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'City of God,' August eighteenth, act two, scene one, first time!

Albert stood in front of the camera with a slate. Due to the shortage of manpower, there was no full-time clerk, so Albert, the show manager, came to play a guest role. He raised his voice and shouted. After finishing the slate, he quickly walked behind the camera. .

Lance, who was standing behind the camera, didn't rush to speak, but took a deep breath—a little nervous, but more of observing the entire mid-range framing through the camera. The entire studio was silent, and the inexperienced children were even a little scared, so that they held their breath, and even the wind froze, as if... In this world, Lance is the supreme god.

However, this kind of thought just flashed through his mind, and Lance was hardly distracted, so he refocused his attention on the camera in front of him. After confirming that it was correct, he shouted, Start shooting!

The gas truck was driving swayingly on the street. The potholes made the car turbulent, and the speed could not be accelerated. Suddenly, a group of children covered their cheeks with white cloths rushed out from the streets on both sides, walking quickly Followed the gas truck. It's like a hippo walking on the African savannah, suddenly a group of hyenas ran out from both sides, and quickly surrounded the bulky hippo.

Due to the slow speed of the gas car, the running child caught up with the car at once, then raised his handgun and pointed it at the driver, shouting, Stop, stop!

The driver not only did not stop, but also tried to speed up, but then a small hole sank the tire, the accelerator pedal was stepped on, and the whole car was bumped, which frightened the driver and had to release the accelerator. It was said that it was too late then, a masked boy wearing a red shirt with his chest unbuttoned and showing his strong chest rushed to the front of the car, raised his pistol high and pointed it at the driver's seat, which made the driver subconsciously step on the brakes .

A series of accidents caused the gas truck to stop at the intersection. The yellow sand flying all over the sky reveals a hazy white light under the scorching sun, as if the whole world is only left with these rows of low bungalows, other than that, there is only the boundless desert left. Moderate heat makes people restless.

Stop, or shoot! The boy in red yelled at the driver of the gas truck, and the other two boys who had pinched the driver's seat just now also rushed to the front of the car triumphantly, standing side by side with the boy in red, and shot at the driver with pistols. Ready for the cab. But at this time, the car had already braked suddenly and stopped in place, and the driver nervously raised his hands in a gesture of surrender. The actions of these three teenagers seemed a bit unnecessary.

Lance stands behind the camera lens and observes closely, controlling the whole scene. This is where the medium shot will be shot in a while. This time, the close shot is shot first, and after the close shot is finished, the medium shot will be shot separately.

In the middle scene, the whole street can be seen to the end, but there is still no scene emerging at the end, as if there is still nothingness at the end of the vast horizon, that kind of empty perspective highlights the noise that is close at hand, Form a strange sense of grandeur.

Ah Mao pulled the driver down and took all the money from him; Ah Jia and Benny climbed into the gas truck, shouting excitedly, Who wants gas! All the children from all directions rushed out , bucket after bucket of gas was moved to the house; Dui pulled the co-pilot out of the car, found a large sum of cash under the seat cushion, and waved the banknotes frantically, There's a lot of money here, a lot of money here...

Amao excitedly hit the driver on the neck once, the driver fell to the ground, and then Amao also climbed into the driver's seat and began to search inside. Xiaodouzi, who was following closely behind Amao, stepped forward and began beating the fainted driver, his eyes flickering with frenzy.

Behind Xiaodouzi, more and more people gathered towards the gas truck, taking over the gas tanks from Benny and A Jia one after another. Not only children, but also many adults came in droves, like a dead silent street Just woke up.

Just then, the police came!

In an instant, everyone ran wildly in the opposite direction. Hayden and Ethan carried the camera and started running along with the three actors who played Amao, Ajia, and Dumb.

Although Hayden carried the camera on his shoulders, he moved very nimbly. He followed the little actor and ran fast. The heavy equipment and chaotic steps made the whole street chaotic for a while, and there were a lot of galloping horses The powerful momentum - but disorganized.

Lance ran sideways towards the street next door - this was the second shooting position in the medium shot. When he stabilized his footing, there were three figures running quickly at the entrance of the alley. Hayden and The two figures of Ethan carrying the camera followed closely behind, and the narrow street quickly allowed them to cross, and after running past, there was a flat football field.

Lance still stood there, waiting for about five seconds, and then two police/policemen appeared on the street, but the two had completely lost their target, and could only search left and right in a daze, but found nothing.

Card!

Lance shouted loudly, and all the busy staff and actors stopped their pace. Lance stood there and shook his head, replaying all the details of the entire set just now in his mind, and shook his head again, he was not satisfied.

All ideas are correct during the conception process, but after putting into actual combat, there are many discrepancies and must be readjusted. Lance has some ideas in his head, but he still needs to confirm the pictures taken by Hayden and Ethan before making a decision.

Hayden, come here and watch the replay. Lance shouted expressionlessly, which made all the actors on the scene shut their mouths and hold their breath involuntarily. They could clearly feel that Lance was at this moment The dissatisfaction, the huge pressure made them all stand in the same place uneasy, but they didn't know what went wrong, they could only be at a loss and stiffen.

The entire scene was silent, except for the subtle sounds of Hayden and Ethan's footsteps rubbing against the sand when they moved. After the three joined together, they came to the monitor and began to watch the replay in silence. The low air pressure at the scene was getting worse, almost suffocating.

Lance played back the images taken by Hayden and Ethan three times, and then looked at Hayden, indicating that he wanted to hear his opinion.

Hayden also frowned, scratched his head irritably, and expressed dissatisfaction all over his face, The picture feels too messy, there is no clear idea of ​​the shooting track, there is no way to edit such a picture; and the sense of distance I didn't grasp it well, sometimes it was too close, sometimes it was too far away, and it was even partially out of focus; and then... Ethan, in the next shoot, you ran with the police/cops and chased after them; I Run with the young three heroes, escape in front, and open up the time difference.

Due to Lance's high requirements for the realism of the lens, the difficulty of shooting exceeded Hayden's expectations, and the first shot was not satisfactory.

Lance, I always feel that the sense of the camera is not strong enough. Do you have any comments? Hayden was one of the photographers just now, and he was in Lushan Mountain, so he needed Lance as a bystander and also as the director's opinion.

The contrast between the big picture and the small picture is not enough. In addition to the medium shot, your follow-up shots also need a mixture of close-up and close-up shots. In addition, when everyone is running away, you can take a medium shot first, and then follow up. It gradually becomes a close-up, so that the overall chaos and individual anxiety will become more obvious. Lance was mainly responsible for observing the overall situation just now, so he analyzed it from the perspective of the composition of the whole picture. This robbery scene is actually a kind of irony. If you use the contrast between the middle shot and the close shot, it will add a lot of color to the movie. In addition, the part where Xiaodouzi beats the driver, I think I can give a close-up to highlight Xiaodouzi. violent tendencies, laying the groundwork for the following story.

Close-up? Hayden thought about it seriously. What do you think of close-ups from the perspective of the driver? From bottom to top, it will highlight the victim's situation and resonate with the audience. It's as if the audience is the object of the beating generally.

Lance constructed a picture in his mind and shook his head, This is too direct, you can raise the angle a bit, still from bottom to top, and then deviate from the victim's perspective, more to highlight the carelessness of Xiaodouzi when he was violent And excited, the angle of looking up is enough.” After speaking, a flash of inspiration flashed in Lance’s mind, “You said, when the three young heroes gather in front of the car, press a camera on the front of the car, and use the angle of looking up to capture them How about the picture?

You mean, take a close-up of their superfluous and unfamiliar robbery actions? Hayden understood immediately. Jerky and immature, forming a kind of black humor that cannot be laughed out loud.

The car had already stopped, but the three of them gathered together in a ceremonial manner and asked the car to stop again; before the masked robbery succeeded, they couldn't wait to take off the mask, perhaps compared to robbery, They prefer to see other people's eyes of fear or respect or admiration...

Lance nodded, then waved to Albert, and when Albert approached, The scene just now was shot in two parts. In the first part, after the police arrived, everyone fled and ran fifteen yards away. , the camera cuts off; in the second part, they turned to a side alley and escaped smoothly.

Originally, Lance wanted to express the haste and urgency in one go; but it was too difficult to shoot in one go, and the performance was not as good as expected. The lack of experience as a film director is reflected at this time, making the mistake of a novice eager for success. Therefore, Lance plans to change his strategy, first shoot the part where everyone runs towards the camera, and then shoot the part where the camera follows everyone to see how it works.

Albert nodded to express his understanding, but Lance stopped him again, A lot of people looked at the camera just now, let them ignore Hayden and Ethan, and treat these two people as if they came to steal gas. OK.

Albert glanced at the speechless Hayden, and couldn't help laughing.