Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Setting sail, the Black Pearl!
Two days later, director Verbinski and producer Brooksheimer gathered all the cast and crew together to announce the official start of shooting for Pirates of the Caribbean. Although it was unknown what methods the two had used to persuade Disney's executives, the start of the movie also meant that the latter tacitly approved of Verbinski's proposal. The press was still cynical, but the decision was good news for most of the cast and crew. A stone had been dropped and Johnny Depp, who had been at the center of the controversy, appeared to be in high spirits.
Lin Mingyang should be considered the only one in the crew who was not surprised by the news, because he knew that if Pirates of the Caribbean was to be filmed, it would definitely end up like this. Apart from having counseled Johnny Depp before, Lin Mingyang felt that he didn't play much of a role in it, but the three people, producer Brooksheimer, director Verbinski and star Johnny Depp, didn't see it that way.
At Lin Mingyang's suggestion, Johnny Depp went to Brooksheimer to really talk about his knowledge and thoughts on the role of Captain Jack, and carried out that analysis that Lin Mingyang had done in his room as it was, and he didn't forget to mention at the end that it was a credit to Lin Mingyang.
Learning that Lin Mingyang actually made such an analysis, Brooksheimer heart of his evaluation of another level, in fact, in the dispute about the style of Captain Jack play, he inwardly tends to support the idea of the director Vybinsky, he thinks to shoot to shoot a different pirate film, which and Lin Mingyang mentioned to set up a pirate film in the idea of an alternative classic coincides.
He made the same point at the Disney senior management meeting, and threatened to cancel the cooperation with Disney if the filming plan was not passed by the board of directors. Brooksheimer's tough attitude finally forced Disney executives to make concessions, and the film began shooting according to the original plan.
By the time director Verbinski learned about the whole thing from Johnny Depp, Brooksheimer had already brought the good news back to the set. Although he had always been skeptical of Lin Ming Yang's ability, this time Lin Ming Yang had really done himself a big favor this time. Although Verbinski hadn't said anything verbally, he had already remembered this favor from Lin Ming Yang in his heart.
In this way, the three most important characters in the crew were all grateful to Lin Mingyang, and without realizing it, Lin Mingyang's status in the crew had quietly changed.
Johnny Depp is considered a busy man in the crew, besides completing his own filming tasks, he also attends such and such activities, but as long as he is in the crew, no matter whether there is a scene for him or not, he will go to the filming site, and give some advice to Lin Ming Yang, who is just on his way. Not to mention that when the two of them have rivalry scenes, he is always very careful to point out to Lin Mingyang the shortcomings of his performance.
Just Johnny Depp's patronizing of Lin Ming Yang alone, the crowd could still attribute this to the personal relationship between the two, but director Verbinski gave Lin Ming Yang a few pointers during filming from time to time, and also called Lin Ming Yang in to discuss the plot together from time to time. And Brooksheimer rarely came to the crew, every time he came to be able to contact him not many people, Lin Ming Yang was fortunate to be one of them. The attitude of the director and producer can be said to be the weathervane of the entire crew, and even a fool can see that Lin Mingyang is the actor that these "big shots" are very important.
The people around him became enthusiastic all of a sudden, which made Lin Ming Yang feel a little uncomfortable at first. The only person in the entire cast who would give Lin Ming Yang a look was Keira Knightley, and Lin Ming Yang swore to God that he really didn't know what he had done to piss off this delicate English rose.
Whether both parties wanted it or not, the first rivalry between the two came as promised. Back during the filming of Song and Dance Youth, Lin Ming Yang had already overcome his nervousness in front of the camera. But this time, before he went on camera, his heart was still a little jittery.
Although "Pirates of the Caribbean" is the first Disney film rated PG-13 in the United States, but the entire plot story still tends to be conservative, the male and female protagonists in addition to flirting, holding hands, even kissing scenes are not, not to mention other "out of the ordinary" performance. Lin Mingyang and Keira Knightley only held hands twice in the movie, and the next part to be filmed happens to be one of them.
This episode did not appear in the original series, but was added by the writers because of the change in the role of the second male lead due to the appearance of Lin Mingyang. The heroine, Elizabeth, played by Keira Knightley, is the daughter of the Governor of the Royal Harbor, and her unruly character always likes to dress up like a boy and sneak out of the house.
On the street she meets a punk who bullies a girl selling flowers, and then steps in to teach the guy a lesson. Unexpectedly, the punk gathered several accomplices and blocked Elizabeth in the alley. At this time, Lin Mingyang played the chivalrous thief Will in a merchant's home burglary successful, out of the back window tumbling, just landed in this alley.
Will, who is a master of his craft, takes care of the gang of punks in three tries, but the noise of the fight alerts the guards patrolling the harbor, and the leader of the group recognizes Will as the bandit wanted by the Governor's Office. A comical and funny pursuit so began, Will with Elizabeth in the streets and alleys in the shuttle, no doubt Elizabeth's hat was touched off, a head of long hair scattered, female disguised as a man's identity exposure.
It is love at first sight that makes the two young people fall in love with each other. Elizabeth helps to lure away the guards who are searching for Will, while Will gives Elizabeth a gold coin left by his father as a token of love. It was this gold coin that led to the story of the Black Pearl.
Lin Mingyang's performance at the beginning was natural, especially the fight sequence, where he showed the kind of clean hands that made all of them gasp in admiration. As one of the colorful and exciting appearances in the film, Lin Ming Yang certainly wouldn't miss this great opportunity to express himself. The entire fight lasted less than two minutes, but for the sake of this scene, Lin Mingyang had discussed with director Verbinski for half a day beforehand. Because the special effects designers of the crew were not familiar with oriental martial arts, Verbinski specially authorized Lin Mingyang to design his own movements for this fight scene.
Lin Mingyang learned Bajiquan to combat-oriented, affected by this, Lin Mingyang in this fight action is not designed to design the kind of very exaggerated flying wall, in the not spacious alley, he set up his own action in the center of the body, within a radius of one meter, although the space is small, but his actions show the freedom of movement, not only the full embodiment of the Bajiquan close to the characteristics of the close combat, but also maximize the use of the alley this small, but also the use of the small, but the movement is very easy. He utilized the narrow space of the alley.
Lin Mingyang didn't realize that he had inadvertently overcome one of the major problems of action movies. When shooting a fight scene in a small space, the actor's play is usually restricted, and the angle of the shot is not well chosen. Many directors try to avoid shooting this kind of alley fight, because if the action is not well designed, the whole fight will give people a sense of chaos. A short time is fine, but if the fight lasts for a while, the audience is guaranteed to be dazzled.
In order to make the fight more realistic, Lin Mingyang and the director discussed the use of real fighting, he had precisely designed the parts of the other actors to be hit by him, he tried to avoid those vital parts of the body, and these people before the shooting in the relevant parts of the adequate protective tools to ensure that everything is safe.
The final shooting of this fight achieved very good results, to let Lin Ming Yang on the eight extreme boxing force mastery of the fire is very good, his fists fell on the body of these actors, although through a layer of protective gear, will not fall what injuries, but the taste is not pleasant. It's a good thing that there aren't too many fights like this in the whole movie, or else these actors would really be complaining.
This wonderful big scene passed smoothly, but next Lin Ming Yang as Will had to pull Kelanai Terry's small hand and run in front of the camera for at least two hundred meters. The physical exertion of this distance was nothing to Lin Ming Yang, but he didn't feel easy after this chase scene was filmed. There was no sweat on his head, and he didn't even gasp for breath, but the palm of the hand that was gripping Kelanai Telly's hand had already accumulated sweat.
After the director shouted stop, Lin Ming Yang released the other party's small hand as if he was relieved, even though that soft and delicate feeling made people's reverie infinite, but holding Kayla Knightley's small hand, Lin Ming Yang was under a lot of pressure.
"You're nervous?" This was the first time Keira Knightley had taken the initiative to speak to Lin Ming Yang since she entered the theater, she squeezed her palm which was also drenched in sweat, in fact, she was just as nervous as Lin Ming Yang in her heart. Her taking the lead in asking the question was merely to cover up this emotion.
"Performing with a great beauty like you, of course I'm nervous!" Because he wasn't facing the camera, Lin Ming Yang's expression was much more natural, and he even already had the effort to flirt with the other party for a few moments.
Keira Knightley glared at him, but in her heart, she was still very flattered by the title of beauty. She had been ignoring Lin Ming Yang for a while, mainly because before the audition Lin Ming Yang clearly knew the plot but didn't disclose it to her, so that she was so passive after getting the script later. Keira Knightley felt that Lin Mingyang had "bad intentions" from the beginning, so Lin Mingyang naturally became a "nasty" person in his eyes.
Of course, in her heart, she actually does not really hate Lin Ming Yang, just angry, so every time we meet always give Lin Ming Yang face. Later on, she was also a bit upset because Lin Mingyang always greeted her warmly every time they met, regardless of her attitude. And this guy didn't know what method he used, everyone in the crew had a good relationship with him, and if Keira Knightley continued to have trouble with the other party, it was the same as having trouble with the entire crew. Although she has a little temperament, but her brain is not stupid.
Distance should be maintained, this is Keira Knightley's inherent insistence as a proud British girl, but a little bit of goodwill to repair the relationship between the two is also very necessary. It was with this thought in mind that Keira Knightley took the unprecedented step of speaking to Lin Ming Yang on her own initiative today.
Lin Mingyang found it much easier to chat with a beautiful woman than to pull her hand and run in front of the camera, but director Verbinski felt that both of them did not perform well in front of the camera in this scene, so it had to be reshot, and he gave the two of them fifteen minutes of rest, and as soon as the camera was turned off, the make-up artists who had gathered around separated the two of them.
The second time they held hands in front of the camera, both of their performances were much more natural, and this time the effect was much better than the last time, but Verbinski was still not satisfied, and the two had just run halfway through the scene when he called a halt to the photography, and then called both of them in front of him.
"Felix, your performance just now was more than a level away from what you did in that earlier fight scene. I could tell you weren't fully in character, even when you were being chased by the guards, you had to have that very relaxed and spontaneous look on your face, but your performance just now clearly lacked that charisma!" Verbinski pointed out the shortcomings in Lin Ming Yang's performance in a very unsubtle manner, "There's another detail you must pay attention to, in this scene you didn't realize that Elizabeth was a girl, so the only thing you needed to think about when you were pulling him along and running was how to effectively get rid of the pursuing soldiers behind you! You've just been overly gentlemanly, you've always been very deliberate in taking care of Knightley when it comes to running speed and avoiding obstacles, maybe you're thinking nothing of it, but from this side of the camera it looks a little distracted, do you understand what I mean?"
Lin Ming Yang nodded his head, he didn't think that this little "small action" of his had actually been discovered by the director. It seems that acting really can't be half sloppy, pity this thing, can only stay after the scene slowly performance!
Keira Knightley didn't notice this before, and Verbinski deliberately pointed it out, which really moved her. After Vybinski pointed out Lin Mingyang, he also made some suggestions for Keira Knightley's performance.
"Knightley, when you perform later, you have to try your hardest to keep up with Felix, I know it's tiring, but you have to persevere. It doesn't matter if you really can't keep up, if you really run, you'll definitely be 'dragged' by him. You don't need to hide this passivity, it comes out naturally. From your character's position, this running to avoid the guards' chase is a very exciting experience, and you need to show that excitement!"
After pointing out Keira Knightley's shortcomings, Verbinski didn't forget to remind Lin Ming Yang once again, "Felix, remember what I just said, let go of your worries and bring up the speed of your running. Of course don't treat acting like a competition, run like you do on the basketball court, I don't think many people will be able to keep up with you, that definitely won't work!"
He clapped his hands, signaling the cast and crew to take their positions, and then the camera once again returned to the alley where the male and female protagonists met, and as soon as his words "begin" fell, Lin Ming Yang pulled Keira Knightley's small hand, and flew out. In front of the camera watching the two performance, Verbinski's mouth finally revealed a satisfied smile.
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