Chapter 1802： Director's bottleneck

Today's fourth update, please recommend' please subscribe! , the spring of 2008 can really be said to be full of turmoil. Although every year after the Oscars, there will be some ups and downs, but this year is particularly obvious. It seems that the four-year US presidential election is indeed eyed by countless people, even entertainment. The circle is already a mess. This is only March. There are changes in the talent show before, and then there is the brewing of the classics storm. Combined with 2008 being the year of the Olympic Games, the economic trend of the world will be affected. This year is not destined to be a quiet year.

However, these things have nothing to do with Evan Bell for the time being. He can focus all his attention on the shooting of "Juno". The attention won by "Junot" can definitely be said to break the table. One is that Evan and Bell have just been crowned the best director of the Oscar, and the latest trend is naturally to attract attention; the other is that Evan ... Bell did not participate in "Zhu" this time In the performance of "Nuo", all the actors have been selected. This is also after "Little Sunshine", Evan ... Bell returned to the position of director and screenwriter again, and did not personally join the performance lineup.

There are many reasons why Evan Bell did not play "Juno". One is that there is no suitable role, the role of Pauly, the big boy who made Juno pregnant, Evan. Bell's personal temperament does not match. Even if he acts, it is difficult to rely on his acting skills to make up for the huge difference in temperament. Second, the acting challenge failed to impress Evan-Bell. Even if it is a script written by him, Evan-Bell will Treat it realistically. Therefore, this time Evan Bell did not join the performance lineup.

Under the attention of the media, Evan-Bell handled it very well. After all, he has come to the present in the gathering of the spotlight since his debut. Although Evan-Bell's mentality has been adjusted very well, and he has not gotten carried away just because he has achieved the director's grand slam, but I have to admit that after the filming of "Juno", the whole progress was not very smooth.

I don’t know if it’s because of the invisible pressure in my heart that I didn’t even notice, or it’s because I shot “Perfume”, “Blood Will Come”, and “Batman Prequel: The Dark Knight” with very dark works. Influenced Evan... Bell's control of "Juno". In short, the whole situation after shooting started was very wrong.

Evan-Bell stood behind the camera with his hands on his hips and the guide tube in his right hand. He stood there with a depressed face, the entire crew was silent, the spring in Vancouver was quiet and silent, and the delicate sunlight made the surroundings more quiet. stand up.

Suddenly, Evan and Bell raised his head and shouted to the actors, "Stop shooting, rest for 30 minutes." This made the actors at the scene stunned. Why did they suddenly rest? Isn't it filming?

I saw Evan Bell shouting to Robert Faris not far away, "Cut all the film that was shot before. Grass! All go to hell!" He angrily smashed the guide cylinder in his hand After landing on the concrete floor, he left the crew with a violent face and walked outside. All the people who stayed in the same place stared blankly.

Robert Faris glanced at Teddy Bell at a loss, Teddy Bell shook his head, and then shouted loudly, "The crew rests for 30 minutes, don't leave too far." Teddy Bell watched Evan Bell, who walked out of the encirclement and walked along the street, could not help but frown.

"Chundi, do you want to send someone to follow?" Robert Faris also cast his gaze in Evan Bell's direction with a worried look on his face.

Eden Hudson, who was standing beside him watching the excitement, spoke only then, "Just let him calm down." Teddy Bell also sighed in relief and nodded in approval, "He needs a little space of his own." Today isn't what it was when The Dark Knight played the Joker, so don't worry too much.

Ellen Page, who was standing in front of the camera, didn't look too worried, just a little surprised, "Does this happen often?" Standing next to her is Michael Serra, in "Juno" The baby's father, Paulie, was the one who secretly tasted the forbidden fruit with Juno, making Juno pregnant.

"As far as I know, no." Michael Serra seemed to have some lingering fears, and his tone was a little hesitant, "At least I haven't seen it in the news reports."

Michael Serra, also only twenty years old this year, is a talented actor with mild autism who starred in the famous episode "Arrested Development." In last year's well-received comedy film "Too Bad" also has Excellent performance, and he has also established a personal website, and will upload some self-directed and self-acted humorous short dramas, which is absolutely brilliant. In addition, he has a band of his own called "The Long Farewell". From a certain point of view, in fact, Michael ... Sierra, Gordon-Levitt the Joseph dog, and Bell the Egyptian dog are the same kind of people, but he is much more introverted and shy.

"No, this is the first time." Robert-Farris heard the two actors talking and explained, "but Evan's strict requirements for the filming process are unquestionable. He is angry with himself today, it seems that He wasn't satisfied with the footage, the images he shot, so he got angry."

Ellen Page and Michael Serra couldn't help but look at the figure who had come to the end of the street. They wanted to post a little more, no matter if Evan... Bell was because of the pressure after he just won the best director, or He is strict with himself, but Evan Bell can maintain a sincere heart for his works after many honors shine, which is really rare.

Evan Bell was indeed dissatisfied with himself, and even angry. He felt that all the pictures were wrong and all the feelings were wrong. When he saw the pictures displayed on the monitor, he himself felt that it was a A terrible work. It's not the actor's problem, but the director's problem—that's his problem.

The director's positioning and control of the style of the work is a very important thing. For example, the script says, "Juno appeared at the door of Pauly's house and told Pauly the fact that he was pregnant." This is a scene. Maybe some scripts will be more detailed, and some scripts may be simpler, but in general, the director must Turn this sentence into a picture, with his style.

Evan... Bell was in the process of writing the script, and the image in his mind should be that Juno appeared on a bicycle, parked in front of Pauly's house, and after Pauly went out, the two talked. After the conversation was over, Juno left. From the layout of the bicycle scene and the content of the dialogue to show the character characteristics of Juno and Poly, Juno rides a bicycle to tell Poly that he is pregnant, which can reflect Juno's free, easy and uninhibited personality.

But in the actual shooting process, Bell felt that the picture was too bad, and the missing thing was not one or two points. He originally planned to carve out the characters of Juno and Pauli through this important scene, but the result was pale Powerless.

Don't underestimate the power of scene arrangement. Whether Juno comes by walking, bicycle, bus or car is a manifestation of personality. If it is a car, the type of car is also an important supplement to personality, and even Colors have to be carefully chosen. In addition, details such as costumes and props are not only supplements to the character's personality, but also a point of leverage for actors to perform: whether there are props or no props, and what role should there be if there are props, there are differences.

In addition, the location, lighting arrangement, and timing of the meeting between Juno and Poly are also very important.

A really excellent work, in fact, does not necessarily deliberately design or even add plots and scenes in order to carve out the personality of the characters. On the contrary, it should change the setting of the scene according to the character of the character, so that the character of the character is supplemented. Through these details, the characters are created without any hesitation. This is actually the same feeling that actors feel during the performance.

The so-called connotation of the work does not rely on the characters to say "believe in God." This information can be conveyed" but through the resonance between the characters and the characters, the characters and the story, the background of the entire era, the clues of the story, the contradictions between the characters Collide out, let people understand the connotation of the work. Preaching can convey information, but it cannot penetrate into the hearts of the people, and it is more likely to appear contrived; expressing deep meaning quietly with details, characters, and plots is the best way.

This is what Evan-Bell is struggling with now. The scene of Juno and Pauly meeting is completely unable to convey the huge information in Evan-Bell's mind. Where is the problem? There are many. The first is the scene, the second is the lighting, color and other camera issues The third is the director's deviation from the overall situation. So, Evan... Bell knew that he was not able to effectively control the tone of the whole movie!

So, Evan-Bell got angry with himself.

Evan-Bell knows very well that he is no longer a novice director. He is not a novice who crossed the river by feeling the stones in "The Notebook of Love" and "Mysterious Skin". He should know what he wants. It should be known that the lack of details is fatal to a good work. But he still made this mistake. He thought he had control over "Juno", but after filming started, he found that everything was wrong. Except for the actors, it can be said that almost nothing is good. If filming goes on like this, it's fair to say that Evan Bell will ruin the excellent performance of these actors, which would be an absolute disaster.

In fact, many times, people say that epic works are difficult to shoot, but sketch works like "Juno" are definitely not weak. Because "Juno" needs to be filmed, it is actually very simple, but it is likely to be only 60 points. The sketch of 60 points can only be said to be so-so, while the epic works of 60 points are already very good: "Juno" It is not that simple to shoot successfully and well. If a sketch is to be comparable to an 80-point epic, it must exert 95-point skill, and a 95-point sketch is definitely not something that can be done sloppily. produced.

Digging out the connotation of epics is endless; excavating the connotation of sketches, the difficulty is doubled.

Evan Yikul was disappointed with himself.

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