To be honest, in fact, Lin Xiao first wanted Wang Pengfei to play the role of He Shangsheng.

Because I had worked with Wang Pengfei in "Infernal Affairs" before, it was still relatively pleasant, and Liu Jianming in "Infernal Affairs" is an old boy who looks like a policeman, but in "Dark War", He Shangsheng is a good person through and through.

At the same time, he is one of the leading actors who work with Lin Xiao, if Wang Pengfei comes to play, gimmicks will definitely be indispensable.

However, it is a pity that Wang Pengfei still didn't believe in Lin Xiao's directing ability in the end.

On the rooftop, seeing the rooftop again, Lin Xiao couldn't help but be in a trance, the most classic scene of "Infernal Affairs" before was the rooftop duel, and the first shot Lin Xiao chose to start this "Dark War" was also the rooftop.

The first rooftop scene is Lin Xiao's one-man show, that is, the scene where the male protagonist Xiao in the play looks down on the city on the rooftop and on the edge of the building.

There are no lines in this clip, it is purely the plot of Lin Xiao playing cool and handsome.

The first shot of start-up, of course, is how simple it is, how smooth it is.

Of course, there is no problem with this lens for Lin Xiao, so the first shot of the boot can be regarded as a smooth pass.

Although the first shot of the film does not mean anything, it at least makes a good start to the filming of this film.

The second scene is still a rooftop play, which can also be said to be the first duel between the two protagonists in the whole play.

As the sound of the big board fell, the second scene officially started filming.

Also on the rooftop, it is interesting that this time he still pointed a gun at someone else, but he was also robbed.

The actors of this scene are already in place, and the first to leave the country are Lin Xiao and the hostages.

"You're here, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Lin Xiao was wearing sunglasses and squatting under a very thick pillar with a middle-aged man, oh, the middle-aged man was his hostage, and he was pointing a gun at him.

This plot is the first game set by the protagonist at the beginning, using the kidnapping incident and hostages to lure He Shangsheng over and play a seventy-two-hour game with him.

"I'm sorry, I'm racing. He Shangsheng, played by Liang Shaoqing, raised his hands with a helpless look on his face.

"It's so far away, it's inconvenient to speak, can I get closer?" Liang Shaoqing turned into a negotiator.

He opened his coat and said, "I don't have a weapon on me. After speaking, he slowly walked towards Lin Xiao.

"CUT! Stop, Director Lin, come and see. ”

Lin Xiao walked to the camera and reviewed it.

"Officer He, you can also take a look. "Generally speaking, directors rarely ask the main actors to watch the footage themselves, although there are exceptions.

Liang Shaoqing walked over.

"How is it?" Lin Xiao asked as he looked at Liang Shaoqing.

"Well, it feels a little strange, but I can't say it......" Liang Shaoqing frowned slightly.

"There is a problem with your expression, in this scene, me and you, I am confident because I am confident and everything is under control, and you are a negotiator, your profession requires you to maintain self-confidence, and also, the hostage is in my hands, as a policeman, although you are very smart and have repeatedly solved big cases, but after all, there are hostages, so there must be a sense of urgency, how to perform, you are an expert, I think it should be no problem, right?" Lin Xiao asked.

Liang Shaoqing pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Well, I understand." ”

"Okay, let's do it again!"

Although Liang Shaoqing has not acted for many years, he is an actor-level actor after all, so he quickly adjusted, this scene, in fact, is not too difficult for Liang Shaoqing, but sometimes, it is inevitable that the control of the plot and details will be a little insufficient, but after figuring out what Lin Xiao wants, he perfectly showed his superb acting skills.

Under the camera, Liang Shaoqing walked forward fearlessly. This is the basic quality that you need to have as a negotiator. The camera follows behind and captures this section directly with a long shot.

Just like Lin Xiao said before, in this, He Shangsheng is very confident, because he must be confident, calm, and improvised, otherwise how can he convince the gangsters? But Lin Xiao is even more confident. Because it was all a game that he had carefully prepared and laid out, he was certainly confident enough.

"I'm Inspector He Shangsheng, how can I help you?"

Lin Xiao squatted next to the middle-aged man, with a slight mockery in his tone, and said a little casually: "Some people want money, cars, planes, or to meet their wives." ”

"I don't want those things. ”

"Nothing, I just wanted to play a 72-hour game with you. ”

On the first day of filming, the filming went unexpectedly smoothly, of course, most of the filming on the first day was the scenes of Lin Xiao and Liang Shaoqing.

But by the next day, it wasn't all so rosy.

Especially in the bank robbery scene, the filming has always been very unsmooth, because this is a group scene, at first the robbers have problems, then the goofs, and then the actors have problems.

For example, the scene where He Shangsheng deceived the black police.

originally acted well, but in the end, the actor who played the robber's corpse was very special when Liang Shaoqing pulled him, and he actually moved.

It's a long shot, and when he moves like this, the whole shot is useless.

Filming restarted, and this time, the actor who played the black police had a problem again......

Lin Xiao is also as big as a fight, he finally knows why so many directors are called tyrants on the set, it is really sometimes, filming over and over again, but problems are frequent, and no matter how good patience is, it will be worn out.

I can't pass the filming many times, Lin Xiao is irritable, and the actors are also irritable, especially because Lin Xiao is a new director, and so many people in the outside world question it, so it will affect the actor's mentality to some extent.

I always felt that there was a problem with Lin Xiao's control.

This is the run-in period for the new crew.

The next three or four days were stumbling, Lin Xiao felt that after directing for so many days, he was more tired than acting in a whole play.

However, with the passing of the run-in period, gradually, the filming of the crew gradually improved.

Gradually, everyone also discovered that although Lin Xiao may be directing for the first time, this person really has something, especially in terms of telling dramas, perhaps because he is the screenwriter of the script, so his understanding of the characters is far beyond ordinary people.

"Dark War" was being filmed in an orderly manner, and Lin Xiao once again discovered that being a director is really not something that ordinary people can do.

When he was an actor, he only needed to play his role well in filming, but the director couldn't do it, after finishing work every day, Lin Xiao had to watch the clips filmed during the day, and he also had to arrange which scenes to shoot tomorrow, which scenes needed to be re-filmed, etc., etc., there are really a lot of miscellaneous things.

Fortunately, Lin Xiao himself is an investor, so no one dares to point fingers in front of him.

However, the disadvantage is also apparent, that is, according to the current shooting schedule, the budget of 100 million is simply not enough.

But for Lin Xiao, these are all trivial things, he lacks nothing is not short of money.