Chapter 255

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"After a busy day, you can't resist exhaustion and fall into a deep sleep."

In the studio of a small studio near the University of Toronto, Zach Snyder hung headphones and stood in the field set up as a police station, telling Matthew, "When you wake up, the whole world has changed, police The bureau is no longer noisy, but strangely quiet, and then strangely encounters an attack, the partner dies and becomes a zombie, you think it's wrong, carefully investigate..."

Matthew was wearing a tight black police T-shirt and black police pants on his lower body, and nodded to Zach Snyder.

Zach Snyder turned around, squatted in front of a girl with a very scary makeup, and began to explain her role. Compared with adult actors like Matthew, child actors are the real headache for the director.

Every director has his own habits and requirements when shooting. Zach Snyder is obviously different from the directors Matthew has worked with before. He prohibits actors from rehearsing before shooting, and pursues the wonder that the actors suddenly collide with when they perform live. The spark, which also fits with the setting of a group of people who don't know each other because of the gathering of disasters.

Therefore, during the preparation period, the crew did not specifically arrange for the actors to meet, nor did they have any actors rehearsed in advance.

Of course, for some roles that use firearms in filming, actors must have proper training and basic firearms knowledge.

Matthew is not very clear about how other people are. Anyway, before he came to Toronto, he had never played with any actors.

The filming location of the crew was all located in Toronto. This Canadian city is also a place where many Hollywood crews like to shoot, and even has the title of "Northern Hollywood". It is currently the third largest in North America after Los Angeles and New York. Film production base.

After coming to Canada, Matthew also learned a few things, Universal Pictures and Sean Daniel chose to shoot in Toronto, not just because there is a large shopping mall ready to be demolished for shooting.

In addition to being able to serve as a "satellite city" for Hollywood to provide film production services because of its proximity, the attractive preferential policies offered by the Toronto government are the main reason for the crew to come over for filming. He occasionally heard Sean Daniel mention that the Toronto government has It can provide a subsidy of nearly 10% of the production cost for the crew.

This is not the most. According to Matthew's later special understanding, the local government's subsidy to the Hollywood crew can reach up to 12% of the total production cost.

Compared with California and Los Angeles, such preferential policies are too attractive.

Instead he is the producer,

Will also bring the crew here to shoot instead of staying in Los Angeles.

Zach Snyder finished the scene with the little girl, told the family members who accompanied her, and then asked another actor dressed as a police officer. Seeing that there were no other problems, he was ready to start filming.

The various departments of the crew were making final adjustments. Matthew left in front of the camera, went to lie down on the sofa, closed his eyes and went to sleep. Although he had not rehearsed before, among the main actors in the crew, he was the first to get the script. , Since the signing of the actor contract at the beginning of the month, I have studied the role in the angel agency, and asked someone to help with the role. Every scene of the role has basically been carefully thought out.

"Dawn of the Living Dead, the first scene, the first act!" The assistant director's voice came over at this time, "Start now!"

Zack Snyder and the director of photography each controlled a camera and shot from two angles that did not interfere with each other. The entire set was extremely quiet. Since the director Zack Snyder specifically requested, all the staff even put their breathing to the lightest.

Matthew rolled over on the sofa and woke up from his sleep. He first stretched, then looked up at the wall clock on the wall. Just as he was about to stand up, his partner who was resting near the door also woke up.

Since yesterday, there have been many biting incidents in the local area, which has caused the police force to be tense. Ma Jiao's male lead and another police officer were busy late, and did not leave the police station at all. They found a room to rest.

The door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and some harsh sunlight came in. Matthew narrowed his eyes and seemed to be adapting to the light. The actor near the door walked over and asked, "Is something wrong, Cordier?"

It was a girl who had been separated from her family who they had brought back from the road last night when they returned to the police station.

Matthew squeezed his eyes, seeming to get used to the strong light, and suddenly found that the little girl's mouth was a little abnormal, but before he could do anything, the little girl jumped up and bit his partner's neck artery.

The blood bag arranged in advance burst as planned, and a stream of blood rushed out, staining the snow-white walls red.

Matthew reacted instantly and rushed up to pull the little girl. The little girl bit the flesh and skin that was attached to the actor's neck. The actor fell to the ground clutching his neck. Matthew bit it.

Although his face was dazed and a little flustered, Matthew's resolute face also showed enough calmness. After all, this is a well-informed police character. He grabbed the little girl by the shoulders and threw her out. .

The crew has already done a good job of safety protection, and there is no need to worry about problems.

Matthew then rushed over and closed the door. As soon as the door was closed, there was a violent crash outside, and the whole door trembled.

Leaving the door behind, Matthew turned to look at his partner, who was lying on the ground with blood dripping from his neck and kept shaking. He quickly pulled a towel and wrapped it around his neck.

"Save people!" he shouted at the same time, "Save people! Someone needs help here!"

But the surroundings were quiet, and there was no response.

Matthew couldn't stop the blood, and his face was full of anxiety. He pulled down his partner's walkie-talkie, which was covered in blood, and shouted loudly, "Help is needed here! Someone here is seriously injured..."

The walkie-talkie also did not respond except for the thorns and lala.

"Card!" Director Zach Snyder stopped shooting and said to Matthew, "Very good! However, Matthew, you need to enrich some small expressions, let's do it again."

Among the entire crew, it can be said that Matthew's brand is the biggest except for Sean Daniel. Zach Snyder has shot MVs for stars and commercials for super big brands for many years. He knows how to communicate with famous people, and the film director In a sense, it must be a master of coordination and communication.

Matthew waved to Zach Snyder and said, "No problem!"

He sat on the sofa to the side, and the special makeup artist immediately came over to touch up the makeup. The other two actors were in trouble. They had to re-apply their makeup, especially the police actor who died. He had to take a shower before re-applying his makeup.

But no one complained, even though everyone knew that it was Matthew's lack of expression and emotions that caused these troubles.

This is what a star actor-level actor should be treated to.

After a full hour, the filming resumed, and Matthew's performance was slightly better this time. Zach Snyder was born in commercials and MVs, and he paid more attention to the composition of the whole picture rather than the performance of the actors. It basically met the requirements. Also called through.

He has been preparing for a career as a film director for many years, and he naturally knows that there is a big difference between the performance of commercial entertainment films and the performance of literary and artistic independent films.

The acting skills of many actors in the former are definitely unqualified in the latter, but the latter's way of deeply digging into the hearts of the characters is also not suitable for commercial entertainment movies.

After this scene, Matthew's condition is a little better, and there is no longer such a scene where NG takes a lot of time to remake up. The shooting is a little smoother, although every scene and every scene basically requires a few NGs. time, but the filming has just started, which is also a normal situation for the crew to run in.

NG is not necessarily because he has a problem with the leading role. Except for the photographer and art director who were brought over by Zack Snyder, the rest of the crew is a temporary patchwork. Such a team, even if there is enough communication during the preparation period. , and also needs to be run-in in field work.

The whole morning of shooting was spent in the stop-and-go shooting. There were many reasons for the interruption of shooting. Matthew’s expression was not rich enough, which accounted for one-third, and other reasons accounted for the other two-thirds. For example, the lighting was not suitable. Actor moves need to be adjusted, cameras are repositioned, Zach Snyder has other ideas on the fly, and so on.

By the end of the work at noon, the crew had shot a total of five shots. After Matthew escaped from the toilet window in order to avoid the zombies in the police station, Zach Snyder announced the end of the morning's work.

In order to maintain the continuity of filming, Matthew did not remove his makeup. He took his mobile phone from the personal assistant and was going to go to the restaurant for dinner. Since the previous personal assistant resigned, the current assistant was assigned by the crew, which was somewhat inconvenient, but fortunately He also has no dark secrets, and he doesn't have to worry about the other party seeing it.

This studio near the University of Toronto is not a big one. At present, only one crew of "Dawn of the Living Dead" is working, but the crew has already been in touch, and the studio's restaurant will be responsible for the crew's daily meals.

Because of the makeup on his body, especially the ketchup that looks like blood plasma on his clothes, Matthew did not go over. Instead, he commanded the assistant to put a few dishes he liked on a plate, and then found a table to prepare Dine alone.

This morning, the scene was filmed in the studio. In the afternoon, we will transfer to an open-air studio outside the studio to shoot. There is no heroine, and Matthew did not see Jessica Alba coming to the studio.

He sat down and took a sip of water, picked up his fork, and was about to taste the delicious-looking potato brisket when two women suddenly came over and sat across from him.

Matthew looked up. One was Helen Herman and the other was Alexandra Daddario, who had a scene to shoot in the afternoon.

"Are you okay?" he asked.