Chapter 70: Final Preparations
"Hoe Rape" is planned to start shooting in mid-March, and when the film is filmed almost in mid-June, plus the later stage, as well as the censorship in the factory and the city, I am afraid that it will be July and August when I return to Nortel. Thinking that he and Xu Wangqiu couldn't see each other for a few months, Su Bai was very reluctant and sad.
On the train platform, Su Bai took Xu Wangqiu's hand and advised: "Wangqiu, the crew is filming very hard, you must pay attention to your body and eat on time." I'm not around, you have to take care of yourself. Wear more clothes, keep warm, and never get sick. You're alone in the field, and there's no one to take care of you when you're sick. ”
Xu Wangqiu listened to Su Bai's words, his heart was extremely warm, and he smiled: "Don't worry! I will take care of myself! You also have to take care of yourself, now the security is not good, don't run around, especially don't go out alone at night." ”
Su Bai took out a scarf, wrapped it around Xu Wangqiu's neck, and stretched out his hand to arrange his collar: "It's still cold now, and you guys are running outside all day while filming, I knitted a scarf for you, and you will wrap it around when you're filming, so as not to freeze." Su Bai sorted out his scarf, and then remembered that he had made a fool: "I'm so confused! You must have taken it off on the train!"
Xu Wangqiu chuckled: "It's okay, I'm very afraid of the cold, and I don't pick it up on the train." He reached out and touched the scarf: "Thank you, this scarf is really warm." ”
Liu Cancan, who came with Su Bai, trembled, turned around and walked to the side: "I can't stand it, it's really numb to me!"
When Su Bai heard Xu Wangqiu say this, his smile expanded: "I know that making movies is very busy, and being a director is even busier, but you must write to me, at least once a week, you must write it, otherwise I will scold you when you come back!"
Xu Wangqiu made a martyr's statement: "I will definitely write and make an ideological report to Comrade Su Bai once a week." ”
The train was about to leave, Xu Wangqiu turned around and was about to get on the train, Su Bai grabbed his hand and didn't want him to go. Su Bai didn't speak, just looked at Xu Wangqiu quietly, and tears flowed out of his eyes. Xu Wangqiu was also a little sentimental, reached out to wipe the tears on Su Bai's face, comforted him softly, and turned around and walked into the carriage.
Sitting down by the window, Xu Wangqiu stuck his head out of the window and shouted at Su Bai: "Su Bai, I will miss you, I will think about it every day!" Su Bai, who was in tears on the platform, hummed and waved at Xu Wangqiu.
The train let out a whistling and started slowly.
Su Bai ran forward a few steps, waved vigorously at Xu Wangqiu, and shouted with a crying voice: "Wangqiu!
Xu Wangqiu's heart was hit by Su Bai's shout, and he leaned on the window and shouted: "Su Bai! I like you! I don't want you to be my senior sister! Be my girlfriend, okay?"
The noisy carriage was like someone had pressed the mute button, and it fell silent in an instant. The people in the carriage looked at Xu Wangqiu in amazement, and couldn't believe their ears that someone was confessing in public in front of so many people. Zhang Tielin and Zhou Lijin were playing poker, and when they heard Xu Wangqiu lying on the window to confess, the cards in their hands were frightened. Fang Shu looked at Xu Wangqiu quietly, her eyelashes flickering, thinking in her heart that if a boy said this to me, I would agree even if it was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire.
On the platform, the situation is completely opposite, just listening to the sound of a bang, it is like a strong wind blowing on a wheat field, and the wheat waves are rolling on the ground. All eyes were on the train, on the young figure who was constantly waving his arms. People are talking enthusiastically, some people say it's good to be young, some say it's shameless, and some say that the world is declining......
Liu Cancan, who was in the crowd, stared at Xu Wangqiu in the distance with his eyes, and said softly: "This guy is so bold, I'm afraid that even Su Bai's soul has been taken away now!"
Su Bai was happy and ashamed, the red clouds on his face were rolling, and his heart seemed to have a tsunami, with ups and downs. She likes Xu Wangqiu, and she also knows that Xu Wangqiu likes herself, she knows that Xu Wangqiu will come out sooner or later, and she has been waiting for him to say it, but she never dreamed that Xu Wangqiu would say it on such an occasion and at such a time.
Now that Su Bai heard what he wanted to hear the most, he felt that this was the happiest moment in his eighteen-year-old life, and he did not hesitate to stake his heart, his soul, his future, and everything he had, and turned it into two words: "Okay!"
The train was running fast, and Xu Wangqiu and Su Bai saw each other's figures disappear in front of them. But they didn't care, because they knew that no matter the ends of the earth, no matter the vicissitudes of life, the hearts of the two people were tightly tied together.
After the crew of "Hoe Rape" arrived in the magic capital, they lived directly in the barracks, with boys and male teachers living with male soldiers, and girls and female teachers living with female soldiers. After settling down in the barracks, the crew began to prepare for the film, while Fang Shu, Zhou Lijin, and the actors of the Shadow Studio began to undergo military training and learn how to use weapons.
Troop training is very boring and very hard. The actors are basically training in addition to sleeping, running every day for a few kilometers, and also stuck in time, if you run the slower, then sorry, others are resting, you have to keep running, until you arrive within the specified time.
After two days of training, a female teacher secretly found Xu Wangqiu, pulled him aside, and said in a low voice: "Fang Shu hid in the quilt at night and cried secretly, the training of the army is too hard, how can a delicate girl like her stand it." ”
Xu Wangqiu originally wanted to talk to the people in the army about how relaxed Fang Shu was, but after thinking about it, if he couldn't endure this hardship, how could he play a revolutionary like Liu Wenying well, so he said lightly: "I believe Fang Shu can persevere." ”
The female teacher stared at Xu Wangqiu for a few seconds, shook her head and left, feeling that Xu Wangqiu was too ruthless and didn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade at all.
Fang Shu and these actors are just physically tired, and Xu Wangqiu is not only physically tired, but also very tired. In this era, there are few crew members, and a crew of more than 100 people like "Hoe Rape" is considered a big crew. Due to the small number of crew members and a lot of work, everyone has to find the director if they have problems, and Xu Wangqiu has almost no free time.
Fortunately, this movie was co-directed by Xu Wangqiu and Xie Fei, and Xie Fei helped him share half of the work, otherwise he might have been busy before the movie started. However, even with Xie Fei to share the pressure, Xu Wangqiu can only sleep four or five hours a day.
Since the crew was stationed in the barracks, the head of the Demon Capital Garrison Command came to visit the crew of "Hoe Rape". Xie Fei made a report to the head of the unit on behalf of the crew and told them the progress of the crew's work. The head of the unit was very emotional after listening to the report, and felt that it was not easy for the crew of "Hoe Rape", most of the crew members were university teachers, but they lived in the barracks, eating steamed buns and eating pickles every day, which was too hard. In order to facilitate the filming of the crew, the chief specially sent two jeeps for the crew. These two jeeps helped the crew a lot, at least the crew didn't have to crowd the bus when they went out to run errands.
Twenty days before the official start of filming, Xu Wangqiu and Xie Fei took the photographer, lighting engineer, and recording engineer for the last round of reshooting. Xu Wangqiu and the main creators of various departments of the film arranged the shooting content on the spot, determined what kind of equipment to use on the scene, what kind of lights to use, how to control the lighting on the scene, which lighting prefabrication preparations, what types of lamps and lanterns to put in each position, which areas to shoot, etc.
This step is very important for the filming in order to develop a detailed shooting plan. Take lighting as an example, there are dozens of devices, and these devices are counted by days. It is impossible to transport all the dozens of pieces of equipment to the scene, and it would be a waste of money to choose slowly when filming starts. After the technical re-location and the detailed shooting plan was formulated, everyone could prepare the equipment in advance.
At the end of the seven-day technical reset, the production team settled on a detailed 80-day shooting plan. After the filming plan was released, the crew held an all-staff meeting. Xu Wangqiu reported the filming process and specific arrangements in combination with the relocation. At this time, the entire crew finally entered the final stage of preparation for filming.
Ten days before the official start of filming, the actors' military training ended and began to rehearse collectively. Due to the limited film reel, in order to reduce the consumption of films, the actors must conduct strict rehearsals before the start of filming, and they are repeated rehearsals to ensure that the actors can pass smoothly when it is time to perform, and reduce the number of NGs.
March 24th was the last day before the start of "Hoe Rape", and the crew prepared a start-up meal that night.
In later generations, there was a finale banquet after the movie was completed, and there was a start-up meal before the movie started. A very important purpose of the start-up meal is to contact feelings, because the crew and actors are from different places, many of them have never met and don't know each other, but after the start-up, they have to play friends and lovers, which is undoubtedly difficult.
In this era, before the start of filming, the actors will take a period of time to experience life, and the actors, actors and crew members have long been familiar with each other, and there is no need to contact the relationship at all. The reason why this start-up dinner was arranged was mainly because Xu Wangqiu felt that everyone was working too hard, and they ate badly, so that everyone could improve their lives.
That night, Xu Wangqiu actually had insomnia, lying in the barracks of the army tossing and turning and couldn't sleep. This is the first time he has directed after 11 years, and it has taken a lot of effort from preparation to now, and it can be said that he has spent the most time in his life, so when he thinks that it will officially start tomorrow, his heart fluctuates and he can't calm down.
Just when Xu Wangqiu turned over, he suddenly heard Xie Fei next to him chuckle and said, "Wangqiu, I thought you kid was stupid and bold, and you wouldn't be afraid of anything, but I didn't expect you to be able to sleep!"
Hearing this, knowing that Xie Fei also had insomnia, Xu Wangqiu smiled and said: "Yes, after spending so much effort, I will see the real chapter tomorrow, and I can't sleep at all." You've made a movie, and you can't sleep?"
Xie Fei sighed: "When filming "Fire Baby", there was no such toss, everything from project approval to preparation to start-up was very easy. I didn't think there was anything, and I didn't think what would happen if the shooting was smashed? Unlike now, I'm always thinking about the problem of shooting, you say there won't be any problems, right? Why don't we bring the scene that we're going to shoot tomorrow again?"
Xu Wangqiu hurriedly said: "We have done a very solid job of preparation, and there will definitely be no problems, and tomorrow's scene is relatively simple, only the pulling shot is more complicated, don't think too much." Don't talk!Sleep, sleep!"
After Xu Wangqiu finished speaking, he covered his head with a quilt, emptying his mind and letting himself not think about anything, and I don't know how long it took for him to finally fall asleep.