Female Novel
Chapter 772
Chapter 772 Do Another Take
At his words, Evelyn actually put down her fork and dared not eat more.
Having carefully gone through the script Xaiden gave her, she knew the scene involved a few partswhere she had to tumble onto the ground. He's right. I might throw up if I get too full.
Meanwhile, Donald did not appear the least bit fazed. As he ate, he said to Xaiden, “You're Mr. Stone,right? I don't know much about making movies. As I recall, however, there are usually stunt doubles forfight scenes. Are you sure about having one of Dragon Fide Corporation's artists perform their ownstunts?”
Xaiden snorted coldly. “Who does Evelyn think she is? Why would she expect to have a stunt doublefor these kinds of action scenes? Since you don't know much about moviemaking, you should zip yourmouth. Terminate the contract if she doesn't want to do it. There's a steep penalty for terminating thecontract, and I'd like to see whether you can cough up that sum.”
Donald knew what he should do after seeing Xaiden behave so arrogantly.
When everyone had finished eating lunch, he asked Nikita to get him a chair. Then, he sat in a corner,ready to spend the afternoon watching Evelyn on set.
The scene was a chance to showcase how deeply infatuated Evelyn's character was. While pursuingthe male lead, some thugs hired by another supporting female character would corner her in analleyway and beat her up.
Evelyn stood in position according to the script. Then, on Xaiden's instructions, three thugs immediatelystarted rushing toward her.
By right, these sorts of action sequences did not involve actual fighting. That was because if the actorsgot hurt, they would be unable to film anything after that.
Donald noticed that whenever the three thugs were supposed to strike Evelyn's face, they used the filmtechnique of faking it while still making it sound realistic. However, the trio would secretly exert moreforce when hitting her abdomen or back.
Every time that happened, she would scrunch up her face in pain. Her expressions were not acting butbecause it actually hurt!
The action sequence ended with the three men pushing Evelyn to the ground. However, there wasnothing to cushion her fall when they did so, and they shoved her down just like that.
It felt as though someone had bashed her knees, and tears sprang to her eyes instantly.
“Cut!”
Xaiden strode over to her and snapped, “Excuse me, could you be a little more professional? Have youread the script I gave you? Huh? In this movie, your character is a strong woman. Even if she's gettingbeaten up by three thugs, she should still have an indomitable look in her eyes. She's willing tosacrifice anything to pursue true love, but what's with those tears on your cheeks? Is she going to crybecause she got beaten by three thugs?”
“I hurt my knees when I fell just now, and it was so painful that I couldn't hold in my tears,” sheexplained, looking at him with an aggrieved expression.
“It was so painful that you couldn't hold in your tears? Ms. Shabelle, do you know how expensive ourfilm stock is? Because you didn't get it right, we'll have to do another take. Are you going to bear thecost of that? Let's do this again. If you don't hold in your tears this time, you can get off my set.”
Xaiden had everyone return to their positions for a second take. novelbin
Alas, the same thing happened. In fact, the three actors playing the thugs hit her even harder.
When they pushed Evelyn down, her knees smashed onto the floor again. However, she forced herselfto hold in her tears.
“Cut!”
No sooner had Xaiden walked over than Evelyn quickly said, “I didn't cry this time.”
“Yes, you didn't cry, but what about your expression? Why are you biting your lip and looking somiserable?”
“It's very painful, so—”
“Do you think I don't d*mn well know it's painful? How will you show the character's resilient spirit if itdoesn't hurt? Let's do another take!”