Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 55 Punk Spirit
  No matter how much Mike dislikes Tang De, the filming of the MV for "Complicated", the first title song of Avril's new album "Let Go", has already begun.

This is also Tang De's first MV as a director and photographer. The lighting engineer and props artist are all acquaintances with him. They are Noda and Jeff who shot Nelly's new song before.

They were not surprised when they learned that Tang De had taken over the director's duties. After all, if there was a stronger director, the two people might have had a big fight on set.

But Jeff and Noda have no doubt that Tang De will be the one who can win the argument. After all, they have already experienced the horror of this guy.

Because of this, the preparatory work for this shooting went very smoothly, and everyone followed Tang De's instructions to do things cleanly and at attention.

After Cindy and Caiden appeared on the set, they also followed the boss's instructions and only claimed that they were models from Angel Declaration Company, and did not say that Tang De was their boss.

However, as soon as the two of them appeared, their appearance attracted the attention of everyone present. Even the members of Avril Lavigne's band couldn't help but turn their eyes this way.

Fortunately, Tang De was at the scene. Whenever those men made any move, he would pick up the microphone and put their thoughts away.

Not long after, the filming officially started.

The initial scene is actually quite simple. A few members of the band are chatting on the street, and Avril Lavigne is doing graffiti on the street alone on her skateboard. However, the attitude of the few people is obviously a bit lazy, and their bodies are loose. Perhaps they feel that this MV is just shooting daily life. It doesn’t take much effort at all to perform.

However, Tang De's requirements for shooting are very strict. His requirement for moving the camera is to move the camera from the skateboard to Avril, passing by her friends, and finally to the graffiti wall. Therefore, if Avril's route is wrong or the band members' expressions are wrong, he will Shooting will be repeated.

But this makes Avril and others feel very depressed. In her mind, she feels that the simpler the MV, the better. She just needs to show the happy atmosphere of herself and others. Why is it so troublesome!

So she couldn't help but said, "Tang De! Why don't you just start with my hands? If we continue shooting, we may be shooting one scene all morning. I've seen other people shoot MVs, it doesn't need to be so complicated at all!"

Tang De sat in front of the camera: "You also said it was someone else's MV. Avril, me, not someone else."

"But why are you always stuck on one action? Isn't it different if you shoot it separately?"

"Of course it's different, completely different. Avril, it's a pity, I thought you were a different girl."

"What?" This sentence made Avril a little strange.

Tang De stood up and said: "I mean your songs are very punk, but your people are not that punk."

"Fart!" Avril stretched out her middle finger, wanting to express her punk attitude.

Several other boys also rushed over: "Shit, what are you talking about!"

The crew didn't know what to do and subconsciously protected Tang De. Even Cindy and Kaiden came to Tang De's side.

Seeing that the conflict was about to intensify further, Tang De still said to himself: "You are now a shit band that is not punk at all! Do you want me to say something more ugly?"

"Why do you say that! FXXK!" Avril pushed away Evan next to her, her expression like an angry wild cat.

"Because you don't have the punk spirit! It's not extreme enough at all. You are always compromising! Just like you, Avril Lavigne, just because a few scenes make you feel tired, you think you should be lazy! FXXK! If the punk spirit is like this , then why do you still insist on using noise to express your dissatisfaction with society in the first place!"

Tang De's voice gradually became louder: "And you, all of you come from a well-off background. You can play guitar and bass at a young age, and you can also form a band. Do you have anything to do with punk? Do you think you are punk just based on two lyrics? ? How ironic, if the people who promoted punk jumped out of their coffin boards, the first one would be to put you in the coffin!"

"You don't understand at all, Tang De! You are the one who doesn't understand punk! We are expressing our attitude with songs! Punk is rebellion!" Avril threw out her middle finger with both hands, and others also shouted: "Yes, Punk is about rebellion! It’s about going against the mainstream!”

Tang De sneered: "So, the way you go against the mainstream is to be lazy? Is this how you treat your work? If it were a baby, it would be time to jump out of the stroller and give you all a gun!" " I'm very attentive! Tang De, whether it's the song or the MV!" Avril bit her lip, her voice not as loud as before.

"Just talking?" Tang De sneered.

Avril came to him and picked up the skateboard: "FXXKYOU! I will prove it to you!"

"Then let's start shooting!"

Perhaps because of the competition between the two parties, no one was lazy or skittish in this filming, and the MV quickly progressed to a scene of bustling in a shopping mall.

Here, Kaiden and Cindy are transformed into a clothing store clerk and the other is a McDonald's clerk.

Tang De has increased the number of scenes in these two places. Although they are always behind the orchestra members, their faces and movements are not blocked and the performance is very clear.

Tang De even designed a few little moves for them to coordinate with the band.

Sometimes, if you want a supporting character to stand out, you don’t need too many scenes, often just a unique and colorful action.

After shooting the shopping mall scene, we entered the band performance scene.

Tang De talked more at this stage.

"Avril! Your position is wrong! Don't always look ahead. Can't you see where the camera is?"

"Evan, don't be such a shy big boy, show off like you did when you were looking for girls at the school dance!"

"No, start this part over again! Your rhythm is even wrong!"

"It's no use even raising your middle finger! Avril, my ears are rulers! Don't think I can't hear it!"

"And you extras! Keep your spirits up, everyone! Get out of here if you lower your head again!"

Tang De not only has to control the camera images, but also the order of the scene, but even so, no one can hide it from him.

He seems to be a god in the sky and has unparalleled control over the crew. No small mistake can escape his reprimand.

However, it was precisely because of this that Avril looked at herself much more often than before the quarrel.

Tang De suspected that she wanted to wait until the filming was over to put a sack on herself with her companions.

It was like this until six o'clock in the afternoon, before the sky completely darkened, and today's scene was finally taken.

"Finished!" After Tang De shouted this word, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and felt that the Sword of Damocles above their heads had finally disappeared.

But when Tang De shouted to continue tomorrow morning, everyone took another breath and felt that the rope around their necks was tightened again.

And just when Tang De sat back on the chair, resting and drinking water, Avril suddenly came over.

(End of this chapter)