On the eve of filming, the crew of "Journey to the West" was in a temporary residence on the outskirts of Yingchuan.

Assistant director Zhao Zexin came to Peng Yichen's room with the script.

"Director Peng, I want to ask you a few questions. ”

"Well, let's talk about it. ”

Zhao Zexin sat opposite Peng Yichen, picked up the script, pointed to a scene of the Supreme Treasure in the script, and asked seriously: "Tomorrow you will be the main camera, and I am fortunate to be able to take charge of the camera for you." I just want to ask, Supreme Treasure, how will you behave. You said that Journey to the West is a tragicomedy, when I was shooting this scene, should you frame the desert and lonely natural environment in the picture when you perform the absurd and funny plot, so that the desolation of the picture and your funny performance form a contrast......"

Assistant director Zhao Zexin has already followed Peng Yichen to shoot 2 movies and 1 TV series.

He is a very thoughtful person, and Peng Yichen also has the heart to cultivate his directing ability.

After all, Peng Yichen is just one person, and it is impossible to make three or four movies a year forever.

Only when the company has more directors can it maintain the number of productions of the company every year, so that the company can develop healthily and benignly.

The directors that the company currently plans to train, in addition to Zhao Zexin, also include Peng Yichen's brother Huang Bo.

In addition to Huang Bo's great progress in acting skills in the past two years, the biggest discovery is that he is also very talented in directing.

Last year, Huang Bo filmed a short film on the theme of environmental protection, which received more than 50 million on-demand views after being released on the Internet, and also won an excellent reputation in the film industry

So the company also listed him as one of the main goals of training directors.

Peng Yichen intends to train Zhao Zexin, so he naturally wants to explain his directorial intentions and acting methods to him, so that he can enter the role of director faster.

He thought for a moment before asking, "You should know what nonsense means, right?"

Zhao Zexin nodded and replied, "Well, I know this." ”

"That's the key to the scene that we're going to shoot tomorrow. Peng Yichen smiled, "Nonsensical, that is, all behaviors without any reason."

When I'm performing the Supreme Treasure, I don't mean to be funny. Rather, it is to achieve the purpose of being funny by creating an absurd image of a bandit character. It is very clear in the script that it is to shoot an absurd bandit leader in an absurd era.

You must know that although the tone of the movie "Journey to the West" is tragedy, comedy and tragedy are always transformed into each other. In the funny shots, what I want to achieve is to be funny to the apex, and suddenly turn into sadness.

In other words, when shooting my funny scenes, don't add any heavy elements, and after my funny performance has reached its peak, then suddenly turn to a completely desolate desert and dilapidated village......"

Peng Yichen told all his views on the movie.

Zhao Zexin quickly understood what Peng Yichen meant, nodded, and left with the script.

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In the abandoned villages full of yellow sand, dozens of staff members of the crew of "Journey to the West" are completing the preparations required for filming such as sets and props in an efficient and orderly manner.

In an open space on the edge of the set, a makeup artist is applying makeup to Peng Yichen.

At this time, he was wearing a tattered beggar-like costume, and his whole body exuded an absurd temperament that was not ancient or modern.

The originally handsome and straight eyebrows were glued with a layer of black hair, which was connected into a line.

It looks like there is an inexplicable sense of joy.

Beside him, other actors who played bandits were also the same as Peng Yichen at this time, wearing tattered clothes and various strange "killing Matt" shapes.

If you are seen, you will never think that it is just a group of bandits, and you will immediately think that this is a beggar gang meeting.

Yu Jing stood next to Peng Yichen, looking at her fiancé's disgraced face, and the smile on her face couldn't be hidden.

"Husband, you're so ugly. Since the successful marriage proposal, Yu Jing's title to Peng Yichen has gradually changed to "husband".

Peng Yichen obviously did not have any discomfort with the title of husband.

He smiled and said, "No, I think it's handsome." ”

"Hehe, it's very handsome, isn't it just a cabbage on his head, a sack, and a kelp around his waist. Yu Jing said with a smile.

Peng Yichen covered his forehead in pain, thinking in his heart: I hate 'hehe', I hate 'Supreme Treasure'.

On the other side, Zhao Zexin was holding a loudspeaker to organize the entire crew to prepare for filming.

Whenever his eyes fell on Peng Yichen's group of bandits, he couldn't help but have a strange smile on his face.

He was also very impressed that Peng Yichen could come up with such a grotesque character costume, and he was so impressed that he couldn't hold back his smile all the time, and he was about to suffocate his internal injuries.

Huang Bo, the old boy, played the role of Zhu Bajie in the movie, so he also had to play the role of the second leader of the bandits.

Because Huang Bo came to the set early to put on makeup, when Peng Yichen started to put on makeup, Huang Bo had already finished painting.

He gathered around Peng Yichen, took pictures with a camera, and kept laughing at Peng Yichen's strange outfit.

"Tatsuko, are you sure that we 'kill Matt' plus non-mainstream are really bandits? This hairstyle, this costume, I really obey you. ”

"What's this?" Peng Yichen smiled, "When you put on Zhu Bajie's makeup, you will know what the real "killing Matt" is." ”

Huang Bo was shocked: "Damn, I said why do you keep taking photos of Zhu Bajie's makeup, it turns out that I am afraid that I will be scared to death by my own appearance, right?"

Peng Yichen nodded: "Yes!"

Huang Bo saw Peng Yichen looking so shameless as a friend, he couldn't help but slap himself on the head, shouting that he had made a bad friend by mistake, and then retreated.

Peng Yichen couldn't help laughing when he watched Huang Bo leave in despair.

At this time, Zhao Xinze also walked over, he looked at Peng Yichen's back, and after looking at it carefully, the more he looked at it, the more wonderful he felt.

Zhao Xinze felt excited when he thought that the audience couldn't help but squirt out when they saw Peng Yichen, a handsome guy, become this ghost on the big screen.

Unexpectedly, Peng Yichen suddenly turned his head at this time, and both eyes moved under the bridge of his nose.

Peng Yichen's appearance of Zhao Xinze was extremely awkward, and for a moment he felt that his eyes didn't seem to be normal, and suddenly he had a feeling that he couldn't help but want to become 'cross-eyed', which made his head dizzy for a while.

"Director Peng, why did you do this?" Zhao Xinze endured the awkwardness in his heart, not letting himself become cross-eyed, and then asked.

"Haha... How, doesn't it feel exciting. I'm following the script and practicing in advance. Peng Yichen still maintained a cross-eyed expression as he spoke.

Although Zhao Xinze and Peng Yichen were face to face, Zhao Xinze couldn't feel which direction his eyes were looking in.

Zhao Xinze couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said with emotion: "Director Peng is really dedicated, aren't you uncomfortable?"

"It's okay, I can hold back. I'm just afraid that when I'm acting, I won't be able to control my eyes. You have to get used to this state first. Peng Yichen said with a smile.

Zhao Xinze is completely convinced, although this is just a small detail, it can still be seen that Peng Yichen takes the movie seriously.

This is the real reason why Peng Yichen was able to create such a big name and foundation in the Chinese film industry in just over three years.

You must know that with Peng Yichen's current achievements in directing, he doesn't have to act so hard.

But he was still able to put down his body and play his role well at the expense of practicing himself. This attitude towards movies is absolutely very rare among Chinese filmmakers, especially among the younger generation of filmmakers.

After a few moments, the shooting scene, props, lighting, and cameras were all set up.

Peng Yichen and a group of dragon suits also painted various non-mainstream costumes.

Zhao Zexin nodded to photographer Zhao Liansheng and signaled to start shooting immediately.

Zhao Liansheng replied with a smile: "Okay!"

The filming of this scene can finally start officially.

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