Rebirth In Hollywood

"Lights? Where's the light I want?"

There was a clear voice from behind. When Ryan looked back, Natalie behind him handed over the camera to the assistant and walked out of the small canyon built. "I don't want to explain, I just want you to finish the work in your hands seriously."

"I promise."

The person in charge of the lighting team immediately said, "This is just an accident."

With the sound of footsteps, Natalie walked into the canyon again, picked up the camcorder again, and asked Ryan, "Are you ready?"

Ryan didn't speak, just raised his hand and made an 'ok' gesture.

"Prepare……"

Natalie's assistant Anna shouted, "Scene fifty-fifth, act twelfth, start now!"

The night passed, and the bright sunlight illuminated the cold and gloomy canyon little by little. The golden light fell on the brown-red rocks and slowly moved towards the trapped Ryan. He looked there, breathing a little short, and his eyes showed The unstoppable longing is not only the taste of warmth, but the feeling of freedom.

Natalie, standing above Ryan, used the camera to capture every change in Ryan's expression. In the cable car above her, the main cameraman was shooting the panorama of the canyon.

The sun finally moved to this side, illuminating Ryan's tired face, but because of the terrain, it stopped beside him. Ryan took off his shoes and put a big bare foot into the sunlight.

Natalie immediately gave a close-up of the foot, and then moved the camera to Ryan's face again, and in a comfortable sigh, he showed a slightly intoxicated look, and for a person who has been trapped for a long time, the sun is so charming and precious.

He slowly stroked the rock wall warmed by the sun. Although these latex 'rocks' felt extremely bad, Ryan still enjoyed this brief moment according to the character's request.

Perhaps only those who have lost their freedom can understand how Alan Ruston felt at the time.

When he turned around, Ryan realized that Natalie was in front of him. She carried the camera, and seemed to be taking a close-up of his face from at most a foot away.

Ryan has more than ten years of rich acting experience, and it has been more than ten days since filming started. He gradually found the feeling of the role. At this time, he is still fully engaged. The girl opposite to him is a director and cameraman at this time. The rest is completely unnecessary to consider at work.

"Cut!" Natalie finally called to stop,

She gave Ryan a thumbs up. Nodding his chin, "Great job!"

Then, she slid down from Ryan and said to the cameraman in the cable car above, "Jarvis, change the angle and shoot again."

Although the position was very awkward and he was a little tired after the long shot just now, Ryan still fully cooperated with the crew. As he said, he was an actor when he was filming, and it was his responsibility to cooperate with the crew to complete his share of work.

After Natalie called to stop again, Ryan jumped off the hanging rock. After shaking the slightly paralyzed right hand that was placed between the two prop rocks, and feeling that the blood flow was normal, he followed behind Natalie and walked out of the Blue John Canyon.

"Tired?" Natalie handed the camera to the assistant. asked back.

"It's too long." Ryan pointed to his right hand, "It's very uncomfortable here."

"Let's go and rest for half an hour." Natalie instructed the assistant. Back in front of the monitor, after taking the camera, connected the data cable, and said to Ryan, who was sitting next to him, "There is no such super-long lens below."

Taking off the hat he was wearing, Ryan took the two cups of coffee sent by Anna and put one in front of Natalie, "You should also pay attention to rest, we have plenty of time."

The shots of the film are not complicated. Most of them are Ryan's one-man shows. According to the plan, the shooting in the studio will be completed in the first month, and then after the Oscars, they will go to Canyon National Park to complete a small number of exterior shots. .

"What do you think?" Natalie picked up the coffee cup and pointed to the screen on the monitor. Ryan glanced at it, and then said, "You are the director, these are your jobs."

Despite the occasional word of advice, Ryan gave Natalie all the rights to the film from shooting to final editing, and the movie would just go the way she wanted.

"Here is the scene where you shoot the diary of your life."

After turning off the monitor, Natalie beckoned to the props team. Someone immediately sent a DV over. After Ryan took it, he pointed to the 'Sony' logo and asked, "Is this an advertising sponsorship? "

"That's right." Natalie's slightly tired face showed a narrow smile. "Sony paid $3 million for advertising fees. Sorry, we borrowed your reputation when we asked for sponsorship."

"It's okay," Ryan said, fiddling with the dv. "It's good for the movie and the crew."

Placement advertising has long been an inseparable part of Hollywood movies. If you look closely, you will see the shadow of advertising in many movies. Ryan and Disney have never rejected this. On the contrary, they are very welcome to pay for the cost of the movie, but He himself has solemnly warned all the subordinate production companies to pay attention to the way and method of advertising placement, and not to get to the point of madness.

Having said that, if this is not a movie starring him, it must be difficult for the crew to get this advertising fee.

Later, Ryan listened to Natalie's introduction again, and only then did he realize that the implanted advertisements were more than that. All the outdoor sports equipment on his body was basically a brand, and this brand also paid 3 million US dollars.

"That's Ryan's impact, and the $10 million production cost has been recouped in half."

This is what the assistant director said to Natalie, and it is fitting that these advertisers have confirmed that Ryan is the star, almost the fastest way to finalize the sponsorship contract.

"At least some of the money has been recovered."

After filming Ellen Ruston's self-portrait life diary, Natalie took the dv back, "This way I'm less stressed."

"Nate, you are about to become a qualified crew leader." Ryan teased her.

However, this is a good phenomenon. Not all directors are James Cameron, and they will have such a terrible budget when shooting. A director wants Hollywood to pay attention to it, and it must show the producers that it can create value. If They don't even have the least commercial value. In this day and age, such directors are destined to pass by Hollywood.

After lunch, the crew left Disney Studios and moved to Harvey Weinstein's private club in Malibu, where they would borrow the swimming area to shoot Aaron Ruston's still-loving sports after his amputation. and many other life scenarios.

The script did not describe much of this scene, but Natalie wanted to shoot multi-directional shots and show the real life of the hero after recovery through quick editing.

What if a person was turned into a disabled person in the film? Too easy for Hollywood.

The makeup artist wrapped Ryan's right hand into a thin green curtain from the elbow joint, so that it would not affect his subsequent diving in the pool, and he could easily erase this arm during post-production. .

"The effect of your weight loss doesn't seem to be obvious."

Walking to the edge of the pool, Natalie looked up and down Ryan, who was only wearing big swimming trunks, "How much do you weigh now?"

"Honey."

Poking his chest, Ryan said helplessly, "I'm only less than 180 pounds now. Do I want to reduce it to 130 pounds like I did when filming "The Pianist"?"

"I'm just suggesting you do better." Natalie couldn't help but think of Ryan at 130 pounds, so skinny and terrifying, "Okay, get ready, we're going to start shooting. "

After speaking, she walked back behind the monitor.

The three underwater cameras have already been prepared. After Natalie called to start, Ryan jumped into the pool and swam towards the opposite side according to his normal posture.

While swimming, he also had to control his expression and speed, and the camera in front slowly retreated at a steady speed.

With the sound of 'crashing', Ryan swam out of the water, lay on the edge of the pool, and looked at a group of people on the opposite side. These extras were cameos by people from various types of work in the crew, and they didn't need anything. Acting, just stand there as naturally as possible.

The camera flashed by, and Natalie called stop again.

"This shot is over, get ready for the next one!"

Although a lot of extras have been added to the scenes here, it is still Ryan's one-man show. Today, he is in very good condition. Most of the scenes have passed at one time, and the efficiency of driving the crew has also improved a lot. It was originally planned to be finished in a day and a half. The scenes were all completed in just one afternoon.

When he got dressed and came out, Ryan found that the crew was going to return to the Disney studio. Natalie explained a few words to the assistant director and came over.

"Alison just called." She turned the phone in her hand. "She's waiting for us in North Hollywood."

"She came back from the sea?" Ryan asked, pulling Natalie and following the crew to the parking lot, "Is she okay?"

"I want to have dinner with us," Natalie said as she walked. "It seems that Emma Watson, who went to sea with us, is also here."

Ryan knew this. The "Harry Potter" crew had already come to Los Angeles to prepare for the upcoming Oscars ceremony. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" could not win the heavyweight award, but It has also been nominated for a number of technical awards, such as best visual effects.

Besides, showing up on the Oscars red carpet is one of the best ways to promote the upcoming movie.

For the next few years, basically a Harry Potter movie will be released every year.

After arriving in North Hollywood, the two of Ryan went directly to Mr. Zhou's restaurant and met Taylor and Miss Hermione, who was sitting with her and chatting intimately. (To be continued..) ()