Xu Wangqiu slept late, but as usual, he got up at five o'clock in the morning. Affected by insomnia, he was not in a particularly good mental state when he woke up. However, after washing his cold water face, and thinking about the official start of filming today, Xu Wangqiu's whole person was refreshed and became fierce.

After having breakfast in the cafeteria, Xu Wangqiu and the crew got into a rented bus and, together with the truck carrying the equipment, drove mightily to a prison on the outskirts of the magic capital. After the leaders of the Nanjiang Provincial Party Committee were arrested in the movie, the Central Committee issued an order to shoot them on the spot. Today's scene is to film them being escorted out of prison and sent to the execution ground.

Many movies shoot prison scenes, and they build a prison interior scene in the studio, and then shoot two exterior scenes outside the prison gate, and then edit them together. However, the effect of the prison set up and the on-site shooting is definitely different. Xu Wangqiu hopes that the movie will be as real as possible, and if it can be shot in real time, it will all require live shooting.

Not long after Xu Wangqiu and the others arrived at the prison, the relevant staff and actors of the Magic Shadow Factory also came. When making a movie decades later, it is often the actors who have been announced to go to the scene, and the actors who have not been announced can rest and do their own thing. It's different now, no matter whether there is a drama or not, actors will stay on the set, and superstars like Zhao Dan are no exception.

The crew and crew were all busy, and they moved the equipment to the scene to prepare for the shooting. The crew are all professionals, and they know the work process of the crew, so they need Xu Wangqiu to say more. When the prison staff heard that Zhao Dan was coming, they all surrounded Zhao Dan and talked about their inner excitement.

When Xu Wangqiu saw this scene, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and said to Xie Fei: "When there is no drama in the future, you can't let Uncle Zhao come to the scene, otherwise the crowd will come to watch when they hear that Zhao Shan is filming, and the scene will not be filmed." ”

Xie Fei smiled: "If you want to say it, I don't think he will agree anyway, and he will think that you are making something special for him." ”

Xu Wangqiu nodded slightly, this is also true, but Zhao Dan should still be present as little as possible in the location scene, "Hoe Rape" is recorded at the same time, and the more onlookers will affect the radio. However, he didn't dwell on this question, and chuckled: "Teacher Xie Fei, the machine is officially launched today, you can say a few words to boost everyone's morale!"

Xie Fei looked at the staff at the scene, shook his head with a chuckle, and said, "It's better for you to come, the real director of this drama is you, and I'm the one who started it, or it's better for you to talk about it." Say a few words to everyone!"

Xu Wangqiu clapped his hands vigorously and shouted loudly: "Everyone stop, listen to me!" After the scene quieted down, Xu Wangqiu stood on a stool and said passionately: "Our drama has been preparing for half a year now, and today it will finally officially start." Everyone is working very hard these days, and the next shooting will be even harder, but when the movie is finished, when you see this movie, you will definitely feel that the hard work is worth it! Because what we want to make is an unprecedented movie! This movie will definitely not be completed by me alone, and it will not be possible to shoot well with the efforts of some people, and it will take the efforts of each and every one of us, so please everyone!"

As soon as Xu Wangqiu's words fell, the scene burst into crackling applause.

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "Now we will officially start construction." The actors come here, let's start moving!"

As soon as Xu Wangqiu shouted, several actors came over, and lighting, photography, recording and other related personnel also came over. Before the official shooting of the movie, the first process of the entire crew is to move and determine the performance area of the actors. Only by determining the performance area can the photographer determine the camera position, scene and movement method, and then determine the starting and falling frames, focal length and high and low position of the lens, etc.; at the same time, the gaffer can determine the light position and arrange the lighting in the performance area; and the art can also set the scenery according to the position of the performance area.

Xu Wangqiu did not arrange for the actor to move, and handed over the director's work to Xie Fei, because he was an actor in today's scene. Many directors have the habit of making cameo appearances in their films, such as Hitchcock, and Xu Wangqiu also has this hobby, which he thinks is a kind of fun. In his last life, he insisted on showing his face in the movies he made, whether they were big or small, and "Hoe Rape" was naturally no exception.

However, Xu Wangqiu arranged this scene to be filmed today, mainly for Xie Fei to direct. Xie Fei is the co-director of "The Rape", and he has made a lot of efforts for the movie, and he was asked to direct the first scene of the movie, which can be regarded as a respect for Xie Fei.

Xie Fei called Xu Wangqiu and several other actors to the center of the venue and arranged for them to move. After they walked through the seats twice, the whole area of the show was settled. The camera assistant put adhesive tape on the floor according to the actor's position and made a mark. This mark can serve as a reminder to the actor, so that the actor does not walk out of the camera while acting.

Immediately afterwards, Xie Fei called Xu Wangqiu and them outside the performance area and gave them a lecture. Xie Fei originally wanted Xu Wangqiu to speak, but Xu Wangqiu said that he is now an actor, and it is the director's job to talk about drama. Xie Fei didn't say more, and began to analyze the motivation, psychological state and performance requirements of the scene for the actors present. After finishing the play, Xie Fei asked Xu Wangqiu and them to rehearse twice in the performance area, and then asked them to put on makeup.

In addition to Xu Wangqiu, they were asked to put on makeup, and Zhou Lijin and they were also pulled to put on makeup. Today's scene has a scene where when the revolutionaries are escorted out of their cells and sing "The Internationale", the prisoners in the prison beat the railing of the cell door and sing "The Internationale" along with it. These prisoners don't have to show their faces, they just show a pair of hands with blood stains and scars, and they don't need to find special actors, just let Zhou Lijin and them put on makeup and go to the cell to act.

While Xu Wangqiu and the others were putting on makeup, the photographer Zeng Lianping was holding the camera and constantly adjusting the camera position, and the gaffer was also directing the lighting assistant to set up the lighting according to the requirements. Film lighting is an extremely delicate project, which requires the brightness of the light meter to measure the brightness and color temperature of the metering, and only the parameters of the light are accurate to shoot the best picture. Lighting is the slowest of all the departments on the set, and it is also the most time-consuming.

The other departments were not idle, and the recording engineer instructed the recording assistant to debug the equipment, and put forward requirements for the position and direction of the boom operator. Now domestic movies are basically dubbing, but Xu Wangqiu believes that the physical performance and voice performance of the actor are inseparable as a whole, and it is difficult for the later dubbing to enter the prescribed situation, and the effect is definitely not as good as the recording effect of the same period, so he insists on using the same recording. Since the shooting method of simultaneous recording has not been used for more than ten years, the whole crew is a little unaccustomed to this. However, Xu Wangqiu did not change his mind because of this, he believed that as long as he ran in for a few days, he would get used to it.

Xu Wangqiu put on their makeup, and when they returned to the shooting site, the gaffer was still slowly dimming the light. The other actors stood at the scene and waited, while Xu Wangqiu wore a bloodstained shirt and discussed with Xie Fei about connecting the lights.

In this scene, the revolutionary is escorted to the execution ground, and the director usually asks the lighting to show a sense of sacredness to highlight the greatness of the revolutionary aspirants. Xu Wangqiu's requirements are different, he hopes that the lighting is warm and calm, and the whole atmosphere is not so dignified. He had seen some photos of revolutionaries being escorted to the execution ground, and some of the photos showed revolutionaries smiling and calmly dying. His requirement for this scene is to shoot the feeling of laughing at the sky and calmly going to death.

After the lighting was arranged, Xie Fei asked the actors to return to the performance area for rehearsals. The film consumption ratio of "Hoe Rape" is only 1:4, among which the war scene is a handheld photography, and the film consumption ratio is definitely relatively high, so it can only be saved from the literary drama. Therefore, every scene of the crew of "Hoe Rape" must be rehearsed repeatedly, and it will not be filmed until the actors' performances are ripe.

After rehearsing several times, Xie Fei saw that the actors were thoroughly familiar, and beckoned the makeup artist to call: "Touch up the makeup of the actors!"

After the makeup artist touched up the makeup, the scene began to be cleared, and people who had nothing to do with the shooting left the shooting area one after another, waiting for the shooting to begin.

The first scene of the movie has nothing to do with Xu Wangqiu, and he doesn't need to appear to perform, so he stands behind Zeng Lianping with Xie Fei.

In this era, there were no monitors, and when making movies, directors often stood behind the camera and observed the actors' performances from close to the camera. Some directors always stood behind the camera and watched the actors because they always stood behind the camera when they made movies in their early years, so that later they had a monitor, and still liked to stand behind the camera and watch the actors' performances, as was the case with Luc Besson.

The assistant director came over to tell Xie Fei and Xu Wangqiu that all the groups were in place and could be officially filmed.

Xie Fei turned his head to look at Xu Wangqiu and said with a smile: "Wangqiu, you can give the order!"

Xu Wangqiu waved his hand gently: "Today I am an actor, is it the director's job to give orders, or you come!"

Xie Fei was not hypocritical, and shouted loudly: "Let's shoot it in real time!

Lu Qing, an actor who played the role of a leader of the provincial party committee, stood in the cell, and the actor who played the role of a guard stood outside the cell with a key; and the boom attendant propped up the long microphone in his hand and began to record the news.

The slapper walks up to the camera with the slapstick and points the slapstick at the camera's lens.

Xie Fei shouted loudly: "Hit the board!"

"The eighth scene, the first shot, the first article!" the scene reporter played the board and exited the camera.

The clapperboard has specific information such as camera position and scene sequence number, mainly to facilitate post-editing, otherwise the editor does not know which shot is good and which shot is NG, and needs to be watched one by one, which is very troublesome. At the same time, the slate will make a "click" sound when the slate is closed, which is to locate the sound and facilitate the sound editing in the later stage.

"Let's go!" Xie Fei shouted his final command.

As the "start" command sounds, the actors begin their official performances.

The first shot is the shot of the prison guard walking to the cell door and opening the door, which is very simple and without any difficulty. After this scene was taken, Xie Fei turned his head and asked Xu Wangqiu: "What do you think?" Xu Wangqiu didn't blink his eyes just now, and he saw it very clearly: "No problem." Xie Fei asked the photographer Zeng Lianping again: "How is the photography going?"

Zeng Lianping nodded and said, "No problem." ”

Xie Fei immediately shouted: "This shot has passed." The next shot is ready. ”

Xu Wangqiu saw that Xie Fei had forgotten to record, and reminded: "There is also a recording! You didn't ask about the recording!"

Xie Fei then remembered that "Hoe Rape" was recorded at the same time, and it could only be passed after making sure that the sound was okay, and secretly said that I was really confused, turned his head to look at the recording engineer, and asked, "Lao Huang, how is the recording?"

The sound engineer replied, "The recording is normal." ”

Xie Fei breathed a sigh of relief and shouted again: "This shot has passed." The next shot is ready. ”