Where is the director?

Only very few people realize this. After all, this is a huge crew of four hundred people. People come and go, and the endless stream always occupies sight. It is indeed very difficult to notice a person's attendance and absence in the chaos. Unless it is Renly Hall.

As for Garys Edwards? "Rogue One" is just his third work as director. He is still a pink newcomer in Hollywood. The face that is still unfamiliar to the public may be drowned in the surging crowd even if it appears.

In fact, Garys Edwards did not show up from beginning to end. If it weren't for executive producer Jason McGatlin who specially found Lanley and took Lanley to the director's studio to recommend it, it would probably take some time for the director's mystery to continue.

Jason McGetling is a strange face. He used to be an administrative manager, but later promoted by Steven Spielberg to play the role of executive producer. "The Adventures of Tintin" is his first work. Because of his good abilities, he was poached by Lucasfilm and served as the execution of "Star Wars: The Force Awakening". "Rogue One" is just his fourth work. Later, he also became the exclusive executive producer of the "Star Wars Series", implementing and handling many problems on the set of the entire series.

Garys' temperament has many similarities with the independent directors Renly has worked with before. He is low-key, quiet, focused, and restrained. The most important thing is his professionalism. He devotes himself to his director's work. His overall temperament is like a technical otaku. His eyes will only shiny when he mentions related technologies, but at other times he doesn't seem to feel too much presence and is easily submerged in the sea of ​​people.

From this perspective, it is indeed understandable that Jason McGetlin is worried about the way the director and the actors get along, which is why he specially recommended Lan Li. He does not want conflicts between the actors and directors in the crew. But from the perspective of Catherine Kennedy, it is precisely the way she hopes for the director's control ability to cooperate without being too strong, and can guide the assembly line homework and add personal style appropriately, which is enough.

Of course, this has no problem with Renly.

Lanley and Garys had a very smooth conversation. The two mainly discussed the composition of the panoramic view of the entire movie and the magnificence of the magnificence of the entire movie, which also means that the actors' performances need to be more concise, stripping away those trivial details can give the picture more vitality.

Garys reminded Renly of Alfonso Caron and Christopher Nolan: technical focus has brought their professional abilities to a new level, but in terms of performance, the guidance they can give to actors is really limited. "Rogue One" has a huge team of actors, which also means that the next shooting will take some time to find the correct performance rhythm, but this is also one of the fun of performance.

At least that's what Renly thinks.

Next, the official meeting and script reading meeting of the crew of "Rogue One" kicked off with laughter and joy, and started the journey smoothly.

At the first official script reading meeting of the actors in the crew, not only because of the numerous roles in the movie, but also the number of actors is also a spectacular number, and you may be blind if you are not careful; but because the actors in the cast are generally low-key, they are more active in independent films and even theatrical stages, and their awareness is limited. In the end, every actor must stand up and complete the self-introduction and explain the role they play.

It’s like when I first entered the performance academy, the first thing in every class is to stand up, introduce myself generously and confidently and introduce myself untiringly. This is the first lesson of becoming an actor. Whether it is movies, dramas, or TV, the interview process must go through challenges and impacts over and over again, and the confidence brought by self-introduction becomes more and more important.

Of course, there must be some differences in the actual situation.

Lan Li, who stood up first, received special treatment.

"Hello everyone, I'm Renly Hall..."

The self-introduction has just begun, and someone started to make a fuss at the scene, "I know, everyone knows", "Is there anyone who doesn't know Young Master Lan Li now?", "It's so boring to jump over", and the whistle and laughter are really lively.

Lan Li, who was "besieged", didn't mind. He raised his hand and pressed down, signaling everyone to be calm. "I know that many gentlemen on the scene are jealous of my super popularity among ladies..." The scene burst into laughter again, "But I still have to be prepared. There is always someone who doesn't know me. Before I become more arrogant and forget my name, I feel that I still need to remind myself at all times."

The laughter burst out completely.

Even Garris, who was hiding in the corner, couldn't help laughing.

"Next...yes, I'm going to play in the movie... Uh, sorry, the pronunciation of the name in space is a bit difficult, I always feel like it's made up, I need to confirm the pronunciation. But what I'm even more confused is that Luke Skywalker's name is very American, I don't know what's wrong with our crew, I think I may not be suitable for living in space..."

The whole audience burst into laughter!

Many people even slapped the table to express their approval of the name, which has become a joke that all actors complain about. Screenwriter Chris Weitz, who sat in the back row, raised the script to cover his face and pretended that he was not there: Anyway, he was responsible for writing the script's lines and dialogue; the script's story framework was written by John Knoll and Gary-whitta.

"I remember he should be a captain. Yes, Captain Cassian-andor, from his surname, should have been a prince. So, I think I should maintain a little gentlemanly, so I will not point the finger at the screenwriter and transfer the baton to our...uh...Ms. Cine-Esso."

The laughter could not stop, and Felicity Jones cast gratitude at Renli's eyes. The nervousness disappeared without a trace in the joyful atmosphere of the audience.

Thanks to Lan Li's easy opening, the script reading meeting went smoothly. The actors were looking for tacit understanding in the gradual attempt to prepare for the official shooting. However, the facts proved that the script reading meeting was one thing, while the actual shooting was another. The smoothness during the script reading was not guaranteed to be smooth after being put into the field shooting. The actual performance was still different after all.

To be precise, I encountered trouble in the first scene.

Like other high-cost large productions, "Rogue One" did not complete the shooting in chronological order, but instead carried out the shooting according to the schedule of the set and the shooting base. This also means that the plot sequence is completely disrupted. The actors must have a clear and sufficient understanding of the script and the front and back of the characters to ensure that they can show the accurate performance texture in each scene and avoid allowing the audience to notice abnormalities.

Of course, the core idea of ​​commercial blockbusters is not to explore the inner growth of each character, which also means that the actor's performance requires a context and is not too difficult. As for the level, it is an additional reward. For most directors, they would rather not have this part of the exploration to avoid breaking the narrative rhythm and overall style.

The first scene of "Rogue One" officially started filming, choose a plot after the beginning of the story to connect all the characters appearing in front.

When Qin Erso, who was serving his sentence in prison, was "rescued" or "hijacked" by the Rebels to their secret base. Because the Rebels received news, the Empire was building a weapon that could destroy planets. The key core figure in the whole process was Qin Erso's father Garen Erso, who was hijacked by the Empire fifteen years ago. At that time, the fashionable and young Qin Erso witnessed his mother being shot and escaped the empire's claws by chance and was saved by Saw-gerrera, who was also a rebel.

Now, the Resistance Army needs the cooperation of Qin Erso, and find the Resistance Army to leave the Resistance Army because of disagreement of ideas, and use extreme means to create violent incidents on different planets to resist the Empire's So Greyra, and then hope to obtain further clues about weapons. It also hopes that Qin Erso can locate Garen Erso through So Greyra, and take action from the Resistance Army to stop the construction of weapons and prevent the Empire's iron hooves from going further to other corners.

Captain Casian Ando of the Resistance Army will travel with Qin Erso to complete this task.

The first scene of the movie was chosen to have the scene where the Rebel Army and Qin Erso had the first direct contact. This scene can connect many characters and clues, laying the basic framework for the entire story. For actors, directors, performances, etc., this is the most suitable scene.

Obviously, the content of this scene is very rich, not only with lines and stories, but most importantly, there are many characters, which are quite difficult to shoot; but in comparison, this is simpler for director Garris, and the dispatch and control within the scope of a small scene is easier.

So, where is the problem?

actor.

To be precise, the performances of the actors including Felicity Jones, Angus Wright, May-bell, etc., all had problems with their performances. Even if Renly was in it, he could not turn the tide and save the whole scene by himself. What's more, the core of this scene was not him, but Felicity.

"Card!"

Garys Edwards has interrupted the filming for the eighth time. It was not because of a line error or an accident, but the entire performance was completed smoothly without stuttering, but Garys's deep brow was hinting: he was still dissatisfied with the performance of this scene, and was very dissatisfied.

So, where is the problem?
Chapter completed!