Legendary Hollywood Director

The high temperature in Cannes almost made people evaporate in place. Through the rotten hole at the top of the warehouse, it seemed that the light emitted by the huge sun above the head could be directly seen as a flame burning there.

Lyman was busy arranging the camera with a camera on his back, and the sweat kept coming out of his body. On the other side, Heath Ledger was sitting in a chair to mediate his emotions.

The slides, radio equipment, and lighting equipment were also arranged. The entire production team had already arrived at the shooting location, which is the rented warehouse.

Fortunately, this play is a one-man show, so there is no need to ask the actors to start with the scenes and practice their positions first. Otherwise, I'm afraid this incident is enough to make this young crew eat a pot.

Director, everything is done. Intern Thomas hurried over and said.

Hearing this, Laiman looked at the open space near the gate of the venue—a pile of yellow sand was ready.

Then everyone started their own debugging work, and it was not until ten o'clock in the morning that Lehmann announced the official start of filming.

Everyone, be quiet, and the machine will be turned on immediately. The lights and cameras are ready, the actors are entering the venue, and the recording is ready. All units listen to my password.

Ryan shouted with a small horn, and every time he said a unit, the members of the relevant work would answer.

start!

With Thomas playing the board, the camera continued to rotate, and the shooting officially started. The crew members are also quietly responsible for their own affairs.

Lyman sat behind the director's monitor, staring closely at Heath Ledger, who entered the scene in front of him.

In the first scene, the protagonist Paul began to wake up after being buried alive in a coffin.

The props are actually a pile of rough yellow sand, plus a large rectangular wooden box, which also has a custom-made wooden coffin for Heath Ledger to lie down.

If there are two boxes, one big and one small, when shooting close-up shots, the camera can be fixed on the wooden box outside, and there are wooden bars that can be twitched to control the sliding, which can make shooting more convenient. The result came out. No matter what angle, shooting changes, can keep up.

Buried Alive can't be shot from only one perspective because it was shot in a closed place. That's obviously impossible. The director's camera movement skills and scheduling skills, the actors' performance skills, infectious ability, and even the burden setting of story editing, etc., all need to undergo rigorous coordination in order to make this one-man show truly successful.

Crack!

Seeing the close-up picture, Lehman directly called to stop, and the shooting effect did not meet the requirements at all.

Everyone else looked over, and Lehman called up the screen and said to the lighting engineer Dougridge: There is a problem with the lighting, come and see for yourself.

Heath Ledger, who was still lying in the coffin, breathed a sigh of relief. The sudden pause just now made him think it was his mistake, and it made him nervous. interrupt.

What's the matter, Director. Dougridge approached.

Look, the picture is so dark that you can't even see the actor's face.

Although it must be dark underground, in this scene, Paul woke up and took out his lighter to illuminate the interior space, but the footage shot now is too blurry, which greatly affects the viewing effect.

Buried Alive was first and foremost a movie, and it needed enough light to allow the camera to capture the actor's facial details.

I see, director, I'll add a reflector to focus the light.

Well, let's go. Lyman knew what effect he wanted, but he didn't know how to solve it, so he had to rely on Douglas, the lighting engineer.

I hope this professional with the second highest net worth can come up with some level.

After Douglas understood the problem, he immediately pressed a reflector on the inside of the coffin, and then made the light of the main light softer and brighter.

Because it is a dark scene, all the lights are in the style of low-key lighting. When he adjusted it like this, he can obviously see that the light is tougher.

It's done, director, just pay attention to the reflector that has been arranged in the camera lens, and don't put it in.

Start the second shot. With Lyman's signal, Ryan ran over to play the board again.

The first scene, the first act, the second time, start shooting!

Accompanied by the voice, there was a crisp sound of pop, and the second attempt began.

Due to the particularity of the movie Buried Alive, in this scene, the camera lens was fixed on the left coffin and smoothed from back to front to lock the close-up picture.

At first, it was naturally dark, and it was all about sound to create a sense of picture.

Painting with sound!

First there was a steady breathing, as if someone was sleeping. After a while, the breathing began to become disordered, followed by a burst of vigorous breathing, which disrupted the quiet atmosphere around, and then the breathing suddenly stopped, a moment of silence. The dark tranquility solidified again, but it was only for a moment, and then someone became hoarse in pain, and the breathing became more and more disordered and rapid.

Hu...hu... The breathing began to intensify, began to lengthen, and then there was another violent coughing sound. At the same time, the coffin also began to move, and the sound was like someone was tossing and turning inside, changing positions, as if searching for something, exploring something.

The movement was getting louder and louder, and someone was struggling violently inside. The banging sound was mixed with the sound of chaotic and rapid breathing.

Phew... It was another strong inhalation. At this time, the sound of the collision had disappeared, accompanied by the trivial sound of the cloth rubbing.

Is there someone in there? What did he encounter? The visual sense is well expressed through the sound.

In the gradually quiet atmosphere, a unique mechanical friction sound came out, and the sound sounded like... like a lighter!

Wipe! A flash of fire suddenly lit up. The dark yellow light illuminated this small space, and the darkness receded like a tide, but it still did not leave completely, surrounded by the faint light, eyeing it.

Under the firelight, one-third of the cheeks could be seen, those eyes swept the surroundings in a panic, the fear, confusion, doubt, pain, and thinking in the eyes were intertwined, accompanied by rapid and disordered breathing.

Excellent!

Heath-Ledger interprets it very well, and Lehman is very satisfied with the picture passed back through the director's camera.

Crack!

When everyone in the crew heard the words, they stopped their work again, Is there any problem with taking a look at the radio.

Ryan, who was beside Lyman, nodded and walked towards the radio equipment.

Heath Ledger, who was lying in the coffin, also pushed aside the coffin and came out. He wanted to know what the picture he had just presented in the performance shot.

director.

Come here and take a look, it's a good shot, keep it like this. Hearing the voice, Lyman knew that the main character was coming, and he also changed the shot just completed.

How is it? Looking at Heath Ledger, who had just devoted himself to the performance, Lyman asked in a slightly ostentatious tone.

The two minutes I just shot, but one shot to the end. There is no scheduling of shots, no post-editing, just a shot in the dark.

Of course, in this filming process, as the starring Heath - Ledger than his role as a director. From sound to painting, it is easy to say, but all the sense of picture needs to be created by actors. This young actor gave a very good performance.

Well. After watching just two minutes of footage, Heath Ledger didn't know what the effect of this scene would be in the movie, but he knew that he did a good job.

There is no problem with the radio. After a while, Ryan came back to report to work.

Due to the tight budget of the crew, they did not hire a professional audio-receiver, so this issue needs to be personally verified to know that the sound and picture of the scene just now are not unified.

That's good. Lehman breathed a sigh of relief.

Such an important lens cannot be sloppy.

This one is over, re-arrange the lighting, and re-make the actors.

In such a short time, Heath Ledger's face and body were covered in sweat. Although he was trapped underground, sweating was normal, but it greatly affected the subsequent shooting. If an actor wants to be on camera, it is necessary to apply some powder to cover up the flaws. In just a while, they have all been washed away.

Everyone in the crew began to get busy again, arranging the lighting and lighting, applying makeup to those who needed makeup, and the camera positions also needed to be re-arranged, from the coffin to the actor's lower abdomen, from the bottom to the top. Paul's face close-up.

Shooting is never easy!