Producer [American Entertainment]

For a simple movie shot of a few minutes, the crew of the crew must take at least two days to shoot.A shot needs to be shot back and forth at least several times. If the external conditions such as actors and lighting do not cooperate, it is very common to shoot dozens of times.Not to mention the trouble of reshooting after the fact...

However, in post-editing, only a small part of these painstakingly shot shots can be edited into the whole story, and sometimes even a whole group of shots will be completely cut out, just to be able to be in the final scene. Present a movie full of sincerity to the audience.

At least that's what MiG insisted on, and he was one of the directors who consistently insisted on doing so.

Miguel is good at extremely delicate and gorgeous pictures. Such shots always require him to try various angles and various tonal contrasts of light and shadow.Because sometimes the composition imagination that appears in the mind is one thing, but the actual shooting effect is another matter.MiG can only achieve the goal of excellence by not being stingy with film.

Whether William is the producer or the executive producer, to be honest, he feels sorry for the money spent by MiG, but... how should I put it, good is good, and it is worth the money spent of.

"I only regret two things now." William said to MiG during the break.

Miguel sat on the director's chair, holding today's shot list in his hand, and laughed and joked with William who was sitting on the side: "As long as you don't decide to temporarily withdraw funds or stop the show, I will be very happy to be your spiritual trash can." .”

"Ah, I really, really regret agreeing to be your actor."

William doesn't mind that the money he invested is wasted repeatedly by MiG because of his pursuit of art, but he really minds that when he was an actor, MiG asked him to retake over and over again.He swears, this is definitely the last time he will comeo in a MiG movie, absolutely!

"Don't you want your unsatisfactory movie to be put on the big screen?"

"No, of course I don't want to. But I've learned to be smart. I prefer to stand behind the camera and watch you torment those actors who need to hone their acting skills, rather than standing in front of the camera to prove the truth." William was recently interviewed by China The cultural "poison" was a bit deep, and he became obsessed with oriental martial arts and immortal novels, and there were always a set of proper nouns.

MiG shrugged, noncommittal to William's words.Anyway, when he needs William again in the future, he will always find a way to persuade William.

William is the cutest at this point. He has a softer heart than anyone else, but he has no self-knowledge and always feels that he is very cold.

"B, when you first came into directing, I shouldn't have introduced Wheeler to you first." In terms of constantly wasting film because of personal perfectionism, MiG and Wheeler are exactly the same, Even William himself could not deny that he was deeply influenced by Wheeler.

"How many famous directors can make good movies without spending a lot of film?" Miguel felt that this was something he had to refute.It's not that he insists on imitating Wheeler, it's just a tacit understanding between the directors, they are not wasting, but are making various attempts for art.

#What he said made sense, but I was speechless#

After two and a half days, the opening of the movie finally finished filming thankfully.Director Miguel gave the "little actor" William a half-day leave.William felt that the sky looked extraordinarily blue that afternoon.

It's a pity that this half-day vacation does not mean that William can really go to relax and rest, and he has to rush to Spielberg's house.

In other words, Spielberg asked his agent Arrow (who is also one of MiG's agents) to talk to MiG with great difficulty in the name of looking for William, and gave William an afternoon to breathe.

Almost immediately after getting the news, William drove to Spielberg's house with bodyguard Shirley and others, looking for a breath of freedom as if he was afraid that MiG would regret it.

Uh, let's get down to business.

Spielberg recently conceived a new movie called "Purple", and wanted to ask William if he had any intention of cooperating.

In fact, Spielberg has been thinking about this movie for some time, but he only recently finally made up his mind to make it into a movie.The film is adapted from the original novel of the same name. The novel was published in 82. It is a novel about black women struggling in adversity and finally finding independence and freedom.Spielberg bought the film and television adaptation rights of the novel early on.

However, the original author of the novel, Alice.Walker was not dazzled by Spielberg's famous halo.On the contrary, she has deep concerns and resistances to the film made by Spielberg from the beginning to the end.

Whites discriminate against blacks, and in the hearts of blacks, they may not necessarily treat whites as the same race.

If Spielberg hadn't been Jewish, but a real white director, Alice would have even said "no."

However, how easy is it to find a black director who can appreciate her novels and is also a famous director in the Hollywood circle in this era?

Alice reluctantly agreed to sign the contract after Spielberg promised Alice that she would find two main black female roles that satisfied her.The contract clearly stipulates that if Alice has concerns about an actor or any crew member, then she has the right to decide not to let the other party participate in the entire movie.

William is naturally very interested in making a film about the struggle of a black female perspective. This is a very rare subject matter, and it appeals to positive energy. It is impossible for him not to want to participate.

"Do you think you will have an appetite for Oscar?" Spielberg did not hide his ambition in front of William.

William shrugged, and he also told Spielberg the truth: "As for the Oscars, I don't even know them better than you. You know, I also relied on Wheeler to pick up a cheap best picture award." .Oh, by the way, speaking of which, do you need me to introduce you to the PR team that Wheeler introduced to me? They're really professional."

"Please, of course I need it. Be sure to write me their phone number. Thank you so much."

"Hey, gentlemen." The pregnant Mrs. Spielberg came out of the kitchen with a delicious dinner in her hand.She signaled to them that it was time to stop, not to bring work matters to the dinner table, which was the rule of the Spielberg family.

Spielberg and William shut their mouths kindly and behaved very obediently.

No one wants to argue with a pregnant woman. One is that you may not be able to argue with her, and the other is that even if you can, the unlucky one is still you.

However, when Mrs. Spielberg turned around and didn't know what to do, Spielberg raced against time and continued to talk to William: "I only told you and a few people about my ambition for Oscar, although it is basically It’s already known all over the world.”

It's enough to stop here, and William understands it, and he won't tell this matter.

"Will, my friend, you must bless me." Spielberg seemed so worried for the first time, and the attention of the outside world really put a lot of pressure on him.

"Must! It's not just me, God will definitely bless you." A director who has never won an Oscar, he always feels like something is missing after making a film and earning money. William is very supportive of Spielberg, "You have been in the past two years. Is there only one movie in your plan?"

"No, there is also a TV series that I supervised and wrote as a screenwriter. It is a horror film. Filming a TV series is a very novel experience. Its production work is more complicated than that of a movie, and it will allow you to change to a different perspective. Lots of new things to learn. Hey, haven't you thought about making a TV show?"

"I……"

Before William could answer, the two realized that they had been glared at by Mrs. Spielberg standing behind them for a long time.They are like elementary school students who were caught talking secretly in class, and they were inevitably detained. They finally learned to shut up and be quiet, and stopped talking about topics that offended Mrs. Spielberg.

After drinking and eating, William will rush back to Pasadena. Spielberg's home is a bit far from this satellite city.

William promised Spielberg at the door: "I will read the original book and the beginning of the script of "Purple" carefully, and then I will give you an answer as soon as possible. Although I think my answer can only be yes, who knows if there will be anything?" Accidents? For the sake of my reputation of keeping my promises, let me be a little more serious."

"Oh, please." Spielberg was overjoyed. He put his arms around his wife, who was not yet pregnant. The two stood at the door of the house, waving goodbye to William. "Good night, see you in a few days."

"Good night, see you in a few days."

For the family crew, the filming of the middle and end of the movie started on the third morning.

The family's original script was a textbook-like flashback. Now, the script has been changed by MiG to a flashback plus an interlude, and... some inexplicable time-space interlacing.

Many directors have this problem. No matter how well planned the film is before the filming starts, they can't stop them from brainstorming after the filming starts.

A good producer will always reserve time and funds for the director to brainstorm.

And a responsible director who reciprocates, will definitely speed up the shooting process to make up for the time wasted by brainstorming, and try not to delay the shooting plan.

MiG is one of the best, he can always find the balance between imagination and planning.

William was a little unhappy, because his role has increased a lot.Fortunately, there is not much need to show your face, but there are many lines, and William will read the narration throughout the movie.He said to himself again in his heart, the next time he promised MiG to make a movie, he would be an idiot with capital letters.

Wendy joked that the alias of "Because We Are a Family" is - "My Grandmother", by William.Theros.

By the time we shot the end of the film, it was already the seventh day.Wendy has been helping the crew all the time, she is already a decent producer now, she is quite dignified when directing the crew and talking about business, no one would want to annoy her.

"OK, let's try to wrap up work today and end the entire filming work!"

It was still that sunny afternoon, and in the same front hall, William in a tall dress, Lucifer in a baby clothes, and cotton candy in a bowknot ribbon, once again formed a harmonious beautiful picture.

The adorable duo of "Luciveld and Marshmallow" are still sitting on the carpet, still refusing to evolve into upright walking humans.

Marshmallow really can't walk, Lucifer... William has recently discovered a fact helplessly, this kid is not unable to walk, but just lazy.

Yes, after 2B250's multi-professional firmness, Luciferd has fully possessed the physical conditions to walk, and his brain evolution is higher than that of ordinary humans, and he is smarter than most people.To put it simply, Luciferd should have learned it long ago and was able to leave.

But no matter whether William used toys or marshmallows (Master Marshmallow expressed dissatisfaction) or tried it himself, Luciferd always sat firmly on the mountain, not moving a step.

In this shooting, it was William himself's last attempt.

This time, the camera angle was changed to Luciferd with his back to the camera, and William with his back to the oil painting, and the two faced each other.William squatted down halfway, leading Luciferd to walk towards him, or crawl, as long as he moved, it would be considered a success.

Lucifer tilted his head, really not understanding what tricks his cousin was playing with him.

In the movie, William still didn't show his face, even if the camera was facing him, it only captured his beautifully curved chin.When it was necessary to shoot Monet's oil painting, the only part of William's appearance was the same golden hair as the character in the portrait.

William is trying very hard to coax Lucy Vader: "Come to me~ Vader~"

After several hours of trying in the morning, Uncle Marshmallow finally couldn't see it anymore.It stole the spotlight and walked towards William. It was unclear whether it was demonstrating to Lucifer, or it was trying to bribe William to shut up by walking over.

It was an accident, but MiG didn't shout Ka.

As a cat with a sense of camera, the addition of marshmallows makes the picture more vibrant, and the warmth that belongs to the daily life of the family almost comes out of the screen.

In the end, when everyone was waiting desperately and even about to give up, Lucifer finally decided to give his cousin some face.Sitting on the carpet, he had a domineering CEO face of "I really can't do anything about you, a little fairy". He first touched the ground with both hands, then slowly supported his soft three-headed body, and finally stood up tremblingly. stand up.

"Yeah~" All crew members cheered together, making a loud noise.

With a "bang", Luciferd sat back on the spot again, tears began to accumulate in his big eyes, his lips curled up, with a grievance on his face.Obviously, he was startled by the sudden cheers.

"Card--!"

Miguel opened his mouth helplessly. The cameraman in charge of recording the filming process took a clear picture of Miguel's resentful eyes, and specially gave him a big close-up.

MiG is commenting on everyone's reaction: "It's time to cheer, but there is no cheer..."

Everyone looked at William with the same aspirations. As an actor, he didn't have the consciousness that he should adapt to the situation at all.

William spread his hands helplessly: "Sorry, I didn't expect him to stand up." It's not that William wasn't flexible enough, but that he didn't expect Luciferd to stand up at all.

"... Those who shouldn't cheer, let's all cheer!" MiG looked around the audience, and in those beautiful black eyes was the capitalized baby's grievance.Everyone smiled awkwardly, and then MiG said, "Don't hide, Wendy, Wendy. White, I heard you shout too!"

"Hahaha." Someone finally couldn't help it, and then everyone on the scene laughed as if it was contagious.

The crew's filming recorder dutifully filmed this scene. What a good behind-the-scenes footage of the movie.

As the protagonist Lucifer who caused this series of stories, he was stunned from the beginning to the end, and together with the big cake-faced cotton candy, he didn't understand what these stupid humans were laughing at.Unknowingly, Lucifer also laughed heartlessly, with a crisp voice and sincere eyes, and imitating others, pointing at someone he didn't know.

After a while, MiG clapped his hands helplessly, and the scene was quiet, attracting everyone's attention: "Let's do it again, OK? This time, take a shot of Little Vader's face. Will, please work hard to make him stand up again." one time."

"..." Although William didn't speak, the rhetorical question "Are you kidding me?" made everyone understand without even opening their mouths.

Just this once, how much effort he spent!

Luckily, Luciferd worked hard for the rest of the time, and didn't let William tease him behind the camera, so he stood up again and again, and even stumbled and walked a few steps!It's like a mass of jelly or pudding that has become fine, rolling in, and the feeling that the flesh is trembling.

After taking three shots of the front, back and side, MiG finally expressed satisfaction that enough was enough.

In the end, Luciferd threw himself into William's arms, and that scene was forever frozen in the movie.

William packed up and sent the parts of him and Luciferd to Sabatino, Grandpa Bernstein, and Aunt Elizabeth directly, in triplicate.

Old Bernstein sat for a long time on the red velvet back soft chair in the manor, with a private projector in front of him. He watched the "Mao" film sent by William over and over without editing or soundtrack, but he didn't care about it. I can't get enough of it.

How could he see enough?

In the movie, there is William, Luciferd, and Anna and Maggie watching him tenderly in the oil painting.

Old Bernstein has almost forgotten the year when Anna and Maggie moved next door to his house. He only remembered that he was not married at that time, and he was a young master enjoying a wealthy life.Even if the whole of Germany is almost breathless by the debt of World War I, but the young Karl.Bernstein is still able to enjoy the good life that few people have.

His biggest annoyance was probably, when he walked past the house of the girl he liked yesterday, why didn't she laugh at his handsome behavior of riding a bicycle without holding on to the handlebars like before?

"What are you worrying about?" Maggie, who was still very young, looked over from the garden next door and asked her, smiling, blond and blue-eyed, like the sun.

"who are you?"

"My name is Maggie. My mother and I just moved here yesterday. How about you?"

"My name is Carl, you can call me brother Carl, do you want me to show you around here?"

"Okay."

Old Burns remembered that he held the hand of the young Maggie, and when he walked past the house of the girl he liked, the innocent Maggie said to him: "Is that the big sister you like? She is really Beautiful, like an English rose, proud and independent, you must go after her! You look so well matched."

Later, the old Bernstein really caught up with his beloved girl, and they held a grand Jewish wedding. Maggie wore a beige princess dress and acted as a flower girl at their wedding, smiling so blissfully.

The old Bernstein found that he had actually forgotten too many things in the past. What he could remember now was how beautiful the girl he loved was, how excited he was when he married her, and how much he loved her. she.Oh, by the way, there is also the crisp laughter of sister Maggie next door, like the sound of the stream hitting pebbles, which can lure all the birds from the trees down.

Maggie was always happy, as if nothing could ever make her sad.

When the sun is shining, she smiles for the good weather; when it is rainy, she is happy to be able to jump and step on small puddles; even in the most difficult time of her life, she will smile and say to him: "I'm fine, don't worry, Brother Karl, we'll all be fine."

Probably in heaven, the Jewish girl he loves is also singing happily with Maggie and Mary.

Maggie will find the handsome knight she dreamed of when she was young, while his wife—the girl he loves most forever—stands quietly, watching him tenderly and firmly.He knew that she had been waiting for him.

How forgetful I am when I am old, but I do n’t forget Acacia.

The author has something to say: *When I grow old, I am so forgetful, but I never forget lovesickness.This is a line from Bai Juyi’s poem, which the stupid author has always liked ＿(:з)∠)＿