The geographical location of the United States is truly unique.

You can see from the map that there are not many square pieces of deserts, and there are many farmlands suitable for cultivation everywhere. The most important one is only 300 million people. It is not an exaggeration to describe such a large piece of land as a "god-given land".

Take Yin Jun’s filming as an example.

The most important thing about "Shawshank Redemption" is the summer scene. But now it is the season of early spring. Yin Jun must find a place in the south so that the actors can wear summer clothes to shoot.

If he had been in China, Yin Jun would have to leapfrog many provinces to go to eastern Guangdong or Qiongdao to take pictures.

But now it is not necessary.

Because it happened that California is a narrow and long state, Southern California is close to the Gulf of Mexico, and is already a relatively hot place, which completely meets Yin Jun's needs.

As the center of Southern California, the winter temperature in Los Angeles is about 10-20 degrees. Now it is February. If you shoot during the day, you don’t have to go south anymore.

Los Angeles is Hollywood's base camp. Although the crew filmed here is no longer as grand as before due to California taxes, it is not difficult to find a suitable abandoned warehouse and convert it into a prison to film "Shawshank Redemption".

Before the Spring Festival, Yin Jun had already told Tang Shuxuan about his request and asked the specialists of Lianyi Film Company to form a group, led by Shi Shaoming, who came from Xiangjiang, to be responsible for the preliminary preparations.

This includes the task of finding actors and remodeling the venue.

The place is easy to deal with. There are not many places in the United States, but the place is large and the population is small. Therefore, many buildings will be thrown away once they are inappropriate, or the company will be abandoned directly after bankruptcy, and no one will come to pick up rags.

The crew found a warehouse similar to a prison in the suburbs twenty kilometers away from Los Angeles. After more than a month of transformation, it turned into the image of the prison in Yin Jun's hand-painted painting.

Yin Jun brought Zhou Runfa who was rushing over, a tall middle-aged black man, and a group of selected actors and producers, when they came to the door of this "prison", they happened to see the workers doing the final old decoration.

The prison in the original work is a very old prison, so some traces of time must be added.

"In another two or three days, the project will be completed." Shi Shaoming introduced, "There is a small resort hotel two kilometers away here. I have already booked it for enough for the crew to stay. They will be responsible for three meals a day during the filming period. Even if we film, they will deliver it on time."

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Ming." Yin Jun smiled and led everyone inside. Looking at the arrangement inside, compared with the classic in his mind, he found that even if it was a little different, it was generally perfectly qualified.

Yin Jun was going to start filming his second movie, but he was in the United States, but he needed someone to do the preliminary planning. Shi Shaoming, who always felt that he had a weak presence, finally seized the opportunity and did not spend the Spring Festival with his family, so he came to the United States to prepare directly.

Whether it is the preparation of the crew's equipment, the selection of crew members, and the construction of this most important "prison", he has done an orderly and solid manner.

Shi Shaoming also knew that Yin Jun's career was taking off. If he was someone who could not keep up with his pace, even Shi Shaoming would be able to retire at most in a leisurely position in the future.

But he is not yet 35 years old this year. With a strong sense of career, how can he tolerate himself retiring so early?

Therefore, this time, the work of an American studio manager is another starting point for Shi Shaoming. His hard work is to get Yin Jun's praise. Now it seems that it is the first step to success.

"It's a bit hard for the prisoners living in such a prison." The tall middle-aged black man stood in the middle of the playground and looked around, sighing like this.

"The harder you work, the more you can experience the hardships and the more you will know the value of freedom." Yin Jun said with a smile, "Isn't it? Mr. Freeman?"

"Just call me Morgan." The middle-aged black man smiled gently, "After entering the crew, you are the biggest person here, we all have to listen to you."

That's right.

This middle-aged black man is Morgan Freeman, who is known as the super old actor, and is also one of the black actors Yin Jun admires the most, even surpassing Daniel Washington and Will Smith.

Even if Morgan Freeman is a loss in his personal morality and is not clear about his step-granddaughter, this does not affect his performance and ability.

And he is also the most important supporting actor in the original version, Elis who assisted the protagonist in escaping.

As long as he and Zhou Runfa get together, the rest will be easier, such as the warden, the prison guard captain, the inmate, etc.

Of course, warden Yin Jun chose an old actor named Sam Sharpd. He is 39 years old this year and has starred in many movies. The cold and stiff temperament on his face is just right for the role of warden.

"We will be filming here in the next few days." Yin Jun smiled and looked back at everyone and said, "I hope we have a pleasant cooperation. You give me the seriousness and I will give you a classic performance experience! Believe me, many years later, this will also be your commendable performance experience!"

"Director, we will work hard!"

"Don't worry, director, we believe in you!"

A group of American actors rushed to express their enthusiasm.

Regardless of whether they are real or not, at least because of Yin Jun's identity, they dare not underestimate Yin Jun when acting, which is already the beginning of success.

In the American film industry, looking down on black people is one aspect, and looking down on Latinos is also one aspect, let alone Chinese people, it is simply the least valued.

But Yin Jun is different. He is a gold medal screenwriter himself, and everyone in Hollywood knows this.

It is already a solid fact that any movie or TV series written by Yin Jun can achieve good results.

Working with such a director who is a screenwriter means that you have a high chance of success whether it is box office or awards, so of course the actors and producers will listen carefully to his directing.

Not to mention Yin Jun's other identity is the boss of Lianyi Film Company and Disney Company. Most of the actors were selected from the affiliated brokerage companies of these two companies, and the production staff was the team of all their own members. Do you think they dare not listen to Yin Jun?

Even Zhou Runfa is the same.

I heard that the male lead was brought by Yin Jun from Xiangjiang, and he just won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival last year. There is no reason for them to underestimate Zhou Runfa's Cannes film industry. It is not something that ordinary people can do to achieve the best movies there.

However, if Zhou Runfa wants to completely conquer this group of people, let these American actors focus on him and cooperate with him in the performance, he has to see his performance status in the movie.

A boss can speak with money, but an actor can only speak with his own acting skills.

Why is Morgan Ferriman so awesome in the future? Isn’t it because he has reached the point of being superb in supporting roles?

Such actors, even Tom Hanks or Spielberg, will respect them and give them the treatment they deserve.

If you, as an actor, only say that you have a good father or a good teacher... Then, even if you can be popular for a while, how can it last for a long time?

It was also the first time Yin Jun worked with a Hollywood team, but he was not nervous because he watched the movie "Shawshank Redemption" several times, and he could remember every detail clearly.

These details were re-drawn on a series of storyboard scenes in January, and were put into a book and brought to the United States.

Of course, he didn't say that he moved Morgan Ferriman with these details, and he was not that terrible. In fact, filming is Morgan Ferriman's job. As long as you give enough money and his schedule is appropriate, he will come.

Morgan Ferriman is good at acting. He is not picky about acting. He can use his acting skills and make money. That's fine.

However, Morgan Ferriman saw the English script written by Yin Jun, as well as the storyboard and detailed description of his character. Unexpectedly, his expectations for this drama became even greater, and his preparations were also much more serious.

"Since everyone has no problems, you can just take a look here and see where you will stay in the next two months." Yin Jun smiled and said to the cast and crew, "In an hour, we will gather back to the hotel and rest for one night, and the official shooting will start tomorrow."

"yes."

The group of people dispersed as they said.

The actors walked around in groups of three or three, while the producers purposefully chose the best camera locations, or check the conditions required for shooting, and places where special effects can be made.

Zhou Runfa also went to visit the cell where they filmed a lot of scenes with his friend Morgan Ferriman.

Compared to when filming "Prison Storm" last year, Zhou Runfa has gained about 20 kilograms, which looks a little strong.

But this is not because Zhou Runfa does not know how to control it, but because there is a plot need.

The male protagonist he plays was originally a banker, and he lived a happy life, and there was no reason to be thin as soon as he came out.

It is reasonable that he will lose weight after entering the prison, and the hard environment and painful state of mind in the prison will make him lose weight.

So Yin Jun asked him to gain weight first and then lose weight during filming. Zhou Runfa gained a lot of weight before the Spring Festival.

Thinking of his past and present life, not to mention anything else, just talking about acting, Zhou Runfa has always been able to bear the title of role model!
Chapter completed!