On March 10th, filming officially began.

For this shooting, Liu Pian has repeatedly brushed the movie "Dark War" in her mind in the past few days, from the theme tone of the whole movie, the character and feelings of the characters, to every shot, every character's expressions and movements, and even Liu Pian can now recite a lot of lines.

He really didn't want to hit the streets.

In fact, the willow liar has a little paranoia in his bones, and after recognizing his goal, he will try his best to do it well, just like the song "Stubborn" sings:

If I compromise with myself, I won't forgive even if others forgive me.

Now, he doesn't want to compromise, whether it's the cynicism of the Hong Kong media, or the audience's disapproval, or the exclusion from his peers, these are not reasons to compromise.

Besides, Director Xu is so optimistic about himself, no matter how much he has to show a little ability to repay others.

On the first day, the crew chose to complete the bus scene first, or finish filming Liu Ying's scene first, so that the family could be "liberated" first.

This scene is the only emotional scene in the whole film, and it is also one of Liu Ying's pitiful scenes. Secondly, it was her scene with Du Yu in the restaurant, which was even less, and it ended before she could say a few words.

But these few short shots have become the most heartwarming clips in the whole film.

However, Xu Ran doesn't seem to attach much importance to this scene, because in the script, Liu Ying doesn't have a single line on the bus, only a few simple actions, and this scene is short, so there is not much description in the script.

Compared with the video, what the text can convey is not so direct, which leads to Xu Ran not taking this scene as the focus, only taking it as the icing on the cake of "Dark War", and using a short love to highlight the character of Hua.

In the final analysis, in the police and gangster films that Xu Ran shot before, almost all of them were intertwined with guns and fire, and the fight was in full swing, and the overall style was biased towards the aesthetics of violence. However, this style is not particularly popular now, there are many routines, and the audience is a little aesthetically fatigued, so Xu Ran plans to change the style a little and try to go to the heart, instead of the kidney.

is like the humanistic feelings that Xu Ran put forward when he met Liu Pian for the first time.

But the style can't be reversed completely for a while, just like at this moment, Xu Ran just finished filming the first shot of Liu Ying and Du Yu meeting by chance on the bus.

The filming time was very short, and after a few NGs, Xu Ran finalized this scene and was ready to continue shooting the next shot.

The first time Liu Liar experienced filming, he thought that filming was this rhythm, and he was still sighing at Xu Ran's speed. However, after looking at the footage taken by the camera and comparing it with the original movie, it always feels a little weird.

In this scene, Du Yu, as a bandit, uses Liu Ying to pretend to be a couple and evade the police.

This was the first time the two met.

But the Liu liar was stunned and didn't see the slightest feeling of encounter, Du Yu behaved too "ruffian", Liu Ying behaved too panicked, and even a little resistant, there was no feeling of "love" and "wishing" of you, but it was like a bandit kidnapped a woman from a good family, and there was no romantic feeling at all.

Seeing that Xu Ran was about to shoot the next shot, Liu Pian finally couldn't help it and stepped forward to interrupt:

"Director Xu?"

"Huh?!" Xu Ran turned his head with a very friendly expression, his shooting style was vigorous and resolute, and he didn't like people to interfere with him on the set. But seeing that it was Liu Pian, his face was still a little softener, and he said as softly as possible: "Liu Pian, is there something wrong?"

As a screenwriter with the group, Liu Pian belongs to the director group and works directly with the director. His main job is the script lines, sometimes the actor feels that the lines are not smooth and awkward, and will find the screenwriter to change it, and sometimes the director has a whim, if there is any better inspiration than the original script to shoot, he will also find the screenwriter to revise the script.

It's normal for a written script to be changed around during filming, and these are roughly the work of the screenwriters. It is not uncommon for some scripts to be changed beyond recognition, and it is not uncommon for screenwriters to have conflicts with directors and producers.

Some investment producers feel that this is not good, and that is not good, and often ask to change the script, or they want to go through the back door to stuff some actors into the crew, and they will also change the script to add characters. These people who have high voice and like to mess with ideas are the screenwriters' favorite objects of complaining.

Once after Xu Ran got the script of "Dark War", he also asked an acquaintance screenwriter to revise it, but he still didn't feel as good as the original version, so he chose Liu Pian.

In contrast, Liu Liar's luck was really good, he met a director like Xu Ran, and he didn't revise the script much in the end.

"Director Xu, I just watched the shot you shot, and I think it's really good, it's almost exactly the same as the picture I conceived in my mind when I wrote the script!" said the Liu liar with a smile, he is a newcomer and doesn't know the rules of the industry, but he still knows how to fool people.

I love to listen to good words, and Xu Ran also smiled with satisfaction.

[Deception is successful, gain 7 deception points]

"But..."

"But what?"

"I think while you've handled it well, there's still a hint of flavor missing. Liu Pian said as respectfully as possible.

"Oh? "Xu Ran is not a person who is stubborn and self-serving, not to mention that Liu Liar is like this, he can't have a bad feeling.

"Director Xu, do you think the scene of Sister Ying and Brother Yu just now looks like a couple?" Liu Pian said as tactfully as possible, "When I wrote this script, I thought that although the two were pretending to be lovers, they were pretending to be real couples, and only in this way could they deceive the police who checked them." ”

Xu Ran nodded thoughtfully, Liu Pian breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, and continued: "When I looked at the camera just now, Sister Ying and Brother Yu were a little stiff, not very natural. ”

Liu Pian sighed in her heart, this is not just a little stiff, it is like a bully girl.

Hearing this, Xu Ran pondered for a moment, then walked to the camera with a frown, looked at the footage just now carefully, turned his head to Liu Pian and said, "Liu Pian, I think this is normal, how can two people who meet for the first time behave like real couples all of a sudden?"

"Yes, you're right. The Liu liar first affirmed Xu Ran's words, "But, the female protagonist doesn't have much resistance to the male protagonist, but goes with the flow." Here, Sister Ying behaved too resistantly, as if she was afraid that Brother Yu would kill her, so she had to obey. And Brother Yu is a little arrogant, like coveting other people's beauty?"

After listening to Liu Pian's explanation, Xu Ran instinctively resisted, he didn't particularly like to add too many love elements to police and gangster films, but more grievances and hatreds between people to promote the development of the characters' feelings. The romance of encounters like the dark war, he has a bit of a headache.

But after thinking about it, Xu Ran finally decided to try the artistic conception that Liu Pian said. If you want to change your style now, let's start now...

"That's it, Liu Pian, I'll try to shoot the shot you said first, and then compare and see which one is better. ”

"Okay. Liu Pian smiled.

Immediately, Xu Ran asked the assistant director Wu Hao to rearrange the shooting of the bus shot just now, and also asked Liu Pian to tell Liu Ying and Du Yu about the scene.

In fact, for this drama, the Liu liar actually refuses it very much. One is because he doesn't know how to talk professionally at all, and he can only organize his feelings to talk about them. Second, I talk to two celebrities by myself, this kind of thankless work, I don't know if people will throw their faces at themselves.

But fortunately, what the Willow crooks expected did not happen. Liu Ying had contact with Liu Pian on the phone before, and now she listened to Liu Pian's nagging on the spot, and she was quite happy. Du Yu himself is a relatively silent person, who seems to just want to complete the work, change what is wrong, and it doesn't matter who is doing the show.

"Brother Yu, you were a little too deliberate just now, don't be too rogue, just be cold, I think you will become more stylish!"

"Sister Ying, don't resist too much, you have a good impression of Brother Yu, do you remember what I told you about love at first sight?

[Deception is successful, get deception points....]

The willow liar flickered, just like a friend chattering, smiling and completing his first "drama", he didn't know what others said, he would only say it now.

Liu Ying and Du Yu also understood what Liu Pian wanted to express, from beginning to end, Du Yu didn't talk much, and while thinking about how to act later, Liu Ying also smiled and chatted with Liu Pian:

"Liu Pian, you proposed it to Director Xu to revise it, right?"

Liu Pian smiled slightly: "This is the result of my joint discussion with Director Xu. ”

"Really?" Liu Ying smiled and said nothing, she didn't believe it, this scene was over just now, and now it's going to be remade, who is this kid who did it?

"I have worked with Director Xu, although he is very strict at work, in fact, he is a very easy-going person in life, but he has been a little unsatisfactory in the past few years, but the strength is still there. Liu Ying said softly, "I'm telling you this, not to accuse you of asking for a reshoot, but to hope that you still try not to interfere with the director's decision, after all, Director Xu is more experienced than you, and sometimes what you say is not necessarily right." ”

Interference with the director?

The willow liar was helpless, and if he had nothing to do, he would not bother to do such a thankless job.

As for who is right and who is wrong? I'm afraid no one can say clearly. After all, there is no perfect movie, a film with a full score of ten has never appeared, and there are always audiences who can pick out the stubble.

There is no perfection, only more perfection, and Liu Pian just wants to be more perfect now, leaving as little flaw as possible. At least this shot of the original movie, the system says that it is unanimously praised in that world, and few people pick on this.

After a while, Xu Ran resumed shooting this shot. Du Yu and Liu Ying are both professional actors, and after NG readjusting several times, they finally shot the shot that Liu Liar wanted.

Comparing two different shots, assistant director Wu Hao expressed his opinion, "I think it's better to reshoot, but it feels better." ”

Xu Ran is not a fool with a negative EQ who can only fight and kill, he can naturally see that the re-shot lens has a better sense of picture, and although the emotions of the characters are subtle, they are more full.

Glancing back at Liu Pian, who was playing with the prop gun in the props group, Xu Ran sighed: "Wu Hao, Liu Pian, this kid has a good sense of lens, but it's a pity, he actually studied music, not photography, if you hone it in the future, learn to film, and come out to be a director." ”

Wu Hao nodded and said with a smile: "Director Xu, you still forgot a little, Liu Pian is still a good screenwriter." ”

Xu Ran was stunned for a moment and smiled: "Yes, this kid is really an all-rounder." ”