Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Makeup is an amazing thing.

In the theater performances in the early years, there were many such tricks. For example, after the calf is tightened with a belt, it can imitate amputation; a special coil can be placed in the eye socket to create the effect of the eyeball of a burnt person on the face; Egg membranes can fake blindness.

Colin, the lead singer of the band Hello, is a normal person after all.

He is neither disabled, burnt, nor blind, but there are a few subtle features that need attention, so there is no need to make up so complicated for the time being.

These small details are: his face has a relatively uncoordinated and particularly high nose bridge; and his family was poor in his early years, and he had no money to go to the dentist, which resulted in his teeth not being so neat; A full face with beards to conceal facial expressions; finally, a life of wandering and wandering all year round, malnutrition caused the hair to be thin, limp and yellow.

These are relatively easy to solve.

The special effects makeup artist quickly made Mikey a fake nose and teeth, glued on a messy beard, and put on a wig.

Thus, a tall and handsome man just disappeared.

What appeared in front of everyone was a not-so-good-looking silly big man, and, in the following shots, he also needed to hunched over and showed a little hunchback.

Sammy, the culprit who caused all this, was very satisfied with this.

Colin is really not an idol, so, out of the needs of the role, he must ask Mai Qi to look ugly, but if it is too ugly, it is not conducive to business operations. This kind of ugly at first glance, but not The obnoxious type is quite appropriate.

The underage Charmander had no objection.

The aesthetics of dragons and humans are completely different, but after looking in the mirror, although he has no idea about the new human appearance, he seems to have discovered a new world in terms of dentures. Humans are so amazing and playful Yes!

"When I have money next time, can you make my dentures with another material?"

The unfamiliar country dragon asked the makeup artist expectantly: "For example, gold, diamonds, etc.?"

The special effects makeup artist had an extremely complicated expression: "...as long as you want."

Mai Qilong was ecstatic: "I can! I am willing! I like it very much!"

Later, the makeup artist sighed silently on the social network:

[Ugly people are always trying their best to become beautiful, while good-looking people...they do whatever they want! ]

In any case, Mikey's performance regardless of his personal image has won the admiration of everyone in the crew.

After all, for an actor who has become famous in Hollywood because of his outstanding appearance, it usually takes a lot of courage to abandon his own advantages and choose to start again from an unfamiliar field.

In the next filming, the crew gradually returned to normal.

The so-called normal state refers to-director Sami's words.

The interesting part is that...

When he stated clearly and strongly that "I don't need others to intervene in my movies", there have always been various problems, but Mick Lee, who was always stirring up troubles, silently backed down.

This made Sammy wonder.

Later, he carefully recalled all the bad things since the filming started, and found that many bad omens may have already happened when Mick Lee entered the group with a head start.

In the beginning, Mick Lee may not have meant to seize power.

But a big Hollywood star suddenly came to a small crew, but he was still dedicated and serious, and his performance was extremely professional, which was admirable.

All these factors have helped him create an aura of admiration and worship invisibly.

Under the effect of this halo, even when I treat him, I will have a bit of respect: "Wow, a big star!"

So, not to mention those ordinary crew members.

Without this halo, many things would not happen.

For example, when I was late...

Why can he direct the photographer to shoot?Why do crew members listen to an actor?

It's not because of his status and fame that he confuses everyone's eyes for a while.

Therefore, Sami thought about it for a long time, and found that a large part of the responsibility for the development of the matter to the present field lies with himself.

"I treated him a little too differently before."

He couldn't help thinking: "I hope that everyone can work together and like the feeling of being equal to each other, but I have forgotten that if you take the initiative to hand over the initiative before the authority is established, not only will you not gain respect, but it will be seen as Weak and deceitful."

Mick Lee may have gone too far.

But this kind of excess may be caused by the director's repeated concessions and connivance.

After thinking of this, Sami has a new understanding of the job of director.

He no longer asks the actors for their opinions on everything as naively as before; but he also tries to control himself from becoming too strong, so that he really becomes a tyrant on the set.He even hopes that he can be on a delicate balance point, which not only allows actors to develop their strengths and have their own ideas, but also ensures their own dominant consciousness and right to speak.

Later, Director Jones of "Aaron's Adventures" said: "There are so many paths to choose from, but you have chosen the most troublesome one."

But Sami felt: "I can't go from one extreme to another all at once. Film should never be the achievement of one person. It is a comprehensive art that integrates the strengths of all the crew to achieve perfection. If Without a screenwriter, there would be no ups and downs of the plot; without a photographer, there would be no wonderful and classic pictures; without a makeup artist, the performance of the actors would be incomplete; without scheduling, the entire set would become one. It's a mess; if there are no actors, then the result is not to mention. Only when everyone performs their duties and goes all out, all dreams can be realized."

After thinking about all this, Sami began to consciously learn to coordinate the relationship between the crew members.

He made all the members of the crew surround him and act according to his command, but at the same time, he also allowed these members to express their opinions, and after listening carefully, they gave clear consent or veto.

In the process of gradually improving my own leadership style...

To Sammy's surprise, when he occasionally acted a little harsh and unquestionable, all members of the crew did not show any disgust, on the contrary, they became more respectful of him.

Whether it is the main actors or supporting actors, when listening to his guidance, they all become serious and focused.

When the staff of the film crew treated his orders, they also became careful and solemn, and tried their best to do their best.

This is good.

I like this!

Director Sammy finally found the right direction.

He happily thought: "Since everyone is so obedient, why not shoot the guitarist Jon being beaten twenty times."

In that scene, Hello is playing in a bar.

But after the performance, the bar owner refused to give them any money, so the lead singer Colin ran to them angrily to ask for money, and fought them on impulse.

During the fight, guitarist Jon was punched into a snowdrift and his face was bleeding.

But he stared blankly at the sky, as if he couldn't figure out why things turned out like this?

Regardless of character flaws, Mick Lee is very dedicated.

He was completely buried in a snowdrift of artificial snow, and the blower kept blowing snowflakes towards his face, but he lay still and looked at the sky all the time.

Sammy sat with his feet up in the director's chair, looked at the screen intently and said, "Okay, good, do it again."

At this time, the staff of the crew will rush forward like wolves and tigers, dig Mick Lee out of the snowdrift, the makeup artist hurriedly touches up his makeup, and after the others quickly rearrange the venue, let the The burly man playing the bar beater threw another punch and smashed Mick Lee into the snowdrift.

This time it's all right!

The emotions of the actors and characters are probably highly unified at this moment.

Guitarist Jon really can't figure out why things have turned out like this.

again and again!

The director with a round face who never took revenge overnight finally showed a satisfied (sinister) smile.

Mick Lee, who got up from the snowdrift, couldn't help but smile wryly.

After realizing that he violated his authority and offended the director, this kind of childish revenge is reassuring. It is much better to bully people on the surface than to do bad things secretly.

The opposite of Meek Lee's miserable treatment is...

Mai Qilong, who did not hesitate to destroy his image to play the role, successfully became the director Sami's favorite after going through ups and downs.

In fact, without Mick Lee's interference,

Mai Qi finally showed his excellent talent in front of the camera.

The imitation, which is close to copying, is one aspect.

But the magic is that even emotionally, he can resonate with the character to a certain extent.

This is actually very strange.

To a dragon, most human emotions are incomprehensible.

But it may be precisely this kind of incomprehension that can deduce the role of Colin.

Because Colin still can't figure out 'why everyone is praising the band for singing well, but we just can't be popular'?

Like Mikey, he is a little simple in some aspects, and he always looks at the world with doubts.

In fact, this kind of trait is often found in children, but as they grow up, they will gradually be crushed into ashes by reality.

Sami focused on photographing every expression of Michelon, especially those green eyes. When standing on the stage, they are shining and happy; when dealing with boring work, they will be full of reluctance like ordinary people. ; But as long as he puts the microphone in his hand, he is like a child holding a toy, and a smile will emerge little by little in an instant.

It's amazing.

Sammy couldn't help asking incoherently: "How did you do it? God, these expressions of emotion... are exciting, Mikey, I want to say, I didn't expect you to do it so well now."

Mai Qilong hesitated between the two options of 'remain mysterious' and 'candid', and chose the latter.

He said frankly: "What do you mean? A happy expression? I calculated the reward this time, and I felt that I should be able to make a few gold teeth, so I couldn't help laughing."

That's it!

That was quite pleasing (the dragon).

However, do gold teeth? !

Sammy imagined the beautiful scene, and couldn't help being in awe.

- so cool and artistic, dude!

——Mike, you are so different, you deserve to be my best friend!

Director Sammy immediately felt excitedly that Mikey, like himself, is an extraordinary person with real ideas, not mediocre people who have no thoughts and only know how to follow the crowd.

Mikey Surprise: ...ah, am I?