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"Rachel, Zachary, this is the last set of shots of the movie, are you ready?" Wang Yang looked at Rachel and Zachary, smiled softly, and said, "After shooting this set of shots, we will ended."

Because the curtains were drawn tightly, no light could penetrate, and the bedroom was dark. Rachel and Zachary, both in pajamas, nodded after listening to Wang Yang's words.

This is already the seventh day since the filming started, and Wang Yang has been shooting with Joshua's new DV machine for four days. During these four days, they have been shooting "Spiritual-Ghost Records" every day, and the progress is also being completed day by day. During the filming, I continued to encounter many problems. Fortunately, there are solutions to the problems, and they cannot stop Wang Yang from moving forward.

The shooting of the movie has also come to the last paragraph of the script, as long as this group of shots is finished, the shooting work will be done!

In the script, after the young couple moved to this new apartment, they experienced various supernatural events. For example, the heroine Mel went to the bathroom in a daze in the middle of the night, while the male protagonist Kevin’s DV player was photographed strangely in the mirror of the bathroom. In the scene, Meier’s face is full of horror; another example is that when they slept until midnight, they suddenly heard strange footsteps in the corridor outside, and they went out to track to the utility room of the apartment, where there was a broken TV with no power supply. On the screen, there are actually figures and so on.

These supernatural events made the young couple start to feel frightened. They bought some things to deal with the evil spirits, such as sprinkled salt all over the house. But it didn't work, and the ghost continued at night, so Kevin wanted to move out, but Meier refused, so Kevin had to stay with her for another night.

What happens next is the end. At midnight, Mel, who was asleep on the bed, got up suddenly, stared blankly at Kevin for more than an hour, then walked out of the bedroom, and the DV player in the bedroom was filming all this; After a while, Meier's screams came from outside, and the sleeping Kevin was awakened. He rushed out of the room in a hurry, but immediately came his screams, each weaker and weaker, until it fell into silence.

Then there was a sound of footsteps, approaching from far away, stepping and stepping, as if about to enter the bedroom, but suddenly stopped.

At this time, the final climax of the movie is also coming. All the time before, the whole movie was playing psychological horror, without any bloody scenes, but relying on the creation of details, the audience will "scare themselves", the spirit is tense, and the depression in the heart has reached On the verge of collapse at any time. So now, is there any way to make the audience nervous?

It's very simple and clichéd, just scare them.

Because the DV lens has a very strong first-person visual sense of substitution, from the time Meier got up to the stop of the footsteps, the audience has been looking at the dim picture that does not move at the same angle, the spirit is very depressed, and the attention is highly concentrated . At this time, all you need is a sudden appearance of a grimace on the screen, or a sharp and ear-piercing ghost cry, and they will all be scared out of their wits!

This is a very primitive method, but absolutely effective. It's like a person is concentrating on doing something, you quietly walk behind him, and then suddenly shout at him, he will jump up in fright.

The whole day today, Wang Yang was almost shooting this frightening scene. After the sound of footsteps stopped for a while, the actor Kevin was suddenly thrown into the bedroom, his body slammed into the camera at high speed, and immediately knocked the DV machine crookedly.

There was a problem shooting this shot, how to make Zachary, who plays Kevin, "fly" into the bedroom? Zachary himself performed a few times,

Whether it was a frontal lunge or a rearward bounce, the effect was not good, and Zachary was slightly injured.

Wang Yang pondered for a long time. If he uses post-production special effects to achieve a perfect integration with the picture, he knows that he does not have that technology; if he uses the method of hanging wire ropes, he has no experience in this field, and the cost will inevitably increase greatly. .

In the end, Rachel reminded Wang Yang to use props to shoot. They bought a piece of cloth, sewed a curved humanoid cloth doll according to Zachary's body shape, stuffed the doll with sponge, and put the doll on Zachary's clothes to become Zachary's Stand-in. Although the workmanship of the doll is very rough, but the light in the bedroom is dim and dark, and it is difficult to take pictures clearly. The doll is enough to meet the shooting needs.

The cloth doll was thrown into the bedroom together by Wang Yang and Zachary, and then hit the DV player hard. This simple shot was changed due to the change of the shape of the doll in the air and the angle of the DV camera lens after being hit. It's complicated. Wang Yang shot it dozens of times, almost smashing the doll, and this shot finally passed.

Now there is only the last shot that has not been shot. After Kevin was thrown into the bedroom, Mel slowly walked into the bedroom expressionlessly. Her clothes and face were covered with blood. She walked to the floor and Kevin In front of the dead body, she squatted down and seemed to find the DV camera. She smiled at the DV camera, then reached out to turn off the DV camera, and the movie ended.

In order to shoot this shot, Rachel's blue plaid pajamas and her face were covered with blood-red syrup. This is the only "bloody" shot in the movie.

"Yan, I'm ready." Rachel said to Wang Yang, and then she walked out of the bedroom and waited in the corridor; while Zachary curled up on the floor, covering a small half of the camera.

Wang Yang also lay on the floor, looking at the screen behind the DV player, and shouted: "Okay, everyone, the last scene of the movie, start!" His heart skipped a beat, and he pressed the start button of the DV player. Shoot button.

In the dim bedroom, there were only some faint, eerie blue lights. Rachel, who played the role of Mel, stood dully at the door of the bedroom. She walked over slowly and step by step, and knelt down in front of Kevin's body. There was a dead silence last time, and suddenly, she looked at the DV player and laughed evilly. She stretched out her hand to reach the DV player, and the lens was completely black.

"Stop!" Wang Yang frowned, which meant that he was dissatisfied with the performance just now. After spending a week with him, Rachel was already familiar with his little movements. Seeing him biting his lip, she knew that it represented him As he was planning to say something, he looked at him quietly.

She guessed right, Wang Yang immediately said to her: "Rachel, your smile is a bit too much. In the last scene, Meier's smile doesn't need to be so exaggerated, you can smile more naturally and match the whole movie, that way Do you understand?" He still lay on the floor, looked up at Rachel who stood up in front of him, and said, "By the way, when you walk over, your steps should be stiffer, and The face is calmer."

Rachel made an "OK" gesture and smiled: "I see, smile more naturally, like now, don't you?"

"Well, it's not bad, but I need to be sweeter! You know, it's like looking at your boyfriend." As soon as Wang Yang finished speaking, Zachary on the ground muttered: "Oh, in my boyfriend's Smiling sweetly in front of the corpse, it’s really perverted.” Seeing Rachel standing at the door and getting ready, Wang Yang smiled and said, “I just want the perverted effect. 3, 2, 1, start!”

Hearing the beginning, Rachel walked over step by step. This time her body was very stiff, like a zombie; she came to Kevin's body, squatted down, and smiled slowly at the DV camera, revealing There are two dimples, those two dimples are usually sweet, but now they are covered with blood, a sweet smile makes people creepy.

Wang Yang clenched his fists, feeling a surge of heat in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Good performance! Passed!"

"Passed!? Passed!" Zachary jumped up from the floor, his face full of excitement; while Rachel closed her eyes as if relieved, and opened them with a smile, her face was full of heartfelt sweet smile.

"It's over! The filming is over! We made it!" Wang Yang also stood up from the floor, clenched his fists and waved uncontrollably, shouting "YES", saying: "Oh my God! I'm so happy! I can't believe it We finished filming, perfect! This week I seem to be living in a dream! God!" He looked at Rachel and Zachary, and said excitedly: "Thank you for your hard work, really hard work for you!"

He stretched out his hands and hugged Zachary, patted Zachary on the back, and thanked him: "Thank you, Zachary! You did a great job!" Zachary laughed and patted him on the back, Said: "Yang, I thank you too, you gave me a chance."

Letting go of Zachary, Wang Yang looked at Rachel with a smile again, and Rachel also smiled, and actively embraced him with both hands, and the two embraced tightly, Wang Yang said in a serious tone: "Rachel, Thank you, thank you so much! You did a great job, you reminded me a lot and helped me a lot...I don't know what to say, but this is it, thank you."

Rachel leaned on Wang Yang's shoulder, smiling peacefully, showing dimples slightly, and said softly: "Yang, you have taught me a lot. In this week, I have gained a lot and learned a lot in school. What I can't learn." She laughed again: "And it's a pleasure to work with you."

"I'm also very happy." Wang Yang patted her shoulder with a smile, and the two separated, smiling at each other again.

At this time, Zachary sighed and said: "Oh, it's amazing to think about it, I actually became the leading actor once! Wow, it's amazing!" He said sincerely: "Seriously, this week I have a very fulfilling and happy life. There are shooting jobs every day, and I can stand in front of the camera and perform, oh, this is my favorite job. Not showing people the way in the supermarket."

Rachel smiled and said, "Well, it's much more interesting than taking classes at school." She shrugged and said, "Of course, I still have to take classes, and this week's acting work has made me realize that I'm still far from it. There is still a lot to learn.”

"I can't imagine that tomorrow I will go back to my previous life." Zachary sighed, the excitement and joy just now disappeared, and shook his head: "Every day in the supermarket to guide people, 'Hey, you Do you know where the vegetable section is', 'Oh, it's over there, this lady, come with me', 'Hey, this kid, you can't crush the potato chips...'Oh my God!" He Covering his forehead, he said: "It's like this every day. If you have an audition opportunity, go to Hollywood to try your luck. If you are lucky, you will have a role. Usually, you only have to be a part of the public."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit sad, Wang Yang opened the curtains of the room to let in the light from the outside, and the bedroom was suddenly bright. He joked: "Dude, don't worry, once my movie is released, even if you can't make it Big stars will also get a lot of chances to play tricks."

Zachary and Rachel both laughed, but Zachary didn't say something. How easy is it to release this movie? Home DV shooting, a production cost of 10,000 US dollars, a young director who is 18 years old and more than 2 months old...Which distribution company will favor it?

But what Zachary didn't know was that Wang Yang wasn't even considered a young director, he could only be called a "Baby" director. In Hollywood, it is considered very young to be able to direct a movie at the age of thirty, and there is such an item in the Guinness Book of Records, the youngest director in Hollywood, Stephen Paul. 20 years old. And Wang Yang is now a little over 18 years and two months old.

Zachary suddenly suggested: "Jan, Rachel, I have an idea, let's go out to the bar later." He touched his head and said, "You know, after today, we don't know when we will be able to Let's get together."

"Okay." Rachel nodded happily, and Wang Yang also agreed: "Yeah." He looked at Rachel and said with a smile: "But you have to change your clothes first, it's not Halloween, and vampires can't come out yet." .”

Rachel smiled and put on an evil expression, dipped the "blood" on her face with her food hand, put it in her mouth and sucked it, and said hoarsely: "It's so sweet." After that, she couldn't help laughing stand up.

"Oh, wait! Rachel, this shot of yours is very interesting, I think I should add it to the movie! Everyone, our work is not over yet!" Wang Yang snapped his fingers suddenly and said seriously. He looked at Rachel and Zachary who were stunned, laughed suddenly, and said, "Okay, I'm joking. My friend, go and change your clothes."

Rachel gave him a blank look, spread her hands and said, "Actually, I hope you're not joking." Zachary also sighed, "Yeah, just now when I heard 'Everyone on your marks', I felt full of strength."

"Wow, I'm really touched, but it's over." Wang Yang shook his head with a smile, and while tidying up the DV player, he felt a little lost. He didn't know how long it would take before he could call out "Everyone" and "Start" again. stop"……

After talking and joking, Rachel went to the bathroom to change clothes and wash her face; while Zachary, who was wearing a white vest, only needed to put on a T-shirt and a coat.

Wang Yang connected the DV camera to the computer, and transferred the images shot today to the computer. While waiting, the phone suddenly rang. He took it out and saw that it was a call from Jessica Alba. Every day when it was close to dusk, she would call once a day to inquire about the filming progress of the movie. Wang Yang connected with a smile and said, "Hi, Jessica."

"Hi Jan. How's the movie going today? Is it over?" Jessica asked. During the call yesterday, she knew that the filming of the movie might end today.

Wang Yang leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, watched the transmission completion progress on the computer screen, and smiled at the mobile phone: "Well, the filming is finished. Oh my God! Jessica, do you know? This kind of It feels so great, so amazing!" He let out a wow, and sighed: "I am very satisfied and excited now. Think about it, I actually made a movie, and I became a director once, oh my god, It's crazy, unbelievable!"

"Jan, congratulations, I'm so proud of you." Jessica smiled happily. She originally wanted to come to witness the end of the filming of the film today, but suddenly received an audition opportunity in the morning, and she could say a few words to the actor A retail store waiter character with lines. It failed, and the director and producers of the film rejected her because she didn't have the ordinary temperament of the waiter, and they finally chose a white girl with a round face.

She wanted to mention this matter to Wang Yang and express her dissatisfaction, but now that Wang Yang was so happy, she felt that she should not mention such a disappointing thing.

Wang Yang turned the chair and invited: "By the way, we are going to go out to the bar to celebrate. Are you free to come together?" Before he finished speaking, he patted himself on the forehead with an "oh", and said with a smile: "Jessica, I almost forgot that you're not even 18 yet."

If you are under the age of 18, it means that you are not an adult, and you are not eligible to enter bars, nightclubs and other places. Don’t try to get in. In the United States, before entering a bar, you have to show your identity card to the bar doorman. If you are not an adult, the doorman will never let you in, because this is not morality, but the law.

Minors are prohibited from entering bars and nightclubs, drinking alcohol for minors, and naturally selling alcohol to minors is also prohibited. The laws in the United States are very strict in this regard, and the control work is also done very well. Near some bars, there are even police guards there all day long, investigating the age of suspicious persons at any time. Once a bar is found to allow minors to enter , and sell alcohol to minors, then the bar owner will be fined, have his license revoked, or go to jail at worst.

"Yes, I can't go." Jessica talked to him for a while, Wang Yang was about to go to the bar, she said: "Yang, have fun, bye!"

The bar I went to on this trip was introduced by Zachary. This is a bar that anyone over 18 years old can enter. There is a performance stage in the middle and a small dance floor below. Smoking is prohibited, so it is very clean, although there are many people and it is very noisy. , but there is no miasma. Strictly speaking, although Zachary was born in 1980, he has not yet passed his 18th birthday, so he is not allowed to enter the bar, but obviously he is familiar with this bar, and the guard let him in. On the back of his hand, there was a red seal.

The meaning of the red seal means that this guy is not eligible to buy alcohol, because the legal drinking age in the United States is 21 years old, and those who have reached the age of 21 will be stamped with a blue seal. Therefore, Wang Yang, who was 18 years old and 2 months old, and Rachel, who was 19 years old and 5 months old, were stamped with red seals on the backs of their hands by the guards.

"Cheers!" Wang Yang, Rachel, and Zachary sat on chairs in a corner of the bar, touched a glass of iced soda in their hands, and took a sip each. No way, although they are old enough to enter a bar, they are not old enough to buy alcohol. They can only choose soda or plain water, and they choose soda.

"So, Yang, why do you want to be a director?" Zachary asked with a smile, and Rachel also looked at Wang Yang with interest. This is the most common type of wine table game. Everyone asks each other questions, and the person being asked needs to tell the answer honestly.

Wang Yang frowned, and asked with a puzzled look: "If I say the reason is 'like', will you hit me?" Both Zachary and Rachel rolled their eyes and said "Please", Wang Yang Shrugging with a smile, he said, "OK, OK. How should I put it, I have liked movies since I was a child, and when I listen to stories and watch Grimm's fairy tales, many images will appear in my mind, even a simple one at ordinary times. I couldn’t help turning it into images, and then I thought, if they were filmed, like a movie, it would be cool.”

"That's why I long to be a director." Wang Yang took a sip of soda and smiled again: "There is another reason, have you seen the movie "Paradise Cinema"? I watched it at that time, but at the end of the movie , my mother covered my eyes when Dodo showed the film that Efedo cut out. Oh, I really, really wanted to know what film Efedo cut, when I thought only directors could Look at the film. So, you know."

Both Rachel and Zachary had good-natured laughs, and Zachary asked curiously, "So have you seen it now? I mean the last reels of Cinema Paradiso."

Wang Yang shook his head and said, "I know what it's about, but I haven't watched it yet." Rachel looked at him and smiled in a reminding tone: "Yang, you are a director now, you can watch it." Wang Yang smiled and said: "No, I told myself since I was a child that I will only watch my first movie when it is released. I can't break this promise, and this is also the motivation for me to keep moving forward."

Rachel and Zachary nodded suddenly, and Wang Yang asked again: "Then Rachel, Zachary, why do you want to be actors?" He looked at Rachel and smiled, "Ladies first."

"Thank you." Rachel laughed, and then said seriously: "Well, it's the same as you, 'like'." After being booed by Wang Yang and Zachary for a while, Rachel narrated with a smile: "OK, when I was very young, I liked dancing very much. Toronto is a cold city with many skating rinks, so I practiced figure skating, which is a kind of ice dance. Then one day, my dad took me to a musical, and I was hooked."

She gave a "wow" with emotion and said: "It's shocking. The world on the stage is so wonderful and romantic. I want to go in and be a part of the stage. So I gave up skating and started practicing Dramatic acting."

"Then why, you're not a stage actor now?" Zachary asked a question curiously.

Rachel smiled slightly and said: "Because I found out later that what I like most is not dance, not the singing and dancing of stage plays, but those romantic, charming and interesting stories. In this respect, movies can satisfy me more. After a pause, she smiled with two dimples, and said: "Actually, I can still act in stage plays. In terms of dancing, I haven't lost much."

"Diligent Rachel! Come on, let's give her some applause." Wang Yang took the lead in applauding, and Zachary clapped vigorously, too; Rachel kept smiling, rolling her eyes and making faces from time to time. After arguing for a while, Wang Yang looked at Zachary again, and asked with a smile, "What about you, buddy?"

Zachary took a sip of soda, touched his head, and said shyly: "I want to be a race car driver, I want to be a dancer, I also want to be a policeman, a doctor, a pilot... But, you know, in reality Here, you can only choose one of these professions, and it is impossible to become all of them. Then." He tilted his head, as if he had discovered the surprised tone of the New World: "When I know about actors, don't you have the opportunity to be an actor? Have you fully experienced these professions? You can even be 007! Just like that, I fell in love with the profession of an actor.”

Wang Yang raised his water glass with a smile and said, "We are all now, aren't we? Cheers!" Rachel and Zachary also raised their water glasses, and the three of them clinked their glasses with smiles, and each took a sip of soda.

The three chatted for a while, and at this time, fast-paced rock songs were suddenly played in the bar. The whole bar was boiling, whistles continued, and the young men and women on the small dance floor were all jumping and radiating enthusiasm.

Listening to the music, Zachary, who loves to dance, couldn't hold back anymore. He got up and plunged into the small dance floor, twisting his body to the rhythm of the song, dancing on his own.

"Let's dance too!" Wang Yang stood up, walked to Rachel's chair, stretched out his hand invitingly, imitating the handsome gentleman's accent, and said with a smile: "This beautiful lady, I can share with you Do you want to dance?"

Rachel also smiled generously like a lady, stretched out her slender hand, put it gently in Wang Yang's hand, and said, "Of course, I am very happy, it is my honor."

Wang Yang smiled and pulled her up, and the two walked to the dance floor. Wang Yang's right hand supported her waist, and Rachel's left hand held his right hand; It was a natural waltz. The bar is now playing Beatles rock, and the rest of the dance floor is twisting at any time with the song and feeling, which makes them so different.

The two walked a few steps sideways, and Rachel couldn't help laughing: "Yang, do you think we're weird, it's rock music now."

Wang Yang had a nonchalant smile on his face, and while walking with her, he said with a smile: "Rock music? So what? Rachel, do you know what 'waltz' means?" He made a sliding step, He laughed and said, "This word comes from German, and in German, it means rolling and spinning. Do you think waltz and rock are contradictory?"

Rachel calmly cooperated with his skating steps, looked at him with great interest, and said: "Wow, I didn't expect you to study dance." Wang Yang smiled and said: "Just a little bit." Rachel smiled and said: "No, It's not a little bit, you dance very well."

Waltz is a kind of dance that pays attention to coordination. Both of them are each other's first dance partners, and what is playing now is not waltz, but they are dancing smoothly now, and there is no such mistake as stepping on their feet. This shows that the dance level of both parties is not low, and they have a very tacit understanding.

"Oh, you too." Wang Yang smiled and turned around in the crowd, gliding lightly on the relatively crowded dance floor, causing many people nearby to look at them. While cooperating with him, Rachel smiled and said, "Wow, I'm not the same, I just learned this, but you're the one who learned how to make movies."

Wang Yang laughed and said, "Oh, making movies is my ideal; and dancing is my hobby! Who doesn't like dancing?" After a few more steps, he suddenly said: "Pretty girl, here's a difficult one! "After that, he lifted the hand around Rachel's waist vigorously, Rachel understood what he meant, kicked up with his feet, and jumped a circle in line with his movements.

"It's already tango!" Rachel exclaimed "Wow".

"Very good, this can't be hard for you, come again!" Wang Yang smiled, put his arms around her waist, and when he walked to an empty place on the dance floor, his feet kept spinning. Rachel responded to him unhurriedly, and said with a smile, "Come on, I'm right here."

The two looked into each other's eyes, and their bodies stuck together rotated without any mistakes. They both enjoyed this silent tacit understanding.