Chapter Seventy-Five: The Art of Deception in Light and Shadow Painting
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The timeline of the movie "The Birth of a Word" is summer. In order to shoot the summer effect, the actors need to dress up very coolly.
Out-of-season shooting is basically the norm in film shooting. The crew of "The Birth of a Word" is not bad.
In later generations, when Jiang Wen, the great god, filmed "Sunny Days", he was filming summer scenes in winter. But neither the picture nor the actors have a sense of winter.
The whole film is completely full of summer style, with the impulse of teenage male hormones.
In many scenes, Wu Xiaozu not only shoots out of season, but also needs to reverse black and white to shoot. During the day, shoot the scene at night.
In the process of film shooting, the light sensitivity of film and CCD sensors is actually not comparable to that of the human eye.
The dim street lamps, the flickering candlelight, and the cold moon are actually the effects of the lighting, otherwise, the effect of the film camera lens will only be pitch black, and you can't see your fingers.
Even if it's a daytime play, it also needs lighting and scenery. Because the natural light during the day changes at any time, the direction, intensity, and hardness may not meet the requirements.
The experience of day or night presented on the screen does not come from different light intensities, but through different light ratios, color temperatures, and the ratio of black, white and gray areas, that is, shadow tone and color saturation.
The gaffer is expensive because it is cumbersome and really hard-working. Good gaffers are scarcer than good videographers. Fortunately, Zou Lin, the lamp master, has a very high level.
Therefore, it is really the director who watches the movie to create a dream for you. Stories, characters, scenes, and even what you think is the right day and night may all be revealed through technology.
Cinema is an art of deception. That's right.
Therefore, Wu Xiaozu felt that he was a bastard.
If a director can't deceive people and isn't a scumbag, then he must be a bad movie director, or he is on the road to being a bad director.
In order to ensure the quality of his works, Wu Xiaozu was willing to be affectionately called: bastard!
The director doesn't deceive, what's the difference with salted fish?
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The next day, the shooting scene.
Wu Zhenyu and Liu Qingyun and the others killed "Da Fei" by mistake, so they could only choose to build it into the wall with their heads. Here, Wu Xiaozu communicated with Huang Yuetai for a long time, and finally chose a long shot to show everyone's mood.
“OK!”
Wu Xiaozu nodded at Huang Yuetai, saying that the camera was okay and entered the next scene.
The radioist holds a microphone with an anti-noise sleeve and holds it in a reasonable position half a meter to one meter above the actor's head. It can not only be in the camera, but also accurate recording.
The lighting assistant wears blackout cloth and lightshield, and in order to create a dim and cold light and shadow effect, a lot of blue cold lights will inevitably be added.
If there is no light visor, then the film can also be declared a "ghost movie". Of course, the actor himself also needs a gaffer to light it, otherwise the effect presented in the shot will be ugly.
When filming, techniques such as filling light and dimming can highlight the clear and soft facial features of the actors. Covering up skin imperfections through bright light and even retouching is definitely a live version of the Meitu App.
The actress's beautiful face in the prosperous era that can be broken by blowing her skin is actually the credit of the gaffer. Therefore, the lighting team has always been the busiest department of the crew.
If a female star really wants to be beautiful, she must say hello to the gaffer. The older you get, the more you pay attention -
If there really is an actress who wants to pajam a normal large crew.
Then it is recommended that her scientific order is: producer - producer (or producer) - director - cameraman - gaffer - executive director - assistant director...... Finally, the actor of the play in this order.
That's right, tea and drivers are also in front of the actors. Therefore, if the in-laws are all actors, the male actors are more likely to "have a brother-in-law".
Since a certain Yueming knew that he had many brothers-in-law, he embarked on the road of no return from the idol school to the acting school.
Very good!
After not wearing a hat, the guy went up the show.
If you want to wear a crown, you must bear it. This is quite popular in the entertainment industry, and this is basically what it means
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At night, Wu Xiaozu hid in the room alone, scribbling the script and shooting plan. Just now, Jiang Zhiqiang called to inform Wanwan that arrangements had been made, and he was just waiting for him to go to Taiwan to shoot.
This drama made Wu Xiaozu feel a sense of exhaustion with his head exploding.
is different from "The Butcher on a Rainy Night", which belongs to Liang Gaohui's one-man show, and the characters drive the development of the plot.
The characters, scenes, and props of "The Birth of a Word", even if they are a beam of light, are all in the service of the rhythm and story of the whole play.
In other words, it will not be the actors who will shine in this play, but the director. The actors' performances are not of decisive importance to the whole play. This drama tests the director's use of lenses, lighting and the completion of the story, which are all the most basic skills of a director.
The actor only needs to cooperate with the development of the plot step by step. In this way, it caused Wu Xiaozu a great sense of exhaustion. He is not a god, and he has been put into practice in his previous life.
This drain on his mind made him thinner and thinner. In fact, this is called "rookie director syndrome" in the director's line.
There is a term in the basketball world that is particularly accurate to describe this situation - rookie wall! In other words, Director Wu hit the wall!
A director will always make a show-off summary of his directing skills in the second and third plays. This is due to the law of change in things.
Wu Xiaozu did not open the perspective of God, so naturally he could not avoid such bad habits.
This kind of showmanship is rare in a director's career. It usually only appears in the early works of many directors.
In fact, Wu Xiaozu should be glad that he chose a "Birth of a Word" that gave him enough room to play in his second play. He is free to paint his own style on this work.
is also glad that Jiang Zhiqiang is reassuring enough for him and has not sent a producer or producer to restrain him.
As a director, there will always be a few unintentional explorations. This kind of unintentional exploration is often rough, but it is very sharp. At the same time, it will also sharpen the sharpness of Wu Xiaozu.
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On the third day of filming of "The Birth of a Word", the crew was basically on the right track, the staff cooperated tacitly, and the actors were also in the state.
Wu Xiaozu simply chose a group scene in the "massage parlor" to shoot.
The light was very dim, Wu Zhenyu stretched his neck to look at Liu Qingyun, and Liu Qingyun raised his arm with a straight face and put his head back.
Don't look at it, be shy.
Standing in front of the monitor, Wu Xiaozu had a straight face and a serious face.
"Director, do you want to shoot, it's going to be nine o'clock soon......"
Uncle Li looked at Wu Xiaozu knowingly, with a dignified expression, "The actors and crew are ready to continue." ”
"Ahem!"
Wu Xiaozu glanced at him and thought, I don't know that the actors are ready? If I am not ready, can I hesitate? It is because of this that I hesitate!
"Clear?"
Uncle Li tried to suggest, "I can let the on-site staff go out temporarily, and only the staff can be left." ”
Wu Xiaozu's eyes swept to the crew members around him with eager faces, then turned his head to look at the actors in front of him, and said righteously, "Forget it, the actors have no special requirements, and the shooting is normal." ”
"Howl-"
The on-site staff ......
- listless, corpses all over the place, wailing, all with a dark despair.
The seven pairs of eyes that were waiting for the shooting also turned their heads and looked at Wu Xiaozu with resentment, Director, you didn't ask us if we needed to clear the scene......