Chapter 48: Proportional to me

After April Fool's Day, it took about 10 days to prepare, and "Redemption of Shawshank" began shooting in Mansfield State Correctional Institution, Ohio. Being able to arrange everything in such a short period of time, in addition to the efficient work of Lavern and others, was mainly due to Adrian's early preparations, such as finalizing the shooting of prison scenes in Mansfield State Correctional Institution from the beginning, and Persuaded Tim Robbins to play the role.
Among the several actors appointed by, Morgan Freeman and James Whitmore, who were later added, readily agreed, and Bob Gunton gave a positive doctor although considering it for a period of time. The ability to direct and produce two films with word-of-mouth and box office within a year, and the name of a director of ghost talents added a lot of weight to Adrian.
However, Tim Robbins rejected the role in his first contact, and the response given was that this role is not suitable for himself! Adrian, who was drinking water, almost didn't spit out the news, which was really funny-of course, only for him-so he went to the door in person after a long depression.
"He helped those people feel something beautiful again, he gave those who were trapped within the system a glimmer of hope, he was painful, forbearable and unyielding and ... perfect. I can't think of it, Tim, I can't think of someone more suitable than you. "At Tim Robbins's home on Floss Avenue, sitting on the sofa and tasting the other ... life companion, also known as Susan Saran Drian made black tea, Adrian said so passionately.
"There are many better actors in Hollywood than I am, aren't they?" Robbins' answer didn't seem to change, but apparently it should have been tempted, but didn't know why it was rejected.
"Yes, I admit, for example, at first I thought about inviting Tom Hanks for this role, but in the end I still thought you were the most suitable. I don't know why, Tim, I saw almost all of your shows, From "Heavenly Soldiers" to "Big Mouth Husband" and even "Super Player" which was released a few days ago, frankly, no image is suitable. But my instinct tells me that you are the forbearant Andy who never gives up, "Adrian continued in a very serious tone." I trust my instincts so I didn't even ask you to come over to audition. "
Having said that, he turned to look at Susan Sarandon: "Isn't it like this, Susan? Some birds can't be shut. Their feathers are too bright. When they fly away, you know He knew it was a sin to lock them up. Wouldn't Tim be such a bird? "
Although Adrian doesn't know why Robbins refused, he also knows how to break from the flank if the front is not working. Sure enough, after seeing the script, Sarandon also began to persuade Robbins, and the two argued to each other for a long time, and eventually Robbins agreed to Adrian's invitation.
He later learned that Robins would refuse the invitation mainly because he had just finished the promotion of "Super Player" and wanted to accompany Sarandon for a few days at home. Since Sarandon suggested that he did not postpone the next time. reason.
"Everyone's attention, this is the first scene of Shawshank's Redemption. I hope everyone can take this opportunity to cooperate more, thank you." Adrian standing on the lift held a loud speaker to the crowd in the open space. Shouted.
The first scene was when Andy was in jail. The reason why Adrian chose this, in addition to being more in control, was just said, I hope these extras can get in on.
Although the external scene of Mansfield State Correctional Institution has been maintained well, many movies have been filmed here, but the interior is really terrible. If it is renovated, it will cost a lot more than setting up in the studio, so here only Can shoot location. But all the exterior scenes, except for a few few shots, basically belong to the big crowd scene, and the extras are not enough. Adrian even contacted the correctional institution to ask their staff to come and make a cameo. With so many people together, a slight problem may have to be retaken.
"Let everyone prepare, and we will start a test shoot in 10 minutes." Adrian used a walkie-talkie to communicate with the people below. He stood on the elevator and was ready to take a video with himself, as Spielberg said before, He still lacks the scheduling of big scenes. If he can shoot well this time, then he can basically get started.
Action "Action!" With this shout, the filming began. This is a panoramic view overlooking the playground from the front of the correctional school, and then moving over to the barbed wire door to stop. It is a great test for the mirror man.
It's the first time Adrian has shot down from such a high place. It is impossible to say that he is not nervous and not afraid, but when he picked up the lens, his negative emotions disappeared without a trace. The rest was only shot. .
Perhaps deep down in my heart, there is such a bit of idealism. After getting down from the elevator after shooting, Adrian thought a little self-deprecatingly in his heart.
There was nothing wrong with this shot-if it was messed up with the full preparation and no acting required and only the extras running around, then it can only be said that the director and the producer were useless-but in the following In the shooting, a variety of situations emerge endlessly.
Because the time is set in the 1940s and 1950s, all the props must be in line with the characteristics of the age. It ’s okay to say anything about clothes, but transportation is very troublesome. Most of the transports of that era were in museums or private collection rooms, not to mention things like prison escorts. Although the blessing of the correctional institution got a car that could be driven before the filming started, this thing is too old, and it can be broken three or four times with a distance of dozens of feet.
In addition, laughter and wrong lines abound, and some people even overthrow some temporary barbed wire because they are too excited, but no one is injured.
Although this situation was expected before the start of the filming, Adrian was inevitably depressed and had to endure the nature of shooting again and again. It is reassuring that whether it is Morgan Freeman or Tim Robbins, or James Whitmore, Bob Gunton are excellent actors, especially Tim and Morgan, it is very simple Capturing the characteristics of the characters, their shots are relatively smooth.
"Why is it so urgent? Because I don't have much time, in my plan, it would be great to finish the location shooting in three weeks and the indoor shooting in three weeks." Adrian faced Nathan White's question. Replied so.
Nathan is a producer sent by Universal and is only responsible for reporting the company's financial expenses to the company. Global was initially hesitant about whether to invest. They thought that Adrian was going to adapt a certain horror novel by Stephen King. Judging by his previous ability, it was definitely worth the investment. But after finding the novel, I found out that the adaptation was actually one of Stephen King's worst novella series, which made them very difficult.
As we all know, Stephen King is best known for his horror novels, but because of this, he is often criticized by mainstream critics. Although Stephen King didn't take it seriously, he would inevitably get angry over time, so he simply wrote several novels that have nothing to do with ghosts, devil and other things-except that the last one involved some mysticism- Then assembled into a book for publication. However, unfortunately, after this collection that took much of his hard work was put on the market, the publisher only said one thing to Stephen King: You can continue writing horror novels.
This is really a big blow. Stephen King has never written a similar literary novel since then, and he rarely mentions this collection of novels, so Adrian can keep La Verne in such a short time I was surprised to get the adaptation right for Shawshank's Redemption within the time.
In the face of this situation, the global side can not dispute, the sales of this collection was too bad at first, and Adrian is still a newcomer after all. If "Two Big Smoke Guns" and "Memory Fragments" were produced within two years, then Universal will not hesitate to post one, but now no one knows what Adrian can shoot. ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Qualification is sometimes such a wonderful thing. Fortunately, a word from Brandt who was finally consulted gave them confidence.
"Think about it, gentlemen, what were he doing when we wanted to get the" Scream of Shriek "and" American Pie "scripts from him?" Burant said.
If you think about it, haven't a few directors in Hollywood been like Adrian? And he seems to be planning to cooperate with Spielberg, so Global finally invested 10 million. In order to show his trust, Nathan was only responsible for reporting the situation to the company.
"You plan to complete this movie in 6 weeks? But the schedule is expected to be two months." Nathan seemed a little surprised. He had only seen Adrian complaining, and wanted to come and talk.
"The plan is always the worst," Adrian shrugged. "As long as everyone is in good shape and there are no low-level mistakes, I can definitely shoot all the shots within 6 weeks."
"But ..." Nathan made a gesture and didn't know what to say. The investment of more than 20 million in the current Hollywood can be regarded as the middle and upper investment, and the investment, speed and quality of such things as filmmaking have never been achieved. Directly proportional. It seems that Adrian should have been used to fast shooting before, so I want to do it now, but ...
"In my hands, speed and quality are directly proportional." As if seeing what he was thinking, Adrian smiled. "I know you may not believe it now, but, Nathan, I will prove it to you See, I'm a good miracle man! "
After speaking, he walked towards the camera without looking back, and clapped his hands and shouted, "Well, guys, the rest time is up, let's continue!"
(Tears, collection is not powerful ...)