Chapter 974： Preliminary preparation

\"&　　 "Okay, I see, I will pay attention..." Hugo held the receiver of the fixed telephone, with a slight nod on his face and said, but when he was about to hang up, the receiver again There was a voice, which made Hugo feel helpless, but he listened patiently, "Don't worry, I will take care of myself. Pay attention to yourself, the temperature changes in Los Angeles these days are also a bit strange, don't catch a cold. "

After speaking, Hugo closed his eyes lightly, nodded his chin, and said with a chuckle, "That's it for now, I need to go to rehearsal." But before the earpiece could be removed, he heard it again. Voice, this time there was a sound from the side. Hugo glanced at Charlize helplessly, then turned his attention back to the phone, "Postcard? I will remember it. I will buy it when I go out for dinner tomorrow. Okay, I get it. Well, miss you, goodbye."

Finally, Hugo hung up the phone, and Charlize’s ridicule came directly. She also picked up her voice and learned to worry about her squeamish voice and said, “Hugo, you must pay attention to your body. Stop catching a cold, the weather in Vienna is different from that in Los Angeles..."

"!" Hugo put his hands on his waist and looked at Charlize dumbfoundingly, but instead made Charlize smile more brilliantly.

"You should know that she has repeated these words in Los Angeles?" Charlize grinned and thought it was very funny, especially Hugo's helpless expression pleased her, "I remember, she Holding your cheeks, you whispered softly. Oh, God, she usually looks like a hearty girl, why this time you went out, she became like this? Could it be the first time after you dated Long distance separation? It’s not right. When you promote the album, you rarely get together..."

"Charlize! She is my girlfriend. Isn't she right to say these?" Hugo interrupted Charlize and smiled helplessly. In fact, Hugo also felt Cameron's abnormality this time, as if... It seems particularly sensitive, but Hugo can't find an accurate reason. Guessing is really not an easy task. Hugo shrugged, "You won't do this, it doesn't mean she can't. Maybe as you said, we are now separated by an Atlantic Ocean, she is more worried, nothing more."

Hugo called the call just now. They arrived in Vienna yesterday. After a day of adjustment, he first called Adam to talk about the situation, and then he called Cameron to report safety. As a result, the phone calls were endless. Charlize was originally waiting for Hugo to rehearse. The wait lasted twenty minutes.

Charlize raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, "I can't feel the girl's heart, my fault."

"Who called you a man?" Hugo's words immediately provoke Charlize's slippers. Hugo dodged expertly, then walked to the opposite of Charlize and sat down, "You won't give a call? "

"After the call, I feel more distressed about the international phone charges." Charlize's words made Hugo straight up. They are now living in a hotel, and the cost is naturally paid by the crew. Charlize's words are purely nonsense.

"Need help?" Hugo said, he began to dig out his pockets, then found two coins in his pockets, and passed them over, causing Charlize to grin out there, but Hugo took a closer look and put his hands back. "Oh, this is Kennedy and Roosevelt, not Wagner."

John F. Kennedy is the head of fifty cents, Franklin Roosevelt is the head of ten cents, and Otto Wagner is the head of five hundred shillings.

As a result, Charlize flew the other slippers, and Hugo flashed it by again, and said with a smile, "It seems that you have no plans to go out today."

Charlize waved her fist viciously, "I can run with bare feet!"

The fierce appearance made Hugo avoid his eyes directly, and he quickly said with a smile, "Rehearsal, rehearsal, work is the most important." Charlize glared at Hugo again, and then slowly retracted his fist.

The work "Before Sunrise" is very special because the script limits the time to the dark night after nightfall, which means that the whole story takes place in one night. If you are shooting in a studio, it is naturally simple, and it is very convenient for the staff to set up the background.

But the problem is that Hugo and Richard decided to shoot on the spot. That is to say, in order to fit the true story of the story, they need to capture the moments after night each day to shoot. Before dark and after dawn, they both Can't work. And they also need to take into account the weather. If it rains, they will definitely not be able to shoot; if the difference between moonlight and starlight is too obvious for a few nights, the lens and lighting need to be very careful when shooting.

Also, when the hero and heroine met, they were on the train in the afternoon, and then they chose to get off in Vienna. This also means that the process of the sun gradually setting and night falling will be shown in the movie. In order to ensure authenticity and continuity, Hugo and Charlize must be completed in the shortest possible time. Of course, if It is the most perfect state to be able to take all the shots at once just like real life.

This also means that the rehearsal between shootings has a greater responsibility.

In the past, the rehearsal was more to familiarize the actors with the shooting process, the positions, camera positions, shots, and performance methods, etc.; but now the rehearsal is more like rehearsal of a stage play. The actors need to be aware of every detail outside the camera. Knowing it well, after entering the shooting, it is like a Broadway performance, avoiding mistakes as much as possible.

Of course, this is not a real Broadway, and they have no live audience to watch. The shooting still has room for fault tolerance, but they need to fight the weather, nature, and race against time, so they must put more energy in the rehearsal. .

Today is only the first day, and for a long time to come, we will be shooting at night. In addition to sleeping during the day, Hugo and Charlize have to spend most of their time in rehearsal, treating the movie as a real Broadway. Perform a show.

Hugo and Charlize started from reading the script. The so-called reading of the script is actually reading the script aloud. The most important thing is to familiarize the actors with the script and dialogue with each other, and then gradually outline their own performance image. This is the foundation of the acting class, but in actual application, it is one of the necessary links. Hugo and Charlize often practiced at home before, so this is no stranger to them.

Although the script was created by Hugo, Hugo's perspective has changed again when he is standing in the position of an actor. The screenwriter is a bystander, a storyteller, and an actor is a participant, a story executor. Maybe this is not 100% accurate, but it is the case in the "before sunrise" story.

Many people have always believed that "before sunrise" does not actually test acting skills, but rather permeates the director and screenwriter's perception of life and love, but this is a wrong perception.

"Before Sunrise" challenges acting skills are very strict. Because this movie is based on reality as a whole, it shows the true face of love as much as possible, so the requirements for actors are more stringent. Movies require actors to be able to sketch out the characters delicately and casually. It's like two people are really just discussing the dialogue at will, and they are talking in a wild, but in fact, they are reciting the lines, how to behave like the lines It is a conversation in life, which is not an easy task.

What is more difficult is that the content of the dialogue is the soul of the two characters. This is a movie without conflict and plot, which means that the characters have no personality. But do the two characters really have no personality? Of course not. The personalities of the two characters are expressed from their words, and their personalities can be seen in just a few words, and then the sparks burst out silently, but they can make the audience feel clearly arrive.

In short, this is a movie that uses performance to interpret real life. It is very likely that it was just a story that happened unintentionally on the streets of Los Angeles last night. There is no special plot, no special ups and downs, just a normal life.

This is a challenge for Charlize, and it is also a challenge for Hugo.

After "Schindler's List", Hugo starred in "Pulp Fiction" and "Life and Death Speed". Leaving aside the simple and crude character shaping of "Life and Death Speed", in "Pulp Fiction", Hugo tried to combine The role is separated from the script and incorporates more of its own personality and understanding. In fact, this is to bring the role closer to life.

Quentin Tarantino tried to use life-like but dramatic and humorous methods in his "Pulp Fiction" to reflect the life fragments of a special group in Los Angeles Truth and credibility On the black humor drama. When Hugo challenged the role of Vincent at the time, he could feel a completely different performance method, and this time, Hugo needs to go further on this road.

Life-style performance is very difficult, because if you don't pay attention, it will become a natural performance. The so-called true-color performance cannot be regarded as a performance at all, it is just to be yourself, and the performance component in it is almost negligible; the real life-oriented performance should increase the character's personality on the basis of the true self.

Take "before sunrise" as an example, is Jessie really Hugo? Obviously not, and Selena is not Charlize either. Maybe they are the prototypes of the characters, but Hugo built a complete background and personality for the two characters in the story, which means that these two characters are only the characters in the story after all, maybe Jesse and Hugo have many Similar places, but they are indeed two completely different people.

Therefore, how Hugo grasps the similarities and differences between himself and Jesse is the biggest test of acting. Following the "Pulp Fiction", Hugo can further deepen the exploration of the performance method of self-personality and role integration, which makes Hugo feel a little enthusiastic, long-lost feeling! .