Verse 320: Seeking (I)
Liangdu Film and Television City Era Scenic Area, the formal name is "Times Corridor".
In the Liangdu Film and Television City, the scale of the Times Corridor is not large, including Ping'an Street, Zhongshan Road, Shuangjing Lane and other streets, hospitals, schools, governments and other buildings in the scenic area are readily available, all of which are in the style of the eighties of the last century, which is also the main feature of the Times Corridor.
Like many scenic spots in Liangdu Film and Television City, the Times Corridor was originally not there, it was specially built a few years ago in order to cooperate with the film "Old Man" directed by Pan Chenjun, and it was left after filming and became a new member of Liangdu Film and Television City. Because China's development is too fast, the Times Corridor, a scenic spot that has only turned back time for more than ten or twenty years, is not bad, and the rent is always good all year round.
The main filming location of Shen Huan's movie is here, and today is the start day of the movie. It's just that because the tone set for this movie shooting is secret shooting, the start-up ceremony was not carried out with much fanfare, and even the banners were not hung out, just a platform was set up at the gate of the school in the scenic area, on which some melons and fruits and pig heads were placed, Shen Huan went up alone and burned the pillar incense, and the other main creators watched from the side, and then let people pack up all the things, and it was over.
After the simple start-up ceremony was over, there was no delay, and they directly entered today's shooting process, and a group of people entered the school and went straight to today's shooting location.
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The first scene of the film's filming was held in the principal's office in Building A.
At this moment, the place is already busy, the machines, wires, etc. are in place, Shen Huan is talking to the two actors who are going to perform in the next scene, and many relevant personnel are watching and listening, because this is also closely related to the next work of many of them: the photography understands the specific intention of the whole scene, so as to grasp a better angle, and the recording is also to understand the general situation of a scene, so as to know how to better keep up with the actors, and so on.
“…… Lao Lian, we have also cooperated, for your business ability, I know a little bit, I don't think this role is a big problem for you, but there is one thing I need to remind you again. ”
Shen Huan was talking to the actor in front of him.
The actor in front of him is also his acquaintance, the actor Lian Shouguo who played Wu Jingzhong in "Latent". Shen Huan is quite satisfied with his business ability, and this time he is going to shoot a new film, so he will call him over again to play the role of the principal in the film.
"You don't want to change your acting style because of the characteristics of this play, you just need to act in the way you used to act, serious, I need you to be serious, understand?"
After seeing Lian Shouguo nodding, Shen Huan turned his head to the actress standing next to Lian Shouguo.
This actress's name is Zou Wenqin, she looks in her forties with makeup, and she can see that she was a beauty when she was young, and it is not an exaggeration to describe her current appearance with a sentence of charm, and the role she plays in the play is Shen Huan's mother.
Shen Huan briefly told her the general words again, and after seeing that she also understood, he began to direct the specific play: In general, he went up by himself, first regarded himself as Lian Shouguo, and roughly did a set of performances required by Lian Shouguo in the next scene, and then took a position, and then regarded himself as Zou Wenqin, and continued to make a set of frameworks and take a position in this way.
It's like painting, without paying attention to the details, just drawing a few lines to outline a simple big frame.
In fact, Shen Huan doesn't like this way of telling drama very much, for actors like Lian Shouguo who have their own personal abilities, he prefers not to set a framework for them, and let them follow the script themselves, after all, he doesn't like to deal with filming like an industrial product on an assembly line, he prefers that kind of accidental inspiration outburst and divine stroke. It's just that this scene is the first scene of the crew, he needs to use this scene to set a tone first, and at the same time, he also needs this first scene to be smooth, otherwise, if the first scene is very unsmooth, it will hit the psychology of the crew to a certain extent.
Drama, scheduling, code position, rehearsal, fixed camera position, dimming, checking props...... After a series of processes, the first scene of Shen Huan's first movie is finally about to officially start filming.
"Photography ready!"
"The lights are ready!"
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When it was confirmed that all parties were safe, the scene was recorded, and Shen Huan gave an order, and the two actors started, while Shen Huan sat behind the monitor and watched the scene from the monitor. And because this scene was shot with four cameras, the images on the four channels are different.
"Since the establishment of the school,"
Lian Shouguo was wearing a shirt, speaking lines, without too many expressions, and his tone was also smooth and cold, which better met Shen Huan's requirements.
"Even since the founding of the People's Republic of China, in the entire history of education, there has never been such a bad incident......"
Zou Wenqin, who was sitting opposite Lian Shouguo, held a cigarette in his hand and tilted his head according to Shen Huan's request just now, not looking at Lian Shouguo.
Lian Shouguo's eyes swept over the cigarette in Zou Wenqin's hand, paused for a moment, and continued: "So the school decided to expel him from school. ”
Machine No. 2 is a close-up of Lian Shouguo, and Shen Huan noticed Lian Shouguo's appearance at the moment from this passage: he was looking at Zou Wenqin.
There is nothing essential about this performance, but it makes Shen Huan feel a little stiff, and he always feels that something is missing, and about this, Shen Huan also quietly wrote it down in his heart, but he didn't stop and continued to watch.
The No. 3 machine is a close-up of Zou Wenqin, from this passage, it can be seen that Zou Wenqin did not stand still when Lian Shouguo spoke, but had a small action of taking a puff of cigarette, but overall, she never looked at Lian Shouguo.
It can be seen that she is thinking, and after Lian Shouguo finished talking about the school's decision, she seemed to have finished thinking and had a plan. Then, I saw her suddenly move.
She neatly removed the headband at the back of her head, spread it out, then stood up and began to undress herself.
"You, you, what are you doing?"
Lian Shouguo looked at Zou Wenqin in disbelief, and he stammered a little when he spoke.
Zou Wenqin said while taking it off: "I'm sorry principal, it's all for the children, understand." ”
After taking off her light coat, she walked around the table and walked to Lian Shouguo's side, Lian Shouguo's eyes were fixed on her, and his body rotated in the chair with her movements.
Although there is no cause or effect, the performance of the two easily sends a message to the audience: the mother has decided to seduce the principal for the sake of her child.
But what people didn't expect was that after Zou Wenqin walked over, he didn't go to the principal as expected, but came to the window, suddenly rubbed his hair vigorously, messed his hair, and shouted loudly: "Come on! The principal has insulted me!" The voice was so miserable that it seemed to be being forced.
“CUT!”
Seeing this, Shen Huan finally spoke up, stopped the two of them, and then stared at the monitor by himself, thinking.
There was nothing wrong with the whole process, and the two acted according to his requirements, but I don't know if it was because the framework he gave was too detailed and the actors couldn't let go, which always made him feel that something was missing.
To put it in an abstract way, the whole scene is a bit dead and not alive enough, only the last point makes him feel a little bit of flavor.
"Brother Yu, do you feel that something is wrong?"
Shen Huan didn't just think about it alone, but also mentioned it to the people next to him by the way.
The full name of this Brother Yu sitting next to him is Yu Qingquan, who is the assistant director of his film, one of the members of the director team, has rich experience as an assistant director, and has also independently shot a small-budget movie, and his works are mainly comedies.
Yu Qingquan, as an assistant director, can be in charge of the guide tube in addition to Shen Huan when he goes into battle by himself, and he has rich experience in comedy shooting, so he can provide some advice to Shen Huan in the actual operation process.
He had also been looking at the monitor, and after hearing Shen Huan take the initiative to ask, he thought about it and said, "As a comedy, the performance form is too receptive, not enough?"
really let him say, he can really tell Shen Huan one, two, three, because he has some objections to Shen Huan's shooting plan.
Shen Huan's plan is no problem for making movies, but for making comedies, in his opinion, it is a big problem, and it is not in line with the experience he has accumulated in previous shooting.
Anyway, if he was to be the person who talked about it, he wouldn't shoot like this.
When Shen Huan heard this, he didn't speak, but just continued to think.
When he was in another world, although he also ran a lot of comedy crews, but they were all actors, and as a director, he had no experience in this area: he had either filmed idol dramas or dramas before, and he had never directed comedy themes, and his experience in this area was always insufficient.
Even though he has been doing his homework for a long time, when it comes to getting started with the actual operation, it is inevitable that something will happen.