King of Hollywood

Chapter 284 - 284 11 Setting Sail

?Chapter 284: Chapter 11 Setting Sail Chapter 284: Chapter 11 Setting Sail “No, no, no, that won’t do, JoBeth, this is simply Soviet Union-style Great Hall, not Chinese style,” Adrian shook his head as he looked at the large cleared-out set within the studio, where three long red flags with five stars hung from the walls, while on another wall hung a giant portrait of Chairman Mao.

“I provided you with ample material, why did it turn out like this?” he questioned his prop master, “Don’t tell me you didn’t even look at that material closely.”

“How could that be,” JoBeth said with a touch of grievance, “I carefully analyzed those materials. If we arrange the setting according to them, it would make Forrest Gump’s extraordinary performance look somewhat ridiculous, and you thought so too.”

“You thought so too?” Adrian looked perplexed, “Did I really think that?”

“Of course, right at the bottom of the third page of the memo, you wrote it yourself.” No sooner had JoBeth finished speaking than Charlize, standing behind Adrian, had already handed over the document to him.

After flipping to the third page and seeing that it was indeed written there, Adrian remembered carefully and said nothing as he handed it back to Charlize, then nodded to JoBeth: “Then so be it.”

The reasons JoBeth wrote on the memo were quite sufficient, with explanations ranging from color schemes to potential camera angles. Adrian had conducted a detailed analysis based on this before the start of shooting, and at that time, he hadn’t thought too much about it. But it didn’t really matter, as the segment would be cut out for the release in China anyway, so there was no need to be overly concerned.

What followed was the official shooting, but Hanks and the Chinese-American extras had to swing the paddle at the air; in reality, the ping pong ball’s trajectory would never be as fierce as imagined, so the trajectory could only be added in post-production. In fact, all the super ping pong played by Forrest Gump in the entire film was like this.

But this didn’t mean Hanks could just wave the racket around wildly while shooting. The team had specially brought in a coach to design some movements based on the ping pong’s trajectory. It couldn’t be said to be entirely accurate, but at least it looked the part.

In addition to this, the other post-production work needed was for the major events Forrest Gump participated in, such as the riots caused by the Alabama desegregation, Kennedy meeting the All-America College Stars team, or Nixon presenting medals to the Vietnam War heroes. Hanks had to stand in front of a green or blue screen and shake hands and converse with thin air, as if those historical figures were standing right in front of him.

“Every time you shout ‘Action,’ I have to imagine many people standing around me, trying hard to look like I’m talking to them, which really isn’t easy,” Hanks said during a break when talking about this part of the shooting.

“Come off it, Tommy, if that counts as difficult, then Harrison or Sam must have already collapsed,” Adrian retorted, saying that compared to performing completely based on imagination in front of a blue screen, imagining scenes within constrained sets—like ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Jurassic Park’—was definitely more troublesome.

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