"Okay..."

I was careless...

A mature actress is well-informed and can understand everything. She is indeed an Oscar-level best actress.

"Also, you have to add some hand movements to show your nervousness from the side."

"Director...don't worry, I understand."

Meryl narrowed her eyes slightly and glanced at Alan as if to wink.

"Okay, go get ready."

Alan didn't pay attention to Meryl's look, the old woman's face was full of wrinkles due to the makeup she put on, and he was too lazy to look at her face any more.

When calling two photographers, they also had to explain some precautions.

"You need to pay attention to the details of her facial expression and capture her conflicted feeling. Do you understand?"

"Understood, sir!"

"And you... in this medium shot, pay attention to her gestures. When you see her hands moving, take a close-up shot of her hands for me. Got it?"

"I understand, I understand!"

The two photographers responsible for close-ups and medium shots were even more nervous when facing Allen. They just believed whatever this noble lord said and did not dare to raise any opinions at all.

"Okay, get ready!"

Allen took out the exclusive gold-patterned little trumpet, and continued with the next shot!

…

In just five days, the filming of the scenes in the hotel went smoothly, but the overall pace was not very fast.

During the daytime shooting, since Alan could not see the playback, he had to shoot everything based on his feelings. He could only take the film back to the manor in the afternoon when he finished work, and ask the photographer to make a rough cut in his newly built editing room and then show the film to him again.

This time, it's time to look at the details.

If any problems are found, the footage will have to be retaken the next day.

This is already an extremely efficient way of filming. Why can Hollywood gather so many crews in such a small place?

Because their place has all kinds of facilities, the director can watch such rough cuts in the nearby editing room at night after finishing filming the film that day.

If we move to some poorer places where there is no equipment, that would be real blind shooting.

Those directors can only shoot more shots, and they have to always “protect one take” without any bottom line.

Whenever a problem is found, the backup screen can be activated, and the consequences of this are...

First, it wastes a lot of time and prolongs the production cycle of the entire film, which can be as short as one or two years or as long as three or four years.

Second, a lot of film is wasted. The cost of these films used for shooting is not cheap. If more is wasted and time goes by, the cost of the film will naturally go up.

Now, since Allen is shooting nearby, he is willing to make these advance investments, which makes shooting much more convenient.

Although it is not as professional as Hollywood, compared with crews in other places, his behavior is already very generous.

…

As the filming progressed, the actors and crew members became more familiar with each other, and the cooperation of the entire crew gradually became more and more tacit.

In the hotel room...

Allen sat next to the camera, holding a device that looked like a SLR long lens.

This is an optical viewfinder, what is its function...

It simulates the footage captured by the camera, making it easier for the director to control the image.

It’s better than nothing.

…

At the end of the double bed, Meryl changed into a slightly sexier nightgown and sat next to the little black duck.

Alan looked at the camera footage of the two of them and frowned slightly. Today's filming gave him a very bad feeling, but...

He couldn't say exactly what was wrong with it.

“Crack!”

Alan stopped the filming, stood up and looked around, and finally found out where this bad feeling came from.

light!

To be precise, it is the brightness of the light.

Today's scene is a little more explicit, it's considered as foreplay, and the light in the room is rather dim at this moment.

As a result, the overall feeling gives people a very fragmented feeling.

Not that ambiguous.

This thing is hard to describe in words.

If I must describe it, why are the lights in many leisure houses and beauty salons small pink lights?

An experienced driver will know what is going on when he sees this kind of light, and his emotions will be mobilized at the right time. It is time to go in and rescue the fallen woman.

But if this kind of place is replaced with green and dim lights...

Even if the girl standing at the door soliciting customers is very pretty, will customers still have that feeling when they see this kind of lighting?

The only difference here is the lighting!

…

"Who arranged the lighting today? Didn't you read the shooting plan? What effect do I want? What kind of shit is this arrangement?"

Thinking that the shot he had spent half a day shooting was wasted, Alan glanced around angrily, and finally his eyes fell on Siphis who was trying his best to hide himself in the dark in the corner.

“…”

Seeing Alan's gaze, Siphis swallowed.

"Master...please wait a moment, I will ask them to change it."

After saying that... Siphis waved his hands fiercely and asked the lighting technicians to change the lights quickly. These lighting technicians poached from the BBC were really bringing shame to him.

…

While the lighting technician was rearranging the lights, Alan waved to Meryl, and called the two photographers to his side, and began to explain his ideas again.

"When we're shooting later, Meryl, I need you to wear your pajamas as tight as possible. For example, when you sit down, you can put your hands behind you and straighten the hem of your pajamas before sitting down. Your curves need to be highlighted, and your chest needs to be more upright."

…

For this film, Allen planned to shoot it in a subtle way, but he would definitely not show anything. This was the bottom line.

Although there were some nude scenes on the Titanic, they were done in the name of art.

But they are who they are, and Allen doesn't intend to be so straightforward in this film.

What he wants to play is stream of consciousness, taking the emotional route, that is, teasing.

It’s vegetarian, but not bland!

As long as he raises the emotions high enough in version A, Gambia will attract more tourists!

Pure yellow, aren’t there professionals in version B who are in charge?

…

Who said that if nothing is revealed, the audience won’t feel anything after watching it?

Why do they have so many censored films?

What we want is emotion and artistic conception.

Allen has a lot of experience in photographing women.

When photographing young women.

You need to capture their youth and vitality, their long legs and their feet.

You have to shoot from bottom to top, slowly and carefully, along the feet upwards, giving the audience a feeling of someone hiding behind the screen and unscrupulously looking at every inch of the beauty's skin from bottom to top.

But when it comes to photographing middle-aged women, it’s no longer the case.

They are no longer young, so appearance is no longer their advantage.

This requires changing the angle to capture the key points.

What's the point?

It's the slight sagging after going through a lot, the slightly bulging belly, the stretch marks on the belly, the feeling of not looking worldly even with heavy makeup, but rather a sense of vicissitudes after seeing the world, which is something that young women don't have.

Now that he's abroad, Allen wants to go a step further. Not only does he want to capture everything above, but he also wants to capture it more directly, to show some of Meryl's curves. He wants a feeling of neither concealing nor not concealing.