Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Before going to the crew of "The Adventures of Aaron", Norris from the Film and Television Entertainment Department, who is also Sammy's immediate boss, admired his department head very much and had a special talk with him.

"Do you want to be a director?"

"what?"

"We think you have the talent for that."

"……thank you?"

Anyway, the general process is like this.

Most of the time, Sami actually has no motivation, except for his dream of 'slaying dragons'.

But that's totally understandable.

Think about it, if you have a happy family, your parents have prepared a small but absolutely sufficient education and start-up fund for you early on, you have no shortage of money since childhood, and you have eight older brothers to protect you, except for the minor troubles of adolescence, and occasionally because of Apart from being ridiculed as a freak for your whimsical ideas (you dare not laugh at your face anyway), you have hardly encountered any setbacks and tribulations in your life, so you will also lack motivation at work.

Therefore, even if his immediate boss praised his talent, he showed high hopes for him.

He still didn't think arrogantly about how great he would be in the future.

All I can say is, go with the flow, step by step, and...

A little curiosity about new things.

director?

Directing the whole crew?Take pictures of what you like!

Sounds like a great job.

Based on this naive idea.

Sami enthusiastically thought that this transfer of work might open the door to a new world and find new fun.

However, he is not blindly optimistic.

It is not easy for a newcomer to join the job. For example, when he was still an intern in the company, he was bored drawing mice for three months. Always wake up half dead? ''Why did you draw the mouse's fangs so long that they dragged the floor? ''What is this again?Rats have wings? '

Anyway, no matter what you do, you will be picked on.

If you draw a mouse as real as it is, you will be said to be 'too real and cause discomfort'; if you draw a mouse more abstract, you will be told, 'I asked you to draw a mouse, not a space monster'.

No job starts off smoothly.

Sami, who has some work experience, is fully prepared for this.

He made preparations in advance for the initial chores, whether it was running errands, sending letters, taking out the trash, or doing chores, everything was fine!As a hard-working and conscientious employee, he has the confidence to quickly integrate into the group and quickly devote himself to interesting, stimulating and challenging work.

However, even if his imagination is amazing enough.

But the degree of bizarre development of certain things in the real world is always beyond imagination.

When he reported to the crew of "The Adventures of Aaron" on time, the first task he received was to pick up people.

The mission issuer is Miss Corinna.

Sister Corinna is an older, somewhat pudgy woman with a loud voice, who is dedicated and decisive in her work.

She has served as the production coordinator (arranging personnel and equipment) in the crew for a long time, and is very respected by the crew members.

Because this job sounds not difficult at first glance, but it is actually extremely cumbersome to do, requiring patience and responsibility.

The entire crew, from actors to crew members, from equipment to transportation, from extras to confirming that these actors all signed the performance agreement in a timely manner, and she took care of everything.And it's still... Every day, it is necessary to ensure that the equipment, materials, and personnel are all in the right place at the right time and on time. Once something goes wrong, the shooting will not be able to proceed smoothly.

Therefore, when Sami first came to report, she saw her running around and busy on the set at first sight, and when she saw herself as an 'idle person', her eyes shone like seeing a savior.

"You're new here, aren't you? Don't have any work on hand right now?"

"Yes, yes, I'm here to join the job, that, may I ask, where can I go through the entry procedures?"

"Can you drive?"

"Uh, yes. But I haven't joined the job yet, please, apply for a job..."

"And do you drive in compliance with the speed limit and road signs?"

"As long as it's traffic rules, I obey them. Well, I haven't joined the job yet..."

"Great! You go to this bar and bring Director Jones over. Hurry up, hurry up, we'll start filming in half an hour."

"Ah? Pick up who? Director? My entry..."

"It's too late, go!"

"Ok."

For a moment, Sammy's mind was extremely confused.

Half an hour, start shooting right away, go to the bar to pick up the director first?

Every episode can be understood.

But after every plot is combined, why is there a feeling of speechlessness?

The filming is about to start, and the director is still in the bar?

Okay, maybe it's a necessary entertainment?

certainly not!

Director Jones is a super alcoholic, addicted to alcohol.

When Sami, who had not yet joined the job, successfully found the director according to the instructions of Sister Corinna, he was drunk on the bar counter, and a lot of beer was spilled on his unshaven beard, and the whole person drank He was so drunk, he didn't know his personnel, and he still owed a lot of wine money.

The director is like this?

For a newcomer to the crew, the scene in front of him was a bit of a dream.

Sammy was silent for a few seconds, and neatly helped him check out first, then helped him put on his coat, then poured some water into it, hoping that he would wake up a bit, then dragged him into the car with great difficulty, and finally, quickly Drive back the same way.

"The filming is about to start, the filming is about to start..."

He repeated Sister Corinna's words to himself, but finally he couldn't help knocking on the steering wheel and complaining: "You're so drunk, why don't you start filming right away?"

But what I never expected is...

So drunk, I can really start shooting!

When Director Jones got out of the car, he regained a little sobriety.

He staggered into the set with a posture almost dizzy and instinctively. During this period, he ignored everyone with a blank face, and then climbed up on the high director's chair skillfully. Sitting there condescendingly, staring at a pair of bloodshot alcoholic eyes, staring at everything in the studio in a daze.

Sammy followed him closely, firstly because he didn't know what to do, and secondly because he was afraid that he would be so drunk that he would fall to the ground.

He refused to accept the absurd fact that 'on the first day he came to the crew to study, the director broke himself on the ground because of drunkenness'.

Not much to say after that.

The other members of the crew are very reliable, perform their duties and function normally.

But because there was no work assignment on the first day, Sami was arranged to study standing behind the director.

The filming officially started.

Until this stage, everything is understandably normal.

Sammy had never seen live performances by live actors before, so he quickly forgot that the director was unreliable, and watched with interest for a while.

But after a while, he withdrew his gaze, feeling in his heart that the performances of these actors were a bit too exaggerated.

"Is it necessary to scream so loudly when you're scared? Or is it more dramatic?"

He thought silently in his heart, but because he had no relevant experience, he was not sure whether his thoughts were right or wrong.So, he turned his head to look at Director Jones, looking for an opportunity to humbly ask for advice.

however……

When Sammy turned his head, he found something very confused - Director Jones fell asleep on the high director's chair.

sleep over?

While filming, the director fell asleep!

What thefuck!

Sammy was shocked.

He looked around in a panic, desperately wanting to find someone to ask what the hell is going on.

But everyone on the crew seemed to ignore it.

They were doing their work very calmly, without even raising their heads, as if the director was not asleep on top, but closed his eyes and meditated.

The kind-hearted elder sister Corinna noticed Sammy's excessive behavior.

She walked over calmly, lowered her voice and said, "Don't make a fuss and affect the normal shooting."

Normal shooting?

You call this normal shooting?

Sammy's eyes widened, not knowing what to say.

Sister Corinna glanced at the filming process again at this time, and reminded her kindly: "This episode is almost over, aren't you the new assistant director? Go poke him and wake him up."

Poke, poke wake up?

By the way, I haven't joined the job yet!

and many more!

Is that what assistant directors do?

All developments are extremely absurd, like a funny drama.

But Sami's head was numb at this time, and he couldn't think of a better way.

He had no choice but to listen to the elder sister and started poking Director Jones from behind.

Director Jones was quickly awakened by the poke.

He slowly opened his eyes and looked around suspiciously, as if trying to figure out what was happening in front of him: "Who are you? What's wrong?"

Sammy whispered to him: "Uh, I'm your new assistant, I haven't registered yet, well, Act XX is almost finished."

Director Jones yawned sleepily: "Okay, I see, you let them do it again."

Sammy: "..."

Okay, you are the director and you have the final say.

With black lines all over his head, he conveyed the director's order with a wooden face: "The director asked everyone to do it again."

At this time, he naively thought: "Maybe I was too drunk to wake up just now, the second round should be a normal shooting, right?"The director who was poked awake should also work hard to stay awake and complete the work seriously, right?

no!

When the second shoot started, the big-hearted director fell asleep again!

Sammy: "...what's going on!"

As the filming continued, he looked helplessly at Sister Corinna.

Corinna whispered, "Keep poking him later, poking hard, poking hard!"

Sammy was desperate: 'Am I here to learn, or to practice poking? '

But riding a tiger is hard.

At the end of the second round of filming, he had to repeat the previous behavior again.

Director Jones was awakened again.

This person's wine quality is not bad, he didn't go crazy, and he didn't have any dissatisfaction and asked angrily: "What's the matter?"

Sammy was relatively less panicked this time: "The filming of Act XX is almost finished. I'm your new assistant, and I haven't joined the job yet..."

Director Jones was very calm: "Oh, let them do it again."

Then he fell asleep again.

Sammy: "..."

It's really puzzling that the members of the crew didn't unite to kill the director!

By the third time, after slamming the unreliable director again, Sammy was so angry that his face swelled up.

Before Director Jones asked what was wrong, he said angrily, "The filming of Act XX is over."

This time, Director Jones let out a long "Oh", and finally changed his words and asked, "How many times?"

Sammy replied stiffly, "Three times."

Then, the magical director said: "Yes, let's pass this one!"

Sammy: "...it's over!!?"

All day, they are filming like this.

Sammy leaves work as if sleepwalking.

When he walked into the house, he thought depressingly: "What have I been doing all day? I haven't even joined the job yet!"