Chapter 115 Filming "Green Snake"
There are a lot of dances in the "Green Snake" movie, and there are some clips that also require the protagonist to dance in person, although there are not many of them, but they are still very classic in it.
So I found a teacher to train the crew before, not to become a dance expert, but at least to look good.
Although these can be used as stand-ins, they are not difficult and dangerous actions, and if the actor can complete it himself, he will ask the actor to complete it himself, so that the effect of the movie will be more realistic.
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When Zhang Li was preparing to shoot a movie, the TV drama market was also surging.
"Beijing Love Story", "Palace 2" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan" are the most popular, which directly detonated audiences at all levels.
"Beijing Love Story" was directed by Chen Sicheng, and he originally planned to find Tong Liya to act. Originally, Tong Liya was ready to agree to act, but Zhang Li intercepted Hu Tong Liya and directly starred in "Death is Coming 2", which made Chen Sicheng very annoyed.
However, the difference in status between the two is too great, and Zhang Li didn't take him seriously at all.
Although the ratings of "Palace 2" are good, it is still much worse than the previous one, but Li Xiaoping invested in this TV series by means, and many of the actors in it have been replaced by glamorous actors.
Except for Yuan Shanshan and He Shengming, who Yu Zhen wants to pick up, the other roles are all glamorous first.
After all, although this TV series is a little worse than the first one, the ratings are also good, and it is not a problem for some newcomers to star.
The last is "The Legend of Zhen Huan", this TV series is really popular. This is already last year's TV series, but there are still TV stations rebroadcasting it.
This is really hot, at that time, Zhang Li wanted to intervene to see if he could invest and stuff actors in.
However, his own conditions did not allow it at all, otherwise he would not want to give up such a popular TV series.
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It rains a lot in the south, although the weather is pretty good today. But it had just rained lightly last night, and it was still wet outside, and you could even smell the smell of earth.
The chartered hotel is not far from Hengdian Film and Television City, after all, many hotels around here are prepared for these crews or tourists, and it will be troublesome if the distance is far.
The crew of "Green Snake" is probably one of Zhang Li's most attentive and largest crews so far.
After all, it is a costume drama, and in many cases it still needs a lot of manpower.
In the previous movies, except for the crew of "Jingwu Hero", which is comparable to the crew of "Green Snake", there are not many people in the rest of the movies, compared to these two movies.
After all, they are all modern dramas, and they are all relatively simple plots, even the crew of "Super Body" is slightly less than that of "Green Snake".
However, according to the shooting plan, it is still easy after all, but you have to grasp the rhythm and the rhythm of the shot.
Because the starring characters are Qingbai Ersnake and Xu Xian Fahai, there are no other more complex characters, and the other characters are all for these four people.
This "Green Snake" can be regarded as a big investment, if it was a few years ago, few companies really dared to invest.
Although the box office market of Huajia movies has been rising, there are still so many directors who can shoot these movies with more than 100 million yuan.
In addition to HK's Wu Baige, Xu Laowei, Chen Jiashang and others, the mainland is Lao Mouzi, Chen Wouji, Jiang Wen, Feng Xiaogang, Lu Chuan and others.
Zhang Li's last film also invested more than 100 million yuan, and now he is also one of the few directors in the mainland.
The total investment of this "Green Snake" is 120 million yuan, which is jointly invested by Guangxian, Bona, and Zhang Li's studio.
The modeling and some props of the movie are actually very simple, because this is a mythological story, there is no strict historical dynasty, and the historical background in the movie is completely blurred, so the costumes and props are not very rigorous.
If it is really according to the background of historical dynasties and the like, there are many props in the clothes of the blue and white snakes, and there will be a big problem.
For example, the dancing woman in it is obviously the style of Ah San. And next to the academy is the Qinglou, if this is really calculated, I'm afraid it will have to cut a lot.
In the afternoon, Zhang left to shoot the first scene, and the first two days had been filming in Wuershan. This is Zhang Li's first scene, so I plan to pass it all at once, and it can be regarded as a lottery winner.
The scene directly filmed this time is the scene where Fahai meets the spider spirit at the beginning.
Soon the actors are ready, and this scene is completely about watching the two play. Sometimes some real old drama bones are needed in the movie, and some small movies may not matter, but some big-budget movies need some ones that can hold up the scene.
Therefore, although the spider spirit and the blind Taoist priest do not have many roles, but they are very important roles, Zhang Li still found the old drama bones of Wuma.
Otherwise, it can be all handsome guys and beauties, and let Hu Ge or Wu Yue and others play them.
When I started to invite Liu Xun and Wuma, it was still a little troublesome. The first one is naturally old, and the second one is that Zhang Li has no relationship over there.
This is still the two people who were contacted by Bona after looking for Xu Laowei.
After reading the script, the two felt that it was very good, and the price was in place, and after adding Xu Laowei to build a bridge from it, they were willing to come over.
Otherwise, if he went to find it himself, maybe some people would make trouble or something, and it might be troublesome for a long time.
Some people can't act, but tricks like infighting and fanning the flames are very slippery.
The scene is divided into three parts, with a long shot, a close-up and a fight scene, that is, a scene showing the French manatee breaking.
There is a part of the scene where Fahai and the spider spirit are running, and this scene is not very good because of the technology of the year, and the feet are stepping on things like mirrors.
In about ten minutes, the crew was ready.
A dozen boards: "A!"
The camera is first in a long shot, then at the spider spirit, and finally at the string of Buddhist beads in the spider spirit's hand, indicating that this is a very important prop.
"Click!"
Just a few seconds after turning on, Zhang Li stood up directly from the director's chair behind the monitor, and then walked to the side to watch.
"Come on, take some props from the branches, and block the gaps in the woods behind you, so that you can see the palace behind. ”
It's a bit of a problem for a palace to appear in the woods, and this palace actually shows the Qing period, if this is filmed,
Although Hengdian Film and Television City is booming, it is a little worse than Beipiao. At least there are some stars in Beipiao, although many people come to film in Hengdian every year, and many group performances also have the dream of Hengpiao, but there is really no mixing in Hengpiao.
It took half an hour to toss, mainly because the branches in the back were not enough to get it, so it was delayed.
When filming started again, the camera close-up of the spider spirit: "Hahahaha, a wave in a wave, a wave in a wave." The scenery is good on a sunny day, the red flowers are green grass, I am happy to run forward, and I am not old when I walk all over the green mountains... Hahahaha. ”
As soon as the spider spirit played by Liu Xun finished speaking, Fahai played by Nie Yuan in the back chased after him.
Fahai: "Old abbot, the wind is refreshing. ”
The spider spirit was still happy at this time, and he didn't know how powerful the young man in front of him was: "That's right, young man, morning luck is beneficial to cultivating Neidan." ”
At this time, if Fahai only thinks that he is a little monk from the outside, he is not the terrifying mage: "Senior, you have a childish face and walk like flying, but Tu Na is still calm and relaxed, and your cultivation has reached the extreme." How many years have you been cultivating?"
Spider Spirit: "Time has not left anyone, and it has been two hundred years in the blink of an eye." What about you, young man?"
Fahai: "I'm ashamed, I've only been cultivating for more than 20 years, unlike the abbot, you can steal the sky and change the day, I can see at a glance that you are not a human!
Before he finished speaking, Fahai's expression had changed. After confirming that the old monk in front of him was a demon, he immediately prepared to get rid of it.
(How to collect demons)
"The mighty heavenly dragon, the Buddhas, the world-honored earth, the Buddhas. Manifest!"
I saw that Fahai had already jumped in front of the spider spirit in the blink of an eye, and then quickly made a handprint in his hand and recited the spell.
"Don't, mage!" As soon as he saw Fahai's posture, the spider spirit immediately fled for his life.
"It's a spider spirit. Want to hide?" The spider silk in the sky disturbed Fahai's vision, letting him know that this monster was a spider spirit, but he Fahai didn't care about that.
"Master, I have been worshipping the feet of the Golden Buddha of Fulingtai Temple for many years, absorbing the shadow of the Buddha, and having a peaceful temperament. Mage, please spare my life. "Although he ran away, the spider spirit was still begging for mercy.
As a spider spirit who has practiced for two hundred years, he can only beg for mercy when he encounters a character like Fahai, and there is no way out at all.
"Nonsense!"
Fahai quickly followed the trail of the spider spirit in the woods, to him a demon is a demon, and a demon should be killed!
"Robe!Prajnabamaemptiness, Prajnabamaemptiness, Prajnabamaemptiness......."
When the robe was raised, it quickly became huge, and then quickly covered the entire forest.
"Where to run? Look at my big gong and golden bowl!
The traces of the spider spirit that were soon discovered directly used to eat the guy and directly ambushed him, and the spider spirit could not resist at all.
"Mage, be merciful, spare my life, save my life...... Mercy, will you let me go?"
Feelings of pain, fear, remorse. The old spider spirit now regrets why he came out and met the killing god Fahai.
"Master, let me go! Master, you are kind to Pudu, save the world, and let me live. Now that you have accepted me, Master, I will never turn over, a hundred years of practice, the success is in vain, God has the virtue of a good life, don't turn me back into a spider. ”
The old spider spirit was still making his last struggle, thinking that the mage in front of him could spare his life.
"Shut up, a demon is a demon! The four worlds of gods, men, ghosts and demons are orderly, and you will be punished in peace. “
"I have the shade of the Buddha of Lingtai Temple, I have the shade of Buddha of Lingtai Temple, I have the ...... of Lingtai Temple"
"The Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon, the World-Honored Jizo, Amitabha. ”
lifted a prop gazebo made of foam and directly suppressed the old spider spirit.
"The fairy beads?" Looking at the beads hanging on the branches in front of him, Fahai's expression was very strange.
"The demon has been collected, and the aura is still condensed, is he really under the shadow of the Buddha at the feet of the Bodhisattva? Could it be that I received the demon by mistake? No! No!"
At this time, the wind and clouds surged, and the hair dryer next to it was turned on to the maximum, and then the thunder and lightning sounded and remembered, and the sprinkler truck cooperated with the pouring rain.
"Click!"
Looking at this scene, Zhang Li nodded and expressed his satisfaction. Needless to say, Liu Xun is a real old actor, and this man is known as "a man with a thousand faces".
It was Nie Yuan who surprised Zhang Li a little, the scene just now was perfect. Nie Yuan didn't join the crew until he finished filming the TV series, and he thought he was going to get used to the rhythm, but he didn't expect to enter the rhythm directly, and he didn't adapt to it at all.
However, it should have been in the first half just now, Liu Xun led Nie Yuan, so he acted well in the back.
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Acting can be said to be the foundation of an actor.
When some actors act in TV dramas, they look very good, and the characters are very vivid. But when it comes to the movie, it looks very stiff, as if it doesn't fit in with other people.
This is actually the gap between TV series and movies.
The episodes of the TV series are long, and it is the details that are in it. The requirements for TV series are not so high, and several episodes can be filmed in a week. But a 10-minute movie may take several days to shoot, and every minute is the essence, a look, an action, a line, and a scene are very demanding.
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The second scene is the appearance of the green snake and the white snake, which is the scene where the bamboo forest gives birth. Anyway, the bamboo forest is next to it, and it's already wet anyway, so I just continue to shoot this rainy scene.
"The lights are in place!"
"Photography in place!"
"Ready, a!"
As soon as the words fell, I saw Fahai running wildly from the bamboo forest, and then looked up to the sky and yelled.
"And goblins?"
"Prajna Buddhas, Earthly Hidden Dharma Eyes, Prajna Pa Ma Kong! Manifest the Dharma! I see you hiding there?"
After feeling the demonic energy, Fahai was ready to ambush the monster again, only to see the huge body of the blue and white snake in the sky above the bamboo forest. This paragraph will be made with special effects in the later stages, and there was no way for Xu Lao Wei to use props back then.
"It turned out to be two snake spirits! Preparing to receive the Fa! Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon, King Kong Flame! Hunting Demons!"
Directly threw out the burning flame floating dust.
"Ahh
"A village woman?"
"Oops. ”
When I saw the rain on my newborn child, I immediately panicked.
"It turns out that the snake helped her keep the rain out!"
"Oh boy, the rain will stop. ”
"Come back!"
"God forbid! Good boy. ”
"Amitabha, Buddhism must keep the precepts. ”
Fahai, who was about to chase after him, accidentally saw the back of the village woman and immediately panicked.
"I miss your good nature, help others with kindness, and let you live, which is good. Fahai looked up, looked at the two snake demons and then withdrew from the bamboo forest, but the scene of the village woman just now still came to mind.
"Click!"
Zhang Li suddenly stopped.
Through the monitor, in fact, Nie Yuan's performance was still very good in this paragraph, but Zhang Li always felt that something was wrong.
"Brother Yuan, come and take a look. ”
"Brother Yuan, you should stop during this time. You see, this Fahai has just suppressed a spider spirit that he suspects is under the shadow of the Buddha, and he already has demons in his heart. Now I met two more monsters who were helping people, and I just saw the back of the village woman. This made Fahai's heart already a mess. At this point, you pause as you turn to leave, just to show the inner struggle. ”
“..... This.... How can I say that this Fahai is also a generation of monks, and his heart is not so fragile. ”
Nie Yuan put forward his opinion, in his opinion. Although this Fahai can't be compared with the last big man of Jinshan Temple, Xuanzang, but he is also a master, so it won't be so bad.
"Brother Yuan, do you know the meaning of the name Fahai?"
"Don't know?"
"It means that the mana is boundless, and the sea collapses and the earth cracks"
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"This version of Fahai is different from other high-ranking monk Fahai, and the Fahai here has a strong mana. For monsters, they will not convince people with reason, they will only be reckless. For this kind of Fahai, who grew up in the temple since he was a child, it is natural to hesitate when he encounters these things that do not match his inner concept. ”
"Okay, then I'll try again!"
Nie Yuan thought about it, but still didn't understand. But the director wrote and said so, so he naturally acted in this direction.
But anyway, Nie Yuan has been acting for exactly 12 years from 2000 to 2012. During the period, he cooperated with countless old drama bones, and he was also the "big student" of the year, so Zhang Li only needs to say it.
The second pass went smoothly and passed without any problems.
"Click!"
Zhang Li was very satisfied.
Zhang Li was very satisfied.
He is still very satisfied with Nie Yuan, otherwise he would not have chosen him as Fahai.
The appearance of the main actors in a movie is very important, and this plot shows Fahai's character and the formation of his invincible strength and demons, and then he can pave the way for the next plot.
Otherwise, if you don't pave the way for anything, you will directly fight with the green and white snakes, then you still look at a fart.
In other words, Xu Laowei seems to like all kinds of foreshadowing in his own movies, and then shoot the beauty of that moment.
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The scene filmed by the film crew the next day was a classic scene, that is, that dancing scene.
I don't know if Xu Laowei likes to play metaphors, anyway, it's from his various movies.
It's not as good as Yan Chixia in "A Chinese Ghost Story" that she used to catch heads, but she left because she couldn't get used to the darkness. The political/political metaphors in the "Once Upon a Time" series, as well as the metaphors for religion, culture and other aspects in "Green Snake".
"Green Snake" is relatively obvious, because the songs and various dances in it all show the culture of Buddhism. The song "Mohu Luojia" is one of the eight heavenly dragons in Buddhism.