After the launch press conference, Zhou Bai brought the main creator to the set, fortunately, they were all in Beijing, and the Jingcheng Hotel was not far away, and filming officially started in the afternoon.

The first scene to start filming was the drama on campus, Zhou Bai did not look for special schools such as Peking University and Tsinghua University, the School of Information Engineering is the second school, but the campus is very suitable for filming, which was won after a lot of time with the school.

Fortunately, it is not the time for the school to start, and there are a lot fewer people in the school during the summer vacation, so the work is much easier.

The crew of "My Sassy Girlfriend" are all professionals in the industry, they all know their workflow very well, and when Zhou Bai has not arrived, they have already put the equipment away, and then they are waiting for Zhou Bai to bring the actors over.

If the actor doesn't come, the others can only wait, and to put it bluntly, making a movie is to shoot an actor, if the actor doesn't come, the first step will not be completed.

The shooting of the movie can be basically divided into five steps, positioning, lighting, rehearsal, fine-tuning, and shooting.

After Zhou Bai arrived, he asked the staff to take Gao Yuanyuan and Huang Bo to put on makeup, while he pulled Hou Yong and Yu Feihong to discuss the camera personally.

It is necessary to discuss the shooting of the camera, first determine how to shoot, then arrange for the actors to move after putting on their makeup, then discuss the lighting with the gaffer, rehearse, make some adjustments, and then start shooting the first shot.

"This shot is of the male protagonist and the female protagonist wandering around the campus, I want to take a medium shot, and the camera follows the two of them from the side of the heroine, which lasts about 15 seconds. Zhou Bai asked.

"No problem, when the actors put on their makeup, you let them go, and we'll prepare for the photography. ”

Everything is difficult at the beginning, Zhou Bai is a director for the first time, and it is inevitable that there will be some gains and losses in his heart, after all, directing is not an easy job, so he needs an adaptation period.

In the eyes of some people, they think that the director is nothing more than that, just sitting on a chair and shouting with a loudspeaker or walkie-talkie, but in fact, he doesn't know anything, and this kind of joke is just told to laymen.

The whole crew, those who can record are recording, those who can shoot are photographers, those who can make up are makeup, those who can write screenplays are screenwriters, and those who don't know anything are directors, this is a ridiculous joke, and it's just a joke, and those who are real are fools.

It's not that there is no such director, like some singers and writers may have very few things when they become directors for the first time, and they have to rely on professionals to help him, such as a reliable producer, producer, assistant director or something, but this situation is very rare, and the chance of making a bad movie is very large, and he may not have the opportunity to be a director next time.

To be a director at least has a variety of abilities, it can be said that the comprehensive quality is the most powerful in the industry, script, editing, performance, art, photography, recording, on-site scheduling, team management, these must be possessed, maybe he is not the best, but he must at least move, and has excellent appreciation and communication skills.

Zhou Bai has confidence in that he is not a novice in the entertainment industry, compared with many novice directors, he is subject to a lot less restrictions, as long as a few famous actors and staff in the crew are done, everything can work.

He doesn't have the problems faced by the new director, for example, funds, as long as he wants to, there is no problem with investing another 10 million; for example, if the command is not moving, this crew is the one who has the final say, and when he encounters his bottom line, no one can stand up to him, for example, the related households, he has no relationship with the actors, and the ones he picks are what he wants, and he can definitely let him continue to shoot if the performance is not good.

After Huang Bo and Gao Yuanyuan put on makeup, they walked to Zhou Bai's side and waited for Zhou Bai's arrangement.

"All departments are ready, let's start work!" walked Bai clapped his hands and called the lighting, photography, art and other staff over.

"I'll tell you about the position first, Brother Bo, you are on the left, Da Meiyuan is on the right, you walk from the staircase to the flower garden, just walk in a straight line, about ten meters away. Zhou Bai pulled Huang Bo and Gao Yuanyuan over, and then told them about the position.

This is the simplest thing in movie shooting, and it is also the most basic skill of an actor, every actor must understand that the movie is composed of pictures, light and shadow, and lines to put it bluntly, and if the position is not right, it will make the lens NG.

Zhou Bai asked Huang Bo and Gao Yuanyuan to walk a few times first to familiarize themselves with the length they were going to walk, and after they were done, the camera assistant would start to make marks, which were used during filming, so that the actors could know their performance area, otherwise they would be blind when they drew the shot.

Huang Bo didn't know how to move in the past because he often accidentally painted during shooting, and the photographer stopped him with his feet, in fact, this kind of movement is also a test of the actor's sense of lens, although it is a basic skill, but the doorway is very deep, and there is a world of difference between professional actors and non-professional actors in this point.

After determining the performance area of the actors, the other staff will start to do the work, the photographer will arrange the camera position, the lighting engineer will start the lighting, the recording engineer will arrange the radio equipment, the art props will clean up the venue and arrange the props, and Yu Feihong, the assistant director, is telling the extras about the shooting needs and increasing the realism of the scene.

Otherwise, how to say that film is a complete set of industrial system, not something that can be completed by one person, because there are too many things involved, especially commercial films, every shot must be exquisite, and there are many specialties involved.

This shot is not very easy to shoot, because this is an outdoor scene, and there are extras, and the requirements for light are very high, and the plot of the script to this stage is that these two people are in a sweet time, so Zhou Bai wants to make the picture of the lens look clean, bright, and full of the sweetness of youth.

The best way is to use natural light, but the sky looks a little overcast, and this kind of light requirement needs to be completed by the gaffer, and their lighting takes a lot of time, during this time, Zhou Bai began to talk to the actors.

Before filming, the director needs to have a picture and a plot in his mind, and tell the actor about the character's psychological state, action factors, emotions, eyes, expressions and even tone in this shot, this job is not easy to do, the director must have an accurate requirement for the performance, otherwise the actor will only look confused.

In the past, it was the director who gave Zhou Bai a lecture, and now he is changing him to an actor, and Zhou Bai is still a little uncomfortable with the reversal of identity, but this feeling is also quite wonderful, it is a very special experience, and in the next two months, he will have the opportunity to experience this experience.