definitely cock his tail triumphantly. It's better to keep such a secret to yourself.

At this time, Alice used her own lens to record silently.