Chapter 15: The Dumpling Feast
The reality was exactly what she expected.
Wu Bei once again felt that as soon as she got started, problems immediately began to emerge in this magical law.
First of all, the sun at this time is still half hanging in the sky, and there is no gentle and magnificent beauty of the sunset in the evening and the orange light paving the sparkling sea. And they will be closed in half an hour, and they will definitely not wait for that scene to appear.
Even if you ignore the background, running against the waves is not at all as easy as you think, and it will be very difficult and slow due to the resistance of the beach and the sea, and this cannot be improved by adjusting the video speed.
Because there is no way to separate the sea water from the characters in the same picture to adjust the speed, no matter what, the speed of the person will still be much slower than the waves, and the overall look will still be very incongruous.
After Ma Wei and others watched this version of the video, they were obviously a little disappointed, but for the sake of Wu Bei's face and the fact that they didn't want to trouble others too much, they just said that it was okay.
Wu Bei couldn't help but go in her heart, and took the initiative to ask for help with the reshoot.
Before restarting shooting, several people made some changes to the problems in the first version, changing running against the waves to running with the waves, and when jumping, everyone first did a unified squatting action, and then jumped after counting three numbers with a ponytail, so that it was more convenient to adjust later.
I shot it twice in this way, and the final result was much better than before, and everyone was very satisfied.
After obtaining the consent of the four people, Wu Bei also posted the video on her Douyin account. On the one hand, I feel that I am quite fulfilled and happy in the process of shooting for others, and on the other hand, I also want to show off my rapid improvement in photography.
As a result, after the video was released, she only received a few likes from friends, and no one saw through her careful thoughts hidden behind the video, and no one praised her in the comments.
Wu Bei was a little unhappy, so she persistently forwarded the video to Jiang Bin alone, pinched the stopwatch, and asked him to make a beautiful speech for no less than five minutes.
Jiang Bin was happy to be a complimenter, but unfortunately his vocabulary was really lacking, and he began to run out of words after less than a minute of speaking, feeling bald, and letting out a helpless groundhog scream on the other side of the screen.
On the last day, the travel agency did not arrange the itinerary, and the tourists had a whole day to move freely, so Wu Bei did not have much work, as long as she was responsible for bringing people with her on the final return trip.
In the past two years, this semi-self-help form is very popular, and many travelers value the convenience and affordability of the group, but at the same time, they feel that they are more free to travel, choose more time and have more time, and this form just solves the tangled point of this kind of wavering people.
On the bus back to the hotel, most of the people were already too tired to fall asleep after a day of playing, and only the four-person sister group was still quietly discussing where to go tomorrow. Because their seats were relatively far forward, the content of their speech basically fell into Wu Bei's ears.
In the past few days, Wu Bei has sighed more than once, young people have good energy, and no matter what little things are interesting, they can discuss it with interest for a long time.
Her own age is actually not very big, but compared with these young girls who have just come of age, her mentality is very different.
Thinking about the time when they were so old, they also felt that a twenty-five-year-old woman was still very young, and could make her own money and spend, independent and free, and when she really grew up to twenty-five years old, she felt that she was too old, and she was poor and depressed.
In the end, it may be a matter of mentality, but it's actually good to be simply happy like a child, and you can find fun in everything...... Since everything is fun, isn't it true that everything can be photographed, recorded, and shared? The meaning of travel is not only to see how beautiful and shocking the scenery is, but more to who you are with in the process, what you have experienced on the way, and what kind of mood you have.
Wu Bei seems to have suddenly opened her mind – so why do I have to photograph the scenery? The scenery is similar in many places, but the appeal of a city can come from many aspects.
For example, the uncle who walks birds in the morning in a Beijing park is in stark contrast to the office workers who squeeze the subway with pancakes in the morning rush hour.
If an ordinary adult doesn't take a break halfway, how long does it take to climb the Great Wall?
All distinctive things can become the theme of travel photography, and if there are no characteristics, you can also try to discover the characteristics, and the videos with personal subjective emotions and introductions can refine and amplify these characteristics, so that the viewer can feel more interesting in the process of further understanding the characteristics.
And when it comes to Qingdao's more distinctive things, Wu Bei immediately thought of one - dumplings.
Before being a tour guide, Wu Bei actually came to Qingdao once, it was the first National Day of the university, and the people in the dormitory proposed to go out to play together, which happened to be that she had just broken up at that time, and she had not been able to come out of the shadow of sadness, so she agreed to go with her to relax.
Before leaving, they did a strategy on the Internet, and saw that someone recommended Qingdao's mackerel dumplings, saying that they were very delicious and delicious, so the group thought about trying them after coming to Qingdao.
They went to a restaurant specializing in dumplings, and when they looked at the menu, they found that they had never eaten more than mackerel dumplings, many dumpling fillings they had never even heard of, in addition to mackerel dumplings, there were also cod dumplings, whitebait dumplings, squid dumplings, cuttlefish dumplings, and vegetables with tomato dumplings and watermelon skin pepper dumplings!
Although they only ordered dumplings stuffed with mackerel, squid and ordinary leeks because they were afraid of stepping on thunder, she still hasn't forgotten the shock and sigh they felt when they first saw the menu.
Wu Bei believes that although the eating habits are different across the country, there must be many people like herself who have not eaten these magical dumpling fillings, and those who have eaten them can of course participate in the discussion of this topic.
When different people participate in the discussion, the topic will naturally rise in heat.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this idea was great, and with this rare flash of inspiration, Wu Bei thought about how to shoot it for a long time.
She pondered dividing the video into three parts, the first part of which first introduced today's itinerary - that is, to eat seafood dumplings. The second part is to go to the store, show the menu and the process of ordering, maybe it is better to pretend that it is the first time I have seen watermelon skin and chili filled dumplings, you can be a little surprised.
In the past, when I watched other bloggers' store visit videos or food shows, the host's tone was rather exaggerated, maybe this would be more appealing, right?
Finally, the third part is naturally to eat dumplings and make comments, this link can be played at will, and there is no need to prepare the script in advance.
Because she was excited and nervous about filming the video, Wu Bei basically didn't sleep well all night, and she really couldn't sleep at five o'clock in the morning, so she simply got up and washed her face and makeup, ready to record the first part of the hotel.
She used a makeup bag and other messy things to set up her phone on the table, and then smiled at the camera, not bad, hee-hee, quite photogenic, and you don't need to have superb camera skills to shoot this kind of video, the light is bright, you can shoot people clearly, perfect.
Wu Bei clicked the start button, and then said to the camera according to the lines rehearsed earlier.
At first, she was a little unable to let go, after all, she had no experience in this kind of serious video recording before, and her eyes were a little floating, and she was always not aligned with the lens.
This part of the recording went well, but the second section really made it a little difficult for her.
Wu Bei won't have any burden in arguing with her annoying aunt in public, but let her talk to herself in front of the camera in public, or speak loudly in surprise and excitement...... She was really embarrassed.
What if someone asks her what she's doing in the middle of a shoot? Then she must stop explaining, and after explaining, she has to start again, and then she is surprised and excited, and she says the same thing out loud again...... It's so embarrassing, it's embarrassing!
Now I know that those who do live broadcasts in public are very powerful, not to mention anything else, first of all, the psychological quality must be excellent.
Wu Bei repeatedly plucked up her courage, and repeatedly flinched and didn't dare to start, the waiter in the store saw her stunned and sat there for a long time, neither ordering nor playing with her mobile phone, and couldn't guess what she was here for, although the seats in the store were not nervous now, she still asked more: "Eat?"
Wu Bei subconsciously shook her head, "Ah no, it's not that I don't eat it." ”
Now that she has opened her mouth, she took this opportunity to stand up with some embarrassment, walked to the front desk and explained: "Actually, I am going to shoot a video similar to a food show, the theme is to try a variety of different flavors of dumplings, because some flavors of dumplings in our store are still quite distinctive, and the fillings made of these seafood may not be eaten in other provinces." I'll need to take a picture of the menu or something, and I'll talk to my phone...... Will it disturb your business?"
The eldest sister at the front desk nodded very clearly, and said in Mandarin from Shandong: "I know, I know, is it similar to the kind of China on the tip of the tongue? ”
Wu Bei thought that food shows were not all similar? That's right! ”
As a result, the eldest sister asked again: "Then will our store also be on TV?"
No matter how ashamed this Wu Bei was, she didn't dare to talk nonsense, so she had to tell the truth: "No, because my video is going to be posted on Weibo and spread on the Internet." ”
"Network communication?" The eldest sister who had just returned the knowledge seemed to be confused, and Wu Bei hurriedly added a few words about the development and main advantages of network communication over the years.
The eldest sister smiled, as if she still didn't understand, turned her head and called out a little girl from the kitchen, pointed at Wu Bei and said, "This person wants to take a video of our dumplings, and he also said that he wants to post it on the Internet." ”
Wu Bei felt that what she said was a little unclear, and when ordinary people heard it, they might think that she was going to expose some black workshop on the Internet, so she hurriedly explained it herself.
The little girl immediately understood, "Oh, Weibo is engaged in self-media, right?"
"Yes, yes. ”
"Then you can shoot it, and you can also promote our store. ”
The little girl should be the daughter of the eldest sister, and when she said this, the eldest sister immediately agreed, "Okay, then you can shoot." ”
Wu Bei just thanked her, but before she was happy for two seconds, the other party said again, "What's your Weibo name, I'll pay attention to it, and wait for the video to come out and forward and like it in time." ”