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Back, back a little more. Albert commanded the truck in the middle of the street, raised his hand and adjusted, Yes, it's here, you can drive the car here and stop later. Compared with his notes, he raised his head and said to the actor in the van, Remember that the brake can be stepped on in advance, but not delayed!

But the extra actor looked at Albert blankly, apparently not understanding the complicated English. Albert looked around, wanting to ask for help, but the idea was stifled as soon as he got up. He used his left foot in the car A line was drawn on the sand in front of him, and he used his hands to express, Exceed? Can't! Advance? Yes! The actor actor immediately understood and nodded repeatedly.

Today is the first day of the official shooting of City of God. With a crew of only eight people, Lance went directly to the hinterland of Rio de Janeiro and started the arduous shooting.

This is only the first day of starting the film, and the entire crew, including the extras, is a team of as many as two hundred people, not to mention that the eight staff members are all unknown unknowns. Even so, the entire crew was orderly, showing an unimaginable order and unity. That rare sophistication made Donald couldn't help but look sideways.

After confirming the driving route and parking location with the truck driver's actor again, Albert quickly walked to the side of the street and shouted to the bustling thirty or so young actors in front of him, Attention! Attention! Those young actors His eyes followed Lance and Hayden next to him, staring at Lance and their work curiously, which made Albert very helpless.

At this time, Lance was talking to the three young guys in front of him, Tell me, if the police/police come and you try to escape from here, how will you leave and escape the police/police's pursuit?

The three fifteen- and six-year-old boys were obviously not in the mood, they stood there looking at each other, not daring to speak, they seemed to be worried that Lance was pretending to be a policeman, the light of distrust made Lance laugh— —He had been training with them for more than two months before, and it was still the same. This shows how terrible the deep-rooted ideas in the slums are.

Alexander Rodriguez, who was standing next to him, came out suddenly, glanced at Lance, and said quickly, I will run from here. Before he finished speaking, he quickly followed the path without waiting for Lance to react. The main street started to run, ran straight to a small alley on the right, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Lance couldn't react in time, he was two beats behind, and then quickly followed up, following the dust that Alexander raised all the way and chased after him.

Although Lance was still holding a camera in his hand, his movements were not affected too much. He strode forward and followed Alexander's footsteps. After a large circle, Alexander returned to the two The football field across the street.

Alexander stopped, looked back, and found that Lance was chasing after him, which made Alexander's face look disappointed - he didn't get rid of Lance, if Lance was a policeman , that means he failed.

Seeing Alexander's troubled expression, Lance did not explain, but greeted, Come back with me, and then explain my intentions to them. Although Lance's basic Portuguese communication is fine, he often still There will be situations where words don't convey their meaning, often requiring Donald's help. Now it seems that Alexander can understand the meaning of his words.

Alexander kicked the dust on the ground sullenly, followed Lance dejectedly, and walked back to the main street. Under Lance's signal, Alexander explained Lance's intentions to the three young actors with a dull voice, while Lance communicated with Hayden beside him in a low voice.

On the opening day of City of God, this was the first time that Lance stood in the position of a film director, but the jerky and panic he imagined did not appear. Everything was so familiar, as if he had experienced thousands of years. Usually, every link and every step is clearly shown in his mind, he just needs to let the flow take its course, just like a director who has experienced many battles.

Not nervous, but excited.

Lance chose to shoot the film smoothly according to the time, mainly to take care of the non-professional actors, and to allow all the actors to follow the shooting and the story as much as possible, and get into the plot bit by bit.

The story begins with the famous Three Young Heroes in the City of God. The so-called famous is actually only for A Pao, the first-person narrator of the story. In A Pao's eyes, the three young heroes probably He is the most powerful and ruthless character in the world. Amao, Ah Jia, and Ah Dui, these are the young heroes, Xiaodouzi and Amao's younger brother Benny are the followers. Ah Pao is Dumb's younger brother, but he doesn't have the guts to follow his elder brother to wander around.

Every week, trucks transporting gas pass through the City of God and deliver it to shops for local residents. However, because the family did not have enough money to buy gas, so Amao, Ajia, and Adai robbed at gunpoint. They intercepted the gas truck every week, and then forced the driver to take out all the cash on his body, and let the street Residents on both sides came to carry the gas.

The story begins with this robbery scene.

According to the usual practice, the first scene of the crew will arrange the easiest and simplest scenes to be shot. This is also for the whole crew to get a good start and hope that the shooting will go smoothly. Lance is no exception. However, since the actors present are all just children, they have only received training for less than three months. They have very vague concepts about camera shots, angles, lighting, lines, etc. . Therefore, even if it was a simple scene, Lance and Albert were well prepared.

The first scene is that the young Sanxia and a group of children are playing football on the playground. The filming itself is not difficult. In addition, the preparation is sufficient and the progress is very smooth. In less than 20 minutes, the filming was announced to be completed, even It’s not really a small test”, it’s just to let everyone feel the atmosphere of the shooting scene.

Such a relaxed atmosphere boosted the confidence of the child actors, which also made the preparations for the second scene smooth. The second scene is the robbery scene.

Alexander played the role of A Pao after he grew up. He didn't have his work in the early stage, but today he arrived at the crew early. Unexpectedly, Lance and the eight crew members came earlier, and their work was early The land is already unfolded. Alexander stayed quietly aside, carefully observing the work of the crew.

The three people of the same age standing in front of Alexander played the roles of the young heroes, the important characters in today's filming.

Alexander was a bit frustrated, but dutifully explained, Mr. Strelo means, if this is your home and you're robbing a gas truck and the police show up, where are you going to run away? Mr. Hope to do it according to your own ideas.”

After such an explanation, the three young men immediately understood, and began to chatter, I'm definitely going to escape here, and then go around that row of houses..., Stupid, there is no place to hide there. It was seen immediately...

Alexander's attention was a little distracted, and he secretly looked at the two people standing two steps away.

Today, Mr. Strelo is wearing a yellowish white shirt, the sleeves are casually rolled up to the elbows, and his messy short and medium hair is unreasonable at all, drooping casually and sloppily-in the slums, overdressing Tidy or too brand new is almost suicidal. But even so, Alexander still felt that Mr. Strelo had an indescribable aura.

No, no, Hayden, I need the color to be fuller, fuller, and even a little bit of exposure doesn't matter...

What about the grim and brutal vibe of the slums? The cold colors would be too contrasting, and that kind of gap would destroy the overall tone.

That's the effect I'm going for! Remember? I discussed with you before, if you want to show that conflict of emotions and the dullness of the world, the contrast between warm and cold colors, deliberately use a toy like a music video The image quality of the camera brings out this kind of contrast, which obviously makes the audience feel the difference, and even has a little dirty feeling of bad texture, so that they are a little disgusted. If they are willing to laugh at our poor shooting techniques, it means that we have succeeded gone.

Alexander looked at Mr. Strelo's deep eyes, with a strong aura that could not be rejected, he couldn't help but lowered his head, and then he heard a silence. Alexander knew that Mr. Hunter would compromise.

So you are saying that using the fullness of the color to improve the texture of the picture, but using the deliberate contrast between warm and cold colors to bring out the chaotic, dirty and restless atmosphere of the slums. Different from documentaries, it is more It’s close to a playful interpretation.”

Alexander couldn't understand those words, not even a single word, but he snapped his fingers briskly at Mr. Strelo, and his eyebrows like a picture scroll stretched out in an instant. The smile on the corner of Alexander's mouth couldn't help but bloomed slightly. The noise in his ears made Alexander look at the three peers in front of him again, Why don't you go directly to the football field? Then take the opportunity to change your clothes , mix in with the other mates, and pretend to be playing football from start to finish.

Alexander's words stunned the three children, which made him a little embarrassed. He was not used to such attention, and he subconsciously wanted to shut up and back away. But seeing the figure beside him from the corner of his eyes, he couldn't help but clenched his fist quietly, I mean, Mr. Strelo just filmed the part of us playing football, didn't he? Then, maybe after you rob, You can go back and play football.