Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 129 Straightforward
  “If you want to show a character’s struggle, don’t keep the camera on her face!”

"In addition to her expression, her body language is closer to her true heart!"

"And the lights, why do they have to be dirty! It will only irritate the audience's eyes."

Faced with Don De's questioning, Patty Jenkins retorted with the same words: "I didn't! Don! I just wanted to show the most real Charlize and the most real murder case, so I gave it up. Those ones……"

"Forget it, Patty!" Tang De saw it far more clearly than she did, because all her thoughts were on Charlize's acting skills, trying to cover up the shortcomings in the production with her performance, so the entire crew was now completely focused on Charlize. I'm here to transfer it myself.

"You can just say that you can't think of stunning shots and lighting that fits the mood of the plot!"

"But my play is not about showing off my skills..."

"Show off your skills? Is audio-visual language such a superficial thing in your opinion? Or did your master's tutor teach you not to respect lighting and photography?"

Patty Jenkins graduated from the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at Cooper Union College. She is considered an academic with a lot of theoretical knowledge. Unfortunately, what she knows is still too little compared to real movies.

Tang De pointed out her more fatal problem without mercy: "In addition, there is also a problem with Charlize's makeup. Even if she is just a prostitute who can be seen everywhere, doesn't she need to dress up in order to attract business? There is no cover at all. Like a shrew! Are the drivers some hungry beasts? They can talk to such a woman!"

Although the prototype character is not a beauty, to be honest, she is much more pleasing to the eye than Charlize, and she looks plain.

In order to highlight Charlize's changes, this movie made her uglier than anyone else, making her feel physically uncomfortable even just watching it.

Such a role is not so much a restoration as a deliberate trick in order to win awards.

But Donde doesn't need Charlize Theron to change her makeup. After all, this is what Hollywood does. The main thing he can't stand is Patty's directorial quality and completely eccentric style.

"Rough! Everything is rough, Patty! Are you filming your college graduation project?"

"I joined the crew because of the potential of the film, not to be a green leaf next to flowers!"

Patty Jenkins was left speechless and fell into silence.

She didn't expect Tang De to be so merciless when he got angry. Although he didn't shout loudly in front of everyone, and they were just two people standing outside the crew, the harsh tone still hit her hard.

This made her very hurt. After being quiet for a while, she entered the prop car alone and rested for a while. When she came out again, it was already an hour later.

"Patti!" Charlize Theron, who had put on makeup, walked over and hugged Patty. She had a good relationship with the director. After coming out after putting on makeup, they heard from the crew members that Tang De seemed to be making things difficult for the director, so they immediately found Tang De after comforting Patty.

"Don! You should apologize to Patty!" Charlize Theron put her hands on her hips, and with the makeup on her face full of pits, she really looked very similar to the real-life murderous woman.

"Why?" Tang De was instructing the crew to clean up the scene. After hearing Charlize's words, he turned to look at her.

"Why? You broke her heart! You shouldn't have said that to her!" Charlize felt that Tang De was strange and was completely different from the polite young man he had met before.

Tang De laughed: "Then what should I say? Theron, I want to say that Patty, you did a great job, but there is only one bad thing. Should we modify this place?"

"..." Charlize Theron was silent for a while, looked at Tang De and said: "Then you shouldn't question Patty in that tone. You don't understand the hard work she put into this movie..."

"Fart!" Tang De interrupted her mercilessly: "Theron, you should ask yourself this question."

Charlize Theron frowned: "What do you mean, Don?"

"Do you want Patty to make a good movie, or do you want her to make a movie that's unique to you!" Tang De showed no mercy and directly broke through the window paper.

"If you want Patty to make a good movie, then you should ask her to pay more attention to the shots, scenes, and art! Instead of the two of you closing the door every day and discussing acting skills! Discussing how to shine! Theron , now you are the most outstanding point in the whole movie. As for Patty? It would be more than enough for another dog to sit in her place." This is the main reason why he dislikes Patty. After all, if a person has technical flaws, It can be made up for.

But if the direction of thinking is wrong, there is no cure.

Patty is now focusing all her thoughts on Charlize Theron. She knows that her movie will not reach the threshold of movies of the same period in terms of production specifications and production level. She only has a good script to support everything.

So instead of wasting time on this, it is better to concentrate on Charlize Theron's acting skills, use all means to highlight her, and finally rely on her to add luster to the movie.

But in Tang De's view, this was completely opportunistic, and there was no sense of inconsistency in renaming the entire movie "Charlize Theron and Her Trash Crew". This was contrary to his requirements for the work.

And even if the production specifications are not high, the performance of the movie can be improved through lens planning.

But what about now?

When in doubt, he just shoots Charlize Theron’s face, either a close-up or a close-up, as if he’s afraid that the audience won’t be able to see Charlize Theron’s ugly face!
  This is naked laziness.

Therefore, here at Donde, director Patty Jenkins has been sentenced to death. No wonder she has no other successful works except "Wonder Woman".

In fact, that movie was just average. It can only be said that it caught up with an era that was tolerant of superhero themes. Coupled with the good looks of Gal Gadot and the help of Zack Snyder, it earned more than 8 million. box office.

Excluding these, in terms of plot and pictures alone, it can be regarded as a mediocre popcorn movie at best.

After listening to Tang De's words, Charlize Theron's originally angry expression seemed to be deflated.

"You're right, Don, I shouldn't put myself above the entire movie." She actually realized it, but she didn't try to change it, because this was her underlying thought.

If it weren't for the Oscar, would she take on such a small-budget film?
  But now it seems that it has been highlighted a bit too much, so that the entire movie has become her performance stage.

"It's good that you know, Theron. Actors and movies have always complemented each other. Great actors will be born in great movies. Of course, if you just want to shine for yourself and don't care about other people's opinions, then it doesn't matter."

Tang De sarcastically said: "It's nothing more than what people asked when discussing Charlize Theron's Best Actress crown, what award-winning role did she play? "The Devil Wears Prada"? What was that? The whole movie only featured Charlize Theron. A bright spot? What about the others? Are they all props?"

The words didn't sound pleasant to the ears, but they pierced her heart word by word, making her feel a little ashamed.

This also cooled down the already tense atmosphere between the two, so Charlize Theron stopped questioning Don De and turned to find Patty.

When the two entered the set again, Patty and Charlize's expressions returned to normal, and they seemed to have figured it out.

But when Patty looked around trying to find Tang De, he found that his crew had changed.

There was not much sound at the scene at this time, and the originally chaotic lights all hit the woods in an orderly manner, forming mottled light and shadow.

The shadow gathered near the picnic mat and slowly moved forward. It looked like a figure with evil intentions and a devil waiting for an opportunity to harvest lives.

The actor who is about to play the corpse is sitting on a picnic mat with a relaxed expression and is unaware of the changes in the surrounding environment.

With just one scene, the tension arose spontaneously. Just by looking at it, Patty could imagine how thrilling and captivating the effect in the movie would be.

Charlize Theron also imagined her appearance from this light. She was inspired and had new ideas for the next performance.

Seeing the two of them standing still, Tang De, who had finished handling the scene, turned to look at them: "So, can we start filming?"

(End of this chapter)