The Greatest Showman - Chapter 224

[223 Neighbor Crisis]

“We need to be quiet. This is my friend’s house. The last time I discussed filming with her, I was complained three times by the neighbors diagonally across the door in one night.???” Drake lowered his voice carefully and put Walking upstairs lightly, he explained, “I swear to God, we are almost whispering, but the lady across the door still thinks we are too noisy…” The

words were not over yet, and the words came later. There was a loud “bang”, and everyone looked back in unison, and the photographer John Gu1ese, who was following behind, was looking at the camera frame on his shoulder and slammed into the first floor. On the glass door, and then the whole person was embarrassedly stuck between the two doors, unable to move.

Drake’s face was ashen, and he looked at the glass door anxiously, lest the glass would shatter in the next second, that would be bad. Renly ,

who was half a step behind, stepped forward and opened the door to allow John to escape smoothly. Then he checked the glass door back and forth, and made an “ok” gesture towards Drake. The assistant director beside him Bryan-st walked up quickly, “Renly, you go in, I’ll come, I’ll come.” Renly

looked back at the microphone lever under Bryan’s right arm, and under his left arm. The light board was clipped, the radio microphone held in the right hand, and then raised the left hand to put the glasses sliding on the tip of the nose, sweating profusely, and couldn’t help laughing dumbly, “I told you that one person can’t solve it.” He took the mic lever that kept sliding down, “You go in first.”

Brian looked at the friendly smile on Renly’s face before nodding, “Thank you, really, thank you, this was originally mine. Work…” After speaking, she entered the apartment building in front of her. Jennifer stood at the entrance of the stairs and waited, holding an umbrella for gathering lighting in her hand, and asked loudly, “The lighting board is also Give it to me…”

“Shh!” Jennifer’s voice was loud, without any restraint. Drake, who had already reached the second floor, immediately issued a silence warning, causing Jennifer to grin and shrug. He stuck out his tongue at Renly and Brian.

This afternoon, “Crazy Love” officially started in the bland. They first completed the shooting of two scenes at Santa Monica Community College, and then completed one at a coffee shop frequented by college students. The filming of the scene, although it was said to be three scenes, was less than five minutes before and after, and the filming went very smoothly. It only took less than four hours to complete the filming.

Now, their location is just a few blocks away from Santa Monica Community College. Many students live in this area, with a strong atmosphere of life and a little Italian style, far away from the touristy Venice Beach. , suddenly quieted down. Drake borrowed a friend’s apartment and planned to use it as Anna’s shared apartment in the movie to continue filming Jacob and Anna’s first date.

In the story, Jacob and Anna met at afternoon tea and had dinner together. Then Jacob escorted Anna back to the apartment. Anna, on impulse, invited Jacob into the apartment. Jacob visited Anna. The boudoir, but in the end it only stayed for a while, turned around and left, the gentleman’s actions and parting reluctance really made the two fall in love.

“Who the hell is making a loud noise in the corridor!” A full-bodied scolding sounded abruptly, rampaging in the not spacious space, and in an instant, everyone was stunned, the collective movement was still, and the muscles were at the same time Stiff in place. “Don’t you know that it’s rest time, it’s very rude to disturb others to rest?”

Everyone in the crew looked at each other, everyone held their breath at the same time, and Drake looked anxiously towards I asked everyone to stop talking and they can refute, but once it starts, the war will start, and it will never end, let alone filming, I am afraid that there will be no way to clean up the whole night.

Crackling, the thick middle-aged woman’s voice echoed throughout the corridor, and Renly felt an inexplicable joy. She was obviously accusing others of making a loud noise, but at this moment, isn’t she herself the culprit of the noise? ? What’s more, it’s already half past five, and she’s still taking a lunch break…

In his sight, Renly saw Jennifer start to make faces, all kinds of exaggerated faces, rolling her eyes, sticking her tongue out, pulling the corners of her eyes, and smashing her mouth at the same time, silently imitating the woman’s cursing mouth. The expression without the image of a lady made John, Brian, Renly and the others standing in the back all laughing, but at this time they couldn’t make a sound, and it was really hard to hold back their laughter.

Finally, after nearly a minute, the other party finally stopped, “You better be quiet!” Then there was a heavy slam on the door, “Bang!” The whole corridor continued to echo.

After listening for a while and making sure that there was no sound, Drake said softly, “Crisis resolved.”

Is this called crisis resolution? Renly was really dumbfounded.

The group continued to move on tiptoe, it didn’t look like a crew, but a group of thieves who planned to move and steal during the day.

After waiting for Renly to finally enter the apartment, Drake gently closed the door of the room, turned around and saw Renly standing behind him, he said without a doubt, “Come in, the room on the right hand side. That’s it, we have already arranged it before, and it took nearly three weeks to design and decorate according to the character’s personality. It’s really hard work.”

“I just want to remind you that the sound just now was actually complained about. So, what about tonight’s scene?” Renly’s reminder made Drake stunned, “There are nearly four pages of lines, what should I do?”

Drake’s budding of Jacob and Anna’s love is By design, the first exchange student was in a coffee shop, and the two of them seemed a little rusty, just telling some innocuous jokes; the second exchange student was walking along Santa Monica Community College, two people were unfamiliar. The individual talked about some topics about family and future career planning, got to know each other better, and gradually became familiar with each other; in the third paragraph, skipping the dinner stage and entering Anna’s boudoir, the two really chatted about each other’s interests and ideas. Hobbies, sparks grow little by little.

Although it is said that due to the constraints of space, Drake cannot give more space, ten minutes to tell about two people falling in love, this is the limit; but Drake still gave enough foreshadowing, gradually let the two This is the reason why this afternoon’s filming has always been smooth. The two actors also started out as awkward and strange, and gradually became familiar and close.

In Drake’s conception, the conversation at night is somewhat similar to “Before Sunrise”. Through the communication between Anna and Jacob on certain issues, not only their interests, but also their outlook on life and world outlook are alluded to. topics, such as refugees, environmental protection, philosophy, and lifestyle, the two people understand each other through dialogue, and then get closer and closer.

However, this scene is about to endure a severe test. If they chat, they will not be able to whisper in their ears; but once they are a little louder, the neighbors will complain, and they may even lead to disputes.

It was at this point that Drake realized the seriousness of the problem, not just the lines, but the crew, too, had to be taken into account.

“Love Crazy” is a very small crew, there are only seven people at present, Charlie Bray did not follow, but Jennifer Lawrence followed, ready to watch the shooting, and find the feeling of shooting as soon as possible, except for three actors In addition, the director, cameraman, assistant director, lighting engineer, they don’t even have a makeup artist, but a part-time assistant director Brian.

But even so, with seven people crowded in a small apartment, even the slightest sound will be amplified, not to mention that they are going to work.

That’s the trouble with indie crews. The cost of “Crazy Love” is only $250,000, not even one-tenth of that of “Buried Alive”. Therefore, “Buried Alive” can rent a studio and devote himself to shooting without interruption; but “Crazy Love” can only seek the help of friends.

This apartment is probably the best option.

Drake couldn’t help rubbing his temples. At this time, Jennifer also noticed the solemn expressions on the two of them and came over, “What’s the matter? Is there a problem?”

“Tonight’s scene has four pages of lines. If you want to not disturb the neighbor next door, this is an impossible task.” Drake summed up the situation in one sentence, and Jennifer opened her mouth in surprise. The look on his face, and then calmed down. This problem is not so easy to solve.

“Drake, when you and your ex-wife first dated, do you remember what you guys talked about at night?” Renly asked suddenly.

Drake’s attention was not here at this time, and he waved his hand, “What’s the use of talking about this now, no matter what we talk about, the point is, we will all make a sound, right?”

“No.” Renly shook his head. , “I mean, even in a script like ‘Before the Sunrise’, in fact, between two people who are in love, they may not be able to remember every topic clearly, because we are all immersed in our own throbbing and Emotionally, I may remember… uh, her smile, even her sweater, or her shy cheek when she mentioned the poem, but I don’t necessarily remember what the poem is about, don’t I?”

In fact, in the dating of the budding love, the focus is never the content of the conversation, but the connection and resonance established through the conversation. Just like many people pretend to like things they hate in order to please each other and cater to each other during the dating process. For example, girls pretend that they have an infinite passion for basketball. For example, boys pretend that they don’t mind eating salad every day.

Drake didn’t react immediately, but Jennifer’s eyes lit up, “You mean…” 8

[End of this Chapter]