Chapter Seventy-Five: Cultivation
The first scene that started filming today is the scene of Lo Ka-yiu, played by Leung Kwok-fai, who has just been handed over to prison after being sentenced for manslaughter.
At the beginning, he naturally didn't wear prison uniforms, everyone wore their own clothes, Liang Guohui and the dragons stood together, and now I really can't say that I can see at a glance where he is maverick.
"Undressโ"
When he entered the prison, he naturally had to change his clothes, and under the scolding of the prison guards, Liang Guohui took off his essence on the set without any scruples like other tricks. They are not actresses, so they are naturally a little less evasive in this regard.
"Have you been intimidated at the police station, have you been beaten on the road?......
"CUT!" Wu Huo, who was in charge of shooting on camera, decisively shouted 'CUT', and then waved at Liang Guohui and said, "Brother Hui, come and talk!"
Chen Jialuo, who was discussing the script with Zhou Jin on the side, also noticed this shooting detail just now, and Liang Guohui obviously had problems with his demeanor and movements. Even if Wu Huo doesn't shout 'CUT', he will definitely have to reshoot it after he sees the results.
Every actor has some shooting habits to some extent. These shooting habits can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on whether you need the role or the director's eyes.
Liang Guohui previously played Emperor Xianfeng in "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to the Government with a Curtain", and later played the last emperor Pu Yi in "Fire Dragon". He has played the lonely emperor many times, and what he needs to present now is a timid and timid ordinary citizen.
Although Leung Kwok-fai studied the role carefully after getting the script, it was not so easy when it really needed to be presented.
Seeing Wu Huo beckoning Liang Guohui to talk, Chen Jialuo recognized in his heart. As a director, you naturally don't need to shoot every shot through your own eyes. The most exaggerated is the director who is not on the set most of the time during the filming of a movie. For example, Wang Jing, the famous king of commercial films and the peak director of bad movies, is often not on the set, and he goes to the racecourse to watch Marseille at every turn.
Of course, a director's ability is not determined by the amount of time he spends on the set. Wang Jing's skills are actually undoubted, in fact, it is true, many directors instill the concept of shooting, do a good job of storyboarding, as long as you watch something good every time.
If not, OK, take it back and reshoot.
Chen Jialuo has the intention to promote Wu Huo to be his right-hand man, which is naturally put into practice. If the things you shoot are really not good, don't you still have to watch them from the sidelines?
"Brother Hui, the Lu Jiayao you play is an art designer, young and promising, and well-educated. But there are unforeseen circumstances, your father's shop has troublesome trouble, you want to help your father fight with those troubled boys, you killed people by mistake in the chaos, and was convicted of manslaughter and imprisoned for three years. Your character is cowardly and timid, not fearless. The first time you go to jail, you're worried and a little curious, aren't you......"
"Demeanor and movement are secondary, and the eyes, the most important thing is the eyes. โ
Wu Huo, who learned that he had the opportunity to take charge of the camera, is familiar with the script of "Prison Storm", and he also has his own understanding of the grasp of each character.
After he reinterpreted the character of Lu Jiayao to Leung Guohui, he continued: "I don't care what method you used to make TV series or movies before, but Lu Jiayao's performance must be substituted. You don't have to pay special attention to your image, you are not an emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but an ordinary citizen of Xiangjiang! You don't need to have any baggage, and it is normal to be submissive......
The only test in this scene is Liang Guohui's acting skills, and the other tricks are only swept by a panoramic shot, in order to use these old prison fritters to bring out Liang Guohui, a rookie.
Therefore, Liang Guohui must show the feeling that a rookie should perform in order to stand out in these tricks.
"Got it?"
Liang Guohui nodded and said seriously: "Understand, Director Wu, I'll go and brew!"
Although he is the youngest actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Leung Kwok-fai cherishes this shooting opportunity very much. is not so arrogant that his own way of expression is the first, and an assistant director is not qualified to say that he has this mentality.
Only those who have lost will know how to cherish it.
And Liang Guohui himself is a person who is very good at figuring out characters, he entered the misunderstanding before, and did not think carefully about the character of Lu Jiayao, but thought of cooperating with Zhou Jin, and he was a prison and a gang, so he unconsciously passed the test in the direction of gangster films.
Now that he has Wu Huo's guidance, he immediately knows where his problem is.
"Okay, but try to find your groove as quickly as possible. โ
Watching Liang Guohui step aside, Wu Huo was not discouraged by the 'NG' of the first mirror. It's a good thing to find the fault early, otherwise it will really affect the shooting progress if you shoot NG later.
"Chief helmsman, it seems that you are very optimistic about this young man!" Zhou Jin, who was sitting not far from Chen Jialuo, had already noticed 'NG' and looked at Chen Jialuo with some curiosity.
When filming "A Chinese Ghost Story", the producer, who was said by the media to be eager to snatch the filming rights, actually gave the filming rights to the assistant director this time, which is really surprising.
After all, this matter is a fact, not a media chase after the wind, the whole crew thought that Chen Jialuo was the director, and later Zhou Jin and Zhang Baorong had dinner and talked about Chen Jialuo and Chen Xiaodong about the right to shoot.
Zhou Jin's surprise and curiosity made Chen Jialuo smile and said, "Ah Jin, you still call me a weird nickname in private, and it's too long." It's not a good name like Rong Shao, everyone calls him 'brother'......"
"Haha, Ah Luo, don't you want to answer my gossip question?"
"What's the gossip about this, Ah Huo, I'm very optimistic, so give him a chance to give it a try. I told him how to shoot and what the effect was, and he shouldn't let me down. โ
What is the director, is to coordinate the overall situation. The reason why he competed with Chen Xiaodong for the filming right at the beginning was that Chen Xiaodong really didn't have any experience in directing a movie. and failed to control the crew well, so many shots were just passed, which allowed Chen Jialuo to come out and compete for the directing rights.
Now that a young man like Wu Huo is obedient and sensible, he naturally doesn't need to stare at the machine so rigidly. The end of the shooting is over, and the decision is still in Chen Jialuo's hands. In the final analysis, Wu Huo is only responsible for execution.
What is being carried out? What is being carried out is Chen Jialuo's filming requirements.
Since Chen Jialuo wants to set up an independent film production company, there must be a group of people who can use it. Wu Huo, who is not weak in directing ability, Chen Jialuo really has the heart to cultivate.