Chapter 62 The Paradox of Special Effects and Movies
The filming sequence of this movie is from easy to difficult.
It started with a literary drama, then an action drama, and finally moved to the desert set in Nedahua to shoot the scenes of the Desert Planet Tower.
As the filming progressed, George Lucas witnessed Donne's directorial ability with his own eyes. While he was amazed, he also felt at ease and boldly delegated power. During the filming process, everything was dominated by his opinions.
Old-fashioned actors like Liam Neeson are so decisive that they dare not question them at all, and others dare not complain.
"Our robots have suffered heavy losses!"
"Without a protective cover, we will become a target!"
"The protective cover has failed, and it needs to be restored immediately!"
Looking at the performances of Ben Affleck and others, Don yelled, "Okay, this one has passed, Chris, you are responsible for shooting the next two shots of the robot. David, the wide-angle shot of the space outdoor scene, you go to grab it in front of the green screen, this is not difficult. Call Nat here, and we will shoot the Queen's speech next."
Tang En arranged the shooting tasks in an orderly manner, and the entire crew was operating efficiently.
Because he has read the original work, the film imaging in Don En's mind is much clearer than George Lucas. He has deleted more than 20 unnecessary shots and handed over a large number of non-real-person shots to the assistant director for shooting. While the workload has dropped sharply, the shooting progress will be greatly accelerated.
Of course, the producer likes directors like Tang En. The shorter the construction period, the less the cost!
This is also the reason why Steve Spielberg is a hot commodity in Hollywood, but James Cameron is daunting.
At this time, Natalie Portman, dressed up, slowly walked out, and Tang En's face was less gentle when meeting in private, "Remember, you are the queen, the queen who is tall, you should raise your chest and raise your head to show the queen's temperament. Yes, that's it, it's great... Don't laugh, your planet is suffering, and your expression can be more anxious."
Natalie, under heavy makeup, could no longer see her pretty appearance. She listened to Tang En's instructions and nodded slightly.
This set of scenes is a group scene. The planet Nab is attacked by the Sith dark forces, Queen Amidala is trapped, and the two Jedi warriors rescue the queen and want to take the queen away. However, Queen Amidala is thinking about the people on the planet and is unwilling to leave.
The Jedi showed strength, and Amed Best, who had an animal hood, played the role of the Ganga man "Gar Ga Binks", which was a funny person.
In the entire movie, except for the characters such as "Elder Yoda" are all made of animations, most animated characters are shot by people and then produced in special effects in the later stage.
On the one hand, it is convenient to play and the progress is faster. On the other hand, it is easier to capture and post-production is easier. The disadvantage is that the animation is not realistic enough, far less smooth than full animation production.
After twenty minutes of explanation and arrangement, Tang En came to the viewfinder and watched for a while, nodded, "Okay, start!"
Natalie Portman stood in front, took a deep breath, with a sad face, but a tone of resounding voice: "Thank you, Mr. Envoy, but I want to be with my people!"
"They will kill you!" Jedi "Kuigang" said with a frown.
The Queen's Prime Minister immediately rejected, "They dare not!"
"They need the Queen to sign a legal invasion agreement, so she won't kill her." The Queen's Guard added.
"Kui Gang" pondered: "I think they have other conspiracies, and the invasion is illogical!"
"stop!"
Tang En shouted, "Ben, there is something wrong with your expression! Now is not a battle moment, you don't need to play the cold warrior. Your mood is now worrying, worrying about the future of the Queen and Nabo planet!"
Most of the shots in the original version are close-ups. When everyone talks, they give each person a separate short shot. This way, it is easy to shoot each person alone and then edit them together.
However, because of Natalie, Tang En wanted to give her more time to leave the country. This conversation turned into a long-distance shot. This resulted in everyone in this group scene having a good expression.
Ben Affleck was a little absent-minded because he didn't have any important lines, which made Tang En a little dissatisfied.
"Okay, director, I'll pay attention!" Ben Affleck always had a good attitude in front of Donn.
Tang En was not polite, "I'll give you a chance. If you can't act well, I'll push the camera directly to you and cut off all the faces that don't meet the requirements!"
In order to shoot this set of shots well, and to save time and effort, Tang En had already asked the crew to prepare well, fixed the positioning during rehearsal, and eight cameras would shoot all-round scenes from different directions.
With such a huge resource-consuming scene, Tang En would not allow anyone to make mistakes, even if he is optimistic about the potential actor Ben Affleck.
Ben Affleck clearly felt Done's determination and patted his chest to assure, "Director, don't worry, I won't let you down!"
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"I think I have to get rid of them first!"
"Kui Gang" said firmly.
"We can only hope that Congress can stand on our side. The planet Nab needs your help!" the Prime Minister said earnestly.
Queen Amidala stood up and said in a deep voice: "No matter what, our situation is very dangerous."
"It must go, Her Majesty the Queen, go now!"
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"CUT! This one has passed!" Tang En breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the time, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. This set of shots took more than an hour. Natalie's voice in her dress was obviously exhausted.
Don Neng sighed, "Okay, let's get here today, Eble, send tomorrow's lines, go back tonight, be sure to memorize them. Let's finish, see you tomorrow!"
In the past, when Tang En watched popcorn movies, he always felt that the actors' acting skills were very poor. Many actors who were obviously Oscar-level actors, but their acting skills were still not able to be displayed.
With this Star Wars filming experience, Tang En instantly understood a lot, which he could not feel when filming "My Grand Greek Wedding".
This special effects movie, with trivial characters' emotions, fragmented lines, and messy supporting roles such as animation characters, special effects characters, make the actors unable to display their due acting skills.
When filming "My Grand Greek Wedding", Don Eun could even direct an extra actor who had never acted very much like an old actor. However, in such special effects movies, it is difficult for these actors with great performances to perform with great care.
The script is not thoughtful, the characters are broken, and the upper and lower parts are incoherent. How can the actors understand the role positioning?
Tang En sighed a long sigh. It seemed that the views of the older generation of filmmakers were not necessarily pedantic and conservative. Animation special effects and film art are sometimes really out of place.
This is a paradox!
When he arrived at the door of Natalie's dressing room, Tang En knocked on the door and saw Natalie tilting tiredly on the chair, allowing the makeup artist to remove her makeup.
As soon as he saw Don Eun, Natalie complained, "Don Eun, I'm almost exhausted!"
Her hair and headdress weighed more than ten pounds, and she was pressed on her head for several hours, and no one could stand it.
Before Tang En could speak, her mother Shirley Heshler angrily said, "Nate, how can you not work hard to act?" Then she turned to Tang En, with some apology, "I'm sorry, Director Walker, Nat is still young and ignorant."
Tang En was a little surprised. Isn’t this Mrs. Heshle very strict? Why is it so easy to talk to?
"It's okay, Mrs. Heshle, you are so polite. Nat and I... are friends. I think there is nothing to complain about between friends."
"That's it!" Natalie muttered, then her eyes flashed with hope, "Tang Eun, I don't want to have Chinese food today."
Don En held back his laughter, "How about the Italian meal? I know an Italian restaurant, in Beverly Hills, is a southern Italian cuisine and has a very good taste."
"Okay!" Natalie's eyes rolled, and she kept winking at Tang En, asking him to convince his mother.
Don En asked with a smile, "Madame Heshle, can I invite Nath to dinner? Don't worry, I will definitely send her back as soon as possible."
Shirley Heshler smiled and said, "Of course, Director Walker, I have always believed in you."
Natalie's eyes flashed a little surprised and surprised.
Mom...when did it become so easy to talk to?
Did she really recognize Tang En? When she came back tonight, she had to ask her.
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Half an hour later, Don and Natalie walked out of Lucasfilm's studio and looked at the silver-gray Porsche 911 in front of them. Natalie screamed with a "wow" sound, jumped over, and hugged Don's arm.
"It's so cool! Don Eun, you really did it!"
Tang En keenly observed the snickering expressions of the people passing by, and laughed in a low voice: "Nate, everyone's eyes are strange when they look at us. Why do you think?"
Natalie pursed her lips and smiled, "What else can I do? Another little girl is going to be tricked by you!"
Tang En's face changed, and his back felt cold, "Nate, what are you talking about?"
"Hmph!" Natalie rolled her eyes and said coquettishly: "Don't think I don't know anything!"
After saying that, he happily opened the car door and got in excitedly. Then he shouted to Tang En, who was standing stupidly, and said, "Hey, how long will you be stunned?"
Chapter completed!