Chapter 20 Shooting
The style of the entire movie "Dallas Buyer Club" is completely restored to the southern United States in the 1980s.
Matthew's outfits, whether they were shabby jeans, were slightly curled, including the worn Cadillac that Matthew drove.
The most typical image of southern cowboys.
The shooting began soon, with Matthew and Kevin Rankin standing on the sidelines before the Cowboys game.
"You only need to hold on for 8 seconds!"
"Look, it's six hundred and eighty dollars, and you'll get it all in just eight seconds!"
Matthew picked up a wrinkled stack of paper money on his hand and continued, "In eight seconds, all the beauties will lie under your thighs!"
Kevin: "Ha, I'll try to stick with it!"
With a whistle, Kevin rode the manic bull on the stage.
Let me tell you, this is a real shot!
Chen Lin does not need the two actors to play outstandingly in literary dramas. As long as they have normal standards, it is enough. This scene is just to show that Ron, played by Ma Xiu, is a gambler.
He controlled the No. 1 camera to slowly retreat through the slide.
"Oh! shit!"
Seeing that his friend was thrown off the saddle by the angry bull after just 6 seconds, Ron's subconscious reaction actually cursed irritably, then turned his head and looked behind him, and was about to run out of the bullfighting ring.
"stop!"
Chen Lin paused the shooting, raised his head from the back of the monitor, reminding him, "Matthew, your expression just now is a bit too depressing, it's best to put it out a little, you're a cowboy."
Many statements are that Hollywood filming insists on the producer-centered system. Yes, this statement is very correct, but it is aimed at the six major A-level productions, independent films, or non-mainstream films, and cut films are not listed here!
Independent films have one advantage, absolutely director-centric!
Although Chen Lin has never made a movie in Hollywood, he is a famous screenwriter and his next work has been confirmed, a level A production.
In the entire Dallas crew, no one has more rights than Chen Lin. He asked the actors to perform, the actors must do whatever they want!
Of course, the prerequisite is for the sake of the film.
Matthew thought for a while and was about to make adjustments. Chen Lin turned his head and shouted to the people in other departments, "Everyone will reset and start shooting again in five minutes."
Everyone else was busy making adjustments, but Chen Lin walked to the camera guide and asked him to try long-range shots.
Most of the so-called long-range lenses have a broad field of view and are often used to show the time, environment, scale and atmosphere of events, such as the open natural scenery, mass scenes, war scenes, etc.
But Shen Lin is used here not for these things, but for the purpose of showing the character's personality and the series of changes that arise from it.
Usually photographers do not use long-range lenses to express the character's character's character.
But Chen Lin just wanted to try it.
Filming and production are never simple copying and pasting. If you can wisely pay attention to and use similar shots, it can bring more changes to the film.
The entire Dallas requires a camera language to showcase Rennes's personality changes.
Although it can be done through dialogue alone, I hope there is no shock brought by the camera switching!
Sure enough, in the long-range shot, Chen Lin’s most satisfied piece was that Matthew was chased by a group of people, and behind him was a huge bullfighting ring!
No one cares about what is happening in this corner.
Indifference is the greatest emotional catharsis of this movie.
In the entire "Dallas", Chen Lin not only wanted to show that Matthew played Ron was fighting for his own life, but also wanted to reflect the discrimination and indifference of the aIds group at that time as much as possible.
The shooting is very smooth, regular lenses are definitely indispensable, and there are only a few lenses for the long-range use.
After all, this is a movie similar to a biography.
After the shooting that day, Chen Lin did not return to the hotel where he was resting, but came to the temporary studio on the set to check all the shots taken today.
It was getting darker, and Georgia in May had a hint of enthusiasm that could not be concealed.
Turn on the electric fan, Shen Lin examined the camera while discussing tomorrow's shooting with the assistant director next to him.
Chen Lin was still very satisfied with the photographer of "Dallas". Although the shooting techniques were not amazing, at least he successfully completed the shooting task assigned by Chen Lin.
These days, it is even harder to find an excellent photographer than an excellent director!
If a director cares about his own movie, he should pay attention to every shot taken by the photographer.
The exquisite lens design can be said to be a gift given to the audience by photographers.
Chen Lin has never had his own photography director, but many famous directors have preferred photographers, such as the Coen Brothers and Roger Dickins; Paul Anderson and Robert Esweett, etc.
As long as the director and photographer call, there will be wonderful chemical reactions. Often, the better the shooting guide is when shooting, the better the effect presented by the movie lens will be.
With the limitation of funding, Chen Lin could not find a famous photographer.
In fact, Chen Lin can also serve as a photography guide, but if he does that, he is really flawless to be clone.
Too much affects shooting progress.
This time, the photography director is named Yves Berange. He has participated in the shooting of many independent films and is experienced.
The second day after the film started, Jennifer Garner, the heroine of the film, came. This woman is also an acting player and has starred in a lot of supporting roles. Of course, the Death "Juno" that really made her famous was nominated for Best Actress.
Unfortunately, the performance space given to her by "Dallas Buyer Club" is not much, nor can it be said that her performance space is not much. The main reason is that her brilliance is completely covered by the male protagonist and the supporting actor!
There are also a bunch of supporting roles.
What surprised Chen Lin a little was that even these little supporting roles with little fame were not inferior in acting, and they could even say that they made many popular stars!
The most typical example is that the actor who starred in T.j, who is Matthew's friend Kevin Rankin, doesn't know where the touchstone was taken out, and the performance was very good.
The most surprising actor was Matthew McConaughey, who had almost never stopped since the filming started.
The investment in the entire movie is 10 million US dollars, and except for the pay of several actors, the remaining money is not much.
Moreover, independent movies have no habit of trying to shoot, so they start filming directly.
Often, one shot is four to five minutes. After taking it, Chen Lin would call out Matthew and deputy director Mark Varre to sit behind the monitor, look back at the shooting screen, and discuss whether there are better performance techniques.
There are many benefits to doing this, and Matthew's performance can be more coherent and almost no distractions.
Of course, there are disadvantages. If Matthew is in a bad condition, he needs to take pictures many times.
Fortunately, it is rare for Matthew to be in a bad condition.
Just enter the set, Matthew immediately enters the role and then does not need to be out of the show all day.
Chapter completed!