都雨菲和温迪听了,顿时喜出望外。
都雨菲兴奋地说:
“那真是太好了,陈导,能不能麻烦您帮我们联系一下他们?”
陈铭点点头:
“没问题,我这就给他们发消息。
不过他们平时排练很忙,得看时间上能不能协调过来。”
不一会儿,陈铭的手机响了一下,他看了看屏幕,露出了笑容:
“他们说很感兴趣,愿意和你们见个面聊聊。”
都雨菲和温迪相视一笑,心中充满了期待。
陈铭接着说:
“这样吧,明天晚上七点,在苏荷区的那家意大利餐厅,大家碰个面,具体的细节再详谈。”
都雨菲和温迪连忙点头答应。
走出工作室,雨已经停了,天边挂着一道淡淡的彩虹。
都雨菲深吸一口气,感觉一切都在往好的方向发展。
温迪挽着她的胳膊,笑着说:
“雨菲,看来我们这次的mV有戏了。”
都雨菲笑着回应:
“是啊,希望一切顺利。”
......
次日晚七点,雾都的雨又淅淅沥沥落起来。
苏荷区那家名叫 “the tears of Verona” (维罗纳之泪)的意大利餐厅里,烛光在湿冷的空气里颤巍巍摇晃。
陈铭推开雕花木门时,油彩斑驳的衬衫袖口还沾着未干的钴蓝色,烟灰缸里的烟蒂堆成了小山。
“他们刚结束排练,路上堵车。”
他把湿漉漉的伞靠在墙角,指节敲了敲菜单。
“都小姐,你点的蛤蜊意面别加奶油,西娜对乳糖不耐受。”
都雨菲这才注意到陈铭左手虎口有道新的划伤,像枚淡粉色的月牙。
温迪则盯着他衬衫领口 ——
那里露出半枚银色胶片吊坠,和锈蚀铁轨的质感如出一辙。
良久,艾瑞克推门而入时,风铃发出碎玻璃般的声响。
他穿着磨边的黑色风衣,雨水顺着发梢滴在高领毛衣上,左眼角那颗泪痣在烛光下像颗凝固的血珠。
“ hello,I'm Eric.I' sorry for being late. ”
(你们好,我是艾瑞克,抱歉,我迟到了)
他声音低沉,带着舞台剧演员特有的胸腔共鸣。
“ xena is touching up her makeup.
She had a fall during the rehearsal just now. ”
(西娜在补妆,她刚才排练时摔了一跤)
话音未落,西娜拎着被雨水打湿的纱裙走进来,膝盖处的蕾丝破了个洞。
她睫毛上挂着水珠,发间别着朵蔫掉的白玫瑰,颈间银链晃出细碎的光。
“ take a seat.”
(坐吧)
陈铭推过菜单,指尖划过艾瑞克手背上的旧茧。
“ oh my god, I'm so sorry I'm late. hello, I'm xena. ”
(哦,天哪,我很抱歉我迟到了,你们好,我是西娜)
西娜非常抱歉地说道。
都雨菲和温迪礼貌地微笑着也做了自我介绍,并对艾瑞克和西娜的到来表示欢迎。
大家围坐在餐桌旁,开始交流起来。
都雨菲先介绍了mV的大致构想和主题,温迪则补充了一些创意细节。
艾瑞克和西娜听得很认真。
“ For church photography, the stained glass windows of St. mary's church will reflect purple and gold colors on a rainy day. ”
(教堂拍摄的话,圣玛丽堂的彩窗在暴雨天会映出紫金色)
艾瑞克突然开口,修长的手指在桌布上勾勒出哥特式拱顶的轮廓。
“ I once tried to photograph the refraction of the stained - glass windows using the lighting style of the 1970s.
the light spots could make the wedding dress look as if it were soaked in blood. ”
(我之前试过用 1970 年代的 光影拍彩窗折射,光斑能把婚纱衬得像被血浸透)
温迪立刻翻开预算表:
“ So, how much payment do you need? ”
(所以,你们需要多少片酬)
“ we don't need payment. ”
(我们不要片酬)
西娜突然打断她,指尖摩挲着膝头的破洞。
“ director chen said we could add an impromptu part in the mV.
I want to play Juliet and tear the wedding dress into pieces to use as bandages.
God, you know what?
I really love the story in the mV. chen told me about it before. It's simply art. ”
(陈导说能在 mV 里加段即兴 —— 我想演朱丽叶把婚纱撕碎当绷带的戏份。天哪,您知道吗,我非常喜欢mV里的故事,陈之前给我说过。这简直就是艺术)
陈铭突然笑起来,烟灰掉在菜单的 “tiramisu”(提拉米苏)字样上:
“ did you hear that?
our xena is just crazy about this script.
Eric, use your 'backlit bloodstain method' on the church floor tiles.
when the rainwater seeps into the stone cracks, make the light spots follow the blood droplets. ”
(听见没?我们的西娜简直爱死了这个剧本。艾瑞克,你把你自己那套‘逆光血痕法’用在教堂地砖上,雨水渗进石缝时,让光斑跟着血珠走)
都雨菲看着艾瑞克从风衣口袋掏出个小铁盒,里面装着不同型号的滤光片:
“ this was given to me by townsend back then.
he also told me, A good lighting engineer should know how to steal God's light.
the candelabra on the church altar can serve as the main light source.
this way, we can cut the rental cost of half of the lighting equipment. ”
(这是当年汤森送我的,还对我说‘好灯光师要会偷上帝的光’。教堂祭坛的烛台能当主光源,这样能省掉一半灯光设备租金)
“Since we're already talking about the impromptu part, I'd like to add one more condition. ”
(既然都聊到即兴,我再加个条件)
陈铭突然把脸埋进阴影里,只有烟头的红光在晃动。
“ For the last scene, Romeo and Juliet e back to life and then elope.
I'll hang ten kilograms of red gauze from the church dome.
when the rainstorm rushes in, the gauze should entangle their ankles. ”
(最后一幕,罗密欧与朱丽叶复活然后私奔。我会在教堂穹顶挂十公斤红纱,暴雨冲进来时,纱要缠住他们的脚踝)
温迪的笔在预算表上划出墨团:
“ the cost of the red gauze and the wire - work... ”
(红纱和吊威亚的费用……)
“ Use my old curtain. ”
(用我的旧幕布)
艾瑞克指了指西娜发间的白玫瑰。
“She used it during the previous rehearsal.
the red gauze soaked with resin will bee transparent when it gets wet, and it can reflect the cracks in the stained - glass windows.”
(她之前排练时用过,被树脂浸过的红纱遇水会变透明,能映出彩窗的裂痕)
西娜忽然握住都雨菲的手,指尖冰凉:
“ miss du, is the \"sense of romantic brokenness\" you mentioned like singing with a rose thorn stuck in the throat?
director chen said the echo in the church can magnify this sense of pain tenfold.
God, I'm so looking forward to your song. ”
(都小姐,你说的‘浪漫破碎感’,是不是像玫瑰刺扎进喉咙还在唱歌。陈导说教堂的回声能把这种痛感放大十倍。天哪,我好期待你们的这首歌曲啊)
这时陈铭把铁盒里的滤光片倒在桌上,琥珀色的镜片在烛光下像凝固的蜂蜜:
“ Next wednesday at St. mary's church, I want to capture the image of God seemingly crying in the rainstorm. ”
(下周三圣玛丽堂,我要拍到上帝在暴雨里哭的样子)
离开餐厅时,雨又大了起来。
艾瑞克把风衣披在西娜肩上。
都雨菲和温迪站在餐厅门口,看着艾瑞克和西娜相互依偎着消失在雨幕中。
温迪轻轻撞了撞都雨菲的肩膀,打趣道:
“感觉他们俩还挺有戏的。”
都雨菲笑了笑:
“是啊,他们对这次合作这么上心,说不定能碰撞出更多的火花。”
陈铭撑着伞走过来:
“好了,时间不早了,大家都早点回去休息,下周三圣玛丽堂见。”
都雨菲和温迪与陈铭道别后,也走进雨中。
都雨菲和温迪在雨中艰难地走着,突然,一辆黑色的轿车在她们身边停下。
车窗缓缓降下,露出艾瑞克那张冷峻的脸。
“ Get in the car. It's raining too heavily outside. ”
(上车吧,外面雨太大了)
他说道。
都雨菲和温迪对视一眼,便上了车。
“Isn't xena with you? ”
(西娜没跟你一起吗)
都雨菲问道。
艾瑞克微微一笑:
“She has her own car. She is quite independent. ”
(她有自己的车,她很独立)
都雨菲和温迪二人点了点头。
车内很安静,只有雨刮器有节奏地摆动声。
艾瑞克透过后视镜看了看她们,开口道:
“ xena and I really like your ideas for the mV.
we hope to have a perfect cooperation with you. ”
(我和西娜真的很喜欢你们的mV构想,希望能和你们有一次完美的合作)
都雨菲笑着说:
“ we're also looking forward to pleting this work with you. ”
(我们也很期待和你们一起完成这个作品)
快到都雨菲和温迪住的地方时,艾瑞克突然说:
“ Actually, xena and I have another idea.
we want to incorporate some elements from our stage plays into the mV to make it more layered. ”
(其实,我和西娜还有一个想法,想在mV里加入一些我们舞台剧的元素,让它更有层次感)
都雨菲和温迪听了,眼睛一亮,觉得这个想法很棒。
车停下后,她们和艾瑞克道别,走进了公寓......