Chapter 8: Dude, I will stare at you!

After spending a day and effort, I finally renovated the walls of the hall and the bedroom where I was going to use the shooting. Fortunately, with the help of Sister Alba, he could not complete it alone. Now the walls have become snow-white, enough to meet the requirements of the movie.
After sending off Alba ’s younger brother, Wang Yang finished the rest of the cleaning up, took a hot bath, and hurriedly finished the called takeout, a big pizza.
After eating enough, Wang Yang came to the computer desk and started to write the script. When the film "Smart and Ghost Record" in the later generations was filmed, there was no shaped script. All the lines were created on the spot. This is because of this kind of horror. The focus of the film is not on the lines, but on the scary atmosphere created by the lens, let the audience "frighten themselves"; and DV movies are very life-like, don't expect any profound and interesting lines, everyday words will do, so the script is not good Write, write a clear story flow, let the actors know what the situation is.
He focused on writing sub-scene scripts, so-called "director scripts". Just like cells make up the human body, and the shots make up the movie, this shot after shot is designed by the director, and Wang Yang is now doing these designs. However, since he is the only one in the whole crew, this sub-screen script can be written very simply, he can understand it by himself.
One of the great benefits of the split-screen script is intuitive. For example, when shooting some complicated lenses, such as special effects lenses and lenses that need to be processed through digital technology later, if there is no separate lens script, you have to explain clearly to dozens and hundreds of staff such as actors and photographers. It takes a lot of trouble to get the director to collapse in the end, why don't you understand what I mean?
No one is a roundworm in your stomach. All languages ​​are not as clear as the picture. You draw the lens picture in your heart, and others will know at a glance. At this time, the benefits of the sub-lens script are shown.
However, when studying at the University of South Carolina, Wang Yang also knew the disadvantages of the split-lens script. It was very simple. This way of drawing the split-lens constrained the director ’s creation. With the split-lens script, the director just mechanically painted the content on paper It becomes a lens, but when the story, actors and reality are in contact, there will be many interesting and unpredictable collisions and pictures. At this time, the sub-lens script has become a stumbling block.
"A long time ago, when I understood this, I tore my split-screen script, and from that point on, I tried to avoid drawing the split-screen script as much as possible." This is what the teacher who teaches the lens, Wang Yang remembers clearly, that The teacher said intoxicated at the time: "Life itself is richer than everything. When you connect your ideas with reality on the spot, it is a very wonderful feeling."
Then, the teacher made another joke, which caused the classroom to laugh: "Of course, you can also fall in love with the split-screen script, because you only need to wait for the photographer to assemble the machine and the actors in place, and then you split the split-screen script. You do n’t even need to watch the monitor! What? Do you ask the actor whether to stand a little to the left or to the right? Let the assistant director solve this problem! I ’m home!

Thinking about those classroom life, Wang Yang shook his head and smiled. Although he didn't have much shooting experience, he very much agreed with the teacher. The split-screen script could not become a kind of bondage. Just frame the camera position and visual effects, and then tell everyone your shooting intentions during actual shooting, and give the actor enough room to play. Mastering this flexibility is the best thing a good director should do.
Therefore, Wang Yang ’s sub-scene script is very basic and very current. Only those horror scenes that have been thought about and will not change, he painted on paper, such as the "dark interior, the TV screen shows strange ghost images", It ’s just ugly ... well, Wang Yang ’s art teacher gave him the comment that
the composition is beyond imagination, but the talent for painting is insufficient, suitable for learning abstract painting.

But fortunately, now this sub-lens script only needs him to understand.
Wrote until late at night before Wang Yang fell asleep. The next day, I continued the construction work of the scene. The task was to rent these props to the furniture and appliance rental company. The only one who accompanied me was Joshua. He was sent by Jessica to help him. He drove a blue minivan and prepared Moving furniture; and Jessica is going to audition today, competing for a small role in a comedy movie, and has no time to help.
According to the background of the story, a couple staying in a new home, the furniture in the house does not need to be brand new and it needs to be 80% new. As for the sofa like a few big holes, it is definitely not suitable. Basically, the furnishings of the entire apartment should be changed again, whether it is a sofa, a cabinet, a bed in a bedroom, or a high-end large TV, a refrigerator, etc. If you want to buy these things, there is no cheap one, even if you spend the $ 9,500. Not enough.
Thanks to the person who invented the "lease", and even the first person to open a furniture and household appliance rental company. With this rental service, Wang Yang can get those furniture and appliances for a month with very little money. Time, this month is enough for him to shoot "Smart-Ghost Record", the original shooting time only took one week.
Wang Yang went to a large furniture and electrical appliance rental company called "Entrepreneurs". This company focuses on serving young entrepreneurs and reducing their burden on office appliances; at the same time, it is also oriented to personal families, that is, the couple Wang Yang needs. Double bed and other furniture.
As soon as he arrived at his destination, Wang Yang happily picked it up. Furniture and home appliances are available in a single piece or a complete set. There is a sign that says "$" on it, indicating the monthly rental price.
And Joshua was behind him, touching the sofa idly, touching the chair, and even lying directly on a large bed to sleep on his face.
He didn't talk much along the way, but Wang Yang knew that he was just brewing. Sure enough, when Wang Yang was picking up the sofa, he was sitting at the corner of a sofa, holding his hands on the back of the sofa and talking: "Brother Now, there are only two of us. Maybe some things need to be clarified. "
"What's the matter?" Wang Yang looked at him questioningly, and continued to choose among the sofa piles, considering which sofa would give the audience subconscious pressure in the dark.
"I don't know what tricks you are playing, but if you try to hurt my family, you will definitely regret coming to this world." Joshua put it harshly, but unfortunately the voice tendered him.
Wang Yang couldn't help but laugh, but turned to look at Joshua, and asked his hand, "Why do you think so? Please, why should I hurt Jessica? How can I hurt Jessica?"
"Oh, I don't know that!" Joshua snorted and said deeply: "But women are always vulnerable to various injuries. Well, there are many women who have been hurt by me."
"Wow, really? You can't think your charm is so great? Haha, then you mean, I'm charming?" Wang Yang asked with a smile. Interestingly, for Joshua, he was not angry at all. .
Joshua changed his sitting posture, touched his chin with one hand, looked up and down Wang Yang, and a pair of experts commented, "Oh, you? The body is not thin, and there are no major defects, but it is attractive. One word is still far away, it can be said that it does not touch it at all! "He gave Wang Yang a sympathetic expression and shrugged again:" But you know, women are born with a curiosity, they always yearn for some of them Things that I do n’t understand, such as a Chinese with a different skin color and different hair color. "
In fact, Joshua has never seen her sister Jessica treat a man so enthusiastically. Her attitude towards other men has always been lukewarm and very alert. She said that men think about it 90% of the time Holding the woman's body makes her sick.
Joshua knew the reason. Jessica was very ugly when she was a child and was always ridiculed and bullied by boys of the same age; and as she became more beautiful, boys of the same age all came to nothing and be attentive. . But he couldn't figure out what makes this Yang different, so that Jessica's attitude towards boys changed 180 degrees?
"Joshua, you really think too much. Jessica and I are just good friends." Wang Yang smiled and shook his head, and asked tentatively: "I and she just reunited for two days, I even both I wonder if she has a boyfriend? "
"Why, you want to know?" Joshua raised an eyebrow and laughed: "Then I will tell you, of course! Jessica is not a child anymore, and is so hot! Oh, the people who are after her Can be ranked from Los Angeles to China, her boyfriend, um, Jack, Jack is really good, he is very handsome, funny, and super athletic, he is the core of the school basketball team, playing the guard swingman Yes, like Michael Jordan. "
He sighed aloud: "Do you know? Jessica loves the kind of boys who can play basketball! So their feelings are so good." He laughed again: "Anyway, I tell you, man, you are out. "
"Oh is it?" Wang Yang also couldn't tell the truth of this statement. Although he tends to be fake, Jessica is indeed not 8 years old, she is 17 years old, and she is so beautiful, it is normal to have a boyfriend.
Looking at Joshua's gloating expression, Wang Yang said curiously: "Brother, why are you hostile to me? Please, like a man, just say anything."
"Oh, I am full of hostility? How can you expect to be treated?" Joshua said disdainfully: "Treat a student who was expelled from South Carolina? And the reason is racial discrimination against blacks? Man, my dad is a Mexican." ,me too."
Oh, it's because of this reason! Wang Yang asked, "Jessica told you?"
"No, I saw it for yourself. You have a notice of expulsion in your cardboard suitcase. Oh sorry, I won't ask for it." Joshua tilted her legs and said "Sorry" on her mouth, but she didn't have it on her face. A little apology.
Wang Yang shrugged and explained: "I have no racial discrimination, I was wronged." Then, he calmly stated the cause and effect.
"Oh, I guess you explained this to Jessica, didn't you?" Joshua laughed haha ​​and shook his finger, "I've seen more people like you, cheating ignorant girls Ok, want to lie to me? Come on less. Nanda is a prestigious school, how can you injustice you? And you are expelled at once, and you can see that you should be bad, so the school did not give you a chance. I guess you are not just Racial discrimination, probably smoking marijuana? "
"The school didn't give me a chance because they were racially discriminated because of my skin color." Wang Yang was too lazy to say, and said, "I haven't done it, believe it or not," and he continued to choose the sofa.
Joshua stood up and hummed: "Man, I'm staring at you anyway! Don't you want to play any tricks."
"Just stare at me and see if I can find a glass tube (a tool for smoking marijuana)." Wang Yang said casually, and finally chose a dark red sofa. He took the sign on the sofa. Come down and call the waiter: "I want to rent this, that, that ..."
After nearly an hour of selection, Wang Yang signed a short-term lease contract with the "entrepreneur" company. Because the things he picked are very new and the lease period is short, the rent is relatively expensive, the deposit is three thousand, and the lease fee is one. Thousands, so four thousand dollars were thrown out.
Without counting the deposit, the production cost of the movie has risen to 1,500 US dollars, and his working capital is only 5,500 US dollars.
"Okay, we signed a short-term contract, but we have to move these big guys home, let's go!" Wang Yangluo lifted his sleeves, patted the sofa, and gestured to Joshua to lift it up.
Joshua looked at the huge red sofa in front of him, frowning, with a painful expression on his face: "God cursed him! It turns out that I am not only a driver but also a coolie today!"
After several trips back and forth, I finally moved all the rented furniture and appliances back to the apartment. As for the old furniture and appliances, Wang Yang stuffed them into a small room. Anyway, that small room became chaotic. Broken, the better the appearance effect.
"Oh Lord, Lord ... I'm exhausted, exhausted ..." Joshua, who had been busy all day, lay on the sofa, gasping with exhausted eyes closed, exhausted, and didn't want to move at all.
Wang Yang also felt very tired, but Joshua did not exaggerate like this, he said: "You are like this, it is very dangerous to drive back by yourself. Do you want me to take you back? I'll be back on the subway."
"NO, NO, NO!" As soon as Joshua heard this, he jumped up and opened his eyes wide. "I know what you want to do, but there is no way!" He rushed into the bathroom and splashed on his face With a handful of cold water, the ghost cried and yelled a few times, and then walked humanely: "I'm gone, don't you follow me!"
The door was closed with a bang, and Wang Yang rolled his eyes. Why didn't I know what I wanted to do?
After taking a shower and having dinner, Wang Yang took the home DV machine that he rented from the photography equipment store today and walked around the room, patting everywhere. This DV machine has a deposit of 1,000 yuan, a month of rental, and a cost of 300 yuan, which means that the film cost has reached 1800 US dollars, and working capital is 4200.
This house really makes a new home! Wang Yang shakes with DV, and grasps the kind of panning that is unique to DV movies. The first person can shake you dizzy!
Now the scenes needed for the movie have been completed, and the script has basically been completed. It seems that only two actors are needed to switch on!
How important are actors to movies? no doubt. The success of a movie is determined by the fact that, in addition to scripts and directors, it relies heavily on actors, especially plot-type films. Because only good actors can understand what the director wants to express, coupled with first-class acting skills, they can express it well and tell the audience; and a poor actor will only mess up everything. UU reading books www.uukanshu.com
Although "Spirit-Ghost Record" is a horror movie and a DV movie, it seems that the actor only needs to scream with his mouth wide open. But that ’s not true. First of all, there is nothing in this movie that requires a role scream, but the psychology of play, which requires the actor ’s play, so there are certain requirements for the actor, not just to casually pull a person on the streets of Los Angeles Just come here.
Find two good actors. This is the highest cost of the movie.
Of course, the highest salary he can pay, plus those deposits, is only about eight thousand dollars ... good actors? Long before Christmas, Santa ’s old fellow is still on vacation.
In any case, Wang Yang will go to Hollywood to find an actor tomorrow.
Thinking about it, the phone rang. Wang Yang took the DV in one hand and pulled out the phone in one hand. When he saw that it was Jessica, he took the channel: "Hi, Jessica."
"Hi, Jan! How are you today? Can Joshua help?" Jessica's voice is still so nice, reminiscent of her sweet smile.
"Oh, he's good, he's good." Wang Yang smiled and sat down on the sofa. Speaking of it, I don't know what the result of Jessica's audition today? He asked, "How are the results of the audition?"
There Jessica lost her voice and said, "No drama, the producer said I was good, but the director said I was not good, so I continued to have no work."
"I'm sorry." Wang Yang comforted and said: "But, Jessica, there are still many opportunities to remember." That character is a hero with only one or two lines and no more than three face-to-face shots. One of the many female classmates, the director is quite picky.
"Thank you, I'm okay ..." Jessica gave a strong smile.