Salon film tidbits

Black women constantly strive for self-improvement.

Mark brown, the director and producer of this film, wants to adapt the stage version of Beauty Salon into a movie, in order to let more people know how this black woman can continue to live with absolute confidence when facing the challenges in life through the influence of the big screen. Brown thinks: "I like to create some strong-willed female images in my works best, because my mother is such a woman, and I have always regarded her as a model of female personality in my works." Most black women can become the core force in the family structure, but their identity determines that they often have to bear the double negation: black and female. "Brown hopes that this story can let the audience see the unique existence form of black women.

The main content of the story focuses on Jenny, a single mother who runs a beauty salon independently with her son who just went to elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland. When the city planned to tear down the beauty salon, Jenny began her resistance. Her purpose is not only to save her living space-the job in the beauty salon is the only source of income that employees in her shop can find. Through years of getting along, they have become inseparable friends ... Salon is not the first cooperation between Mark and Vivica Fox. They have very happy memories in two games that can be played. Brown said: "The most fundamental significance of this film is that compassion and kindness can also bring strength, and you don't have to go through painful torture."

Vica Fox, who plays Jenny, is another producer. As for the reason why she was attracted by this story, it is very simple. In her words, "the script contains many entertainment elements and has a power to make people feel happy." It has taught us what will happen if we face adversity bravely. This story also represents an opportunity to tell a woman how to take care of her family members, which is very traditional. At the same time, you can also see an interesting scene in the beauty salon, and the strange hairstyles are enough to make you laugh. "

Throughout Vivica Fox's acting career, she has played countless roles, and all of them are various, but there are few related to "mother": "I haven't played the role of mother for a long time, but I like the role of Jenny very much. She represents the backbone of this society, has her own career, and has been respected accordingly. She also teaches her children to be noble people ... Fox once appeared as a qualified mother who devoted herself to housework in Food for the Soul.

In order to make the role of Jenny look simple without losing the feeling of a professional woman, Viveka Fox said, "I specially cut my hair short and have been experiencing the service quality of beauty salons. After all the shooting work, I actually went to the hair salon to braid my hair, and even forgot that my hair was too short to braid it ... I lost my long hair for this movie. " Born in Minneapolis, USA, Fox recalled his first experience of doing hair: "I was 13 years old that year, and my aunt introduced me to this beauty salon world ... Her name was Mandam King, and she lived in Chicago. That experience was very special to me. "

Jin Hui Terry, another main actor in the film, also recalled the scene when she did her hair for the first time: "I did my hair for the first time in Mrs. Kelly's neighbor's kitchen, sitting in her red chair, and she still has it ... I don't remember what tools I used at that time, except that Mrs. Kelly asked me to cover my ears with my hands to avoid being burned. Since then, I have a specific concept of' beauty salon' for the first time. " Whitley was born in Sudan, Africa, because his father was an architect and was responsible for building schools there. Later, whitley moved to Cleveland with his family and grew up there.

Although Hollywood has made many films about black community beauty salons, Jinhui Terri insists that this film is of great significance to her, because her early acting career was spent on the stage, and later she personally directed a stage play "Living Room", which was also created by Sally Garrett: "In the process of shooting, we experienced many interesting moments together. In addition to telling jokes and teasing each other, many meaningful humorous scenes were temporarily prepared for the filming work. Of course, this relaxed way of working also effectively eliminates the pressure brought by the tight shooting schedule. The main purpose of our group of actors is to bring some inner qualities to the characters in the film, because they will all gain something in life through this story. These characters include: a homosexual, who is often brutally abused because of his sexual orientation; Viveka Fox's role is being misunderstood by people in the same industry. There is also a girl who is obsessed with someone who doesn't love herself at all; My role is a bit like some kind of connection. She tried to bring everyone together. "

Conceptualized African-American community

All actors, including Viveka Fox, expressed their reverence for director mark brown for creating such a positive black community. Fox said: "Like one of the scenes, the little boy who plays my son fights with someone at school, and later I find out that it's because a white classmate is making fun of him ... and then my character Jenny starts to teach her son black history because they can't learn related subjects at school."

Producer David Odom said that he hoped the audience would watch the whole movie with a feeling of enjoyment: "For a long time, the black community was no longer the favorite theme of the film industry. So we should be proud of this movie. The story describes the female world in a beauty salon, which makes people feel warm, interesting and inspiring. "

Like barbershops all over the country, beauty salons in black communities have become places where women get together to gossip. From social news to celebrity gossip to big and small things in the community, these women talk about their hair when they do it ... Director mark brown once worked as a screenwriter for two barbershops. He hopes that through this story and various characters, he can truly reproduce some of the most common phenomena in beauty salons.

Monica Calhoun plays a beautician who is carried away by love, and her boyfriend plays Terrence Howard. Calhoun explained her role: "She has a lot of work to do, always at the salon and at home. But everyone in the salon knows her own problems and has a lot of complaints about the way she deals with her boyfriend. Throughout the film, we can see big slogans written with the word "trust" everywhere in Baltimore, because the city is holding a massive campaign to clean up crimes, and "trust" is the slogan of this activity. Correspondingly, my character should also find the true meaning of these two words. "

Darrin dewitt henson's role in this film is a bit complicated. At first, he was Jenny's competitor, but later he became her friend ... The man who always wanted to destroy Jenny's salon fell in love with her because of her kindness and hard work.

"Salon" was filmed in downtown Baltimore, and the production time of the intermediate experience was extremely fast, only taking 20 days. The whole crew wound up and actually completed all the shooting plans on time. Director mark brown recalled: "We got strong support from Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley. He not only allowed us to enter the city hall to shoot, but even took us to visit his private office ... When we finished shooting, he invited all of us to eat crabs. "

Mark brown chose Baltimore as the background of the film because of the historical significance of the city-Frederick Douglass, the famous leader of the abolitionist movement, once lived here. Brown said: "The beautiful architectural style is also one of the characteristics of this city. I put all the historical features of Baltimore into this story ... making this movie is really a process of enjoyment. I hope that the audience will feel the same way when watching it. "