[US Entertainment] Superstar

Chapter 386 Documentary

Going around, the crew of "Little Miss Sunshine" finally returned to the West Coast, and today is going to shoot the last scene of the whole movie.

When the rest of the little girls were wearing heavy makeup, wearing retro hairstyles that did not match their age, and speaking old-fashioned lines, little Olive turned into a mudslide, which made the judges, the audience and relatives of the contestants dumbfounded. Feel a little spicy eyes.

Father Richard, mother Cher, brother and uncle all know that little Olive likes to watch beauty pageants, and they always practice with grandpa at home.

They almost all acquiesced that this youngest daughter knew all kinds of skills in beauty pageants, and they didn't ask in advance at all, and they didn't even have the slightest doubt.

After all, there are too many things to look forward to along the way, not to mention the car broke down, the grandfather also died unexpectedly, and even the family had to bring the body of the grandfather to participate in the beauty pageant, the registration time has already been missed, and the time is very rushed.

Maybe the audience will also be substituted into this kind of thinking, watching the videotape at home every day, no matter how bad it is, many people even have a little Olive who wants to stage a shocking counterattack.

In the end, she surprised everyone by performing a striptease on the beauty pageant stage!

This seems to be taught by the old and unscrupulous grandfather, otherwise how could children learn this.

Adults feel embarrassed watching a striptease, but children don't.

In order to take care of Olive's emotions, Richard, the father played by Keanu, ran directly onto the stage to dance with little Olive, without fear of embarrassment.The autistic uncle who had cut his wrists unexpectedly chose to stand with his family members on this occasion. Regardless of the organizer's objection, everyone had fun on the stage.

Of course, the consequences were also serious, and little Olive was banned from participating in any beauty pageants in California.

But that didn't matter at all. After such an incident, she probably wouldn't clamor to attend again. The family happily left to organize grandpa's funeral.

When shooting, it is necessary to pay attention to order in chaos, to capture the humor and absurdity of black comedy in chaotic scenes, and at the same time reflect the importance of family members.

The more people there are, the more difficult it is to schedule, not to mention there are many children.

Fortunately, Los Angeles is the center of film production all over the world, otherwise it would be very difficult to find suitable young actors.

In fact, most of the group performers sitting below are relatives of the children on the stage. When the children come to film, of course their parents have to accompany them.They were also very happy to be able to participate in the filming of Eve's film. Not only did they get a group photo with the director and the leading actors, they were even willing to help promote it so that their relatives, friends and colleagues could watch the film.

On the surface, it seemed that the filming time was only one month, but it took Eve and Eternal Pictures to prepare for quite a long time, which involved a lot of energy.

Everyone knows the crew's schedule, and the number of unfilmed shots was announced yesterday.

So when Eve made sure that the content just shot was usable, the staff quickly took out the hidden fireworks.

Bang bang, confetti flying everywhere, the studio immediately became a sea of ​​joy!

"Finally finished!"

"It's not easy."

"It's sure to be a good movie!"

"It's over?" Miley pouted, her round eyes foggy, "I still want to continue filming..."

Eve touched the little guy's head, and said comfortingly, "Now that the filming is over, you can take a good rest. How long have you not watched your favorite TV show?"

"But my mother said that I have to go to school now after the filming is over, and I don't want to go to school."

During the filming of the crew, the crew paid for the cost of hiring tutors for Miley and other child actors. Miley, who is used to attending school every day, likes this method very much.

"But when you go to school, you can tell your classmates about filming, and they will definitely envy you." Eve had to be persuasive, she didn't want such a young child to drop out of school and stay at home.

Being reminded like this, Miley also reacted quickly, with teardrops on her eyelashes, but a bright smile appeared on her face again: "You are right, I want to tell my friends about filming."

After all, the little girl covered her mouth with her white and tender chubby hands and snickered, as if she had already seen the scene at that time.

After comforting the little guy, Eve hugged the rest of the actors one by one. This group of actors was really squeezed, rehearsing over and over again, and rehearsing over and over again. Everyone endured silently, and rarely complained of being tired.

In the end, all the cast and crew gathered under the camera, a family portrait came with a click, and then they went their separate ways.

Although the film here is closed, the two staff who recorded the behind-the-scenes production of the film have to continue to follow Eve to Los Angeles. They will shoot the post-production of the film, publicity and even various events during the awards season.

Now many people don't realize that the behind-the-scenes production of a movie can actually become a documentary, not just used as a featurette on a DVD disc.

Eve plans to make a documentary to record all the content of her first film, so that she can review it from time to time in the future, and it can also be used as a way of publicity for the film.

In fact, she shot a lot of material, some of which were shot by herself on DV, such as the first meeting with two screenwriters, reading scripts with the actors, etc. At the same time, the audition scenes of the actors may also be edited into the documentary.

Maybe this year's "Little Miss Sunshine" will compete for the Oscar, and next year's "Little Miss Sunshine" documentary may also be nominated for the best documentary Oscar.

If it is really the best situation, it must be very wonderful.

Of course, Eve also knows that this kind of thing is almost impossible to happen, and it can only be for people who like movies and are curious about how a movie is born.

In fact, many people don't know what the film went through from preparation to release. The more they like movies, the more interested they are in the behind-the-scenes work.

Eve uses practical actions to decipher the film, which is the complete process of a film and interviews with participants in each link of the film.

Of course, the director of this documentary is not Eve, but the creation commissioned by Eternal Pictures.

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In the post-production building of Universal Pictures, Eve is communicating with editor Pamela Martin. As a producer and director, she naturally has the final editing rights.

Pamela's duty is to edit the images in Eve's mind, and she is a veritable tool person.

In fact, it is very difficult for women to work in Hollywood. Many people think that only men are competent and able to bear hardships and stand hard work.

Since Eve has the decision-making power in this area, she invited a well-known editor in the industry to cooperate.Although Pamela has reached middle age, it is still difficult to find a job among editors of the same level.

Other colleagues can receive jobs almost every month, but Pamela can only rely on familiar partners. Even if she has a rich resume, she seldom gets job opportunities.

In fact, editors are very suitable for women, because they are more delicate in mind and can perceive many details. At the same time, they are more emotional and can quickly understand what the movie wants to express.

In fact, both Spielberg and James Cameron's editors were women.

"Let's sort out the materials first. It's a huge project to organize these video and audio files."

Now that digital equipment is not yet popular, most things have to be done manually on the machine. Eve was actually prepared for this when shooting.

Each material has an obvious time mark, such as Day1 or Day2, strictly according to the shooting time.

In fact, the editing work is very cumbersome and complicated. Even if Eve has the overall control, she can only synchronize the sound and picture one by one.

As a director, she can't sit back and watch, but needs to add some feedback of her own to each shot, so that it is easy for the editor to do it.

For example, this shot is ok or needs to be observed, or what this shot needs to express.

Pamela's assistant needs to add marking points to the boards of each shot and record the work progress.Which materials are processed well, which materials are not processed well, and cannot be mixed together. Efficiency is very important.

The editor will also study the script, otherwise she doesn't know what kind of story to present to the audience.

"When will we be able to produce the rough cut at the soonest? Focus Pictures will come over to take a look at the rough cut." Eve asked, since she signed a distribution contract, she must let the other party see that she made a rough cut. What, it's convenient for later publicity.

Pamela thought about it seriously, and said: "It will take at least two weeks, and the rough cut version does not have any soundtrack or color correction. Will this affect you?"

"It doesn't matter, they should understand that it is impossible to produce a complete version in two weeks. Besides, our contract has been signed, and it is just a routine operation."

Eve calculated the time in her mind, and it's only the beginning of September, so she can fully catch up with the awards season.

"That's good. I believe this story will be liked by the audience. Although it is sad, it is very interesting, and it allows me to see the true meaning of family." Pamela said sincerely, "I even have a hunch that it will It will be a milestone in my career.”

"I hope so."

After exchanging pleasantries, the two of them immediately threw themselves into their busy work, and had no time to pay attention to the outside world, anyway, regardless of ups and downs, it had nothing to do with them.

After finishing filming, Eve seemed to have evaporated, leaving early and returning late every day, staying busy in the editing room until late at night, and refreshing black coffee became a necessity.

If it hadn't been for agent Robert to pull her out of the editing room, I'm afraid she would have forgotten the rest of the work.