Chapter 185: Hey, Hillbilly!

"This time we are going to transfer 1.8 million alien Prawns from the current District 9 to a better and safer place 200 kilometers away from Johannesburg."

Depp sat at his workstation, with a slight smile, speaking nonchalantly, his hands clasped together, his two thumbs chasing each other in circles.

This small action behind was added by himself.

He explained that this could show that when facing the camera, he looked nonchalant, but actually he was still a little nervous. The protagonist, as an ordinary person, used this to relieve his nervous mood.

Actually, even if Depp didn't explain, the actors and staff on the scene could see that this was an ordinary person recording a video of recording things, very vivid and realistic.

For some reason, Depp felt that his state today was very good, and almost every shot could meet the director's requirements.

That slightly shy and gloomy face also became much softer, um, turned into a handsome ordinary person.

Cao Yang gave Depp a thumbs up. When filming, he didn't mind the actors adding some small actions privately for better expression.

The director only needs to control the general direction. You can't require actors not to add some gestures or small actions when performing. It is a very normal thing for them to do so.

In the conference room, the protagonist's father-in-law played by Ian McKellen looked selfless, using a tone without any waves, and announced a task that looked very normal to the many staff members below.

"I will appoint a regional person in charge to be fully responsible for the relocation work of these aliens."

After speaking, he deliberately paused, his eyes looking down, "You, it's you, Wikus, you will be responsible for leading this difficult work."

Depp was originally smiling, but suddenly widened his eyes, and even looked left and right, looking very surprised. This appointment seemed to have no psychological preparation at all.

The inner drama is estimated to be: What is the old father-in-law doing? Is he not avoiding relatives when appointing the virtuous? I am his son-in-law, can he still do this?

Then his face blossomed into a smile, and he stood up happily.

Colleagues sent blessings very "sincerely," and the applause kept ringing.

"Cut! Not bad."

Rested for ten minutes, next filming the next shot.

Ian McKellen sat in front of the camera, explaining this appointment.

"I want to put aside the fact that my daughter married Wikus..."

The camera here is not aimed at Ian McKellen, but first filming the wedding photo of Depp and Theron hanging on the wall.

Ian McKellen is talking, the camera starts to move down. Under the wedding photo is a family photo, in which he puts his hand on Depp's shoulder, and the two stand behind Theron, the family looking warm and harmonious.

The camera deliberately paused here for a few seconds, then moved down, and Ian McKellen appeared in the camera.

"... That didn't affect my decision to promote him. He is a good young man, works seriously..."

Ian McKellen smiled, like a kind and approachable superior, and naturally praised the male lead.

The irony here is full. Just looking at this, one would think he is a very good leader of MNU, forming a sharp contrast with the cold-blooded orders he gave later without mercy, wanting to dissect and slice his son-in-law for research.

Because of the slow filming progress of the previous few days, the coordinator formulated the filming plan according to Cao Yang's requirements, and there were not many every day.

It was precisely because of this that suddenly there was almost no NG today, and most of the re-filming was to keep a take, which made many people not adapt for a while.

However, Han Zong, who came to the scene to visit the crew today, didn't have such a feeling.

He was still sighing that the crew's efficiency was really high, and Cao Dao's filming was indeed awesome. This filming one take and keeping one take is simply god-like.

If it were changed to other crews, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Han Zong, as a director with actual filming experience, would definitely spray the other party for fooling around, and would definitely put the director on his blacklist.

Today was really an eye-opener.

Still, the Hollywood actors are awesome. Depp is really not a false name. No wonder he can win the Oscar for Best Actor. Just based on the fact that he keeps one take most of the time, how many actors in the world have such acting skills?

As an assistant director ranked lower, Ning Hao didn't have the qualifications to lead a group independently. He currently mainly follows Cao Yang and handles things on the scene.

Today's filming progress suddenly accelerated, and the actors started to perform above their level, which made Ning Hao suddenly have a feeling that he seemed to have experienced all this, and the scenes of the past appeared again... "It feels like a dream. It was plain, but suddenly it became normal, the progress accelerated, the actors' acting skills were full, the coordinator will re-formulate the plan... the crew seems to have come alive..."

Ning Hao and Gu Changwei each had a small stool, sitting in the shade of the tree outside the studio, both holding a cigarette in their hands, not smoking, and then saying inexplicable words, like delirium.

Old Gu looked up at the sky, but his line of sight was blocked by the leaves. He blinked his eyes and looked left and right again, confirming that this was the Youth Film Studio, and then let out a sigh.

"Are you sure it's normal now?"

Normal my ass!

Old Gu has also followed Cao Yang for a few films. But when he didn't follow Cao Yang, as a cinematographer, he filmed more films, and he had cooperated with several big domestic directors.

He cooperated with Director Chen Kaige on *King of the Children* and *Farewell My Concubine*.

He cooperated with Director Zhang Yimou on *Red Sorghum* and *Ju Dou*.

He cooperated with Director Jiang Wen on *In the Heat of the Sun* and *Devils on the Doorstep*.

When he mixed in Hollywood, he also cooperated with several directors.

However, he still has to emphasize again that there has never been a director who can be like Cao Dao, lecturing, lecturing, lecturing... lecturing before filming, and lecturing again when just starting to film.

!

Lecturing and lecturing, it doesn't take long, anyway, it's mostly within ten days after filming.

The actors are like high monks suddenly enlightened, their acting skills "whoosh" and they start to be smooth, start to be natural, and start to be more real and credible.

It feels, it feels like it's not acted, like they have experienced similar things.

"Isn't it normal now?"

Ning Hao raised his head in doubt, looking at Old Gu.

"I have followed Cao Dao for a few films. Isn't it like this every time? It's very slow when starting to film. This is Cao Dao guiding the actors, letting them enter the play. The time is long or short, anyway, the actors suddenly enter the play."

Ning Hao gestured, his arms stretched out suddenly. If Old Gu hadn't lowered his head quickly, he would have really been hit on the face by this little bastard.

"Acting skills "whoosh" and they reach... anyway, they can all reach the level of winning awards."

Old Gu was silent, not knowing how to explain.

He really wanted to tell Ning Hao, kid, wake up, this is not the norm. The slow pace before, the constant NG, the constant searching for feelings, the constant re-filming, is the norm for ordinary directors...

Cao Dao is an exception, is a monster... um, is Cao Dao powerful.

Forget it, Ning Hao is right. For Cao Dao, this is the norm.

Han Zong is going back. Before leaving, seeing Old Gu sitting here, he definitely had to come over and say hello.

Old Gu has won the Oscar for Best Cinematography after all, and is a great god in the cinematography world.

"Old Gu, what are you in a daze for?"

Han Zong walked over, first gave Old Gu a cigarette, and gave Ning Hao one too.

"The crew's filming progress is quite fast. I see that most of the time they film one take and keep one take."

"These foreigners are really damn powerful. No wonder Hollywood can run rampant around the world. Sigh, I don't know when our country can have more actors like this."

Han Zong is really speaking from his heart. Although he also has utilitarianism, he plans his government in his position, and he is indeed sincerely wanting to develop domestic films.

Old Gu and Ning Hao looked at each other, and instantly the two had a huge psychological advantage. The boss of China Film Group is nothing more than this, this vision and knowledge...

Hey, Hillbilly!

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