Hollywood legendary director

The high temperature in Cannes is about to evaporate in place. Through the rotten hole on the top of the warehouse, it is as if you can directly see the light from the huge sun above your head turning into flames and burning there.

Lehman was busy arranging the seats with a video camera on his shoulders, and his sweat kept coming out. On the other side, Heath Ledger was sitting on a chair to mediate his emotions.

The slide rails, radio equipment, and lighting equipment are also arranged for help. The entire production team has 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 matching the shots and practice their positions.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.

Lehman heard the words and looked at the open space near the gate-a lot 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 shooting.

"Everyone is quiet, and the machine is turned on immediately, the lighting, the camera are ready, the actors enter the stage, and the recording is ready. All units listen to my password."

Ryan shouted with a small loudspeaker. Every time he talked about a unit, members of the related work would answer.

"Start!"

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

Lyman sat behind the director's monitor, staring at Heath Ledger as he entered.

The first scene is the scene where the protagonist Paul starts to wake up after being buried alive in the coffin.

The props are actually a pile of rough yellow sand, plus a large rectangular wooden box. There is also a custom wooden coffin inside for Heath Ledger to lie down.

With such two boxes, one large and one small, when shooting close-up shots, the camera can be fixed on the wooden box outside, and the sliding wooden bar can be controlled to slide, which can be better convenient for shooting, and it can be considered by the crew. The result came out.No matter what the angle is, the shooting change can keep up.

"Buried alive" shouldn't be filmed only in one perspective because it was filmed in a confined manner, which is obviously impossible.The director's mirror movement skills and scheduling ability, the actor's performance skills, infection ability, and even the burden of story editing, etc. all need to withstand rigorous coordination to make this one-man show a real success.

"Crack!"

Seeing the close-up picture, Lehman shouted to stop, the effect of the shooting 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, heaved a sigh of relief. He just paused suddenly, which made him think that he had made a mistake and made him nervous. He didn't want the first official filming, which would lead to the filming. Interrupted.

"What's the matter, director." Dougridge surrounded him.

"Look, the picture is too dark to see the actor's face."

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

"Buried alive" must first be a movie, it needs enough light source to satisfy the camera can capture the actor's facial details.

"I see, Director, I will add another reflector to focus the light."

"Well, go." Lyman knew what effect he wanted, but he didn't know how to solve this problem, so he still had to rely on the lighting engineer Douglas.

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 inside 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 dimmed lighting. After such a debugging, he can clearly see that the light is harder.

"It's done, director, just wait for the camera lens to pay attention to the arranged reflector, don't put it in."

"Start the second shot." Following Lyman's motion, Ryan ran over to play the board again.

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

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

Due to the particularity of the movie "Buried Alive", this scene is to fix the camera lens on the left coffin and smooth it from back to front to lock the close-up picture.

It was naturally dark at first, and it relied on sound to create a sense of picture.

Picture with sound!

First, there was a steady breathing, as if someone was sleeping. After a while, the breathing began to be disordered, and then there was a strong breathing that disrupted the quiet atmosphere around, and then the breathing stopped suddenly, and there was no sound. Let the dark tranquility freeze again, but only for an instant, and then someone becomes hoarse in pain, and breathing becomes more and more chaotic and rapid.

"Whhhhhhh..." The breathing began to increase, and it began to stretch, and then another violent cough came out.At the same time, the coffin also began to move, and the sound was like a person turning around inside and changing positions, as if looking for something or exploring something.

The movement was getting louder and louder, and someone was struggling violently inside, and the ping-pong-pong-pong crash was mixed with chaotic and rapid breathing.

"Huh..." Another vigorous inhalation, at this time, the collision sound has disappeared, accompanied by the trivial sound of cloth rubbing.

Is there someone in it?What happened to him?The sense of picture is well expressed through sound.

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

"Wipe!" A flash of fire suddenly lit up.The deep yellow light illuminates this small space, and the darkness recedes outward like a tide, but still has not completely left, surrounded by the faint light, staring at it.

Under the firelight, one-third of his cheeks could be seen. Those eyes scanned the surroundings in a flustered manner. The fear, dazedness, doubt, pain, and thoughts were intertwined together, accompanied by rapid and disordered breathing.

Great!

Heath-Ledger explained it very well, and Lehmann was very satisfied with the images he passed back through the director's camera.

"Crack!"

Upon hearing this, the crew stopped their work again, "Go and see if there is any problem with the radio."

Ryan, who was staying next to Lyman nodded, and walked to the radio equipment.

Heath Ledger, who was lying in the coffin, also pushed the coffin away and walked out. He wanted to know how his performance shot was.

"director."

"Come and take a look, the shot is good, keep it in this state." Hearing the voice, Lehman knew that the master was coming, and also changed the shot that had just been completed.

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

In the first two minutes of shooting, it was shot to the end.There is no scheduling of shots, no need for post-editing, and it's all in the dark.

Of course, in this filming process, Heath Ledger, the leading actor, played a greater role than his director.From the sound into the picture, it is said lightly, but all the sense of the picture needs the actors to create.This young actor gave a very wonderful performance.

"Yeah." After watching the short two-minute shot, Heath Ledger didn't know how the scene would eventually appear in the movie, but he knew that he did a good job.

"The radio is okay." After a while, Ryan returned to report on his work.

Due to the tight budget of the crew, no professional radio crew was hired. Therefore, it is necessary to personally verify the problem in this regard to know that the sound and picture of the camera are not uniform.

"That's good." Lyman couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Such an important lens cannot be sloppy.

"This one is over, re-arrange the lights, and re-make up the actors."

For a short while, Heath-Ledger's face and whole body were covered with sweat. Although it was normal to sweat when trapped underground, it greatly affected the subsequent shooting work.For the actor to be on the mirror, it is necessary to apply some powder to cover up the flaws, and it has been completely washed away just for a while.

Everyone in the crew started to get busy again, arranging the lighting and lighting. If you need make-up, put on make-up. The camera position also needs to be arranged again, from the coffin to the actor's abdomen, and shooting from the upward perspective. A close-up of Paul's face.

Shooting is never easy!