Due to Zhang Ran's work habits for many years, his biological clock is set at six o'clock in the morning. No matter how late he slept the night before, he would wake up on time at six o'clock in the morning. Zhang Ran looked at Zhang Jingchu, who was asleep, and knew that she had worked hard in recent months. First, he stayed in the countryside of Shanxi for a few months to shoot his new work "Shouting Mountain". After the movie was filmed, after returning to Lin'an, she had to be busy with the post-production of the movie, busy day and night, very hard.

In order for Zhang Jingchu to sleep more, Zhang Ran lightly got out of the bed. Unexpectedly, Zhang Jingchu was still awakened, she glanced at Zhang Ran, and then began to get dressed.

Zhang Ran saw that Zhang Jingchu was about to get up, so he said, "You've been working hard lately, just sleep a little longer!"

Zhang Jingchu put on her shirt, and then smiled at Zhang Ran: ""Shouting Mountain" has been cut, and there is nothing to do, I want me to go to the crew with you to see how the 3D movie is made!"

Zhang Ran saw Zhang Jingchu say this, so he didn't say anything more, got dressed, began to freshen up, and then went downstairs with Zhang Jingchu to the restaurant for breakfast. When they came to the restaurant, they found that many of the crew members were already eating, so they took the plates, took the morning, and found a table to eat.

Among the guests at the dining, a pair of young men and women recognized Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu, and came over to ask if they could sign their names. Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu agreed with a smile, and in addition to signing autographs, they also took a photo with them.

After breakfast, Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu met Ryan Coogler when they went downstairs. He is filming Zhang Ran's documentary, naturally wherever Zhang Ran goes, he will follow him. Now Zhang Ran is going to film "Year, Month and Day", and he also followed the crew of "Year, Month and Day". Zhang Ran called Ryan Coogler and came to the virtual studio of the Century Film Capital together.

At 9 o'clock this morning, the launch ceremony of "Year, Month and Day" will be held. Immediately after the start-up ceremony, the crew will start filming directly. Therefore, the set has already begun to be set up, and the crew is busy. Zhang Ran had a brief exchange with the heads of each group, and then came to the command center of the crew.

After Ryan Kugler and Zhang Ran entered the command center, they found that there were more staff and various equipment than expected, which was like entering the command of a rocket launch. There were 12 monitors on site alone, belonging to the director, director of photography, special effects team, and 3D team.

Ryan Coogler noticed that one of the monitors was over 40 inches, and it was the first time he had seen such a large monitor on set. After asking in the past, I found out that this is a 3D monitor, which is specially used to see 3D effects.

3D film shooting is very different from 2D shooting, 3D should follow the principle of shooting in place and reducing post-adjustment; if the pre-shooting effect is not ideal, the post-production will affect the whole effect. Therefore, in the process of shooting, a professional 3D stereo monitor is required to monitor the stereo effect in real time, and adjust the 3D stereo shooting frame according to different scenes, themes, etc., so that the 3D stereo camera can form different angles to achieve different stereo effects.

Since the 3D monitor is used to monitor the stereoscopic effect, the larger the monitor, the more confident it is in the stereoscopic effect, and the easier it is to see the problems on the screen, such as the inconsistent glare of the left and right eyes, the asynchronous focus of the left and right eyes, the different focal lengths of the left and right eye lenses, the dust on the reflector, etc., these problems must be found through the 3D monitor on the spot.

Ryan Coogler has always thought that China is a relatively backward country with a relatively backward level of film industrialization, but now he finds that the hardware level of Chinese films is no lower than that of Hollywood, and Hollywood's most advanced equipment is available here, and now there is the biggest gap between Chinese films and Hollywood. However, Zhang Ran established the Asian Film Academy and trained a group of outstanding young directors, and it is definitely not an empty word that the Century Film Capital has become the Hollywood of the East!

After Zhang Ran gave Zhang Jingchu a brief introduction to the equipment of the 3D film, he began to communicate with the staff on the specific issues of shooting, while Zhang Jingchu sat next to him and listened quietly. Soon after, Wang Luodan ran over.

Wang Luodan has dark skin, and now after makeup, the whole person is even darker, and his hair seems to have not been washed for a few days. Because the story of "Years, Months and Days" takes place during the great drought, there is no water to wash your hair, and it is normal for your hair to be dirty. In addition, Wang Luodan's teeth were also yellowed, because there were no toothbrushes and toothpaste in the countryside at that time.

When receiving Zhang Ran's guest invitation, Wang Luodan was very happy. Since "Tangshan Earthquake", she has not cooperated with Zhang Ran. Although it was a cameo this time, Wang Luodan seemed to think that Mr. Zhang did not choose others, but needed to choose me, which shows that he was very optimistic about me! In order to play this small supporting role well, she even went to learn Henan dialect.

Playing the farmer Wang Luodan is completely acceptable, but he really can't accept this look, pointing to his face and complaining: "Teacher Zhang, this style is too ugly, right?"

Zhang Ran laughed and said: "Dandan, these shapes are very good! This image, this temperament, the village flower of the Republic of China!" As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone and took a picture of Wang Luodan, and sent it to the circle of friends of the 01 table.

As a result, Wang Luodan's angry shout sounded in the entire studio: "Teacher Zhang, you are too much!"

At 8:45, the first assistant director came over to inform Zhang Ran that the start-up ceremony was almost ready and he could go to the scene. Zhang Ran beckoned everyone out of the studio and came to the scene of the opening ceremony.

After the start-up ceremony, the crew will shoot directly, and the footage to be shot is the footage of the villagers fleeing the famine and leaving the village. Most of these villagers will be played by extras, so in addition to the actors and crew, there will be hundreds of extras, men, women and children, in addition to the actors and crew at the opening ceremony.

The extras wore shabby, old clothes and were dirty. But the expression on each of their faces was nervous and excited, and being able to participate in Zhang Ran's movie is a lifetime of blowing!

Zhang Ran came to the scene and saw the appearance of these extras clearly, and the whole person couldn't help but be stunned.

These extras are not right, they are simply a group of modern people, not at all like the peasants of that era!

The story of "Years, Months and Days" takes place in the rake mountain area during the Republic of China, and tells the story of farmers. The peasant life of that era was very difficult, and many people were malnourished. The reaction is on the face, the face is thinner, the muscles are tighter, and many people's cheekbones are more prominent, and their faces look different from those of today.

Jia Zhangke once said when commenting on Ang Lee's "Lust and Caution": "From the perspective of peers, this movie has a regret that it did not shoot the atmosphere I imagined. The faces in the movie don't have ancient looks, some of them grew up eating McDonald's, so the body and appearance are definitely different, you can see it. Tony Leung is like a native of the Republic of China again, and there is no use in the surroundings. ”

Now "Years, Months and Days" is also this problem, Li Xuejian is very much like a peasant in that era, and Zhang Ran is very confident in his performance, but if others are not like it, the atmosphere of the whole movie will be wrong, and it will seem very fake!

Zhang Ran often criticizes domestic film and television works for not being careless in production, especially war films, where the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army are white and clean, wearing snow-white shirts and fighting the enemy on the battlefield; female soldiers are snow-white and sexy, which is completely nonsense and unbearable!

Zhang Ran's face sank suddenly, and he shouted loudly at the casting director: "Zhou Xiaoxi, Zhou Xiaoxi, you come over to me!"

Zhou Xiaoxi is a student majoring in Asian Film production, who just graduated this year and is a smart and clever girl. Zhang Ran had the heart to cultivate her, so he let her join his crew and be responsible for casting.

In fact, letting Zhou Xiaoxi be in charge of casting has another purpose. In Hollywood, casting directors are all women, while domestic casting directors are more male, and the unspoken rules of the domestic film and television industry often happen to casting directors, and it is not uncommon for casting directors to groom every night during the casting period. Zhang Ran feels that he should learn from Hollywood and train more female casting directors, so as to reduce the occurrence of unspoken rules to a certain extent.

Zhou Xiaoxi heard Zhang Ran calling himself, and hurriedly ran over. She found that Zhang Ran's face was very ugly, and she was a little apprehensive, so she asked carefully, "Teacher Zhang, what's wrong?"

Zhang Ran pointed to the extras not far away, and said coldly: "This is the extras you chose for me, have you read the script? Tell me, what period does our story take place in, and what is the identity of the extras?"

Zhou Xiaoxi was a little stunned: "The story takes place in the Republic of China, and his identity is a farmer!"

Zhang Ran became even more angry when he heard this, and said sharply: "You also know that the story takes place in the Republic of China period, and you also know that their identity is peasants! You widen your eyes and take a good look at these extras you have chosen, where do they look like peasants in the Republic of China? Do you know what peasants were like during the Republic of China? Have you studied it carefully? Do you think that casting directors is very easy, and you can fool by pulling two people at will?"

Zhou Xiaoxi cried: "I'm not fooling!"

Zhang Ran was most annoyed by others crying in front of him, and immediately raised his voice and said: "You feel wronged, right? If you feel wronged, leave quickly! Our crew doesn't need irresponsible staff like you!"

Zhang Jingchu felt that today was the day when the movie was launched, and it was not good to cry, so she pulled Zhang Ran and persuaded: "Okay, okay, what are you doing with such a big fire, everyone is crying!" After speaking, she hurriedly comforted Zhou Xiaoxi: "Xiaoxi, don't cry! Don't blame Teacher Zhang for scolding you, it's true that you didn't do a good job! The story takes place in the Republic of China, and the characters are farmers, you should know that the peasants of that era lived very hard, malnourished, emaciated, and had relatively high cheekbones. If you look at the photos of Taizu and President Li during their Yan'an period, their faces look like this. You think, Taizu and they are all like this, let alone ordinary people. The people you chose are not right at first glance, they are not like the peasants of that era!"

Only then did Zhou Xiaoxi understand why Zhang Ran was angry, it was indeed his own fault, and he wiped his tears and said: "Teacher Zhang, I'm sorry, I didn't do my job well, you punish me!"

Zhang Ran saw that Zhou Xiaoxi realized his mistake, and the expression on his face softened, and he said earnestly: "We were going to officially shoot today, but now the extras are not right, and this scene can't be filmed." Xiaoxi, you remember what Director Xie Jin said, making a movie is like scooping a handful of water, leaking a drop here and leaking there, leaking and leaking. Movies are not anyone's business, they require the efforts of each and every one of us! I don't want to see this kind of thing again!"

Zhou Xiaoxi wiped his tears and said in a tone that was used as a military order: "I promise that I will not make such a mistake in the future!"

Zhang Ran smiled at Zhou Xiaoxi and comforted: "Don't cry and cry for such a big girl, what does it look like." Go settle everyone's salaries, and then go and choose people again!"

When Zhang Jingchu heard this, she hurriedly persuaded: "Now everyone is waiting, let's do the boot ceremony first!"

Zhang Ran raised his eyes and looked at it, and saw that everyone was looking at him, and felt that Zhang Jingchu's words made sense, so he said: "That's okay, let's start the boot ceremony!"