"Paris I Love You" is directed by 20 directors, with 20 districts in Paris, and each director films a story in one district. The budget for the movie is 10,000 yuan, and on average, each short film is only 650,000 yuan. Of course, these budgets are not divided equally, but are formulated according to the director's needs.

Zhang Ran is the director who spends the most money, with a total of 150,000 yuan because his short film requires a cafe in the studio. Producer Emmanuel Benby thought it was too luxurious to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a cafe for a six-minute short film, so he asked Zhang Ran if he could just find a cafe to shoot. Zhang Ran's answer was, no, either make it according to his own requirements or forget it.

This is not Zhang Ran’s pretentiousness, nor does it mean to spend other people’s money without feeling sorry for him. He wanted to set up a Cafe of Gelbova, which was the place where the Impressionist masters gathered at that time. Impressionism was even called the Gaelbova School of Painting. Unfortunately, this Cafe has not been preserved and has long disappeared.

Lucbesson said that Zhang Ran's short film was a tribute to the Impressionist masters, which is indeed true. But Zhang Ran has another purpose, and he hopes to have a spiritual conversation with the distant masters in this way to regain his state. So no matter what, he will build this cafe. If the producer Emmanuel Benby disagrees, he will shoot it himself.

Emmanuel Benby was very upset, gritted her teeth, and finally agreed. He had read Zhang Ran's script, and the story was very exciting, and it was probably the biggest highlight of the whole movie.

The audition time was 2:30 in the afternoon. Zhang Ran looked at his watch and it was already 2:20. Norah Jones should be coming soon.

At this time, a high-definition camera was arranged in a corner of the cafe, and Zhao Fei was fiddling with the camera. In the seat on the other side, Luke Besson was chatting with Zhang Jingchu.

The male protagonist Evan McGregor was drinking coffee while talking to the producer Emmanuel Benby. The French actor Jean-Dujardan, who will win the Oscar for "The Artist" in the future. He was not found by Zhang Ran, but recommended by Emmanuel Benby. He is still a little star who has not yet made a name for himself. At this moment, he has entered the role and is holding a coffee pot to pour coffee for everyone.

Almost five minutes later, Nora Jones and his agent arrived.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Zhang!" Nora Jones greeted Zhang Ran with a smile. As a jazz singer, she especially liked "The Breaking Drummer". After that, she must watch every movie of Zhang Ran, and Zhang Ran became the director she admired the most. After receiving Zhang Ran's invitation, she had almost no thoughts and decided to act in this drama.

"Hello, Miss Jones! Please sit down, let's sit down and talk!" Zhang Ran asked Nora Jones to sit down while looking at her. He didn't know much about Nora Jones, but had just watched Wang Jiawei's "Blueberry Night". Nora Jones felt what he wanted in the movie.

"I have always loved movies and hope to try them, but I don't know if I will act." Nora Jones sat down opposite Zhang Ran, with a bright smile on his face.

Zhang Ran kept smiling: "No problem, you will definitely be able to do it."

Nora Jonesley tried hard to keep the corners of her mouth from rising, and the results seemed good: "What do I need to do? Do I need to act in a play?" She had never acted in a play, nor had she tried to do a shot, but she heard that audition was going to act in a play and read the lines aloud.

Zhang Ran waved his hand with a smile: "Our role is very simple, and the requirements for performance are not high. It mainly depends on whether the feeling you bring to us is in line with the role. You go to make a makeup, and we will talk after putting on it!" Zhang Ran called the makeup artist over: "Take Miss Jones to put on makeup, first change her blue clothes. After putting on makeup, I want to see the effect."

"Miss Jones, please come with me!" the makeup artist said to Norah Jones and took her into the dressing room.

At the same time, Zhang Ran also stood up, walked to Zhao Fei's side, and told him how to take pictures later.

After about twenty minutes, Nora Jones came out of the dressing room and changed into a blue and white striped shirt, and dark blue jeans. He looked pure and fresh. Nora Jones was relatively short, so he tied his shirt into the jeans to raise his waistline, which not only made him look taller, but also made him look capable and neat.

Zhang Ran was very satisfied. In addition to his image and temperament, a very important point is that he chose Nora Jones. If the actor is shorter, he can form a difference in camera position with others. In the movie, the actor's position is of particular importance. If the position is high, the person will appear strong; if the position is low, the person will appear weak.

The heroine of this short film is in trouble and has a gap with the people around her. She is obviously in a weak position. It is easier to make up a shorter girl. If Taylor Swift is found and the tall 1.8 meters tall person stands in front of the camera, it will give people a strong feeling and will not be easy to deal with.

Nora Jones looked at the camera, looked at Zhang Ran again, and asked, "What should I do next?"

Zhang Ran smiled and waved to her: "The audition doesn't have to be an actor. You sit down and let's talk." Then he waved to Jean-Duyal and signaled to pour Nora Jones a cup of coffee.

Nora Jones didn't understand the audition very well. Since Zhang Ran asked herself to sit down and chat, she sat down.

Zhang Ran briefly analyzed the role for Nora Jones, and then began to ask questions, asking her about her previous experiences, where she studied, what hobbies she usually has, etc. Nora Jones has never acted in a show, so Zhang Ran will definitely need to guide her at that time, which requires a deep understanding of the actors.

While Zhang Ran and Nora Jones were chatting, Zhao Fei operated a high-definition digital camera and shot Nora Jones from different angles. Most people’s faces are not standard, so they have to choose angles for shooting. Those who don’t choose angles are like Zhang Ziyi, which is a movie face. As a photographer, Zhao Fei must figure out which angle Nora Jones’ face looks good from, so that they can provide reference for the subsequent shooting.

After chatting for nearly an hour, Zhang Ran waved to the makeup artist: "Take Nora to put on makeup, change to red clothes, and tie her head up."

The protagonist of the movie is an American girl who works in a French cafe. The French is bad and there is a gap with the people around her. Her heart is melancholy. Blue is a melancholy color. In the early stage of the movie, the heroine will always wear blue clothes to express her melancholy and loneliness. Later, the heroine is welcomed by everyone because of singing and becomes more and more harmonious with the people around her. The color of the clothing will also change from cold to red, which symbolizes her inner enthusiasm.

In fact, clothing colors play an important role in film works. Clothing colors can give people a strong visual impact and psychological reaction. The visual and emotional language of clothing colors will feel that they present different visual effects in the appreciation of the works, expressing and conveying different emotions.

More than ten minutes later, Nora Jones put on makeup. This time she changed into a red dress with white dots on it, looking very lively, and a white sweater was worn on the outside.

Zhang Ran clapped his hands and pointed to the microphone stand in front of the bar: "Nora, sing a song!"

Nora Jones has read the script of the movie and knows that there are many scenes singing in front of the bar, and asks, “What songs are you singing?”

Zhang Ran said: "Just about love is enough."

Nora Jones walked to the microphone, smiled and sang gracefully: "I waited until I saw the sun. I don't know why I won't come. I left you and the joy of the house, I don't know why I won't come..."

There was a silence in the cafe, and everyone was listening quietly. This is "tknohy", the most popular song of Nora Jones. Many people have heard it, but now it is listening to the real live version, and everyone is a little intoxicated.

Nora Jones sang very well, but after all, he was a famous singer. He won several Grammys. He had a strong aura and his whole singing was too mature. This is the big star Nora Jones singing, not the shy girl in the movie.

Zhang Ran clapped his hands and signaled Nora Jones to stop: "Nora, we need to sing with another feeling. Now you close your eyes and imagine a scene where you sing in a bar, your boyfriend comes to see you, and you are watching you offstage. You just dated not long ago, and now he is watching you offstage, just looking at you, your eyes full of love. Think about the feeling you felt when you were dating with your boyfriend at the beginning, and recall your mood at that time. Okay, now you can open your eyes and sing again!"

Nora Jones started singing again, but the vocals were elegant and sweet. After all, Zhang Ran gave the situation that his boyfriend was listening to his singing.

After the song was sung, everyone present applauded. Listening to Nora Jones singing, it was a live version, which felt so wonderful.

In fact, Zhang Ran hoped that Nora Jones felt a little shy, so she imagined that she had just dated her boyfriend. Nora Jones had a different understanding. In her opinion, it was sweet just dating, so she showed sweetness. However, Zhang Ran did not entangle the specific emotions and could show sweetness, which means that she had entered the situation described by Zhang Ran, which means that she could get into the role quickly.

For directors, they are not afraid of the actors who have no experience. If they have no experience, they can guide them. The most feared are the actors who cannot get into the show. Zhang Ran was very satisfied with Nora Jones' performance: "It's the effect I want, it's great. But I have two requirements, I wonder if you can accept it?"

Nolan Jones pursed his lips nervously: "Don't know what the requirements?"

Zhang Ran stared at Nora Jones's ponytail and said, "First, can you accept hair cuts? I want the heroine to be long in front, but I think it's better to be short in the back, because in the later stages of the movie, the girl became lively, and her whole person was full of vitality, and she looked more energetic."

Nora Jones didn't value his opponent: "Yes, I just happened to want to change my look, but it's better not to cut it too ugly. What about the second requirement?"

Zhang Ran looked at Nora Jones and said, "The heroine of the movie is a girl who works in a cafe. She is not good at French and is lonely inside. In order to let you understand the character's heart and truly enter the character's state, I will ask Mr. Luc Besson to find a cafe to let you be a waitress for a week!" If you have enough time, it may be better to do it for a month or two, but Zhang Ran has no time. The Venetian Film Festival will open at the end of August, and then the students will start school.

Nora Jones worked in a restaurant before she became famous. She thought about it and nodded: "Yes!"

Zhang Ran smiled and stretched out his hand: "The cooperation is pleasant!"

The following week, Nora Jones worked as a waitress at the Double Windmill Cafe in Montmartre with the help of Luc Besson. The Double Windmill Cafe is where the heroine Emily works in the movie "Angel Loves Beauty". There are many tourists every day, but Nora Jones put on makeup and no one recognized her.

Zhang Ran naturally would not be idle either. He pulled the crew members to discuss scripts, cameras, compositions, and strived to make the movie better. For this reason, he racked his brains.

Everyone is saying that the new storyboard is great, but Zhang Ran is still unsure and always feels something is wrong. However, the tenth time is approaching, and Zhang Ran has no way to postpone it any further, so he can only turn on the computer. (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!