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We're running a little late here...American Movie · 1999 — 第 8 / 19 章 · 4'52" · B2
Shooting Coven in the Graveyard, Explained：lessen the blow
The crew is shooting the graveyard scenes for Coven, but the real friction is time: one of them wants to wrap and go home, while Mark wants his friend to smash his head through a door. "I try to strike a balance," the man says, caught between everyone else's schedule and one friend's dream.
あらすじ
In a Wisconsin cemetery, Mark is shooting the climactic graveyard scenes of his indie horror film Coven. To get a violent shot without really hurting his actor, he rigs a door and talks the man through the stunt. When it goes wrong anyway, someone calls cut and the crew sends for an ice pack.
注目の表現
motherfuckerstrike a balancelessen the blowcoven
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このシーンの表現
lessen the blow
make the impact softer
The director scores the door so the actor's head takes a softer, safer hit.
She added a kind word to lessen the blow of the rejection.
このシーンの他の表現
- motherfucker
a harsh insult
- strike a balance
find a middle way
- coven
a witches' gathering
- bitch at someone
complain at someone
- serial killer
a repeat murderer
このシーンのメモ一覧
73 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
getting ready for
and I'm getting set up for the last shot.In American speech the t in getting flaps toward a d.
and I'm getting set up for the last shot.find a middle way
The director weighs his own schedule against Mark's dream and looks for a middle way.
and so I try to strike a balance and, you know, not split too early.causative get: Get plus a past participle means something gets done to the object.
This is the door that Tom Schimmels is gonna get his head put through.make the impact softer
The director scores the door so the actor's head takes a softer, safer hit.
I put a few scores in here to lessen the blow...lasting harm
so no permanent damage done to him, and he appreciates that.harsh insult — Only among friends in anger or pain; never formal.
And action. Motherfucker!man, buddy — Casual address between friends, not strangers.
Dude, you missed the scoring, man.be in for trouble Not literal; it means real trouble ahead.
This is going to take some shit.complain at someone
Mark jokes that the dead will not nag or complain at him.
Then all of these dead people too. It's like-- they can't bitch at you.habitual be: This be marks a repeated habit, not an action happening now.
Parents be coming after you because you have a movie camera in one hand...The t in wouldn't often disappears before tolerate.
and a beer in the other, man, they wouldn't tolerate-- I mean, that was and is the joy of life.at one with it
and you were one with the world and equal with the world.a little sorry for
It just made-- at least me, anyway-- just feel kinda sorry for him...kind of, sort of — Softens a statement in speech; avoid in formal writing.
It just made-- at least me, anyway-- just feel kinda sorry for him...become as an adult
Honestly, I thought he was gonna grow up to be a stalker or serial killer...relative clause: The that-clause tells which films, not just any films.
What were the films that influenced you most when you were younger?truer than
Dawn of the Dead seemed more realistic than Hollywood films.Run grain of it together as one blurred unit.
they'd show you in school-- the grain of it and the saturated color of it.rather than
and watching something instead of something dead like a Hollywood film.brought you to
- What was the last movie he took you to? - Apocalypse Now.said again and again
And he kept on saying, "The horror."「Shooting Coven in the Graveyard」を読み解く
What's really going on
The comedy and the sadness share the same frame. Mark is a broke filmmaker asking friends to hurt themselves for a movie almost no one will see, and he defends the stunt with a craftsman's pride: "I put a few scores in here to lessen the blow." Around him, people keep measuring the cost. One of them admits he stays late and sets a firm wrap time only because finishing the film is Mark's dream. Then the graveyard turns into a creed: "The graveyard is like a stage," a place where the dead cannot judge you, and where "you were one with the world and equal with the world." What looks like a low-budget shoot becomes a portrait of obsession, friendship, and the price of a dream nobody else can see.
Theme
DreamsMark risks his friends' safety and everyone's patience to finish Coven, because the film is the one thing that makes his life feel real.
FriendshipA friend lets Mark put his head through a door, and another stays late not for the movie but for Mark.
このチャプターで学べること
- A graveyard can stand for a level stage.
- Strike a balance means pleasing two sides at once.
- Coven and oven differ by a single opening sound.
- Lessen the blow softens both a hit and bad news.
発音のポイント
- getting set up — In American speech the t in getting flaps toward a d.
- wouldn't tolerate — The t in wouldn't often disappears before tolerate.
- grain of it — Run grain of it together as one blurred unit.
You look all around, man. The graveyard is like a stage.The cemetery is not just a setting; it is a stage where the dead become an audience that cannot mock or correct you.
They're here as decent human beings, finally.In the graveyard, even difficult and disliked people are finally treated with respect, the dignity the living rarely give them.
and you were one with the world and equal with the world.Out there with a beer and a camera, he felt accepted by the world instead of judged by it, on the same level as everyone.
Dude, you know what? I'm sorry I tried to put your head in this.Once the stunt actually hurts his friend, Mark drops the director act and apologizes plainly.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Mark want his friend to put his head through the door?
It's the big violent beat for the Coven graveyard scene. Mark rigged the door with scored grooves so the hit would look real without causing permanent damage.
Why does the crew member want to leave early?
He sets a firm wrap time so he can get home, but he also knows finishing the film is Mark's dream, so he tries to strike a balance instead of splitting early.
Is Mark really risking his friend's safety for the movie?
Partly, yes. He takes visible pride in the rigged door, but when the friend gets hurt he cuts the take and apologizes, so ambition and care are both on screen.
Why does he call the graveyard a stage?
Among the dead, he says, nobody judges or corrects you and everyone is finally equal. It's where he felt one with the world while filming with a beer and a camera.
What does "coven" mean?
A coven is a gathering or group of witches, which is what Mark's horror film is named after. The friends even argue about how to pronounce it.
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第 2 章have something under your beltMark Pitches Northwestern
第 3 章in their right mindFamily Fights Over the Phone Bill
第 4 章ready to rollMark Runs Out of Money
第 5 章kosherMark Pitches Bill for 45 Grand
第 6 章down and outMark Shoots Coven in the Snow
第 7 章the bottom lineMark Pitches 3,000 Units to Bill
再生中 · 第 8 章lessen the blowShooting Coven in the Graveyard
第 9 章go out of their wayMark Lists His Debts
第 10 章have your cake and eat it tooMark Fears Losing His Kids
第 11 章face up toMark Confesses at Thanksgiving Dinner
第 12 章let a day go byMark Watches His Old Footage
第 13 章the ship is sinkingMark Shoots the Last Take of Coven
第 14 章on the moneyMark Records the Film's First Line
第 15 章for the birdsMark Pushes Bill Through 31 Takes
第 16 章just like youMark's Drunken Rant
第 17 章twist your armMark Picks Kenny Up From Jail
第 18 章catharticMark Smashes Cars on Set
第 19 章hot off the pressesMark Finishes the Last Splice第 8 / 19 章 · 残り約 49 分