All language subtitles for 124 - Frost Nixon Steadycam Staging

so that last one was you know

a pretty rough

um assimilation of what we did with it as a movie

it was a kind of applying the same

aesthetic sensibility um

to this scene

uh today as as when we

as when we shot

shot the film

but I wanna experiment a little bit today

and this is something that I actually thought about

for the movie

we didn't really have time to explore it this way

and I ultimately rejected it

but today I'm gonna

we're gonna experiment with it a little bit

which is the idea of playing it in long

extended steady cam shots

I'm not sure we'll get it to be a Warner

but using a steady cam

I wanna go at the scene in a different way and

which is gonna require some different staging

now when you're working in a in a

in a scene that's a Warner

you know if you think of a movie like Birdman

yeah or uh you know

it all had the feeling of a

of a Warner um

it requires some technical um

willingness and and

and you know

adeptness from the actors

because very often

you have to work with the camera operator you know

what we were doing was a little more spontaneous

and natural

and the camera was handheld

and it could move to find the shots

but when you get into this kind of

uh highly choreographed sort of shooting

the actors have to be a little more technically willing

to really hit specific marks and make it

you know seamless

so uh we're gonna

we're gonna work on that

now the only thing that I'm gonna change

for starters

cause we have to reblock

is instead of going in that alleyway

because it would be very difficult to do

much with the steady cam inside that narrow alleyway

instead we'll assume that when you wanna go

that you're going out the garage door

and we'll finish out here

and this is an area where you know

the steady cam can operate

and move around you guys a little bit

okay so so let's just begin to experiment

it maybe one shot

it maybe three shots

I'm not sure

um but uh just walk in um and um

you know do do

do what you were doing

more or less

and let's see how much we can adapt

uh you know

a single shot to that

and then we'll have to start tweaking it okay but

but I'm gonna sort of be the steady cam now

for a second

and we have our steady cam operator

work with me here a little bit

okay

okay all right

and so maybe we

maybe we'll just hinge him in like

in a profile or something and action

what revolution

let him come through

and you just

you just let Richard Nixon claim

the country was in a state of revolution with

with protesters bombing and assaulting police officers

that's not how I remember it

what I remember is people protesting

peacefully and legitimately against a wild voice

that's what I remember

music off please music off

need to see that

hang on whoa

so how are we gonna see that

so we've come into this situation

that's that's

that's pretty good

because we get him yelling if um

maybe you might need to motivate us so you

so what is your last line

uh that's what I remember

that's what I remember now

you walk over here like you're a little bit disgusted

okay that's what I remember

walk away from him

that will carry the camera across to you

you make you can be a little further over here

and yeah right

and then you kind of be wide enough

so that when you come across

you see him yelling at this guy right

and then that'll pick up your next line

right yeah okay

let's see how that works

from the top

no no just from here okay

that's what I remember

music off please

music off by the end

wire tapping students

and breaking into journalist homes

was beginning to sound like a reasonable response

I'm sorry you feel this way

but I simply cannot share your view now on that line

because we're gonna be on

trying to do this as a Warner

if you shift a little bit

so if you say

I'm sorry you feel that way

but I really can't share your view

so stay with him a little bit more

and that'll keep you in

in this state

Cam shot go ahead

sorry you feel that way

but I simply cannot show you and then go right

right about what

oh that's good

because that carried you over

right that's good okay

about any of it frankly

I thought today was a huge improvement

are you nuts

let me tell you how bad things were today

after taping finished

I overheard two crew members say they wish they

had voted for him when they had the chance

and if he ran again for office today

pressing in

he'd have their support

you made him look presidential

for Christ's sake

and forget about the trivia David

who cares about whether Nixon took the White House bed

when he did Europe

where he traveled well

it's irrelevant

it's just a sort of banal anecdote

that would distract a

what

go on say it

you're going to say talk show host

which can come around right about there

is that gonna be okay if it was

look it's pointless me trying to answer your points

I simply do not share your pessimistic and and your

I share your pessimism

you feel you share your pessimism and your alarm

and this in this pathetic uh uh

self flagulation

it's just depressing

and it's threatening to derail the entire process

over these guys

sorry can I see over his line

I think you might cause he's yelling at them

if you're here

and you sort of drift

keeping the idea

the one or going

I think there's

I saw one break

we're gonna break fruit

so this would be the second shot

if you come over and you get these guys

and then you can maybe get over

and pivot on his shoulder

and come back into a situation here with

with David right

and he says so

such and such and so and so

and then when he breaks to leave

cause at a certain point

he walks away yeah

and when that happens

you know you just can hold and slowly press in on him

and we'll just hear his line

you know which is uh

you know with his line

his line about what

Burger King

and then we'll just hold

we'll just play that one off camera

okay suddenly a different way of doing it

so it's not exactly a Warner

but it's a tour

I'll take it

so let's let's try that

and there aren't a lot of accommodations but the

you're gonna come down to here and

what was this wide shot here

what we're doing here

let's see they

oh they came

oh they came to here

and then he

he brought us over and then he brought us back to David

okay should we try it let's let's uh let's put on the

put on the put on the machine and give it a go

maybe being a little tighter to be honest

I left so you're kind of almost a close up

tight profile

come on down here

yeah let him

let him in her right about here

carry him close ish for a bit

let him just go a step or two

let him go and then

and then pick up Zalmik

and then pivot

and this time for the steady cam

instead of being over here on his right shoulder

you can be almost right behind him

okay not too close like I am

but so let him take his distance

and then we'll be with you

okay okay great

let's try it

okay and action

what revolution David

you just let Richard Nixon claim

that the country was in a state of revolution with

with protesters bombing and

and bombing and assaulting police officers

that's not how I remember it

let's cut cut

now we want to let

we want to pivot with him a bit

and then come around here and then back up

right and so then we press in on him

when he's a little bit disgusted

and carry them over

yeah yeah fall into a wide

okay let's try it again cool

and you tighten up that line of course

yeah yeah yeah

really attack them this time

okay you know

you really lost your temper

and I think if you are kind of laughing at off

it's a nice contrast okay

ready and action

what revolution David

you just let Richard Nixon claim

the country was in a state of revolution

with protesters bombing

bombing and assaulting police officers

that's not how I remember it

what I remember is people protesting peacefully and

let's say one more time now

you can't go quite that why

okay cause we're trying to keep you in this shot okay

so we have to accommodate the steady cam

so yeah yeah

so kind of pinch in a little bit

yeah that's

that's good

we'll try one more

here we go that blue Mark right okay

that was a good

you can pull back a little more aggressively

once you make that pivot

you sweep back and get the ground

okay ready and action

what revolution David

you just let Richard Nixon claim

the country was in a state of revolution

with protesters bombing and assaulting police officers

that's not how I remember it

what I remember is people protesting peacefully

and legitimately against you not more

that's how I remember it

music off please music off

get out of here

by the end wire tapping students and uh

uh uh sorry

by the end wire tapping students

and breaking into journalist homes

was beginning to sound like a rational response

well I'm sorry you feel this way

but I simply cannot share your opinion

about what about any of it frankly

I thought today was a huge improvement

are you nuts

let me tell you how bad things were today

after the taping finished

I overheard two of the crew members say

they never voted for him when they had the chance

and that if he ran for office again today

he'd have their support

you made it look presidential

for Christ's sake

and forget about the trivia David

who cares about whether Nixon took the White House

I do to Europe when he traveled

well it's irrelevant

and it's just a sort of banal anecdote

that would distract a

sorry

a what

yeah go and say it

you're about to say talk show host aren't you

yeah I was I was trying to be wrestler

look it's useless

me trying to answer your points frankly

I don't share any of your seats of pessimism or alarm

okay hold one second

actually let's

let's stop for one second

I wanna go back to here

um there's a um

well actually

we just do one more take

when he says

I thought it was a huge improvement

press in on him okay right

and then when they all overreact

just stay with him

okay and then we'll cut

okay cause I wanna pick it up in a

in a very wide

where they're all react like oh my God

that's ridiculous

and then you can slowly press in

so it'll be our second piece

let's just take one more from the top good cool

okay here we go

and we oh by the way

the other little thing is that when he

when he goes over there right

try to swing pretty aggressively

so that you could see the

the imaginary guy at the table leaving

okay at the desk

okay ready and action

what revolution David

you just let Richard Nixon claim

the country was in state

in a state of revolution

with protesters bombing and assaulting police officers

that's not how I remember it

what I remember is people protesting

peacefully and legitimately against the Vietnam War

that's what I remember

music off place

music off by the end

wire tapping students

and breaking into journalist homes

was beginning to sound like a rational response

go a little bit that way

there we go

very great I'm sorry you feel this way

but I simply cannot share your view

about what about any of it frankly

15 round I thought today was a huge improvement

and cut great now we're gonna cut very wide

start back here because we're gonna be cutting off

he's off of an angle straight in on him

let's let's get over here

see if we can see more guys

so make it an extreme

yeah that's pretty good whoop

stay stay here okay

I think if you're up a little here

high as you can get

that would be a nice cut point of him reacting

when you react because of this camera

kind of react this way

so instead of going off that way

kind of like a

you know yeah

so we see your fate

then move past

then you can move past him

and you start pressing into the 50 50 okay

no are you good

so you have that high

let's see let's just clear

find the lens back up just a little

no no no uh uh

yeah there you go

great great great good

too much headroom

okay ready okay

so just take it from overlap

just that line about I thought it was a huge success

ready and action

I thought today was a huge improvement

go press in

are you nuts

I do one more time

come in sooner

come in sooner

yeah that gap in particular with this steady camera

thank you is a little bit of a dead moment

cool cool okay

ready and action

I thought today was a huge improvement

are you nuts

let me tell you a little bit too

too soon too soon

wait for you to clear

clear okay cool

I'll give a little thumb snap

it's when you're clearing

when he's cleared frame okay ready

start a little higher

okay you're a little walked

come this way just here

there you go good

ready and action

I thought today was a huge improvement

are you nuts

let me tell you how bad things were today

after the taping finished

I overheard two of the crew members say

they never voted for him when they had the chance

and if you were to run again for office today

he'd have their support

finance you made him look presidential

for Christ's sake

and forget about the trivia David

who cares whether or not Nixon took

the White House bed with him when he built to Europe

well it's real relevant

and it's just a sort of banal anecdote

that would have distracted

distracted what

go on say it

talk show host is that what you're going to say

yeah I was

look it's useless

me trying to answer your points frankly

I don't share any of your sense of pessimism or alarm

and this this ridiculous self isolation is

in my view depressing

and it's threatened to derail the whole enterprise

if any one of you really believes we are going to fail

you best get out now

start to pivot or to infect everyone else

no way

right

good now I suggest

instead of festering around the hotel

for the next five days

we go our separate ways over eastern

but before we go

Caroline and I would like you to join us for a little

celebratory dinner at Patrick Terror's new place

celebrate celebrate what David

the fact that we're all gonna be working at Burger King

what are we celebrating

my birthday

it's my birthday Bob

and like to celebrate it with a few friends

great let's just try one more of those now

and we'll do a slight variation on it

and this will be the last one of these

that was really good

if you guys have a little more space

so on this moment here

you're with them right

and you're you're

you're favoring this way

come around 50 50

then go to these guys

and try to get down here a little sooner

and on their reactions and then pivot

yeah but just wear a piece of him in a

little wider on that

and then you can slowly start this

this pressing

I'd rather stay with it if you can

yeah yeah I mean

if you could

maybe you could even go here

you'll need to go a little closer to him

you know once

you know we'll see

where are you at that point

you're in this 50 50 here

you're back here

right so this is what we really have

so you're in here and

maybe you should be a little more

like down kind of in here so that we can find you here

there you go good

something like that right

and you can hold that

and now just make this a really slow creep

so that when they peel off

now you're holding them

right and then you can press on into David

so make sense

okay let's try it

let's take it from that same pick up okay

you're still a little stacked here

you're still hey in there guys

okay yeah so when it gets into this 50 50 yeah

come on for a bit

great ready

start high and wide like that

great is everybody in good

final lens and action

I thought today was a huge success

are you nuts

oh I'm sorry

I went had a little acting note

don't press in on him too fast okay

he's gonna wait for the

he's gonna be slower

no it's just take more time

are you nuts

and make it a more boring in

like slower later during the course of the speech

yeah so it's like

yeah so it's not a quick move

yeah it's kind of

yeah it is intense

okay attack okay

so you don't need to rush in

just creeping with it

ready and action

I thought today was a huge improvement

are you nuts

let me tell you how bad things were today

after the taping finished

I overheard two of the crew members say

they never voted for him when they had the chance

let's do it one more time instead

it were some over doing

it might as well do it right

we're lining you up here too much

so when he breaks

why don't you go ahead and come on over here

and just kind of look out the garage okay

trying to think of what to say or something like that

okay and then you can turn around

as they confront each other and try

like you don't know what to do

and then when he turns to go

you have to kind of give for that

okay right okay

last one of these

here we go and ready

and action I thought today was a huge improvement

are you nuts

let me tell you how bad things were today

after taping finished

I overheard 2 crew members say

they never voted for him when they had the chance

and if you were to run again

turn your office today

he had their support

you made him look presidential

for Christ's sake

and forget about the trivia David

who cares whether Nixon took the White House

bed with him when he traveled Europe

well it's irrelevant

and it's just the sort of banal

antidote that would distract it

or what

no go on say it

you're going to say talk show host

yeah I was

look it's useless me trying to answer your points

frankly I don't share any of your pessimism or alarm

and this ridiculous self legulation

in my view it's just depressing

and it's threatening to derail the whole enterprise

so if any one of you feels like we are going to fail

walk away now

good stay there stay it'll infect everyone else

no one

now he's passed right good

now I suggest

instead of festering around the hotel

for the next five days

we go our separate ways over Easter

but before we go

Caroline and I would like you to join us for a little

celebratory dinner at Petroteria's invitation

celebrate the

celebrate what David

the fact that we're all gonna be working at Burger King

what are we celebrating

my birthday present Rob it's my birthday

like I celebrate my birthday with a few friends

cut damn I almost wish I shot it that way in the movie