On the morning of November 1st, Jordan Peele and Michael Key brought the camera crew to Zach Randolph's house, preparing to start today's filming.
The last filming of the short film "Qualification for the No. 1 Draft" starring Curry has been completed. Post-production has been completed, and all special effects, editing, and dubbing work have been completed.
Peele and Key discussed showing the sample to Mr. Smart, and after reading it, they planned to post it on their YouTube account.
The Clippers media department has a dedicated video account that releases Clippers-related game clips, post-game interviews with players, and more.
However, there are very few followers and views. After all, there are too few die-hard and casual fans of the Clippers. If you want to watch the video, you have to watch the video of the Lakers and Kobe Bryant, or go directly to the official NBA account to watch it.
What's there to see when you run into your little Los Angeles Clippers cabin?
However, Peele and Key believed that they could not spend a season putting together a documentary in the traditional way. If it were produced, it would be a "good but not a hit" title, and there would be no profit.
What's more, with their documentary shooting skills, it's a bit difficult to make people applaud, but making people find it interesting and funny is what they are good at.
Their strategy is to collect documentary materials, shoot funny short films at the same time, and upload a funny short film to their YouTube account every once in a while to make a series.
At the same time, there are also some short films about 5-10 minutes in length that match the life, work, and game routines of Clippers players.
Jordan Peele believes that by updating these short films, he can slowly gain popularity and gain enough attention.
When the season ends and the filming of the documentary is completed, there may be many fans looking forward to the broadcast of the complete documentary.
Although Mr. Smart has made it clear that he does not need to make money or even seek to get his money back, Jordan Peele still hopes that the documentary will get enough attention, and it is best to make some profits, such as being bought out by Fox Television Station.
"I've shown the sample to Fox Sports Director Calvin, and he thinks it's pretty good, but one short film like this alone isn't enough. We need more short films. I think we'll make at least three first."
In the car, Jordan Peele and Michael Key exchanged words. Judging from the feedback from the TV station, this idea is still very interesting.
"What did Mr. Smart say? He is our sponsor, and his opinion is the most important."
"Oh, Miss Ada sent me a message last night, saying that Mr. Smart doesn't want to see it, but he supports whatever we film and has complete trust."
When Jordan Peele talks about Mr. Smart, there is a kind of respect in his tone.
It is so rare to find such a generous and non-critical Party A.
In order to repay Min Chongda's trust, Pierre and Rebecca brought out all the creative ideas and scripts from the bottom of the box to ensure that each short story was full of creativity and fit the characteristics of the Clippers players.
Randolph came out of his home after breakfast and met Jordan Peele. Randolph first took them to visit his garage and showed off his collection of Chevrolet Impalas.
Randolph specially selected the coolest green model and drove Key and Pierre to the training center.
There was no team training today. The tiring schedule of four games in five days was over. Dunleavy gave everyone a break and a good rest.
However, Randolph still decided to go to the training hall. Firstly, he wanted to maintain his condition, and secondly, it was convenient for the camera crew to take pictures.
After arriving at the training center, Randolph saw a big black G parked in the parking lot. It was Curry's car.
"Shet, that boy Stephen is here too. This guy will definitely become an All-Star in the future, believe me!"
Randolph told the camera crew his prediction. To be honest, his prediction was a bit conservative.
Entering the training center, Randolph first performed a simple warm-up exercise and waited for his professional trainer to arrive at the center.
In order to survive in the cruel league, big-name players in the NBA spend a lot of money every year to improve and maintain their status and enrich their skills.
After all, a salary of tens of millions a year is not that easy to get. If you don't have the ability to get it, there will be a bunch of young people with potential behind you who are jealous and want to take it and replace you.
Randolph's training focuses on mid-range jump shots and low-post confrontations at the basket. This is what he does well in the league, and he doesn't dare to fall behind for a moment.
When Randolph was practicing in full swing, Curry came out of the gym covered in sweat. Seeing Key, Peele and the camera crew, he came over to say hello and asked: "Hey two great directors, what's the film you shot for me before?" How's it going? Can I take a look?"
Pierre said: "Of course, we have already completed the post-production special effects and hired a famous Hollywood special effects team to do it. Although it is only a short ten seconds, it is realistic enough and has superb visual effects!"
With that said, Pierre took out his laptop and showed Curry the finished film.
In a very short clip, Key asked Curry what qualifications he had to become the No. 1 pick. Curry started from the three-point line of the arena and shot three-pointers all the way.
Half court, the baseline, outside the stadium, on the road, in the park, on top of a skyscraper, beside the Magic Johnson statue in Staples Center, the Statue of Liberty, the Great Wall, and finally to outer space!
Every time Curry took a shot, he hit it accurately, but Key still asked, "What qualifications do you have to be the No. 1 pick!"
"Hahaha, interesting, so interesting. I have never been to the Great Wall. How did you do it?"
Curry thought it was very interesting to see the scene where he shot a three-pointer on the Great Wall, and the background was perfect.
Jordan Peele said: "We went on a business trip to China and stayed for two days to shoot the Great Wall. After we came back, we used a green screen to combine it with the scene of you shooting, and it was such a perfect effect."
Curry said in surprise: "Just to shoot a shot of the Great Wall, you went to China on a business trip?"
Michael Kidd: "Of course, Mr. Smart said we need to strive for excellence and don't care how much we spend."
Peel added: "I heard from Miss Ada that Mr. Smart knew that we were traveling to China to shoot scenes. He expressed great appreciation and thought that we spent the budget in the right place."
Curry smiled and said: "Mr. Smart has always been generous and has a spirit of excellence in everything. He also has the same requirements for our team. The requirements are very strict."
"I heard Miss Ada say that he said in front of President Stern, 'I am a very strict person, especially to Curry'! So no wonder, every time we win, he is never particularly happy. He looks worried."
"On the contrary, when we lose, he is always very relaxed and comforts everyone, fearing that everyone's morale will be damaged. He is really an amazing person."
Jordan Peele and Michael Key recorded the conversation while listening to Curry and will put it in the documentary later.
The conversation was almost over, and Curry was about to start three-point exercises with his trainer. Randolph saw Curry taking the initiative to say hello to him.
"Hey Babyface, I heard that you work very hard in the gym. Do you want to come and compete with me?"
"No, no, no! Let's compete with three-pointers. How about midfield shooting? Whoever loses, please have lunch!"
"OK! No problem!"
During a break in training, the two had a midfield three-point contest. The winner was of course Curry, and Randolph didn't mind. He just wanted to lose to Curry and treat this little guy to a meal.
At the end of the morning training, Jordan Peele took Randolph to shoot a short video of him. It was an "NBA post-game interview" themed film called "100 Percent."
"Zach, the short film is very simple. The theme is a post-match interview. It is intended to satirize the lack of vocabulary of some athletes. Later, the foundation will pretend to be an interview reporter. You are the player with lack of vocabulary. No matter what questions are asked of you, you will answer' We give 100 percent on the court, let's give it a try, okay?"
"No problem, 100 percent no problem."
"Goddamn! You caught on very quickly, Zack!"
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