Mountain city.

The crew of "Crazy Stone".

Twenty-third day of shooting.

"Crazy Stone Scene X, Act X, Begin!"

In front of the camera, Huang Bo curled up in a replica of a half-cut sewer, gasping for breath and making a phone call.

He was black, his face was covered in mud, and he spoke with a green onion accent.

"Ho, ho, Amitabha God bless, Amen Amen!"

A few seconds later, the phone went through.

Huang Bo: "Hey, hey, hey, Brother Dao! I'm going down the well, I can't get out! The mobile phone has been out of signal and almost out of battery, ah, I, I haven't eaten for a few days, you hurry up and find a way!"

"Huh, what do I think?!"

"Brother Dao?!"

"Hey, hey, hey, fuck you!"

"Over!"

Lu Yao shouted a stop in satisfaction.

Huang Bo trotted in front of him: "Director, I think this scene is ......"

Lu Yao immediately covered his mouth and nose.

The staff on the side also fanned the wind with their hands in disgust and fled in all directions.

"Damn, stay away from me, it's too stinky!" Lu Yao scolded.

Huang Bo was stunned when he heard this, and quickly sniffed himself.

"I said, it really stinks!"

He himself couldn't stand it anymore.

"Brother Dao" Wen Xingzhe on the side watched this scene, smoking a cigarette and smiling.

"I like this kid. It's nice that this is a dedicated actor. ”

He said to the actor of the protagonist "Lao Bao", an old friend Guo Gang. "He will definitely be an accomplished actor in the future, 110,000 percent!"

Guo Gang also nodded. "I like him a lot, this guy is really serious about his creative attitude!"

"Isn't it? Take this scene, the stinking mud in this pipe really came from the sewer!

But this kid, filmed once and twice, has never complained, and the director has already said that he himself feels that it is not good enough, and he asks for a reshoot!

In other words, those who can't endure hardships wish they could just get by!"

"The road guide is also good. Guo Gang looked at Lu Yao, who was pinching his nose and discussing the plot with Huang Bo, and said with emotion: "He is younger than Huang Bo, right? If all directors and actors can be as dedicated as them, why can't our country's film industry rush out of the country and go to the world?"

Wen Xingzhe nodded with satisfaction: "You're right, I thought I was scolding him on the Internet before, but he didn't mind at all, and invited me to act with this old bone, so you can know his mind."

Moreover, when we filmed, he was a 'teacher', and most of the scenes were over and over again, and he was quite respectful to the old actors!"

Suddenly, he frowned: "No! I'm also confused! Huang Bo, this kid has already acted quite well, and he has remade it over and over again—although he took the initiative to ask for it."

How can a few of us always have no problems and always go through it all the time?"

Guo Gang raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean: he is afraid that we are older, and he is afraid that letting us remake will make us feel shameless?"

Wen Xingzhe slapped his thigh: "It must be like this, that's right! This kid, respecting the old and loving the young, is an advantage in normal times, but when filming, this is a disadvantage!"

You are the director, it doesn't matter who the actor is or how big a name he is, if he doesn't shoot well, he has to do it all over again!

I'll tell him to go!"

Guo Gang grabbed him: "Save it, old man, you told him so directly, can he admit it?"

It's time for us to learn from young people, too!"

He raised his chin at Huang Bo, "Huang Bo thinks the shooting is not good, you can take the initiative to ask for a reshoot, can't we do it?"

Wen Xingzhe suddenly realized: "This method is good!"

……

So, in the next shooting, Lu Yao discovered something strange.

Every time he shoots a scene, in his opinion as a director: the performances of these old drama bones can be called perfect, a look, a line, or even an inadvertent body movement are all plays, almost perfectly showing what the script wants to express.

But when he felt very satisfied, after shouting "pass", the actors who filmed always went against him.

"Director, I'm not very satisfied with my performance just now, the tone of this line seems to be a little more suppressive, I want to reshoot it again!"

"Director, let's reshoot this one!"

"Director......

Lu Yao was a little confused for a while.

I think it's OK!

Could it be that my requirements are too low?

These old actors are too dedicated, aren't they? Are they so strict with their performances?

It's hard for me to do it!

I said okay, you said no, doesn't it seem that I, as a director, am very unprofessional?

For a while, he almost couldn't help but say the famous words of the Yellow Sect Master:

"I don't want you to think, I want me to feel! Do you think it doesn't work?"

But he couldn't say it.

But it's not a way to go on like this.

A few old actors don't know if they are competing with each other or what, NG over and over again, tormenting him and the crew members unspeakably.

Finally, he couldn't take it anymore.

"Several, regarding this movie, my plan is: to finish it in the middle of next month, and two months later, to complete all the post-editing and review work, so that it can be released in time for the Chinese New Year!

So, the shooting cycle can't be extended indefinitely!

Therefore, I have made a rule here: unless I don't think I can do it and need to reshoot, otherwise, as long as I think it's okay, you can't ask for a reshoot yourself!"

Wen Xingzhe & Guo Gang: "......"

"That's it!"

……

Another twenty days passed.

All the shots of "Crazy Stone" have been filmed and finally completed.

Lu Yao only felt as if he had fallen apart.

Compared with the MV of "What Kind of Man" he directed before, and the micro-film "Old Boy", this shooting experience can be regarded as really making him feel the hard work and difficulty of being a director.

Next, it's time for post-editing.

In order to be able to catch the release on New Year's Day, he could only ask the post-production to complete the editing work within two months, and then submit it for review.

There wasn't much time left for him.

So he can only squeeze the editor.

The post-editing and production of a movie is generally two or three months.

Of course, this is not the case with all films.

Like films with many special effects and high requirements, there are films that spend half a year, a year or even more in the post-production.

And some bad movies, editing can be released in two or three days.

Lu Yao naturally does not allow this kind of post-production.

The narrative style of "Crazy Stone" is not flat and straightforward, full of various interludes, flashbacks and multi-line narratives, which are very strict on editing.

Two months is not a long time, but it is enough.

……

At the finale banquet.

"Cheers!"

Lu Yao took the lead, and all the actors and crew members toasted together to celebrate the finale.

After drinking the wine in the glass, Lu Yao collapsed on the chair tiredly.

Wen Xingzhe looked at him with a smile: "Director Lu, the movie is finished, what do you think?"

"Thoughts?hehe!" Lu Yao smiled bitterly, "It's really tiring to make movies! I sometimes think: Go to the special, after filming this one, Lao Tzu will not be a director! Singing and playing the piano can also make money!"

"Lu Dao, you're wrong!" Wen Xingzhe restrained his smile and said: "It's not tiring to make movies, it's tiring to make movies seriously!"

“…… That's what you're saying. ”

"Come, guide, I'll give you a drink. Wen Xingzhe raised his glass: "After drinking this glass of wine, I will still be a filmmaker in the next life!"

“……”