A few days later, on New Year's Day of 1987, the crew of "Moonlight" officially started filming the second segment in the Toronto studio.

All indoor scenes were filmed in the studio here. After a day of adjustments, Ronald began to regain his rhythm without being disturbed by union representatives.

The most troublesome thing about union representatives is that some representatives really follow the rules and strictly enforce them.

For example, the stipulated shooting time has come and it's time to have lunch, but the crew still has one shot to finish and needs to work overtime before eating. This is a very normal requirement.

The actor's condition is also gradually adjusted in each shot. If a difficult shot is encountered, it is normal for the actor to shoot more than a dozen shots. If at this time, it is interrupted because of lunch, he will have to wait for the meal and rest.

An hour later, the actor's condition was unknown again.

The union also has a way to deal with this kind of thing. It is not as rigid as its British counterparts. As soon as tea time comes, they put down their equipment and leave without staying for a second. Even if you are George Lucas,

Same treatment.

The two actors' unions in the United States stipulate that when they have to work overtime to film a scene, the director can request to work overtime for fifteen minutes. This is a rigid rule, and the crew and actors must obey it unconditionally.

The problem is that fifteen minutes is only enough time to shoot one and a half scenes. If the protagonist needs to touch up his makeup or re-gather his emotions, even one scene may not be enough.

If you don't finish filming in the first fifteen minutes of overtime, then I'm sorry, but you will need the consent of the union representative and the main actors before you can continue in the second fifteen minutes.

Moreover, you must pay double overtime wages before you can continue to shoot.

If the second fifteen minutes of filming are not completed, then there will be a third and final extension period. This extension period will require three times the salary of all staff members on that day.

Once the three extension periods are up, no matter whether your actor happens to be favored by the movie god or not, he will soon shoot a film and television clip that will leave his name. Sorry, that's it for today and can't continue filming.

Filmmaking is a highly uncertain artistic creation process. Many wonderful shots were made when the actors and staff collided, discussed, and even cursed each other, and they found a solution in a flash of inspiration.

Enforcing a creative time as rigid as an office secretarial job would be like saying that Michelangelo could only paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling murals at a certain time each day. Maybe you can get a model of support for union work.

But all the brilliance in the movie has been almost wiped out by such rigid rules.

Therefore, when we arrived in Toronto, there were no annoying union representatives to interrupt at any time, and the crew's creative inspiration began to flow endlessly again.

Historically, Toronto has not been a traditional film shooting location. So the MGM set team found a vacant warehouse on Leslie Street in Toronto and built it into a Loretta Card.

A view of the home where Storini lives with his parents.

The ground floor is a living room with half of the wall removed, and a kitchen and dining area. The stairs on the second floor are also restored with wood, and carpets and wallpapers common in Brooklyn, New York, are made. There are two rooms above, according to Brooklyn

The photo of the old house was copied exactly as it was.

Ronald placed a lot of Italian and Greek-style snacks, as well as traditional Canadian barbecue slices, in a place where the camera could not see them. They were paired with some low-alcoholic drinks and carbonated drinks.

Try to allow the actors to eat their favorite snacks and, if necessary, have a drink to relax between filming.

This arrangement, similar to a Broadway rehearsal space, made all the actors feel much more relaxed than the five-week filming in New York.

The effect of relaxation is a better grasp of the character and the occasional flash of inspiration on the spot to improvise lines.

Ronald was particularly satisfied with Fyodor Chaliabin, who played Loretta's grandfather. Although he was deaf, he never lost his rhythm when filming the scenes with his rivals.

On this day, I took a shot of Loretta coming home for dinner. The old man did nothing every day and liked to go out to walk his dogs. Several large dogs were not pure breeds and looked very much like the stray dogs that the old man picked up from the street.

But the old man was very kind to them. Not only did he take them out to play twice in the morning and evening every day, but he also gave them the best meat to eat.

His daughter-in-law, Rose, was responsible for the family's meals. That night, Rose's brother and sister-in-law came to the house for dinner, and she made delicious minced beef for everyone.

The old man saw the beef on the plate in front of him. When his daughter-in-law was not paying attention, he stood up, walked to the dog cage next to the fireplace, and stuffed the plate under the cage. The big dogs began to eat happily.

The old man pretended that nothing was wrong and returned to the dining table without warning.

His son Cosmo said to his wife, Rose, "I think my dad needs a new plate."

At this time, Rose glanced over, and Fedor Chaliapin quickly lowered his head to avoid his daughter-in-law's gaze.

Ross scolded the old man for giving the dog his delicious food, but he still took a new plate from the corner of the long dining table and handed it to his sister-in-law Rita.

Rita was very surprised by the old man's behavior, but when she saw that Ross didn't complain, she had no choice but to add some more beef and vegetables to the old man and handed it over.

"cut"

Ronald was very happy with the tacit performances of several main actors in this episode. The closeness and distance between members of a large family, and the plot of being fed to dogs, were performed by several Broadway actors with outstanding acting skills.

, as natural as a real family.

After the call, the actors went to rest. Ronald specifically asked his assistant to help 81-year-old Fedor Chaliapin to sit down on a sofa specially set up for him.

When Fedor Chaliapin passed by Ronald, he gave him a proud smile. Ronald responded with two thumbs up, and the old man was very happy.

Looking back, Ronald said to director of photography David Watkin:

"Do you know how he acted? I feel that he is very deaf. Sometimes he doesn't even respond when I call him a. But in this scene, Olympia Dukakis, who plays Ross, looked over and he immediately responded.

He can catch the ball with the right rhythm and intensity. What’s his secret?"

"Why don't you ask him yourself?" David Watkin smiled and joked with Ronald, "Maybe he will teach you his acting secrets when he is happy."

"It's really difficult to communicate with him." Ronald also smiled. Fedor Chaliapin was really deaf. Sometimes you had to speak very loudly to talk to him.

"You will know if you pay attention to his eyes in the next shot. This is the benefit of many years of acting experience to him." David Watkin did not say it directly, but asked Ronald to observe it himself.

I found a recliner and slept in it.

After the camera was repositioned and the lighting was set, Ronald asked his assistant to wake up David Watkin and continue shooting.

Rose's brother Raymond is also played by Louis Guth, a Broadway actor. They are character actors.

This is an ancient title, specifically used to describe actors who play supporting roles with different personalities. Stars with similar personalities in opposite roles often have different personalities and less screen time, and they have to impress the audience within a limited time.

Feel the different personalities of the supporting characters.

"First Evolution"

Louis Gus did a great job. Rose's brother Raymond was very happy when he heard that Loretta had gone out and did not come back after dinner to prepare for the wedding. He was very worried about this niece, who had not returned home since her husband died unexpectedly.

The interest arose, and Raymond told a story from the past.

When Cosmo was still in love with his sister Rose, Raymond was woken up by something in the middle of the night. He looked out the window and saw that it was Cosmo standing in the moonlight, wanting to date his sister.

The moonlight that day was very big and bright. It seemed like the moon was bigger than the house, as if it was going to crush Raymond's house.

Under the moonlight, standing was Cosmo.

Rose enjoyed this story very much. She was very happy to watch her brother recalling the past of his love. Then he glanced at her husband Cosmo from time to time. They had not slept together for a long time. She wondered if today's romantic memories could make her happy.

The husband becomes romantic again.

But Cosmo didn't appreciate it. He didn't want to talk about his admiration for Rose when he was young. He found a lover outside. He was a little ashamed of this past incident and a little disappointed with his shy self in the past.

dissatisfied.

So he told his wife's brother Raymond that there must be no such thing. Raymond must have dreamed about it while dreaming.

"No, it's not a dream. I'm very awake. When I was young, no one told me. I was so impressed. You stood under the white moonlight that night. I was deeply impressed. I was still a little angry at that time and felt

It was you who brought the big, round moon to my house. The moonlight was so bright that it shone into the window and woke me up."

"You must be dreaming, you feel like a dead pig when you sleep." Cosmo knew that as the conversation continued, Ross would definitely think of the past when he was young, so he asked his sister-in-law Rita to get the glass of red wine and pour it for himself.

I ordered a big glass and took a big sip.

"It's not a dream, you are clearly in the moonlight under the window." Raymond, like all older people, is particularly stubborn about the memories of his youth.

"I don't want to talk about this anymore." Cosmo took another sip of red wine.

"Then what do you want to talk about?" Ross was a little dissatisfied with Cosmo's rude attitude toward his brother. What was even more dissatisfied was that Cosmo was pretending to be a fool. The two had sweet and romantic memories when they were young, and Cosmo seemed to

Very afraid to mention it.

Drinking desperately to cover up, and when it's time to go to bed, I can use the excuse of being drunk and fall asleep, I have no interest at all...

"Why did you drink so much?" Rose was upset when she saw Cosmo went to get red wine and poured it into her glass again, which was far more than the amount of wine she should drink for dinner.

At this time, Ronald turned his head behind the camera and stared at Fyodor Chaliabin, who played the old man, without taking his eyes away.

David Watkin reminded him to pay attention to the old man's eyes.

Fedor Chaliapin saw that Olympia Dukakis, who played Ross, pointed at her husband and told him not to drink too much, and knew that it was his turn to play.

He immediately stood up, took the second pot of beef, and secretly stood up to feed the dog.

"Old man, if you feed the dog the beef I cooked for you, I will kick you to death!"

Fedor Chaliapin walked to the kennel, counted the time and felt that Dukakis had almost finished speaking her lines. He turned back and paid attention to distinguish Dukakis's lips, and waited until her lips stopped moving.

, and immediately started taking the plate back to the table.

Fedor Chaliapin looked aggrieved and did not dare to look at his daughter-in-law's face. He kept his mouth shut and slowly ate the beef with a spoon.

Rose had a very embarrassed expression on her face. Her brother and sister-in-law looked at her, saying such words to the old man was very rude, but she didn't dare to express her complaints about her husband, so she just found a punching bag.

"Cut!" Ronald laughed out loud. It turned out that Fedor Chaliapin relied on looking at the lips of his opponent's actors. Decades of stage performance experience allowed him to not hear other people's lines, but he could also

From the reaction of his lips and body, he can find the position of sentence breaks. His experience has made his rhythm never go wrong, but very precise.

"Bravo!" Ronald took the lead in applauding. This scene was a multi-person eating scene, and the scheduling was complicated. It had to take into account the expressions and reactions of many people. Although it was not as complicated as the last scene, it still cost myself and David a lot.

·Watkin’s countless brain cells.

Fortunately, I gave these Broadway character actors enough time to rehearse and allowed them to perform to their fullest without restricting their performance methods.

They improvised very well today. This kind of subtle emotions among many people, layer by layer, really allowed these veteran actors to perfectly display their lifelong skills.
To be continued...