Chapter 81： Gold rush? (1/2)
Chapter 81: Gold Rush?
After a sweet and happy annual holiday in New York, Wang Yang and Jessica returned to Los Angeles, and he also began to invest in the post-production work of ”When Happiness Comes to Knock.”
The role of editor of the movie was still on Margaret Goodspeed. Wang Yang had an interview with her. She wanted to express the theme of the script, and the moving place of the story, the movie. He has mastered what he wants, and still has his own unique insights. In addition, the two have already collaborated once and are familiar with each other's tempers. There is no need to worry about problems when getting along, so Wang Yang hired her.
How to cut this movie? After discussion between the two, Margaret understood Wang Yang's meaning, and she also very much agreed that that is to tell the story according to the single-line structure of the timeline, except when Chris Gardner chased the hippie couple, he recalled that he was How to become the exclusive sales of the medical scanner in the San Francisco Bay Area This time, in addition to the montage, the whole movie is based on the perspective of Chris Gardner and the promotion of the story according to time.
If it is based on Chris Gardner ’s residence, it is to live in an apartment, live in a motel, homeless, and then succeed, and the movie ends. The original version of ”When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door”, the homeless part takes about 30 minutes. Compared with the real Chris Gardner and his son who have been wandering for a year, and his mentality has changed, there is some rush after the movie Wang Yang did not know how the original editing material was taken, but he combined Chris Gardner ’s true story and thoughts with some details to modify and add shots, such as when the Chris church room bathed his son, Little Chris will say ”Dad, do you know? You are a good father.”
At that time, Chris was confused and wanted to give up, but when he heard the words of his son, he wept on his back. He wanted to reinvigorate himself, insist on the pursuit of happiness, and let him live with Chris. Have a good day.
When shooting this group of shots, Will Smith's emotions completely broke out, and he didn't need to act at all. He reached the ideal state of experientialism, that is, he became that role. When Terry Smith finished speaking, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he wept silently on his back, and then he couldn't help crying hard, swallowing the cry hard, his shoulders twitching. The original script ended here, but what surprised Wang Yang was that Terry actually patted Will's shoulder at that time and said comfortably: ”Dad, don't cry, I know you are hard, but I will be sensible . ”
This set of shots is very touching, not worse than the sad and blank tears in Chris's toilet. In the editing, Wang Yang put this arrangement after Chris lost the Captain America doll. His comfort made the confused and irritated Chris Gardner firm his mind. The kind of mutual love and warmth between father and son. , Will also reach the climax of the movie here.
At the same time, in the part of his homeless community, he added some more plots and shots, mainly around Chris Gardner's big change of heart, about dignity and persistence in dreams. The reason why he was able to get out of relief and become a formal stockbroker is because he did not let go of his dignity. Although he was poor and desperate, he had to sleep in the subway station toilet and the bed in the rescue hall, but he never let go of his dignity. The difference between him and the selfless and numb homeless.
”Mariget, there is also a voice montage of inner monologue.”
In the editing room, Margaret wearing black-framed glasses sat in front of the editing computer, holding the mouse, and on the computer screen, in front of a commercial building in Auckland, people were coming and going, and Will Smith was smiling. With the red Ferrari sports car. Wang Yang took the script next to the station and glanced at the computer screen while reading the narration in the script: ”I still remember the moment when all of them looked super happy. Why can't I also be happy?” What about? ”
”Okay, then you need a few smiling faces.” Margaret responded, looking for the material in the scene and arranging the smiles of white-collar workers and passers-by in and out of the building.
There are many such voice montages in ”When Happiness Comes to Knock”, which are purely subjective voices, that is, Chris Gardner's narration or inner monologue, including ”this part of my life, call a bus”, ”This part is called stupidity” and so on, this kind of expression can not only quickly supplement the completeness of the story, for example, Chris said ”the first time I saw my father at the age of 28”; The inner world and character make his image more three-dimensional and fuller. For the biographical film, whether the protagonist's image is clearly expressed is crucial.
Looking at the picture playing on the screen, the white-collar workers and passers-by walked with a slow-motion smile, Wang Yang frowned, and asked Margaret to broadcast it again and again, saying: ”Do you feel a bit too slow?”
The so-called slow motion is to increase the shooting frequency of the camera to 24 frames per second when shooting, such as 48 frames per second, but the normal speed of movie screening is at 24 frames per second. Slow motion occurs; the opposite is fast motion. The section of ”Matrix” in which Kinu Reeves avoided bullets was the super slow-motion ”bullet time”, which reached 12,000 frames per second; of course, there are not so many sets of shots on the computer, only 96 frames per second. That's it.
”Well, maybe. This needs to be combined with the speed of the narration, as well as the situation of the soundtrack.” Margaret features a mouse, adjusted the frame rate to 72 per second, and asked, ”How is it now?” Wang Yang looked at Once again, I thought about the speed of Will Smith's voice and the atmosphere of this group of shots, saying: ”The two smiling white-collar workers in the front are reduced by a few more frames, and then Chris looks back and smiles and adds a few frames back , Give it a try. ”
Margaret nodded her head and made adjustments in the editing software. The frame length of this adjustment lens was not the place where she and Wang Yang argued. Seeing a passerby on the screen, she suddenly remembered something and said with a smile: ”Young director, this girl seems to be your girlfriend?”
”Yes.” Wang Yang shrugged with a smile, and Jessica walked past with a sweet smile on his face, and Will Smith next to him looked up with a smile, Wang Yang said with a smile: ”Trust me, increase later A few frames are not for her. ”Margaret smiled while operating,” Of course, otherwise you can let her play a role? I think the age of the hippie girl is quite suitable. ”
Hippie girl? The quiet freckled girl appeared in Wang Yang ’s eyes, and the role Anne performed well, especially when Will Smith was turned around after paying, and she looked at a greedy and cheap look from the scanner on the ground, making people At a glance, she knew she was going to steal the scanner. Thinking of that time he said ”very good”, and then Annie looked happy, he couldn't help but smile, the girl who played hippie girl is suitable!
The editing room stayed all day, and it wasn't until the evening that Wang Yang finished his day's work and drove home. He was greeted at home by Jessica ’s smiling face, as well as the dinner that had been prepared, at the table, looking at her smile, listening to her beautiful voice, tasting the delicious food, Wang Yang only felt tired. And empty, probably this is the warmth of the home.