Chapter 2314

The sky cleared up and the crew were busy, including Langley and felicity. They were going to shoot their last scene in Maldives, which was also the ending of Cassian and Jean Urso——

The two men jointly stole the drawing of the death star, and after some twists and turns, they finally sent the information to the warships outside the planet, but they had missed the opportunity to leave the base, because the Empire had sent troops, led by the Black Warrior, to encircle the whole planet base; Then, the black Samurai issued an order, in order to prevent the drawings from being leaked, directly destroy the whole planet, so, everyone in the base, no one can leave alive.

It also means that the entire rebel team that stole the drawings was wiped out.

Considering the overall situation and rhythm of the film, Garris doesn't intend to explain everyone's reaction in the face of death one by one with sub shots, creating a Michael Bay style slow motion tragic. Instead, he aims at Cassian and Jean Urso, who will bear the weight of the whole ending, tragic and tragic.

Undoubtedly, it's a very important play, and it's also a play of emotional sublimation of the whole story. Who else in the whole crew is more suitable than Langley and felicity?

For this play, even Lan Li dare not take it lightly. The content of the performance itself has certain difficulties, but the more important thing is "lifting the heavy as light" - just like the last scene of "Star Trek", it must show the depth of the role and story, and it can't be too strong to be deliberately sensational. This scale is undoubtedly the core of the whole play.

Before that, in the "star crossing", it was a solo performance by lanli. He controlled the propriety and found the right performance track through careful consideration; Now it's the opposite play. He needs to cooperate with felicity. The agreement between the two sides goes beyond personal prominence. They need to find a right rhythm and track.

Originally, this is not a difficult problem. Just run in and practice. Both actors are experienced in many battles, so they are not in a dilemma; However, the bad weather has become an unknown factor, constantly making trouble, occasionally interrupting the rhythm, which is as unpredictable as a child's temperament. As a result, the rhythm is fast and slow, and there is no way to find the right direction. Even with rich experience such as lanli, it is difficult to avoid interference and enter the state.

In the face of the mischievous weather, lanli can only smile helplessly, which is one of the difficulties that field shooting must face.

However, Langley and felicity also made corresponding adjustments according to the situation, making full use of the break time for rehearsal, finding the most suitable rhythm for each other outside the camera, taking the film as a stage play, using repeated continuous search to find the best state, and then stepping on the stage of "camera" to complete the performance in one go, hoping that before the destruction of the weather comes, Be able to finish shooting.

According to Garris's idea, the last scene is undoubtedly the sublimation and explosion of emotion. He looks forward to the chemical reaction between Cassian and Jean Urso breaking out at the end of the day, and then puts the insignificance of personal emotion in front of the great cause of saving the galaxy - not to "belittle" personal emotion, but to make people really realize that, Behind the great deeds that promote the process of history, they are all composed of independent individuals. It is thanks to the existence of those "small" that they have the birth of "great".

Obviously, Garris has high expectations for the play, but his understanding of the performance is far from perfect, even simple and straightforward.

In Garris's blueprint, two seriously injured people come to the beach and witness the magnificent explosion of the imperial warship destroying the planet. They face the impending death calmly. Jean Urso takes the initiative to hold Cassian's hand. Then Cassian embraces Jean Urso to welcome the end of the destruction. Finally, the camera stops on Jean Urso's eyes full of tears.

But lanli put forward different opinions.

The context and thinking of the whole play are correct, but the way of execution just stays on the surface. It shows the emotional blending of Cassian and Jean Urso - from hostility to side-by-side and then to intimate. The two people finally open their hearts to accept each other with a hug, and at the same time embrace death. So, Garris's idea just stays here, It can not be further sublimated to the level of "individual and collective".

Hand in hand. Embrace.

Such actions contain too much personal information and show more personal emotions. Stripping the identity of Cassian and Jean Urso's resistance forces also stripped the meaning behind such sacrifice.

To put it bluntly, it can be seen as the bursting and destruction of the love between Cassian and Jean Urso, but it can't feel the tragic sacrifice of the whole rebel team.

Lanli opposes such a way of interpretation. He does not think it is the right way to open the last scene. The emotion between Cassian and Jean Urso is similar to love but higher than love. It is undoubtedly superficial and rude to use "love" to restrict this relationship. It should be a kind of "love" that is superior to the basic human emotion

To my family, friends and lovers, to the land and the world I love, to my faith and dream.

It's a big love.

If it only falls on the shoulders of Cassian and Jean Urso, then it is a kind of neglect and contempt for the whole rebel team, for the whole film, and for their cause of sacrificing themselves; Just like Garris's idea, the play has more heavy and profound significance. However, the problem is that Garris does not know how to elaborate, how to state, and how to turn his idea into a lens.

If it is written, it can be described clearly and accurately; But through the lens, how should the director and actors cooperate to present the greatness and magnificence?

This is the source of the charm of the film: some directors may choose the way of narration, clumsily and directly explain it, and instill their ideas into the audience; However, some directors choose the lens to tell their ideas. The light, composition and perspective are integrated with the performance of the actors. They tell the surging dark waves hidden in the depths in detail and leave the space for reflection to the audience. This is really a wise way.

But now there is a problem. This is a commercial film. Garris can't carve the lens like Terrence Malik, or even spend too much time on emotional narration. Otherwise, he will fall into the pattern of sensationalism - Michael Bay is a bad example.

Propriety, scale and weight are the shackles of Garris's many ideas, which make him tied up, and the final picture and performance are denied by Langley.

So, what does lenley think?

This is undoubtedly a difficult problem.

At the end of the movie, Ryan stone escapes from the dead and falls into the lake, just like returning to his mother. Then he gets rid of his mother step by step, just like the ape man evolved into a human being. He learns to stand up with his own legs again, and finally relies on his feet to stand upright.

Alfonso Caron only uses one lens to show the interdependent but mutually exclusive relationship between human and gravity.

Now, can rogue one do the same?

In terms of directing skills, Langley can't ask Garris to imitate Alfonso - it's not necessary, but in terms of performance style, Langley and felicity can learn from their ideas and find a new way to present. Then, the two actors started a discussion and rehearsal, absorbing experience from mistakes again and again, trying to find a more suitable performance method, It's a perfect ending for the movie.

After repeated rehearsals, they did find a way to present, but the discussion was just a discussion. After all, they could not really feel the actual effect. Finally, they needed to stand on the "stage" to present, which was the real "shining moment"——

Let's see what Garris's lens can capture, and whether it can achieve the expectation? Or... Is Lan Li's idea just high minded and low handed after all?

Waiting and waiting, the opportunity finally comes again.

"You seem to enjoy it very much." Felicity could feel the excitement and joy of Langley's eagerness to try, which permeated between her eyebrows.

In fact, they should be nervous, because the weather window is very small - the rainstorm that may come again at any time is on the one hand, and on the other hand, Garris hopes to seize the sunset moment, use the sunset to simulate the explosion effect, and then transition from the sunset to the mushroom cloud of planetary explosion, to sketch a tragic beauty at the time of the destruction of the planet.

This is a way of emotional rendering that Garris is best at. It doesn't need too much emotion or too much music. It can create the atmosphere of the scene only by relying on the pictures. If it was shot in the shed, Garris might not ask for so much, just use the computer special effects to produce the explosion effect; But now that we have come to the scene and suffered from the weather, why not seize the opportunity?

As a result, the crew needs to race with the rainstorm and the sunset. They are either worried that the rainstorm will come or the sunset will disappear. If they miss today, they will have to wait for tomorrow. Therefore, every minute counts, even more tense than stage play. After all, the indoor performance of stage play does not need to worry about the possibility of Rainstorm at any time.

But Langley didn't.

He gave felicity a big smile. "Shouldn't it? This is the fun of actors. We can feel the world and present it in our way, so that the audience can feel the emotion of the role. It's not a simple explosion, or drag racing, or other popcorn visual effects, but the real emotion that can really connect with the audience, the sincerity hidden under the computer special effects. I'm doing an important job right now, and it's something I love. Even if I'm nervous, I enjoy it. "

In Langley's eyes, Felicity saw the stars.