When Winona stared at the scene in a daze, Levi sighed in his heart: Although she is a top movie star, anyone will have such incomprehensible thoughts when they see the novel technology.
After all, Levi is a time traveler. In his era, bullet time has been used a lot. Almost every movie is willing to use this technology. From Levi's perspective, this is naturally a simple and effortless job. But this is an entirely new thing in the eyes of those who have never been in contact with it. In her eyes, the rotation of the camera, the freezing of the characters, and the slow speed of the characters turning into strange shapes - this is an entirely different feeling.
"I've never seen this kind of technology."
Levi smiled, "This is a new technology. The system was only available in 1994 and was put into theaters in 1996. Camera and holographic capture are things that were only available last year. It's strange if you've seen them before. So far, only two or three movies have been shot with this technology. Our movie can also be regarded as one of the top ten new technologies."
Advances in technology can make filmmaking better. The more mature and perfect the shooting methods and special effects, the more it can promote the level of the movie. Levi is not a technology enthusiast like James Cameron, who will prepare everything before he even starts preparation. However, when he needs it, he must have it.
For example, in this movie, the use of this technique is very good. In the future, bullet time was more often used to express the action scenes in the film, and the close-up of the rotating lens can highlight and strengthen the action. However, in this slightly exaggerated fantasy film, using such special effects to create a romantic atmosphere and emphasizing romance is also a very good application direction. Use it in this place, and the effect will be very good. Because this movie is an exaggerated romantic comedy, and it uses a lot of special effects and rotating lenses, it is not an exaggeration to use this shooting style.
This is what Levi has planned long ago.
One cannot always shoot those uncomplicated scenes when shooting a movie. A director should constantly try to challenge and apply new technologies.
Of course, if you do this, you will have to waste a lot of money.
But for a movie, there is always a question of innovation in shooting techniques.
There are also cases when some novel shooting techniques are needed but not used for many reasons, such as budget, the director's lack of knowledge, etc.
Levi has never thought of shooting low-budget movies, and it is for this reason: the shooting technology of low-budget films has a lot of shortcomings, so how can you shoot good movies?
"Look at this place. Do you recognize it?"
"New York Central Station?" Winona recognized this landmark building in New York City.
"Yes, there is a play that was performed in Central Station. Do you remember? We used blue screen technology to depict this place as we couldn't use it on the spot..."
Levi also introduced some other parts of the movie: This movie requires quite dreamy colors, and all scenes are required to be fairytale-like when shooting. The environment cannot have any scraps of paper or garbage in order to achieve a fairytale effect. In the original film, when Amélie was filming, many people were mobilized to clean up the Paris station before the filming. However, it is too difficult to clean the New York station to be spotless. It is impossible to shoot such an effect, so using blue screen technology is a better way.
That's what technology is for - to achieve the unattainable.
"The filming method of this movie is quite strange - quite different from your last movie." Winona looked at the movie and said suddenly.
"Of course, it's different. Spacey is good at expressing different expressions. The close-up shots are better for him. You don't have any advantage in this aspect, but the more panoramic shots are better than him, so naturally, I use more panoramas. This is a matter of technique. It is unacceptable when a director cannot utilize techniques to demonstrate the actor's strengths in a scene."
Winona looked at Levi, opened her mouth, and wanted to say something but stopped again.
"Do you have anything to say?" Clark saw her expression, "Dissatisfied with my job?"
"No, I'm very satisfied, and I also said that I will not make irresponsible remarks about your work." Winona shook her head.
What can she say? She could see that Levi was shooting this movie with all his heart, but was it for her or for the film? She was not sure, so she simply said nothing.
For women, there are some things that cannot be said indiscriminately.
"If you have something to say, it's better to say it. It's up to me to listen or not, but you can say it." Clark continued.
"It's nothing. I'm just thinking, this movie, with these things, really makes people feel very different." Winona shook her head and still didn't say anything that shouldn't be said, "Mr. Levi, I'm sorry. Until now, I haven't entered the state, but please rest assured that I will shoot this movie even better. I guarantee that it will satisfy you."
"My satisfaction is not the most important thing; you must be satisfied with yourself." Levi laughed, "And, most importantly, we need to satisfy the audience!"
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Al Pacino did not expect that when he came to the crew of Emily and saw Winona, there would be such a big difference from her usual self.
In this movie, Winona invited him to do the voice-over. In Hollywood, there are not many professional dubbing actors. Most of the movies use the original voices of actors. American actors also have a good enough voice, and these actors can all do dubbing.
It's just that, generally speaking, cartoons are the ones that need to be dubbed. And this movie is a romantic comedy. When seeing the script, Al Pacino also felt that the narrative structure of this movie was so novel.
Can such a novel movie really work? Al Pacino was also a little surprised. However, since Winona liked it, he came to help. As a friendly price, he only accepted the price of 5 million. He knew that a romantic comedy would not have much investment, and such an asking price was definitely self-deprecating.
Even if it is to help Winona, Al Pacino still feels sorry for this young actress. He still knew Winona through the same doctor, and he knew very well how sad it is for a person who suffers from insomnia and headaches at a young age, under 30 years old.
However, after seeing Winona, his mind changed.
"This is the part where I took the train!" After he arrived on the set, Winona took him to look at the picture that had been shot now. Looking at the first-person perspective in front of her, Winona recognized it immediately. This unique shooting made her extremely excited.
Then, there is another section inside the train station. Emily was looking for the person. The camera followed the actor, then turned 360 around the surrounding crowd, and then focused on her again.
"That's good... I acted very well, right? The stunned expression on my face is well expressed?" Winona looked at the performance quite proudly.
"It's really good. Your performance has exceeded my expectations." Al Pacino looked at Winona beside him.
In fact, he was even more surprised by Winona's joyful emotion. He hadn't seen it for a long time.
From his perspective, Winona has always been a somewhat melancholy girl since he met her. This girl suffers from deep depression. She suffers from insomnia and takes medication. At a young age, she is as weak and sick as someone in her fifties, and her health is very poor. Such glamorous and joyful scenes are usually only shown in front of the movie camera. But after the movie camera, it is really hard to see when she is like this.
What happened to her?
"Enen, the filming is very good. This is Latin-style art direction, right? It's beautiful. How is your illness recently?" Al Pacino asked. He cared more about Winona's life than the movie situation, "It seems that you haven't seen a doctor recently?"
"Did you say insomnia? It's much better." Winona froze for a moment before she spoke, "I haven't seen a doctor for a while, and I stopped taking the medicine. The director asked all the actors not to touch any medicine during the filming. He thinks that the use of drugs will affect the acting."
"Isn't such a request a bit excessive?" Al Pacino frowned.
Al Pacino is also a member of this crew, and as an actor who has been filming for a lifetime, he also knows the importance of listening to the director. However, such a request made him feel quite uncomfortable.
He can still bear it, but Winona can also bear it?
"It's nothing to overdo. It's a normal request." Winona didn't think so, "The reason for not allowing me to take medicine when filming a film is to make the film better, and the doctor also said that my insomnia is due to too many worries. But during these days, my worries have decreased a lot, and my illness has healed, okay?"
Is there such a thing?
Al Pacino certainly knows that some actors will be influenced by the characters in the play when they are filming some scenes, so they also greatly influence their mood. When he saw the script of this movie, he also suspected that Winona would be affected by the movie, but when he really heard the news, he was still a little surprised.
Unexpectedly, her illness for so long was cured in this way.
"If you put it that way, it really makes people look forward to this movie." Al Pacino said, "This movie is really unexpected."
"I don't think it's all due to the movie." Regarding this, Winona did not hide anything from her friends, "I think there are other reasons."
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