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Chapter 948: Winning the Best Actor Award, the Boss is Serious! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Hao Yun started working at six or seven o'clock in the severe cold, and other staff members had to get up earlier than him.

He inspected several filming locations.

These are what I will use in the next two days.

Basically, they were found according to his requirements, and the people arranged by Michael Bay are very reliable.

Hao Yun was extremely glad that he chose to cooperate with Explosive Bei.

The resources that such a Hollywood tycoon can mobilize can at least allow him, who is starting from scratch, to avoid five years of detours in Hollywood.

Thanks to Hao Yun's style of doing things.

His success in China today is closely related to his generosity in sharing profits with other capitals.

If there is enough bait, there will be more black carp in the nest.

Life is not a fairy tale. If others cannot benefit from it, not only will they not help you, they may even trip you up.

Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents.

The same principle applies if you have wealth but don’t share it with others.

The same is true in Hollywood. If it weren't for Michael Bay, there would definitely be a group of people trying to trip him up.

There are people trying to trip him up now, but at least it doesn’t affect his foothold.

Although the photography team of "Manchester by the Sea" included many Hollywood photographers, Hao Yun still asked Cao Dun to take the lead.

This guy learned three movies from the Hollywood team: Buried, Source Code, and Inception.

Especially in "Inception", Hao Yun didn't care whether the brothers Guo Fan and Wu Jing would be kicked out of the crew, but Cao Dun had everything arranged by him clearly.

Cao Dun worked with the main photographer Wally Pfister all day long, and they could communicate after finishing the work.

Wally Pfister is Nolan's exclusive photographer. He has been following Nolan since "Memento". Before working with Nolan, he shot "The Game 1, 2, 3, 4", and "The Game 1, 3"...

Now, Cao Dun has returned from his studies.

If he hasn't made any progress, then there's really no need for him to keep groveling under other people's crews.

"The main point is restraint, do you understand?"

The specific photography was done by Cao Dun, but the photography style needed to be established by Hao Yun.

"Almost." Cao Dun nodded.

He has been working as a director of photography in recent years and is considered Hao Yun's exclusive photographer, but he is actually also a director.

Out of professional habit, after reading the script, he would also think about how to shoot it from the perspective of a director.

"We used the most common long, fixed-angle lens, and didn't use close-ups. This lens is a common camera technique in news and documentaries. The purpose is to keep the audience neutral and always look at our story objectively..."

Hao Yun conveyed his ideas accurately.

In fact, this kind of shooting style is very dangerous in today's commercial film environment where complex camera arrangements are often used. It is boring, lacks showmanship, and can even make people drowsy.

"Well...it's not difficult." Cao Dun nodded. He roughly knew the purpose of Hao Yun's doing this.

This style of photography is the most basic and simple.

If used well, it can provide actors with huge room for performance.

That is to say, reduce the photography techniques and give way to the performance techniques.

In that case, the leading actor Hao Yun will have more room to perform and it will definitely be easier for him to win awards.

The purpose of filming this drama is to win the Best Actor award for the boss.

The boss is serious about winning the Best Actor award!

"Let's get ready and switch to a wide angle..."

Hao Yun did not hold any premiere ceremony, and the camera in the company, which had been covered with a red cloth and worshipped by the entire crew since the filming of "The Heart Labyrinth", was not delivered.

And the weather is really cold.

It is said that this town is at the same latitude as Changchun, but Hao Yun has been to Changchun in November, and the temperature was only around minus ten degrees Celsius when it was the lowest, which is not as cold as the minus five degrees Celsius here.

Maybe this is the power of "Seaside".

"The camera has a wide angle, so the door frame will definitely be included in the picture." Cao Dun saw the problem at first glance.

"This is exactly what I want, Lao Cao. If there is a frame, you must frame the protagonist. There must be such a frame to frame him all the time. If there is a door, use the door frame. If there is no door, use the car door and pillar frame, the railing frame, the cabinet frame, the two people frame, and use everything that can frame him to frame him, because he can't get out of his closed world at all..."

Hao Yun gestured and spoke, but his speech was actually very slow.

There are many Hollywood staff in the crew, and they definitely won’t understand if you speak Mandarin, so you have to speak English at work.

Cao Dun has worked in several film crews and now his English listening and speaking skills are pretty good.

The other photographers and photography assistants all had a sense of sudden enlightenment after listening to Hao Yun's words.

I felt a natural admiration for Hao Yun.

After chatting for a while, the filming began. At this time, the only actors were Hao Yun and an old lady.

In the distance of the camera, Hao Yun is repairing a light bulb for an old lady.

He was a repairman in Boston.

But in fact, many indoor shots were shot in small towns, which can reduce costs a lot.

Unlike those big directors who like to focus on details, Hao Yun has been poor all the way, and he makes do with what he can. He only gets entangled when it affects the presentation of the film itself.

For example, an actor’s acting skills are not good enough in a certain scene, the actor’s appearance does not match the environment, or the lighting is not bright enough.

In this shot, Hao Yun is like a background board.

In fact, usually the photographer will keep the more important subject in the picture in focus so that it can be clearly seen by the audience. Hao Yun deliberately made himself the background board and mainly photographed the old lady making a phone call at a closer focus distance, mainly to highlight his marginal status in society.

Changing light bulbs, fixing faucets, unclogging toilets, taking out the trash, shoveling snow off the road...

He was just a repairman.

Martin boots, jeans, work jacket, with a messy and greasy hair and beard, without any dull emotions...

After Hao Yun stood in the camera, he had become Li.

If the camera is restrained, then Hao Yun's performance can be described as "restrained".

He looked like he had an expressionless face, but it wasn't like he was just standing there doing nothing.

Convergence and facial paralysis are not the same thing.

In the script, he is unkind in the eyes of customers, very cold in the eyes of his boss, full of thorns in the eyes of passers-by, and extreme in the eyes of the police. From drawing the gun to pulling the trigger, he does not hesitate at all, just rushing to die.

There was not a trace of hysteria in any of these performances.

This is what Hao Yun is performing now.

The first scene was filmed smoothly. The supporting role, the old lady, played herself. After taking a few shots, I heard the director say it was OK.

Then go next door and act opposite an old man.

Compared to the last time when Hao Yun served as a background board, the difficulty has increased this time.

Hao Yun failed himself.

He felt that his performance was not good enough and he was not cold enough in his communication with the clients.

This kind of indifference is not just glaring.

But indifference to everything.

Extremely depressed, covered in thorns...

Because of his momentary mistake, the male protagonist caused his three biological children to be burned to charcoal. His life instantly fell into despair and self-blame. From that moment on, his heart was broken forever. He tried suicide and tried to escape. He tried every way to punish himself, but in the end, he could no longer reconcile with his past.

Manchester by the Sea is not really a story of redemption.

If the story is about a tragic character who finds spiritual redemption and salvation based on his tragic past, it would be too cliché.

People are talking about reconciling with the past, but "not everyone can reconcile with the past."

If you can't get out, you can't get out.

The second scene took a whole day to shoot, and the old supporting actor was almost depressed.

He couldn't even quite understand what the director was struggling with.

If he could understand, he wouldn't be just a minor supporting role at such an old age.

Fortunately, when night was about to fall, Hao Yun finally grasped the desired state and successfully took the shot.

Indoor scenes are the home turf of Deng Ye, and he can provide any kind of lighting you want.

It doesn’t matter if you finish shooting late.

In addition, this feeling is very mysterious and precious. Hao Yun really hopes that he is schizophrenic, so that he can deepen this feeling into a certain personality, so that he can come out to film when needed.

In order not to ruin this feeling, Hao Yun did not call An Xiaoxi after work at night.

We just sent a message and chatted briefly and then it ended.

Otherwise, the conversation will become more and more sweet, otherwise it will be difficult to get back into the mood tomorrow.

It is said that some awesome actors can switch states in one second, and these states are very extreme.

At least Hao Yun can't do it now.

After the filming starts, some of the actors who participated in the script reading can go back to their homes.

When the shooting day comes, we will notify you a few days in advance.

There were not too many staff members around Hao Yun, and they were barely enough.

After shooting sporadic scenes for a few days, Hao Yun has adapted to the climate of this coastal town.

When he finished work, he would stroll around the town in his filming clothes.

The white snow, the branches swaying in the snow, the blue and white sky and the cold sea, and the seagulls flying back and forth on the seashore from time to time.

The small town in winter conveys unimaginable coldness and chill.

Walking on the streets of Manchester, breathing the air here, and seeing the sea here, Hao Yun was finally completely immersed in the role.

Only at this time did he dare to shoot the more important shots.

The first scene is where he pulls out a gun and commits suicide in the police station.

(End of this chapter)