Rebirth in America

During the time Alex was building DreamWorks, "Roman Holiday" was its first movie and had a good start. Over the next year or so, Alex invested in one or two more low-budget productions.

These two movies were made just to get along with the company’s employees and integrate resources. He was not the director, but a friend invited by Morris. It didn't make much money after its release, but it can't be said to be a loss either.

Through the filming of these two films, Alex learned more about film production. He finally went from being a film novice to a fairly qualified junior director. This is what Morris said about him.

Alex also felt that he was very confident that even if Morris was not around, he would be able to direct a good movie on his own. It just takes more mistakes and more time and money.

Morris taught him this, the director is the organizer and leader. You only need to master three elements to be a qualified director. These three elements are script commentary, camera, and actors.

Morris believes that Alex's script skills have exceeded the qualification level, and the director's first task is how to select and process scripts. After reading the script written by Alex and the storyboards drawn by Alex, he believed that even an experienced Hollywood director might not be able to achieve this level of success.

As for the camera, it's a big shortcoming for Alex. However, after Morris' guidance, he already knew how to formulate a shooting plan, determine the shooting method, arrange the shooting time, etc.

There is also the actor, which Alex thinks is not difficult. Just tell the actor how you want the scene to feel. For Alex, who has complete memory, this is like talking to the picture.

But Morris didn't think so. He told Alex that he still needed to practice for a while. Because actors are the most complex among these three factors, and people are living things with thoughts and desires. The interpersonal relationships that directors have to deal with every day are very complex, and if they are not careful, actors will be out of their control, especially those talented actors who are the most difficult to control.

In September 1954, six months after the Oscar awards were awarded, DreamWorks invested $8 million in "The Sound of Music" and finally began filming.

The film was shot in Austria, specifically in the city and suburbs of Salzburg. This also happens to be the real place where the story takes place. This place is also the hometown of the famous musician Mozart and the famous conductor Karajan.

The filming locations include Miraberal Palace and Gardens, Rose Hill, Salz Castle, Nuns Hill Monastery, St. Peter's Cemetery, Leoposkow Palace, Forenberg Palace, Winter Mountain, Qingpavilion, Aniff Palace, Hohenwefen Castle, Fauscher, St. Gilgeous, St. Wolfgang, Mondsee Church, etc.

It can be said that all the local landscapes were photographed, showing the customs and customs like a picture scroll.

Filming a movie is not based on the development of the storyline, but is divided into different scenes, and the same scenes should be shot as much as possible. Sometimes we have to consider the actual situation and may shoot the ending first and then other clips.

Before starting filming, Alex specifically copied Morris's directing skills. He is now certain that his experience and ability in directing are definitely no worse than Morris's. He may even surpass Morris, after all, he has experience and knowledge beyond his time.

Alex originally decided to shoot the outdoor scenes first. At the beginning, in the wilds of Salzburg, Maria was lost in the mountain scenery and sang heartily. There are also scenes such as Maria taking the children for a picnic in the mountains, sitting on the grass and singing. However, when Alex saw the radiant Hepburn, he knew they had a problem.

Hepburn was too thin and too beautiful, and it was difficult to hide her unique temperament. Looking through the lens, it's like seeing Princess Anne. This did not meet the requirements of the script and made Alex and the others very embarrassed.

A long time ago, Alex suggested that Hepburn eat more and gain weight, which would be more in line with his image of Maria. But for more than a year, Hepburn is still so thin and doesn't seem to have gained any weight at all.

Looking at Hepburn, who had dyed her hair dark blonde, Alex felt a little headache. He said, "Hey, it would be nice if you gained a few more pounds. You look too thin now, not like the Maria I want." ."

Hepburn blushed and said in a low voice: "I also want to eat to gain weight, but I can't gain weight no matter how much I eat."

Alex was absolutely furious at what Hepburn said. He had never seen a woman who never gained weight. I was thinking about what to do and see what methods could be used to remedy it.

Pike and the others looked at the two of them with smiles on their faces, showing no sign of coming to help.

Finally, Morris said: "That's it. I think Sister Maria would be nice if she was pretty."

Blonde Hepburn? That’s all there is to it. The original Maria is not ugly, but she doesn’t have Hepburn’s breathtaking beauty. I hope people can accept a beautiful Maria.

After looking at it for a while, Alex suddenly felt that there might be something wrong with his hairstyle. The makeup artist obviously didn't get rid of the influence of Hepburn's previous role, and still gave her a very trendy hairstyle. How could this work? Maria came from a convent, and the nuns would not let her have such a hairstyle.

"Here comes the pot-head wig. I want it to be blonde." Alex said to the staff next to him.

Although Alex is young, everyone present knows that he is the boss and the director. They didn't dare to disobey Alex, so they found a golden pot-head wig from the prop box.

"Try it on!" Alex said to Hepburn.

With the help of a makeup artist, Hepburn put on this wig. Miraculously, her whole temperament changed a lot. The girl who was originally a princess suddenly turned into a tomboy-like woman. This pot-top hairstyle makes others laugh, but it also feels very suitable for the nun role played by Hepburn.

"Um!"

Alex walked around Hepburn, staring at her and thinking.

Others also focused their attention on Hepburn's hairstyle, with expressions of surprise.

Alex said again: "Yeah!"

This made Hepburn tremble in her heart. She asked anxiously: "Why do you have such weird eyes?"

"It's decided!" Alex suddenly clapped his hands and said, "The makeup artist will cut Hepburn's discovery into something like this! We won't wear a wig!"

Hepburn was almost frightened by his words and wanted to run away. She protected her hair with both hands and said, "Wait, wait a minute! If you cut your hair, it will take several months to grow back."

Parker and others were also shocked. They didn't expect Alex to be so cruel and wanted to cut off Hepburn's beautiful hair.

Bergman also covered his mouth and looked at them in shock. She originally thought that Hepburn would be fine just wearing a wig, but she didn't expect Alex to come for real.

When the makeup artist was about to pick up the scissors to cut Hepburn's hair, Alex suddenly stopped him: "Wait! Don't cut it yet."

Everyone was relieved after hearing this, thinking that Alex had changed his mind. Hepburn also looked at him with tears in her eyes, almost crying.

"Let's finish shooting the wedding scene first!" Alex decided to adjust the shooting order and shoot the finale first.

This puzzled Morris. He asked: "Have we not already decided on the scene we are going to shoot today? Why did we suddenly change it? This will increase the work of the staff and waste time and money."

Parker somewhat understood Alex's intention, and he also took the opportunity to say: "Actually, the effect of Hepburn wearing a wig is quite good, there is no need to cut it off!"

Only then did others realize that Alex still hadn't changed his mind and still wanted to film the scenes where Hepburn didn't cut off her hair first, and then film the scenes where it was cut.

Alex had to explain: "Don't you think Hepburn looks a little weird wearing a wig?"

When he said this, everyone felt that there was something wrong. In fact, they had noticed it early on, otherwise they wouldn't have laughed when they saw Hepburn's hairstyle. Hepburn's face is already small. If she wears a pot head on her hair, she will look bigger than her face. This may not be a big problem when watching in reality, but in the film, the audience will easily discover this.

Originally, Alex should be like everyone else and would only realize it after watching the video, but he has full memory ability. When he compared the details of Hepburn's changes in his mind, he discovered this problem earlier than others.

Morris, Parker, Bergman and others were all experienced filmmakers, and they responded immediately after Alex’s reminder. So they all agreed with Alex's approach, and Hepburn could only sacrifice her hair.

Also, in the movie, Hepburn had to face wind, rain, and even go into the lake, which would definitely get her hair wet. Faced with this situation, if you still wear a wig, many accidents will definitely happen.

As for Alex, he wanted to shoot the wedding scene first because he believed that if Hepburn still had a boyish hairstyle at this time, it would ruin the beauty of the bride. Besides, in a real situation, Maria would have grown her hair long before the wedding.

Also, if the wedding is not photographed earlier, it will inevitably be postponed to around December, when the temperature will drop very low. If Hepburn were wearing a thin bridal outfit, UU reading www.uukanshu.net would be frozen. Alex remembers that during the original filming, Julie was almost too cold to move due to this.

After having such various reasons, he had to adjust the shooting sequence, which is something that directors often face.

After everyone reached a consensus, they immediately arranged the wedding scene and summoned many extras.

The next day, they began filming the scene where Maria marries the colonel. When Hepburn appeared in a white bridal outfit, everyone's eyes lit up, as if they saw Princess Anne in "Roman Holiday" walking towards her.

Especially Pike, when he saw Hepburn coming in this outfit, his heart beat so fiercely that he almost suffocated. The feeling at this moment is as if Hepburn really married him.

Entering the church before the bride were the ring and flower girls, children, who filed in and took up their positions in the aisle. At this time, Hepburn, the bride, entered the church. She was wearing a long white skirt, and behind her were two children holding the wedding dress.

Hepburn came to Pike, looked at him, walked to the bishop, and read the wedding vows. With the bishop's blessing, the two exchanged wedding rings and helped each other put them on, followed by a long and affectionate kiss.

These scenes are not in the movie, but Alex still filmed the entire wedding process. On the one hand, he wanted to create opportunities for Parker and Hepburn to create beautiful memories. On the other hand, he plans to put the scenes shot in this part into the extended version of the movie.

Alex looked at the two happy people at the wedding and felt an indescribable joy in his heart. He sincerely hoped that Parker and Hepburn would get together.