American fame and fortune.

Chapter 789 The heroine and green tea
In a studio decorated like a residential building, Martin sat in front of the piano, his ten fingers falling on the black and white keys, as if dancing, and the cheerful music tinkled.

Saoirse Ronan in a dress stepped to the beat and twirled and danced.

The crew is currently filming.

Saoirse turned to the piano, and as soon as she said one line, director Damien Chazelle called stop.

"That's not how it feels, Saoirse, you are too sweet." The director had another interpretation of the script, which was not exactly the same as screenwriter Mia: "Remember the point we specifically emphasized during the script reading meeting, The heroine is not intoxicated in love with the hero, but a modern woman with dreams and independent ideas."

Saoirse put her hands on the piano and said, "I understand."

Damien looked at Martin again. Although Martin was the boss of the project and also served as the producer, the filming site belonged to the director.

He said directly: "The tunes and rhythms played are more retro, giving people a feeling of the golden age."

Martin nodded and tried playing a piece.

Damien was still dissatisfied and waved to Sebastian: "Come and demonstrate again."

Damien shook his head slightly and came to the piano to discuss with Martin in a low voice: "The effect of playing live is not very good, how about another way of shooting?"

He emphasized: "You act like a pure admirer, not an independent-minded woman."

Music requires more talent than performance. Martin knows very well that after more than half a year of practice, he can become proficient in fingering, but the music he can play is just that.

Martin stepped aside.

"Okay." Martin said directly: "Take a picture of me playing and change the music to Seba's playing."

Since the two parties had already reached an agreement, the shooting mode was changed.

Martin stood up from the piano and flexed his wrist.

During his performance, Martin pays more attention to the use of fingering and the expression of personal behavior, and does not need to think too much about the music he plays.

Saoirse understood that she had brought reality into the character and said: "I will adjust as soon as possible."

But the filming was stopped four or five times because of her.

It was back to Martin, who played it again based on his feeling.

Damien returned to sit behind the director's monitor, suddenly raised his hand and patted his face hard, muttering: "You can do it! You can do it! You can definitely..."

Damien could only call Saoirse aside and said alone: ​​"I don't know what your relationship is with Martin, and I don't care about it. In the performance just now, your eyes and facial expression when you looked at Martin were all wrong!"

The assistant director exchanged a few words with Sebastian again if the crew was willing to pay.

Saoirse is still dancing to the accompaniment.

Filming resumed and this shot was repeated three more times. Damien was finally satisfied with Saoirse Ronan's performance and gave the go-ahead.

Of course Sebastian would have to pay more for such a shoot.

The song is still the same jazz song from the 1960s, but it sounds completely different.

He asked specifically: "Have the crew and Seba finished talking?"

This is the second feature film he has directed. There was no such pressure in the first one.

Sebastian sat in front of the piano, brewing his emotions a little, and pressed the black and white keys.

Saoirse came over, feeling somewhat depressed, and whispered: "Teacher..."

Martin encouraged: "The state has been adjusted well, keep it up."

Saoirse immediately cheered up and clenched her fists: "I will!"

This is a girl with a very good acting talent, much better than Blake Lively. After some adjustments, she gradually found the feeling of a heroine.

The piano-playing scene was filmed in one morning, and the crew then moved to another restaurant interior.

What was filmed was still the scenes between the male and female protagonists.

This is a scene between the hero and heroine in a jazz bar.

Before filming started, Damien specifically found Saoirse Ronan to talk about the scene with her, emphasizing the key core parts of the character: "This is one of the three key scenes where the heroine and the hero meet. In these scenes, The heroine takes the initiative, even though she already has a boyfriend, she still can’t help teasing the hero!”

Saoirse understands: "My character sends out enough signals that the male protagonist will be interested in me."

Damien pointed at her: "You understand correctly."

Saoirse returned to the set and sat next to Martin.

Martin said: "Don't be pressured. Act according to the director's requirements and your understanding."

"Hmm!" Saoirse nodded vigorously and asked: "My understanding is that the heroine is a green tea like Emma Watson."

Hearing Emma Watson, Martin couldn't help but curiously asked: "How is your mortal enemy doing lately?"

Saoirse smiled happily: "Now she sees me and walks around, but I heard people in the British entertainment industry say that Rowling seems to have some opinions about her." Martin counted the time and estimated that Rowling and Emma Waugh Tessen's version is pretty much the same. In a few years, Rowling's version will fall seriously behind and will be ruthlessly crushed.

The crew began to clear the scene, and the two stopped talking and worked on their characters' emotions.

As the scene recorder made notes in front of the camera, filming began.

Part of the script written by Mia was based on her own experience, and the other part came from what she had seen and heard on the set. Some of the plots were very Hollywood.

For example, in the creation of the heroine, even though she is a girl pursuing her dreams from beginning to end, in the writing of many scenes, the heroine always reveals the bitchiness of a Hollywood actress.

This is actually easy to understand. The screenwriter herself is a Hollywood actress, and she is used to seeing people and things around her. She is used to it.

Therefore, love that seems fresh and fresh will not feel right if you think about it carefully.

Martin's male protagonist is a down-and-out literary young man who dreams of saving the dying classical jazz genre.

Two people in despair can easily create sparks of passion.

Just like a certain movie city in Martin's previous life, the extras waiting for the opportunity will temporarily team up once they see the right thing.

As for the future? In fact, both sides are similar.

The whole afternoon was spent filming the scene in the jazz bar. Several black people played at a very high level. During the filming break, Mene came over to ask for some music advice.

Mene will play the lead singer of a band.

After finishing work in the afternoon, Martin returned to the rest area to pack his things. Saoirse followed him. Seeing people around, he said openly: "The dance scene will be filmed soon. Can we rehearse a little longer?"

Martin understood what this meant and said, "Okay, you go take off your makeup first and I'll wait for you."

"Wait for me at the cold drink shop." Saoirse happily ran out of the studio.

Martin returned to the makeup trailer to take off his makeup and change back into clothes. He chatted with Mene who came over and got off the car to go to the cold drink shop. Before he reached the door, he saw Mia and Sebastian under the sun umbrella outside the cold drink shop. quarrel.

The two looked at each other coldly, and they were far apart, so Martin couldn't hear what they were saying clearly.

But Sebastian looked a little ugly and retorted to Mia.

As a result, Mia pointed at his chest, raised her voice and quarreled a few words, then turned around and left.

She took a few steps forward, looked up just in time to see Martin, and forced a smile: "Hello, Martin..."

Martin waved his hand: "Go and do your work."

He glanced at Sebastian over there again, and Sebastian spread his hands helplessly at Martin.

Martin didn't care about this and didn't even ask, as long as these two people didn't affect the normal work of the crew.

Sebastian soon left too.

Martin sat under the umbrella and waited for less than five minutes before Saoirse Ronan hurried over.

She ordered two cold drinks and placed them on the small round table, chatting with Martin while eating.

It was still early, and they had been filming for another day, so the two of them just took a break.

Saoirse took a bite of ice cream and asked: "The heroine I play is very similar to Emma Watson, she is a hidden bitch."

She thought for a while and then asked: "You are familiar with Mia, why did she write the heroine like this?"

Martin put down the cold drink cup and said: "Mia may have brought these with her unconsciously, or she thought that these were normal situations. In the face of the dream of stardom that she is pursuing so hard, she can give up on these."

"I can understand the ending." Saoirse was thinking about the middle scene: "Before the heroine and the hero have a relationship, it's too bitchy."

Martin motioned for her to continue.

Saoirse added: "The heroine has a rich, handsome boyfriend who takes her to a high-end restaurant to have dinner with her brother. According to the description of the script, this man is a bit rigid and conservative, so the heroine finds him boring and abandons her boyfriend on the spot to find another one. The leading actor."

She coughed lightly: "Who is the male protagonist? A literary young man who engages in art."

Martin knew what Saoirse wanted to say: "She understands taste and can do art, and she is also very romantic."

"Does the heroine look like many Bitchis? She takes it for granted that her boyfriend treats her well." Saoirse plays the heroine, so she studied it a bit in-depth: "But she just thinks that her boyfriend is boring, doesn't understand romance, and has no rituals. She felt that there was nothing in common between the two of them, and then an artistic young man who knew how to play and loved to play appeared, and she immediately fell in love with her. She felt that if she didn't get together with the young man, she would be sorry for her beautiful youth."

Martin couldn't help laughing: "Your opinions are almost the same as director Damien's." He revealed: "Didn't you notice? Damien consciously shaped the heroine in this aspect."

Saoirse didn't understand: "Why? Youth, dreams, love... these are all wrong."

"I don't know what the screenwriter really thinks. I only know what the director thinks." Martin simply said: "Nowadays, for female characters in movies, I have the final say in my life. Everything the heroine does is a reflection of this." .”

Saoirse thought for a while and nodded: "It seems so. The heroine takes the initiative to hook up with the hero, takes the initiative to abandon her current boyfriend and have a relationship with the hero, and uses the phone call with her mother to push the hero to make money so that she can write scripts with peace of mind. Then she asked the male protagonist to abandon his high-paying job and become as destitute as she was, and actively choose to go to Paris to realize his dream..."

In fact, Martin knew very well that Damien seemed to give the heroine control over her life, but he secretly buried several bottles of green tea for her.

(End of this chapter)