The Best Director

Chapter 73: Dragon King Yang

At Salt Lake City International Airport, people were coming and going in the airport hall. Wang Yang strode outside with a black luggage backpack on his shoulders. The purpose of his coming this time is not to visit the set, and speaking of which, he is a member of the crew of "High School Musical 2". The main purpose of his coming here is to discuss some script issues with Sarah Sugarman, the director of "High School Musical 2".

Sarah Sugarman is a 34-year-old British female director. This year, she has just been nominated for the Best Short Film at the British Academy of Film Awards, and she also got this opportunity to direct. Before that, she had asked Wang Yang to come to Salt Lake City several times, because during the actual filming, the script would inevitably have some problems. At this time, the director needed to communicate with the screenwriter to find out the problem and solve it.

But Wang Yang had been busy working in New York before, so he could only discuss with her on the phone. Now that the acquisition of Blue Sky Studio is over, and the crew of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" has not yet been formed, he is finally free, so Before returning to Los Angeles, he had to make a trip to Salt Lake City. However, except for Sarah Sugarman, he didn't tell anyone else about his coming here. He wanted to surprise Jessica.

Arriving at Dongfang High School, Wang Yang got out of the taxi. Looking at the familiar campus in front of him, he couldn't help spreading his hands and took a deep breath. In this plateau city, every breath seemed to be harder. He picked up his luggage and backpack, and walked to the baseball field of Dongfang High School, where he knew that the crew would be filming today.

Walking down the steps of the baseball field, through the barbed wire, Wang Yang saw a large group of people in the distance, crew members, extras, etc., he was refreshed, and he wanted to walk quickly to Jiangye.

"Hey, kid, you have to stop here, you can't go any further." At this time, a middle-aged white man stopped in front, and he said impatiently: "It's just filming, there's nothing to see, go back." As Responsible for the chores of blocking the venue, he has to intercept these idlers every day.

Wang Yang smiled and took off the Golden State Warriors cap on his head, and immediately felt the martial arts. The Throne of Gods and Gods Seeking Demons and Proud World Nine Heavens The Strongest Abandoned Young Master Zhou Royal Clan Martial Qiankun General Night Kills Gods and Seals Throne Seeking Demons Proud World Nine Heavens Strongest Abandoned Young Master Zhou Royal Clan God Generals Night Kills Gods and Gods Seals Throne Seeks Demons and Overlords the World Jiuchongtian's strongest abandoned young Da Zhou's royal family into the glare of the sun, smiled and said: "Hey, Gase, don't you recognize me? I'm Wang Yang, a member of the crew." The chores of the crew during "Youth".

"Wang Yang?" Gass frowned and looked at Wang Yang for a few times, then laughed "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"" Please go in."

"Well, then I'm leaving." Wang Yang put on his ball cap again, and walked quickly to Jiang Ye,

When approaching the crew, the footsteps became quiet again.

Some scenes in this scene require a large number of extras, so there are many young people standing or sitting in the baseball field over there, waiting for the shooting arrangement; further away, there is a camera guide on the ground, and the photographer controls the camera, not Wray -Pfister, Sarah Sugarman has a photographer she is familiar with, and Wally Pfister is currently unemployed, he is waiting for "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", Wang Yang has already negotiated with him , the two will continue to cooperate.

In addition to the photography team, lighting engineers, sound engineers and others formed a large circle. Sarah Sugarman looked at the viewfinder with a serious face; while in the field, Jessica, Tom Welling, Marcus Si-Mance and others are performing. Suddenly, Sarah Sugarman yelled "CUT" in dissatisfaction. She walked in and instructed Jessica. Jessica listened carefully and nodded from time to time.

"My sweetheart is going to be the king of NG again?" Wang Yang stood far away, with his arms folded, with a helpless smile on his face. He was not afraid of wasting film, but Jessica would be unhappy. Just as he was thinking, he suddenly felt someone watching him, turned his head to look, and saw a blonde girl standing a few meters away, wearing a gorgeous rich family's daughter costume, it was Rachel.

She was holding a water glass, her eyes were a little dull, and she seemed to be stunned. Wang Yang raised his hand to her and said with a smile, "Hi, Rachel"

"Hi..." Rachel suddenly came to her senses, she also smiled slightly, lowered her head, and walked over slowly, saying: "You came from New York?" Wang Yang raised his eyebrows and smiled, nodded and said: " Yes, New York." Rachel realized that she seemed to have asked a silly question, and took a sip of water without saying a word.

Wang Yang glanced at Jessica. She was still listening to Sarah Sugarman's guidance. He looked at Rachel who was silent next to him, thought for a while, and asked, "Are you okay? Well, my It means, I heard Jessica said that you have a cold, and she infected you..." He stopped talking, and said, "So, how?"

"It's okay, I'm fine." Rachel smiled, shook the water glass in her hand, and said, "Take the medicine, drink plenty of hot water, and you'll be fine soon." With a heavy nasal voice, she laughed again: " In fact, I want to be more seriously ill, so that I can have a good rest for a few days." Seeing her talking so much, Wang Yang couldn't help but laughed and said, "Please, how long has the movie started? You just want to Rest." Rachel wrinkled her eyes uncomfortably, and said softly: "Sarah's temper is too big."

Wang Yang quietly glanced at Sarah Sugarman over there, and asked, "How big is it? Bigger than me?" Rachel shrugged, and Wang Yang frowned, "It seems that you did it on purpose. Let yourself catch a cold, Rachel, this is a conspiracy." Rachel nodded: "Yes." Wang Yang sighed and said: "This is really bad, someone wants to miss work."

Both of them couldn't help laughing, but after laughing a few times, they both fell silent again and didn't speak again. At this time, Zachary's surprised voice suddenly came from the side: "Oh, Yang? You're here." He ran over with a smile on his face. Wang Yang smiled and hugged him, and smashed his chest with the other hand. Back, smiled and said: "Dude, long time no see."

Seeing Wang Yang chatting with Zachary, Rachel next to him showed a faint smile and walked away silently holding a water glass.

After the two chatted for a while, the shooting over there also passed, and as Sarah Sugarman shouted: "Get ready for the next shot", the camera crew quickly moved into action, adjusting the guide rails and lighting panels location of equipment. Jessica, who was idle, vaguely heard Wang Yang's laughter. She looked around suspiciously, and suddenly found Wang Yang who was talking to Zachary in the distance. Her eyes lit up and her heart beat faster. She ran In the past, Jiang Ye shouted and laughed: "Yang!"

"Hi" Wang Yang stretched out his hands to hug her, then let go, and smiled very satisfied with the surprise on her face. Zachary blinked at the two of them, then consciously left. Jessica smiled and punched Wang Yang, and said in a reproachful tone: "Why didn't you tell me?" Wang Yang spread his hands and said with a smile: "I came to see how you wear a mask for filming. If I tell you , what should you do if you took off the mask? But why can’t I see it now?” Jessica rolled her eyes and said with a smile, “You must be very disappointed.”

"Magical Young" Sarah Sugarman in the distance shouted towards this side, she kept waving her hands, and shouted: "You are finally here, come here and don't talk about love on my set, otherwise I'll kick you back to New York, come on over here"

Everyone smiled, and Wang Yang responded loudly: "Wait a minute, it will be ready soon." He looked at the embarrassed Jessica, took off the Warriors cap, and put it on her head , said: "The sun is very strong, don't bask in the sun, you are still catching a cold." He handed her the backpack again, patted the backpack and said with a smile: "There is a contract worth 100 million in it, please keep it safe for me." After finishing speaking, he quickly walked over to Sarah Sugarman to discuss the script with her.

Jessica held the backpack in one hand and supported the ball cap on her head with the other, showing a sweet smile. Rachel over there withdrew her gaze. The glare of the sun made her head ache a bit. She took a deep breath, held up the water glass with both hands, and kept drinking the hot water in the glass.

In the evening, although the crew had disbanded and everyone was free to move about, Wang Yang did not go on a date with Jessica, and he did not come to Salt Lake City for a date. He discussed with Sarah Sugarman all night The filming problems of the script solved many of her doubts, and she didn't fall asleep until early in the morning. The next day, he continued to follow the filming of the crew.

In the physics research room of Eastern High School, this scene is probably about "Gabriela" showing her talent in front of the students. The photography team has adjusted the equipment, and Jessica and a few students from the talent club are also in place. Now, everything seems to be ready.

"What?" Sarah Sugarman squinted her eyes and roared, looking at the middle-aged white man, shouted: "There is no actor? Where did he go?" The reporter said helplessly: "That guy just called, He was admitted to the hospital with food poisoning in the morning." Sarah Sugarman said in astonishment, "How could this be?"

Everyone in the research room was a little puzzled. Wang Yang, who was sitting on the side, stood up, walked up and asked, "What happened?" Sarah Sugarman was very angry. She looked around, her eyes suddenly fixed. On Wang Yang, he shouted: "Magic Yang, come here." Wang Yang was stunned, and said, "What am I coming?" Sarah Sugarman spoke quickly: "Didn't you notice? There is only one Asian faces and this scene has a mass character of a Chinese physics genius, so you come"

"Me? I don't know how to act." Wang Yang was stunned, but he remembered that he only wrote "genius classmate" in the script, and he didn't say that he had to be Chinese. He asked, "Can't you just find someone?" Sarah La Sugarman frowned and said: "I'm the director, I need this effect and you know that the character only has a few lines, what's the problem?" She impatiently stuffed the script of the scene into Wang Yang's hands, Said: "Don't be wordy, hurry up, you are a screenwriter, so you don't need me to explain it?"

Wang Yang took the script and looked at everyone. Jessica showed interest on her face and made a "come on" gesture to him with her fists clenched. Zachary, Tom Welling, Rachel and others gathered around outside. Talking and laughing, Zachary shouted expectantly: "Hey, it's time for Yang to show off your acting skills." Wang Yang smiled, and it's okay to give it a try, then nodded and said: "Well, okay... "

Before the words fell, everyone laughed and applauded, and someone whistled. Sarah Sugarman shouted: "Magic Yang, I give you a minute to read the script." Wang Yang smiled and nodded, looking at the script A few familiar words on the screen, after a while, he put down the script and said: "Okay." Sarah Sugarman immediately clapped her hands and shouted: "Everyone, get ready for Magic Jan, you stand by Jessica's left."

"Okay." Wang Yang walked to the front of the camera. Jessica next to him smiled at him and said softly, "Yang, we are acting together again. It's so interesting." It's weird, this performance is different from the last one, because this time the camera will be on him, he will appear in the film, he has always stood behind the camera, but now he is standing behind the camera Front.

It is also different from simply shooting with a camera like the trailer of "Ghost Story", now it is a movie. Looking at the cameraman in front of him, the lighting engineer with a lighting board, the sound engineer with a microphone, and the director Sarah Sugarman...and the scene writers, makeup artist, Rachel and other actors behind him, Wang Yang couldn't help murmuring "Wow", as if he had only really realized the world in front of the camera.

"Start" Sarah Sugarman yelled, and the director took the slate to finish the scene number and shouted: "First time, start" As soon as he tapped the slate, the camera started to operate.

Wang Yang looked into Jessica's eyes, read his lines with a smile, and said, "Do you know what Einstein's greatest theory is?" Jessica was about to answer with a thoughtful face. Sarah Sugarman on the side yelled: "CUT" She spread her hands dissatisfiedly: "Magic Yang, you give people the impression of 'I'm reading lines' and your voice is too gentle, she is not Your girlfriend Jessica, she's your classmate Gabriela you sound cool, you know, cool"

"Oh, I understand." Wang Yang nodded, and the camera started up again. He looked at Jessica and said coolly, "Do you know what Einstein's greatest theory is?" Jessica asked suspiciously : "E=2?" Wang Yang shook his head and said, "No..." Before he finished speaking, Sarah Sugarman shouted: "CUT Fantastic Yang, is it so difficult to keep you cool? Damn"

"I tried my best." Wang Yang shrugged helplessly. He said that he would not perform anymore.

Tom Welling and Zachary laughed gleefully at the back; Rachel also smiled slightly, and Jessica couldn't help laughing too. When they were filming "High School Musical 1", they were yelled at by Wang Yang every day. Of course, he had a good temper, but now seeing the old director being reprimanded by the new director, they all felt very amused and wanted to say "You try It's here."

Wang Yang knew what Sarah Sugarman meant, but if he knew it, he knew it. Whether he could do it was two different things. The problem is not in acting skills, but in investment, including tone of voice and facial expressions, but he can’t get involved. He always says that he is invested in emotion, invested in emotion, but he always feels that everyone is watching him. The eyes are all focused on him, and he has no way to "enter the drama". He now understands that it's no wonder that Greta Garbo asked that no one else should appear within his line of sight when filming.

Now he is just playing a side role and a few lines; and the protagonist of the movie has countless shots and countless lines... It is too difficult for them to ignore these people on the set and enter the world in the script, whether it is expressionist or experiential. But he had some thoughts in his mind. Isn't it the job of a good director to let the actors enter that world and let them play their best?

"Okay, Miracle Jan, do it again" Sarah Sugarman shouted, interrupting his thinking, but soon, she said angrily: "Almost, almost come again", "CUT, Isn't it just a few lines, please", "Oh, it seems that you really have no acting talent..."

From the beginning Wang Yang wanted to try, then he was at a loss and then became irritable. In the end, he took a few deep breaths to calm himself down and tried his best to get rid of the unnatural feeling in his mind. When the number of NGs rose to double digits time finally passed

"D" Sarah Sugarman yelled excitedly, scratched her hair again, and said, "Oh my God, Miracle Yang, fortunately you are not the leading actor in the movie, otherwise I would be mad at you" Wang Yang heaved a sigh of relief, and smiled and high-fived Jessica, as if a big rock had been dropped in his heart; Tom Welling, Zachary and others over there clapped and cheered: "Yang, you can get the most A good supporting actor." Everyone laughed, and the jubilant scene seemed like the movie was about to wrap up.

"I don't want to be an actor anymore..." Wang Yang also laughed. He looked at Jessica, and it turned out that he was the king of NG. He suddenly sighed and said, "Jessie, you act really well." Jessica was a little confused: "Why do you say that?" Wang Yang shrugged and said with a smile: "There is no reason, you are just great."

"Magic Yang, don't worry, I will keep your footage well, and I will definitely see it in the movie." Sarah Sugarman laughed, then clapped her hands and said: "Prepare for the next shot."

Wang Yang stayed in Salt Lake City for a total of three days and solved all the script problems of Sarah Sugarman. During this period, he was so busy that he and Jessica had no time to have dinner alone. After a reluctant farewell, Wang Yang boarded the plane to Los Angeles, but he thought that after returning to Los Angeles, he would not have much free time, because he would devote himself to the preparation of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" middle.

The choice of Chris Gardner was settled, but his son... Wang Yang, who was sitting on the plane, glanced at the figure of the blond stewardess passing by, and murmured: "Will's eldest son , seems to be called Terry?"

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PS: Wow, I recommend a good friend a book called "Ace Director", title 1895463, it is written about Hong Kong entertainment, it was written by the old eunuch Bai Yunsheng, if you are interested, go and read it

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