Chapter 162: Tang Xiaolian and Li Junwei
Huang Bo is directing a movie by himself for the first time, and as the actors are selected one after another, the characters on the script gradually become clear.
He spends long hours a day, repeating every shot over and over again in his head.
But for a rookie director, it is too difficult to complete all the shots in a single fixed space - a supermarket.
Because of the narrow space and limited scenery, it is easy for the audience to feel bored.
This requires the director to design the shot, the actors' actions and lines.
The most awesome thing is that in "Killer Has No Holiday", the old killer talks to his boss on the phone and gets an order to assassinate the young killer.
A total of five minutes of scenes, completely in a small bedroom, one shot to the end, the actor only has the old killer himself.
Along with the actions of standing, walking, sitting, lying, looking out the window, closing their eyes and resting their minds, the actors' emotions are constantly changing, from fear, worry, and listening to surprise, acceptance, etc.
The undercurrent is turbulent in the ordinary, showing the skills of the director and actors.
And Huang Bo, Zhou Jin and others obviously do not have such ability.
It wasn't until the filming was about to start that Huang Bo realized this, but he was not willing to make a bad movie, so he took a few people and began to pull the film crazily.
From Guy Ritchie to Quentin, from Zhou Xingxing to Little Pony, as well as various European and American movies, I have watched it all over and looked forward to learning a thing or two.
Zhou Jin doesn't care too much about those camera transitions or anything, he prefers to ponder the plot.
Originally, he thought that "Nightclub" borrowed from "Night Raid on a Gas Station", but after watching "Vulgar" and "Kidnapping and Robbery", he was not good.
"Yang Qin, why are your plot designs so familiar?"
Especially the part where the robber pulls out a gun, how do you look like the Chinese version of "Vulgar".
And there is also a line of He Sanshui, which is simply a copy of Xiao Ma in the true colors of the hero.
The difference is so big that it is like Sun Honglei and Ma Hemei.
Is this a tribute, or is it plagiarism?
Yang Qin admitted it very frankly, "I like their movies very much, and they do have references." ”
He paused, and then said: "Moreover, I don't think that many people in the domestic audience have watched these movies, so they ......"
After shrugging his shoulders, he said, if you copy it, you will copy it, and the audience doesn't know it anyway, even if you see it, what can you do?
Ning Hao obviously knows this, so he is willing to be the producer of the embarrassing people, and he doesn't even look at the nightclub.
That being said, there is still money to be earned.
Good Monkey undertook more than half of the investment in "Nightclub", that is, 1.5 million, and the remaining 1 million was put together by Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, Zhou Jin and Yang Qin.
Zhou Jin naturally has no cash, but his salary in "People in Embarrassment" is 300,000, Zhou Jin only took 100,000 on the surface, and the remaining 200,000 was thrown into "Nightclub".
One is to avoid taxes, and the other is to avoid sugar people's commissions.
As for the contract, just sign two copies.
Anyway, the sugar man couldn't figure out how much compensation Ning Hao would give him.
In this way, the money he earns through the dividends of "Nightclub" belongs to investment income.
It has nothing to do with salary, endorsements or anything, the sugar man can't make it.
Tut-tut, I think he is a good young man, and he has not been in the industry for two years, but he has also learned to play the yin and yang contract.
Just as he was about to shout 666, Ning Hao waved his hand at him, tasting the turtle operation, tasting the turtle operation.
That's what everybody does.
In late May, the funds were in place, and the crew pulled more than 20 people and went straight to the Huairou Film and Television Base.
Liu Sisi and Hu Ge were finally selected, Zhou Jin asked Huang Bo why they were selected, Huang Bo smiled and said: "It's cheap." ”
Hu Ge's acting skills are no problem, idol actors, famous, and cheap, just like picking up leaks.
As for Liu Sisi, it was an unexpected joy. Li Xiaolu dislikes that the salary is too low, and the director is not famous, so if he thinks about it, he still hasn't come, so he has to change Liu Sisi.
Huang Zizheng made a cameo appearance as a producer, chartered a small hotel, settled everyone, and then prepared for the opening ceremony.
For small-budget movies, if you can save it, you can save it, find a table, put three baskets of apples, and worship the gods of the four directions, and it's over.
The shooting location was in a studio, and the interior of the supermarket had been set up, and the staff covered the outside of the supermarket with a black cloth and soft lighting to make it look like a night.
This is also the disadvantage of filming in the studio, which can be started at any time 24 hours a day, day and night.
Huang Bo was busy directing the scene, while Liu Sisi and Zhou Jin stayed in the dressing room to make up.
Liu Sisi is simple, put on light makeup, change into supermarket staff clothes, even if it is done, Zhou Jin is a little troublesome, not only to wear hair covers, but also to wear braces.
Messy hair, black-framed glasses, braces in his mouth, and a little stammering when he speaks, the whole image of an innocent little virgin.
"Shall we have the right words?" Liu Sisi sat on the chair, pulling two little short legs.
It is the first time for her to shoot this kind of urban drama, and she doesn't need to wear makeup for so long, which is very fresh.
Zhou Jin lowered his head and said vaguely: "Let's take a break, there will be more busy later." ”
After speaking, he secretly glanced at Liu Sisi again, looking embarrassed.
The script of the nightclub is quite crudely written, and there is almost no explanation of the life of the main characters, so the actors themselves have to make up for it.
What Zhou Jin set for Li Junwei is that he is an innocent little virgin with a bad family background and a very strong mother.
After only nine years of compulsory education, he ran out to work and had a crush on his colleague Tang Xiaolian, but he was very inferior and didn't dare to express his heart.
As for Tang Xiaolian, she is smart and beautiful, and she always calls Li Junwei around, but Li Junwei enjoys it.
To put it simply, it is a small one.
Every time she puts on makeup, Zhou Jin will habitually brew a good mood and substitute herself into the role.
Seeing him like that, Liu Sisi also entered the role, and said arrogantly: "Li Junwei, go get me an apple, do you hear?"
Zhou Jin said: "The boss lady said that she is not allowed to eat during working hours. ”
"Huh?" Liu Sisi snorted.
"Oh," Zhou Jin replied, getting up to get the apple.
He is afraid of the boss, so he abides by the rules of the boss, he likes Tang Xiaolian, so he is willing to pluck up the courage for Tang Xiaolian and break the rules.
It's just a little thing.,It's a very simple character design.。
"What about Tang Xiaolian? Do you think she likes Li Junwei or not?" After listening to Zhou Jin's analysis, Liu Sisi dragged Zhou Jin and asked.
Zhou Jin carefully peeled the apple, trying to keep it going, "If you are Tang Xiaolian, will you like Li Junwei?"
Liu Sisi said: "That's definitely not it, this guy is cringe, girls like to be confident." ”
"That's right," Zhou Jin cut the apple in half, and Liu Sisi decisively picked a big one, "Then why was Tang Xiaolian happy after she found out that Li Junwei liked herself?"
"Probably, probably...... Which girl is not happy to be liked......"
As soon as she heard this, Zhou Jin knew that she hadn't set it at all, "Try to think about it, what if Tang Xiaolian is also inferior?"
"She's smart and pretty, but that's what other people think, she doesn't think that way. ”
"Maybe she thinks that no one will like her at all, at this time, Li Junwei appeared, and he was willing to die for her......"
Liu Sisi suddenly found that Zhou Jin's analysis was actually quite reasonable.
"When did you understand girls so well?" she looked at Zhou Jin suspiciously.
Zhou Jin smiled embarrassedly, "It's all a theory in a book, and I haven't practiced it yet." ”