"Go back, go back a little longer." Albert directed the truck in the middle of the street and raised his hand to dispatch it, "Yes, it's here, wait a moment and you'll drive the car here and stop." Then he compared the notes in his hand again, raised his head and said to the supporting actor in the truck, "Remember to step on the brakes in advance, but not delay stepping!"

But the extras actor looked at Albert blankly, obviously not very understanding of complicated English. Albert looked around and wanted to ask for help, but the thought was directly extinguished. He used his left foot to draw a line on the sand directly in front of the car, and then expressed it vividly with his hands, "More than? Can't! In advance? Can!" The extras actor immediately understood and nodded repeatedly.

Today is the first day of the official filming of "City of God". Reims led a crew of only eight people to directly enter the hinterland of Rio de Janeiro and embarked on an arduous shooting.

This was just the first day of the filming, and after the entire crew included extras, it was a team of up to 200 people, not to mention that the eight staff members were all unknown unknowns. Despite this, the entire crew was orderly, showing an unexpected order and unity. That rare veteran made Donald unable to help but look at it.

After confirming the driving route and parking location with the truck driver's supporting actor again, Albert quickly walked to the street and shouted to the more than 30 young actors bustling in front of him, "Attention! Pay attention!" The young actors' eyes followed Lance and Hayden next to him, staring at Lance and the others' work curiously, which made Albert very helpless.

At this moment, Lance was talking to the three young guys in front of him, "Tell me, if the police come and you try to escape from here, how will you leave and then escape from the police's pursuit?"

Three fifteen and sixteen-year-old guys were obviously not in the state, standing in the same place in a glance, not daring to speak. They seemed to be worried that Lance was pretending to be a policeman, and the light of distrust made Lance laugh. He had been training with them for more than two months before, but it was still the case. This shows how terrible the deep-rooted ideas of the slums are.

Alexander Rodriguez, who was standing next to him, suddenly walked out, looked at Lance, and said quickly, "I will run from here." As soon as he finished speaking, he ran along the main street without waiting for Lance to react, and rushed straight to a small alley on his right, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Lance couldn't react, slowed down by two beats, and then quickly followed, following the dust that Alexander had raised all the way, chasing behind.

Although Lance was still holding a camera in his hand, his movements were not affected much. He chased after him with great strides and ran quickly with Alexander's footsteps. After a long circle, Alexander returned to the football field two streets away.

Alexander stopped, looked back and found that Lance had chased after him, which made Alexander look disappointed on his face - he did not throw Lance away. If Lance was a policeman, it would mean he had failed.

When Lance saw Alexander's annoyed and bored expression, he did not explain, but instead called out, "Walk with me and explain my intentions to them." Although Lance's Portuguese communication is basically free of problems, there are often situations where words are not fulfilled, and he often needs Donald's help. Now it seems that Alexander can understand the meaning of his words.

Alexander kicked the dust on the ground in a depressed manner, followed Lance dejectedly, and walked back to the main street. Under Lance's signal, Alexander spoke in a dull voice and explained Lance's intentions to the three young actors, while Lance whispered to Hayden beside him.

On the day when the filming of "City of God" was launched, this was the first time that Lance stood in the position of director of the film, but the awkwardness and panic in his imagination did not appear. Everything was so familiar, as if he had experienced thousands of times. He clearly showed every link and every step in his mind. He just needed to let it go, just like a director who had been through many battles.

Not nervous, but excited.

Lance chose to shoot this movie smoothly according to time, mainly to take care of non-professional actors, so that all actors can follow the shooting, follow the story, and go deeper into the plot bit by bit.

The story begins with the famous "Three Young Heroes" in the City of God. The so-called "Famous" is actually just for the first-person narrator A Pao. In A Pao's eyes, the Three Young Heroes are probably the most powerful and tough characters in the world. Ah Mao, Ah Jia, and Ah Dai, these are the Three Young Heroes. Xiao Douzi and Ah Mao's younger brother Benny are followers. Ah Pao is Ah Dai's younger brother, but he does not have the courage to follow his brother.

Every week, the trucks carrying gas will pass through the City of God, arrive at the shops, and provide them to local residents. However, since the family does not have enough funds to buy gas, Amao, Ajia and A Dai will rob with guns at designated locations. Every week they will intercept gas vehicles, and then force the driver to take out all the cash on their bodies, and let residents on both sides of the street come to carry gas.

The story begins with this robbery scene.

According to convention, the crew's first scene will be arranged with the easiest and simplest scenes to be put into filming, which is also for the entire crew to get a lottery and hope that the shooting will go smoothly. Lance is naturally no exception. However, since all the actors present are just children and have received training for less than three months, their concepts are very vague about the camera, angle, lighting, lines, etc. Therefore, even for a simple scene, Lance and Albert are still well prepared.

The first scene is the three young heroes and a group of children playing football on the playground. The shooting itself is not difficult, and the preparation is sufficient, and the progress is very smooth. In less than twenty minutes, the shooting was announced. Even the "small test" is not considered a "small test". It just allows everyone to feel the atmosphere of the shooting site.

Such a relaxed atmosphere has increased the confidence of the child actors, which has also made the preparations for the second scene smoother. The second scene is the scene of robbery.

Alexander plays A Pao who grew up, and he didn't have his job in the early stage, but today he arrived at the crew early. Unexpectedly, Lance and the eight crew members came earlier, and their work had already begun early. Alexander stayed quietly aside and carefully observed the crew's work.

The three peers standing in front of Alexander play the role of the three young heroes, an important figure in the filming today.

Alexander was a little frustrated, but he explained conscientiously, "Mr. Strello means, if this is your home, you are robbing gas cars, and then the police suddenly appeared, where would you run away? Mr. hopes to do it as you think."

After such an explanation, the three young men immediately understood and began to talk, "I must run away here and then go around the row of houses...", "Idiot, there is no place to hide there, and I was seen..."

Alexander's attention was a little distracted, and he secretly looked at the two people standing next to him two steps away.

Today, Mr. Strello wore a yellowed white shirt, with casually curled sleeves to his elbows, and his messy middle and short hair was ignored, drooping casually and sloppy - in the slums, wearing too neat or too brand new, almost seeking death. But even so, Alexander still felt that Mr. Strello had an indescribable aura.

"No, no, Hayden, I need a little more full of colors, fullness, and even a little bit of exposure..."

"What about the cold and cruel atmosphere of the slums? The cool tones will form too sharp contrasts, and the sense of gap will destroy the overall tone."

"This is the effect I want! Remember? I have discussed with you before that emotional conflict and the dullness of the world, a sharp contrast between warm and cool tones, and deliberately using toy cameras like music videos to bring out this contrast, which obviously makes the audience feel the difference, and even a little dirty and messy feeling, which makes them a little disgusted. If they are willing to laugh at our poor shooting techniques, it means we have succeeded."

Alexander looked at Mr. Strello's deep eyes with a powerful aura that could not be refused. He couldn't help but lower his head, and then he heard a silence. Alexander knew that Mr. Hunter would compromise.

"So you mean, using the fullness of the colors to enhance the texture of the picture, but using the deliberate contrast between warm and cool colors to highlight the slum-like chaotic, dirty, restless atmosphere. It is different from documentaries and is closer to the way of interpretation of the play."

Alexander couldn't understand those words, and couldn't even understand a word, but he snapped his fingers lightly at Mr. Strello, and his eyebrows, which were like a scroll, unfolded in an instant. The smile on the corner of Alexander's mouth couldn't help but burst into lightly. The noise in his ear made Alexander look at the three peers in front of him again, "Why don't you just run to the football field? Then he took the opportunity to change his clothes, mix with other companions, and pretend that he was playing football from beginning to end."

Alexander's words made all the three children stunned, which made him a little embarrassed. He was not used to such attention. He subconsciously wanted to shut up and then retreat. But when he saw the figure beside him, he couldn't help but clench his fists quietly, "I mean, Mr. Strello just took a photo of our football game, didn't he? Then, maybe after you rob, you can go back and continue playing football."
Chapter completed!