Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 36 Increase the budget
  The filming officially started, with Tang De sitting behind the camera and directing with a microphone.

"The lights, tilt upward 20 degrees, I want their faces to be bathed in sunlight!"

"The makeup artist fixed Kelly's hair, it's already messed up!"

"Nelly, please pay attention to your clothes, don't make them wrinkled!"

In fact, Tang De not only changed the picture and structure of the MV, but also changed Nelly's clothes. In the original version, he was wearing a white uniform. He looked more like a sports boy from the neighborhood than a rapper, and was similar to Kelly. ·Roland stood together with a sense of dissonance.

But now he is dressed more maturely, with a black vest and black shirt, and the large silver chain being replaced by Tang De with a smaller style.

Coupled with the LV classic pattern hat on his head, he looks much more handsome now.

There weren't many scenes in the neighborhood because Tang De had cut them out, and the filming wasn't difficult either. It was just scenes of a man and a woman meeting each other for the first time, looking at each other, and then sending text messages.

But Tang De did not use ordinary shooting methods, but adopted shooting techniques more consistent with movies, such as one shot to the end.

When Nelly sings a love song to the window, the picture slowly moves away and up, and the character shrinks little by little, until he enters the window and continues to move away, and sees an overjoyed Kelly hiding behind the wall holding a mobile phone.

The entire scene was shot three times, and Tang De's angry voice echoed in the studio again.

"Left! Nelly, go left! Remember, you must take two steps to the left after the camera is far away!"

"Kelly! Don't be so cheerful like a silly girl! You have a husband. You are excited and confused at the same time. You must keep it when you tear your clothes off!"

"Jeff! Twice! Stop fucking slow! The car has to drive away as the camera moves away! The whole scene has to be done in one go! If you go any slower, get out!"

"And Noda, keep the light on Nelly's face at all times! Look where it is now? Do you want the audience's attention to focus on Nelly's brother?"

Tang De was as always, even when facing Nelly and Kelly, he did not weaken his voice at all. He was like a powerful lion, unleashing his ferocious power unscrupulously.

But no one dared to disobey him, because director Jose sat on the chair with a smile and said nothing, completely relying on Tang De's opinion.

Although Nelly and Kelly refuted several times, they stopped talking after seeing the video.

Whether it was the arrangement of the picture or the expressiveness of the camera, they all felt the power of Tang De, which was completely different from the ordinary MVs in the past.

And in the evening scenes, Tang De's advanced aesthetics and abilities were highlighted.

Nelly and Kelly stood in front of the burning vehicle. According to conventional lighting techniques, they should be given white light to show their normal skin color.

But Tang De did the opposite, letting the entire street be lit up with warm yellow lights, which complemented the flames behind him, and then sprinkled a little pink on the faces of the two people.

These pink colors are like the ambiguous atmosphere between the two people, and they also match the emotions in the song. The two people dance and sing to each other in such a scene.

Even with the naked eye, you can see the impact of this picture, so both Nelly and Kelly are very satisfied.

But when the filming was ending in the early morning, Tang De suddenly made a suggestion.

"Increase the budget?" Nelly frowned and hesitated.

"That's right, Nelly, as you can see, our standards are very high. The scene the day after tomorrow is the most important, because it is the main line of the song, so if the set is not sophisticated enough, it will not match the standards we are currently filming. .”

Tang De explained, and then Kelly smiled and said: "Nelly, you can't be reluctant to give up money."

"Shit, how could it be! I don't lack the money!" Nelly immediately retorted after being provoked by the beauty, and turned around and called her agent.

"Increase the budget, listen to me, CAA will give you whatever budget you want, this MV is a hit! Trust me!"

He went out while making a phone call, and only Kelly and Tang De were left in the vanity car.

She slowly walked up to him: "You are really great. This is the first time I have seen a creative photographer like you."

"Thank you for the compliment. This is also the first time I know that your voice is so charming." "So you haven't heard my songs before?" Kelly was very perceptive.

"Indeed." Tang De spread his hands.

"Okay, oh, it seems I'm not very famous yet." Kelly smiled heartily.

Tang De waved his hand: "But this song will definitely make your name a household name."

"Why are you more confident than me?"

Tang De smiled and did not answer.

Kelly then said: "Anyway, I'm looking forward to it even more!"

One day later, CAA received Nelly's additional budget and immediately rented a high-end hotel as a filming location according to Tang De's instructions.

One day later, filming continued.

This time the two people were photographed separately, one on the left and one on the right, in two corridors.

Tang De and the camera sat on the slide, being pulled by the assistants, filming the two of them in one shot.

"Kelly! Keep your expression natural. Don't be immersed in singing all the time. Just think of it as having an affair with Nelly! You need to meet him!"

"Touching the wall with your hands is like touching Nelly's breasts! Yes, that's what it feels like!"

"Although you should look at the camera, don't stare at it all the time! If you want to give in, just pretend that Nelly is standing in front of you!"

"No! This isn't right! Kelly do it again!"

"Do it again! Kelly, use your brain to remember this feeling!"

"Yes! It's right this time! Let's move on to the next scene!"

Tang De continued to guide Kelly until her scene was finished. Fortunately, her attitude was very sincere, she didn't put on any airs, and she was very cooperative.

Things didn't go so well for Nelly.

"Nelly, don't act like a coward! You're here to have an affair, not a show!"

"Stop holding that old hat with your hands! You're not Michael Jackson!"

"Problem with the lens? Don't make excuses, Nelly, it's your problem!"

"There's no point in glaring at me! Nelly, think about your album. Do you want it to stand on the Grammy Awards stage?"

"I don't care about your threats, Nelly, I am only responsible for the MV! Even if you want to shoot me, you have to wait until the MV is finished! Do you understand!"

In the end, it was Kelly who kept comforting Nelly to calm him down and complete the shooting.

After the filming was over, Nelly said directly to Tang De: "I will never ask you to shoot a MV again, SHXT! You don't respect me at all!"

"No, Nelly, you should check the meaning of respect first." Tang De said calmly: "No one is special here, everything serves the work! This is my philosophy!"

"Why are you?" Nelly has never seen anyone more attractive than a black hip-hop singer.

"Why? You'll find out, Nelly, soon."

(End of this chapter)