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036 Newbie mistakes

“'City of God', August 18th, Act 2, the first scene, the first!”

Albert stood in front of the camera with a record board. Due to the shortage of staff and no full-time record, Albert's drama business came to play. He raised his voice and shouted, and after hitting the record board, he quickly walked behind the camera.

Standing behind the camera, Lance did not speak in a hurry, but took a deep breath - a little nervous, but more often observed the entire mid-scene framing through the camera. The entire set was silent, and the children who had no experience were even a little scared, so they held their breath, and even the sound of the wind frozen, as if... In this world, Lance was the supreme God.

However, this thought just flashed through my mind. Lance was almost distracted and focused his attention on the camera in front of him. After confirming it, he shouted, "Start the shooting!"

Gas cars were staggering on the streets. The potholes made the car turbulent and the speed could never be accelerated. Suddenly, a group of children covering their cheeks rushed out of the streets on both sides and quickly followed the gas cars. It was like hippos walking on the African savanna suddenly ran a group of hyenas on both sides, quickly surrounding the bulky hippos.

Because the gas car is not fast, the running child actually caught up with the car, then raised the pistol in his hand and pointed it at the driver, shouting, "Stop, stop!"

The driver not only did not stop the car, but also tried to speed up, but then a small pit sank the tire, and the accelerator was stepped on, and the whole car was bumpy, which scared the driver and had to release the accelerator. It was almost time for the time, a masked boy wearing a red shirt, open buttons to reveal his strong chest rushed to the front of the car, raised his pistol high, and pointed it at the driver's seat, which made the driver subconsciously step on the brakes.

A series of accidents actually caused the gas car to park at the intersection. The yellow sand flying all over the sky shone with a hazy white light under the scorching sun, as if there were only a few rows of low bungalows in the whole world, and in addition, there was only an endless desert. The heat in the ash made people feel uneasy.

"Stop, otherwise shoot!" The boy in red shouted at the driver of the gas car. The other two boys who had just hit the driver's seat also rushed to the front of the car in a daze, standing side by side with the boy in red, pointing the pistol at the cab. But at this time the car had already braked urgently and stayed there. The driver even raised his hands nervously to surrender. The actions of the three boys seemed a little extravagant.

Lance stood behind the camera and observed closely, controlling the entire scene. This is where the mid-scene will be shot soon. This time, the close-scene is taken first, and then the mid-scene is taken separately after the close-scene is taken.

In the middle of the scene, you can look at the entire street to the end, but there is still no scene emerging when you see it, just like the end of the vast horizon is still empty. The empty view further highlights the noise that is close at hand, forming a strange sense of magnitude.

Ah Mao pulled the driver down and snatched all the money on him; Ah Jia and Benny climbed into the gas car directly and shouted excitedly, "Who wants gas!" All the children from all directions rushed out, and they moved the gas home one bucket after another; Ah Dai pulled the co-driver out of the car, found a large amount of cash under the seat cushion, and waving the banknotes enthusiastically, "There is a lot of money here, and there is a lot of money here..."

A Mao hit the driver's neck excitedly, and the driver fell directly to the ground. Then A Mao also crawled into the driver's seat and began to plunder it inside. Xiao Douzi, who was following A Mao, walked forward and began to beat the driver who fainted on the ground, his eyes flashing with enthusiasm.

Behind Xiao Douzi, more and more people gathered towards the gas carts and took the gas jar from Benny and Ajia. Not only children, but many adults also came one after another, as if the dead streets had woken up in an instant.

Just then, the police came!

In an instant, everyone ran wildly in the opposite direction. Hayden and Ethan carried the camera and followed the three actors who played Ah Mao, Ah Jia and Ah Dai to run together.

Although Hayden was carrying a camera on his shoulder, he was very agile and followed the young actor and ran quickly. The heavy equipment and messy steps made the entire street chaotic for a moment, with some powerful momentum of galloping horses - but it was chaotic.

Lance ran straight towards the street next door with his footsteps - this was the second shooting position in the middle scene. When he stood firm, three people were running quickly at the entrance of the alley. Hayden and Ethan followed closely behind with cameras. The narrow street quickly allowed them to cross. After running over, there was a flat football field.

Lance was still standing there, waiting for about five seconds, and then two policemen appeared on the street, but the two had completely lost their target and could only search left and right at a loss, but found nothing.

"Card!"

Lance shouted loudly, all the busy staff and actors stopped their pace. Lance stood there and shook his head, replaying all the details of the entire set in his mind, shook his head again, and shook his head again, he was not satisfied.

All ideas during the conception process are correct, but after entering actual combat, there are many differences and they must be adjusted. Lance has some ideas in his mind, but he still needs to confirm the pictures taken by Hayden and Ethan before he can make a decision.

"Hayden, come here and watch the replay." Lance shouted with an expressionless face, which made all the actors on the scene shut their mouths and hold their breath. They could clearly feel Lance's dissatisfaction at this time. The huge pressure made them stand in the same place uneasy, but they didn't know what was wrong, so they could only stiffen at a loss.

The entire scene was silent, with only the meticulous sound of Hayden and Ethan's footsteps rubbing against the sand as they moved. After the three of them met, they came to the monitor and began to watch the playback speechlessly. The low pressure on the scene became worse and worse, almost suffocating.

Lance replayed the scenes shot by Hayden and Ethan three times, and then looked at Hayden and signaled that he hoped to hear his opinions.

Hayden also frowned, scratched his head irritably, his face said he was not satisfied, "The picture feels too messy, there is no clear idea in the shooting trajectory, and such a picture is not able to be edited at all; the sense of distance is not sure, sometimes it is too close, sometimes it is too far, and some are even partially out of focus; and... Ethan, in the next shooting, you run with the police and chase behind; I run with the three young heroes, run in front, and open the time difference."

Due to Lance's high demand for the realism of the lens, the difficulty of shooting exceeded Hayden's expectations, and the first shot was not satisfactory.

"Lance, I always feel that the camera is not strong enough. Do you have any opinions?" Hayden was one of the photographers just now, and he was in Lushan, so he needed Lance as a bystander and also as a director's opinion.

"The contrast between the big picture and the small picture is not enough. In addition to the medium scene, your follower also needs to be a mixture of close-ups and close-ups. In addition, when everyone runs away, you can take a medium scene first, and then follow it up, and gradually become a close-up. In this way, the overall chaos and individual anxiety will become more obvious." Lance was mainly responsible for observing the overall situation just now, so he analyzed from the perspective of the entire picture composition. The vastness and grandness of the medium scene are actually an irony for this robbery scene. If the contrast between the medium scene and the close-up scene is well used, it will add a lot of color to the movie. "In addition, when Xiao Douzi beat the driver, I think it can give a close-up to highlight Xiao Douzi's violent tendency and ambush the story behind it."

"Close-up?" Hayden thought carefully, "What do you think of using the driver's perspective to close-up? From bottom to top, it will particularly highlight the victim's situation and resonate with the audience." It is like the audience being beaten.

Lance constructed the picture in his mind and shook his head, "This is too direct. You can raise the angle a little, and still move from bottom to top, and then deviate from the victim's perspective. It is more important to highlight the pleasure and excitement of Xiao Douzi when he abuses. Looking up is enough." After saying that, Lance's mind flashed with inspiration, "You said, when the three young heroes gathered in front of the car, pressed a camera on the front of the car, and used a look up angle to put them in the picture, how about it?"

"You mean, to close them down their unfamiliar robbery actions?" Hayden immediately understood. On the one hand, such actions highlighted the identity of the three young heroes and perpetrators, but on the other hand, they made people clearly feel their awkwardness and immatureness, forming a black humor that cannot be laughed out.

The car had stopped, but the three people gathered together with a very ritual sense and asked the car to stop again; the masked robbery, before it was successful, could not wait to take off the mask. Perhaps, compared to the robbery, they would rather see other people's eyes that were afraid, respectful or admiring...

Lance nodded, then waved to Albert. After Albert approached, "The scene was divided into two parts. The first part, after the police arrived, everyone fled, ran out for fifteen yards, and the camera was cut off; the second part, they turned to the alley next to escape successfully."

Originally, Lance wanted to do it in one go and express the hasty and urgent expression; but the shooting was too difficult and the performance was not as good as expected. The lack of experience as a film director showed that he made the mistake of novices being eager to achieve success. Therefore, Lance planned to change his strategy and first shoot the part where everyone ran towards the camera, and then shoot the part where everyone ran to see how the effect was.

Albert said his head to understand, but Lance called him again, "A lot of people looked at the camera just now, and they just ignored Hayden and Ethan and treated these two people as people who came to steal gas."

Albert glanced at Hayden, who was speechless, and couldn't help laughing.
Chapter completed!
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