The sound of the soles of the shoe hitting the ground kept ringing, and with this sound, two slender figures were dancing tap dance briskly in the hall.

They look so light and rhythmic that they can't help but want to sway with it.

Finally, the two finished dancing, and the applause rang out. Then the man took a breath and came to another man watching: "This is the whole dance, Mr. Tang."

"Thank you for your performance, Mr. Dakas, it's very exciting. You made me more confident." Sean shook hands with him, although he was smiling, but he was secretly complaining in his heart.

There is no need to say much about the excitement of this tap dance. As long as you have watched it in full, you will be very good. However, if you have to practice, it is not an ordinary difficulty, especially if you have never skipped it.

This is what I said before. Since I prepared a dance at the end, of course the hero and heroine have to dance together in person to feel shocking, right?

"I plan to prepare a long shot here, where the male and female protagonists will jump from beginning to end, and never stop for a moment. This will not only show the professional quality of the actors, but also keep the tension of the picture to the end. After all, 90% of the time, this is a silent movie." French director Michael Hazanavicius, who was found by Harvey Weinstein, said this when communicating with Sean.

Indeed, because it was made silent films, most of the time they could only rely on the soundtrack and the actors' body movements to attract audiences. For this reason, after finishing the filming of "Detective Sherlock Holmes", Sean began to observe those classic silent movies.

It has to be said here that no matter how unbearable Chaplin's private life is, in silent movies, he is still a master among the masters. Movies such as "Golden Sprint", "City Light" and "Modern Times" can still make people happy now. The rich and comedic body language cannot be imitated just by imitating it.

Back to "Artist", the biggest highlight of silent films is the actor's body language. How to pass emotions to the audience without relying on lines and using expressions and body language alone is a compulsory course for actors in that silent era.

So, although he was preparing "Artist" for the purpose of writing a love letter to the Oscars, now, Sean really has the idea of ​​challenging him. For an actor, especially an actor who is praised by others, is there anything more worth trying than challenging a brand new way of performance?

Now he not only wants to prove that he can not only play any kind of movie image, but also has no problem with silent movie roles.

Therefore, how to express the golden age of Hollywood through body language in this movie becomes the most important thing, especially the last dance drama, which is the climax of the whole play. It is not a problem to shoot fragmentary and then edit with montage, but in that way, the tension of the picture will be weakened.

If it is another movie, there will be dialogue before and after, which can be more convenient to motivate the audience's emotions. The fast-paced montage editing can make them more enjoyable. However, if a silent movie is like this, if a silent movie is not well grasped and edited in place, the audience will be more likely to be disgusted.

After all, there are no lines for most of the time in the movie. Even in audio movies, if the emotions accumulated by the audience are not released well before this, it may be messed up, let alone silent movies.

Besides, this can create some topics, such as the male and female protagonists who can finish training for several months for this scene.

In fact, after all, we need a director who is excellent enough to control the overall situation and turn the script into a picture.

Michael Hazanavicius is a good candidate. This French man who wears black-framed glasses like Scorsese, although he is only in his early 40s and does not have many works. His only famous work is "French Agent 117" two years ago, and it is a comedy film.

But he has been in the film industry since 1988. 20 years have allowed him to accumulate rich experience. More importantly, he had a vague idea of ​​making a silent film before that, so he came to recommend himself when Weinstein was looking for a suitable French director, and after talking to him, Weinstein recommended it to Sean.

Although he is younger than many well-known French directors, he is indeed very thoughtful. I won’t talk about the last long tap dance shot that was completed in one go. Hazanavicius also gave two important suggestions.

The first is to create such a picture when the audio movie comes. When the male protagonist is doing things, he puts a tool on the table, so the tool makes a thud, which indicates that the audio movie has arrived. Then the male protagonist was startled and encountered something when he retreated, making a louder sound. So the male protagonist hurriedly left here, which indicates that he was not adapting to the audio movie.

The whole movie is just about dancing here and the last time, and after dancing, people's praise has a sound, which is very eye-catching.

The second is that he suggests that a pet character can be added, such as a puppy, to increase the highlights of the movie. "The Artist" is not a comedy after all, and Sean cannot learn Chaplin and show his body language in an exaggerated way.

So, if there is a smart and understanding pet in the movie that is still unaware of even when the male protagonist is alone, just like Bai Xue in "The Adventures of Tintin", in addition to making the whole movie more warm, it can also add many highlights to attract the audience's attention.

From this we can see that Hazanavicius has indeed studied the production of silent films, so Sean also asked him to direct it, so naturally he agreed to train in tap dance, and then-

"Remember my rhythm? You must keep up."

"Okay, Sean, we're just doing the simplest training right now."

As the heroine, Naomi also needs to train tap dance and cooperate with Sean, so the two of them blatantly appeared in the training room during this period. Although they could not openly flirt with each other, there were many jokes like the above.

Although Naomi always looks like she is a illusion, it is an illusion. She is quite enthusiastic when she gets along in private. As time goes by, although she still relies heavily on Sean, she is also very independent, and her relationship will inevitably fade.

Does this mean that Naomi wants to leave him? It’s just that she has become accustomed to her current life, alone or with her child’s independence, and devotes more feelings to her child.

In addition, Sean had other women to deal with, so there wouldn't be too much feelings to give Sean, but as they practice tap dance together, the flames in their hearts were unknowingly hooked up again.

It seems that when the two of them first met, they always have endless topics when they are together in private. They are also intimate when they are both together, and they are even more intimate when they are in bed. This proves that Sean still has a great place in Naomi's heart.

Of course, Naomi denied this.

"Do you really think you are so charming? If you weren't Ellie's father, you would have driven you out long ago." She said so after Sean hinted a little.

This is really rare. You must know that Naomi has always been a low-key and humble appearance in both work and life. When did she have such a proud image? Although she had just finished her intense exercise and won a small game when she was sweating and crawling on Sean and grabbing his things, it was enough to prove that her relationship with him had never changed.

Of course, Sean then made a comeback, not only lowered his posture and made Naomi blow a blow, but also threw it into her mouth.

Not to mention this, in short, it is a good idea to have Naomi play the heroine. As for height issues, that is not a problem. Although this issue caused the first conflict between Sean and director Hazanavicius. Well, it has not reached the point of conflict, so it is more appropriate to describe it as a dispute. Hazanavicius thinks Naomi is too short, she is only 5 feet and 4 inches tall. Although this is a standard figure for women, Sean is almost 6 feet tall, and the contrast between standing together is slightly larger, so he wants to change an actress.

Of course, Sean refused. What a joke. The reason why he invited Naomi was not only to cooperate with his lover, but also to promote her a little. How could he change people? However, Hazanavicius was working with Hollywood for the first time and did not know much about Sean, so after he refused, he immediately fought for reasons.

This is a bad thing. Sean cannot say explicitly that she is my lover, so I want to use her. This is too unprofessional. Even if similar things are everywhere in Hollywood and the entertainment industry, just like some things, can it be done or not.

So he could only emphasize that Naomi was very outstanding as an actor, and her experience was very suitable for the role, so she specially asked her to come over and try the mirror. Unfortunately, because of her preconceived ideas, Hazanavicius was still stubborn and made Sean very annoyed, because he estimated that the reason he was like this was probably to use a French actress.

After all, in order to make this movie better please the film, Weinstein also brought in a French film company, which turned into a co-production between Americans and French. The film school must be happy to see the French surrender, although it is just an illusory feeling on the big screen - so Hazanavicius would not be surprised to think about it.

But Sean would definitely not let go, so they had a little stuttering during that period until Weinstein came out to mediate.

Then, everything went smoothly, very simple, Weinstein hints to Hazanavicius. This hint is not only because Sean launched Naomi, but also because Sean's current status in Hollywood. As a person in the entertainment industry and a Frenchman Michael Hazanavicius, he quickly understood Sean's persistence, and also understood that the reason why Sean tolerated him was because he did have a lot of ideas about this silent film.
Chapter completed!