Chapter 12 Li Xiaowan is here
On June 1st, halfway through the filming of the movie, the crew returned to the sea again today to shoot Yang Mi's scene on the whale carcass.
Yesterday afternoon, Xu Ruoyun told Tang Li'an that Li Xiaowan would come to Xiangshan to visit the class at noon at the latest, so that he could get ready.
This is also unavoidable, after all, Yang Mi is now a relatively potential actress of Rong Xinda, who is deeply favored by Li Xiaowan and is the object of vigorous training.
And Xiangshan is not far from Hengdian, and it takes three or four hours to drive, so it is very convenient to come and go.
During this time, Tang An was also thinking about how to deal with the past, in case Li Xiaowan saw that the crew was alone, and directly brought Yang Mi back in anger, then he would be blind.
Fortunately, the movie has entered the middle and late stages, and Li Xiaowan will let Yang Mi finish the film as long as he is not too impulsive.
And Tang An's scene today is also temporarily arranged, he wants to show his directing talent in the shortest possible time, so that Li Xiaowan believes that the crew can shoot well even if he is alone.
Commanding a few people to push the whale props into the sea, float in a suitable place, and then fix people to the bottom of the water.
Now it's about 50 meters from the shore, and the water is not very deep.
In addition to a few of them, Tang An also went to a nearby scenic spot to temporarily hire 3 lifeguards at a high price of 30 yuan a day to prevent accidents.
Everyone was fully equipped, and Tang An's camera was not a professional underwater camera, so he could only wrap the outside completely, leaving only the lens exposed to prevent water from entering.
After checking it out, the shooting began.
"Match 19, 1 shot, 1 shot!"
"Let's go!"
Tang An put on a low-cost nylon fabric wetsuit and floated on the water with a camera.
In the camera, Yang Mi, who was lying on the whale carcass, slowly struggled to shoot, propped his hands on it, and looked back at the wound on his thigh.
Two huge tooth marks, blood flowing.
Yang Mi hurriedly flattened her thighs, removed the rope on her ankles to fix the surfboard, and did an emergency bandaging to stop the bleeding first.
"Click!"
"Wait, do it all over again, pay attention to your expression!"
"Remember what was written in the script, close your eyes and look up and scream in despair!"
"Despair, you know?"
Yang Mi listened to Tang An's advice, and just wanted to shake his head, saying that he didn't understand.
Unexpectedly, Tang An immediately explained to her, "Think about it, if you think about it, if you are seriously injured and floating on the uninhabited sea, and there is a shark hunting nearby, ordinary people must be immediately stunned and don't know what to do, this is despair!"
Yang Mi nodded thoughtfully, "Director, I understand!"
"Scene 19, 1 shot, 2 times, start!"
Yang Mi untied the rope again, circled her thigh, tied a knot to stop the bleeding, and screamed with pain on her face, "Ah!"
"Click!"
"It's so much better than before!"
Tang An praised it, and then said, "But you are not at the right time, at the same time as you tie that knot, you have to shout out, and the pain is also one of the reasons why you are so desperate!"
Then why didn't you say it earlier!
Yang Mi muttered quietly and untied the rope on her legs.
"What?" asked Tang An, who was fiddling with the camera.
"Ahh Nothing, I get it!"
This shot didn't meet Tang An's requirements until the 13th time, and his requirements for each shot were very strict, after all, the big screen is not so easy to fool the past.
"Okay, you lie down now, I'll take some close-ups!"
First, a close-up from the bottom to the top, shooting Yang Mi and the wounds on the whale's body together, hinting at the audience's situation after the heroine.
Then there is a close-up of the side level, Yang Mi is still very firm when lying down, like two peaks suddenly rising from the ground on a plain, very tempting.
......
The time was slowly approaching noon, and Li Xiaowan also arrived.
Seeing that it was almost time to eat, Tang An simply finished work dozens of minutes early.
Back on the shore, Li Xiaowan, dressed in professional attire, was waiting there.
"Hello Mr. Li!" Tang An greeted her before taking off his wetsuit.
Li Xiaowan looked around and asked with some uncertainty, "Director Tang, why didn't I see the rest of the crew?"
Tang An didn't hide it, he couldn't hide it no matter what he said at this time, unless he temporarily pulled a large group of people to make up the numbers, but that would definitely be seen through by Li Xiaowan.
"Mr. Li doesn't need to watch it, the crew is just me!"
"Director Tang is joking!" Li Xiaowan retracted his gaze and looked at Tang An, and laughed dryly.
"There's nothing to joke about about this kind of thing, if Mr. Li doesn't believe it, you can ask Mi Mi!" Tang An shook his head and said.
Li Xiaowan frowned and looked at Yang Mi.
Yang Mi looked at Tang An, saw that he looked as usual, and did not panic, so he told the truth.
"Mr. Li, what Director Tang said is true, during this time, in addition to temporarily inviting a few people to do chores, Director Tang is the only one filming alone!"
Xu Ruoyun echoed, "Mr. Li, it's true, Director Tang is now also a photographer, lighting engineer, props master, and set designer... All positions, the whole film is done by him alone!"
At this time, Li Xiaowan was more and more shocked, and what followed was anger after being deceived.
"Mr. Tang, aren't you going to explain?"
Li Xiaowan accentuated his tone, and even changed his title.
Before, she didn't expect that Tang An's small crew would be so small, and she said that the grass stage team was all lifted.
Tang An motioned for the two of them to get into the car first, and then explained to Li Xiaowan.
"Mr. Li, due to lack of funds, the crew has saved all the places they can save, and I really don't have any extra money to hire people!"
"There is only one person in the crew, I have been in the industry for more than 10 years and I have never heard of it, Mr. Tang doesn't need to say any more, I want to take them away today, staying here is undoubtedly a waste of time!" Li Xiaowan smiled angrily.
"Mr. Li, I can understand your feelings, this is indeed a bit fantastical, but please rest assured, there is only one main character in this film, and the shots are not very complicated, I have absolutely no problem alone!"
Tang An said and turned on the monitor and called up the previously filmed footage.
"Mr. Li, please look, this is the result of more than half a month of our work, I believe that even if we find a crew with a full crew, we may not be able to shoot better than this!"
Seeing that Tang An swore so much, Li Xiaowan also leaned over to take a look.
There is nothing wrong with the lens and lighting, although there are some minor flaws, but it is harmless.
But what really interested Li Xiaowan was Yang Mi's performance.
It's only been more than half a month, and she found that Yang Mi's acting skills have grown a lot, and she can already support a movie.
Although the film is won by creativity, plot and rhythm, Yang Mi's progress is undoubted.
Maybe it's not bad to stay and continue filming, no matter how the film is, at least you can exercise Yang Mi's acting skills.
Is that it, under Tang An's repeated persuasion, Li Xiaowan agreed to let Yang Mi finish the film.
At noon, they had lunch at the village chief's house, and after confirming that there were no other problems with Xu Ruoyun and Yang Mi, they told them before rushing back to Hengdian.
"Mr. Li, don't worry, Director Tang is very good, this movie shouldn't be bad!" Yang Mi also said a good word to Tang An there.
Hmph, it's funny, if one person can make a good movie, why do you need so many behind-the-scenes personnel!
Li Xiaowan thought to herself that if it weren't for the sake of exercising Yang Mi's acting skills, she would never allow this "movie" to continue filming.
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